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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR]ORDINANCE NO. 250287
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Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Robinson
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
Accepting the Community Project Funding Grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development; estimating revenues in the amount of $4,000,000.00 in the Capital Improvements Grant Fund; reducing an appropriation in the amount of $1,000,000.00 in the General Fund; appropriating $5,000,000.00 to the 18th Street Pedestrian Mall project; authorizing a construction contract with Gunter Construction Company in the amount of $7,695,418.00; designating requisitioning authority and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, the City was awarded a $4,000,000.00 grant from Department of Housing and Urban Development as part of the FY 2023 Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding Grant, award number B-23-CP-MO-0898; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved Ordinance No. 230218, appropriating $9,000,000.00 in surplus incremental revenues from the Midtown TIF to the Barney Allis Plaza Garage and 18th Street Pedestrian Mall projects; and
WHEREAS, $1,000,000.00 in near-term savings from the Barney Allis Garage project will be reappropriated to the 18th Street Pedestrian Mall project; and
WHEREAS, $1,000,000.00 is to be repaid to Council District 3 PIAC as it was fronted from Council District 3 PIAC funds in February to move the project along due to the project being ready to move forward before bond funding was received; and
WHEREAS, the proposed improvements will include new concrete street and sidewalk pavement, decorative street and pedestrian lighting, streetscaping, water main replacement and storm drainage improvements; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the City Manager, or her designee, is hereby authorized to accept Community Project Funding Grant (B-23-CP-MO-0898) from Department of Housing and Urban Development for the purpose of construction activities for $4,000,000.00 in the 18th Street Pedestrian Mall project. A copy of the Grant Agreement is on file in the Department of Public Works and is incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. That revenue in the following account of the Capital Improvements Grant Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:
26-3091-895113-479350-89060886 18th Street Pedestrian Mall $4,000,000.00
Section 3. That the sum of $4,000,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Capital Improvements Grant Fund to the following account:
26-3091-895113-B-89060886 18th Street Pedestrian Mall $4,000,000.00
Section 4. That the appropriation in the following account of the General Fund is hereby reduced by the following amount:
26-1000-075100-B-07PG2365 Barney Allis Plaza $1,000,000.00
Section 5. That the sum of $1,000,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund to the following account:
26-1000-897312-B-89060886 18th Street Pedestrian Mall $1,000,000.00
Section 6. That the appropriation in the following account of the Capital Improvements Fund is hereby reduced by the following amount:
26-3090-898301-B-89060886 18th Street Pedestrian Mall $1,000,000.00
Section 7. That the sum of $1,000,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Capital Improvements Fund to the following account:
26-3090-123000-B-89009995 CD3 Contingency $1,000,000.00
Section 8. That the Director of the Public Works Department is authorized to execute a $7,695,418.00 contract with Gunter Construction Company for the 18th Street Pedestrian Mall from Paseo to Woodland Ave project from funds previously and hereby appropriated to the following accounts:
26-3091-895113-B-89060886 18th Street Pedestrian Mall $4,000,000.00
26-1000-897312-B-89060886 18th Street Pedestrian Mall $1,625,642.00
26-3090-898013-B-89060886 18th Street Pedestrian Mall $ 539,776.00
26-8010-807705-B-80002342 Water Main Relocation $1,530,000.00
TOTAL: $7,695,418.00
A copy of the contract is on file in the Public Works Department.
Section 9. That the Director of Public Works is designated the requisitioning authority for Account No. 26-3091-895113-B.
Section 10. 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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Tammy L. Queen
Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Dustin E. Johnson
Assistant City Attorney