UG committees scheduled to meet Tuesday night

Unified Government committees are scheduled to meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, at the fifth floor conference room, City Hall, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

The UG Neighborhood and Community Development committee has some Land Bank items on the agenda at 5 p.m.

On the NCD agenda:
• Land Bank policy changes regarding the rehab program.
• 2019 Land Bank Conveyance Report approval.
• Land Bank application, 3741 N. 35th St., Lorenzo Garcia.
• Transfers from Land Bank to Unified Government: 9410 Miami St., 5701 Walnut St., 5421 N. 95th St., 9401 Oak St., 9407 Main St., 9351 Oak St., 9301 Oak St., 9300 Miami St., 9331 Miami St. According to the agenda, the properties are necessary for the expansion of the Wolcott Treatment Plant.
• Donation to the Land Bank, 1710 N. 18th St., back taxes are owed, $1,508.04.
• Update on Land Bank rehab program.

Also scheduled to appear on the public agenda at 5 p.m. is Tscher Manck on the topics of the Northeast Master Plan and parks and recreation items.

The UG Economic Development and Finance Committee will meet after the end of the NCD Committee meeting.

On the agenda is a resolution of intent to issue industrial revenue bonds not to exceed $5.5 million for the benefit of Premier Investments LLC. Premier Investments has submitted an IRB application to finance the costs of acquiring, constructing, improving and equipping an industrial facility at 1101 S. 5th St. for the benefit of Premier Investments, according to the agenda.

The proposed resolution refers to an 80,000-square-foot warehouse and a 10-year tax abatement, with payments being made in lieu of taxes.

Also on the agenda for the Jan. 21 EDF meeting is a presentation on delinquent tax sales. The UG is addressing issues with taxes owed that are still showing up on Land Bank properties, according to the agenda. UG departments are developing a plan to address the backlog.

One of the proposed changes is to shift the dates of some tax sales, which would spread the workload to slower times.

Proposed future tax sale dates will be April 9, Aug. 27, Jan. 14, 2021; June 3, 2021; and Oct. 7, 2021.

To view the agendas, visit https://www.wycokck.org/Clerk/Agendas.aspx.