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RESOLUTION NO. %D_ 7/
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS:
That the Mayor and City. Clerk be and they hereby are
authorized and directed to execute one certain Cooperation
Agreement by and between the Housing Authority of the
Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the City of Fayetteville,
a copy of which is attached hereto, marked Exhibit A,
a part hereof.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 0,5tday of &QO)
City of
Arkansas,
and made
APPROVED:
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STATE OF ARKANSAS )
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON)
COOPERATION AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 19th day of
October, 1971, by and between the Housing Authority of the City
of Fayetteville, Arkansas (hereinafter referred to as the "Agency")
and the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, a municipal corporation
,(hereinafter referred to as the "City").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Agency is a public body corporate and politic,
created by the laws of the State of Arkansas pertaining thereto and
is transacting business and exercising the powers granted by said
%laws by virtue of Resolution No. 20-65, duly passed and adopted
by the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, on the
20th day of December, 1965; and
WHEREAS the Agency with the. aid and cooperation of .the
City proposes to undertake and carry out an urban renewal program
in the City of Fayetteville, known as the Center Square Urban
Renewal Project, ARK R-105. (hereinafter called the "Project") in .
accordance with the Urban Renewal Plan therefor, heretofore'.
approved by the City Board of Directors (formerly City Council)
bearing the date of March 19, 1971, and pursuant to the provisions
of the laws of the State of Arkansas as hereinabove referred to; and
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WHEREAS the Agency proposed in carrying out the Urban
Renewal Plan for said Project to rehabilitate and/or acquire cer-
tain properites and improvements thereon with the Project Area, as
provided for in said Urban Renewal Plan; and
WHEREAS the Agency proposes to enter into a Loan and
Capital Grant Contract with the Department of Housing and Urban.
Development, an Agency of the United States of America, providing
for financial assistance pursuant to Title I ofthe .Housing.Act of
1949, as amended, for the purpose of carrying out the provision
of the Urban. Renewal Plan, in the sum of:
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--(I) --A loan in the amount of $3,402,127 such amount
sufficient to enable it to defray the grosscost
of the Project.
(2) A Project Capital Grant in the maximum amount avail -
able'. for the Project.
A relocation grant in the maximum amount available
for the Project; and
A rehabilitation grant in the maximum amount avail-
able for the Project; and
WHEREAS the City desires to provide "local grants-in-
aid" in connection with said Project and has heretofore indicated
its intention to do so in a Resolution approving said Urban Re -
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newal Plan for said Project;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants
hereinafter set forth the Agency and the City agree as follows:
1. AGENCY
(a) The Agency agrees to proceed diligently and forth-
with with all necessary actions, works and undertakings to carry
out the proposed and approved Center Square Urban Renewal Project
in the. following described Project Area, and ot=her areas as may
be designated and approved, to carry out and fulfill the proposed
Loan and Capital Grant Contract specifically between it and the
United States. of America, acting by and through the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development, said Project Area being identified
as the Center Square Urban Renewal Project, ARK R-.1OS situated
in the City of Fayetteville, Washington, County, Arkansas; this Pro-
ject being specifically described as Exhibit I, Boundary Description,
attached hereto and made a part of this Agreement.
(b) The Agency agrees to arrange and provide for the
acquisition of properties and demolition of improvements thereon,
to make available rights-of-way and easements, to cause those
structures and properties to remain to be brought up to the standards
as established in the Property Rehabilitation Standards for the
Center Square Urban Renewal Project Area, and to make available for
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disposition as soon as possible those lands which are to be re-
developed for public and private purposes.
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(c) The Agency agrees to dedicate to the City without
payment certain parcels of land for street rights-of-way and
drainage rights-of-way, such areas being designated on the map
R-224(3) Right -of -Way Adjustment Map, dated March, 1971.
(d) The Agency agrees to demolish all structures located
on properties acquired by the Agency and clear the sites as re-
quired under the Urban Renewal Plan..
(e) The Agency agrees to install certain eligible site
improvements within the Project Area as required under the Urban
Renewal Plan as follows:
(1) The installation of eligible project
improvements on streets in the Project
Area - in the amount of $294,120, which
amount shall be for construction of
streets, gutter thereon, the repair and
installation of sidewalks, and engineer-
ing fees including design and supervi-
sion, all of whichamount shall be for
the above items.
(2) For the installation of certain eligi-
ble project improvementstothe storm
sewer and drainage system within the
Project Area in the amount of $174,.983,
all of which shall be for the purchase
of materials, installation of improvements,
and the provision of engineering ser—
vices including design and supervision.
(3)
The installation of certain eligible
project improvements in the form of
a pedestrain right-of-way development
in the amount of $458,483, which amount.
shall be for theinstallation of a decor-
ative pool, free standing canopies, de-
corative pavement, landscaping, a pylon,
lighting, retaining walls, benches, storm
drainage, and engineering fees including
design and supervision, all of which amount
shall be for theabove items.
(4) The installation of certain eligible.pro-
ject improvements to the traffic signal-.
ization system within the Project Area
in the amount of $43,900, which amount
shall be for the installation of signals
and controllers, and engineering fees
including design and supervision, all of
which amount shall be for .the above items.
(5) The adjustment and relocation of certain
eligible utilities within the Project
Area in the amount of $21,420, which amount
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shall be for the adjustment of manholes
and valves, relocation of electrical
facilities, and the provisions of cer-
tain engineering services including
design and supervision.
