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RESOLUTION NO. 11,177
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A
CONTRACT WITH CHARLES AND ELIZABETH BLAKE AS PART OF THE
TORNADO DISASTER REBUILD TARGETED NEIGHBORHOOD
ENHANCEMENT PLAN TO RENOVATE A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE
AT 2205 SOUTH GAINES STREET IN THE APPROVED TORNADO
DISASTER REBUILD 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 this area in 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. 18,387 (November 14, 2000), and designated this portion of the City as
the Tornado Area Disaster Rebuild Targeted Neighborhood Enhancement Plan area (hereinafter
referred to as the "Tomado Area TNEP "), and
WHEREAS, the Owners, Charles and Elizabeth Blake, have submitted an appropriate
application to contract with the City to provide an owner occupied residential structure within the
boundaries of the Tornado Area TNEP in the amount of EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
SIXTEEN DOLLARS ($8,516.00), and
WHEREAS, the City desires to contract with the Owner pursuant to the Tornado Area
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 Charles and Elizabeth
Blake for the renovation of the residence at 2205 South Gaines Street in the approved Tornado Area
TNEP.
Section 2. This action authorizes a $8,516.00 contract between the City of Little Rock and
Charles and Elizabeth Blake to support renovation activities at 2205 South Gaines Street in the
Tornado Area TNEP.
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: December 4, 2001
ATTEST:
Nan Wood, ity Clerk
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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Thomas M. Carpenter, City Attorld
APPROVED: k
T ailey, Mayor