IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute an Amendment to the Declaration of Covenants for the Trinity Woods Real Estate Development related to the County’s Little Blue Trace Park.
Intro
RESOLUTION. 19795, March 26, 2018
INTRODUCED BY Tony Miller, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, Trinity Woods Real Estate Development is a development under construction along the south side of Interstate 70 at Little Blue Parkway in Independence; and,
WHEREAS, in 2009 the County and the developer exchanged two small parcels of park property needed to add access roads to the development; and,
WHEREAS, the exchange followed the federal 6(f) conversion protocol for land purchased with Land and Water Conservation funds and Jackson County was authorized to proceed with the property swap; and,
WHEREAS, the replacement property that the County received in exchange was previously part of a larger development tract which carried a Declaration of Easements, Covenants, and Conditions that governed the development of the land; and,
WHEREAS, the Lane4 Property Group purchased the undeveloped portion of The Trinity Woods and it desires to amend the Declaration prior to the purchase, in order to allow a different use; and,
WHEREAS, the County is listed as the owner of the two small replacement parcels that were included in the Declaration; and,
WHEREAS, in order to amend the Declaration all owners of property governed by the existing Declaration, including the County, must sign the Amendment of the Declaration; and,
WHEREAS, Lane4 Property Group is requesting that Jackson County sign the amended Declaration; and,
WHEREAS, execution of the Amendment will have no negative effect on the County’s use of its park property; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to sign the attached Amendment to the Declaration and any other related documents concerning the above-described property, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor.
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. 19795 of March 26, 2018, was duly passed on March 26, 2018 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