HomeMy WebLinkAbout16586 1 RESOLUTION NO. 16,586
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3 A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE WILLINGNESS OF THE CITY
4 OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, TO UTILIZE FEDERAL-MD
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5 TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM (TAP) GRANT
6 FUNDS FROM METROPLAN FOR JONESBORO CHILDREN'S
7 TRAIL,PHASE 4; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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9 WHEREAS,Metroplan has issued a call for transportation projects from member jurisdictions
10 for federal fiscal years 2025 and 2026 and the City of Little Rock, Arkansas (the "City") will
11 submit Jonesboro Children's Trail, Phase 4 from Zoo Drive to Markham Street for consideration
12 of grant funding; and
13 WHEREAS, the City Board of Directors understands that, if selected, Federal-aid
14 Transportation Alternative Program Funds ("TAP")are available at 80%federal participation and
15 20%local match for the project; and
16 WHEREAS, the City understands that Federal-aid Funds are available for this project on a
17 reimbursable basis, requiring work to be accomplished and proof of payment prior to actual
18 monetary reimbursement; and
19 WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has vetted the project and supports its submittal to
20 Metroplan; and
21 WHEREAS,if the grant is awarded,it will be open and available to the public and maintained
22 by the applicant for the life of the project.
23 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
24 CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
25 SECTION 1. The City of Little Rock expresses its willingness to participate in accordance
26 with its designated responsibility including maintenance, of this TAP project. Further, the Board
27 of Directors pledges its full support and hereby authorizes the City Manager to apply for the grant
28 and the Arkansas Department of Transportation and/or Metroplan to initiate action to implement
29 this project.
30 SECTION 2. In the event grant funds are awarded, the City Manager, or an authorized
31 designee, and the City Clerk, are hereby authorized and directed to execute all appropriate
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1 agreements and contracts, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, necessary to expedite the
2 design and construction of the above stated project.
3 SECTION 3. Funding for this project will be from a Metroplan Transportation Alternatives
4 Program grant with a match from the Street Fund,with the maximum grant amount to be Three
5 Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($320,000.00) and with an estimated city share of Eighty
6 Thousand Dollars ($80,000.00).
7 SECTION 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause,
8 phrase, or word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such
9 declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall
10 remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional
11 was not originally apart of the resolution.
12 SECTION 5. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are
13 inconsistent with the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such
14 inconsistency.
15 ADOPTED: February 4,2025
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17 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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20 Alison Segars,Ci wag •rk Frank Scott,Jr.,Mayor
21 APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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24 Thomas M. Carpenter, City orney
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