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LIVE UPDATES: City Council Recap: March 15, 2016

By Todd Gill ·

Present tonight: Sarah Marsh, Mark Kinion, Matthew Petty, Mayor Lioneld Jordan, Justin Tennant, Martin Schoppmeyer, John La Tour, and Alan Long.

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On the agenda

  • Approving a $585,000 contract for a transportation plan and a parking and mobility report.
  • Rezoning 0.46 acres at 1564 E. Huntsville Road.
  • Approval of an annual fireworks display at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks.
  • Changes to the street tree and greenspace requirements for urban projects.

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A meeting of the Fayetteville City Council began at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at the Washington County Courthouse, 280 N. College Ave. (temporary location) in Fayetteville.

Listed below are the items up for approval and links to PDF documents with detailed information on each item of business.

Roll Call

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

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City Council Meeting Presentations, Reports and Discussion Items

1. Nominating Committee Report (Details) – Committee chair Alderman Mark Kinion
– Pass 5-2

Notes: Alderwoman Marsh suggested removing Leslie Belden from the Planning Commission nomination list until the applicant can be interviewed in person. Marsh’s motion failed with Tennant, Schoppmeyer, La Tour, and Long voting against. In the final vote, Marsh and La Tour voted against.

Consent

Consent items typically are approved in a single, all-inclusive vote.

1. Approval of the March 1, 2016 City Council Meeting Minutes
– Pass 7-0

2. Ricoh USA, Inc. (Details): A resolution to approve the purchase of professional digital imaging services from Ricoh USA, Inc. through its local vendor, Preferred Office Products, Inc., in varying amounts as needed through June 30, 2016 and any future renewal periods, pursuant to a U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance Cooperative Purchasing Agreement.
– Pass 7-0

3. Hazmat Services Revenue (Details): A resolution to approve a budget adjustment recognizing Hazmat services revenue received by the Fire Department from Washington County in the amount of $11,318.00 and increasing the related expense budget.
– Pass 7-0

4. Carahsoft Technology Corporation (Details): A resolution to approve the purchase of three (3) nimble storage expansion shelves and a five (5) year hardware maintenance contract from Carahsoft Technology Corporation in the amount of $246,677.91 plus applicable taxes, pursuant to a General Services Administration Federal Acquisition Service Cooperative Purchasing Contract.
– Pass 7-0

5. City of Greenland Two Year Extension Agreement (Details): A resolution to approve a two-year extension of the agreement between the City of Fayetteville and the City of Greenland regarding the provision of wastewater collection services in the City of Greenland.
– Pass 7-0

6. Watermark at Fayetteville AR, LLC (Details): A resolution to approve a cost share agreement with Watermark at Fayetteville AR, LLC in an amount not to exceed $43,241.00 for a sewer main upgrade near Van Asche Drive and Steele Boulevard.
– Pass 7-0

7. Northwest Arkansas Economic Development District, Inc. Grant (Details): A resolution to authorize acceptance of a general improvement fund grant through the Northwest Arkansas Economic Development District, Inc. in the amount of $9,198.00 for the construction of a garden shelter for the Yvonne Richardson Community Center’s Kid Crops program, and to approve a budget adjustment.
– Pass 7-0

8. SourceGas Arkansas, Inc. Utility Work Agreement (Details): A resolution to approve a utility work agreement with SourceGas Arkansas, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $167,231.78 for the relocation of two gas lines necessary for the extension of Rupple Road from Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard to Persimmon Street, and to approve a project contingency in the amount of $25,084.00.
– Pass 7-0

9. RFQ #15-04 Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc. (Details): A resolution to award RFQ #15-04 and authorize a contract with Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $557,695.00 for engineering services associated with the Sain Street extension from North Front Street to Vantage Boulevard, and to approve a budget adjustment.
– Pass 7-0

10. Garver, LLC Supplemental Agreement No. 1 (Details): A resolution to approve Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to the contract with Garver, LLC in an amount not to exceed $455,066.00 for additional archeological testing and mitigation services associated with the design of a portion of Rupple Road between West Starry Night View and West Mount Comfort Road, and to approve a budget adjustment.
– Pass 7-0

11. Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department Federal-aid Funds (Details): A resolution to approve two budget adjustments recognizing federal-aid funds received from the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department in the amount of $48,928.00 for the Highway 45/Old Wire Road signal and intersection project.
– Pass 7-0

Unfinished Business

None

Public Hearing

1. Fayetteville Public Facilities Board (Details): A resolution ratifying the resolution of the Fayetteville Public Facilities Board approving a refunding and improvement revenue bond (Butterfield Trail Village Project), series 2016 in a principal amount of not to exceed $17,450,000; and prescribing other matters pertaining thereto.
– Pass 7-0

Notes: Paul Becker, city finance director, said the issuance of bonds for the Public Facilities Board is something that must be ratified by the City Council, but does not constitute any indebtedness of the city.

New Business

1. RFQ #15-08 Nelson/Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc. (Details): A resolution to award RFQ #15-08 and authorize a contract with Nelson/Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc. in the amount of $584,978.00 for the development of a Transportation Master Plan and Downtown/Entertainment District Parking and Mobility Report, to approve a project contingency in the amount of $14,740.00, and to approve a budget adjustment.
– Pass 6-1

Notes: Chris Brown, city engineer, said the city’s last transportation plan was adopted in 2003. He reminded aldermen that the City Council passed a resolution of intent to fund an updated plan in 2013. About half of the projects included in the most recent voter-approved transportation bond program are now complete, while the remaining work is in progress.

Brown said Nelson\Nygaard was chosen over four other consultant teams that submitted statements of qualifications. According to city documents, Nelson\Nygaard is a 123-person firm specializing in transportation planning for all modes of transportation. Their statement of qualifications lists several projects including a mobility and parking study in New Orleans, complete streets design guideline development in Chicago, participation in moveDC, Washington D.C.’s long range transportation plan, and leading an in-progress master planning effort in Boston. Locally, Nelson/Nygaard is in the final stages of completing a Campus Transportation Plan for the University of Arkansas.

Bob Munger, founder of local car sharing company SUMO, said the transportation industry is rapidly changing. With less people driving cars and self-driving vehicles on the horizon, Munger said it’s time to revise the city’s overall transportation plan.

In the final vote, Alderman La Tour voted against the resolution. He said there are several, smaller transporation projects he knows about which need to be taken care of first before spending money on a new master plan.

2. RZN 16-5310: (1564 E. Huntsville Rd./Zweig Properties) (Details): An ordinance to rezone that property described in rezoning petition RZN 16-5310 for approximately 0.46 acres located at 1564 E. Huntsville Road from RSF-4, Residential Single Family, 4 units per acre to CS, Community Services.
– Pass 7-0

3. ADM 16-5319 (UDC Chapters 166,172,177 Amendments) (Details): An ordinance to amend § 166.24 Nonresidential Design Standards, § 172.04 Parking Lot Design Standards, § 177.04 Site Development and Parking Lot Landscape Standards and § 177.05 Street Tree Planting Standards of the Unified Development Code.
– Pass 7-0

4. Amend § 97.082 (b), § 94.05 (d) and to enact a new § 94.05 (g) (Details): An ordinance to amend § 97.082 (b), § 94.05 (d) and to enact a new § 94.05 (g) of the Fayetteville Code to authorize the Mayor to issue a public fireworks display permit for an annual display by the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks at Lake Fayetteville.
– Pass 7-0

Notes: Alderman Tennant said he sponsored this proposal because he was approached by representatives of the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, who would like to add a fireworks display to the organization’s annual Firefly Fling, an event that attracts about 3,000 residents each year. This year’s event is scheduled for July 16.

Announcements

– The restoration of the Lafayette Street historic bridge has begun.

– Construction is also underway on the latest phase of the College Avenue Improvement Project.

Adjourned

This meeting was adjourned at 6:37 p.m.