St. Louis City Ordinance 68207

An Ordinance, recommended by the Board of Public Service of the City of St. Louis (the "Board of Public Service"), establishing public works and improvement projects for the design and construction of three (3) Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Projects involving traffic signal interconnection and upgrades (the "CMAQ Projects") including the Vandeventer Avenue CMAQ Project from Forest Park to St. Louis Avenue (the "Vandeventer CMAQ Project"), the West Florissant Avenue CMAQ Project from Goodfellow Boulevard to Grand Boulevard (the "West Florissant CMAQ Project"), and the Lindell Boulevard and Olive Street CMAQ Project from Skinker Boulevard to Fourteenth Street (the Lindell/Olive CMAQ Project"); and authorizing and directing the City of St. Louis (the "City"), by and through its Board of Public Service, to let contracts and provide for the design, construction, materials, and equipment for the CMAQ Projects, authorizing the Board of Public Service to employ labor and consultants, pay salaries, fees and wages, acquire real property interests, and to enter into supplemental agreements with the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission, Federal Highway Administration, utilities, and other governmental agencies for the CMAQ Projects all in accordance with the federal Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 110, et seq.), with any contract containing sections for: description of the work, material guarantees, estimated expenditure allocations, fund reversion authorization, applicable federal and state wage rate requirements, equal opportunity provisions, the Mayor's Executive Orders, and contract advertising statutes; requiring that all work provided for herein shall be carried out in accordance with detailed plans and specifications adopted and approved by the Board of Public Service before bids are advertised therefore; directing that all construction contracts let by authority of this Ordinance provide for federal and state prevailing wages requirements including prevailing wage holiday and overtime pay and compliance with all applicable statutes of the State of Missouri, the City Charter and the Revised Code of the City, as amended; requiring all specifications approved by the Board of Public Service and contracts let by authority of this Ordinance provide for compliance with the Mayor's Executive Orders on Equal Opportunity and maximum MBE/WBE/DBE utilization goals, except when superseded or prohibited by federal or state law or regulation; requiring all advertisements for bids pursuant to this Ordinance be subject to the provisions of Section 8.250 RSMo., as amended; and appropriating the total estimated cost of the three (3) CMAQ Projects of Ten Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($10,100,000.00) which includes the Vandeventer Avenue CMAQ Project estimated cost of Two Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,700,000.00), the West Florissant Avenue CMAQ Project estimated cost of Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,800,000.00), and the Lindell/Olive CMAQ Project estimated cost of Four Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,600,000.00) from various sources including the Federal Highway Administration Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
(SAFETEA-LU), the Leasehold Revenue Bond Series 2008 Fund, and the City Major Capital Fund; authorizing and directing the Comptroller of the City to draw warrants from time to time and disburse funds appropriated by this ordinance and to receive and disburse grant funds in accordance with the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 110, et seq.) upon the signature and certification of vouchers by the President of the Board of Public Service; and containing a public work emergency clause.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION ONE. There is hereby authorized a public works and improvement project for the design and construction of the three (3) Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Projects involving traffic signal interconnection and upgrades (the "CMAQ Projects") including the Vandeventer Avenue CMAQ Project from Forest Park to St. Louis Avenue (the "Vandeventer CMAQ Project"), the West Florissant Avenue CMAQ Project from Goodfellow Boulevard to Grand Boulevard (the "West Florissant CMAQ Project"), and the Lindell Boulevard and Olive Street CMAQ Project from Skinker Boulevard to Fourteenth Street (the Lindell/Olive CMAQ Project").

SECTION TWO. The City of St. Louis (the "City"), by and through its Board of Public Service (the "Board of Public Service"), is hereby authorized and directed to let contracts and provide for the design, construction, materials, and equipment, for the CMAQ Projects, to employ labor and consultants, pay salaries, fees and wages, acquire real property interests for the CMAQ Projects, to enter into supplemental agreements with the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission, Federal Highway Administration, utilities, and other governmental agencies, all in accordance with the federal Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 110, et seq.), with any contracts containing sections for: description of the work, material guarantees, estimated expenditure allocations, fund reversion authorization, applicable federal and state wage rate requirements, equal opportunity provisions, the Mayor's Executive Orders, and contract advertising statutes.

