Governing Body — Topeka, KS
Date: 2025-06-10

City Council Chambers 214 SE 8th St.
 2nd Floor Topeka, KS 66603
 https://www.topeka.org




 Governing Body Agenda
 June 10, 2025
 6:00 PM

 Mayor: Michael A. Padilla
 Councilmembers
Karen A. Hiller District No. 1 Marcus D.L. Miller District No. 6
Christina Valdivia-Alcala District No. 2 Neil Dobler District No. 7
Sylvia E. Ortiz District No. 3 Spencer Duncan District No. 8
David Banks District No. 4 Michelle Hoferer District No. 9
Brett D. Kell District No. 5
 City Manager: Dr. Robert M. Perez


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.
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.
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.
CALL TO ORDER:
INVOCATION:
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
1. ROLL CALL:
2. CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION:
 Topeka Renaissance Festival
3. APPOINTMENTS:
 A. Board Appointment - Board of Mechanical Examiners Appeals

 BOARD APPOINTMENT recommending the reappointment of Greg DeBacker to the Board of
 Mechanical Examiners for a term ending June 20, 2027. (Council District No. 2)

 B. Board Appointment - Washburn University Board of Regents

 BOARD APPOINTMENT recommending the reappointment of John Dietrick to the Washburn
 University Board of Regents for a term ending June 30, 2029. (Council District No. 7)

 C. Board Appointment - NOTO Business Improvement District Advisory Board

 BOARD APPOINTMENT recommending the appointment of Denise Selbee-Koch to the NOTO
 Business Improvement District Advisory Board to fill a term ending June 13, 2027. (Council
 District No. 2)

4. PRESENTATIONS:
 2022 - 2025 Citywide Housing Investment Summary Report
5. CONSENT AGENDA:
 A. Resolution - Westboro Spring Progressive Dinner - Noise Exception

 RESOLUTION introduced by Councilmember Marcus Miller granting Westboro Homeowners
 Association an exception to the provisions of City of Topeka Code Section 9.45.150, et seq.,
 concerning noise prohibitions. (Council District No. 3)

 (Approval would allow for amplified music and sound during the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on
 June 21, 2025, at Harland Court from Oakley to Pembroke Ln..)

 B. MINUTES of the Joint City-County meeting of June 3, 2025; and the regular Governing Body
 meeting of June 3, 2025.
 C. APPLICATIONS:

6. ACTION ITEMS:
 A. Resolution - Setting July 15, 2025 Public Hearing Date - 30th and Topeka Blvd CID
 RESOLUTION introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez, setting the public hearing to
 consider the advisability of establishing a Community Improvement District (CID) at 30th and
 Topeka Boulevard, pursuant to K.S.A. 12-6a26 et seq.

 Voting Requirement: Action requires at least six (6) votes of the Governing Body.
 (Approval of the resolution would set a public hearing date of July 15, 2025, to entertain public
 comment.)

B. Resolution - Setting July 15, 2025 Public Hearing Date - 30th and Topeka Blvd TIF

 RESOLUTION introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez, providing notice of a public
 hearing concerning the establishment of a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Redevelopment
 District within the City (30th and Topeka Boulevard) pursuant to K.S.A. 12-1770 et. seq., as
 amended.

 Voting Requirement: Action requires at least six (6) votes of the Governing Body.
 (Approval of the resolution would set a public hearing date of July 15, 2025, to entertain public
 comment.)

C. Ordinance - Creating TMC Section 3.35.070 - City Claims

 ORDINANCE introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez, concerning claims made by the
 City, authorizing the City Attorney to initiate lawsuits up to $35,000, creating Section 3.35.070
 of the Topeka Municipal Code. (Approved by the Policy and Finance Committee on May 14, 2025.)

 Voting Requirement: Action requires five (5) votes of the City Council. The Mayor does not
 vote. The proposed ordinance involves a matter of home rule on which the Mayor has veto authority.

 (Approval will allow City Attorney to initiate lawsuits in limited circumstances regarding property and
 contract claims below a certain dollar threshold.)

D. Ordinance - Amending TMC Chapter 10 - Downtown Parking

 ORDINANCE introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez, concerning parking in the
 downtown central business district, amending Sections 10.05.010, 10.60.320, 10.60.330,
 10.60.340, 10.60.150, 10.60.160, 10.60.200, 10.60.220, 10.60.230 10.60.010, 10.60.060, 10.60.170,
 10.60.180, 10.60.210, 10.60.350, 10.60.360 and 10.60.370 of the Topeka Municipal Code and
 repealing original sections. (Policy and Finance Committee recommended approval on May 14,
 2025.)

 Voting Requirement: Action requires at least six (5) votes of the City Council. The Mayor does
 not vote. The proposed ordinance involves a matter of home rule on which the Mayor has veto
 authority.

 (The proposed ordinance would amend downtown parking provisions and pricing.)

E. Ordinance - TECHS, Inc., Franchise Agreement Ordinance

 ORDINANCE introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez, providing for a nonexclusive
 franchise to TECHS, Inc. to operate an ambulance service within the City of Topeka until
 December 31, 2026.
 Voting Requirement: Action requires at least six (6) votes of the Governing Body.

 (Approval would grant TECHS, Inc., a nonexclusive franchise agreement.)


7. NON-ACTION ITEMS:
 A. Discussion - Utility Bill Real Estate Liens Ordinance

 DISCUSSION related to the imposition of real estate liens on properties that have received
 utility services and failed to pay for such services.

 (Imposing real estate liens, pursuant to K.S.A. 12-808c, upon certain lots and pieces of ground in
 Shawnee County, Kansas.)

8. PUBLIC COMMENT:
 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. 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. View the meeting online at
 https://www.topeka.org/communications/live-stream/ or at
 https://www.facebook.com/cityoftopeka/.
9. ANNOUNCEMENTS:
10. EXECUTIVE SESSION:
 Executive Sessions are closed meetings held in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas
 Open Meetings Act.

 (Executive sessions will be scheduled as needed and may include topics such as personnel
 matters, considerations of acquisition of property for public purposes, potential or pending litigation
 in which the city has an interest, employer-employee negotiations and any other matter provided for
 in K.S.A. 75-4319.)
11. ADJOURNMENT:
 City of Topeka
 Council Action Form
 Council Chambers
 214 SE 8th Street
 Topeka, Kansas 66603
 www.topeka.org
 June 10, 2025


DATE: June 10, 2025
CONTACT PERSON: Jane Murray, Executive DOCUMENT #:
 Assistant to the Mayor
SECOND PARTY/SUBJECT: PROJECT #:
CATEGORY/SUBCATEGORY
CIP PROJECT: No
ACTION OF COUNCIL: JOURNAL #:
 PAGE #:

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:
 Topeka Renaissance Festival
VOTING REQUIREMENTS:
POLICY ISSUE:
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
BACKGROUND:
BUDGETARY IMPACT:
SOURCE OF FUNDING:

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Certificate of Recognition Topeka Renaissance Festival
 Certificate of Recognition
 For
 Topeka Renaissance Festival
Hear ye, hear ye!
Let it be known throughout the realm of the City of Topeka, in the Year of Our Lord Two
Thousand and Twenty-Five, doth declare and recognize the joyous commencement of the First
Annual Topeka Renaissance Festival to begin on June 21st through June 22, 2025.
Ye ask what is a Renaissance Festival, Medieval Faire? It is an event that aims to recreate
and celebrate the culture, arts and activities of the European Renaissance period, which
spanned roughly from the 14th to the 17th century.
Let the spirit of chivalry, merriment, and noble celebration doth awaken once more in the
hearts of our fair citizens. It is right ye honor the arts, music, craftsmanship, and valor of
ages past, bringing forth a gathering of knights, jesters, maidens, and merchants within the
bounds of our beloved city.
This grand festival shall serve as a time for community, revelry, and learning, drawing forth
visitors from far and near to partake in this noble endeavor being held at 1901 N. Kansas Ave.
Now, therefore, I, Michael A. Padilla, Mayor of the City of Topeka, do hereby recognize the
city’s first Renaissance festival, and call upon all citizens and travelers to step back in time to
don their finest garb, raise their voices in song, and celebrate with mirth and good cheer.
Let the banners fly, let the trumpets sound, and let the festivities begin!



 In Witness Whereof, I do hereby affix my official
 signature, and the Official Seal of the City of
 Topeka, Kansas, on this 10th day of June 2025.


 Michael A. Padilla, Mayor
 City of Topeka
 Council Action Form
 Council Chambers
 214 SE 8th Street
 Topeka, Kansas 66603
 www.topeka.org
 June 10, 2025


DATE: June 10, 2025
CONTACT PERSON: Mayor Michael A. DOCUMENT #:
 Padilla
SECOND PARTY/SUBJECT: Board of Mechanical PROJECT #:
 Examiners Appeals
CATEGORY/SUBCATEGORY 006 Communication / 005 Other
CIP PROJECT: No
ACTION OF COUNCIL: JOURNAL #:
 PAGE #:

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:

BOARD APPOINTMENT recommending the reappointment of Greg DeBacker to the Board of
Mechanical Examiners for a term ending June 20, 2027. (Council District No. 2)

VOTING REQUIREMENTS:
At least five (5) votes of the City Council is required. Mayor does not vote.
POLICY ISSUE:
The Board of Mechanical Examiners reviews applications and approves the issuance of licenses in accordance
with City Code. The board is empowered to hear and determine interpretations of applicable codes and to permit
exceptions, variances or waivers.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Councilmember Valdivia-Alcala nominates and Mayor Padilla recommends the appointment of Greg DeBacker to
the Board of Mechanical Examiners for a two-year term ending June 20, 2027. The position requires the
member hold a mechanical master license and live within the city. Mr. DeBacker meets these requirements.
BACKGROUND:
This is a City-created board where the City Council nominates and the Mayor appoints. The board shall be
comprised of five members; two masters licensed in the particular trade, one engineer or equivalent practicing in
the particular trade, and two persons who shall be a licensed journeyman, licensed master, or an engineer
practicing in the particular trade. Members shall be appointed by the mayor and serve two-year terms.
BUDGETARY IMPACT:
There is no budgetary impact to the City.
SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Not Applicable.

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
G. DeBacker - Application
City of Topeka Boards and Commissions
Application
Submitted on 28 March 2025, 10:22AM

Receipt number 356

Related form version 9



Profile
First Name Greg


Last Name DeBacker


Email Address debackerg@aol.com


Street Address 2907 NW Topeka Blvd


Suite or Apt


City TOPEKA


State Kansas


Zip 66617


Are you a resident of the City of Topeka? Yes


What district do you live in? District 2


Primary Phone 7852322916


Alternate Phone 7852322916


Employer DeBacker's Inc


Job Title Owner


Which Board would you like to apply for? Board of Mechanical Appeals


Are you a registered voter? Yes


Are you currently a full or part-time employee of the City of No
Topeka?


Which department do you work for?



 1 of 3
Are you or any immediate family member related to any city No
governmental official or employee?


Who are you related to and how are you related?


Are you or have you been a party to any civil litigation No
involving the City of Topeka?


Please explain the litigation and your role in it:


Are you delinquent in payment of any taxes, fees, fines, or No
special assessments owed to the State of Kansas, Shawnee
County or the City of Topeka?


Please explain your delinquent payment situation.


Please state why you are interested in serving on this board or My current term on the Board of Mechanical Examiners Appeals (BMA)
commission: is ending on 6/20/2025.



Interests & Experiences
Please describe your education, experience, and expertise Washburn University, Optimist club, Seaman Alumni,
including any honors, awards, civic, cultural, charitable or
professional organization memberships that relate to the
position you are seeking.


List any professional licenses you hold in Kansas and advise if Mechanical and Electrical City of Topeka Licenses.
they are current. (We reserve the right to request a copy of
your license prior to approval of your appointment.)


**Please upload a resume or any additional information you
believe may be helpful in considering your application.



Voluntary Self Identification
Ethnicity Caucasian/Non-Hispanic


Gender Male



Acknowledgements and Verification
Purpose of Information being submitted. I Agree


The information I am submitting is true and correct. I Agree


Your electronic signature




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 Link to signature


Alternative electronic signature


Notification to applicants for City Board/Commissions Please be advised that your application and any documents that you
 attach are public records and, as such, are available to the public, upon
 request, pursuant to the Kansas Open Records Act.

 If you are appointed to the position, your application and resume will be
 included in the governing body meeting agenda which is posted online.




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 City of Topeka
 Council Action Form
 Council Chambers
 214 SE 8th Street
 Topeka, Kansas 66603
 www.topeka.org
 June 10, 2025


DATE: June 10, 2025
CONTACT PERSON: Mayor Michael A. DOCUMENT #:
 Padilla
SECOND PARTY/SUBJECT: Washburn University PROJECT #:
 Board of Regents
CATEGORY/SUBCATEGORY 006 Communication / 005 Other
CIP PROJECT: No
ACTION OF COUNCIL: JOURNAL #:
 PAGE #:

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:

BOARD APPOINTMENT recommending the reappointment of John Dietrick to the Washburn University
Board of Regents for a term ending June 30, 2029. (Council District No. 7)

VOTING REQUIREMENTS:
At least five (5) votes of the City Council is required. Mayor does not vote.
POLICY ISSUE:
The Board works to improve the quality of educational policies, programs and services in an effort to improve and
maintain the quality of learning.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Mayor Padilla is recommending the reappointment of John Dietrick to the Washburn University Board of Regents
for a term ending June 30, 2029. Mr. Dietrick resides in Senate District 20.
BACKGROUND:
Membership. In accordance with TMC Section 2.05.050, the Board of Regents of Washburn University shall
consist of nine members appointed as follows:
 Three members shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the council and shall hold office as
 provided in K.S.A. 13-3a05 and amendments thereto. Members appointed under this subsection shall be
 registered voters and residents of the city, one from each of the three districts from which state senators
 are elected by residents of the city. (Senate districts: 18, 19, 20)
 Three members shall be appointed by the governor and shall hold office as provided in K.S.A. 13-13a06
 and amendments thereto.
 Members appointed under this subsection shall be residents of the state.
 One member shall be appointed by the Board of County Commissioners of Shawnee County and shall
 hold office as provided in K.S.A. 13-13a06 and amendments thereto; such member shall reside in
 Shawnee County, but outside the city.
 One member shall be the mayor or another member of the council who is selected by the mayor.
 One member shall be a member of the state board of regents selected by the state board at its regular
 meeting in September of each year, to serve as a member of the board of regents for the ensuing year.
Council nominations not required.
BUDGETARY IMPACT:
There is no budgetary impact to the City.
SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Not Applicable.

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
J. Dietrick - Application
City of Topeka Boards and Commissions
Application
Submitted on 28 March 2025, 11:07AM

Receipt number 357

Related form version 9



Profile
First Name John


Last Name Dietrick


Email Address john@dietricklaw.com


Street Address 3320 SW Spring Creek Place


Suite or Apt


City Topeka


State Kansas


Zip 66604


Are you a resident of the City of Topeka? Yes


What district do you live in? District 7


Primary Phone 7856333755


Alternate Phone 7857302700


Employer The Law Offices of John R. Dietrick, P.A.


Job Title Managing Partner


Which Board would you like to apply for? Washburn Board of Regents


Are you a registered voter? Yes


Are you currently a full or part-time employee of the City of No
Topeka?


Which department do you work for?



 1 of 3
Are you or any immediate family member related to any city No
governmental official or employee?


Who are you related to and how are you related?


Are you or have you been a party to any civil litigation No
involving the City of Topeka?


Please explain the litigation and your role in it:


Are you delinquent in payment of any taxes, fees, fines, or No
special assessments owed to the State of Kansas, Shawnee
County or the City of Topeka?


Please explain your delinquent payment situation.


Please state why you are interested in serving on this board or I currently serve as Chair of the Washburn Board of Regents and would
commission: like to be reappointed to the Board for the following reasons. First and
 foremost, I would like to continue my term(s) as Chair. Second, the
 Board, the President and Leadership are in the midst of many exciting,
 inspiring, and transformational projects, programs and initiatives that I
 want to continue to be involved with and, hopefully, have an impact on.
 These include issues critical to Washburn, its faculty and students, such
 as: continuing to implement the strategic plan; ensuring continued
 enrollment growth; maintaining a strong, sustainable budget; overseeing
 the many new construction projects, including our new Washburn Tech
 North campus; and continuing to work in close collaboration with the
 Board and the President to ensure the continued success of Washburn,
 Washburn Law, and Washburn Tech. In short, there is much work left to
 be done, and my reappointment to the Board of Regents would afford me
 the tremendous and sincerely appreciated opportunity to continue giving
 back to my alma mater.



Interests & Experiences
Please describe your education, experience, and expertise B.A. - Washburn University
including any honors, awards, civic, cultural, charitable or M.P.A - Kansas University
professional organization memberships that relate to the J.D. - Washburn School of Law
position you are seeking. I have served as Chair of many organization boards, including Washburn
 University, Topeka Country Club, Kansas Children's Discovery Center,
 Capper Foundation, Topeka Collegiate School, as well as a member of
 the Law School Board of Governors. Each of these positions has
 enabled me to become a better leader, including as Chair of the
 Washburn Board of Regents.


List any professional licenses you hold in Kansas and advise if Kansas Bar Association (Bar #11887) - current.
they are current. (We reserve the right to request a copy of Topeka Bar Association - current.
your license prior to approval of your appointment.) I am also a member of the Louisiana Bar, the American Bar, and the
 U.S. Supreme Court.


**Please upload a resume or any additional information you Resume John R. Dietrick 3.2025.docx
believe may be helpful in considering your application.



Voluntary Self Identification
Ethnicity Caucasian/Non-Hispanic



 2 of 3
Gender Male



Acknowledgements and Verification
Purpose of Information being submitted. I Agree


The information I am submitting is true and correct. I Agree


Your electronic signature




 Link to signature


Alternative electronic signature


Notification to applicants for City Board/Commissions Please be advised that your application and any documents that you
 attach are public records and, as such, are available to the public, upon
 request, pursuant to the Kansas Open Records Act.

 If you are appointed to the position, your application and resume will be
 included in the governing body meeting agenda which is posted online.




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 City of Topeka
 Council Action Form
 Council Chambers
 214 SE 8th Street
 Topeka, Kansas 66603
 www.topeka.org
 June 10, 2025


DATE: June 10, 2025
CONTACT PERSON: Mayor Michael A. Padilla DOCUMENT #:
SECOND PARTY/SUBJECT: Noto Business PROJECT #:
 Improvement District
 Advisory Board
CATEGORY/SUBCATEGORY 006 Communication / 005 Other
CIP PROJECT: No
ACTION OF COUNCIL: JOURNAL #:
 PAGE #:

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:

BOARD APPOINTMENT recommending the appointment of Denise Selbee-Koch to the NOTO Business
Improvement District Advisory Board to fill a term ending June 13, 2027. (Council District No. 2)

VOTING REQUIREMENTS:
At least five (5) votes of the City Council is required. Mayor does not vote.
POLICY ISSUE:
The purpose of the NOTO Business Improvement District Advisory board (BID) is to monitor and oversee
services provided pursuant to the business improvement district act. The board shall conduct its business in
accordance with City Code.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Mayor Padilla nominates and recommends the appointment of Denise Selbee-Koch to the NOTO Business
Improvement District Advisory Board (BID) to fill a term ending on June 13, 2027.
BACKGROUND:
This is a statutory board wherein the Mayor nominates and the Council has final approval. The NOTO Business
Improvement District Advisory Board shall consist of five members representing businesses located in the district.
Two members shall serve a one year term and three members shall serve a two year term and there are no term
limits.
BUDGETARY IMPACT:
There is no budgetary impact to the City.
SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Not Applicable.

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
D. Selbee-Koch - Application
City of Topeka Boards and Commissions
Application
Submitted on 28 March 2025, 1:46PM

Receipt number 358

Related form version 9



Profile
First Name Denise


Last Name Selbee-Koch


Email Address adventure@dirtygirladventures.net


Street Address 12103 Western Heights Drive


Suite or Apt


City Oskaloosa


State Kansas


Zip 66066


Are you a resident of the City of Topeka? No


What district do you live in? District 2


Primary Phone 7856087888


Alternate Phone


Employer Keystone Learning Services


Job Title Social Worker


Which Board would you like to apply for? NOTO Business Improvement District Advisory Board


Are you a registered voter? Yes


Are you currently a full or part-time employee of the City of No
Topeka?


Which department do you work for?



 1 of 3
Are you or any immediate family member related to any city No
governmental official or employee?


Who are you related to and how are you related?


Are you or have you been a party to any civil litigation No
involving the City of Topeka?


Please explain the litigation and your role in it:


Are you delinquent in payment of any taxes, fees, fines, or No
special assessments owed to the State of Kansas, Shawnee
County or the City of Topeka?


Please explain your delinquent payment situation.


Please state why you are interested in serving on this board or I am personally invested in the city of Topeka and NOTO growing and
commission: developing. I own a business in NOTO, Compass Point home of Dirty
 Girl Adventures and I love the city of Topeka and hope that it will grow
 and shine.



Interests & Experiences
Please describe your education, experience, and expertise I am a masters level social worker and have been employed as a school
including any honors, awards, civic, cultural, charitable or social worker for 26 years. Prior to that I worked in other social work
professional organization memberships that relate to the roles predominantly in child and family welfare. I served as a 4H leader
position you are seeking. for 12 years, a church youth group leader for 6 years, a Board of
 Education Member for 10 years and was honored in each of these roles.
 I have also served on the NOTO BID for the last 3 years.


List any professional licenses you hold in Kansas and advise if I have a current license to practice social work in the state of Kansas
they are current. (We reserve the right to request a copy of LMSW 2807
your license prior to approval of your appointment.)


**Please upload a resume or any additional information you DASK Resume.docx
believe may be helpful in considering your application.



Voluntary Self Identification
Ethnicity Caucasian/Non-Hispanic


Gender Female



Acknowledgements and Verification
Purpose of Information being submitted. I Agree


The information I am submitting is true and correct. I Agree


Your electronic signature




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 Link to signature


Alternative electronic signature Denise A. Selbee-Koch


Notification to applicants for City Board/Commissions Please be advised that your application and any documents that you
 attach are public records and, as such, are available to the public, upon
 request, pursuant to the Kansas Open Records Act.

 If you are appointed to the position, your application and resume will be
 included in the governing body meeting agenda which is posted online.




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 City of Topeka
 Council Action Form
 Council Chambers
 214 SE 8th Street
 Topeka, Kansas 66603
 www.topeka.org
 June 10, 2025


DATE: June 10, 2025
CONTACT PERSON: Carrie Higgins, Housing DOCUMENT #:
 Services Division
 Director; and Quinn
 Cole, Senior
 Management Analyst
SECOND PARTY/SUBJECT: Citywide Housing PROJECT #:
 Investment Report
 2022-2025
CATEGORY/SUBCATEGORY
CIP PROJECT: No
ACTION OF COUNCIL: JOURNAL #:
 PAGE #:

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:
 2022 - 2025 Citywide Housing Investment Summary Report
VOTING REQUIREMENTS:
POLICY ISSUE:
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:

BACKGROUND:
This presentation provides a district by district summary of housing investment in the City of Topeka from 2022 -
2025. Staff presented this at the May 14th Policy and Finance Committee. The report includes the following
programs:

Planning & Development Services:
- Residential New Build Permits
- NRP Residential Applications
- LIHTC Units Developed
- RHID Units Developed

Housing Services Division:
• Accessibility
• Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO)
• Emergency Repairs
• Property Maintenance Rehab
• SORT/DREAMS
• Topeka Opportunity to Own (TOTO)
• Weatherization
BUDGETARY IMPACT:
SOURCE OF FUNDING:

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Presentation - Citywide Housing Investment '22 - '25
Draft Policy & Finance Committee Meeting Minutes 5.14.25
Summary Report on Housing
 Investment In Topeka
 2022 - 2025
Table of Contents 2


3| 2020 Citywide Housing Study
4| Program Glossary
5-13 | By-District Summary of Housing Investment
14| City Summary of Housing Investment
2020 Citywide Housing Study 3


  Defining the Need
 • Market-Rate Multifamily
 • Missing Middle Infill
 • New Single Family
 • Affordable Housing
 • Rehab & Renovation
  Demand by Type
 • 4,000 units of affordable housing
 • 3,650 units of workforce-affordable housing
 • 4,500 units of market-rate
 • 2,250 units of senior housing
Programs Glossary 4



 Income Based Location Based Other

 • Accessibility • SORT/DREAMS • New Build Permits
 • Property • Neighborhood • Reinvestment Housing
 Maintenance Rehab Revitalization Incentive District
 (PMR) Program (NRP) (RHID)
 • Emergency Repair • Low-Income Housing
 • Weatherization Tax Credits (LIHTC)
 • Topeka Opportunity
 to Own (TOTO)
 • Community Housing
 Development
 Organizations (CHDO)
District 1 5


 Housing Services
 •Accessibility – 6 homes
 •Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) - 2 homes
 •Emergency Repairs – 23 homes
 •Property Maintenance Rehab –9 homes
 •SORT/DREAMS -3 homes
 •Topeka Opportunity to Own (TOTO) - 5 homes
 •Weatherization- 11 homes
 Cornerstone of Topeka
 Planning and Development Services
 • New Builds – 6 permits
 • RHID & LIHTC – 190 units
 • NRP - 4 properties




 Union at Tower District
District 2 6


 Housing Services
 • Accessibility – 13 homes
 • Emergency Repairs – 27 homes
 • Property Maintenance Rehab –6 homes
 • Topeka Opportunity to Own (TOTO) - 2 homes
 • Weatherization- 15 homes


 Riverstone Subdivision RHID
 Planning and Development Services
 • New Builds – 43 permits
 • RHID – 15 units
 • NRP - 2 properties
District 3 7

 Housing Services
 • Accessibility – 17 homes
 • Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) – 10
 homes
 • Emergency Repairs – 40 homes
 • Property Maintenance Rehab –7 homes
 • SORT/DREAMS- 1 home
 • Topeka Opportunity to Own (TOTO) – 1 home
 • Weatherization – 30 homes
 Cornerstone of Topeka
 Planning and Development Services
 • New Builds – 58 permits
 • RHID & LIHTC – 60 units
 • RHID – 42 units
 • NRP – 5 properties


 Eastgate Subdivision RHID
District 4 8


 Housing Services
 • Accessibility –14 homes
 • Emergency Repairs - 21 homes
 • Property Maintenance Rehab – 1 home
 • SORT/DREAMS - 6 homes
 • Topeka Opportunity to Own (TOTO) – 3 homes
 • Weatherization – 14 homes

 TOTO House – Colorado Ave
 Planning and Development Services
 • New Builds – 42 permits
 • NRP – 1 property
District 5 9


 Housing Services
 • Accessibility – 7 homes
 • Community Housing Development Organization
 (CHDO) – 4 homes
 • Emergency Repairs – 25 homes
 • Property Maintenance Rehab – 4 homes
 • SORT/DREAMS - 4 homes
 • Topeka Opportunity to Own (TOTO) - 1 home
 • Weatherization 8 homes
 CHDO – SENT Net Zero Homes
 Planning and Development
 Services
 • New Builds - 69 permits
 • LIHTC - 24 units
District 6 10

 Housing Services
 • Accessibility – 3 homes
 • Emergency Repairs – 18 homes
 • SORT/DREAMS - 7 homes
 • Topeka Opportunity to Own (TOTO) – 1
 home
 • Weatherization – 5 homes

 TOTO Program
 Planning and Development Services
 • New Builds – 9 permits
District 7 11

 Housing Services
 • Accessibility – 2 homes
 • Emergency Repairs – 4 homes




 Emergency Repair – Sewer and Waterlines
 Planning and Development Services
 • New Builds – 20 permits
District 8 12


 Housing Services
 • Accessibility – 1 home
 • Emergency Repairs – 5 homes
 • Weatherization – 4 homes




 Emergency Repair – Furnace Replacement
 Planning and Development Services
 •New Builds – 23 permits
 •RHID – 20 units




 Sherwood Prof Park RHID
District 9 13

 Housing Services
 • Accessibility - 3 homes
 • Emergency Repairs – 6 homes
 • Property Maintenance Repair – 1 home
 • Topeka Opportunity to Own (TOTO) - 1
 home
 • Weatherization – 2 homes

 Weatherization – Door and Window Repairs
 Planning and Development Services
 •New Builds – 18 permits
Citywide Summary: January 2022-May 2025 14


 Housing Services
 • Accessibility – 66 homes
 • Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) – 16 homes
 • Emergency Repairs – 169 homes
 • Property Maintenance Rehab – 28 homes
 • SORT/DREAMS- 21 homes
 • Topeka Opportunity to Own (TOTO) – 14 homes
 • Weatherization – 89 homes

 Planning and Development Services
 •New Build Permits - 288 permits
 •RHID & LIHTC – 250 units
 •RHID – 77 units
 •LIHTC – 24 units
Visual Summary – Housing Service Programs 15
Visual Summary – Planning & Development 16
Summary Report on Housing
 Investment In Topeka
 2022 - 2025
 CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE
 CITY OF TOPEKA MEETING MINUTES
 CITY COUNCIL
 City Hall, 215 SE 7th Street, Suite 255
 POLICY AND Topeka, KS 66603-3914
 Tel: 785-368-3710
 FINANCE COMMITTEE www.topeka.org


Date: May 14, 2025
Time: 11:00am
Location: 1st Floor Conference Room, Cyrus K. Holliday Bldg. 620 SE Madison (a virtual
attendance option is available)

Committee members Present: Spencer Duncan (chair), Marcus Miller, Michelle Hoferer

City Staff Present: City Attorney Amanda Stanley, Senior Attorney Geoff Lydick, Deputy
Director Public Works Jason Tryon, Division Director Development Services Richard
Faulkner, Planning & Development Director Rhiannon Friedman, Division Director
Housing Services Carrie Higgins, Management Analyst Planning & Development Quinn
Cole

1) Call to Order
 Committee Chair Duncan called the meeting to order at 11:00am.

2) Approve March 25, 2025 Meeting Minutes
 Committee member Hoferer made a motion to approve the minutes from the
 previous meeting. Committee member Miller seconded. Motion approved 3-0-0.

3) Presentation: Affordable Housing
 Planning & Development Director Rhiannon Friedman spoke to the presentation on
 affordable housing with rehabilitation programs and the economic development for
 incentive housing. She spoke to the 2020 Citywide Housing study that defined the
 need for (1) Market Rate Multifamily (2) Missing middle infill (3) New single family (4)
 Affordable housing (5) Rehab and renovation.

 Division Director Housing Services Carrie Higgins, Management Analyst Planning &
 Development Quinn Cole spoke to each Council District and gave a detailed summary
 giving a three-year funding and how many units/homes are impacted by Housing
 Service programs.

 District 1: Housing Services: Accessibility–13 homes, Emergency Repairs–27 homes, Property
 Maintenance Rehab–6 homes, Topeka Opportunity to Own (TOTO)-2 homes, Weatherization-15 homes.
 Planning and Development Services: New builds-6 permits, RHID & LIHTC-190 units, NRP-4 properties.
 Project: Cornerstone of Topeka.
 District 2: Housing Services: Accessibility –13 homes, Emergency Repairs–27 homes, Property
 Maintenance Rehab–6 homes, Topeka Opportunity to Own (TOTO)-2 homes, Weatherization-15 homes.
 Planning and Development Services: New Builds–43 permits, RHID-15 units, NRP-2 properties.
 Project: Riverstone Subdivision RHID.
 District 3: Housing Services: Accessibility–17 homes, Community Housing Development
 Organization (CHDO) – 10 homes, Emergency Repairs–40 homes, Property Maintenance Rehab–7
 homes, SORT/DREAMS-1 home, Topeka Opportunity to Own (TOTO)–1 home, Weatherization–30
1 – Policy and Finance Committee
Minutes Taken: May 14, 2025
Minutes Approved:
Minutes Submitted By: TLB
 homes. Planning and Development Services: •New Builds–58 permits, RHID & LIHTC–60 units, RHID –
 42 units, NRP – 5 properties. Project: Cornerstone of Topeka and Eastgate Subdivision RHID.
 District 4: Housing Services: Accessibility14 homes, Emergency Repairs -21 homes, Property
 Maintenance Rehab–1 home, SORT/DREAMS-6 homes, Topeka Opportunity to Own (TOTO)–3 homes,
 Weatherization–14 homes. Planning and Development Services: New Builds–42 permits, NRP – 1
 property. Project: TOTO House-Colorado Avenue.
 District 5: Housing Services: Accessibility–7 homes, Community Housing Development
 Organization (CHDO)–4 homes, Emergency Repairs–25 homes, Property Maintenance Rehab–4 homes,
 SORT/DREAMS-4 homes, Topeka Opportunity to Own (TOTO)-1 home, Weatherization 8 homes.
 Planning and Development Services: New Builds-69 permits, LIHTC-24. Project: CHDO-SENT Net Zero
 Homes.
 District 6: Housing Services: Accessibility–3 homes, Emergency Repairs–18 homes,
 SORT/DREAMS-7 homes, Topeka Opportunity to Own (TOTO)–1 home, Weatherization–5
 homes. Planning and Development Services: New Builds-9 permits. Project: TOTO Program.
 District 7: Housing Services: Accessibility–2 homes, Emergency Repairs-4 homes. Planning and
 Development Services: New Builds-20 permits. Project: Emergency Repair-Sewer and waterlines.
 District 8: Housing Services: Accessibility–1 home, Emergency Repairs–5 homes, Weatherization–
 4 homes. Planning and Development Services: New Builds–23 permits, RHID–20 units. Projects:
 Emergency Repair-Furnace Replacement and Sherwood Professional Park RHID.
 District 9: Housing Services: Accessibility-3 homes, Emergency Repairs–6 homes, Property
 Maintenance Repair–1 home, Topeka Opportunity to Own (TOTO)-1 home, Weatherization–2 homes.
 Planning and Development Services: New Builds-18 permits. Project: Weatherization-Door and window
 repairs.

