11-30-1989 MinutesAction
CITY OF SALINA, KANSAS
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
NOVEMBER 30, 1989
4:00 p.m.
A Special Meeting of the Board of Commissioners met in the Commission Meeting
Room, City -County Building, on Thursday, November 30, 1989 at 4:00 p.m.
There were present:
Mayor Joseph A. Warner, Chairman presiding
Commissioner Carol E. Beggs
Commissioner John Divine
Commissioner Robert E. Frank
Commissioner Stephen C. Ryan
comprising a quorum of the Board, also present:
Greg Bengtson, City Attorney
Dennis M. Kissinger, City Manager
Jacqueline Shiever, City Clerk
Absent:
None
The meeting was called for the purpose of considering the following:
1. Motion to suspend City Commission Procedural Rule No. 20 to permit
reconsideration of a question at a special meeting during a week in
which a regular meeting will not take place.
2. Motion to reconsider the decision made at the Regular City Commission
Meeting of November 20, 1989 to withdraw application for an
interchange at 1-135 and Magnolia Road under the Kansas Department
of Transportation's System Enhancement Program.
3. (If motion to reconsider prevails) Consider submittal of an official
project request for an interchange at 1-135 and Magnolia Road under
the Kansas Department of Transportation's System Enhancement
Program.
Greg Bengtson, City Attorney, reviewed the procedure required for
City Commission reconsideration of the motion regarding submittal of an official
project request for an interchange at 1-135 and Magnolia Road and recommended
that public comment be taken between Items 1 and 2.
1. Motion to suspend City Commission Procedural Rule No. 20 to permit
reconsideration of a question at a special meeting during a week in
which a regular meeting will not take place.
Commissioner Divine stated that he requested the special meeting
because Senator Ben Vidricksen called to say he has new and additional
information and felt he would like to present this information since the City
Commission voted on the issue on November 20. He said he felt it is critical to
have all the information possible on this issue before the deadline.
Dr. Charles Olson, 2420 Highland, asked to hear the new information.
Commissioner Divine read a letter from Senator Ben Vidricksen that he
no longer is concerned that the Highway 81 project will be harmed by the
Magnolia Interchange and that he is no longer voicing his objections to the
Magnolia project.
89-457 Moved by Commissioner Ryan, seconded by Commissioner Divine that
City Commission Procedural Rule No. 20, to permit reconsideration of a question
at a special meeting during a week in which a regular meeting did not take
place, be suspended. Aye: (5) . Nay: (0) . Motion adopted.
Action
89-458
89-459
89-460
Dennis Kissinger, City Manager, reviewed the Magnolia Interchange
project and said the application deadline is December 1.
The following members of the public expressed their concerns about
such issues as relocation expenses, the additional tax burden, excessive city
spending, 3 interchanges in a 2 mile area: Roger Naylor; Andy Peele, 751
Comanche for Wilber Davis; Larry Triplett, 2111 Melrose Lane; Gary Yates, 509
Star; Ann Nordboe, 1008a West Magnolia Road; Mike Scriven, 217 South Tenth;
Jake Hartmetz, 1921 D Glendale; Ernest Cole, 153 South Front; and Andy Peele,
751 Comanche, for himself.
Deborah Divine, 1748 Glen, summarized 13 concerns she heard the
public express and asked the City Commissioners to sign a petition to support
the Highway 81 project.
The following members of the public spoke in favor of the Magnolia
Interchange: Leo Becker, 2080 Harold; Ed Adams, representing Jim Palmer
Trucking at 2359 Hein Avenue; Steve Mulvihill, Manager of Harvest Foods; David
Antrim, 436 Seitz; Tim Rogers, Executive Director of the Salina Airport
Authority; Randy Duncan, 302 Irene; Jim Waters, 2600 Highland; Gerald Cook,
President of the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce.
2. Motion to reconsider the decision made at the Regular City Commission
Meeting of November 20, 1989 to withdraw application for an
interchange at 1-135 and Magnolia Road under the Kansas Department
of Transportation's System Enhancement Program.
Moved by Commissioner Divine, seconded by Commissioner Ryan that
the City Commission reconsider the decision made at the Regular City Commission
Meeting of November 20, 1989 to withdraw application for an interchange at 1-135
and Magnolia Road under the Kansas Department of Transportation's System
Enhancement Program. Aye: (5) . Nay: (0) . Motion adopted.
3. Consider submittal of an official project request for an interchange at
1-135 and Magnolia Road under the Kansas Department of
Transportation's System Enhancement Program.
The City Commissioners and staff discussed specific aspects of the
project.
Commissioner Divine withdrew his original motion made on
November 20, 1989.
Moved by Commissioner Ryan, seconded by Commissioner Divine that
staff be instructed to submit an official project request for an interchange at
1-135 and Magnolia Road under the Kansas Department of Transportation's System
Enhancement Program.
After comments by each Commissioner, Mayor Warner called for a roll
call vote on Commission Action 89-459: Aye: Divine, Frank, Ryan, Warner (4) .
Nay: Beggs (1) . Motion adopted.
Moved by Commissioner Ryan, seconded by Commissioner Frank that
the Special Meeting of the Board of Commissioners be adjourned. Aye: (5) .
Nay: (0) . Motion adopted. The special meeting of the Board of Commissioners
adjourned at 5:30 p.m.
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ATTEST:
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Jacquel'ne Shiever, City Clerk
osep A. Warner, Mayor