ORDINANCE NO. 210681

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Approving and authorizing settlement of a lawsuit entitled Chestnut, LLC, v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 2116-CV10969; and authorizing acceptance of a Warranty Deed.

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the payment of the sum of $1,400,000.00 in settlement of the lawsuit styled Chestnut, LLC v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 2116-CV10969, as recommended by the City Attorney and the Risk Management Committee, is hereby approved.

Section 2. That the City Attorney is hereby authorized to pay the sum of $1,400,000.00 in settlement of said claims in this lawsuit from funds previously appropriated in Account No. 22-7010-131524-B, Sewer Liability Fund. 

Section 3.  That the City Manager, or his designee, is hereby authorized to accept, on behalf of the City, a Warranty Deed for the parcels of real property located at 501 Santa Fe Street, in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

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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 and legality:

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                                                                                                                              G. Steven Diegel

                                                                                                                              Sr. Associate City Attorney