ORDINANCE NO. 951517

Approving the first amendment to the development plan submitted by the Quality Hill Redevelopment Corporation and authorizing the Director of Finance to enter into a first amendment to the contract.

WHEREAS, the Quality Hill Redevelopment Corporation, an urban redevelopment corporation of Missouri, organized under and pursuant to the Urban Redevelopment Corporations Act of 1945, as amended, did on January 22, 1988, file with the City Clerk an application for approval of a development plan which was approved by the City Council by Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 62595, passed June 16, 1988; and

WHEREAS, the Quality Hill Redevelopment Corporation did on December 28, 1994, file with the City Clerk an application for a first amendment to the development plan;

WHEREAS, legal notice for a public hearing on the proposed first amendment to the development plan was published on February 6, 1995; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to said legal notice, a public hearing was held by the City Plan Commission on February 21, 1995; and

WHEREAS, the City Plan Commission has made an independent study and investigation of the proposed first amendment to the development plan and did recommend approval of the proposed first amendment to the development plan under certain conditions and said City Plan Commission has filed with the City Clerk a report recommending approval of same, said report being attached hereto as Exhibit "A"; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the application of the Quality Hill Redevelopment Corporation for approval of a first amendment to the development plan, including all exhibits incorporated herein and filed with the City Clerk, is approved as the first amendment to the development plan as originally approved by Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 62595, passed June 16, 1988. A copy of said application and exhibits are on file in the office of the City Clerk under Document No. 951424, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Section 2. That the Council finds and declares that good cause has been shown for the approval of said first amendment to the development plan of Quality Hill Redevelopment Corporation and that the findings and declarations made by the Council in Section 2 of Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 62595, with respect to the development plan of Quality Hill Redevelopment Corporation, have not been affected by the amendments thereto and equally apply to said development plan.

Section 3. That the Council hereby finds and determines that the public convenience and necessity will be served by the amended development plan.

Section 4. That the Director of Finance be, and she is hereby, authorized and directed on behalf of the City to enter into a first amendment to the contract with Quality Hill Redevelopment Corporation, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "B", and which is incorporated herein by reference.

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I hereby certify that all public notices and hearings required by Chapter 36, Code of General Ordinances of Kansas City, Missouri, have been given and had.

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Secretary, City Plan Commission

Approved as to form and legality:

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Assistant City Attorney