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November 21, 2024 ·2:00 PM Final-Revised ·Webinar Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/s/89195928794

Council Chambers

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Agenda — 80 items

  1. 1 CHAPLAIN OF THE MONTH:
  2. 2 Bishop Stan Gleason - The Life Church KC
  3. 3 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
  4. 4 ROLL CALL:
  5. 5 PUBLIC OBSERVANCE OF MEETINGS:
  6. 6 Members of the City Council may attend this meeting via videoconference. The public can observe this meeting at the links provided below. Closed Sessions may be held by teleconference.
  7. 7 SPECIAL ACTIONS:
  8. 8 Sponsor: Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw RESOLUTION - Recognizing the graduates of the Community Engagement University for the 2024 term for their hard work and determination. 241001 Adopted Pass
  9. 9 Sponsor: Councilmember Kevin O’Neill RESOLUTION - Honoring and celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs Wheelchair Football Team for its achievements in the USA Wheelchair Football League for previous and current seasons. 241002 Held on Docket
  10. 10 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas RESOLUTION - Recognizing Melesa Johnson for her distinctive commitment to public service and for her future service as Jackson County Prosecutor. 241008 Adopted Pass
  11. 11 FINAL READINGS:
  12. 12 CONSENT DOCKET
  13. 13 DEBATE DOCKET
  14. 14 NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
  15. 15 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Vacating an approximately 130 foot street in District R-7.5 zoning generally located on Fremont Avenue north of East 55th Terrace; and directing the City Clerk to record certain documents. (CD-ROW-2023-00053). 240599 Held on Docket
  16. 16 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Rezoning an area of about 13 acres generally located at 5500 Bennington Avenue from District R-80 to District MPD and approving a development plan to allow for the expansion of urban agriculture uses. (CD-CPC-2024-00088). 240879 Move to Re-refer Pass
  17. 17 Sponsor: Councilmember Ryana Parks-Shaw RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to develop a comprehensive anti-displacement plan; directing the City Manager to issue requests for information pertaining to additional anti-mitigation policies; and directing the City Manager to review municipally-owned housing development corporations in peer cities. 240997 Adopted Pass
  18. 17 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Rezoning an area of about 13 acres generally located at 5500 Bennington Avenue from District R-80 to District MPD and approving a development plan to allow for the expansion of urban agriculture uses. (CD-CPC-2024-00088). 240879 referred Pass
  19. 18 COMMITTEE ADVANCES: Waive Charter Requirements Pass
  20. 19 CONSENT DOCKET
  21. 20 DEBATE DOCKET
  22. 21 NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
  23. 22 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Vacating approximately 84,000 square feet of public right-of-way in Zoning District M1-5 generally located on Topping Avenue between Stadium Drive and East 32nd Street; and directing the City Clerk to record certain documents. (CD-ROW-2024-00015) 240843 Passed Pass
  24. 23 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Vacating approximately 5,400 square feet of public right-of-way in Zoning District M1-5 generally described as Bellaire Avenue, south of East 32nd Street; and directing the City Clerk to record certain documents. (CD-ROW-2024-00019) 240849 Passed Pass
  25. 24 Sponsor: Councilmember Eric Bunch Approving the First Amendment to the 39th and Main General Development Plan to amend the Estimated Completion Time of twenty years from passage of this Ordinance and affirming the findings of the City Council made when approving the Plan. 240922 Held on Docket
  26. 25 Sponsor: Councilmember Eric Bunch Approving the First Amendment to the Westport-Main General Development Plan to amend the Estimated Completion Time to within twenty years from passage of this ordinance and affirming the findings of the City Council made when approving the Plan. 240923 Held on Docket
  27. 26 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Rezoning an area of about 45 acres generally located on the south side of E. 27th Street and the west side of Blue Ridge Boulevard from District R-7.5 to District MPD and approving a development plan which also serves as a preliminary plat, allowing for a mix of uses that includes residential, office, agricultural farm, tree service and the preservation and protection of natural resource areas. (CD-CPC-2024-00087) 240953 Passed Pass
  28. 27 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Vacating an approximately 2,000-square-foot area of unimproved East 34th Street in District M1-5 generally located at the northeast corner of Stadium Drive and Topping Avenue and directing the City Clerk to record certain documents. (CD-ROW-2024-00021) 240971 Passed Pass
  29. 28 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Vacating an approximately 4,500-square-foot area of unimproved White Avenue in District M1-5 generally located at the south corner of White Avenue and East 32nd Street and directing the City Clerk to record certain documents. (CD-ROW-2024-00020) 240972 Passed Pass
