ORDINANCE NO. 940755
Authorizing a contract in the amount of $683,856.00 with
Wilson Plumbing Company for constructing a storm drainage improvement in the
Gracemor area; estimating receipt of $164,000.00 from the State of Missouri for
storm sewer improvements and appropriating such sum to the Capital Improvements
Fund; providing funding for the contract; and declaring an emergency.
WHEREAS, in the area of N.E. 53rd Street a section
of road is collapsing due to slippage of the soil; and
WHEREAS, the situation needs to be stabilized
immediately in order to prevent further damage; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the work of constructing a storm
drainage improvement in the vicinity of N. Sycamore Drive and N.E. 53rd Street
and N. Smalley Avenue, Gracemor Landslide, consisting of approximately 2,000
linear feet of reinforced concrete pipe class III ranging in size from 15"
to 60" diameter, 10 curb inlets, 7 field inlets, 1 standard manhole, 2
modified standard junction boxes, 1,820 square feet of 6" non-reinforced
residential drive, 375 linear feet of standard curb and gutter, grading,
sodding and other necessary appurtenances, as part of the Public Improvements
Tax Year 10 and 11 Projects in Council District 1, Kansas City, Clay County,
Missouri, Project No. 3422, State Storm Water Grant No. KCS-822-94, is hereby
provided for and authorized.
Section 2. That the work shall be done in accordance
with the plans, specifications and the contract therefore between Kansas City,
Missouri, through its Director of Public Works, and Wilson Plumbing Company, a
Missouri corporation, in the amount of $683,856.00, which contract is hereby
approved and confirmed. A copy of the contract is on file in the office of the
Director of Public Works and is incorporated herein by reference.
Section 3. That the revenue in the following
account of the Capital Improvements Fund is hereby estimated in the following
amount:
95-309-089-7468 CD-1 - Sewer Improvements -
$164,000.00 State Share Year 11
Section 4. That the sum of $164,000.00 is hereby
appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Capital Improvements
Fund, to the following account in the Capital Improvements Fund:
95-309-089-6100T Storm Sewer Construction-CD 1
$164,000.00
Section 5. That funding in the amount of $9,700.00
for the adjustments of water facilities necessitated by the Gracemor No. 14
Project and included in the contract therefor, will be provided from Water Fund
Account No. 95-801-080-7701T.
Section 6. That the Director of Public Works is
hereby authorized to expend the sum of $835,300.00 from funds heretofore
appropriated to Account Nos.:
95-263-089-7760T CDBG Flood Relief Round Three
$367,000.00 95-309-089-6100T Storm Sewer Construction-CD 1
468,300.00 $835,300.00
as and for the balance of consideration in the aforesaid
contract and for contingencies and engineering associated therewith.
Section 7. This ordinance is recognized to be an
emergency measure within the provisions of Section 15, Article II of the
Charter of Kansas City, Missouri, because it is for the immediate preservation
of public property, health and safety and shall take effect immediately upon
passage.
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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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Director of Finance
Approved as to form and
legality:
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Assistant City Attorney