ORDINANCE NO. 090120
Authorizing the Director of Water
Services to execute an amendment to the Brush Creek Basin Study Agreement
between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the City of Kansas City, Missouri and
Johnson County, Kansas for the watershed based study of the Brush Creek Basin
in Kansas and Missouri; authorizing the Director of Water Services to execute a
Cooperative Agreement with Johnson County, Kansas to set forth cost-sharing
responsibilities for this study; authorizing an additional $185,000.00 for the
project; and authorizing the Director of Finance to return unexpended
appropriations to the appropriate account.
WHEREAS, the City executed a $560,000.00 Brush Creek Basin Study
Agreement with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and Johnson County, Kansas
following approval of Ordinance No. 051156 on September 22, 2005 for a
watershed based study of the Brush Creek Basin in Kansas and Missouri; and
WHEREAS, an amendment is necessary to address
the expanded scope and associated costs of the study; and
WHEREAS, the Sponsors (Kansas City, Missouri and Johnson
County, Kansas) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers share the costs of the
study equally; and
WHEREAS, a Cooperative Agreement between the
Sponsors is required to establish equal cost-sharing responsibilities for this
project; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the Director of Water
Services is hereby authorized to enter into and execute, on behalf of the City,
an amendment to the Brush Creek Basin Study Agreement with the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers and Johnson County, Kansas, for a watershed based feasibility
study of the Brush Creek Basin, Project No. 82000072. A copy of the amendment is
on file in the office of the Director of Water Services.
Section 2. That the Director of Water Services is hereby
authorized to enter into and execute, on behalf of the City, a cost-sharing
agreement with Johnson County, Kansas for the local sponsors costs of the Brush
Creek Basin Study Agreement, Project No. 82000072. A copy of the agreement will
be filed in the office of the Director of Water Services.
Section 3. That the Director of Water
Services is authorized to expend an additional sum of up to $185,000.00 from
funds previously appropriated in Account No. 09-3090-807521-B, Brush Creek
Improvements, to satisfy the cost of this study.
Section 4. That upon completion of the final costs of this amended
Agreement, the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to return the
unexpended portion of this appropriation to the Unappropriated Fund Balance
from which it was derived.
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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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Cecilia OConnor Abbott
Assistant City Attorney