By SALINA POST
A pay plan study, proclamations, a possible arts and entertainment district, and an executive session 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 meet in a study session at 2 p.m. Monday concerning a pay plan study.
Regular meeting
The commissioners' regular session is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider the following two requests for proclamations.
●Recognize June 4, 2022, as Relay for Life Day in the City of Salina. Karen Wood, co-chair of the Relay for Life of Saline County Event Leadership Team, is scheduled to read the proclamation.
●Recognize June 3, 2022, as National Gun Violence Awareness Day in the City of Salina. Cori Sherman-North, co-leader of the Salina group of Mom's Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, is scheduled to read the proclamation.
Commissioners also are scheduled to consider an ordinance that would establish a downtown arts, commerce, and entertainment district.
Since March of 2019, more than 35 stakeholders representing more than 20 organizations have met regularly as part of the Downtown Art and Entertainment District Stakeholder Committee, according to information in the Salina City Commission meeting packet.
The purpose of establishing such a district, according to information from the city, is to "enable and promote downtown as an arts, commerce and entertainment destination by encouraging new public spaces, activities and businesses that expand on the City's revitalization efforts and transform downtown into a vibrant hub for creating, working, living, and shopping."
The ordinance, if adopted, would become effective after June 13, 2022. There would be no direct fiscal impact to the City of Salina, according to meeting packet information.
Other items on the Salina City Commission agenda for Monday include the following.
●Conduct a public hearing and consider a proposed ordinance on first reading that would vacate Logan Avenue and the north-south alley west of the relocated Dry Creek channel.
●Consider approving on second reading a proposed ordinance that would create an amended PC-5 on a 44-acre tract of land on the east side of S. Ninth Street north of Water Well Road.
●Consider authorizing the mayor to sign a letter of support for a Saline County ARPA Grant funding application to fund a survey of the impact of fines and fees on individual offenders within the 28th Judicial District Count, the 28th Judicial District community corrections, and Salina Municipal Court, as well as evaluate the cost of collecting fines and fees and the impact on government personnel using the current collection process.
●Consider repealing Resolution No. 98-5276 which established a policy for the installment time period allowed for the payment of special assessments.
●Consider approving a proposed resolution that would establish a special improvement district for water, sanitary sewer, street, and drainage improvements in Magnolia Hills Estates No. 2, Phase 2, and authorizr the city manager to execute an improvement district development agreement between the City of Salina and Magnolia Hills, Inc.
●Consider approving a proposed resolution that would establish a special improvement district for water, sanitary sewer, street, and drainage improvements in Stone Lake Phase 3c and authorize the city manager to execute an improvement district development agreement between the City of Salina and Stone Lake Development, LLC.
●Consider accepting an expanded public draining easement dedication on a portion of Lot 1, Block 1 of the Hageman Addition to the City of Salina.
●Consider approving a proposed resolution determining that the city is considering establishing a Rural Housing Incentive District (RHID) within the city and set a public hearing date concerning the creation of an RHID.
●Citizens Forum
Additionally, commissioners are scheduled to meet in executive session to discuss with legal counsel the legal considerations relating to the South Park property. Possible action to follow.
To see the full Salina City Commission meeting packet for Monday, click here.