Meeting Information
Springdale City Council
When: 6 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Council Chambers, City Administration Building, 201 Spring St.
On the agenda:
Adopting the Northwest Arkansas Razorback Greenway operations and management plan
Waive competitive bidding to buy box culverts from Spurlock Industries for $114,487, the low quote
Rezoning 1.5 acres at 1507 E. Shady Grove Road owned by the Sweetser Family from general commercial to thoroughfare commercial; 1.4 acres at 4353 N. Thompson St. from general commercial to thoroughfare commercial; 0.4 acres at 808 Quandt Ave., owned by Northwest Arkansas Hospitals from general commercial to institutional; 0.7 acres at 1486 W. Sunset Ave., owned by James Duggar from general commercial to thoroughfare commercial; 1.3 acres at 1079 E. Don Tyson Parkway owned by Ron and Laura England for Owens Optometry from medium-density single-family residential to neighborhood office
A conditional request for a church in a general commercial zone at 3716 Treat Lane by Inglesia De Dios Maran.
SPRINGDALE — The City Council will decide today if a truck stop will be able to erect an oversized sign.
An appeal of a sign variance given to Love’s Travel Center is on the council’s agenda.
Also scheduled are two other items related to Victory Church of Northwest Arkansas, the owner of the property where Love’s plans to build. One is an ordinance to create a district where taller signs are allowed. The other is a ordinance authorizing a condemnation lawsuit against the church.
“We are at the mercy of Springdale,” said Billy Coffman, senior pastor of the church. “Our future is weighed in the balance and will be decided by the council.”
Love’s officials plan to buy the property from the church, but would like to have the sign approved before the purchase. The Travel Center would be on the southwest corner of the planned Interstate 540 interchange at Don Tyson Parkway. The church is on property on the northeast corner.
The land where Love’s wants to build was purchased by Victory Church as the possible location for a new building. The sale of the property, Coffman said, would help finance construction of a new church on land the church has yet to purchase.
A resolution for condemnation of the existing church building and the property around it is on the council agenda.
“We cannot rebuild a facility similar to what we have with the money the city is offering,” Coffman said.
City officials offered $2.45 million for the property and building.
Construction of the entry and exit ramps to I-540 would force demolition of the facility, according to interchange design plans.
A letter from Stephen Lisle, the church’s attorney, asks the condemnation take place as soon as possible. That would allow the church to receive the city’s offer quickly, yet still have possibility of a trial where the value of the property would be decided, Lisle said.
The money would be used to begin relocation of the church, Lisle said. The church will have 90 days to move, according to the offer.
The sign variance for Love’s would allowed a sign 125 feet tall with a surface of 800 square feet. It was approved by the city Planning Commission.
The variance was appealed to the council by the Tyson, George and Shaw families who own property in the area.
An ordinance on the agenda would create a special visibility district at the planned interchange where signs up to 100 feet tall would be allowed. The ordinance would allow a sign to be up to 800 square feet under special conditions. A similar district was created for the Sunset Avenue interchange on I-540.