Neighborhood Watch List:
City Wide ⌾ South Plaza ⌾ Wendell Phillips and Downtown East ⌾ North Kansas City ⌾ Paseo West ⌾ Westport ⌾ Midtown ⌾ Historic West Bottoms
Transportation, Infrastructure, and Operations Committee
July 14th, 2026 9 am
The Transportation, Infrastructure, and Operations Committee was attended this week by Chairperson Kevin O’Neill, Vice Chair Melissa Robinson, Councilmember Eric Bunch, Councilmember Johnathan Duncan, and Councilmember Lindsay French.
260618
RESOLUTION – Directing the City Manager to enter contract negotiations with United Way of Greater Kansas City for administration of an expanded Fountain Card program, a reloadable prepaid debit card and municipal identity platform, and authorization for the United Way to convene the necessary partner organizations to implement the program; and directing the City Manager to report back to Council within ninety days.
Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas
Result: Catherine Nace of the mayor’s office presented a committee substitute expanding the Fountain Card, the city’s municipal identification card, into a reloadable prepaid debit card and single sign-on platform for city services. She testified that more than 19,000 Fountain Cards have been issued by the health department since the program began in January 2024. The substitute added a municipal identity profile for comprehensive single sign-on and a new section requiring every department to report on how the card could be used. The item was moved to the end of the meeting and heard last. No public testimony. The committee substitute was reported out with a recommendation to advance and pass.
260508
Amending Chapter 70, Code of Ordinances, by repealing and replacing Section 70-1, Definitions; and amending Chapter 70, Code of Ordinances, by enacting a new Section 70-706 entitled “Electric bicycles – rights and privileges – label, requirements – modifications require new label – product safety standards – authorized to ride, where, exceptions – class 3 electric bicycles, special provisions” for the purpose of aligning definitions, operating requirements, and rights and privileges associated with electric bicycles with state law.
Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas
Result: Catherine Nace presented a committee substitute considerably broader than the original ordinance. It adds definitions for electric scooter, electric unicycle, motorized skateboard, and micromobility devices, adds an electric motorcycle classification, and directs the City Manager to coordinate the distribution of public safety education material. Under the substitute, devices capped at 20 miles per hour are treated as bicycles; anything faster is barred from sidewalks, bike lanes, and multiuse paths, no sidewalk riding above 15 miles per hour, riders under 16 may not use devices capable of more than 20 miles per hour, and riders under 12 may not use devices capable of up to 20. Committee members called the two age tiers redundant, questioned whether manufacturer labeling can be enforced on bikes built out of state, and objected that no dollar figure was attached to the public education campaign. Robinson pressed for a 120-day education rollout with a contractor hired before the rules take effect. O’Neill asked for a real fiscal note. The item was also sent to the multimodal committee’s staff advisor for review. Bike Walk KC’s policy director attended. Held two weeks until July 28.
260535
Designating the honorary street name of “Jim Wright Way” for a portion of N. Delta Avenue from the south line of N.W. Barry Road to its termination to the south.
Attachments:
Sponsor: Councilmember Wes Rogers
Result: Held two weeks, to July 28.
260602
Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to exceed the $1,000,000.00 contract threshold on an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract (EV2924-10) for environmental services with Tetra Tech, Inc. from funds previously appropriated; and authorizing the Manager or Procurement Services to amend the contract and exercise the City’s renewal options.
Sponsor: Director of General Services Department
Result: Held off docket.
End of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Operations Committee Agenda
Finance, Governance, and Public Safety Committee
July 14th, 2026 10:30 am
The Finance, Governance, and Public Safety Committee was attended by Chairperson Andrea Bough, Vice Chair Quinton Lucas, Councilmember Crispin Rea, Councilmember Darrell Curls, Councilmember Wes Rogers.
