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Board of Directors Room
City Hall - 500 W. Markham
Little Rock, Arkansas
May 16, 1995 - 6:10 P.M.
The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas,
met in regular session with Mayor Jim Dailey presiding. City
Clerk Robbie Hancock called the roll with the following Directors
present: Directors Sharp, Mason, Kumpuris, Adcock, Hinton,
Hodges, Keck, Joyce and Wyrick - total 9; Absent - Director
Wilson - total 1.
Mayor Dailey announced that a quorum was present and
declared the Board of Directors in session.
The Invocation was given by Mayor Dailey, followed by the
Pledge of Allegiance.
Mayor Dailey welcomed boy scouts from Troop #219 Highland
Park and Troop #580 Booker Homes.
Directors Joyce and Mason presented Certificates of
Appreciation to 22 students from various schools in the City of
Little Rock in honor of National Youth Services Day sponsored by
Prudential Base Securities.
(Director Wilson enrolled at 6:15 o'clock P.M.)
Mayor Dailey presented Certificates of Appreciation to
members of the Street Lighting Committee.
At the request of Vice Mayor Adcock, a 4 minute video of the
improvements to Geyer Springs Community Ballpark was shown.
Following the video, a Certificate of Appreciation was presented
to Mr. Dick Oakley (Shilling Motors) for his leadership in the
ballpark improvements.
Mayor Dailey read a proclamation which proclaimed May 21 -27,
1995 as National Public Works Week.
Consideration was then given to the Consent Agenda which
consisted of the following:
(1) Approval of the Minutes of the Board of Directors
regular meetings held April 4, 1995, and April 18, 1995.
(2) The Comparative Statement of Income Account of the
Little Rock Municipal Water Works for the month of March, 1995.
(3) Resolution No. 9,388, entitled:
A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING FUNDS AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO ACCEPT BIDS AND AWARD A CONTRACT FOR CURB, GUTTER AND
GRAVEL SUB -BASE FOR REMMEL PARK, A 1995 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BOND
PROJECT. ($38,233.50)
(4) Resolution No. 9,389, described as:
A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE 1988 CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT BOND FUND FOR THE INSTALLATION OF HANDICAP PLAYGROUND
SURFACE, ADDITIONAL PARKING, LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, LIGHTING AND
TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS AT ALLSOPP PARK. ($65,000)
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directly involved in a situation that resulted in a 13 year old,
a 4 year old, and a 6 months old being sprayed with pepper spray.
Two weeks ago the same officer was involved in a shooting of
another African - American male almost mimicking the first. Also
about a month ago a 70 year old African - American male in the East
End Community was sprayed with pepper spray for asking the wrong
question. Mr. Daugherty concluded by asking for a civilian
review board to handle these problems.
The next speaker was Mr. Paul Kimbrough, who spoke on a
variety of issues in Granite Mountain but did not make a specific
request (Josephine Booker Homes, Granite Heights Subdivision,
Gillam Park, airplane noise, railroad noise).
(Vice Mayor Adcock re- enrolled at 10:15 o'clock P.M.)
Mr. Robert "Say" McIntosh urged the City to clean up and cut
grass around the alert center at 11th and Park as well as all the
other alert centers.
Director Joyce moved that all documents related to the
surplus funds, including the Baum Center priority lists, be made
part of the official record of May 16, 1995. The motion was
seconded by Director Hodges and unanimously adopted by the Board
Members present, being 11 in number. Therefore, all the reports
and priority lists, etc. were to be filed with City Clerk Robbie
Hancock. (See Ordinance No. 16,894 above - pages 7 and 8.)
The next speaker under Citizen Communications was Mr.
Herbert Davis, 1708 Tulane Street, who stated he was the person
shot in back by the police officer as mentioned by Mr. Daugherty
and asked why the officer was kept on the Police force. He
strongly urged the Board to institute the Citizen Review Board.
Mrs. Estelle Watson reported vacant lots that need to be cut
and an abandoned house that needs to be torn down in the East End
community. Mayor Dailey asked Mrs. Watson to turn in a list to
City Manager Charles Nickerson. Also Mrs. Watson said she did
not understand Zoning Case Z- 5205 -A to rezone 1619 East Third
Street. Mayor Dailey advised her to talk to staff after the
meeting.
