Re: Streetcar to the riverfront
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 11:41 am
No vintage.
save the date! may 31.DaveKCMO wrote:There are some public meetings coming up soon.
It's part of their evil plan to have people over 65 determine development patternssmh wrote:I wish public meetings in largely residential areas were scheduled later. Working folk struggle to make these meetings.
flyingember wrote:It's part of their evil plan to have people over 65 determine development patternssmh wrote:I wish public meetings in largely residential areas were scheduled later. Working folk struggle to make these meetings.
the citywide transit sales tax, the general fund, private funds, state funds, federal funds all don't require a vote to usegrovester wrote:Can this happen without any votes?
yes. a port improvement district is already in place (with a sales tax, i think). a new TDD would only require the vote of the port authority and a second transportation authority (which could be the city, KCATA, or jackson county).grovester wrote:Can this happen without any votes?
Also what I'm wondering. I'm assuming they're waiting to accumulate revenue from the existing riverfront TDD which could take some time...earthling wrote:So what's the next step to make it happen?
Put together a plan for federal grants too, I'd guess.JBmidtown wrote:Also what I'm wondering. I'm assuming they're waiting to accumulate revenue from the existing riverfront TDD which could take some time...earthling wrote:So what's the next step to make it happen?
So what you're saying is that as long as Repubs are slashing grant programs and putting the money back into, I dunno, fancy new guns and paperweights or whatever the money is going, we are fucked until Trump is out of office?DaveKCMO wrote:to be clear, a riverfront TDD does not yet exist. the PID is the only funding source in place at this time.
this project is an obvious candidate for TIGER (not small starts), so be on the lookout for a funding notice from the trump administration.
The senate came out recently and said they'll fund TIGER. Call your Senators and Reps.JBmidtown wrote:So what you're saying is that as long as Repubs are slashing grant programs and putting the money back into, I dunno, fancy new guns and paperweights or whatever the money is going, we are fucked until Trump is out of office?DaveKCMO wrote:to be clear, a riverfront TDD does not yet exist. the PID is the only funding source in place at this time.
this project is an obvious candidate for TIGER (not small starts), so be on the lookout for a funding notice from the trump administration.