IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute an Agreement to Preserve and Protect the Blue River Glade with Scripps Howard Broadcasting Co., Specialty Restaurants Corp., and Ben D. Benjamin, Trustee, and certain related conveyance instruments, and accepting the conveyance of certain property, all located within and adjacent to the County's Blue River Parkway.
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RESOLUTION # 14350, October 21, 2002
INTRODUCED BY Fred Arbanas, County Legislator
Enacted and Approved
WHEREAS, the County owns and operates the Blue River Parkway ("the Park") located wholly within the City of Kansas City, Missouri; and,
WHEREAS, within the Park, nature has created a unique assembly of river plants, animals, and geology, that, together, create a "grassy open area within a forest," an ecosystem known as the Blue River Glade (the "Glade"); and,
WHEREAS, preservation and enhancement of the Glade is of primary importance to the Parks and Recreation Department and to Lakeside Nature Center, Kansas City Harmony, the Nature Conservancy, Missouri Department of Conservation, the Kansas City Zoo, and Kansas City Wild Lands, all of which are dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of the Glade; and,
WHEREAS, one-half of the Glade lies within the Park and the remaining half is on private land owned by the Benjamin Enterprises 1985 Trust ("the Benjamin Trust"); and,
WHEREAS, the Legislature believes that possible future development of the private land could have a negative impact on the Glade; and,
WHEREAS, Specialty Restaurants Corp. has entered into an Agreement with the Benjamin Trust to purchase approximately 167 acres, which includes the remaining half of the Glade located on private land; and,
WHEREAS, the Port Authority of Kansas City, Missouri ("the Port Authority"), is a political subdivision of the State of Missouri pursuant to section 68.010, RSMo; and,
WHEREAS, t...
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