ORDINANCE NO. 230478

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Sponsor:  Director of the Water Services Department

Authorizing a $3,864,415.00 construction contract with Hartline Construction, LLC, for the Water Services Administration Building and I/T Improvements and ADA Compliance project;  authorizing a maximum expenditure of $4,239,415.00; authorizing a $292,195.00 design professional services Amendment No. 4 to Contract No. 1519,for the Various Building and I/T Improvements and ADA Compliance Implementation Water Services Department Building (SLBE-WSDEPS) project with Wellner Architects, Inc., for a total contract amount of $750,195.00; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

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WHEREAS, the City approved a $187,938.00 design professional services Contract No. 1519 with Wellner Architects, Inc. on October 30, 2019, for the Various Building and I/T Improvements and ADA Compliance Implementation Water Services Department Building (SLBE-WSDEPS) project; and

WHEREAS, the City approved a $27,663.00 Amendment No. 1 on September 21, 2020, and a $177,399.00 Amendment No. 2 on February 22, 2021, for Contract No. 1519 with Wellner Architects, Inc. for planning, design changes, and I/T upgrade work on the design professional services project; and

WHEREAS, City Council approved Ordinance No. 210438 on May 27, 2021, authorizing a $65,000.00 Amendment No. 3 to  Contract No. 1519 with Wellner Architects, Inc. for I/T updates and gender neutral restroom design work on the design professional services project; and 

                     WHEREAS, this proposed ordinance is requesting City Council approval for a $292,195.00 Amendment No. 4 to Contract No. 1519 with Wellner Architects, Inc., for construction phase services on the project for a total contract amount of $750,195.00; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of the Water Services Department is authorized to execute construction Contract No. 1682 in the amount of $3,864,415.00 with Hartline Construction, LLC, for the Water Services Administration Building and I/T Improvements and ADA Compliance project, Project No. 81000817. A copy of the contract is on file in the office of Water Services.

Section 2. That the Director of the Water Services Department is authorized a maximum expenditure of $4,239,415.00, from Account No. AL-8193-807710-611060-81000817, Adm/Service Facility Improvements, to satisfy the cost of this contract.

Section 3. That the Director of the Water Services Department is authorized to execute design professional services Amendment No. 4 to Contract No. 1519 in the amount of $292,195.00, for a total contract amount of $750,195.00, with Wellner Architects, Inc., for the Various Building and I/T Improvements and ADA Compliance Implementation Water Services Department Building (SLBE-WSDEPS) project, Project No. 81000817. A copy of the contract is on file in the office of Water Services.

Section 4. That the Director of the Water Services Department is authorized a maximum expenditure of $292,195.00, from Account No. AL-8193-807710-611040-81000817, Adm/Service Facility Improvements, to satisfy the cost of this amendment.

Section 5.  That this ordinance, relating to the design, repair, maintenance of 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 L. Queen

Director of Finance

Approved as to form:

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Mark P. Jones

Senior Associate City Attorney