COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR RESOLUTION NO. 080912
Approving
and endorsing Power House Properties KC, LLC, and The Kansas City Ballet
Association in their application to the Missouri Department of Economic
Development Brownfields Redevelopment Program, as authorized by, and in
accordance with, Chapter 447, Section 447.700, subsection (1) of the Revised
Statutes of Missouri, for state remediation tax credits.
WHEREAS,
the Mayor and City Council have established a Brownfields Commission to
facilitate the clean-up and redevelopment of contaminated properties within the
City; and
WHEREAS, Power
House Properties KC, LLC, and The Kansas City Ballet Association (collectively
Applicant) has proposed a Brownfields Redevelopment Project to renovate the
currently vacant Union Station electric generating station building located at 500
West Pershing Road, in Jackson County, Kansas City, Missouri, on behalf of the
Kansas City Ballet Association, for use as a new ballet school and
administrative office; and
WHEREAS,
Applicant has applied to the Missouri Department of Economic Development for
remediation tax credits pursuant to the Missouri Brownfield Redevelopment
Program; and
WHEREAS,
on August 26, 2008 in a public meeting the Brownfields Commission did resolve
and recommend that the City Council endorse Applicant in the application to the
Missouri Department of Economic Development for remediation tax credits for
this site; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
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1. That the Mayor and Council hereby endorse the application of Power House
Properties KC, LLC, and The Kansas City Ballet Association to the Missouri
Department of Economic Development for remediation tax credits pursuant to the
Missouri Brownfields Redevelopment Program, as authorized by, and in accordance
with, Chapter 447, Section 447.700, subsection (1) of the Revised Statutes of
Missouri, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof.
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2. That the Director of the Department of City Development is hereby authorized
to execute the Local Government Endorsement form of the application of Power
House Properties KC, LLC, and The Kansas City Ballet Association to the
Missouri Department of Economic Development.
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