Council
TL;DR
The Kansas City Council met and made several important decisions affecting city infrastructure, development, and funding. They approved bike share program expansion, recognized community efforts, and took steps to manage tax increment financing (TIF) projects. Multiple ordinances were passed related to city improvements and community initiatives.
Key Decisions
- Bike Share KC Funding and Expansion Passed
- Winchester Center TIF Plan Termination Passed
- North Oak Trafficway Reconstruction Project Passed
- Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Application Passed
- Surface Parking Lot Regulation in Entertainment Districts Referred
Agenda
- CHAPLAIN OF THE MONTH:
- Pastor Dr. Serita Wright - Commissioned to Heal Community Outreach
- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
- ROLL CALL:
- PUBLIC OBSERVANCE OF MEETINGS:
- Members of the City Council may attend this meeting via videoconference. The public can observe this meeting at the links provided below. Closed Sessions may be held by teleconference.
- SPECIAL ACTIONS:
- 250707 Sponsor: Councilmember Kevin O’Neill RESOLUTION - Recognizing Head for the Cure and their 23rd Annual 5K Raising Awareness for Brain Cancer Research.Special ActionAction: Adopted Passed
A motion was made that this Special Action be Adopted.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- FINAL READINGS:
- CONSENT DOCKET
- DEBATE DOCKET
- FINANCE, GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
- 250621 Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Robinson COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION - Recognizing the value and importance of Kansas City’s commitment to sustainable development by supporting music preservation, education, tourism, and entertainment.ResolutionAction: Passed as Substituted Passed
A motion was made that this Resolution be Passed as Substituted.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 250623 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office AS AMENDED Accepting and approving the recommendation of the Tax Increment Financing Commission of Kansas City, Missouri, as to the termination of the Winchester Center Tax Increment Financing Plan and the termination of the designation of Redevelopment Project Areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14; acknowledging that the 23-year period for the redirection of payments in lieu of taxes and economic activity taxes has expired for each of the Redevelopment Project Areas; declaring as surplus those funds within the special allocation fund(s) established in connection with such Redevelopment Project Areas; dissolving the special allocation fund(s) established in connection with such Redevelopment Project Areas; and directing the City Clerk to send copies of this ordinance to Jackson County.OrdinanceAction: Move to Amend Passed
A motion was made by Councilmember Curls, seconded by Councilmember Parks-Shaw, that this Ordinance be Move to Amend.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
- 250604 Sponsor: Director of Public Works Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE AS AMENDED Authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute Amendment No. 1 to the 2025-26 Cooperative Agreement with Bike Share KC in the amount of $218,000.00 for a total contract amount of $632,960.00; and that the City Manager shall submit a funding plan to council that expands the bike share system within 90 days.OrdinanceAction: Move to Amend Passed
A motion was made by Councilmember Robinson, seconded by Councilmember Bunch, that this Ordinance be Move to Amend.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 17 COMMITTEE ADVANCES:Action: Waive Charter Requirements Passed
A motion was made by Councilmember Parks-Shaw, seconded by Councilmember Bough, that this was Waive Charter Requirements.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- CONSENT DOCKET
- NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
- 250650 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Approving the plat of 9640 North Indiana, an addition in Clay County, Missouri, on approximately 10 acres generally located 1,500 feet south of the intersection of Northeast 100th Street and North Indiana Avenue, creating two lots for the purpose of a residential development; accepting various easements; authorizing the Director of City Planning and Development to execute and/or accept certain agreements; and directing the City Clerk to facilitate the recordation of this ordinance and attached documents. (CLD-FnPlat-2025-00008)OrdinanceAction: Passed Passed
A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 250653 Sponsor: Director of Municipal Court Authorizing the acceptance of a $64,414.00 grant from the Jackson County COMBAT program to fund the Kansas City Municipal Court Truancy Court Program; estimating and appropriating $64,414.00 for the Jackson County COMBAT grant in the General Grants Fund to fund the Kansas City Municipal Truancy Court Program; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.OrdinanceAction: Passed Passed
A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
- 250647 Sponsor: Director of Public Works Department Estimating revenue in the amount of $19,800.00 in the Capital Improvements Fund; authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute a five-year lease agreement with the option for four additional five-year renewals with Waldo Community Improvement District for surfacing parking lots at 74th and Broadway.OrdinanceAction: Passed Passed
A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 250648 Sponsor: Director of Public Works Department Estimating revenue in the amount of $36,285.00 in the Capital Improvements Fund; and authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute a five-year lease agreement with the option for four additional five-year renewals with The Brookside Community Improvement District for surfacing parking lots at 63rd and Brookside Plaza.OrdinanceAction: Passed Passed