Mrs. Kim Hogan, 13316 Frazier Pike, and Mrs. Barbara
Hartsell, 6200 Thiboult Road (Community Action Group Against
Sludge) updated the Board of Directors on their activities
regarding the sludge application by Little Rock Wastewater
Utility. They presented the following documents for the Board
Members to review: Library of Congress report regarding sludge
as fertilizer; a letter from the Wastewater Utility files
regarding cemeteries in the area - unmarked cemeteries are not on
a topographical map; petitions signed by employees of businesses
in the Fourche Creek /Port Area who have suffered from the smell
of the wastewater treatment plant; a letter from the Department
of Pollution Control and Ecology (Randall Mathis and Bruce
Kirkpatrick) stating the Department's decision to require those
applying for land application permits to show title of the land
or ownership agreement. They appealed to the Board of Directors
to not let Wastewater Utility take ownership of the land.
The last speaker was Mrs. Kathy Wells, President of the
Coalition of Little Rock Neighborhoods, who pledged support for
the City of Little Rock in the lawsuit regarding the rental
inspection program.
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There being no further business to be presented, the Board
of Directors recessed at 10:30 P.M. to reconvene on Tuesday, May
23, 1995, at 4:00 P.M. to consider the agreement with IN
Affordable Housing, the contract with Waste Management, Inc. and
the Landfill engineering design contract.
ATTEST:
City Clerk Robbie Hancock
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(5) Resolution No. 9,390, with the title being:
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT
BIDS AND AWARD A CONTRACT FOR ROOF REPAIRS FOR OTTENHEIMER
RECREATION CENTER. (Nathaniel Saine Construction, Inc. -
$23,800.)
(6) Resolution No. 91391, entitled:
A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING FUNDS AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO ACCEPT BIDS AND AWARD A CONTRACT FOR INSTALLATION OF
TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT GREEN MOUNTAIN AND RAINWOOD, JOHN BARROW AND
TANYA, AND RODNEY PARHAM AND PLEASANT VALLEY. (L.E.G. Enterprise
- not to exceed $239,066.35.)
(7) Resolution No. 9,392, described as:
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE
FUNDS FROM THE 1995 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BOND FUND FOR THE
RENOVATION OF TWO FIRE STATIONS. ($900,000 each for Stations #2
and #11.)
Upon a motion by Director Sharp, seconded by Director Keck, which
was unanimously adopted, the Consent Agenda was dispensed with as
follows: (1) The Minutes of the Board of Directors regular
meetings held April 4, 1995, and April 18, 1995, were approved as
written and distributed to the Board of Directors; (2) the
Comparative Statement of Income Account of the Little Rock
Municipal Water Works for the month of March, 1995 was received
and filed; and (3, 4, 5, 6, and 7) Resolutions No. 9,388, 9,389,
9,3900 9,391, and 9,392 were unanimously adopted.
A public hearing had been scheduled for this time and place
by a motion adopted May 2, 1995, on the appeal of the Planning
Commission's denial of the application to rezone property at
Frazier Pike and Pratt Remmel Road (Z -5977) from 11R -2" Single -
family District to 11I -2" Light Industrial District, filed by
Wingfield Martin, for expansion of American Freightways, Inc.
Mayor Dailey declared the public hearing open. Speaking in
support of the rezoning was Mr. Rolly Remmel, who urged the Board
of Directors to approve the rezoning in order to get industry and
jobs for Little Rock. Mr. Wingfield Martin also spoke in support
of the rezoning, stating that the notice of public hearing was
mailed on April 27, 1995 and again on May 4, 1995 to all property
owners within 200 feet. The problems with noise, lighting and
screening were addressed at the Planning Commission meeting. He
concluded by urging the Board of Directors to approve the
rezoning. Mr. Jessie Doyne, Jr., College Station Community
Development Corporation, read a letter dated May 11, 1995 that he
wrote to Mr. Sheridan Garrison, President of American
Freightways, stating support of the rezoning if there was a
written agreement to the following conditions: (1) a 50 ft. open
space strip requirement on the west and south boundaries of
westernmost Tracts 1 & 2; (2) a site plan review on south 300 ft.
