HomeMy WebLinkAbout1898 Ordinance Approving an Agreement with City of Kansas City NKC, MARC, andBILL NO.2023-008
ORDINANCE NO. 1898
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITIES OF
KANSAS CITY AND NORTH KANSAS CITY, AND THE MID-AMERICA
REGIONAL COUNCIL
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1 — AGREEMENT APPROVED. That the Riverside Board of Aldermen
hereby approves the Agreement with the Cities of Kansas City and North Kansas City,
and the Mid -America Regional Council regarding the Planning Sustainable Places
Program, in substantially the form attached hereto, and the Mayor is authorized to
execute the agreement.
SECTION 2 — AUTHORITY GRANTED. The Mayor, the City Administrator and
other appropriate City officials are hereby authorized to take any and all actions as may
be deemed necessary or convenient to carry out and comply with the intent of this
Ordinance and to execute and deliver for and on behalf of the City all certificates,
instruments, agreements and other documents, as may be necessary or convenient to
perform all matters herein authorized.
SECTION 3 — EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall -be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and approval.
BE IT REMEMBERED that the above was read two times by heading only, PASSED
AND APPROVED by a majority of the Board of Aldermen and APPROVED by the
Mayor of the City of Riverside this 7th day of February 2023.
Mayor Kathleen L. Rose
ATTEST:
Robin Kincaid, City Clerk
AGREEMENT
This Agreement is entered into between the City of Kansas City, Missouri ("Sponsor"), the
City of North Kansas City ("NKC"), the City of Riverside, Missouri ("Riverside"), and the Mid -
America Regional Council ("MARC).
1. Purpose. The purpose of this Agreement is to facilitate the Planning Sustainable Places
("PSP") program which provides local governments with financial support to advance
detailed planning and project development activities in support of Connected KC 2050's
activity centers and corridors framework. Funds received will be used to advance detailed
local planning in support of the Multi -County Regional Bike/Ped Highway Barrier Removal
Project as detailed in Exhibit A. The PSP seeks to facilitate the following objectives:
a. Support the development and implementation of local activity center plans consistent
with the Creating Sustainable Places principles, identified regional activity centers,
and the land use policy direction outlined in Connected KC 2050.
b. Support localized public engagement and community consensus building.
C. Support the identification and conceptualization of transportation projects, land use
strategies, and related sustainable development initiatives that help to realize and
advance the objectives identified in the Creating Sustainable Places initiative,
Connected KC 2050, and the MARC Board's adopted policy statement on regional
land use direction.
2. Term. The Effective Date of this Agreement is as of the date last signed by the parties and
shall continue until May 1, 2024.
3. Sponsor Obligations. Sponsor agrees to the following:
a. To fund its portion of the PSP program's required local match of $60,000.00 with a
one-time payment within 30 days upon receipt of invoice by MARC for the local
match;
b. That any change order or request for additional services must be submitted through
MARC to the contracted consultant. If the resulting change order or request for
additional services requires additional funding, payment shall be the responsibility of
the Sponsor if it is the entity requesting additional services;
G. To provide a project manager and coordinate the consultant team;
d. To participate in the PSP program management and provide MARC all required
technical assistance, data and any other necessary information needed to successfully
manage and comply with federal requirements regarding the PSP project;
e. Agree to include designated MARC project liaison in study advisory committee; and
f. To provide a selection committee to review consultant vendor proposals, interview
prospective consultant vendors, and make final selection of vendor.
g. To review, provide comments and approve final consultant scope of work.
4. NKC's Obligations. NKC agrees to the following:
a. To fund its portion of the PSP program's required local snatch of $25,000.00 with a
one-time within payment 30 days upon receipt of invoice by MARC for the local
match;
b. That any change order or request for additional services must be submitted through
MARC to. the contracted consultant. If the resulting change order or request for
additional services requires additional funding, payment shall be the responsibility of
the City of North Kansas City if it is the entity requesting additional services;
C. To provide a project manager and coordinate the consultant team;
d. To participate in the PSP program management and provide MARC all required
technical assistance, data and any other necessary information needed to successfully
manage and comply with federal requirements regarding the PSP project;
e. Agree to include designated MARC project liaison in study advisory committee; and
f. To provide a selection committee to review consultant vendor proposals, interview
prospective consultant vendors, and make final selection of vendor.
g. To review, provide comments and approve final consultant scope of work.
5. Riverside's Obligations. Riverside agrees to the following:
a. To fund its portion of the PSP program's required local match of $25,000.00 with a
one-time within payment 30 days upon receipt of invoice by MARC for the local
match;
b. That any change order or request for additional services must be submitted through
MARC to the contracted consultant. If the resulting change order or request for
additional services requires additional funding, payment shall be the responsibility of
the City of Riverside if it is the entity requesting additional services;
C. To provide a project manager and coordinate the consultant team;
d. To participate in the PSP program management and provide MARC all required
technical assistance, data and any other necessary information needed to successfully
manage and comply with federal requirements regarding the PSP project;
e. Agree to include designated MARC project liaison in study advisory committee; and
f. To provide a selection committee to review consultant vendor proposals, interview
prospective consultant vendors, and make final selection of vendor.
g. To review, provide comments, and approve final consultant scope of work.
