ORDINANCE NO. 260935
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Sponsor: Director of Water Services Department
Approving funds in the amount of $1,449,048.68 for construction and installation of a water utility infrastructure betterment for Phase 1 roadway access for the Betterment and Improvement Funding Agreement between the City of Kansas City, Missouri and Port Authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, City Council passed Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 260449, as amended, on May 14, 2026, authorizing and approving the execution and delivery of a Betterment and Improvement Funding Agreement between the City of Kansas City, Missouri (City) and Port Authority (Port KC) for the purposes of reimbursing certain water utility infrastructure to be constructed on the City's behalf, accepting certain rights-of-way and easements, granting certain easements, conveying certain property, waiving certain fees and pedestrian requirements, and authorizing the execution, delivery and recording of such documents as are required to effectuate the foregoing, all in furtherance of road and bridge work for the Missouri River Terminal Project; and
WHEREAS, the Missouri River Terminal will be a multimodal facility intended to serve as one of the primary intermodal facilities incorporating rail, road and river traffic for imports, exports and throughputs throughout the Kansas City Metro Area; and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Missouri River Terminal, Port KC is constructing a bridge extending across the Blue River and certain roads connected thereto; and
WHEREAS, the City owns certain real property generally located along the banks of the Blue River and bound by Interstate 435 on the west, the Port KC property on the south, the east property line of the Port KC property on the east, and 8400 Hawthorne Road, Kansas City 64120 on the north; and
WHEREAS, the project requires that a water main be adjusted as a result of the relocation of North Century Avenue at no cost to the City, but will be maintained and accepted by the City upon completion; and
WHEREAS, in light of Port KC’s construction activities to be performed in furtherance of the project, the City requested that Port KC construct and install certain water utility infrastructure that is over and above what is required for Port KC to construct the improvement; and
WHEREAS, this proposed ordinance provides for funding in the amount of $1,449,048.68 to construct and install a 20” water utility infrastructure betterment along Hawthorne Road for Phase 1 roadway access for the project; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the Director of Water Services is authorized to spend a total of $1,449,048.68 from Account No. 27-8010-807707-611060-80002651, Transmission Mains-16"& Larger, to satisfy the cost of this agreement for the water utility infrastructure work.
Section 2. That this ordinance, appropriating money and 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)(C) and 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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Brent Siverly
Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Mark P. Jones
Senior Associate City Attorney