Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

like to call to order the city of Belton Planning Commission session for February 17, 2026. And can we have the roll call, please? Chairman McFersonson here, Mayor Larky here, Council Member Bryan, Commissioner Christensen, here. Commissioner Crate here. Commissioner Mcdana here. Commissioner Rugles, Commissioner Shut here, Commissioner Walton.

All right. Thank you. Uh, first item that we have on our agenda this evening is the approval of our January 6th Planning Commission minutes that were printed and distributed for everyone. Are there any corrections or um additions? Anything that needs to be done on those as they were printed and distributed? And if not, could we have a motion to approve? So moved. Thank you. Motion. Is there a second? Second.

Thank you. All those in favor of approval of the January 6, 2026 minutes, say I.

I. I any opposed? All right. Thank you. Um move on to new business that we have this evening. Before we uh get into our first project, I will just make this announcement that uh part of our agenda that was scheduled under part B, the uh presentation of PROJ26001, a request from A3K Properties LLC for approval of a special use permit to allow vehicles and equipment sales at a existing vehicle repair business. um is being continued until the next meeting on um or not the next meeting, the meeting on March 17th. And so uh we will not be we will not be uh handling that this evening. And that had been uh previously announced that we would be doing that. So, uh, if there was anyone here, I believe we did have that scheduled for a, uh, public hearing. And if anyone had come to speak to that, I just wanted to make sure that you were aware that that has been continued to our March 17 meeting. So, and now we proceed with item A, which is a presentation of PROJ 25-011, a request from Petra for approval of a reszoning from C2 general commercial to C2PUD general commercial planned unit development with a preliminary development plan for the Uptown District, a mixeduse commercial entertainment and multifamily development, and preliminary plat for six lots and common tracks on 40 acres

at the northwest and southwest corners North Cedar Street East 163rd Street and Given Avenue and we will ask our city planner uh Miss Fernandez to present that.

Thank you. Before you this evening is the Uptown District Project and an application was filed to reszone from C2 to C2PUD. a preliminary plat 40 acres at the northwest and southwest corners of North Cedar Street and east 163rd Street and given avenue into nine lots and two tracks to develop approximately 150,000 square ft of commercial restaurant and indoor entertainment uses and approximately 592 multi-unit um multifamily units in a mix of apartment and mixed use buildings. Just to give some background on this project, the city issued an RFP on these properties for the mixeduse development proposal in August of 2023. The proposal for the 163rd Street district, later renamed to Uptown District from Petro Development, was selected as the best proposal for the site in November of 2024. Uh a neighborhood meeting was also held in January where approximately 10 to 15 residents attended and provided comments and some concerns. Uh additional feedback has been received from multiple residents through email as well and feedback was generally positive especially for the indoor entertainment use. Um and most concerns were related to the traffic impacts that we heard. Uh the site is currently partially platted on the south side as 12 lots with dedicated rightaway for Ona Avenue uh that was never uh actually built and that street is now proposed to be named Juniper Street and the site is currently vacant and has historically been farmed. The subject 40 acre site is subject to

the compliance with the C2PUD proposed zoning district and with that zoning approval the C2PUD zoning district permits the development of commercial and multifamily development. Only two modifications are requested under the PUD at this time. Um the front setback has been requested to be reduced from 30 feet to 10 feet and the rear setback reduced from 20 feet to 10 feet. And based on the mix of uses we're looking at on this project, there are several different parking standards that we're taking into account here. Uh the parking count shown in the table, I know it's kind of hard to read up there. Um parking count shown only account for the surface parking proposed. Um, we do anticipate garage spaces also being uh included with these development plans. And overall, the site is very well parked with,475 parking spaces across the entire development. The plat includes nine lots and two tracks. The lots range in size from.59 acres to 8.79 acres and all the proposed lots meet UDC requirements. The two designated detention areas are also proposed to be plotted as tracks to be maintained by the developer. The proposed public streets for the project include Juniper Street, the north south street with 60 feet of rideway and Given Avenue or the extension of Given Avenue, which is the east west street with 70 ft of rideway. The existing Ona Avenue rightway is proposed to be vacated for Juniper Street. All other roads will be privately owned and maintained. There is also an existing 30 ft of rideway along the west side of the property for the

future Walnut Street extension that is to be preserved and shall be extended to connect to Given Avenue right away on the final plat. The plat also includes a drainage easement that runs along the entirety of the controlled stream in the southeast and west corner of the property. This kind of this area here. uh just ensuring no development can occur within that area. Moving on to the site plan, uh the proposed development includes three predominant land uses, multifamily, commercial, and indoor entertainment. The site plan indicates that the southern half is proposed to be a 312 unit, fourstory apartment complex with an on-site clubhouse and pool. The north half of the development includes five onestory commercial buildings intended to be restaurants or walkable commercial uses with outdoor seating uh totaling roughly 30,000 square ft. The northwest or northeast corner includes the anchor tenant space with 110,000 square foot indoor entertainment venue uh with approximately 445 parking stalls. Uh the northwest corner of the site includes a four-story apartment building and a four or fivetory mixeduse building with apartments above and then commercial below with a parking garage that would provide 280 additional units. So this is the southern side here with the apartment complex and then this central area is generally where those commercial pad sites are located. Obviously, this is the large anchor tenant and then these are the mixeduse and apartment buildings there. The proposed public streets include the

