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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR] ORDINANCE NO. 240077

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Sponsor:  Mayor Quinton Lucas

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

Estimating additional revenue  in the Convention and Tourism Fund; adjusting the transfer from Convention and Tourism Fund to Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund by $300,000.00; appropriating $300,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund; approving a contract up to $975,000.00 with the Greater Kansas City Sports Commission for the purpose of promoting neighborhoods and tourism in connection with a 2024 Kansas City Chiefs Post Season Championship Celebration to be held on Wednesday, February 14 in the event the Kansas City Chiefs are victorious in Super Bowl LVIII; waiving a requirement of Section 2-931(2)(e), Code of Ordinances; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

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WHEREAS, § 92.336, RSMo, provides that ten percent of the proceeds of the City’s convention and tourism tax be committed to the Neighborhood Tourism and Development Fund (“NTDF”), to be used for the purpose of promoting such neighborhood through cultural, social, ethnic, historic, educational, and recreations events; and

WHEREAS, the FY2023-24 revised estimate for hotel/motel tax revenue is anticipated to exceed the Adopted Budget by $3,000,000.00 and ten percent of the tax is allocated to the Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund; and

WHEREAS, Council has provided a process for the NTDF Committee to make recommendations to the City Council for the expenditure of NTDF Funds in code Chapter 2, Art. VI,  Div. 9;  and

WHEREAS, Section 2-931(2)(e), Code of Ordinances provides that no proposal for use of NTDF general accounts funds will be considered by the Council for approval, modification, or disapproval without first being reviewed and reported to the Council by the NTDF Committee; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1.  That the revenue estimate in the following account of the Convention and Tourism Fund, Fund No. 2360 is hereby increased in the following amount:

24-2360-120000-451300                                          Hotel /Motel Tax                                                                                    $3,000,000.00

Section 2.  That the following account of the Convention and Tourism Fund, Fund No. 2360 is hereby increased in the following amount:

24-2360-129998-X-902350                                          Transfer to the Neighborhood Tourist

                        Development Fund                                                                                    $300,000.00

Section 3. That the revenue estimate in the Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund, Fund No. 2350 is hereby increased in the following amount:

24-2350- 120000-X- 502360                                           Transfer from the Convention and

                      Tourism Fund                                                                                                         $300,000.00

                     Section 4.  That the sum of $300,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund, Fund No. 2350 in the following amount:

24-2350-672100-B                                                               Neighborhood Tourist Dev CW                                          $300,000.00

Section 5.  That the Manager of Procurement Services is authorized to execute a contract in a total amount up to $975,000.00 from the Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund with the Greater Kanas City Sports Commission from funds previously appropriated in Account No. 24-2350-672100. The contract is hereby approved in substantial form as that on file in the Neighborhood Services Department.

Section 6 That the requirement established by Section 2-931(2)(e) which provides that no proposal for use of NTDF general accounts funds will be considered by the Council for approval, modification, or disapproval without first being reviewed and reported to the Council by the NTDF Committee is hereby waived for the limited purpose of this Ordinance.

Section 7.  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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                                                                                                                              Andrew Bonkowski

                                                                                                                              Assistant City Attorney