Feb 11, 2025 Agenda Committee

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JUST SEND ME YOUR PART BACK. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET OUR MEETING STARTED.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

WE'LL HAVE AN INVOCATION BY JUSTICE WARD, IF YOU CAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR EACH COMMUNITY THAT IS REPRESENTED HERE TONIGHT. GOD, WE THANK YOU AND WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN US TO SERVE OUR DISTRICTS.

GOD, I PRAY FOR HUMILITY, THE KIND THAT DOESN'T DISMISS OTHER OPINIONS, BUT THE KIND THAT TRULY LISTENS NO MATTER A PERSON'S BACKGROUND.

WE PRAY FOR PEACE IN OUR WORLD. IT'S IN JESUS NAME I PRAY.

AMEN AND JUSTICE CAPPS WILL LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR PARTICIPATING IN OUR OPENING TO OUR MEETING.

AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL AND YOUR MICROPHONES ARE ON? . YOU HAVE 15 PRESENT, 15 PRESENTS. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM TO DO THE COUNTY'S BUSINESS.

WE'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO ITEM 7. IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION?

[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

ANY DISCUSSIONS, ANY CHANGES, ANY DELETIONS? THERE BEING NONE WHICH SIGNIFY YOUR ACCEPTANCE BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED OUR MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED FROM OUR LAST MEETING.

IT APPEARS THAT WE'VE GOT SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS, 24-I-69.

[24-I-69 AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES AND POLICIES FOR THE USE OF COUNTY FACILITIES FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.]

AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES AND POLICIES FOR THE USE OF COUNTY FACILITIES FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.

JUSTICE DAVIS. I MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.

SECOND. A MOTION WAS MADE. YOU HAVE AN AMENDMENT ON THE TABLE.

OKAY. IT'S BEFORE YOU MOVE INTO TO THE MAIN MOTION AND THE MAIN ITEM.

THE AMENDMENT NEEDS TO BE DISPENSED WITH. ABSOLUTELY.

JUSTICE DAVIS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AMENDMENT AS WELL.

YES. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION. LAST MEETING.

THIS WAS BROUGHT UP, THIS. CAN YOU MAKE A MOTION? OH, I JUST DID. I THOUGHT. NO, THAT WAS THE MAIN ITEM.

WE NEED TO AMEND IT. WE NEED TO AMEND, I'M SORRY.

MOTION TO MOVE THIS TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT.

AMENDED. MOTION TO AMEND. MOTION TO AMEND. SECOND.

OKAY. WE'LL MOVE TO AMEND. 24 AYES 69. SECOND.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BUMPY START.

I'M GONNA GET IT RIGHT. NO. WE'RE GOOD. SO A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE AMEND 24 HOURS.

69. NOW, JUSTICE DAVIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN YOUR AMENDMENT? YES. THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PART OF MY ORIGINAL ORDINANCE.

SO I GOT WITH JUSTIN TO TRY AND CLARIFY THAT IF JUSTIN WANTS TO CLARIFY IT FURTHER.

I WOULD LOVE FOR THAT. OKAY, SO BASICALLY WE SEND THIS BACK WITH SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND LET THE ATTORNEYS LOOK AT IT.

IN ARTICLE ONE, THEY MADE A FURTHER DEFINITION OF WHAT THE COMMERCIAL USE WAS OR, AND EXPANDED THAT TO MEDIA. AND SO THAT WAS TO MEET THAT CONCERN, BASICALLY THAT THE MEDIA WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER THAT CONSIDERATION.

ARTICLE SIX WAS REMOVED IN ITS ENTIRETY. THAT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT IT SEEMED A LITTLE PUNITIVE.

SO ARTICLE SIX WAS REMOVED IN ITS ENTIRETY, AND I DON'T HAVE THE AMENDMENT IN FRONT OF ME.

BUT I THINK THAT'S THE CRUX OF WHAT THIS WOULD DO.

AND WE DO HAVE AN ATTORNEY THAT IS HERE THAT COULD PROBABLY PROVIDE SOME MORE LEGAL CONTEXT.

OH, THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE WAS REMOVED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

AND WE ARE. WE'RE INTO THIS. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, JUSTICE DAVIS? NO. I JUST THINK I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO IT WAS.

MY. I BROUGHT THAT WHOLE THING TO JUSTIN TO WORK ON.

LIKE, THE JUDGE DID NOT TALK TO ME. I JUST. THE DAY THAT HAPPENED, I GOT PROBABLY A HUNDRED TEXTS AND CALLS ABOUT HOW COULD I NOT KNOW THAT SOMETHING

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SO IN THE FUTURE WE WOULD BE AWARE. THAT WAS MY ONLY HEART BEHIND IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. JUSTICE STOWERS. THANK YOU, SIR.

MISTER COUNTY ATTORNEY. IN A PREVIOUS MEETING, WHEN THIS WAS UP FOR CONSIDERATION, THERE WERE CONCERNS THAT WE WERE OVERSTEPPING THEIR BOUNDS AND CROSSING BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE SEPARATION OF POWERS.