east west connection given avenue that connects to 163rd on the east and then we'll stub out for a future connection to North Scott Avenue on the west and the north south street Juniper Street is proposed to connect to Turner Road to the north and 58 highway to the south as a right in and right out entrance. Uh both Given Avenue and Juniper Street are proposed to have on street parking on both sides with a mix of parallel and angled parking spaces. These streets are designed for two-way traffic with a central four-way stop at their intersection. A traffic generation uh study and access management study was considered in uh the provided traffic study. The city indicated that some public improvements will be required along the 163rd Street and 58 highway corridors. Uh improvements including or include adding medians for access management or extending turn lanes and updating traffic light timing. So kind of a comprehensive list of those items that need to be accomplished are provided in the packet and those were provided by public works. Um all of the proposed sidewalks and trails are um proposed to be a minimum of eight feet in width and those would be included on both sides of the street. Uh Juniper Street is proposed to function like a linear park and trail system connecting everything in the development together. Trail connections are also proposed through the detention area in the center of the development as well as from 163rd Street to the clubhouse parking lot and then Juniper Street. Street trees are proposed along both Juniper Street and Given Avenue providing a boulevard type feel as well as through each site. The proposed streetscape landscaping includes native

grasses, flowers, and shrubs, which will be complemented by the naturally planted detention areas. Three central detention ponds proposed to be in the center of the development with the goal of making them more of a water feature with aerration or the fountains um and keeping them planted with native grasses and flowers. The uh several areas on the site plan are also designated for BMPs. uh those are typically rain gardens, biosails or other sort of storm water management projects and those will be required with each of the final development plans as well as formal landscape plans when we get to that stage. Here's kind of a rendered site plan that shows more of that. Um, and since this project is still in the preliminary stage, the applicant has provided concept imagery with form and material ideas. Uh, based on the project's narrative, the Uptown District will be leaning into Belton Main Street's historic character, including a mix of brick, stone, and metal detailing throughout the development. Um, the applicant will expand on this a little bit more in his presentation after mine. Here's kind of a bird's eye view rendering. The proposed land use mix is in compliance with both zoning and future land use maps. The future land use map in the Belton 2020 or 2050 uh comprehensive plan designates this site as mixed use. Uh the proposed master plan for the uptown district also aligns with several goals from the comprehensive plan. Those include creating more gathering spaces, developing a 15-minute city, and providing housing for all ages and incomes, and increasing housing diversity and supply. The goal for the 163rd Street corridor, as shown in the comprehensive plan, is to increase walkability to and from the

project site, surrounding neighborhoods in downtown Belton. Uh, this project is a significant step in implementing those goals. Based on the findings of fact for this project, the uptown district development meets all city standards and requirements in the UDC outside of the modifications requested through the PUD. The proposed use and site plan complies with the comprehensive plan, future land use plan, and almost all applicable site development standards and is consistent with the adjacent developed properties. The only items not met are modifications to certain standards to create a more walkable and pedestrianoriented development, including reduced front setbacks to encourage outdoor seating adjacent to sidewalks. Staff believes that this proposal is a great opportunity to bring more housing, commercial, and entertainment to the city. staff in partnership with the land owner have been striving for a walkable mixeduse master plan for this property for more than three years and believe this plan is the best fit for the corridor. Uh with that staff recommends approval of the application for a zone reszoning preliminary plat and development plan for the uptown district with the seven conditions listed in the staff report as well as the exhibit of the public works conditions. If you all have any questions for me, I'm here or the applicant can begin his presentation.

Do we have any questions for staff at this point? All right, I think we are ready for the applicant then. Okay.

Scroll. Did you want to give him a formal introduction? Not that he needs one around Belton. This is Tyler Burks with Petra Development. I'm not sure of your exact title, actually. Um, but he's the uh project manager for this project. All right. Can you guys hear me? Yes.

All right. Well, thank you all for being here tonight. Um, we're first and foremost, we're very excited about the project. Um, and, you know, excited to do something pretty awesome for Belton. So, uh, without further ado, I'll start diving into it. Uh, first and foremost, I'll just go through a just a quick project outline. U, a lot of it might actually be a little bit of redundancy with with what Jenna presented there. So, I'll gloss over some of those, uh, as far as the material facts, but, uh, we'll talk about, you know, the vision of the project mostly, uh, today and and kind of the intent of what we're trying to do here and the partnership with Belton, uh, as a whole here. But first and foremost, team introduction, uh, is what we'll touch on here in just a moment. Uh, the project introduction. Uh, the last presentation that I had there was really long, so I shortened it so you can kind of dive right into it. Uh, project phasing, which is probably one of the most important parts of it, what's coming, when, and where, and why. U, existing conditions of of of the site here. And then, uh, this is probably the most important part, the benefits to the community. We'll leave it open for questioning after that. Um, without further ado, uh, Tyler Burks, of course, managing director of development, uh, with Petra. Uh, Petra is based out of Witchah. Um, and I have since been with them for almost three years now. Um, a lot of this time has been working on this project and several others in the Kansas City Metro. Um, and then we have a couple of others on our team. As you can see, they all have TY in their name, so it's a requirement to do that to work for us. Um, but then we have uh DLR group which uh Josh is here representing the DLR on the architecture tonight. Him and his team are the one that put together the awesome renderings that you see. Uh engineering. We have Anthony with us here tonight to answer questions on uh traffic and trees and things like that. Tonight, uh BHC did the traffic study for us. Uh local native native uh as well habitat architects uh for the uh

