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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-08-20 Minutes130 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS August 20, 1974 The Board of Directors of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas met in a regular session on Tuesday, August 20, 1974, in the Director's Room of the City Administration Building at 7:30 P.M. Present: City Manager Donald L. Grimes, Administrative Assistant David McWethy, City Attorney Jim McCord; Darlene Westbrook, City Clerk; and Directors Orton, Purdy, Noland, Utley, Murray, Carlson, and Stanton. Absent: None Others Present: Representatives of the news media, Eva Street property owners, and members of the audience. CALL TO ORDER AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES 130.1 After the call to order by Mayor kussell T. Purdy and a brief moment of respectful silence, the Mayor asked if there be any corrections or additions to the minutes of the August 6, 1974 Board meeting. Copies of the minutes had been distributed to each Board member prior to the meet- ing. 130.2 City Attorney McCord said paragraph 125.4 appearing on page 125 should reflect the passage and approval of Resolution 59-74 authorizing the allocation of $2,200 from the General Fund Operating Reserves to the Library Operations Account. The City Attorney then requested amending the last sentence of paragraph 119.3, page 119, to read: "...there would be no conflict with the zoning ordinance and that the raising of livestock is included in use unit seven (Animal Husbandry) as a permitted use only in A-1 districts, but the zoning ordinance does not define what constitutes the raising of livestock." 130.3 Mr. McCord advised the Board that, upon further research, he had learned that the City could assess property outside the City limits. At the August 6, 1974 meeting, in reference to the Mally Wagnon Road Street Improvement District, McCord had stated that the City could not assess property outside the City limits to be included in a street im- provement district. 130.4 The last sentence of paragraph 118.7 was requested by Director Orton to reflect why she felt the animal ordinance would run a greater risk of rejection if submitted to a vote of the people. The Board agreed to amend the sentence to read: "...because Orton felt one voter might oppose one facet of the ordinance while another might vote against another facet." 130.5 There being no further amendments or corrections, the Mayor declared the minutes approved as amended. ORDINANCE AME'JDING CITY CODE TO PROVIDE IMPROVED ANIMAL CONTROL REGULATIONS 130.6 The proposed ordinance was first considered by the Board at the August 6, 1974 meeting when, after several amendments had been requested 130 1 1 131 and approved by the Board, it was left on second reading. Before the Board renewed discussion on the Ordinance, Mayor Purdy 131.1 said he had had second thoughts about submitting the Ordinance to a vote of the people. In his statement the Mayor said, "There are certain things'thif automatically,and legally have to gp before the people to vote on and some other things which we are empowered to vote on, and I believe people elect us for this purpose. And I personally would like to have a chance to revote that (motion). My opinion is that we would do well not to bring this before the public." Director Stanton was in agreement with the Mayor and motioned to 131.2 rescind the motion made an approved at the last meeting which would place the portion of the ordinance pertaining to the leash law on• the ballot and -'would -amend Section 4:19. -to read as,±tsdoesCi.nethe Current=Code.The motion was seconded by Directors Carlson and Murray, and after some discussion, a roll call vote was taken in which each of the seven Directors voted "Aye" to rescind the motion. Mayor Purdy declared the motion passed and the previous motion rescinded. The Board then focused its attention to further revision of the • 131.3 proposed ordinance. Director Utley felt that in order to avoid placing an "undue administrative burden" upon veterinarians who collect the annual tax levied on dogs and cats, subparagraph "a" of Section 4-17 should be amended to require the veterinariansato remit the tax to the City Controller within thirty days instead of the ten days stated in the Section. Director Carlson felt the remittance of the tax should be done on the tenth of the following month instead of within €hirty days. Carlson's suggestion met with the Board's approval. The Board then discussed the possibility of increasing the amounts 131.4 of the tax for unneutered dogs and cats. Director Murray, although he said he favored the neutering of dogs and cats, did not feel increased rates of tax would solve any problems of the overpopulation of dogs and cats In discussion of subparagraph "c" of Section 4-17, some Board members felt cats should wear identification while others felt to collar a cat would put the animal in jeopardy of being strangled. Several,.: methods of identifying catss were discussed but none seemed satisfactory. Directors Orton, Stanton, and Purdy felt identification of cats should be required but that the type of identification to be used should be determined by the owner. o•a ' • The_Gity:.Att ineybsuggestedotheishbsection might be amended to read: "It shall be the duty of the owner or keeper or a cat to attach the tag provided for in subsection "b" to said cat i'n a"`a ir reasonable manner." The City Attorney's suggestion met with the Board's approval. Director Orton asked the Board to again consider increasing the rate of tax levied on unneutered or unspayed dogs and cats so as to create an initiative for animal owners to have their pets neutered or spayed. During discussion Director Carlson made a motion to amend subsection "a" by changing the rate of tax for neutered or spayed dogs and cats from one dollar to ten cents; however, Carlson's motion died for lack of a second. During comments from the audience, Mr. Tom Bercher, Humane Society President, said the Society would like to see a wider range in the amounts of tax levied on neutered and unneutered dogs and cats as a means of rewarding pet owners for having the animals neutered. 131 131.5 131.6 131.7 131.8 1 132 132.1 Director Orton made a motion to amend subsection "a" of Section 4-17 to levy a one dollar tax on spayed or neutered dogs and cats, and three dollars on those unspayed or unneutered; and to increase by one dollar the tax levied but paid later than February 1. The motion, seconded by Director Noland, was put to a roll call vote of the Board. Directors Orton, Purdy, Noland, and Carlson voted "Aye"; Directors Utley, Murray, and Stanton voted "Nay". The motion to amend the rates was declared passed by Mayor Purdy. 132.2 Director Orton then suggested that subsection"b" be amended to allow either a licensed veterinarian or other person authorized by the City to administer the rabies vaccinations to animals confined at the City pound. This stipulation would, she felt, allow the Humane Society to give adopted animals the vaccination before they left the pound and would provide a means whereby the animals would be certain to receive the vaccination. Most Directors, particularly Director Murray, did not favor Orton's proposal. Director Murray pointed out the potential danger involved in administering the live virus rabies vaccine and felt the vaccine should be administered only by a licensed veterinarian in accordance with federal and state laws. No action was taken on Director Orton's suggestion as it lacked the support of the Board. 132.3 The Mayor then asked for the Board's vote on the amendments to sub- sections "a" and "c" of Section 4-17. The roll call vote of the Board was unanimous and the Mayor declared the amendments approved. 132.4 An amendment to Section of 4-18 was suggested by Director Murray to cause the first sentence of the section to read: " vaccinated annually against rabies by an accredited veterinarian." The proposed section stipulated that the animals be vaccinated by a veterinarian licensed by the State of Arkansas and Director Murray felt the amendment would simplify the licensing procedure for people moving into the city from out of state who had had their animal vaccinated by a veterinarian of another state. 132.5 The City Attorney said the section pertaining to the wearing of the tag by dogs and cats should also be clarified to coincide with amendments made to Section 4-17(c). 132.6 In a roll call vote the Board voted unanimously to adopt the amend- ments to Section 4-18. 132.7 In regard to Section 4-19 of the ordinance, Director Orton made the motion to strike the words "...upon which a tax is levied..." appearing in the first sentence of the section. Orton's motion was seconded by Director Carlson and after some discussion, Director Orton amended her motion to include the deletion of the phrase "...upon any premises or street within the City at any time." to be replaced by the phrase "...within the corporate limits at any time." The amended motion was seconded by Director Carlson and was passed in a roll call vote of six "Ayes" and one "Nay", cast by Director Stanton. 132.8 Mr. Frank Lewis, a member of the audience, said he felt the Board was "double crossing" the people by not submitting the leash portion of the ordinance to the people for a vote. Mr. Purdy told him that at the next Board meeting the citizens would have a chance to voice their opposition before the Board took any final action on the ordinance. Director Carlson said the Board was considering passage of the ordi- nance due to pressure from citizens and if the citizens did not like the final decision of the Board, they could file a petition within thirty days to have the leash law portion put on the ballot. 132 1 100 During discussion regarding Section 4-20 and the use of humane 133.1 animal traps, Directors Stanton and Carlson requested the deletion of the last sentence of the section's first paragraph and an addition to the second sentence to allow the Animal Control Officer to use either traps or tranquilizers in capturing an animal running at large. Director Carlson also suggested an amendment to the first sentence 133.2 of the proposed section to read: "The Animal Control Officer is authorized..." In regard to the confinement of animals in the pound, Mr. Bercher 133.3 said the current policy is that, if the animal looks well cared for, the City will confine the animal five days then the Humane Society will keep it a few days more. The City Manager added that if the animal was licensed it could be confined by the City at long as ten days. Mr. Bercher said every effort is made to contact the owner of a licensed animal; but if an animal is not licensed and looks as though someone has cared for it, the animal is kept as long as five days. Director Murray did not object to the animals being released to the 133.4 Humane Society but felt the City should be able to sell the unclaimed animals as a means of off -setting some of the City's impoundment expenses. He motioned that the section be amended to stipulate that the City would be empowered to sell or otherwise dispose of the animal.. h Disposal, he said, could also include the release of the animal to the Humane Society. Director Orton, in response to Murray's suggestion, said the present 133.5 procedures used by the City and the Humane Society seemed to be adequate and could see no reason to make any changes that might jeopardize the close cooperation of the two. Director Murray's motion died for lack of a second. Mayor Purdy suggested amending the first sentence of the last para- 133.6 graph in Section 20 to read• "Whenever any animal in the animal shelter bears a tag..." Mr. George Blackwell, commenting from the audience, was of the 133.7 opinion that animal traps should be checked daily and also that the Animal Control Officer should be allowed to go upon property other than that of an animal's owner in order to capture the animal at large. Director Carlson said those traps placed by the officer would be in- spected daily and those traps placed by individuals would be checked by the individual. She reminded Mr. Blackwell that the officer is allowed to go onto anyone's property to capture a dog running at large. Director Stanton made a motion, which was seconded by Director Noland, 133.8 to adopt the amendments to Section 4-20. In a roll call vote, six Directors voted "Aye" and one, Director Murray, voted "Nay". Mayor Purdy declared the amendments adopted. In paragraph two of Section 4-21, Director Orton requested deletion 133.9 of the work "deliver" and the insertion of "released" to cause the first sentence to read: "...released to him upon payment." This would avoid giving the impression that the City would deliver animals to their owners. Director Stanton then motioned to adopt Orton's amendment as well as the amendment to revise the wording of Section 4-21 to allow the City to re- lease animals to the Humane Society after completion of the animal's im- poundment. The motion was seconded by Director Carlson and was passed by a vote of six "Ayes" and one "Nay" which was cast by Director Murray. Mayor Purdy declared the motion passed. 133 134 134.1 In discussing Section 4-22 regarding the confinement of an animal after the animal has bitten someone, Mayor Purdy was of the opinion that the person who received the injury should not be liable for the fees in- curred during the confinement of the animal unless that person had teased or molested the animal. Manager Grimes stated that if the animal is in compliance with the ordinance, the owner could not be held liable for the confinement expenses. 134.2 The City Attorney suggested amending subsection "c" to provide that the owner would be liable for confinement fees if the dog complied with the running at large and vicious dog provisions of the ordinance. 134.3 After some discussion, Director Orton requested amending the section to require the owner to pay confinement fees if the person bitten was not a tresspasser. In a roll call vote requested by the Mayor, the Board voted unanimously to adopt the amendments to Section 4-22. 134.4 Upon motion by Director Noland, seconded by Director Orton, the Board voted unanimously to amend the ordinance by adopting Sections 4-23, 24, 25, and 26. 134.5 The ordinance was left on second reading to allow further discussion at the September 3, 1974 meeting of the Board. In a final comment, Mayor Purdy commended City Attorney McCord's efforts in drafting the ordinance. REQUEST BY WARNER CABLE COMPANY 134.6 Warner Cable Company had asked that their request for an increase in the cable service rates be heard by the Board, however, the City Manager reported that the company's president had requested the matter to be tabled to allow them to further review their proposal for presentation to the Board at a later date. REPORT ON EVA AVENUE STREET IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT COST ESTIMATES 134.7 Eva Avenue property owners had petitioned the Board on May 21, 1974 asking that engineering studies and cost estimates be done for the paving of Eva Avenue. The report of the studies was presented to the Board on June 18, 1974; however, many of the property owners objected to the method used in tabulating the assessments and had requested the Board to find a more equitable formula for assessing the properties. At the June 18, 1974 meeting the Board decided to consult a professional real estate appraiser as to what assessment method could be used. A lengthy report prepared by Mr. J. W. Gabel, the appraiser consulted by the City Manager's Office, was attached to the agenda. 134.8 Mr. Al Hughes, an Eva Avenue property owner, commented that it seemed to him the present method being used to assess property was adequate and felt the Board would be remiss to adopt another formula to be used ex- clusively for the Eva Avenue district. He believed the City should have one formula to apply to all districts and that the assessed valuation of the property should be considered in the assessments. 134.9 Mr. Wylie Holt, another Eva Avenue property owner, said that while the developed side of Eva Avenue would assume two-thirds of the cost if Gabel's formula were used, the formula seemed more equitable. He said property owners he had contacted who lived on the east side of Eva Avenue favored Gabel's formula. 134 1 135 The Mayor commented that if the property owners could not agree 135.1 upon an assessment method that they should establish their own improve- ment district with their own commissioners. When one property owner asked if the Board would. relax its street requirements if the owners established their own district the Mayor said the Board would be un- likely to do so. When Director Orton asked how many of the property owners on the 135.2 East side of Eva would be willing to accept Mr. Gabel's assessments, Mrs. Frances Reed said the majority of the owners on the east side thought Gabel's assessments were fair and felt there would be a majority of the assessed value to establish the district if Gabel's assessments were used. The City Attorney was of the opinion that the present formula 135.3 being used would not stand up in court in some cases, and as he under- stood the Statutes, the levy had to be advalorem and uniform. He said the ultimate test is the enhancement of the market value before and after the improvements. Director Stanton asked whether.'or-not the majority of the assessed 135.4 valuation would still rule if the assessed valuation method of assigning the assessments was eliminated. Mr. McCord said there were two criteria to be used; one criteria has to be met in order for the district to be formed which is the majority of assessed value and that is not the same criteria used to assess benefits, he told the Board. In his opinion he said he felt the method used By, gabe1 tiOedeterm'ilfietnthe•cefhancement to the market value would stand a better chance of being upheld in court. Director Utley was in favor of retaining the present method of a 135.5 assessing property and did not feel the assessments could be levied a different way each time a district was formed. He asked that if the Board accepted Mr. Gabel's system of assessing that the system should be used in assessing future districts. Mr. McCord reminded the Board thatthe sixty-day limitation for the 135.6 filing of the petition had expired since the Board adopted the first Resolution stating the assessments and that if the owners would like to again try to establish the district, the Board would have to pass another Resolution and the owners would have to petition to establish the district within sixty days. Director Stanton asked the property owners if they would be agree- 135.7 able to assessing both sides of the street equally and the property owners present in the audience answered that they would agree to an equal assess- ment. Director Stanton said that if the majority in value agreed to equal assessments the owners could not challenge the assessments in court. He then motioned to assessaehchooftthe EvaaAvenuetiotscts equally and Director Noland seconded the motion. In a roll call vote of the Board, Stanton's motion was approved unanimously. City Attorney McCord then read rAhResolution listing.rbhe apprazamate assess- 135.8 ments,G£oi4.each nl-ot.cas ibeit $'3,t739.K1:4>.: A1tnotion.to1adapt{ thieResmution was made by Director Noland and seconded by Director Utley. In a roll call vote of the Board the recorded vote was six "Ayes" and one "Abstain" cast by Director Stanton. Mayor Purdy declared the Resolution adopted. RESOLUTION NO. 61-74 APPEARS ON PAGE 73-75 OF ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION BOOK IV 135 136 ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY 136.1 Petitioners requesting the rezoning are Ottis and Helen Watson, Ralph Brophy, and Holley -Ogden Enterprises. The property, located west of Highway 71B and immediately north of Villa Mobile Home Park, is a twenty acre tract and is requested to be rezoned from A-1 (Agri- cultural) to R-2 (Medium Density Residential). 136.2 Following the first reading of the ordinance, Director Stanton motioned to suspend the rules to allow for the second reading. The motion was seconded by Director Utley and was approved by the Board in a unanimous roll call vote. The second reading being completed, Director Noland made a motion to further suspend the rules and place the ordinance on third and final reading. Director Murray seconded the motion which passed unanimously in a roll call vote of the Board. 136.3 Marshall Carlisle, representing the petitioners, said the pro- posed plat would not be the final plat as the plat had to go before the Plat Review Committee. Mr. Carlisle said the petitioners realized that an access problem existed in the area which they hoped to solve before the plat goes before the Plat Review Committee. 136.4 During discussion, the City Attorney informed the Board that they would not be able to disapprove the Large Scale Development plan on the basis that the plan would involve creating a traffic hazard. Director Orton then said the Board should table the rezoning request until the access problems have been alleviated. Director Utley commented that if the Board approves the rezoning then the Board would have no basis for disapproving the Large Scale Development plan. Mayor Purdy said it would be beneficial to the petitioners for the rezoning request to be tabled because if the request were disapproved by the Board, the petitioners would have to wait a year before they again submitted the request. 136.5 The Board members felt the subdivision ordinance needed to be amended to give the Board a basis for disapproving a Large Scale Development plan because of inadequate or hazardous traffic access and asked the City Attorney to work towards such an amendment. Mr. Carlisle said the petitioners would be willing to have the request tabled for as long as necessary if the Board would amend the ordinance. 136.6 Director Stanton then made a motion to table the request until the ordinance had been amended. The motion was seconded by Director Orton and was passed in a unanimous vote of the Board. ORDINANCE AMENDING FAYETTEVILLE'S PLANNING AREA MAP 136.7 The City Attorney read the proposed ordinance to realign the map to coincide with the boundaries of the Projected Forty Year Growth Area. Director Stanton made a motion to suspend the rules and place the ordinance on second reading. The motion was seconded by Director Murray and was passed in a unanimous roll call vote of the Board The second reading being completed, Director Murray made a motion, seconded by Director Noland, to further suspend the rules and place the ordinance on third and final reading. The motion passed unanimously in a roll call vote of the Board. 136.8 In discussion, Director Utley expressed his concern that the new boundaries would not include Lake Sequoyah and Director Carlson echoed 136 1 Utley's concern and added that any land included in the City limits should also be included in the Planning Area boundary. Mr. McWethy, administrative assistant, clarified the matter by saying that the Planning Area would include land inside the City limits but would ex- clude areas included in the corporate limits of another city. Director Stanton motioned to amend the ordinance to stipulate the the City's Planning Area would coincide with the City's corporate limits but would exclude land included in another city's corporate limits. The motion was seconded by Director Orton and was passed unanimously in a roll call vote of the Board. The Mayor then asked if the ordinance should pass as amended. In a roll call vote of the Board, the Directors voted unanimously to adopt the ordinance. ORDINANCE NO. 2036 APPEARS ON PAGE 166 OF ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION BOOK IV ORDINANCE APPROVING LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT PLAN - Abilities Unlimited The proposed ordinance would approve the Large Scale Development Plan of Abilities Unlimited for property located on the east side of ' Happy Hollow Road and south of the Eastgate Shopping Center. After the City Attorney had completed the first reading of the ordinance, Director Murray made a motion to suspend the rules and place the ordinance on second reading. The motion was seconded by Director Noland and was approved unanimously by the Board in a roll call vote. Following the second reading Director Noland motioned to again suspend the rules to place the ordinance on third and final reading. The motion was seconded by Director Murray and was passed by a unanimous vote of the Board. The Mayor told the Board that the required additional right-of-way had been dedicated. There being no further discussion, Mayor Purdy asked if the ordinance should pass. The roll call vote of the Board was unanimous. ORDINANCE NO. 2037 APPEARS ON PAGE167 OF ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION BOOK IV ORDINANCE APPROVING LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT PLAN - NorthwestFNational Bank The proposed ordinance, read by the City Attorney, would approve the Large Scale Development plan of Northwest National Bank for property located at the north side of Millsap Road and east of Front Street and Highway 71B. Director Murray motioned to suspend the rules and place the ordinance on second reading. The motion was seconded by Director Noland and was passed in a unanimous vote of the Board. The second reading being completed, Director Noland motioned to further suspend the rules and place the ordinance on third and final reading. The motion, seconded by Director Murray, was passed unanimously in a roll call vote of the Board. Mr. Gary Jackson, an architect associated with the development, said a more satisfactory drainage pattern had been devised as requested by the City's street superintendent. He said the street superintendent had approved of a plan to divert drainage to a storm drain on the south side of the propertyy There being no further discussion, Mayor Purdy asked if the ordinance should pass. In roll call vote six Directors answered "Aye" and one, Director Stanton, abstained. Mayor Purdy declared the ordinance