ORDINANCE NO. 250529
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Sponsor: Councilmember Darrell Curls
Reducing the General Fund contingent appropriation in the amount of $1,000,000.00; appropriating the same; authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Funding Agreement in an amount up to $1,000,000.00 with the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority of Kansas City, Missouri for the acquisition of the Robandee Shopping Center; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, on November 9, 2017, Council approved Ordinance No. 170891, declaring certain non-contiguous areas along the Bannister Road and Blue Ridge Boulevard Corridors, east of US Highway 435 and west of Elma Avenue, north of 99th Street, and south of 87th Street, as blighted; and
WHEREAS, with Ordinance No. 170891, Council approved the East Bannister PIEA General Development Plan (with amendments the “Plan”); and
WHEREAS, on July 2, 2018, the Council passed Ordinance No. 180471 amending the Plan and expanding the Plan Area, as defined more specifically in the Plan; and
WHEREAS, Project Area 4 (as defined in the Plan) of the Plan is commonly known as the “Robandee Shopping Center” located on two parcels, generally located at the northeast corner of James A. Reed Road and E. Bannister Road, consisting of approximately 12 acres and located at 8200 E. Bannister Road and 8500 E. Bannister Road; and
WHEREAS the Robandee Shopping Center has become an increasingly extensive source of blight in the area, including a dangerous building, underoccupancy, and numerous code violations, as well as becoming a draw for trespass; and
WHEREAS, the Robandee Shopping Center continually experiences instances of blight that is a detriment to the surrounding neighborhoods, including illegal dumping, graffiti, and property damage; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to enter into an Agreement with the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority of Kansas City, Missouri (“PIEA”) to provide the funding for the acquisition of the Robandee Shopping Center and execute a funding agreement therefor; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the appropriation in the following account of the General Fund is hereby reduced by the following amount:
26-1000-179990-A Contingent Appropriation $1,000,000.00
Section 2. That the sum of $1,000,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund to the following account:
26-1000-105013-B-10ROBANDEESHPCTR Robandee Shopping Center $1,000,000.00
Section 3. That the City Manager is authorized to execute a Funding Agreement with the PIEA in an amount up to $1,000,000.00 for the acquisition of the Robandee Shopping Center by PIEA by using funds previously appropriated to Account No. 26-1000-105013-B-10ROBANDEESHPCTR. A copy of the Funding Agreement in substantial form is attached hereto and on file in the City Manager’s Office.
Section 4. That the City Manager is designated as the requisitioning authority for Account No. 26-1000-105013-B-10ROBANDEESHPCTR.
Section 5. That this Ordinance is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503 (a)(3)(C) of the City Charter in that it appropriates money and shall take effect in accordance with that section.
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I hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation hereby incurred.
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Tammy L. Queen
Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Andrew Bonkowski
Assistant City Attorney