15283 1 RESOLUTION NO. 15,283
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO RENEW
4 CONTRACTS FOR A ONE (1)-YEAR TERM WITH PULASKI COUNTY
5 COMMUNITY SERVICES, IN A TOTAL COMBINED AMOUNT OF
6 THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED
7 FORTY-SIX AND 80/100 DOLLARS ($382,346.80), FOR HOUSING
8 OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS (HOPWA); AND FOR
9 OTHER PURPOSES.
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11 WHEREAS,the City of Little Rock,Arkansas,receives an annual allocation of Housing Opportunity
12 for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Funds from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
13 (HUD);and,
14 WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock is designated by HUD as an entitlement jurisdiction to
15 administer the HOPWA Program for a six(6)-County area including: Pulaski; Faulkner; Saline; Lonoke;
16 Perry; and Grant Counties;and,
17 WHEREAS, funding through the HOPWA Program was designated for housing assistance and
18 appropriate supportive services for low-income persons HIV positive;and,
19 WHEREAS, on March 11, 2019, the City issued a Request for Qualifications to procure a service
20 provider of the HOPWA assistance;and,
21 WHEREAS, on April 9, 2019, Pulaski County Community Services was selected by the Selection
22 Committee to provide HOPWA services for a period of one (1)-year, with the City's option to renew the
23 term two(2)times in one(1)-year increments for Pulaski County; and,
24 WHEREAS, Pulaski County Community Services will provide Tenant-Based Rental Assistance;
25 Short-Term Rent, Mortgage, and Utility Assistance; Permanent Housing Placement Services; and
26 Supportive Services in Pulaski County in the amount of Three Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand, Three
27 Hundred Forty-Six and 80/100 Dollars($382,346.80); and,
28 WHEREAS, pursuant to approval June 4, 2019, the City entered into a contract with the Pulaski
29 County Community Services to provide HOPWA services for a one (1)-year term, with the City's option
30 to renew the term of the contracts for two(2)additional one(1)-year terms; and,
31 WHEREAS,this is the first renewal of the two(2)-year option to renew the contracts;and,
32 WHEREAS, the contract is consistent with the City's adopted Citizen Participation Plan and the
33 Consolidated Planning Committee and the recommended sources and uses of the City's 2019-2020 HUD
34 Entitlement Funds.
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1 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
2 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
3 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby approves funding to the Pulaski County Community
4 Services in the amount of Three Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand, Three Hundred Forty-Six and 80/100
5 Dollars($382,346.86)for the first of two renewal terms of the optional one(1)-year term increments.
6 Section 2. The recommended sources for funding and uses are from the City's 2019-2020 HUD
7 Entitlement Funds.
8 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
9 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
10 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
11 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
12 resolution.
13 Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are inconsistent
14 with the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
15 ADOPTED: September 1,2020
16 v t .T: APPROVED:
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