ORDINANCE NO. 120360
Authorizing the City Manager to execute
a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, the
City of Riverside, Missouri, and Platte County, Missouri, for the planning,
development, and management of the Line Creek Trail; approving the Memorandum
of Understanding in substantial form; and directing the City Manager to prepare
any necessary agreements and ordinances for implementation of the Memorandum of
Understanding so construction can begin in 30 days.
WHEREAS, Kansas
City and Riverside, in implementation of their respective park, trail, and
community development master plans, own individual contiguous tracks of land and
easement rights along Line Creek in Platte County designated as future greenway
trails and currently referred to as the “Line Creek Trail”; and
WHEREAS, the
project partners, through the implementation of their respective master plans,
consider it important for the park and trail projects to be properly master
planned, sustainably developed, maintained, operated and opened to the public
for recreational opportunities; and
WHEREAS, the
project partners consider it important to develop partnerships to maximize
resources in providing sustainable park and recreation opportunities; and
WHEREAS, the
project partners recognize the recreational needs of the entire area and have a
long history of opening their respective facilities to all citizens to meet
these needs; and
WHEREAS, the
project partners intend to cooperate with respect to the master planning,
development, maintenance, and operation of these new park and trail amenities;
and
WHEREAS, each
project partner has agreed to contribute funds to the planning, development,
maintenance, and operation of these new park and trail amenities; and
WHEREAS,
Ordinance No. 120066, passed February 9, 2012, approved the allocations in the
FY 2013-17 Capital Improvements Program preliminary budget and the FY 2013 Neighborhood
Conservation Projects, which included $800,000.00 for the Line Creek Trail, and
stated the Council's intention regarding advance funding of the FY 2013-17
Capital Improvement Program projects; and
WHEREAS, the project
partners will share responsibilities in good faith with mutual intent for
general public welfare regarding the plans heretofore set forth, the project
partners consider it appropriate to memorialize certain understandings to
better assure that facilities and programs developed will continue to be a
sustainable and valuable resource to the community; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1.
That, on behalf of Kansas City, the City Manager is hereby authorized to enter
into and execute a Memorandum of Understanding by and between the City of
Kansas City, Missouri, the City of Riverside, Missouri, and Platte County,
Missouri for the planning, development, and management of the Line Creek
Trail.
Section 2. That
the Memorandum of Understanding is approved in a form substantially similar to
that attached hereto.
Section 3. That
the Mayor and Council hereby express their intent to amend existing cooperative
agreements for the Line Creek Trail to implement the Memorandum of Understanding
so that construction can begin in 30 days.
Section 4. That
the City Manager is hereby directed to prepare any necessary ordinances and agreements
for implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding so that construction can
begin in 30 days.
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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 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