6. XURC's Obligations. Riverside agrees to the following:
a. To provide project liaison and project management;
b. To administer awarded Planning Sustainable Places federal funding of $100,500.00,
unless state or federal funding sources withdraw funding;
c. To coordinate and conduct consultant selection process to meet state and federal
procurement requirements in the use of federal funds that includes but is not limited
to debarment and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) requirements;
d. MARC will not contract with the selected vendor until all parties approve of the final
scope of work.
e. To provide oversight of federal requirements that governs the use of federal funds in
connection with the PSP program;
f. To administer consultant invoicing and reimbursement process per state and federal
guidelines; and
g. To accept consultant deliverables only with Sponsor, NKC, and Riverside approval.
7. Audit. Sponsor, NKC, and Riverside shall have the right to audit this Agreement and all
books, documents and records of MARC relating to this Agreement and the contracts for the
completion of the PSP program_. MARC shall maintain all its books, documents, plan sets,
record drawings and records in hard copy and electronic version relating to this Agreement
and any contracts for the completion of the PSP program during the term of this Agreement
and for a period of five (5) years that shall begin after the expiration or termination of this
Agreement and all Agreement amendments. The books, documents and records shall be made
available to Sponsor, NKC, and Riverside within ten (10) days after the written notice of
request to inspect the same is made.
Sponsor's right to audit under this Section extends to Sponsor's City Auditor, City's Internal
Auditor, City's Director of Human Relations, City Manager, and Sponsor's the City
department administering this Contract. NKC and Riverside's right to audit under this Section
extends to their respective City Administrators, and their designees.
As used in this Section "books, documents, and records" mean any document, book, paper,
photograph, map, sound recordings or other material, regardless of physical form or
characteristics, made or received in connection with this Agreement and all Agreement
amendments and renewals.
8. Work Authorization. MARC agrees to execute and submit an affidavit in a form prescribed,
respectively, by Sponsor, NKC, and Riverside, regarding Section 285.530, RSMo. MARC
acknowledges that Section 285.530 RSMo prohibits any business entity or employer from
knowingly employing, hiring for employment, or continuing to employ an unauthorized alien
to perform work within the State of Missouri. MARC therefore covenants that it is not
knowingly in violation of subsection 1 of Section 285.530 RSMo, and that it will not
knowingly employ, hire for employment, or continue to employ any unauthorized aliens to
perform work on the Project, and that its employees are lawfully eligible to work in the United
States.
9. Additional Provisions.
a. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and governed in accordance
with the law of the State of Missouri without giving effect to Missouri's choice of law
provisions.
b. Further Acts. The Parties shall do and perform such other and further acts, and sign
any further documents, as are reasonably necessary so as to effectuate their intentions
as herein expressed
c. Waiver. No consent or waiver, express or implied, by any party to this Agreement or
of any breach or default by any other party in the performance by such parry of its
obligations under this Agreement shall be deemed or construed to be a consent or
waiver to or of any other breach or default in the performance by such other parry of
the same or any other obligations of such party hereunder. Failure on the part of any
party to complain of any act or failure to act of any of the other parties or to declare
any of the other parties in default, irrespective of how long such failure continues shall
not constitute a waiver by such party of its rights under this Agreement. The Parties
reserve the right to waive any term, covenant, or condition of this Agreement;
provided, however, such waiver shall be in writing and shall be deemed to constitute
a waiver only as to the matter waived and the Parties reserve the right to exercise any
and all of their rights and remedies under this Agreement irrespective of any waiver
granted.
d. Modification. This Agreement shall not be amended, modified or cancelled without
the written consent of the Parties.
e. Headings; Construction of Agreement. The headings of each section of this
Agreement are for reference only. Unless the context of this Agreement clearly
requires otherwise, all terms and words used herein, regardless of the number and
gender in which used, shall be construed to include any other number, singular or
plural, or any other gender, masculine, feminine or neuter, the same as if such words
had been fully and properly written in that number or gender.
f. No Partnership. It is expressly understood that the Parties are not now, nor will they
be engaged in a joint venture, partnership or any other form of business relationship
except as expressly set forth herein, and that no party shall be responsible for the
conduct, warranties, guarantees, acts, errors, omissions, debts, obligations or
undertaking of any kind or nature of the other in the performance of this Agreement.
g. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Parties hereto and upon
their assigns, transferees and successors in interest, providing none of the Parties may
assign this Agreement or the rights or obligations hereunder without the express
written consent of the other parties.
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h. Representations. The Parties certify that they have the power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement, to use the funds as contemplated hereby and to
perform this Agreement in accordance with its terms.
i. No Third Party Beneficiary. This Agreement is not intended to give or confer any
benefits, rights, privileges, claims, actions or remedies to any person or entity as a
third party beneficiary, decree, or otherwise
j. Counterpart Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and when so executed shall be deemed an original, and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Hand signatures transmitted by
fax or electronic mail in portable document format (PDF), or similar format, are also
permitted as binding signatures to this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF: the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be signed by their
authorized officers.
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Mid -America Regional Council:
David Warm
Executive Director
Date: 1/25/2022
City of Kansas City, Missouri:
Wes Minder
Assistant City Manager
Date:
Attest:
Approved as to form:
Assistant City Attorney Date
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 Queen
Director of Finance
Date:
City of North Kansas City, Missouri:
Bryant Delong
Mayor
Date:
Attest:
Crystal Doss, City Clerk
City of Riverside, Missouri:
By:
Kathleen.Rose
Mayor.