 Planning & Development Director Rhiannon Friedman provided the Citywide
 Summary and a visual summary for January 2022-May 2025. Housing Services:
 Accessibility–66 homes, Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO)–16
 homes. Emergency Repairs–169 homes. Property Maintenance Rehab–28 homes.
 SORT/DREAMS-21 homes. Topeka Opportunity to Own (TOTO)–14 homes.
 Weatherization–89 homes. Planning and Development Services-New Build Permits-
 288 permits (represents 700 units). RHID & LIHTC– 250 units. RHID–77 units. LIHTC–
 24 units.

 Committee member Marcus Miller requested a visual summary of District 6 to show
 Planning & Development.

 Committee chair Spencer Duncan referenced the 2020 Housing Study. He requested
 to have Planning & Development Director Rhiannon Friedman provide a presentation
 update for the Policy & Finance committee.

4) Action Items:
  a.) 2024 Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) Proposed Adoption
 Division Director of Development Services Richard Faulkner spoke to the Board of
 Plumbing Appeals; the 2024 Uniform Plumbing Code is recommending the City of
 Topeka adopt the code. The code is the most current code and addresses changes
 in the industry and will improve safety in the community. He added that best
 practice is to update within 9 years of the latest code. He spoke to neighboring
 cities in Kansas are using the International Code and the City of Topeka uses the
 Uniform Code. The International Code tends to refer to an additional code books
2 – Policy and Finance Committee
Minutes Taken: May 14, 2025
Minutes Approved:
Minutes Submitted By: TLB
 for a complete implementation of the regulation. The Uniform Code gives more
 comprehensive information for contractors.

 Richard Faulkner added information on the Board Plumbing Appeals and the review
 process. Plumbing inspectors also serve as liaisons to the board as they conduct
 the review. He expressed the importance to have a board made up of people in the
 field and inspectors. He continued to add the recommendation includes a 50% cut
 incorporated into the code and believes it reflects on positively on the plumbing
 board and their commitment to their trade. Lastly, he added staff supports the
 board’s recommendation to adopt the 2024 UPC.

 Committee chair Spencer Duncan asked if the Plumbing Board is full. Richard
 Faulkner confirmed it is full.

 Committee chair Spencer Duncan referenced two codes that are reaching 15 years.
 He referenced the International Energy Conservation Code for residential and ADA
 Standards for Accessible Design. Faulkner stated that due to concern from
 residential builders from increases in construction costs it was determined to stay
 with the 2009 Energy Conservation Code. He continued to add that the ADA
 Standers for Accessible Design does not have an updated version.

 Committee chair Spencer Duncan and Committee member Marcus Miller concurred
 the importance to review the exceptions to the 2009 Energy Conservation Code
 codes for developers and homeowners. Faulkner stated that he would report back
 to the Policy and Finance Committee on a review.

 MOTION: Committee chair Duncan made a motion to approve and move forward to
 the Governing Body for action. Committee member Hoferer seconded. Motion
 approved 3-0-0.

  b.) Downtown Parking
 City Attorney Amanda Stanley stated at the Governing Body meeting May 6, 2025
 the proposed Downtown Parking ordinance and resolution was voted to return to
 the Policy & Finance Committee for review of codes and review suggestions by
 Councilmembers Karen Hiller and Neil Dobler.

 Deputy Director Public Works Jason Tryon spoke to the proposed ordinance
 amended version dated May 6, 2025 Line 142 stating ‘No parking meter zones shall
 be established on Kansas Avenue Between 6th Avenue and 10th Street’. He added that
 currently there is no parking meters on Kansas Avenue and is restricted to a 2-hour
 parking limit. He continued to speak to the suggestions by Councilmember Hiller
 and summarized (1) elimination of the College Hill TIFF district (2) eliminating
 language of physical meters and hoods and using terms for appropriate signage for
 time restricted parking (3) using words where appropriate “payment or payment
 method” (4) using language to state how much parking you are getting for the
 amount of money is being paid (5) increase cost range to $120.
3 – Policy and Finance Committee
Minutes Taken: May 14, 2025
Minutes Approved:
Minutes Submitted By: TLB
 City Attorney Stanley stated that there should be consideration of whether a
 resolution is needed and for the ordinance include specifics for dates.

 Committee chair Duncan asked for confirmation on the current ordinance as
 written allows the City to move forward the parking garage rates. Stanley
 responded there was no action needed to clarify the garage rates.

 Committee chair Duncan supports the proposed ordinance amendments that
 Councilmember Karen Hiller provided; besides College Hill language.

 MOTION: Committee chair Duncan made a motion to adopt the ordinance, with
 Hillers amendments, and move forward to the Governing Body for action.
 Committee chair Miller seconded. Motion approved 3-0-0.

 Committee chair Duncan supports Councilmember Neil Dobler proposed
 amendment regulating parking downtown for no metered parking zones on Kansas
 Avenue between 6th Avenue and 10th Street.

 Committee member Hoferer asked for clarification on Food Truck parking and
 reserved loading zones. Tryon stated space can be reserved for the purpose of
 operating a food truck provided the applicant has a downtown business address.
 He added there would be stalls with signage to allow a 15-minute zone specified
 for loading and unloading. The proposal is to have one 15-minute zone stall every
 half block, not directly in front of a particular business.

 City Attorney Stanley stated the proposed amendments from Councilmember Hiller
 and Dobler that there will need to have some changes for language in regards to
 referencing the amendments to ensure there are no conflicts.

 Councilmember Hiller spoke to having the proposed ordinance give City staff the
 authority to set prices on particular parking stall rates. She added her support for
 City Attorney Stanley’s suggestion to have the ordinance only. She also expressed
 the importance to keep in mind the pricing to benefit the businesses to help them
 thrive.

 MOTION: Committee chair Duncan made a motion to adopt the language of no
 parking meter zones shall be established on Kansas Avenue between 6th and 10th
 Street, subject to wordsmithing the changes from proposed Hiller amendments,
 and move forward to the Governing Body for action. Committee chair Miller
 seconded. Motion approved 3-0-0.
 Deputy Director Public Works Tryon spoke to the implementation date which is
 currently set by City staff. The proposed start date would be January 1, 2026 on
 100 blocks east and west of Kansas Avenue. He spoke to parking garages that are
 currently under renovation; once they are fully accessible then rates would go into
 force.
4 – Policy and Finance Committee
Minutes Taken: May 14, 2025
Minutes Approved:
Minutes Submitted By: TLB
 City Attorney Stanley stated the ordinance directs staff to have an implementation
 date, but the resolution sets the dates.

 Committee chair Duncan supports the Governing Body having the opportunity to
 have discussion for the resolution implementation date.

 MOTION: Committee chair Duncan made a motion to approve the amendment to
 add January 1, 2026 start date for parking meters on the blocks on the 100 blocks
 of Kansas and move forward to the Governing Body for action. Committee member
 seconded. Motion approved 3-0-0.
 5.) Discussion: Claims made by the City of Topeka
 Senior Attorney Geoffrey Lydick spoke to the consideration of an ordinance for a
 policy change to allow the City of Topeka to file lawsuits and pursue claims for
 damages caused to City property. The ordinance would give authority to initiate,
 file and prosecute a civil lawsuit, in the name of and on behalf of the City, so long
 as the initial damages claimed by the City do not exceed $35,000.00 at the time of
 filing. He continued to speak to the process of approval from the Governing Body
 if there is litigation on a small claim and stated the benefit to having strategy and
 efficiencies for the Governing Body and staff to help with recovery results. He
 provided common examples of claims of damage to water/sewer lines from
 contractors or a car driver knocks down a street light.
 Committee chair Duncan spoke to the language of the ordinance. He confirmed it
 would apply to any civil litigation and a threshold of $35,000. He referenced
 certain lawsuits and sited the Christopher Imming case from 2015; he believes
 such litigation cases should not be tied to a dollar amount and should go before
 the Governing Body. He requested the language be clarified.
 City Attorney Amanda Stanley supports clarifying the language and added that the
 emphasis is on tort claims for the proposed ordinance.
 Committee member Miller thanked Geoffrey Lydick for his presentation.
 City Attorney Amanda Stanley thanked staff member Geoffrey Lydick for the
 suggestion of the ordinance to the Legal team to help the City of Topeka save
 money and have more efficiencies.
 MOTION: Committee chair Duncan made a motion to approve, with adding
 clarifying legal language, and move forward to the Governing Body for action.
 Committee member Miller seconded. Motion approved 3-0-0.


 6.) Other Items


5 – Policy and Finance Committee
Minutes Taken: May 14, 2025
Minutes Approved:
Minutes Submitted By: TLB
 Committee chair Duncan stated there will be a Policy & Finance Committee
 meeting the end May or early June 2025 concerning the proposed ordinance
 updating anti-discrimination policies in the Topeka Municipal code.

 7.) Public Comment
 No individuals signed up for Public Comment.

 Committee chair Duncan adjourned the meeting at 12:09 p.m.

 The video of this meeting can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/mhDIzbH2vbg




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6 – Policy and Finance Committee
Minutes Taken: May 14, 2025
Minutes Approved:
Minutes Submitted By: TLB
 City of Topeka
 Council Action Form
 Council Chambers
 214 SE 8th Street
 Topeka, Kansas 66603
 www.topeka.org
 June 10, 2025


DATE: June 10, 2025
CONTACT PERSON: Councilmember Marcus DOCUMENT #:
 Miller
SECOND PARTY/SUBJECT: Westboro Homeowners PROJECT #:
 Association, Lance
 Royer
CATEGORY/SUBCATEGORY 020 Resolutions / 005 Miscellaneous
CIP PROJECT: No
ACTION OF COUNCIL: JOURNAL #:
 PAGE #:

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:

RESOLUTION introduced by Councilmember Marcus Miller granting Westboro Homeowners
Association an exception to the provisions of City of Topeka Code Section 9.45.150, et seq., concerning
noise prohibitions. (Council District No. 3)

(Approval would allow for amplified music and sound during the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on June 21,
2025, at Harland Court from Oakley to Pembroke Ln..)

VOTING REQUIREMENTS:
Action requires at least six (6) votes of the Governing Body.
POLICY ISSUE:
City of Topeka Code Section 9.45.170, et seq., authorizes the Governing Body to grant noise exceptions.
Approval grants a noise exception to Westboro Homeowners Association for the Westboro Spring Progressive
Dinner on June 21, 2025.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff is recommending the Governing Body approve the resolution as part of the consent agenda.
BACKGROUND:
Lance Royer is requesting the noise exception due to amplified music and sound at the Westboro Spring
Progressive Dinner located at Harland Court from Oakley to Pembroke during specified dates and times.
BUDGETARY IMPACT:
There is no budgetary impact to the City.
SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Not Applicable.

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Resolution - Noise Exception - Spring Progressive Dinner
 1 RESOLUTION NO. ________
 2
 3 A RESOLUTION introduced by Councilmember Marcus Miller granting Westboro
 4 Homeowners Association an exception to the provisions
 5 of City of Topeka Code Section 9.45.150. et seq.
 6 concerning noise prohibitions.
 7
 8 WHEREAS, City of Topeka Code Section 9.45.150, et seq. makes it

 9 unlawful for any person to make, continue or cause to be made or continued any

10 loud, unnecessary or unusual noise or any noise which either annoys, disturbs,

11 injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health or safety or others within the

12 limits of the city; and

13 WHEREAS, City of Topeka Code Section 9.45.170, et seq. authorizes the

14 Council to grant exceptions to the prohibitions of this code section upon request

15 and a showing that the proposed activity does not offend the spirit of the findings

16 of City of Topeka Code Section 9.45.150, et seq., and

17 WHEREAS, Westboro Homeowners Association has requested that they be granted an

18 exception to the provisions of City of Topeka Code Section 9.45.150, et seq. for

19 the purposes, dates and times described herein, and

20 WHEREAS, upon review of the application of Westboro Homeowners Association, the

21 Governing Body of the City of Topeka does hereby find that the requested

22 activity does not offend the spirit of the findings of City of Topeka Code Section

23 9.45.150, et seq.

24 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Governing Body of the

25 City of Topeka that Westboro Homeowners Association is hereby granted an exception from

26 the provisions of City of Topeka Code Section 9.45.150, et seq. for amplified music
27 and sound during it's Spring Progressive Dinner at SW Harland Ct. between Oakley and

28 Pembroke Lane during the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on June 21, 2025.

29
30 ADOPTED and APPROVED by the Governing Body_________________.
31
32
33 ____________________________________
34 Michael A. Padilla, Mayor
35
36 ATTEST:
37
38 _______________________________
39 Brenda Younger, City Clerk
40
 City of Topeka
 Council Action Form
 Council Chambers
 214 SE 8th Street
 Topeka, Kansas 66603
 www.topeka.org
 June 10, 2025


DATE: June 10, 2025
CONTACT PERSON: Rhiannon Friedman, DOCUMENT #:
 Planning and
 Development Director
SECOND PARTY/SUBJECT: BDC - 30th and Topeka, PROJECT #:
 LLC
CATEGORY/SUBCATEGORY 020 Resolutions / 005 Miscellaneous
CIP PROJECT: No
ACTION OF COUNCIL: JOURNAL #:
 PAGE #:

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:

RESOLUTION introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez, setting the public hearing to consider
the advisability of establishing a Community Improvement District (CID) at 30th and Topeka Boulevard,
pursuant to K.S.A. 12-6a26 et seq.

Voting Requirement: Action requires at least six (6) votes of the Governing Body.
(Approval of the resolution would set a public hearing date of July 15, 2025, to entertain public comment.)

VOTING REQUIREMENTS:
Action requires at least six (6) votes of the Governing Body.
POLICY ISSUE:
Whether to set a Public Hearing to consider the establishment of a CID at 30th and Topeka Boulevard for BDC -
30th and Topeka, LLC as required under state statute. This Resolution simply sets the public hearing. It does
not establish the District.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the Governing Body move to approve the resolution.
BACKGROUND:
The general nature of the proposed CID Project is to promote the redevelopment and revitalization of a
commercial development of approximately 2.66 acres located at the NEQ of Topeka Boulevard and 30th Street.
The next step in the process is to set a public hearing to consider public comment and publish required notice.
BUDGETARY IMPACT:
There is no budgetary impact to the City setting the public hearing date.
SOURCE OF FUNDING:
The proposed method of financing the CID Project is from a CID sales tax in the amount of 1.0% through a Pay-
as-You-Go financing.

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Resolution
CID Application - BDC - 30th & Topeka, LLC
CID Petition - BDC - 30th & Topeka, LLC
COT CID Policy Resolution No. 9625
COT CID Procedures Doc
 1 (Published in the Topeka Metro News ____________________ & ___________________)
 2
 3 RESOLUTION NO. _____________
 4
 5 A RESOLUTION introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez, setting the
 6 public hearing to consider the advisability of establishing a
 7 Community Improvement District (CID) at 30th and Topeka
 8 Boulevard, pursuant to K.S.A. 12-6a26 et seq.
 9
10 WHEREAS, K.S.A. 12-6a26 et seq., as amended establishes the Community

11 Improvement District Act (the “Act”) for economic development and any other purpose for

12 which public money may be expended; and

13 WHEREAS, cities are authorized to create a community improvement district (CID)

14 to assist with the financing of eligible projects provided cities comply with the procedures

15 set forth in the Act; and

16 WHEREAS, the City received a petition from the owners of record of more than 55%

17 of the land within the proposed CID district and the owners collectively owning more than

18 55% by assessed value of the land area within the proposed CID district; and

19 WHEREAS, in order to assist in the redevelopment of this area , the City desires to

20 consider the establishment of a CID as requested by Petitioners and in accordance with the

21 Act; and

22 WHEREAS, K.S.A. 12-6a29 provides that any city proposing to establish a CID

23 must adopt a resolution stating that the city is considering the establishment of a CID and

24 include in such resolution notice that a public hearing will be held to consider the

25 establishment of the CID.

26 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY that a public

27 hearing shall be held to consider the advisability of creating a Community Improvement

28 District (“CID district”) in the City Council Chambers of City Hall, 214 SE 8th Street, on July


 RES/CID 30th and Topeka Blvd
 Public Hearing Notice 5/27/25 1
29 15, 2025, at 6:00 p.m.

30 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

31 Notice is hereby given that the Governing Body shall meet for the purpose of holding

32 a public hearing in the City Council Chambers of City Hall, 214 E. 8th Street, at 6:00 p.m.

33 on July 15, 2025, to consider the advisability of creating a Community Improvement District,

34 more specifically described as follows:

35 A. GENERAL NATURE OF IMPROVEMENT:

36 The general nature of the proposed CID Project is to promote the
37 redevelopment and revitalization of a commercial development of
38 approximately 2.66 acres located at the NEQ of Topeka Boulevard and 30th
39 Street.
40
41 B. ESTIMATED OR PROBABLE COST:
42
43 $768,241
44
45 C. PROPOSED METHOD OF FINANCING:
46
47 The proposed method of financing the CID Project is from a CID sales tax in
48 the amount of 1.0% through a Pay-as-You-Go financing
49
50 D. MAP OF THE PROPOSED CID DISTRICT.
51
52 The map of the proposed district is contained in Exhibit A which is attached
53 herein and incorporated by reference.
54
55 E. LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED CID DISTRICT.
56
57 A legal description of the proposed district is contained in Exhibit B which is
58 attached herein and incorporated by reference.
59
60 The hearing may be adjourned from time to time and until the Governing Body shall

61 have made findings by resolution as to the advisability of establishing a Community

62 Improvement District and levying a 1.0% sales tax within the District. All persons desiring

63 to be heard with reference to the creation of the District shall be heard at this hearing.



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 Public Hearing Notice 5/27/25 2
64 Upon adoption of this Resolution, the City Clerk shall mail a copy, by certified mail,

65 return receipt requested, to each owner within the proposed District at least 10 days prior to

66 the date of the public hearing. The City Clerk shall publish this resolution at least once

67 each week for two consecutive weeks in the official city newspaper with the second

68 publication occurring at least seven days prior to the date fixed for the public hearing.

69 ADOPTED and APPROVED by the Governing Body on ______________________.
70
71 CITY OF TOPEKA, KANSAS
72
73
74
75 ______________________________________
76 Michael A. Padilla, Mayor
77
78 ATTEST:
79
80
81
82 ______________________________
83 Brenda Younger, City Clerk




 RES/CID 30th and Topeka Blvd
 Public Hearing Notice 5/27/25 3
EXHIBIT A (Map)
 EXHIBIT B (Legal Description)

MEADOW ACRES COURT, S18, T12, R16, Lot 1, LOT 1 LESS S 4.5 MEADOW ACRES
COURT SUB SECTION 18 TOWNSHIP 12 RANGE 16
 1 CITY OF TOPEKA
 2 COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (“CID”) PROCEDURES
 3
 4 Effective Date: February 18, 2025
 5 Sections:
 6
 7 I POLICY APPLICABILITY
 8 II DEFINITIONS
 9 III APPLICATION PROCESS
10 IV DISTRICT ESTABLISHMENT
11 V METHOD OF PROJECT FINANCING
12 VI BOND FINANCING GUIDELINES
13
14 I. POLICY APPLICABILITY.
15
16 The following procedures are established under the authority of the City Manager and
17 are intended to provide guidance in establishing a Community Improvement District
18 (“CID” or “District”) in accordance with the Governing Body CID Policy as approved by
19 Resolution No. 9625 on February 18, 2025. The CID Policy is incorporated herein by
20 reference. These procedures may be waived by the City Manager, if such waiver is in
21 the best interest of the City and does not conflict with any statutory or procedural
22 requirement of state law. If any part of this procedure conflicts with state law, the latter
23 shall control.
24
25 II. DEFINITIONS.
26
27 The terms used in these Procedures shall have the same meaning as set forth in
28 Section III of the CID Policy.
29
30 III. APPLICATION PROCESS.
31
32 A. CID Application. An applicant shall make application for a CID by filing with the City
33 Clerk one (1) original written application on a form provided by the City, in addition
34 to an electronic copy of the application. The applicant shall also submit the petition
35 required by the Act.
36
37 B. Fees.
38
39 1. Application Fee. A non-refundable application fee in the amount of
40 $5,000.00, made payable to the City of Topeka, shall accompany the CID
41 Application.
42
43 2. Funding Agreement. In addition to the application fee, within fifteen (15)
44 business days of an application, the applicant shall execute the City’s
45 standard Funding Agreement and deposit with the City, in immediately
46 available funds, $25,000 to cover the City’s costs of evaluating such request


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47 which may include, but not necessarily be limited to, direct costs of the City’s
48 financial and legal advisors and direct costs of outside consultants including,
49 but not limited to, civil engineers and traffic engineers. The Funding
50 Agreement shall provide that if the balance of such deposit declines below
51 $10,000 at any point in time, the applicant shall restore such balance to
52 $25,000 within ten (10) business days by making a subsequent deposit with
53 the City in immediately available funds. Should the applicant withdraw its
54 application, the City will use its best efforts to refund any unused balance of
55 the deposit to the applicant within thirty (30) business days. The applicant
56 may seek reimbursement from CID proceeds (if any) for any such City costs
57 charged against the deposit.
58
59 3. CID Administrative Fee if District is Approved. An annual administrative fee
60 of 2% of the annual CID revenue generated within the District shall be
61 charged to reimburse City for services rendered in the administration and
62 supervision of the Project. Such CID Administration Fee shall be paid from
63 the Project Fund. The CID Administrative Fee is an eligible cost for
64 reimbursement if there are sufficient funds. In no event shall the total fee,
65 including the initial application fee and the CID Administrative Fee, but
66 excluding the costs in Section III(B)(2), exceed 5% of the total Project cost.
67
68 4. Amendments. The City Manager may establish City fees, for amendments
69 and modifications to the District financing documents that occur throughout
70 the term. In addition, the applicant shall be responsible for all City
71 Consultant fees associated with any such amendment request.
72
73 5. State Fee. In addition to the CID Administrative Fee, if a CID sales tax is
74 utilized, the Kansas Dept of Revenue may retain an amount in the state CID
75 sales tax administration fund to defray the expenses of the state in
76 administration and enforcement.
77
78 C. Preliminary Review and Pre-Application Meeting. Prior to submittal of a formal
79 application, an applicant is encouraged to meet with the Review Committee to
80 discuss a proposed project and possible CID financing. These discussions are
81 preliminary and are not binding on the applicant, the Review Committee, or the
82 Governing Body. If the City utilizes any consultants to assist with the preliminary
83 evaluation, the applicant shall be responsible to pay the associated costs.
84
85 IV. DISTRICT ESTABLISHMENT.
86
87 A. Petition. A CID shall be established by petition filed with the City Clerk. The
88 Petition must meet all requirements of the Act, the CID Policy and these
89 Procedures and must be submitted in sufficient time for staff to follow established
90 procedures for publication; to perform site plan review; and to analyze the merits
91 and feasibility of the proposed CID. The City reserves the right to request any
92 additional information to supplement the Petition.


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 93
 94 B. Petition Participation.
 95
 96 1. An applicant seeking to finance all or a portion of the CID eligible expenses
 97 with a CID special assessment must obtain the signatures of 100% of the
 98 property owners of all land area within the District.
 99
100 2. An applicant seeking to finance CID eligible expenses in whole or in part
101 by a CID sales tax must obtain the signatures of 100% of the property
102 owners of the land area within the proposed District.
103
104 C. Public Hearing (Sales Tax Only). If a CID sales tax is requested for all or part of
105 the project, the Governing Body shall adopt a resolution calling for a public
106 hearing on the creation of the District and imposition of a CID sales tax. The
107 resolution shall be published once per week for two (2) consecutive weeks with
108 the last publication at least seven (7) days prior to the hearing and also sent by
109 certified mail to all owners at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing.
110
111 For Districts financed by special assessments only and for which a petition
112 signed by 100% of the property owners is submitted, no notice or public hearing
113 is required for Governing Body action.
114
115 D. Governing Body Action. The Governing Body will not consider a CID until a
116 complete application is submitted and reviewed by the Review Committee, fees
117 are paid, and a recommended Development Agreement is available. Following
118 the public hearing, if required, the Governing Body by majority vote may establish
119 the District by ordinance.
120
121 1. The ordinance shall authorize the Project, approve the estimated cost of
122 Project, include a legal description of the District (with map), approve the
123 method of financing including the levying of a CID sales tax (if applicable),
124 and approve the maximum amount of and method of assessment, if
125 applicable. The ordinance shall become effective upon publication once in
126 the official city newspaper. The ordinance shall also be recorded with the
127 Register of Deeds.
128
129 2. Governing Body establishment of a CID does not constitute approval of a
130 site plan, zoning, or other land development approval. Establishment of a
131 CID is an entirely separate process. CID projects are still required to
132 obtain the necessary development and regulatory approvals.
133
134 V. METHOD OF PROJECT FINANCING.
135
136 A. Certificate of Completion.
137
138 1. As noted in the Policy, Projects may be financed by a variety of methods.


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139 Before payment will be made to applicant, the City must issue a Certificate
140 of Completion. Multiple Certificates of Completion may be issued for
141 projects with approved phases.
142
143 2. The request for Certificate of Completion shall include an affidavit of the
144 applicant certifying:
145
146 a. Project improvement is an approved CID eligible cost and identify its
147 priority for reimbursement, if any;
148
149 b. Project was constructed in accordance with all applicable laws and
150 codes;
151
152 c. Cost was incurred for authorized project improvements;
153
154 d. Cost has not previously been submitted for reimbursement;
155
156 e. Cost reflects the actual cost expended; and
157
158 f. Applicant has no outstanding or anticipated liens for work
159 constructed.
160
161 B. Reimbursement.
162
163 1. If pay as you go financing is used, the applicant shall submit to the Chief
164 Financial Officer or designee copies of all invoices supporting its request for
165 reimbursement, accompanied by a Certificate of Completion. Invoices must
166 be submitted pursuant to the Development Agreement but not more
167 frequently than monthly.
168
169 2. The Chief Financial Officer or designee shall attempt to determine the
170 eligibility of the cost within with a period of time identified in the Development
171 Agreement. If the Chief Financial Officer or designee determines the nature
172 or amount of the request for reimbursement is outside the scope of the Act
173 or the Development Agreement, Developer may appeal this decision in
174 accordance with the procedure in Chapter 2.145 of the Topeka Municipal
175 Code. Any reimbursement payment shall be stayed pending a
176 determination by the hearing officer.
177
178 3. Requests for reimbursement shall be denied unless submitted before the
179 Project is closed or within thirty (30) days thereafter.
180
181 4. CID revenues shall be paid in the following order:
182
183 a. First, the CID administrative fee.
184


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185 b. Second, cost of preparation and publication of notices of hearings,
186 resolutions, ordinances and other proceedings relating to the creation
187 or administration of the District or the issuance of bonds.
188
189 c. Third, the Petitioner’s other costs as defined in Section III(B) of the
190 CID Policy.
191
192 C. Special Assessments.
193
194 1. If special assessments shall be levied to finance all or any part of the Project
195 cost, the City must follow the procedures set out in K.S.A. 12-6a01 et seq.
196 except that no assessments may be levied against the City at large. In
197 addition, if the source of financing includes payment from a pledge of
198 revenue received from the CID sales tax or any other funds appropriated by
199 the City for purpose of paying Project costs, including the principal and
200 interest of bonds, then the ordinance levying the assessments may state
201 that the annual installments of such assessment for any year may be
202 reduced or eliminated to the extent that, prior to the date the City certifies the
203 City tax levy to the County, the City has received sufficient funds from the
204 above described sources to pay the debt service on any bonds issued for
205 the Project costs, which would have been paid by such installment.
206
207 2. The City is not required to refund any prepayment of assessments after such
208 prepayment is made to the City. Any prepayment must be paid in full prior to
209 the issuance of bonds, or after the issuance of bonds by paying all of the
210 installments which have been levied and also the unlevied installments with
211 interest on the latter at the rate provided in the bonds from the date of the
212 bonds to the time of maturity of the last installment in compliance with K.S.A.
213 10-115, and amendments thereto.
214
215 D. CID Sales Tax.
216
217 1. A CID sales tax may be levied in any increment of .10% or .25% not to
218 exceed 2%, which amount is in addition to the aggregate amount of the
219 retailers’ sales tax contained in K.S.A. 12-187 through 12-197. The revenue
220 from the CID sales tax may be pledged to pay the bonds issued for the
221 Project or to reimburse the cost of the Project through pay-as-you go
222 financing.
223
224 2. If CID bonds are issued, the CID sales tax shall expire no later than the date
225 the bonds mature. If pay-as-you-go financing is used, the CID sales tax
226 shall expire on a date approved by the City, but no later than 22 years from
227 the date the state director of taxation begins collecting such tax or when the
228 Project bonds or pay-as-you-go costs have been paid.
229
230 3. Procedure:


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231
232 a. Upon adoption of a CID sales tax, the City shall send a certified copy
233 of the resolution or ordinance authorizing the levy of the CID sales tax
234 to the Kansas Director of Taxation. Notice must be received ninety
235 (90) days before the first day of the quarter in which the CID sales tax
236 will commence. Thereafter, the Kansas Director of Taxation shall
237 commence collection of the CID sales tax in the District at the same
238 time and in the same manner for the collection of the state retailers’
239 sales tax. The full remittance shall be deposited in the state treasury.
240
241 b. The state may retain a portion of the CID sales taxes collected for
242 deposit in the state CID sales tax administration fund to defray the
243 state costs of administration and enforcement (the “state fee”).
244
245 c. The state shall no less than quarterly remit to the City the CID sales
246 tax receipts collected less the state fee, if any. The amount shall be
247 deposited in the City CID Project fund. Such fund shall be created for
248 each District,
249
250 d. Within 15 days of written request of the City, the state will provide the
251 City with a copy of any retailers’ sales and use tax return filed with the
252 state in connection with a District for which sales or use tax revenues
253 are intended to be used to finance Project costs. Such returns and
254 the information contained therein shall be kept confidential, but may
255 be used for purposes of allocating and depositing such revenues in
256 connection with the bonds used to finance Project costs.
257
258 E. Appeals. No suit to set aside assessments or otherwise question the validity of the
259 proceedings for the District establishment or Project authorization shall be brought
260 30 days after publication of the resolution or ordinance creating the District. No suit
261 to set aside the CID sales tax may be brought 30 days from the publication of the
262 ordinance or resolution declaring the intent to impose the CID sales tax. No protest
263 petition pertaining to the issuance of full faith and credit bonds may be brought 60
264 days following the date of public hearing to create or modify the District.
265
266 VI. BOND FINANCING GUIDELINES.
267
268 If CID bonds are issued for the project, the following guidelines shall be applied:
269
270 A. The maximum maturity for Bonds is 22 years.
271
272 B. For feasibility, it is recommended that Bonds be issued in a minimum amount of $
273 1,000,000. This amount may be adjusted upon recommendation of the Review
274 Committee and approval of the Governing Body.
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276 C. CID Bonds issued under this Policy must include security for the bonds of a
277 sufficient amount, and in a form approved by the City’s bond counsel and financial
278 advisor such as an irrevocable letter of credit or payment bond, to minimize any risk
279 in the event of default.
280
281 D. Bonds issued under this Policy must be sold to qualified investors (as defined by
282 the Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation D) in accordance with the
283 minimum denominations as provided herein.
284
285 E. Bonds must initially be offered in denominations of $100,000 or greater. These
286 denominations may be stepped down (upon consultation with the City’s bond
287 counsel and financial advisor) when one of the following are met:
288
289 1. the Project being bond financed is substantially leased;
290
291 2. the estimated revenue stream yields significant debt service coverage ratio
292 of 1.25 on the bonds;
293
294 3. construction of the Project being bond financed is 100% complete;
295
296 4. the repayment term is less than or equal to 60% of the maximum permitted
297 repayment term; or
298
299 5. waiver by the City Manager.
300
301 F. If a negotiated sale of the bonds is utilized, the City will generally select the
302 underwriter(s) needed to structure, price, and sell the bonds. Exceptions to this
303 process may be approved by the City Manager upon consultation with the City’s
304 bond counsel and financial advisor.
305
306
307 CITY OF TOPEKA
308
309
310
311 _________________________________________
312 Robert M. Perez, Ph.D., City Manager




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 City of Topeka
 Council Action Form
 Council Chambers
 214 SE 8th Street
 Topeka, Kansas 66603
 www.topeka.org
 June 10, 2025


DATE: June 10, 2025
CONTACT PERSON: Rhiannon Friedman, DOCUMENT #:
 Planning and
 Development Director
SECOND PARTY/SUBJECT: BDC-30th and Topeka, PROJECT #:
 LLC Tax Increment
 Finance District
CATEGORY/SUBCATEGORY 020 Resolutions / 005 Miscellaneous
CIP PROJECT: No
ACTION OF COUNCIL: JOURNAL #:
 PAGE #:

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:

RESOLUTION introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez, providing notice of a public hearing
concerning the establishment of a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Redevelopment District within the City
(30th and Topeka Boulevard) pursuant to K.S.A. 12-1770 et. seq., as amended.

