COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 960286

Appropriating $500,000.00 for obtaining an easement from St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company; accepting the easement; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the balance in Account No. 95-807-080-7703-T is hereby reduced by the sum of $500,000.00.

Section 2. That the sum of $500,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the 1994 Water Construction Fund 807 to the following account:

96-807-080-7727-T E Jackson County T-Main $500,000.00

Section 3. That the Director of Water Services is hereby authorized to expend the sum of $500,000.00 for an easement from St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company to provide for a 54-inch water transmission to serve future needs in eastern Jackson County. Said easement is located from a half mile north of 40 Highway to Greenwood. A copy of which is on file in the office of the Director of Water Services.

Section 4. That upon completion of the final costs of this easement, the Director of Finance is hereby directed to return the unexpended portion of this appropriation to the Unappropriated Fund Balance from which it was derived.

Section 5. That upon execution of said easement by the parties and recording of the same in the office of the Jackson County Recorder of Deeds in Independence and Kansas City, this easement is hereby accepted by Kansas City, Missouri.

Section 6. That this ordinance makes an appropriation for current expenses of City Government, and is thereby an emergency measure under Article II, Section 15 of the Kansas City Charter, and shall take effect immediately upon passage.

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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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Director of Finance

Approved as to form and legality:

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Assistant City Attorney