COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 220179
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Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute a $500,000.00 professional services contract with Gould Evans Associates, Inc. to prepare a Strategic Implementation Plan for Transit Oriented Development along the Rapid Bus Transit Corridor of Prospect Avenue from 75th Street to 12th Street along Prospect Avenue to the Bus Transit Hub on Charlotte Street.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 200914, certain professional services contracts must be approved by the Council; and
WHEREAS the City solicited proposals for the Prospect Corridor Equitable Growth through TOD Planning Study pursuant to an RFP issued on May 20, 2021; and
WHEREAS this effort is bound by 12th Street on the north to 85th Street and the residential blocks adjacent to the corridor; and
WHEREAS Gould Evans Associates, Inc. meets the necessary qualifications and has the experience to produce and implement a Strategic Implementation Plan and TOD Overlay for the Prospect Corridor; and
WHEREAS the Strategic Implementation Plan by Gould Evans Associates, Inc. will provide important guidance for implementing the goals of the study including a Transit Oriented Development Overlay District, implementation steps for Housing, Economic Development, Multi-modal improvements, and TOD framework; and
WHEREAS the city was awarded a Transit Oriented Development planning grant by the Federal Transportation Authority (FTA). The conditions of this grant are an 80%-20% match which the FTA provides $400,000.00 in grant funds and the 20% local match amount of $100,000.00 from Account No. 22-1000-645340-B-G64TODP21. In addition, to the required local match, there will be a $25,000.00 in-kind contribution of staff work from Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) and $25,000.00 in-kind contribution of staff work from the city.
WHEREAS, the City Planning and Development Department and Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, believe that Gould Evans Associates, Inc. is best suited to undertake and complete the Prospect Corridor Equitable Growth Through TOD Planning Study; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the revenue in the following account is estimated in the following amount:
22-2580-640001-485340-G64TODP21 FTA Grant $400,000.00
Section 2. That the sum of $400,000.00 is appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Grants Fund to the following account in the General Grants Fund:
22-2580-645340-B-G64TODP21 FTA Grant $400,000.00
Section 3. That the Manager of Procurement Services is hereby authorized to execute a professional services contract with Gould Evans Associates, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $500,000.00 to complete and implement a Prospect Corridor Equitable Growth through TOD Planning Study and TOD Overlay for the planning area. A copy of the contract, in substantial form, is on file with the Manager of Procurement Services.
Section 4. That the Director of City Planning and Development Department is authorized to expend up to $400,000.00 from Account No. 22-2580-645340-B-G64TODP21 and $100,000.00 from Account No. 22-1000-645340-B-G64TODP21, to satisfy the cost of this contract.
Section 5. That the Manager of Procurement Services is authorized to amend the contract and extend the contract without additional Council authorization.
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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 L. Queen
Director of Finance
Approved as to form and legality:
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James M. Brady
Assistant City Attorney