CITY OF EUREKA SPRINGS
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
9:00 AM
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL,
ESTABLISHMENT OF QUORUM
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
TO THE FLAG
APPROVAL OF TFIE
AGENDA:
APPROVAL
OF THE MINUTES: Two Special Council
Meetings, March 18, 1997 Special Council Meeting, March 20, 1997
Regular Council Meeting, March 25, 1997
OLD BUSINESS
1. Ordinance No. 1700-A to amend Ordinance No.
1700, Zoning, (First Reading)
2. Ordinance No. 1750, Parking, (Second Reading)
3. Old Police Building
4. Authorizing
for signage to Historical District at 23 N at Planer Hill, Committee Report
NEW BUSINESS
1. Trains Appropriation
2. Annexation of Lake Leatherwood,
3, Petition to Vacate portion of Crook Street
and a portion of Cliff Street, Mr. A. Epley
4. Ordinance
No. 1751, Creation of Parks and Performing Arts Dept. Mr. Miner
5. Ordinance to provide for the Building Inspector to
cite violators into court for violations that affect his department.
MAYORS COMMENTS
ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSISTANT’S REPORT:
COMMISSION, COMMITFEE,
AND AUTHORITY REPORTS:
1. Auditorium
Commission, Position 1, expires August 11, 2000
2. C.A.P.C. Commission,
3. Cemetery
Commission,
4. Historic
District Commission.
5. Hospital Commission,
6. Parking Authority
7. Parks
and Recreation Commission, Position 5, expires May,
2001
8. Planning Commission
9. Carroll
County Solid-Wastes Authority
10. Four-County Solid-Wastes Management District
11. Eureka Springs Solid-Wastes Advisory Committee
12. Tourism Advisory Committee:
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Mayor Barbara A. O’Harris called the
regularly scheduled City Council
Meeting
to order at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 8th, 1997. The meeting was held in the
jury room of the Western District Courthouse.
PRESENT:
Mayor
OHarris, and Alderpersons Jeffrey, Dickens, Seratt, and Watson. A
quorum
was established. Alderman Freeland was tardy. Alderman
Christman
was absent.
ALSO
PRESENT:
Earl
Hyatt, David McNeal, Charles Fargo, Chance Coach Representative Bob
Ward,
David Beauchamp, Jay Miner, Don Young, Don Matt and Clerk Lee.
PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE:
Mr.
Young led in the Pledge of Allegiance.
APPROVAL
OF THE AGENDA:
The
motion was made and seconded to approve the agenda. All were in favor, 4/0/0.
APPROVAL
OF THE MINUTES:
The
motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the first special
meeting of March 18th, 1997. The vote was 4/0/0, to approve.
The
motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the second special
meeting of March 18th, 1997. The vote was 4/0/0, to approve.
Alderman
Freeland came in at that time.
The
motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the March 20th special
meeting. The vote to approve was 5/0/0.
The
motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the regular City Council
Meeting for March 25, 1997. Mr. Jeffrey pointed out that it was Francie Miller,
not Frannie. Also, on page four, he amended the wording in the description of
the Mayor’s request to the Tourism Advisory Committee. The vote to approve the
amended minutes was 5/0/0.
Mayor
O’Harris reported on Alderman George Christman’s condition. He has suffered a stroke.
She asked that h.is friends and associates send cards. She also said that if
anyone called, that Sandy asked that the calls be cheerful and short, so that
he wouldn’t get upset.
OLD
BUSINESS:
1. Ordinance
#1700A to amend Ordinance #1 700, Zoning, First Reading:
Mr.
Jeffrey suggested that since part of the ordinance that was supposed to be
taken out, and was still in the ordinance in a different place, the ordinance
should be postponed, until it was right. After some discussion, the motion was
made and seconded that the first reading be postponed until the April 22nd,
1997 Council Meeting. Mr. Jeffrey volunteered to amend it before the next
Agenda-setting. He also pointed out a small item on page three, the third
paragraph from the bottom, where it talks about clearing land persuant to
Section 5-18. It should be 5-19. No vote was taken.
