Advance Plans Committee
Summary of Meeting
1:00 pm, September 27, 2007
Attendance
Committee and MAPC Members: 	Elizabeth Bishop, Bud Hentzen, Ron Marnell, Mitch 
Mitchell, Darrell Downing, Hoyt Hillman
MAPD staff:  	Dave Barber, Scott Knebel, Christy Rodriguez, John Schlegel, Scott 
Wadle
Other:	Irene Hart

Discussion Summary

1.	The Advance Plans Committee approved the minutes of the August 27, 2007 Committee 
meeting.

2.	Planning staff led the Committee members through a discussion on a recommended 
Outcomes/Focus and Process for the next version of the Wichita-Sedgwick County 
Comprehensive Plan.  The Commission reviewed and commented on these topics as 
outlined in discussion sheet prepared by staff. The following is a summary of feedback 
received from the Commission:

?	Is there an infrastructure crisis facing Wichita-Sedgwick County?  Most of the 
committee thought not, but did acknowledge that more emphasis needs to be placed 
on proper maintenance of existing infrastructure, and that future federal funding may 
be less than it is today. 
?	Critical issues affecting the community’s future growth and development? Most of the 
committee agreed that the following categories identified by staff: “Community 
Growth and Development”, “Community Infrastructure”, “Community Facilities”, 
“Park, Recreation and Open Space”, and “Transportation System” are key 
determining factors related to this community’s future growth and development.  
Two of the committee members thought that “Parks, Recreation and Open Space” 
were important to have, but not critical/essential elements. Nonetheless, it was agreed 
that all these categories should be addressed in the Comprehensive Plan.
?	Important influencing factors impacting the community’s ability to address growth and 
development issues?  There was general agreement that the following influencing 
factors will have an impact on future growth and development issues: “Diminishing 
and shifting financial resources”, “Long term impact of deferred infrastructure 
maintenance”, “Rising costs of infrastructure repair, replacement and new 
construction”, “Rising energy cost”, and “Changing community demographics”.  
There were some differences of opinion regarding the extent to which “Environmental 
considerations” would impact future growth and development issues.

3.	John Schlegel distributed to the Committee, a matrix summarizing the current CIP 
allocations for municipal infrastructure improvements (by general category) for Wichita 
and Sedgwick County.  The question raised was to what extent do these allocations 
reflect the municipal infrastructure wants, needs and priorities of the community? This 
matrix would be a good tool to help get feedback from the community on municipal 
infrastructure priority setting.  Many people don’t realize the ‘cost of community’.  It was 
agreed that the Comprehensive Plan should provide the strategic framework for priority-
setting and decision-making regarding the allocation of resources for future municipal 
infrastructure.

4.	It was agreed that staff would proceed to develop a proposed process for undertaking the 
next Comprehensive Plan, a plan that needs to include benchmarks and performance 
measures.

5.	Next meeting scheduled for 1:00pm, Tuesday, November 13, 2007.  Meeting adjourned 
at 3:10 pm.