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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-29-93425 Board of Directors Room Little Rock, Arkansas September 29, 1993 - 1:30 P.M. The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas reconvened from the September 21, 1993 regular meeting with Mayor Dailey presiding. City Clerk Robbie Hancock called the roll with the following Directors present: Directors Roy, Sharp, Lewellen, Mason, and Adcock - total 5; Absent - Director Priest - total 1. With a quorum present, Mayor Dailey declared the Board of Directors in session and the proceedings are recorded as follows. Mayor Dailey announced that Items 1 and 2 on the Agenda are related items recommended by the FUTURE Little Rock Steering Committee for the Board of Directors consideration. The first one is the levying of a-1/2% sales tax for operating purposes, and the second is the levying of a 1 cent sales tax for capital projects. He then invited Mr. Sammy Mills and Dr. Dean Kumpuris, members of the FUTURE - Little Rock Steering Committee, to address the Board of Directors. Dr. Kumpuris recommended calling a special election the second week in December, 1994, which would give members of the Steering Committee and others the opportunity to educate the citizens of Little Rock about what is in the proposed sales tax package. In response to Director Adcock's question "What is the cost of presenting this to the people and how do you plan on paying for it ?" Dr. Kumpuris stated the cost as far as the access channel is concerned should not be anything other than production which will be paid from left over funds of FUTURE Little Rock; the rest of the money will be raised from private donations of citizens in the community, and there will be no cost to the City of Little Rock. Mrs. Ann Johnston read a letter from Wakefield Neighborhood Association President J. R. Purifoy, expressing concern that the package would be defeated due to the inclusion of the downtown arena and the unclear use of the funds. The Wakefield Neighborhood Association Board of Directors feels that crime and safety are of utmost importance to the citizens and recommend the proposals be divided, so that voters may consider police and crime matters separately. There was discussion among Board Members regarding whether to have separate elections on the two tax proposals and changing the proposed election date from November 16, 1993 to December 14, 1993. (A special election has been set for November 16, 1993 to elect four additional City Directors - see Ordinance No. 16,479.) Dr. Kumpuris recommended the December date to allow more time to educate voters on the sales tax package and also to separate the election of City Directors from the sales tax issues. Following the lengthy discussion, during which Board Members generally agreed to the December 14, 1993 election date, Ordinance No. 16,496 was presented, with the title being: AN ORDINANCE CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, ON THE QUESTION OF LEVYING A ONE -HALF PERCENT (1/2 %) MUNICIPAL SALES AND USE TAX PURSUANT TO ARKANSAS CODE ANNOTATED SECTION 26 -75 -201 ET SEQ. FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF THE CITY; PRESCRIBING OTHER MATTERS PERTAINING THERETO; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; (Special Election to be held December 14, 1993.) and the Ordinance was read the first time. There was a motion by Director Sharp, seconded by Director Lewellen, to suspend the rules and place the Ordinance on second reading. The motion was unanimously adopted by the Board Members present, being six 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 made by Director Lewellen, and seconded by Director Mason, to again suspend the rules and place 1 426 Minutes September 29, 1993 the Ordinance on third and final reading. The motion was unanimously adopted by the Board Members present, being six in number and two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of Directors - elect. Following the third and last reading of the Ordinance, a roll call vote was taken on the question, Shall the Ordinance Pass, with the results recorded as follows: Ayes - Directors Roy, Sharp, Lewellen, Mason, Mayor Dailey, and Director Adcock - total 6; Noes - None; Absent - Director Priest - total 1. The Emergency Clause contained in Section 10 of the foregoing Ordinance was then read and adopted by the following roll call vote: Ayes - Directors Roy, Sharp, Lewellen, Mason, Mayor Dailey, and Director Adcock - total 6; Noes - None; Absent - Director Priest - total 1. Therefore, the