Council

Agenda

1. CHAPLAIN OF THE MONTH:
2. Pastor Miguel Guerreiro – Center Church
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
4. ROLL CALL:
5. PUBLIC OBSERVANCE OF MEETINGS:
6. 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.
7. SPECIAL ACTIONS:
8. 250934 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea RESOLUTION - Honoring the Mattie Rhodes Center for Over 20 Years of Dia de los Muertos Celebrations in Kansas City.
   Special Action
   Action: Adopted Passed

   A motion was made that this Special Action be Adopted.. The motion carried by the following vote:

9. 250935 Sponsor: Councilmember Johnathan Duncan RESOLUTION - Honoring Debra Smith on her retirement after 21 years 9 months of dedicated service to the City of Kansas City, Missouri.
   Special Action
   Action: Adopted Passed

   A motion was made that this Special Action be Adopted.. The motion carried by the following vote:

10. 250936 Sponsor: Councilmember Wes Rogers RESOLUTION - Honoring Michael Richey on his retirement after 10 years 6 months of dedicated service to the City of ­­Kansas City, Missouri.
    Special Action
    Action: Adopted Passed

    A motion was made that this Special Action be Adopted.. The motion carried by the following vote:

11. FINAL READINGS:
12. CONSENT DOCKET
13. DEBATE DOCKET
14. FINANCE, GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
15. 250797 Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Robinson RESOLUTION - Receiving the Kansas City Global Music Strategy from Creative City KC, Inc.; acknowledging additional recommendations for the Kansas City Global Music Strategy; and directing the City Manager to convene an internal working group to review the recommendations and report back to Council within one hundred and twenty (120) days.
    Resolution
    Action: Move to Amend Passed

    A motion was made by Councilmember Bough, seconded by Councilmember Duncan, that this Resolution be Move to Amend.. The motion carried by the following vote:

16. 250925 Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Robinson RESOLUTION - Accepting the recommendations of the Health Sciences Community Improvement District Advisory Committee and adopting the housing improvements funds program.
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    A motion was made that this Resolution be Adopted.. The motion carried by the following vote:

17. 250930 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to review best practices in peer cities related to potholes, evaluate policies in Kansas City, and make recommendations for policy improvements within 60 days.
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    A motion was made that this Resolution be Adopted.. The motion carried by the following vote:

18. 250932 Sponsor: Councilmember Nathan Willett RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to provide to City Council no later than December 1, 2025, a listing of programs still in existence originally funded with one-time dollars or created outside of the annual budget process.
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    A motion was made that this Resolution be Adopted.. The motion carried by the following vote:

19. NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
20. 250878 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department RESOLUTION - Approving an amendment to the Martin City Area Plan on about 4 acres generally located approximately 130 feet north of E. 135th Street, northwest corner of E. 135th Street and Oak Street by changing the recommended land use on the northern portion of the site from mixed use community to commercial for commercial and self-storage development. (CD-CPC-2025-00140)
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    A motion was made that this Resolution be Adopted.. The motion carried by the following vote:

21. 250887 Sponsor: Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to review and recommend updates to Chapter 88, the Zoning and Development Code of Kansas City, Missouri in order to improve development processes and align them with current best practices.
    Ordinance
    Action: Adopted as Substituted Passed

    A motion was made that this Ordinance be Adopted as Substituted.. The motion carried by the following vote:

22. 250912 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to develop minimum maintenance standards for historic buildings and make recommendations to Council within 60 days.
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    A motion was made that this Resolution be Adopted.. The motion carried by the following vote:

23. 23 COMMITTEE ADVANCES:
    Action: Waive Charter Requirements Passed

    A motion was made by Councilmember Parks-Shaw, seconded by Councilmember Curls, that this was Waive Charter Requirements.. The motion carried by the following vote:

24. CONSENT DOCKET
25. DEBATE DOCKET
26. FINANCE, GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
27. 250926 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute agreements to provide funding for security and safety equipment and technology in areas recommended by the Multidisciplinary Public Safety Task Force using previously appropriated funds.
    Ordinance
    Action: Passed Passed

    A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed.. The motion carried by the following vote:

28. 250931 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Amending Chapter 2, Code of Ordinances, Administration, by enacting a new Section 2-11 to establish a process by which the mayor or any member of council, the clerk, the city auditor, or the city manager may seek reimbursement for legal expenses incurred in the process of seeking or enforcing an order of protection.
    Ordinance
    Action: Passed Passed

    A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed.. The motion carried by the following vote:

29. 250933 Sponsor: Councilmember Johnathan Duncan COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Appropriating $800,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund to fund design professional services for the Community Resource Center Project; authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute a $800,000.00 design professional services contract with Multistudio, Inc., for the design of the Community Resource Center; designating requisitioning authority; directing the City Manager to identify and report the cost of LEED gold compliance in the Request for Proposals for construction of the Community Resource Center; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
    Ordinance
    Action: Move to Hold on Docket Passed

