HDC_07 10 1997LITTLE ROCK HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION
MINUTES
10 July 1997
Commissioners Present:
John Bush John Greer
Tommy Jameson Julie Wiedower
Commissioners Absent: Charles Marratt
Staff Present: V.Anne Guthrie Anthony Black
The meeting of the Little Rock Historic District Commission (LRHDC) was called to
order and roll was taken. As there was a quorum, the amended minutes from the
previous meeting were approved.
As the applicant was not present at the meeting's onset, the LRHDC proceeded with
Old Business. Black gave an update on several issues of concern. The acquisition of
Curran Hall is official and the City of Little Rock is now its new owner. The city
responded to the complaint filed by Marsha Taul by filing a response, but no hearing
date has been set.
Black continued with an update of Dean Bowen's request for LRHDC endorsement of
the Presidential Library's proposed location along MacArthur Park's eastern boundary
and north of the law school. Should the site be selected for the library, particular legal,
planning and design issues would need to be addressed. After lengthy discussion on
the broad scope of associated issues and concerns, the LRHDC agreed to not object to
the "proposed location of the Presidential Library in the MacArthur Park Historic
District."
Chair Bush stated that he had a request from the Quapaw Quarter Garden Club to use
the LRHDC logo on banners; it was uncertain the intended locations or purpose of the
banners. Cheri Nichols, present at the meeting and QQA executive director, stated that
the Club had raised the subject with the QQA. Her suggestion was that the logo be
used on banners placed within historic districts, either nationally or locally designated.
It was decided that the logo may be used if the banners are located within historic
districts, but not areas outside of historic districts.
Little Rock Historic District Commission
Minutes of 10 July 1997, Page 2
There was one Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) application for consideration:
Applicant: Lawrence lbekwe
Address: 1310 -1312 South Scott Street
Request: New construction of a community cultural facility
(ca. 4,823 square feet) with associated parking
There was discussion regarding representation of the applicant to the LRHDC. It was
decided that the project's architect, Ron Woods, would present the application. After
consideration, two commissioners (Greer and Jameson) stated that they would recuse
themselves from discussion of the application as they both had joint ventures with
Woods, and therefore had a conflict of interest. With two commissioners absent from
the discussion and one absent from the meeting, there was no quorum for the public
hearing; subsequently the COA application was deferred until the next meeting. The
meeting date for the next public hearing on the subject will be the regularly scheduled
LRHDC meeting on 7 August.
As there was no further business, the meeting adjourned at 6:05 p.m.