  30. 29 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the 19th Terrace and Central Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein. 240988 Passed Pass
  31. 30 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the Bannister & Wornall Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein. 240989 Passed Pass
  32. 31 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the 11th Street Corridor Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein. 240991 Passed Pass
  33. 32 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Approving the 49th and Montgall PIEA General Development Plan on an irregular shaped tract approximately four acres generally located east of Prospect Avenue to Montgall Avenue between 49th and 51st Street in Kansas City, Missouri, and declaring said area to be blighted and in need of redevelopment and rehabilitation. (CD-CPC-2023-00061) 240995 Passed Pass
  34. 33 SECOND READINGS:
  35. 34 FIRST READINGS: Waive Charter Requirements Pass
  36. 35 FINANCE, GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
  37. 36 Sponsor: Director of Neighborhood Services Department Accepting a $1,000,000.00 Environmental Justice Government-to-Government Grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights to pilot an environmental justice initiative in the Ivanhoe Neighborhood; estimating and appropriating $1,000,000.00 in the Environmental Justice Grant fund; designating requisitioning authority, and recognizing an accelerated effective date. 240986 referred
  38. 37 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Cancelling the City Council standing committee meetings and business and legislative sessions of the weeks of January 20, 2025, February 17, 2025, March 10, 2025, April 7, 2025, May 26, 2025, June 16, 2025, June 30, 2025, July 7, 2025, August 11, 2025, August 25, 2025, September 1, 2025, October 13, 2025, November 17, 2025, November 24, 2025, December 22, 2025, and December 29, 2025; and moving the standing committee meetings the week of November 10, 2025, from November 11 to November 10. 240998 referred
  39. 38 Sponsor: Councilmember Andrea Bough Authorizing the City Manager to execute on behalf of the City an Agreement with the Missouri Fire Fighter Critical Illness Trust and Pool to provide critical illness benefits to I.A.F.F Local No. 42 bargaining unit members; reducing the Contingent Appropriation in the General Fund by $47,520.00 and appropriating that same amount in the General Fund for the Missouri Fire Fighter Critical Illness Trust and Pool; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing an accelerated effective date. 240999 referred
  40. 39 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Authorizing the City Manager to execute a pre-development agreement with Evergy, Inc., for the development of a solar photovoltaic project on Kansas City International Airport property and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date. 241004 referred
  41. 40 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Estimating revenue and appropriating $1,000,000.00 in the Police Grants Fund for the KC Violent Crime Subaward-Budget Stabilization Funds; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date. 241006 referred
  42. 41 Sponsor: Director of Law Department Accepting a 2024-2025 STOP Violence Against Women Act grant, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, and passed through the State of Missouri’s Department of Public Safety to support the work of the City Prosecutor’s Office Domestic Violence Program; estimating and appropriating $303,044.01 in the General Grants Fund; and authorizing the City Attorney to enter into a subaward grant agreement in connection with this grant. 241013 referred
  43. 42 NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
  44. 43 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the 1200 Main/South Loop Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein. 241003 referred
  45. 44 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Approving a development plan on about 14 acres in District B2-2 generally located at N. Jefferson Street and N.W. Cookingham Drive to allow for a residential development. (CD-CPC-2024-00084) 241011 referred
  46. 45 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Accepting and approving a $5,000,000.00 grant award from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, passed through from the federal Treasury Department as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, to fund riparian restoration along the Blue River; estimating revenue and appropriating funds; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date. 241012 referred
  47. 46 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Authorizing acceptance from the Missouri Emergency Management Agency of grant funds from the Fiscal Year 2024 Emergency Management Performance Grant in the amount of $126,693.51; estimating revenue and appropriating the sum of $126,693.51 to the General Grants Fund; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date. 241014 referred
