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RESOLUTION NO. 8,999 443
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A POLICY SUPPORTING
REGIONAL COOPERATION AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS; CONVENING A METROPOLITAN
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE; AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the Little Rock Board of Directors continues to
encourage quality growth within the City of Little Rock and in
the greater Little Rock metropolitan area, and
WHEREAS, quality growth is defined as growth that is
planned, orderly, and meets municipal standards for streets,
adequate public facilities, lot size, access, land use, and
other factors; and
WHEREAS, the Future Little Rock study has recommended both
increased regional cooperation and regional economic development
efforts; and
WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock recognizes that its
political jurisdiction represents only a portion of an
economically interdependent metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock continues to believe that
the annexation of contiguous developing areas continues to be
the best method of guaranteeing orderly and quality growth in
Pulaski County south of the Arkansas River; and
WHEREAS, where the City of Little Rock boundaries expand to
meet the city limits of other municipalities, new cooperative
arrangements must be developed to ensure mutually beneficial
metropolitan growth; and
WHEREAS, water utility service, sewer utility service,
transportation infrastructure, land use planning and regulation,
housing, parks and open space, environmental protection and
economic development are interdependent parts of a comprehensive
metropolitan development strategy; and
WHEREAS, the last comprehensive regional development plan
was completed by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (now
known as Metroplan) in 1967 to carry the metropolitan area
through 1990; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. It is the specific intent for the City of Little
Rock to play a leadership role in the development of a new
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comprehensive regional development plan. The Board of Directors
by passage of this resolution, instructs the City Manager to see
to the convening of a Metropolitan Economic Development
Conference no later than December of this year. This conference
is intended to begin the process of addressing mutually
beneficial areas of cooperation.
PASSED= September 7, 1993
CITY �, .
APPROVEJD AS To FORM:
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THOMAS M. CARPENTER (f
CITY ATTORNEY
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