ORDINANCE NO. 221083

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Sponsor: Director of the Parks and Recreation Department

Estimating revenue in the amount of $550,000.00 in the Capital Improvements Sales Tax Fund; and appropriating that amount for the Hodge Park Improvements project to the same fund.

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WHEREAS, pursuant to the Real Property Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, Sections 99.800 to 99.865 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, as amended (the "Act"), the City Council of Kansas City, Missouri (the "Council") by Ordinance No. 54556 passed on November 24, 1982, and thereafter repealed and amended in certain respects by Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 911076, as amended, passed on August 29, 1991, Ordinance No. 100089, passed on January 28, 2010, Ordinance No. 130986, passed on December 19, 2013, and Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 140823, as amended, passed on June 18, 2015 (the "Authorizing Ordinances") created the Tax Increment Financing Commission of Kansas City, Missouri (the "Commission"); and

WHEREAS, on August 24, 2017, the City Council, passed Ordinance No. 170590 estimating $3,400,000.00 in the Capital Improvements Sales Tax Fund and appropriating that amount to the Hodge Park Improvements for infrastructure improvements within the park that include concrete trail construction, playground construction, multipurpose field construction, parking lot improvements and general park improvements; and

WHEREAS, on October 1, 2020, the City Council, passed Ordinance No. 200776 estimating $900,000.00 in the Capital Improvements Sales Tax Fund and appropriating that amount to the Hodge Park Improvements to provide water for restroom facilities and fire suppression; and

WHEREAS, additional funding was identified for the design and installation of sports lighting for the multi-purpose fields at the Hodge Park; and

WHEREAS, the Commission and the City wish to complete the project cooperatively and in partnershi...

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