The Unified Government Commission is scheduled to meet remotely for a COVID-19 update and a fire station discussion at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 30, in a Zoom meeting.
According to the agenda, the public will be able to watch the meeting on Zoom on the internet, on UGTV on cable television and on YouTube on the UG’s channel, or listen by telephone.
An email from the Fairfax Industrial Association on Wednesday anticipated that there may be a proposal to close the Fairfax fire station. The FIA and businesses there are opposed to a fire station shutdown, according to the FIA email.
The agenda for the 5 p.m. meeting has information about how to connect to the Zoom meeting, and about the other ways to watch the meeting, at https://wycokck.civicclerk.com/web/UserControls/DocPreview.aspx?aoid=1745.
Agreement and penalty on sewer and stormwater noncompliance
The 7 p.m. regular UG Commission meeting will follow, and also will be held remotely, through Zoom, and will be broadcast on UGTV on cable television, on YouTube, and a telephone line will be available to listen.
On the agenda for the 7 p.m. meeting is a negotiated agreement between the UG and the Environmental Protection Agency directing the UG to pay a $50,000 civil penalty to the EPA for past alleged sewer and stormwater noncompliance.
The agreement was negotiated over several years, with more than six months of dispute resolution, according to the agenda. It is a compromise agreement on the sewer overflow control program. The agreement includes a 25-year, $900 million program.
Other items
Several planning and zoning items also are on the 7 p.m. agenda.
The items include:
• 8600 Gibbs Road, change of zone from single family district to planned heavy industrial district for outdoor storage of used, damaged and undamaged, operable and inoperable automobiles, trucks, other vehicles, boats and construction – farm equipment and machinery for wholesale online and retail auction, with accessory office, shipping, receiving and customer parking, Benjamin Stephens with Copart.
• 8440 Gibbs Road, special use permit for outdoor storage of used, damaged and undamaged, operable and inoperable automobiles, trucks, other vehicles, boats and construction-farm equipment and machinery for wholesale online and retail auction, with accessory office, shipping, receiving and customer parking, Benjamin Stephens with Copart.
• 3425 N. 87th St., special use permit to keep small livestock, chickens, ducks, goats and a mini-pony.
• 1151 N. 126th St., special use permit for grading for possible future development, Mike Reilly with JMK Partners LLC.
• 4420 N. 107th St., renewal of a special use permit for a modular classroom at Piper Middle School.
• 2751 Espenlaub Lane, home occupation special use permit for a short-term rental – AirBNB.
• 3846 and 3848 N. 123rd St., special use permit for a short term-rental –AirBNB.
• 10525 Nelson Lane, an ordinance rezoning property from agriculture to single-family district.
• 1620 N. 118th St., 11704 State Ave. and 11602 State Ave., an ordinance rezoning property from agriculture district to planned general business district.
• 747 N. 69th St., an ordinance rezoning property from single family, planned mobile home park, planned apartment and planned general business districts to planned general industrial district.
• 2815 N. 20th St., an ordinance rezoning property from single-family district to two-family district.
• Calvin Avenue between North Tremont to 7th Street, an ordinance vacating a tract.
• Whipple’s Addition to Riverview between North 7th Street to Simpson, an ordinance vacating a tract.
• 3447 N. 31st Terrace, special use permit to keep a horse, recommended for denial.
• 3456 N. 31st Terrace, special use permit to keep chickens and livestock, recommended for approval for two years.
• Appointment of Mark Mohler to the Board of Zoning Appeals and Kansas City, Kansas, City Planning Commission, submitted by Commissioner Melissa Bynum.
To view the 7 p.m. meeting, residents may visit https://zoom.us/j/99149262844?pwd=ViswelVQb2pBcm1zVkZhcldYdUtOZz09
Password: 914534
Residents also may view the meeting on cable television on UGTV or on YouTube. Telephone numbers and more information about how to access the meeting are listed on the agendas at https://www.wycokck.org/Clerk/Agendas.aspx.
According to a note on the UG clerk’s webpage, anyone wanting to comment on any item on the agenda should submit their comments by email to [email protected] by 3 p.m. on the day of the meeting.