[CALL TO ORDER ]
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JENNIFER, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? THANK YOU.
[APPROVE MINUTES]
ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE DRAFT MINUTES BEFORE YOU OF THE JULY 16TH OR AUGUST 6TH CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.HEARING NONE. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE, PLEASE.
SECOND BY BILL. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
JENNIFER. ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA? NONE THIS EVENING.
WE DO HAVE ONE PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING.
[PROCLAMATIONS]
WE ARE JOINED BY CRYSTAL AND JOE TUCKER TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL FENTANYL PREVENTION AND AWARENESS DAY.AND WHEREAS FENTANYL CONTAMINATED DRUGS ARE KILLING PEOPLE EVERY DAY.
DRUG TOXICITY DEATHS ARE UP NATIONALLY, WITH ILLICIT FENTANYL BEING ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS FOR THE INCREASE BECAUSE IT IS COMMON FOR INDIVIDUALS TO USE A PILL OR OTHER DRUG WITHOUT KNOWING IT CONTAINS FENTANYL.
AND WHEREAS THOSE DYING HAVE INCLUDED INFANTS, TEENAGERS, YOUNG ADULTS, AND ADULTS UP TO SENIOR AGE.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JULIE SAYERS, THE MAYOR OF LENEXA, KANSAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 21ST, 2024, IN THE CITY OF LENEXA TO BE NATIONAL FENTANYL PREVENTION AND AWARENESS DAY.
JOE AND KRYSTAL WERE THE PARENTS OF A SON WHO WAS AFFECTED BY THIS TRAGEDY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING TO THE AUDIENCE? OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I'M SO HONORED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION IN HONOR OF MY SON, LANCE.
LANCE WAS JUST A NORMAL 22 YEAR OLD, AND HE WENT TO WORK ONE DAY, CAME HOME FROM WORK.
HE TEXTED A BUDDY, SAID THAT HIS BACK HURT.
HE WAS TAKING AN OXY AND GOING TO BED.
TEXTED LANCE AND SAID, HEY, DON'T YOU HAVE TO WORK TODAY? AND HE DIDN'T RESPOND.
SO ABOUT TEN MINUTES LATER, I WENT TO WAKE HIM UP FOR WORK AND FOUND THAT HE WAS GONE.
SO, WE CALLED 911 AND BEGAN THE WORST NIGHTMARE OF OUR LIVES.
HE WASN'T DOING RECKLESS THINGS.
HE WAS WORKING. HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO COLLEGE.
HE HAD GOTTEN INTO THE BERKLEE SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND HE WANTED TO BE AN AUDIO ENGINEER.
HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING COLLEGE.
HE LITERALLY HAD EVERYTHING AHEAD OF HIM, AND WE WERE JUST SO PUZZLED.
SO I SO APPRECIATE YOU HAVING US HERE AND MAKING THIS PROCLAMATION SO THAT WE CAN HELP RAISE AWARENESS SO THAT OTHER MOMS AREN'T UP HERE GIVING THE SAME SPEECH THAT I AM, AND SO OTHER DADS HAVEN'T LOST THEIR SON.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] OH. EITHER WAY, YES.
WE CAN TAKE IT. OKAY, WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
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I'LL HOLD THIS. AND YOU HOLD THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY. UP NEXT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
WE HAVE FIVE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING.MATTERS LISTED IN THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE ROUTINE AND CONSIDERED COLLECTIVELY, WITH NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION BY A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY, STAFF OR A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
ANYONE WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SECOND BY MARK. ALL IN FAVOR? CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED.
[6. Ordinance approving a permanent special use permit for a medical clinic known as Optimum Eye Care, located at 11071 Hauser Street, Unit 4B, in the NP-O, Planned Neighborhood Office District]
UNIT FOUR B IN THE NPO PLANNED NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE DISTRICT.STEPHANIE. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
STEPHANIE SULLIVAN WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
LET ME GET MY POWERPOINT PULLED UP HERE AND WE WILL GET STARTED.
AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR OPTIMUM EYE CARE.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 11071 HAUSER STREET.
IT'S IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE CITY OF LENEXA, JUST EAST OF PFLUMM REALLY AND NORTH OF COLLEGE.
ON THIS PARTICULAR SCREEN NOW YOU CAN SEE A CLOSER VIEW OF AN AERIAL IMAGE OF THE SITE.
