14500 1 RESOLUTION NO. 14,500
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
4 INTO A CONTRACT WITH RHYTHM ENGINEERING, LLC, IN AN
5 AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED NINETY-THREE THOUSAND, EIGHT
6 HUNDRED FIVE AND DOLLARS ($93,805.00), TO PROVIDE
7 TECHNICAL CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE UNIVERSITY
8 AVENUE TRAFFIC SIGNAL ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEM; AND
9 FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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11 WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, has been awarded a Federal Aid Project Grant
12 through Metroplan and the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department(AHTD)to install a Traffic
13 Adaptive Control System on University Avenue, AHTD Job No. 061468, and
14 WHEREAS, Rhythm Engineering was selected by committee through a professional services
15 Request for Qualifications process, Bid No. 16022, as the most qualified firm to provide consultation,
16 configuration, programming,training, operation,and integration of hardware and software systems for the
17 University Avenue Adaptive Signal Technology Project.
18 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
19 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
20 Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute an agreement with Rhythm
21 Engineering, LLC, to provide Technical Consulting Services in an amount not to exceed Ninety-Three
22 Thousand, Eight Hundred Five Dollars($93,805.00),to provide Technical Consulting Services.
23 Section 2. Funding for this contract is 80% grant funded with a 20% match and contingency
24 funding from Street Fund Special Projects.
25 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
26 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
27 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
28 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the
29 resolution.
30 Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are inconsistent with
31 the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
32 Section 5. This resolution will be in full force and effect from and after the date of its adoption.
33 ADOPTED: February 7,2017
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