Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Lee Summit has lots of local destinations, but where do you start? Green Street, a vibrant community space in the heart of downtown, is where Lee Summit comes together. Its three dynamic areas have something for everyone. Green Street Market is a modern event venue and home to the downtown Lee's Summit Farmers Market. Green Street Lawn is a covered performance space hosting live music, family activities, and more. Green Street Grove is a mixture of gathering spaces, an immersive playground, and bold architectural features. And all three areas host community events year round. So the next time you set out to enjoy the city you love, remember, meet at Green Street.

Hello Lee's Summit, I'm Jordan. Here's your flash briefing for the week of June 22nd. Looking for a sweet way to explore Lee's Summit this summer? Families are invited to take part in the Summit Scoops Ice Cream Crawl. Kids can visit all six participating local ice cream spots, collect a stamp at each stop, and turn in their completed passport to win a prize. You can find the ice cream locations and download your passport at explorels.com. It's backflow testing season. Help protect our drinking water by making sure your backflow prevention device is tested by June 30th. Annual testing is required for sprinkler and irrigation systems, neighborhood pools, and more. Find a list of approved backflow testers at cityofls.net. Football Fridays continues this Friday, June 26th from 6 to 10 p.m. at Green Street. This week's theme is Goals, Galleries, and Great Vibes, which lines up perfectly with the Fourth Friday's Art Walk in Downtown Lee Summit. Guests can enjoy the Football Friday celebration, check out artist pop-ups during the Art Walk, and make a full night of it downtown. There will also be music in the park at Howard Station Park, with the concert starting at 6.30 p.m. Everyone is encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating. So come downtown, enjoy the music, explore the art, and celebrate another Football Fridays at Green Street. Thanks for listening, and have a great week.

The City of Lee Summit has hundreds of traffic lights across its more than 1,000 lane miles, all managed by the City's Public Works Traffic Technicians. The work happens inside those metal boxes on the side of each intersection. Inside, technicians program a device called the controller. The controller communicates directly with each signal head via underground wires, telling each light when to turn on and off based on a program cycle. City traffic engineers design this cycle to allow traffic to flow as efficiently as possible for that particular intersection. In order to best match current traffic patterns, they install something called a detection system. Detection systems have taken many forms over the years, from sensors in the pavement to radar boxes. But in Lee's Summit, they primarily consist of cameras, which workers mount above the traffic signals. These cameras don't record video or your speed. Instead, they monitor the spaces at the front of the intersection and identify when a vehicle is present in a specific spot. Once a vehicle is identified, the detection system sends a message to the controller, which then adapts its standard cycle to best serve the cars that are present. The pedestrian button works in a similar way. When the button is pressed, the controller receives a signal requesting that it allow that section of the pedestrian walkway to go, which it then inserts into the signal pattern. Technicians also install something called a conflict monitor. The conflict monitor is a device in which they program all the potential patterns of lights that would lead to a collision. If the other systems mistakenly trigger those patterns, the conflict monitor sends the intersection into flash. causing all lights to flash red and directing drivers to treat it like an all-way stop. City traffic technicians implement and maintain these systems so effectively, we rarely consider them. But every time we safely pass through a signal-controlled intersection, it's all thanks to their work. So the next time you're waiting at a red light, remember the delicate coordination of super smart systems that move you through that space safely and efficiently every day.

All of the city's storm system end up either in a creek or a lake. We have five or six lakes in the city. We have numerous creeks in the city. All of that is open conveyance, which means there is no treatment. If it goes into the curb inlet, it will end up in a creek or a stream or a lake with zero treatment. Things that people don't know they should not put down the storm sewer system. Grass clippings. We cannot be blowing grass clippings off of your lawn, into the street, from the street, into the storm inlet. Yard waste. leaves, trash, washing your car. If you have a commercial vehicle, the city by code requires that you wash your commercial vehicle at a commercial car wash. If you're washing your car in your driveway, your personal vehicle, you can wash your car in your driveway by code. Keep in mind though that all of the soaps, the detergents, everything you use, the waxes on your car will discharge down into the storm sewer. So we would recommend that you use an actual car wash to just get all of that captured properly and it will then be discharged and managed properly as opposed to potentially impacting the streams that are nearby. Fourth of July comes along, people shoot off their fireworks, they leave them at the edge of their driveway, which is a good place temporarily, let them cool down. But at the end of that, they do not belong in the street to get washed down the street, swept down the street into the storm system. If you don't want to swim in a lake full of trash, we don't recommend you discard your trash that way.

