Late tonight, light rain or drizzle will overspread the area from south to north, according to the National Weather Service.
The temperatures in Wyandotte County are not supposed to drop below freezing tonight, however, with a low of 35 predicted, the weather service said. To the north, near St. Joseph, Missouri, temperatures may be below freezing causing slick highways.
Another round of freezing precipitation may be possible Thursday night, according to the weather service.
Today, it will be sunny with a high of 52 and southwest wind of 5 to 7 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon, the weather service said.
Tonight, there is a chance of drizzle after midnight, with a low around 35, according to the weather service. There will be a south southeast wind of 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable.
Thursday, there is a 70 percent chance of rain, with a high near 39, the weather service said. A north wind of 6 to 15 mph may gust as high as 25 mph. Between a tenth and quarter-inch of rain is possible.
Thursday night, there is a 40 percent chance of drizzle and snow before 4 a.m., then a slight chance of snow, according to the weather service. The low will be around 30 with a north wind of 11 to 15 mph, gusting as high as 25 mph. Less than a tenth of an inch of rain is possible.
Friday, it will be mostly sunny with a high near 46 and a north wind of 11 mph, gusting as high as 20 mph, the weather service said.
Friday night, it will be mostly clear with a low of 27, according to the weather service.
Saturday, it will be sunny with a high near 50, the weather service said.
Saturday night, it will be partly cloudy with a low of 31, according to the weather service.
Sunday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 50, the weather service said.
Sunday night, it will be mostly clear with a low of 29, according to the weather service.
Monday, it will be sunny with a high near 47, the weather service said.
Monday night, it will be mostly clear with a low of 29, according to the weather service.
Tuesday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 48, the weather service said.
Curtis Peterson, attorney, presented a drawing of the distribution and cold storage facility for the KC Foodie Park proposed at the former Indian Springs mall site in Kansas City, Kansas. He was requesting a change of zone for the project on Monday night at the City Planning Commission. (Staff photo)
The KC Foodie Park application for a change of zone at the Indian Springs site was held over until the Jan. 14 City Planning Commission meeting to resolve issues.
The application went before the City Planning Commission on Monday night. The site is a former mall near 47th and State Avenue.
Among the reasons the application was held over was that the UG is waiting for the master plan to be updated, plus there were some issues to be worked out on where trucks could park, a sidewalk, the color of the building, drains, the possibility of rotating the building, and irrigation for plants in the landscaping.
Curtis Peterson of Polsinelli represented the KC Foodie Park application by Scavuzzo’s, a food service company. A neighborhood meeting on the proposal was held in November. Peterson said they took into consideration what residents said they wanted for the site in a survey done last year.
According to agenda information, it will be a 234,716-square-foot distribution and food service center, also with office and retail buildings. Three restaurants along State Avenue are shown on the plans. Peterson said the north side and south side buildings would be constructed in the first phase of the project. The north side buildings are restaurants along State Avenue. A 26-acre solar park also are part of the plans.
The planning commission asked some questions about the proposal, which is still at a conceptual level. There were concerns about traffic, especially truck traffic at the site.
Peterson said there is a dual process in talking with the UG administrator’s office on issues such as owning or leasing the property. He said Scavuzzo’s hopes to own the property for its own food service distribution building and offices, while individual restaurant sites might be owned by the restaurants that move in there.
Peterson explained the applicant’s reasoning behind each of the issues that were before the planning commission. For example, the color of the building fits in with the energy conservation design that is planned. Also, the landscaping designed for the project uses plants that require little water, and is part of the project’s LEED goal.
He did not present information about the cost of the project or the method of financing at this meeting, as financial issues were not part of the zoning meeting.
No one appeared in opposition to the KC Foodie Park project at the Dec. 10 meeting.
Rob Richardson, UG planning director, said he was very excited about the project and thinks it will be a great asset to the community.
In other action, the planning commission voted 5-2 to approve the Brune Elementary School application including staff stipulations of a sidewalk. The district is building a sidewalk in one area of the project, but is not building a sidewalk in another area that the planning staff is requesting.
A representative of the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools appeared and told the planning commission that the district did not own the land on which it is being directed to build a sidewalk, and the owner of the land did not want to sell a portion of it for the sidewalk.
Planning staff suggested that the district should condemn the land, but the school district representative said the district had not done any eminent domain projects in the past seven years.
The school district’s representative said the district has decided to bus all students to the Brune school, and there would be no students walking to it.
However, a member of the planning commission said she was concerned about the safety of students without the sidewalk.
The new school at 8833 Waverly Ave. is being built in a neighborhood that does not have sidewalks already. Many of the neighborhoods in the western part of the city were built before annexation, and the county did not require sidewalks at that time.
The Brune school application had previously gone to the UG Commission, which sent it back so that a solution could be worked out at the City Planning Commission level.
Members of the BPU Employees Charity Golf Corp. Board presented some golf tourney proceeds to the Historic Northeast-Midtown Association (HNMA) leadership. (Photo from BPU)
The BPU Employees Charity Golf Corporation distributed checks totaling $43,000 to the Police Athletic League (PAL), Wyandotte County Parks Foundation, Historic Northeast-Midtown Association (HNMA), and the BPU Employee Foundation.
Proceeds were raised in the corporate-sponsored 2018 BPU Charity Golf Tournament event.
This year’s event broke a record for funds raised and this could not be possible without the many sponsors, those that donated prizes, golfers and the employee volunteers that gave up part of their Saturday to assist in conducting this annual event, according to a spokesman.
“The BPU Annual Fundraiser Golf Tournament may have begun small, but it has matured into a major source of funding for local charities. This is one great example of how the utility has committed itself to giving back to the community,” BPU Board President Jeff Bryant said in a news release.
BPU Charity Golf Corp. Chair David Mehlhaff, said that the funds will be utilized for the construction and installation of ADA accessible playground equipment, the Learn to Earn Program and helping young people interact with police officers in a positive setting among other projects orchestrated by fund recipients.
As part of its on-going commitment to the community, the BPU Employees Charity Golf Corp., a Kansas not-for-profit organization, sponsors and holds an annual golf tournament. Since it began in 1992, the annual event has raised over $581,000 for area children’s charities and nonprofit organizations that benefit children and youth in Wyandotte County.
Next year’s tournament is slated for Saturday, Sept. 7, at Dub’s Dread.
Members of BPU’s Employees Charity Golf Corp. presented a check to members of the Police Athletic League (PAL) of KCK. (Photo from BPU)BPU Employees Charity Golf Corp. presented proceeds from this year’s tournament to the Wyandotte County Parks Foundation. (Photo from BPU)
