Board of Directors Meeting
Agenda
March 15, 2016
6:00 PM
To set the agenda for the March 15, 2016,
Board of Directors Meeting
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION: Director Ken Richardson
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE
PRESENTATIONS
City of Little Rock Employee Retirement
Recognition
Lt. Odistene Fuller, Little Rock Police Department
Modifications
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M-1 RESOLUTION |
G-23-462: To set April 5, 2016, as the date of hearing on the request to abandon
Patrick County Road as a public right-of-way, located north of Cantrell Road,
in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. |
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CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 - 13) |
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1. MOTION |
To approve the minutes of the August 4, 2015, August 18, 2015,
September 1, 2015, and September 15, 2015, Little Rock City Board of
Directors Meetings. |
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2. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to award a contract to Boyles
Construction, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $279,710.70, for improvements
along 26th Street from Fair Park Boulevard to Harrison Street; and
for other purposes. (Funding from the 2012 3/8-Cent
Capital Improvement Sales Tax & the 2013 Limited Tax General Obligation
Capital Improvement Bonds) Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: Authorizes the City Manager to execute an
agreement with Boyles Construction, Inc. for improvements to 26th
Street from Fair Park Boulevard to Harrison Street, Project No. 13-1-13k, Bid
No. 16-001. (Located in Ward 1) |
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3. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to award a contract to Boyles
Construction, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $272,227.14, for South Tyler
Street Improvements; and for other purposes.
(Funding
from the 2012 3/8-Cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax & the 2013 Limited
Tax General Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds) Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: Authorizes the City Manager to execute an
agreement with Boyles Construction, Inc., for improvements to South Tyler
Street from 30th Street to 32nd Street, Project No.
13-01-082, Bid No. 16-002. (Located in
Ward 1) |
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4. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the award of a Professional Services Contract to the
Jacobs Engineering Group for Inspection Services, in an amount not to exceed
$350,000.00; and for other purposes. (Funding from the 2012 3/8-Cent
Capital Improvement Sales Tax & the 2013 Limited Tax General Obligation
Capital Improvement Bonds) Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: Authorizes the City Manager to execute a
Professional Services Agreement with Jacobs Engineering Group for Inspection
Services for the 2013 to 2015 Street and Drainage Improvement Program, Bid
No. 15033. |
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5. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to award a contract to Boyles
Construction, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $361,270.20, for Marlborough
Street Reconstruction; and for other purposes. (Funding from the 2012 3/8-Cent
Capital Improvement Sales Tax & the 2013 Limited Tax General Obligation
Capital Improvement Bonds) Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: Authorizes the City Manager to execute an
agreement with Boyles Construction, Inc., for improvements to Marlborough
Street, Project No. 13-7-11A, Bid No. 16-004.
(Located in Ward 7) |
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6. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to award a contract to Redstone
Construction Group, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $775,797.60, for 36th
Street and Shackleford Road Improvements; and for other purposes. (Funding from the 2012 3/8-Cent
Capital Improvement Sales Tax & the 2013 Limited Tax General Obligation
Capital Improvement Bonds) Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: Authorizes the City Manager to execute an
agreement with Redstone Construction Group, Inc., for improvements to 36th
and Shackleford Road, Project No. 13-6-100, Bid No. 16003. (Located in Ward
6) |
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7. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to award a contract to Township Builders,
Inc., in an amount not to exceed $2,557,933.20, for Asher Avenue Improvements;
and for other purposes. (Funding from the 2012 3/8-Cent
Capital Improvement Sales Tax & the 2013 Limited Tax General Obligation
Capital Improvement Bonds) Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: Authorizes the City Manager to execute an
agreement with Township Builders, Inc., for improvements to Asher Avenue from
Woodrow Street to Oak Street, Project No. 13-B-1A, Bid No. 16-005. (Located
in Ward 1) |
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8. RESOLUTION |
To authorize a contract with O.R. Colan and Associates for Appraisal
and Acquisition Services in an amount not to exceed $400,000.00; and for
other purposes. (Funding from the 2012 3/8-Cent
Capital Improvement Sales Tax & the 2013 Limited Tax General Obligation
Capital Improvement Bonds) Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: Authorizes a new contract with O.R. Colan
and Associates for Professional Services for the appraisal and acquisition of
easements and right-of-way, Bid No. 15029 for the 2013 through 2015
Infrastructure Improvement Program. |
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9. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Landers
