File #: 220964    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/26/2022 In control: Council
On agenda: 11/3/2022 Final action: 11/3/2022
Title: Sponsor: City Manager's Office Authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a development agreement, purchase option agreement, and real estate sales contract with Grayson Capital or its affiliates for the sale of surplus City property located at 1531 Holmes Street; and provide a 120 day period for those negotiations.
Attachments: 1. 1531 Holmes Fact Sheet, 2. 220964 Purchase Option Agreement 1531 Holmes - Substantial Form, 3. Authenticated Ordinance 220964
Related files: 150398

ORDINANCE NO. 220964

 

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Sponsor:  City Manager’s Office

 

Authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a development agreement, purchase option agreement, and real estate sales contract with Grayson Capital or its affiliates for the sale of surplus City property located at 1531 Holmes Street; and provide a 120 day period for those negotiations.

 

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WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City, Missouri owns a parcel of property located at 1531 Holmes Street in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; and

 

WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 220254 on April 28, 2022, declaring this property surplus to the City’s needs and authorizing the sale of the property at 1531 Holmes subject to reserved easements and other rights; and

 

WHEREAS, the City issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) on March 8, 2022, soliciting proposals for the purchase and development of the property at 1531 Holmes Street (subject property); and

 

WHEREAS, the City received three responses to the RFP on April 15, 2022; and

 

WHEREAS, the City’s selection committee recommended Grayson Capital’s proposal to construct 181 apartment units, six thousand square feet of ground level commercial space, outdoor amenity spaces, automobile and bicycle parking, transit waiting areas and other amenities consistent with principles of transit oriented development on the subject property; and

 

WHEREAS, the City wishes to proceed forward with Grayson’s Capital proposal; NOW, THEREFORE,

 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

 

Section 1. That the City Manager or designee is hereby authorized to negotiate and execute a development agreement, purchase option agreement, and real estate purchase contract with Grayson Capital LLC or its affiliates for the property located at 1531 Holmes Street.

 

Section 2. That the City Manager’s authority to execute the real estate sales contract is subject to the City Council passing any further ordinances required under the City Charter and the Code of Ordinances.

 

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Approved as to form:

 

 

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Lana K. Torczon

Senior Associate City Attorney