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This week’s Legal Record has several Lenexa public hearings, but one stands out as the most likely to affect nearby residents.𝐀𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲: 8/10 | 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: 9/10Lenexa will hold a public hearing on October 5 at 7:00 PM regarding a request to rezone property at the 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝…
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Two councilmembers were absent from the September 1 budget meeting: 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐄𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡, 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝟏, and 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐲, 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝟒.Both receive an 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞.The budget is one of the biggest decisions council makes each year, so attendance is important. It shapes city spending, taxes, reserves and long-term priorities. At the same time, we do not know why…
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When Mayor Sayers asked if Bill Nicks had anything to add, Nicks said, essentially, “I’m with Avery.” That was his budget explanation.The hearing raised major questions about reserves, revenue neutrality, staffing, spending, and tax burden. Nicks did not add his own analysis on those issues or explain what led him to support the budget.For a…
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Bell made it clear that he supported the budget. He thanked staff, said he thought the budget looked great, and said he looked forward to doing it again next year. That was about as far as his public explanation went.For a vote this large, more insight should be expected. Residents had raised questions about reserves,…
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Handley’s comments were almost entirely about the quality of Lenexa staff and the city’s reputation for strong budgeting. He pointed to awards, praised the work, and said Lenexa has become used to that level of excellence.Except no one was asking whether staff worked hard. The issue was whether this specific budget should be approved, whether…
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Williamson was clearly engaged with the budget process and with the questions residents had submitted. Before the hearing, she pointed out that the packet included roughly 10 to 12 pages of citizen questions and asked whether any new questions had come in since the packet was prepared.That was a fair question and showed she was…
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Sayers showed that she knew the budget and understood the case staff was making for it. Her strongest comments came when she pointed to specific savings and efficiencies instead of giving general praise. She mentioned the fire department building its own brush truck, changes to property insurance, Parks and Rec finding sponsorships, staff growing plants…
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The Parks & Recreation Advisory Board meets today at Lenexa City Hall @ 5:30pm The September Parks & Recreation Advisory Board agenda is noticeably better. This month, residents can see more clearly what the board will actually discuss. The agenda specifically lists an Outdoor Pool Season Recap, along with tree and bench adoption requests. When…
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Herron showed some of the strongest budget understanding on the governing body, but most of that work happened outside the public discussion.During his comments, Herron said he had asked staff a lot of tough questions, particularly about reserves and risk management. His concern was whether Lenexa had enough financial safeguards in place to use some…
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𝐀 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥: It’s 4:30 on a Friday afternoon. The City Manager learns that a major recommendation scheduled for Tuesday’s Council meeting is based on information that may no longer be accurate. Staff has spent months on the project. Changing course will be inconvenient, potentially embarrassing and unpopular with people expecting it to move forward.What should…
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Charlton had the strongest performance during the FY2027 budget hearing. He did more than state whether he supported the budget. He picked up a specific concern raised by a resident and asked staff to address it publicly.The issue was Lenexa’s reserves. A resident argued that the city could move reserves from roughly 38% toward its…
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The annual budget hearing is one of the biggest meetings of the year. It is where the governing body decides how much the city will spend, how much property tax revenue it will collect, whether to exceed the revenue-neutral rate, and what financial priorities will shape the year ahead.Because of that, the public should be…
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The Legal Record has been pretty quiet for Lenexa over the past two weeks. The August 25 publication included two Lenexa notices, while the following week had no new Lenexa postings.𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲: 7/10 | 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: 9/10This was another publication of Lenexa’s bid notice for the Seven Hills Watershed Stormwater Rehabilitation Project. Bids…
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The Police Community Advisory Board meets Thursday at 6:00 p.m. at the Lenexa Justice Center.The agenda includes a FIFA after-action, community policing update, technology update, policy updates and roundtable discussion.This agenda does little to provide transparency… What came out of the FIFA review? What technology is being discussed? Which policies are being updated? Is the…
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Lenexa can make a City Manager raise retroactive. Apparently livestreaming takes longer.On 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 the Committee of the Whole formally discussed recording and live-streaming City meetings. The City memo says staff had already been directed to research the legal, practical and financial impacts and bring back recommendations. The equipment has since been installed.But on…
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Tuesday, September 1 | 7:00 p.m.Lenexa City Hall — Community ForumThis week’s Lenexa City Council agenda is a short one, but it includes one of the biggest votes of the year: adoption of the FY2027 budget.The Council will hold two public hearings Tuesday night: one on exceeding the Revenue Neutral Rate and one on the…
