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9299SICK 1 2 1 RESOLUTION NO. 9,299 K, 4 A RESOLUTION TO ADD $200,000 TO THE $400,000 5 OF FUTURE- LITTLE ROCK DOLLARS PREVIOUSLY 6 BUDGETED FOR PREVENTION, INTERVENTION & 7 TREATMENT PROGRAMS; ALi.00ATING APPROXIMATELY 8 $600,000 FOR VARIOUS PROGRAMS SELECTED TO 9 PROVIDE NEIGHBORHOOD BASED PREVENTION, 10 INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT PROJECTS; 11 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY 12 NECESSARY AGREEMENTS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 13 14 WHEREAS, the City had previously allocated $400,000 of 15 FUTURE- Little Rock tax dollars for prevention, intervention and 16 treatment programs selected by the City for contracts to be 17 issued through a competitive selection process; and 18 WHEREAS, after review of 38 program requests a selection 19 committee determined that 16 programs met the basic criteria to 20 qualify as responsible and responsive bidders; and 21 WHEREAS, current funding would permit the City to contract 22 with nine of these programs, but the appropriation of an 23 additional $200,000 would permit the City to contract with all 24 16 programs that met the criteria. 25 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF 26 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS: 27 SECTION 1: The sum of two hundred thousand dollars 28 ($200,000) is hereby allocated from FUTURE- Little Rock tax 29 dollars to be used to contract with various entities for 30 Prevention, Intervention and Treatment programs, this sum to be 31 in addition to $400,000 previously budgeted for his purpose in 32 the appropriation set forth in Section 3 of Little Rock, Ark., 33 Ordinance No. 16,797 (December 14, 1994). 34 SECTION 2. The City Manager is authorized to enter into 35 contractual agreements in an aggregate amount of six hundred 36 thousand dollars ($600,000) for the following prevention, M k%, 4-7 M M M T- 1 intervention and treatment programs that qualified as 2 responsible and responsive bidders to the City's bid for 3 contractual services to provide neighborhood -based programs: 4 5 (a) G.W. Carver /College Station YMCA -- $ 25,000 6 -- A program to involve youth in recreational 7 activities, mentoring, group discussions, field trips, and social, cultural, educational and service 8 activities. 9 (b) Gaines Street Center for Community Enrichment 10 38,000 11 -- A program to focus on intensive case management services, including mentoring, parent support groups, 12 recreational, cultural, social and educational 13 activities. 14 (c) Shepherd's Ranch 45,627 15 -- A program for economically disadvantaged children and youth who come to a camp setting for several weeks each 16 summer. The program includes educational skills enhancement, recreational activities such as horseback. 17 riding, hiking, camping, water sports, citizenship and 18 interpersonal skills. 19 (d) Cornerstone Project, Inc. 50,000 20 -- A mentoring and parent training program in which recipients receive training in social skills, violence 21 prevention, cultural development, tutorials and a 22 monthly °Friday Night at Cornerstone.^ 23 (e) Chicot Elementary School 50,000 24 -- A comprehensive after - school program involving crime 25 prevention programs, Parenting Center, social, cultural and recreational programs with peers and family, 26 tutoring and service programs. 27 (f) Arkansas Arts Center 50,000 28 -- A program to engage youth and their families in art 29 projects, public murals, sculptured towers, community wall and street decorations, clean -up projects and 30 social gatherings. 31 (g) Anderson's Taekwondo Center 50,000 32 -- A program to teach students self - control, discipline, 33 respect for others and improved self- esteem through the martial arts. 34 35 (h) Tomberlin Community Development Center 50,155 36 A comprehensive youth program that includes mentoring, educational and tutoring programs, African E M M M M M M 812 M M 1 American cultural awareness activities, and job 2 readiness skills. 3 (1) UMOJA Studio 41,218 4 -- A program that offers tutoring, visual arts, drama 5 and music. 6 (These were the original nine programs recommended for 7 funding in a total amount of four hundred thousand dollars 8 ($400,000). In addition, the following seven programs are 9 recommended for funding with the two hundred thousand dollars 10 ($200,000) identified in Section 1. Each project is to contract 11 for services valued at one time payments of twenty -five thousand 12 dollars ($25,000)). 13 (j) Boy Scouts of America, Quapaw Area Council 14 -- A comprehensive initiative to deliver scouting 15 programs to youth and families in the hard -to -serve areas of the City. The programs will be geared towards 16 substance abuse, teen pregnancy, crime, illiteracy, lack 17 of good role models, low self - esteem and gang activity. 18 (k) Prosecuting Attorney, Precharging Division 19 -- A program designed to provide youthful offenders with meaningful alternative sentences as an option to formal 20 adjudication in juvenile court. 21 (1) Big Brothers /Big Sisters of Pulaski County 22 -- A program to provide volunteers to work one -on -one in 23 close, caring relationships with children. Each pair will have an assigned case worker to work with the 24 parent, child and volunteer. 25 (m) Amelia B. Ives Tenant Council /Sunset Terrace 26 Resident Council 27 -- A program to supplement and enhance the Housing 28 Authority's Drug Elimination Program through intensive 26 -week parent -child training programs. 29 (n) Joseph Pfeifer Kiwanis Camp 30 A program in which students - campers of all ethnic, 31 racial, social and economic backgrounds live, work and 32 play together on an equal basis. Activities are aimed at building teamwork and leadership skills. 33 (o) Pankey "New Life" Program 34 35 -- A program of parenting classes, community projects, mentoring programs, conflict resolution and 36 entrepreneurial training. 1 2 3 4 5 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 e� a w w w w w �■■ w w w� • • sls (p) Geyer Springs Community Co -op (Geyer Springs Community Association) -- A program designed to involve kids in seasonal sports activities with fees and equipment costs paid for those that would otherwise be unable to participate. (q) City Manager Discretionary Fund A fund for mini - grants to be administered by the Little Rock task Force for the Prevention of Youth Violence through the City Manager's office. SECTION 3. The City Manager is authorized to execute any necessary contracts approved by the City Attorney with the above listed organizations in order to present these programs for a period of one year or, in any event, no later than December 31, 1995. The funds to pay for these various contracts shall come from Account No. 210 - 030 -0325. SECTION 4. All resolutions and parts of resolutions in conflict with the provisions of this resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. ADOPTED: December 20, 1994 ATTEST: WI 9 � • uh • "1W1fW1WWU­ ­ • uD