November 21, 2017
6:00 PM
ROLL
CALL
INVOCATION: Director Erma Hendrix
PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE
PRESENTATIONS
Working Together in the Community/Arkansas Driving Laws in Spanish Presentation
Modifications
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ADDITIONS: |
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M-1
RESOLUTION |
To
authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Jackson Brown Palculict Architects in an amount not to exceed $293,324.00,
to provide Architectural Services for the construction of Fire Station No. 24
to be built at 8801 Stagecoach Road; and for other purposes. (Funding
is from the 2012 3/8-Cent Capital Improvements Sales Tax) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis:
The Little Rock Fire
Department is requesting approval to authorize the City Manager to enter into
a contract with Jackson Brown Palculict Architects
for Architectural Services to build a Fire Station of approximately 8,300
square-feet on property located at 8801 Stagecoach Road. |
Agenda
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CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 - 7) |
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1. RESOLUTION |
To
authorize the City Manager to enter into contracts, in the total amount of
$570,650.00, for the construction of four (4) single-family dwellings as part
of the HOME Investment Partnerships Program; and for
other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: Approval
to allow the City Manager to enter in to contracts with contractors to
develop HOME Investment Partnerships Program units. |
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2.
RESOLUTION |
To
appropriate $1,682,400.00 from the City’s 3/8-Cent Capital Sales and
Compensating Use Tax proceeds to the Central Arkansas Technology Park
Authority; and for other purposes. (Funding
is from the 2012 3/8-Cent Capital Improvements Sales Tax) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The
City has received a request from the Central Arkansas Technology Park
Authority, Which operates as the Little Rock Technology Park, to disburse
3/8-Cent Sales Tax proceeds allocated to the Technology Park Project. |
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3. RESOLUTION |
To
authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Mark McClarty Ford
Lincoln, in an amount not to exceed $168,722.40, for the purchase of two (2),
Three (3) Cubic-Yard Crew Cab Dump Trucks, for the Public Works Department; and for
other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: Approval
of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with
Mark McLarty Ford Lincoln for the purchase Two (2), Three (3) Cubic-Yard Crew
Cab Dump Trucks for the Public Works Department. |
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4.
RESOLUTION |
To
authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Harbor Enterprises,
LLC, in the amount of $118,324.00, including grant funding from the FEMA
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, for the purchase and installation of two (2)
Tornado Safe Rooms at the Dunbar Community Center and at the Ottenheimer
Therapeutic Recreation Center; and for
other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The
Little Rock City Manager’s Office/Emergency Management Division is committed
to mitigating the impacts of natural disasters on vulnerable populations
within on community. In an effort to
progress with this commitment, the Division proposes the purchase and
installation of two (2) Tornado Safe Rooms to be located at the Dunbar
Community Center and the Ottenheimer Therapeutic Recreation Center. |
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5.
RESOLUTION |
To
authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with FarrWest
Environmental, in an amount not to exceed $59,500.00, for the purchase of one
(1) Smith Detection Hazmat ID Elite for use by the Central Arkansas Regional
Hazmat Team; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The
Little Rock City Manager’s Office/Emergency Management Division is committed
to improving hazardous materials response operations throughout the City. In
order to accomplish this goal, the Division proposes the purchase of one (1) Smith
Detection Hazmat ID Elite for use by the Central Arkansas Regional Hazmat
Team which includes: Little Rock Fire Hazmat; North Little Rock Fire Hazmat;
Pulaski County Hazmat; Hot Springs Fire; and Conway Fire Hazmat. |
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6.
RESOLUTION |
To
authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Metropolitan Fire
Extinguisher, in an amount not to exceed $80,483.00, for the purchase of
thirteen (13) Scott Airpak 75 Units for use by the
Central Arkansas Regional Hazmat Team; and for
other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The
Little Rock City Manager’s Office/Emergency Management Division is committed
to improving hazardous materials response operations throughout the City. In
order to accomplish this goal, the Division proposes the purchase of thirteen
(13) Scott Airpak 75 for use by the Central
Arkansas Regional Hazmat Team which includes: Little Rock Fire Hazmat; North
Little Rock Fire Hazmat; Pulaski County Hazmat; Hot Springs Fire; and Conway
Fire Hazmat. |
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7.