Lee's Summit has two dog parks, Happy Tails and Dogwood Park. Dogwood Park is more on the north side of town. It's off of Victoria Drive, right off of Douglas. And Happy Tails is down south, right off of Ranson Road, near where the water tower is. Dogwood Park up north has a walking trail, a puppy splash pad, and an activity area for dogs so that you can work out your dog and work on different techniques and tricks and a lot of open space too so you can just run around and play with your dog. Happy Tails down south has a walking trail, a lot of trees, and also has a puppy activity area but doesn't have a splash pad. So if you don't want your dog to get wet, I would recommend going to Happy Tails. both parks have a paved walking trail that goes all around the outskirts of the park so that the owners can walk around while their puppies play it's important to also note that we do not discriminate against any type of breed however no aggressive dogs are allowed in the dog park and all participants in the dog park must have a city of lee summit animal license and be up to date on their shots I would also note that there is a separate area in each park for large dogs and for small dogs. And the definition of a small dog is posted on the gate. So outside of our dog parks, the rest of our parks require your dog to be on a leash at all times. There's a city ordinance requiring that. So our dog parks are the only place that you can allow your dog to run around loose outside of your own yard. We provide the opportunity for people to play with their dogs off their leashes and have a chance for the dogs to socialize so they can run around free off the leash inside of a contained space. They're open year round from 5 a.m. until sunset, no later than 9 p.m. And they're open all weather. So you can come play in the snow, you can come play in the rain, but just be sure to have fun. To find more information about our dog parks, please visit lsparks.net or find us on social media.

Keeping 500 miles of public sewer lines flowing keeps utility costs low and our environment healthy. The Lee's Summit Water Utilities Operations Team does this every day. Sewer lines can be blocked with everything from roots to flushable wipes to food grease. When a potential blockage is identified, teams use detailed mapping to locate access points. My camera's at 18038. A camera truck parks at one end of the sewer line and a jet truck at the other. The camera truck carries a rover-type camera, which the team lowers into the manhole. The operator then drives the camera into the pipe, where it views and records from its adjustable lens. Here, it can identify the cause and precise location of the blockage. The jet truck will then use high-pressure water to remove the blockage. Starting at the opposite end of the line, the operator inserts the jet head into the manhole. Pressurized water shoots out of the head, clearing out debris and propelling it forward. The camera observes this process, and the two operators communicate via walkie-talkie to coordinate movement.

Hold it right there. Go ahead and fire it up, half pressure. I'm in front of you.

Once the jet head has passed the blockage, the operator reels it back in. The camera can then inspect the pipe to see if the blockage is cleared.

Yeah, go ahead and pull out. We're done.

With the job complete, the camera is removed, cleaned, and returned to the truck, and the crew moves on to the next job. In addition to addressing identified problems, the team will systematically check every line in the city in a five-year period, keeping costs low and our community healthy, today and for years to come.

Want to know what's coming to Lee's Summit? The Development Minute is here to help. Costco is being built at the southeast corner of 50 and 291. Costco is a membership-based warehouse retailer offering bulk goods, groceries, services, and discounted products. Costco marks phase one of the East Village development and is projected to open in late August. Seven Brew Drive-Thru Coffee is coming to the corner of 291 and Southeast 5th Street. Seven Brew is a drive-thru beverage destination serving coffee, teas, energy drinks, and smoothies. Seven Brew is in final development plan and building permit review. Ovation, a mixed-use development, is in the early stages of construction at 150 and 291. Ovation is a master-planned community featuring housing, commercial development, and neighborhood amenities. Phase one of Ovation is targeted for completion this fall. 5-4 Drafthouse is under construction in the new Oldham Village development. The next generation of 54th Street, 5-4 offers updated spaces, drafts, and dining. 5-4 is slated to open this fall.

Good evening, everyone. I want to welcome you to the Litley Summit Planning Commission meeting for Thursday, June 25th, 2026. Can we get a roll call attendance, please?

Edward Yarrington.

Present.

Molly Pesch. Peyton Hatcher.

Here.

Terry Trafton.

Present.

Dana Arth.

Present.

Jessica Grinneau. Present. Tanya Jonah-Ford. Present. Chip Tuszynski.

Present.

Lee Moore.

Present. Okay, thank you. Can I get a motion to approve the agenda, please?

