|
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
|
|
DAB Meeting
|
|
|
Location
:
Evergreen Park & Recreation
|
|
Location
: Downtown YMCA
in the
Community Room
Time:
9 a.m.
|
|
|
District Community Events & News
|
|
City of Wichita facilities and operations will be closed or open special hours on the following days:
Saturday, Dec. 24:
Wichita Public Library locations, Park & Recreation centers, Great Plains Nature Center, Old Cowtown Museum, CityArts, Mid-America All-Indian Center, and Botanica and Riverside Tennis Center will be closed. The Animal Shelter will be open 1 to 5 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 25:
Wichita Public Library locations, Park & Recreation centers, OJ Watson Park, Old Cowtown Museum, Mid-America All-Indian Center, Wichita Art Museum, Animal Shelter, Botanica, Riverside Tennis Center, and municipal golf courses will be closed.
Monday, Dec. 26:
City Hall, Neighborhood Resource centers, Wichita Public Library locations, Park & Recreation centers, Great Plains Nature Center, CityArts, Mid-America All-Indian Center, Century II administrative offices, Transit administrative offices, Wichita Art Museum, Animal Shelter, WATER Center, Brooks Landfill and Environmental Health will be closed. Riverside Tennis Center will be open 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
There will be no Wichita Transit or paratransit bus service.
Saturday, Dec. 31: Park & Recreation centers, Great Plains Nature Center, Old Cowtown Museum, CityArts, Mid-America All-Indian Center will be closed. The Animal Shelter will be open 1 to 5 p.m.; Wichita Public Library locations will close at 5 p.m. Riverside Tennis Center will be open 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Botanica will be open from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. with fireworks at 8 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 1: Wichita Public Library locations, Park & Recreation centers, OJ Watson Park, Old Cowtown Museum, Mid-America All-Indian Center, Wichita Art Museum, Animal Shelter, Botanica, and municipal golf courses will be closed.
Riverside Tennis Center will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 2: City Hall, Neighborhood Resource centers, Wichita Public Library locations, Park & Recreation centers, Great Plains Nature Center, Old Cowtown Museum, CityArts, Mid-America All-Indian Center, Century II administrative offices, Transit administrative offices, Wichita Art Museum, Animal Shelter, WATER Center, Brooks Landfill, Environmental Health and Botanica will be closed.
There will be no Wichita Transit or paratransit bus service.
|
Social Media: Another Cybersecurity Concern
While social networking sites allow us to connect with and communicate with others from the safety of our homes, they also pose cybersecurity risk.
1. Carefully consider what information you do share. While you may not share your exact address, other information could lead a stranger with nefarious intentions directly to you. Examples include the names of your community and school, bus routes you take or a description of your home. These are seemingly innocuous pieces of information could give away more details about where you live than you realize.
2. Limit your friend or buddy list to people you know in real life.
3. Carefully consider the nature of the information you share. Will you be comfortable with family members, future employers or school admissions officials seeing the information and photos you post? Information posted online should be considered permanent.
4. Let common sense limit what you disclose. Never share your full name, Social Security Number, telephone number, address, credit card or bank account numbers.
5. Do not accept files or downloads from people you don't know.
|
Click here
for more information or to purchase tickets online
|
WICHITA ART MUSEUM
Tuesday, December 27
Wednesday, December 28
Thursday, December 29
11 am to 3 pm
To share holiday cheer to the people of Wichita, WAM presents FREE action-packed days of art exploration and activity. Watch a fun flick, make art, create a family masterpiece together, and take a mini tour. Each day brings new and fun activities. Do you have out-of-town guests for the holidays? Bring them to WAM for free admission during Winter Art Mania. Stroll the galleries, enjoy great food in the Muse Cafe, and shop in the Museum Store.
1400 West Museum Boulevard Wichita, KS 67203-3200 | 316-268-4921
|
|
MEALS ON WHEELS/FRIENDSHIP MEALS FOR SENIORS
is a nutrition program for adults over 60. Hot meals are served (by reservation) at noon Monday-Friday at Evergreen Park
2700 N Woodland ------ (316) 303-8036
Because a portion of the meal cost is covered by the Older Americans Act and Kansas Department for Aging and Disability services funding, only a freewill offering is requested. A suggestion $3.00 per meal.
|
Downtown Senior Center
200 S Walnut, Wichita KS
Educational Opportunities:
December
Every Wednesday in December
(Dec 7, 14, 21, & 28th)
Advanced Spanish @ 9:00am- (cost) and
Beginning Spanish @ 1:00pm- (cost)
Learn Spanish with the dynamic Judith Eugino- Humerez and appreciate Spanish foods with monthly lunch outings.