  48. 47 Sponsor: Councilmember Wes Rogers Approving a time extension for the approved development schedule for the Brighton Village Master Planned Development Plan on approximately 23 acres generally located at the southwest corner of N. Brighton Avenue and N.E. Pleasant Valley Road by extending the commencement and completion dates by four years. (CD-CPC-2019-00172) 241015 referred
  49. 48 SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR LEGAL REVIEW
  50. 49 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Establishing the name “Kansas City Downtown Airport - Wheeler Field,” and honoring the legacy and civic contributions of Mayor Charles B. Wheeler. 241019 referred
  51. 50 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Amending Chapter 2, Code of Ordinances, by adding a new Section 2-10 establishing the City’s policy for the use of the name “Kansas City” by entities other than the City of Kansas City; and directing the City Manager to ensure legal protections for the City’s intellectual property. 241020 referred
  52. 51 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Amending Chapter 2, Administration, Article XV, Code of Ethics, of the Code of Ordinances by repealing and replacing Section 2-2006 to further prohibit harassment and to expand individuals covered under anti-harassment provisions to include all members of City boards and commissions under the Code of Ethics. 241021 referred
  53. 52 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION - Establishing the City of Kansas City's major legislative priorities and positions on matters for the 2025 session of the Missouri General Assembly. 241022 referred
  54. 53 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION - Establishing the City of Kansas City's major priorities and positions on matters of regional importance to the Kansas City metropolitan area and for the 2025 session of the Kansas State Legislature. 241023 referred
  55. 54 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION - Establishing the City of Kansas City's legislative priorities and positions on matters that may come before the 119th United States Congress in 2025 and 2026. 241024 referred
  56. 55 TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
  57. 56 Sponsor: Director of Public Works Department RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to enter negotiations with a professional services firm for scope related to project no. EV3164, Rapid Transportation from Airport to Downtown to support the City's decision-making in line with its long-term vision for an efficient, sustainable, inclusive, and robust rapid transit system; and directing the City Manager to provide updates to Council on the negotiated fee and future request for funding allocation. 240947 referred
  58. 57 Sponsor: Director of Public Works Department Authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute $3,086,000.00 design-build contract with Primetime Contracting Corp for installation of new sidewalks around Nashua Elementary; authorizing the Director of Public Works to enter contract changes by up to twenty percent (20%); and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date. 241005 referred
  59. 58 Sponsor: Director of Finance Department Establishing Fund No. 8082, the Water Revenue Bond Series 2025 Project Fund, in the records of the City of Kansas City; estimating revenue in the amount of $153,900,000.00 in Fund No. 8082, the Water Revenue Bond Series 2025A Project Fund and appropriating the same; declaring the intent of the City to reimburse itself from the bond proceeds for certain expenditures; authorizing the Director of Finance to close project accounts upon completion; and recognizing an accelerated effective date 241007 referred
  60. 59 Sponsor: Director of Water Services Department Authorizing condemnation and taking of private property interest for public use for the construction of a Sanitary Sewer and Appurtenances for a sewer improvement project, “Burlington Creek & Riverside Pump Station Replacement Interceptor”, Project No. 81000902, in the City of Riverside, Platte County, Missouri; providing for the payment of just compensation; authorizing continued negotiations and purchase by the City of Kansas City; authorizing the filing of the petition for condemnation by the City Attorney; and directing the City Clerk to record this ordinance in the office of the Recorder of Deeds for Platte County, Missouri. 241009 referred
  61. 60 Sponsor: Director of Water Services Department Authorizing a $1,975,552.00 construction contract with Abay Construction, Inc., for the Water Main Replacement along Chouteau Trafficway and Front Street Bid 2 project; and authorizing a maximum expenditure of $2,173,107.20. 241016 referred
  62. 61 Sponsor: Director of Water Services Department Authorizing a $6,885,000.00 design-build contract with Kissick Construction Company, Inc., for Renewal No. 3 for the City-Wide Sewer Infrastructure Rehabilitation within Waterways Project. 241017 referred
  63. 62 Sponsor: Director of Water Services Department Authorizing the Director of Water Services to accept a $363,000.00 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to update the National Wetland Inventory for the City of Kansas City; estimating and appropriating a total of $363,000.00 in the Capital Improvements Grant Fund for this grant; authorizing the implementation of a grant award from the EPA; and authorizing the Director of Water Services to act as the City's designated representative for participation in the EPA Wetland Program Development Grants in accordance with federal requirements administered by the EPA. 241018 referred
