The Port Authority of Kansas City is expected to take a pivotal vote on Monday over whether to offer big property tax breaks to the Country Club Plaza’s new owners, who are fresh off another win at City Hall as they seek to revitalize the historic district.
But the project has not forged ahead without significant criticism in recent weeks. Kansas City Public Schools said in a statement Friday that the district is “extremely disappointed” that the agency is moving forward with the vote and asked for a delay.
Port KC’s Board of Commissioners will meet Monday to discuss the proposed plan, which would provide Gillon Property Group, which owns the Plaza, with exemptions on property taxes for 30 years. The terms appear to have been under negotiation, and the full value of the property tax breaks — or how much Gillon would pay versus how much they’d save — is currently unclear…