COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 961414
Approving the development plan submitted by the Loretto
Redevelopment Corporation on approximately a 6.6 acre tract of land generally
bounded by 39th Street on the north, 40th Street on the south, Roanoke Road on
the east and Mercier Street on the west; declaring the area included in such
plan to be a blighted area and its redevelopment necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, prosperity, health, safety, morals and welfare; authorizing
the Director of Finance to enter into a contract with the Loretto Redevelopment
Corporation; and authorizing certain tax abatement within the plan area; and
authorizing the Mayor to issue a Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity authority Loretto Redevelopment Corporation to acquire certain
property by the exercise of eminent domain.
WHEREAS, the Loretto Redevelopment Corporation, an
urban redevelopment corporation organized under and pursuant to the Urban
Redevelopment Corporations Law and amendments thereto, did on April 26, 1996,
file with the City Clerk an application for the approval of a development plan
which contemplated the redevelopment of an approximately 6.6 acre tract of land
generally bounded by 39th Street on the north, 40th Street on the south,
Roanoke Road on the east and Mercier Street on the west; and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk did refer said application
for a 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 May
20, 1996, that date not being less than ten (10) days prior to the date set for
the hearing, notice of the public hearing on said development plan; and
WHEREAS, said City Plan Commission did hold a public
hearing on said development plan on June 18, 1996; and
WHEREAS, at the public hearing conducted by the City
Plan Commission, all interested persons were given an opportunity to be heard
at said public hearing; and
WHEREAS, the City Plan Commission has made a study
and investigation of the proposed development plan and did, on June 18, 1996,
recommend approval of said development plan and approval of the finding of
blight and the necessity of tax abatement and did submit a report of the same,
a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as
Exhibit "A"; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the development plan for the
Loretto Redevelopment Corporation, a copy of which is on file in the office of
the City Clerk under Document No. 961414, and incorporated herein by reference,
is hereby approved.
Section 2. That the Council finds and declares that
the area being described in the aforesaid development plan submitted by the
Loretto Redevelopment Corporation is a blighted area as defined by Section
353.020(2), Revised Statutes of Missouri, and Section 74-4, Code of Ordinances
of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, and the redevelopment thereof is
necessary for the public convenience and necessity; and that approval of the
development plan and construction of the redevelopment project are necessary
for the preservation of the public peace, prosperity, health, safety, morals
and welfare.
Section 3. That the Director of Finance be, and she
is hereby, authorized and directed on behalf of the City to enter into a
contract with the Loretto Redevelopment Corporation, a copy of which, in
substantial form, is attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit
"B".
Section 4. That the Loretto Redevelopment
Corporation is hereby granted tax abatements on land and improvements as
provided in Exhibit "B".
Section 5. That the Council hereby determines that
the public convenience and necessity will be served by the development plan
filed by the Loretto Redevelopment Corporation and by the redevelopment
project, and hereby grants to Loretto Redevelopment Corporation a Certificate
of Public Convenience and Necessity authorizing and empowering said corporation
to acquire by the exercise of eminent domain that real property designated in
paragraph Q, page 9, of the development plan and that the Mayor be, and he is
hereby, authorized to execute and deliver said Certificate to Loretto
Redevelopment Corporation.
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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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Assistant City Attorney