Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

All right, I'm going to call this meeting to order. Please stand and join me for the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you for joining us tonight. It is Tuesday, July 28th, Planning Commission for the City of Independence. Just a few rules for tonight. If you are going to speak at this time, I'd like to go ahead and ask that you stand and raise your right hand. If you think you're going to speak, go ahead and stand and raise your right hand. Just repeat after me with I will. If you so do swear, do you solemnly swear to tell the whole truth before this commission tonight? If so, say I will.

I will.

Thank you very much. All right, I will call for the roll.

Commissioner Nesbitt here Commissioner Ferguson.

Yes Commissioner ashbaugh present condition Commissioner O'Neill present Commissioner Torres here Commissioner young here and chairman Wiley here All right, we have a couple of items on our consent agenda Did everyone have a chance to read them? I

Chair.

Yes.

I'll make a motion. Will you approve the consent agenda?

Okay. I have a motion.

Second.

And a second. Any discussion? Seeing none, I'll call for the vote.

Commissioner Nesbitt. Yes. Commissioner Ferguson.

Yes.

Commissioner Ashbaugh. Yes. Commissioner O'Neill. Yes. Commissioner Torres. Yes. Commissioner Young. Yes. Chairman Wiley.

Yes. And the motion passes 7-0. chair yes commissioner I make a motion over continue case 26 100-06 okay I have a motion and a second from Commissioner O'Neill any discussion on this item what's the reasoning staff could we have a reason um there was a flaw in the advertising okay yes

And that's true for both of the cases. For both of them.

Okay. Thank you very much for that clarification. Any other questions? All right. This is just for the first case. So I'll go ahead and call for the vote.

Commissioner Nesbitt. Yes. Commissioner Ferguson.

Yes.

Commissioner Ashbaugh.

Yes.

Commissioner O'Neill. Yes. Commissioner Torres. Yes. Commissioner Young. Yes. Chairman Wiley.

Yes, and the motion to continue case 26106 passes 7 to 0.

Sure.

Yes, Commissioner.

I'd like to move that we approve the continuation of case 26107, rezoning for 914 and 916 East Frederick Street. OK. Second.

And I have a second from Commissioner Nesbitt. Any further discussion on this item? All right. Seeing none, I'll go ahead and call for the vote.

Commissioner Nesbitt. Yes. Commissioner Ferguson.

Yes.

Commissioner Ashbaugh. Yes. Commissioner O'Neill. Yes. Commissioner Torres. Yes. Commissioner Young. Yes. Chairman Wiley.

Yes. And the motion passes to continue case 26100-07-7-0. All right, let's move on to our other business tonight regarding short-term rentals. And staff, we look forward to your first report.

Yes, this is case number 26476, an application for short-term rental approval for the property located at 630 North Sioux Avenue. That property is located on the west side of Jones Road, south of Bunshu and north of Salisbury in the Farview Heights subdivision. Up on the slide is a zoning district map showing the surrounding subdivision and the zoning classification. So the site is surrounded by single family zoning districts and the homes were built approximately the same time period and they have similar characteristics in age and design. The particular property, is approximately 7,840 square feet in size. County records indicate that the dwelling was constructed in 1977 and encloses approximately 900 square feet of living area. It consists of split level architecture with a two car tuck under garage for two vehicles. Here's a picture of the front facade showing that split level architecture. and a street level view looking northbound down Sioux Avenue and southbound. See the neighborhood consists of lots that are approximately 65 feet in width. They have, again, similar characteristics, age, and design. Here's a floor plan showing the three bedrooms for guests. parking plan showing the two-car garage and additional off-street parking in the driveway and The application complies with the separation requirements required by city code so there are no short-term rentals within 500 feet of the application tonight Staff does recommend approval of the application with the standard conditions for approval. So there's three bedrooms, two adults per bedroom for a total of six adults. That concludes my presentation for tonight. If you have any questions, I'm available.

Commissioners, any questions? Yes.

Chair, did they have anything on the trash pickup vans? Yes, Ted's Trash. Ted's, okay. That's it for right now.

Okay, any additional questions for staff? All right, I'm gonna go ahead and call the applicant forward. And what would you like us to know about this particular property?

So I'm Marshall Bear, I'm the father of Isabella, she's out of town right now. So they are being very careful with doing their best to comply with everything. They have a lot of security cameras that are going up. They have active noise monitoring technology. They are actively monitoring those alerts. The people that are managing it, they live about six minutes away, so just in case something goes on, they can take care of it. They want to make sure that they're very much on top of it. The guests are very carefully screened before they arrive. They have to have two instances where they sign agreement to all the rules, which are no parties, no events, registered guests only, no unauthorized visitors, no smoking, quiet hours, maximum two guest vehicles, no street parking, but I guess it's okay. Exterior security cameras in operation and immediate removal for serious violations. So they're taking that very seriously. And, um, yeah, so they want to make sure that, uh, that they're, that they're complying with everything as best possible.

I did hear that they, uh, operated during FIFA.

Yes.

I would love to hear some feedback. How did that go?

Oh, they've got, um, it went well, as far as I understand. Uh, they got five star reviews and, uh, waited until they got the business license until they started operating that. It went well. There was one, uh, small issue with the, grass not being mowed in time, they switched lawn care companies to make sure that they were consistent with that. So they're taking care of that.

All right. Thank you very much. Chair. Yes, Commissioner.

Did he say his name and address?

He did not.

Okay. My name is Marshall Bear. It's 19315 Hulkey Road in Benz.

Okay. So the Isabel is the owner or the app? Who's the owner? I'm guessing.

So the owner is... She's a manager of the property. Okay. She's renting the property and then renting it out in turn for short-term rental. So she's doing long-term rental and renting it out again for short-term rental.

So Isabel rents it right now?

Yes. So she rents it in order to have the ability to run the property. So she doesn't own it. And then she rents it out through Airbnb.

So Gerald's the one that owns it?

Gerald, I'm not sure who Gerald is, but it sounds right.

Staff, help me out here. Can they do a rental on top of rental?

So this application is simply for the operations of a short-term rental. Whether or not the property owner permits subletting a property to other individuals, that would be the prerogative of the property owner. So The application was submitted by Isabella with Gentle Landing Homes to operate a short-term rental at the property. So that would be the decision that you make tonight.

Well, then my question is going to be, so the owner doesn't have to approve?

The owner has agreed to that. They were very careful to make sure that there was perfect understanding.

Okay, so the owner does agree to it then. Okay. I mean, it's a rental on top of a rental. I wouldn't like a house if I only got rented out like that. So that's why I'm trying to figure out what the deal is.

Yeah. Yeah, they made sure to make...

Okay, so Isabel lives there now?

No, she does not live there.

Okay.

She lives down the street. It's about six, not down the street, but about six minutes away.

Okay, so Isabel's the one that's renting that. She's the one that's also doing the maintenance and care of all that and everything, correct? Yes, yep. Okay, and she's the one that we have her number to get in contact with staff, correct?

