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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR] ORDINANCE NO. 230691

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Sponsor:  Mayor Quinton Lucas

Authorizing the collection of the annual special assessment imposed by the Westport Special Business District; consenting to the proposed uses of the revenues produced therefrom; estimating and appropriating revenue in the amount of $48,165.00 in the Westport Special Business District Fund; re-estimating and re-appropriating the remaining uncollected revenues and unexpended and unencumbered appropriations to the 2024-25 Fiscal Year; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

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WHEREAS, the Westport Special Business District (“WSBD”) was established by the City as a political subdivision in 1987 through Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 61292; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to RSMo. § 71.800, the City authorized the WSBD to hold an election to impose a $2.50 special assessment on the abutting foot of the lots, tracts, and parcels of land within the WSBD through Ordinance No. 63576 in 1989; and

WHEREAS, the qualified voters of the WSBD approved the special assessment in an election held on May 10, 1989; and

WHEREAS, since at least 1990 it has been the practice of the City to act as an overseer which collects the special assessment on behalf of the WSBD; and

WHEREAS, due to the resignation of all members of the board of commissioners for the WSBD on December 1, 2022, the WSBD has not yet sought collection of the special assessment for fiscal year 2023-2024; NOW THEREFORE

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1.  That the City Council authorizes the FY 2023-2024 collection of a front foot special assessment of $2.50 per abutting foot of the lots, tracts and parcels of and land within the Westport Special Business District abutting on public streets, roads and highways therein.

Section 2.  That the City Council consents to the use of the revenue derived from such front foot special assessment for the maintenance and operation of the lighting fixtures, brick entry monuments, and related purposes as described in Exhibit A to Ordinance No. 100148 - Amendment 1 to the Agreement to Maintain Decorative Lights in Public Right-of-Way.

Section 3.  That the revenue in the following account of the Westport Special Business District Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:

24-6800-120000-484000                                          Collections from Assessments                     $48,165.00

Section 4.  That the sum of $48,165.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Westport Special Business District Fund to the following account in the Westport Special Business District Fund:

24-6800-121060-B                                                               Westport SBD - Admin                                          $48,165.00

Section 5.  That any remaining uncollected revenue estimates in the 2023-24 Fiscal Year in the Westport Special Business District Fund are authorized to be re-estimated to the same accounts in the 2024-25 Fiscal Year except for the following revenue account:

24-6800-120000-484000                     Collections from Assessments                     

Section 6.  That the unexpended and unencumbered balances in the following account for the 2023-24 Fiscal Year in the Westport Special Business District Fund are appropriated to the same account in the 2024-25 Fiscal Year except for the following account:

24-6800-121060-B                                                               Finance

Section 7.  That the Director of Finance is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 23-6800-121060-B.

Section 8.  That this ordinance is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(C) of the City Charter in that it appropriates money and shall take effect in accordance with that section.

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                     I hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation hereby incurred.

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                                                                                                                              Tammy L. Queen

                                                                                                                              Director of Finance

                                                                                                                              Approved as to form:

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                                                                                                                              Samuel Miller

                                                                                                                              Assistant City Attorney