North Little Rock City Council Agenda - Monday, June 23, 2008

North Little Rock City Council Agenda - Monday, June 23, 2008

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http://www.northlittlerock.ar.gov/government/agenda.asp

North Little Rock City Council Agenda - Monday, June 9, 2008

North Little Rock City Council Agenda - Monday, June 9, 2008*

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http://www.northlittlerock.ar.gov/government/agenda.asp

*Due to space limitations, I will not be putting the agenda on the blog. It is easily found at the above link. Thanks
Bob

NLR Building and Housing Board of Adjustment and Appeals

Will NOT meet on Tuesday, June, 10, 2008, due to a lack of applicants by the May 22, 2008 deadline.

Picnic at the Riverfront - June7th

This coming Saturday June 7th the Unified Coalition of Neighborhood Associations (UCNA) is sponsoring a picnic off of Riverfront Drive and Main Street, downtown North Little Rock from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Hamburgers, tube steaks (dogs), buns and drinks are provided at no cost. The only thing you need to bring (and this is optional) is a folding chair to sit on if you don't want to stand around the whole time! Come and meat with your fellow concerned NLR neighbors whom have also formed their associations out of a need to be heard and to make a difference! And while you're at it, enjoy their fellowship and some good ol' burgers and dogs, too!.

Planning Commission to fill empty seat

Upon the death of Mr. Jerry Phillips, a NLR Planning Commissioner and resident from Ward 4, the Mayor will be selecting his replacement from our Ward. This action could take place as early as the June 9th City Council Meeting. If any NLANder would like to be nominated for consideration in filling this seat on the Planning Commission they should immediately contact Mayor Hays, Ward 4 Aldermen Charlie Hight and Murry Witcher, or Robert Voyles, the NLR Planning Department Director. Their phone numbers and e-mail addresses are listed either here on our blog or under the blog's 'North Little Rock' link. Indeed it would be a plus to have one of our neighbors sitting on the NLR Planning Commission where NLR's city planning and development takes its first step on the path to gaining City Council approval. Please consider this opportunity to serve!

City Council Meeting will be held Tuesday evening

For reason of the Memorial Day Holiday the regular scheduled City Council Meeting will be held this Tuesday evening at 7:00 PM in City Hall. If you can not make the meeting in person it is available on Comcast Channel 4. Hopefully we'll have sound as well as video this time around! Two items of business should prove to be most interesting this evening:

Resolution R-08-75: Relocation Agreement and Right of Way Conveyance from NLR to Entergy. This concerns moving major electrical poles from south of Riverfront Park to the north side to satisfy a future developer's purchase offer, and was opposed by an established north side business owner, Bubba Lloyd. The public hearing on this resolution will continue tonight, and it should be very interesting to see what takes place when Mr. Lloyd once again takes the public's speaker podium.

Ordinance O-08-40 Job Classifications and Numbers of Employees for Each NLR City Department. The established full-time employee numbers for the fire department is 151, while the police department's full-time employee number is 238. Currently the actual staffing level for our police is below the 238 level and continues to be a concern of NLR citizens. And the Fire Department has stated they need more employees over the 151 number, too! Mayor Hays has taken a position that the current actual staffing numbers are in order and no additional headcount will be funded for either city department. Will these concerns be brought up at tonight's council meeting in approving these established staffing quotas? Stay tuned!

Oak Tree Circle Island

I am wondering who is responsible for the island that is on the south end of Oak Tree Circle. Years ago, it used to be regularly mowed and also had at least two nice concrete benches in it. If there are any original residents to the street left, they might remember a few block parties that took place down there as well. In recent months, it has become completely overgrown with weeds, and cars and trucks parking on it almost daily. I have even picked up trash on it when out walking. It's getting to be quite an eyesore in our little circle. At some point it was regularly mowed and taken care of, and I just wondered why that wasn't happening anymore and if something could be done to change it.

Many thanks,
Debra Wood