Yes, we do have Isabella and Gentle Landings Home contact information on file for any enforcement action or any follow-up for short-term rental operations.

Okay, thank you.

Sure.

Commissioner?

Can I ask staff, did you know that the property owner approved it?

So on the application, Gerald Warren Brock was listed as the property owner. However, our contact has been with the applicant Isabella so it was our understanding that you know the property owner listed on the application was in approval of the operations of a short-term rental and Isabella was a representative for the the property owner on this application but I personally have not had contact with Gerald myself

So what's the city stand on that? I mean, they don't care.

Yeah. Again, this is a land use question. So, you know, it's a, the prerogative is up to the property owner and the, and the applicant. It'd be similar to a commercial tenant operating a business. There's a property owner that leases out a commercial space to a tenant and, you know, whatever business the tenant operates out of the commercial space, you know, that would be the negotiations or a lease agreement. It would be a civil agreement between those two parties.

Sir, I'm not trying to submarine this. I'm just trying to find out why the city isn't more actively involved in finding out if the property owner is okay with it. Is it because... Is it because legally it's not your problem?

Ultimately, when the application comes in, they do have to list the property owners. As Gabe mentioned, it's really the applicant's responsibility to make sure that the property owner is okay with that if that's part of their lease agreement. Again, we don't manage that civil interaction with that.

Well, I just am a little surprised, but what do I know? But that's why I'm asking questions from the attorneys. Like saying, yeah, that's okay. Right?

Yeah. I think the analogy to a commercial space is a good one for understanding how this works. It would be, if it's against the lease agreement that she has with the property owner, then that would be a civil matter between the property owner and herself. rather than involving the city in that private civil matter. We're just regulating whether or not she's operating a short-term rental and making sure that she complies with our requirements that are set out in the city code.

Okay. And I'm just remembering back to our last meeting when somebody was trying to do that, and the HOA board came in and said she can't do that because it's against the bylaws. So I guess as long as you guys feel comfortable with... Just taking the word of somebody for that, that's okay. Like I said, I'm just clarifying. I was just a little surprised.

Yeah. The HOA bylaws, policing that agreement also is the private matter. That's not necessarily the city's responsibility to make sure that every single property abides by their HOA bylaws. That's, again, the private matter between the property owner or the person running the short-term rental and the HOA. similar to the property owner and the tenant who's running the short-term rental in this case.

So I'm assuming in this process there's a line on the application that says the property owner is okay with you doing this.

I would defer to the city of what the contents of the application is. I've seen the documents in the packet, and I see that the property owner is listed, but I don't see that it says affirmatively they consent.

Okay, well. I think it would be a good question to ask, just to make sure you have no liability. Well, yeah, he said that. But they didn't ask.

Oh, yeah, the city didn't ask.

That's true. That's my two cents, I guess. I'm done.

All right. Any further questions for our applicants, Father? All right. You may sit down, sir. Thank you very much.

Yeah.

Right at this time, is there anyone who would like to speak in opposition of this case? Anyone who'd like to speak in opposition, go ahead and come forward, state your name and your address. Were you sworn in, ma'am?

Good evening, I'm Teresa Johnson. I have lived at my home since 1999 during the entire time time the property at 630 North Sioux has been a rental and There have been ongoing issues with both tenants and mainly the landlord Now there is a proposal to turn this property into a short-term rental. I strongly oppose that request I The property is already not being properly maintained. It is not being taken care of as a long-term rental. I have serious concerns it will be maintained any better for a short-term rental. I'm also concerned about the impact this will have on my neighborhood. A short-term rental next door could reduce the value of my property and make it much more difficult for me to sell my home in the future. I chose this neighborhood because it's a residential community, not a place with a revolving door for short-term guests. I have photographs showing the current condition the property and I would like for you to consider them as part of your decision. Please do not approve this request for a short-term rental. I respectfully ask that you protect the character of our neighborhood and entrance of the residents that are there year-round. Thank you.

Chair, what was her address?

Could you state your address again?

Oh, I'm sorry, 624 North Sioux Avenue. I live right next door.

Thank you very much.

One other question for her. Have you talked to the tenant that lives there?

There is no tenant at this point.

In the past?

Yes.

Same tenant?

No, different tenants. We've had domestic violence. We've had people changing oil out in the driveway with a large barrel collecting the oil. We've had domestic abuse and police there. The property needs some help.

Staff, I mean, Chair, can we see her photos?

Absolutely. You want to go ahead and present those? Who do I give them to? Go ahead and just pass them down. Ma'am, you can't testify unless you're on the microphone.

Oh, I'm sorry. They did come out that night later on about 8, 9 o'clock with four girls and a man. They all had weed eaters, lawnmowers, and they mowed up until it was past dark.

Anything else you'd like to share?

Please don't do this.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you. Anyone else who'd like to speak in opposition of this case? Anyone else? Anyone who'd like to speak in favor of this case? All right. Sir, I'm going to go ahead and invite you back up to address any of the things you've just heard from a neighbor, if you can.

Sure. Marshall Bear again. So my daughter has recently acquired this contract to rent this home. So she's very new with this. So anything that's happened in the past is irrelevant. Short-term rentals I don't think are going to be changing oil in the driveway. They are doing their best to make sure that they keep on top of landscaping, and they want it to be as attractive as possible for their advertising and the satisfaction of the guests. And so they're keeping on top of the landscaping that way. If there's anything that's not how it should be looking, they're doing their best to make sure it does look good. They want to be as compliant and as possible with the city and also making sure that everybody's happy as much as possible. So yeah, they're doing their best to do that. So anyway, everything that was mentioned, all the violence, abuse, would have been in the past and irrelevant for today.

All right.

Thank you very much.

Chair, hold on.

Yes, Commissioner.

How long has she rented this property again?

Uh, she's had it for, I think about two months or so. Oh, she's only had it for two months rental. Maybe three. I'm not sure exactly, but yeah.

So in other words, she's rent, she rented it to rerented it right off the bat.

Yeah.

Okay. So that's what she planned on doing. Um, I guess it's total furnished inside, correct? Yes. Okay. I'm, I'm, it's, What does she think is going to happen now that FIFA is gone? Does she plan? I mean, this neighborhood doesn't seem so far out there. I guess I don't get short-term rentals way out that way. So I don't understand. Does she plan on it working?

Yeah, she's hoping to rent it out as an Airbnb.

And she thinks it's going to go?

Yep, otherwise she wouldn't have done it.

Yep. Okay, and then we did see a picture here of something about a tree that looks pretty bad. Do you know about it?

No, I don't. But if there is an issue with the tree, they're...

I mean, the tree looks half dead. That's why I didn't know if there's one that looks like that in there or not.

Oh, yeah, I haven't been there for a month or so. So I'm not aware of the tree. But if that's an issue, they'll take care of it. They definitely want to make sure that it looks good.

Well, I'm sure, yeah. Yeah, make sure it looks good. Okay, thank you.

