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Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee

Tuesday, February 10, 2026 · 10:30 AM AM · 26th Floor, Council Chamber

TL;DR

The Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee advanced several major development and public safety initiatives, including a $25 million federal grant application for Roy Blunt Luminary Park and $11.9 million in police funding for drone detection systems. Four Tax Increment Financing plans for Metro North Crossing, Overlook, Baltimore Place, and 811 Main were approved as on track, while several other economic development and governance measures were held in committee for further review.

Key Decisions

  • BUILD Grant Application for Roy Blunt Luminary Park Approved (First Reading)
  • Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Drone Detection) Funding Approved
  • Four Tax Increment Financing Plans Progress Reviews Approved
  • Seville Plaza Hotel Renovation Tax Incentive Agreement Approved (First Reading)
  • Office of Grants Management Creation and Psychoactive Substance Ban Held in Committee
Agenda PDF

Agenda

  1. PUBLIC OBSERVANCE OF MEETINGS Members of the City Council may attend this meeting via videoconference. Any closed session may be held via teleconference. The public can observe this meeting at the links provided below. Applicants and citizens wishing to participate have the option of attending each meeting or they may do so through the videoconference platform ZOOM, using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84530222968 ***Public Testimony is Limited to 2 Minutes***
  2. Consent Agenda
  3. 260177 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the Metro North Crossing Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein
    Ordinance
  4. 260178 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the Overlook Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein.
    Ordinance
  5. 260179 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the Baltimore Place Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein.
    Ordinance
  6. 260180 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the 811 Main Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein.
    Ordinance
  7. First Readings
  8. 260064 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Authorizing the City and the Parks and Recreation Department to enter into a Kansas City Riverfront Park Lease Agreement with the Port Authority of Kansas City for the purpose of furthering the development and maintenance of additional recreational space on the Kansas City Riverfront.
    Ordinance
  9. 260183 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Authorizing the City Manager to submit a Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant application to the United States Department of Transportation for an amount up to $25,000,000.00 to fund the Roy Blunt Luminary Park project (“Project”) in Kansas City, Missouri; and authorizing the City Manager to execute any related agreements in the event that the application is approved.
    Ordinance
  10. 260191 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Estimating revenue and appropriating $11,868,979.00 in the Police Grants Fund for the FY26 Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Grant Program; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
    Ordinance
  11. 260192 Sponsor: Councilperson Crispin Rea Authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Tax Redirection Agreement with HS KC PLAZA, LLC for the purpose of supporting the renovation of the Seville Plaza Hotel.
    Ordinance
  12. HELD IN COMMITTEE
  13. 250553 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to develop an Office of Grants Management and develop standardized grant policies and procedures with a report back to Council within 90 days.
    Resolution
  14. 251028 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas and Councilmembers Nathan Willett and Johnathan Duncan, and Darrell Curls Amending Chapter 50, Code of Ordinances, by enacting a new section 50-206 and 50-207 for the purpose of prohibiting the sale of certain psychoactive substances and dangerous chemical inhalants within the city.
    Ordinance
  15. 260066 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Establishing the Economic Development Oversight Board, also known as the Super Board, to coordinate policies between various economic development entities; and establishing an effective date.
    Resolution
  16. 260067 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Establishing administrative processes for awarding standard incentive packages to residential, office, and industrial developments that meet certain criterial and directing the City Manager and the Director of Finance to take certain acts to implement the standard incentive packages.
    Ordinance
  17. 260071 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to review site, design, and acquisition matters for the purpose of designing and constructing a Midtown Justice Campus, a co-location of the Kansas City Police Department Central Patrol Division and the Community Resource Center, and report back to City Council within 30 days.
    Resolution
  18. 260072 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Amending Chapter 2, Code of Ordinances, Administration, by adding a new Section 2-11 establishing policies for Sister City and Friendship City relationships; requiring annual reporting to City Council; and aligning future Sister City designations to one city per country.
    Ordinance
  19. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
  20. The City Clerk`s Office now has equipment for the hearing impaired for use with every meeting. To check out the equipment please see the secretary for each committee. Be prepared to leave your Driver`s License or State issued Identification Card with the secretary and she will give you the equipment. Upon returning the equipment your license will be returned.
  21. Adjournment