UG Commission scheduled to meet Jan. 5

A public hearing on the firefighters’ contract is one of the items on Thursday night’s Unified Government Commission agenda.

The Unified Government Commission is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, at the Commission Chambers, lobby level, City Hall, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kan.

Also on the planning and zoning consent agenda are these items:
• A special use permit application for auto sales and repair at 3545 Fairbanks Ave., Carlos Yuman.
• Renewal of a special use permit for two horses, two goats and 10 chickens at 3614 Sortor Drive, Jose Solis-Bernal.
• Special use permit for a vehicle repair and body shop at 744 Kansas Ave., Khalid Banday with KAM Design.
• Special use permit for 10 chickens and two goats at 12126 Leavenworth Road, Brandon Holladay.
• Renewal of a special use permit for a day care at 2706 N. 18th St, Lottie Jean Martin for Mrs. Lottie P.L.C. Daycare.
• Renewal of a special use permit for the temporary use of land for storage trailers and a cooler for the market farm training program and garden at 1900 N. 1st St., Linda Siemens for Cultivate KC.
• Renewal of a special use permit for a greenhouse, storage container and office for three storage containers at 4223 and 4225 Gibbs Road, Linda Siemens for Cultivate KC.
• An ordinance affirming the approval of the Rosedale Master Plan Amendment on Dec. 1.
• An ordinance vacating utility easements at 3742 N. 112th Court.

Other items on the agenda include:
• A resolution to set a public hearing on Feb. 2 on a petition to deannex land on Holliday Drive. The addresses are 3025 S. 78th St., 7910 Holliday Drive, and 7909 Holliday Drive.

• A public hearing on the Kansas City, Kan., Fire Department International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 64, labor contract and fact finders’ report.

Several Land Bank items are on the agenda, including four applications for yard extensions; five transfers to the Land Bank; one transfer from the Land Bank; and one donation to the Land Bank.

Applications for yard extensions:
• 2110 N. 5th St., Steven McCord.
• 369 S. Baltimore St., Amy Three S LLC.
• 1609 R Rosedale Drive, Jeffrey Lysinger.
• 1228 Springhorn Road, Jeffrey Lysinger.
Transfers to Land Bank:
• 1420 Tauromee, from the UG.
• 3081 Cessna St., from the UG.
• 3006 N. 9th St., from the UG.
• 2514 N. 91st St., from the UG.
• 2745 N. 91st St., from the UG.
Transfers from the Land Bank:
• 3006 N. 9th St. to USD 500 for preservation of retaining wall next to Fairfax School.
Donation to Land Bank:
• 1920 S. 38th St., from Jay Clay.

A special session of the UG Commission is scheduled at 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, to discuss What Works Cities and the Stabilization, Occupation and Revitalization (S.O.A.R.) program.

The 5 p.m. meeting will be on the fifth floor of City Hall, Suite 515, at 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kan.