Kansas City Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee — Meeting Minutes (Sept 30, 2025)

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***

CONSENT AGENDA

Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the Arlington Road Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein.

Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the Shoal Creek Parkway Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein.

Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the River Market Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein.

Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the Blue Ridge Mall Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein.

FIRST READINGS

Sponsor: City Planning and Development Department Accepting and approving the recommendation of the Tax Increment Financing Commission of Kansas City, Missouri, as to the termination of the designation of Redevelopment Project Area 4 (“Project Area 4”), Redevelopment Project Area 5 (“Project Area 5”), Redevelopment Project Area 6 (“Project Area 6”) of the 1200 Main/South Loop Tax Increment Financing Plan; declaring as surplus those funds within the special allocation fund(s) established in connection with each of Project Area 4, Project Area 5, and Project Area 6; dissolving the special allocation fund(s) established in connection with such Redevelopment Project Areas; and directing the City Clerk to send copies of this ordinance to Jackson County.

Sponsor(s): Councilmembers Johnathan Duncan and Andrea Bough COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Amending Chapter 50, Code of Ordinances, by enacting a new Section 50-16 for the purpose of prohibiting the operation and maintenance of certain electronic gaming machines that offer a monetary prize to the user within the City and directing the City Manager to report back to Council within ninety (90) days.

Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Directing the City Manager to initiate the vacant property receivership process as described in Code Chapter 56, Article VII, for the vacant nuisance property known as the former Paul Robeson Middle School site, located at 8201 Holmes Road, in order to protect the health, safety, and welfare of City’s residents by remediating the blight at the property.

HELD IN COMMITTEE

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.

Sponsor: Director of General Services Department Authorizing the Director of General Services to execute a one-year lease agreement with two options to renew for one year each with Diamond Food, LLC, dba Break Time for the purpose of a convenience store located at 1128 Oak Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106.

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.

Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Robinson RESOLUTION - Receiving the Kansas City Global Music Strategy from Creative City KC, Inc.; acknowledging additional recommendations for the Kansas City Global Music Strategy; and directing the City Manager to convene an internal working group to review the recommendations and report back to Council within one hundred and twenty (120) days.

ADDITIONAL BUSINESS

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Adjournment