ADJOURNED: Fayetteville City Council recap: Jan. 7, 2014

Agenda highlights

  • Rezoning of 5 acres on South Razorback Road.
  • Rezoning of 2 acres on Huntsville Road.
  • Rezoning of 1.5 acres on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
  • Rezoning of nearly 20 acres on Wedington Drive.
  • Rezoning of 26 acres on Highway 112.
  • Rezoning of 6 acres just west of Wedington Drive and Garland Avenue.

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A meeting of the Fayetteville City Council began at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014 inside room 219 of the City Administration Building, located at 113 W. Mountain Street in Fayetteville.

Listed below are the items up for approval and links to downloadable PDFs for more information on each item of business.


Roll Call

Present: Adella Gray, Sarah Marsh, Mark Kinion, Matthew Petty, Mayor Lioneld Jordan, Martin Schoppmeyer, Alan Long
Absent: Justin Tennant, Rhonda Adams

Presentations and Reports

1. Election of Vice Mayor – The council voted unanimously to elect Alderman Mark Kinion as the new Vice Mayor

2. Housing Authority Board of Commissioners appointment (PDF) – The Commission recommends the appointment of Carma Unruh to a term ending 12/28/18.

3. Firemen’s Pension and Relief Fund and Policemen’s Pension and Relief Fund Report to the Council – Mayor Lioneld Jordan

Consent

1. Approval of the Dec. 17, 2013 City Council meeting minutes.
Pass 6-0

2. Water and Sewer Operations Facility Rain Garden (PDF): A resolution to approve and accept a grant of up to $2,800.00 to pay for the installation of a rain garden at the City Water and Sewer Operations Facility and to approve the attached budget adjustment.
Pass 6-0

3. Rain Garden Project (PDF): A resolution to approve and accept six grant awards from the Rain Garden Project in the amount up to $15,000.00 to pay for the installation of four rain gardens at the Noland Wastewater Plant and two rain gardens at the West Side Wastewater Plant and to approve the attached budget adjustment.
Pass 6-0

4. Stephens, Inc. (PDF): A resolution to approve a contract with Stephens, Inc. to approve bond underwriting and related services as needed through Dec. 31, 2018.
Pass 6-0

5. Kutak Rock, LLP (PDF): A resolution to approve a contract with Kutak Rock, LLP to approve bond counsel services as needed through Dec. 31, 2018.
Pass 6-0

6. Bid #14-02 Asphalt Striping Service, LLC (PDF): A resolution awarding Bid #14-02 and authorizing the purchase from Asphalt Striping Service, LLC of reflectorized paint markings in variable amounts for the Transportation Division as needed through the end of calendar year 2014.
Pass 6-0

7. Bid #14-03 Curb and Gutter Construction (PDF): A resolution to award Bid #14-03 and authorizing the purchase of curb and gutter construction from Sweetser Construction, Inc. as primary supplier and Fochtman Enterprises, Inc. as secondary supplier of variable amounts of curb and gutter construction and authorizing the use of other bidders based upon price and availability throughout 2014.
Pass 6-0

8. Bid #14-04 Hillside Gravel (PDF): A resolution awarding Bid #14-04 and authorizing the purchase of hillside gravel from Leming & Son Trucking, Inc. for materials picked up and Les Rogers, Inc. for materials delivered for variable unit prices and authorizing the use of other bidders based on price and availability as needed through the end of calendar year 2014.
Pass 6-0

9. Bid #14-05 Concrete (PDF): A resolution awarding Bid #14-05 and authorizing the purchase of concrete from Tune Concrete Company as a primary supplier and Beaver Lake Concrete, Inc. as secondary supplier in variable amounts and authorizing the use of other bidders based on price and availability as needed through the end of calendar year 2014.
Pass 6-0

10. Bid #14-06 Truck Hauling Services (PDF): A resolution awarding Bid #14-06 and authorizing the purchase of truck hauling services from Les Rogers, Inc., as primary supplier and Leming & Son Trucking as secondary supplier for variable unit prices and authorizing the use of other bidders based on price and availability as needed through the end of calendar year 2014.
Pass 6-0

11. Bid #14-07 Aggregate Materials (PDF): A resolution awarding Bid #14-07 and authorizing the purchase of aggregate materials for varying unit prices from various vendors, as needed through the end of calendar year 2014.
Pass 6-0

12. Bid #14-09 Drainage Pipe (PDF): A resolution awarding Bid #14-09 and authorizing the purchase of drainage pipe for varying unit prices from various vendors, as needed through the end of calendar year 2014.
Pass 6-0

13. Bid #14-10 Crushed Rock Salt (PDF): A resolution awarding Bid #14-10 and authorizing the purchase of crushed rock salt from North American Salt Company in the amount of $76.16 per ton, and authorizing the use of other bidders based on price and availability, as needed through the end of calendar year 2014.
Pass 6-0

