who is elder community church to lead us
in the pledge of allegiance and the
occasion.
» I pledge algiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
>> Please uh bow your head with me in
prayer.
Gracious heavenly father, we uh
first want to acknowledge that this is a
day that you have made and we rejoice
and we're glad in it.
And Lord specifically we
thank you for this evening and
that you are here in our midst in our
presence for this meeting.
Father we thank you for uh the city
council that's here in Goddard and the
other leaders that are present here
tonight as well. Those who give of their
time and energy to to serve the
community here. We give you thanks for
them. And your word tells us Lord that
you have appointed them. You have
appointed them these positions that all
authority comes from you and you have uh
appointed them to these positions of
authority. So may they keep that in mind
as they leave.
And father, I I pray that uh there would
be harmony that that there would be
unity amongst the the council tonight.
uh that they would uh be willing to lay
aside any any personal
uh agendas or ambitions that they may
have and to just focus on uh the Goddard
uh what is best for the community here in Goddard.
So Lord, we lift uh this time up to the
nine. We ask that you would guide and
direct
the the council
through the agenda tonight.
That there would be grace, there would
be mercy, there would be love, there
would be respect amongst them for each
other.
And Lord, that the accomplishments of
tonight would do two things. It would be
bring glory to you and it would be a
benefit to the people hearing God. And I
pray all this in your name, Lord Jesus.
Amen. Before
we uh approve tonight's agenda, I would
like to take a moment to
apologize to my colleagues on the bench
for the way I handled the for the last
meeting. Um it wasn't my intention to be
short. Um anything went off. I probably
need to be a better listener. Um,
I'll work to choose my words more wisely
and uh, overall I'll just try to do
better this thing. So that I apologize
and appreciate your giving me some
grace. So
with that, we'll move on. I'll take
entertain a motion for approval of
tonight's agenda.
>> Make a motion to approve tonight's
agenda. Second Chris made a motion. I
have a second. All those in favor say I.
>> I.
>> Motion carries 5 Z.
» Item D,
citizen comments.
It's an opportunity for
members of our community to uh share
thoughts that they have with the
council. And uh we'll go ahead and open
citizen comments. So, if you want to
come up, state your name, write it down
on hopefully there's a piece of paper up
there to write it down.
» There is now
we'll go ahead and open citizen.
» Hello, Mayor Councilman. Uh, Daniel
Carlile, 217 North Caesar. Uh, two
things bring me in front of you guys.
Uh, a little over a year ago I go in
front of you guys. Our alley behind me
is getting rough again. Uh, potholes
will start to come back. They're not
near as bad. Uh, like we need something
done about that. The next thing about it
that brings me to uh you guys uh behind
the learning center that alley the 6T
privacy fence. There's weeds that are
presently taller than that 6T privacy
fence. Last time I checked, the uh code
was 8 in.
Uh the fence is 72 inches tall. That's
way over to anything we get done about
that, too. Obviously, I don't need to
see right at this moment, but that's
what brings me in front of you guys.
» Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you.
Okay.
Anyone else?
Okay.
Good evening. My name is
» My name is Amber Mills and my family
lives directly beside the new road
edition by the Rachel Brooks. Um
development.
We are trying to understand the final
plan for this area specifically whether
a gate will be installed or what the
process of this new road is and why.
Um
the current layout already looks
unusual. On one side of the more
culde-sac, there's an existing private
driveway
and on the other side there's now a
roadway leading into an exire in into an
entire housing addition
and we live on the south side and our
tree goes all the way across.
Um, adding a gate,
we don't know what your plans are, would
make this area look even more
disconnected and poorly planned rather
than like a flexibly designed street.
Um it would look like a private driveway
and then a gated entrance if that's
proposed would simply add um onto
opposite sides of an existing culdeac.
We're not opposed to the new road um
when we bought the property and the kind
of
new stuff would probably get developed.
Um,
but we would prefer for it to remain
open and for an entire area to be
designed so that it looks and it
functions like one continuous
intentional roadway.
We would like the council to clarify
um is the gate definitely going to be
installed?
Um who requested the gate, the city, the
developer,
future residents? Um,
what problem is the gate intended to
solve if it is put up? And has the city
studied how the gate would affect like emergency vehicles trying to go
through, garbage trucks
going through, school buses, um, because
it kind of concerns us.
Another major concern is kind of the
communication.
Um,
no one from the city or the development
contacted us about this road connection
and I just think when you're supposed to
be like working together, um, it would
have been a little bit appreciated just
to let us know what we were looking at.
Um, we were never given an opportunity
to ask questions or even provide just
input before the work began.
Um
we were um actually coming back from a
family vacation
and just to come down your road and see
your trees and everything getting taken
out was really kind of a not a fun
ending to our vacation.
Um during construction, our property
stake was also removed. No one notified
us, explained why it was removed or told
us whether in whether or when it would
be properly replaced. We would like to
know, you know, who removed it and how
the city or the developer intended
intends to verify and um remark her
property line. Mayor, I don't mean to
interrupt Miss Mills, but the council
may want to vote if they want to extend
her time per code of meeting procedures.
>> Sure.
>> I'll make a motion to extend the time to
a second.
