December 3, 2019
6:00 PM
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION: Director Gene Fortson
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE
PRESENTATION
Big Jingle Jubilee
Holiday Parade (December 3, 2019)
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CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 - 9) |
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1. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
City Manager to enter into an annual contract with Levy Concrete, in an
approximate amount of $130,000.00, for the purchase of Ready Mix Concrete for
the Public Works Department; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: Request for approval to enter into an
annual contract with Levy Concrete to provide the City of Little Rock with
Ready Mix Concrete Materials for use in street and sidewalk repairs. The contract will be for one (1)-year from
date of award, with possible extensions yearly for two (2) additional years,
if agreed to by all parties. |
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2. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
City Manager to enter into an agreement with and to make payments to the
Merchants National Bonding Company, in an amount not to exceed the original
award amount of $100,620.00, for the completion of the Biscayne Drive
Drainage Improvement Project; and for other purposes. (Funding from the 3/8-Cent Capital
Improvement Sales Tax) Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution authorizing the City Manager
to execute an agreement with Merchants National Bonding Company for the completion
of work originally awarded to On-Line Construction, Inc., by Resolution No.
14,681, for the Biscayne Drive Drainage Improvement Project. (Located in Ward 4) |
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3. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
City Manager to enter into a contract with Redstone Construction Group, Inc.,
in an amount not to exceed $2,335,270.49, for the Mabelvale Pike
Reconstruction Project; and for other purposes. (Funding from the 3/8-Cent Capital
Improvement Sales Tax and the Limited Tax General Obligation Capital
Improvement Bonds) Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution authorizing the City Manager
to execute an agreement with Merchants National Bonding Company for the
completion of work originally awarded to On-Line Construction, Inc., by
Resolution No. 14,681, for the Biscayne Drive Drainage Improvement
Project. (Located in Ward 7) |
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4. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
City Manager to enter into a contract with ACS Playground Adventures, in an
amount not to exceed the total cost of $106,997.00, to construct and install a
Poligon Pavilion at Union Park; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution authorizing the City Manager
to execute a construction contract with ACS Playground Adventures for a new
thirty-six (36)-foot x forty-seven (47)-foot Poligon Pavilion for Union Park.
Pavilion is to replace the existing structurally damaged pavilion leaving the
existing large stone foundation and fireplace. |
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5. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
City Manager to enter into a contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield, in an
amount not to exceed $500,000.00, for Group Dental Insurance for a period beginning
January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution authorizing the City Manager
to enter into an agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield for Group Dental
Insurance for the period of January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020. |
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6. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
City Manager to enter into a fourth renewal of the contract with Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company, in an amount not to exceed $520,000.00, for Group
Life and AD&D Insurance for a period beginning January 1, 2020, to
December 31, 2020; and for other purposes.
Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution authorizing the City Manager
to enter into an agreement with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for Group
Life and AD&D Insurance for the period of January 1, 2020, to December 31,
2020. This represents year four (4) of the seven (7)-year term. |
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7. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
City Manager to enter into a third extension of the contract with VSP, in an
amount not to exceed $135,000.00, for Group Vision Insurance for a period
beginning January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution authorizing the City Manager
to enter into an agreement with VSP for Group Vision Insurance for the period
of January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020.
