The meeting will come to order.

Our guest chaplain is Pastor Dale Swirslow from Day Spring Pentecostal Church.

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

Father, we come to you today with Thanksgiving for your blessings and favor.

And thanks for the men and women of this council.

We're here to do the work of the people and your will.

All authority comes from you.

Grant these servants today, I pray wisdom, acknowledged to do justice and good, peace and understanding of the business that it may be fruitful.

Compassion and kindness and gentleness, concern for the poor, the oppressed to help them to put the interests of others above our own, and strength and courage to do the right thing.

May your truth be revealed, your light shine brighter in this city.

May your will be done, and the spirit of the fear of God be upon us all.

We thank you for your grace.

We praise you in Jesus' name.

Amen.

Amen.

I pledge allegiance to the five, United States of America, to the Republic, which is a nation under God, with the visible liberty and justice.

The clerk will call the roll.

Present.

Park Shaw.

Present.

Boo.

Duncan.

O'Neal.

Here.

Willie.

Present.

French.

Present.

Rogers.

Patterson has Robinson.

President Raya.

Present.

Lunch.

Everything.

Lucas.

Here.

Well members present.

He's on one there.

The clerk will call the special action.

260643.

Recognizing Pembroke Girls Soccer Team and head coach Matthew Pritchett for the first price victory at the MSHS AA Missouri State Class One Soccer Championship on June 6, 2026.

Council Limboo.

All right.

And head coach Matthew Pritchett for their first place victory at the Misha Missouri State Class 1A Soccer Championship on June 6, 2026.

Okay, we've had a lot of boys in here lately, but I just want to say it's great to recognize the girls' uh soccer team.

I will have an aside.

My daughter did play on the girls' soccer team.

They did not make it to state.

They got well, not close, but I think they went to something.

But anyway, this is about you all today, and I want to applaud what is the first class state one a champion or class one state championship in the school's history.

The team secured their lead in the first half, scoring two goals and further solidifying their position with a third goal in the second half, winning the game with a score of three to one.

The Raiders finished their season with 11-8 and one record and outscored their opponents 35 to 1 in their five postseason matches.

Tyler Pritchett, the team's senior goalie, Tyler, raise your hand.

Um was named Class One Goalkeeper of the Year and all Regional Goalkeeper.

Uh Kobe Hyde.

Kobe, are you here?

All right.

The team's senior center back was named uh class one player of the year and all regional defender.

Um Coach Pritchett was named Private School Coach of the Year, and Maddie Novak, Gloria Tooney, and Phoebe Tuny.

Are you all here?

Raise your hands.

Okay, they were they received all regional honors.

Um we've had a lot of soccer in the city the last few weeks, but it is with great pride to honor our own soccer players.

Um, and you all have done an exceptional job, and we are so proud of you as a city and proud to recognize you today uh with this recognition.

Thank you.

Go ahead, Councilman Rogers.

So, first of all, I don't think we should talk about beating a team from St.

Louis for the state title.

That's always important.

All of us in this room appreciate it.

And secondly, I'll just say I talked to Coach Pritchett last week, and um, you probably know this already.

We sure are proud of you guys, so congratulations on your achievement.

And I will just add, Coach Pritchett, congratulations on your first and hopefully many more to come.

Congratulations to you all, and I know that uh your parents are just as proud uh with the sacrifices that you all have made being student athletes.

And I know that uh your parents are just as proud uh with the sacrifices that you all have made, being student athletes.

Congratulations to you all.

If there's no further dis oh, the mayor.

Mayor has a comment.

Yeah, I just want to say briefly, uh, congratulations, ladies.

We are exceedingly proud of you.

I uh have gotten to follow your success a bit, and I also want to congratulate Coach Pritchett.

I have the fortune of having played against one of his teams years ago, uh, which is just a sign he's been around for a while.

I'm still young.

But uh I look forward to all of you ladies going on to do exceptional things.

We're proud of what you do on and off the field and come back, make a difference and be the mayor of Kansas City or whatever you may choose to do in the future.

Thank you all.

All right, if there's no further discussion, all in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Okay, that motion passes.

Who will be speaking today?

Okay.

First of all, I'd like to thank uh councilwoman boo for this recognition.

Uh a lot of times high school athletes toil under a lot of but not a lot of recognition, and to have the city recognize us is amazing.

Um, and thank you again for that recognition.

Thank you, all of you.

Um, hopefully we'll be back here soon.

