Is Officer Jason Cooley, who works with chaplains of the Kansas City Police Department.

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

Brother Cooler.

Our heads for a reading.

Proverbs 2 6.

For the Lord gives wisdom from his mouth, come knowledge and understanding.

Almighty God, as our city council gathers, we seek your divine guidance and wisdom.

May the opening prayer set the tone for productive and harmonious discussions.

Let your presence inspire our leaders to make decisions that benefit our community and promote unity.

Father, I pray peace and protection over all of the leadership in our city and their families and their friends.

Amen.

Yes, sir.

Raya.

Present.

Parkshaw.

Here.

Who?

Here.

Duncan.

Cool.

O'Neill.

Will it?

Here.

Present.

Rogers.

Patterson Hasley.

Present.

Robinson.

Here.

Focus.

Here.

Our team members present.

Please call the special actions.

Yes, sir.

That first special action is 260184 resolution.

Congratulating and recognizing the city of Kansas City, Missouri, citywide, Bloomberg, Wood Works Cities team members on achieving the goal levels of certification in the Bloomberg What Works Cities Initiative and reaching an elite international standard for data excellence and local governance.

Councilman Rogers.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

This is a fun one to celebrate.

So the folks standing here were awarded the gold level of certification by the Blumberg or by the Bloomberg What Works Cities Initiative, meaning that they reached an elite international standard for data excellence and local governance.

And as we see the evolution of AI and all of the data that's available, we we need to be a city that understands the importance of data.

And this group here has made sure that's a fact.

So a little more information.

Helps local governments utilize data and evidence at scale to tackle their most pressing challenges and improve residents' lives.

And as most people in this room know, we've got 520,000 people and 319 square miles, so we need the data make good choices.

The gold certification highlights the city's continued progress across key practice areas, including data management, performance and analytics, open data, and leadership capacity, and affirms the city's dedication to more transparent results-driven governance.

And I have to admit I I learned a lot recently about how far along you have to come in my meeting with Andrew, and that was absolutely five fascinating and eye-opening, and I'm really glad that we get a celebrate here with you guys today.

So thank you for sharing your afternoon with us.

Thank you, Councilman Rogers.

Are there others who wish to speak to the resolution?

Hearing none of the resolution is now before council.

All in favor indicate by saying aye.

Aye.

All opposed.

The resolution is adopted.

Whoever would like to speak.

You're there.

Sure.

Thank you, uh Councilman, uh, for giving us this uh opportunity to come before the council.

Uh we appreciate uh this uh recognition uh again on behalf of the team.

Uh we thank uh you all for your support uh and also uh the support from the executive congratulations.

Thank you, congratulations.

Congratulations.

Nice to see you.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Congratulations.

Congratulations.

Yeah, I want to get a hand for the city.

Thank you.

We should have somebody hearing it for him so he can carry your unicorn.

Yes.

Next faction.

260185 resolution honoring the Aim for Peace Violence Prevision Program for 18 years of service, life-saving impact, and commitment to community-based public health safety in Kansas City, Missouri.

Okay, that was so here.

All right.

Dr.

John.

Come on up, Director.

You've been working there long enough.

I believe Councilwoman Patterson has.

Thank you, Honorable Mayor.

Today we are honoring Aim for Peace Violence Prevention Program for 18 years of service, life-saving impact and commitment to community-based public health safety in Kansas City, Missouri.

For 18 years, the Aim for Peace Violence Prevention Program within the Kansas City Health Department has served as a cornerstone of community-based violence prevention in neighborhoods most impacted by violence.

Aim for Peace is grounded in the belief that violence is a preventable public health issue and advances safety through trusted relationships, timely intervention, and sustained community engagement.

AIM for Peace employs evidence-based strategies, including street outreach, conflict mediation, hospital-based response, youth violence prevention, and intensive case management to interrupt the cycles of violence and promote healing.

2025 outcomes compared to the 2024 baseline reflect a 47% reduction in homicides across long-term service areas.

59 fewer violent incidents, and more than a 12% overall reduction in violence, including a 42% reduction in Oak Park, 75% in Santa Fe, a 33% reduction in Blue Hills neighborhoods, with 496 consecutive days without a homicide in the Santa Fe area.

Aim for Peace conducted over 50 conflict mediations, logged more than a thousand hours of community canvassing, provided over 450 hospital-based responses with an 80% response rate within 24 to 48 hours.

Launched a traumatic injury wound network clinic with University Health and served more than 124 youth through school and community-based prevention initiatives.

It really does take that face-to-face, one-on-one strategy to interrupt these really serious behaviors that are happening in our community.

And when we make a commitment to working with people, meeting them where they are, they will get off the track of violence.

And that is something that you guys do and ladies do every day.

So I think that that's a testament that the community actually knows who you are, and you're welcome in their spaces.

And that's hard to come by.

So I wanted to make sure if nobody else told you, I appreciate the work that you're doing, especially in the third district.

It's important.

Congratulations.

Thank you, Councilwoman Patterson has Robertson.

Yes, thank you, uh, Councilwoman Patterson Hasley for giving us an entree and the opportunity to say thank you to Aim for Peace.

The statistics that Councilwoman Patterson Hasley read out would not only be impacting one to two neighborhoods, but it would be impacting more neighborhoods.

So I'm getting quite old.

But this is off also a reminder that you know the health department, in the way that the health department, 18 years ago, people, health departments were still focused on you know, chronic issues, chronic diseases, which are important in the communicable diseases.

But for our health department to step up and say no, violence is a public health issue, and to protect it from a lot of the political ups and downs that we've seen.

And so as we are looking to make changes, let's remember these faces up here.

Uh, and uh remember that it is important for us to protect what they're doing because what they're doing is working and it's needed and it's necessary.

Um, and finally, one of the greatest things that I can always say in advocating for Aid for Peace financially is that who else is going to go to an emergency room and try to interrupt the cycle of violence after a shooting.

We don't have that apparatus in Kansas City.

We only have it through Aim for Peace.

So thank you for being those trusted partners and uh being rooted in the third district, you're making a huge difference, and we appreciate you.

Thank you, Councilman Robinson.

Councilman Duncan.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Thank you, Aim for Peace.

And I think what uh Councilwoman Patterson has um stated, and I'll put more succinctly is 18 years of building community trust, right?

Because you're you can't do what you do without trust of the community, and you're able to do things that other departments aren't able to do.

You're able to go to places that other folks can't go, and it's because of the community trust that you built over 18 years.

So I think that we have a responsibility to ensure that that is maintained and secured so that we have many more years of you all being able to do what you do.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Mayor Pro Tim.

Thank you, Honorable Mayor, and I want to thank our colleague for bringing this forward, giving us an opportunity to recognize you.

Uh, all of this, the data, the stats are just uh so heartwarming because when I got on this council, the number there have been times when those numbers look numbers look really bleak.

And I had an opportunity just a few, I guess, within this last month, uh, because as was mentioned, we are expanding this to South Kansas City.

Um, and but you know, which is desperately needed, but I got an opportunity to see you all work with the neighborhood, and they were so impressed, and you know exactly what I'm talking about the meeting with Ruskin, neighborhood association.

You all are represent something that is so meaningful for Kansas City and gives many of us hope that we can have a city without violence.

And I know I and you know, just hearing the personal testimonies that I heard that night saying, you know what, I used to be one of the ones in the street, and now I'm I'm using that credibility, using my life to turn things around for Kansas City, and you can tell I'm emotional and having a hard time even talking about it because when you think about the trauma that you all see, and I I know just it's traumatic for me to even see the emails that we get that tell us there was yet another homicide, but to know that you all are there on the ground, you know, trying to prevent us from ever even seeing those homicides, but in those moments when they when those shootings happen, you are many times are the first ones there on the scene there talking with the families, talking with those individuals and trying to reduce and prevent future retaliation.

And I just want to say thank you.

Thank you.

And I know that probably in the times when you are out there late at night, in the middle of the night, trying to do the job, that you many times you probably don't know the impact that you're making.

And maybe you do, but maybe I think you don't receive the thanks like you need to.

So I hope you feel from my heart and all of us in this chamber how much we appreciate what you are given to Kansas City.

I think many times when we think about public safety, we talk about police, we talk about the police department.

We uplift our first responders.

But you all are first responders also.

You all are responders as well that don't get uplifted in the manner that you should.

So thank you so much for 18 years, and thank you for the work that you will do in Southeast Kansas City because Lord knows we need it.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

I just want to rise and say thank you for your work too.

Uh as Mayor Pro Tim mentioned, I was at the same meeting where you guys came out.

Some of you guys came out and uh kind of shared with the community what you do.

Uh I was very impressed, and like I told them, you know, we all need to stay in our lane.

You guys have a specific lane.

I knew I wouldn't be able to do some of the things that you guys do when you go out into the community.

I you know, some of the things that I heard that you guys do.

I mean, I was just very impressed, and I applaud you for you taking that initiative, for you taking that that risk, and for you taking up that mantle that we need in our community, because it's gonna make us a better community.

So I just want to rise and say thank you to my colleague as well for bringing this to our attention, and I know that you probably don't receive a lot of thank yous and accolades.

I know you don't do the work for the thank yous and accolades, but I just want you to know that we do thank you, and this is an accolade, and you should be very proud of the work that you do.

Continue to keep it up, and thank you very much.

Thank you, Councilman Curls.

Uh, Councilwoman French.

I just want to rise and thanks, say thank you for bringing this forward, too.

Um, a lot has been said about all the work that you've done and um just the impact that you've had within communities and how you're expanding to the south routh of the river.

I'd like to invite you to extend to the north of the river as well.

It's my district.

I would love to invite you into my district as homicides continue to rise in the second district due to domestic violence and um other neighborhood violence as well that could be prevented with um some de-escalation tactics.

Um, I invite you to the Northland as well.

So I would like to um set a meeting with you and see how that's possible.

Thank you.

Councilwoman Robinson, you may remember best, but some of y'all who are around then.

We've talked about how aim for peace has had to scrape and scrap over the years.

You may remember we were voting on a certain soccer complex, and one day when the vote started running down, there'd been a deal made out of one of the third district seats to almost completely defund the program.

And I remember myself and councilwoman Robinson and probably the mayor pro Tim and some others were like, What?

We had the votes that day to withstand it, but every few years, it does feel like y'all have to prove yourselves and your worth in a way to the mayor pro Tim's point.

We never, for the most part, ask other agencies to do.

But I think at the core of what Aim for Peace does, back when y'all were I got to know you when I first was elected, you're in that building in 4400 Blue Parkway, felt like in a little corner, you know, it was about a hundred degrees in there in the summer, 10 degrees in the winter, right?

Folks going out to the councilman's point, not looking for accolades.

Y'all have been out there, you have done exceptional work, and I think one of the reasons for your success and the success of cities that can turn the page on violence is that you recognize the humanity of everyone in the city.

If public safety is addressed as thinking that there are parts of the city that are a war zone, and if you do your activities relating to that, then you will see the results that relate to that.

I think the wisdom of Kansas City 18 years ago and the wisdom of it today is that we recognize that we need to address the people with whom we are dealing in a very different way.

We need to respect them, trust them, engage with them as the beings, as the smart people, as the folks with common sense that they they are, and let them know that frankly somebody in this world cares about them.

So I thank you for that.

I also want to give you some credit because I we talk about credit for others, with those who follow a lot of our crime statistics, and you had it in the special action, and I thank you for that.

Homicides, non-fatal shootings, down in East Patrol division, down in Metro and Central Patrol division, down, right?

In all of these areas where people said there could never be a difference.

They need to be down in South.

They need to be down in Metro.

That is why we are seeing both the expansion, but that's also why by and large, all these crime statistics everybody talk about.

It's happening in areas where y'all are doing a lot of work.

And that's not disrespecting anybody else who's part of this ecosystem, but it's saying that you are a key part of the ecosystem.

So thank you to Aim for Peace.

Thank you to this health director and her predecessor, who have also been at the vanguard of making sure you fight for this program, making sure that you recognize that health is obviously the population health and all the things that you all have always done, but also making sure that we recognize that we address this epidemic of violence that we have in our community.

So thank you all so much.

If no others wish to speak to the resolution, the resolution is now before council.

All in favor indicate by saying aye.

Aye.

All opposed.

Resolution is adopted.

Sir Mayor, City Council, I just want to thank you.

We were just in a training this week, and what it was a wellness training.

A lot.

And so this goes this goes a long way for these young men and women behind me who are credible messengers in our community.

Who go out there every single day?

They're the nephews and nieces of the people that they're serving every single day.

We'd like to thank our health director, Dr.

Marvia Jones, who is a true champion of this work.

She's an expert in this field.

And she's been doing it a long time.

She gives us the resources.

She gives us the encouragement to be able to do this work every single day.

And we do the work.

We go on people's homes.

We try to help them solve problems without conflict.