Dated: February 7, 2023
Robin Kincaid, City Clerk
COUNTERSIGNED BY CITY PURCHASING AGENT:
By:
Brian E. Koral, City Administrator
Dated: Feb. 7, 2023
Exhibit A
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General & Project Information [First Page]
Question Answer
You must classify your project into one category. Select your
category from the following list:
Sustainable Places Plan
Project Name:
Multi -County Regional Bike/Ped Highway Barrier Removal
Project
Project Location: (city, county, and general boundaries if site-
specific plan)
Riverside, Kansas City, North Kansas City, Platte and Clay
Counties. Terminus Riverway Boulevard in Riverside and
Chouteau Parkway in NKC/Kansas City
Total Cost
$250,000
Federal Amount
$150,000
Minimum Funding Amount
$150,000
Non-federal Cash Match -
Must be at least 20% of Question 2.1 above...
$100,000
Source of local match: capital improvement sales tax
Is the project scalable? No
Study Area & Context [Second Page]
Question Answer
Please draw the boundaries of your proposed project's study
area.
Photo of circle around boundaries from Riverside to North Kansas City including Kansas City
Missouri Dept. of Conservation, Missouri DNR, Esri, HERE, Garmin, SafeGraph, GeoTechn
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What is in your proposed scope to connect the above
destinationsin your study area? Please tell us about any priority
destinations that are to be connected.
As shown in the attached map, Kansas City, Riverside, Parkville,
and North Kansas City have been working independently and in
partnership to complete a connected multi -modal trail system
highlighted by the eight mile Line Creek Trail which connects the
Missouri River to Route 152. This trail connects the Missouri
Riverfront, Southern Platte Pass, Linear, and Route 152 Trails
and has built a network within a mile of 50,000 residents and
would connect to North Kansas City and Downtown Kansas City
if there was not a gap created by state highways and interstates
specifically US 169 and Route 9. The purpose and need for this
project is to evaluate how to connect this extensive trail system
in Platte County and the employment centers in Briarcliff to the
sidewalks in North Kansas City and the funded Burlington
Avenue cycle track and Kansas City's recently completed
reconstruction of North Oak from NE 32nd Street to NE Indianola
which includes a protected bike facility. The primary users of this
project would be recreational and non -motorized commuters. A
multi -modal connection along Route 9.would connect.Waterwell
Park with Macken Park. It would connect the single and multi-
family complexes in the Briarcliff area to these parks and would
connect the office and retail employment areas to the residences
of North Kansas City. It would also provide access to one of the
Cerner complexes which is one of the Kansas City region's
largest employers. The biggest benefit of this project would be
bicycling commuter users such as. myself who commute from
Platte County to downtown Kansas City and have to navigate the
60 mph US 169 and Route 9 interchange and a railroad
overpass on Route 9 which lacks shoulders and is unsafe for
anyone other than a highly confident and experienced cyclist.
This project once implemented would remove a gap and create a
truly connected -multi -modal transportation network that would
connect Crown Center to the 1-29/152/Zona Rosa retail area. Not
doing the project will hinder the region's sustainability efforts for
modal choice.
The scale of a study area is impacted by the presence of people.
The layers, Population by Block, and Jobs by Block, show the
numbers by block. What is in your proposed scope that
addresses the scale of your study area?
Right now Kansas City, Riverside, and North Kansas City are
building the regions premier multi modal connected system in
counties with over 350,000 residents. This study will help
implement a realistic modal choice system with real results to
reduce GHG emissions. Both Riverside and North Kansas City
have strong industrial job clusters which could provide economic
benefits to multiple EJ tracts. However those opportunities are
required to use a car because of a gap in the modal system. The
project will serve Cemer, Harrah's, and Argosy which are among
Clay and Platte Counties largest employers.
The mix of land use types contributes to the vibrancy of a place.
The layer, Land Use Variety by Block, illustrates how many
different land use types are found in a block. What is in your
proposed scope that addresses land use mix?
Currently the office, retail, and residents of the mixed use
Briarcliff West area are not served by any transit service.
Completing this project will connect them to KC ATA Routes
201/223 on NE 32nd. North Kansas City has substantial
affordable housing and this project will connect those
neighborhoods to industrial and retail jobs in Riverside: and North
Kansas and via the trail system to Burlington Creek and Zona
Rosa commercial areas. Access to Macken and Waterwell Park
will be improved for folks to walk to use the parks rather than
having to navigate by car. Bicycle commuting to. downtown will
become a safe choice for over 50,000 Platte County residents
who live within a mile of the Line Creek/152/Missouri
River/Southern Platte Pass Trail systems.
The project promotes housing choice by expanding the
connectivity to transit service by adding bicycling or walking as a
last mile option. The housing choices in parts of Riverside are
varied from single family to smaller apartments. The housing
choices in North Kansas City are varied from single family to
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The mix of housing land use types contributes to housing choice.
The layer, Housing Variety by Block, illustrates how many
housing types are found in a block. What is in your proposed
scope that addresses housing mix in your study area?
duplexes to clustered apartments. The housing choices in
Kansas City along the Line Creek Trail are part of the first ring
suburbs with one -car garages and are, still affordable. These
affordable housing choices are all accessible from the existing
trail/bikeway network and this project will connect these varied
housing choices to employment centers in Briarcliff, Riverside,
and North Kansas City and give residents options depending on
their income level and personal preferences rather than one -size
fits all cookie cutter choices seen in outlying areas. This project
will allow for people to live without the need fora car to commute
.from Platte to Clay to Jackson County for employment which will
allow them to use the savings to afford housing in these areas.
