A meeting of the Fayetteville City Council was held at 6 p.m. April 3 in room 219 of City Hall, 113 W. Mountain St.
Below is a brief overview of action taken at the meeting including links to PDF documents for each item.
Roll Call
Present: Adella Gray, Brenda Boudreaux, Mark Kinion, Matthew Petty, Mayor Lioneld Jordan, Justin Tennant, Bobby Ferrell, Rhonda Adams, Sarah Lewis
Absent: None
Presentations, Reports and Discussion Items
Nominating Committee member Adella Gray presented the group’s recommended nominees for two open seats that were not included in the committee’s report on March 20. The following individuals were approved:
Michael Ferguson – Civil Service Commission
Jon Edwards – Housing Authority Board of Adjustments
The following individuals were approved on March 20.
William Lyle – Advertising and Promotion Commission
Brian Hogue – Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals
Joe Kieklak – Environmental Action Committee
Brenda Boudreaux – Fayetteville Public Library Board of Trustees
Susan Graham – Fayetteville Public Library Board of Trustees
David Proffitt – Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
Craig Honchell – Planning Commission
Porter Winston – Planning Commission
Ryan Noble – Planning Commission
Blake Pennington – Planning Commission
Consent
All items on the Consent portion of the agenda passed unanimously. It should be noted that the Keeling Company item was pulled and amended to include the sales tax before being approved.
Consent items
| Item | Description | Action | |
|---|---|---|---|
| McClelland Consulting Engineers, Inc. Amendment No. 1 |  | A resolution approving Amendment No. 1 to the agreement with the McClelland Consulting Engineers, Inc. for airport engineering services. | Pass 8-0 |
| Keeling Company | | A resolution authorizing purchase of an additional two irrigation wheels from Keeling Company in the amount of $77,333.34, pursuant to Bid #11-71, for effluent irrigation to hay fields. | Pass 8-0 |
| Crafton Tull & Associates | | A resolution approving a contract with Crafton Tull & Associates in an amount not to exceed $120,000 for engineering services to design water and sewer creek crossing repairs related to Spring 2011 floods, approving a project contingency of $6,000, and approving a budget adjustment. | Pass 8-0 |
| Bid #12-14 Heckathorn Construction Company | | A resolution awarding Bid #12-14 and approving a contract with Heckathorn Construction Company in the amount of $42,421 for the structural repair of three storm damaged structures at the biosolids management site. | Pass 8-0 |
| Environmental Consulting Operations, Inc. Amendment No. 6 | | A resolution approving Amendment No. 6 to the Engineering Contract with Environmental Consulting Operations, Inc. in the amount of $42,660 for pipeline stormwater, wetlands, and environmental issues and 2012 wetland site maintenance and reporting. | Pass 8-0 |
| IES Interactive Training USA | | A resolution approving an agreement with IES Interactive Training USA in the amount of $28,462.90, pursuant to a federal procurement agreement with the General Services Administration, for the purchase of a Use of Force Simulator for the Police Department. | Pass 8-0 |
Unfinished Business
All three items on the Unfinished Business portion of the agenda passed including an ordinance to allow the City Council to authorize up to five unrelated persons to live in some units of a planned zoning district.
Unfinished Business items
| Item | Description | Action | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amend Chapter 151 Definition of “Family” | | An ordinance to allow the City Council to authorize up to five unrelated persons in some units of a planned zoning district. This item was removed from the table on March 20. | Pass 6-2* |
| RZN 12-4028 | | An ordinance rezoning 2.18 acres on Abshier Heights from Residential PZD to Residential Single-Family, 8 units per acre. This ordinance was left on the first reading on March 20. | Pass 8-0 |
| ADM 12-4029 | | An ordinance amending a 4.11-acre residential PZD on Abshier Drive. This ordinance was left on the first reading on March 20. | Pass 8-0 |
* Council members Kinion and Lewis voted no.
New Business
Two New Business items were left on the second reading while two items passed including a resolution to grant the appeal of Kum & Go and to amend and approve its large-scale development plans on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
New Business items
| Item | Description | Action | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regional Urban Stormwater Education Program | | An ordinance to waive formal competitive bidding and to approve a memorandum of understanding with the MS4 Jurisdictions and the NWA Regional Planning Commission in the amount of $45,969 for the Regional Urban Stormwater Education Program. | Pass 8-0 |
| RZN 12-4042 | | An ordinance rezoning 4.9 acres at 1700 Old Wire Rd. from RSF-4, Residential Single Family, 4 units per acre to NC, Neighborhood Conservation, subject to a Bill of Assurance. | Left on 2nd reading |
| Amend Chapter 161 | | An ordinance to Amend section 161.14 of the city code by repealing the separate setbacks for multi-family structures built within the Hillside/Hilltop Overlay District. | Left on 2nd reading |
| Kum & Go, L.C. | | A resolution to grant the appeal of Kum & Go, L.C. and to amend and approve its large scale development to agree with the plat submitted with its appeal letter. | Pass 5-3** |
** Council members Petty, Kinion and Lewis voted no.
April 3, 2012 final agenda
