ORDINANCE NO. 230834
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Sponsor: Councilmember Eric Bunch
Authorizing the lease of certain City owned property at Berkley Riverfront Park to Port KC for the purpose of constructing public amenities.
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WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City, Missouri ("City") and the Port Authority of Kansas City, Missouri ("Port KC") are political subdivisions of the State of Missouri and are authorized to lease real property, and to cooperate with each other to accomplish their purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City conveyed the majority of Berkley Riverfront Park to Port KC in 2011, and Port KC maintains and operates the same as a public greenspace; and
WHEREAS, the amenities at Berkley Riverfront Park currently include six sand volleyball courts, which have proven to be immensely popular and are regularly utilized for league play and by the general public; and
WHEREAS, the volleyball courts need to be relocated in order to accommodate development surrounding the KC Current projects; and
WHEREAS, Port KC and the City desire to ensure that the volleyball courts are preserved at Berkley Riverfront Park; and
WHEREAS, Port KC and the City have identified a new location in Berkley Riverfront Park that would allow the volleyball courts to be relocated; and
WHEREAS, a portion of the site where the volleyball courts are proposed to be relocated is currently owned by the City; and
WHEREAS, the portion currently owned by the City is already being used as public greenspace and its continued use for purposes of preserving valuable public amenities is in the public interest and does not impair any interest that the City would otherwise pursue; and
WHEREAS, the volleyball courts will be relocated and maintained at no cost to the City; and
WHEREAS, leases of City property that exceed one year must be approved by Ordinance pursuant to Section 3-201, Code of Ordinances; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNC...
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