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GENERAL |  |  |  |  |  |  | 120598
Ordinance Fact Sheet |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ordinance Number
Brief Title |  |  | Approval Deadline |  | Reason
 | Green Impact Zone |  |  |  | To contract for services
 | Deconstruction
Details |  |  |  |  | Positions/Recommendations
 | Reason for Legislation |  |  |  | Sponsor |  | City Manager/Office of Environmental
 | Declaring the City's intent to make funds available, to accomplish |  |  |  |  |  | Quality
 | deconstruction and demolition of abandoned houses in the |  |  |  | Programs, |  | Office of Environmental Quality,
 | Green Impact Zone, with funds provided by the American |  |  |  | Departments, |  | and the Green Impact Zone in Kansas
 | Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA from the |  |  |  | or Groups |  | City, Missouri
 | United States Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and |  |  |  | Affected
 | Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) BetterBuildings Neighborhood
 | Program providing funds for the EnergyWorks KC (EWKC) |  |  |  | Applicants / |  | Applicant
 | initiative. EWKC initiative is intended to reduce fossil fuel |  |  |  | Proponents |  |  |  | Office of Environmental Quality
 | emissions in  Kansas City by reducing energy usage, improving
 | energy efficiency in various sectors of the community, and |  |  |  |  |  | City Department
 | supporting creation and/or retention of green jobs in the energy |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | City Manager
 | efficiency market.  This legislation will allow for provision of a
 | range of building deconstruction activities targeted in the |  |  |  |  |  | Other
 | Green Impact Zone.
 |  |  |  |  | Opponents |  | Groups or Individuals
 |  |  |  |  |  |  | None known
 |  |  |  |  |  |  | Basis of opposition
 |  |  |  |  | Staff
 |  |  |  |  | Recommend |  | x |  | For
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Against
 |  |  |  |  |  |  | Reason Against
 |  |  |  |  | Board or
 |  |  |  |  | Commission |  | By
 |  |  |  |  | Recommend
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | For |  |  |  | Against |  | No action taken
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | For, with revisions or conditions
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (see details column for conditions)
 |  |  |  |  | Council
 |  |  |  |  | Committee |  |  |  | Do pass
 |  |  |  |  | Actions
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Do pass (as amended)
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Committee Sub.
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Without Recommendation
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Hold
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Do not pass
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (Continued on reverse side)
Details |  |  |  |  | Policy/Program Impact
 |  |  |  |  | Policy or
Is It Good For The Children? |  |  |  |  | Program |  | X |  | No |  |  |  | Yes
 | Yes - The deconstruction and demolition of boarded up and |  |  |  | Change
 | abandoned houses in the Green Impact Zone will save energy,
 | reduce waste to landfills, and provide gainful employment for
 | residents of the Green Impact Zone and surrounding
 | neighborhoods.  Further, this will eliminate attractive nuisances
 | in the community that are a potential focus for illegal activity that |  |  |  | Operational
 | has a negative impact on the children of the Green Impact Zone. |  |  |  | Impact
 |  |  |  |  | Assessment
How will this contribute to a sustainable Kansas City?
 | Approval of this ordinance will save energy, reduce construction
 | waste going to landfills (which is a policy of the City as expressed
 | in the Climate Protection Plan) and will create employment
 | opportunities not otherwise available to unemployed and
 | under employed individuals in at least one of the targeted |  |  |  | Finances
 | neighbohoods identified in the EWKC grant.  By training |  |  |  | Cost & Revenue |  |  |  | Total approved award from U.S.
 | demolition contractors and workers in deconstruction techniques |  |  |  | Projections -- |  |  |  | Department of Energy is
 | EWKC addresses a goal of transforming the energy efficiency |  |  |  | Including |  |  |  | $20,000,000 pursuant to Grant
 | market to make energy efficiency related choices our first |  |  |  | Indirect |  |  |  | [NAME]. Budgetd costs
 | choices. |  |  |  | Costs |  |  |  | in the grant are $275,000.00
 | This ordinance supports increasing demand for energy |  |  |  | Financial
 | efficiency improvements resulting in a business environment |  |  |  | Impact
 | more attuned to sustainable techniques in the market and more
 | supportive of job creation.
 | The three pillars of sustainability are: social equity (people),
 | the environment (place), and economic opportunity (prosperity). |  |  |  | Fund Source (s) |  |  | Revenue Account
 | A crucial element in creating a sustainable model includes |  |  |  | &
 | expanding opportunities in the energy efficiency market for |  |  |  | Appropriation
 | energy conserving approaches by the City and by businesses. |  |  |  | Account Codes |  |  | Expenditure Accounts
 | This project supports the move toward sustainability
 | in Kansas City.
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