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RESOLUTION NO. 10,606
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A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS IN
SUPPORT OF THE OAK FOREST AREA
NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN
WHEREAS, the area Residents and Neighborhood
Associations formed a Planning Committee to develop a
Neighborhood Plan; and
WHEREAS, the residents and other "stakeholders" in the
area participated in a Town Hall meeting to set a vision and
identify issues to include in plan; and
WHEREAS, after several months of work by the Planning
Committee, a set of goals, objectives, and action statements
were developed and presented to the neighborhood at several
meetings and were distributed to various groups and
individuals in the neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, this Plan (Goals, Objectives, and Action
Statements) provides a way for both neighborhood -based group
and others working in and around the neighborhood to advance
the desires and meet the needs of the residents, property
owners, and business owners; and,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
SECTION 1. The Board of Directors of the City of
Little Rock does support the vision and goals as expressed
in the Oak Forest Area Neighborhood Action Plan.
ADOPTED
ATTEST:
Julv 20. 1999
CITY CLERK ROBBIE HANCOCK MAYO JIM DAILEY
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OAK FOREST AREA
NEIGHBORHOOD
ACTION PLAN
"A Guide to Achieve Our Vision"
1999
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Oak Forest Area Neighborhood Action Plan
July 1999
Developed by:
Curran- Conway
Hope
Midway
Oak Forest
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War Memorial
Neighborhood Associations
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In Cooperation With:
The City of Little Rock
Department of Planning and Development
And
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock
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Committee Members:
Pam Abrams
Bobbie Anderson
Belinda Armstrong -
Thomas
Carol Bateman
Bob Boyd
Cheryl Chapman
Aundrea D. Coley
Valarie Conway
Maggie Cunningham
Cassonya Day
Irene Elliot
Charles Enderlin
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John Fisher
Beatrice Price
Tom Frothingham
Paula Rogers
Wilbur Gentry
Janelle Romandia
Annie Harris
Velma Sims
Eileen Harrison
Willie Smith 375
James Hickman
Gerald Sprenger
Ben Hood
Tommie Staggers
Odus Hulbert
Waymon Stewart, Sr.
Jan Jackson
Donna Stone
Maude McFadden
Bobby Treadway
Lou Ethel Nauden
Theresa Watson
Angela Nichols
Sheila Witherington
Janice Pettigrew
The Oak Forest Neighborhood Steering Committee thanks the Tyler Street Baptist
Church for providing the space for Town Hall meetings.
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Oak Forest Vision Statement
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Our vision is to create and sustain a vibrant, safe and attractive neighborhood with well
maintained houses, yards, and alleyways; where on -going revitalization will foster
pride in the community and encourage visitors to view Oak Forest as a happy, caring,
and compassionate place to live and have a business.
Planning Process
To begin the process of realizing our vision, we have created this plan through a
participative format that began with a town meeting attended by 90 residents of Oak
Forest in March 1998. A steering committee of 25 held 18 meetings in 1998 (average
attendance was 17) to discuss topics which deal with improving the social and physical
infrastructure of the community. John Fisher, president of the Oak Forest Initiative,
chaired these meetings which were attended by residents of Oak Forest, Curran -
Conway, War Memorial, HOPE, and Midway neighborhood associations. Staff from
the City of Little Rock Departments of Planning and Development and Public Works
attended every meeting and contributed to the writing of this plan. University of
Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) faculty, staff, and students were also active in this
planning process.
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Table of Contents
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Preface 1
Background Information
Neighborhood Profile 3
Future Land Use 5
Existing Zoning 5
Existing Housing Conditions 6
Major Public Institutions 7
Existing Circulation 9
Goals, Objectives, and Action Statements:
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Community Image
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Parks and Recreation
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Public Safety
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Housing
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Transportation and Traffic
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Youth Programs
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Economic Development
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Infrastructure
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Implementation
Procedures for Implementation 25
Land Use and Zoning Compatibility 25
Top Priorities in Community 25
Appendices
A -Maps
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B -Town Hall Meeting Responses
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C- Summary of Oak Forest Survey Results
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D -Oak Forest Area Neighborhood
Infrastructure Projects - Public Works
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E- Summary from Oak Forest Area Market Study
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F- Rental Inspection Status Report
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PREFACE 378
Early in 1998, the City of Little Rock and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock
joined together with leaders of five Oak Forest area neighborhood associations to
discuss the development of the Oak Forest Area Neighborhood Action Plan. All
involved viewed the collaboration as an opportunity to unify and revitalize the Oak
Forest area. The neighborhood associations have joined together to form the Oak
Forest Initiative (OFI). OFI has taken on the task of not only completing a
neighborhood plan, but also directing its implementation.
On March 12, 1998, the entire Oak Forest community— consisting of residents,
property owners, business owners, and civic leaders - were encouraged to attend a
Town Hall meeting at the Tyler Street Baptist Church. The purpose of the meeting was
to solicit neighborhood -wide support and receive feedback for the development of a
plan.
After the Town Hall Meeting, a steering committee was formed to begin the
groundwork for the plan. The Steering Committee committed themselves to bi- monthly
meetings over six months to develop a vision statement, neighborhood goals, and
objectives. The committee identified community image, recreation, public safety,
housing, transportation and traffic, youth programs, economic development, and
infrastructure as issues that should be addressed in the plan. City departments and
regional public agencies met with the steering committee to conduct informational
sessions on topics relevant to the important issues identified by residents at the Town
Hall Meeting.
In December 1998, a sub -group of the steering committee began meeting to develop
specific action statements to achieve the goals and objectives identified in the plan. The
Oak Forest Steering Committee and this sub - committee understood that the action
statements would be the heart of this plan. Further, they believed that five years from
now, its success would only be measured by the actions that were taken as a result of
the plan.
Equipped with information and community support, the Oak Forest Steering Committee
has produced this plan to provide a blueprint to be used by public and private entities
for the future development Oak Forest.
In addition to the goals and objectives, background information on the Oak Forest
Neighborhood has been provided. The demographic data included were gathered from
1990 US Census Bureau reports.
The appendices include a boundary map of the plan area, land use, zoning, and - Master
Street Plan maps, town hall meeting responses, an infrastructure project list, a
summary of the Oak Forest neighborhood survey, and a summary of a market study of
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the area. The infrastructure project list, prepared by the City of Little Rock Public
Works Department, documents the street and drainage projects planned for the Oak
Forest area. The Public Works Department has requested that the Oak Forest
Neighborhood evaluate and rank these projects so that, as the City receives funding,
those projects most important to the neighborhood are considered first.
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Neighborhood Profile $.
The Oak Forest Neighborhood is a residential and commercially developed area,
centrally located within the City of Little Rock. The plan area is bounded by I -630,
12th Street, Elm Street, Asher Avenue and University Avenue. A sketch map is below
and a more specific plan area map may be found in Appendix A.
Early records indicate that much of the neighborhood's land area was a part of the
original city (pre- 1945). The remaining areas were added to the city, with the first in
early 1945 -- 460 acres of land were annexed to the west of the original city. The area
from Harrison to Pierce Streets (east to west), from 12'h to 33`d (just south of Asher
Avenue) was included in that annexation, making it the largest annexed area for the
neighborhood. Other annexations to the west and further south added approximately
270 acres to the neighborhood between 1948 and 1961. Final annexations to the area
were made in 1986 and 1987, to include the Mabelvale Pike and Kirkpatrick areas (41
acres).
The neighborhood residents are organized into five active neighborhood associations:
Oak Forest, Curran - Conway, Hope, Midway, and War Memorial. This area is
serviced by the Oak Forest Alert Center at 2106 South Tyler Street and, although
located out of the Neighborhood Plan boundary, the Stephens Alert Center on 12"
Street.
Since the 1960s, the Oak Forest area has experienced shifts in demographic
characteristics typical in cities that were "growing out ". In addition, the issues of
desegregation and forced busing had impacts on the demography of Oak Forest.
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The population in Oak Forest has decreased over thirty percent (30 %) since 1960. The
population fell below 10,000 persons between 1980 and 1990. The population estimate
for the Oak Forest Neighborhood area was 9,085 in 1990. At that time, the area
housed over five percent (5.2 %) of Little Rock's total population. Oak Forest shifted
from ninety -one percent (91 %) white in 1960 to sixty -seven percent (67 %) black in
1990. It was between 1980 and 1990 that the racial balance experienced the greatest
change when the white population share in Oak Forest went from eighty -five percent
(85 %a) to thirty-nine percent (39 %).
The age of Oak Forest's population has also experienced change. While the population
between the ages of 18 and 65 has remained close to fifty -five percent (55%) since
1960, the elderly population has grown and the population under the age of 18 has
fallen since 1960. This has resulted in the reduction of average household size and
population in Oak Forest.
