February 15, 2023
General Meeting
Midtown KC Now
3931 Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri
6:32 pm –
Board Members Present:
Nadja Karpilow, Matthew Browning, Dianna Atkinson, Angie Phillips, Betsy Ambrose, Jacob Ambrose, Tabitha Judson
Other Neighbors Present: Valerie Andruss Adam Hollingsworth Henry Rizzo T. Glenn Martin Paul Zehr
Matthew Muckenthaler Leigh Blumenthal Peter Cassel Nirmal Khalsa
Shelby Lewer Nik Lewer
The meeting was called to order at 6:32 pm. Nadja called the meeting to order. Dianna presented the treasurer’s report.
The balance was $2,641.21 with no income or expenses.
There were two guest speakers present: Paul Zehr from Cultivate KC, and Matthew Muckenthaler from KCMO Public Works
· No formal presentation for the meeting; talking points and some slides presented
· Various statistics shared underutilized metered parking across KCMO; underutilized parking spaces downtown
· No plans for Parking Benefit/ Parking Plan/ Parking District for our neighborhood
· In order for the city to take action the neighborhood will need to engage with elected officials to pass an ordinance to move forward.
· Expected to take 6 to 12 months
· Hyde Park already has a Parking Study planned (need to verify – this might have been the study that was just completed)
Peter Cassel provided an update on the Mac Properties development at Armour & Troost.
Old/New business • Briefly touched on new developments at Main & Armour and Westport Commons.
• Discussed retaining wall on Wyandotte - agreed with staff recommendation to use limestone instead of plastic bricks. • Solar panels on Wyandotte - should we come up with a plan for this moving forward?
• Bliss Books grand opening - February 18th
• 3600 Walnut has been approved
• 3609 Walnut is in process
• Leigh Blumenthal from Midtown KC provided general update.
The next meeting will be April 19, 2023.