>> Second favor say I.
>> I oppose.
>> I
32 41.
We respect the council to or we
respectfully ask the council um to just
give us clarification on what is going
to take place before making that
decision. Please visit the location and
look at the layout from the perspective
that families should see and use this
area every day. If this road is going to
remain, we'd like it to flow naturally
into an addition and look like it was
intentionally planned.
Not like unrelated entrances were
attached to the end of a end of the
culdeac.
We're just asking for clear answers
about the gate, our missing property
state, and why the directly affected
homeowners were not included in the
communiation before the construction.
Thank you.
Micah, you might want to get her phone
number and maybe
>> talk. You guys want to talk?
» That's great. I guess I'll take his
stall.
Anyone else?
» Okay, we'll close citizen comments then.
Move on to item E.
Interest check and declaration that no
one has any conflicts with agenda items.
Five nos on that.
Anyone have any appointments,
recommendations, recognitions or not?
So, we'll move the consent agenda.
>> Make a motion to approve consent.
>> Thank you. Cory seconds. Those in favor
say I. I.
Motion carries 5.
New business.
Good shitty.
» Okay. You going to rotate this for me?
Okay.
>> Honorable Mayor City Council.
>> Cool. These are running hot. Craig
Crosset, your city manager here. Uh
pinch hitting for our community
development director. Uh this agenda
item is related to the Cedric County
Electric Co-op uh rebates. Um through
ordinance 1047, uh the council would be
establishing that it would finance and
pay for the cost of the co-op electric
utility system improvements to serve
Richard Brook estates edition phase
three and that the property owners
benefiting by such improvements will pay
special assessments in respect of those
improvements. Next slide.
So here's a breakdown of the cost and so
this works generally just like special
assessments do. U the costs will be
spread proa gets the lots that it will
be benefiting. Uh the reason we do this
is because unlike ever the co-op won't
finance those costs. So uh using the CD
statute we're able to u help extend
those costs over a period of time. So,
uh, there's not a large cash lump sum
payment paid upfront for the electric
improvements to serve the development.
Next slide, please.
The agreement is uh uh have been
reviewed and approved by both our bond
council, Kevin Cowan, and our attorneys
at Morris Lane. Next slide.
Here is staff's recommendation. If you
have any questions of a technical nature
that I can't answer, Kevin Cowan, our
bond council with Gilmore and Bell would
be glad to assist.
the more we develop into
Cedric County co-op area, this will be
more kind of a normal routine thing. Any
questions on this pretty well
agreement here? So, I'll entertain a
motion to approve this. Make a motion
that we accept the document as drafted
in it substantially completed form by
mayor on behalf of the city include any
future minor modifications that may
arrive prior to the execution of the
second.
He's made a motion. Christa seconds. All
those in favor say I.
>> I. Motion carries 5.
>> Thank you mayor.
Good evening, mayor and council. Some
Wayne n
um karaoke night.
>> It is karaoke night, isn't it? So, uh,
we are looking to get a change order,
uh, approved for 109th, uh, street south
of Kellogg to, uh, Santa Fe. We did some
further review as this project was
moving along of the MAC 552 surface
steel, um, and decided that it was not
the best product for what we were going
to utilize it for. So, we're looking to
get a deduct of $94,65963
on that. Um and that money then would be
utilized towards this change order on
199. Uh what's proposed is next please.
What is proposed is uh concrete there at
uh Kellogg and God road uh about 100
foot approximately past that Enterprise
Bank uh entrance there.
um that would eliminate the potholes and
such that that have developed there due
to the meeting of the concrete and the
asphalt due to due to the slope uh as
vehicles come down to the asphalt that's
creating the uh potholes and damage
there. So when we extend that concrete
out that can uh change that slope, make
it more gradual as it meets up with the
asphalt um eliminating some of those
issues. Uh and then also that is a
solution that uh you're looking at you
know 20 years or so of uh lifespan on
that concrete. Any expansions that would
happen in that area um can also be
pinned to the current as or excuse me
pinned to the pinned to the current
concrete um to allow us for those
expansions and and to keep us from
having to tear out the the concrete. Um
and then of course the asphalt would be
a mill edge mill with overlay um 7 foot
from the edges on each side extending
all the way down to Santa Fe. That would
uh allow us to leave the current asphalt
uh and and kind of taper that into the
drives and such and tape that the sides
of the road uh to keep that from having
a larger edge. Um and then we also get
to use the current asphalt as kind of a
base material.
It kind of helps and supports uh gives a
little strong base because as as we
speak we don't really know what's under
199. It's kind of a tongue twister under
199. Um and so this is kind of a best
solution to keep from getting to into a
mess that we may not want to get into.
Next slide please. So as uh we speak um
these are the specifications that we're
looking at. Um Harland uh will be
helping us out a little bit on this as
well with some survey work and such, but
uh the total bid is $232,270
um is what APAC has given us for
estimate of that cost. Um with this and
the deduct that would still put us under
budget of the 1.25 million is the top of
our budget and this put us about that
1.138 million. um leaving us some money
there for contingencies as we get into
these projects. Uh if there's any issues
that we then we can take care of that.
Next slide, please.
Um this is the summary of the the uh
proposal of the 23 $232,270.
Uh as you can tell, you know, it's
mainly the like I spoke of the proponent
excavations and the uh concrete. Next
slide, please.
Um, like I said, this all will be
fitting underneath the 2026 roadway
budget. Um, it puts us under budget
still. Gives us some room for
contingencies. Next side, please. At
this point, I'd take any questions if
you have any.
» What's the timing for this look like?
>> So, the timing would look like possibly
Paul, we would work with Apac to try to
make sure that we have as minimal uh
disruptions to the school as possible.
um keep kind of saying this is shortterm
aim for long-term yay in a lot of
respects. This is something that once we
get this completed um you know you may
have like 199 shut down for a couple of
weeks for the concrete then the asphalt
won't take very long very long at all.
Um so we'll have a little delays but
we'll try to make sure we fall inside
those fall breaks and things of that
nature. We'll do the best we can on
that.
And I apologize. I wasn't really
thinking of this earlier when um we
discussed this, but what about the
houses that are down? I mean, what will
this look like for them?
>> There should be minimal disruptions for
them as well. You know, there's other
streets that they access when it comes
to the edge mill and such. There's still
a driver service there.
>> Yeah.
>> Um so, you're not really disrupting too
much on that. Uh because the concrete
work is just going to be right there at
199. So that's where the the biggest
disruption.
» And I know are we planning to try to get
that little island put in there too
then?
>> Yeah, we'll we'll talk to Apac um about
that uh and see if we can get that kind
of thrown into the project as well while
that area is shut down um to kind of
help consolidate some of those projects.
I think one thing it's important to
point out that uh we are still waiting
for a study from KOD and an engineering
service that's almost 4 months in delay.
Um so these things we were doing that
won't negatively impact anything in the
future in terms of adding lanes but it
is frustrating that when you're promised
something that it goes three and a half
or four months before we receive it. I
know sometimes when people hear this
little piece, it's not in response to
that study. We'll make sure that's
clear. This is just an improvement that
we're going to make to eliminate part of
the issue there just with the the
surface. And uh hopefully once we get
the study then um
if it works out like it did at 183rd
Street uh KO will hopefully provide us
with some funding uh to to do the maybe
the expansion of turn lanes and um it's
not by one of the fact that we're not
paying attention to it. We are severely
limited. Uh when we did the 183rd Street
expansion, Kott would not do the study
at 199 until 183rd was finished and they
wanted a time limit to let the traffic
flow settle in before they'd actually do
the study. So the reason really for the
delay for not doing anything from right
after 183rd Street was done is really
the timeline of of K in and the way they function. So
and K I'll say this on on a lot of other
things. They've been really good to work
with. Uh they cost shared the drives on
the north side. I think three or four of
those and and uh I don't want to
discourage them, but there's an
engineering firm that's slow walking
this deal and I don't know why. So, but
I just want to make sure that people
understand that that we're highly aware
of the corner and I think we all cringe
when we hear that there's been another
accident there. So,
that's my two cents on that. Well,
anticipate that as well. Um, you know,
on the asphalt side of things there,
first we're starting to see the roads
slop off. We're starting to see some
damage done to 199 that we get head of
before before it becomes a larger issue
as well.
>> And it's so heavy traffic, too. It
doesn't take as long to deteriorate once
it gets to that point. So,
>> any other comments or questions?
>> I just say thank you for being
proactive. I like I say this all the
time. I don't think we could say enough
good things about public works this last
year, but just being proactive and
getting ahead of these situations before
they become situations. I'm grateful for
that. So, thank you.
» All right. A motion to
» flip the coin. I'll make a motion to
approve a change order to see roadway
maintenance contract with APAC
in the amount of $232,27
and authorize the city manager execute
the change order.
>> Court has made the motion there's a
second all those in favor say I
>> motion carries zero.
>> Thank you Jason.
» All right you sub in a pinch and take
them out of life. on back here for the
uh new vehicle purchase for the building
inspector. Next slide, please. Uh we
have a 2014 Chevy Impala. So when we got
that vehicle, it was used for code
enforcement purposes and then most
recently it was used for building
inspection services and uh through
extensive effort by our on staff uh
maintenance person of vehicles and the
uh effort of a um actual mechanic that
has a shop outside of town where we take
our fleet. Um, we found that it's going
to need uh the head gaskets or a full
engine replacement, which are both
exorbitant costs. I think if you did
either of those things, the vehicle
itself would probably be worth around uh
what those items cost. So, um, with
that, we have looked at some options or
our attempt was to find a new vehicle.
Uh, so we have warranty, something with
good gas mileage. It's going to be used
as our building inspector. He's going to
be doing inspections around town. Um,
which by the way, he's very busy. He's
been here for a couple months. And, um,
we've had a lot of permits pulled just
in the last few weeks. So, we've been
really excited to put him to work. Um,
but, uh, the car went out on him soon
after he started. We are trying to share
uh the acco vehicle, but we've been
keeping three to four dogs in our kennel
uh pretty consistently. For some reason,
folks have a harder time taking care of
their pets in the summer months. Not
sure what the science is behind that,
but the acco vehicle has been pretty
well tied up during uh business hours.