Nearly fifty -two percent (52 %) of the area's 3,390 households was categorized as
having low- to moderate - incomes in 1990. Citywide, forty-six percent (46 %) of
households has low- to moderate - incomes. Just over sixty -four percent (64 %) of Oak
Forest's households have annual incomes of $25,000 or less.
The number of families in the Oak Forest area has dropped over thirty percent (30 %)
since 1960. The number of households in the Oak Forest area has decreased by
thirteen percent (13 %). The percent of owner- occupied households has gone from
seventy -one percent (71 %) in 1960 to fifty -eight percent (58 %) in 1990. These
declining trends, in part, are why the Oak Forest community is collaborating to
revitalize the area.
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Future Land Use 380-
The Oak Forest Neighborhood is predominately single- family residential. Besides,
multi - family structures located east of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock
(UALR) and north of the Cooperative Extension Center, multi - family units are sparsely
scattered throughout the area.
Commercial activity is primarily located along Asher Avenue, University Avenue, and
12' Street. Those commercial uses on Asher Avenue are intermingled with industrial
uses. Several commercial and office strip center developments exist on 12" Street and
University Avenue.
There are several public and institutional land uses in the neighborhood, including
UALR, the Oak Forest Alert Center, and Franklin Elementary School. Curran -
Conway Park, a municipal park, is also located in the neighborhood.
Future land use classifications in the Oak Forest neighborhood consists of: 696 acres -
single- family residential; 263 acres - public /institutional; 150 acres - industrial; 131
acres -- commercial; 97 acres - park/open space; 65 acres - multi - family residential; 20
acres - light industrial; 17 acres - mixed use; 10 acres - low- density residential; and 4
acres - office. A future land use map for the area is included in Appendix A.
Existing Zoning
The Oak Forest Neighborhood is zoned primarily for small lot single family residential
development (R -3). This zoning classification also permits duplexes as a conditional
use. The multi - family complex at Fair Park Boulevard and Asher Avenue and the
former development at Highland Court (known now as Madison Heights) were Planned
Residential Developments (PRDs).
Although there are a few open display commercial (C -4) and heavy industrial (I -3)
developments on Asher Avenue, the area is primarily light industrial (I -2) and general
commercial (C -3). University Avenue and 12' Street are predominantly general
commercial (C -3) and general office (0-3). In Appendix A is a zoning map of the
area.
In the Oak Forest Neighborhood, there are currently 1034 acres zoned for residential
uses, 221 acres zoned for industrial uses, 163 acres zoned for commercial uses, and 25
acres zoned for office uses. The remaining 45 acres are designated for various planned
developments.
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Existing Housing Conditions
There were 3,876 housing units in the Oak Forest Neighborhood in 1990. Of these,
nearly 13 percent (13 %) were vacant. Since 1990, 8 single - family homes were
constructed, 5 multi - family units were constructed, and 15 commercial /office structures
were constructed. One hundred three (103) single- family homes were demolished.
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One of four new homes built in the Oak Forest area in 1998.
The Highland Courts public housing development was demolished in 1997 and is being
replaced with a planned residential development known as Madison Heights. Madison
Heights will be a mix of 241 subsidized and market -rate multi - family units. An
additional phase of the development will provide 20 to 30 single - family homes available
for ownership.
Based on windshield surveys conducted by City Code Inspectors, 2 percent (2 %) of the
housing stock is vacant or unsafe, 5 percent (5 %) is substandard, and the remaining
houses are believed to be in standard condition, needing no major repairs. Windshield
surveys are defined as visual inspection, significantly short of performing detailed site
visits or inspections.
In 1998, over $450,000 was spent on residential renovations in the area. Twenty -five
percent of the renovation expenditures were on Community Development Block Grant
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(CDBG) projects. The neighborhood was introduced to the CDBG program in 1975.
CDBG projects in this area since 1994 include over 50 limited home repairs and 10
leverage loans. There have also been several street and drainage projects. The CDBG
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program uses neighborhood committees to identify infrastructure needs, then at empts
to upgrade the area's infrastructure to urban standards. Ideally, the CDBG program
will use this plan to assist the neighborhood committee in identifying priority
infrastructure projects.
Major Public Institutions
The Oak Forest area has several public institutions within its boundaries. Many
neighborhood churches, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Cooperative
Extension Services, Franklin Elementary School, Adult Education Center, Curran -
Conway Park, and the Tyler Street Alert Center assists in providing resources that are
integral in the efforts to improve the neighborhood.
In recent years, the University of Little Rock (UALR) and the Oak Forest community
have forged a new relationship built on pride and support. UALR has been
instrumental in providing resources to the residents of the neighborhood. Through the
UALR Neighborhood Homework Center located on the corner of 26' Street and Fair
Park Boulevard, the University assists thirty -five children in 3rd through 6' grades with
homework assignments and study habits. In addition, UALR and the City of Little
Rock joined forces and contributed $400,000 for a housing initiative that constructed
four new homes around 28' Street between Jackson Street and Boulevard Avenue.
First -time homeowners were encouraged to qualify for Homeowners' Assistance Grants
and Affordable Home grants. A second phase of the housing initiative is also planned.
Franklin Elementary is the only remaining public school in the plan area. The school
currently has an enrollment of over 500 children. The prospect of the school becoming
a neighborhood school in the 1999 -2000 school year is exciting to the neighborhood
residents. The neighborhood foresees great collaboration between the residents,
parents, students, teachers and administration with regards to enhancing the educational
experience and community involvement of the children.
Curran - Conway Park is a municipal park located near Harrison and 24' Streets. It has
the typical amenities of neighborhood parks, such as ball fields, playground equipment,
and a pedestrian trail. However, Curran - Conway also has a community garden that
reflects accomplishments of working together in the Oak Forest area. Several of the
neighborhood associations were awarded Neighborhood Challenge Grants, which they
plan to use to make improvements to Curran - Conway Park.
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The University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Services (Co -op) office located in
the Oak Forest community is also making its presence known. The Co -op has been
very instrumental in the formation and operation of a 4 -H chapter in the Oak Forest
area. The youth involved in the 4 -H Club are excited about activities planned in their
community for their community. For example, the 4 -H Club, with support from Share
America, maintains a greenhouse and is actively involved in the community garden at
Curran - Conway Park.
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facility is located in the Oak Forest area.
The Tyler Street Alert Center, located at 2106 South Tyler Street, serves as a focal
point for community events. A bulletin board of events affecting the residents is kept
current at the alert center. There are Community- Oriented Police Program (COPP)
officers stationed out of the alert center and residents may go to the alert center to
speak to code enforcement officers regarding violations of city codes in the
neighborhood. Several of the neighborhood associations hold their monthly meetings at
the center and the steering committee for this plan used the alert center as its meeting
place.
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Eadsting Circulation 387
The Oak Forest Neighborhood has excellent access to the regional transportation
network. Making up the western border, University Avenue is a principal arterial and
connects to I -630. University Avenue is a four -lane divided roadway with an estimated
daily traffic count of 30,000 to 35,000. I -630 and 12t' Street both serve as northern
boundaries for the neighborhood area. 12' Street is described as a minor arterial in the
Master Street Plan and carries an average traffic volume of 11,000 vehicles per day.
Fair Park Boulevard is also classified as a minor arterial and carries approximately
13,000 vehicles a day. Asher Avenue (US Highway 67/70), which lies near the
southern boundary of the neighborhood, is a principal arterial. Within these borders is
a well- developed grid street system that allows easy travel within the neighborhood.
Transit
The Central Arkansas Transit Authority (CATA) provides bus service through the Oak
Forest Neighborhood. There are six different routes servicing this area. Routes 17 and
17a travel around UALR and on University Avenue and provide residents with
extensive access to the Southwest Little Rock area. Route 3 carries residents into
Downtown Little Rock via I -630. Route 17 travels to downtown via 12' Street. Route
14 travels along Asher Avenue towards the downtown area also. The remaining routes,
9 and 16, also travel to and from downtown.
CATA buses make several stops within the Oak Forest
neighborhood throughout the day.
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Bike Pathways 3 3 3
There are no bike paths currently in the Oak Forest Neighborhood. However, a Class I
Bikeway from 19' to 28' Streets, near UALR, has been recommended as a part of the
City's Master Bike Plan. Such bikeways are advantageous because they would provide
separate lanes for vehicular and bicycle traffic.
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GOAL: 396
♦ To foster neighborhood pride and to improve the neighborhood's image.
