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158621 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 0 0 ORDINANCE NO. 15,862 AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE $100,000 FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR PURPOSES OF A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE GREATER LITTLE ROCK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK FOR THE PROMOTION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY; TO WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING; TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS, the Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce has received funds from Fifty For the Future, the Doubleday Foundation, and others to be used as matching monies for the purpose of promoting economic development within the City of Little Rock; and WHEREAS, these funds can be used only to match on a $2 for $1 basis funds provided by the City of Little Rock for the purpose of promoting economic development; and WHEREAS, the lack of such matching funds from similar foundations for the express purpose of economic development makes it impractical and unfeasible to competitively bid for the contractual aspects of any agreement between the City and the Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. The sum of $100,000 is hereby appropriated from the Economic Development Fund to be used as the City's portion of a contract between the Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce and the City of Little Rock. SECTION 2. The City Manager is authorized to enter into a contractual agreement with the Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of promoting economic development provided that the City will provide no more than $100,000 to the contract and that this $100,000 must be matched on the $2 for $1 basis by the Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce. i"M b 43 -7 M M M w M M M M M M M M M M M 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 SECTION 3. Because .__the City has an opportunity of obtaining these economic developments through the Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce and in doing so have its money matched on a $2 for $1 basis by funds provided from Fifty for the Future and the Doubleday Foundation, the Board of Directors finds that it is impractical and unfeasible to competitively bid for the services and products to be included in the contract. SECTION 4. Emergency Clause. The Board of Directors have declared that the promotion of economic development and the increase in jobs in the City of Little Rock is a matter essential for the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens in order to ensure a proper growth and the tax base and to provide opportunities to the citizens of Little Rock. The present contract for the promotion of economic Development between the Chamber and the City has already expired and the need to maintain the momentum for economic development is at risk. Therefore, an emergency is declared to exist and this ordinance shall be effective from the date of its passage. PASSED: May 1, 1990 7 pill. R�I CZECH 7 APPROVED: „ 41-WA . •' II • I