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Kansas City Council Meeting – August 24, 2023

City Council Legislative Session — Thursday, August 24, 2023
BodyKansas City, Missouri
SessionCity Council Legislative Session
DateThursday, August 24, 2023
StatusFILED
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Committee will come to order.

0:01

Our guest chaplain is the very patient doctor Sarita Wright of the Commission to Heal Outreach.

0:07

Would all who are able please stand for the invocation and remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance Good afternoon.

0:17

Let us pray.

0:18

Heavenly Father, we thank you and we praise you.

0:20

We thank you for this opportunity.

0:22

We thank you for this great council.

0:24

We pray, God, that you'll watch over them, give them the wisdom that they need in order to conduct their meetings.

0:30

We pray for this great city and each and every public servant that we have, and we thank you in Jesus' name.

0:36

Amen.

0:38

Amen.

0:41

Of the United States of America.

0:43

And to the remote.

0:46

One information.

0:52

Thank you so much, Mr.

0:53

Chair.

0:54

Clerk will call the roll.

0:55

O'Neill.

0:56

Aye.

0:58

Present.

0:59

French.

1:00

Present.

1:00

Rogers.

1:01

Patterson Hasley.

1:03

President.

1:03

Robinson.

1:05

Raya.

1:06

Bunch.

1:07

Curls.

1:09

Present.

1:11

Here.

1:11

Who?

1:12

Here.

1:12

Duncan.

1:13

Lucas.

1:14

I here.

1:17

Um there are no special actions today, it appears.

1:21

And so I'm going to do two things.

1:23

One, I'm going to recognize a former colleague of ours who just missed us so much that she needed to come right back.

1:29

And that's the Honorable Catherine Shields from the Fourth District at large.

1:32

It's great to have you back, Catherine.

1:39

I'll ask the city attorney first.

1:41

There will be a request.

1:42

There's ordinance 230705 relates to an historic building designation.

1:48

I believe there's going to be a request to hold that item until the next meeting.

2:01

Mr.

2:01

Mayor, I believe you could recognize uh calling it out of order yourself through no objection, and to the extent that there's a hold with no objection.

2:07

I think you could acknowledge both.

2:08

Understood.

2:09

All right.

2:10

There's a request to hold the item until our next scheduled meeting.

2:14

Is there any objection on holding 230705?

2:20

Councilman uh curls.

2:22

Mayor, now that's two weeks from now, right?

2:24

That we should be here and here next.

2:26

Yes, and there has been research done as to the effect that that would not have any uh not would not permit any negative impact on the building.

2:34

If someone were to pull a demolition permit, the historic designation process freezes the process as I understand it, at least in the time frame we are, so there will be no materially negative impact on what's being done now.

2:47

The request arises from just a request of staff to have more legal analysis as to I think certain questions that have been raised subsequent to the neighborhood planning and development committee meeting.

2:58

Thank you.

3:00

Any objection to holding the item?

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Procedural████████████████████████████████████36%
Economic Development███████████████████19%
Airport Management███████████████████19%
Public Works█████████9%
Water And Wastewater Management██████6%
Public Safety████4%
Historic Preservation███3%
Cultural Celebrations██2%
Youth Programs██2%
Summary of Proceedings

Kansas City Council Meeting – August 24, 2023

The Kansas City Council met on August 24, 2023, at 10:15 AM to consider a range of ordinances and resolutions, including major infrastructure projects at KCI Airport, a water main replacement, a $700,000 loan for airport-area development, and reappointments of the city clerk and auditor. The meeting began with an invocation and pledge, followed by a roll call and the holding of one historic designation item.

Consent Calendar

  • Ordinance 30662 – Approved the plat of Platform Depot at Old Santa Fe, creating one lot for multi-residential development. Passed unanimously.
  • Resolution 30708 – Recognized the historical value of the Swope Park swimming pool complex and directed the city manager to develop a funding strategy for preservation. Passed unanimously.
  • Advanced consent items (230671, 230672, 230678, 230683, 230685, 230673, 230674, 230679) – Approved settlements, grants, and plats, including workers' compensation claims, a lawsuit settlement, a telecommunications agreement, and several subdivision plats. All passed unanimously.

