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City of Overland Park

Mayor and Council

 

Monday, January 25, 2021

7:30 PM

 

Remote Meeting

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Mayor Carl R. Gerlach

Council President Fred Spears

 

 

Thomas Carignan

Faris Farassati

Stacie Gram

Holly Grummert

 

Scott Hamblin

Logan Heley

Jim Kite

Paul Lyons

 

Christopher Newlin

Curt Skoog

John H. Thompson

 

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CALL TO ORDER

 

 

 

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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

 

OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

 

 

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PUBLIC HEARING

 

 

MAYOR CARL R. GERLACH

 

 

1.

Election of Council President.

 

COUNCIL PRESIDENT FRED SPEARS

 

 

CITY MANAGER BILL EBEL

 

 

 

CONSENT AGENDA

 

 

Public Safety – Committee Report

 

 

2.

Agreement - Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, cities of Leawood, Olathe, Shawnee, Lenexa, and Johnson County Consolidated Fire District No. 2, Northwest Consolidated Fire District, Johnson County Fire District No. 1 and Johnson County Fire District No. 2; for the coordinated delivery of emergency medical services medical direction within the boundaries of Johnson County; rescinding the agreement approved on August 17, 2020.

 Committee Report to Council - Html

 Agreement - 2020 Medical Director

 

3.

Agreement - Fire District No. 2 of Johnson County, Kansas, to provide the authority and temporary staffing arrangements for operational firefighter/EMS positions prior to the proposed 2021 merger.

 Committee Report to Council - Html

 Agreement - Fire District No. 2 of Johnson County

 

Public Works – Staff Report

 

 

4.

Ordinance No. MTI-3315 - For the public improvement of a main trafficway - 167th Street, Switzer to Antioch in the City.

 Ordinance No. MTI-3315 [Project No. TH-1914]

 

5.

Resolution No. 4679 - Declaring it necessary to appropriate private property for the use of the City for the replacement of stormwater infrastructure for the 2021 Major Storm Drainage Improvements project, located in the vicinity of 101st Street, Connell Drive to Knox Drive, in the City.

 Resolution No. 4679 [Project No. SD-1653]

 

6.

Resolution No. 4680 - Declaring it necessary to appropriate private property for the use of the City for construction of an intermodal trail in the City along west 91st Terrace and west 91st Street, Nall to Lowell, and linking with the existing trail at Cherokee Park.

 Resolution No. 4680 - [Project No. PR-2051]

 

Finance, Administration and Economic Development - Staff Report

 

 

7.

Council Minutes - October 19 and December 7, 2020.

 

8.

Expenditure Ordinance No. 1A - Outlining the expenditures from the General Operating Fund and the Capital Projects Fund for December 25, 2020, through January 7, 2021.

 Expenditure Ordinance No. 1A

 

 

REGULAR AGENDA

 

 

Community Development - Committee Report

 

 

 

Curt Skoog, Chair

Thomas Carignan, Vice Chair; Faris Farassati; Stacie Gram; Holly Grummert; Christopher Newlin

 

 

Community Development - Planning & Development Services - Staff Report

 

 

 

Director

Jack Messer

 

 

Community Development - Parks & Recreation Services - Staff Report

 

 

 

Director

Jermel Stevenson

 

 

Public Safety – Committee Report

 

 

 

Paul Lyons, Chair

Holly Grummert, Vice Chair; Thomas Carignan; Stacie Gram; Christopher Newlin; John H. Thompson

 

 

Public Safety - Police Department - Staff Report

 

 

 

Chief of Police

Frank Donchez

 

 

Public Safety - Fire Department - Staff Report

 

 

 

Fire Chief

Bryan Dehner

 

 

Public Works – Committee Report

 

 

 

Jim Kite, Chair

Logan Heley, Vice Chair; Faris Farassati; Scott Hamblin; Curt Skoog; Fred Spears

 

 

10.

Median Break Request - 116th Street and Nall Campus Development. (Continued from the December 21, 2020, Council meeting).

 Committee Report to Council - Html

 Median Break Request - Attachments A-K

 Attachment L - AMC Theaters Letter

 

Public Works – Staff Report

 

 

 

Director, Public Works

Tony Hofmann

 

 

Finance, Administration and Economic Development - Committee Report

 

 

 

John Thompson, Chair

Christopher Newlin, Vice Chair; Logan Heley; Jim Kite; Paul Lyons; Fred Spears

 

 

Finance, Administration and Economic Development - Staff Report

 

 

 

Deputy City Manager

Kristy Cannon Stallings

 

 

 

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS

 

 

Economic Development Public-Private Partnership Projects - Regular Agenda

 

 

 

RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION

 

 

 

Director, Planning & Development Services

Jack Messer

 

 

 

OLD BUSINESS

 

 

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

 

11.

Mid-America Regional Council Report

Curt Skoog, Councilmember.

 

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