ORDINANCE NO. 240522
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Sponsor: Director of Public Works Department
Accepting a United States Department of Transportation Reconnecting Communities Pilot Grant in the amount of $1,058,620.00; estimating revenues in the amount of $1,058,620.00 in the Capital Improvements Grant Fund; appropriating that amount to the Reconnecting Kansas City Westside project; authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute a design professional services agreement with WSP USA, Inc. in the amount of $1,300,000.00 for consulting services for the Reconnecting Kansas City Westside planning study; and directing the City Clerk to file certain documents with the appropriate offices.
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WHEREAS, the City was awarded a $1,058,620.00 grant from the US Department of Transportation as part of the Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program, Grant #693JJ32440004; and
WHEREAS, the City has appropriated $264,655.00 for the grant match through its complete streets program appropriated in FY2024 which will roll forward into FY2025; and
WHEREAS, the Reconnecting Communities Pilot program will produce a comprehensive plan that outlines the Westside communities’ vision and priorities to create new, safer, and additional mobility and connectivity and to redress the inequities and barriers to opportunities with respect to the I-35 Viaduct, Beardsley Road, and improving internal circulation throughout the Westside community; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the Director of Public Works, or his designee, is hereby authorized to accept a grant (#693JJ32440004) from the United States Department of Transportation for the purpose of concept development and planning activities in the amount of $1,058,620.00. A copy of the Grant Agreement, identified as Funding Opportunity No. DOT-RCP-FY22-01, 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:
25-3091-895114-478645-89008968 WestsideNbhd Reconnect KC Stdy $1,058,620.00
Section 3. That the sum of $1,058,620 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Capital Improvements Grant Fund to the following account:
25-3091-895114-B-89008968 WestsideNbhd Reconnect KC Stdy $1,058,620.00
Section 4. That the Director of Public Works is authorized to execute a contract with WSP USA, Inc. for the consulting services for Project No 89008968 - Reconnecting Kansas City Westside - Planning Study in the amount of $1,300,000.00 from funds hereby and previously appropriated to the following accounts:
25-3091-895114-B-89008968 WestsideNbhd Reconnect KC Stdy $1,058,620.00
25-3090-897086-B-89008968 WestsideNbhd Reconnect KC Stdy 241,380.00
Total: $1,300,000.00
A copy of the contract is on file in the office of the Director of Public Works.
Section 5. That the Director of Public Works is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No 25-3091-895114-89008968
Section 6. That the Civil Rights and Equal Opportunities Department, to assure fair representation by socially and economically disadvantaged groups, approved for this project, a fourteen (14%) percent representation by Minority Owned Businesses and a fourteen (14%) percent representation by Women Owned Businesses.
Section 7. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to file a copy of the ordinance, together with the Program Agreement attached hereto, and with the office of the Recorder of Deeds for Jackson County, Missouri.
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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