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City Council Meeting Summary - March 17, 2026

Meeting PortalTuesday, March 17, 2026
BodyJonesboro, Arkansas
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DateTuesday, March 17, 2026
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0:02

Let's call this thing to order.

0:03

Roll call, please.

0:06

Good morning.

0:06

Here.

0:09

Billy.

0:12

Have a motion to approve the minutes.

0:15

So moved.

0:16

All right.

0:16

Second.

0:17

Thank you.

0:17

All in favor?

0:20

All right.

0:21

Horizon land survey LLC on Dameron Drive.

0:26

Come on up and tell us what's going on.

0:32

All right.

0:32

I'm Danny Burns with Horizon Land Surveying.

0:35

And here to represent Mr.

0:36

Clayton on this one, but uh it's kind of a unique situation.

0:39

We got a piece of property that's pre-existing.

0:41

We're just trying to get a minor plat so it can get approval for a building permit.

0:45

And the right-of-the-on Dameron Drive, but it's my understanding after talking with you know different folks that we don't know if Dameron Drive is public right-of-way or kind of what's going on in that situation.

1:00

Um talked to some people in the area and they say that it was probably paid with the MATA project back in the late 1990s to early 2000s.

1:09

But just kind of we don't know where the city stands at on as far as that road goes being public right away.

1:21

Yes, Dameron Drive.

1:22

Yes, and there's a this will be the third structure, I believe that's maybe the fourth that's got access off of that road.

1:33

Yes, it's gonna be in the flood zone.

1:35

We're gonna try and do adequate dirt work, get it removed.

1:41

Not gonna be too close to property lines or anything like that.

1:44

No, sir.

1:53

What is the do you know the status of uh Dameron Drive?

1:58

Um we know that it was paved with MATA funding of the late 90s.

2:04

Um it was probably never um dedicated its right-of-way.

2:14

Um but um when it came into the city, of course, we accepted what was there.

2:21

Now, of course, we all know that unless a judge you know declares it it the right of way is not actually there, it's just you know so we um we really don't have a lot of information on it.

2:37

We don't figure it's a public street, but it's being used for a public street.

2:42

Is there any other driveways off of it?

2:45

There's yeah, for that 4116, then there's also a driveway at the it dead ends into a driveway for 4121, and then 3129 on the corner has access off of it.

3:05

I don't have the records, but uh Daryl, do you know if it was signed in under a petition back whenever they did the petitioning for all the county roads that got annexed in?

3:15

Don't know.

3:16

I don't 98 when that was it 1998 when that predicts that's kind of our guess.

3:22

That's just kind of the time for the years we've been looking around is that all's right there past this property line.

3:43

And all the surveys and you know work that we found in that area they they're showing is dedicated at 20 feet is what the right-of-way is right now with all the survey records.

3:56

Did you say this was going on 4115?

3:59

Yes, sir.

4:00

Okay.

4:11

Anyone here object to this ask proposal?

4:17

Ask a variance.

4:24

Harold, can we can we give a variance on a right-of-way that city didn't have you can give a variance on having to have the required right-of-way for a to get a building permit?

4:37

Okay, um, they are dedicating right-of-way along their frontage.

4:44

So you can um, but um, you know, basically you've got a prescriptive right-of-way out there right now.

5:10

Yes, they've got a CWL has a water line runs down, dead ends at a fire hydrant at the end of the road, and then they've got overhead electric all the way down the road.

5:18

Uh no, sir.

5:29

This is pretty much gonna kill the end of this street anyway, correct?

5:32

Because there's no yeah, the street right now turns into 4121's driveway at the property.

5:38

There's a ditch that runs along the west side of our property, and that road just pretty much crosses that ditch, and you're on 4121's driveway.

5:51

This will be the last structure on that road.

5:54

That end, I think the 3133 has its front edge off the straw floor.

6:27

I mean as far as I know, there's nobody from engineering here, and um they were the ones with most of the questions.

6:37

So I figure that um Michael has it has worked something out with Danny or something, so or he would have been here.

6:45

I mean he's talked to Travis, my partner a little bit about it.

6:49

Um understanding is he's he thinks that it's kind of been basically prescriptively accepted, however, you want to say it just because the city paved it back in the day, and but he's like Daryl, there's no records that he could find of where it's been formally dedicated or anything like that.

7:10

So he didn't act like he had any problem with it whenever we spoke with him.

7:18

Chairman, I move that we grant the variance.

7:22

We have a second.

7:23

Second roll call, please.

7:26

Yes, you learned really yes, carefully.

7:31

Thank you, sir.

7:32

No, thank you.

7:33

All right, Mr.

7:34

Moss.

7:36

Thank you all.

7:38

I don't know if it's Billy Gibbons or David Crowder.

7:44

Talk about your beard.

7:45

Oh well, I don't know either of those people, so just pick one.

7:50

So I'm Josh Moss here with uh Moss Fencing representing Mr.

7:54

Mark Panick, 706 Sequoia Drive Jonesboro.

7:58

As you can see from the diagram there, there's a portion of an existing eight-foot fence that's starting to fall over, and we need to remedy that before it falls completely over.

