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Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee — Minutes, October 14, 2025

Kansas CityOct 14, 20254 min read

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Committee met October 14, 2025 (Chair Ryana Parks-Shaw). The committee approved multiple plats, housing funding awards, rezoning and area-plan amendments, and a pilot resolution to rehabilitate dangerous structures; several development items and code amendments were held until the October 21, 2025 meeting or remained held in committee.

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Approved the plat of Hill Creek Commons (CLD-FnPlat-2025-00026); advanced and do pass (consent).
Held the East Campus Phase 02/03 plat (CLD-FnPlat-2025-00012) until 10/21/2025.
Accepted a $90,000 grant amendment from the University of Kansas for the Aim4Peace Program (250842); advanced and do pass (consent).
Approved additional Housing Trust Fund allocations: $292,186 for 29th & Belleview Townhomes (250869) and $1,000,000 for Jazz Hill Homes (250870); both advanced and do pass.
Adopted a resolution directing the City Manager to negotiate a pilot with Neighborhood Legal Support of Kansas City to identify and rehabilitate up to ~15 dangerous structures, with a target cost not to exceed $6,000 per parcel (250881) — immediate adoption.
Approved rezoning of ~21 acres at NE 108th Street & NE Shoal Creek Parkway from R-7.5 to R-80 to allow pursuit of a special use permit for an athletic field (250843); advanced and do pass.
Approved a Gashland/Nashua Area Plan amendment changing ~14 acres from residential low density to residential high density to support the Bungalows at Maple Woods (250857); immediate adoption.
Approved rezoning and area-plan amendment for 4250 St. John Avenue to allow a motor vehicle repair facility and change land use to mixed-use neighborhood (250859/250860); advanced and immediate adoption.
Approved a major amendment to the Zona Rosa development plan (approx. 62 acres) to allow additional permitted uses in specified districts (250868); advanced and do pass.
Amendment to Chapter 88 (Residential Signs) allowing digital signs for Institutional and Office Uses in residential districts was advanced as a committee substitute with a 3–1 committee vote (Parks-Shaw, Bunch, Patterson Hazley Aye; Willett Nay).
Multiple items were held until 10/21/2025 or remained held in committee, including several rezonings, development plan amendments, right-of-way vacates, community improvement district petitions (e.g., Tiffany Frolics CID), and the KCI Logistics Parks Third Plat (held in committee, 250794).

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