Adjourned: City Council recap: Nov. 19, 2013

A meeting of the Fayetteville City Council began at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013 inside room 219 of the City Administration Building, located at 113 W. Mountain St. 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, Matthew Petty, Mayor Lioneld Jordan, Justin Tennant, Martin Schoppmeyer, Rhonda Adams, Alan Long
Absent: Mark Kinion

Consent

1. Approval of the Nov. 5 City Council meeting minutes.
– Pass 7-0

2. Watershed Conservation Resources Center (WCRC) Task Order No. 5 (PDF): A resolution approving Task Order No. 5 with the Watershed Conservation Resources Center (WCRC) for the City to pay $195,707.00 to restore White River stream bank near the Noland Wastewater Treatment Facility.
– Pass 7-0

3. 2013 Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program (PDF): A resolution authorizing acceptance of a fifty percent (50%) matching grant award from the 2013 Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program in the amount of $4,644.00 for the replacement of body armor vests for Fayetteville police officers, and approving a budget adjustment.
– Pass 7-0

4. Federal and State Law Enforcement Forfeitures (PDF): A resolution approving a budget adjustment in the total amount of $176,211.00 recognizing federal and state law enforcement forfeiture revenue received through October 2013 and increasing the related expense budget.
– Pass 7-0

5. Washington County Jail Services Interlocal Agreement (PDF): A resolution approving an amendment to the jail services interlocal agreement with Washington County, Arkansas, continuing fees at $60.00 per booked prisoner for calendar year 2014.
– Pass 7-0

6. Police Department Policies (PDF): A resolution approving Fayetteville Police Department policies 1.2.4 Domestic Violence, 33.1 Training, 41.2.8 Vehicular Pursuit, 41.2.11 Use of Department Vehicles, 61.1 Traffic Enforcement and 61.3 Traffic Direction and Control.
– Pass 7-0

7. Animal Services Donation Revenue (PDF): A resolution approving a budget adjustment in the amount of $1,900.00 recognizing revenue from the Friends of the Fayetteville Animal Shelter for stainless steel countertops and other improvements to the Animal Shelter clinic area, play yard and dog park.
– Pass 7-0

8. Community Access Television, Inc. (dba Your Media) Contract (PDF): A resolution approving the annual extension of the contract with Community Access Television, Inc. dba Your Media in the amount of $105,000.00 for the provision of public access television services and the operation of the public access television channel through 2014.
– Pass 7-0

9. Grant Thornton, LLP (PDF): A resolution approving a contract with Grant Thornton LLP in the amount of $85,000.00 to provide independent audit services to the City of Fayetteville.
– Pass 7-0

10. Aviation Gasoline (PDF): A resolution approving a budget adjustment in the total amount of $39,682.00 to increase the airport budget for aviation gasoline.
– Pass 7-0

11. 2013 Cops Hiring Program (PDF): A resolution authorizing acceptance of a 2013 Cops Hiring Program matching grant in the total amount of $723,494.00 to fund three (3) police officers for a period of four (4) years with the matching requirement split proportionally between the City and the Fayetteville School District, and approving a budget adjustment.
– Pass 7-0

12. Woolsey Wet Prairie Wetland Bank (PDF): A resolution to reaffirm the City Council’s support for the expansion of the Woolsey Wet Prairie to create a wetland bank for the city and possibly other agencies if allowed by the Corps of Engineers.
– Pass 7-0

Old Business

None

Public Hearing

1. Van Asche Drive Construction Project Condemnation and Possession (PDF): A resolution[SS1][SS2] authorizing the city attorney to seek condemnation and possession of certain lands owned by Dale & Martha Benedict and David Clark McClinton, needed for the Van Asche Drive Construction Project.
– Pass 7-0

New Business

1. 2014 Annual Budget and Work Program (PDF): A resolution adopting the 2014 Annual Budget and Work Program.
– Pass 6-1*
* Alderman Petty voted no saying that while he believes staff has developed a good budget, he would’ve preferred to table the item for two weeks to allow council members time to consider a proposal to adopt a new city employee pay program similar to the University of Arkansas’ plan. Only Petty and Alderwoman Marsh were in favor of tabling the item.

2. VAC 13-4516 (Brenda Drive, Court and Walton Street/University of Arkansas) (PDF): An ordinance approving VAC 13-4516 submitted by Development Consultants, Incorporated for property located west of Razorback Road and north of Center Street to vacate the right-of-way of Brenda Drive, Court Street, Walton Street, and a thirty foot wide alley off of Hotz Drive.
– Left on the second reading

3. ADM 13-4512 (Wedington Drive and Salem Road/Forest Hills PZD Modification to Planning Area 2) (PDF): An ordinance amending a Residential Planned Zoning District entitled R-PZD 07-2793 Forest Hills to revise the concept plan and zoning criteria for Planning Area Two, reducing the number of dwelling units from 100 units to 72 units and removing the requirement for vertical mixed-use buildings.
– Left on the second reading

4. ADM 13-4513 (Wedington Drive and Salem Road/Forest Hills PZD Modification to Planning Area 5) (PDF): An ordinance amending a Residential Planned Zoning District entitled R-PZD 07-2793 Forest Hills to revise the concept plan and zoning criteria for Planning Area Five, reducing the number of dwelling units from 60 units to 31 units and amending the housing type from townhouses to detached single-family houses.
– Left on the second reading

5. ADM 13-4450 (Pratt Place Inn) (PDF): An ordinance amending a Commercial Planned Zoning District entitled C-PZD 05-1670 Pratt Place Inn, to revise the hours of operation as listed in Section 1.
– Left on the first reading

6. New Fayetteville Planning Area (PDF): A resolution to confirm the approval of the Planning Commission and to designate the attached map and described boundary as the new Fayetteville Planning Area.
– Pass 6-0*
* Alderwoman Adams was absent during the vote

7. Amend Chapter 178 (PDF): An ordinance to repeal §178.03 Sidewalk Vendors and enact a replacement §178.03 Sidewalk Vendors and Food Trucks and to repeal §178.04 Outdoor Mobile Vendors Located on Private Property and enact a replacement §178.04 Outdoor Mobile Vendors Located on Private Property.
– Tabled 7-0*
* Tabled until Dec. 17 to allow the Ordinance Review Committee to further develop the proposal.

8. Huntsville Road City Property (PDF): A resolution to amend the 2030 Future Land Use Map to change the city owned parcel of the former Tyson plant on Huntsville Road from Civic Institutional to City Neighborhood and to express the City Council’s support to request proposals for the sale and development of the remaining acreage.
– Pass 7-0*
* Alderwoman Marsh proposed an amendment to express City Council support for staff to set and recommend a minimum amount of usable neighborhood garden, public space and/or green space to be included in the development(s) when writing the request for proposals. Marsh also proposed an amendment to request (not require) that developers follow the city’s low impact design standards. Both amendments passed by a vote of 7-0.

9. Instrument & Supply, Inc. (PDF): An ordinance waiving the requirements of formal competitive bidding and approving an agreement with Instrument & Supply, Inc. for the purchase of a JWC Channel Monster in the total amount of $192,342.36, and approving a budget adjustment.
– Pass 7-0

10. CH2M Hill Engineers, Inc. Amendment No. 4 (PDF): A resolution approving contract Amendment No. 4 with CH2M Hill Engineers, Inc. in the amount of $7,441,428.00 for operation, maintenance, management and engineering services for city wastewater treatment facilities and systems in 2014 subject to approval of the 2014 annual city budget and work program, and approving a $70,000.00 contract contingency.
– Pass 7-0

Announcements

– A Ward 1 meeting is set for this Thursday at the Fayetteville Senior Center.

– The Fayetteville Forward Creative Economy Action Group invites residents to help build a super hero-themed parade float for Lights of the Ozarks at the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church parking lot beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday. Here’s info on the parade, which has a new route this year.