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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR] ORDINANCE NO. 240987
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Sponsor: Councilmember Eric Bunch
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Appropriating funds in the amount of $500,000.00 for Vision Zero from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Public Mass Transportation Fund; directing the City Manager to engage a consultant to review and recommend countermeasures for the top 10 high injury streets and top 10 high injury intersections; directing the City Manager to develop a crosswalk compliance campaign; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, City Council adopted Vision Zero through Resolution No. 200019 on May 24, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the goal of Vision Zero is to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries on Kansas City’s streets by 2030 while increasing safe, healthy, and equitable mobility for everyone; and
WHEREAS, 50 to 100 people are killed in traffic crashes in Kansas City each year and hundreds more are seriously injured; and
WHEREAS, pedestrians and other vulnerable road users are significantly overrepresented among those killed or seriously injured in traffic crashes; and
WHEREAS, serious traffic crashes and injuries are entirely preventable through better street design and data-driven enforcement; and
WHEREAS, streets are the public realm and should be designed to a higher standard as safe and comfortable places for all people, in order to equitably support the common good; and
WHEREAS, Mid-America Regional Council is developing a safety action plan and is developing a crosswalk compliance campaign as a part of their plan; and
WHEREAS, appropriately funding projects and methods contributing to the elimination of traffic fatalities and serious injuries advances established Vision Zero goals; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the sum of $500,000.00 is hereby appropriated for Vision Zero from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Public Mass Transportation Fund to the following account:
25-2080-897080-B-89008896 Vision Zero $500,000.00
Section 2. That the City Manager is directed to engage a consultant to review and recommend countermeasures for the top 10 streets and top 10 intersections in the high injury network. Staff will identify a plan for the identified countermeasures based on ease, cost, and alignment with other public works programs. The plan will identify next steps for countermeasure implementation like design, construction, or planning.
Section 3. That the City Manager is directed to develop a crosswalk compliance campaign. In developing the campaign, the City Manager shall review similar campaigns in peer cities to identify best practices and shall coordinate with ongoing efforts at MARC.
Section 4. That the Director of Public Works is designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 25-2080-897080-89008896.
Section 5. That this ordinance is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(C) of the City Charter in that it appropriates money and shall take effect in accordance with that section.
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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:
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Dustin E. Johnson
Assistant City Attorney