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Home My WebLink About16265 1 RESOLUTION NO. 16,265 2 3 A RESOLUTION TO AMEND LITTLE ROCK, ARK. RESOLUTION NO. 4 16,162 (OCTOBER 2, 2023); TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO 5 ENTER INTO A TEN (10)-MONTH CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH 6 OUR HOUSE, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED 7 THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000.00), TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY 8 VIOLENCE REDUCTION SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES TO THE 9 RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS; AND FOR 10 OTHER PURPOSES. I1 12 WHEREAS, in Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 15,518 (August 3, 2021), the Board of Directors 13 stated the intended uses of a portion of the first tranche of allotment of Local Fiscal Recovery Funds 14 through the American Rescue Plan Act(ARPA)to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas("the City");and, 15 WHEREAS, Community Violence Intervention Programs, with an estimated total of One Million, 16 Five Hundred Thousand Dollars($1,500,000.00),are listed as such use in the resolution; and, 17 WHEREAS, Bid No. 1488 dated December 27, 2021, requested applications for Community 18 Violence Prevention Services that would become part of the Prevention, Intervention and Treatment 19 Programs conducted by qualified organizations located anywhere within City Limits; and, 20 WHEREAS, as a result of Bid No. 1488, Community Violence Reduction Services, ten (10) 21 applications, which met the minimum score for funding consideration, were selected by a Review 22 Committee;and, 23 WHEREAS, in Little Rock,Ark., Resolution No. 15,626(February, 15,2022),the City Manager was 24 authorized to enter into an agreement with Our House in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred 25 Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00), to provide Contractual Services and Activities designed to reduce 26 violence;and, 27 WHEREAS, the program services began in August 2022, and an additional ten (10)-month contract 28 enabled the organization a full year of services for Our House;and, 29 WHEREAS, in Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 15,889 (February 7, 2023), the City Manager was 30 authorized to enter into a time-only six (6)-month extension to allow Our House to utilize the remainder 31 of their ARPA funds;and, 32 WHEREAS, as of September 2023, the organization had expended One Hundred Fifty Thousand, 33 Eight Hundred Forty-Nine and 05/100 Dollars($150,849.05)of the funds awarded, and Little Rock, Ark., 'Page I of31 1 Resolution No. 16,132(October 2,2023)was approved authorizing a time-only three(3)-month extension 2 of the contract to utilize the remainder of their funds;and, 3 WHEREAS, the City remains committed to providing services and activities designed to reduce 4 violence and increase public safety for City residents; and, 5 WHEREAS,the Commission on Children, Youth and Families voted at their July 12, 2023, meeting 6 to endorse the extension of this contract for an additional ten (10) months utilizing Prevention, Interven- 7 tion and Treatment Funds. 8 NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY 9 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS: 10 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby authorize the City Manager to enter into a ten (1 0) month 11 contract extension with the Our House, in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars 12 ($200,000.00),to provide Contractual Services and Activities designed to reduce violence. 13 Section 2. Funds for this extension are available in the 2024 Prevention, Intervention and Treatment 14 Special Project Budget Allocation. 15 Section 3. The term for the contract extension amendment shall be for a period no longer than ten 16 (10) months to begin on or about March 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024, with a final report due 17 January 31,2025; further the City ratifies, accepts and will compensate any work done between March 1, 18 2024, and the effective date of any approved an executed contract in a form acceptable to the City 19 Attorney as to legal form. 20 Section 4. All payments are conditioned upon entry into a contract for the extension of services; 21 further, nothing in this resolution limits the ability of the City, in its sole discretion, to procure similar 22 services from another vendor during the term of the contract authorized here. 23 Section 5. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or 24 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or 25 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of this resolution,which shall remain in full force and 26 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the 27 resolution. 28 Section 6. Repealer. All laws, ordinances and resolutions, or parts of the same, including, but not 29 limited to, Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 15,518 (August 3, 2021), Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 30 15,626 (February 15, 2022) and Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 15,889 (February 7, 2023), that are 31 inconsistent with the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. 32 ADOPTED: March 19,2024 33 34 [Page 2 of 3] 1 : APPROVED: 2 Ilk 1 �`' 3 4111:14ty Clerk Frank Scott,Jr., Mayo 5 APPRO M A 0 LEGAL FORM: 6 8 Thomas M. Carpenter, City At ney 9 // 10 // 11 // 12 // 13 // 14 // 15 // 16 // 17 // 18 // 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // ' 31 // 32 // 33 // 11 34 // 35 // (Page 3 of 31