By SALINA POST
The Parks and Recreation master plan and the Smoky Hill River renewal project are among the items on the Salina City Commission agenda for Monday.
About the meeting
Study sessions and city commission meetings will take place in–person in room 107 of the City-County Building, 300 West Ash Street, and via Zoom until further notice. Meetings also can be viewed at the City of Salina YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/cityofSalinaKansas.
To participate via Zoom, citizens will need to use the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89275984587.
The meeting also can be accessed by phone at 1-346-248-7799. Enter Meeting ID:892 7598 4587 when prompted.
If citizens wish to speak, either during the public forum or when the mayor requests public comment on an item, citizens attending via Zoom must raise their hands so that the meeting host can allow them to speak. Those who attend the in-person meeting will have the opportunity to speak at the podium.
Citizens also can send written comments or questions to city commissioners via email at [email protected].
In order for the commissioners to have an opportunity to review comments in advance of the meeting, please email your comments or questions by 5 p.m. the Sunday prior to the Monday meetings.
Study session
Commissioners will begin with a study session at 2:30 p.m. The study session will consist of an overview of the Parks and Recreation master plan.
According to information in the study session meeting packet, the next part of the Parks and Recreation master plan has the following three purposes.
●It is an accumulation of information gathered from the community that will build upon the expressed interests and desires of citizens for the quality of life that is important to them.
●It will function as a guide for the future development of our park and recreation system.
●It will be used to make sure that tax dollars are spent wisely.
The master plan specified $5.6 million in park deferred maintenance. Additionally, 187 deferred maintenance items that need to be addressed are identified.
To see the Parks and Recreation master plan, click here.
To see the study session packet, click here.
Regular meeting
The regular meeting is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider proclaiming the week of April 11-15, 2022, as National Work Zone Awareness Week in the City of Salina. Tilden Crable, street foreman, is scheduled to read the proclamation.
Other items on the Salina City Commission agenda for Monday include the following.
●Consider authorizing the submission of a grant application by the City of Salina to the U.S. Department of Transportation for a fiscal year 2022 RAISE grant for the Smoky Hill River Renewal Project.
●Discuss Charter Ordinance 39 - Issuance of General Obligation Bonds by Cities of the First Class.
●Consider approving on second reading a proposed ordinance amending the Future Land Use Map of the Salina Comprehensive Plan to change the future land use designation of property located on the south side of W. Cloud Street west of S. Broadway Boulevard from future suburban residential to future urban residential in support of multi-family housing at that location.
●Consider approving on second reading a proposed ordinance that would change the zoning district classification from MH-P (manufactured home park) and R-1 (single-family residential) to R-2.5 (multi-family residential) to allow construction of multi-family apartments at property addressed as 721 W. Cloud Street.
●Consider approving actions in response to bids received for vehicle and equipment purchases for 2022.
●Consider approving a resolution that would approve a performance agreement related to the issuance of taxable multi-family housing revenue bonds for a project to be constructed by Cedarhurst of Salina Real Estate, LLC, and authorize execution of related documents.
●Citizens Forum
To see the full Salina City Commission meeting packet for Monday, click here.