City Council meets April 14 at 7:00 p.m.

COMMUNICATIONS
1. Sharon Tedford, Mayor’s Office memorandum re: Application for Sunday Alcoholic Beverage Sales - Restaurant Mixed Drink for Jonathan Thang Pham, dba Zapata Grill, Inc., 4305 Warden Road. (Amended Application received 4-1-08 correcting Permit Number).
2. Becky Taylor, Mayor’s Office, letter from Mayor Hays to City Council members re: attached engineering contract with McClelland Engineering for the design of West 3rd Street between the proposed round-about on Pike Avenue and the West side of the proposed Rock Water Village development.
3. Sharon Tedford, Mayor’s Office memorandum re: Retail Beer Off Premises - New Permit for EHE, 300 Lake Lane, by EunHee Shin.
4. Becky Taylor, Mayor’s Office letter from Larry E. Lichty, LEL Enterprises to Ms. Sandra Wilson, Executive Director Arkansas Supportive Housing Network re: Wall Street Journal article pertaining to homelessness.
5. Becky Taylor, Mayor’s Office, letter from Mayor Hays to City Council re: veto of Ordinance No. 8064.
6. Becky Taylor, Mayor’s Office, letter from Mayor Hays to Evan T. Caffrey, Esq. Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC re: USS Orleck DD-886.

PRESENTATIONS
Proclamation to Preston Strobel, son of Michael and Debbie Strobel
Proclamation to Rick Ezell, Office of Emergency Services re: National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
Lisa Ferrell - Power Point Presentation Riverfront Baring Cross Neighborhood Renewal Organization
Debra Buckner - Pulaski County Treasurer Report to City Council
Alderman John Parker and Margaret Powell, Community Relations / Administration Director re: Great North Little Rock Cleanup, Saturday, May 17, 2008.

PUBLIC HEARING 7:05 p.m.
Please complete a public comment card and return to City Clerk before this meeting convenes
Reconvene re: R-08-22, authorizing a relocation agreement and right-of-way conveyance from the City of NLR to Entergy, AR, Inc. (Smarthouse Way)

UNFINISHED BUSINESS
RESOLUTIONS
R-08-21 Mayor Hays
Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a Performance Contracting Agreement between the City of NLR and Siemen’s Building Technologies, Inc. - Held
R-08-22 Mayor Hays
Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a Relocation Agreement and Right-of-way Conveyance from the City of NLR to Entergy AR, Inc. (Smarthouse Way) Held Reconvene Public Hearing @ 7:05 p.m .this date

ORDINANCES

O-08-14 Mayor Hays
Authorizing a Lease Purchase Agreement for the purpose of financing a Performance-Based Efficiency Project; pledging the guaranteed Efficiency Savings as Payment Security (Bank of America) Read 2 times and held

NEW BUSINESS
RESOLUTIONS
R-08-38 Mayor Hays
Appointing Evelyn Lovelace to the Senior Citizens Commission
Reappointing Joe Smith to the North Little Rock Public Building Authority
R-08-40 Mayor Hays
Reappointing Dan Scott to the North Little Rock Public Building Authority
R-08-41 Mayor Hays
Reappointing Todd Larson to the North Little Rock Public Building Authority
R-08-42 Mayor Hays
Directing the City Attorney to prepare ordinances Levying a One-cent Sales and Use Tax and calling for an Election (July 8, 2008) and to forward the ordinances to the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration for approval
R-08-43 Mayor Hays
Repealing Resolution No. 6758 which declaring 1319 Garland Street in the City of North Little Rock, AR to be a public nuisance and condeming it
R-08-44 Mayor Hays
Authorizing the NLR Fire Department to enter into an Agreement for Mutual Aid in Fire Protection and Hazardous Materials Incident Response with the Little Rock Air Force Base Fire Department
R-08-45 Mayor Hays
Approving Application for Grant Funding to improve a portion of NLR’s Riverfront Park; authorizing the Mayor to enter into a Contract on behalf of the City to maintain the park and facilities
R-08-46 Mayor Hays, Aldermen Gaines, Ross, and Bryant
Appropriating funds from 2004 and 2005 Short Term Financing Bond Issues for Sidewalks, Fire Vehicles and Police Athletic League Building Assistance
R-08-47 Mayor Hays
Approving and Ratifying Adjustments to the 2008 Annual Action Plan to decrease Project Funding Amounts in accordance with the reduction in the 2008 CDBG Funding to the City of NLR
R-08-48 Mayor Hays
Directing the NLR Community Planning Department to distribute Lead-Safe Information to Contractors seeking renovation permits
R-08-49 Mayor Hays
Authorizing the Mayor and City Attorney to initiate Condemnation Proceedings against property located at 1216 West 3rd Street
R-08-50 Mayor Hays
Authorizing the Mayor and City Attorney to initiate Condemnation Proceedings against property located on Lot 12, Block 11, Giles Addition to the City of NLR
R-08-51 Alderwoman Ross and Bryant
Appropriating $8,975.00 for installation of Inlet Openings in the box culvert running through Silver City Courts

ORDINANCES
O-08-31 Mayor Hays
Amending the Master Street Plan (Ordinance No. 7932) to delete Richards and Richards Street Overpass

PUBLIC COMMENT
Please complete a public comment card and return to City Clerk before speaking

Respectfully submitted, Diane Whitbey, CMC / CAMC – City Clerk and Collector