The Unified Government Commission is scheduled to set the maximum mill levy at a budget meeting following regular committee meetings on Monday night, July 8.
The committee meetings will begin at 5 p.m. in the fifth floor meeting room at City Hall, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas. The budget workshop will be held after the committee meetings on the fifth floor.
The UG administrator has proposed a flat mill levy rate with no rate increase; the UG Commission is scheduled to set a maximum cap on the amount of the mill levy rate at tonight’s budget workshop. The final mill levy rate will be set in late July or early August. (See more at https://wyandotteonline.com/no-mill-levy-rate-increase-proposed-for-ug-budget/)
The UG Neighborhood and Community Development Committee meeting will begin at 5 p.m., followed by the Economic Development and Finance Committee meeting.
YMCA building, Boulevard Lofts, small business grant program, KC Foodie Park (Indian Springs) agreement and other items
On the agenda for the EDF meeting is a resolution to approve Neighborhood Revitalization Act special project to renovate the YMCA building at 900 N.8th St., Kansas City, Kansas. Prairie Fire Development Group LLC is developing the project.
The Y Lofts project proposes to redevelop the YMCA building into 44 senior residential units, for persons 55 and older. More than $3 million would be spent on construction, according to agenda documents. An NRA rebate for 20 years is proposed, with a 75 percent rebate increasing by 10 percent if Y Lofts meets the minority, local and women business enterprise goals.
According to the agenda, the total Y Lofts renovation project is estimated at $8.9 million. When completed, there would be 29 one-bedroom, one-bath units with estimated rents of $355 to $700, and 15 two-bedroom, one-bath units at $430 to $900 per month rent.
If approved at the committee meeting, this project would be “fast-tracked” to the UG Commission meeting for approval on July 11, according to agenda information.
Also on the agenda is an ordinance and resolution to adopt a home rule economic development incentive and development agree for the Boulevard Lofts project near 8th and Everett.
A resolution to amend the UG Small Business Incentive Matching Grant Program is on the agenda.
Also on the agenda is a resolution adopting the development agreement for the KC Foodie Park Logistics Center. This $140.2 million development is proposed for the former Indian Springs shopping center at 47th and State Avenue.
According to agenda information, Scavuzzo’s is proposing a mixed-use development for the property, including a 266,000-square-foot industrial building to be a food service center; a 26-acre solar energy field to provide energy to the development; about 12,000 square feet of retail, entertainment or restaurant buildings on three pad sites on State Avenue; additional commercial buildings from 15,000 square feet to 45,000 square feet of food service and other commercial uses; and a 60,000 square foot multi-tenant office building to serve as headquarters for Scavuzzo’s and the developer.
The project would include a tax increment financing (TIF) component, according to agenda information. There is also a Community Improvement District with a 1 percent tax on retail sales. The project would have four phases.
The projected TIF reimbursed costs will be $16.6 million; the projected CID reimbursed costs, $2.5 million; projected developer private costs, $118.4 million; and projected third-party costs, $2.5 million, according to agenda information.
Also on the agenda is an ordinance to terminate the 2007 Midtown TIF project, which was for the former Indian Springs Midtown development.
The committee also is asked to set a public hearing date of Aug. 29 for the Midtown TIF district amendment and project plan. If approved by the committee, this resolution setting a public hearing date would go to the UG Commission for approval.
Also on the EDF agenda are a first-quarter budget to actuals report; a first quarter budget revision report; and a resolution with PNC Equipment Finance for a fire apparatus lease purchase turn-in agreement.
Land Bank items
On the agenda for the NCD meeting at 5 p.m. July 8:
• A Land Bank policy update;
• Land Bank transfers of 22 parcels to Community Housing of Wyandotte County at 12th and Riverview;
• Donations to the Land Bank by Turner Woods; of nine properties from CHWC; and donations from two individuals.
• An update on the Land Bank rehab program.
Budget meetings
Budget meetings will be held:
• July 8, after 5 p.m. meeting, budget workshop (Set MML), fifth floor meeting room, City Hall, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas.
July 11, 5 p.m., budget workshop, fifth floor meeting room, City Hall.
• July 15, 6 p.m., budget workshop, fifth floor meeting room, City Hall.
• July 18, 5 p.m., budget workshop, fifth floor meeting room, City Hall.
• July 25, 5 p.m., final budget public hearing followed by budget workshop if necessary, Commission Chambers, lobby level, City Hall.
• July 25, 7 p.m., Commission meeting to adopt budget, Commission Chambers, lobby level, City Hall.
The agendas are online at www.wycokck.org.