ORDINANCE NO. 240726

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Sponsor: Councilmember Kevin O'Neill

Estimating revenue in the amount of $2,555,732.00 to the KCI-Other-Grants account; authorizing acceptance of an anticipated Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Grant Offer from the United States of America, acting through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); authorizing the Director of Aviation to accept the grant; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

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WHEREAS, the Aviation Department submitted to the FAA a project application dated January 31, 2024, for a grant of Federal AIP funds for a project at or associated with the Kansas City International Airport and anticipates that $2,555,732.00 will be offered in grant 3-29-0040-096-2024; and

WHEREAS, the FAA has indicated an intent to offer the grant, but provided that the grant must be accepted and executed by the City no later than September 15, 2024; and

WHEREAS, the AIP Grant would be provided in accordance with the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, the Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2021, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, and the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 ; and

WHEREAS, the purpose of the AIP Grant is to provide funds for the reconstruction of Runway 1L/19R Taxiway High Speed Connectors A1, A2, A3, A9, A13, Taxiway B East Shoulder STA 322+39.24 to STA 1+61.24, Install LED Elevated Medium Intensity Taxiway Edge Lights (MITLs), and Install LED Taxiway Centerline Lights - Phase 2 Construction - 23% of the project; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the sum of $2,555,732.00 is hereby estimated to the following account:

25-8300-620000- 478410 KCI-Other-Grants $2,555,732.00

Section 2. That an AIP Grant Agreement between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, acting through its Director of Aviation Department, and the Federal Aviation Administ...

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