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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)
NEW BUSINESS
1. Ambulance and Related Fire Services, Chief
Jordan
2. Annexation of Lake Leatherwood,
3. Metro-Site proposal for Wireless
Telecommunications, Mr. R. Thorton
4. Test pour of ‘Increte” near the Palace Hotel
& Bath House
5. Vegetation
Control at Lake Leatherwood and Black Bass Lake
6. Authorization to blast at the construction
site, Red Carpet Inn, Highway
62 East
7. Authorization to close off selected streets
downtown for die Taste of Eureka, Mr. James DeVito
MAYORS COMMENTS
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT’S REPORT:
COMMISSION, COMMITTEE, 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
Public hearing on vacating Crook Street, 7 PM, May 6,
1997
Workshop, Carroll County Solid Waste Authority, 7 PM,
May 8, 1997
ADJORNMENT
CITY OF EUREKA SPRINGS
REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING
APRIL 22, 1997
Mayor Barbara OHarris called the
Council Meeting to order at 9 a.m. on
Tuesday, April 22, 1997, in the jury
room in the Western District
Courthouse.
PRESENT:
Mayor O’Harris, and Councilpersons
Dickens, Watson, Seratt and Freeland.
Councilpersons Jeffrey and Christman
were absent.
ALSO PRESENT:
David McNeal, Bill Earngey, James
DeVito, Kirby Murray, Rudy Thornton,
Rick Murphy, Kurt Jordan, Jimmy
Kelly, Jack Moyer, David Beauchamp, Jay
Miner, Don Matt, and Clerk Lee.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
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266 REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING
APRIL 22, 1997
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA:
The motion was made and seconded to approve the agenda as it
is. All were in favor, 4/0/0.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES:
The motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of
the April 8th
City Council Meeting. With no discussion, the vote was
4/0/0.
OLD BUSINESS:
1. Ordinance
#1700-A, amending Ordinance #1700, Zoning, First Reading:
Since Mr. Jeffrey was out of town, the Council decided to
postpone the first reading until he gets back. The motion was made and seconded
to postpone the first reading until the May 13th Council Meeting. Motion
carried, 4/0/0.
- 2.
Ordinance #1750, Parking, Third Reading:
The motion was made and seconded to suspend the rules and
place
Ordinance #1750 on its third and final reading by title
only. The vote was
4/0/0.
City Attorney, Jay Miner, read the ordinance by title only.
With no discussion, the vote was 3/1, with Mrs. Dickens
voting against.
The Mayor voted yes, so the motion carried, 4/1/0, and the
ordinance
passed.
3. Authorizing for Signage to Historic District at 23 N. at
Planer Hill, Committee Report: Mr. Murray said that the committee had their meeting,
and the only place that they can put the Historic District sign on the right,
is on Mr. Runge’s property. He said he would have to think about it, and he has
not gotten back with Marvin Shepard as of yet.
4. Ordinance #1751, Creation of Parks and Performing Arts
Department,
Second Reading:
Mr. Miner said he will be making some changes in the
ordinance and it
should be ready about the middle of next week.
The motion was made and seconded that the subject be
postponed until the
May 13th meeting, and discussion at the May 6th
Agenda-setting meeting.
All were in favor, 4/0/0.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Ambulance--Kurt Jordan hadn’t arrived due to an accident
on Hwy 62 E., so the Council went on.
2. Annexation of Lake Leatherwood:
This subiect was postponed to the May 13th Council Meeting,
with discussion at the May 6th Agenda-setting meeting.
3. Metro-Site proposal for Wireless Telecommunicatons, Mr.
Rudy
Thornton:
Mr. Thornton gave the high lights of his presentation to the
City at the Agenda-setting meeting. He said that his company is made up of
telecommunication consultants. The proposal is to list City properties and to
market those properties to all the carriers, both cellular and new advanced
PCS/Personal Communications Service. There are seven licensed carriers as of
February 1997. The Federal Government auctioned off additional space within the
radio spectrum of frequencies to these carriers. These companies are looking
for space to rent for wireless
CITY OF EUREKA SPRINGS
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antenna sites. The antenna are not easy to spot and much
preferable to towers going up all over town, and they bring in revenue for the
cities involved in this program.
The Municipal League has approved this company for the
consortium for Arkansas.
Mr. Thornton said that his company finds customers, puts
them in touch with the City, and the City then draws up its own contract with
the customer. Then his company acts as our agent. Most of the contracts with
the cities are for 5 years.
The City is not obligated until the lease has been paid.
Then, Metro-Site receives 30% of the fee. Berryville, Green Forest, and Alpena
are already with Metro-Site.
The Mayor said she would like this to be done by ordinance,
so it will come up at the May 6th Agenda-setting meeting and be voted on at the
May 13th Council Meeting.
