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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR] RESOLUTION NO. 250601
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Sponsor: Councilmember Johnathan Duncan
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to develop policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the Affordable Housing Set Aside ordinance and to make recommendations to Council within 30 days.
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WHEREAS, on January 28, 2021, the City Council passed Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 201038, As Amended, requiring residential projects that seek certain economic development incentives to contain a minimum number of affordable units; and
WHEREAS, Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 201038, As Amended, provided that project developers could, in lieu of providing the required affordable units, make a payment that would be allocated to the City’s Housing Trust Fund; and
WHEREAS, on August 18, 2022, the City Council enacted a new Code Section, 74-11, “Affordable Housing Set Aside;” directing the City Manager to develop a pricing sheet, provide priority consideration for certain projects, and provide an annual housing report to the Council; and repealing Ordinance No. 201038; and
WHEREAS, the Housing and Community Development Department works to support a housing program with set-aside requirements that vary based on a wide range of factors, including level of affordability, project size or density, geographic location, targeted population, tenure, percentage of open space, and case-by-case negotiations with the developer; and
WHEREAS, compliance monitoring and enforcement is critical to the success of the housing program with set-aside requirements; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
That the City Manager is hereby directed to develop policies and procedures to ensure compliance with Section 74-11(c) and to make recommendations to council to effectuate said policies, including but not limited to amendments to the City Code of Ordinances, additional staffing, and budget amendments within 30 days.
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