Council to consider rezoning for I Street Neighborhood Market
Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007
BENTONVILLE — A rezoning request for a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market in southwest Bentonville tops the list of items to be discussed at the Bentonville City Council’s next meeting Tuesday night.
Stephen L. Giles has requested a rezoning from agricultural (A-1 ) to general commercial (C-2 ) for 5. 66 acres located at the intersection of Southwest Regional Airport Boulevard (Arkansas Highway 12 ) and Southwest I Street.
The developer is planning a large-scale development, which would include a Neighborhood Market, Wal-Mart’s grocery store model. Due to the increased amount of growth along Highway 12, city staff agrees a mixed-use development with amenities is needed in the southwest portion of Bentonville to alleviate infrastructure inadequacies.
The council will also look at reallocating $ 10, 000 in Community Development Block Grant Funds to go toward a homeless assessment project. The project, currently conducted by the University of Arkansas, is a census of all homeless persons in northwest Arkansas as part of an action plant to reduce chronic homelessness in the area.
The meeting will be held at 6 p. m. Tuesday in the council chambers on East Central Avenue.
The council will also take action on the following items:
• A final plat for Lonesome Pond, a 60-lot single-family subdivision at the intersection of Southwest 14 th Street and Southwest Tunica Avenue.
• A public hearing and ordinance for an easement vacation at Bentonville Industrial Park Lot 5.
• A public hearing and ordinance for an easement vacation at Vintage Estates.
• Appointment of Theresa Rouhselang to complete Steve Creekmore’s unexpired term on the city’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Board;
• Appointment of Sam Pearson to the city’s Board of Adjustments;
• An award of a bid to the G. W. Van Keppel Company for the purchase of a mobile screening plant for the composting facility.
• An ordinance authorizing the city to enter into an agreement for the city’s building and property insurance, and waiving the requirement of competitive bidding.
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