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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-12-19 - Minutes -Council Member Adella Gray Ward 1 Position 1 Council Member Sarah Marsh Ward 1 Position 2 Council Member Mark Kinion Ward 2 Position 1 Council Member Matthew Petty Ward 2 Position 2 Mayor Lioneld Jordan City Attorney Kit Williams City Clerk Sondra E. Smith City of Fayetteville Arkansas City Council Meeting December 19, 2017 City Council Meeting Minutes December 19, 2017 Page 1 of 14 Council Member Justin Tennant Ward 3 Position 1 Council Member Sarah Bunch Ward 3 Position 2 Council Member John La Tour Ward 4 Position 1 Council Member Kyle Smith Ward 4 Position 2 A meeting of the Fayetteville City Council was held on December 19, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. in Room 219 of the City Administration Building located at 113 West Mountain Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Mayor Jordan called the meeting to order. PRESENT: Council Members Adella Gray, Sarah Marsh, Mark Kinion, Matthew Petty, Justin Tennant, Sarah Bunch, John La Tour, Kyle Smith, Mayor Lioneld Jordan, City Attorney Kit Williams, City Clerk Sondra Smith, Staff, Press, and Audience. Pledge of Allegiance Mayor's Announcements, Proclamations and Recognitions: None City Council Meeting Presentations, Reports, and Discussion Items: Nominating Committee Report Council Member Kinion presented the Nominating Committee report and recommended the appointments as submitted. A copy of the report is attached. Council Member Marsh moved to approve the Nominating Committee Report. Council Member Gray seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed 7-1. Council Members Tennant, Bunch, Smith, Gray, Marsh, Kinion, and Petty voting yes. Council Member La Tour voting no. 113 West Mountain Fayetteville, AR 72701 (479) 575-8323 www.fayetteville-ar.gov City Council Meeting Minutes December 19, 2017 Page 2 of 14 Agenda Additions: None Consent: Approval of the December 5, 2017 City Council Meeting Minutes. Approved Animal Services Donation Revenue: A resolution to approve a budget adjustment in the amount of $48,478.00 representing donation revenue to Animal Services from January through November of 2017. Resolution 265-17 as recorded in the office of the City Clerk Ranger's Pantry and Senior Giving Tree Donations: A resolution to approve a budget adjustment in the total amount of $1,006.00 representing donations to Ranger's Pantry in the amount of $481.00 and the Senior Giving Tree in the amount of $525.00. Resolution 266-17 as recorded in the office of the City Clerk Garver, LLC Task Order No. 10: A resolution to authorize the application for Arkansas Department of Aeronautics Grant Funds in the amount of $117,000.00, and to approve Task Order No. 10 with Garver, LLC in the amount of $19,000.00 for bid package development, bidding services, and construction phase services for an Airfield Pavement Marking Rehabilitation Project at Drake Field. Resolution 267-17 as recorded in the office of the City Clerk Garver, LLC Agreement No. 2: A resolution to approve Supplemental Agreement No. 2 to the contract with Garver, LLC in an amount not to exceed $307,167.00 for construction management services, additional archeological testing and mitigation services, and additional design services associated with the design and construction of a portion of Rupple Road between West Starry Night View and West Mount Comfort Road, and to approve a budget adjustment. Resolution 268-17 as recorded in the office of the City Clerk Town Center Entry Stairs and Landing: A resolution to approve a budget adjustment in the amount of $170,000.00 to provide funds for engineering and construction costs associated with the removal and replacement of the Town Center entry stairs and landing. Resolution 269-17 as recorded in the office of the City Clerk Council Member Marsh moved to accept the Consent Agenda as read. Council Member Kinion seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed unanimously. 113 West Mountain Fayetteville, AR 72701 (479) 575-8323 www.fayetteville-ar.gov City Council Meeting Minutes December 19, 2017 Page 3 of 14 Unfinished Business: Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Arkansas: An ordinance to waive the requirements of formal competitive bidding and approve a contract between the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas and the Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Arkansas in the amount of $98,887.00 to provide public recreation services for the Senior Citizens of Fayetteville for 2018. This ordinance was left on the first reading at the December 5, 2017 City Council meeting. Council Member Gray moved to suspend the rules and go to the second reading. Council Member Tennant seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed unanimously. City Attorney Kit Williams read the ordinance. Connie Edmonston, Parks & Recreation Director gave a brief description of the ordinance. She spoke about an addition to the contract for the Parks & Recreation Director or designee to participate in