WHAT I WANT AND WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO CONFIRM IS THAT WHAT IS STATED IN THE ORDINANCE AS FAR AS THE COUNTY JUDGE'S JURISDICTION IS A RESTATEMENT OF WHAT THE COUNTY JUDGES JURISDICTION ALREADY IS AS IT RELATES TO AMENDMENT 55 OF THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, AND AS IT RELATES TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT, BUT I THINK IT IS CONSISTENT.

WELL, MR. FOGLEMAN SAID THAT WAS WHAT WE NEEDED.

OKAY. LET ME TALK TO MR. FOGLEMAN AND SEE WHAT HIS THOUGHTS ON IT.

BUT I BELIEVE IT'S CONSISTENT. WELL, I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT TONIGHT BECAUSE THIS IS BACK BEFORE US AGAIN.

AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, I GET A LITTLE CONCERNED WHEN SOMEBODY'S REPRESENTING THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND IS NOT ABLE TO SPEAK.

I WASN'T WITH AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.

I WASN'T HERE AT THE LAST TIME THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED AND MR. FOGLEMAN IS ILL, AND SO. OKAY, HERE IN HIS STEAD.

OKAY. AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO LOOK INTO IT. BUT, SIR, IT IS.

WELL, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO LOOK INTO IT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME.

THIS IS BEFORE THIS BODY. SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, MY QUESTION IS THE SAME AGAIN, SIR.

I BELIEVE IT IS CONSISTENT WITH AMENDMENT 55.

BUT I'D HAVE TO CHECK. SO THE REFERENCES TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY JUDGE THAT ARE REFERENCED IN THIS ORDINANCE ARE CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT LAW AS IT RELATES TO THE CONSTITUTION AND AMENDMENT 55 TO THE CONSTITUTION? YES. THANK YOU, I YIELD. ARE THERE. IT'S OKAY.

JUSTICE BLACKWOOD. YES AND I STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM I'VE ALWAYS HAD WITH THIS, THAT IT OVERREACHES AND WE GIVE TOO MUCH AUTHORITY TO THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT. AND I REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO ANY, THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH WHO WE'VE GOT IN POWER NOW OR WHO WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, OR WHO THIS AFFECTS.

IT HAS TO DO WITH WHOEVER COMES INTO POWER. THAT IT OVERREACHES.

AND SO I, CANNOT IN GOOD FAITH VOTE FOR THIS BECAUSE I STILL FEEL LIKE IT OVERREACHES AND I THINK THAT THE POWER SHOULD BE LEFT IN THE HANDS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT AND I JUST THIS IS SOMETHING I JUST BASICALLY BELIEVE IN THIS. THESE ARE MY BELIEFS AND SO I JUST CANNOT BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD GIVE SO MUCH POWER TO THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, AS WE ALL KNOW, IN OUR GOVERNMENT AND IT'S VERY SCARY AND I DO NOT THINK IT SHOULD HAPPEN.

AND THAT'S HOW I FEEL. THANK YOU, JUSTICE BLACKWOOD.

IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS AND THIS IS STRICTLY ON THE AMENDMENT.

SO, AMY WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON AMENDING 24-I- 69? SO REAL QUICK, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS JUST THE AMENDED PART OF THE COMMERCIAL USE.

YES. SO WE'RE JUST AMENDING IT TO ATTACH IT TO THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE.

OKAY SO AYE. NINE AYES.

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SO IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION. JUSTICE DAVIS. YES, I MOVE TO SEND IT TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT FOR ADOPTION, AS AMENDED WITH A DO PASS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SECOND, SO A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE SEND 24-I-69 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT, AS AMENDED.

NOW, SO WE'RE AT THE FULL WE'RE AT THE FULL ORDINANCE.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FULL? ORDINANCE.

JUSTICE STOWERS. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO GIVE MY ENDORSEMENT AND THANKS TO JUSTICE DAVIS FOR BRINGING THIS. I THINK IT'S BALANCED. I THINK THE AMENDMENT HAS MADE IT MORE BALANCED AND I'M GOING TO VOTE AFFIRMATIVELY ON THIS MATTER. OKAY. THANK YOU. JUSTICE STOWERS.

IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 24-I-69, AS AMENDED.

. AGAIN. NINE AYES, FIVE NAYS AND ONE ABSTENTION.

9 AYES. WE WILL SEND 24-I-69 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT.

WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION. ALRIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO NEW BUSINESS.

AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 25-I-07 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 2025 ANNUAL BUDGET,

[25-I-07 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 (2025 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS FOR THE CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT.]

JUSTICE LEWISON. I SAY SEND IT TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DUE PASS.

SECOND. YOU GOT YOUR MICROPHONE. I'M SORRY. A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE SEND 25-I-07 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.

JUSTICE LEWISON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? WELL, WE DO THIS EVERY MONTH.

THIS IS A STABILIZATION REALLY, IT'S FOR MAINTENANCE AND THE SERVICE CONTRACTS THAT THEY HAVE, AND WE VOTE ON IT EVERY MONTH. ANYBODY HAVE ANY? THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I-07? . 15 AYES. WE WILL SEND 25-I-07 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.

AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 25-I-08, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 17-04-12.

[25-I-08 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 17-OR-12 (PULASKI COUNTY PERSONNEL POLICY) AS AMENDED TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A.C.A. §14-15-506.]

JUSTICE YOUNG BAKER. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE JUST MAKING THE CORRECTIONS.