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Monday’s Planning Commission agenda is fairly light…The Meritex Lenexa Executive Park at 99th & Britton proposes four buildings totaling about 234,000 square feet, primarily for warehouse and business park uses. Staff recommends approval, but several details are still unresolved. The proposed lot lines do not match the existing BP-1/BP-2 zoning boundaries, so a future rezoning…
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𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 $𝟏.𝟏 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥, 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲/𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧.Subject: FY2027 Budget and Revenue Neutral RateDear Mayor Sayers and City Council,Before voting on the FY2027 budget Tuesday, I…
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Lenexa’s proposed 2027 budget reflects a financially strong city. Reserves are healthy, the City maintains strong credit ratings and major investments are planned for roads, stormwater, public safety and parks. But the documents also raise questions residents may want answered before the budget is adopted. Questions Residents Might Ask The public hearing on the proposed…
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When this series started, I asked a simple question: Could you identify every Community Improvement District in Lenexa? Most of us couldn’t. Not because the information isn’t public, but because it’s scattered across ordinances, development agreements, budget documents, legal notices, agenda packets and years of City Council meetings. Finding a clear answer often means knowing exactly…
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A quorum of the Lenexa Governing Body was photographed together recently at a Chamber of Commerce event for the opening of Lakeview Village’s Water’s Edge Pub. This occurred outside the setting of a public meeting.The photo alone does not prove a Kansas Open Meetings Act violation. We do not know what was discussed, and we…
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The Committee of the Whole meeting scheduled for Tuesday, August 25 has been canceled, but the Governing Body will still meet that afternoon for a mid-year retreat from 3:00–6:30 p.m. at the Lenexa Old Town Activity Center. The retreat is for informational and discussion purposes only, no formal action will be taken, and the public…
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A very light week for Lenexa’s legal notices. Two city projects are currently out for bid: • Seven Hills Watershed Stormwater Rehabilitation Project — bids are due September 1. A pre-bid conference is scheduled for August 24 at 11 a.m. • Strang Line Road Street Lighting Project — bids are due August 26. A pre-bid…
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We’ve spent the last several posts talking about Community Improvement Districts (CIDs). But percentages can be hard to picture, so let’s put one into real dollars.Imagine a family of four spending about $300 a week on groceries. That’s about $15,600 a year.If that grocery store is in a 1% CID, the family pays about $156…
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𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑: Residents can comment on the FY2027 budget tonight at the Lenexa City Council meeting. Not sure what to say? Take a look at our questions below!The latest FY2027 budget update includes 12 pages of citizen questions and responses from City staff in this weeks City Council packet.The City addressed conservative budgeting, years of favorable…
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📍 LENEXA CITY COUNCIL — TUESDAY, AUGUST 18 There is a lot on Tuesday night’s City Council agenda. We’re leaving the FY2027 budget out of this post because that deserves its own discussion. Looking through everything else, here are the items we think deserve the most attention and the questions we still have. 1. City…
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There is a lot on Tuesday night’s agenda. We’re leaving the FY2027 budget out of this post because that deserves its own discussion. Here are our highest-priority discussion points from everything else.𝟏. 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭Council will consider extending City Manager Beccy Yocham’s agreement through December 31, with an option to continue through March 2027 if…
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One of the themes that appears throughout Lenexa’s proposed 2027 budget is a conservative approach to revenue estimation.Cities should avoid budget shortfalls, maintain healthy reserves, and be prepared for economic uncertainty. Conservative budgeting has helped Lenexa remain in a strong financial position.But a budget has another job, too. It helps elected officials decide how much…
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One of the themes that appears throughout Lenexa’s proposed 2027 budget is a conservative approach to revenue estimation. Cities should avoid budget shortfalls, maintain healthy reserves, and be prepared for economic uncertainty. Conservative budgeting has helped Lenexa remain in a strong financial position. But a budget has another job, too. It helps elected officials decide…
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𝐍𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝟏 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝟔 𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬 Over the last several posts, we’ve talked about what CIDs and TIFs are, where they’re located and why cities use them. As we have been walking through this CID/TIF series the Budget series has been running as well… which allowed us to evaluate both concurrently. One number immediately…
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You asked, so we asked. Several residents reached out with questions about when public engagement would begin for Lenexa’s Trail Alignment Study…. especially for neighborhoods and property owners near the proposed routes. We directed those questions to the City to help bring clarity to where public engagement falls in this process. According to Lenexa Parks…
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𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 & 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 – 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 Next Meeting – August 12th, 2026 Lenexa Rec Center – Outside by Body Politica at 5:30pm 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞: 7.5/10 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: 9.5/10 This month’s Parks Advisory Board agenda is a noticeable improvement. The donation request for a memorial bench and bicycle repair station includes…
