3398 RESOLUTION NO. 3,398
A RESOLUTION REPORTING AND RECOMMENDING
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE
ROCK PASSAGE OF THE REFUNDING BOND ISSUE
TO BE VOTED ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1965 ; AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE
ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The Board of Directors of the City of Little
Rock, individually and jointly, submit the following as a re-
port and recommendation to the citizens of this community in
support of the refunding bond issue to be voted upon Tuesday,
September 14, 1965 :
BONDS WITHOUT TAX INCREASE
Your City Manager Government in 1958 asked the voters of
Little Rock to vote $4, 950,000.00 bonds to do the following
things :
Provide Eighth Street Expressway $1,500,000.00
Widen Cantrell Road 300,000.00
Widen University Avenue 600,000.00
Widen Markham Street 75,000.00
West Rock 200,000.00
Storm drainage 300,000.00
Traffic control signals 150,000.00
Fire station construction 200,000.00
Parks 500,000.00
Airport 100,000.00
Construct Police & Courts Building 650,000.00
Remodel City Hall 200,000.00
Remodel Auditorium 150,000.00
We are glad to report to you at this time that all of
these projects have been completed. Now, we ask you, the
voters of Little Rock, to approve the refinancing of this
bond issue which will give the City of Little Rock $4,925,000.00,
with no tax increase, to do the following things :
Fire stations and equipment $300,000.00
Parks 570,000.00
Widen streets 4,055,000.00
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The following streets will be widened:
West Markham - McKinley Street to
Shackleford Road $700,000.00
West 12th Street - Battery to Rodney
Parham Road 655,000.00
Eliminate curve on West Third Street
and straighten 650,000.00
65th Street construction 330,000.00
Mississippi Street - Cantrell Road to
Rodney Parham Road 530,000.00
Chester Street 295,000.00
Street right-of-way 895,000.00
We pledge to you, the voters of Little Rock, that we will
carry out this program, and hope that you will see fit to vote
for these improvements.
Ray Winder, Director
Leo H. Griffin, Director
Victor Menefee, Director
Harold E. Henson,
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irector
Martin Borchert, Director
James F. Hewitt, Director
William F. Steinkamp, Director
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SECTION 2. This resolution shall be in full force and
effect from and after its adoption.
ADOPTED: September 7, 1965
ATTEST:c./p APPROVED: ("
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