By SALINA POST
Scooters, a childcare grant, and proposed ordinances 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 are scheduled to begin with a study session about Bird Scooters at 2:30 p.m. Bird is a micromobility company that provides shared electric vehicles. According to information in the commission meeting packet, Bird, most well known for its electric scooters, is interested in bringing its services and vehicles to Salina.
Bird provides shared vehicles in a number of Kansas communities, including Fort Scott, Great Bend, Hays, Emporia, and Overland Park.
Standard pricing for renting a scooter is $1 to unlock and a per-minute fee. The average cost of a ride is $7, according to information in the study session meeting packet.
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 April 29, 2022 as Arbor Day in the City of Salina. Mary Shaffer is scheduled to read the proclamation.
Commissioners also are scheduled to consider approving a resolution that would allow the city to accept a grant award from Child Care Aware of Kansas for the continued operation of the school-age child care program at the Salina Fieldhouse.
Repealing Charter Ordinance No. 39 and considering approval of a proposed new charter ordinance that would exempt the city from K.S.A. 13-1024a, which sets limits on the amount of bonds a city may issue annually without voter approval, also are on the city commission agenda.
"Like other cities of the first class, the City Commission directed staff to bring forward the repeal of Charter Ordinance No. 39 and a replacement Charter Ordinance that does not set limits on the amount of bonds for general improvements that can be issued per year recognizing that there are many other statutes that allow for debt financing for specific projects," staff noted in the commission meeting packet information.
Other items on the Salina City Commission agenda for Monday include the following.
●Consider authorizing the city manager to execute a Small Cell Master License Agreement with Alltel Corporation doing business as Verizon Wireless.
●Consider authorizing city staff to prepare a Special Assessment Engineering Feasibility Report for the unimproved portion of Cedar Ridge Drive, the direct access perimeter street serving the Cedar Point Addition.
●Consider approving on first reading a proposed ordinance that would amend Section 42-347 of the I-1 (industrial park) district regularions to add truck sales and service to the list of permitted uses in the I-1 district.
●Consider approving on first reading a proposed ordinance that would amend Ordinance No. 96-9738, which established the development standards and limitations in the Cedar Creek Manufactured Home Park.
●Citizens Forum
To view the full Salina City Commission meeting packet for Monday, click here.