COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 040216

Authorizing execution of a Neighborhood Initiative Grant for streetscape improvements in the amount of $993,500.00; estimating revenue in the amount of $993,500.00 in the Econ Dev Initiative-HUD Grant Fund; appropriating it to the Downtown Library Strtscpe EDI account of the Econ Dev Initiative-HUD Grant Fund; designating requisitioning authority; and that the uncollected balances in the revenue account and the unexpended and unencumbered balances of the appropriations accounts be estimated in the same account in the 2004-2005 Fiscal Year.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute, on behalf of the City, the Neighborhood Initiative (NI) Grant for streetscape improvements in the Kansas City Downtown Library District Project No. B-03-NI-MO-0022 with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for an award of $993,500.00, a copy of which, in substantial form, is attached hereto and is hereby approved.

Section 2. That the revenue in the following account of the Econ Dev Initiative-HUD Grant Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:

04-250-055-7687 Downtown Library Strtscpe EDI $993,500.00

Section 3. That the sum of $993,500.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Econ Dev Initiative-HUD Grant Fund to the following account in the Econ Dev Initiative-HUD Grant Fund:

04-250-055-2435-B Downtown Library Strtscpe EDI $993,500.00

Section 4. That the Director of Public Works is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 04-250-055-2435.

Section 5. That the remaining uncollected balances in Revenue Account No. 04-250-055-7687 are hereby estimated in the same account in the 2004-2005 Fiscal Year.

Section 6. That the unexpended and unencumbered balances of the appropriations for Account No. 04-250-055-2435 are hereby appropriated to the same account in the 2004-2005 Fiscal Year.

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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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Wanda Gunter

Acting Director of Finance

Approved as to form and legality:

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Nelson Muňoz

Assistant City Attorney