2978 RESOLUTION NO. 2,978
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS , AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 2 ,803 -
APPROVING UNDERTAKING OF SURVEYS AND PLANS FOR AN URBAN
RENEWAL PROJECT AND FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR THE
UNIVERSITY PARK AREA
WHEREAS , on February 19, 1962, the Board of Directors of the City
of Little Rock, Arkansas, adopted Resolution No. 2 ,803 ; and
WHEREAS, since the adoption of said Resolution, the Urban Renewal
Auf,u.nistration has required that the Housing Authority of the City of
Little Rock, Arkansas , file an Application for Feasibility Survey Funds
for the University Park Area as a prerequisite to filing a Survey and
Planning Application for said Project Area; and
WHEREAS , it is necessary to reduce the cost figure set forth in
the second "WHEREAS" clause of Resolution No. 2,803 because a feasibility
survey report includes some of the studies and reports required in a
regular survey and planning study, and thus reduces the survey and
planning cost; and
WHEREAS, since the adoption of said Resolution, it has become
necessary to further amend the second "WHEREAS" clause of said Resolution
by revising the description of the University Park Area; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas ,
has received Local Public Agency better No. 258 (dated December 19, 1962)
which requires that a locality's resolution (approving a survey and
planning application) include a statement "that the locality is cognizant
of the conditions imposed in undertaking and carrying out urban renewal
projects with Federal financial assistance under Title I, including those
prohibiting discrimination because of race, color, creed, or national
origin" before any survey and planning application can be approved by
the Urban Renewal Administration and the Housing and Home Finance Agency;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, that:
Section 1. The second "WHEREAS" clause of Resolution No. 2 ,803
shall be amended by changing the estimated cost of making surveys and
preparing plans for the University Park Area from approximately Two
Hundred Fifty-five Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-nine Dollars ($255,949.00) ,
to approximately Ninety-six Thousand Mine Hundred Thirty-nine Dollars
($96,939.00) .
Section 2. The second "WHEREAS" clause of Resolution No. 2,803
shall be further amended by revising the description of the University
Park Area to read as follows :
Starting at a point located at the intersection of the north
right-of-way line of the proposed East-West Expressway and the
east right-of-way line of Fair Park Boulevard extended; thence
running south along the east right-of-way line of Fair Park
Boulevard to a point on the north right-of-way line of West 12th
Street; thence west along the north right-of-way line of West 12th
Street to the center line of Coleman Creek; thence north along
the center line of Coleman Creek to a point located on the south
right-of-way of West 10th Street extended; thence west along the
south right-of-way line of West 10th Street extended and West 10th
Street to a point on the east right-of-way line of South University
Avenue ; thence south along the east right-of-way line of South
University Avenue to a point that would be the south right-Of--way
line of West 20th Street extended; thence, running in a westerly
direction along the south right-of-way line of West 20th Street
extended and West 20th Street to the west right-of-way line of
McKinley Street; thence , north along the west right-of-way line
of McKinley Street to a point which would be generally the south
right-of-way line of West 16th Street extended; thence , west
along the south right-of-way line of West 16th Street extended and
West 16th Street to a point located on the center line of Rock
Creek; thence , running in a northwesterly direction along the
center line of Rock Creek to the north right-of-way line of West
12th Street; thence, running in an easterly direction along the
north right-of-way line of West 12th Street to the west right-of-
way line of Bryant Street; thence, north along the west right-of-
way line of Bryant Street to the north right-of-way line of the
proposed East-West Expressway; thence, running in an easterly
direction along the north right-of-way line of the proposed East-
West Expressway to a point on the west right-of-way of Arthur
Street; thence , north along the west right-of-way line of Arthur
Street to the north right-of-way line of West 7th Street; thence,
east along the north right-of-way of West 7th Street to a point
located at the intersection of the north right-of-way line of the
East-West Expressway; and the north right-of-way line of West 7th
Street; thence , in an easterly direction along the north right-of-
way line of the proposed East-West Expressway to the point of
beginning.
Section 3. Resolution No. 2 ,803 shall be amended by adding a
5th Section to said Resolution, said Sth Section reading as follows :
"5. That the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed in the under-
taking and carrying out of urban renewal projects with Federal financial
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assistance under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949 , including those
prohibiting discrimination because of race , color, creed or national
origin."
Section 4. All other "WHEREAS" clauses and Sections of Resolution
No. 2 ,803 shall remain unchanged by this Amending Resolution.
ADOPTED: March 18, 1963
ATTEST: // APPROVED:
CITY CLERK MAYOR mot..-..-� l