15602 1 RESOLUTION NO. 15,602
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE
4 AN INCREASE TO THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES
5 CONTRACT WITH FTN ASSOCIATES, LTD., IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
6 EXCEED SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS ($68,000.00), FOR THE
7 YORKWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT
8 PROJECT; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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10 WHEREAS, Resolution No. 15,524 (August 17, 2021), was adopted by the Little Rock Board of
1 1 Directors, made a Three Million Dollar ($3,000,000.00) allocation of American Rescue Act Funds for
12 Water and Sewer Infrastructure Improvement Projects; and,
13 WHEREAS, Staff has identified currently designed, eligible projects in Wards 1, 3 and 7, including
14 improvements to Smith Creek in the Yorkwood Neighborhood(Ward 7); and,
15 WHEREAS, FTN Associates, Ltd., was previously selected through an Annual Statements of
16 Qualifications Process, Bid No. 17201 for Professional Services and contracted to perform preliminary
17 design analysis of proposed improvements to Smith Creek in the Yorkwood Neighborhood; and,
18 WHEREAS, it is desirable to increase the contract ceiling price for FTN Associates, Ltd.,to provide
19 for additional design services including completion of a detailed design including provisions for obtaining
20 the appropriate Corps of Engineers Permit(s)for the project.
21 NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
22 CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
23 Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute an amendment to the contract with FTN
24 Associates, Ltd., in an amount not to exceed Sixty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($68,000.00) for an amended
25 contract price not to exceed amount of Two Hundred Fifty-Four Thousand, One Hundred Dollars
26 ($254,100.00).
27 Section 2. Funding for the contract increase is from funds allocated from the American Rescue Act
28 for Water and Sewer Infrastructure Improvement Projects pursuant to Resolution No. 15,524.
29 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
30 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
31 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
32 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
33 resolution.
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1 Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with
2 the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
3 ADOPTED: January 4,2022
4 ATTES . APPROVED:
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7 Susan ill l ity Clerk Frank Scott,Jr.,Mayor
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