RESOLUTION NO. 250148, AS AMENDED
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Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department
RESOLUTION - Approving the ProspectUS Equitable Transit Oriented Development Strategic Plan along the Prospect Avenue Corridor between 75th Street to the south and 12th Street to the north, and along 12th Street between Prospect Avenue to the east and Wyandotte Street to the west. (CD-MISC-2023-00004)
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WHEREAS, an equitable transit-oriented development plan provides a strategic redevelopment and implementation framework; and
WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City, Missouri recognizes the importance of preserving and maintaining the urban fabric while promoting quality uses and businesses desiring to improve the area; and
WHEREAS, after all interested persons were given the opportunity to present testimony, the City Plan Commission did on January 15, 2025, recommend approval of the ProspectUS Equitable Transit Oriented Development Strategic Plan; and
WHEREAS, the ProspectUS Equitable Transit Oriented Development Strategic Plan has incorporated the policies of the KC Spirit Playbook and other appropriate planning documents; and
WHEREAS, as a result of a study, the City Planning and Development Department has proposed a framework for the orderly development and redevelopment within the ProspectUS Equitable Transit Oriented Development Strategic Plan area; and
WHEREAS, said framework provides a guide for future development and redevelopment of the area, for specific and general policies to guide future decisions, and for identification of public and private needs throughout the community and possible solutions to those needs; and
WHEREAS, the plan calls for continued public commitment for implementation; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section A. That the ProspectUS Equitable Transit Oriented Development Strategic Plan is hereby approved as a strategic redevelopment and implementation framework along the Prospect Avenue Corridor between 75th Street and 12th Street, and along 12th Street between Prospect Avenue to the east and Wyandotte Street to the west, and areas generally within one half mile of the described corridors. A copy of the ProspectUS Equitable Transit Oriented Development Strategic Plan is attached hereto, in substantial form, and is hereby approved.
Section B. That the ProspectUS Equitable Transit Oriented Development Strategic Plan is consistent and complies with the KC Spirit Playbook, adopted on April 20, 2023, by the Council of Kansas City with the passage of Resolution No. 230257.
Section C. That the City Manager will present a one-year implementation plan identifying the public commitment, specific timelines for implementing the plan and potential public private partnerships inclusive of community benefit agreements.
Section D. That the Council finds and declares that before taking any action on the proposed ProspectUS Equitable Transit Oriented Development Strategic Plan hereinabove, all public notices have been given, and hearings have been held as required by law.
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