So it's in the best interest of the business.

Thank you very much. Thanks. All right, any additional questions for staff? I'll go ahead and ask them what you're thinking. Staff, did you go out and look at the property and have any of your own concerns?

No. We did receive a call about the tall weeds at the property. So we notified the applicant and they agreed to go out and do some yard work. So I assume that was the response. Sounds like same day they were able to make it out there and clean it up.

Okay, thank you very much. Commissioner?

Staff, she's a renter, so... If the short-term rental thing doesn't work out, can she go back to leasing it out as a long-term, or does one exclude the other, or are they mutually, how does that work?

So if there's a business operator who's leasing out a property for periods of time longer than 30 days, they would obtain a landlord license, and in this case, it could be a sublet agreement where, you know, There's an agreement between the landlord and, in this case, maybe you could consider it a property manager or some lease agreement. So that's completely within the possibility at this property if they could change their business operations and sublet it out to a tenant for periods of time longer than 30 days.

Staff, can they have both licensed at the same time?

So there have been previous cases where that's been permitted. There is a case, must have been a month or two ago now, that there is a property owner, in that case a property owner, who leased out the property to, I believe it was insurance claims. So, you know, families that were suffering a loss of their home. And so they were, you know, staying at a rental home or that particular home for longer than 30 days. And so they were operating that property in that way. And they also requested approval for a short-term rental. And Essentially, a short-term rental is a period of time less than 30 days. So the landlord and tenant code does not apply to the operations of a short-term rental because that occupant hasn't established that legal tenancy. So there is precedent. for that if they do choose to discontinue short-term rental operations. The requirement would just be that they obtain a landlord license.

But we would never know that.

The city does have business license compliance officers in the regulated industries division so while you know we may not catch every landlord that's operating without a license we do have city staff that that work daily on on obtaining compliance from from property owners and landlords okay my question would be then if she's running a short-term rental we're getting tax money from it correct That's correct.

And if she doesn't rent it out, when they go to a landlord, we get no tax money. So you should be able to see if she doesn't pay any tax money. Is that something we look at or is that something we don't do? I don't know.

Not typically. The transient guest tax collected from short-term rentals is self-reported from business operators. So that's something that business operators should be doing on a monthly basis. However, that's not typically how city staff are encountering business operators or people Those are generally handled on a case-by-case basis for rental properties and independence. Okay.

Any additional questions for staff? Anyone? All right. I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing.

Chair.

Yes, Commissioner.

I make a motion to approve case 26476, short-term rental, 630 North 2nd Avenue.

All right, I have a first. I second. And a second from Commissioner Ferguson. And I will call for the vote.

Chair.

Yes.

One thing I would make a comment here is that on a short-term rental versus a long-term rental. They do seem to keep the upkeep better on the outside because they want it to look good. That's the only thing I can tell you about on the short-term rental. I mean, yes, you don't know what people are being rented there or do that, but that's just a gamble you're going to take even on a long-term rental. And you said this house has been a rental for 26 years, 27 years, so you never know what you're going to get. So that's just what my opinion is on it.

Okay. I'll go ahead and call for that vote.

Commissioner Nesbitt?

Yes.

Commissioner Ferguson? Yes. Commissioner Ashbaugh?

Yes.

Commissioner O'Neill? Yes. Commissioner Torres? Yes. Commissioner Young? Yes. Chair Wiley?

Yes. And the motion passes 7-0 for case number 407, excuse me, 26476, short-term rental on Sioux Avenue. We will go ahead and move on to the short-term rental on Berry Lane.

All righty. This is case 26477. The same applicant, Isabella Bayer with Gentile Landing Homes, is requesting short-term rental approval for a property at 17101 East Berry Lane. This is a property on the east side of 291 Highway, south of 23rd Street, north of Hidden Valley Road. The properties in this subdivision were developed in the 50s, and it's a neighborhood that's zoned single-family residential and abuts a commercial corridor along 291 Highway. The particular property in question is comprised of two tax parcels that total approximately 28,500 square feet in size together. county records indicate that the dwelling was constructed in 1958 and the dwelling encloses approximately a thousand two hundred and fifty square feet of living area it's a similar construction to the previous application so it's split level architecture and with a tuck under garage And here's street level imagery looking northwest towards 291 Highway and south. Here's a floor plan for the proposed short-term rental showing three bedrooms, the main level. And the parking plan showing the two-car garage and the off-street parking in the driveway. And lastly, proximity map showing the nearest short-term rental. So to the west across 291 Highway, there are two existing short-term rentals, and this application complies with the 500-foot separation requirement required by city code. So staff do recommend approval of this application with three bedrooms and a maximum of six adult guests. That concludes my presentation.

Okay, now that we know that this is actually a business model where somebody has a business, it sounds like they've gone to different landlords and said, hey, I'll manage your short-term rentals. And then they come up with an agreement. It kind of makes more sense now. But has this one been operating with FIFA or anything before going through this process?

And the commission probably remembers this case coming up back in March. At that time, the business operator had been operating without a permit in violation of city code. And at that point in time, the commission recommended that the business operator obtain approval during the FIFA World Cup. because that is an administrative approval and is permitted by right for that 60-day window. So in that case, the business operator did follow through with that FIFA World Cup temporary short-term rental permit. So they have been operating for the past year. Approximately 60 days under that temporary permit have been, you know, complied with all the use regulations, got their noise monitoring device, fire inspection from the fire department. So just like what you had asked, yes, they have been operating under a permit this time.

Okay. Thank you very much.

Chair?

Yes, Commissioner.

Staff, so this is the same person?

It is the same person.

That's correct. That did last time? Okay. Okay. The owner is a corporation, I'm guessing, then, on this one, because it's... Limited LLC.

Yeah, so it does appear to be a local entity, and the property owner listed is Lonnie Bernard New Earth Properties, so a local LLC that owns several properties around town and just like with the previous application, an agreement between the business operator, Gentle Landings Homes, and the property owner. Okay.

All right. Any additional questions for staff? All right. I'm going to go ahead and invite that applicant forward. What do we need to know about this property?