260621
Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute a one (1) year $ 1,000,000.00 SaaS contract (EV3603) with Digitech Computer LLC to provide a SaaS EMS billing System (“System”) for $6.20 per billable account and 3.95% of Net Collected Revenue for collection services for the six (6) month transition to the new System; authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to amend the contract and exercise the City’s nine (9) one year renewal options with Council approval; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
Sponsor: Director of General Services Department
Attachments: Memo
Results: Keeley Golden of the General Services Division and James Jordan, Kansas City Fire Department Operations Officer, presented a one-year contract with Digitech Computer LLC for a software as a service emergency medical services billing system. The ordinance carries a revenue estimate of $2.5 million, roughly 10 percent of the fire department’s adopted budget revenue for the billing system in the coming fiscal year. Reginald Silvers, president of AFSCME Local 500, appeared in opposition with medical billing specialists who read a statement. They said the work would go to Digitech for six months while city staff kept running the old system, that Digitech would then take over roughly 90 percent of what the division does, and that the city should fund existing staff instead. Bough said the committee could hold the item again if a week proved insufficient. Held one week, to July 21.
260630
RESOLUTION – Directing the City Auditor to perform a review of the City’s various boards and commissions to determine whether there is redundancy among their functions and whether certain boards and commissions have issues meeting quorum requirements; and directing the City Auditor to report back findings to the City Council within 60 days.
Sponsor: Councilmember Wes Rogers
Attachments: Memo
Results: Wes Rogers presented his own resolution directing the City Auditor to review the city’s boards and commissions for overlapping responsibilities, determine whether any struggle to meet quorum, and evaluate ways to improve efficiency. The Auditor reports back within 60 days. Immediate Adoption, sent to Council for July 16.
260065
Directing the City Manager to assign costs incurred by the Board of Police Commissioners beyond the twenty-five (25) percent annual budget threshold in Mo. Rev. Stat. 84.730 to a new fund entitled “KCPD Overage Fund” and establishing said fund in the books and records of the City; directing the City Manager to negotiate with the Board of Police Commissioners a process for Council approval of costs related to Board of Police Commissioners established settlement agreements, including settlements with costs structured over future budget cycles; and directing the City Manager to include an appropriation of $5,900,000.00 in the FY2026-2027 submitted budget from the KCPD Overage Fund for legal settlements and subjecting such payments to the council ordinance process.
Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas
Attachments: Memo
Results: Held one week, to July 21, at the mayor’s request. Carried as a committee substitute.
260071
RESOLUTION – Directing the City Manager to review site, design, and acquisition matters for the purpose of designing and constructing a Midtown Justice Campus, a co-location of the Kansas City Police Department Central Patrol Division and the Community Resource Center, and report back to City Council within 30 days.
Neighborhoods: Midtown
Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas
Attachments: Memo
Results: Held one week, to July 21, until the mayor returns. Bough indicated it may be held longer after that.
260557
Amending Chapter 48, Code of Ordinances, by enacting a new Section 48-52 for the purpose of declaring businesses operating without required licenses, permits, or other governmental approvals to constitute nuisances per se, thereby allowing for the abatement thereof to protect public health, safety, and welfare.
Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas
Attachments: Memo
Results: Held one week, to July 21, then transferred to the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee.
260612
Amending Chapter 10, Code of Ordinances, “Alcoholic Beverages,” by repealing and replacing Section 10-214 for the purpose of requiring neighborhood notification where any licensed premises changes the type of alcohol served.
Sponsor: Councilmember Darrell Curls
Attachments: N/A
Results: Held one week, to July 21, then transferred to the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee. Bough noted Chapter 10 ordinances are typically heard there.
260613
Amending Chapter 10, Code of Ordinances, “Alcoholic Beverages,” by repealing and replacing Section 10-266 for the purpose of requiring notice be sent to inform neighbors and neighborhood organizations of a change in ownership to solicit feedback and input through existing licensing processes.
Sponsor: Councilmember Darrell Curls
Attachments: N/A
Results: Held one week, to July 21, then transferred to the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee.
260614
Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute a $1,657,866.00 contract with Vazquez Commercial Contracting LLC to perform the Kansas City Convention & Entertainment Facilities Music Hall and Little Theatre Restroom Renovations; authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to amend the Contract and expend up to $250,000.00 for contingencies; reducing $1,844,403.08 of the appropriations in the General Obligation Bond Series 2023A Fund and reappropriating same for the purpose of reallocating GO bond project proceeds for entertainment facilities.