OBJECTIVES:
♦ Attract people to the neighborhood and counter negative perception by
improving the neighborhood's physical appearance
♦ Encourage and strengthen efforts of the neighborhood associations
♦ Promote positive aspects of the neighborhood
♦ Create a Neighborhood Beautification Program
♦ Define gateways or entrances to the neighborhood
♦ Establish clear standards and expectations for absentee landlords
♦ Eliminate vacant or blighted structures
♦ Ensure signage is consistent with.the neighborhood's image
♦ Encourage quarterly joint meetings of all neighborhood associations
ACTION STATEMENTS:
♦ Establish annual neighborhood clean -up days
♦ Utilize community punishment program for neighborhood clean -up
♦ Clean -up underbrush and uplimb trees around Curran - Conway Park
♦ Develop designs for each neighborhood gateway
♦ Develop a brochure promoting positive aspects of the neighborhood
♦ Work with the Department of Housing and Neighborhood Programs to
ensure the enforcement of city property codes
♦ Review Land Use Plan and existing zoning to ensure compatibility with
neighborhood goals
♦ Develop a painting program to assist neighborhood's elderly in maintaining
homes
♦ Request the Department of Housing and Neighborhood Programs update its
list of blighted influences in the Oak Forest area
♦ Organize an annual Neighborhood -wide Trash Collection Day
Utilize youth programs for neighborhood cleanup
Partner with a community hardware store to establish a neighborhood tool
bank
♦ Apply for the City's neighborhood grants and beautification program
♦ Recognize a "Yard of the Month" and "Most Improved Yard of the Month"
♦ Initiate other programs to encourage residents to exhibit pride in
neighborhood
♦ Have an annual festival in the Oak Forest area
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PARKS AND RECREATION $ J I
GOAL:
♦ To provide safe recreational programs and facilities for all residents. .
OBJECTIVES:
♦ Provide recreational opportunities for senior citizens
♦ Provide recreational programs and facilities for youth
Ensure parks are safe and well- maintained
♦ Ensure equitable distribution of recreational facilities throughout the
neighborhood
♦ Ensure that all existing and proposed recreational facilities are accessible to
all segments of the neighborhood through use of various modes of
transportation (i.e. pedestrian and bicycle)
♦ Attract youth organizations to the neighborhood (Boy and Girl Scouts, 4 -H,
Big Brothers, etc.)
♦ Partner with the church community to provide additional recreational
resources
♦ Provide recreational programs and facilities for all age groups
♦ Publicize available recreational opportunities in the neighborhood
♦ Provide year around and unique activities for the neighborhood by
developing a community center
♦ Establish a stronger partnership with UALR and LRSD to provide needed
recreational space
ACTION STATEMENTS:
♦ Clean up underbrush and limb up trees at Curran - Conway Park
♦ Construct a basketball court at Oak Forest United Methodist Church
♦ Work with the Parks and Recreation Department to develop bike pathways
and walking trails in Curran - Conway Park
♦ Facilitate use of the UALR Swimming Pool (for Oak Forest Residents)
♦ Consult with the Legal Departments of the City and UALR to develop a
solution to the liability issues when sharing recreational resources such as
UALR's swimming pool
♦ Work to secure a site for new Adult Center so that the existing Adult Center
might be used as a Recreational /Community Center
♦ Design and construct safer basketball courts (fenced, well - lighted)
♦ Get corporate sponsors of recreational activities
♦ Contact Boy /Girl Scout Councils and 4 -H Organization to identify need for
more neighborhood troops and organize proper training for potential leaders
♦ Publicize in neighborhood newsletter recreational opportunities for senior
citizens
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Contact agencies that provide senior citizens activities
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♦ Work with Parks and Recreation Department to ensure routine maintenance
of recreational facilities
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PUBLIC SAFETY
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GOAL:
♦ To provide a safe environment for area residents, businesses, institutions and
visitors.
OBJECTIVES:
♦ Eliminate gang activity
♦ Reduce speeding and traffic hazards in the neighborhood
♦ Establish an on -going program to ensure that vacant lots and alleys are kept
clean
♦ Eliminate stray dog problem
♦ Encourage better police involvement in community activities
♦ Discourage idleness of youth by organizing programs and activities
♦ Encourage strict enforcement of city ordinances regarding public safety
♦ Familiarize neighborhood with crime prevention practices
♦ Improve proactive communication between residents and law enforcement
ACTION STATEMENTS:
♦ Publish and distribute phone numbers of crime prevention offices /officers in
the neighborhood newsletter
♦ Hold periodic community meetings with COPP officers to exchange
information and build rapport
♦ Organize and expand neighborhood crime watch programs and other
neighborhood crime prevention programs
♦ Improve communications between neighborhood residents, businesses, etc.
♦ Work with the Police Department to identify and eliminate crack houses
♦ Request that the Public Works Department identify and implement
techniques for reduce speeding and traffic hazards in the neighborhood
♦ Establish an on -going program to ensure that vacant lots and alleys are kept
clean
♦ Work with the Department of Housing and Neighborhood Programs to
resolve the stray dog problem
♦ Engage neighborhood youth in planning and implementation of crime
prevention activities
♦ Develop an on -going anti - substance abuse program
♦ Start Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) program
♦ Conduct periodic crime prevention classes at the alert center, UALR and
neighborhood churches
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GOALS:
♦ To enhance the quality of life in the neighborhood by strengthening the
housing fabric
♦ To plan and implement housing programs designed to renovate older homes,
rehabilitate sub - standard homes and construct new residential units
♦ To stabilize and increase property values
OBJECTIVES:
Encourage more home ownership
♦ Enhance and maintain all housing stock
♦ Bring sub - standard housing up to code
♦ Improve curb appeal and appearance of residential units
Encourage better accountability among property owners with sub - standard
property
• Promote Oak Forest Neighborhood as a residence to police, UALR staff and
students
♦ Encourage neighborhood associations to become more active in the
rehabilitation and renovation of existing housing stock
♦ Better utilize vacant lots and abandoned structures
♦ Improve commercial areas and services so that area residents have a variety
of shopping /service opportunities within their community
ACTION STATEMENTS:
♦ Develop a list of available housing units and distribute it through various
means, including a neighborhood newsletter
Promote new construction of single - family homes on vacant lots
♦ Develop a network to keep residents informed of available housing resources
Work with appropriate agencies to pre - qualify potential home buyers
♦ Form a Community Development Corporation to assist with providing
affordable, quality single- family homes
Develop programs to accelerate the use of vacant lots to meet the housing
needs of the neighborhood.
Bring substandard housing up to code
♦ Better utilize vacant lots and abandoned structures
♦ Develop programs /services to help welcome new residents to the
neighborhood
♦ Develop neighborhood- oriented facilities and community centers (Adult
centers, etc.)
Identify all programs intended to provide financial assistance for home
rehabilitation
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♦ Work with Housing and Neighborhood Programs to identify residents who
qualify for home rehabilitation assistance programs
♦ Develop a housing infill strategy 39�,
♦ Recognize well- maintained housing units through a "Yard -Of- The - Month"
program
♦ Identify owners of all vacant lots which are not being maintained to assist
the City's code enforcement officers
Work with appropriate agencies to create incentives to encourage home
ownership
♦ Support legislation that will allow the City of Little Rock to take
enforcement action against out -of -state property owners (Long -Arm Statute)
♦ Develop programs to educate potential home owners about responsibilities of
owning and maintaining a home (i.e. workshops on adequate insurance)
♦ Sponsor quarterly home improvement workshops
This house was built in the Oak Forest community by UALR in
partnership with the City of Little Rock.
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TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC 397
GOALS:
♦ To ensure safe and efficient movement of pedestrian, bike and vehicular traffic
in, around and through the neighborhood
♦ To provide means of transportation for all residents including those without
vehicles
OBJECTIVES:
Reduce traffic hazards at dangerous intersections
♦ Eliminate speeding in the neighborhood by implementing traffic calming
devices where feasible
♦ Explore alternative means of transportation for those residents without
vehicles
Enforce traffic laws consistently throughout the neighborhood
ACTION STATEMENTS:
♦ Install a four -way stop at the intersection of W. 20' and Peyton Streets
♦ Amend Master Street Plan so that Fair Park Boulevard (W. 13e to W. 30'"
Streets) can remain as a two -lane roadway
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♦ Request that Public Works study the feasibility of installing speed bumps on
W. 29 s Street
♦ Encourage better enforcement of speed limits on Fair Park Boulevard
♦ Encourage better enforcement of speed limits on W. 22nD Street or install 398
traffic calming devices
♦ Request that CATA review the existing bus routes to ensure that they are
effective and meeting the needs of all residents
♦ Develop a sidewalk and bikeway plan for the neighborhood
♦ Request that Public Works evaluate the need for additional stop signs along
24' Street
♦ Request that Public Works study the issue of on street parking on additional
neighborhood streets
♦ Request that Public Works evaluate the need for additional stop signs along
S. Fillmore Street
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YOUTH PROGRAMS
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GOAL:
♦ To provide an adequate educational, recreational, vocational and social
services for the youth.
