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Controversial Rosedale high-rise apartment building on tonight’s UG Commission agenda

A controversial Rosedale high-rise apartment building is on tonight’s Unified Government Commission agenda.

Several Rosedale residents turned out at previous meetings to oppose the building at 4601 Rainbow Blvd.

Blair Tanner, the developer, who also owns Woodside Club, has proposed a seven-story, 149-unit apartment building. The project was sent back for more work, and the original 172 units were reduced to 149 units. The building as designed would cast shade during the winter on a few homes, including a home owned by former state Sen. Chris Steineger. Although the design was changed slightly to cast less shade, the project was still being opposed at the Planning Commission meeting by several residents and the Rosedale Development Association. It passed the Planning Commission on a 6-2 vote. (See earlier story at https://wyandotteonline.com/rosedale-area-residents-speak-out-about-high-rise-apartment-proposal/.)

Also on the agenda is a public hearing and an ordinance to adopt the 505 Central redevelopment district project plan. This is a high-rise apartment building on Central Avenue near 5th.

The UG Commission meeting begins at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at City Hall, Commission Chambers, lobby level, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

There are many other zoning items on the agenda, which can be found at https://www.wycokck.org/Departments/Clerks-Office/Agendas-Minutes.

A UG special session will begin at 5 p.m. A closed executive session at 5 p.m. will involve consultation with lawyers regarding litigation.

Also scheduled is a 6 p.m. special session, a presentation regarding the sheriff’s office salary funding.

The public may listen to the meetings on YouTube and UGTV, or through Zoom, or view the meetings at City Hall, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

The Zoom link for the 7 p.m. meeting is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84737713423?pwd=SFc1czc0ajNvcXliRkZMeWJHd21OQT09.

The passcode is 930172.

One dead, two injured in crash at 55th and Freeman

An overnight single-vehicle crash at 55th and Freeman took the life of one person and left two passengers with life-threatening injuries.

According to a Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department spokesman, dispatchers received a call about 2:50 a.m. Oct. 27 from a passerby that a car had crashed into a tree.

When officers arrived, they found three victims inside the vehicle, the spokesman stated. Two were extricated and taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries and a third was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the spokesman.

The incident is under investigation by the KCKPD Traffic Division. Anyone with information on this case is urged to call the Crime Stoppers TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477), the spokesman stated.