A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 250649 Sponsor: Director of Public Works Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Estimating revenue in the amount of $2,700.00 in the Capital Improvements Fund; and authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute a five-year lease agreement with the option for four additional five-year renewals with Second Presbyterian Church and The Crestwood Shops for surfacing parking lots immediately west of 22nd Pres property located at 318 E. 55th Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.OrdinanceAction: Passed as Substituted Passed
A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed as Substituted.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- DEBATE DOCKET
- FINANCE, GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
- 250643 Sponsor: Councilmember Andrea Bough COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Amending Chapter 2, Code of Ordinances entitled “Administration” by enacting a new Section 2-1972 entitled “Surplus TIF Revenue Policy”; and directing the City Manager to work with the Economic Development Corporation to achieve certain objectives related to semi-annual review of TIF plans.OrdinanceAction: Passed as Substituted Passed
A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed as Substituted.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 250710 Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Patterson Hazley RESOLUTION - Honoring Tony Weeks for his distinguished career as a Professional Boxing Referee.Special ActionAction: Adopted Passed
A motion was made that this Special Action be Adopted.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 250655 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department AS AMENDED Approving the application of FC Parade Park, LLC, for a loan from the Kansas City Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund in an amount not to exceed $2,541,318.00; conditionally approving the same loan to the Port Authority of Kansas City, Missouri in place of FC Parade Park, LLC; conditionally approving a discount of loan principal not to exceed $500,000.00; and authorizing the Director of City Planning and Development to execute the necessary loan documents and authorizing further acts.OrdinanceAction: Move to Advance Passed
A motion was made by Councilmember Patterson Hazley, seconded by Councilmember Willett, that this Ordinance be Move to Advance.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 250655 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department AS AMENDED Approving the application of FC Parade Park, LLC, for a loan from the Kansas City Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund in an amount not to exceed $2,541,318.00; conditionally approving the same loan to the Port Authority of Kansas City, Missouri in place of FC Parade Park, LLC; conditionally approving a discount of loan principal not to exceed $500,000.00; and authorizing the Director of City Planning and Development to execute the necessary loan documents and authorizing further acts.OrdinanceAction: Passed as Amended Passed
A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed as Amended.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 250711 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Enacting a new Chapter 52, Code of Ordinances, containing Sections 52-1 to 52-9 to provide for the regulation of surface parking lots in the City’s entertainment districts and Central Business District Area, 18th & Vine, the Country Club Plaza, Westport and Crossroads, and providing for a delayed effective date.OrdinanceAction: referred
referredto the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 9/9/2025
- 250713 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea Authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Cooperative Agreement with the Kansas City EDC Loan Corporation (the “EDCLC”) to provide funding for a multifamily project at 9th and Central; estimating City Surplus Tax Increment Financing (TIF) revenue in the amount of $2,800,000.00 in the General Fund; appropriating $2,800,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.ResolutionAction: referred
referredto the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 9/9/2025
- 250560 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Rezoning an area of about 2 acres generally located at the southeast corner of Northwest Barry Road and Interstate 29 from District AG-R/B3-3 to District B3-3 and approving a development plan to allow for the creation of a car wash. (CD-CPC-2025-00066 & CD-CPC-2025-00070).OrdinanceAction: Move to Amend
Move to Amend
- 250560 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Rezoning an area of about 2 acres generally located at the southeast corner of Northwest Barry Road and Interstate 29 from District AG-R/B3-3 to District B3-3 and approving a development plan to allow for the creation of a car wash. (CD-CPC-2025-00066 & CD-CPC-2025-00070).OrdinanceAction: Re-referred
Re-referredto the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 9/9/2025
- 250714 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Approving a development plan on about two acres in District B3-3 located at the southeast corner of Northwest Barry Road and Interstate 29 to allow for the creation of a car wash. (CD-CPC-2025-00066).ResolutionAction: referred
referredto the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 9/9/2025
