June 20, 2017
6:00 PM
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION: Director Erma Hendrix
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE
Modifications
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ADDITIONS: |
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To dispense with the requirement of competitive bidding as impractical
and unfeasible; to award a Contract to Risk Management Resources to provide
Third-Party Administration Services for the City’s Self-Funded Workers’
Compensation Program for a nine (9) month period from July 1, 2017 to March
31, 2018; to declare an emergency; and, for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: This ordinance waives competitive
bidding as impractical and unfeasible regarding an extension of the existing
contract to provide Third-Party Administration Services for the City’s
Self-Funded Workers’ Compensation Program. |
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DEFERRALS: |
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10. ORDINANCE (Deferred at the applicant’s request until
July 18, 2017) |
LU17-24-01:
To amend the Land
Use Plan in two (2) areas between Granite Mountain, College Station and Sweet
Home, from Residential Low Density and Industrial to Park/Open Space and
Mining; and for other purposes. Planning
Commission: 8 ayes; 0 nays; and 3
absent. Staff recommends
approval. Synopsis: A Land Use Plan amendment in the College
Station-Granite Mountain Area, changing Residential Low Density, northwest of
the intersection of 38th Street & West Line Street, to
Park/Open Space and Industrial to Mining, east of State Highway 365 at King
Road. (Located in Ward 1) |
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11. ORDINANCE (Deferred at the applicant’s request until
July 18, 2017) |
Z-9202:
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: 8 ayes; 0 nays; and 3
absent. Staff recommends
approval. Synopsis: The owner of 97.25 acres of property
located generally south of Interstate 440 and east and north of Springer
Boulevard is requesting that the zoning for 29.71 acres be reclassified from
R-2, Single-Family District, and R-3, Single-Family District, to OS, Open
Space District, and the zoning for 67.54 acres be reclassified from R-2 and
R-3 to M, Mining District. (Located in
Ward 1) |
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14. ORDINANCE (Deferred at the applicant’s request until
July 18, 2017) |
G-23-465: To abandon various rights-of-way
and plats in the Chamber of Commerce Addition, the Granite Park Addition and
the Frisby Addition, located south of Interstate 440 and east & north of
Springer Boulevard, in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other
purposes. Planning
Commission: 8 ayes; 0 nays; and 3
absent. Staff recommends
approval. Synopsis: 3M Company, the property owner/abutting
property owner, requests to abandon parts of The Chamber of Commerce
Addition, Granite Park Addition and Frisby Addition to include lots and
rights-of-way, located generally south of Interstate 440, and east and north
of Springer Boulevard. (Located in
Ward 1) |
Agenda
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CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 - 4) |
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1. MOTION |
To approve the
minutes of the January 17, 2017, February 7, 2017, and February 21, 2017,
Little Rock City Board of Directors Meetings. |
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2. RESOLUTION |
To amend Little
Rock Ark., Resolution No. 14,540 (April 8, 2017), to authorize the City
Manager to lease up to an additional nine (9) cars for the Little Rock Police
Department, in an amount not to exceed $67,748.00, pursuant to entering into
a Lease Agreement with Enterprise FM Trust, by Enterprise Fleet Management,
Inc., its attorney in fact; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: The Little Rock Police Department has a
lease agreement with Enterprise Fleet Management, Inc., for leasing
Undercover Vehicles. Additional leased vehicles are necessary, resulting in a
need to increase the annual not to exceed amount. |
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3. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
City Manager to enter into a contract with Sunbelt Fire, in the amount of
$1,145,421.00, for the purchase of two (2) E-One Custom Pumpers on Cyclone II
Chassis, for the Little Rock Fire Department, utilizing the Houston-Galveston
Area Cooperative Purchasing Agreement; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: This resolution authorizes the City to
enter into a contract with Sunbelt Fire for the purchase of two (2) E-One
Custom Pumpers on a Cyclone II Chassis for the Little Rock Fire Department to
equip the new Southwest Fire Station. |
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4.
RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with FTN
Associates, Ltd., in an amount not to exceed $230,000.00, to provide
Technical Consulting Services for the 2017 GIS Storm Water System Mapping and
Data Collection; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: Authorizes the City Manager to execute an
agreement with FTN Associates, Ltd., to provide Technical Consulting Services
for GIS Storm Water Mapping and Data Collection Improvements, Bid No. 17104. |
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GROUPED ITEMS (Items 5 - 8) |
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5.
ORDINANCE |
Z-6860-E: To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned Office
District, titled Markham Harrison Properties Short-Form PD-O, located at 5307
A Street, 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 applicant is requesting a rezoning of
the site from O-3, General Office District, to PD-O, Planned Development -
Office, to allow for the development of a parking lot to serve the office
building located at the northwest corner of West Markham and Harrison
Streets. (Located in Ward 3) |
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6.
ORDINANCE |
To condemn certain
structures in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, as structural, fire and
health hazards; to provide for summary abatement procedures; to direct City
Staff to take such action as is necessary to raze and remove said structures;
to declare and emergency;
and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: Nine (9) residential structures in a
severely dilapidated, deteriorated and/or burned condition causing a negative
environmental impact on the residential neighborhoods in which they are
located in. All Notices have been
mailed in accordance with Arkansas State Law.
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7.
