The Wichita City Council held its regular meeting on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at 9:00 AM in the City Council Chambers. The meeting included awards and proclamations, public comments, approval of consent and regular agenda items, and discussions on water conservation, transit, housing bonds, and a new common consumption area ordinance. All votes passed 7-0.
All items on the consent agenda (1-11) were approved by one motion with the exception of items 3A and 7, which were pulled for separate discussion. Items approved without objection included:
You may speak one time per agenda item. Please refrain from clapping after other speakers. Thank you again for joining us today. Let's pause a moment for our television audience to join us. With us this morning is Pastor Ryan Emmons of Friendship Baptist Church to provide our invocation. Following that invocation, we will have the Pledge of Allegiance, and we ask that you please stand for both. And I ask that you just help us to have complete understanding from you and what you would have us to do to keep our city to be moral, to keep our city to be honoring you. And Father, I thank you so much that we have a relationship with you because of what Jesus Christ did on the cross for our sins and his resurrection that gives us life eternal. We are thankful for the people of this city and the ones that are trying to help us to follow you more clearly. We ask all these things in your son's name, Jesus Christ. Amen. Any further discussion? I see none. Mr. Clerk, please open the roll. Mr. Clerk, please call the next item. Awards and proclamations. The proclamations this week are Guadalupe Clinic's 40th anniversary, Wichita Lineman's Day, and the award is recognition of WSU Tech Students National Recognition at the 2025 Skills USA Championship. May I please ask the Guadalupe Clinic friends and supporters to come forward, including Vice Mayor JB Johnston. The proclamation reads, the City of Wichita, Kansas founded in 1870, whereas Guadalupe Clinic was founded by five nurses who worked at St. Francis Hospital and Doctors Dan and Olga Tetti soon after began providing medical care. Whereas Guadalupe Clinic provides free medical and vision care to those living at or below 200% of the federal poverty line without Medicare, without Medicaid or any insurance of any kind. Whereas over 60 medical professionals consisting of 38 physicians and additional health care workers give their time and services to care for the working poor and the poor. Whereas Guadalupe Clinic partners with the KU School of Medicine, the Kansas College of Medicine, Wichita State University's physical therapy program, Newman University's nursing program, and many others to provide quality medical care to the underserved and education for students entering health sciences. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Wichita City Council does hereby proclaim Guadalupe Clinic's 40th anniversary. Thank you, Lily. My name is Tom Sanders. I'm the chairman of the Guadalupe Clinic Board of Directors. And I I certainly want to thank uh JV Johnston. As you can imagine, he's a fantastic leader, and he and his team uh do a tremendous uh job at the at the clinic. But most of all, I'd like to thank the Wichita community. Without your support, uh we would not be in existence. We depend on the Wichita community for volunteers. Most of the work that is done at the clinic is done by volunteers, uh serving the poorest of the poor in our community, and uh and the and our many, many, many uh donors who we depend on. All of our funding comes from uh donors in our uh community, and uh of course we uh we work very hard to get whatever uh grants uh we can, but we have no no revenue from uh uh other organizations, no revenue from the diocese, no revenue from the city, no revenue from uh insurance organizations, as Lily mentioned, no revenue from Medicaid or anything else. So it depends on the support of a community and uh thankfully uh Wichita is a very generous community. And I thank you very, very much for your support. Thank you, Tom. May I please ask the Alzheimer's Association as well as Travis Campbell and his family to please come forward at this time. The proclamation reads the City of Wichita, Kansas, founded in 1870, whereas Wichita Linemen, written by Jimmy Webb and popularized by Glenn Campbell in 1968, has become one of the most iconic and enduring songs in American music history. Whereas Wichita Linemen has helped place the city of Wichita in the hearts and imaginations of listeners worldwide, highlighting the spirit, resilience, and dedication of the working men and women of America. Whereas the songs stand as a timeless tribute to the strength and priest perseverance of the American worker, especially those whose labor often goes unseen, but is vital to the success of their communities. Well, as a national tribute concert, Branson's tribute to Glenn Campbell will be held on July 13th, 2025, honoring the legacy of this celebrated music and supporting the Alzheimer's Association through all event proceeds. Now therefore be it resolved that the Wichita City Council does hereby proclaim July 13th, 2025 as Wichita Lineman Day in the city of Wichita, and encourage all citizens to celebrate the enduring legacy of this remarkable song and the cultural pride it continues to inspire. Before we have our guests come and speak, we'll just play a little bit of that iconic song, Wichita Linemen. I am a lineman for the county. Thank you very much. Thank you. He must have, you know.