Neighborhoods:
Sponsor: Director of General Services Department
Attachments: Memo
Results: Keeley Golden of the General Services Division presented with Matthew Cunningham, the Assistant Director of Kansas City Convention and Entertainment Facilities. The ordinance authorizes a $1,657,866 contract with Vazquez Commercial Contracting LLC to renovate three pairs of restrooms, one pair in the Little Theatre and two in the Music Hall, plus up to $250,000 in contingency funding, and reallocates $1.84 million in 2023 general obligation bond proceeds. Three suppliers responded to the request for proposals. Work runs from August to late November 2026, with the contract term through January 31, 2027. Renovations include new plumbing fixtures, wall-mounted urinals replacing floor-mounted ones, taller partitions, terrazzo floors, restored plaster ceilings, and lighting meant to play up the building’s art deco character. The committee weighed consent placement and decided the item was too large for it. Passed as a committee substitute. Advance and Do Pass as a Committee Substitute, sent to Council for July 16.
260617
RESOLUTION – Directing the City Manager to collaborate with area school districts, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, philanthropic partners, and private sector employers to evaluate the feasibility of reestablishing the Exchange City educational program for Kansas City-area students and to report recommendations to the City Council.
Sponsor: Councilmember Nathan Willett
Attachments: Memo
Results: Willett, the sponsor, did not appear. Bough said she had concerns because Exchange City has generally been a privately funded program and that they would give him one more chance to show up. Held one week, to July 21.
End of Finance, Governance, and Public Safety Committee Agenda
Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee
July 14th, 2026 1:30 pm
The Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee was attended this week by Chairperson Ryana Parks-Shaw, Vice Chair Eric Bunch, Councilmember Nathan Willett, Councilmember Melissa Patterson Hazley, and Councilmember Andrea Bough.
260626
Approving an amendment to the Midtown/Plaza Area Plan on about 2.25 acres generally located south of E. 49th Street between Main Street and Walnut Street by changing the recommended land use from mixed-use neighborhood to mixed-use community for the 4901 Main Street Development.
Neighborhoods: South Plaza
Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department
Results: Held two weeks, to July 28.
260627
Rezoning an area of about 0.5 acres generally located at 9 E. 49th Street from District R-1.5 to District B4-5 and approving a development plan, also serving as a preliminary plat, on 2.25 acres generally located south of E. 49th Street between Main Street and Walnut Street to allow for an entertainment venue.
Neighborhoods: South Plaza
Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department
Results: Held two weeks, to July 28.
260628
Authorizing the City Manager to negotiate agreements for the stabilization and redevelopment of the property located at 1815 Paseo, Kansas City, Missouri 64108.
Neighborhoods: Wendell Phillips and Downtown East
Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department
Results: The property at 1815 Paseo is the Holy Ghost Church. Third District Public Improvements Advisory Committee (PIAC) money funded the city’s purchase. The city issued a request for proposals seeking a developer for stabilization and reuse of the structure and received a single response from a group combining people experienced in stabilizing historic structures with developers. This authorizes the City Manager’s Office to continue negotiating with them. No public testimony. Reported out of committee with a recommendation to advance and do pass.
260632
Declaring a temporary moratorium on certain property transactions within the 18th and Vine District; and directing the City Manager to develop a comprehensive redevelopment and rezoning plan for the area.
Neighborhoods: Wendell Phillips and Downtown East
Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Patterson Hazley
Results: Held one week, to July 21.
260634
Accepting recommendations of the Housing Trust Fund Board; reducing an existing appropriation by $16,470,876.00 and appropriating $16,470,876.00 from the previously appropriated fund balance in the Housing Trust Fund; authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute various funding agreements in accordance with this Ordinance; and authorizing the Director of the Housing and Community Development Department to expend up to $16,470,876.00 from funds appropriated in the Housing Trust Fund.
Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas
Results: Catherine Mason, chair of the Housing Trust Fund Board, presented with Mary Owens, deputy director of the Housing Department, on round six of the Affordable Housing Trust Fund. The board recommends $16 million across 16 projects, supporting roughly 608 affordable housing units. Eight nonprofit and eight for-profit developers received awards, and 13 of the 16 projects come from local developers. Roughly 38 percent of the units serve older adults, which the board flagged as notable given that seniors are one of the largest homeless populations in Kansas City. Applications went through a staff review, a qualitative review, and then individual scoring by the board. No written testimony was submitted. The committee substitute was reported out with a recommendation to advance and do pass.
260399
Directing the City Manager to develop and publish a plain-language vacant property maintenance guide consolidating existing standards applicable to owners of vacant buildings and structures under Chapters 26, 48, and 56 of the Code of Ordinances, to make such guide publicly available and provide it to registrants under Article VI of Chapter 56, and to develop and implement a city-wide vacant property registration outreach campaign; and appropriating funds from the Development Services Fund to carry out these purposes.
Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas
Results: Held one week, to July 21.
260400
Amending Chapter 88 of the Code of Ordinances, the Zoning and Development Code, by repealing and replacing Section 88-585-02, to authorize administrative approval of certificates of appropriateness for orders to repair issued pursuant to Chapters 48 and 56 for historic structures.
Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas
Results: Held one week, to July 21.
260401
Amending Chapter 56, Code of Ordinances, by repealing Article VI, Registration of vacant properties and foreclosing properties, and enacting a new article of like number and subject matter, including a new Section 56-583, Semiannual fees for chronically vacant nuisance property, vacant commercial property, and vacant unimproved property, to expand vacant property registration to unimproved vacant land and vacant commercial property, add required disclosure of plans or intent for vacant property; establish procedures for investigating and identifying chronically vacant nuisance properties and assess a flat semiannual $200.00 fee for chronically vacant nuisance properties; escalating semiannual fees of $500.00 – $1,000.00 for vacant commercial properties, and escalating semiannual fees of $100.00 – $200.00 for vacant unimproved properties; establish financial hardship criteria and waiver procedures for owners unable to pay registration fees; and amending Chapter 2, Code of Ordinances, Section 2-1722, to update payment provisions for non-installment assessments and special tax bills.
Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas
Results: Held one week, to July 21.
260563
Rezoning an area of about 87 acres generally located at the southeast corner of North Staley Road and Northeast Shoal Creek Parkway from District R-80 to District R-6 and approving a development plan, also serving as a preliminary plat, to allow for the creation of 200 residential lots.
Neighborhoods: North Kansas City
Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department
Results: Held one month, to August 10, at the applicant’s request.
260611
Vacating an approximately 6,000-square-foot alley in Districts R-0.5/B1-1/M1-5 generally located 150 feet east of Lydia Avenue, between East 10th Street and East 11th Street and directing the City Clerk to record certain documents.
Neighborhoods: Paseo West
Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department
Results: Applicants Terry Green and Brian Adriano presented. The alley sits behind a mansion built on the Paseo in 1897 that the applicant described as the last Second Renaissance Revival mansion still standing in the city. The Plan Commission approved the vacation with conditions on November 5, 2025, requiring easements from abutting property owners. The easements were drafted by attorney Jerry Potosnik and submitted to the Law Department on April 9. Green opened by objecting to how the matter was handled at the prior meeting, saying they had been given the wrong meeting date and that their absence was mischaracterized on the record. Parks-Shaw let the record reflect that the item had been held specifically to give them a chance to speak. The Law Department advised that an alley vacation requires nine Council votes rather than a simple majority, and suggested the easement agreements be conditioned on Council passage. The committee debated holding it another week versus passing it out with a request that Council hold it. Reported out of committee with a recommendation of do pass, with the committee’s stated intent to ask Council to hold it until the easements are executed.
End of Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee Agenda
City Planning Commission
July 15th, 2026 9 am
This session was attended this week by Luis Padilla, Matt Hasek, Sean Arkin, Todd Forbes, Tyler Enders, Coby Crowl, and Shawnna Murrell.
Consent Items:
C1:
Case No CLD-FnPlat-2024-00017 – Congress Industrial Park Final Plat
A request to approve a Final Plat in District M2-3 (Manufacturing) on about 60 acres generally located at 10951 N Congress Avenue allowing for the creation of two (2) lots and one (1) tract. (Matthew Barnes)
Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS
Applicant: Daniel Finn – Phelps Engineering, Inc.
Result: Approved with conditions on the consent docket.
C2:
Case No CLD-FnPlat-2026-00013 – Woodland Avenue Church Subdivision Final Plat
A request to approve a Final Plat in District R-80 (Residential) on about 10 acres generally located at the northeast corner of Interstate 435 and North Woodland Avenue, creating one lot and one tract to facilitate the construction of a religious assembly. (Matthew Barnes)
Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS
Applicant: Edward Dannewitz – Continental Consulting Engineers Inc.
Result: Approved with conditions on the consent docket.
