Calendar

Oct
11
Tue
Governing Body Tour of TPAC @ Topeka Performing Arts Center
Oct 11 @ 5:00 pm – 5:45 pm

Members of the Governing Body will be taking part in a tour of the Topeka Performing Arts Center facilities. No City business or action will be taken during this event.

Oct
13
Thu
Transient Guest Tax (TGT) Committee Meeting @ Executive Conference Room; 3rd Floor City Hall
Oct 13 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

In-person and virtual attendance options are available. Please contact the Council office by 5:00pm 10/12 to request the Zoom login information.

Agenda:                                       

  1. Call to order
  2. Elect Committee Chair
  3. Visit Topeka Inc. Contract
  4. Other Items
  5. Adjourn
Oct
14
Fri
Public Health & Safety Committee Meeting @ Executive Conference Room; 3rd Floor City Hall
Oct 14 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Virtual and in-person attendance options available. Please contact the Council office by 12:00pm 10/14 to request the Zoom link.

Please visit the Committee’s webpage for additional meeting information.

Oct
25
Tue
Public Health & Safety Committee Meeting @ Executive Conference Room; 3rd Floor City Hall
Oct 25 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

In-person and virtual attendance options are available. Due to limited seating in the ECR, virtual attendance is preferred. Please contact the Council Office by 12:00pm 10/25 to request the Zoom link.

Agenda:

 

  1. Call to Order
  1. Approve October 14, 2022 Meeting Minutes
  1. General Calendaring for the Committee remainder 2022/2023
    1. Changing Our Culture of Property Maintenance
    2. Homeless (once, mid-year)
  2. Changing Our Culture of Property Maintenance – Policy & Procedures Track
    1. Karen Black/May 8 Consulting Report – Feedback, any items to add (consolidated task plan to be settled in December)
    2. Action Items to address in 2022 – Discussion, possible action
      1. LLC
      2. Municipal Court Costs and Fees
      3. Retaliatory Eviction
    3. Action items to prepare by November 15 for December meeting
      1. Vegetation Ordinance – Policy & Admin (primary discussion for December?)
        1. Text of revised IPMC Section
        2. Standard PMC Operating Procedures – revisions
        3. Forestry Ordinance
        4. Interface Procedures PMC/Forestry
        5. Phase-in vision
      2. IPMC (Round 1) – Anything immediate
      3. Fire/PMC Plan for Multi-unit – Admin – Report
      4. Training Plan for 2023 – Admin – Report
      5. Resource Lists – Admin – Report
        1. Housing
        2. Overall
        3. Action items for prep, then progress in 2023
    4. Action Items for Preparation late 2022, work and action March – June 2023
      1. Vacant Properties – Codes & Admin
        1. Coordination of Fire, Property Maintenance, Police and Citizens – Codes, Communication, Administrative Procedures and Partnerships
        2. Review Vacant Property Ordinance
        3. Shawnee County Tax Sales
      2. Website Changes, including Spanish – Admin
      3. Rehab Regulations – Admin; possible Policy
      4. IPMC (Round 2) – any other changes to propose

5.    Changing Our Culture of Property Maintenance – Action Track

    1. Debrief & Wrap-up 2022 Mowing – Brief report
    2. Mowing Year 2, Vegetation (including phase-in plan, if needed) and related Education, Outreach & PR – staff and leadership planning Nov/Dec, Set details Jan/Feb for March

6.      Other Items

7.      Adjourn

 

 

Mar
3
Fri
Transient Guest Tax (TGT) Committee Meeting @ Classroom A; Law Enforcement Center
Mar 3 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

In-person and virtual attendance options are available. Please contact the Council Office by 12:00pm 3/3 to request the Zoom link. This meeting will also be recorded and live-streamed.

Agenda:                                       

  1. Call to order
  2. Elect 2023 Committee Chair
  3. Introduction of Chief Financial Officer
  4. Review Quarterly Reports
  5. Discussion; Plan for Redistribution of Remaining Evel Knievel Funds
  6. Other Items
  7. Adjourn

 

May
17
Wed
Public Health & Safety Committee Meeting @ Cyrus K. Holliday Building, 1st Floor Conference Room
May 17 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

In-person and virtual attendance options are available. Please contact the Council Office by 5:00pm 5/16 to request the Zoom link. The meeting will also be live-streamed.

Agenda:

  1. Call to Order
  2. Elect 2023 Chair
  3. Changing Our Culture of Property Maintenance
    1. COCPM Work Plan – Introduction, Highlights
    2. LLC Ordinance, Repeat Offenders – Report
    3. Municipal Court SOP – Report
    4. Property Maintenance – Updates
    5. Vegetation – Discuss, Consider Resolution of Intent, 2-year Community Strategy
    6. Retaliatory Eviction Ordinance – Introduce, in process
    7. Mowing Initiative – Update
    8. Vacant Properties – Identify Issues; Set Summer Review
  4. Other Reports
  5. Schedule Upcoming Meetings
  6. Adjourn
Jun
21
Wed
Public Health & Safety Committee Meeting @ Classroom A; Law Enforcement Center
Jun 21 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

In-person or virtual attendance options are available. Please contact the Council Office by 5:00pm 6/20 to request the Zoom link.

Agenda:

  1. Call to Order
  2. Approve May 17, 2023 Meeting Minutes
  3. Changing Our Culture of Property Maintenance
    1. Action/Marketing/Mowing Team
      1. Mowing Updates
    2. Policy Teams
      1. LLC Ordinance, Repeat Offenders – Brief Report
      2. Municipal Court SOP’s, fees – Updates/Report
      3. Property Maintenance – Updates
      4. Retaliatory Eviction Ordinance – Report, Discuss Possible Action
    3. Vacant Properties – Preliminary Calendaring, Staffing Discuss, possible referral to Acting City Manager
  4. Other Reports
  5. Adjourn; Next meeting July 19, 2023 @ 11:00am in Holliday 1st Floor Conference Room or Zoom.
Jul
24
Mon
Transient Guest Tax (TGT) Committee Meeting @ Classroom A; Law Enforcement Center
Jul 24 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

In-person and virtual attendance options are available. Please contact the Council Office by 12:00pm 7/24 to request the Zoom link. The meeting will be livestreamed as well.

 

Agenda:                                     

  1. Call to order
  2. Approval of March 3, 2023 Minutes
  3. Discussion: Allocation of Unallocated TGT Funds
  4. Other Items
  5. Adjourn
Nov
15
Wed
Public Health & Safety Committee Meeting @ City Hall; 1st Floor Conference Room
Nov 15 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Virtual and In person attendance options available. Please contact the Council Office by 10:00am 11/15.

Agenda:

  1. Call to Order
  2. Approve June 21, 2023 Meeting Minutes
  3. Changing Our Culture of Property Maintenance
    1. Action/Marketing/Mowing Team
      1. Mowing Program – Updates
      2. CoCPM Webpage and Quarterly Report Demonstrate
    2. Policy Teams
      1. Municipal Court and Legal – LLC & Retaliation – Brief Update
      2. Property Maintenance
        1. PMU Inspector
        2. Housing Navigator
        3. Property Maintenance – Housing SOP and Handouts
      3. Vacant Properties – Team, Work Plan
  4. Other Reports
  5. Adjourn; Next meeting January 3, 2024, with intent to report to Governing Body January 16, 2024.
Dec
19
Tue
Outgoing City Councilmember Reception @ Council Chambers
Dec 19 @ 5:15 pm – 5:45 pm

There will be a small reception to thank outgoing Council members Tony Emerson and Hannah Naeger for their contributions to Topeka, prior to the Governing Body meeting.