This project when complete will open up access to KCATA
201/223 along NE 32nd Street and people can choose to use
transit and walk or bike from transit service to open up their
housing choice.
One of the components of environmental justice is an at or
above regional presence of minority populations. The layer, %
Minority Population by Block, illustrates the percentage of
population that is minority. What is in your scope that addresses
minority populations in your study area?
The western edge of the project is located within Environmental
Justice tract 300.02. This project will connect those populations
to the existing. ATA service provided by Routes 201/223 by
removing the barrier of navigating the 60 mph US 169 and Route
9 interchange and a railroad overpass on Route 9 which lacks
shoulders and is unsafe unless in a car. It will open access to
employment areas in North KC and North KC Hospital by
providing multi -modal transportation choice to access those jobs.
It will also provide better access to North KC Library and High
School for those EJ individuals. EJ populations will also have
multi -modal access to sports programming access at Macken
Park for healthier lifestyles.
Stormwater runoff can adversely affect infrastructure and
properties. The layer, Impervious Surface, illustrates the
percentage of impervious surface by block. What in your
proposed scope addresses impervious surface in your study
area?
The project area will add minimal impact to surface water run off
as the project is a ten foot multi modal pathway. All of the project
is within the Missouri River floodplain or areas with levee
protection. The entities are working with the North Kansas City
levee district because the project has the ability to jointly improve
the levee system drainage by replacing and improving existing
storm drain facilities which were designed 70 years ago and
prone to clogging especially among MO 9.The project by nature
promotes environmental stewardship by offering bicycling as a
transportation option. The reduction in vehicle miles travel will
reduce automotive air quality impacts. Currently one that wants
to use a bicycle to commute from Platte County to Jackson
County or vice versa has to navigate the 55 mph high speed
interchange ramps at US 169 and Route 9 and also a narrow
railroad bridge over Route 9 which. does not have any shoulders.
This situation is intimidating for 99% of the general public. This
project seeks to determine a plan that would eliminate these
barriers which would open up non -motorized commuting as a
true choice for all of the public. The goal of this project would be
to open up access to all of the industrial employers in North
Kansas City and Clay County's major employers (Corner, North
Kansas City Hospital, and Harrah's) for anyone that lives in
Platte County and also to open up the Riverside Horizons
industrial employers which lack sufficient transit access to Clay
residents. With North Kansas City's funded cycle track along
Burlington Avenue and the connected multi -modal trail system
shown in the attached map in Platte County, this is a.major gap
in a truly connected non -motorized transportation system.
Vehicle emissions from commuting and short trips will be
reduced by walking or biking.
North Kansas City will terminate their streetcar extension at this
project. The project will connect to the Smart Moves 3.0 North
Oak transit corridor. It will allow for last mile transit trips from this
future Smart Moves transit route to the Briarcliff office/retail and
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What is in your proposed scope to address connections in your service provided by Routes 201/223 that use and stop on North
study area? If connections are missing, tell us about them.
Riverside industrial area. It will also connect to the existing ATA
Oak, Burlington, and NE 32nd. Smart Moves 3.0 identifies a
mobility hub in North Kansas City which exact location -is -not
identified but this project will connect to the existing Sidewalks on .
Burlington and the funded and soon to be constructed cycle
track on Burlington so this project will connect to that mobility
hub and expand access from that Smart Moves mobility hub to
the Briarcliff and Riverside area for non -motorized users.
Project Overview [Third Page]
Question Answer
Project Description
Removes the "bridge of death over MO 9 and US 169.
interchange barrier. Kansas City, Riverside, Parkville, and
Riverside have been.working independently and in partnership to
complete a connected multi -modal trail system highlighted by the .
eight mile Line Creek Trail which connects the Missouri River to
Route 152. This.trailconnects the Missouri Riverfront, Southern
Platte Pass, Linear, and Route.152 Trails and has built a network. .
Within a mile of 50,000 residents and would connect to North
Kansas City's Burlington cycle track and Downtown Kansas City
if there was not a gap created by US 169 and Route 9. The
purpose and need for this project is to evaluate how to, connect
this extensive trail system in Platte County, begin a system in
Clay County, and connect and the.employment centers in
Briarcliff to the sidewalks in North Kansas City and the.funded
Burlington Avenue cycle track and Kansas City's.recently
completed reconstruction of North Oak from NE 32nd Street to
NE Indianola which will include a protected bike facility. The
primary users of this project would be recreational and non -
motorized commuters. A multi -modal connection along Route 9
would connect Waterwell Park with Macken Park. It would
connect the single, and multi -family complexes in the Briarcliff.
area to these parks and would connect the office and retail
employment areas to the residences of North Kansas City. It
Would also provide access to one of the Cemer complexes which
is one of the Kansas City region's largest employers.. The
biggest benefit of this project would be bicycling commuter users
such as myself who commute from Platte County to downtown
Kansas City and have to navigate the 60 mph US 169 and Route .
9 interchange and a railroad overpass on Route 9 which lacks
shoulders and is unsafe for anyone other than a highly confident
and experienced ;cyclist. This project once implemented would
remove a gap and create a truly connected multi -modal
transportation network that would. connect Crown Center to the 17
29/152/Zona Rosa retail area.
Is the project consistent with the relevant adopted local and proposed update of the BikeKC plan shows a connection
comprehensive plan(s)?
