ORDINANCE NO. 210483
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Estimating revenues and appropriating funds in the amount of $2,820,997.00 in the Community Development Block Grants Fund from CARES Act Funding; approving a substantial amendment to the 2020 One Year Action Plan; authorizing the Director of Neighborhoods and Housing Services to execute contracts for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) activities; and designating requisitioning authority.
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WHEREAS, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was passed by Congress and signed into law by the President on March 27, 2020, to make available supplemental funding for the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG-CV), Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA-CV) and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-CV) funding for grants to prevent, prepare for and respond to the coronavirus pandemic, to assist eligible communities and households economically impacted by COVID-19 and to mitigate its impact; and
WHEREAS, execution of contracts will provide needed funding for necessary public facilities, minor home repair, neighborhood revitalization projects, homeless prevention and other operations that all benefit low to moderate income persons; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the revenue is estimated in the following account of the Community Development Block Grants Fund in the following amount:
22-2600-570001-477150-G57CDBG20CVDR2 CDBG Revenues $2,820,997.00
Section 2. That the sum of $2,820,997.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance to the following accounts in the Community Development Block Grants Fund:
22-2600-575315-B-G57CDBG20CVDR2 Homeless Prevention $ 217,463.00
22-2600-575313-B-G57CDBG20CVDR2 Minor Home Repair 100,000.00
22-2600-575311-B-G57CDBG20CVDR2 Neighborhood Revitalization 780,384.00
22-2600-575324-B-G57CDBG20CVDR2 Public Facilities 1,300,000.00
22-2600-575300-A-G57CDBG20CVDR2 CDBG Administration 423,150.00
TOTAL $2,820,997.00
Section 3. That this substantial amendment to the 2020 One Year Action Plan is hereby
approved.
Section 4. That the Director of Neighborhoods and Housing Services Department is hereby authorized to expend up to $1,997,463.00 from funds appropriated to the Community Development Block Grant Fund in Accounts listed in Section 2 to satisfy the costs of the following Community Development Block Grant contracts:
Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council $ 800,000.00
The Welcome House 500,000.00
Urban Neighborhood Initiative 200,000.00
Marlborough Community Land Trust 180,000.00
Minor Home Repair 100,000.00
Sheffield Place 22,463.00
Guadalupe Centers, Inc. 65,000.00
Metropolitan Lutheran Ministries 65,000.00
Community Assistance Council 65,000.00
TOTAL: $1,997,463.00
Section 5. That the Director of Neighborhoods and Housing Services Department is hereby designated the requisitioning authority for the following Account Nos. 22-2600-575311-G57CDBG20CVDR2, 22-2600-575313-G57CDBG20CVDR2, 22-2600-575315-G57CDBG20CVDR2, 22-2600-575324-G57CDBG20CVDR2, and 22-2600-575300-G57CDBG20CVDR2.
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I hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation hereby incurred.
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Tammy L. Queen
Director of Finance
Approved as to form and legality:
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Joseph A. Guarino
Assistant City Attorney