Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee

26th Floor, Council Chamber

Agenda — 27 items

1. 1 PUBLIC OBSERVANCE OF MEETINGS Members of the City Council may attend this meeting via videoconference. Any closed session may be held via teleconference. The public can observe this meeting at the links provided below. Applicants and citizens wishing to participate have the option of attending each meeting or they may do so through the videoconference platform ZOOM, using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84530222968 ***Public Testimony is Limited to 2 Minutes***
2. 2 FIRST READINGS
3. 3 COUNCIL
4. 4 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea Approving the recommendations of the Tax Increment Financing Commission of Kansas City, Missouri as to the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan and approving the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan. 250892 Adv and Do Pass
5. 5 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea Approving and designating Redevelopment Project Area 1 of the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan; and adopting tax increment financing therefore. 250893 Hold off Agenda
6. 6 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea Approving and designating Redevelopment Project Area 2 of the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan; and adopting tax increment financing therefore. 250895 Hold off Agenda
7. 7 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea Approving and designating Redevelopment Project Area 3 of the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan; and adopting tax increment financing therefore. 250896 Hold off Agenda
8. 8 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea Approving and designating Redevelopment Project Area 4 of the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan; and adopting tax increment financing therefore. 250897 Hold off Agenda
9. 9 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea Approving and designating Redevelopment Project Area 5 of the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan; and adopting tax increment financing therefore. 250898 Hold off Agenda
10. 10 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea Approving and designating Redevelopment Project Area 6 of the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan; and adopting tax increment financing therefore. 250899 Hold off Agenda
11. 11 CITY MANAGERS OFFICE
12. 12 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Accepting and approving the recommendation of the Clay County KC TIF Commission, as to the termination of the Chouteau I-35 Tax Increment Financing Plan and the termination of the designation of the Redevelopment Project Areas 3 and 4 described therein; acknowledging that the twenty-three-year statutory periods for the capture of tax increment allocation financing within Redevelopment Project Areas 1, 2, and 3 have expired; declaring as surplus of those funds within the special allocation fund(s) established in connection with such Redevelopment Project Areas 1, 2, 3, and 4; dissolving the special allocation fund(s) established in connection with Redevelopment Project Areas 1, 2, 3, and 4; and directing the City Clerk to send copies of this ordinance to Clay County. 250900 Adv and Do Pass, Consent
13. 13 LAW DEPARTMENT
14. 14 Sponsor: Director of Law Department Approving and authorizing settlement in the amount of $450,000.00 for a claim for a workers' compensation benefit filed by David Hutson for injuries resulting from accidents on August 12, 2021, while employed by the City. 250903 Adv and Do Pass, Consent
15. 15 Sponsor: Director of Law Department Approving and authorizing settlement in the amount of $360,000.00 for a claim for a workers' compensation benefit filed by John Germann for injuries resulting from an accident on October 12, 2015, while employed by the City. 250904 Adv and Do Pass, Consent
16. 16 MAYORS OFFICE
17. 17 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas RESOLUTION - Consenting to the appointment of Diane Binckley as a member and Abbey Brinkley as an alternate member to the Kansas City Tax Increment Financing Commissions. 250909 Immediate Adoption As A Consent
18. 18 HELD IN COMMITTEE
19. 19 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas 2nd COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to study and develop recommendations for establishing an Office of Grants and Philanthropy Management and develop standardized grant policies and procedures with a report back to Council within 90 days. 250553 Hold on Agenda
20. 20 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Enacting a new Chapter 52, Code of Ordinances, containing Sections 52-1 to 52-9 to provide for the regulation of surface parking lots in the City’s entertainment districts and Central Business District Area, 18th & Vine, the Country Club Plaza, Westport and Crossroads, and providing for a delayed effective date. 250711 Hold on Agenda
21. 21 Sponsor: Director of Finance Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION - Adopting the 2025 Update of the Citywide Business Plan with the latest Five-Year Planning Models; directing the City Manager to include assumptions of the 2025 Update in the FY 2026-27 Submitted Budget; and directing the City Manager to align departmental strategic plans and business plans to the Citywide Business Plan. 250853 Immediate Adoption as a Committee Substitute
22. 22 Sponsor: Director of Finance Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Waiving the limitations established by the Fund Balance and Reserve Policy in Section 2-1954 of the Code of Ordinances; appropriating $5,000,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Convention and Tourism Fund (2360), to include $4,800,000.00 for expenditures related to hosting the World Cup, $100,000.00 to Illuminate KC, and $100,000.00 to provide support for the Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City (“ArtsKC”); designating requisitioning authorities; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date. 250862 Adv and Do Pass as Cmte Sub
23. 23 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea Amending Chapter 70, Code of Ordinances, by repealing Section 70-308 and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter for the purposes of clarifying the unlawful use of certain vehicles. 250880 Adv and Do Pass
24. 24 Sponsor: Councilmember Andrea Bough Appropriating $100,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund to provide the Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City (“ArtsKC”) with a request for supplemental appropriation and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date. 250882 Hold off Agenda
25. 25 ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
26. 26 The City Clerk`s Office now has equipment for the hearing impaired for use with every meeting. To check out the equipment please see the secretary for each committee. Be prepared to leave your Driver`s License or State issued Identification Card with the secretary and she will give you the equipment. Upon returning the equipment your license will be returned.
27. 27 Adjournment