Voting Requirement: Action requires at least six (6) votes of the Governing Body.
(Approval of the resolution would set a public hearing date of July 15, 2025, to entertain public comment.)

VOTING REQUIREMENTS:
Action requires at least six (6) votes of the Governing Body.
POLICY ISSUE:
Whether to set a public hearing to consider the establishment of a TIF at 30th and Topeka Blvd for BDC - 30th
and Topeka, LLC pursuant to state statute. This resolution does not establish the district. It sets the public
hearing to entertain public comment.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the Governing Body move to approve the resolution.
BACKGROUND:
The general nature of the proposed TIF Project is to promote the redevelopment and revitalization of a
commercial development of approximately 2.66 acres located at the NEQ of Topeka Boulevard and 30th Street.

The next step in the process is to set a public hearing to consider public comment and provided required notice.
BUDGETARY IMPACT:
There is no budgetary impact to the City to set the public hearing date.
SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Not applicable.

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Resolution
TIF Application - BDC - 30th & Topeka, LLC
BDC-30th and Topeka TIF Project Plan Financial Analysis (April 2025)
COT TIF Policy (Resolution No. 9626)
 (Published in the Topeka Metro Newspaper ____________)


 1 RESOLUTION NO. ________
 2
 3 A RESOLUTION introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez, providing
 4 notice of a public hearing concerning the establishment of a
 5 Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Redevelopment District within
 6 the City (30th & Topeka Boulevard) pursuant to K.S.A. 12-1770
 7 et seq., as amended.
 8
 9 WHEREAS, pursuant to K.S.A. 12-1770 et seq., as amended (the “Act”), the City of

10 Topeka, Kansas (the “City”), is authorized to assist in the development and redevelopment

11 of eligible areas within the City in order to promote, stimulate and develop the general and

12 economic welfare of the State of Kansas and its communities; and

13 WHEREAS, the City hereby finds and determines it desirable to encourage the

14 development and redevelopment of certain real property within the City generally located at

15 the northeast quadrant of 30th Street and Topeka Boulevard and to consider the

16 establishment of a redevelopment district at such location (the “Redevelopment District”);

17 and

18 WHEREAS, the City finds that area in the proposed district is an eligible area under

19 K.S.A. 12-1770a(g) as the building is more than 65 years of age; and

20 WHEREAS, PURSUANT TO THE ACT, the City must adopt a resolution stating that

21 the City is considering the establishment of the Redevelopment District and include in such

22 resolution notice that a public hearing will be held to consider the establishment of said

23 Redevelopment District.

24 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE

25 CITY OF TOPEKA, KANSAS, that

26 1. Notice is hereby given that a public hearing to consider the establishment by

27 the City of the Redevelopment District shall be held in the Council Chambers, 214 SE 8th



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 Public Hearing Notice 1
28 Street in Topeka, Kansas, on July 15, 2025, at 6:00 p.m.(or as soon thereafter as is

29 practical).

30 2. The proposed boundaries of the Redevelopment District are set forth in

31 Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

32 3. A description of the proposed district plan for the Redevelopment District

33 which identifies all of the project areas and the general manner of all buildings, facilities and

34 improvements in each project area that are proposed to be constructed or improved in each

35 project area are attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by reference.

36 4. A description and map of the proposed Redevelopment District are available

37 for public inspection during regular office hours in the Office of the City Clerk, at Topeka

38 City Hall, 215 SE 7th Street, Room 166, Topeka, Kansas.

39 5. At the public hearing, the Governing Body of the City will consider findings

40 necessary for the establishment of the proposed Redevelopment District.

41 6. A copy of this Resolution shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt

42 requested, to the Board of Commissioners of Shawnee County, Kansas and the Topeka

43 Public Schools Unified School District No. 501, Shawnee County, Kansas. Copies of this

44 Resolution also shall be mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to each owner

45 and occupant of land within the District not more than 10 days following the date of

46 adoption of this Resolution. This Resolution and Exhibits A and B attached to this

47 Resolution and a map delineating the area to be included in the Redevelopment District

48 attached hereto as Exhibit C shall be published once in the official City newspaper not less

49 than one week or more than two weeks preceding the date fixed for the public hearing.

50 [Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]

51
 RES/30th & Topeka TIF District
 Public Hearing Notice 2
52 ADOPTED and APPROVED by the Governing Body on ________________________.

53 CITY OF TOPEKA, KANSAS
54
55
56
57
58 Michael A. Padilla, Mayor
59
60 ATTEST:
61
62
63
64 ______________________________
65 Brenda Younger, City Clerk




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 EXHIBIT A

 PROPOSED BOUNDARIES

LOT 1, MEADOW ACRES COURT SUBDIVISION
 EXHIBIT B

 PROPOSED DISTRICT PLAN

Commercial development of approximately 2.66 acres located at the NEQ of Topeka Boulevard and
30th Street.
 EXHIBIT C

PROPOSED DISTRICT MAP
City of Topeka, Kansas
BDC-30th & Topeka Tax Increment Financing District
Project Plan | BDC - 30th &Topeka, LLC (Batis Development)

Financial Analysis | April 2025
Columbia Capital Management, LLC
6700 Antioch Rd, Suite 250
Merriam, Kansas 66204
913.312.8077


Jeff White
Managing Member
jwhite@columbiacapital.com




Columbia Capital is an SEC-
registered investment adviser and a
registered municipal  advisor.
Columbia Capital provides advice as
a fiduciary to its clients.
INTRODUCTION
BDC - 30th & Topeka, LLC, a Kansas limited liability company (the “Developer”) and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Batis Development Company, a Kansas corporation, submitted
its proposal for tax increment financing (the “Plan”) to the City of Topeka, Kansas (the
“City”) for consideration. The Plan is part of the BDC-30th & Topeka tax increment
financing district (the “District”). The Plan would result in the redevelopment of
approximately 2.66 acres at the northeast corner of 30th St. and Topeka Boulevard to permit
construction of two quick-service restaurants and a building for retail use, collectively
comprising approximately 9,800 sf of newly constructed commercial space (the “Project”).
The Developer is in good standing as of April 20, 2025, according to the records of the
Kansas Secretary of State.

The purpose of this financial analysis (the “Analysis”) is to satisfy the requirements of
Kansas statutes related to the development of tax increment financing project (KSA 12-1770
et seq.) and the City’s tax increment financing policy and procedures.

Tax increment financing (TIF) is a tool that allows a city to identify a defined geographic
area within which certain taxes, including ad valorem property taxes, sales taxes and other
revenues, may be captured for a period of limited duration and redirected to the payment or
reimbursement of certain eligible project costs.

In Kansas, TIF is limited to a 20-year duration from the effective date of a project plan,
capturing incremental property taxes (i.e., those net new taxes created by the development
above base year levels) plus other taxes pledged by the City for capture at its discretion,
including but not limited to sales taxes and other locally-levied taxes and fees.

The Plan contemplates the capture of 100% of incremental ad valorem property taxes for the
full 20 years permitted by statute and capture of one-cent of the City’s sales tax. In addition
to the TIF benefits contemplated by the Plan, the Developer has petitioned the City for a
one (1) percent incremental sales tax overlay for up to 22 years following the effective date
using the statutory community improvement district (CID) mechanism.

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The Developer reports a $15.04 million total development cost budget for the Project, with
approximately $4.94 million ultimately paid by the Developer (the “Developer Project
Costs”). The Developer plans to develop one restaurant pad and the retail pad to shovel-
ready status, selling those for vertical development by third parties, while constructing and
owning the second restaurant itself. The Developer estimates its eligible TIF and CID
reimbursable costs, combined, to be approximately $2.69 million, or about 54% of the
Developer Project Costs.

RELATIONSHIPS
Columbia Capital Management, LLC (the “Financial Advisor”) is a registered municipal
advisor and serves as the City’s financial advisor. The City engaged the Financial Advisor to
provide a financial evaluation of the Plan and to make certain statutory findings. The
Financial Advisor is not now, nor has ever been, engaged by the Developer or its related
entities to provide it with similar services.

The Financial Advisor serves as a fiduciary to the City. The reader’s interests may vary from
those of the City’s.

RELIANCE
This Analysis is not a projection of the likelihood of success of the project proposed in the
Plan and as described more fully herein. In preparing this analysis, the Financial Advisor
relied upon certain data and information supplied to it by the Developer, contained both in
the Plan, delivered to the City and provided to it separately.

Except where noted herein, the Financial Advisor has relied upon this data and information
without independently verifying the veracity or reliability of such information. The Analysis
may not be used, except in the context of the City of Topeka’s review of the Developer’s
request for TIF and CID incentives. The Analysis assumes all components of the Project are
developed as described herein.

As with any work of this kind, the Analysis is almost exclusively forward-looking. The
reader should note that small changes in modeling inputs could have significant impacts on
modeled financial outcomes. The reader must consider this Analysis in light of contractual
arrangements that the City would expect to undertake with the Developer to formalize the
development components of the Plan and their anticipated timing for completion.

THE PROJECT
According to the Plan, the Project will result in the demolition of existing structures, the
preparation of the site and the construction of new structures as described below.

Quick Service Restaurants
Developer-Owned. The Developer intends to demolish and prepare a pad site along Topeka
Blvd. for the construction of one approximately 2,443 sf quick-service restaurant (“QSR”) to
be owned by the Developer and operated by a third-party.


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Pad Development. Further, the Developer intends to prepare a pad site along Topeka Blvd. to
be sold to and constructed by a third party as an approximately 2,600 sf QSR.

Retail
The Developer intends to prepare a pad site for the third-party ownership and construction
by a third-party of an approximately 4,760 sf retail building.

Related Costs
The Developer expects to incur related costs, include property acquisition, site preparation
(including demolition of existing structures), the construction of infrastructure, landscaping,
building improvements, signage, and streetscape improvements.

Readiness
The Developer reports its expectation to have a letter of intent in place soon (expected to
occur on or after May 1, 2025) with the QSR to be owned by the Developer. The Developer
reports that it has not yet identified potential purchasers of the second QSR pad or the retail
pad.

DEVELOPMENT BUDGET AND DEVELOPER PROJECT COST
The total development cost reflected in the Plan is as follows, including costs incurred by
third-parties:

 TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COST TOTAL BUDGET TIF ELIGIBLE CID ELIGIBLE
 Acquisition & Site Preparation
 Land Acquisition $ 1,300,000 $ 39,570 $ 541,601
 Site Work Improvements 3,765,365 1,881,481 226,640

 Vertical Construction
 Vertical Building Construction 4,042,230 — —

 Soft Costs
 Architecture/Engineering 744,850 — —
 Other Soft Costs 341,000 — —

 Other
 Landscape/Contingency/Other 1,692,954 — —
 Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment 3,150,000 — —
 TOTALS $ 15,036,399 $ 1,921,051 $ 768,241

Of the total development cost, a significant portion of costs will ultimately be borne by third-
parties. The remaining Developer Project Cost reflected in the Plan is expected to be as
follows:

 DEVELOPER PROJECT COST TOTAL BUDGET TIF ELIGIBLE CID ELIGIBLE
 Acquisition & Site Preparation
 Land Acquisition $ 1,300,000 $ 39,570 $ 541,601
 Site Work Improvements 2,108,121 1,881,481 226,640


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 DEVELOPER PROJECT COST TOTAL BUDGET TIF ELIGIBLE CID ELIGIBLE
 Vertical Construction
 Vertical Building Construction 1,299,374 — —

 Soft Costs
 Architecture/Engineering 329,850 — —
 Other Soft Costs 229,500 — —

 Other
 Landscape/Contingency/Other 808,449 — —
 Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment — — —
 Subtotals $ 6,075,294 $ 1,921,051 $ 768,241
 Less: Pad Site Sales (1,128,000) — —
 TOTALS $4,947,294 $ 1,921,051 $ 768,241

CAPITAL STACK
The Developer’s financial modeling relies on an assumption of a capital stack comprised of
both debt and equity, plus funds from third parties, applied against total development costs:

  SOURCES OF FUNDS Developer Others TOTAL
 Bank Debt $ 4,246,000 n/a $ 4,246,000
 Seller Note 800,000 n/a 800,000
 Equity 1,029,294 8,961,105 1,029,294
 INITIAL SOURCES $ 6,075,294 $ 8,961,105 $ 15,036,399
 Less: Pad Site Sales (1,128,000) — (1,128,000)
 ULTIMATE SOURCES $4,947,294 $ 8,961,105 $ 13,908,399

Developer expects to sell the pad sites early in the development, reducing its net investment
from approximately $6.1 million to approximately $4.9 million.

Because both the Plan and the companion Developer petition to create the CID contemplate
pay-as-you-go structures, the Developer will be required to make available 100% of the
capital stack for the Developer Project Cost prior to or during construction of the Project.
TIF and CID incentives will only become available once the Project is constructed and
leased. Developer reports its intention to retain the benefit of the TIF and CID incentives for
itself and not to pass any benefits associated with those along to the third-party
owner/operators of one of the QSRs and the retail use.

We expect the Developer’s lender underwriting will rely on the City’s determination of
whether TIF and/or CID benefits should be conferred to the Project and to include both
loan-to-value and debt service coverage ratio limitations which may impact the Developer’s
ability to secure the full $4.2 million senior loan anticipated.

EVALUATING THE APPROPRIATENESS OF INCENTIVES
The City’s ultimate desire for any commercial property is that it be developed to its highest
and best use. An efficiently used site will maximize the City’s future tax receipts from the
Project and will provide the Topeka community with access to amenities and experiences
that might not be available in the community today. Without development impediments, a
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private developer would be willing to produce such an outcome without public subsidy in
the project.

Philosophical Approach. Most modern urban redevelopment suffers from challenges that
increase project costs and reduce investor returns versus similar projects on greenfield sites.
Demolition and site preparation, environmental remediation, new or revitalized public
utilities, parking and transportation infrastructure improvements are the common drivers of
these higher costs. Philosophically, cities desire to “level the playing field” between more
expensive infill sites and less costly “greenfield” sites (undeveloped properties) through the
payment of incentives to infill developers. Cities desire to provide incentives that will
equalize the profitability of an infill site and a greenfield site. The challenge for all cities is
the asymmetry of information available to assess what, exactly, is this “perfect” level of
incentive. Developers often have a desired minimum amount of incentives in mind, but
cities are forced to guess this number. The key risk for a city in this challenging dance is that
it ends up over-incentivizing the infill project by agreeing to pay the developer a subsidy
amount higher than the developer would have accepted to move forward with the project.

“But-For” Test. Although Kansas has no comparable statutory requirement for either CID
or TIF, the City maintains a policy requirement that an incentives grant meet the so-called
“but-for” test. The but-for test is simple in theory: but-for the presence of the incentives, the
project would not proceed. As described above, urban infill development faces significant
barriers to attracting private capital versus less costly, more certain greenfield developments.

In practice, the but-for test is challenging to apply. The City does not know the intentions of
the Developer and the Developer has an incentive (and depending on its corporate structure,
potentially a duty) to maximize its return from the investment in a project. We understand
through conversation with the Developer that the incentives requested are a necessary
precondition to its development of the Project. While it is fairly easy to recognize that
conditions at the Project’s current site will require significant investment to make the site
attractive to development, it is more challenging to quantify how much incentive is
necessary to level the playing field with the cost of developing the Project at another site.

The but-for calculation generally relies on a comparison of a developer’s return on
investment, both with and without incentives, against market rates of return for similar
projects. These types of analyses are blunt instruments, at best. Legitimate debates persist
about calculation inputs, cashflow discounting rates and calculation mechanics at the end of
the analysis period. Additionally, these analyses are often performed using concept plan-
level project cost information, generic assumptions about sources of project income (lease
rates, property sale proceeds) and speculative estimates of potential drivers of new tax
revenues (retail sales per square foot, post-construction assessed valuation, construction
completion timing). The result is that the developer and the city providing the incentives can
draw very different conclusions from the same set of analytical inputs.

QUANTIFICATION OF INCENTIVES REQUESTED
In order to assess the value to the Developer of the incentives requested, it is important first
to try to quantify their value. All financial projections suffer from a very fuzzy crystal ball.

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The potential end-of-life of the incentives requested for the Project is more than 20 years
from now. (The CID potentially extends 22 years from its commencement date.) This
uncertainty falls mostly to the Developer—that is the reason it demands a rate of return on
the Project that substantially exceeds a “risk free” rate of return. It is also one of the reasons
why mixed-use developments have become so popular: a project including assets which
have more predictable performance and value over time (such as multi-family housing)
provides a less-risky overall development than one focused solely on retail.

The City is also at risk, however, in this transaction. By granting incentives, it is making an
affirmative decision to cause a project to develop at this site that the market itself will not
support. Further, it agrees to continue to support that project financially for more than two
decades. If another, better use for this site emerges five or ten years from now, the City will
not be able to revisit its decision of 2025. There is an opportunity cost to the City to forgo
the property and sales taxes from the Project for nearly a generation. Additionally, each
time the City grants incentives to a project it creates precedent for future projects. The City’s
prudent use of incentives here will provide a foundation for future development incentives
requests from other developers.

APPROPRIATENESS OF THE INCENTIVES GRANT
As described above, the City’s interest (presuming it desires to see the Developer construct
the Project) is to provide just enough incentive to cause the Developer to proceed with the
Project—but not a penny more. Where the parties have diametrically opposing interests
(the Developer wants to maximize its incentives grant while the City wants to pay none), we
look to calculate the Project’s internal rate of return (“IRR”) with and without incentives,
and then compares those rates with what we believe represents market rates of return for
similar projects.

Based upon third-party reports published by real estate companies, the “capitalization rate”
for similar retail-oriented projects in the region ranges from 8.00% to 8.25%. During 2024,
the Kansas City metropolitan area tended to see capitalization rates toward the high end of
the range. We use 8.5%, in our analysis, reflecting the stand-alone nature of Topeka’s
economy. The capitalization rate or cap rate—an indicator of value relative to stabilized
NOI—is a commonly used metric of real estate pricing. Cap rate is a measure of property
value per dollar of current net income. Cap rate is useful as a basic valuation measure so an
investor can see how a specific project’s valuation compares to other, similar projects. IRR
is similar to the concept of “net present value,” and captures the rate of return earned on an
investment during a specific time frame, assuming a reinvestment of cash flows at the same
return rate. As a result, we can use the cap rate as a proxy for the market rate of return
required to induce the Developer to invest in the Project versus another development
elsewhere.

APPROACH
The Developer’s intention is to serve as horizontal developer only for two of the pad sites,
owning and contracting for operation of the third. The Developer reports its intention to
retain the full benefit of any incentives for itself. For our calculations, we include the
Developer’s “bridging” cost of interest to cover the two for-sale pad sites from pad-ready

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development to ownership transfer to a third-party in both the unleveraged and leveraged
approaches.

The table below summarizes the output of our models. Consistent with convention for real
estate transactions, our IRR calculation is a ten-year analysis assuming a hypothetical sale
of the Project at the end of the tenth year. The purpose of the hypothetical sale is to include
the enterprise value of the asset in the IRR calculation; we include this value whether or not
a specific developer has a current intention of selling the asset.

For incentivized IRR calculations, we also assume the Developer is able to monetize at the
end of the tenth year the remaining incentive entitlements over the permitted life of those
entitlements.

As shown in the summary, even with incentives we forecast below-market returns for the
Project (4.7% with incentives versus an estimated 8.5% market rate).


 CITY OF TOPEKA
 30th/Topeka (Batis) TIF & CID Projects

 Version: 30th-Topeka (Batis) IRR Model-v1-030925.xlsx
 Last Updated: 4/21/25 17:36


 PRO FORMA RATE OF RETURN ANALYSIS
 BASE SCENARIO PROJECT EQUITY
 (No Incentives) RATE OF RETURN RATE OF RETURN

 Calculated Rate of Return -2.21% n/a
 Market Rate of Return 8.50% 15-20%

 INCENTIVIZED SCENARIO PROJECT EQUITY
 (TIF+CID) RATE OF RETURN RATE OF RETURN

 Calculated Rate of Return 4.69% -0.97%
 Market Rate of Return 8.50% 15-20%

 • Project Rate of Return allows us to compare the projected financial performance
 of the redevelopment itself to other similar projects in the region to
 determine whether the fundamentals of the project are consistent with market
 expectations and, thus, would attract capital to the project

 • Equity Rate of Return allows us to evaluate the projected financial return to the
 developer on the project as measured by the return on the developer's equity
 over the holding period. The reversion amount is a measure of the net cash
 released to the developer at the end of the holding period, after repayment of
 any loans outstanding.




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Given our IRR calculations, it is the opinion of Columbia Capital that the requested
incentives are required for the Project to develop as proposed by the Developer. The Project,
thus, meets the but-for test.

RECOMMENDATIONS
Given the very significant amount of public investment requested for the Project in
comparison to the Developer Project Cost, we encourage the City to consider adding the
following requirements to a development agreement:

• requiring proof of a binding credit commitment from a senior lender showing a loan
 amount of not less than $4,246,000

• requiring proof of a binding lease commitment from a QSR operator for the parcel
 the Developer will continue to own before the development agreement becomes
 effective

• requiring letters of intent for the pad sites to be sold before the City commences
 reimbursement of TIF/CID eligible costs and providing for a hard outside date for
 the Developer to secure these commitments

• limiting the TIF eligible costs and CID eligible costs to those amounts identified
 above and in the Developer’s application materials ($1,921,051 and $768,241,
 respectively)

• requiring the Developer to disclose to the City evidence of the pad sale amounts and
 imposing incentives clawbacks if the sale amounts materially exceed those estimated
 in the application materials

STATUTORY FINDINGS
Based upon our review of the information provided by the Developer in the Plan, as
supplemented with more detailed information provided to City staff and to us, we find the
following:

• the total development costs of the Project are $15,036,399

• this total development cost will be initially paid through a combination of debt
 (approximately $5,046,000) and Developer equity (approximately $1,018,794), with
 the balance (approximately $8,971,605) contributed by third-parties

• the Developer will bridge the benefit of the incentives with debt and equity as the
 incentives will be paid over time as TIF increment and CID receipts are generated

• the Developer’s projected net operating income from the Project at stabilization plus
 its projected incentives grant in such year exceed its expected costs of servicing the
 debt in that year and each subsequent year


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As such, the Plan’s benefits and TIF revenue and other available revenues under subsection
(a)(1) of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, are expected to exceed or be sufficient to
pay for the Plan’s project costs. The Plan will have no effect on any outstanding special
obligation bonds payable from the revenues described in K.S.A. 12-1774(a)(1)(D), and
amendments thereto.




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 City of Topeka
 Council Action Form
 Council Chambers
 214 SE 8th Street
 Topeka, Kansas 66603
 www.topeka.org
 June 10, 2025


DATE: June 10, 2025
CONTACT PERSON: Amanda Stanley, City DOCUMENT #:
 Attorney; and Geoffrey
 Lydick, Senior Attorney
SECOND PARTY/SUBJECT: Creating TMC Section PROJECT #:
 3.35.070 City Claims
CATEGORY/SUBCATEGORY 013 Ordinances - Codified / 002 Administration
CIP PROJECT: No
ACTION OF COUNCIL: Discussion 06-03-25. JOURNAL #:
 PAGE #:

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:

ORDINANCE introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez, concerning claims made by the City,
authorizing the City Attorney to initiate lawsuits up to $35,000, creating Section 3.35.070 of the Topeka
Municipal Code. (Approved by the Policy and Finance Committee on May 14, 2025.)

Voting Requirement: Action requires five (5) votes of the City Council. The Mayor does not vote. The
proposed ordinance involves a matter of home rule on which the Mayor has veto authority.

(Approval will allow City Attorney to initiate lawsuits in limited circumstances regarding property and contract
claims below a certain dollar threshold.)

VOTING REQUIREMENTS:
Action requires five (5) votes of the City Council. The Mayor does not vote. The proposed ordinance
involves a matter of home rule on which the Mayor has veto authority.
POLICY ISSUE:
Whether to authorize the City Attorney to initiate lawsuits in limited circumstances involving property or contract
claims where the damages are $35,000 or less
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council move to adopt the ordinance.
BACKGROUND:
Recommended by the Policy and Finance Committee
BUDGETARY IMPACT:
Cost would be minimal, as a majority of these actions would be to recoup or protect city funds
SOURCE OF FUNDING:
NA

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Ordinance
P&F Committee Referral Report (May 14, 2025)
P&F Committee Excerpt (May 14, 2025)
P&F Committee Presentation (May 14, 2025 Committee Meeting)
 1 (Published in the Topeka Metro News _______________________)
 2
 3 ORDINANCE NO. _____________
 4
 5 AN ORDINANCE introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez, concerning claims
 6 made by the City, authorizing the City Attorney to initiate lawsuits
 7 up to $35,000, creating § 3.35.070 of the Topeka Municipal Code.
 8
 9 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF TOPEKA, KANSAS:

10 Section 1. That the Code of the City of Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended

11 by adding a section, to be numbered 3.35.070, which said section reads as follows:

12 Claims made by the City.

13 The City Attorney shall have the authority to initiate, file, and prosecute a civil

14 lawsuit, in the name of and on behalf of the City, without the need of obtaining a

15 resolution or ordinance authorizing said lawsuit from the Governing Body, so long as the

16 initial damages claimed, based in tort or contract, by the City do not exceed $35,000.00

17 at the time of filing.

18 Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its

19 passage, approval and publication in the official City newspaper.

20 Section 3. This ordinance shall supersede all ordinances, resolutions or rules,

21 or portions thereof, which are in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance.

22 Section 4. Should any section, clause or phrase of this ordinance be declared

23 invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the same shall not affect the validity of this

24 ordinance as a whole, or any part thereof, other than the part so declared to be invalid.

25




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26 PASSED AND APPROVED by the Governing Body on ____________________.
27
28 CITY OF TOPEKA, KANSAS
29
30
31
32 __________________________________
33 Michael A. Padilla, Mayor
34 ATTEST:
35
36
37
38 ________________________________
39 Brenda Younger, City Clerk




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 COMMITTEE REFERRAL SHEET
 COMMITTEE REPORT
 Name of Policy & Finance
 Committee:

 Title: Ordinance: Claims made by the City

Date referred
from Council
 meeting:

Date referred May 14, 2025
 from
 Committee:

  Committee MOTION: Committee chair Duncan made a motion to
 Action: approve, with adding clarifying legal language, and move
 forward to the Governing Body for action. Committee
 member Miller seconded. Motion approved 3-0-0.




  Comments:



 Members of Councilmembers Spencer Duncan (Chair), Marcus Miller,
 Committee: Michelle Hoferer
Agenda Date June 3, 2025
 Requested:
 CITY OF TOPEKA
 CITY COUNCIL Tonya Bailey, Sr Executive Assistant
 City Hall, 215 SE 7th St., Room 255 Tara Jefferies, Sr Executive Assistant
 Topeka, KS 66603-3914 E-mail: councilassist@topeka.org
 (785) 368-3710 www.topeka.org


 EXCERPT
 HOLLIDAY 1st FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM, Topeka, Kansas, Wednesday, May 14,
2025. The Policy & Finance Committee members met at 11:00 A.M., with the following
Committee members present: Duncan (Chair), Marcus Miller, Michelle Hoferer.

 The following is an excerpt of the draft minutes from the meeting:

 APPROVAL by the Committee to proceed to the Governing Body for consideration of an
Ordinance to authorize the City Attorney to initiate lawsuits up to $35,000.


Claims made by the City of Topeka

Senior Attorney Geoffrey Lydick spoke to the consideration of an ordinance for a policy change
to allow the City of Topeka to file lawsuits and pursue claims for damages caused to City
property. The ordinance would give authority to initiate, file and prosecute a civil lawsuit, in the
name of and on behalf of the City, so long as the initial damages claimed by the City do not
exceed $35,000.00 at the time of filing. He continued to speak to the process of approval from
the Governing Body if there is litigation on a small claim and stated the benefit to having
strategy and efficiencies for the Governing Body and staff to help with recovery results. He
provided common examples of claims of damage to water/sewer lines from contractors or a car
driver knocks down a street light.

Committee chair Duncan spoke to the language of the ordinance. He confirmed it would apply to
any civil litigation and a threshold of $35,000. He referenced certain lawsuits and sited the
Christopher Imming case from 2015; he believes such litigation cases should not be tied to a
dollar amount and should go before the Governing Body. He requested the language be clarified.

City Attorney Amanda Stanley supports clarifying the language and added that the emphasis is
on tort claims for the proposed ordinance.

Committee member Miller thanked Geoffrey Lydick for his presentation.

City Attorney Amanda Stanley thanked staff member Geoffrey Lydick for the suggestion of the
ordinance to the Legal team to help the City of Topeka save money and have more efficiencies.



Presented at the June 3, 2025 Governing Body Meeting
MOTION: Committee chair Duncan made a motion to approve, with adding clarifying legal
language, and move forward to the Governing Body for action. Committee member Miller
seconded. Motion approved 3-0-0.



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Presented at the June 3, 2025 Governing Body Meeting Page 2
  Proposed Ordinance
Authorizing Filing Lawsuits
 On the City’s Behalf For
Damage to City Property
 Presented By: Geoffrey Lydick
What does the proposed ordinance say? 2



• The City Attorney shall have the authority to
  initiate, file and prosecute a civil lawsuit, in the
  name of and on behalf of the City, without the
  need of obtaining a resolution or ordinance
  authorizing said lawsuit from the Governing Body,
  so long as the initial damages claimed by the City
  do not exceed $35,000.00 at the time of filing.
Why is the Proposed Ordinance needed? 3



• Without some sort of authorization, be it a
  resolution, an ordinance authorizing a specific
  lawsuit, or a proposed ordinance such as the
  one we are discussing today, a lawsuit filed on
  behalf of and in the name of the City, would
  likely be dismissed.
 • See City of Topeka v. Imming, 51 Kan. App. 2d 247,
 252, 344 P.3d 957, 962 (2015).
What are the Benefits of Adopting the Ordinance? 4


Timeliness/Speed
• It is foreseeable that Litigation is informed of matter with only days to take
  appropriate action, and there is not time to request an ordinance or resolution before
  the statute of limitations runs.
 • Example: IT notifies legal on May 21, 2025 (the third Wednesday of the month)
 that a City Fiber optics cable was sliced by a contractor, and cost $10,000.00 to
 repair. IT would like Litigation to look at pursuing the contractor to recoup the
 money. On Thursday, May 22nd, IT gets the relevant documents, photos, and
 supporting evidence over to Litigation. The damage happened on May 26, 2023.
 Negligence has a two-year statute of limitations, which would expire Monday,
 May 26, 2025. If the lawsuit isn’t filed by then, the City’s claims are barred. We
 would have to seek a special session for approval either Friday, May 23, or before
 end of day Monday, May 26th, assuming a quorum could be obtained. If we
 could not get a quorum, the City would lose its ability to file the lawsuit.
Benefits continued… 5



  Strategic
 • By not having to disclose each matter before filing, defendants
 would no longer receive a preview or heads up that a lawsuit
 was coming, and the general subject matter of such.

  Efficiency
 • Approving the Proposed Ordinance would give the Governing
 Body Member as well as staff, more time as they would no longer
 have to prepare, hear, and vote on ordinances or resolutions
 authorizing lawsuits under $35,000.00.
What kinds of matters would be covered under the 6
 proposed ordinance?

 • The matters that we would be pursuing would be for the
 recovery resulting from damage to City property.
 • Most common examples:
 • A contractor digs without calling in locates and strikes a
 water/sewer line;
 • A driver knocks down a streetlight or street sign, and their
 insurance company disputes liability;
 • Someone crashes a vehicle into a City vehicle causing
 damage; or
 • Someone crashes a vehicle into some other City property.
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Questions?
 City of Topeka
 Council Action Form
 Council Chambers
 214 SE 8th Street
 Topeka, Kansas 66603
 www.topeka.org
 June 10, 2025


DATE: June 10, 2025
CONTACT PERSON: Jason Tryon, Deputy DOCUMENT #:
 Public Works Director
SECOND PARTY/SUBJECT: Downtown Parking PROJECT #:
 Meters TMC Chapter 10
 Amendments
CATEGORY/SUBCATEGORY 013 Ordinances - Codified / 001 General Provisions
CIP PROJECT: No
ACTION OF COUNCIL: JOURNAL #:
 PAGE #:

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:

ORDINANCE introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez, concerning parking in the downtown
central business district, amending Sections 10.05.010, 10.60.320, 10.60.330, 10.60.340, 10.60.150,
10.60.160, 10.60.200, 10.60.220, 10.60.230 10.60.010, 10.60.060, 10.60.170, 10.60.180, 10.60.210, 10.60.350,
10.60.360 and 10.60.370 of the Topeka Municipal Code and repealing original sections. (Policy and Finance
Committee recommended approval on May 14, 2025.)

Voting Requirement: Action requires at least six (5) votes of the City Council. The Mayor does not
vote. The proposed ordinance involves a matter of home rule on which the Mayor has veto authority.

(The proposed ordinance would amend downtown parking provisions and pricing.)

VOTING REQUIREMENTS:
Action requires at least six (5) votes of the City Council. The Mayor does not vote. The proposed ordinance
involves a matter of home rule on which the Mayor has veto authority.
POLICY ISSUE:
Whether to update the city's parking ordinance regarding areas of restricted parking. Changes include
reinstating paid parking January 1, 2026 on certain downtown streets and permanently exempting
Kansas Avenue on certain blocks from paid parking.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council move to adopt the ordinance.
BACKGROUND:
Staff has previously presented various scenarios for parking improvements and rates. After reviewing options and
conducting public engagement sessions staff is ready to make recommendations.
BUDGETARY IMPACT:
Estimated $200,000 in Annual Revenue
SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Parking Fund

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Proposed Ordinance (Clean Version)
Proposed Ordinance (Strikethrough and Underline Version - Committee Amendments)
P&F Committee Referral Report (May 14, 2025)
P&F Committee Excerpt (May 14, 2025)
 1 (Published in the Topeka Metro News _______________________)
 2
 3 ORDINANCE NO. _____________
 4
 5 AN ORDINANCE introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez, concerning parking
 6 in the downtown central business district, amending § 10.05.010, §
 7 10.60.320, § 10.60.330, § 10.60.340, § 10.60.150, § 10.60.160, §
 8 10.60.200, § 10.60.220, § 10.60.230 § 10.60.010, § 10.60.060, §
 9 10.60.170, § 10.60.180, § 10.60.210, § 10.60.350, § 10.60.360 and
10 § 10.60.370 of the Topeka Municipal Code and repealing original
11 sections.
12
13 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF TOPEKA, KANSAS:

14 Section 1. That section 10.05.010, Definitions, of The Code of the City of

15 Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

16 Definitions.

17 The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this title, shall have the

18 meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a

19 different meaning:

20 “Angle or diagonal parking” means the standing or parking of a motor vehicle on a

21 public street with the long axis of the vehicle extending away from the street curb or

22 roadway edge, and with the front of the vehicle away from the center of the street or

23 roadway.

24 “Central business district” means that area bounded by Tyler Street, Madison

25 Street, Second Street, and Huntoon Street.

26 “College Hill TIF development district” means the area bounded by SW 13th Street,

27 SW Lane Street, SW Washburn Avenue and SW 17th Street, including the parking lot at

28 1325 SW 16th Street, the cutback parking on SW 16th Street west of Washburn Avenue,

29 and the development of the northwest corner of SW 17th Street and SW Washburn



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30 Avenue.

31 “Parallel parking” means:

32 (1) On streets with curbs, the standing or parking of the vehicle with the

33 righthand wheels thereof parallel and within 12 inches of the righthand curb or

34 roadway edge, subject to the exceptions permitting left side parallel parking as

35 provided in this title.

36 (2) On streets without curbs, the standing or parking of a motor vehicle

37 with the righthand wheels thereof parallel with the right edge of the roadway so

38 that at least 20 feet of the width of the roadway remains for the free movement of

39 vehicular traffic.

40 “Street parking” means that portion of a street between the curb or lateral lines of

41 a roadway and the adjacent lot lines not occupied by a sidewalk.

42 “Traffic Division” means the Traffic Division of the City Police Department created

43 by ordinance or such other unit of the Police Department as is designated functions under

44 this title.

45 “Traffic Engineer” means the Traffic Engineer of the City or any person designated

46 by the Public Works Director or designee for the purpose of implementing and enforcing

47 ordinances of the City relating to traffic.

48 “Transportation Operations Division” means that division within the Public Works

49 Department which has responsibility for street maintenance, traffic operations and on-

50 street and off-street parking.

51 “Transportation Operations Superintendent” means the Public Works Director or

52 designee.



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53 “Vehicle” as used in TMC 10.25.010(b) means any vehicle belonging to a person

54 other than the person who owns or is entitled to possession of the private property on

55 which abandonment occurs, propelled by power other than human power, designed to

56 travel along the ground by use of wheels, tread, runners or slides, and transport persons

57 or property or pull machinery and shall include, without limitation, automobiles, trucks,

58 trailers, motorcycles, tractors, buggies and wagons.

59 Zones.

60 (1) “Curb loading zone” means a space adjacent to a curb reserved for the

61 exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or

62 materials.

63 (2) “No parking zones” means portions of streets designated by the

64 Transportation Operations Superintendent as zones within which parking is

65 prohibited at all times or at stated times when signposted.

66 (3) “No standing zones” means portions of streets designated by the

67 Transportation Operations Superintendent as zones within which standing or

68 stopping is prohibited at all times or at stated times when signposted.

69 (4) “Parking meter zones” means portions of streets designated by the

70 Transportation Operations Superintendent as zones within which the parking of

71 vehicles shall be controlled, regulated and inspected with the aid of timing devices

72 or meters, referred to in this title as parking meters.

73 (54) “Passenger curb loading zone” means a place adjacent to a curb

74 reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of

75 passengers.



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76 (65) “Safety zone” means the area of space officially set apart within a

77 roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or is so

78 marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times while set

79 apart as a safety zone.

80 (76) “Time-restricted parking zones” means portions of streets designated

81 by the Transportation Operations Superintendent as zones within which the

82 parking of vehicles are controlled and regulated by parking meters, pay stations or

83 other methods.

84 Words and phrases not defined in this section shall have the meaning ascribed to

85 them by the laws of the State relating to motor vehicles.

86 Section 2. That section 10.60.320, Defined, of The Code of the City of Topeka,

87 Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

88 Defined.

89 A “block parking zone” is any side of a block or blocks designated in the central

90 business district for which parking is restricted through the use of parking meters or other

91 time restrictions pursuant to this titlechapter. On Kansas Avenue, between 6th Street and

92 10th StreetFor parking restricted by time limitations anywhere in the central business

93 district, the allowable time for parking a vehicle shall terminate when the posted time has

94 expired. Vehicles are not allowed to move to another parking space on Kansas Avenue

95 between 6th Street and 10th Streetrestricted by time limitations in the central business

96 district on the same calendar date. Parking fines will be imposed and accumulated each

97 time a vehicle exceeds the restrictions contained herein.

98 Section 3. That section 10.60.330, Parking restriction, of The Code of the City


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 (P&F Committee)
 99 of Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

100 Parking restriction; Overtime.

101 No person shall be parked within a designated block parking zonein a parking

102 space restricted by time limitations beyond athe specified time period. The time period

103 shall:

104 (a) Begin when the vehicle is first parked in a block parking zoneparking space

105 restricted by time limitations;

106 (b) Continue whether or not the vehicle is thereafter moved to another parking

107 space restricted by time limitations within the same block parking areacentral business

108 district, except that the period shall be terminated if such vehicle is moved and parked in

109 an area without a block parking zone designationduring the same calendar date; and

110 (c) Include all time during which the vehicle is thereafter parked in another single

111 vehicle parking place having the same maximum lawful time limit unless movement of the

112 vehicle has terminated the period as provided in subsection (b) of this section.

113 Section 4. That section 10.60.340, Overtime parking, of The Code of the City of

114 Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

115 Overtime parking.

116 It shall be unlawful for any person or driver to cause, allow or permit any motor

117 vehicle registered in his name or operated or controlled by him to stand or be parked in

118 any block parking zone beyond the maximum amount of time allowed for parking by the

119 parking time restrictions or parking meters within that block parking zonethe central

120 business district.

121 Section 5. That section 10.60.150, Establishment, of The Code of the City of



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122 Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

123 Establishment.

124 (a) Parking meterTime-restricted parking zones are hereby established in the

125 central business district or upon those streets or parts of streets described in the schedule

126 maintained in the records on file in the office of the City Clerk and the Transportation

127 Operations Superintendent. In such zones, the parking of vehicles on the street shall be

128 regulated by parking meters between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day

129 with the following exceptions:

130 (1) Saturdays, when all time limitations shall remain in effect but no coin

131 need be depositedpayment required; and

132 (2) Sundays and the following specific days: New Year’s Day, Martin

133 Luther King Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day,

134 Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, when no time limitations shall be in effect

135 nor the deposit of coinpayment required.

136 (3) On Kansas Avenue between 6th Avenue and 10th Street, when time

137 limitations shall remain in effect but no payment required.

138 (4) On the 100 blocks running east and west off Kansas Avenue from 6 th

139 Avenue to 10th Street when all time limitations shall remain in effect but no payment

140 shall be required until January 1, 2026.

141 (b) The Transportation Operations Superintendent may designate, alter or

142 remove time-restricted parking meter zones upon those streets or parts of streets where

143 it is determined upon the basis of a parking study that the designation, alteration or

144 removal of parking meterslimitations shall be necessary to aid in the regulation and



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145 control of the parking of vehicles.

146 (c) Curbside pickup parking zones may be designated by the Transportation

147 Operations Superintendent to provide convenient short-term parking not to exceed 15

148 minutes in the central business district.

149 Section 6. That section 10.60.160, Installation of parking meters, of The Code

150 of the City of Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

151 Installation of parking meters or appropriate signage.

152 (a) The Transportation Operations Superintendent shall install parking meters or

153 appropriate signage in or adjacent to the time restricted parking meter zones established

154 as provided in this article upon the curb immediately adjacent to each designated parking

155 space. Such meters shall be capable of being operated either automatically or

156 mechanically, only upon the deposit therein of coins of the United States in the

157 denomination and in the number of combinations shown by a legend on the meter. The

158 amount of parking time granted for each coin shall be in the amount shown on the meter;

159 provided, it shall be illegal to park beyond the time limit specified on the face of such

160 parking meter regardless of the number of coins deposited.Twhere payment is required,

161 the payment method shall be capable of displaying the amount of time that has been

162 purchased.

163 (b) Each parking meter shall be so designed, constructed, installed and set that

164 upon the expiration of the time period registered by the deposit of one or more coins as

165 provided in this section, it will indicate byPayment methods must be capable of displaying

166 an appropriate signal that the lawful parking metertime period has expired, and during

167 such period of time and prior to the expiration thereof, will indicate the interval of time that



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168 remains for such period.

169 (c) Each parking meter shall bear thereon a legend indicatingPayment methods

170 must indicate the days and hours when the requirement to deposit coins therein shall

171 applypayment is required, the value of the coins to be depositedtime purchased and the

172 limited period of time for which parking is lawfully permitted in the time-restricted parking

173 meter zone in which such meterspace is located.

174 Section 7. That section 10.60.200, Time-restricted parking rates – Parking

175 meters, of The Code of the City of Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

176 Time-restricted parking rates – Parking meters.

177 (a) The Transportation Operations Superintendent may establish parking rates in

178 parking meter and time-restricted parking zones where payment is required within the

179 following minimum and maximum ranges:

180 (1) On street: $0.50 and $3.00 per hour.

181 (2) Ten-hour permits: $44.00 and $65.00120.00 per month.

182 (b) In determining the parking rates, the Transportation Operations

183 Superintendent will consider the availability of on-street parking, garage and lot

184 parking, parking congestion and any other factors relative to parking operations in

185 the central business district.

186 Section 8. That section 10.60.220, Permit for hood or cover, of The Code of the

187 City of Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

188 Permit for hood or coverreserved parking space.

189 (a) Permitted. Any parking meter need not be placed in operation by the deposit

190 of a coin thereinPayment is not required for any parking space when the conditions set



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191 forth in this section have been satisfied and a permit issued for the hoodingreserving of

192 such meterparking space. “Permit” or “hood” or “hooded meters” refers to any parking

193 space designated as reserved, that has been marked with a hood covering the meter or

194 other signage communicating the space as reserved.

195 (b) Eligible Applicants. Criteria for issuing a permit for the hooding, covering or

196 removal of the proximate parking meterreserving of time-restricted parking spaces, when

197 so required for actual prosecutionexecution of the work or activity, are hereby established

198 as follows:

199 (1) Persons having a permit from the Development Services Division to

200 encumber any street or sidewalk in connection with any building or wrecking

201 project.

202 (2) Persons having a permit from the Development Services Division to

203 perform any plumbing, electrical, heating, sign hanging or other project in any

204 public way or on premises which directly adjoin any street, alley or sidewalk.

205 (3) Persons engaged in any public improvement under contract with the

206 City or engaged in any work under supervision of the Public Works Department.

207 (4) Service crews of public utilities (private or municipal) engaging in

208 construction and maintenance work in or adjoining any public way.

209 (5) Persons engaged in the business of moving personal property and

210 effects from and to residential or commercial buildings adjoining any public way.

211 (6) Persons licensed as funeral directors and holding services in any

212 funeral home or church.

213 (7) Persons engaged in the repair and maintenance of building service



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214 installations or office equipment.

215 (8) Persons requiring temporary parking space immediately adjacent to

216 commercial and industrial establishments for loading or unloading of building and

217 office equipment of immediate necessity.

218 (9) Persons acting under the authority or requirements of the Police and

219 Fire Departments to provide temporary special use parking zones.

220 (10) Governmental agencies sponsoring an agency event or meeting

221 where additional parking stalls are required to meet the parking needs of the

222 attendees.

223 (11) Persons with a severe mobility impairment which necessitates the

224 continued use of a wheelchair or canes and where the hooded parking stall is in

225 close proximity to the person’s place of employment. Provided, the fee for such a

226 hooded parking meter shall be at the market rate for garage parking.

227 (12) Persons/agencies or businesses with a physical address in the

228 Downtown Business District are permitted to reserve space contiguous to their

229 business for the purpose of sales/vending consistent with their business needs.

230 The space may not be continuously occupied for more than 10 consecutive hours.

231 Sale or lease to a 3rd party within City ROW is prohibited.

232 (c) Approval of Application. The Transportation Operations Superintendent shall

233 determine compliance with the above criteria for the hooding, covering or

234 removalreservation of any parking meterspace, and upon approval of the application

235 therefor and payment of the appropriate fee, shall authorize the required parking

236 meterspace to be hooded or removedreserved in accordance with the application as



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237 approved. Upon the hooding or covering of the face of any parking meter, such meter

238 need not be placed in operation by the deposit of a coin otherwise required by this article.

239 (d) Exceptional Cases. Exceptions to the rules and regulations and payment of

240 required fees may be made in appropriate cases involving special circumstances not

241 covered by this section upon an application and a showing that the hooding or removal

242 of any parking meter serves the public convenience and safety, and is in harmony with

243 the other provisions of this code; provided, that such exceptions shall be approved in

244 advance by the Director of Public Works.

245 (e) Time of Filing Application. The application for a permit shall be made in writing

246 and filed at least 12 hours in advance of the time any parking meter is to be hooded or

247 removed; provided, that this requirement may be waived by the Transportation

248 Operations Superintendent in emergency situations where public safety is at risk.

249 (f) Form of Application. The application for a permit under this section shall be on

250 a form prepared by the Transportation Operations Superintendent. The failure or refusal

251 of any applicant to furnish information requested in such application shall be sufficient

252 grounds for denial by the Transportation Operations Superintendent. The application shall

253 show:

254 (1) The name and business of the applicant;

255 (2) The reason for the hooding or removalreservation of the parking

256 meterspace;

257 (3) Evidence that a permit for the encumbering of any street has been

258 issued by the Building Inspection Division, if applicable;

259 (4) The location and number of parking metersspaces desired to be



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260 hooded or removedreserved and the day or dates and the hours such

261 metersspaces are to be hooded or removedreserved; and

262 (5) Such other information as may be required in such application form. If

263 the Transportation Operations Superintendent finds from the application that the

264 proposed use of a meter hoodreserved space will be consistent on a yearly basis,

265 then the Transportation Operations Superintendent may grant a permit on a

266 month-to-month basis.

267 (g) Exhibit of Permit. In all cases, any permit issued under this section shall be

268 kept by the permittee or his agent at the location of the parking metersspaces authorized

269 to be hooded or removedreserved, and shall be exhibited to any officer or employee of

270 the City upon demand.

271 (h) Issuance – Duties of City Officer. When an application for a permit has been

272 approved, authorized employees of the City Transportation Operations Division shall

273 cause the designated parking metersspaces to be hoodedreserved with appropriate

274 signage in accordance with the permits; and such employees shall remove the covers

275 and return such covers to the custody of the Transportation Operations

276 Superintendentsignage at the expiration of the time limit as noted on the permit. If a meter

277 is removed, it shall be removed by or under the direction of the Transportation Operations

278 Superintendent so that the maximum amount of material may be salvaged.

279 (i) Fees. The Transportation Operations Superintendent may establish daily

280 meter hoodreserved space permit rates within the minimum and maximum ranges of

281 $6.00 and $30.00. There shall be no permit fee imposed for Sundays or Saturdays. Each

282 applicant shall pay the required fee per meterparking space when any portion of the



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283 parking space controlled by the meter is used by the applicant or reserved under a permit

284 granted as provided for in this section. Under no circumstances will the permit fee or any

285 portion thereof be refunded to any applicant. All fees received under this section shall be

286 deposited with the City Treasurer to the credit of the parking fund of the City.

287 (j) Termination of Permit. Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary,

288 the Transportation Operations Superintendent shall have the right to unilaterally terminate

289 a permit granted pursuant to this section.

290 Section 9 That section 10.60.230, Unlawful use of or interference with hooded

291 meters, of The Code of the City of Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

292 Unlawful use of or interference with hooded metersreserved parking spaces.

293 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, other than a person having a valid permit

294 issued under authority of the provisions of TMC 10.60.220, any authorized agents,

295 employees or servants to park or stand any vehicle in the reserved parking space

296 adjacent to any parking meter hooded or removed in compliance with this article.

297 (b) It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to remove any parking meter

298 or to cover or hood any parking meter, or to remove, tamper with, damage or destroy any

299 official parking meter cover, or hood or parking related signage of the City, or for any

300 person to have possession of any cover, hood or other device designed for the purpose

301 of masking, covering, reserving or hooding any parking meter or signage contrary to the

302 provisions of TMC 10.60.220.

303 Section 10. That section 10.60.010, Fine schedule, of The Code of the City of

304 Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

305 Fine schedule.



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306 (a) The Transportation Operations Superintendent may establish a fine schedule

307 for parking meter,any time-restricted parking, overtime parking and block parking zone

308 violations within the following minimum and maximum ranges:

309 (1) Eight dollars and $20.00 for a first violation; and

310 (2) Fifteen dollars and $40.00 for a second violation and all successive violations

311 at the same parking meter, time-restricted parking or block parking zone on the same

312 date.

313 (b) In determining the fine schedule, the Transportation Operations

314 Superintendent will consider the availability of on-street parking, garage and lot parking,

315 parking congestion and any other factors relative to parking operations in the central

316 business district.

317 (c) Fines shall be paid as follows:

318 (1) The amount of the fine, if paid within 14 calendar days.

319 (2) Double the fine for the same violation after 14 calendar days have elapsed.

320 (3) Triple the fine for the same violation after 30 calendar days have elapsed.

321 (4) Four times the fine for the same violation after 60 calendar days have elapsed.

322 (5) Unpaid fines for parking violations which have been subject to a final

323 determination will be collected, utilizing civil collection process after 75 calendar days

324 have elapsed.

325 (d) All of the moneys collected for overtime parking and block meter zone

326 violations shall be distributed to the parking fund.

327 (e) Notwithstanding the fine schedule set forth in subsection (a) of this section or

328 any other conflicting section contained in this title, the City Manager shall have the



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329 authority to waive the enforcement and collection of parking meter,any time-restricted

330 parking, overtime parking, and block parking zone violations on such dates and times and

331 at the specific locations that the City Manager shall designate in writing to the

332 Transportation Operations Superintendent.

333 Section 11. That section 10.60.060, Permit restrictions, of The Code of the City

334 of Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

335 Permit restrictions.

336 Annual delivery vehicle permits shall be subject to the following restrictions:

337 (a) Delivery vehicles displaying such permit shall be exempt from depositing coins

338 of U.S. currency into thepayment for parking meters, but not from the posted parking time

339 limits.

340 (b) Delivery vehicles displaying such permit shall be exempt from blocktime-

341 restricted parking zone ordinances, but may not remain in the same stall beyond the

342 posted parking time limit.

343 (c) Such permit shall not be valid when displayed upon a vehicle with a gross

344 vehicle weight in excess of 5,500 pounds; and which cannot be safely accommodated by

345 a standard parallel or angle parking stall.

346 Section 12. That section 10.60.170, Parking meter spaces, of The Code of the

347 City of Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

348 Parking meter spaces.

349 (a) The Transportation Operations Superintendent shall designate the parking

350 adjacent to each parking meter for which such meter is to be used by appropriate

351 markings upon the curb or pavement of the street. Parking meter spaces so designated



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352 shall be of appropriate length and width so as to be accessible from the traffic lanes of

353 each street.

354 (b) No person shall park a vehicle in any such designated parking meter space

355 during the restricted or regulated time applicable to the time-restricted parking meter zone

356 in which such meter is located so that any part of such vehicle occupies more than one

357 such space, except that a vehicle which is too large to be parked within a single

358 designated time-restricted parking meter zone shall be permitted to occupy two adjoining

359 parking meter spaces when coins shall have been deposited in the parking meterpayment

360 is made for each space so occupied, the same as is required in this article for the parking

361 of other vehicles in such space.

362 Section 13. That section 10.60.180, Deposit of coins and time limits – Disabled

363 veterans exempt, of The Code of the City of Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read

364 as follows:

365 Deposit of coins and time limits – Disabled veterans exempt.

366 (a) No person shall park or stand a vehicle in any parking space upon a street

367 next to which a parking meter has been installed unless a coin or coins of United States

368 currency of the appropriate denominations shall have been deposited thereinpayment is

369 made, or shall have been previously depositedpaid therein for an unexpired interval of

370 time, and the meter has been placed in operation; provided, that this provision shall not

371 apply to the act of parking or the necessary time which is required to depositmake

372 payment immediately thereafter a coin in such meter, nor to disabled veterans as

373 exempted under subsection (c) of this section.

374 (b) The provisions of this section shall not relieve any person from observing other



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375 and more restrictive provisions of other ordinances and State laws prohibiting or limiting

376 the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.

377 (c) Motor vehicles bearing the distinctive license plates or tags of disabled

378 veterans as authorized by law shall be permitted to park without charge in any metered

379 zone of the City.

380 Section 14. That section 10.60.210, Rates and fees, of The Code of the City of

381 Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

382 Rates and fees.

383 (a) Purpose Generally. The authorized coins of the United States are required to

384 be depositedrequired payment as provided by this article or fees received in lieu thereof,

385 are hereby ordered to be deposited to cover the cost of inspection, installation, operation,

386 patrol and use of parking spaces and parking meters and off-street parking facilities

387 described in this article and to regulate the parking of vehicles in the time-restricted

388 parking meter zones created by this article and to provide for the proper regulation, control

389 and inspection of traffic upon the public streets and municipal off-street parking facilities.

390 All fees thus collected shall be paid into the City Treasury and deposited into the parking

391 fund.

392 Section 15. That section 10.60.350, Duty of traffic officers, of The Code of the

393 City of Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

394 Duty of traffic officers.

395 (a) Parking control officers shall have the authority to issue parking meter tickets,

396 and a uniform complaint and notice to appear for violations of Standard Traffic Ordinance

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398 within the central business district and the College Hill TIF development district. This

399 authority is limited exclusively to the designated violations and restricted to the central

400 business district and the College Hill TIF development district.

401 (b) It shall be the duty of each parking control officer or police officer to take the

402 block number and the street name at which any vehicle is parked in violation of the

403 provisions of this article and take the license tag number or any other available

404 identification number of each such vehicle and issue a parking meter ticket or uniform

405 citation, as the case may be. Each such officer shall leave on such vehicle a ticket or

406 summons stating thereon the violation.

407 Section 16. That section 10.60.360, Violations, of The Code of the City of

408 Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

409 Violations.

410 Each and every hour during which a motor vehicle shall remain unlawfully parked

411 in any blocktime-restricted parking zone shall constitute a separate and distinct violation,

412 subject to penalty. Any person who shall aid, abet or assist in the violation of any of the

413 provisions of this article shall be guilty of an offense.

414 Section 17. That section 10.60.370, Exemptions, of The Code of the City of

415 Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

416 Exemptions.

417 (a) All exemptions applicable to time-restricted parking meter zone violations

418 pursuant to Article IV of this chapter shall also be applicable to blocktime-restricted

419 parking zones in this Article.

420 (b) Any person eligible to acquire a permit and related identification tag to exempt



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421 such person from this article may be exempted thereupon.

422 (c) No exemptions from this article give a person exemption from any other

423 sections of the code unless otherwise exempted therefrom.

424 Section 18. That original § 10.05.010, § 10.60.320, § 10.60.330, § 10.60.340, §

425 10.60.150, § 10.60.160, § 10.60.200, § 10.60.220, § 10.60.230 § 10.60.010, § 10.60.060,

426 § 10.60.170, § 10.60.180, § 10.60.210, § 10.60.350, § 10.60.360 and § 10.60.370 of The

427 Code of the City of Topeka, Kansas, are hereby specifically repealed.

428 Section 19. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its

429 passage, approval and publication in the official City newspaper.

430 Section 20. This ordinance shall supersede all ordinances, resolutions or rules,

431 or portions thereof, which are in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance.

432 Section 21. Should any section, clause or phrase of this ordinance be declared

433 invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the same shall not affect the validity of this

434 ordinance as a whole, or any part thereof, other than the part so declared to be invalid.

435 PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council on _______________________.
436
437 CITY OF TOPEKA, KANSAS
438
439
440
441 __________________________________
442 Michael A. Padilla, Mayor
443 ATTEST:
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447 ________________________________
448 Brenda Younger, City Clerk




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 1 (Published in the Topeka Metro News _______________________)
 2
 3 ORDINANCE NO. _____________
 4
 5 AN ORDINANCE introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez, concerning parking
 6 in the downtown central business district, amending § 10.05.010, §
 7 10.60.320, § 10.60.330, § 10.60.340, § 10.60.150, § 10.60.160, §
 8 10.60.200, § 10.60.220, and § 10.60.230 § 10.60.010, § 10.60.060,
 9 § 10.60.170, § 10.60.180, § 10.60.210, § 10.60.350, § 10.60.360 and
10 § 10.60.370 of the Topeka Municipal Code and repealing original
11 sections.
12
13 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF TOPEKA, KANSAS:

14 Section 1. That section 10.05.010, Definitions, of The Code of the City of

15 Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

16 Definitions.

17 The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this title, shall have the

18 meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a

19 different meaning:

20 “Angle or diagonal parking” means the standing or parking of a motor vehicle on a

21 public street with the long axis of the vehicle extending away from the street curb or

22 roadway edge, and with the front of the vehicle away from the center of the street or

23 roadway.

24 “Central business district” means that area bounded by Tyler Street, Madison

25 Street, Second Street, and Huntoon Street.

26 “College Hill TIF development district” means the area bounded by SW 13th Street,

27 SW Lane Street, SW Washburn Avenue and SW 17th Street, including the parking lot at

28 1325 SW 16th Street, the cutback parking on SW 16th Street west of Washburn Avenue,

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30 Avenue.

31 “Deposit of Coin” or other references to depositing of coins or use of coins for

32 metered parking means any accepted method of payment for the use of the metered

33 parking.

34 “Parallel parking” means:

35 (1) On streets with curbs, the standing or parking of the vehicle with the

36 righthand wheels thereof parallel and within 12 inches of the righthand curb or

37 roadway edge, subject to the exceptions permitting left side parallel parking as

38 provided in this title.

39 (2) On streets without curbs, the standing or parking of a motor vehicle

40 with the righthand wheels thereof parallel with the right edge of the roadway so

41 that at least 20 feet of the width of the roadway remains for the free movement of

42 vehicular traffic.

43 “Street parking” means that portion of a street between the curb or lateral lines of

44 a roadway and the adjacent lot lines not occupied by a sidewalk.

45 “Traffic Division” means the Traffic Division of the City Police Department created

46 by ordinance or such other unit of the Police Department as is designated functions under

47 this title.

48 “Traffic Engineer” means the Traffic Engineer of the City or any person designated

49 by the Public Works Director or designee for the purpose of implementing and enforcing

50 ordinances of the City relating to traffic.

51 “Transportation Operations Division” means that division within the Public Works

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53 street and off-street parking.

54 “Transportation Operations Superintendent” means the Public Works Director or

55 designee.

56 “Vehicle” as used in TMC 10.25.010(b) means any vehicle belonging to a person

57 other than the person who owns or is entitled to possession of the private property on

58 which abandonment occurs, propelled by power other than human power, designed to

59 travel along the ground by use of wheels, tread, runners or slides, and transport persons

60 or property or pull machinery and shall include, without limitation, automobiles, trucks,

61 trailers, motorcycles, tractors, buggies and wagons.

62 Zones.

63 (1) “Curb loading zone” means a space adjacent to a curb reserved for the

64 exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or

65 materials.

66 (2) “No parking zones” means portions of streets designated by the

67 Transportation Operations Superintendent as zones within which parking is

68 prohibited at all times or at stated times when signposted.

69 (3) “No standing zones” means portions of streets designated by the

70 Transportation Operations Superintendent as zones within which standing or

71 stopping is prohibited at all times or at stated times when signposted.

72 (4) “Parking meter zones” means portions of streets designated by the

73 Transportation Operations Superintendent as zones within which the parking of

74 vehicles shall be controlled, regulated and inspected with the aid of timing devices

75 or meters, referred to in this title as parking meters.



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76 (54) “Passenger curb loading zone” means a place adjacent to a curb

77 reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of

78 passengers.

79 (65) “Safety zone” means the area of space officially set apart within a

80 roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or is so

81 marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times while set

82 apart as a safety zone.

83 (76) “Time-restricted parking zones” means portions of streets designated

84 by the Transportation Operations Superintendent as zones within which the

85 parking of vehicles are controlled and regulated by parking meters, pay stations or

86 other methods.

87 Words and phrases not defined in this section shall have the meaning ascribed to

88 them by the laws of the State relating to motor vehicles.

89 Section 2. That section 10.60.320, Defined, of The Code of the City of Topeka,

90 Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

91 Defined.

92 A “block parking zone” is any side of a block or blocks designated in the central

93 business district for which parking is restricted through the use of parking meters or other

94 time restrictions pursuant to this titlechapter. On Kansas Avenue, between 6th Street and

95 10th StreetFor parking restricted by time limitations anywhere in the central business

96 district, the allowable time for parking a vehicle shall terminate when the posted time has

97 expired. Vehicles are not allowed to move to another parking space on Kansas Avenue

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 99 district on the same calendar date. Parking fines will be imposed and accumulated each

100 time a vehicle exceeds the restrictions contained herein.

101 Section 3. That section 10.60.330, Parking restriction, of The Code of the City

102 of Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

103 Parking restriction; Overtime.

104 No person shall be parked within a designated block parking zonein a parking

105 space restricted by time limitations beyond athe specified time period. The time period

106 shall:

107 (a) Begin when the vehicle is first parked in a block parking zoneparking space

108 restricted by time limitations;

109 (b) Continue whether or not the vehicle is thereafter moved to another parking

110 space restricted by time limitations within the same block parking areacentral business

111 district, except that the period shall be terminated if such vehicle is moved and parked in

112 an area without a block parking zone designationduring the same calendar date; and

113 (c) Include all time during which the vehicle is thereafter parked in another single

114 vehicle parking place having the same maximum lawful time limit unless movement of the

115 vehicle has terminated the period as provided in subsection (b) of this section.

116 Section 4. That section 10.60.340, Overtime parking, of The Code of the City of

117 Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

118 Overtime parking.

119 It shall be unlawful for any person or driver to cause, allow or permit any motor

120 vehicle registered in his name or operated or controlled by him to stand or be parked in

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122 parking time restrictions or parking meters within that block parking zonethe central

123 business district.

124 Section 5. That section 10.60.150, Establishment, of The Code of the City of

125 Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

126 Establishment.

127 (a) Parking meterTime-restricted parking zones are hereby established in the

128 central business district or upon those streets or parts of streets described in the schedule

129 maintained in the records on file in the office of the City Clerk and the Transportation

130 Operations Superintendent. In such zones, the parking of vehicles on the street shall be

131 regulated by parking meters between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day

132 with the following exceptions:

133 (1) Saturdays, when all time limitations shall remain in effect but no coin

134 need be depositedpayment required; and

135 (2) Sundays and the following specific days: New Year’s Day, Martin

136 Luther King Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day,

137 Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, when no time limitations shall be in effect

138 nor the deposit of coinpayment required.

139 (3) On Kansas Avenue between 6th Avenue and 10th Street, when time

140 limitations shall remain in effect but no payment required.

141 (4) On the 100 blocks running east and west off Kansas Avenue from 6 th

142 Avenue to 10th Street when all time limitations shall remain in effect but no payment

143 shall be required until January 1, 2026.

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145 remove time-restricted parking meter zones upon those streets or parts of streets where

146 it is determined upon the basis of a parking study that the designation, alteration or

147 removal of parking meterslimitations shall be necessary to aid in the regulation and

148 control of the parking of vehicles.

149 (c) Curbside pickup parking zones may be designated by the Transportation

150 Operations Superintendent to provide convenient short-term parking not to exceed 15

151 minutes in the central business district.