Chair, I move to approve the agenda.

Second. Can we get a roll call vote on that, please?

Edward Yarrington?

Yes.

Peyton Hatcher?

Yes.

Terry Trafton?

Yes.

Dana Arth?

Yes.

Jessica Grinnell? Yes. Tanya Johnaford? Yes. Chip Tuszynski?

Yes.

Lee Moore?

Yes. All right, thank you. We will move on to public comments. Does not look like we have any. So we will move on to the consent agenda. Can I get a motion for the consent agenda, please?

Motion to approve the consent agenda.

Second.

Okay, we have a motion and a second. Can we get a roll call vote on that, please?

Edward Yarrington?

Yes.

Peyton Hatcher?

Yes.

Terry Trafton?

Yes.

Dana Arth.

Yes.

Jessica Grinnell. Yes. Tanya John Ford. Yes. Chip Tuszynski.

Yes.

Lee Moore.

Yes. All right. Thank you. I will now close the regular meeting and open the public hearing in the matter of application PL2026-139, Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Land Reserve Property, a grouping of partially contiguous parcels comprising approximately 3,164 acres located within an area generally bounded by Southwest Longview Road to the north, Southwest Sampson Road to the west, MO 150 Highway to the south, and the corporate limits of the city to the east. City of Lee Summit applicant continued to a date uncertain. Can I get a motion on that please?

Madam Chairman, I'd like to make a motion to, I guess we're going to go continue this to a date uncertain for application number PL2026139 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Land Reserve Property.

Okay, can we get a second?

Second.

All right. Can we get a roll call vote on this, please?

Edward Yarrington.

Yes.

Peyton Hatcher.

Yes.

Terry Trafton.

Yes.

Dana Arth.

Yes.

Jessica Grinnell. Yes. Tanya John Ford. Yes. Chip Chizinski. Yes. Lee Moore.

Yes. All right. We will move to... Oh, we didn't do any questions or anything, but we're going to go ahead and... I didn't close the public hearing. Public hearing and we've already voted on it. So what I will do is I Closed it already I guess by the vote So now I'm going to close the regular meeting and open the public hearing in the matter of PL 2 0 2 6 1 4 0 consistency determination land reserve property a grouping of partially contiguous parcels comprising approximately 3,000 164 acres located within an area of Generally bounded by Southwest Longview Road to the north, Southwest Sampson Road to the west, MO 150 Highway to the south, and the corporate limits of the city to the east. City of Lee Summit applicant continued to a date uncertain. Do we have any questions before we close public hearing and take a vote on this? Okay. Seeing no further questions or comments, I would entertain a motion.

Chair, I move to continue to date uncertain. Application PL2026139, Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Land Reserve Property. 4-0. 140. Do I need to repeat that?

Yes, please.

Okay. I move to continue to a date uncertain application PL2026-140, Consistency Determination Land Reserve Property, a grouping of partially contiguous parcels compromising of 3,164 acres located within an area generally bounded by Southwest Longview Road to the north, Southwest Sampson Road to the west, Missouri... And the corporate limits of the city to the east, City of Lee Summit applicant.

Okay, thank you. Can I get a second? Second. All right. Can we get a roll call vote on this, please?

Edward Yarrington?

Yes.

Peyton Hatcher?

Yes.

Terry Trafton?

Yes.

Dana Arth?

Yes.

Jessica Grineau? Yes. Tanya Johnna Ford? Yes. Chip Tuszynski?

Yes.

Lee Moore?

Yes. All right. Our next item is... presentation from Pierce. It's 2026-7721, Planning Commission 101, Planning Staff Reviews in a Development Application.

Good evening, Pierce Pulliam Planner. So this presentation is just to provide a high-level overview of what staff reviews during the development application review process. It will cover some of the key areas staff evaluates and how our reviews ensure development comply with city-adopted plans and ordinances. We want to do kind of a brief walkthrough of the process and basis for staff recommendations and show how the staff analysis supports informed decision-making. And if you guys have any questions during this, just feel free to stop me. So when we do development reviews, this kind of goes over who all does reviewing. So we've got planning, engineering, traffic, fire, and public works all giving input on these applications and reviewing it to see if it complies with our city codes and ordinances. And then, so starting off, initially, what does staff review? So we serve as the city's technical review team and evaluate how well an application complies with plans, ordinances, and development standards. all to ensure the development is safe, compatible, and consistent with community goals. Looking at the big picture, we ask three questions. Is it permitted? In the current zoning district, does it meet design standards? Is it compatible with the surrounding areas and the community? To key in on what exactly we examine, we start by looking at the use. So staff will examine the current zoning and determine if the use is permitted or requires special use permit or rezoning. We will look at whether the development is compatible with the future land use map as well as the comp plan. And we will look at if there are any previous approvals or conditions that may govern the development. Then we look at how the site is arranged. So that will be looking at things like building placement, parking requirement, parking layout, access and circulation around the site, pedestrian connectivity, and any open space requirements it may have. This ensures that residents, customers, employees, and emergency services can safely and effectively navigate the area. Following that, we look at transportation and access to ensure that people can get to the site safely. This includes looking at traffic, street connections, driveway spacing, sidewalks, trails, biking accommodation, and emergency vehicle access. This step also involves working closely with traffic, engineering, public works, and the fire department. Next, we'll look at what the development will look like. So that means we'll look at building materials, design standards, windows, screening of mechanical equipment and trash enclosures, and any site lighting. This step is crucial to ensure consistency with the adopted design standards and to create attractive developments. We also do a stormwater infrastructure review. So this asks the questions, can the site support development? That includes working with water utilities, public works, and engineering to look at stormwater management, floodplain impacts, sedentary sewer capacity, water services, and grading and drainage. And lastly, we will examine the overall compatibility of the project with adjacent neighborhoods. That includes looking at the building scale, looking at setbacks, analyzing landscaping and screening requirements, as well as noise and lighting. This helps us ensure that the project won't create unreasonable impacts on existing neighbors. So after going through the review process and taking into account any ordinance requirements, staff comments, applicant responses, staff will then make a recommendation that generally falls into these three categories, approval, approval of conditions, or denial of application. And any staff recommendation is completely advisory, and Planning Commission and City Council make the final decisions. So if the application moves forward, it will be reviewed by you all here. You all will look at the staff report, listen to public testimony, ask any questions, and make recommendations or decisions. The staff review process ensures that when an application comes before you, decision makers can make informed choices about development proposals based on the information we present. And if you all have any questions, I can answer them.

Thank you. Does anybody have any questions? You must have done a really good job. I don't think there's any questions.

Yeah, perfect.

Thank you very much, of course. Our last item. Well, not our last, but we have 202 6-7 7 1 9 the annual election of officers Mr. McGuire, did you have something?

Yeah, before we begin the election? I'd like to go ahead and take a moment just to recognize and thank all our current officers and commissioners for the service You do provide our city Chair earth. I'd like to thank you for your leadership and your professionalism Over the last year as you set. I'm sorry. Can you guys hear me? As you said up there for the last year, your guidance has been a tremendous asset to the community. I'd also like to thank Vice Chair Trafton, your thoughtful contributions throughout the year. Your attention to detail, particularly when they come to trees, has kept us on our toes. So I'd like to thank you for that. Secretary Terzinski, your service over the last year as well. Thoughtful questions, a willingness to work through those difficult applications is very much appreciated as well. And like I said, I'd like to thank everybody that sits up here. I know it takes a lot of time, personal effort. It takes time away from your family. It takes time to attend those meetings, review those packets. We do thank you. So on behalf of the Development Services staff, the city as a whole, we thank you for your dedication, your professionalism, and your willingness to serve the community. So we do truly appreciate everything you do for the community. Next, I just kind of want to take a couple minutes to review the election process. We do have some new commissioners here and we only do this once a year, so just kind of a good refresher of the process. I thought it'd be helpful to walk through those procedures. Our bylaws do say that we elect new planning commission officers every year at the second meeting in June. So that's where we're at today. The officers elected tonight will serve that one-year term. Their duties will begin at the next meeting. This evening we'll be electing a chair, a vice chair, a secretary, and assistant secretary. So just some procedural reminders. Nominations do not require a second or a motion. Commissioners may nominate either another commissioner or themselves. Once nominations for an office are complete, nominations will be closed and the commission will vote. And it does take a majority of the entire membership of the Planning Commission to elect an officer. So that's an affirmative vote of five. So with that, Chair, I'll hand it back over to you to conduct the election.

