COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
ORDINANCE NO. 980751
Declaring the area generally bounded by Benton
Plaza on the north, Interstate 70 on the east, 24th Street on the south and
College Avenue, Kansas Avenue and Bellefontaine Avenue on the west, to be a
blighted and insanitary area in need of redevelopment and rehabilitation
pursuant to the Missouri Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority law and
approving the Urban Renewal Plan for the same, said plan to be known as the
Indiana Corridor Urban Renewal Plan.
WHEREAS, Section 99.430, Revised
Statutes of Missouri, provides that a legislative body may approve a
declaration of blight and approve an urban renewal plan for the same area
simultaneously; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the
public interest that the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of Kansas
City, Missouri, submit an Urban Renewal Plan for the area generally bounded by
Benton Plaza on the north, Interstate 70 on the east, 24th Street on the south
and College Avenue, Kansas Avenue and Bellefontaine Avenue on the west; and
WHEREAS, said area is blighted due
to the insanitary or unsafe conditions, deterioration of site improvements, and
a combination of such factors so as to constitute an economic or social
liability to the public health, safety, morals or welfare; and
WHEREAS, the Land Clearance for
Redevelopment Authority of Kansas City, Missouri, did on the 25th day of
February, 1998, adopt a resolution recommending that the area be declared
blighted and recommending approval of an Urban Renewal Plan for the area
generally bounded by Benton Plaza on the north, Interstate 70 on the east, 24th
Street on the south and College Avenue, Kansas Avenue and Bellefontaine Avenue
on the west, said resolution being set forth and incorporated in the Urban
Renewal Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Plan Commission
reviewed and recommended approval of the designation of blight and approval of
the Urban Renewal Plan on April 7, 1998, as evidenced by its resolution
recommending approval of the adoption of said plan and found said plan to be in
conformance with the Master Plan for the development of the community as a
whole, subject to certain conditions, a copy of which resolution 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 proposed Urban
Renewal area identified as the Indiana Corridor Urban Renewal Plan generally
bounded by Benton Plaza on the north, Interstate 70 on the east, 24th Street on
the south and College Avenue, Kansas Avenue and Bellefontaine Avenue on the
west, and more specifically described as:
Lots 1-13, Calkins
Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri;
and Lot 3 except the
portion in railroad right of way and all of Lots 4-8, Preston Place 2nd Plat, a
subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, and all of Lots 41-42,
Block 2 and all of Lots 1-2, Block 3, all in Grahams Addition, a subdivision
in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, and all of Lots 1-16 and the adjacent
vacated alley, Block 1, P. A. Fredericks 3rd Addition, a subdivision in Kansas
City, Jackson County, Missouri, and all of Lots 1-13 and the adjacent vacated
alleys, J. B. Jacksons Subdivision, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Missouri, and all of Lots 1-22 and the adjacent vacated alley, Block 1,
Kingston Place, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri;
and the south 124.0 feet
of Lots 10-17 and the south 124.0 feet of the west 11.11 feet of Lot 18, also
the easterly and northerly 1/2 of the vacated alley lying west and south
adjacent, all in Block 1, Walnut Grove, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County,
Missouri;
All of Lots 1-26 (and
the west 1/2 of vacated Bales Avenue lying east adjacent), William A. Tidballs
1st Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, and
unplatted parcels bound by Indiana Avenue, 22nd Street, Bales Avenue and the
south line of Amelia Place, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County,
Missouri, and all of Lots 5-12, Amelia Place, a subdivision in Kansas City,
Jackson County, Missouri, and all of Lots 4-6 except portion in 21st Street
right of way, Max Isaacs 1st Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Missouri;
and a tract of land in
the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 Section 10, Township 49 North, Range 33 West, Kansas
City, Jackson County, Missouri, being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the southwest corner of Lot 6, W. C. Seachrist 1st Addition, a
subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, thence South 85 feet
along the east line of Indiana Avenue to the north line of 21st Street, thence
East 128.5 feet, thence North 85 feet to the southeast corner of said Lot 6,
thence west 128.5 feet to the point of beginning;
and all of Lots 1-12, W.
