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Tweet The Prairie Village Planning Commission and the members of the public who spoke against the proposed Mission Chateau senior living community brought up dozens of issues at Tuesday night’s hearing. But at the heart of the controversy surrounding the facility, which would replace Mission Valley Middle School, is its scope. At 384,000 square feet, [...]
Tweet When it all was said and done after three-and-a-half hours of proceedings Tuesday, one issue seemed to loom above all others in the Prairie Village Planning Commission’s consideration of the proposed Mission Chateau senior living community: the size. After nearly two-and-a-half hours of comment from Prairie Village residents who opposed the project — including an [...]
Tweet After months of delays on account of a city moratorium on special use permit applications, weather and postponements from the developer, the Prairie Village Planning Commission on Tuesday got its first good look at the Tutera Group’s plans for an extensive senior living community proposed for the Mission Valley Middle School site. More than [...]
Tweet The Prairie Village Planning Commission on Tuesday gave the green light to a process that could establish a formal procedure for protesting certain development projects in the city — and may ultimately impact the development of the Mission Valley site. In response to calls from homeowners who live in the neighborhoods surrounding Mission Valley, the [...]
Tweet The neighborhood group that exerted significant influence the spring over zoning decisions for the Mission Valley site is organizing itself again. Mission Valley Neighbors Association leader Bob Schubert sent a message to group members this week urging them to attend a series of upcoming Prairie Village city council and planning commission meetings. The [...]
Tweet From the sound of it, Mission Valley’s owners may have had a change of heart about building new retail space on the site of the shuttered middle school. Prairie Village assistant city administrator Dennis Enslinger told the city council Monday that he, mayor Ron Shaffer and city administrator Quinn Bennion met with Joe Tutera [...]
Tweet It was mission accomplished for the Mission Valley Neighbors Association Monday night. With an 8-2 vote and no debate, the Prairie Village City Council affirmed the recommendation of the city’s Planning Commission that the preferred zoning for the former Mission Valley Middle School site be listed R-1A. The move essentially limits potential development of [...]
Tweet Keep it R-1A, said the neighbors. Okay, said the commissioners. With a unanimous vote on Tuesday before a full house at Friendship Hall in Village Presbyterian Church, the Prairie Village Planning Commission approved a resolution officially establishing R-1A zoning uses — which include housing, schools and churches — as the city’s preference for the [...]
Tweet If there’s an upside to the recent school closings in the area, it’s that the vacant buildings have given local police and fire teams a unique opportunity to conduct specialized training operations. Local law enforcement teams today will be using Mission Valley Middle School as the site for exercises designed to prepare officers for [...]
Tweet Before a crowd of more than 225 packed into the SM East cafeteria, Prairie Village Mayor Ron Shaffer on Monday broke a tie vote to approve a measure affirming city support for the current land uses allowed by the Mission Valley Middle School site’s R-1a zoning — a designation that allows housing, a school, [...]
Tweet As homeowners surrounding Mission Valley Middle School continue to organize protest against a proposed mixed-use development on the site, the city of Prairie Village appears to be prepared to back away from a move to conduct a comprehensive planning process for the site. The comprehensive planning process originally recommended by city staff would have [...]
Tweet In anticipation of a crowd that could near 200, Prairie Village has announced it will move its Monday, Feb. 6, City Council meeting to the SM East cafeteria. The city has also put together a helpful FAQ explaining what the council will be considering at the meeting, as well as how comprehensive planning processes [...]
Tweet Expect Feb. 6 to be a lively evening at Prairie Village City Hall. More than 100 Mission Valley area residents packed into a meeting room at Hillcrest Covenant Church Sunday afternoon to organize a pointed protest against the city’s plan to spend $90,000 on a public input process and land use study for development [...]
Tweet An overflow crowd of Mission Valley-area homeowners voiced strong objections Tuesday to the idea that the site of the vacant school could be redeveloped for commercial use — a wave of input that compelled the council to recommend moving forward with an extensive public planning process for the site. The comprehensive planning process would give [...]
Tweet Mission Valley-area homeowners spent the weekend organizing in anticipation of the Prairie Village City Council’s planned discussion about how — or whether — the city would proceed with a planning process for the abandoned school. Documents included in the packet for tonight’s council meeting outline information provided by RED Development to the city, most notably [...]
Tweet Kansas Democrats today are planning to use Mission Valley Middle School as the backdrop for a press conference unveiling their plan for funding Kansas public schools. Democratic Senate Leader Anthony Hensley and House Leader Paul Davis had originally planned to hold the event last Wednesday, but postponed it after word leaked that Boeing would [...]
Tweet Prairie Village will move forward with its comprehensive planning process for the Mission Valley site until it hears from RED Development and Kansas City Christian School about whether they’ve reached a deal for the property, said Assistant City Administrator Dennis Enslinger. The city will still issue its Request for Proposal to select a firm [...]
Tweet Kansas City Christian School president Allan Chugg has confirmed that the organization’s board of directors is in talks with RED Development about purchasing Mission Valley Middle School – which RED acquired from the Shawnee Mission District just two months ago. RED spokesman Dave Claflin said no formal bid for the property has been put [...]
Tweet If you’re sitting on the edge of your seat waiting to find out what’s going to go up on the site of Mission Valley Middle School, you might consider taking a sedative. Prairie Village will have to push the planning process for the site back three months, meaning a comprehensive plan won’t be ready [...]
Tweet The next stage in the unfolding drama over what will become of Mission Valley Middle School will likely begin tonight, as Prairie Village city administrators present the city council with a new planning process for the site, which was purchased by RED Development. RED backed out of an oral agreement to fund a significant [...]
Tweet The real estate developer that closed its purchase of Mission Valley Middle School last week has backed out of an oral agreement with the city of Prairie Village to help fund a comprehensive planning process for the site — a move that puts the city’s planning timeline several months behind the original schedule and [...]
Tweet A week of confusion over whether the SM East boys soccer team could continue to hold practices on the Mission Valley Middle School fields appears to be nearing resolution — though how long it will be before the team returns to practicing in Prairie Village is up in the air. Shawnee Mission School District [...]
Tweet RED Development and the Shawnee Mission School District officially closed the sale of Mission Valley earlier this week, as the 45-day due diligence window that was part of the contract signed in July came to an end. The real estate developer and the city of Prairie Village, however, are still working out the details [...]
Tweet The Prairie Village City Council on Monday agreed to terms with RED Development on a joint public planning process for the Mission Valley site, the first step in a month’s long journey intended to create a community-supported plan for the for former school site. The planning process is estimated to cost approximately $200,000, the [...]
Tweet RED Development is finalizing the details of a planning process for development of the Mission Valley Middle School site, and aims to present its proposal to the Prairie Village city council on Monday. RED spokesman Dave Claflin said the group hoped to begin hosting a series of around six focus groups once the city [...]
