City Commission - Regular Meeting

All right. We'll call the Thursday, August 13th, 2026 City Commission meeting to order. All five commissioners are present. First item is a consideration of the minutes from July 23rd, 2026. All good? I see no changes. That was the standard presented. Next up, citizen comments. I know we do have the women who lead here who would like to talk. If you want, come on up.

I'm short. My name is Nancy Jeter. I'm the president of Women Who Lead. I'm Marianne Shorman. I'm vice president. Vice president. And we just want to thank you guys. We are so excited, if you can't tell. The playground equipment is installed. It's in. it's looking good we're going to have a ribbon cutting on august 27th and so we brought you a special invitation for each of you and a couple of kisses because we really do appreciate it i also want to thank who's not here Jeff Boyle and Justin Hemphill and all of the parks department staff they were amazing my goodness I drove by like it was a hundred degrees out there and they're out there working all day long they were amazing hello thank you you should be very proud of them that's right thank you we'd love to see y'all there will also be recognizing our sponsors and people have given to women who leave Sunrise Park project to make it happen. We've got some other things that we just need to finish up and we really appreciate it. You may know that the that the Frisbee course got ranked and we're number 46 in the nation already. And they've had some tournaments there, and so it's been great. Marianne? I don't have anything else to say. She's just very excited, and we're all very excited. And I know the kids are loving it. We couldn't have done it without you. Without your support and everything. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Do you have any questions?

No, I just want to thank you guys for everything that you've done. I mean, what you've done to that park in just a short amount of time has been nothing short of phenomenal.

Well, you've got a great group.

Yeah, absolutely. You do. I mean, nothing stops you guys from any time you put your mind to it.

We have great support. and our sponsors and everybody who supports us. We're doing lots of great things, not only the park, but a lot of good things that benefit children, the community, elderly. We had a senior social Tuesday night. I think we served 80 seniors came, and a lot of them stayed and ate, and it was fun.

And I personally tested out the big tornado slide and it didn't work. My kids really enjoyed it as well. We did too. It's a great addition. Did you go on the zip line?

Not yet.

Okay, well we'll get you on the zip line then.

We could do that. Bill too. I say it way, way, not too often, but maybe consider it not often enough. You've created a model that every community should be looking at you and figuring out how to do. Having that many women involved, and I think the success of it is not everybody has to do everything. And I think, you know, people bring it in. I think of projects like Megan Ball's project and bringing it in and making it a part of Women Who Lead. People don't understand this is a model of success for communities and collaboration. they should be calling you to come speak to them all the time and I tell people to do that you guys are totally amazing and I've been part of a lot of groups over the years but you guys are amazing we've grown from 26 to over 200 members and you know I was one of the first 26 and I sit at this table and couldn't come so I'll be back thank you ladies thank you so much any additional citizen comments on non-agenda items

David?

Hey, guys. It's been a while. Nothing huge. I just wanted to voice again on the record. I'd love it if we could push the meetings back just a little bit more so more in the community could come to them. I know it's been brought up that when they were pushed back, people still didn't show up. But it seems like maybe there's a little bit more community engagement these days. Why don't we give it a try? At least maybe one out of the two.

every month push it back to 530 or six just to see what happens thank you okay thank you thanks david all right any additional citizen comments on non-agenda items all right next up is the consent agenda uh only thing on there is the next tech right away uh occupancy agreement move approval consent agenda second Motion to approve by Commissioner Jacobs, second by Commissioner Cunningham. All in favor, please say aye.

Aye. Sorry. Hold on. Mayor, I'll be abstaining because of my work. Oh, okay. Sounds good. Okay.

All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? None. And one abstention. Passes 4-0. All right. Thank you. Next up, authorizing debt collection services and reasonable costs related thereto.

