Detailed Council Minutes for August 28, 2007

North Little Rock City Council Agenda

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

The City Council meets on the second and fourth Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m.

Mayor Patrick Henry Hays
City Clerk and Collector Diane Whitbey
City Attorney C Jason Carter

Communications

1.       Charlotte Thomas, Mayor's Office memorandum re: application for retail beer off premises - replacement for Yang S. Chun for Lord's Food Worlds f/k/a NLR Corner Store, 1802 Pike Avenue, by Kabiruddin M. Gilani.

2.       Charlotte Thomas, Mayor's Office memorandum re: application for retail beer off premises - NEW, for Guadalajara Grocery, 3809 Camp Robinson Road, by Amelia G. Hernandez.

3.       Charlotte Thomas, Mayor's Office memorandum re: application for retail beer on premises - NEW, for Taqueria Guadalajara, 3811 Camp Robinson Road, by Amelia G. Hernandez.

4.       Becky Taylor, Mayor's Office letter from US Senator Mark Pryor to Mayor Hays re: Communications, Taxation and Federalism.

Presentations

None

Public Hearing(S) 7:05 p.m.

Reminder: all who plan to speak, please pick up an agenda item card from the city clerk prior to the hearing being called , and return to the city clerk

O-07-66, an ordinance fixing rates for services furnished by the NLR Wastewater

O-07-67, an ordinance amending the Master Street Plan to amend access criteria to Highway 165

O-07-70, an ordinance amending NLRMC § 42-32 to include as a nuisance the use of tarpaulins (tarps) and similar material as door coverings or screening

O-07-71, an ordinance amending Section 12.22 (Mobile Storage Containers)

Note: a public hearing will be held on Monday, September 10, 2007, at 7:05 p.m. regarding O-07-73, Camp Robinson Road Sign Overlay District)

Unfinished Business-Resolutions

None

Unfinished Business-Ordinances

O-07-65	Mayor Hays, Aldermen Parker, and Gaines Vacating and abandoning a portion of utility easements and street right-of-way on property located in the Northshore Business Park South of North Shore Drive and West of AR Surgical Hospital Read 3 times and held
O-07-66	Mayor Hays, Aldermen Parker, Witcher, Hight, Bryant and Ross Fixing rates for services furnished by the Sewer System of the City of NLR; prescribing other matters pertaining thereto Read 2 times and held,     Public Hearing this date @ 7:05 p.m.
O-07-67	Mayor Hays Amending the Master Street Plan (Ord. No. 7932) to amend access criteria to Highway 165 Read 2 times and held,     Public Hearing this date @ 7:05 p.m.
O-07-70	Aldermen Witcher and Hight Amending NLRMC § 42-32 to include as a Nuisance the use of Tarpaulins and other similar materials as door coverings or screening on residential garages and carports Read 2 times and held,     Public Hearing this date @ 7:05 p.m.
O-07-71	Alderman Witcher Amending Section 12.22 (Mobile Storage Containers) of Ord. No. 7697 (the Zoning Ordinance) to add a paragraph including Industrial Areas Read 2 times and held,     Public Hearing this date @ 7:05 p.m.
O-07-72	Alderwoman Ross for consideration only Granting a Special Use to allow an apartment above commercial in a C-3 zone for property located at 110 E. 13th Street (applicant: Phillip Martin) Read 1 time and held
O-07-73	Aldermen Bryant, Ross, Gaines and Parker Amending Section 11.9 (Camp Robinson Road Sign Overlay District) of Ord. No. 7697 (the Zoning Ordinance) to change the district boundaries Read 1 time and held,        Public Hearing Monday, September 10, 2007 @ 7:05 p.m.

New Business - Resolutions

R-07-110	Mayor Hays Supporting AR Inland Maritime Museum (AIMM) in obtaining a barge from the US Army Corps of Engineers for use in mooring facilities for the Corps Motor Vessel "Lipscomb"
R-07-111	Mayor Hays Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sell certain real property generally located at the intersection of Pike Avenue and Riverfront Drive (to North Bluffs Development Corporation for $590,000.00)
R-07-112	Mayor Hays Approving participation by the City of NLR under the 2008 AR Department of Parks and Tourism's Outdoor Recreation Grant Program for construction of a Baseball Complex in Burns Park (Project Budget $556,000 / City's share $306,000 - $270,000 from Parks Capital Improvement Fund; $30,000 donation from Burns Park Athletic Assoc and $6,000 in-kind labor and materials

New Business - Ordinances

O-07-77	Mayor Hays Declaring a Moratorium on New Check Cashing Businesses in NLR
O-07-78	Mayor Hays Establishing the Cypress Bay Development Project Multipurpose Municipal Property Owners' Improvement District No. 29 of NLR
O-07-79	Mayor Hays Creating the Redevelopment District of the City of North Little Rock, AR #4 ("Argenta Redevelopment District") pursuant to Ark. Code Ann § 14-168-301 et seq., specifically including without limitation Ark. Code Ann § 14-168-305, designating the boundaries of such proposed Redevelopment District and establishing a Special Fund for the revenue and expenditures generated on account of such Redevelopment District
O-07-80	Mayor Hays Creating the Redevelopment District of the City of North Little Rock, AR #5 ("Maple Redevelopment District") pursuant to Ark. Code Ann § 14-168-301 et seq., specifically including without limitation Ark. Code Ann § 14-168-305, designating the boundaries of such proposed Redevelopment District and establishing a Special Fund for the revenue and expenditures generated on account of such Redevelopment District
O-07-81	Mayor Hays Creating the Redevelopment District of the City of North Little Rock, AR #6 ("Main Redevelopment District") pursuant to Ark. Code Ann § 14-168-301 et seq., specifically including without limitation Ark. Code Ann § 14-168-305, designating the boundaries of such proposed Redevelopment District and establishing a Special Fund for the revenue and expenditures generated on account of such Redevelopment District
O-07-82	Mayor Hays Creating the Redevelopment District of the City of North Little Rock, AR #7 ("Broadway Redevelopment District") pursuant to Ark. Code Ann § 14-168-301 et seq., specifically including without limitation Ark. Code Ann § 14-168-305, designating the boundaries of such proposed Redevelopment District and establishing a Special Fund for the revenue and expenditures generated on account of such Redevelopment District
O-07-83	Alderwoman Ross To reclassify property located at 1721 North Poplar Street, from the present C-3 to R-3 Classification by amending Ord. No. 7697 of the City of NLR (applicant: Doris Boniecki)
O-07-84	Alderman Gaines Restricting the parking and storage of heavy vehicles in Residential and Commercial areas
O-07-85	Alderman Thomas To reclassify property located at the Southeast corner of Highway 391 and Barton Road from present I-2 to C-3 Classification by amending Ord. No. 7697 of the City of NLR (applicant: David Jones)
O-07-86	Aldermen Parker and Gaines Reclassifying property located on North Shore Drive south of Crystal Hill Elementary from O-1 to C-3 Classification by amending Ord. No. 7697 of the City of NLR; adopting an Amended Land Use Plan for the subject property (applicant: Robert Brown)
O-07-87	Aldermen Thomas, Parker and Gaines Granting a Special Use to allow a Second Manufacutred Home on property located at 9925 Brad Trail (applicant: Chester Bates)

Public Comment

Respectfully submitted,
Diane Whitbey, CMC
City Clerk and Collector