City manager previews April 1 Wichita City Council agenda, flags lease extensions, police property purchase and historic preservation appeal

City Manager Layton previewed the Wichita City Council’s April 1 agenda on Monday, flagging a mix of items that will return for formal action, including two lease-extension requests the administration is asking the council to table, an appeal of a Historic Preservation Board decision, and a planned purchase tied to the police traffic bureau.

Layton told the council the administration "ask[s] the council to table this" for two lease-extension items for North Mead properties because terms remain under negotiation. He noted both extensions expire later in April — one on April 20 and the other on April 30 — and said "we're gonna have everyone's gonna have to make decisions fairly quickly about the lease terms." The administration said it will bring the items back to the council if acceptable terms are reached.

The agenda preview also flagged an appeal of a Historic Preservation Board decision over the…