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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCBC 03-03-2005LITTLE ROCK CITY BEAUTIFUL CoMMISS(0i4 The City Beautiful Commission held its regular meeting Thursday, March the 3rd 2005, at 11:30 a.m. in the Sister Cities Conference Room on the second floor of City Hall. Chair Tim Heiple called the meeting to order. MEMBERS PRESENT: Tim Heiple Troy Laha Ann Ivey Karol Zoeller John Beneke Cita Cobb Jan Hicks Lynn Warren Jan Baker ALSO PRESENT: Bob Brown, Plans Development Administrator, Department of Planning & Development, City of Little Rock Christy Marvel, Landscape Specialist, Department of Planning & Development, City of Little Rock Mike Hood, Design Review Engineer, Public Works Department, City of Little Rock Vince Floriani, Environmental Compliance Engineer, Public Works Department, City of Little Rock Jack Singleton, Program Services, Keep Arkansas Beautiful Dottie Funk, former CBC member Stacey Croom, law student observing OPEN PUBLIC MEETING: Mike Hood began the meeting with a PowerPoint presentation and accompanying handouts to The CBC regarding the proposed revisions to the cities Land Alteration Ordinance. The public Works department has taken recommendations and will be presenting the proposed changes to the board of directors. Below are some of the issues presented thus far: • Define terms such as "restore to the maximum extent practicable" and "imminent construction: • Existing appeal process delays resolution by 90 days; • Appeal process is cumbersome; ■ Administrative appeal process must be exhausted prior to appearing in Environmental Court; • Better define the role of the planning commission, what do they rule on; • Re-evaluate remedial or corrective action; • Improve understanding and readability; City Beautiful Commission ♦ 723 West Markham ♦ Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 ♦ (501) 371-4864 Planning Commission had the following recommendations to add: Forestry management plans should be. prepared by a registered forester and approved by staff including zoning, public works, and urban forester; • Variances can only be considered for approval prior to issuance of a notice of violation; • Filling activities that involves some clearing should be reviewed and permitted by staff on single lots or single tracts of lands without imminent construction with terms and conditions such as required buffers, erosion controls, establish vegetation, replant trees; Also noted by staff was the increase in the grading permit fees as follows: ■ Grading permit fees are based on the amount of proposed disturbed area of each construction project; • Current fees are $100.00 per acre of disturbed area up to a maximum of $550.00; • Proposed fees are $120 per acre of disturbed area up to a maximum of $660. Dottie Funk, concerned citizen, mentioned the hard work put forth from the task force previously. Also, she felt that all interested parties had not been advised of the intent to make changes. Public works noted that it was discussed at a public meeting and the revisions proposed are minimal. Staff feels like the ordinance is working and merely needs some minor adjustments and clarifications. The CBC discussed the proposed changes briefly and decided to vote at next months regularly scheduled CBC meeting. The CBC will get the motion/discussion to the public works department prior to their presentation in April. CLOSE PUBLIC MEETING: APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: Motion: Troy Laha moved to approve the minutes from the February 3' , meeting as submitted. Second: Karol Zoeller seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. TREASURER'S REPORT: Ann Ivey reported the following: Little Rock City Beautiful Commission Treasurer's Report 03-03-05 Beginning Balance as of February 3, 2005 $2 7� 2 Credits Interest on Account .52 Total credits $.52 $2,723.72 Debits None $ 0.00 Total debits $ 0.00 $2,723.72 Ending Balance as of March 3, 2005 L� $2,723.72 OLD BUSINESS: NEW BUSINESS: The CBC would like to welcome the newest CBC member to the group, Jan Hicks. Jan Hicks spoke with David Hathcock and 84 blocks have been adopted since January of 2005. Motion: Lynn Warren made a motion to buy 6 pinchers to help with the litter clean up on Bowman Road. Second: Motion withdrawn: Stacy Croom, with the UALR law school, noted that each law student must annually volunteer for a non-profit organization to graduate. Perhaps, the law school could help out in some of the CBC programs. For further information, contact the assistant dean of the law school. Jack Singleton -Keep Arkansas Beautiful Support recommended for an up coming bill, the Clean Water Act. Also, CBC might want to consider having someone from the water department or storm water management on the task force for Keep Arkansas Beautiful. Jack handed out the important dates and target deadlines for the progress of the task force and its missions. Lynn Warren -Spring Landscape Awards Lynn brought examples of each of the award(s) and the prices for each. Her recommendations were presented and it was decided to do an email vote on the recipients recommended, the types, and the number to be given. Motion: Karol Zoeller made a motion to give the various awards and certificates to the chosen award winners at the mid -May board meeting. Second: Lynn Warren seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Also noted: there is an open water stop at this Sunday's race. ADJOURNMENT: 1:20 LITTLE ROCK CITY BEAUTIFUL C0MMISSIoN MEETING NOTICE The City Beautiful Commission will hold its regular meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, March the 3rd, in the Sister Cities Conference Room on the second floor of City Hall. AGENDA Call to Order: Tim Heiple, Chair Roll Call: Approval of the Minutes: February 3rd, 2005 Open Public Meeting: Proposed Land Alteration Ordinance changes City of Little Rock, Public Works Department Mike Hood and Vince Florian Close Public Meeting: Treasurer's Report: Ann Ivey Old Business: • KArB task force update New Business: Adjournment: City Beautiful Commission ♦ 723 West Markham ♦ Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 ♦ (501) 371-4864