the interviews of the Senior Center Director. Aubrey Shepherd, Citizen spoke about the interviewing of the new Senior Center Director. He stated his satisfaction with the previous Director and would like to have her reinstated. Council Member Kinion moved to suspend the rules and go to the third and final reading. Council Member Marsh seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed unanimously. City Attorney Kit Williams read the ordinance. Council Member Marsh: Thank you to the staff at the Area Agency on Aging for addressing all the requests and concerns I had. Mayor Jordan asked shall the ordinance pass. Upon roll call the ordinance passed unanimously. Ordinance 6019 as Recorded in the office of the City Clerk Public Hearing: Raze and Removal 265 West Nonnamaker Drive: A resolution certifying to the tax collector of Washington County, Arkansas the costs of razing and removal of a dilapidated and unsafe structure upon the property owned by Harold and Rosetta Harmon located at 265 west Nonnamaker drive in the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas. Mayor Jordan opened the Public Hearing. David Carver, Code Compliance Administrator gave a brief description of the resolution. City Attorney Kit Williams: Is it correct that we hired an independent contractor to do this? 113 West Mountain Fayetteville, AR 72701 (479) 575-8323 www.fayetteville-ar.gov City Council Meeting Minutes December 19, 2017 Page 4 of 14 David Carver: Yes. Council Member La Tour: I am always concerned about being fair with everybody. I spoke with the owner and he looked to be making attempts to meet the standards we are setting for him. What became of all of that? David Carver: He failed to acquire a building permit from our Building Safety Division. He was granted another grace period after the required 30 days from approval of the resolution. I believe it was close to 80 days after the resolution before we started work. Building Safety tried to the best of their ability, but you can't force somebody to apply for a building permit. He failed to acquire one. City Attorney Kit Williams: This is the first time I ever remember that we had to hire a contractor and demolish one of these houses. That's not what we like to do. There were efforts to try and get him to fix up his property. He did not come forward with a contractor that was going to do everything required to make this house safe, according to our Building Safety Division. They felt a piecemeal wasn't sufficient and that's why the city, after giving him almost three times as much time as he's really allowed under the statute, went ahead and had the contractor remove the house. It's never a happy time when this happens. We don't like to see that, but from the evidence we gave you, there really wasn't anything else reasonable for the city to do. Council Member La Tour: The house has already been razed? City Attorney Kit Williams: It has been razed and removed. This is the bill for doing that. Paula Smith stated she is the oldest daughter of the property owner and is representing him. She stated that the land was under a federal land patent. She doesn't believe the city had jurisdiction to tear the house down. City Attorney Kit Williams: Before we razed and removed, her father and mother filed suit against the City of Fayetteville saying we didn't have the legal right to raze and remove the property. I filed a motion for summary judgment laying out the fact that his complaint should be dismissed with prejudice. No response was made to my motion by Mr. Harmon. The judge then granted the city's motion and granted us summary judgement and dismissed his complaint with prejudice. If there had been another kind of defense other than the one he raised, then it must be brought in the cause of action when he initially sued us. A federal patent is a way to receive your property from the government. I don't think that gives any special privileges to it. You can sell, divide, and build on it. I don't think that provides any special protection and if it did then it would have to been raised in the time when Mr. Harmon sued us. The city has prevailed in that law suit and the judge found we were correct. The law is clear that what we did was correct, we filed the right statutes, and we provided notice. The City Council was extremely lenient. There was a report from Code Compliance and the Building Safety official about all the problems in that house. You had sufficient grounds to pass the raze and removal. 