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A little cringe, but well intentioned. Impressive to see so many FTEs on the stairs of the community center in the last shot. I wonder how the ratio of residents to city employees compares to other cities throughout the country.

This was great!

What happened to the video? I asked at the next meeting and found out the camera was disabled during the previous week's storm-induced power outage, and had not been noticed until the meeting was to begin. Thank you staff for posting at least the audio and the slides.

I am impressed by the public who came en masse to peacefully redress their government. The largest turnout at a city council meeting that I think I have ever seen in 8 full years of attending myself. What an honor! How many of these involved citizens would have appeared to observe the meeting of the Flags 4 Freedom committee weeks ago, if only our city administration had valued government transparency highly enough to publish those meeting schedules. Instead the administration refuses to even tell citizens who ask for that information.

Congrats Ingrid on ten years!!

LOL< look at the sheep wearing their masks

USA is hilarious- fancy swearing allegiance and adding in an imaginary figure.

"pick up window". I think we all know that's bunk. They're drive-throughs and we all know it Bryan. Thank you Laha, for pointing that out and having the integrity to say no. The idea that people will order from an app is at best encouraging idling in a parking spot, and at worst encouraging cellphone app use while driving. Running people over because you can't place an order at the window isn't very pedestrian friendly... What's the carbon footprint of a vehicular accident....

R.I.P miss wallace ❤

Again, thank you for posting these meetings online so people can stay informed.

We just dont need more apartment complexes in this area..

Ugh! Why do I always try watching this before the audio has been rendered. I'll come back.

Great video. It was nice getting to know more about Jason. Thanks for adding CC for the hearing impared.

Exciting stuff.

How is ur city. Thinking of moving ?

This is a great use of TH-cam. Now, please do a video on merging and Zip Lanes.

Where is the discussion about the K-Mart Site Redevelopment that was denied?

There is no volume but TH-cam might still be processing it. Please reupload if it doesn't have volume soon.

I appreciate the ability to watch these post meeting.

One day I hope to move here hope the libtard democrats dont infect it like other places

Great meeting! and what an awesome service to keep our community connected!

The crew did a great job today. It was nice seeing my 1980's carpet being hauled away.

Me are I am.

It’s September! Can’t wait to see the updates! Please post a video tour...

I also support the idea of a dog park downtown. Good public input!

Will there be a monthly update for April?

pool is trash compared to what we used to have....a shame

Miss Wallace! HEY ADRIANA! EEEE! HANNAH! MISS WALLACE IS BFFS WITH MY TEACHER!

I am not very happy about the expenses that we will be assuming specially for a small city like Merriam with the new community center/swimming pool but I can see that's needed I was sad to see all those beautiful tree being removed on the new site maybe some could have been saved it takes years to grow tree I wished someone would be more sensitive to the environment. what about K-Mart site this is prime real estate, very accessible why so slow.

To tell the true it was kind of a constrain while working the street, but well worth it so smooth and well marked, really like the new streets light can wait to see the Christmas decoration. Thank you for all involve for the hard work

Wow! The outdoor pool is not much better than what you find at an apartment. Unless I missed something, the residents of Merriam just lost a great outdoor pool. This is truly a sad day for the residents of Merriam.

I have come to your soda fountain and it is fun and delicious. Thank you for making this possible.

Excellent video and explanation. But, this wasn't in the driver's license manual/test. And you won't see HAWK explained in the KS Drivers Guide: www.ksrevenue.org/pdf/dlhb.pdf either. It states on P. 32 that 'side-by-side lights that will flash alternately' indicate an approaching train. It especially worries me to have this confusion mere feet from a real RR crossing as is the case in the video. HAWK signals are unnecessarily complex for drivers and cause confusion. These instructions need to be on a sign, on the arm next to the lights. But as a general rule, when something important needs explanation (weather that be in a you-tube video, or a sign), it should be redesigned to be made simpler. There's already a universally known light to control traffic: A (red yellow green) stop light. And regular stop lights should be used instead of the yellow and alternating-red signal that drivers are never taught unless they happen to find your video. My suggestion: Show drivers one single red light per lane. Or use standard red-yellow-green traffic lights.

This video does not explain where the $20 million figure actually came from. Is it real? Did it come from the same contractors who gave the price on a new community center? This video also does not explain how the city plans to finance the operations and maintenance; from the city's own information that looks like an increased deficit of $1.5 million or so a year. Or is that already covered by the existing MRO budget? If it's already covered, how can that be possible when the new facility is so much more expensive? It costs more to maintain a Lexus than it does a Chevy. The assumptions being made seem overly optimistic. This video also does not explain why we (population 11,000) "need" a $30 million community center when Olathe (population 135,000) spent $28 million to build theirs. Are we 12x dumber than they are or 12x better? Why don't the people who want Olathe amenities move to Olathe? This video also does not explain how the city is going to adjust its overly optimistic sales tax revenue projections in light of the fact that car sales have been declining for years and will continue to do so. Millennials don't really care about cars, plus cars have become too expensive for many people to buy. Yet, we are supposed to believe that car sales tax will pay for this costly facility simply if we ignore reality and wish for that outcome? This video does not explain the fact that Merriam homes are cheap compared to identical homes in nearby cities, precisely because Merriam doesn't have the costly amenities those cities have. People chose to live here for that reason, and now a small group wants to take that choice away. It will be hard for Merriam residents to scale up or down with age, and stay in Merriam. Maybe scaling this down (we don't need an art center in it, for example; Joco has a great art building, as mentioned in the recent county newsletter and the Nelson is close by) would be the answer. What can we eliminate to make this affordable? The city claims it sent out a survey and this is what people want. But they didn't say it would saddle the city with an unmanageable debt to provide the whole wishlist. How about choosing what's important and actually worth doing in terms of value on the tax dollar not in terms of vanity or something else irrational? Ask me if i want a new Rolls Royce. Yes, but not if I have to pay for it! What do you think about these unmentioned problems with this costly plan? Tell your city council to kill this proposal, because it does not make sense for Merriam.