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City staff present framework for Lee's Summit beautification; council asks for trade-off analysis
Summary
Staff laid out a comprehensive ‘beautification’ framework covering private development standards, public infrastructure design, partnerships (including MoDOT) and maintenance; council asked for fiscal trade-offs and prioritization before further action.
Lee's Summit staff presented a framework for a citywide beautification initiative Tuesday that groups possible actions into private-property design, public-property design, partnerships and maintenance, and asked council to prioritize next steps and resource trade-offs.
Ryan Elam, assistant city manager, Amy Nassif, interim director of development, and Michael Park, director of public works, outlined private-property items such as architecture and site-layout standards, tree preservation rules and open-space definitions; public-property items such as corridor streetscaping, utility placement and gateway monuments; and partnership options including MoDOT programs and…
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