And so, um then he's had to resort to
utilizing his personal vehicle. and it's
not very efficient for his time to be
keeping a diary of his mileage so he can
be reimbursed in his personal vehicle
for inspections that are a mile from
city hall all day long. So um what it
really amounts to is this he's this
position spends a lot of time in a
vehicle. So we would like to use
equipment reserve funds on hand to
purchase something new. So u we looked
at uh some new sedans. So uh you know
the American uh manufacturers are not
really making sedans anymore. I think
they figured something out with the
market there. So, that really leaves you
with uh Nissan or Kia. We saw the Nissan
Sentra uh that we preferred over Kia's
options. Um it's around a 27 $28,000
vehicle. Uh while I was having a a
meeting with Councilman Dur uh late last
week, he had brought up an opportunity
for perhaps a Chevy Sport Track. Um, had
actually never heard of this vehicle
before, which um, like to think I know a
little bit about cars, so it was a nice
surprise to hear there was another
option. It's around the same price,
right around $28,000, but it's an SUV.
There are going to be few instances
where uh, having a little bit more grade
separation in an SUV versus a sedan
could be fruitful. Typically, um, he's
going to be able to park on a paved
street and then walk into a construction
site, but there may be some times where,
um, it would be beneficial to have an
SUV to be able to do inspections. Um,
unfortunately, our contractors can
sometimes have a difficulty in keeping
up with their trackout, which is the
large big clouds of dirt that they pull
in and out of construction sites. Um, if
you drive a sedan with a low profile,
sometimes that can be an issue. So just
again kind of attributing to maybe a
desire to look at the the Chevy uh
option instead. So um the Chevy tracks
so it were next slide please. Here's a
look at the two options.
Next slide please.
Again this will be attributed to
equipment reserve uh per the advice of
our chief financial officer. So we
always like to give you guys options. uh
staff would recommend purchase authority
for the Chevy tracks. I would think
29,000 could cover it comfortably from
what we have seen. Um and it looks like
there's a couple dealerships here
locally that we could source it from.
And so at that point, we would just be
looking for the the best cost um up to
that expenditure authority. And we're
going to go after the basic warranties
and stuff like that, too. So, uh, a
revised motion, if you are willing to go
with staff's recommendation, would just
be authorizing staff to have expenditure
authority up to, uh, $29,000 to
purchase, uh, 2026 Chevy Tracks from the
best dealership price in the area.
I'm sure you'll be able to narrate that
word for word back to me if that's the
route you want to go, but I'm here to
help piece meal a motion together if
needed.
Any
questions?
>> My suggestion is just simply to give
them the budget authority to spend it to
29,000. I think they're pretty
responsible and I think that if you guys
go out and find a better deal on a
vehicle that works for a building
inspector, I personally have trust that
you're going to make the best purchase.
So,
» my only comment would be to round it to
30. These are numbers guys
even just you know
>> but you say it doesn't need leather.
>> Yeah.
>> It's too hot on these August days.
>> Heated and cooled seats.
>> 30
29's fine.
» Yeah, I'd be fine with 30.
>> Same just in case.
>> Are you okay with 30?
>> I'm okay with 30.
>> Give a test.
I'm 30 or 29.
>> M
not as
>> Michael's not in here to say this. So I
will say that I feel like you guys went
well past the expectancy
of life on this vehicle. So I feel like
rounding up an extra thousand is fair.
I recommend that we approve the purchase
of a new vehicle
>> for not to exceed 30,000.
>> That's staff's discretion.
>> I second.
>> Give you the authority to Yeah. I don't
know. Making it up.
>> Very good. You know, we made the motion.
She made it up. She said that it was
good.
The seconds. All those in favor say I.
>> I.
Motion carries 5.
» I've had a good day at the plate, so
coach is leaving me in here. Um, this
last item in new business would be the
strategic growth zone overlay district.
So, back in August of 2025, we had a
joint special meeting amongst the
planning commission and city council.
this concept first appeared at that
time. Um, and if you go back and watch
that meeting, which I did, hopefully
some of you guys did too, such as staff,
but um, it was a consensus that this was
something that we wanted to uh, look at
moving forward with and at least put on
the council agenda. So, um,
unfortunately, uh, due to competing
interests, uh, we did not get that on
the agenda, uh, in the fall of last
year, and I'll take accountability for
that falling through the cracks. It
should have come up pretty soon
thereafter, that special meeting. So,
um, you guys might recall we spent quite
a bit of the second quarter of this year
working through a, uh, resolution that,
uh, put some parameters and design
standards and things of that nature
around two family, three family, and
four family zoning districts. And so, is
at that time kind of that light bulb
went up. Oh, uh, we talked about this
last year. It's kind of a part of this
same discussion.
Let's check the pulse again to see if
they still want to go uh through with
considering this. Uh we'll if so then
we'll put it on the agenda. So had
another pulse check with you guys in
July 1. Again, it was uh provided by the
governing body that uh staff go ahead
and put this on the agenda. So the last
uh planning commission meeting here a
week or so ago um they approved adopting
the strategic growth zone overlay
district uh and so now it is before you
to ratify the decision of the planning
commission. Advance slide please.
