06-08-04Little Rock Board of Directors Meeting
June 8, 2004
4:00 PM
Little Rock Board of Directors Meeting
June 8, 2004
City Hall — 500 W. Markham Street
4:00 P.M.
The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas met in a reconvened session
on June 8, 2004, reconvened from the regular Board of Directors Meeting on June 1,
2004. Mayor Dailey presided. City Clerk, Nancy Wood, called the roll with the
following Directors present: Pugh, Adcock, Stewart, Hurst, Keck, Wyrick, Cazort,
Kumpuris, and Mayor Dailey. Vice Mayor Hinton was absent.
1. ORDINANCE NO. 19,151 — Z- 7500 -A. Approving a planned zoning development
and establishing a planned commercial district titled Rees Development Long Form
PCD located north of Cantrell Road west of Pinnacle Valley Road in the City of Little
Rock, Arkansas amending the Official Zoning Map of the City of Little Rock, and for
other purposes. Planning Commission: 10 yes, 0 no, I absent. Staff recommends denial.
Mr. Tony Bozynski gave a staff update stating that the believed the plan had been tied
down and the Board had been provided with the additional information in their packets
that included the site plan, which is the site plan that was approved by the Little Rock
Planning Commission. (See discussion at 6 -1 -04 Meeting). Mayor Dailey asked if the
City Attorney was in agreement to move forward without having to go back to the
Planning Commission. Mr. Carpenter answered yes. Director Pugh asked if staffs
recommendation had changed. Mr. Bozynski stated it had not, that staff was still
concerned about the intensity of the proposed retail use in the front building of the
transition zone, but felt staff could go back and review the area if the Board approves this
application, to see if some changes are needed to the current land use pattern along Hwy
10, whether transition is reasonable in this area along with others, and how the areas are
developing. Director Adcock questioned whether they were going to look at the whole
Hwy 10 Land Use Plan again. Mr. Bozynski stated they would review the general area of
where this development is planned. He said there are no specific boundaries at this time.
Director Cazort stated he would be supportive of this plan because this parcel is less than
250 feet of highway frontage, but encouraged staff to actively support and defend the
transition zones to find uses that are compatible with other transition zones that are larger
than this one. The ordinance was read the first time. Director Cazort made a motion,
seconded by Director Hurst to suspend the rules and place the ordinance on second and
third readings, and by unanimous voice vote of the Board members present, being two -
thirds in number, the rules were suspended and the ordinance was read the second and
third times. A roll call vote was taken and recorded as follows: Director Pugh, Hurst,
Cazort, Keck, Stewart, Wyrick, Kumpuris, Graves and Mayor Dailey voted yes.
Director Adcock voted no. Vice Mayor Hinton was absent. The ordinance passed.
A motion was made by Director Cazort, seconded by Director Graves to adjourn the
meeting. By unanimous voice vote of the Board members present, the meeting was
adjourned.
Little Rock Board of Directors Meeting
June 8, 2004
4:00 PM
ATTEST:
N cy Woo , City Clerk
APPROVED:
4iai ley , Mayor