ORDINANCE NO. 240727
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Sponsor: Councilmember Kevin O'Neill
Estimating revenue in the amount of $8,661,831.00 to the KCI-Other-Grants account; authorizing acceptance of the Grant Offer for Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) Project No. 3-29-0040-097-2024 at Kansas City International Airport from the United States of America, acting through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); authorizing the Director of Aviation to accept the grant; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, the Aviation Department submitted to the FAA a Project Application dated January 31, 2024, for a grant of Federal funds for a project at or associated with the Kansas City International Airport and anticipates that $8,661,831.00 will be offered in grant 3-29-0040-097-2024; and
WHEREAS, the FAA has indicated an intent to offer the grant, but provided that the grant must be accepted and executed by the City no later than September 15, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the BIL Grant is provided in accordance with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) (H.R. 3684 Public Law 117-58) of 2021 referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL); and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the BIL Grant is to provide funds for the reconstruction of Runway 1L/19R Taxiway High Speed Connectors A1, A2, A3, A9, A13, Taxiway B East Shoulder STA 322+39.24 to STA 1+61.24, Install LED Elevated Medium Intensity Taxiway Edge Lights (MITLs), and Install LED Taxiway Centerline Lights - Phase 2 Construction - 77% of the project; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the BIL Grant is to provide funds for airport development or noise program implementation; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the sum of $8,661,831.00 is hereby estimated to the following account:
25-8300-620000- 478410 KCI-Other-Grants $8,661,831.00
Section 2. That a BIL Grant Agr...
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