Calendar

This meeting will be hybrid, with virtual and in-person attendance options available. Masks and social distancing guidelines will be required.

Agenda:

1. Call to Order
2. Approve Minutes from January 3^rd meeting
3. Development of Online Right-of-Way Permitting Process:
   1. Purpose:
      1. Establish uniform method of applying for ROW permitting that could be easily monitored for safety and restoration requirements with limited staff.
      2. Eliminate processing time for applicants with electronic submission of all required documentation and drawings.
      3. Reduce handling of and filing of critical documents.
4. DPW 2022 Work Plan
5. Update on Citywide Blight Abatement
6. Discussion of Driveway Culvert Replacements
7. Other Items
8. Adjourn

In person and virtual attendance options available. Masks and social distancing will be required for in person attendees. Please contact the Council office by 12:00pm 1/28 to request the zoom link.

Agenda:

• Call to Order
• Approve minutes from December 17, 2021 meeting
• Presentation: Civil Service Board
• Presentation: Citizen Review Board
• Other Items
• Adjourn

Please find meeting agenda, here.

In-person or virtual attendance options available. To attend virtually, please contact the Council Office by 5:00pm 2/14.

In-person and virtual attendance options available. There will be no public comment at this meeting. Please contact the Council Office by 12:00pm on 2/24 to request Zoom link.

Agenda:

1. Call to Order
2. Approve minutes from January 28, 2022 meeting
3. Presentation: SAVE Program, District Attorney
4. Discussion Regarding Public Input Sessions
5. Other Items
6. Adjourn

In-person and virtual attendance options available. Please contact the Council Office by 5:00pm by 2/28 to request Zoom link.

For Immediate Release

Contact for further information: Gretchen Spiker, Director of Communications, gspiker@topeka.org

March 3, 2022

Topeka City Council seeks input on determining social services eligibility for ARPA funding

TOPEKA, Kan. – The Topeka City Council’s Policy and Finance Committee will host a public input session on Wednesday, March 23 at 6:00 p.m. at the City’s Holliday Building located at 620 SE Madison St.

The purpose of the session is to solicit feedback from the community regarding what criteria and qualifications should be met, in order to be eligible to apply for the $10 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding the Council voted to allocate for social services.

“This will be a deliberative process with decisions made based on input we receive from Topekans,” said Topeka’s Deputy Mayor Spencer Duncan, and the Chair of the Policy and Finance Committee. “This is just one step in a layered process, and we look forward to hearing directly from citizens regarding their expectations of us during this process.”

The Policy and Finance Committee is currently working with City staff on the application and process for social services.

To sign up for public comment, visit https://www.topeka.org/cityclerk/sign-up-to-speak-at-a-governing-body-meeting/. The deadline to sign up for public comment is 5:00 p.m. the date of the meeting. Public comment can be made in person or by Zoom. Public comment is limited to four minutes per person. Time extensions will not be granted.

On February 12, the Council voted to approve setting aside $35,676,831 to be allocated for Capital Improvement Projects (CIP), and $10 million to be allocated for social services. The City received $45,676,831 in ARPA funds.

In-person and virtual attendance options are available. Please contact the Council Office by 12:00pm on 3/24 to request virtual link.

Agenda:

1. Call to Order
2. Approve minutes from February 24, 2022 meeting
3. Mosaic Partnership and TPD
4. Presentation: Defund the Police
5. Discussion Regarding Public Input Sessions
6. Other Items
7. Adjourn

Virtual and in-person attendance options available. To request virtual link, please contact the Council Office by 5:00pm 4/18.

Agenda: (Items subject to change. Final agenda will be updated no later than 4/18).

1. Call to Order
2. Approve Minutes from February 15^th meeting
3. Pedestrian Plan/Infill Sidewalk Recommendations for 2022
4. Resolution 9226: Half-cent & GO Bond authorizing various street/sidewalk/curb and gutter projects for 2022
5. Discussion of Driveway Culvert Replacements
6. Other Items
   1. Facilities Repair Program
7. Adjourn

Virtual and in-person attendance options available. Contact Council Office by 5:00pm 4/22 to request Zoom link.

Additional information on the Changing the Culture of Property Maintenance can be found here.

Agenda:

1. Call to Order

2. Membership:
   1. Welcome New Committee Member
   2. Elect 2022 Chair

3. Changing the Culture of Property Maintenance
   1. Discussion: Draft IPMC Amendments regarding Vegetation
   2. Updates on other Changing the Culture of Property Maintenance Project Initiatives

4. Other Items

5. Adjourn; Next meeting will be May 23, 2022 at 1:00pm

Meeting agenda will be posted to the webpage once confirmed. Please check back the week of the meeting.

In-person and Virtual attendance options available. Please contact the Council Office by 5:00pm 5/16 to request Zoom link.