8:10

Currently has it held up with uh ratchet straps.

8:17

Well, you drops off pretty hard, doesn't it?

8:22

Off the back, the those lots on Sequoia.

8:25

The back side?

8:26

Uh huh.

8:26

The back side is level earth where that Jonesboro High School property is on the back side.

8:31

Okay, all right.

8:31

This is further up.

8:32

I got you.

8:33

We're on the uh east side there next to 213 Indian Trails.

8:38

That stretch of fence right there.

8:40

Uh there's a section 64 feet or so in the middle of the fence that is uh like as I said, the posts are rotting, giving away and starting to fall over.

8:51

So the whole fence is being held up currently with uh various types of ratchet straps.

8:57

We want to be able to go in and remedy that so that's 64 feet is the only area that you're gonna have to do something with, Josh.

9:19

Right now the rest of the fence is in good shape.

9:21

Okay.

9:31

Lucky day, cables was not here.

9:38

Mr.

9:38

Chair, I'd move that we'd grant the variance for the fence repair.

9:42

Second, second uh roll call, please.

9:46

Yes, you learned yes, really, yes, okay.

9:51

We can we can call him and have him call in.

9:54

Yeah.

9:55

Be the long negative vote.

9:57

All right.

9:58

Um Joshua Neely.

10:01

Oh Lordy.

10:08

Josh Neely Ridge Surveying and Consulting here representing Mr.

10:12

Randy Lloyd and Mr.

10:13

James Cook on property at 4104 Mount Carmel Road requesting a variance for the required width for access to public road right away in R1 zoning.

10:31

So what we have here, looking at this, tract A.

10:36

Mr.

10:37

Lloyd purchased tract A this year.

10:42

Tract A has historically been a trailer park with up to nine trailers in there at one point in time.

10:51

And it was accessed by an ingress egress easement.

10:54

The dashed line and all that jumbled up stuff right there by the road.

10:59

Well, going for a going for a building permit does not have road frontage, so therefore no building permit.

11:46

Water's there, but then everything will actually be in the road access.

11:57

So where you see the trailer there, that is now gone.

12:01

Mr.

12:01

Lloyd plans on building a one single family residence on that piece of property, and the gravel drive that you see coming in there will be what has been the main access in an ingress egress easement to that piece of property, and now we'll actually fall in the strip, mainly in the strip that um Mr.

12:24

Lloyd will obtain from Mr.

12:26

Cook if all this goes through.

12:34

Where is the potential?

12:35

Is it on the property line 40 feet?

12:38

So the 4106 Mount Carmel Road that shows right there, it'll be just 40 foot north of that.

12:44

Those green lines are actually slightly too far south.

12:49

Um if you see the uh there's a pad mounted transformer in that image, and if you see just on the west side of L3 on that plat, that is the PMT that shows up on that image, the little red spot just west of L3.

13:10

And so that is the south, that is the division line in between Mr.

13:15

Cook that is on Mount Carmel there and the house to the south, and so he'll sell the 40-foot strip right there that will take the road frontage of the existing gravel drive that goes in there.

13:28

So it ends like basically right after the gravel drive.

13:32

Uh yes.

13:40

Josh, if the if the variance is granted, will tract A and track B be replatted into one piece of the city.

13:46

Correct.

13:47

We'll have to reply it to be able to get a building permit anyways, and so Mr.

13:51

Cook just hasn't sold this property yet.

13:53

If the variance doesn't go through, then he's we're gonna back up and punt some other way.

13:58

Um but fly into helicopter pad something.

14:24

Don't have any doesn't need entrance.

14:26

Well it will.

14:27

Yeah, that's what this is.

14:29

But you've got supposed to have sixty foot.

14:31

He can only get forty feet.

14:35

If you got sixty, he would be right up in here.

14:40

Can you put it on the satellite image again?

14:52

Yeah.

14:58

Oh this is the one north of that.

15:00

Yeah, north of that.

15:28

Questions, gentlemen.

15:31

Any opposition?

15:33

Nope.

15:40

Appreciate that.

15:53

Mr.

15:54

Chair, with the hardship presented on this one, I I make a motion that we grant this variance.

16:00

Second.

16:01

Second.

16:02

Roll call.

16:04

Yes.

16:05

Yes.

16:06

Really?

16:06

Yes.

16:09

Oh seed.

16:10

Thank y'all, gentlemen.

16:11

All right.

16:11

Thank you.

16:14

And anything else y'all got?

16:17

Motion to adjourn.

16:20

All right.

16:21

There we go.

16:44

I just struggled in general.

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Summary of Proceedings

City Council Meeting Summary - March 17, 2026

The meeting commenced on March 17, 2026, with the approval of previous minutes and the consideration of three separate variance requests regarding property access, right-of-way dedication, and fence safety. The council addressed unique historical issues regarding road dedication, immediate safety hazards involving structures, and zoning challenges for future residential development.

