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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-07-19 - MinutesFayetteville Forward Economic Accountability Action Committee
Meeting
Facilitator
Susan Norton
Meeting Scribe
Susan Norton
Meeting Date
July 19, 2013
Meeting Start
Time
9:OOam
Location
Fayetteville City
Meeting End
10:30am
Hall, Room 326
Time
Attending
Susan Norton, Dede Peters, Peg Hart, Sarah Marsh,
Teresa Mauer, Margo Jackson, Lioneld Jordan
The meeting was called to order by Susan Norton in room 326 of City Hall. Norton
asked for additions to the June meeting notes; the notes were accepted. Norton called for
action group reports. Margo Jackson reported that the Inclusion group is being
interviewed by the UA Applied Sustainability Center, having been given a STAR
Community Rating. Margo met with the Mayor and Dede, working on a Compassionate
Fayetteville plan to name February as the month of compassion and action. They will
bring a proclamation to be issued by the Mayor and are working on a one-year action
plan to become an official Compassionate City.
Peg Hart reported on Phil Stafford's conversation regarding upcoming Wesley Chapel
demolition. The University is performing a full recordation of the structure and exploring
if it might be dismantled and re -erected at another site. Campus Planning have been
instructed to inform Jeremy Pate with City Planning on the progress of the work. The
Park Center Grid -connected Advanced Power Electronics (GRAPES) held its fourth
annual PEDG Conference (Power Electric Distributed Generation) at the John G.
Hammons Center on July 9. It was attended by over 100 people from around the world.
Attendees toured the Park and participated in the Arkansas Strut, sampling food
representing the four corners of Arkansas. BiologicsMD, a Park affiliated company, is
working on a drug to help rebuild and strengthen bones of people with osteoporosis and
has announced a new CEO, J. David Owens. The Town N Gown Committee met at the
Park and subcommittees returned some reports, including one on a MAP of UA
boundaries and buffer areas into the city and another on emergency response. Clorox
Category Mgmt. Group visited the Park and HIDEC. Manufacturing Day is October 4
and Brandon Brown is the contact at AMS.
Sarah Marsh reported on the Green Economy Group and mentioned that the City Council
supported the Carbon Fee and Dividend Resolution, pointing out the need for an
education campaign for this program. The Greening of the MLS is in fundraising mode
to be able to include HERS rating scores in the search menu (Home Energy Rating
System). They are grant seeking to fund a director and standards program to teach
realtors how to use the system. Saturday will be "weatherize Walker Park" day and
volunteers will drop weatherizing kits at people's homes.
Teresa Mauer reported from the Local Foods Group about the new city ordinance to
allow the market to close Block street for safety reasons and they are studying the best
way to lay it out, trying various configurations. Businesses are having a favorable
response. The Independent reported they had tripled their business due to new layout.
Teresa reminded everyone that the Town Center Parking its Free and there are additional
spaces behind the Bank for handicapped. The Dog Days Sidewalk Sale is next week.
The Local Food Group Meeting is next Tuesday at the Chamber at 5:30. There will be
updates from the Urban Ag Task Force and Feed Fayetteville on the Food Hub on Locust.
Edible Ozarkansas will publish from the Food Hub. There will be a new Foods Facebook
Page put up soon. The new Local Food Guide is coming along. It has grown from 16 to
52 pages with the inclusion of more businesses and farms. They will launch it at the
Roots Festival in August. The guide is being funded by the NW Ark Council for 10,000
copies. There is a calendar of product availability sponsored by Ozark Natural Foods. It
will be online; a mobile app is being designed by Julie McQuade. The Yvonne
Richardson Center brought kids to the market and gave them $10 to spend. A new local
non-profit, Ozark Slow Food is providing money for microgrants program to fund small
farmers. There will be a Fund Your Farmers Fundraiser at Greenhouse Grille on Sunday,
July 2l from 5-7.
Dede Peters reported there will be a Party in the Park funded by the Community
Development Block Grant today with hot dogs and ice cream at 11:45. The Wilson Park
pool Dive In starts tonight with "Wreck it Ralph" - the movie starts at sundown. There
are now free electric charging stations in the downtown parking area sponsored by the
City and Swepco. Charging is free; parking is not.
Mayor Jordan updated the group on a variety of items. The Flyover is progressing and
steel is being laid. They will bring extension bonds to the Council for the expansion of
the Walton Arts Center and the youth baseball and soccer fields at the Regional Park.
The tunnel on Martin Luther King to get started under the Mill and Old Co-op at
Government and School is underway and hope is to have it complete by September.
Work has begun on Rogers Drive. In August the city will receive the dollars from the
transportation tax to begin on the sidewalks. There are more sidewalks planned in the
next 3.5 years than have been constructed or repaired in the past 20 years. The Mayor
showed the group the Mayor's Box and design of roads, paths, and walkways
interconnecting the corners of the city. The Ark/Mo RR passenger cards for a tourist line
are still being explored. Wayfinding signs are being deployed this month. Lights of the
Ozarks will extend down Block street to Dickson this year. The Midtown Business
district will form an area around Evelyn Hills to focus on improvements on College.
There is a new Pocket Map for Trials and Bikeways that won an ESRI award; it is being
distributed at the Visitor's Center and bike shops in town. The City won an Outstanding
Achievement Award for Beneficial Bio -Solids at the US Conference of Mayors. The city
was awarded a $100,000 NEA Grant to develop an ArtScape on School from Rock to
Dickson.
The meeting adjourned at 10:10 a.m.