of Tract 3; (3) all new and existing lighting be turned inward
toward the complex and directed away from residential areas; (4)
all new and existing noise volumes be decreased or eliminated by
deleting external intercom and utilizing internal intercom
system; (5) improve Pratt Remmel Road to Frazier Pike; (6)
prohibit curb cut on Tract 3 and provide landscape barrier on
south property line; and (7) allow community input on designing
and positioning of new buildings on 30 acre Tract 1 to avoid
additional noise and light pollution problems. Mr. Austin
Porter, Jr., College Station CDC, expressed some concern, stating
they have not received a commitment from American Freightways.
He asked how many jobs are going to African Americans and how
many are going to people in the College Station community? He
said he was not against the zoning, based on American Freightways
agreeing to the items set forth in Mr. Doyne's letter. Mrs.
Helena Flowers spoke in opposition to the rezoning, stating she
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was the nearest residence to the monstrous building. She also
wanted something in writing from American Freightways regarding
the items listed in Mr. Doyne's letter. Mr. Martin stated that
Mr. Garrison stood before the Planning Commission and agreed to
Items 1 - 6, but that Item 7 had not been addressed. Mr. Martin
also stated that Mr. Garrison is going to solve the problem of
noise and lights. City Attorney Tom Carpenter reminded Board
Members that if the Board of Directors desires the conditions to
run with the land, then the conditions must be part of the
Ordinance. He also pointed out that Items 1 -6 have been agreed
to, but the hangup seems to be Item #7. However, that issue is
basically accomplished by Item #2 in the site plan review. Vice
Mayor Adcock suggested that the residents go to the Conference
Room and try to reach an agreement with American Freightways via
Mr. Wingfield Martin and others. Mayor Dailey then declared the
public hearing closed. Director Hodges moved to approve the
rezoning subject to the approval of Items 1 through 7 in the
letter dated May 11, 1995. Mr. Carpenter advised that the Board
of Directors cannot impose conditions until the applicant agrees
to them. Director Hodges then moved to approve the zoning and to
include Items 1 through 6 in the Ordinance, and Director Kumpuris
seconded the motion. (American Freightways had agreed to those
items at the Planning Commission Meeting.) Director Wilson said
she could not support the proposal until the citizens of College
Station know the full impact on their community. After further
discussion, there was a substitute motion by Director Hinton to
defer the Ordinance for thirty (30) days to allow all parties to
get together to hammer out the issue, and the motion was seconded
by Director Wilson. The motion to defer for 30 days failed by
the following roll call vote: Ayes - Directors Mason, Wilson,
and Hinton - total 3; Noes - Directors Sharp, Kumpuris, Adcock,
Hodges, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick and Mayor Dailey - total 8. There
was a subsequent motion and second by Directors Hodges and
Kumpuris to lay the matter on the table for a period of thirty
(30) minutes (so that the parties involved could go into the
Board Conference Room to try to reach an agreement.) The motion
was adopted by a vote of 10 ayes and 1 no (Director Wilson).
Therefore, the parties involved moved to the Conference Room to
try to reach an agreement. (Continued on page 5 - See Ordinance
No. 16,893.)
At 8:00 o'clock P.M. Mayor Dailey declared a ten minute
recess. When the Board of Directors reconvened at 8:15 o'clock
P.M. Mayor Dailey presided and the following Directors were
present: Directors Sharp, Mason, Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck,
Joyce and Wyrick - total 8; Absent - Director Kumpuris and Vice
Mayor Adcock- total 2.
The next presentation was Ordinance No. 16,889, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE RECLASSIFYING PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, AMENDING SECTION 36 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES;
(Z- 5205 -A - To rezone 1619 East 3rd Street, described as Lots 5
and 6, Block 2, Garland Addition, from 11R -4" Two - family District
to 11I -2" Light Industrial District.)
and the Ordinance was read the first time. There was a motion by
~- Director Mason, seconded by Director Joyce, to suspend the rules
and place the Ordinance on second reading. The motion was
unanimously adopted by the Board Members present, being nine in
number and two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of
Directors -elect and the second reading of the Ordinance ensued.
