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Board of Directors Room
City Hall - 500 W. Markham
Little Rock, Arkansas
July 30, 1996 - 4:10 P.M.
The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, reconvened from the
July 16, 1996 regular meeting with Mayor Jim Dailey presiding. City Clerk Robbie
Hancock called the roll with the following Directors present: Directors Sharp, Mason,
Adcock, Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, and Wyrick - total 9; Absent - Director
Kumpuris - total 1.
With a quorum present, Mayor Dailey declared the Board of Directors in session
and stated the purpose of the reconvened meeting was to consider the request for funds
from Ballet Arkansas; the Valley Drive/McClellan CDC; and the MGT disparity study.
Mr. Jim Lynch, Chair of the Racial and Cultural Diversity Commission, read a
Resolution by the Commission which condemned the burning of churches. (Since
1995, more than 70 fires have occurred at Southern churches with predominantly black
congregations) He asked that a similar Resolution by the Board of Directors be added to
the Agenda for August 6, 1996. (Director Kumpuris enrolled at 4:17 o'clock P.M.)
Director Keck moved to add the proposed Resolution to the Agenda for the
Reconvened Meeting. The motion was seconded by Director Wilson, and unanimously
adopted. Therefore, Resolution No. 9,757 was then presented, with the title being:
A RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE BURNING OF CHURCHES AND
REQUESTING LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES TO USE ALL POSSIBLE
MEANS TO APPREHEND AND BRING LAWBREAKERS TO JUSTICE;
and the Resolution was read in full. There was a motion by Director Adcock to adopt the
Resolution. The motion was seconded by Director Hinton and the Resolution was
unanimously adopted.
Consideration was then given to the request from Ballet Arkansas for the City
of Little Rock to fund Ballet Under the Stars in the amount of $25,000. City
Manager Charles Nickerson was opposed to funding this request in the middle of the
budget year and without this entity going through the same review process others do. No
action was taken on the request.
Item 2 on the Agenda was a proposed Resolution, entitled:
A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 9,720 TO ENTER INTO
AN AGREEMENT PROVIDING $754,000 IN CDBG SECTION 108 LOAN FUNDS
TO VALLEY DRIVE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INSTEAD OF MCCLELLAN
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
City Attorney Tom Carpenter explained this is simply to change the name of the entity
that will receive the funds. City Manager Charles Nickerson expressed concerns, stating
that one of the reasons we invited LISC into the community was to develop affordable
housing in the community. Mayor Dailey said it would be better to place this on the
Agenda for August 6, 1996, when a LISC representative can be present. Therefore,
the Resolution was deferred to August 6,1996.
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Minutes
July 30, 1996
The next presentation was Resolution No. 9,757, described as:
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AMEND THE
CONTRACT WITH MGT, INC. FOR PURPOSES OF TAKING ALL STEPS
NECESSARY TO CONDUCT AN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARING AND
INCORPORATING THE RESULTS OF THIS HEARING INTO A DISPARITY
STUDY BEING CONDUCTED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
City Manager Charles Nickerson gave an update on the disparity study, stating that it has
been determined that an additional public hearing needs to be held to complete the study
and that information incorporated into the final report, for an additional cost of $18,600.
There was a motion and second by Directors Mason and Hinton, respectively, to adopt
the Resolution, and the Resolution was unanimously adopted.
Mayor Dailey stated that he had received a letter from Mr. John Burnett asking
the Board of Directors to reconsider the action taken on the annexation and rezoning of
190 acres on Cooper Orbit Road. (See Minutes of July 16, 1996.) There was a motion by
Director Mason to begin the process to reconsider the annexation and rezoning of
Capitol View Estates (190 acres) on Cooper Orbit Road. The motion was seconded
by Director Wilson and adopted by the following voice vote: Ayes - Directors Sharp,
Mason, Kumpuris, Wilson, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick and Mayor Dailey - total 9;
Noes - Directors Adcock and Hinton - total 2. City Attorney Tom Carpenter will provide
the Board with the time frame for placing the matter on a future Agenda and what the
legal issues are on this type of annexation.
Senator Bill Walker addressed the Board of Directors regarding a high speed
chase which resulted in a crash with the driver being killed. He questioned the pursuit
policy of the Little Rock Police Department and asked the Board to look into it. (Senator
Walker was referring to the accident that occurred near West 20th Street and M. L. King
Drive on July 29, 1996, after Mr. Aaron Jackson Harris led police on a high speed chase
and was killed when the vehicle he was driving collided with another vehicle) He was
concerned about the police pursuing the car at 60 -70 mph in a residential neighborhood;
he felt the body should have been covered so it could not be seen by children and women
at the scene; and objected to the loud and profane language of the officer at the scene that
was trying to get the people to move back from the scene. Mayor Dailey asked Police
Chief Lou Caudell to respond. City Attorney Tom Carpenter cautioned the Board of
Directors and Chief Caudell about discussion since it is unknown what might develop.
Chief Caudell stated the accident is being investigated and will be reconstructed, and
witnesses will be contacted. The pursuit policy has been recognized nationally and is an
excellent policy. A report will be provided to the Board of Directors in two weeks.
There being no further business to be presented, the reconvened meeting was
adjourned at 5:20 o'clock P.M. with the Board of Directors to meet again in regular
session on Tuesday, August 6, 1996, at 6:00 o'clock P.M.
ATTEST:
City Clerk Robbie Hancock
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F ROVED: A(U&
or Jim Dailey
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