ORDINANCE NO. 970151
Approving the development plan submitted by the Linwood
and Prospect Redevelopment Corporation on an approximately 1.5 acre tract of
land generally located at the southwest corner of Linwood Boulevard and
Prospect Avenue; 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 Linwood and Prospect Redevelopment
Corporation; and authorizing certain tax abatement within the plan area.
WHEREAS, the Linwood and Prospect Redevelopment
Corporation, an urban redevelopment corporation organized under and pursuant to
the Urban Redevelopment Corporations Law and amendments thereto, did on October
30, 1996, file with the City Clerk an application for the approval of a
development plan which contemplated the redevelopment of an approximately 1.5
acre tract of land generally located at the southwest corner of Linwood
Boulevard and Prospect Avenue; 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
November 18, 1996, that date being not 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 January 7, 1997; 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 January 7, 1997,
recommend approval of said development plan and did recommend 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
Linwood and Prospect Redevelopment Corporation, a copy of which is on file in
the office of the City Clerk under Document No. 970151, 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
Linwood and Prospect 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 Linwood and Prospect Redevelopment Corporation, a copy of
which, in substantial form, is attached hereto and made a part hereof as
Exhibit "B".
Section 4. That the Linwood and Prospect
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