ORDINANCE NO. 230396
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Sponsor: Director of the Public Works Department
Estimating revenue and appropriating funds in the amount of $5,000.000.00 to the Capital Improvement Grant Fund from a Federal Surface Transportation Program (STP) Grant; estimating revenue and appropriating funds in the amount of $8,503,140.09 to the Capital Improvement Grant Fund from Platte County, Missouri for the N.W. Waukomis Drive Complete Streets Project 89008260; estimating revenue and appropriating funds in the amount of $447,705.12 to the Capital Improvement Grant Fund from the Platte County Road and Bridge Tax Fund; authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute Cooperative and Escrow Agreements with Platte County, Missouri; authorizing a $12,596,318.30 contract with Radmacher Brothers Excavating Co., Inc.; and authorizing and encumbering a 15% contingency for construction and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, on April 2, 2013, the voters of Platte County approved a county wide sales tax for 10 years for the purpose of financing transportation related projects, including, but not limited to, roads, bridges, drainage structures and sidewalk; and
WHEREAS, on July 14, 2016, City Council passed Ordinance 160514, authorizing a Cooperative Agreement with Platte County, Missouri for County construction projects on City roadways, whereby the City would fund and complete the design and right of way acquisition on joint projects and the County would pay for the construction of the improvements; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of all the residents of Platte County and of the City to use apportion foe the proceeds from this tax to finance the construction of certain improvements to NW Waukomis Drive from NW Englewood to N.W. 68th Street; and
WHEREAS, the proposed improvements will connect the residents east of Waukomis Drive to Line Creek Trail, Line Creek Community Center, an...
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