So this is meant to be an area where uh
the development community and
stakeholders could expect a more
favorable outcome from planning
commission and council uh for zoning
amendments uh with the expectation that
uh certain restrictions passed on the
two family resolution related to the 40%
ratio of two family uh properties would
not apply in the area. The expectation
would be that the design standards would
still be intact. This is merely a policy
signal. So, if this were uh approved
tonight, um it would be published in the
paper and then put on the zoning map as
an overlay district. And it's a policy
signal to developers and stakeholders
that if you were to contemplate
purchasing property in this area and
apply for a zoning amendment to uh R2,
three or four zoning classification,
the planning commission and council
would give high consideration to
amending or waving the portion of the uh
resolution and restrictive covenant as
it relates to the 40% % on the two
family properties. It does not give any
additional authority. Um the same uh
Kansas statutes would need to be
followed when it comes to the zoning
amendments. So it go through that same
due process. This would just kind of be
a layer of color over that process for
you guys to consider um if this were to
be adopted.
Here's a look at the west region as it
relates to the area around Gddard. In
the light blue, you have the city of
Goddard city limits. In the purple uh
hashed area, you have the city of
Witchah's 2035 urban growth area, which
is more or less an official symbol of
where they see uh potential growth
patterns in our area. In the dark gray,
you see the city of Witchaw city limits.
The orange is the strategic growth zone
area. It's basically the entire
unincorporated Sedu County between the
city of Goddard and the city of Witchah
from 21st Street North to MacArthur
south. You can see a little uh area
within the orange where city of Goddard
has already um established city limits
within the strategic growth zone area as
well as just some light blue areas uh
within the city of Witchaw's 2025 urban
growth area.
Go ahead and go to that next one.
When we looked at this the first time,
we didn't include the school district
overlay, but as we had more
conversations about this, it became more
and more relevant to us. Now, uh the
school district is roughly 10 times our
size and land mass. Um it it takes up a
large portion of the city of Witchah to
the northeast there. You know, it goes
up to 119th and the half mile line north
of Central between it 13th. uh looking a
little further south it goes all the way
to Maple and Tyler of course to the
southwest where you know on and past uh
Lake Aptton. So um we think this is an
important context to the conversation
because uh we feel like the neighboring
city is generating more uh value uh from
a financial perspective only uh from the
school district versus the city of
Goddard. And uh there's a line of
thought that the strategic growth zone
being a policy signal that developers
may consider annexing Goddard versus
Witchah that we would be able to take
more advantage of the fact that our
school district is probably the primary
reason if not one maybe two as to why
development dollars are being invested
into the city of Goddard. I always say
the school district is the lifeblood of
our community and I really mean that.
Next slide.
There's a small publication cost for
notice and if approved the council uh
the ordinance would be published. Um we
got two options here. One is to wave the
reading of the ordinance. Uh and then
two uh we recommend you approve the
ordinance introducing the strategic
overlay district into the zoning and
subdivision regulations and updating the
official zoning map to reflect the new
district. With that, I would be glad to
take any questions that you guys might
have. Uh, and I believe uh city attorney
could uh contribute as well if needed.
>> Craig, could we go back to that image?
>> Yes, sir.
>> Could you just explain I I asked uh
Craig and Micah why we wouldn't target
further south because of the large witch
border to the south of MacArthur that's
still in the school district.
It's a great question and to me it's a
matter of practicality. Um there's a
costbenefit analysis that we must
consider when we look at annexing on the
periphery of the community and that
boils down to where are the nearest
available utilities. There becomes a
time where it's cost ineffective for a
development to come into the city of
Goddard if the nearest water man or
sewer main is too far away. Um there
just the proforma doesn't the math
doesn't work. So our thought was is to
go much further south than what we're
recommending today. It may not be
necessary because we're probably not
going to see development that far south
be annex into the city of Goddard or
requested to be within
a relative amount of time, 5 to 10 years
maybe. Um I think it's really important
in the context of this conversation to
remind ourselves that we're going
through a comprehensive planning
process.
some communities or stakeholders say,
"Well, why don't you wait for that
process to conclude before making
decisions like this?" And the reason is we don't have the affordability of
time because of the growth pressure that
we're currently experiencing. Um, we
don't want to not have these things in
place and dollars be invested in other
communities instead of ours because we
haven't set a clear line of sight for
those who are interested in investing in
Gddard.
Well, time is a thing. Like I just saw
the news today about,
you know, somebody dissolving at 119th
in colony and that's right there along
that border and that's going to be
Witchah.
>> So it's it's they're making their way in
and if that gets developed and it's in
Witchaw, which it looks like it will be.
So they big Boston is right there
against that area. So doing this now is
important. I think
>> I think you're right. And there's been
some recent signals I think that have
affirmed this concept in my mind as it
relates to the speed of growth from us
or our neighbors to the east. And
there's been a couple of pretty
significant capital investments in their
utility infrastructure near us that are
kind of a signal to me, okay, you know,
we're wanting to make sure that we are
capable of serving this periphery and
having the capacity to do so, which
tells me that this general area is of
interest. And part of it is just due to
the the fact that you look at the other
areas of the county where the suburbs
are buted up against the city and
they've kind of developed through all
those areas and this is the next spot.
