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ORDINANCE NO. 17 92 132
AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A CONTRACT BETWEEN
THE GREATER LITTLE ROCK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
AND THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK FOR THE PAINT YOUR
HEART OUT PROGRAM WITHIN THE CITY; TO WAIVE
COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES .
WHEREAS, $20,000 was approved in the 1997 budget to provide funding
for the 1997 Paint Your Heart Out program; and
WHEREAS, numerous and other participants are contributing to the
program; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to contract with the Greater Little Rock
Chamber of Commerce to purchase program materials and supplies, and to serve
as the prime source of support and public information regarding the program; and
WHEREAS, it is 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 City Manager is authorized to enter into a contractual
agreement with the Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of
purchasing program materials and supplies, and to serve as the prime source of
support and public information regarding the program, and to receive a $20,000
grant from the City.
SECTION 2. Because the City can obtain these services through the Greater
Little Rock Chamber of Commerce in the most effective manner, 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.
PASSED: February 4, 1997
ATTEST:
ROBBIE HANCOCK, CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
THOMAS N1 CARPENTER)
CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED: '
JIM OILEY, MAYOR
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CITY OF LITTLE ROCK AND
G TER LITTLE ROCK CHAMBER OF CO ERCE
This agreement is made between the City of Little Rock, hereinafter called "City" and Greater Little Rock
Chamber of Commerce, hereinafter called "The Chamber ".
Under the terms of an agreement between the City and the Chamber, the City will dispense a grant as
their monetary commitment to the "Paint Your Heart Out '97, neighborhood paint program. The grant
will help to improve housing in one of the City's oldest neighborhoods. The program will offer
neighborhood residents, who qualify, free paint and assistance in painting the exteriors of these homes.
The target area for the 1997 is the Neighborhood bounded by Roosevelt on the North, Railroad tracks on
the South, Arkansas State Fairgrounds on the West and, Interstate 30 on the East.
The City, along with other neighborhood paint program participants, has agreed to donate funds and in
kind services for the positive impact and success of this program. These participants are the following:
- Boatman's National Bank (51,000 and in kind services)
-First Commercial Bank ($1,000 and. in kind services)
- Metropolitan National Bank ($200 and in kind services)
- Arkansas Power and Light (2,500 and in kind services)
- Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company ($500 and in kind services)
-Twin City Bank ($500)
- Coulson Oil ($500)
- United Way of Pulaski County (in kind services)
- Community Organization for Poverty Elimination (in kind services)
- Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas (in kind services)
- Arkansas Historic Preservation Program (in kind services)
- Habitat for Humanity (in kind services)
- Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce (in kind services)
The parties agree as follows:
1. The city agrees to grant The Chamber, c/o Paint Your Heart Out '97, the grant amount of
$15,000 for the neighborhood paint program.
2. The Chamber will use these funds for the purchase of program materials and supplies for
necessary prep work and exterior painting purposes of low and moderate income, elderly and
physically disabled owner in the said target areas.
3. The Chamber will serve as the prime source of support and public information for the duration of
the grant administration.
4. The Chamber will have authority to reclaim and redistribute to a similar program the following
year any grant funds not expended by December 31, 1997.
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK
Charles Nickerson, City Manager
Paul Harvel, President
Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce
Tim Polk, Director,
Housing and Neighborhood Programs