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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-20-94732 l Board of Directors Room City Hall - 500 West Markham Little Rock, Arkansas September 20, 1994 - 6:00 P.M. The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas met in regular session with Mayor Jim Dailey presiding. City Clerk Robbie Hancock called the roll with the following Directors present: Directors Roy, Sharp, Lewellen, Mason, Adcock, Hendrix, Scheibner, Keck and Joyce - total 9; Absent - Director Priest - total 1. With a quorum present, Mayor Dailey declared the Board of Directors in session, and the proceedings of the meeting are recorded as follows. The Invocation was given by Director Hendrix, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Director Keck presented "I'm Big on Little Rock" T- shirts to all members of the 1994 Youth Summit, after Matt Hampton addressed the Board of Directors regarding the Youth Summit Lock - in at UALR and presented some recommendations to the Board regarding youth violence. Consideration was then given to the Consent Agenda which consisted of the following items: (a) Approval of the Minutes of the Board of Directors meeting held July 19, 1994. (b) Resolution No. 9,242, entitled: A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN LANDS. (Fourche Island Annexation - October 18, 1994.) (c) Resolution No. 9,243, with the title being: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT BIDS AND AWARD CONTRACTS FOR RELOCATING EXISTING WARNING SIRENS AND FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES. (Harris Enterprises - not to exceed $31,500; American Signal Corp. - not to exceed $106,896.) (d) Resolution No. 9,244, described as: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH AMARACO ENTERPRISES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW RESTROOM FACILITY IN ALLSOPP PARK, A 1988 BOND ISSUE PROJECT. ($49,587.) (e) Resolution No. 9,245, entitled: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT BIDS AND AWARD A CONTRACT FOR THE PRINTING OF THE 1995 CITY CALENDAR. (Democrat Printing & Litho Company - not to exceed $29,520.) Upon motion and second by Directors Scheibner and Adcock, respectively, which was unanimously adopted by the Board Members present, the Consent Agenda was dispensed with as follows: (a) the Minutes of the Board of Directors regular meeting held July 19, 1994, were approved as written and distributed to the members 1 Minutes September 20, 1994 of the Board of Directors; and (b, c, d, and e) Resolutions No. 9,242, 9,243, 9,244, and 9,245 were read in full and unanimously adopted by the Board Members present. At the time allotted for Citizen Communications, the first speaker was Mr. Robert "Say" McIntosh, who spoke on the issue of black on black crime. The next speaker was Mr. Bennie Johnson, 6200 Asher Avenue #109, who spoke about school violence caused by black students. Mrs. Betty Moore Snyder, 4002 Walker Street, President of John Barrow Neighborhood Association, thanked the Board of Directors, particularly Directors Joyce and Adcock, for putting on the Neighborhood Conference. She also praised the Parks & Recreation Department for helping John Barrow, Twin Lakes, Broadmoor and Westwood in making plans for "A Day in the Park" to clean up the park on October 8, 1994. She said the Association is pushing the October 11, 1994 bond election. She asked the City not to pull the police officers out of the Alert Centers for resource officers. She concluded by.expressing the desire of the John Barrow Association for a police substation to be located in west central Little Rock. Mr. David Carr, 9614 Labette Drive, a commissioner for Twin Lakes Homeowners Association, also requested a police substation in the John Barrow /Twin Lakes area. Mr. George Brown, 2823 Lehigh Drive, supported Mrs. Snyder and Mr. Carr in asking the Board to consider putting a police substation in the John Barrow area. He displayed a map and pointed out the areas covered by the bike patrol, foot patrol and horse patrol. Mr. Tom Robinson, 5724 Patterson Road, owner of Capitol Cab Company, said transportation in the City of Little Rock is in serious trouble. In 1979 there were 150 taxicabs working the 38 square mile area of Little Rock 24 hours a day. He referred to the Atlanta Transportation Study, stating that in 1981 Atlanta realized the need for a transportation system in which the business community would participate, in order to get conventions, the olympics, and the super bowl, etc. Mr. Robinson concluded by stating we need to replace the cab stands that used to be located in various areas so that-people would be exposed to taxicabs. Mayor Dailey asked that the taxicab subject be on the next Agenda for staff input and Board discussion and that Mr. Robinson and Mr. Barry Travis, Executive Director of the Little Rock Convention &visitors Bureau, be present. Mrs. Kathy Wells, President of the Coalition of Little Rock Neighborhoods, read a letter she wrote to Mayor Dailey regarding the two houses purchased in the expansion of the Fletcher Library that are suitable for relocation and re -use. She stated that Dr. Bobby Roberts, Director of the Central Arkansas Library System, has said he will offer the structures to the City of Little Rock. Ms. Wells urged the City to accept the houses and assure two families of good homes. She said she knew of more than one group interested in locating the houses in their neighborhood. Mr. Noel Washington said he was present to share a little knowledge about the community. He quoted Bible scriptures "My people perish due to a lack of knowledge." "If you spare the rod you spoil the child." "The man is the head of the house." He said SCAN and the Affirmative Action Program are responsible for a lot of the problems today. He urged the Board and citizens to read two books "In Route to Global Occupation" and "Pawns in the Game." He said the books give understanding of the underground organization that has infiltrated the government whether it be local or national. 