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RESOLUTION NO. 11,174
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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A
CONTRACT WITH MICHAEL AND TERESA BRAITHWAITE AS PART OF
THE CENTRAL HIGH TARGETED NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT
PLAN TO RENOVATE A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AT 2300
SCHILLER STREET IN THE APPROVED CENTRAL HIGH TNEP AREA.
WHEREAS, the City has been granted authority to contract with owners of property to
agree to live in residential dwellings in targeted neighborhoods for a period of five (5) years, and to
use the consideration for such agreements to construct or rehabilitate residential structures in an
effort to recapture or rehabilitate neighborhoods that have become urban blight, or that could
become an area of blight if such actions are not taken, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority of Act 320 of 1997 (codified as Ark. Code Ann. §§ 14-
169 -1101 to 1108 (Michie Repl. 1998), as may be amended) (hereinafter referred to as "the Act "), the
City Board of Directors has completed the process and determined that an area in the downtown
portion of the City qualifies as a targeted neighborhood as defined by the Act, and
WHEREAS, after fulfillment of the statutory requirements to do so, the City adopted Little
Rock, Ark., Ordinance No. 18,072 (July 27, 1999), and designated this portion of the City as the
Central High Targeted Neighborhood Enhancement Plan area (hereinafter referred to as the
"Central High TNEP "), and
WHEREAS, the Owners, Michael and Teresa Braithwaite, submitted an appropriate
application to contract with the City to provide an owner occupied residential structure within the
boundaries of the Central High TNEP, and the City hereby agreed to a contract with the Owner in
the amount of SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTEEN DOLLARS ($7,713.00),
and
WHEREAS, the City desires to contract with the Owner pursuant to the Central High
TNEP program, and the Owner desires to assure the residency requirements of the TNEP program
are met so this neighborhood can be recaptured and a meaningful residential area can be developed,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS:
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Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to execute a contract with Michael and Teresa
Braithwaite for the renovation of the residence at 2300 Schiller Street in the approved Central High
TNEP area.
Section 2. This action authorizes a $7,713.00 contract between the City of Little Rock and
Michael and Teresa Braithwaite to support renovation activities at 2300 Schiller Street in the Central
High TNEP area, which sum represents not more than twenty percent (20 %) of the total project cost.
Section 3. Severability.• In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause,
phrase, or word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such
declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall
remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional
was not originally a part of the resolution.
Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are
inconsistent with the provisions of this resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such
inconsistency.
Section 5. This resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption.
ADOPTED: becember 4, 2001
ATTEST:
Nancy ood, ity Clerk
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
Thomas M. Carpenter, Ci
APPROVED:
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