

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

AT KANSAS CITY

IN THE MATTER OF: ) ) KANSAS CITY MAIN STREET RAIL ) Case No. 1616-CV13710 TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, ) ) GIBSON “GIB” KERR, et al ) ) Petitioners ) v. ) MISSOURI HIGHWAYS AND ) TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, et al ) ) Respondents )





NOTICE OF ELECTION AND REQUIREMENT TO APPLY FOR BALLOT IN ADVANCE

TAKE NOTICE that by Order of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, Hon. David M. Byrn, an election by mail‐in ballot has been called within the boundary of the Kansas City Main Street Rail Transportation Development District (the “District”), located generally (but the specific legal description controls) between State Line Road on the west to Campbell Street on the east, and from the Missouri River on the north to 53rd Street on the south, for the purpose of considering the questions of imposing a District‐wide one percent sales tax and levying certain special assessments against benefitted property within the District all as more specifically described in the Second Amended Petition in this proceeding on file in the office of the Court Administrator of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, for the purpose of developing and funding the following transportation project: the design, construction, ownership and/or operation of a fixed rail streetcar line between River Market and the vicinity of the UMKC Volker campus (including specifically an extension of the existing streetcar line further south from its current terminus at Union Station), and all elements thereof, including without limitation a maintenance facility, operating within the boundaries of, or serving and benefiting, the proposed District, and to have the power to fund the proposed project upon separate voter approval by certain specified potential funding methods subject to approval at one or more future elections.

In order to vote in this mail-in election, you must

Reside within the boundary of the District

Apply for a ballot, beginning on March 5, 2018

Be a registered voter at the time you apply for a ballot

Provide proof of voter registration at the time you apply for a ballot as discussed below

Return the application for a ballot no later than 5:00 p.m. CDT on April 3, 2018

Applications for a ballot will be available between March 5, 2018 and April 3, 2018, as follows:

Download from www.16thcircuit.org/streetcar (internet access required), or

from www.16thcircuit.org/streetcar (internet access required), or Pick up at the Jackson County Courthouse, 415 East 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106, Third Floor, Room 303, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays

You will not receive a ballot unless

you submit a valid application in accordance with the instructions on the application, and

your application is received by the Circuit Court Administrator’s office before 5:00 p.m. CDT on April 3, 2018

Ballots will be mailed on May 1, 2018, only to those who have timely and validly applied for a

ballot. Ballots will be due for return no later than 5 p.m. CDT on June 12, 2018 in accordance

with instructions on the ballot.

IMPORTANT: You must be a registered voter residing within the boundary of the proposed District in order to submit an application for a ballot. A map of the boundary of the District may be obtained at the Jackson County Courthouse, 415 East 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106, Third Floor, Room 303, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays, or view the map online at http://www.16thcircuit.org/streetcar. Contact the Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners at (816) 842‐4820 if you wish to register to vote. You must include proof of voter registration from the election authority when returning the application. Proof of voter registration includes a copy of the applicant’s official Voter ID card, or a written statement from the Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners confirming voter registration status of the applicant, or go to www.kceb.org to print proof of registration using the "Check Your Voter Status" box. Voter registration will be confirmed prior to mailing of ballots.

Questions should be addressed to (816) 881‐6671.