Okay, I've got 430 by the clock. So we'll go ahead and get started. I don't seem to have a recording going. All right, let's go ahead and start the
agenda session. As soon as you would do the roll call, call or order roll call, pledge of allegiance, under
reports, we'll have the monthly financial reports, my poll. Then we will get in the consent agenda. Number one, approval of
September 6, 2022, city council meeting minutes and September 20, 2022, city council meeting minutes. Then we have a resolution to approve
agreement with food recycling solutions. They'll see for the hauling of organic compostables and
recyclable material in the city of them. It's clear, we have that. Yes, sir.
Name is Darrell. We are T.C.
Captain Mayor and Council members, I'm presenting the new French I.Z.
Well, it's renewable for existing French I.Z. Hallard for food recycling solutions.
The hauler may only collect a haul or get in waste for composing, including from commercial and industrial
activities.
Programment, the hauler cannot is not authorized.
Let haul other than type of a recycling or sell a waste per agreement. They will pay us a monthly
franchise fee, a 5% gross revenues for providing the haul. We'll go in again at waste with the CEO of
a bill. The terms of the agreement will be two years, what automatic renewal for two additional two terms,
totally six years, six years. Any questions?
Yeah, what questions do we have? Thank you. Thank you.
All right, number three, a resolution to approve.
The number one to the professional engineering services agreement with Hawkins where
engineers incorporated in the amount not to exceed 32,240 dollars for construction management services
related to recycling and trash facility improvements.
Good afternoon, Mayor and Council. This is a contract amendment with Hawkins and Weere for construction
management services on the replacement of the floor slab in the transportation
at the recycling and trash collection facility.
The cost of the agreement or the amendment with Hawkins and Weere is $32,000.
We're scheduled to start the work on the floor slab in January.
And wait, Abernath, he actually has the contract with the contractor.
He's bringing that forward as item A13.
So just for reference, this is the construction management component, the engineering oversight
of the construction contract that we'll have for you on item A13.
We'd like to answer any questions.
Any questions, do we have on this?
Yeah, I'm here. So yeah.
Good question.
We're just wondering how Peter, what was the last time we did that?
And then how long is that supposed to last this investment?
Yeah, the last time we replaced the floor slab.
I believe was eight years ago.
And so we're helpful. We'll get another eight years out of this floor slab replacement.
Anything else?
All right. Let's go to number four.
A resolution to authorize the purchase of catapult generator from J.A.
where he extracts a company.
BBA rigs power systems in the amount of 74,000,
$265 plus any applicable tax freight charges to assume it to a source
will block the purchasing contract for the use for use
at the south mountain pump station.
Thank you, Mayor.
The generator at the south mountain pump station, which is long-cated,
2015 West 24th Street, is more than 10 years old,
and it's reached a useful life.
The station provides water pressure to the south mountain pressure
playing, which includes country club states and the federal country club.
It is critical that this thing is online during a power outage.
The rigs has another quote for 250 kilowatt investments generator
in the amount of $7,4,600 or $2,65.
Plus applicable taxes, shipping is included in the price.
The quoted price includes the diesel generator package,
with a level two sound attenuated enclosure,
an ASCO 400 amp automatic transfer switch,
and delivery to the pump station side with an onsite started by rigs.
It also includes a discount, which reflects the generator pricing
through the source will caught re-purchasing contract.
The funds are available in the water storage and pump station
maintenance account with the water of zero foam,
and this item was presented to the water of zero community.
I'll set two of the 13th, with a former zero vote to afford to the city council
with the recommendation for approval.
Be happy to answer any questions.
Okay.
What questions do we have?
10 on this.
Okay.
It's going to number five.
A resolution authorized purchase of a catapauered generator
from J.A. rigs tractor company, DBA,
rigs power systems in the amount of $55,990.
Plus any particular tax price charge percentage,
which will cooperate with person contract for the use
at the gully road water pump station, Tim.
Thank you, Mayor.
The generator at the gully road water pump station,
which is at 3788 gully road,
is also more than 10 years old and has reached its useful life,
and is also undersized with current pump and
figuration at this water pump station.
Station provides water pressure to fill up the gully tanks,
and it is critical that this one stays online during a power outage.
Resuscitated a quote for two hundred kilowatt and
placement generator in the amount of $55,990.
Plus taxes, shipping is included.
Quarter price includes a two hundred kilowatt and diesel generator
package with a level two sand attenuated enclosure.
It has to go a three hundred series transfer switch
and leverage in the pump station sign with onsite start of my rigs.
Also includes the source world discount through the
corporate purchasing contracts.
Funds are available in the water source and
pump station maintenance account within the water
zero fund.
This item was also presented to the water source committee.
I'll set Tim with the 13th with a four zero boat to four to the
city council.
With the recommendation for approval,
be happy to answer any questions.
Okay, well, questions.
We have a tim on this one.
Okay, let's go on to number six.
Resolution to approve the fifth amendment to the
water tower attachment,
indication side agreement.
The all tell corporation dva,
horizon wireless to allow.
Arisen to replace the standard communications equipment.
On the older of the two gully road elevated water storage
tanks, Tim.
Thank you, Mayor.
Since October of 1999, Verizon is least based on
a gully water tank for their still intent as an associated
equipment.
There's been four amendments to the original lease,
most of which were equipment modifications like this proposed
fifth amendment.
The fifth amendment contains revised equipment.
The current equipment will only be replaced.
And this upgrade will include the same number of antennas,
remote radio heads and the search protector.
City staff did require Verizon to hire a structural engineer
to climb the tank and verify that the tank will support
the proposed equipment.
The tank has ample structural capacity for the proposed
equipment.
The current ring with Verizon has 20% increase in the rent
per five year term, which is a fair return for the city.
There is no budget impact this item.
And it was presented to the water security committee on September 13,
4-0-0 to port to the city council with a recognition for
approval.
You have any answering questions about that?
A question we have for Tim on this one.
Okay.
Let's go number seven.
Resolution to approve a professional engineer services
great with craft and tell and services corporate
percent to RFQ22 days,
ZERO, one selection number 12,
any amount not to exceed 146,700 dollars for
design services associated with the late federal
ball field renovation project to approve a project
contingency, any amount of $7,340 and to approve a budget
adjustment.
This is 2019 Park Improvement Bond project.
Very nice.
Thank you.
This is a Bond project to renovate the late
level saltball complex, which will include
regrating.
There's a lot of drainage issues out there.
Also installing artificial turf from the
infield, which will help with playability.
And this resolution is to approve a contract
of craft and tell.
They're selected from an RFQ process.
Based on some of their familiarity with the project,
it does not work on this previously.
So once they're designed as that,
we're looking to start construction early spring.
I'll be glad to answer any questions you might have.
Okay.
What questions do you have to buy around?
There.
I have a question.
Sure.
So borrowing.
Does this include the installation of the
Astro turf and the regrating that you just mentioned or
is this just a design feature?
I'm just wondering if this includes all the work.
Yeah.
This is not the word.
This, this resolution is just,
the design of that word.
So we'll bring back the project once
it fits out to you.
Hopefully next spring.
Okay.
Thank you.
Anything else?
All right.
It's good number eight.
A resolution to approve a budget adjustment
recognizing interest revenue generated from the sales
use tax capital improvement and
refunding bonds series 2019.
Paul.
Well, we issued the first phase of the bond issue.
The 2019 bond issue.
We issued that for over three years.
Almost exactly three years ago.
Actually.
And back at the interest at the time with that we first received the money.
We're getting pretty good interest rates.
So we earned some interest on that that are associated with
the project.
So what this is closing out.
What a budget adjustment of the amounts that we had earned on
interest that were up to this point unallocated across the bond
issues that were issued back in 2019.
Some of them are pretty good amounts of $90,000 for the transportation
fund.
So that will help out of some of our projects.
Which we know they've all been coming in a little over these days.
That will finalize the 2019 issue.
We'll get that off the books pretty quickly.
And we're into the current issue of phase two.
I'll be happy to answer questions.
A question so we have the council of Paul.
All right.
It's good number nine.
A resolution to approve a budget adjustment in the amount of
$800,000 for the purchase water account and do to increase water
usage.
Paul, do you have this one?
I'll just have your name on it.
I don't know.
That's wrong.
We've got to experience some lakes.
We've also been up in usage this year.
We're up about 5% in usage of water this year.
We've experienced some lakes that the water and sewer water and sewer
fund is finding more lakes.
Remember we added a crew to look for lakes.
So we're being a little more proactive when used to.
But the bottom line is we're purchasing more water from beaver authority.
Then we had original expectations.
So we're asking for an adjustment of $800,000 to purchase more water from
the authority to get us through the remainder of the year.
Okay.
What questions we have to follow on this?
All right.
Let's go on to number 10.
All right.
Resolution to approve a 30 year ground lease agreement with right seats.
LLC for airport property located north of the Drakefield terminal building
at 4200 South school Avenue for the construction of an 80 by 70 hanger with an option
to extend the ground lease for an additional 10 years.
Chair.
Thank you, Mayor.
So this is just a standard ground lease agreement.
Mr. T, the owner of the company is correct with us.
He's outgrown.
He's existing to anger that he runs from us.
And he's looking to expand those own anger.
So this is standard agreement.
It's 30 year option.
It's in your renewal.
I should bring the airport for a little over $1,000 a year.
And revenue at the base level.
And Mr. T is a pretty prolific purchaser jet fuel.
So we're happy to have.
And ready.
Great question.
Okay.
What questions do you have on this side?
All right.
Let's go number 11.
A resolution to approve budget adjustment in the amount of $579,000 for the purchase
of additional loads of jet fuel and baby gas due to increasing fuel sales and rising fuel
costs.
Chair.
All right.
So me again.
This is a budget adjustment.
Like you said, it's actually a breakdown.
It's $406,000 for jet fuel.
It's $73,000 for having gas.
I like it.
Everything else, the cost of favor, fuel is up. It is remained up to the rest of the year. And despite that, our fuel sales by volume are the highest that it would be on.
So, hi, all the good is this doesn't actually cost us anything. We buy this at both price and we resell it to public. So it is based on the transfer of local one account to another.
But as the account stands, we don't have enough to make it through the rest of the year. But I'll see you in this probably our peak season.
Followed by charter season at the end of the year. So we just want to make sure we have enough money in the account that I fuel is really effective through the end of the year.
And rate rate rate rate rate rate rate rate rate rate rate rate.
Good, what questions do we have on the side of?
Okay, this is the number 12 resolution to approve the purchase of a Bobcat E42 compact excavator with attachments and trailer from WT equipment of Springdale in the amount of $111,200,
plus any applicable sales taxes and freight charge percent to a source well-clocked in parts and contract into approve a budget just last.
Good afternoon, Mayor Council. This purchase is necessary for the increased amount of natural surface trails that parks is having to maintain.
They have to maintain true canopy and due to digging and removed debris and so requested that we reach out and find a
viable option for them. And so we can purchase one along with the attachments and the trailer through WT equipment Springdale for the amount of $111,200,
plus taxes.
Do source well-clocked in purchase agreement.
So this resolution is approved that purchase as well as approve a budget adjustment.
And this purchase did go to Equivalent Committee and was approved on September 13.
Okay, what questions do we have on this one?
Okay, let's go to number 13.
A resolution to award bid number 22 dash 43 into authorized contract with legacy construction management incorporated in the amount of $279,684.
For improvements to the recycling and trash collections transferred per station floor into approve a project in the amount of $50,000.
Quint.
Well, Mayor, I don't see quint or wait.
I have a Peter can represent.
Okay, Peter.
This is the construction contract with legacy construction for our forced lab replacement.
We bid this out through the normal procurement process and legacy was the lowest responsible better.
We've gone through negotiation and got the work schedule set to begin in January.
A busy holiday season out of recycling and trash collection and are looking forward to getting this floor replaced before our old one disintegrates on us.
So we'd like to take any questions you might have.
Well, questions do we have on this side?
Okay.
Let's go number 14.
A resolution to express the willingness of the city available to apply for and utilize carbon reduction program federal aid funds.
Any amount of up to $500,000 for street lighting improvements projects.
Crits.
Thank you, Mayor.
The bipartisan infrastructure bill created a new program called the carbon reduction program has several categories of eligible projects.
What we are would like to submit to regional planning and this is a this is a sub allocation grant.
In other words, it comes directly to regional planning.
So they will be receiving the grant application.
So these essentially become funds that the that the region has control over.
What we're proposing with this is to replace all of our lights at traffic signals with LEDs.
We've got about 125 of those that currently are something other than LEDs.
So we're we're proposing that we think that's somewhere in the $150,000 range to do that.
We're also looking at some other opportunities for for other locations.
And so that's why we're we're requesting potentially up to to $500,000 in federal aid.
But this is a program.
This is the first year.
It's really the first two years combined.
So there's two million dollars available, but it's going to be about a million dollars per year over a five year period.
So we'll we'll have opportunities in future years.
To look at some additional projects.
We also trade holes in that alternate transportation projects are eligible under this program.
So we may look at some some other grants for some current.
Trans projects that that we apply for through other grant programs, but this particular request is just to have a resolution to add to.
The application packet which is required by regional planning.
So I can answer any questions on that one.
What questions do we have on this one.
I have some questions. Hi Chris.
So just to be clear, it's the traffic signal lights and not the street lights that would be replaced.
If if the funding came through is do I understand that correctly?
That's what we're proposing it really.
We're looking at this the lights that we actually own there.
There may be street lights out there that are not LED, but they are owned by.
Somebody other than that in the city, so one of the two electric providers.
So this would really be only for locations where we actually own and have meter locations.
Great. Thank you. I was wanting to make sure it was in SWAP Coast lights that we were replacing.
So thank you for clarifying.
Okay.
Any other questions?
Okay. It's good number 15.
A resolution to wait competitive being an authorized.
A railroad crossing upgrade costs and maintenance agreement with the.
Arkansas Missouri railroad for modifications required.
The reason reason back road and 15th street intersection project to approve a project contingency.
Any amount of $80,000 in to approve a budget management.
This 2019 street movement bond project.
Press.
Thank you.
Mayor. This is the agreement with the railroad for improvements that are necessary to widen 15th street.
And also connect the railroad crossing to our proposed signal.
We've been working for many months or years even trying to get this.
Intersection signalized and one of the major items is this agreement.
So it's it's really sort of the last piece of the puzzle in order for us to get our permit and be able to move forward with bidding the project.
So it's it's a really important step at this point.
The bad news is it's it's about $840,000.
The good news is it does not come with any additional cost for ongoing insurance or any additional maintenance costs.
Like we've had on some of the other contracts.
So we we won't have those ongoing operational costs with this particular location.
And I can answer any questions on this as well.
What questions do we have on this?
Okay.
It's good number 16.
A resolution to approve a joint funding agreement with the US geological survey for stream.
Gauge operations and maintenance and water quality sampling and monitoring at various locations.
In the city of federal in 2022.
With the amount paid by the city not exceed $1,582.
Chris.
Thank you mayor. This is a project or a program that we've been working with the USGS for many years now.
We had to water quality gauges one on town branch and one on mud creek.
And these are collecting continuous samples, which is available online to the public.
But this allows us to continue to monitor the water quality for a couple of our major outfalls.
And understand what may be happening changes over time with that water quality.
The cost is split between the some CIP funds managed by the engineering division and the water and sewer departments.
So it's a 50 50 cost so total of 31,000 each.
I can answer any questions on that one.
Questions do we have.
Hi Chris. Thank you and I fully support the USGS gauges that information is so important.
I read in the documentation that you're actually moving one of the gauge locations and that makes a lot of sense.
Since you're going to take a look at that bridge and I guess reconstruct it or deal with that bridge.
But the second the question I have is that you mentioned in there about reducing the number of.
I guess constituents that you're monitoring, especially during storm flow.
And I wanted to find out what's going on with that because during storm flow that's when most of the phosphorus and nitrogen and all the other bad stuff.
