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City of Little Rock
Department of Planning and Development Planning
723 West Markham Street Zoning and
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 -1334 g
Phone: (501) 371 -4790 Fax: (501) 399 -3435 or 371 -6863 Subdivision
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TO: All Parties
Planning and Development
Distribution List
FROM: W'— Walter Malone, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Potlatch Deltic Annexation
DATE: May 22, 2018
Attached is a copy of a sketch illustrating the area requesting annexation to the City of Little
Rock. The area requesting annexation is sonic 180 acres plus or minus in size along the north
side of Kanis Road (between Kanis and Denny Roads), west of Iron Horse Road. (The area is
generally in the 19600 through 21200 blocks of Kanis Road.) The area is currently zoned R -2
Single Family and wooded undeveloped land. If there are no issues or concerns with this
proposal, please check
If there are issues or concerns with this proposal, please comment below.
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Name and Department:
Your comments in this memorandum should be returned to me by June 6, 2018.
*YOU MAY FAX YOUR COMMENTS TO: 399 -3435.
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District 23
2810 Whispering Pines Road
Uttle Rock, Arkansas 72210
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TO: City of Little Rock Planning and Development
FROM: Ronnie Wheeler, Chief
Date: 6/4/18
RE: Potlatch Deltic Annexation Request — Kanis Road
The West Pulaski Fire Protection District #23 (WPFPD23) Board of Commissioners
and Chief are opposed to having City of Little Rock boundaries leap frogging into
our service area. The area on Kanis Road proposed for annexation is a wooded,
rural setting with altering elevation changes in the terrain more suited to
protection by our department, If this area is to be developed, our department
can provide fire /ems /rescue response to it and not adversely affect our ISO
rating. We will not need to build a fire station to maintain our ISO rating for
response and service since we have multiple fire stations to respond to the area in
an appropriate response time. Also, less confusion will exist for 911 dispatch
centers and operators when determining the correct fire and law enforcement
agency to be sent to the area. Having boundaries bounce between the County
and City creates delays in emergency response and many times when an EMS call
via cell phone in the County goes to Little Rock Dispatch, they send it to MEMS
but not the County for Fire Rescue to respond. I have seen this happen numerous
times in life threatening situations.
Annexation is a prelude to the development of a subdivision (as shown on Denny
Rd.) and will lead to more demand on our services with no increase in revenues to
offset those costs. WPFPD23 relies on dues collected from residences and
commercial structures as we cannot collect sales taxes and do not receive a large
share of Act 833 funds in Pulaski Co. as does Little Rock FD.
Again, proposed area of Kanis Road for annexation is not in the best interest of
the residents, public who travel to the camps and conference center in Ferndale
nor those providing emergency services to that area.