COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 020808

Approving the First Amendment to the Development Plan submitted by the Bishop Spencer Place Redevelopment Corporation on a tract of land of approximately 7 acres generally located south of 43rd Street, north of W. 44th Street, east of Madison Avenue and west of Jefferson Street; declaring additional land as a blighted area and its redevelopment necessary for the preservation of the public peace, prosperity, health, safety, morals and welfare.

WHEREAS, Bishop Spencer Place Redevelopment Corporation, an urban redevelopment corporation organized under and pursuant to the Urban Redevelopment Corporations Law and amendments thereto, filed with the City Clerk an application for approval of a Development Plan on September 24, 1993, which was approved by the City Council by Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 931406; passed December 20, 1993; and

WHEREAS, Bishop Spencer Place Redevelopment Corporation filed with the City Clerk an application for a First Amendment to the Development Plan on January 18, 2002 and revised on February 4, 2002, March 22, 2002 and May 22, 2002, ; and

WHEREAS, the City Plan Commission caused to be published in The Pulse, a newspaper doing the City's printing, on April 22, 2002, that date being not less than ten days prior to the date set for the hearing, notice of the public hearing on the First Amendment to the Development Plan; and

WHEREAS, said City Plan Commission held a public hearing on the First Amendment to the Development Plan on May 7, 2002; and

WHEREAS, at the public hearing conducted by the City Plan Commission, all interested parties were given an opportunity to be heard; and

WHEREAS, the City Plan Commission has made a study and investigation of the proposed First Amendment to the Development Plan and on May 7, 2002, recommended approval of the First Amendment to the Development Plan and submitted a report of the same, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit "A"; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the application of the Bishop Spencer Place Redevelopment Corporation for approval of a First Amendment to the Development Plan, including all exhibits incorporated therein, is hereby incorporated by reference and approved as a First Amendment to the Development Plan as originally approved by Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 931406, passed December 20, 1993. A copy of the application and exhibits are on file in the office of the City Clerk under Document No. 020808, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Section 2. That the Council hereby finds and declares that good cause has been shown for the approval of the First Amendment to the Development Plan of the Bishop Spencer Place Redevelopment Corporation and that the findings and declarations made by the Council in Section 2 and 4 of Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 931405 with respect to the Development Plan have not been affected by the amendments thereto and equally apply to said Development Plan, as amended.

Section 3. That the Council finds and declares that the area being described in the amendment to the development plan submitted by Bishop Spencer Place Redevelopment Corporation is a blighted area as defined by Section 353.020(2), Revised Statutes of Missouri, and Chapter 74 of Code of General Ordinances of Kansas City, Missouri, and the redevelopment thereof is necessary for the public convenience and necessity; and that approval of such amendment and the construction of the project are necessary for the preservation of the public peace, prosperity, health, safety, morals and welfare.

Section 4. That the Council hereby finds and determines that the public convenience and necessity will be served by the Development Plan, as amended.

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I hereby certify that all public notices have been given and hearings have been held as required by Chapter 74, Code of Ordinances of the City of Kansas City, Missouri.

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Secretary, City Plan Commission

Approved as to form and legality:

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Assistant City Attorney