Month: June 2022

Planning Commission to meet tonight

The Kansas City, Kansas, City Planning Commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 13.

The meeting will be available to the public on Zoom.

Also, the Commission Chambers will be open to the public at 701 N. 7th St., lobby level, Kansas City, Kansas.

The Board of Zoning Appeals will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, June 13, prior to the Planning Commission meeting.

On the agenda for the City Planning Commission:

• 4136 Springfield St., Kansas City, Kansas, change of zone from planned single-family district to planned apartment district to build two triplex units, Jeff Meadow with Open Door Homes.

• 2017 N. 104th Terrace, change of zone from agriculture and single-family districts to planned two-family and planned apartment districts for a mixed density residential development, duplexes and apartment buildings at 2341 and 2017 N. 104th Terrace and 10332 Parallel Parkway, Jim Calvert, Worcester Investment. Also, Master Plan Amendment.

• 4411 N. 67th St., change of zone from agriculture and limited business districts to agriculture, single-family and limited business districts for urban residential uses and church, John Emanuels.

• 3020 N. Baltimore St., change of zone from planned apartment district to agriculture district to construct a single-family residence with urban farming at 3015 and 3020 Baltimore Street to sell produce and farm goods grown on the property, two single-family lots, Kalla McLaughlin, City Beautiful Enterprise. Also, a home occupation special use permit for the address. Also a preliminary plat.

• 3430 N. 115th, change of zone from county agriculture district to city agriculture district to subdivide a lot at 3430 N. 115th Street, Andrea Weishaubt, Atlas Surveyors. Also, change of zone from county to city agriculture to subdivide the lot at 3548 N. 115th St. Also, final plat for two residential lots.

• 2513 W. 46th Ave., special use permit for a short-term rental.

• 146 S. 18th St., special use permit for a liquor store, Dana Blay, DBL Architecture.

• 5044 Powell, renewal of a home occupation special use permit for a beauty salon.

• 2205 S. 88th, special use permit for auto sales, Hariot Singh, Elite Motor Group KC.

• 2205 S. 88th, special use permit for auto repair, Manjit Kaur, City Truck and Tire Repair.

• 8440 Gibbs Road, renewal of s pecial use permit to continue to store boats, trailers, vehiclese, construction equipment and farm equipment for retail sales, Copart of Kansas.

• 2089 N. 1st St., renewal of special use permit to continue to keep storage containers and a moveable high tunnel for a training farm and community garden, Linda Siemens, Cultivate Kansas City.

• 1810 N. 1st St., special use permit to keep storage containers and a greenhouse, Brien Darby, Cultivate Kansas City.

• 620 Tenny Ave., special use permit to operate a short-term rental, Marc Winkler, Purple Holdings.

• 3914 N. 59th St., special use permit to store construction equipment, Tobias Sandoval Suarez.

• 0 Kansas Ave., preliminary plat for the Rock Island Bridge Commercial Development, Rock Island Bridge on Kaw, also known as 557 River Park Drive.

• Master plan amendment for telecommunication towers on light poles used for stadiums and athletic fields in residential zones.

• Ordinance to permanently expand the ability of farmers’ markets, mobile vending and mobile markets to sell food, drinks and merchandise on public rights-of-way and parking lots.

To connect to the Zoom meeting, visit
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86136904011?pwd=NWwvTW9ZSlM5a1NvK3hiMFcxd0hHQT09
The passcode is 898859.

KCK school board to meet Monday afternoon

The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 3 p.m. Monday, June 13.

On the agenda will be a discussion of the 2022-2023 budget.

The meeting will be in the third floor board room, Central Office and Training Center, 2010 N. 59th St.

The meeting will be on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83996389639?pwd=NjJaZ2J1QTRYWEh2Ym9yMW1jSzRCUT09

The passcode is 484279.

There is another KCK school board meeting scheduled at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, at the Central Office and Training Center.

The agenda for the meeting is at https://go.boarddocs.com/ks/kckps/Board.nsf/vpublic?open#.

