Month: November 2020

UG Commission to hear update on health orders

The Unified Government Commission is scheduled to hear an update on the new COVID-19 health order in Wyandotte County at tonight’s commission meeting.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Nov. 19 and will be remote. It will be on UGTV on cable television, and also on YouTube, as well as on Zoom.

Besides the health update, the UG Commission will consider an ordinance to terminate the Westfield Shopping Center Community Improvement District.

Also on the agenda is a public hearing to consider a resolution approving an amendment to the 2019 annual action plan incorporating CARES Act funding to the Community Development Block Grant program.

The commission also will consider an ordinance to implement a Complete Street citywide policy.

Taxable industrial revenue bonds for the PQ Corp. project, not to exceed $18 million, also are on the agenda. A second ordinance would issue up to $2 million in IRBs.

Another IRB issue on the agenda is for the NP Turner Industrial project, not to exceed $28 million.

Also before the commission is a resolution for assignment and assumption of lease agreements and development agreements for the Village West Apartments II project.

The Land Bank will be asked to consider:

New construction, single family homes:
732 Everett Ave., Community Housing of Wyandotte County
62 S. 23rd St., Community Housing of Wyandotte County
74 S. 13th St., Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City
80 S. 13th St., Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City
81 S. 24th St., Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City
16 S. 22nd St., Bright Solutions
5121 Washington Ave., Bright Solutions
1221 N. 50th Terrace, Bright Solutions
6607 Wood Ave. Edwin Jones
1598 N. 86th St., Celeb Christopher

Transfers to the Land Bank:
Rehab new construction side lot – yard extension
1115 Kimball Ave.,
(This lot is next to a home that is currently being rehabbed in the Land Bank Rehab Program. The contractor is requesting the neighboring lot to build a driveway.)
1119R Kimball Ave., (This lot is unbuildable due to being landlocked. The request is to add this parcel to the current Land Bank rehab.)

Yard extension:
current home, 2822 Hiawatha St., (Request both neighboring Land Bank lots 2818 and 2826 Hiawatha St.)

The UG Commission also has scheduled a 5 p.m. special session Nov. 19, and on the agenda is the proposed legislative program with the delegation and the long-range financial plan.

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Windy, high near 74 today

Today, southwest winds gusting as high as 45 mph are possible this morning through the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.

The higher winds could lead to elevated fire conditions, the weather service said.

Temperatures will drop about 10 degrees on Friday, then another 20 degrees on Saturday.

The next chance of rain will be Friday night through Sunday, according to the weather service.

Today, it will be sunny with a high near 74, the weather service said. It will be windy, with a south southwest wind of 17 to 22 mph decreasing to 9 to 14 mph in the afternoon. Winds may gust up to 45 mph.

Tonight, it will be partly cloudy, with a low of 51 and a south southwest wind of 5 to 7 mph becoming northwest after midnight, according to the weather service.

Friday, it will be partly sunny, with a high near 63 and a light north northwest wind becoming north northeast 8 to 13 mph in the morning, the weather service said. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Friday night, there is a 30 percent chance of rain after midnight, with a high near 47 and a northeast wind of 9 mph, according to the weather service. Less than a tenth of an inch of rain is possible.

Saturday, there is a 60 percent chance of rain, mainly after noon, with a high of 47, the weather service said. An east northeast wind of 9 to 11 mph will gust as high as 18 mph. Between a quarter and half-inch of rain is possible.

Saturday night, there is a 60 percent chance of rain, mainly before midnight, according to the weather service. The low will be around 39. Between a tenth and quarter-inch of rain is possible.

Sunday, there is a 30 percent chance of rain before noon. The high will be near 50, the weather service said.

Sunday night, it will be mostly clear, with a low of 30, according to the weather service.

Monday, it will be sunny, with a high near 50, the weather service said.

Monday night, there is a 40 percent chance of rain after midnight, with a low of 39, according to the weather service.

Tuesday, there is a 40 percent chance of rain, with a high near 54, the weather service said.

Tuesday night, there is a 30 percent chance of rain, with a low of 37, according to the weather service.

Wednesday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 54, the weather service said.

Fatal accident reported at 18th and Merriam Lane

A fatal accident was reported at 1:40 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, near 18th and Merriam Lane, according to a spokesman for the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.

A vehicle was southbound on 18th Street when it took the ramp to Merriam Lane, according to the report.

At the bottom of the ramp the vehicle continued across Merriam and off the roadway, where it wrecked, according to the report.

The passenger in the vehicle, a female in her late 40s, was dead at the scene, according to police. The driver was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, police stated.

The accident is under investigation by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s fatality accident team, according to the spokesman.