storm water and biological studies. Uh, and then Spencer Feain is our uh, is our legal group to kind of help us kind of work through some of the details with the city. Uh, you guys have kind of seen this really quick already, but this is just a a site plan rendering of the overall site. Uh, all right. This is what I shortened here for you guys so you can actually read it. Um, the the Uptown District, the vision behind it is to number one be a walkable mixeduse destination for Belton. So destination is is one of the things that were in the RFP was that we wanted to the city wanted to make this a destination. So that that is first and foremost what we set this thing out to be is not just for the folks at Belton but anybody in Cass County and beyond to come here even folks from you know the Kansas side too because you know providing something that even those guys don't even have either. So, uh, destination is first and foremost. Uh, live, shop, dine, play, master plan, right? You live there, you get to play there and shop there and dine there, all the things, right? So, something that, um, it's kind of a new phenomenon right now with a lot of downtown areas across not just this metro, but other metros around the country where are, you know, these downtowns and uptowns that are being created where they are planning these things and they're doing it. There's a lot of good examples here in the metro that we get to piggy back off of and and turn this into a live live work play kind of area. Uh multif family over active ground floor retail. I know Jenna just mentioned that too, but um that just kind of further adds to the live live work play kind of feel. Um and then also the expansion of what could be to the to the west north um and all of that too just to kind of continue on with that in the future. uh green spaces. Oh, I'm sorry. Uh before I skip over to that, uh the north south uh boulevard, the main spine. So, this was actually Josh's idea whenever he we did the RFP

is to create this really awesome north south connection all the way up into the Belton gateway area, too. So, it's it's meant to be a connector for the north side with the shopping and then ultimately into downtown Belton, which is where we're at now. So using this as an additional gateway into connecting the city uh and then also activating it hopefully we can do some amazing things with the city you know I don't know food truck alley night or or things like that little concerts or something just kind of create some buzz around it uh green space uh and a trail network uh that connects into the existing trail network that's around and hopefully it leads into other trails in the future. Um, and then downtown Main Street architecture, as Jenna mentioned earlier, want to pay homage to what's here already in and Belton and also, you know, the military base and things like that. Kind of really pay attention to the history of Belton and implement that as much as we can into the architecture and kind of give it a new exciting vibe for the future as well. Local identity. I mean, this is one of the bigger things here out of, you know, something to put, you know, a stamp on for belt here. It's like this is this is our spot, you know, nobody else has this. So that that's really important with what we did with the design of all this as well. Uh destination anchor, I just mentioned that earlier, but the anchor itself, which is the entertainment building again, is going to be the first in the metro and also first of its exact prototype in the country. There's not one like this. Now, there's similar ones, but there's not one exactly like what we're designing. Um, and you'll in a later date you'll see a little bit more details on it. We're almost there. Um, but that is a is a big piece that's really driving a lot of this too. And it's when we started out with this RFP, we didn't realize that how big of a buzz it would be created when we start talking to folks. And then once we locked in our initial agreement with these guys, uh, which hopefully we can make the announcement here pretty soon,

we're one red line away. It's stuck with an attorney. Um, and then that's going to create even more buzz. Um, and then of of course, uh, it's a massive economic driver. Uh, you know, the sales and and the new incomes that are going to be generated from this thing, new population coming into the town, all positive things. All right. Uh, quick facts here. Jenna mentioned it earlier. Uh, 40 acre mixeduse site, 110,000 square feet of entertainment, roughly 30,000 square feet of retail restaurant. Jenna mentioned it earlier. five pad sites and then we're also going to have some ground floor retail kind of TBD on the sizing of that really kind of depends on uh some of the users that are are going to be coming in but anywhere between 8,000 and 15,000 and something in there so that's not in this fact and figure here so it could grow uh depending on how things go roughly 600 units when it's all told between the two phases on the south and the north uh northwest side there uh and then we calculate I did my own calculation here um which Anthony could do a better one for me here a little bit later but roughly two miles of walking trails just inside the district itself. Um so you know somebody wants to do a couple laps around there and get some exercise in that's great. Um and then roughly six acres worth of green space also inside of this as well. That's including the stream corridor area which we won't really be able to touch too much. And then we also have a little pocket park um down here on this southwest side too. That'll be a nice little monument area uh coming in from the south or the north side there. Uh there's a rendering which you guys saw earlier. Um garden style multif family right here about four stories. We're going to have a um luxury style clubhouse in here with the pool and all the things there. And then you can see some of these walking trails that are coming through uh some of this added green space. Um and then of course, you know, they got the walking trails on both sides uh of the boulevard that's going up this meandering way here. uh

and then ultimately lead into the uh the gateway district as well. Um and then these two will probably be the first pad sites that go with the first users that come in. So once we start making more announcements on who those folks are, we've had several conversations. Um it's still fairly early on in this process. I know it seems like a long time, but it's still pretty early to lock in a lot of these, but we've gotten, like I said, a lot of interest on a lot of these folks, and some of them might surprise you. surprised me uh when we get to that. But uh these first two might be the ones to go and then it'll start flowing west as we come in. Uh just because these guys get the best, you know, 163rd Yigh highway frontage. So that's what all the retailers like, of course.

Uh our big entertainment building here, um which you know, we're going to have like pickle ball courts and movie theater and indoor go-karts and things like that. It'll be fun and exciting uh w with this building here. And then here's the uh the mixeduse building with the ground floor retail. And the idea is too is having this building be kind of that lead into in the future for whatever comes in on the west side uh with the uh right ofway with the was it Walnut?

Yeah, Walnut going in here and kind of creating an additional uh piece to you know uptown or downtown kind of feel. Um I like to say kind of our own version of Lanexa City Center kind of thing. uh to use as an example. Um that's kind of the idea with that. Maybe not. Did it die on me? Nope.

It just likes this picture. if you get it. Oh, almost there. There we go. Giving you guys a teaser. You've been doing that a lot here, Tyler. What's that? You've been doing that a lot. Giving us teas.

