Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 · 1:30 PM AM · 26th Floor, Council Chamber

TL;DR

The Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee held a meeting focused on urban development, community improvement, and public engagement. They approved an emergency rental assistance program, adopted new public participation standards, and made several zoning and land use decisions affecting various parts of Kansas City.

Key Decisions

Emergency Rental Assistance Program Passed
International Public Participation Standards Adoption Passed
West Bottoms Redevelopment District Plat Passed
Honorary Street Name for Lawrence A. Jones Way Passed
Tiffany Frolics Community Improvement District Advanced to Council

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Agenda

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***
***BEGINNING OF CONSENTS***

approved
250905 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea Approving the plat of West Bottoms Redevelopment UR District, an addition in Jackson County, Missouri, on approximately 3.5 acres generally located within the West Bottoms and more specifically on the blocks bounded by Union Avenue, Santa Fe Street, St Louis Avenue, Union Pacific Rail Road Right-of-Way, and Mulberry Street, creating 4 lots for the purpose of a mixed use community; 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-2025-00001)
Ordinance
Action: Adv and Do Pass, Consent Passed

A motion was made that this Ordinance be Adv and Do Pass, Consent. to the Council, due back on 10/23/2025. The motion carried by the following vote:
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FIRST READINGS
COUNCIL
250906 Sponsor: Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw RESOLUTION - Adopting the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) standards as City’s guiding principles and approach toward public engagement; directing the City Manager, within 90 days, to develop a coordinated plan to implement the Kansas City Public Engagement Plan Recommendations, review sections of City’s Code of Ordinances that may need to be amended to implement such Recommendations and report to Council and propose any corresponding amendments to the City’s Code.
Resolution
Action: Adv and Do Pass Passed

A motion was made that this Resolution be Adv and Do Pass. to the Council, due back on 10/23/2025. The motion carried by the following vote:
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: Hold on Agenda

Hold on Agendato the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 10/28/2025
250913 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: Hold on Agenda

Hold on Agendato the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 10/28/2025
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
250902 Sponsor: Director of Housing and Community Development Department Establishing an Emergency Rental Assistance Program for qualified tenants participating in the Right to Counsel Program; authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute agreements with United Way of Greater Kansas City and First Call Technologies, LLC, $912,400.00 and $27,600.00, respectively; authorizing the Director of Housing and Community Development to expend up to $940,000.00 from funds previously appropriated in the General Fund; and directing the Director of Housing and Community Development to report annually to the Mayor, City Manager, and City Council on the program’s effectiveness.
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 10/23/2025. The motion carried by the following vote:
CITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
250907 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Designating the honorary street name of “Lawrence A. Jones Way” for a portion of Woodland Avenue from the north line of East Linwood Boulevard to the south line of East 31st Street.
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 10/23/2025. The motion carried by the following vote:
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: Hold on Agenda

Hold on Agendato the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 10/28/2025
HELD IN COMMITTEE
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: Hold on Agenda

Hold on Agendato the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 10/28/2025
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: Hold on Agenda

Hold on Agendato the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 10/28/2025
250861 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Approving the petition to establish the Tiffany Frolics Community Improvement District; establishing the Tiffany Frolics Community Improvement District generally located between Barry Road to the north, N.W. Prairie View Road to the east, N.W. 81st Street to the south (extended), and N. Berkley Avenue (extended) and N.W. Milrey Drive (extended) to the west, in Kansas City, Platte County, Missouri; determining the District to be a blighted area; determining that certain actions are reasonably anticipated to remediate blighting conditions and will serve a public purpose; requiring the annual submission of certain records; and directing the City Clerk to report the creation of the District to the Missouri Department of Economic Development and the Missouri State Auditor.
Ordinance
Action: Adv and Do Pass as Cmte Sub

Adv and Do Pass as Cmte Subto the Council due back on 10/23/2025
250871 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Rezoning an area of about 15 acres generally located at West 35th Street to the north, Pennsylvania Avenue to the east, Valentine Road to the south, and Summit Street to the west from Districts R-1.5, R-5, R-6, and UR to Districts R-1.5, R-5, R-6, UR /HO in order to designate the area as a local Historic District on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places. (CD-CPC-2025-00100).
Ordinance
Action: Hold on Agenda

Hold on Agendato the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 10/28/2025
250872 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Rezoning an area of about 0.2 acres generally located 200 feet south of the intersection of West 39th Terrace and Broadway Boulevard from District UR to District B3-2. (CD-CPC-2025-00113)
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 10/23/2025. The motion carried by the following vote:
250874 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Vacating approximately 1,168 square feet of public right-of-way in District DX-15 generally located at the northwest corner of Baltimore Avenue and West 20th Street; and directing the City Clerk to record certain documents. (CD-ROW-2025-00021)
Ordinance
Action: Adv and Do Pass, Consent Passed

A motion was made that this Ordinance be Adv and Do Pass, Consent. to the Council, due back on 10/23/2025. The motion carried by the following vote:
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: Hold on Agenda

Hold on Agendato the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 10/28/2025
250876 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Amending Chapter 88, the Zoning and Development Code, by repealing Subsection 88-445-06, Residential Signs, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter for the purposes of allowing digital signs for Institutional and Office Uses in residential districts and adopting new standards for such signs. (CD-CPC-2025-00128)
Ordinance
Action: Hold on Agenda

Hold on Agendato the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 11/12/2025
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: Hold on Agenda

Hold on Agendato the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 10/28/2025
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: Hold on Agenda

Hold on Agendato the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 10/28/2025
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: Hold on Agenda

Hold on Agendato the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 10/28/2025
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
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.
Adjournment

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