14. Bid # 14-11 Topsoil (PDF): A resolution awarding Bid #14-11 and authorizing the purchase of topsoil from Les Rogers, Inc. in the amount of $10.69 per cubic yard in variable amounts and authorizing the use of other bidders based on price and availability, as needed in calendar year 2014.
Pass 6-0

15. Arkansas Firewise Grant (PDF): A resolution to accept an Arkansas Firewise Grant for 2013 in the amount of $500.00 to be used for minor equipment and to approve a budget adjustment.
Pass 6-0

16. Clinton Foundation’s Building Retrofit Home Energy Affordability Loan Program (PDF): A resolution to approve a Memorandum of Understanding with and to pay $5,000.00 to the Clinton Foundation’s Building Retrofit Home Energy Affordability Loan Program and to approve a budget adjustment.
Pass 6-0

17. Plante and Moran, PLLC (PDF): A resolution to approve a contract with Plante and Moran, PLLC for information technology services in the amount of $101,400.00.
Pass 6-0

18. Amend Resolution No. 144-13 Hughmount Developers (PDF): A resolution to amend Resolution No. 144-13 which had approved an amended agreement with the Hughmount Developers to allow access to City of Fayetteville sewerage system in order to approve a second amended agreement.
Pass 6-0

19. ADM 13-4566 (3145 W. Salem Rd./Raven Lane Amendment) (PDF): A resolution for ADM 13-4566 amending the Master Street Plan relocating Raven Lane, a collector street, approximately 150 feet to the east of the existing residence at 3145 Salem Road, as described and depicted in the attached map.
Pass 6-0

Unfinished Business

1. RZN 13-4538 (Razorback Road/Victory Commons) (PDF): An ordinance rezoning that property described in rezoning petition RZN 13-4538, for approximately 5.09 acres, located at 731 S. Razorback Road from I-1, Heavy Commercial and Light Industrial, to UT, Urban Thoroughfare. This ordinance was left on the first reading at the Dec. 17, 2013 meeting.
Tabled 6-0*
* Tabled until the first meeting in February.

New Business

1. 2014 Asphalt Materials (PDF): An ordinance waiving the requirements of formal competitive bidding during calendar year 2014 for the purchase of asphalt materials for use by the Transportation Division, but requiring informal quarterly bids or quotes.
Pass 6-0

2. Watershed Conservation Resource Center Memorandum of Understanding (PDF): An ordinance waiving the requirements of formal competitive bidding and approving a five year Memorandum of Understanding with the Watershed Conservation Resource Center to jointly seek funding and use such funding to design and construct stream restoration projects.
Pass 6-0

3. VAC 13-4544 (Harvey’s Hill/Center and Duncan) (PDF): An ordinance approving VAC 13-4544 submitted by McClelland Consulting Engineers for property located at the intersection of West Center Street and South Hill Avenue to vacate a utility easement.
Pass 6-0

4. RZN 13-4546 (4377 Huntsville Rd./Baldwin Church of Christ) (PDF): An ordinance rezoning that property described in rezoning petition RZN 13-4546, for approximately 2.07 acres, located at 4377 Huntsville Road from RSF-4, Residential Single-Family, 4 units per acre, to P-1, Institutional.
Pass 6-0

5. RZN 13-4547 (MLK/Beechwood/Easton) (PDF): An ordinance rezoning that property described in rezoning petition RZN 13-4547, for approximately 1.54 acres, located at 1541/1555/1561 Martin Luther King Boulevard from I-1, Heavy Commercial/Light Industrial, to CS, Community Services.
Pass 6-0

6. RZN 13-4548 (McMillan Estates) (PDF): An ordinance rezoning that property described in rezoning petition RZN 13-4548, for approximately 19.61 acres, located at the southeast corner of I-540 and Wedington Drive from C-2, Thoroughfare Commercial, to UT, Urban Thoroughfare.
Pass 6-0

7. RZN 13-4552 (Park West) (PDF): An ordinance rezoning that property described in rezoning petition RZN 13-4552, for approximately 25.90 acres, located at Hwy 112, north of Truckers Drive from R-PZD Park West, to CS, Community Services.
Pass 6-0

8. RZN 13-4553 (Wedington Circle) (PDF): An ordinance rezoning that property described in rezoning petition RZN 13-4553, for approximately 6.12 acres, located west of Wedington Drive and Garland Avenue from R-PZD Wedington Circle, to CS, Community Services.
Pass 6-0

Announcements

– The city’s Solid Waste & Recycling Division will soon be renamed the Recycling and Trash Collection Division.
– Reminder: The city’s extra trash bag sticker program has moved to an electronic format.
– Reminder: David Jurgens, Fayetteville’s utilities director, has resigned after 21 years of work for the city. The search for his replacement will begin this week.

Adjourned

This meeting was adjourned at 6:56 p.m.


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