Just trying to, you know, just try to build it up, right? Build up the momentum here. All the excitement. Um, so this is a street view uh from the southoutheast corner looking northwest at the mixed juice building. You can see that we have some outdoor seating out here. And then this is where, you know, the retail frontage would be, you know, I don't know, coffee shop, little shopping or restaurants, I don't know, you name it. it'll I mean there's like I said we've had a lot of conversations with folks so it's still pretty pretty open and fluid at this moment what these will be but um that's ultimately what those will be and then we have a uh this from my current estimate or current guess is that this will probably be like a two or three tenant building right here on this particular corner here I could have probably two or three different restaurant types things like that in there um and then this is just on the opposite side of that four-way stop. So now we're looking from the northwest looking down to the southeast. So this will also has a potentiality to be a multi-tenant building probably two or three tenants in here. And then this is a larger site here. So we could see it, you know, a bigger user here uh going into there. And then um also yeah, here's the outdoor seating and things like that too. Uh and then this is on given. So given going into the site from Y highway um and then so as you can see this is you can tell it looks like the multi-tenant over here there' be an entrance over here um and then how wide the the walking is and and the sidewalks and then the on street parking right so the on street parking is to try and give it that overall downtown kind of feel um that instead of doing a sea of parking everywhere it's kind of creating some interestingness as you go to kind of go too. All right. So, this is one that we we can announce. Um, so we do have a partnership agreement going in place uh

on that south multifamily, the 312 units of the garden style. So, uh we're working through so we got an LOI signed with them and we're working through final agreements and things like that, but they gave us the go-ahad cityscape residential to be our partner in the first phase of multif family development. Uh reputable guys. guys. I mean, what you see here on the screen are things that they have already built uh or are in the process of building. This is actually one in Lee Summit. Uh if you guys want to drive by it, it's the one that's right across the street from Lee Summit North High School that's going up right now. Okay.

Um and then so that's I kind of picked this one out from their their table of contents, if you will, as far as kind of a look and a feel. You know, it has the brick, it has the metal, and things like that. Uh but I also picked this one out because he was asking me what what kind of feel do we want? and I said, you know, we want that old school downtown kind of feel. Really kind of feels like an extension to Main Street. And this is one that they have actually done in Indianapolis. So, this actually looks very similar to what we would do on that mixeduse multifamily uh building as well, but um yeah, Cityscape Residential, good partners, uh reputable. I mean, they're doing some in Lanexa City Center, things like that. Um so, they've been there, done that. So, they're good dudes for sure. All right, some inspirational images. um on you know what this thing could look like. So using this as our design guideline as you can see it just kind of fits the narrative that we've been talking about this entire time, right? Uh this building of course is a little bit bigger than what we were thinking about. Six stories could do it if you let us have it. Um or you know four or five stories uh is kind of what we're orig uh currently planning for. uh things like this is that we'll consider putting into these designs of these buildings as far as uh the retail like the restaurant spaces and things like that with the roll garage doors and things like that and then the the garden beds and and you know the the the lights and things like that too. So um more imagery here. So Jenna's going to Jenna's going to hold us tight to this landscaping and all that stuff. So she's going to make us plant everything so it'll look very similar to this pictures. Um pools of course uh both multifamilies will have a pool uh for the residents there. So they're going to have their own separates and outdoor um outdoor space and and all that. Um more green space and and uh walking trail and kind of a inspiration of what you know that boulevard could look like is a good imagery here down in this

bottom left. Um, and then after our neighborhood meeting, somebody I can't remember her name, but she sent over just kind of a quick feedback on, you know, throwing in some giant chess on that out there, too. So, we threw that in there, too. So, that could be a possibility somewhere along the the common areas. Uh, the phasing plan, so what's coming in where um and and when. Uh, first and foremost, what you see up here in the in the red, phase one, we're going to put in the road network. Um, so the north south boulevard there, uh, Juniper and then we also have east west given. You can see that given kind of notches a little bit towards the north. Um, and then that's done by design. So then given can extend all the way over to North Scott and activate that additional land on this west side here and continue on this this district in the future. Uh, and then we ticked it up a little bit too. So, it's not lined up, you know, next to these houses here, but then you can put in, you know, more housing or more retail and things like that along the road as it moves west. Uh, phase two, uh, which we're calling phase one, multif family, which is where Cityscape's going to come in. They're going to they're going to rock and roll down here on the south side, start bringing in tenants, uh, residential tenants in here, you know, creating the foot traffic and all of that to where it it makes it more attractive for these retail users. uh phase three of the overall plan, but we're calling it phase two as far as internally, but you know, phase, this could be like phase zero if you want to call it that, but anyway, uh is the entertainment. So, and we call it phases just for distinction, but from a timing perspective is that once these roads are in, cityscape's going to rock and roll right away. And then we also plan on going working on the vertical of of the entertainment building around the same time that these guys are building the multifamily as well. So those two could in in the current moment with what we're

planning is that those two are going to run simultaneous to one another. There might be you know a few month delay from here and there but um ideally we have construction going on at the same time with those both of those. uh phase four which is all the the you know the five pad site retail as I mentioned along here on on Y highway these two guys you know they have the best frontage so that's that's going to be the likelihood and then as things move west these guys will probably be next and then this guy will probably be the last one since it's the furthest removed from the main road there even though we'll have this boulevard in there but most of these guys like to look at how closer they are to this main road and then lastly uh putting it in Phase five, the mixeduse multif family. And one of the reasons why this is last is because just from a strategic lease up standpoint, we don't want to throw around 600 units up all at once. We want to make sure that there, you know, the project is a success. And a big part of that is lease up, right? So if you're throwing out 600 units all at once, you know, now you're chasing your tail and your lease up and things like that, right? So letting this have a good initial lease up and then start working on okay how do these guys do on the initial lease up and then that'll determine our time frame on when we would break ground on the uh vertical mixed use here right so and then just letting them have success let them create you know buzz and the entertainment is going to create buzz and all of that stuff and then let it kind of naturally uh evolve as we as we move forward. uh just kind of where we're a little bit further on the timing and things like that. Of course, we had the neighborhood meeting on the 15th. Here is where we are today. We're still working on getting a city council meeting uh set up and things like that, too. So, hopefully here that's here soon. We're working on getting that on the docket. But ideally, uh we're working on final survey, platting, and the permit process in late May. Uh so, then we can ultimately break

