COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 210987

title

Authorizing execution of a contract amendment with McCown-Gordon Construction in the amount of $196,555.00 to add additional components to the schematic design and a traffic study for the Auditorium Plaza Garage and Barney Allis Plaza Event Space.

body

WHEREAS, on March 4, 2021, the City Council passed Committee Substitute for 201080 which authorized, among other items, the execution of a design-build contract with McCown-Gordon Construction in the amount not to exceed $812,000.00 for Phase I preconstruction design services and guaranteed maximum price related to the design of the Auditorium Plaza Garage and Barney Allis Plaza Event Space and the Phase II contract to include the reconstruction of parking garage, plaza and perimeter that is subject to appropriation and approval; and

                     WHEREAS, additional design components to the schematic design for Phase I are necessary which include providing designs to increase the parking garage by approximately 200 spaces; providing designs for structural modifications to the garage to accommodate future vertical development; providing conceptual design efforts for architectural and structural infrastructure analysis for a future 19 story high-rise commercial development located on the west side of Barney Allis Plaza; and providing conceptual design for a one-level retail/mixed use core building; and

                     WHEREAS, the Auditorium Plaza Garage provides proximate, accessible parking for the Kansas City Convention Center and surrounding City facilities including the Downtown Arena; and

WHEREAS, the Plaza at Barney Allis shall serve as a vibrant, open, and active urban park, and

WHEREAS, the perimeter at Barney Allis will be an integral part of the community and visitor experience of the Plaza and the parking at Barney Allis, the Convention Center and the surrounding area; and

                     WHEREAS, these additional design components will fund additional survey work and fund Design-Build Team efforts to plan for increases to the base scope including increasing below grade parking from original scope of approximately 410 parking spaces to approximately 610 spaces; new integration, planning and structural analysis for vertical development within the block; and increasing points of ingress/egress from one location to two locations as required by the increased parking; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of General Services is authorized to execute an amendment to Contract No. AR07172020 with McCown Gordon Construction in an amount not to exceed $196,555.00 from Account No. 22-3090-078027-B-07P20002 for additional design components and a traffic study related to the design of the Auditorium Plaza Garage and Barney Allis Plaza Event Space.

end

______________________________________________________

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

______________________________

Tammy L. Queen

Director of Finance

Approved as to form and legality:

______________________________

Nicole Rowlette

Assistant City Attorney