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Home My WebLink About21700 1 ORDINANCE NO.21,700 2 3 AN ORDINANCE TO DECLARE IT IMPRACTICAL AND UNFEASIBLE 4 TO BID; TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO AWARD A 5 CONTRACT TO CRAFTON TULL &ASSOCIATES,INC., TO DEVELOP 6 A BRANDING PROGRAM FOR THE 12TH STREET CORRIDOR; 7 TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 8 9 WHEREAS, in 2009 the City concluded that it was necessary to develop a vision for the 12th Street 10 Corridor; and, 11 WHEREAS, the firm of Crafton Tull & Associates, Inc., was authorized to provide initial 12 development consultation pursuant to Little Rock,Ark.,Ordinance No.20,731 (May 21,2013),which was 13 passed as a Sole-Source Ordinance because of the unique funding to be provided by the City in conjunction 14 with other entities; and, 15 WHEREAS, there are still funds in this particular account, and a need now to develop a branding 16 study for the 12t Street Corridor to accomplish this work; and. 17 WHEREAS, in light of the prior area-specific work done by Crafton Tull & Associates, Inc., it is 18 impractical and unfeasible to subject this new requirement to a competitive selection process. 19 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF'DIE CITY 20 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS: 21 Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to enter into an agreement with Crafton Tull&Associates, 22 Inc., in an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars($50,000.00),to develop a branding plan for the 23 further development of the 12th Street Corridor. 24 Section 2. Funds for this agreement are available in Account No. 12th Street Jump Start,Account No. 25 331409-BOB001, and include funds that have been provided to the City by other entities to work in 26 cooperation on this project. 27 Section 3. Due to the unique nature of this funding mechanism,and the area specific information that 28 is required for such a contract,the Board of Directors finds that it is impractical and unfeasible to subject 29 this contract to a competitive selection process. 30 Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or 31 word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or 32 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and 33 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the 34 ordinance. [Page 1 of 2] 1 Section 5. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions,or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with 2 the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. 3 Section 6. Emergency Clause. The further development of the 126 Street Corridor as a viable area 4 for economic development, to answer questions about food deserts, and to deal with an overall plan for 5 redevelopment, is essential to the public health, safety and welfare; an emergency is, therefore, declared 6 to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage. 7 PASSED: March 5,2019 8 '. T ' T APPROVED: 9 4,! AIP 10 ` (/) 11 ��, City Clerk Frank Scott, ., yor 12 APPR c+ �i TO LEGAL FORM: 13 14 :d 15 Thomas M.Carpenter,City Atto fry 16 // 17 // 18 // 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // 35 // [Page 2 of 2]