ground on the ground disturbance and all of that and probably optimistically end of summer, realistically, probably fall of this year, 2026. Uh, and then have the multif family, that south portion, and then the entertainment portion uh delivered in uh spring. So, around this time next year, looking to uh start working on vertical of of some of these buildings. Um, and then total completion. I mean, it there's there's a lot of variables to consider. So, honestly, this is kind of a number that I just threw out there uh just just to try and put something out there, but from expectation standpoint, 2032 to 2033 could be more, could be less depending on how we overlap these things.

Um, but just trying to create a little bit of an expectation of where it could be at overall at full buildout. So, u here's the site. Uh, currently, if we want to, we can kind of click on here, but we have some drone footage. I can send it to you guys and things like that so you can kind of see the excite um as it stands today. Um so this tree line right here, I mean that's that stream corridor that we won't really touch much. I mean we'll clean up around there and leave as much of that intact as we can. Um some of these other tree lines that I mean they're not impacted by wetlands or anything. So those will go. Uh but we will um manage this one as much as we can. And then you can kind of see where the boulevard will end up going just on the other side of this little office building here. And then you got the Dollar General uh just here off the screen. Um and then this would be the entrance into the multifamily on the south side. And of course we got Given that's going to rock all the way over to the west. And then the boulevard's going to kind of follow along down here. Uh looking from the north south. So right here is about where the entertainment building will go. Just on the other side here is where uh the multif family will go, the mixed juice multif family along this tree line back here. Uh pad sites right here in the middle right in this open area and then that multif family on the south side. Um and then I wanted to show this one too. So this is this is given. So this is kind of that front door to the project. Uh, so you'll see, you know, one of the restaurant pad sites here and then another one right here, another one here, here, and then that last one back in this area here. All right, community benefits. Uh, I know that we kind of mentioned it a little bit before uh about destination, but placemaking district, right? Just kind of whatever buzzword you want to

use, but ultimately it, you know, creating something out of nothing um and then something that where people want to go. um of of all ages really. Um and then creating a a partnership with the city uh to program the boulevard. I know I mentioned some of the things earlier u would love to do some of the things like that. Um and then since you know I I put this out here possible partnership with the school district to create programs for the students. I remember when I was going to school here we had the A+ program. So I think that there's awesome opportunities to work with the school from that perspective. um you know and let those kids you know get credits for school and and also you know earn wages and things like that through through work and all of that and there's other endless possibilities we could end up doing too. So um yeah definitely not off the table by doing that an attraction tool for more businesses that come to the community. Um you know I coming from the sports world and things like that facilities are how you recruit people. So we're creating the facility and then so naturally that's going to start creating demand as we go. Um, and then just the current estimate now, and I'm doing estimates on on what the job creation is going to be. I think it's going to be actually a little bit higher than this based upon my latest estimations, but just on site around 500 jobs created over between full-time and part-time just just in the 40acre mixed use. Um, and then more housing options of course. Um, and then just around 1,200 residents, you know, two people per per unit. It could be a little bit less, but around 1,200 residents in there. You put in a existing resident factor in there of, I don't know, let's say it's half of them in there. So, you got 600 new residents coming into Belton is what this is potentially projecting to increase the population by. Um, and then of course I mentioned it earlier, creates the opportunity to expand the Uptown District from or to the west, add more housing options, job creation,

entertainment opportunities, you name it, right? I mean, once we get given stubbed out over there, that's that unlocks, I don't know, by my estimate, another 50 acres worth of potential development right there. Um, and then of course create the connection over to North Scott. So now you got a new uh corridor that's going over there, too. And that's it. Thank you guys. All right. Thank you, Skyler. Let me uh ask the commission, are there any questions that you have either for staff or for uh the applicant? At this point, we will be having a public hearing, but I wanted to give council or the committee a chance to ask questions if you had anything first. Uh, I had made note of a couple of things as we were going through. Um, and staff, this is probably going to be more along your line. One of the things that you mentioned, Jenna, was that the uh traffic uh survey, not survey, but

impact study. The study. Thank you. That's a hard word for me. I didn't like to study, but um the traffic study indicated that there were going to be some changes that needed to be made. A lot of our roads that we were talking about are actually owned and all by MDOT such as 58 and Y highway and 49 and all. Uh, one of the biggest concerns I think I heard that night and I think you you had this in your your comments as well

that uh traffic concerns were one of the biggest that that our residents had what or how is the fact that MDOT is involved with this how is that going to affect is that going to the I'm I'm thinking we all know how the 4958 interchange has been a kind of a headache for for several years and it's in it's in the works

but they keep saying it's in the works. It's in the works and u knowing that this is is something that's happening fairly soon. Mhm. Um what what kind of uh have we gotten any kind of direction from MDOT as to how they could be working? And and that may be more public works uh question than than for you, but uh

so is the question related to how we anticipate working with MDOT on the improvements on those corridors or is it more related to the um 49 traffic issue? Uh kind of both, but but I'd say, you know, maybe better way to state it instead of how will we work with MDOT, how will MDOT work with us? Well, uh MDOT, I believe, has a new district engineer. Um area representative. Okay. So, a new area representative and we are confident that that relationship will be great.