2. Ordinance
#1750, Parking, Second Reading:
The
motion was made and seconded to suspend the rules and place
Ordinance
#1750 on its second reading by title only. All were in favor,
5/0/0.
Mr.
Young read the ordinance by title only.
The motion was made and seconded to approve. The vote to approve was
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MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 8th, 1997
4/1/0, with Ms. Dickens voting no.
The ordinance passed on its second
reading.
3. Old Police Building:
Mayor O’Harris asked that the matter
be postponed until a later time. She asked Mr. Miner to explain what is
happening. Mr. Miner explained that the legislature in Little Rock passed a
bill which would allow Carroll County to elect their own judge. If this
happens, it will mean that there will have to be another office in the County
Courthouse, and possibly displace someone who has an office that is already
there. The Mayor said that the City should not do anything without planning
ahead to utilize the space that we have to its best potential. There is a
question coming up whether the Municipal Court Clerk and her law library will
have to move. The jury room, and the judge’s chambers will always have to be
used as they are. They cannot be changed. They do not satisfy the requirements
for the judge, just his court. He may have two or three employees. It is not
certain yet. It is up to the County to house them properly. The Courthouse is
owned by the County, and the City will have to go along with whatever they
decide. At this time, the City will be looking at all of the possibilites, and
utilize their space with some foresight. Mr. Johnson will do a study to see how
we can best use our space.
4. Authorization for signage to
Historical District at Highway 23 North at the top of Planer Hill, Committee
Report:
The committee had not met yet. Mr.
Jeffrey said that he and Mr. Shepard were planning to get together and look at
boundary stakes at the top of the hill at 1:30 p.m. He said that they weren’t
going to have a meeting, just locate the stakes, but if Mr. Freeland wanted to
be there he was welcome. They then notified David McNeal as to the time and
place.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Trams Appropriation:
Mr. Jeffrey recapped the
Agenda-setting meeting and again stated his opinion that we need to order a
tram now. The money has been set aside, and we have given our word that we will
buy the tram, so that the tour companies can count on us doing what we said we
would. Also, we gave our word to the downtown merchants that we would run
alternative fuel on Spring St. He also said that the council should stop trying
to micro-manage the Transit System and get on with step two in the plan. Mr.
Freeland said he hasn’t been shown that the City needs another tram and should
the City buy another one without some idea of how much it will cost to run
them, and how much money they will make
Mr. Fargo, Director of the Transit
Department, introduced Bob Ward, a representative of Chance Coach. He said that
if the tram was ordered now, it would have a delivery date in October. He said
that orders are built on a first come, first serve basis, and that different
times of the year are used to build a certain kind of vehicle. Chance builds
various kinds of vehicles and builds them for the area in which they are to be
used. When someone orders, the order has a delivery date of six to eight months
out. He said that usually in June, they look at the increase they need because
of price raises on materials. The increase can be from 3.5% to 5%.
After more discussion, Ms. Seratt
asked if the City ordered now and had a delivery date later, would it lock in
the price, which, with curtains is approximately $161,00. Mr. Ward said it
definitely would. She then made the motion that Mr. Fargo order the tram now,
with curtains, and the City put the down payment down, with a delivery date of
March 1, 1998. Ms. Watson seconded. The vote was 5/0/0, to approve.
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2. Annexation of Lake
Leatherwood:
Since the
recommendation had not yet come from the Planning Commission, the motion was
made and seconded that the item be postponed until the next Council Meeting on
April 22nd, 1997. All were in favor, 5/0/0.
3. Petition to Vacate
a portion of Crook St. and a portion of Cliff St.:
The motion was made
and seconded to set a Public Hearing on May 6th,
1997, at 7 p.m. for
this matter. All were in favor, 5/0/U.
4. Ordinance #1751,
Creation of Parks and Performing Arts Dept.:
There was a lot of
discussion. One of the points made was that if anything gets done in City
government there is a 6 to 8 month time line. If this is to happen, it needs to
be started now. Mr. Jeffrey said that he thought it would be good to meet with
the commissions and have a work session. The Parks Commission is saying “yes”,
and the Auditorium is saying “No, Maybe”.