- 250712 Sponsor: Councilman Rea Estimating $5,520,000.00 in the Capital Improvements Grant Fund; appropriating that amount to the North Oak Trafficway Reconstruction - Northeast 42nd Street North to Northeast 46th Street project; authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute a construction contract with Realm Construction for $5,432,282.12; authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute an inspection services agreement with Gannett Fleming Inc for $419,538.28; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.OrdinanceAction: Move to Advance Passed
A motion was made by Councilmember Rea, seconded by Councilmember Bunch, that this Ordinance be Move to Advance.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 250631 Sponsor: Director of Housing and Community Development Department Accepting partial recommendations of the Housing Trust Fund Board; reducing existing appropriations of the Housing Trust Fund, Fund No. 2490 by $8,530,346.00 and appropriating the same; authorizing the Director of the Housing and Community Development Department to expend up to $8,530,346.00 from funds previously appropriated in the Housing Trust Fund; directing the City Manager to reevaluate Round 5 applications using reprogrammed funds; and authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute various funding agreements in accordance with this Ordinance.OrdinanceAction: Held on Docket
Held on Docket
- 250604 Sponsor: Director of Public Works Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE AS AMENDED Authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute Amendment No. 1 to the 2025-26 Cooperative Agreement with Bike Share KC in the amount of $218,000.00 for a total contract amount of $632,960.00; and that the City Manager shall submit a funding plan to council that expands the bike share system within 90 days.OrdinanceAction: Passed as Substituted as Amended Passed
A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed as Substituted as Amended.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 250623 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office AS AMENDED Accepting and approving the recommendation of the Tax Increment Financing Commission of Kansas City, Missouri, as to the termination of the Winchester Center Tax Increment Financing Plan and the termination of the designation of Redevelopment Project Areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14; acknowledging that the 23-year period for the redirection of payments in lieu of taxes and economic activity taxes has expired for each of the Redevelopment Project Areas; declaring as surplus those funds within the special allocation fund(s) established in connection with such Redevelopment Project Areas; dissolving the special allocation fund(s) established in connection with such Redevelopment Project Areas; and directing the City Clerk to send copies of this ordinance to Jackson County.OrdinanceAction: Passed as Amended Passed
A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed as Amended.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 250623 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office AS AMENDED Accepting and approving the recommendation of the Tax Increment Financing Commission of Kansas City, Missouri, as to the termination of the Winchester Center Tax Increment Financing Plan and the termination of the designation of Redevelopment Project Areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14; acknowledging that the 23-year period for the redirection of payments in lieu of taxes and economic activity taxes has expired for each of the Redevelopment Project Areas; declaring as surplus those funds within the special allocation fund(s) established in connection with such Redevelopment Project Areas; dissolving the special allocation fund(s) established in connection with such Redevelopment Project Areas; and directing the City Clerk to send copies of this ordinance to Jackson County.OrdinanceAction: Move to Advance Passed
A motion was made by Councilmember Curls, seconded by Councilmember Parks-Shaw, that this Ordinance be Move to Advance.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 250560 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Rezoning an area of about 2 acres generally located at the southeast corner of Northwest Barry Road and Interstate 29 from District AG-R/B3-3 to District B3-3 and approving a development plan to allow for the creation of a car wash. (CD-CPC-2025-00066 & CD-CPC-2025-00070).OrdinanceAction: Move to Reconsider Passed
A motion was made by Councilmember Willett, seconded by Councilmember Parks-Shaw, that this Ordinance be Move to Reconsider.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 250604 Sponsor: Director of Public Works Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE AS AMENDED Authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute Amendment No. 1 to the 2025-26 Cooperative Agreement with Bike Share KC in the amount of $218,000.00 for a total contract amount of $632,960.00; and that the City Manager shall submit a funding plan to council that expands the bike share system within 90 days.OrdinanceAction: Move to Advance Passed
A motion was made by Councilmember Robinson, seconded by Councilmember Bunch, that this Ordinance be Move to Advance.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 250712 Sponsor: Councilman Rea Estimating $5,520,000.00 in the Capital Improvements Grant Fund; appropriating that amount to the North Oak Trafficway Reconstruction - Northeast 42nd Street North to Northeast 46th Street project; authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute a construction contract with Realm Construction for $5,432,282.12; authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute an inspection services agreement with Gannett Fleming Inc for $419,538.28; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.OrdinanceAction: Passed Passed
A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed.. The motion carried by the following vote: