Midtown Station feasibility study to be presented Nov. 2 after developer funds $40,000 analysis
August 31, 2026 | Wyandotte County, Kansas
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The committee voted on Aug. 31 to place the Midtown Station feasibility study on the Nov. 2 Economic Development & Finance standing committee agenda after the developer agreed to fund a PGAV study.
Interim county administrator Alan House told commissioners the developer and Unified Government had agreed on a scope as of Aug. 28. He said the consultant PGAV will analyze three areas: potential star-bond eligibility and tourism/visitation estimates; development finance, including the effect of incentives on pro forma projections; and a revenue analysis estimating public revenue streams the proposed project could generate. House said the developer has agreed to fund the $40,000 study and that a draft would be available by Sept. 30 with a final report by Oct. 14. "The study will be conducted by PGAV ... This is a $40,000 study. Developer has agreed to fund that," House said.
Eric Murray, representing the developer team, said the developer is "ready, willing, and able to move forward with this study" and asked the committee to suspend the standing-committee rule so the item could be placed directly on the Nov. 2 agenda. Deputy chief counsel Windy Green explained the committee could invoke Rule 308 to suspend the four-week setting requirement. Commissioner Pacheco moved to invoke Rule 308 and then moved to set the item for Nov. 2; both motions passed on roll-call votes recorded 5–1.
House and staff emphasized the study is informational only and "is not intended to make a recommendation on types of incentives or level of incentives ... It does not bind the commission to any course of action," House said. PGAV will be available to present findings to the standing committee when the report is complete.
The committee also asked staff to provide a status update to the committee on Sept. 30 (memo or written update was requested) to track the study’s progress. The study’s timing will put the final report and any presentation into the Nov. 2 meeting packet.
Interim county administrator Alan House told commissioners the developer and Unified Government had agreed on a scope as of Aug. 28. He said the consultant PGAV will analyze three areas: potential star-bond eligibility and tourism/visitation estimates; development finance, including the effect of incentives on pro forma projections; and a revenue analysis estimating public revenue streams the proposed project could generate. House said the developer has agreed to fund the $40,000 study and that a draft would be available by Sept. 30 with a final report by Oct. 14. "The study will be conducted by PGAV ... This is a $40,000 study. Developer has agreed to fund that," House said.
Eric Murray, representing the developer team, said the developer is "ready, willing, and able to move forward with this study" and asked the committee to suspend the standing-committee rule so the item could be placed directly on the Nov. 2 agenda. Deputy chief counsel Windy Green explained the committee could invoke Rule 308 to suspend the four-week setting requirement. Commissioner Pacheco moved to invoke Rule 308 and then moved to set the item for Nov. 2; both motions passed on roll-call votes recorded 5–1.
House and staff emphasized the study is informational only and "is not intended to make a recommendation on types of incentives or level of incentives ... It does not bind the commission to any course of action," House said. PGAV will be available to present findings to the standing committee when the report is complete.
The committee also asked staff to provide a status update to the committee on Sept. 30 (memo or written update was requested) to track the study’s progress. The study’s timing will put the final report and any presentation into the Nov. 2 meeting packet.
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