Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee

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. FIRST READINGS
3. 260457 Sponsor: Director of Law Department Approving and authorizing settlement of a lawsuit entitled Kenya Mitchell v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 2516-CV05992, and related claims, in the amount of $400,000.00.
   Ordinance
4. 260474 Sponsor: Director of Law Department Approving and authorizing settlement of a lawsuit entitled Andrea Dorch v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, et al., Case No. 2416-CV06268, in the amount of $500,000.00.
   Resolution
5. 260480 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City, Missouri, in an amount not to exceed $5,362,000.00 for the purpose of providing funds for certain development and redevelopment activities, and administering the implementation of the ProspectUS Equitable Transit Oriented Development Strategic Plan (“ProspectUs Plan”); and authorizing expenditure from previously appropriated funds.
   Ordinance
6. 260481 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Providing for submission to the qualified voters of the City for their approval at an election called for August 4, 2026, the question of authorizing the issuance of sanitary sewer revenue bonds of the City in the principal amount of $750,000,000.00 for the purpose of rehabilitating, improving and extending the sanitary sewer system of the City, including acquiring necessary land and rights of way, in order to provide for its continuing operation and to maintain compliance with federal, state and judicial requirements; directing the City Clerk to notify the responsible election authorities of this election; declaring the City’s intention to set rates; declaring the City’s intention to reimburse itself from revenue bond proceeds for bond related expenditures; recognizing this ordinance to have an accelerated effective date; and establishing an effective date for the voter authorization.
   Ordinance
7. 260482 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Providing for submission to the qualified voters of the City for their approval at an election called for August 4, 2026, the question of authorizing the issuance of waterworks revenue bonds of the City in the principal amount of $750,000,000.00 for the purpose of rehabilitating, improving and extending the waterworks system of the City, including acquiring necessary land and rights of way, in order to provide for its continuing operation and to maintain compliance with federal, state and judicial requirements; directing the City Clerk to notify the responsible election authorities of this election; declaring the City’s intention to set rates; declaring the City’s intention to reimburse itself from revenue bond proceeds for bond related expenditures; recognizing this ordinance to have an accelerated effective date; and establishing an effective date for the voter authorization.
   Ordinance
8. 260483 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Calling an election on November 3, 2026, for the purpose of authorizing the issuance of an amount not to exceed $75,000,000.00 in General Obligation Bonds to finance capital improvements of City conventions facilities; directing the City Clerk to provide notice of the election; declaring the City’s intention to reimburse itself from bond proceeds for bond related expenditures; directing the City Clerk to notify the responsible election authorities of this election; recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date; and establishing an effective date for the voter authorization.
   Ordinance
9. 260484 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Calling an election on November 3, 2026, for the purpose of authorizing the issuance of an amount not to exceed $75,000,000.00 in General Obligation Bonds to finance affordable housing projects through the Housing Trust Fund; directing the City Clerk to provide notice of the election; declaring the City’s intention to reimburse itself from bond proceeds for bond related expenditures; directing the City Clerk to notify the responsible election authorities of this election; recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date; and establishing an effective date for the voter authorization.
   Resolution
10. 260485 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Calling an election on November 3, 2026, for the purpose of renewing a one-eighth cent central city economic development sales tax for ten years; enacting the sales tax contingent upon voter approval; directing the City Clerk to provide notice of the election; directing the City Clerk to provide notice to the Director of Revenue if the sales tax question is passed by the voters; and recognizing an accelerated effective date.
    Ordinance
11. 260486 Sponsor(s): Councilmemember Andrea Bough and Mayor Quinton Lucas Amending the Plaza Bowl Overlay, which was created by Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 190100 and amended by Ordinance No. 220729, and which establishes use and height regulations for the area generally located on the south and north sides of W. 47th Street (extending northerly to the north side of W. 46th Terrace), between Madison Avenue on the west and Mill Creek Parkway on the east, in order to remove two parcels generally located on the east side of Wyandotte Street and between W. 46th Terrace on the north and W. 47th Street on the south from the overlay district.
    Ordinance
12. HELD IN COMMITTEE
13. 260065 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Directing the City Manager to assign costs incurred by the Board of Police Commissioners beyond the twenty-five (25) percent annual budget threshold in Mo. Rev. Stat. 84.730 to a new fund entitled “KCPD Overage Fund” and establishing said fund in the books and records of the City; directing the City Manager to negotiate with the Board of Police Commissioners a process for Council approval of costs related to Board of Police Commissioners established settlement agreements, including settlements with costs structured over future budget cycles; and directing the City Manager to include an appropriation of $5,900,000.00 in the FY2026-2027 submitted budget from the KCPD Overage Fund for legal settlements and subjecting such payments to the council ordinance process.
    Ordinance
14. 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
15. 260443 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Rezoning an area of about 23.5 acres generally located at 4710 Jefferson Street from District B4-5 to District MPD and approving a development plan to allow for maintenance and redevelopment of the Country Club Plaza. (CD-CPC-2025-00164)
    Ordinance
16. 260445 Sponsor: City Manager's Office Vacating the sidewalk right-of-way in proposed District MPD generally located within the area known as the Country Club Plaza; and directing the City Clerk to record certain documents. (CD-ROW-2025-00037)
    Ordinance
17. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
18. 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.
19. Adjournment