COMMITTEE
SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 180136
Pursuant to Section 68-582 of the
Code of Ordinances, setting the rates for the trafficway maintenance tax, the
park and boulevard maintenance tax, and the boulevards and parkways front foot
assessment at $0.00 for Fiscal Year 2018-19.
WHEREAS, at the
election held on August 7, 2012, the voters of the City of Kansas City,
Missouri, approved a park sales tax of 1/2 cent authorized by Section
644.032 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri for the purpose of providing for
the maintenance and operations of local parks, parkways, boulevards and
community centers, to become effective January 1, 2013; and
WHEREAS, in approving
the park sales tax at the August 7, 2012, election, the voters directed that
the City cease billing and collecting the trafficway maintenance tax, the park
and boulevard maintenance tax, and the boulevards and parkways front foot
assessment by setting the assessment for each at $0.00 effective January 1,
2013, and for each following year for as long as the park sales tax is in
effect; and
WHEREAS, upon
approval of the park sales tax on August 7, 2012, Section 68- 582 of the Code
of Ordinances was adopted, requiring that, beginning January 1, 2013, and each
year thereafter when levies are set by the City Council as part of its annual
budget deliberations, the City Council will adopt appropriate ordinances that
establish the park and boulevard maintenance taxes and trafficway maintenance
taxes at $0.00, and establish the boulevards and parkways front foot
assessments at $0.00; and
WHEREAS, at their
meeting held on March 6, 2018, the Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners
passed a resolution recommending to the City Council that the assessment for
the park and boulevard maintenance tax and the boulevards and parkways front
foot assessment each be set as $0.00 for Fiscal Year 2018-19; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That for
the purpose of maintaining, adorning, constructing, repairing and otherwise
improving the parks, parkways, boulevards, roads and grounds located in the
City under the control and management of the Board of Parks and Recreation
Commissioners, a maintenance tax of $0.00 on each hundred dollars of the
assessed value upon real estate, exclusive of buildings and improvements, not
exempted by law from taxation is imposed and levied according to the valuation
and assessment of real estate for Fiscal Year 2018-19.
Section 2. That for
the purpose of maintaining, repairing, and otherwise improving the boulevards,
parkways, roads, streets, avenues and highways under the control and management
of the Board of Parks and Recreation, there is levied for Fiscal Year 2018-19,
a special assessment of $0.00 per lineal foot on all lots, tracts, and parcels
of land, abutting the boulevards, parkways, roads, streets, avenues and
highways under the control and management of the Board of Parks and Recreation
Commissioners.
Section 3. That there
is hereby levied upon all real estate, exclusive of all improvements, not
exempt by law from general taxation in the North, East, and West Trafficway
Districts, as established in Sections 2-1934, 2-1935, and 2-1936, respectively,
of the Code of Ordinances, a special assessment of $0.00 on each hundred
dollars of the assessed value of real estate, exclusive of improvements, the
assessed value to be the same as shown by the books of the Director of
Finance for the assessment of real estate in the North, East, and West
Trafficway Districts made for general City purposes for Fiscal Year 2018-19 as
to all real estate listed on the books for taxation for general City purposes.

Approved as to form and
legality:

Matthew Gigliotti
Assistant
City Attorney