» I think it's also important to note for
people who are um not really in favor of
the growth of God to look at this chart
closely because the intention of
is still spelled out there in the
purple. And um this is
our our way to say
um this is our way to protect our city
and the limits, the boundaries and um
just it's it's a pretty clear image
about what the intentions of everyone
are. So
>> I think it's coming either way we have
this conversation.
>> Um It's obviously hard to swallow. I
mean, I've said this and I would say it
again. It's hard to swallow a lot of the
hard work that we've put in to um put
regulations on developers and just make
sure that we're, you know, building what
we want. And I think that there's things
that no matter what, we want to make
sure we keep. But no matter what
happens, whether we do this or we don't
do this, this is coming. These
developments are coming. It's a matter
of is Goddard going to see the revenue
from that and are we going to benefit
from what we're going to be driving past
every day? Um we have some of that
already. We drive past things that we
really don't love and we don't have a
saying in because it's not God. And so I
think it's really important that as
we're looking at this, we're ensuring
that
we're getting a piece of this to to
benefit the city.
I guess the last point is there's really
no guarantee that in that grower
to the developers,
but it just does provide them with an
additional option. And I mean it makes
sense on the north side too. That's kind
of the direction where our next water
source is.
So I think
reasons
too.
» I not to just continue on, but I mean it
it's a small incentive
when you think the disadvantage that we
already have with our tax rate, you
know, being higher and some of those
types of things. I mean, it it gives a
reason to choose Godard over our
neighbor. I I think there's more than
one, but for some it's a dollars and
cents thing. And if your annual cost of
living is excessively more in one versus
the other, that may be the determining
factor on where you live. So, um, you
know, having a small incentive like this
is helpful, but there's still going to
be other forces that we're going to be
working against as people look at at one
versus the other.
I think the other thing is is we have to
consider this in the context of the
Northwest Expressway, but also the
massive amount of flood plane,
especially on the north side of the
strategic growth overlay district. It is
financially unfeasible to do um a more
inefficient uh single family
development. In these areas where you
have a 80 acre piece of land, but only
45 acres of it is developable because
there's flood plane issues, there's
Northwest Expressway. the only uh
opportunity for those types of tracks is
going to be higher density uses. And
that's not only uh to help out the
developer, but also the city of Gddard.
We want more value per acre, more
taxable value for the smaller smallest
amount of land possible. Those tracks
are not going to develop as single
family homes next to the expressway. And
with all that flood plane mixed in
there, um there's already some 100% two
family projects there. There's mobile
home park. Just lots of context to be
considered, especially as we look north.
» Any other questions?
» Okay, I'll look for someone to uh make a
recommendation to wave the reading
order.
Make a motion to wave the reading of the
ordinance. Second
motion correct seconds. All those in
favor say I.
>> I
passes 5 Z.
Next step in advance.
Go ahead. Make motion to approve the
ordinance introducing the strategic
overlay district into the zoning and
subdist and regulations and updating the
official zoning map to reflect the new
district.
Second
motion
made a motion 40 seconds. I'll get this
straight.
» Council member Bird.
>> Yes.
>> Council member White.
>> Yes. Mayor Lee,
>> yes.
>> Vice Mayor Hall,
>> yes. Council,
>> yes. Ordinance 1051. 105150.
» Yeah, you're still
>> I think you probably have to stop for
me, but I'll get through this here.
>> I wasn't planning to speak so much
tonight. I sound so nasely.
So, thanks for bearing with me here. Um,
I want to just highlight one point to
reiterate
items. The design standards stay so long
as the council wants to continue to do
that as they look at zoning amendments
and restrictive code. We are merely
discussing the ratio. I think that's
really important. The design standards
were not lost in that.
Um, I've been a little remiss not to
introduce a new member of our city
staff, our assistant to the city
manager, Josiah Wadney. Uh, he's just
starting week four here. So, he's
already added another gear to the work
that we're doing uh through his
expertise and u his efforts. So, super
glad to have him on our team and just
want to make sure I recognize him. So,
>> excited to work with you all.
>> So, a few updates here on some of the
agenda items. I just want to highlight
we've got the uh regular budget hearing
and the revenue neutral rate budget
hearing on Tuesday, September 8th.
That's the day after Labor Day. So, make
sure you got the right dates on your
calendar. It'll be our se regularly 700
p.m. meeting. Uh the guiding Goddard
comprehensive plan. We've got some
engagement opportunity coming up on
September 24th as well as a booth at
fall festival uh where we will have um
the group going out and meeting the
community where they're at to ask them
their vision for Goddard's growth in two
or three days. So I'm told we will have
possession of the van from Witchaw
Transit for the GDD go transportation
program. It's been uh kind of a fun
hurdle after the other to get the title
and the VIN number issue worked out that
our staff has been diligently working
through. I'm grateful for their
perseverance. Starting tomorrow, um we
will begin uh getting our new AV
upgrades. They should be done by Monday,
August 24th. So, we'll have the new
system in our Tuesday council meeting.
