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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCBC 04-05-2007 (2)LITTLE• ROCK CITYBFAtJTIFUL Cam MISSION MEETING NOTICE APRIL 2007 THE CITY BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION WILL HOLD ITS REGULAR MEETING AT 1 1 :30 A.M. ON THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2007, IN THE SISTER CITIES CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF CITY HALL. AGENDA CALL TO ORDER: LYNN ROLL CALL: CHRISTY OPEN PUBLIC HEARING: ITEM NO. 1 -- C.B.C. 603 ST. VINCENTS INFIRMARY MEDICAL CENTER • PRESENTATION BY CITY STAFF • APPLICANTS COMMENTS • COMMENTS FROM OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES • CALL FOR A MOTION CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: MARCH 1 , 2007 APPROVAL OF THE RETREAT MINUTES: FEBRUARY 25, 2007 HANDOUT: MISSION/GOAL/DUTIES/SLOGAN SHEET TREASURER'S REPORT: COMMITTEE REPORTS: REVIEW HANDOUT: 2007 ACTION PLAN • PR — WEBSITE UPDATE • KLRB • GARDEN SHOW BOOTH • LANDSCAPE AWARDS • LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE • EYE OF THE BEHOLDER • ADOPT -A -STREET COORDINATOR • FUTURE PROJECTS • 1-630 TREES • CITY HALL GARDENS OLD BUSINESS: • BY-LAWS — DISCUSSION • BADGES FOR NEW MEMBERS • LOGO SHIRTS ANN TASK/PERSON/DEADLINES/BUDGET LYNN JESSICA ANN/2008 COORDINATOR? STEVE/JOHN JOHN ANN/DEBRA ANN/NEW COORDINATOR? J ESSICA/CHRISTY LYNN/JAN LYNN/CHRISTY EXTENDED REVIEW PERIOD: UNTIL MARCH 31 ST NEW BUSINESS: LYNN/CHRISTY • PRINTING VS. COLOR PRINTER (BROKEN) ♦ RECOMMEND SEND COLOR ITEMS TO PRINTER • LAKE MAUMELLE WATERSHED DEVELOPMENTS • EARTH DAY AT CLINTON LIBRARY : /WWN .ARKANSASEA THDAY.O • KLRB CLEANUP ON THE RIVER, 4-6 PM, $50 DONATION TO FESTIVAL? • INFORMATION ON UPCOMING LANDSCAPE VARIANCE REQUESTS BY CITY STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS: LYNN EARTH DAY KLRB CLEAN UP —APRIL 21 sr4-6PM ♦ LR PARKS CLEANUP —APRIL 28TH 8AM-1 2PM NEXT MEETING — THURSDAY, MAY 3RD ♦ LITTER PICKUP — SATURDAY, MAY 5TH ADJOURNMENT CITY BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION ♦ 723 WEST MARKHAM ♦ LITTLE ROCK, AR 72201 ♦ (501) 371-4864 April 5, 2007 ITEM NO. 1- C.B.C. 603 - NEW MATTERS Applicant: Address: Description: St. Vincent's Infirmary Medical Center, Owner Agent, Bill Gray Architect with Taggart-Foster- Currence-Gray Architects, Inc. Agent, Landscape Inc., Cinde Drilling, ASLA 2 St. Vincent's Circle New Addition to main campus at St. Vincent's Hospital ORDINANCE RE UTREMENTS: 1. Section 15-96. (a) requires a perimeter planting strip, which abuts any street to be at least nine (9) feet wide. In the designated mature area of the City, that may be reduced to 6.75 feet.. 2. This site is located within the designated mature area of the city; however, this site is not meeting the minimum city requirements even with the reductions allowed by ordinance. VARIANCE REQUESTED: 1. A reduction in the minimum city landscape perimeter strip of more than 6.75 feet. 2. A reduction in the minimum city landscape ordinance requirements exceeding amount allowed at staff level. FINDINGS: The scope of the project consists of a four story, 73,000 square foot addition attached to the southeast corner of the existing St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center. The main purpose of the project is to construct a new state of the art Emergency Department on the ground level that will better serve the community by providing high quality emergency services with less wait time. The other purpose of the addition is to expand the Critical Care Cardiovascular Care Departments on the second level to better serve these types patients. The first level of the new addition will be shell space for future expansion. The materials of the new expansion will consist of brick, precast concrete, and glass curtainwall. The proposal includes a new drive off South University Avenue which will provide a more direct travel and visual connection to the Emergency Department for those patients traveling from the south. The new drive will be a one way drive which can only be accessed by motorists traveling north on University Avenue onto the hospital campus. This site was granted a variance to allow an increased building height to 60-feet and a setback variance along the northwestern portion of the building at the January 18th, 2007 Planning Commission Hearing.. The site plan indicates the building approximately 19-feet from the right of way of South University Avenue. The site plan also indicates the placement of the service drive within the right of way of South University Avenue. The applicant is requesting a franchise agreement to allow the drive to remain as proposed. A portion of the landscape strip along South University Avenue falls below the street buffer requirement and the landscape strip as required by the buffer and landscape ordinances. A variance to allow the reduced street buffer was also approved. The area next to University Avenue varies in width; however, drops to zero in some locations due to the construction of a retaining wall. Due to the grade of the property and the proposed driveway location, staff recommends approval of the submitted variance request. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval. �O6 0 C O � � o Q i 4 j 6 EXISTING HOSPITAL � 0 O PROPOSED ADDITION 0 ST. VINCENT CIR. Z-3001-E 4) ST. VINCENT INFIRMARY ZONING SITE PLAN REVIEW U MEDICAL CENTER LITTLE ROCK CITY BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION The City Beautiful Commission held its regular meeting Thursday, April 5th, 2007, at 11:30 a.m. in the Sister Cities Conference Room on the second floor of City Hall. Chair Lynn Warren called the meeting to order. MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: ALSO PRESENT: Lynn Warren John Beneke Steve Homeyer Debra Redding Jan Hicks Ann Ivey Mary Jane Rebick Jessica Watts James Vandenberg Christy Marvel, Plans Development Administrator, Department of Planning & Development, City of Little Rock Cindi Drilling, Landscape Architecture Incorporated, Landscape Architect for the project Bill Gray, Taggart Foster Currence Gray, Architect for the project James Grissom, St. Vincent's facilitator director Phil Wendling, project manager, Hammes Company OPENING OF PUBLIC HEARING: CBC Case 603 # 2 St. Vincent's Circle Staff began the presentation with the following information: The scope