ORDINANCE NO. 250578
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Sponsor: Director of Housing and Community Development Department
Authorizing the Director of Housing and Community Development to negotiate and execute a contract with Twelfth Street Development Corporation to aid in the prevention, removal and elimination of blighted and abandoned properties located specifically within the Parade Park Homes Redevelopment site in Kansas City, Missouri 64108, using previously appropriated Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds in the amount of $1,100,000.00 under a Request for Proposal (RFP) of reprogrammed funding and $79,641.00 in unallocated CDBG funds; and approving the Uniform Relocation Act (URA) authorizing submittal of plans to the US Department of Urban Development for consideration.
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WHEREAS, the City is seeking to provide assistance in the elimination of unsafe conditions, slum and blighted properties in preparation for the creation of new mixed-income housing, through the Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant; and
WHEREAS, funding will be used to demolish dilapidated properties located within the Parade Park Homes Redevelopment site in Kansas City, Missouri 64108, and to clear land sites and infrastructure in preparation for redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Housing and Community Development recommends awarding Twelfth Street Heritage Development Corporation CDBG funds in the amount of $1,179,641.00, to support slum and blight elimination in preparation for the creation of new mixed-income housing; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Housing and Community Development seeks authorization to expend $1,179,641.00 from funding source 26-2600-575311-B-G57CDBG21, to aid in the prevention, removal and elimination of blighted and abandoned properties; and
WHEREAS, the Uniform Relocation Act (URA) supports the Consolidated Plan and projects of the Annual Action Plan establishing minimum requirements for the acquisition of real property and the displacement of persons from their homes as a result of acquisition, rehabilitation or demolition for a federally-funded project; and
WHEREAS, this Act protects people who are displaced by a federally assisted project, regardless of their income; and
WHEREAS, funding for this project is contingent upon the approval of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Once HUD has successfully provided its approval, funds will be allocated accordingly; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the Director of Housing and Community Development is hereby authorized to negotiate and execute a contract with Twelfth Street Development Corporation for the purpose of carrying out activities consistent with the elimination of unsafe conditions and the removal of slum and blighted properties, in preparation for the development of new mixed-income housing on the Parade Park Homes Redevelopment site. Such activities shall be funded using previously appropriated CDBG funds awarded under a Request for Proposals (RFP), from the following accounts:
26-2600-575311-B-G57CDBG21 DEP57 CDBG21 $1,179,641.00
Section 2. The Director of Housing and Community Development is authorized to allocate the amount of $1,179,641.00 for the purpose of carrying out this initiative. This initiative aims to prepare the site for the creation of new mixed-income housing on the Parade Park Homes Redevelopment site.
Section 3. The Director of the Housing and Community Development Department is designated as the requisitioning authority for Account No. 26-2600-575311-B-G57CDBG21.
Section 4. That the Director of the Housing and Community Development Department is directed to negotiate and execute a funding agreement that provides for compliance with any applicable provisions of the Missouri Prevailing Wage Law and any applicable provisions of the City’s Contracting Program Requirements set out in Article IV, Chapter 3, Code of Ordinances, including, but not limited to, the provisions concerning affirmative action, Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises and the Small Local Business Enterprises program. Further, the Director of the Housing and Community Development Department is directed to negotiate a funding agreement that prohibits the use of any CDBG funding for the repayment of any preexisting debt or repayment for services or work performed prior to the execution of the funding agreement. In addition, the Director of the Housing and Community Development Department is directed to negotiate a funding agreement that requires the disclosure of total project funding sources and projected costs and periodic reporting of project progress.
Section 5. That the Director of the Housing and Community Development Department is hereby authorized to expend up to $1,179,641.00 from funds appropriated to CDBG account No. 26-2600-575311-B-G57CDBG21 to satisfy the costs of these contracts.
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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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Joseph A. Guarino
Senior Assistant City Attorney