Capital improvements and the purchase of heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment for the East Topeka Learning Center are among matters local governing bodies plan to take up this coming week.
The Shawnee County Commission will meet at 9 a.m. Monday in its chambers in Room B-11 of the County Courthouse, 200 S.E. 7th. The Topeka City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in its chambers at 214 S.E. 8th.
Commissioners plan to consider entering into a contract to pay $279,832 to Trane Inc. to buy and install HVAC equipment at 2014 S.E. Adams, where demolition, renovation and construction work is to be carried out this year to establish the East Topeka Learning Center. The economic development organization GO Topeka would reimburse the county for those costs, according to the agenda for Monday’s meeting.
Creation of the education center is a collaborative effort by Washburn University, GO Topeka and JEDO, the body of city of Topeka and county elected officials that oversees the use of $5 million in annual economic development revenue from a countywide half-cent sales tax.
JEDO board members voted March 14 to arrange for Shawnee County to carry out the financial transactions linked to the education center project, then be reimbursed by JEDO.
Commissioners also plan Monday to hear a presentation from John Knight, the county’s parks and recreation director, regarding the results of a study about the economic impact of local parks conducted by the National Park and Recreation Association.
Topeka’s governing body, consisting of the nine council members and Mayor Michelle De La Isla, plans Tuesday to consider approving city manager Brent Trout’s proposed 2019-21 Capital Improvement Budget and 2019-28 Capital Improvement Plan.
The governing body each year approves a CIB listing capital improvements the city may carry out in the next three years and a CIP listing priorities for improvements to be carried out in each of the next 10.
Expenses in the proposed CIP total nearly $818.41 million over 10 years.
The proposed CIB and CIP include calling for the city in 2019 to make improvements to increase road capacity, including putting in more left turn lanes, on and near S.W. 29th between S.W. Fairlawn Road and I-470. The document also calls for the city to build two Topeka Fire Department stations and make renovations to City Hall and city parking facilities.
In creating the proposed CIB and CIP, city staff members assumed voters would renew a 10-year, citywide half-cent sales tax — which expires Oct. 1, 2019 — at its existing level. The public would need to approve a ballot question to renew the tax. Its revenues may be used only to cover costs of maintenance and improvements of existing streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, alleys and street lighting.
Governing body members also plan to consider:
• A resolution sponsored by Councilman Michael Lesser expressing the governing body’s support for the elimination of human trafficking.
• Adopting the 2015 International Building Code, 2015 International Fire Code and 2015 Life Safety Code to replace prior versions of those codes the city has in place.
• Authorizing Wichita’s city government to issue up to $36 million in revenue bonds to carry out projects that include making improvements at Topeka Presbyterian Manor, 4712 S.W. 6th Ave.
The Shawnee County Commission will meet at 9 a.m. Monday in its chambers in Room B-11 of the County Courthouse, 200 S.E. 7th. The Topeka City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in its chambers at 214 S.E. 8th.
Commissioners plan to consider entering into a contract to pay $279,832 to Trane Inc. to buy and install HVAC equipment at 2014 S.E. Adams, where demolition, renovation and construction work is to be carried out this year to establish the East Topeka Learning Center. The economic development organization GO Topeka would reimburse the county for those costs, according to the agenda for Monday’s meeting.
Creation of the education center is a collaborative effort by Washburn University, GO Topeka and JEDO, the body of city of Topeka and county elected officials that oversees the use of $5 million in annual economic development revenue from a countywide half-cent sales tax.
JEDO board members voted March 14 to arrange for Shawnee County to carry out the financial transactions linked to the education center project, then be reimbursed by JEDO.
Commissioners also plan Monday to hear a presentation from John Knight, the county’s parks and recreation director, regarding the results of a study about the economic impact of local parks conducted by the National Park and Recreation Association.
Topeka’s governing body, consisting of the nine council members and Mayor Michelle De La Isla, plans Tuesday to consider approving city manager Brent Trout’s proposed 2019-21 Capital Improvement Budget and 2019-28 Capital Improvement Plan.
The governing body each year approves a CIB listing capital improvements the city may carry out in the next three years and a CIP listing priorities for improvements to be carried out in each of the next 10.
Expenses in the proposed CIP total nearly $818.41 million over 10 years.
The proposed CIB and CIP include calling for the city in 2019 to make improvements to increase road capacity, including putting in more left turn lanes, on and near S.W. 29th between S.W. Fairlawn Road and I-470. The document also calls for the city to build two Topeka Fire Department stations and make renovations to City Hall and city parking facilities.
In creating the proposed CIB and CIP, city staff members assumed voters would renew a 10-year, citywide half-cent sales tax — which expires Oct. 1, 2019 — at its existing level. The public would need to approve a ballot question to renew the tax. Its revenues may be used only to cover costs of maintenance and improvements of existing streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, alleys and street lighting.
Governing body members also plan to consider:
• A resolution sponsored by Councilman Michael Lesser expressing the governing body’s support for the elimination of human trafficking.
• Adopting the 2015 International Building Code, 2015 International Fire Code and 2015 Life Safety Code to replace prior versions of those codes the city has in place.
• Authorizing Wichita’s city government to issue up to $36 million in revenue bonds to carry out projects that include making improvements at Topeka Presbyterian Manor, 4712 S.W. 6th Ave.
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