Okay. Um and you know since they are our main corridors uh we do have a working relationship with MDOT quite frequently um and um these plans will be submitted to MDOT for review. So if there's any con uh concerns comments on the plans then we will be happy to work with MDOT or the applicant to make any changes necessary. But um you know the majority of the uh conditions from public works were those public improvements on those corridors. So it's mainly just lengthening turn lanes and adding access management uh provisions like medians on uh 58 as well as uh 163rd. Um so those are relatively minor things. They aren't necessarily expanding the road or things like that. It's mostly markings and medians. So, it's not necessarily going to impact MODOT a whole lot. Um, and those entrances and exits will be managed. So, they'll most likely be mostly right-in, right outs, uh, except for the main given intersection. So, we're taking traffic into account and we have all of those conditions in the staff report for a reason, making sure that traffic is taken into account. So, we're definitely trying to cover all the bases that we can. Um, obviously I can't speak for how MODOT would like to work with us, but we are doing our best to work with them. So,

okay. Thanks. I I just knew that was one of the questions that that we did hear quite a bit that night uh from from community. Then I guess related to the I49. Um, their timeline is to start the expansion. Do you remember the latest? 28. No, 27. 27. 27 to start. So between June and November.

So hopefully we can get the I49, you know, uh, expansion and bridge expansion going on because obviously that'll help Elton a lot too. Uh, but we obviously don't want to wait on other jurisdictions to stop Elton's growth either. So we'll just try to manage as best as possible.

Good. Uh the other comment that I think I heard and uh and read with some some uh posts that were made had to do with the housing. And I think a lot of people were like, I would sure like to see well I won't say a lot. There were some people that were I would sure like to see single family housing. I think uh as as I look at this project, this is not really a place where single family is going to develop

and I think that's why uh but then I I went further and I looked at our comprehensive plan and the the uh survey that was done through that for housing and uh we had needs presented across all areas from from the uh single home to multi-family. U the interesting thing to me was as I looked at the numbers, multifamily only had 3.2% 2% of all of our housing is multifamily and single family is uh I think it was 84

I think it was eight or something like that uh percent and uh it multifamily came in like fourth as far as what we currently have when they did inventory and so I think you know that that again remembering that there were some some comments as well that we had around the two apartment complexes that we had go in and yet within a couple of months of completion they were basically operating at 90 plus% and are maintaining that. Mhm.

So I think you know for for me at least that indicates that we we probably do have a a need for for the multif family and I think especially with the mixed use coming uh that that was another comment that we'd heard was that that was something that people would like to see. So

yeah um I would say this particular site um has never really been earmarked for single family. um it is kind of in the center of our city and kind of in a in the middle of a commercial district. Um so at least we're turning it into housing when it could have been, you know, an extension of more pad sites or something like that. Um, we wanted to create something walkable and the density of multi-family housing brings you uh the tax revenue as well as the interest from developers to um build more in your city. So, this project we're hoping will be a catalyst for more and higher end hopefully as well. Um, single family housing development to try to create more of that momentum in in our market. Um, but we're definitely not trying to not build single family housing as well. It's just it is a process to build single family. Um, and we are currently working on as much as we can on that front.

Appreciate that. So any else I just wanted to add to the traffic question. Um, thinking about 58 and Y. So, Ona, what will become Juniper is between what's going to be Cinco de Mayo and the old trailer park. Right. Correct. That road. And traffic study said right in, right out. Left in. Are we making taking that left in away and just making it right in, right out on the We're keeping it right out.

Yes. Can you use your mic? So, and then thinking about that, there's not a lot of room between there and the stoplight. Is it going to be just a two-way stop then off of Juniper on 58? And will this impact the traffic going into Cinco de Mayo, the dental office, and CVS? Because if it were up to me and I'm putting this out there, I'd rather see us get rid of some of those cutins for all the individual businesses and maybe make one big cut in off of Juniper to Cinco de Mayo and the dental and then enforce CVS is right in right out because there's a lot of delay during heavy times.

You can sit there for a long time as people are trying to turn into CVS left to cross traffic. Nobody's letting them in. Yes. It's just bad. Yes. So I don't know if any of that's in this plan. And I know it's probably too forwardl lookinging, but I was hoping there was some thought with that. So, yep, there in that traffic study, they did indicate Cedar 58 as one of a spot that needed some improvements in terms of signal timing. And then the um median will be installed to help limit some left turns um along that corridor.

Okay. Based on the proximity, we don't exactly know how long the median would be, but the city would also be in favor of extending the median across through there to limit the amount of CVS turn in and out because that is a conflict point there. And I'm sure our safe streets for all plan would also show that. So, two birds with one stone. Commissioner. Um I don't know if Jim if you'll know it or Tyler will or if anybody knows it yet, but the northern multifamily, the south will be rental for sure. Apartments will the north multif family be rental also or be purchased condos or something. It'll be rentals for sure.

Yeah. All all rental for the multifamily. Um and I asked this question quite often for for multifamily. There's plenty of examples in Kansas City just as a whole from condo buildings and u you know condo associations. A lot of them are not performing the way that they should be. Um a lot of them have large assessment packages on them and it makes it actually more expensive to purchase condos here in the Kansas City market. So when you see that from a historical perspective, it turns off the investment pool for that type of product. But when you do rental, pretty simple. Um, so that's one of the big reasons for that. And then just using, you know, single family or town homes and another location as for a for sale type of product.

Okay. Good.

Any other questions from commission before we open public hearing? Then we will open public hearing and uh ask if there's anyone here from the public that would like to speak in favor or in opposition or ask questions. If you will come over to the mic at the podium, state your name and uh we'd love to hear from you. Good evening. I'm Sally Moore and I am a real estate agent with WER Realtors Welch and Company. Is that better?

