6345 RESOLUTION NO. 6 , 345
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AND AFFIRMING THE
"LITTLE ROCK SANITARY SEWER COMMITTEE POLICY
STATEMENT" ; DIRECTING THE PLANNING STAFF OF
THE LITTLE ROCK PLANNING COMMISSION TO WORK
WITH THE WASTEWATER UTILITY DEPARTMENT AND
INTERESTED LAND OWNERS TO PREPARE MORE
• DETAILED GUIDELINES ON THE APPROPRIATE DENSITY
FOR THE LITTLE MAUMELLE RIVER VALLEY SERVICE
AREA; DECLARING THE INTENT OF THE CITY TO
CONTROL DENSITY IN THE SERVICE AREA UNTIL
DENSITY GUIDELINES ARE PREPARED; AUTHORIZING
THE PLANNING STAFF TO APPROVE LIMITED DENSITY
TRANSFERS DURING THE PERIOD THE GUIDELINES ARE
BEING PREPARED; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
SPEND UP TO $3 , 000 . 00 , IF NECESSARY, FOR A
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DENSITY GUIDELINES STUDY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES .
WHEREAS, the Little Rock Sanitary Sewer Committee has
prepared a "Policy Statement" on Service Limitations in the
Little Maumelle River Valley; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors of
the City of Little Rock to accept and affirm said policy
statement; and
WHEREAS, it is also the desire of the Board of Directors
to direct the Planning Staff to work with the Wastewater Utility
Department to prepare more detailed guidelines on the appropriate
density for development in the Little Maumelle River Valley
Service Area; and
WHEREAS, it is also the intent of the Board of Directors
to exercise those controls necessary to limit the density of
development in the Service Area during the three month period
prior to completion of said guidelines.
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 hereby accepts and affirms the "Little Rock Sanitary Sewer
Committee Policy Statement" on service limitatiions in the
Little Maumelle River Valley Service Area. A copy of said
statement is attached hereto as Exhibit A and is hereby made a
part hereof. By this acceptance, the Board specifically affirms
its approval of the three controls set out on page two of the
statement.
SECTION 2 . The Board of Directors hereby directs the
Planning Staff to work with the Wastewater Utility Department
and interested land owners to prepare more detailed guidelines
for the Board and the Little Rock Planning Commission on the
appropriate density for development of the Service Area.
SECTION 3 . The Board hereby expresses its intent to
limit development in the Service Area to two units per acre
during the three month period required by the Planning Staff
and the Wastewater Utility Department to prepare the above-
described guidelines .
SECTION 4 . The Board of Directors hereby authorizes the
Planning Staff, for a period of three months while guidelines
are being prepared, to approve limited density transfers within
property held in one ownership on the condition that overall
density does not exceed two units per acre and on the condition
that the developer in each case cam provide adequate assurance
that the lower density portion of any singly held piece of
property will not subsequently be developed at a higher density.
SECTION 5 . The Board of Directors hereby authorizes the
City Manager to spend up to $3 , 000 . 00 , if necessary, for a
density guidelines study.
SECTION 6 . This Resolution shall be in full force and
effect from and after its adoption and approval.
ADOPTED: May 28 , 1980
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
City Clerk Mayor
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LITTLE ROCK SANITARY SEWER COMMITTEE
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i"' POLICY STATEMENT
11 SERVICE LIMITATIONS IN ThE LITTLE MAUMELLE RIVER VALLEY
I A part of the extreme northwest part of the city of Little Rock,
Arkansas lays in the valley of the Little Maumelle River. No
community wastewater treatment facilities exist in this valley ,
I although an attempt to provide such was made in 1976 . At that
• time , the Committee made public plans to construct a regional
wastewater treatment plant near the mouth of the Little Maumelle
Valley . The United States Environmental Protection Agency conducted
I` an Environmental Impact Statement on the proposed plant , and
_ determined that the existing pollution problems did not justify a
grant , therefore the plant was not bt.ilt as proposed.
I. The existing public sewers in the valley are intercepted by pumping
stations , and the wastewater pumped over the ridge into the sewage
collection system in the Fourche Creek Valley . This Fourche Creek
Isystem flows to the /` lams Field Wastewater Treatment Plant .
The existing pumping stations and force mains were constructed by
the Committee in 1979 at a cost of approximately $600 ,000 . 00 in
a L Wastewater Utility Funds when it became evident that the construction
of the proposed plant would be delayed. These pumping stations are
I considered interim facilities , to provide service until larger, more
IIpermanent pumping and/or treatment facilities for the valley can be
provided. The planning for the larger , more permanent facilities
has been underway since 1974, and some recommendations may be
available by the end of 1980 .
It should be recognized by the citizens of Little Rock City officials ,
and other interested parties , that the size , scope , cost , timing and
11 even feasibility of additional facilities in this Basin are unknown
at this time and impossible to predict . Wastewater Utility Financing
projections through 1985 do not contain any funds for Maumelle Valley ,
and without financing there will be no such facilities even if a
, project desired by the community and acceptable to area residents and
1 pollution control authorities is identified.
• The Wastewater Utility capital projects are financed exclusively
from user charges and United States Environmental Protection Agency
grants , and those resources are allocated to the maximum availability
to the planned Fourche Creek Plant and Lines project , and the planned
enlargement and modernization of the existing Adams Field Plant .
Current estimates of the costs of these two projects , to be completed
by 1985 , are in excess of Forty Million Dollars . The Committee remains
committed to providing permanent facilities in this area, as a priority
following the Fourche and Adams Field projects , subject to availability
of funds .
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It should also be recognized by the citizens of Little Rock, City
officials, and other interested parties , that the existing
pumping facilities in the Little Maumelle River Valley have a
limited capacity , which cannot be expanded due to equally limited
capacity in the receiving sewers in the Fourche Creek Valley
collection system. The capacity of these pumping facilities has
been estimated at between 6 , 600 persons and 11 , 000 persons , by
various independent analyses by the committee ' s several consultants
who have been involved in the design of the Facilities .
For these reasons , the Committee declares its policy to exercise
what controls are necessary and proper and in the general public
interest , to ensure that the capacity of the existing pumping
L stations is not exceeded before the properties they were constructed
to serve have had the opportunity to connect to the sewer. The
controls to be exercised are as follows :
1 . No approval for sewer service will be given for properties
outside the planned "gravity service" areas of these facilities .
The boundaries of these service areas are depicted on the map
' attached to this policy statement .
2 . The Committee hereby urges the Little Rock Planning Commission
and the Little Rock Board of Directors to consider the
population limits of these pumping facilities in their zoning
recommendations and decisions , with the goal of not exceeding
11 , 000 persons , or population equivalent in the service area
of these facilities . The Committee recognizes the need for a
land-use mixture , and does not insist on a uniform population
density throughout the service area, provided that the total
population does not exceed the maximum 11 , 000 person goal .
3. These controls will be effective until such time as a definite
plan for additional or replacement facilities for Sewer Service
in the Little Maumelle River Valley has been formulated, is
acceptable to the citizens of the city and the appropriate
State and Federal Pollution Control authorities , and a time
schedule and financing plan exists to have the additional or
replacement facilities in service before the existing facilities
are overloaded .
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Passed and Approved February 19 , 1980
607:00" Op Pr id"
Woos on I . Walker, Secretary
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