HomeMy WebLinkAbout15920 1 RESOLUTION NO. 15,920
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
4 INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH PULASKI COUNTY, TO PROVIDE
5 SEWER SERVICE TO THE HOUSING FIRST VILLAGE, LOCATED
6 OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
7 ARKANSAS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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9 WHEREAS, Pulaski County has purchased approximately 150 acres south of the City of Little Rock
10 (City)and is working with several non-profits to develop the Housing First Village,a project to address the
11 `chronic homeless' population in Central Arkansas; and,
12 WHEREAS, Phase I of the development will include 100 tiny houses with an ultimate occupancy of
13 400;each tiny house will be intended as a single-occupancy structure; and,
14 WHEREAS,the development will be on County-owned land and run by a non-profit organization who
15 will work with existing homeless and housing groups; and,
16 WHEREAS,the City has an existing sewer line adjacent to the County-owned land; and,
17 WHEREAS, any septic system for the property would flow into an existing drainage way that flows
18 to adjacent residential neighborhoods within the City, representing the real possibility of untreated
19 wastewater flowing into the City and by neighborhoods; and,
20 WHEREAS,allowing connection to the City Sewer System would limit hazards to the citizens of Little
21 Rock.
22 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
23 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS
24 Section 1. The Little Rock Board of Directors authorizes the City Manager to enter into an agreement
25 to provide sewer service without annexation to the proposed Housing First Village.
26 Section 2. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
27 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
28 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
29 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the
30 resolution.
31 Section 3. Repealer. All laws,ordinances, resolutions,or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with
32 the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
33 ADOPTED: February 21,2023
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I ATAsol APPROVED:
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4 �► ,City Clerk Frank Scott,
5 APP• : ED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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8 Thomas M. Carpenter, ity Atto ey
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