Discussion Items

  • Ordinance 230705 (held) – Historic building designation item held to the next meeting with no objection, to allow further legal analysis.
  • Ordinance 230701 (Conflict of Interest) – Updated the city's conflict of interest disclosure requirements to include candidates for council and mayor. Passed 11–1 (Councilman Rogers voted no).
  • Ordinance (North Cookingham/I-29 Roundabout Project) – Authorized a $700,000 loan to Kansas City Airport Parking LLC for an access cut and cooperative agreement with MODOT. The loan is to be repaid. After debate about policy and process, the ordinance passed 11–1 (Councilman Duncan voted no) with one abstention.
  • Ordinance 230703 – Approved a $17,500 contract with Truth Market Collective from previously appropriated Neighborhood Tourism Development Funds for an arts festival. Passed 11–1 (Councilman Willett abstained? Actually, vote was 11 ayes, 1 no? The roll call shows 11 ayes and Councilman Willett abstained? The transcript says "11 eyes one name" – likely 11 ayes, 1 absent. Passed.)
  • Ordinance 30705 – Authorized a $5.267 million contract with Burns & McDonnell for a water main master plan and risk-based asset management update. Passed unanimously.
  • Ordinances 30680, 230681, companion grant items – Accepted FAA grants totaling over $14.6 million for taxiway rehabilitation and runway high-speed connector design at KCI Airport. Passed unanimously.
  • Ordinance 30688 – Authorized a $714,000 amendment to a design contract for landside pavement projects at KCI, with a contingency. Passed unanimously.
  • Ordinance 230702 – Authorized a $17.4 million construction contract with McGowan Construction for Phase 2 of City Hall Garage and South Plaza Restoration. Passed unanimously.
  • Ordinance 230704 – Authorized a $12.4 million contract with Siemens for low-voltage system operation and maintenance at the new KCI terminal. Passed unanimously.
  • Ordinance 230706 – Authorized a $6.6 million construction contract with She Digs It LLC for water main replacement along Prospect Avenue. Passed unanimously.
  • Late-added ordinances (230745, 230746) – Reappointed Merlin Sanders as city clerk with a 14% salary increase to $101,574, and reappointed Douglas Jones as city auditor with a 4% increase to $141,267. Both passed unanimously.

Key Outcomes

  • Held item: Ordinance 230705 (historic building designation) held to the next meeting.
  • Votes:
    • Conflict of interest ordinance: 11 ayes, 1 no (Rogers).
    • $700,000 airport loan ordinance: 11 ayes, 1 no (Duncan), 1 abstention.
    • All other ordinances passed unanimously (12 ayes) except where noted.
  • Next steps: The city manager is to report back within 45 days on the Swope Park pool funding strategy. The city clerk and auditor reappointments are effective immediately. The $700,000 loan is to be repaid from TIF revenues or by other means if the access cut is not approved.

Meeting Transcript

Committee will come to order. Our guest chaplain is the very patient doctor Sarita Wright of the Commission to Heal Outreach. Would all who are able please stand for the invocation and remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance Good afternoon. Let us pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you and we praise you. We thank you for this opportunity. We thank you for this great council. We pray, God, that you'll watch over them, give them the wisdom that they need in order to conduct their meetings. We pray for this great city and each and every public servant that we have, and we thank you in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Of the United States of America. And to the remote. One information. Thank you so much, Mr. Chair. Clerk will call the roll. O'Neill. Aye. Present. French. Present. Rogers. Patterson Hasley. President. Robinson. Raya. Bunch. Curls. Present. Here. Who? Here. Duncan. Lucas. I here. Um there are no special actions today, it appears. And so I'm going to do two things. One, I'm going to recognize a former colleague of ours who just missed us so much that she needed to come right back. And that's the Honorable Catherine Shields from the Fourth District at large. It's great to have you back, Catherine. I'll ask the city attorney first. There will be a request. There's ordinance 230705 relates to an historic building designation. I believe there's going to be a request to hold that item until the next meeting. Mr. Mayor, I believe you could recognize uh calling it out of order yourself through no objection, and to the extent that there's a hold with no objection. I think you could acknowledge both. Understood. All right.

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