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Record of Proceedings

Overland Park City Council Meeting – November 3, 2025

City Council — Monday, November 3, 2025
BodyOverland Park, Kansas
SessionCity Council
DateMonday, November 3, 2025
StatusFILED
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0:03

Good evening.

0:04

It's 7 30 on the clock on the wall.

0:06

I'm having a little technical difficulty here, so if you see a flashing light, uh please ignore.

0:14

Um this want to call the Monday, November 3rd, 2025 council meeting to order.

0:20

Clerk, please call the roll.

0:22

Mayor Curtis Cook.

0:23

Here.

0:24

Council President Lembert.

0:25

Here.

0:26

Council members Haley.

0:27

Here.

0:28

Cheatham.

0:28

Here.

0:29

Patrician.

0:29

Here.

0:30

Orlaza.

0:31

Here.

0:31

Kite.

0:32

Here.

0:33

Mosier.

0:33

Here.

0:34

Reese?

0:34

Here.

0:35

Passer.

0:36

Eunice?

0:37

Here.

0:38

Cox.

0:39

Here.

0:39

Newland.

0:40

Over here.

0:40

Mr.

0:41

Passer has an excused absence.

0:43

We have the privilege tonight of having Troop 61 here to lead us in the pledge of the loot.

0:50

Pledge of allegiance.

0:52

You guys could come on up front and we'll uh we'll do this.

1:04

All right.

1:24

And you revolve it for registration.

1:27

Under God.

1:33

Thank you, guys.

1:34

From uh from Troop 61.

1:37

Thank you for helping.

1:45

All right.

1:46

Next we move into the uh open public comment period.

1:50

We've had two people sign up.

1:53

So the way this works is that I'll call your name and then you come over here to the podium.

1:59

There is a little box there on the top that has uh three minutes that you have to speak.

2:05

Uh it starts with the green light and then at three minutes the red light comes on and uh what asked for you to wrap up your comments at that time.

2:14

So first we have Phil McClendon.

2:18

Phil McClendon.

2:21

Phil, are you here with us?

2:26

One last time.

2:27

Phil McClendon.

2:31

All right, we'll move on.

2:33

We have Michael Kelly, Michael Kelly.

2:36

Michael Kelly here tonight.

2:40

People really want this meeting to go fast.

2:43

One last try, Michael Kelly.

2:48

All right.

2:49

Well, that completes our open public comment period.

2:55

We do appreciate hearing from people, so don't take that as so uh next we move on to public hearing.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Procedural████████████████████████████████████36%
Zoning And Development████████████████████████24%
Parks and Recreation███████████████████████23%
Engineering And Infrastructure████████████12%
Public Works█████5%
Summary of Proceedings

Overland Park City Council Meeting – November 3, 2025

The Overland Park City Council met at 7:30 PM on Monday, November 3, 2025. The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Troop 61, followed by roll call; Councilmember Passer was excused. The council approved an official street map update, annual comprehensive plan update, consent items, and procedural continuances/remands, and received committee and city manager reports.

Consent Calendar

  • Approved the regular consent agenda by roll call, with no items removed.
  • Approved the Planning Commission consent agenda by roll call after Councilmember Grummert removed item 33 (Comprehensive Plan Annual Update), which was considered separately.
  • Approved reappointments to the Legacy of Greenery Committee and the Planning Commission by voice vote.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • Two individuals signed up for open public comment, but neither Phil McClendon nor Michael Kelly responded when called, so no public comments were presented.
  • A public hearing was held for the Official Street Map update; no members of the public offered testimony.

