HomeMy WebLinkAbout16819 l RESOLUTION NO. 16,819
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO
4 EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENT TO THE AGREEMENT OF
5 UNDERSTANDING AND AMEND THE AUTHORIZED
6 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF
7 TRANSPORTATION, FOR INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS
8 TO ASHER AVENUE / COLONEL GLENN ROAD / UNIVERSITY
9 AVENUE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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11 WHEREAS, Resolution No. 14,458 (December 6, 2016), as adopted by the Little Rock
12 Board of Directors,expressed the intent to contribute Six Hundred Thousand Dollars($600,000.00)
13 in ten percent(10%)set aside for city-wide projects from the 2013 Capital Improvement Bonds for
14 Streets and Drainage for intersection improvements to Asher Avenue / Colonel Glenn Road /
15 University Avenue; and,
16 WHEREAS, in February of 2017, the City of Little Rock entered into an Agreement of
17 Understanding with the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department(now referred to
18 as ARDOT) for the implementation of Job 061510, Highway 70/Highway 5/University Avenue
19 Intersection Improvements and agreed to contribute Six Hundred Thousand Dollars($600,000.00)
20 towards the overall cost of the project; and,
21 WHEREAS,Resolution No. 16,674(August 5,2025),as adopted by the Little Rock Board
22 of Directors authorized the City Manager to execute a supplement to the Agreement of
23 Understanding for Job 061510 to include replacement of lightning damaged equipment in the scope
24 of the project and to increase the City's contribution in an amount not to exceed One Million One
25 Hundred Fifty Two Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Dollars($1,152,380.00); and
26 WHEREAS, on August 7, 2025, the City of Little Rock executed a supplement to the
27 Agreement of Understanding for 061510 to include replacement of lightning damaged equipment
28 in the scope of the project and to increase the City's contribution in an amount not to exceed One
29 Million One Hundred Fifty Two Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Dollars($1,152,380.00); and,
30 WHEREAS, on September 17, 2025, ARDOT received two (2) competitive bids for the
31 project and has requested the City of Little Rock increase its share to allow ARDOT to award the
32 contract for construction of the improvements; and,
33 WHEREAS, the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute a supplement to the
34 Agreement of Understanding for Job 061510 and to increase the City's contribution to a not to
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1 exceed amount of One Million,Eight Hundred Sixty Eight Thousand,Four Hundred Seventy Three
2 and 85/100 Dollars,($1,868,473.85),which is the post-bid City of Little Rock share in the amount
3 of One Million, Five Hundred Fifty Seven Thousand, Sixty One and 54/100 Dollars,
4 ($1,557,061.54)plus a Twenty percent(20%)contingency.
5 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
6 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
7 Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute a supplement to the
8 Agreement of Understanding for Job 061510 and to increase the City's contribution to a not to
9 exceed amount of One Million,Eight Hundred Sixty Eight Thousand,Four Hundred Seventy Three
10 and 85/100 Dollars,($1,868,473.85),which is the post-bid City of Little Rock Share in the amount
11 of One Million, Five Hundred Fifty Seven Thousand, Sixty One and 54/100 Dollars,
12 ($1,557,061.54)plus a Twenty percent(20%)contingency.
13 Section 2. Funding for this project is from the % Cent Capital Improvement Sales and
14 Compensating Use Tax funds, and the 2018 Capital Improvement Bonds as authorized by
15 Resolution 14803. Account Activity TSOB129.
16 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause,
17 phrase, or word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such
18 declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall
19 remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional
20 was not originally a part of the resolution.
21 Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are
22 inconsistent with the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such
23 inconsistency.
24 ADOPTED: October 6,2025
25 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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28 Allison Segars,City erk Frank Scott,Jr.,Mayor
29 APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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33 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Att 4 ey
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