Good afternoon, commissioners. I don't have a present, sorry. Jamie Bright, city clerk, and I am here to talk about debt collection services, a new ordinance. Just going a little bit of history, right now we are using the Kansas State set-off to collect any sort of debts. In order to do that, we start by the end of the last bill and you have to give 60 days before you can start. You have to make after that three attempts to contact them before sending it to the state and usually we make phone calls and then also send letters in the mail to do that. The problem with that is once you get to the end of that, it's about five months period and a lot of time or a lot can happen in that period of time, people move. Anyway, it's hard for us to collect with the state because the only monies we receive from the state is if people are getting paid through the state. So like lottery, capers, taxes, if they pay their taxes. We would like to go with a debt collection agency to collect the debt. It is a cleaner option because they'll be able to scrub these people to see if there's decease or any reason that we cannot collect from them. The ordinance also allows us to pass on the fee, the collection fee, which is 30% to the customer who owes the debt. And if no collection attempt is successful, which they say happens a lot, they do garnish wages. So, and that will not cost anything extra to us to do that. also unpaid abatements who the customer does not own the house anymore we could collect through there as well so we have three options to approve the debt collection ordinance to decline to approve the debt collection ordinance and then provide other direction to city staff and this is the action requested

I'll move to approve ordinance number 4104 further authorizing debt collection agencies to provide debt collection services on behalf of the city of Hays Kansas and to collect reasonable costs related to the collection of debt owed to the city of Hays Kansas second motion by Commissioner Musil second by Commissioner Valesi questions or comments on this item

is my only question is so how long will it take now for this process where you're saying did you say 60 days it's still the same same still it still has to be the same they just have different avenues to collect that we do now so it's a no-brainer I think yeah I know you talked last week too we're kind of you're also limited if they move out of the state you can't yeah because it's only money's gone state of Kansas collection is only money's ran through the state so

Yeah.

No cost to us and allows us to collect our debts. Sounds smart to me. Okay. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed? Passes 5-0. Thank you, Jamie. Thanks, Jamie.

Thank you.

Next up, the public hearing for the establishment of a reinvestment housing incentive district for Lincoln School, Jared.

So Jared Kuckelman, Assistant City Manager. Today we're talking about the next and final steps in the process for an RHID at the former Lincoln School. And then I'll also be talking about the resolution of intent for industrial revenue bonds since those incentives are both for this same project. So the former Lincoln Elementary School was closed back in May of 2025 as part of the USD 489 bond projects. Local developer Mike Graham was the successful purchaser of the property after the school board approved his bid back in January of 2025. The developer has proposed converting the existing school building into rentable housing units and constructing seven fourplexes on the remaining open space on the property. The developer has applied for an RHID and an IRB sales tax exemption to assist with the project. We did talk about this RHID back in June when the resolution to set the public hearing for today was approved. So the images here show the site of the former Lincoln School, and then that image on the right shows the boundaries of the property, which is also the boundaries of the RHID district. So this image shows the concept plan for the site. The owner does plan to remodel the 100-year-old school into 26 to 28 one- and two-bedroom apartments and then construct those seven fourplexes there, as you can see, on the surrounding area that would be east of the former school. And like I said, it is a concept plan, so things could potentially change, but that's the plan as of now. So an RHID works by capturing the incremental gain in property taxes for up to 25 years, and then at its expiration, that full valuation goes back to all the taxing entities The RHID can be an important development tool as the revenue from that incremental gain in value can reimburse the developer for certain eligible costs, some of which are listed here. This particular RHID is a bit more unique than some previous ones that we have discussed because it does include an existing building along with new construction. So existing buildings are allowed under state statute and this building does qualify. And the existing infrastructure in this area has also been in place for more than 10 years. And this does mean that new construction on the vertical structures can also be considered an eligible cost since there's not necessarily as much costs on the infrastructure side. So part of what we're discussing today is the ordinance, which will approve the development plan for the RHID, which we did talk about a bit back in June. The other part of that ordinance will also approve the development agreement, which will govern the administration and disbursement of the RHID revenues. So some of the key provisions from that agreement entitled the developer to the RHID revenue specifically for any eligible costs in a pay-as-you-go manner. There is a process in the agreement set up by which the developer would have to request those reimbursements. The agreement also specifies a timeframe for the project to start construction and then also hopefully be complete by which should hopefully be far enough in the future to not be too restrictive for the developer, but also still allow that the project won't sit without any sort of progress. And then finally, there are remedies laid out in case of any default by either party for any sort of reason. So the developer is also seeking industrial revenue bonds, or IRBs, for the purposes of this project. IRBs are a bond issuance which are meant to provide at least one of two incentives, a property tax abatement or a sales tax exemption on the construction materials. And in this case, since the project is seeking an RHID, there is no need to ask for any sort of property tax abatement, and so the project is only seeking the sales tax exemption. The IRBs do not affect the city's debt limit or rating, they do not require taxpayer commitment, and the developer is responsible for the payment obligations. For this particular project, the potential benefit in the sales tax exemption for the developer is estimated to be about $96,000 in just the city's portion of sales taxes. So as I mentioned, this RHID will be pay as you go. The estimated revenue generated over the 25-year period is just over $1 million, while the anticipated eligible costs are estimated at $4.3 million out of a total project cost of $5 million. So this does mean that the RHID would last for the full 25 years, and the developer is still responsible for about 80% of the project costs. And then on the IRB side, there are no general or special obligation bonds proposed as the IRBs would be the only bonds issued and those payment obligations for these would solely belong to the developer. So here in the calendar, you can see we're almost to the very end of the process now. Should you approve the ordinance today, that would begin the 30-day veto period for the county and school district after which the RHID would go into effect. So we do have a few different steps for the various items here. So these are the options under both the RHID and the IRB. And so then first up will be the action requested on the RHID. And then this will be on the IRB when we get to it.

All right. We will open the public hearing at 4.14 PM. Anybody who wishes to speak on this project may come and do so now. No one wishes to speak. I will need a motion to close the public hearing.

So moved.

Second. Motion by Commissioner Jacobs and second by Commissioner Musil to close the public hearing. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Passes 5-0. Public hearing is closed at 4.15 PM, and then we can move on to the actions requested.

I move we adopt ordinance number 4105 to establish a reinvestment housing incentive district, adopt a development plan, and approve the development agreement. Second.

Motion and a second on the table from Commissioner Jacobs and Commissioner Cunningham. Questions and comments on this?

My only question on this, and I'll go for Mike, are these going to be market rate rentals? You can come up.

I'll speak for him real quick and just say that yes, the understanding is it will be all market rate for the whole thing. Thank you.

No, I think we've talked about it. I think this is an exciting project that is generating nothing for over 100 years, and then we'll generate not only just housing, but eventually it'll generate some additional revenue for the community to utilize. So I appreciate it.

I think that was the first thing that went through people's minds, one that we heard that was going to close, the hope that would be in-field housing in that area, because that's just a perfect area that needs additional housing.

Yes, and restore a historic piece of our community into something that can be utilized by many families.

into these and possibly open another you know rental so it's a I think it's a win-win for the community I like that you're upcycling taking something old and bringing it up the part I appreciate that I know we've got the economic development policy being looked over by Toby and the staff I just wanted to Mentioned maybe we should be looking at putting a cap on some of the incentives like I mentioned earlier this year so like in this instance here where they're estimating 1.85 million dollars in RHID and 96,250 in benefits from the IRBs. Putting those estimates as the cap so if the economy does an amazing job and those RHIDs actually appear. the property tax come back better. They're not getting more incentive. They're just getting what we agreed upon. Just food for thought.

I would add, since Commissioner Valesky and I talked about this, was it yesterday we met or the day before? So you guys had asked a few months ago to review the policy, economic development policy. So Jared's kind of taken control of that. Jared and Colin and I have reviewed it. We have suggested changes. Some of our policy came about piecemeal. You know, the legislature would authorize the CID and we would create a CID policy and then they would authorize it as we put it in. So we looked at the policy as a whole try to tie things together So we have a meeting on Monday to create the final redline version to get to you guys It's gonna really be non-substantive changes. It's gonna be clarifying and moving things around and make sure it flows logically We plan to get you guys that next week and then September 3rd on the work session We have the the policy on so we want you to have it a few weeks ahead of time to be able to look at and then at that point any other changes, you know, that you guys would like to institute.

Has Grohe been involved in that process at all?

I believe so, yes. David's shaking his head yes.

I guess the question I have to that, I think it's a great idea what we're doing, is there any way we, or maybe they already have, like have developers, if we, with some of the changes, I mean, is it going to slow development with some, I mean, I don't know, I'm just asking.

No, we didn't change anything substantive in it. Okay. Right now what we have changed is more to make it easier to use and make sure we don't have three different sections saying the same thing or one policy that says a lot of very specific things and then other parts of the policy refer to the entire policy itself. It's little changes like that. We really haven't done anything that would change our interaction with developers in any way whatsoever. I know in the past we've revamped our economic development application, things like that, to make it a little more user-friendly and get us the information we need.

I guess my thing is, you know, like we got Chick-fil-A coming. I know we're working on some other chains. I don't want it to be a negative where these people are like, no, we can go somewhere else because you guys don't offer this.

No, we didn't take anything out. I mean, your policy, when you get it, it's still going to have references to CIDs and TIFs and RHIDs and IRBs and property tax abatements like the agility thing. All that stuff is still in there. We just kind of simplified the usage.

And most of them, or all those are in cities, are open to basically anybody in the state to use.

Yes, yes. So you should have a copy of that by midweek next week. Jared will email you that, and you'll have it well in advance of the September 3rd discussion. That would be great.

Perfect.

I just want to add one last comment. I just want to thank Mr. Graham for being willing to find another project in our community and invest your time and money into it. So thank you.

Thank you.

Is he going to help you build? He's the future. That's exactly right.

All right.

And I will call for a vote on this first ordinance here. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed? Passes 5-0. And the next one.

I move to adopt resolution number 2026-013, evidencing an intent to issue industrial revenue bonds for the Lincoln School project. Second.

Motion by Commissioner Cunningham. Second by Commissioner Jacobs. Further comments on the discussion on this?

Okay.

Call for a vote on that. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed? Passes 5-0. Thank you, Jared. And then next up, the Kansas Housing Investor Tax Credits for the Lincoln School.

So we're continuing on with the Lincoln School project, but a little bit of a different type of request. This would be a resolution of support for the Kansas Housing Investor Tax Credit Program, or KHITC. So we're still on the Lincoln Former Elementary School project. We did just finish talking about an RHID and IRBs for that project. The developer is also seeking to apply for the KHITC program, which these would specifically provide funds to go towards that fourplex portion of the project. So again, here, just as a reminder, here's the concept plan of the site, and you can see there on the right-hand side of the image, those four plexes that will be planned to be built. And then again, the image is here to show, you can kind of see from that aerial, that open space, that would be the site of those, as well as an image of street view to kind of see that open area. So just a bit more information on the KHITC program. This is a tax credit program that's administered by the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation, or KHRC. It is meant to go towards housing projects in communities experiencing a housing need. In the 2026 funding cycle, which we're in right now, there is $13 million in credits available, with $8 million of this available for counties that have a population greater than 25,000 like ours. The developer for this project is specifically seeking to apply for $840,000 in tax credits for this project. KHRC would ultimately make the final decision on that funding, but the application does require a resolution of support from the governing body, so that's of course what we're here to discuss. And this developer has been able to receive this type of funding in the past, specifically for the Tenth and Walnut project. So you may recall that we have talked in the past about the MIH grant program, which is also administered by KHRC and did require a resolution of support. The key difference between that program and this one that we're talking about is that the developer in this case and not the city is the official applicant for KHITC. And so that means that any funds for this would be directly provided to the developer if awarded. And so any program or funding requirements at that point would be the sole responsibility of the developer. So these are your options here today. And this will be the action requested.

I'll move that we adopt resolution number 2026-014 in support of the KHITC application.

Second.

Motion by Commissioner Musil, second by Commissioner Cunningham. Questions or comments on this one? All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed? Passes 5-0. Thanks, Jared. All right. Next up, Tallgrass First Edition Phase 6. It's a Jared show.

Jared Cucklin, Assistant City Manager. So changing gears a little bit on this next one. This is about a resolution to establish a benefit district for the Tallgrass First Edition Phase 6. GK Real Estate Development from Ellis recently purchased the remaining undeveloped lots in the Tallgrass First Edition and is now seeking to continue the housing development in that area. As part of this, the developer has signed and submitted a petition for the necessary street, stormwater, water, and sanitary sewer improvements to serve the development by using a special benefit district to finance the costs. The developer owns about 75 lots that remain undeveloped in the Tallgrass First Edition, but about 24 lots are being proposed to be developed in this current phase. So here's some maps to show where in Hays we're talking about. I'll just reiterate that this is the Tallgrass First Edition and not the Tallgrass Second Edition, which is where Heart of America is developing. So on the left here is the full plat for the Tallgrass First Edition, which was platted back in 1997. So the area in red there is the portion that's being discussed for development. The people might be familiar that these lots here to the south have mostly already been developed, while these lots here up here to the east of that proposed area are those remaining undeveloped lots that are owned by this developer and could potentially be part of some future phases. And so then that image on the right, you can just see kind of a closeup of that proposed benefit district. So just a reminder on how a benefit district works and the process, since we don't discuss these every day. Developer or the residents of an area, and in this case it is the developer, petitions the city to make certain public improvements to the proposed district. The resolution we're discussing here today creates that proposed district along with identifying the improvements that are being requested and the method of the special assessment. So once the construction of the infrastructure would be complete and those final costs are known, we would be back before you to pass an ordinance to set that final assessment amount, which then leads to the property owners and residents within the district paying the special assessments for a period up to 20 years. And so basically then those special assessments go towards paying the cost of those infrastructure improvements. So the engineer for this project, Driggs Design Group, has estimated that the total construction costs amount to about $1.6 million. So as we're discussing here today, these will be paid through the special benefit district process. And so the city's policy for these is to require the developer to put 30% down of the total costs, which then leaves the remaining 70% to be special assessed to the property owners within the district. And so this is the process that will be used for this project. So while this developer has been active for several years now in Ellis, this would be their first project in Hays. And so to provide a little bit of extra reassurance, the developer has provided a letter of credit in the amount of $84,000. And this amount was chosen because it's estimated to be about one year's worth of special assessments on all 24 lots within this phase. So these are your options here today. And this is the action requested.

I move to approve resolution number 2026-015, authorizing the creation of a special benefit district for infrastructure improvements in the estimated amount of $1.6 million for the development of 24 lots in the Tallgrass first addition. Second.

Motion by Commissioner Cunningham, second by Commissioner Jacobs. Questions, comments on this item?

I just want to commend them for coming in. I mean, platted in 97 and it's 2026. So I'm grateful that they're going to come in and look at finishing out developing these plots.

I think it's great. Once again, we're building all ranges of houses, rental houses, town, everything. I think it's great.

Keep going. OK. Call for a vote on that. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed? Passes 5-0. Thank you. All right. Thanks, Jared. You did a good job. Couldn't go the game.

He had to bring a closer in.

No pressure. Tallgrass First Edition Phase 6 Engineering Services Agreement. Jesse.

Jesse Rohrer, Director of Public Works. So now that you've approved the Special Benefit District resolution, you get the opportunity to consider the engineering services agreement for the same development. So again, we're talking about the same 24 lots in the Tallgrass first edition phase six, as Jerry just talked about. So, Jared Ray mentioned the platting. That was done in 97. Zoning is also completed. Annexation is as well. And so, this is the next step in the process before the actual construction can occur. So, of the 24 lots, of course, it'll consist of street construction, water, wastewater, and stormwater improvements. Based on the schedule within the engineering service agreement, the construction is to start in or about the first quarter of 2027. So for this item, Driggs Design Group has prepared the contract for engineering services. It will not only include the actual design of water, wastewater, storm, and streets, but the surveying work necessary, the contractor bid solicitation they will assist with, and then they'll provide bid review, provide bid tabs, and the final recommendation to staff to bring back to the City Commission for award of bid. The contract with Driggs for all these services is $31,500. And although there's no dates on here, based on the award of the engineering contract, if it gets awarded today, the bid opening is on or about December 15th of this year here. So again, if we can get that, Opened around the first couple weeks of December, bring them back to you for award late December, early January, and they'll be prepared for construction at that time. The cost for the engineering services agreement will be funded out of capital projects. This is one of the costs that, in addition to the actual construction, does roll into the special benefit district, as is typical with most projects like this. And your options today would be to approve the engineering services agreement or not. And this is the action requested.

I move approval of the engineering services with Briggs Design PA in the amount of $31,500 for the infrastructure design of Phase 6 of Tallgrass First Edition.

Second. Motion by Commissioner Jacobs, second by Commissioner Neusel. Questions or comments on this item?

I just want to make sure I heard you right. You said this $31,500 gets rolled into the special assessment, so whoever buys the house will be paying that back with their taxes throughout the years, about 20 years?

Right. So the, as with the entire special assessment amount, 30% of the actual contract price for the construction and everything is paid up front by the developer prior to, or right after award of the commission.

before they get notice to proceed and then the remaining 70 percent including the 70 percent of 31.5 is part of the special benefit district and the assessment right okay all right i will call for a vote on that all in favor please say aye aye opposed pass this 5-0 thank you thanks jesse all right commission inquiries and comments david you're up oh geez

already talked about the economic development policy I've also been talking with Toby about some water policy potentially with us expanding Hayes I would like us to continue to be good stewards of the water especially if we or when we do get this water up here from the R9 I think we should be looking at some proactive policies to let people know that when that water comes up here, we're not going to be reckless and go do something stupid like bring in a major corporation that's just going to guzzle it down. So I think we should get ahead of the curve. If we show good faith, maybe to the Supreme Court even, if we said, hey, look, we got this good policy that says not only are we going to get this water, but maybe we'll continue to be good stewards and not do anything that will jeopardize that water source. So, just some food for thought. I'd like us to continue digging on that.

Absolutely. If anybody can be good stewards of water, it's going to be us. Yes, for sure. All right. Sandy.

A couple things. First, a reminder to everybody, the kids are back in school or getting back in school, and you start to see a lot more activity and be very careful out on the streets. I don't know how many kids are going to be riding scooters to school, but I'll bet there will be a few parents that don't have to take them after that. One thing that I should have brought up last week, and I didn't, because I was kind of waiting for somebody else to do that, I guess, I guess the awardees. But I think, I don't know if everybody has heard, and it was part of Doug's show last Friday, but the Magnolia Estates Group, and Doug, if you can remember, remind me of the name of the developer. Housing Opportunities. Housing Opportunities Inc. Received the LIHTC grant for the property at 27th and Canterbury. It's on the south, south east corner of 27th and Canterbury. I have to stop and think. When we had the four people in front of us telling us what they were going to do, that was the one I was really excited about. This is for seniors 55 plus. There'll be 20 units out there and it is low income housing. think is so needed and it's what this community has been asking for so I really want to congratulate them and congratulate us because if we didn't have the right places for all these people to develop we have all the things going for us to be the quality of kind of community they're looking for this wouldn't happen so I think we should be very excited about it and I think from the best of my knowledge they're gonna start pretty quick and somebody can correct me if I'm wrong we're gonna try to start pretty quick We hope so. I hope so. Nobody ever starts as quick as we're ready for. That's true. I think they are. And having seen their other projects, I think it's going to be a great addition to the community and to the Grove as a whole. That's all.

I agree with Sandy. I actually have talked to three different residents that their parents outside of Hays are looking for houses to move to Hays because kids moved here to college kind of like we did and stayed. So I think that's going to be great for stuff like that. And David, I appreciate your comments because that's something I brought up many times about we get this water, we got to make sure. And I had brought up years ago about know it won't be all of us but we got to make sure we continue to do what we're doing now because it's just the right thing to do for our community and our region and stuff so i appreciate your comments on that um yeah i just like you said please be careful a lot of new people in town which is really exciting but i think a lot of the businesses in town are really excited because they have some more workers they can hopefully hire and It is exciting to have the kids back in school. I got my last kid in high school, and the wife and I are kind of doing the happy dance. We're four more years.

The college is back, so watch yourself on one-way streets. Yeah, absolutely. Do not get one-way streets.

I had one on 6th Street coming right at me. And the roundabouts. Be careful, because some of these people came from really small towns, and we're the big city to them. So be careful, and maybe not hog the first week anyway.

Elena. I wanted to say welcome back to the 4A students. I know a lot of them have been moving in this week and will continue to, so welcome back. And then I just wanted to pass on, I wanted to commend a youth in our community. There's a program that not everyone might be aware of. It's individually ran. It's a summer fun kids program. And often that group goes down to Frontier Park almost daily, I feel like. But they brought it to our attention that there were some weeds and some sticker patches developing. But the great thing was they didn't bring it as a complaint. They wanted to make the city aware and then let us know that this group of youth that is part of this program. They have been picking these weeds and picking up trash routinely. So one of the kids in this group is named Adam Brady, and he did an immense amount of work. So I just wanted to give him a shout out and say thank you. He's only seven years old, and I was sent a picture of the amount of stickers, and I'm sure the amount of cuts he probably got in his hands doing it, but it's commendable. So, yeah. So thinking about the future of the youth, that's our future. It's looking bright.

What is that group?

Summer Fun Kids Program. John Adinkle, a local person, runs it. That's great. I love that. I know. That's my happy news.

It's awesome, especially when people take that kind of pride in your community and clean it up. I mean, that's awesome. Great. Yeah. I wanted to extend our condolences on behalf of the city to former city manager Randy Gustafson's family on his passing. He was city manager for? 2002 to 2007. And your predecessor? Mm-hmm. And so we appreciate the service he gave to our community and our prayers are with his family at this time. Only other thing that I have is I got the opportunity On Tuesday, one of the greatest things that's ever happened to me ever, aside from my marriage and my children, is I got the opportunity to meet two of the Artemis II astronauts. out in the Cosmosphere on behalf of the city. And they are wonderful, wonderful people. They were super smart, very humble, really excited. Senator Moran did get Commander Reid Wiseman to say that the Cosmosphere is the best space museum in the world. And we're lucky we have it here in Kansas, and that's on the record. yeah I did get to greet them I gave him a couple of keys to the city on on behalf of them for a successful mission and everything that they've done for the space program and stem particularly Christina cooks mission specialist has been very very active in getting young woman involved in stem organizations and programs So we were very lucky to be able to host them right here in Kansas, so that's pretty cool. I mean, they hold the record for being the furthest humans away from this planet ever, which is a strange thing to think about. Other than that, I don't have anything else. We do have an executive session.

Yeah, I would request the City Commission enter into an executive session for a period not to exceed 40 minutes to include the City Commission, city management staff, city attorney staff for consultation with the city attorney to discuss matters covered under the attorney-client privilege. So moved. Second.

Motion by Commissioner Jacobs, second by Commissioner Musil. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed? Passes 5-0. Thank you, folks.