There was a subsequent motion and second by Directors Keck and
Joyce, respectively, to again suspend the rules and place the
Ordinance on third and final reading. The motion was adopted by
a vote of 8 ayes and 1 no (Director Wilson), and the Ordinance
was read the third and last time. A roll call vote was taken on
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passage of the Ordinance, with the results recorded as follows:
Ayes - Directors Sharp, Mason, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce,
Wyrick and Mayor Dailey - total 8; Noes - Director Wilson - total
1; Absent - Director Kumpuris and Vice Mayor Adcock - total 2.
Therefore, the Ordinance was declared PASSED.
Introduced next was Ordinance No. 16,890, with the title
being:
AN ORDINANCE RECLASSIFYING PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, AMENDING SECTION 36 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES;
(Z -5962 - To rezone 1500 Maryland Street, described as the east
44 feet of Lot 10, Lot 11 and Lot 12, Block 412, Compton's
Subdivision, from 11I -2" Light Industrial District to 990-3"
General Office District.)
and the Ordinance was read the first time. There was a motion
by Director Mason, seconded by Director Joyce, to suspend the
rules and place the Ordinance on second reading. The motion was
unanimously adopted by the Board Members present, being nine in
number and two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of
Directors -elect and the second reading of the Ordinance ensued.
There was a subsequent motion and second by Directors Keck and
Joyce, respectively, to again suspend the rules and place the
Ordinance on third and final reading. The motion was unanimously
adopted by the Board Members present, being nine in number and
two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of Directors -
elect, and the Ordinance was read the third and last time. A
roll call vote was taken on passage of the Ordinance, with the
results recorded as follows: Ayes - Directors Sharp, Mason,
Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick and Mayor Dailey -
total 9; Noes - None; Absent - Director Kumpuris and Vice Mayor
Adcock - total 2. Therefore, the Ordinance was declared PASSED.
Consideration was then given to Ordinance No. 16,891,
described as:
AN ORDINANCE RECLASSIFYING PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, AMENDING SECTION 36 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES;
(2-5974 - To rezone 1.749 acres at West 65th and South University
from 11C -3" General Commercial District to 11C -4" Open Display
District.)
and the Ordinance was read the first time. There was a motion
by Director Mason, seconded by Director Joyce, to suspend the
rules and place the Ordinance on second reading. The motion was
unanimously adopted by the Board Members present, being nine in
number and two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of
Directors -elect and the second reading of the Ordinance ensued.
There was a subsequent motion and second by Directors Keck and
Joyce, respectively, to again suspend the rules and place the
Ordinance on third and final reading. The motion was unanimously
adopted by the Board Members present, being nine in number and
two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of Directors -
elect, and the Ordinance was read the third and last time. A
roll call vote was taken on passage of the Ordinance, with the
results recorded as follows: Ayes - Directors Sharp, Mason,
Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick and Mayor Dailey -
total 9; Noes - None; Absent - Director Kumpuris and Vice Mayor
Adcock - total 2. Therefore, the Ordinance was declared PASSED.
P.M.)
(Director Kumpuris and Vice Mayor Adcock re- enrolled at 8:20
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A public hearing had been scheduled for this time and place
by Resolution No. 9,369, adopted May 2, 1995, on the petition
filed by White - Daters & Associates, on behalf of David and Mary
Pickering, Joe and Jeanette White, Jack Sessions, Anthony
Sessions, Timothy Sessions, Cheryl Tyler, Ronald Sessions,
Patricia Shannon, Jack Shannon, Shirley Enney and Belz- Burrow II,
Limited Partnership, to vacate and close Alhambra Court from the
north right -of -way line of Bristol Drive south to the north
right -of -way line of Chenal Parkway. The notice of hearing was
published in the Daily Record on May 9, 1995, and May 16, 1995.
