February 18, 2025, Board Meeting
12:00 PM
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION: Director Andrea
Lewis
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PRESENTATIONS
Legislative Update
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CONSENT
AGENDA (Items 1 – 17) |
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1. RESOLUTION |
To award professional Engineering Services
contract for design of street, drainage, and street light projects approved
for the John Barrow Road Targeted Community Development Corridor;
and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: Authorizes the City Manager
to execute an agreement with Development Consultants, Inc, (DCI) to provide
engineering and design services for street, drainage and street light
projects approved for the John Barrow Road Corridor by Resolution 16,405
(August 20,2024) funded from the Targeted Community Development (TCD) Program
as authorized by Resolution 15,382 (January 19,2021). (Located in Ward 6) |
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2. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to enter into an
agreement with Toter, LLC, in an amount not to
exceed $250,000.00, plus applicable taxes and fees, for the purchase of
garbage cart containers for Solid Waste Customers, located within the City of
Little Rock and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: A
resolution to authorize the City Manager to enter into
a contract with Toter, LLC, for the purchase of garbage carts for Solid Waste
customers, located within the City of Little Rock. |
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3. RESOLUTION |
To amend Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 16,289
(April 16, 2024), to authorize the City Manager to enter
into a one (1)-year contract extension with the Griffin Group, LLC, in
an amount not to exceed $220,000.00, for maintenance of concrete medians and
right-of-way mowing within the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other
purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: Authorizes
the City Manager to extend a contract with the low bidder, The Griffin Group LLC for maintenance of concrete medians within the City of
Little Rock for one additional year. |
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4. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Castillo Concrete Pool and Spa.
Inc., in an amount not to exceed $124,548.00, for the West Windsor at Brookview Drainage Improvement Project; and for other
purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: Authorizes the City Manager to execute
an agreement with Castillo Concrete Pool and Spa, Inc. for West Windsor at Brookview Drainage. (Located in Ward 7) |
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5. RESOLUTION |
To set March 4, 2025, as the date of hearing to amend
the 2021-2025 Consolidated Plan and 2022 Annual Action Plan; and to amend
sources and uses of 2022 CDBG, Home and HOPWA Funds; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: As a
regulatory requirement, a public hearing must be conducted regarding proposed
amendments to the Consolidated Plan, Action Plan, and sources and uses of
2022 CDBG, HOME, and HOPWA funding, according to the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development. |
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6. RESOLUTION |
To amend Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 16,489 (November
4, 2024), to authorize the City Manager to enter into
a contract with Insight Public Sector, Inc., in an amount not to exceed
$77,500.00, plus applicable taxes and fees for a one (1)-year renewal for the
Little Rock Police Department Real Time Crime Center; and for other purposes.
Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to amend Little Rock,
Ark., Resolution No. 16,489 (November 4, 2024), to authorize the City Manager
to enter into a contract with Insight Public Sector,
Inc., for a one (1)-year renewal for the Little Rock Police Department Real
Time Crime Center. |
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7. RESOLUTION |
Authorizing the City Manager to enter
into a professional services contract with NICE Systems, Inc., in an
amount not to exceed $100,000.00, plus applicable taxes and fees, for an
initial period of one (1)-year, for the purchase of NICE Investigate Software
for the Little Rock Police Department; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: Authorizes the City Manager to enter into a professional services contract with NICE
Systems, Inc., for an initial period of one (1)-year, for the purchase of
NICE Investigate Software for the Little Rock Police Department. |
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8. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Teeco Safety in an amount not
to exceed $56,230.82, for the purchase of up to thirty-six (36) replacement
vests for the Little Rock Police Department; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the City
Manager to enter into a contract with Teeco Safety,
for the purchase of up to thirty-six (36) vests for the Little Rock Police
Department. |
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9. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to enter into certain cooperative contracts; and for other
purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the City of Little
Rock (“City”) to access contracts with certain cooperative agreements that
are already competitively bid, thus saving time and money during the
procurement process. |
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10. RESOLUTION |
To set March 4, 2025, as the date for a public
hearing on whether to remove commissioners of the Tall Timbers Recreation
Improvement District No. 3 from office in the best interests of the District; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. |
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11. RESOLUTION |