113 West Mountain Fayetteville, AR 72701 (479) 575-8323 www.fayetteville-ar.gov City Council Meeting Minutes December 19, 2017 Page 5 of 14 Daniel Harmon stated he is the son of the property owner. He spoke about the work performed on the house. He spoke about trying to obtain a permit. He spoke about the homeless population in the area. He stated the house was livable and it was unethical for you to tear the house down. Council Member La Tour: I toured the house and it's not a house I would choose to live in. It's below my family's standard. To a homeless person living under a bridge, that house was a step up. It is arrogant of us to say this house is deplorable and below the standard we think is acceptable. In the future, I would hope we see that perspective before we raze a house. It doesn't meet our standards, but we probably put somebody under a bridge by tearing down the house. City Attorney Kit Williams: The reason Code Compliance went to the house was because the person who was living there, called them. They said it was unfit. When Code Compliance verified that, they started trying to work with Mr. Harmon to get it fixed. Unfortunately, he was never willing to get a regular contractor. In Fayetteville, not having plumbing or a septic system that works, is not acceptable. We did everything we were required to do. Don Marr, Chief of Staff. The staffs' job is to execute policy passed by the Council. This Council voted 7-1 to have the house removed within a certain time. That time was extended. The contract was executed. The taxpayers for the City of Fayetteville paid for that cost. This item is to reimburse the taxpayers by putting a lien on the property should it sell in the future for the cost to remove it. The staff didn't do something without the complete authorization of this Council. Mayor Jordan closed the Public Hearing. Council Member Marsh moved to approve the resolution. Council Member Gray seconded the motion. Upon roll call the resolution passed 7-1. Council Members Tennant, Bunch, Smith, Gray, Marsh, Kinion, and Petty voting yes. Council Member La Tour voting no. Resolution 270-17 as recorded in the office of the City Clerk New Business: Bid #17-67 Crossland Heavy Contractors, Inc.: A resolution to award Bid #17-67 and authorize a contract with Crossland Heavy Contractors, Inc. in the amount $5,574,726.35 for the construction of a portion of Rupple Road between West Starry Night View and West Mount Comfort Road, to approve a project contingency in the amount of $418,104.00, and to approve a budget adjustment. Chris Brown, City Engineer gave a brief description of the resolution. Will Dockery, 4149 West Brad Street Lane stated Ward 4 needs more parks and a diverse commercial district. He stated it also needs better transportation. He spoke about the traffic in Ward 4 being a problem because of sprawl and a lack of connections. 113 West Mountain Fayetteville, AR 72701 (479) 575-8323 www.fayetteville-ar.gov City Council Meeting Minutes December 19, 2017 Page 6 of 14 Mayor Jordan thanked Chris Brown, staff, and the Transportation Committee for their work on the project. Council Member Kinion moved to approve the resolution. Council Member Marsh seconded the motion. Upon roll call the resolution passed unanimously. Resolution 271-17 as recorded in the office of the City Clerk Seven .Hills Homeless Center: An ordinance to waive the requirements of formal competitive bidding and approve a contract with Seven Hills Homeless Center in the amount of $103,000.00 for services to homeless and needy residents in Fayetteville in 2018. City Attorney Kit Williams read the ordinance. Paul Becker, Chief Financial Officer gave a brief description of the ordinance. Council Member Marsh moved to suspend the rules and go to the second reading. Council Member Kinion seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed unanimously. City Attorney Kit Williams read the ordinance. Council Member Gray moved to suspend the rules and go to the third and final reading. Council Member Kinion seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed unanimously. City Attorney Kit Williams read the ordinance. Council Member Tennant: I am in support of us helping Seven Hills Homeless Center, but this is not just a Fayetteville homeless shelter. The people there are from all over the region needing help. I'm glad we are helping. The Mayor and staff have done a good job over the years to try to get other cities to help us. I don't think they have been able to get a tremendous amount of cooperation from other cities to do that. It's hard to prove or for another city to take any responsibility that they should help. I believe other cities should consider helping the homeless shelter here. We have a situation where a lot of communities have folks that are using the shelter, not just Fayetteville. I would like to see a more regional approach to homelessness in this city. Mayor Jordan: We are certainly trying. I agree with everything that Council Member Tennant said. This is a regional issue. I'm proud of this city for stepping up and helping people. Most Americans in this country are about one paycheck away from being homeless. Mayor Jordan asked shall the ordinance pass. Upon roll call the ordinance passed unanimously. Ordinance 6020 as Recorded in the office of the City Clerk 113 West Mountain Fayetteville, AR 72701 (479) 575-8323 www.fayetteville-ar.gov City Council Meeting Minutes December 19, 2017 Page 7 of 14 VAC 17-5995 (1100 W. 15th St./Pinnacle Foods) Street Right -of -Way: An ordinance to approve VAC 17-5995 for property located at 1100 West 15th Street to vacate a portion of a street right-of-way. City Attorney Kit Williams read the ordinance. Andrew Garner, City Planning Director gave a brief description of the ordinance. The Planning Commission voted unanimously in favor. City staff recommends approval. Scott Collins, 1630 South Brooks spoke about three health and safety issues with the development. He spoke in opposition of the ordinance. Council Member Marsh: You spoke about the poor intersection at Brooks. I agree with you that it's a dangerous intersection. You spoke about a 6 -inch sewer line that's creating backflow issues into the creek. What's the third issue? Scott Collins: The flooding. Council Member La Tour: Did you say that people are getting raw sewage backed up into their homes or yards? Scott Collins: The city installed pop-up backflow preventers on the 6 -inch sewer line, which are in the stormwater ditch to prevent backflow into the homes. Apparently at some point they had this problem and the city installed the pop -ups. The sewage would come out into the stormwater ditch instead of the homes. Mayor Jordan: We wouldn't do that because it is against code. Scott Collins: The city sanitary people told me they installed them to prevent the sewage from going into the homes. Mayor Jordan: That would be correct, but we wouldn't put it down a storm drain. Scott Collins: There are two of them in a storm drain. Mayor Jordan: I will look into that. It is against code. Scott Collins: When the city came out in July and repaired the one that had popped off in the storm drain, they did no sampling or reporting. Mayor Jordan: I'll look into that. City Attorney Kit William: I think this argument has been made before. I spoke with our Wastewater Director and I believe he's mistaken about that. We don't put sewage down the creeks or storm drains. That would never be a way we would try to get rid of it. There is some 113 West Mountain Fayetteville, AR 72701 (479) 575-8323 www.fayetteville-ar.gov City Council Meeting Minutes December 19, 2017 Page 8 of 14 misunderstanding. I agree with Mayor Jordan that it would not be up to code and it wouldn't be something we would do. Aubrey Shepherd spoke about wetlands and flooding concerns. He stated it is critical that absorbent soil is used all over the city instead of putting in pipes. Council Member Kinion stated he would like to have the item held so there could be further discussion. He spoke about flooding and stormwater management. He stated the item would be discussed at the Water, Sewer, & Solid Waste Committee in January. Don Marr, Chief of Staff. This is a $30 million -dollar expansion for Pinnacle Foods and job retention in the City of Fayetteville. We competed against a location in another state and won this expansion so we didn't lose all the jobs going to another state. The staff is aware of these concerns about drainage. Our codes are set so that post -development should not impact land more than it did pre -development. Keep in mind, you are looking at development decisions that are needed for this $30 million -dollar expansion. This is a job retention and expansion of one of Fayetteville's legacy employers. Mayor Jordan: During conversations with the applicant, we wanted to make sure that it remained environmentally sensitive. I wanted them to contact Aubrey Shepherd because he is familiar with the area. They said they would contact and work with him to be sure that everything is like it should be on the wetlands. Don Marr stated they have been very accommodating to most of the city's environmental discussions. He spoke about some of the proposed plans. He stated they are being a good steward of the development codes. Mayor Jordan: You all can hold it on this reading. Devin, do you have anything to add? Devin Howland, Director of Economic Vitality spoke about Pinnacle Foods intention to leave the area better than they found it, regarding environmental aspects and drainage. City Attorney Kit Williams: The issue before the Council is whether this unused street right-of- way has any corporate purpose left or should it just be vacated. This won't approve the development. I would suggest that development issues be postponed until that comes either before you or the Planning Commission. This is merely a vacation of unused street right-of-way. Council Member Kinion: The concern is not so much the developmental aspect as we look at the property, but we have a total understanding and open transparency that we've considered the impact on the stormwater management. Is there an urgency to get the vacation? If there is an urgency then that could be considered. We will be meeting in January and could have further discussion. We need an open discussion on this. It's not in any way trying to impair the development of one of our legacy industries that I have respect for. Mayor Jordan: I don't know if it is time sensitive or not. 113 West Mountain Fayetteville, AR 72701 (479) 575-8323 www.fayetteville-ar.gov City Council Meeting Minutes December 19, 2017 Page 9 of 14 City Attorney Kit Williams: If you look at the map where the street easement is, that they are asking to have removed, it runs into their project. They might