ORDINANCE NO. 180603
Accepting a grant from the
Greater Kansas City Health Care Foundation to expand Life X efforts to mobilize
residents and promote community-based solutions that reduce social inequities,
leading to healthier communities where zip code no longer dictates life
expectancy in Kansas City; estimating revenue in the amount of $115,000.00 in
the Parks and Recreation Fund; appropriating $115,000.00 into the Parks and
Recreation Fund; designating requisitioning authority.
WHEREAS, the City
Council adopted Resolution No. 170727 on October 26, 2017, adopting the 2017
Update of the Citywide Business Plan including City Goals; and
WHEREAS, the
City Council reinforced the KCMO Health Department’s commitment to addressing
root causes of health inequity in the social, political, and economic system,
emphasizing action on the processes and structures that generate health
inequity, rather than primarily remediating its consequences; and
WHEREAS,
‘Increasing overall life expectancy and reducing health inequities in the zip
codes with the lowest life expectancy and the additional zip codes with the
least improvement in life expectancy’ was written in as a City Goal that
included Departmental Objectives and Strategies for Neighborhoods and Healthy Communities;
and
WHEREAS,
the KCMO Health Department acknowledged it could not improve life expectancy
alone, and on November 17, 2017, convened City leaders and community partners
at the Life X 2.0 Summit, urging City staff to break out of historical silos
and work across departments to reduce health inequities; and
WHEREAS,
KC Parks & Recreation leaders were moved by the data and discussions
presented at Life X 2.0 and took immediate action to offer free Community
Center passes to any resident living in Life X zip codes; and
WHEREAS,
KC Parks and the Health Department agreed that interventions must go beyond
just improving the physical health of individuals. Building strong
neighborhoods is key – specifically, fostering social cohesion by building social
capital, improving socioeconomic well-being of residents, and building leaders
within communities; and so a partnership was formed; and
WHEREAS,
KC Parks submitted an application to the Health Care Foundation’s Healthy
Communities Fund and were awarded $115,000.00 to support Life X. The Parks
Board of Commissioners will approve and adopt the $115,000.00 grant award on August
14, 2018. NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
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1. That a grant award agreement between the City of Kansas City, Missouri Parks
& Recreation, acting through its Director, and the Greater Kansas City
Health Care Foundation to support community engagement, resident leadership
development and organizational capacity-building efforts for the period
beginning July 30, 2018 through July 30, 2019, for an amount not to exceed
$115,000.00, is hereby accepted. A copy of the grant award agreement, in
substantial form, is on file with the Director of Parks & Recreation.
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2. That revenue in the following account of the Parks and Recreation Fund is
hereby estimated in the following amount:
19–2030
–700001–479977-G70HCF18 Health Care Foundation
Grant $115,000.00
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3. That the sum of $115,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated
Fund Balance of the Parks and Recreation Fund in the following accounts of the
Fund:
19–2030-705091-A-G70HCF18
HCF Funding for Life X $ 58,417.00
19–2030-705091-B-G70HCF18
HCF Funding for Life X 56,583.00
TOTAL
$115,000.00
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4. That the Director of Parks and Recreation is hereby designated as
requisitioning authority for Account No. 19-2030-705091
and is authorized to expend the sum of $115,000.00 from funds heretofore
appropriated to the account.
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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.
___________________________________
Randall
J. Landes
Director
of Finance
Approved
as to form and legality:
___________________________________
Lana
K. Torczon
Assistant City Attorney