Three UG meetings scheduled Thursday
A public hearing on the Turner Vista redevelopment district, located on the southwest corner of State Avenue and College Parkway, is on the 7 p.m. agenda for the Unified Government Commission on Thursday, Nov. 16.
Three Unified Government meetings are scheduled on Thursday, Nov. 16, at City Hall, 701 N.7th St., Kansas City, Kansas.
• A special session of the UG will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, in the fifth floor conference room at City Hall, 701 N. 7th St. Topics to be discussed: library and SOAR (anti-blight project) update.
• A Unified Government Commission meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, in the Commission Chambers, City Hall, 701 N. 7th St.
• The Unified Government Public Building Commission is scheduled to meet after the 7 p.m. UG meeting Nov. 16 in the Commission Chambers, City Hall, 701 N. 7th St. According to the meeting notice, this commission will consider a resolution to authorize issuing bonds to fund the Juvenile Center Facility Improvement Project, courthouse improvements and improvements to the adult jail. This PBC group also will elect officers.
At the 7 p.m. UG Commission meeting, a public hearing is scheduled on the Turner Vista redevelopment district, which is at the southwest corner of State Avenue and College Parkway, near the Turner Diagonal. The redevelopment district is a 38.6-acre area including the Redwood Gardens area and surrounding areas. A study in July 2017 concluded that the area was blighted, which would qualify it for tax increment financing.
Also on the agenda is a resolution to set a public hearing on Dec. 14 to consider modification of an existing Community Improvement District and establishing new Community Improvement Districts for the Legends – Village West Shopping District. Two CID assessments, sixth-tenths and four-tenths of one percent, together would total one percent, and would replace an existing sixth-tenths of a percent assessment, according to agenda information. The CID would fund a new adjacent parking garage and common area amenities and improvements.
On the consent agenda for the 7 p.m. meeting Nov. 16 is an ordinance to amend the 2017-2022 capital maintenance improvement projects, authorizing public improvements, and requesting the Public Building Commission to issue leasehold revenue bonds to finance all or a portion of the costs of certain improvements, and one or more lease-purchase agreements for certain equipment.
This CMIP resolution invokes the UG’s rights under Kansas home rule to finance and issue general obligation bonds for the installation and software of fiber optic cable for public safety and other public purposes, according to the agenda.
The agenda lists CMIP projects such as bridge work; storm sewer improvements; concrete box replacements; replacement of storm pipe; storm sewer reconstruction; accommodations for the disabled and repairs at Memorial Hall, the Reardon Center, City Hall, Fire Headquarters and Police Headquarters; pedestrian ramp improvements; animal control facility ventilation; resurfacing of some of some streets throughout the community; courthouse improvement projects; elevator upgrades at Police Headquarters; work on UG parking garages; $4 million for a new Piper area fire station, plus improvements to existing fire stations at 62nd and State and 54th and Leavenworth Road; $2.8 million for Hutton Road improvements from Cleveland to Leavenworth Road; industrial district road work; $24.8 million for jail and juvenile facility work; $9 million for Leavenworth Road work from 78th to 63rd streets; $7.3 million for Leavenworth Road improvements from 63rd to 38th; Parallel Parkway resurfacing from 82nd to 89th streets; traffic signal replacements at locations throughout the city; pump station upgrades; railroad crossing improvements; Strong Avenue pump station flood control project; $ 2 million for demolition of unsafe structures; $1.4 million for electronic voting equipment; road work at Wyandotte County Lake Park; $2.6 million for Wyandotte County Lake waterline study; funding for several equipment lease items; and more. For more details on these projects, visit the agenda for Nov. 16 at www.wycokck.org.
There is also a resolution to authorize the sale of municipal temporary notes and general obligation bonds, requesting the Public Building Commission to issue bonds for improvements.
The amount of the general obligation bonds for CMIP projects is about $114.2 million, according to the resolution.
The improvements to be funded with PBC leasehold revenue bonds total $33.445 million, with $24.8 million for the jail – juvenile facility; $5.37 million for the courthouse improvements, and $3.27 million for the jail – adult facility.