MOVE TO ADOPT. [INAUDIBLE]. THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DUE PASS.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT. A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE SEND 25-I-08 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.

JUSTICE YOUNG BAKER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE DOING? YES.

SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE JUST ADDING LANGUAGE SO THAT IT WOULD MIRROR THE STATUTE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT.

IT NEEDED TO MATCH, AND IT WASN'T IN THERE. CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED. JUSTICE CURRY WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED . THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I-08?

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OKAY. MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM 24-I-60 FROM THE TABLE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

SECOND. A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE MOVE.

MOVE 24-I-6 . OKAY. WHAT SHE SAID FROM THE TABLE. OH, AND IT WAS THE SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND.

WOULD YOU WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY WHAT IT IS THAT YOU GOT TO VOTE TO REMOVE IT FROM THE TABLE? RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY, SO WE DON'T DISCUSS BEFORE WE VOTE.

CORRECT? CORRECT. OH, YOU JUST VOTE TO REMOVE IT FROM THE TABLE OR NOT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO, AMY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL ON VOTING TO REMOVE 24-I-60 24, FROM THE TABLE. 24-I-60 .

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14 AYES AND ONE NAY. 14 AYES. ONE NAY. WE HAVE REMOVED 24-I-60 FROM THE TABLE. NOW, IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. MY LIGHT'S NOT WORKING AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

OKAY, SO WE GOT A LOT OF MOTIONS. MISS DAVIS, WHAT IS YOUR MOTION? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SEND IT BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD.

TO ADDRESS BULLET POINTS OF ALL THREE AREAS OF CONCERN, TO FURTHER DETAIL, BECAUSE THERE'S, YES, ONE BULLET POINTS OF ALL THREE OF THE CONCERNS FOR THE BULLET POINTS TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS IN ALL THREE AREAS.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS WITH THE PLANNING BOARD AND WITH OUR DISTRICTS.

I THINK THAT'S THE END OF MY MOTION. THAT'S NOT REALLY A MOTION TO REFER.

MISS DAVIS, YOU CAN TACK ON YOUR STIPULATIONS, BUT YOU WANT TO REFER IT BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD.

CORRECT. WITH MY STIPULATIONS THAT THEY ARE AWARE THIS TIME OF WHAT I WANT A MOTION.

I GUESS YOU'RE SAYING A MOTION TO REFER. A MOTION TO REFER. OKAY.

A MOTION TO REFER A SECOND. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE REFER 24-I-60.

ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST LIKE TO RESTATE REBECCA DAVIS'S CONCERNS.

SOME OF US WERE NOT HERE IN ANY OF THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PLANNING WITH, IN THE COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE FOR US TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. I FEEL THAT WE NEED SOME ADDITIONAL TIME AND MAYBE REVISIT IT IN A ROUND OF MEETINGS.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER? JUSTICE. I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE QUORUM COURT ALONG WITH THE COMMISSION.

THERE WERE QUESTIONS THAT THE QUORUM COURT HAD THAT I THINK IN A MORE CASUAL ONE ON ONE ENVIRONMENT SITUATION WHERE WE CAN GET SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS ADDRESSED PERHAPS IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM VERSUS A SETTING LIKE THIS.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL. SO I DO SUPPORT THIS MOTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT IN THAT MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT A TIME FRAME OF MAKING SURE THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, THOSE MEETINGS HAPPENED. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STIPULATE A TIME FRAME WHERE WE CAN GET THEM BACK TO THE TABLE TO ADDRESS ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS CONCERNS AND ISSUES. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ANY. JUSTICE DAVIS.

OH, I'M SORRY, I'M LOOKING AT YOU. SO ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS MADE WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A WISE RECOMMENDATION ABOUT 30 DAYS. US HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS AND TRYING TO BRING CONCERNS TO THEM FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THEY COULD BETTER UNDERSTAND AND HAVE SOME PARAMETERS, WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, AND NOT JUST SEND IT BACK BLINDLY.

MAY I SUGGEST THAT WE BASICALLY THIS IS REFERRED BACK.

WE'LL DRAFT A LETTER ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE STIPULATING WHAT SOME OF YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE AS FAR AS TIMELINES AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

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I MEAN, THAT WAY YOU HAVE IT IN WRITING THAT, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY YOU'RE REFERRING IT BACK THERE FOR A PURPOSE AND THROUGH THE LETTER, YOU GUYS CAN SORT OF STIPULATE WHAT THAT PURPOSE IS TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS AND EXTEND THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH OR WHATEVER IT IS YOU GUYS NEED TO DO.

BUT I THINK IT'S A WAY TO HAVE A PAPER TRAIL OF WHAT YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE.

CAN WE MAKE IT LIKE 45 DAYS? BECAUSE IF THERE'S THREE PARTS AND WE ALL WANT TO HAVE A COMMUNITY EVENT WITH THEM PRESENT, THAT MIGHT BE HARD TO DO IN 30 DAYS. DO WE ALL LIKE 45 DAYS? I THINK WE NEED THE ADDITIONAL TIME. THAT'S FINE.