Uh it'll feel a lot more professional in
here, which is something I'm really
excited about. um no one feels good
about clickers not working and having to
use boom boxes and um all the other
issues we've faced over the last several
months. So I I appreciate the council
and the community kind of being patient
with us uh through those trials. So um
Trails End third edition 12 or 60 days
have elapsed on that project. Um we're
about to have a lot of new residential
uh development come online that's
nearing shovel ready. Um, you know, it
takes a year, year and a half to get all
this horizontal infrastructure in. Uh,
interesting. I sent an update to the
governing body last week. I think I
think we've issued around 60 single
family new construction permits to six
two family new construction permits. So,
uh, amongst all the discussion about two
family, this year has been all about the
single family home thus far. I do expect
with a lot of these residential
developments that are about shovel
ready, there'll be a bit of a catchup
moment for the two family properties.
The public works facility is progressing
really well. I hope you guys have been
driving by to to watch those guys work.
Um they're going to be continuing the
exterior panels, wall blocking, and uh
starting some of the HVAC, electrical,
mechanical work as well. Legacy Bank
Park, uh the crews board have finished
the pavilion pad. Uh they've finished
the excavating and grading of the pond.
They've done the sanitary sewer boring
beneath maple. The pipe is in for the
sewer. Um we're going to be seeing uh
the benton knife being packed into the
bottom of that pond so we have a pond
that doesn't leak uh once it's full of
water. Uh super excited for the progress
on that project. uh the water looping
project uh you know that the uh historic
part of town I'll call it uh has proved
to provide its trials and tribulations
as it relates to this project. Once we
get out of there it should be much more
smooth sailing. You got to consider uh
that area is full of utilities. It's
well established. There's old stuff in
there that we may not even know is
there. Um, so you know, they've been
doing pretty good dealing with little
paper cuts that have come up here and
there as they've been working through
that part of the project. Um, four
streets pretty much done, oak streets
pretty much done. Um, they got a couple
of tree streets left there as far as
water lines are concerned. And then, uh,
hopefully in the next few weeks they'll
be moving on to other parts of town and
we'll get that base layer of asphalt,
excuse me, the top layer of asphalt put
back on those Tree Street roads.
Uh the 2026 roadway projects are kind of
on pause in that area of town. Until
then, uh as Jason shared, tonight uh
we'll be doing uh the mill and overlay
work now that's been approved and then
the concrete tear out and replace. Um
we're going to try to target fall break
for that Brook Estates phase three. Uh
so they're continue to keep moving
forward on that. Uh I'll just take a a
brief moment to uh as far as the gates
concerned and the separation with the
other uh county residents. Um we're
hoping to get a final recommendation
from our legal team uh midweek this week
on the legalities of putting the gate
there. Uh the gates that have been
proposed are really nice decorative
looking gates. They didn't want to go
with something that would not fit within
that. I'll call it a state style
neighborhood. Um, we've seen the
application done before, so I'm hopeful
it'll work. As you heard tonight, we
basically got two property owners saying
they want two different things. They're
not residents of God. So, here we are
refering uh two different positions from
uh county neighboring property owners.
Um, I don't think at this time I'm ready
to change course uh from the fence
unless we get something from legal that
says otherwise. Um, since this continues
to get put back on your plate, we'll
just keep you updated with uh oneway
updates um via email. Uh, villas at
Pleasant Ridge Creek, they've got uh
mostly asphalt down there. I think we're
just waiting on a base coat. It's one of
those that's nearing shovel ready.
Willows Ridge paving will be coming
soon. They're finishing up the storm
water drainage. So, uh, in true
contractor fashion, they wanted to
start, uh, the day they told us they
wanted to close Maple, we said, "No,
that's not going to work. we need to
give the community a week of heads up
and then they didn't show up uh to do
that work on that day. So, um we are
trying to figure out if and when they
need to close Maple and we'll go at
giving everyone notice again. So, if you
see folks getting riled up again about
that, that's because it wasn't done the
first time it was as it was committed to
be done. Micromobility device ordinance.
Uh it's just kind of been uh hanging out
in purgatory. I need to get a final
review and comment from our staff
leadership on that. Our legal teams had
the draft ordinance to us now for a few
weeks.
167 to 23rd Street crew should be uh
starting construction this week. Maple
Tree, believe it or not, this one has
been uh hanging out there for a really
long time, but they just had their
pre-construction conference and we'll
have the notice to proceed issued
September 1st. Um applications are due
for the mayor's youth council September
1. Uh if anyone from the public knows of
a high school student at Goddard High,
Goddard Eisenhower or Goddard Academy
that uh would like to be more civically
involved and learn uh more about their
local, state, and federal government, we
would love to have them be a part of
this program. Uh and then there lies a
few upcoming agenda items for you to
preuse. Mr. Mayor, with that, I will
retire. And if anyone has comments or
questions, I'd be glad to feel those.
Any
questions?
Were we good at building?
>> No.
>> I played second, so if I I had to, I'd
get run over and cover first.
>> I do have a question. I actually
>> um I know our senior center director is
fairly new, but I was just curious if we
expect to get quarterly updates at some
point.
