13023I RESOLUTION NO. 13,023
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO
4 AN AGREEMENT WITH THE QUAPAW QUARTER ASSOCIATION TO
5 CONTINUE OPERATING CURRAN HALL AS A TOURIST INFORMATION
6 CENTER; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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8 WHEREAS, the City owns Curran Hall and prior to 2006 operated it as a visitor's center working
9 through the auspices of the Little Rock Convention & Visitor's Bureau and the Little Rock Advertising &
10 Promotion Commission ( "the Commission "), and
11 WHEREAS, the City, the Commission and the Quapaw Quarter Association have successfully
12 partnered for the past three years in an arrangement that allowed the Quapaw Quarter Association to
13 operate this property as a Tourist Information Center, and
14 WHEREAS, the original RFP for this service noted that the successful bidder's operating term could
15 be expanded beyond the original three year term;
16 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
17 OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
18 Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to execute an agreement with the Quapaw Quarter
19 Association, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, for the continued operation and use of Curran Hall
20 to include, among other things, the operation of a tourist information center at this location.
21 Section 2. Any such agreement shall include the following terms and conditions:
22 (a) The Advertising and Promotion Commission, for a period of three years, shall provide
23 operating monies not to exceed fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars per year to the Quapaw Quarter
24 Association;
25 (b) The City shall provide for the maintenance of Curran Hall but in no event shall pay for the
26 new utilities used by Curran Hall;
27 (c) The city shall include Curran Hall on a fire insurance policy of the City;
28 (d) The Quapaw Quarter Association shall, in coordination with the City, be allowed to rent
29 Curran Hall for various events such as weddings and other receptions so long as such activity
30 does not interfere with the operation of a visitor's center;
31 (e) The agreement shall not extend past three calendar year with the option, agreed to by both
32 parties, to extend the agreement in one year increments for a total period not to exceed six year's
33 from the date of execution of the initial agreement.
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I Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
2 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
3 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
4 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
5 resolution.
6 Section 4. Repealer. All ordinances and resolutions are hereby repealed to the extent of such
7 inconsistency.
8 ADOPTED: September 15, 2009
9 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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12 usan a g Acting City Clerk Mark Stodola, Mayor
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16 Thomas M. Carpenter, ity Atoney
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