This represents year four (4) of the seven (7)-year term. |
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8. RESOLUTION |
To ratify appointments
to the Central Arkansas Library System Board of Trustees; and for other
purposes. Synopsis: Reappointment of Marian Berry to serve her
second three (3)-year term, said term to expire on December 31, 2022. Appointment of Stacey McAdoo to serve her
first three (3)-year term, said term to expire on December 31, 2022. |
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9. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
City Manager to enter into an Agreement with DePaul USA, Inc., in an amount
not to exceed $343,161.96, to operate the Jericho Way Homeless Day Resource
Center; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. |
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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. |
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GROUPED ITEMS (Items 10 - 14) |
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10. ORDINANCE |
LU19-11-03:
To amend the Land
Use Plan in the Interstate 430 Planning District, northeast of Kanis Road and
Embassy Suites Drive, from Office to Commercial; and for other purposes. Planning
Commission: 10 ayes; 0 nays; and 1
absent. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: To approve Land Use Plan amendment in the
Interstate 430 Planning District from O, Office, to C, Commercial. (Located in Ward 6) |
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11. ORDINANCE |
Z-9460: To reclassify property located
in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, amending the Official Zoning Map of the
City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes. Planning
Commission: 10 ayes; 0 nays; and 1
absent. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The owner of the 0.97-acre property located
at the northeast corner of Kanis Road and Embassy Suites Drive is requesting
that the property be reclassified from O-3, General Office District, and POD,
Planned Office Development, to C-3, General Commercial District. The rezoning is requested for future
commercial development. (Located in
Ward 6) |
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12. ORDINANCE |
To declare it
impractical and unfeasible to bid; to authorize participation of the City of
Little Rock, Arkansas, in an insurance pool administered by the Arkansas
Municipal League for certain litigation costs, expenses and coverage, in an
amount not to exceed $427,728.04; to
declare an emergency; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: Request for a Sole-Source Ordinance to
approve participation in an insurance pool administered by the Arkansas
Municipal League for certain litigation costs, expenses and coverage. |
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13. ORDINANCE |
To grant a
Franchise for the use of City right-of-way for the placement of restaurant
tables and other items for the exclusive use of 610 Bar & Grill, located
at 610 Center Street; to require the creation of a passageway consistent with
the Americans with Disabilities Act and acceptable to the City; to set the
other terms and conditions of this Franchiser for the Franchisee and the
adjacent property owners; and for other purposes. |
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14. ORDINANCE |
To declare it
impractical and unfeasible to use a Competitive Selection Process; to
authorize certain contracts to PIT Providers for a period of one (1)-year
until December 31, 2020; to commit $1,950,000.00 of the anticipated
$4,700,000.00 monies available for PIT in the City’s 2020 Budget; and for
other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. |
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SEPARATE ITEMS (Items 15 - 16) |
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15. ORDINANCE |
To provide for and to adopt the 2020 Budget for the City of Little
Rock, Arkansas, for the period beginning January 1, 2020, and ending December
31, 2020; to appropriate resources and uses for every expenditure item and
fund; to declare an emergency; and
for other purposes. (1st Reading held on November 19, 2019) (Deferred
from the November 26, 2019, Reconvened Meeting) Staff
recommends approval. |
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16. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Ace Glass
Recycling of Little Rock, Arkansas, to perform Curbside Glass Recycling
Services within the corporate limits of the City; to authorize and additional
fee of $3.39 per residence to be assessed to each residence for such service;
to authorize any necessary amendments to the Solid Waste Bond Funds; and for
other purposes. (Deferred from the November 26, 2019, Reconvened Meeting) |
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PUBLIC HEARINGS (Items 17 - 18) |
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17. ORDINANCE |
G-23-471:
To abandon an
undeveloped, unnamed right-of-way located north of Kanis Road, east of
Embassy Suites Drive, in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other
purposes. Planning
Commission: 10 ayes; 0 nays; and 1
absent. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The City, through the Public Works
Department and Planning Department, is requesting the exclusive abandonment
of the undeveloped, unnamed thirty (30)-foot right-of-way located between
Lots 58 and 59, West Highlands Subdivision as recorded in Book 1, Page 273 on
April 3, 1916, with no retention of any easement rights. (Located in Ward 6) |
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18. ORDINANCE |
G-23-472:
To approve the exclusive right-of-way
abandonment for an undeveloped fifty (50)-foot Scenic Boulevard right-of-way,
located within the property at 55 Scenic Boulevard; in the City of Little
Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes. Planning
Commission: 10 ayes; 0 nays; and 1 absent. Staff recommends
approval. Synopsis:
The applicant is requesting approval of
the exclusive abandonment of the undeveloped fifty (50)-foot Scenic Boulevard
right-of-way located within the property located at 55 Scenic Boulevard,
Pulaski County Tax Parcel ID 33L0120004600 as recorded in Plat Book 4, Page
235 on November 28, 1950, to a point twenty-five (25) feet north of the south
boundary of said tract with no retention of any easement rights subject to
the specific requested easements being granted to Entergy and Little Rock
Water Reclamation Authority. (Located
in Ward 3) |