Agenda
April 5, 2016
6:00 PM
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION: Director Kathy Webb
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE
PRESENTATIONS
City of Little Rock Retirement Recognition
Officer Willie Thomas, III, Little Rock Police Department
Baptist Health System Bolo Bash Tennis
Tournament
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CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 - 9) |
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1. MOTION |
To approve the minutes of the October 5, 2015, Little Rock City Board
of Directors Meeting. |
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2. RESOLUTION |
G-23-461: To set April 19, 2016, as the date of hearing on the request to abandon
an alley located at 717 South Woodrow Street, in the Ferndale Addition to the
City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. |
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3.
RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to enter into a lease agreement with Golf
Cars of Arkansas, a distributor of Club Car, which is a Division of Ingersol
Rand/DLL Group, in an annual amount of $155,880.00, for the leasing Golf
Carts, Utility Vehicles, a Ball Picker Cart and a Concession/Refreshment Cart
for the Rebsamen, Hindman and War Memorial Golf Courses; and for other
purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution authorizing the City Manager
to enter into a one (1)-year lease, with the option to extend for two (2)
additional years, with Golf Cars of Arkansas, a distributor for Club Car,
which is a Division of Ingersol Rand/DLL Group, in the amount of $155,880.00
per year for: 146 Electric Golf Carts;
fifteen (15) Gas Golf Carts; one (1), four (4)-person Electric Golf Cart; one
(1) Electric Utility Cart; two (2) Gas Utility Carts; three (3) Heavy-Duty
Diesel Utility Carts; one (1) Ball Picker Gas Utility Cart; and one (1)
Concession/Refreshment Utility Cart. |
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4.
RESOLUTION |
To authorize the use of eminent domain on the Ellis Stevens Drainage
Improvement Project; and for other purposes. (Funding from the 2013 Limited Tax
General Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds)
Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: Authorizes the City Attorney to use eminent
domain to complete acquisition of right-of-way, temporary construction easements
and land for Ellis Stevens Drainage Improvements, Project No. B-4b. (Located in Ward 4) |
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5. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the use of eminent domain on the McAdoo Street Improvement
Project; and for other purposes. (Funding from the 2013 Limited Tax
General Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: Authorizes the City Attorney to use eminent
domain to complete acquisition of right-of-way, permanent and temporary
construction easements for the McAdoo Street Improvements, Project No.
B-3g. (Located in Ward 3) |
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6. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to award a contract to Redstone
Construction Group, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $108,958.80, for the
Romine Road Sidewalk Project; and for other purposes. (Funding from the 2012 3/8-Cent
Capital Improvement Sales Tax & the 2013 Limited Tax General Obligation
Capital Improvement Bonds) Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: Authorizes the City Manager to execute an
agreement with Redstone Construction Group, Inc., for improvements to Romine
Road Sidewalk, Project No. 13-6-8A, Bid No. 16007. (Located in Ward 6) |
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7. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to award a contract to Township Builders,
Inc., in an amount not to exceed $1,381,366.80, for the Wright Avenue Bridge
Repair Improvements; and for other purposes. (Funding from the 2013 Limited Tax
General Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: Authorizes the City Manager to execute an
agreement with Township Builders, Inc., for Wright Avenue Bridge Repairs,
Project No. B-01B, Bid No. 16006.
(Located in Ward 1) |
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8. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with The Field
Shop, in an amount not to exceed $222,884.00, for the purchase of equipment
and services for the upgrade of the Little Rock Television System, Cameras
and Studio; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: Approval of a resolution to authorize the
City Manager to enter into a contract with The Field Shop for the upgrade of
Little Rock Television System, cameras and studio. |
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9.
RESOLUTION |
Of support of the Board of Director of the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas, in support of the Wright Avenue Neighborhood Action Plan; and for
other purposes. Planning
Commission: 10 ayes; 0 nays; and 1
absent. Staff recommends
approval. Synopsis: To approve a resolution in support of the
Wright Avenue Neighborhood Action Plan goals as described in the plan. |
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CITIZEN
COMMUNICATION Three (3) minutes are allowed to present a specific
item which is not already on the Agenda.
