Month: September 2019

KC Foodie Park development agreement on Thursday’s UG Commission agenda

The KC Foodie Park proposal is at 47th and State Avenue, at the former Indian Springs shopping center site.
The first phase, project area 1, is at the south side of the KC Foodie Park area, with I-635 on the east.
A drawing of the food center, which is an industrial building, in the first phase at the proposed KC Foodie Park. This building is proposed for the southwest part of the property.

A development agreement, TIF plan and sales tax industrial revenue bonds for the KC Foodie Park at the former Indian Springs shopping center are on Thursday’s Unified Government Commission meeting agenda.

The meeting includes a public hearing on the Foodie Park proposal.

The proposal for the former shopping mall at the 47th and State Avenue area includes a 266,000-square-foot food service center, at least three retail pad sites along State Avenue, and an additional 45,000 square feet of commercial use, and a 60,000-square-foot office building to serve as the headquarters of Scavuzzo’s, the developer of the project.

In all, it is a $140 million project, according to agenda information.

The food center would be completed in 2021 with other projects completed in later years. The development is mostly industrial with the food service center, with some commercial, restaurants and an office building.

The UG Commission meeting begins at 7 p.m. Sept. 26 in the Commission Chambers, lobby evel, City Hall, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

The actions proposed for the Foodie Park include an ordinance to approve the development agreement and home rule economic development sales tax rebate; an ordinance approving the division of the Midtown Redevelopment TIF (tax-increment financing) District into four redevelopment project areas; amending the redevelopment TIF district plan; adopting the TIF project area 1 redevelopment project plan; and a resolution of intent to issue sales tax construction IRBs in an amount not to exceed $20 million.

The project also includes a solar energy field to produce the energy needed to run the food center and related buildings.

Under the agreement, the developer will pay the UG $1.05 million for the Indian Springs property. The first phase property would go to the developer for free, with the developer paying $350,000 each for the other three parcels on the project site when the developer closes on the parcels. The UG currently owns the project site.

Several other items, including planning and zoning items, are on the agenda Thursday night.

The other items include:

• 10525 Nelson Lane, change of zone from agriculture district to single famil district for a sinle=family residential subdivision, Gerald St. Peter with DAPS, LLC.

• 3605 Bell Crossing, change of zone from single-family district to agriculture district for accessory structures and animals, Oracio Perez.

• 4251 N. 60th St., change of zone from single-family district to agriculture district to raise cattle, F. Peter Kovac.

• 1028 Sandusky Ave., change of zone from single-family district to two-family district for continuation of a duplex, Sumey Mohammamdrabie with My Three S LLC.

• 3002, 3004 and 3014 W. 43rd St., and 4225 Mission Road, change of zone from single-family district to two-family district for a multi-family development, Eliot Arnold with Beachwood Holdings, LLC.

• 7852 Leavenworth Road, special use permit for the temporary use of land to park salt plow trucks when not in use, Loyd A. Clay.

• 451 S. 14th St., special use permit for the temporary use of land for an inspection and light maintenance facility at 451 S. 14th St., Probhjot Singh Padda with MSS Freight Services LLC.

• 1830 Quindaro Blvd., special use permit for a car dealership with automotive repair, auto detailing and auto stereo installation, Nikole Henson.

• 3327 N. 7th St. Trafficway, renewal of a special use prmit for office space, assembly space and test firing range, Dan Spencer with CZ-USA.

• 1312 S. 55th St., preliminary and final plan review for an addition and renovation to the Turner Middle School, David Contag with DLR Group.

• Leavenworth Road ordinance, an ordinance authorizing the UG attorney to start legal proceedings to acquire property for the Leavenworth Road, 78th to 63rd Street improvement project.

• Plat of Copart on Kansas Avenue, west of the Kansas River, being developed by Copart of Kansas Inc.

• Southwest Boulevard and Marshall Street, plat of Phillips SW Storage LLC.

• 131st and Leavenworth Road, plat of Piper School Complex, being developed by the Piper Public Schools.

• Melissa Sieben and Mike Taylor to be selected as voting delegates for the League of Kansas Municipalities annual conference in Overland Park, Kansas.

Also on the agenda are several Land Bank items, including:

Applications

• 418 Haskell Ave., Rachel Jefferson, property acquisition

• 1137 Everett Ave., Strugglers Hill Neighborhood Group, property acquisition

• 1139 Everett Ave., Strugglers Hill Neighborhood Group, property acquisition.

