ORDINANCE NO. 250198
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Sponsor: Director of Public Works Department
Accepting the U.S. Department of Transportation Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant in the Prospect Ave Safety Improvements project; estimating and appropriating $10,000,000.00 in the Capital Improvements Grant Fund; appropriating $2,500,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance in the Public Mass Transportation Fund; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, on May 2, 2024, Resolution 240435 passed expressing City Council’s intent to provide a 20% match if the City receives the USDOT Safe Roads and Streets for All Grant;
WHEREAS, the City was awarded a $10,000,000.00 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation as part of the Safe Streets and Roads for All grant, award number JY2DYJXPQW56;
WHEREAS, the City is hereby appropriating $2,500,000.00 in Vision Zero program for the local grant match requirements; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the City Manager, or his designee, is hereby authorized to accept the Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant (JY2DYJXPQW56) from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the purpose of engineering design and construction activities for $10,000,000.00 in the Prospect Ave Safety Improvements 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:
25-3091-895113-474630-89004950 Prospect Imp - Linwood to Cleave $10,000,000.00
Section 3. That the sum of $10,000,000 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Capital Improvements Grant Fund to the following account:
25-3091-895113-B-89004950 Prospect Imp - Linwood to Cleave $10,000,000.00
Section 4. That the sum of $2,500,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Public Mass Transportation Fund to the following account:
25-2080- 897080-B-89004950 Prospect Imp - Linwood to Cleave $10,000,000.00
Section 5. That the Director of Public Works is hereby designated as requisitioning authority from funds hereby appropriated to Account Nos. 25-3091-895113 and 25-2080-897080-B.
Section 6. That this ordinance relating to the appropriation of money and the expenses of government is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(B) and Section 503(a)(3)(C) 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