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Home My WebLink AboutLetter from applicant Spivey on the amendmnetEDWARD L. WRIGHT (1903-1977) ROBERT S. LINDSEY (1913-1991) ALSTON JENNINGS (1917-2004) JOHN G, LI LE GORDON S. RATHER, JR. ROGER A. GLASGOW ALSTON JENNINGS, 1R, JOHN R,TIS DALE JOHN WILLIAM SPIVEY 111 LEE J. MULDROW 14.M- NORTON CHARLES T,COLEMAN EDWIN L. LO WTHER, JR. GREGORY T. ]ONES BETTINA E. BROWNSTEIN WALTER McSPADDEN JOHN D. DAVIS JUDY SIMMONS HENRY KIMBERLY WOOD TUCKER RAY F COX, 1R. TROY A PRICE KATHRYN A. PRYOR J- MARK DAVIS CLAIRE SHOWS HANCOCK JERRY J. SALLINGS WILLIAM STUART JACKSON MICHAEL D. BARNES STEPHEN R- LANCASTER KYLE R. WILSON WRIGHT, LINDSEY & JENNINGS LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW 200 WEST CAPITOL AVENUE, SUITE 2300 LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72201-3699 (501) 371-0808 . FAX (501) 376-9442 Honorable Mark Stodola, Mayor Honorable Joan Adcock Honorable Brad Cazort Honorable Gene Fortson Honorable Erma Hendrix Honorable Stacy Hurst Honorable? Michael Keck Honorable Dr. Dean Kumpuris Honorable Ken Richardson Honorable Doris Wright Honorable B.J. (Brenda) Wyrick Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock City Hall 500 West Markham Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1400 903 NORTH 47TH STREET, SUITE 101 ROGERS, ARKANSAS 72756 (479) 986-0888 . FAX (479) 986-8932 www.wlj.com Writer's Direct Dial No. 501-212-1310 jspivey@wlj.com Reply to Little Rock Office May 19, 2009 C. TAD BOHANNON J CHARLES DOUGHERTY M. SEAN HATCH 1.ANDREW VINES MICHELLE M. KAEMMERLING SCOTT ANDREW IRBY PATRICK D. WILSON DAVID P. GLOVER REGINAA. YOUNG PAUL D. MORRIS DAVID E. JOHNSON P- DELANNA PADILLA EDWARD RIAL ARMSTRONG CALEY B. VO GARY D MARTS, JR, ERIC BERGER JOHNATHAN D-HORTON KATHRYN M. IRBY JEFFREY D. WOOD BRIAN J. Mc NAMARA CHESTER H. LAUCK, III JANE A, KIM ADRIENNE L, JUNG KRISTEN A. SLUYTER ERIN S. BROGDON OF COUNSEL RONALD A MAY ISAAC A. SCOTT, JR. BRUCE R. LINDSEY JUDY ROBINSON WILBER JAMES R. VAN DOVER ELGIN R. CLEMONS, JR. CHARLES S. BOHANNON Hand Deliver RE: Consideration of Ordinances authorizing Land Use Plan Amendments and Rezoning of Acreage abutting Rahling Road and Amendments to Master Street Plan for Construction of Beckenham and Wellington Plantation Drives Ladies and Gentlemen: On behalf of the Applicants, the Agar Shuffield Joint Venture and Deltic Timber Corporation, we appreciate the privilege and opportunity to present for your consideration three additional voluntary amendments which either further limit or restrict development within the property which is the subject of the ordinances before you tonight or impose upon the Applicants additional obligations for construction of major infrastructure improvements. These further agreements were reached within the past few days as a result of continuing discussions among members of the Board of Directors, residents in adjacent neighborhoods and the Applicants. We believe that these additional proposals add value to the overall plan and address concerns about traffic and density. We 817527-v1 WRIGHT, LINDSEY & JENNINGS LLP l May 19, 2009 1' Page 2 l respectfully ask the Board to consider further amendment of the land use anzoning o din ces follows: 1. The Applicants agree that development of the approximately 20 -acre 03 general office site (formerly designated as an M1718 Tract) will be limited to no more than 170,000 square feet. This change is consistent with assumptions employed by Peters & Associates in the development of the traffic study required by the City as a condition for consideration of the proposed land use amendments and rezonings. 2. In our letter to the Planning Commission dated January 28, 2009, a number of limitations upon development within the 03 general office zones were included. Among those was an agreement by the Applicants that the maximum size of any office building would be limited to a footprint of 20,000 square feet per floor and a height of no more than three stories for a total area of 60,000 square feet in any one office building. After further discussions, the Applicants have agreed to modify this limitation and further limit the height of any single office building to no more than two stories with a footprint of no more than 20,000 square feet per story for a maximum of 40,000 square feet per single office building. In addition, and response to concerns about traffic on the proposed Beckenham Drive and Wellington Plantation Drive, the Applicants have agreed to construct, subject to approval by the City's Public Works Department, traffic circles at the intersections of Beckenham Drive and Wellington Plantation Drive and at or near the current northern terminus of Plantation Drive before it enters the Subject Property. Construction and development of these traffic calming devices would be in addition to the commitments previously made by the Applicants in connection with the approval of the amendments to the Master Street Plan by the Planning Commission on October 2, 2008 and on April 2, 2009. The Applicants request that the ordinance which amends the existing Master Street Plan be further amended to reflect these commitments. If you have any questions concerning any of these proposals, we will be present and pleased to explain them in greater detail on Tuesday evening, Cordially, WRIGHT, LINDSEY & JENNINGS LLP 1: LOA n William Spivey I Attorneys for the District JWS: jlh sys27-vi