15127 1 RESOLUTION NO. 15,127
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
4 INTO A CONTRACT WITH TOWNSHIP BUILDERS, INC., FOR
5 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND
6 CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ADA-ACCESSABLE TRAIL AT ALLSOPP
7 PARK; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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9 WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock, Arkansas ("City) was awarded a Metroplan Transportation
10 Alternative Program (TAP) Grant which shall be used to assist with funding for the development and
11 construction of a new ADA-accessible trail at Allsopp Park; and,
12 WHEREAS, the Hillcrest Neighborhood supports this project as well as the pedestrians and cyclist
13 that use this park as a connection to the Arkansas River Trail;and.
14 WHEREAS,the Construction Services will provide an accessible trail development at Allsopp Park;
15 and,
16 WHEREAS, after a competitive bidding process, Bid No. 697, it was determined that Township
17 Builders, Inc., provided the lowest,most responsible bid in the amount of Two Hundred Eighty Thousand,
18 Eighty-Six Dollars($280,086.00)from the total bids received; and,
19 WHEREAS,the total cost of the project will not exceed Two Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand Dollars
20 ($295,000.00), which includes a contingency amount of Fourteen Thousand, Nine Hundred Fourteen
21 Dollars ($14,914.00), and is allocated in Allsopp Parks Trails Account No. 326459-TS45A21 (One
22 Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollar($160,000.00)TAP Grant with a required match of Forty Thousand Dollars
23 ($40,000.00), and Ninety-Five Thousand Dollars of ($95,000.00) funding is available from the Parks
24 Capital Upgrade Account No. 326459-TS45AI 1.
25 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
26 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
27 Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to enter into an agreement with Township Builders, Inc.
28 in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand Dollars($295,000.00), which includes a
29 Fourteen Thousand, Nine Hundred Fourteen Dollars ($14,914.00) contingency, to provide General
30 Construction Services to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, for the development and construction of an
31 ADA-accessible trail at Allsopp Park.
32 Section 2. The Project will be funded by a TAP Grant in the amount of One Hundred Sixty Thousand
33 Dollars($160,000.00)from the Parks Trails Account No.326459-TS45A21 with a required match of Forty
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I Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00), and Ninety-Five Thousand Dollars of($95,000.00) funding is available
2 from the Parks Capital Upgrade Account No. 326459-TS45A11.
3 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
4 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
5 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
6 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
7 resolution.
8 Section 4. Repealer. All laws,ordinances,resolutions,or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with
9 the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
10 ADOPTED: December 17,2019
11 A fj APPROVED:
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Tat -y,City Clerk Frank Scott,Jr.,May
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18 Thomas M.Carpenter,City Attorney I
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