This time is allotted for any person to express a written or oral
viewpoint, grievance, or other message to the Board of Directors. Board Members may ask questions of the
speaker or make a relevant comment after the presentation has been
completed. A maximum of thirty (30)
minutes is allotted for citizen communications each meeting. No advance permission is required, but
persons wishing to address the City Board are required to fill out a yellow
card listing the specific subject to be addressed and hand it to the City
Clerk upon arrival. 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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PLANNING
& DEVELOPMENT ITEMS (Items 10 - 20) |
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10. ORDINANCE |
Z-2496-A: To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned Office
Development, titled Fletcher Library Short-Form PD-O, located at 823 North
Buchanan Street, 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 request is a rezoning from O-3, General
Office District, and R-3, Single-Family District, to PD-O, Planned
Development - Office, to allow Central Arkansas Library to construct a new
building to be used for library functions and as public meeting space. (Located in Ward 3) |
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11. ORDINANCE |
Z-4343-GG: To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned
Commercial District, titled The Ranch Long-Form PCD and Right-of-Way
Abandonment for Patrick Country Road, located at 18020 Cantrell Road, 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 applicant is requesting a rezoning of
33.5 acres from R-2, Single-Family District, O-3, General Office District,
and C-3, General Commercial District, to allow for the development of this
site as the Bank of the Ozarks corporate headquarters and campus. (Located in Ward 5) |
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12. ORDINANCE |
Z-4807-O: To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned Office
District, titled Primrose School Short-Form
PD-O, located on the northeast
corner of Wellington Village Drive and Kirk Road, 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 request is to revise the
previously-approved site plan and the POD, Planned Office District, zoning
for a portion of the site allowing the construction of a single building on
the western portion of the site to be used as a daycare facility. (Located in Ward 5) |
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13. ORDINANCE |
Z-5152-B: To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned Commercial
District, titled Holiday Inn Revised Short-Form PCD, located at 10920
Financial Center Parkway, 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 request is to revise the
previously-approved PCD, Planned Commercial Development, to allow for the
placement of a sign identifying the hotel on an adjacent lot located on
Financial Center Parkway. (Located in
Ward 6) |
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14. ORDINANCE |
Z-5157-G: To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned
Industrial District, titled 1901 Kellett Road Long-Form PID, located at 1901
Kellett Road, 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 request is a rezoning from O-3, General
Office District, to PID, Planned Industrial District, to allow for the use of
this existing building as a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility. (Located in Ward 1) |
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15. ORDINANCE |
Z-6883-E: To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned
Residential District, titled Harkins Revised Short-Form PF-R, located at 5213
I Street, 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 request is to revise the
previously-approved PD-R, Planned Development - Residential, to allow for the
construction of a covering over an existing deck. (Located in Ward 3) |
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16. ORDINANCE |
Z-7626-B: To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned Office
District, titled Joe T. Robinson Revised Long-Form POD, located at 21001 –
21501 Highway 10, 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 request is to revise the
previously-approved POD, Planned Office Development, to allow for a
multi-phased construction plan for the Pulaski County Special School
District, including the construction of a new middle school, baseball and
softball fields and additions to the existing middle and high school
buildings. (Located in the City’s
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) |
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17. ORDINANCE |
Z-9104: To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned
Commercial District, titled Coulson Broadway Short-Form PCD, located at 800
South Broadway Street, 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 request is to rezone the site from UU,
Urban Use District, to PCD, Planned Commercial Development, to allow for the
removal of an existing convenience store and construction of a new
convenience store on this site.
(Located in Ward 1) |
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18. ORDINANCE |
Z-9106: To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned
Commercial District, titled 9021 Geyer Springs Road Short-Form PCD, located
9021 Geyer Springs Road, 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 request is to rezone the site from R-2,
Single-Family District, to PCD, Planned Commercial Development, to allow for
the use of the existing commercial buildings with uses as allowed within the
C-3, General Commercial Zoning District.
(Located in Ward 2) |
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19. ORDINANCE |
Z-9107: To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned
Industrial District, titled Bethel Temple COGIC Short-Form PID, located on
the northeast corner of West 33rd
and Mary Streets, 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 request is to rezone the site from I-2,
Light Industrial District, to PID, Planned Industrial District, to add a
church as an allowed use for the site.
(Located in Ward 1) |
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20. ORDINANCE |
To authorize the City Manager to dispense with the requirement of
competitive bidding and to designate Taser International as a sole-source
provider for the purchase of thirty-one (31) Less-Than-Lethal Electronic
Devices, at a total cost of $76,440.41, including use taxes, for the Little
Rock Police Department; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: The Little Rock Police Department is
requesting approval to award a sole source purchase order to Taser
International as the sole manufacturer for Less-Than-Lethal Electronic
Control Devices and to purchase thirty-one (31) Taser Less-Than-Lethal
Electronic Control Devices. |
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SEPARATE
ITEMS (Items 21 - 23) |
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21. RESOLUTION |
To seek analysis by the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation
Commission of issues for the proposed 30 Crossing Project; and for other
purposes. (Deferred from November 17,
2015)(Deferred from January 19, 2016) |
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22. ORDINANCE |
To amend Chapter 36 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Little
Rock, Arkansas, to allow for the alteration of a limited number of existing
billboards currently located on scenic corridors, the removal of existing
billboards currently located in the City and the corresponding reduction in
the existing cap ration of allowable billboard sites; and for other
purposes. Planning
Commission: 11 ayes; 0 nays; and 0
absent. Staff recommends
approval. Synopsis: A proposal has been submitted whereby one (1)
billboard on Kanis Road and up to three (3) billboards on Interstate 630 may
be altered subject to the removal of several billboards currently located in
the City. In addition, once the
billboards are removed, the cap of 198 allowed billboards will be reduced
correspondingly. |
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23. ORDINANCE |
Z-9105: To approve
a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned Residential District,
titled Stone Crest Apartments Short-Form PD-R, located at 9700 Baseline Road,
Little Rock, Arkansas, amending the Official Zoning Map of the City of Little
Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes.
Planning Commission: 11 ayes; 0 nays; and 0 absent. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The request is a rezoning from R-2,
Single-Family District, to PD-R, Planned Development - Residential, to allow
for the existing vacant apartment complex to be remodeled. (Located in Ward 7) |
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PUBLIC
HEARINGS (Items 24 - 25) |
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24. ORDINANCE |
G-23-462: To abandon Patrick Country Road as a public right-of-way, located north
of Cantrell Road, in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other
purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: The applicant is requesting abandonment of
Patrick Country Road as a public right-of-way extending north from Cantrell
Road to the “bridge”. The area north
of the bridge was previously abandoned.
(Located in Ward 5) |
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25. ORDINANCE |
To annex property to the City of Little Rock Municipal Property Owners’
Multipurpose Improvement District No. 2011-32 (Wildwood Ridge Project); and
for other purposes. |