152 Section 6. That section 10.60.160, Installation of parking meters, of The Code

153 of the City of Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

154 Installation of parking meters or appropriate signage.

155 (a) The Transportation Operations Superintendent shall install parking meters or

156 appropriate signage in or adjacent to the time restricted parking meter zones established

157 as provided in this article upon the curb immediately adjacent to each designated parking

158 space. Such meters shall be capable of being operated either automatically or

159 mechanically, only upon the deposit therein of coins of the United States in the

160 denomination and in the number of combinations shown by a legend on the meter. The

161 amount of parking time granted for each coin shall be in the amount shown on the meter;

162 provided, it shall be illegal to park beyond the time limit specified on the face of such

163 parking meter regardless of the number of coins deposited.Twhere payment is required,

164 the payment method shall be capable of displaying the amount of time that has been

165 purchased.

166 (b) Each parking meter shall be so designed, constructed, installed and set that

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168 provided in this section, it will indicate byPayment methods must be capable of displaying

169 an appropriate signal that the lawful parking metertime period has expired, and during

170 such period of time and prior to the expiration thereof, will indicate the interval of time that

171 remains for such period.

172 (c) Each parking meter shall bear thereon a legend indicatingPayment methods

173 must indicate the days and hours when the requirement to deposit coins therein shall

174 applypayment is required, the value of the coins to be depositedtime purchased and the

175 limited period of time for which parking is lawfully permitted in the time-restricted parking

176 meter zone in which such meterspace is located.

177 Section 7. That section 10.60.200, Time-restricted parking rates – Parking

178 meters, of The Code of the City of Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

179 Time-restricted parking rates – Parking meters.

180 (a) The Transportation Operations Superintendent may establish parking rates in

181 parking meter and time-restricted parking zones where payment is required within the

182 following minimum and maximum ranges:

183 (1) On street: $0.50 and $3.00 per hour.

184 (2) Ten-hour permits: $44.00 and $65.0074.00120.00 per month.

185 (b) In determining the parking rates, the Transportation Operations

186 Superintendent will consider the availability of on-street parking, garage and lot

187 parking, parking congestion and any other factors relative to parking operations in

188 the central business district.

189 Section 8. That section 10.60.220, Permit for hood or cover, of The Code of the

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191 Permit for hood or coverreserved parking space.

192 (a) Permitted. Any parking meter need not be placed in operation by the deposit

193 of a coin thereinPayment is not required for any parking space when the conditions set

194 forth in this section have been satisfied and a permit issued for the hoodingreserving of

195 such meterparking space. “Permit” or “hood” or “hooded meters” refers to any parking

196 space designated as reserved, that has been marked with a hood covering the meter or

197 other signage communicating the space as reserved.

198 (b) Eligible Applicants. Criteria for issuing a permit for the hooding, covering or

199 removal of the proximate parking meterreserving of time-restricted parking spaces, when

200 so required for actual prosecutionexecution of the work or activity, are hereby established

201 as follows:

202 (1) Persons having a permit from the Development Services Division to

203 encumber any street or sidewalk in connection with any building or wrecking

204 project.

205 (2) Persons having a permit from the Development Services Division to

206 perform any plumbing, electrical, heating, sign hanging or other project in any

207 public way or on premises which directly adjoin any street, alley or sidewalk.

208 (3) Persons engaged in any public improvement under contract with the

209 City or engaged in any work under supervision of the Public Works Department.

210 (4) Service crews of public utilities (private or municipal) engaging in

211 construction and maintenance work in or adjoining any public way.

212 (5) Persons engaged in the business of moving personal property and

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214 (6) Persons licensed as funeral directors and holding services in any

215 funeral home or church.

216 (7) Persons engaged in the repair and maintenance of building service

217 installations or office equipment.

218 (8) Persons requiring temporary parking space immediately adjacent to

219 commercial and industrial establishments for loading or unloading of building and

220 office equipment of immediate necessity.

221 (9) Persons acting under the authority or requirements of the Police and

222 Fire Departments to provide temporary special use parking zones.

223 (10) Governmental agencies sponsoring an agency event or meeting

224 where additional parking stalls are required to meet the parking needs of the

225 attendees.

226 (11) Persons with a severe mobility impairment which necessitates the

227 continued use of a wheelchair or canes and where the hooded parking stall is in

228 close proximity to the person’s place of employment. Provided, the fee for such a

229 hooded parking meter shall be at the market rate for garage parking.

230 (12) Persons/agencies or businesses with a physical address in the

231 Downtown Business District are permitted to reserve space contiguous to their

232 business for the purpose of sales/vending consistent with their business needs.

233 The space may not be continuously occupied for more than 10 consecutive hours.

234 Sale or lease to a 3rd party within City ROW is prohibited.

235 (c) Approval of Application. The Transportation Operations Superintendent shall

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237 removalreservation of any parking meterspace, and upon approval of the application

238 therefor and payment of the appropriate fee, shall authorize the required parking

239 meterspace to be hooded or removedreserved in accordance with the application as

240 approved. Upon the hooding or covering of the face of any parking meter, such meter

241 need not be placed in operation by the deposit of a coin otherwise required by this article.

242 (d) Exceptional Cases. Exceptions to the rules and regulations and payment of

243 required fees may be made in appropriate cases involving special circumstances not

244 covered by this section upon an application and a showing that the hooding or removal

245 of any parking meter serves the public convenience and safety, and is in harmony with

246 the other provisions of this code; provided, that such exceptions shall be approved in

247 advance by the Director of Public Works.

248 (e) Time of Filing Application. The application for a permit shall be made in writing

249 and filed at least 12 hours in advance of the time any parking meter is to be hooded or

250 removed; provided, that this requirement may be waived by the Transportation

251 Operations Superintendent in emergency situations where public safety is at risk.

252 (f) Form of Application. The application for a permit under this section shall be on

253 a form prepared by the Transportation Operations Superintendent. The failure or refusal

254 of any applicant to furnish information requested in such application shall be sufficient

255 grounds for denial by the Transportation Operations Superintendent. The application shall

256 show:

257 (1) The name and business of the applicant;

258 (2) The reason for the hooding or removalreservation of the parking

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260 (3) Evidence that a permit for the encumbering of any street has been

261 issued by the Building Inspection Division, if applicable;

262 (4) The location and number of parking metersspaces desired to be

263 hooded or removedreserved and the day or dates and the hours such

264 metersspaces are to be hooded or removedreserved; and

265 (5) Such other information as may be required in such application form. If

266 the Transportation Operations Superintendent finds from the application that the

267 proposed use of a meter hoodreserved space will be consistent on a yearly basis,

268 then the Transportation Operations Superintendent may grant a permit on a

269 month-to-month basis.

270 (g) Exhibit of Permit. In all cases, any permit issued under this section shall be

271 kept by the permittee or his agent at the location of the parking metersspaces authorized

272 to be hooded or removedreserved, and shall be exhibited to any officer or employee of

273 the City upon demand.

274 (h) Issuance – Duties of City Officer. When an application for a permit has been

275 approved, authorized employees of the City Transportation Operations Division shall

276 cause the designated parking metersspaces to be hoodedreserved with appropriate

277 signage in accordance with the permits; and such employees shall remove the covers

278 and return such covers to the custody of the Transportation Operations

279 Superintendentsignage at the expiration of the time limit as noted on the permit. If a meter

280 is removed, it shall be removed by or under the direction of the Transportation Operations

281 Superintendent so that the maximum amount of material may be salvaged.

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283 meter hoodreserved space permit rates within the minimum and maximum ranges of

284 $6.00 and $30.00. There shall be no permit fee imposed for Sundays or Saturdays. Each

285 applicant shall pay the required fee per meterparking space when any portion of the

286 parking space controlled by the meter is used by the applicant or reserved under a permit

287 granted as provided for in this section. Under no circumstances will the permit fee or any

288 portion thereof be refunded to any applicant. All fees received under this section shall be

289 deposited with the City Treasurer to the credit of the parking fund of the City.

290 (j) Termination of Permit. Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary,

291 the Transportation Operations Superintendent shall have the right to unilaterally terminate

292 a permit granted pursuant to this section.

293 Section 9 That section 10.60.230, Unlawful use of or interference with hooded

294 meters, of The Code of the City of Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

295 Unlawful use of or interference with hooded metersreserved parking spaces.

296 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, other than a person having a valid permit

297 issued under authority of the provisions of TMC 10.60.220, any authorized agents,

298 employees or servants to park or stand any vehicle in the reserved parking space

299 adjacent to any parking meter hooded or removed in compliance with this article.

300 (b) It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to remove any parking meter

301 or to cover or hood any parking meter, or to remove, tamper with, damage or destroy any

302 official parking meter cover, or hood or parking related signage of the City, or for any

303 person to have possession of any cover, hood or other device designed for the purpose

304 of masking, covering, reserving or hooding any parking meter or signage contrary to the

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306 Section 10. That section 10.60.010, Fine schedule, of The Code of the City of

307 Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

308 Fine schedule.

309 (a) The Transportation Operations Superintendent may establish a fine schedule

310 for parking meter,any time-restricted parking, overtime parking and block parking zone

311 violations within the following minimum and maximum ranges:

312 (1) Eight dollars and $20.00 for a first violation; and

313 (2) Fifteen dollars and $40.00 for a second violation and all successive violations

314 at the same parking meter, time-restricted parking or block parking zone on the same

315 date.

316 (b) In determining the fine schedule, the Transportation Operations

317 Superintendent will consider the availability of on-street parking, garage and lot parking,

318 parking congestion and any other factors relative to parking operations in the central

319 business district.

320 (c) Fines shall be paid as follows:

321 (1) The amount of the fine, if paid within 14 calendar days.

322 (2) Double the fine for the same violation after 14 calendar days have elapsed.

323 (3) Triple the fine for the same violation after 30 calendar days have elapsed.

324 (4) Four times the fine for the same violation after 60 calendar days have elapsed.

325 (5) Unpaid fines for parking violations which have been subject to a final

326 determination will be collected, utilizing civil collection process after 75 calendar days

327 have elapsed.

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329 violations shall be distributed to the parking fund.

330 (e) Notwithstanding the fine schedule set forth in subsection (a) of this section or

331 any other conflicting section contained in this title, the City Manager shall have the

332 authority to waive the enforcement and collection of parking meter,any time-restricted

333 parking, overtime parking, and block parking zone violations on such dates and times and

334 at the specific locations that the City Manager shall designate in writing to the

335 Transportation Operations Superintendent.

336 Section 11. That section 10.60.060, Permit restrictions, of The Code of the City

337 of Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

338 Permit restrictions.

339 Annual delivery vehicle permits shall be subject to the following restrictions:

340 (a) Delivery vehicles displaying such permit shall be exempt from depositing coins

341 of U.S. currency into thepayment for parking meters, but not from the posted parking time

342 limits.

343 (b) Delivery vehicles displaying such permit shall be exempt from blocktime-

344 restricted parking zone ordinances, but may not remain in the same stall beyond the

345 posted parking time limit.

346 (c) Such permit shall not be valid when displayed upon a vehicle with a gross

347 vehicle weight in excess of 5,500 pounds; and which cannot be safely accommodated by

348 a standard parallel or angle parking stall.

349 Section 12. That section 10.60.170, Parking meter spaces, of The Code of the

350 City of Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

351 Parking meter spaces.



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352 (a) The Transportation Operations Superintendent shall designate the parking

353 adjacent to each parking meter for which such meter is to be used by appropriate

354 markings upon the curb or pavement of the street. Parking meter spaces so designated

355 shall be of appropriate length and width so as to be accessible from the traffic lanes of

356 each street.

357 (b) No person shall park a vehicle in any such designated parking meter space

358 during the restricted or regulated time applicable to the time-restricted parking meter zone

359 in which such meter is located so that any part of such vehicle occupies more than one

360 such space, except that a vehicle which is too large to be parked within a single

361 designated time-restricted parking meter zone shall be permitted to occupy two adjoining

362 parking meter spaces when coins shall have been deposited in the parking meterpayment

363 is made for each space so occupied, the same as is required in this article for the parking

364 of other vehicles in such space.

365 Section 13. That section 10.60.180, Deposit of coins and time limits – Disabled

366 veterans exempt, of The Code of the City of Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read

367 as follows:

368 Deposit of coins and time limits – Disabled veterans exempt.

369 (a) No person shall park or stand a vehicle in any parking space upon a street

370 next to which a parking meter has been installed unless a coin or coins of United States

371 currency of the appropriate denominations shall have been deposited thereinpayment is

372 made, or shall have been previously depositedpaid therein for an unexpired interval of

373 time, and the meter has been placed in operation; provided, that this provision shall not

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375 payment immediately thereafter a coin in such meter, nor to disabled veterans as

376 exempted under subsection (c) of this section.

377 (b) The provisions of this section shall not relieve any person from observing other

378 and more restrictive provisions of other ordinances and State laws prohibiting or limiting

379 the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.

380 (c) Motor vehicles bearing the distinctive license plates or tags of disabled

381 veterans as authorized by law shall be permitted to park without charge in any metered

382 zone of the City.

383 Section 14. That section 10.60.210, Rates and fees, of The Code of the City of

384 Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

385 Rates and fees.

386 (a) Purpose Generally. The authorized coins of the United States are required to

387 be depositedrequired payment as provided by this article or fees received in lieu thereof,

388 are hereby ordered to be deposited to cover the cost of inspection, installation, operation,

389 patrol and use of parking spaces and parking meters and off-street parking facilities

390 described in this article and to regulate the parking of vehicles in the time-restricted

391 parking meter zones created by this article and to provide for the proper regulation, control

392 and inspection of traffic upon the public streets and municipal off-street parking facilities.

393 All fees thus collected shall be paid into the City Treasury and deposited into the parking

394 fund.

395 Section 15. That section 10.60.350, Duty of traffic officers, of The Code of the

396 City of Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

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398 (a) Parking control officers shall have the authority to issue parking meter tickets,

399 and a uniform complaint and notice to appear for violations of Standard Traffic Ordinance

400 Sections 83 through and including 102 and TMC 10.60.130, 10.60.230(a) and 10.60.500

401 within the central business district and the College Hill TIF development district. This

402 authority is limited exclusively to the designated violations and restricted to the central

403 business district and the College Hill TIF development district.

404 (b) It shall be the duty of each parking control officer or police officer to take the

405 block number and the street name at which any vehicle is parked in violation of the

406 provisions of this article and take the license tag number or any other available

407 identification number of each such vehicle and issue a parking meter ticket or uniform

408 citation, as the case may be. Each such officer shall leave on such vehicle a ticket or

409 summons stating thereon the violation.

410 Section 16. That section 10.60.360, Violations, of The Code of the City of

411 Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

412 Violations.

413 Each and every hour during which a motor vehicle shall remain unlawfully parked

414 in any blocktime-restricted parking zone shall constitute a separate and distinct violation,

415 subject to penalty. Any person who shall aid, abet or assist in the violation of any of the

416 provisions of this article shall be guilty of an offense.

417 Section 17. That section 10.60.370, Exemptions, of The Code of the City of

418 Topeka, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

419 Exemptions.

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421 pursuant to Article IV of this chapter shall also be applicable to blocktime-restricted

422 parking zones in this Article.

423 (b) Any person eligible to acquire a permit and related identification tag to exempt

424 such person from this article may be exempted thereupon.

425 (c) No exemptions from this article give a person exemption from any other

426 sections of the code unless otherwise exempted therefrom.

427 Section 18. That original § 10.05.010, § 10.60.320, § 10.60.330, § 10.60.340, §

428 10.60.150, § 10.60.160, § 10.60.200, § 10.60.220, and § 10.60.230 § 10.60.010, §

429 10.60.060, § 10.60.170, § 10.60.180, § 10.60.210, § 10.60.350, § 10.60.360 and §

430 10.60.370 of The Code of the City of Topeka, Kansas, are hereby specifically repealed.

431 Section 19. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its

432 passage, approval and publication in the official City newspaper.

433 Section 20. This ordinance shall supersede all ordinances, resolutions or rules,

434 or portions thereof, which are in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance.

435 Section 21. Should any section, clause or phrase of this ordinance be declared

436 invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the same shall not affect the validity of this

437 ordinance as a whole, or any part thereof, other than the part so declared to be invalid.

438 PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council on _______________________.
439
440 CITY OF TOPEKA, KANSAS
441
442
443
444 __________________________________
445 Michael A. Padilla, Mayor
446 ATTEST:
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451 Brenda Younger, City Clerk




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 COMMITTEE REFERRAL SHEET
 COMMITTEE REPORT
 Name of Policy & Finance
  Committee:

 Title: Ordinance Downtown Parking Amendments


Date referred May 6, 2025
from Council
 meeting:

Date referred May 14, 2025
 from
 Committee:

 Committee MOTION: Committee chair Duncan made a motion to adopt
 Action: the ordinance, with Hillers amendments, and move forward
 to the Governing Body for action. Committee chair Miller
 seconded. Motion approved 3-0-0.

 MOTION: Committee chair Duncan made a motion to adopt
 the language of no parking meter zones shall be
 established on Kansas Avenue between 6th and 10th Street,
 subject to wordsmithing the changes from proposed Hiller
 amendments, and move forward to the Governing Body for
 action. Committee chair Miller seconded. Motion approved
 3-0-0.


 MOTION: Committee chair Duncan made a motion to
 approve the amendment to add January 1, 2026 start date
 for parking meters on the 100 blocks of Kansas and move
 forward to the Governing Body for action. Committee
 member seconded. Motion approved 3-0-0.




Members of Councilmembers Spencer Duncan (Chair), Marcus Miller,
Committee: Michelle Hoferer

Agenda Date June 10, 2025
Requested:
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 EXCERPT
 HOLLIDAY 1st FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM, Topeka, Kansas, Wednesday, May 14,
2025. The Policy & Finance Committee members met at 11:00 A.M., with the following
Committee members present: Duncan (Chair), Marcus Miller, Michelle Hoferer.

 The following is an excerpt of the draft minutes from the meeting:

 APPROVAL by the Committee to proceed to the Governing Body for consideration of
the downtown parking amendments.


Downtown Parking

City Attorney Amanda Stanley stated at the Governing Body meeting May 6, 2025 the proposed
Downtown Parking ordinance and resolution was voted to return to the Policy & Finance
Committee for review of codes and review suggestions by Councilmembers Karen Hiller and
Neil Dobler.

Deputy Director Public Works Jason Tryon spoke to the proposed ordinance amended version
dated May 6, 2025 Line 142 stating ‘No parking meter zones shall be established on Kansas
Avenue Between 6th Avenue and 10th Street’. He added that currently there is no parking meters
on Kansas Avenue and is restricted to a 2-hour parking limit. He continued to speak to the
suggestions by Councilmember Hiller and summarized (1) elimination of the College Hill TIFF
district (2) eliminating language of physical meters and hoods and using terms for appropriate
signage for time restricted parking (3) using words where appropriate “payment or payment
method” (4) using language to state how much parking you are getting for the amount of money
is being paid (5) increase cost range to $120.

City Attorney Stanley stated that there should be consideration of whether a resolution is needed
and for the ordinance include specifics for dates.

Committee chair Duncan asked for confirmation on the current ordinance as written allows the
City to move forward the parking garage rates. Stanley responded there was no action needed to
clarify the garage rates.




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Committee chair Duncan supports the proposed ordinance amendments that Councilmember
Karen Hiller provided; besides College Hill language.

MOTION: Committee chair Duncan made a motion to adopt the ordinance, with Hillers
amendments, and move forward to the Governing Body for action. Committee chair Miller
seconded. Motion approved 3-0-0.

Committee chair Duncan supports Councilmember Neil Dobler proposed amendment regulating
parking downtown for no metered parking zones on Kansas Avenue between 6th Avenue and 10th
Street.

Committee member Hoferer asked for clarification on Food Truck parking and reserved loading
zones. Tryon stated space can be reserved for the purpose of operating a food truck provided the
applicant has a downtown business address. He added there would be stalls with signage to
allow a 15-minute zone specified for loading and unloading. The proposal is to have one 15-
minute zone stall every half block, not directly in front of a particular business.

City Attorney Stanley stated the proposed amendments from Councilmember Hiller and Dobler
that there will need to have some changes for language in regards to referencing the amendments
to ensure there are no conflicts.

Councilmember Hiller spoke to having the proposed ordinance give City staff the authority to set
prices on particular parking stall rates. She added her support for City Attorney Stanley’s
suggestion to have the ordinance only. She also expressed the importance to keep in mind the
pricing to benefit the businesses to help them thrive.

MOTION: Committee chair Duncan made a motion to adopt the language of no parking meter
zones shall be established on Kansas Avenue between 6th and 10th Street, subject to wordsmithing
the changes from proposed Hiller amendments, and move forward to the Governing Body for
action. Committee chair Miller seconded. Motion approved 3-0-0.
Deputy Director Public Works Tryon spoke to the implementation date which is currently set by
City staff. The proposed start date would be January 1, 2026 on 100 blocks east and west of
Kansas Avenue. He spoke to parking garages that are currently under renovation; once they are
fully accessible then rates would go into force.

City Attorney Stanley stated the ordinance directs staff to have an implementation date, but the
resolution sets the dates.

Committee chair Duncan supports the Governing Body having the opportunity to have
discussion for the resolution implementation date.

MOTION: Committee chair Duncan made a motion to approve the amendment to add January 1,
2026 start date for parking meters on the 100 blocks of Kansas and move forward to the
Governing Body for action. Committee member seconded. Motion approved 3-0-0.

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DATE: June 10, 2025
CONTACT PERSON: Mat Mullen, Senior DOCUMENT #:
 Attorney
SECOND PARTY/SUBJECT: TECHS Inc. PROJECT #:
CATEGORY/SUBCATEGORY 013 Ordinances - Codified / 160 Franchises
CIP PROJECT: No
ACTION OF COUNCIL: Discussion 06-03-25. JOURNAL #:
 PAGE #:

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:

ORDINANCE introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez, providing for a nonexclusive franchise to
TECHS, Inc. to operate an ambulance service within the City of Topeka until December 31, 2026.

Voting Requirement: Action requires at least six (6) votes of the Governing Body.

 (Approval would grant TECHS, Inc., a nonexclusive franchise agreement.)

VOTING REQUIREMENTS:
Action requires at least six (6) votes of the Governing Body.
POLICY ISSUE:
Approval would grant TECHS Inc. a franchise agreement to provide ambulance services to city residents.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the Governing Body move to adopt the ordinance.
BACKGROUND:
When the City learned there were businesses operating ambulance services without franchise agreements, those
businesses were contacted and advised that a franchise must be granted for them to operate legally. The City
received the application from TECHS Inc. on May 12, 2025.
BUDGETARY IMPACT:
The franchise application fee is $1500 and annual revenue for ambulance fees is $275 per ambulance.
SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Not Applicable

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Ordinance
Application
 1 (Published in the Topeka Metro News _______________________________________)
 2
 3 ORDINANCE NO. _____________
 4
 5 AN ORDINANCE introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez, providing for a
 6 nonexclusive franchise to TECHS, Inc. to operate an ambulance
 7 service within the City of Topeka until December 31, 2026.
 8
 9 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF TOPEKA, KANSAS:
10
11 Section 1. Authority.

12 This franchise ordinance is passed and approved by the Governing Body of the

13 City of Topeka, Kansas, and enacted pursuant to K.S.A. 12-2001 and the authority found

14 and provided for in Chapter 5.25 TMC.

15 Section 2. Satisfactory qualifications.

16 The Governing Body of the City of Topeka, Kansas, has considered the legal,

17 character, financial, and other qualifications of the applicant and has found TECHS, Inc.,

18 hereinafter “TECHS,” to be qualified in all respects to own, maintain and operate an

19 ambulance service in the City of Topeka, Kansas, hereinafter “City.” The Governing Body

20 of the City of Topeka finds that public convenience will be promoted and public necessity

21 requires such ambulance service under the terms and provisions of Chapter 5.25 TMC.

22 Section 3. Service.

23 The maintenance and operation of an ambulance service by TECHS in the City

24 shall be in accordance with prevailing standards of care in the ambulance industry. All

25 TECHS personnel and ambulances shall be fully licensed or certified as required by law.

26 TECHS shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and City laws, rules, regulations,

27 codes, and other requirements in connection with the operation of the ambulance service.

28 Section 4. Franchise grant.

29 Pursuant to the provisions of TMC 5.25.040, a nonexclusive franchise is granted

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30 to TECHS to own, maintain, and operate an ambulance service within the City. Said

31 nonexclusive franchise is granted through and including December 31, 2026 and shall

32 vest all rights, privileges and immunities of an ambulance service franchise with TECHS;

33 however, said nonexclusive franchise shall be subject to and conditioned upon all of the

34 terms, duties and obligations found in the laws of the State of Kansas, Chapter 5.25 TMC,

35 and this franchise ordinance.

36 Section 5. Payments to the City.

37 Consideration for the rights, privileges, and immunities granted to TECHS includes

38 the benefits to be derived by the citizens of the City of Topeka from the maintenance and

39 operation of an ambulance service under the terms and conditions of this franchise

40 ordinance.

41 (a) The ambulance service franchise application fee prescribed by TMC 5.10.040

42 has been paid to the City Clerk.

43 (b) On or before July 1, 2025 after passage of this franchise ordinance, the fees

44 set forth in TMC 5.10.040(b) are due, including the business fee and an ambulance fee

45 for each TECHS ambulance in operation in the City of Topeka. An ambulance fee for

46 each additional ambulance placed into operation after the initial fee payment is due at the

47 time the additional ambulance is licensed.

48 (c) On or before January 1st of each year within the term of this franchise

49 ordinance, the fee set forth in TMC 5.10.040(c) for each ambulance to be renewed is due.

50 (d) Within 30 days of the presentation of an invoice to TECHS by the City, TECHS

51 shall make payments to the City Treasurer for the following types of assistance:

52 (1) For each Topeka Fire Department response to TECHS’s request for a

53 nonemergency assist of any patient, TECHS shall pay a fee of $250.00 per

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54 transport. For purposes of this subsection, “nonemergency” means any request

55 that was not initiated by a 911 call. Any time that such fee is incurred, Topeka Fire

56 Department shall make written request for payment that includes the date,

57 address, and Topeka Fire Department incident number.

58 Section 6. Reporting.

59 (a) In January of each calendar year, TECHS shall provide to the City copies

60 of all written mutual aid agreements for ambulance service in the City of Topeka or provide

61 written notice that no such agreements exist. Failure to submit this information by the last

62 business day in January shall result in a penalty of $100.00 per day until submitted.

63 (b) In January of each calendar year, TECHS shall provide to the City copies

64 of all written agreements TECHS has entered into in which they are subcontracting for

65 another ambulance service within the City of Topeka or provide written notice that no

66 such agreements exist. Failure to submit this information by the last business day in

67 January shall result in a penalty of $100.00 per day until submitted.

68 (c) In January of each calendar year, TECHS shall provide to the City

69 documentation reporting the number of all ambulances owned and/or operated by TECHS

70 within City limits. Failure to submit this information by the last business day in January

71 shall result in a penalty of $100.00 per day until submitted.

72 (d) In January of each calendar year, TECHS shall provide to the City a copy

73 of all insurance polices as governed by TMC 5.25.140 and Section 7 of this franchise

74 ordinance. Failure to submit this information by the last business day of January shall

75 result in a penalty of $100.00 per day until submitted.

76 (e) Should TECHS no longer be in good standing with the State regarding

77 licenses and certifications, TECHS shall immediately notify the City as to their status and

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 78 the reasons why they are no longer in good standing. Failure to submit this information

 79 shall result in a penalty of $100.00 per day until submitted.

 80 Section 7. Insurance.

 81 Upon the effective date of this franchise ordinance, TECHS shall file with the City

 82 Clerk an insurance policy as required by TMC 5.25.140 and the same shall be approved

 83 as to form by the City Attorney’s office. During the term of this franchise ordinance,

 84 TECHS shall maintain paid insurance coverage according to TMC 5.25.140 and may not

 85 cause any insurance to be cancelled, nor permit any insurance to lapse. City shall be

 86 named as an additional insured on any certificate of coverage issued by the insurer.

 87 Section 8. Acceptance by TECHS.

 88 Operation of an ambulance service within the City by TECHS on or after the

 89 effective date of this franchise ordinance constitutes acceptance of the provisions of the

 90 franchise ordinance. This franchise ordinance shall constitute the entire agreement

 91 between the City and TECHS relating to this franchise, and the same shall supersede

 92 and cancel any prior understandings, agreements, or representations regarding the

 93 subject matter hereof and shall be binding upon the parties, including their successors

 94 and assigns and shall not be amended or further obligations imposed without mutual

 95 written consent of the parties.

 96 Section 9. Remedies of City.

 97 Nothing herein shall limit or preclude the City from seeking remedies at law or in

 98 equity in a court of competent jurisdiction for any violation by TECHS of the laws of the

 99 State of Kansas or any ordinance of the City. All conditions of the ambulance franchise

100 shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Kansas.

101 Section 10. Forfeiture.

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102 Any material and substantial fraud, misrepresentation or default of the terms,

103 duties and obligations imposed upon TECHS by the laws of the State of Kansas, Chapter

104 5.25 TMC or by this franchise ordinance shall constitute grounds for forfeiture of this

105 nonexclusive franchise ordinance. The City shall notify TECHS in writing of any allegation

106 of a material and substantial fraud, misrepresentation or default and shall hold a public

107 hearing before the Governing Body of the City of Topeka on the merits of such allegations.

108 Said public hearing shall be held within 30 days after the notification to TECHS and shall

109 be adjudicative in character but shall not bar the rights of any parties to pursue judicial

110 review. Within 10 days following the conclusion of such hearing, the Governing Body of

111 the City of Topeka shall act with respect to such forfeiture and shall submit a written

112 statement to TECHS. This franchise ordinance shall not be forfeited unless the Governing

113 Body of the City of Topeka finds that there has been a material and substantial fraud,

114 misrepresentation or default on the part of TECHS so as to justify a forfeiture. In such

115 case a notice of forfeiture shall be provided to TECHS. In the event this franchise

116 ordinance is forfeited, TECHS shall, within 180 days of its receipt of notice of forfeiture,

117 cease operation of an ambulance service hereunder.

118 Section 11. Surrender.

119 If, during the term of this franchise ordinance, TECHS does not earn a fair rate of

120 return upon the value of property used and useful in providing such ambulance service

121 for a period of six months; and it is determined by TECHS that it would not be practical,

122 possible or in the public interest to cure the deficiency by an increase in rates and/or a

123 reduction in service; and TECHS has given notice of surrender to the City; then TECHS

124 upon 180 days’ written notice to the City Clerk may elect to surrender this franchise

125 ordinance and cease operation of the ambulance service hereunder. “Fair rate of return”

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126 means receipt of revenues for patient charges and public funds, if any, to include the sum

127 of operating costs, depreciation reserves, growth and development costs and

128 management fees.

129 Section 12. Transfer.

130 Only upon written approval of the Governing Body of the City of Topeka may the

131 rights and obligations of TECHS pursuant to this franchise ordinance, be transferred to a

132 person meeting the requirements for an ambulance service, as determined by the laws

133 and regulations of the State and the City at the time of the contemplated transfer. Any

134 approved transferee shall, without limitation, assume all the duties and obligations of

135 TECHS and TECHS shall be released of all future rights, duties, and obligations arising

136 from this franchise ordinance.

137 Section 13. Hold harmless.

138 TECHS shall hold the City harmless for all liability, damages, costs and expenses

139 of every kind for the payment of which the City may become liable to any person by reason

140 of the rights and privileges herein granted and, if any action either at law or in equity be

141 brought against the City for damages or for any cost to the City for any fault of TECHS,

142 its servants, agents, or employees, in the operation of its ambulance service, TECHS

143 shall pay all costs, damages and expenses including costs of defense for which the City

144 may be held liable.

145 Section 14. Severability.

146 If any provision, section, sentence or clause of this franchise ordinance or its

147 application to any person or set of circumstances is for any reason held unconstitutional,

148 void, or invalid, the validity of the remaining portions of this franchise ordinance shall not

149 be affected.

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150 Section 15. Effective date.

151 This franchise ordinance shall take effect and be in force after its passage,

152 approval and publication in the official City newspaper in the manner prescribed by law,

153 and shall be binding upon TECHS upon the conditions set forth herein.

154 PASSED AND APPROVED by the Governing Body on ____________________.
155
156 CITY OF TOPEKA, KANSAS
157
158
159
160 __________________________________
161 Michael A. Padilla, Mayor
162 ATTEST:
163
164
165
166 _______________________________
167 Brenda Younger, City Clerk




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TECHS Inc was established in 2000. It has grown to be one of the largest EMS providers
in the State of Kansas. TECHS Inc currently operates 4 County 911 Services. It provides
inter-facility transfer services to all of Kansas and has numerous locations. We have an
in-house education department that not only provides internal education but also external
education. We have provided classes for numerous personnel and departments in Topeka
and Shawnee County.


