RESOLUTION NO. 090304, AS AMENDED
Supporting
the efforts of the Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood Association, on behalf of
all Northeast Neighborhoods, the Municipal Court, the City Prosecutor, the
Local Initiatives Support Corporation, and the Northeast Chamber of Commerce to
address the pervasive problems of drug trafficking and prostitution through the
SOAP and SODA initiatives.
WHEREAS,
the Northeast neighborhoods and the Independence Avenue Corridor have
experienced high numbers of calls for police service on prostitution and drug
activities; and
WHEREAS,
the Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood Association has requested the help of the
Municipal Court and the City Prosecutor to address these pervasive problems in
the neighborhood through the SOAP and SODA initiatives; and
WHEREAS,
these programs seek to curb continuous criminal activity in certain areas by
recommending and issuing orders to persons convicted of prostitution or drug
offenses to stay out of areas of prostitution (SOAP) or stay out of drug
areas (SODA) as a condition of probation; and
WHEREAS,
on April 14, 2009, the Municipal Court en banc adopted a unanimous resolution
in support of SOAP and SODA, and, subject to the guidance of the Kansas City,
Missouri, Police Department, the City Prosecutor, the Scarritt Neighborhood,
Local Initiative Support Corporation, and the Northeast Chamber of Commerce are
working together to implement these and other initiatives; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
That
the Council hereby supports the efforts of the Scarritt Renaissance
Neighborhood Association, the Municipal Court, the City Prosecutor, the Local
Initiatives Support Corporation, and the Northeast Chamber of Commerce to
address the pervasive problems of drug trafficking and prostitution through the
SOAP and SODA initiatives in the area of the Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood
Association and along Independence Avenue in Northeast Kansas City, subject to
the guidance of the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department.
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