Attached to the petition was a copy of the plat on file in the
Pulaski County Circuit Clerk's Office in Plat Book 6, page 25,
and a letter from Beach Abstract & Guaranty Company, listing the
last apparent owners of record to abutting property. Mayor
Dailey declared the public hearing open. There was no one
present to speak in opposition to the abandonment, and Mayor
Dailey declared the public hearing closed. Ordinance No. 16,892
was then introduced, with the title being:
AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING AND CLOSING ALHAMBRA COURT BETWEEN
CHENAL PARKWAY AND BRISTOL DRIVE IN MONTCLAIR HEIGHTS
SUBDIVISION, PHASE II, IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, AND
ALL EASEMENTS LOCATED WITHIN THAT PORTION OF RIGHT -OF -WAY;
and there was a first reading of the Ordinance. Director Mason
moved to suspend the rules and place the Ordinance on second
reading. The motion was seconded by Director Keck and
unanimously adopted by the Board Members present, being 11 in
number and two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of
Directors - elect, and the second reading of the Ordinance ensued.
There was a subsequent motion and second by Directors Joyce and
Wilson, respectively, to again suspend the rules and place the
Ordinance on third and final reading. The motion was unanimously
adopted by the Board Members present, being it in number and two -
thirds or more of the members of the Board of Directors - elect,
and the Ordinance was read the third and last time. A roll call
vote was taken on passage of the Ordinance, with the results
recorded as follows: Ayes - Directors Sharp, Mason, Kumpuris,
Adcock, Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick and Mayor
Dailey - total 11; Noes - None; Absent - None. Whereupon, the
Ordinance was declared PASSED.
Item 17 on the Agenda was a proposed Ordinance entitled: "AN
ORDINANCE WAIVING COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE MEHLBURGER FIRM, INC.
TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES FOR EXPANSION OF THE
LITTLE ROCK LANDFILL." Mayor Dailey announced that City Manager
Charles Nickerson had requested deferral in order to advertise
for competitive bids. Therefore, the Ordinance was removed from
the Agenda and no action was taken. Mayor Dailey stated the
meeting would be recessed and reconvened on Tuesday, May 23,
1995, at which time the contract for engineering design services
for expansion of the Landfill would be considered if it was
ready.
At 8:30 P.M. City Attorney Tom Carpenter announced that the
thirty minutes had passed and the Ordinance to rezone property at
Frazier Pike and Pratt Remmel Road (Z -5977) was off the table.
(See discussion on pages 2 and 3.) (The parties involved had
returned from their meeting in the Conference Room. Directors
Kumpuris and Adcock also met with the group.) Ordinance No.
16,893 was then introduced, with the title being:
AN ORDINANCE RECLASSIFYING PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, AMENDING SECTION 36 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
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(2-3977 - To rezone property at Frazier Pike and Pratt Remmel
Road from "R -2" Single- family District to 11I -2" Light Industrial
with conditions.)
Director Adcock explained that Item 7 was removed since it was
covered by Item 2 - site plan review. In Item 2 the phrase "on
the south 300 ft. of Tract 3" was deleted so it would apply to
all the tracts. The lighting and noise issues were already
addressed. Therefore, the six conditions were: (1) a 50 ft. open
space strip requirement on the west and south boundaries of
westernmost Tracts 1 & 2; (2) a site plan; (3) all new and
existing lighting facilities are to be turned inward toward the
complex and directed away from residential areas; (4) all new and
existing noise volumes are to be decreased or eliminated by
deleting external intercom and utilizing internal intercom
system; (5) improve Pratt Remmel Road to Frazier Pike; (6)
prohibit curb cut on Tract 3 and provide landscape barrier on
south property line. Mr. Wingfield Martin, acting on behalf of
American Freightways, requested the conditions be included in the
Ordinance. There was a motion by Director Hodges, seconded by
Director Kumpuris, to amend the proposed Ordinance to include the
six conditions. The motion was adopted by a vote of 10 ayes with
1 abstention (Director Wilson). The Ordinance, as amended to
include the six conditions, was then read the first time. The
rules were suspended and the Ordinance placed on second reading,
upon a motion by Director Adcock, which was seconded by Director
Hinton, and unanimously adopted by the Board Members present,
being eleven in number and two - thirds or more of the members of
the Board of Directors - elect. There was a second reading of the
Ordinance, followed by a motion and second by Directors Sharp and
Adcock, respectively, to again suspend the rules and place the
Ordinance on third and final reading. The motion was unanimously
adopted by the Board Members present, being eleven in number and
two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of Directors -
elect, and the third and last reading of the Ordinance ensued. A
roll call vote was taken on the question, Shall the Ordinance
Pass, with the response being: Ayes - Directors Sharp, Mason,
Kumpuris, Adcock, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick and Mayor
Dailey - total 10; Noes - None; Abstentions - Director Wilson -
total 1. Therefore, the Ordinance was declared PASSED.