One of our mantras is pieces of lifestyle.

Doesn't everybody want to have that pieces of lifestyle?

And so that's what we try to do where we're at the bedside at the hospital and somebody's being paralyzed and we need to relocate somebody.

We're trying to bring comfort to the community.

We go into the schools.

Thank you, all of the schools that we work with.

They let us come in and work with the young people.

We should go to the schools and say, give us all the people that you have in problems with.

We would call them down to the office and we would say, we heard you're a leader in the school.

And we want to work with you to build your leadership skills.

We didn't we didn't, we we would come and talk to try to solve a problem that they saw, but we saw the opportunity.

And every day we see an opportunity to establish peace in our community.

Shout out to our deputy director here.

She's every day, making sure we cross it all the time, uh the I's I mean, doting I's and crossing all of the T's and making sure we stay in line.

We need each and every one of us to be able to have a part in this.

You talk about why is homicides and shootings down.

We had the violence prevention fund.

We want to thank the mayor pro tem for that, which enables those in the community to be able to work in the community to reduce violence.

We're training all of those respective leaders to be involved.

So this is not just Aim for Peace problem to solve.

It's all of our problem.

It's all of our problem to solve.

So don't just try to blame it on one segment.

It's each and every one of our problems to solve.

And yes, we will come see you up north, and we will help you in any way and capacity that we can.

And so again, we thank you.

This does a lot for us, and we also want to thank the residents of Kansas City who let us do our work, who love us, who hunt their horns, who let us in their house, they give us their food and everything else.

Uh while we're doing this work, so we love you, Kansas City, and we continue to do the work for you so this place can be a pace of peace.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Great work.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Oh, no, no, no.

Somebody does it.

Thank you for what you do.

Right.

We will go to final readings on the debate document.

Committee substitute for ordinance number two five one zero two six amending chapter two code of ordinances administration by repealing and replacing section two-eight nine for the purpose of clarifying authority over employees in the administrative service and reauthorizing and amending the city manager's authority to enter into service severance agreements with unclassified employees.

Request a hold on this item for a period of four weeks unless there's objection.

Well, motion to move, hold hold it off the docket.

Is there uh I see a motion from uh Councilman Duncan and second from Councilman Park Shaw, the mayor pro Tim.

Is there discussion on the item?

Like clarification on the purpose of the hold.

I would like clarification on the purpose for the hold.

I don't think it's it's ready for prime time, but uh you know I believe we actually had some level of debate on uh or well on whose hold the shorter term hold or the longer term hold.

Both well, I'll speak to the shorter term hold.

I think we were supposed to have discussion on a memorandum that was to come in connection with uh kind of staff reporting and other such obligations.

Yeah, Mr.

Mayor, if I may, what what uh uh this the debate the last time really circled around uh that what obligations staff has um with respect to communications with council members because the the ordinance is written today does not speak to that effect.

So what we are prepared prepared uh and internally is uh administrative regulation that that clarifies the obligations of staff with respect to communications of council, and that really centers around um the obligation to be uh you know obviously prompt, you know, truthful, honest, uh collaborative, uh and really um kind of a closing the loop on on communications uh with uh between um staff and council the the same way that we are, of course.

I uh you know, part of this ordinance uh codifies uh how council communicates with staff.

The administration the administrative way of handling that on my end is to let people let my staff know what my expectations are as it relates to communication with council.

I think the other thing of this ordinance that's important to me uh is really section three, which deals with the uh ability to negotiate severance packages uh for uh staff that's that are appointed by me, and and it helps me in management managing uh executive um appointments really uh as it comes um as necessary might come to to do um employment action.

So those are the um I I guess I'm hoping that uh the administrative regulations that relates to communication between staff and council is sufficient to address the concerns that we're raised from the debate the last time.

And I want to highlight again the importance of section three to uh uh as it relates to um oh no to negotiate separation agreements.

It sounds like it's still a work in progress.

Um why would we hold it off docket if that's that again?

I said why would we hold it off docket if it's still a work in progress?

Well uh councilwoman.

Um I don't believe there's any there there with this ordinance, if you will, in terms of uh communication with staff.

If the if if we know our city manager is extremely busy, there's a lot going on, um, and I don't think that it's practical for him to be able to respond to every single thing.

I think this is a matter of trust.

I think this is a matter of us you know working together as a team, us being in our lane of not telling his staff what to do, um, and him addressing those issues as they arise.

Um, furthermore, as it relates to severance agreements and such, he can do that.

So I just don't see the utility of it.

Um but that's the what fair he can't do severance agreements, though.

I think we narrowed whatever our ordinance ability for that was um to a more finite situation, and so that that would be the to the section three point distinct from some of the other points.

I think we do need uh an ordinance to expand our our abilities there.

Well, and to speak, I mean, let's just be honest and in and when I talk about severance agreements, I mean more so being able to hire and fire the people that you want to hire and fire.

Now, as it relates to how we um the financial components of that, we just spoke with the police department at NASIM about some of the issues.

So I think that those are important for us to have visibility on those severance agreements to help protect us and our liabilities there within that we talked about for a long time with the police department.

Uh live from wherever, Councilman Kevin O'Neill.

You're unmuted.

So I'd go ahead.

I guess I I just like to add that I I if this is the same ordinance that I remember we talked about several times about the the uh city manager uh contacting us and none of the not us contacting staff if I remember correctly and that the staff should contact the city manager.

I I can tell you that I'm going to keep calling the department heads, no matter if we have this ordinance or not.

And I'm gonna expect them to answer what I say, so what I request.

So I I I agree with holding it off docket at this point.

Fair enough.

Um there is a motion before us, but I might just ask this then, so we can actually resolve it.

Because it's a I going from memory, there are the three sections.

I believe section one is the section that relates to the um how people communicate and all of that that seems to have the most controversy.

Section two, I don't remember if in the slightest, and then section three is the severance section that seems to have the least controversy.

It would seem as if if one were looking to amend the ordinance, you would probably speak just to section three, the severance provision, if one thinks it's worthwhile to make those an active part of it.

I will note the reason why you probably would is if we don't do that, then the only time we could do a severance is if we pass an ordinance about an individual person with a severance.

That may seem good.

I can understand by why for model litigation strategy, it's not because if you have to do a big public act relating to the separation of someone every time you do it, I just don't know if that's the best way to uh proceed.

Well, um Mr.

Mayor, if I may, my issue with that is just from a monetary standpoint um in that um if you know we do a severance agreement with someone for you know half a million dollars, then we should be read into that read into that.

So perhaps we could hold this off docket, come back, introduce a new ordinance, and we can put some uh parameters in place as it relates to the signing authority of the city manager regarding this, unless the signing authority is implied um already with his limits of what he can agree to.

But Councilman Duncan.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

I had to pull this up really quick to re-educate myself and uh council Councilwoman Robinson, it states that such severance agreements may include payment up to an amount equal to the employee's annual base salary and other benefits to provide to be sorry, thank you.

It states that such severance agreements may include payment up to an amount equal to the employees' annual base salary and other benefits to be provided upon the employee's departure from the city.

So it does it in a way.

Well, it it addresses elements of it.

What's section one and section two, real quick, if you could do the AI summary of them?

Sure.

Uh we all should stop using chat GPT.

But uh I I will state that uh the section A states that interact is the interaction between council members and staff.

Uh section oh, this is mislabeled.

Section another section A uh states authority for employment decisions, the city manager is the solely responsible for all decisions regarding employees and officers of the administrative service.

Neither the council nor any of the committee or members can dictate or attempt to dictate any person's appointment to removal from office or employment by the city manager or any of the city manager's subordinates, or in any manner interfere in an appointment of officers and employees in departments of administrative service.

Okay.

I mean, I think since we're just having the debate now, I think it's fair to suggest section two could be read as uh the legal term be surplusage, because to the extent the charter lays out what everybody can do.

Um section one, I've already kind of forgot.

Uh it's uh it's the contact rule.

Yeah, that you contact whatever, which not enforce it.

Which is something that I would imagine the manager can I mean he can speak to his staff on levels of contact and others, but that seems I I mean I'm kind of still rooting for section three, just uh and so maybe an amendment if we just wanted to resolve it all now that uh would look to strike sections one and two.

We won't leave you out.

We could always have a business session about how we all work together and all that.

We I don't remember if we did an extensive retreat at the beginning of our time together, but we can do it now.

Um that addresses that, so perhaps recognize we have an active motion.

Um let's see how we do that procedurally.

We could uh would you just do another another motion to amend, well, would you entertain, I guess, a motion to amend the ordinance, striking sections one and two and waiv the rule about printed versions of the amendment.

So is there a second?

Second, okay.

It's been moved and seconded.

So councilman O'Neill, what we would be voting on is just an ordinance that has allows for severance agreements in the city to enter into them up to the value of one's salary in separation.

I understand you mayor proton.

Thank you, Honorable Mayor.

I just want to confirm that uh technically it is only one section one that has a it has two subsection A's and a subsection B.

So what you are proposing actually is to remove subsection A and the two subsection A's, which refer to the interaction between council members and staff and the surplus portion that you talked about, the authority for employment decisions, which would leave the six section one authority for severance agreements.

Yes, and then I would also just like to say that we should also remove the whereas clauses that go with those two that uh proposed to be removed.

So uh councilman Duncan to understand your motion properly.

We can strike all where as clauses, we can keep the one severance paragraph, and that is your motion, correct?

That is correct, Ms.

And then Councilman Boo seconded that and it adds in a motion implicit within it that waives the uh requirement as to the writing.

Is there any further discussion on the motion to amend?

Hearing none, the clerk will call the roll on the motion to amend.

Raya Bunch.

No pearls, thank you.

Aye Parkshaw, aye.

Who aye Duncan?

Aye.

O'Neill French, aye Rogers, aye Catison Hadrison, aye.

Robinson, aye.

Lucas.

Aye.

Eleven ayes, two days.

The ordinance as I'm sorry, motion passes.

The ordinance is amended is now before council.

Is there any further discussion on the ordinance as amended?

Hearing none, the clerk will call the roll.

Raya.

Aye.

Bunch.

Aye.

Aye.

Sparkshaw.

Aye.

Aye.

Duncan?

Aye.

O'Neal.

Aye.

Will it?

Aye.

Franch.

Aye.

Rogers.

All right.

Catherine Hasley.

Aye.

Robinson.

Aye.

Sorry.

Aye.

Lucas.

Aye.

13 ayes.

Ordinance passes.

There's a request to hold the next item.

I know not the reason if I'm asked.

A request to hold the item for one week.

Is there any objection to the request to hold the next item for one week?

Hearing none, we'll hold this item for one week.

Next item.

Ordinance.

Ordinance number 260057 resolution approving an amendment to the Gashland National Area Plan.

On about 1.37 acres, generally located at 9820 North Oak Traffic Weight by changing the recommended land use from residential medium density to mix-use neighborhood for the BB North Oak rezoning.

Mayor Pro Tim.

This is an amendment to future land use recommendations in the gas land national area plan for residential medium density to mixed use neighborhoods aligned with the proposed rezoning from district MPD to B2-2.

The neighborhood plan and development committee reviewed and recommended do pass.

Thank you, Mayor Pro Tim.

Any further discussion?

Hearing none.

The clerk will call the room.

Raya.

Aye.

Bunch.

Aye.

Earls.

Aye.

Parkshaw.

Aye.

Boo.

Duncan.

Aye.

O'Neill.

Aye.

Will it?

No.

French.

Aye.

You said aye.

Yes.

Rogers.

No.

Hasley.

Aye.

Robinson.

You're good.

No.

Nine ayes, three nays.

The motion or the ordinance passes.

Love to.

Y'all can always debate if you have issues with it.

You're you're the district people, but maybe it's not that deep.

All right, we'll keep going.

Ordinance number 26058 rezoning an area of about 1.37 acres, generally located at 9820 North How Traffic Way from District MPD to District B2-2.

Mayor Pro Tim.

Thank you, Honorable Mayor.

This is the um Popeyes that was originally planned for the subject site and an MPD final plan was approved in 2022 to allow for construction for the drive-through restaurant.

The previous MPD final plan for Popeyes had lapsed uh after two years due to lack of construction of the project.

And uh this states that if the developer fails to commence the project approved by the MPD final plan within two years of approval, that the MPD will no longer be in effect.

And so ultimately this will um uh approve the MPD final plan.

The um we discussed this in committee, and they uh are ready to go, ready to construct.

So the neighborhood planning development committee reviewed, uh recommended do pass.

I will say uh there's no public testimony before the CPC on this, and I don't believe we had any in in our committee either.

So uh we recommend it do pass.

All right, thank you, Mayor Pro Tim.

Uh any who had qualms with the last ordinance remain having qualms with this one, and should we know why?

Or councilman will it yeah, thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Uh this brings it back to what they originally had uh before it expired, which um I I'll be neutral on, but uh the area plan um with the Nashua area plan.

