Council Agenda - Monday, April 13, 2020
No minutes from March 23, 2020 meeting
Adobe PDF Pack - April 13, 2020
The North Little Rock City Council will meet via Electronic Media on Monday, April 13, 2020.
The Mayor, City Clerk, City Attorney and Commission Chair will be physically present at the place of the meeting if applicable and possible.
This meeting, as with all City Council Meetings, are available for viewing on the Internet at https://www.facebook.com/CityofNorthLittleRock/ or on the City of North Little Rock’s website http://nlr.ar.gov/government/city_council or Local Access Television.
If you have any questions you would like to pose or comments you would like to make, that would otherwise be posed or made during the public comment portion of the City Council meeting, please direct those to the City in writing via the North Little Rock City Clerk’s Office at [email protected], by 4:00 p.m., prior to the Meeting.
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“The City of North Little Rock welcomes people of diverse cultures and beliefs. Any religious viewpoint expressed during invocation, or at any other time during the meeting, reflects only the personal opinion of the speaker. It is not intended to proselytize, advance, or disparage any religious belief.”
COMMUNICATIONS
1. Anita Paul, Mayor’s Office memorandum re: New Application – Retail Beer Off Premises & Small Farm Winery – Retail, Circle K, 9324 Hwy 107, by Todd Solomon (outside city limits).
2. Anita Paul, Mayor’s Office memorandum re: New Application – Retail Beer Off Premises & Small Farm Winery – Retail, Circle K, 118 Country Club Road, by Todd Solomon (outside city limits).
3. Anita Paul, Mayor’s Office memorandum re: Replacement – Retail Beer Off Premises & Small Farm Wine—Retail, Valero Cornerstone #9250 fka Corner Store #1797, 9250 Brockington Road, by Shirin Ali (outside city limits).
4. Anita Paul, Mayor’s Office memorandum re: Replacement – Retail Beer Off Premises, for Lakewood Mart, fka North Hills Mart, 4601 North Hills Boulevard, by Monica Han.
5. Ember Strange, Finance Director/Chair Energy Risk Management Committee re: Power Cost Adjustment Rate (PCA) for April, 2020 (.0019/kwh) negative.
6. Mayor Joe A. Smith – Annual State of the City of North Little Rock Report.
7. C. Tad Bohannon, CEO, Central Arkansas Water letter re: Proposed Issuance of Water Revenue & Refunding Bonds in 2020.
8. Wm Roy Edwards, Pastor Grace Church of the Nazarene - card to Mayor Smith and City of North Little Rock re: Thank you for support of Food Bank.
PRESENTATIONS
Proclamation - Public Safety Telecommunications Week April 12 – 18, 2020.
Proclamation - Arbor Day, Friday, April 24, 2020.
Regarding comments on public hearings –persons will be asked to identify themselves, in lieu of signing in to speak.
SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING(S) 3 minutes
CITIZENS PUBLIC COMMENT ON NUMBERED LEGISLATION 3 minutes
INCLUDES ALL PUBLIC HEARINGS
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None.
CONSENT AGENDA
None filed.
NEW BUSINESS
RESOLUTIONS
R-20-56 Mayor Smith
Establishing protocol for Public Meetings during times of Declared Emergency
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R-20-57 Mayor Smith
Authorizing the Mayor to submit an application for an Arvest Bank Purchasing Card and to obtain Purchasing Cards for certain City Departments
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R-20-58 Mayor Smith
Approving the FY2020 Annual Action Plan for the City of North Little Rock, including the 46th Year (2020) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and The 2020 HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) Projects and Budgets
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ORDINANCES
O-20-35 Mayor Smith
Amending Section 1.1.4 and City Parks Map Attachments of NLRMC Chapter 10 (Parks and Recreation) to include the addition of Laman Plaza
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O-20-36 Mayor Smith
Temporarily waiving the 25% Penalty for Businesses that have not renewed their
Business/Privilege License after April 1 and before July 1, 2020
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O-20-37 Council Member Baxter
Vacating and abandoning certain unused easements on property located at 3919 Pike Avenue (applicant: Thomas Pownall – Thomas Engineering)
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O-20-38 Council Member Baxter
Allowing a Special Use to allow a Daycare in an I-2 Zone for property located at 12 Maumelle Curve Court (applicant: Essential Genesis Learning Academy)
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O-20-39 Council Member Harris
Reclassifying property located at 6012 Crystal Hill Road from R-1 Zoning Classification to C-4 Zoning Classification by amending Ordinance No. 7697 (applicant: Friedman Law Firm)
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O-20-40 Council Member Taylor
Granting a waiver of sidewalk requirements of Section 12.21 of the Zoning Ordinance and Section 9.11 of the Subdivision Ordinance for property located at 2524 Gribble Street (applicant: James Manley Denton, Jr.)
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PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
All persons wishing to speak must have completed a public comment card and return it to the City Clerk before this meeting is convened; speakers have 3 minutes to address their topic
Respectfully submitted,
Diane Whitbey, CAMC / MMC
City Clerk and Treasurer
Words to Live by:
“Time and words cannot be recalled, even it if was only yesterday.”
Yiddish Proverb
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