Finance committee meeting summary
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The committee approved two legal settlements ($400,000 and $500,000), advanced multiple voter bond questions for the August 4 and November 3 ballots including $750M sanitary sewer and $750M waterworks revenue bonds and two $75M general obligation bond questions, approved rezoning and sidewalk vacations for the Country Club Plaza redevelopment, and held several items for further consideration on June 9.
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What this means
The committee signed off on settlements that will require city payouts and moved several large borrowing measures to the ballot so voters can decide whether the city should borrow money to repair and upgrade water and sewer systems and to fund convention and housing projects. Rezoning and street/sidewalk changes were approved to allow planned work at the Country Club Plaza. Some items — including a contract related to the ProspectUS plan and police-related budget processes — were postponed for further review and will return to the committee.
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- Approved settlement in Kenya Mitchell v. City of Kansas City — $400,000.
- Approved settlement in Andrea Dorch v. City of Kansas City — $500,000.
- Advanced to the August 4, 2026 ballot a question to authorize up to $750,000,000 in sanitary sewer revenue bonds.
- Advanced to the August 4, 2026 ballot a question to authorize up to $750,000,000 in waterworks revenue bonds.
- Called a November 3, 2026 election asking voters to authorize up to $75,000,000 in general obligation bonds for convention facility capital improvements.
- Called a November 3, 2026 election asking voters to authorize up to $75,000,000 in general obligation bonds for affordable housing projects through the Housing Trust Fund.
- Placed a renewal of a one‑eighth cent central city economic development sales tax on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
- Amended the Plaza Bowl Overlay to remove two parcels on the east side of Wyandotte Street from the overlay district (approved).
- Rezoned about 23.5 acres at 4710 Jefferson Street from District B4-5 to District MPD and approved a development plan for Country Club Plaza redevelopment (approved).
- Vacated sidewalk rights-of-way within the proposed MPD area in the Country Club Plaza (approved).
- Held until June 9, 2026: contract with the Economic Development Corporation for the ProspectUS Plan (not voted).
- Held until June 9, 2026: committee substitute to create a “KCPD Overage Fund” and related budget directions (not voted).
- Held until June 9, 2026: resolution directing review for a Midtown Justice Campus (not voted).
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