Oh, I is actually deposited within air flooded areas. So maybe you could comment on that.
I wish I could.
I think Alan is probably much better at answering that question.
So I think that's an answer.
I will have to get from him.
So he's he's not available today.
But I can provide you with that information.
The answer to that.
Okay. Thank you. I appreciate a follow-up when you get a chance.
Absolutely.
Okay. Any other questions?
Okay.
Let's go on to unfaithy business.
Resolution to approve a professional engineering services agreement.
That's appropriate.
percent are a Q22-01.
In the amount of $89,900 provide an assessment of lands with high ecological value and to develop the.
Develop and ecosystem service plan and to approve a project density of $8900.
Good afternoon again, Mayor Council.
So this is a contract with Olsen engineering for the ecosystem services planning portion of our upcoming
climate action planning work.
You can see on the screen of showed our climate action plan umbrella and where our.
The Olsen lead work on the ecosystem services plan is on the left side of the screen the red box and then the work that city staff is going to do on the right side of the screen in the yellow box.
That city lead work will be an update of our existing energy action plan.
So the scope of work for the Olsen portion again, the red portion of the box.
Is spatial analysis of lands with high ecological value across our city using data that's been cleaned from previous studies.
That we're using that to put together an ecological integrity, map layer for us in GIS.
They'll be doing a climate resilience spatial analysis report as part of that work that we public engagement.
Stake older outreach and engagement and then at the end of all that they'll be wrapping it up in an ecosystem services chapter again that sits under our climate action plan.
Since your September 6th city council meeting we have edited this scope of work.
I was some requested revisions and they include specific reference to documents that will be reviewed during the process that includes the Northwest Arkansas regional planning's open space plan.
And a couple of favorable natural heritage plans.
There's also a specific mention of riparian corridors as part of our desktop analysis study.
We added language to ensure that all of the relevant stakeholders are properly consulted and included in the outreach process.
And then we added a little piece on ensuring that works of site.
Excuse me, that works cited or properly referenced and then we updated the schedule to reflect the delay in starting the plan by a month.
So the project will take approximately 10 months to complete.
The cost of the project is $89,900 and then we've included a 10% contingency in this resolution for any unforeseen items that may come up.
I'm glad to answer any questions you all might have about this resolution or the plan.
Okay, what questions do we have Peter on this one.
All right, number two.
Maybe there was just there was a potential discussion of this item being moved to the consent agenda.
If the council was interested in that.
It was originally on the consent agenda.
But that's for you all too to decide.
The resolution you all put it on the.
I reviewed the revisions that Peter made and they look, they look great.
Thank you all so much for doing that and I would be happy if we moved it to the consent.
If everybody was agreeable to that.
Everybody out in zoom land okay with that.
Okay.
Yes.
Thank you all.
All right, number two, a resolution to order the raising and removal of the life-edited and unsafe structure
on property owned by Lee Roy, each shopping bird located at 2860 East-Warm and Road in the city of
March and so on to approve a budget adjustment in the amount of 17,800 dollars, Jonathan.
Thank you, Mayor. As a reminder for council since it's been a few months since this item has been seen, it was
tabled about two months ago to afford the property owner's daughter to begin demolition of the work rather than have the city do it and have a lean place on the property.
At that time, the resident of the House, Mr. Scharff and Mayor had moved out of it and we determined that it was no longer occupied.
The latest that I have for council is that a demolition permit has been submitted of which there are two inspections associated with it.
One is at the beginning of demolition and one is at the end.
That first inspection has been completed showing that they've disconnected the utilities, so they are proceeding to demolish the building.
For more specific details, we'll be providing you some pictures on Tuesday night and hopefully have a more specific detailed update for you from the resident.
But that said the House is still in some shape reforms still there.
They're in the midst of demolition as of last week.
I'm happy to take any questions.
The council eyes.
One question is we have Jonathan on this one.
This resolution.
Okay.
Let's go.
Number three.
In ordinance to approve vacation.
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Eighth property located at West Side of the street in south.
Raise your background or one.
To vacate a portion of a street right away.
John.
Thank you.
Thank you, Mayor.
No, I don't have any new information or updates on this one.
Similar to the last item as a reminder.
The reason this is a holdover is that the applicants request that petitioned the council to table it to the.
October fourth meeting.
It was supported by staff.
It is not supported by the planning commission.
Although they did forward it to all with that recommendation of denial.
But that's all I have and I'm available for questions.
The council may have me.
Okay.
What questions do we have Jonathan on this one.
Okay.
Let's go on the number four.
Resolution to approve.
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$212,257 for the development of pre approved building design.
Program to approve a project agency in the amount of $10,613 in to approve the budget adjustment.
Jonathan.
Thank you, Mayor.
In fielding some questions.
Both the administration and council members since the last meeting.
It became apparent to me that I was not as clear as I possibly could have been and what they anticipated.
The council members were in the middle of the meeting.
So I wanted to run through those first and then touch on some of the questions that council member Terc left with me at that meeting.
As far as the deliverable goes deliverables go there was a question on the building design specifically and how the city will.
Will will not have those in their position at the end of the project.
As the contract is currently written it's proposed that they'll be up to.
24 building designs that will be available as subscription service for the three years of the project.
Additionally there are four to six permanently licensed building designs.
If the consultant does not deliver on the contract so that is not a hard and fast four to six building designs.
Regardless other deliverables that I did not go into more detail on.
Of course there's public engagement which represents about a third of the projects budget that includes interviews focused groups committee meetings engagement materials and media.
There also be a code audit as a part of this project a market study housing markets study specifically and also what what we call a housing affordability gap analysis where we assess or audit with the cities.
Housing stock looks like as opposed to what is needed based on income levels.
Otherwise as I mentioned I did observe there's some concern about the consultants previous experience with similar projects with the outcomes of those experiences.
I've been able to engage with a couple of their previous I guess employers for lack of a better term and I have a few more on a list that I want to contact with for next Tuesday so I'll be giving you all an update on that.
And also the consultant will have a representative available for you all to ask questions to directly and with that I'm happy to take any questions to the council house.
Thank you.
What questions do we have a job on this.
Okay.
It's good number five.
In order to present a properties for our presentation are the intern two to our zero three seven located southeast of West 18th Street and West Custer Lane in Ward 1 for approximately 3.10 acres from RMF 24.
Or residential multifamily 24 units per acre to see one neighborhood commercial to R I U residential intermediate program.
You came to know on this one job.
No mayor I've no new updates or information on this one.
I don't have to take questions.
Okay.
Requestions do we have on this side.
All right.
Let's go new business.
And in order to amend one 18.01 to put guilty of the federal city code and one 501.01 definitions and 163.1 a short term rentals and the unified development code.
To remove the conditional use permit requirement for type two short term rentals to repeal the sunset provision.
Thank you mayor.
I will be taking this item for agenda session, but I did want the council to know that both I and Ms. Fostick are working on it.
She's available here tonight. We'll both be available on next Tuesday as well and be doing a much more in depth presentation including updated data from what was included in your staff report when that was published about a week and a half two weeks ago.
And then the questions asked to be beg why are we discussing short term rentals again?
We talked about it for a long time originally.
The biggest piece of that is there is a sunset clause built into it.
Where if action is not taken by the council, the ordinance will effectively be repealed coming this December.
And so that next second question why are we talking about it right now.
And the reason for that is the start-up period where actively operating short term rentals that we're operating at the time of the adoption.
The ordinance could come into compliance with our codes expired in July.
Since then the planning commission has been considering new type to short term rentals.
Those that are used primarily as short term rentals under conditional use permit requests.
So the reason this before you now is the planning commission has had a few about five or six meetings now where they've been considering these conditional use permits.
And they feel like they've had time to evaluate some of those experiences and put together a recommendation to the city council.
On the other side of it staff wanted to make sure city council have time to evaluate this before the sunset clause.
We didn't want to be bringing this to you in late November and saying action needed to be taken at that meeting.
So the hope was to try to balance having some some data or some experience to share with you all but also have the opportunity for you all to be deliberative about whatever action is taken.
With that in mind you do have planning the planning commission's recommendation and the report in front of you and that includes repealing the sunset clause which effectively makes the short term rental ordinance permanent.
As a part of that the planning commission's proposing to remove the conditional use permit requirement.
There are several reasons for that was I think clearly laid out in the staff report but if not again we're going to go into much more depth on Tuesday primarily those is there's a perception that there's a lot of duplicative processes that are included in those and that the aspirations for what that conditional use permit may be intended to do is not actually being achieved.
If it was intended to protect residents it may be that it's not actually doing so so again I'll be going to more discussion on that.
Since the planning commission forwarded that proposal to the city council which was by a split vote of six to two they did meet with misbostic and their long range meeting last week and formulated a more depth recommendation.
That is was sent out with a mispax and sent it out with the updated agenda not includes a little bit more in depth of a conversation of what their intentions and concerns are.
There is two additional recommendations that they wanted the council to consider.
One is if the public or the conditional use permit processes being removed they felt it was still important to include a public notification component could be inserted as a part of the business license process but it is worth knowing at that point it would be true notification.
Not a request for input necessarily although staff could of course receive that as they're reviewing the business license but there wouldn't be hearing.
And then the other piece of it was to evaluate the frequency of conditional use or of short terminals in the city and that kind of includes a larger bucket of several issues one is a concern about occupancy limits the number of people that can stay in short term rentals.
A concern about whether it's appropriate to allow short terminals and all zoning districts and also the potential to have more targeted density caps.
I think you all recall that was discussed at length and with great frequency when the ordinance originally came up.
I think there is still a lot of concern that the commission has perceived among residents and heard from residents about the frequency and locations in which short terminals are are locating and operating and the concerns about their negative effects on communities.
Trying to be very clear since I'll be talking more next Tuesday. I did want to touch on though in contemplating these potential changes.
I did want to mention a few of the brief characterization of the public comments that the commission has been hearing at their meetings.
I think first and foremost the most common one the commissioners and staffs here he is our hearing is parking as a lot of concerns about adequate parking first and foremost.
No particular order after that there's concerns about the number of people in this building are in the short term rentals.
They're.
Excuse me, last one place there.
The number of people in the short term rentals the these people is a destabilizing effects those may be having on neighborhoods.
And it's more administrative or housekeeping issues as well, such as how to deal with trash in certain situations.
So again, we'll be going about more in depth on Tuesday.
And with that in mind again, but please do consider the staffs and if you're able, but for the Tuesday meeting, let us know if there's something in there you see that appears to be overlooked and that we want you want to ensure is touched on it.
That meeting will make sure to incorporate that in there presentation.
And again, bear in mind as you look at the numbers in that report will be providing updated ones since this is a consistently moving target as permit licenses are being issued or denied or or so on and so forth.
And with all that, I'm happy to take any questions the council may have.
Thank you.
Okay, what questions?
Yes, please.
Hi Jonathan.
I haven't had a chance to go through all the packet yet, so I'm definitely going to do that this week.
So I'm wondering if you all have been able to separate type two rentals, ones that are in residential neighborhoods and maybe ones that are in areas that already had a hotel motel.
But by right before we put it short term rentals in that in that zoning district, does that make sense?
I think I understand you're asking if if we can determine which ones are in areas that zoning allows a hotel motel.
Yes, we can determine that and it is calibrated into our city wide cap where those units don't contribute to that cap.
Okay.
And the reason why and so if you can go back and figure out how many of the CUP requests have come through between those two different categories.
I think that would be really helpful.
I'm hearing the same complaints that you just referenced and and then when you talked about public notification.
That means just a letter sent within within 200 feet or would it be a much broader area of what the planning commission or what your conversation is was with the planning commission.
I'm msbossing many to answer that my understanding was I don't believe it was that firm specifically saying one one answer is the correct answer, but I believe it was intended to be replicative of what the condition you use permit is, which is 200 feet.
Is that correct msbossed.
That's correct. So they didn't make a specific recommendation to the council, but their conversation was certainly what if there was going to be notification for the business license.
Directly touching property owners, but then also looking at setting out a letter would probably be ideal at the 200 foot radius similar to a rezoning or conditional use permit since that's what people are accustomed to now and a lot of the public comment had included.
Neighbors from not just properties touching the short term rental property, but also maybe a few houses down the street that may have also experienced some concerns.
Definitely I'm hearing it much broader than the 200 feet.
So, so great. Okay. Thank you for clarifying that. I look forward to the conversation next week.
I have a question also and it's just kind of it's for Torisa.
The people that you're hearing from have they gone through the process of filing an actual complaint or are you just hearing.
Is it just kind of you know marmers on the street sort of well you know how that is Sarah you know I always say filed a complaint and go through the system and I give them the link and whether they do that or not I'm not sure.
But I always encourage them to do that so that the city can track it so.
I know you did. I was like, hey, do we have records? It's just, you know, because some people think
if they told their council person, that's their complaint right there. So, you know, that's right,
I try and, you know, to spell them of that misconception. So, okay, it's already interrupt. Thank you. Thank you very much.
What are the questions do we have on this? Okay, it's good to see too.
In order to prove that case in 22 days, zero to one for proper located in 927 East Rockwood Trail in Ward 1 to vacate a portion of a utility easement.
Excuse me. Thank you, Mayor. This property is in East Fayville and Ward 1. It's on the south side of Rockwood Trail as that road goes up the slope from Mission Boulevard.
That's between Vincent. Excuse me. It's a coil. The property is developed with one single family home, and the request is to vacate a portion of the 25 foot easement that runs along the east property line of the lot.
Excuse me. The utilities have all consented to the request after the applicant has approached them and staff is recommending in favor.
There are a couple of conditions that staffs propose with the vacation. One is a boilerplate condition that any damage to facilities or utilities in that easement is that the property owner and developers expense.
But also specific easement dedication requirement or request from sweatcoat to dedicate easement along the north south and east portions of the property line. I'll be at the one on the east portion of the property line is much reduced from the one that's there today with that. I'm happy to take questions.
Okay, what questions do you have on this?
All right, let's go to number three.
In order to approve vacation 22 days, 0-2 of property located at 10-7 in the north.
Mayor and only drive in Ward 4 to vacate a portion of the utilities.
Thank you, Mayor. This is getting towards West Fayville. It's in Ward 4 on property southeast of the interchange of interstate 49 in Wellington.
It includes an area of land behind fitness one in cross church, which are just southeast of the interchange there.
It's a largely undeveloped property.
And the request is a vacate about almost an acre and a half of vacant utility easement that bisex the property diagonally from southwest to northeast.
The utilities have consented to their request. We have that documented.
Although some are to the last item there are a few conditions that were recommending being included accordingly.
Again, there's that standard condition of approval regarding payment for damages to utilities in the easement area.
But also Swepco has requested easements we dedicated along the west and north property lines and also avoidance a condition about avoidance of a cox facility in the area.
It is worth noting that we did speak with the applicant this afternoon.
And there was some that I believe disagreement between them and what Swepco has requested.
So we'll be working out any details there between now and next Tuesday to provide you an update then.
With that said and with the conditions as we have proposed, which includes those branch eyes the conditions of approval of staff is recommending approval.
I'm happy to take questions.
Okay, let's go to four.
An artistry zone that property's government zone petition RZN22-0.
Four one located at 1453 South Root Lane in Ward 1.
Four approximately 2.50 acres from RA residential agricultural to RSEF 1 residential single family 1 unit.
Thank you, Mayor.
As you noted, this property is in Ward 1 and it takes us to Southwest Fayetteville, a little way south from the intersection of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Shilow.
As you go down Shilow, it begins to get increasingly rural and undeveloped and a little way south of the new emergency room building there.
Just 600 feet west of Shilow is the property in question.
It's off of Root Lane, which is a private drive.
So the property in question does not have access to a public street as it stands today.
The two and a half acres are largely undeveloped, largely under true canopy and fully within the hillside hilltop overlay district.
Although the property is developed with one single family home.
The applicants request is to resell the property from RAA residential agricultural to RSEF 4 residential single family 4 units breaker.
