ORDINANCE NO. 970968

Authorizing a $1,170,442.70 contract with Industrial Excavating & Equipment, Inc., for constructing Southwest Boulevard Streetscape - Phase II consisting of paving, curb and gutter, sidewalks storm water inlets and other appurtenances; authorizing the Director of Public Works to expend $1,340,000.00 in previously appropriated funds for the project; and recognizing an emergency.

WHEREAS, the paving, curbing and gutters in the Southwest Boulevard Streetscape are in need of repair and may pose threats to vehicular and pedestrian traffic; and

WHEREAS, this condition presents an immediate threat to public safety; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the work of constructing Southwest Boulevard Streetscape - Phase II from Summit to I-35 Bridge, parking areas below I-35 both north and south of Southwest Boulevard, Jefferson Street between Southwest Boulevard and 24th Street, 24th Street between Summit and Jefferson Streets, and the triangle north of Jones Store warehouse, consisting of paving, curb and gutter, sidewalks, storm water inlets, and other appurtenances in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, Council District 2, Project No. 1277, is hereby provided for and authorized.

Section 2. That the work shall be done in accordance with the plans, specifications and the contract therefore between Kansas City, Missouri, through its Director of Public Works, and Industrial Excavating & Equipment, Inc., a Missouri corporation, in the amount of $1,170,442.70, which contract is hereby approved and confirmed. A copy of the contract is on file in the office of the Director of Public Works and is incorporated herein by reference.

Section 3. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to expend the sum of $1,340,000.00 from funds previously appropriated to Account No. 95-393-089-7209-T as and for consideration in the aforesaid contract and for contingencies and engineering associated herewith.

Section 4. That this ordinance, making provision for the immediate preservation of public safety, is declared to be an emergency measure within the provisions of Article II, Section 15 of the Charter and shall take effect immediately upon passage.

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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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Director of Finance

Approved as to form and legality:

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Assistant City Attorney