IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION rescinding Resolution 10901, dated July 10, 1995, transferring $40,786.00 within the Special Road and Bridge Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute a Lease Agreement with the Independence Square Redevelopment Group for office space in the Bundschu Building on the Independence Square, at a cost in 1997 of $40,785.92 and a total cost of $182,287.22 over the life of the lease, and any other documents necessary to effect a settlement of litigation and other ongoing disputes between Independence Square Redevelopment Group and the County.
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RESOLUTION #11983, December 8, 1997
INTRODUCED BY Victor E. Callahan, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, in August 1991, the County and the Independence Square Redevelopment Group (ISRG) entered into written lease agreement whereby the County leased certain space in the Bundschu Building located at 103 North Main, Independence from ISRG ("1991 Lease"); and,
WHEREAS, the initial term of the 1991 Lease commenced on November 1, 1991, and ended on October 31, 1996; and,
WHEREAS, the County was also granted certain options to renew the 1991 Lease as set forth therein; and,
WHEREAS, a dispute arose between the County and ISRG concerning a claim made by Hugh Stewart Construction Company, a construction contractor engaged by ISRG to improve portions of the Bundschu Building, that the County failed to pay for certain improvements Hugh Stewart Construction Company completed at the premises leased by the County ("Construction Claim"); and,
WHEREAS, certain disputes arose between the County and ISRG concerning the 1991 Lease and on January 14, 1997, ISRG filed a Petition for Unlawful Detainer against the County in the Associate Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri at Independence as Case No. CV97-0478 ("Unlawful Detainer Action"); and,
WHEREAS, the County filed a petition against ISRG and its general partners on August 25...
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