HomeMy WebLinkAbout21610 1 ORDINANCE NO. 21,610
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS,
4 ORDINANCE NO. 19,246 (DECEMBER 7, 2004) TO ADD THE
5 SEPTEMBER 2015 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN AS ADDITIONAL
6 PROJECTS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT PLAN; TO
7 AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE
8 FUNDING OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
9 ($250,000.00) TO THE LITTLE ROCK PORT AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE
10 2018 TRACK MAINTENANCE; TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY; AND
11 FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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13 WHEREAS, the Board approved the Project Plan in Section 5 of Little Rock, Arkansas, Ordinance
14 No. 19,246(December 7,2004); and,
15 WHEREAS,the Project Plan needs to be amended to include those projects described in the September
16 2015 Capital Improvements Plan of the Port of Little Rock Redevelopment District No. 2 of the City of
17 Little Rock, Arkansas, including improving any and all roads that are located within the Redevelopment
18 District; and,
19 WHEREAS, based upon the adoption of the plan, Little Rock Port Authority Staff requests Two
20 Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars($250,000.00)for 2018 Annual Track Maintenance, consisting of;
21 1) Remove and replace 1,200 railroad ties along the harbor track with new wooden industrial
22 grade ties and spikes.The project was publicly bid and Trac-Work was the low bid at a cost of
23 One Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars($120,000.00).
24 2) Upgrade 2,100 feet of existing rail from ninety (90) pound to 136 pound steel; improve the
25 turnout at the river terminal dock.The project was publicly bid and Trac-Work was the low bid
26 at a cost of One Hundred Eighty Thousand, Three Hundred Eighty-Eight Dollars
27 ($180,388.00).
28 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF LITTLE
29 ROCK,ARKANSAS:
30 Section 1. That the Port of Little Rock Redevelopment District No. 2 of the City of Little Rock,
31 Arkansas Project Plan dated December 7, 2004, as described in Little Rock, Arkansas, Ordinance No.
32 19,246(December 7, 2004), is amended to include those projects described in the September 2015 Capital
33 Improvements Plan of the Port of Little Rock Redevelopment District No. 2 of the City of Little Rock,
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1 Arkansas, and for the right to improve any and all roads that arelocated within the Port of Little Rock
2 Redevelopment District No. 2,more particularly described as:
3 1) Remove and replace 1,200 railroad ties along the harbor track with new wooden industrial
4 grade ties and spikes.The project was publicly bid and Trac-Work was the low bid at a cost of
5 One Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars($120,000.00).
6 2) Upgrade 2,100 feet of existing rail from ninety (90) pound to 136 pound steel; improve the
7 turnout at the river terminal dock.The project was publicly bid and Trac-Work was the low bid
8 at a cost of One Hundred Eighty Thousand, Three Hundred Eighty-Eight Dollars
9 ($180,388.00).
10 Section 2. The Little Rock Board of Directors authorizes the Mayor and the City Manager to provide
11 funding of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars($250,000.00)to the Little Rock Port Authority to Provide
12 2018 Track Maintenance.
13 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
14 word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
15 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and
16 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the
17 ordinance.
18 Section 4.Repealer. All laws, ordinances,resolutions,bylaws,and other matters inconsistent with this
19 ordinance, particularly including, but not limited to Little Rock, Arkansas, Ordinance No. 19,246
20 (December 7,2004),are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
21 Section 5. Emergency Clause. The Board of Directors hereby determines that the Project Plans
22 authorized in this amended ordinance must be accomplished as soon as possible in order to obtain the funds
23 necessary to discourage the loss of commerce, industry, or employment and to increase employment in the
24 City and, therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance, being necessary for the
25 immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, shall take effect and be in full force and effect
26 from and after the date of its passage.
27 PASSED: August 7,2018
28 A_ _E • APPROVE .
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31 . � . u ity Clerk Mark Stodola, ayor
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35 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Attoy ey
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