Consideration was then given to a proposed Ordinance
described as:
AN ORDINANCE RECLASSIFYING PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, AMENDING SECTION 36 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES;
(Z -5967 - To rezone 5819 Young Road from 11R -2" Single- family
District to 11R -5" Urban Residence District.)
and the Ordinance was read the first time. At the request of
Director Adcock, Mr. Jim Lawson, Director of Neighborhoods and
Planning, made a brief report, stating that the owner had come in
for a permit to remodel the units. On remodelling permits, the
City does not inspect to see how the property is zoned. When the
final inspection of the remodelling was made, staff discovered
the unit had been a non - conforming use as a day care, which had
been subdivided into four residential units without any
electrical and plumbing permits. The owner was notified the
property was not zoned for residential use. Mr. Lawson concluded
by stating if the zoning is approved, the owner will have to get
electrical and plumbing permits and will have to re -do the units.
The parking lot will have to be paved, with spaces for six cars,
and will have to be landscaped. There was a motion by Director
Hinton, seconded by Director Joyce, to suspend the rules and
place the Ordinance on second reading. The motion was
unanimously adopted by the Board Members present, being it in
number and two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of
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Directors -elect and the second reading of the Ordinance ensued.
The rules were suspended and the Ordinance placed on third and
final reading, upon a motion by Director Joyce, seconded by
Director Adcock, which was unanimously adopted by the Board
Members present, being eleven in number and two - thirds or more of
the members of the Board of Directors - elect. The Ordinance was
then read the third and last time, followed by a roll call vote
on passage of the Ordinance: Ayes - Directors Sharp, Mason,
Hodges and Mayor Dailey - total 4; Noes - Directors Kumpuris,
Adcock, Wilson, Hinton, Keck, Joyce and Wyrick - total 7; Absent
- None. Whereupon, Mayor Dailey announced that the Ordinance had
FAILED.
The next presentation was Ordinance No. 16,894, with the
title being:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 16,797 (THE 1995 BUDGET
ORDINANCE) TO APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR VARIOUS NEEDS OF
THE CITY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; (Allocating AT &T and other
surplus funds.)
Based on Circuit Court action Friday, May 12, 1995, regarding the
City's surplus funds decision - making process at the UALR Decision
Center on May 8, 1995, the Board of Directors reviewed the
specific projects list that was before them at the Baum Center
and checked the projects they remembered marking as the 20 most
important. The lists were signed and turned in to City Clerk
Robbie Hancock for the official record. The Board then heard
comments from citizens regarding expenditure of the surplus
funds: Rochelle Webb - summer jobs for youth; Erwin Evans
(ACORN) - streets and vacant lots; Geraldine Garrett (ACORN) -
fair housing for low and moderate income people; Robert "Say"
McIntosh - jobs for youths; Keith Fralick - Briarwood drainage
ditch; Tommy Hudson (LRFOP) - raises for police officers; Richard
Brittain - appeal court decision; Diane Davis - neighborhood
improvements and preservation; Paula Edwards - reinstate step
increases for non - uniform employees; Pratt Remmel, Jr. - youth
programs; Paul Kimbrough - storm drainage in Granite Mountain;
Dr. Erma Glasco Davis (National Dunbar Alumni Association) -
improvements for Dunbar High School (she submitted petitions with
1,000 signatures); Estelle Watson - street improvements and
vacant lots in east Little Rock.
