ORDINANCE NO. 061253

Approving the First Amendment to the General Development Plan for the Crossroads Planning PIEA Area which expands the original area to include an area of approximately 4.39 acres generally bounded by 20th Street on the south, 18th Street on the north, Grand Avenue on the east and Walnut Street on the west; declaring the additional area of approximately 4.39 acres to be a blighted and insanitary area in need of redevelopment and rehabilitation pursuant to the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority law; finding the First Amendment to the General Development Plan for the area to be in compliance with Sections 100.300-100.620, RSMo; and approving the ad valorem tax benefits therefore.

WHEREAS, the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority of Kansas City, Missouri, (the Authority) found that the Crossroads Planning PIEA Area to be blighted pursuant to Sections 100.300-100.620, RSMo (PIEA Law) and recommended to the City Council that said area be designated as a blighted, insanitary or underdeveloped industrial area defined by Section 100.310 (2, 11 and 18), RSMo; and

WHEREAS, said area was declared to be blighted by the City Council through passage of Ordinance No. 030118 and a General Development Plan was approved for the area known as the Crossroads Planning Area General Development Plan; and

WHEREAS, on September 21, 2006, the Authority adopted Resolution No. 1137 accepting the Amended Blight Study for the area and finding the additional area of approximately 4.39 acres located bounded by 20th Street on the south, 18th Street on the north, Grand Avenue on the east and Walnut Street on the west, to be blighted, insanitary or underdeveloped industrial area defined by Section 100.310 (2, 11 and 18), RSMo, and approving the First Amendment to the General Development Plan for the Crossroads Planning PIEA Area; and

WHEREAS, the City Plan Commission reviewed and recommended approval of the First Amendment to the General Development Plan for the Crossroads Planning PIEA Area on November 7, 2006, and has found said plan to be in conformance with the general plan for development of the community as a whole; and

WHEREAS, Section 100.400, RSMo, authorizes the Council to approve a general development plan after a designation of blight if the Council finds the plan is feasible and in conformity with the general plan for the redevelopment of the community as a whole; and

WHEREAS, the Council has determined that ad valorem tax exemption benefits as authorized by Section 100.570, RSMo, are necessary to attract developers to the additional area of the Crossroads Planning PIEA Area; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Council declares the additional area of approximately 4.39 acres generally bounded by 20th Street on the south, 18th Street on the north, Grand Avenue on the east and Walnut Street on the west, and more specifically described as follows:

1801-07 Walnut: South 34.5 feet of Lot 445, north 48.5 feet of Lot 446, Block 33, McGees Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

1800-20 Grand Boulevard: Lots 436 thru 441, Block 33, McGees Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

1811 Walnut: South 1 foot of Lot 446, all of Lots 447-448 and 449, Block 33, McGees Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

1823 Walnut: All of Lot 450 and north 34 feet of Lot 451, McGees Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

1824 Grand Boulevard: North 24.75 feet of Lot 442, Block 33, McGees Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

1826 Grand Boulevard: South 24.75 feet of Lot 442 and north 24.75 feet of Lot 443, Block 33, McGees Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

1827 Walnut: South 15.5 feet of Lot 451 and all of Lots 452 and 453, Block 33, McGees Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

1828-30 Grand Boulevard: South 24.75 feet of Lot 443 and north 24.75 feet of Lot 444, Block 33, McGees Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

1834 Grand Boulevard: South 24.75 feet of Lot 444, Block 33, McGees Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

100 E. 20th Street: South 34.5 feet of Lot 508, and all of Lots 509 to 515, inclusive, Block 38, McGees Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

1906 Grand Boulevard: All of Lot 518 and the south 34.5 feet of Lot 517, Block 38, McGees Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

1908-10 Grand Boulevard: Lot 519, Block 38, McGees Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

1912-14 Grand Boulevard: Lot 520, Block 38, McGees Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

1916-24 Grand Boulevard: Lots 521 thru 523, Block 38 and uplatted street 8.25 feet x 115.5 feet lying between Lots 522 and 523, also Lots A & B, Antoni Estcomm Plan, McGees Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

to be a blighted, insanitary or undeveloped industrial area in need of industrial development as defined in Section 100.310, RSMo, which constitutes an economic or social liability or a serious and growing menace, which is injurious to the public health, safety, morals, economy and welfare of the residents of Kansas City, and finds that the elimination or prevention of the detrimental conditions in such area by the commercial development of such area is necessary and in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, economy and welfare of such residents.

Section 2. That the First Amendment to the General Development Plan for the Crossroads Planning PIEA Area, dated September 13, 2006, and described herein, by including the said additional area of approximately 2.0 acres, is hereby approved. A copy of said First Amendment to the General Development Plan for the Crossroads Planning PIEA Area is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference with this ordinance.

Section 3. That this Council has duly made the findings necessary for compliance with Sections 100.300 through 100.620, RSMo.

Section 4. That said First Amendment to the General Development Plan for the Crossroads Planning PIEA Area is hereby found to be feasible and in conformance with the general development plan for the community as a whole.

Section 5. That the ad valorem tax exemption benefits as authorized in Section 100.570, RSMo, are hereby extended to the plan area, as amended by the First Amendment to the General Development Plan, to the extent and in the manner provided for in said First Amendment to the General Development Plan for the Crossroads Planning PIEA Area, subject to the execution of a development agreement with the Authority.

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I hereby certify that as required by Chapter 100, RSMo, as amended, all public notices have been given and public hearings held, as required by law.

____________________________________ Secretary, City Plan Commission

Approved as to form and legality:

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Heather A. Brown

Assistant City Attorney