RESOLUTION NO. 230247

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Sponsor: Councilmember Eric Bunch

RESOLUTION - Honoring the entire staff of the Kansas City Aviation Department for their work over the past decade to deliver a new single terminal at Kansas City International Airport, creating a new front door to the Heart of America and opening an updated gateway to the world.

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WHEREAS, the Aviation Department presented to hundreds of groups to receive feedback from residents and preview ways a new terminal would enhance the conveniences travelers expect at Kansas City International Airport; and

WHEREAS, the Aviation Department worked with numerous groups to ensure the new terminal would be at the very forefront of accessibility and inclusion; its project partners exceeded all goals for minority and women participation along with the workforce goals in the new terminal project, providing transformational change for the workforce of the city; and

WHEREAS, the Aviation Department and its project partners celebrated the start of the construction of the new single terminal with a groundbreaking event on March 25, 2019; and

WHEREAS, the Aviation Department and its project partners were successful in keeping the workforce safe and the jobsite active through the uncertainties of a global pandemic; and

WHEREAS, the Aviation Department relied on other City departments, including Finance, the City Manager's office, Legal, Communications, Civil Rights & Equal Opportunity, Planning, Health, Regulated Industries, and General Services, to successfully move the project forward; and

WHEREAS, on February 28, 2023, the new terminal at Kansas City International Airport, the largest single infrastructure in the City's history, opened on time and on budget; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

That the Mayor and Council hereby extend their appreciation to the Kansas City Aviation Department for their achievement...

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