Revive the east side.

Kansas City Code § 74-9

in effect

Sec. 74-9. - Revive the east side. (a) The revive the east side initiative was first created by second committee substitute for ordinance no. 170962, as amended. (b) Any proposed economic development project located within the boundaries of the east side investment zone and receiving a total job-based score as "standard impact" or "high impact" under section 74-5, shall not be subject to a financial return analysis required by Section 74-4. The EDC shall not require such an analysis as a condition of any AdvanceKC related process or procedure. However, the EDC may elect to require and prepare an in-house financial return analysis for any proposed economic development project if the EDC has cause to believe that one or more of the incentives authorized in this section should not be extended, or that the extension of the same might cause the proposed development project to be incentivized in excess of the appropriate market benchmark. (c) The reinvestment in economic growth program (the "reinvestment program") was established by second committee substitute for ordinance no. 170962, as amended. The reinvestment shall be governed a follows: (1) The following definitions shall apply for purposes of the reinvestment program: a. Allocable earnings tax shall mean, with respect to a given fiscal year (May 1 through April 30), an amount equal to not less than 50 percent nor more than 100 percent of the incremental increase in the earnings tax over the fiscal year having expired immediately prior to the effective date of the applicable reinvestment in economic growth agreement which is due for work done or services performed or rendered for an employer within the east side investment zone by those employees whose wages, or portions thereof, the employer has been approved by the Missouri Department of Economic Development to claim as a federal tax credit under the federal work opportunity tax credit ("WOTC") program, or who were hired through the services of the full employment council, Inc., in its capacity as the strategic workforce organization/fiscal agent for the Kansas City & Vicinity ("KCV") and Eastern Jackson County ("EJC") local workforce development boards, or who is currently attending or has graduated from a public high school located in the east side investment zone or in lieu thereof has successfully obtained high school equivalency b. Allocable electrical utility license fees shall mean, with respect to a given fiscal year (May 1 through April 30), an amount equal to not less than 50 percent nor more than 100 percent of the incremental increase in the electrical utility license fees over that which was recouped by the electrical utility provider from an energy-intensive business in the form of a franchise or city license fee with respect to a facility located within the east side investment zone during the fiscal year having expired immediately prior to the effective date of the applicable reinvestment in economic growth agreement. c. Earnings tax shall mean the city's tax on earnings levied pursuant to section 68-382 of the Kansas City, Missouri Code of Ordinances, as the same may be amended, or any successor thereto. d. Electrical utility license fees shall mean the city's license fees and emergency license taxes on the gross receipts of electrical utility providers levied pursuant to sections 40-344 and 40-345 of the Kansas City, Missouri Code of Ordinances, as the same may be amended, or any successors thereto. e. Employer shall be an individual, corporation (including a corporation not for profit), partnership, governmental administration agency, arm, authority, board, body, branch, bureau, department, division, subdivision, section or unit, or any other entity, who or that employs one or more persons on a salary, wage, commission or other compensation basis within the east side investment zone. f. Energy-intensive business means a business within the east side investment zone that uses significant quantities of electrical energy in the performance of its primary economic activities, which shall include information technology, including data centers containing electrical equipment used in processing, storing, and transmitting digital information; and the bulk manufacturing of aluminum, chemicals, forest and paper products, metal casting, glass, petroleum refining, mining and steel. g. Reinvestment in economic growth agreement shall mean a written agreement between the city and an employer or energy-intensive business with respect to the reinvestment of certain allocable earnings tax and allocable electrical utility license fees, individually or collectively, for the purpose of promoting economic development within the east side investment zone. (2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an energy-intensive business or employer proposing to expand its operations within the east side investment zone and engaged with the EDC for purposes of identifying those incentives which might be available shall be eligible for consideration as a participant under this reinvestment program as the same is applicable to their respective operations. The EDC shall make its written recommendation to the city manager with respect to such participants and the portion of the allocable electrical utility license fees and/or allocable earnings tax that it recommends to be committed, and the city manager shall thereafter be authorized to execute such reinvestment in economic growth agreement as he shall determine to be the city's best interest. (3) Notwithstanding the provision of subsection 74-9 (c)(2), the following exceptions shall be applicable: a. No employer or energy-intensive business electing to compensate any employee at a rate less than $15.00 per hour, exclusive of benefits, shall be eligible to receive any incentive under this reinvestment program. b. No employer or energy-intensive business shall be eligible to receive any incentive under the reinvestment program if they are otherwise deemed ineligible for incentives under the provisions of section 74-5, AdvanceKC. c. No business located within the geographical boundaries of Kansas City, Missouri, as of the effective date of this ordinance and subsequently relocating to the east side investment zone shall be eligible to receive any incentive under the reinvestment program unless the city manager shall have designated the employer of the energy-intensive business as being the subject of an effort to retain the same. (d) No individual or business located in the east side investment zone and having received or directly benefitting from the capture and redirection, or abatement or exemption of taxes, within the ten year period immediately preceding November 15, 2018, shall be eligible for any incentive hereunder. (e) This section shall expire November 25, 2028. (Ord. No. 251058, § 6, 2-5-26)

Source: City of Kansas City, Missouri, Code of Ordinances, Charter and Zoning and Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mo/kansas_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COORKAMIVOII_CH74ECDEINPOPRCO_ARTIGE_S74-9REEASIFetched: 10/28/2026