Focus Area: Infrastructure & Legal
Staff Contact: Mary Jaeger/Nate Baldwin/Ron Shaver
Subject: Approval of an engineer’s survey for eminent domain for the Quivira Road, 143rd to 151st, Improvements Project, PN 3-C-011-24.
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Consideration of Ordinance No. 25-13 approving an engineer’s survey and authorizing the acquisition of land for the Quivira Road, 143rd to 151st, Improvements Project, PN 3-C-011-24.
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Summary:
Project No. 3-C-011-24 was authorized by Resolution No. 24-1009 on January 23, 2024.
The project will improve Quivira Road from 143rd Street to 151st Street from a 2-lane unimproved roadway to a 2-lane divided arterial section with turn lanes. Improvements will include pavement construction, curb and gutter, medians, streetlights, sidewalk and sidepath, bike lanes and storm sewers.
A total of fifty-eight (58) easements and/or public right-of-way dedications involving thirty-four (34) tracts of land are to be acquired for this project, of which fifteen (15) easements and/or public right-of-way dedications involving (8) tracts of land remain to be acquired.
Attachment A is map of the project area.
On May 6, 2025, the City Council approved Resolution No. 25-1036 which authorized an engineering survey of land needed for the project.
The ordinance (Attachment B) is the second step of the eminent domain process. The ordinance approves the survey and authorizes the filing of a petition for eminent domain in the Johnson County, Kansas District Court.
To keep the project on schedule, Land acquisition needs to be completed by September 2025 so that utility relocations can begin. The project is tentatively scheduled to begin construction in Spring 2026. Staff will continue to negotiate with the property owners to try to reach agreements to acquire the property before using the eminent domain process.
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Financial Impact:
Funding for the Quivira Road, 143rd to 151st, Improvements Project, as approved in the 2025-2029 Capital Improvements Plan, includes:
GO Bonds $13,853,091
Federal (STBG) $ 3,575,909
Total $17,429,000
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Action Needed:
Adopt Ordinance No. 25-13 approving an engineer’s survey and authorizing the acquisition of land for the Quivira Road, 143rd to 151st, Improvements Project, PN 3-C-011-24.
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Attachment(s):
A: Project Location Map
B: Eminent Domain Ordinance & Exhibits for Tracts 2, 6, 7, 37, 39, 41, 42 and 44