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HomeMy WebLinkAbout171381 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 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. 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 PASSED: • •. � r 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 197 CITY OF LITTLE ROCK Charles MiLcKerson, City Manager Jim Lawson, Director, Neighborhoods and Planning au e , President Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce