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CBC 06-07-2012MEETING NOTICE June 7, 2012 THE CITY BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION WILL HOLD ITS REGULAR MEETING AT 11:30 A.M. ON THURSDAY JUNE 7, 2012, IN CURRAN HALL (615 E CAPITOL AVE, LITTLE ROCK, AR 72201) AGENDA CALL TO ORDER: BILL ROLL CALL: CHRISTY APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: MAY 3, 2012 VARIANCE REQUESTS: C.B.C. Case Number 620, Hatcher Parking Lots Staff deferral request TREASURER'S REPORT: EXPENSES REPORT LINDA COMMITTEE REPORT: UPDATES COMMUNITY PROJECTS o 1-630 TREES HERB/CHRIS o CITY HALL SOUTH YARD STEVE/LYNN PUBLIC RELATIONS o WEBSITE LYNN o LIBRARY EXHIBIT/ HISTORY EXHIBIT LINDA • KLRB (UPDATE) (4th Wed / Noon) BILL ADOPT -A -STREET COORDINATORS HERB INFORMATION / COMMUNICATION JENNIE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER CARRIE 10 LANDSCAPE AWARDS STEVE NEW BUSINESS: • "LANDMARK" AWARD DISCUSSION AND VOTE • PUBLIC WORKS "ADVANCED GRADING V/VIANCE" UPDATE • Bernice Gardens, staff update ANNOUNCEMENTS: • NEXT MEETING - THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2012 • LITTER PICK UP — SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2012 (7:30 am) ADJOURNMENT ;j (D 0 0 0000y m n O 0 lwJ IP C] Fd rr rr O O H- H- rt NNrHO " C C O O 1.0 N rt P. 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I �l�ri•1�•� •� •adS ! � •y j1.- tFf'y ��•.�11�?�. .. 1f.��•.�. r w --`�15U-t55im-, 200A two -fie) ��u�Y> red. �� c��-�►a �r� award — �-tti,�.r, kl�,� lisp o� l f � Nl� riou� 4 v 7iok,� pl ` 3 uov rk - 3. • u '�N e5S COY �,S � duo W� W4� o�d� �5 ml y. .eS The City Beautiful Commission held its regular meeting Thursday, June 7th, 2012, at 11:30 a.m. at Curran Hall. Chair Wiedower called the meeting to order. MEMBERS PRESENT: Bill Wiedower Steve Homeyer Carrie Young Linda Bell Chris Minor Jennie Cole Lynn Warren MEMBERS ABSENT: Herb Dicker vacancy vacancy ALSO PRESENT: Christy Marvel, Plans Development Administrator, Department of Planning & Development, City of Little Rock Beth Blevins Carpenter, Deputy City Attorney, City Attorney's Office, City of Little Rock APPROVAL OF THE APRIL MINUTES: Motion: Commissioner Cole made a motion to accept the minutes as submitted. Second: Commissioner Homeyer seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. INTRODUCTIONS TO NEW CBC MEMBER: BRITTANY CLIFF CBC Case 620, Hatcher and VCC parking Lot: Christy Marvel, city staff, presented information on the CBC Case 620. The case must be heard at the Board of Adjustment prior to being heard by the City Beautiful Commission. The case is still at the Board of Adjustment; therefore, staff recommends the item be deferred. Motion: Commissioner Warren made a motion to defer the item. Second: Commissioner Minor seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. TREASURER'S REPORT: Commissioner Bell noted there was no change in the balance from last month. The regular CBC account continues to have $1,297.05 to date. Venita Harris, also noted the city account has a balance of $2,064.91 to date. OLD BUSINESS: 9 COMMITTEE REPORTS: UPDATES: I-630 Trees Dicker Minor Marvel)- City staff, Christy Marvel, handed out maps of the to date, donation sections. These sections are the associated areas in which, the donated funds must be used. Commissioner Minor noted he would meet with Vice -chair Dicker on a plan of action. City Hall -South Yard Home er/Warren -Chair Wiedower noted that finding the existing plans for the front of City Hall haven't been successful; therefore, he plans to simply sketch up the triangular area. It was mentioned this particular building maybe on the Historical Building or district list. Commissioner Warren recommended the removal of the existing landscaping. It was also noted the area appears to have an automatic irrigation system. Website (Warren) -no report. The CBC agreed the site is, "looking good". Library Exhibit/History Exhibit (Bell/C1 -The exhibit was taken down at Fletcher Library. The exhibit will be at the Main Library the months of June and July. New CBC Brittany Cliff plans to join Commissioner Bell with the exhibit. Commissioner Bell noted she would love for Commissioner Young to join too. Commissioner Warren noted she may have some older photos that could be used in the exhibit. Chair Wiedower noted he'd resend the landscape award photos to Commissioner Bell that he'd previously sent to Julleah Johnson. KLRB (Wiedowe&-no report. Ado t-A-Street (Dicker) -Discussion commenced it was decided this pickup will be this upcoming Saturday at 7:30 a.m. CBC also is thinking about carts, recycling, and the separation of recyclables versus the trash. Information/Communication (Cole) -Commissioner Cole noted she had contacted Channel four (4). They were open for a possible