RESOLUTION NO. 250249
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Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Patterson Hazley
RESOLUTION - Approving an amendment to the Heart of the City Area Plan to include a Redevelopment Action Plan for the Washington Wheatley neighborhood. (CD-MISC-2025-00001)
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WHEREAS, on April 21, 2011, the City Council by Resolution No. 110159 adopted the Heart of the City Area Plan; and
WHEREAS, on March 19, 2025, the City Plan Commission (CPC) considered an amendment to the Heart of the City Area Plan to include a Redevelopment Action Plan for the Washington Wheatley neighborhood to boost the redevelopment of vacant lots and revitalization of the neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, after all interested persons were given an opportunity to present testimony, CPC did on March 19, 2025, recommend approval of the proposed amendment; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section A. That the Heart of the City Area Plan is hereby amended to include the Washington Wheatley neighborhood Redevelopment Action Plan.
Section B. That the amendment to the Heart of the City Area Plan is consistent and complies with the KC Spirit Playbook, adopted on April 18, 2023, by Resolution No. 230257, and is adopted as a supplement to the KC Spirit Playbook.
Section C. That the Council finds and declares that before taking any action on the proposed amendment hereinabove, all public notices have been given and hearings have been held as required by law.
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