C3:
Case No CLD-FnPlat-2026-00017 – Historic Northeast Loft Campus
A request to approve a final plat in District UR creating one (1) mixed-use lot (9 units/parcels with 489 residential units) and two (2) tracts, on about 22 acres generally located at the southeast corner of Independence Avenue and Hardesty Avenue. (Olofu Agbaji)
Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS
Applicant: Ryan Hunt – Taliaferro & Browne, Inc
Result: Approved with conditions on the consent docket.
Regular Docket:
1.1
Case No CD-CPC-2026-00029 – The Hub
A request to approve an amendment to the KCI Area Plan from Residential Low Density to Commercial on about 23 acres generally located at 12220 NW Skyview Avenue. (Genevieve Kohn-Smith)
1.2
Case No CD-CPC-2026-00028 – The Hub
A request to approve a rezoning from district AG-R to B4-1 on about 23 acres generally located at 12220 NW Skyview Avenue. (Genevieve Kohn-Smith)
1.3
Case No CD-CPC-2026-00027 – The Hub
A request to approve a non-residential development plan to allow a variety of uses and multiple buildings on one lot in proposed district B4-1 on about 23 acres generally located at 12220 NW Skyview Avenue. (Genevieve Kohn-Smith)
Neighborhood: North Kansas City
Staff Recommendation: DENIAL
Applicant: Sam Malinowsky – SM Engineering
Results: Genevieve Kohn-Smith presented all three Hub cases, which were last before the Commission on April 15 and denied. The site is two parcels holding a former school building plus a storage building the owner added. Staff maintained its denial recommendation. The core problem is the rezoning: the request does not conform to the area plan’s future land use recommendations, and staff cited the zoning and use of nearby properties and the site’s suitability under its current restrictions. Staff also noted the current agricultural district already permits roughly 13 uses, spanning public, civic, and light commercial, such as offices, covering much of what the owner already operates in the school building. Outdoor storage was described as an existing violation on the site, which the revised plan confines to paved surfaces as an accessory use. The Commission approved all three over staff’s recommendation, adding a condition restricting the approval and permitted uses to Parcel A only, not Parcel B.
2
Case No CD-CPC-2026-00067 – Highland Plaza West Lot 2
A request to approve a development plan to allow multiple buildings on one lot in district B2-2 on about 2.64 acres generally located at 9840 N Cedar Avenue. (Genevieve Kohn-Smith)
Neighborhood: North Kansas City
Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS
Applicant: Rachelle Biondo – Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes, P.C.
Results: Approved with conditions.
3
Case No CD-CPC-2026-00085
A request to approve amendments to Chapter 88, the Zoning and Development Code, through revisions, clarifications, and other administrative changes throughout the chapter in accordance with the Zoning and Development Code periodic review. (Matthew Barnes)
Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL WITHOUT CONDITIONS
Applicant: N/A
Results: Approved with conditions.
4
Case No CD-CPC-2026-00068 – Kemper Arena UR Plan Amendment
A request to approve a major amendment to a previously approved UR Plan to amend the uses allowed within the plan area on about 10.08 acres generally located at the intersection of State Line Road and American Way Drive, specifically located at the Hyvee Arena. (Larisa Chambi)
Neighborhood: West Bottoms
Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS
Applicant: Steve Foutch – Foutch Brothers, LLC
Results: Approved with conditions.
5
Case No CD-ROW-2026-00013 – Charlotte Street Vacation
A request to approve a vacation of public right-of-way in District B1-1 (Commercial) and B4-1 (Commercial) on about 13,000 SF generally located along Charlotte Street, north of East 134th Street. (Matthew Barnes)
Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS
Applicant: Kylee Jennings, AICP-C – PEC
Results: Matthew Barnes of City Planning and Development presented. The right of way is at 13313 Charlotte Street near Martin City in the 6th District, within the Martin City and Richards Gebaur area plan. Charlotte Street is not expected to extend north at this location because of the railroad tracks and the existing lots and uses to the north. Approved with conditions.
6
Case No CD-CPC-2026-00060 – Midwest Recovery Center Expansion
A request to approve a Development Plan in District B3-2 (commercial) on about 1.7 acres generally located at the northeast corner of East 137th Street and Holmes Road, allowing for a third principle structure to be built on site of the existing recovery center. (Matthew Barnes)
Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS
Applicant: Kyle Kippes – Kaw Valley Engineering, Inc
Results: Matthew Barnes presented. The Midwest Recovery Center is in the Martin City area of the 6th District at 13645 Holmes Road. The plan adds a roughly 6,600 square-foot building and 50 parking spaces.
