Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 9:32:24 AM
To: mcre13@gmail.com <mcre13@gmail.com>
Subject: Jayhawk Area Council's 20 Under 40
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Fw: Jayhawk Area Council's 20 Under 40
From: TK Business Magazine <braden@tkmagazine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 9:32:24 AM
To: mcre13@gmail.com <mcre13@gmail.com>
Subject: Jayhawk Area Council's 20 Under 40
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 9:32:24 AM
To: mcre13@gmail.com <mcre13@gmail.com>
Subject: Jayhawk Area Council's 20 Under 40
Braxton /
I want to meet with the City Manager and have Spencer and his oversight team in the meeting
The city manager has an assistant that lied in a public hearing.
There is an undeniable discrepancy between the August 2025 application you provided (1.90% requested) and what the City Manager's office, Braxton Copley, the resolution, and the council ultimately acted on (1.5% presented as "as requested in the Petition").
Under the Kansas Community Improvement District Act (K.S.A. 12-6a26 et seq.), the owners' petition controls the rate. The city cannot unilaterally lower it without an amended petition from the applicant. The most plausible explanation is that California Crossing LLC (or their counsel) quietly revised the petition between the August filing and the November "application received" date Copley referenced, dropping it to 1.5% before Resolution 9745 was drafted. No public notice, amendment document, or explanation of that change appears in the resolution, meeting packet, or news coverage.
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
KORA i The city cannot unilaterally lower it without an amended petition from the applicant.
What gives the city the right to override Kansas Community Improvement District Act (K.S.A. 12-6a26 et seq.)
Resolution 9745 (adopted December 16, 2025, introduced by City Manager Dr. Robert M. Perez): States the tax is "in the amount of 1.5% … as requested in the Petition" for 22 years on a Pay-As-You-Go basis.
- Braxton Copley's staff presentation at the February 3, 2026 public hearing: "the developer submitted a CID application requesting a 1.5% rate. The application was received in November 2025…"
- Final Ordinance 20633 and all news coverage: Approved at 1.5% with the $1M Phase 1 cap.
What This Means
There is an undeniable discrepancy between the August 2025 application you provided (1.90% requested) and what the City Manager's office, Braxton Copley, the resolution, and the council ultimately acted on (1.5% presented as "as requested in the Petition").
Under the Kansas Community Improvement District Act (K.S.A. 12-6a26 et seq.), the owners' petition controls the rate. The city cannot unilaterally lower it without an amended petition from the applicant. The most plausible explanation is that California Crossing LLC (or their counsel) quietly revised the petition between the August filing and the November "application received" date Copley referenced, dropping it to 1.5% before Resolution 9745 was drafted. No public notice, amendment document, or explanation of that change appears in the resolution, meeting packet, or news coverage.
Check out this TikTok video
Check out Top 10 US's video! #TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThKGHgRC/
Henry McClure
785.383.9994
sent from mobile 📱
time kills deals
785.383.9994
sent from mobile 📱
time kills deals
The City of Topeka (Shawnee County, Kansas) has had exactly 5 permanent (non-interim) city managers since it adopted the council-manager form of government via voter approval in November 2004 (effective 2005). Before then, Topeka used a strong mayor-counc
Local news and official references consistently describe Robert Perez (the current manager) as the fifth city manager hired on more than an interim basis.
Here is the complete list with their tenures (based on news reports of hiring, start dates, resignations, and terminations):
- Norton Bonaparte (first permanent city manager)
- Started: March 2006 (selected by council in January 2006)
- Ended: July 1, 2011 (departed under a severance agreement amid controversy)
- Tenure: ~5 years and 4 months.
- Jim Colson
- Started: August 27, 2012
- Ended: October 7, 2016 (resigned voluntarily)
- Tenure: ~4 years and 1 month.
- Brent Trout
- Started: October 30, 2017
- Ended: December 31, 2021 (resigned)
- Tenure: ~4 years and 2 months.
- Stephen Wade
- Started: September 14, 2022
- Ended: July 11, 2023 (fired by 10-0 council vote after an investigation; he had been on leave since June 6)
- Tenure: ~10 months.
- Robert Perez (current)
- Started: Late June/early July 2024 (contract approved May 2024; he relocated from assistant city manager role in Dallas)
- Ongoing: As of March 2026
- Tenure: ~1 year and 8+ months so far (one-year initial contract with $255,000 base salary).
Interim/acting city managers (not counted in the permanent total of 5) served during searches or transitions, including:
- Neil Dobler and Dan Stanley (post-Bonaparte era)
- Doug Gerber (post-Colson and post-Trout)
- Richard Nienstedt (post-Wade, 2023–2024)
No official comprehensive list exists on the City of Topeka website (topeka.gov), but this sequence is corroborated across Capital-Journal (cjonline.com), WIBW, KSNT, and other local reporting with no additional permanent hires identified. The position reports to the mayor and council. Current mayor is Spencer Duncan (as of 2026).
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)