In evaluating the request and existing property staff does have concerns about the proposal.
We are recommending that Nile to rezoned it to RSEF 4 and evaluating the request for their part.
The planning commission did feel it's appropriate to increase the entitlement somewhat and has amended it to RSEF 1, which allow one single family home per acre.
And forwarded it unanimously to the planning commission accordingly.
In evaluating that amended request staff also favors that.
So again, that's why the ordinance is written as RSEF 1 instead of 4.
As of today's staff has not received any public coming on the item either before the planning commission added or since and I'm available for questions.
Thank you.
We questions do we have on this one.
Okay.
All right.
Number five.
In order to rezone the property, it's got a resounding petition.
RSEF 22 days zero.
Four two located at the southeast southwest corner.
North or egg avenue and north future drive and ward two.
Approximately four point zero five acres from C3 central commercial to UTR.
John.
Thank you.
This property is indeed a north favel and more to to immediately west of Greg's intersection with future and also west of the main Washington regional campus.
It's an undeveloped land that is currently separated from Greg itself by the railroad right away that that parallels Greg for the greater portion of that street.
The request is to rezone the property from C3 central commercial to UT urban thoroughfare staff is in favor of the request and the planning commission felt similarly and afforded it to the city council with a unanimous vote.
Staff has not received any public comment on the item and I'm available for questions.
What questions do we have.
I haven't received anything anything.
I'm working.
Okay.
Cool.
All right.
Any questions.
All right.
Number six.
In order to rezone that property, it's got a resounding petition.
RSEF 22 days zero three four.
Lofated it.
One 13 East Davidson street in war two for approximately point one four acres from RSEF four residential single family.
Four units per acre to NSL neighborhood services.
Jonathan.
Thank you.
This takes us to almost the opposite corner of war two.
This is towards central favel.
It's about three blocks east of college avenues intersection with Davidson street.
I'm not familiar with Davidson.
That's the street on which the starlight stadium sits and this property in question is immediately south east of it.
It is currently developed with an office building and accessory residential structure and as far as our business license records go, which is 2002.
They do show that the property has been used commercially.
The request is a resounding property from RSEF four residential single family four units per acre to NSL.
They were head services limited and evaluating their request.
The staff does recommend favorite of it and the planning commission fell similarly.
They afforded it to city council unanimously.
There has been one public comment that was received in advance of the planning commission meeting and that was in opposition to the request.
There was concern from a neighboring business operator that any future businesses allowed on the subject property.
May cause noise or parking concerns that couldn't like inflict them.
And it's similar concerns about building maintenance related disturbances since the buildings are fairly close together on the properties there.
Other than that that's the only piece of public comments staff has received and I'm happy to take questions.
Did you say you had did you have any public comment?
Just just the one I described in advance of the planning commission meeting.
Okay.
I got a call from then too.
Okay.
An opposition.
Okay.
So you've had one as the same one that he had.
Okay.
All right.
One questions to have.
I have a question.
So Jonathan right now is under the RSEF four zoning.
Are they non conforming since their office buildings?
That's correct.
So this would get them into compliance essentially by changing the zoning to neighborhood services limited.
It would bring the use in the compliance.
I don't think we've seen details of how the building sits on the property again the property.
It fits pretty snugly on the property.
I'm not sure if it's who to address any set of issues that are there.
But as far as land use goes.
Yes.
Okay. Thank you.
Okay.
You're okay.
Do we know how long this has been in commercial use?
Because I'm thinking, you know.
Putting on my old five, they'll have here and I can remember this being like an attorney's office or something like that for a very long time.
Is it been out?
I mean, is it just always been used that way.
Like last 20 years that you know, Jonathan?
Yes, the last 20 years is about exactly our records are business licenses go back to 2002 on this property and show it exactly as you remember it as an attorney's office.
We don't have anything.
Okay.
I know it's been it's probably been an attorney's office much longer than that on this way.
But I think it has been one for a while.
Okay.
Thank you.
Sir, you probably noticed that on your way to elementary school 20 years ago.
Yes, I'm sorry.
I didn't hear the answer.
I said you noticed that 20 years ago when you were walking to elementary school.
No.
I was riding a mealtail of the trees.
Oh, damn.
That's right.
You and me both.
All right.
Never seven.
That's good.
An ordinance to result in property subscribers on Jason RZ in 22 days.
Zero for a located at 2255 East Huntsville Road in Ward 1 for approximately 1.16 acres.
For R.A.
And RZ four.
Residents are seeing a family four units for acre 2 in his to neighborhood services.
General.
John.
Thank you, Mayor.
Before jumping into the analysis on this one.
I did want to disclose that the property owner is a personal friend of mine.
That said, and in the interest of transparency.
I don't stand to have any personal gain from whether this request is approved or denied.
And I've very explicitly asked planning staff not to discuss the proposal.
This recommendation comes to you straight from them without them consulting with me.
But with that aside, this property is located in southeast Fayville and Ward 1.
It's on the south side of Huntsville Road.
One lot east of Jerry Avenue in the hip cafe if you're familiar with that coffee shop.
Coming from the other direction.
It's about seven or eight hundred feet west of crossover highway 265 of the fee prefer.
The property is probably most notable for it's somewhat unusual shape.
It has a compared to its depth has a relatively narrow 100 foot of street frontage along Huntsville before going 500 feet deep away from the street.
Otherwise, it's not too uncommon or dissimilar from other properties on Huntsville and that it's developed with the single family home.
And a pair of accessory structures.
The request is to resume the properties current split zone designation of our SF4 residential single family four units breaker along the northern portion of the site and our a residential agricultural along the south portion of the site.
To a uniform NSG neighborhood head services general along the full entirety of the site.
Staff is recommending in favor of the request.
The planning commission also felt it was appropriate and forwarded it to the city council recommending approval unanimously.
And today we've received no public comment either before the planning commission added or since and I'm available for questions.
Thank you.
Can you support one council members received any public comment.
So far haven't heard anything.
Okay.
All right.
What questions do you have on this one.
Okay. Number eight.
An ordinance resume that property scrub resounding petition are the end 22 days.
Zero.
Four three located at five 60 West.
Van astride more to.
For approximately 13.56 acres from R.A. residential agricultural to UT urban thorough for child.
Thank you.
Mayor apologize for the whip last but this takes us back up to the northern extensive ward two.
This property is located at the northwest corner of Van Ashingreg.
Although it is separated from Greg by the road right away that again runs parallel to that street.
It's currently developed with a concrete plant and recycling facility.
The concrete plant for sure predates the properties entrance into Fayetteville.
This land was the annex from Johnson and annexed in the Fayetteville in 2010.
It is largely developed with the structures associated with that concrete plant a large.
Estiwal building. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given its use, the disproportionately site that aren't within true canopy along the property lines are largely compacted gravel and impervious surfaces.
That said, it is bi-sected by an unnamed protected stream that runs from the southwest portion of the sites of the north-east, where to, ultimately, enters into,
I'm sorry. It's like clear creek or no. I'm blanking on my map there.
Mud Creek, excuse me. Thank you. Appreciate the attempt at assist there. You have Mud Creek.
The request from the applicant was to reason the property from R.A. residential agricultural,
which was assigned to it upon its annexation in the Fayville to I.2, which is heavy industrial.
Staff did not recommend in favor of their request at the Planning Commission meeting.
Although we certainly did give acknowledgment that this would bring the existing use of the property into
conformance. We did have concerns with the long range plans that the city holds for this piece of property,
including heavy industrial use in an area that could be ecologically sensitive given the screen
to the site despite its current state. The Planning Commission had similar concerns,
and at the Planning Commission meeting itself the request was revised to UT,
urban burial fair. Planning Commission isn't in favor of that,
and it was forwarded under that request to the city council unanimously.
And today we've received no public comment and I'm available for any questions the council has.
Thank you. I'll hurt anything on this one. Okay.
Surprise.
What are the questions to ask? Yes, please.
I'm just scrolling through here. I didn't see the stream in some of the graphics,
but maybe you could put that in there or maybe I'm missing that.
