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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR] ORDINANCE NO. 240689
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Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
Accepting and approving a grant award from the National Park Service’s Underrepresented Communities Grant Program to provide funding to recognize historic African American sites in the City, authorizing the Director of the City Planning and Development Department to execute a grant agreement with the National Park Service for the grant award, and estimating revenue and appropriating a total of $75,000.00 in the General Grants Fund.
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WHEREAS, the National Park Service’s Underrepresented Communities Grant Program (URC) works towards diversifying the listings submitted to the National Register of Historic Places; and
WHEREAS, the National Park Service’s Underrepresented Communities Grant Program has awarded the City $75,000.00 to provide funding to recognize historic African American sites in the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Planning and Development Department’s Historic Preservation Division will act as the project administrator for this grant; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That a grant award from the National Park Service’s Underrepresented Communities Grant Program to provide funding to recognize historic African American sites in the City for the period of April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2026 for an amount of $75,000.00, is hereby accepted and approved. A copy of the grant, in substantial form, is on file with the Director of the City Planning and Development Department.
Section 2. That revenue in the amount of $75,000.00 is hereby estimated in the following account of the General Grants Fund:
25-2580-640001-474631-G64HPP24 Historic Preservation Grant $75,000.00
Section 3. That the sum of $75,000.00 is hereby appropriated in the following account of the General Grants Fund:
25-2580-645030-B-G64HPP24 Historic Preservation Grant $75,000.00
Section 4. That the Director of the City Planning and Development Department is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for the following Account No. 25-2580-645030-G64HPP24.
Section 5. That the Director of the City Planning and Development Department is hereby authorized to execute a grant agreement with the National Park Service in the amount of $75,000.00.
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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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Julian Langenkamp
Assistant City Attorney