2242 RESOLUTION NO . 2242
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY
CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK WITH THE ARKANSAS LIVESTOCK SHOW
ASSOCIATION AS SET OUT HEREIN; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE
ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized
and directed to execute and enter into an Agreement on behalf
of the City of Little Rock with the Arkansas Livestock Show
Association, which Agreement shall be in form and words as
follows :
:. A G R E E M E N T
by and between
ARKANSAS LIVESTOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION
and
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
Housing Authority of the City of
Little Rock, Arkansas
Project ARK R-2
Livestock Show Area Project
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority of the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas, has acquired title to certain lands in the City of Little
Rock, Arkansas, in its project known as Livestock Show Area Project,
Project ARK R-2, which lands are designated Area (C) in said project,
and which Area (C) is more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point which is the intersection
of the centerline of the alley between Dennison
Street and Howard Street and the south right-of-
way line of West 23rd Street; thence westward
along the south right-of-way line of West 23rd
Street to a point on the centerline of Thayer
Avenue; thence southward to the intersection of
the centerlines of Thayer Avenue and Bertram
Street; thence eastward to the alley between
Thayer Avenue and Rice Street; thence southward
along the alley to a point on the north right-of-
way line of Roosevelt Road; thence eastward along
the north right-of-way line of Roosevelt Road to
the intersection of the right-of-way line and the
centerline of the alley between Dennison Street
and Howard Street; thence northward to the point
of beginning;
WHEREAS, as part of the Urban Renewal Plan for said Project a
portion of said Area (C) is to be used by the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas, as a public park-playground; and
WHEREAS, title to the lands comprising said Area (C) is to be
vested in the State of Arkansas, which is to lease same to the Arkansas
Livestock Show Association for a period of 37 years, pursuant to
said Urban Renewal Plan, and it is necessary that an agreement be
entered into between the Arkansas Livestock Show Association and the
City of Little Rock, Arkansas, in regard to the use of said portion
of Area (C) by the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, as a public park-
playground;
NOW, THEREFORE, each of the parties hereto, for and in consid-
eration of the premises and the agreements of the other party here-
to, do hereby covenant and agree to the following:
1. The Arkansas Livestock Show Association does hereby grant
to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, the right to install, operate
and maintain a public park-playground of approximately six (6) acres
in size located in the North portion of said Area (C) described here-
inabove, which right shall remain in effect for a period of 37
years, expiring on the 28th day of November, 1995 , being the date
that the lease of the Arkansas Livestock Show Association from the
State of Arkansas expires; it being specifically understood and a-
greed that Arkansas Livestock Show Association shall do only such
grading and site improvement as it deems necessary for the parking
of automobiles by it and its patrons on said park-playground area
and shall not be required to do any special or additional surfacing
or drainage work for the purpose of operation or maintenance of such
park-playground area and shall not be liable to any person for any
personal injury or property damage or any other damage suffered by
such person by reason of the operation and maintenance of such park-
playground area and the use thereof by any person .
2. The City of Little Rock, Arkansas , through its appropriate
Board or Commission, agrees to install, operate and maintain said
public park-playground upon said lands at its own expense, and to use
said lands for recreational and playground purposes, provided that
the Arkansas Livestock Show Association reserves the right to use
said lands for parking purposes at such time as in its judgment its
parking demands require the use of said lands.
3 . The City of Little Rock, Arkansas, agrees to provide play-
ground and recreational equipment and facilities at a cost of not
less than $2,000.00, which equipment and facilities shall be movable
and used by the City in such manner as not to interfere with the
maximum parking needs of Arkansas Livestock Show Association; and
to maintain the surface of the public park-playground area in such
a manner as not to interfere with the maximum parking needs of the
Arkansas Livestock Show Association; and to provide adequate play-
ground supervision through its appropriate Board or Commission .
The City agrees that it or its appropriate Board or Commission
acting for and in its behalf will remove such equipment and facilities
and store the same in the least space possible within the space
designated by Arkansas Livestock Show Association upon five days '
notice from Arkansas Livestock Show Association of its desire to
use the area for parking, and further agrees that in the event it
shall not promptly remove same upon such notice being given that
Arkansas Livestock Show Association may remove the same for such
purpose and shall not be liable to the City for any damage sustained
or incurred by its removal thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Arkansas Livestock Show Association and
the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, have caused this Agreement to be
signed by their duly authorized officers, all as of this
day of , 1953 .
ARKANSAS LIVESTOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION
BY
President
( SEAL )
Secretary-Manager
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BY:
Werner C. Knoop, Mayor
( SEAL )
Mrs. Pauline Beeson, City Clerk P;
SECTION 2. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption.
ADOPTED: October F, 1958
ATTEST j, L ��) APPROVED:
City Clerk ayor .