Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

working here. I feel very blessed. I love it here. I look forward to coming to work every day, being a part of this team. Like a family away from home where everyone feels like everybody knows their name. A city that supports you. We see that with our benefits. A pension, vacation days, job security, being able to be heard. We feel valued. We feel respected. Lee Summit is a very progressive city. It's growing. It's thriving. We have this drive towards not just doing a job, but doing it with a spirit of excellence. I had the opportunity to continue to grow regardless of 30 plus years doing this kind of work. It's more than just dollars and cents. We're here really to give back. Providing a service to better a community to go out and serve people

to be a part of something bigger than yourself. If I would have known what I know now years ago, I would have been here much sooner. [Music] Hello, Lee Summit. I'm Jordan. Here's your flash briefing for the week of October 6th. City Council will meet for a regular session Tuesday night at 6 in council chambers in city hall. Meetings are open to the public or watch live on the city's YouTube channel. If you can't watch, catch the recorded meeting on demand on the YouTube channel or by subscribing to the council debrief newsletter which breaks down three to four key agenda items. Subscribe at city ofls.net. Do you have an eye for detail and a heart for a community? The city is on the lookout for a neighborhood services officer. In this role, you'll help keep neighborhoods looking their best through education, inspections, and ensuring codes are followed. Apply today at lspeople.net. The city has partnered with the community blood center for a blood drive on October 7th from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Green Street Market. Your donation can save lives. Walk-ins are welcome or registered today on the city's website. Volunteer for stream team and help protect our local streamside habitats by removing litter and debris from streams within the city's parks. This event will take place on October 11th from 10:00 a.m. to noon at Upper Banner Park. Trash bags and gloves are provided. Students and scout community service hours are available. Volunteers must register and sign a waiver before the event. Learn more on the city's website. Thanks for listening and have a great week.

Traditionally, we think as police officers, those responding to law enforcement needs within the community. But honestly, we are there to serve our citizens and our citizens do go into crisis. They do have mental health crises and we're being called to those scenes on a regular basis. In order to help serve those citizens better, we did initiate the crisis intervention team program. These are officers that are specially trained to deescalate crisis situations. Recently, we've brought co-responders onto the scene, licensed qualified mental health professionals housed within our police department, and they respond with those officers directly to those scenes where a crisis is occurring, so they can interact with that citizen and get them the help they need right there on that scene.

The co-responders are either a bachelor or master level in a behavioral health related field. They wear plain clothes. They don't carry weapons or anything like that. I have a police radio that I listen to all day. listen for, you know, those key words, mental health, behavioral health, crisis. There's a lot of officers that just call for me. I have my own radio number. I also have the ability to self-dispatch to them and say 982 route officers in route 914. So, typically I arrive after they've made it safe. I'll make contact and get kind of the rundown and then I just kind of jump right in

like, "Hey, you know, my name's Alison. I'm a mental health professional. I'm here to help you. I'm not here to take you to jail or arrest you. Sometimes all a person needs is a voice, someone neutral, someone outside that you know can listen. I do a lot of safety planning including family, their support network. Who's close to you? Can some if they're home alone, who can come over and hang out with you today? Can we lock away your sharps? Can we put up your meds? Do you need meds? Can we get you over to the urgent care to get you assessed for your medications? Some of them also are like, "Oh, I'm so glad you came. This made me feel so much better."

Our main goal as co-responders is to one get people connected to the services that they need and also divert from emergency rooms and jails. And they almost get a different view of the police responding. That lets me know you care and the officers care. Please, please, let me help you. My husband, in 2020, we had 722 mental health related calls for service. 2022 by that time, 1479. These mental health related calls for service are increasing. How we're responding to that is increasing the number of crisis intervention team officers we have available as well as the number of co-responders we have available to respond on these calls.