7
Case No CD-CPC-2026-00088
A request to detach approximately 0.63 acre right of way, generally located south of the municipal boundary between Hillcrest Road on the east and Hayworth Road on the west from the corporate limits of the City of Kansas City, Missouri to permit subsequent annexation by the City of Independence, Missouri. (Olofu Agbaji)
Staff Recommendation: CONTINUANCE WITHOUT FEE TO AUG 05, 2026
Applicant: Nicolas Bosonetto
Results: Continued without fee to August 5, 2026.
8
Case No CD-SUP-2026-00029 – Spire Laydown Yard
A request to approve a special use permit in District R-6 to allow for a temporary laydown yard on about 3 acres generally located approximately 300 feet from the northeast corner of North Lister Avenue and Northeast Vivion Road. (Justin Smith)
Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS
Applicant: DeAnna Brantley – Spire Missouri
Results: The Commission added a condition beyond staff’s, requiring the applicant to restore and repair any damage done to public streets and sidewalks through use of the laydown yard. Approved with conditions, plus an added condition on street and sidewalk repair.
9
Case No CD-SUP-2026-00032 – 1308 W 11th St West Bottoms Parking
A request to approve a Special Use Permit for a temporary surface parking lot in a UR zoning district on about 0.795 acres generally located at 1308 W 11th St. (Alec Gustafson)
Neighborhood: Historic West Bottoms
Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS
Applicant: David Laurence – SK Design Group
Results: Approved with conditions, 6 to 1.
10
Case No CD-CPC-2026-00058 – Marketplace 152
A request to approve a Major Amendment to a previously approved Development Plan in District B3-2 (Commercial) on about 24 acres generally located at the southwest corner of Northeast Barry Road and North Indiana Avenue allowing for the addition of a tire center which will serve in lieu of a Special Use Permit. (Matthew Barnes)
Neighborhood: North Kansas City
Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS
Applicant: Rachelle Biondo – Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes, P.C.
Results: Approved with conditions.
11
Case No CD-CPC-2026-00070 – N Oak Townhomes
A request to approve a Major Amendment to a previously approved Development Plan in District B3-4 (Commercial) on about 8 acres generally located on the east side of North Oak Trafficway at Northeast Hill Street to allow for 24 dwelling units in 6 multiunit buildings. (Matthew Barnes)
Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS
Applicant: Rachel Barth – NorthPoint Development
Results: Approved with conditions.
12
Case No CD-CPC-2026-00069 – Costco UR Major Amendment
A request to approve a major amendment to a previously approved UR Plan to add Outdoor Storage as an allowed use on about 13.63 acres generally located at the southwest corner of E Linwood Blvd. and Gillham Plaza. (Larisa Chambi)
Neighborhood: Midtown
Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS
Applicant: Dan Koziatek – CEC, Inc.
Results: The Commission amended the conditions, removing the correction regarding the lighting plan and rewriting condition 10 so that it requires decorative fencing rather than wrought iron specifically. Discussion ranged across continuance, approval, and denial before the motion, and the applicant was urged to build relationships with the neighborhood associations and businesses in the area. Approved with amended conditions.
13
Case No CD-CPC-2026-00057 – Uhaul Ubox
A request to approve a major amendment to a previously approved development plan in District B4-5 (Heavy Business/Commercial) to allow for the expansion of a self-storage facility on about 6.7 acres generally located at northwest corner of Northwest Prairie View Road and Northwest Donovan Drive. (Justin Smith)
Neighborhood: North Kansas City
Staff Recommendation: CONTINUANCE WITHOUT FEE TO AUG 05, 2026
Applicant: Lance Scott – Cook, Flatt & Strobel Engineers, P.A.
Results: Continued without fee to August 5, 2026.
14
Case No CD-SUP-2026-00033 – Ozark Drift Parts SUP
A request to approve a Special Use Permit to allow an automotive dismantling business to operate in an M3-5 zoning district on about 0.726 acres generally located at 1012 Woodswether Rd. (Alec Gustafson)
Neighborhood: Historic West Bottoms
Staff Recommendation: CONTINUANCE WITHOUT FEE TO AUG 05, 2026
Applicant: Zachary Schlichting – Ozark Drift Parts
Results: Continued without fee to August 5, 2026.