Ordinance, together with the Emergency Section, was declared PASSED. Consideration was then given to Ordinance No. 16,497, with the title being: AN ORDINANCE PURSUANT TO ARK. CODE ANN. SECTION 14- 164 -338 LEVYING A ONE - PERCENT (1 %) SALES AND USE TAX FOR A PERIOD OF TWENTY -FOUR (24) MONTHS TO MAKE CERTAIN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS; CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO APPROVE SUCH A LEVY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; (Special Election to be held December 14, 1993.) (See discussion preceding Ordinance No. 16,496 above. With the election date being changed from November 16, 1993 to December 14, 1993, City Attorney Tom Carpenter noted that Section 3 of the Ordinance would be corrected to reflect February 1, 1994 to February 1, 1996 as the 24 month collection period.) Following the first reading of the Ordinance, there was a motion by Director Lewellen, seconded by Director Roy, to suspend the rules and place the Ordinance on second reading. The motion was unanimously adopted by the Board Members present, being six 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 made by Director Sharp, and seconded by Director Mason, 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 six in number and two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of Directors- elect. Following the third and last reading of the Ordinance, Director Adcock asked fellow Board Members to not vote yes on this Ordinance, and postpone it until a time that the other ones are in place. A roll call vote was then taken on the question, Shall the Ordinance Pass, with the results recorded as follows: Ayes - Directors Roy, Sharp, Lewellen, Mason, and Mayor Dailey - total 5; Noes - Director Adcock - total 1; Absent - Director Priest - total 1. The Emergency Clause contained in Section 10 of the foregoing Ordinance was then read and adopted by the following roll call vote: Ayes - Directors Roy, Sharp, Lewellen, Mason, and Mayor Dailey - total 5; Noes - Director Adcock - total 1; Absent - Director Priest - total 1. Therefore, the Ordinance, together with the Emergency Section, was declared PASSED. Introduced next was Ordinance No. 16,498, described as: AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH SALARIES FOR THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; (Beginning January 1, 1994 - $24,000 annually for Mayor and $12,000 annually for City Directors.) Mr. David Jones, 10600 Train Station Drive, Mabelvale, spoke in support of compensation for the Board of Directors. The next 2 Minutes September 29, 1993 speaker was Capt. John Clayton, 2812 West 7th Street (a candidate for City Director Ward 2), who spoke in opposition to the compensation for City Directors. However, he was in favor of a salary of $25,000 annually for the Mayor. Mr. Barry Haas, 3900 Doral Drive, also spoke in opposition to the Ordinance, stating there is a difference between what is legally right and what is ethically right. Director Adcock moved to amend Sections 1(a) and 1(b) of the Ordinance to add the phrase "beginning in fiscal year 1994." The motion was seconded by Director Lewellen and unanimously adopted by the Board Members present. Following supportive comments by each of the Directors, the Ordinance, as amended, was read the third and last time, having been read the first and second times on September 7, 1993, and September 21, 1993, respectively. The Aye and No Vote taken on passage of the Ordinance is recorded as follows: Ayes - Directors Roy, Sharp, Lewellen, Mason, Mayor Dailey, and Director Adcock - total 6; Noes - None; Absent - Director Priest - total 1. Whereupon, Mayor Dailey declared that the Ordinance, as amended, was PASSED. Introduced next was Resolution No. 91010, entitled: A RESOLUTION TO RENAME THE EAST LITTLE ROCK COMMUNITY COMPLEX THE NATHANIEL W. HILL COMMUNITY COMPLEX; and the Resolution was read in full. There was a motion by Director Mason, seconded by Director Lewellen, to adopt the Resolution, and the Resolution was adopted by unanimous voice vote of the Board Members present. (Note: The discussion regarding the following ordinance was interrupted at 3:15 to introduce Resolution No. 9,010, so that it could be presented to Mr. Hill during the reception being held in honor of his retirement from the City of Little Rock.) Consideration was then given to a proposed Ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL LITTLE ROCK, ARK. ORDINANCE NO. 16,482 (SEPTEMBER 7, 1993) ; CANCELLING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 16, 