C. Seachrist 1st Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County,
Missouri, and all of Lots 1-14, Lot 31 and that portion of Lot 33 lying west of
a line from a point on the north line of said lot 110 feet west of the
northeast corner to a point on the south line of said lot 60 feet west of the
southeast corner, Indiana Place, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri,
and all of Lots 1-11, Indiana Avenue Subdivision, a subdivision in Kansas City,
Jackson County, Missouri;
and a tract of land in
the South Half of Section 3 and the North Half of Section 10, Township 49
North, Range 33 West, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, being more
particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the west
line of Lot 9, City Park Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Missouri, and the south right of way line of the Kansas City Belt Railway
Company, thence North 6122'00" East continuing along said south right of
way line a distance of 93.28 feet to a point on the west line of Lot 11, City
Park Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, thence
North 0218'57" East a distance of 154.28 feet along said west line to a
point on the north line of said Section 10, thence North 8727'02" West
along said north line a distance of 96.11 feet, thence North 0218'57"
East a distance of 200.52 feet to a point on the south right of way line of
17th Street as it is now established, thence South 8726'58" East along
said south right of way line a distance of 119.80 feet, thence North
0218'57" East a distance of 473.50 feet to a point on the south right of
way line of 16th Street as it is now established, thence South 8726'58"
East along said south right of way line a distance of 449.83 feet to a point on
the west right of way line of Missouri Interstate 70 as it is now established,
thence South 3118'07" East along said west right of way line a distance
of 36.12 feet, thence South 0218'57" West along said west right of way
line a distance of 65.00 feet, thence South 8726'58" East along said west
right of way line a distance of 90.00 feet, thence South 6846'22" East
along said west right of way line a distance of 171.75 feet, thence South
218'57" West along said west right of way line a distance of 25.00 feet,
thence South 7318'23" East along said west right of way line a distance
of 50.58 feet, thence South 218'57" West along said west right of way
line a distance of 161.17 feet, thence South 5959'30" West along said
west right of way line a distance of 23.67 feet, thence South 218'57"
West along said west right of way line a distance of 147.87 feet, thence South
2127'54" East along said west right of way line a distance of 180.49
feet, thence South 2127'54" East along said west right of way line a
distance of 171.66 feet, thence South 0218'57" West along said west right
of way line a distance of 90.00 feet more or less to a point on the north right
of way line of 18th Street as now established, thence west along said north
right of way line a distance of 997.00 feet more or less to the west line of
Lot 9, City Park Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri,
thence north along said west line to the point of beginning;
and all of Lots 1-8 and
Lot 9, except the east 14.0 feet, and the west 1/2 of the vacated alley lying
east and adjacent and the north 1/2 of the vacated alley lying south and
adjacent, and all of Lots 19-35 and the west 11.91 feet of Lot 36 and the south
1/2 of the vacated alley lying north and adjacent, all in Block 1, Walnut
Grove, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri;
and the east 70 feet of
Lots 1-3, the east 70 feet of the north 6 feet of Lot 4, the south 18 feet of
Lot 4, all of Lot 5 and the north 18 feet of Lot 6, all in Andrew's First
Addition, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri;
and all of Lots 1-8 and
Lots 10-15 except that part in right of way, Block 1, Resurvey of Part of
Zahls Subdivision, a subdivision in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; and
and Lot 1 and the east
21 feet of Lot 2, and all of Lots 26-34, Stiles Addition, a subdivision in
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.
is a blighted area and in need of redevelopment
and rehabilitation and is appropriate for an Urban Renewal Project, and that
the undertaking by the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of Kansas
City, Missouri, of surveys and plans for an urban renewal project of a
character contemplated by Section 99.430, Revised Statutes of Missouri, as
amended, and the proposed urban renewal area is hereby approved.
Section 2. That the Council has
duly made the findings necessary for compliance with Sections 99.320 and
99.430, Revised Statutes of Missouri, as amended.
Section 3. That the Urban Renewal
Plan which is known as the Indiana Corridor Urban Renewal Plan, a copy of which
is on file in the office of the City Clerk under Document No. 980751 and which
is incorporated herein by reference, is hereby approved.
Section 4. That said Urban Renewal
Plan is hereby found to be feasible and in conformance with the Master Plan for
the development of the community as a whole.
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I hereby certify that as is required
by Chapter 99, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1994, as amended, all public
notices and hearings required by law 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