January
Tuesday, January 24, 2017 @ 2:00pm
"Little Lebanon: The Lebanese in Delano" presentation by Victory Sherry
Victoria Foth Sherry is a co-author of Wichita's Lebanese Heritage. She worked in the field of local history for many years, first at the Kansas Museum of History and then as program director of the Kansas Humanities Council. In 2000, she began collecting photos and oral histories from Wichita's Lebanese community for a museum exhibition.
|
Buildable Residential Lots Created in 2016
The Engineering Section of Public Works and Utilities plays a critical role in creating new buildable lots every year through the design and construction of water, sewer, drainage and paving projects. These projects are designed with staff oversight and approval, bid through the City's procurement system, then managed and inspected during construction by City staff again, with funding through special assessments. Over the last decade, new home construction has gone from boom to bust and is continuing its slow recovery. This year, Engineering bid 64 residential subdivision projects (16 sewer, 21 water, 22 paving and 5 drainage) totaling $8,946,000 (construction amount) with staff oversight provided throughout. These projects, combined with a handful of private contracts, created 603 new residential buildable lots in 2016.
|
Public Works & Utilities Winter Weather Response
Winter weather hit Wichita this past weekend, beginning with freezing drizzle and ending with an estimated 2 inches of snow. Crews began treating the roads with brine the Tuesday before the precipitation arrived, in order to speed up the melting process for as many arterial streets as possible. Once activated, operations continued non-stop for a period of more than 48 hours. During this time, crews focused on treating the roads with salt-sand, monitoring for refreezing, and plowing when necessary. Approximately 4,000 tons of salt-sand mix were used during this response and 45,000 gallons of brine.
Following this event, staff are working to replenish salt and sand reserves in anticipation of the next winter weather event, which could come as early as Thursday evening. While winter weather has not yet made its way into the current weekend forecast, staff continues to monitor conditions and stands ready to place staff on standby if needed.
|
Follow the Snow Plow Guide:
You can see where the City of Wichita snow plow/treatment trucks are on a Google map. The map can be zoomed and panned as usual to see what ever area you desire.
Each of the 50 vehicles has a dot and a flag that shows the unit ID number. The color of the dot indicates the status of the vehicle and this legend applies.
|
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.
|
Every Wednesday, November 2016 through February 2017: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Grab your coats, throw on your mittens and head over to the Sedgwick County Zoo for Winter Wednesdays! Spend the day in the refreshing outdoors for $3.00 per person every Wednesday, November through February.
|
2016 Ozone Season Ends; 2017 Planning Underway
Ozone season, beginning April 1st and ending October 31st, has come to a close. Each year the City of Wichita Air Quality Section monitors ground-level ozone pollution in South Central Kansas to ensure compliance with the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS), set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Ozone levels are considered to be out of compliance when the design value for a designated region exceeds 70 parts per billion (ppb). Results from the 2016 ozone season need to undergo quality assurance checks but currently the design value for this region is measured at 64 parts per billion (ppb), making it a successful ozone season.
The success of the 2016 ozone season is attributed to several factors. Many South Central Kansas businesses have partnered with the City of Wichita to create Ozone Action Plans and reduce emissions onsite. Also, annual emissions reported by industry sources are decreasing for the region and the entire state. Finally, while there was no shortage of hot, sunny weather this ozone season, the Wichita area did have consistent rainfall which helps remove emissions that form ozone from the atmosphere. Cloud cover also decreases sunlight intensity which reduces evaporative emissions that contribute to ozone formation.
Next year Ozone Season will begin March 1st and end October 31st; extending ozone season by one additional month and making it imperative that the community continues to be involved in actions that can reduce ozone-forming emissions. Staff continues to work with local businesses to further develop actions plans and identify new, potential partners.
|
Classes meet at Monday 10:00am & 1:30pm, Tuesday 10:00am & 1pm
Botanica
701 Amidon St Wichita, KS 67203
Please call Kelsey Webb at 316-264-0448 ext.117 for reservations. $9, $6 for members
Click here for 2017 scheduled themes
|
CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE PROJECTS
River Vista Development:
Project includes construction of apartments and commercial retail on the west bank of the Arkansas River between Douglas and 1st Street.
Traffic Impact:
The path along the west bank of the Arkansas River is closed between 1st Street and Douglas. The sidewalk on the south side of First Street is closed between McLean and Waco. Pedestrians will be detoured south to Douglas.
Contractor:
Key Construction
City Contact:
Paul Gunzelman
(268-4393 / pgunzelman@wichita.gov)
Estimated completion: Fall 2016

Mosley & Rock Island Paving:
This project will upgrade the area to current Old Town standards which will include brick streets and sidewalks, streetlights, trash receptacles, and landscaping planters. The project will also construct storm water improvements and include water main replacement.