I'll snuggle up to it. There you go. Um, I had a question about the apartments. Um, are they going to be similar to the ones in Lanexa and Lee Summit in pricing for the one-bedroom about 1,500 a month or do you know it'll be similar to what you already have here in Belton? Okay. That's how we underwite the deal. So, whatever is in the the immediate market. So, Belton and Raymore. Uhu. Where however that market is calling. I'm sorry. Yeah. So, um, we we use market comps, right? just as you would with like single family and things like that and look at what's in the immediate area. So we're not going all the way out to Lee Summit or Lanexa as a comparable for this.

Okay. So using like uh Encore Center 301 the depot, you know, uh I think there's another one over in Greymore. Um using those as kind of the the anchor to where we're going to start with the rents. All right. So from a rental standpoint then those rental numbers support the size of that. Yeah. Yeah. I mean economy is a scale right? So the bigger you go the better it is right. So which is one of the reasons why we have so much density in this thing right.

Um because in the current moment it will be at some point I imagine but it's not as high as Lee Summit or Lanexa or or you know or Overland Park or anything things like that. So doing something at like 200 units or less doesn't really work. But once you get, you know, 250, 280, things like that above 300, that's what works. And then that's also why you probably see Encore and Center 301 300 and, you know, 340 plus units all in there because that's just kind of the the model that's currently working from an underwriting perspective. off the top of my head and I pardon my ignorance, but how what is the average rental on those units here in Belton?

Uh on those ones um anywhere between I don't know 1,200 to,500 as you as you mentioned. So pretty close in price then to the smaller unit in Linux is about 1,500. So those are for studios. I mean this so I mean what you get for a studio there. No, I get it. Trust me. I sell everything's more expensive there. I have a project over in Lanexa as well and we were underwriting our studios at 1400 over there. That's what it's getting to at this point. But Right. Um yeah, I mean I I I don't even think we really have too many studios in here to be because when you look at the demographics, studios just don't really make sense down here. Um at least in the current moment. Maybe in future phases they will, but

um it's going to be mostly ones and twos. Gotcha. Gotcha. um access to that of Gibbons. Is it Gibbons or Gibbons? And I'm sorry. Singular. Singular. Okay. G I V-N or GI an N. G I V an N. Okay. I like that. Okay. So, do you anticipate needing an additional venue north from Scott into that area? Say that again. Do you need do you anticipate needing an additional venue or roadway or access point from Scott into

Yeah. So, the future plan is to have at a at a later date. I don't know when it's going to be, but um Given is set to be stubbed out right at the tree line on the west side of the site, right? So, then it can be extended um all the way to North Scott. I know there's there's actually I think there's like 10 acres for sale right now there. That's what we had listed. So that's I sent you an email. That's that's what we're trying to figure out how that kind of complicated with trying to market it based on what may be coming and so people understand what you have listing then. Well, I would think but we just want to make sure we're we're marketing it properly and and doing the right thing. I could see future development there for sure.

Okay. Excellent. Okay. Thank you. You're welcome. All right. Thank you. Anyone else? Any questions or to speak in favor or opposition? Seeing none, we will close our public hearing then and I'll ask once more if there's anything that has come up to the uh to any of the commissioners that you would like clarification on. And if not, I would entertain a uh motion.

Chair, I'd make a motion to approve the reszoning and preliminary development plan for project 25-011 as presented. Second. Thank you. If a motion and a second and could we have the roll call, please? Mayor Larkkey. Yes. Commissioner Christensen. Yes. Commissioner Shut. Hi. Commissioner Mcdana. Hi. Chairman McFerson. I. Commissioner Ruggles. Yes. Commissioner Crate. I.

All right. Thank you. And uh I'd say on behalf of Belton, thanks for looking out for us and bringing bringing this project to us. I think there's uh a lot of people that are excited uh from what I've seen and heard about having something like this as an opportunity for us in our community. So, thank you. Thank you guys. All right. And there's uh Mr. vote on the preliminary plat. Mr. Chair, I'd make a motion to approve the preliminary plat for project 25-011 as presented. All right. Thank you. Second motion and second.

I missed that one. Thank you. All those in favor, could we have the uh roll call, please? Chairman Fer, I. Sorry, all fat tonged. Commissioner Crate, I. Commissioner Shut, I. Commissioner Christensen, yes. Mayor Larkkey, yes. Commissioner Rugles, yes. Commissioner Mcdana. Hi.

All right. Thank you. I missed seeing that one was separate. I knew we were considering all of them at the same time, but did not uh did not catch that. So, thank you, mayor, for keeping me straight. Um, all right. Moving on to item C then which is presentation of the proposed FY2027 capital improvements program CIP and we will ask our community development director Mr. Wright to present this for us.

Yep. Uh before you this evening is our annual update on the capital improvements program. Uh this is for the FY2027 budget which begins April 1st. And just to note, um the city council will be holding a public hearing on this and the overall budget um at their meeting on Tuesday, March 10th. Um as in years past, I won't go through everything in the CIP uh because there's quite a bit um that's not necessarily development related. So I'm just going to focus primarily on the um projects that I think imp um have an impact on future development across the city. uh primarily public improvements um in terms of infrastructure as well as some um high level park improvements. Um so the first item or the first slide is the capital improvement projects for infrastructure which includes um street improvements. Um the big one, one of the big ones right now is Larksburg which is currently under construction. Um that's the Larksburg connection um that would connect from where it currently ends um in front of Teague Tractor um back over to Cedar Tree Marketplace um which will provide kind of an alternate traffic relief route um to 58 and Mullen Road. Um that is expected to be completed this summer. Um and then we also have the Northcast Parkway extension which is $4.8 million. um that is wrapping up um design and should be started this summer as well um with probably completion late this year um about this time next year. Um that's the connection from Northcast Parkway at Peculiar Drive where it currently ends. Um and it will kind of uh swoop down slightly to the southwest and connect to 187th and Mullen.