OPTIMUM EYE CARE IS DESCRIBED AS AN OPHTHALMOLOGY PRACTICE THAT PROVIDES MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CARE FOR A RANGE OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC CONDITIONS RELATED TO THE EYE, AND THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE DIABETES, HYPERTENSION, DRY EYES, CATARACTS, AND GLAUCOMA.
THE APPLICANT WILL NOT BE PROVIDING SURGERY AT THIS LOCATION, JUST REGULAR OFFICE TYPE VISITS AND IT PROPOSES TO OCCUPY UNIT FOUR, BE WITHIN BUILDING FOUR IN THIS WEST COLLEGE BUSINESS PARK.
THE ZONING MAP INDICATES THE SITE IS ZONED NPO, WHICH IS LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE TYPE ZONING DISTRICT, AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS FUTURE LAND USE MAP INDICATES THIS AREA IS SUITABLE FOR OFFICE USES, SO THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST FOR A MEDICAL OFFICE IS CONSISTENT WITH BOTH THE ZONING AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE PICTURES OF THE OFFICE PARK.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS A ONE-STORY BUILDING WITH SOME STONE ON THE FACADE, AND TYPICAL OF MANY TYPES OF EITHER MEDICAL OFFICE OR GENERAL OFFICE PARKS.
AS MENTIONED, THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT BUILDINGS, AND YOU CAN SEE ON THIS GRAPHIC AS WELL HOW THOSE BUILDINGS ARE DIVIDED UP INTO SOME DIFFERENT TENANT SPACES AS DELINEATED BY THOSE DASHED LINES.
THE PARKING SURROUNDS THE SITE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WITH HAUSER STREET BORDERING IT ON THE WEST.
AS WITH ANY SPECIAL USE PERMIT, WE HAVE 13 CRITERIA FOR REVIEW.
AS YOU'VE SEEN MORE RECENTLY FOR SOME MEDICAL OFFICES IN THE NPO ZONING DISTRICT, WE DID LOOK AT THE CONTEXT FOR THIS SITE, AND THERE ARE TWO EXISTING PERMANENT SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR MEDICAL CLINICS IN THIS PARTICULAR OFFICE PARK.
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SPECIAL USE PERMIT.I WILL NOTE THAT WITH ANY SPECIAL USE PERMIT, PERMANENT OR TIME EXPIRATION TYPE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
WE DO HAVE THE OPTION TO CALL THOSE UP FOR REVIEW AND POTENTIAL REVOCATION IF ISSUES ARISE.
SO REGARDLESS OF IT BEING PERMANENT, IT STILL COULD BE CALLED UP FOR ADDITIONAL REVIEW OR POTENTIAL CONDITIONS OR POTENTIAL REVOCATIONS IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES WITH THE USE. THE OTHER THING I'LL MENTION IS TRAFFIC IMPACT AND MORE SPECIFICALLY PARKING.
THERE WOULD BE 96 SPACES AVAILABLE WHERE 98 WERE REQUIRED.
BASED ON THE USES IN THE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS CURRENTLY.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO CREATE THOSE TWO PARKING SPACES RIGHT NOW.
WE WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO PLAN AND AGREE TO DO THAT.
IF THE NEED WERE TO ARISE, AND WE WERE TO NOTICE A PARKING PROBLEM IN THE VICINITY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL SEE ON OUR RECOMMENDATION.
SPEAKING OF THAT, HERE IS THE RECOMMENDATION.
AS NOTED, STAFF IN BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS PERMANENT SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A MEDICAL CLINIC USE FOR OPTIMUM EYECARE, AGAIN LOCATED AT 11071 HAUSER STREET, WITH THAT CONDITION RELATED TO THE TWO DEFERRED PARKING SPACES.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION THIS EVENING ON THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE THIS EVENING? I BELIEVE SO ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THE PRESENTATION? NO, I THINK STEPHANIE DID A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL JOB.
AND I THINK THAT SUMMARIZES UP EVERYTHING.
SO IT'S A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD APPLICATION ON OUR END.
IT MAKES SENSE TO ME, OBVIOUSLY, TO BRING IT UP WITH THE CONDITIONS OF THE NEIGHBORS.
ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS THE ORDINANCE APPROVING THE SPECIAL PERMANENT SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
SECOND BY COURTNEY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES.
ITEM SEVEN IS A PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR SONOMA PLAZA.
[7. Preliminary plan for Sonoma Plaza Phase 3 Apartments and acceptance of drainage and utility easements as shown on Sonoma Plaza, Sixth Plat, located at the intersection of 88th Street & Maurer Road]
PHASE THREE APARTMENTS AND ACCEPTANCE OF A DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENT, AS SHOWN ON SONOMA PLAZA SIX PLAT, LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF 88TH AND MAUER ROAD.ITEM SEVEN B IS ACCEPTANCE OF DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENTS AS SHOWN ON CINEMA PLAZA SIX PLAT.
