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M E E T I N G S Y N O P S I S
-February 12, 2009-
The Board of County Commissioners today approved a request from Johnson County Emergency Communications Center (ECC), applicant, for Sunflower Redevelopment, landowner, for a 5-year conditional use permit for the construction, installation, and operation of a 400-foot tall public safety communication tower. The project, along with associated antennae and ground equipment, will be located at 135th Street and Evening Star Road. The 4.3-acre lease parcel site is on a 92-acre parent parcel that’s located on part of the old Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant site. The land is zoned Rural District. The tower, with a total height of 420 feet with antennae, will be one of nine tower sites developed as part of the county’s radio system, which provides emergency communications throughout the county. The ECC serves as area of approximately 550 square miles in suburban and rural Johnson and Miami counties. The center dispatches more than 40,000 calls annually for fire and ambulance services for i14 public safety departments, including nine city fire departments, four rural fire districts, and Med-Act, the county’s emergency medical services department.
The Board authorized a $1,071,103 contract with Holthouse Construction for construction of sanitary sewers for the Johnson County Wastewater Blue River 22, Contract District No. 1 and 2 projects. The project involves two separate contract districts on both sides of 175th Street. Contract District No. 1 will provide sewers to serve approximately 108 acres for the future Chapel Hill Subdivision in the area north of 175th Street and east of Pflumm Road. Contract District No. 2 will provide sewers for the new Blue Valley Southwest High School being constructed by the Blue Valley School District. The site will be on 36 acres located south of 175th Street and west of Quivira Road. Holthouse Construction submitted the lowest bid among 21 bidders for the project. The other bids ranged from $1,089,617 to $1,848,855.
The Board approved two separate-but-related items regarding a new computer software technology for the Wastewater Department’s Customer Information System (CIS) that provides customer billing and collection services for the department. One was authorization of $2,119,000 to purchase the new computer software. The other was approval of a $1,670,150 contract with N. Harris Computer Corporation for the purchase of the Cayenta Software License, Implementation, and Support and Maintenance Agreement.
The Board approved seven reappointments, including:
· Max Atwell, De Soto, to the Commission on Aging through September 1, 2011; Mark Burdolski, Gardner, to the Fire District No. 1 Governing Board through July 1, 2011; and Larry Kroemer, De Soto, and A.J. “Jay” Lang, Olathe, to the Rural Fire District No. 3 Governing Board through June 21, 2010. All are Sixth District representatives;
· Sally Anderson, Overland Park, as a Fourth District representative to the Public Art Commission through January 1, 2012;
· Isabel Lopez, Lenexa, as a Fifth District representative to the Juvenile Corrections Advisory Board through August 1, 2011; and
· Thomas “Tom” Raby, Olathe, as a Seventh District representative to the Heritage Trust Fund Grant Review Board through January 2, 2012.
The Board also appointed Mitra Templin, De Soto, as a Sixth District representative to the Library Board through April 30, 2011.
The Board established February 13 through March 4 as the public comment period and scheduled a public hearing on March 5 for receiving comments on the proposed 2008 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for the Community Development Block Grant and Home Investment Partnerships programs. The public hearing will occur during the Board’s weekly business session in its Hearing Room located on the third floor of the Johnson County Administration Building, 111 South Cherry Street, in downtown Olathe.
Finally, in other action, the Board:
· Proclaimed February 2009 as “Black History Month;”
· Authorized the enlargement of the Consolidated Main Sewer District to include the area known as Mill Creek No. 12 and approved a sewer main extension project to serve the enlargement area of approximately 35.76 acres located in the general vicinity of Johnson and Woodland drives in the city of Shawnee at a project cost of $400,000;
· Approved a request from Moonlight Ranch LLC and Greg Wagner Homes, Inc. to relocate a private ingress-egress easement of Lots 48 and 49, Silver Wraith Properties 4th plat, located near 119th Street and Moonlight Road;
· Authorized an amendment to the county’s Human Resource Policy 503 regarding the Family and Medical Leave Act, effective April 13, 2009;
· Approved the January 22, 2009, business session minutes.
THE SESSION SCHEDULE FOR THE NEXT MEETING – THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2009, IS AS FOLLOWS (at this time)
SESSION SCHEDULE
MORNING SESSION
9:30 Board of County Commissioners - Business Session
10:30 Agenda Review (February 26)
AFTERNOON SESSION
1:30 Committee of the Whole
1. Rules of Order
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