KCMO proposes changes to public engagement process
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 4:13 pm
KCMO is considering amending the Section of Chapter 88 that covers Public Engagement. The proposal will be at CPC on Tuesday. Among other things, it puts developer and neighborhood interactions on a calendar. A developer has 5 days from the submittal of an application, and the neighborhood has 10 days to respond. The proposed ordinance doesn't say what happens if this schedule isn't met. That it's reliant on the list of neighborhood contacts that the city's Neighborhoods division maintains is worrying. I tried and failed for years to get them to update my neighborhood's contact info.
Another new requirement is that CPC comments have to be submitted no later than six days prior to a meeting. Currently, you can submit comments up to the morning of a hearing. I don't see how this benefits anyone except the city. CPC dockets don't usually come out until 5 days prior to a hearing so I can foresee situations where residents don't find out about a hearing until it's too late to comment.
http://kcmo.gov/planning/public-engagement-process/
Another new requirement is that CPC comments have to be submitted no later than six days prior to a meeting. Currently, you can submit comments up to the morning of a hearing. I don't see how this benefits anyone except the city. CPC dockets don't usually come out until 5 days prior to a hearing so I can foresee situations where residents don't find out about a hearing until it's too late to comment.
http://kcmo.gov/planning/public-engagement-process/