ORDINANCE NO. 260282
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Sponsor: City Manager's Office
Waiving certain requirements of City Code Chapter 3 for the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to the Real Property Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, Sections 99.800 to 99.865 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, as amended (the "Act"), the City Council of Kansas City, Missouri (the "City Council"), by Ordinance No. 54556 passed on November 24, 1982, and thereafter amended in certain respects by Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 911076, as amended, passed on August 29, 1991, Ordinance No. 100089, as amended, passed on January 28, 2010, and Ordinance No. 130986, passed on December 19, 2013, Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 230524, passed on June 22, 2023, created the Tax Increment Financing Commission of Kansas City, Missouri (the "Commission"); and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan (the "Redevelopment Plan") was proposed to the Commission on September 10, 2025, which approved Resolution No. 9-7-25 recommending to the City Council the approval of the Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, on October 23, 2025, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 250892 approving the recommendations of the Commission and approving the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Redevelopment Area described by the Redevelopment Plan in which the Project Improvements and Public Improvements shall be constructed is located in an area that is generally bounded by East 3rd Street to the north, Gillis Street on the East, East 5th Street on the south, and Cherry Street on the West in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; and
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Plan provides for the construction: of (1) new for-sale detached and attached housing in the Columbus Park Neighborhood, comprised of approximately 158 units of single-family homes and townhomes with related parking spaces and infrastructure improvements, includi...
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