STEPHANIE. STEPHANIE SULLIVAN FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AGAIN.
THIS IS LOCATED NEAR 88TH AND MAUER, ON THE EAST SIDE OF MAUER AND JUST SOUTH OF 87TH STREET.
HERE'S AN AERIAL IMAGE OF THE SITE.
THERE ARE COMMERCIAL USES TO THE NORTH WITH RED DOOR GRILL, MOD PIZZA, AND A DENTIST OFFICE.
A COUPLE OTHER COMMERCIAL TENANTS IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA JUST NORTH OF THE SITE.
A LITTLE BIT MORE COMMERCIAL IN THIS AREA HERE TO THE NORTHEAST.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF LARAE, SOUTH OF MAUER IS THE SONOMA HILL AND THE PEAK AT SONOMA, JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS MAUER.
AND THEN SOME MORE RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL USES TO THE NORTHWEST.
THE ZONING MAP INDICATES THAT THIS IS ZONED PUD OR PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, AND THIS PARCEL IS PART OF THE SONOMA PLAZA PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
WHAT SEEMS LIKE A WHILE AGO NOW, BUT THIS IS THE LAST MAJOR PIECE IN THIS DEVELOPMENT, AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP INDICATES COMMUNITY RETAIL AS THE INTENDED USE FOR THIS AREA, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT THAT MOSTLY CONTAINS RETAIL.
HERE IS A COMPARISON OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAN AND THE CURRENT PROPOSED PLAN.
THE PRELIMINARY PLAN IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN HERE, WITH THE PROPOSED PLAN ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE 2016 PRELIMINARY PLAN SHOWS ABOUT 44,000FT² OF MULTIFAMILY SENIOR LIVING, WITH A TWO STORY BUILDING AND ROUGHLY 175 PARKING SPACES.
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TYPE USE IN THIS AREA RATHER THAN A COMMERCIAL USE.I DID WANT TO NOTE FOR THIS PRESENTATION AS WELL, THE OVERALL UNITS PER ACRE IS 15.3 UNITS PER ACRE, WHERE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED IS 16 UNITS PER ACRE, AND THE HEIGHT IS JUST UNDER 65FT.
WE DID DO A HEIGHT COMPARISON, JUST BECAUSE THAT IS GENERALLY A TALL ISH BUILDING FOR LENEXA.
AND WE WANTED TO POINT OUT A COUPLE DIFFERENT AREAS HERE ON THIS MAP TO THE NORTH.
AND THE GREEN ZONE IS PREDOMINANTLY ONE STORY TYPE BUILDINGS.
AGAIN, THOSE ARE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS FOR THE MOST PART.
AND TO THE EAST WE HAVE TWO STORY FOR THE RESIDENTIAL HERE TO THE SOUTH PREDOMINANTLY TWO STORY, AND TO THE SOUTHWEST, PREDOMINANTLY FOUR STORY IN THE BLUE AREA HERE AT THE PEAK.
WE DO BELIEVE THAT THE PROPOSED FOUR AND FIVE STORY IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE HEIGHTS OF THE BUILDINGS SURROUNDING THE AREA, AND THE OVERALL INTENSITY AND INTENDED USE OF THE THE PROPOSED PLAN.
PARKING IS ACCOMMODATED AND ACTUALLY EXCEEDS THE REQUIREMENT BY ABOUT TEN SPACES.
THE REQUIRED PARKING IS 391 SPACES, AND THIS PROJECT COMES IN AT 401 PARKING SPACES.
THE APARTMENT PARKING WILL BE ABOUT 200 SPACES.
YOU CAN SEE IN BLUE THAT IS INTERNAL AND RESERVED JUST FOR THE APARTMENT USERS.
THE GREEN AREA HERE IS ANOTHER 191 SPACES FOR APARTMENT USE ONLY, AND THEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DEDICATING ABOUT NINE SPACES IN THIS RED AREA FOR RESTAURANT USE.
AND I BELIEVE THEY'LL BE ALLOWING THE EMPLOYEES OF THE RESTAURANT TO PARK THERE SPECIFICALLY.
SO THIS WILL POTENTIALLY HELP FREE UP SOME SPACES IN THAT COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT TO THE NORTH.
