File #: 240378    Version: Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 4/5/2024 In control: Council
On agenda: 4/25/2024 Final action: 4/25/2024
Title: Sponsor: Director of Public Works Department Authorizing an agreement not to exceed $70,851,783.00 with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) to provide fixed route, paratransit and on-demand transit services and certain specialized services for the City of Kansas City, Missouri between May 1, 2024 and April 30, 2025; directing the City Manager to work with KCATA to implement a Zero Fare Program; directing the City Manager to work with KCATA to review the costs and benefits of the Zero Fare Program compared with a Functionally Free Fare Program and to report back to Council within 60 days; and directing the City Manager to work collaboratively to advance and implement FY24-25 transit priorities.
Sponsors: Director of Public Works
Attachments: 1. Docket Memo 240378, 2. Docket Memo 240378, 3. Power Point 240378, 4. Attachment A.1 May 2024 to June 2024 Contract Services 4_19_2024, 5. Attachment A.2 2024-25 Paratransit, 6. Attachment A.3 2024-25 On-Demand, 7. Attachment A.4 2024-25 Service Costs, 8. Attachment B 2024-25 Reporting Metrics, 9. Attachment C 2024-25 Cost Allocation Methodology, 10. Attachment D 2024-25 Procedure for Modifications, 11. Attachment E 2024-25 Indirect and Direct Operating Expenses, 12. Attachment E 2024-25 Indirect and Direct Operating Expenses, 13. farefoodshoppingreport_2019 public testimony 240378, 14. KCMO TIO Ordinance 240378 public comment 04.16.24, 15. OFFICIAL DRAFT_KANSAS CITY FY24-25 AGREEMENT_KCATA-KCMO 04192024_clean, 16. Public Testimony 240378, 17. Speakers Card 240378, 18. Authenticated Ordinance 240378 A.A.

ORDINANCE NO. 240378, As Amended

 

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Sponsor:  Director of Public Works Department

 

Authorizing an agreement not to exceed $70,851,783.00 with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) to provide fixed route, paratransit and on-demand transit services and certain specialized services for the City of Kansas City, Missouri between May 1, 2024 and April 30, 2025; directing the City Manager to work with KCATA to implement a Zero Fare Program; directing the City Manager to work with KCATA to review the costs and benefits of the Zero Fare Program compared with a Functionally Free Fare Program and to report back to Council within 60 days; and directing the City Manager to work collaboratively to advance and implement FY24-25 transit priorities.

 

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

 

Section 1. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the KCATA to provide funding for fixed route, paratransit and on-demand transit services for residents of Kansas City, Missouri, for a period of one year beginning May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2025.  A copy of the agreement is on file in the office of the Department of Public Works.

 

Section 2. That the Director of Transportation is hereby authorized to expend an amount not to exceed $70,851,783.00 from funds to be appropriated to the following accounts in the adopted 2024-2025 Budget:

 

25-2080-692000-F                                                                                    KCATA Operations                                                     $29,583,942.00

25-2290-692000-F                                                                                    KCATA Sales Tax                                                       41,267,841.00

                                                                                                                              TOTAL:                                                     $70,851,783.00

 

Section 3. Directing the City Manager to work with KCATA to continue to implement a Zero Fare Program; and

 

Section 4. Directing the City Manager to work with KCATA to review the costs and benefits of a Zero Fare Program compared with a Functionally Free Fare Program and to report back to Council within 60 days.

 

                     Section 5.  Directing the City Manager to work with KCATA to continue to work collaboratively to advance and implement FY24-25 transit priorities and current transit-supportive policies, projects and programs.

 

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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:

 

                                                                                                         

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Dustin E. Johnson

Assistant City Attorney