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Home My WebLink About3262 r e RESOLUTION NO. 3,262 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH THE METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING COMMISSION OF PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, FOR THE PARTICIPATION AND EXERCISE OF CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE PLANNING AND PRESERVATION OF OPEN SPACE LAND WITHIN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION THEREOF; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, hereafter called "Metroplan, " is capable of furnishing substantial service to this City and the planning and preservation of open space land within this City as a part of the available open space land plan- ning program for the whole ofulaski County; and WHEREAS it is the desire of this City to contract with the said Metroplan pursuant to which it may assume certain responsi- bilities for the planning and preservation of open space land within the City of Little Rock; and WHEREAS the Pulaski County School Listrict, North Little Rock School District, Little Rock School District, City of Jackson- ville, City of North Little Rock, and Pulaski County have agreed to enter into the said agreement with Metroplan and have either done so or appear to be ready, willing and able to execute said agreement; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS : SECTION 1. There is hereby authorized a contract between the City of Little Rock and the Metropolitan Area Planning Com- mission of t=ulaski County, Arkansas, pertaining to the preserva- tion and planning of open space land in and about the City of Little Rock, the execution of which contract by the Mayor and City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed. SECTION 2. The form and substance of the contract and agree- ment referred to in Section 1 hereof shall be ` as follows : MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT RELATING TO THE PLANNING AND PRESERVATION OF OPEN SPACE LAND IN PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS This MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, made this day of , 1964 between the METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING COM- MISSION OF PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, created under the provisions of the General Statutes of Arkansas, hereinafter called the "METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION", and the Public Bodies (including county, cities, towns, school districts and municipal districts created under general or special law) located in Pulaski County, Arkansas, exercising, or participating in the exercise of, responsibilities for the planning and preservation of open space land in all or part of the Pulaski County Metropolitan Area, including the acquisition of title to, or other permanent interests in, land to be reserved or used as open space land, each of which public bodies is hereinafter called a "PUBLIC BODY". WHEREAS, THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION, pursuant to the general statutes of the State of Arkansas, is (1) authorized to adopt and, from time to time, amend, or extend a general plan for the development of the Pulaski County Metropolitan Area, to serve as a general framework or guide of development within which each part of the metropolitan area may be more precisely planned, which metropolitan plan shall include, among other things, a land use plan and proposals for the conservation and development of natural resources, and (2) charged with assisting the local governments in the Pulaski County Metropolitan Area in carrying out the metropolitan planning proposals; and WHEREAS, each such PUBLIC BODY in the Pulaski County Metropolitan Area, pursuant to state law, exercises, or participates in the exercise of, responsibilities for the planning and preservation of open space land in all or part of the Pulaski County Metropolitan Area through the acquisition by gift, purchase or condemnation of title to, or other permanent interests in un- developed or predominantly undeveloped land which has value for park and recreational purposes, conservation of land and other natural resources, or historic or scenic purposes, and desires to cooperate with the METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION and other public bodies in the planning and preservation of such open space land in accordance with a metropolitan plan of development and such other open space land policies and objectives as may be prepared and adopted, and from time to time revised, by the METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION: and WHEREAS, Title VII, of the Housing Act of 1961 authorized the Housing and Home Finance Administrator to help finance the acquisition of title to, or other permanent interests in, open space land. NOW, THEREFORE, THIS MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITNESSETH, That the METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION and each PUBLIC BODY do agree as follows: 1. It is the intention of the parties hereto to cooperate with each other in the joint exercise of responsibility for the acquisition and preservation of permanent open space land in the Pulaski County Metropolitan Area and in the development of such plans, policies and procedures as will best promote that objective. 2. As a basis for this cooperation, the METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION has prepared and adopted a Comprehensive Development Plan with appropriate parts thereof respecting open space land, and other open space land policies and objectives. 3. As a basis for programs for the acquisition of title to, or other permanent interests in, land to be used as open space land, the METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION and each PUBLIC BODY shall prepare or cause to be prepared a long-range open-space plan for the part or parts of the Pulaski County Metropolitan Area for which such PUBLIC BODY exercises or participates in the exercise of responsibilities for the preservation of open space land. 4. Prior to the acquisition of title,to, or other permanent interests in open space land or, when federal aid will be sought, prior to the filing of an applica- tion with the Housing and Home Finance Agency for a grant under Title VII, of the Housing Act of 1961, each PUBLIC BODY shall submit each open space land acquisition proposal to the METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION for review as to conformance to the Comprehensive Development Plan and such other comprehensive plan or plans or part thereof. Each open space land acquisition proposal shall contain (1) a map showing the location of the land for which title, or some other permanent interest, is to be acquired, and (2) a statement describing the size and characteristics of the property, the interest or interests to be acquired, the open space use or uses proposed for such land, and its re- lationship to the open space plan of the PUBLIC BODY. 5. It is understood and agreed that the METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION, and each PUBLIC BODY, in the preparation of long-range open space plans, pursuant to paragraph 3, and of open space land acquisition pro- grams, pursuant to paragraph 4, and generally in the exercise of responsibili- ties for the preservation of open space land, shall be guided by the reviews, plans and policies of the METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION, provided that nothing herein contained is intended to require any PUBLIC BODY to take any action which it is not authorized to take, or to refrain from taking any action which it is required to take, pursuant to the Federal, State, or local law under which such PUBLIC BODY is created or under which it exercises, or participates in the exercise of, responsibilities for the preservation of open space land in all or a portion of the Pulaski County Metropolitan Area. 6. This MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT shall take effect upon execution by the METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION, and by the legislative bodies of the City of Little Rock and City of North Little Rock, said public bodies com- prising more than 60 per cent of the urban area as defined by the Housing and Home Finance Administrator. Thereafter, additional public bodies may, from time to time, execute this MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT and such execution subsequent to the date of this MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT shall mt be deemed to require its re-execution by the METROPOLITAN PLANNING COM- MISSION, City of Little Rock, City of North Little Rock, and each Public Body which had theretofore executed the same. IN WITNESS WHERE OF, The parties have caused this MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT to be executed and their seals hereon to be affixed, the day, month, and year aforesaid. • ATTEST: METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING COMMISSION OF PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS By: Secretary Chairman PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS By: County Judge ATTEST: CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS By: City Clerk Mayor ATTEST: CITY OF NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS By: City Clerk Mayor ATTEST: CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS By: City Clerk Mayor LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT By: Secretary President NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT By: Secretary President PULASKI COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT By: Secretary President -2- SECTION 3. This resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption. ADOPTED: December 21, 1964 ATTEST: e e• ,,, „J APPROVED: J+.o_._.i //;?-ity Clerk Mayor