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The Unified Government Commission will meet tonight in a remote Zoom meeting.

Several planning and zoning items are on the 7 p.m. meeting agenda.

On the 5 p.m. special session agenda are a presentation on COVID-19, and a presentation about the Central Area plan.

The 7 p.m. agenda includes three public hearings: on the Neighborhood Revitalization Area Plan Renewal for 2021 to 2025; on Riverfront TIF project area 1 for the Yards II apartment project; and on the EPIC TIF project plan and development agreement for the Menards southwest of I-35 and 18th Street Expressway.

The 7 p.m. Oct. 29 agenda also will include:

• 13635 Hollingsworth Road, change of zone from agriculture district to single-family district to allow the property owner to sell the buildings and retain the land.

• 4811 Parallel Parkway, special use permit, and change of zone from limited business district to planned general business district for limited auto repairs.

• 10901 State Ave., change of zone from agriculture district to planned general industrial district for Urban Outfitters distribution center, Hillwood Enterprises.

• 11255 Leavenworth Road, renewal of special use permit for live entertainment, Rowe Ridge Vineyard and Winery.

• 1112 Booth St., renewal of special use permit for a short-term rental AirBNB, ExZance Properties.

• 732 N. 57th St., special use permit for an earthen fill.

• 310 N. 11th St., special use permit for the temporary use of land for a modular classroom for Pearson Elementary School.

• 10901 State Ave., Master Plan Amendment from Entertainment to Business Park, Hillwood Enterprises.

• 5900 Speaker Road, preliminary and final plan review for a parking lot for storage trailers, Olsson.

• 2930 S. 44th St., ordinance for a special use permit for a used auto dealership.

• 3100 S. 74th St., ordinance rezoning property from signle-family district to agriculture district.

• 2947 N. 83rd St., ordinance authorizing special use permit for a home occupation single customer salon.

• 3716 Springfield St., ordinance authorizing special use permit for a short-term rental AirBNB.

• 601 Central Ave., ordinance authorizing special use permit for a microbrewery and drinking establishment.

• 1041 Berger Ave., 1044 McAlpine Ave. and 522, 523 and 525 S. 11th St., vacation of alley, Scojo’s Property Management, recommended for denial.

• Central Area Master Plan consideration.

• 31st and Kimball Avenue Sanitary Stream Crossing Improvement Project, ordinance directing UG lawyers to start proceedings to acquire land for the project.

• Ordinance amending the capital maintenance improvement projects, with changes to the police tow lot project and authorizing issuing general obligation bonds or temporary notes to finance all or a part of the costs of the improvements.

• 69th and College Parkway, plat of Turner Logistics Center, second plat, developed by NP Turner Industrial LLC.

• 1101 S. 5th St., plat of Lot 1, Prime Industrial Development II, being developed by Premier Investments.

• 115th and Parkview Avenue, plat of Honey Creek Estates Replat, developed by Colbert Family Living Trust.

• 91st and Parallel Parkway, plat of Lowell Brune Elementary School, of the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools.

• Public hearing on the Neighborhood Revitalization Area Plan Renewal for 2021 to 2025.

• Public hearing on Riverfront TIF project area 1 for the Yards II apartment project.

• Public hearing on the EPIC TIF project plan and development agreement for the Menards southwest of I-35 and 18th Street Expressway.

• An agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 40, for Jan. 1, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2021.

• Nomination of Murrel Bland, reappointment to the Landmarks Commission, by Commissioner Melissa Bynum.
• Nomination of Anne McDonald, reappointment to the Housing Authority, by Commissioner Brian McKiernan.
• Nomination of Tamika McClain to the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, submitted by Mayor David Alvey.