That's something that needs to be uh it's up for uh redoing, and so I didn't want to make any major um changes without um neighborhood improvement or input on that, but this would uh be something that um I wouldn't be okay if my colleagues voted uh yes on.

Okay.

Any further discussion?

Very none, clerk call the road.

Raya, aye, aye curls, aye parkshaw, aye foo aye, duncan.

All right, O'Neill, aye will it Franch?

Aye, Rogers, aye, Addison Hasley.

Aye, Robinson, with this aye.

Aye.

Ordinance passes.

Ordinance number two six zero zero six three, amending chapter 70 code of ordinances, traffic in vehicles by repealing and replacing section 70-523 for the purpose of amending the portion of the code prohibiting parking in specific specified places to provide the individual shall not park within certain distances to mailboxes and city storm drainage system openings.

It be Councilman O'Neill if Ron's back how about we'll go on there's an amendment on this one out of uh infrastructure committee.

We'll go with Councilman Rogers' amendment.

Your Honor, I move that ordinance number 260063 be amended so that it reads as the document entitled ordinance number 26063 is amended, which has been distributed to all council members.

Second, been moved and seconded.

Is there any further discussion on the motion?

Councilman Rogers.

This amendment will amend the ordinance to specify that a violation of subsection 7523 A3E shall occur when an individual parks a vehicle in a manner that obstructs the free flow of water through the opening of a storing drain system.

And to explain this a little bit more.

This is the parking chapter, but we're only doing two minor modifications in this ordinance.

The first one is we make it illegal to park in front of a mailbox, and believe it or not, under current code, it's legal to park in front of a mailbox.

So that's that's the straightforward piece of this.

In committee, we heard a second piece of this that would prohibit people from blocking storm drains, and the conversation to me, I thank Councilwoman Robinson for bringing some concern about the way that this code this amendment was originally drafted, or rather this ordinance was it was originally four feet on either side of a storm drain at all times, and the issue there is that would create some some chaos in parts of the city where parking is already tight.

So we talked to public works, we brainstormed and worked our way through it, and what this amendment does is it narrows that to a pretty tight situation to where someone's obstructing the storm drain in a situation where there's rain or snow or something and it's causing flooding.

So that what this amendment does is tightens that up so that it won't cause problems during regular days in restrict parking when it doesn't need to.

Okay, uh he had his hand, but like a first referring council.

Uh no, I just want to thank uh Councilman Rogers and uh this was discussed in real time, amended in real time, and the and the neighbors that were affected, uh, were appreciated of the of the amendment, and I think I think this is uh we found the we found the right solution.

It was it was actually real governance in action that people complain doesn't happen, and we did it.

Right.

We are not the Olatha City Council, no uh councilman will get that.

Um thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

I like to be out as a co-sponsor, and I also want to give a shout out to our postal workers, um, despite some um neighbors who may or uh may be blocking um mailboxes of people who need uh life-saving medication brought to them.

They made sure that they still delivered mail and went around that.

So um shout out to the postal workers, they should not have to deal with unruly um neighbors who who who blocked their job.

Uh is there any further discussion on a motion to amend or non-clerk call the roll?

Ray.

I bunch.

I marked all aye.

Aye, Duncan.

I Neil, Willet.

Aye, Branch?

Aye, Rogers, Gatison Hasley.

Aye, Robinson.

Aye, Lucas.

I 13 ayes.

Motion passes the ordinance is now before council.

Can I just ask this?

I'd actually never knew it was illegal to block the drain.

Um, but I guess the theory is just when it floods and such, you want to have the free flow of water.

So it's not illegal to block the drain, and the problem is we we had a really bad actor who was intentionally blocking the drain and causing his flooding on his neighbor's property.

Interesting.

And so am I and you all did this in real time because I'm back to being an urbanist and I remember trying to find parking spots at certain points in more crowded districts of the city.

Um, just kind of how does it work for somebody who's in your district on the plaza parking.

So the the original language stated that it would be illegal to park within four feet of a drain.

Councilman Robinson brought up that's going to create some havoc.

And so instead of it being illegal to park anywhere near a drain, it has to be reported that it's actually blocking the drain and causing an issue before you can receive a ticket.

Yeah.

Well that's okay, interesting.

Is that lawful?

I so like we can we make crimes crimes only if they're reported crimes, aren't they just isn't the underlying let me let me speak to this.

So the the new version is in front of and within four feet of either side of an opening storm drain um system.

Um that is you know, it identified as section 6152 of the code in a manner that obstructs the free flow of water there in.

So as long as you're not obstructing the water from coming into the drain, um it will not be um it will it it will be okay, it won't be illegal, but we did not put anything in there about reporting or anything like that.

We just put in there that in a manner which obstructs the free flow of water.

Is that I'm just looking at the sponsor uh making sure that that is uh impacts uh correct, but I'm not trying to be difficult, I'm just thinking about the person who'll probably usually be in the fourth or the sixth district who parks in front of somewhere and is mad that they got an $85 ticket because I park in front of a drain.

That's why I'm saying so.

I wanted to make sure that there was in in urban areas, drains aren't always at the end of the corner.

Right.

Uh but in this instance, it was actually people were uh purposefully putting their tire inside of the drain that water could not get to the drain.

So uh councilman.

Sorry, jeez.

Good council.

Yeah, and uh this was uh this was uh discussed in committee.

Uh I think Councilman Rog Councilman Robinson brought up the very good point that you know, in some cases we're gonna be parking like in the fourth and third district and the sixth probably as well, and the fifth probably.

Um and so that was the reason for the I I thought that it had changed, I thought that the language changed in committee, but I guess I was we're doing it through this amendment now.

So we we want to take the time and get it right.

So public helps involved, a lot of problems involved, and net obstruction was the key word to make sure we're not and so it was uh so the the intent here and I I'm just probab I'm just rephrasing what has also already been said, but the intent was to prevent the actual obstruction, not the because we already have like you can't park within four feet of a fire, five feet of a fire, you can't park within four feet of a curb uh or uh uh a driveway.

You can't park within twenty feet of a crosswalk, you can't park in whatever, you know, so you start adding those up and it it can't park.

Not only takes a lot of parking away, um and but it also is confusing, it just adds another uh like the 20 feet from a crosswalk was news to me as of just recently uh for example.

Um I I think this for me, I don't know.

I'm not a lawyer, I don't know how defensible this is, but I think it makes a lot of sense.

Uh I mean we've got a prosecutor here.

Um municipal prosecutor, so I I if this is defensible, I think it makes sense.

The point is just to prevent people from blocking it intentionally with their uh wheels.

But also I just want to also say that I think that this is really important work and I think that what we saw was a was a tragedy um by someone who is hell-bent on absolutely just uh terrorizing his neighborhood.

Um I'm not sure that I'm not sure that we're going to legislate that out of our community.

I think that this is like such a a unique and devastating circumstance.

Um I think that this is a sensible change.

I'm supportive of it, but I'm willing to to rethink it.

Councilwoman Boo.

That was you mentioned what the question I was gonna ask, and I'm gonna defer to our prosecutors here because I am not one.

Um is the i it is the intent part of the the issue that we're trying to um correct here.

It's because I think i it's different parking in front of a fire hydrant or parking in front of a maybe, because you could park in front of a drain and if it's not raining, you know, but if if the and I know intent brings another element that you have to prove, but is you know, if if it's gonna be sunny for five days and I park in front of a a drain, is that gonna be a problem?

But if I park in front of a drain with the intent to obstruct the free flow of traffic or not traffic of water.

So parking defences restrict liability fences.

If you if you break the law, it doesn't matter what your intent is, including on this change here.

That said, the practical impact of this is that it the the keyword there is obstruction, and that came from public works.

So you've got somebody you would have to intentionally park your car in such a way that it that it stops the flow of water.

So if you if you accidentally drive your car all the way to the storm drain and then it rains, you're gonna get a ticket.

But you I mean you would have to be an awful driver to do that.

What was happening here when someone was parking in such a way to the antagonizes neighbors and and there's really no way you would obstruct the flow of water unless you were trying to obstruct the flow of water.

So that's saying no, you don't need to prove intent, however, unless you're the worst driver in the world, you're not gonna do that unless you meant to.

But I think not to be too overly technical, somewhat to Councilwoman Boo's point.

Um first, my my worry is what park KC does and all of that, where we get all these complaints because people are like, yeah, I'll give them tickets for everything real quick.

And I want to make sure a parking enforcement person doesn't read this as in a manner that would obstruct the free flow of water.

I mean, hate to be technical, but I guess we are making laws.

Um, I get it.

The theory is if it's f if it's raining, if there's a potential for flooding, someone should not get this because they're actually have their car there at all, even if it's a normal car with four wheels, right?

I mean, I I shouldn't throw the 2013 sedan in front of a drain now if this passes, right?

Right.

Um and but if it's a dry day, our our assessment is that it's fine to park your car there.

And then I think my only concern with the drafting might be understanding public works point.

I could I can see an aggressive parking enforcement person, which is every parking enforcement person riding the ticket for um your obstruction, unless maybe we make it even clearer that it is during a rain or flooding event.

Um which and then that's no money.

Now the definition of that then requires you to prove a lot more stuff.

But that's just kind of right, but maybe Councilman Raya will solve it forever.

Yeah, I was gonna go through like a whole general intent versus specific intent thing, but I think my question would actually be has the municipal prosecutor looked at this and decided if they can charge it, how they will charge it, and what that would how that would proceed.

Yes, she has by the way, we're gonna take a brief break and say, Hi, Addison.

Hey, how are you going?

Sorry.

Uh I asked the drafter and the prosecutor, and there were no legal concerns or issues from their perspective.

They have no legal issues or concerns about this language.

I mean I hear you, but I'm I'm just thinking about the person parking.

I'm sure they have no concern about enforcing it.

Can they give us some clarity as to whether they would enforce it as to who has her whip blocking the drain on a dry day?

As versus a wet day.

I don't know if you've asked that, but not the specifics.

I mean, we're talking about the language like uh councilman stated has to obstruct the free flow of water.

No, that could obstruct or may obstruct.

So it does say your counselor saying for us, we'll just assess you that if somebody brings that if you get a ticket on a day that is dry where there is no water on the street, then there is no citation.

There is no violation of our ordinance.

That's your view.

Yes, the argument would be that the meat barking over it did not obstruct the free flow of water.

All right.

Okay.

We don't cite this hearing for ticket enforcement.

But yeah, but necessarily need to want to.

I don't know.

I could see uh six months from now having a bunch of angry folks who got tickets that difficult to record it.

Yeah, I don't know.

Kind of perhaps like the councilman, is there a clause you can add that makes it during a rain event or during a during flooding.

I'm open-minded, but I I read this as obstructs the free flow of water, and you're not gonna be obstructing the free flow of water unless it's raining.

So I think that's alright.

I won't do too much.

Statutory interpretation, but like all of our traffic regs, like you're blocking the free fleet free flow of traffic on the street if you're standing, i.e.

vehicular standing, even if there are no cars around.

It still is conditional your obstruction.

And I think you would see the water is the same.

I'm I'm not trying to be difficult, but like all of our traffic regulations are conditional in how they are enforced.

It isn't just that like you are literally blocking somebody driving down the road.

You will be if they were to show up and be behind.

We we could add the word actively there to say in a manner that actively obstructs the free flow of water.

I mean, maybe maybe perhaps that resolves the concerns.

I I that gets us because to the the committee, I think it was our understanding that even if it was raining, if it wasn't actively backing up the drain, then it shouldn't receive a ticket, right?

Is that that's the way I understood it.

Yeah, but and that's I mean that's the definition of obstruction.

Free yeah, so yes, I mean that's unless you're causing a public nuisance, you're not gonna get a ticket for this, and I think that's obstructing and causing a backup of water, like a lot of water conditional.

That would be just I think councilman Robinson has a solution.

Just to well, I just have an explanation as we were debating this.

Um just to make sure that we're solving the problem that is actually the issue.

In this case, the actual tire of the car was inside of the drain.

So that's the obstruction of free-flowing water.

If you're parking next to a drain, the water can still flow if your car is parked next to the drain.

So that's the problem that we're trying to solve is that your car is not inside the drain, so where water can't even get up through there.

So I would well go ahead, Councilman Bunch.

I just want to say thank you for the law school uh crash course for those of us who didn't attend law school.

This has been a fascinating exercise um on intent and all that good stuff.

So just thanks.

You get to see it in action because when the $80 tickets start flowing, they will they may just get a lawyer.

Actively, actively does some good work for us, though.

Because it sounds like in some ways we're almost doing a non the problem almost isn't a traffic thing.

It it if there was a separate ordinance we could have that's you should you can't block a drain.

Yeah, then we would probably introduce that ordinance too.

And it's less about the normal person's vehicle.