of the project consists of a four story, 73,000 square foot addition attached to the southeast corner of the existing St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center. The main purpose of the project is to construct a new state of the art Emergency Department on the ground level that will better serve the community by providing high quality emergency services with less wait time. The other purpose of the addition is to expand the Critical Care Cardiovascular Care Departments on the second level to better serve these types patients. The first level of the new addition will be shell space for future expansion. The materials of the new expansion will consist of brick, precast concrete, and glass curtain wall. The proposal includes a new drive off South University Avenue which will provide a more direct travel and visual connection to the Emergency Department for those patients traveling from the south. The new drive will be a one way drive which can only be accessed by motorists traveling north on University Avenue onto the hospital campus. This site was granted a variance to allow an increased building height to 60-feet and a setback variance along the northwestern portion of the building at the January 18th, 2007 Planning Commission Hearing.. The site plan indicates the building approximately 19-feet from the right of way of South University Avenue. The site plan also indicates the placement of the service drive within the right of way of South University Avenue. The applicant is requesting a franchise agreement to allow the drive to remain as proposed. A portion of the landscape strip along South University Avenue falls below the street buffer requirement and the landscape strip as required by the buffer and landscape ordinances. A variance to allow the reduced street buffer was also approved. The area next to University Avenue varies in width; however, drops to zero in some locations due to the construction of a retaining wall. Due to the grade of the property and the proposed driveway location, staff recommends approval of the submitted variance request. Chair Warren inquired about the street widening and the amount of green space that was going to leave along the street area. The applicant responded by stating that it varied but with the addition of the retaining walls visually and landscaping it would not be very obvious with the amount of grade change in that area. Commissioner Beneke inquired why is wasn't possible to meet the minimum requirement. The applicant stated that it was a combination of the existing building location, the grade of the site, and the fact that the City of Little Rock was adding another traffic lane in that area. City Staff noted that currently the access to the emergency room wasn't optimal. With the addition of this new driveway, response times for emergency vehicles was increased thus the general health and public welfare too increased. Commissioner Vandenberg inquired about the retaining wall materials proposed. The applicant stated that the wall material will match the city's existing material, keystone block. Motion: Commissioner Vandenberg made a motion to approve the variance request. Second: Commissioner Homeyer seconded the motion and it passed per the following: 6 ayes 1 abstain; (Commissioner Beneke) 2 absent Motion passed APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: Motion: Commissioner Watts made a motion to approve the minutes with minor changes as submitted. Second: Commissioner Vandenberg seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. TREASURER'S REPORT: City staff noted the following per Ann Ivey: Little Rock City Beautiful Commission Treasurer's Report 03-01-2007 Beginning Balance as of February 1, 2007 $I,689•99 Credits Interest on Account .28 Total credits $0.28 $1,,690.27 Debits Community Bakery -lunch at retreat $ 140.22 Oxford Graphics -lettering on oran e vests 57.30 Total debits $ 197.52 $1,492.75 OLD BUSINESS: Chair Warren noted the retreat minutes were sent out and asked for changes. Motion: Commissioner Watts made a motion to approve the minutes from the retreat as submitted. Second: Commissioner Homeyer seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Chair Warren discussed the design and production of the CBC business cards. Chair Warren presented the treasurer report for Ann Ivey. Chair Warren discussed the CBC website and will discuss a media event to unveil the site with Scott Carter. NEW BUSINESS: Information was given regarding the upcoming "Art Walk". The Art Walk will begin on April the 7th at 10:00 a.m. beginning at the Cox building and ending at Mac Arthur Park. It is a total of 9 blocks and sponsored by Sharon Priest's Mac Arthur Park project and KLRB. Chair Warren noted the Arkansas Earth Day was soon approaching and discussed the possibility of the CBC being a sponsor at the $50.00 level. The sponsorship level that would include the CBC logo on the t-shirt is $2,500.00 . The CBC decided not to consider sponsorship but would participate in the riverfront cleanup at KLRB from 4:00 to 6:00. Commissioner Redding discussed the Eye of the Beholder Awards. Chair Warren inquired about the use/logistics of the delivery and printing. Staff noted ideally it would be optimal if each commissioner had certificates already signed by the mayor in their possession upon approaching a residential home owner. Options were discussed and Commissioner Redding will discuss options with Commissioner Ivey and report back to the Commission. Commissioner Rebick agreed to print the base EOB certificate and those blank certificates could be signed by the mayor and later the names and addresses can be added. Chair Warren discussed changes to the bylaws and intends to meet with both Dana Carney and Tony Bozynski prior to submission to the city attorneys office for final review. Commissioner Watts and Chair Warren discussed and updated the commission on the Lake Maumelle water issue. For more information contact Commissioner Watts. Commissioner Beneke noted that he felt the staff report generated didn't give enough information for him to make a good decision. Staff noted his thoughts and stated the city currently is very understaffed. NEW BUSINESS: Motion: Commissioner Vandenberg made a motion to adjourn. Second: Commissioner Beneke seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Adjournment: 1:15 p.m.