15
Case No CD-SUP-2026-00020 – N Montgall Gasoline & Convenience Store
A request to approve a Special Use Permit for a Gasoline and Fuel Sales establishment in an M1-5 zoning district on about 0.314 acres generally located at 840 N Montgall Avenue. (Alec Gustafson)
Staff Recommendation: CONTINUANCE WITHOUT FEE TO AUG 05, 2026
Applicant: DANA BLAY – DBL ARCHITECTURE + INC
Results: Continued without fee to August 5, 2026.
End of City Planning Commission Agenda
City Council
July 16th, 2026 2:00 pm
The session was attended this week by Councilmember Kevin O’Neill, Councilmember Nathan Willett, Councilmember Lindsay French, Councilmember Wes Rogers, Councilmember Melissa Patterson Hazley, Councilmember Crispin Rea, Councilmember Eric Bunch, Councilmember Darrell Curls, Councilmember Ryana Parks-Shaw, Councilmember Andrea Bough, Councilmember Johnathan Duncan, and Mayor Quinton Lucas.
Special Actions:
260635
RESOLUTION – Honoring Sam Hennenfent for his outstanding academic and athletic accomplishments.
Debate Docket:
260630
RESOLUTION – Directing the City Auditor to perform a review of the City’s various boards and commissions to determine whether there is redundancy among their functions and whether certain boards and commissions have issues meeting quorum requirements; and directing the City Auditor to report back findings to the City Council within 60 days.
Sponsor: Councilmember Wes Rogers
Attachments: N/A
Results: Bough presented the committee recommendation. Lucas noted the last such review of the city’s boards and commissions was around 2020 and credited Rogers for raising it. Adopted, 8 ayes. Willett, Patterson Hazley, Robinson, Rea, and Parks-Shaw out.
260376
Amending Chapter 88, the Zoning and Development Code, by repealing Section 88-285, Westport Overlay District, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter for the purpose of amending allowed uses within the Westport Overlay District and creating standards for drive-through facilities.
(CD-CPC-2026-00025)
Neighborhoods: Westport
Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department
Attachments: Memo
Results: An applicant inside the Westport Overlay District asked to amend the overlay to permit drive-through facilities and to add standards governing them. The overlay was adopted in 2023 to preserve Westport’s character. Lucas spoke against, citing the concentration of entertainment venues and alcohol sales in the area and questioning whether a drive-through would serve neighbors. Passed, 8 to 3. Lucas, Curls, and Parks-Shaw voted no. Willett and Robinson out.
260582
Accepting the recommendations of the Central City Economic Development Tax Board; approving funding for the 1815 Paseo Project in the amount of $1,500,000.00; reducing an existing appropriation by $8,083,180.00 and appropriating $8,083,180.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance in the Central City Economic Development; authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute various funding agreements in accordance with this Ordinance; and authorizing the Director of the Housing and Community Development Department to expend up to $8,083,180.00 from the funds appropriated in the Central City Economic Development Fund.
Neighborhoods: Wendell Phillips and Downtown East
Sponsor: Director of Housing and Community Development Department
Attachments: Memo
Results: Round eight of Central City Economic Development Tax Board funding, including $1.5 million for the 1815 Paseo project. Passed as a committee substitute, 11 ayes. Willett and Robinson out.
260573
Reducing appropriations by $550,000 in the Capital Improvements Fund for the Street Resurfacing Project; appropriating $550,000 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance in the Capital Improvements Fund to the Northeast Vivion Road Streetscape Project; recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
Neighborhoods: North Kansas City
Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea
Attachments: Memo
Results: Rea’s ordinance moving $550,000 from the Street Resurfacing Project to the Northeast Vivion Road Streetscape Project. O’Neill noted the project has been in the works for roughly five years. Passed, 12 ayes. Robinson out.
260584
Authorizing the Director of Water Services to execute a $2,079,984.00 professional, specialized or technical services contract Amendment No. 2 to Contract No. 9741 with AECOM Technical Services, Inc., for the Drinking Water Service Line Materials Inventory project for a total contract amount of $5,922,278.00.