Because don't we also want people not blocking the drain with anything else?

And is it illegal to block the drain right now?

If I just threw out a bunch of sandbags in front of a drain.

Or like blow your leaves in the street.

Yes, but uh uh I believe that's in chapter 64, though.

Or no, it might be in the water department.

Oh code.

I'm not sure.

I don't know.

I don't know.

Can I offer an amendment to my own amendment?

Yeah, okay.

Then I would offer an amendment adding the word actively to the paragraph.

Can you pass it and you bring back up?

I don't.

Oh yeah, that's fair.

We passed it in the right.

That's fair.

We did already.

Councilman Willett.

Yeah, uh, thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Two things.

What about uh a water main break occurring and then uh second thing is on a lot of new construction sites they intentionally blocked a drain before the road's active to make sure that no debris gets in there.

That that happens a lot if in Northland fair.

Councilman Raya.

So what is actively accomplishing?

Actively is probably adding language of intent.

And so I would think actively is trying to get to or is it not?

Oh it doesn't.

I like it the way that it was.

I'm directly compromising.

The word you the actively is the the active flow of water, not the act action of the person.

So I don't think it adds intent.

You can't have a parking violation that requires intent.

I think the active word there goes to the active flow of water, not the action of the parker.

So I'd like to.m.

You got to get out there and move your car.

If you're tiring inside the drain, yes.

Massive.

Councilwoman Patterson has.

I think that we should Mr.

Mayor Michael uh standing rule that we limit the number of lawyers out.

That we can get through the item.

A practical solution we could have is if it is only enforced by KCPD parking enforcement.

Um the theory of the case being they just do less parking enforcement than the other people who complain to us all the time.

Uh not with no disrespect to them.

But so therefore it would usually be like a neighborhood call that triggers it rather than regular parking enforcement on the plaza or something.

It's that we're just we're running into the the broad diversity of our city as an issue.

Councilwoman Boo.

Could we, I mean, assuming we get this finished within the next six months.

Could we possibly have a report back in six months and see what happens?

Because I think you know we could just see how many tickets are given and see if it's gonna work or not.

Or I mean I think I second that idea.

That was my guess is zero tickets get written for this because most people aren't that bad of actors, and most people are gonna be able to park really close to a storm drain without causing a flood.

So I think this is gonna be something that we need in our code for extreme serious circumstances that I I pray it'll come up in the next six months because it's gonna be I mean you you've got to literally park your car in the drain basically to cause the obstruction of the water.

So I would I love that idea, and my guess is the H will be zero.

So do you need the main road back?

Okay, I mean I I'm with you.

I won't be too much of a but police officers will have in our parking enforcement people we all in some ways want to curtail the discretion to create an offense, right?

I we don't we the reason we lawyers are being lawyers is because you don't like to create new offenses and violations of the code unless you're prescribed because I could see particularly because they may not be have Mr.

Munoz's description with them if you are called somewhere, they say, hey, this person's blocking the drain.

That's not allowed.

You look at the manner obstructs free free flow of water, is it could or but whatever.

I'll maybe I'll just give up.

All right.

Um Councilman Raya may not.

Sorry, I'd I'd really hate to be a stickler on this.

Is the we were trying to figure out if the language about being within four feet of a drain is still in what we're about to vote on?

It is, but only when it's obstructing the free flow of water.

Okay.

Because per Councilwoman Robinson's definition of the tire being in the drain.

I don't know how you could do that if you're parked three and a half feet away from the opening of the drain.

Correct.

It would, I mean, I'm we can come up with every possible fact pattern here.

I'm sure there's a way to park two feet from this storm drain that would somehow obstruct the free flow of water, but I mean you'd have to get an uh engineered here to explain how that would happen.

It's just the intent is to not cause flooding in your neighbor's yards.

Yeah.

And I'm just thinking of midtown neighborhoods where you've got limited parking on streets, and if you're taking away eight feet of parking plus the drain, you know, that's that's tough for folks.

You that's not what you're doing.

You it's when it obstructs the free flow of water.

When one of your neighbors causes a flood in your neighbor's yard, they'll get a ticket for working in front of the storm drain.

But the example of the one person who was doing this stuff wasn't parking four feet away from a drain, right?

He did all sorts of terrible things, and I mean that's that's a longer conversation than this ordinance.

If you've got an amendment that tightens it up, I'm sure I would probably support it.

I might maybe proposing this as a potential amendment.

What if we just change our language a bit and say that actively obstructs free flowing water?

So the water has to be in motion.

There is still the active word that actively obstructs free flowing water therein.

We've established that there is some sort of rain flooding, whatever event, that one has to be looking to.

I still see the intent there.

And then we've done that.

If you're open to this, maybe you've had to address Councilman Rhea's concern eliminating the in within four feet on either side of the opening, and just say in in front of us, so it would just be in front of an opening to the storm drain system.

Whatever you said that acting.

Yeah, so we would have now as a potential motion, and we'll welcome you making it, which is in front of an opening to the storm drainage system, clause, in a manner that actively obstructs free flowing water therein.

And mayor, that is my motion in my want the report back to the second.

All right, it's been moved in second.

Uh is it uh may is there any further discussion?

Can we do it on the mo?

Well, go ahead.

As one of the non-attorneys, I don't understand how free flowing water and free flow of water is different.

I just had to point that out.

It sounds the same to me.

You don't have to explain.

Uh very briefly, we won't debate too long.

Free flowing water suggests an action, the water is moving at the time.

The free flow of water would just be that your it's kind of the conditional concern that we have that anytime you are parked, you could be obstructing the free flow of water.

And so I'll go back to a standing violation.

If your car is parked in a lane of traffic, right, probably the way that is drafted is that you could obstruct the traffic even if you are not actively obstructing any traffic at all.

Therefore, you'd get the ticket.

It's not so we are making it different that the water is moving.

I hope everyone's having fun out there.

Councilman Bunch.

Um yeah.

Sorry to prolong this, but I I have some concerns about a about a parking enforcement officer making a judgment call on something of this nature, because most of them are like they are it's this far from an object like a fire hydrant.

This four feet from a driveway uh twenty feet from a crosswalk.

So those are like measurable things.

This one really requires a judgment call of that only like a person trained in hydrology could really make the assessment.

But I have some concern about whether whether or not a an officer can make that judgment call in the field.

Then on top of that, if I come out the next day and you know don't have on don't have off-street parking in my case, um, and I get a ticket, the rain's gone now.

I have no way to prove whether or not it was water freely flowing that what I was obstructing because the water's gone.

I just I I may have some, I just have some issues with judgment call plus then not being I did just thoughts.

But it's just like the parking officer's gonna have to come as a witness in court and testify that they were obstructing the tire was actively obstructing the free flow of water, and they're gonna have to have a video or they're gonna lose their case.

And even to address your concern, Justice Mitch Moore not to prolong it.

Um the amendment's goal is to further curtail the ability of the officer to write the ticket.

Heard on your point.

We don't want that's why we don't write broad ordinances and just say parking control officer, write tickets that you want.

This is trying to curtail them so that when they look at the potential offense, they'll say, I see a drain.

Is that a problem?

Well, it's cited here, but in addition to blocking the drain, we need water.

That water needs to be flowing.

Is there flowing water?

There is not flowing water, and the person needs to be parked in a manner that is obstructing that.

So we've added a number of steps from just the you can't park in front of a drain is the idea.

Councilman Curls.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Uh, we just spent about 30 minutes on this, so I want to call for the question.

Thank you.

All right.

Is the uh councilwoman Patterson has that you want to say more?

No, I'm fine.

Volleyball at 540.

There was once a former third digital large member, she always had to pick up her dog at 4 30.

They kept going.

Uh so important.

Uh clerk will call the roll on the motion to amend.

Ryan?

Aye.

Bunch?

Aye.

Pearls.

Oh, aye.

Boo.

Aye.

Duncan?

Aye.

O'Neill.

Aye.

Will it?

All right.

France?

Aye.

Rogers.

Aye.

Addison Hansley.

Aye.

Robinson?

All right.

Lucas.

Aye.

Twelve.

Passes.

The ordinance is now before council.

Any further discussion?

Aye.

Here it none.

The clerk called the roll.

Graham.

Aye.

Funch.

Aye.

Pearls.

Aye.

Parkshaw.

Aye.

Boo.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Will it?

Aye.

Franch.

Aye.

Rogers.

Aye.

Addison Hasley.

Aye.

Robinson.

Aye.

Lucas.

Aye.

13 ayes.

Ordinance passes.

Mayor Protein.

Honorable Mayor.

I move the charter requirement for reading of ordinances on three separate days.

We wait for the ordinances on today's document listed as committee advances and that these ordinances are advanced for final reading and consideration at this time.

Second.

We moved in second.

Is there any further discussion on the motion?

Hearing none, the clerk call the roll.

Raya.

Aye.

Bunch.

Aye.

Pearls.

Aye.

Parkshaw.

Aye.

Blue.

Aye.

Duncan.

Aye.

O'Neal.

Aye.

Aye.

Franch?

Aye.

Rogers.

Aye.

Addison Hasley.

Aye.

Robinson?

Aye.

Lucas.

Aye.

13 ayes.

Motion.

Motion passes.

The advanced consents will probably take about four minutes.

We'll proceed with the advanced consents.

Committee substitute for ordinance 251071.

Amending chapter 2 code of ordinances by repealing and replacing sections 214030406, 11, 12, 13, 15, 42, 43, 51, 52, 63, 64, 65, and repealing sections 2-14, 16, 60, and 61 for the purpose of updating the ordinances governing the operations of the municipal court.

Ordinance number 260085 authorizing the Director of Finance to accept a proposal of Bank of America Public Capital Corp to finance the acquisition of municipal golf course equipment authorizing the execution of any and all documents and agreements necessary for the financing estimating revenue and appropriating $658,000 in the 3230 fund, authorizing the director of finance to close project accounts, approve lease council in connection with the transaction and declaring the intent of the city to reimburse itself from the lease purchase proceeds for certain expenditures.

Ordinance number 260090 establishing the fund number 6435, the City Hall Centennial Fund in the records of the City of Kansas City for the preservation, modernization programming and long-term stewardship of Kansas City City Hall as it nears its 100th anniversary and directing the city manager to recommend revenue sources for the funding along with the prioritized list of city hall capital improvement projects.

Ordinance number 260095 authorizing the city manager to execute the first amendment to a contract with the economic development corporation of Kansas City, Missouri to administer the implementation of the prospectus equitable equitable transit oriented development strategic plan reducing an appropriation in the development services fund in the amount of 166,224 and appropriating a like transfer to the economic development fund appropriating 166,224 from the unappropriate fund balance of the economic development fund for the purpose of executing a contract amendment with the EDC and recognizing this ordinance is having accelerated effective date.

Ordinance number 26084 approving the platter viewpoint brookwood in addition in Clay County, Missouri, and approximately 32 acres, generally located at the northeast corner of Northeast 76 Street, Northeast Shoal Creek Parkway, creating two lots and four tracks for the purpose of creating 193 townhome development, accepting various easements, establishing grades on public ways, authorizing the director of city planning and development director of water services to execute and or accept certain agreements and directing the city clerk to facilitate the recordation of this ordinance and attached documents.

Ordinance number 260091, accepting and approving an additional 69,946 for a two-month grant extension for the disease intervention specialist workforce program grant from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Estimating Appropriating Revenue in the amount of 69,946 and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

Ordinance number 26099, accepting and approving a 71,149 grant award with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to conduct tuberculosis control activities in Kansas City, Missouri estimating and appropriating 71,149 in the health grants fund and recognizing this ordinance having an accelerated effective date.

Ordinance number 260100 accepting and approving 45,000 grant award from the Food and Drug Administration and National Environmental Health Association estimating appropriating 45,000 in the health grants fund and recognizing this ordinance as having accelerated effective date.

Ordinance number 26087 estimating the revenue and the amount of 145,000 to the grant from state of Missouri Account and authorizing acceptance of a state aviation trust fund trust fund grant offered from the state of Missouri acting through the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission for the purpose of providing funds for air service promotion and marketing.

The clerk will call the roll.

Rhea?

Aye Bunt Pearls?

Aye.

Parkshaw.

Aye.

Boo?

Aye.

Duncan?

Aye.

O'Neill.

Aye.

Will it?

Aye.

Aye.

Rogers.

Aye.

Addison Hasley.

Aye.

Robinson.

Lucas.

Aye.

Ayes.

The ordinance is passed.

A lot of y'all's ordinances was passed.

All right.

We'll proceed with advanced debate.

So advanced debate document.

Committees substitute for ordinance number two five one zero five eight.

Direct the same city manager to undertake certain actions to ensure economic development projects in Kansas City, promote equitable economic development, align with city policy priorities, achieve efficiency in the economic development process, and effectively evaluate performance, directing the city manager to request the input and participation from economic development agencies, directing the city manager to incorporate public feedback and engagement opportunities prior to the final policy recommendations, directing the city auditor to conduct a comprehensive review of city economic development entities to ensure policy alignment, repealing chapter 74 code of ordinances by enacting a new chapter 74 entitled Economic Development Incentive Policies and Procedures Code and repealing second committee substitute for ordinance number 160383 as amended ordinance number 190563, second committee substitute for ordinance number two zero zero four nine seven as amended substitute for resolution number one four zero eight six one and second committee substitute for ordinance number two one one zero two five let's just do the amendment okay I move the committee substitute for ordinance number two five one zero five eight be amended so that it reads as in the document entitled committee substitute for ordinance number two five one zero five eight as amended which has been distributed to all council members second it's been moved and seconded uh councilwoman boo if you want to describe both the amendment and of course the underlying ordinance yes honorable mayor um the only thing this amendment does is change the number of members on the joint uh advisory committee from 10 to 9 um at committee councilman right uh uh made a suggestion on the composition of the committee but in doing that it made it an even number and no one likes an even committee number um or even number committee so that's the only thing that this committee substitute or this um um floor amendment does um this ordinance is something that um that i personally have worked on for a long time and all of this council has participated in it um is the beginning of the implementation process for recommendations from our consultants to provide a strategic plan to provide and a timetable for implementation for our strategic uh goal to achieve equitable economic development and create an efficient and transparent process to provide accountability and transportation and effective evaluation performance for a um economic development policy there are four phases um proposed in the timeline um some that we updated at the mayor's suggestion for land use efficiency and transparency evaluation and accountability um this um y'all have heard me talk about it enough um i will just say finance governance and public safety reviewed and recommended advance and do pass thank you councilwoman boo is there any further discussion sixth district compadre council womp the councilman duncan okay uh thank you mr mayor i just want to congratulate and thank uh councilwoman boo for her leadership on this um we have a lot a long road to hoe um but this is a great first step and uh wouldn't be possible without you thank you thank you is there any further discussion on the motion aaron on the clerk will call the roll rea bunt aye aye markshaw aye boo aye duncan aye o'Neil aye will it aye rogersly aye Robinson aye Lucas aye thirteen ayes the motion passes the ordinance is amended is now before council is there any further discussion on the ordinance hearing none the clerk will call the roll rea aye bunt aye parkshaw aye boo aye duncan aye o'Neil aye will it aye aye rogers aye hasly aye Robinson aye Lucas aye 13 ayes ordinance passes next time ordinance number 260096 acknowledging the that the 23 year statutory periods for the capture of tax increment and allocation financing within the redevelop development project areas title phases two three four five six seven eight and eleven of the universal floodwater detention tax increment financing plan have expired terminating the designation of the redevelopment project areas title phases two three four five six seven eight and eleven as redevelopment projects therein terminating the universal floodwater detention tax incrementing financing plan declaring a surplus those funds within the special allocation funds established in connection with phases two three four five six seven eight and eleven dissolving the special allocation funds established in connection with phases two three four five six seven eight and eleven estimating revenues in the amount of five million five hundred thousand in capital improvements fund appropriating the amount of four million from the unappropriated fund excuse me unappropriate fund balance and the capital improvements fund to the front street

Terminating the universal floodwater detention tax incrementing financing plan, declaring a surplus those funds within the special allocation funds established in connection with phases two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and eleven.

Dissolving the special allocation funds established in connection with phases two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and eleven.

Estimating revenues in the amount of five million five hundred thousand in capital improvements fund appropriating the amount of four million from the unappropriated fund excuse me, unappropriate fund balance of the capital improvements fund to the front street topping to universal project, appropriating the amount of one million one million five hundred thousand from the unappropriated fund balance of the capital improvements fund to the levy trail project and directing the city clerk to send copies of this ordinance to Jackson County.

Honorable mayor, um the universal floodwater TIFP plan supported flood mitigation public improvements while also mitigating blight throughout the acquisition and redevelopment of the park place hotel and Kent City Market Center.

All redevelopment project areas have expired.

The city surplus from the TIP will be used for improvements on Brent Street and the levy trail.

Finance governance public safety review to recommended advanced and do pass.

Thank you, Councilwoman Boo.

Is there any further discussion?

Hearing down the clerk call the roll.

Raya Bunch Earls Markshaw Boo?

Aye.

Duncan?

Aye.

O'Neill?

Aye.

Will it?

Aye.

Aye.

Rogers?

Aye.

Patterson Hasley.

Aye.

Robinson?

Aye.

Lucas.

Aye.

Ordinance passes.

Ordinance number 260139.

Amending chapter 35 code of ordinances housing by repealing section 3523 administration and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter for the purpose of clarifying and guaranteeing the public nature of the annual right to council report.

Councilwoman Boo.

Honorable Mayor, this ordinance just makes a very simple amendment to clarify that the annual report produced by the tenant legal services and assistance director is a public report that should be accessible by the general public.

Thank you, Councilwoman Boo.

Is there any further discussion?

Very high department call the roll.

Raya.

Bunch.

Aye.

Girls.

Aye.

Park Shaw.

Aye.

Boo?

Aye.

Duncan?

Aye.

O'Neill?

Aye.

Will it?

Franch?

Aye.

Rogers?

Aye.

Patterson Hasley.

Aye.

Robinson?

Aye.

Lucas?

Aye.

Twelve eyes, one abstention.

Ordinance passes.

Committee substitute for ordinance number two, six zero one four-three authorizing the city manager to execute a three million two hundred thousand dollar cooperative agreement with the American Jazz Museum Incorporated to implement phase one of a redevelopment plan for the museum.

Reducing appropriations in the amount of one million two hundred thousand from the Capital Improvements Fund, appropriating one million two hundred thousand from the unappropriated fund balance of the Capital Improvements Fund, appropriating two million from the unappropriated fund balance of the convention and sports complex fund, designating requisitioning authority and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

Councilwoman Boo.

Mission of the American Jazz Museum is to celebrate and exhibit the experiences of Jazz as an original American art form to research, exhibition, education, and performance at one of these countries jazz crossroads 18th combined.

The council deems support of the American Jazz Museum to be aware of the expenditure of city funds.

Funding is needed in order to implement phase one of the redevelopment plan to financially sustain the museum.

And the kiosk is movable.

Finance, governance, and public safety reviewed and recommended advanced and do pass.

Thank you, Councilwoman Boo.

Is there any further discussion?

Hearing none, the clerk will call the roll.

Raya.

Aye.

But aye.

Duncan.

O'Neill.

Aye.

Will it?

Aye.

Grant?

Aye.

Rogers.

Aye.

Patterson Hasley.

Aye.

Robinson?

Aye.

Lucas?

Aye.

Twelve lies.

Ordinance passes.

Ordinance number two six zero one three four.

Amending chapter 88, the zoning and development code by repealing section 88-370-05 authorized use this in section 88-370-06 standards and enacting in lieu thereof new sections of like number and subject matter by enacting a new section 88-370-09 special events building signage.

All for the purpose of establishing regulations for temporary special event building signage during designated major events.

Thank you, Honorable Mayor.

This ordinance amends chapter 88, uh, the zoning and development codes permit special event building signage during designated major events.

Special event building signage will be allowed a time limit of 120 consecutive days per permit and are not subject to the two sign two sign limit.

Neighborhood planning development committee review recommended due pass.

Thank you, Mayor Pro Tim.

Is there any further discussion?

Harry Not a third call the roll.

Ray Bunch.

Aye Charles.

Aye.

Aye.

Boo.

Aye.

Duncan.

Aye.

Will it?

Yes.

Print.

Aye.

Rogers.

Aye.

Paterson Hasley.

Aye.

Robinson.

Aye.

Lucas.

Aye.

Ordinance passed.

Ordinance number 260135 rezoning area of about 0.71 acres generally located at the northeast corner of East Lenwood Boulevard and Mercington Avenue from District R 1.5 to District O'2 to allow for daycare center.

Mayor.

Honorable Mayor, this uh is uh the applicant is has stated that the rezoning uh is to allow for daycare with over uh I'm sorry, let me just go over.

No plan submittal is required for the application type.

However, the application applicant has stated that the rezoning is to allow for daycare with over 20 children.

As the property is currently zoned, the applicant is only allowed to have a daycare with up to 20 children.

They anticipate having 30 to 40.

The old district allows for daycare, residential uses, religious assembly, library museum, schools, eating and drinking establishments, and office.

The zoning district prohibits adult businesses, drive-through facilities, entertainment venues, gasoline and fuel sales, lodging, vehicle uses, and industrial development.

The neighborhood planning development committee review recommended due pass.

Thank you, Mayor Pro Tim.

Is there any further discussion?

Ray Am.

Aye.

Aunt Pearls.

Aye.

Parkshaw.

Aye.

Aye.

Duncan.

Aye.

O'Neill.

Aye.

Will it?

Aye.

French?

Aye.

Rogers.

Aye.

Council Hasley.

Aye.

Robinson.

Aye.

Lucas.

Aye.

13 ayes.

Ordinance passes.

Ordinance number 260136 rezoning an area of about 4.33 acres, generally located between 8th Street and 10th Street, and between Broadway and Windows from District DC 15 to District UR and approving a development plan to allow for commercial and residential uses.

Mayor Pro Tim.

Thank you, Honorable Mayor.

This uh rezoned four sites from District DC-15 to District UR with a preliminary development plan for commercial and residential uses within the downtown loop.

Three sites are developed with existing structures and will be rehabilitated with a mix of ground floor commercial residential uses along with rehabilitated park rehabilitated parking garage.

The four site known as the 9th and Central Tower will be 27 stories tall, will it contain 487 residential units and approximately 26,000 square feet of amenity parking retail and retail areas.

The tower will include a green space along May Street to encourage pedestrian movement in the continuation from May Street to the north of 9th Street.

Thank you, Mayor Pro Tim.

Any further discussion?

Hearing none, the clerk will call the roll.

Raya.

Aye.

Bunch.

Aye.

Pearls.

Aye.

Markshaw.

Aye.

Boo.

Aye.

Duncan.

Aye.

O'Neal.

Aye.

Will it?

Aye.

Brent?

Aye.

Rogers.

Patterson Hasley.

Aye.

Robinson?

Aye.

Lucas.

Aye.

13 ayes.

Ordinance passes.

Ordinance number 260137 directing the city manager or the designee to develop recommendations for the adoption of the 2024 International Code Series, including the 2024 International Energy Conservation Code with amendments based on stakeholder feedback to promote regional competitiveness in alignment with neighboring municipalities.

Directing the city manager to include a request for appropriation in the fiscal year 27 submitted budget in the amount of 122,000.

Mayor Pro Tim.

Thank you, Honorable Mayor.

You all will recall that resolution 251035 directed the city manager's office to prepare recommendations for amendments to Chapter 18 of the city code.

The Metropolitan Region has historically updated building and energy codes on a six-year cycle to maintain regional consistency and competitiveness.

City planning and development has conducted a regional survey indicating that neighboring jurisdictions are moving forward, moving toward adoption of the 2024 IC IECC code series, including the 2024 IECC and recommendations developed through stakeholder meetings.

Alignment with the regional code standards supports economic development and ensures consistency for builders and developers operating across municipal boundaries.

The expansion of guided tours and public educational program is a priority for commemorating the unique architectural and cultural legacy of Kansas City Civic Heart.

Neighborhood Planning Development Committee reviewed and recommended due pass.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mayor Pro Tim.

Councilwoman French.

Yes, I just wanted to stand as a co-sponsor because I didn't get a chance to speak in committee with the time change of the planning development committee.

I wasn't aware of, so I showed up in committee to testify and had already been heard.

So I just wanted as a co-sponsor to thank the city manager for all the work that you've done and looking and putting towards the memo when we task you with a 251035.

Um it's showing that there really is a regional shift towards looking towards the 2024 codes.

So this just puts Kansas City even more forward to align with our peer jurisdictions and looking at those codes.

What I'm really happy about what this is including is a robust community and stakeholder engagement, which there's been feedback that I've been given before I ran for council and during council that that wasn't given the opportunity at the full breadth to do with the last time with the adoption of 2021.

And I know councilwin boo will definitely differ in that opinion, but it's something that I've heard um a lot of.

So I really appreciate that as we look towards the 2024 codes, we will have a robust opportunity to have those stakeholder and community engagement opportunities so we can really fold in those opinions.

I don't want to say opinions, but we can really fold in those voices and have those robust conversations as we look to adopt 2024.

Thank you, Councilwoman French.

Is there any further discussion on this ordinance?

Curls.

Aye.

Markshaw.

Aye.

Boo.

Aye.

Duncan.

Aye.

Neil.

Aye.

Will it?

Aye.

French.

Aye.

Rogers.

Aye.

Patterson Harrisley.

Aye.