NOW, YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN SOME DETAIL RENDERINGS OF THE ARCHITECTURE.
THE TOP PICTURE IS THE VIEW FROM MAUER ROAD.
SO, IF YOU CAN VISUALIZE THIS IS THE ROUNDABOUT HERE.
AND YOU WOULD TURN IN IF YOU'RE GOING UP TO RED DOOR.
THIS IS WHAT THAT ROAD WOULD LEAD YOU TO.
IT IS TO THE RED DOOR SITE HERE.
AND SO THIS IS ACTUALLY THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARKING GARAGE.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE SORT OF THAT COMMERCIAL WINDOW GLAZING LOOK.
AND IT'S NOT GOING TO STICK OUT LIKE JUST A CONCRETE PARKING STRUCTURE.
IT'S ACTUALLY INTEGRATED WITHIN THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE BUILDING.
THE BOTTOM PICTURE IS THE VIEW FROM LURAY.
AND THOSE DUPLEXES WOULD BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF LURAY HERE.
SO THIS IS THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
AGAIN YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FOUR AND THE FIVE.
AND THIS IS PRIMARILY A FOUR STORY SIDE HERE.
THE FINAL PLAT IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS APPLICATION.
STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAVE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS.
THIS IS REGARDING THE PRELIMINARY PLAN.
AND THIS IS THE CONDITION AND RECOMMENDATION FOR THE SIXTH PLAT OF SONOMA PLAZA.
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WHAT YOU SEE THIS EVENING.AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF NOT, WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO YOU.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR STEPHANIE.
IN REGARDS TO RED DOOR, IT'S A PRETTY PACKED PARKING LOT.
WHAT KIND OF PLANS FOR SPILLOVER AND VICE VERSA.
BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S YOU'RE ONLY GIVEN NINE OR THE DEVELOPER IS ONLY DOING NINE.
I'M WORRIED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE TAKING A LOT MORE OF THE APARTMENTS AND VICE VERSA POTENTIALLY.
WHAT IS THE MAKEUP OR THE BREAKOUT OF THESE SPECIFIC APARTMENTS? ARE THEY ONE BEDROOM, TWO-BEDROOM STUDIOS? THERE IS A MIXTURE OF UNIT COUNT.
LET ME SEE IF I COULD PULL THAT.
SO THAT WAS SEVEN ONE, 61 AND 50.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHO GOT LEFT OUT OF THE UNDERGROUND PARKING.
YEAH. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I MEAN, LIKE, IF IT'S ONE PER UNIT OR, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THAT DETERMINED? OR IS IT JUST EXTRA? IT'S NOT QUITE ONE PER UNIT.
AND AGAIN, I THINK THE APPLICANT CAN SPEAK TO HOW THEY DO THE LEASING FOR THOSE SPACES.
I WOULD IMAGINE THERE MIGHT BE A PREMIUM FOR GETTING A RESERVED GARAGE SPACE VERSUS A RESERVED SURFACE SPACE, BUT I'LL DEFER TO THEM FOR THE SPECIFICS ON HOW THEY FIGURE OUT THEIR PARKING WITH THEIR TENANTS.
OKAY. TWO QUESTIONS TO SAVE ANYTHING FOR STEPHANIE.
YOU WANT TO TAKE THOSE TWO SOFTBALLS? YES. WE WOULD LOVE TO.
PATRICK REUTER WITH KLOVER ARCHITECTS.
ADDRESS 8813 PENROSE LANE, LENEXA, KANSAS.
66219. I'M HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF RICK ODDO.
ODDO DEVELOPMENT AND AGAIN, JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF REAL QUICK AND PLANNING COMMISSION.
BACK IN 2016, WE NEVER IMAGINED THAT WE WOULD GET THIS MUCH MARKET DEMAND IN THE AREA.
AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT IT CONTINUES TO GROW AND BE A GREAT ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO WHEN WE SPOKE TO ALL THE RETAILERS, RESTAURANTS IN THE AREA, THEY'RE ALL VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS PIECE AS PART OF A WALKABLE COMMUNITY MUCH CLOSER TO ALL THEIR AREAS. IN REGARDS TO THE PARKING QUESTION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP.
SO WE MEET ORDINANCE REQUIRED PARKING IN GENERAL, WHICH IS THE 1.5 PER ONE BEDROOM AND THEN THE 1.75 FOR TWO BEDROOM AND ITS ADDITIONAL 0.25 STALLS FOR EVERY UNIT FOR GUEST PARKING.
THAT NETS OUT TO ABOUT LIKE A 1.65 STALL PER UNIT ON AVERAGE.
