Fitch Corrects Various Ratings on Kansas City, Missouri

CHICAGO--(Business Wire)--
As described in the Rating Action Commentary dated June 25, 2009, Fitch Ratings
downgraded the long-term rating assigned to Kansas City, Missouri's general
obligation (GO) bonds to 'AA+' from 'AAA', and also downgraded the city's
appropriation-supported bonds to 'AA-' from 'AA'. The Rating Outlook on all debt
was revised to Stable. However, in the course of taking this rating action, an
error was found in the rating on Fitch's web site for several bonds as detailed
below. The full rating history is now available on Fitch Ratings' web site.

While Fitch considered the following parity bonds in its analysis and affirmed
the all outstanding GO bonds in its previous commentaries, these bonds did not
have an explicit rating assignment. Therefore, Fitch explicitly assigns a rating
to the ensuing bonds as follows:

--Kansas City (MO) GO refunding bonds series 1998 rated 'AA+, Outlook Stable;

--Kansas City (MO) (Chouteau Bridge) GO bonds series 1996B rated 'AA+', Outlook
Stable;

--Kansas City Municipal Assistance Corp. (MO) leasehold revenue bonds series
1999A rated 'AA-', Outlook Stable ;

--Kansas City Industrial Development Authority (MO) (Century Towers Project)
revenue bonds series 2001, rated 'AA-', Outlook Stable.

While the following bonds were downgraded to 'AA-' from 'AA' on June 25, 2009,
the rating action was not reflected on Fitch's website. The full rating history
is now available on Fitch's web site.

--Kansas City (MO) (MCI Overhaul Base Project) special facility revenue bonds
series 2005G, rated 'AA-', Outlook Stable;

--Kansas City Industrial Development Authority (MO) (Civic Mall Project)
refunding & improvement revenue bonds series 2006C, rated 'AA-', Outlook Stable;

--Kansas City Industrial Development Authority (MO) (Kansas City Uptown Theatre
and Midtown Redevelopment Projects) infrastructure facilities revenue refunding
bonds series 2007A, rated 'AA-', Outlook Stable.

Additionally, the rating action commentary dated June 25 inadvertently
referenced the outstanding par value of all Kansas City special obligation
bonds, although the 'AA-' long-term rating only applies to the following bonds:

--Kansas City (MO) (Kansas City, Missouri Projects) special obligation
improvement & refunding bonds series 2008A;

--Kansas City (MO) (East Village Project) special obligation bonds series 2008B;

--Kansas City (MO) (Downtown Arena Project) special obligation refunding bonds
series 2008C;

--Kansas City (MO) Downtown Arena Project) special obligation refunding bonds
series 2008D;

--Kansas City (MO) (Performing Arts Center Garage Project) special obligation
bonds series 2009E.

The total outstanding par of special obligations rated based on the general
credit characteristics of the city is approximately $147.7 million, rather than
the $416 million referenced in the original commentary. Series 2008E, 2008F,
2009A, 2009B, 2009C, and 2009D are all excluded from the underlying rating and
downgrade since the ratings are based on letters of credit.

Fitch also withdraws the ratings on the following bonds as the bond sale was
canceled.

--Kansas City (MO) (Kansas City, Missouri - Century Towers Project) taxable
special obligation refunding bonds series 2008A;

--Kansas City (MO) (Kansas City, Missouri - Century Towers Project) taxable
special obligation refunding bonds series 2008B.

For more information, see the Fitch rating action commentary dated June 25,
2009, 'Fitch Downgrades Kansas City, Missouri's GOs to 'AA+'; Rates
Appropriation Bonds AA-', available on the Fitch web site at
'www.fitchratings.com'.

Fitch's rating definitions and the terms of use of such ratings are available on
the agency's public site, 'www.fitchratings.com'. Published ratings, criteria
and methodologies are available from this site, at all times. Fitch's code of
conduct, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, affiliate firewall, compliance
and other relevant policies and procedures are also available from the 'Code of
Conduct' section of this site.

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