Robinson.

Aye.

Lucas?

Aye.

13 ayes.

Ordinance passes.

Committee substitute for ordinance number 260140, establishing the Kansas City Housing Gateway Program, reducing previously appropriated funds in the general fund by one million and appropriating the same amount for the Kansas City Housing Gateway Program, directing the city manager to establish an advisory provide strategic direction and ensure accountability for the implementation of the Kansas City Housing Gateway Program, directing the city manager to report back to City Council within six months with a comprehensive review of the Kansas City's homeless responses system and recommendations authorizing the city manager designate to enter into agreements necessary related to the Kansas City Housing Gateway Program and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

Thank you, Honorable Mayor.

You all uh will recall the appropriation of $1 million to establish the landlord risk mitigation pilot program which needs to be reappropriated due to us, you know, what happened at the state level.

And ultimately, this uh these funds will be reappropriated, so it's not a new appropriation to establish the housing gateway program, which will address uh the issues that we have with our homelessness here in Kansas City.

Um we are all we've had significant discussion about this in this chamber in regards to the um affordable housing shortage and the need for uh to address our houselessness with wraparound comprehensive supported services.

And uh there were uh several staff, uh business community leaders who and and councilman Duncan, of course, the mayor's office as well, the city manager's office um worked to establish this program.

We looked at um really got the idea from uh and I wanted to just give rise to Reverend Mindy in the room because I think she was the one that actually was one of the earlier ones that introduced us to a couple of um consultants that saw great work in and great yielded great results in Houston, um Wisconsin, and other cities, and so we have been working for about nine months to come up with a comprehensive strategy to address this here in Kansas City.

And what I'm most excited about is the fact that many business leaders in downtown Kansas City are work willing to and have partnered with us already to assist us in being a solution to and finding the solutions that we need here in Kansas City to address this.

The neighborhood planning development committee review recommended do pass, and I just want to again thank all of those who have worked diligently on this work to try to bring this uh to this point.

Thank you.

Councilman Duncan.

Yes, thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Um I want to echo the sentiments of Mayor Pro Tim Rand of Park Shaw and just say that we know we rank near dead last for major cities when we deal with homelessness, um, and that folks um who are in shelter of which we know we do not have enough are still homeless.

And so this program is a municipal voucher program that gets people housed quicker, uh provides the wrap around services, and again, I'll I'll continue to use Josh Hinges's uh comparison that um housing without wraparound services like a hospital bed without doctors or nurses, you're not gonna get better.

So um I'm excited about this.

I I especially want to thank uh Mayor Pro Tem, who's been influential in getting those business leaders to the table, and look forward to again this is the first step to adequately addressing this problem.

Uh we have a long road to go, uh, and uh I look forward to continuing to work.

Thank you, Councilman Duncan.

Is there any further discussion?

Hearing none, clerk will call the road.

Raya, aye pearls, aye, Mark Shaw?

Aye, Boo?

Aye, Duncan?

Aye.

O'Neal, aye.

Will it?

All right, Frank?

Aye, Rogers, Hansen Hasley.

Aye, Robinson, hi.

Lucas?

Aye.

Ordinance passes.

Committee substitute for ordinance number.

Committee substitute for ordinance number 260144 and amending chapter 18 code of ordinances by repealing Article 14, Section 18-367 entitled Adoption of International Energy Conservation Code amendments and enacting and luther of a new section of like number and subject matter that provides amendments to the residential energy section for exterior wild insulation, total building performance, energy rating index compliance, duct testing and energy code analysis plan pages to promote regional competitiveness and support economic development.

Mayor Pro Tim.

Thank you, Honorable Mayor.

This ordinance amends Chapter 18 Code of Ordinances Section 16 367 to make changes to the city's adoption of the IECC Council IECC Code 2021 version.

These changes are as follows.

Removing the requirement for energy code analysis plan.

Oh, that's not true.

I'm sorry.

This document hadn't been updated.

Um see.

So it will remove the required duct leakage testing when all duct work is located entirely within the building, thermal envelope, and measures total building performance, the HERS, and energy rating index compliance ERI by a score of 70 for single-family residents under 2,000 square feet and a score of 65 for residents, residences over 2,000 square feet.

Thank you, Council Mayor Pro Tem, Councilwoman Boo.

Um, thank you, Honorable Mayor.

I have a few questions uh for the sponsors or Mayor Pro Tem, whoever would like to answer this.

Um, and also to answer Councilwoman French, I'm happy to provide a list of meetings that we had.

A lot of the stakeholder engagement occurred after the uh normal process of our committee meetings.

I went to them to talk about the last um energy code.

I will say there's a difference between not having stakeholder engagement and not getting what you want.

That's a big difference.

But my questions are um in Mayor Pro Tem mentioned that uh the January 27th memo that the city manager reported on resolution 251035.

Um, I know Councilman Duncan and I met with staff prior to the release of that memo.

Um, what is the reasoning in this ordinance for not following the recommendations of staff, particularly incorporation of stakeholder engagement, and to adopt changes outside of the normal process?

That's my first question.

Second, is there any precedent for making changes so close to the planned adoption of the new code?

Wouldn't changes now and changes in six months, arguably probably the next permitting cycle, add confusion and cost to the process.

For example, learning new requirements now, and in six months.

All of these arguments that we've heard over the last three or four years.

Why should we ignore staff's written recommendations?

The overwhelming public testimony, none of which I solicited for support of either one of these.

I, when we met with staff, I said, I am going to support the recommendations that you have and let this process work.

Frankly, I didn't want to stand up and speak about this issue again before I left this council.

I realize, and I think the reason the mayor and I introduced the ordinance that just passed was that people are running to the state and trying to get us to get them to preempt our ability to make decisions on the local level with respect to building codes.

Some of the changes that they are proposing are just draconian and drastic and display a level of misunderstanding about what building codes are.

But we are showing that we are wanting to move forward.

We received an email today from the mayor of Mission Kansas saying, as you considered 260144, I wanted to let you know that the mission is looking to adopt the 2024 IECC largely without amendment in the next few months.

This is positive momentum and movement in Johnson County around, or there is positive movement and momentum in Johnson County around adoption of stronger energy codes.

We were inspired by your prior actions and are looking forward to building on your progress.

I would hate to see KC Mo moving backwards as ordinance 260141 proposes.

I think our staff is put in a horrible position this through this whole process.

But they've given us their recommendations, and their recommendations is to move forward, have stakeholder engagement, and I don't see any reason for us to make this change and then come back in six to nine months and make a different change.

And I would love to hear the answers to those questions that I asked.

Councilwoman for an um I won't belabor it too much more because you had some of the same very same considerations or concerns that I had as well.

Um as I stated before, um, I was very thankful for the staff and putting this report together for um you know ordinance 2510 through five with the recommendations of moving forward with 20.4 to align with our peer jurisdictions with the opportunity to have that robust um community engagement and no disrespect to the process that you did before.

It's just something that I've continued to hear.

So if we follow that process again or follow more of a robust um process, we just have the opportunity to do that as we look forward to um 2024.

So again, I agree if we keep changing the rules and changing the goalposts, and we'd say right now these are the rules, but in six months later we're gonna have different rules, and that just adds more confusion, more costs.

Um to being able, and I understand that we need to find a balance.

We need to find a balance between the energy codes and being able to build and build homes.

And I think as we look towards 2024, which is a little bit less stringent than 2021, that we can look at that, but have those conversations.

We still need to have those conversations together to see how we can amend or look at 2024 to be able to create that balance and have that balance.

Right now, if we're looking back and amending 2021 and going against staff's recommendations, I think we're just moving the goalpost and just causing a lot more confusion.

Councilman Bunch.

I just wanted to add to you that in addition to hot mics today, um, in addition to uh mission Kansas moving towards uh Overland Park is also moving towards the 2024.

They may have some some amendments to it.

Uh they did adopt wholesale the the 2024 commercial code with no again with no changes.

So 20 the 2024 code is quickly becoming most likely the the regional standard.

And I get that the purpose of this ordinance and then the previous attempts to change uh change the code that again I will reiterate what Councilwoman Boo said robust uh above and beyond public engagement process last term to arrive at the codes that we end up ended up with.

Um that bit setting that aside.

Um I I don't know what six months or eight months or whatever gets us by changing this right now.

It what it does is I think it creates whiplash for our our builders, uh our code enforcers, our uh inspectors.

I think that we should probably stay the course, get through this and and follow suit as many of our uh follow the path of many of our of our uh regional partners are doing and adopt the 2024 codes.

So uh the the change I think everyone wants is on the horizon, we just need to get there.

Um and I'm I'm not comfortable undoing the work that went into uh as councilwoman boo pointed out.

All the effort that went into adopting the previous codes, again, it is it it's it's one thing to it's it's one thing to say that you didn't have a chance to weigh in.

Uh it's entirely another thing to say that and then actually mean that you just didn't get what you wanted in the end.

And I think that's to some degree what happened here because I think councilwoman boo I give her so much credit because it was far more of a of a public engagement process than I felt was honestly necessary at the time, um given the many times that it showed up here in this council as well as in committee, um, but meeting one-on-one with builders, meeting uh having community meetings, public meetings on this.

I I again I don't I think we can save ourselves a whiplash and just vote no on this.

Thank you, Councilman uh Bunch.

Councilman O'Neill, then Rogers.

Uh yeah, Mayor, I look I I do appreciate all the work everybody's put in on this.

I I would just go to the I mean I'm sure there's lots of reason to keep it, lots of reasons to change it.

I guess my bottom line is over the last four or five years that this has been enacted, our our our building permits have dropped decisively uh considerably.

Uh 27 builders have left the city.

Uh we've we we're down to a number of builders that actually build in Kansas City, Missouri uh to relatively uh a small amount.

The Northland has always been a uh uh a high priority uh area for builders, and we've lost significant change, you know, building permit.

I I just I'm very concerned.

I know it's just eight months, nine months, but it could be a year before these actually get enacted.

And we need to re we need to restart the building process in Kansas City, Missouri, and I think that's why I'd like to add my name to this uh to this ordinance to be a co-sponsor.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilman Rogers.

Thank you.

So I will say that elephant or probably more appropriate words elephants in the room uh is in Jeff City, and I'm deeply concerned that if we don't do something in the short term, that they're gonna come over the top of us and not let us do anything at all.

And I've got frankly, but most of my friends don't think that most of my friends are mad at me for being on this side of this issue.

I've gotten a lot of text, I've had a lot of phone calls from people who've worked deeply on this issue and care a lot about it, and frankly, I'm normally aligned with.

And what I've told them is they're chomping at the bit to take where local control in Jeff City.

And if we can show we're making progress now, the odds, I and again, people disagree with me on this too, but I I believe by by making a few tweaks now, the odds of us being able to continue to control our local energy code stay significantly up compared to if we don't.

And so with that said, I look at this as a short-term solution as we look at the 2024 code.

And and I've told again many of my friends on on the other side of this issue that I'm normally aligned with.

And I believe because we are the biggest and the most powerful municipality in this region that we can push with other municipalities to share some of our values.

So I think we can I think we can pull the entire region to a more environmentally friendly place.

We're not going to be able to do that if Jefferson City permits us from being able to do so.

Um, so I've told everybody, I don't care what if if we're in a situation where we can sit down and hammer this out with our with our friends and neighbors on both sides of the state line.

I don't care what it is, if it's no matter how restrictive or not restrictive is, I'm probably going to support it if everyone's aligned on that.

Uh so I don't look at this as either this solution or or the the later process.

I look at them as being in conjunction with one another.

And so with that being said, um, I think there's a fair point that the councilman woman boo brought up is that you know changing the six months out probably will cause a little bit of confusion, and that's that's one of the lousier reasons, the one of the worst things we're gonna deal with if we choose to do that, and I get it.

But again, again, I think that's offset by by mitigating the risk of losing the ability to do this at all.

And so that's so anyway, that that's pretty much all I've got to say.

I really hope that in a year or less we're coming back here with the regional solution that's good for everybody.

Councilwoman French, then uh boo then will it be.

So my comment is towards the in question towards the legislation um in Jeff City and it's kind of good.

Um isn't that more focused on the 2021 codes and preempting the 21-2100.

Well, no, I'm being able to limit what we can do with the 20 to one 2021 code.

So if we're looking forward to 2024, that legislation doesn't reference 2024.

So that's just limiting to what what we can do with the 2021 codes and then repealing the 2021 codes.

But if we're looking towards adopting 2024, that legislation doesn't mention 2022.

Maybe we'll send us back to 2009.

Then legislation can go past 2009.

Are you good?

Okay.

Can you say that again?

I don't uh boo, then will it my question is the ordinance that we just passed, signifying that we are going to do something setting aside money and the budget to do it.

Is that not enough?

I I'm concerned that it's not.

