COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 120946

Authorizing the Director of Public Works to act as the City’s representative and designee to execute Agreements with the Missouri Department of Transportation for the construction of transportation related improvements including, but not limited to curbs, sidewalks, trails, traffic signals and streetlights.

WHEREAS, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and the City of Kansas City, Missouri, do periodically enter into Agreements for the construction of transportation related improvements including, but not limited to curbs, sidewalks, trails, traffic signals and streetlights, by the City on property owned by MoDOT; and

WHEREAS, the City may on occasion utilize MoDOT right of way to build or rehabilitate its projects; and

WHEREAS, MoDOT requires an official designation by the City of the person to be responsible for the execution of said agreements; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to execute Agreements between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, and MoDOT, for the construction of transportation related improvements by the City on property owned by MoDOT including, but not limited to curbs, sidewalks, trails, traffic signals and streetlights, and to allow the City to utilize MoDOT right-of-way to build or rehabilitate its projects, without further City Council approval, unless such Agreement would (1) result in the assumption of ongoing unfunded obligations by the City of a nature not traditionally assumed by the City or (2) result in an expenditure by the City in excess of the threshold established by ordinance for City Council approval of construction contracts.

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Approved as to form and legality:

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Katherine Chandler

Assistant City Attorney