Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee

26th Floor, Council Chamber

Agenda — 12 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 Sponsor: Director of Finance Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Amending Ordinance No. 260207 by repealing Section 1 and enacting in its place a new Section 1 adjusting tax levy rates for the General Fund, Health Levy Fund, General Debt and Interest Fund, and Museum Special Revenue Fund; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date. FINANCE COMMITTEE recommends “Advance and Do Pass as a Committee Substitute, Debate”. 260850 Adv and Do Pass as Cmte Sub
4. 4 Sponsor: Director of General Services Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Authorizing the Director of General Services to execute the Second Addendum to the Lease with Hunt Midwest Real Estate Development, Inc., extending the lease for 8250 N.E. Underground Drive, Kansas City, Missouri, an additional ten (10) years; and directing the City Manager is to submit an amount sufficient to meet the annual obligation of the Second Addendum to the Lease. FINANCE COMMITTEE recommends “Advance and Do Pass as a Committee Substitute, Debate”. 260857 Adv and Do Pass as Cmte Sub
5. 5 HELD IN COMMITTEE
6. 6 Sponsor(s): Councilmembers Andrea Bough and Kevin O’Neill, and Mayor Quinton Lucas COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Rezoning an area of about 68 acres generally located south of Pershing Road, west of Gillham Road, north of E. 27th Street, and east of Main Street from Districts UR, B4-5, and M1-5 to District UR and approving a development plan, also serving as a preliminary plat, to allow for a ballpark district; appropriating $5,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Development Services Fund (2210) for the purpose of public communication; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date. (CD-CPC-2026-00100). FINANCE COMMITTEE recommends “Advance and Do Pass as a Committee Substitute, Debate.” 260705 Hold on Agenda
7. 7 Sponsor: Councilmember Ryana Parks-Shaw Authorizing the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter into an Amended and Restated Funding Agreement with the Starlight Theatre Association of Kansas City, Inc., and its affiliates and assigns for the reimbursement of certain funds provided by the City to cover a portion of the costs required to make improvements to the existing Starlight Theatre at Swope Parkway and 63rd Street; amending certain material terms of the Funding Agreement authorized by Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 240477 to permit the remaining City Bridge Funds to be used for Phase II of the Starlight Improvement Project; maintaining the original aggregate City Bridge Funds limitation of $3,500,000.00; and approving a revised repayment schedule. FINANCE COMMITTEE recommends “Advance and Do Pass, Debate”. 260743 Adv and Do Pass
8. 8 Sponsor: Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION - Directing the City Auditor to review the status of Council’s directives to the City Manager from August 1, 2023 to the present; evaluate the City Manager’s directive process; recommend improvements; and report back in thirty (30) days. FINANCE COMMITTEE recommends Immediate Adoption as a Committee Substitute, Debate.” 260746 Immediate Adoption as Committee Substitute
9. 9 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Approving the petition to establish the Riverfront Community Improvement District; establishing the Riverfront Community Improvement District generally bounded by the Missouri River to the north; I-29 to the east; Berkley Parkway, E. Riverfront Drive, and north boundary of railroad property line to the south; and Berkley Plaza to the west in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; requiring the annual submission of certain records; directing the City Clerk to report the creation of the District to the Missouri Department of Economic Development and the Missouri State Auditor; appropriating $1,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Development Services Fund, Fund No. 2210, for the purposes of providing community outreach regarding the objectives of this ordinance; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date. FINANCE COMMITTEE recommends “Advance and Do Pass, Debate.” 260834 Adv and Do Pass
10. 10 ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
11. 11 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.
12. 12 Adjournment

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