Board of Directors Meeting

September 1, 2020

6:00 PM

ROLL CALL

INVOCATION: Director Dean Kumpuris

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 - 12)
1. MOTION July 21, 2020 August 4, 2020	To approve the minutes of the July 21, 2020, and August 4, 2020, Little Rock City Board of Directors Meetings.
2. RESOLUTION Board Communication	To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Escamilla Excavating, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $396,302.70, for the Leatrice Drive Drainage Improvement Project; and for other purposes. (Funding from the 3/8-Cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax and the Limited Tax General Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Escamilla Excavating LLC, for Leatrice Drive Drainage Improvements, Project No. 04-17-DR-179, Bid No. 941. (Located in Ward 4)
3. RESOLUTION Board Communication	To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Vortex Aquatic Structures International, for a total contract amount of $450,000.00, to construct and install a splash pad and make improvements at Crump Park; and for other purposes. (Funding from the 3/8-Cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Vortex Aquatic Structures International for the installation of a splash pad, including site work, sidewalks, shade shelters, benches, tables and trash receptacles at Crump Park. (Located in Ward 1)
4. RESOLUTION Board Communication	To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Landscape Structures, for a total contract amount of $71,643.78, to install Synthetic Turf for the Dunbar Community Center Playground; and for other purposes. (A portion of the funding from the 3/8-Cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Landscape Structures for installation of Synthetic Turf Surfacing for Dunbar Community Center Playground. (Located in Ward 1)
5. RESOLUTION Board Communication	To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with CXT Concrete Buildings, in an amount not to exceed $125,000.00, for Construction Services for the Hindman Park Restroom Project; and for other purposes. (A portion of the funding from the 3/8-Cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with CXT Concrete Buildings for Construction Services of the Hindman Park Restroom Project. (Located in Ward 7)
6. RESOLUTION Board Communication	To express the willingness of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, to utilize Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism Outdoor Recreation Grant Program Funds; to authorize the City Manager to execute any and all necessary applications, agreements and contracts for its administration; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the City Manager to apply for a grant from Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism to make renovations in MacArthur Park and Wakefield Park. (Located in Wards 1 & 2)
7. RESOLUTION Board Communication	To express the willingness of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, to apply for, and utilize, Federal-Aid Transportation Alternative Program and Surface Transportation Program Grant Funds for a shared use Pedestrian and Bicycle Trail to be known as the Tri-Creek Greenway; and for other purposes. (Grant match funding from the 3/8-Cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the City Manager to apply for a Surface Transportation Program Grant from Metroplan for trail development for the Tri-Creek Greenway Project. (Located in Wards 6 & 7)
8. RESOLUTION Board Communication	To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with McClelland Consulting Engineers, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $150,866.00, for Design and Engineering Services of the Western Hills Masterplan; and for other purposes. (A portion of the funding from the 3/8-Cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with McClelland Consulting Engineers, Inc., to provide Design and Engineering Services of the Western Hills Masterplan. (Located in Ward 7)
9. RESOLUTION Board Communication	To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Gametime, in an amount not to exceed $515,000.00, for the construction and installation of a Pavilion and Modular Playground Structure for Western Hills Park; and for other purposes. (A portion of the funding from the 3/8-Cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Gametime for installation of a Gametime Superior Recreational Products Pavilion and a Gametime Powerscape Modular Playground Structure with accessible poured-in place rubber surfacing for Western Hills Park. (Located in Ward 7)
10. RESOLUTION Board Communication	To authorize the City Manager to renew contacts for a one (1)-year term with Pulaski County Community Services, in a total combined amount of $382,346.80, for Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA); and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: Renewal of the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Funding Grant to the Pulaski County Community Services.
11. RESOLUTION Board Communication	To authorize the City Manager to enter into a five (5)-year Enterprise License Agreement with SHI, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $909,144.00, plus applicable taxes and fees, for VMWare Service, Support, Maintenance and Licensing; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: To authorize the City Manager to enter into an Enterprise License Agreement with SHI International (State Contract No. 081419-SHI) for five (5) years for VMWare Service, Support, Maintenance and Licensing.
12. RESOLUTION Board Communication	To extend the South Main (SOMA) Temporary Entertainment District, for approximately nine (9) consecutive weeks starting on September 1, 2020, and ending on October 31, 2020; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The South Main (SOMA) District of Downtown Little Rock is seeking Board approval to extend a Temporary Entertainment District to support outdoor dining areas not adjacent to the associated restaurant facility.
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 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. 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.
PUBLIC HEARINGS (Items 13 - 14)
13. ORDINANCE Board Communication Zoning Map Sketch	G-23-473: To approve the partial right-of-way abandonment for the east fifteen (15) feet of the eighty (80)-foot wide Polk Street Right-of-Way, located adjacent to 5423 Hawthorne Road, in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The owner of the property located at 5423 Hawthorne Road requests to abandon the east fifteen (15) feet of the eighty (80)-foot wide Polk Street right-of-way adjacent to 5423 Hawthorne Road. (Located in Ward 3)
14. ORDINANCE	To abandon a sixty (60)-foot Utility and Drainage Easement located at 16801 Chenal Parkway, at the southwest corner of Chenal Parkway and Kanis Road, in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval.
REPORTS (Item 15)
15. REPORT	2^nd Quarter Financial Report - Sara Lenehan, Finance Director