>> Yes. So, actually I thought I had that
as an upcoming agenda item in here.
>> Sorry, I didn't read all the way through
them.
>> Yes, she will be here to give the
quarter three report.
>> Not the next meeting. It should be
within one to three council meetings.
>> Look forward to it. Thank you.
>> And just cuz we're on that and I see
Karen over there, I think nothing but
high praises for our new senior center
director. She's fantastic. So, I love
the sparkle of color she's bringing to
the space.
>> The all pink room. I love it. So, if you
have not had a chance to stop by and see
it, please do.
>> You need your sunglasses to go in there.
>> You will.
>> Okay. Any other questions for
>> you guys?
It's a pretty big meeting. Just want to
thank um our speakers T Amber for coming
in and sharing the thoughts. I always
like it when the community does that. So
um we appreciate coming in and speaking
sometimes with us this evening. I know
they're gone but maybe they're watching
on TV or on the computer
that
uh welcome Josiah officially.
>> Thank you.
>> You've been a huge asset already in the
short amount of time that you've been
here. Um,
and I uh want us to pay attention to
Main Street because the um work has
begun on our mural, our first mural in
God. So, they were out there today
spraying the wall down and preparing it.
So, um that will be coming. And um yeah,
I'm excited about that. And I want to
thank Craig for the um the work on that
because he has applied three years.
>> Ryan Shrek. Ryan,
>> I gotta give credit where it's
>> okay. So, Ryan has applied three years
for that grant and we finally got it.
So, um yeah, so government's getting its
first mural on the side locker.
>> Persistence pays off.
>> You excited to see it?
>> Um I I got all of that. I would tell
everyone to drink your vitamin C because
we're week two of school and I know
Christa's edging her chair down there so
it's going around a little early. Um,
I just want to say I mean I've been
seated what are we month seven and I
appreciate that even if we all don't
share the same views all the time. I
feel like we're pretty aligned, but I
appreciate that we all have enough
respect that we can have that cander and
um we're willing to come back in the
next time and I think we all our hearts
are all in the right place. And so I
just appreciate that we're able to do
that and we get along well and we work
together well and so I just want to put
that out there and say thank you because
this has been a really good experience.
So
>> my turn. Your turn.
>> All right. Um, I did want to make a
comment about
uh the Rachel Booker Estates thing. So,
um, we we have been listening and we do
appreciate when citizens come up and
give us comments. So, we get to hear
things. But I I want to let everyone
know that the city does do a great job
of fielding a lot of these questions and
we've seen some of the communications
that have been going on and the city's
been doing a great job and I appreciate
you might get going and talking with
individuals, but don't I hope citizens
don't feel like they have to come up and
give comments. We appreciate it, but
there's also a whole staff that's always
willing to listen and provide feedback.
So, you don't have to go that route. you
can always go to the city and and talk
to them during their business hours. So,
um just just uh letting everybody know
that. So, um I also wanted to just give
a shout out to all the videos I've been
seeing of some of the new things going
on
>> on Facebook, social media the city's
been putting out. It's been great. Hope
the community's been enjoying seeing
what all has been going on, not just the
city projects, but other things that
have been going on uh with other
developments. So, I just look forward to
seeing more of those. So, thank you.
>> Good.
>> Okay. Um the uh
micro mobility
ordinance was after our meeting here
downtown. Uh about 2:00,
there was a guy on a bike ped
and I pulled out turned on the main
street. He was behind me.
He pulled me on the sidewalk
and uh he raced me to the other corner
and I was doing 20 and I think he was
doing 25.
>> Wow.
>> Um and all I could see is someone
stepping out of city hall or the senior
center,
>> the daycare.
>> Yeah, he kind of zigzag back around. But
I think we probably need to kind of get
a handle on that and
This is, you know, you kind of see
something and you kind of go,
>> is this really happening?
>> And it did. So anyway,
>> mayor, we'll put a shot clock on
ourselves to have a draft of the
ordinance in front of you by the next
council meeting, which is the fourth
Tuesday.
>> The city attorney's given us one that we
provided input on. We've had a couple
meetings about it and the last draft
they gave us a few weeks ago and it's
been our leadership including myself
that has not gotten that turned back
around to them because of other
priorities. But at any rate, we'll get a draft in front of you guys at that
14-day meeting and we can workshop it a
bit if you see some things you want to
adjust and we could look at codifying it
that first Monday of September. I
suppose it'll be here soon.
>> Tuesday.
>> Yep. The 8th. And just seeing that was
probably this, you know, this afternoon
is just kind of a reminder to all of us
that we need to kind of keep that long.
Uh the other thing I'll mention is uh at
the last uh last Tuesday's LMPO meeting,
the final approval for our joint project
with the county to pave
183rd
north of Maple to Central was approved,
which includes our first roundabout. So
um
first uh first money spent on the roads
in western Cedric County in 20 years.
>> Great.
>> So, thanks
and
that's awesome.
>> So, and
that uh any other comments?
Not I'll entertain a motion to adjourn.
>> Second.
I make a motion to adjurnn
>> every time.
>> Man has made the motion.
>> Christa seconds. All in favor say I.
>> I.
» Swear.
Get out.