TYPICALLY, WE SEE THESE DEVELOPMENTS STABILIZE CLOSER TO LIKE 1.3 TO 1.35 CARS.
SO BECAUSE WE ARE MEETING ORDINANCE AND WITH THE EXTRA STALLS AND WITH THAT FLEX OF USES AND TIME, WE BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE ADEQUATELY PARKED AND THAT THERE WILL BE THOSE EXTRA STALLS DURING THE DAY FOR THE RESTAURANT AND COMMERCIAL USES.
AND THEN IS THERE SOME ENFORCEMENT THAT TAKES PLACE BETWEEN YOURSELVES AND RED DOOR? YEAH. DEVELOPMENT.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH OUT SONOMA PLAZA.
I THINK IT'S EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATIONS AND WHAT I'VE BEEN UNDERSTANDING.
THEY'RE OVERLY SUCCESSFUL, AND IT'S A HECK OF A PROBLEM TO HAVE.
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70 EXTRA PARKING STALLS THAT WE DON'T THINK WE'LL NEED.AND I'VE TALKED TO BOTH RED DOOR AND CHICK FIL A AND WORKED OUT A DEAL WITH THEM THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO COME OVER WHEN WE GET THIS THING BUILT, AND THEY'RE HAPPY TO PUT THEIR EMPLOYEE PARKING. OBVIOUSLY OVER HERE WE HAVE THE OVERAGE THAT REQUIRED THE NINE THAT WE DIDN'T NEED.
TWO UNITS PER STALL, SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE WAY OVER PARKED AND RELIEVE THAT.
AND THEN TO COURTNEY'S QUESTION ABOUT WHO GETS WHAT WAY WE DO IT IS WE JUST SAY IT'S EXTRA, YOU KNOW? SO, SOME PEOPLE WHAT WE FIND IS WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY.
THERE'S ALWAYS A FEW VERY, VERY FEW WHO DON'T HAVE ANY CARS.
AND IT'S PRETTY SMALL FRACTION OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ANY.
YEAH. AND TYPICALLY IT'S USUALLY, SOMETIMES TWO CARS.
THEY'LL HAVE ONE IN THE GARAGE AND ONE OUTSIDE.
IT WAS ALSO WHAT WE SEE IS PRETTY TYPICAL.
THAT'S REAL COMMON. AND JUST BACK TO RICK'S OTHER COMMENT ON THE PARKING.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHILE THEY HAVE PLENTY OF SURFACE PARKING, EVEN DURING ALL DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY, I THINK ONLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, 40%, 30 TO 40% WAS ACTUALLY UTILIZED, MAYBE LESS THAN THAT OF THE ACTUAL MEASURED AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY ON WEEKDAYS AND WEEKENDS.
SO WE DON'T EVER WANT TO BE OVER PARKED, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, THINK THIS IS APPROPRIATE WITH THE MIX OF USES? YEAH. OKAY.
THANK YOU RICK. THE VISUALS OF THE OF THE APARTMENTS, THEY LOOK REALLY SIMILAR.
YEAH, THEY LOOK REALLY SIMILAR TO THE ONES YOU HAVE THERE TO THE WEST.
SO, YEAH, THE DESIGN IS INTENTIONAL.
WE'RE TRYING TO PULL ELEMENTS MASSING AND SOME OF THE MATERIALS THAT ARE BOTH PRESENT IN THE COMMERCIAL PIECE OF SONOMA PLAZA, AND THEN ALSO WHAT EXISTS IN SONOMA PEAK AND SONOMA HILL.
SO IT IS A, YOU KNOW, COHESIVE PUD DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE USE SOME OF THE STONE THAT'S USED ON ALL THE BUILDINGS IN THE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE APARTMENTS AND COMMERCIAL PULLING SOME OF THE BLACK AND DARK BRICK FROM RED DOOR, BECAUSE WE ARE ADJACENT TO THAT, AND THEN FINISHING OUT WITH KIND OF A NEUTRAL COLOR PALETTE.
SO THAT WAY IT DOES READ AS ONE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
AND I KNOW IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY PART OF CITY CENTER, BUT IT'S TO THE PEOPLE DRIVING AROUND.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY 18 OF US THAT KNOW IT'S NOT.
AND SO IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE CITY CENTER AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE, THE ATTRACTIVE APARTMENTS THAT YOU HAVE NOW JUST TO THE WEST.
SO THANK YOU. IF I CAN ADD TO THAT A LITTLE BIT.
