Wichita City Council Regular Meeting - July 22, 2025

The Wichita City Council met on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at 9:00 AM in the 1st Floor Boardroom, 455 N. Main Street. The meeting opened with a call to order and approval of the minutes from July 15, 2025. The agenda included a public agenda portion (limited to 25 minutes, 5 minutes per speaker) followed by a consent agenda with 15 items covering licenses, contracts, design services, property acquisitions, ordinances, and airport/housing matters.

Public Comments & Testimony

Four speakers were scheduled on the public agenda:

• Matthew Robertson – Downtown parking for roadside providers.
• Patricia Harrington – Chronic flooding at 235 S. Young needing repair.
• Sybil Strum – Allegation that Central Inspection is destroying her house and stealing her things.
• Rachel Chinn – Crown Uptown solution.

Per the agenda notice, no action was taken on these items; they were referred to the City Manager for information.

Consent Calendar

The following consent items were presented for approval as a single motion without separate discussion (unless requested):

• II-1: Applications for licenses to retail cereal malt beverages (4 licenses).
• II-2: Preliminary estimates – received and filed.
• II-3: Agreements/Contracts – Joint Funding Agreement with USGS (bathymetric survey of Cheney Reservoir), 2025 Site Restoration Services for Water Distribution, and Supplemental Agreement No. 1 for Transit Network Redesign Plan.
• II-4: Design Services Agreements – Supplemental Design Agreement No. 6 for Maple Booster Pump Station, and Supplemental Design Agreement No. 3 for 135th Street West from Central to 13th Street North (District V).
• II-5: Property Acquisitions – Temporary construction easements at 2112 and 2111 West Douglas for the Douglas Avenue project.
• II-6: Minutes of Advisory Boards – Citizens' Review Board (May 22, 2025) and MABCD Board of Appeals (May 1, 2025).
• II-7: Change Order Limit Adjustment for Bleckley Drainage Improvements, Phase 1 (District I).
• II-8: Notice of Intent to Use Debt Financing Amendment for 2024 Airfield Pavement Rehabilitation at Wichita Eisenhower National Airport.
• II-9: Second Reading Ordinances – Zoning changes at 401 S. All Hallows and 3825 S. Seneca; annexation at MacArthur & K-42; amendments to 2035 Urban Growth Areas and Future Growth Concept maps; adoption of College Hill Neighborhood Plan; 2026 tax levies for the City, Downtown SIMD, and redevelopment districts (East Bank, Ken Mar, Douglas & Hillside, Union Station, Southfork, West Bank, Riverside, ICT21, Center City South).
• II-10 (Planning): Plat of Sheridan Place (Subdivision) east of N. Sheridan Ave and 2nd St N.
• II-11 (Planning): Vacation of a platted taxiway easement near 1651 S. Eisenhower Court.
• II-12 (Housing): Amendment to On Call Real Estate Marketing & Brokerage Services contract with McCurdy Real Estate & Auction LLC.
• II-13 (Housing): Sale of 2616 East 8th Street.
• II-14 (Airport): 2024 Airfield Pavement Rehabilitation – budget adjustment, change order limit, and supplemental agreement.
• II-15 (Airport): Commlink ICT Supplemental Agreement No. 4.

Also included were the Board of Bids and Contracts report dated July 21, 2025, and Petitions for Public Improvements (Swaney Farm and Turkey Creek 4th Addition water, sewer, and paving improvements).

Key Outcomes

• The consent agenda items were considered for approval as recommended. (No transcript or minutes are available to confirm individual votes or discussion; the agenda indicates recommended actions were to approve most items.)
• The public agenda items were heard and referred to the City Manager for information.

Note: This summary is based solely on the published agenda as no meeting minutes or transcript were provided.