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i RESOLUTION NO. 102792
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3 A RESOLUTION TO OUTLINE A PROCESS, KNOWN
4 AS VISION- LITTLE ROCK, TO TAKE PLACE OVER
s THE FOLLOWING TWELVE MONTHS TO SET
6 t GOALS, DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE VISION
7 FOR THE CITY, OUTLINE AN ACTION PLAN, AND
s DEVELOP PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY OF LITTLE
9 ROCK; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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11 WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock previously established a goal setting process
12 known as Future - Little Rock, which helped to focus the City to accomplish several
13 positive changes in a number of areas, and which was approved by the citizens in an
14 election to levy a one -half cent sales and compensating use tax to finance these proposed
is new programs, and
16 WHEREAS, the Board of Directors believes that it would be beneficial to have
17 a community-wide goal setting process which is designed to develop a comprehensive
is vision and related action plan for the first ten years of the new millennium, and which
19 actively engages Little Rock residents in the development of these goals, action steps,
20 and implementation strategies, and
21 WHEREAS, the City wishes to utilize the information, reports, research and
22 plans developed during the Future - Little Rock process, and other citizen -based efforts,
23 and through eleven work groups, operating under a Steering Committee, to focus on
24 specific topics,
25 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF
26 DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
27 Section 1. Establishment of Vision- Little Rock Process. The Board of Directors
28 directs that a Vision - Little Rock goal setting process be established as set forth in this
29 Resolution and in the report attached as Exhibit A to this Resolution.
I Section 2. Vision Team. A steering committee, to be called the Vision Team
2 and which will consist of 60 citizens appointed by the Board of Directors after a review
3 of applications and resumes submitted by potential members, shall be responsible for
4 overseeing the work of the Vision - Little Rock process. Appointments to the Vision
s Team shall be completed by April 18, 2000, after a review of all applications filed no
6 later than April 10, 2000.
7 Section 3. Work Groups. The Board of Directors shall appoint 11 Work
8 Groups, with a goal to consist of up to 40 citizens in each group, by no later than May
9 16, 2000. Applications for these appointments shall be submitted no later than May 2,
10 2000. The Work Groups will address the following topics:
11 (A) Infrastructure;
12 (B) Economic Development;
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(C)
Public Safety, Crime Prevention and Emergency Response;
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(D)
Housing;
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(E)
Environment and Land Use (Smart Growth);
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(F)
Cultural and Tourism Activities;
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(G)
Parks and Recreation;
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(H)
Transportation Services;
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(I)
Regionalism;
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(J)
Education, Youth and Senior Strategies and Programs;
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(K)
Racial and Cultural Diversity;
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(K)
Governance and Legislative Issues.
23 Section 4. Application Process. Applications to the Vision team shall require the
24 applicant's name and address, a statement as to why the applicant wishes to serve,
25 which interest group of citizens the applicant represents, and what top three choices for
26 a Work Group on which the applicant would wish to serve. Applications for Work
27 Groups only shall be the same, but a Work Group applicant need only name two
28 choices for service.
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I Section 5. Review of Other Studies and Future -Little Rock Reports. All members
2 of the Vision Team shall be provided, and shall review, all prior reports of the Future -
3 Little Rock process, and any other studies that have been conducted or produced by the
4 City, or on its behalf, that deal with the areas to be reviewed in the Vision - Little Rock
5 process. All members of a Work Group shall be provided, and shall review, all prior
6 reports of the Future -Little Rock process, and any other studies that have been
7 conducted or produced by the City, or on its behalf, that deal with the area to be studied
8 by that Work Group. This work shall occur prior to the establishment of any new goals
9 for the City.
10 Section 6. Benchmarks and Questions to be Determined by the Board of Directors.
11 Prior to the first meeting of any Work Group, the Board of Directors shall provide a
12 definitive list of questions that it wishes to have considered by the Work Group, and a
13 time line that sets benchmarks upon which to complete, or report on, the progress of a
14 Work Group.
15 Section 7. Relationship of this Resolution and Vision - Little Rock process report.
16 Except as set forth in this Resolution, the Vision - Little Rock process shall proceed as set
17 forth in the report attached as Exhibit A to this resolution.
18 Section 8. Severability. In the event any title, subtitle, chapter, subchapter,
19 section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, subparagraph, item, sentence, clause,
20 phrase, or word of this resolution is declared to adjudged to be invalid or
21 unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions
22 of the resolution which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared
23 or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the resolution
24 Section 9. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, or resolutions, of parts of the
25 same, that are inconsistent with the provisions of this resolution are hereby repealed to
26 the extent of such inconsistency.
27 ADOPTED: March 21, 2000
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ATTEST: APPROVED:
Nan wood, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
Thomas M. Carpenter, City Attorney
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J(n Dailey, Mayor