14031 1 RESOLUTION NO. 14,031
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3 A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A CONTRACT FOR HOUSING
4 OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS (HOPWA) TO THE
5 ARKANSAS AIDS FOUNDATION IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
6 THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED
7 DOLLARS ($386,500.00) FOR A TWELVE (12)-MONTH PERIOD, WITH
8 AN OPTIONAL ONE (1)-YEAR CONTRACT RENWAL; AND FOR
9 OTHER PURPOSES.
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11 WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock receives an annual allocation of HOPWA Funds from the U.S.
12 Department of Housing& Urban Development; and,
13 WHEREAS, the proposal to award the contract to Arkansas Aids Foundation is consistent with the
14 City's adopted Citizen Participation Plan and the Consolidated Planning Committee and the
15 recommended sources and uses of the City's 2014 HUD Entitlement Funds; and,
16 WHEREAS, funding through the HOPWA Program was designated for housing assistance and
17 appropriate supportive services for low-income persons HIV positive; and,
18 WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock is designated by HUD as an entitlement jurisdiction to
19 administer the HOPWA Program for a six (6)-county area, including Pulaski, Faulkner, Saline, Lonoke,
20 Perry and Grant Counties; and,
21 WHEREAS, the City issued a Request for Qualifications dated October 6, 2014, to procure a service
22 provider of the HOPWA assistance and the only response was from Arkansas AIDS Foundation; and,
23 WHEREAS, on December 5, 2014, the submittal was reviewed and the Arkansas AIDS Foundation
24 was selected to provide HOPWA services over the next twelve (12) months, with an optional one(1)-year
25 contract renewal;
26 NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
27 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
28 Section 1: The Board of Directors hereby approves funding to the Arkansas AIDS Foundation in the
29 amount of Three Hundred Eighty-Six Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars ($386,500.00) for a twelve (12)-
30 month period to end December 5, 2015, with an optional one(1)-year contract renewal.
31 Section 2. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
32 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
33 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
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1 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
2 resolution.
3 Section 3. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are inconsistent
4 with the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
5 ADOPTED: January 6,2015
6 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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9 S fy,City Clerk Mark Stodola,Mayor
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13 Thomas M. Carpenter, City Attor ey
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