Sporting KC drops match to New England, 2-1

Sporting Kansas City (3-9-4, 13 points) slipped to a 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution (5-5-4, 19 points) on Sunday afternoon at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas.

Captain Johnny Russell treated a fervent crowd to the game’s best moment early in the second half, bagging a brilliant free kick for his 50th career Sporting goal in all competitions, but New England claimed victory behind goals in either half from Gustavo Bou and Emmanuel Boateng.

With Sunday’s encounter in the books, Sporting will now prepare for a challenging road test against a Nashville SC outfit that owns a 24-match home unbeaten streak. Next Sunday will mark the inaugural meeting between the clubs at the new GEODIS Park in Nashville, with kickoff set for 5 p.m. and national coverage on FS1, FOX Deportes and the FOX Sports app.

Taking the field for the first time in two weeks, Sporting deployed a reshuffled lineup as Academy product Felipe Hernandez assumed a false nine role alongside fellow attackers Russell and Cam Duke.

Oriol Rosell, Remi Walter and Roger Espinoza were in the midfield, while Sporting’s defense received a boost with the return of veteran right back Graham Zusi to support Kortne Ford, Robert Voloder, Logan Ndenbe and goalkeeper Tim Melia.

Rosell created Sporting’s first chance inside five minutes, applying pressure in New England’s defensive third to win the ball from Wilfrid Kaptoum and find Hernandez in an open pocket of space. The 24-year-old swiveled near the top of the box and unfurled a low blast that sizzled marginally wide of the left post.

Hernandez was involved once more on the half-hour mark when Duke embarked on a dazzling 50-yard solo run down the left side and pulled the ball back to his homegrown counterpart. Hernandez faked the first-time shot and moved the ball onto his left foot, but his ensuing shot from 18 yards was blocked.

New England drew first blood on the possession that immediately followed. Dylan Borrero looped a clever lob over the top for Bou, who settled the ball crisply and finished with conviction into the low left corner for his second goal of the MLS campaign.

Sporting’s matters were further complicated a few minutes later when Walter, who had played every MLS minute of the season entering Sunday, was forced to exit through injury. Center forward Khiry Shelton was summoned as his replacement and Hernandez dropped back to his more customary central midfield position in Walter’s absence.

An explosive start to the second half—preceded by a double substitution in central defense with Andreu Fontas and Nicolas Isimat-Mirin entering the fray—saw Sporting suffer a major setback as Rosell received his marching orders for a bad tackle in the center of the park. Shortly thereafter, however, the hosts drew level behind a stunning bit of magic from Russell.

Awarded a free kick 22 yards from goal near the right side of the penalty area, Sporting’s captain promptly delivered by sending a sublime left-footed curler high inside the near post past outstretched New England goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic for his milestone 50th goal at the club.

Russell, who now has four strikes in his last four games and a team-leading seven for the season, is the fourth Kansas City player to eclipse half a century of goals alongside Preki (71), Dom Dwyer (57) and Davy Arnaud (52), who on Sunday was formally inducted as the newest Sporting Legend.

New England went frighteningly close to reclaiming the lead on 54 minutes when Tommy McNamara was played through on goal, but Melia’s phenomenal reflex save kept the score at 1-1. A dozen minutes later, Petrovic produced a solid stop of his own to deny the marauding Russell on the breakaway.

Hot and humid conditions weighed heavily on both sides as the battle neared its conclusion, but the search for a winner remained delicately poised. Melia was summoned to make another splendid save with 10 minutes remaining, dropping low to cast aside a long-range Bou strike that deflected through traffic.

The Revolution conjured its winner in the 87th minute. Shortly after DeJuan Jones’ blistering strike fizzed inches wide of the far right post, Melia spread himself to block a right-footed attempt from the edge of the box.

Newly introduced substitute Boateng was on hand for the rebound, however, and snuck a follow-up effort under Melia that bounced into the net for his first tally of the campaign.

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