Advance Plans Committee
Summary of Meeting
7:35 am, February 16, 2006
Attendance
Committee Members: 	Morris Dunlap, John McKay, Ron Marnell, Harold Warner, 
MAPD staff: 	Christy Askew, Stephen Banks, Dave Barber, Scott Knebel


Discussion Summary 

1.	The Advance Plans Committee approved the minutes of the January 12, 2006 Committee 
meeting.

2.	Scott Knebel provided an update and project schedule for the South Central 
Neighborhood Plan.  The plan contains 14 goals and 36 initiatives, half of which have 
been identified as key actions. A further two-thirds have been targeted for action over the 
next five years. A plan implementation coordinating committee has been recommended 
to oversee and lead efforts to implement most of these initiatives. Advance Plans 
Committee members expressed concern that a high percentage of residents in this area 
are renters and/or transient, with little long-term interest in seeing the neighborhood 
improve. A key to the success of this plan will be to engage residents in the 
implementation of the plan initiatives. John McKay felt that the plan area north of 
Lincoln has a low percentage of home ownership and this area could take on a different 
revitalization look due to its proximity to Kellogg and the downtown revitalization area.

3.	Stephen Banks provided the Committee with an update to the 1993 Visual Form Map of 
the Comprehensive Plan, initiated by the Wichita's Design Council. The intent is to 
create a map that identifies those key public corridors and public areas that the City needs 
to focus public art improvements and aesthetic enhancements as part of public works 
projects. The Committee identified the need for a Wichita gateway at the intersection of 
the Kansas Turnpike and I-235. They questioned the need for three gateways in the area 
of K-96 and the Kansas Turnpike. The Committee liked the concept and felt that 
something similar should also be done for the County as a whole, in terms of regional-
type gateways and landmarks (e.g. 85th Street and I-135, K-254 and Webb Road).

4.	Meeting adjourned at 8:34 a.m.