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Home My WebLink About06-12-07Little Rock Board of Directors Reconvened Meeting — Minutes — June 12, 2007 MINUTES BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECONVENED MEETING City Hall — 500 W. Markham June 12, 2007 - 5:09 PM The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas met in a regular session with Mayor Stodola presiding. Nancy Wood, City Clerk, called the roll with the following directors present: Hendrix, Richardson, Cazort, Keck, Wright, Wyrick, Kumpuris, Fortson, Adcock, Vice Mayor Hurst, and Mayor Stodola. 1. RESOLUTION 12,532 - To authorize the City Manager to enter contracts for Summer Recreational Programs for Little Rock youth; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. A motion was made by Director Keck, seconded by Director Richardson, to adopt the resolution (Item 1). Dorothy Nayles, Director of Community Programs, gave a brief presentation on the programs listed within the resolution, per request of Vice Mayor Hurst. By unanimous voice vote of the Board members present, being two - thirds in number, the Consent Agenda was adopted. Director Adcock voted no on Item 4. 2. ORDINANCE 19,760 - Providing for the issuance and sale of Capital Improvement Revenue Refunding Bonds for the purpose of advance refunding the City's Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds (Infrastructure Improvements) Series 1998A; providing for the payment of the principal of the interest on the bonds; authorizing the execution and delivery of an amended, restated and substituted master trust indenture and a supplemental trust indenture; and prescribing other matters relating thereto; and declaring an emergency. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The ordinance authorizes the issuance of $13,655,000 of Capital Improvement Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2007. The ordinance was read the first time. Director Keck, seconded by Director Richardson, made a motion to suspend the rules and place the ordinances on second reading. By unanimous voice vote of the Board members present, being two - thirds in number, the rules were suspended and the ordinances were read the second time. Director Keck, seconded by Vice Mayor Hurst, made a motion to suspend the rules and place the ordinances on third reading. By unanimous voice vote of the Board members present, being two - thirds in number, the rules were suspended and the ordinances were read the third time. A roll call vote was taken and recorded as follows: Directors Keck, Wright, Wyrick, Kumpuris, Fortson, Adcock, Hendrix, Richardson, Cazort, Vice Mayor Hurst, and Mayor Stodola voted yes. The ordinance (Item 2) was passed. A roll call vote was taken and recorded as follows: Directors Keck, Wright, Wyrick, Kumpuris, Fortson, Adcock, Hendrix, Richardson, Cazort, Vice Mayor Hurst, and Mayor Stodola voted yes. The emergency clause was passed. Little Rock Board of Directors Reconvened Meeting — Minutes June 12, 2007 Mayor Stodola reported that the bond would refund $1.2 million to the City. Bill Spivey and Jim Foster (Morgan Keegan) thanked the Board for allowing them to handle the bond matter for the City and gave a brief presentation regarding the bonds. 3. ORDINANCE 19,761 - To grant additional duties and authorities to the directly elected Mayor; to call an election on whether to grant these duties and authorities to the directly elected Mayor; to call an election on the issue of whether the directly elected Mayor should have veto authority; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes. Director Kumpuris and Tom Carpenter, City Attorney, gave a brief presentation on the governance ordinance as presented to the Board with all of the final amendments. The election date chosen is August 14, 2007. A motion was made by Director Keck, seconded by Director Cazort, to accept the amendments as presented. Director Hendrix asked if it was required to start over from first reading after the amendments were accepted. Director Wyrick asked about the clincher motion. The City Attorney addressed both questions. Per response to a citizen question the City Attorney clarified that the number of votes required for the veto is eight (8). By unanimous voice vote of the Board members present, being two - thirds in number, the amendments were adopted. The ordinance was read the first time on May 29, 2007. Director Keck, seconded by Director Cazort, made a motion to suspend the rules and place the ordinance on second reading. By unanimous voice vote of the Board members present, being two - thirds in number, the rules were suspended. Directors Hendrix, Richardson, and Adcock voted no. The ordinance was read the second time. Director Keck, seconded by Director Fortson, made a motion to suspend the rules and place the ordinances on third reading. By unanimous voice vote of the Board members present, being two - thirds in number, the rules were suspended. Directors Hendrix, Richardson, and Adcock voted no. The ordinance was read the third time. A roll call vote was taken and recorded as follows: Directors Keck, Wright, Kumpuris, Fortson, Cazort, Vice Mayor Hurst, and Mayor Stodola voted yes. Directors Wyrick, Adcock, Hendrix, and Richardson voted no. The ordinance (Item 3) was passed. A roll call vote was taken and recorded as follows: Directors Keck, Wright, Kumpuris, Fortson, Cazort, Vice Mayor Hurst, and Mayor Stodola voted yes. Directors Wyrick, Adcock, Hendrix, and Richardson voted no. The emergency clause was passed. Director Adcock requested a report on the top twenty items of Vision Little Rock. She also reported that in January 2007 the Board voted on zoning for four properties in the Central High area. She added her concern for the fact that the projects have not been started and asked the Mayor and City Manager to look into the progress of the houses. She concluded by asking for a report on the Central High 50th Anniversary Commemoration events and the City's efforts on cleaning up the area. 2 Little Rock Board of Directors Reconvened Meeting — Minutes — June 12, 2007 Director Richardson stated that there is a bigger issue and hoped that the City would become a part of a revitalization project for the Central Area rather than just cleaning it up for the special event. Mayor Stodola added that he had been in contact with the local CDC and other organizations to move toward Director Richardson's suggestion. City Manager, Bruce Moore, concurred. Director Keck noted that the City Park on Rodney Parham Road was home to a snow cone stand. He wanted to be sure that all of the required City permits had been acquired and that all regulations and taxes were appropriately collected. CITIZEN COMMUNITCATION Speaker: Robert C. Walker Topic: He requested that the City review the housing code that allowed apartments to have one entry and /or exit. He felt like apartments with one door was a safety hazard. 4. EXECUTIVE SESSION - Evaluation of the City Attorney Director Cazort, seconded by Director Richardson, made the motion to go into executive session for the purpose the evaluation of the City Attorney. By unanimous voice vote of the Board members present the Board went into executive session at 5:40 PM. Vice Mayor Hurst called the meeting back to order. As recommended by the previous Board of -- Directors, a mid year evaluation of the City Attorney was conducted for the benefit of the new Board members. Vice Mayor Hurst expressed that "all is progressing very well. We are very pleased with our City Attorney and we're confident the City's chief legal officer will continue to lead the City in a positive direction." Director Hendrix, seconded by Director Kumpuris, made a motion to adjourn the meeting. By unanimous voice vote of the Board members present, the meeting was adjourned. ATTEST: APPROVED: "fli ��Z/�- Na4 Wood, C City Clerk 3 Mark Stodola Mayor