I'll go back and double check, but either way we can put an exhibit together for you.
Okay. Thank you.
Anything else?
Okay. It's going number nine.
In order to approve vacation 22 days zero one over property located in 2015 Southvale Avenue,
in more one to vacate a portion of a alley right away. Jonathan.
Thank you, Mayor. This is a property with which the council is likely familiar.
This is in Southvale and Ward one. It's one lot north of K to Springs and razor back.
It was most recently seen by the planning or by the city council.
Excuse me, and a rezoning request back to CS community services from which had been recently resumed to NSG,
which before that, I'd very just a little bit further out been resumed to CS.
I think council and we're weaker discred to as a mulligan if that jogs anybody's memory.
There request before the council tonight is a reduced version of a street right away vacation request that had been considered about a year ago.
There is a piece of right away that by sex the property east to west and would accommodate a public street.
But also is a 10 foot section of alley right away that extends north from that into the back of the developed property to the north.
After receiving a negative reception to the overall vacation request, the applicant has read done their development proposal to include the street connection.
But they are back proposing to vacate that portion of alley right away, which again is about 10 feet wide and includes about 0.03 acres.
Staff is in favor of the request given that it that ends into the development to the north.
I don't feel that it adds any sort of connectivity or contributes to the public interest.
The planning commission felt similarly and forwarded the request to city council unanimously recommending in favor of it.
And as of today, I don't believe we've received any public comment on this item, but double check that for certain next Tuesday.
Thank you.
Did you all receive anything on this?
Any questions?
Okay.
Well, the number 10.
A resolution grant the appeal of council members, Sarah Bodge, Tris Tert, Sloan Scroger.
To deny conditional use permit CUP 2022 dash 0.39 or a cluster housing development property located at 2992 north, Oak Bayly Drive and Ward 3.
And to deny a variance to 164.22D of the unified development code to see the maximum number of the well and units permit.
So, what do you all have?
I am trying to get this to pull up on my iPad right now, and it's not doing it.
And I would tell me directly a little bit better.
I was approached by one of the neighbors about possibly, you know, appealing this item.
And after talking to him, we're dislocated in everything.
I felt like his appeal, which as I said, for some reason I can't get it to pull up now.
I felt like it was emerited and appeal, basically.
And, you know, that's kind of where I'm coming from with this issue.
I think it's time, you know, it works for an appeal and it's worth reconsidering.
Okay.
Do you all have anything?
Sloan or Teresa?
No, I don't have much to add.
I just figured we can look at this again when the citizens are out at AstraZeneca, but that doesn't, you know,
it's just a conversation.
It does not bind us to about.
And after we have our conversation, you know, as council members, we are always able to vote, however we see fit when we get ready to vote.
And, you know, but I did feel that this did merit.
A possible revisting the issue again.
It, you know, has everyone seen this property or is everyone familiar with it?
I've been out there, but I was going to suggest that we do a tour.
Probably.
John, it's been so good at that.
I was going to ask for that as well.
I think it might be very helpful.
I think that this might be helpful, you know, to see the location and that the, you know,
that, you know, kind of get an idea about the side itself and also the traffic that goes through there.
And, you know, access and, and that's where the thing is well.
That's all I have to ask with that.
I don't have anything that I'm happy to give any background on the project either tonight or Tuesday.
I'm happy to talk about the tour at the end of the meeting.
I think that's been our convention and I don't mind scheduling tours.
It's not to my sugar in.
And also, I think it does bear noting that compared to some other appeals like a annexation or rezoning,
a conditional use permit has three options basically for the council.
I think that the black and white ones are either upholding the appeal or not upholding the appeal,
but with conditional use permits, you could also amend what the planning commission approved.
So there was a middle road where the project could be supported with some modification of some degree.
It's been interesting discussion.
Thank you questions.
Do appeals like this, this is our last, is this our last item?
No, I guess so more.
Oh, okay, sorry.
Sorry.
Is there any other questions?
Okay.
We have a walk on from staff and resolution to authorize an application for an 8020 matching grant in the amount of $312,000 for railroad crossing improvements through the railroad crossing.
Let elimination program.
Who has that?
Great.
I got it, Mayor.
Okay.
Thank you.
So this program is another new federal aid program.
We've working on an application.
And some of the crossings are included in the crossings that we're required to close contractual E3D.
Agreements we have with with the archetypal Missouri Railroad.
Some of the other runs for ones that we identified as issues as we were talking about those new crossings and eliminating crossings.
We're also jointly applying with spring nail on this project to try to kind of increase our our scope work and and really look at this like a corridor and increase our chances of being successful.
So this is a planning grant would be for planning and preliminary design for these locations.
It's an 8020 grant and so the city share overall if we if we accept all of the federal if we're accepted approved for the funding and we accept all the funds would be 62,400 and again that would be for planning and preliminary design.
This is a we we had funding available through those railroad crossing projects.
So this is just using a portion of that funding that's available.
This resolution is one that is is not 100% necessary, but it's certainly helpful to be added to the application for the project.
So we're requesting this to be added in the reason that we got it in late is originally the grant application deadline was on October 4th.
And which is the day of the council meetings or we weren't going to be able to insert it into the the packet, but they extended that by week so we then had the opportunity to get this council support resolution so certainly would like to see this added to the agenda and.
It could be I can sent as well since it's a resolution so.
So what do you all think this is a resolution.
I'm happy to bring a city city to consent I just want to thank Chris for getting that collaboration working with the city of Springdale so I'm glad to see it on happy to see it on consent unless anybody has it.
Okay, trying to shorten things a little so.
Okay, so now we have another walk on from Mark resolution to repeal resolution 89 dash 22 into authorized the reduction of the.
Election of the standard allowance of $10 million in revenue losses due to the public health emergency.
Created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
From the previously awarded American rescue plan act funds to the calculated loss of.
6,914,393 dollars.
Well, I think that all of us know there was a great number of applicants that needed money due to the pandemic.
The more that I looked at smaller organizations that did not give funding, but they are maybe they got less than what they imagined.
I think that this would allow us to reconsider some allocation of this.
Pandemic rescue money covered rescue money to organizations that have a true.
Major impact due to the COVID pandemic.
The number of people that reached out to me following the last meeting on I suggested this has been formidable.
And listening to them, I think that the impact that they have is.
The primary impact in services such as food banks housing.
Also the arts and so I would like for this to be discussed seriously and possibly offer the opportunity for more community services and community organizations to receive some of the.
The funding so that's why I brought it forward.
I would like to put it.
I think we can do it right first of.
At the right of the first.
First of the new business.
Well, I don't know what does anyone else think.
But I'm sorry, yes, you're right.
So I just like I want to know what's possible.
Yeah, let's let's put it at the first.
I hope it will have a good.
Open discussion.
I'm kind of understanding.
All right.
So we put it to first the new business.
Good care.
All right.
Okay.
We have a few.
Presentations.
And I also.
We have the first press.
Thanks.
We have is the.
Presentations sales tax report.
Paul Packer and energy report with Peter and Aaron Garden.
But we do have some.
Folks from out of town.
Would the council mind if we did the second one first and then finish up the poll and we would not mind, we would actually prefer.
Okay. All right, Peter, that's coming. I'm sorry. David, you're a, that people, Peter's behind. Yes.
You're up. Thank you, Mayor. Good evening, council. My name is Devon Howlin, director of economic vitality with the city of Fayetteville.
And tonight we're here to give you an update on our SLS community project. It's been a few months since you heard from us, but the gears of the federal government can grind a little slow sometimes we're not complaining.
Six years ago, we learned about a family that had a dream, a dream to change the lives of neurodiverse adults.
And you'll hear more about that in the issue at hand in a moment, but ever since that came, we learned of that healthcare professional from across the country.
The city and certain staff, as well as the McCombs family and impact partners that want to be involved in this have through coordination and collaboration have changed this dream into a reality and we're really excited to give you an update on it tonight.
In April, we invited you to come visit their site. We learned that they were being awarded a community project under $3 million for infrastructure support for this project.
And tonight we wanted to go ahead and give, like, give you an update on where we are.
