RESOLUTION NO. 230257

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Sponsor:  Director of City Planning and Development Department

RESOLUTION - Adopting the KC Spirit Playbook as the City’s Strategic and Comprehensive Plan and repealing and replacing the FOCUS Kansas City Plan that was adopted by the City Council by Committee Substitute for Resolution No. 971268 on October 30, 1997.

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WHEREAS, KC Spirit Playbook has been completed over a period of three years involving a Citizen Empowerment Committee and the input of thousands of citizens through a variety of outreach and engagement methods; and

WHEREAS, the KC Spirit Playbook provides overall direction for the future of Kansas City that envisions our City as a vibrant, equitable, just, inclusive, welcoming, and thriving community where we consider people first by empowering members of the community to shape their environment. In doing so, this effort acknowledges and will address past and current inequities by fostering equitable community and economic development that supports all residents with opportunities for a high quality of life; and

WHEREAS, the KC Spirit Playbook process produced an Envisioning Statement with Supporting Vision Statements and ten goal statements, to provide guidance on how to implement the goals of the plan. The goal statements relate to the following subjects: Connected City; Environment for People of All Ages; Healthy Environment; History, Arts, and Culture; Parks and Open Spaces; Quality Design; Smart City; Strong and Accessible Neighborhoods; and Sustainable and Equitable Growth. The Goals are the major themes and statements of philosophy that are essential for the city to achieve the plan’s vision. All City actions will be measured against progress toward these goals; and

WHEREAS, a multi-disciplinary planning team of City staff and professional consultants under the leadership of the City Planning and Development Department provided the technical expertise to produce KC Spirit Playbook; and

WHEREAS, the KC Spirit Playbook represents a new era in strategic public action, public-private partnerships, and citizen-based planning; and

WHEREAS, the City will lead the community by example in following the KC Spirit Playbook; and

WHEREAS, legal notice of the public hearing before the City Plan Commission was published on___________, in conformity with state and local law; and

WHEREAS, the City Plan Commission considered the KC Spirit Playbook on____________; and

WHEREAS, after all interested persons were given an opportunity to present testimony, the City Plan Commission did on _________, recommend approval of the KC Spirit Playbook Plan; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the KC Spirit Playbook as prepared by the City Planning and Development Department in collaboration with the citizens of Kansas City, Missouri, is hereby adopted as Kansas City’s strategic and comprehensive plan. The KC Spirit Playbook will provide general guidance and policy direction for future plans and ordinances, and amendments to all existing adopted plans. A copy of said Plan is on file in the office of the City Clerk  and incorporated herein by reference.

Section 2. That the Council hereby declares that the KC Spirit Playbook is adopted as a supplement to the existing citywide plans and area plans which the City has adopted (excluding FOCUS) and not as a replacement for them. Any future amendments to existing citywide plans or area plans or any development of new plans should be guided by and comply with the policy direction set forth in the KC Spirit Playbook.

Section 3. That the Council finds and declares that before taking any action on the proposed the KC Spirit Playbook, all public notices and hearings required by law have been given and had.

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