IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION transferring $100,000.00 within the 2020 General Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute an Inter-Governmental Cooperative Agreement with the City of Kansas City, MO, concerning the purchase of a commercial building by the City to be leased by the City to the Westside Community Action Network, Inc., for which Jackson County will contribute a portion of the purchase price, at a cost to the County in the amount of $100,000.00.
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RESOLUTION NO. 20441, June 8, 2020
INTRODUCED BY Scott Burnett and Crystal Williams, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, the Legislature recognizes and acknowledges the need to allow the Westside Community Action Network, Inc. (“Westside CAN”), to continue to operate to serve the Westside Neighborhood of Kansas City, MO; and,
WHEREAS, Westside CAN currently leases space at 2130 Jefferson Street, Kansas City, MO, that is owned by Downing Street Holdings, LLC (“DSH”), the term of which lease expires on June 30, 2020 (“Former Lease”); and,
WHEREAS, the Former Lease included a rent-free period negotiated by the City of Kansas City (“the City”) as a part of the funding initially provided by the City at the time the property was acquired by DSH that has lapsed or will lapse; and,
WHEREAS, there is a dispute between Westside CAN and DSH on the amount and nature of accrued rent; and,
WHEREAS, DSH has expressed a desire to sell that existing facility to the City, but at a price that substantially exceeds its appraised value; and,
WHEREAS, Jackson County provides funding to the Westside CAN’s operations, in the amount of $42,500.00 in 2020, to assist in such non-profit’s community efforts; and,
WHEREAS, the City provides funding to the Westside CAN’s operations in the amount of $20,000.00 per fiscal year, to help defray the operational expenses for the offices located there for KCPD officers and Neighborhood and Housing Services Department property maintenance code officers; and,
WHEREAS, the County, the City, and Westside CAN have identified an available alternative property in which Westside CAN may continue to serve the Westside Neighborhood located at 1111 W. 29th Street and 2901 Holly Street in Kansas City, MO, with a purchase price of $275,000.00, contingent upon the City’s City Council approving a Real Estate Sales Contract, the City’s completion of due diligence regarding the subject parcel to allow its acquisition by the City, the negotiation and execution of a lease of the subject parcel by the City to Westside CAN, and the execution of an Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement between the County and the City, by which the County will contribute $100,000.00 to the City towards the purchase price of the subject property, subject to certain interests to be retained by the County; and,
WHEREAS, in order to fund this Agreement, a transfer is necessary; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfers be and hereby are made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
General Fund
Prosecuting Attorney
001-4101 55010- Regular Salaries $20,000
001-4101 56798- Grant Match $ 5,000
County Executive Office
001-1001 55010- Regular Salaries $75,000
Westside CAN Center
001-5023 56070-
Intergovernmental Agreements $100,000
and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute the attached Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement with the City of Kansas City, MO; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the Department of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the Agreement.
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 No. 20441 of June 8, 2020, was duly passed on June 8, 2020 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
Funds sufficient for this transfer are available from the sources indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 001 4101 55010
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Prosecuting Attorney
Regular Salaries
NOT TO EXCEED: $20,000.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 001 4101 56798
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Prosecuting Attorney
Grant Match
NOT TO EXCEED: $5,000.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 001 1001 55010
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Executive Office
Regular Salaries
NOT TO EXCEED: $75,000.00
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: 001 5023 56070
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Westside CAN Center
Intergovernmental Agreements
NOT TO EXCEED: $100,000.00
__________________________ ________________________________
Date Chief Administrative Officer