IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the Director of Finance and Purchasing to issue a check in the amount of $16,000.00 to the Downtown KC Community Improvement District.
Intro
RESOLUTION #16756, November 10, 2008
INTRODUCED BY Scott Burnett, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, the Downtown KC Community Improvement District was established pursuant to the Community Improvement District Act, §§ 67.1401 et seq., RSMo, to fund certain improvements to streets, curbs, sidewalks, and other components of the infrastructure of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and to maintain these improvements; and,
WHEREAS, the District is to be funded largely out of the proceeds of a special assessment on the real property located within the district; and,
WHEREAS, through real property owned by Jackson County is exempt from real property taxation and, accordingly, from the special assessments imposed by the District,
§ 67.1461(9) of the Act authorizes the County's voluntary participation; and,
WHEREAS, the grounds of the County's parcels within the district, including the downtown Courthouse, Detention Center and Annex, Community Justice Building, Criminal Justice Center, parking lots, and Oppenstein Brothers Memorial Park, will enjoy significant benefits from the improvements constructed and maintenance performed by the District, so that it is appropriate that the County participate in the district's financing; and,
WHEREAS, the park is particularly benefitted by the service of the District, which is responsible for the day-to-day maintenance and operation of the park pursuant to a Park Maintenance Agreement authorized by Resolution 15991, dated August 14, 2006; and,
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County that the County voluntarily participate in the funding of the Downtown KC Community Improvement District; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to issue a check in the amount of $16,000.00 to the Downtown KC Community Improvement District.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #16756 of November 10, 2008, was duly passed on November 17, 2008 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________8___________ Nays ________0_________
Abstaining ______0_______ Absent ________1_________
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
Fiscal Note
There is a balance otherwise unencumbered to the credit of the appropriation to which the expenditure is chargeable and there is a cash balance otherwise unencumbered in the treasury to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made each sufficient to provide for the obligation herein authorized.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 003 1602 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: Park Fund
Park Operations
Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $16,000.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing