Board of Directors Meeting

 

October 2, 2019

6:00 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROLL CALL

 

INVOCATION:                      Director Lance Hines

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

Fire Prevention Month Proclamation

City of Little Rock Employee Retirement Recognition

     Captain Mark Cravens, Little Rock Fire Department

 

 

Modifications

 

 

 

DEFERRALS:

8.  ORDINANCE

(Deferred until January 21, 2020, at staff’s request)

 

 

Z-7332-A:  To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned Residential District titled McCune Short-Form PRD, located at 201 Crystal Court, Little Rock Arkansas, amending the Official Zoning Map of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes.  Planning Commission:  6 ayes; 1 nay; 3 absent; and 1 open position.  Staff recommends denial.

 

Synopsis:  The applicants are seeking to rezone the property from R-3, Single-Family District, to PRD, Planned Residential Development, to operate an existing garage apartment as a short-term rental.  The apartment is approximately 650 square-feet and was designed as a guest house by previous owners with private ingress and egress separate from the residence.  (Located in Ward 3)

 

 

 

9.  ORDINANCE

(Deferred until January 21, 2020, at staff’s request)

 

 

Z-9444:  To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned Residential District titled Baillie-Weinkopff Short-Form PRD, located at 205 Crystal Court, Little Rock Arkansas, amending the Official Zoning Map of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes.  Planning Commission:  6 ayes; 1 nay; 3 absent; and 1 open position.  Staff recommends denial.

 

Synopsis:  The owners are requesting rezoning of the property from R-2, Single-Family District, to PRD, Planned Residential Development, to allow for the short-term rental of a detached cottage in the southeast corner of the backyard.  (Located in Ward 3)

 

 

Agenda

 

 

CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 - 3)

1.   MOTION

September 17, 2019

Approval of the minutes of the September 17, 2019, Little Rock City Board of Directors Meeting.

 

 

 

 

 

2.   RESOLUTION

Board Communication

 

To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Mark McLarty Ford, for a total cost of $56,400.00, for the purchase of two (2) Ford F-250HD Service Trucks for the Fleet Services Department; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval.

 

Synopsis:  A resolution to authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Mark McLarty Ford, for the purchase of two (2) Ford F-250HD Service Trucks for the Fleet Services Department.

 

 

 

3.   RESOLUTION

Board Communication

 

To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Optiv Security, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $129,294.26, plus applicable taxes and fees, to provide Checkpoint Migration Services to migrate to a new URL Filtering Solution and to renew the Checkpoint Firewall Maintenance for the Information Technology Department; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval.

 

Synopsis:  To renew the Checkpoint Firewall Maintenance contract and migrate from the IPRISM URL filtering to Checkpoint.

 

 

 

CITIZEN COMMUNICATION

 

Three (3) minutes are allowed to present a specific item that is not already on the Agenda. This time is allotted for any person to express a written or oral viewpoint, or other message to the Board of Directors. A maximum of thirty (30) minutes is allotted for citizen communications each meeting.  Individuals wishing to address the City Board during Citizen Communication will be required to submit a yellow card to the City Clerk prior to the official start of the meeting.  Citizen Communication Cards are available on the table in the hallway located outside of the Board Chambers.  Citizen Communication will be held immediately following the Consent Agenda items on the first Tuesday and at the end of the printed Agenda on the third Tuesday.

 

 

 

GROUPED ITEMS (Items 4 - 7)

4.   ORDINANCE

Board Communication

Write-Up

Zoning Map

Land Use Plan

Sketch

 

Z-5126-A:  To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned Office District titled Franklin Community Health Complex Short-Form POD, located at 1701 South Harrison Street, Little Rock Arkansas, amending the Official Zoning Map of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes.  Planning Commission:  8 ayes; 0 nays; 2 absent; and 1 open position.  Staff recommends approval.

 

Synopsis:  The applicant is requesting that the property be rezoned from R-3, Single-Family District, to POD, Planned Office Development, to renovate the former elementary school into the Franklin Community Health Complex, a public-private partnership approach to deliver healthcare and public health programming to yield a positive impact for the neighborhood and City.  (Located in Ward 2).