Traffic Impact
. Mosley is closed to through traffic between 2
nd
& 3
rd
St. 3
rd
St. is reduced to one lane westbound at Mosley.
Contractor:
Pearson Construction
City Contact:
James Wagner
(268-4047 / jwagner@wichita.gov)
Estimated completion: Late 2016
|
Among other measures, the City Council has allocated $10 million from Hyatt sales proceeds to the improvement of many of the City's worst neighborhood streets.
|
Greater Wichita addresses the needs of homeless families
Being without a safe, warm place to sleep, eat, and care for children; living without the security of familiar people and belongings-that is homelessness. The loss of one's home, the most basic element of stability, is a profound crisis for anyone, but especially for families. Parents endure the heartache of being unable to provide a secure environment for their children. And children, who now make up 25 percent of our nation's homeless population, are deprived of a fundamental requirement for healthy development-a safe, permanent home.
What Can We Do to Help?
People of faith want to respond to the needs of their homeless "neighbors," but this can be an overwhelming task for one congregation. What do we do? How do we become part of the solution? Family Promise of Greater Wichita is part of a national program that responds to the growing need to provide shelter, meals and comprehensive support services to families without homes. The program unites the congregations from area churches to assist the homeless families.
|
Protect Your Pet During Winter and Cold Weather
Don't leave pets outside when the temperature drops. No matter what the temperature is, windchill can threaten a pet's life. Pets are sensitive to severe cold and are at risk for frostbite and hypothermia during extreme cold snaps. Exposed skin on noses, ears and paw pads can quickly freeze and suffer permanent damage. For more information,
click here
|
- Go to the website www.petharbor.com.
- Enter your Zip Code or City name in the appropriate field and click the "Find Shelters" search button.
- Check the box next to "Wichita Animal Shelter" and click the "Search Now" button.
- Click the "I Lost My Pet" button.
- Click the button for the type of animal that you have lost (Dog, Cat, or Other).
- You may choose to narrow your search by breed, gender, size, age, and predominate color at this time but please keep in mind the more narrow your search, the less results you will receive. If you do not specify any criteria in the search fields, and just click the "Search Now" button you will be able to browse all of the entries from the Shelter. It is a much broader search, but improves your chances of finding your lost pet. Please remember that your description of the animal may be different than the description posted on the website. We advise that you keep your search as broad as possible. If you have lost a pet we still advise that you visit the Wichita Animal Shelter regularly.
- Most of the animals will have a picture accompanied with the date the animal was impounded to assist in proper identification and a timely return to the owner. If the animal listing does not have a picture and you suspect that the animal may be yours, visit the Wichita Animal Shelter at 3303 N. Hillside.
- If you find your animal on the website, call the Wichita Animal Shelter at 350-3366 and notify staff. They will need the animal number displayed to the right of the picture.
If you do not see your lost animal using this service, we recommend you visit the Wichita Animal Shelter at 3303 N. Hillside (K-96 & Hillside) during business hours to make sure the animal wasn't picked up. Lost and stray animals are only held for 3 days starting the day after the animal is impounded. You may call the Wichita Animal Shelter at 350-3366 for more information and tips on finding a lost pet, but remember that only you can identify your lost pet, so please visit the shelter at least every 3 days.
Using the Pet Harbor Mobile App
Now you can browse adoptable, lost, and found pets in your area from the comfort of your smartphone or tablet! PetHarbor Mobile uses your geographic location to locate animals near you.
You will receive the same results and have the same search functionality that you would using the web version of PetHarbor but optimized for mobile devices!
|
NEIGHBORHOOD NUISANCE REPORTING MADE EASIER
Residents are encouraged to report neighborhood nuisance problems via phone or email.
T
o submit a report, please call the main number
660-9220
A voicemail can be left if the call is made after business hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Also, an email may be sent to
KeepWichitaClean@wichita.gov O
r residents may contact the
Dial Wichita! Call Center at
942-4482 to reach any department!
|
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.
|
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.
|
Project Access and its community partners serve patients in many locations. Eligible uninsured patients are enrolled for limited periods of time to address immediate medical needs. Once enrolled, patients have access to a variety of specialists, as well as prescription medication, durable medical equipment and diabetic supplies.
Eligible patients can be referred by participating physicians throughout Sedgwick County.
Additional key partners are community clinics and the Department for Children and Families (DCF). Patients who receive primary care at certain community clinics may be referred to Project Access and enrolled by an onsite DCF eligibility specialist.
Eligible patients are referred to Project Access by providers at the following sites:
For more information call
|
|
