Office of Community Services
District 6 Newsletter
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Message from Your Council Member....
Greetings District 6 Friends -
Welcome to the next edition of the weekly newsletter! We hope you find items of interest in the articles and at the links provided. Please let us know if you have ideas, information, or events you would like to see featured in a future edition. We always welcome your feedback and suggestions.
Have a great weekend!
Janet L. Miller
District 6
City Council
316-268-4331
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DAB Meeting
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Location
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Evergreen Park & Recreation
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Location
: Downtown YMCA
in the
Community Room
Time:
9 a.m.
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District 6 Community
Events & News
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Register at the Evergreen Neighborhood Resource Center
2700 N. Woodland
You have until Tuesday, October 18, 2016
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Need Health Insurance?
Cover Kansas Navigators Can Help.
Get help finding a plan that is right for you and see if you qualify for help paying for coverage. The next Open Enrollment Period in the Health Insurance Marketplace runs November 1, 2016-January 31, 2017.
Veronica Miranda, Navigator Project Coordinator, is located at the Evergreen Neighborhood Resource Center.
Free help available
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NATIONAL DRUG TAKE BACK DAY
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15th
Three locations around the city will serve as drop-off sites for the National Drug Take Back event on Saturday.
The program will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office. Residents can drop off any expired or unwanted prescriptions or over-the-counter medications.
The three drop-off sites are:
Sedgwick County Zoo, 5555 W. Zoo Blvd; the
Household Hazardous Waste Center, 801 W. Stillwell; and the
Oaklawn Activity Center, 4904 S. Clifton.
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Public Open House, Delano Site Finalists
The City of Wichita is encouraging residents to attend an upcoming open house to provide feedback on proposed development projects for the Delano Catalyst Site located downtown along the Arkansas River. The open is house is scheduled from 6-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct.19 at the Central Library, 223 S. Main.
An evaluation committee selected two development groups that best fulfilled requirements listed in a Request for Qualifications (RFQ); the two groups - EPC Real Estate Group and Delano Partners, LLC - will present their proposed developments for the Delano Catalyst Site.
During the open house, residents are encouraged to provide feedback on a comment card.
The Delano Catalyst Site, part of downtown revitalization efforts, is situated in an active river corridor. There are two substantial projects under construction near the site: the City's $33 million Advanced Learning Center and the $38 million River Vista Apartment project.
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| Night of the Living Zoo presented by Pizza Hut and Taco Bell |
October 28, 29 & 30, 2016: 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Bring your ghouls and goblins for a night of not-too-scary Halloween fun at the Sedgwick County Zoo! Several ghoulish activities, like pumpkin bowling and beanbag tosses, can be found throughout the Zoo. Wear your costumes if you dare and take a stroll down jack-o-lantern lane, creep up to candy stations and let your spirit come alive!
You can wander the Zoo at your leisure, visiting Dracula and the fortune tellers, playing fun Halloween games, seeing creepy displays, and visiting Candy Land on your way out!
Please note: You might see animals in their outdoor exhibits, but most animals will not be in attendance at this event.
Advance tickets: Tickets on Sale Now!
$7.00 area QuikTrip Stores or online!
Tickets purchased at gate:
$7.00 for Zoo members and $9.00 for nonmembers.
Children 2 and under do not need a ticket.
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This year's Fire Prevention Week campaign, "Don't Wait - Check the Date! Replace Smoke Alarms Every 10 Years" represents the final year of a three-year effort to educate the public about basic but essential elements of smoke alarm safety.
Why focus on smoke alarms three years in a row? Because the National Fire Protection Association's survey data shows that the public has many misconceptions about smoke alarms, which may put them at increased risk in the event of a home fire. For example, only a small percentage of people know how old their smoke alarms are, or how often they need to be replaced.
As a result of these findings, we're addressing smoke alarm replacement this year with a focus on these key messages:
- Smoke alarms should be replaced every 10 years.
- Make sure you know how old all the smoke alarms are in your home.
- To find out how old a smoke alarm is, look at the date of manufacture on the back of the alarm; the alarm should be replaced 10 years from that date.
If you own your property and do not have a smoke alarm, or cannot afford one, please call the Fire Prevention Office, Monday thru Friday, 8-5, to schedule a time to have a firefighter come to your home and install one for free. Their number is 316-268-4441. (This program is not for commercial or rental properties)
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| Halloween Favorite Old Town Museum Hay, Hooves and Halloween - October 29-30 Old Cowtown Museum: 4-8 p.m. Tickets: $5/person of all ages Your child doesn't have to wait until Halloween night to put on his/her costume. Bring them out to Old Cowtown Museum for "A Night of Hay, Hooves and Halloween." There will be trick- or-treating, dancing, meet-and- greet opportunities with well-known storybook characters such as the Headless Horseman and games in a family-friendly setting. Throughout the night, activity stations will be set up around Cowtown to entertain the curious trick-or-treaters. At each stop, they can play games with Cowtown's ghostly friends and round up all the candy their bags can hold. Other activities include: pumpkin bowling, carnival games, and a zombie gunfight on Main Street. |
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New Online City Garage Sale
Permitting System
The City of Wichita has launched a new online garage sale permitting system designed to make it easier to do business with local government. Just visit
www.wichita.gov
, look for the garage sale sign icon in the middle of the page, and click. Set up an account by entering an email address and create a private password. Apply for a permit or search the City's garage sale permit "ads" and locations.
City government issues more than 5,000 garage sale permits a year. The new system will allow users to add information about each sale, including what merchandise is offered at the sale (e.g. tools, books, clothing, furniture, etc.). Users can create a "classified" ad about their sale to be carried on the City's website. The information will be available for free to anyone with Internet access. A Google map will pinpoint the location of each garage sale and a report can be printed listing each sale. The information for a sale may even include up to five photograph images that can be uploaded with the ad.
There is no additional cost to advertise on the website. The $2.50-a-day cost of the permit includes the inclusion of each garage sale's advertisement on the website. Users searching for garage sales pay nothing.
The new online system comes at a good time. Dillon's grocery stores discontinued selling garage sale permits from customer service counters on Jan.1. Since then, residents have had two options: go to the Express Office Business Licensing window on the 1st floor of City Hall or purchase a permit at The Wichita Eagle. The new system is more convenient
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LOOK FOR THIS DECAL WHEN
HIRING
A
COMPANY TO HAUL YOUR JUNK/BULKY WASTE
Don't become the victim of an illegal trash or junk hauler. Unfortunately there have been several complaints about paying an individual to haul off large items or junk from houses and garages, and the items end up in a ditch, behind a company, or a country road. If there is anything that identifies you, the owner of these items, you will receive a severe ticket and fine from a City or County inspector. If you respond to an ad of someone that will haul your junk, make sure they are licensed to do so. They will have this decal on their trailer or truck! Don't let a mistake cost you double.
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HOW TO BUILD A SAFER NEIGHBORHOOD
Nextdoor.com is the free private social network for you, your neighbors and your community. It's the easiest way for you and your neighbors to talk online and make all of your lives better in the real world. And it's free!
Thousands of neighborhoods are already using Nextdoor to build happier, safer places to call home.
And it's only for you and your neighbors!!
People are using Nextdoor to:
- Quickly get the word out about a break-in
- Organize a Neighborhood Watch Group
- Track down a trustworthy babysitter
- Find out who does the best paint job in town
- Ask for help keeping an eye out for a lost dog
- Find a new home for an outgrown bike
- Finally call that nice man down the street by his first name
Nextdoor's mission is to use the power of technology to build stronger and safer neighborhoods.
Click here for more information.
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ICTrees is planning their fall plantings
which will occur from mid September through the week before Thanksgiving this year.
Last year they planted over 750 trees and engaged more than 400 community volunteers who committed over 1,000 hours of there time to accomplish this.
This year they would like to plant 1,000 trees. They are looking for suitable planting locations. If you know of an organization in your district such as a church, homeowners association, civic club, etc. that would benefit from trees planted on their property; please encourage them to contact ICTrees. Email
trees@ictrees.org
or call 316-302-6633 for more information.
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The program encourages citizens to call Crime Stoppers if they have information about a felony crime, and wish to remain anonymous. This means that they have not directly contacted law enforcement. Crime Stoppers always encourages cooperation with law enforcement, but in those cases where citizens do not want to call police, they are encouraged to provide the information they have anonymously through Crime Stoppers by one of the following ways:
Call (316) 267-2111 or 1-800-222-TIPS
Text TIP217 plus your tip to CRIMES (274637) or
If you would like more information on the program or you are interested in volunteering you may call the Wichita Crime Commission at 267-1235.
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Home Improvement program has funding available for income qualified homeow
ners
The Housing and Community Services Department's Home Improvement Program now has funding available for interest-free, forgivable deferred payment loans of up to $5,000 for income-qualified (60% of median) owner-occupant homeowners. Loans are provided for emergency needs, such as furnaces, water heaters, sewer lines, water lines, electrical system repairs and plumbing repairs. Loans are also provided for minor home repair needs for senior citizens, age 62 and older.
Property taxes must be current
Call 462-3713 for more information or to apply.
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ADOPT A CITIZEN!
Help your family & friends register to vote!
Deadline to register for November 8 election is October 18, 2016
In 2013, Kansas law made voter registration more difficult requiring proof of US citizenship by mailing or emailing a cell phone photo or copy of your birth certificate, passport or other citizenship documents with voter registration applications. Ex-felons who have completed probation and parole are eligible to vote.
To register in person, go to the Sedgwick County Elections Office at the old courthouse at 510 N. Main, M-F, 8 am-5 pm. Call 316 660-7100. Take a cell phone photo or paper copy of your birth certificate, US passport, Naturalization papers, Bureau of Indian Affairs Card or other citizenship document and bring it to the office or email to:
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City of Wichita, Office of Community Services | 316-303-8042 |
2700 N. Woodland
Wichita, KS 67204
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