RESOLUTION NO. 080608

Approving the 350 Highway / Blue Parkway Corridor Plan as a guide for the future development of the corridor which is generally 1/4 mile on either side of 350 Highway from I-435 on the west to the Raytown City Limits on the east, and excluding all recommendations within the plan for areas east of the City of Raytown for which the Knobtown Land Use and Development Plan will remain the plan of record; designating the 350 Highway / Blue Parkway Corridor Plan as the plan of record for the area described above; and repealing and replacing those portions of the Sports Complex Area Plan and the Winchester Land Use and Development Plan which are within the area described above. (667-S; 437-S-2; 101-S-12)

WHEREAS, the stakeholders of the 350 Highway / Blue Parkway Area in conjunction with the City Development Department have conducted a study delineating the characteristics of the 350 Highway / Blue Parkway area; and

WHEREAS, as a result of said study, the City Development Department has proposed a framework for the orderly development within the 350 Highway / Blue Parkway area; and

WHEREAS, said framework provides a guide for future development and redevelopment of the area, for specific and general policies to guide future decisions, and for identification of public and private needs throughout the community and possible solutions to those needs; and

WHEREAS, the 350 Highway / Blue Parkway Corridor Plan has incorporated the policies of the FOCUS Kansas City Plan and other appropriate planning documents; and

WHEREAS, the policies within the 350 Highway / Blue Parkway Corridor Plan, which will serve as the plan of record for this area, are consistent with the policies of the FOCUS Kansas City Plan and any future amendments to the 350 Highway / Blue Parkway Corridor Plan should be guided by and comply with the policy direction set forth in the FOCUS Plan; and

WHEREAS, the City Development Department has incorporated its findings in the 350 Highway / Blue Parkway Corridor Plan; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section A. That the 350 Highway / Blue Parkway Corridor Plan is hereby adopted as a guide for the future development public investments for that area 1/4 mile on either side of 350 Highway from I-435 on the west to the Raytown City Limits on the east and excluding all recommendations within the plan for areas east of the City of Raytown for which the Knobtown Land Use and Development Plan will remain the plan of record. A copy of the 350 Highway / Blue Parkway Corridor Plan is attached hereto, in substantial form, and is hereby approved.

Section B. That the 350 Highway / Blue Parkway Corridor Plan is consistent and complies with the FOCUS Kansas City Plan, adopted on October 30, 1997, by Committee Substitute for Resolution No. 971268, and is adopted as a supplement to the FOCUS Kansas City Plan.

Section C. That the Council finds and declares that before taking any action on the proposed 350 Highway / Blue Parkway Corridor Plan hereinabove, all public notices have been given and hearings have been had as required by law.

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