2 l 733` /'734 Minutes September 20, 1994 Rev. Bobby Lee Marshall, 1608 Rock Street, invited the Board and all citizens to the first meeting of the East Little Rock Association in Pettaway Park on Thursday night at 6:00 P.M. This is a positive thing going on in the City. He encouraged citizens to start looking for positive things in the City. Stop thinking about what the City can do for you and start thinking about what you can do for the City. There was a briefing of the 1994 Bond Project by Assistant City Manager Jim Lawson, who explained this issue is to refinance the 1988 Bond issue and emphasized this is not a new tax. He briefly reviewed six issues of the $29.9 million Bond Project: Streets, Drainage, Stephens School, Parks & Recreation, Fire, and Police. Assistant Police Chief Randy Reed gave a report on crime statistics, zero tolerance task force, and juvenile curfew. Mayor Dailey announced that Agenda Items 7 and 8 (Resolutions regarding fiber optics franchises for American Communications Systems [ACSI] and Brooks Fiber) were deferred until October 4, 1994. (Director Roy was excused at 7:10 o'clock P.M.) Consideration was then given to Ordinance No. 16,746 entitled: AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MASTER STREET PLAN, REMOVING ALL ROADS IN SALINE COUNTY AND FOR OTHER MATTERS. and the Ordinance was read the first time. There was a motion by Director Scheibner, seconded by Director Keck, to suspend the rules and place the Ordinance on second reading. The motion was unanimously adopted by the Board Members present, being nine 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 and second by Directors Scheibner and Adcock, respectively, 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 nine in number and two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of Directors - elect, and the Ordinance was then read the third and last time. A roll call- vote was taken on passage of the Ordinance, with the results recorded as follows: Ayes - Directors Hendrix, Scheibner, Keck, Joyce, Sharp, Lewellen, Mason, Mayor Dailey, and Director Adcock - total 9; Noes - None; Absent - Directors Priest and Roy - total 2. Whereupon, the Ordinance was declared PASSED. Introduced next was Ordinance No. 16,747, described as: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 31 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, PROVIDING FOR A WAIVER OF CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED TO CANTRELL ROAD FOR ST. MICHAEL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH TO BE LOCATED AT 12401 CANTRELL ROAD. and the Ordinance was read the first time. The Reverend Susan L. Davidson, representing St. Michael's Episcopal Church, spoke in support of the Ordinance. Mr. Tim Polk, Director of Neighborhoods & Planning, stated staff could support the waiver because of the unusual circumstances. There was a motion by Director Scheibner, seconded by Director Keck, to suspend the rules and place the Ordinance on second reading. The motion was unanimously adopted by the Board Members present, being nine 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 and second by Directors Scheibner and Adcock, respectively, to again suspend the rules and place the Ordinance on third and final reading. The motion was 3 Minutes September 20, 1994 unanimously adopted by the Board Members present, being nine in number and two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of Directors - elect, and the Ordinance was then read the third and last time. A roll call vote was taken on passage of the Ordinance, with the results recorded as follows: Ayes - Directors Hendrix, Scheibner, Keck, Joyce, Sharp, Lewellen, Mason, Mayor Dailey, and Director Adcock - total 9; Noes - None; Absent - Directors Priest and Roy - total 2. Whereupon, the Ordinance was declared PASSED. The next presentation was Ordinance No. 16,748, with the title being: AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $462,000 FROM THE CITY'S EXCESS INTEREST EARNING ACCOUNT OF THE 1988 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BOND FUND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS PROJECT. and the Ordinance was read the first time. There was a motion by Director Scheibner, seconded by Director Keck, to suspend the rules and place the Ordinance on second reading. The motion was unanimously adopted by the Board Members present, being nine 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 and second by Directors Scheibner and Adcock, respectively, 