ORDINANCE NO. 220233

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Amending Section 68-449, Code of Ordinances, to provide parameters for the amendment of contracts for Central City Economic Development Sales Tax funds without City Council approval.

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WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 160861 put before the voters the question of enacting an economic development sales tax devoted to projects located within the area bounded by 9th Street on the north, Gregory Boulevard on the south, The Paseo on the west, and Indiana Avenue on the east; and

WHEREAS, in a Special Election called on April 4, 2017, the voters of the City of Kansas City, Missouri approved Question 4 allowing the City of Kansas City to impose a sales tax of 1/8 percent to be used for funding economic development projects within the above defined area; and

WHEREAS, upon the voters' approval of Question 4, the imposition of this sales tax and the establishment of a Central City Economic Development ("CCED") Sales Tax Board responsible for analyzing and considering project proposals for the use of CCED sales tax revenues and providing the Council with its recommendations regarding which projects to fund with CCED sales tax revenues were codified in Section 68-449, Code of Ordinances; and

WHEREAS, Section 68-449, Code of Ordinances was amended in 2019 by Ordinance. No. 190738; and

WHEREAS, the Council recognizes the need for contracts for the use of CCED sales tax funds to be flexible with an efficient process, while still ensuring accountability and appropriate use of funds, and wishes to set standards for the amending of contracts without city council approval; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That Section 68-449, Code of Ordinances, is hereby amended by repealing Section 68-449 and enacting a new subsection, to read as follows:

Sec. 68-449. Imposition of tax (Central City Economic Development Sales Tax 2017)

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