More details for an “ultra-accessible” entertainment and youth athletic district proposed by members of the Hunt family in Olathe are starting to take shape. The project — proposed at the corner of 119th Street and Renner Boulevard — comes from Loretto Properties, a development company run by Lamar Hunt, Jr., and his son-in-law, James Arkell. They want to use the Kansas Sales Tax and Revenue, or STAR, bond economic development tool, as well as some local incentives. On Monday, the Olathe Planning Commission voted 9-0, finding that the planned Olathe Gateway STAR bond district development conforms with PlanOlathe, the city’s existing comprehensive plan. The commission also voted 8-1, finding that the associated tax increment financing district plan conforms. Commissioner Tony Bergida cast the no vote, voicing skepticism in his questions earlier in the meeting that the project met the threshold for the intent of a TIF district.
Source: Prairie Village Post
