The South Kansas City Alliance outlined plans Monday night for a temporary detention facility to address immediate needs while a permanent rehabilitation and detention center is being built.

One speaker emphasized the urgency of the project during the meeting at the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department's South Patrol Division.

He said voters passed an extension of the public safety sales tax, which will pay for a new rehabilitation and detention center, a permanent one. But he pointed out that's going to take a while to construct, get operational and the city has a need right now.

Kevin Klinkenberg, Executive Director of Midtown KC Now, a group that has partnered with the city and is currently considering several industrial sites for the temporary facility.

"The current site that w

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