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𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 Tuesday, August 11 at 7:00 p.m. Lenexa City Hall Community Forum 𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. If you live in The Timbers at Clear Creek, Canyon Creek, Silverleaf, Brampton, near Mize Lake, along Mize Road or near the future 83rd Street extension, now is…
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Every budget is an estimate. Revenue can come in higher than expected. Projects can be delayed. Departments may spend less than planned. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Over the last several years, the City has consistently finished…
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𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩 | July 28 & August 4 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟖 𝟖𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 Transparency: 7/10 | Legality: 9/10 Lenexa filed condemnation proceedings to acquire property interests for the 83rd Street project from Gleason Road to Clare Road. The process appears legally standard, but the notice gives little plain-language detail about the…
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Community Improvement Districts (CIDs) and Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts were created to encourage redevelopment, improve infrastructure and help make projects financially feasible that might not otherwise happen. That makes sense for aging shopping centers, vacant land or areas in need of revitalization. But many of Lenexa’s incentive districts are located in busy commercial corridors,…
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𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐀 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐋 — 𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝟒*** There is lots to unpack from this packet and 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 we have reviewed this one is the 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 from an accuracy and transparency stand point… Give it a read and let us know your thoughts in the comments! ****Tuesday’s City Council agenda is…
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𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 | Monday, August 3Monday’s Planning Commission agenda is one of the quieter meetings we’ve seen recently.𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚:𝟏. 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 #𝟔Final approval for the new Fire Station and Fire Administration building at the former City Hall site. Plans include demolition of the existing building, a new 27,000+ square foot…
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𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐆𝐨? When a city finishes the year with stronger financial results than expected, that money doesn’t necessarily stay in reserves. In Lenexa, a significant portion ultimately helps fund long-term capital projects. The City’s 2026–2030 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) includes approximately $273.3 million across 61 projects, with about $81.4 million coming from…
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𝐍𝐨 𝐓𝐚𝐱𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧If someone asked you yesterday to point out every Community Improvement District (CID) and Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district in Lenexa… could you?That’s why this map matters.Every highlighted area represents a public financing tool that has shaped development in our city. Many are places we shop, eat, stay or drive by every…
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Lenexa frequently highlights its repeated mill-levy reductions. That is accurate… but a lower tax rate does not automatically mean a lower tax bill. A mill levy is the tax rate applied to a property’s assessed value. When property values rise faster than the mill levy falls, the City can lower the rate and still collect…
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𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩 | 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟒 & 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟏A relatively quiet couple of weeks in the Legal Record, but there are still a few items worth noting.𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲: 9/10 | 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: 10/10No new action here… this is simply the final publication of the bid notice before bids are opened on July…
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One City Stands Out. Last week we learned what Community Improvement Districts (CIDs) and Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts are. Today, let’s look at how often they’re actually used. Community Improvement Districts aren’t unique to Lenexa. Cities throughout Johnson County use them to encourage redevelopment and help fund public improvements. But when we started comparing…
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𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐚 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 – 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟏𝐬𝐭 @𝟔𝐩𝐦𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞: 𝟒/𝟏𝟎𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝟗.𝟓/𝟏𝟎This agenda looks detailed at first glance, but it actually provides very little information.Items like “Justice Center Public Art,” “Ad Astra,” and “Sponsorships/Grants” sound important, but residents have no way of knowing whether these are routine updates, new proposals, funding discussions, or upcoming decisions.𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞:…
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𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 – 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐚 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 This agenda is packed with development, incentives, infrastructure, and compensation decisions. The biggest items are clearly the Solera incentives package, The Rise mixed-use tower, and a $2.8 million pay plan adjustment.𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝟏. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬
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What Changed in the 2027 Budget? Before we get into the deeper questions, it helps to understand the basic structure of Lenexa’s proposed 2027 budget. The City expects to begin the year with about $99.8 million in available fund balances, collect approximately $175.4 million in revenue and spend about $178.9 million. That would leave roughly…
