IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $1,275,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2020 General Fund and $600,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2020 Rock Island Railroad Capital Project Fund, authorizing the County Executive to execute an Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement with and payment of $675,000.00 to the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, and establishing the new Rock Island Rail Capital Project Fund.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5471, December 7, 2020
INTRODUCED BY Crystal Williams, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 19023, dated, December 1, 2015, the County and the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) entered into a Cooperative Agreement that provided for, among other items, the joint funding of right-of-way acquisition for the construction of a recreational trail system within the Rock Island Rail Corridor (RIRC); and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 19801, dated March 26, 2018, the County and the City of Lee’s Summit, MO (City), entered into a Cooperative Agreement regarding the status of the Chipman Road bridge within the RIRC, whereunder the County granted the City permission to remove the bridge at some point in the future and released the City from any future obligations regarding said bridge, in exchange for $2,000,000.00 to be paid by the City, which the County now retains; and,
WHEREAS, this Ordinance will allocate the $2,000,000.00 provided by the City between the County and the KCATA to be used for RIRC and other transit purposes; and,
WHEREAS, $225,000.00 of the funds will be used to reimburse the County for funds paid to resolve the RIRC state law takings claims that were settled pursuant to Resolution 20545, dated October 26, 2020; and,
WHEREAS, $500,000.00, which has previously been appropriated into the Park Fund, will be allocated toward the construction of a new pedestrian bridge over Chipman Road along the RIRC; and,
WHEREAS, $675,000.00 will be paid by the County to the KCATA pursuant to the attached Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement, to be used by the KCATA for costs associated with the KCATA’s implementation of transit and transportation-oriented development along the RIRC; and,
WHEREAS, the remaining $600,000.00 will be used to establish the County’s Rock Island Railroad Capital Project Fund, to be expanded solely for RIRC-related purposes; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
General Fund
001-9999 32810-
Undesignated Fund Balance $1,275,000
Rock Island Rail Corridor Auth.
001-3601 56070-
Intergovernmental Agreements $675,000
001-9100
Operating Transfers 56105-
Operating Transfers Out $600,000
Rock Island Railroad Capital Project Fund
Rock Island Rail Corridor Auth.
011-3601 47070-
Inter Fund Transfers $600,000
011-9999 32810-
Undesignated Fund Balance $600,000
011-9999 32810-
Undesignated Fund Balance $600,000
Rock Island Rail Corridor Auth.
011-3601 58060-
Other Improvements $600,000
and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Rock Island Rail Capital Project Fund be and hereby is established; and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute the attached Cooperative Agreement with KCATA; and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Director of the Department of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the Agreement.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached ordinance, Ordinance No. 5471 introduced on December 7, 2020, was duly passed on__________________, 2020 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______________ Nays ______________
Abstaining ___________ Absent _____________
This Ordinance is hereby transmitted to the County Executive for his signature.
____________________ ________________________________
Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance No. 5471.
____________________ ________________________________
Date Frank White, Jr., County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the sources indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 001 9999 32810
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $1,275,000.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 011 9999 32810
ACCOUNT TITLE: Rock Island Railroad Capital Project Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $600,000.00
There is a balance otherwise unencumbered to the credit of the appropriation to which the expenditure is chargeable and there is a cash balance otherwise unencumbered in the treasury to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made each sufficient to provide for the obligation herein authorized.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 001 3601 56070
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Rock Island Rail Corridor Auth.
Intergovernmental Agreements
NOT TO EXCEED: $675,000.00
_________________ ________________________________
Date Interim Chief Administrative Officer