I think an immediate because they're they're in session now and they're chopped to the bit, and if we don't do something now, I'm wondering that that makes the long-term plans here get worse now that even though the process is set out.

I mean everyone talks about engagement.

I mean, they want, I mean, and and let's be frank, it's the builders that are down there asking them to do this.

So we're signifying to the builders that we're going to do this.

And I mean, if if the builders would just say, okay, they're doing this, we'll back off.

I think we could all, you know, agree to the fact that we're going to do this.

Councilman, Councilman Wheeler.

The problem is the builders have backed off of a building within our city, and that's what I feel is really terrible, unfortunately.

But this is built on staff recommendations.

This ordinance was drafted by Uday with staff recommendations.

And councilwoman uh Boo, do you know how many permits were polled in Mission Kansas last year under single family new construction?

Do you?

Yes, zero.

So you say that um Uday drafted this.

So are you telling me that the planning department?

We're not gonna we're not gonna call that one person.

So he drafted this.

Was this based upon you saying, I don't like your recommendations here?

So give me a recommendation and that I can do in another.

And and frankly, you know what?

Let's keep the staff out of this.

Because we know what the recommendations of staff here that's based on the staff recommendations.

That's based on the staff recommendations of engagement.

That was based on staff recommendations.

Because you you didn't like the ordinance that we had that said we're gonna have to do that.

I know I voted for your order.

Because your ordinance is different than the staff recommendations that have engagement.

You want to make changes now outside of the process that really has been in place for you know decades that has a new a new code every six years.

Can you tell me any time that we've ever made changes like this within six to nine months of when we're adopting a new code?

Councilman Willard.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

So staff we have um came in here and they were in full support of this ordinance.

This is based on their expertise for that.

So uh I and in councilman, I think we're at the agree to disagree.

I I don't think that you understand the challenges that constituents are having up in the northland on trying to do single family homes and trying to it's not affecting the people who are building those one million plus dollar homes in Shoal Creek area, and if we want to be you know more extensive on energy there, what we're doing is we're losing a lot of starter homes coming into our city.

And unfortunately, we do have some objective information based on staff that that ordinance was drafted with that would have immediate relief and have buy-in two folks to try to go on into this next uh round of energy discussion.

But I understand that you disagree with that.

That's that's fine.

Uh, but the ultimate thing is I'd like to see more houses built in our city.

I like to see um not just in the northland, but also on vacant lots throughout the city.

I think this is a step in the right direction that allows us to do that.

And if you look at the staff recommendations comparing for computer regional competitiveness, majority of them have a HERS path, including some of the ones who it just adopted in 2024.

But this is just signaling we're gonna get back on understanding that we're gonna respect staff and the recommendations, and that's exactly during our council uh committee.

They were in full support of this uh based on their research and our memo.

Councilman Boo.

I fully understand that this city needs more housing.

I fully understand that we have the recommendations of uh the staff right here.

I also fully understand that for four or five years, I have been standing up here fighting this attempt to repeal the code that we passed as a council.

We continually pass this, and I hear all the time that I didn't do stakeholder engagement, and it's always pointed at me.

I get flyers in the mail that let Kansas City build.

It's pointed at us.

It's a campaign that I didn't want to have this conversation again, but it's a personal attack, it's something that I didn't do.

And I I stood, I had a I had a meeting after our our neighborhood public our neighborhood NPD, whatever it's called, and I had a special meeting, and when I saw the people who I knew had an interest in this issue, didn't talk speak, I reached out to them personally.

So you can say I don't understand, but I do understand.

I care about the people who gave testimony who are worried about the environment.

And I know that that's not a popular thing right now.

But Councilman Willett, I do understand, and I didn't want to have this fight.

I told our staff, I am gonna trust you, I'm gonna trust the path that you want to have, and that's why I supported this ordinance.

And I don't want to continue to have this fight, and I wasn't gonna have this fight before I left.

I understand we need to have more, we need to have more houses, but I want to go through the process, and that's all I'm saying.

Councilman Willett.

Yeah, thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

I think, and correct me if you sponsoring that resolution, both are recommended by the city staff.

And I think that if we want buy-in from home building, and I wanted to do this separate from home builders, because I know, and I did not accuse you of some of the people who voted with.

I'm I'm not trying to bring up the last process or anything like that.

I'm just saying, since these codes have been adopted, what have you guys seen?

Staff recommendations that you think would actually improve the process.

Those are staff recommended items that were put into an ordinance and that they testified um on behalf of.

And I think if we want to see a building going back onto our city, and I think Councilman Rogers talked about the threat of um preemption, which by the way, during that debate and that hearing, our own city lobbyists were talking about the Hyatt collapse on relating that to energy codes, so talk about misinformation out there.

Um so I think we're gonna have to agree to disagree and just see where we are as a council.

And that this is the first time.

I mean, I got elected to to fight for people who want to um build and and and have families in the Northland and to be able to afford a home in here.

But I've seen some of my friends who are who uh are building homes who started in Kansas City, are going and building a Liberty, they're going and building a park, Bill, they're going and building and uh unincorporated Platt County, they're building in Smithville.

It's hurting the long-term plan for the Platt County School District to build a second high school in Kansas City City Limits.

My neighborhood I live in is Platt County um school district, even though it's you don't understand how I don't even understand how they came up with those districts up there because I'm right on Barrie Road and Platt County schools go into Clay County, anyways.

They my constituents overwhelmingly have asked, they want a second high school in City Limits in Kansas City.

They built that uh middle school, but the the non-development of Twin Creeks, which is totally approved, we have we houses could go up today.

Um I I think this is common sense.

This is based off of staff recommendations within that memo, and uh I hope you support it.

Thank you, Councilman Willett.

Councilman Bunch, and then O'Neill.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Um I keep hearing about preemption over and over again, and I I get it.

Preemption is bad deal for local governments, absolutely.

However, the purpose of home rule is for local governments to make decisions for themselves.

And if we preemptively legislate based on what the state legislature might do to preempt us, then we've just thrown home rule out the window, so you might as well just do whatever the state always says.

So I'll just leave it at that and say that it I'm kind of tired of the red herring of home of preemption on this particular topic.

Councilman O'Neill.

Yeah, I just I want to go back to address Councilwoman Boo.

And I I was uh along the ride in the first term when this uh ordinance came came about.

And I I frankly was shocked at how many uh meetings uh councilwoman boo had with all the stakeholders, and I thought it was a very thorough process.

Uh I'm sure that any time uh a losing vote or or you know, people that lose a vote, um, they always you know never felt like they they got enough uh uh uh uh time to talk.

But in saying that, and I and I I do think that she gave the stakeholders a great deal of uh deference to that.

But I guess my argument now is I I think we've had uh four or five years to see the impact of it, and that's the only reason I uh am strongly in favor of going forward with this, because I think we've seen the the lack of you know the losing uh a lot of the builders to other municipalities, and I no way would would put this on Councilwoman Boo.

I think she did everything right.

But I would say that we we have a now we have a foundation that shows to continue building, we have to move forward, and I just think this is whether it's one month or eight months, I still think it's imperative that we give builders a chance to start building again.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh Councilman Duncan and then Patterson has you, Mr.

Mayor.

Um I tend to agree with Councilman Bunch.

The uh, you know, we'll always have preemption hanging over our head, uh, but that shouldn't neuter us in how we fight for our city, how we fight for our residents.

Um you know, otherwise we can have Governor Mike Keyhoe in here and just he'll just govern the city for us.

Um I'm not gonna let that happen.

Uh so you know that's not that's a non-starter for me.

As far as you know, what does it take to build more housing in Kansas City?

I think we're seeing that the surrounding municipalities are moving to the 2024 IECC building codes.

Um Councilman Bunch and I spoke with uh uh council members in Overland Park, we've heard from Mission Kansas, and we know um Johnson County as a whole is moving that in direction.

We are a leader in this region.

Uh we set a tone.

Um we understand that you know people are gonna build where it's easiest, but that doesn't make it the right thing to do.

Um they're gonna do what's what's what's gonna line their pockets the easiest, right?

So we set that tone.

We said it earlier than the region, and I think the council, Councilman O'Neill, um we saw the impact of that.

But as others are catching up, there's no reason to step back now.

So I'll be voting, I'll be voting no on this, and I hope you all join me in that.

Councilwoman Patterson has thank you, honorable mayor.

Um I know that this is um you know, we had this conversation a year and a half ago, right?

And it was it was surprisingly more emotional than this time.

So this time is is um you know up there, but it was worse from my perspective last time.

Um, and I think what I wanted to say is two things.

Um, what mission Kansas and Overland Park and Lee Wood and all of them say Olatha, what all of them say that they're gonna do, I have zero trust in and zero care and zero faith and zero consideration.

They just stole our team.

Um and I'm seeing renderings of a streetcar on whatever Metcalf, and they want our stuff.

So let's just be honest.

I was at home field in KCK, a beautiful youth football uh uh youth sports facility that we have nowhere in Kansas City.

I see Missouri Tex in the parking lot, and it's hundreds and hundreds.

You gotta walk three bot blocks to the overflow uh parking lot, right?

You've got hundreds of girls and their parents um enjoying themselves in these fantastic facilities that is happening across the river.

And so if we want to trust that there is some magical region that wants to be on our side, we're getting played, we're getting duped.

We're getting duped.

And I'm being serious about that.

And so if the mayor of mission wants to say that they're adopting the codes, I would like to just see them do that.

Like I don't want to have a promise of it.

I want to see them do it because we're all in a competition with each other.

Who has the easiest process?

Who has the most incentive?

Who has the most, you know, pull for people to come away from Kansas City, and right now we're kind of getting our clocks cleaned.

So that's just kind of my philosophical regional uh view, and it's mine, and I stand by it.

Um we're in a competition to remain the best city in the region, and we are, but we also are dealing with partners that want our stuff, okay?

They want our stuff.

So that's number one.

Number two, I kind of come to the point of from the from the perspective of the builder that's building over in my part of the city.

And so in my part of the city, we already have problems with appraisals, you know, not being able to get the right, you know, significant appraisals, and so your construction, you have a problem with your construction loan.

And I'm weighing the weeds on building stuff because I would like to build things, but we have a problem just out the gate, having the necessary land value to get the construction loans that are necessary to even build the houses.

And then, you know, this I asked builders because I just polled somebody texted me that the hearing was going on at the state, and I agree, we can't govern out of fear of what the state's gonna do.

That's legit.

I I 100% agree with that.

But so I polled builders that I know, builders that I know that I can walk in the house that they've built, and I've done that.

Um I said on a scale of one to ten, how much is our current uh the way that we've adopted the energy calls interfering with your ability to build in my district?

Eight, eight, nine, nine, eight, nine, you know, just of how difficult it is.

And I think what we attempted, well, from my perspective last time around, what I was really attempting to do is to find a lane that got you to the efficiency that you needed, but was just more like streamlined and more easier to understand.

And that was the her score.

And I see the hers score come back up in here, and so but it's higher.

Let me just say that.

Sorry, friends.

Uh, but I mean it was more strenuous last time, and we didn't make it.

And so it is not to, it's not to get rid of the efficiency.

It is bureaucracy, government processes, how do you meet the requirements, respect the environment, have people's utilities be cheaper, but also have it be understandable and have it be a lane that you can get through.

And so I don't see it as I personally don't see it as a rollback.

I see it as an easier way to get to where we need to be, such that we are not throwing that baby out with the bathwater, right?

Giving up the um good for the perfect, you know, like writing a dissertation.

You want a done dissertation.

That's that's what you want.

You want a dissertation that's done, not one that's gonna get published and win awards.

You want it to get done.

And so I think that's where we are having a disconnect because if I'm talking to people that are actually doing the builders, building, and they're telling me this is gonna make this house go up 35,000, the the the most um frequent buyer by percentage in my district is single African American women, and so uh that are that are mothers, okay?

That is the highest percent of buyers, and I know this because I'm in communication with realtors, and so that's who their clientele is.

And so if you have that person and you tack on 35,000 onto that house, whether it's coming from the soil or the cobs, now you have a family that cannot afford a home.

And so, where is where is the compromise on that reality?

Because it's a real one, and I think that's what we're all trying to get to.

I may just hop in real quick, not to interrupt again.

And I was gonna sit out debate because I'm still torn too.

We are a city that has large suburban areas that need to be able to compete against Overland Park every day, right?

I want us to have a hundred thousand more people in your district.

I want us to make sure we're still growing.

But I also have been here for the process we went through, and I hate these arguments, but I just have to say it at its core.

But if we got rid of all regulation, I'm sure the builders would say that's great.

And what trust us, we'll do all right, and uh things will be faster.

Because they would.

You would have to comply with anything.

Some of the communities we're competing with have almost nothing, right?

It's easier to build in Smithville and Platte City with respect to those communities.

They're they're just different places.

It's easier to build an unincorporated county of all of the areas we are.

