ORDINANCE NO. 260031
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Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Patterson-Hazley
Authorizing the City Manager to exercise the option to purchase and accept a special warranty deed from Holy Ghost New Testament Church for the property located at 1815 Paseo, Kansas City, Missouri; reducing appropriations in the amount of $340,000.00 from the Capital Improvements Fund; appropriating $340,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Capital Improvements Fund for the purpose of acquiring Holy Ghost New Testament Church; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, the Holy Ghost New Testament Church at 1815 Paseo, Kansas City, Missouri (the “Church”) is located within the 18th and Vine District carries a great deal of historic cultural significance; and
WHEREAS, in recent years, the Church has fallen into disrepair and needs substantial restoration work; and
WHEREAS, in order to preserve this historic and cultural asset and eliminate blighting influences on the surrounding area, the City seeks to acquire the Church; and
WHEREAS, the Holy Ghost New Testament Church, a Missouri nonprofit corporation, granted the City an option to purchase the Church for $300,000.00; and
WHEREAS, the City completed Phase I environmental site assessment, recommending asbestos and hazardous waste abatement and a Phase II environmental site assessment, valued at approximately $40,000.00; and
WHEREAS, the City now seeks to exercise its option to purchase said property for $300,000.00; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the City Manager is authorized to exercise the City’s option and accept a special warranty deed from Holy Ghost New Testament Church for the following real property (hereinafter the “Property”):
Lots 68 and 69, Block 3, except the west 25 feet in the Paseo, H. W. Armfield’s Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, according to the recorded plat thereof (commonly known as 1815 Paseo, Kansas City, MO 64108; Jackson County Parcel No. 29-620-11-07-00-0-00-000).
Section 2. That the appropriation in the following account of the Capital Improvements Fund, Fund No. 3090, is hereby reduced by the following amount:
26-3090-128300-619850-89009995 3rd District PIAC Contingency $340,000.00
Section 3. That the sum of $340,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Capital Improvements Fund, Fund No. 3090, to the following account:
26-3090-578306-619850-571815PASEO 1815 PASEO $340,000.00
Section 4. That the City Manager or his designee is authorized a maximum expenditure of $340,000.00 from Account No. 26-3090-578306-619850-571815PASEO for the purchase of the Property, payment of related closing costs, and payments related to further environmental testing and abatement.
Section 5. That this ordinance relating to the appropriation of money and the expenses of government is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(C) of the City Charter and shall take effect in accordance with Section 503, City Charter.
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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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William Choi
Interim Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Abigail Judah
Assistant City Attorney