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HomeMy WebLinkAbout16859ORDINANCE NO. 16,859 0 108 AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE GREATER LITTLE ROCK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK FOR THE PAINT YOUR HEART OUT PROGRAM WITHIN THE CITY; TO WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES WHEREAS, the Little Rock Residential Housing and Public Facilities Board granted the City $50,000 to be used for completion of the 1992 Paint Your Heart Out program and to purchase paint and supplies for the 1993 and 1994 program, and the City accepted that grant in Resolution No. 8,747; and WHEREAS, $10,000 was approved in the 1995 budget to continue this program; and WHEREAS, numerous and other participants are contributing to the program; and WHEREAS, the City desires to contract with the Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce to ; purchase program materials and supplies, and to serve as the prime source of support and public information regarding the program; and WHEREAS, it is impractical and unfeasible to competitively bid for the contractual aspects of any agreement between the City and the Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. The City Manager is authorized to enter into a contractual agreement with the Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of purchasing program materials and supplies, and to serve as the prime source of support and public information regarding the program, and to receive a $10,000 grant from the City. SECTION 2. Because the City can obtain these services through the Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce in the most effective manner, the Board of Directors finds that it is impractical and unfeasible to competitively bid for the services and products to be included in the contract. PASSED: March 7, 1995 ATTEST: 3aj.' O'Q'r ^ Ch. ROBBIE HANCOCK, CITY CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM: O\ .CtOt.+t�� THOMAS N. CARPENTER CITY ATTORNEY APPROVED: ti Lq1x DAILEY, MAY T R r • 109 CONTRACT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF LITTLE ROCK AND GREATER LITTLE ROCK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE This agreement is made between the City of Little Rock, hereinafter called "City" and Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce, hereinafter called "The Chamber ". Under the terms of an agreement between the City and the Chamber, the City will dispense a grant as their monetary commitment to the "Paint Your Heart Out 195, neighborhood paint program. The grant will help to improve housing in one of the City's oldest neighborhoods. The program will offer neighborhood residents, who qualify, free paint and assistance in painting the exteriors of these homes. The target area is the Oak Forest Neighborhood. The City, along with other neighborhood paint program participants, have agreed to donate funds and in kind services for the positive impact and success of this program. These participants are the following: - Worthen National Bank ($1,000 and in kind services) -First Commercial Bank ($1,000 and in kind services) - Metropolitan National Bank ($200 and in kind services) - Arkansas Power and Light (2,500 and in kind services) - Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company ($500 and in kind services) -Twin City Bank ($500) - Coulson Oil ($500) - United Way of Pulaski County (in kind services) - Community Organization for Poverty Elimination (in kind services) - Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas (in kind services) - Arkansas Historic Preservation Program (in kind services) - Habitat for Humanity (in kind services) - Greater Little Rack Chamber of Commerce (in kind services) -Oak Forrest Neighborhood Association (in kind services) - Forrest Hills Neighborhood Association (in kind services) -War Memorial Neighborhood Association (in kind services) The parties agree as follows: 1. The city agrees to grant The Chamber, c/o Paint Your Heart Out 195, the grant amount of $10,000 for the neighborhood paint program. 2. The Chamber will use these funds for the purchase of program materials and supplies for necessary prep work and exterior painting purposes of low and moderate income, elderly and physically disabled owner in the said target areas. 3. The Chamber will serve as the prime source of support and public information for the duration of the grant administration. 4. The Chamber will have authority to reclaim and redistribute to a similar program the following year any grant funds not expended by December 31, 1995. CITY OF LITTLE ROCK Charles Nickerson, City Manager Jim Lawson, Director, Neighborhoods and Planning Paul Harvel, Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce