ORDINANCE NO. 251044
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Sponsor: Councilmember Andrea Bough
Accepting a $1,254,374.00 Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities Grant (the “Grant”) to proactively build low-carbon, resilient, and economically thriving communities; authorizing a contract with John Hopkins University to implement the Grant; appropriating and estimating revenue in the amount of $1,254,374.00; designating requisitioning authority; and authorizing the City Manager to amend and extend the contract.
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WHEREAS the Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities (BASC) is a three-year initiative designed to turbocharge 25 U.S. cities’ efforts to leverage historic levels of federal funding to proactively build low-carbon, resilient, and economically thriving communities, building on the longtime leadership of U.S. cities to confront the crisis of climate change, which disproportionately impacts disadvantaged communities (“BASC Program”); and
WHEREAS the City received a communication from Bloomberg Philanthropies (“the Foundation”) confirming the city’s participation in the BASC Program; and
WHEREAS the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation ("BCPI") at JHU will provide technical assistance and support to the City to enhance its ability to pursue transformative solutions, including through collaboration with BASC Program partners: PolicyLink, Natural Resources Defense Council, Delivery Associates, and Sustainable Cities Fund; and
WHEREAS by participating in the BASC Program, through direct support from BCPI, the City will receive an innovation team (i-team) designed to unlock creativity from within city government and communities they serve, and to facilitate and deliver results and impact for residents; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the City Manager is authorized to accept a $1,254,374.00 Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities to Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities Grant to proactively build low-carbon, resilient, and economically thriving communities to proactively build low-carbon, resilient, and economically thriving communities.
Section 2. That the City Manager is authorized to execute a Grant agreement with John Hopkins University to govern the administration of the Grant. A copy of the Grant agreement is on file in the City Manager’s Office and is incorporated herein by reference.
Section 3. That the revenue in the following account of the General Grant Fund is estimated in the following amount:
25-2580-100001-480507-G10BASC Bloomberg Sustainable City $1,254,374.00
Section 4. That $1,254,374.00 is appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Grant Fund as follows:
25-2580-105455-A-G10BASC Bloomberg Sustainable City $1,134,374.00
25-2580-105455-B-G10BASC Bloomberg Sustainable City 120,000.00
TOTAL $1,254,374.00
Section 5. That the City Manager is designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 25-2580-105455-G10BASC.
Section 6. That the City Manager is authorized to amend and extend the contract with John Hopkins University, without additional City Council authorization.
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I hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the forego-ing 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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William Choi
Interim Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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James Brady
Senior Associate City Attorney