RESOLUTION |
To
appoint Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP as bond counsel for the proposed
issuance of Little Rock, Arkansas Capital Improvement Bonds for the purpose
of financing a portion of the cost of improvement of park facilities within
MacArthur Park; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: To
authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Friday, Eldredge
& Clark, LLP, to act as Bond Counsel for the issuance of the Hotel Gross
Receipts Tax Obligation Bonds to accomplish capital improvements to park
facilities within MacArthur Park. |
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GROUPED ITEMS (Items 8 - 12) |
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8. ORDINANCE |
A-330: To accept the Revel Cove Annexation, to add
certain lands to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for
other purposes. Planning Commission: 11 ayes and 0 nays. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The annexation of some 9.5 acres along the
north side of Pride Valley Road in the 15700 block. There is an approved thirty-four (34)-lot
single-family development which has been approved for this site. (Located in the City’s Extraterritorial
Jurisdiction) |
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9. ORDINANCE |
Z-8246-C: 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: 11 ayes; 0 nays; and 0 absent. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The
owners of 0.466-acre property, located at 9601 Interstate 30, are requesting
that the zoning be reclassified from C-3, General Commercial District,
to C-4, Open Display District. (Located
in Ward 7) |
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10. ORDINANCE |
S-1312-A: To amend Chapter 30 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, providing for a deferral of
Master Street Plan Right-of-Way Dedication Requirements for West Markham
Street; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. . Synopsis: Authorizes
a deferral of right-of-way dedication on the south side of West Markham
Street for the length of the property as required under the Master Street
Plan for the Markham Center Square Subdivision Site Plan Review, located at
9101 West Markham Street. (Located in
Ward 6) |
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11. ORDINANCE |
To
declare that it is impractical and unfeasible to bid; to authorize
participation of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, in an insurance pool
administered by the Arkansas Municipal League for certain litigation costs,
expenses and coverage, for an amount not to exceed $572,871.04; to
declare an emergency; and for
other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: to
authorize a Sole-Source Ordinance to approve participation in an insurance
pool administered by the Arkansas Municipal League for certain litigation
costs, expenses and coverage.
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12. ORDINANCE |
To
declare it impractical and unfeasible to bid; to authorize the City Manager
to purchase 100 Service Weapons, in the amount of $45,700.00, from Cruse
Uniforms and Equipment, 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 Cruse Uniforms & Equipment, as the sole supplier to Law
Enforcement in the State of Arkansas, for purchase of Service Weapons. |
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SEPARATE ITEMS (13 – 14) |
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13. RESOLUTION |
To
approve one (1) Operator Permit and 100 Taxicab Permits for Greater Little
Rock Transportation Services, LLC, for the period from January 1, 2018, to
December 31, 2018; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. . Synopsis: A
resolution authorizing the approval of one (1) Operator Permit and 100
Taxicab Permits for Greater Little Rock Transportation Service, LLC, for
2018. |
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14. RESOLUTION |
To
approve one (1) Operator Permit and seven (7) Taxicab Permits for Ken’s Cab,
LLC, for the period from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2018; and for
other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A
resolution authorizing the approval of one (1) Operator Permit and seven (7)
Taxicab Permits for Ken’s Cab, LLC, for 2018. |
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PUBLIC HEARINGS (Item 15) |
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15. RESOLUTION |
To
authorize the Mayor and the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas, to certify Municipal Liens attached to private property for work
performed on private property by the City; to forward this certified list of
liens to the Pulaski County Treasurer’s Office to be collected in the form of
Property Taxes on an Annual Property Tax Bill; and for
other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: On
occasion the City attaches liens for work it performs on private
property. This lien information must
then be compiled and sent to the Pulaski County Treasurer’s Office for
inclusion in the annual property owner’s tax bill. This is an effort to recoup some of the
costs for that work which the City perform |
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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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