ORDINANCE NO. 120815
Approving the termination of the
January 20, 2004, agreement between the City and the Liberty Memorial
Association for the management of the Liberty Memorial; and approving the Board
of Parks and Recreation Commissioners’ execution and management of a new management
agreement with the Liberty Memorial Association.
WHEREAS, in
January 2004, the City, acting through the Board of Parks and Recreation
Commissioners (“Parks Board”), determined it to be in the public interest to
transfer the responsibility for the management and operation of the Liberty
Memorial to the Liberty Memorial Association (“LMA”); and
WHEREAS,
Ordinance No. 40070 approved the agreement for the management of the Liberty
Memorial to the LMA and authorized the City Manager to execute the agreement on
behalf of the City; and
WHEREAS, the
January 20, 2004, agreement provided an annual subsidy by the City to
supplement the revenues the LMA received from the operation of the Memorial to
LMA subject to annual appropriation by the City; and
WHEREAS,
according to the January 20, 2004, agreement, the Parks Board was authorized to
approve any amendments to the agreement without the approval of the City
Council with the exception of any amendments to the amount of the City’s
financial support to LMA which must be approved by City Council; and
WHEREAS, the
voters in the August 7, 2012, general election approved a half-cent sales tax
increase dedicated to the Parks Department; and
WHEREAS, this
sales tax will be the Parks and Recreation Department’s permanent source of
funding; and
WHEREAS, after
the approval of this sales tax, the Parks Department will be responsible for
determining the amount of an annual subsidy to LMA; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That
the agreement dated January 20, 2004, for the management of the Liberty
Memorial between the City, by and through the Board of Parks and Recreation
Commissioners and the Liberty Memorial Association, is hereby terminated and
the City Council approves the Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners’
execution and management of a new management agreement with the Liberty
Memorial Association.
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Approved
as to form and legality:
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Lana
K. Torczon
Assistant City Attorney