Discussion Items

  • Official Street Map Update (Ordinance CSM 3491): Staff presented the revised Overland Park official street map, last reviewed in 2022. The update includes nine changes (A–I) such as added streams/railroads, proposed roundabouts, and street name/designation updates. Required review by county and state agencies produced no comments. Councilmember Cheatham asked about the proposed roundabout at 91st and Lowell; staff said no timeline is set, but opportunities may arise during future street rehabilitation. Staff said the map is generally updated every other year. The ordinance passed unanimously by roll call.
  • Comprehensive Plan Annual Update (PLM 2025-00069 / Ordinance OPCP 3490): Long Range Planner April Snay explained that state statute requires annual review, and this was the first annual update under the new Framework OP plan. Changes were mostly minor text edits, formatting corrections, and mapping fixes, including school/church properties moved to traditional neighborhood character and an improved transition buffer around downtown. Progress highlights included 24 policies and 19 actions in progress, with more than two-thirds of policies/actions started. Other implementation updates included the Unified Development Ordinance update, portfolio homes program, South Overland Park transportation plan, Metcalf fast/frequent transit study with the county, solid waste study, LEED Gold certification, and natural resource/urban forest planning. Councilmembers praised the update. The item was approved by roll call.
  • Rezoning REZ 2025-00004: Planning staff reported the Planning Commission had recommended approval 10–0, but the applicant requested a remand back to the Planning Commission for refinements. Council approved the remand by voice vote.
  • Rezoning REZ 2025-00008: The applicant requested a continuance to February 2, 2026, for a rezoning at 10238 W. 149th Street; staff supported the request. Council approved the continuance by voice vote.
  • Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) Report: Council President Grummert reported that the Regional Housing Partnership is seeking Health Forward Foundation funding, MARC approved the 2026–2030 Transportation Improvement Program, and MARC continues to provide updates on federal pass-through funding.

Key Outcomes

  • Approved Official Street Map update (Ordinance CSM 3491) unanimously.
  • Approved the Comprehensive Plan Annual Update (Ordinance OPCP 3490) by roll call.
  • Approved regular and Planning Commission consent agendas, with item 33 removed from the Planning Commission consent agenda.
  • Approved reappointments to the Legacy of Greenery Committee and Planning Commission.
  • Continued item 6 to the December 1, 2025 council meeting at staff request.
  • Remanded rezoning REZ 2025-00004 to the Planning Commission.
  • Continued rezoning REZ 2025-00008 to February 2, 2026.

Other Reports & Recognitions

  • The Legacy of Greenery Committee presented the 2024 Landscape Excellence Awards, marking the committee's 37th year. Winners were the University of Kansas Health Systems Indian Creek Campus and Tuileries Park, plus a continued landscape excellence award to a 1993 winner recognized for maintaining its landscape for at least eight years.
  • Council President Grummert announced the Hewley family as winners of the first Most Spirited Halloween Home contest; their home is near 95th and Craig Street and they received passes to the Matt Ross Community Center.
  • City Manager Lori Curtis Luther reported snow crews are preparing for winter, including the annual snow rally, snow contests, plow training, and a new snow map.

Meeting Transcript

Good evening. It's 7 30 on the clock on the wall. I'm having a little technical difficulty here, so if you see a flashing light, uh please ignore. Um this want to call the Monday, November 3rd, 2025 council meeting to order. Clerk, please call the roll. Mayor Curtis Cook. Here. Council President Lembert. Here. Council members Haley. Here. Cheatham. Here. Patrician. Here. Orlaza. Here. Kite. Here. Mosier. Here. Reese? Here. Passer. Eunice? Here. Cox. Here. Newland. Over here. Mr. Passer has an excused absence. We have the privilege tonight of having Troop 61 here to lead us in the pledge of the loot. Pledge of allegiance. You guys could come on up front and we'll uh we'll do this. All right. And you revolve it for registration. Under God. Thank you, guys. From uh from Troop 61. Thank you for helping. All right. Next we move into the uh open public comment period. We've had two people sign up. So the way this works is that I'll call your name and then you come over here to the podium. There is a little box there on the top that has uh three minutes that you have to speak. Uh it starts with the green light and then at three minutes the red light comes on and uh what asked for you to wrap up your comments at that time. So first we have Phil McClendon. Phil McClendon. Phil, are you here with us?

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