15129 1 RESOLUTION NO. 15,129
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AMEND LITTLE ROCK, ARK., RESOLUTION NO.
4 15,036(AUGUST 6,2019),TO AUTHORIZE A 20%CONTINGENCY RATE
5 TO THE CONTRACT WITH TOWNSHIP BUILDERS, INC., TO
6 RESURFACE WALKING TRAILS AND TO IMPROVE ADA
7 ACCESSIBILITY AT THE LITTLE ROCK ZOO; AND FOR OTHER
8 PURPOSES.
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10 WHEREAS, in Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 15,036 (August 6, 2019), the Board of Directors
11 authorized the Little Rock Zoo to contract with Township Builders,Inc,to upgrade,resurface and redesign
12 areas of the walking trails and pathways, including ADA improvements to insure walking trails and paths
13 are accessible to all Zoo guests and to improve the overall experience for Zoo visitors;and,
14 WHEREAS, the Little Rock Zoo requests the standard 20% contingency rate of One Hundred Fifty-
15 Nine Thousand,Two Hundred Eighty Dollars($159,280.00)be added the contract with Township Builders,
16 Inc.; and,
17 WHEREAS,the total amount of the project was Seven Hundred Ninety-Six Thousand, Four Hundred
18 Dollars ($796,400.00), and funding is provided by the Arkansas Department of Transportation's
19 Transportation Alternatives Grant, with matching funds from the City of Little Rock, Arkansas ("City");
20 and,
21 WHEREAS, the added 20% contingency rate of One Hundred Fifty-Nine Thousand, Two Hundred
22 Eighty Dollars($159,280.00) is available from Account No.326659-72504-TS65A32, and the project will
23 be funded as follows: Three Hundred Eighty-Four Thousand Dollars ($384,000.00) from the Zoo Trails
24 Grant, Account No. 270659-72504-G235128; Ninety-Six Thousand Dollars ($96,000.00) from the Zoo
25 Trails Grant Match, Account No. 108659-72504-$65G106; and Three Hundred Sixteen Thousand, Four
26 Hundred Dollars ($316,400.00) from the''/a-Cent Capital Improvement Sales and Compensating Use Tax
27 Fund for Zoo Improvements,Account No. 326659-72504-TS65A32.
28 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
29 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
30 Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to include a 20%contingency rate of One Hundred Fifty-
31 Nine Thousand, Two Hundred Eighty Dollars ($159,280.00) to the project with Township Builders
32 approved in Little Rock, Ark. Resolution No. 15,036 (August 6, 2019) in an amount not to exceed Seven
33 Hundred Ninety-Six Thousand, Four Hundred Dollars ($796,400.00) to provide General Construction
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I Services to the Little Rock Zoo for construction upgrades to resurface and redesign areas of the walking
2 trails and pathways, including ADA improvements to insure walking trails and paths are accessible to all
3 Zoo guests.
4 Section 2. The 20%contingency of One Hundred Fifty-Nine Thousand,Two Hundred Eighty Dollars
5 ($159,280.00) will be funded from Account 326659-72504-TS65A32 and the project will be funded as
6 follows: Three Hundred Eighty-Four Thousand Dollars($384,000.00)from the Zoo Trails Grant,Account
7 No.270659-72504-G235128;Ninety-Six Thousand Dollars($96,000.00)from the Zoo Trails Grant Match,
8 Account No. 108659-72504-5650106; and Three Hundred Sixteen Thousand, Four Hundred Dollars
9 ($316,400.00)from the'A-Cent Capital Improvement Sales and Compensating Use Tax Fund for Zoo Im-
10 provements,Account No. 326659-72504-TS65A32.
I l Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
12 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
13 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
14 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
15 resolution.
16 Section 4. Repealer. All laws,ordinances,resolutions,or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with
17 the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
18 ADOPTED: December 17,2019
29 �_;f'I APPROVED:
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22ridPr. City Clerk rank Scott,Jr.,May$r
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26 Thomas M. Carpenter,City • torne,
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