Board of Directors Meeting

August 15, 2023

6:00 PM

ROLL CALL

INVOCATION: Director Virgil Miller

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

PRESENTATIONS

Daryl Macon Day Proclamation

CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 - 12)
1. RESOLUTION Board Communication	To authorize the City Manager to rename the park located at West 4^th Street and South Schiller Street to Rose Creek Park; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution authorizing the City Manager to recognize the naming of the neighborhood park located at West 4^th Street and South Schiller Street to Rose Creek Park.
2. RESOLUTION Board Communication	To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Musco Sports Lighting, in an amount not to exceed $875,000.00, plus applicable taxes and fees, for new Facility Sport Lights for six (6) Baseball/Softball Fields at the Junior Deputy Baseball Park; and for other purposes. (Funding from the American Rescue Plan Act) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with Musco Sports Lighting, LLC, for new Facility Sport Lights for Six (6) Baseball/Softball Fields at Junior Deputy Ballfield Complex.
3. RESOLUTION Board Communication	To authorize the City Manager to award Professional Engineering Services Contracts for Design and Survey Services for the 2023-2025 Capital Improvement Projects funded from the proceeds of the 2022 Capital Improvement Bonds for Street and Drainage; and for other purposes. (Funding from the Limited Tax General Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the City Manager to enter into a contracts with Consulting Engineering Firms to provide Engineering Design and Survey Services for the 2023 to 2025 Public Works Capital Improvement Program.
4. RESOLUTION Board Communication	To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Arkansas Public Safety Solutions/Motorola Avigilon, in an amount not to $142,414.00, plus applicable taxes and fees, for the purchase of a Video Security System for the Arkansas State Fairgrounds Complex; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with Arkansas Public Safety Solutions/Motorola Avigilon for the purchase of a Video Security System for the Arkansas State Fairgrounds Complex.
5. RESOLUTION Board Communication	To authorize the Mayor and City Manager to execute the Little Rock Police Department Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Application and the Memorandum of Understanding with Pulaski County; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Manager to execute any necessary documents and to take any actions necessary to implement all parts of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant awarded to the Little Rock Police Department, including, but not limited to, entering into a Memorandum of Understanding with Pulaski County.
6. RESOLUTION Board Communication	To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with WD&D Architects, in an amount not to exceed $350,000.00, to provide Architectural and Engineering Design Services for the Little Rock Zoo Bond Project; and for other purposes. (Funding from the Limited Tax General Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with WD&D Architects for Architectural and Engineering Design Services in association with the Little Rock Zoo’s Bond Project.
7. RESOLUTION Board Communication	To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Navona Construction, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $228,475.00, for the razing and removal of the former Little Rock Police Department Building and Annex located at 700 West Markham Street; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with Navona Construction, LLC, for the razing and removal of the former Little Rock Police Department Building and Annex located at 700 West Markham Street.
8. RESOLUTION Board Communication	To authorize the City Manager to purchase the annual renewal subscriptions for Licensed Adobe Project, for a total amount of $66,468.34, to support City of Little Rock business processes; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the City Manager to purchase the annual renewal of subscriptions for Licensed Adobe Products currently utilized Citywide to support City of Little Rock business processes.
9. RESOLUTION Board Communication	To authorize the City Manager to enter into a Maintenance Renewal Contract with Optiv Security, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $239,085.89, plus applicable taxes and fees, to provide services and upgrades to the City’s existing Checkpoint Firewalls; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution authorizing the City Manager to renew the Maintenance Contract with Optiv Security, Inc., to cover services on all the City’s existing Checkpoint Firewalls.
10. RESOLUTION Board Communication	To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Presidio Networked Solutions, in an amount not to exceed $203,376.00, plus applicable taxes and fees, to provide Managed Detection and Response Monitoring Service for the Information Technology Department; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with Presidio Networked Solutions, for Managed Detection and Response Monitoring Service to provide 24/7 monitoring of the City’s Network for cyber activity.
11. RESOLUTION	To amend Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 16,058 (July 18, 2023), to amend the existing contract with the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce, in an amount not to exceed $500,000.00, to provide Economic Development Consulting Service and to make other necessary amendments; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval.
12. RESOLUTION	To appoint a successor Commissioner to fill a vacancy on the Board of Commissioners of the Riverdale Harbour Municipal Property Owners Improvement District No. 1 of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: Appointment of Haitham Alley, a property owner in the District, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Commissioner Mike Myers.
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT ITEMS (Items 13 - 20)
13. ORDINANCE Board Communication Write-Up Zoning Map – A-347 Land Use Plan – A-347 Zoning Map – Z-9806 Land Use Plan – Z-9806	A-347/Z-9806: To accept the Blue Stem Annexation, to add certain lands to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, to zone said land to I-3, Heavy Industrial District; and for other purposes. (Planning Commission: 9 ayes; 0 nays; 1 absent; and 1 open position) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: To accept the annexation of some 32.7 acres along Zeuber Road (in the 5800 to 7000 blocks of Zeuber Road) to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, and zone the area to I-3, Heavy Industrial District. (Located within the City’s Extraterritorial Jurisdiction)
14. ORDINANCE Board Communication Write-Up Zoning Map Land Use Plan	Z-8546-A: To approve a Planned Zoning Development and to establish a Revised Planned Industrial Development titled 4200 Hoerner, LLC, PID, located at 4200 Hoerner Road, 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; 2 absent; and 1 open position) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The applicant is requesting that the 7.54-acre property, located at located at 4200 Hoerner Road, be rezoned from I-2, Light Industrial District, to PID, Planned Industrial District, to allow a two (2) lot industrial development. (Located in Ward 2
15. ORDINANCE Board Communication Write-Up Zoning Map Land Use Plan	Z-9782: To approve a Planned Zoning Development and to establish a Revised Planned Commercial Development titled Dunnick Mixed Use PCD, located at 6024 Stagecoach Road, Little Rock, Arkansas, amending the official Zoning Map of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes. (Planning Commission: 9 ayes; 0 nays; 1 absent; and 1 open position) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The applicant is requesting that the 1.68-acre property, located at located at 6024 Stagecoach Road, be rezoned from R-2, Single-Family District, to PCD, Planned Commercial Development, to allow for a mixed use commercial development. (Located in Ward 7)
16. ORDINANCE Board Communication Write-Up Zoning Map Land Use Plan	Z-9790: 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: 8 ayes; 0 nays; 1 absent; 1 recusal (Thomas); and 1 open position) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The owner of the 0.30-acre property located at 3924 Potter Street is requesting that the property be reclassified from R-3, Single-Family District, to R-4, Two-Family District. (Located in Ward 6)
17. ORDINANCE Board Communication Write-Up Zoning Map Land Use Plan	Z-9802: To approve a Planned Zoning Development and to establish a Revised Planned Development – Industrial titled Williams PD-I, located at 4700 Mabelvale Pike, 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; 2 absent; and 1 open position) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The applicant is requesting that the 0.53-acre property, located at located at 4700 Mabelvale Pike, be rezoned from R-2, Single-Family District, to PD-I, Planned District – Industrial, to allow for a commercial fence company. (Located in Ward 2)
18. ORDINANCE Board Communication	To declare it impractical and unfeasible to bid; to authorize the City Manager to enter into a sole-source contract with FARO Technologies, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $81,883.17, plus applicable taxes and fees, for the purchase of a FARO System for the Little Rock Police Department Major Crimes Division; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: An ordinance to authorize the City Manager to enter into a Sole-Source Contract with FARO Technologies, Inc., for the purchase of a FARO System for the Little Rock Police Department Major Crimes Division.
19. ORDINANCE Board Communication	To declare it impractical and unfeasible to bid; to authorize the City Manager to enter into a sole-source contract with ICOR Technology, in an amount not to exceed $117,659.56, plus applicable taxes and fees, for the purchase of two (2) ICOR Mini Tracked Robots for the Little Rock Police Department SWAT Team and the Little Rock Fire Department Bomb Squad; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: An ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with ICOR Technology for the purchase of two (2) ICOR Mini Tracked Robots for the Little Rock Police Department SWAT Team and the Little Rock Fire Department Bomb Squad.
20. ORDINANCE Board Communication	To declare it impractical and unfeasible to bid; to authorize the City Manager to enter into a sole-source contract with Motorola Solutions, Inc., in an total contract amount not to exceed $1,462,556.00, plus applicable taxes and fees, for Cloud Hosting Services and Work Flow Management of PremierOne CSR, PremierOne Citizen Mobile Application and the PremierOne CSR Mobile Applications, also known as the 311 System; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: An ordinance to authorize the City Manager to enter into a Sole-Source Contract with Motorola Solutions, Inc., for Cloud Hosting Services and Work Flow Management of PremierOne CSR, PremierOne Citizen Mobile Application and the PremierOne CSR Mobile Applications, also known as the 311 System.
SEPARATE ITEMS (Items 21 – 24)
21. ORDINANCE Board Communication Write-Up	To amend Little Rock, Ark., Rev., Code Chapter 36, § 36-256 (1988), providing for the modification of various procedures and land use regulations related to the R-4, Two-Family District, zoning classification; and for other purposes. (Planning Commission: 8 ayes; 0 nays; 1 absent; and 2 open positions) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: To amend the R4, Two-Family District, Zoning classification to allow a Two-Family Use to be detached.
22. ORDINANCE Board Communication Write-Up Zoning Map Land Use Plan	Z-9792: 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: 9 ayes; 0 nays; 1 absent; and 1 open position) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The owner of the 0.29-acre property located at 1619/1623 Johnson Street from R-3, Single-Family District, to R-4, Two-Family District. (Located in Ward 1)
23. ORDINANCE Board Communication Write-Up Zoning Map Land Use Plan	Z-9803: 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: 8 ayes; 1 nay; 1 absent; and 1 open position) Staff recommends denial. Synopsis: The owner of the 2.27-acre property 12006 Chicot Road from R-2, Single-Family District, to C-3, General Commercial District. (Located in Ward 2)
24. ORDINANCE Board Communication Write-Up Zoning Map Land Use Plan	Z-9787: To approve a Planned Zoning Development and to establish a Revised Planned Development – Commercial titled Thomas Short-Term Rental, PD0C, located at 300 Springwood Drive, 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; 1 absent; 1 recusal (Thomas); and 1 open position) Staff recommends denial. Synopsis: The applicant is requesting that the 0.29-acre property, located at located at 300 Springwood Drive, be rezoned from R-2, Single-Family District, to PD-C, Planned Development - Commercial, to allow for a Short-Term Rental. (Located in Ward 4)
EXECUTIVE SESSION (Item 25)
25. RESOLUTION	To make appointments and reappointments to various City of Little Rock Boards and Commissions; and for other purposes. Synopsis: Age-Friendly Little Rock Commission (8 positions); Little Rock Parks & Recreation Commission (2 positions); Little Rock Port Authority (1 position); Little Rock Water Reclamation Commission (2 positions); Little Rock Zoo Board of Governors (1 position); MacArthur Military History Museum Commission (2 positions); Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery (1 position); and Rock Region Metropolitan transit Authority Board of Directors (1 position).
DISCUSSION (Item 26)
26. DISCUSSION	2023 Sales Tax Proposal
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.