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THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS
FINAL AGENDA
FAYETTEVILLE CITY COUNCIL
DECEMBER 7, 1999
A meeting of the Fayetteville City Council will be held on December 7, 1999 at 4:30 p.m. in
Room 219 of the City Administration Building located at 113 West Mountain Street,
Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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A, CONSENT AGENDA
1. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: Approval of the minutes of the November
16, 1999 City Council meeting.
2. BID 99-81, ITEM #1 : A resolution approving the acceptance of the lowest
qualified bidder meeting specifications for the purchase of a Heavy Duty Truck
Cab & Chassis with Mounted Sanitation Body, Bid 99-81 , Item # 1 . The vendor
for this purchase will be Shipley Motor Co. of Lowell, Arkansas.
3, BID 99-81 , ITEM #3: A resolution approving the acceptance of the highest
bidder for the sale of Item #3 , Bid 99-81 , a 1991 Mack RD-688-S with mounted
Leach Sanitation Body from the City of Fayetteville for the sale price of $35,000.
The vendor for these purchases will be IGS of Fayetteville, Arkansas. Receipt of
this amount will be credited to Shop Fund Gain/Loss Sale of Assets.
4, BID 99-82: A resolution approving the acceptance of the lowest qualified bidder
meeting specifications for the purchase of three Heavy Duty Diesel-Powered
Trailer Mounted Air Compressors, Bid 99-82, Item # 1 , with the trade allowance
for Items #2, 3 and 4. The vendor for this purchase will be Scott Construction
Equipment of Springdale, Arkansas.
5, BID 99-83: A resolution approving the acceptance of the lowest qualified bidder
meeting specifications for the purchase of a Regular Cab Dual Rear Wheel 4x4
Pick-up Truck, Bid 99-83, Item # 1 . The vendor for this purchase will be Carthage
Ford-Mercury of Carthage, Missouri.
6, BID 99-84: A resolution approving the acceptance of the lowest qualified bidder
meeting specifications for the purchase of a Crew Cab Dual Rear Wheel 4x4 Cab
& Chassis with mounted 3-Way Dump, Bid 99-84, Item # 1 . The vendor for this
purchase will be Carthage Ford-Mercury of Carthage, Missouri.
113 WEST MOUNTAIN 72701 501521-7700
FAX 501575-8257
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December 7, 1999
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7, 14 POLICE SEDANS: A resolution approving the acceptance of the State of
Arkansas Contract Award ST-00-0201 , Item #9, 2000 Ford Crown Victoria Police
Pursuit Sedan including Options "IO" and modifications to "ee." This will be for
14 units. The vendor for this purchase will be Landers Ford of Little Rock,
Arkansas.
8. MULTI-USE TRAILS: A resolution approving an engineering agreement with
Crafton, Tull and Associates of Fayetteville to furnish survey, preliminary and
final design, and provide construction observation for a proposed multi-use trail
located along a portion of an abandoned railroad line between Spring and Prairie
Street, a distance of approximately 2600 feet.
9. BID 99-85: A resolution awarding Bid 99-85 in the amount of $31 ,000 for the
purchase of a "Video Vehicle Tracking and Detection System" for the traffic
signal at the Joyce Boulevard and College Avenue (71B) intersection.
10. OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE: A resolution approving the offer and acceptance
agreement dated November 5, 1999, between John D. and Rebecca M. Ginger and
the City of Fayetteville, for the sale of 4.00 acres of land located at the water
storage tank site on Gulley Road, Washington County, for the amount of $80,000.
11. SEWER DAMAGES CLAIM: A resolution approving a claim for sewer
damages at 2082 North Hailey Drive, Fayetteville, in the maximum amount of
$27, 184.69, plus a budget adjustment to cover the cost.
12. RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PARK: A resolution approving a real
estate contract to sell Lot 1 , Arkansas Research and Technology Park, consisting
of 2.5 acres, to Cache Investments and/or Assigns (Interface Computer Center,
L.L.C.). Grant of first right of refusal on Lot 2, Arkansas Research and
Technology Park.
B. OLD BUSINESS
1, CITY OF CHARACTER: A resolution amending Resolution 149-99
establishing the City of Fayetteville as a City of Character with the Internal
Association of Character Cities.
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C. NEW BUSINESS
1. VA 99-13: An ordinance approving vacation request VA 99- 13 .00 submitted by
Mike Roetzel on behalf of Buddy Peoples for property located at 28`h Court. The
request is to vacate the undeveloped street right of way for 28`h Court located west
of Club Oak Drive within Edge Hill Subdivision.
2. RZ 99-32: An ordinance approving rezoning request RZ 99-32.00 submitted by
Stephen Thetford for property located at 3351 W. Wedington Drive. The property
is zoned R-O, Residential Office and contains approximately 0.69 acres. The
request is to rezone the property to C- 1 , Neighborhood Commercial.
3, COUNCIL ON AGING: Discussion of a one mil tax for two years or a two mil
tax for one year for the construction of Senior Community Center.
4, NORTH HILLS VACATION: An ordinance approving the request by Crafton,
Tull & Associates, Inc. on behalf of Washington Regional Medical Center for the
vacation of the existing street right-of-way for a portion of North Hills Boulevard.
5, SAGE HOUSE PROPERTY GRANT: A resolution approving the request on
behalf of Sage House and Children's House for land owned by the City of
Fayetteville.
6. 2000 ANNUAL BUDGET AND WORK PROGRAM: A resolution adopting
the 2000 City of Fayetteville Annual Budget and Work Program.
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•THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS
FINAL AGENDA
FAYETTEVILLE CITY COUNCIL
DECEMBER 7. 1999
A meeting of the Fayetteville City Council will be held on December 7, 1999 at 4:30 p.m. in
Room 219 of the City Administration Building located at 113 West Mountain Street,
Fayetteville, Arkansas.
* * * NOTE TIME CHANGE ***
A. CONSENT AGENDA
1. ,/APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: Approval of the minutes of the November
16, 1999 City Council meeting.
2. AID 99-81, ITEM #1 : A resolution approving the acceptance of the lowest
qualified bidder meeting specifications for the purchase of a Heavy Duty Truck
. Cab & Chassis with Mounted Sanitation Body, Bid 99-81 , Item # 1 . The vendor
/-D 49 9 ffor this purchase will be Shipley Motor Co. of Lowell, Arkansas.
