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Committee advances maternal-child health grant, adopts neighborhood grant review resolution; marijuana dispensary zoning held

Kansas CityJan 6, 20262 min read

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The Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee (Jan 6, 2026) heard a presentation on and voted to advance an ordinance accepting a $418,168.33 DHSS maternal and child health/Nurse-Family Partnership grant; adopted a resolution directing the City Manager to review neighborhood grant notification, selection, and funding and report within 30/60 days; and held a zoning amendment on marijuana dispensaries until Jan 13, 2026. Presentations on data center energy demand and responses were listed under additional business.

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Ordinance 251065 (Director of Health): Terry Winbush presented an ordinance to accept a $418,168.33 grant from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services for maternal and child health services and the Nurse‑Family Partnership home visiting model for FY26; the committee recorded 'Adv and Do Pass' on the ordinance (presentation on file with the City Clerk).
Ordinance 250997 (Councilmember Crispin Rea): Proposal to amend Chapter 88 (Marijuana Facilities) to allow dispensaries >=1,000 feet from residential zoning to operate 24 hours with a special use permit was held in committee until January 13, 2026.
Resolution 251061 (Councilmember Darrell Curls): Committee adopted as a Committee Substitute a resolution directing the City Manager to review practices for notifying neighborhood associations about grants, expand grant-application training/outreach, review grant recipient selection practices, identify funding options for these notification/training efforts and for the Neighborhood Empowerment Grant program, and report to Council within the specified 30- and 60-day timelines.

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Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee

Jan 6, 2026, 12:00 AM26th Floor, Council Chamberscheduled

Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84530222968

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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***
FIRST READINGS
Sponsor: Director of Health Department Accepting and approving a grant award in the amount of $418,168.33 with Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (“DHSS”) for maternal child health services and nurse home visiting; appropriating and estimating revenue in the amount of $418,168.33; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
HELD IN COMMITTEE
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 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.
SEMI-ANNUAL DOCKET
The listing of Semi-Annual Docket items are provided this week for informational purposes only. Please see City Clerk's Office for full listing.
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
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Committee advances maternal-child health grant, adopts neighborhood grant review resolution; marijuana dispensary zoning held

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