The City has updated the Briarcliff/Winnwood Area Plan for the
project area within the past five years and included the Route 9
corridor as a bicycle route. The Trails KC plan also included a
connection from the Briarcliff Parkway/Route 9 interchange to
the intersection of North Oak and NE 32nd Street. The current
along Route 9. All of these locally adopted plans show the need
for this multi -modal connection because of the importance of
completing our multi -modal transportation system that connects
Platte County to southern Clay County and Downtown Kansas
City. North Kansas City adopted a bike and trail plan which this
project would, implement.
Since 2008, Kansas City, Riverside, and Platte County have
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Describe how this project and its outcomes directly relate to
transportation issues.
partnered and completed the Line Creek Trail system and
multiple connecting east -west trails. This regional bikeway trail
system stops at the Clay County line at the Briarcliff Parkway
and Route 9 interchange because the Route 9 expressway and
US 169 interchange has created a barrier to non -motorized
users. While very experienced and confident cyclists can use the
shoulder along Route 9, they still have to merge into 55 mph
traffic at a railroad overpass near the Kansas City waterworks
plant just north of NE 32nd Street because the railroad bridge
was built without shoulders for Route 9. Non -motorized users
also have to cross over the high speed on ramps from Route 9 to
US 169. This. project will study how to remove these barriers and
connect the sidewalks and bikeway trail systems at Route 9 and
Briarcliff Parkway with the sidewalks and proposed cycle track
along Burlington Avenue in North Kansas City. It will also look at
the connecting sidewalk gaps that will be necessary to access
this new multi -modal connection. The outcome of the project is
to turn this motorized corridor into a multi -modal corridor so that
it becomes a complete street and a connection from Platte into
Clay County so that we have true transportation choice for cars,
bicycles; and pedestrians and better access to existing transit
service along Burlington. The project will achieve this by .
determining the type of facility, the location of the facility, the cost
of the facility, and the implementation strategy to achieve the
goal of removing the barriers to bicyclists and pedestrians.
Please review the attached regional map showing the existing
multi -modal system and this projects location and how it is a
major gap in the network.
The Planning Sustainable Places program requires projects to
include a robust citizen engagement component. Please outline
this component.
During the development of the Briarcliff(Winnwood area plan, the
engagement process included interaction with area residents
and stakeholders utilizing: Steering Committee, Technical,
Interactive Public Meetings, as well as additional meetings and
presentations with institutional partners and other area
stakeholders. We would reach out to the participants in that area
plan effort,and gauge their interest in participating in this project..
In addition to that, we would include meetings at the clubhouse
of the McCrite Plaza apartment complex and work with Briarcliff
Development Company to host meetings in the lobby of the
office complexes during the lunch hour to advertise the project
and solicit input from employment users. We also would reach
out to Cerner and do the same if they would allow us to host a
meeting in the lobby since they would most likely have the
highest probably multi -modal interested commuters. We also
would host meetings with the adjacent business owners along
Route 9 and NE 32nd Street. Since this is a regional project that
would impact everyone who would use the regional bikeway trail
system, we would advertise the project at trailhead locations
using yard signs and set up mailing and survey lists. This project
also has multiple public entity stakeholder groups: We will work
with the North Kansas City levee district, MoDOT, Kansas City
Water Department, Kansas City Parks Department, and NKCA
Baseball League to utilize their distribution lists to inform their
members about the project.
This project will promote Unique Community Characteristics
such as: Green Infrastructure by utilizing recycled concrete as
aggregate trail base and utilizing excavated rock or broken
concrete as culvert outlet rip rap. Compact, Walkable Centers by
connecting the residential/retail1office centers in Briarcliff to the
residential areas in North Kansas City and also connecting
Waterwell/Macken Parks to those areas. Integrated Trail System
is the true purpose and need for this project by removing a huge
barrier in the Missouri River Trail system and connecting the
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One of the dominant goals of the Planning Sustainable places
program is to create or enhance vibant communities. Please
explain how this project will enhance future vibrancy. (See this
link for principles and concepts that contribute to a vibrant
community.)
Platte County regional trail system into Clay County, North
Kansas City, Downtown Kansas City, and Jackson County.
Natural Resource Protection by creating a greenway trail system
that will allow Kansas City Parks maintenance staff access to
areas that currently are full of invasive honeysuckle and other
noxious plants and staff will be able to maintain more of the area
to keep these invasive plants from hindering other growth. This
project will Design for Healthier Lifestyles by: Creating
Pedestrian Oriented Realm by connecting sidewalks that are
severed by US 169, Integrated Trail System, Compact Walkable
Centers, Green Infrastructure, and promote Active
Transportation/Living by grade separating crossings through the
169/9 interchange and the railroad bridge near the water plant.
This project will create Vibrant Corridors and Activity Centers by
helping with Compact Walkable Centers, Complete Street
Design by allowing bicyclists and pedestrians to use Route 9 to
connect to the multi -modal systems at Briarcliff Parkway and
North Oak. This project will promote Transportation Choice by:
Creating Compact Walkable Centers, Integrated Trail System,
Complete Street Design, and promote Active
Transportation/Living. This project will assist with Housing
Choice by: Creating Context Sensitive Streets by introducing
multi -modal characteristics to Route 9 to make it more urban,
Compact Walkable Center, and assist with Age in Place by
helping with the residents of the senior living complex of McCrite
Plaza access Macken and Waterwell Parks to provide them with
access to green space and the ability enjoy nature. This project
is Reinvestment because it has been skipped over with leap frog
development but this project will better connect the area and will
include Pedestrian Oriented Realm, Compact Walkable Centers,
Age in Place, and Green Infrastructure.
