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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR] ORDINANCE NO. 230527

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Sponsor: Councilmember Ryana Parks-Shaw

Authorizing the Director of Neighborhood Services to provide funding for neighborhood association-led projects that meet the program's requirements and increase community engagement, neighborhood identity and quality of life in Kansas City neighborhoods from amounts previously appropriated to Rebuild KC; and authorizing the Director of Neighborhood Services to execute contracts totaling not more than $260,000.00, with no single contract exceeding $20,000 per year, to effectuate the purposes of this ordinance.

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WHEREAS, the City is committed to increasing community engagement, neighborhood identity and quality of life throughout the City and partnering with residents on the neighborhood level to further these purposes; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of the Neighborhood Services Department is authorized to execute contracts totaling not more than $260,000.00, with no single contract exceeding $20,000 per year, to effectuate the purposes of this ordinance by providing funding to neighborhood association-led projects that meet the program's requirements and increase community engagement, neighborhood identity and quality of life in Kansas City neighborhoods through programs that contribute toward the Neighborhood Services Department's goals of abating nuisances, performing minor home repairs, creating youth employment programs that beautify public properties, creating community gardens, orchards or other greenspaces or promoting other City-identified goals in Kansas City neighborhoods from funds previously appropriated in Account No. 24-2585-575003-B-G57RBLD for Rebuild KC.

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I hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the foreg...

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