COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ORDINANCE NO. 080089
Approving the Sixth Amendment to
the Columbus Park Urban Renewal Plan.
WHEREAS, the
area generally bounded by the Missouri River on the north, Interstate 29/35 on
the east, I-70 on the south and Missouri Highway 9 on the west, is (1) blighted
by reason of the predominance of defective or inadequate street layout,
insanitary or unsafe conditions, deterioration of site improvements, improper
subdivision or obsolete platting, or the existence of conditions which endanger
life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such factors,
retards the provision of housing accommodations or constitutes an economic or
social liability or a menace to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare
in its present condition or (2) insanitary by reason of a predominance of
buildings and improvements which, by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, age
or obsolescence, inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air sanitation or
open spaces, high density of population and overcrowding of buildings,
overcrowding of land, or the existence of conditions which endanger life or
property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such factors, is
conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile
delinquency and crime or constitutes an economic or social liability and is
detrimental to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare; and
WHEREAS, on
November 28, 2007, the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of Kansas
City, Missouri, adopted a resolution recommending that Columbus Park Urban
Renewal Plan be amended to allow eminent domain for certain parcels; NOW,
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That
the Sixth Amendment to the Columbus Park Urban Renewal Plan, a copy of which is
on file in the office of the City Clerk with this ordinance, is hereby
approved.
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Approved as to form and legality:
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Heather A. Brown
Assistant City Attorney