ORDINANCE NO. 260094
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Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea
Approving the Second Amendment to the General Development Plan for the Southwest Boulevard Redevelopment Area to amend the Estimated Completion Time to fifteen years from passage of this Ordinance and affirming the findings of the City Council made when approving the Plan.
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WHEREAS, the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority of Kansas City, Missouri (“PIEA”) recommended approval of a General Development Plan for the Southwest Boulevard PIEA Planning Area (such Plan is referred to as the “Original Plan,” and the area comprising the “Planning Area” thereunder is referred to as the “Planning Area”), and the City Council approved the Original Plan in Ordinance No. 041045 on November 4, 2004; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Missouri law, the PIEA recommended approval of a First Amendment to General Development Plan for the Planning Area (the “First Amendment,” and together with the Original Plan, the “Plan”) and the City Council approved the First Amendment in Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 061425 on January 18, 2007; and
WHEREAS, two projects have been completed within the Planning Area, but the redevelopment of Cambridge Business Park (which is within the Planning Area remains to be achieved; and
WHEREAS, the undeveloped portion of the Planning Area remains in need of industrial development, as there are approximately 45 acres of remaining undeveloped land within the Planning Area and additional time is necessary to allow property owners within the Planning Area to continue redevelopment efforts as market conditions allow; and
WHEREAS, each previous industrial developer of a project within the Planning Area has consented to the amendment of the Plan in accordance Section 100.400.1(10), RSMo; and
WHEREAS, the PIEA by Resolution No. 2369 dated August 21, 2025, recommended approval of the Second Amendment to the Plan to provide for an Estimated Completion Time of fifteen (15) years from the passage of this Ordinance by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed PIEA Resolution No. 2369 and has reviewed the Plan and desires to amend the Plan to provide for an Estimated Completion Time of fifteen (15) years from the passage of this Ordinance; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the findings made in Ordinance No. 041045 and Ordinance No. 061425 are hereby affirmed.
Section 2. That the Second Amendment to the General Development Plan for the Southwest Boulevard Redevelopment Area (the “Second Amendment”) is hereby approved such that the Estimated Completion Time shall be fifteen (15) years from the passage of this Ordinance. A copy of the Second Amendment is attached hereto and is on file with the Office of the City Clerk.
Section 3. That the ad valorem tax exemption benefits as authorized in Section 100.570,
RSMo, are hereby extended to the Planning Area, as defined in the Plan, to the extent and in the
manner as provided for in the Plan as modified by the Second Amendment.
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Approved as to form:
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Emalea Kohler
Associate City Attorney