ORDINANCE NO. 220716

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Estimating revenue and appropriating $2,000,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Obligation Series 2023A Question 1 Bond Fund to fund the final allocation of backlogged sidewalk projects; designating requisitioning authorities; declaring the intent of the City to reimburse itself from the bond proceeds for certain expenditures; and authorizing the Director of Finance to close project accounts.

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WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 160877 put before the voters the question of enacting a basic maintenance and capital improvements program for 20 additional years by the extension of the current 1% general sales tax used for capital improvements and maintenance; and

WHEREAS, in a Special Election called on April 4, 2017, the voters of the City of Kansas City, Missouri approved Question 1 to be used for funding Streets, Bridges and Sidewalks, Question 2 to be used for Flood Control and Question 3 to be used for Public Buildings; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Committee Substitute for Resolution No. 200807, the 2020-2024 Citywide Business Plan included the Submitted FY 2022-2026 GOKC Bond Five-Year Plan of which the first year of the plan (FY2021-22) was approved; and

WHEREAS, Committee Substitute for Ordinance No, 220200 approved the appropriation of $20,000,000 for the General Obligation Series 2023A Question 1 Bond Fund for Street Resurfacing and

WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 220486 approved $11,500,000 for the General Obligation Series 2023A Question 1 Bond funding for Sidewalks Repair, ADA Curb Ramps, Vision Zero, Complete Streets and Arlington Road; and

WHEREAS, Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 220553 approved the balance of the FY23 GOKC bond plan including $5,676,000.00 for Question 1, $11,110,000.00 for Question 2, and $2,575,758.00 for Question 3; and

WHEREAS, this ordinance will allow for the funding of the final amount of the backlog of sidewalk projects existing pri...

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