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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR]ORDINANCE NO. 240518
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Sponsor: Director of Public Works Department
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
Estimating and appropriating revenues in the amount of $5,000,000.00 in the Capital Improvements Grant Fund to US 71 Hwy Reconnecting Neighborhoods - MLK Jr. Boulevard to E. 85th Street Project; authorizing the Director of Public Works to enter into a Design Professional Services Agreement with HG Consult, Inc. in the amount of $4,240,484.99 for the same project; directing the City Manager to return to the Transportation, Infrastructure and Operations Committee with a proposed budget prior to the conclusion of the Phase 1-PEL Study; directing the City Manager to explore a Community Benefits Agreement with the surrounding neighborhoods; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, on July 13, 2023, the City Council passed Resolution No. 230535 to designate the City of Kansas City to be the direct recipient and administrator of the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (“RAISE”) grant; and
WHEREAS, the City was awarded $5,000,000.00 in the RAISE Grant Program, award No. 3302(452); and
WHEREAS, the City has appropriated $2,500,000.00 in FY 2025 approved budget to meet the grant match requirements; and
WHEREAS, the grant provides funding for a comprehensive study of the US-71 (Bruce R Watkins) Corridor in order to determine safety and mobility issues as well as to set the foundation for a long-term solution for the surrounding neighborhood and this vital transportation corridor ("Project"); NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the revenue in the following account of the Capital Improvements Grant Fund is estimated in the following amount:
25-3091-895115-479100-89022022 US71-MLK Jr Blvd. to E. 85th $5,000,000.00
Section 2. That the sum of $5,000,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Capital Improvements Grant Fund to the following account:
25-3091-895115-B-89022022 US71-MLK Jr Blvd. to E. 85th $5,000,000.00
Section 3. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to execute a Design Professional Services Agreement with HG Consult, Inc. for $4,240,484.99 in the US 71 Hwy Reconnecting Neighborhoods - MLK Jr. Blvd. to E. 85th Street project from funds hereby and previously appropriated to the follow accounts:
25-3091-895115-B-89022022 US71-MLK Jr Blvd. to E. 85th $2,671,505.54
A copy of the contract is on file in the office of the Director of Public Works.
Section 4. That the Director of Public Works is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 25-3091-895115.
Section 5. That the Missouri Department of Transportation, to assure fair representation by socially and economically disadvantaged groups, approved for this project, a twelve (12%) percent goal for disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE).
Section 6. That the City Manager is directed to return to the Transportation, Infrastructure, and Operations Committee with a proposed budget prior to the conclusion of the PEL-Phase 1 Study for the purpose of integrating the budget into the City’s 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan.
Section 7. That the City Manager is directed to explore a Community Benefits Agreement with the surrounding neighborhood organizations to ensure economic inclusion along the corridor and to report back to the Transportation, Infrastructure, and Operations Committee.
Section 8. 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 forgoing 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