Brownfields Commission
TL;DR
The Kansas City Brownfields Commission met virtually to discuss urban redevelopment projects, including potential loan increases for the Zhou B Arts Center and reviewing completed cleanup projects at several city locations. The meeting focused on transforming former unused properties into community assets, with a particular emphasis on removing environmental hazards like asbestos and lead-based paint.
Key Decisions
- Zhou B Arts Center Loan Increase Proposed
- Hardesty Federal Complex Cleanup Completed
- City Code Amendments for Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Discussed
- Mattie Rhodes Cultural Arts Center Project Construction Underway
Agenda
- KANSAS CITY BROWNFIELDS COMMISSION Department of City Planning & Development 1:30 – 3:00 p.m., Monday, October 18, 2021 VIRTUAL MEETING https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83251606487?pwd=cjd3ZmgzdCtKNFVuT3hQamhtbk90QT09 AGENDA 1. Welcome New Members & Introductions 2. Amendments to KCMO City Code Provisions for Brownfields Commission Concerning Regional Brownfields Coalition Revolving Loan Fund Grant. 3. Approval of minutes of meetings October 11, 2019, May 22, 2020 and October 16, 2020. 4. Zhou B Arts Center of Kansas City (former Crispus Attucks Elementary School), 1818 E. 19th St., Kansas City, MO. Application to increase $100,000.00 RLF loan to $300,000.00 for remediation of asbestos-containing materials (ACM), lead-based paint (LBP). 5. Program Updates a. Program Income Report. b. Memorandum Of Agreement for Regional RLF Coalition. 6. Project Updates a. Former Hardesty Federal Complex, Building 9, 607 Hardesty Ave., Kansas City, MO. $1,053,898.40 RLF loan issued March 31, 2021. Cleanup Completed August 2021. Interim Letter of Completion anticipated October 2021. b. Mattie Rhodes Cultural Arts Center, 1017, 1021 & 1023 W. 17th St., Kansas City, MO. Certificate of Completion issued August 30, 2021. Construction underway. c. John “Buck” O’Neil Education & Research Center, Paseo YMCA, 1826 Paseo Blvd., Kansas City, MO. Certificate of Completion issued September 2020. 7. Adjourn Materials for the meeting will be available at the following link: For more information, please contact: Andrew Bracker Brownfields Coordinator Urban Redevelopment Division City Planning and Development City of Kansas City, Missouri 414 E. 12th Street, 16th Floor, Kansas City, MO 64106 Phone: 816-513-3002 Fax: 816-513-2899 andrew.bracker@kcmo.org www.kcmo.gov/planning/brownfields/ Please take our brief Customer Satisfaction Survey