Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 · 1:30 PM AM · 26th Floor, Council Chamber

TL;DR

The Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee met to discuss several ordinances affecting Kansas City, including a grant for HIV services, tax credits for Starlight Theatre, and a childcare pilot program for first responders. Multiple items were passed or held for future consideration, with implications for city services and development.

Key Decisions

  • HIV Services Grant Funding Passed
  • Starlight Theatre Tax Credits Passed
  • First Responder Childcare Pilot Program Passed
  • Zoning Code Amendment for Sign Relocation Held on Agenda
  • Land Rezoning near Ess Road and Lee's Summit Road Passed
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. FIRST READINGS
  3. 250431 Sponsor: Director of Health Department Accepting and approving a grant award amendment in the amount of $1,213,653.00 as part of the Ryan White HIV Emergency Relief Part A/Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services-Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); appropriating and estimating revenue in the amount of $1,213,653.00; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
    Ordinance
    Action: Adv and Do Pass Passed

    A motion was made that this Ordinance be Adv and Do Pass. to the Council, due back on 6/5/2025. The motion carried by the following vote:

  4. 250433 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Approving the Second Amendment to the Overlook Tax Increment Financing Plan.
    Ordinance
    Action: Hold on Agenda

    Hold on Agendato the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 6/24/2025

  5. 250439 Sponsor: Councilmember Darrell Curls Finding that the Starlight Theatre Project would be a benefit to the City and State of Missouri; authorizing the City Manager to work with Starlight Theatre to assist in the preparation of an application to the Missouri Development Finance Board (“MDFB”); authorizing an application to the MDFB for the authorization of state tax credits in an amount not to exceed $3 million to facilitate improvements at Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri; and authorizing the City Manager to execute a tax credit agreement with the MDFB for the Starlight Theatre Project.
    Ordinance
    Action: Adv and Do Pass Passed

    A motion was made that this Ordinance be Adv and Do Pass. to the Council, due back on 6/5/2025. The motion carried by the following vote:

  6. 250440 Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Patterson Hazley COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Amending Chapter 88, the Zoning and Development Code, by repealing Section 88-445-15, “Unsafe Signs, Signs in Disrepair and Nonconforming Signs,” and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter for the purpose of allowing a sign to be relocated in the event a condemnation action is initiated by the State of Missouri.
    Ordinance
    Action: Hold on Agenda

    Hold on Agendato the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 6/24/2025

  7. HELD IN COMMITTEE
  8. 250300 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Rezoning an area of about 75 acres generally located at the southwest corner of Ess Road and Lee’s Summit Road from District R-7.5 to R-80. (CD-CPC-2025-00010)
    Ordinance
    Action: Adv and Do Pass Passed

    A motion was made that this Ordinance be Adv and Do Pass. to the Council, due back on 6/5/2025. The motion carried by the following vote:

  9. 250419 Sponsor: Councilmember Ryana Parks-Shaw COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Directing the City Manager to develop a tri-share childcare pilot program with the state of Missouri for first responders employed by Kansas City and the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners; and directing the City Manager to report back to the Council within 30 days regarding program development and status of agreements with the State of Missouri.
    Ordinance
    Action: Adv and Do Pass as Cmte Sub Passed

    A motion was made that this Ordinance be Adv and Do Pass as Cmte Sub. to the Council, due back on 6/5/2025. The motion carried by the following vote:

  10. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
  11. 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.
  12. Adjournment