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Proposed development at Parkville gets opposition

Debbie Coleman-Topi by Debbie Coleman-Topi
September 15, 2018
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More than 100 area residents flocked a Parkville Planning and Zoning Commission meeting Tuesday night, concerned about proposed commercial and residential development on vacant land near Interstate 435 and Hwy. 45.

Many of those present voiced their opposition to a plan by Brian Mertz of Parkville Development that calls for the construction of numerous buildings from single to multi-family, retail and commercial to be built on more than 300 acres at the highway intersections.

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Residents, including 600 of whom signed a petition opposing the development, presented numerous objections. The residents said they fear that some of the less expensive residential and retail will result in lower property values and crime.

The commission eventually will make a recommendation to the Parkville Board of Aldermen regarding the development plan. But commissioners decided to halt the meeting without making a recommendation after several residents testified.

Commissioners will hear more public comments at the October meeting. During the meeting, numerous homeowners voiced their disapproval of the project. Misty Snodgrass, who lives three streets from the Parkville city limits, said she’s disappointed in the city’s “lack of transparency” in the planning process and some features of the plan that are not aligned with the city’s long-range master plan.

As an example, she cited an earlier study conducted on a previous construction plan in the area that was abandoned in 2007 after the economy took a downturn.

That plan called for soccer fields but a study by a consultant at the time determined the plan was not a good fit. However, the current Parkville Development plan includes several baseball fields.

“So, the soccer fields were not feasible but the baseball fields are,” she said. “I’m not opposed to any development,” she said. “I’m opposed to this development.” Sandra Knoernschild, who lives in Platte County but owns a business in Parkville, said she is “not opposed” to the plan and that “unsubstantiated opinions and comments” should not be considered.

Tim Albright, who told commissioners he lives just west of the proposed development, said he opposed the plan because he and his wife chose the area for its undisturbed beauty and serenity.

The proposed development, he said, will take the “park” out of Parkville,” he said.

“I’m hearing conversation about taking all that beauty, all those trees, all that landscape –it’s going to be gone,” he said. “We’re taking away what Parkville is.”

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Debbie Coleman-Topi

Debbie Coleman-Topi

Debbie's journalism career began at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, where she was trained.

Her works have appeared in The Kansas City Star and its Sunday magazine, The (Independence) Examiner and TWINS Magazine. Debbie has written for The Landmark for the past four years where she has reported on a wide range of Platte County area issues and people.

These include the longest-running issue of her three-decade career--a massive development in Parkville, which spawned a citizens' movement that objects to the way city officials manage the city.

She is the author of "TWINformation: The Biology, Psychology and Development of Twins”, written in response to having and raising fraternal male twins (she and her husband later welcomed a girl to the family.)

She is also the author of “Memories of A War Bride,” which chronicles the life of her husband's Godmother, a WWII English war bride.

Debbie and her husband, John, live in Blue Springs, a long car drive from events and meetings she covers for The Landmark. In fact, when she first met publisher Ivan Foley, after answering his ad for a reporter she told him she should have packed a lunch for the long journey. When she heard no response following the job interview, Debbie called to ask if Foley was not interested in her joining the staff. He was interested, but assumed the drive was too long.

Obviously, he was wrong.

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