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Finance, Governance & Public Safety Committee — March 31, 2026 meeting summary

Kansas CityMar 31, 20263 min read

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Committee met March 31, 2026 at 10:30 AM (26th Floor, Council Chamber). Members Andrea Bough, Quinton Lucas, Crispin Rea, Darrell Curls and Wes Rogers were present. The committee approved a 10-year license for a city-owned radio tower to Jackson County (5301 E. 27th St.), approved the Fourth Amendment to the Metro North Crossing TIF plan, accepted an assignment to transfer $404,221.07 from the Maintenance Reserve Corporation to the Housing Trust Fund and close Fund 6930, declared a moratorium on city approvals for detention facilities through January 15, 2031 while approval processes are reviewed, authorized a license to display the city-owned sculpture “River Cloud” with Port KC, and approved a contract amendment for design services related to a permanent detention and rehabilitation facility (Treanor, Inc.). The committee recommended an ordinance limiting sale of small “airplane-sized” alcohol bottles in the Third District (Retail Alcohol Impact Areas) without recommendation. Several items were held for later committee or council action (including Midtown Justice Campus review, Columbus Park TIF MRD waiver, and code amendments on prevailing wage/MBE/WBE/affordable housing). The agenda included notice of potential closed-session topics and public testimony procedures.

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Approved license agreement allowing Jackson County to install a satellite dish on the City-owned tower at 5301 E. 27th Street for ten (10) years (Ordinance 260293).
Approved Fourth Amendment to the Metro North Crossing Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Plan, extending the construction timeline for Redevelopment Project Area 5 (Ordinance 260297).
Accepted assignment and assumption from the Maintenance Reserve Corporation and directed transfer of $404,221.07 to the Housing Trust Fund and closure of Fund No. 6930 (Ordinance 260300).
Declared a moratorium on all City approvals for detention facilities through January 15, 2031 to evaluate the regional criminal justice ecosystem and re-evaluate the approval process (Ordinance 260262).
Authorized a 15-year license agreement with Port Authority for display of the City-owned sculpture “River Cloud” (Ordinance 260276).
Approved a contract amendment to Treanor, Inc. for design professional services related to a permanent detention and rehabilitation facility, not to exceed $1,252,000 from previously appropriated funds (Ordinance 260278).
Recommended Do Pass without Recommendation on ordinance designating Retail Alcohol Impact Areas and restricting sale of small alcohol bottles in the Third District (Ordinance 260250).
Held several items for further consideration, including the Midtown Justice Campus resolution (held until 04.14.2026), Columbus Park TIF MRD-waiver (held until 04.07.2026), and proposed code amendments on prevailing wage/MBE-WBE/affordable housing (held until 04.07.2026).

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Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee

Mar 31, 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***
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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: Director of General Services Department Authorizing the Director of General Services to execute a License Agreement with Port Authority of Kansas City, Missouri for fifteen (15) years for the display of the City-owned sculpture, “River Cloud.”
Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to develop and implement a public communication plan, including the publication of a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document or similar communication process, to educate residents, businesses, and other stakeholders about the special permit area policy, and declaring that the policy will be in place from June 1 through July 12, 2026.
Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas AS AMENDED Amending Chapter 10, Code of Ordinances, Alcoholic Beverages, enacting a new sections 10-216 and 10-336 for the purpose of designating certain geographic areas within the City experiencing acute detrimental public safety and public health impacts from the retail package sale of alcohol as “Retail Alcohol Impact Areas” and placing certain conditions on retail package licenses within such designated areas.
Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Declaring a moratorium until January 15, 2031, on all City approvals for detention facilities, to evaluate the effectiveness of the regional criminal justice ecosystem, and re-evaluate the approval process for detention facilities.
Sponsor: Director of General Services Department Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute a contract amendment to EV3851 with Treanor, Inc. for design professional services related to the permanent detention facility in an amount not to exceed $1,252,000.00 from previously appropriated funds; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Waiving certain requirements of City Code Chapter 3 for the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan.
Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Amending Chapter 3, Code of Ordinances, by repealing Section 3-622, Prevailing wage application to incentive plans, and enacting in lieu thereof a new Section 3-622, and enacting a new Section 3-623, Prevailing Wage application to incentive Plans (2026),for the purpose of enlarging the establishing applicable prevailing wage policies for certain types of categories of incentive projects, amending Chapter 3, Code of Ordinances by repealing Section 3-437, Waiver of MBE/WBE goals, for the purpose of greater alignment and efficiency among city incentive agencies, and amending Chapter 74, Code of Ordinances, by repealing Section 74-11, Affordable housing set aside, and enacting in lieu thereof a new Section 74-11, for the purpose of right-sizing the Payment in Lieu fee to better reflect amount in subsidies provided per unit of affordable housing, directing the City Manager to issue a Request for Proposals for a nexus study to evaluate the affordability offset value and implementation of linkage fees on development within the City for the purposes of funding workforce and affordable housing and to evaluate and develop a development linkage fee program within the City and to report back to City Council on the same within 6 months. Finance Committee recommends “Do Pass as a Committee Substitute.”
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
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Adjournment
Sponsor: Director of General Services Department Authorizing the Director of General Services to enter into a license agreement with Jackson County, Missouri for the tower located at 5301 E. 27th Street for a period of ten (10) years.
Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Approving the Fourth Amendment to the Metro North Crossing Tax Increment Financing Plan.
Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Accepting the assignment and assumption agreement from the Maintenance Reserve Corporation; appropriating $404,221.07 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Maintenance Reserve Corporation and estimating the same as revenue in the Housing Trust Fund; and closing on the books of the City Fund No. 6930, Maintenance Reserve Corporation Fund.

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