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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-17-00812 Minutes Board of Directors Room City Hall — 500 W. Markham Little Rock, Arkansas October 17, 2000 6:00 P.M. The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, met in a regular session with Mayor Dailey presiding. City Clerk Nancy Wood called the roll with the following Directors present: Directors Pugh, Hinton, Lichty, Cazort, Keck, Stewart, Kelly, Kumpuris, Adcock. With a quorum present, Mayor Dailey declared the Board of Directors in session and the proceedings of the meeting are recorded as follows. Director Cazort gave the invocation, which was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. A motion was made by Director Adcock, and seconded by Director Lichty to add the following items to the agenda. By unanimous voice vote of board members present Items M- 1, M -2, and M -3, were added to the agenda. M -1. RESOLUTION — To make appointments to the Vision Little Rock Team. (Deferred to October 31, 2000) M -2. ORDINANCE NO. 18,383 — An ordinance approving a Planned Zoning Development and establishing a Planned office district tilted — Gray — Short Form POD located at 2001 N. Arthur Street in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, amending Chapter 36 of the Code of Ordinances for the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, and for other purposes. M -3. ORDINANCE NO. 18,384 — Dispensing with the requirement of competitive bidding and authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract modification with Arkansas Children's Hospital for $12,500 for coordination of Youth Prevention Services in Schools; declaring and emergency and for other purposes. Director Lichty moved to add items, 15, 17, 18, and M -3 to the Grouped Items, and add Item 19 to the Consent Agenda. Director Cazort seconded the motion. Director Kelly had a question about Item 15. Director Lichty said this item had been before the board before and that Mr. Gill had worked diligently with the neighborhood, and it was his understanding they had reached an agreement on a design that is satisfactory. Director Kelly said he would like to hear more about it, and that was why he voted no. Mayor Dailey said the vote had already been taken, but when it came up on the agenda he would entertain questions on the item. Presentations consisted of: Mr. Mike Blakely, Director of the Little Rock Zoo, exhibited some small live animals, and invited everyone to attend Boo at the Zoo, briefly overviewed the events that would be taking place at the event which was to be held October 20 /October 22, and October 25 /October 31, from 6 PM to 9 PM, with a discounted admission price which would be $3.00 and $2.00 for members. Mr. Blakely also reminded everyone to come out for Zoo Thursdays, which is free admission. Lt. Glen King presented Officer Recognition to officers and cadets participating in the NCCJ Police Live -in Camp. Lt. King said the camp was established in 1997, and it a camp where police officers go out and spend four nights and five days with the youth. They act as big brother/big sister to the children. Children that participate are between ten and twelve years of age and the event is held at Camp Ferncliff which is out at Ferndale. Lt. King said this year they had 38 officers and cadets participate this year. The officers who were recognized were: Lt. Glen King, Sgt. Odistine Fuller, Sgt. Lonnie Miles, Sgt. Tony Jordan, Officers: Sidney Allen, Caesi Babbs, Dexter Bunting, Rodney Blocker, Domikia Barnum, Willie Davis, Spenser Ellison, Mark Fisher, Tanya Hughes, Christopher Jarvis, Ora Jenkins, Charles Johnson, Mark Knowles, Shawn Mackey, Michelle McGregor, Henry Moore, Niki Persons, Dewanna Phillips, Chris Ringold, Tauheed Salaam, Maurice Sanders, Don Smith, Roger Snook, Steven Stewart, Terrell Vaughn, Curtis Vanpelt, Tanya Washington, Cassandra Williams, Cadets: Tyrone Eason, Duran Ford, Jason Gilbert, Telisa Lewis, Erica Patterson. Arts and Humanities Month was presented by Mr. Scott Carter, who had several groups and organizations make presentations, including Mr. Bobby Roberts, Director of the Public Library, Nancy Wade, President of the Mt. Holly Cemetery Association, Mr. Elijah Harris, Vice Chair of the Museum of Discovery, Mr. Steven McAtier, Director of the McArthur Museum of Military History, Ms. Carolyn LeMaster, President of the Pulaski County Historical Society, Allison Hall, Director of the Children's Museum, Bill Gatewood, Director of the Old Statehouse, Bill Worthen, Arkansas Territorial Restoration, Ken Quimby, President of the Arkansas Aviation and Historical Society, Leann Matson, Resource and Field Trip Coordinator for public schools, Ms. Ernie Dotson, founder of EMOBA, The Museum of Black Arkansans, Mr. Carson Hampson, representing Trinity Presents, Ms. Deborah Swartz, Manager of the Little Rock Airport, The consent agenda consisted of the following: 1. RESOLUTION NO. 10,909 - To authorize local Novernment endorsement of Windburn Tile Manufacturing Company located at 1709 E. 9 Street, to participate in the Advantage Arkansas Program; and for other purposes. 