(6) The landscaping with street trees in
certain areas of the project in the
amount of $3,760.
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The Agency agrees to provide all needed utility
easements in the Project Area as required by the Urban Renewal Plan
and dedicate to the City all project improvements open. completion..
2: CITY
The Cityagreespursuant to and with the procedures as
required bylall applicable State laws, City Charter and Ordinances
toprovide local grants-in-aid and to cooperate otherwise in the
undertaking, carrying out, and completion of said Urban Renewal
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Project in accordance with the approved Urban Renewal Plan there-
for, in .all respects, including but not limited to, the following:
(a) To take all necessary steps to appropriate and to
contribute to the Agency any monies that may accrue from any source
that shall be received by the City as a cash grant-in-aid for the
purpose of carrying forward the Project, such cash, if any, to
be deposited in the Project Expenditures Account maintained by
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said Agency in connection with the Project.
(b) To maintain all public rights-of-way, easements,.
public lands, and improvements thereon and to accept the dedica-
tion: of rights-of-way as reflected on the map R-224(3), Right -of -
Way Adjustment, and any other lands that may be dedicated under
the Urban Renewal Plan.
(c) Further, the City agrees to the payment of one-
fourth of the Net Project Cost of the undertaking and completion
of the Center Square Urban Renewal Project. It is understood that
the City will install necessary site improvements as required
under the Urban Renewal Plan under an orderly schedule and such
payment and participation shall not be contingent on the proceeds
of a future bond issue.
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(d) It is understood that the City will provide ,$45,000
Of its required one-fourth share as ".local grants-in-aid" by the
•construction, installation, and accomplishment of the following
project or site improvements in the following amounts, all in
accordance with the undertaking and completion of said urban renewal
project:
(1) To assure the adequacy of the storm
drainage on Spring Street to handle
drainage from without as well as with-
in the project area the City will par-
ticipate in the Spring Street drainage and
street rebuilding, as needed in accord
with project design, to the extent of
$45,000:
(2) The installation and construction of cer-
tain ineligible project improvements out-
side of the project boundary which are
necessary to assure the expeditious flow
of traffic through the project area.
These improvements are:
a. The overlay of East Avenue from
Rock Street tothe project bound-
ary and increase the northeast
and northwest radio at the inter-
section of East Avenue and Rock
Street to 30 feet.
b. The widening of Rock Street from
East Avenue to Church Avenue to
a 36 feet roadway.
The widening and overlay of Church
Avenue from Rock Street to the pro-
ject boundary to a 36 feet road-
way and increase the northeast radius at.
the intersection of Church Avenue
and Rock Street to 30 feet.
Overlay. Block Avenue from Rock Street
to the project boundary and increase
the northeast and/or northwest radii
at the intersection of Block Avenue
and Rock Street as needed to facilitate
the traffic circulation.
(e) It is estimated that the City will receive the
amount of $1,292,225 toward its required one-fourth share as"local
grants-in-aid" by the acquisition and demolitionof substandard
structures by the University of Arkansas in the total amount of
$1,292,225.
(f) .The City agrees to vacate street and alley rights-of-
way designated for vacation under the Urban Renewal Plan.
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(g) The City recognizes that Title VI of the Civil Rights
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Act of
-Act•of 1964 and the regulations and policies of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development effectuating the Title prohibit
discrimination on the ground of race, color, or national origin -
in the policies and practices of any public facility responsible for
the proposed credit to the locality's share of the cost of an urban
renewal project receiving financial assistance from the United States.
The City hereby assures the United States and the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development thatthe proposed project improve-
ments and public off-street parking facilities mentioned herein
will be available to and serve all persons without regard to race,
color, or national origin.
(h) The City agrees to make available for the benefit
of the Project either cash or non-cash grants-in-aid to cover any
deficit in local grants-in-aid which shall develop if the Secre-
tary of Housing and Urban Development shall not approve the full
estimated amount of such grant-in-aid credits. .Further, the
City agrees to pay in cash or local grants-in-aid to_cover any
deficit whith-may exist or develop by its failure to establish and
support the amount of local grants-in-aid for site improvements
and supporting facilities mentioned above
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(i) The City further agrees in connection with the
carrying out of the Urban Renewal Project to zone and rezone, as
may be appropriate, the Urban Renewal Area in conformity with the
Urban Renewal Plan, and not in conflict with said Plan.
(j) The City agrees to enforce by proper action the.
provision of all codes and ordinances such as the Zoning Ordinance,
the Housing Code, .the Building Code, and all other codes and
ordinances pertinent to the health, safety, welfare, good living
standards, and the prevention of slums or blighted areas within
the jurisdiction of said City and to continue such enforcement of.
the above-mentioned codes in the interest of continuing success of
the Project.
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(k) The City further agrees to cooperate with the Agency
in all respects to such extent as may be necessary and required in
order to bring the Center Square Urban Renewal Project, ARK R-105,
to its final and successful completion.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City and the Housing Authority -
have caused these presents to be executed and have caused the signa-
ture of their duly authorized officers to be attested and the Seal
of such respective public bodies to be affixed on the date herein-
above first provided.
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ATTEST:
CITY OF FAYE
By
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HOUSIN�AUTHORITY OF THE CITY
OF AYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS
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SECRETARY
QA >geed
CHAIRMAN
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