15167 1 RESOLUTION NO. 15,167
2
3 A RESOLUTION TO EXTEND A CONTRACT WITH THE LITTLE ROCK
4 REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
5 EXCEED TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000.00),
6 TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING SERVICES;
7 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
8
9 WHEREAS,pursuant to Little Rock,Ark., Resolution No. 14,546(April 18,2017),the City authorized
10 a contract with the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce for Economic Development Consulting
11 Services; and,
12 WHEREAS, Section 1 of Resolution No. 14,546,as well as the Terms of Award provision in Request
13 for Qualifications(RFQ)No. 17109 "Economic Development Consulting Services", authorized a one(1)-
14 year award that may be extended up to three (3) additional one (1)-year terms, or a portion of a year, by
15 mutual agreement of the parties; and,
16 WHEREAS, the City and the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce have mutually agreed to
17 extend this agreement for one(1)-year,which is the final extension.
18 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
19 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
20 Section 1.The Board of Directors hereby authorizes the City Manager to enter into a contract with the
21 Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce to provide Economic Development Consulting Services to
22 the City in accordance with the terms and conditions offered in the proposal submitted in response to the
23 RFQ Bid No. 17109, in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars($250,000.00) for
24 2020.
25 Section 2. Funds for the Economic Development Consulting Services pursuant to the contract
26 authorized by this resolution are included in the 2020 Adopted Budget in Account No. 100000-63390.
27 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
28 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
29 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
30 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the
31 resolution.
32 Section 4. Repealer. All resolutions,bylaws,and other matters inconsistent this resolution are hereby
33 repealed to the extent of such inconsistency including, but not limited to, Little Rock, Ark., Resolution
[Page 1 of 31
1 14,546 (April 18, 2017) and extended by Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 14,728 (February 20, 2018)
2 and Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 14919(December 18, 2018).
3 ADOPTED: February 18,2020
4 E: APPROVED:
5 '�► 1
6
7 n .le . Ci Jerk rank Scott,Jr.
8 APPR I I A' 0 GAL FORM:
9
10 _ .1"44 / • /L .
11 Thomas M.Carpenter,City At !rney
12 //
13 //
14 //
15 //
16 //
17 //
18 //
19 //
20 //
21 //
22 //
23 //
24 //
25 //
26 //
27 //
28 //
29 //
30 //
31 //
32 //
33 //
34 //
IPage 2of 31
1 ADDENDUM TO AGREEMENT
2 December 3,2019
3
4 Pursuant to Section 1 of Little Rock, Ark., Resolution 14,728 (February 20, 2018), the City and the
5 Chamber mutually agree to extend this agreement from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020, for an
6 amount not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars($250,000.00). This Agreement was originally
7 executed on August 1, 2017, with the appropriate authority from the two (2) parties. This third year of
8 three (3) possible one (1)-year extensions is also done pursuant to the authority acknowledged in the
9 resolution.
10 CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS LITTLE ROCK REGIONAL
11 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
12
13 By: By:
14 Bruce T. Moore,City Manager Jay Chesshir,President and CEO
15 //
16 //
17 //
18 //
19 //
20 //
21 //
22 //
23 //
24 //
25 //
26 //
27 //
28 //
29 //
30 //
31 //
32 //
33 This document may be attached to the original agreement; or to the original resolution, as desired
34 by the parties.
[Page 3of 31