2. MOTION - To set the date of public hearing on November 8, 2000 on appeal of the Planning Commission decision to allow expansion to the Montessori School. 3. RESOLUTION NO. 10,910 - Authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with Township Builders, in the amount of $236,207 for Capitol Avenue Streetscape. 4. RESOLUTION NO. 10,911 - Authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with Gene Summers Construction Company in the amount of $851,985 for 36th Street Improvement Project, a 1998 Revenue Bond Project. 5. RESOLUTION NO. 10,912 - Supporting the city and county government redevelopment bond and short-term financing amendment known as Amendment One for the 2000 ballot. 6. RESOLUTION 10,913 - Endorsing a joint application by the City of Little Rock and College Station Community Development Corporation to the Economic Development Arkansas Fund for $620,000 of infrastructure improvements for the Apple Blossom Subdivision. 19. RESOLUTION NO. 10,914 - To authorize the City Manager to establish an enterprise fund for receipts from the licensure of animals within the City of Little Rock, and from increased fines for the owners of intact animals running at large; and for other purposes. This concluded the Consent Agenda A motion by Director Adcock, seconded by Director Keck was made to adopt the Consent Agenda, and with a unanimous vice vote by board members present, the consent agenda was adopted. Grouped Items: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,14,15, 17, 18, and M -3: 7. ORDINANCE NO. 18,371 - LU00 -16 -06 — To approve Land Use Amendment in the Otter Creek Planning District from Mixed Office and Commercial to Service Trades District 8. ORDINANCE NO 18,372 - Z -6911 - Reclassifying property located on the south side of 10600 Block of Baseline Road from R -2 (Single Family District) to I -1 (Industrial Park District) in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes. 9. ORDINANCE NO 18,373 - LU00 -09- 01(02) - To approve Land Use Plan Amendments in the I -630 Planning District 10. ORDINANCE NO 18,374 - Amending Chapter 31 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, providing for a deferral of Master Street Plan Street Improvements for Richdale Hughley Replat, located North of Baseline Road and East of Stanton Road. 11. ORDINANCE NO 18,375 - S- 867 -HHHH — Amending Chapter 31 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas providing for a variance to allow a pipe -stem lot for Chenal Valley (Phase XIX — preliminary plat), located west of Gordon Road, approximately 0.8 mile west of the future intersection of Chenal Parkway and Chenal Valley Drive. 12. ORDINANCE NO 18,376 - Z- 6910 - Approving a Planned Zoning Development and establishing a Planned District — Office titled Unleashed Innovations — Short From PD -O located at Burlingame Road at Yellow Brick Road in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, amending Chapter 36 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Little Rock; and for other purposes. 2 813 r 814 13. ORDINANCE NO 18,377 - Amending Chapter 31 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas providing for a deferral of Master Street Plan Street Improvements for Unleashed Innovations, located at 16921 Burlingame Road. 14. ORDINANCE NO. 18,378 - Granting Nextel Partners a waiver of the requirements to comply at this time with landscape screening provisions of Little Rock Arkansas Ordinance No. 18,173 (December 20, 1999) for Collocation on a Telecorp Wireless Communication Tower at 18313 Two Towers Road which was in existence on the date of the ordinance, and for an attachment to the city water tank at 18951 Chenal Valley Drive; to set certain conditions for these sites; and for other purposes. 15. ORDINANCE NO. 18,379 - Z -6883 — Approving a Planned Development and establishing a Planned Residential District titled Gill -Short Form PRD located at 5209/5215 "J" Street and 5212 "I" Street in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, amending Chapter 36 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Little Rock; and for other purposes. Director Adcock said last evening she had met with Mr. Gill and the neighborhood and Mr. Gill had complied with some of the requests of the neighborhood. She said there were two that he had not complied with, but during the meeting he did comply and the papers delivered to the neighborhood this afternoon, shows both of these. One was the building to be ten feet from the fence and Mr. Gill has now complied with that, and the other request was that the hedges are on the neighbors side rather the development side, and Mr. Gill complied with that. Director Adcock stated that Mr. Gill had agreed to comply wiht the new landscaping ordinance and tries to save the oak tree on the property. Mr. Keith Lynch, 5224 I Street, pointed out the number on request the neighborhood had was the reduction in size of the building, which he said hasn't happened. He said they are in favor of this plan compared to Plan A, but with a heavy heart, and still did not feel it appropriate for the