COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ORDINANCE NO. 090985
Authorizing the Director of
Public Works to enter into a cost share agreement and a municipal agreement
with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission for the improvement of
intersection of Botts Road and Highway 150; and authorizing the Director of
Public Works to expend funds for ROW acquisition not to exceed $1,018,000.00.
WHEREAS, the
City Council (the “Council”) of the City, on October 16, 2008, passed Ordinance No.
080913 (the “Ordinance”), which declared approximately 186 acres generally
located at the northwest corner of Missouri Hwy 150 and Botts Road (“Project Area”) to be a blighted
and unsanitary area, pursuant to the 150 Highway & Botts Road PIEA General
Development Plan dated July 1, 2008, revised September 2, 2008, as further
revised from time to time (“General Development Plan”) approved by the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority
of Kansas City, Missouri, (“PIEA”) pursuant to the its Resolution 1338 adopted
July 11, 2008; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. General Services
Administration, an agency of the United States of America (“GSA”) has obtained
approval of the Congress of the United States of America for development of the
Project Area (the “Project”) as a campus for the National Nuclear Security
Agency; and
WHEREAS, the development of the
Project will require the planning, design and construction of certain public
infrastructure described herein within and in the vicinity of the Project Area
(the “Infrastructure Improvements”); and
WHEREAS, the City is partnering
with the Missouri Department of Transportation (“MODOT”) to facilitate the
construction of certain of the Infrastructure Improvements. In a commitment
letter dated July 23, 2009, MODOT has approved a Cost Share Application for up
to $10,000,000.00 (the “MODOT Contribution”). The City intends to make in kind
and cash contributions of $10,000,000.00 to fulfill its local match obligation
and maximize the MODOT Contribution; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI:
Section 1. The
Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to execute, on behalf of the
City, a cost share agreement and a municipal agreement with the Missouri
Highways and Transportation Commission for the intersection improvement of
Highway 150 in the 150 Highway and Botts Road PIEA Area, MoDOT Project No.
4P2251 and KCMO Project No. 89008137. The agreements are substantially in the
forms attached and on file with the Director of Public Works.
Section 2. That the
Director of Public Works is authorized to expend $1,018,000.00 from funds
previously appropriated to the following accounts:
10-3090-898016-B Botts
Road $ 418,000.00
10-3090-898601-B Botts
Road 600,000.00
TOTAL $1,018,000.00
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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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Jeffrey
A. Yates
Director
of Finance
Approved
as to form and legality:
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Heather
A. Brown
Assistant City Attorney