Over the years you've heard this mention, it's in my annual updates, it's been presented at town and town committee.
Mayor, even though recently talked about it and his state of the city address to our residents earlier this year.
That's not we do have some special guests with us. Bet some combs is here.
Matthew's a carousel with South Cato Springs and Ashden McCombs the Folk and so Ashden I'd like to invite you come up and say a few words sir.
Hello.
Thanks Ed, Amy Council, Amy Mayer, the National McCombs, some of the executive director for SLS community.
And I just want to start off the presentation by providing some perspective on the scale of the nervous adult population in Arkansas into the scope of some of the issues that confront this population that SLS is seeking to address.
So, what you see on the left are prevalence data, prevalence statistics from clinical studies at a state level.
The surveillance mechanisms and monitor these different conditions below the state level don't exist.
So it's usually state or national or above.
But using that in U.S. census data, we have extrapolated local estimates for NWA, different metropolis and then at the Arkansas level.
So you can see in NWA, autism spectrum disorder adults 8,000 down syndrome roughly 500 intellectual and developmental disabilities around 10,000 and neurodivergent conditions, which incorporates some less severe conditions as well.
So just provide some perspective.
Just to frame some of the issues, just some highlights that that confront this population, you know, really distilled those down to three categories.
Housing, work, and then services.
So just a highlight statistic for each category under housing 1.3 million neurodivergent adults live with family caregivers that are over the age of 60.
So it's an aging demographic, you know, what happens to those individuals when their caregivers pass away?
The infrastructure is not in place to support them.
Under employment, Deloitte study indicated that there's roughly 85% unemployment rate for adults with autism spectrum disorder.
Broadly speaking with their other neurodivergent conditions, that's 30 to 40%.
And then with services, only 17% adults with intellectual developmental disabilities receive Medicaid funding for services at home as HCBS services.
It's a long wait list, there's efforts to address that at the state level in Arkansas.
So that's less community as a fable founded by the ones you three nonprofit.
Our mission is to support lifelong success for neurodivergent adults and their families by making essential resources accessible to all.
Our vision is an innovative, breathable, live, work, play, community, and Southfave over those resources are aggregated.
Successful and affordable for these adults to reach their full potential.
And so I really have to center this as a relationship community.
The integration, you know, this is not a facility that's off on its own.
It's integrated with the broader Southcater development at every level.
So that's providing those opportunities for neurodivergent adults to flourish.
And that scale, what you're looking at is really five different components.
The affordable housing services that are rooted in applied behavior analysis and whole health.
New employment opportunities is integrated with the Southcater development.
You know, there's the job matching program provided by SLS clinical through the UNS clinic that that will hit on later.
And then a whole host of recreation and community opportunities really blank slate for opportunities there with Southcater development as a whole.
So what we're doing now is we have a residential model.
One home with services that are grounded in applied behavioral analysis and whole health.
We want to incrementally expand that between now and as we work towards this broader vision.
We're expanding our community involvement where the Spring Go Farmers market.
Selling wholesale vegetables home big goods on select Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays.
And then the inaugural SLS-5K from the University is going to be December 10th this year on site at Kessler Mountain Regional Park.
So that's the champion and emphasis fitness for neurodiverced adults.
So the strategic paradigm to SLS operates under is one of collective impact.
And that's in recognition of the fact that complex social issues like this in order to make movement on that.
You can't just move one point on the continuum and needs to be a wholesale effort.
Integrated effort across impact partners and cross sector.
You know public, private, government, academic.
And so SLS community that is the quarterback.
You know, per se the kind of the mortar between those efforts to coordinate them, provide the overall strategy.
And then integrate those efforts towards that collected impact.
You can see the impact partners on the left but I'm not going to go through each one.
So I'll hand it back over to them.
Thank you.
Thank you, Ash.
Council, the property is located immediately north of Kessler Mountain Regional Park.
It's roughly 200 acres in size.
Within the city of Fayetteville we have three fields left that are over 100 acres in size.
This is one of those three.
It has written zoning from the South Pass PZD.
South Pass PZD was a project that went offline in the former recession, the way to nine.
In that zoning entails 80 acres of urban thoroughfare that abuts.
Catta Springs Road.
Another 97 acres of community services and 54 acres of neighborhood conservation.
If you remember the South Pass PZD was a very intense development.
Lots of single family housing.
The property was nearly covered.
And the conceptual master plan of this group is much more reserved than that.
And we're here to share that with you tonight.
This concept plan was developed by core architecture, David Simon,
out of New York with OSD and with input from city staff and other stakeholders.
They understand that this is a special piece of property.
Not just for Fayetteville but for Northwest Arkansas.
It's right there at our entrance.
We've had to see that the table from the beginning and that seat is still there.
And from a development side it's something that we've appreciated very much so to be able to have input on this.
This land plan intentionally integrates commercial residential entertainment and institutional options
to promote the broader interaction with neurodiverse residents and the broader community.
And that's the heart and soul of this.
The mission of this project is true inclusion and true inclusion doesn't happen when it's those folks just along.
True inclusion happens when they're a part of the community and you can foster that through design
and through the development patterns on the side.
Additionally with their master plan what they're proposing is a bill by right.
They want to respect the code so they're not after variances here which again were thankful for.
It's not just the federal government that has issued a vote of confidence in this endeavor.
UMS has also issued their vote of confidence as well.
They plan on leading with the development of a genomic clinic.
The genomic clinic is not only a place where the science can be advanced to help the results in their lives.
But also routine services that you and I do to dental, haircut, etc.
There are special accommodations that need to be done for neurodiverse populations.
And that's something that they're focusing on here.
And again we know some of these slides are dense.
This presentation will be posted to this project's web page immediately following this and we'll get it out to you as well.
The Community Project Fund Award.
Mayor Jordan is a long Minnesota border of this project for the past six years as has Congressman Womack
with his submittal of this award to Congress for consideration.
That happened in April 2021.
And then in March of this year we got notification that SLS community has received an award.
One of the points that I wanted to clarify here and if you've met with us on site we talked about this.
But one of these protection measures of this program is the city of Fayette Bell.
Got the award for benefit.
Oh, you have to accept that award.
And that's one of the oversight mechanisms with this to ensure that it's used for its appropriate purpose.
And so we don't have a grant agreement yet.
We haven't submitted all our paperwork.
We plan to do that soon.
But that grant agreement will have to come back to you for your consideration on accepting.
In and of this and looking at the infrastructure that we're looking at.
Kester Mountain Regional Park does not pay any centers.
You could actually know some of you know that we've discussed it and some it was news to them.
And looking at this and what we're proposing is that three million dollars using it to connect to the regional park with sewer and it serves their property as well.
There's two pieces of infrastructure that we're looking at both of which benefit this organization.
But also our Kester Mountain Regional Park.
This sewer connection and also a road connection.
Kester Mountain does not have a secondary point of access.
It is operates on a one way in one way out system.
And that's why if you see some of the bigger turnaround, the wide roads, et cetera.
This also again is something and I know Allison is here.
Should you have additional questions but something the park benefits from greatly.
And in looking at this when we met with you at March we didn't have numbers yet.
We didn't have rough figures yet but we do have some conceptual numbers but we're not putting anything in stone with cost escalation and et cetera.
But we've baked in a lot of inflation in this.
And so in looking at what could this project budget be?
Well you're seeing it here.
And that is the three million dollars on the federal.
We're looking at proposing economic development bond funds to look at covering that road.
We talk about workforce development and job skill journey.
And Councilmember Terek, we actually talked about this a couple meetings ago I believe.
Technical education and workforce development is a huge part of this project,
especially for the nearest population, but also looking at it for no typical as well.
And so I didn't say at that time that this is kind of that big workforce infrastructure support that we can do.
So this is something we're looking at just to follow up on that conversation.
This project aligns with a lot of city goals.
The first thing I wanted to mention and it's been said for the past six years.
This is so faith in regards to trying to do something for those that meet our help the most.
Yet on the economic development side, in my opinion, this is one of the most equitable and inclusive economic development projects that I've ever had the chance to work on.