There was a long
discussion about how many department heads are needed, how they would be
funded, who would report to who, and whether either commission would suffer by
joining them into a department.
The motion was made
and seconded to place Ordinance #1751 on its first reading. The vote by roll
call was 3/2/0. Mr. Freeland and Mr. Jeffrey voted no. Mayor O’Harris voted
yes, and the vote, then, was 4/2/0. Mr. Young read the ordinance in its
entirety.
The motion was made
and seconded to approve.
Mr. Jeffrey raised
the question of whether the name Department Head or Director should be used in
the ordinance. Mr. Miner will research it. Mr. Miner reminded the Council that
in the ordinance, all monies would be kept in the place where they are raised.
There would not be any crossing of funds.
The vote was 5/0/0,
to approve.
5. Ordinance to
provide for the Building Inspector to cite violators into court for violations
that affect his department:
Basicly, it can’t be
done. The Building Inspector can cite people for violations that affect the
health and safety of our citizens. He also can notify persons if they have a
nuisance on their property. He cannot handle a violation that is a criminal
offense.
The discussion
centered on how long it takes to get anything done when there is a serious
problem. It does take a long time. When the person in question starts to work
on the problem, the City pulls back. Then, the unscrupulous ones will stop
work, and the City has to start all over. Mr. Miner wants the City to prove
ownership and survey property before it takes any action. The City has run into
problems! From now on, the person in violation will have to demonstrate a
consistant good faith effort, before the City will stop the process on them.
MAYOR’S COMMENTS:
The Tourism Advisory
Committee recommends to the Historic District Commission and the City Council
that the Palace Hotel be allowed to do the test pour of a new substance for a
sidewalk in the vacinity of their front sidewalk. Mr. Miner said that if the
pour is in compliance with the sidewalk ordinance, then they can do the test
pour. The test will be paid for by Steve and Francie Miller, and so will its
removal if it is not acceptable. This will be discussed in more detail at the
April 15th, 1997, Agenda-setting meeting.
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES, REGULAR
MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 8th, 1997
A boil
order was released on Spur Lane, Dawson Road, and cabins 1 through 10 at
Lake Lucerne.
Ordinance
1708-A was referred to the Tourist Advisory Committee, where they met with Mr.
Johnson who owns the Rosalie House. An agreement has been reached and there are
no changes to the ordinance.
ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSISTANT’S REPORT:
Mr. Young
announced that the tax report on January and February is down 14.38% down from
the same time last year. That is $19,387.10 down. Our parking revenue was down
9% in January. In February, it was up 6.33%. In March it was up 35%.
The City
is losing the Channel 5 Vacation Channel as of April 30th. There has been a
price increase and a lack of subscribers.
The
Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission gave the City a good report on
the inspection of Lake Leatherwood Dam. They complimented James Clark on the
good maintenance of the Dam. The school children thanked the City for their
sidewalk.
Our grant
application for the wastewater treatment plant has cleared the clearing house
with no adverse comments. We were the only project that were going to be funded
by the Economic Developement folk. The rest had different funding agencies.
The
motion was made and seconded to adjourn. All were in favor, 5/0/0. The meeting
was adjourned at 10:55.
APPROVED:
ATTEST: Barbara
A. O’Harris, Mayor
Mary Ann
Lee, City Clerk-Treasurer
CITY OF EUREKA SPRINGS
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1997
9:00 AM
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL, ESTABLISHMENT OF QUORUM
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA:
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: Regular Meeting April 8, 1997
OLD BUSINESS
1. Ordinance No. 1700-A to amend Ordinance No.
1700, Zoning, (First Reading)
2. Ordinance No. 1750, Parking, (Third Reading)
3. Authorizing for signage to Historical
District at 23 N at Planer Hill, Committee Report
4. Ordinance No. 1751, Creation of Parks and
Performing Arts Department, (for second reading)