So, what I think is important for the community to know about the co-responder program is that we're here. We exist. All you have to do when you call 911 is ask for us. You know, say, "Hey, I want a co-responder to respond to this this crisis." and we'll go. I was really struggling about eight years ago on my personal journey with mental health and I met some amazing social workers and amazing programs that have helped me get to where I am today. I really couldn't see myself doing anything else. We want to help and that's that's what we love to do. So, I had a client we got a call she had some suicidal ideations and she really felt that she had nobody and you know and getting to know her story and getting to know who comes around and sees you. Well, then we found a support person and they responded immediately and we made a plan. I called back and checked on her in an hour and then I checked on her in two hours. We were able to get her into additional services to where she talks to someone every week or more. I just took a person that really just thought they had nobody and nobody would show up for them and show them you do. And you'll be amazed who is in your corner if you just simply say, "I need a little help. Keeping 500 miles of public sewer lines flowing keeps utility costs low and our environment healthy. The Lee 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 5-year period, keeping costs low and our community healthy today and for years to come.

Council member Hodes,

thank you. I love where you guys are coming from. You're local and you're all kind of coming together. But where I'm struggling with from the last time that we talked about this, I think it was I actually grew up in my district. We moved here my sophomore year in high school. My parents still live in the same house and um I just went through high school here and then have stayed in the Summit ever since. The neighborhood that my parents live in is Canterbury. My favorite thing, and I still do it to this day, is I love to go running. They have the best sidewalks. I feel like you can go for days. So now I still get to do that since I live not too far from them. Um I get to use those same routes that I took during high school. And it's just fun.

All right, let's see it. We're a big soccer family. I love sports. I love to watch sports. And it's even more fun to watch sports when my kids are in it. I coach my middle daughter Josie's team. I have since kindergarten. We do the basketball. We do softball. We're going to do volleyball. And it's just so much fun. Do you swear? Do you swear?

Something that I would like to accomplish while on city council is to get more family activities here. You know, I don't want to have to be driving my family to say the Kansas side or any other city but my own. And I want to be able to invest in our city and make family memories in our city. Open the public hearing on the matter of K1 Speed Dentures. Crack shack blue jeans golf I just want to say thank you for bringing this to me I grew up at this my grandpa take us there so I'm excited now I can take my kids there

bill number 23-ier pre-construction services for the downtown market plaza project I'm just as excited as everybody else about the downtown marketplace I'm extremely excited about the community that it's going to bring bringing more family things to do to the city and right in the part of it. When you presented the numbers the first time you came to us, it was 25.5% and then

you know people were like oh you know being on council it's not a lot of work not a lot of I think it was a bit of a surprise when there's so much info that you realize you just don't know even something as simple as sidewalks like you don't realize how much goes into something like that. After a couple months, I'm like, "Okay, I'm finally, you know, catching the groove of how things work, learning new things, but also feel like I've got some things under my belt as well." It's It's been a great experience so far. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey.

Good evening everyone. I'd like to call to order the Lee Summit Planning Commission meeting for Thursday, October 9th, 2025. Can we get a roll call attendance, please? Ed Yarrington here. Sher Frasier here. Jake Loveless. Terry Trafton. Dana Arth present. Jessica Gano present. Tanya Jonah Fordent. Chip Tazinski. Randy Benrook present. All right. Can I get a motion to approve the agenda, please? Motion. Can I get a second?

Second. Second. No, no, that's okay. Nope. No, that's okay. Okay, we will move on to the consent agenda. Can I get a motion to approve that? Chair, I propose we uh approve the consent agenda as published. Can I get a a vote on the agenda? Oh, we didn't vote on it. Oh, can we get a vote on the agenda? Ed Yrington, yes. Sher Frasier, yes. Dana Arth, present. Yes. Here. Yes. Yes. Yes. Jessica Grenell.

Yes. Randy Benrook. Yes. Okay. Yeah. We need to I guess I'll slow down. All right. We need a motion to approve the consent agenda. I've been moved. And a second. Second. Can we get a vote on that, please? Ed Yrington. Yes. Sher Frasier. Yes. Dana Arth. Yes. Jessica Grenell. Yes. Randy Benrook. Yes.

