The North Little Rock City Council scheduled for Monday, July 25, 2022, will be conducted in person and electronically.
The Mayor, City Clerk, City Attorney will be in the City Council chambers during the meeting and City Council Members have the option to participate in the meeting via ZOOM.
Because of the current COVID-19 crisis, and in accordance with Act 2 of 2020 passed by the Arkansas General Assembly on April 16, 2020, and the recent new declaration of a state-wide health emergency, Council Members will have the option of participation in the meeting via ZOOM. The Council Chambers will be open to the public, however all attendees are asked to social distance and consider wearing a mask at all times when not actively speaking.
This meeting, as with all City Council meetings, is available for viewing on the internet at https://www.facebook.com/CityofNorthLittleRock/, on the City of North Little Rock’s website http://nlr.ar.gov/government/city_council, and on local access television.
Applicants on zoning related issues will be able to call into the meeting or be present in the council chambers to be available to answer any questions City Council members may have related to your application. Please call 501-500-0955 and enter the meeting ID: 967 260 919 between 5:15 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. When prompted for the participant ID, press # or wait. A staff member will get your name. You will then be muted and participate in the meeting by listening until your application is called. If there are any questions about your application, you will be unmuted and given the opportunity to speak. If you attend in person, please sign in with the City Clerk BEFORE the meeting convenes at 6:00 p.m.
Any persons who wish to speak on any agenda items, during any scheduled public hearings, or during public comment may do so by:
(1) Emailing the North Little Rock City Clerk’s office at [email protected], by 4:00 p.m. prior to the meeting. Emails sent to the City Clerk will be read at the meeting.
(2) Or, call 501-500-0955 between 5:15 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. Enter the meeting ID: 967 260 919. When prompted for the participant ID, press # or wait. A staff member will get your name, address, telephone number and the item you wish to speak on, if applicable. You will then be muted and participate in the meeting by listening until the item you signed up to speak on is called, or until the public comment portion of the meeting. At that time, you will be unmuted and given the opportunity to speak.
(3) Attend the meeting in person (masks and social distancing encouraged) and sign in with the City Clerk 5 minutes before the meeting is convened at 6:00 p.m.
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“The City of North Little Rock welcomes people of diverse cultures and beliefs. Any religious viewpoint expressed during invocation, or at any other time during the meeting, reflects only the personal opinion of the speaker. It is not intended to proselytize, advance, or disparage any religious belief.”
Council Agenda 7-25-2022
DRAFT Minutes 7-11-2022
ADOBE PDF Meeting Pack 7-25-2022
COMMUNICATIONS
1. Anita Paul, Mayor’s Office memorandum re: application for Restaurant Mixed Drink Permit – Minimum – New application for Dog Town Pizza, 5500 MacArthur Drive.
2. Phyllis L. Grace email to City Clerk and City Council Members re: O-22-68 –
Rezoning property at 1120 Rockwater Boulevard stating opposition to rezoning.
3. Jeanie Burton email to City Clerk and City Council Members re: O-22-68 -
Rezoning property at 1120 Rockwater Boulevard stating opposition to rezoning and fate of Magnolia Tree.
4. George and Jean Harper email to City Clerk and City Council Members re: O-22-68 – Rezoning property at 1120 Rockwater Boulevard stating opposition to rezoning and fate of second tallest Magnolia Tree in the state.
5. Dale Humphrey email to City Clerk and City Council Members re: O-22-68 – Rezoning property at 1120 Rockwater Boulevard regarding 160 year old Magnolia Tree.
6. Robert Birch, Economic Development Director sign regarding new location of Greyhound Bus Stop.
7. Cindy VanVeckhoven email to City Clerk and City Council Members re: O-22-68 - Rezoning Property at 1120 Rockwater Boulevard stating opposition to rezoning and fate of Magnolia Tree.
8. Lea Charlton email to City Clerk and City Council Members re: O-22-68 – Rezoning Property at 1120 Rockwater Boulevard stating opposition to rezoning and disregard to city screening and landscaping requiring buffers between dissimilar uses.
9. Lee Beverly email re: Rezoning Ordinance O-22-68 – 1120 Rockwater Boulevard, stating opposition to the same.
10. Stephanie Winchester email to Mayor Hartwick and City Council Members re: O- 22-68 – Rezone at 1120 Rockwater Boulevard, stating opposition to the same and questions regarding city’s vision for North Little Rock.
11. Regina Seelinger and Don Parks email to City Clerk and City Council Members re: O-22-68 - Rezoning property at 1120 Rockwater Boulevard stating opposition to rezoning.
PRESENTATIONS
Presentation of Summer Community Garden Video by Anna Sawyer.
SPECIAL CALL
R-22-152 Mayor Hartwick
Approving the Home-Arp allocation plan and amending the 2021-2025 consolidated plan
and FY2021 action plan of the City of North Little Rock in regards to the inclusion of allocated
home investment partnership act (home) grant funds
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SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING(S)
CITIZENS PUBLIC COMMENT ON NUMBERED LEGISLATION 3 minutes
INCLUDES ALL PUBLIC COMMENT
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
R-22-133 Mayor Hartwick
Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a Real Estate Contract to sell property
located at 200 East Second Street (200 Poplar Street) in the City of NLR to Argenta
Entertainment Development Management LLC (Greg Nabholz)
Amended 7-11-2022 and Held______________________________________________
O-22-66 Council Member Taylor and Robinson
Granting a Special Use to allow an assisted living facility within an R4 zone for property located at 720 North Pine Street (Applicant: Andre Elliot)
Held- third reading ______________________________________________________
CONSENT ITEMS
R-22-138 Mayor Hartwick
Appointing Michael Castern to the North Little Rock Tree Board
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R-22-139 Mayor Hartwick
Declaring certain city-owned items and other equipment as surplus; providing for auction thereof
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R-22-140 Mayor Hartwick
Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a Real Estate Contract to sell property located on Ray Street to Duke and Janet Linee Ophof ($12,000.00)
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R-22-141 Mayor Hartwick
Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a Real Estate Contract to sell property located near Riverfront Drive and Smarthouse Way to JCDD, LLC ($159,489.00)
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R-22-142 Mayor Hartwick
Amending the 2022 Budget for the City to include additional expenses in certain budgets (4120 Baucum Pike - Health Clinic Demolition)
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NEW BUSINESS
RESOLUTIONS
R-22-143 Mayor Hartwick
Declaring certain buildings, houses and other structures located at 715 East 14th Street to constitute a public nuisance and condemning said structures; providing a period of time for property owner to abate said nuisance (owner: Mays Property Management Inc c/o George Mays)
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R-22-144 Mayor Hartwick
Declaring certain buildings, houses and other structures located at 3 West Avalon Drive to constitute a public nuisance and condemning said structures; providing a period of time for property owner to abate said nuisance (owner: SRF3-010 LLC)
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R-22-145 Mayor Hartwick
Declaring certain buildings, houses and other structures located at 4808 Haywood Street to constitute a public nuisance and condemning said structures; providing a period of time for property owner to abate said nuisance (owner: Easy Street Properties LLC)
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R-22-146 Mayor Hartwick
Declaring certain buildings, houses and other structures located at 1304 North Walnut Street to constitute a public nuisance and condemning said structures; providing a period of time for property owner to abate said nuisance (owner: Hester Family Trust c/o Julia Lee Boyle)
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R-22-147 Mayor Hartwick
Declaring certain buildings, houses and other structures located at 1600 Orange Street to constitute a public nuisance and condemning said structures; providing a period of time for property owner to abate said nuisance (owners: Billy E. Ford and Mary A. Ford)
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R-22-148 Mayor Hartwick
Declaring certain buildings, houses and other structures located at 512 Dorothy Drive to constitute a public nuisance and condemning said structures; providing a period of time for property owner to abate said nuisance (owners: Larry Thomas Moorehead and Brittany Nicole Taylor)
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R-22-149 Mayor Hartwick
Declaring certain buildings, houses and other structures located at 2206 East Washington Avenue to constitute a public nuisance and condemning said structures; providing a period of time for property owner to abate said nuisance (owner: Elvin Williams Jr.)
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R-22-150 Mayor Hartwick
Approving and certifying amounts of liens to be filed with the Pulaski County Tax Collector against certain real properties as a result of grass cutting expenses and abatement of other nuisances
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ORDINANCES
O-22-68 Council Members Robinson and Taylor
Rezoning property located at 1120 Rockwater Boulevard from R2 and R-4 to C6 zoning classification, by amending Ordinance No. 9263 (applicant: Thomas Pownall – Thomas Engineering)
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O-22-69 Council Member Taylor
Waiving Section 6.2.4.B of the Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 9263) for property located at 110 South Beech Street (applicant: Stephen Eanes – T. Alvin Eanes Building Company, Inc.)
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O-22-70 Council Member Robinson
Granting a Special Use to allow the sale of dirt for three (3) years for certain real property located at 12602 Faulkner Lake Road (applicant: Rick Middleton)
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O-22-71 Council Member Taylor
Granting a Conditional Use to allow an auto sales lot in a C4 zone for property located at 1815 East Broadway Street (applicant: Veronica Edwards – Brooks Autoplex Corporation)
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O-22-72 Council Member Hamilton
Rezoning property at 2120 Main Street from C3 to C6 zoning classification, by amending Ordinance No. 9263 (applicant: Butch Penny)
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O-22-73 Council Member Robinson
Vacating and abandoning a certain unused easement located at 3310 East Broadway (applicant: Norman E. Clifton – The Clifton Family, LLLP)
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O-22-74 Council Members Robinson and Taylor
Vacating and abandoning certain rights of way located southwest of the intersection of Rockwater Boulevard and Pike Avenue (applicant: Thomas R. Pownall – Shoreline at Rockwater, LLC)
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PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
All persons wishing to speak must have completed a public comment card and return it to the City Clerk before this meeting is convened; speakers have 3 minutes to address their topic
Respectfully submitted,
Diane Whitbey, CAMC / MMC
City Clerk and Treasurer
Words to Live by:
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
Winston Churchill
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