ORDINANCE |
To authorize the issuance of a promissory note to provide short-term
financing under Amendment No. 78 to the Arkansas Constitution for the
acquisition and installation of tangible personal property; prescribing other
matters pertaining thereto; to
declare an emergency; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The City has a need to fund the first phase
of a Computer-Aided Dispatch System for quicker emergency response time for
Police and Fire, an online performance portal to enable performance
management and analysis associated with City’s open data initiative, and
other major software upgrades to new and existing systems, and to acquire and
equip vehicles for the Little Rock Police Department. |
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8.
ORDINANCE |
To dispense with the requirement of competitive bidding as impractical
and unfeasible; to award a contract to Safety National to provide Workers’
Compensation Stop-Loss Coverage to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, for a
one (1)-year period from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018; to declare an emergency; and for
other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. |
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SEPARATE ITEMS (Items 9 - 13) |
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9. ORDINANCE |
Z-5442-F: To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned
Commercial District, titled James Mitchell School Revised Short-Form PCD,
located at 2410 South Battery Street, Little Rock, Arkansas, amending the
Official Zoning Map of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other
purposes. (Tabled from the June 6, 2017, Meeting) Planning Commission: 11 ayes; 0 nays; and 0 absent. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The applicant proposes to amend the
previously-approved PCD, Planned Commercial Development, to review the
development plan for a Public Charter School which will occupy the site. (Located in Ward 1) |
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10. ORDINANCE |
LU17-24-01:
To amend the Land
Use Plan in two (2) areas between Granite Mountain, College Station and Sweet
Home, from Residential Low Density and Industrial to Park/Open Space and
Mining; and for other purposes. Planning
Commission: 8 ayes; 0 nays; and 3
absent. Staff recommends
approval. Synopsis: A Land Use Plan amendment in the College
Station-Granite Mountain Area, changing Residential Low Density, northwest of
the intersection of 38th Street & West Line Street, to
Park/Open Space and Industrial to Mining, east of State Highway 365 at King
Road. (Located in Ward 1) |
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11. ORDINANCE |
Z-9202:
To reclassify
property located in the City of Little Rock, amending the Official Zoning Map
of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes. Planning
Commission: 8 ayes; 0 nays; and 3
absent. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The owner of 97.25 acres of property
located generally south of Interstate 440 and east and north of Springer
Boulevard is requesting that the zoning for 29.71 acres be reclassified from
R-2, Single-Family District, and R-3, Single-Family District, to OS, Open
Space District, and the zoning for 67.54 acres be reclassified from R-2 and
R-3 to M, Mining District. (Located in
Ward 1) |
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12. ORDINANCE |
Z-9210:
To approve a
Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned Residential District,
titled Lawson Short-Form PD-R, located at 324 Walnut Street, 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 applicant is requesting to rezone the
site from R-3, Single-Family District, to PD-R, Planned Development -
Residential, to allow an existing fifty (50)-foot by 140-foot lot to be
subdivided and allow for the development of the newly created lot with a
single-family home. (Located in Ward 3) |
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13. ORDINANCE |
Z-9211:
To approve a
Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned Residential District,
titled The Crest at Chenal Long-Form PD-R, located on the west side of Chenal
Parkway, approximately 1/7-mile south of Northfield Drive, Little Rock,
Arkansas, amending the Official Zoning Map of the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas; and for other purposes. Planning
Commission: 8 ayes; 2 nays; and 1
absent. Staff recommends denial. Synopsis: The request is a rezoning from R-2,
Single-Family District, to PD-R, Planned Development - Residential to allow
for the development of this ten (10)-acre site with a Senior Living
Facility. (Located in Ward 5) |
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PUBLIC HEARINGS (Items 14 - 16) |
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14. ORDINANCE |
G-23-465: To abandon various
rights-of-way and plats in the Chamber of Commerce Addition, the Granite Park
Addition and the Frisby Addition, located south of Interstate 440 and east
& north of Springer Boulevard, in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and
for other purposes. Planning
Commission: 8 ayes; 0 nays; and 3
absent. Staff recommends
approval. Synopsis: 3M Company, the property owner/abutting
property owner, requests to abandon parts of The Chamber of Commerce
Addition, Granite Park Addition and Frisby Addition to include lots and
rights-of-way, located generally south of Interstate 440, and east and north
of Springer Boulevard. (Located in Ward 1) |
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15. ORDINANCE |
G-23-466:
To abandon the
public right-of-way for an easement that is a portion of C Street, located
west of Walnut Street, in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other
purposes. Planning Commission: 11 ayes; 0 nays; and 0 absent. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The applicant is requesting abandonment of
five (5) feet of right-of-way along C Street, west of Walnut Street for 150
feet. (Located in Ward 3) |
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16. ORDINANCE |
G-24-052: To abandon an Access Easement, located at 324 Walnut Street, in the
Glendale Subdivision, in the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas;
and for other purposes. Planning
Commission: 11 ayes; 0 nays; and 0
absent. Staff recommends
approval. Synopsis: The applicant is requesting abandonment of
a platted access easement located along the western property line of Lot 1;
Block 3 Glendale Subdivision. (Located in Ward 3) |
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CITIZEN
COMMUNICATION Three (3) minutes are allowed to present a specific
item which has not been previously been brought to the attention of the Board
and 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. 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 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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