1993; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. (On the question of annexing 6.43 square miles to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas.) (See Minutes of September 21, 1993, for discussion during Citizen Communications, at which time Mr. Sam Perroni urged the Board of Directors to remove the County Farm Road area from the proposed annexation of 6.43 square miles to the City of Little Rock. Ordinance No. 16,482 passed September 7, 1993, called a special election on the question of annexing 16 areas to the City of Little Rock, and the County Farm Road area is in Area 11P11.) Mr. Sam Perroni, a resident of Beck Road in the County Farm Road area, addressed the Board of Directors on behalf of the residents of the area who are opposed to the proposed annexation. He again urged the Board of Directors to repeal the annexation ordinance, then give the people in the proposed annexation area "P" opportunity to provide information for the Board to study to see if it would be in the best interest of the City of Little Rock. Director Sharp stated he did not see the urgency of the annexation proposal and said the City should have a policy that - people should be notified of the proposal to annex their property. Others speaking in opposition to the annexation were Ken Brock, Pat Booth, Evelyn Kreth, Michael Drake, Wingfield Martin and Susie Haynes. (Director Roy was excused at 3:10 o'clock P.M. There were others present to speak in opposition to the annexation; however, since Mayor Dailey had to leave shortly, there would be only four Directors remaining, and there would 3 427 y 428 Minutes September 29, 1993 not be the five votes required to suspend the rules to provide for the second and third readings of the Ordinance. Therefore, the Board generally agreed to continue the discussion on October 5, 1993. The proposed Ordinance was then read the first time and left on the calendar for second reading on Tuesday, October 5, 1993. (Mayor Dailey was excused at 3:18 o'clock P.M. and Vice Mayor Mason presided during the remainder of the meeting.) Appearing on the Agenda as Item No. 5 was a proposed Resolution entitled: "A RESOLUTION STATING THE FORM OF THE ANNEXATION BALLOT; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES" which was removed from the Agenda at the recommendation of City Attorney Tom Carpenter. Mr. Carpenter said he would write a letter to the Election Commission, advising the Commission of the status of the annexation proposal. Therefore, no action was taken on the Resolution. At 3:20 o'clock P.M. Vice Mayor Mason declared a ten minute recess. When the Board of Directors reconvened at 3:45 o'clock P.M., Vice Mayor Mason presided, and the following Directors were present: Directors Sharp, Lewellen and Adcock - total 3. The following Agenda Items 6, 7 and 8 were deferred until Tuesday, October 5, 1993, at the suggestion of Director Adcock, since the Ordinances were on the calendar for second reading and there were not enough Directors present to suspend the rules. (See Minutes of September 21, 1993, for discussion and first reading of the three Ordinances.) (6) Z -5715 - AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND ESTABLISHING A PLANNED OFFICE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TITLED "6420 MABELVALE CUTOFF SHORT -FORM POD" IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK; AMENDING CHAPTER 36 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. (Located at the northwest corner of Mabelvale Cutoff and Stillman Road.) (7) S -985 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 31 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, PROVIDING FOR A WAIVER OF RIGHT -OF -WAY DEDICATION AND STREET AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE STAGECOACH ROAD FRONTAGE AND A WAIVER OF THE STREET AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE SUSIE LANE FRONTAGE OF BURCH AND RAILEY ADDITION. (8) S -987 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 31 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS PROVIDING FOR A WAIVER OF STREET AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE WEST PRATT ROAD AND THE WILKERSON DRIVE FRONTAGES OF DAVID WILKERSON SUBDIVISION. No action was taken on the three Ordinances; therefore, they will be placed on the Agenda for second reading on October 5, 1993. There being no further business to be presented, the Board of Directors adjourned at 3:48 o'clock P.M. to meet again in regular session on Tuesday, October 5, 1993, at 6:00 o'clock P.M. ATTEST: Q. a444;,, A4zazo eA-, CITY CLERK ROBBIE HANCOCK 4 U* a� tt