ORDINANCE NO. 240797

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Sponsor: Director of Parks and Recreation Department

Appropriating $5,700,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Parks Sales Tax Fund to fund construction of the: Cleveland Park sports light (4) fields, Clark Ketterman restroom/ concession, Spring Valley Park Shelters, Gregory Boulevard design professional services contract for road construction from I-435 to Oldham Road, Swope Park restroom (3 structures), Swope Park Trails grant match; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

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WHEREAS, in August of 2012, the voters of Kansas City, Missouri overwhelmingly approved a half-cent sales tax increase, in perpetuity, to benefit parks and community centers; and

WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Department partners with the Boys and Girls Club to run the Restoring Baseball in the Intercity Program at Clark Ketterman Park and Cleveland Park, which the only restroom/concession building to be replaced after a fire destroyed the previous one; and at Cleveland Park which needs the four fields' sports lighting poles to be replaced for safety concerns; and

WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Department provides shelters for community use and the shelter at Spring Valley Park needs to be replaced after it was vandalized and destroyed by fire; and

WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Department was awarded Federal Highway Funding for trails in Swope Park, and the first segment of the trail would connect the historic pool location to 63rd Street and the second segment would connect Gregory to 63rd Street by the Zoo and Starlight; and

WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Department was awarded Federal Transportation (STP) funding for Gregory Boulevard between I-435 and Oldham Road for design and construction plans that are necessary to bid this project; and

WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Department manages Swope Park and the area by the Bandstand and the area Camp Lak...

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