Transportation, Infrastructure and Operations Committee
TL;DR
The Transportation, Infrastructure and Operations Committee approved several improvements to city streets and traffic safety, including a project to enhance Northeast Vivion Road and a new ordinance prohibiting right turns at red lights in school zones during school hours. The committee also authorized additional funding for road and sidewalk improvement projects.
Key Decisions
- Northeast Vivion Road Streetscape Improvements Passed
- School Zone Traffic Safety Ordinance Passed
- St. Paul's Episcopal Day School Street Closure Passed
- Northeast 52nd Street Sidewalk Project Passed
- North Brighton Avenue Road Improvements Held on Agenda
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***
- HELD IN COMMITTEE
- 250911 Sponsor: Councilmember Kevin O’Neill COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Directing the City Manager to issue a traffic control permit under certain conditions and subject to approval by Public Works for St. Paul’s Episcopal Day School for the closure of Walnut Street between East 40th Street and East 41st Street during school hours.ResolutionAction: Adv and Do Pass as Cmte Sub Passed
A motion was made that this Resolution be Adv and Do Pass as Cmte Sub. to the Council, due back on 11/6/2025. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 250919 Sponsor: Director of Public Works Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Authorizing Amendment No. 1 in the amount of $609,914.00 to a design professional services agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for the Northeast 52nd Street Improvements - Maple Park Middle & Elementary School sidewalk project for a total contract amount not to exceed $749,914.00; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.OrdinanceAction: 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 11/6/2025. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 250920 Sponsor: Director of Public Works Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Estimating and appropriating revenues in the amount of $3,260,217.00 in the Capital Improvements Grant Fund; appropriating $4,988,791.12 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Capital Improvements Fund to the Northeast Vivion Road Streetscape Improvements project; authorizing the Director of Public Works to enter into a Mitigation and Air Quality Agreement and Cost Share Second Supplemental Agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.OrdinanceAction: 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 11/6/2025. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 250922 Sponsor: Director of Public Works Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Authorizing Amendment No. 2 with Olsson, Inc in the amount of $552,911.00 for additional design services for the North Brighton Avenue Improvements from Northeast Pleasant Valley Road to Northeast 72nd Street Project for a total contract amount of $977,774.50; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.OrdinanceAction: Hold on Agenda
Hold on Agendato the Transportation, Infrastructure and Operations Committee due back on 11/12/2025
- 250927 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Amending Chapter 70, Article XII of the Code of Ordinances, entitled “Traffic Control Signs, Signals, and Devices,” by amending Division 954, entitled “Traffic control signal legend,” including Sections 70-954(a)(3)c of the Code of Ordinances of Kansas City, Missouri, relating to right turns on red signals to prohibit right turns in school zones when school zone speed limits are in effect; establishing definitions for school zones, school zone hours, and high-injury network areas; directing the installation of appropriate signage at affected intersections in accordance with a prioritized implementation schedule; authorizing the Director of Public Works to grant waivers under specified conditions; appropriating funds for signage implementation and public engagement; directing the City Manager to incorporate the school zone guidelines and standards in the City’s Traffic Engineering and Operations Manual; and establishing an effective date.OrdinanceAction: 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 11/6/2025. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 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