Jackson County Courthouse

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Kansas City, Missouri 64106

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Jackson County Missouri

JOURNAL

County Legislature

Jeanie Lauer (5th) Chairman,

Megan L. Marshall (3rd AL) Vice Chairman,

Office of

Mary Jo Spino

Jalen Anderson (1st AL), Donna Peyton (2nd AL), Manuel Abarca IV (1st),

Venessa Huskey (2nd), Charlie Franklin (3rd), DaRon McGee (4th),

Sean E. Smith (6th)

Clerk of the County Legislature

Monday, March 11, 2024

3:00 PM

Eighth Regular Meeting

K.C. Legislative Assembly Area, Kansas City, Missouri

Jeanie Lauer, Chairman, called the meeting of the Jackson County Legislature to order.

ROLL CALL

Present 8 - Jeanie Lauer, Megan L. Marshall, Donna Peyton, Manuel Abarca

IV, Venessa Huskey, Charlie Franklin, DaRon McGee and Sean

E. Smith

Excused 1 - Jalen Anderson

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Recited.

APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING

A motion was made by Sean E. Smith, seconded by Megan L. Marshall to

approve the journal of the previous meeting held on March 04, 2024. The

motion passed by a voice vote.

HEARINGS

Jeanie Lauer, County Legislator, opened the public hearing from the

Crossroads District community members regarding the Royals Stadium

location. Ms. Lauer stated the ground rules for the public hearing.

Business owners and residents of the Crossroads community will be

allowed to present first, then remaining time will be allowed for residents

and people to speak who reside outside the area where the proposed

Royals Stadium is to be located. Each speaker will be allotted two

minutes. Speakers are requested to not repeat previous testimony.

People in attendance are invited to raise their hand when they agree with

a point made by a speaker. People are admonished to not clap or

otherwise disrupt the proceedings. Donna Peyton, County Legislator,

asked for clarification if this public testimony is only related to the location

of a baseball stadium in the Crossroads District, not for or against the tax

itself. Jeanie Lauer said, that is correct. This hearing is to focus on the

site location.

Those who spoke in opposition to the stadium location in the Crossroads

District cited such issues as:

Established businesses and homeowners will be forced out.

Concerns about businesses being displaced and adequate

compensation.

The highway infrastructure is not prepared to handle the traffic.

Lack of adequate parking.

Public safety and crime

Lack of transparency regarding plans and dissatisfaction with

learning about the location through a press conference.

Concerns about losing the Crossroads Art District culture.

Financial costs to businesses located just outside the building

impact zone.

Uncertainty about the Community Benefits Agreement.

Concerns about assistance in relocating established businesses

and impact on music and art events in the district.

Concerns about removing a section of Oak Street.

Those who spoke in support of the stadium location in the Crossroads

neighborhood cited:

Opportunity for economic development downtown.

Opportunity for high paying union jobs with the construction of the

stadium.

Opportunity for job creation at the site.

Opportunity for Chiefs and Royals to commit to Kansas City for the

next 40 years. This will keep the momentum going from other great

events in Kansas City (Super Bowl, airport, streetcar, NFL draft,

FIFA, and KC Current).

Benefits to businesses located in the area, particularly those Latino

people in the Westside.

Chance for stadium visitors to choose their own parking without

the confines of a stadium parking lot. Visitors can walk, ride the

streetcar, or locate various parking lots at different price ranges.

The parking issue is the same as T-Mobile Arena, which has

worked out successfully.

A downtown stadium will be the next great step in revitalizing the

area to make Kansas City a destination for visitors and locals. This

is a great opportunity for Kansas City.

Opportunity for the community to have a share of the Community

Benefits Package.

Other metropolitan areas throughout the country have seen

downtowns revitalized with additional character and development

through downtown baseball parks.

Opportunity to expand affordable housing in the area.

The following people spoke before the Legislature either for or against

the stadium location in the Crossroads neighborhood:

1. Jill Cockson - against stadium location

2. Duke Dujakovich - for stadium location

3. Ralph Oropeza - for stadium location

4. David Coleman -- for stadium location

5. Rocky Kloth - for stadium location

6. Kerri Pomerenke - against stadium location

7. Tim Smith - against stadium location

8. Elizabeth Darr - against stadium location

9. Jeff Evans - against stadium location

10. Sean O’Byrne - for stadium location

11. Abel Bordes - for stadium location

12. Kay Buchheit - against stadium location

13. Michael Collins - for stadium location

14. Butch Rigby - for stadium location

15. Mark Thornhill - for stadium location

16. Meg Steen - against stadium location

17. Rick Johnson representing Rural Grit - against stadium location

18. Dick Power - against stadium location

19. Thomas McIntyre - for the stadium location

20. Chad Hickman - for the stadium location

21. Sarah Deeder - against the stadium location

COMMUNICATIONS WITH AND REPORTS OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE

The County Executive had no report.

PERFECTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND REPORTS OF COMMITTEE

5823

Repealing sections 9103. and 9104., Jackson County Code, 1984,

relating to the Board of Equalization, and enacting, in lieu thereof, two

new sections relating to the same subject, with an effective date.

(WITHDRAWN BY SPONSOR SEAN E. SMITH. CONCURRED BY

MEGAN MARSHALL AND MANUEL ABARCA IV)

FINAL PASSAGE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES

None.

