Anna Krstulic

Experience

Public Law

City Attorney for the Cities of Mission Hills, Fairway, and Tonganoxie, Kansas.

• Negotiates a range of agreements, including contracts, franchises, easements and interlocal agreements.
• Drafts ordinances, regulations and policies for all types of government affairs, including zoning, subdivision, signs, telecommunications facilities, public offenses, nuisances, domestic animals and right-of-way management.
• Oversees public meetings of governing bodies, planning and zoning boards, architectural review boards and committees.
• Evaluates open record requests and prepares responses.
• Special counsel for City of Independence, Kansas to review and draft amendments to zoning and subdivision regulations.

Public Finance

Experienced with Kansas public incentives, including tax increment financing (TIF), community improvement districts (CID), sales tax and revenue bonds (STAR Bonds), industrial revenue bonds (IRBs, also known as private activity bonds), transportation development districts (TDD), neighborhood revitalization act (NRA) rebates, rural housing incentive districts (RHID) and economic development exemptions (EDX).

Lead counsel for the City of Tonganoxie, Kansas in negotiating the development of:

• State-of-the-art, highly-automated Hill's Pet Nutrition facility, which involved the largest capital investment ever made by a manufacturer in Leavenworth County at over $250 million.
• Several multi-family projects involving RHIDs.

Special counsel for the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas in the development of:

• Homefield project, a multi-sport venue with indoor and outdoor facilities and a youth baseball complex, in addition to retail and entertainment uses and hotels.
• Kaw River Bridge project, an innovative transformation of the historic Rock Island Railroad Bridge into a unique entertainment venue that will include a public trail connecting the West Bottoms area of Kansas City, Missouri to existing levee trails along the west side of the Kansas River, common spaces for public viewing and events, an outdoor food hall, coffee shops, restaurants, bars, and other recreational and commercial amenities.
• Mixed-use and multi-family projects, including The Yards II, Village West and Downtown Campus, which also includes redevelopment of the Jack Reardon Convention Center.

Commercial Development

Special counsel for online vehicle auction provider in securing land use entitlements for multiple locations in Kansas, including rezoning, plat, site plan and special use permit approvals.

Special counsel for aerospace technology company in acquiring rezoning and site plan approvals for development of a new office and manufacturing facility in Lenexa, Kansas.

Special counsel for telecommunications company in securing use approvals for small cell facilities in multiple jurisdictions, including special or conditional use permits and certificates of appropriateness for locations within historic districts.

Recognitions

Professional & Civic Activities