passed. ORDINANCE NO. 2038 APPEARS ON PAGE 1680F ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION BOOK IV 137 137.1 137.2 137.3 137.4 137.5 137.6 137.7 138 ORDINANCE APPROVING LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT PLAN - James F. Freeman 138.1 The City Attorney read the proposed Ordinance which would approve the Large Scale Development Plan of James F. Freeman for property located at the southwest corner of North College Avenue and Longview Street. A motion was made by Director Stanton and seconded by Director Murray to place the ordinance on second reading. In a roll call vote of the Board the motion was unanimously approved. Following the second reading, Director Murray motioned to further suspend the rules and place the ordinance on third and final reading. The motion, seconded by Director Noland, passed unanimously in a roll call vote of the Board. 138.2 Mayor Purdy explained that approval of the plan would be contingent upon the dedication of an additional five feet of right-of-way on Longview Street. 138.3 There being no discussion, Mayor Purdy asked if the ordinance should pass. Upon roll call vote of the Board the recorded vote was unanimous. The ordinance was declared passed by the Mayor. ORDINANCE NO. 2039 APPEARS ON PAGE 1690F ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION BOOK IV ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND REGULATING OPERATION OF A "FARMER'S MARKET" 138.4 The proposed ordinance would authorize the City Manager to approve the location and times of operation of the Farmer's Market, and would allow the vendors to park vehicles at right angles to the street curbs so long as the vehicles did not create traffic hazards. 138.5 The City Attorney read the ordinance after which Director Murray motioned to suspend the rules and place the ordinance on second reading. The motion was seconded by Director Orton and was passed unanimously in a roll call vote of the Board. Following the second reading, a motion to further suspend the rules and place the ordinance on third and final reading was made by Director Noland and seconded by Director Murray. The motion was unanimously approved by the Board. 138.6 In discussion, Director Carlson expressed her opinion that she did tna°rm roloercet s 6y UVULA Wn% o' s mance t}�a ungiie�eiAfii8 'd idnL@lseof made n the form of -a franchise that wouEd Iitd1l4 e regulation of the RME*. 138.7 Following discussion, Director Noland made a motion to amend the Ordinance to cause it to read: "...a non-profit Farmer's Market Corporation composed of area non-commercial agricultural producers and area native craftsman..." Noland's motion was seconded by Director Orton and was passed in a recorded roll call vote of seven "Ayes". 138.8 Mayor Purdy then asked if the ordinance should pass as amended. In a roll call vote of the Board, six Directors voted "Aye" and one, Director Carlson, abstained. Mayor Purdy declared the ordinance passes. ORDINANCE NO. 2040 APPEARS ON PAGE 17(bF ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION BOOK IV CORRESPONDENCE AND OTHER BUSINESS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 138.9 The Resolution, read by the City Attorney, would authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an agreement with the Economic Development Administration of the United States Department of Commerce. In the agreement, the City of Fayetteville would agree to retain, for forty 138 *RME-Rural Mountain Exchange i years, the title to the project facilities and real property designated in EDA Project Number 08-01-00760 (Industrial Park) and to devote the project facilities to public purposes only. There being no discussion, Director Utley made a motion to adopt the Resolution. The motion was seconded by Director Stanton and was passed in a roll call vote of the Board in which six Directors voted "Aye" and one, Director Carlson, abstained. RESOLUTION NO. 62-74 APPEARS ON PAGE 76 OF ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION BOOK IV 139 139.1 RESOLUTION COMMENDING ALEX SMITH The City Attorney read a Resolution commending Mr. Alex Smith for 139.2 his efforts in constructing an addition to the Animal Shelter and the construction of a bath house at the City Pool. Mr. Smith's efforts resulted in a savings to the City in excess of $20,000. Director Noland made a motion to adopt the R ?olution and Directors 139.3 Orton and Murray seconded the motion. In a roll call vote of the Board the Resolution was unanimously approved by the Board. RESOLUTION NO. 63-74 APPEARS ON PAGE 77 OF ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION BOOK IV The City Manager called to the Board's attention correspondence from the Washington County Historical Society in regard to the Ridge House He said the Community Development Legislation apparently would be passed soon and the Ridge House was one of the priorities stated in the application filed jointly by Fayetteville and Springdale. ADJOURNMENT 139.4 There being no further business, Director Stanton motioned to adjourn 139.5 the meeting. -Director Murray seconded the motion which was unanimously approved by the Board. Mayor Purdy then declared the meeting adjourned. ATTEST: arlene Westbrook, City Clerk APPROVED: Russell T Purdy, Mayor Mg c