ORDINANCE NO. 150362

Authorizing the Director of Public Works to enter into an STP-Urban Program Agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission related to improvements to Front Street from I-35 to Universal; estimating and appropriating revenues in the amount of $3,000,000.00 to the project account; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

WHEREAS, the STP-Urban Program Agreement provides for the use of Federal funds for the right-of-way costs for the reconstruction of the existing roadway and other improvements along Front Street from I-35 to Universal; and

WHEREAS, the City desires to construct certain improvements and shall be responsible for all aspects of the construction of these improvements; and

WHEREAS, the purpose of this Agreement is to grant the use of STP funds to the City of Kansas City, Missouri for Federal Project No. STP-3377 (408); NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to execute an STP-Urban Program Agreement for Federal Project No. STP-3377 (408) with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission for certain improvements to Front Street from I-35 to Universal.

Section 2. That revenues are hereby estimated in the following amount in the following account of the Capital Improvements Fund:

16-3090-890001-477777-89008088 Front Street – I-35 to Universal $3,000,000.00

Section 3. That the appropriation in the following account of the Capital Improvements Fund is hereby increased by the following amount:

16-3090-895117-B-89008088 Front Street – I-35 to Universal $3,000,000.00

Section 4. That the Director of Public Works is hereby designated requisitioning authority for Account No. 16-3090-895117.

Section 5. That this ordinance, relating to the design, repair, maintenance or construction of a public improvement, is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(D) of the City Charter and shall take effect in accordance with Section 503, City Charter.

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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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Katherine Chandler

Assistant City Attorney