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05-09-9592 Board of Directors Room City Hall - 500 W. Markham Little Rock, Arkansas May 9, 1995 - 4:05 P.M. The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, reconvened from the May 2, 1995 regular meeting with Mayor Jim Dailey presiding. City Clerk Robbie Hancock called the roll with the following Directors present: Directors Mason, Kumpuris, Adcock, Wilson, Hodges, Keck, Joyce and Wyrick - total 8; Absent - Directors Sharp and Hinton - total 2. Mayor Dailey announced that a quorum was present and declared the Board of Directors in session. Director Joyce read a proclamation which proclaimed May 11, 12, and 13, 1995 as National Association of Letter Carriers and U.S. Postal Service Food Drive Days in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas. (Directors Sharp and Hinton were enrolled at 4:10 P.M.) The first presentation was Resolution No. 9,384, entitled: A RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO ENTER INTO A REGIONAL DISCUSSION REGARDING THE FORMATION OF A METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT; and the Resolution was read in full. There was a motion by Director Keck, seconded by Director Sharp, to adopt the Resolution, and the Resolution was adopted by unanimous voice vote of the Board Members present. Consideration was then given to Ordinance No. 16,887, described as: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A PLANNED ZONING DISTRICT AND ESTABLISHING A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TITLED BCK CONTRACTORS SHORT FORM PD -C (Z- 5930 -A), LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BASELINE ROAD AND UNITY LANE IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 36 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; and the Ordinance was read the second time, having been read the first time on May 2, 1995. (See Minutes of May 2, 1995, pages 11 and 12, for lengthy discussion regarding the PD -C and the request for a waiver of street improvements. Also see Ordinance No. 16,888 below.) Director Keck moved to suspend the rules and place the Ordinance on third reading. The motion was seconded by Director Adcock and unanimously adopted by the Board Members present, being eleven in number and two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of Directors - elect, and the third and last reading of the Ordinance ensued. A roll call vote was taken on passage of the Ordinance, with the results recorded as follows: Ayes - Directors Sharp, Mason, Kumpuris, Adcock, Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick and Mayor Dailey - total 11; Noes - None; Absent - None. Whereupon, the Ordinance was declared PASSED. Introduced next was Ordinance No. 16,888, with the title being: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 31 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, PROVIDING FOR A DEFERRAL OF THE BOUNDARY STREET IMPROVEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR BCK CONTRACTORS SHORT FORM PD -C (Z- 5930 -A), LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BASELINE ROAD AND UNITY LANE, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. 1 Minutes May 9, 1995 Mr. Jim Lawson, Director of Neighborhoods and Planning, stated that staff had met with the applicant, Mr. Bill Keathley, and reached an agreement for a three year deferral of the street improvements. (See Minutes of May 2, 1995, pages 11 and 12, for lengthy discussion regarding the PD -C and the request for a waiver of street improvements. Also see Ordinance No. 16,887 above.) The Ordinance was then read the first time. There was a motion by Director Adcock, seconded by Director Joyce, to suspend the rules and place the Ordinance on second reading. The motion was unanimously adopted by the Board Members present, being eleven in number and two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of Directors - elect, and the second reading of the Ordinance ensued. There was a subsequent motion by Directors Adcock and Joyce, respectively, to again suspend the rules and place the Ordinance on third and final reading. The motion was unanimously adopted by the Board Members present, being eleven in number and two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of Directors - elect, and the Ordinance was read the third and last time. A roll call vote was taken on the question, Shall the Ordinance Pass, with the results recorded as follows: Ayes - Directors Sharp, Mason, Kumpuris, Adcock, Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick and Mayor Dailey - total 11; Noes - None; Absent - None. Whereupon, Mayor Dailey declared the Ordinance PASSED. The next matter to be considered was Resolution No. 9,385, with the title being: A RESOLUTION APPOINTING FRED GRAY AS A COMMISSIONER FOR QUAPAW CENTRAL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 5, REPLACING MR. ROBERT BAUMGARDNER; and the Resolution was read in full. Director Adcock questioned why the Board did not receive a resume from Mr. Baumgardner and why the vacancy was not advertised. City Clerk Robbie Hancock explained that the Board of Commissioners of an Improvement District makes the recommendation for appointment of a person that resides or owns property within the Improvement District. There was a motion by Director Keck, seconded by Director Sharp, to adopt the Resolution, and the Resolution was adopted by a voice vote of 10 ayes and 1 no (Director Adcock). At 4:18 o'clock P.M. the Board of Directors recessed to Executive Session to consider appointments to various Boards and Commissions. When the Board of Directors reconvened at 4:50 o'clock P.M., Mayor Dailey presided and the following Directors were present: Directors Sharp, Kumpuris, Adcock, Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, and Wyrick - total 9; Absent - Director Mason - total 1. Consideration was then given to Resolution No. 9,386, entitled: A RESOLUTION MAKING APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE CITY SAFETY COMMISSION, HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION, OAKLAND - FRATERNAL CEMETERY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, AND THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL; (Safety Comm. - Linda "JJ" Factor and Rodger Terrell appointed; Historic District - John Bush and Julie Hiedower reappointed; - Oakland- Fraternal Cemetery - Jerome H. Hamner, Elizabeth Roper, and Barbara Rogers appointed; PIC - Boyce Pearson, John Riggs, IV, Earnest Edwards, Jr., Richard Tucker, and Carol Green reappointed; and Paul Latture, Jr. appointed.) and there was a full reading moved for the adoption of seconded the motion, and the by the Board Members present. of the Resolution. Director Hinton the Resolution. Director Joyce Resolution was unanimously adopted F 93 Minutes May 9, 1995 The last presentation was Resolution No. 9,387, described as: A RESOLUTION MAKING APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY POLICING ADVISORY COUNCIL; (CPAC) (Alert Center Representatives: Jeff Arnett, Deborah Crump, Doris M. Jones, David Fletcher, John York, Herb Hawn, Sammy L. Johnson, Glenn Bacon, Robert Alvey, Audrey Smith, Charles Lott; Alert Center Facilitator - Tauheed Salaam; Wards w/o Alert Centers: Dwight Blissard (3), Jim Ponzini (4), Pete Maris (5); Police Dept. - David Rowan, Michael Sylvester, Vicky Williams, Keith Combee, Cindy Dycus.) and there was a full reading of the Resolution. Director Hinton moved for the adoption of the Resolution. Director Joyce seconded the motion, and the Resolution was unanimously adopted by the Board Members present. There being no further business to be presented, the reconvened meeting was adjourned at 4:52 o'clock P.M. with the Board of Directors to meet again in regular session on Tuesday, May 16, 1995, at 6:00 o'clock P.M. ATTEST: City Clerk Robbie Hancock 3 APPROVED:. atb Mayor Jim Dai ey