ORDINANCE NO. 031358
Approving the development
plan submitted by the Dakota Redevelopment Corporation on an approximate .3
acre tract of land generally located at the northwest corner of Pershing Road
and vacated Broadway Avenue; declaring the area included in such plan to be a
blighted area and its redevelopment necessary for the preservation of the
public peace, prosperity, health, safety, morals and welfare; authorizing the
Director of Finance to enter into a contract with the Dakota Redevelopment
Corporation; and authorizing certain tax abatement within the plan area.
WHEREAS, Dakota Redevelopment Corporation, an urban
redevelopment corporation organized under and pursuant to the Urban
Redevelopment Corporations Laws and amendments thereto, did on June 22, 2001,
file with the City Clerk an Application for Approval of a Development Plan
which contemplated the redevelopment of the building located at the northwest
corner of Pershing Road and vacated Broadway Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the City
Clerk did refer said Application for a Development Plan to the City Plan
Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City
Plan Commission did cause to be published in The Pulse, a newspaper doing the
Citys printing, on July 23, 2001, that date being not less than ten days prior
to the date set for the hearing, notice of the public hearing on said
development plan; and
WHEREAS, said
City Plan Commission did hold a public hearing on said Application for a
Development Plan on September 4, 2001; and
WHEREAS, at the
public hearing conducted by the City Plan Commission, all interested parties
were given an opportunity to be heard at said public hearing; and
WHEREAS, the City
Plan Commission made a study and investigation of the proposed development plan
and on September 4, 2001, recommended approval of said development plan subject
to certain conditions; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY
THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That
the development plan for the Dakota Redevelopment Corporation, a copy of which
is on file in the office of the City Clerk under Document No. 0313__, which is
attached hereto and Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference, is hereby
approved, subject to the following conditions:
Section 2. That
the Council finds and declares that the area being described in aforesaid
development plan submitted by Dakota Redevelopment Corporation is a blighted
area as defined by Section 353.020(2), Revised Statutes of Missouri, and
Section 74-4, Code of Ordinances of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, and the
redevelopment thereof is necessary for the public convenience and necessity;
and that approval of the development plan and construction of the redevelopment
project are necessary for the preservation of the public peace, prosperity,
health, safety, morals and welfare.
Section 3. That
the Director of Finance be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed on behalf
of the City to enter into a Contract with Dakota Redevelopment Corporation, a
copy of which, in substantial form is attached hereto and made a part hereof as
Exhibit "B".
Section 4. That
upon the execution of a redevelopment contract for this plan with the City, the
Dakota Redevelopment Corporation is granted tax abatements on land and
improvements as provided in Exhibit "B".
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I hereby certify
that all public notices and hearings required by Chapter 74, Code of Ordinances
of the City 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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Heather
A. Brown
Assistant
City Attorney