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NO. 17,138
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
WHEREAS, the City has been involved annually in a project
to enhance neighborhoods, avoid urban blight, and remove
grafitti, and
WHEREAS, this "Paint Your Heart Out," program has been a
tremendous success in past years and, as a result, corporate
sponsors have agreed to work with the Little Rock Chamber of
Commerce to provide matching funds and other services, and
WHEREAS, it is impractical and unfeasible to bid this
particular program since to do so would lose the matching
services and contributions from the 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 $15,000
grant from the City.
SECTION 2. Because the City can obtain these services
matched with additional funds and in kind services through a
contract with 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.
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PASSED: • •.
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ROBBIE ,�,
CITY CLERK
"PROVED AS TO FORM:
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
committee to the "Paint Your Heart Out :96, 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 for the 1996 is
the Neighborhood bounded by I -630 on the North, Asher Avenue on
the South, Cedar Street on the West and Woodrow Street on the
East.
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, who will with the Chamber be provided, as a result
of this contract are the following:
- Worthen National Bank ($1,000 and in
-First Commercial Bank ($1,000 and in
- Metropolitan National Bank ($200 and
- Arkansas Power and Light ($2,500 and
- Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company ($500
-Twin City Bank ($500)
Coulson Oil ($500)
kind services)
kind services)
in kind services)
in kind services)
and in kind services)
- United Way Pulaski County (in kind services)
- Community Organization for Poverty Elimination (in kind
services)
- Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas (in kind
services)
- Habitat for Humanity (in kind services)
- Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce (in kind services)
The parties agree as follows:
1. The City agrees to grant The Chamber, c/o Paint your
Heart Out 196, the grant amount of $15,000 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 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, 1996.
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK
Charles MiLcKerson, City Manager Jim Lawson, Director,
Neighborhoods and Planning
au e , President
Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce
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CITY OF LITTLE ROCK
Charles MiLcKerson, City Manager Jim Lawson, Director,
Neighborhoods and Planning
au e , President
Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce