13102I RESOLUTION NO. 13,102
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO
4 PURCHASE UP TO ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
5 DOLLARS ($1,500,000.00) OF PARK AMENITIES FOR THE
6 RENOVATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF CITY PARKS; AND FOR
7 OTHER PURPOSES.
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9 WHEREAS, City of Little Rock Board of Directors authorized the issuance of the $7,830,000 City of
10 Little Rock, Arkansas, Capital Improvement Construction Revenue Bonds, Series, 2009A ( "2009 Parks
11 Bonds "), pursuant to Little Rock, Ark., Ordinance No. 20, 119 (June 16, 2009); and,
12 WHEREAS, the Department of Parks & Recreation ( "Parks Department ") conducted seven public
13 meetings to seek input on the types of neighborhood park improvements to make with proceeds from the
14 2009 Parks Bonds; and,
15 WHEREAS, Parks Department staff has identified a need for approximately one million five
16 hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) worth of park amenities such as playground equipment, benches,
17 drinking fountains, and other items; and,
1s WHEREAS, these park amenities are qualified purchases for a broad line of competitively
19 solicited contracts which provide quality products, services and solutions through national and local
20 cooperatives, namely, the U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance, and the Texas
21 Arkansas Purchasing System, and,
22 WHEREAS, these purchasing cooperatives are designed to be a procurement resource for local
23 and state government agencies, school districts (K -12), higher education and nonprofits , and,
24 WHEREAS, City of Little Rock is a registered participant of the program, therefore we can
25 access and purchase park amenities through these cooperatives, and,
26 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
27 OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
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Resolution authorizing City Manager to allow
purchase of $1.5 million of park amenities
I Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to expend up to one million five hundred thousand
2 dollars ($1,500,000.00) of 2009 Parks Bond proceeds for park amenities, provided that such purchases are
3 made through the U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance, and the Texas Arkansas
4 Purchasing System.
5 Section 2. Funds for these purchases are available from revenues of the 2009 Park Bonds.
6 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
7 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
8 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
9 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the
10 resolution.
11 Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same that are inconsistent with
12 the provisions of this resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
13 ADOPTED: MARCH 16, 2010
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17 usan an le , City Clerk
18 PPRO TO LEGAL FORM:
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21 Thomas M. Carpen er, City ttorney
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Resolution authorizing City Manager to allow
purchase of $1.5 million of park amenities
APPROVED:
Mark Stodola, Mayor