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CID vs. TIF What’s the difference… and why should you care? If you’ve ever attended a City Council meeting, you’ve probably heard the terms CID and TIF tossed around like everyone knows what they mean.The truth? Most of us don’t. Here’s the simple version. A Community Improvement District (CID) adds an additional sales tax within…
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲’𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬As part of reviewing the proposed 2027 budget, several questions were submitted to City staff regarding reserves, debt, revenue assumptions, growth, and long-term financial planning.The City’s responses provided some helpful context and in other case evade answering some questions directly. A few themes stood out... these are broad overviews that…
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𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 | 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟒📅 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠Tuesday, July 14 • 7:00 PMLenexa City Hall Community ForumTuesday’s Committee of the Whole meeting is focused almost entirely on two topics: the proposed 2027 budget and the future of the Old City Hall fountain.Unlike regular City Council meetings, no final votes…
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝Lenexa’s proposed 2027 budget is nearly 180 pages long. Most residents have likely never read the whole thing. But the budget is more than a stack of numbers. It shows what the City expects to collect, what it plans to spend, how much it intends to keep…
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𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩 | 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲: 𝟗/𝟏𝟎 | 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝟏𝟎/𝟏𝟎Standard bid notice for storm drainage improvements south of College Boulevard.𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲: 𝟖/𝟏𝟎 | 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝟗/𝟏𝟎Another proposed Community Improvement District (CID) is headed to a public hearing.Highlights
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“No Taxation Without Representation.” Most Americans recognize the phrase. It helped spark the American Revolution and reminds us that taxation and public accountability have long gone hand in hand. Fast forward nearly 250 years. Today, you can shop at one business in Lenexa and pay one sales tax rate… then drive a few minutes away…
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Transparency: 5.5/10Legal Compliance: 9.5/10This agenda is better than some of Lenexa’s other advisory boards. The tree and bench adoption requests include supporting documents in the meeting packet, allowing residents to understand what’s being considered.The biggest transparency gap is in the discussion items.🌳 #𝟓 – 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲What does that mean? Tree removals? Planting plans?…
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📅 City Council MeetingTuesday, July 7 • 7:00 PMLenexa City Hall Community ForumHere’s what residents should know:𝟏. 𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬Routine acceptance of privately funded sidewalk improvements along Pflumm Road. 𝟐. $𝟑𝟑𝟐,𝟖𝟐𝟎 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐭The City plans to purchase 6,000 tons of rock salt for the 2026-2027 winter season. Approximately half replaces last winter’s usage…
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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 | 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟔The proposals to read closely are Items 1 and 7. If you are in West Lenexa… Item 7 is one you need to know about!𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝟏. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐞 📍8700 Ryckert StreetThe mixed-use project in City Center is back after being approved by…
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A lighter week in the Legal Record, but one item continues a trend we’ve been watching.🛍️ 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 (𝐂𝐈𝐃)Transparency: 7.5/10 | Legality: 9/10Another proposed Community Improvement District (CID) is moving through the public process in Lenexa.𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬:
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Last week was fairly quiet in the Legal Record with several repeat publications. Here’s what stood out: 1️⃣ Westchester Square CIDTransparency: 7.5/10 | Legality: 9/10 The proposed Community Improvement District (CID) for Westchester Square continues through the required publication process. Key Points: 2️⃣ Ordinance 6060 – Medical & Dental ClinicsTransparency: 8/10 | Legality: 10/10 Updates…
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Lenexa’s Committee of the Whole (COW) meetings are typically not recorded. A Lenexa resident sent an email in requesting for an exception to this. At the next Committee of the Whole meeting (June 23rd) the conversation will cover the 2027 budget. According to City Manager Beccy Yocham, the June 23 meeting will not be available…
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This Week’s 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝: Mostly RepeatsNot much new in this week’s Johnson County public notices.📍 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 (𝐂𝐈𝐃)Transparency: 7.5/10 | Legality: 9/10Lenexa continues publication of the proposed Westchester Square CID at 87th Street and Pflumm. The CID would allow an additional 1% sales tax for up to 22 years to fund redevelopment,…
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The Lenexa Arts Council meets tonight, June 16th @ 6pm but based on the agenda, it would be difficult for residents to know what business is actually being conducted. The agenda lists topics such as Public Art, Justice Center, Ad Astra, Outdoor Concerts, Orchestra, City Center Live, Theater, Literary Arts, Gallery, Manhattan Short Film Festival,…
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𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐱 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬, 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟔 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐚 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏𝟔 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚If you only read the agenda summary, this meeting looks relatively routine. A deeper look tells a different story. Here’s a breakdown of each agenda item and what residents need to be aware of.𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐀𝟏.…