Virtual or in-person attendance options are available. Please contact the Council Office to request the Zoom link by 11:00am 5/19
Agenda:
1.)Call to Order
2.)Approval of April 15, 2025 Meeting Minutes
3.)PRESENTATION: Southeast Topeka Development Plan
4.)ACTION ITEMS
- Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Project Exceeding $250K; Soldier Creek Levee Raise Project Nos. 161005.03, 161005.02 and 161016.01
- Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Project Exceeding $250K; Fleet Replacement – Sewer Cleaning Machine Project No. 291152.00
- Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Project Exceeding $250K; Westwood Neighborhood Mill & Overlay Project No. 841097.17
- Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Project Exceeding $250K; Central Highland Park Neighborhood – Phase I Project Nos. 841098.02, 501107.03 and 281250.19
5.) Other Items
6.) Public Comment
7.) Adjourn
This is a meeting notice for the Topeka Development Corporation Board of Directors.
The Topeka Development Corporation Board of Directors will hold a hybrid meeting on May 20, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. via Zoom or in-person in the City Council Chambers located at 214 SE 8th Street, 2nd Floor, Topeka KS 66603.
Public comment for the meeting will be available via Zoom or in-person. Individuals must contact the City Clerk’s Office at 785-368-3940 or via email at cclerk@topeka.org by no later than 4:00 p.m. on the date of the meeting, after which the City Clerk’s Office will provide Zoom link information and protocols prior to the meeting.
View the meeting online at https://www.topeka.org/communications/live-stream/ or at https://www.facebook.com/cityoftopeka/. If you do not have access to a viewing option, please contact the City Clerk at 785-368-3940 or email cclerk@topeka.org to make arrangements for an in person location.
Written public comment may also be considered to the extent it is submitted at the meeting or personally to the City Clerk’s Office located at 215 SE 7th Street, Room 166, Topeka, Kansas, 66603 or via email at cclerk@topeka.org on or before the date of the meeting. Agendas are available in the City Clerk’s Office, 215 SE 7th Street, Room 166, Topeka, Kansas, 66603 or on the City’s website at https://www.topeka.org.
Other Information: The TDC is a 10-person Board of Directors, consisting of the current City of Topeka Governing Body members. The purpose of the TDC is to hold title to Hotel Topeka and enables the entity to contract with a management company who will oversee day-to-day hotel operations. It also allows the Corporation to obtain necessary licenses and property insurance.
Addressing the Governing Body: Public comment for the meeting will be available via Zoom or in-person. Individuals must contact the City Clerk’s Office at 785-368-3940 or via email at cclerk@topeka.org by no later than 5:00 p.m. on the date of the meeting, after which the City Clerk’s Office will provide Zoom link information and protocols prior to the meeting. View the meeting online at https://www.topeka.org/communications/live-stream/ or at https://www.facebook.com/cityoftopeka/.
Written public comment may also be considered to the extent it is personally submitted at the meeting or to the City Clerk’s Office located at 215 SE 7th Street, Room 166, Topeka, Kansas, 66603 or via email at cclerk@topeka.org on or before the date of the meeting for attachment to the meeting minutes.
Agendas are available by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday in the City Clerk’s Office, 215 SE 7th Street, Room 166, Topeka, Kansas, 66603 or on the City’s website at https://www.topeka.org.
Virtual and In-person attendance options are available. Please contact the Council Office by 9:30am 5/20 to request the Zoom link.
Agenda:
1.Call to order
2. Minutes – April 16, 2025
3. Changing Our Culture of Property Maintenance
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- Marketing and Education – Update – Dan Garrett and Monique Glaude
- Renter Safety Net – Issues, Reports and Discussion – Committee, Various Staff
- HCCI – Full Report – Numbers including eviction, maintenance and education from 2024
- KLS- Full Report- Numbers, Topics, Comparison from 2023 to 2024
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- Fire/PMU Partnership Schedule
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- Housing Navigator Update and Placement
- Annual Inspections on Government-Assisted – HUD, KHRC, THA, COT, others? – status? plan?
- Timberlee, Motive Power, Madison Street, other complexes – Status Check
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- Axon Use – Success and any Downsides – Report
- LLC Ordinance – Data Report on
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- City Retaliation Ordinance – Consider reversion? Retain?
- Life Safety Categorizations – new Admin definitions per January 2025
- Fines/Fees Update – including Life Safety, Repeat Offender considerations
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- Escrow Opportunities
- Other – Rent Offsets? Small Claims Court Training and support? Class Action approaches?
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4. Other
5. Next Meeting: June 18, 2025 9:30am-11:00am
6. Adjourn
If there are no cases to consider, the meetings are cancelled.
Agenda:
(1) ROLL CALL: (2) APPROVE pervious meeting minutes (3) General Public Comment (4) Work Session to discuss recommendations for report (5) Other Business (6) Adjournment
TMC Chapter 2.210, requires that a Citizens Government Review Committee be convened at least every ten (10) years and the last committee convened in 2014. The Committee’s task is to study and review the form of government and make recommendations to the Governing Body for amendments or modifications. The City of Topeka Governing Body approved Resolution No. 9600 on December 10, 2024, convening the Committee and appointing five (5) individuals and one (1) alternate member to serve on the Committee with full participation in meetings in the event one of the five voting members is unable to complete the term of service. The Committee shall meet between January and June of 2025 and shall submit its recommendations to the Governing Body within six months of appointment. As required by TMC 2.13.050, the report format shall include, but not be limited to areas of concern, general findings relative to those concerns, and recommendations for alleviating concerns or problems. The Committee may, at its pleasure, recruit the assistance of other citizens, scholars in the field, or professional municipal managers for participation on an ad hoc basis. The Committee shall provide the opportunity for public input at least once during the process prior to the final report being completed.
If you need any accommodations for the meeting, please contact the City ADA Coordinator at 785-368-4470. Kansas Relay Service at 800-766-3777. Please provide a 48 Hour Notice if possible. Assistive listening devices are available for use in the community forum. Agendas are available in the City Clerk’s Office, 215 SE 7th Street, Room 166, Topeka, Kansas, 66603 or on the City’s website at https://www.topeka.org. View the meeting online at https://www.topeka.org/communications/live-stream or at https://www.facebook.com/cityoftopeka.
Summer Concert Series with Food Trucks, takes place every Thursday from 6:00pm – 10:00pm through to September 4, 2025.
Summer Concert Series with Food Trucks, takes place every Thursday from 6:00pm – 10:00pm through to September 4, 2025.
5K will run along Oakland area streets.
It will Start and Finish at west side of Santa Fe Park and will also go along Oakland Trails in Santa Fe Park and Billard Park.