ORDINANCE NO. 960284, AS AMENDED

Authorizing a cooperative agreement between the City and Midtown Community Development Corporation, d/b/a Community Builders of Kansas City in the amount of $75,000.00 with an option to increase the contract by $25,000.00 for demolition of dangerous buildings and directing the City Clerk to file same.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is authorized to enter into a $75,000.00 contract with Midtown Community Development Corporation, d/b/a Community Builders of Kansas City for demolition of dangerous buildings from funds previously appropriated in Account No. 96-100-057-2340. The Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is further authorized to increase the contract amount by the amount of $25,000.00 and expend this additional amount in connection with this contract, subject to appropriation in the 1996-97 City Budget by the City Council. This contract is hereby approved in substantial form as that on file in the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services.

Section 2. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to cause a copy of this cooperative agreement to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Missouri and in the office of the Recorder of Deeds for Jackson County, Missouri, pursuant to R.S.Mo. Section 70.300 (1994).

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I hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which expenditure in the amount of $75,000.00 is to be charged, and a cash balance in the amount of $75,000.00, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation hereby incurred.

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Director of Finance

Approved as to form and legality:

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Assistant City Attorney