ORDINANCE NO. 970866

Amending Chapter 2, Administrative Code, Code of Ordinances, by repealing Section 2-937, Additional program requirements and restrictions, and enacting in lieu thereof one new section of like number and subject matter.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That Chapter 2, Administrative Code, Code of Ordinances, is hereby amended by repealing Sections 2-937, and enacting a new section to read as follows:

Sec. 2-937. Additional program requirements and restrictions.

The following additional requirements for funding are established:

(1) Every corporation receiving neighborhood tourist development fund monies must maintain its registered office within the city limits.

(2) The schedule of ineligible and eligible expenses found in section 2-939(b) must be followed.

(3) Applications for each proposal are limited to a total of (a) two districts or (b) one district and the city-wide account. This limitation does not prohibit other districts

from voluntarily contributing funds on their own initiative to any project.

(4) All neighborhood tourist development fund contracts must be executed within 120 days from the effective date of the ordinance authorizing the contract unless waived

by the City Manager or the City Manager's designee. Failure of the contractor to

comply with this provision will result in the reversion of the funds allocated for the

project to the account from which funds originated.

(5) No neighborhood tourist development fund contract shall be approved unless such contract is made upon a consideration wholly to be performed or executed subsequent to the making of the contract.

(6) After each quarterly recommendation by the NTDF committee but prior to the expenditure of any funds, the staff will hold a meeting with all grant recipients to explain the process and to distribut e disbursement f iles for each project. The staff will assist organizations receiving NTDF funding in the preparation of required disbursement documents. Distribution of funds will be contingent upon the prompt return of the disbursement file to the city and the contractor's compliance with the requirements of section 2-936.

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Approved as to form and legality:

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Assistant City Attorney