ORDINANCE NO. 250529
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Sponsor: Councilmember Darrell Curls
Reducing the General Fund contingent appropriation in the amount of $1,000,000.00; appropriating the same; authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Funding Agreement in an amount up to $1,000,000.00 with the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority of Kansas City, Missouri for the acquisition of the Robandee Shopping Center; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, on November 9, 2017, Council approved Ordinance No. 170891, declaring certain non-contiguous areas along the Bannister Road and Blue Ridge Boulevard Corridors, east of US Highway 435 and west of Elma Avenue, north of 99th Street, and south of 87th Street, as blighted; and
WHEREAS, with Ordinance No. 170891, Council approved the East Bannister PIEA General Development Plan (with amendments the "Plan"); and
WHEREAS, on July 2, 2018, the Council passed Ordinance No. 180471 amending the Plan and expanding the Plan Area, as defined more specifically in the Plan; and
WHEREAS, Project Area 4 (as defined in the Plan) of the Plan is commonly known as the "Robandee Shopping Center" located on two parcels, generally located at the northeast corner of James A. Reed Road and E. Bannister Road, consisting of approximately 12 acres and located at 8200 E. Bannister Road and 8500 E. Bannister Road; and
WHEREAS the Robandee Shopping Center has become an increasingly extensive source of blight in the area, including a dangerous building, underoccupancy, and numerous code violations, as well as becoming a draw for trespass; and
WHEREAS, the Robandee Shopping Center continually experiences instances of blight that is a detriment to the surrounding neighborhoods, including illegal dumping, graffiti, and property damage; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to enter into an Agreement with the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority of ...
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