Chrysler Dodge Jeep, in the amount of $56,146.00, for the purchase of one (1)
Dodge Durango and one (1) Ram 1500 Pick-Up Truck for the Public Works
Department, utilizing the Arkansas State Contract Purchasing Agreement; and
for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: Approval
of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with
Landers Chrysler Dodge Jeep for the purchase of one (1) Dodge Durango and one
(1) Ram 1500 Pick-Up Truck for the Public Works Department. |
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10. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract Petersen
Industries, in the amount of $156,712.20, for the purchase of one (1), Thirty
(30) Cubic-Yard Knuckleboom Truck for the Public Works Department, utilizing
the National Joint Power Alliance Contract; and for other purposes. Staff recommends
approval. Synopsis: Approval
of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with
Petersen Industries for one (1),
thirty (30) cubic-yard Knuckleboom Truck for the Public Works Department. |
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11. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract River City
Hydraulics, in the amount of $344,800.00, for the purchase of two (2) Twenty-Five
(25) Cubic-Yard Rear Loader Sanitation Trucks for the Public Works Department,
utilizing the National Joint Power Alliance Contract; and for other
purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: Approval
of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with
River City Hydraulics for the purchase of two (2), twenty-five (25)
cubic-yard Rear Loader Sanitation Trucks for the Public Works Department. |
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12. RESOLUTION |
To endorse the development of an Open Data Policy for the City of
Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: To
authorize the City Manager to prepare an Open Data Policy for the City of
Little Rock, in conjunction with the Work Works Cities Initiative. |
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13. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Hunger
Skateparks, LLC, in the amount of $169,750.00, for park improvements at Kanis
Park Skate Facility; and for other purposes.
Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: Approval
to authorize City Manager to enter into a contract with Hunger Skateparks,
LLC, for a total amount of $169,750.00 for park improvements at Kanis Park
Skate Facility. |
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GROUPED
ITEMS (Items 14 - 18) |
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14. ORDINANCE |
To amend Little Rock, Ark., Revised Code §2-230 (1988) and Little Rock,
Ark., Ordinance No. 20,746 (July 9, 2013) to assure representation on the
Commission on Children, Youth & Families and on the Racial & Cultural
Diversity Commission, of someone associated with the Little Rock School
District; to declare an emergency; and
for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: To modify the current language to assure a
representative of the Little Rock School District is on the Commission for
Children, Youth and Families and the Racial & Cultural Diversity
Commission. |
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15. ORDINANCE |
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 the 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: Five (5) residential structures 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. |
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16. ORDINANCE |
To dispense with the requirement of competitive bids and to authorize
an extension of the Software Maintenance Agreement with Northrop Grumman
Systems Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $183,801.00, plus taxes, for
an additional one (1)-year of extended service; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: This ordinance waives competitive bidding
for the purchase of up to twelve (12) months of software maintenance and
support for the NGIT Altaris application for the
City’s Computer-Aided 911 Dispatch System. |
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17. ORDINANCE |
To grant a franchise to occupy public rights-of-way and provide
Telecommunications Services by Ritter Communications Holdings, Inc., and its
subsidiaries (Ritter Communications); to set forth the terms and conditions
for the use and rental of such rights-of-way; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: To
grant a franchise to a telecommunications company to use City rights-of-way
for its facilities. |
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18. ORDINANCE |
To grant a franchise to occupy public rights-of-way; to located public
sculpture and other works of art within such rights-of-way and provide for
access to and maintenance an upkeep of said public sculptures and art works
and the public rights-of-way and other improvements located therein; to set
forth the terms and conditions for the use of such rights-of-way; and for
other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis:
To
grant a franchise to Deltic Timber Corporation to display certain sculptures
in the public rights-of-way in the certain City areas. |
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SEPARATE
ITEMS (Item 20) |
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19. RESOLUTION |
To adopt the 2016 to 2018 Capital Improvement Program funded from the
proceeds of the 3/8-Cent Capital Sales and Compensating Use Tax; and for
other purposes. (Funding from the 2012 3/8-Cent
Capital Improvement Sales Tax) Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution adopting the 2016 to 2018
Sales Tax Capital Improvement Program for Streets and Drainage. |
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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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