- This week's ARB meeting agenda included two items of interest 1) The ADU that the council approved at 1325 Lark Ave a couple of months back and 2) notice that ARB approved the 6-unit missing middle project at 10414 Big Bend Rd at its last meeting. Glad to see both of these projects checking the last couple of boxes before construction begins. That's 8 homes-worth of improved affordability coming to Kirkwood.
- Last night's P&Z meeting agenda includes a zoning text amendment that would increase the maximum allowable size of accessory structures on large lots to 2,500 sqft or 7% of the size of the total lot. Unfortunately, ADUs are only allowed to be a maximum of 750 sqft so this doesn't really have any housing implications. Big ass garages are a go, though!
- A few highlights from tonight's City Council meeting agenda:
- First, a reminder that at tonight's 5pm work session (which is open to the public!), the Council will hear the Planning Department's recommendations to improve housing affordability based on the recommendations made by last Summer's Attainable Housing Study. You can read about those 19 recommendations and my thoughts on them here.
- The city is set to spend $30,397 to seal and strip the community center parking lot. Remember: forgone tax revenue is not the only cost of the Council's refusal to develop the lots on Jefferson; these things cost a ton just to maintain.
- The Council is set to vote on two items that would pave the way for a new duplex at 223 W. Monroe (even though it's technically a downzoning, as I mentioned a few weeks back). They're also set to give second reading (i.e. final) approval to the rezoning of 430 S. Clay from B-1 to R-5. That would clear the way for the construction of 8 townhomes. Good to see missing middle infill around the edges of Downtown; the extent to which people are willing to fight tooth and nail to gain discretionary approval to build these kinds of projects shows how hot Kirkwood is right now. We should let people invest here and reap the financial reward!
- The new Café Napoli location in The James has applied for their liquor license so we must be getting close!
- Last week's Webster-Kirkwood Times:
- On pg. 4, Colin Suchland had some nice write-ups of deer feeding split vote I mentioned last week, new transmission lines for Kirkwood Electric, and the open houses the city is hosting for the Southeast Kirkwood Connectivity study and Safe Routes to Schools study. The city expects to publish its preferred route for a mixed-use path from Meacham to Nipher in Spring 2025 so a reminder to fill out the Safe Routes to Schools survey and the Southeast Kirkwood Connectivity Study survey if you haven't already!
- On pg. 9, my Uncle Jerry got an award!
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