THE WE GET CALLED THE EAST SIDE.
YOU KNOW, THE EAST YOU KNOW CITY CENTER ALL THE TIME.
ORIGINALLY, THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND SONOMA PLAZA WAS TO BE A COMPLEMENTARY PRODUCT TO CITY CENTER.
SO WE TRY TO DO A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
THAT'S WHY IT'S BEEN SO GOOD FOR THE CITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF I CAN JUST OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE NOBODY HERE THAT'S OBJECTING.
I'M AWARE OF. WE'VE HAD NO OBJECTIONS TO DATE.
I'VE HAD SEVERAL OF MY RETAILERS CALL ME AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS.
WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT? IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO DO? AND I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO SHOW UP FOR THIS, BUT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT OBVIOUSLY THE GROCERY STORE AND EVEN RED DOOR IS WANTING MORE OF THIS.
AND SO ANYWAY, ALL THE RETAILERS ARE IN FAVOR OF US GOING ON.
AND I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF CITIES USE OUR LAYOUT NOW AS THEIR PROTOTYPE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE.
I WAS READING THROUGH THE PACKET, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT ONE OF THE COMMENTS MADE DURING YOUR PRESENTATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ON AUGUST 5TH, WAS THAT ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE CHANGE BETWEEN THE SENIOR LIVING AND THE APARTMENTS WAS A LOT OF THE GROWTH IN THE AREA AND THE DEMAND
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FOR, YOU SAID, FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THE RENT IS GOING TO BE FOR THESE VARIOUS UNITS.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THERE, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN 1200 TO $1300 FOR, YOU KNOW FOR THE STUDIO AND THEN ALL THE WAY UP TO 15 TO 1800 FOR ONE BEDROOMS, 1800 TO 2200 FOR TWOS.
AND WE'RE EVEN GOING TO HAVE SOME PENTHOUSES HERE.
SO NOT ALL OF IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETELY AFFORDABLE.
AND THE PENTHOUSES LIKE WE'VE GOT PENTHOUSES OVER IN, IN PEAK, THEY'RE GETTING OVER $4,000 A MONTH.
SO WE'VE GOT A WIDE, WIDE VARIETY OF UNIT MIXES IN HERE.
AND I THINK THAT ALSO ADDS TO THE SUCCESS.
AND I DO WANT TO STRESS RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHOWING THIS PALETTE HERE.
CHRIS SHE HAS TWO OH YOU'RE GOOD.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION.
IT'S VERY HARMONIOUS COMMUNITY THAT YOU'VE BUILT THERE.
AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THE LAST PIECE COME INTO PLAY HERE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PRELIMINARY PLAT. TAKE A MOTION FOR THAT AS WELL.
SECOND BY MELANIE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU.
THAT WAS IT, RIGHT? OKAY. THANK YOU. SEVEN A, SEVEN B.
[8. Approval of a preliminary plan/plat for Cedar Canyon Attached Villas, a duplex development in the Cedar Canyon West development, located at the southwest corner of 99th Street & 100th Street in the RP-2, Residential Planned (Intermediate-Density) District]
AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 99TH STREET AND 100TH STREET IN THE PARK TWO.STEPHANIE SULLIVAN WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
AND AS MENTIONED, ITEM EIGHT IS FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAN PLAT FOR CEDAR CANYON ATTACHED VILLAS.
THIS IS IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 99TH AND 100TH STREET.
AND THAT IS A REAL INTERSECTION.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE LOCATION MAP.
THIS IS IN THE SOUTHWEST AREA OF LENEXA.
YOU CAN SEE HERE IT IS JUST NORTH OF K-10 AND EAST OF CANYON CREEK BOULEVARD.
THIS WAS PART OF CEDAR CANYON WEST, WHICH IS A CONCEPT PLAN WITH SEVEN DIFFERENT TRACKS.
IF YOU REMEMBER, EARLY LAST YEAR IN 2023, WE LOOKED AT EACH ONE OF THOSE SEVEN TRACKS VERY MUCH IN DEPTH, AND WE USE THOSE CONCEPT PLANS TO REZONE, AS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE.
THAT'S TRACT THREE OF CEDAR CANYON WEST.
AND I WILL NOTE ON THIS GRAPHIC HERE, IT'S NOW 100TH STREET INSTEAD OF 101ST STREET.
THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PLAN AND PLAT FOR 20 LOTS.
THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN.
SO THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 40 UNITS BECAUSE THERE ARE 20 LOTS.
