Joplin City Council agenda includes agreement with New Prime

One remnant of the city's disastrous association with former master developer Wallace-Bajjali Development Associates appears to have reached an amicable solution.

The agenda for Monday night's Joplin City Council meeting shows the city is looking to enter into an agreement with New Prime, Springfield, the company that loaned $5 million to Wallace-Bajjali, who had reportedly been considering a lawsuit against the city to get its money back.

The agreement includes New Prime taking over 15 tracts of property currently owned by the Joplin Redevelopment Corporation.

Joplin City Council Agenda
 June 15, 2015 6:00 P.M.
 Council Chambers 

 1. Call to Order Invocation Pledge of Allegiance to the United States of America.

2. Roll Call 

3. Presentations

1. Proclamation recognizing the 4 State Search and Rescue team for their work in Kathmandu, Nepal after the deadly earthquake on April 25, 2015.

4. Finalization of Consent Agenda 

5. Reports and Communications 

6. Citizen Requests and Petitions

1. Bruce Smith, 3601 Oak Ridge, requests to address Council concerning the South Main Street TIF.

7. Public Hearings 

8. Consent Agenda 

1. Minutes of the June 1, 2015 Council Meeting

2. Minutes of the June 4, 2015 Special Council Meeting

3. COUNCIL BILL NO. 2015-262 -AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2004-256, passed by the Council of the City of Joplin, Missouri, November 15, 2004, by removing from District R-1 and including in District R-2 property as described below and located at the northeast corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Montana Place in the City of Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri.

9. Resolutions  

1. RESOLUTION NO. 2015-005- A RESOLUTION authorizing the filing of a First Amendment to Second Partial Action Plan with the U.S Department of Housing and Council Agenda June 15, 2015 2 Urban Development as required for use of The City of Joplin’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Program (Round 2); and authorizing the City Manager to execute said Amendment for and on behalf of the City of Joplin.

2. RESOLUTION NO.2015-006-A RESOLUTION authorizing the Director of Planning, Development, and Neighborhood Services and his designated agents, the authority to sign legal documents associated with administering the Joplin Housing Assistance Program. (JHAP)

10. Ordinances  Emergency

1. COUNCIL BILL NO. 2015-003-AN ORDINANCE authorizing the City of Joplin to enter into a Purchase and Sale Agreement by and between New Prime, Inc., a Nebraska corporation, d/b/a Prime, the Joplin Redevelopment Corporation, Inc., and the City of Joplin, Missouri for the purchase and sale of fifteen (15) tracts of real property owned by the Joplin Redevelopment Corporation, payment of a development fee, and mutual release; authorizing the City Manager to execute said Agreement or Agreement in substantially similar form on behalf of the City; and containing an emergency clause.

 2. COUNCIL BILL NO. 2015-004 - AN ORDINANCE approving an assignment of the Lease Agreement and the Performance Agreement with respect to revenue bonds issued for a commercial and manufacturing facility for the benefit of Joplin MO (3502 Enterprise) LLC; and authorizing the City to take certain other actions and approve certain agreements; and containing an emergency clause.

3. COUNCIL BILL NO. 2015-511-AN ORDINANCE approving the Real Estate Contract by and between the City of Joplin, Missouri, a Municipal Corporation, and White Oaks Real Estate Investments of Joplin, LLC and/or Assigns, a Missouri limited liability company, for the sale of approximately 6 acres at 32nd and Oliver; and authorizing the City Manager to execute the same by and on behalf of the City of Joplin; and containing an emergency clause.

4. COUNCIL BILL NO. 2015-512 - AN ORDINANCE approving an Agreement by and between the City of Joplin and Missouri Department of Economic Development to provide reimbursement for the removal of concrete debris and demolition as the result of the EF-5 tornado; authorizing the City Manager to execute said Agreement by and on behalf of the City of Joplin; and containing an emergency clause.

5. COUNCIL BILL NO. 2015-610-AN ORDINANCE authorizing the acceptance of an Agreement by and between the City of Joplin and Construction Services Group, Marion Company, Inc. for Renovation Hangar A at the Joplin Regional Airport; and containing an emergency clause.

6. COUNCIL BILL NO. 2015-611-AN ORDINANCE authorizing the acceptance of a grant from the Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) for the Engineering Design of Taxiway “B & N” at the Joplin Regional Airport; and containing an emergency clause.

7. COUNCIL BILL NO. 2015-612-AN ORDINANCE authorizing the acceptance of an Council Agenda June 15, 2015 3 Agreement by and between the City of Joplin and Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, INC. for Engineering Design Services for Taxiway “B & N” at the Joplin Regional Airport; and containing an emergency clause.

11. Ordinances – First Reading 

1. COUNCIL BILL NO. 2014-511 - AN ORDINANCE approving Redevelopment Project I of the Hope Valley Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan and adopting Tax Increment Financing therein.

2. COUNCIL BILL NO. 2015-613 - AN ORDINANCE approving an Agreement with Paragon 2.Architecture to develop conceptual designs and cost estimates for the development of a Route 66 attraction, public space and offices on City-owned property on the north side of the 1100 block of Broadway Avenue.

12. Ordinances – Second Reading and Third Reading 

13. Unfinished Business 

14. New Business 

1. News from the PIO