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RESOLUTION NO. 11,970
3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
4 INTO A CONTRACT WITH MATSON, INC. FOR CONSTRUCTION
5 OF ZOO ENTRY PLAZA IMPROVEMENTS; AND FOR OTHER
6 PURPOSES.
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8 WHEREAS, the voters of Little Rock approved a Seventy Million, Six Hundred
9 Thirty -five Thousand Dollar ($70,635,000) Limited Obligation Capital Improvement
10 Bond Issue (Series 2004) at an election held on November 4, 2003, and
11 WHEREAS, the ballot listed projects to be funded with proceeds of the bonds to
12 be issued included Parks and Recreational Improvements, and
13 WHEREAS, a part of the Parks and Recreational Improvements approved by
14 voters was a new Zoo entry plaza, and those improvements will provide a new,
15 attractive entry that will further enhance the appearance and functioning of the Zoo, as
16 well as provide a cover for the antique Over - the -Jumps carousel that operated in War
17 Memorial Park for fifty years, which the City has recently leased for ninety -nine years,
18 and
19 WHEREAS, Invitation to Bid No. 04322 was issued, and the construction
20 company of Matson, Inc. submitted the lowest responsible and responsive bid.
21 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
22 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
23 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby authorizes the City Manager to enter
24 into a contract with Matson, Inc. for the construction of Zoo entry building, plaza and
25 associated site work, in the amount of One Million, One Hundred Ninety -Six Thousand,
26 Eight Hundred Twenty -eight Dollars ($1,196,828.00), subject to the endorsement of the
27 project by the Bond Progress Committee at its meeting of April 18, 2005.
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Resolution
To authorize contract for construction of Zoo Entry Plaza
1 Section 2. Funds for these services are to be allocated from the $70,635,000
2 Limited Obligation Capital Improvement Bond Issue (Series 2004) from Zoo Bond
3 Accounts Nos. 317 - 235 -EP01, 317 - 235 -EP02, and 317 - 235 -EP03.
4 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence,
5 clause, phrase, or word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or
6 unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining
7 portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so
8 declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the
9 resolution.
10 Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that
11 are inconsistent with the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent
12 of such inconsistency.
13 ADOPTED: April 12, 2005
14 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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17 . m ancy Wood, City Clerk Jiff0ailey, Mayor
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19 APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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22 Thomas M. Carpenter, C14 Attorney
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Resolution
To authorize contract for construction of Zoo Entry Plaza