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RESOLUTION NO. 11,188
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A
CONTRACT WITH JANE MIZE AS PART OF THE TORNADO DISASTER
REBUILD TARGETED NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT PLAN TO
RENOVATE A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AT 2309 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 "Tornado Area TNEP "), and
WHEREAS, the Owner, Jane Mize, has 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 NINE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY -SIX
DOLLARS ($9,686.00), 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:
Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to execute a contract with Jane Mize for the
renovation of the residence at 2309 South Gaines Street in the approved Tornado Area TNEP.
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Section 2. This action authorizes a $9,686.00 contract between the City of Little Rock and
Jane Mize to support renovation activities at 2309 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 11, 2001
ATTEST:
Nanty Wood City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
Thomas M. Carpenter, City Morney
APPROVED:
Jini lbailey, Mayor