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File #: 260276    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Referred
File created: 2/10/2026 In control: Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee
On agenda: 3/24/2026 Final action:
Title: Sponsor: Director of General Services Department Authorizing the Director of General Services to execute a License Agreement with Port Authority of Kansas City, Missouri for fifteen (15) years for the display of the City-owned sculpture, "River Cloud."
Sponsors: Director of General Services
Attachments: 1. Ordinance - River Cloud License, 2. River Cloud License Agreement PPT, 3. River Cloud License Agreement - Port KC - kcmo draft (Port KC 12.13.2025 markup) aj 12.31.pdf, 4. Docket Memo River Cloud sculpture license agreement

ORDINANCE NO. 260276

 

 

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Sponsor: Director of General Services Department

 

Authorizing the Director of General Services to execute a License Agreement with Port Authority of Kansas City, Missouri for fifteen (15) years for the display of the City-owned sculpture, “River Cloud.”

 

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WHEREAS, the Port Authority of Kansas City, Missouri (“Port Authority”) owns and operates Berkley Riverfront, a public greenspace generally located at 1001 E. Riverfront Drive, Kansas City, Missouri; and

 

WHEREAS, the City is the owner of the sculpture entitled “River Cloud,” a steel sculpture by the artist Ben Butler d/b/a Ben Butler Studio affixed to a concrete platform with LED light fixtures and signage (the “Artwork”); and

 

WHEREAS, given the river subject matter theme of the Artwork, City and Port Authority mutually desire to display the Artwork at the Berkley Riverfront so that it may be viewed and enjoyed by the public; NOW, THEREFORE,

 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

 

Section 1. That the Director of General Services is authorized to execute a license agreement with Port Authority of Kansas City, Missouri for fifteen (15) years for the display of “River Cloud” by Ben Butler d/b/a Ben Butler Studio at the Berkley Riverfront. A copy of the license agreement in substantial form is attached hereto.

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Approved as to form:

 

 

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Abigail Judah

Assistant City Attorney

 

 




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