ORDINANCE NO. 041438
Authorizing a Grant Agreement
with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for Special Project
Funds for the Columbus Park Housing Development; estimating revenue in the
amount of $447,345.00 in the Economic Development Initiatives Fund; and appropriating
it to the Columbus Park Housing account of the Economic Development Initiative
Fund.
BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Appropriation of Fiscal Year 2004
(PL 108-199), the U.S. Congress approved Special Project funding in the amount
of $447,345.00 for the Columbus Park Housing Development;
WHEREAS, the
City submitted a grant application for second year funding to be used for
property acquisition, environmental abatement and planning activities in the
Columbus Park/Guinotte Manor Phase III area from Cherry to Gillis, 3rd
to 5th Streets; and
WHEREAS, the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded the grant and
submitted a Grant Agreement to the City;
WHEREAS, the
Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority is under contract with the City to
implement acquisition activities with funding appropriated Congress in Fiscal
Year 2003; NOW, THEREFORE:
Section 1. That
the Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into a Grant Agreement with the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development for Special Project Funds in the
amount of $447,345.00 for the Columbus Park Housing Development.
Section 2. That
the City Development Department is authorized to enter into a contract amendment
with the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority.
Section 3. That
the revenue in the following account of the Economic Development Initiatives
Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:
05-2500-640000-4792280 Columbus
Park Housing $447,345.00.
Section 4. That
the sum of $447,345.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund
Balance of the Economic Development Initiative Fund to the following account in
the Economic Development Initiative Fund:
05-2500-642650-B Columbus
Park Housing $447,345.00.
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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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Wanda
Gunter
Acting
Director of Finance
Approved
as to form and legality:
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Nelson
V. Munoz
Assistant City Attorney