Land Bank applications
New construction – single family homes
• 617 Elizabeth Ave., Blake Lostal
• 624 Orville Ave., Blake Lostal
• 10841 Country Side Drive, Mosaic Construction Co.
• 737 Tauromee Ave., S&M Management LLLC
• 455 N. Bluegrass Drive, Darlene Dunn
• 5249 N. 109th St., Sean McLucas
• 14141 Minnesota Ave., Sean McLucas
• 3341 N. 87th St., Lucio Vazquez
• 1236, 1238, 1240 Armstrong Ave., Omar Khalil
• 926 S. Coy St., Oscar Guzman
• 3819 Lloyd St., Rogelio Avalos
• 1302 S. 38th St., Mitch Graham

New construction – duplexes
• 1132 and 1134 Armstrong Ave., Omar Khalil
• 1136 and 1138 Armstrong Ave., Omar Khalil
• 4903 Dixie Ave., Rogelio Avalos

New construction – commercial
• 1841 State Ave., Marquis Custom LLC (build chapel and parking lot for funeral home)
• 1857 Minnesota Ave., Marquis Custom LLC
• 1873 Minnesota Ave., Marquis Custom LLC (coffee shop, doughnut and pizza shop)

New construction – garages
• 2027 N. 4th St., Angela Knight
• 1926 N. 25th St., Paul Tyes
• 3422 and 3430 N. 32nd Terrace, Irvin Jackson (needs to cancel lease)

Land Bank property transfers
Rehab – new construction side lot
• 2401 N. Tremont St., for neighboring home currently being rehabbed. Contractor is requesting neighboring lot to build a deck and driveway.

Land Bank land swap
• Fred Del Toro applied for a special use permit to put livestock on his property but it was at the entrance of Quindaro Cemetery. The Land Bank was asked if it would have property it could swap to meet his needs.
• 3347 and 3456 N. 31st Terrace

Land Bank Lot
• 3314 N. 47th St.

The meetings will be available for viewing on UGTV on cable television and YouTube, and on Zoom.

Those who want to speak at the public hearings may use Zoom to connect to the meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82047119091?pwd=VE9MR0Y5akt2Zk5yNDI5Uk84djVaZz09
Passcode: 597497
Webinar ID: 820 4711 9091
Phone (Toll Free):
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For more information about how to connect to the meetings, visit https://www.wycokck.org/BOC-Virtual-Meeting.aspx.

The Unified Government Commission on Thursday night unanimously denied a permit to store work trucks and equipment on a property at 3201 Pomeroy Drive.

The issue previously had been before the City Planning Commission, which voted 7-1 for denial of the permit. The property had three previous violations.

The Pomeroy Drive neighborhood is a residential area, and residents submitted a petition against the permit, as well as wrote a letter and spoke at the meeting Thursday.

Commissioner Melissa Bynum, who lives near the area, said she had been working with the neighborhood about six months on this issue. She said the residents had lived with constant disruption from the heavy trucks for a long while.

The property had been zoned agricultural, and one nearby resident stated that there was nothing to allow storage of large, heavy trucks on an agricultural-zoned property. The resident wanted the industrial construction equipment moved somewhere else.

Commissioner Jane Philbrook said she was disappointed that the property’s zoning had been changed to agricultural, and was not used that way.

In another item on Thursday night, renewal of a special use permit for a group home and emergency shelter for children at 1634 S. 29th St. was approved. There are a maximum of six children in the home. The permit was approved 7-1, with Commissioner Tom Burroughs voting no.

A neighbor had submitted a protest petition with eight signatures against the group home, but it was thrown out by the planning staff for not having enough signatures. The petition did not have the 20 percent of signatures required, according to the planning staff. Gunnar Hand, planning director, said Ruby Park is just behind the residence, so that is why it did not have signatures of 20 percent of the surrounding area.

There were no violations on the property since it first received a permit, according to Hand.

Terry Mason, the applicant for the permit, said the children and the community were safe. The children were not out in the community unless they were accompanied by a staff member, she said. She added there were alarms on all the windows and doors. She said she tried to address the concerns of the neighbors.

Commissioner Christian Ramirez thanked Mason for providing resources and services for children, and made the motion to approve the permit. “Not every child is fortunate enough to have a good home,” he said.

