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Wichita staff: RAISE/BUILD grant for Kellogg–Eisenhower Parkway was pulled, city to monitor and stand by on support letters
Summary
City staff told council members a federal grant the city had been preparing—previously RAISE, now listed as BUILD—was pulled for review and returned to the portal without a new submittal date change; staff urged council members to be ready to provide letters of support.
At the Feb. 14 Wichita City Council workshop, city staff updated council members that a federal grant application tied to improvements at Kellogg and the Eisenhower Airport Parkway interchange had been pulled from the federal portal and later restored under the name BUILD.
"I heard from Jim Davenport that the grant had been pulled," Gary told council members, adding that some grants are being pulled, edited (removing language), and then reposted. "They brought that back up and did not change the submittal date. So I don't know any more than that, but we're watching very closely." Gary said the city would continue to prepare the application and asked council members to be on standby to issue letters of support if requested.
Council members did not vote on the matter at the workshop; staff said they would notify council as soon as they received additional federal guidance and would request letters of support if needed. The city did not provide details in the workshop on the grant’s dollar amount, application deadline after reposting, or any change to the project scope.
Jim Davenport was cited by staff as a source of the notification but did not address the council during the workshop. Staff described an earlier successful BUILD award for the North Junction but did not connect that program’s past award size or scope to the current Kellogg–Eisenhower application.
No formal action or appropriation was taken at the Feb. 14 workshop; staff described the update as informational and preparatory.
