ORDINANCE
NO. 170512
Authorizing the Director of Water
Services to execute a Memorandum of Agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers for the construction of a waterline relocation associated with the
Missouri Interceptor of the Turkey Creek Flood Control Project; authorizing the
Director of Water Services to expend the sum of $120,000.00 for the
construction; and authorizing the Director of Finance to return unexpended
appropriations to the appropriate account.
WHEREAS, by
Ordinance No. 63673, the City authorized a feasibility study with the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers to formulate a flood damage reduction project for Turkey
Creek; and
WHEREAS, by
Resolution Nos. 950301 and 990018, the City expressed its continued support of
the Turkey Creek Flood Control Project and requested the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers to complete the project as rapidly as possible; and
WHEREAS, by
Ordinance Nos. 990396 and 991508, the City authorized the agreement and
expenditures for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to design the Turkey Creek
Flood Damage Reduction Project; and
WHEREAS, by
Ordinance No. 041333, the City authorized the expenditure of $3,900,000.00 for
Turkey Creek tunnel rehabilitation as part of the Turkey Creek flood damage
reduction project in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the
Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas; and
WHEREAS, by
Ordinance No. 060666, the City authorized the Turkey Creek Project Cooperation
Agreement (PCA) with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Unified
Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas to enter into a
Cooperative Agreement with the Unified Government to expend $2,973,776.00 in
funds for the City’s required contribution to the PCA and to expend
$1,100,000.00 for the construction of the Turkey Creek tunnel rehabilitation;
and
WHEREAS, the
City now requests the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to construct the waterline
relocation to accommodate the construction of the Missouri Interceptor of the
Turkey Creek Flood Control Project at a cost of $120,000.00; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the
Director of Water Services is hereby authorized to execute a Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA)with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers relating to design of the
Turkey Creek Flood Control Project, Project No. 89003209. A copy of the
agreement is on file with the Director of Water Services.
Section 2. That
the Director of Water Services is hereby authorized to expend up to the sum of
$120,000.00 to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from funds previously
appropriated to Account No. 18-3090-808054-611060, for this purpose.
Section 3. That
upon completion of the final costs of this agreement, the Director of Finance
is hereby authorized to return the unexpended portion of this appropriation to
the Fund Balance from which it is 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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Randall J. Landes
Director of Finance
Approved as to form and legality:
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Mark P. Jones
Assistant City Attorney