Board of Directors Meeting

 

June 5, 2018

6:00 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROLL CALL

 

INVOCATION:                  Vice-Mayor Kathy Webb

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

 

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

Working Together in the Community/Arkansas Driving Laws in Spanish Presentation

Housing Study Update

 

 

 

CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 – 12)

1.    MOTION

April 3, 2018

To approve the minutes of the April 3, 2018, Little Rock City Board of Directors Meetings. 

 

 

 

 

 

2.    RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Lumatec, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $68,544.00, for the purchase of LED Light Fixtures to upgrade the light fixtures along Interstate 630; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval

 

Synopsis:  Authorizes the purchase of LED fixtures, for the 2018 Light Fixtures Upgrade Project for Interstate 630, Bid No. 18136.

 

 

 

3.    RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To authorize the City Attorney to use of Eminent Domain on the Chateaus Lane Improvement Project; and for other purposes. (Funding from the 2012 3/8-Cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax) 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 Chateaus Lane (Ward 7) Improvement Project.  

 

 

 

4.     RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To authorize the City Manager to award a contract to JCON Construction, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $440,976.00, for the Wakefield Community Sidewalks Project; and for other purposes. (Funding from the 2012 3/8-Cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax) Staff recommends approval

 

Synopsis:  Authorizes the City Manager to execute an agreement with JCON Construction, Inc., for the Wakefield Community Sidewalks Project, Project No. 16-2-SW-158, Bid No. 18-014.  (Located in Ward 7)

 

 

 

5.    RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To authorize the City Manager to award a contract to Burkhalter Technologies, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $744,586.80, Whitmore Circle Street and Drainage Improvements; and for other purposes. (Funding from the 2012 3/8-Cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax) Staff recommends approval

 

Synopsis:  Authorizes the City Manager to execute an agreement with Burkhalter Technologies, Inc., for Whitmore Circle Improvements, Project No. 16-6-ST-1, Bid No. 18-013.  (Located in Ward 1)

 

 

 

6.    RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To authorize the City Manager to execute a two (2)-year contract with ShotSpotter, Inc., (d/b/a SST, Inc.), in a total amount not to exceed $290,000.00, for the purchase of a Wide Area Gunshot Detection Services for the Little Rock Police Department; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval

 

Synopsis:  Authorizes the City Manager to enter into a contract with ShotSpotter, Inc., d/b/a SST, Inc., for the purchase of a Gunshot Detection System. 

 

 

 

7.    RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To authorize the City Manager to allocate an additional $55,000.00 in Contingency Funds to complete a contract with Morris Beck Construction Services for a total amount not to exceed $1,552,883.05, for the renovation of the HVAC System and Exterior Porches of the U.S. Arsenal Building located in MacArthur Park; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval

 

Synopsis: Authorizes the City Manager to allocate an additional $55,000 in contingency funds to pay Morris Beck Construction Services for renovation of the exterior porches and upgrade of the HVAC System at the City of Little Rock’s U.S. Arsenal Building located in MacArthur Park.

 

 

 

8.    RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Casco Industries, Inc., for the total amount of $125,075.00, for the purchase of twenty-five (25) Thermal Imaging Cameras for the Little Rock Fire Department; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval

 

Synopsis:  The Little Rock Fire Department is requesting approval to authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with CASCO Industries, Inc., for the purchase of twenty-five (25) Thermal Imaging Cameras.

 

 

 

9.    RESOLUTION

To certify local government endorsement of Georg Fischer Harvel, LLC, a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Georg Fisher, LTD, located at 7777 Sloane Drive, Little Rock, Arkansas, to participate in the Arkansas Tax Back Program (as authorized by Ark. Code Ann. § 15-4-2706(D) of the Consolidated Incentive Act of 2003); and for other purposes. 

 

 

 

10.   RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To authorize the payment of $20,373.89, to the Little Rock-Pulaski Drainage District No. 2, as assessments for the operation, improvement and maintenance of a levee system to protect various City properties; and to direct that the annual assessment figure, which is currently $15,706.00, be made a part of the City Budget beginning on January 1, 2019; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval

 

Synopsis:  To authorize payments of assessments and fees for property owned by the City in Little Rock—Pulaski Drainage District No. 2.  

 

 

 

11.   RESOLUTION

Board Communication

 

 

To authorize the City Manager to reimburse The First Tee of Central Arkansas, in an amount not to exceed $115,000.00, for the cost of the HVAC System at the Jack Stephens Youth Golf Academy; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval

 

Synopsis:  Authorizes the City Manager to reimburse The First Tee of Central Arkansas for the cost of an HVAC System.

 

 

 

 

12.   RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To authorize the Mayor to execute a Lease Agreement by and between Jefferson Comprehensive Care Systems, Inc., and the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, for a maximum of twenty (20) years, to provide a Medical Clinic to serve the homeless at Jericho Way, the City’s Homeless Day Resources Center, located at 3000 Springer Boulevard; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval

 

Synopsis:  Authorizes the Mayor to enter into a ten (10)-year lease agreement, that may be extended for two (2) additional five (5)-year periods upon mutual agreement of the parties, with Jefferson Comprehensive Care Systems, Inc., for space at Jericho Way to be remodeled and utilized as a Community Health Center site designated for the homeless. The lease term will be May 11, 2018, through May 10, 2038.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

GROUPED ITEMS (Items 13 - 15)

13.   ORDINANCE

Board Communication

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 an emergency; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval

 

Synopsis: Six (6) residential structures are in a severely dilapidated, deteriorated and/or burned condition causing a negative environmental impact on the residential neighborhoods in which it is located.  All Notices have been mailed in accordance with Arkansas State Law.

 

 

                      

14.   ORDINANCE

Board Communication

To declare it impractical and unfeasible to bid; to authorize the City Manager to extend a one (1)-year Sole-Source Agreement with City Year, Inc., and the City Year AmeriCorps, in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00, relative to the City’s Educational Initiative for use by the Little Rock School District; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval

 

Synopsis: To authorize City Manager to enter into an Agreement with City Year, Inc., to establish an educational program whereby City Year AmeriCorps Members provide single-point solutions to address a school or student’s needs and designed to meet students’ academic and social-emotional needs by providing support at the individual student, classroom, and whole-school levels and to create school-wide learning environments.

 

 

 

15.   ORDINANCE

Board Communication

To amend § 1(2) Little Rock, Ark., Ordinance No. 21,561 (March 20, 2018), to remove the property located at 2901 Dr. Martin Luther King., Jr., Drive from the Demolition List; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval

 

Synopsis:  Amending Ordinance No. 21,561 removing the structure located at 2901 Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive from the Demolition List.

 

 

 

SEPARATE ITEMS (Item 16)

16.   ORDINANCE

To declare it the policy of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, to make investigation, citation, arrest or seizure of Misdemeanor Marijuana Offenses by Adults the lowest law enforcement priority; and for other purposes. (Sponsored by Director Ken Richardson)

 

 

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS (Item 17)

17.   RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To approve the sources and uses of the projected 2018 CDBG, HOME and HOPWA Funds for inclusion in the City’s Annual Plan; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval

 

Synopsis:  Approval of the sources and uses of projected 2018 CDBG, HOME, and HOPWA Funds is required prior to completion of the City’s Annual Plan, which must be submitted the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development by July 20, 2018.

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION (Item 17)

18.   EXECUTIVE SESSION

A resolution to make appointments and reappointments to various City of Little Rock Boards and Commissions; and for other purposes. 

 

Synopsis:  Arkansas Arts Center Board of Trustees (7 Positions) and Commission on Children, Youth and Families (1 position).