Fwd: Jackson County Neighborhood Revitalization Program

Henry McClure  
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From: David Oakley <guiomarks@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, Oct 5, 2023, 1:57 AM
Subject: Jackson County Neighborhood Revitalization Program
To: <mcre13@gmail.com>, <wible.pd@gmail.com>

Mr. McClure (Henry) and Mr. Wible,

Jonathan Wimer of Mayetta here.  Following up on meeting each of you this evening at our City Council meeting.  

I'm writing from the address I share with my partner of many, many years.

Thank you greatly for your assistance Wednesday evening in educating the City Council and Mayor about the key role the NRP can play in Mayetta's and the other eight Jackson County city's future.

Now that the final community, Mayetta, has wisely chosen to continue its unbroken record of participating in every version of the NRP proposed by the County, the County Commission is planning to proceed with official County adoption this coming Monday the 9th of October.

In my working with every one of the other cities and the county, we are together 12 for 12 on this new NRP plan, and the County Commission will make it 13 for 13 this Monday.  

The cities and the county wanted to create a Wow! factor with city rates in the new program.  

You can decide whether we have achieved or come close to that just 17 to 50 minutes north of the Topeka Westgate Bridge.   And just 55 minutes or so from Panasonic and the 9,000+ acre Sunflower Development once KDOT completes the 4-laneing of K-10 around Lawrence, already in process along with the Polk-Quincy Viaduct.  And once KDOT schedules engineering, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of phases one and two of the new Kansas City Outer Loop from Tonganoxie south along the Douglas-Johnson line to Edgerton - Wellsville, Jackson will be within that same 55 minutes of the much broader edge of development of Kansas City itself.

(If you are interested in supporting the regional efforts I'm also working on to encourage KDOT to establish and advance a much quicker timeline for construction of the new KC Outer Loop, let me know.  I just attended the Northeast Kansas KDOT Local Consult on Tuesday to promote that and completing the four-laneing of U.S. 75 from Holton to the Nebraska line.   KDOT has a second public opportunity in two weeks on October 17th at Lenexa City Center and a third on October 24th, a Virtual Session.  Many key elected officials in the MoKan corridor are on board.  Topeka support was confirmed Tuesday.)

Here are the key specifics of Jackson County's new 2023 NRP plan:

Participating entities 12 + 1:  (same number as in your e-address, Henry)

Jackson County

All nine Cities:  Circleville, Delia, Denison, Holton, Hoyt, Mayetta, Netawaka, Soldier, Whiting

All three school districts located along our main street, U.S. 75:  Royal Valley 337, Holton 336, Jackson Heights 335 (which just grew by 25% with the 100 students which in August left the Wetmore-Sabetha district for Jackson)

Rebate Percentage within the entire corporate limits of all nine cities:

Residential within the cities:

Year 1 95%

2 95%

3 75%

4 75%

5 55%

6 35%

7 35%

Residential in all unincorporated areas of the county (likely be an exclusion on tribally owned land since much is not subject to property taxes in the first place)

Year 1 50%

2 30%

3 20%

4 20%

5 10%

Commercial rebate in entire county (all cities plus unincorporated areas)

Year 1 100%

2 90%

3 80%

4 70%

5 60%

6 50%

7 50%

Minimum appraised value increase: $ 15,000

Minimum improvement expenditure: $ 15,000

Other standard conditions apply such as 

A) must apply and be accepted by the County BEfore construction begins, 

B) must have all appropriate building and zoning permits,

C) must be current on payment of property taxes, plus a few more.

Jonathan Wimer

Mayetta

785.341.9080