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1 RESOLUTION NO. 11,259
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3 A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES
4 DEVELOPED THROUGH THE VISION LITTLE ROCK PROCESS; TO
5 COMMEND THE CITIZENS AND STAFF WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE
6 PROCESS; TO DECLARE AN INTENT TO DEVELOP METHODOLOGIES
7 TO FUND THE VARIOUS GOALS AND STRATEGIES; TO SCHEDULE A
S WORKSHOP TO CONSIDER THESE ISSUES IN MORE DETAIL; AND
9 FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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It WHEREAS, pursuant to Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 10,792 (March 21, 2000),
12 the City Board of Directors established a community-wide goal setting process known as
13 Vision Little Rock which was designed to develop a comprehensive vision for the City of
14 Little Rock, Arkansas, and a related action plan for the first ten years of the new
15 millennium, and
16 WHEREAS, the development of this comprehensive vision and action -plan was to
17 be made pursuant to a structured procedure for the approval of various recommendations
18 as set forth in Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 11,103 (August 7, 2001), and
19 WHEREAS, more than 500 citizens, City staff members, and persons interested in
20 discrete regional issues, demonstrated their dedication to this community-wide goal
21 setting process by volunteering to serve on a sixty member Vision Team, or on one of
22 twelve Work Groups, and
23 WHEREAS, this process was spearheaded through the able leadership of three
24 Chairpersons working together — Bob East, Debbie Milam, and Virgil Miller — who
25 performed and outstanding public service in this role, and who fulfilled their
26 responsibilities in an exemplary manner, and
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1 WHEREAS, the Chairs were ably assisted by various Vision Team members who
2 accepted a volunteer position as co -chair for the particular Work Groups: Jon Dodson and
3 Christie Tilbury (Cultural and Tourism); Ashvin Vibhakar and John Olaimey (Economic
4 Development); Mike Kumpuris and Joa Stafford- Humphrey (Education, Youth & Senior
5 Strategies); Janet Berry and Stephanie Johnson (Environment & Land Use); Leta Anthony
6 and Jane Dickey (Governance & Legislative Issues); Sharlette Craig and George
7 Wittenberg (Housing); Bob Shell and Norma Walker (Infrastructure); Stacy Hurst and
S Rodney Peel (Parks & Recreation); Mike Coulson and Sandra Brown (Public Safety, Crime
9 Prevention & Emergency Response); Cesar Compadre and Ruth Shephard (Racial &
10 Cultural Diversity); Ruth Bell and Rett Tucker (Regionalism); and, Gene Fortson and Mark
I I Johnson (Transportation), and
12 WHEREAS, these volunteers worked over a period of twenty-two months
13 attending a combined total of more than 350 Vision Team, Work Group, Sub - group,
14 Chairperson, Co -Chair and Public Forum meetings, and logged in excess of 10,000 hours
15 of meeting time, and
16 WHEREAS, the meticulous process followed by this dedicated group of volunteers
17 yielded a vision and strategy for the City that is comprised of thirty-three goals, and
18 WHEREAS, the goals developed through the Vision - Little Rock process have now
19 been presented to the City Board of Directors for its consideration, approval, adoption,
20 and implementation,
21 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
22 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
23 Section 1. The Board commends the outstanding work of the Chairpersons, Co-
24 Chairpersons, and participants in the Vision- Little Rock process, and expresses the
25 gratitude of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, for the time and effort that were put into this
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1 process and the development of the goals and strategies that comprise the Vision - Little
2 Rock report.
3 Section 2. The Board accepts the report of the goals and strategies of Vision -
4 Little Rock, and adopts the vision, expressed in the goals and strategies, included in the
5 Vision - Little Rock report which was presented to the Board on January 22, 2002.
6 Section 3. The Board directs the City Manager, his staff and Department Heads,
7 and the City Attorney, to study the Vision - Little Rock report, and to implement any
8 strategies which can properly be implemented without any additional cost to the City.
9 Section 4. The Board directs the City Manager, his staff and Department Heads,
10 and the City Attorney, to review the 2002 City Budget as set forth in Little Rock, Ark.,
11 Ordinance No. 18,607 (December 18, 2001), to determine which recommendations, goals
12 and strategies can be funded from existing revenues, and to the extent possible, to
13 recommend which goals and strategies of the Vision - Little Rock recommendations can be
14 incorporated into the development of future City budgets beginning in fiscal year 2003.
15 Section 5. The Board formally declares that it will conduct a workshop on April
16 23, 2002, to discuss other components and methodologies to fund the appropriate goals
17 and strategies of the Vision - Little Rock report.
18 Section 6. The Board formally states that its understanding that the goals and
19 strategies of the Vision - Little Rock report that it has accepted in this resolution may
20 require the identification of additional revenue sources for the City; however, nothing in
21 this resolution should be deemed to be a limitation of any particular funding mechanism,
22 or of the uses to which any such revenues may be put since these decisions cannot be
23 made until workshops like that scheduled for April 23, 2002, and further Board actions
24 have been formalized in appropriate legislation.
25 Section 7. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence,
26 clause, phrase, or word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or
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1 unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions
2 of the resolution which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or
3 adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the resolution.
4 Section 8. Repealer. All resolutions, bylaws, and other matters inconsistent with
5 this resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
6 ADOPTED: April 2, 2002
7 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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to Nancy Woo , City Clerk Jim a ley, Mayor
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12 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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15 Thomas M. Carpenter, Ci y Attorney
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