Agenda
December 1, 2015
6:00 PM
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION: Director Brad Cazort
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE
PRESENTATIONS
City of Little Rock Employee Retirement
Recognition
Captain
Ronnie Hudson, Little Rock
JCA Walk for Community Departmental Trophy
Presentation
Latino Driving Class Graduates
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CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 - 7) |
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1.
RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to enter into a Public Agency Service
Agreement to provide fleet maintenance, repair and fueling services for
Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau vehicles and equipment; and for
other purposes. Staff recommends
approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the City Manager
to execute a Public Agency Service Agreement with the Little Rock Convention
and Visitors Bureau to provide fleet maintenance, mechanical repairs, body
work and fueling service for their fleet of six (6) vehicles. This agreement will have a term of one
(1)-year, with the option to renew for two (2) additional one (1)-year terms. |
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2. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Furball Wear, LLC, as the primary vendor of Employee
Uniforms for the Public Works Department; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval.
Synopsis: Request for approval to enter into an
annual contract with Furball Wear, LLC, to provide
the Public Works Department with Employee Uniforms. The contract will be for
one (1)-year from date of award, with possible extensions yearly for two (2)
additional years, if agreed by all parties. |
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3. RESOLUTION |
To increase the contract award to Cranford Construction Company for
street resurfacing within the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other
purposes. Staff
recommends approval.
Synopsis: Authorizes the City Manager to increase the
do not exceed contract amount with the 2014 Street Resurfacing Program low
bidder, Cranford Construction Company to resurface additional streets in all
seven (7) wards within the City of Little Rock. |
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4. RESOLUTION |
To certify local government endorsement of Fidelity National
Information Services, Inc., located at a4001 North Rodney Parham Road #2,
Little Rock, Arkansas, to participate in the Arkansas Tax Back Programs (as
authorized by Section 15-4-2706(D) of the Consolidated Incentive Act of
2003); and for other purposes. |
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5. RESOLUTION |
To adopt policies and procedures related to the issuance of Municipal
Bonds; and prescribing other matters relating thereto; and for other
purposes. Staff
recommends approval.
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6.
RESOLUTION |
To authorize the purchase of a property offered for sale to the City of
Little Rock, Arkansas, to be used for Neighborhood Revitalization Programs;
and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis:
Staff has identified a parcel of property which has been offered for sale
that is located within the Land Bank Focus Area in Ward 1 and is contiguous
to two (2) Land Bank-owned properties.
Property Details: The
parcel is a 5,250 square-foot vacant lot with no structure. |
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7.
RESOLUTION |
To make an
appointment as a Commissioner on the Little Rock Housing Authority Board of
Commissioners; and for other purposes.
Synopsis:
Appointment of Louis Jackson, said term to expire on September 30, 2020. |
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CITIZEN COMMUNICATION Three (3) minutes are allowed to
present a specific item which 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. Board Members may ask
questions of the speaker or make a relevant comment after the presentation
has been completed. 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 it 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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GROUPED ITEMS (Items 8 - 11) |
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8. ORDINANCE |
Z-5304-A: To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned Residential
District titled Nuage Residential Contracts
Short-Form PD-R, located at 5817 Big Oak Lane, 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
property from C-3, General Commercial District, to PD-R, Planned Development -
Residential, to allow for the construction of a new single-family home on
this currently vacant lot. (Located
in Ward 2) |
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9.
ORDINANCE |
Z-6532-G: To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned
Residential District titled Lot 2 Chenal Heights Long-Form PD-R, located at
16400 Chenal Heights Drive, 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 request is to allow a revision to the
previously-approved PD-R, Planned Development – Residential, to allow for the
development of 208 units of age restricted housing located within 104
buildings constructed in multiple phases.
(Located in Ward 5) |
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10.
ORDINANCE |
To dispense with the requirements for competitive selections and to
award contracts for a period of ten (10) months to PIT providers; and for
other purposes. Staff recommends
approval. Synopsis: Authorizing the City Manager to move
forward with 2016 ten (10)-month contract extensions for Prevention and
Intervention Neighborhood-Based Afterschool/Out-of-School Time Programs; PIT
Neighborhood-Based Afterschool/Out-of-School Time Expanded Program Services,
Youth Intervention Programs (YIP); Management Information System Services,
Citywide Enhancement Programs and Services; Re-Entry Services; and Technical
Assistance Services. |
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11. ORDINANCE |
To authorize the City Manager to purchase a ‘Ticker Tape’ Sign for the
Creative Corridor’s Main Street Mall Building; to dispense with competitive
bids; and for other purposes. Staff recommends
approval. Synopsis: Authorizes the City Manager to purchase a “Ticker
Tape” Sign for the Creative Corridor’s Main Street Mall building and dispense
with the competitive bidding requirement.
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SEPARATE ITEMS (Items 12 – 15) |
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12. ORDINANCE |
To levy a third 1% tax upon the gross receipts or gross proceeds of
hotel, motel, bed and breakfast or short-term condominium or apartment rental
accommodations in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; to prescribe the
purposes for which revenues derived from the collection of the tax may be
used; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. |
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13. ORDINANCE |
To levy a fourth 1% tax upon the gross receipts or gross proceeds of
hotel, motel, bed and breakfast or short-term condominium or apartment rental
accommodations in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; to prescribe the
purposes for which revenues derived from the collection of the tax may be
used; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. |
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14. ORDINANCE |
To call a Special Election for February 9, 2016, in the City of Little
Rock, Arkansas, on the question of issuing Bonds under Amendment No. 62 to
the Constitution of the State of Arkansas for the purpose of financing a
portion of the cost of capital improvements; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. |
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15. RESOLUTION |
To express the intent of the Board of Directors of the City of Little
Rock, Arkansas, on the use of any funds from a third 1% tax upon the gross
receipts of gross proceeds of hotel, motel, bed and breakfast or short-term
condominium or apartment rental accommodations in the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas, and from a fourth 1% tax upon the gross receipts or gross proceeds
of hotel, motel, bed and breakfast or short-term condominium or apartment
rental accommodations in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, in excess of the
amounts needed for the payment of debt service on a proposed Capital
Improvements Bond Issue; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. |
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REPORTS
(Item 16) |
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16. REPORTS |
August 2015 &
September 2015 Financial Report – Sara Lenehan, Finance Department
Director |