All right. Thank you. I just want to say, I was looking back through my list that Shannon sends to us. I love this list. And by the way, Shannon, thank you for your thank you. the list of the roster of us and I've been on the Planning Commission since 2017 and I and I've even I think I've had an officer role most of that so I've got a lot of great experience doing that and I don't know I assume I might be this most senior tenured and maybe the most senior age wise but we don't have to discuss that but anyway with that said I want to start with the election of the chair. And so nominations are now open for the office of chair. And I guess since I'm talking, I want to nominate Commissioner Trafton for chair. So are there any more nominations for this position? OK. I have to ask one more time. Are there further nominations? All right. Hearing none, nominations are closed. The nominees for chair are Commissioner Trafton. Is Commissioner Trafton. Is there any discussion on that nomination?

Madam Chairman. Yes. I would just like the record to show that Terry's also the sign guy in addition to the tree guy. So I want to make sure he doesn't forget that part.

So thank you. All right. All right. With that, we will now vote by roll call.

Edward Yarrington.

Yes.

Peyton Hatcher.

Yes.

Terry Trafton.

dana arth yes jessica grano yes tanya jonah ford yes chip tasinski yes lee moore yes all right okay so the next the next nominee nomination will be for vice chair so nominations are now open for the office of vice chair and if you want to nominate just say i nominate commissioner

I nominate Commissioner Chip Trudzinski.

Okay. Are there any further nominations? Are there any further nominations? Hearing none, nominations are closed. The nominee for Vice Chair is Commissioner Trudzinski. Is there any discussion on this nomination? Okay, we will now vote by roll call.

Edward Yarrington.

Yes.

Peyton Hatcher.

Yes.

Terry Trafton.

Yes.

Dana Arth.

Yes.

Jessica Grinnell. Yes. Tanya Johnna Ford. Yes. Chip Tuszynski.

Yes.

Lee Moore.

Yes. All right. Now we will move to Secretary. Nominations are now open for the Office of Secretary.

Chair, I'd like to nominate Commissioner Yarrington.

Aye. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER TANYA FORD. SORRY, I WAS TRYING REALLY HARD.

OKAY. ANY OTHER FURTHER NOMINATIONS? ANY OTHER FURTHER NOMINATIONS?

OKAY.

SO NOW WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE AND WE WILL SAY WHO WE ARE VOTING FOR, I GUESS. IS THAT HOW WE DO THAT? CORRECT. OKAY.

EDWARD YERRINGTON.

EDWARD YERRINGTON.

Peyton Hatcher.

Edward Yarrington.

Terry Trafton.

Edward Yarrington.

Dana Arth.

And this is hard.

I'll vote for Commissioner Jana Ford. I'll vote for a girl.

Jessica Grinnell. Commissioner Jana Ford. Tanya Jana Ford. Tanya Jana Ford. Chip Duszynski.

Commissioner Yarrington.

Lee Moore.

Commissioner Yarrington.

All right, thank you. Commissioner Yarrington, having received the majority of the votes, is elected secretary. So now we will take nominations for assistant secretary. Do we have a nomination for that?

Madam Chairman, Commissioner Tanyjana-Ford.

Any further nominations? Any further nominations? All right, with that, can we get a roll call vote, please?

Edward Errington.

Yes.

Peyton Hatcher.

Yes.

Terry Trafton.

Yes.

Dana Arth.

Yes.

Jessica Grinnell. Yes. Tanya Johnna Ford. Yes. Chip Kaczynski. Yes. Lee Moore.

Yes. All right. Thank you. That concludes the nominations. So we have Commissioner Trafton as chair, Commissioner Kaczynski as vice chair. Commissioner Yarrington as secretary and Commissioner Janaford as assistant secretary. Congratulations to all of you. And we can move on to roundtable.

So first I want to say congratulations to all the newly elected officers. Look forward to working with you guys over this next year as well as the commission as a whole. Then also go ahead and let you know to pencil in August 11th. for that joint session with the city council. So I will send out a calendar reminder or calendar hold for you so we can get that on your calendar.

All right.

Those meetings are usually at 4 or 6.

Those will be usually at 6 o'clock here in council chambers. And then the final note that I have, it was congratulations. We broke tradition today. Typically, the assistant chair is whoever is not present at the election. They get voluntold. So we did ahead and break that tradition. So congratulations.

What did you say? I couldn't hear you.

Typically, the last few years, the voluntold Assistant secretary was voluntold because they weren't here.

That's right. That's right Well, we had full attendance.

We're missing Molly.

Oh Molly. That's right.

That's right All right, and that's all I have.

Okay anything else? All right, then we are adjourning at 520

do do Thank you.