Newsletter - Winter 2022

During our January Council Meeting the following city officials were sworn in:

Darrell Franklin, Mayor
Selina Zapata Bur, Council President
Christopher Brent
Don Greenwell
Robert Tietze
Keith Mays

The following Boards were also appointed for 2022.

Architectural Review Board

Ryan Bowden, Chair
Janet McCarter
Erin Lowery
Sara Chaffee
Stephanie Simon

Board of Zoning Appeal

Ryan Bowden, chair
Nancy Mays
Major Park
Jay Sidie
Doug Weltner

Planning Commission

Richard Ralls, Dhair
Michael Braude
David Hunt
Laura Martin
Ramsey Mohsen
Gary Coleman, Westwood
Nick Dosanjh, Mission Hills

Note: The City code requires that two members of the Planning Commission be nonresidents.

2021 Financials

City income exceeded expenses for the year by $154,528. The city ended 2021 with assets of $868,798 and no liabilities. The complete financial statement will be uploaded to our website this month.

Sales Tax for Online Purchases

When shipping online, please make sure your address shows the city of Mission Woods so we are certain to receive our city’s share of the sales tax on one’s purchase. By autofill default, the city of Mission is often entered on retailer’s websites.

Karbank Real Estate Company

Karbank Company recently purchased the building at 1968 SMPW. Karbank now owns all three buildings on the NW corner of SMPW and State Line Road. With this change Karbank is in the process of petitioning Mission Woods for our city to vacate the cul de sac and a few feet of the street that is north of the 1968 and 2000 Karbank buildings. The Karbank plan is to make the cul de sac more attractive by replacing the current asphalt with a more attractive surface. With this change, Karbank would take over ownership and full responsibility for the maintenance of the cul de sac. There will be a public hearing to consider this petition at our next city council meeting on March 1st.

Mayor Darrell Franklin

2022 Council Objectives

During the January meeting the council set the following objectives for the year:

• Improve safety for pedestrians crossing at the SMPW, Rainbow and Mission Woods Terrace intersection. This would include moving an existing crosswalk, adding new crosswalks and adjusting the timing of the lights at the intersection.

• Work with a lighting consultant to evaluate the need for additional streetlights on our streets.

• Complete website redesign/update with an outside contractor, hire a website manager and covert the Mission Woods handbook to our website.

• Update the Mission Woods code to incorporate the ordinances that have been enacted the last several years and make the online version of our code more user-friendly. • Connected Community Sidewalk Project. Make application for funding with CARS and MARC and continue discussions/coordination with Karbank Company to determine the feasibility of and advancement of this new sidewalk project.

• Improve safety for pedestrians crossing the south side of SMPW and State Line Road from Mission Woods to KC, MO. This would involve adding a crosswalk and pedestrian push button for crossing.

If you have ideas for projects that you think will improve the quality of life in our city, please let us hear from you. You may contact us with any ideas, comments or concerns.