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 nine in number and two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of Directors - elect, and the Ordinance was then read the third and last time. A roll call vote was taken on passage of the Ordinance, with the results recorded as follows: Ayes - Directors Hendrix, Scheibner, Keck, Joyce, Sharp, Lewellen, Mason, Mayor Dailey, and Director Adcock - total 9; Noes - None, Absent - Directors Priest and Roy - total 2. Whereupon, the Ordinance was declared PASSED. Appearing on the Agenda as Item No. 2 was a proposed Ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE TO PERMIT REZONING OF A PARCEL TO A SPECIFIC ZONING CLASSIFICATION SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS NAMING THE CLASSIFICATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; Director Adcock asked if City Attorney Tom Carpenter had met with the neighborhood and worked out the issues. Assistant City Attorney Stephen Giles responded to the questions and explained the discussion held at the Planning Commission meeting. He said the concern is that we don't have written authority to do what we have been doing by placing conditions on zoning reclassifications. Mr. David Jones, representing Vogel Realty, suggested some changes to the proposed Ordinance by deleting Sections (c) , (d) and (e) . If those were not deleted, he felt the Ordinance should be deferred for further consideration. Mr. Robert Schults, representing Financial Center Corporation, said he would rather not have the Ordinance, but didn't have any strong objections. However, he had concerns about Sections (c), (d) and (e) also. Following a lengthy discussion, Director Scheibner moved to table the proposed Ordinance for thirty (30) days to give time to iron out difficulties. The motion was seconded by Director Sharp and adopted by the following roll call vote: Ayes - Directors Hendrix, Scheibner, Joyce, Sharp, Mason and Mayor Dailey - total 6; Noes - Directors Keck, Lewellen, and Adcock - total 3; Absent - Directors Priest and Roy - total 2. Therefore, the Ordinance was tabled for thirty (30) days. The next presentation was Zoning Application Z- 5472 -C filed by Mr. Frank Riggins on behalf of Dr. Turner Harris and Mrs. W. R. Camp to rezone 2.4 acres, more or less, at the northwest corner of Hinson Road and Rodney Parham Road from 11R -2" Single- H 735`\ 736 Minutes September 20, 1994 family District to 110-3" General Office District. The Planning Commission approved the reclassification with conditions on June 28, 1994. The Ordinance had been tabled by the Board of Directors on August 2, 1994, following a lengthy discussion. (See Minutes of August 2, 1994.) There was a motion by Director Keck, seconded by Director Lewellen, to remove the Ordinance from the table for consideration. The motion was adopted by the following roll call vote: Ayes - Directors Hendrix, Scheibner, Keck, Joyce, Sharp, Lewellen and Mason - total 7; Noes - Mayor Dailey and Director Adcock - total 2, Absent - Directors Priest and Roy - total 2, and the proposed Ordinance was presented, _. described as: AN ORDINANCE RECLASSIFYING PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, AMENDING SECTION 36 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; (Z- 5472 -C - To rezone 2.4 acres, more or less, at the northwest corner of Hinson Road and Rodney Parham Road from 11R -2" Single - family District to 110-3" General Office District.) Mr. David Jones of Vogel Realty, representing Mrs. W. R. Camp and Mr. Turner Harris, explained the conditions proposed by the applicants. The Ordinance was then read the first time. There was a motion and second by Directors Lewellen and Scheibner, respectively, to suspend the rules and place the Ordinance on second reading. The suspension of the rules failed by the following roll call vote: Ayes - Directors Scheibner, Keck, Sharp and Lewellen - total 4; Noes - Directors Hendrix, Joyce, Mason, Mayor Dailey, and Director Adcock - total 5; Absent - Directors Priest and Roy - total 2. Therefore, the Ordinance remained on the calendar for second reading on October 4, 1994. A public hearing had been scheduled for this time and place by Resolution No. 9,228, adopted September 6, 1994, on the petition filed by Gloria Chappelle, Assistant Vice President of the Arkansas Livestock Show Association, to close a portion of West 26th Street and a portion of South Park Street in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas. Notice of public hearing was published on September 13, 1994, and September 20, 1994. Attached to the petition was a certified copy of the plats of Blocks 4 and 5, McCarthy's Addition and Blocks 1 and 8, N. F. Riffel's Addition, and a letter from Beach Abstract & Guaranty Company listing the last apparent owners of record to abutting property. The Planning Commission approved the closures on September 6, 1994. Mayor Dailey declared the public hearing open. No opposition was presented, and the public hearing was closed. Ordinance No. 16,749 was presented, with the title being: AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING AND CLOSING A PORTION OF WEST 26TH STREET AND A PORTION OF SOUTH PARK STREET IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS; (West 26th Street extending 1 -1/2 blocks west of the