ORDINANCE NO. 140619
Estimating and appropriating
$1,402,500.00 in the Capital Improvement Program; authorizing the Director of
Parks and Recreation to enter into a STP-Surface Transportation Program
Agreement with the Missouri Department of Transportation for the Independence
Boulevard and Benton Boulevard Intersection Project; and designating
requisitioning authority.
WHEREAS, the
Missouri Department of Transportation awarded a grant [Federal Project Number
STP 3434 (402)] in the amount of $1,402,500.00 for construction of the
Independence Boulevard and Benton Boulevard Intersection Project in May of 2014
to the Parks and Recreation Department; and
WHEREAS, the
grant requires a local 20% match from the City to supplement the grant award;
and
WHEREAS, the
Public Improvement Advisory Committee allocated $660,000.00
(15-3090-708013-70142206) from the FY 2014-18 Capital Improvement Program Funds
to the Parks and Recreation Department for the Independence Boulevard and
Benton Boulevard Intersection Project in 2013-14 Budget; and
WHEREAS, the
Parks and Recreation Department will be the project administrator for the
Independence Boulevard and Benton Boulevard Intersection Project, which is the
same area for which PIAC had allocated funds; and
WHEREAS, the
improvements include new
roadway and pedestrian surfaces, traffic signals, pedestrian crosswalks,
landscape, storm water BMPs, bike lanes and neighborhood identification; NOW,
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the revenue in the following account of the
Capital Improvements Fund is hereby estimated in the amount of:
15-3090-700001-477777-G70142206
Indep. Blvd & Benton Blvd
Intersection $1,402,500.00
Section 2. That the sum of $1,402,500.00 is
appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Capital Improvements
Fund to the following account in the Capital Improvements Fund:
15-3090-708093-B-G70142206
Indep. Blvd & Benton Blvd
Intersection $1,402,500.00
Section 3. That the
Director of Parks and Recreation is hereby authorized to execute on behalf of
the City, a cooperative grant funding agreement between the Missouri Department
of Transportation and the Kansas City, Missouri Board of Parks and Recreation
Commissioners for the use of Surface Transportation Program funds in the amount
of $1,402,500.00 as provided by the Federal Highway Administration for the construction
of the Independence Boulevard and Benton Boulevard Intersection Project.
Section 4. That the Director of the Parks and Recreation
Department is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No 15-3090-708093.
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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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Randall J. Landes
Director of
Finance
Approved as to
form and legality:
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Lana K. Torczon
Assistant City
Attorney