COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 120490

 

Accepting funds allocated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment Partnership, Emergency Solutions Grant, and Housing Opportunities for Persons with Aids programs in the amount of $11,200,148.00; recognizing $9,111,068.00 from prior years’ grants; and authorizing the Director of Neighborhoods and Housing Services to enter into contracts up to $5,167,359.00 with various organizations to provide public facility, housing, economic development, homeless, youth, senior and social services from Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment Partnership and Emergency Solutions Grant funding approved in the 2012 One Year Action Plan.

 

WHEREAS, on March 8, 2012, through Committee Substitute for Resolution No. 120159, the Council approved the 2012 Consolidated One-Year Action Plan; and

 

WHEREAS, on May 22, 2012, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved the City’s 2012 One-Year Action Plan; and

 

WHEREAS, execution of contracts will provide needed services as outlined in the 2012 One-Year Action Plan; and

 

WHEREAS, authorization is required from the City Council in order for the Director to enter into contracts exceeding $75,000.00: NOW, THEREFORE,

 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

 

Section 1. That the Mayor and City Council acknowledge receipt of 2012 program year funds allocated by HUD from the Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $7,551,015.00, the HOME Investment Partnership Program in the amount of $1,870,946.0, the Emergency Solutions Grant in the amount of $662,929.00, and the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program in the amount of $1,115,258.00, and recognize an estimated $8,211,068.00 in program income from prior years CDBG and HOME programs and $900,000.00 in reprogrammed HOME funds.

 

Section 2. That the Mayor and City Council authorize the City Manager or his designee to accept these grants, on behalf of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, for the activities approved in the 2012 One-Year Action Plan, as amended.

 

Section 3. That the Director of Neighborhoods and Housing Services is authorized to enter into and execute, on behalf of the City, contracts with the agencies identified and the amounts indicated in the following sections to provide various services. Copies of the contracts, in substantial form, are 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 expend up to $1,512,000.00, including contingencies, from funds appropriated to Account No. 13-2600-555314-B-G55CDBG12 to satisfy the cost of the following public facilities contracts:

 

St. Michael’s Veterans Center $ 625,000.00

Morningstar Development Corporation 450,000.00

Blue Hills Community Services 437,000.00

TOTAL $1,512,000.00

 

Section 5. That the Director of Neighborhoods and Housing Services is authorized to expend up to $75,000.00, including contingencies, from funds appropriated to Account No. 13-2600-555310-B-G55CDBG12 to satisfy the cost of the following economic development contract:

 

Hispanic Economic Development Corp. $ 75,000.00

 

Section 6. That the Director of Neighborhoods and Housing Services is authorized to expend up to $1,100,000.00, including contingencies, from funds appropriated to Account No. 13-2600-555313-B-G55CDBG12 to satisfy the cost of the following housing rehabilitation contracts:

 

Northland Neighborhoods, Inc. $ 275,000.00

Blue Hills Community Services Corp. 275,000.00

Westside Housing Organization 275,000.00

Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council 275,000.00

TOTAL $1,100,000.00

 

Section 7. That the Director of Neighborhoods and Housing Services is authorized to expend up to $125,000.00, including contingencies, from funds appropriated to Account No. 13-2600-575300-B-G57CDBG12 to satisfy the cost of the following homeless planning contract:

 

Homeless Services Coalition of Greater Kansas City $ 125,000.00

 

Section 8. That the Director of Neighborhoods and Housing Services is authorized to expend up to $675,973.00, including contingencies, from funds appropriated to Account No. 13-2600-575312-B-G57CDBG12 to satisfy the cost of the following children and youth services contracts:

 

Operation Breakthrough $ 117,000.00

United Inner City Services 78,057.00

Boys and Girls Clubs 100,345.00

W.E.B. DuBois Learning Center 125,000.00

Urban Rangers Corps 44,406.00

Mattie Rhodes 47,487.00

Somali Foundation 20,678.00

Niles Home for Children 25,000.00

Synergy Services 25,000.00

Guadalupe Centers 93,000.00

TOTAL $ 675,973.00

 

Section 9. That the Director of Neighborhoods and Housing Services is authorized to expend up to $35,000.00, including contingencies, from funds appropriated to Account No. 13-2600-575314-B-G57CDBG12 to satisfy the cost of the following social service contract:

 

Kansas City Community Gardens $ 35,000.00

 

Section 10. That the Director of Neighborhoods and Housing Services is authorized to expend up to $573,752.00, including contingencies, from funds appropriated to Account No. 13-2600-575315-B-G57CDBG12 to satisfy the cost of the following homeless prevention and housing counseling contracts:

 

Greater Kansas City Housing Information Center $ 177,208.00

Community Assistance Council 193,630.00

reStart, Inc. 70,000.00

Benilde Hall 32,914.00

Guadalupe Centers 100,000.00

TOTAL $ 573,752.00

 

Section 11. That the Director of Neighborhoods and Housing Services is authorized to expend up to $51,000.00, including contingencies, from funds appropriated to Account No. 13-2600-575316-B-G55CDBG12 to satisfy the cost of the following senior services contract:

 

Palestine Senior Citizen Activity Center $ 51,000.00

 

Section 12. That the Director of Neighborhoods and Housing Services is authorized to expend up to $800,000.00, including contingencies, from funds appropriated to Account No. 13-2940-555315-B-G55HOME12 to satisfy the cost of the following housing development contract:

 

Neighborhood Housing Services of Kansas City $ 800,000.00

 

Section 13. That the Director of Neighborhoods and Housing Services is authorized to expend up to $613,209.00, including contingencies, from funds appropriated to Account No. 13-1000-575201-B-G57ESG12 to satisfy the cost of the following homeless services contracts:

 

reStart, Inc. (operating costs) $ 76,001.00

Community LINC 143,633.00

TOTAL $ 219,634.00

 

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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.

 

_______________________________

Randall J. Landes

Director of Finance

 

Approved as to form and legality:

 

 

_______________________________

Nicole Rowlette

Assistant City Attorney