I think the question for us is um, in some ways we respect and recognize those differences.

We got into a 40-minute debate, and I liked it, but about parking in front of drains, which is something that you would never have a debate in in the heart of Cass County, because you probably wouldn't just have that law.

But we feel the desire to protect people.

We protect neighbors from somebody who's being offensive.

That was that very debate.

We want to make sure that there are environmental standards.

We want to make sure that folks have some level of right.

So, I mean, I I get it.

I think to the point where we're trying to get to is the balance.

And maybe part of why I co-sponsor that ordinance, and I think we all unanimously approve the other one, was that we were saying we recognize the problems, and we all recognize the issues, but we're gonna try to actually strategically solve the problem rather than just kind of unringing the bell and perhaps exacerbating other ones long term.

That's that's just kind of how I see, but I'm gonna get out now with that.

Yeah, I'll be brief.

Um, I completely agree.

The reason why we I think wanted in the argument to pass the 2021 is because we wanted to be leaders.

We didn't necessarily say, what is everybody else doing?

We wanted to be leaders.

Uh, but two, the reason why I brought up mission is because one, we got a letter from the mayor of mission, and the argument before and now is and it was in our ordinance is we need to be doing what everybody else is doing because it has consistency across the region, and that makes the process easier.

And I think three is yes, we recognize it's you know, we that balance of being efficient, providing you know, lower utilities, healthier environment for people, it has caused some increase in the costs, and this new 2024 code has addressed some of those issues that were in the 2021.

And so the question is likely the timing.

Do we do it now, or do we do it in the process that is has been going on forever and engage the stakeholders because there are lots of stakeholders, not just builders.

We got emails from people that have said we are building affordable housing under this current code.

Um the the you know, the economic development ordinance, we're looking at you know, maybe a self-permitting process.

There are ways that we need to improve the process in the city.

There are no question about that, and there are things that we're doing to look at it, but let's don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Let's make sure that we're not creating more inefficiencies by saying let's learn a new code or learn these changes, make everybody change things, make everybody change their plans, and then six months later we're gonna go through another process.

Councilman Raya, then we'll it's mayor.

Um glad to hear us all talk about the importance of community engagement.

I thought we had thrown that out the window a couple weeks when we voted to move the jail without any community engagement.

It's refreshing.

Um I've been trying to track this issue over the last year to understand the extent to which we are in a housing crisis, and I think with the thousands of units short of housing that we have not been building, not just as a city but as a region, I think we all gotta admit that we're in some kind of a housing crisis, and the downward pressure that puts on vulnerable folks who are you know 30 percent or more housing burdened, it's no coincidence that we have such a high per capita rate of homelessness and folks that are living in cars that are living in motels that quite frankly, I think have been priced out of what I think is a pretty inelastic housing market.

And when I look at the permits um from 20, well, from 23 going into 2024, going to 2025, it's hard to overlook the fact that from 2023 we've gone from issuing 856 single-family permits to a 50% decline in 2024 for a total of 435 permits, and then in 2025 to 502 permits, which is still far below the threshold in 2023.

Um it's a lot of housing we're not building, and I'm sure there are other factors that contribute to that, whether it be inflation, um interest rates, it is all very complex.

I can't exclude the possibility that the codes have contributed to that dramatic decline in housing.

And if I accept that, then I have to accept that adopting the codes is exacerbating our housing crisis.

So I set that on one side.

On the other side, I look at the action the climate action plan.

Um and the score it allocated to a her score of 50.

That's what this is all about is how do we reduce the carbon emissions so that by 2050, 2040 we're carbon neutral.

It's two percent.

Two percent of the climate action plan can be allocated to this action.

And the question for myself is that two percent worth a housing crisis or exacerbating a housing crisis.

I think that's a tension we see between housing and environmental issues.

I think we all have families, we all have kids, we all have people we care about.

We don't leave them a better world, a world that is safer, cleaner, um, and better from an environmental perspective.

Um but when I when I when I weigh the costs and the benefits and I look at the housing crisis we are in right now, it is hard to overlook that.

I think these codes have contributed to that, and we've got to find a solution.

I think 2024 is part of that.

Um, and I think I think this amendment could help in the next six to nine months.

Is there any further discussion on the ordinance?

Hearing none, clerk call the roll.

Raya.

Aye Bunt?

No.

Aye.

Parkshaw.

Aye.

Boo?

No.

Duncan?

No.

O'Neill.

Aye.

Willer?

Aye.

Grant?

No.

Rogers.

Aye.

Patterson Hasley.

Aye.

Robinson?

No.

Lucas?

No.

Seven yes and five.

I'm sorry, six nays.

The ordinance passes.

Next time.

Ordinance number 260086, authorizing the director of water services to execute a 9,994,000 construction contract with Kissett Construction Company for the water main replacement in the area of Brooklyn Avenue to Hardesty Avenue, East 9th Street, to East 24th Street project, authorizing a maximum expenditure of 10,993,400, and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

Councilwoman Robinson.

This ordinance uh is about a project that includes a replacement of 27,335 liter feet of break prone or obsolete water mains in the third district.

The work will include the transfer of customers' water service connections from existing water mains to new water mains.

The project will take about a year to complete.

The goals are set uh at 11% and 11%.

The Transportation Infrastructure and Operations Committee recommended advance and due pass.

Thank you, Councilwoman Robinson.

Is there any further discussion?

Hearing none, the clerk will call the roll.

Raya.

Aye.

Bunt aye.

Pearls.

Aye.

Markshaw.

Aye.

Boo.

Aye.

Duncan.

Aye.

Will it?

Aye.

Rogers.

Aye.

Patterson Hasley.

Aye.

Robinson?

Aye.

Lucas?

Aye.

12 eyes one.

Extension.

I dropped off.

I was an aye.

Sorry.

13 ayes.

Ordinance passes.

Ordinance number 260097, accepting and approving a 1,869,274 grant award from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for financing through the Missouri State Revolving Fund for the Construction Project to comply with the Environmental Project Protection Agency.

And MDN, our Safe Drinking Water Act, revised lead and copper rule requirements, giving the director of water services the authority to accept the grant award, estimating and appropriating 1,869,274 in the water fund.

Authorizing the Director of Water Service to execute 1,699,340 construction contract with ACE pipe cleaning for the drinking water service line inspections project, authorizing a maximum expenditure of 1,869,274, authorizing two successive one-year options to renew with further city council approval and recognizing this ordinance having a celebrated effective date.

We had a lot of commentary about the state and preemption and stuff in those things, but we're very excited that the state gave us some money to uh help the water services department undertake a construction project to comply with the unfunded mandate by the EPA.

Um this will allow us to comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act's uh revised lead and copper rule requirements.

Work uh will begin as a pilot study in two neighborhoods, Columbus Park and Lichens.

This project is being financed through the Missouri State Revolving Fund, federal capitalization grants to Missouri.

The work will consist of making hydro excavations on service lines on both the city side of the service line running from the main to the curb stop and the private side of the service line running from the curb stop to the building.

Goals are set at 15 and 15, and this contract has two success successive one-year renewal options.

Each renewal contract will come before the council for approval.

The transportation infrastructure operations committee recommended advance and due pass.

Thank you, Councilwoman Robinson.

Is there any further discussion?

Hearing now, the clerk will call the roll.

Raya.

Aye Bunch.

Aye.

Parkshaw.

Aye.

Aye.

Duncan?

O'Neill?

Aye.

Will French?

Aye.

Rogers.

Aye.

Hasley.

Robinson.

Aye.

Lucas.

Aye.

Twelve ayes.

Ordinance passes.

Substitute for ordinance number 260098 authorizing the director of aviation department to enter into a $5 million,000 amendment number eight to a tenant reimbursement agreement with Tramel Crow Chicago Development Inc.

for the Commerce Center Development at the KCI Airport for a total contract amount of $34,300,082 and appropriating $5,100,000 from the inappropriate fund balance of the Kansas City Aviation Fund.

Councilwoman Robinson.

Thank you, Mr.

May Mayor.

The Aviation Department in conjunction with Travel Crow Chicago Development is developing the KCI Intermodal Business Center.

The project comprises of a 620-acre site defined within the Master Development Agreement.

The site is located just south of 112th Street and I-29 at the Kansas City International Airport.

The Transportation Infrastructure Operations Committee recommended advance and due pass as a committee substitute.

Thank you, Councilwoman Robinson.

Any further discussion on the ordinance?

Hearing none, the clerk will call the roll.

Present curls.

Aye.

Sorry.

Aye.

Aye.

Who?

Aye.

Duncan.

Aye.

Aye.

Will it?

Aye.

Franch.

Aye.

Rogers.

Aye.

Addison Hasley.

Robinson?

Aye.

Lucas.

Aye.

Ten ayes, one abstention.

The ordinance passes.

Ordinance number 260129 estimating revenue and the amount of one 1,500,000 in the capital improvements grant fund appropriating that amount to the Cliff Drive Bike Pedestrian Facility to River Market Connector Project, designating requisitioning authority, recognizing the required local grant match and recognizing this ordinance, having accelerated effective date.

Councilman Robinson.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

This project will provide a bicycle and pedestrian connection between the Cliff Drive Corridor and the River Market Area.

The city has been on boarded a total grant of 1.5 million dollars for the Cliff Drive and River Market Connector Project.

This grant consists of $750,000 from the Transportation Alternatives Program, also known as TAP, and $750,000 from the congestion mitigation and air quality program.

The city is required to provide a local grant match of $375,000.

The Transportation Infrastructure and Operations Committee recommended advance and due pass.

Thank you, Councilwoman Robinson.

Is there any further discussion?

Hearing none, the clerk will call the roll.

Raya Bunch.

Aye.

Pearls.

Aye.

Aye.

Who?

Aye.

Duncan?

Aye.

O'Neal.

Aye.

Will it?

Aye.

Prince.

Aye.

Rogers.

Aye.

Council Hasley.

Robinson?

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Ordinance passes.

Ordinance number 260133, reducing an appropriation in the amount of 500,000 in the Capital Improvements Fund for the I-35 to Show Toe Drive Levy Trial Project.

Estimating revenue in the amount of 3,121,892 in the Capital Improvements Grant Fund.

Appropriating that amount from the unappropriated balance of the Capital Improvements Grant Fund to the U.S.

169 and Madison to Metro North North Mall Drive Trail Overpass Project.

Recognizing the required local grant match and recognizing this ordinance is having accelerated effective date.

Councilman Robinson.

Thank you.

As a former Northlander, I'm very excited about this ordinance.

This ordinance relocates transportation alternative programs have grant funding to support the U.S.

Um 169 in Madison to Metro North Mall Drive.

169 in Madison to Metro North Mall Drive Trail Overpass Project, which is a part of the segment 10 of Route 152 trail the pedestrian bridge will connect the two sides of US 169 developments the transportation infrastructure operations committee recommended advance and do pass.

Thank you councilwoman Robinson is there any further discussion hearing none the clerk will call the roll rea bunch aye pearls parkshaw aye boo aye duncan aye will it print aye rogers hazley Robinson Lucas ordinance passes.

Mr Mayor do my co-sponsor on that one you sure can the record will reflect motions on first readings.

And that these ordinances be introduced as listed to the committee so designated second second is there any further discussion hearing none the clerk will call the roll rea bunch pearls aye aye boo aye Duncan sorry aye aye rogersley Robinson aye Lucas 11 ayes the um motion passes let's do the floor introductions councilman will it be the first one thank you Mr Mayor let the clerk receive docket read an ordinance prepared too late to be on today's docket the clerk will receive the ordinance assign a number and read the title okay we'll do it is it said three questions that number is going to be 260191 estimated revenue appropriating 11 million eight hundred sixty eight thousand seventy nine dollars in the police grants fund for the fiscal year 26 counter unmended aircraft system grant program designate requisition authority and recognize misorders have an accelerated effective date referred to finance governance and public safety councilman bunch from I think councilman rea has a same day uh I'll just do the I'll do the introduction for him they had to leave uh I request the clerk receive docket read an ordinance prepare too late to be on today's docket the clerk receive the ordinance to sign a number and read the title that number will be 260192 authorized city manager to enter into a tax redirection agreement with HSKC Plaza LLC for the purpose of throwing the renovation of the civilian plaza hotel referred to the finance governance and public safety committee I'm informed by staff that there's a short update on uh a baseball team and certain issues I understand it's late in the moment and congrats to the few press people here to hear that um that would probably be a request for a closed session and discussion with it can we get a motion yes honorable mayor move we uh go into closed session pursuance 16 dot oh two one other revised statutes of Missouri subsection one and twelve second so moved and second is there any further discussion on the motion hearing none the clerk will call the roll on the motion Raya Bunch aye pearls aye farkshaw aye bulu aye don't aye will it print aye rogers aye patterns Robinson aye Lucas aye eleven ayes we'll stand in close session one question look forward to