COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 180424

Authorizing the Director of General Services to execute a lease agreement Ira & Anita Moore d/b/a Soirée Southern Steakhouse at 1512 E. 18th Street in the 18th & Vine Historic District; authorizing the Director of General Services to provide funding for tenant finish improvements in the amount of $350,000.00; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of General Services Department is authorized to execute a lease agreement with Ira & Anita Moore d/b/a Soirée Southern Steakhouse for the purpose of a restaurant serving lunch and dinner. A copy of the lease agreement is on file in the General Services Department.

Section 2. That the Director of General Services Department is hereby authorized to expend the sum of $350,000.00 from funds previously appropriated from Account No. AL-3436-648043-B-64017101 – 18th and Vine Phase 1 for tenant improvements to 1512 E. 18th Street.

Section 3. That this ordinance, relating to the design, repair, maintenance or construction of a public improvement, is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(D) of the City Charter and shall take effect in accordance with Section 503, City Charter.

______________________________________________

I hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance, 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.

______________________________

Randall J. Landes

Director of Finance

Approved as to form and legality:

_________________________

Brian Rabineau

Assistant City Attorney