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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR] ORDINANCE NO. 240031

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Sponsor: Director of the Parks and Recreation Department

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

Appropriating $1,525,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Parks Sales Tax Fund, to fund construction of the Ashland Square Park Sprayground and the Bruce R. Watkins Connector Community Park.

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WHEREAS, in August of 2012, the voters of Kansas City, Missouri overwhelmingly approved a half-cent sales tax increase, in perpetuity, to benefit parks and community centers; and

WHEREAS, the Parks Sales Tax Fund provides the complete funding source for the Engineering, Planning, and Design Services Division of the Kansas City’s Parks and Recreation Department; and

WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Department owns and operates 16 spraygrounds and desires to convert a fill and draw pool at Ashland Square Park to a twenty-two play features within  the sprayground; and

WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Department desires to design and install United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-funded site amenities along the north side of Brush Creek between Woodland Avenue and Benton Boulevard; and

WHEREAS, these upgrades align with the Parks and Recreation Department’s mission and goal of equity in health and wellness in the community; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners passed Resolution Nos. 32362 and 32170 approving the use of $1,525,000.00 from the Parks Sales Tax Fund to fund these improvements at Ashland Square Park and provide matching funds for Bruce R. Watkins Connector Community Park; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the sum of $1,525,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of Fund No. 2030, Parks Sales Tax Fund, to the following accounts:

24-2030-701300-611060-70240089                                          Ashland Aquatics Improvements                     $   525,000.00

24-2030-701300-611060-70240090                                          BRW Connector Community Park                        1,000,000.00

                                                                                                                                                   TOTAL                                                               $1,525,000.00

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I hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation hereby incurred.

Tammy L. Queen

Director of  Finance

Approved as to form:

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Lana K. Torczon

Senior Associate City Attorney