Board of Directors Meeting

 

July 17, 2018

6:00 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROLL CALL

 

INVOCATION:                  Director B.J. Wyrick

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

 

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

City of Little Rock Employee Retirement Recognition

   Kevin ‘Bart’ Simpson, Little Rock Police Department

Southwest Community Center Cardinals Baseball Team, 2018 Arkansas Amateur Baseball Association Junior A State Champions

2017 Audit Presentation

 

 

Modifications

 

 

ADDITIONS:

M-1  RESOLUTION

 

To appoint a new Commissioner to the Board of Improvement for the Twin Lakes Recreation Improvement District No. 1 of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes. 

 

 

 

DEFERRALS:

3.  RESOLUTION

(Deferred at the applicant’s request until August 7, 2018)

 

To allow for acceptance of an In-Lieu Cash Contribution from Central Arkansas Radiation Treatment Institute (CARTI) to the City of Little Rock Tree Restoration for Environmental Enhancement (TREE) Fund as found in Section 15-37(b)(1) for replanting trees in accordance with the TREE Credit Chart as found in Section 15-52(b); and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval

 

Synopsis:  Authorizes the acceptance of an in-lieu cash contribution to the City of Little Rock Tree Restoration for Environmental Enhancement (TREE) Fund as found in Sec. 15-37(b)(1) for replanting trees in accordance with the TREE Credit Chart as found in Sec. 15-52(b) where it has been determined that the planting of trees is not obtainable without undue hardship on the responsible party.

 

 

 

13.  ORDINANCE

(Deferred at staff’s request until September 4, 2018)

To declare it impractical and unfeasible to bid; to authorize the City Manager to appropriate $90,000.00 to CareLink Fitness and Wellness Center, to provide certain services for older adults in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; to declare an intent to continue this matter as a part of the 2019 Budget; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.  (Deferred from July 2, 2018)

 

 

 

Agenda

 

 

CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 – 10)

1.    MOTION

To accept the 2017 Audit.

2.    RESOLUTION

G-23-469:  To set August 7, 2018, as the date of public hearing to consider the abandonment of all that part of the North Katillus Road Right-of-Way, located in the NE ¼, SW ¼, Section 13 T-2-N, R-14-W, in the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval

 

 

 

3.    RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To allow for acceptance of an In-Lieu Cash Contribution from Central Arkansas Radiation Treatment Institute (CARTI) to the City of Little Rock Tree Restoration for Environmental Enhancement (TREE) Fund as found in Section 15-37(b)(1) for replanting trees in accordance with the TREE Credit Chart as found in Section 15-52(b); and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval

 

Synopsis:  Authorizes the acceptance of an in-lieu cash contribution to the City of Little Rock Tree Restoration for Environmental Enhancement (TREE) Fund as found in Sec. 15-37(b)(1) for replanting trees in accordance with the TREE Credit Chart as found in Sec. 15-52(b) where it has been determined that the planting of trees is not obtainable without undue hardship on the responsible party.

 

 

 

4.    RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To authorize the City Manager to execute a contact with Burns & McDonnell, in the amount $55,000.00, to conduct a Solid Waste Rate Study for the Public Works Department; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval

 

Synopsis:  Authorizes the City Manager to enter into a contract with Burns & McDonnell for a Solid Waste Rate Study for the Public Works Department.

 

 

 

5.    RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Township Builders, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $716,670.00, for Plantation Drive Sediment Removal; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval

 

Synopsis:  Authorizes the City Manager to execute an agreement with Township Builders, Inc., for improvements to Plantation Drive Sediment Removal, Project No. 13-B-1D, Bid No. 18-018.  (Located in Ward 1)

 

 

 

6.    RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To authorize the City Manager to approve a contract increase for Gene Summers Construction, Inc., in the amount of $29,515.00, for additional improvements to 18th Street, from Peyton Street to Washington Street; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval

 

Synopsis:  Authorizes the City Manager to increase the current authorized amount of the Construction Contract with Gene Summers Construction, Inc., for sewer line relocation work for 18th Street Improvements, Project No. 16-1-ST-8.  (Located in Ward 1)

 

 

 

7.    RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To amend Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 14,733 (March 6, 2018), to establish that the correct source for the purchase of one (1) Skid Steer Loader with a 4-in-1 Loader Bucket is Clark Equipment Company d/b/a Bobcat Company; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval

 

Synopsis:  To amend Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 14,733 (March 6, 2018) to accurately reflect the vendor for the purchase of equipment by Fleet Services Department.

 

8.    RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Altec Industries, Inc., in the amount of $185,105.00, for the purchase of an Eighteen (18)-Ton Crane Truck for the Public Works Department; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval

 

Synopsis:  Authorizes the City Manager to enter into a contract with Altec Industries, Inc., for the purchase of an Eighteen (18)-Ton Crane Truck for the Public Works Department.

 

 

 

9.    RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Clark Machinery, for a total repair cost of $135,392.50, for the repair of a Link Belt Trackhoe for the Public Works Department; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval

 

Synopsis:  Authorizes the City Manager to enter into a contract with Clark Machinery for the repair of a Link Belt Trackhoe for the Public Works Department.

 

 

 

10.   RESOLUTION

To appoint Ellen Frank, Vice-President and General Counsel of Red Development, LLC, and Linda Hinton as General Manager of the Promenade at Chenal Shopping Center, Commissioners of The Promenade Multipurpose Improvement District No. 10 of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes. 

 

 

 

SEPARATE ITEMS (11 - 15)

11.    RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To authorize the City Manager to submit the approved 2018 Annual Action Plan for CDBG, HOME and HOPWA Entitlement Funds to the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval

 

Synopsis:  The Annual Action Plan delineates the uses of the CDBG, HOME and HOPWA Entitlements Funds for the 2018 Program Year (January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018).  This Board action approves the submission of the Action Plan to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

 

 

 

12.   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:  Three (3) 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.

 

 

 

13.   ORDINANCE

To declare it impractical and unfeasible to bid; to authorize the City Manager to appropriate $90,000.00 to CareLink Fitness and Wellness Center, to provide certain services for older adults in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; to declare an intent to continue this matter as a part of the 2019 Budget; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.  (Deferred from July 2, 2018)

 

 

 

14.   ORDINANCE

 

An ordinance to grant a Franchise to ExteNet Systems, Inc., as a fiber optics provider within the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; to permit the use of City rights-of-way and City property and airspace; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval

 

 

 

15.  ORDINANCE

Board Communication

Write-Up

Zoning Map

Land Use Plan

Sketch

Z-8278-A:  To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned Commercial District titled The District at Midtown Long-Form PCD, located at 600 South University Avenue, or the northwest corner of Interstate 630 and University Avenue, 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 request is a rezoning of the site from C-3, General Commercial District, and PCD, Planned Commercial Development, to PCD, Planned Commercial Development, to allow for the redevelopment of the site as a mixed-use development.   (Located in Ward 3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS (Item 16)

16.  ORDINANCE

Board Communication

Zoning Map

Sketch

Easement

 

 

G-24-054:  To abandon a number of easements and covenants located within the Little Rock Land Company and Medical and Commercial Park bounded by South University Avenue, Midtown Avenue, McKinley Street and Interstate 630 in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes.  Planning Commission: 8 ayes; 0 nays; and 3 absent.  Staff recommends approval.

 

Synopsis:  Little Rock Midtown Limited Partnership, owner of the Little Rock Land Company Medical and Office Park, located within the boundaries of South University Avenue, Midtown Avenue, South McKinley Street and Interstate 630, is requesting abandonment of various easements and covenants within the property.  (Located in Ward 3)

 

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.