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Leverage Development

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Kansas City

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May 4, 2026

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Meeting coverage connected to Leverage Development.

Briefing

Feb 12, 2026

Kansas City Council (Feb 12, 2026) — Actions on TIF progress, zoning, utility projects, grants, and public-safety funding

The Kansas City Council met Feb. 12, 2026 (Council Chambers). Members present voted to adopt a range of measures including a resolution to study an Office of Grants and Philanthropy Management, multiple Tax Increment Financing (TIF) progress determinations, approval of a residential plat, ordinances addressing public-safety and sister-city policy, authorization to apply for a BUILD grant, appropriation of a Counter-UAS police grant, tax redirection for a hotel renovation, and several water/sewer and stormwater contract and bond actions.

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Briefing

Feb 10, 2026

Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee — Meeting Minutes (Feb 10, 2026)

Committee met Feb 10, 2026; multiple Tax Increment Financing progress reports were advanced on consent. Major actions included authorization to apply for a BUILD grant (up to $25M) for Roy Blunt Luminary Park, appropriation of $11,868,979 for the FY26 C‑UAS police grant, creation of a Department of Justice and Community Intervention (approved as committee substitute), adoption of an Office of Grants Management resolution, and advancement of an ordinance prohibiting certain psychoactive substances and inhalants. Several items were held or deferred.

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Briefing

Feb 5, 2026

Kansas City Council (Feb 5, 2026) adopts ordinances on governance, housing, water, public health, transportation, and economic development

The Council meeting enacted multiple ordinances and resolutions including amendments to City Manager severance authority, zoning and rezonings, establishment of a City Hall Centennial Fund, the Kansas City Housing Gateway Program, major water and sewer contracts and grants, approval of public-health grants, and termination/reallocation of a TIF plan.

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