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An Ordinance authorizing the execution of an amendment to an intergovernmental contract for transit services by and between the City of Lee's Summit, Missouri and the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) and commitment of Federal Transit Administration Section 5307 Formula Funds to the KCATA for transit service and capital expenses.
(NOTE: First Reading by City Council on January 8, 2019. Passed by unanimous vote.)
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An Ordinance authorizing the execution of an amendment to an intergovernmental contract for transit services by and between the City of Lee's Summit, Missouri and the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) and commitment of Federal Transit Administration Section 5307 Formula Funds to the KCATA for transit service and capital expenses.
Key Issues:
- The City of Lee’s Summit has contracted with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) since 1999 for a commuter bus service, Lee’s Summit Express, between Lee’s Summit and downtown Kansas City.
- The service currently provides four morning trips departing from Lee’s Summit to downtown Kansas City, and four afternoon return trips, for those that commute to Kansas City for work. This contract will not change the existing services.
- The proposed agreement will amend the 2018 contract with the KCATA to extend those contracted services into 2019 on a month-to-month basis with a 5% cost increase to Lee's Summit.
- The agreement provides the continuation of Lee’s Summit Express Commuter Service and KCATA administration of OATS operating contract for RideKC Lee's Summit demand response transit service on behalf of the City without change and allocation of available FTA funds to the KCATA for eligible operating and capital costs associated with these transit services in accordance with the 2018 contract.
- This amendment will extend the 2018 contracted services with KCATA until a new agreement is approved; giving appropriate time to ...
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