Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee — Meeting Minutes (Dec 16, 2025)

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FIRST READINGS

***BEGINNING OF CONSENTS***

Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Approving the plat of Tilden Station, an addition in Jackson County, Missouri, on approximately 28 acres generally located at the southeast corner of East 135th Street and Wornall Road, creating 3 lots and 6 tracts for the purpose of residential and commercial developments; accepting various easements; establishing grades on public ways; authorizing the Director of City Planning and Development and the Director of Water Services to execute and/or accept certain agreements; and directing the City Clerk to facilitate the recordation of this ordinance and attached documents. (CLD-FnPlat-2025-00018)

***END OF CONSENTS***

HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

Sponsor: Director of Housing and Community Development Department Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute a Central City Economic Development (CCED) funding agreement with Palestine Economic Development Corporation for construction of a 39-bed assisted living facility to be located at 35th Street and Prospect Avenue in Kansas City; and authorizing the Director of the Housing and Community Development Department to expend up to $1,918,318.64 of previously appropriated Central City Economic Development Funds.

CITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Vacating the 41st Street Condominium Plat in District R-2.5 generally located at the northwest corner of East 41st Street and Locust Street and directing the City Clerk to record certain documents. (CD-ROW-2025-00038)

Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Vacating the Knightsbridge Business Center Condominium Plat in District B1-1 generally located at 5300 Longview Road and directing the City Clerk to record certain documents. (CD-ROW-2025-00035)

Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Rezoning an area of about 441 acres generally located at the southwest corner of Eastern Avenue and Raytown Road from District MPD to District MPD and approving an amendment to an approved development plan to allow for parking, non-accessory in Area 20 as highlighted on the site plan. (CD-CPC-2025-00149)

COUNCIL

Sponsor: Councilmember Kevin O’Neill Approving a development plan on about 43 acres generally located at 9600 N.E. Reinking Road in District R-10 for construction of a religious assembly development. (CD-CPC-2025-00135).

Sponsor: Councilmember Kevin O’Neill COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Approving an amendment to a previously approved development plan on about 13.18 acres in District B3-2 generally located at 8601 N. Madison Avenue to allow for commercial, retail, office, medical, drive-through and additional uses allowed in the B3-2 zoning district (CD-CPC-2025-00172)

Sponsor: Councilmember Kevin O’Neill COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Rezoning an area of about 99 acres located at the northeast corner of N.W. Skyview Avenue and N.W. 126th Terrace from District AG-R to District R-80 to allow for single-family residential use. (CD-CPC-2025-00201)

Sponsor: Councilmember Darrell Curls COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to review current City practices pertaining to grant notifications for neighborhood associations, explore additional means of raising awareness of such grants and grant application trainings, identify potentially reliable funding options for such practices, review current City practices related to grant recipient selection, and report to Council on each of these tasks within 60 days; and to identify and report to Council within 30 days on potentially reliable funding options for the Neighborhood Empowerment Grant program for fiscal year 2026-2027.

Sponsor: Councilperson Darrell Curls COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Authorizing the Chief Procurement Officer to execute a $400,000.00 contract with Hickman Mills Prevention Coalition from previously appropriated funds to establish a neighborhood outreach team to engage high-risk individuals and prevent violent conflicts; authorizing a total expenditure of $400,000.00 to satisfy the cost of the contracts; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

Sponsor: Mayor Pro Tem Parks-Shaw COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Accepting and approving a $40,000.00 grant from the Health Forward Foundation to support the City’s Connecting Kansas City Program supporting equitable digital connectivity for all residents, authorizing a contract within the scope of such grant, estimating and appropriating $40,000.00 in the General Grants Fund, designating requisitioning authority and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

WATER SERVICES DEPARTMENT

Sponsor: Director of Water Services Department Authorizing the Director of the Water Services Department to execute a $23,800,000.00 design-build contract with Goodwin Bros Construction Co, for the Westside Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Facility Plan Project - Sludge Screening project; authorizing a maximum expenditure of $26,180,000.00; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

HELD IN COMMITTEE

Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Rezoning an area of about 15 acres generally located at West 35th Street to the north, Pennsylvania Avenue to the east, Valentine Road to the south, and Summit Street to the west from Districts R-1.5, R-5, R-6, and UR to Districts R-1.5, R-5, R-6, UR /HO in order to designate the area as a local Historic District on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places. (CD-CPC-2025-00100).

Sponsor: Councilmember Darrell Curls COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Rezoning an area of 1.5 acres generally located at 1100 E. 63rd Street from Districts UR and B4-5 to District B4-5 and approving a development plan that also serves as a preliminary plat to allow for a commercial development. (CD-CPC-2025-00180 and CD-CPC-2025-00182)

Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea Amending Chapter 88, the Zoning and Development Code, by repealing Section 88-354, Marijuana Facilities, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter for the purpose of allowing marijuana dispensaries located at least 1,000 feet from residential zoning districts to operate 24 hours per day subject to approval of a special use permit.

Sponsor: Councilmember Kevin O’Neill RESOLUTION - Amending the KCI Area Plan by amending the Proposed Land Use Plan and Map for an approximately 107 acre tract of land generally located at the southwest corner of Northwest 100th Street and North Platte Purchase Drive by changing the recommended land use designation from "Commercial, Residential Low Density, Open Space / Buffer, and Mixed Use Community" to "Residential Medium Density." (CD-CPC-2025-00130)

Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Approving the petition to establish the Hillcrest Community Improvement District; establishing the Hillcrest Community Improvement District generally located northwest of the intersection of 83rd Street and Hillcrest Road in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; determining the District to be a blighted area; determining that certain actions are reasonably anticipated to remediate blighting conditions and will serve a public purpose; requiring the annual submission of certain records; and directing the City Clerk to report the creation of the District to the Missouri Department of Economic Development and the Missouri State Auditor.

Sponsor: Councilmember Kevin O’Neill COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Rezoning an area of about 107 acres generally located on the southwest corner of Northwest 100th Street and North Platte Purchase Drive from Districts R-7.5, B3-3 and MPD to District MPD and approving a development plan that also serves as a preliminary plat to allow for a residential development. (CD-CPC-2025-00129)

Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Robinson Authorizing the City Manager to execute the Fourth Amendment to the Community Investment Agreement with Community Builders of Kansas City (“Community Builders”); authorizing the City Manager to execute a Second Amendment to the Escrow Agreement with Community Builders and Preferred Title of Saint Joseph, LLC; and modifying the requirements of Code Section 74-12 as it applies to the Fourth Amendment to the Community Investment Agreement and Second Amendment to the Escrow Agreement.

ADDITIONAL BUSINESS

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Adjournment