Hello again. So Marshall Bear, 19315 Mulkey Road. So, yeah, so there was an incident, as you all know, might remember from last time, there was an isolated party incident. And that was before they had security cameras installed. So, again, they want to make sure that they're following everything as best as possible. They weren't at the beginning. They were not aware of the specifics with the business license. They're very sorry for not following that. but they want to make sure that they're doing their best to follow that. So with that party incident, the police were never called. No one was injured. It was a single isolated incident, and nothing similar has happened since. They have a lot of all five-star reviews since during the FIFA time. And so once they learned about the mistake that they made, They're changing the practices. They're making they're being very careful to comply with the city's requirements Following the hearing they waited until they had the short-term rental license before operating then they did operate during that period So what's changed they put exterior security cameras up for to look at the front entrance the driveway the backyard and the rear entrance and The management receives motion alerts, and they're reviewed within minutes. They also invested in some pretty good, expensive noise monitoring technology, and so they're on top of that. There was one instance where a guest came, and they were there, and they were told that they could have either five or six, I forget what it was, but they noticed that there were two extra people, and they contacted the guest, and they did not leave immediately and so Airbnb contacted them and I think within 12 18 hours they were gone so they're making sure they want to make sure that the rules are being followed again they live just a few minutes away from this home so they can take care of things very soon the maintenance the same company they switched to a different landscaping company to make sure that the The landscaping is being taken care of quickly. Guest screening. Airbnb verifies the guest identities, but then they also do their second screening where they look at guest history and anything. Anybody that doesn't have a good review, they're not accepted. And they have been rejecting people because they want to make sure that there's no issues. If the guests say that they want to have a birthday party, they say no. They want to make sure that there are no parties. And the guests do not receive a door code until they have acknowledged multiple times the house rules, which no parties, no events, registered guests only, no unauthorized visitors, no smoking, quiet hours, maximum two guest vehicles, no street parking, exterior cameras are in operation. So they're being very active with enforcing the rules. And they've had a good experience so far. So that's pretty much it.

Since they were before us before, do you know if they've had any conversations with the neighbors now?

With the neighbors? I believe they told me they were going to bring cookies to everybody, but I don't know if that actually happened.

Okay. Maybe we'll find out.

Yeah. They did want to have a good relationship with everybody. So I don't know what ended up happening, but I know they talked about doing that.

All right. Just curious. Any questions for our applicant? Chair. Yes, Commissioner Nesbitt.

So did they have to go over and cut the grass at night at this place?

Sorry, say it again.

Did they have to go cut the grass at night at this place?

Oh, at night? I don't think so.

So basically they didn't get overgrown like the last one?

Yeah, I don't think maintenance of the grass has been an issue at this location. I'd say it was that one time. At this location, I don't think it's been an issue. But they're also making sure that they want to They want to follow the noise ordinances and the timing, the quiet hours. Okay.

Any additional questions? All right. Thank you very much.

Thank you.

All right. At this time, if there's anyone who'd like to speak in opposition of this case, okay, go ahead and come forward. Were you sworn in? Yes, I was. Okay, thank you. And state your name and your address.

My name is Jackie Davis. I'm at 1700 Baker Road in Independence, 64057. So I don't live directly on Berry, but Baker and Berry are interconnected. So I am also objecting to a short-term rental in my neighborhood. I was going to say, for me, it's a safety factor. I was going to say I'm a single woman who lives by myself. I don't... I understand that they had the short-term permit during FIFA time. FIFA finished on the 11th. The house has been rented at least four times since then that I have taken photos of. So I don't know how long you extended that FIFA period after the games were stopped, but it has been rented out at least four more times. Maintenance-wise, yes, this house looks much better since it was taken over. I give them full credit for that. However, I was here in March. There is a giant pile of gravel in the driveway. Yes, you can still get two cars in the driveway, but that giant pile of gravel has been there since March that completely blocks at least one of those garage doors that prevents off-street parking. There are two parking spots on the driveway, still yes. So if that's a requirement of the city, that's being met. But it'd be nice if that giant pile of gravel was also taken care of and the rest of the maintenance was done on the property. I was going to say the one side backs up to a large period of woods, which your overhead showed they also own that property. It is very overgrown. I don't know. Even on the street, I was going to say, not just them, the folks on the other side, it's so overgrown that it's not even two car lanes wide getting up and down Barry to where it interconnects with Baker, and it's very dangerous. I walk my dogs up and down that street, and I have to be very careful because the cars coming up and down can't necessarily see you. it would be very nice if they would continue to do the rest of the maintenance that needs to be done in that area because that is their property. Those woods are theirs. They own it. It needs to be cleared out.

Okay.

Thank you very much. Um, just real quick, Gabe, have you been out there? Did you notice the maintenance?

So in this case, um, Staff in community development did go out there. It was not me personally in this case. The concerns are noted, and we'll certainly submit a service request and have a code officer take a look at the property. If there's any property maintenance violations, we'll get those addressed, absolutely.

Okay, thank you very much. Anything else, ma'am? No. Okay, thank you very much. Is there anyone else present who'd like to speak in opposition?

Chair, real quick.

Yes.

Gabe, you got a picture of the front of the house again? The driveway? Is that concrete all the way out to the street? I can't tell on that picture, sorry.

It is concrete all the way out to the street, yes.

And she was talking about gravel in front of the driveway?

So this was not a recent, this was from the previous application March.

Oh, well she said right now there's still gravel there.

So as you're looking at it, that right-hand side, and they brought in a lot of gravel because they have completely redone the steps and some pathway around the house, but they didn't use all the gravel. So that right-hand side door is completely blocked by a pile of gravel. And so you could not park in that right-side door.

Where did we get the picture from? The previous time? Okay.

Thank you. Any additional thoughts or questions? Okay. No one else to speak in opposition? Then I'll go ahead and move on. Anyone who'd like to speak in favor of this case? Anyone who'd like to speak in favor? Okay. Okay. Sir, I'll go ahead and have you come back up and address the specific maintenance concerns if you have any.

Sure. We will definitely make sure that gravel is taken care of. Part of what they were doing was the reason that gravel was there was, as she said, to fix up some spots. But another big reason was to extend the driveway approach and make it concrete. It used to be not very good looking. So what you see there has been there, but between that driveway and the street, they added a concrete approach. So that's why that gravel was there to put underneath the concrete. So I'll make sure that they get that gravel removed. And yeah, if there's any overgrowth that's part of that property, we'll make sure that it gets taken care of.

Okay, thank you.

Chair, do you know what overgrowth they're talking about? I mean, I'm looking online here, so I'm trying to figure out, I mean, it all looks overgrowth to me, so that's why I was trying to figure out what you guys have cleaned up or haven't since we don't have any relative good pictures here.

So, no, I need to get specifics, but I'm guessing that it's on the right of this picture.

Is that correct?

Okay. So, I do know about some growth that's over there, so we'll take care of it.

I mean, I'm looking at 2024 picture, and it's really overgrown, so I mean... So when you have people there, they were not parking on the street, correct? Or were they?

I'm not aware of that, but I'm guessing they were parking in the driveway. Because there's actually space for four cars. You can see in that picture space for two cars, and then between that area and the street.

Yeah, the one on line shows it was gravel, and you guys had to pave that because that was a problem. But, yeah.

Yeah, and that's one of the few homes in the neighborhood that now has a full concrete approach. So they've improved it and made it, at least in that way, a benefit to the community.

Now, what about the four times rented after FIFA? But I think, does it go all the way through July?

Yeah, the business license goes through the end of July.

That's what I thought, so that answers that question. Okay, thank you.

Great, thank you very much. All right, I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing. All right, any additional or final questions for staff from anyone?

Chair. Yes. I make a motion we approve case 26477, short-term rental, 17101 East Berry Lane.

All right, I have a first.

Second.

