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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR]ORDINANCE NO. 240346
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Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Patterson-Hazley
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
Directing the City Manager to identify property that could facilitate transit-oriented development, including a parking facility, to service the Vine District and to issue a solicitation for the design and construction of a parking facility and related transit-oriented development; estimating revenue in the 2025A Taxable Special Obligation Bond Fund; appropriating the amount of $20,000,000 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the 2025A Taxable Special Obligation Bond Fund; designating requisitioning authority; authorizing the Director of Finance to close project accounts upon completion; and establishing effective dates.
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WHEREAS, the Third Council District has a disproportionate share of disadvantaged transportation tracts as defined by the United States Government Equity and Justice40 Initiative, including but not limited to, being in the 95th percentile for count of vehicles at major roads within 500 meters and 56th percentile average of relative cost and time spent on transportation, illustrating that Third Council District residents are more reliant on cars as a matter of pervasive transportation barriers; and
WHEREAS, there are no city funded multi-level parking facilities in the 3rd Council district and there is need for parking adjacent to city owned assets in the Vine District area that are critical to the tourism economy in this City; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the City Manager is directed to identify City owned property that could facilitate transit-oriented development, including a parking facility, to service the Vine District, issue an RFP for design build, design bid build, or construction manager-at-risk services for said parking garage within 60 days of the effective date of this ordinance, use best efforts to select a responsive propo...
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