Following citizen comments, there was a motion by Director
Hodges, seconded by Director Sharp, to adopt Items 1 through 23
on page 4 of the handout. There was a substitute motion by
Director Kumpuris, seconded by Director Keck, to make reductions
in the list as follows: Central High Museum from $250,000 to
$225,000; Contingency Fund from $800,000 to $750,000; Emergency
Reserve Fund from $450,000 to $400,000; Advocates for Battered
Women from $35,000 to $25,000; Boys Club Expansion from $300,000
to $250,000; Jr. Deputy Baseball Building Improvements from
$250,000 to $225,000; East Markham Street Improvements from
$500,000 to $400,000; for a total of $310,000 plus $125,000
available in interest funds. Those funds to be used for Work
Place Improvement Projects as follows: Employee Training and
Certifications - $56,000; TQM and testing equipment - $36,000;
Neighborhoods and Planning Building Improvements - $24,000;
Computer upgrade - $27,000; and Municipal Courts building design
and evaluation - $43,000 - a total of $186,000. The funds
available are $7,215,858 (plus interest of $125,000 =
$7,340,858). Prior total of 23 projects = $7,452,434. Subtract
$236,586, less $186,000 = deficit of $422,576. Add interest of
$125,000 plus reduction of $310,000 = $435,000 for a net positive
balance of $12,424.
Director Adcock suggested further reducing the Boys Club
from $250,000 to $150,000 and Jr. Deputy Baseball from $225,000
to $150,000 and using that $300,000 to renovate the old jail
space in the Police building.
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The vote was then taken on the substitute motion by Director
Kumpuris to revise the Ordinance, which was adopted by the
following roll call vote: Ayes - Directors Sharp, Mason,
Kumpuris, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick and Mayor Dailey - total 8;
Noes - Directors Adcock, Wilson, and Hinton - total 3. City
Attorney Tom Carpenter then explained the sections to be added to
the draft of the Ordinance. (See Sections 1 through 11 of
Ordinance No. 16,894.) The Ordinance, as revised, was read the
first time. There was a motion by Director Hodges, seconded by
Director Keck, to suspend the rules and place the Ordinance on
second reading. The motion was unanimously adopted by the Board
Members present, being eleven in number and two - thirds or more of
the members of the Board of Directors - elect, and the second
reading of the Ordinance ensued. There was a subsequent motion
and second by Directors Sharp and Hodges, respectively, to again
suspend the rules and place the Ordinance on third and final
reading, which was unanimously adopted by the Board Members
present, being eleven in number and two - thirds or more of the
members of the Board of Directors - elect. The Ordinance was then
read the third and last time and a roll call vote was taken on
the question, Shall the Ordinance Pass, with the results recorded
as follows: Ayes - Directors Sharp, Mason, Kumpuris, Adcock,
Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick and Mayor Dailey - total 10;
Noes - Director Wilson - total 1. Whereupon, the Ordinance was
declared PASSED. (Note: See motion by Director Joyce on page
10.)
Item 15 on the Agenda was a proposed Resolution, entitled:
"A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN
AGREEMENT WITH IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, INC. TO PROVIDE EDUCATION,
TRAINING, AND COUNSELING TO LOW - INCOME, POTENTIAL HOME BUYERS.
Mayor Dailey announced that the Resolution was deferred until May
23, 1995.
Item 16 on the Agenda was a proposed Resolution with the
following caption:
A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE ENTRY INTO A CONTRACT WITH WASTE
MANAGEMENT, INC. TO PROVIDE GARBAGE COLLECTION SERVICES FOR THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK AND THE PULASKI COUNTY REGIONAL SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY
DOCUMENTS NECESSARY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES;
Mayor Dailey announced that no action would be taken on the
Resolution until a later date. City Attorney Tom Carpenter
explained the proposed contract and draft language. Mr. Arthur
Cearley, a Sanitation Department employee, pleaded "don't sell us
down the road. I need my job." Mr. Robert "Say" McIntosh spoke
in support, saying this would be a better deal for the employees
because they would make more money and not pay union dues. The
Resolution was not read. Mayor Dailey announced that it would be
considered at the reconvened meeting on May 23, 1995 if the
documents were ready. Therefore, the proposed Resolution was
deferred until the May 23, 1995 reconvened meeting.