To
extend the SoMa 501 Entertainment District – As a
temporary entertainment district for the following dates: March 7, 2025. June
6, 2025, June 7, 2025, September 5, 2025, October 3, 2025, and December 5,
2025; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: The SoMa 501
Entertainment District of downtown Little Rock is seeking Board approval to
allow SoMa Entertainment District to add additional
dates. |
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12. RESOLUTION |
To
authorize transactions in relation to the William Jefferson Clinton
Presidential Park; to authorize various transactions between the Bill,
Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation and Heifer Project International, as
well as between Heifer Project International and the Arkansas Symphony
Orchestra Society, Inc., to authorize finalization of various documents with relation
to lease agreements, or property within the Clinton Presidential Park, or
both; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. |
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13. RESOLUTION |
To
agree to amend that certain lease dated March 1, 2002, between the Bill, Hillary,
and Chelsea Clinton Foundation and the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, for
land located in the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Park; and for
other purposes. Staff recommends approval. |
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14. RESOLUTION |
To
agree to accept title to property from the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton
Foundation; to state that some of the property shall be placed within the
boundaries of the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Park; and for other
purposes. Staff recommends approval. |
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15. RESOLUTION |
For
the City to agree to deed title to property to the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea
Clinton Foundation; to state that some of the property shall be removed from
the boundaries of the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Park; and for
other purposes. Staff recommends approval. |
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16. RESOLUTION |
To
agree to the cancellation of subleases between the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea
Clinton Foundation and Heifer Project International for land located in the
Willam Jefferson Clinton Presidential Park; and for
other purposes. Staff recommends approval. |
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17. RESOLUTION |
To
agree to the cancellation of the lease between the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas, and Heifer Project International; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. |
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SEPARATE ITEMS (Items 18 - 19) |
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18.
ORDINANCE |
To amend
Little Rock, Ark., Rev. Code § 2-50 (b)(2) (1988) and (c) to
clarify the definition of present at a Meeting of the Little Rock
Board of Directors; to declare an emergency;
and for other purposes.
(1st and 2nd
Reading held on January 21, 2025) (Sponsored by Director Peck) |
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19.
ORDINANCE |
To amend Little Rock Ordinance No. 22,368 (January
23, 2024); to authorize the City Manager to amend the service agreement with
Motorola Solutions, Inc., and to increase the Sole-Source Contract amount to
$238,781.88, plus applicable taxes and fees, for Radio Infrastructure
Equipment Utilized by the City’s Emergency Communications Department; and for
other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: An ordinance to
amend Little Rock, Ark., Ordinance No. 22,368 (January 23, 2024), to
authorize the City Manager to amend the services agreement with Motorola
Solutions, Inc., to increase the Sole-Source Contract amount for Radio
Infrastructure utilized by the City’s Emergency Communications
Department. |
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PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS (Items 20- 22) |
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G-23-492: Authorizing the Right-of-Way abandonment of South
Battery Street located between Lots 3-6, Block 4, and Lots 7-10, Block 5,
Union Depot Addition; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The
adjacent property owners request to abandon approximately 181 linear feet of
the S. Battery Street right-of-way located between Lots 3-6, Block 4 and Lots
7-10, Block 5, Union Depot Addition (between W. Markham Street and W. 2nd
Street). |
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21.
ORDINANCE |
G-23-493: Authorizing
the partial alley Right-of-Way abandonment located within Block 9, Hollenberg
Addition, for the purposes of development of a parking lot for the Lady of
Souls Catholic Church; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The adjacent property owner
requests to abandon approximately 100 linear feet of the alley Right-of-Way
located adjacent to Lots 1, 2, 9, and 10, Hollenberg Addition. |
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22.
ORDINANCE |
G-23-494: Authorizing
an alley and unnamed street Right-of-Way abandonment located within Block 8,
Josephine Pankey 3rd Addition and the unnamed street South of
Block 8. Synopsis: The adjacent property owner
requests to abandon the alley right-of-way located within Block 8, Josephine
Pankey 3rd Addition and the un-named street right-of-way located
immediately south of Block 8, Josephine Pankey 3rd Addition. |
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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 at 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, when the Mayor drops the gavel.
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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