65.029 Appropriation to West End Opportunity Partnership conditioned upon
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partnership's receipt of private and consolidated local government
funding.
(1)As used in this section, "development area" means a region within a
consolidated local government bounded by:
(a)To the south, Algonquin Parkway to the South Seventh Street
intersection, but including the unincorporated communities adjacent to
Park Duvalle and Algonquin:
1. Beginning at the Ohio River, at the southwest corner of Chickasaw
Park and then along the park's southern boundary to Southwestern
Parkway;
2. Southwestern Parkway south to Algonquin Parkway;
3. Algonquin Parkway to South Forty-first Street;
4. South Forty-first Street south to Bells Lane;
5. Bells Lane east to Cane Run Road;
6. Cane Run Road north to Linwood Avenue;
7. Linwood Avenue east to Beech Street;
8. Beech Street south to Wingfield Lane;
9. Wingfield Lane east to Dixie Highway;
10. Dixie Highway north to Algonquin Parkway; and
11. Algonquin Parkway east to South Seventh Street;
(b)To the east, South Seventh Street north to Ninth Street and Ninth Street
north to the Ohio River; and
(c)The Ohio River to the north and west;
(2)Prior to any development actions taken by the West End Opportunity
Partnership, a minimum investment shall be pledged within the order listed and
received by the West End Opportunity Partnership:
(a)A combined total of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be pledged
by and received from private sector investors and a consolidated local
government, with a minimum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) pledged
by a consolidated local government; and
(b)1. Only upon verification of receipt of the twenty million dollars
($20,000,000) pledged under paragraph
(a)of this subsection,
general fund moneys in the amount of ten million dollars
($10,000,000) shall be appropriated by the General Assembly to the
Department for Local Government for use by the West End
Opportunity Partnership for revitalization of the development area.
2. The Kentucky State Treasurer shall verify that the West End
Opportunity Partnership received the full twenty million dollars
($20,000,000) in accordance with paragraph
(a)of this subsection
prior to the General Assembly appropriating ten million dollars
($10,000,000) from the general fund. The West End Opportunity
Partnership shall provide the Kentucky State Treasurer the
information needed to verify receipt of the funds. Within thirty
days of verifying the funds, the Kentucky State Treasurer shall notify
the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue. 3. If the West End Opportunity Partnership has not received the full
twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) in accordance with paragraph
(a)of this subsection prior to June 30, 2022, the General Assembly
shall not appropriate the ten million dollars ($10,000,000) required
by subparagraph 1. of this paragraph.