noon appearance for the Eye of the Beholder Award. Perhaps, Meg Matthews can send a press release to them. Other options mentioned were Eric Harrison at the DemlGaz, the weekend style editor, and the city notebook. Eye of the Beholder (Young) --Chair Wiedower noted he had taken a stack of Eye of the Beholder Awards over to the Mayers Office for his signature. Commissioner Young printed the photos and burned them to CD and presented to Commissioner Bell. Bernice Gardens were discussed. Christy Marvel, city staff, noted the zoning was Capitol Zoning District (CZD) therefore, they are eligible to receive a Landscape Award. Ownership of Bernice Gardens was discussed. Commission Young noted she would verify and get names and the official nomination turned in for this site. Landscape Awards Home er -Commissioner Homeyer noted the show had been produced however; it didn't air. Commissioner Warren, Commissioner Homeyer, and Chair Wiedower all worked with prior Landscape Award winners and Roby has agreed to produce a DVD of it on www.talkbusiness.net in seven (7) to ten (10) days. It will also be on NPR (National Public Radio) on June 18`t' but the time isn't yet known. Ben Fry may know. Getting discussion to reproduce the show was discussed. ,Landmark Award (Wiedower)- Chair Wiedower read to the group all of the criteria for the award and then the options. Commissioner Warren then explained the options, the history, etc. Two (2) names were discussed. A vote was taken on the two (2) names, "Landmark Award" and "Capstone Award". Landmark won. When to give the award was discussed; April seemed optimal. Chair Bill Wiedower made a nomination for Mr. Rick Redden. Motion: Chair Wiedower made a motion to give Rick Redden a Landmark Award. Mr. Redden has passed away so the award would be given to his daughter, who now works for the firm. Second: Commissioner Warren seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Chair Wiedower noted he will check with City Hall to see what optional dates are available. Chair Wiedower also noted he would compose a letter to the recipient and check with Custom Trophy's on an order. Commissioner Warren noted she would send pictures of the prior plaque to Chair Wiedower for the verbiage. Motion: Commissioner Warren made a motion to allow Chair Wiedower to spend CBC funds to purchase the award. Second: Commissioner Homeyer seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. City Public Works "Advanced grading variance re nest"n date Chair Wiedower reported he had spoken with Vince and the changes passed at the City Board, they merely changed three (3) words and it passed. NEW BUSINESS: CBC Business Cards: Commissioner Minor inquired about the business cards. Discussion commenced on what information was wanted on the cards; including the CBC mission statement on the back. Motion: Commissioner Homeyer made a motion that Commissioner Minor be in charge of the CBC business cards. Second: Chair Wiedower seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. ADJOURNMENT: Motion: Commissioner Minor made a motion to adjourn. Second: Commissioner Homeyer seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 12:54 p.m. 1 �: TO THE LITTLE ROCK CITY BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION Little Rock, like so many cities, is papered with illegal signs attached to power poles or stuck in the ground along roadsides. This has become so commonplace that there is likely a fair degree of ignorance about its illegality. (Therefore publicity about the illegality might deter some of it.) But there is no doubt about how unsightly this practice is. Typically these signs are advertising services like computer virus removal, tree trimming, house painting, gutters cleaned, leaves raked and many others. 99% of these signs have a telephone number listed on the sign. Suggestions to Get Signs Removed (The goal is get the violator to remove the signs and abstain in the future.) 1. Issue a press release about the new program. Encourage citizens to call a dedicated telephone number at City Hall (like 371-SIGN) to provide the location and telephone number of illegal signs. 2. Have a city employee (a secretary could do this) call the offender's telephone, get his (or her) name and inform him that a complaint has been received that he has posted illegal signs on public property. Tell him that he is being given a two -week grace period to remove the signs. 3. Explain that, if another complaint is received after the grace period, the city will have the signs removed and the violator will be fined $50.00 per sign. Since the city is understaffed, it could offer to pay volunteer off -duty police, fire fighters or other city workers $25.00 per sign to remove the signs. 