Jackson County Missouri - File #: 5471

• File #: 5471
• Version: 1
• Name: Appropriating for Rock Island RR Capital Project Fund
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/3/2020
• In control: Budget Committee
• On agenda: 12/7/2020
• Final action: 12/21/2020
• Title: 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.
• Sponsors: Crystal Williams
• Indexes: INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, KANSAS CITY AREA TRANSPORTATION AUTHOURITY , ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD, UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE
• Related files: 19023, 19801

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/21/2020	0	County Legislature	adopt	Pass
12/21/2020	0	County Legislature	Consent Agenda
12/14/2020	0	County Legislature	perfect	Pass
12/14/2020	0	Budget Committee	recommend for perfection	Pass
12/14/2020	0	County Legislature	Consent Agenda
12/8/2020	0	County Legislature	Go To 1st Perfection	Pass
12/7/2020	0	County Legislature	assign to committee

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

Title
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.

Intro
ORDINANCE NO. 5471, December 7, 2020

INTRODUCED BY Crystal Williams, County Legislators


Body
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...