Agenda
August 4, 2015
6:00 PM
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION: Director B.J. Wyrick
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE
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CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 - 6) |
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1. RESOLUTION
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To set August 18, 2015, as the date of hearing on the projected uses of
the 2016 CDBG, HOME and HOPWA Funding; and for other purposes. |
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2. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to enter into an Annual Purchasing
Contract with Summit Truck Group, for the purchase of batteries for use in
all City of Little Rock Fleet Units, with an option to renew annually for two
(2) additional years, with an annual budget not to exceed $60,000.00; and for
other purposes. Staff recommends
approval. Synopsis: Approval of a resolution authorizing the
City Manager to enter into a contract with Summit Truck Group for the
purchase of batteries for City’s vehicle and equipment fleet. This Annual
Purchase Order is for one (1)-year, with an option to renew each year up to
two (2) additional years with an annual budget not to exceed of $60,000.00. |
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3. RESOLUTION |
To declare the intent of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, to make
certain expenditures toward capital improvements for the City’s public
libraries and to refund one (1) or more prior bond issues for the library and
to reimburse itself for such expenditures from the proceeds of Library Bonds
of the City; and for other purposes. |
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4. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to enter into a grant agreement with the
Arkansas Development Finance Authority for $230,000.00, from the Arkansas
Housing Trust Fund to be used for the City of Little Rock’s Elderly Home
Repair Program; and for other purposes.
Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: Approval to allow the City Manager to enter
in a grant agreement with Arkansas Development Finance Authority (ADFA) for
Housing Trust Fund Dollars to be used for Elderly Housing Repair in the
amount of $230,000 to assist not less than ten (10) applicants. |
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5. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with OPTIV
Security, in the amount of $83,547.54, for licenses renewal and support for
next generation firewalls to support the security of the City’s network
locations; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: To purchase from OPTIV Security Licenses
renewal and support for Next Generation firewalls to support the security of
the City’s network locations. |
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6. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to award a contract to Construction
Management and Maintenance, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $225,528.00, for
the Citywide Traffic Signal Loop Program; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: Authorizes the City Manager to execute an
agreement with Construction Management & Maintenance, Inc., for the 2015
Citywide Signal Loop Program, Bid #15-147.
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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 7 - 9) |
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7. ORDINANCE |
To condemn a certain structure in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, as
a structural, fire and health hazard; providing for summary abatement
procedures; directing the City Manager to take such action as is necessary to
raze and remove said structure; to
declare an emergency; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. (Deferred from
June 16, 2015) Synopsis: One (1) commercial structure in a severely
dilapidated, deteriorated and/or burned condition causing a negative
environmental impact on residential and commercial properties in which it is
located. All notices have been mailed
in accordance with Arkansas State Law.
(Located in Ward 1) |
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8. ORDINANCE |
To allow the use of Low Impact Development Techniques as an option for
Stormwater Management when developing commercial, industrial and multi-family
greater than MF-6 units per acre projects, without having to seek a variance
from the City of Little Rock Planning Commission; and for other
purposes. Planning
Commission: 10 ayes; 0 nays; and 1
absent. Staff recommends
approval. Synopsis: Permissive, voluntary Low Impact
Development (LID) ordinance will allow developers to incorporate
environmentally-friendly water quality/quantity techniques into non-residential
developments: commercial, industrial, and multi-family greater than MF-6,
Multi-Family District, units per acre. |
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9. ORDINANCE |
To amend various provisions of Chapter 36 of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Little Rock to allow the use of Low Impact Development; and for
other purposes. Planning
Commission: 10 ayes; 0 nays; and 1
absent. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: Permissive, voluntary Low Impact
Development (LID) ordinance will allow developers to incorporate
environmentally-friendly water quality/quantity techniques into
non-residential developments. |
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SEPARATE
ITEMS (Items 10 – 11) |
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10. ORDINANCE |
Z-5665-A: To approve a Planned Zoning Development and establish a Planned
Residential District titled First Deliverance Temple Short-Form PD-R, located
at 6213 – 6223 Lancaster 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; and 3
absent. Staff recommends
approval. (1st Reading
held on July 7, 2015) (Deferred from July 14, 2015) Synopsis: The request is to amend the
previously-approved PD-R, Planned Development – Residential, to allow the use
of one (1) of the buildings for church services. (Located in Ward 2) |
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11. ORDINANCE |
To establish a schedule of sewer rates and charges for Little Rock
Wastewater, repealing Ordinance No. 20,594 (June 12, 2012); and for other
purposes. |
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PUBLIC HEARING
(Items 12 - 13) |
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12.
ORDINANCE |
To form the City of Little Rock Property Owners’ Multipurpose
Improvement District No. 2015-318 of Little Rock, Arkansas (The Villages at
Ison Creek); and for other purposes. |
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13.
ORDINANCE |
To establish and lay off the Center Street Multipurpose Improvement
District No. 2015-319 of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; to declare an
emergency; and for other purposes. |
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DISCUSSION
(Item 14) |
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14.
DISCUSSION |
Parking in the Yard Update |