be concerned about grading and doing other activities over a street right-of-way until it has been approved for vacation by the City Council. I can't speak for them. It was determined there wasn't a representative for Pinnacle Foods in attendance. Council Member La Tour: Somebody is making a $30 million -dollar investment. Timing is always of the essence and we need to show these people that we have a commitment to them. They are keeping jobs in Fayetteville and we need to act quickly. We aren't talking about development issues. We are deciding if this piece of land has no corporate purposes. Council Member Gray: I would like to see us move on as a matter of encouragement to Pinnacle Foods. This is a simple matter and has nothing to do with the big development. Council Member Marsh: Vacating the utility easement won't exasperate the legitimate concerns that citizens have raised. Whether we hold this on the first reading or pass it tonight, we have some work to do in the Water, Sewer, & Solid Waste Committee. I would like us to look at the poor intersection at Brooks Avenue and 15th. It is a dangerous spot. The construction vehicles entering and leaving the site are creating additional hazards. Council Member Kinion: I just want to make sure we have an open discussion as we move forward. Mayor Jordan: That is the way I perceived it. Council Member Kinion: Thank you. Mayor Jordan: This vacation is not really the issue. Later, when we get more into the development I can understand how you would want to make sure the drainage and wetlands will remain as they are. Don Marr, Chief of Staff. The work being done is being done through an approved grading permit that went through Engineering review and approval. This is to be able to have the things necessary for the development submittal, which is planned for in January so you can have discussions on these other topics that relate more to the actual building. Mayor Jordan: They have been very reasonable and easy to work with. Council Member Petty moved to suspend the rules and go to the second reading. Council Member La Tour seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed unanimously. City Attorney Kit Williams read the ordinance. 113 West Mountain Fayetteville, AR 72701 (479) 575-8323 www.fayetteville-ar.gov City Council Meeting Minutes December 19, 2017 Page 10 of 14 Council Member Gray moved to suspend the rules and go to the third and final reading. Council Member La Tour seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed unanimously. City Attorney Kit Williams read the ordinance. Mayor Jordan asked shall the ordinance pass. Upon roll call the ordinance passed unanimously. Ordinance 6021 as Recorded in the office of the City Clerk VAC 17-5994 (1100 W. 15th St./Pinnacle Foods) Utility Easement: An ordinance to approve VAC 17-5994 for property located at 1100 West 15th Street to vacate a portion of a utility easement. City Attorney Kit Williams read the ordinance. Andrew Garner, City Planning Director gave a brief description of the ordinance. He stated staff met with Scott Collins and visited with him about his concerns. He stated the Water & Sewer Director addressed his claim about unsafe or illegal sewage being dumped into the creek and the Water & Sewer Director said it is not the case. He stated everything is being done legal. City staff recommends approval. Council Member Gray moved to suspend the rules and go to the second reading. Council Member La Tour seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed unanimously. City Attorney Kit Williams read the ordinance. Council Member Gray moved to suspend the rules and go to the third and final reading. Council Member Tennant seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed 7-0. Council Members Tennant, Bunch, La Tour, Smith, Gray, Kinion, and Petty voting yes. Council Member Marsh was absent during the vote. City Attorney Kit Williams read the ordinance. Mayor Jordan asked shall the ordinance pass. Upon roll call the ordinance passed unanimously. Ordinance 6022 as Recorded in the office of the City Clerk ADM 17-6007 (Decatur Drive Between 15th Street and Shiloh Drive/Barrett Dev. Group - Master Street Plan Amend): A resolution to amend the Master Street Plan by downgrading 15th Street West of Razorback Road and Decatur Drive all the way to Shiloh Drive from principal arterial to collector status. 113 West Mountain Fayetteville, AR 72701 (479) 575-8323 www.fayefteville-ar.gov City Council Meeting Minutes December 19, 2017 Page 11 of 14 Andrew Garner, City Planning Director gave a brief description of the resolution. City staff recommends approval. The Planning Commission recommends in favor of the request. Mayor Jordan: I don't see a four -lane going through there. Council Member Marsh moved to approve the resolution. Council Member Gray seconded the motion. Upon roll call the resolution passed unanimously. Resolution 272-17 as recorded in the office of the City Clerk Energy Action Plan: A resolution to accept and adopt an Energy Action Plan for the City of Fayetteville. Peter Nierengarten, Sustainability & Resilience Director gave a brief description of the resolution. Staff recommends approval. He requested for the resolution to be tabled to the January 2, 2018 City Council meeting to allow more public input. Council Member La Tour: Could you define clean energy? Peter Nierengarten: Clean energy is generally accepted to be cleaner than what we're using right now. Our current mix of energy we receive from our utility companies is fairly coal heavy. It is roughly 60% coal in our energy blend, another 30% natural gas, and some renewables. Council Member La Tour: Give me examples of cleaner energy. Peter Nierengarten: Wind power, solar, bio mass, natural gas that could be procured from landfill gas, from other sources that weren't extracting it from the earth. Council Member La Tour: If I get methane gas from a landfill, that's clean energy, but if I take natural gas out of the earth, that's not clean energy? Peter Nierengarten: It's not as clean. Emissions associated with natural gas are cleaner than coal. Methane is a greenhouse gas and its about 25 times more destructive than carbon dioxide. If we are able to take methane and keep it from being released to the atmosphere and burn it to generate electricity instead, there by offsetting natural gas that might have to be extracted from the earth, then that is accepted as being cleaner. Council Member La Tour: Your definition of clean energy, is cleaner energy? Peter Nierengarten: Yes. Council Member La Tour: Maybe what we move to is not really clean in and of itself. Solar energy is one of the cleanest? Peter Nierengarten: Absolutely. 113 West Mountain Fayetteville, AR 72701 (479) 575-8323 www.fayetteville-ar.gov City Council Meeting Minutes December 19, 2017 Page 12 of 14 Council Member La Tour: Wind turbines produce noise and kill birds from the motion. Solar is passive and would be perfectly clean if it wasn't for the manufacturing of the solar panel. When we move to clean energy in our area, that's wonderful, but we are simply substituting dirty energy in some other place. Some people believe there is no net gain, but instead a loss. It cost more energy to manufacture a solar panel than it does to use energy to produce heat, cooling, or transportation. It's not as easy as what we sometimes believe it to be. What is a green roof? Peter Nierengarten: A green roof is more structurally sound and substantial than a traditional roof. It has some level of a soil layer with plants growing on it. It provides greater insulating value to the space below it. It absorbs and captures stormwater that lands onto it, which is less stormwater runoff. Because it has plants growing on it, it's able to absorb carbon dioxide and breath atmosphere out as a living organism. A discussion followed about green roofs. Council Member La Tour: I like the idea of a green roof, but I don't want to be forced to put one in. Mayor Jordan: This is just a plan. We will bring back parts of the plan and you will get a choice whether you approve it or don't approve it. Council Member Marsh spoke about the benefits and cost of green roofs. Council Member La Tour stated he likes the idea, but would like more information about the cost. A discussion followed about the maintenance of a green roof. Council Member Smith thanked Peter and his staff for their work on the plan. Council Member Bunch stated she appreciated the breakdown of the plan and the way it was presented. She requested a hard copy of the document. City Attorney Kit Williams: It is available on our website for anyone to download. Chris McNamara, Fayetteville resident stated he helps run a statewide non-profit advocating public policy to address climate change. He participated in the stakeholder group for Fayetteville's Energy Action Plan. He spoke about the Energy Action Plan being a vision and commitment that aligns with a long tradition of leadership in Fayetteville. Council Member Petty: You have listed the big five emission sources. Does this constitute all our emission sources or what proportion of our total emissions does these big five make up? 113 West Mountain Fayetteville, AR 72701 (479) 575-8323 www.fayetteville-ar.gov City Council Meeting Minutes December 19, 2017 Page 13 of 14 Peter Nierengarten stated they used the standard protocol for local government to conduct a community wide greenhouse gas inventory and requested Rachael Schaffner, Sustainability Project Coordinator to speak. Rachael Schaffner, Sustainability Project Coordinator gave a brief description of the estimate. Council Member Petty: Do you think the big five constitute more than 80% of total emissions? Rachael Schaffner: Yes, you are very close. Council Member Petty: I'm thrilled with this and some of these moves are huge. It's tempting to dive into discussions about things like green roofs or other technologies, but we must be careful. Things like that make up such a small impact in this plan when we look at these big five emission sources. When we talk about 50% community wide clean energy by 2030, that requires huge institutional partnerships. These are the kinds of moves that changed the types of jobs that people are employed in. It goes far beyond any particular building technology. We need to make sure we keep our awareness around what we need to focus our attention on. When we talk about this challenge, it's going to be up to us, our kids, and other young people to solve this. As things go forward we need to understand this is only the beginning of huge moves. It must be entirely institutional or societal in nature and this plan captures that. Mayor Jordan: When looking at this study, about 27% of greenhouse emissions coming from this city comes from transportation. Construction debris is 22%. Food waste is 18%. This is like our Economic Development Plan. We don't implement the whole thing at once. We take it in pieces. Our goal is to have all our city buildings on clean energy by 2030 and the whole city by 2050. It will take some work. I believe climate change is real. We need to get off fossil fuels and we need to start in this city. Council Member Petty moved to table the resolution to the January 2, 2018 City Council meeting. Council Member Marsh seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion to table passed unanimously. This resolution was tabled to the January 2, 2018 City Council meeting. Announcements: Don Marr, Chief of Staff stated there is a new signal crosswalk on North College Avenue at Rebecca and Trenton. He spoke about what the colors on the crosswalk meant and more information can be viewed on the city website. City offices will be closed on December 25, 2017 and December 26, 2017 for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Offices will reopen for business on December 27, 2017. Agenda Session will be on Thursday, December 28, 2017. 113 West Mountain Fayetteville, AR 72701 (479) 575-8323 www.fayetteville-ar.gov City Council Meeting Minutes December 19, 2017 Page 14 of 14 The Police Department has issued safety tips and guidelines for reducing car break-ins and the information can be viewed on the city website. Council Member La Tour wished everyone Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas. Mayor Jordan thanked the City Council for their service to the City of Fayetteville. He wished all citizens a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. City Council Agenda Session Presentations: None City Council Tour: None Adjournment. 7:25 p.m. Lio d Jordan, or Sondra E. Smith, City Clerk Treasurer 113 West Mountain Fayetteville, AR 72701 (479) 575-8323 www.fayetteville-ar.gov Chair Mark Kinion Council Member Ward 2 Position 1 Sarah Marsh Council Member Ward 1 Position 2 Nominating Committee Report December 7, 2017 Sarah Bunch Council Member Ward 3 Position 2 Kyle Smith Council Member Ward 4 Position 2 Members Present — Chair Mark Kinion, Sarah Marsh, Sarah Bunch and Kyle Smith Mayor Jordan recommends the following candidate for appointment: HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION Alexandria C. Lee — One unexpired Citizen at Large term ending 06/30/18 The Nominating Committee recommends the following candidates for appointment. ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE Paxton Roberts — One Bicycle Advocate term ending 12/31/19 AIRPORT BOARD Michael Zane Chenault — One Member at Large term ending 12/31/22 AUDIT COMMITTEE David L. Mosley — One CPA term ending 12/31/20 CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION John Pesek — One Owner or Manager of Rental Property term ending 12/31/20 Danielle L. Williams — One Human Resources/Employment Law term ending 12/31/20 ENERGY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 Edward Weintraut — One unexpired Citizen at Large term ending 12/31/19 James Bell — One Citizen at Large term ending 12/31/19 Matt Pope — One Citizen at Large term ending 12/31/19 ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION COMMITTEE Andrew Miles — One Community Citizen at Large term ending 12/31/20 Schuyler Schwarting — One Community Citizen at Large term ending 12/31/20 FAYETTEVILLE ARTS COUNCIL Sarah Barnett — One unexpired Working Artist term ending 06/30/19 113 West Mountain Fayetteville, AR 72701 (479) 575-8323 www.fayetteville-ar.gov PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD Richie Lamb — One Citizen at Large term ending 12/31/20 Jennifer Neill — One Citizen at Large term ending 12/31/20 Joel Freund — One Citizen at Large term ending 12/31/20 TELECOMMUNICATIONS BOARD Sean Kinney — One unexpired Citizen at Large term ending 06/30/18 TOWN AND GOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE Vacant — One unexpired University of Arkansas Student living off campus term ending 09/30/19 appointed by the Mayor URBAN FORESTRY ADVISORY BOARD Preston Thibodaux — One Land Development term ending 12/31/19 Damon Lipinski — One University Representative term ending 12/31/19 Vacant — One Community Citizen at Large term ending 12/31/19 In the event no application for a position as a representative from a specified discipline is received, the position may be filled by any citizen of the City. 113 West Mountain Fayetteville, AR 72701 (479) 575-8323 www.fayetteville-ar.gov