Several items on Thursday night UG Commission agenda

The March 22 Unified Government Commission meeting will include several items.

On the agenda for the 7 p.m. March 22 meeting at the Commission Chambers, lobby level, City Hall, 701 N. 7th St.:

• Presentation of 2017 AAA Kansas Community Traffic Safety Awards to the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office and the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.

• Presentation of Police Department awards.

• An ordinance directing the chief counsel to begin legal proceedings to acquire property for the Hutton Road Phase 2 project, which is Cleveland to Leavenworth Road.

• Franchise ordinance revisions requiring all entities that install, construct, maintain , extend or operate facilities such as lines, pipes, wires, cables, poles, towers, boxes, antennas, meters and other items named in the ordinance to enter into a franchise agreement with the UG. The agreement would require the franchisee to indemnify the UG, meet insurance and bond requirements, install excess conduit for the UG’s future infrastructure needs and pay the UG a reasonable franchise fee for the use of right-of-way.

• An ordinance that would adjust Municipal Court late fees when defendants fail to appear at scheduled court dates.

• A proposal to designate Opportunity Zones within Wyandotte County. A plan is being submitted to the state of Kansas.

• A plat of the Victory Hills first addition, located just east of North 70th Street and Greeley, Tom and Marylyn Owens, developers.

• An ordinance directing the chief counsel to start legal proceedings to acquire property necessary for the Turkey Creek-Missouri Interceptor Project.

• A resolution authorizing the UG to enter into a lease-purchase agreement to obtain 13 Zoll X Series AEDs (defibrillators) for a price of $384,043.50, to be paid in yearly installments of $100,000.

• An ordinance revising the regulations for the storage and sale of consumer grade fireworks, distribution of pre-ordered fireworks and requirements for the issuance of permits for the retail sale of fireworks, which include the requirement that possession of more than 125 pounds of consumer grade fireworks be reported to the fire marshal and stored the same way as professional grade fireworks, and pre-ordered consumer grade fireworks be distributed from a licensed Kansas fireworks retailer’s permitted sale establishment.

• Land Bank Board of Trustees:
Applications:
3043 S. 37th St., Wilma Manthe, yard extension.
3300 Farrow Ave, Tiffany Miller, property acquisition.

• Nominations to boards and commissions:
Cardelia Walker to the Housing Authority Board, submitted by Mayor David Alvey.
Jake Miller to the Planning and Zoning Commission, submitted by Commissioner Tom Burroughs.
Kevin Steele to the Law Enforcement Advisory Board, submitted by Commissioner Tom Burroughs.
Micki Hill to the Library Board, submitted by Commissioner Tom Burroughs.
Winfred Manning to the Advisory Commission on Human Relations and Disability Issues, submitted by Commissioner Gayle Townsend.
Racheal Jefferson to the Housing Authority, submitted by Commissioner Gayle Townsend.
Karen French to the Landmarks Commission, submitted by Commissioner Gayle Townsend.
Karen Jones to the Planning and Zoning Commission, submitted by Commissioner Gayle Townsend.
Carolyn Wyatt to the UG Board of Park Commission, submitted by Commissioner Gayle Townsend.
Ida Pryor to the Wyandotte-Leavenworth Area Wide Advisory Council, submitted by Commissioner Gayle Townsend.
Gregory Collins to the Law Enforcement Advisory Board, submitted by Commissioner Gayle Townsend.

• 5 p.m. meeting:
At 5 p.m. March 22 in the fifth floor conference room, the UG Commission will hear the Convention and Visitors’ Bureau annual report. Afterward, in the ninth floor conference room, the commission will hold a closed executive session on the litigation report.

The UG agenda is online at www.wycokck.org.