ORDINANCE NO. 160260

Estimating revenue and appropriating $500,000.00 in the HOME Investment Fund; authorizing a contract with Westside Housing Organization, Inc. to acquire, rehabilitate, and sell/rent houses to low income persons in the Manheim Park Target Area from HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding approved in the 2013 One Year Action Plan; authorizing a contract amendment with Westside Housing Organization, Inc.; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

WHEREAS, the 2012-2016 Five Year Consolidated Plan (“Plan”) identified seven target areas and the Plan further identified specific sub-target areas in which single family housing development and minor home repair services are to be implemented; and

WHEREAS, one of those sub-target areas is the Manheim Park Target Area, located generally from 43rd to 44th Streets along Tracy Avenue; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That revenue in the amount of $500,000.00 is estimated in the HOME Investment Fund in the following account in the HOME Investment Fund:

17-2940-570001-476050-G57HOME13 HUD Grants $500,000.00

Section 2. That $500,000.00 is appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the HOME Investment Fund to the following account in the HOME Investment Fund:

17-2940-575311-B-G57HOME13 Neighborhood Revitalization $500,000.00

Section 3. That the Director of Neighborhoods and Housing Services is authorized to execute, on behalf of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, a contract for $400,000.00, from Account No. 17-2940-575311-G57HOME13, with Westside Housing Organization, Inc. A copy of the contract, in substantial form, is on file in the office of the Director of Neighborhoods and Housing Services.

Section 4. That the Director of Neighborhoods and Housing Services is authorized to enter into a contract amendment which adds $100,000.00 to a contract with Westside Housing Organization, Inc. from Account No. 17-2940-575311-G57HOME13. A copy of the contract amendment, in substantial form, is on file in the office of the Director of Neighborhoods and Housing Services.

Section 5. That this ordinance, which appropriates money, is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(C) of the City Charter, and shall take effect in accordance with that section.

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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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Nicole Rowlette

Assistant City Attorney