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The Kansas City Council may spend millions of taxpayer dollars to aid the development of a private airport parking firm that will ultimately compete with the city’s own parking services. Legislation introduced by three Northland Council members would direct City Manager Brian Platt to come up with a plan to fund and construct two new traffic circles off of I-29 to help the new development about a mile from Kansas City International Airport. Pat Klein, the city’s aviation director who retires at the end of the month, warned the council about spending city funds to aid the private parking operation. “I am concerned with the City funding developer’s responsibilities,” he wrote in an email to council members. “It is a precedent that should be looked at extremely closely.” Richard Chaves Jr. is developing 86 acres near the Ambassador Building, the former headquarters of Farmland Industries at 12200 N. Ambassador Drive. The developer envisions adding new restaurants, retail and offic...

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