Intent Questions [Fourth Page]
Question Answer
Describe how the project promotes improved travel choices
(e.g., bicycling, walking, transit use, tranportation demand
strategies, etc.) For more information see the sustainability
principle of Transportation Choice in the Sustainable Land Use
Resource.
Currently there is a approximately 40 mile connected bikeway
and trail system that one can use to get from both downtown
Parkville and Riverside to retail and employment centers along
Route 152 including Zona Rosa and Barrytowne at US 16.9 and
Route 152 and even connects to 1-435 via Route 45 as shown on
the attached map. This system connects the majority of
residential areas and employment centers in Platte County.
However, this system is not connected to North Kansas City,
Clay County, or Jackson County nor can Platte County residents --
access large employers in Clay County like Harrahs, NKC
Hospital, or Cerner. This project would open up mode shift for
bicycling. It would also open up walking access to multiple parks
and Briarcliff. It would allow for last mile transit trips from
Briarcliff office/retail and Riverside industrial to ATA Routes
201/223 on NE 32nd. This project will complete a connected
multi -modal transportation network from Crown Center via
bicycle facilities on Grand and the Downtown Bike Loop to the
Burlington cycle track to the Platte County trail/bikeway system.
It would also begin a system in Clay County that would follow the
Missouri River and connect to the Chouteau Parkway complete
street and major river crossing.
Currently the office, retail, and residents of the mixed use
Briarcliff West area are not served by any transit service.
Completing this project will connect them to KC ATA Routes
201/223 on NE 32nd. North Kansas City has substantial
affordable housing and this project will connect those
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Describe how the project promotes sustainable land -use
patterns (e.g„ mixed use, transit -oriented, walkable, affordable
housing, etc.) For more information see the sustainability
principle of Housing Choice or Reinvestment in the Sustainable
Land Use Resource.
neighborhoods to industrial and retail jobs in Riverside and
Briarcliff and via the trail system to Burlington Creek and Zona
Rosa areas. Access to Macken and Waterwell Park will be
improved for folks to walk to use the parks rather than having to
navigate by car. Bicycle commuting to downtown will become a
safe choice for over 50,000 Platte County residents who live
within a mile of the Line Creek/152/Missouri River/Southern
Platte Pass Trail systems. It will also connect to the One North
mixed use development at the SEC of 1-35 and MO 210 and
provide walkable access to North Kansas City Hospital and
Cerner, two of the area's largest employers.
Describe how the project advances environmental stewardship.
For more information see the sustainability principle of Resource
Conservation and Energy Efficiency in the Sustainable Land Use
Resource.
The project by nature promotes environmental stewardship by
offering bicycling as a transportation option. The reduction in
vehicle miles travel will reduce automotive air quality impacts.
Currently one that wants to use a bicycle to commute from Platte
County to Jackson County or vice versa has to navigate the 55
mph high speed interchange ramps at US 169 and Route 9 and
also a narrow railroad bridge over Route 9-which does not have
any shoulders. This situation is intimidating for 99%'of the
general public. This project seeks to determine a plan that would
eliminate these barriers which would open up non -motorized
commuting as a true choice for all of the public. The goal of this
project would be to open up access to all of the industrial
employers in North Kansas City and Clay County's major
employers (Cerner, North Kansas City Hospital, and Harrah's)
for anyone that lives in Platte County and also to open, up the
Riverside Horizons industrial employers which lack sufficient
transit access to Clay residents. With North Kansas City's
funded cycle track along Burlington Avenue and the connected
multi -modal trail system shown in the attached map in Platte
County, this is a major gap in a truly connected non -motorized
transportation system. Vehicle emissions from commuting and
short trips will be reduced by walking or biking.
Describe how the project advances housing choice.. For more.
information see the sustainability principle of Housing Choice in
the Sustainable Land Use Resource.
The project promotes housing choice by expanding the
connectivity to transit service by adding bicycling or walking as a
last mile option. The housing choices in parts of Riverside are
varied from single family to smaller apartments. The housing
choices in North. Kansas City are varied from single family to
duplexes to clustered apartments. The housing choices in
Kansas City along the Line Creek Trail are part of the first ring
suburbs with one -car garages and are still affordable. These
affordable housing choices are all accessible from the existing
trail/bikeway network and this project will connect these varied
housing choices to employment centers in Briarcliff, Riverside,
and North Kansas City and give residents options -depending on
their income level and personal preferences rather than one -size
fits all cookie cutter choices seen in outlying areas. This project
will allow for people to live without the need for a car to commute
from Platte to Clay to Jackson County for employment which will
allow them to use the savings to afford housing in these areas.
This project when complete will open up access to KCATA
201/223 along NE 32nd Street and people can choose to use
transit and walk or bike from transit service to open up their
housing choice. The connection to Chouteau Parkway bike and
trail system provides access to pre -WWII and multiple first
generation suburban affordable housing stock.