THERE'S A FEW TRACKS IN HERE TOO TO PROVIDE STORM WATER AND LANDSCAPING AREA.
THIS PLAN DOES INCLUDE ONE DEVIATION REQUEST AND THAT IS FOR A FOUR FOOT SETBACK DEVIATION.
THERE IS A 20 FOOT REQUIREMENT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT 20 FOOT REQUIREMENT GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE BACK OF THIS DUPLEX RIGHT HERE.
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SO YOU CAN SEE THAT'S THE LOT RIGHT HERE.AND 99TH STREET IS JUST TO THE NORTH OF IT.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT MAKES THAT LITTLE JUT DOWNWARD THERE FOR THAT FOUR FEET.
IN THIS AREA HERE JUST NORTH OF THE DEVIATION REQUEST.
IT IS A UTILITY EASEMENT AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO PLANT TREES IN THAT EASEMENT.
THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS FROM NEIGHBORS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS HERE, AND WE DO GET A LOT OF DRAINAGE QUESTIONS FOR THESE PROPERTIES IN CEDAR CANYON WEST, JUST BECAUSE WE DO HAVE EXISTING SUBDIVISIONS TO THE NORTH OF THIS AREA.
AND THIS SHOWS BASICALLY THE DIVIDE OF WHERE THE DRAINAGE PATTERNS LIE.
PART OF IT GOES, AS YOU CAN SEE TO THE WEST.
AND EVERYTHING WILL BE MAINLY TO THE WEST.
HERE GOING TO. THIS PARTICULAR DETENTION POND AREA.
THESE ARE SOME PRELIMINARY ELEVATIONS.
AGAIN, THIS IS A TWO STORY DUPLEX TYPE MODEL.
AND THIS AGAIN IS AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 99TH STREET AND 100TH STREET.
AND WE ALSO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE DEVIATION TO REDUCE THAT REAR YARD SETBACK FOR LOT 12 TO 16FT TO ACCOMMODATE THAT PROPOSED LANDSCAPING OUTSIDE OF THE UTILITY EASEMENT. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM THIS EVENING.
STEPHANIE. YOU KNOW, YOU SHOWED US THE THE DRAINAGE, WHICH WAY THE WATER RUNS AND ALL.
WE'RE MOVING A LOT OF DIRT OUT THERE ALREADY.
AND EVEN BEFORE THE THE CATCH BASINS ARE BUILT AND OPERATIONAL, EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE TO THE SILT.
THAT'S BECAUSE THAT SITS PRETTY HIGH.
AND SO MAYBE MAYBE HELP TIM AND SCOTT PASS THAT ALONG, THAT EVEN DURING WE HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED CONSTRUCTING THIS YET.
AND IT THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF DIRT MOVING OUT THERE ALREADY.
SO WE NEED TO PAY REALLY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THAT, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE.
THANKS. OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYTHING FROM THE APPLICANT THIS EVENING.
OKAY, THEN WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAN AND PLAT FOR CEDAR CANYON.
ATTACHED VILLAS AT 99TH AND 100TH.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT.
[9. Resolution amending Resolution 2023-072 related to the City's intent to issue approximately $18 million in industrial revenue bonds (IRB) and amending the payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreement associated with construction of a commercial facility at 113th Street & Britton Street (Lenexa Logistics Centre South - Building 6)]
NUMBER NINE IS A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION 2023 072 RELATED TO THE CITY'S INTENT TO ISSUE $18 MILLION IN INDUSTRIAL REVENUE BONDS AND AMENDING THE PILOT AGREEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH CONSTRUCTION OF A COMMERCIAL FACILITY AT 113TH STREET AND BRITTON STREET, KNOWN AS LENEXA LOGISTICS CENTER SOUTH BUILDING SIX.ITEM NINE B IS A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION 20 2372 RELATED TO THE CITY'S INTENT TO ISSUE $18 MILLION IN IRBS AND AMENDING THE PILOT AGREEMENT. SEAN.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SEAN MCLAUGHLIN, CITY ATTORNEY.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE, IT NEEDS TO HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.
WE PERFORMED A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, WHICH I'LL GET TO BRIEFLY A LITTLE HISTORY ON THE PROJECT.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY PROPOSED TO BE 180,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE WAREHOUSE FACILITY.
21. WE APPROVED IT FOR 16.2 MILLION IN IRBS AND A 55% TAX ABATEMENT.
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IN 23 WE AMENDED THAT FOR ADDITIONAL TIME AND INCREASED THE IRBS TO 18 MILLION.THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO ADD MORE TIME, BUT ALSO TO INCREASE THE IRBS TO 22 MILLION.
THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS WAS POSITIVE AGAIN FOR THE CITY, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THESE AMENDMENTS TO HOPEFULLY GET THIS BUILDING BUILT IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO. WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
OTHERWISE, WE CAN HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THERE'S APPLICANT REPRESENTATION AS WELL.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? SEEING NONE, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IF ANYONE PRESENT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM SIGN IN.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
SEEING NONE, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND BY CHRIS. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION IS APPROVED.
ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEMS NINE A, B AND I'M SORRY.
ANYTHING FROM THE APPLICANT? HELLO AND WELCOME.
OKAY. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
RELATED TO THE CITY'S INTENT TO ISSUE $18 MILLION IN IRBS AND AMENDING THE PILOT AGREEMENT.
SO MOTION BY BILL, SECOND, SECOND BY CHELSEA.
SORRY. THERE'S AN ERROR IN MY SCRIPT HERE YES.
ITEM NINE A IS THE 22 MILLION.
ITEM NINE B IS A RESOLUTION AMENDING 2307 TWO.
AMENDING THE PILOT AGREEMENT TO EXTEND THE TIME.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ITEMS NINE A AND NINE B ARE APPROVED.
[10. Consideration of a right-of-way vacation located near the northwest corner of eastbound 87th Street Parkway & Winchester Street]
ITEM TEN A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE VACATION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.ITEM TEN B IS AN ORDINANCE VACATING THE RIGHT OF WAY.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL. STEPHANIE SULLIVAN WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A RIGHT OF WAY VACATION FOR A PORTION OF 87TH STREET NEAR WINCHESTER STREET, AND THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM NOW ON YOUR SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION MAP AND THE PROPOSED VACATION, EXCUSE ME, OUTLINED IN RED.
THIS IS A 0.06 ACRE PARCEL, SO A PRETTY SMALL IN SIZE AND VACATING THIS IS SOMETHING THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL FOR.
YOU CAN SEE HERE THIS IS ON 87TH STREET PARKWAY.
IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR, THIS AREA HERE IS THAT AQUATIC CENTER.
THERE ARE FOUR STANDARDS FOR REVIEW FOR RIGHT OF WAY VACATION REQUESTS.
AND WE HAVE PROVIDED FEEDBACK FOR ALL FOUR OF THESE STANDARDS IN OUR MEMO FOR THIS PACKET.
STAFF HAS FOUND THAT IT MEETS ALL OF THE STANDARDS FOR REVIEW.
AND OUR RECOMMENDATION, AGAIN, IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING FOR THIS RIGHT OF WAY VACATION, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL FOR THAT RIGHT OF WAY VACATION AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? CRAIG. COULD YOU GO BACK TO YOUR DIAGRAM? SURE. WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE TRIANGULAR PIECE IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST OF WHAT WE'RE VACATING? IS THAT RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE'RE RETAINING? I BELIEVE SO.
I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK ON OUR MAP.
NOT USED TO HAVING HIS OWN MICROPHONE.
YES. THAT IS EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY.
WE ACQUIRED THE PORTION IN RED AND SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL ONE WE CONSTRUCTED.
AND AT THAT TIME, WE WEREN'T SURE HOW MUCH OF THAT WE WERE GOING TO NEED.
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AND THAT'S WHY WE PUT THE SIDEWALK WHERE WE DID.SO I THINK WE WILL SEE SOMETHING SOON.
AND I SEE STEVE IS HERE TONIGHT.
SO THEY HAVE BEEN IN AND SHOWED SOME CONCEPT DRAWINGS TO US, SO.
I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IF ANYONE PRESENT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM SIGN IN.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
SEEING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND BY MELANIE. ALL IN FAVOR? NEXT IS THE 10B.
TAKE A MOTION APPROVING THE ORDINANCE, VACATING THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SECOND BY MARK. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ITEM TEN IS APPROVED.
OKAY, THAT'S ALL OF OUR BUSINESS TONIGHT.
[COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS]
OKAY. WE DID SHARE RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING.YOU SHOULD SEE IT IN THE NEWS THIS EVENING.
SO, STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFO ON THAT.
BECKY, ANY STAFF REPORTS THIS EVENING?
[STAFF REPORTS]
JUST THAT WE WILL HAVE A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING NEXT TUESDAY THE 27TH.SO WE'LL SEE YOU THEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS DOES END THE RECORDED PORTION OF THE MEETING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.