It's an unprecedented model when you have impact partners that are stepping in to help further that mission of the nonprofit and help this broader issue that is ever compounding and growing as Ashton touched on.
But other than that, this isn't just about.
The New York diverse, this is an incredible new section of our community that could be developed and makes a residential options for everyday folks as well as including employment, healthcare, et cetera.
And for parks as we touched on with the benefits with parks are huge and there's still every evolving.
Obviously a sanitary sewer connection and getting cash or second point of access, but also we've already seen expansion of hiking and recreation opportunities to reverse trail runs through this property as well.
And continue conversations on possible coordination efforts are ongoing.
Council, you have your contact information for those folks in attendance. I also wanted to vote for you and the public.
This page for one of seven that we've linked is our community fund project page.
I updated regularly as I get it. This is where this recorded presentation will be and this is also where we'll put additional updates as we find them just want to be transparent folks.
Happy to answer any questions and as always, if I don't have it now, I'll get to you immediately. Thank you council for your time. I appreciate you.
So we wanted to give you all the council a report on where we are at this project update. So you are familiar with the project as we go along with it. So I'm sure there's a different can answer any questions.
You can see it's in the eastern side here. They've been great to work with. So what questions do you have right now?
Thanks for the update. I've been curious.
Thank you.
I have another one or two. Okay.
Let's be project.
It is a project.
Awesome.
Thank you.
Thank you, dear.
Let's see. Now we have the other presentation.
Sales tax report callbacker and the energy report from Peter.
Paul, are you first?
Yes.
Well, normally I am.
So I'll go ahead. I'll be brief.
This sales tax and we're going to talk about sales tax.
We're saved in September. These are actually sales that took place in July.
Once again, the city did well.
We were up 5.9% compared to last year for the city one penny.
Up 17.4% to what we received from the county.
It's distribution to the city.
So combined we're up to 10.7% compared to last year.
That puts us up roughly 13% on average compared to last year.
Do projections that dot dot dot dot dot dot.
I made that we talked about when I talked about general fund budget. Next year, we're right around on track with what my expectations had been. So unless something radically happens, we'll be on the ballpark we talked about. When we compare ourselves to the other cities, we look at Rogers. Rogers was up 13.1% for the period. That mill was up 14% as Springdale was up 19.9%.
It was a very, very strong period for the entire regional area. When I looked at the specifics, which Evan certainly helps us with, he gets out there and gets for website.
We look at a specific, try to make heads or tails of it. Once again, during July, our HMR type sales were up.
The hotels, hotels were up, they were strong. In service for restaurants were strong.
As were, as were other activities. So people were getting more out into the, into the environment, spending more money.
The other thing that we looked at was internet sales is actually, remember it's been pretty flat for the last few months. It was up during this period too.
So all in all, it was a good month for us, and I'll be happy to answer any questions. We've got four more months to go, but this was for July.
So, August September and October are very strong months. So we got some strong months coming up. I'll be happy to answer a question.
All I'm curious about the online tax collection. If a person is here, such as a university student, and their address would be somewhere else.
But the delivery is here. Do we get that tax?
It's supposed to be worth the delivery. It's what I thought.
So it should be, if it's delivery done, it's ordered. It's where that order is.
Okay. It's delivered. That's the criteria.
Thanks.
So I guess this was somewhere outlining areas like farming to the green land. It could be a resident there, but, but if in fact, they pick it up or it's not shipped there.
Then they don't get it. So this location of delivery.
Any questions?
Thank you.
All right. Good evening again. Council members and mayor. One final presentation for you.
So this is the energy report for the month of July to correspond with the sales tax report that Paul just gave you.
So in July, the city spent just shy of $375,000 on natural gas and electricity.
It was an 18% increase over July of 2021 on the graph. You can see the blue dots are 2020 and the red dots and red line are 2021 in July of this year.
We paid $57,875 dollars more than we did last July. That's an 18% increase.
Year to date our expenditures are a little bit over 2.1 million, which is almost 50,000 dollars a year to date.
And that's about 2% that's about a 2% increase year to date as compared to where we were last year.
The primary reason for the cost increase as compared to the last July is the increasing cost of a unit of electricity.
The kilowatt rate for electricity or electricity costs if you separate electricity and natural gas electricity portion of our utility bills were up 36% for July.
But that was offset somewhat by 25% decrease in natural gas expenditures and that natural gas decreases due to the drive solids.
Biosolid strier being out of service at the wastewater treatment plant over the knowledge plant.
Here's a graph of the total electricity, the total cost of electricity at our wastewater treatment plants.
Blue is the money we pay to Ozark's electric for kind of our base rate and then any electricity they supply and then the green is the money paid for electricity produced by the solar arrays.
A lot of this year was a record month for solar production.
You may remember how hot and dry and sunny it was in July and that actually is good for solar production.
So we saw the benefit of that, that's the reason for the spike on the graph.
Our total cost for electricity at the wastewater plant since July was about $174,000.
If we did not have the solar arrays we would have paid about $185,000.
Which is not that much of a savings but the keep in mind that in July we did bank a number of what are called credits because we overproduced in July we produced more electricity than we actually needed.
So those credits go into the piggy bank and then we'll be able to use that in the winter time and then we'll really recognize the savings of that excess solar production.
And then final graph for you is fleet fuel in July we spent a little over $250,000 on fleet fuel for our vehicles that was an 80% increase or 95,000 increase from July of 2021.
That increase is of course situated to the much higher price of fuel.
Our usage for gasoline was only up 1% and our diesel use was up about 6%.
So by and large that increase is almost all attributed to price of fuel going up.
Glad to answer any questions you all might have.
Questions you have Peter.
Thank you, Peter.
All right.
Okay.
Do you have any announcements or anything?
Mayor, we did have the tour to schedule for.
Oh, that's right.
The appeal item.
If I may jump in line.
For the sake of conversation, I'd like to propose Monday at 4 o'clock.
It seems like it's working for many council members is that acceptable option.
Got one thumbs up.
Two thumbs up.
Three thumbs up and ahead not.
That's encouraging.
Okay.
I'll get that scheduled to the clerk's office for Monday.
Okay.
Thank you.
Okay.
Mayor, just the announcement that the transportation committee will meet after this meeting.
Immediately after this meeting and at a separate link.
Good.
Good to have you back.
Mayor, I have an announcement.
This was left off the city calendar, so it may be rescheduled.
The scheduled award, Tuesday meeting for tomorrow night at five.
And Mike and I are going to discuss.
Since it was left off the city calendar, if we need to reschedule it.
No.
I don't know.
Yeah.
See.
Any clerk?
Is she gone?
She did say she had the leap.
Take care of something.
Okay.
So.
I don't know how to answer that.
Yeah.
It's a war to me.
I mean, they have a flyer has it.
So.
Yeah.
I don't know.
What happened?
Council member.
Can you say the date and time again?
I'll make sure the specs and get that.
We added one.
More.
Mark.
We can't hear you.
And I don't know what happened.
But it cut out.
Oh, I turned it off.
That's my fault.
I said, it's.
We had a schedule for the 28th at five.
It's a zoom meeting.
And I.
If you go to the city website in the public calendar.
It's not.
I'm sorry.
Council member.
Can you.
Josh just pointed out that it is on the website.
So I don't know if you're.
I got a.
A screenshot from someone.
It could have been up there recently.
Sorry.
It is now on the website.
So now we need to double.
Recommendation for what you like.
Just a second.
Let me go to the message.
Uh.
Well, Mark does that.
I just wanted to confirm.
Like my.
You know, zoom connection disconnected and it reconnected.
And I had a bad connection did anybody else on zoom have that as well.
Is it on the website?
Did you?
I can see you guys better on it.
Oh, you're just connected.
Hold me.
Well, I went to the calendar.
Yeah.
My current.
On the website.
But I don't know when it got put there.
Uh.
Okay.
I'm going to show you what I have on my highest.
Well, I can.
Are we a we an announcement.
Can I go.
I'll stay with y'all.
Go ahead and go.
Well, for I should stop here.
I'll call you.
We should.
Local government meeting.