Other items on the consent agenda include:
• Realignment of two bus routes, the 115-Kansas Avenue route and the 116-West Parallel route.
• A request from Downtown Shareholders for an extension of its UG – Hollywood Casino grant.
• An ordinance amending the UG’s right-of-way ordinance. The ordinance includes information specifying that the owners of land are responsible for maintenance and repair of improvements. It includes a provision that the UG may give a notice of repair to property owners giving them five to 60 days to make repairs to a sidewalk, and after that time, the UG may make repairs and place a special assessment against the land.
• A resolution for the elimination of Pump Station 50 and a new interceptor sewer project, in the area of Donahoo and I-435.
• Approval of the annual report of the Wyandotte County Solid Waste Plan.
• An ordinance authorizing the UG to acquire property for the 2013 priority bridge repairs project. This is located near 87th and Kansas Avenue; and North 32nd and Freeman Avenue.
• An ordinance to terminate the Northeast Armourdale Redevelopment District and tax-increment financing for the district.
• Approval of a $60,000 grant from the REACH Healthcare Foundation for the “Alive and Thrive Wyandotte County” program.
• The 2018 holiday schedule.
Land Bank items also are on the Land Bank Board of Trustees’ agenda.
They include:
Applications
2408 N. 9th St. – Laura Miller, yard extension
905 N. 54th St. – Laura Miller, yard extension
1940 N. 13th St. – Ascencion Rodriguez, yard extension
127 Greeley Ave. – Anabell Mendez Aniceto, yard extension
1702 Walker Ave. – Edson Torres, yard extension
1937 N. 29th St. – Wendy Sanchez, yard extension
1935 Waverly Ave. – Julio Cesar, yard extension
228 S. Ferree St. – Mary Sport, yard extension
843 Splitlog Ave. – Jose Ayala, yard extension
1238 Cleveland Ave. – Anthony Falcon, yard extension
3629 Bell Crossing Dr. – Oracio Perez, yard extension
4845 Yecker Ave. – The Dexter Group Trust, yard extension
3132 S. 37th St. – Chris Herbst, yard extension
3219 Georgia Ave. – Joe Allen, yard extension
3001 N. 91st St. – Mike Kane, yard extension
3739 N. 35th St. – Ramon Venancio Garcia, yard extension
3733 N. 35th St. – Ramon Venancio Garcia, property acquisition
3729 N. 35th St. – Ramon Venancio Garcia, property acquisition
1620 N. 51st St. – Ester Reed, property acquisition
1628 N. 51st St. – Ester Reed, property acquisiton
2507 N. 22nd St. – Antonia Ayalla, yard extension
1966 Troup Ave. – Johnny Gibbs, property acquisition
1621 S. 14th St. – Diana Davila, property acquisition
3072 N. 22nd St. – Mack Phoenix, property acquisition
2940 N. 13th St. – Gregory Smith, property acquisition
3353 N. 49th Dr. – Deborah Redmond, property acquisition
909 Greeley Ave. – Henson Memorial Church, property acquisition
827 S. 12th St. – Carmelia Arriaga, property acquisition
(The Land Bank Advisory Board recommended approval)
Transfer to Land Bank
722 River Dr. – city of Edwardsville
(Property part of city’s inventory mainly used for park and recreation. Previous tax years due (2004-2004) and special assessments for weeds (2008).
Transfers from Land Bank
722 River Dr. – city of Edwardsville
(Property part of city’s inventory mainly used for park and recreation. Previous tax years due (2004-2004) and special assessments for weeds (2008).
2910 N. 16th St. – M & K Repairs
2914 N. 16th St. – M & K Repairs
(M & K Repairs is currently rehabbing 2912 N. 16th St., and these vacant lots will give them additional space.)
Donations to Land Bank
5204 Miami Ave. – Debra Ralph
More details about these items are in the UG agenda for Nov. 16, located at www.wycokck.org.