We believe the application to rezone these parcels should be denied and the project should not be supported with public funds as currently proposed because:

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• The proposed five-story, 60’ tall, buildings are incompatible with a neighborhood of historic one to three-story commercial buildings, apartments, single and multi-family homes.

• The project does not provide adequate parking on-site to meet the Kansas City parking ordinance.

• The project would have significant adverse effects on nearby neighbors and the neighborhood that could be avoided with reasonable modifications to the project.

• The project does not conform to important parts of the Troost Overlay, the Midtown/Plaza Area Plan, and the Troost-Emanuel Cleaver II Redevelopment & Implementation Plan.

• The project requires exceptions (variances) from significant parts of the Kansas City Zoning and Development Code including height restrictions, parking requirements, density (floor-area ratio), and maximum building frontage.

 

We also encourage the City of Kansas City to actively work to redevelop these parcels in a way that respects the needs and will of the neighborhood and community as consistently expressed in the Troost Overlay and Troost-Emanuel Cleaver II Redevelopment & Implementation Plan.