(1.) Ambulance and Related Fire Services, Chief Jordan:
Chief Jordan came in at this point and made his
presentation. He had passed out a hand-out of the existing ordinance at the
Agenda-setting meeting for the Council to look over. Every two years he looks
at what the Qity charges and what Medicare will pay because charges for
ambulance service are based on the amount Medicare will pay.
He said that 99% of the time, an EMT person is on the
ambulance, in case one is needed, and of course, all medications and equipment
that might be needed. He said the fees that we charge are not keeping up with
the expense. He said the ordinance needed to be adjusted to reflect the areas
that need to be raised, which he had marked on his hand-outs. Mr. Miner will
draw up an ordinance to be ready by May 6th.
Chief Jordan said that he has been working with Alan Epley,
who is his Assistant Chief, to set up a plan for the rural district. He said it
is a membership. The fee, per year, would be $25 to $55. All of the rural
districts have this around us and they don’t know why Eureka Springs does not.
The people often give donations but they have dwindled. If the City Fire
Department goes out of the City to put out fires, this is assurance that they
will get some reimbursement.
The 911 Re-numbering will cost $25,000 to $30,000. The County
will be of no help to us. Mayor O’Harris asked if it absolutely had to be done
this year. Mr. Jordan said no. David Beauchamp, the City’s Accountant, said put
it in the budget and do it in 1998.
Mr. Freeland said that there is a flashing light available,
that one could turn on for the ambulance. Jimmy Kelly said that he saw those at
a show he attended and they would be effective. He also said the lights are not
out of reach for the every day person to buy. It was suggested that the
department might like to sell them at a nominal fee, and make a little money
for the department.
Chief Jordan said they might put that in their budget for
next year.
The Council took no action at this time, but they did want
the money to renumber to be in the budget for 1998.
4. Test
pour of “Increte” near the Palace Hotel & Bath House:
The Mayor said she received a report from Sheila Hulsey,
which said: the pour has been approved by the HDC, Tourism Advisory Committee,
the Historical Preservation Society, Kirby Murray, and Charles Fargo. By roll
call vote, the Council approved the pour, 4/0/0.
5. Vegetation Control at Lake Leatherwood, and
Black Bass Lake:
Kirby
Murray said that the Public Works Department has been using Rodeo, an herbicide
designed to kill vegetation on the dams at Lake Leatherwood, and Black Bass
Lake. He said that when you have a lake that is controlled by Arkansas Soil and
Water, that is in excess of 50 acre feet of water, the dam must be kept clear
of vegetation. Before the chemical was used, Public Works personnel had to
repel off of the dam and chop everything away by hand. That damaged the stone
dams and made the cracks larger so more vegetation could grow in the cracks.
With Rodeo, the dams are kept clean, and the State was very happy when they
inspected, recently. Rodeo is a product that is approved by about everyone. It doesn’t
bond with the water or air, it bonds with the soil where the vegetation is. In
the three years that Public Works has used it, it has done a good job. It is,
however, an herbicide, and Mr. Murray said he would be more comfortable if the
Council gave approval for its use:
Alderwoman
Seratt made the motion to approve, and Alderwoman Watson seconded. All were in
favor, by voice vote, 4/0/0.
6. Authorization to blast at the Construction
site, Red Carpet Inn, Hwy. 62
East:
Mr.
Murray said that Arlie Weems approached him to blast behind the Red Carpet Inn.
The parking lot was not put in properly, and they are having to dig out behind,
down to stable ground, and now they have hit rock. They want to put a new
larger, stable parking lot in and a swimming pool. Mr. Murray said the person
doing the blasting is very good at what he does. He did the blasting for the
Whitely Lift Station, and nobody seemed to even know it was going on.
The
Council decided to postpone until Marvin can give them a report at the May 6th
meeting.
7. Authorization to close off selected
streets downtown for “Taste of
Eureka”:
James
DeVito came to ask permission to set up a tent between the Auditorium and the
Court House building for the Taste of Eureka, and also to block the section of
First Street from the Auditorium to the Court House so that they can get back
and forth with the food.
They
are joining with the Classical Music Festival this year, and the festival is
contributing funds. They will have a brass quintet available to play during the
Taste of Eureka. It will have a new look, this year. By roll call, the Council
approved the request, 4/0/0.
MAYOR’S
COMMENTS:
The
Mayor’s only comments were to let people know how well George
Christman
is doing. He is keeping up with his City mail, and is astonishing
the
doctors.
The
motion was made and seconded to adjourn. All were in favor, 4/0/0. The meeting
was adjourned at 10:05 a.m.
APPROVED:
Barbara A. O’Harris, Mayor
ATTEST: