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Home My WebLink About1972-04-03 MinutesMINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS April 3, 1972 The Board of Directors of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas met in regular session on Monday, April 3, 1972 in the Directors Room of the City Administration Building at 7:30 P.M. Present: Acting City Manager Pat Tobin, Administrative Assistant Sturman Mackey, City Attorney David Malone, City Clerk Helen Young, and Directors Orton, Purdy, McFerran, Lancaster, Utley and Stanton. Others Present: Representatives of the press. Directors Absent: Starr. Minutes of the March 20, 1972 meeting had been mailed to each member of the Board. Director Orton asked that paragraph 3 of page 28 of Minute Book J be amended to read, "...Mr. Griff Stockley, at the request of the Northwest Arkansas Council on Human Relations, read a portion of a research paper he had written which pointed out what he termed deficiencies in a prior application for Workable Program Re -Certification, Mrs. Mary Kennedy and Mrs. Lona Benedict voiced their opposition to the 1970 Workable Program because it stated that certain civic organizations participated in the Workable Program when actually these clubs were never informed or asked to participate. They feel the city is obligated under Housing and Urban Development to improve citizen participation in the 1972 Workable Program...." The minutes of the March 20, 1972 meeting were unanimously approved as amended. The next item on the agenda was a motion to authorize the Acting City Manager to file application with the Department of Housing and Urban Development for Workable Program Re=Certification. This item was continued from the March 20, 1972 meeting. Mrs. Mary Kennedy read a letter signed by Thomas R. McHale, Northwest Arkansas Council on Human Relations, stating problems and questioning the policy reflected in the 1972 Workable Program application. The letter also asked the Board of Directors to establish a new task force to study citizen participation in planning,to study structures and methods and recommend a practical citizen participation program for Fayetteville. Attached to the letter was a list of people who should be contacted for such a group because of their practical or academic knowledge and/or interest in this area. Director McFerran moved to authorize the Acting City Manager to file application with the Department of Housing and Urban Development for Workable Program Re -Certification. Director Utley seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed unanimously. Director McFerran moved that a study committee for citizen participation be organized by the selection committee and that the selection committee report on this matter at the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors. Director Orton seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed unanimously. Upon request of the Assistant Mayor, the City Attorney read a proposed Ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING MINIMUM PLUMBING STANDARDS; ADOPTING THE ARKANSAS STATE PLUMBING CODE; PROVIDING AMENDMENTS TO SAID CODE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES", Mr. Harold Lieberenz, City Building Inspector, was present to answer ' questions concerning the 1971 Arkansas State Plumbing Code. Director Purdy moved that the rules be suspended and the Ordinance be placed on second reading. Director Stanton seconded the motion and upon roll call the motion passed unanimously. The Ordinance was read a second time. Director McFerran moved the rules be further suspended and the Ordinance be , placed on third and final reading. Director Purdy seconded the motion and upon roll call the motion passed unanimously. The -Ordinance was then read a third time, after which the Assistant Mayor asked the question, "Shall the Ordinance pass?" Upon roll call the following vote was recorded: "Ayes" Orton, Purdy, McFerran, Lancaster, Utley and Stanton. "Nays" None. There being six ''Ayes" and no "Nays" the Assistant Mayor declared the Ordinance passed. *Ordinance #1861 appears on pages 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, and 62 of Ordinance and Resolution Book 3. Acting City Manager Pat Tobin presented copies of letters from two prospective suppliers for rented uniforms for Sanitation Department employees. The Acting City Manager recommended award to low bidder, Fayetteville Linen and Industrial Supply. Director McFerran moved to accept the recommendation of the Acting City Manager, Director Stanton seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed unani- mously. Administrative Memorandum #216 and a petition for sewer extension by residents of Happy Hollow Road (north of Highway 16 West) and the immediate area (5th Street), were attached to the agenda. Several residents of Happy Hollow Road and 5th Street were present at the meeting to express their desire for the City of ' Fayetteville to install adequate public sewers in their streets to alleviate the problem of surfacing sewage. The administrative memorandum stated that the Happy Hollow Road and Sth Street sewer extensions are not budgeted for the 1971-72 Water and Sewer fiscal year, no cost estimate is available for this extension at this time, and engineering design has not yet begun. The memorandum also suggested that the petitioning property owners could form a sewer improvement district in which case the property owners would pay 100 per cent of the construction costs in advance. City Attorney Malone agreed to work with the Water and Sewer Department in obtaining an estimate for this sewer extension and work with the property owners of Happy Hollow Road and Sth Street in setting up an improvement district. Assistant Mayor Lancaster read a letter of resignation from Mrs. Robbin C. Anderson, Chairman of the Community Appearance Committee. Assistant Mayor Lancaster stated that Mrs. Anderson should be commended for her work on the Community Appearance Committee. The Assistant Mayor asked the selection committee to select an appointee for the Community Appearance Committee to replace Mrs. Anderson. City Attorney Malone reported that the Street Department has plans for improving the intersections on Highway 71 north of North Street to the By -Pass. Intersections involved are Sycamore, Poplar, Appleby Road, Township Road, and Harrold. The City Attorney announced that hopefully estimates for the improve- ment of these intersections can be presented at the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors. I 32 City Attorney Malone read a resolution designating the appointment of Mr. Donald L. Grimes to the position of City Manager, and further that Mn Donald L. Grimes be appointed Chairman of the Firemen's Relief and Pension Board, said appointments to be effective April 10, 1972. Director Stanton moved the resolution be adopted. Director Orton seconded the motion. Upon roll call the following vote was recorded: "Ayes" Orton, Purdy, McFerran, Lancaster, Utley and Stanton. "Nays" None. There being six "Ayes" and no "Nays" the Assistant Mayor declared the resolution adopted. *Resolution 16-72 appears on page 31 of Ordinance and Resolution Book 3. Assistant Mayor Lancaster introduced Allen Casey and Steve Kinzler, architecture students at the University of Arkansas, who presented technical data on steel fiber reinforced concrete and compared it with conventional concrete. They requested that the Board give its permission for the Street Department to participate in an experiment with them and use this material on East Jackson Street improvements. Since a contract for the improvement of East Jackson Street has already been signed, Assistant Mayor Lancaster asked City Attorney Malone to review the legal aspects of entering into this experiment and report to the Board at its next regular meeting. There being no further business Director Stanton moved the meeting be adjourned. Director Utley seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously, whereupon Assistant Mayor Lancaster declared the meeting adjourned. APPROVED: Assistant Mayor ATTEST: 6i" y p' City Jerk d W