ORDINANCE NO. 090079
Approving the Sixteenth Amendment
to the Development Plan submitted by the Crown Center Redevelopment Corporation
and authorizing the Director of Finance to enter into a Seventeenth
Supplemental Contract with the Crown Center Redevelopment Corporation. (116-S-13)
WHEREAS, the
Crown Center Redevelopment Corporation, an urban redevelopment corporation
organized under and pursuant to the Urban Redevelopment Corporations Act of
1945, as amended, did on January 4, 1967, file with the City Clerk an
application for approval of a Development Plan which was approved by the City
Council by Ordinance No. 33763, passed March 31, 1967, said ordinance also
authorizing a contract between the City and Crown Center Redevelopment
Corporation; and
WHEREAS, said
Development Plan was amended by Ordinance No. 35766, passed September 13, 1968;
by Ordinance No. 39268, passed February 26, 1971; by Ordinance No. 44963,
passed January 31, 1975; by Ordinance No. 45162, passed March 27, 1975; by
Ordinance No. 48630, passed December 29, 1977; by Ordinance No. 50254, passed
April 12, 1979; by Ordinance No. 55172, passed May 27, 1983; by Committee
Substitute for Ordinance No. 55945, passed January 6, 1984; by Ordinance No.
58625, passed October 31, 1985; by Ordinance No. 61184, passed July 2, 1987; by
Ordinance No. 63118, passed October 13, 1988; by Ordinance No. 980990, passed
August 20, 1998; by Ordinance No. 991159, passed September 9, 1999; by
Ordinance No. 001615, passed April 4, 2001; and by Ordinance No. 021302, passed
November 14, 2002; and
WHEREAS, said
contract was amended by Ordinance No. 35766, passed September 13, 1968; by
Ordinance No. 38705, passed September 11, 1970; by Ordinance No. 39268, passed
February 26, 1971; by Ordinance No. 44963, passed January 31, 1975; by Ordinance
No. 45162, passed March 27, 1975; by Ordinance No. 48630, passed December 29,
1977; by Ordinance No. 50254, passed April 12, 1979; by Ordinance No. 55172,
passed May 27, 1983; by Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 55945, passed
January 6, 1984; by Ordinance No. 58625, passed October 31, 1985; by Ordinance
No. 61184, passed July 2, 1987; by Ordinance No. 63118, passed October 13,
1988; by Ordinance No. 980990, passed August 20, 1998; by Ordinance No. 991159,
passed September 9, 1999; by Ordinance No. 001615, passed April 4, 2001; and
Ordinance No. 021302, passed November 14, 2002; and
WHEREAS,
Ordinance No. 38705, passed September 11, 1970, did not amend the Development
Plan but only authorized the Director of Finance to enter into a supplemental
contract; and
WHEREAS, the
Crown Center Redevelopment Corporation did on August 18, 2008, file with the
City Clerk an application for an amendment to the Development Plan; and
WHEREAS, the
City Clerk did refer said application for an amendment to the Development Plan
to the City Plan Commission; and
WHEREAS, the
City Plan Commission did cause to be published in The Daily Record, a newspaper
doing the City's printing, on September 22, 2008, that date being not less than
ten days prior to the date set for the hearing, notice of the public hearing on
said amendment to the Development Plan; and
WHEREAS, said
City Plan Commission did hold a public hearing on said amendment to the
Development Plan on November 4, 2008; 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 has made an independent study and investigation of the
proposed Sixteenth Amendment to the Development Plan and did, on November 4,
2008, did recommend approval of the proposed Sixteenth Amendment to the
Development Plan, and said City Plan Commission has filed with the City Clerk a
report recommending approval of said proposed amendment to the Development Plan,
said report being attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by
reference; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That
the application of Crown Center Redevelopment Corporation for approval of the
Sixteenth Amendment to its Development Plan, including all exhibits
incorporated therein and filed with the City Clerk on August 18, 2008, is
hereby incorporated herein by reference and approved as the Sixteenth Amendment
to the Development Plan as originally approved by Ordinance No. 33763, passed
March 31, 1967; and as amended by Ordinance No. 35766, passed September 13,
1968; by Ordinance No. 39268, passed February 26, 1971; by Ordinance No. 44963,
passed January 31, 1975; by Ordinance No. 45162, passed March 27, 1975; by
Ordinance No. 48630, passed December 29, 1977; by Ordinance No. 50254, passed
April 12, 1979; by Ordinance No. 55172, passed May 27, 1983; by Committee
Substitute for Ordinance No. 55945, passed January 6, 1984; by Ordinance No.
58625, passed October 31, 1985; by Ordinance No. 61184, passed July 2, 1987; by
Ordinance No. 63118, passed October 13, 1988; by Ordinance No. 980990, passed
August 20, 1998; by Ordinance No. 991159, passed September 9, 1999, by
Ordinance No. 001615, passed April 4, 2002; and by Ordinance No. 021302, passed
November 14, 2002. A copy of the application and exhibits are on file in the
office of the City Clerk with this ordinance and is incorporated herein by
reference.
Section 2. That
the Council hereby finds and declares that good cause has been shown for the
approval of said Sixteenth Amendment to the Development Plan of Crown Center
Redevelopment Corporation and that the findings and declarations made by the
Council in Section 2 of Ordinance No. 33763, with respect to the Development
Plan of Crown Center Redevelopment Corporation, have not been affected by the
amendments thereto and equally apply to said Development Plan, as amended.
Section 3. That
the Council hereby finds and determines that the public convenience and
necessity will be served by the Development Plan, as amended.
Section 4. That
the Director of Finance be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed on behalf
of the City to enter into a Seventeenth Supplemental Contract with the Crown
Center Redevelopment Corporation, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit
B and which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
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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