The project improves public health by taking a high speed
freeway interchange and an expressway corridor with a railroad
overpass without shoulders and will create 'a separated
bikeway/trail facility which can be used for both recreational and
transportation purposes. Currently this area is a huge
hinderance for anyone that is not a 1% or super confident cyclist
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Describe how the project advances improved public health. For
more information see the sustainability principle for Healthier
Lifestyles in the Sustainable Land Use Resource.
to commute from Platte County to Clay County or Downtown
Kansas City.or vice versa. Implementing this project will open up
bicycle commuting as a mode choice for a substantial number of
the 101,187 Platte County residents which would improve public
health for those that choose to do so. It would also promote
public health by providing a safe place for folks to walk to access
either Waterwell or Macken Parks which are destination parks
with sports programming and playgrounds. It would also allow
transit users of KCATA 201/223 routes to walk to the Briarcliff
West area. I am not sure how much more to elaborate with
specific examples other than bicycling/walking choice will
improve public health by constructing bicycle/walking facilities
where none exist today and the existing environment is
downright hostile to non -motorized users with a railroad
overpass on a 55 mph expressway without shoulders. Project
will also connect to North Kansas City Hospital and Macken Park
allowing residents and employees to walk to retail along Armour
Road.
Describe how the project supports. investment in areas with
existing infrastructure. For more information see the
sustainability principle of Corridors & Activity Centers in the
Sustainable Land Use Resource.
The project area has been used for over 100 years. Route 9 was
formerly US 71 and was the main way into Kansas City from
Platte County. A review of the 1964 USGS map shows the
waterplant, US 169, Route 9, and railroad overpass were in
place and the US 169 interchange was constructed in the late
1960s. North Kansas City, near NE 32nd was developed at that
time and Riverside had begun developing. This project will not
impact any of the existing infrastructure but will support the
existing infrastructure within the project area by adding bicycle
and pedestrian amenities to connect the existing. bike/ped
facilities at the Briarcliff P6rkway/9 interchange and the
Burlington corridor cycle track/sidewalk facilities. This project will
complete a gap in the existing infrastructure and leverage the
prior investment in the area. It will leverage existing transit
service by extending last mile connections. The project also
extends the Armor Road bike facilities and connects to the
existing major river crossing on the Chouteau Bridge -and bike
and trail facilities .that extend along.Chouteau north to 1-35.
Describe how the project improves economic growth (i.e. jobs
retention, jobs generator, tax growth).
The project will improve economic growth by improving access
to jobs and retaining existing jobs, by making retention easier
because the project will improving access to transit service (ATA
201/223) and the regional multi -modal network. The completion
of a regional bikeway/trail network from downtown KCMO to the
Zona Rosa area will increase quality of life marketability for
companies looking at the KC region as demographers now show
that people now want the option.to be able to bike to work and
not be required to own a car. This project serves multiple office
and flex industrial complexes that can be repurposed. as
technology changes and the workforce changes with automation.
Having this project remove the gap in the regional bikeway/trail
network will assist Kansas City and North Kansas City with
retaining quality technology and industrial jobs and grow new
ones as part of the "Silicon Prairie" initiative because the Kansas
City Area Development Council will be able to sell the quality of
life of a connected bikeway system and also cycling as a
commuting choice when we compete with something like an
Amazon HQ2. Businesses along the south side of Route 9 which
are bypassed by high speed cars.will see increased visibility
from non -motorized users and a couple of undeveloped infill
tracts could become potential mixed use residential
developments with access to employment via the cycle track and
this project. We have included a letter of support from Briarcliff
Development Company who has been developing at the western
end of the project limits because they see the value of having
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this multi -modal transportation network completed. The project
will also connect NKC's planned One North mixed use project
and provides for multi -modal access to three of Clay County's
largest employers (Cerner, Hospital, Harrah's).
Describe how the project commits to using a planning
resource(s) to understand the project area and craft the plan
(e.g. scenario planning, data indicators, performance
measures2, environmental data or similar resources - for
example list visit [insert link])
Scenario planning will be used to see how the project could
improve access to transit service. Data indicators will be used to
determine the existing air quality of the area and how the project
might improve the metric and what congestion could -be
mitigated with the new facility and how much mode shift could be
achieved. Environmental data from all available GIS and federal
databases will be reviewed and we will utilize the NRI to identify
any areas to avoid and also to see if there are any areas within
excess City property or MoDOT right of way that could be used
to enhance the NRI. Environmental justice GIS information will
be used to identify how to connect to areas with residents who
tend to not own vehicles. Visualization will include CAD and
Adobe software illustrations of concepts of how the project will
connect and potentially something like how Kansas City used
Autodesk Infraworks 360 to create a road diet visualization for
the US DOT Smart Cities grant application. Other planning
resources to be used will include employment/census data and
GIS, pavement conditions, and market research to identify
Describe how the project promotes resiliency (physical and/or
economic).
The project promotes economic resiliency by creating mode
choice. With the uncertainty of gas prices, having a multi -modal
network connecting downtown Kansas City to the 1-29/152 Zona
Rosa area will provide for bicycle commuting options when gas
prices are high. It will also provide for transit choice by
connecting the Briarcliff employment area to ATA service on
North Oak. Otherwise if this project doesn't get funded, the
region will continue to not implement true resiliency but continue
to reinforce our auto oriented transportation culture. The project
will continue North Kansas City's sustainbility efforts to develop a
bike network connecting all of its residents and businesses and
connect that network to Riverside and Kansas City's networks.
Describe how the project includes innovation in concept
generation and public engagement.