um marquee parkway that's just finishing up um some things um currently and then the next phase of Marky is currently in design. Um there's $2.7 million for just general street and curb reconstruction throughout the city. And then Hargus is that just finishing up close

just finishing up the the last of the storm water improvements to that entire area. Um just some general improvements at city hall um and city hall annex. Um on the community development side, we are finishing up the UDC update. Um this $20,000 is just a rollover. Um, we anticipate that being the overall project being completed later this summer, but there will still be some uh final cost um after April 1 just as they um complete the document and and go through the final approval process for that. Um we've also added $20,000 for document scanning. So that is all of the um basically archived plans that we have uh paper plans that we have in the back room. um getting those uh scanned and archived into our system. So we eventually um everything is paperless and digital. Um and then $50,000 for our beautify Belton project. Uh that's something that we will be discussing with the city council in the future of exactly what that program will look like. Um but that is something that came out of the comprehensive plan and just some other code enforcement efforts that we've tried to make throughout the city. Um that could include anything from um home improvement grants for exterior home improvements to help um pe specifically lower income households be able to make those improvements to their homes. Um it could also be in the form of other beautifification for small commercial properties including uh streetscaping, landscaping, adding trees, things like that to just beautify um the image of the city from the street. Uh not going to talk about vehicles. There's quite a bit in here um for police, fire.

Um it is in the packet if you do want to look at those in any more detail. Um looking at some other things that impact kind of citywide include um the next phase of our wayfinding and monument sign up updates. Uh there's $20,000 um for that. Uh that next phase would include um the first phase was really focused on the downtown area. This next phase focuses on additional signage to help uh navigate people to parks throughout the city. And then the ET citizen survey uh that's in there. It's been quite a it's been several years since that was last done. Um and so that will be done sometime this year. Um, one of the street projects uh that's in here is the main street uh from Hershel to Chestnut. There's about $2 million in there for that. So, that's a a full re uh streetscaping of the street. Uh some of the potential ideas on that were uh part of the main street uh reimagined Main Street visioning open house uh that we held a few weeks back. Uh there's one point a little over $1.7 million for Marquy Parkway from Norcot to Westover. Um that comp includes um design um rightaway acquisition and the start of the construction for that. Um I think that's the only big public improvement on that slide. um some general sewer and water mane repairs uh throughout the city um just to keep up on aging infrastructure.

Um, and then some of the bigger park improvements uh this next year um include $600,000 for the architectural fees for the design of the Dryen Nature Reserve there next to Clean Lake. Um that will be the full design for full buildout. Um that will help them plan kind of over the next several years as they start to uh figure out uh the the final funding amounts for those various phases. And there's a fieldhouse feasibility study in there as well. Um, which would be potentially located as an expansion to Wallace Park, um, next to HighBlue and Marquee Playground, $250,000 for that. And then some additional pool improvements at High Blue. So those are kind of the the main infrastructure improvements and some of the bigger items that kind of impact development in the city and attraction of development to the city. Um any questions on any of those items or anything you want me to go into any more detail on?

Yes. On the the marquee playground is that are they replacing with a new playground? Are they adding more playground equipment? I believe that that is a replacement to the current playground that's there. Perfect. I have a seven-year-old that loves that park, so I'll tell her about it. Uh the new playground that they're um including is is it the Marquee playground or is it the Walls Park playground? This one's nice. Um brand new and it's going to be great. Destination play.

Lovely. I will tell you how I think of it. And my daughter All right. Any other questions, comments? Mr. Chair, I'd make a motion to approve the FY2027 capital improvement program as presented. Second. All right. Motion and second. Any final discussion? Seeing none, can we have the roll call, please? Commissioner Mcdana, I. Commissioner Crate, I. Commissioner Shut. I. Mayor Larkkey. Yes. Chairman McFerson. I. Commissioner Ruggles. Yes. Commissioner Christensen. Yes.

All right. Thank you. All right. Uh, next item would be an update on the unified development code. Director.

Yep. Uh, we have started receiving draft chapters for review. So, there's 11 chapters total in the new development code that's proposed. Uh, we've received five out of 11 of those. So, we're currently reviewing those. Um, we should be getting the remaining chapters here the next over the next six weeks or so. Um, to have kind of a completed draft um hopefully by the end of April is the goal. So, we'll be able to share more uh details on the drafts uh come that time uh for kind of review and comment before we bring anything uh forward for final consideration.

All right. Very good. And anything else to report on? Uh just that our next two meetings are Tuesday, March 3rd and March 17th. And we do have agenda items for both of those meetings. So, um please get those on your calendar. Yeah, really. It's not a It's not a city holiday. So, we still should be to have it. It should be. So, I might be with him. Try to make the meeting as short as we can.

All right. Well, we we do have one item that was continued from our agenda that we know is going to be on the 17th. So, at least we know about that one. So,

um any other any other items? I have one question and this might be for public works. Um, have have we had any feedback or complaints or problems with and and I'm thinking about this in light of what we talked about with the new uptown. Uh, but the medians that were put in in front of Cedar Tree and they are very low and they are almost impossible to see at night. Have we had I know that that's not us that it's state but has there been complaints made concerning that

complaints have been filed with us has been with Moda but what we've done is we added the lineators on them those little yellow stickups to help try to improve the visibility of those medians. Okay. figured it's every time I drive by that it's like, you know, I could see how somebody that's not familiar with this road would not see that and very easily end up on that. And I've seen some come real close. They swerve at the last minute. That's why uh so just wondered on that. All right. Anything else? A motion to adjurnn. A motion to adjurnn and a second. All in favor say I. I.