File #: 220179    Version: Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/29/2021 In control: Council
On agenda: 4/14/2022 Final action: 4/14/2022
Title: Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute a $500,000.00 professional services contract with Gould Evans Associates, Inc. to prepare a Strategic Implementation Plan for Transit Oriented Development along the Rapid Bus Transit Corridor of Prospect Avenue from 75th Street to 12th Street along Prospect Avenue to the Bus Transit Hub on Charlotte Street.
Attachments: 1. 220179 Gould Evans Fact Sheet, 2. 220179 Fiscal Note, 3. Ordinance 220179-Docket Memo EV2835, 4. 220179 Approp Admin, 5. 220179 Prospect Work Flow, 6. 220179 Schedule of Engagement_final, 7. 220179 Scope of Work, 8. 220179 TIO Presentation 04062022, 9. 220179 TIO Presentation 04062022, 10. Authenticated Ordinance 220179 sub
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 220179

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Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute a $500,000.00 professional services contract with Gould Evans Associates, Inc. to prepare a Strategic Implementation Plan for Transit Oriented Development along the Rapid Bus Transit Corridor of Prospect Avenue from 75th Street to 12th Street along Prospect Avenue to the Bus Transit Hub on Charlotte Street.

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WHEREAS, pursuant to Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 200914, certain professional services contracts must be approved by the Council; and

WHEREAS the City solicited proposals for the Prospect Corridor Equitable Growth through TOD Planning Study pursuant to an RFP issued on May 20, 2021; and

WHEREAS this effort is bound by 12th Street on the north to 85th Street and the residential blocks adjacent to the corridor; and

WHEREAS Gould Evans Associates, Inc. meets the necessary qualifications and has the experience to produce and implement a Strategic Implementation Plan and TOD Overlay for the Prospect Corridor; and

WHEREAS the Strategic Implementation Plan by Gould Evans Associates, Inc. will provide important guidance for implementing the goals of the study including a Transit Oriented Development Overlay District, implementation steps for Housing, Economic Development, Multi-modal improvements, and TOD framework; and

WHEREAS the city was awarded a Transit Oriented Development planning grant by the Federal Transportation Authority (FTA). The conditions of this grant are an 80%-20% match which the FTA provides $400,000.00 in grant funds and the 20% local match amount of $100,000.00 from Account No. 22-1000-645340-B-G64TODP21. In addition, to the required local match, there will be a $25,000.00 in-kind contribution of staff work from Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) and $25,000.00 in-kind contribution of staff work from the city.

WHEREAS, the City Pl...

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