3, AID 99-81, ITEM 43: A resolution approving the acceptance of the highest
bidder for the sale of Item #3 , Bid 99-81 , a 1991 Mack RD-688-S with mounted
Leach Sanitation Body from the City of Fayetteville for the sale price of $35,000.
The vendor for these purchases will be IGS of Fayetteville, Arkansas. Receipt of
this amount will be credited to Shop Fund Gain/Loss Sale of Assets.
4. ✓BID 99-82: A resolution approving the acceptance of the lowest qualified bidder
meeting specifications for the purchase of three Heavy Duty Diesel-Powered
Trailer Mounted Air Compressors, Bid 99-82, Item # 1 , with the trade allowance
for Items #2, 3 and 4. The vendor for this purchase will be Scott Construction
Equipment of Springdale, Arkansas.
5. /BID 99-83: A resolution approving the acceptance of the lowest qualified bidder
meeting specifications for the purchase of a Regular Cab Dual Rear Wheel 4x4
�4 Pick-up Truck, Bid 99-83 , Item # 1 . The vendor for this purchase will be Carthage
Ford-Mercury of Carthage, Missouri.
6. JBID 99-84: A resolution approving the acceptance of the lowest qualified bidder
meeting specifications for the purchase of a Crew Cab Dual Rear Wheel 4x4 Cab
& Chassis with mounted 3-Way Dump, Bid 99-84, Item 41 . The vendor for this
"1 purchase will be Carthage Ford-Mercury of Carthage, Missouri.
113 WEST MOUNTAIN 72701 501521-7700
FAX 501575-11257
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Fayetteville City Council
December 7, 1999
Page 2
7. ✓ 14 POLICE SEDANS: A resolution approving the acceptance of the State of
Arkansas Contract Award ST-00-0201 , Item #9, 2000 Ford Crown Victoria Police
Pursuit Sedan including Options "IO" and modifications to "ee." This will be for
q 14 units. The vendor for this purchase will be Landers Ford of Little Rock,
Arkansas.
8. ✓MULTI-USE TRAILS: A resolution approving an engineering agreement with
Crafton, Tull and Associates of Fayetteville to furnish survey, preliminary and
g q final design, and provide construction observation for a proposed multi-use trail
15 D located along a portion of an abandoned railroad line between Spring and Prairie
Street, a distance of approximately 2600 feet.
9. \/6ID 99-85: A resolution awarding Bid 99-85 in the amount of $31 ,000 for the
purchase of a "Video Vehicle Tracking and Detection System" for the traffic
signal at the Joyce Boulevard and College Avenue (71B) intersection. -
10. v6FFER AND ACCEPTANCE: A resolution approving the offer and acceptance
agreement dated November 5, 1999, between John D. and Rebecca M. Ginger and
the City of Fayetteville, for the sale of 4.00 acres of land located at the water
storage tank site on Gulley Road, Washington County, for the amount of $80,000.
11. /SEWER DAMAGES CLAIM: A resolution approving a claim for sewer
damages at 2082 North Hailey Drive, Fayetteville, in the maximum amount of
1 S�. $27, 184.69, plus a budget adjustment to cover the cost.
12. &ESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PARK: A resolution approving a real
estate contract to sell Lot 1 , Arkansas Research and Technology Park, consisting
of 2.5 acres, to Cache Investments and/or Assigns (Interface Computer Center,
L.L.C.). Grant of first right of refusal on Lot 2, Arkansas Research and
Technology Park.
B. OLD BUSINESS
1. CITY OF CHARACTER: A resolution amending Resolution 149-99
establishing the City of Fayetteville as a City of Character with the Internal
�\ � Association of Character Cities.
Final Agenda
Fayetteville City Council
December 7, 1999
Page 3
C. NEW BUSINESS
1.✓ VA 99-13: An ordinance approving vacation request VA 99- 13 .00 submitted by
1 Mike Roetzel on behalf of Buddy Peoples for property located at 28' Court. The
;\ p- request is to vacate the undeveloped street right of way for 28'" Court located west
re �wdd of Club Oak Drive within Edge Hill Subdivision.
2. ,// RZ 99-32: An ordinance approving rezoning request RZ 99-32.00 submitted by
Stephen Thetford for property located at 3311 W. Wedington Drive. The property
is zoned R-O, Residential Office and contains approximately 0.69 acres. The
n request is to rezone the property to C-1 , Neighborhood Commercial,
3. COUNCIL ON AGING: Discussion of a one mil tax for two years or a two mil
tax for one year for the construction of Senior Community Center.
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y� NORTH HILLS VACATION: An ordinance approving the request by Crafton,
Tull & Associates, Inc. on behalf of Washington Regional Medical Center for the
vacation of the existing street right-of-way for a portion of North Hills Boulevard.
C U5, SAGE HOUSE PROPERTY GRANT: A resolution approving the request on
0 aI behalf of Sage House and Children's House for land owned by the City of
Fayetteville.
6. 2000 ANNUAL BUDGET AND WORK PROGRAM: A resolution adopting
the 2000 City of Fayetteville Annual Budget and Work Program.
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FAYETTEVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER
Located at Archibald Yell's Historic Waxhaws Estate, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Daryl S. Rantis, Architect
Alfred E. Einert Landscape, Architect
Ron Philips, Geriatric Building Consultant
This community center is unique in that it caters to the seniors of the community while
taking advantage of a park setting where intergenerational activity can occur. The
building and landscape was designed to respond to the needs of senior citizens as well as
blend with the historic rural homestead setting. The building site is one which allows for
close proximity to nature while maintaining the existing-house-to-outbuilding
relationship. The siting of the facility allows the building, its terraces and the parking to
be placed all on the same contour. The abundance of terraces, outdoor areas and activity
spaces extends the living space of the center for nine months of the year.
The center's main function is to serve meals to seniors and host a variety of functions
and activities. The center includes a game room and an exercise area as well as a,
greenhouse and art rooms. These spaces, combined with a kitchen, offices, dining hall,
and a variety of lounges, are carefully composed to add dignity to the life of older gdults
without placing them in institutional settings commonly associated with such centers.
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December 7, 1999
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C. NEW BUSINESS
1. VA 99-13: An ordinance approving vacation request VA 99- 13 .00 submitted by
Mike Roetzel on behalf of Buddy Peoples for property located at 28' Court. The
request is to vacate the undeveloped street right of way for 28' Court located west
of Club Oak Drive within Edge Hill Subdivision.
2. RZ 99-32: An ordinance approving rezoning request RZ 99-32.00 submitted by
Stephen Thetford for property located at 3351 W. Wedington Drive. The property
is zoned R-O, Residential Office and contains approximately 0.69 acres. The
request is to rezone the property to C-1 , Neighborhood Commercial.
\ 1L C ,3. COUNCIL ON AGING : Discussion of a one mil tax for two years or a two mil
tax for one year for the construction of Senior Community Center.
4, NORTH HILLS VACATION: An ordinance approving the request by Crafton,
Tull & Associates, Inc. on behalf of Washington Regional Medical Center for the
• vacation of the existing street right-of-way for a portion of North Hills Boulevard.
y , 5. SAGE HOUSE PROPERTY GRANT: A resolution approving the request on
behalf of Sage House and Children's House for land owned by the City of
Fayetteville.
L 6. 2000 ANNUAL BUDGET AND WORK PROGRAM: A resolution adopting
the 2000 City of Fayetteville Annual Budget and Work Program.
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FAYETTEVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER •
Located at Archibald Yell's Historic Waxhaws Estate, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Daryl S. Rantis, Architect
Alfred E. Einert Landscape, Architect
Ron Philips, Geriatric Building Consultant
This community center is unique in that it caters to the seniors of the community while
taking advantage of a park setting where intergenerational activity can occur. The
building and landscape was designed to respond to the needs of senior citizens as well as
blend with the historic rural homestead setting. The building site is one which allows for
close proximity to nature while maintaining the existing-house-to-outbuilding
relationship. The siting of the facility allows the building, its terraces and the parking to
be placed all on the same contour. The abundance of terraces, outdoor areas and activity
spaces extends the living space of the center for nine months of the year.
The center's main function is to serve meals to seniors and host a variety of functions
and activities. The center includes a game room and an exercise area as well as a,
greenhouse and art rooms. These spaces, combined with a kitchen, offices, dining hall,
and a variety of lounges, are carefully composed to add dignity to the life of older adults •
without placing them in institutional settings commonly associated with such centers.
MINUTES OF A MEETING
OF THE
FAYETTEVILLE CITY COUNCIL
NOVEMBER 16, 1999
A meeting of the Fayetteville City Council was held on November 16, 1999 at 6:30 p.m. in
Room 219 of the City Administration Building located at 113 West Mountain Street,
Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Present: Mayor Hanna; Aldermen Reynolds, Austin, Davis, Trumbo, Daniel, Santos, Russell,
and Young; City Attorney Rose; City Clerk Woodruff; Administrative Services Director John
Maguire; Public Works Director Charles Venable; City Planner Tim Conklin; Staff, Press; and
Audience.
CONSENT AGENDA
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
Approval of the minutes of the November 2, 1999 City Council meeting.
SWIMMING POOL PAINT SETTLEMENT
A resolution approving an offer by Wilks Construction in the amount of $5,000 in lieu of
painting the Wilson Park Swimming Pool. This will be the final settlement in their contract with
the City.
RESOLUTION 144-99 AS RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK.
LAKE SEQUOYAH BOAT DOCK
A resolution awarding a contract to Frank Thorpe for the management of Lake Sequoyah Boat
Dock.
RESOLUTION 145-99 AS RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
MULTI-USE TRAILS
A resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an Agreement of Understanding with the
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department for the implementation of Fayetteville
Multi-Use Trails as Federal-Aid Transportation Enhancement Project in the amount of $600,000.
This agreement supersedes the agreements signed previously for the use of these funds. The City
is required to furnish a 20 percent match or $ 150,000, making total funds available of $750,000.
Approval of a budget adjustment establishing the project is also required.
RESOLUTION 146-99 AS RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK.
Alderman Daniel moved to approve the Consent Agenda. Alderman Davis seconded the
motion. Upon roll call the motion carried unanimously.
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November 16, 1999
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OLD BUSINESS
RZ 99-28
An ordinance approving rezoning request RZ 99-28.00 submitted by Michele Harrington on
behalf of William M. Weatherford and Larry and Brenda Swain for property located at 2200 and
2201 W. Deane Street. The property is zoned R- 1 , Low Density Residential and contains
approximately 11 .64 acres. The request is to rezone the property to R-2, Medium Density
Residential. This item was left on the second reading at the October 19, 1999 City Council
meeting.
Mr. Rose read the ordinance for the third and final time.
Mayor Hanna stated the ordinance was on the third reading. He noted there had been a
neighborhood meeting at Asbell School last Thursday. He added the City had received a Bill of
Assurance from the developers limiting their development to what they originally told them they
would do. Mr. Richard Maynard made the statement that he would not address the issue tonight,
unless the partitioners addressed the issue, then he reserved the right to speak. He asked the
council if they needed to discuss the issue further or if they were ready to vote on the issue.
Alderman Daniel stated the neighborhood meeting had been very good. She stated that she could
not support the rezoning. She represented them. She had lived on the street for several years.
She had bought a home on Deane Street. She felt it was still her neighborhood. There were still
some property owners in the neighborhood. It was a neighborhood in transition. There were a
lot of apartments and duplexes in the area; however, there were property owners who wanted to
maintain their property and property values. Even though the City had strict ordinances she
thought there might be problems with drainage. Deane Street was getting very busy and she felt
the traffic was increasing. She would like to see less dense and high quality development.
Alderman Austin stated the Planning Staff and the Planning Commission had approved the
rezoning. The projections indicated there was a need for more in the future. He thought it was a
good plan. The streets were ready to handle more traffic than what this project would generate.
There was a need for densifying inside the beltway. However, there were several reasons to vote
against it. The sewer capacity and the traffic on Sang Avenue would be greater, because there is
a light on Wedington Drive. The environment of family atmosphere would be disrupted. There
was no traffic light on Deane and Porter Road. There might be late night noises for the
neighbors. He thought it was the right time for the project, but the wrong place. He would
oppose the rezoning.
Alderman Santos stated he was very sympathetic to the neighbors, but he thought the City had
agreed on a policy for the future development of Fayetteville. They had planned to encourage
higher density inside the bypass, along transit lines, and near schools and universities. They
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were going to preserve hillsides, wooded areas and vista views. He thought this was the kind of
project that followed all of those goals that they had professed to endorse, except when it came to
applying them to real life, which meant that no matter where they tried to place a development of
this type of density they were going to get this sort of complaints. This parcel was surrounded by
multi-family dwellings on the east, with duplexes and apartments to the west. The property
owner on the south supported this rezoning. The property owner on the north was the University
Farms. He could see how they could say they had these goals of increasing the density inside the
City limits and preserving hillsides and all those noble goals without causing some
inconvenience to the most immediate neighbors. In this case most of the neighbors were in
multi-family units. He thought they needed to either follow or change their goals. He asked
whether the Council wanted to encourage sprawl and the planning principles or not.
Alderman Young stated he would take exception to the views of Alderman Santos. They all
embraced the ideas increasing density. Everyone was looking to the land use plan and pointing
out one aspect of increasing density. It was how they did it. It was not by rezoning into a higher
density. The whole idea of infill was that they were to infill that particular lot. They would
increase the density of the area but not by rezoning. If they increased the zoning, that was in
conflict with other parts of the plan, affecting compatibility. He looked at the Grey Apartments;
at the time they were constructed, the apartments would not be built, because the regulations had
been put into affect by the citizens of Fayetteville. He was going to oppose this development.
He did not believe these apartments would be compatible with the surrounding area.
Alderman Russell stated if they did need student housing and did not allow them to be developed
in areas like this, then they would be pushed out toward the edges of town and would increase
sprawl. The people of Fayetteville were going to be the ones to pay the price of that. He thought
if this was in his backyard he would be arguing against the rezoning because of property values.
The right of the property owner argument did not weigh well with him because he thought the
property had been zoned R- 1 for a long time. Perhaps the property owners could not get the
money they wanted for their property and were forced to sell it within the current zones. Another
reason to vote against the rezoning was that they had not, to his knowledge, had anyone from the
University state that this supported the University' s goals. He thought in the future they would
need more student housing, but he did not believe the need was there now. He would be
opposing the rezoning.
Mayor Hanna called for the vote. Upon roll call the ordinance failed by a vote of 1-7-0,
Alderman Santos voting for the rezoning.
ORDINANCE FAILED BY VOTE OF 1-7-0.
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RZ 99-29
An ordinance approving rezoning request RZ 99-29.00 to rezone approximately 1 .0 acres of land
located along Sycamore Street from R- 1 , Low Density Residential, to R- 1 .5, Moderate Density
Residential, to allow the development of an upper-scale six unit residential Planned Unit
Development. The ordinance was left on the second reading at the November 2, 1999 City
Council meeting.
Mr. Rose read the ordinance for the third and final time.
Mayor Hanna stated there had been a neighborhood meeting last week. He asked if anyone had
any new information that had not been discussed in a public meeting. He would be glad to hear
it.
Ms. Loreen LaTune, 1833 Woodland, expressed concern about the school and drainage. She
stated Mr. Ferguson planned to construct holding ponds to control the drainage. She expressed
concern about the ponds.
Mayor Hanna replied a partial answer to her question was that those issues would be addressed at
the Planning Commission level.
Mr. Tim Conklin explained when the developer submitted their plan, they would be required to
do a drainage study which would be reviewed by the City's engineering division. The issue of
how they would handle stormwater run off would be addressed during that development review
process and by the Planning Commission. He explained it was a multi-step process. The first
step was the City staff would review the development plan. They would look at code
compliance. The next meeting would be with the utility companies, and then with the
Subdivision Committee, a subcommittee of the Planning Commission. The Subdivision
Committee would be a public hearing on the development. The public would be invited to come
to the meeting and provide information on how the development would impact their property.
From there the Subdivision Committee would make a recommendation to the full Planning
Commission.
Mayor Hanna added if they would not be allowed to proceed with their project if they were not
able to handle the drainage.
Ms. Kathryn Parker, an area resident, asked if the developer would only construct four units if
the rezoning were not approved.
Alderman Russell replied that at the last meeting Mr. Ferguson has stated he did not believe his
firm would be interested in that.
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Tim Sweethall, 1847 Woodland Avenue, asked what the benefits were to changing the density.
Mayor Hanna replied Mr. Santos had stated it very well with the last rezoning. The City's infill
plan was to use the property inside the core part of the City that already had the streets and
utilities available rather than have people go to the outskirts of town where they had to construct
more streets and run utilities. That was one benefit. Another benefit was that if they built units
like this in town they paid property taxes which went almost totally to the schools.
Mr. Sweethall stated no economic or social impact analysis had been done. They did not have
any hard data to show that they could even sell the units or for what price the units would sell.
He did not believe that creating higher density was the only way to combat sprawl.
Mayor Hanna stated the developer did not have to show that they could sell the property.
Mr. Sweethall questioned what data was there to support the need to change the current law.
They were not opposed to development or business. What they were opposed to was changing
some existing zoning law that had this land designated as low density.
Mr. Nate Allen, an area resident, expressed concern about the loss of trees. He did not believe
the developer had proved that the change could benefit the neighborhood.
Mr. Steve Davis stated he had been the property owner for thirteen years. He had been a resident
of Ward 2 for forty-eight years. He thought the change would benefit the closest neighbors the
most. Overall it was a nice neighborhood, but there were some homes that could use some
improvement. He thought with a nice development the others would be encouraged to improve
their own property. The proposed use was by far the best and most upscale development that had
come before him in the thirteen years he had owned the property. He added it would also cause a
financial hardship on his family. When he bought the property it was in really bad shape with a
rundown house and trailer loads of junk in the yard. It had been a safety hazard in the condition
it wasin. The neighborhood itself was a mixture of different homes. Only three of the ten
homes closest to the property were owner-occupied. The proposed condominium development
would increase the percentage of owner-occupied homes from 30% to over 56 % and there would
be no increase in apartment dwellers or other rental units to the neighborhood. The development
would provide a good transition from the R-O to the east and the P- 1 zoning to the north and
south, the R- 1 .5 zoning to the west, and the current R- 1 homes to the northwest.
Ms. LaTune reiterated that the drainage and the sewer system was a problem. She asked them to
consider the expense to the City.
Mr. Francis Ferguson stated the proposal was for six units, which was basically two triplexes.
Each unit would be sold separately. The units that they would construct would be as good or
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better than what was there. They would also be separating commercial property from residential.
Mr. Tim Sweethall stated the Council was under no obligation to change existing law to support
speculation.
Alderman Daniel stated this rezoning reminded him of the last rezoning in Ward Four. This was
one acre as opposed to eleven and half acres. She added she would be glad to have a
development of this quality in Ward Four. Another factor in her supporting this rezoning was
that the adjoining property owner was in support of this rezoning and felt that it would increase
their property values. These were upscale dwellings. She would have to support this rezoning.
Alderman Russell stated he represented this neighborhood. He personally did not have any
strong feelings one way or the other as to the affect six units rather than four units would have on
the neighborhood. He thought if he was one of the neighbors he would not have a problem with
this, provided they went through the Large Scale Development Process. On issues like this he
tended to go with what his constituents wanted him to do. He had heard from two people in the
neighborhood who supported this development. There were many more neighbors against this
rezoning. The thing that would make him vote in favor of this was if the property owner was
precluded from selling his property at a reasonable price or if anyone was precluded from doing
development on the property at the current zone. He did not want to keep the property owner
from selling his property. He encouraged Mr. Davis to make a good faith effort to sell his
property in the current zone. The burden should be on the property owner to convince the
neighbors that this was a good development. He thought there had been a lack of communication
during this project. A lot of the neighbors did not know what the project was about. The
neighborhood was so against this that, as their representative, he would have to vote against this.
Alderman Austin stated he had looked at the number and he noted there would two to six
additional cars on the street with four to eight additional people with the rezoning. He did not
believe that was enough to turn down the request.
Alderman Davis stated that with a condominium there would be a property owners association
that managed it. From his experience, usually the maintenance was superior to others in the
community. There was a national trend where both young and old were buying condos because
they wanted to have less maintenance to do. He thought the development looked good. He did
not see a lot of difference between six units versus four. If someone wanted to come to his
neighborhood and put this in he would be supportive. He would be voting for the rezoning.
Mayor Hanna called for the vote. Upon roll call the ordinance passed by a vote of 5-2-1,
Aldermen Russell and Reynolds voting nay. Alderman Young abstained from the vote
because he works for the engineering firm involved with this item.
ORDINANCE 4201 AS RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK.
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NEW BUSINESS
RZ 99-31
An ordinance approving rezoning request RZ 99-31 .00 submitted by Dave Jorgensen of
Jorgensen and Associates on behalf of Bleaux Barnes for property located south of Appleby
Road and east of Appleby Apartments. The property is zoned A- 1 , Agricultural and contains
approximately 8.37 acres. The request is to rezone the property to R- 1 , Low Density Residential.
Mr. Rose read the ordinance for the first time.
Alderman Daniel stated she had not heard any objects to the rezoning.
There was no public comment.
Alderman Davis moved to suspend the rules and move to the second reading. Alderman
Daniel seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion carried unanimously, 8-0-0.
Mr. Rose read the ordinance for the second time.
Alderman Austin moved to suspend the rules and move to the third and final reading.
Alderman Daniel seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion carried unanimously,
8-0-0.
Mr. Rose read the ordinance for the third and final time.
Alderman Russell asked how many units were planned for the area.
Mr. Jorgensen stated they were planning eighteen single family homes.
Mayor Hanna called for the vote. Upon roll call the ordinance passed unanimously, 8-0-0.
ORDINANCE 4202 AS RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK.
AD 99-25
A resolution approving an amendment to the Master Street Plan as submitted by Dave Jorgensen
in request AD 99-25. The request is to remove a proposed minor arterial street from the Master
Street Plan. The proposed street is located north of Howard Nickel Road and west of Highway
112.
Alderman Davis stated the Street Committee and the Planning Commission had approved the
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amendment.
Alderman Daniel moved to approve the resolution. Alderman Santos seconded the motion.
Upon roll call the motion carried unanimously, 8-0-0.
RESOL UTION 147-99 AS RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK.
SYCAMORE CONDEMNATION
An ordinance authorizing the City Attorney to seek possession of certain land located along
Sycamore Street in the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas by the power of Eminent Domain, in
association with the required right-of-way and easements for the Sycamore Street Improvements
at Leverett Avenue. Such property is owned by Charles G. Palmer Trust, the Linda J. Palmer
Trust, the Ralph Freeman Trust, and the Arlie Freeman Trust.
Mr. Rose read the ordinance for the first time.
Alderman Davis moved to suspend the rules and move to the second reading. Alderman
Russell seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion carried unanimously, 8-0-0.
Mr. Rose read the ordinance for the second time.
Alderman Daniel moved to suspend the rules and move to the third and final reading.
Alderman Davis seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion carried unanimously,
8-0-0.
Mr. Rose read the ordinance for the third and final time.
Mayor Hanna called for the vote. Upon roll call the ordinance passed unanimously, 8-0-0.
ORDINANCE 4203 AS RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK.
WASHINGTON SCHOOL GYM
A resolution authorizing the City's contribution for the construction of a gymnasium at
Washington Elementary School and approval of a budget adjustment funding the contribution.
Alderman Daniel asked the staff to go over the funding.
Mr. Steve Davis, Budget and Research Coordinator, explained the request was for $92,529.00
more than they had in the budget for this project. The additional $92,000 could be found by
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reducing the Park Maintenance Complex Project funding by $92,529. The rest of the projects
listed on the budget adjustment were simply moving the $225,000 in the Parks Development
Fund for the Washington School Gym. They were transferring all of the money over into the
Sales Tax Capital Improvement Fund and had identified a like number of projects in Parks to
transfer from the Sales Tax Capital Improvement Fund over into Park Development Fund. The
one project that was losing money was the Parks Maintenance Complex. It was losing $92,529.
No other project was losing any funding.
Alderman Russell moved to approve the resolution. Alderman Daniel seconded the motion.
Mr. Steve Frankenberger, Wilson Park Neighborhood Association, read a letter adopting a
resolution supporting a brick face gym.
Ms. Anne Littell, an area resident, asked if the plan was to have a brick gymnasium or to have a
metal gym.
Alderman Trumbo explained it was a compromise. It was not a full brick building. It was a
50/50 share. If they started matching more money than the school the City would start running
into some legal problems.
Ms. Littell read a letter from Friends from Fayetteville requesting the Council and School Board
to support a brick gym.
Mr. Jeff Erf, an area resident, questioned why the school district was not paying the entire
amount and why the City felt the need to contribute to the gym.
Alderman Daniel replied the schools never had enough money to do what they wanted to do.
Alderman Trumbo explained our after-school programs were very important to working parents.
Mayor Hanna explained the playgrounds at the schools were considered public parks after the
schools were closed. The gymnasium idea came along as a neighborhood community place to
play basketball. Most of the school gyms were available for reservation. The neighbors could
use them when they were available. Therefore they were considered part of the Fayetteville
Public Park system. That was the reason the City could justify paying half the cost of the gym.
Alderman Russell stated it was his understanding that the school was paying slightly more than
the City. The school had committed $342,000. The City's commitment was $317,000.
Mr. Moorland Blackwell, an architect and professor at the School of Architecture, read a letter
supporting a brick gym stressing the need for a quality building.
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Ms. Julia Abram, an area resident and an architect, stated she had mixed feelings. She asked
them to look at different options and not to let the project drag on for three more years.
Mr. Dan Coody, an area resident, stated he hated to see the deterioration of the neighborhood
continue. He thought a metal building would be inappropriate. The houses in the area had been
fixed up really nicely and it would be a shame to detract from that.
Mr. Rick Alexander, an area resident, stated his son was a student at the school. Over the last ten
years there had been a lot of renovation in the downtown area. He thought approximately 50%
of the property in the downtown area had been renovated. He had been part of that. There
should be a gym at the school. The issue was whether or not to have a brick facade. In all the
renovations in the downtown area, not one metal building had been a part of it. In the historic
area, a metal building would be inappropriate. Sometimes it costs more to do the right thing, but
it was what made the City a great place to live. He urged the City not to be the first to put a
metal building in the historic district.
Mr. Roy Karr, School Superintendent, stated if he had the money he would build exactly what
the patrons would like to have. He had to deal with reality. The fact was they had to get a place
for the kids to have PE and to go during the winter time. Currently the kids had to go to the
cafeteria. They had a budget and they had to follow the budget. It was his recommendation to
the school board that this was all that they could afford. It was more important to him to have
the kids in a good building where they could have good programs. In reality the money was not
there from the school's point of view. There were two major projects which had to be finished in
the middle schools. His recommendation to the School Board would be that they did not have
the funds to keep adding to this project. They needed to go with what they could afford. They
were going to have to borrow approximately $42,000 from one of those projects that they already
started. In reality they could not build what everyone wanted.
Alderman Daniel questioned if the Council voted to fund this request, what percentage of brick
would there be compared to metal.
Mr. Karr replied it was his understanding that there would be six feet of brick on the corners and
four feet of brick around the sides, the back and the front. The rest of the building would be
metal. The walls of the building was approximately fifteen feet.
Alderman Young asked if the School Board could come up with approximately $40,000 to put
up all brick.
Mr. Karr stated it was his recommendation that if they funded the $660,000 project, partial brick,
they were going to have to borrow $42,000 from another project that they had going now. If the
City Council looked at funding an all brick project ($741 ,826.00), they were both going to have
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to come up with $ 133,413 .00 to go with what they had already budgeted. Their money was so
tight now with trying to finish the middle schools. He was not speaking for the School Board.
The School Board would react to what the Council agreed to do tonight on Thursday night. He
did not know what they were going to do, but he knew what he was going to recommend.
Ms. Judith Levine, an area resident, stated she could not believe they were considering building a
20-year building rather than a 100-year building. She added there had been no fund-raising for
the project. They had had no opportunity to fund-raise.
Alderman Daniel stated the School Board or the PTO would be more appropriate to do fund-
raising.
Mayor Hanna stated they had started out with a participation of $225,000, which was what they
had put in on the last two gyms they had built. They did not run the school system. What the
City was trying to do was to find the funds to match what the school had asked to do. The
concerns she was expressing should be expressed to the School Board and not the Council.
Mr. Karr did not believe it would be a problem to do a fund-raiser. Their problem was they had
to act by December 1 , 1999 for this price. After that date they would have to go back to the
drawing board. The PTO took on fund-raisers themselves.
Mayor Hanna added what they were trying to decide was whether or not to match the school's
funds to do a higher priced building than what they had normally done. They needed to be
careful using City funds. They were using these funds as park funds. If they were putting more
money into this than the school system, he did not know if the taxpayers or the court system
would agree with them.
Alderman Santos suggested tabling the item to see if they could raise additional money. He was
not willing to contribute additional money to an inferior building. He was going to vote against
the inferior building.
Mr. Steve Frankenburger asked if the City could appropriate the money then allow them to
pressure the School Board. There was money for the things they valued. There was money for
the things that were important.
Alderman Russell withdrew his motion to approve the resolution.
Alderman Russell stated he was not interested in appropriating money to an inferior building.
He thought they might as well build an all metal building if they were only going to get partial
brick. The principal was that they wanted a long lasting building that was compatible with the
neighborhood. He was willing to appropriate the additional money provided it was legal for
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them to do so and if the funds were available. He could understand Mr. Karr's position, but if he
was on the School Board, he thought he would wait and put the gym off a couple of years. He
understood the children needed a gym.
Alderman Trumbo asked where the additional money would come from.
Mr. Venable replied it would come from the Parks Department budget and they would have to
eliminate some of the programs they had scheduled. In fact they had already done that with the
$92,000.
Alderman Daniel noted they had heard a lot from the public about how much they were behind
with their park maintenance.
Alderman Santos stated the school had gotten by for seventy years without a gym and he did not
see why they could not wait a few more years until they could afford to do the project right. The
City would have more money next year. It might be a year or two delay, but it would be worth it
by getting a building that would last a hundred years.
Alderman Santos moved to table the item. Alderman Trumbo seconded the motion. Mr.
Rick Alexander stated it was time this school had a gym. He asked that this project not be put on
the back burner. The community would not be happy if they had no gym for another seventy
years. A lot of taxes were raised in this part of town. There was a lot of school money raised in
the downtown area. It was not appropriate that this school go without a gym. His son would not
enjoy the gym, but other children would.
Ms. Judith Levine asked them to table the item until December 1 to see if they could do some
fund-raising.
Mayor Hanna stated they could call a special meeting if they needed to.
Alderman Austin stated the Council was asked to contribute extra money to meet the standards
the community had set. He thought this was an inappropriate place to discuss it. He did not
believe they should discuss raising money for the schools. He was uncomfortable in postponing
the decision. He questioned raising the standard of this facility above the other community
gyms. He did not have a problem with the school board doing that, but he had a problem with
the City doing that. There were a lot of people out there coming to the City for money and a lot
of that money was coming from the Parks Department.
Alderman Daniel asked if there was a certain percentage of time the City had to use the facility.
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Mr. Rose replied he did not know of any set formula. The principle they were trying to do was to
contribute money to the schools. They were trying to get some city use out of a building that the
City was going to use part of the time and the school was going to use part of the time. The City
used it for a very legitimate public park purpose. They did not need the school to construct the
building. It just worked out nicely because the school did not need the building 24 hours a day.
The partnership had worked very well over the years.
Upon roll call the motion to table the item carried unanimously, 8-0-0.
BOTANICAL GARDEN
A resolution approving $ 15,000 matching funds for an Arkansas Department of Parks and
Tourism Grant to support the Botanical Garden Society of the Ozarks, Inc.
Alderman Trumbo stated he had brought this item forward at the request of Donna Porter. The
organization had had three fund-raisers per year. There were some pros and cons on regarding
where the money was coming from.
Mr. Maguire stated it was his understanding that five thousand would come from the A&P
Commission and the rest would come from the Parks Department.
Alderman Trumbo stated they had done a lot of work on the garden. The City had a land lease
with this group to develop the botanical garden. They were in the process of creating the Master
Facility Plan that was going to cost approximately $ 130,000 to complete. This $30,000 would
go toward the Master Facility Plan. He had spoken with the State Department which handled the
grant. They had told them there were no strings attached. The municipality had to match the
funds. The money had to go toward the facility plan. They had done this for the public library.
They did not know if the bond issue was going to pass for the library. He thought this would be
a nice amenity for the City.
Alderman Daniel thought the botanical garden had wonderful potential for the City. She thought
this was well worth the opportunity and that it may not come along again. This type of planning
was essential to get the project off to a good start. This was a grass roots effort and they needed
some financial help. The City had leased them the property, but they had not given them any
cash.
Alderman Trumbo stated they had held a number of fund-raisers. He thought this would be
money well spent. They were not going to get people to donate for a botanical garden unless
they could see that someone had planned for it. They needed this document to sell the project.
Alderman Davis stated he liked the idea of a botanical garden, but he expressed a concern about
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the organization coming to the City over and over again asking for additional funds. He did not
believe that was something they wanted to do. This was a grant. He asked if the grant would
have to be repaid if the project was not executed correctly.
Mr. Maguire stated it was his understanding that the City would advance all of the funds. The
City would manage the funds and furnish proof of expenditures of the funds, then they would be
reimbursed.
Alderman Trumbo stated the state agency he had spoken with today stated that as long as the
$30,000 had a track history of being spent toward getting a master plan the money would not
have to be repaid even if nothing materialized. The money had to be used for a master plan.
Alderman Davis stated the only way he would be in favor of this would be if the City only gave
them $ 10,000 and they could use the $5,000 the A&P had given them.
Alderman Russell questioned the money from the A&P. He noted the A&P Commission could
not apply for the grant.
Mr. Maguire stated the City would have to apply for this.
Alderman Daniel stated she was on the A&P Commission and that was not her understanding.
They had requested $20,000. It was her understanding the money was for the botanical garden.
Ms. Donna Porter, Botanical Garden, stated they were talking about a multi-million dollar
facility that would benefit all of northwest Arkansas. She could see the benefit these gardens
would provide for the school systems and the economy. This grant had been placed in their lap.
They had had no intention of asking the City for money, but this came up. It would benefit the
City. They had been at this for seven years. It was not an easy job to raise millions of dollars for
a facility. They had had faith and vision. There was other money out there and they were
searching every avenue they could for funding. They were not looking for funding from any one
source. They were trying to generate money. She asked them not to take the money the A&P
had just given them. They were trying to raise a million dollars.
Alderman Trumbo stated they had done a lot of work in seven years and this plan was really vital
to get to the next step, of getting people to really donate. They had to have a professionally done
study before they could get some real dollars coming her way.
Ms. Porter stated one of the reasons that had motivated them to move forward on the Master Plan
was that they had had a major corporation interested in the botanical garden. The study would
provide projected cost estimates of each feature and all the different gardens, the fountain, and
centers. With this document they could go out and sell the garden to corporations and private
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donors. They were starting from scratch. A lot of gardens were started from private estates that
were turned into botanical gardens. The people doing the plan were top rate people. Good
planning would result in a good product.
Alderman Davis questioned where they were going to find the rest of the money for study.
Ms. Porter replied they had other grants submitted and they would be contacting private donors.
They would know by the end of the year if they were getting the additional monies.
Alderman Daniel stated she saw this as an investment. They did fund entities that were non-
profit because it would be good for the community. She thought eventually it would bring in
more money for the City. They needed more attractions to get people to come to their City and
the botanical garden would be a big attraction.
Alderman Russell noted the City had appropriated money to First Night and other organizations
that served a legitimate purpose. He had no problem with appropriating money to this project.
Alderman Daniel moved to approve the resolution. Alderman Santos seconded the motion.
Mr. Davis clarified that the grant application required that the City contract the people doing the
study, and the payment had to be made to the contractor on City checks. They were not
appropriating the money to the Botanical Gardens. They were appropriating the money to do a
feasibility study for the Botanical Gardens that exists on leased land from the City. The contract
would have to come back to the City Council for their approval.
Upon roll call the motion carried unanimously, 8-0-0.
RESOLUTION 148-99 AS RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK.
CITY OF CHARACTER
A resolution establishing the City of Fayetteville as a City of Character with the Internal
Association of Character Cities.
Mayor Hanna stated he wanted to make some comments before they began their discussion. He
had received several calls on this item. It was not his intention for this to cause a controversy in
the City of Fayetteville. He had received Alderman Santos' letter about the program being
partisan and sectarian. If they read the resolution they could not make that statement because it
was neither. Another comment was that they were talking about Character First. Character First
was the program that was initiated in 1996 by Governor Huckabee to put character training into
public schools. They had this program in a number of schools around the state including
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Fayetteville and Springdale. It was not his intention to have the City to be a part of the schools'
character training. He did not want people to get the idea that they wanted to spend a lot of
money. This was not a program. This was an idea to include the whole community. He had no
objection to other members of the community bringing forth their ideas. He did have a problem
with them switching from one character program to another because something had to be
presented. He had no problem with the Council tabling the item or voting on it. He had no
problem with appointing a committee. Many of the churches and leaders in the community
wanted to get the character program into businesses and other organizations. They were wanting
help with the civic clubs and any other clubs in Fayetteville and with any of the churches or
religious organizations in Fayetteville. This was an outgrowth of the Mayor's Council for
Stronger Families which they started four years ago. They were trying to bring the families
together and to stop some of things like spousal abuse, juvenile delinquency, petty crime around
the City and people that were not tolerant of their neighbors. This was a community effort. He
did not envision the City spending any money on this whatsoever. If there were any monies to
be spent it would have to be raised through private sources. What they wanted was for
Fayetteville to be a "City of Character." This program was started in 1996 when the mayor of
Baton Rouge asked how he could make his City a better place to live. His choice was to make
Baton Rouge the first City of Character. Little Rock and Mountain Home were members of that
program. This should not be controversial. If it was controversial, he thought they were starting
it off without character.
Alderman Daniel stated the best thing they could do as members of the Council was to
demonstrate good character themselves. She was not sure how affective this type of program
would be. She thought they needed to open it up for discussion. We were a very diverse
community. It was a very interesting exercise to see what people thought were good qualities.
Mayor Hanna did not believe the character traits they would put forward would apply to any one
religion. He thought they would apply to everyone. Truthfulness was truthfulness; it did not
matter what religion you were. It had been hard with this Council on Stronger Families. It had
been very slow. He thought it had helped the community. If they made people aware, it helped.
He thought it would look very bad for them to be mired down by an argument over whether or
not we should be a City of Character.
Alderman Russell stated he had not heard of any objections to the City promoting good character
traits. He was not sure that we needed to associate ourselves with any organization or to adopt
any formal program. He thought they needed to look at all of the different organizations out
there. They needed to take this seriously and open it up for public discussion. They might want
to just borrow some principles from all of them.
Mayor Hanna stated he would like to see them pass the resolution and form a committee to pick
the words they were going to use. What he would like to see happen would be to put the
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program into affect in the City of Fayetteville. It was particularly important to the people who
met the public. What they would have would be division heads to make a brief statement about
character qualities during staff meetings. He did not think they were out of line to promote
character qualities within their organization. He hoped other organizations would pick it up.
They were not talking about spending any money. He thought if any materials were needed they
would be donated.
Alderman Austin stated that he admired Mayor Hanna for taking his position. He knew
something about the proposed program. It was a good program. It was not all inclusive. It was
a good program and because he looked up to the Mayor, as he did the Governor when he
promoted a program, he looked up to them as leaders. He was in favor of endorsing the program.
Alderman Santos thought the program was very scary because its founder. He listed some of the
problems associated with the organizer. He did not believe the City should be associated with
this program. He thought they needed to look at other programs. They needed to have a
committee to look at different organizations.
Mayor Hanna stated he did not know where Mr. Santos had gotten his information on the
founder, but he did not believe it was correct. He was not pushing this man, but the resolution
did not have anything to do with him.
Alderman Russell stated the resolution established Fayetteville as endorsing the program. He
thought before they did that they needed to appoint a committee to look at different programs.
Alderman Russell moved to table the resolution until they appointed a committee to look at
the issue further. Alderman Daniel seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion failed
by a vote of 4-4-0, Aldermen Davis, Trumbo, Reynolds, and Austin voting nay.
Alderman Young asked why they had to be associated with an organization.
Alderman Trumbo moved to amend the resolution to drop the phrase "International
Association of Character Cities" which would make the resolution generic. Alderman
Davis seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion carried unanimously, 8-0-0.
Alderman Young moved to strike all the mentions of "whereas" and to remove all the
character words and to not capitalize the "City of Character." Alderman Santos seconded
the motion. Upon roll call the motion failed by a vote of 4-5-0, Davis, Trumbo, Reynolds,
Austin and Mayor Hanna voting nay.
Alderman Young questioned the use of the word 'obedient." He questioned if there was a hidden
agenda of the organization.
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Mr. Lowell Grisham, an Episcopalian minister, stated he was disappointed that they had not
considered other programs. He questioned the basic principles of Bill Gothard, the founder of
the proposed program. He asked the City Council to vote against the resolution because it would
align them with this association.
Alderman Trumbo stated he thought this would be something good for the community. He was
not trying to align himself or the City with a particular individual.
Mayor Hanna stated he had gotten the idea from the U.S. Conference of Mayors for Stronger
Families which had been sponsored by Mayor Goldsmith of Indianapolis. They had just taken
out the "International Association of Character Cities" from the resolution. He had not read any
of the information Mr. Grisham had quoted, but he believed there were two sides to every story.
He thought it was their governor who had implemented this program in our schools. He thought
the governor would have looked into it before doing so.
Alderman Austin stated he was not trying to convert anyone. He had been to several of Mr.
Gothard' s seminars and he had never heard any of the things being said about him. He did not
believe in everything Mr. Gothard did but he did admire him for his own personal character. Mr.
Gothard did not lead Mr. Austin's family and Mr. Austin did not follow Mr. Gothard, but as a
Christian he followed the Lord.
Mr. Grisham suggested that the Council look at other programs. He did not trust the source of
this program.
Alderman Trumbo stated they needed to keep religion out of this and keep it generic, using
principles everyone thought were sound.
Ms. Judith Levine, an area resident, stated that she thought character building was a great idea.
There were many programs which encouraged good character traits. There needed to be a true
and nonpartisan way to teach character building. Fayetteville needed unifying programs. She
thought there would be better programs out there.
Mr. Jacob Adler stated he supported character-building in the community. However, he could
not support the program which was in the original resolution.
Ms. Ann Hanna stated she wanted to defend the City of Character program. She had met Bill
Gothard and had seen his results. The Christian Law was based on the Judeo-Christian Law.
The schools have used programs like this and it was changing the attitudes of the kids. The kids
now had self-respect because they respect each other. They were not pushing one religion. The
law of the land had been based on Biblical principles. It was our responsibility to teach our
children how to be good citizens and to be responsible.