And a second. Thank you, Commissioner Torres. All right, I'll go ahead and call for the vote.

Commissioner Nesbitt.

I see this house has been approved, so I'm going to have to go with a yes on that.

Commissioner Ferguson?

Yes.

Commissioner Ashbaugh? Yes. Commissioner O'Neill?

Because I'm personally acquainted with the owner, I'm going to abstain.

Commissioner Torres? Yes. Commissioner Young? Yes. Chair Wiley?

Yes. And the motion passes six yeses, one abstention. And that is... Case number 26477. All right. We will move on to case number 326482, short-term rental on Liberty Street.

This is case 26482 and the third application for short-term rental approval tonight. This property is located on the west side of Nolan Road along Liberty Street, south of Schumann Road and north of 23rd Street. This property is located in a single family zoning district with various zoning district classifications and land uses in close proximity. So to the northwest there is the Bingham Wagner estate. This particular property is 2,600 square feet in size. You can see an aerial image on the PowerPoint slide in front of you. County records indicate that the dwelling was constructed in 1951 and encloses approximately 760 square feet of living area. Here is a recent photo of the front facade of the property in question tonight. And, excuse me, street level imagery looking north up Liberty Street towards Sherman Road and south towards 23rd Street. There's a floor plan of the proposed short-term rental. This short-term rental has two bedrooms and a parking plan showing a driveway that can accommodate one car and one additional street parking space, excuse me. There are a couple of short-term rentals operating in close proximity. However, this proposed short-term rental does comply with the distance regulations, the site separation requirements. And city staff are recommending approval of the application tonight, limiting the occupancy to four adults and two bedrooms. And that concludes my presentation.

All right. Thank you very much. Any questions for staff? All right. I'm going to go ahead and invite the applicant forward. All right. State your name and your address.

Good evening. My name is Doug Chaney. I live at 712 Southwest Sharer Road in Lee Summit.

And what would you like us to know about your short-term rental?

Well, my wife and I, my wife is Tina. She's the brains of the operation. And we purchased this small house with the idea of doing a short-term rental. We've done a lot of work on it. As far as for noise, we have a professional monitoring service that also monitors how many cell phones are in the house to be able to do with helping with compliance of parties Those types of things Of course got the no smoking got all the postings up Small little house Don't have a whole lot to toot about it other than than that so I

Okay. Well, it's in a good area to the squares.

Yes, it is. It's very short to that. It's close to the stadiums while there's still stadiums there.

Did you operate during FIFA or anything? Yes, we did. And how did that go?

Very well. The times we had to rent it out, a couple of five stars out of it. So it went very smooth.

Good.

For being first times at it, we're learning as we go.

That was probably exciting.

Yes, it was.

Good for you. All right.

Also, one other thing. Yes. We do have two cameras outside for going both down the side so I can see the driveway and the front door. Okay. So we can see all that kind of stuff.

Great. Yes.

I see our pictures. We've got stakes in there. Is there something wrong going with water or something that happened?

They've been doing some construction down the road. And I'm assuming that it's coming this way.

Okay.

But I haven't heard anything. I have not been able to find out any information as far as what else is being done for stormwater or anything like that.

Staff, you know anything?

I'm not aware of any projects, any capital improvement projects down Liberty Street.

Just down the block to the north, they've been working on that for the last several weeks. that entire intersection. I know there's been storm drains, but what else and how far it's coming up, I do not know.

Okay. I mean, it's always worrying when somebody's going to dig up the front yard. Yeah.

When I saw that going on, we were both like, how are we going to handle it? Okay. Thank you.

Gabe, is that something you can look into and just let him know?

Oh, yeah. Absolutely. That's something that we can look into.

Thank you very much. All right. Anything else before I let you sit down?

I don't think so. Is there anything else? Oh yeah. We also Evolve Management is doing all of our reservations and compliance and those kinds of things.

What is Evolve?

Evolve is a nationwide management company. They screen everybody. They do all their due diligence. They look through Airbnb. They advertise for us for Several other short-term rental companies to try to help us with business and stuff.

So, okay. Thank you very much. Thank you All right at this time if there's anyone present who'd like to speak in opposition of this case Please come forward

Sir, were you sworn in?

I was not. Okay, go ahead and raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth to this commission tonight? If so, say I will.

I will. All right. My name is John Anthony. I live right next to the property at 811. I wasn't necessarily against it being a short-term rental. It was my understanding from... City staff that they operated through FIFA without a permit. They weren't permitted to do so As for the yard work that is a major project and the city has already informed us that they are tearing out all the yards and all the sidewalks It's supposed to happen on 4th of July. I guess it's been pushed back a little bit Like I said, I'm not against a short-term rental I think it's Actually probably preferable than a long-term tenant that we might not get along with you know the they've had a lot of guests so far None of them have been unruly. They've all been fine Was a little bit disappointed that we were not told that you know no introduction the house previously was Kind of an eyesore so we saw it being you know redone happy excited Previous tenant didn't have trash service for years. They do. So, I mean, just we're not against it necessarily. But last week, I assume my neighbor finally noticed the sign in the yard, and she is very against it, as is there's a It's a really small space. You see the pictures. I share the front yard and the lady over on C is basically her back. It's like just kind of tucked in there between our two yards. She's against it for different reasons. She has spoken with other neighbors around She actually wanted to sign a petition to officially stop it. She did. She convinced, I would rather advocate for my neighbors who are against it than someone who came in and didn't file the proper permits. So we did collect four petitions, which got us up to 19%, just shy of the 25% threshold that we would need to have pushed it to the council. So, again, not completely against a short-term rental in general. If Mr. Glazer's information was correct that they did not have a permit at all, I do find a problem with that. I think that, you know, it's pretty obvious that you can't just start a business in a neighborhood without letting the city know and, you know, Other short-term rentals are paying fees to get the application, submitting their taxes to the city. They didn't do that until Airbnb was notified that they were operating without a permit. Then a day later, they filed for their permit. Had that not happened, I'm sure that we wouldn't be here right now and they would probably still be operating illegally. And that's it. Thank you.

Thank you so much. Anyone else present who'd like to speak in opposition? Anyone? All right. Anyone who'd like to speak in favor? All right. I'm going to go ahead and invite the applicant forward again to address anything that he heard.

Um, as far as the permitting, um, I have been in touch with Mr. Glazier, um, when we were filling out the application and it has never been rented after we filed for the application. Now, we didn't even know about the hearing until the sign got posted in our yard, and it was probably another week before we found out until yesterday when we got the email and a phone call from Mr. Glazier talking about if we were going to be here today. But we filed this application at the end of April, beginning of June, and there was nothing rented until... until the middle of FIFA. It was like the third set of games before anything was rented out. So there's been a little bit of miscommunication between everything. And Mr. Glazier and I talked about that yesterday. Okay.

Thank you. I often recommend that if somebody tells you, it would have been nice to hear from you. So I would encourage you to reach out to your neighbors. We'll be happy to.

All right.