OBJECTIVES:
♦ Identify existing youth programs and determine what additional programs
are needed in the area
♦ Attract youth organizations and programs to the neighborhood
♦ Make all youth programs and services accessible
♦ Encourage adults and neighborhood groups and institutions to become more
involved with the neighborhood youth
♦ Partner with LRSD and UALR schools to provide space for youth activities
♦ Make vocational training programs available in the neighborhood
ACTION STATEMENTS:
♦ Conduct a neighborhood survey to determine what youth programs exist in
the area and what programs are needed
♦ Establish a neighborhood task force on youth
♦ Work with the Oak Forest Methodist Church to develop a basketball court
on site
♦ Develop a community learning center
♦ Encourage and work with property owners to utilize youth or youth groups
to clean vacant lots
♦ Involve the youth in neighborhood associations
♦ Contact churches about participating in youth programs
♦ Work with the UALR, the City, and other appropriate agencies to develop
summer job opportunities for youth
♦ Promote summer youth programs
♦ Establish mentoring programs
♦ Develop and publicize anti -drug programs for youth
♦ Make library services available and accessible to all youth
♦ Implement Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment (PIT) programs
♦ Encourage neighborhood groups to submit proposals for PIT programs
(where feasible)
♦ Make vocational training programs available to the youth of the
neighborhood
♦ Provide neighborhood based counseling programs and services for the youth
♦ Enforce curfew laws
♦ Make Oak Forest a safe and livable neighborhood for the youth
♦ Start a youth community service program
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GOAL: 401
To create a healthy economic climate that encourages investment, reinvestment,
and diversity of employment opportunities.
OBJECTIVES:
♦ Establish job training /location programs that are accessible to all residents
♦ Encourage residents to support local businesses
Form and incorporate a community development corporation
♦ Develop programs to strengthen neighborhood commercial locations
♦ Provide more neighborhood oriented commercial services for the residents
ACTION STATEMENTS:
♦ Develop a marketing plan for the neighborhood
♦ Locate available commercial space for a grocery store
♦ Hold job fairs in the neighborhood and publicize to all groups
♦ Provide programs that will assist residents in getting proper training and
goodjobs
♦ Identify and market locations for a number of needed commercial services:
— Shoe repair
— Dry cleaners
— Service Stations
♦ Establish and implement programs to retain existing businesses in the
neighborhood
♦ Develop an inventory of vacant commercial buildings
♦ Encourage banks to locate branch facilities or ATM machines in the
neighborhood
♦ Establish a locally owned and operated produce (farmers') market
♦ Provide more neighborhood oriented commercial services for the residents
♦ Fill vacant commercial buildings with uses that are compatible with the
neighborhood
♦ Promote Asher Ave. and W. 12' Street as viable commercial and service
oriented locations /corridors
♦ Strengthen/reinforce the Asher /University intersection as a major
commercial node
♦ Develop a marketing plan for Asher Avenue and 12' Street
♦ Form a community development corporation
♦ Work with the City's Economic Development agency to help market
neighborhood as viable business area
♦ Work with the City to determine feasibility of following recommendations of
Market Analysis
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INFRASTRUCTURE 402
GOAL:
♦ To improve and maintain the Oak Forest infrastructure network for the
purpose of producing a safe and attractive neighborhood.
OBJECTIVES:
♦ Develop a sidewalk plan for the neighborhood and to establish priorities
♦ Work with the City of Little Rock to develop a resurfacing program for the
neighborhood
♦ Provide better drainage systems in the neighborhood
♦ Install more street lights throughout the neighborhood
♦ Facilitate pedestrian movement through the neighborhood by constructing
new sidewalks and repairing existing ones
♦ Bring all neighborhood streets up to city standards
ACTION STATEMENTS:
♦ Improve street and drainage for a twelve (12) block area - -I -630 on the north,
W. 12' Street on the south, Harrison Street on the west and Jonesboro Street
on the east
♦ Improve street and drainage for W. 27' from Abigail to Jefferson Streets
♦ Improve drainage for Harrison Street from W. 26' to W. 28' Streets
♦ Construct a sidewalk on Harrison from W. 12'h to W. 28' Streets
♦ Reconstruct W. 20' Street from Washington to Jackson Streets and improve
the drainage
♦ Resurface W. 22' Street from Elm to Peyton Streets
♦ Reconstruct Peyton Street from W. 12'" to W. 14'h Streets and improve
drainage
♦ Reconstruct Abigail Street from W. 12'' to W. 14' Streets and improve
drainage
♦ Improve roadway on Princeton Drive
♦ Construct a sidewalk on Adams Street from W. 12' to W. 16' Streets
♦ Install street lights at W. 23rd and Jackson Streets
♦ Correct the flooding problem at W. 20'h and Van Buren Streets
♦ Correct the flooding problem at W. 26' and Van Buren Streets
♦ Correct the drainage problem at W. 15' and Abigail Streets
♦ Clear the drainage ditch in the vicinity of W. 24' Street and Boulevard
Avenue
♦ Repair the street at the intersection of W. 30' and Van Buren Streets
♦ Improve the drainage problem at the W. 24' and Harrison Streets
intersection
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♦ Improve the drainage facilities (cover) at Fair Park Boulevard and W. 31"
Street
♦ Correct the drainage problem at Fair Park Boulevard and West 13`h Street
♦ Construct sidewalks at W. 27th and Tyler Streets
♦ Repair the intersection at W. 24'h and Harrison Streets 40.3
♦ Reconstruct Abigail Street from the 2700 block to the south
♦ Correct the drainage problems in the vicinity of Look and Hendrix Streets
♦ Correct the drainage problem at South University Avenue and W. 32nd Street
♦ Construct sidewalks on W. 27' and W. 29' from Peyton to Abigail Streets
♦ Construct sidewalk on W. 14" from Adams to Lewis Streets
♦ Construct a sidewalk on Fair Park Boulevard from W. 12" to Asher Streets
The residents would like more sidewalks, like the one nestled among the trees
near Curran - Conway Park.
♦ Repair the intersection of West 30' and Van Buren Streets
♦ Improve the street surface on Washington Street
♦ Correct the drainage problem on W. 14'h from Abigail to Lewis Streets
♦ Correct the drainage problem at W. 15' and Abigail Streets
♦ Correct the drainage problem at W. 20`h and S. Grant Streets
♦ Correct the drainage problem on Harrison Street between W. 26' and W.
27' Streets
♦ Clear the drainage culverts along W. 29" Street from Abigail to Peyton
Streets
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The Steering Committee for the Oak Forest Neighborhood Plan recognized immediately
the need to organize for the implementation of its goals, objectives and action
statements. Through the Oak Forest Initiative (OFI), which comprises of leaders and
members of the area's neighborhood associations, the Oak Forest Neighborhood Action
Plan will be implemented. With support from the City of Little Rock and University of
Arkansas at Little Rock, OFI plans to establish a timeline for achieving its priorities as
set forth in this plan. Further, OFI intends on identifying funding sources to assist in
the implementation of those actions that require funding.
Land Use and Zoning Compatibility
One of the first things that OFI expects to do upon approval of the Oak Forest Plan is
to request that the City's Planning Department assist them in reviewing the land use and
zoning for the area. The neighborhood hopes to improve compatibility among uses in
their area as well as between the future land use and zoning designations. Initially, the
land use and zoning were to be reviewed and proposed changes were to be presented
with the Neighborhood Plan; however, the Steering Committee felt compelled to
postpone the conclusion of the zoning and land use review so that OFI could better
notify the affected property owners and encourage their participation. This will better
ensure that the property owners understand the proposed land use and zoning changes.
Top Priorities in the Community
In this section of the plan, the steering committee has identified the top three priorities
or action statements for each of the goals. This will not only allow OFI to focus its
time and resources on those activities which the neighborhood felt were most important,
but also will assist the City of Little Rock when selecting and completing projects as
funding becomes available.
