Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors


Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors
City of Texarkana, Arkansas
City Hall – East Third and Walnut Streets
Monday, April 2, 2007

5:00 p.m. – Board of Directors Tour Texarkana Regional Airport

7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

1.	Call to order.
2.	Invocation given by Director Kathy Dunphy.
3.	Presentation of the City of Texarkana, Arkansas Employee Service Awards
4.	Texarkana Regional Airport Updates by Airport Director Steve Luebbert
5.	Presentation of Industrial Pretreatment Program; 100% Compliance Awards: § General Electric Railcar Repair Service Corp. (second consecutive year) § Smith-Blair, Inc.
6.	Proclamation declaring April 9-15, 2007, *Texarkana, Arkansas Community Development Block Grant Week* and April *Fair Housing Month*
7.	CONSENT AGENDA
	A.	Approval of Minutes of the regular meeting of March 19, 2007.
	B.	Adopt a Resolution authorizing concession sales at the *“Swinging in the Summer with Music and Art in the Parks”* program.
	C.	Adopt a Resolution expressing support of the Safe Routes to Schools Grant and authorizing the City Manager to submit an application to the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD).
	D.	Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager and the Utility staff to negotiate a contract with NRS Consulting Engineers of Texarkana, Arkansas for engineering services associated with the expansion of the North Texarkana Wastewater Treatment Plant.
8.	Adopt an Ordinance establishing the 22-Block Original City District (OCD) which would overlay the proposed National Register Historic District. This ordinance would give the City’s Historic District Commission authority to regulate only the exteriors of buildings undergoing renovation and rehabilitation. (PowerPoint)
9.	Adopt an Ordinance rezoning a tract of land legally described as the North 1.53 acres of the E½, NE¼, NW¼, NW¼, Section 8, Township-15-South, Range-28-West, Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas (containing 5.0 acres of land, more or less) from R-1 Rural Residential to C-3 Open Display Commercial. The property is located at 5446 Woodway Drive. (Squire Crawford (c/o Dale Smith, Jr., agent)) (PowerPoint)
10.	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.
11.	Adjourn.

	Reminders

	2006 Financial Interest Statement are due by January 31, 2007.
	73rd Annual Convention – Hot Springs, AR (6/13—15/2007)

Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors

Monday, April 2, 2007

5:00 p.m. – Board of Directors Tour Texarkana Regional Airport

7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

A.

Approval of Minutes of the regular meeting of March 19, 2007.

B.

Adopt a Resolution authorizing concession sales at the “Swinging in the Summer with Music and Art in the Parks” program.

C.

Adopt a Resolution expressing support of the Safe Routes to Schools Grant and authorizing the City Manager to submit an application to the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD).

D.

Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager and the Utility staff to negotiate a contract with NRS Consulting Engineers of Texarkana, Arkansas for engineering services associated with the expansion of the North Texarkana Wastewater Treatment Plant.