Um just so you know we we beat the team that Ashley lost to in the state championship.

So turn around's fair play.

Um so she'll be happy to hear that.

Thank you again.

Now you gotta shake hands with everybody.

Congratulations, you guys.

Congratulations.

Congratulations.

Congratulations.

Congrats, congratulations, congratulations, congratulations.

Congratulations, yes, yes, okay.

Thank you.

Congrats.

Congratulations.

Congratulations.

Congratulations.

Great job, yes.

Congratulations.

Good job.

Thank you very much.

Thank you so much.

Okay.

All right, we'll move forward with the uh debate docket 26059.

Approving a KCI area plan as a guide for future development and public investment with any area bounded by the city limits of Kansas City, Missouri on the north, city limits to Amnesty, and then along Highway 5152 on the south, Platten Clay County boundary on the east, and the city limits of Kansas City, Missouri on the west.

Neighborhood committee was to pass.

Councilman Bunch.

Thank you, Madam Mayor Pro Tem.

So this is uh an update to the area plan, uh KCI area plan specifically.

Um so this uh is uh replacing the the old area plan, and this will be the new one.

Then this will guide decisions on uh land use development and transportation related uh uh priorities in the area around KCI neighbor planning development committee recommended in advance that you pass.

If there's no further discussion, clerk will call the roll.

Curls, aye, park show aye, boo, Duncan, O'Neal, uh Willie, French, Rogers, Patterson Hasley, aye Robinson Raya, all right, Bunch, Lucas.

Aye, buys ordinance passes.

I'm sorry.

You want me to read one hold?

Yes, okay.

Well, there's been a request to hold uh 260611 until August 11th, unless there's an objection.

Okay, let the record reflect we'll hold that till August 11th.

Honorable mayor for Tem.

I move the charter requirements for reading of ordinances on three separate days we wait for the ordinances on today's docket listed as committee advances, and that these ordinances be advanced for final reading and consideration at this time.

Second it's been moved uh properly seconded.

The clerk will call the roll.

Park Shaw.

Aye, Boo.

Aye, Duncan, all right, O'Neill, Willie, French, Rogers, Patterson Hasley.

Aye, Robinson, Roy.

Bunch.

Lucas.

Eleven hours.

Okay, so we're gonna um give Councilman Duncan the floor.

Oh thank you, Mayor Pro Tim.

Uh, I request that the clerk receive docket reading ordinance repaired too late for today's docket.

The clerk will receive the ordinance, assign a number and read the title.

That number is going to be 26067, appropriating 500,000 for an unappropriate fund balance of the housing trust fund number 2490, directing city manager within two days to inspect the residential property at 135-132 on 148 Lawn Avenue, North Lawn Avenue for City Code violations and for emergency or immediate health threat assuming to the city code.

Direct and city manager within 60 days to implore explore establishing a fund support, emergency repairs and reports to the council recognize this ordinance as having an accelerated effect debate.

Second, it's been moved and seconded that the charter requirement for reading of ordinances on three separate days be weighed and that this ordinance be advanced for final consideration at this time.

Is there any discussion on the motion?

The clerk will call the roll.

Girls.

I park show.

I boo.

Hi.

Duncan.

O'Neill.

Will it?

Aye.

French.

Aye.

Rogers.

Patterson Hasley.

Aye.

Robinson.

Raya.

Bunch.

Lucas.

Eleven eyes.

Councilman Duncan.

Thank you, Mayor Pro Tim.

I've spoken to pretty much everyone in this room about this, and a lot of us went to the North Lawn apartments.

I want to be very clear that this ordinance just isn't about North Lawn apartments.

This is about apartments everywhere.

We've seen recently displacement of families at Cloverleaf.

We've seen displacement of families at the hotel at Ninth and Olive, where we've condemned the property because of the living conditions were so dire that it was deemed that it was not habitable and not safe for people to live there.

We've allowed properties in in and landlords in this city to be negligent for so long, and our only remedy has been we're going to condemn the property, we're going to vacate the premises, and we're going to displace families.

And that's not acceptable.

This ordinance directs the city manager to within 48 hours to remediate the issues.

I've spoken to the law department.

I've spoken to assistant city managers and city manager about what our co-provisions actually allow us to do.

Our co-provisions allow us to repair.

Our co-provisions allow us to abate, our co-provisions allow us to vacate properties, and our co-provisions allow us to assess the landlord for the cost of doing so.

We're not doing that.