Also at Thursday night’s meeting, the plan review of the Reardon Center redevelopment project in downtown Kansas City, Kansas, was approved, without discussion, as part of the consent agenda. The project at 5th and Minnesota includes a new, smaller Reardon Center, a fitness center, a building with 94 apartments, retail space and some nearby athletic fields. Additional apartments had been added to the plan.

Several other items on the agenda also were approved.

The UG Commission will consider the downtown redevelopment project of the Reardon Center and several other planning and zoning items at a meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1.

On the agenda is a mixed-use development, retail and conference center at 500 Minnesota Ave., 600 State Ave. and 645 Nebraska Ave. The developer is Willie Lanier Jr. and Lanier United.

The preliminary and final plan review for the Reardon Center and related projects is recommended for approval.

An apartment building with 94 units is included in the project, along with a fitness center and a new, smaller Reardon Center meeting space. There will also be a little over 3 acres of private athletic fields in the project at 6th and State and 645 Nebraska, according to agenda information.

The new Reardon Center building will be 15,016 square feet. There will be a mixed-use building with 94 market-rate apartments and 12,000 square feet of retail and athletic space on the ground floor, according to the proposal.

The City Planning Commission approved the plan review unanimously on Sept. 14 with some stipulations about landscaping, parking and sidewalks. The plan had been reviewed before and came back because of more units added to the project.

There are 22 ordinances concerning various properties around the community that are on the agenda. For more information on these properties, see the agenda at https://wycokck.civicclerk.com/web/UserControls/DocPreview.aspx?p=1&aoid=1665.

Among these ordinances are one that would allow live music entertainment at the Mason Jar restaurant at 7540 Armstrong Ave.; an ordinance granting a special use permit to keep one horse at 741 S. 76th St.; an ordinance to park two semi-trucks (dump trucks) at 3232 Sewell Ave.; and an ordinance granting a special use permit for a 10-day transfer facility for nonregulated DOT hazardous materials and hazardous waste at 1620 S. 45th St.

Three are several special use permits proposed, including a group home emergency shelter at 1634 S. 29th St.; and temporary lodging for families at the University of Kansas Health System at 4146 State Line Road, Friendship Inn.

A special use permit to park equipment and work trucks at 3201 Pomeroy Drive also is on the agenda. This item earlier was denied by the City Planning Commission on a 7-1 vote after several neighbors spoke in opposition.

Also listed on the agenda are the final Central Area Master Plan, to be considered by the City Planning Commission on Oct. 12; and the Complete Streets ordinance, for consideration in October. Three COVID-19 emergency ordinances also are on the agenda.

The agenda also contains a cooperative agreement with WaterOne on the levees project to use its property for dirt in the levee construction.

The UG Commission is asked to approve a letter of support for a loan under the federal Water Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act. The funds would be for the stormwater management program.

The UG Commission also is asked to set a public hearing date of Nov. 5 on the Homefield project redevelopment plans, for the former Schlitterbahn area.

Also on the agenda is a resolution on the assumption of bonds for the Boyer Medical Office building on the east side of 98th, south of Parallel, which is being sold to HPIII Kansas City.

The commission also will hear a summary about snow operations, training and deployment.

Also on the agenda is a change to the 2020 Hollywood Casino funds awarded to the Argentine Neighborhood Development Association. ANDA wants to move $4,409 of the approved casino funds from a program, “More than an eyesore: Beating Blight,” to another program, “Filling the Gap.”

The agenda also includes the reappointment of Meaghan Shultz as Municipal Court judge.

Also proposed are commission appointments to witness the destruction of ballots and records on Oct. 7, and voting delegates for the League of Kansas Municipalities conference and the Kansas Association of Counties conference.

Several other items are on the agenda.

There also will be a special session at 5 p.m. Oct. 1 on street preservation, followed by a closed, executive session on labor.

For more information about how to connect to the Zoom meeting, visit https://www.wycokck.org/Clerk/Agendas.aspx.