Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee

Tuesday, October 6, 2026 · 1:30 PM AM · 26th Floor, Council Chamber

TL;DR

The Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee approved a $28,063 grant to fund a victim assistant position in the City Prosecutor's Office and advanced two zoning/development projects to the full City Council. The committee also held several items for further consideration, including a proposal to support JuneteenthKC with $10,000 immediate funding and up to $75,000 in future budgets.

Key Decisions

  • VOCA Grant for Victim Services Passed
  • Rezoning 87 acres near North Staley Road for 200 residential lots (R-80 to R-7.5) Advanced to Council
  • Rezoning 53 acres at 13131 N. U.S. 169 for utility substation expansion (R-80 to AG-R) Advanced to Council
  • JuneteenthKC funding proposal ($10,000 immediate + $75,000 FY27-28) Held for further review
  • Vacant property registration fee election (proposed semiannual fees up to $1,000) Held for further review
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. ***BEGINNING OF CONSENTS***
  3. 260897 Sponsor: Director of the Law Department Estimating and appropriating $28,063.00 in the General Grants Fund (Fund 2580); reducing an appropriation of $32,578.75 and appropriating $4,515.75 in the Domestic Violence Grant Fund (Fund 2470), authorizing the City Manager to accept a 12 month grant under the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) of 1984 administered by the State of Missouri’s Department of Public Safety, in the amount of $28,063.00 to partially fund one full-time victim assistant in the City Prosecutor’s Office and designating requisitioning authority. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE recommends “Advance and Do Pass, Consent.”
    Resolution
    Action: Adv and Do Pass, Consent Passed

    A motion was made that this Resolution be Adv and Do Pass, Consent. to the Council, due back on 10/8/2026. The motion carried by the following vote:

  4. ***END OF CONSENTS***
  5. FIRST READINGS
  6. 260902 Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Robinson Appropriating $10,000.00 from the [Unappropriated Fund Balance of the ____ Fund, Fund No. ____] to support JuneteenthKC’s financial empowerment and wealth activity; directing the City Manager to propose up to $75,000.00 in submitted budgets for FY27-28 as sustained funding for JuneteenthKC; directing the City Manager to review Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund allocations over the past ten years and recommend 2027 budget policies to stabilize and invest in City heritage festivals with a ten-year or longer funding history with the City; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
    Ordinance
    Action: Hold on Agenda

    Hold on Agendato the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 10/20/2026

  7. HELD IN COMMITTEE
  8. 260498 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Calling an election on August 4, 2026, for the purpose of submitting to the voters of Kansas City a question authorizing City to establish semiannual vacant property registration fees not to exceed $200.00 for chronically vacant nuisance property, $1,000.00 for vacant commercial property and $200.00 for vacant unimproved property; directing the City Clerk to notify the responsible election authorities on or before May 26, 2026; enacting the vacant property registration fees ordinance contingent upon voter approval; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date because it calls an election.
    Ordinance
    Action: Hold on Agenda

    Hold on Agendato the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 10/20/2026

  9. 260563 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Rezoning an area of about 87 acres generally located at the southeast corner of North Staley Road and Northeast Shoal Creek Parkway from District R-80 to District R-7.5 (Open Space) and approving a development plan, also serving as a preliminary plat, to allow for the creation of 200 residential lots. (CD-CPC-2026-00037 & 38) NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE recommends “Advance and Do Pass as a Committee Substitute, Debate”
    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 10/8/2026. The motion carried by the following vote:

  10. 260694 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Approving the petition to establish the Tiffany Springs Logistics Community Improvement District No. 1; establishing the Tiffany Springs Logistics Community Improvement District No. 1 generally bounded by Northwest 101st Terrace to the north; North Amity Avenue to the east; Northwest Old Tiffany Springs Road to the south; and North Congress Avenue to the west in Kansas City, Platte County, Missouri; 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: Hold on Agenda

    Hold on Agendato the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 10/20/2026

  11. 260808 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Rezoning an area of about 53 acres generally located at 13131 N. U.S. 169 Highway from District R-80 to District AG-R and approving a development plan to allow for an expansion of a utility substation. (CD-CPC-2026-00096 & CD-CPC-2026-00097) NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE recommends “Advance and Do Pass, Debate.”
    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 10/8/2026. The motion carried by the following vote:

  12. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
  13. 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.
  14. Adjournment