ORDINANCE NO. 260931
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Sponsor: Director of Parks and Recreation Department
Appropriating $1,000,000.00 from the Dog Park CD2 GO Bond project account to fund the installation of a replacement playground at Barry Road Park; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City, Missouri (the “City”), is authorized under the provisions of Article VI, Section 26 of the Constitution of Missouri, 1945, as amended, and its charter (the “General Obligation Bond Law”) to incur indebtedness and issue and sell general obligation bonds of the City to evidence such indebtedness for lawful purposes, upon obtaining the approval of the required majority of the qualified electors of the City voting on the question to incur such indebtedness; and
WHEREAS, the current playground at Barry Road Park has reached the end of its lifespan; and
WHEREAS, the surrounding community would derive a great benefit from the installation of a new, larger playground feature; and
WHEREAS, the playground replacement project has already received initial funding from PIAC in the amount of $500,000.00; and
WHEREAS, the Dog Park Project account within Council District 2 has available funding that could supplement the funding for the Barry Road Park Playground GO Bond project; and
WHEREAS, the GO Bond Fund for Dog Park CD2 has an asset rating of 50 in FY26; and
WHEREAS, the GO Bond Fund for the Barry Road Park Playground has an asset rating of 57 in FY26; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. Reducing an appropriation in the amount of $1,000,000.00 in the General Obligation Bond Series Fund No. 3827 in the following account:
AL-3827-708092-611060-70260046 Dog Park CD2 $1,000,000.00
Section 2. That the sum of $1,000,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Obligation Bond Series Fund No. 3827 to the following account:
AL-3827-708092-611060-70250038 Barry Road Park Playground $1,000,000.00
Section 3. That this ordinance relating to the appropriation of money is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(c) of the City Charter and shall take effect in accordance with Section 503, City Charter.
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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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Brenton Siverly
Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
___________________________ Mark P. Jones
Senior Associate City Attorney