Consent Calendar

  • Minutes from the previous meeting were approved unanimously via motion and second.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • Danny Burns (Horizon Land Surveying, representing Mr. Clayton): Stated that the property at 4116 Dameron Drive requires a minor plat for a building permit but faces uncertainty regarding the public status of Dameron Drive. He noted the road was likely paved with MATA funding in the late 1990s/early 2000s but lacks formal dedication records. He highlighted that the property is in a flood zone and that this will be the final structure on that specific stretch, noting the road effectively dead-ends into a private driveway.
  • Josh Moss (Moss Fencing, representing Mr. Mark Panick, 706 Sequoia Drive): Presented a diagram of an existing eight-foot fence at 213 Indian Trails where a 64-foot section is collapsing due to rotting posts and is currently supported by ratchet straps. He requested a variance to repair the specific damaged section, emphasizing the rest of the fence is in good condition.
  • Joshua Neely (Ridge Surveying and Consulting, representing Mr. Randy Lloyd and Mr. James Cook): Explained that Mr. Lloyd seeks to build a single-family home on a historic trailer park tract (Tract A) that lacks required road frontage. He proposed purchasing a 40-foot strip from a neighbor (Mr. Cook) to create a gravel drive frontage, though the council requires 60 feet. He noted that without this variance, the property cannot receive a building permit.

Discussion Items

  • Dameron Drive Status: Staff clarified that while the city paved Dameron Drive using MATA funds in 1998 and accepted the existing conditions upon annexation, there are no formal records confirming the right-of-way was ever officially dedicated by a judge or petition. The Engineer acknowledged the prescriptive nature of the access but admitted a lack of definitive records.
  • Fence Variance: The discussion focused on the immediate safety hazard of the 64-foot collapsing fence section. The Chairman acknowledged the emergency nature of the repair to prevent the fence from falling completely.
  • Mount Carmel Road Access: Deliberation centered on the 40-foot access width requested by the applicant versus the 60-foot requirement. The Council noted that the variance is essential for the applicant to proceed with a building permit and that the tract would require replatting to be combined with the adjacent property regardless of the variance approval.

Key Outcomes

  • Variance Granted: The Council voted unanimously (4 Yes, 0 No) to grant a variance for the property at 4116 Dameron Drive (Clayton), allowing the minor plat despite the lack of formal dedication records, based on the prescriptive use and existing infrastructure.
  • Variance Granted: The Council voted unanimously (4 Yes, 0 No) to grant a variance for the fence repair at 213 Indian Trails (Panick), permitting the remediation of the 64-foot collapsed section.
  • Variance Granted: The Council voted unanimously (4 Yes, 0 No) to grant a variance for the access width at 4104 Mount Carmel Road (Lloyd/Cook), allowing the 40-foot frontage for the new single-family residence.
  • Adjournment: A motion to adjourn the meeting was passed.

Meeting Transcript

Let's call this thing to order. Roll call, please. Good morning. Here. Billy. Have a motion to approve the minutes. So moved. All right. Second. Thank you. All in favor? All right. Horizon land survey LLC on Dameron Drive. Come on up and tell us what's going on. All right. I'm Danny Burns with Horizon Land Surveying. And here to represent Mr. Clayton on this one, but uh it's kind of a unique situation. We got a piece of property that's pre-existing. We're just trying to get a minor plat so it can get approval for a building permit. And the right-of-the-on Dameron Drive, but it's my understanding after talking with you know different folks that we don't know if Dameron Drive is public right-of-way or kind of what's going on in that situation. Um talked to some people in the area and they say that it was probably paid with the MATA project back in the late 1990s to early 2000s. But just kind of we don't know where the city stands at on as far as that road goes being public right away. Yes, Dameron Drive. Yes, and there's a this will be the third structure, I believe that's maybe the fourth that's got access off of that road. Yes, it's gonna be in the flood zone. We're gonna try and do adequate dirt work, get it removed. Not gonna be too close to property lines or anything like that. No, sir. What is the do you know the status of uh Dameron Drive? Um we know that it was paved with MATA funding of the late 90s. Um it was probably never um dedicated its right-of-way. Um but um when it came into the city, of course, we accepted what was there. Now, of course, we all know that unless a judge you know declares it it the right of way is not actually there, it's just you know so we um we really don't have a lot of information on it. We don't figure it's a public street, but it's being used for a public street. Is there any other driveways off of it? There's yeah, for that 4116, then there's also a driveway at the it dead ends into a driveway for 4121, and then 3129 on the corner has access off of it. I don't have the records, but uh Daryl, do you know if it was signed in under a petition back whenever they did the petitioning for all the county roads that got annexed in? Don't know. I don't 98 when that was it 1998 when that predicts that's kind of our guess. That's just kind of the time for the years we've been looking around is that all's right there past this property line. And all the surveys and you know work that we found in that area they they're showing is dedicated at 20 feet is what the right-of-way is right now with all the survey records. Did you say this was going on 4115? Yes, sir. Okay. Anyone here object to this ask proposal? Ask a variance. Harold, can we can we give a variance on a right-of-way that city didn't have you can give a variance on having to have the required right-of-way for a to get a building permit? Okay, um, they are dedicating right-of-way along their frontage. So you can um, but um, you know, basically you've got a prescriptive right-of-way out there right now.

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