LIVE UPDATES: City Council recap: May 6, 2014

A meeting of the Fayetteville City Council began at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, 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: Sarah Marsh, Mark Kinion, Matthew Petty, Mayor Lioneld Jordan, Justin Tennant, Martin Schoppmeyer, Rhonda Adams, Alan Long
Absent: Adella Gray

Mayor’s Announcements, Proclamations and Recognitions

1. Annual Arkansas Recreation and Parks Association Annual Conference Awards:

• Volunteer Group of the Year – Disc Golf Club
• Volunteer of the Year – Diane Gaynor, Community Garden Leader
• Natural Resource Award – Lake Fayetteville Prairie Restoration Project

City Council Meeting Presentations, Reports and Discussion Items

1. Quarterly Financial Report – 1st Quarter 2014: Paul Becker, Finance Director

Consent items

1. Approval of the April 15, 2014 City Council meeting minutes.
– Pass 7-0

2. Animal Services Donation Revenue (PDF): A resolution to approve a budget adjustment in the total amount of $9,588.00 representing donation revenue to Animal Services for the first quarter of 2014.
– Pass 7-0

3. 2014 Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program (PDF): A resolution to authorize a fifty percent (50%) matching grant application to the 2014 Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program seeking a grant in the amount of $42,000.00 for the replacement of body armor vests for Fayetteville Police Officers and Emergency Response Team Officers.
– Pass 7-0

4. Garver, LLC (PDF): A resolution to approve a professional engineering services agreement with Garver, LLC for surveying and design services related to the installation of a propane fueling system at the Happy Hollow maintenance site in the amount of $33,800.00, approving a project contingency of $3,380.00, and approving a budget adjustment.
– Pass 7-0

5. Bid #10-47 King Electric Contractors (PDF): A resolution to authorize a contract with King Electrical Contractors in the amount of $37,770.00, pursuant to Bid #10-47, for the installation of LED trail light fixtures and light poles along the Tsa La Gi Trail, and to approve a ten percent (10%) project contingency.
– Pass 7-0

6. Bid #14-23 First Light and Whatley, Inc. (PDF): A resolution to authorize the purchase of LED trail light fixtures from First Light of Tulsa in the amount of $87,048.00 plus applicable sales tax, and to authorize the purchase of light poles from Whatley, Inc. in the amount of $29,744.00 plus applicable sales tax, pursuant to Bid #14-23, for installation along the Tsa La Gi Trail.
– Pass 7-0

7. McClelland Consulting Engineers, Inc. (PDF): A resolution to authorize a professional engineering services agreement with McClelland Consulting Engineers, Inc. in the amount of $371,396.00 for design and related services for improvements to Zion Road.
– Pass 7-0

8. Jorgensen and Associates, Inc. (PDF): A resolution to authorize a professional engineering services agreement with Jorgensen and Associates, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $387,000.00 for design and related services for the extension of Rupple Road from Persimmon Street to Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.
– Pass 7-0

9. Amend Resolution 218-13 (PDF): A resolution to amend Resolution No. 218-13 to approve a change order and authorize a payment in the amount of $3,451.74 to Royal Communications, Inc. for Phase One of the Access Control Project; to authorize a payment of $25,459.11 to Royal Communications, Inc. for equipment already purchased for Phase Two; to cancel the existing contract with Royal Communications, Inc. for Phases Two and Three; to approve a contract with Electra Link, Inc. through RFP 13-11 for Phases Two and Three of the Access Control Project in the total amount of $42,206.00; to authorize a ten percent (10%) project contingency; and to approve a budget adjustment.
– Pass 7-0

10. RJN Group, Inc. (PDF): A resolution to approve a contract with RJN Group, Inc. in the amount of $56,000.00 for professional engineering services, and to approve a budget adjustment.
– Pass 7-0

11. Whole Foods, Inc. (PDF): A resolution to express the City Council’s intention to pay for the installation of a traffic signal at Masonic Drive and College Avenue if Whole Foods, Inc. constructs its store at this intersection and to approve a budget adjustment of $150,000.00.
– Pass 7-0

12. CH2M Hill Engineers, Inc. Amendment No. 5 (PDF): A resolution to approve Amendment No. 5 to the agreement for operations, maintenance and management services between the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas and CH2M Hill Engineers, Inc. to increase the contract in the amount of $80,632.00 and approve a budget adjustment.
– Pass 7-0

13. CH2M Hill Engineers, Inc. (PDF): A resolution to exercise a new five year option to renew the agreement for operations, maintenance and management services between the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas and CH2M Hill Engineers, Inc.
– Pass 7-0

14. Biobased Realty, LLC (PDF): A resolution to accept Biobased Realty, LLC’s offer of $200,000.00 as satisfaction of the City’s right to receive a portion of the increased sales price of the raw land sold to Biobased Realty, LLC if such land is sold within ten years.
– Pass 7-0

Unfinished business

None

New business items

1. Block Avenue Parking (PDF): A resolution to reaffirm the back-in parking design on Block Avenue between Dickson Street and Spring Street.
– Pass 5-3*
* Tennant, Schoppmeyer and Long voted against. Mayor Jordan cast the fifth vote needed to pass the resolution, meaning back-in parking will stay on Block Avenue.

2. City Council Support for Firefighters (PDF): A resolution to express the City Council’s support of a legislative enactment to create a presumption that firefighters who develop certain forms of cancer developed those cancers through their work as firefighters.
– Pass 7-0

3. Lose and Associates, Inc. Amendment No. 1 (PDF): A resolution to approve Amendment No. 1 to the agreement for professional landscape, architectural and engineering services with Lose and Associates, Inc. in the amount not to exceed $726,022.00 for design and construction documentation of the Regional Park.
– Pass 7-0

4. RZN 14-4659 (West Side of Beechwood and South of the Domain/Beechwood Properties) (PDF): An ordinance rezoning that property described in rezoning petition RZN 14- 4659, for approximately 9.74 acres, located at the west side of Beechwood, south of the domain from I-1, Heavy Commercial/Light Industrial, to CS, Community Services.
– Pass 7-0

5. VAC 14-4655 (Southwest Corner of Razorback and 15th/Razorback Student Housing) (PDF): An ordinance approving VAC 14-4655 submitted by Crafton Tull for property located at the southwest corner of Razorback and 15th Street to vacate a portion of a utility easement.
– Pass 7-0

6. VAC 14-4656 (2693 Valencia Ave./Riverwood Homes): (PDF): An ordinance approving VAC 14-4656 submitted by Riverwood Homes for property located at 2693 Valencia Avenue to vacate a portion of a utility easement and drainage easement, a total of approximately 42 square feet.
– Pass 7-0

7. I-PZD 14-4662 Industrial Planned Zoning District (701 W. North) (PDF): An ordinance establishing an Industrial Planned Zoning District titled I-PZD 14-4662, Project Corral, located at 701 W. North Street; containing approximately 0.76 acres; amending the official zoning map of the City of Fayetteville; and adopting the zoning criteria and Associated Master Development Plan.
– Pass 7-0

8. Environmental Consulting Operations, Inc. (PDF): An ordinance waiving the requirements of formal competitive bidding and approving an agreement with Environmental Consulting Operations, Inc. for wetlands mitigation site monitoring and management for 2014 in the amount of $33,000.00.
– Pass 7-0

Adjourned

This meeting was adjourned at 8:13 p.m.