Public hearings on American Royal, Village East, and Argentine fast-food project planned at Thursday’s UG meeting

A public hearing on a proposed project plan for the northwest Speedway area STAR bond district and the American Royal project is on Thursday night’s Unified Government Commission agenda.

The Unified Government Commission is scheduled to meet at 5 and 7 p.m. Thursday, June 15, at City Hall, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

The 5 p.m. meeting, in the fifth floor conference room, will be a discussion on the Juvenile Center project. After the 5 p.m. meeting will be a closed executive session on labor and litigation.

The public hearing on the American Royal project, the Village East area and the Argentine fast-food development will be at the 7 p.m. meeting. These three projects use bonds and incentives. According to the agenda, commission action on the American Royal project will be taken at a later date.

Also on Thursday’s agenda are a plan for extended bus service that would reach the new Amazon development near 69th and Riverview Avenue, and an agreement between the UG and the Fairfax Drainage District to reimburse the district for the use of the district’s sewer system.

The UG also is scheduled to receive the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, and also to hear a presentation of the county administrator’s report.

The Land Bank Board of Trustees will meet to consider actions at the end of the UG meeting.

On the list of actions for the Land Bank:

Applications:
1718 S. 17th St. – Julian Flores, yard extension
2514 N. 91st St. – Alfred Walker, Jr., yard extension
73 S. 12th St. – Graciela Solis, yard extension
1730 Booker St. – Luis Hernandez-Olivas, yard extension
3041 N. 20th St. – Robert Easterwood, yard extension
2300 R S. 39th St. – Willard Walker, Sr., yard extension
2416 N. 10th St. – Portia Warrior, yard extension
1039 Cleveland – Pedro Garcia, yard extension
3001 Farrow Ave. – Ruth Isom, yard extension
1119 Custer Ave. – Daniel Lopes, yard extension
3405 Longwood Ave. – Manuela Garcia, yard extension
2745 N. 91st St. – Emmet Lockridge, new construction
7219 Kaw Dr. – 7259 Kaw, LLC, commercial improvement
2028 S. 15th St. – Summit Waters, Inc., rehab
1131 N. 49th St. – Summit Waters, Inc., rehab
234 S. Ferree St. – M & K Repairs, rehab

Transfers to Land Bank:
6138 Haskell Ave. from Heartland Habitat for Humanity
10 N. Mill St. from Heartland Habitat for Humanity
6 N. Mill St. from Heartland Habitat for Humanity
2632 N. 21st St. from Heartland Habitat for Humanity
(Properties have been determined not suitable for new construction by Heartland Habitat for Humanity)

Donations to Land Bank:
2905 N. 13th St. from Eh Tee Ta
722 N. 62nd Pl. from Warren Sublett

To see more details about this meeting, visit the agenda online at www.wycokck.org.