Advance Plans Committee: 2003-4 Comprehensive Plan Update

Summary of Meeting #13
7:30 am, October 7, 2004
Attendance
Committee Members: 	Morris Dunlap, Frank Garofalo, Bud Hentzen, John McKay, M.S. 
Mitchell, Elizabeth Bishop
MAPD staff: 		Dave Barber, Scott Wadle, John Schlegel

Discussion Summary

?	Staff agreed to look at "squaring off" the growth area boundary for Wichita
?	Staff will request water and sanitary sewer service plans from all Sedgwick County 
municipalities to use as a guide for determining appropriate municipal growth 
boundaries

1. Comprehensive Plan Update – Dave Barber
?	2030 Wichita and Small City Growth Area Map
o	Reflects updates of small city growth areas
o	Comments that the map has no legal power to enforce the growth area 
boundaries of small cities, but does encourage better planning
o	It was decided that the Advanced Plans Committee will spend a 
session discussing Equus beds and water use/supply in Sedgwick 
County before showing it on the Comprehensive Plan update land use 
map.
o	Committee members suggested that the Comprehensive Plan should 
include a statement requiring Sedgwick County communities to be 
able to prove that they can service an area before they can annex it.  
This statement was discussed before the Committee decided and staff 
agreed to request facility service plans from all Sedgwick County 
municipalities to use as a guide in determining the appropriateness of 
the draft municipal growth areas.
?	2030 Wichita Functional Land Use Classification Guide Map
o	Staff agreed to look at "squaring off" the growth area boundary for 
Wichita
o	John Schlegel suggested that additional interchanges be considered 
along the proposed NW Bypass to accommodate the interests of 
Colwich, and commercial development opportunities at 13th Street.
o	October 21st staff will brief the MAPC about the Comprehensive Plan 
updates 

2. McAdams Rezoning – Dave Barber
?	Staff stated that three property owners have requested to opt out of the 
proposed McAdams rezoning thus far. 


3. Midtown Rezoning – Dave Barber, Scott Wadle
?	Preliminary timetable of events:
o	October 26th – Second public meeting at MCRC
o	November 1st – Presentation of final rezoning scheme to DAB VI
o	Schedule a meeting with Advanced Plans Committee following the 
second public presentation and DAB VI presentation
o	November 18th – Present to MAPC and request public hearing on 
December 23rd
o	December 23rd – Present for public hearing and endorsement by 
MAPC

4. McConnell JLUS – Dave Barber
?	Staff mentioned that the MAPC representative on the JLUS project was not 
present at the "kick-off" meeting held on October 6th.
?	The consultant firm RKG out of New Hampshire has been hired to conduct 
the JLUS project.
?	Hope to complete study by sometime in April or May 2005
?	The Federal Government (OEA) has approved the grant request to assist with 
funding the JLUS study.
?	First round of public presentations pertaining to the JLUS study will be held: 	
o	January 11th  - Colvin Community Hall in SE Wichita
o	January 12th – Derby 
?	Committee members stated their desire that the study not cause properties 
surrounding McConnell to lose value.

5. 21st Street Revitalization Plan - Dave Barber
?	Meeting nearly every week with the Steering Committee
?	Staff presented the transportation plan map and the diagrams showing the 
West sub-area improvements	
?	Committee members suggested that the roadway improvements to the West 
Sub-area, including the one-way couplet, be completed during the early stages 
of the plan implementation process.  This sequence of events will allow 
developers to be attracted to the area because of the new infrastructure, 
without the worry of future demolitions or major changes.  This sequence of 
events would also lower the cost of acquiring the properties necessary for the 
couplet.

The Advanced Plans Committee adjourned at 8:45 a.m.  Next Committee meeting 
scheduled for 7:30 a.m., Oct 21st   (Discussion topic – Protection of municipal water 
supplies in the region)