By John Sharp
South Kansas City residents, businesses and organizations will have opportunities this summer to request city funding for neighborhood capital improvements such as installing or repairing sidewalks, resurfacing or widening streets, correcting storm drainage problems and installing or improving playgrounds and other amenities in parks at hearings by the city’s Public Improvements Advisory Committee (PIAC).
PIAC members are appointed by members of the KCMO City Council and the mayor, and PIAC recommendations are almost always followed. Approximately $5.7 million is expected to be available for each of the six City Council Districts for the city’s next fiscal year starting May 1, 2026.
The first PIAC hearing for the 5th Council District which covers most of the eastern part of south Kansas City will be at 6 p.m. Monday, June 16, at the Hillcrest Community Center, and the second hearing will be at 6 p.m. Monday, August 18, at the Southeast Community Center.
The first hearing for the 6th Council District which covers most of the western part of south Kansas City took place on June 2, and the second hearing will be at 6 p.m. Monday, August 4, at the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library.
The deadline for PIAC applications is August 31, and application forms will be available at the hearings or by contacting the city’s capital improvements program by phone at 816-513-1062 or emailing piac@kcmo.org.
District PIAC hearings are normally attended by the City Council members for those districts and city staff, and it is wise for applicants to bring their neighbors who support their requests and pictures showing the problems the applications are intended to correct to enhance the chances their applications will be approved since there are always more applications for projects than funding available.
Learn more at www.kcmo.gov/programs-initiatives/public-improvements-advisory-committee-piac
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