RESOLUTIONS IN COMMITTEE

21519

A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive or the Chairman of the

Legislature to sell the County-owned property located at 1300

Washington Street, Kansas City, MO 64105 via the competitive bidding

process.

(Land Use Committee - 5th. Meeting)

21536

21537

A RESOLUTION approving the 2024-2025 Jackson County Assessment

and Equalization Maintenance Plan.

(Finance and Audit Committee - 3rd. Meeting)

A RESOLUTION expressing the intent of the Legislature to direct the

Chief Lobbyist to advocate to the Missouri General Assembly in support

of greater local controls for Jackson County.

(Inter-Governmental Affairs Committee - 3rd. Meeting)

A RESOLUTION expressing the intent of the Legislature to direct the

Chief Lobbyist to advocate in support of trans rights to the Missouri

General Assembly.

(Inter-Governmental Affairs Committee - 3rd. Meeting)

A RESOLUTION expressing the intent of the Legislature to direct the

Chief Lobbyist to advocate to the Missouri General Assembly in

opposition to House Bills 2367, 2470, and 2523.

(Inter-Governmental Affairs Committee - 3rd. Meeting)

A RESOLUTION expressing the intent of the Legislature to direct the

Chief Lobbyist to advocate to the Missouri General Assembly in support

of maintaining a fair and equitable citizen initiative petition process.

(Inter-Governmental Affairs Committee - 3rd. Meeting)

A RESOLUTION expressing the intent of the Legislature to direct the

Chief Lobbyist to advocate to the Missouri General Assembly in support

of Blair’s Law and greater local gun control for Jackson County.

(Inter-Governmental Affairs Committee - 2nd. Meeting)

A RESOLUTION expressing the intent of the Legislature to direct the

Chief Lobbyist to advocate to the Missouri General Assembly in support

of the County Assessor being an elected position in Jackson County.

(Inter-Governmental Affairs Committee - 2nd. Meeting)

21554

21562

A RESOLUTION expressing the intent of the Legislature to direct the

Chief Lobbyist to advocate to the Missouri General Assembly in support

of the Missouri Nondiscrimination Act in Jackson County.

(Inter-Governmental Affairs Committee - 2nd. Meeting)

A RESOLUTION expressing the intent of the Legislature to direct the

Chief Lobbyist to advocate to the Missouri General Assembly in support

of reproductive rights and funding for family planning clinics.

(Inter-Governmental Affairs Committee - 1st. Meeting)

CONSENT AGENDA

None.

INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE

5836

Appropriating $975,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the

2024 County Improvement Fund to cover the cost of renovations and

accessibility to the Family Court Division of the 16th Judicial Circuit Court.

(Assigned to the Justice and Law Enforcement Committee.)

INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE

21571

Authorizing the County Executive to execute an Intergovernmental

Agreement with the Mid-America Regional Council Solid Waste

Management District to provide access to the regional household

hazardous waste centers for the residents of the unincorporated areas of

Jackson County, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of

$26,795.00.

(Assigned to the Inter-Governmental Affairs Committee.)

21572

21573

Expressing the intent of the Legislature to direct the Chief Lobbyist to

advocate to the Missouri General Assembly in support of House Joint

Resolution 135.

(Assigned to the Inter-Governmental Affairs Committee.)

Awarding a contract for the purchase of eight pontoon boats for use by

the Parks + Rec Department to LSK Lebanon, Inc., of Lebanon, MO

under the terms and conditions of State of Missouri Contract No.

CC232078005, an existing, competitively bid government contract, at an

actual cost to the County in the amount of $267,232.00.

(Assigned to the Land Use Committee.)

21574

21575

Awarding a special event lease agreement for the leasing of golf cars for

use by the Parks + Rec Department to M&M Golf Cars of Lee’s Summit,

MO, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $3,900.00.

(Assigned to the Land Use Committee.)

Authorizing a twelve-month extension to an existing term and supply

contract for the furnishing of broker and consulting services for the

County’s employee group health, life, and dental insurance for use

Countywide to CBIZ Benefits of Kansas City, MO, under the terms and

conditions of Request for Proposals 42-21.

(Assigned to the Finance and Audit Committee.)

21576

21577

21578

Authorizing the County Executive to execute Cooperative Agreements

with certain agencies that provide services and assistance to victims of

domestic violence, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed

$148,295.00.

(Assigned to the Budget Committee.)

Transferring $981,003.00 within the 2024 General Fund and authorizing

the Director of Finance and Purchasing to issue checks in the total

amount of $981,003.00 to cover costs incurred in connection with the

April 2, 2024, special election.

(Assigned to the Finance and Audit Committee.)

Awarding a contract for the furnishing of greens landscape equipment for

the Fred Arbanas Golf Course for use by the Parks + Rec Department to

John Deere & Company of Cary, NC, under the terms and conditions of

Sourcewell Contract No. 031121-DAC, an existing, competitively bid

government contract, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of

$807,408.36, and declaring certain existing equipment as surplus

personal property and authorizing its disposal by way of trade-in.

(Assigned to the Land Use Committee.)

21579

Authorizing the Director of Finance and Purchasing to issue a check to

the permanent members of the Jackson County Board of Equalization as

a retention stipend in the total amount of $16,000.00.

(Assigned to the Finance and Audit Committee.)

COUNTY EXECUTIVE ORDERS

None.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

None.

NEW BUSINESS