All right. Thank you. We will move on to public comments. And I have a card for Terresa Volenwider. Would you come to the microphone, please? I can give you four minutes tonight if you want it because we have a pretty light agenda. Could you get me hooked to the internet? [Music]

Teresa Volenwider, 5201 Northeast Maybrook Road. I'm going to continue. I had said that this goes both ways. that in the last one I showed you where a property actually had to be reszoned to RLL. In this case, a property did not need to be reszone to RLL to build a house on it. But um and as such um I think that this is an appropriate use of land um if we don't grant the reasonzoning um which I think is the alternative here. The land is going to sit um it will not be used. It is less than four acres. Is not really particularly suitable to any significant agriculture. Uh it has currently has a obviously about agriculture is there as well as a baseball field uh which as best my recollections can tell.

I'll stop it there. It was a hay field before. Lepeda hay um great for cattle. could have been used for horses as well as a pasture. This is the property that we're talking about. when he said that a uh it wouldn't be you wouldn't be able to build a house on it. Well, you could and it could remain agg and it would be if you did this, but you might not be able to have the pool and you might not be able to use that regulation baseball field for a business which is would have been illegal anyway. You could however have taken this house and put it there like that and you could have had the swimming pool but you couldn't have had the baseball field. So, the only reason this property was reszoned to RLL was to be able to meet setbacks so that the people that were going to build there could have a swimming pool and a baseball field that they were going to use for a business. And I doubt that this is only happening once in a while because I've already pointed out another

one and I could pick two more that I know of that were done before this. Part of what I see that I don't like is a lot of times it's single women that that are getting rookked. So something stinks here. It didn't take me long to find these deeds that have these legal descriptions that you need to determine when land was divided. 1999 UDEO was

2001. The time is up. Was it four minutes?

Yeah. Well, I'll just finish up quickly. That was the deed that um Hamline bought the property 1997. He divided the property in 1999. My question is, what is the chance that none of these folks knew how to look up deeds? Are you all not receiving deeds up there in your packets? All of those people. All of these people and all of these people.

Okay. And this was a reconsideration. That's what really irks me. This was a reconsideration. Thank you. Do we have any more public comments pertaining to the planning commission? There's the original survey that divided that property. 1999, Miss Bowen Winer, we're moving on with the meeting.

All right, we have public hearings. Our first public hearing is 2025-7172 application PL 2025-157 special use permit renewal for telecommunications tower 13 uh you skipped number six presentations oh the big the event of the night oh I thought it was a in the public hearing section I guess okay we are doing presentation now we're doing application PL 202 25-233 sign application QuickTrip 101 Southwest Blue Parkway Quickrip Corporation applicant and Pierce is going to give

uh just so everyone out there understands typically this is an application that we would have on our consent agenda. Um however uh our intern Pierce here um is going to be presenting that for you um today. Yeah.

Good evening. Uh Pierce Bullion, planning intern. Um I'm here to present a sign application for the Quick Trip on 101 Southwest Blue Parkway. The applicant is requesting the approval of two monument signs um shown here on the right. Uh both would exceed the maximum height allowed in the CP2 district by about 2 feet. Um the reason for this increases is to allow for a future tenant to be able to advertise on the sign. The area surrounding this quick trip has a wide range of uses with resident res residential single family and multif family housing units to the north, commercial CP2 to the east, CP2 and planned industrial to the west and southwest third street and US50 highway both run along the south. As you can see on the UDO, um the allowed size of for the CP2 district and these two signs will surpass the height by about two feet, but they do meet the additional criteria. Um and then previously the Quick Trip off 291 highway um had an already approved sign that was around the same size 13 feet about two feet over um in 2017 and uh it also exceeded the site but it was very similar. And so with the uh conditions shown the applicant meets the requirement of the UDO and if you guys have any questions the applicant is here um to answer and so am I. Thank you.

Yeah. Do we have any questions from the commission? Oh, of course, Mr. Pierce. Yes. I see that we're exceeding the height, but uh are we is the applicant uh in compliance with the overall square footage of the signs? Yeah, it meets the criteria criteria everywhere else just the height would be over. Thank you. Yep. you sorry you mentioned that the previous signs were similar to height. Were they the same just close to it? And did the previous signs exceed the height as well? Yes. So the uh quick trip on off of 291 highway second I'll pull it right back up.

