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9656• RESOLUTION NO. 9,656 1 2 3 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO 4 5 ALLOCATE FUTURE - LITTLE ROCK FUNDING AND AWARD 6 CONTRACTS FOR DESIGN EXHIBIT SERVICES FOR THE NEW 7 MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY; AND FOR OTHER 8 PURPOSES. 9 10 11 12 WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 16,674 included an appropriation of $3,000,000 for 13 FUTURE - Little Rock recommended development of a new Museum of Science and 14 History; and 15 WHEREAS, Special Project Account 210 - 230 -0332 was established to provide the 16 17 funds for building renovation costs related to the development of the new museum; and 18 WHEREAS, the Board adopted Resolution No. 9,424 allocating the initial funding 19 and awarding the contracts for architectural services and construction and exhibit design 20 to AMR, Associates Wand Joe Sonderman, Inc. & Lester Associates following a 21 22 competitive selection process; and 23 WHEREAS, the Museum Board has now accepted the Master Plan for the new 24 museum as developed by staff, consultants, exhibit designers and architect, and has 25 authorized the Museum Executive Director to negotiate agreements with the exhibit and 26 27 design companies to complete phase one of the new museum, such contracts being 28 permitted extensions under the terms of the original contracts with these firms; and 29 WHEREAS, it is now requested that they employ Design /Joe Sonderman and 30 31 Lester Associates as provided for in the August 8, 1995 contract sections 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 32 and 6.04 to provide exhibit design services for a fee not to exceed $152,000; and 33 WHEREAS, AMR Architects in addition to its work on the structure of the 34 35 museum will also design some of the exhibits and supervise selected exhibit 36 subcontractors for a fee not to exceed $196,000. 167 I � 1 2 01 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 I 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to award a contract and allocate a contract fee not to exceed $152,000 to Design /Joe Sonderman, Inc. and Lester Associates to provide exhibit design services for the museum's new facility at the Terminal Building in downtown Little Rock. SECTION 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to award a contract to AMR Architects and allocate a contract fee not to exceed $196,000 to design exhibits and supervise exhibit subcontractors at the museum's new facility. SECTION 3. The Museum Executive Director is hereby authorized to negotiate agreements with the exhibit and architect companies to complete phase one of the new museum. ADOPTED: April 2, 1996 ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: �� 4 APPROVED: i N WA