40, 45 DAYS. YEAH. 45. OKAY. SHOULD DO IT. WE'LL WRITE THEM A LETTER AND ASK THAT THEY HAVE 45 DAYS AND I ASSUME EVERYBODY WILL MAKE YOU AWARE OF THEIR CONCERNS OR WHAT THEY WANT TO HAVE INCLUDED IN.

IS THAT THE PROCESS, JUSTIN? I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S PRETTY.

THE CONSENT IS THAT THIS NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD SO THAT THEY CAN FURTHER EXAMINE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED BY MEMBERS OF THE QUORUM COURT AND COMMUNITIES THAT THEY SERVE.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO. WE'LL GIVE THEM THE 45 DAY STIPULATION TO HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS WANT TO DO.

THAT'S WHAT THEY SHOULD DO. OKAY. JUSTICE STOWERS THANK YOU SIR.

SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED THIS EVENING OR THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE JOINT MEETING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE QUORUM COURT FOR THOSE THAT COULD BE HERE.

ONE WAS IS THERE A FEASIBILITY FOR CERTAIN QUORUM COURT DISTRICTS TO BE CARVED OUT OF THE PLAN? BECAUSE. I AM PRETTY FAMILIAR, AFTER 20 YEARS WITH MY CONSTITUENCY, AND EVEN THOUGH THEY LIVE A LONG WAY FROM THE WATERSHED, THEY WERE OPPOSED TO THE ZONING IN THE WATERSHED BACK IN 2010 BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED THAT IT WAS AN INFRINGEMENT ON PERSONAL PROPERTY. RIGHT. PERSONAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.

SO. YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR OUT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE IS, CAN QUORUM COURT DISTRICTS BE CARVED OUT OF THE PLAN OR NOT? AND NUMBER TWO, CAN THE PLAN BE MADE SUBJECTIVE? DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPERS. AND TO LEAVE THE THE SMALL LEGACY LANDOWNERS ALONE? I THINK THOSE WERE THE TWO MAIN THEMES I HEARD IN OUR MEETING THIS AFTERNOON AT 3:00.

NOW, IF SOMEBODY ELSE HAS OTHER THINGS TO ADD, THAT'S GREAT AND YOU TALK ABOUT THE NORTH, WE TALK ABOUT THE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTY AND MISS YOUNG AND MYSELF, WE BOTH REPRESENT DISTRICTS THAT ARE THERE.

AND I HEARD HER EXPRESS HER CONSTITUENTS BEING FAVORABLE OF THIS PLAN, WHILE MINE ON THE FARTHER, FURTHER NORTH END OF THE COUNTY OR NOT AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO WORK THROUGH HERE, I GUESS, IS THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE. AND SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE PLANNING COMMISSION COME BACK WITH AS FAR AS IDEAS, SUGGESTIONS, HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS PALATABLE AND WORK FOR ALL 15 QUORUM COURT DISTRICTS.

OKAY, I YIELD. THANK YOU, MR. STOWERS. MR. PEARSON.

THANK YOU. I THINK WE NEED TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED IS NOT AN ORDINANCE.

IT IS NOT ANYTHING THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN 20 DAYS OR WHATEVER.

IT IS JUST SAYING THAT, HEY, WE SEE THAT THERE'S GROWTH IN THESE AREAS.

WE SEE THAT THESE AREAS ARE CHANGING. THEN WHAT WE MAY HAVE BEEN USED TO OR ACCUSTOMED TO.

SO HERE'S WHAT THE HOTSPOTS ARE. HERE'S WHERE THE HOTSPOTS OF GROWTH IS HERE.

HERE'S WHERE THERE IS AN INFLUX OF PEOPLE MOVING TO.

IT'S NOT AN ORDINANCE. IT'S NOT SAYING, HEY, YOU MUST HAVE THESE SET OF CODES OVER HERE.

THE PLAN IS NOT SAYING THAT. SO WE CAN SUBMIT, WE CAN HAVE MORE TIME.

BUT ONE THING I WANT TO WANT TO MAKE CLEAR I DON'T WANT THIS TO TURN TO THE SAME QUESTIONS BEING ASKED OVER AND OVER AGAIN OF A PLAN THAT IS NOT AN ORDINANCE. THANK YOU, MR.

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YES. WOULD THERE BE A WAY THAT WE CAN GET SOME TYPE OF INFORMATION SHEET THAT CAN BE SHARED.

I KNOW IT'S THE DOCUMENTS. IT'S A KIND OF A LARGER SIZE DOCUMENT THAT WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, BECAUSE I'M SURE THE PLANNING BOARD WILL ACCOMMODATE YOU ANY WAY THEY CAN.

SOMETHING BECAUSE I'M IN A LITTLE PART OF UNINCORPORATED WITH REBECCA.

WE SHARE SOME AREAS, SO THANK YOU. OKAY. NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.

THANK YOU. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 24-I-60 [INAUDIBLE].

TO REFER. REFER. YES. ALL RIGHT.

. PERHAPS I AND MISS DAVIS. YES. 15 AYES. 15 EYES.

WE WILL SEND. WE WILL REFER 24-I-60 BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD.

I HAVE A COMMENT. YEAH. JUSTICE MASSEY, PLEASE.

THE NEXT TIME THAT I RAISE MY HAND AND I AM THE FIRST PERSON TO RAISE MY HAND.

PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE ME BEFORE YOU ACKNOWLEDGE SOMEONE ELSE. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL.

IS THAT TO ME? BECAUSE YOU DID NOT. I'M SORRY.

I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T. PLEASE FORGIVE ME. I DID NOT RECOGNIZE JUSTICE MASSEY.

OKAY. [INAUDIBLE]. I WILL DO IN THE FUTURE. [INAUDIBLE].

YOUR LIGHTS WILL BE OFF. NO, THAT WON'T EVEN WORK.

SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME. ALRIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SO MOVED. WITHOUT OBJECTION, OUR REGULAR MEETING HAS BEEN ADJOURNED.

ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? MR. KEITH? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

YES, SIR. HERE, IN THIS INFORMAL SETTING IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN USE THIS SYSTEM WAS SET UP INTENTIONALLY, WITH A LIGHT SYSTEM WHERE YOU AS THE CHAIR OR THE JUDGE AS A CHAIR.

MISS MASSEY AS THE CHAIR CAN SEE WHEN LIGHTS ARE TURNED ON.

IS THERE A WAY WE CAN GET BACK TO WHERE WE WERE 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO, WHERE THE MICS ARE NOT ALL HOT, AND YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE WHO TURNS THEIR LIGHTS ON WHEN AND WHERE, AND YOU CAN CALL ON THEM IN THE ORDER THAT THEY WERE RECEIVED.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE INTENTION IS TO COLLECT ALL THE VOTES AND THAT FOR THAT TO BE ON THE RECORD, BUT IS SURELY IN 2025 WITH TECHNOLOGY, THERE'S A WAY TO BE ABLE TO TURN ALL THE LIGHTS ON.

WHEN OR. EXCUSE ME, TURN ALL THE MICS ON WHENEVER WE'RE TAKING A VOTE AND YET, WHEN WE'RE NOT TAKING A VOTE AND WE'RE IN DEBATE THAT THE LIGHTS ARE OFF, WHICH MEANS THE BUTTONS WORK, AND THEREFORE YOU CAN BETTER MANAGE THE MEETING AS THE LEADER OF OUR AGENDA COMMITTEE. OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT, MR. STOWERS. HOWEVER, JUSTIN YOU CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

YEAH, YOUR LIGHTS COME ON. BUT IT DOES NOT TELL ME IF I'M NOT ACTUALLY LOOKING AT IT.

IT DOESN'T GIVE AN ORDER OF HOW THEY'RE DONE. YEAH, THEY DON'T WORK. I MEAN, YOU CAN YOU CAN TURN THEM ALL OFF UP THERE AND JUST RECOGNIZE THE INDIVIDUALS OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT. YOU KNOW WHAT? I'VE GOT TO MAKE SOME CHANGES ON THAT BOARD ANYWAY. THERE'S SOME FOLKS THAT ARE ON THAT BOARD THAT ARE NO LONGER ON THE RIGHT QUORUM COURT.

SO I'VE GOT TO MAKE SOME CHANGES ANYWAY, SO I WILL DISCUSS WITH THEM, MR. STOWERS DREAM. OKAY. THANK YOU AND. [INAUDIBLE] WHILE, I GOT THE HOT MIC.

SO ON YOUR DESKS YOU HAVE THESE FORMS. SO IF YOU CAN JUST FILL THEM OUT, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYBODY, JUST CHECK NO. IF YOU DO FILL THEM OUT. IT'S A GIFT FROM MY DEAR FRIEND DAN GREENBERG FROM MANY YEARS AGO.

THIS WAS A BIG DEAL FOR MR. GREENBERG. SO WE, ADHERE TO HIS NEPOTISM CONCERNS.

SO PLEASE, JUST, YOU KNOW, FILL OUT THE FORM AND WE'LL GET IT OVER TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE FOR YOU, OKAY? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE DOWN TO.

I ASSUME THERE WERE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS. OKAY, I THINK ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT COMMUNITY PUBLIC COMMENTS AND JUST A REMINDER,

[Public Comment]

STAY ON TOPIC, KEEP THE COMMENTS CONCISE, AVOID PERSONAL ATTACKS, INFLAMMATORY LANGUAGE OR DISRESPECTFUL COMMENTS TOWARDS OTHERS AND THEIR AND BASE

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GOOD EVENING TO ALL. GOOD EVENING. I HAVE A COUPLE OF CONCERNS.

COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME, MA'AM? JUST FOR THE RECORD. REGINA NORWOOD. I LIVE IN AN UNINCORPORATED PART OF WEST LITTLE ROCK AND YOU CAN JUST ADDRESS BOTH ISSUES AT THE SAME TIME. OKAY, GOOD. FIRST OF ALL, ABOUT THE BROADBAND.

I JUST NEED TO KNOW, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE ON THE BROADBAND? RURAL BROADBAND. THAT CAME UP AT A MEETING. YEAH, I THINK HUTCH STEPPED OUT.

OKAY, I'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT THING. IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SITES.

WELL, SEVERAL SITES ACTUALLY OUT ON PINNACLE VALLEY ROAD AREA THAT ARE PROBLEMATIC.

THEY'RE MORE THAN PROBLEMATIC. THEY ARE. A SAFETY AND HEALTH ISSUE, I THINK, AND SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT. OFTENTIMES WE HEAR, WELL, IT'S THE COUNTY.