    A motion was made by Councilmember Patterson Hazley, seconded by Councilmember Willett, that this Ordinance be Move to Hold on Docket. to the Council, due back on 11/6/2025. The motion carried by the following vote:

30. NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
31. 250850 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Amending Ordinance No. 241051 conditionally approving the application of Historic Northeast Lofts, LLC, for a Brownfields loan to remediate Buildings Nos. 1 and 2 of the former Hardesty Federal Complex by repealing Sections 1 and 3 and enacting new Sections 1 and 3.
    Ordinance
    Action: Passed Passed

    A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed.. The motion carried by the following vote:

32. 250858 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Rezoning an area of about 10.98 acres generally located at 8625 Troost Avenue B from District R-2.5 to District B1-1 to allow a mesh security fence with barbed wire to be installed around a utility substation at the site. (CD-CPC-2025-00091)
    Ordinance
    Action: Passed Passed

    A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed.. The motion carried by the following vote:

33. 250875 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Approving a major amendment to a previously approved development plan on about 23 acres to allow additional permitted uses in District B3-2 generally located in an area abutting 150 Highway on the west, W. 135th Street on the north and W. 138th Terrace on the south. (CD-CPC-2025-00120)
    Ordinance
    Action: Passed Passed

    A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed.. The motion carried by the following vote:

34. 250877 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Rezoning an area of about 4 acres generally located at the northwest corner of East 135th Street and Oak Street from District B2-2 to District MPD and approving a development plan which serves as a preliminary plat to allow for commercial and storage development. (CD-CPC-2025-00124).
    Ordinance
    Action: Passed Passed

    A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed.. The motion carried by the following vote:

35. 250908 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Rezoning an area of about 5.5 acres generally located on the east side of North Oak Trafficway at Northeast Hill Street from District B3-2 to District B3-4, and approving a development plan on approximately 8.5 acres to allow for multi-unit residential development. (CD-CPC-2025-00121 and CD-CPC-2025-00122)
    Ordinance
    Action: Passed Passed

    A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed.. The motion carried by the following vote:

36. 250923 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Rezoning an area of about 10.86 acres generally located on Corporate Drive, just north of the intersection with N. Cambridge Avenue from Districts UR and M3-5 to District UR and approving a development plan to allow for outdoor storage on the property. (CD-CPC-2025-00133)
    Ordinance
    Action: Passed Passed

    A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed.. The motion carried by the following vote:

37. TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
38. 250914 Sponsor: Councilmember Kevin O’Neill Authorizing a Water Transmission Main Cooperative Agreement for the Mandacina First Plat, located at 9550 and 9600 N. Brooklyn Avenue, in Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri.
    Ordinance
    Action: Passed Passed

    A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed.. The motion carried by the following vote:

39. 250917 Sponsor: Director of Water Services Department Authorizing a $1,525,440.00 construction contract with SHEDIGS IT, LLC, for the Water Main Replacement Truman Road Bridge from Oakland Avenue to the Little Blue River project; authorizing a maximum expenditure of $1,677,984.00; authorizing a $240,000.00 design professional services Amendment No. 1 under Contract No. 9934 with Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc., for the Water Main Replacement in the Area of W. 42nd Street to W. 51st Street, State Line Road to The Paseo Boulevard project for a total contract amount of $1,155,000.00; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
    Ordinance
    Action: Passed Passed

    A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed.. The motion carried by the following vote:

40. 250918 Sponsor: Director of Water Services Department Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute a $1,000,000.00 professional, specialized or technical services contract with the Mid America Assistance Coalition for the Low Income Assistance Program, Renewal No. 1 for a one-year term; approving two successive one-year renewal options with further Council approval.
    Ordinance
    Action: Passed Passed

    A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed.. The motion carried by the following vote:

41. 250924 Sponsor: Director of Water Services Department Authorizing a $3,994,000.00 construction contract with Kissick Construction Co., Inc., for the Water Main Replacement in the Area of W. 12th Street to W. 13th Street, Central Street to Wyandotte Street project; authorizing a maximum expenditure of $4,393,400.00; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
    Ordinance
    Action: Passed Passed

    A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed.. The motion carried by the following vote:

42. SECOND READINGS:
43. 250797 Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Robinson RESOLUTION - Receiving the Kansas City Global Music Strategy from Creative City KC, Inc.; acknowledging additional recommendations for the Kansas City Global Music Strategy; and directing the City Manager to convene an internal working group to review the recommendations and report back to Council within one hundred and twenty (120) days.
    Resolution
    Action: adopted as amended Passed

    A motion was made that this Resolution be adopted as amended.. The motion carried by the following vote:

44. 44 FLOORS INTRODUCTION(S)
    Action: Move To Introduce

    Move To Introduce