ORDINANCE NO. 250578
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Sponsor: Director of Housing and Community Development Department
Authorizing the Director of Housing and Community Development to negotiate and execute a contract with Twelfth Street Development Corporation to aid in the prevention, removal and elimination of blighted and abandoned properties located specifically within the Parade Park Homes Redevelopment site in Kansas City, Missouri 64108, using previously appropriated Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds in the amount of $1,100,000.00 under a Request for Proposal (RFP) of reprogrammed funding and $79,641.00 in unallocated CDBG funds; and approving the Uniform Relocation Act (URA) authorizing submittal of plans to the US Department of Urban Development for consideration.
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WHEREAS, the City is seeking to provide assistance in the elimination of unsafe conditions, slum and blighted properties in preparation for the creation of new mixed-income housing, through the Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant; and
WHEREAS, funding will be used to demolish dilapidated properties located within the Parade Park Homes Redevelopment site in Kansas City, Missouri 64108, and to clear land sites and infrastructure in preparation for redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Housing and Community Development recommends awarding Twelfth Street Heritage Development Corporation CDBG funds in the amount of $1,179,641.00, to support slum and blight elimination in preparation for the creation of new mixed-income housing; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Housing and Community Development seeks authorization to expend $1,179,641.00 from funding source 26-2600-575311-B-G57CDBG21, to aid in the prevention, removal and elimination of blighted and abandoned properties; and
WHEREAS, the Uniform Relocation Act (URA) supports the Consolidated Plan and projects of the Annual Action Plan establishing minimum requirements for the...
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