15624 1 RESOLUTION NO. 15,624
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
4 INTO A CONTRACT WITH RESTORE HOPE, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
5 EXCEED ONE HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN THOUSAND, FIVE
6 HUNDRED NINETY-SIX DOLLARS ($197,596.00), TO PROVIDE
7 COMMUNITY VIOLENCE REDUCTION SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES
8 TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS,
9 TO REDUCE COMMUNITY VIOLENCE AND INCREASE PUBLIC
10 SAFETY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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12 WHEREAS, in Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 15,518 (August 3, 2021), the Board of Directors
13 stated the intended uses of a portion of the first tranche of allotment of Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
14 through the American Rescue Plan Act(ARPA)to the City of Little Rock,Arkansas("the City"); and,
15 WHEREAS, Community Violence Intervention Programs, with an estimated total of One Million,
16 Five Hundred Thousand Dollars($1,500,000.00),are listed as such use in the resolution; and,
17 WHEREAS,there has been an increase in criminal activity over the course of the Pandemic and the
18 City will respond to this activity as a Public Health Emergency by providing Community Violence
19 Reduction Services and Activities for the benefit of City residents, particularly in areas identified by the
20 Little Rock Police Department as "hot spots" in Wards 1, 2, 6, and 7, in an effort to increase positive
21 outcomes and the overall quality of life for the children, youth and families residing within the City of
22 Little Rock, Arkansas; and,
23 WHEREAS, Bid No. 1488 dated December 27, 2021, requested applications for Community
24 Violence Prevention Services that would become part of the Prevention, Intervention and Treatment
25 Programs conducted by qualified organizations located anywhere within City Limits; and,
26 WHEREAS, as a result of Bid No. 1488, Community Violence Reduction Services, ten (10)
27 applications, which met the minimum score for funding consideration, were selected by a Review
28 Committee;and,
29 WHEREAS, upon the formal adoption of this resolution, contracts will be negotiated, finalized and
30 executed with each of the qualified organizations within the amount of ARPA Funds that have been
31 identified for Community Violence Intervention Programs.
32 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
33 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
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1 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby authorizes the City Manager to enter into an agreement
2 with Restore Hope, in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Ninety-Seven Thousand, Five Hundred
3 Ninety-Six Dollars ($197,596.00), to provide Contractual Services and Activities designed to reduce
4 violence.
5 Section 2. Funds for this program is available from the first tranche of the City's Local Fiscal
6 Recovery Funds through the American Rescue Plan Act, Account No. 271159-G0316AR15C-63391.
7 Section 3. The term for such contract shall be for a period no longer than twelve (12) months to
8 begin March 1, 2022,through February 28, 2023,with a final report due March 31, 2023; further the City
9 ratifies, accepts and will compensate any work done between March 1, 2022, and the effective date of any
10 approved and executed contract in a form acceptable to the City Attorney as to legal form.
11 Section 4. All payments are conditioned upon entry into a contract for services; further, nothing in
12 this resolution limits the ability of the City, in its sole discretion,to procure similar services from another
13 vendor during the term of the contract authorized here.
14 Section 5. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
15 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
16 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of this resolution,which shall remain in full force and
17 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
18 resolution.
19 Section 6. Repealer. All laws, ordinances and resolutions, or parts of the same, that are inconsistent
20 with the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
21 ADOPTED: February 15,2022
22 ATT APPROVED:
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25 Susa .ley Clerk rank Cott,Jr.,M
26 APPR• A'D O LEGAL FORM:
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29 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Att rney
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