Mayor introduces plan to fight city blight
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 3:06 am
KC budget proposal calls for eliminating 800 dangerous buildings
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/n ... g-800.htmlKansas City Mayor Sly James and City Manager Troy Schulte on Thursday delivered to the City Council a fiscal year 2016-17 submitted budget that aims for greater financial stability and widespread elimination of blight.
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The submitted budget proposes a $10 million bond issue to eliminate the city’s approximately 800 registered dangerous buildings during the next two years. The budget calls for servicing the debt by reinvesting the city’s annual demolition budget of nearly $800,000 and an additional $500,000 that otherwise would have gone to the police department.
Additionally, the city said in a release, leaders are working on plans to make it easier and cheaper for residents to buy dangerous buildings and vacant properties for rehabilitation.
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