Okay. Um it exceeded it's it was 13t 3 in. So it was 2 in taller. Um but yeah, so just a clarifying question. So the the current one or the previous one was 13.1 or 1311.25. Am I looking at that right? That would be the new sign. Okay. The this is a different quad trip of a 291 highway. That would be the 13. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Yeah, no problem. I have a question. Um, back to the sign, the proposed sign

where it has the space for the tenant. Um, I I don't even know what screen that was on. It was Yeah, I don't think we have ever had any with a tenant sign on the monument in Lee Summit before, have we? Um, I'm not sure if we have. I don't believe so. As far as quick trips go, this will be uh I believe the first. I like that. Okay. Thank you. No. Commissioner Frasier.

So, I noticed that that some of the sign the the original sign had the I don't know what you call them, the inserts. This one is digital. Do you know what's being proposed? The one that we're looking at now. What What do you I'm not sure what you mean by that. The the numbers I'm sorry. So, the the screen that we're looking at right now, it says, for example, unled $2.25. So, that looks like that's a digital screen, but the other one the was the old one the plastic inserts or I don't know what you call them. Um, so is the new one going to be digital as opposed to the black and white plastic? Um,

I believe it was internal illumination, so it would be digital. Okay. Um, I'm not sure if I Yeah, it was in in internal lighting. Got it. Got it. That's what I needed. Thank you. Yeah. A quick question, Shannon. Was there any um opposition for the proposed one prior to this this one? Any objections to that increase of height? No, these are pretty standard. They're standard. Okay. That's why they're typically on consent. Perfect. Thank you. I have a quick question as well. Hi.

Um so with the with the sign placement, will you go back to the the map? Um there we go. And where on this map are they proposing to put the two signs at? Um, it would be on the uh norththeast corner and the southwest corner. Do we have any concerns about traffic obstructions? Um, there there were none that we saw um or that had came up or anything when the PDP or anything? So, great. Thank you. Is that where the existing ones are? Uh, I believe the the existing signs just on the southwest corner. Okay.

Or southeast corner, sorry. So, if you remember, uh, recently this is the site that, um, is under construction where they removed the old car wash, and they're currently constructing the new one. So, it'll be a new location for the these new signs. Any other questions from the commission? Okay. Do we have any public comments? I guess we don't do public comments with presentations, do we? Not a public hearing. Okay. All right. This really threw me. this little presentation thing. Okay. So, anybody have any else? Okay. Well, thank you very much. Yeah. Thank you.

So, that's we don't do the motion. Oh, okay. All right. We will go on to the public hearings. We have application PL 2025-157 special use permit renewal for telecom communications tower 1310 Northeast Coburn Road Global Sign Acquisitions two or is that three? I real quick. We actually need a vote on Oh, we do. The quick trip. Oh, okay. All right. And just for a future for the rest of the meeting, we'll need to vote on every item.

Yeah, I I figured that one. I'm just confused on this whole presentation part. Okay. I don't think we've done this before. All right. So, we need a motion for approval or for recommendation of approval. Chair, I move to approve application 2025-233. Sign application Quick Trip 100001 Southwest Blue Parkway. Quick Trip Corporation applicant. Second. Can we get a vote, please? Ed Yarington, yes. Sher Frasier, yes. Dana Arth, yes. Jessica Grenell, yes. Randy Benrook, yes.

Okay. So, as a point of order, it's it's not a hearing, but we still it's it's similar to what we do when we do um like the the capital improvement type of thing. Correct. It's usually at the end, I think. Okay. Yeah. All right. Yeah. It's so it's not a public hearing in the sense that you don't open up for public comment. However, um it does take final action or final dispos disposition from from the commission here. So, so it wasn't even recommendation for approval. It was approval. You guys approve. I think we said it wrong. No. No. You said she's approved. Approval. Yeah.

