RESOLUTION NO. 021460

Declaring the area generally bounded by Benton Boulevard on the west, Indiana Avenue on the east, 19th Street on the north and 21st Street on the south a blighted and insanitary area in need of redevelopment and rehabilitation pursuant to the Missouri Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority law.

WHEREAS, Section 99.430, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1986, as amended ("RSMo"), provides that an urban renewal plan may be prepared subject to the declaration that the area is blighted or insanitary and in need of redevelopment and rehabilitation; and

WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the public interest that the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of Kansas City, Missouri, undertake an urban renewal plan for an area generally bounded by Benton Boulevard, Indiana Avenue, 19th Street and 21st Street to be known as the Kansas Avenue Urban Renewal Project Area; and

WHEREAS, said area is blighted due to insanitary or unsafe conditions, deterioration of site improvements, and the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire or other causes, which 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 and use;

WHEREAS, the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of Kansas City, Missouri, did on the 23rd day of October, 2002, adopt a resolution recommending that the area be declared blighted for the area generally bounded by Benton Boulevard on the west, Indiana Avenue on the east, 19th Street on the north and 21st Street on the south, said resolution being set forth and incorporated in the Urban Renewal Plan; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the proposed urban renewal area identified as the Kansas Avenue Urban Renewal Project Area generally bounded by Benton Boulevard on the west, Indiana Avenue on the east, 19th Street on the north and 21st Street on the south more specifically described as:

POB: The northeast corner of the west 11.11 feet of Lot 18, Walnut Grove, Block 2, thence south 141.12 feet to the northeast corner of Lot 36, Walnut Grove, thence south 168 feet to the northeast corner of Lot 18, part not in Indiana Avenue, thence south 141.17 feet to the northeast corner of Lot 36, Walnut Grove, thence south 178 feet to the northeast corner of Lot 1, Andrews 1st Addition, thence west 125 feet to the northwest corner of Lot 1, Andrews 1st Addition, thence south 74.4 feet, thence west 55.7 feet, thence south 88.4 feet, thence east 166.7 feet to the northeast corner of Lot 8, Andrews 1st Addition, thence south 351.64 feet to the southeast corner of Lot 6, Scheibe Place, thence south 1626.84 feet to a point 102 feet west of the southeast corner of Kansas Avenue and 21st Street, thence north 107 feet to a point 28 feet east of the southwest corner of Lot 4, W. H. Collins 2nd Addition, thence

west 43 feet to the southeast corner of Lot 3, W. H. Collins 2nd Addition, thence north 44 feet to the southeast corner of Lot 2, W. H. Collins 2nd Addition, thence west 100 feet to a point 151 feet north of the southeast corner of 21st and Benton Boulevard, thence west 120 feet, thence north 40 feet, thence east 120 feet to a point 233 feet north of the southeast corner of 21st and Benton Boulevard, thence 100 feet east to the northwest corner of Lot 1, W. H. Collins 2nd Addition, thence west 110 feet, thence north 603.15 feet to the southeast corner of Lot 7, Grahams Addition, thence west 110 feet to the southwest corner of Lot 7, Grahams Addition, thence north 30 feet to the northwest corner of Lot 7, Grahams Addition, thence east 110 feet to the northeast corner of Lot 7, Grahams Addition, thence north 135 feet to the southeast corner of Lot 1, Grahams Addition, Block 1, thence west 135 feet to the southwest corner of Lot 1, thence north to the right of way line of the Terminal Railway, thence northeast to a point 77.5 feet north of the southeast corner of Lot 1, Grahams, thence south 77.5 feet, thence east 15 feet to the southwest corner of Lot 29, thence north 25 feet to the right of way of the Terminal Tracks Railroad, thence northeasterly along said right of way to where it intersects with right of way of Kansas Avenue, thence south 100 feet to Lot 1, Grahams Addition, Block 2, thence east 130 feet to the northeast corner of Lot 1, Grahams Addition, thence south 55.5 feet to the northeast corner of Lot 2, Grahams Addition, Block 2, thence east 137 feet to the northeast corner of Lot 40, Grahams Addition, thence south 50 feet, thence east 50 feet to the northwest corner of Lot 4, Grahams Addition, thence east to Lot 1, P.A. Fredricks 3rd Addition, thence east 50 feet to the northwest corner of Lot 1, Church Kingston Place, thence east to the northeast corner of Lot 11, Block 2, Kingston Place, thence east 50 feet to the northwest corner of Lot 1, Walnut Grove, thence east to point of beginning.

is a blighted area and in need of redevelopment and rehabilitation and is appropriate for an Urban Renewal Project.

Section 2. That the Council has duly made the findings necessary for compliance with Sections 99.320 and 99.430, Revised Statutes of Missouri, as amended.

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