TECHS Inc is proud to be one of the few Kansas owned and operated EMS organizations
in the State. The owners/operators, Brent Teter and Jay Watkins are both paramedics with
combined experience of over 60 years in EMS and over 50 years as business owners and
operators. We proudly serve many communities.
 TECHS Inc
 List of Vehicles
 Serving the City of Topeka

Vehicle # Chassis Manufacturer Ambulance Manufacturer Year
  358 Ford Osage Industries 2024
  353 Ford Osage Industries 2020
 VIN KBEMS #
1FDBW2CG4RKA88060 865
1FDBW2CG0LKB61819 865
 TECHS Inc

 Chief Exec Officer Chief Exec Officer
  Brent W Teter Jay A Watkins

Exec Resource Officer Business Office Man. Exec Regional Dir Director of Education Regional Med Director
 Danielle Orr Jacque Jacobsen Con Olson Donna Connell Dr Armand Heyns

 Exec Reg Asst Dir
 Donna Connell


 Captain Captain
 Chad Beckley Ronette Robinson



 Lieutenant Lieutenant Comm Ctr Manager Shift Coordinator Secured Tx - Lead
 Kris Dodds Nina Stevenson Erika Wolf Caroline Cain Bob Powers


  FLEX Scheduler HR / Payroll / Benefits Training QA Coordinator Vehicle/Facility Maint
 Danielle Orr Brent Teter Chad Beckley Ronette Robinson Jay Watkins

 Scheduler EVOC Instructor Supply Off - Topeka Supply Off - Lawrence Medical Supply Coord
 Erika Wolf Patrick Morey Kitty Boydston Tony Burr Jay Watkins




Organizational Chart April 1st 2025
JACKSON COUNTY EMS
Unit: 358Year: 2024
Make: Ford
VIN: 1FDBW2CG4RKA88060
Type: Raised Van
Expiration Date: 04/30/2026

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
900 SW JACKSON ROOM 1031 TOPEKA, KS
LICENSE TO BE DISPLAYED IN LICENSED AMBULANCE AT ALL TIMES
 TRANSIT MANIFEST (KITS)

 BLACK JUMP BAG INTUBATION MODULE CARDIAC MONITOR
 MAIN COMPARTMENT TOP ZIPPER POCKET #1 2 10 cc Syringe 1/ea 4 & 12 Lead EKG Cables
  1 Adult BVM 1 Manual BP Cuff 1 Laryngoscope Handle 1/ea BP Cuff (Sizes 7-13)
  1 Normal Saline 500 or 1000 ml* 1 Stethoscope 4/ea Mac (curved) & Miller (straight) >20 Adult Electrodes
1/ea iGel (4, 5, 6)* 1 Emesis Bag 1 Endo-Lock ETT holders [Adult] 1 SpO2 cable
 YELLOW POUCH 1 Trauma Shears 1 1" Tape 1/ea Combo Pad* [A & P]
2/ea IV Caths (16, 18, 22, 24 ga)* TOP ZIPPER POCKET #2 1 ETCO2 Filter line- ET 1/ea ETCO2 - ET & NC
>5 Tegaderms 1 Rib Belt/Fx Strap 1 Stylet 1 Roll Paper
  1 Sharps Shuttle 1 SAM Splint 1 Oral Airway - Kit 2 Disp. Razor
  2 Tourniquet 2 ABD pads 1 Nasal Airway - Kit 1 Temp Probe - Zoll
  1 1" Tape 5 Gauze Pads (4x4) 1/ea ET Tubes [6-8.5 sizes]* 2 Disp. SpO2 (Ad/Ped Combo)
 >5 Alcohol Preps 1 Kerlix 2/ea Extra Batteries & Light Bulbs
 >5 Gauze Pads (2x2) 1 Coban 1 Magill Forceps
 BLACK POUCH LEFT ZIPPER POCKET 1 BAAM
  2 Saline Flushes* 1 Hot Pack
1/ea 60 gtt, 10 gtt, Extension Set 1 Cold Pack PEDIATRIC KIT
  1 EZ-IO Drill MIDDLE ZIPPER POCKET 1 BVM-Infant 1 NS 500 ml*
2/ea EZ-IO Adult, XL Adult Needle 1/ea ETCO2 (NC & ET) 1 BVM-Pediatric 2/ea IV Cath* [16, 18, 20, 22, 24 ga]
  1 Lidocaine 100 mg* 1 Nasal Cannula 2 NRB-Infant 1 60 gtt, 10 gtt and Extension Set
2/ea Syringe (1 cc, 5cc, 10cc) 1 Non-Rebreather Mask 2 NRB-Pediatric 2 Saline Flushes
 ORANGE POUCH 1 Nebulizer 1 NC-Pediatric 1 Sharps Shuttle
 1 Pressure Infusion Bag RIGHT ZIPPER POCKET 1 Oral Airways 2 Tourniquet
 LID POUCH 2 CAT Tourniquets* 1/ea ET Tubes* [2.5 - 6.0] w/ stylet 1 1" Tape
 1 Trauma Dreessing 1 2" Tape 2 Pediatric Endo-Lock ETT holder >5 Alcohol Preps
 1 Decompression Kit 2 Petroleum Gauze 1 Meconium Aspirator >5 Tegaderms
 1 Surigcal Cric Kit 1 Magill Forceps >5 Gauze Pads (2x2)
 1/ea iGel Airway (1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5) & EndoLock 1 Pediatric Drug reference
 MEDICATION KIT 1 BP Cuff - Pediatric 1/ea Stethoscope - Pediatric & Infant
 Adenosine 24 mg* 3 Albuterol*
 Amiodarone 750 mg* 1/btl Asprin 81 mg* CRIC KIT DECOMPRESSION KIT
 Benadryl 100 mg* 1 Atropine 1 mg* PFS 5 Iodine 5 Iodine
 Glucagon 1 mg* 3 DuoNeb* 1 10 cc syringe 1 10 cc syringe
 Magnesium 5 gm* 2 Epi 1:1,K Ampule 1 mg* 1 Scalpel 1 3-way stopcok
 Narcan 2 mg* 5 Epi 1:10,K 1 mg* PFS 1 14 ga IV cath 2 14 ga decompression needle
 Solumedrol 80 mg* 2 Lidocaine 100mg* PFS 2 Gauze pads (4x) 2 Gauze pads (4x4)
 Zofran 16 mg* 1 Oral Glucose* 1 3.0 ETT adapter
3/ea Syringe 1 cc, 5cc, 10 cc 2 Fitler Needles 1 4" Kelly Curved Forceps
  1 M.A.D. Atomizer 2 Hypodermic Needles
 V2
 01/01/2024
 UNIT MANIFEST (Transits)

 TRAUMA SUPPLIES AIRWAY OTHER ITEMS IV KIT
 2 Trauma Dressings 1 Adult BVM 1 LSB 3/ea IV Cath* [16, 18, 20, 22 ga]
 2 Burn Sheets 3 Adult NRB 1 Splint Kit (Rigid or Vacuum) 1 Sharps Shuttle
 4 4" Kerlix 3 Adult Nasal Cannula 1 Traction Splint 2 Tourniquet
 1 Fx Straps 3 Nebulizer 1 KED Board 1 1" Tape
 10 5x9 Abd. Pads 1 ET Tube Holder Adult 1 Pediatric Board >5 Alcohol Preps
 10 Sterile 4x4 Gauze 1 Oral Airway Kit (6 sizes) 1 Collar Bag (4/ea Adult & Ped Selectables) >5 Tegaderms
 1 SAM Splint 1 Bougie* (15fr). 2 Head Beds >5 Gauze Pads (2x2)
 2 Sets Posey restraints 1 Ea. Adult ET Tubes* (6.0-8.5) 1 Stair Chair (Primary units) 2 Saline Flushes*
 2 Rolls 2" Tape 1 02 Tubing 2/ea 60 gtt, 10 gtt, Extension Set
 2 Rolls 1" Tape 1 Disposable Humidifier 2/ea Syringe (1 cc, 5cc, 10cc)
 2 Trianglular Bandages 1/ea Suction Cath Kit* (8, 12, 16) MISC. SUPPLIES
 1 Pen Light 2 Suction Cath Tip & Tubing >5 Cot Sheets IV SUPPLIES
 1 Thermometer 2 Suction Canisters >5 Pillow Cases 3 IV Pump Tubing
 4 Cold Packs 4 Convenience Bags 3 Dial-a-Flow Extension Sets
 4 Heat Packs MEDICATIONS 2 02 Tanks D (1 spare; 1 on cot) 1 Glucometer
 4 Vaseline Gauze* 1 Act Charcoal w/o Sorb* 2 Fire Ext. 1 Ea. Infusion Bag (1000ml)
 2 Coban 1 Act Charcoal w/ Sorb* 2 OB Kits* 3 NS 1000cc*
 1 Saran Wrap 1 Atropine* 1 Urinal 2 NS 1000cc* (cold)
 2 Trauma Shears 1 Calcium* 1 Bed Pan 1 Huber Needle*
 1 Bottles Sterile Water (1000 ml)* 1 Children's Tylenol* 1 Stethoscope
 1 Ring Cutter 1 D50* >2 Blankets CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
 5 Epi 1:10,000* 1 Pillow Versed 20 mg*
 CARDIAC MONITOR SUPPLIES 1/ea Levophed* + NS 250ml* 3 Towels & Wash Cloths Fentanyl 1000 mcg*
 1 Adult Combo Pad* 2 Lidocaine* PFS 1 Body Bag Zofran 4 mg*
 1 Ped. Combo Pad* 1 Nitro Infusion* 1 Mega Mover &/or Lift Tarp Ketamine (L) 200 mg*
 >40 Adult Electrodes 1 Narcan 2 mg* 1 Cocoon Wrap Ketmaine (S) 1000 mg*
 1 ETCO2 - ET 1 Sodium Bicarb* >25 Triage Tags Propofol 400 mg*
 1 ETCO2 - NC 1 Propofol 100 cc* 3 Reflective Vests Vecuronium 20 mg*
 1 Roll Paper 1 D5W or D10 (500cc)* Saline 20 ml*
 2 Disp. Razor 2/ea NS (100cc)* MISC. EQUIPMENT Etomidate 40 mg*
 1 Disp. Temp Probe* - Zoll 4/ea Syringe (1c, 5cc,10cc) 1 On board suction w/ Tubing/Tip Toradol 30 mg*
 1 Extra Battery 10 NS Flushes* 1 Port. Suction w/ Tubing/Tip & Fr. Cath Kit 3 M.A.D. Atomizer
 1 Power supply - Zoll 1/ea Suction Cath Kit* (8, 12, 16) 3 Syringes 1cc, 5cc, 10cc
 SERVICE SPECIFIC / PRIMARY ONLY 2 Flashlights
 PPE SUPPLIES 1 Pediatric traction splint 1 Puffs Tissues REFRIDGERATORS
 >2 Red Bio Bags 1 IV pump w/ 2 tubing sets 1 Cellphone (Primary units) 2 Succinylcholine*
 2 Pr. Eye Goggles 1 Ventilator & vent circuits 1 Stryker charger/spare battery 2 Lorazepam*
 4 Face Mask/Eye Shield 1 Bear-iatric Device 1 Disinfectant wipe tub 2 Diltiazem*
 4 Gowns 1 LUCAS & Charger (DCEMS) 1 On board sharps container 2 NS (1000 cc)*
 4 N95 Resp. Mask 1 Child Safety Seat or Pedi-Mate
 4 Chucks
 V2
Items are not specificed to a specific cabinet 01/01/2024
 City of Topeka
 Council Action Form
 Council Chambers
 214 SE 8th Street
 Topeka, Kansas 66603
 www.topeka.org
 June 10, 2025


DATE: June 10, 2025
CONTACT PERSON: Nicole Malott DOCUMENT #:
SECOND PARTY/SUBJECT: Utility Bill Real Estate PROJECT #:
 Liens Ordinance
CATEGORY/SUBCATEGORY 014 Ordinances – Non-Codified / 008 Special Assessments
CIP PROJECT: No
ACTION OF COUNCIL: Discussion 6/10/2025 JOURNAL #:
 PAGE #:

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:

DISCUSSION related to the imposition of real estate liens on properties that have received utility
services and failed to pay for such services.

(Imposing real estate liens, pursuant to K.S.A. 12-808c, upon certain lots and pieces of ground in Shawnee
County, Kansas.)

VOTING REQUIREMENTS:
Discussion only. Action requires at least (6) votes of the Governing Body.

POLICY ISSUE:
Whether to authorize the imposition of liens on properties that have received utility services but have failed to pay
for such services.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the Governing Body move to adopt the ordinance.
BACKGROUND:
The customers identified in this document are delinquent in payment of charges assessed by the City.
State law permits the City to institute a lien on the property of these customers in order to recover
payment. The assessment of real estate liens have proven to be a much more effective means of
collecting unpaid utility bills than turning them over to the City’s collection agency.
BUDGETARY IMPACT:
Collection of delinquent utility accounts in the amount of $426,159.25.
SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Not Applicable

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Presentation
Draft Ordinance (May 28, 2028)
Utility Lien Fact Sheet 2025
  2025 Utilities
Lien Ordinance
Collection Methods 2


 Average
 Collection Rate


 Lien Assessment 98%
 Collection Agency 36%
Important Dates 3




  May 8th - Letters mailed to delinquent customers
 • 792 Utility Accounts for $446,933.27

  June 10th – Governing Body Non-Action Item
 • 724 Utility Accounts for $424,887.32

  June 17th – Governing Body Action Item

  July 15th – Final Lien list sent to the County
 1 (Published in the Topeka Metro News _______________________________________)
 2
 3 ORDINANCE NO. _____________
 4
 5 AN ORDINANCE introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez, imposing a real
 6 estate lien pursuant to K.S.A. 12-808c upon certain lots and pieces
 7 of ground in Shawnee County, Kansas, to pay the cost for utility
 8 services where such payments to the City have not been made due
 9 to neglect, failure or refusal to pay.
10
11 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF TOPEKA,

12 KANSAS:

13 Section 1. That there be and is hereby instituted a real estate lien upon the

14 following described lots and pieces of ground in Shawnee County, Kansas, pursuant to

15 K.S.A. 12-808c:

 Property ID Number Property Owner of Record Service Address Amount

 1083303009001000 280L LLC 312 SE SWYGART ST $308.47
 1093104007013000 730 PROPERTIES LLC 730 S KANSAS AVE 200 $523.65
 1093104007013000 730 PROPERTIES LLC 732 S KANSAS AVE 200 $523.65
 1082803026009000 A & A REAL ESTATE LLC 414 NE GRATTAN ST $323.95
 1093102019005000 A PLUS INVESTMENTS LLC 617 SW 5TH ST 2 $529.67
 1410104013014000 ABAD B CALERO JR 1829 SW FILLMORE ST $504.48
 1320402009004000 ABELARDO CABELLO 722 SE GOLDEN AVE $519.68
 0973603002011000 ADONIS PAUSTE 1041 SW GARFIELD AVE $510.35
 1330802017011000 ADRIAN A CHILSON 2350 SE MARYLAND AVE $547.55
 1083303028011000 AJKB LLC 2504 SE 6TH AVE $551.44
 1330801012011000 ALBERT E ANNO 2233 SE MINNESOTA AVE $442.07
 1330801012002020 ALBERT E ANNO 1623 SE SAGE ST $282.70
 1083403006005000 ALDO BERMUDEZ 334 SE RODGERS ST $484.31
 1083303025006000 ALEJANDRO GARAY 518 SE BURR ST $519.57
 1341703009062000 ALEX GARDENHIRE 1032 SE 35TH TER $529.67
 1330604007007000 ALFONSO GUTIERREZ 1904 S KANSAS AVE $390.97
 1320301001011000 ALLEN ROSE 3500 LLC 3510 SE 7TH ST $519.68
 1320301001021000 ALLEN ROSE 3500 LLC 3530 SE 7TH ST $519.65
 1320301001015000 ALLEN ROSE 3500 LLC 3518 SE 7TH ST $519.68
 1320301001016000 ALLEN ROSE 3500 LLC 3520 SE 7TH ST $519.68
 1320301001019000 ALLEN ROSE 3500 LLC 3526 SE 7TH ST $519.68
 1320301001022000 ALLEN ROSE 3500 LLC 3532 SE 7TH ST $519.68
 1320301001023000 ALLEN ROSE 3500 LLC 3534 SE 7TH ST $519.68


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1320301001017000 ALLEN ROSE 3500 LLC 3522 SE 7TH ST $171.98
1330602028010000 ALLEN WOOD 1628 SW HARRISON ST $519.68
1410104027013000 ALVIN LESLIE CHRISTOPHER 2017 SW FILLMORE ST $504.48
1093102009002000 AMERICAN SERVICES INC 611 SW 4TH ST $243.52
1092902036012000 AMY L MILLER 801 N KANSAS AVE $636.04
1092902001009000 ANASTOSIO MUNOZ 1304 NE MONROE ST $526.40
1330602028015000 ANDREW H SOTO 1627 SW VAN BUREN ST $105.39
1341801011012000 ANDREW W LANDIS 3140 SE DUPONT ST $540.00
1330803007007000 ANDREW W LANDIS 612 SE 26TH ST $510.82
1083403005001000 ANDREW W LANDIS 305 SE RODGERS ST $518.39
1083403006002000 ANDREW W LANDIS 302 SE RODGERS ST $484.31
1083403006003000 ANDREW W LANDIS 310 SE RODGERS ST $518.39
1093103005003000 ANDREW W LANDIS 609 SW 8TH AVE $519.68
1093103005002000 ANDREW W LANDIS 605 SW 8TH AVE $465.49
1093103005004000 ANDREW W LANDIS 611 SW 8TH AVE $519.68
1092904008036000 ANGELINA L SAMPLE 547 NE WILSON AVE $383.94
1330602028014000 ANITA R MORGAN 1625 SW VAN BUREN ST $211.52
1341701007015000 ANN L KUCK 3017 SE MINNESOTA AVE $473.72
1092902002005000 ANNA KING 1322 NE QUINCY ST $526.36
0973601005006000 ANNETTE BILLINGS 518 SW GARFIELD AVE $546.28
1330601026020000 ANTHONY M GREEN 1529 SE MONROE ST $519.68
1092902021021000 ANTHONY R PAILLETTE 1033 NW CENTRAL AVE $525.22
1093003007015000 ANTHONY W GRIFFIN 135 SW CLAY ST $476.08
1341703014014000 ANTHRON T GAMBLE 1224 SE 36TH ST $719.54
0973604015013000 ANTWONE DWAYNE MCAFEE 1208 SW MUNSON AVE $492.50
1330501009003000 ARDRUA GURDEN 1104 SE LOCUST ST $517.27
1341902003019000 ARKAGAS LLC 3840 SW TOPEKA BLVD $1,891.65
1420303005046000 ARLENE K ROBINSON 1905 SW CREST DR $518.75
1461301006020000 ARLENE SLAYTER 1208 SW 31ST TER $270.42
1320403022001000 ARTEMIO Q GALVAN 2012 SE GOLDEN AVE $280.02
1330601025009000 ARTRIE L BELL 1526 S KANSAS AVE $469.07
1410102014026000 ASAP HOLDINGS LLC 1317 SW MULVANE ST $293.51
0972503035024000 ASAP HOLDINGS LLC 427 SW JEWELL AVE $134.59
1093003010016000 ASAP HOLDINGS LLC 119 SW TAYLOR ST $181.49
1410101029013000 ASAP HOLDINGS LLC 1624 SW CENTRAL PARK AVE $162.09
1330702006015000 ASHLEY L WOOD 2337 SW HARRISON ST $1,070.48
1421003009023000 BARBARA HOUK 5006 SW SHUNGA DR $517.13
1411201019002000 BARBARA J LEWIS 2400 SW FILLMORE ST $540.00
1420403006003000 BARBARA L SIMMER 1713 SW ARROWHEAD RD $520.95
0973604026030000 BARRY G RICHARDSON 1209 SW FILLMORE ST $537.30
0993204001006000 BC CAPITAL INC 6217 SW 10TH AVE $859.65
1093001013011000 BEN LAMOND INVESTMENTS LLC 1023 NW EUGENE ST $161.10
1093102010026000 BENITO A DEVAUGHN 405 SW POLK ST $505.67
1052104015004000 BETH E FLOWERS TRUST 1218 NE CHESTER AVE $541.29

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1910103002004000 BETTY M. ENGLE 6611 SW CRESTWOOD DR $281.70
1330802019004000 BLAKE A MEINEKA 2310 SE MASSACHUSETTS AVE $173.97
1330802011006000 BLANCA C ACOSTA MENDEZ 2220 SE VIRGINIA AVE $390.30
0973603015003000 BOB LLC 1136 SW MULVANE ST $510.35
0973603018009000 BOB LLC 1176 SW MULVANE ST $546.28
0973603015004000 BOB LLC 1138 SW MULVANE ST $546.28
0973603015005000 BOB LLC 1140 SW MULVANE ST $546.28
1430501002002000 BOBO'S DRIVE IN INC 1630 SW ARVONIA PL $539.56
0973602022009000 BRADY B RUSSELL 2322 SW HAZELTON CT $412.87
1072601001009000 BRIAN C APPELHANZ 736 NE KINCAID RD $592.51
1330801009008000 BRIAN C APPELHANZ 1501 SE 22ND ST $566.13
1411101011010000 BRIAN C APPELHANZ 2406 SW 24TH ST $217.97
1911202024003000 BRIAN M FLANAGAN 1413 SW 72ND TER $1,549.06
1341804009061000 BRIANNE H SMITH 3600 SE TRUMAN CT $722.47
1393100001019000 BROCK A GRAY 5825 SE CROSS ST $1,021.59
0973604015017000 BROXTERMAN REMODELING 1111 SW BUCHANAN ST $1,875.78
0973604015017014 BROXTERMAN REMODELING 1121 SW BUCHANAN ST $1,255.93
1092902028005000 BRUCE A TEEL 928 NE MONROE ST $1,226.77
0993101002001000 BRUCE A ZIMMERMAN 7235 SW 10TH ST $508.50
1430604001009000 BRUCE AKEMAN 6938 SW 21ST ST $658.85
1093103012016000 BRUCE T JACOBS 1032 SW WESTERN AVE $519.68
1330502002010000 BYRON J LEWIS JR 1024 SE BRANNER ST $491.34
1410101022001000 C HILL APARTMENTS LLC 1414 SW 16TH ST D $332.48
1410101007001000 C HILL APARTMENTS LLC 1315 SW LANE ST 201 $398.05
1042004004006000 CANDICE D MEDLIN 516 NE PARAMORE ST $526.40
1330803012005000 CANDICE E. ERNZEN 2614 SE VIRGINIA AVE $547.55
0973603022027000 CAREY W COLE 1161 SW JEWELL AVE $903.85
1082803026003000 CARLOS A LOPEZ 432 NE GRATTAN ST $137.95
0973604011008000 CARLOS E MARTINEZ 1022 SW CLAY ST $475.02
1330502013011000 CARLOS RAMOS 804 SE 12TH ST $491.34
1330702019005000 CAROL J JUST 117 SW HILLSIDE DR $325.99
1093002006001000 CAROLEE M FAILER 835 NW BUCHANAN ST $462.08
1082801008009000 CASEY M JAMISON 1116 NE CHESTER AVE $542.47
1082804023017000 CECIL L. MARTIN 531 NE FOREST AVE $541.28
1393002004004010 CENTRAL STATES COMMERCIAL 4700 SW TOPEKA BLVD D $2,772.44
1330504006001000 CENTRAL STATES COMMERCIAL 1213 SE CALIFORNIA AVE $1,691.71
0973604019011000 CENTRO CRISTIANO FAMILIAR 1188 SW WASHBURN AVE $492.50
1320402015002000 CFRET CO 1000 SE BELLVIEW AVE $519.68
1093203027007000 CFRET CO 804 SE 10TH AVE $1,745.84
1330801026017000 CHARLENE BARTON 2431 SE WISCONSIN AVE $512.10
1330504011016000 CHARLES B COLE 1927 SE ILLINOIS AVE $512.10
1092902031004000 CHARLES B NORMAN 916 1/2 NW JACKSON ST $231.02
1421003002029000 CHARLES DINKEL 2521 SW EDGEWATER TER $513.41
0972503006014000 CHARLES M PLOTT 424 NW THE DRIVE $255.14

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1410101028028000 CHARLOTTE B WHEATLEY 1617 SW CENTRAL PARK AVE $540.00
1330602007008000 CHARLOTTE B WHEATLEY 1262 SW WESTERN AVE $519.68
1330701011026000 CHERLION D WHITFIELD 2427 SE ADAMS ST $510.82
1092901003003000 CHESTER L JOHNSON JR 1321 NE MADISON ST $465.06
1093003007012000 CHESTER L JOHNSON JR 1122 SW 2ND ST $476.08
1341901003028000 CHEYENNE GONZALES 3737 SE FREMONT ST $313.43
1320401018014000 CHRISTENE L OWENS 913 SE SHERMAN AVE $438.71
1093102004010000 CHRISTINA JACKSON 305 SW TAYLOR ST $1,463.10
1410101005023000 CHRISTOPHER J WILCOX 1259 SW LINCOLN ST $327.38
1410101005022000 CHRISTOPHER J WILCOX 1261 SW LINCOLN ST $510.86
1410101004009000 CHRISTOPHER J WILCOX 1250 SW LINCOLN ST $937.79
1093102006022000 CHRISTOPHER J WILCOX 317 SW TYLER ST $686.09
1411201005001000 CHRISTOPHER J WRIGHT 2129 SW BUCHANAN ST $538.78
1411201005002000 CHRISTOPHER J WRIGHT 2201 SW BUCHANAN ST $2,301.81
1341703005017000 CHRISTOPHER L CAIN 927 SE 34TH ST $557.60
1341703007028000 CHRISTOPHER L CAIN 1134 SE PINECREST DR $259.22
1320403021001000 CHRISTOPHER L LOVE 1400 SE GOLDEN AVE $446.85
1411202006005000 CHRISTOPHER M SOLIDAY 2212 SW PLASS AVE $587.21
1093201027007000 CHRISTOPHER P LEWIS 325 SE BRANNER ST $240.79
1093203014006000 CIELO L TURRUBIARTES 616 SE BRANNER ST $491.34
1093203014006000 CIELO L TURRUBIARTES 614 SE BRANNER ST $525.92
1082801007003000 CITIMORTGAGE INC 1142 NE WABASH AVE $437.45
1330501014007000 CLARA ALLEN 1316 SE INDIANA AVE $519.68
1320402003007000 CLAUDE D ROSS 632 SE LONG ST $519.57
1330701008011000 CLAUDIA P OLVERA 2411 SE QUINCY CT $173.97
1330502029002000 CLUBCREEK PROPERITES KS LLC 810 SE 15TH ST C $974.99
1330502029002000 CLUBCREEK PROPERITES KS LLC 810 SE 15TH ST $273.01
0973601010008000 CMB PROJECTS LLC 512 SW BUCHANAN ST $258.76
1092902023006010 CODY WADSWORTH 1026 N KANSAS AVE $573.79
1093201025014000 CONCEPTION & RUTH ORTIZ 209 SE CHANDLER ST $486.70
1461402015008000 CONNIE MCWILLIAMS 3210 SW 32ND ST $515.62
1093102021012000 CONNOR LAURINE 628 SW TYLER ST $492.49
1330702019031000 COREY BAIRD 112 SW 27TH ST $491.34
1083303021006000 COURTLAND WILLIAMS 522 SE CALIFORNIA AVE $363.95
1093102008012000 CRYSTAL D ANDREWS 516 SW 5TH ST $494.84
1093201026002000 CRYSTAL L CLARK 202 SE KLEIN ST $138.22
1341804018025000 CURT M ADKINS 308 SE PINECREST DR $442.94
1330704016007000 CURTIS D ODUM JR 2819 SE MADISON ST $510.82
1093001018005004 CYNDI L STANG 912 NW HARRISON ST $526.40
1320401018006000 DALE WRIGHT 924 SE WEAR AVE $484.31
1320401018007000 DALE WRIGHT 930 SE WEAR AVE $518.39
1320401014011000 DALE WRIGHT 831 SE WEAR AVE $484.31
1330601001009000 DAMIAN DELGADO 1018 SE JEFFERSON ST $503.21
1082801024001000 DAN DEDRICK 949 NE WABASH AVE $713.73

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0972503029003000 DANIEL L OSBORN 208 SW ORCHARD ST $397.75
1341804019021000 DANIEL REYES DEJESUS 305 SE PINECREST DR $93.33
1093203029010000 DANNY R STANO 816 SE BRANNER ST $525.92
1083303034005000 DARREL A ARREDONDO 2201 SE 6TH AVE $2,577.46
1341804019029000 DARRYL L HAYNES 3506 SE GIRARD ST $149.35
0983402006009000 DAVID A GRAHAM III 4630 SW 9TH ST $728.61
1421001020017000 DAVID B LOGAN 2409 SW DUNCAN DR $547.55
1330602015005000 DAVID COBIN 1412 SW VAN BUREN ST $519.68
1421002005005000 DAVID E GILLISPIE 2124 SW MEADOW LN $525.92
1341703018003000 DAVID F PARRE 1001 SE 36TH ST $914.94
0972503042010000 DAVID L MACKLIN 400 SW JEWELL AVE $1,952.66
1330601021005000 DAVID V KENT 502 SE 15TH ST $162.94
1041904002002000 DAVID W RULE 806 NW WADDELL ST $522.62
1421003003017000 DAVID W. JENSSEN 2625 SW VALLEY BROOK LN $517.13
1341701014009000 DAWNA KING 1700 SE 32ND ST $518.39
1093201014015000 DEBORAH HERTZBERG 119 NE LAKE ST $541.28
1330604016007000 DEBRA K POLANCO 2064 S KANSAS AVE $844.43
1093004008001010 DEGGINGER FOUNDRY INC 436 NW CRANE ST $2,203.06
1093102020015000 DEL MONTE LC 506 SW 6TH AVE $1,625.72
1093104006004000 DEL MONTE LC 124 SW 8TH AVE $323.05
1093104006004000 DEL MONTE LC 120 SW 8TH AVE $213.36
1041703006012000 DELBERT L KAHLER 118 NW LYMAN RD $515.18
0973602028014000 DEMETRIUS SCAIFE 942 SW JEWELL AVE $203.53
1093102009008020 DENISE CABRAL 416 SW POLK ST $529.67
0973601010001000 DENISE PATTON 501 SW CLAY ST $150.10
1030704001024000 DENNIS J NORBY 3112 NW ROCHESTER RD $1,115.32
0973602005004000 DERYCK J JENKINS 615 SW LINDENWOOD AVE $150.10
1330603008004000 DERYCK J JENKINS 1908 SW VAN BUREN ST $149.04
1041904005013000 DIXON J VINCENT 1509 NW POLK ST $526.40
1041704002018000 DOG DAY AFTERNOON INC 121 NE US 24 HWY $133.69
1330503015002000 DOMINEK C MILLER 1700 SE WASHINGTON ST $512.10
1461303012008000 DONALD A JOHNSON 1711 SW TARA AVE $577.20
1410201028013000 DONALD E SCHEETZ 1515 SW COLLINS AVE $546.28
1421003003013000 DONALD G FORTIN 2612 SW HILLCREST RD $517.08
0973604017025000 DONALD G FORTIN 1153 SW LANE ST $565.02
1093003014011000 DONALD HARMON 224 SW TAYLOR ST $789.55
1042002006015000 DONALD R BAILEY 118 NW STUDER ST $515.18
0973502022016000 DONALD T YATES 923 SW SALINE ST $511.54
1330602030006000 DONNA DILLARD 1604 SW TYLER ST $365.91
1410101028001000 DREAM MAKERS REAL ESTATE PROS 1601 SW CENTRAL PARK AVE $258.68
1042004006011000 DREAM MAKERS REAL ESTATE PROS 408 NE ST JOHN ST $217.33
1411201021005000 DREAM MAKERS REAL ESTATE PROS 2518 SW CENTRAL PARK AVE $258.68
1911202004022000 DUANE L. HERRMANN 7033 SW TOWERVIEW LN $416.38
1410102001011000 DUSTIN J REICHART 1284 SW GARFIELD AVE $540.00

