ORDINANCE NO. 060769

Authorizing the Director of City Development to enter into an agreement with Mid-America Regional Council for the purpose of providing tower space for Regional Area Multi-Band Integrated System equipment.

WHEREAS, the Kansas City metro area is one of fifty-one urban areas in the United States that has been designated an Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) site by the Department of Homeland Securitys Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP); and

WHEREAS, funding is provided to enhance preparedness and improve response to the terrorist threat of a weapons of mass destruction attack and Kansas Citys UASI funding is being administered through the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC); and

WHEREAS, the Kansas City Region is planning to use part of its UASI funding to address the need for interoperable communications through the implementation of a Regional Area Multi-Band Integrated System (RAMBIS); NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of City Development is authorized to enter into an agreement with Mid-America Regional Council for a five (5) year term, with four (4) additional five-year term extensions, to collocate RAMBIS equipment on three existing self support lattice towers.

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Approved as to form and legality:

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M. Margaret Sheahan Moran

Assistant City Attorney