The priorities for each goal are listed below:
Goal: Community Image
• Work with the Department of Housing and Neighborhood Programs to ensure the
enforcement of city property codes
• Establish annual neighborhood clean up days
• Apply for the City's neighborhood grants and beautification program
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Goal: Parks and Recreation 406—
• Clean up underbrush and limb up trees at Curran - Conway Park
• Work with Parks and Recreation Department to develop bike pathways and walking
trails in Curran - Conway Park
• Work to secure a site a site for a new Adult Center so that the existing Adult Center
might be used as a Recreational /Community Center
Goal: Public Safety
• Organize and expand neighborhood crime watch programs and other neighborhood
crime prevention programs
• Engage neighborhood youth in planning and implementation of crime prevention
activities
• Hold periodic community meetings with COPP officers to exchange information
and build rapport
Goal: Housing
• Form a Community Development Corporation to assist with providing affordable,
quality single- family homes
• Work with Housing and Neighborhood Programs to identify residents who qualify
for home rehabilitation assistance programs
• Develop a housing infill strategy
Goal: Transportation and Traffic
• Amend Master Street Plan so that Fair Park Boulevard (W. 13'h to W. 30' Street)
can remain as a two -lane roadway
• Request that CATA review the existing bus routes to ensure that they are affective
and meeting the needs of all residents
• Request that Public Works study the issue of on- street parking on additional streets
Goal: Youth Programs
• Involve the youth in neighborhood associations
• Enforce curfew laws
• Promote summer youth programs
Goal: Economic Development
• Work with City to determine feasibility of following recommendations of Market
Analysis
• Establish and implement programs to retain existing businesses in the neighborhood
• Promote Asher Avenue and W. 12' Street as viable commercial and service
oriented locations /corridors
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• Reconstruct Peyton Street from W. 12' to W. 14' Streets and improve drainage
• Improve street and drainage on W. 9' and W. 10" Streets
• Improve drainage for Harrison Street from W. 16'" to W. 28" Streets
• Resurface W. 22nd Street from Elm to Peyton Streets
• Construct a sidewalk on Harrison Street from W. 12" to W. 28" Streets
OFI plans to follow through with implementation tasks at its regularly scheduled
meeting times and additional meetings, as needed. It will inform the residents through
neighborhood associations meeting and the OFI quarterly newsletter, Neighbor to
Neighbor. A proposed implementation strategy is to set up committees for each goal
identified in the plan. Each committee will be responsible for identifying the necessary
steps for achieving the priorities.
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Below are the responses that were received at the Town Hall meeting on March 12,
1998 at the Tyler Street Baptist Church. The residents that came to the meeting were
divided into groups. The groups brainstormed ideas about issues of concern for the
area and various improvements that could be made in the community.
Each group addressed similar concerns with traffic, crime, infrastructure
improvements, police presence, job training, quality of housing, and community
cohesiveness. These lists were used by the Steering Committee and sub - committees in
the development of the goals, objectives and action statements of the neighborhood
plan.
The ideas below are listed just as they were presented, and the suggestions are
separated by the different groups which participated (the groups are named by the
colors green, red, blue, orange, and purple). Since the groups worked independently,
certain suggestions may have been duplicated.
Green Group
♦ Tear down deteriorated structures
♦ Code enforcement
♦ Cleaning vacant lots
♦ Prison Inmate work for clean -up
♦ April 18' – Neighborhood Clean -up
♦ More sidewalks
♦ Repair streets
e Clean out ditches
♦ Stoplights
Speed Bumps
♦ Stop Signs
♦ Clean -up underbrush and uplimb trees and Curran - Conway Park
♦ Drainage— standing water in yards
♦ Streets too narrow, open ditches
♦ School buses coming onto lawns when turning
♦ Kids on property waiting on school buses
♦ "Bootleg" houses, blocking streets
♦ Better police response
♦ Police horse patrol, police neighborhood patrol
♦ Gang activity
♦ Underage loitering during the day
♦ Grocery stores
♦ Shoe repair
♦ Dry cleaners
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♦ Bank/ATM Machines
♦ Continued renovation of Lee School
♦ Continue good response for dumpster request
Stray dog problems
♦ No curbside mailboxes
Red Group
♦ Vacant housing
Weedlots with trash
♦ Alleys
♦ Trash
♦ Squatters' rights for cleaning lots
♦ Youth to clean vacant lots
♦ Youth for summer work
♦ Pave streets
♦ Speeding and heavy trucks on Fair Park
Speed bumps needed
♦ 22n0 is a racetrack
♦ Abandoned automobile
♦ Patrol in Curran - Conway Park
♦ No drainage /sidewalks
♦ Clean weeds in Curran - Conway by garden area
♦ 24'/Harrison —major potholes
♦ Drainage problems
♦ Stray animals
♦ No enforcing of ordinances
♦ Lower speed
♦ 4 -way stop, traffic calming
♦ Waiting areas for school children during inclement weather
♦ Drug houses, rent houses
♦ School buses speed down Fillmore
♦ Park
Street lights needed
♦ General eyesore in neighborhood
♦ Asher /University for grocery store
♦ Need service station
♦ Open dialogue with UALR
♦ Single - family to duplexes is a no -no
Absentee landlords
♦ Getting slum lords
♦ Vacant houses
♦ UALR as landlord— eyesore houses
♦ Rid of Drug houses
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♦ Transfer of vacant houses to persons wanting to rehab houses
♦ Rowdy persons at clubs
♦ Drug Dealers
♦ Keep out of alleys 410
♦ Alley ownership discrepancy
♦ Notification of building permits on large projects
Blue Group
♦ Sidewalks —not there
♦ Finish streets
♦ Drainage ditches
♦ Economic Development
♦ Abandon Housing
♦ Neighborhood Regulations —Cars, etc.
♦ Neighborhood buy and fix up houses
♦ Weed lots (Overgrown 6' -8')
Control type of businesses that move into area
♦ No more liquor stores and night clubs, and remove those in place
♦ Neighborhood Commercial— Neighborhood based
♦ Zoning —Asher
♦ Monitoring of Bars including parking and trash
♦ Drainage
♦ Deterioration of Housing
♦ Absentee landlord
♦ Come into area to run it down
♦ Rental buying and not maintaining
Put teeth into codes for housing —must be enforceable
♦ 2002 S. Fillmore— What is it?
♦ What have to do to make sure monies are spent as should and it is built right
♦ Newsletter to community to stay informed
♦ Be good neighbors— business
Flooding
♦ Blocking private drives
♦ Let community know projects -Who, What, When, Where
Orange Group
♦ Zoning —what all is planning area zoned for
♦ Regulations for street vendors
♦ Youth
♦ Associations form groups to get things done in the neighborhood
♦ Welfare reform
♦ Drug elimination
♦ Reports to authorities sometimes brings citizen harassment
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♦ Police take action where needed and known
♦ Establish strong crime watch programs
♦ Citizens on Patrol
♦ No enforcement at no parking areas on streets 41 i
Look at need for speed humps
♦ Get schools more involved
Street projects
Drainage
Princeton Drive — repair all the street
♦ Stop signs at 24' Street
More street lighting
♦ Need job opportunities
♦ Youth employment opportunities
♦ Code enforcement for housing — consistent, strict enforcement
♦ Review alert center boundaries
♦ Screen renters
• Process in environmental court
♦ Code enforcement officers —do job
♦ 2nd Street /Blvd. Drainage ditch used as dump
Purple Group
♦ Sidewalks
Safety /Traffic
♦ Parking on Street
♦ Streets not wide enough
School buses on narrow roads
School buses need more pick -ups
♦ Streets repaired
♦ Drainage
♦ Street maintenance /Repair
♦ Clean culverts
♦ Parking enforcement
♦ Lack of parking
♦ Drugs
Drug task force
Police community relations
♦ Safety on streets
Better police reaction time to calls
♦ Vacant houses
♦ Upkeep homes
♦ Public Relations with City
♦ Illegal Dumping
♦ Bring Businesses Back
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♦ Bank
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♦ No transportation
♦ Monthly calendar
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The table below classifies key issues in the plan area and identifies which issues were
addressed (by group) at the town hall meeting. This information was useful to the
steering committee when determining the issues on which to focus in the neighborhood
plan. Green Red Blue Orange Purple
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Aesthetics
-Clean up alleys
x
Clean weed/vacant lots
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Collect garbage
x
-Clean up neighborhood
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Paint Houses
Use Prison workers to clean up
x
Utilize youth to work in
neighborhood
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-Pruning to clear view
x
Traffic
-Address lack of adequate parking
Reduce speeding
X
-Reduce on -street parki2Z
Infrastructure
Address alley ownership
-discrepancies
x
-Clean out drainage ditches
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curbs/ utters
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Utilize traffic calming techniques
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-Address street lightirIg
Widen streets
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Install traffic signals
Finish streets
Fix potholes
x
Cover open ditches
Pave streets
Install/repair sidewalks
x
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Enforcement
Improve relationship with the City
Remove abandoned cars off streets
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Hold absentee landlords
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Address animal control
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Better police response
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Improve relationship with the City
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Continue renovation of Lee School
Notification of large building
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Banks /ATMs
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Bookstores
Coffee shop
Drycleaners
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Service station
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At the beginning of the Oak Forest planning process during the summer of 1998, the
UALR Institute of Government conducted a telephone questionnaire of 406 Oak Forest
households using a stratified, random sample. The survey included all parts of the Oak
Forest community. The sampled population accurately reflected the demographic
characteristics of the community. The Institute of Government implemented the survey
and analyzed the results as an in -kind contribution to the Oak Forest Initiative (OFI).
