Month: January 2022

UG committees to meet tonight

The Unified Government Economic Development and Finance Committee will meet at 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 3.

After the EDF meeting ends, the UG Neighborhood and Community Development Committee meeting will be held.

On the agenda for the EDF meeting is approval of budget authority for FEMA reimbursements related to COVID-19; and an ordinance that terminates the Turner Logistics Center Community Improvement District. According to the agenda, Turner Logistics has completed the minimum building improvements of 1 million square feet constructed.

The agenda for the EDF meeting was updated to remove an item that was an amendment to the assignment and assumption and development agreement for the Homefield development project. The Homefield entertainment, sports and hotel project is being built at the Schlitterbahn site.

On the agenda for the NCD meeting are the adoption of proposed building and fire code updates; an update on the Land Bank; and Land Bank option applications and property transfers. Also on the agenda is an appearance by Colleen Roberts to discuss new development and updates in the Piper master plan.

Two of the Land Bank items involve the transfer of property from the UG to KCKCC for the downtown campus near 7th and State.

Land Bank option applications include:
New construction, single-family homes:
2915 Hiawatha St., Edwin Anahun Castellanos Mejia, home addition.
Three single-family homes, Habitat for Humanity, at 1137 Pennsylvania Ave.; 1139 Pennsylvania Ave.; 1211 Pennsylvania Ave.; 1213 Pennsylvania Ave.; and 1215 Pennsylvania Ave.
Three single-family homes, Habitat for Humanity, at 704 S. Valley St., 1261 Shawnee Ave. and 1267 Shawnee Ave.
Two homes, Chris Solutions Construction, 820 N. 78th, and 900 N. 78th.
One home, Innova Pro Construction and Pillar KC, 649 Sandusky Ave.
One home, Innova Pro Construction and Pillar KC, 914 Argentine Blvd.
Two homes, Innova Pro Construction and Pillar KC, 719 S. Coy, and 713 S. 8th.
Four homes, Innova Pro Construction and Pillar KC, 1147 Armstrong Ave., 1211 Ann Ave., 1223 Ann Ave. and 1235 Ann Ave.
One home, Steven Bashus, 1600 S. 86th.
One home, Estralita Justice, 3429 N. 31st, 3427 N. 31st and 3425 N. 31st.
New construction, multi-family, 2416 S. 51st.
New construction, garage, Cinthia Reyes, 1131 Rowland Ave.

New construction, three commercial
Chris Solutions Construction, 4815 Parallel Parkway;
Omni Mccluney and Bilal Waajid, requesting 35 Land Bank lots from 9th to 10th between Everett and Oakland to build residential units, restaurants, shops, farmers market and green space, using shipping containers.
Kansas City Kansas Community College, downtown campus, 632 State Ave., and 1101 N. 7th St.

New construction, commercial, 500 Freeman, two applications.
Metropolitan Leadership Institute, 500 Freeman Ave.
Thatcher’s Family Life Center, 500 Freeman Ave.

Land Bank property transfers, yard extension
Ray Sawyer, unbuildable lot, 4808 Sortor Drive.

The meetings will be accessible by Zoom, by phone and will be shown on YouTube and UGTV cable television.

The Zoom link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82402702406?pwd=czJJbXZoWUd6RWhVNXJUZjJKSVpPUT09.

The passcode is 896412.

The webinar ID is 824 0270 2406.

The toll-free telephone number is 877-853-5257 or 888-475-4499.

See more at https://www.wycokck.org/Engage-With-Us/Calendar-of-Events/Standing-Committee-Meeting-EDF-and-NCD.

Cold temperatures in today’s forecast

Temperatures will remain below freezing through Monday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service forecast.

The temperature at 9 a.m. Monday was 19 degrees, with the wind chill at 12 degrees, the weather service said. Temperatures will rise to a high of 38 this afternoon.

Tuesday, temperatures will rise to about 44, according to the weather service.

It will get colder again on Wednesday, with a 50 percent chance of snow on Wednesday night, the weather service said. Minor accumulations of snow are possible Wednesday night through Thursday morning.

Bitterly cold temperatures will return for Wednesday night into Friday morning, according to the weather service. The low will be about 6 on Wednesday night and around zero on Thursday night.

Today, it will be sunny, with a high near 38 and a south southwest wind of 6 to 8 mph, gusting as high as 18 mph, the weather service said.

Tonight, it will be mostly clear, with a low of 27 and a south wind of 7 to 10 mph, gusting as high as 20 mph, according to the weather service.

Tuesday, there will be increasing clouds, with a high near 44 and a south wind of 13 to 18 mph, gusting as high as 33 mph, the weather service said.

Tuesday night, it will be partly cloudy, with a low of 18, according to the weather service. A southwest wind of 10 to 13 mph will become northwest after midnight. Winds may gust as high as 23 mph.

Wednesday, there will be increasing clouds, with a high near 25 and a northwest wind of 8 to 11 mph, gusting as high as 21 mph, the weather service said.

Wednesday night, there is a 50 percent chance of snow, mainly after midnight, according to the weather service. The low will be around 6.

Thursday, it will be partly sunny and cold, with a high near 13, the weather service said.

Thursday night, it will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 0, according to the weather service.

Friday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 27, the weather service said.

Friday night, it will be partly cloudy, with a low of 21, according to the weather service.

Saturday, it will be partly sunny, with a high near 46, the weather service said.

Saturday night, it will be partly cloudy, with a low of 24, according to the weather service.

Sunday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 35, the weather service said.

Crashes reported on I-70

A crash was reported on westbound I-70 near K-7, at 7:59 a.m. Monday, Jan. 3, according to KC Scout. I-70 westbound to K-7 exit was closed. (KC Scout photo)
A crash was reported on westbound I-70 near K-7, at 7:59 a.m. Monday, Jan. 3, according to KC Scout. (KC Scout photo)
A crash was reported at 8:04 a.m. Monday, Jan. 3, on southbound I-435 to eastbound I-70, according to KC Scout. (KC Scout photo)