 

 

 

 

 

5.   ORDINANCE

Board Communication

Write-Up

Zoning Map

Land Use Plan

Sketch

 

Z-5535-E:  To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned Office District titled Dajani Office Park Short-Form POD, located at 12401 Cantrell Road, Little Rock Arkansas, amending the Official Zoning Map of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes.  Planning Commission:  8 ayes; 0 nays; 2 absent; and 1 open position.  Staff recommends approval.

 

Synopsis:  The applicant is requesting to amend the current POD, Planned Office Development, for a proposed one (1)-story, 6,144 square-foot office building conforming to the 100-foot building line on Highway 10 and the other required site buffers.  (Located in Ward 4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.   ORDINANCE

Board Communication

Write-Up

Zoning Map

Land Use Plan

Sketch

 

Z-6199-F:  To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned Commercial District titled Zoe’s Revised Short-Form PCD, located at 12900 Chenal Parkway, Little Rock Arkansas, amending the Official Zoning Map of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes.  Planning Commission:  8 ayes; 0 nays; 2 absent; and 1 open position.  Staff recommends approval.

 

Synopsis:  The applicants are requesting approval of a revision to the existing PD-C, Planned Development – Commercial, zoning to allow the former Zoe’s Kitchen building and lot to be used for C-3, General Commercial District, uses. The existing PD-C zoning limits use of the building and site to a restaurant.  (Located in Ward 5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.   ORDINANCE

Board Communication

 

 

 

To amend Chapter 32, Article VI, Division 4 – Metered Parking, § 32-401 through § 32-412, of the Revised Code of Ordinances (1988) of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas;  to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval.

 

Synopsis:  To approve modifications to Chapter 32 Article VI Division 4 related to Metered Parking to include parking meter technology for parking meters and parking meter payment.   

 

SEPARATE ITEMS (Items 8 - 11)

8.   ORDINANCE

Board Communication

Write-Up

Zoning Map

Land Use Plan

Sketch

 

Z-7332-A:  To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned Residential District titled McCune Short-Form PRD, located at 201 Crystal Court, Little Rock Arkansas, amending the Official Zoning Map of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes.  Planning Commission:  6 ayes; 1 nay; 3 absent; and 1 open position.  Staff recommends denial.

 

Synopsis:  The applicants are seeking to rezone the property from R-3, Single-Family District, to PRD, Planned Residential Development, to operate an existing garage apartment as a short-term rental.  The apartment is approximately 650 square-feet and was designed as a guest house by previous owners with private ingress and egress separate from the residence.  (Located in Ward 3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.   ORDINANCE

Board Communication

Write-Up

Zoning Map

Land Use Plan

Sketch

 

Z-9444:  To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned Residential District titled Baillie-Weinkopff Short-Form PRD, located at 205 Crystal Court, Little Rock Arkansas, amending the Official Zoning Map of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes.  Planning Commission:  6 ayes; 1 nay; 3 absent; and 1 open position.  Staff recommends denial.

 

Synopsis:  The owners are requesting rezoning of the property from R-2, Single-Family District, to PRD, Planned Residential Development, to allow for the short-term rental of a detached cottage in the southeast corner of the backyard.  (Located in Ward 3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.   ORDINANCE

Board Communication

Write-Up

Zoning Map

Land Use Plan

Sketch

 

 

Z-9443:  To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned Industrial District titled Freshly Renewed Short-Form PID, located at 8404 Baseline Road, Little Rock Arkansas, amending the Official Zoning Map of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes.  Planning Commission:  8 ayes; 0 nays; 2 absent; and 1 open position.  Staff recommends approval.

 

Synopsis:  The applicant, Freshly Renewed, is seeking to rezone the property from I-2, Light Industrial District, to PID, Planned Industrial Development, allow the consolidation of two (2) of their three (3) locations in Little Rock, which would allow the organization to grow and offer more service to clients in a larger facility.  Located in Ward 7)

 

 

 

11.  ORDINANCE

To establish the Heights Landscape Design Overlay District pursuant to the Design Overlay Authority of Chapter 36 of the code of ordinances of The City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes.

 

The 1st Board Meeting in October has been moved to Wednesday, October 2, 2019, at 6:00 PM, due to the observance of National Night Out.