Okay. Cuz you read it. Okay. All right. Okay. Maybe we can get through the rest of this. All right. We will move on to for the third time. We're going to try this public hearing application PL2025-157 special use permit renewal for telecommunications tower 1310 Northeast Coburn Road Global Signal Acquisitions 3 LLC applicant. For all of those who plan to give testimony on behalf of this application, if you would stand up and be sworn in at this time. Promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So help you God.

All right. So, if you will give your name and address for the record. Absolutely. Good evening. My name is Paul Pekkins. I am the agent for the applicant Global Signal, uh, better known as Crown Castle. My work address is 8020 Katy Freeway, Houston, Texas 77024. Um, I will spare the commission my 30 slide presentation and yield to staff, but I am also happy to answer any questions that you all may have. Okay. Thank you.

Thank you. All right. Good evening. Claire Buyers, senior planner. Please enter into the record exhibit A, list of exhibits 1 through 11.

Exhibit A 1 through 11, noted and entered into the record. The applicant requests approval of a special use permit renewal to allow for the continued operation of the existing 100 ft monopole telecommunications tower. There is no proposed increase in tower height or expansion of the tower compound boundaries as part of this renewal. The subject 4.87 acre property is zoned agricultural is located along northeast Colburn Road and is accessed by a private gravel drive. The telecommunications tower is located at the northern rear of the property while the remainder of the site is vacant except for a shed even uh further rear from the equipment. The Ignite comprehensive plan promotes various strategies to support the long-term growth and resiliency of the city. One objective established is to maintain highquality infrastructure that supports growth and redevelopment. Approval of the subject SUP will continue to support the provisioning of wireless cellular service critical for both everyday communication and business operations. The applicant hosted a neighborhood meeting on August 18th, 2025 at 6 p.m. And according to the meeting notes provided by the applicant, two members of the public attended expressing no concerns. Staff has not received any comments in support or opposition to the project. The existing monopole is within a 3,515 ft leased area shown within the yellow circle and is 50 ft from the nearest property line. The site slopes towards its center and is mostly cleared with vegetation retained only around the fenced lease area. The equipment has been in place since 1999 and it provides an important private utility necessary for the continued growth and development of the city. With the condition of approval below, the application meets the goals of the unite comprehensive plan and requirements of the EDO. Thank you.

Thank you. Do we have any public comments on this application? Okay, I'll turn it over to the commission for some any questions you might have. Commissioner Brimbrook. Yes. Thank you, Chair. Um, since we're doing this in perpetuity, I just have a couple questions for clarity on my part. Uh, for one thing, I'm assuming the maintenance of this facility would fall under our standard maintenance agreement.

It does. Under the, uh, international property maintenance code, any sort of exterior surfaces, including metal services surfaces are required to be um, free from any kind of peeling, flaking, and all surfaces, you know, repainted and repair in normal order.

Perfect. Um, so quick question to follow that up. Uh, we typically get to revisit the maintenance of a facility or a building when it comes up for renewal. If this is going to be in perpetuity, how are we going to um, I guess check on the maintenance? Are we just going to rely on public complaints? Are we going to have regular interval checkups? What's what's the game plan? So our neighborhood service officers do do uh proactive code enforcement. So um along with the proactive code enforcement, they will also uh rely on neighborhood um complaints as well. So uh it'll definitely be kind of an eye kept on it.

So what is the um I guess interval in which we go out and and do a code check. Um we don't have any scheduled intervals on sites like this, but that's something we can look at. Okay. Thank you. That's all I had, Chair. Thank you. Commissioner Frasier, if there are changes to the mass or the height, then would you have to come back in front of does that negate the uh in perpetuity? Uh

so if if we're going to increase the height, that would require a new special use permit because this one's being granted for a 100 foot monopole. So if they go higher, um yes, we will need a new special use permit. um if they're just adding equipment to it, um we would re review that on a building permit and a final development plan um and and most likely would not come back before you. So the height is the trigger sounds like. Okay. Thank you. So So as Commissioner Frasier said, the height is the only reason that the permit a new permit would need to be applied for in this case.