The next presentation was Ordinance No. 16,895, with the
title being:
AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR A CONTRACT WITH A
CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE RENEWAL CONSULTANT; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES;
(Appropriate $30,000 for contract with Arnold and Porter.)
and the Ordinance was read the first time, followed by a motion
and second to suspend the rules and place the Ordinance on second
reading. The motion was made by Director Mason, seconded by
Director Sharp, and unanimously adopted by the Board Members
present, being eleven in number and two - thirds or more of the
members of the Board of Directors- elect. Following the second
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reading of the Ordinance, there was a subsequent motion to again
suspend the rules and place the Ordinance on third and final
reading. The motion was made by Director Adcock, seconded by
Director Mason, and unanimously adopted by the Board Members
present, being eleven in number and two - thirds or more of the
members of the Board of Directors - elect, and the Ordinance was
read the third and last time. A roll call vote was taken on the
question, Shall the Ordinance Pass, with the results recorded as
follows: Ayes - Directors Sharp, Mason, Kumpuris, Adcock,
Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick, and Mayor Dailey -
total 11; Noes - None; Absent - None. Whereupon, the Ordinance
was declared PASSED.
Introduced next was Ordinance No. 16,896, described as:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 16,797 (THE 1995 BUDGET
ORDINANCE) TO REAPPROPRIATE CAPITAL FUNDS; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES;
(Contract with Southern Company of North Little Rock to correct a
leak in a fuel storage tank; Reappropriate $130,000.)
and the Ordinance was read the first time, followed by a motion
and second to suspend the rules and place the Ordinance on second
reading. The motion was made by Director Mason, seconded by
Director Sharp, and unanimously adopted by the Board Members
present, being eleven in number and two - thirds or more of the
members of the Board of Directors - elect. Following the second
reading of the Ordinance, there was a subsequent motion to again
suspend the rules and place the Ordinance on third and final
reading. The motion was made by Director Adcock, seconded by
Director Mason, and unanimously adopted by the Board Members
present, being eleven in number and two - thirds or more of the
members of the Board of Directors - elect, and the Ordinance was
read the third and last time. A roll call vote was taken on the
question, Shall the Ordinance Pass, with the results recorded as
follows: Ayes - Directors Sharp, Mason, Kumpuris, Adcock,
Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick, and Mayor Dailey -
total 11; Noes - None; Absent - None.
The Emergency Clause contained in Section 2 of the foregoing
Ordinance was then read and adopted by the following roll call
vote: Ayes - Directors Sharp, Mason, Kumpuris, Adcock, Wilson,
Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick, and Mayor Dailey - total 11;
Noes - None; Absent - None. Therefore, the Ordinance, together
with the Emergency Section, was then declared PASSED.
(Vice Mayor Adcock was excused at 10:00 P.M.)
The last item on the Agenda was a proposed Resolution
entitled:
A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT AND
TO OPPOSE CONGRESSIONAL CHANGES WHICH WOULD WEAKEN THE COMMUNITY
REINVESTMENT ACT (CRA).
Director Keck moved to table the Resolution until June 6, 1995.
The motion was seconded by Director Mason and adopted by the
following roll call vote: Ayes - Directors Sharp, Mason, Hodges,
Keck, Joyce and Mayor Dailey - total 6; Noes - Directors
Kumpuris, Wilson, Hinton, and Wyrick - total 4; Absent - Vice
Mayor Adcock - total 1. Therefore, the Resolution was deferred
until June 6, 1995.
At the time allotted for Citizen Communications, the first
speaker was Mr. Mike Daugherty, 2101 S. Martin Street. Mr.
Daugherty said that on December 29, 1992, a Little Rock Police
Officer shot an African- American male, Mr. Herbert Davis, causing
severe injury to him. On March 16, 1995, the same officer was
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