January 20, 2004 Agenda


Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors
City of Texarkana, Arkansas
City Hall – East Third and Walnut Streets
Monday, May 19, 2008

7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

1.	Call to order.
2.	Invocation given by Director Kathy Dunphy.
3.	CONSENT AGENDA
	A.	Approval of Minutes of the regular meeting May 5, 2008.
	B.	Adopt a Resolution approving the request by Salli Brown of Beech Street First Baptist Church, for a jointly sponsored “Ice Cream Fellowship” on Sunday, July 13 2008. (The event will be sponsored jointly by Beech Street First Baptist Church and First Presbyterian Church.)
	C.	Adopt a Resolution authorizing spending approximately $2.3 million of Certificate of Obligation (C. O). funds to reimburse Bowie County and T.A.C. for expenses incurred for energy improvements at the Bi-State Justice Building. (Finance Department)
	D.	Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to purchase a cold plane milling machine (Roadhog) for the public works department.
	E.	Adopt a Resolution accepting the 2007 audit engagement letter. (Finance Department)
4.	Adopt a Resolution expressing the intent of the City of Texarkana, Arkansas to reimburse expenditure to finance the capital improvements and refunding the City’s Franchise Fee Secured Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 1999, and Franchise Fee Secured Capital Improvement and Refunding Bonds, Series 2002. (Finance Department)
5.	Consider the following action concerning the abandonment of the dedicated 16’-0” utility easement across the rear of Lot 5 of the replat of Lots Two and E½ of Lot 3, Block 2, located at 4101 Central Place, BEMIS GROVE ADDITION, Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas. (Tony Asbille, Waylon Thompson, Brian Hawthorne, Willie Stroup, Gale Page, and Danny R. Gordon) (PowerPoint Map)
	A.		Conduct a Public Hearing to receive comments regarding the petition to abandon the utility easement.
	B.		Adopt an Ordinance abandoning the utility easement as legally described above and retaining an easement 20’-0” in length on the most northern end of the shown easement, there is an existing AEP-SWEPCO down guy that will have to remain.
6.	Consider the following action concerning the abandonment of the dedicated 16’-0” utility easement at #25 North Valley between Lots 112 and 113 of the PARTIAL REVISION of WOOTEN’S SUBDIVISION, being part of the W½, Section 25, Township-15-South, Range-28-West, Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas. (Stephen Kyles) (PowerPoint Map)
	A.		Conduct a Public Hearing to receive comments regarding the petition to abandon the utility easement.
	B.		Adopt an Ordinance abandoning the utility easement as legally described above and retaining part of the existing utility easement measured 16’-0” X 16’-0” at the intersection of the two existing utility easements along the line between Lots 112 & 113 for the existing SW Arkansas Rural Electric Association overhead line crossing the property from East to West.
7.	Consider the following action concerning the abandonment of the dedicated, unimproved 40’-0” Miles Street right-of-way between Lots 1-8, Block 2, MILES ADDITION, Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas and between the Roberts Street right-of-way and the dead-end. The right-of-way is located in the 200 block of Roberts Street. (William & Melissa Saunders and John & Betty Harvin) (PowerPoint Map)
	A.		Conduct a Public Hearing to receive comments regarding the petition to abandon part of a right-of-way.
	B.		Adopt an Ordinance abandoning part of a right-of-way as legally described above.
8.	Adopt an Ordinance amending Ordinance H295 allowing hotels and motels to use Romex type electrical wiring.
9.	Citizen Communication.
			A limit of five (5) minutes 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.
11.	Adjourn.
	Announcements
	AML’s 74^th Convention – Hot Springs, AR (06/18—20/2008)

Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors

Monday, May 19, 2008

7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

A.

Approval of Minutes of the regular meeting May 5, 2008.

B.

Adopt a Resolution approving the request by Salli Brown of Beech Street First Baptist Church, for a jointly sponsored “Ice Cream Fellowship” on Sunday, July 13 2008. (The event will be sponsored jointly by Beech Street First Baptist Church and First Presbyterian Church.)

C.

Adopt a Resolution authorizing spending approximately $2.3 million of Certificate of Obligation (C. O). funds to reimburse Bowie County and T.A.C. for expenses incurred for energy improvements at the Bi-State Justice Building. (Finance Department)

D.

Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to purchase a cold plane milling machine (Roadhog) for the public works department.

E.

Adopt a Resolution accepting the 2007 audit engagement letter. (Finance Department)

Adopt an Ordinance amending Ordinance H295 allowing hotels and motels to use Romex type electrical wiring.

Citizen Communication.