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• ensure the Kansas Avenue intersection will not be converted until all other at-grade
intersections on the highway are converted, and
• plan for additions and improvements to the street network in and around the intersections to
help alleviate congestion on K-7.
The resolution also states that, without a mutually satisfactory revision, the city will terminate
the memorandum of understanding. Council members generally seemed to approve of Helin’s
suggestions. “It’s a reasonable way to address this, where they aren’t saying ‘Oh, well they just
don’t want anything,’” Jeff Harrington said. The resolution will be placed on the Nov. 13 council
agenda for final approval.
In the workshop, the council also briefly discussed amendments Helin proposed to the ordinance
for private use of public parking lots. Council members George Cooper and Eric Freeman said
some of the amendments were unfair, and the council decided to table the discussion until all
members were present. Council members Jack Knight and Racheal Haas were absent from the
workshop sessions. Knight also did not attend the regular meeting.
In its regular meeting, the council:
• Heard the mayor proclaim Oct. 25 as Senior Citizen Day in recognition of the Bonner Springs
Senior Center’s 25th anniversary, Nov. 11 as Veterans Day and Oct. 22-26 as Kansas Business
Women’s Week in the city.
• Approved items on the consent agenda, including the following items added to the agenda:
amend the project authority for the 134th Street utility relocation project, a cereal malt beverage
license for 7-Eleven, and lower the minimum age for membership of the senior center from 60 to
55 years old.
• Awarded KLINK project bid to O’Donnell and Sons construction for $162,441. The city’s
estimated portion of the cost is $43,810. The project will include a mill and overlay of Cedar
Street from Front Street to Nettleton and of Gibbs Road from the Wolf Creek bridge to the
county line.
• Awarded 6-1 the contract for pedestrian trail, Phase IV, Shadyside to Morse, to Amino
Brothers for $179,805. The city has received Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality funds for 80
percent of the cost the city’s estimated portion of the cost is $35,961. Cooper voted in opposition
saying he’d rather the city’s portion of funding be spent on sidewalks.
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