If the leasable area is enlarged, uh that would also trigger. However, many times they are able to colllocate or add equipment within the existing leasable area. So, should it be within that uh um let's see that 3,515 foot fenced area, it would not come back before you and would instead be go through the final development plan and building permit process. Okay. But if it were to expand that fenced area, it would come back. Okay. Thank you. Anyone else? Okay. Well, then I will look for a motion or com if we have no comments from the commission.

I move I move to recommend approval of application PL2025-157 special use permit renewal for telecommunications tower 1310 Northeast Coburn Road Global Signal Acquisitions LLC applicant. Second. Can we get a vote on that, please? Ed Yarrington, yes. Sherry Frasier, yes. Dana Arth, yes. Jessica Grenell, yes. Randy Benrook, yes. All right, we will move on to the next application. And I see it's single. It's Global Signal Acquisitions, too. I two

my copyy's like kind of light and I think I need to have my glasses on my readers. Application PL 2025-158 special use permit renewal for telecommunications tower 1749 Southeast Langford Road Global Signal Acquisition 2 LLC applicant. For all those planning to give testimony on behalf of this application, please stand to be sworn in at this time. You promise to tell the truth, the whole truth and the truth. So help you guys.

Okay. Do we have a just a presentation from staff on this one? Okay. Okay. Please enter into the record exhibit A list of exhibits 1 through 11. Exhibit A 1-1 11 noted and entered into the record.

The applicant requests approval of a special use permit renewal to allow for the continued operation of the existing 100 ft monopole telecommunications tower. There is no proposed increase in tower height or expansion of the tower compound boundaries as part of the request. The subject 94 acre property is zone CP2 planned community commercial. The 100 ft tower is located within a fenced enclosure towards the center of the property shown within the green circle directly adjacent to a subway restaurant. The least area shown within the blue circle with uh more telecom equipment is located in the southwestern corner of the property and is within a gated brick enclosure. The Ignite comprehensive plan uh goal is to maintain high-quality infrastructure that supports growth and redevelopment. The applicant hosted a neighborhood meeting on August 19th, 2025 at 6 p.m. According to the meeting notes provided by the applicant, there were no attendees and we have not received any comments in support or opposition. The existing monopole is fenced and surfaced with gravel and is 65 ft from the nearest property line. The 26 ftx 33 ft leased equipment area is separately fenced on top of the existing parking lot asphalt. The equipment has been in place since 2000 and provides an important private utility for the city. With the conditions of approval below, the application meets the goals of the Ignite comprehensive plan in the UDO. Thank you. Do we have any questions from the commission? Okay. Um I just have one. I forgot what the setback requirement is.

So the current UDO requirement is uh that the setback is the height of the tower. So in this case it would have been 100 ft. Okay. But the 65 ft was approved by a previous ordinance which is why it has uh continued as an approval condition. Okay. All right. Thank you. Any comments from the commission? Okay. I don't think we have any public comments either. So, I guess I'm looking for a motion.

Okay. A motion for approval of the ordinance granting a special use permit renewal for the telecommunications tower in district AG agriculture on land located at 1310 Northeast Coburn Road for a period of time in perpetuity. All in accordance with article six of the unified development ordinance for the city of Leisum, Missouri. So we need a a motion to recommend approval as opposed to or a motion for approval. Oh, recommended approval. You want to reread that and just say recommend approval?

Re I'm sorry. Recommending approval for ordinance granting special use permit renewal for the tele telecommunications tower in district AG agriculture on the land of at 1310 Northeast Coburn Road for a period of time in puity. It's Lingsford Road. Which one? It's this one here. Hey chair,

are we on the wrong this one? My apologies. Recommended approval for application PL20258, special use permit renewal for telecommunications tower at 1749 Southeast Langford Road, Global Signal Acquisition 2, LLC applicant. It's this one. Can we get a second? Second. Can we get a vote? Ed Yarington, yes. Sher Frasier, yes. Dana Arth,

yes. Jessica Greno, yes. Randy Benrook, yes. All right, we'll move on to three. These are confusing because they're all alike, I think. All right, we've got application PL 2025-159, special use permit renewal for telecommunications tower 1850 Southeast Hamlin Road, Global Signal Acquisitions 2 LLC applicant. Would everybody who plans to give testimony on behalf of this application please stand up and be sworn in at this time? You promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So help All right. Thank you. I'm assuming you're going to do the presentation again.