And traditionally, what we've done is we've condemned properties and we've boarded up the building, and then we've displaced families.

We have to do better.

This would uh this would have uh would take money from the housing trust fund, it would put it in a special fund for this purpose to handle the life-threatening issues at North Lawn because these people need it now.

This is the emergency at our feet today, but tomorrow there will be another North Lawn.

And that's why I've directed the city manager to develop a task force that is there because we're talking about multiple departments.

We're talking about the health department, we're talking about city planning, we're talking about neighborhoods, we're talking about the fire department, we're talking about the the public safety task force.

We need better coordination to handle these issues before we get to a point where we're vacating buildings and we are displacing families.

So I ask for your support today.

I would not do, you know, we do not I do not love same-day adoptions, but it is an emergency.

Um so I'm calling on your support today to support it.

Uh I also want to be clear that um when we are talking about um dispersing money to improve this property that um it the landlord is going to be assessed with a special tax assessment.

Um it is my understanding that before we took over sidewalks that we would uh put liens on people's property for not improving the sidewalk.

Why are we not doing that for landlords?

So this would apply special tax link to this property um that the landlord would be forced to pay if he ever wants to sell this property.

I ask that we do this today.

Thank you.

Councilman O'Neill.

So I thought a lot about this.

Um I talked to Jonathan, Councilman Duncan, and I agree with pretty much everything.

Um I know that back in first term we had many issues with Millennial, and we did we uh that was three this particular project or housing unit.

We went to three years ago, and the landlord promised us certain things and he didn't do it.

Um three years later, we're told he didn't do it.

I didn't never heard of it up until this point again.

Is taking five hundred thousand dollars out of the housing trust fund with no real uh RFPs, no indication of where that money's going to be spent, how much it's needed.

I mean, it sounds to me like we're taking $500,000, placing it in an account and saying, okay, fix this.

Um I struggle with that, and I struggle with the idea that at some point if they sell this product, if they sell the the housing units, and a new owner comes in, we're doing work, and I know we'll have a lien on it, but I'm not I'm just not assured we're gonna get our money back.

If if we add a $500,000 lien to this property and they sell it, then that money is going to be owed.

Is that going to affect the sale of the property?

Uh so those are my two biggest concerns, and that's and and I have to say I hate same-day adoptions, and I do like the process of vetting this through a committee, and I'm not sure a week is something that's going to affect uh I I know every day is important to somebody's life if it's uh if it's their housing, but at the same time, I think it's important for us to not set a bad precedent and to do something that we can have that has a lot lasting impact.

So I would sit down on that.

Councilman Duncan.

Oh, I'm sorry, Councilman Bunch.

I didn't see first.

Thank you, uh, Madam Mayor Partem.

Uh uh totally understand the the concerns that you're expressing, and and I too don't you know fool me once uh you know why 2023 and now we're right back here again, and um I I totally understand that and I really don't like the idea of providing support to this landlord who's been who's been verifiably awful um to the tenants.

Um but I do think that a week does matter in this case.

We have folks who are living without electricity, folks who are living in absolutely squalid conditions, um, and not just and not just not just unhealthy, but but life-threatening.

Um you have fire hazards where people are trying to get electricity, and uh next week it's going to be incredibly hot.

We're looking at a hundred degrees next week.

Um the mold is is unbearable.

Uh it's it's just an absolutely untenable situation right now, and it's an emergency uh that needs to be addressed immediately, and this is the action that we feel at this point is the course of action that has to be taken in order to provide relief for um for quite a few Kansas Citians.

So I I I support this.

I don't I don't like I'm with you on this, but it has gotten to be such in a dire emergency that this is the course that I think that we have to take, and then and then honestly roll the dice and hope that that we figure this out with the lien uh in the future, um, but we've got to provide some sort of relief um uh immediately, otherwise uh you know we're facing again very dire situation.

Councilman Boo.

Um so to Councilman O'Neill's point.

Can I I ask Councilman Duncan a question?

Um the money that would be um expended for these repairs will be done through our director, or maybe Nelson can help with this, our director of neighborhoods department.

Right.

So they will be responsible for making the determinations of how much is spent, what type of repairs have been spent, and so they there will be some type of control, like they're not gonna go in and put a new, you know, granite countertop when what really needs to be done is put a repair like an electrical situation.

Is that I that sounded like a statement that I that really was in the form of question, and uh the mayor actually had his hand up.

Go ahead.

Can I I mean I I can we clarify that that is a true statement, Nelson?

