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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. \u2014 Republican State Senate President Ty Masterson told FOX4 on Monday<\/strong><\/a> that he\u2019s expecting a proposal from the Kansas City Royals at their Legislative Coordinating Council (LCC) meeting that should take place either in late November or early December.<\/p>\n The eight-member LCC is the body that would approve a Sales Tax and Revenue (STAR) Bond proposal from the Royals. Democratic State Senator Dinah Sykes is one of three Johnson County, Kansas members on that body.<\/p>\n Governor Mike Kehoe optimistic Kansas City Chiefs, Royals will stay in Missouri <\/a><\/p>\n Skyes says she does not know how she\u2019d vote on this issue if the Royals submit a proposal to the LCC.<\/p>\n \u201cI haven\u2019t seen what it is. I know the parameters of what we put out, but I don\u2019t know what the offer is,\u201d Sykes said.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m always going to look at what is in the best interest of Kansas, also taking into consideration where it is, the impact of what it will have on constituents who live there, Kansans who live there, businesses, so those are all pieces that I will factor in.\u201d<\/p>\n One shopping center nearby is Park Place, which is actually in Leawood\u2019s city limits, not Overland Park\u2019s. Mark McGilley, a Leawood resident who\u2019s had Royals season tickets since their inaugural season of 1969, says he thinks a ballpark in this area\u2019s a bad idea.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the traffic will be terrible,\u201d McGilley said.<\/p>\n \u201cI just don\u2019t think it\u2019s a good spot. I think the Royals should go downtown. The majority of the Major League Baseball stadiums are downtown, so obviously it proves the point.\u201d<\/p>\n The Royals wouldn\u2019t comment on this story on Wednesday. The LCC extended the Sales Tax and Revenue or STAR Bond offer in July for another year, but the leadership of that body, including Masterson, says that they want a proposal by the end of the year.<\/p>\n