07-05-00743
Minutes
City Hall — 500 W. Markham
Little Rock, Arkansas
July 5, 2000 — 6:00 P.M.
The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, met in regular session with
Mayor Dailey presiding. City Clerk Nancy Wood called the roll with the following
Directors present: Pugh, Hinton, Lichty, Cazort, Keck, Vice mayor Wyrick, Kumpuris,
Kelly, Adcock — total 9.
With a quorum present, Mayor Dailey declared the Board of Directors in session and the
proceedings of the meeting are recorded as follows:
Director Kumpuris gave the Invocation, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
Mayor Daily read the Proclamation: National Therapeutic Recreation Week. Mr. Bryan
Day, Parks Director, gave an overview of the Proclamation, and introduced a new staff
member, Cindy Covey. Ms. Covey has introduced and implemented a community
therapeutic recreation program. Mr. Day said once the program is up and running Little
Rock will be the first municipality to have a leisure service program that focuses on this
full time. Ms. Covey sated her job, as a recreational therapist will be to increase
independence and level of functioning for impaired persons, whose abilities have been
lost through illness or disease. Sandy Thomas Recreational Therapist with the Veterans
Administration presented key chains to the Board Members and the Mayor with a T -shirt.
They invited everyone to come out and participate in the Arts and Humanities Festival
"Very Special Arts Family Festival" at the Southwest Little Rock Recreation Center
located at 6401 Baseline Road, on July 15, 2000.
Consideration was given to the Consent Agenda which consists of the following:
1. MOTION To approve minutes from the May 2, 2000, May 16, 2000 regular Board of
Directors meeting and the reconvened meetings of May 9, 2000, May 23, 2000 and May
30, 2000.
2. RESOLUTON NO. 10,849 - To authorize local government endorsement of
Diamond Bear Brewing Company, to participate in the Advantage Arkansas Program,
and for other purposes.
3. RESOLUTION NO. 10,850 - To authorize the purchase of vehicle replacement parts;
and for other purposes.
4. RESOLUTION NO. 10,851 - To authorize an easement between the City and
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company to install communications facilities in Allsop
Park; and for other purposes. Director Adcock made the motion to adopt the consent
agenda, seconding the motion was Director Cazort. By unanimous voice vote of the Board
members present, the consent agenda was adopted.
The first speaker during Citizens Communication was Don Darnell, 7007 E. Wakefield
Drive, who spoke against using general revenue to finance the Clinton Library. The next
speaker was Dee White, 116 S. Johnson, who spoke unfavorably about the city police
and their park enforcement policies.
5. ORDINANCE N0. 18,302 - Approving a Planned Zoning Development and
establishing a Planned Office District titled Southridge Office Park — Long Form POD
located at the northwest corner of Cantrell Road and Southridge Drive 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. Mayor Daily asked staff to present a brief overview
of the development. There was an approximately two -hour discussion on the issue.
There were several speakers opposed to the development: Steve Reed, 11933 Southridge
Drive, Bill Maudlin, 11780 Southridge Drive, Jerome Grismer, 13918 Marina Drive,
Thomas Carroll, 11583 Southridge Drive, Paul Caldwell, 13723 Rivercrest Drive, and
Mr. J. Straub, 13700 Rivercrest Drive. The Speakers in favor of the development were
Keith Wingfield, 12440 Southridge Drive, Dickson Flake, 17 St. John's Place, Russ
McDonough, 2000 Country club Lane. At approximately 8:25 PM, all parties agreed to
meet and try to negotiate the one major issue in the development, which was the curb cut.
During this break, the Board Members went into executive session to name appointments
to various boards and commissions. The meeting reconvened at 8: 55 P.M. The
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ordinance was read the second time. The neighborhood citizens and representatives of
the neighborhood associations and the applicant had come to an agreement in terms of the
solving the major traffic issues prevalent in their previous discussions. The ordinance
was amended to reflect these revisions. Mayor Dailey made a motion, seconded by
Director Keck to re- consider. A roll call vote was taken as follows: Yes — Directors
Pugh, Hinton, Lichty, Cazort, Keck, Wyrick, Kelly Adcock, Mayor Dailey, Director
Kumpuris abstained, Director Stewart was absent. A motion was made to suspend the
rules and read the ordinance the third time by Director Keck, seconded by Director
Lichty. Director Kelly moved to amend the ordinance to reflect the changes allowing no
left turn. Director Lichty seconded the motion. City Attorney Tom Carpenter stated the
way to do the motion would be to amend Section Two because there have been changes
and modifications from the site plans that have been approved by the Planning
Commission so that Section Two would now read that the preliminary site development
plan be approved as presented to the Little Rock Board of Directors and as will be
attached as Exhibit A, so that when modifications are done it would include provisions
that the left turn entry into the property from Southridge Road would not be permitted.
