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ORDINANCE TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TO SURVEY AND ESTIMATE DAMAGE CAUSED BY FLOODS TO STREETS IN THE CITY OF JONESBORO AND TO ENABLE THE CITY TO RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT FROM FEDERAL DISASTER AID FUNDS
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WHEREAS, certain streets and structures in this City have suffered damage through floods and other Acts of God for which damage reimbursements can be had from Federal Disaster Aid Funds administered by the Federal Civil Defense Administration, under Public Law No. 875 and that such reimbursements can become payable only through a technical survey and estimate to determine the extent of such damage and a further Survey and Report to show that such work has been done and that this City is without means of making such survey or estimate. That the Arkansas State Highway Commission is qualified to make such survey and estimates, but that the damage being on streets that are not a part of the State Highway System, the Highway Department can perform such work only if reimbursements of its expense is provided. That it is to the best interest of the City that the services of the Highway Department be secured.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF Jonesboro in regular session that the Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into the following contract with the Arkansas State Highway Department:
The City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and the Arkansas State Highway Commission do hereby mutually covenant, agree and contract that:
1. In consideration of the promise hereinafter made by Jonesboro, Arkansas, the Arkansas State Highway Commission agrees:
a. To make a survey of the damage to the streets and structures of Jonesboro, Arkansas caused by floods or other Acts of God in order to determine the extent of eligibility of Jonesboro, Arkansas for reimbursement for such damage from Federal Disaster Aid as administered by the Federal Civil Defense Administration, and to make an estimate of the cost of such repairs and replacements and any other necessary reports.
2. In consideration of the promise of the Arkansas State Highway Commission to do and accomplish the hereinabove set out acts necessary to enable Jonesboro, Arkansas to receive reimbursement from Federal Disaster Aid, Jonesboro Arkansas covenants, agrees and contracts to pay to the Arkansas State Highway Commission the cost incurred by said Commission in making the survey and cost estimates hereinbefore agreed upon in the following manner:
Jonesboro, Arkansas will deposit with the Arkansas State Highway Commission $150.00 dollars, said sum being one percent of the City Mayor’s total estimate of allowable federal reimbursement under Public Law 875.
It is understood that upon final disposition of the matter at hand, the City reserves the right to have the return of any unused portion of the above deposit and binds itself to pay any additional sum if the above deposit is insufficient to cover the costs herein provided for.
The foregoing order was duly signed on the 3rd day of March 1969 and the same is recorded in Record Book 10 on page 358 of the records of City Ordinances, Arkansas.