COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 050256

Authorizing a $189,360.00 Amendment No. 2 with Bucher, Willis & Ratliff Corporation for additional engineering services for the N. Brighton Avenue Improvement Project and expend previously appropriated funds.

WHEREAS, the City approved Ordinance No. 990185 in February 1999 for a $401,000.000 contract with Bucher, Willis & Ratliff Corporation for engineering study services in connection with the N. Brighton Avenue Improvements from Vivion Road to M-152;

WHEREAS, the City approved Ordinance No. 020034 in June 2001 for Amendment No. 1 for a total of $986,668.41 for additional engineering design services in connection with street improvements to N. Brighton Avenue from Vivion Road to Pleasant Valley Road;

WHEREAS, a $189,360.00 Amendment No. 2 contract with Bucher, Willis & Ratliff is needed to authorize additional funds for additional engineering services for the North Brighton Avenue Improvements for Bridge Phasing Plans, Archaeological Search, Additional Survey, and Sanitary Sewer Relocation Plans to complete the project; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the City Manager is authorized to enter into and execute, on behalf of the City a $189,360.00 Amendment No. 2 to Agreement No. 990185 with Bucher, Willis & Ratliff Corporation for Project No. 89002675. A copy of the amendment, in substantial form, is attached hereto and is hereby approved.

Section 2. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to expend the sum of $189,360.00 from funds previously appropriated to Account No. 05-3090-897189-B for the contract and contingencies.

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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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Wanda Gunter

Acting Director of Finance

Approved as to form and legality:

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Nelson V. Munoz Assistant City Attorney