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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR]RESOLUTION NO. 230159


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Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas

RESOLUTION - Expressing the City Council's intent on allowable uses of potential revenues from a proposed three percent (3%) adult use marijuana sales tax

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WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 220998 called for the submission to the voters of Kansas City, at an election to be held on the general municipal election date prescribed by Section 115.121.3, RSMo, of Tuesday, April 4, 2023, a question of whether to impose an additional sales tax of three percent (3%) on the retail sale of adult use marijuana; and

WHEREAS, the Missouri Constitution permits voters in cities to impose an additional sales tax of three percent (3%) on the retail sale of adult use marijuana; and

WHEREAS, the Missouri Constitution permits voters in cities to impose an additional sales tax on the retail sale of adult use marijuana to support efforts such as equitable neighborhood quality of life in the city, homeless prevention and outreach, and violence prevention and intervention initiatives;

WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works' Solid Waste Division is responsible for the abatement of neighborhood dumping and trash removal; and

WHEREAS, the Housing Department is responsible for implementing community-wide strategies to expedite assistance to the houseless and those at-risk of becoming houseless and creating strategies to reduce houselessness and generational poverty; and

WHEREAS, the Health Department is responsible for implementing holistic and evidence-based programs aimed at eradicating the root causes of crime, building healthy families, and fortifying strong communities to combat the public health crisis that is gun violence; and

WHEREAS, Partners for Peace is a collaboration between the City of Kansas City, the Kansas City Police Department, the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office, Jackson County COMBAT...

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