Committee advances housing and grocery initiatives; approves predevelopment funding for workforce housing

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FIRST READINGS

Sponsor: Director of Housing and Community Development Department Amending Chapter 2, Code of Ordinances, by repealing Sections 2-1693, Housing Trust Fund, and reenacting a new Section 2-1693 of like title and subject matter, for the purpose of reducing the affordability period for Minor Home Repair projects from thirty years to three years based upon revisions recommended by the Housing Trust Fund Board.

Sponsor(s): Mayor Quinton Lucas and Councilmember Melissa Patterson Hazley RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to work in collaboration with City economic development agencies to craft outreach and negotiate with Costco Wholesale Corporation to retain the current store in substantial form or a store of similar or increased offerings, services, and size at 241 Linwood Boulevard.

Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Establishing the Economic Development Oversight Board, also known as the Super Board, to coordinate policies between various economic development entities; and establishing an effective date.

Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Establishing administrative processes for awarding standard incentive packages to residential, office, and industrial developments that meet certain criterial and directing the City Manager and the Director of Finance to take certain acts to implement the standard incentive packages.

Sponsor(s): Mayor Quinton Lucas and Councilmembers Melissa Robinson and Melissa Patterson Hazley COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Authorizing the Director of General Services to execute a ten-year lease with two options to renew for five years each with United Market KC, LLC for the operation of a grocery store located at 3110 Prospect Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64128; reducing previously appropriated funds in the Development Services Fund by $750,905.40 and appropriating the same; reducing previously appropriated funds in the Linwood STIF Fund by $347,191.30 and appropriating the same; appropriating $401,903.30 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Shared Succes Fund; designating requisitioning authority; authorizing the City Manager to execute a Third Amendment to Cooperative Agreement with the Linwood Shopping Center CID; authorizing an expenditure of $150,000.00 from previously appropriated funds; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas 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.

Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Amending Chapter 2, Code of Ordinances, Administration, by adding a new Section 2-12 establishing policies for Sister City and Friendship City relationships; requiring annual reporting to City Council; and aligning future Sister City and Friendship City designations to one city per country.

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: Mayor Quinton Lucas and Councilmembers Nathan Willett and Johnathan Duncan, and Darrell Curls COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Amending Chapter 50, Code of Ordinances, by enacting a new section 50-206 and 50-207 for the purpose of prohibiting the sale of certain unregulated drugs and dangerous chemical inhalants within the City and providing for a delayed effective date.

Sponsor: Councilmember Andrea Bough COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Directing the City Manager to undertake certain actions to ensure economic development projects in Kansas City promote equitable economic development, align with City policy priorities, achieve efficiency in the economic development process, and effectively evaluate performance; directing the City Manager to request the input and participation from economic development agencies; directing the City Manager to incorporate public feedback and engagement opportunities prior to the final policy recommendations; directing the City Auditor to conduct a comprehensive review of City economic development entities to ensure policy alignment; repealing Chapter 74, Code of Ordinances, by enacting a new Chapter 74 entitled “Economic Development Incentive Policies and Procedures Code;” and repealing Second Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 160383, as Amended, Ordinance No. 190563, Second Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 200497, as Amended, Committee Substitute for Resolution No. 140861, and Second Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 211025.

Sponsor: Court Administrator COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Amending Chapter 2, Code of Ordinances, by repealing and replacing Sections 2-1403, 2-1404, 2-1406, 2-1411, 2-1412, 2-1413, 2-1415, 2-1442, 2-1443, 2-1451, 2-1452, 2-1463, 2-1464, 2-1465 and repealing Sections 2-1416, 2-1460 and 2-1461 for the purpose of updating the ordinances governing the operations of the Municipal Court.

Sponsors: Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw and Councilperson Darrell Curls COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Authorizing the City Manager or his designee to negotiate and execute a Predevelopment Funding Agreement with EDWARDSESTATES LLC in an amount not to exceed $1,800,000.00 for predevelopment activities associated with a proposed workforce and attainable housing development project adjacent to United Believers Community Baptist Church located at 11101 US 71 Hwy., Kansas City, Missouri; reducing the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Shared Success Fund in the amount of $1,800,000.00 and appropriating a like transfer to the Housing Trust Fund; appropriating $1,800,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Housing Trust Fund;; authorizing the Director of Housing and Community Development or their designee to negotiate and execute amendments and related agreements; directing the Director of Housing and Community Development to report back to Council; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

ADDITIONAL BUSINESS

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Adjournment