west right - of -way line of Schiller Street adjacent to Lot 6, Block 1 and Lot 1, Block 8, both in N. F. Riffel Addition and Lots 6 & 7, Block 4 and Lots 5 & 12, Block 5, both in McCarthy's Addition; and Park Street from the south right -of -way line of Roosevelt Road to the south right -of -way line of West 26th Street adjacent to Lots 1 -6, Block 1, N. F. Riffel Addition and Lots 5 & 6, Block 4, McCarthy's Addition.) and there was a first reading of the Ordinance. The rules were suspended and the Ordinance placed on second reading by a motion made by Director Scheibner, seconded by Director Joyce, and unanimously adopted by the Board Members present, being nine in number and two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of Directors - elect. Following the second reading of the Ordinance, there was a subsequent motion and second by Directors Scheibner 5 Minutes September 20, 1994 and Sharp, respectively, 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 nine in number and two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of Directors -elect and the Ordinance was read the third and last time. A roll call vote was taken on the question, Shall the Ordinance Pass, with the following results: Ayes - Directors Hendrix, Scheibner, Keck, Joyce, Sharp, Lewellen, Mason, Mayor Dailey and Director Adcock - total 9; Noes - None; Absent - Directors Priest and Roy - total 2. Therefore, the Ordinance was declared PASSED. At 8:05 o'clock P.M. Mayor Daily declared a ten minute recess. When the Board of Directors reconvened at 8:15 o'clock P.M., Mayor Dailey presided and the following Directors were present: Directors Roy, Sharp, Lewellen, Mason, Adcock, Hendrix, Scheibner, and Joyce - total 9; Absent - Directors Priest and Keck - total 2. Consideration was then given to a proposed Ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK LAND BANK AND RESIDENTIAL HOUSING FACILITIES BOARD PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NO. 142 OF THE ACTS OF ARKANSAS OF 1975; PRESCRIBING THE POWERS OF THE BOARD; PRESCRIBING THE MEMBERSHIP AND TERMS OF MEMBERS THEREOF; PRESCRIBING OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; and the Ordinance was read the first time. At the request of Director Adcock, Ms. Cheryl Nichols, Executive Director of the Quapaw Quarter Association, made comments in response to the memo written by City Attorney Tom Carpenter, dated September 18, 1994, and suggested some changes to the proposed Ordinance that would incorporate the preservation of endangered historic structures into the duties of the proposed Land Bank and Residential Housing Facilities Board. (Director Keck re- enrolled at 8:20 o'clock P.M.) Mr. Tim Polk, Director of the Department of Neighborhoods and Planning, responded to questions by the Board. Following the lengthy discussion, there was a motion by Director Keck, seconded by Director Scheibner, to table the Ordinance, and the motion was adopted by the following roll call vote: Ayes - Directors Hendrix, Scheibner, Keck, Joyce, Roy, Sharp, Lewellen and Mason - total 8; Noes - Mayor Dailey and Director Adcock - total 2; Absent - Director Priest - total 1. Whereupon, the Ordinance was tabled, having been read the first time only. Introduced next was Ordinance No. 16,750, entitled: AN ORDINANCE CONDEMNING THE STRUCTURE AT 815 SOUTH ROCK STREET IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK AS A STRUCTURAL, FIRE AND HEALTH HAZARD; PROVIDING FOR SUMMARY ABATEMENT PROCEDURES; DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO TAKE SUCH ACTION AS IS NECESSARY TO RAZE AND REMOVE SAID STRUCTURE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; and the Ordinance was read the second time, having been read the first time on September 6, 1994. There was a motion by Director Scheibner, seconded by Director Sharp, to suspend the rules and place the Ordinance on third and final reading. The motion was adopted by the Board Members present by a vote of 8 ayes and 2 noes (Keck and Lewellen), being ten in number and two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of Directors -elect and the third and final reading ensued. Ms. Cheryl Nichols, Executive Director of the Quapaw Quarter Association, spoke in opposition to the Ordinance, stating the QQA will not endorse the condemnation. (Mayor Dailey stated that Mr. Tom Wilkes, owner of Quapaw Realty Company, had written him a letter regarding the condemnation of 815 Rock Street and also supporting the creation of the Land Bank Authority, and asked that it be made part of the record.) A roll call vote was taken on the question, Shall the Ordinance Pass, 11 737 4-" 738 Minutes September 20, 1994 with the results recorded as follows: Ayes - Directors Scheibner, Joyce, Roy, Sharp, Mason and Mayor Dailey - total 6; Noes - Directors Hendrix, Keck, Lewellen, and Adcock - total 4; Absent - Director Priest - total 1. Therefore, the Ordinance was declared PASSED. Assistant City Manager Jim Lawson announced that Mrs. Chandra Russell had been named the new Director of the Department of Public Works. There being no further business to be presented, the Board of Directors adjourned at 8:55 o'clock P.M. to meet again in regular session on Tuesday, October 4, 1994. ATTEST: P PROVED: City Clerk Robbie Hancock ayor Jim Dail y 7