ORDINANCE NO. 260660
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Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Robinson
Directing the Central City Economic Development Sales Tax Board to issue a targeted request for proposals during the next round of Central City Economic Development Sales Tax funding for eligible projects located on Prospect Avenue between 9th Street and Gregory Boulevard.
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WHEREAS, the City Council, by Resolution No. 250148, approved the ProspectUS Equitable Transit Oriented Development Strategic Plan as a strategic redevelopment and implementation framework for the broader Prospect Avenue Corridor; and
WHEREAS, Prospect Avenue serves as an important commercial, residential, and transportation corridor in Kansas City and connects neighborhoods, businesses, housing, public infrastructure, and community assets; and
WHEREAS, portions of Prospect Avenue contain vacant and underutilized properties, blighted or dangerous structures, fragmented property ownership, and other conditions that impede redevelopment and productive reuse; and
WHEREAS, addressing these conditions may require investment in blight remediation, predevelopment activities, land assemblage, property stabilization and preservation, demolition, site preparation, and other activities necessary to prepare properties for redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, the area bounded by 9th Street on the north, Gregory Boulevard on the south, The Paseo on the west, and Indiana Avenue on the east constitutes the geographic area in which Central City Economic Development Sales Tax revenues may be used; and
WHEREAS, Prospect Avenue between 9th Street and Gregory Boulevard is located within the Central City Economic Development Sales Tax District; and
WHEREAS, although the ProspectUS Equitable Transit Oriented Development Strategic Plan addresses a broader geographic corridor, the City Council desires that this targeted request for proposals be limited to projects located directly on Prospect Avenue to concentrate investment and encourage visible, coordinated redevelopment along the corridor; and
WHEREAS, the ordinance establishing the duties of the Central City Economic Development Sales Tax Board charges the Board with performing other duties established by the City Council; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That, pursuant to its duty to perform other duties established by the City Council, the Central City Economic Development Sales Tax Board is hereby directed to issue, as part of the next round of Central City Economic Development Sales Tax funding, a targeted request for proposals for eligible projects located within the Central City Economic Development Sales Tax District on parcels having frontage on Prospect Avenue between 9th Street and Gregory Boulevard.
Section 2. That the targeted request for proposals shall focus on eligible activities intended to remediate blight and prepare properties for preservation, redevelopment, or productive reuse, including blight remediation; predevelopment activities, including land assemblage, planning, environmental review, and property assessment; preservation, stabilization, or rehabilitation of existing structures; demolition and clearance of blighted or dangerous structures; site preparation; and other related eligible activities.
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Approved as to form:
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Joseph A. Guarino
Senior Associate City Attorney