ORDINANCE NO. 260064, AS AMENDED
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Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas
Authorizing the Director of Parks and Recreation Department, subject to the approval of the Parks and Recreation Board of Commissioners to negotiate and enter into a Lease Agreement for the Kansas City Riverfront Park with the Port Authority of Kansas City for the purpose of furthering the development and maintenance of additional recreational space on the Kansas City Riverfront.
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WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City began the development of Riverfront Park in 1965, when its Parks Superintendent Frank Vaydik initiated a plan for a park spanning over 3 square miles along the length of the Missouri River from approximately N. Olive Street on the west to the mouth of the Blue River on the east; and
WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City opened Area I of Riverfront Park in 1967, bounded by N. Olive Street on the west and N. Chouteau Trafficway on the east, which featured baseball fields, picnic areas, and later a boat ramp; and
WHEREAS, Riverfront Park stood to be one of the nation's premier city parks, with development anticipated throughout its Area II, bounded by N. Chouteau Trafficway on the west and I-435 Bridge on the east, and its Area III, bounded by I-435 Bridge on the west and Harry S. Truman Bridge on the east; and
WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City, in coordination with the Parks and Recreation Department and the Port Authority of Kansas City, seeks to facilitate plans for the phased restoration and development of Riverfront Park, revitalizing ambitious plans for the site as one of America's premier parks in the heart and birthplace of Kansas City, on the Missouri River; and
WHEREAS, a lease agreement between the City of Kansas City, by and through the Parks and Recreation Department, and the Port Authority of Kansas City allows for planning related to the development of the Riverfront Park site to proceed; and
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