May 2025 Agenda
Delano Neighborhood Association
General Meeting
Agenda
May 20, 2025
Delano’s Diner
1220 West Douglas Ave., Wichita, KS 67203
6:30 P.M.
ORDER OF BUSINESS
- Call to Order
- Approval of agenda
REPORTS
- Wichita Police Dept. Report: Crime stats and community policing issues. Clock tower vandalism.
- President’s Report: SeeClickFix reports: Abandoned vehicle; Storm damage.
- Treasurer’s Report: The association’s financial status; DBA meeting; DU
- Dispatch Editor: Dispatch related topics, If any. Surge; RiverFest; Hutton promo; +sweepers; stormwater; pfhm; WPL
- District Director’s Reports: Issues or items of interest in their districts, if any. Street Sweeping Schedule.
BOARD AGENDA
NEW BUSINESS
- WIN Bloom grants
- Plan neighborhood events for 2025 (Soup Supper, Cleanup, Safe Treat)
- DNA Awareness, Recruitment, & Unity
OLD BUSINESS
- Delano Dispatch
- Neighborhood Meeting Signs
- Delano Revitalization Plan: Paid parking on Douglas; Arkansas River west bank landscape improvements between Douglas and Maple.
- Establishing backup practices and procedures in the event that a board member can no longer perform their duties (ie: illness, death, resignation)
- Follow up regarding any development issues pending before MAPC
- Re-establish Communication & Event Committees, and duties if established
- Delano Neighborhood (Kansas) Facebook Group
- Update on City of Wichita projects: W Douglas St improvements, Transit Hub by April 2026, etc
- Update on private development in Delano:
- Planning department
- response to ignoring 2019 DN Plan for ZON2025-00016 at 721 West Maple Street
- response letter re: ignoring PUD2021-00016 at 220 S Hadley/820 W Burton Ave
- Exploration Place “Destination Playscape” playgrounds will open Fall, 2025
- Ballpark Village
- Maple & McLean Development (groundbreaking?); Historic tree destruction
- Planning department
- Discussion of traffic, speeding, and parking issues in Delano.
MEMBER/PUBLIC AGENDA
- Off-agenda items: Open the floor for anything not on the prepared agenda
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- The next DNA meeting: June 17 2025
- The next Delano United meeting: TBD
ADJOURNMENT
WIN re-introduces Bloom Grants!
Members of WIN! Apply for 1 of 4 Summer Bloom grants now! Each one for $250.
- Deadline for project proposals is May 23, 2025 at 5:00 pm
- Notification of grant award recipients will be made on June 13, 2025.
- Award checks will be distributed by June 20, 2025.
- Funded projects must be completed by August 20, 2025.
These grants are designed to fund a neighborhood project that contributes to improving the neighborhood or helps to connect and/or engage neighbors.
Project proposals may be submitted by individuals or organizations that are members of WIN. Proposals will be reviewed by the WIN Board which will determine which proposals will be funded. Requests may be made for up to $250. A total of 4 $250 grants will be awarded
Previous source: <https://winwichita.org/bloom-grants/>
