𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 – 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐚 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 ⁣
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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.⁣
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𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚⁣
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𝟏. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬⁣

• Final acceptance of infrastructure improvements in Brighton, Hickory Woods, and Rosewood neighborhoods.⁣
• Project included storm sewer rehabilitation and replacement of 36 streetlights.⁣
• Total construction cost: $1.59 million.⁣
• Maintenance warranty begins upon acceptance and runs through July 2028.⁣
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  𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: Routine infrastructure investment, but another reminder of the ongoing costs associated with maintaining aging neighborhoods.⁣
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  𝟐. 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭⁣
• New 27-month agreement with ClearCompany.⁣
• Provides applicant tracking, I-9 administration, and background screening services.⁣
• Total cost: $170,454.⁣
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  𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥: Annual costs are increasing significantly from approximately $34k annually to about $76k annually due to expanded services and increased staffing levels (employee count growing from 795 to 950).⁣
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  𝟑. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐞 – 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝-𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫⁣
  A revised version of the previously withdrawn proposal.⁣
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  𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬:⁣
• 121 apartments⁣
• 6,943 sq. ft. office⁣
• 5,276 sq. ft. rooftop restaurant/bar⁣
• Nine stories above a parking structure (10 total levels)⁣
• 199 parking spaces⁣
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  𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧:⁣
• Reduced from 11 stories to 9 stories.⁣
• Height reduced from approximately 136 feet to 109 feet.⁣
• One less apartment unit.⁣
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  𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥: Code would normally require 335 parking spaces, but staff supports a reduction to 199 spaces because of shared City Center parking and urban design principles.⁣
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  𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭: Is City Center reaching the point where parking assumptions may become strained as more residential units are added?⁣
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  𝟒. 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧⁣
  Routine approval allowing alcohol sales and consumption during the October Chili Challenge.⁣
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  𝟓. 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐒𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧⁣
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  Approval allowing Johnson County’s Consolidated Main Sewer District to expand service to Highlands at Clear Creek.⁣
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  𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: Another procedural step moving Highlands closer to construction. Whose responsibility should it be to pay for this: taxpayers or the developer? 🤔⁣
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  𝟔. 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐑𝐁 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧⁣
• City issued $34 million in Industrial Revenue Bonds (IRBs) in 2023.⁣
• Project is now complete.⁣
• This action formally terminates the financing arrangement.⁣
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  𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞: This may provide residents an opportunity to look back and evaluate whether promised benefits from the incentives materialized.⁣
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  𝟕. 𝟖𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲⁣
• Authorizes filing condemnation proceedings to acquire needed easements and right-of-way.⁣
• Total project budget: $13.67 million.⁣
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  𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥: Eminent domain actions are always significant because they involve acquiring private property rights for public projects. Would a traditional intersection have saved family owned land in lieu of Lenexa’s favorite roundabouts? ⁣
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  𝟖. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠⁣
• Rezone nearly 29.5 acres from Residential Estate to Single-Family.⁣
• Creates only two residential lots.⁣
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  𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠⁣
  𝟗. 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬⁣
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  This is likely the biggest item of the night. Located at the Southeast corner of Prairie Star Parkway and K-7.⁣
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  𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬:⁣

1. Establish a Community Improvement District (CID)⁣
2. Add an additional 1% sales tax⁣
3. Approve a development agreement⁣
4. Issue up to $77 million in Industrial Revenue Bonds⁣
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   𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬:⁣

• Another CID district would increase Lenexa’s already substantial use of economic incentives.⁣
• IRBs can provide substantial tax abatements depending on project structure.⁣
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  𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Would this development occur without incentives, or are incentives truly necessary?⁣
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  𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬⁣
  𝟏𝟎. 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫⁣
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  Located at the South of Prairie Star Parkway between Gleason and Dunraven.⁣
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  𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝:⁣
• 17-acre commercial development⁣
• Nine pad sites⁣
• Retail, restaurants, gas station, office uses⁣
• New internal roads and pedestrian improvements⁣
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  𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: This could start the westward commercial growth along Prairie Star and K-7 in an area that is fairly empty in regards to commercial development. It’s interesting that staff and Planning Commission BOTH did not support this development proposal. My own personal assumptions is the vision is for more medical offices in this location than traditional commercial development. Just a hunch!⁣
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  𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬⁣
  𝟏𝟏. 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬⁣
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  Potentially one of the largest financial decisions on the agenda.⁣
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  𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬:⁣
• Market adjustments⁣
• Pay range increases⁣
• Internal equity corrections⁣
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  𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭:⁣
  Approximately $2.8 million per year⁣
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  𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭:⁣
  This comes only weeks after budget discussions and amid continued discussions regarding long-term spending growth and reserve balances.⁣
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  𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫⁣

1. Would the Solera development happen without a new 1% sales tax and up to $77 million in IRBs?⁣
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2. How many additional CID districts should Lenexa have before residents begin evaluating their cumulative impact?⁣
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3. As City Center continues adding apartments and restaurants, is the parking strategy still realistic?⁣
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4. How will a recurring $2.8 million increase in compensation affect future budgets, staffing levels, and tax discussions? How does this compare to peer cities?⁣
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5. How much resident input should be taken into consideration for commercial development?