RESOLUTION NO. 030117

Amending the Downtown Industrial Area Plan by amending the Proposed Land Use Plan and Map for an area generally bounded from Truman Road on the north, Grand Boulevard on the east, 19th Street on the south and Baltimore Avenue and Wyandotte Street on the west by changing the recommended land uses from light industry to mixed uses.

WHEREAS, on June 15, 1978, the City Council by Resolution No. 49188 adopted the Downtown Industrial Area Plan being the Plan for development and redevelopment of that area bounded by I-35 on the north, the Terminal Railroad tracks on the south, Troost Avenue on the east and Southwest Trafficway on the west; and

WHEREAS, after further review by the City Development Department, it has been deemed appropriate to amend the Downtown Industrial Area Plan as it affects that area generally bounded from Truman Road on the north, Grand Boulevard on the east, 19th Street on the south and Baltimore Avenue and Wyandotte Street on the west by changing the recommended land uses from light industry to mixed uses ; and

WHEREAS, said Downtown Industrial Area Plan was amended on June 25, 1998, through the adoption of Resolution No. 980549; was amended on January 13, 2000, through the adoption of Resolution No. 991627; and was further amended on August 29, 2002, through the adoption of Resolution No. 020942; and

WHEREAS, public notice of a hearing before the City Plan Commission was published on November 18, 2002; and

WHEREAS, the City Plan Commission considered such amendment to the Proposed Land Use Plan and Map on December 17, 2002; and

WHEREAS, after all interested persons were given an opportunity to present testimony, the City Plan Commission did on December 17, 2002, recommend approval of the proposed amendment to the Downtown Industrial Area Plan; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section A. That the Downtown Industrial Area Plan is hereby amended as to the Proposed Land Use Plan and Map for that area generally bounded from Truman Road on the north, Grand Boulevard on the east, 19th Street on the south and Baltimore Avenue and Wyandotte Street on the west by changing the recommended land uses from light industry to mixed uses. A copy of the amendment to the Land Use Plan and Map of the Downtown Industrial Area Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference.

Section B. That the amendment to the Downtown Industrial Area Plan is consistent and complies with the FOCUS Kansas City Plan, adopted on October 30, 1997, by Committee Substitute

for Resolution No. 971268, and is adopted as a supplement to the FOCUS Kansas City Plan.

Section C. That the Council finds and declares that before taking any action on the proposed amendment hereinabove, all public notices and hearings required by law have been given and had.

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