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FEB BAB 2014.Indd Valley Center, KS 67147 Center, Valley Main W. 120 • 210 Box P.O. The Bel Aire VALLEY CENTER, KS VALLEY Permit No. 10 PRSRT. STD. PRSRT. U.S. Postage 67147 PAID Vol. 9, No.B 1 reezeFebruary 2014 Complimentary copy ByCity Matt Heilman takesment districts action designed to help spur toUnion Pacific boost line in Bel Aire’s Sun- keyUnicem will alsodevelopments pay off its share of the four lots that were outside the development on the front end with the flower Commerce Park. Buzzi Unicem a water line with the establishment of community improvement district. The The Bel Aire City Council didn’t city being reimbursed for its share of will be the first company to utilize the a community improvement district, inclusion of the builder’s lots into the waste time in its first meeting of 2014. infrastructure improvements on the rail siding as part of its shipping opera- Lasher said. community improvement district will On Jan. 7, the council took binding back end. tion. A second motion approved by the allow him to get a two-year start on action on three items on its agenda, set The first ordinance the council Bel Aire City Manager Ty Lasher council incorporated four vacant lots in construction without owing special a workshop for 6:30 p.m. Jan. 14 and approved incorporated the 12-acre lot said, by state statute, construction the Elk Creek Addition into the com- assessments to the city for infrastruc- adjourned within 15 minutes. purchased by Buzzi Unicem into a of rail siding isn’t a cost that can munity improvement district already ture work including paving and utility Two of the three action items community improvement district. The be assessed to property owners via established with single-family proper- placement. taken by the council were ordinances district was established as a financing special assessments. This is why the ties owned by a bank in the struggling Lasher said the city would be reim- designed to boost key developments in tool for the large cement manufactur- community improvement district was development southeast of City Hall bursed on the back end by tacking on the city. The ordinances incorporated ing company to pay for its share of approved for the 12-acre property at near 45th North and Rock Road. two years worth of specials at the end properties into community improve- rail siding that will run along the main 53rd North and Greenwich. Buzzi A local builder has ownership of of the agreement. Group Home con- struction in Bel Aire includes the addition of multi-fam- ily and single- family homes. resumes In 2013, the 33-year-old city had its sixth best year in terms of resi- dential growth. push for gamingBy Matt Heilman Matt Heilman The start of a new legislative session has a Wichita group re-energized in its efforts to push for gaming in Sedgwick County and the reopening of a mothballed property neighboring the Kansas Pavilions. The group called Wichita Wins is advocating for slot machines at the Wichita Greyhound Park. On Jan. 10, Beth King, spokesperson for Wichita Wins, confirmed that owner Phil Ruffin is interested in re- opening the park if he’s allowed to add slot machines. “Mr. Ruffin is planning to invest $50 (million) to $100 million in reopening the park if he is allowed to add slot machines,” King said in a news release. “In order to achieve that, the Kansas Legislature will have to pass legislation allowing citizens of Sedgwick County to vote on the issue, and the Sedgwick County commissioners must agree to put the question The stage is set on the ballot. Sedgwick County voters would then Bel Aire in position to build on 2013 momentum need to pass the question.” By Matt Heilman “I’d like to see us build on it,” he said. In 2007, Sedgwick County voters rejected a vote Locally, Bel Aire has generated the most for gaming and Ruffin closed the Greyhound Park. buzz with the development of the 800-acre Since then, the Wichita native and casino owner has ince he was elected to his post last Sunflower Commerce Park. Century Manu- stayed active with his business endeavors in Las facturing is the only business up and run- April, Bel Aire Mayor David Austin Vegas. ning on the land, but more construction is says he’s tried to be a cheerleader for If slot machines were allowed and Ruffin followed S ongoing following commitments made last the city. And lately, he said, his enthusiasm through with funding to reopen the Greyhound Park, year. Looking at its potential impact for the has been justified. King said the benefits would be “wide reaching.” area, likely the biggest accomplishment for He looks around and sees construction “It is