The rules were suspended and the ordinance was read the third and final time as
amended. By unanimous voice vote all members present were in favor of the adoption of
the amendment to the ordinance. A roll call vote was taken and recorded as follows;
Yes- Directors Pugh, Hinton, Lichty, Keck, Kelly, Adcock, Mayor Dailey: 7 yes, 2 no —
Director Cazort and Vice Mayor Wyrick, 1 abstention — Director Kumpuris, 1 absent —
Director Stewart.
6. ORDINANCE NO. 18,303 - Approving a Planned Zoning Development and
establishing a Planned Office District titled Pleasant Ridge North Office
Building — Short Form POD located on the north side of Cantrell Road, east of
Southridge Drive in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, amending Chapter 36 of
the Code of Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other
purposes. There was brief discussion by Board Members and representatives of the
neighborhood association and the developer regarding a plan to preserve as many
trees as possible during the development, discussion of some of the traffic issues.
The Ordinance was read the first time. The rules were suspended to provide for
the second and third readings of the Ordinance by unanimous vote of the Board
members present, being ten in number and two - thirds or more of the members of
the Board of Directors. Board Members present took a voice vote as follows:
Yes- Directors Pugh, Hinton, Lichty, Keck, Kelly, Adcock, Mayor Dailey, Vice Mayor
Wyrick, Director Kumpuris: 9 yes, 1 no — Director Cazort , 1 absent — Director Stewart.
The ordinance was adopted.
PUBLIC HEARING &ORDINANCE NO. 18,304 - To vacate and close the alley in
Block 8, Glendale Addition, between Rose and Walnut Streets in the Blankinship
Subdivision. Mayor Dailey Declared the Public Hearing open. There was no opposition
to the closure and the Public hearing was declared closed. The Ordinance was read the
first time. The rules were suspended to provide for the second and third readings of the
Ordinance by unanimous vote of the Board members present, being ten in number and
two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of Directors. By unanimous voice vote
of the Board members present, the ordinance was adopted.
8. RESOLUTION NO. 10,852 - Authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute
deeds for the sale of two city owned vacant lots to Central Little Rock Community
Development Corporation. The Ordinance was read the first time. The rules were
suspended to provide for the second and third readings of the Ordinance by unanimous
vote of the Board members present, being ten in number and two - thirds or more of the
members of the Board of Directors. By unanimous voice vote of the Board members
present, the resolution was adopted.
9. ORDINANCE - To repeal Little Rock, Arkansas., Revised Code 6 -1 to 6 -52 (1988);
to adopt a new animal services ordinance; to provide for the membership of the Animal
Services Advisory Board; to establish the effective date for the ordinance; and for other
purposes. (Ordinance forthcoming.) (First Reading Only.) Deferred to July 18, 2000
The sneakers nresent all agreed to wait until the next meetine to address the animal
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10. The City Manager had nothing to report on the Activity Report at this meeting.
11. RESOLTUION NO. 10,853 - To make appointments and reappointments to various
boards and commissions. The appointments were as follows; Jack Murphy was
reappointed to the Ambulance Authority, John Sloan, Cynthia Brinkly, Robert L. Schults
and Carmelita Smith were reappointed and Harriet Stephens, Gred Sheard, Hugh
McDonald, Douglas Buford Jr., J. French Hill and Vickie Saviers were appointed to
the Arts Center Board of Trustees. John Burks was appointed to the Arts and
Humanities Promotion Commission. Doris Freer, Charles Johnson Jr., Elmer
Jackson and Gerry Nash were re- appointed to the Community Housing Advisor Board.
Rebecca Bost Tucker was appointed to the Education Commission. Howard Gordon
was re- appointed to the Education Commission. Geraldine Briggs was reappointed to
the Oakland Fraternal Cemetery Board. Leta Anthony, Will Parker and Armand
Delaurell were appointed to the Racial Cultural Diversity Commission. Charles E. Goss
was reappointed to the Little Rock Sanitary Sewer Committee.
A motion was made by Director Cazort to adjourn the meeting, with Director Keck
seconding the motion. By unanimous vote of all Board Members present, the meeting
was adjourned at 10:05 P.M.
ATTEST:
City Clerk N ncy Wood
APPROVE:
ayor Jim Dailey
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