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96651 2 RESOLUTION NO. 9,665 3 4 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY 5 6 MANAGER TO ALLOCATE $100,000 FROM 7 THE ZOO GATE ADMISSIONS CAPITAL 8 IMPROVEMENT FUND SPECIAL PROJECT 9 ACCOUNT TO THE ZOO IMPROVE202MS SPECIAL PROJECT ACCOUNT FOR 10' IMPROVEMENTS AT THE LITTLE ROCK ZOO 11 TO ADDRESS ACCREDITATION 12 DEFICIENCIES. 13 14 15 WHBREAS, the Little Rock Zoo was first accredited in 1985, 16 one of the early zoos in the country to obtain this and re- accredited in 1991; and 17 WHEREAS, the Zoo recently underwent its systematic 18 inspection for accreditation; and 19 WHEREAS, several deficiencies were noted, resulting in a 20 one year extension of the accreditation; and 21 WHEREAS, these funds will be utilized to make improvements 22 in exhibits, signage and other deficient areas in order to 23 justify the full five year accreditation when reviewed again in 24 March, 1997. 25 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF 26 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:. 27 SECTION 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to 28 allocate $100,000 from the Zoo Gate Admissions Capital 29 Improvement Fund Special Project to the Zoo Improvements Special 30 Project for improvements at the Little Rock Zoo to address 31 accreditation deficiencies. 32 SECTION 2. Funds are to be transferred from 210 - 230 -0185 33 (Zoo Gate Admissions Capital Improvement Fund Special Project) 34 to 210 - 230 -0209 (Zoo Improvements Special Project). 35 SECTION 3. This resolution shall be in full force and 36 effect from and after its adoption. 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 ADOPTED: April 16, 1996 ;40 • �. •