PEOPLE MOVE TO THE COUNTY SO THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.

AND THAT IS NOT REALLY TRUE. THIS BODY HAS SOME POWER TO REGULATE UNSANITARY CONDITIONS. IS THAT RIGHT? CAN YOU HAVE AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE FOR THAT REGARD? OKAY. SO ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE ITEMS, THOSE ORDINANCES.

HOW DOES THAT WORK? BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME SITES WHERE THERE'S AN ACCUMULATION OF TRASH.

THERE'S BEEN AN ERECTION OF A STRUCTURE THAT CERTAINLY DOESN'T MEET HOUSING.

IT'S JUST BEEN A LEAN TO AND IT'S TRASH ALL AROUND AND IT DRAWS PERSONS THAT ARE KNOWN TO BE INVOLVED IN DRUGS AND OTHER ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.

SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW, WHAT CAN NEIGHBORS DO ABOUT THIS SITUATION OTHER THAN BE TOLD? WELL, IT'S THE COUNTY. OKAY. CAN CAN I ASK THE ATTORNEY MR..

JUSTICE STOWERS I'LL GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY. MAY I ASK THE ATTORNEY TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE YOU SOME INFORMATION WITH THAT? IT'S REFERRED TO COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE WHICH SENDS A LETTER REQUESTING THAT ANY UNSANITARY CONDITIONS BE REMOVED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER WHICH USUALLY GETS SOME ATTENTION. AND AND AFTER THAT, THERE'S A PROCESS THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH TO TAKE AN ABATEMENT OF WHATEVER UNSANITARY CONDITIONS THERE ARE AND IT ALSO DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S IN A RIGHT OF WAY OF A COUNTY ROAD TODAY WE ORDERED ABATEMENT OF UNSANITARY CONDITIONS THAT ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF A COUNTY ROAD.

THAT'S OBVIOUSLY EASIER. THAN DOING SOMETHING ON SOMEONE'S PRIVATE PROPERTY.

BUT THAT'S GENERALLY HOW THE PROCESS WORKS. OKAY, SO WHEN I SHOW YOU THIS, YOU CAN TELL ME THIS IS STILL APPLICABLE LAW AND YOU CAN WE CAN FOLLOW THIS PROCESS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SHOW ME. OKAY.

IF YOU HOLD ON ONE SECOND. MA'AM JUSTICE STOWERS HAD.

I THINK HE HAD SOME INFORMATION. THANK YOU, MR. KEITH. SO, MA'AM, THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD ON THIS, BECAUSE THIS BODY PASSED AN ORDINANCE ALMOST A DECADE AGO.

ITS ORDINANCE 16 OR 53, THAT'S 16 OR 53 AND IT DEALT WITH UNSANITARY, UNSIGHTLY AND UNSAFE CONDITIONS AND THERE IS MUCH TO ABSORB IN THAT ORDINANCE.

THE PROBLEM IS THE ORDINANCE HAS NEVER BEEN ENFORCED.

IT'S NEVER BEEN ENFORCED TO THE EXTENT OF THE LETTER OF THE LAW.

IF YOU READ THE ORDINANCE, GO READ THE ORDINANCE.

DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. 16OR53. IT HAS NOT BEEN ENFORCED TO THE EXTENT THAT THE QUORUM COURT INTENDED IT TO BY THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE. SO IF IT WAS TO BE ENFORCED AND THERE WAS A

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THOSE WHO TAKE WHO CARE ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORS, ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORS, WHO DON'T CARE ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORS AND THE SITUATION IS THAT THERE'S NOTHING DONE ABOUT IT, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A LAW IN PLACE IN A PATH TO DEAL WITH THAT. SO ARE WE TALKING SO. SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THIS BODY PASSES LAWS, WE'RE THE LEGISLATIVE BODY.

WE CAN'T ENFORCE THEM. THE ENFORCEMENT IS TOTALLY UPON THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

THE COUNTY, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT STARTS WITH THE COUNTY JUDGE AND GOES ON DOWN TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

AND THEN FROM THERE TO THEIR SUBORDINATES WHO ENFORCE THESE LAWS, THAT ORDINANCE 16OR53 HAS NOT BEEN ENFORCED.

SO DOES THIS MATTER NEED TO COME BEFORE THE REGULAR QUORUM COURT, THE JUDGE, THE COUNTY JUDGE YOU WOULD WANT MR. [INAUDIBLE]. YOU WANT TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR JP, AND HOPEFULLY THAT WOULD LEAD TO A CONVERSATION WITH LEADERSHIP IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. THANK YOU, MR. MISTER CHAIRMAN. HEY, FIRST SOME CLARITY ON THIS.

WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE, PERHAPS, TO HAVE MR. TOWNSEND EXPLAIN THE ACTUAL PROCESS AS FAR AS SIGNATURES REQUIRED? YEAH, THERE'S A PROCESS AND IT REQUIRES SIGNATURES FROM PROPERTY OWNERS.

SO PERHAPS HE WOULD BE BETTER SUITED TO EXPLAIN.

I WAS GOING TO ASK HIM TO ASK HER TO SEE HIM, BUT IF HE WANTS TO COME UP AND GIVE US A CONDENSED VERSION.