Is that how that it would work?

It will go to the the Hector of Neighborhoods.

Okay, according to the audience.

And it also states in section four uh subsection two that repairs it will repair issues that create uninhabitable conditions for tenants, so that's specify that piece.

Uh go ahead, Mayor Gukis.

Thank you so much, Mayor Pro Tim, and I appreciate this point that's being brought to us.

Uh I will be in support of it today.

I agree with uh the comments relating to not liking emergency ordinances.

I very much get that.

Councilman O'Neill is 100% right, by the way, in connection with we don't want to give an unjust benefit to property owners long term.

The reason I support this today is primarily because of the life safety issue that's raised.

And while we do need to come up with a process for how we can either be equitable or not be in this business, I think that this is a compelling and appropriate use of this.

I would also know as to the monetary amount, it is largely, although the appropriation is 500,000, it is an up to amount.

Therefore, if it is an $80,000 fix, let's say theoretically, then that is the amount we're supposed to do.

This is not just fixing up the entire apartment building for the landlord to benefit and do whatever he or the entity will do next.

It is instead to address pressing concerns as determined by our staff and their professional judgment, and then that leads to what happens thereafter.

I think this does fit within the zone of interest that our housing trust level is for, and I think that this is the sort of thing we need to address.

One final point uh there was a 2023 agreement should have gone to council ordinance.

We need to make sure that there are not one-offs, even if it comes from the level of the city manager position, but instead we do have some consistency persistency through city council.

That more than anything is why I appreciate this coming to the full body today.

Thank you, Mayor Protein.

Thank you.

Uh could somebody summarize that?

Yeah, it was a little difficult to hear.

Uh Councilman Curls.

Thank you, Madam Mayor Protein.

Yeah, uh I agree I support this as well.

I was one of the attendees that uh happened to witness the conditions at this location, and uh I was very touch moved and sympathetic to the individuals that have to live in these conditions.

It's uh it was just really heartbreaking to know that some of our residents were living like this.

Um and I guess um uh I share the same concerns as my colleague uh councilman O'Neill.

And I guess my question would be the $500,000 coming out of the housing trust fund, how does that affect the housing trust fund?

And is it my understanding that maybe through the liens or through the assessments that that money may be put back in?

Is that how this works, or could I get a little more clarification on that?

Go ahead, Councilman Duncan.

Thank you, Mayor Puritan.

Uh yes, as the mayor stated, um, although it was difficult to hear him, this would be up to $500,000, so not necessarily that it's gonna cost $500,000 to handle these repairs um that are that are addressing the life-threatening issues at at North Lawn Apartments, um, and that the lien um to be reimbursed uh would go back to the city and and would go back and I would want to go back to the housing trust fund where it belongs.

Councilman Raya.

Thank you, madam chair.

Um chance to tour the complex, and um it's a terrible condition, it's sad.

Uh no one should be living in those conditions.

I do have a technical question.

Uh how what is the definition of emergency or immediate danger to health, life and safety or welfare that staff will be operating under, because that's gonna be a definition that I think they rely on to obtain access to the property, the definition they rely on to effectuate the repairs, a definition definition they rely on to um on what what amounts of those repairs to assess through a lien.

And I think that definition is very important because if there are legal challenges at every step of that way to access the property on which repairs to make, and then on what repairs are being accessed, that's gonna be that's gonna be the core of what the city is able to stand behind that we followed that definition.

Um and we could all look at the property, and you know, it's not as it's not so simple as saying you know it when you see it, but what is that definition?

How does it how does it protect us?

Go ahead, Councilman Duncan.

From my understanding, this is I and I was directed by the law department not to prescribe exactly which repairs would be done.

Uh again, the the code provides that this is at the director of neighborhood's discretion, um, and that the neighborhood's director would be assessing what those would be.

I I am um aware of chapter 18 violations that have been cited.

I know there's been chapter uh multiple chapters that have been cited, including healthy homes.

Um, and so I mean I think some of the major issues is the lack of electricity and the uh the active sewage that's currently um live that that's currently in one of in one of the basements um I think are the most immediate issues, especially when we're talking about um elderly folks uh with with severe um health issues um in in heat, right?

Um so I think those are the major issues to be addressed.

But from what I was told by the law department that it is somewhat it is up to the director to decide what what exactly those are councilman O'Neill.

I have a friendly amendment.

Um I I would like to see the word up to 500,000 utilized if it's not already in there.