SECTION THREE. The work provided for herein shall be carried out in accordance with detailed plans and specifications to be adopted and approved by the Board of Public Service before bids are advertised therefore.

SECTION FOUR. All construction contracts let under authority of this Ordinance shall provide that no less than the prevailing hourly rate of wages in the City, as determined in accordance with the Federal Davis-Bacon Act and by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations of the State of Missouri (Sections 290.210 through 290.340 RSMo. 2000, as amended,) for each craft or type of work needed in the actual labor on the jobs herein authorized, as well as the general prevailing rate of pay for legal holidays and overtime work shall be paid to all workers on the CMAQ Projects. All contracts let in connection with the construction provided for herein shall be subject to, and in conformance with all applicable statutes of the State of Missouri and the City Charter and Revised Code of the City, as amended.

SECTION FIVE. All specifications approved by the Board of Public Service and contracts let under the authority of this Ordinance shall provide for compliance with the Mayor's Executive Orders on Equal Opportunity and maximum MBE/WBE/DBE utilization goals, except when otherwise superseded or prohibited by federal or state law or regulation.

SECTION SIX. All advertisement for bids pursuant to this Ordinance shall be subject to Section 8.250 RSMo. 2000, as amended.

SECTION SEVEN. The total estimated cost of the three (3) CMAQ Projects is Ten Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($10,100,000.00) of which the federal share is Eight Million Eighty Thousand Dollars ($8,080,000.00) from the Federal Highway Administration Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) to be appropriated from the Federal Aid to Urban Program Match Share fund, also known as the Federal Aid to Urban Program Revolving Fund, established by Ordinance 56931, and the remaining local match share is Two Million Twenty Thousand Dollars ($2,020,000.00) of which Four Hundred and Ten Thousand Dollars ($410,000.00) is from the Leasehold Revenue Bond Series 2008 Fund and One Million Six Hundred and Ten Thousand Dollars ($1,610,000.00) is from the City Major Capital Fund as follows. Said improvements shall be contracted and executed in parts as funds are accrued in this Match Share Fund and are adequate to pay the City's share of the cost.

Vandeventer Avenue CMAQ Project - Total project cost of Two Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,700,000.00) of which the federal share is Two Million One Hundred and Sixty Thousand Dollars ($2,160,000.00) from the Federal Highway Administration SAFETEA-LU, One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.000) from the Leasehold Revenue Bond Series 2008, and Three Hundred and Ninety Thousand Dollars ($390,000.00) from the City Major Capital Fund.

West Florissant CMAQ Project - Total project cost of Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,800,000.00) of which the federal share is Two Million Two Hundred and Forty Thousand Dollars ($2,240,000.00) from the Federal Highway Administration SAFETEA-LU, Two Hundred and Sixty Thousand Dollars ($260,000.00) from the Leasehold Revenue Bond Series 2008, and Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) from the City Major Capital Fund.

Lindell/Olive CMAQ Project - Total project cost of Four Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,600,000.00) of which the federal share is Three Million Six Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars ($3,680,000) from the Federal Highway Administration SAFETEA-LU, and Nine Hundred and Twenty Thousand Dollars ($920,000.00) from the City Major Capital Fund.

SECTION EIGHT. The Comptroller of the City is hereby authorized and directed to draw warrants from time to time and disburse funds appropriated by this ordinance and is further authorized and directed to receive and disburse grant funds in accordance with the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 110, et seq.), upon the signature and certification of vouchers by the President of the Board of Public Service. Reimbursement funds received shall be deposited into the Federal Aid to Urban Program Match Share Fund Ordinance 56931.

SECTION NINE. The Board of Public Service is hereby authorized to accept on behalf of the City monetary donations from other governmental agencies and others to assist in paying for the work authorized in this Ordinance. Funds received shall be deposited into the CMAQ Projects or the Federal Aid to Urban Program Match Share Fund, also known as the Federal Aid to Urban Program Revolving Fund, established by Ordinance 56931.

SECTION TEN. This being an ordinance providing for public work and improvement, it is hereby declared to be an emergency measure as defined in Article IV, Sections 19 and 20 of the City Charter and shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor of the City.

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