15036 1 RESOLUTION NO. 15,036
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
4 INTO A CONTRACT WITH TOWNSHIP BUILDERS, INC., IN AN
5 AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-SIX
6 THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS ($796,400.00), FOR
7 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES TO RESURFACE WALKING TRAILS AND
8 COMPLETE ADA ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE LITTLE
9 ROCK ZOO; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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11 WHEREAS, the Little Rock Zoo requests upgrades to resurface and redesign areas of the walking
12 trails and pathways, including ADA improvements to insure walking trails and paths are accessible to all
13 Zoo guests and to improve the overall experience for Zoo visitors; and,
14 WHEREAS, after a competitive bidding process, Bid No. 180, it was determined that Township
15 Builders was the lowest, most responsible bidder with a total of three(3)bids received; and,
16 WHEREAS, the total amount of the project is Seven Hundred Ninety-Six Thousand, Four Hundred
17 Dollars ($796,400.00), and funding is provided by the Arkansas Department of Transportation's
18 Transportation Alternatives Grant, with matching funds from the City of Little Rock, Arkansas ("City");
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20 WHEREAS,funds are available from the Zoo Trails Grant, Account No. 270659-72504-G235128, in
21 the amount of Three Hundred Eighty-Four Thousand Dollars ($384,000.00), Zoo Trails Grant Match,
22 Account No. 108659-72504-S65G106, in the amount of Ninety-Six Thousand Dollars ($96,000.00), and
23 from the %-Cent Capital Improvement Sales and Compensating Use Tax Fund for Zoo Improvements,
24 Account No. 326659-72504-TS65A32, in the amount of Three Hundred Sixteen Thousand, Four Hundred
25 Dollars($316,400.00).
26 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
27 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
28 Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to enter into an agreement with Township Builders in an
29 amount not to exceed Seven Hundred Ninety-Six Thousand, Four Hundred Dollars ($796,400.00), to
30 provide General Construction Services to the Little Rock Zoo for construction upgrades to resurface and
31 redesign areas of the walking trails and pathways, including ADA improvements to insure walking trails
32 and paths are accessible to all Zoo guests.
33 Section 2. The Project will be funded from the Zoo Trails Grant, Account No. 270659-72504,
34 G235128, in the amount of Three Hundred Eighty-Four Thousand Dollars($384,000.00),Zoo Trails Grant
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1 Match,Account No. 108659-72504-S65G106,in the amount of Ninety-Six Thousand Dollars($96,000.00),
2 and from the%-Cent Capital Improvement Sales and Compensating Use Tax Fund for Zoo Improvements,
3 Account No. 326659-72504-TS65A32, in the amount of Three Hundred Sixteen Thousand, Four Hundred
4 Dollars($316,400.00).
5 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
6 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
7 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
8 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
9 resolution.
10 Section 4. Repealer. All laws,ordinances,resolutions,or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with
11 the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
12 ADOPTED: August 6,2019
13S APPROVED:
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