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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
A special meeting of the Fayetteville Board of Directors was held on
Thursday, March 12, 1981 at 4:30 in the Board of Directors Room, City
Administration Building, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
PRESENT: Directors
City Manager Grimes
City Clerk Koettel,
Advisory Committee,
ABSENT: None
Bumpass, Henry, Lancaster, Noland, Osborne, Sharp, Todd;
, City Attorney McCord, Assistant City Manager McWethy,
Dr. D. Mitchell, Mr. Carl Yates, members of the Citizens
and members of the press.
REQUEST FOR TIME EXTENSTION FROM EPA FOR
SUBMISSION OF ACCEPTABLE FACILITY PLAN
Director Noland, Chairman of the Water and Sewer Committee, told the
Board that the committee had recommended that a request for time extension
from the Environmental Protection Agency for the submission of an acceptable
facility plan be submitted. The current date being considered is June 1,
and Director Noland stated that date is completely out of the question. Director
Noland said that if the SWEPCO option is not viable, then a four month extension
would be requested. However, if the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) retains
SWEPCO as a viable alternative, then it would take at least another year or year
and a half.
Director Noland, seconded by Bumpass, moved that a four month extension be
requested if the SWEPCO option is not viable, and a thirteen month extension be
requested if the SWEPCO option is retained as a viable alternative.
Upon roll call the motion passed unanimously.
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PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED IN RELATION
TO SEWAGE TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES
Director Noland advised the Board that it is the recommendation of the
Water and Sewer Committee to proceed with scheduling a public hearing in Van
Buren on a tentative date of April 16, 1981. This would give time for a
thirty day notification. The Water & Sewer Committee had asked the Board to
ask the Attorney General for an opinion on how far the City's territorial
rights extend with respect to eminent domains.
Director Noland moved that a meeting be scheduled in Van Buren on the
tentative date of April 16, 1981, and that an opinion be requested of the
Attorney General as discussed above. Director Lancaster seconded the motion.
Upon roll call the motion passed unanimously.
SWEPCO ALTERNATIVE
Mr. Khan Husain addressed the Board and discussed the SWEPCO alternative.
He stated that it needed to be said for certain whether or not SWEPCO wanted
to go through the permit process. Mr. Husain pointed out that if nothing is
done on this now, that eventually it will be brought up again and could cause
unnecessary delay.
Mr. Grimes stated that SWEPCO had stated at one meeting that they did not
want to go through the permit process.
Mr. Husain stated that this should be stated in writing.
Director Noland stated that a great deal depended on what SWEPCO stated in the
letter which the City had requested of them.
Mr. Husain stated that they were being asked to take a stand and reject SWEPCO
without written comments from SWEPCO outlining their position. Therefore, he
suggested that a meeting of the CAC be delayed until written comments from SWEPCO
were obtained. The Board agreed to delay the meeting discussed until comments
from SWEPCO were received.
ADJOURNMENT - The meeting adjourned at 6:00 p.m.
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