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9174M 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 � = M 0 RESOLUTION NO. 8174 • A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT ENTRY INTO AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH PULASKI COUNTY AND THE CITY OF NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, TO ESTABLISH A PULASKI ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS, Act 430 of 1967, as amended, permits cities and counties to enter into cooperative agreements to provide services and facilities to their mutual advantage in order to better develop the local community; and WHEREAS, the City, the City of North Little Rock, and Pulaski County wish to enter into such an agreement in order to receive grant funds and focus on targeted action to improve economic and social conditions in many parts of this community; and WHEREAS, the proposed agreement attached as Exhibit A to this Resolution accomplishes this purpose. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. The Mayor and City Clerk are authorized, upon final approval being received by the Attorney General, to execute an interlocal cooperative agreement to establish a Pulaski Enterprise Community Alliance in substantially the form contained in Exhibit A which is attached to this resolution. ADOPTED: June 7, 1994 ATTEST: BRIE COCK CITY CLERK APPROVED AS TO •• —r • l•7' sly I ATTORNEY CITY FAN 4 1161 WE" . � � .J FIJI o 67A.4 1A - �7n r3 6 M � O Wibit A - Res. #9,174 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE PULASKI ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE (INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT) 289 This Memorandum of Agreement entered into on this day of 1994, by and between Pulaski County, Arkansas (the County) and the cities of Little Rock (Little Rock) and North Little Rock (North Little Rock), WITNESSETH: That the County, Little Rock, and North Little Rock have made a finding that economic and social conditions in many parts of all three jurisdictions require targeted action to achieve a better physical environment as well as job and social opportunities for their respective residents, and That a means is required to stimulate and organize such citizen -based projects which will encourage local initiative and cause improvements to the quality of citizens' lives, and That successful targeted improvement projects in either the County, Little Rock or North Little Rock are dependent upon similar improvement projects occurring simultaneously in the other two jurisdictions, and That local, state, federal, private and other funds may be available from time to time to improve targeted areas are used to best advantage when the County, Little Rock, and North Little Rock can manage such funds in a joint and cooperative manner. SECTION 1. The County, Little Rock, and North Little Rock hereby establish the Pulaski Enterprise Community Alliance (the Alliance) and do hereby recognize these principles to guide how the Alliance shall address the needs of citizens: (a) Citizens have the ability to help themselves. They can identify their own needs and develop strategies to respond to their needs. M M M � (b) Government has the obligation to continually reassess how its services are being delivered and consider how restructuring or refocusing its services might better respond to citizen needs. (c) Private sector resources of expert advice, volunteerism, and funds are important components of targeted community improvement projects. (d) Citizens support what they help create. Any citizen or agency who will be M M M' asked to help implement local improvement projects should be involved in shaping [iiT4i IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Memorandum of Agreement the day and year first above written. 291 PULASKI COUNTY Floyd G. Villines III, County Judge CITY OF LITTLE ROCK Jim Dailey, Mayor CITY OF NORTH LITTLE ROCK Patrick Henry Hays, Mayor