Springdale Council Transfers Street Bond Fund Management
Last updated Tuesday, November 25, 2008 8:58 PM CST in News
By THE MORNING NEWS
The Springdale City Council at its meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday unanimously approved tTransferring management of the city street bond fund management from Construction Dynamics Group to city staff.
The original bond program included $105 million in bonds to build and improve streets. The city has earned $8.3 million interest and has more projects to complete, including installing 10 more traffic signals, constructing 8/10 of a mile of roads and improving 6 miles of existing roads.
Most work will be complete by July with one project that won't be complete until December.
The council also approved:
• Zoning Gilbert and Susan Verser's 0.2 acres at 1010 S. Pleasant St. from neighborhood office to general commercial.
• Zoning Philip Taldo's 39.2 acres on the south side of Watkins Avenue east of 64th Street from agricultural to general commercial.
• Zoning 70.5 acres north of Elm Springs Road and west of Interstate 540 from general commercial to thoroughfare commercial. The property is owned by Hall Family Investments and Cypress Investments.
• Zoning 0.4 acres at 509 and 511 Berry St. from medium density multifamily to general commercial. Springdale owns the property and Tyson Foods plans to use it as a parking lot.
• A conditional-use permit for a T-Mobile tower in an agricultural district at 4227 S. 56th St.
• Approved a new resident participation plan for the Community Development Block Grant program, which provides money to rehabilitate blighted or low-income areas. The new plan means all material about the program will be translated into and available in Spanish.
• Adding a traffic signal at Ford Avenue and Arkansas 265.
• Moving $5,000 from the city attorney budget to the Police Department budget. The money will buy cameras to be placed in police vehicles.
Source: Staff Report
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