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Malone, Walter
From: Loe, Ronny
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 9:11 AM
To: Malone, Walter
Cc: Hulsey, Sue
Subject: FW: Deltic
From: Hood, Mike
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 1:48 PM
To: Day, Bryan; Beck, Steve; Loe, Ronny; Bozynski, Tony; Henry, Bill
Subject: FW: Deltic
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Here is a letter that Bill Spivey wants the Mayor to sign for Deltic. I was at a meeting when this was discussed,
and we agreed in principle to not enforce the requirement to widen Rahling until Whisenhunt completed their
street improvements. There are two other things in the letter that were not discussed at the meeting I attended.
Our first discussion did not include the widening of the north slope of Chenal, presumably because it was not
included in the traffic study area.
The other thing is how to interpret the deferral ordinance. Mr. Spivey mentions that widening Rahling is not
required until a second collector connection is constructed at Beckingham or Plantation. I read the ordinance to
say that now that three years elapsed and the Pebble Beach connection has been made, widening of Rahling
would be required at 12,000 vpd.
From: Bill Spivey [mailto:jspivey@wlj.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 6:00 PM
To: Hood, Mike
Cc: Stodola, Mark
Subject: FW: Deltic
Mike:
I found the revised draft of the letter I sent you earlier for consideration by the Mayor in connection with the
Rahling Road and Chenal Parkway improvements. Due to the passage of time, the development of additional
information and rethinking some of my syntax, I've revised the letter and enclosed herewith for your
consideration. I've left the Ordinance number blank because I'm here by myself and couldn't find my file without
my assistant's help!! Please look this over and let me know if we can obtain a final approved copy of this letter
next week. This has become a very important matter to Deltic.
Sincerely,
HE
6/26/2008
I= W: Deltic
From: Jamie Hutchins
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 5:03 PM
To: Bill Spivey
Subject: Deltic
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Mr. Ray C. Dillon, President
Deltic Timber Corporation
210 E. Elm
El Dorado, Arkansas 71731-7200
Dear Mr. Dillon
This letter is written to respond to the concerns expressed by Deltic Timber Corporation to the
City regarding boundary street construction obligations of Whisenhunt Investments
("Whisenhunt") and Deltic Timber Corporation ("Deltic"). As you know, Whisenhunt is in
the process of constructing new streets and boundary street improvements associated with the
Shackleford Farms Planned Commercial Development. Over the coming months, a network of
arterial and collector streets will be constructed to serve the Fellowship Bible Church site that
includes Kirk Road (from Chenal parkway on the South to Rahling Road on the North) and,
Wellington Hills Road (from the current terminus of Wellington Hills Road to the junction with
Systems Drive. For the property located along Chenal Parkway and Kanis Road, Whisenhunt
has agreed to construct improvements to Chenal Parkway, Kanis Road west, and the
intersections of Chenal Parkway with Kirk Road and Chenal Parkway with Kanis Road.
Pursuant to Ordinance Number _, Deltic has a present right to widen and improve Rahling
Road to an arterial street standard when traffic counts on Rahling Road reach a weekday
average of 12,000 vehicles per day and the City connects or approves connection of a second
collector street at either Beckenham or Plantation Drive. Deltic has also agreed to construct
additional lanes of the traffic on Chenal Parkway north of St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
when the traffic counts on Chenal Parkway reach a weekday average of 12,000 vehicles per
day. With the opening of Fellowship Bible Church on the Shackleford property and the
Promenade Shopping Center in the next few months, traffic counts on Chenal Parkway and
Rahling Road may exceed the 12,000 vehicle threshold. Based on the current schedule
provided by Whisenhunt, the improvements Whisenhunt has agreed to construct will not be
completed until the summer of 2008 or after. Until all of the Whisenhunt street construction is
complete, there will be temporary road and lane closures throughout the project area. This
may cause additional, temporary increases in traffic counts on Chenal Parkway and Rahling
Road that may not accurately reflect the average daily traffic volumes once all street
construction is complete. Therefore, the City agrees with your position that it would not be
fair or accurate to use traffic count data taken before all of the Whisenhunt street
improvements are in place as a basis to request that Deltic commence construction of additional
street improvements on Chenal Parkway or Rahling Road. Accordingly, the City agrees not to
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request that Deltic undertake construction of any additional improvements on Chenal Parkway
or Rahling Road until the Whisenhunt street improvements have been constructed and
completed as originally contemplated and traffic flows in the overall area have been
normalized.
Sincerely,
Mark Stodola, Mayor
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4 ORDINANCE No. 17,183
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AN ORDINANCE TO SUPPLEMI�MT AND CLARIFY THE
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MASTER STREET PLAN; TO PROVIDE FOR THE
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ORDERLY IMPLEMMiTATION OF CERTAIN PORTIONS OF
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THE FASTER STREET PLAN THROUGH THE DEFERRAL OF
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CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS; TO PERMIT THE CHENAL
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VALLEY MUNICIPAL PROPERTY OWNERS MULTI-PURPOSE
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IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 4 OF THE CITY OF
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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, OR THE PETITIONERS FOR
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THIS DISTRICT, OR BOTH, TO IMPLEMENT THIS
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PLAN; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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17 WHEREAS,' the City has been petitioned by certain property
1s owners to create a municipal property owners multi-purpose
19 improvement district in the Chenal Valley area; and
20 wranIFAS, after several discussions it has been determined
21 that certain modifications or supplementations to the Master
22 Street Plan, set forth in Little Rock, Ark., Ordinance No.
23 15,519 (August 2, 1988), as amended, should be made to further
24 clarify the provisions thereof.
25 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
26 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
27 SECTION 1. The following amendments to the Master Street
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Plan concerning the West Loop, sometimes colloquially referred
29 to as the outer Loop, are made to supplement and clarify the
30 requirements of the Plan as it relates to the following:
31 a. The Chenal valley Municipal Property owners
32 Multi -Purpose Improvement District No. 4 of
33 the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, or the'
34 petitioners for said district, or both, shall
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Master Street Plan, from Chenal
Parkway in an easterly and northerly
direction to the Taylor Loop/Hinson
Road connector, consisting of two
lanes and a turn lane;
Improve the West Loop to arterial
standards at such time as the
traffic count on the road reaches
12,000 vehicles•per day, provided,
however, that there shall be no
obligation to improve the West'Loop
to arterial standards unless the
connections referred to in
subparagraph (iii) below shall have
been constructed;
Connect Pebble Beach Road to the
West Loop at any time if one other
collector to the West Loop is
connected, provided that if no other
collector is connected to the West
Loop at the end -of three years from
the date of this ordinance, then
Pebble Beach shall be connected at
that time.
SECTION 2. All developers of property along the West Loop,
as shown on the Master Street Plan, shall post signs at the end
of collector streets which explain that these streets, or street
stubs, shall be extended at some point in the future.
SECTION 3. The City shall post signs on present collector
streets that show these streets will will continue to be shown
on the Master Street Plan as collector streets.
SECTION 4. The City shall assure that along the West Loop,
as shown on the Master Street Plan, engineering techniques that
serve as traffic calming devices shall be maintained.
SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY. In the event any section,
subsection, subdivision, paragraph, subparagraph, item,
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sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared
to adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration
or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of this
ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if the
portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was
not originally a part of this ordinance.
SECTION 6. REPEALER: This ordinance shall repeal all other
ordinances or resolutions that govern the topic of this
ordinance to the extent of any inconsistency.
PASSED: May 7, 1996
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CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORK:
THOMAS N."
CITY ATTORNEY