neighborhood because of the size of the building. Mr. Tony Boyznski, Planning Staff, said the denial reflected the original plan, but they were okay with the revised site plan, and came closer in keeping with the character of the neighborhood. Mr. Gill was asked to come to the board and amend the new site plan into the file and submit this plan to staff to be signed off. Mr. Gill amended the plan filed with the Planning Department and officially amended his application to the site plan marked revised 10- 16 -00. Ms. Elizabeth Thompson said that Mr. Gill had agreed to follow the new landscape ordinance, but she had not seen that in writing anywhere. Mr. Gill announced, "For the record, Mayor and members of the Board, I intend to follow the new landscape ordinance in the development of this property. I also, have agreed place the fence where necessary to the west of the hedge that exits on the property provided the adjoining_ property can execute a non - adverse possession certificate, which they have agreed to do. I believe that is the substance of all the changes we have indicated." 17. ORDINANCE NO 18,381 - Z -6908 — Reclassifying property located at 4818 Baseline Road from R -2 (Single Family District to C -3 (General Commercial District) in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, amending Chapter 36 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes. 18. ORDINANCE NO. 18,382 - Authorizing the issuance of Industrial Development Bonds for the purpose of financing certain industrial facilities; authorizing a trust indenture securing the bonds; authorizing a lease agreement between the City of Little Rock, Arkansas and Dillard Store Services, Inc.; authorizing the sale of the bonds; authorizing and prescribing other matters pertaining thereto; and declaring an emergency. M -3. ORDINANCE NO. 18,384 — dispensing with the requirement of competitive bidding and authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract modification with Arkansas Children's Hospital for $12,500 for coordination of Youth Prevention Services in Schools; declaring and emergency and for other purposes. The Ordinances were read the first time. The rules were suspended to provide for the second and third readings of the Ordinance by unanimous vote of the Board members present, and by unanimous voice vote the ordinances and emergency clauses were adopted. OTHER BUSINESS 20. RESOLUTION - Expressing support of the Little Rock Police Department's Policy to identify individuals convicted of patronizing prostitutes by displaying the defendant's names and photographs on the Government Access Channel; and for other purposes. No action was taken; the board requested a report from the Chief of Police. 21. REPORT - City Manager's Activity Report — Mr. Carney handed out packets pertaining to the 2001 Budget, and gave a brief overview, including data about the Pulaski County Jail funding request, CATA report of funding formula, revised budget documentation showing percentage increases from the year 2000, updates on the 2001 Board of Directors priority lists for special critical needs, special projects update, andVision Little Rock update.. Mr. Ski Lawrence, 423 East 3'd — Apt, 302, spoke during the time allotted for Citizen Communication. He requested liter containers at three locations in the River market area. He stated that after concerts or events held downtown, there is an abundance of liter strewn about the streets, and requested a traffic study at the four way stop sign at 3rd and Commerce, due to excessive speeding. There was discussion and requests from the Board members concerning the White Diamond Club and the violations that are being observed there and what could be done, a request for a review of pending developments related to the new landscape ordinance, a request for a follow up on the Western Hills Traffic Study, a request for an evaluation of procedures used in requesting and placing roll off dumpsters for neighborhood cleanup programs, a report with more information about the City's participation in the industrial development revenue bond program, a request for information on how Amendment One would impact the City if passed, a request for various budget information, a request for staff to devise and implement an appropriate public information program to give the public updates on the water merger process.. Director Kelly made a motion that when the Summit Mall application comes before the board that it be held on first reading, and not to vote on the item for at least six weeks. Director Kumpuris seconded the motion. Directors Pugh, Lichty, Cazort, Keck, Stewart, Wyrick, Kumpuris, Kelly, Adcock, voted yes, Director Hinton voted no. The motion carried. A motion was made by Director Cazort to recess this meeting to October 31, 2000, the motion was seconded by Director Pugh, and by unanimous voice vote of members present the meeting was recessed to October 31, 2000 To consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a lease contract for the ball field at Curran Conway Park. The meeting recessed at 9:10 P.M. lAM4xIW TY az� NANCY UWD 4 �� MAYOR JIM DAII,EY 815