ORDINANCE NO. 250895
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Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea
Approving and designating Redevelopment Project Area 2 of the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan; and adopting tax increment financing therefore.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to the Real Property Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, Sections 99.800 to 99.865 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, as amended (the “Act”), the City Council of Kansas City, Missouri (the “City Council”), by Ordinance No. 54556 passed on November 24, 1982, and thereafter amended in certain respects by Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 911076, as amended, passed on August 29, 1991, Ordinance No. 100089, as amended, passed on January 28, 2010, and Ordinance No. 130986, passed on December 19, 2013, Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 140823, as amended on June 18, 2015, and Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 230524, passed on June 22, 2023, created the Tax Increment Financing Commission of Kansas City, Missouri (the “Commission”); and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan (the “Redevelopment Plan”) and Redevelopment Project Area described therein was proposed to the Commission; and
WHEREAS, after all proper notice was given, the Commission met in a public hearing regarding the Redevelopment Plan and Redevelopment Project at 9:45 AM on September 10, 2025, at which time, after receiving the comments of all interested persons and taxing districts, the Commission approved Resolution No. 9-7-25 (the “Resolution”) recommending to the City Council the approval of the Redevelopment Plan and designation of the Redevelopment Area which contained the Redevelopment Project Areas; and
WHEREAS, on _____________, the City council of Kansas City, Missouri (the “Council”) passed Ordinance No. _______ which accepted the recommendations of the Commission and approved the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan (the “Redevelopment Plan”) and designated the Redevelopment Area described therein to be a blighted area (the “Redevelopment Area”); NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That all terms used in this ordinance shall be construed as defined in Sections 99.800 to 99.865 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, as amended.
Section 2. That the area of the Redevelopment Plan selected for Redevelopment Project Area 2 is legally described as follows:
Lot 1, Block 4, Columbus Park Phase 1, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.
Section 3. That tax increment allocation financing is hereby adopted for taxable real property in the above-described area selected for Project Area 2. After the total equalized assessed valuation of the taxable real property in Project Area 2 exceeds the certified total initial equalized assessed valuation of the taxable real property in Project Area 2, the ad valorem taxes, and payment in lieu of taxes (“PILOTS”), if any, arising from the levies upon the taxable real property in such project by taxing districts and tax rates determined in the manner provided in subsection 2 of Section 99.855 each year after the effective date of the ordinance until redevelopment project costs have been paid shall be divided as follows:
1. That portion of taxes levied upon each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property which is attributable to the initial equalized assessed value of each such taxable lot, block, tract or parcel of real property in the area selected for the Project Area 2 shall be allocated to and, when collected, shall be paid by the Jackson County Collector and the City Treasurer to the respective affected taxing districts in the manner required by law in the absence of the adoption of tax increment allocation financing;
2. Payments in lieu of taxes (“PILOTS”) attributable to the increase in the current equalized assessed valuation of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property in the area selected for Project Area 2 over and above the initial equalized assessed value of each such unit of property in the area selected for Project Area 2 shall be allocated to and, when collected, shall be paid to the City Treasurer who shall deposit such payments in lieu of taxes into a special fund called the “Special Allocation Fund” of the City. Seventy-five (75%) percent of the PILOTS collected on an annual basis are for the purpose of paying Redevelopment Project Costs and obligations incurred in the payment thereof. Twenty-five (25%) percent of the PILOTS collected on an annual basis shall be paid to the Taxing Districts according to their respective levy rates. Any payments in lieu of taxes which are not paid within sixty (60) days of the due date shall be deemed delinquent and shall be assessed a penalty of one percent (1%) per month.
Section 4. This Redevelopment Plan does not provide for the collection nor allocation of Economic Activity Taxes in the Redevelopment Project Areas.
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Approved as to form:
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Emalea Kohler
Associate City Attorney