17924ORDINANCE NO. 17,924
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 1999 budget to provide funding for the 1999
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: January 19, 1999
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CONTRACT AGREEMENT BETWEEN
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK AND •
GREATER LITTLE ROCK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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 40
grant as their monetary commitment to the "Paint Your Heart Out `99 ", 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 1999 is the Neighborhood bounded by I -30 on
the West, Arkansas River on the North, Little Rock Regional Airport on the East and East 21
Street on the South.
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:
- Jennings Osborn ($7,500)
- Nations Bank ($1,000)
-First Commercial Bank ($1,000)
- Metropolitan National Bank ($200)
- Arkansas Power and Light (2500)
- Arkansas Louisiana Gras Company ($500)
-Twin City Bank ($500)
- United Way of Pulaski County (in kind services)
- Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas (in kind services)
- Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce (in kind services)
Other individual and corporate doners of funds and in kind services
The parties agree as follows:
1, The City agrees to grant The Chamber, c/o Paint Your Heart Out '99, the grant amount of
$12,500 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, 1999.
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK
CY CARNEY, CITY MANAGER BRUCE MOORE, INTERIM DIRECTOR,
HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS
PAUL HARVEL PRESIDENT
GREATER LITTLE ROCK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE