August 3, 2021
6:00 PM
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION: Director Ken
Richardson
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE
Modifications
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ADDITIONS: |
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M-1 RESOLUTION |
To encourage the Arkansas General Assembly
to reconsider the provisions of Act 1002 of 20201 to permit appropriate
health guidelines to be followed by City Local Governments to protect their
citizens from potentially fatal infectious diseases; and for other
purposes. Staff
recommends approval |
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M-2 RESOLUTION |
To express the willingness of the City of
Little Rock, Arkansas, to apply for, and utilize, Federal-Aid Surface
Transportation Program Grant Funds for the construction of the Jonesboro
Drive Trail; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution authorizing the City Manager,
or his designated representative, to apply for and if received, execute
agreements with the Arkansas Department of Transportation and Metroplan for a
Surface Transportation Program (STP) Grant for the construction of the
Jonesboro Drive Trail. (Located in
Ward 2) |
Agenda
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CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 – 9) |
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1. MOTION |
To approve the
minutes of the March 2, 2021, March 16, 2021, April 6, 2021, April 20, 2021,
and May 4, 2021, Little Rock City Board of Directors Meetings; and the April
27, 2021, Little Rock City Board of Directors Special Called Meetings. |
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2. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
City Manager to enter into a contract with G&W Diesel Service, Inc., in
an amount not to exceed $3,386,000.00, for the purchase of three (3) Pierce
Pumper Trucks and one (1) Pierce Mid-Mount Aerial Truck for the Little Rock
Fire Department; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the City Manager
to enter into a contract with G & W Diesel Service Inc., for the purchase
of three (3) Pierce Pumper Trucks and one (1) Pierce Mid-Mount Aerial Truck
for the Little Rock Fire Department. |
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3. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
City Manager to enter into a contract with Cromwell Architects Engineers,
Inc., in an amount not to exceed $77,900.00, for Design and Engineering
Services for the Kanis Park Improvement Project; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the City Manager
to enter into a contract with Cromwell Architects & Engineers to provide
Design and Engineering Services for the Kanis Park Improvement Projects, to
include Basketball Courts, Trail, Parking Maintenance and ADA Improvements. (Located in Ward 6) |
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4. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
City Manager to enter into a contract with Cunningham Recreation, in an
amount not to exceed $650,000.00, for the purchase and installation of a Gametime
Fully-Inclusive Playground at MacArthur Park; 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 enter into a contract with Cunningham Recreation for the purchase
and installation of a Gametime Fully-Inclusive Playground, Shade Structures,
as well as accessible poured in place rubber surfacing. (Located in Ward 1) |
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5. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
City Manager to enter into a contract with Township Builders, Inc., in an
amount not to exceed $64,350.00, for construction repairs to the West Central
Community Center Parking Lot; and
for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the City Manager
to enter into a contract with Township Builders, Inc., to perform
construction repairs to the West Central Community Center Parking Lot. (Located in Ward 6) |
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6.
RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
Mayor of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, to sell approximately fifteen
(15) acres of land, located on Zeuber Road, to Amazon; and for other
purposes. |
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7.
RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
Mayor to accept a donation of approximately 337 acres of land from WB Isgrig
and Sons, LLC, fur use by the Little Rock Port Authority; and for other
purposes. |
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8.
RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
Mayor to enter into a contract with Traci A. Fischer, for the purchase of
approximately three (3) acres of land, for use by the Little Rock Port
Authority for Economic Prospect Recruitment; and for other purposes. |
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9.
RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
City Manager to enter into a contract with EPA Demolition and Construction
Services, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $136,500.00, for the demolition and
clean-up of an unsafe commercial building located at 1717 North Mississippi
Street, Little Rock, Arkansas; and
for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the City Manager
to enter into a contract with EPA Demolition and Construction Services, LLC,
for the demolition of an unsafe commercial building located at 1717 North
Mississippi Street. (Located in Ward 3) |
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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. |
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PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT ITEMS (Items 10 -
15) |
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10.
ORDINANCE |
A-339:
To accept the
Cypress Bend Kanis Annexation, to add certain lands to the City of Little
Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes.
(Planning
Commission: 10 ayes; 0 nays; and 1
Open Position) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: To accept the annexation of some 32.3
acres, at west of Rahling Road and north of Kanis Road (in the 18000 thru
18600 blocks of Kanis Road) to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas. (Located within the City’s Extraterritorial
Jurisdiction) |
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11. ORDINANCE |
Z-9585:
To approve a
Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned Residential District
Rosemary Villas at Chenal PRD, located at the northwestern corner of Rahling
Road and Kanis Road, in the Little Rock, Arkansas, amending the Official
Zoning Map of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes. (Planning Commission: 10 ayes; 0 nays; and 1 Open Position) Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: The applicant is requesting that the
thirty-seven (37)-acre property, located near the northwest corner of Rahling
Road and Kanis Road be rezoned from R-2, Single-Family District, to PRD,
Planned Residential District, to allow a 219-unit multifamily development for
persons ages fifty-five (55) years and older.
(Located within the City’s Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) |
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12. ORDINANCE |
To declare it
impractical and unfeasible to bid; to authorize the City Manager to enter
into an agreement with the Central Arkansas Library System, in an amount not
to exceed $75,000.00, to provide programming coordination, meetings and
applications for the Be Mighty Summer Meals Program; and for other
purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: An ordinance to authorize the City Manager
to enter into a sole-source agreement with the Central Arkansas Library
System to provide coordination of programming, meetings and application for
the Summer Meals Program. |
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13. ORDINANCE |
To create a No-Wake
Zone for a segment of the Little Maumelle River, located within the corporate
limits of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: An ordinance to establish a No-Wake Zone on
the Little Maumelle River. |
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14. ORDINANCE |
To authorize the
issuance and sale of Water Reclamation System Refunding Revenue Bonds; to
provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds; prescribing
other matters relating thereto; to
declare an emergency; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. |
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15. ORDINANCE |
To call a special
election in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, on November 9, 2021, for the
purpose of submitting to the electors of the City, the question of an
increase of continuing the Annual Ad
Valorem Property Tax levied for the purpose of paying for the maintenance and
operation of the City’s Public Libraries, operated by the Central Arkansas
Library System from the existing rate of 3.30 Mills to the new rate of 3.80
Mills on the dollar of assessed valuation of taxable property in the City;
prescribing other matters relating thereto; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. |
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SEPARATE
ITEMS (Item 16) |
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16.
RESOLUTION |
To state the
primary intended uses of a portion of the first tranche of the City of Little
Rock, Arkansas’, allotment of Local Fiscal Recovery Funds though the American
Rescue Plan Act; and for
other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. (Revised) Synopsis: A resolution to state the intent to use the
American Rescue Plan Act Funds to address the COVID-19 Pandemic and its
subsequent impacts. |
Note: Beginning August 3, 2021,
until further notice, all Little Rock City Board Meetings and Agenda Meetings
will be held at The Centre at University Park, located at 6401 West 12th
Street.