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Home My WebLink About22144 1 ORDINANCE NO. 22,144 2 3 AN ORDINANCE TO DECLARE IT IMPRACTICAL AND UNFEASIBLE 4 TO BID; TO RATIFY AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS CARRIED OUT IN 5 2021; TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXTEND FOR AN 6 ADDITIONAL ONE (1)-YEAR, A SOLE-SOURCE AGREEMENT WITH 7 CITY YEAR,INC.,AND THE CITY YEAR AMERICORPS MEMBERS,IN 8 AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND 9 DOLLARS ($100,000.00), RELATIVE TO THE CITY'S EDUCATIONAL 10 INITIATIVE FOR USE BY THE LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO 11 DECLARE AN EMERGENCY; AND, FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12 13 WHEREAS,the City of Little Rock,Arkansas("the City")has been able to cooperate City Year,Inc., 14 and City Year AmeriCorps Members to enhance education experiences for students within the City,and in 15 doing so to provide the teamwork and structure to provide these students with the strength and resources to 16 fulfill their desires to improve the world; and, 17 WHEREAS,for reasons beyond the City's control the 2021 Agreement for City Year was not formally 18 approved by ordinance until now, so the prior work and payments must be ratified by the City Board of 19 Directors("the Board"); and, 20 WHEREAS, the authority of the City Manager to extend such agreements a one (1)-year period in 21 2021 and 2022,without a formal competitive selection process since it is impractical and unfeasible to bid 22 for services with a Core Model Program that includes City Year AmeriCorps Members to function as"near 23 peers" and build close, high-impact relationships with students by providing a consistent presence in the 24 students' lives, and within the physical school environment, that is combined with thoughtful integrative 25 programming to improve the school climate and culture so it will foster positive communication, learning, 26 and student success; and, 27 WHEREAS, within the City at least 4,500 students benefit from such relationships with City Year 28 AmeriCorps Members at Mabelvale Elementary School, Cloverdale Middle School, Mabelvale Middle 29 School, Hall High School, and Southwest High School, including work with 490 students as Student 30 Success Coaches,full-time classroom support,and one-on-one tutoring and interventions with students who 31 have been uniquely identified as"off track"by teachers and school administrators. 32 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY 33 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS: [Page 1 of 31 1 Section 1. Because of the need for resources and persons trained through AmeriCorps for the success 2 of this program, it is impractical and unfeasible to submit these agreements to a competitive selection 3 process. 4 Section 2. The Board of Directors formally ratifies the work and expenditures pursuant to the 2021 5 Cooperative Agreement between the City and City Year AmeriCorps, in an amount that did not exceed One 6 Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) for the educational programs and single-point solutions to 7 address and support individual students and classrooms within the City. 8 Section 3. The Board of Directors authorizes the City Manager to enter into an agreement to provide 9 funding support for this model program in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars 10 ($100,000.00)with City Year, Inc., for the 2002 Agreement to establish an education program where City 11 Year AmeriCorps Members provide single-point solutions to address a school or student's needs, and is 12 designed to meet the participating student's academic and social-emotional requirements by providing 13 support at the individual student, classroom, and whole-school levels, and to create school-wide learning 14 environments. 15 Section 4. Funds ratified pursuant to the ordinance were available in Community Programs Account 16 No. 108159-S15C320, and funds for the 2022 Agreement are available in Community Programs Account 17 No. 108159-S15C407. 18 Section 5. Renewal.If it is determined by the City Manager that the continuation of the programs set 19 forth in this ordinance is important to the continued development and enhancement of students within the 20 Little Rock School District, the City states its intent to renew this contract at its completion for another 21 year. 22 Section 6. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or 23 word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or 24 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and 25 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the 26 ordinance. 27 Section 7. Repealer. All laws,ordinances,resolutions,or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with 28 the provisions of this resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. 29 Section 8. Emergency Clause. The ability to provide educational opportunities which maximize a 30 student's ability to make positive progress through such methods as teamwork, communication, and 31 resources, is essential to the public health, safety, and welfare;an emergency is, therefore, declared to exist 32 and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage to assure that the 33 programs approved are available to the students and the Little Rock School District as needed throughout 34 2022 and, if necessary, extending into 2023. [Page 2 of 31 1 PASSED: June 21,2022 2 A4. APPROVED: 3 VAte 4 9�,\ 5 a g City Clerk Frank Scott,Jr., ay 6 APP'0 411 TO LEGAL FORM: 7 8 L,1i..i. A I , 9 Thomas M.Carpenter, ity A f rney 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 3 of 3]