ORDINANCE NO. 970868
Approving the development plan submitted by the Good
Apple Redevelopment Corporation on a tract of land generally located at 9711
Wornall Road; 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 Good Apple Redevelopment Corporation;
and authorizing certain tax abatement within the plan area.
WHEREAS, Good Apple Redevelopment Corporation, an
urban redevelopment corporation organized under and pursuant to the Urban
Redevelopment Corporations Law and amendments thereto, did on April 23, 1997,
file with the City Clerk an application for approval of a development plan
which contemplated the redevelopment of a tract of land generally located at
9711 Wornall Road; 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
19, 1997, that date being not less than ten 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 3, 1997; and
WHEREAS, at the public hearing conducted by the City
Plan Commission, all interested parties 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 3, 1997,
recommend approval of said development plan including a recommendation of
approval concerning the finding of blight, 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 Good
Apple Redevelopment Corporation, a copy of which is on file in the office of
the City Clerk under Document No. 970868, which is attached hereto 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
Good Apple 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 he
is hereby, authorized and directed on behalf of the City to enter into a
contract with the Good Apple Redevelopment Corporation, a copy of which, in
substantial form, is attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit
"B".
Section 4. That the Good Apple Redevelopment
Corporation is hereby granted tax abatements on land and improvements as
provided in Exhibit "B".
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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