Advance Plans Committee
Summary of Meeting
7:35 am, November 17, 2005
Attendance
Committee Members: 	Morris Dunlap, Bud Hentzen, Harold Warner 
MAPD staff: 	Christy Askew, Dave Barber, Stephen Banks, Scott Knebel, Scott 
Wadle, 
Other: 	Mitch Mitchell 

Discussion Summary 

1.	The Advance Plans Committee approved the minutes of the September 22, 2005 
Committee meeting.

2.	Christy Askew presented an overview of the recommendations contained in the 
Floodplain Task Force Report, December 2005.  Following her presentation, the 
Committee asked several questions. 
?	The Committee wanted to know what role Carolyn McGinn was playing 
on the Task Force, now that she had been elected to Senate District 31. 
?	The Committee also asked if it were possible for the public to access 
floodplain data by parcel on the City or County GIS system. The 
capabilities are there to do this, but the protocols are not yet in place.
?	Concern was expressed regarding the large number of committees and task 
groups that are proposed to help implement the various recommendations 
contained in the Report.  The Committee felt that consensus could be 
difficult to obtain with large groups and multiple groups.  Staff mentioned 
that the existing Task Force Group would be involved in overseeing the 
implementation efforts.
?	The Committee felt that additional funds would have to be raised, possibly 
by permanent mil levy dedications, to fund the recommendations 
contained in this report.

3.	Scott Knebel gave progress report on the development of the South Central 
Neighborhood Plan.  Scott gave a summary of the neighborhood history, key 
indicators and community survey recently completed. Top issue areas are: 
neighborhood image, housing, business/industry, and river and recreation. A plan 
vision statement has been established, and goals have been developed to address 
the four top issue areas. Next steps in the planning process are to develop 
initiatives to implement the goals. The Committee asked several questions.
?	The Committee thought that a new community center for the 
neighborhood could be incorporated within an existing public facility in 
the area, like the Water Center. However, the biggest expense would be 
the staffing and ongoing O&M costs.
?	Crime and lack of code enforcement is a big issue for the neighborhood. 

4.	Scott Knebel gave an update on proposed manufactured housing zoning ordinance 
changes stemming from original recommendations contained in the South 
Wichita-Haysville Area Plan adopted in 2002. MAPD has drafted proposed 
amendments related to changes in mobile home park setbacks, screening 
requirements, buffer widths, internal street widths and parking standards. The 
Committee felt most of these changes appeared good, but thought that it would be 
appropriate to get feedback on these changes from some of the major mobile 
home park operators. 

5.	Meeting adjourned at 9:03 a.m.

6.	Next meeting set for 7:35 a.m., December 8, 2005.