And the second is I would like to direct the uh city manager to come back to us next week with a with a better understanding of where the money is actually going to be spent.

In other words, if we're gonna start the if if if this needs to be done immediately, that's fine, but let we need to have an understanding of where we're spending that money.

And that's all I'm asking.

Is that okay?

We're gonna put 100,000 into uh we've been told that uh 100,000 needs to go into the uh um HVAC.

We need 50,000, just kind of a breakout so that we have some idea of where we're spending this 500,000 dollars instead of just one carte blanche expenditure.

Go ahead, Councilman Duncan.

Thank you, Mayor Pro Tim.

Uh Councilman O'Neill, so section three states that uh within 48 hours of any authorized city staff termination at any of the above proper, excuse me, section two, that within 38 hours of the passage of this ordinance, the city manager is hereby directed to coordinate a site visit at properties uh with the the addresses listed with relevant departments to investigate possible violations of Kansas City Code violations.

So they'll be doing that assessment within 48 hours and then and then determining which one of those are life threatening and addressing those issues with this fund.

Okay, I I I read that I just never saw a uh come back to us and and give us a a breakdown of costs.

Well, I mean, I I I think given that these are emergency repairs that I I didn't want to wait another week for us to get a report back, but I I I don't think that precludes them from giving us an update.

That's all I'm asking.

Yeah, I'm I'm not asking for you know, tomorrow come back and give us let's go out and do the assessments, but then come back and say it's this is the breakout of what we're gonna need.

City manager, can we can we get that without me including that in this ordinance?

I have a lot of concerns about um what's being proposed.

Um you know, 56-284, which I think was the code of section of the code that this ordinance is trying to operationalize in this fashion was adopted in July of 1986.

Um I think this is the first time that we are using the section of code to um in essence enter private property and make improvements, which then are assessed to the to the property owner.

Um I would like to have chance to develop a process and procedure.

I mean, I don't have any contractors sitting around waiting through this work.

Um I don't know what dispute resolution mechanism that the owner might have about the cost of the work that's being assessed.

So for example, the owner might say, you know, the sewer line costs two thousand dollars to fix, but you're charging me ten thousand dollars, you know.

What's the case?

So I I do have some concerns about the 48-hour requirement to enter to determine an emergency and enter in the property improvements.

I mean, I don't have the tools in hand right now, and I mean the fact that this ordinance hasn't been operational operationalized passion since 1986, you know, is not something I can help at this very second or within the next 48 hours.

So I'll know if this is the right, I'm sorry.

I mean, I was simply asking city manager if you could provide us a breakdown with what it's going with with what which issues are going to are going to be addressed.

But I I I'm it's my understanding that healthy homes, city planning, neighborhoods, public safety task force to include the fire department, have all been out there to investigate.

So I don't I don't necessarily know that there should be a lot more, you know, investigation to be done.

Um healthy homes can enter into private residence all the time with with the with the tenants um say so, which I think has been done on that property.

This is this is asking us to move very quickly to fix to fix life-threatening issues which are happening at that property right now.

In fact, the public safety task force um for for a brief instance was going to condemn the property um and decided not to.

So I think we're at a point now that we don't have time to develop a new process and procedure.

That's what further sections down.

I think that we should be developing processes and procedures in the future, but this is an emergency repair that needs to happen immediately, which is why this ordinance has come through.

I was told by um assistant city managers that they needed council support to do this, which is why I brought this forward today.

All right, any other discussion?

Madam Madam Mayor Proteil?

Yes, go ahead, Councilman Robinson.

Um thank you so much.

I just um to the sponsor, just a quick question.

Had you contemplated utilizing those funds to immediately relocate the resident um to a more suitable location.

What did she say?

A question about relocation.

Relocation.

Okay.

So the the question was whether or not the funds can be used to relocate.

Is that the case?

Yes.

Okay.

Yes.

Does it say that?

Councilwoman, the the tenants do not want to be relocated, and is my understanding that the electrical and the sewage issues, which are the two main issues going on right now in these apartments, can be addressed without and repaired without relocating the tenants.

May I could make a comment on that point too?

I mean, I think we have tried relocation in a couple of instances, and it's resulted in you know, probably detrimental effect, right?

You know, homes get burned down, get the yellow abandoned people ricking to them.

So I think what the councilman is after is probably makes sense.

We got to find a way to make the the homes uh and the apartments um livable.

Uh but again, I just I just have concern about um uh the expertise of the people that won't walk into the homes, it isn't in construction per se.