Thank you very much. All right. You know what I'm going to ask, Gabe? Address the small elephant in the room.

Yes. So the current business operator does have a landlord license registered with the city of Independence.

Okay.

The difference between a landlord license and the short-term rental, and we've discussed this already tonight and in the past, but... The short-term rental operations require a separate business license. Typically, that is addressed after the planning commission hearing and also requires remitting transient guest tax. That being said, those taxes, there's a variety of ways to pay those transient guest taxes, whether that's through a booking platform that has an agreement with the city or or self-reporting that revenue and making payments directly to the finance department. So in this case, city staff are confident that, you know, unfortunately the bookings that have taken place did get canceled. fell under the radar. In this case, again, we're confident that the business operator can comply with the requirements of the city code.

So to clarify, they had a long-term rental? Yes, there is an active landlord license. But did not realize that didn't cover FIFA and kind of just move forward?

That's my understanding.

Okay. All right. Thank you very much.

Right?

Yes.

Can an African come back up?

Yeah, absolutely.

So you had a landlord license, but you did not know that you had to have a short term?

No, we hadn't had any communication. Once we filled out everything that we thought we had to do, we didn't receive any correspondence from the city until yesterday.

So you filled out short-term stuff back in April or March?

We filled it out in May.

May? Yes. Gabe, did we get something in May?

So we do have an application submitted the 6th of June.

June, okay.

6th of June. And... These applications go through a cycle just like with any other planning and zoning application. So, you know, it's about a month and a half process from the initial date of application prior to being before the planning commission.

Okay, so you guys have no talking between an applicant or them any time before that? Because the way I understand it is he thought since he filled out the application, he could go ahead and do the FIFA because you probably saw that. FIFA ones, you just have to tell the city. Right.

And that we were also understanding that some of the rules didn't apply that normally would for an application. We thought that kind of covered this as well.

Because you had the landlord license already, which I understand that, yeah, because you have the landlord license. Right. I'm just trying to figure out what happened. Is the staff at fault, or what's happening here? Is the city at fault for not getting back to him quick enough, or what's the deal?

Yeah, and in this case, I mean, there was an initial correspondence, so the applicant had come to either myself or my coworker, and we had provided the information, the steps to apply, and the procedures for approval. In that case, the applicant submitted their packet, city staff reviewed it, and it conformed with the requirements of city code. So at that time, we prepared using a staff report, public notices,

So we have public notice goes out two weeks ahead, right? That's correct, yeah. But he just found out this week that he was having a hearing?

That's correct.

That sounds kind of crazy. I mean, I don't know if it went by mail or if it wanted to do.

There is a notice that's posted on the property, a sign, and mailers that get sent to property owners within 185 feet of the subject site.

Two weeks before or?

Two weeks before.

Okay. So we're saying the post office let us down, probably, since it has had to go to the Lee Summit address. Probably. I mean, you don't know. So as long as we send ours out is what we're supposed to say. Okay.

Thank you. Can I add one more thing? Yes, please. As far as the fees go and the taxes go, Evolve handles that for us. So those are handled by them. So I just wanted to add that to the record too that they're on top of that and with an agreement with the city. Okay.

Thank you very much.

Chair.

Yes, Commissioner.

So don't you guys require an email or something from them as well?

The application is submitted through a portal. So the short-term rental platform or technology that we use automates that process. In this case, we've had 85 plus short-term rental applications this year. So these kind of go through a cycle and we use that platform, that technology to assist city staff in that process.

So do you get an email from these guys? Do you ask them for an email or a phone number or anything else or just an address?

Their contact information for the applicant is listed in the application packet. That's before tonight.

I'm going to ask the question one more time because I don't think I got an answer. So what contact information do they have to give you?

They provide their phone number, email address, and personal address. Excuse me.

Okay. Okay. But so their city's response is to not contact them the other way. They prefer to mail.

I guess I'm confused with the question.

Well, the question is he said he got it by mail.

We send out notices by mail.

Okay.

But the applicant never said he got an email, a phone call, or anything saying that this is in process or it's approved or anything like that?

I mean, I can't answer that question.

No, but can you answer, do you send it out?

Yes, we do. Okay. We're required to.

That's what I wanted to know.

Yes. So you do send it out? And we do provide an affidavit for that as well.

Awesome. Thank you.

Yes.

All right. Any other comments or concerns? All right. I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing. Yes, Commissioner O'Neill.

I move we approve case number 26482 for address 813 South Liberty Street.

Okay, I have a first. And a second. And a second. And I will call for the vote.

Commissioner Nesbitt. Yes. Commissioner Ferguson. Yes. Commissioner Ashbaugh.

Yes.

Commissioner O'Neill. Yes. Commissioner Torres. Yes. Commissioner Young. Yes. Chair Wiley.

Yes, and the motion passes seven to zero for the short-term rental on Liberty Street. That's case number 26482. All right, do we need a brief break, anyone? Okay. All right, nope, nope. All right, are you up, Brian?

Yes.

We look forward to your report. Go ahead.

This is case 26484. The applicant, Krista Salazar, requests to operate a short-term rental at 230 South Cedar Avenue. As you can see, this is a property that's in the northwest corner of our city between Sugar Creek and Kansas City there north of Independence Avenue. So as you can tell from our notification area map, you can see the surrounding homes around the Lexington Avenue area there south of and west of Cedar. So this is an area that's zoned R12, two-family residential, although the dominant home usage around there is all single-family, although there's a large community organization, the Northwest Communities Development Corporation, that's across the street to the east. So the lot is... 6,532 square feet in area. The residence, a small home, 916 square feet of living area. The property was platted in 1965 as a two-car driveway that can accommodate four vehicles at least, and one vehicle could legally park on the street as well. So this is the home looking at it straight on here from Cedar. Floor plan here. As you can see, two bedrooms, it's a small home, two bedrooms in the back of the house by the back door. You have a combo living, kitchen, dining area by the front door and a shared bathroom there between. And here shows the simple evacuation plan, which of course would be through that front door. has been turned in this view, front door being at the top, and then our rear door there by those two bedrooms at the back of the home. What happened? I do not know what happened. Hold on a second, and we'll see if we can't figure this out. It's a cute little aardvark. Okay. Don't hit the button? Okay. Okay, we're back there. Okay. And here's the driveway. It says up to three from what we could tell. It looks like four spaces, although there are some cinder blocks that would need to be removed in order to do that. So this is the nearest short-term rental to this property. Both of them are south of 24 Highway, one over by Washington Cemetery, the other off Lake Drive. Staff recommends approval of this short-term rental with the following conditions. Maximum occupancy is four adults. because we just have two bedrooms there. So recommending approval and ready to take any questions you may have.

All right. Thank you very much. Commissioners, any questions for staff?

Chair.

Yes, Commissioner Nesbitt.

Okay, Brian, you said the driveway, is it all paved or what's going on?

Yeah, they redid it. It's a nice concrete. You didn't have a picture of it?