Sponsor: Director of Water Services Department
Attachments: Memo
Results: KC Water is building a citywide database of water service line materials, particularly lead lines, by reviewing old records and validating the data in order to comply with federal and state drinking water regulations. This amendment brings the AECOM contract to $5,922,278. Passed, 11 ayes. Robinson and Rea out.
260618
RESOLUTION – Directing the City Manager to enter contract negotiations with United Way of Greater Kansas City for administration of an expanded Fountain Card program, a reloadable prepaid debit card and municipal identity platform, and authorization for the United Way to convene the necessary partner organizations to implement the program; and directing the City Manager to report back to Council within ninety days.
Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas
Attachments: Memo
Results: Adopted as a committee substitute, 10 ayes. Willett, Robinson, and Rea out.
260614
Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute a $1,657,866.00 contract with Vazquez Commercial Contracting LLC to perform the Kansas City Convention & Entertainment Facilities Music Hall and Little Theatre Restroom Renovations; authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to amend the Contract and expend up to $250,000.00 for contingencies; reducing $1,844,403.08 of the appropriations in the General Obligation Bond Series 2023A Fund and reappropriating same for the purpose of reallocating GO bond project proceeds for entertainment facilities; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
Neighborhoods: Downtown
Sponsor: Director of General Services Department
Attachments: Memo
Results: Bough presented, describing it as directing unused bond project funds to restroom upgrades. Passed as a committee substitute, 10 ayes. Willett, Robinson, and Rea out.
260628
Authorizing the City Manager to negotiate agreements for the stabilization and redevelopment of the property located at 1815 Paseo, Kansas City, Missouri 64108.
Neighborhoods: Wendell Phillips and Downtown East
Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department
Attachments: Memo
Results: The city acquired the church property at 1815 Paseo on February 9 and issued a request for proposals for stabilization, preservation, and redevelopment on June 12. This authorizes the City Manager to negotiate those agreements. Passed, 11 ayes. Robinson and Rea out.
260634
Accepting recommendations of the Housing Trust Fund Board; reducing an existing appropriation by $16,470,876.00 and appropriating $16,470,876.00 from the previously appropriated fund balance in the Housing Trust Fund; authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute various funding agreements in accordance with this Ordinance; and authorizing the Director of the Housing and Community Development Department to expend up to $16,470,876.00 from funds appropriated in the Housing Trust Fund.
Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas
Attachments: Memo
Results: Round six of Housing Trust Fund Board recommendations, totaling $16.4 million. Parks-Shaw presented. Passed as a committee substitute, 9 ayes. Willett, Patterson Hazley, Robinson, and Rea out.
260611
Vacating an approximately 6,000-square-foot alley in Districts R-0.5/B1-1/M1-5 generally located 150 feet east of Lydia Avenue, between East 10th Street and East 11th Street and directing the City Clerk to record certain documents. (CD-ROW-2025-00023)
Neighborhoods: Paseo West
Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department
Attachments: Memo
Results: Assigned to the Third Read Calendar.
260637
Approving an amendment to an existing approved development plan in District B3-2 to allow for commercial/retail development on about 1.27 acres generally located south of N.E. Barry Road and west of N. Indiana Avenue. (Case No. CD-CPC-2026-00058)
Neighborhoods: North Kansas City
Sponsor: Councilmember Nathan Willett
Attachments: Memo
Results: Referred to the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee, due back July 21.
260638
Establishing the Kansas City Data Center Transparency Task Force to develop recommendations regarding the planning, regulation, and operation of data centers; directing the development of policies to improve transparency, protect utility ratepayers, coordinate regulatory updates, strengthen workforce development, establish community benefit guidelines, evaluate municipal revenue options, and conduct public engagement; and directing the submission of recommendations to the Mayor and City Council.
Sponsor: Councilmember Nathan Willett
Attachments: N/A
Results: Willett introduced an ordinance aimed at establishing a task force on data center planning, regulation, and operation, covering transparency, utility ratepayer protection, workforce development, community benefit guidelines, and municipal revenue options. Introduced and referred to the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee, due back July 21.
End of Council Agenda
Dan Baldwin is the author of This Week at City Hall, a current Urban Planning & Design student at UMKC, a veteran, former Kansas Realtor, a political activist & organizer, and local musician. Dan is passionate about building a better future through policy design and how it interacts with our built environment and lived experiences and is confident that his time as the Center for Neighborhood’s intern will help him grow in those passions and be an opportunity for communal growth as well.
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