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Home My WebLink About21534 1 ORDINANCE NO. 21,534 2 3 AN ORDINANCE TO DELCARE IT IMPOSSIBLE AND IMPRACTICAL 4 TO BID; TO AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF WETLAND 5 MITIGATION CREDITS FROM THE NRI GROUP (CADRON CREEK 6 MITIGATION BANK), IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THIRTY- 7 NINE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED FORTY AND 65/100 DOLLARS 8 ($39,940.65), FOR PLANTATION PICKETT DRAINAGE 9 IMPROVEMENTS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 10 11 WHEREAS,the purchase of wetland mitigation credits is a condition to obtain a U.S. Army Corps of 12 Engineer Permit needed to construct the Plantation Pickett Drainage Improvement Project; and 13 WHEREAS, it has been determined that this purchase is an exceptions situation, mitigation credits 14 can only be purchased from Corps approved sources and the requirement of competitive bidding 15 procedure is not feasible; 16 WHEREAS,the NRI Group, Cadron Creek Mitigation Bank is the most advantageous and economic 17 local source for purchase of these credits based on quotes received from available banks. 18 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY 19 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS: 20 Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute an agreement with the NRI Group, 21 Cadron Creek Mitigation Bank in an amount not to exceed Thirty-Nine Thousand, Nine Hundred Forty 22 and 65/100 Dollars($39,940.65). 23 Section 2. Funding for this project is from the%-Cent Capital Improvement Sales and Compensating 24 Use Tax Funds and the 2013 Capital Improvement Bonds for Streets and Drainage as authorized by 25 Resolution No. 13,699 and amended by Resolution No. 14,269. 26 Section 3. The Board of Directors declares it is impractical and unfeasible to submit this purchase to 27 completive bids. 28 Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or 29 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or 30 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and 31 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the 32 resolution. 33 Section 5. Repealer.All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with 34 the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. [Page 1 of 2] 1 PASSED: January 30,2018 2 ATT • APPROVED: 3 �,'C 5 Sus:n La: ley, t Clerk Mark Stodola,Mayor 6 APP ' / D AS TO LEGAL FORM: 7 8 hfrvt . .40 9 Thomas M. Carpenter, CityAt erneY 10 // 11 // 12 // 13 // 14 // 15 // 16 // 17 // 18 // 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 . // 32 // 33 // 34 // 35 // [Page 2 of 2]