Did you? I didn't see a picture. Oh, I saw a picture of the side. It wasn't a straight-on picture. I was wondering about the sidewalk there.

There isn't a sidewalk. It's an unapproved street. Oh, okay. Is that what it is?

Okay. I thought that was a sidewalk, though.

All right. Any additional questions for staff? All right. I'm going to invite our applicant board.

My name is Raymond Zahid. I am here on behalf of Krista Salazar. She's out of country right now. Okay. Yes. State your address for us, too. Were you sworn in? Yes. Okay, I thought so. I was here before it started. Yeah, I thought so. Address is 230 South. You've been patient. Right, 230 South Cedar Avenue.

Okay. I noticed that she's applying for short-term rental because she's out of town. So can you tell us a little bit about how it's going to get managed and just what we need to know?

Right. The property has cameras outside, front and back. And, yes, the driveway is fully concrete, paved. Four cars can easily park there. And there is no sidewalk over there. Okay. Actually, we have a community center across the street from it, so there's additional parking for the city, but it has enough parking. It has been nicely updated, and I think the picture, whenever they took last in the front, you can see the siding was missing. That's done. It just hasn't got the paint yet on it, but everything is good and it's furnished, and it's only nine, ten minutes from the stadiums. And we are right there by 435 South and North. So I think it's a perfect location. And that's when she decided to do Airbnb.

So as the owner, she's the owner, but she's out of the country. What is set up to kind of manage this whole process?

She's going to manage it herself. She flips houses. What do you mean, like, manage?

Well, she's out of the country, so for how long?

She's coming back next week. Oh, okay. Because this notice wasn't sent until by the time she had her flights booked and stuff. Okay, I got you. But she's planning on managing it herself, and... Hoping for the best.

Okay. All right. Yes?

So does she live there, too? No. No.

No, you're talking about on that Cedar property?

Her address says down 230 Cedar, but I mean... She was staying there for a while while it was...

where she was getting it up to the, whatchamacallit, ready for it, basically, getting the paint done inside and redoing the, you know, like the.

So she lives on 25th Terrace then? She's at 25th Terrace, yes. That's where she lives, okay, thank you.

All right, anything else we should know?

No.

All right, commissioners, any additional questions? I could just sense it, Commissioner. Go ahead.

I have one. So if she's out of the country, often I used to work out of the country, so I get that. But how is she going to be able to respond if she's out of the country when it's rented? She's coming back next week. No. So if it was rented today, she's out of the country, and there's a problem at the house, there's a problem with the renter, what have you, how is she going to be able to respond if she's somewhere else in the world?

I usually go there and solve the issue. There's an issue and it's not rented out and she hasn't done it for FIFA or anything like that at all. And, uh, all usually, and she, like I said, we, she has a crew, she flip houses too. So either I go or her son and there are people available around that area who can, who can go in case there's a problem. But I think the platform handles it where they screen the people, and if there's any questions and stuff, it's mostly via email. Unless there's a physical problem on the property, then there are people to, like, I'll go or her son will go.

Do we have a way as a city to get a hold of other people in the event that there's a problem, especially if she's out of the country a lot? I'm just asking. I don't know. Brian.

Is her cell phone worldwide or is it? Yes. Okay. That's what, that's what he's getting at. If she's out of town in the future and we have a problem, they want to know if somebody to get ahold of, they can get ahold of her worldwide. Then she can deal with the problem. Okay.

I can elaborate on that a little bit. The applicant would just provide us the, um, management person, and we would keep that on file. They are required to notify us if there's any changes to that as well.

Okay, perfect. Thank you.

I didn't have too many answers to explain.

I've never done this before. That's all right.

I'm going to go ahead and you can sit down at this point. All right. Is there anyone present who'd like to speak in opposition of this case? Anyone in opposition? Seeing none, anyone who'd like to speak in favor? Anyone to speak in favor? All right. Any final questions for staff? All right, I would like to have it in the record that it does look like the original intent was if she's out of town, she would rent it. And I want to make sure that if there was a problem, those renting do not have to wait for service. So we need to make sure we have a second call, third call maybe, phone number. All right. I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing.

Chair, do we include that in our motion? I would. Another recommendation? I would. Okay. Chair?

Yes, Commissioner Nesbitt.

I like the proof of case 26400-84, short-term rental, 230 South Cedar Avenue, with another recommendation that there will be at least two more call numbers added to the file.

Okay, we have a motion to add an additional recommendation and a second. All right, we're gonna vote on the whole motion, all right. I'm gonna go ahead and call for the vote, Brian, with that added recommendation.

Commissioner Nesbitt? Yes. Commissioner Ferguson?

Yes.

Commissioner Ashbaugh? Yes. Commissioner O'Neill?

Yes.

Commissioner Torres? Yes. Commissioner Young? Yes. And Chairman Wiley?

Yes. And the motion passes 7-0 for the short-term rental. Case number 26484 on Cedar Avenue. All right. I believe this is our final short-term rental hearing for the evening. Brian, are you up again?

Yes. All right. Went too far. This is case 26485. The applicant, Lois Dickinson, requests to operate a short-term rental at 3700 South Randall Drive. As you can see, Where this dot is on the map? It's not far from Phelps south of 35th Street over toward Lee Summit Road There's a notification area actually it's closer to 33 9th Street as well so You can see the area around the vicinity that was notified within the 185 foot radius. This is a neighborhood that's overwhelmingly around it, zoned R6, dominated by single family homes. Of course, all the neighbors around it are single family homes. This property, it's 8,276 square foot in area or the lot. Residence has 960 square feet of living space. The property was platted in 1960. That's a two-car driveway that can accommodate up to four vehicles, and of course it's got a garage as well, and one vehicle could park in the street. Additionally, this property, according to your staff report, is going to be listed as an Airbnb. The applicant informed me yesterday they plan to expand that to also VRBO. So they are going to have two platforms on which they are going to advertise. So here is the floor plan for the home. You can see one primary bedroom there with its Lone bath for itself and then a common bath for the two other bedrooms and a combined kitchen and dining room and a living room on the top portion of this bi-level home. This is the bottom portion. About half of it is garage as well as the utility area and then a rec room bedroom down below. The fire evacuation plan shows how they simply get out of the front door in this central bi-level stair situation here going out to the front. And this evacuation plan, this is an image actually of the one that Handed you before the meeting that is updated to show the emergency fire Window that's there on the north side of the house And again, here's the parking plan with the two-car garage and a driveway big enough for four vehicles and There we go. Very sensitive. So as far as nearby short-term rentals, there's quite a few to the south. They're along the 39th Street corridor, but it's outside of the required distance. One up. toward Nolan Road, two toward Lee Summit Road, and two immediately to the south around the 39th Street area, and then one up by the railroad tracks up by 35th. So staff recommends approval of the short-term rental with the following conditions. Maximum number of bedrooms is four, which of course means up to maximum eight guests. So this concludes my presentation. I'm ready to take any questions you may have.

All right. Do we have any questions for staff?

Chair.

Yes, Commissioner.

Should I say eight adults?

Yes. That's how they put it on their application. It could say eight adults. Okay. Yes. Okay.

All right, any additional questions? All right, I'll invite the applicant forward. You win the Good Patients Award.

Thank you. I'm actually Laura Jacoby, and I am part owner with my mother. She's my business partner, and that's Lois Dickinson. So she was on the application.

But give us your name again and your address.

Laura Jacoby, and I live at 12903 East 58th Street, and that's approximately like 10 minutes away from the property. So it's no problem just to run over there if I need to, if anything should come up. Essentially, we decided to get into this for the World Cup, but we are in it for the long haul, so we want to keep going. My regular job, I work as a scientist in drug product stability, and my mom is a He also has some long-term rental experience in Blue Springs and Lee's Summit. So we're kind of leveraging everything she's learned in the past. But essentially, we've complied with all the regulations and everything listed on there. We've got multiple smoke detectors, carbon dioxide detectors. We've got the rent eye for the noise monitoring. We do have the ring camera outdoor just for the front door monitoring. We have also asked our guests to do no street parking. And then I might need to clarify, Brian, with you the number of guests. My understanding is we're limited to 10 by the law. So that's kind of what we were going with. But we might have only put eight on the application. So I don't know if we'll have to do anything to fix that. But we do have the four bedrooms. And I think it's two adults per bedroom. And then my understanding is I think kids under five don't count on that. So that is kind of where we would imagine the 10 would come from. We are trying to gear toward families, and we have activities and stuff for children to do, so that's kind of our target audience.

Brian, should we change that recommendation then to match?

Yeah, eight adults, ten total.

Okay, thank you very much.

Thank you. We have been operating for the World Cup because we did both the World Cup license and then just the short-term rental license. And I think we've had approximately like six guests. We haven't really had any issues. I did also go around to the neighbors and pass out some magnets. If there's any issues, they can give us a call, let us know about it. And then we also, we did submit the remittance tax forms for June. We mailed those out July 9th, but I don't think I have any other information to convey unless you guys have questions.

This is more curious than anything. Did you actually get to talk to your guest about FIFA and what did they think of just being here?

Not so much because it is typically all handled through the app, so you don't really have a lot of interaction with Some of our recent guests have been a little bit more chatty to where we've got to talk to them a little bit. But for the World Cup, we actually had a lot of, I would say, international guests. And I actually think most of the people that stayed with us, I think the language was probably primarily Spanish. and then the app would translate it for us. So I think we did get a lot of international guests. I know we had, like, somebody from Chile, and I know we had some Argentina fans. So I'm not exactly sure, but there wasn't a lot of interaction with the actual World Cup guests.

That was more curious than anything, but thank you. All right. Do we have any questions for the applicant?

Sure.

Yes, Commissioner.

So what are you planning on? I'm trying to, what do I want to say? what kind of guests are you trying to apply for now?

Well, we're hoping, I mean, we still want to do the short-term rental for the foreseeable future. Um, but yeah, we're kind of trying to target families. I think it's a good location being, you know, less than 15 minutes away from a lot of stuff around, you know, even Kansas city or at least downtown Lee summits, not that far away. Um, so I think we're mostly just trying to target, uh, I mean, sports fans. We do have some people who've come to, for either like Royals games, um, we've got some reservations for that. Or again, like families just wanting to come to the area. We've had some people from Wichita, you know, they were coming down just to kind of get away for the weekend, so sort of like a getaway.

One applicant really impressed me when she said they really rely on the kids' sports games coming in. I know we've got the squirrel softball fields down there. It's not too far on Lee Summit Road, so they get people. Tournaments are coming in from out of town. I don't know if you've got to look into that.

Well, that's a good idea, marketing maybe for more of the tournaments and that sort of thing. Right. It's not something we've really looked into, but it's definitely something we'd be interested, so for sure.

I mean, this looks like a nice home for that application.

Yeah, and it is nice because, yeah, it's right there on Lee Summit Road and 39th Street and 70 Highway, so it is quick access to a lot of different directions.

All right. Anything else?

Not for me.

All right. Thank you very much. Is there anyone present who would like to speak in opposition? Seeing none, anyone who'd like to speak in favor? Seeing none, I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing. And I will entertain a motion.

Chair.

Yes.

Make a motion we approve case 26485, short-term rental, 3700 South Randall Drive.

Okay, I have a first.

I second.

And a second. Thank you. Any final questions for staff?

Point of order, Chair. Weren't we going to amend the recommendation in the motion? Yes.

And with the motion, I amend the number four to say eight adults, ten total.

Thank you for that. Thank you, City Attorney. All right. You have that down, Brian?

Yes, I do.

All right. So I'll go ahead and call for the vote.

Commissioner Nesbitt. Yes.

Commissioner Ferguson.

Yes.

Commissioner Ashbaugh. Yes. Commissioner O'Neill. Yes. Commissioner Torres. Yes. Commissioner Young. Yes. And Chairman Wiley.

Yes. And the motion passes 7-0 for short-term rental 26485 on South Randall Drive. Congratulations, and thank you very much for joining us tonight.

Chair.

Yes.

I'd like to make a motion.

OK. I will allow that.

Nominate you for chair for the 26, 27 year. Thank you.

Second. I have a first and a second. Feels weird to say to nominate me for chair again, but I gladly welcome it. Any discussion? I will say I had a phone call with Virginia today to tell her my goal is to eliminate my fast errors on the agenda. But you're all welcome to always point them out in a kind manner. All right. I will go ahead and call for that vote.

Commissioner Nesbitt. Yes. Commissioner Ferguson. Yes. Commissioner Ashbaugh.

Yes.

Commissioner O'Neill.

Yes.

Commissioner Torres. Yes. Commissioner Young. Yes. Chairman Wiley.

I'm going to say yes. So it does pass 7-0, and thank you very much. Yes, Commissioner.

I'd like to make a motion. We nominate Eric for Vice Chair.

Okay.

Second.

I have a first and a second. Second. Any words, Vice Chair?

Thank you.

All right. Thank you. Any additional nominations or comments?

You didn't say no, right? That's true.

All right. I'm going to go ahead and call for that vote.

Commissioner Nesbitt? Yes. Commissioner Ferguson?

Yes.

Commissioner Ashbaugh?

Yes. Thank you.

Commissioner O'Neill? Yes. Commissioner Torres? Yes. Commissioner Young? Yes. And Chairman Wiley?

Yes, wholeheartedly. Vice Chair Eric passes 7-0.

Madam Chair?

Yes, Commissioner.

I would like to move that we adjourn.

Okay, and the time?

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. We do adjourn at now. I need to give an actual time. 735. Thank you. My phone was off. Thank you, you're all. Rick, can you really quick just address what you know? We have some time with our Commissioner Ferguson.

So, yeah, I mean, I'll have to, I don't have any specific date yet at which she would be either replaced.