I THINK YOU HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNED CITIZENS IN HERE. AND I THINK, OKAY, THAT'S FINE. HE'S COMING UP, MR. TOWNSEND.[INAUDIBLE]. I CAN GET YOU THE WHOLE PROCESS AFTER I EXPLAIN IT. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO REMEMBER ALL THIS, OKAY? BASICALLY, THE WHOLE PROCESS IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO COME TO US.

WE CAN'T DRIVE BY AND INITIATE IT, BUT PEOPLE CAN COME TO US.

AND IF WE GO BY AND LOOK AT IT AND SAY, INDEED, THIS DOES VIOLATE THE ORDINANCE, THEN WE WILL GET ALL THE INFORMATION TO YOU ON WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. BASICALLY, YOU'VE GOT TO GET A PETITION SIGNED BY TEN RESIDENTS OF THE AREA WITHIN A TWO MILE RADIUS.

SO FOUR MILE CIRCLE OF THE PROPERTY, IT'S A PROBLEM.

SO TEN PEOPLE WILLING TO SIGN THEIR NAME AND THEIR ADDRESS AND GIVE THAT TO US AND THEN WE CAN START THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE PROCESS THAT ULTIMATELY HAS TO GO NOT ONLY TO OUR ATTORNEYS, BUT BE ADJUDICATED THROUGH THE COURTS AND ULTIMATELY, IT'S THE COURTS THAT HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROSECUTE THIS AND TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW CAST JUDGMENT UPON IT.

SO THAT'S HOW THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO WORK. BUT I'LL GIVE YOU MY CARD AND WE CAN GET BACK TOGETHER AND WE CAN START THAT PROCESS BECAUSE WE GET FRUSTRATED WITH IT, TOO. IT'S MORE CUMBERSOME THAN I THINK WE REALLY SHOULD HAVE.

I WISH IT WAS MORE NIMBLE THAN IT. WE COULD INITIATE THIS, BUT THAT'S THE ORDINANCE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AND WE ARE TRYING TO FILL THOSE TWO POSITIONS.

SO ON THAT, WE HAVE ONE PERSON THAT WORKS WITH PRIMARILY STRUCTURES.

HE'S KIND OF COVERING BOTH. RIGHT NOW. THOSE TWO POSITIONS ARE STILL IN THE BUDGET.

I UNDERSTAND [INAUDIBLE]. [INAUDIBLE].

CAUSE, ONCE YOU CONTACT HIM AND YOU GET THE SIGNATURES, THEN THEY WILL CONTACT THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY TO CLEAN IT UP.

AND IF THEY DON'T CLEAN IT CLEAN IT UP. THEN THE COUNTY WILL CLEAN IT UP FOR THEM AND THEN CHARGE THEM FOR THE CLEANUP [INAUDIBLE]. AND JUST SO ALL OF OUR NEW GPS HAVE A LITTLE CONTEXT ON THIS.

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IT WAS CONSIDERED ZONING AND AN OVERREACH BY THE COUNTY ONTO PRIVATE PROPERTY.

SO IT'S WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A GOOD ORDINANCE OR NOT.

THAT'S JUST A HISTORICAL FACT ABOUT THAT ORDINANCE.

IT WAS NOT EASILY PASSED. THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF OPPOSITION TO THIS ORDINANCE, AND CONCESSIONS WERE MADE TO DEAL WITH THE SIGNATURE RADIUS AND ALL THAT AS WELL.

SO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY, MISS LOT [INAUDIBLE].

YOU'VE GOT [INAUDIBLE]. ALRIGHT . THANK YOU.[INAUDIBLE].

ALL RIGHT.

KG. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE.

THREE THINGS BRIEFLY. ONE, I HOPE THAT YOU, ASJUSTICE, WILL REINFORCE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEIR MEETINGS TO MAKE SURE THEY DO SOME MAIL OUTS, NOT JUST PUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS NOT TECHNICAL AND NOT ONLINE.

AND MAYBE SOME BILLBOARDS, MAYBE SOME YARD SIGNS IN THE COMMUNITY SO PEOPLE BE AWARE OF THE LAND STUDY MEETINGS.

SECOND THING, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE STIPENDS THAT THE JP RECEIVED FOR THEIR DISTRICTS WAS REMOVED.

YOU KNOW, THE $1,000 THAT YOU GUYS GET TO GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITIES.

OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS JUST A JUDGE HYDE CALL.

I DON'T RECALL IT BEING VOTED AND DISCUSSED ON, BUT I HOPE YOU GUYS WILL APPROACH BRINGING THAT BACK.

I MEAN, REALLY IT NEEDS TO BE RAISED. I MEAN, $1,000 IS NOTHING TO PUT BACK INTO IT, INTO A DISTRICT, BUT YOU ALL NEED TO BRING THAT. LOOK AT BRINGING THAT BACK.

