ORDINANCE NO. 260097
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Sponsor: Director of Water Services Department
Accepting and approving a $1,869,274.00 grant award from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) for financing through the Missouri State Revolving Fund for a construction project to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and MDNR Safe Drinking Water Act revised Lead and Copper rule requirements; giving the Director of Water Services the authority to accept the grant award; estimating and appropriating $1,869,274.00 in the Water Fund; authorizing the Director of Water Services to execute a $1,699,340.00 construction contract with Ace Pipe Cleaning, Inc., for the Drinking Water Service Line Inspections project; authorizing a maximum expenditure of $1,869,274.00; authorizing two successive one-year options to renew with further City Council approval; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, the Water Services Department is undertaking this construction project to comply with the EPA and MDNR Safe Drinking Water Act revised Lead and Copper rule requirements; and
WHEREAS, work will begin as a pilot study in two neighborhoods consisting of a series of water service line inspections using hydro-excavation on approximately 400 properties located within two pilot neighborhoods (Columbus Park and Lykins) south of the Missouri River in the Northeast area. This work is in support of the City's drinking water service line materials inventory project; and
WHEREAS, this project is being financed through the Missouri State Revolving Fund Federal Capitalization Grants to Missouri, under Grant No. Grant No. DWLSL-356-24; and
WHEREAS, this proposed ordinance is for approval of a construction project utilizing $1,869,274.00 grant; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the Director of the Water Services Department is authorized to accept a $1,869,274.00 grant from MDNR for a construction project under Grant No. DWLSL-356-24 to comply with the EPA and MDNR Safe Drinking Water Act revised Lead and Copper rule requirements. A copy of the grant agreement is on file in the Office of the Water Services Department and is approved in substantial form.
Section 2. That revenue in the amount of $1,869,274.00 is hereby estimated in the following account for the Water Fund:
26-8010-800001-471525 DNR Grants $1,869,274.00
Section 3. That the Director of the Water Services Department is authorized to execute Contract No. 9940 in the amount of $1,699,340.00 with Ace Pipe Cleaning, Inc., for the Drinking Water Service Line Inspections project, Project No. 60800052. A copy of the contract is on file in the office of Water Services.
Section 4. That the sum of $1,869,274.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Water Fund to the following account:
26-8010-807710-611060-60800052 Drinking Water Svc Line Mat Inv $1,869,274.00
Section 5. That the Director of Water Services is designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 26-8010-807710-611060-60800052.
Section 6. That the Director of the Water Services Department is hereby authorized to execute two successive one-year renewal options for this contract with additional City Council approval with such funds as appropriated by the City Council in future annual budgets.
Section 7. That this ordinance, relating to the design, repair, maintenance or construction of a public improvement, is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(D) 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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William Choi
Interim Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Mark P. Jones
Senior Associate City Attorney