Mayor Scook.

Council President Cheaton.

Here.

Council members Healy.

Grummer.

Here.

Here.

Scribner.

Yes.

Antrim.

Here.

Reese.

Here.

Here.

Eunice.

Here.

Back.

Yep.

Newland.

All right.

Next is open public comment period.

We have one person who is signed up, which is uh John Ganska.

Hopefully I got close.

If you could come over here to the uh podium, um give your name and address up on the corner is a green, yellow, and red light.

So uh at three minutes, the red light will come on if you would wrap up your comments.

We look forward to hearing you hear from you.

Please give your name and address.

Name is John Michael Gonska, G-O-N-S-K-A.

Address is 15639 Beverly Street, Overland Park, 66223, ward six precinct 14.

Is

that what it is?

Um, so if you were here the last time, my beautiful but sometimes distracting daughter was here, so I didn't get to get to all of the points that I was hoping to mention last week.

Um so tonight I I hope to just expound a little bit and hopefully open up some dialogue with members of the team that would be interested in having a further conversation on how I can help in some key areas that I'm gonna touch on tonight.

Um background about me.

Um, but there's always been a passion that I've had in the water with physical fitness and with training up the next generation to enjoy some of these unique moments in life that come really through the recenter.

In growing up, I was at the recenter in Dublin, Ohio, where we came from, I was in the recenter, and I've spent as much time I've spent time in every single pool in Overland Park over the last year.

We've had the pleasure of living here for a year, and there was the four and a half years that preceded our time here.

We lived in Dublin, Ohio, and I had spent thousands of hours building a nonprofit that was in conjunction with a public-private partnership with the city of Dublin to build a new type of recreation center that was more than just swimming and laps and classes, it was a place that everyone from four to ninety-four could come to to have community and to see their life extend.

We had the tagline stronger, longer, younger, and we mix it around a little bit.

Um, but we moved here on a whim, not a whim, but my wife got an opportunity, joined her for that, and so it's taken me a year to reformat to say goodbye to those relationships and all the momentum that we had there and the investors that we had lined

up and

to reformat it for Overland Park.

Um, I've sent some of the um the draft as it is now to my local council members.

They have a non-published version of it now, which I look forward to getting some comment on.

I have a newer version that hasn't been published on on the website yet.

Um really it can start anywhere.

I'm hoping that with your guidance, wherever I can start on that journey for Overland Park, I can start in an area where someone on this panel is already working on, so I can champion your cause.

Um so I look forward to continuing to show up here and share more of it and get your feedback along the way because I want to make this place just like you do, the best suburban America.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Uh

that concludes our open public comment period.

We have no public hearings, so uh under my report, we have a couple proclamations.

So we'll start with fire prevention week in Overland Park.

And whereas fire remains a serious public safety concern, both locally and nationally, the presence of lithium ion batteries in many household devices introduces fire risk.

And whereas the National Fire Protection Association reports an increase in battery-related fires, underscoring the need for public education on the safe use of lithium ion batteries and devices, and whereas Overland Park first responders remain dedicated to reducing the occurrence of fires through prevention, safety education, and community outreach.

And whereas in 2026 Fire Prevention Week, our theme, charge into fire safety.

Safe charging is a superpower, serves to remind all residents that safe charging can help reduce the risk of fires in homes and communities.

Now, therefore, I current school mayor of Overland Park to hereby proclaim October 4 through 10th, 2026 is fire prevention week in Overland Park, and urge all residents to learn about the and practice the safe charging habits every time they plug in, including the cord and the charger that came with your device or one approved by the manufacturer, charging on a hard flat surface, watching for warning signs like devices that are very hot or start to swell, unplugging when fully charged, and charging larger devices like e-bikes outside and away from exits.

Done this day, fifth day of October 2026.