15202 1 RESOLUTION NO. 15,202
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO APPLY
4 FOR A TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM (TAP)
5 GRANT FROM THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF
6 TRANSPORTATION FOR FUNDING TO EXTEND THE TRI-CREEK
7 GREENWAY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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9 WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock understands that Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP)
10 Grant Funds are available through the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) Federal Funds
11 for certain City projects; and,
12 WHEREAS, ArDOT requires that local governments pass a resolution supporting grant applications
13 for the Recreational Trails Program. The City of Little Rock has determined that it is desirable to apply
14 for TAP Grant Funding for the Tri-Creek Greenway located in the Western Hills, Hindman and Brodie
15 Creek Park Corridor to leverage existing projects to extend the Tri-Creek Greenway Parks and adjoining
16 neighborhoods;and,
17 WHEREAS, the Greenway Trail shall be twelve (12) feet wide with three (3)-foot buffers on either
18 side;and,
19 WHEREAS, Federal Funds in the amount of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) will be
20 requested and the grant will require matching funds in the amount of 20%, or One Hundred Twenty-Five
21 Thousand Dollars ($125,000.00), of the project, and an Administration Fee of 1%, or Six Thousand,Two
22 Hundred Fifty Dollars ($6,250.00), with the total project amount of Six Hundred Thirty-One Thousand,
23 Two Hundred Fifty Dollars($631,250.00).
24 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
25 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
26 Section 1. The City pledges its full support and hereby authorizes the City Manager to make a full
27 application for grant funding for the project designated as the Tri-Creek Greenway in the Western Hills,
28 Hindman and Brodie Creek Park Corridor.
29 Section 2. Should a grant be subsequently awarded, the City Manager is hereby authorized to
30 execute all appropriate agreements and contracts necessary to expedite the construction of this project.
31 Section 3. Federal funding for this project is to be from the Transportation Alternatives Program
32 (TAP) Grant of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) and City Matching Funds will be paid as
33 follows: Western Hills, Account No. 326459—TS45A20, in the amount of Forty-Five Thousand Dollars
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1 ($45,000.00); Grant Match, Account No. 108129 - Si 00040, in the amount of Eighty Thousand Dollars
2 ($80,000.00); and Administration Fee, Account No. 326459 -TS45A21.
3 Section 4. 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 5. 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: April 21,2020
11 ATTES '. APPROVED:
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14 Susan ey Clerk Frank Scott,Jr.,Mayo
15 APPR O\ 1 A�O LEGAL FORM:
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18 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Atto 0 ey
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