It isn't a and ri uh and rehab in per se.

So to say that it's it's not livable is one thing to know how much it will cost to fix is it's something else, and that's that that's the expertise that I don't have in hand.

All right, thank you.

Any further comments?

All right, if there's no further discussion, the clerk will call a role on the ordinance.

Burrals.

We have a friendly amount on clarification.

I did have a friendly amendment to it.

I think was that amendment accepted or even have to be an amendment if we can just add that to the up to that'll be added in the title in section one.

Up to five hundred thousand dollars.

Right, unless there's an objection.

Okay.

And the and the uh um, the city manager report back to us uh on the actual cost estimates.

No objection.

Okay, so are we adding you want to add another section that requires the manager to come back?

I think you can just ask the manager to come back and and report.

I think it could be added into that section.

In section and section two, I agree.

Uh I'm basically just tying that all together at the end with uh report back to the council.

No objection, council.

Okay, go ahead, councilman bunch.

Yeah, I I don't want to get pedantic and or to further delay this, but the appropriation is generally just what it is, right?

Like we don't typically do an up to an amount if it's an appropriation use because this isn't the expense, this is just appropriating the funds.

So I was under the impression that that had to be like a dedicated a certain amount rather than uh an an indefinite or uh uh uh up to amount, but perhaps I think we should call a friend.

Oh, excuse me, I wasn't.

I think that's a finance friend, Brad.

Sorry.

Or or law or someone.

Um because the expense could be less, and it's likely going to be under 500,000, but we still have to appropriate a certain amount, but right.

It doesn't actually say uh uh how much we will spend.

We're we are actually just appropriating the dollars.

But go ahead, ACM Queen.

Uh yes, Tammy Queen, Assistant City Manager.

So the uh adding up to really doesn't change anything, although I will tell you when you put a $500,000 appropriation on the books, then it can be spent without all the way up to the last penny without any further action.

It won't go over that.

So up to is a little bit redundant, I guess, and maybe it's more about describing what you want done in an up to kind of fashion.

You know, doing no more than is necessary, maybe as a way to uh get apart get across the same thing, just offering that.

It's my understanding.

Thank you.

I'm sorry.

It's my understanding this is going to go to the neighborhoods.

This is this is going to be neighborhoods is going to control this amount of money.

And for me, I you know, I when you say appropriating $500,000, you're appropriating $500,000.

Correct.

If we are giving $100,000 to start off or $200,000 to start off, um, and then they come back with the detailed cost estimates.

To me, up to $500,000 just says we're not going over $500,000.

And if you spend $300,000, that's what you're spending.

You know, if if you spend $400,000.

I just think it's a safeguard that I feel more comfortable with.

Let's see.

Go ahead, Councilman Duncan.

To ACM Queen's point, right?

We can't spend more than $500,000 because we're appropriating $500,000.

And I think that the language currently reads that for any necessary emergency repairs.

So any necessary emergency repairs pursuant to the code to abate immediate public health and safety threat violations pursuant to city code of ordinances.

But who's gonna who's going to make that determination of emergency repairs?

Forest effort.

Who?

Forrest director of neighborhoods.

And the city manager.

I don't know why it's a problem to put up to.

I I guess maybe I just feel more comfortable with up to uh because I don't I don't think if we don't have to spend five hundred thousand dollars, then we shouldn't have to spend five.

Well, I I concur, that's all.

So you take the friendly amendment and the friendly amendment.

Sure.

Okay.

Right.

Ask a question.

I guess it's supposed to the city attorney.

Is the uh is a waiver of solicitation implied because um because of determination of an emergency by the director of neighborhoods.

I'll have to I will have to defer to my colleague here.

Um if there's any information that is not containing the ordinance and requires legal analysis.

I will suggest that closed session if that's the case, but I'll defer to Brad if he feels comfortable with the information.

Okay, yes, thank you.

Uh Brett Caston from the law department.

I would recommend the council go into closed session to answer that particular question.

What's the question?

My question is whether a waiver of solicitation for all contracts associated with its expenditures would be implied by the by the fact that the director of neighborhoods does declare this to be an emergency.

From my understanding is is that these would be divvied out separately, right?

So if there's a plumbing issue, there's gonna and and that that'll be less than 500,000 dollars in and of itself, and then we have electrical issue, so those are gonna be divvied out separately, not all as one lump sum.

So I don't think we need to I don't think we need to go through that process is what is my understanding.

I don't think we need to go to closer.

