ORDINANCE NO. 251043
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Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea
Approving and designating Redevelopment Project Area 1 of to the 800 Grand 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, Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 230524, passed on June 22, 2023 and by Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 240045 on March 21, 2024, created the Tax Increment Financing Commission of Kansas City, Missouri (the “Commission”);and
WHEREAS, the 800 Grand 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 Project Area at 9:30 AM on November 12, 2025, at which time, after receiving the comments of all interested persons and taxing districts, the Commission approved Resolution No. 11-2-25 (the “Resolution”) recommending to the City Council the approval of the Redevelopment Plan and designation of the Redevelopment Area which contained the Redevelopment Project Area; 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 800 Grand Tax Increment Financing 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 1 is legally described as follows:
TRACT 1: All of LOTS 94, 95, 96, AND 97, ROSS & SCARRITT’S ADDITION, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, according to the recorded plat thereof, recorded April 30, 1857, in Plat Book A-1 at Page 29 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Jackson County, Missouri, at Kansas City.
TRACT 2: The East 1/2 of the vacated alley lying West of and adjacent to Lots 94, 95, 96, and 97, ROSS & SCARRITT'S ADDITION, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, according to the recorded plot thereof.
TRACT 3: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri and being Lots 88 and 89, ROSS & SCARRITT'S ADDITION, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, according to the recorded plat thereof recorded April 30, 1857, in Plot Book A- I at Page 29, in the Recorders Office, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, and as depicted on Certificate of Survey, prepared by The Tuttle-Ayers-Woodward Co., Surveyors, a division of Shafer, Kline & Warren, PA., Kansas City, Missouri, dated December 11, 1984, which Certificate of Survey is incorporated herein by reference, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the Southeast corner of Lot 89 of the aforesaid subdivision and the West right of way line of a l2 foot alley; thence running North 89 degrees 24 minutes 36 seconds West along the south line of Said Lot 89, a distance of 107.29 feet to a point on the East right of way line of Walnut Street, as now established, 80 feet wide (said point is located North a distance of 48 feet along the East right of way line of Walnut Street from its intersection with the North right of way line of 9th Street); thence running North 0 degrees 21 minutes 58 seconds East along said East right of way line of Walnut Street a distance of 48.66 feet to a point on the North line of said Lot 88; thence running North 89 degrees 33 minutes 12 seconds East along said North line of Lot 88 of the aforesaid subdivision a distance of 106.98 feet to a point on the West line of the aforesaid 12-foot alley; thence running South 0 degrees 00 minutes West along the West line of said 12-foot alley and the East lines of Lots 88 and 89 a distance of feet to the Point of Beginning.
TRACT 4: The West 1/2 of the vacated alley lying East of and adjacent to Lots 88 and 89, ROSS & SCARRITT'S ADDITION, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, according to the recorded plot thereof. Lots 83, 84, 85, 86 And 87, Ross & Scarritt's Addition, A Subdivision In Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, According To The Recorded Plat Thereof, Together With The West One-Half (1/2) Of The Vacated North-South Alley East Of, And Adjoining Said Lots 83, 84, 85, 86 And 87, Ross & Scarritt's Addition, A Subdivision In Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; And Lots 98, 99, 100, 101 And 102, Ross & Scarritt's Addition, A Subdivision In Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, According To The Recorded Plat Thereof, Together With The East One-Half (1/2) Of The Vacated North-South Alley West Of, And Adjoining, Said Lots 98, 99, 100, 101, And 102, Ross & Scarritt's Addition, A Subdivision In Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; And Lots 103, 104 And 105, Ross & Scarritt's Addition, A Subdivision In Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, According To The Recorded Plat Thereof.
Section 3. That tax increment allocation financing is hereby adopted for taxable real property in the above-described area selected for Redevelopment Project Area 1. After the total equalized assessed valuation of the taxable real property in Redevelopment Project Area 1 exceeds the certified total initial equalized assessed valuation of the taxable real property in Project Area 1, the ad valorem taxes, and payment in lieu of taxes, 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 1 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 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 1 over and above the initial equalized assessed value of each such unit of property in the area selected for Project Area 1 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 for the purpose of paying Redevelopment Project Costs and obligations incurred in the payment thereof. 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. That in addition to the payments in lieu of taxes described in subsection 2 of Section 3 above, fifty percent (50%) of the total additional revenue from taxes which are imposed by the City and certain taxing districts, and which are generated by economic activities within the area selected for Project Area 1 over the amount of such taxes generated by economic activities within such area in the calendar year prior to the passage of this ordinance, while tax increment financing remains in effect, but excluding certain taxes, fees and special assessments specifically identified by the Act, other than payments in lieu of taxes, shall be allocated to, and paid by the collecting officer to the City Treasurer or other designated financial officer of the City, who shall deposit such funds, which are necessary to the payment of Redevelopment Project Costs identified by the Redevelopment Plan, in a separate segregated account within the Special Allocation Fund for the purpose of paying Redevelopment Project Costs.
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Approved as to form:
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Emalea Kohler
Associate City Attorney