File #: 240986    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/16/2024 In control: Council
On agenda: 11/7/2024 Final action:
Title: Sponsor: Director of Neighborhood Services Department Accepting a $1,000,000.00 Environmental Justice Government-to-Government Grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights to pilot an environmental justice initiative in the Ivanhoe Neighborhood; estimating and appropriating $1,000,000.00 in the Environmental Justice Grant fund; designating requisitioning authority, and recognizing an accelerated effective date.
Sponsors: Director of Neighborhoods
Attachments: 1. Approp Admin TMP-4761, 2. Docket Memo TMP-4761, 3. Draft ordinance accepting EPA funds 2024
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ORDINANCE NO. 240986

 

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Sponsor:  Director of Neighborhood Services Department

 

Accepting a $1,000,000.00 Environmental Justice Government-to-Government Grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights to pilot an environmental justice initiative in the Ivanhoe Neighborhood; estimating and appropriating $1,000,000.00 in the Environmental Justice Grant fund; designating requisitioning authority, and recognizing an accelerated effective date.

 

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WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City, Missouri, is committed to adopting policies, programs and practices that improve natural environments for all residents and promote environmental justice in historically underserved areas; and

 

WHEREAS, the Neighborhood Services Department is committed to providing opportunities and access to resources that improve neighborhood health, culture, and identity throughout the City by partnering with residents to further these purposes; NOW, THEREFORE,

 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

 

Section 1. That the Director of Neighborhood Services is authorized to accept a $1,000,000.00 Environmental Justice Government-to-Government Grant from the U.S. EPA to provide an environmental justice pilot program to remediate lead in several vacant lots and advocate for environmental justice in the Ivanhoe Neighborhood through a collaborative effort by the Neighborhood Services Department, the Office of Environmental Quality, and the City Planning and Development Department.

 

Section 2. That the Director of Neighborhood Services is authorized to execute a grant agreement with the U.S. EPA to govern the administration of the grant. A copy of the grant agreement is on file with the Director of the Neighborhood Services Department.

 

Section 3. That revenue in the following account of the General Grants Fund is estimated in the following amount:

 

25-2580-575215-475215-G57EPA24                                          Environmental Justice Grant                                          $1,000,000.00

                     

Section 4. That $1,000,000.00 is appropriated to the following account:

 

25-2580-575206-A-G57EPA24                                          Environmental Justice Grant                                          $   234,000.00

25-2580-575206-B-G57EPA24                                          Environmental Justice Grant                                                   9,085.00

25-2580-575206-C-G57EPA24                                          Environmental Justice Grant                                               756,915.00

                                                                                                                                                   TOTAL                                                               $1,000,000.00

                     Section 5. That the Director of Neighborhood Services is authorized as requisitioning authority for Account No. 23-2580-575206.

                     

Section 6.  That this ordinance is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(C) of the City Charter and shall take effect in accordance with that section.

 

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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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Bret R. Kassen

Associate City Attorney