The purpose of the survey was to determine six specific characteristics of the
community, which would inform the planning process. Those characteristics are:
• Perceptions regarding personal safety
• Perceptions of neighborhood condition and appearance
• Opinions about neighborhood quality -of -life
• Significant problems facing the neighborhood
• Awareness of city services in the neighborhood
• Satisfaction with the neighborhood
Findings are summarized below. For a complete report and copy of the questionnaire,
please contact John Fisher, OFI president, at 663 -8273.
Perceptions regarding personal safety
Growing concern regarding personal safety is indicated by survey results. A majority
of those sampled (56.4 %) said they feel safe within a four block area surrounding their
residence. Another 22 percent said they feel somewhat safe. A similar number
(21.5 %) indicated that they do not feel safe.
When asked how their perception of safety has changed over the past 12 months, 57.1
percent said it has remained the same; however, 27.8 percent responded that their
neighborhood has become less safe, and 15 percent thought it has become a safer place
to live.
Perceptions of neighborhood condition and appearance
When asked about houses in the neighborhood, a majority of respondents (57.3 %)
thinks that houses are of average quality; but 33.2 percent view them as good, while
only 9.4 percent view them as bad.
A majority (56.3 %) of a subset of renters interviewed thinks that rental houses are in
good condition, while 37.5 percent considers them average, and just 6.3 percent
considers them bad.
Responses were more balanced concerning litter, graffiti, weed lots, and junk cars.
While 35.6 percent consider the appearance of the neighborhood to be good, 43.5
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percent think it average, and 21 percent see it as bad. Over the last year, the
neighborhood's appearance has remained the same to 61.2 percent, has actually 424
improved in the minds of 21.7 percent, and has gotten worse in the opinion of 17
percent.
Opinions about neighborhood quality-of -life
When asked about their quality of life in their neighborhood, respondents were
generally optimistic, but expressed some concern. Concerning race relations, 77.8
percent characterize them as the same as a year ago, 18 percent see them as better and
only 4.2 percent view them as worse than 12 months ago. As to the future of race
relations in Oak Forest, 61.7 percent think that they will stay the same in the next 12
months, while an encouraging 30.2 percent believe they will get better, and only 8.2
percent forecast them as getting worse.
The general perception of the community by many Oak Forest residents is that it is an
area of Little Rock "in between" better known sections. It is heavily residential with
no real shopping areas within its boundaries. Almost all retail stores are located on its
perimeter, i.e. along 12'" Street, Asher, and University Avenues. Not surprisingly, a
majority (55.2 %) said that there is an inadequate number of retail stores, including
grocery stores in or near Oak Forest.
Half of the sample (49.6 %) indicated that the reputation or image of Oak Forest is
about the same as other parts of Little Rock, while an even number (24.9% and 25.5 %)
thought it better than most and worse than most, respectively.
Significant problems in Oak Forest
For the purposes of comparison, researchers at the UALR Institute of Government
constructed an index of responses regarding the seriousness of problems facing the
community. Interviewees were asked whether problems were serious, somewhat
serious, or not very serious. By translating raw percentage responses into comparative
data, the following index results.
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Ranking of problems in Oak Forest
MOST SERIOUS
Traffic speed on neighborhood streets
Conditions of sidewalks
MODERATELY SERIOUS
House break -ins and burglaries
Condition of rental property
Drug sales and use
Gang activity
Condition of streets
LESS SERIOUS
Drainage and flooding problems
Condition of park facilities
Car thefts
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Comments: With one exception— drainage and flooding problems —these results tend
to mirror the list of concerns voiced by neighborhood association officers, OFI
Leadership, and attendees at the town hall meeting that initiated the planning process.
The list of drainage and flooding problems prepared by the City's Public Works
Department, like other parts of Little Rock, is lengthy. Despite channelized drainage
channels and creeks that carry runoff southward to Fourche Creek, a number of
intersections tend to flood in heavy rains.
Otherwise, this ranking reflects prioritized needs in the Oak Forest community.
Discussions concerning traffic speed and speed humps along east -west thoroughfares
such as 28' and 29' Streets, speeding along Fair Park Boulevard, the condition or
absence of sidewalks in many parts of the neighborhood, and the possible widening of
Fair Park Boulevard are all ongoing.
Crime is present and always needs to be reduced, but apparently has not reached such
levels as to create a serious concern among residents interviewed. Gang activity is
minimal and not -well organized, according to COPP officers at the Oak Forest Alert
Center.
As indicated above, renters perceive the condition of rental property as generally good.
Of perhaps more concern is the percentage of rental houses in the neighborhood. Oak
Forest neighborhood association leaders have indicated in interviews that maintaining or
increasing the percentage of owner - occupied houses is a high priority.
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Awareness of city services in the neighborhood 42'G
Sixty -nine percent of respondents said that they are aware that Oak Forest community
has its own Neighborhood Alert Center (located on Tyler Street between 21" and 22'
Streets). Yet, only 21 percent have ever contacted the Alert Center for assistance.
An overwhelming majority (83.6 %) of those responding to the question identified
Willie Hinton as the City Director from Ward 2, in which Oak Forest is situated.
Satisfaction with the neighborhood
The 406 respondents were asked "As a place to live, how would you describe the four -
block area around your home ?" A majority (55.9 %) indicated that it is satisfied; 29.6
percent is dissatisfied, 14.5 percent is neither.
Of some concern, 39.7 percent of the respondents is less satisfied than a year ago, 35.5
percent is the same, and 24.8 percent is more satisfied.
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5150.000 AVERAGE PER
VARIED MINOR
DRAINAGE,
ESTABLISH STANDARD
REPAIR -WARD
WARD PER YEAR
DEFICIENCIES,
MINOR
FUNDING FOR CITYWIDE MINOR
SHARES OF
(SI,050,000 PER YEAR
FAILURES AND
DRAINAGE DESIGN & CONTT.
SIO,0D0,000 ON TEN
TOTAL)
DETERIORATING
NEEDS.
YEAR PLAN
STRUCTURES
DRAINAGE
COLEMAN CREEK
FROM N. OF MARKHAM &
FLOOD
04 ON PRIORITY LISTING. NO
STUDY
E. OF UNIVERSITY S. TO
HAZARD
CONS'T. COSTS INCLUDED
CROSS ASHER & INTO
STUDY
FOURCHE.
DRAINAGE
LEWIS STREET
IOTH TO 11TH ST.
CURBS / GRATES
GRATES-
ON OPERATIONS PROBLEM
DRAIN
IMPROVE
DRAIN /GRATE LISTING.
STRUCTURES
DRAINAGE
27^' STREET
ABIGAIL TO PEYTON
DITCHES
STREET &
2100
DRAIN. FU 0 #2705 ABIGAIL,
OFFSET AND PEYTON
DRAIN;
#4305 27TH BETWEEN ABIGAIL &
OFFSET TO IEFFERSON
RECONSTRUC
PEYTON. & BAD PIPES 0 27TH &
AND MADISON TO
TION
ADAMS. ALSO REG. FROM
MONROE(ONE WAY) AND
LION'S FACILITY. SEE ALSO S/W
TAYLOR TO FAIR PARK
REQUEST FOR HARRISON 12TH -
CURRAN CONWAY. MADISON -
MONROE ADJ. SCHOOL & PARK
DRAINAGE
I I ^' STREET AT
VICINITY #4701 11TH ST.
CURBS
FU FOR DRAINAGE THIS
JETTERSON
LOCATION. WATER STANDS IN
STREET
DRAINAGE
14TH AT LOOK &
SAME
DITCH & CURB
FLOODING RECORDS AND FU
HENDRIX DRAINAGE
MIX
FOR THIS LOCATION.
#1404
DRAINAGE
14TH ST.DRAINAGE
VICINITY #5312, W. OF
DITCHES
FOLLOW UP FOR FLOODING AT
HARRISON
THIS LOCATION
DRAINAGE
16TH ST. AT OFFSET
SAME
DITCH & CURB
FOLLOW UP FOR FLOODING AT
INTERSECTION w/
MIX
THIS LOCATION
FILLMORE
DRAINAGE
DRAINAGE
24TH AND LEWIS
SAME
DITCH & CURB
FU FOR DRAINAGE THIS
DRAINAGE
MIX
LOCATION.
DRAINAGE
31ST ST. DRAINAGE
BETWEEN BOULEVARD&
ON OPERATIONS PROBLEM
MADISON & ADJACENT TO
BRIDGE/ PIPE LOCATION.
SOUTH 0 ASHER(STATE
HWY)
DRAINAGE
ADAMS ST.
N. OF MARYLAND (09TH)
DITCHES
ON FLOOD PRONE LISTING.
CULVERT COLLAPSED. #812 &
816 FLOOD. ADJACENT
INADE UATE BOX
SPECIAL
MABELVALE PIKED
#3530 SOUTH, #3636 SOUTH,
..
INADEQUATE
BRIDGES-
3 STRUCTURES 01,100,000 EA.
FOURCHE CREEK
& #4815 SOUTH
BRIDGES
RAISE &
BRIDGE # 1962093' L X 60'W 6975
BRIDGE
RECONSTRUC
S.F. WARD 6; #1969762'L X 60' W
REPLACEMENTS
T WIDER
4650 S.F. WARD 6; #18774 60' L X
STRUCTURES
60'W 4500 S.F. WARD 2.
TO
STANDARD
SPECIAL
ROADWAY MEDIANS
CITYWIDE
MEDIANS&
CITYWIDE NEED FOR
AND ISLANDS
ISLANS;
MAINTENANCE OF STRUCTURES
ADDRESS
FOR CHANNELIZATION,
MAINTENANC
SIGNAL/SIGNING /ILLUMINATION
E &
POLES, REFUGE OR - IN SOME
IMPROVEMEN
CASES, PROP. OWNER ASSOC.
T NEEDS
ARE NOT MAINTAINING
LANDSCAPED ISLANDS IN
RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
SPECIAL
HARRISON ST.
12TH TO CURRAN CONWAY
..
SIDEWALKS
3000
FRANKLIN ELEM SCHOOL NA.
PARK
1190' N. OF FRANKLIN ELEM. &
1810' SOUTH TO FACILITATE
FOOT TRAFFIC TO & FROM
SCHOOL017015) OAK FOREST
NA.
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PROJECT
PROJECT NAME
PROJECT LIMITS
EXISTING
EXISTING
PROPOSED DESIGN
LENGTH/
OTHER COMMENTS
TYPE
PAVEMENT
DRAINAGE
TYPE
SCOPE
L
STREET &
HARRISON ST.
26TH OFFSET TO 28TH
STREET &DRAIN;
FU FOR IMPROVEMENT OF
DRAIN
ADD TWO ADD'L.
DRAINAGE OF WARPED
INLETS AND
STREET SECTION; SIDEWALKS
IMPROVE D/W
APRONS; IMPROVE
'
CROWN OF STREET
STREET &
08TH ST., WEST 4100
PEYTON, TO ABIGAIL,
SURFACE
NONE
STREET &DRAIN;
1327
ONE WAY EAST CS87
DRAIN
-4730
LEWIS, ONE WAY EAST
TREATMENT.
RECONSTRUCTION
TO - 1 -630 R/W (BEGIN C/G
® ELM
STREET&
09TH ST.,
FAIR PARK, W. TO- I12
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET& DRAIN;
490
LARGE DITCHES
DRAIN
WEST(MARYLAND)
BLK. W. OF TAYLOR
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
5500-5630
STREET &
IOTH ST.
HARRISON TO VANBUREN
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET &DRAIN;
417
OAK FOREST PLANNING
DRAIN
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
COMMITTEE
STREET &
10TH ST., WEST 4900
E. SIDE MONROE, W. -
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET &DRAIN;
385
CS88. PROVIDES ACCESS
DRAIN
-5012
OLD BUS LANE TO EAST
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
IONEBORO
STREET &
IITH ST., WEST 4900
MONROE- W. TO EAST
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET &DRAIN;
210
BIG DITCH @ IONESe0R0
DRAIN
-4970
IONESBORO DR.
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET &-
IITH ST., WEST 5000
WEST IONESBORO. W.
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET &DRAIN;
320
BIG DRCH ®VANBUREN
DRAIN
-5030
THRU- VANBUREN
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET&
IITH ST., WEST 5300
HARRISON, WESTTHRU -
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET &DRAIN:
653
OAK FOREST PRIORITY
DRAIN
-5410
TYLER
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
LOCATION LARGE DITCHES
BOTH SIDES
STREET&
13TH ST., WEST 4400
PEYTON- WASHINGTON
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET & DRAIN;
390
DRAIN
-4400
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET&
17TH ST., WEST 5200
VANBUREN, WEST TO-
SURFACE
DITCH&
STREET &DRAIN:
907
ONE WAY STREET VAN BUREN
DRAIN
-5430
HARRISON, TYLER, FAIR
TREATMENT
CURB MIX
RECONSTRUCTION
TO HARRISON
PARK BLVD.
STREET&
13TH 5T., WEST 5500
FAIRPARK BLVD., WEST
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET &DRAIN;
599
SOME HOMEMADE CURB N.SD.
DRAIN
-5630
TO- TAYLOR, FILLMORE
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET &
14TH ST.
ABIGAIL TO ADAMS AND
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET &DRAIN:
3500
HOPE AREA NA
DRAIN
JACKSON TO PIERCE
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET&
15TH ST., WEST 4400
PEYTON- WASHINGTON
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET & DRAIN;
387
DRAIN
-4430
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET&
16TH ST., WEST 5700
HARRISON, WEST-
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET& DRAIN;
629
BIG DITCH, ROCK WALLS MID -
-4130
ELM TO LEWIS
DRAIN
-5430
TYLER, FAIR PARK BLVD.
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
19TH ST., WEST 4700
BLK. CS88
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET&
16TH ST., WEST 5500
FAIRPARK BLVD., W -
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET &DRAIN;
1180
RETAINING WALL N.SIDE
RECONSTRUCTION
DRAIN
-5870
TAYLOR, FILLMORE
TREATMENT
SURFACE
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET'& DRAIN;
PIERCE - BUCHANAN
DRAIN
-5310
TO FAIR PARK BLVD.
OFFSET, PIERCE OFFSET,
RECONSTRUCTION
TO BUCHANAN
STREET&
18TH ST., WEST d100
ELM OFFSET - LEWIS, TO
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET & DRAIN;
613
CONC. APRON AT ELM
DRAIN
-4230
E. OF ABIGAIL
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET&
18TH ST., WEST 4400
PEYTON, W. TO-
SURFACE
NONE
STREET &DRAIN:
728
CONC.SWALE X -ING®
DRAIN
-4430
WASHINGTON
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
WASHINGTON
STREET&
19TH ST., WEST 7900
PINE W. -
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CEDAR, MINOR,
SURFACE
NONE
STREET &DRAIN;
886
DRAIN
-4130
ELM TO LEWIS
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET&
19TH ST., WEST 4700
ABIGAIL, W. -END W. OF
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET &DRAIN;
451
CS87.
DRAIN
-4470
PEYTON
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET&
19TH 5T., WEST 5300
HARRISON, W.- TYLER
SURFACE
NONE
STREET'& DRAIN;
636
DRAIN
-5310
TO FAIR PARK BLVD.
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
0
430
PROJECT
PROIECT NAME
PROIECT LIMITS
EXISTING
EXISTING
PROPOSED DESIGN
LENGTH
OTHER COMMENTS
TYPE
PAVEMENT
DRAINAGE
TYPE
/SCOPE
(LF)
STREET &
20TH ST.
IR BLOCK WEST
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET & DRAIN;
1950
SEE ADJACENT PROPOSED
DRAIN
JACKSON(BLAKEMORE
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
PROJECT TO WEST. BRIDGE TO
DITCH) TO WASHINGTON
BE INCLUDED BETWEEN
JACKSON & FRANKLIN. HOPE
AREA NA
STREET &
20TH ST.
JACKSON, E. OF
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET & DRAIN;
3300
HAS LONG BEEN CDBG
DRAIN
FRANKLIN TO GRANT
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
RECOMMENDATION. TO
COMPLETE LINK WITH
ADJACENT PROJECT WILL
REQUIRE BRIDGE BETWEEN
JACKSON & FRANKLIN.
INCLUDES FAIR PARK BLVD.
INTERSECTION. OAK FOREST
NA
STREET &
21ST ST., WEST 3800
OAK, W. - PINE, CEDAR,
SURFACE
NONE
STREET & DRAIN;
3150
CS88; WASHINGTON TO W. 112
DRAIN
-4630
ELM, LEWIS, ABIGAIL,
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
BLK.'93 -94 CDBG DESIGN
PEYTON. WASHINGTON,
TO END W. OF ADAMS
STREET &
21ST ST., WEST 5000
VANBUREN - EAST TO
SURFACE
NONE
STREET & DRAIN;
269
ENDS AT NURSING HOME
DRAIN
-5130
END
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
& ASPHALT
MIX
STREET&
21ST ST., WEST 5300
HARRISON. WEST SKIP
SURFACE
NONE
STREET & DRAIN;
700
DRAIN
-5430
TYLER,- TO FAIRPARK
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET&
21ST ST., WEST 5500
FAIRPARK, WEST SKIP
SURFACE
NONE
STREET & DRAIN;
700
DRAIN
-5630
TAYLOR- TO FILLMORE
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET &
22ND ST., WEST 5300
HARRISON OFFSET.