estimated that the reopening would create Bel Aire in Sunflower Commerce Park in popping up on vacant land and he wants 500 new jobs and generate an estimated $1.8 million 2013 was the ability to secure funding for residents as well as people outside of the in gaming revenue each year for Sedgwick County rail siding that will run off the main Union community to take notice. along with additional property tax revenue,” King Pacific Railroad line that runs through the “We haven’t had a year like 2013 in a said. park. long time as far as residential and commer- She said the additional revenue would include Entrance signs were added last year The siding cemented (no pun intended) cial land sales,” Austin said. $770,000 for the Valley Center school district, to the Sunflower Commerce Park in the plans for a large cement manufacturer In 2013, the 33-year-old city had its $367,500 for Sedgwick County, $228,750 for the preparation for more development called Buzzi Unicem to expand its opera- sixth best year in terms of residential Sedgwick County Fire Department, $118,750 for this year. Bel Aire Mayor David Aus- tion in the commerce park on about 12 growth. New home construction has been Grant Township, $57,500 for the Valley Center Rec- tin said he’d like to see occupancy acres at the southwest corner of 53rd North pushed by the incorporation of more multi- reation Commission, $18,750 for the State of Kansas in the park, double triple, or even and Greenwich Road. family development, but single-family con- and $13,750 for the South Central Kansas Library quadruple this year. The rail siding provides shipping ca- struction on larger lots has also continued, System. pabilities that Austin, the city council and although at a slower clip than what was City address on Dec. 3, he reported that If the Greyhound Park were to reopen, King said occurring before the economic downtown as of Dec. 1, Bel Aire had 71 new housing Bel Aire City Manager Ty Lasher expect starts in 2013, including 21 new single- slammed the market about five years ago. See GAMING, Page 2 When Austin delivered his State of the family homes. See 2014, Page 2 WholesaleBy Matt Heilman TowandaFireworks and Andover as well as about expandingin diesel fuel. withThe heart of Belthe company outsideAire Wholesale building Fireworks in its new facility 60 tents. Today, Wholesale Fireworks of Wichita includes Dodge City and during the week of sales leading up to This summer, there will be more Wholesale Fireworks operating designs and produces fireworks that Garden City. the Fourth of July. bang for your bucks in Bel Aire. manager Jacob Marietta said the com- are made in China. Marietta said he Locally, Marietta said the company In recent years, student groups at At its Jan. 21 meeting, the Bel pany hasn’t added a new spot in the returned from a business trip to China will have a presence in Bel Aire for at Sunrise Christian Academy and the Aire City Council passed a resolution Wichita area for about a decade. in late October and plans to return next least the next 20 summers. Lions Club have worked at fireworks that essentially, OK’d the issuance of “We’ve been looking for the right month. Locally, the company sells the “We’re gonna be here for a long tents to serve as fundraisers. industrial revenue bonds meant to pave spot for years,” he said. World Class brand of fireworks. time,” he told the council. In Bel Aire, fireworks sales begin the way for Wholesale Fireworks to He said the Porter Paints building He said Wholesale Fireworks has Before passing its resolution regard- on June 27, but they may only be shot purchase an existing building in the is “exactly what (the company was) “worked with a bunch of other compa- ing the advisability of issuing bonds off on July 4. city. The building, located just north- looking for.” nies” and has a presence in the Kansas for the purchase of the former Porter Also on Jan. 21, the council: west of 37th North and Woodlawn, is •Approved an appropriations ordinance of Marietta said selling fireworks runs City area and other states, including Paints building, the council approved $184,518.45. an 8,000-square-foot structure that is in his family. He said it started more regionally in Oklahoma and Missouri. an ordinance relating to fireworks sales •Approved a letter of intent to issue indus- the former home of Porter Paints. The than 80 years ago when his grand- The company’s headquarters is that permitted Wholesale’s plans for trial revenue bonds and other incentives with building will be the latest addition for mother started selling fireworks out in a 40,000-square-foot facility in Bel Aire.
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