HomeMy WebLinkAbout7282RESOLUTION NO. 7.282
A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THAT PRIORITY
STATUS BE GIVEN TO EXISTING IDENTIFIED
DRAINAGE PROBLEMS AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has gone on record
establishing public safety and drainage as high priorities
for service provision; and
WHEREAS, drainage problems have reached a serious state
in the City of Little Rock; and
WHEREAS, the Engineering Section of the Department of
Public Works has identified through citizen requests and
through floodings during heavy rains a large number of
drainage problems to be corrected in the City; and
WHEREAS, as of July 1984, a Capital Improvement
Preliminary Engineering Study had been completed on at least
76 identified drainage problems; and
WHEREAS, the City Board of Directors in the 1984
Operating Budget designated drainage as a priority and
directed staff to increase the focus on drainage in an
effort to alleviate the difficulties experienced by numbers
of Little Rock citizens; and
WHEREAS, the severe rains experienced in the City of
Little Rock in the month of October 1984, highlighted the
number of serious drainage problems.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKNASAS.
SECTION 1. The Board affirms that public safety and
drainage needs are major priorities of the City of Little
Rock.
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SECTION 2. The City will undertake to meet public
safety and drainage needs in areas prior to the City's
assuming responsibility for provision of municipal services
to areas not presently a part of the City.
ADOPTED: November 6, 1984
ATTEST: _ V APPROVED:
Ci J �ss Clerk z�-- fi� ec Mayor J. W, en ena field