Okay. Claire Buyers, senior planner, please enter into the record exhibit A, list of exhibits 1 through 11. Exhibit A 1 through 11, noted and entered into the record.

The applicant requests approval of a special use permit renewal to allow for the continued operation of the existing 180T telecommunication tower. There's no proposed increase in height or expansion of the existing uh compound as part of this uh renewal. The subject 8.49 acre property is on planned industrial and is adjacent to the Missouri Pacific Railroad and along Southeast Hamlin Road. The subject property is vacant beyond the leased area which is located towards the southern tip of the property circled in yellow. Approval of the subject SUP will continue to support the Ignite comprehensive plan and provisioning of wireless cellular surface service critical for both everyday communication and business operations within the city. The applicant hosted a neighborhood meeting on August 18th at 6 p.m. And according to meeting notes provided, there were no attendees. Staff has not received any comments in support or opposition. The existing tower is within a 40 foot x 52 ft leased area and is 94 ft from the nearest property line. Vegetation is preserved along the perimeter and around the fence tower and equipment area while the interior of the site has been cleared. The equipment has been in place since 1996. With the condition of approval below, the application meets the goals of the Ignite comprehensive plan and the UDO.

Thank you. Do we have any public comments on this application? Nope. All right. Do we have any questions from the commission? Okay. Any comments? Then we will close public hearing and ask for a motion. Chair, I move to recommend approval of application PL2025-159, special use permit renewal for telecommunications tower, 1850 Southeast Hamlin Road, Global Signal Acquisitions 2, LLC applicant. Second. Okay. Can we get a vote on that, please? Ed Yarrington,

yes. Sherry Frasier, yes. Dana Arth, yes. Jessica Grenell, yes. Randy Benbrook. Yes. Okay, that one has passed and we will move on to our last application or public hearing which is PL 2025160 special use permit permit renewal for telecom communications tower 207 Southeast Douglas Street Global Signal Acquisitions 2 LLC applicant. If anyone who is planning to give testimony on behalf of this application would stand up and be sworn in at this time. You promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So, help you God.

All right, Miss Buyers. I bet I know the exhibit numbers. You do. Good evening. Uh, please enter into the record exhibit A, list of exhibits 1 through 11. Exhibit A 1 through 11, noted and entered into the record.

The applicant requests approval of a special use permit renewal to allow for continued operation of the existing 180 ft monopole to telecommunications tower. There is no proposed increase in height or expansion of the existing compound as part of this application. The subject 0.97 acre property is zoned central business district and is located along southeast Douglas Street and the site of Lee Summit Fire Station 1 adjacent to city hall. The existing tower is located towards the eastern rear of the property marked by the star and within a gated brick enclosure. The Ignite comprehensive plan promotes various strategies and approval of the subject SUP will continue to support the provisioning of wireless cellular service critical for everyday communication and business operations. The applicant hosted a neighborhood meeting on August 18th, 2025 at 6 p.m. According to the meeting notes, there were no attendees and we have not received any comments for this project. The existing monopole is within a 30x 40 foot screened enclosure and is 60 ft from the nearest property line. The equipment has been in place since 1996 at fire station 1. And with the condition of approval below, the application meets the goals of the comprehensive plan and the UDO. Thank you. Do we have any public comments on behalf of this application? I see none. Any questions from the commission? Any comments from the commission? I actually have one comment. Um I I I'm looking at these pictures and I realize I see these but we don't notice them. I think I think it speaks to how they're not as as obtrusive as people think because we're we're doing a good job. um the applicant, the the city, everybody's

doing a good job making them look more discreet, I guess, is the word I would say because when I when the pictures were Did you feel the same way? Like when the pictures were pulled up, I was like, I know that one, but I don't really think about it. So, I think that's a good a good thing. So, with that said, I will look for a motion, Mr. Benbrook. Sure, Chair. Uh, I move to recommend approval of application PL2025-160, special use permit, renewal for telecommunications tower, 207 Southeast Douglas Street, Global Signal Acquisitions 2, LLC applicant. Second. Can we get a vote, please? Ed Yarrington,

yes. Sherry Frasier, yes. Dana Arth, yes. Jessica Grenell, yes. Randy Benrook, yes. All right, that motion has passed and we can move on to roundt. Does anybody have anything? Uh, kudos to the intern and his presentation. Did a good job. He's gone, isn't he? Yeah, Pier Pierce, right? Pierce. Pierce did a good job. Did a great job. Yep. He's an asset to us and we're we're glad to have him. He had a much better evening than some of us up here. I'll tell you that. like, oh, there we go.

Um, just real quick update. Um, so, uh, like I've been saying for the last couple meetings, tenatively scheduled for December 9th is the joint, um, planning commission, city council meeting. It's no longer tenatively scheduled for December 9th. Now, it's tenatively scheduled for February. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, so we're pushing that back for agenda management. So, um, once we get a more solid date, I'll get that out to you. Um, and then also kind of touching back on what we were speaking about earlier, I will get the contact list out um to everybody so everyone has everyone's contacts and I will also include uh my contact as well. So if I'm away from my desk, you can get a hold of me. Okay, thank you. Anything else? Yeah, I have one thing. Okay.

Uh, I've got a question about the duration of some of the construction projects in Lee Summit. Um, particularly I've noticed Third Street is taking a long time. Um, there's a couple other things I I expected the expansion of Prior to take a while, but there are some other things like the bridge going over um Samson, the bridge on Samson seems to be taking a while. I was just curious why we're why these are taking as long as they are. I get questions about this all the time.

Slow and steady wins the race. Susan Barry, city traffic engineer. Um, first I'll address Third Street. A lot of the work that has been going on the past several years was utility work, not actual work toward the project. We just started construction of the actual Third Street project this year. And that's scheduled to be done November 14th. They've, if you've driven it lately, they've Yeah.

pretty much laid all the pavement. They're kind of in their final finishing up phases. Um, I believe Samson is scheduled to open. I thought it was going to open by now, so I don't have an updated date, but it's very close. Uh, Prior Roads a two season project, so that'll be going into next year. They're trying to get it to a point where last I heard um they're trying to get it before winter to a point where they can have the road open um that that part of it open by winter, but it is a two-season project, so it'll be going all next year as well. Uh and

Coburn is about to open within a month. Okay. Okay. The the interchange of Douglas and Coburn. Uh well, it's the Coburn Road project from Douglas to 350. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. So, that's gonna Okay. Open pretty soon. That's gonna open pretty soon. Okay. And then, uh do do we have I'm sure you have it on the schedule and I'm too lazy to look at the schedule that the city provides. Uh the expansion of Sheer, I know that's been talked about. Sher Road. We have hired our consultant and we're going to be getting begin design and so that'll probably be a a year process, maybe less. And then we'll start construction on Sher Road.

Is that going to be a two season expansion as well? I'm assuming. I don't think we know yet. And that's it's not an expansion of Sher Road per se. It's an improvement because it's not a capacity project, but it's going to have some turn lanes. is going to have sidewalks, uh, lighting, curb and gutter. Um, shear parkway is in the future. Um, that will be like the main sheer facility that'll carry like four lanes of traffic. Okay. Through the through the PRI property. Okay. Thank you. Appreciate it. You're welcome.

Um, I just want to give kudos to um the city and the public works department. be at the intersection of I think it's Bridalwood and Third Street where there is a planned uh light to go in. It's been on the um the schedule for quite some time and they've done some preliminary work. There was another uh bad accident this week and um as part of the HOA they're continuing to say, "Hey, what's the status? When's the light coming in?" And so I made a call to the public work works department as a concerned citizen and left a message and they were um very quick to return my call and provide an explanation. Um I think a lot of of citizens don't think they can pick up the phone and call and ask what's the status. Um and when they do they don't necessarily expect to get a response timely. I did. So kudos to your department and thank you.

All right. Anything else? Okay. I'm going to adjourn the meeting at 5:44. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey.