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RESOLUTION NO. 12,781
A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE AN EXPENDITURE OF $50,000 FOR
RENOVATION AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LITTLE ROCK AUDUBON CENTER;
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock and the National Audubon Society, Inc., through its Arkansas
state office Audubon Arkansas, entered into a lease for park property in the Fourche Creek Watershed
December 20, 2005; and
WHEREAS, the lease provided for the construction of a Nature Center on the premises; and
WHEREAS, by letter dated February 22, 2006, the City Manager committed to provide $50,000 for
use by Arkansas Audubon to assist with renovation and construction of the Little Rock Audubon Center;
and
WHEREAS, construction bids were opened in September, 2008; and the contractor has provided a
budget for the City's $50,000 contribution which has been forwarded by Audubon Arkansas to the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE
ROCK, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute an agreement with Audubon Arkansas
for $50,000 for construction and renovation of the former Granite Mountain Community Center for a
Community Room /Field Research /Computer Lab for the new Nature Center.
Section 2. Funding for this project is from 108129- S10T586- 63390.
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with the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
ADOPTED: November 3, 2008
ATTEST: APPROVED:
Nan y *6o J, (Ay Clerk
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
Thomas M. Carpenter, City Att ney
Mark Stodola, Mayor