ORDINANCE NO. 250556
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Sponsor: Director of Housing and Community Development Department
Authorizing the Director of Housing and Community Development to expend $470,000.00 from funds previously appropriated to the HOME Investment Partnerships Funds in Account No. 26-2940-575326-B-G57HOME18 to satisfy the costs of the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council Garfield Senior East Cottages grant contract; and authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute a contract for Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council, for the purpose of completing the Garfield East Senior Cottages.
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WHEREAS, on March 21, 2019, through Committee Substitute for Resolution No. 190013, the Council approved 2019 One-Year Action Plan which included HOME Investment Partnerships Program Funds for the housing development in targeted areas; and
WHEREAS, previously disbursed funds from the HOME Investment Partnerships Program Funds, in the amount of $957,000.00 were expended in construction costs; and
WHEREAS, the unique grant with the following challenges, including significant increase of construction materials, and vandalism of the eight (8) affordable units that were near completion; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the Director of Housing and Community Development is hereby authorized to expend up to $470,000.00 from funds previously appropriated to the HOME Investment Partnerships Funds in Account No. 26-2940-575326-B-G57HOME18 to satisfy the costs of the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council Garfield Senior East Cottages grant contract.
Section 2. That the Manager of Procurement Services is authorized to execute funding agreements for the projects set forth in Section 3 as negotiated by the Director of the Housing and Community Development Department. The agreement shall comply with any applicable provisions of the Missouri Prevailing Wage Law and any applicable provisions of the City’s Contracting Program Requirements set out in Article IV, Chapter 3, Code of Ordinances, including, but not limited to, the provisions concerning affirmative action, Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises and the Small Local Business Enterprises program. Further, the Director of the Housing and Community Development Department is directed to negotiate a funding agreement that prohibits the use of any HOME funding for the repayment of any preexisting debt or repayment for services or work performed prior to the execution of the funding agreement. In addition, the Director of the Housing and Community Development Department is directed to negotiate a funding agreement that requires the disclosure of total project funding sources and projected costs and periodic reporting of project progress.
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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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Joseph A. Guarino
Senior Assistant City Attorney