ORDINANCE NO. 081244
Authorizing the City Manager to
execute a Cooperative Agreement between the City of Kansas City, Missouri and
the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) for the development and
implementation of a Bus Rapid Transit System generally along Troost Avenue; reducing
appropriations in City Development and the Water Services Department;
increasing the appropriation in the Public Works Department; and authorizing
the Director of Public Works to expend $795,418.00 in previously appropriated
sales tax funds.
WHEREAS, City
Ordinance No. 031288 expressed the Citys and KCATAs common interest in the
development of a major transit plan that would implement Bus Rapid Transit
(BRT) along certain city streets; and,
WHEREAS, in July of
2005 KCATA implemented the first Bus Rapid Transit line called MAX or Metro
Area Express that linked the River Market, Government Complex, Convention
Center, Crown Center and County Club Plaza with fast, frequent and reliable bus
service which was successfully received; and,
WHEREAS, this
agreement will continue the Citys partnership with the KCATA and will
implement the next phase of Bus Rapid Transit Service along Troost Avenue. The
new BRT route will generally follow the Troost corridor and will connect the
Bannister Mall redevelopment area with downtown. This alignment will provide
rapid transit access in the Kansas City corridor with the greatest current bus
ridership; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That
the City Manager is authorized to execute a Cooperative Agreement between the
City of Kansas City, Missouri and the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority
(KCATA) for the development and implementation of a Bus Rapid Transit System
generally located along Troost Avenue. A copy of the Cooperative Agreement is
attached in substantial form.
Section 2. That
the appropriations in the following accounts of the Capital Improvement Fund are
hereby reduced by the following amounts:
3090-646705-B Troost
Marketplace $ 81,340.00
3090-807521-B Brush
Creek Improvements 114,078.00
TOTAL $195,418.00
Section 3. That
the appropriation in the following account of the Capital Improvement Fund is
hereby increased by the following amount:
3090-898031-B Bridges
CD1 $195,418.00
Section 4. That
the Director of Public Works is authorized to expend up to $795,418.00 from
funds appropriated to 3090-898031-B.
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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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Brian
T. Rabineau
Assistant City Attorney