Floor Amendment
November 6, 2017
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE repealing section 3301, 3302, and 3303, Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to property assessed clean energy, and enacting, in lieu thereof, ten new sections relating to the same subject.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5044, October 30, 2017
INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the State of Missouri has adopted the Property Assessment Clean Energy Act, Sections 67.2800 to 67.2835, Revised Statues of Missouri (the "PACE Act"), which authorized the creation of Clean Energy Development Boards to administer Property Assessment Clean Energy ("PACE") programs; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature desires to join with the City of Sugar Creek to form the Greater Kansas City Clean Energy Development Board pursuant to Section 67.2810.1 to create a clean energy district; and,
WHEREAS, the development, production, and efficient use of clean energy and renewable energy, as well as the installation of energy efficient improvements to publicly and privately owned real property, will serve the public purposes of creating jobs for residents of the County, advancing the economic well-being and public and environmental health of residents of the County, providing a broad public benefit to the residents of the region as a whole, and contributing to the energy independence of the nation; and,
WHEREAS, PACE programs allow property owners to enter assessment contracts through a Clean Energy Development Board to finance energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements to their property and repay such assessments through their property tax bills; and,
WHEREAS, an affiliate of Missouri Clean Energy Authority, LLC ("MOCEA") was selected after a competitive bid process to be a PACE program administrator for the Clean Energy Development Boards of both the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County, and MOCEA thus has unique expertis...
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