ORDINANCE NO. 240922

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Sponsor: Councilmember Eric Bunch

Approving the First Amendment to the 39th and Main General Development Plan to amend the Estimated Completion Time of twenty years from passage of this Ordinance and affirming the findings of the City Council made when approving the Plan.

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WHEREAS, the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority of Kansas City, Missouri (PIEA) prepared and approved the 39th and Main General Development Plan (the "Plan"); and

WHEREAS, City Council approved Plan on January 12, 2006, with Ordinance No. 051513; and

WHEREAS, the Plan was never completed and now includes various examples of continuing need of industrial development in Section 100.310 RSMo; and

WHEREAS, there is historical difficulty with the pace of redevelopment within the Planning Area, as defined in the Plan; and

WHEREAS, despite its upside and economic potential, the Planning Area still includes a continuously disadvantaged census tract, an historic district and various examples of existing under-developed or poorly maintained buildings which require a comprehensive and coordinated long term development plan in partnership with the existing businesses and residents; and

WHEREAS, each industrial developer within the Planning Area has consented to the amendment of the Plan in accordance Section 100.400.1(1) RSMo; and

WHEREAS, the PIEA by Resolution No. 2330 dated August 15, 2024, recommended an amendment of the Plan to provide for an Estimated Completion Time of twenty years from the passage of this Ordinance by the City Council; and

WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed PIEA Resolution No. 2330 and has reviewed the Plan and desires to amend the Plan to provide for an Estimated Completion Time of twenty years from the passage of this Ordinance; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the findings made in Sections 1, 3 and 4 of Ordinance No....

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