By SALINA POST
The Salina City Commission meeting will take place in–person at the City/County Building in Room 107 and via Zoom until further notice. Meetings 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 can also 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 hand 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 can also send written comments or questions to City Commissioners by visiting the City of Salina’s website at www.salina-ks.gov and using the “Email City Commission” icon on the home page.
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.
To see the meeting packet for the study session, click here.
Regular Meeting
The commission's regular meeting is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.
Commissioners are being asked to approve the following proclamation.
● Recognition of the month of October, 2023, as Community Planning Month. Patrick Mikesell, Chair of the Planning Commission, will read the proclamation.
● Recognition of the week of October 8-14, 2023, as Fire Prevention Week. Anthony Sneidar, Chief of the Salina Fire Department, will read the proclamation.
● Recognition of the month of October, 2023, as Bullying Prevention Month. Vicki Price, CAPS Education Director, will read the proclamation, accompanied by Kenley Rojas from Lakewood Middle School, Isaiah Boswell from Sacred Heart Junior Senior High School, and Sophia Torres from South Middle School.
● Recognition of the month of October, 2023, as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Mary Cookson, Victim Advocate with the Domestic Violence Association of Central Kansas (DVACK), will read the proclamation.
Consent Agenda
● Approve Resolution No. 23-8152 appointing members to the Animal Control Advisory and Appeals Board and the Business Improvement District No. 1 Design Review Board.
● Approve Resolution No. 23-8153 appointing members of the Planning Commission to serve on the Board of Zoning Appeals and the Heritage Commission.
Administration
● Approve Ordinance No. 23-11174, on second reading, changing the zoning district classification from PC-2 (Planning Neighborhood Shopping) to R-2 (Multi-Family Residential) on five (5) lots located on the east side of South Ohio Street, south of Shoreline Drive. The subject property is legally described as Lots 1-5, Block 6 of the Stone Lake Addition to the City of Salina, Saline County, Kansas and addressed as 2835-2915 South Ohio Street.
● Approve Ordinance No. 23-11176, on second reading, ordering the vacation of a portion of a 55 ft. wide platted drainage easement located on Lots 18 and 19, Block 4 of the Stone Lake Addition to the City of Salina, Saline County, Kansas to reduce the easement width from 55 ft. to 20 ft. in order to convert it from surface drainage to a storm drainage pipeline.
● Approve Ordinance No. 23-11175, on second reading, amending the zoning regulations applicable to Group Day Care Homes.
● Special Event Permit Fees Review
Approve Ordinance No. 23-11177, on first reading, amending the City of Salina Municipal Code sections 6-333, 6-361, and 3-379, to define parades and rolling parades, identify the permit level applicable to block parties and rolling parades, establish how an event is determined to be a rolling parade, and repealing the existing sections.
Approve Resolution No. 23-8155 amending the special event fees pursuant to Chapter 6, Article V of the City of Salina Municipal Code.
● Approve Ordinance No. 23-11166, on first reading, amending Chapter 38, A1iicle I of the City of Salina Municipal Code by adopting the 2023 Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities published by the League of Kansas Municipalities and repealing existing section 38-1.
● Approve Ordinance No. 23-11167, on first reading, amending Chapter 25, Article I of the City of Salina Municipal Code by adopting the 2023 Uniform Public Offense Code for Kansas Cities published by the League of Kansas Municipalities and repealing existing section 25-1.
Development Business
● Consider approval of a Development Agreement with the Mark Augustine Trust addressing current and future improvements to South 9th Street abutting the Augustine Addition to the City of Salina, Saline County, Kansas.
● Consider approval of a Development Agreement with the Salina Health Education Foundation addressing current and future improvements to North Ohio Street abutting the ADR Addition to the City of Salina, Saline County, Kansas.
● Consider approval of a Development Agreement with Beck's Superior Hybrid Seeds Inc. addressing current and future improvements to North Ohio Street abutting the Beck's Addition to the City of Salina, Saline County, Kansas.