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1042003002011000 EARL H IRELAND II 124 NW HOLMAN ST $495.39
1330501009002000 EAST BRANCH BAPT CHURCH 1100 SE LOCUST ST $589.44
0973603006020000 EASTSIDE CHURCH OF GOD 1007 SW JEWELL AVE $546.28
1330502021003000 EDDIE L SMITH JR 1400 SE WASHINGTON ST $1,556.16
0972503022001000 EDGAR ESCALERA 2101 SW 1ST ST $505.67
1341703003038000 EDGAR HERNANDEZ 904 SE 33RD TER $334.68
1083303021018000 EDGAR S MATEOS 519 SE SWYGART ST $485.52
1082804020003000 EDITH VANOVER 620 NE OAKLAND AVE $538.63
1093202021002000 EDMUNDO J ACOSTA 300 SE HANCOCK ST $149.09
1083303013001000 EDNA LYNN COMBS 301 SE ALKIRE ST $181.61
1082804019016000 EDUARDO DELREAL-LOPEZ 525 NE ARTER AVE $545.45
1093204017006000 EDUARDO ROJAS ZAMUDIO 420 SE LAFAYETTE ST $239.66
1461403017002000 EDWARD E SCOTT 3621 SW 36TH ST $557.12
1030503001015000 EDWARD J VYSKOCIL SR 122 NW 39TH ST $174.00
1330804015017000 EL POBLANO PROPERTIES LLC 2733 SE CALIFORNIA AVE $1,578.17
1410101003003000 EL SHADDAI CHURCH 1248 SW BUCHANAN ST $893.75
1330801027006000 ELIAS SOLIS 2430 SE ILLINOIS AVE $523.56
1320402016005000 ELIZABETH A ORTIZ 918 SE GOLDEN AVE $327.58
1330801002004000 EMPORIUM HOLDINGS INC 1821 SE 21ST ST $1,457.14
1411201013007000 ENRIQUE S RIVAS MUNOS 2315 SW CLAY ST $479.62
1093001025014000 ERIC C DAVIS 915 NW WESTERN AVE $2,775.72
1041903006001000 ERIKA R GUTIERREZ OLAVES 1003 NW CLAY ST $171.32
1320404006003000 ERIN SMALL 2720 SE 21ST ST $276.67
1093101005013000 ERNESTO E MARTINEZ ROMERO 227 SW HARRISON ST $623.74
1093101005014000 ERNESTO E ROMERO 225 SW HARRISON ST $529.67
1330704014011000 ERNESTO ROMERO 2731 SE MADISON ST $280.22
1092902026007000 ESTEVAN RUIZ 1024 NE MADISON ST $404.35
1430604001023000 EUGENE C STONE 7210 SW 21ST ST $608.85
1330804015014000 EUGENE M SALYER II 1908 SE 28TH ST $478.44
1093101006015000 EUSTOLIA LOPEZ 232 SW HARRISON ST $287.28
1330803021004000 EVERARDO ADOLFO A LOPEZ 610 SE 29TH ST $477.24
1092902037010000 FAT BACK BREWING 828 N KANSAS AVE $267.26
1093201023002000 FAUSTINO SOTO 206 SE LAKE ST $376.15
1330803014010000 FELICIA HUBBARD KINGCANNON 2630 SE KENTUCKY AVE $509.49
1330803015007000 FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN BAPT CH 2714 SE KENTUCKY AVE $910.03
1330502012005000 FERNANDO SALAZAR HOLGUIN 609 SE OVERTON ST $491.34
1093102031006000 FERNANDO VILLA 706 SW POLK ST $613.16
1410104013015000 FERNANDO VILLA MARTINEZ 1825 SW FILLMORE ST $504.48
1421002009003000 FLOR V AGUIRRE 2204 SW EDGEWATER TER $322.65
0983301001002000 FLYWHEEL FAIRLAWN LLC 605 SW FAIRLAWN RD $15,199.47
1093201002010000 FRANCES CERVANTEZ 300 NE WILSON AVE $809.28
1093101014023000 FRANK L KIRTDOLL 307 SW HARRISON ST $282.16
1320301004039000 FREDDY SANCHEZ JR 3617 SE 8TH TER $328.93
1330802001016000 FULL GOSPEL LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH 2135 SE INDIANA AVE $2,017.09

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1042004006008000 GARIN L JOHNSON 1418 NE MADISON ST $495.39
1411201024003000 GAVIN PFEIFER 2524 SW WASHBURN AVE $540.00
1411201005006000 GEMA L LAZCANO MUNIZ 2235 SW BUCHANAN ST $1,371.54
1093102001010000 GEOFF W COOK 217 SW TYLER ST $251.98
1410201033013000 GEORGE S KISTLER 1621 SW RANDOLPH AVE $510.35
1330804022005000 GEORGE S KISTLER 2814 SE INDIANA AVE $512.10
1093102009009000 GERADO CABRAL 418 SW POLK ST $723.10
1093204003004000 GERALD WILES 306 SE LELAND ST $1,051.37
1320902006001010 GIL CARTER INITIATIVE INC 2600 SE 23RD ST $2,913.28
1093201002009000 GILBERT INC 312 NE WILSON AVE $541.29
1092902021014000 GILBERT INC 1007 NW CENTRAL AVE $526.40
1462401002001000 GOVAN ENTERPRISES INC 901 SW 37TH ST $2,797.05
1093201011005000 GREGORY BOSTIC 1315 NE ATCHISON AVE $505.67
1330802008007000 GUADALUPE ANDRADE SERNA 2230 SE MASSACHUSETTS AVE $511.54
1093201029017000 GWENDOLYN M FIELDS 323 SE LAKE ST $518.49
1320402002009000 H.V. MCFALLS 621 SE HIGHLAND AVE $330.14
1093103009002000 H20 HOSPITALITY LLC 900 SW TYLER ST $5,784.12
1093103009002000 H20 HOSPITALITY LLC 900 SW TYLER ST $1,502.09
1082802004011000 HARRY T MCFARLAND 900 NE GREEN ST $541.28
1330803015001000 HAUS JANITORIAL SERVICE 2701 SE INDIANA AVE $715.26
1093204034002000 HEATH B SEITZ 1617 SE 6TH AVE $515.35
1330503017012000 HECTOR RAMIREZ 1845 SE WASHINGTON ST $512.10
1330704015009000 HENRIETTA NEWMAN 2807 SE MONROE ST $510.82
1461403004036000 HERBERT W MCPARTLING 3213 SW TWILIGHT DR $473.39
1421004005012000 HETEROSKEDASTIC R4 LLC 2540 SW BURNETT RD $259.00
1341703020014000 HEZEKIAH CONWAY 800 SE 37TH ST $233.86
1041704001009000 HIGH PLAINS CATTLE COMPANY 110 NE US 24 HWY $3,449.44
1042003002008000 HOLTFRERICH INVESTMENT 164 NW HOLMAN ST $318.11
1330804013005000 HOPE M BRIGHT 2608 SE IOWA AVE $512.10
1330503015004000 HOWARD A DAWSON 1721 SE CHANDLER ST $512.10
1330802022012000 HOWARD KAUFMAN 2421 SE PENNSYLVANIA AVE $547.55
1330501003015000 IDA M RAIMEY 1045 SE LOCUST ST $519.68
1330501003015000 IDA M RAIMEY 1428 SE 11TH ST $519.68
0973604022001000 IDRESS U STOVALL 1161 SW CLAY ST $527.17
1341701015006000 ILLENE M HESS 3128 SE MINNESOTA AVE $465.42
1093102026004000 INDALECIO GOMEZ 1013 SW 6TH AVE $410.00
1082803022023000 IRSHAD CHATTA 521 NE GRATTAN ST $148.89
1341901005016000 J H GREEN 3913 SE FREMONT ST $727.40
1092902037012000 J.E.T 822 N KANSAS AVE $254.48
1083303026011000 JACINTO AGUIRRE 513 SE GOLDEN AVE $485.48
1093203016004000 JACINTO AGUIRRE 710 SE BRANNER ST $525.92
1451601002037000 JACK O BRUNS 2900 SW ARROWHEAD RD $473.62
1092902002013000 JACLYN S BEIER 1309 NE MONROE ST $146.55
1410102024028000 JACOB M PROCHASKA 1525 SW WASHBURN AVE $835.83

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1410104019012000 JACOB RICHARDSON SR 1935 SW BUCHANAN ST $540.00
1092901004004000 JACOB WIELAND 1222 NE MADISON ST $526.40
0973602027034000 JACQUELINE A HAFLICH 943 SW JEWELL AVE $510.35
0973604023013000 JACQUELINE E ERWIN 1186 SW CLAY ST $519.68
1421002024004000 JACQUELINE Y KAYHILL 2509 SW MORNINGSIDE RD $473.57
1421001001002000 JAMES D HAYES 2122 SW MISSION AVE $547.55
1320402011004000 JAMES LEWIS BRANDON 814 SE HIGHLAND AVE $293.92
1421003007015000 JAMES R NULTY 5017 SW 25TH TER $121.98
1341902001026000 JAMES R SHEPHERD 3837 SE HUMBOLDT ST $344.28
1421001018007000 JANE F. CROSBY 2312 SW DUNCAN DR $547.49
1421001018011000 JANE F. CROSBY 2325 SW SEABROOK AVE $511.54
1420401015004000 JANE L BRUBAKER 5613 SW 16TH ST $448.37
1041804004005000 JANET S MUMMA 1100 NW LYMAN RD $326.23
1330803009004000 JANETTE KEARSE 2608 SE MASSACHUSETTS AVE $289.88
0973504021002000 JANICE G MALONE 2711 SW MUNSON AVE $651.61
1042003014010000 JARODE D MYERS 1503 NE QUINCY ST $526.40
1341804005011000 JASON A BROWN 3336 SE FREMONT ST $144.40
1341804006018000 JASON A BROWN 3325 SE FREMONT ST $134.89
1330503001006000 JEFF D. WALLACE 1640 SE CHANDLER ST $257.35
1092902001008000 JEFFREY CHAPMAN 1308 NE MONROE ST $526.40
1042001007005000 JENNIFER L BAKER 1928 NE MONROE ST $515.18
1092901003002000 JENNIFER L CALDERON 1323 NE MADISON ST $495.39
1042001003002000 JENNIFER M WILSON 2026 N KANSAS AVE $106.90
1041901014005000 JERILYN D THOMPSON 1818 NW POLK ST $517.62
0973602026019000 JEROME A BENNING 973 SW LINDENWOOD AVE $400.19
1351604010013000 JEROME L RUES 2425 SE LAKESHORE BLVD $444.12
1092904010001010 JERRY D CARES 538 NE SCOTLAND AVE $405.67
0973601007019000 JERRY D CARES 517 SW LANE ST $446.28
1410101015029000 JERRY L PENNER SR 1407 SW WESTERN AVE $503.21
1330602018007000 JERRY L PENNER SR 1408 SW TYLER ST $519.68
1330602023009000 JERRY L PENNER SR 1522 SW TYLER ST $485.52
1330602023015000 JERRY L PENNER SR 514 SW 16TH ST $485.52
1330602022016000 JERRY L PENNER SR 1525 SW TYLER ST $519.68
1330602022014000 JERRY L PENNER SR 1535 SW TYLER ST $519.68
1330602021004000 JERRY L PENNER SR 1506 SW WESTERN AVE $519.68
1330602021020000 JERRY L PENNER SR 1505 SW POLK ST $519.68
1341902002013000 JERRY L PENNER SR 3750 SW SOUTH PARK AVE $2,825.84
1330601021002004 JERRY L PENNER SR 418 SE 13TH ST $2,150.57
1330602021001000 JERRY L PENNER SR 1501 SW POLK ST $519.68
1072604001005000 JERRY W KING SR 520 NE KINCAID RD $544.51
1093203014021000 JESSE J BUENO 615 SE CHANDLER ST $414.63
1461301012024000 JESUS A GARCIA RUIZ 1212 SW CLONTARF ST $331.55
1083302011001000 JESUS M AVILA 2007 NE FLORENCE AVE $541.28
1393003002002000 JIM W KESLER 106 SW TERRA DR $511.54

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1093102013019000 JOAN BARRIERE 415 SW FILLMORE ST $241.47
1082803019014000 JOHN A SILVERSMITH 500 NE TWISS AVE $541.28
0972504008004000 JOHN E. HAM 124 SW GREENWOOD AVE $334.73
1092902005017000 JOHN EDWARD STAFFORD 1223 NW JACKSON ST $339.95
1093204018015000 JOHN J HERNANDEZ PINEDO 413 SE LIBERTY ST $232.03
0973603012011000 JOHN R MONREAL JR 1136 SW JEWELL AVE $546.28
1320301001018000 JOHN R PHELPS 3524 SE 7TH ST $519.68
1330802020009000 JOHNNIE L LIVINGSTON 2340 SE ADAMS ST $442.00
1093203029009000 JONATHAN P WORDEN 814 SE BRANNER ST $339.06
1082801025011000 JONRILEY L HOFFMAN 809 NE WABASH AVE $567.84
1093002002007000 JOSE A & RAMIREZ MARIA TREJO 1208 NW LAURENT ST $404.35
1330802008002000 JOSE A FLORES 721 SE 22ND ST $235.35
0973603016007000 JOSE BARBA 1112 SW GARFIELD AVE $242.09
1341801005013000 JOSE F PAREDES 3205 SE IRVINGHAM ST $222.46
1083303025011000 JOSE MANUEL SUSTAITA 525 SE GRAY ST $519.68
1330502014018000 JOSEPH M DOZIER 814 SE 13TH ST $170.99
1093204005003000 JOSEPH SPENCER 1510 SE 4TH ST $520.95
1461403010008000 JOSHUA D MYRICK 3442 SW OAKLEY AVE $510.62
1341902005006000 JOSHUA WENARD FRANKLIN JR 3901 SE HUMBOLDT ST $222.88
1093001013002000 JOYCE L PAYNE 1034 NW TYLER ST 1ST $526.40
1093001013002000 JOYCE L PAYNE 1034 NW TYLER ST $526.40
1430802004010010 JOYCE L TABOR 2436 SW GOLF VIEW DR $573.22
1330804016011000 JUAN C CORREA 2727 SE COLORADO AVE $442.34
1093204030006000 JUAN C CRUZ ALVARADO 1201 SE 6TH AVE $919.87
1330801011006000 JUAN CARLOS MORALES 1325 SE SAGE ST $512.10
1410104016003000 JUAN JIMANEZ 1906 SW CENTRAL PARK AVE $504.48
1320402011002000 JUAN RUELAS 800 SE HIGHLAND AVE $390.51
1342001001020000 JUAN RUELAS 3800 SE MICHIGAN AVE $5,152.67
1082803023011000 JUANA TAFOYA 511 NE EMMETT ST $505.67
1093204004001000 JUANA VILLAGRANA DETORRES 301 SE LELAND ST $520.95
1093201027004000 JUANA Z SILVA 315 SE BRANNER ST $486.70
1083304010018000 JUDITH A HEITHAUS 2928 SE 6TH AVE $600.50
1083304010018010 JUDITH A HEITHAUS 2930 SE 6TH AVE $484.31
1341801009012000 JUDY PRITCHARD 3140 SE FREMONT ST $540.00
1330501002006000 JULIE A SUTTON 1010 SE LOCUST ST $1,012.73
0973603019024000 JULIE L TRUST LYLE 1161 SW MULVANE ST $546.28
1093101012006000 JUSTIN GILBERT 318 SW VAN BUREN ST $526.36
1330701008016000 KAI-B REALTY LLC 2418 SE QUINCY CT $510.82
1411201001004000 KANSAS BRISTOL RIDGE LLC 2130 SW FILLMORE ST 49 $118.32
1341701008008000 KANSAS C WOODARD 3008 SE MINNESOTA AVE $330.05
1911202020027000 KANSAS MONTARA LLC 7137 SW WOODCROFT WAY $160.27
1411202002031000 KANSAS MT VERNON LLC 2113 SW POTOMAC DR IRR $491.76
1411201024001000 KANSAS TRIANON LLC 1320 SW 27TH ST L $122.32
1093102029007000 KANSAS VILLAGE AT OLD TOWN LLC 730 SW WESTERN AVE $375.18

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1330702017024000 KAREN J GUSTAFSON 218 SW HILLSIDE DR $272.15
0973602026007000 KAREN K CHESTNUT 929 SW LINDENWOOD AVE $477.46
1330804012009000 KAREN L RIVERA 2617 SE IOWA AVE $512.10
1092902024001000 KATHERINE J COBB 1035 NE MONROE ST $526.40
1092902013015000 KATHERINE J COBB 220 NE FAIRCHILD ST $495.39
1041901009005000 KAYLA J WILSON 1900 NW TYLER ST $1,655.25
1451502004007000 KDL INC 5007 SW 29TH ST $781.28
1092902037008000 KEBOB PROPERTIES LLC 834 N KANSAS AVE $643.37
1093201003005000 KELLI STEBAL 1209 NE SEWARD AVE $202.71
0973604024012000 KELLY D MEADOWS 1192 SW FILLMORE ST $1,112.73
1320403014005000 KENDRICK A JANNELLE JR 1235 SE BELLVIEW AVE $512.10
1330804004004000 KENNETH D NORTON 2510 SE WISCONSIN AVE $411.51
0973501011008000 KENNETH L BRUBAKER 642 SW OAKLEY AVE $704.40
1330803019012000 KENNETH L BRUBAKER 2737 SE PENNSYLVANIA AVE $547.55
1330803019011000 KENNETH L BRUBAKER 2745 SE PENNSYLVANIA AVE $547.55
1330803019011000 KENNETH L BRUBAKER 2747 SE PENNSYLVANIA AVE $547.55
1330802021003000 KENNETH L BRUBAKER 2412 SE ADAMS ST $509.61
1410203016020000 KENNETH L BRUBAKER 1917 SW STONE AVE $510.82
1330801023004000 KENNETH L BRUBAKER 1805 SE 24TH ST $512.10
0973604020025000 KENNETH L BRUBAKER 1169 SW LINCOLN ST $527.17
1341703018014000 KENNETH L BRUBAKER 1024 SE 37TH ST $529.67
1041902023001000 KERRI L UNDERWOOD 1839 NW BUCHANAN ST $1,141.88
1341703005059000 KEVIN J MARSH 3425 SE OHIO AVE $351.06
1083304003019000 KEVIN L MCLAUGHLIN 217 SE ARTER AVE $519.68
1092902028008000 KEVIN STOVALL 914 NE MONROE ST $1,062.50
1330501003004000 KIMBERLY VEGA 1411 SE 10TH AVE $376.11
1330803002008000 KRISTINE B HOWARD 2532 SE OHIO AVE $647.55
1093104016005000 LA FEMME LEGACIES LLC 914 SE MADISON ST $4,804.88
1330602015009000 LAFAYETTE L COBIN 1424 SW VAN BUREN ST $485.52
1330602015007000 LAFAYETTE L COBIN 1420 SW VAN BUREN ST $441.21
1083303006001000 LAIRD C LESTER 301 SE DAVIES ST $486.70
1083302020003000 LAIRD C LESTER 202 SE DAVIES ST $477.48
1411202001007000 LANCE C SCOTT 1647 SW 21ST ST $396.18
1082801003008000 LANCE M TORREZ 1116 NE WINFIELD AVE $472.46
1410102012003000 LANCE N RUIZ 1306 SW GARFIELD AVE $538.78
1083303013008000 LARRY D MORAN 339 SE ALKIRE ST $796.71
1082803019035000 LARRY W CHIDDIX 441 NE OHIO AVE $407.26
0973603017002000 LATONYA HELMS 1148 SW GARFIELD AVE $474.05
0973503015018000 LAWRENCE KASSIN 3100 SW DORR ST $604.64
1093204023002000 LEONARD G HERNANDEZ 502 SE LAFAYETTE ST $718.59
1330602025006000 LEONARD W BUNDRIDGE 1512 SW HARRISON ST $481.14
1330501010008000 LEROY L THOMAS 1224 SE LOCUST ST $485.46
1092902017009000 LETHA M EDMONDS 1106 NW VAN BUREN ST $252.72
1330804026007000 LETTY RENEE BOLTON 2820 SE MINNESOTA AVE $367.88

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1341704003008000 LEVI WILLIAM L BERG 3431 SE MICHIGAN AVE $475.33
1330804018003000 LEYLING RAYO 2704 SE WISCONSIN AVE $434.83
1093003001011000 LINDA DUVAL 800 SW 1ST ST $1,081.67
1083303018009000 LINDA S CONNELL 429 SE BURR ST $520.91
1093201008015000 LISA GOMEZ 219 NE LIME ST $1,132.40
1410101017001000 LIZBETT A ANDRADE 1501 SW FILLMORE ST $475.85
1082804011001000 LORA L LONGSTAFF 631 NE OAKLAND AVE $433.28
1093204038021000 LORA L TIBBITS 715 SE LAWRENCE ST $517.27
1910103006010000 LUCY E ENGEL 6610 SW SHADYVALE LN $973.06
1410102002022000 LUIS RODRIGUEZ CRUZ 1273 SW GARFIELD AVE $232.12
1082802007010004 LUZ ELENA MACIAS MEDINA 2212 NE SARDOU AVE $487.45
1082802007010004 LUZ ELENA MACIAS MEDINA 2214 NE SARDOU AVE $347.07
1082802007010004 LUZ ELENA MACIAS MEDINA 2216 NE SARDOU AVE $347.07
1093201006016000 MAGDALENA VILLEGAS 233 NE CHANDLER ST $690.43
1092902020019000 MANRIQUE MARROIQUIN ARIANA 1029 NW JACKSON ST $171.32
1330601021001000 MANUEL DE JESUS PAREDES 430 SE 13TH ST $2,465.99
1083303013006000 MANUEL TORRES DELREAL 330 SE HIGH ST $485.51
1042003024008000 MARCIA A LESSENDEN 1308 NW VAN BUREN ST $192.28
1330804020006000 MARCIA A LESSENDEN 2714 SE ILLINOIS AVE $295.94
1092901009008000 MARGE COLCHER 503 NE FAIRCHILD ST $316.64
1093204038013000 MARIA D FISHER 1306 SE 8TH AVE $104.26
1041904018010004 MARIA E GARCIA CARRILLO 518 NW GRANT ST $526.40
1341801010010000 MARIA GUADALUPE 3132 SE EMERSON ST $540.00
1083303023002000 MARIA ZUNIGA 500 SE MARKET ST $485.52
1320402006014000 MARIE HENDERSON 2022 SE 10TH ST $485.52
1093101006016000 MARIELA LOPEZ JUAREZ 320 SW 3RD ST $494.84
1341804021007000 MARILYN K REECE 3512 SE DUPONT PL $263.59
1330504009024000 MARIO A AVALOS 2035 SE IOWA AVE $633.01
1410101004013000 MARIO MARQUES REYES 1264 SW LINCOLN ST $258.53
1093204036002000 MARIO SILVA 1919 SE 6TH AVE $366.41
1410101018015000 MARION L. MAPLES 1515 SW CLAY ST $538.63
1093102013006000 MARK CALDWELL 412 SW CLAY ST $505.67
1042003024007000 MARK HEIDEMAN 1312 NW VAN BUREN ST $526.40
0973602014016000 MARK J RICHARDSON 737 SW COLLEGE AVE $371.28
1083403009009000 MARK S REDMOND 334 SE NORWOOD ST $518.39
1093204030005000 MARK S REDMOND 1205 SE 6TH AVE $1,163.51
1393003002016000 MARK W DALSING 206 SW TERRA DR $63.82
1330801007010000 MARK W DALSING 1703 SE MORRISON ST $150.16
1410101030023000 MARSHA J MAGGETT 1633 SW WESTERN AVE $55.00
1093201022001000 MARTHA SHAHID 200 SE LIME ST $520.95
1330602019006000 MARTIN MUNOZ 1408 SW POLK ST $614.53
1330503012003000 MARTINIANO REYES HABANA 1706 SE MARYLAND AVE $547.55
1341804012004000 MARY E MARINER 509 SE 33RD TER $207.08
1421004002033000 MARY LOU REMBOLDT 2505 SW MISSION AVE $547.55

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1420903001004000 MARY OBERHELMAN 2512 SW OSBORN RD $517.13
1330604006013000 MASIEL DIAZ MACIAS 1735 SE QUINCY ST $485.52
1420304001021000 MATHEW M MCADAMS 1821 SW GAGE BLVD $515.98
0973601028005000 MATTHEW J PREFACH 911 SW LINCOLN ST $527.17
1330503029002000 MATTHEW R WURM 2000 SE HUDSON BLVD $512.10
1330501011017000 MATTHEW R WURM 1217 SE LOCUST ST $519.57
1041904018007000 MAX L MANNING 1316 NW EUGENE ST $558.28
1330801012010000 MAX R HILLER 1608 SE 23RD ST $512.10
1461301007030000 MCDONALDS REAL ESTATE CO 3117 SW TOPEKA BLVD $297.55
1093204010017000 MELANIE ODUM 425 SE LAKE ST $425.92
1092902032004000 MERC INVESTMENTS LLC 219 NW GORDON ST $224.47
1092902032004000 MERC INVESTMENTS LLC 225 NW GORDON ST $436.75
1092902032004000 MERC INVESTMENTS LLC 928 NW VAN BUREN ST $189.06
1330702002009000 MERLE E DELONG 2136 SW HARRISON ST $519.68
0972603010015000 MICHAEL A ODELL 527 SW OAKLEY AVE $510.82
0973602027037000 MICHAEL B HENDERSON 933 SW JEWELL AVE $546.28
1083302015004000 MICHAEL D MCELHENY 126 SE DAVIES ST $520.91
1411202005004000 MICHAEL E DURALL 2208 SW MACVICAR AVE $140.13
1092902026012000 MICHAEL E MEYER 1004 NE MADISON ST $320.00
1083403003006000 MICHAEL J LONG 3310 SE 3RD ST $603.53
1330702018013000 MICHAEL K ALLEN 2535 S KANSAS AVE $491.34
1093102009018000 MICHAEL L LANDRUM 435 SW TYLER ST $626.37
1093102009018000 MICHAEL L LANDRUM 433 SW TYLER ST $626.37
1461402005014000 MICHAEL P CROSBY 3409 SW 29TH TER $510.82
1461402005014000 MICHAEL P CROSBY 3411 SW 29TH TER $510.82
0973504005002000 MICHAEL P CROSBY 2709 SW 10TH AVE $546.29
1041804005009000 MICHAEL P CROSBY 2216 NW TAYLOR ST $517.62
1330504007007000 MICHAEL REDMON 2030 SE COLORADO AVE $473.46
1093204018007000 MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ 426 SE LELAND ST $520.95
1410101029025000 MICHELE R ALLAN 1637 SW FILLMORE ST $711.28
0973602027016000 MICHELLE J DUNCAN 954 SW LINDENWOOD AVE $195.15
1083403004008000 MICHELLE K PACHECO 221 SE NORWOOD ST $418.39
1330504008014000 MICHELLE L CANFIELD 1826 SE 21ST ST $128.18
1083303013009000 MICHELLE MATLOCK 329 SE ALKIRE ST $194.39
0973502019006000 MICHELLE SULLIVAN 820 SW OAKLEY AVE $331.37
1411201013005000 MILAN AUSTIN 2320 SW BUCHANAN ST $638.60
1093102020016000 MOHAMMAD ALAM 531 SW TOPEKA BLVD $462.13
1093102020016000 MOHAMMAD ALAM 529 SW TOPEKA BLVD $408.74
1093102020016000 MOHAMMAD ALAM 529 1/2 SW TOPEKA BLVD $408.74
1083303021013000 MORGAN T COUNTS 2016 SE 6TH AVE $519.68
0972504018019000 MORIARTY DESIGN LLC 1726 SW 3RD ST $510.35
0973601012005000 MOSAIC CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 608 SW LINCOLN ST $1,194.78
1330801010012000 MOSES J JACKSON 1420 SE SAGE ST $693.31
1082701001001000 MTAA 3600 NE SARDOU AVE 9 $1,154.09

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1082701001001000 MTAA 3600 NE SARDOU AVE 10 $540.46
1351603013022000 MURLENE K PRIEST 3521 SE POWELL ST $377.14
1093103007005000 NARWHAL HOLDINGS LLC 420 SW 9TH ST $65.27
1092902002008000 NATALEY N RILEY 1310 NE QUINCY ST $499.27
0973601013011000 NEKS PROPERTIES LLC 633 SW LINCOLN ST $492.50
1042003016015000 NICHOLAS L ELDRETH 1409 NE QUINCY ST $526.40
1083302006006000 NICK R BOURASSA 1509 NE SEWARD AVE $642.09
1093003008012000 NILDA MONTALVAN 130 SW CLAY ST $514.71
1330704014013000 NORMA LIZETH LOPEZ 2715 SE MADISON ST B $240.17
1420304006038000 OAKRIDGE INVESTORS 1809 SW BURNETT RD $125.13
1330602022012000 ORA MARTINDALE 1528 SW POLK ST $519.68
1411201011008000 PABLO GONZALEZ 2309 SW FILLMORE ST $275.49
0973602027025000 PACIFIC COAST INVESTMENTS LLC 2012 SW 10TH AVE $349.62
1042003017008000 PAMELA S CARTER 1404 NW LOGAN ST $80.14
1420304011024000 PATRICIA DEBACKER 2005 SW MOUNDVIEW DR $518.39
1473600001015000 PATRICIA KRATOCHVIL 805 SW 57TH ST $1,065.35
1093101011008000 PATRICIA KRATOCHVIL 325 S KANSAS AVE $680.63
1092902026004000 PATRICK A MARTINEZ 1030 NE MADISON ST $495.39
1093202021007000 PATRICK A MARTINEZ 316 SE HANCOCK ST $520.95
1330803006010000 PATRICK C DELAPP 710 SE 26TH ST $511.54
1093204035026000 PATRICK C DELAPP 627 SE LIBERTY ST $520.95
1330803006011010 PATRICK C DELAPP 718 SE 26TH ST $547.55
1093102025011000 PATRICK C DELAPP 626 SW FILLMORE ST $517.27
0973604013001000 PATRICK C DELAPP 1013 SW 11TH ST $485.52
1330602020005000 PATRICK C DELAPP 1404 SW WESTERN AVE $519.68
1330803010009000 PAUL S PAGE 2644 SE PENNSYLVANIA AVE $611.33
1052104009004000 PAULA K HOFFMAN 1336 NE WINFIELD AVE $505.67
1330604007013000 PERLA GALVAN 1922 S KANSAS AVE $519.68
1093102019014000 PETAR W REBEGILA 624 SW 6TH AVE $767.86
1093102019014000 PETAR W REBEGILA 624 SW 6TH AVE B $514.69
1461402007021000 PETER N KARIOKI 3100 SW 31ST ST $512.10
1041904005012000 PETRA ORTEGA 1507 NW POLK ST $526.40
1330503003006000 PHILLIP & CHRISTENE L OWENS 1030 SE 17TH ST $443.47
1330801008007000 PIERRE M COLLINS 1833 SE 22ND ST $512.10
1083302005004000 R & VICKI L BASALDUA 318 NE GRATTAN ST $541.28
1083404001010000 RAFAEL BERMUDEZ BLANCO 240 SE RICE RD $382.62
1330801016010000 RAFAEL NUNEZ 1312 SE LOTT ST $473.46
1330804005003000 RAMON GARCIA 2508 SE MICHIGAN AVE $100.00
1342001001025000 RAUL R GATEWOOD 3720 SE ILLINOIS AVE $215.69
1410101006010000 RAY E SNOOK 1270 SW WASHBURN AVE $159.74
1083403002001000 RAYMOND L LOWERY 212 SE NORWOOD ST $442.33
1093102005013000 RHEA C GLENN 724 SW 4TH ST $244.55
1093204037017000 RHEUSILLA BOWEN 1418 SE 8TH AVE $519.68
1082803025008000 RICARDO CANO LOPEZ 424 NE EMMETT ST $175.44

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1041804004006000 RICHARD L GREEN 2207 NW TAYLOR ST $575.28
1030704001027000 RICHARD L PARKS 3100 NW ROCHESTER RD $591.00
1093001005001000 RICKY J BRANDENBURGH 1235 NW POLK ST $526.40
1093001005017000 RICKY J BRANDENBURGH 1231 NW POLK ST $525.18
1041904006005000 RICKY J BRANDENBURGH 1522 NW TYLER ST $517.62
1341703005026000 RIGOBERTO MUNOZ ANGELES 817 SE 34TH ST $175.17
1093201007007000 ROBERT A NICHOLSON 208 NE CHANDLER ST $455.06
1093204032007000 ROBERT E TROUPE 618 SE LAWRENCE ST $1,146.48
1330601022007000 ROBERT G BRADFORD 1422 SE MADISON ST $484.40
1092902012006000 ROBERTA D TAPLEY 1108 NE MONROE ST $504.28
1341703008031000 ROBERTO ALCANTARA 1224 SE 35TH TER $174.70
1093102010019000 ROBERTO AXALCO REYES 423 SW POLK ST $504.55
1093203012001000 ROBERTO HERNANDEZ 912 SE 6TH AVE $513.87
1093003019004000 ROBIN K ESPINOSA 1117 SW 3RD ST $475.07
1410102003026000 ROCK CHALK ENTERPRISES LLC 1251 SW MULVANE ST $241.65
1421002014012000 ROCK SOLID REAL ESTATE LLC 2340 SW EDGEWATER TER $328.55
1041703006013000 ROCKSIE KAHLER 116 NW LYMAN RD $515.18
1330501007014000 RODNEY C BILLS 1131 SE LAWRENCE ST $519.68
1410101011003000 RODOLFO CERVANTES-URBANO 1302 SW BUCHANAN ST $522.60
1092902029011000 ROLLAND D SPENCER 917 NE MONROE ST $526.40
1092902025015000 ROLLAND D SPENCER 1019 NE MADISON ST $526.40
1330602027006000 ROMAN ANAYA 1604 SW VAN BUREN ST $519.68
1330601026009000 RONALD E CHARLES JR 1520 SE QUINCY ST $475.02
1041904005014000 RONALD E MULANAX 1511 NW POLK ST $521.74
1320902012005000 RONALD G PARKS 2510 SE 25TH ST $486.52
1092902009016000 ROSA JAUREGUI 1215 NE MONROE ST $526.40
1093001012002000 ROSA JAUREGUI 1024 NW POLK ST $526.41
1082801011003000 ROSA ROLFE 1015 NE MICHIGAN AVE $271.05
1093204034004000 ROSA ROLFE 1601 SE 6TH AVE $760.19
1351604009008000 ROSEANNA J ROTHFELDER 2639 SE TIDEWATER DR $377.42
0973602028016000 ROSENDO V ESQUIBEL 952 SW JEWELL AVE $546.28
1420303009032000 ROXANNE PAYNE 4704 SW 18TH TER $692.94
1341801017002000 ROYALTY SOLUTIONS LLC 3200 SE GIRARD ST $694.76
1093204036024000 RUBEN REBOLLO 1922 SE 10TH AVE $318.12
1410101026030000 RUBEN REBOLLO MORA 1627 SW BUCHANAN ST $567.20
0973502023017000 RYNE E FRASER 919 SW FRAZIER AVE $547.55
1083303017014000 S WINRICK 419 SE GRAY ST $486.70
1083303029012000 SANDEE L FONSECA 565 SE GRAY ST $438.80
1083303026003000 SANDRA AGUIRRE 514 SE GRAY ST $519.65
1083303026003000 SANDRA AGUIRRE 510 SE GRAY ST $519.68
1083303016018000 SANDRA C RETANA GARCIA 419 SE GOLDEN AVE $300.14
1092901009020010 SANDRA J & MICHAEL B BURGHART 550 NE GORDON ST $301.23
0983304003001250 SANDRA K DICKISON 5313 SW 10TH AVE $128.48
0973503017001000 SANDRA K ESSMAN 1159 SW OAKLEY AVE $604.64