• 405 Cleveland, Benjamin Caruthers, property acquisition

• 3745 N. 35th St., Lorenzo Garcia, property acquisition

• 3743 N. 35th St., Lorenzo Garcia, property acquisition

• 1131 Rowland Ave., Alberto Ortega, yard extension

• 1131 Rowland Ave., Innovating Renovations, LLC, yard extension

Transfer from Land Bank:

• 641 Parallel Ave. to Edrus, LLC. The recipient completed the rehab of 639 Parallel through the rehab program.

The UG Commission also will meet in a special session at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, in the fifth floor conference room, City Hall, for the Wyandot Behavioral Health Network update, followed by a Board of Health update.

To see an earlier story on the KC Foodie Park proposal, visit https://wyandotteonline.com/kc-foodie-park-development-agreement-for-former-indian-springs-site-advances/.

American Royal hopes to break ground next spring

by Murrel Bland

If all goes well, the American Royal could break ground on its new complex in Village West during the spring of 2020.

That was the message that Glenn Alan Phillips brought to about 35 persons who attended the 34th annual meeting of Business West at the home of Nathan and Erin Reasons Wednesday, Sept. 18.

Phillips, who recently joined the American Royal Association as its president, was the keynote speaker at the meeting.

He said the Royal is a nonprofit organization that has a 120-year history of being focused on entertainment and education.

It was founded in 1899 and has always been in the West Bottoms of Kansas City, Missouri.

The move to Village West comes because of the need for new and larger quarters; that is particularly true when considering the Royal’s traditional livestock and horse show.

Phillips said the new complex will be an ideal location for a variety of food and agriculture events.

He said the Royal will create a learning experience unlike any other.

Because of its central location, the Royal will become the hub of agriculture; it will attract agriculture industry leaders, associations and entrepreneurs.

Phillips said that the American Royal Barbecue competition, being held at the Kansas Speedway, is the largest event of its type attracting nearly 500 teams.

He said it has not been determined whether the barbecue event will be moved to the new Royal complex.

Phillips said the new complex will be near 118th Street and State Avenue.

Phillips comes from San Antonio Stock and Rodeo organization where he spent 15 years; he received a bachelor’s degree in animal science from Texas A & M University and a master’s degree from Angelo State University.

Business West elected its officers and directors for the coming year. They are Donna Tilden, president; Melissa Brune Bynum, president-elect; Brent Lathrom, treasurer; Chuck Stites, past president; directors who will serve two-year terms, Tami Bartunek, Kathleen Meyers Baska, Sheryl Raglow Becker, Rusty Roberts and Pam Rowe; and those directors who will continue to serve another year, Earl Freeman, Joe Maderak, Dr. Jane Winkler Philbrook, Nathan Reasons and Linda Wolford.

Murrel Bland is the former editor of The Wyandotte West and The Piper Press. He is the executive director of Business West.

Big finish vaults KCKCC golfers to sixth in Ottawa tourney

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC

A big finish enabled Kansas City Kansas Community College to climb into sixth place in the annual Ottawa Fall Invitational golf tournament at Eagle Bend in Lawrence Tuesday.

Seventh at 333 after the opening round, the Blue Devils chipped 17 shots off the opening round for a 316 finish that the was the third lowest round on the final day.

The big finish enabled KCKCC (639) to vault past Tabor (659), which had led the Blue Devils by four shots at the halfway mark.

Des Moines Area Community College finished just 11 shots over par in the 36-hole event, a 587 total that was 20 shots in front of runnerup Metropolitan Community College (607).

Five DMACC players finished among the top seven in medalist competition.

Other teams finishing ahead of KCKCC were Ottawa (635), Rockhurst (638) and Baker (641).

Sophomore Cameron Riley of Liberal led KCKCC, finishing in a tie for 12th with an 87-88-155 total.

Three Blue Devils tied for 24th – Jacob Hall (84-81-165) of Tonganoxie, Dylan Freund (85-80-165) of Cheney and Keegan Ellington (82-83-165) of Andover Central.

Mark Towey (86-80-166) of Bishop Carroll was another stroke back in a tie for 28th while Kellen Welsh of Olathe West had the Blue Devils second best round of the final day (89-79-168) in finishing 32nd.

KCKCC returns to action Monday and Tuesday when they’ll compete in the Culver University Invitational that will be played on one of the premier courses in the Midwest, Porta Cima at Sunrise Beach, Missouri, at the Lake of the Ozarks.