HomeMy WebLinkAbout16781 1 RESOLUTION NO. 16,781
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO
4 ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH GARVER, LLC, IN AN
5 AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO MILLION, FIVE
6 HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,500,000.00), FOR THE
7 I-30 DECK PARK PLANNING STUDY; AND FOR OTHER
8 PURPOSES.
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10 WHEREAS, Resolution No. 15,677 (May 3, 2022), expressed the City's unqualified
11 endorsement of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas ("City") and support of the Fifty for the Future
12 grant application for funds to conduct a study of a possible deck park across Interstate 30,between
13 6th and 9th Street;and
14 WHEREAS,July 11,2023,the City was notified that it had been selected to receive an FY2022
15 Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Program grant from the United States Department of
16 Transportation(USDOT)in the amount of$2,000,000,requiring a local match by the City of Little
17 Rock in the amount of$500,000.00 to support a total project cost of$2,500,000;and
18 WHEREAS, on April 16, 2024, the City entered into an agreement with the USDOT for a
19 Fiscal Year 2022 Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program for the I-30 Deck Park Planning Study;
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21 WHEREAS,Garver,LLC was selected pursuant to a solicitation,bid number 2662,to provide
22 planning services for the project described herein.
23 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
24 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
25 Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute a contract with Garver, LLC in
26 an amount not to exceed Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents,
27 ($2,500,000.00)for the I-30 Deck Park Planning Study.
28 Section 2. The City of Little Rock has been awarded an FY2022 Reconnecting Communities
29 Pilot (RCP) Program grant from the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) in the
30 amount of$2,000,000. The City matching funds in the amount of$500,000 for this project have
31 been allocated as a Street Fund Special Project. Account Activity S40G119.
32 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause,
33 phrase, or word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such
34 declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall
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1 remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional
2 was not originally a part of the resolution.
3 Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are
4 inconsistent with the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such
5 inconsistency.
6 ADOPTED: August 19,2025
7 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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10 Allison Segars,City Cle Frank Scott,Jr.,May
11 APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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15 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Attorney
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