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Home My WebLink About1995-06-22 - Minutes• • • MINUTES OF PLAT REVIEW MEETING A meeting of the Fayetteville Plat Review Committee was held on Thursday, June 22, 1995 in Room 111 of the City Administration Building, 113 West Mountain Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas. UTILITY REPRESENTATIVES: Dennis Burback, Tim Johnson, and Mike Phipps CITY REPRESENTATIVES: Charles Venable, Alett Little, Lisa Cox, Mickey Jackson, and Janet Johns In regard to Arkansas House Bill known as Arkansas One Call, Ms. Little stated it was her understanding if a utility line was broken, the utilities were not responsible for charges involved with damages. Mr. Johnson explained the Bill gave the utilities authority to file claims in Municipal Court and the person can be fined up to $2,500 and pay restitution for damages. Discussion ensued regarding tracing wires. Ms. Little stated she had received a call from a resident at Highway 45 and Highway 265 regarding locating flag poles in a utility easement. Discussion ensued regarding the height of the proposed poles, Mr. Burback stated that according to Arkansas State Law, no work could be done within 10 feet of the line. • • • Plat Review Minutes June 22, 1995 Page 2 FINAL PLAT - HIDDEN LAKE ESTATES MARK MARQUESS - N OF MISSION, W OF RAMSEY The first item on the agenda was the final plat for Hidden Lake Estates submitted by Milholland Engineering on behalf of BMP Development for property located west of Ramsey Street, north of Mission Boulevard. The property is zoned R -I, Low Density Residential and contains 15 acres. Ms. Little stated staff had received complaints regarding tree preservation compliance and asked if the developer be cautioned. Mr. Burback with SWEPCO stated the plat looked satisfactory and requested a soft copy of same. Mr. Johnson with TAC requested a soft copy as did Ms. Little for a total of three soft copies Mr. Johnson further inquired as to whether or not the current utility easement on the property line would be abandoned and Mr. Burback stated the overhead single phase line was there by right of service and Mr. Bunn stated it was not a dedicated easement. Further Mr. Johnson stated the easements as shown were satisfactory and cable would be laid in the trench at the time of development. Additionally, he stated if charges for laying were incurred they would be charged back to the owner of the property. Mr. Johnson stated new policy was that if no charges were incurred from SWEPCO, no monies would be charged to lay cable. Mr. Burback stated SWEPCO would bill .25 cents per foot. Mr. Bunn requested note 2 be clarified to reflect the finished floor be 2 feet above the flood plain. Discussion ensued regarding elevation of lots in the flood plain. Ms. Cox requested a warranty deed for park land dedication and Mr. Bunn stated it would need to reflect metes and bounds description. Mr. Petrie stated he was not clear on what needed to be dedicated with the detention pond. Ms. Little inquired as to the size of the pond and who would maintain same. Discussion ensued. Ms. Little stated a drainage easement would be required. Mr. Petrie stated they would prefer a drainage easement rather than deeding the entire area to the City. Mr. Bunn stated he would need to see same. Mr. Franklin stated the street names should be changed per his discussion with Mr. Milholland. Ms. Little stated Mr. Milholland was opposed to changing names. Ms. Little stated the area had a concrete swail instead of underground drainage and Mr. Bunn noted it was only a short distance and explained the water would go above ground and into a pipe with flow in excess of 25 year storm. Discussion ensued. Mr. Bunn requested the drainage easement. Ms. Little requested sidewalks on the plat along with setbacks for each lot added at final plat stage. Ms. Little stated that Rick Evans from Arkansas Western Gas had contact her and would accept the plat. Discussion ensued regarding final plats. • • • Plat Review Minutes June 22, 1995 Page 3 Ms. Little requested a copy of the protective covenants, and a deed for park land prior to Planning Commission meeting. She also requested the covenants address the maintenance of the islands by the homeowners association. Further Ms. Little stated at preliminary plat stage Jordan Lane had been required to stub out. Discussion ensued regarding adjustment of the lot line. Mr. Bunn stated the stub out ends at the park land and the curb should be concrete. Ms. Little stated a 50 feet right of way had been dedicated to the north and they no discussion had been made on whether or not they would make contribution toward improvements of sidewalks and Old Wire Road. -. • • • Plat Review Minutes June 22, 1995 Page 4 FINAL PLAT - MADISON AVENUE SAM MATHIAS - S OF MISSION, E OF STARR The next item on the agenda was the final plat for Madison Avenue submitted by Milholland Engineering on behalf of S&S Development for property located south of Mission Boulevard, east of Starr Road. The property is zoned R- 1, Low Density Residential and contains 10.18 acres. Ms. Little stated Madison Avenue should.be renamed either Madison -Drive or Madison Street: -Further she requested the median be shown on Star Road. Ms. Little requested a copy of the protective covenants. Ms. Cox stated $5,175 for parks fees in lieu of land dedication. Mr. Phipps with Ozarks Electric Cooperative stated the easement looked fine. Mr. Johnson with TAC stated the easements were fine and they were already in the trench. Further he stated he had a bill which he would pass to the owners. Mr. Franklin stated the plat was fine. Mr. Jackson stated the plat was fine. Mr. Bunn requested correction to the title block to include approval of the water and sewer. Ms. Little requested the parks sign and utility sign be included. Further she requested sidewalks be shown on one side of the streets and around the cul-de-sac. She requested setbacks and dimensions from centerline on Star Drive and Highway 45 be included on the plat. Ms. Little inquired as to the status of Star Road and Mr. Petrie stated they had paid one-half of the improvements to same. Discussion ensued. Mr. Bunn requested a cooperative cost sharing project with the other contractor to improve the other one-half and Mr. Petrie agreed to same. Ms. Little requested a copy of the protective covenants. Further she suggested that dialogue with Mr. Johnson, 911 coordinator, regarding changing the title of the project. She also requested two soft copies.