COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 210585
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Amending Chapter 2, Code of Ordinances, by repealing Sections 2-964, entitled Commission established; membership; officers, and 2-965 entitled Duties of commission, and enacting in lieu thereof new sections of like numbers and subject matter.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That Chapter 2, Code of Ordinances of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, is hereby amended by repealing Sections 2-964, entitled Commission established; membership; officers, and 2-965, entitled Commission established; membership; officers, and enacting in lieu thereof new sections, to read as follows:
Sec. 2-964. Commission established; membership; officers.
There is hereby created and established a commission to be known as the Brownfields Commission. The commission shall be composed of 15 members. Eight of those commissioners shall be residents of the city, appointed by the mayor to serve four-year terms, further delineated as follows: three representing citizen and community groups who reside in environmental justice census tracts; one representing regional environmental justice communities; one with expertise in the field of business; one with expertise in the field of real estate development; one with expertise in the field of environmental assessment and remediation; and one being a lawyer member of the Missouri Bar Association with expertise in environmental law. Three additional commissioners shall be the mayor, chairman of the city plan commission and chairman of the board of directors of the economic development corporation of Kansas City, or their designees, who shall be ex officio members of the commission. Four regional commissioners shall be the chief executive of Jackson County, Missouri; the mayor of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas; the chief executive of the Mid-America Regional Council; and the chief executive of the Kansas City Area Development Council, or their designees, who shall be ex officio members of the commission representing governments and non-profit entities in partnership with the city for brownfields redevelopment. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation and those appointed by the mayor shall be subject to removal by the mayor. The mayor shall designate one of the commissioners as chairperson of the commission and another as vice-chairperson. The director of Brownfields shall be the secretary and provide administrative support for the commission.
Sec. 2-965. Duties of commission.
(a) The duties of the Brownfields Commission shall be to promote the cleanup and reuse of brownfield properties in order to create jobs, increase the tax base, remove potential threats to public health and the environment, or otherwise productively reuse idle, abandoned or underutilized properties. When conducting business concerning primarily the city or the Kansas City Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund, the commission, excluding the four regional commissioners, shall:
(1) consider applications for loans and subgrants of funds from the Kansas City Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund, vote on resolutions to approve applications for assistance of $100,000 or less, and vote on resolutions to recommend to the city council approval of applications for assistance over $100,000;
(2) consider requests for city endorsement of applications to the Missouri Brownfields Redevelopment Program or other state or federal Brownfields Assistance Program, and vote on resolutions to recommend endorsement to the city council; and
(3) conduct such other business of the city as necessary to provide guidance and policy recommendations concerning the promotion of brownfields redevelopment, in partnership with federal, state and regional and local entities.
(b) When conducting business concerning the Kansas City Regional Coalition Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund, the commission, excluding the three commissioners who are Kansas City, Missouri residents representing citizen and community groups, and the chairman of the board of directors of the economic development corporation of Kansas City, shall:
(1) consider applications for loans and subgrants of funds from the Kansas City Regional Coalition Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund and vote on resolutions to approve applications for assistance of $100,000.00 or less, and vote on resolutions to recommend to the city council approval of applications for assistance over $100,000.00; and
(2) conduct such other business of the regional brownfields coalition as necessary to provide guidance and policy recommendations concerning the promotion of brownfields redevelopment, in partnership with federal, state and regional and local entities. In providing such assistance, approval or confirmation, the commission, commissioners, city and regional municipal partners do not assume any responsibility or liability for any risks or costs associated with any such environmental impairment identification or management activities.
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Approved as to form and legality:
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Amelia McIntyre
Assistant City Attorney