SO IF YOU CAN TALK TO THE JUDGE ABOUT BRINGING THAT BACK AND MAYBE, PERHAPS SAY THOSE OF YOU WHO LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS AND NOT IN UNINCORPORATED, IF YOU DON'T NEED THAT $1,000, MAYBE YOU CAN HAVE AN ORDINANCE WHERE YOU CAN GIVE THAT MONEY OVER TO SOMEONE, ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES, TO USE IN THEIR DISTRICT. AND THE THIRD ITEM I CAME HERE BACK IN THE FALL, AND I HAD ASKED THE BUDGET COMMITTEE ABOUT SETTING ASIDE TO CONSIDER SETTING ASIDE SOME FUNDS FOR THE ROCK REGION, UBER SERVICE FOR RICKS ROAD AND THE RIXIE COMMUNITY.

HOLD ON JUST ONE SECOND HERE. I THINK AT THAT TIME I ASKED FOR IT TO COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND, BUT IMEANT THE TRANSPORTATION. IS THAT CORRECT? TRANSPORTATION FUND THE COUNTY? ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT HUTCH TOLD ME.

SO IF YOU GUYS WILL CONSIDER SETTING ASIDE APPROXIMATELY $160,000 FOR THE UBER SERVICE THROUGH ROCK REGION TO WHERE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE OFF OF DIXIE ROAD AND THEN THE DIXIE COMMUNITY CAN CALL IF THEY NEED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

THE BUS ROUTE THAT COMES THROUGH MCCORMICK DOES NOT CUT THROUGH THERE. SO THAT SERVICE IS REALLY NEEDED.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

YOU KNOW WHO IT IS? IT'S JESSE SNOW. YEAH, BUT THAT DOESN'T, THAT'S NOT THAT DOESN'T MATTER.

THE POINT IS. YEAH, IT DOESN'T MATTER. THE POINT IS THAT ANY CITIZEN CAN COME BEFORE THIS BODY WITH A CONCERN.

AND I CAME HERE BEFORE YOU WERE SWORN IN. JUSTICE PERSON WHO WAS HERE THAT NIGHT WHEN I BROUGHT THIS UP.

SO IT'S A QUORUM COURT MATTER. SO I HOPE YOU GUYS WILL CONSIDER THE BUDGET COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SETTING ASIDE $160,000 FOR AN UBER SERVICE TO ROCK REGION TO SERVICE THE RITZY COMMUNITY AND THE RITZY ROAD AREA.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND MISS HENSON.

[INAUDIBLE]. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AND AS I WAS LISTENING TO YOU THIS EVENING, THIS IS A SUGGESTION THAT MAY BE HELPFUL FOR CITIZENS WHO COME TO HEAR THE AGENDA. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE ORDINANCE DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ANYBODY.

YOU MAY HAVE IT, BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU WOULD JUST GIVE A BRIEF SUMMARY ABOUT WHAT THAT ORDINANCE IS, WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO. IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE TO FOLLOW YOU, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT APPEARED.

THAT IT WAS A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZATION NEEDED TO PROCESS SOME THINGS AND ALSO, IF WE REALLY COULD HEAR SOME DEFINITIVE AFFIRMATION ON MAYBE STATUTES AND LAWS, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TOO.

SO JUST JUST AN OBSERVATION. BUT I KNOW YOU HANDLE A LOT OF WORK, AND MINE REALLY HAS TO DO WITH A COUPLE OF THINGS

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[INAUDIBLE]. YES. SO I THINK THAT IS ALREADY IN MOTION.

THE GROUP HAS BEEN SELECTED. AND YES, THERE HAVE BEEN.

SO THEY'VE STARTED WORKING. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY STARTED WORKING, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN SELECTED.

YES. THEY'VE BEEN SELECTED. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT WAS JUST SOME INPUT ABOUT THE QUESTION ABOUT THE LENGTH OF TIME THEY WERE GIVEN TO REALLY LOOK AT COUNTY GOVERNMENT, AND THAT WAS A CONCERN THAT I HAD AND JUST TO PASS THAT ON, BECAUSE I DON'T I CAN'T SEE HOW SOMETHING THAT COVERS THE SIZE OF PULASKI COUNTY AND THE DIFFERENT ISSUES CAN REALLY BE GIVEN AN HONEST ANALYSIS AND STUDY WITHIN A YEAR'S TIME, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT APPEARED AS THE TIME LENGTH THEY ARE GIVEN.

SO THAT WAS MY CONCERN. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

BUT SOMETIMES IF YOU'RE NOT IN AN UNINCORPORATED AREA, WE'RE NOT GIVEN, I THINK, TRUE DUE PROCESS AND ASSESSMENT ABOUT OUR NEEDS. SO THAT'S JUST A CONCERN THAT I'M HOPING TO PASS ON, AND ALSO THE LAND USE.

IT WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS THE LAND USE STUDY AND THE LACK OF ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICERS IN PLACE.

THAT IS THE CONCERN BECAUSE FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS, WE CONSIDER IT BEAUTIFUL, NATURAL AND A WONDERFUL RESOURCE IN ITSELF. I LIVE IN AN AREA THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF TOURISTS AND NATURE LOVERS.

IT IS GREAT, BUT WE WOULD LIKE FOR THAT TO BE A PART OF ALSO YOUR CONSIDERATION IN LAND USE.

AND THAT IS FOR A BETTER WORD, NATURE. GREEN SPACE IS NECESSARY TO MENTAL HEALTH. JUST AN OBSERVATION. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO CLAIM OUR ATTENTION, WE ARE ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.