Transportation, Infrastructure and Operations Committee

Tuesday, May 19, 2026 · 9:00 AM AM · 26th Floor, Council Chamber

TL;DR

The Transportation, Infrastructure and Operations Committee held a meeting to consider four water infrastructure contracts totaling approximately $18.4 million for facility repairs, wastewater treatment improvements, and emergency water system repairs. The committee also approved a 30-year hotel development lease at Kansas City International Airport and reallocated $1.5 million in street resurfacing funds.

Key Decisions

  • River Water Intake Traveling Screens Rehabilitation First Reading
  • Blue River Wastewater Treatment Plant Power Project First Reading
  • Emergency Water Distribution Repairs Contract ($2.7M) First Reading
  • Emergency Large Diameter Water System Repair Contract ($2M) First Reading
  • Kansas City International Airport Hotel Development Lease (30 years) First Reading
Agenda PDF

Agenda

  1. PUBLIC OBSERVANCE OF MEETINGS Members of the City Council may attend this meeting via videoconference. Any closed session may be held via teleconference. The public can observe this meeting at the links provided below. Applicants and citizens wishing to participate have the option of attending each meeting or they may do so through the videoconference platform ZOOM, using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84530222968 ***Public Testimony is Limited to 2 Minutes***
  2. FIRST READINGS
  3. Water
  4. 260461 Sponsor: Director of Water Services Department Authorizing the Director of Water Services to execute a $246,085.56 facility repair and maintenance contract with Atlas-SSI, Inc., for the River Water Intake Traveling Screens Rehabilitation at the Water Treatment Plant, Renewal No. 2 project; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
    Ordinance
  5. 260462 Sponsor: Director of Water Services Department Authorizing the Director of Water Services to execute a $13,425,900.00 design-build contract with Hartline Construction, LLC, for the Blue River Wastewater Treatment Plant Primary Site Power Pen Project; authorizing a maximum expenditure of $14,768,900.00; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
    Ordinance
  6. 260466 Sponsor: Director of Water Services Department Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute a $2,700,000.00 construction contract with SHEDIGS IT, LLC, for the Emergency Water Distribution Repairs project; authorizing four successive renewal options with further City Council approval; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
    Ordinance
  7. 260467 Sponsor: Director of Water Services Department Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute a $2,000,000.00 construction contract with SHEDIGS IT, LLC, for the Emergency Large Diameter Water System Repair project; authorizing four successive renewal options with further City Council approval; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
    Ordinance
  8. Aviation
  9. 260468 Sponsor: Director of Aviation Department Authorizing the Director of Aviation to execute a thirty (30) year lease and concession agreement with two (2) twenty (20) year renewal options with Terminal C Hotel, LLC, for the purpose of developing, constructing, and operating a hotel on the grounds of the Kansas City International Airport.
    Ordinance
  10. Public Works
  11. 260476 Sponsor: Director of Public Works Department Reducing appropriations in the amount of $1,500,000.00 in Fund Number 3527, the GO 2027 Q1 Fund; appropriating $1,500,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance in Fund Number 3527, the GO 2027 Q1 Fund for Street Resurfacing; Reducing appropriations in the amount of $1,500,000.00 in Fund Number 3090, the Capital Improvements Fund; appropriating $1,500,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance in Fund Number 3090, the Capital Improvements fund for 89008232 31st and VanBrunt Blvd; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
    Ordinance
  12. HELD IN COMMITTEE
  13. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
  14. The City Clerk`s Office now has equipment for the hearing impaired for use with every meeting. To check out the equipment please see the secretary for each committee. Be prepared to leave your Driver`s License or State issued Identification Card with the secretary and she will give you the equipment. Upon returning the equipment your license will be returned.
  15. Adjournment