  64. 63 FLOOR INTRODUCTION(S) Move to Suspend Rules Pass
  65. 64 Sponsor: Councilmember Johnathan Duncan RESOLUTION - Commending the Palestinian American Medical Association and recognizing its Kansas City roots and humanitarian efforts in Gaza and the region. 241025 Move to Consider Pass
  66. 65 Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Robinson RESOLUTION - Honoring the Soul of Santa Do Good Foundation for their commitment to fostering inclusion, education, and empowerment. 241026 Adopted Pass
  67. 66 Sponsor: Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw Approving and authorizing the City Manager to accept a Special Warranty Deed conveying fourteen parcels of land in the Fifth Council District from the Land Bank of Kansas City. 241027 Move to Advance Pass
  68. 66 Sponsor: Councilmember Johnathan Duncan RESOLUTION - Commending the Palestinian American Medical Association and recognizing its Kansas City roots and humanitarian efforts in Gaza and the region. 241025 Adopted Pass
  69. 67 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Authorizing a third amendment in the amount of $65,442,456.00 to an agreement with McCownGordon Construction, LLC for a Guaranteed Maximum Price No. 3 (GMP-3) for Garage Construction Including Roof Structure related to the reconstruction of Barney Allis Plaza from funds previously appropriated; support from funds previously appropriated with a total contract price of $91,395,261.00; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date 241028 referred
  70. 68 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Construction Management/ General Contractor (CM/GC) contract for construction services in the amount of $0.00 for Phase 1 of the South Loop Park Project; and authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute a professional services contract with ProjectFirst, LLC in the amount of $450,000.00. 241029 referred
  71. 68 FLOOR INTRODUCTION(S) Move To Introduce Pass
  72. 69 Sponsor: Councilmember Nathan Willett COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Authorizing the City Manager to enter into negotiations for the cooperative funding agreement with Platte County, Missouri, for trail improvements along Route 152 and McHenry Park and to report back to the council on the status of the agreement within two weeks of the effective date of this ordinance. 241030 referred
  73. 70 COMMUNICATIONS:
  74. 70 Sponsor: Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw Approving and authorizing the City Manager to accept a Special Warranty Deed conveying fourteen parcels of land in the Fifth Council District from the Land Bank of Kansas City. 241027 Passed Pass
  75. 71 Sponsor: Director of Public Works Department Temporary Traffic Regulations No. 66483 through 66491 241000 received and filed
  76. 71 FLOOR INTRODUCTION(S) Move To Introduce
  77. 72 Notice to the City Clerk from the Edgewood Farm Community Improvement District’s Annual Report period ending April 30, 2024. 241010 received and filed
  78. 73 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS:
  79. 74 1. Closed Session • Pursuant to Section 610.021 subsection 1 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri to discuss legal matters, litigation, or privileged communications with attorneys; or • Pursuant to Section 610.021 subsection 2 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri to discuss real estate; or • Pursuant to Section 610.021 subsections 3 and 13 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri to discuss personnel matters; or • Pursuant to Section 610.021 subsection 9 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri to discuss employee labor negotiations; or • Pursuant to Section 610.021 subsection 11 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri to discuss specifications for competitive bidding; or • Pursuant to Section 610.021 subsection 12 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri to discuss sealed bids or proposals; or • Pursuant to Section 610.021 subsection 17 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri to discuss confidential or privileged communications with auditors; or • Pursuant to Section 610.021 subsections 20 and 21 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri to discuss security systems for operation of a computer system or computer network.
  80. 75 2. Members of the City Council may attend this meeting via videoconference. The public can observe this meeting at the links provided below. The city provides several ways for residents to watch City Council meetings: • Livestream on the city’s website at www.kcmo.gov/clerk: Quick Links, Video on Demand, Click on “View” for desired meeting • Livestream on the city’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hOuBIg4fok • Watch Channel 2 on your cable system. The channel is available through Time Warner Cable (channel 2 or 98.2), AT&T U-verse (channel 99 then select Kansas City) and Google Fiber on Channel 142. 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.