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City of Salina, Kansas
Regular Meeting of the Board
Of Commissioners
October 22, 1979
The Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners met in the City
Commission Meeting Room, City -County Building, on Monday, October 22, 1979, at
four o'clock p.m.
There were present:
Mayor Karen M. Graves, Chairman presiding
Commissioner Roy W. Allen
Commissioner Keith G. Duckers
Commissioner Dan S. Geis
Commissioner Merle A. Hodges
comprising a quorum of the Board, also:
W. E. Harris, Deputy City Manager
D. L. Harrison, City Clerk
Absent:
L. 0. Bengtson, City Attorney
Rufus L. Nye, City Manager
Public Hearings and Items Scheduled for a Certain Time
A public hearing was held on the proposed assessments for street and
Utility improvements authorized in Resolution Number 3360, passed by the Board
Of Commissioners on the 10th day of April, 1978.
No Protests, written or oral, were filed.
Moved by Commissioner Duckers, seconded by Commissioner Geis that the
special assessments in Engineering Project 78-636 be approved and that Ordinance
Number 8759, levying special assessments on lots, pieces and parcels of ground
in the City of Salina, Kansas, for the purpose of paying a portion of the cost
of street and utility improvements in Eastridge, Riverdale and Georgetown Additioni,
be introduced for first reading. Aye: (5). Nay: (0). Motion adopted.
Consent Agenda
Approval of the Minutes of the Regular Meeting October 15, 1979.
Authorization to submit a request for waiver from the December 31, 1979
deadline to the Division of Accounts and Reports in Topeka, on fixed asset
accounting.
Resolution Number 3457, designating the official depositories for all
moneys of the City of Salina, Kansas, and directing the City Treasurer to deposit
all moneys received by him therein.
Change the date to receive bids on the Memorial Hall Boiler from
November 1, 1979 to November 15, 1979.
Moved by Commissioner Geis, seconded by Commissioner Allen that all
Aye: (5). Nay: (0).
items on the consent agenda be approved. Motion carried.
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Administration
Moved by Commissioner Allen, seconded by Commissioner Duckers that
Ordinance Number 8752, providing for the amendment of Ordinance Number 8526,
the same being Chapter 36 of the Salina Code, and the Zoning District Map therei
and thereby adopted and providing for the rezoning of certain property within
the City and prescribing the proper uses thereof, be adopted.
filed by Burwell, Butcher and Roberts, for the rezoning of Lot 2P De Ds the3East
200 feet of Surveyor's Plat 52). Aye: Allen, Duckers, Hodges (3). Nay: Geis,
Graves (2). Motion adopted.
Moved by Commissioner Geis, seconded by Commissioner Hodges that
Ordinance Number 8757, providing for the designation of certain areas as parking
for the handicapped; providing for the marking thereof and making it unlawful
for the unauthorized use thereof, be adopted. Aye: Allen, Duckers, Geis, Hodges
Graves (5). Nay: (0). Motion adopted.
Moved by Commissioner Duckers, seconded by Commissioner Geis that
Resolution Number 3458, determining the advisability of curbing, guttering,
paving and grading, water main and services and sanitary sewer improvements,
estimating the cost therof, defining the boundaries of the improvement district
and the city -at -large, be adopted. (Engineering Project 79-655 for improvements
in Meyer and Platten Additions) Aye: (5). Nay: (0). Motion adopted.
The City Commission considered a request from the Downtown Parking
Committee to reduce overparking fines from $1.00 to 50¢.
Dan West, Chairman of the Downtown Parking Committee urged the City
Commission to reduce the overparking fine from $1.00 to 50¢ because they are
getting a lot of complaints from customers and it is hurting business.
Moved by Commissioner Hodges, seconded by Commissioner Duckers that
action be postponed so the City Attorney can get a firm legal opinion as to the
legality of the first ticket being 50� and the second ticket $1.00. Aye: (5).
Nay: (0). Motion adopted.
Moved by Commissioner Geis, seconded by Commissioner Duckers that curb
sidewalk on the east side of Seitz Drive, from Brookwood to Glen, be authorized.
(Requested in Petition Number 3776, filed by Wilbur W. and Aliene W. Steed)
Aye: (0). Nay: (5). Motion defeated.
Moved by Commissioner Allen, seconded by Commissioner Duckers to
Postpone approval of the curb sidewalk until November 5, 1979, so it can be
publicized. Aye: (5). Nay: (0). Motion adopted.
Moved by Commissioner Hodges, seconded by Commissioner Duckers that
the recommendation of the City Engineer be accepted and that Petition Number
3777, filed by Edward C. VanNess for water service to serve a tract of land
north of Euclid Avenue, south of the flood control dike, at the center line of
Front Street and Second Street, be approved. Aye: (5). Nay: (0). Motion
adopted.
Moved by Commissioner Geis, seconded by Commissioner Allen that a
letter from the Salina Park Advisory Board endorsing the Park -Recreation Concept,
and the Concept of an Interlocal Agreement, be received. A.ye: (5). Nay; 0
lotion adopted. ( )
Dr. Cole feels this would be a good approach to the recreation
:onsolidation.
Moved by Commissioner Duckers, seconded by Commissioner Hodges that a
etter from the Salina Park Advisory Board be received, regarding the two properti s
roposed for dedication for park purposes by the developers of the former Schilling
anor. Aye: (5). Nay: (0). Motion adopted.
Dr. Cole said someone has been dumping tree limbs and trash in the
roposed park in the former Schilling Manor, and did not want the City to accept
he parks until they were cleaned up.
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Other Business
The Commission discussed a letter received from Neil Stevens, of the
Smoky Valley Chapter of the Kansas Engineering Society, concerning bike paths
on both sides of East Crawford. They instructed Mr. Harris to place this item
on the agenda for the November 5, 1979 meeting.
Moved by Commissioner Duckers, seconded by Commissioner Allen that the
Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners be adjourned. Ayes: (5). Nay:
(0). Motion adopted.
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
zud-t D. L. Harrison, City Clerk
Karen M. Graves, Mayor