ORDINANCE
NO. 200212
Accepting a Living Cities,
Inc./Foundation Grant in the amount of $50,000.00; estimating revenue in the
amount of $50,000.00 in the Neighborhoods Grants Fund; appropriating that
amount to the Living Cities Foundation grant account of the Neighborhoods
Grants Fund.
WHEREAS, the
City of Kansas City, Missouri will participate in the City Accelerator on
Inclusive Procurement to identify and find ways to support transformative city
leaders who are rethinking the connection between city dollars and their
economic and community development goals and ultimately addressing the racial
wealth gap by promoting the sustainability of communities of color through
community wealth; and
WHEREAS, the
City Manager’s Office of KC BizCare was awarded a Living Cities,
Inc./Foundation Grant in the amount of $50,000.00 that runs from July 1, 2019
through June 30, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the
City will enter into an agreement with Living Cities; and
WHEREAS, the
City and Kansas City KC BizCare Office in partnership with the City of Kansas
City Human Relations Department, working with Living Cities lead consultants,
Griffin and Strong, P.C., will apply strategies developed out of the first City
Accelerator’s cohort on Inclusive Procurement. These strategies, designed to
leverage procurement to support the growth of businesses owned by people of
color, are intended to spur and produce economic impact through jobs, increased
purchasing activity and promotion of overall economic viability of diverse
businesses. Kansas City, along with 9 other cities across the nation, will
receive a combination of coaching, technical assistance, and implementation
resources over a one-year period to achieve this goal; and
WHEREAS, City
leaders have been identified in implementation of the grant activities; 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 a $50,000.00
grant (20-6160-G921) from Livings Cities, Inc./Foundation. A copy of the grant
agreement is on file in the City Manager’s Office and is incorporated herein by
reference.
Section 2. That
the revenue in the following account of the Neighborhoods Grant Fund is
estimated in the following amount:
20-2580-100001-471965 Living
Cities Foundation Grant $50,000.00
Section 3. That
$50,000.00 is appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the
Neighborhoods Grants Fund to the following account:
20-2580-105803-B-G10105803 Living Cities Foundation
Grant $50,000.00
Section 4. That
the City Manager, or his designee, is designated as requisitioning authority
for Account No. 20-2580-105803.
Section 5. That
the City Manager is authorized to execute a $50,000.00 grant agreement with
Living Cities, Inc./Foundation and to execute contract amendments. A copy of
the contract, in substantial form, is on file with the City Manager’s Office.
Section 6. That
this ordinance is recognized as having an accelerated effective date within the
provisions of Section 503 of the City Charter in that it appropriates money,
and shall take effect in accordance with that section.
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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 and legality:
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James M. Brady
Assistant City
Attorney