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1330603011010000 SANDRA K. FISHER 108 SW HAMPTON ST $485.52
1093003014016000 SARA F GUERRERO 704 SW 3RD ST $861.25
0983404003006000 SARA M ANDRES 1151 SW MISSION AVE $167.08
1461302002012000 SARAH M DREXLER 1912 SW 29TH TER $600.04
1093204038022000 SARAH M. HUMPHREY 711 SE LAWRENCE ST $485.52
1330602031021000 SAUREZ 7 LLC 1607 SW TYLER ST $258.80
1083303013010000 SERGIO C LOPEZ 325 SE ALKIRE ST $319.57
1073501001006000 SEWARD STREET PROPERTIES LLC 4045 NE SEWARD AVE $215.82
1410101030001000 SHANE L DREHER 1603 SW WESTERN AVE $460.12
1341703005055000 SHANEE N MCCRAY 3449 SE OHIO AVE $295.48
1330602008014000 SHANEKA L HUNTER 1325 SW POLK ST $519.68
1330503001008000 SHANNEN L RODRIGUEZ 1720 SE CHANDLER ST $512.10
1093101005004000 SHARLETT A WOOD EDEN 214 SW TOPEKA BLVD $1,109.97
1330602022001000 SHARLETT WOOD EDEN 1501 SW TYLER ST $519.68
1042003012003000 SHARON K BOOTH 175 NW EVELYN ST $271.11
1041904017003000 SHARON K SANTELLANO 625 NW ST JOHN ST $500.65
1330804017004000 SHAY MANAGEMENT LLC 2712 SE MINNESOTA AVE $512.10
1330601007015000 SHELBY D PARKER 1129 SE MADISON ST $669.87
1911202007019000 SHERRY L BURTON 6933 SW MONTARA PKWY $973.06
1082801020013000 SHEYANNE L BOEDING 919 NE WINFIELD AVE $414.43
1330701001023000 SHIRLEY A VANDONGE 2223 SE ADAMS ST $547.55
1330804023015000 SHIRLEY A VANDONGE 2837 SE MICHIGAN AVE $512.10
1341703007024000 SHIRLEY A VANDONGE 1110 SE PINECREST DR $379.95
1451504010023000 SINK INVESTMENTS LLC 3513 SW MOUNDVIEW DR $517.13
1330802024004000 SKIPPER HOWBERT 2414 SE MARYLAND AVE $547.55
1320902002008000 SKIPPER HOWBERT 2401 SE 21ST ST $562.10
1461304010015000 SKIPPER HOWBERT 3475 SW TARA AVE $529.67
1041704001021010 SNOW TERMINATORS LLC 680 NE US 24 HWY $2,475.90
1330804007001000 SOICH CARDONA GUTIERREZ 2501 SE ILLINOIS AVE $341.95
1042004003009000 SONOS 424 NE PARAMORE ST 3 $526.40
1042004003008004 SONOS 422 NE PARAMORE ST 1 $526.40
1042004004004000 SONOS 504 NE PARAMORE ST $463.17
1042004003008004 SONOS 422 NE PARAMORE ST 2 $526.40
1042004003009000 SONOS 424 NE PARAMORE ST 4 $526.40
1042004003009000 SONOS 424 NE PARAMORE ST 5 $526.40
1042004003009000 SONOS 424 NE PARAMORE ST 6 $526.40
1041903005007000 SPENCER H SMALL 1316 NW LAURENT ST $346.58
1452201005015000 STEPHANIE L SPARKS 3841 SW 39TH TER $633.44
1420303006012000 STEPHEN J HONEA 1832 SW CREST DR $268.19
1093102027004000 STEVE M HARVEY 708 SW CLAY ST $638.01
1082801007016000 STEVE R BAILEY 1127 NE FOREST AVE $186.32
0973603005017000 STEVE R BAILEY 1037 SW BOSWELL AVE $546.28
1083303027015000 STEVEN GORRELL 556 SE GOLDEN AVE $793.73
1092901010006000 STEVEN HOAK 541 NE GORDON ST $526.40

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1093102026025000 STEVEN J ROBINSON 605 SW FILLMORE ST $340.02
0973604015007000 TAJ RICKSHAI D BAIRD 1120 SW LINCOLN ST $583.09
0973604027009000 TAMARA B REVELY FIELDS 1224 SW BUCHANAN ST $538.63
1330501004018000 TANNIS M SMITH 1034 SE LIME ST $795.54
1093102010003000 TAYLOR R OLIVER 400 SW TAYLOR ST $701.73
1330602025004000 TELLIS DORSEY 1504 SW HARRISON ST $519.68
1082801025008000 TERRI L TYLER 812 NE CHESTER AVE $541.28
1093003007001000 TERRY L STEELE 101 SW CLAY ST $541.28
1092902001005000 TERRY W MANIS 1318 NE MONROE ST $438.77
1330602016025000 TESJAH L COBIN 1411 SW VAN BUREN ST $489.68
1330801022008000 THEADORE R HALL 2430 SE COLORADO AVE $512.10
1330602007014000 THIRD EYE FINANCIAL GROUP LLC 1277 SW POLK ST $258.91
1082804026002000 THOMAS E TRAVERS 442 NE WABASH AVE $541.28
1082803011005000 THRU IT ALL COMMUNITY SERVICES 626 NE FREEMAN AVE $392.77
1341801001018000 TIEN HOANG PHAM 3029 SE ADAMS ST $540.00
1093003003015000 TIM C LANDIS 107 NW CLAY ST $147.69
1330802010005000 TIMOTHY J KEARNEY 2228 SE MARYLAND AVE $318.16
1341703005028000 TIMOTHY LAWSON 805 SE 34TH ST $494.84
1083302007002000 TONI L DOMINGUEZ 1505 NE ATCHISON AVE $710.62
1341804010036000 TONY C BAIRD 3353 SE FREMONT ST $491.34
0973501016012000 TONY D GRAHAM 750 SW RANDOLPH AVE $275.72
1330801003010000 TONYA HERNANDEZ 1504 SE MORRISON ST $438.45
1421003011003000 TOPEKA KS I SGF LLC 2820 SW FAIRLAWN RD IRR $849.26
1411201014016014 TRACY L REYNOLDS 2530 SW LINCOLN ST $393.42
1330801014024000 TRENTON E ROBERTSON 1808 SE LOTT ST $473.46
1341903003020000 TRITON INVESTMENT LLC 115 SW 40TH TER $525.92
1093203027006000 TYRON DIAZ LOWERY 835 SE CHESTNUT ST $525.92
1092902036013000 VANCE RENTAL PROPERTIES INC 809 N KANSAS AVE $128.83
1093204036020000 VERMON C EDEN 1818 SE 10TH AVE $486.70
1093204036019000 VERMON C EDEN 1814 SE 10TH AVE $711.21
1093101005016000 VERMON C EDEN 221 SW HARRISON ST $529.67
1330801021016000 VERONICA K ABEL 1701 SE LOTT ST $368.41
1330602023005000 VERONICA TEOFILO 1506 SW TYLER ST $519.68
1320301001031000 VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 3626 SE 7TH ST $519.68
1320402001002000 VICTORY CITY CHURCH 2701 SE 6TH AVE B $479.79
1393002004008000 VINCENT WEDELSTEDT 4720 SW TOPEKA BLVD $3,391.80
1393002004008000 VINCENT WEDELSTEDT 4726 SW TOPEKA BLVD $532.54
1042003003003000 VIOLA M IRELAND 121 NW HOLMAN ST $526.40
1042003003004000 VIOLA M IRELAND 125 NW HOLMAN ST $495.39
1092902013013000 VIOLA M IRELAND 214 NE FAIRCHILD ST $526.40
1320402014012000 VIRGIL HARNESS 1010 SE LONG ST $519.68
1093202010021000 VIRGINIA MENDEZ PEREZ 223 SE KLEIN ST $445.95
1341903002013000 VIVIAN F TURCIOS 208 SW 40TH TER $196.83
1093102004006000 W R PORTEE EVANGELISTIC WORLD 330 SW WESTERN AVE $1,532.95

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0973603018021000 WALNUT ESTATES LLC 1179 SW GARFIELD AVE $510.06
0973603022009000 WALNUT ESTATES LLC 1176 SW WOODWARD AVE $236.64
0973604010009000 WANDA G WASH 1024 SW BUCHANAN ST $757.60
1330802014013000 WANDA LEA BEAN 2333 SE INDIANA AVE $512.10
1410101020002000 WASHBURN PARK LLC 1400 SW LANE ST 1 $498.93
1410101020002000 WASHBURN PARK LLC 1400 SW LANE ST 2 $498.93
1410101020002000 WASHBURN PARK LLC 1400 SW LANE ST 3 $498.93
1410101020002000 WASHBURN PARK LLC 1400 SW LANE ST 4 $498.93
1410101020002000 WASHBURN PARK LLC 1400 SW LANE ST 5 $498.93
1410101020002000 WASHBURN PARK LLC 1400 SW LANE ST 6 $498.93
1410101020002000 WASHBURN PARK LLC 1400 SW LANE ST 7 $498.93
1410101020002000 WASHBURN PARK LLC 1400 SW LANE ST 8 $498.93
1410101020002000 WASHBURN PARK LLC 1423 SW 14TH ST IRR $305.74
1320402012010000 WAYNE E BRANDON JR 807 SE HIGHLAND AVE $468.99
1320401013011010 WAYNE GROVES 825 SE SHERMAN AVE $518.30
1083302012003000 WAYNE H MCCAULEY 132 SE CALIFORNIA AVE $1,549.51
1083302012002000 WAYNE H MCCAULEY 104 SE CALIFORNIA AVE $1,341.92
1083302012005000 WAYNE H MCCAULEY 141 SE SWYGART ST $716.76
1083302012002000 WAYNE MCCAULEY 104 SE CALIFORNIA AVE B $294.70
1461304009007000 WAYNE MCCAULEY 1407 SW CROIX ST $529.67
1320401013012000 WELLS FARGO HOME EQUITY ASSET 821 SE SHERMAN AVE $181.55
1410101005007000 WENDOLYN G NELSON 1266 SW LANE ST $408.79
1410101010004000 WESTLEE A WALL 1314 SW BUCHANAN ST $538.63
1410101004010000 WILCOX BROTHERS PROPERTIES LLC 1252 SW LINCOLN ST $538.63
1093102018021000 WILCOX BROTHERS PROPERTIES LLC 505 SW POLK ST $505.60
1410204017004000 WILLIAM D MONTGOMERY 1914 SW MEDFORD AVE $392.47
1330602019027000 WILLIAM JON MARPLE 1415 SW TYLER ST $361.91
1330501006001000 WINONA M DICKSON 1101 SE LIME ST $485.52
1461303007002000 WM L BARBER 1809 SW TARA AVE $149.35
1093102011012000 WONDERFUL WORKS 816 SW 5TH ST $330.00
1093102017017000 WONDERFUL WORKS DELIVERANCE 509 SW TAYLOR ST $305.55
1330501008015000 WP HOLDINGS LLC 1105 SE LOCUST ST $112.89
1330601007021000 WP HOLDINGS LLC 1105 SE MADISON ST $149.87
1093204003011000 YANIA SOTO 333 SE LIBERTY ST $486.63
1451502017015000 YOHANCE E SIMMONS 5132 SW 33RD ST $670.92
1093102022011000 YURI D ORTEGA 618 SW POLK ST $318.15
1451502005006000 YVONNE EVIE GREEN 4741 SW TWILIGHT DR $874.78
1330602023017000 YVONNE SEGURA 1535 SW TOPEKA BLVD $519.68
1410201019006000 ZACKARY PEREZ 1314 SW MEDFORD AVE $546.28
1093101006007000 ZEMORA INVESTING GROUP LLC 212 SW HARRISON ST $494.84
1473600001021000 ZITZER G A TRUST 501 SW 57TH ST $1,412.31




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16 Section 2. That the City Clerk shall certify a copy of this Ordinance and deliver

17 the same to the County Clerk of Shawnee County, Kansas, who shall place the several

18 amounts mentioned in Section 1 of this Ordinance upon the tax rolls of said County to

19 be collected as one tax in the same manner as other taxes and assessments are

20 collected.

21 Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its

22 passage, approval and publication in the official City newspaper.

23 PASSED AND APPROVED by the Governing Body ______________________.

24 CITY OF TOPEKA, KANSAS
25
26
27 __________________________________
28 Michael A. Padilla, Mayor
29 ATTEST:
30
31
32 ____________________________
33 Brenda Younger, City Clerk




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 Sylvia Davis, Director of Utilities sdavis@topeka.org
 Water Treatment Plant, 3245 NW Water Works Dr. Tel: 785-368-4239
 Topeka, KS 66606 www.topeka.org



Subject: Enforcement of Readiness to Serve Charges and Lien Process for Delinquent Utility Accounts

For several years, Topeka Municipal Code Sections 13.05.020 and 13.05.050 have established that
monthly base charges must be applied to all properties connected to the City’s water and wastewater
systems—regardless of whether any actual water or wastewater usage occurs during a billing period.
However, until Ordinance 20416 took effect on January 1, 2024, this provision was not enforced for
properties that were connected to the systems but did not have an active utility account.

When Ordinance 20416 became effective, approximately 97% of our customers saw only a terminology
change—from “Base Charge” to “Readiness to Serve Charge.” For the remaining 3% of customers, the
enforcement of the ordinance resulted in new charges being applied to properties that were previously
unbilled despite being connected to the system.

The Readiness to Serve Charge (formerly Base Charge) helps cover fixed costs associated with providing
24/7 availability of water and wastewater services. These include billing operations, meter reading,
infrastructure maintenance, and capital investments—costs that exist regardless of actual water usage.
The charge is based on meter size, reflecting the costs of maintaining appropriate capacity and flow.

This change allowed the Utilities Department to reduce the scope of proposed rate increases for the
97% of customers who were already paying these charges. By ensuring that all connected properties
share in the cost of maintaining the system, we promote both fairness and financial sustainability.

For accounts that become delinquent, the City’s typical collection method is to discontinue water
service until payment is made. However, for properties that are not actively using water or do not have
service to shut off, enforcement options are limited. In such cases, the City may refer the unpaid
amounts to a collections agency or in accordance with state law, pursue liens on these properties to
recover unpaid charges. The lien process has proven effective in recovering outstanding balances.

In early May, the City issued final notices to 792 utility accounts, each with a delinquent balance at least
90 days past due. The total outstanding amount is $446,933.27. All accounts included in this Lien
Ordinance are due to unpaid Readiness to Serve and Stormwater charges. The City will still run its
annual Utility Lien Ordinance in the fall to capture all other unpaid accounts.

In response to these notices, as payments continue to come in after the agenda deadline, Utilities staff
will remain engaged with customers to arrange payment plans or, where requested, disconnect services
for those opting out of City utilities. A final, updated list and corresponding ordinance will be presented
to the Governing Body during the June 17, 2025 meeting to reflect all payments received after the public
notice was posted.
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specific agenda item will be heard at the time the item is considered. Persons will be limited to addressing the
governing body one (1) time on a particular matter unless otherwise allowed by a vote of six (6) or more members
of the governing body.

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of a regular governing body meeting will be placed on the agenda on a "first-come, first-served" basis. The
request should state the name of the individual(s) desiring to be heard. Each such individual shall be limited to
addressing the governing body one (1) time and his or her comments shall be limited to topics directly relevant to
business of the governing body; provided however, that comments pertaining to personnel and litigation matters
shall not be allowed.

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behavior continues, the speaker will be ordered to cease his or her behavior. If the speaker persists in interfering
with the ability of the Governing Body to carry out its function, he or she will be removed from the City Council
Chambers or Zoom meeting room.

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Governing Body Minutes – June 10, 2025

 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, Topeka, Kansas, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. The Governing

 Body members of the City of Topeka met in regular session at 6:00 P.M. with the following

 Councilmembers present: Councilmembers Hiller, Valdivia- Alcala, Ortiz, Banks, Kell, Miller,

 Dobler, Duncan and Hoferer - 9. Mayor Padilla presided –1.

 Public comment for the meeting was available via Zoom or in-person. Individuals were

 required to 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 June 10, 2025, after which the City Clerk's Office provided the

 Zoom link information and protocols prior to the meeting start time. Written public comment

 was also considered to the extent it was 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 June 10, 2025, for attachment to the meeting minutes.

 AFTER THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER, the Invocation was provided by

 Councilmember Kell.

 THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE was recited by meeting participants.

 A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION was presented to Angela Kearney honoring the

First Annual Topeka Renaissance Festival held June 20-22, 2025.

 BOARD APPOINTMENT recommending the reappointment of Greg DeBacker to the

Board of Mechanical Examiners for a term ending June 20, 2027, was presented. (Council

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 BOARD APPOINTMENT recommending the reappointment of John Dietrick to the

Washburn University Board of Regents for a term ending June 30, 2029, was presented. (Council

District No. 7)

 BOARD APPOINTMENT recommending the appointment of Denise Selbee-Koch to the

NOTO Business Improvement District Advisory Board to fill a term ending June 13, 2027, was

presented. (Council District No. 2)

 Councilmember Dobler moved to approve the appointments. The motion seconded by

Councilmember Miller carried unanimously. The Mayor does not vote (9-0-0)

 AN UPDATE on the 2022 - 2025 Citywide Housing Investment Summary Report was

provided by Rhiannon Friedman, Planning and Development Division Director, Carrie Higgins,

Housing Services Division Director, and Quinn Cole, Senior Management Analyst.

 Director Friedman provided an overview of the 2020 City-wide Housing Study that

outlined the housing needs within the City of Topeka and included:

 • Market-Rate Multifamily
 • Missing Middle Infill
 • New Single Family
 • Affordable Housing
 • Rehabilitation and Renovation

 Senior Analyst Cole provided a Program Glossary sorted based on eligibility

requirements and included:

Income Based Programs – Supports Families that are at or below a certain AMI threshold

 • Accessibility
 • Property Maintenance Rehab (PMR)
 • Emergency Repair
 • Weatherization
 • Topeka Opportunity to Own (TOTO)

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Location Based Programs – Targeted areas in the Neighborhood Health Map

 • SORT/DREAMS
 • Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP)

Other Programs

 • New Build Permits
 • Reinvestment Housing Incentive District (RHID)
 • Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC)

 Director Higgins provided a summary of Housing Investments that took place in the city of

Topeka between 2022-2025 outlining the number of services provided by the Housing Division

as well as the Planning and Development Department within each Council District.

 Mayor Padilla thanked Staff for the presentation as it provided clarity that all areas of

Topeka are receiving services.

 RESOLUTION NO. 9675 introduced by Councilmember Marcus Miller granting

Westboro Homeowners Association an exception to the provisions of City of Topeka Code

Section 9.45.150, et seq., concerning noise prohibitions, was presented. (Council District No. 6)

 APPROVAL of the MINUTES of the Joint City-County meeting of June 3, 2025; and the

regular Governing Body meeting of June 3, 2025, were presented.

 APPROVAL of the following Cereal Malt Beverage Off-Premise License Applications,

were presented:

 Business Name Address
 Dillons #47 2815 SW 29th St
 Dillons #54 800 NW 25th St
 Dillons #88 4015 SW 10th St

 Councilmember Kell moved to approve the consent agenda. The motion seconded by

Councilmember Ortiz carried unanimously. (10-0-0)


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 RESOLUTION NO. 9676 introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez, setting the

public hearing to consider the advisability of establishing a Community Improvement District

(CID) at 30th and Topeka Boulevard, pursuant to K.S.A. 12-6a26 et seq., was presented.

 Rhiannon Friedman, Planning and Development Director, reported approval would set a

Public Hearing date of July 15, 2025, to entertain public comment on the proposed Community

Improvement District.

 Councilmember Ortiz moved to approve the resolution. The motion seconded by

Councilmember Banks carried unanimously. (10-0-0)

 RESOLUTION NO. 9677 introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez, providing

notice of a public hearing concerning the establishment of a Tax Increment Financing (TIF)

Redevelopment District within the City (30th and Topeka Boulevard) pursuant to K.S.A. 12-

1770 et. seq., as amended, was presented.

 Rhiannon Friedman, Planning and Development Director, reported approval would set a

Public Hearing date of July 15, 2025, to entertain public comment on the proposed Tax

Increment Finance District.

 Councilmember Kell moved to approve the resolution. The motion seconded by

Councilmember Banks carried unanimously. (10-0-0)

 ORDINANCE NO. 20565 introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez, concerning

claims made by the city, authorizing the City Attorney to initiate lawsuits up to $35,000, creating

Section 3.35.070 of the Topeka Municipal Code, was presented. (Policy and Finance Committee

recommended approval on May 14, 2025.)




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 Amanda Stanley, City Attorney, stated the ordinance was discussed at the Governing

Body meeting of June 3, 2025, and approval would authorize the City Attorney to initiate

lawsuits in limited circumstances involving property or contract claims where the damages are

$35,000 or less.

 Councilmember Miller moved to adopt the ordinance. The motion seconded by

Councilmember Dobler carried unanimously. The Mayor does not vote. (9-0-0)

 The ordinance was adopted on roll call vote as follows: Ayes: Hiller, Valdiva-Alcala,

Ortiz, Banks, Kell, Miller, Dobler, Duncan and Hoferer -9.

 ORDINANCE NO. 20566 introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez, concerning

parking in the downtown central business district, amending Sections 10.05.010, 10.60.320,

10.60.330, 10.60.340, 10.60.150, 10.60.160, 10.60.200, 10.60.220, 10.60.230 10.60.010,

10.60.060, 10.60.170, 10.60.180, 10.60.210, 10.60.350, 10.60.360 and 10.60.370 of the Topeka

Municipal Code and repealing original sections, was presented. (Policy and Finance Committee

recommended approval on May 14, 2025.)

 Jason Tryon, Deputy Public Works Director, reported on May 14, 2025, the Policy and

Finance Committee recommended approval of the following amendments:

 • Remove references to College Hill.
 • Remove references to deposit of coins and physical meters.
 • Strengthen language to prevent “leapfrogging.”
 • Replace 15-minute cones with designated sign spaces for pick-up and delivery
 parking.
 • Increase the price of 10-hour meters.
 • Codification of no paid parking on Kansas Avenue.
 • Institute paid parking on the 100 blocks east and west of Kansas Avenue between
 6th and 10th Streets, effective January 1, 2026.




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 Councilmember Hiller thanked Downtown Merchants and Staff for the continued

discussion to finalize Downtown Topeka Parking changes.

 Councilmember Dobler moved to adopt the ordinance. The motion seconded by

Councilmember Banks carried unanimously. The Mayor does not vote. (9-0-0)

 The ordinance was adopted on roll call vote as follows: Ayes: Hiller, Valdiva-Alcala,

Ortiz, Banks, Kell, Miller, Dobler, Duncan and Hoferer -9.

 ORDINANCE NO. 20567 introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez, providing

for a nonexclusive franchise to TECHS, Inc. to operate an ambulance service within the City of

Topeka until December 31, 2026, was presented.

 Amanda Stanley, City Attorney, stated the City received an application from TECHS Inc.,

on May 12, 2025, and they have met all requirements of the ordinance. She reported that the

business owners attended the June 3, 2025 Governing Body Meeting and provided an overview

of their services and Staff recommends approval.

 Councilmember Kell moved to adopt the ordinance. The motion seconded by

Councilmember Miller carried unanimously. (10-0-0)

 The ordinance was adopted on roll call vote as follows: Ayes: Hiller, Valdiva-Alcala,

Ortiz, Banks, Kell, Miller, Dobler, Duncan, Hoferer and Mayor Padilla -10.

 DISCUSSION related to the imposition of real estate liens on properties that have

received utility services and failed to pay for such services, was presented.

 Danielle Twemlow expressed concerns with the inconsistencies and confusion in the

City’s Policy and implementation of the “Readiness to Serve” (RTS) fee. She asked if all

individuals and business owners listed in the ordinance would receive partial forgiveness of


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delinquent utility bills in the same manner as the properties located in Lauren’s Bay owned by

LB Lots, LLC.

 Patrick De Lapp distributed a handout (Attachment A) outlining the regulations in K.S.A.

12-808c regarding utility services provided by municipalities. He explained State statute outlines

that a lien shall not be attached to a property for unpaid utility fees or charges when utility

services have been contracted for/by the tenant and not by the landlord or property owner.

 Sylvia Davis, Director of Utilities stated Staff was requesting a mid-year Utility Lien

ordinance to address outstanding balances due to delinquent Readiness To Serve (RTS) and

stormwater charges. She explained when customer accounts become delinquent the typical

collection method was to disconnect services, however, in situations where water service was not

being provided, they may refer the outstanding balance to a collection agency or pursue liens on

the properties to collect. She reported currently there was a 98% succession rate when pursuing

liens on properties as opposed to a 36% succession rate if pursued through collections agencies.

She stated as of May 8, 2025, there were 792 delinquent utility accounts equaling $446,933.27 in

which letters were mailed to delinquent account owners providing a 90-day notice to pay

outstanding balances.

 Councilmember Ortiz expressed concern with Church entities as well as outdated

property owner information being included on the delinquent accounts list. She referenced

accounts with larger balances and questioned why property owners were not notified sooner.

 Councilmember Valdivia-Alcala spoke in opposition to the ordinance and expressed her

frustration in the execution and implementation of the RTS fee by Staff. She stated she believes it

was an attempt by the City to collect unnecessary fees due to anticipated budget short falls. She


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spoke about the importance of effective education of customers in these types of situations and

how failing to do so contributes to citizens’ distrust of city government and misuse of funds.

 Councilmember Duncan expressed his disappointment with the implementation of the

RTS fee. He highlighted his suggested recommendations to resolve the issue that he has

repeatedly shared with Staff; however, no action has been taken. He stated it was clear there

continues to be a problem with the Program due to the high amount of outstanding balances

accumulated in the approximately 18 months since the program was implemented. He offered to

work with Staff to find a solution.

 Councilmember Hiller spoke to the history of how utility rate increases were established

in 2023, including the RTS fee which was previously considered a type of “base fee” charged by

the City. She stated fee schedules were created with the intent to have the least amount of

financial impact as possible on citizens. She inquired about the average amount a residential

customer was charged for stormwater runoff.

 Councilmember Banks recognized Director Davis and Staff for their hard work. He asked

if Staff supports the directive to implement the RTS fee or if they believe there was a better way

to approach the situation.

 Councilmember Valdivia-Alcala inquired about the amount a customer would be charged

to remove and/or install a water meter. She stated concerns have been expressed by District 2

constituents related to unnecessary expenditures within the City’s Utility Department and asked

if the Utility Department was audited independently from other City departments. She offered to

work in conjunction with Councilmember Duncan to find a solution to the problem.




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 Councilmember Dobler stated he believes it has been established that the RTS fee needs

to be phased out and is not supported by the Governing Body. He requested the ordinance be

referred to the Public Infrastructure Committee for further review beginning in July 2025. He

noted it must be understood that the elimination of the RTS fee would not lower the cost of doing

business in the Utility Department.

 Councilmember Miller reminded the Governing Body that ultimately it was the decision

of a previous Governing Body to implement the RTS fee not Staff; however, he concurs with

Governing Body members and believes it was time to address the issue.

 Dr. Robert M. Perez, City Manager, reported as they work through the budget Staff will

provide a financial forecast of the Utilities Fund and the options available for potential funding

sources to address the budget shortfall resulting from the elimination of the RTS program fees.

 Councilmember Kell expressed the importance of having sufficient funds to maintain and

build the proper infrastructure for the City to effectively process water, stormwater and

wastewater for its residents. He noted these types of decisions must be beneficial to residents as

well as the City.

 In response, Director Davis provided the following information:

 • Staff does not always agree with the directive given to them; however, they continue
 to work diligently to effectively manage operations and services.
 • In regard to property owner information, Staff relies on the property information
 provided by the Shawnee County Appraiser as well as works with family members
 and property owners to eliminate incorrect information by any means possible.
 • She would report back to the Governing Body on the actual cost of a new water meter
 and stormwater costs are based on the amount of impervious surface.
 • The decision to collect outstanding balances mid-year was due to the high account
 balances that continue to accumulate.




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 Mayor Padilla stated it was the consensus of the Governing Body to refer the ordinance

to the Public Infrastructure Committee for further review beginning in July 2025 with the

understanding RTS program fees would be phased out. He thanked the Governing Body for the

discussion.

 ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE CITY MANAGER, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE

COUNCIL:

 Megan Brunson, Assistant City Clerk, announced a Citizen Government Review

Committee Meeting would be held on June 11, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Cyrus

K. Holliday Building First Floor Conference Room located at 620 SE Madison Street, Topeka.

She also provided an overview of the June 17, 2025, Governing Body Meeting agenda.

 Councilmember Hoferer welcomed new Topeka Police Officers and wished them a long

and successful career.

 Councilmember Hiller commented on Camp Courage, a one-week, hands-on glimpse into

the world of firefighters seen from a women’s perspective for young women ages 16-20 years

old. She congratulated participants for completing the program and thanked all those that

volunteered to help with the program.

 Councilmember Valdivia-Alcala thanked Jack Harvel for publishing an article in the

Topka Capital Journal concerning excessive code violations associated with Lew McGinnis

properties. She spoke about the importance of continuing to work to improve the living

conditions of Topeka’s residents.

 Councilmember Ortiz announced City of Topeka Way to Work Program interns began

work on June 9, 2025.


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 Councilmember Banks expressed his gratitude and pride in being invited to be a part of

Camp Courage and the positive impact it has on the community.

 Mayor Padilla spoke highly of Camp Courage and the impact it has on young women and

the sense of strength and courage it instills in them.

 Councilmember Dobler moved to recess into executive session not to exceed 30 minutes

to discuss employer/employee health care negotiations relating to one or more unions as justified

by K.S.A. 75-4319(b)(3). The meeting will resume in the Governing Body Chambers. The

following staff will be necessary to assist the Governing Body in its deliberations: City Manager

Dr. Robert M. Perez and any other staff he deems necessary. The motion was seconded by

Councilmember Kell.

 Mayor Padilla asked all those in favor of recessing into executive session to indicate so

by verbally by saying “yea” and those opposing to indicate so verbally by saying “no.” The

motion carried. Councilmember Ortiz voted “no.” (9-1-0)

 At the conclusion of the executive session, the meeting was reconvened into an open

session and Mayor Padilla announced no action was taken during the executive session.

 Councilmember Miller moved to recess into executive session for a time not to exceed 45

minutes to discuss personnel matters involving an individual employee as allowed under K.S.A.

75-4319(b)(1). The open meeting will resume in the Governing Body Chambers. The following

individuals will be necessary to assist the Governing Body in its discussion, John Deardoff, and

anyone else the Governing Body deems necessary. The motion was seconded by Councilmember

Dobler.




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 Mayor Padilla asked all those in favor of recessing into executive session to indicate so

by verbally by saying “yea” and those opposing to indicate so verbally by saying “no.” The

motion carried. Councilmembers Ortiz voted “no.” (9-1-0)

 Councilmember Valdivia-Alcala left the meeting during the executive session.

 At the conclusion of the executive session, the meeting was reconvened into an open

session and Mayor Padilla announced no action was taken during the executive session.

 Councilmember Hoferer moved to recess into executive session for a time not to exceed

15 minutes to discuss personnel matters involving an individual employee as allowed under

K.S.A. 75-4319(b)(1). The open meeting will resume in the Governing Body Chambers. The

following staff members or other individuals will be necessary to assist the Governing Body in

its discussion, John Deardoff, and other individuals the Governing Body deems necessary. The

motion was seconded by Councilmember Miller.

 Mayor Padilla asked all those in favor of recessing into executive session to indicate so

by verbally by saying “yea” and those opposing to indicate so verbally by saying “no.” The

motion carried unanimously. Councilmember Dobler was out of the room. (8-0-0)

 Councilmember Dobler entered the room during the executive session.

 At the conclusion of the executive session, the meeting was reconvened into an open

session and Mayor Padilla announced no action was taken during the executive session.

 NO FURTHER BUSINESS appearing the meeting adjourned at 9:40 p.m.



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 Brenda Younger, City Clerk, M.M.C.


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