4. If the offender fails to pay the fine, then consider using the robo-call procedure that has been used successfully in Florida. (See attached) For an investment of $300 the city can purchase the software that will dial the offender's telephone 20 times a day with a recorded reminder to pay his fine. (This procedure could also be used by the city for unpaid traffic and parking tickets if phone numbers were available.) 5. A variation of this idea would be to forego the fines and just use the robo- call to harass the violators until they remove the signs after steps #1 and #2 above. To get the calls stopped, they would have to contact the city and assure that they had removed all of their signs. William L. Tedford, Jr. July 5, 2012 inst illegal ads Floridafightsa back a Cities robocall roadside advertisers over and over until they pay penalty ROBBIE BROWN THE NEW YORK TIMES In Florida, they are as much a part of the landscape as palm trees and oceanfront hotels: plastic signs cluttering road- sides with messages like "We Buy Houses!" "Junk Cars!" and 'Avoid Foreclosure!" But now, worried about the impact on tourism and the state's natural beauty, some coastal communities have begun aggressive camp at.gn against the signs —by robo- calling the advertisers' phone numbers. "It's the only crime I know of where a person deliberately leaves their phone number be- hind;' said Mayor Peter Bober of Hollywood, who uses com- puter software to call the phone numbers, up to 20• times per day, until offenders pay a $75 fine. "They want us to call. So let's call. And keep calling:' Think of it as fighting one nuisance with another. The advertisements, known as snipe signs, are illegal in many Florida communities on public property like highway medians or utility poles. But they are also cheap to print and hard to eradicate. After years of removing the signs by hand, officials in Hol- lywood, Oakland Park and St. Johns County recently turned to robocalling. Other cities say they are considering the op- tion. . "If everywhere you see these rickety -rackety, hodge- podge signs, the impression is not `This is a place people ' will want to visit,"' Mayor Anne Sallee .of Oakland Park said "Instead of the attractive p landscapes that people expect in Florida, you just see these sighs, helter-skelter, lying there lice a pile of Meer cans!' The technology is simple, Police officers enter the offend- ers' phone numbers into com- puter programs that generate automated messages advising the recipient to go to the police station. The pestering does not stop until the advertiser turns in the signs and, in some cases, pays a fine. The software costs $300. Cities say they are worried that the flashy signs for "Cheap Houses" and "Bankruptcy Re- lief" will remind tourists of the slow economy, especially in Florida, which has the nation's highest foreclosure rate. Hollywood police used to spend hours each week gather- ing the signs by hand. in 2009, Bober held a contest to award $500 to the person who picked up the most (the winner col- lected nearly 500 that day), and the signs disappeared But they returned almost as quickly. Since the robocalls began in March, the number of signs in Hollywood has fallen by an esti- mated 80 percent, city officials say. So far, the city has called more than 100 phone numbers, issued eight citations and gath- ered hundreds of signs. Advertisers, of course, are annoyed. Many have com- plained that the tactics are ex- cessive and anti -business. One, Catherine Regal, a 65-year-old real-estate agent, says she mar- kets homes in newspapers, on- line and on "For Sale" signs stapled to utility poles around the neighborhood. 'The signs are so effective, you wouldn't believe," she said. In March, she began to re- ceive automated calls from the police. At first, she ignored them, but they came every hour. "It's absurd," she said She is especially vexed that politiciabs are allowed to print and post such signs, even though it is for limited periods of time and with city permis- sion. "Why can the city put up signs but we can't?" The California -based com- pany that makes the rabocall- ing software, Voicent, has sold it to more than 1,000 cities in the U.S. and Canada, said its marketing director, Jerry Scharf. Most cities use it to send weather alerts to schools or emergency transit alerts to travelers. Many political cam- paigns also use the software. But some cities have ex- pressed caution about the technology. The city of Lees- burg, Fla., has struggled with snipe signs, but officials worry that robocalls would send the wrong message, said Robert Sargent, a city spokesman. "It would have been a little too much like we were harassing people," he said . But Bober says advertis- ers know that what they are doing is illegal. 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