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Rescheduled Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors

City of Texarkana, Arkansas
City Hall - East Third and Walnut Streets
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
7:00 p.m. Rescheduled Regular Meeting

1. Call to order.
2. Invocation given by Assistant Mayor Williams.
3. Presentation of the City of Texarkana, Arkansas Employee Service Awards
4. Presentation by Community Development Director Barbara Pitts in regard to C.D.B.G. Budget Allocations (PowerPoint) (Map
5. CONSENT AGENDA
1. Approval of Minutes of the regular meeting of November 20, 2006.
2. Adopt a Resolution setting the date for a public hearing to receive comments regarding a petition to abandon part of the dedicated, unimproved East 43rd Street Right-of-Way in the 4300 block of Loop 245 to the dead-end. (I-49 Auto Auction) (Map)
3. Adopt a Resolution setting the date for a public hearing to receive comments regarding a petition to abandon the dedicated, unimproved 20'-0" alley in Block 21, KIRBY'S COLLEGE ADDITION, Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas between Oats Street and Flower Street. The alley ROW is located in the 300 block of Oats Street.. (V. J. Yeatman et. al.) (Map)
4. Adopt a Resolution condemning two (2) substandard structures. (PW)
5. Adopt a Resolution awarding a bid and authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with Barlow World Truck Center, Texarkana, Texas, for one 2007 Freightliner Model M2 fourteen (14) cubic yard dump truck with bed. (TWU)
6. Adopt a Resolution approving the 2007 Community Development Block Grant budget allocations.
6. Adopt an Ordinance adopting the updated American Concrete Institute (ACI) 325.12R-02, regarding concrete street design. (American Concrete Institute (ACI) 325.12R-02)
7. Adopt an Ordinance amending Article III, Sections 19-31 through 19-61, Chapter 19, Texarkana, Arkansas Code of Ordinance, dealing with landmarks located within the Historic District Commission (HDC) regarding the appeal process, conflict of interest, Original City Historic District (OCHD) and Quality Hill Historic District (QHHD). (PW)
8. Adopt an Ordinance granting a limited franchise for use of public right-of-way (alley adjacent to 400 North State Line). (Map)
9. Citizen Communication

   A limit of five (5) minute per subject is allotted for any person to express a written or oral viewpoint, grievance or other message to the Board of Directors, with a maximum of fifty (50) minutes allotted for citizen communications. No advance permission is required, but persons wishing to address the Board are requested to fill out a "blue" card listing the subject to be addressed and hand it to the City Clerk upon arrival. Citizen's communications will be immediately following the Regular Agenda items on each agenda.

10. Executive Session.

    Adopt a Resolution making appointments to various boards and commissions. [Heating & Air Conditioning Board of Review (Jeff Castle and Thomas Bui); Plumbing Board of Review (Harold Randall); Housing Authority (John C. Hoy); and Public Facilities Board (Charles Nickerson, Harold E. Boldt, Patti Scott Grey, and Rachael Kaplan [Resignation; Carl Conley - Retired]

11. Adjourn.