I mean, I think if we hit the thresholds and contracting, you know, we'll let you all know, but I you know, be given that we all given that we have 500,000 dollars and I think yeah, 40 is up to a million, I think we should be okay.

But I was just thinking out loud here.

Okay.

All right.

There's no further discussion.

Uh the clerk will call the roll on the committee subject subtitle.

Or I was gonna say ordinance as amended, but yeah, ordinance as amended.

Girls.

I part show.

I who I Duncan.

I'll new aye.

Will it?

No.

French.

I Rogers, Patterson Hasley.

Robinson.

Raya.

I'm sorry.

Bunch.

Right.

Lucas.

I is one night.

Ordinance passes.

Right.

So we had already had our motion for advance.

So if you will proceed with the document.

Mail.

So it's like 0621.

Authorized manager of procurement services execute a one-year one million dollar SaaS contract with Digitech Computer LLC to provide a mass EMS billing system for six dollars and twenty cents for billable account at nine point thirty ninety three point ninety-five percent of net collective revenue and collection services for six-month transition to the new system.

Authorizing manager of procurement services to amend the contract and exercise the city's nine one-year renewal options, estimate appropriating revenue.

Director and city manager report the annual annually on the impensation of the new system, including impact on existing city staff.

And recognize this on this is having slightly effective date finance.

Committee recommends do pass.

Councilmember Boo.

Honorable Mayor Potem, this ordinance would authorize the manager of procurement services to enter into a contract with Digitech to allow the fire department medical billing division to resolve insurance claims with the latest version of software uh that Digitech offers.

The software will help reduce the backlog of unclaimed revenue and optimize efficiency when filing claims and collecting future revenue.

The council desires the new billing system assists the local 500 members by improving the efficiency and performance of collection and directs the city manager to report annually on the implementation of the new software system.

Finance governance and public safety reviews and recommended advance and due pass.

If there's no further discussion, the clerk will call a roll.

Currels.

Aye.

Shaw.

Aye.

Boo.

Aye.

Duncan.

Aye.

O'Neal.

Aye.

Will it?

Aye.

French.

Aye.

Rogers.

Aye.

Patterson Hasley.

Aye.

Robinson.

Raya.

Aye.

French.

Aye.

Lucas.

Eleven eyes.

Ordinance passes.

26065 650.

Repealing the KCI area plan by adopted ordinance 090395, which replaced a portion of KCIA area plan with the KCI area plan.

And repealing any other subsequent amendments.

Neighborhood committee do pass.

Councilman Bunch.

Thank you, Madam Mayor Pur Tem.

Earlier we had the resolution adopting the new KCI area plan.

This is this is the this is repealing the old one.

And the reason why the re previous one was a resolution and this one is an ordinance.

I believe it's because area plans used to be adopted by ordinance.

This one was adopted by ordinance, therefore repealing it has to be done via ordinance.

And then the new one was just adopted previously via resolution.

So this is simply just a repeal of the old uh area plan, and we have just recently just passed the one uh adopting the new one.

Anyway, uh that's that's it.

So this is just part of the KC Spirit Playbook.

Uh we continue to update area plans throughout uh over the course of many years.

Uh just happened to be the uh KCI's term.

If there's no further discussion, the clerk will call the roll.

Currels.

Aye, Park Shaw.

Aye.

Boo.

Duncan.

Aye.

O'Neal.

Aye.

Willie.

Aye.

French.

Aye.

Rogers.

Patterson has Robinson.

Raya.

Aye.

Bunch.

Aye.

Lucas.

Ten eyes.

Ordinance passes.

260566.

Amendment chapter T and Code of Warnings is entitled classification and license and license fees by appealing section 129 entitled reserve and replacing it with a new section light number in title.

Entertainment districts, official geographic definition to establish the official geographic definition for administrative reference areas and entertainment districts used for licensor, special event administration, and other citywide regulatory purposes.

Amending Chapter 64 code of ordinance in title street and sidewalks and public places by repealing section 500 and title definition and replacement with a new section light number and subject matter for the purpose of renaming the definition of entertainment districts and entertainment district development project.

Labor committees do pass.

Yeah, this is a very long title, and really what it is doing is uh it's just this it's just codifying the geographical boundaries of the various uh entertainment districts.

Previously, those had not been, they weren't described in detail.

Um this describes them and then it updates that's chapter 10 and uh chapter 64 just adds some definitions uh for entertainment districts and neighborhood planning development committee reviewed and recommended advanced due pass.

If there's no further discussion, the clerk will call the roll.

Currels.

Aye, park shaw.

Aye.

Aye.

Okay, aye.

O'Neal Willie.

Aye French Rogers.

Patterson has Robinson.

Ray.

Bunch.

Aye.

Yes.

Eleven ayes.

Ordinance passed.

260612.

I'm in chapter T and Code of Ordnance's ecological vegetable by pulling and replacing section 214 for the purpose of requiring neighborhood notification.

We're in license premises, changes the type of alcohol serve neighborhood committees do pass.

Councilman Bunch.

Thank you, Madam Mayor Pertem.

Uh, this, I believe, and I is brought to you as by our colleague, Councilman Curls, and I'm sure he may want to fill us in on some of the details that I'm lacking.

Um, but essentially this establishes a process uh by which neighborhoods uh around a particular establishment that sells alcohol should be notified if a change to their license occurs.

So if they change the type of alcohol being served that is allowed under their permit or under their their license, the neighborhood shall be uh notified.

And uh neighborhood planning development committee reviewed and recommended advanced that you pass.

If there's no further discussion, the clerk will call a roll.

Currous park show.

Aye.

Boo.

Aye, Duncan, O'Neal, Willie.

French.

Aye, Rogers, Patterson Hasley.

Aye.

Robinson.

Raya.

Aye.

Aye.

Lucas.

10 ayes.

Ordinance passes.

260613.

Code of ordinances, alcoholic beverages by repealing replacement section 266 for the purpose of applying the section 242 probationary period and criteria for any reproof change in control of majority change in ownership of a business as results in the issuance of a new new license and requiring information of notice to eligible neighborhood association, home association, the Kansas City Police Department, and the City Council.

And change in control or majority change in ownership.

Neighborhood committee recommends do pass.

Councilman Bunch.

Thank you, Madam Mayor Pratem.

This is a companion ordinance, the previous one we just heard, also brought to us by Councilman Curls.

This I believe is really aiming to provide uh actually require notification to neighborhood associations and the Kansas City Police Department when the ownership of a particular establishment changes.

And that's majority ownership, not not total owner, not 100% ownership.

So uh neighbor Planning Development Committee recommended advanced that you pass.

If there's no further discussion, the clerk will call the roll.

Curls.

Aye.

Park Shaw.

Aye.

Who?

Aye.

Again.

O'Neill.

Will it?

Aye.

Oh, sorry.

French.

Aye.

Rogers.

Aye.

Steve Bean.

Patterson Hasley.

Aye.

Robinson.

Raya.

Aye.

She's not a good one.

Bunch.

Aye.

Lucas.

Ten ayes.

Ordinance passes.

260632.

Declaring a temporary moratorium on certain property transactions within the 18th and Vine District.

Directing city manager developed a comprehensive redevelopment and rezoning plan for the area.

Neighborhood committee was to pass.

Councilman Bunch.

Thank you, Madam Mayor Pratem.

This one comes from a different uh colleague, Councilman.

Councilwoman Patterson Hasley.

Uh this is simply is just uh uh instituting a temporary moratorium on transactions of real estate that the city owns.

Uh as you probably all know, the city owns a lot of properties in the Jazz District.

Uh this I believe, and I won't put words in our colleagues' mouth, but really we're looking at uh working towards a strategic initiative for redevelopment of the 18th advine district and sort of pumping the brakes in some of our uh our real estate transactions and uh basically so that we have time to develop that that long-term strategy as the as the area faces new pressures to redevelop and um and so neighborhood develop neighborhood developed neighborhood planning and development committee recommended advanced that you pass if there's no further discussion the clerk will call the roll.

Burrows aye park shaw aye boo aye Duncan O'Neill Willard French Rogers Patterson Hasley Robinson Raya Bunch Lucas Ordinance passes Councilwoman Boo Honorable Mayor Patem, I move that the charter requirement for reading of ordinances on three separate days to be waived for the ordinances on today's document first readings and that these ordinances be introduced as listed to the committee so designated it's been moved and seconded that the charter requirement for reading of ordinances on three separate days be waived for the ordinances on today's document listed as first readings and that these ordinances be introduced as listed to the committee so designated.

Is there any discussion?

The clerk will call the roll in the motion.

Aye Duncan O'Neill Willard French Rogers Hasley Robinson Raya Bunch Lucas 11 ayes motion passes.

Is there any further uh business to come before the legislative body?