HomeMy WebLinkAbout17003 1 RESOLUTION NO. 17,003
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO AGREE
4 AND COMPLY TO GRANT TERMS TO ACCEPT TEN THOUSAND,FIVE
5 HUNDRED DOLLARS ($10,000.000) IN GRANT FUNDS FROM
6 ARKANSAS TENNIS PATRONS FOUNDATION, FOR THE CITY'S USE
7 TO RESURFACE REBSAMEN TENNIS CENTER'S SEVENTEEN (17)
8 TENNIS COURTS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE USTA GRANT
9 REQUIREMENT THAT EIGHT (8) OF THE COURTS BE COMPLETED
10 WITH 60-INCH BLENDED TENNIS PLAYING LINES;AND FOR OTHER
11 PURPOSES.
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13 WHEREAS, the Tennis Courts at the City's Rebsamen Tennis Center are in need of resurfacing to
14 continue their mission to be one of Arkansas's premier public outdoor tennis centers;and,
15 WHEREAS,the City's Grants division partnered with the City's Parks&Recreation to apply for grant
16 funds to cover the cost of resurfacing Rebsamen Tennis Center's seventeen(17)courts;and,
17 WHEREAS,the City was awarded three(3)USTA grants totaling Sixty-Nine Thousand,Five Hundred
18 Dollars($69,500.00),to be used for tennis court resurfacing of all 17 of the Center's courts, with eight(8)
19 of those seventeen(17)courts required to have 60-inch blended tennis playing lines to be compliant with
20 the grant terms.
21 NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
22 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS;
23 Section 1.The City Manager is authorized to accept Ten Thousand,Five Hundred Dollars($10,000.00)
24 from the Arkansas Tennis Patrons Foundation, and agree to grant terms for the tennis court resurfacing
25 project of 17 courts at Rebsamen Tennis Center.
26 Section 2. Funds for this expenditure are available in the AR Tennis Patrons Rebsamen Tennis Project
27 Account No. 270459,Activity No. G45F261,and will be distributed when the project is completed.
28 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
29 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
30 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
31 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
32 resolution.
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1 Section 4.Repealer. All laws,ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with
2 the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
3 ADOPTED: March 17,2026
4 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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11 Thomas M.Carpenter,City Atto y
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