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Board of Directors Room
City Hall - 500 W. Markham
Little Rock, Arkansas
May 14, 1996 - 5:10 P.M.
The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, reconvened from the
May 7, 1996 regular meeting with Mayor Jim Dailey presiding. City Clerk Robbie
Hancock called the roll with the following Directors present: Directors Sharp, Mason,
Kumpuris, Adcock, Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, and Wyrick - total 10; Absent
- None.
With a quorum present, Mayor Dailey declared the Board of Directors in session
and stated the purpose of the reconvened meeting was to consider an Ordinance regarding
the River Market Design Overlay District, a Resolution authorizing the submission of the
1996 Annual Update to the Consolidate plan to HUD, and to make appointments to
various Boards and Commissions.
Mayor Dailey announced that the proposed Ordinance entitled: "AN
ORDINANCE AMENDING LITTLE ROCK ORDINANCE NO. 17,136 (3 -5 -96) TO
ADD DESIGN GUIDELINES TO THE RIVER MARKET DESIGN OVERLAY
DISTRICT, TO ADD ADDITIONAL SECTIONS BY RE- WRITING THE ENTIRE
ORDINANCE, AND TO CODIFY IN CHAPTER 36 OF THE LITTLE ROCK CODE
OF ORDINANCES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES" would be deferred until the reconvened meeting on May 28,1996.
Consideration was then given to Resolution No. 9,695, described as:
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT TO
HUD THE 1996 ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN FOR THE
PERIOD JULY 1, 1996 - JUNE 30, 1997.
(Note: This Resolution was deferred from the May 7, 1996, regular meeting. See
discussion on page 12 of Minutes of May 7, 1996.) Ms. Sara Moore, Manager of CDBG
and Housing Programs, made a staff presentation and referred to the Memorandum from
Mr. Tim Polk, Assistant Director of the Department of Neighborhoods and Planning, in
response to the concerns raised by Mr. Edwin Stanfield, former CDBG and Housing
Programs Manager, at the May 7, 1996 Board of Directors Meeting, regarding a planned
1996 CDBG project for homebuyer education and credit counseling. The concerns were
in three (3) specific areas: (1) funding for public service activities; (2) possible conflict of
interest; and (3) adherence to procurement requirements. Citizens addressing the Board
on the issues raised by staff were: Maggie Dyer - Director of the Arkansas ACORN
Fair Housing Organization; Noelle Guy, Valarie Coffin - Co -Chair of the Woodruff
Redevelopment Area Committee, Rose Otechure - Vice Chair of the Oak Forest
Neighborhood Committee, Jane Cia - Woodruff CDC, Virgil Jones, Mary Perry,
Genevive Stewart, and Geraldine Garrett. In response to a question by Director Keck,
City Manager Charles Nickerson said the Homebuyers Education and Credit Counseling
is not being eliminated from the Plan. City Attorney Tom Carpenter said the provider of
this service would have to be selected by the competitive process. Following the
discussion and the reading of the Resolution, there was a motion by Director Adcock to
adopt the Resolution. The motion was seconded by Director Sharp and the Resolution
was unanimously adopted by the Board Members present. (Note: Director Wilson left
at 5:50 just before the vote.)
The Board of Directors recessed to Executive Session at 5:50 o'clock P.M. to
consider appointments to various Boards and Commissions. When the Board reconvened
at 6:10 o'clock P.M., Mayor Dailey presided with nine Directors present and Director
Wilson absent.
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Minutes - Reconvened Meeting
May 14, 1996
Resolution No. 9,696 was introduced, with the title being:
A RESOLUTION MAKING APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO
THE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, COMMUNITY POLICING
ADVISORY COUNCIL (CPAC), EDUCATION COMMISSION AND PRIVATE
INDUSTRY COUNCIL (PIC);
(Domestic Violence - Antionette Little and Danna Kelmmer; Community Policing -
Al Armstrong, Larry Rodgers, Kenyon Lowe, Sr.; Education - Mary Jane Rebick,
Stacy Pittman; PIC - Paul Latture, Ezekiel Vaughn, Gary Dreher reappointed.)
and there was a full reading of the Resolution. Director Adcock moved for the adoption
of the Resolution. The motion was seconded by Director Joyce and unanimously
adopted by the Board Members present. (Note: Director Wyrick did not vote on Ezekiel
Vaughn)
The next presentation was Resolution No. 9,697, entitled:
A RESOLUTION MAKING APPOINTMENTS TO THE ARKANSAS
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY;
(Appointing Susan Rosenthal, Janet Glover Davis, Sharon White, and Janice
McDaniel Harris Goodwin.)
and there was a full reading of the Resolution. Director Adcock moved for the adoption
of the Resolution. The motion was seconded by Director Joyce and unanimously
adopted by the Board Members present. (Note: Director Kumpuris did not vote on
Janet Davis)
There being no further business to be presented, the reconvened meeting was
adjourned at 6:12 o'clock P.M. to meet again in regular session on Tuesday, May 21,
1996, at 6:00 o'clock P.M.
ATTEST:
City Clerk Robbie Hancock
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APPROVED:
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Mayor Jim Dailey
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