ORDINANCE NO. 230304

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Sponsor:  Director of the Public Works Department

Authorizing a contract with H.W. Lochner, Inc. in the amount of $474,995.00 for construction inspection services for the North Green Hills Road project between N.W. 78th Street and N.W. Barry Road; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

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WHEREAS, North Green Hills Road was constructed in the 1940’s as a rural two-lane road with eleven-foot lanes and narrow gravel shoulders and as the area has urbanized it does not meet City standards for safe horizontal and vertical geometry and forces pedestrians who are accessing employment and transit service along Barry Road to walk on the narrow gravel shoulders or in the street, and

WHEREAS, the North Green Hills project will provide improvements between N.W. 78th Street and Barry Road including pavement, reconstruction and new curbs, sidewalks, trail, retaining walls, storm sewer, streetlights and landscaping as outlined in the 2006 N.W. Waukomis Drive/North Green Hills Improvement study; and

WHEREAS, bids were opened on January 10, 2023 and work will include the roadway reconstruction to current urban standards and replacement of the KCI Water Transmission Main; NOW THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to execute a $474,995.00 contract with H.W. Lochner, Inc., for construction inspection services for the North Green Hills Road project between N.W. 78th Street and N.W. Barry Road-Project No. 89008207, from funds previously appropriated to Account No. 23-3090-898012-B-89008087. A copy of the contract is on file in the Public Works Department and is incorporated herein by reference.

Section 2. That the Director of Public Works is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 23-3090-898012.

Section 3. That this ordinance, relating to the design, repair, maintenance or construction of a public improvement, is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(D) of the City Charter and shall take effect in accordance with Section 503, City Charter.

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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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Tammy Queen

Director of Finance

Approved as to form:

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Dustin E. Johnson

Assistant City Attorney