COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 220335
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Reducing an appropriation in the amount of $11,250,000.00 in the Public Mass Transportation Fund; appropriating $11,250,000.00 from the unappropriated fund balance in the Public Mass Transportation Fund; authorizing an agreement not to exceed $60,548,109.00 with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority to provide regular transit services, RideKC Freedom paratransit transportation for elderly and disabled residents of Kansas City, and certain specialized services; and requiring KCATA to present to Council its use of city funds during the contract term.
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WHEREAS, on March 10, 2022 the City Council passed Committee Substitute Ordinance No. 220215, authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Cooperative Agreement with KCATA for the funding, design, construction, and implementation of certain transportation infrastructure improvements; and
WHEREAS, the Cooperative Agreement stated that $22.5 million would be provided for City Led Transit and Transportation Infrastructure in two installments, one for $11.25 million during City fiscal year 2022/23 and one installment for $11.25 million during City fiscal year 2023/24; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That $11,250,000.00 is hereby reduced from the following account in the Public Mass Transportation Fund:
23-2080-692000-F Public Mass Transportation/KCATA Operations $11,250,000.00
Section 2. That $11,250,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Pubic Mass Transportation Fund to the following account:
23-2080-892200-B Transportation Infrastructure Improvements $11,250,000.00
Section 3. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority to provide funding for regular transit services and for the RideKC Freedom program which provides transportation for elderly persons and persons with disabilities and specialized reverse commute transportation services for residents of Kansas City, Missouri, for a period of one year beginning May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2023. A copy of the agreement is on file in the office of the Director of Public Works.
Section 4. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to expend an amount not to exceed $60,548,209.00 from funds previously appropriated to the following accounts in the 2022-2023 Budget:
23-2080-892200-B Transportation Infrastructure Improvements $11,250,000.00
23-2080-692000-F Public Mass Transportation/KCATA Operations 17,021,220.00
23-2290-692000-F KCATA Sales Tax/KCATA Operations 32,276,889.00
TOTAL: $60,548,109.00
Section 5. The City and KCATA will both continue to develop and implement a Zero Fare Program. This program will be jointly funded by the City, KCATA, federal funding, contributions from community partners, or other potential local, state or federal sources.
Section 6. Public Works and KCATA staff will continue to work collaboratively to advance and implement FY22-23 transit priorities and current transit-supportive policies, projects and programs.
Section 7. That KCATA shall present to Council on its use of city funds in Section 4 during the first six months of the fiscal year, as well as present its plan for the last six months of the fiscal year.
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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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Dustin E. Johnson
Assistant City Attorney