Re: Golden Plains Technology Park
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 3:10 pm
I won't be surprised if a developer who had to follow the diversity rules later sues the City saying it gave preferential treatment to another developer.
Which of those would apply here, though?
The City Manager’s office said Dorch was found to be violating the city’s residency rule, which requires all city employees to live in Kansas City, Missouri. The City Manager’s office cited a deed for a house in Lee’s Summit that listed Dorch as the owner, and said the city conducted an investigation and interviewed Dorch to verify that claim.
Dorch said she bought a home in Lee’s Summit in 2020 as an investment property, but her primary residence is in Kansas City proper. Dorch showed KCUR multiple government documents — including tax filings and her government ID — listing an address within city limits.
Dorch said she’s lived at that same address since 1994. She began working with the city in 1997, and said she’s always been aware of the residency requirement.
I stand corrected.FangKC wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 2:48 pm No, it said she purchased that house for an investment, and that she had has lived in KCMO for years.
The City Manager’s office said Dorch was found to be violating the city’s residency rule, which requires all city employees to live in Kansas City, Missouri. The City Manager’s office cited a deed for a house in Lee’s Summit that listed Dorch as the owner, and said the city conducted an investigation and interviewed Dorch to verify that claim.
Dorch said she bought a home in Lee’s Summit in 2020 as an investment property, but her primary residence is in Kansas City proper. Dorch showed KCUR multiple government documents — including tax filings and her government ID — listing an address within city limits.
Dorch said she’s lived at that same address since 1994. She began working with the city in 1997, and said she’s always been aware of the residency requirement.
City states Andrea signed bank documents that required her house in Lee’s Summit to be her primary residence. An investigation into her residency also included a few days of private investigators. PI found she traveled back and forth between City Hall and the home in Lees Summit. Andrea claimed her daughter was staying at the home and it was being renovated.shinatoo wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 5:59 pmI stand corrected.FangKC wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 2:48 pm No, it said she purchased that house for an investment, and that she had has lived in KCMO for years.
The City Manager’s office said Dorch was found to be violating the city’s residency rule, which requires all city employees to live in Kansas City, Missouri. The City Manager’s office cited a deed for a house in Lee’s Summit that listed Dorch as the owner, and said the city conducted an investigation and interviewed Dorch to verify that claim.
Dorch said she bought a home in Lee’s Summit in 2020 as an investment property, but her primary residence is in Kansas City proper. Dorch showed KCUR multiple government documents — including tax filings and her government ID — listing an address within city limits.
Dorch said she’s lived at that same address since 1994. She began working with the city in 1997, and said she’s always been aware of the residency requirement.
https://www.kcur.org/news/2023-05-02/ka ... s-directorA city spokesperson maintains that Dorch violated the residency requirement. The city noted that mortgage documents Dorch signed for the Lee's Summit property in 2020 and 2023 include language requiring the borrower establish the property as her principal residence and maintain it as a principal residence for at least one year — "unless Lender otherwise agrees in writing."
Getting better.langosta wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 12:47 am
City states Andrea signed bank documents that required her house in Lee’s Summit to be her primary residence. An investigation into her residency also included a few days of private investigators. PI found she traveled back and forth between City Hall and the home in Lees Summit. Andrea claimed her daughter was staying at the home and it was being renovated.
I also have some confusion - Andrea released a report stating that Meta refused to comply with the city’s standard MWBE requirements but the articles also mention those requirements were waived for the project.
https://www.kcur.org/news/2023-05-02/ka ... s-directorA city spokesperson maintains that Dorch violated the residency requirement. The city noted that mortgage documents Dorch signed for the Lee's Summit property in 2020 and 2023 include language requiring the borrower establish the property as her principal residence and maintain it as a principal residence for at least one year — "unless Lender otherwise agrees in writing."
“We started the investigation in October,” she said. (Assistant CM)
The probe began, she (Assistant CM) said, after the city’s law department accepted a subpoena on Dorch’s behalf last fall in connection with a legal action that was unrelated to her job. The home address on the subpoena was for the address of the house that Dorch owns in Lee’s Summit.
“That’s why we started the investigation,” Kozakiewicz said, “not because of any email that she wrote, or any document that she claims spawned it. We started the investigation because she was served at work with an address that had a Lee’s Summit address.”
https://news.yahoo.com/kc-says-records- ... 32619.htmlShe (Andrea - fired employee) also disagrees with the city’s timeline. She (Andrea) says the city’s law department received the subpoena with the Lee’s Summit address on it last spring, not last fall, and that the city was aware of the house in Lee’s Summit when she was hired as a department director in 2021 because the city did a background check at that time.
Yep....Sani wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 2:38 pm I realize the residency rule is the rule, but I'd be pretty pissed if I'd provided documentation to my employer that I lived at the city address where I said I lived, and then they hired a PI to follow me home. Do they do this kind of investigation on all city employees they suspect might be living outside city limits? Seems like that would take a lot of resources.
The city was given cause to suspect the rule had been broken. In this case, Andrea’s legal notice, addressed with residence of Lees Summit, was delivered to City Hall.dnweava wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 2:55 pmYep....Sani wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 2:38 pm I realize the residency rule is the rule, but I'd be pretty pissed if I'd provided documentation to my employer that I lived at the city address where I said I lived, and then they hired a PI to follow me home. Do they do this kind of investigation on all city employees they suspect might be living outside city limits? Seems like that would take a lot of resources.