Plans for a more than $300 million convention center hotel are moving ahead rapidly. On Thursday, the Kansas City Council unanimously approved an ordinance authorizing City Manager Troy Schulte to move ahead with a memorandum of understanding between the city and the hotel developer, Burke Swerdling & Associates LLC, less than two weeks after the $302.5 million hotel plan was revealed to the public. Mayor Sly James and the members of the council gave numerous plaudits to the developers and city…