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RESOLUTION NO. 15,363
3 A RESOLUTION TO AMEND LITTLE ROCK, ARK., RESOLUTION NO.
4 14,769 (APRIL 17, 2018) TO AMEND THE AGREEMENT WITH
5 AMERICAN STRUCTURE, INC., TO INCREASE THE TOTAL
6 CONTRACT AMOUNT BY EIGHTEEN THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED
7 FIFTY-TWO AND 60/100 DOLLARS ($18,352.60) TO COMPLETE
8 CONSTRUCTION OF THE COLOBUS/SERVAL EXHIBIT AT THE
9 LITTLE ROCK ZOO; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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11 WHEREAS, Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 14,769 (April 17, 2018) approved the Little Rock Zoo
12 Contract with American Structure, Inc., for a total amount of One Million, Three Hundred Sixteen
13 Thousand, Two Hundred Forty and 40/100 Dollars ($1,316,240.40), to build a new Colobus/Serval Exhibit
14 which met current standards of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, and that is an interactive exhibit
15 that both meets animal needs and also tells a story of wildlife conservation; and,
16 WHEREAS, as the Little Rock Zoo neared completion of the construction of the Colobus/Serval
17 Habitat, additional requirements were identified that exceed the previously -approved contract amount; and,
18 WHEREAS, the Little Rock Zoo requests the contract with American Structure, Inc., be amended to
19 include the survey and installation of additional in -ground and roof posts for netting, indoor animal holding
20 pens, and additional concrete work for the amount of Eleven Thousand, Three Hundred Eighty Dollars
21 ($11,380.00) and outstanding landscaping, French drains, and landscape walls for the amount of Six
22 Thousand, Nine Hundred Seventy -Two and 60/100 Dollars ($6,972.60), for a total amount of Eighteen
23 Thousand, Three Hundred Fifty -Two and 60/100 Dollars ($18,352.60); and,
24 WHEREAS, the anticipated cost to complete the project is the type of capital expenditure of a public
25 nature authorized by the %-Cent Capital Improvement Sales and Compensating Use Tax levied in Little
26 Rock, Ark., Ordinance No. 20,450 (July 11, 2011), and which also meets the intent for the use of such tax
27 proceeds as set forth in Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 13,343 (July 11, 2011).
28 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
29 OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
30 Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to amend the agreement with American Structure, Inc., to
31 include the survey and installation of additional in -ground and roof posts for netting, indoor animal holding
32 pens, and additional concrete work, and to complete the outstanding landscaping, French drains, and
33 landscape walls to increase the contract amount to include an additional amount of Eighteen Thousand,
34 Three Hundred Fifty -Two and 60/100 Dollars ($18,352.60) to Purchase Order No. 144214.
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Section 2. Funding for this project is from the %-Cent Capital Improvement Sales and Compensating
Use Tax Funds, Special Project Account No. 326659-72504-TS65A90.
Section 3. Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 14,769 (April 17, 2018) authorized the City Manager to
provide additional funds up to 20% of the amount set forth in Section 1 of Resolution 14,769, i.e., One
Million, Ninety -Six Thousand, Eight Hundred Sixty -Seven Dollars ($1,096,867.00), in an amount not to
exceed One Million, Three Hundred Sixteen Thousand, Two Hundred Forty and 40/100 Dollars
($1,316,240.40), if such monies were necessary to complete this project.
Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the
resolution.
Section 5. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are inconsistent with
the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency including, but not
limited to, Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 14,769 (April 17, 2018).
ADOPTED: December 1, 2020
iiCity Clerk
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Thomas M. Carpenter, City A
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