Since the project has no directly impacted constituency, it will
have to rely on nontraditional and innovative concept generation
and public engagement. We will utilize post covid online platform
for the project to house all of the meeting handouts, materials,
and displays. We would work with landlords and their social
media coordinator to engage the retail, office, and residential
tenants that would directly benefit from the project. We also
would reach out to bicycle and pedestrian advocacy groups and
existing North Kansas City, Kansas City, MoDOT, and Riverside
notification channels to inform folks about the project. We also
would work with MoDOT to utilize ITS message boards on the
corridor. Lastly we would create yard style signs and place along
shoulders to engage folks that cycle or walk the corridor today.
We would also utilize mailing lists from previous PSP grant
projects like the Burlington Corridor and.Trails Nexus Study to
further reach out to interested groups.
Location Questions [Fifth Page]
Question Answer
Does this project serve MARC's defined redevelopment area?
Click on the Redevelopment Area layer in the Planning
Sustainable Places Atlas.
Yes
If yes. please describe.
Project is within a MARC defined redevelopment area as shown
in the attachments. The area has been developed for over 100
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years and was the main way into North Kansas City from Platte
County as Route 9 was originally US 71.
Is the project located in an activity center identified on MARC's
map of activity centers?
Click on the Activity Centers layer in the Planning Sustainable
Places Atlas.
Yes
If yes, please describe.
Project limits are located within activity centers as shown on the
attached map (EH Young Park, Briarcliff, Waterworks Park,
Burlington Corridor, Armour/210 center, NKC Hospital). The
project will connect these activity centers and will make the
centers more walkable and multi -modal and promote
transportation choice between centers by removing the barrier to
non-motorized transportation created by the US 169 interchange
and the Route 9 railroad bridge and providing connections to
Chouteau Parkway.
Does the project serve a current or.future transit corridor or .
mobility hub. (Smart Moves 3.0)?
Click on Mobility. Services and select the Mobility Hubs or Smart
Moves layer in the Planning Sustainable Places Atlas.
Yes
If yes, please describe.
The project will connect to the Smart Moves 3.0 North Oak
transit corridor. It will allow for last mile transit trips from this
future Smart Moves transit route to the Briarcliff. office/retail and r.
Riverside industrial area. It willalso connect to the existing ATA
service provided by Routes 201/223 that use and stop on North
Oak, Burlington, and NE 32nd, Smart Moves 3.0 identifies a
mobility hub in North Kansas City which exact location is not
identified but this project will connect to the existing sidewalks on
Burlington and the funded and soon to be constructed cycle •
track on Burlington so this project will connect to that mobility
huband expand access from that Smart Moves mobility hub to
the Briarcliff and Riverside areafor non -motorized users.
Does the project serve an environmental justice area(s) or has
areas with hidden environmental justice populations or does the
project provide connections to environmental justice area(s) with
opportunities (i.e., jobs access, education, reduce health Yes
disparities, etc.)
Click on Environmental Justice Tracts layer in the Planning
Sustainable Places Atlas.
Yes
If yes, please describe.
The western edge of the project is located within Environmental
Justice. tract 300.02 and the tract just west of 1-29/35 as shown in
attached map. This project will connect those populations to the •
existing ATA service provided by Routes 201/223 by removing
the barrier of navigating the 60 mph US 169 and Route 9
interchange and a railroad overpass on Route 9 which lacks
shoulders and is unsafe unless in a car. It will open access to
employment areas in North KC and. North KC Hospital by
providing multi -modal transportation choice to access.those jobs.
It will also provide better access to North KC Library and -High
School for those EJ.individuals. El populations will also have
multi -modal access to sports programming access at Macken
Park for healthier lifestyles.
Partnership & Implementation Questions [Sixth Page]
Question Answer
This project requires multiple partners. North Kansas City and
Riverside will financially participate in the project as shown in
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Describe the partnerships formed to develop the project and the
manner in which these partnerships will benefit the project. In
particular detail project coordination within the sponsor entity and
partnership with entities outside the sponsor entity.
attached letters. This is a key connection between and to these
cities and connecting them to the regional MetroGreen and
bikeway network and they have included letters with this grant
application. The biggest partner is MoDOT as this is all on
MoDOT right of way and they have included a letter of support.
Kansas City and MoDOT have sucessfuly partnered on other
bike/ped barrier removal projects such as the Route 152 Trail
where MoDOT has provided right of way and KCMG has owned
and maintained the bike/ped facility. We also will include the
North Kansas City Levee District and other internal Kansas City
stakeholders impacted by the project.
Describe if the project demonstrates sustained involvement with
social equity and/or typically underrepresented stakeholders.
People who have no car often don't have the timeto participate
in planning activities. This project will remove a barrier, to all the
underrepresented individuals who see their lives not improved
with continual highway expansions. The goal of this project isn't
a bunch of faux engagement but an implementation plan that
these groups will benefit from. We can utilize North Kansas. City
school district partners and other social service providers social
media and email distribution networks.
Describe local activities that show .commitment .and ability to
carry out the proposed project and support the stated project
summary.
Kansas City along with Parkville, Riverside, Platte County, and
North Kansas City have been investing in bicycle and trail.
facilities with the goal of a connected bikeway/trail system along
the Missouri River that would connect to downtown Kansas City
and Jackson County. This project would be the final gap in
connecting the prior investments in the existing multi -modal
system and Kansas City would plan to apply for future STP or
TAP funding to construct the project. Upon completion of the
project we would begin to budget theengineering to complete
the design of the project.
Supplemental Information [Seventh Page]
Question
Answer
File 1 51_9.21.pdf
File 2 51_9.22.pdf
File 3 51_9.23.pdf
File 4 51_9.24.pdf
File 5 51_9.25.pdf
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