CBC 11-02-2000LITTLE ROCK
CITY BEAUTIFUL
COMMISSION
MEETING NOTICE
The City Beautiful Commission will hold its regular meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday,
November 2, 2000, in the Sister Cities Conference Room on the second floor at City
Hall. This will be a brown bag lunch meeting.
AGENDA
Call to Order — Dottie Funk, Chair
Roll Call
Approval of the Minutes —September 7, 2000 Meeting
Treasurer's Report - Randy Stocks
Committee Reports
• Land Alteration Task Force - Dottie Funk
• Festival — Tim Heiple
Gateway — Nash Abrams and Randy Stocks
Old Business
New Business
• Landscape Awards — Bob Brown
• Nomination and Election of 2001 Officers
Miscellaneous Business
• Parks & Recreation Report — Scott Carter
Adjournment
NOTE: Remember "Polish the Rock" Awards. Keep your eyes open for potential
nominees for this award.
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The City Beautiful Commission held its regular meeting Thursday, October 5, 2000 at
11:30 a.m. in the Sister Cities Conference Room at City Hall. Meeting was called to
order by Chair Dottie Funk.
Members Present: Nash Abrams Karol Zoeller
Tim Heiple Randy Stocks
Dottie Funk
Also Present: Bob Brown, Plans Review Specialist, Planning Department
Gayle Owens, Admin. Asst., Parks and Recreation
Bryan Day, Director, Parks and Recreation
Tony Boyzynski, Asst. Director, Planning
Open Public Hearing: Chair Dottie Funk declared the Public Hearing Open.
Item No. 1— CBC 565 — New Matters
Applicant:
Address:
Description:
Dillards, Inc
Cindy Bauer Drilling, ASLA, Agent
1310 Cantrell Road
Block 358, Allen and Marquand
Subdivision
Variance Requested.
Deletion of the minimum four (4) foot wide perimeter landscape strip south of the
proposed service lane adjacent to the right-of-way of Cantrell Road and to plant the
associated trees, shrubs and vines within the adjacent right-of-way and next to the
proposed structure.
Findings.
The applicant proposed to substitute asphalt for grasscrete in front of a new data center
for Dillards to allow for a service lane. The applicant also proposes to construct a six (6)
foot high opaque slip -face architectural wall to screen the paved area from Cantrell Road
and then to plant trees, shrubs and vines within the adjacent right-of-way and next to the
proposed structure.
Staff Recommendation.
Since the proposed service land is not for the general public and provided the
architectural screening wall and extensive landscaping is installed, staff recommends
approval of this request.
Staff Presentation.
Bob Brown, Plans Review Specialist, Planning and Development made the presentation
for the City.
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City Beautiful Commission Minutes
October 5 Meeting
Page 2
Applicant Presentation.
Cindy Bauer Drilling, ASLA, Agent for Dillards presented the applicants position.
Motion. Tim Heiple moved to grant variance as requested. Motion seconded by Karol
Zoeller. Motion carried unanimously.
, Public Hearing Closed.
Approval of Minutes: Minutes of the September 7, 2000, meeting were approved as
distributed.
Treasurer's Report: No change.
Special Presentation: Bryan Day discussed the "proposed merger of the City Beautiful
Commission and the Arts and Humanities Commission. Bryan said that the Parks
Department would like to have is a big umbrella commission that can help with all of our
quality of life issues. A commission that looks at the big picture and would take on
things like land trusts, floodway preservation, urban forestry and public art. Big policy
questions that would shape our future. Neither commission has money, but it is o� ssible
that some money could be appropriated to the new commission. Dottie asked about the
administering of ordinances, such as Landscape, Tree Preservation, and Excavation.
Bryan said that a suggestion had been made to send them to the Planning Commission.
Dottie said she has a problem with sending these ordinances to someone else. Bryan
suggested that a standing committee be established by ordinance to oversee and
administer these ordinances. Dottie said she could agree to that. Bryan said he would
begin working on the ordinance. Bryan asked _Gayle to go ahead and have the CBC
vacancies advertised. Commission members discussed proposals.
Reports of Committees
Land Alteration Task Force — Dottie reported that we do have a Tree Ordinance.
She thanked the Commission members for their help. She thanked Bob Brown and
Tony for their help and time.
o Festival — Tim Heiple reported that he had been in touch with Alice Guffey. She said
she would do the Festival project for $500 which would include Mars. He said that
the letters were not going out as fast as he would like them to. Tim also said he had
been in touch with Christie Tilbury, but had not heard back from her.
• Old Business — None
New Business
City Beautiful Commission Minutes
October 5 Meeting
Page 3
Tony Boyznski asked for Commission action on a particular part of the Landscape
Ordinance. In the "Scope" section there is a sub paragraph that reads "those areas of the
City of Little Rock designated Mature by the Department of Planning and Development
and approved by the Planning Commission and the City Beautiful Commission in those
areas. The city official may grant up to a twenty-five percent (25%) reduction of these
provisions for developments found within mature areas. A map of mature areas is
available at the Department of Planning and Development." Staff recommended the
1937 Zoning Plan which includes University Avenue on the west down to Fourche
Bottoms over to I-440 and just east of the Airport and then up to the River, along the
River back to University Avenue. This was reviewed with the Task Force. The Planning
Commission approved this Designated Mature Area last week. I am here today to ask for
your approval. Tim Heiple moved to approve the Designated Mature Area; Randy Stocks
seconded motion. Motion carried unanimously.
Miscellaneous Business
• Parks & Recreation Report. None
Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 1:15 p.m.