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Committee members approved the public works portion after a presentation by Kyle Dainger of the budget office and Jean McDonald, director of finance and budget; Lorraine (Public Works director) gave initial staff remarks and introduced the new slide presentation format for action items. \"You're gonna notice a little bit of a different format\" she told the committee, explaining staff would add slides and exhibits to summarize recommendations.

The recommendation matters because it sets staff and project funding for public works and stormwater programs for the coming fiscal year and signals the department's staffing and equipment priorities.

Citywide figures in the presentation showed a $498.6 million proposed 2026 budget, with the general fund at about $354.1 million (a 6.5% increase). Public works's operating budget was presented as $25.1 million in aggregate, a 4.5% increase from 2025. Staff told members about two proposed personnel increases: two additional maintenance worker positions dedicated to sidewalk work and capital projects (budgeted cost about $140,000), and $75,000 for a dedicated stormwater inspection vehicle to house video inspection equipment. Stormwater fund details: a $24.6 million recommended budget with a beginning fund balance of $11.5 million; roughly half of the total is projected 2026 current revenues and about $5.72 million is for day-to-day operating expenses.

Committee members asked several questions about the stormwater utility fee and long-term fee strategy. Staff said the utility was started in 2001, saw a significant adjustment around 2016, and the city typically evaluates smaller fee increases about every other year (commonly around $1'$2 per residential equivalent) to maintain buying power rather than to reach a fixed numeric target. Staff also clarified that stormwater revenues include both the utility fee and a mill-levy component that affects how nonprofits, schools and churches contribute.

The presentation included a single CIP change: project BR1902 (bridges on Plum Road south of 150th Street) lost a previously anticipated $500,000 in congressionally directed/federal funding for FY2027. Staff said the gap was backfilled with $250,000 of city cash and $250,000 from Johnson County. Staff noted the overall capital total did not change in the updated CIP package.

Committee members expressed gratitude to Public Works staff for implementation work on the city's street/stormwater program. After discussion, a motion to recommend approval of the proposed 2026 operating budget, 2026'2030 CIP and maintenance program, and strategic goals carried on a voice vote, 6-0.

Clarifying details provided at the meeting were incorporated into the committee motion and the materials that will proceed to the Committee of the Whole; staff said the fund statements and department budgets are available in the working papers (public packet) starting at the public works section.

Votes and next steps: The committee vote was 6-0 to forward the budget package to the Committee of the Whole; the Committee of the Whole and then City Council will consider the full citywide budget and CIP later in the budget calendar.

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- Engineering services for the 2027 Neighborhood Street Reconstruction program: staff reported a competitive selection process and recommended award of an engineering agreement (scoping fee not to exceed $1,038,830). The committee recommended the award and forwarded the agreement to Council (committee motion carried 6-0).

- Interlocal agreement with the City of Leawood for pavement preservation/reconstruction on 130th Street (Metcalf to 660 feet east of Knoll): estimated total project cost $2,480,274.83 with a Leawood cost share of $112,619.24; committee recommended approval to Council (motion carried 6-0).

- Interlocal agreement with the City of Leawood for pavement preservation on 150th Street (Metcalf to Nall): estimated total project cost $1,660,000; Leawood cost share $159,200; Johnson County CARS contribution $604,000; city share after partners $878,800; committee recommended approval to Council (motion carried 6-0).

- Interlocal agreement with Johnson County for bridge reconstruction of Plum Road over Coffee Creek (BR1902): estimated total cost $5,630,000, city share $2,815,000 (50/50 split with county); committee recommended approval to Council (motion carried 6-0). Staff noted design will accommodate future four-lane divided roadway and trail connection.

- Equipment and procurement awards: committee recommended awards and purchases to Council or approved them as committee actions: JetVac vacuum/hydro-excavation truck awarded to Armor Equipment (MH Logistics dba Armor Equipment) for $551,535.32; single-axle snow-plow dump truck build awarded to J and D Equipment (dba American Equipment) for $173,820; cooperative rock salt procurement with Central Salt LLC named as primary vendor and Independent Salt as alternate, with total purchases not to exceed $250,000. All equipment/procurement recommendations carried or were approved by the committee on voice votes (typical tally 6-0).

Votes were taken by voice; when roll-call tallies were given the committee reported unanimous approval for the procurement and interlocal items. Where staff noted contract amounts and scoping fees, those numeric totals match the numbers in the committee packet and staff presentations.

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Jane (engineering services staff) told the committee staff's recommendation is to deny the request because the proposed location does not meet the city's median-spacing standard in Resolution No. 3816 and because staff believes the site already has adequate access from nearby median openings. \"Staff is recommending denial of the median bridal request at 130 Sixth Street And Switzer because it does not meet the median break spacing set for the resolution, and staff feels that the site has adequate access due to the existing median breaks,\" Jane said.

Applicants and consultants urged the committee to allow the partial left-in median break, saying it is necessary for the project's commercial viability and would reduce unsafe u-turns. Jed Claussen of Phelps Engineering, representing the applicant, said the site has remained undeveloped for nearly 20 years and that pass-by retail trips and out-of-town drivers make a left-in desirable. Traffic consultant Michael Hare (Merge Midwest) reported the study shows ample sight distance and projected the southbound left-in movement could accommodate roughly 50'75 vehicles during peak hours; he summarized recent crash data for the intersection (7 crashes in the past three years) and placed the intersection's crash rate between statewide averages and the state's critical crash threshold.

Committee discussion split along safety and planning-policy lines. Several members emphasized that Resolution No. 3816 aims for roughly one median opening about every quarter mile to optimize traffic flow and reduce conflict points; staff noted Schweitzer Road already has multiple openings along the segment and that adding a new opening near sports-complex traffic could create conflict points and increase crash risk. The applicant said their plan is for a left-in only opening (no left-out) and noted storage was proposed to accommodate queuing (the applicant's traffic exhibit proposed about 150 feet of left-turn storage).

Two motions were considered. An initial motion to recommend approval failed on a 2-4 voice vote. A subsequent motion to recommend denial of the partial median break carried 4-2; committee members forwarded the denial recommendation to the City Council. The applicant and staff were informed the Planning Commission will still review the land-use items (preliminary development plan/special use permit) in July, and the Council will see related land-use items in August; the median-break recommendation will be recorded and transmitted with staff comments.

The committee's action does not itself close the land-use process; it records a transportation-engineering recommendation for the Council and Planning Commission to consider.

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