SURFACE
NONE
STREET & DRAIN;
1050
DRAIN
-5530
WEST - TYLER, FAIRPARK
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
TO TAYLOR
STREET &
23RD ST., WEST 5300
HARRISON. WEST -
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET & DRAIN;
650
DRAIN
-5430
TYLER, FAIRPARK
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET&
23RD ST., WEST 5500
FAIRPARK, WEST TO-
SURFACE
NONE
STREET & DRAIN;
313
PARK. APRON AT FAIR PARK;
DRAIN
-5530
TAYLOR
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
ASPH.ROLL S.SIDE
STREET&
24TH ST., WEST 5500
FAIRPARK, WEST TO-
SURFACE
NONE
STREET & DRAIN;
596
ASPH. ROLL N.SIDE AND PARK.
DRAIN
-5630
TAYLOR, FILLMORE
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
APRON CS88
STREET&
25TH ST., WEST 5300
HARRISON, WEST TO-
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET & DRAIN;
320
DRAIN
-5430
TYLER, FAIR PARK
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET&
25TH ST., WEST 5500
FAIRPARK, WEST-
SURFACE
NONE
STREET & DRAIN;
670
DRAIN
-5630
TAYLOR, FILLMORE
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET&
26TH ST., WEST 5300
HARRISON. WEST, SKIP
SURFACE
NONE
STREET & DRAIN;
700
DRAIN
.5430
TYLER TO- FAIRPARK
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
BLVD.
STREET&
26TH ST., WEST 5500
FAIRPARK BLVD., WEST
SURFACE
NONE
STREET & DRAIN;
700
DRAIN
-5630
SKIP TAYLOR, - TO
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
FILLMORE
STREET &
27TH ST., WEST 4100
ELM - W. TO LEWIS,
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET & DRAIN;
660
79 SS; 1994 IN HOUSE
DRAIN
-4230
BRIDGE, ABIGAIL
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
RESURFACING
& ASPHALT
MIX
STREET &
27TH ST., WEST 5500
FAIRPARK, WEST SKIP
SURFACE
NONE
STREET & DRAIN;
700
CS88
DRAIN
.5630
TAYLOR TO- FILLMORE
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET&
29TH ST., WEST 5500
FAIRPARK - END W. OF
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET & DRAIN;
524
UALR STUDENT HOUSING/
DRAIN
-5700
TAYLOR 05700)
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
FRAT.HOUSES
STREET&
30TH ST., WEST 4300
29TH ST., ONE WAY S.W.
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET& DRAIN;
496
ONE WAY S.W. SERVES
DRAIN
.4330
TO - PEYTON 0 30TH ST.
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
BUSINESSES; ACTUALLY
OFFSET
ALLEY EASEMENT SIGNED
30TH
STREET&
30TH ST., WEST 4400
PEYTON- WASHINGTON,
SURFACE
NONE
STREET & DRAIN;
1300
DRAIN
-4730
ADAMS, END W. OF
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
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PROJECT PROJECT NAME PROJECTLIMITS EXISTING EXISTING PROPOSED DESIGN LENGTH OTHERAUTS
TYPE PAVEMENT DRAINAGE TYPE /SCOPE
ILF)
STREET&
30TH ST., WEST 5300
HARRISON. SKIP TYLER,
SURFACE
NONE
STREET & DRAIN;
700
CS88
DRAIN
-5430
TO- FAIR PARK
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET&
30TH ST., WEST 5500
FAIRPARK - W. SKIP
SURFACE
NONE
STREET & DRAIN;
675
GRADED & SEALED C'60; UALR
DRAIN
-5630
TAYLOR TO END
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STUDENT HOUSING. 1997 IN
& ASPHALT
HOUSE RESURFACING
MIX
STREET&
31ST ST., WEST 4600
ADAMS- W. TO END
SURFACE
NONE
STREET &DRAIN;
469
CS88
DRAIN
-4730
TREATMENT-
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET &
31ST ST., WEST 5600
TAYLOR - W. TO END AT
SURFACE
NONE
STREET & DRAIN;
124
UALR STUDENT HOUSING,
DRAIN
-5630
APT. ENTRANCE
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
SERVES APT. COMPLEX
STREET&
32ND ST., WEST 4400
PEYTON. W:
SURFACE
NONE
STREET &DRAIN;
630
DRAIN
-4530
WASHINGTON TO ADAMS
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET&
32ND ST., WEST 5200
MARY, THRU CURVE,
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET &DRAIN;
169
ADJACENT BOND PROJECT.
DRAIN
-5220
THEN WEST TO - E. SIDE
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
VERY LARGE DITCHES
HARRISON
STREET&
32ND ST., WEST 5500
FAIR PARK BLVD., WEST
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET &DRAIN;
700
UALR STUDENT HOUSING/
DRAIN
-5530
THRU TAYLOR, TO -
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
FRAT.HOUSES. MAY OR MAY
COLEMAN CREEK BRIDGE
& ASPHALT
NOT BE PART OF PROP.87
AT UALR R/W
MIX
BOND PRO). FOR FAIR PARK
BLVD.
STREET&
33RD ST., WEST 5000
END E. OF MARY - ANNA,
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET &DRAIN;
1410
DRAIN
-5330
JANIE. MABELVALE PIKE
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET&
33RD ST., WEST 5400
MABELVALE PIKE - POLK,
SURFACE
CURBS
STREET &DRAIN:
642
DRAIN
-5530
TAYLOR
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
& ASPHALT
MIX
STREET&
34TH ST., WEST 5000
E. OF MARY -ANNA.
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET & DRAIN;
1504
SOME FRONTAGE WORK,
DRAIN
-5330
JANIE, TO MABELVALE
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
S.SD.LARGE BOX X -ING JANIE
PIKE
TO MABLEVALE PIKE & HOMES
VERY CLOSE TO STREET
STREET &
34TH ST., WEST 5400
MABELVALE PIKE - POLK
SURFACE
DITCH &
STREET & DRAIN;
317
THIS IS CARRYING VERY
DRAIN
-5430
TREATMENT
CURB MIX
RECONSTRUCTION
HEAVY TRUCKS
& ASPHALT
MIX
STREET &
35TH ST., WEST 5400
MABELVALE PIKE - W. -
SURFACE
DITCH &
STREET & DRAIN;
520
FAIRVIEW BAPTIST SCHOOL &
DRAIN
-5530
POLK TO END 0 GATE
TREATMENT
CURB MIX
RECONSTRUCTION
ENTRANCE TO INDUSTRIAL
& ASPHALT
PLANT PARKING LOT
MIX
STREET &
ABIGAIL ST.
8TH ST. TO I ITH ST.
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET & DRAIN;
990
FOREST HILLS NA
DRAIN
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET&
ABIGAIL ST.
26TH ST, TO 28TH ST.
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET &DRAIN:
720
P.W.OPERATIONS DID 'IN-
DRAIN
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
HOUSE' RESURFACING 1994,
OAK FOREST CDBG
NEIGHBORHOOD.
STREET &
ABIGAIL ST. 1300 -
13TH ST. - 14TH ST.
SURFACE
DITCH &
STREET & DRAIN;
320
DECLINED TO BE PART OF
DRAIN
13305
TREATMENT
CURB MIX
RECONSTRUCTION
IMPROVEMENT DIST. C1940
STREET &
ABIGAIL ST. 1600 -
16TH ST. - 17TH ST.
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET & DRAIN;
318
DRAIN
1630S
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET &
ABIGAIL ST. 2100-
21ST ST. - 22ND ST., 23RD
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET & DRAIN;
995
SOME AD). STANDARD CONST.
DRAIN
2330S
ST., TO 24TH ST.
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET &
ADAMS ST. 2000 -
20TH ST., S: 21ST ST.,
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET & DRAIN;
2700
CS88
DRAIN
27305
22ND, 23RD, 24TH, 25TH,
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
26TH, 27TH, TO 28TH
STREET &
ADAMS ST. 3000 -
30TH ST. - THRU 31ST TO
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET & DRAIN;
499
CS88
DRAIN
31205
IASHER
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET&
ADAMS ST. 3120-
ASHER- 32ND ST.
SURFACE
NONE
STREET &DRAIN:
328
DRAIN
31305
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
STREET &
ADAMS ST.
08TH TO 12TH ST.
SURFACE
DITCHES
STREET & DRAIN;
1375
SEE ALSO PROPOSED DRAIN
DRAIN
TREATMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
PROI. N. OF MARYLAND
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