15205 1 RESOLUTION NO. 15,205
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
4 INTO A CONTRACT WITH ARKANSAS REGIONAL COMMISSION, IN
5 AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED THREE THOUSAND,
6 SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS ($103,720.00), FOR HOUSING
7 OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS (HOPWA), FOR A ONE
8 (1)-YEAR PERIOD; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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10 WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, receives an annual allocation of Housing
11 Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Funds from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban
12 Development(HUD); and,
13 WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock is designated by HUD as an entitlement jurisdiction to
14 administer the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program for a six (6)-County
15 area including: Pulaski; Faulkner; Saline; Lonoke; Perry; and Grant Counties; and,
16 WHEREAS, funding through the HOPWA Program was designated for housing assistance and
17 appropriate supportive services for low-income persons HIV positive; and,
18 WHEREAS,the City issued a Request for Qualifications dated January 8, 2019, to procure a service
19 provider of the HOPWA assistance;and,
20 WHEREAS, on February 12, 2019, the Arkansas Regional Commission was selected by the
21 Selection Committee to provide HOPWA services for a one(1)-year term, with the City's option to renew
22 the term two (2) times in one (1)-year increments for Faulkner County. This is the first renewal of the
23 two(2)-year option to renew; and,
24 WHEREAS, the Arkansas Regional Commission will provide Tenant-Based Rental Assistance,
25 Short-Term Rent, Mortgage, and Utilities Assistance, Permanent Housing Placement Services, and
26 Supportive Services in Faulkner County;and,
27 WHEREAS,the City receives an annual allocation of HOPWA Funds from HUD, and the contract is
28 consistent with the City's adopted Citizen Participation Plan and the Consolidated Planning Committee
29 and the recommended sources and uses of the City's 2019 HUD Entitlement Funds.
30 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
31 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
32 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby approves funding to the Arkansas Regional Commission of
33 One Hundred Three Thousand, Seven Hundred Twenty Dollars ($103,720.00) for a one (1)-year term,
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1 with an option to renew the term for one(1) additional one(1)-year increment, with the right to terminate
2 the agreement upon completion of the Federally-Funded Housing Programs.
3 Section 2. The recommended sources for funding and uses are from the City's 2019 HUD
4 Entitlement Funds.
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. Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS All laws, ordinances,resolutions,
11 or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the
12 extent of such inconsistency.
13 ADOPTED: April 21, 2020
14 ATTES APPROVED:
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17 .usan 11:, ity Clerk Frank Scott,Jr.,
18 APPR I `4") A TO LEGAL FORM:
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21 Thomas M.Carpenter,City Attor y
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