30 Crossing motion on board's agenda
A resolution authorizing the mayor, city manager and city clerk to negotiate an agreement between the city and the Arkansas Department of Transportation on the design and construction of the 30 Crossing project is on the agenda for the city board's nonvoting meeting Tuesday.
30 Crossing is the name of a $631.7 million project to widen and reconstruct the Interstate 30 corridor through downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock.
In February 2016, the city entered into a contract for consulting services to evaluate the 30 Crossing project, which the Transportation Department had undertaken. Those recommendations included the preparation and negotiation of an interagency agreement. A master plan for the corridor, and a final draft outlining the design elements, associated cost and responsible entity, was prepared.
The resolution outlines the costs the city is responsible for, including costs associated with the elements of the Sixth Street and Ninth Street overpasses beyond what the Transportation Department would typically provide.
The department estimates that the cost of the elements of the project to be funded by the city is $3.8 million, according to the resolution.
Fundraiser-tourney registration is open
Registration is open for disc golf and baggo tournaments to benefit the city's Parks and Recreation Department.
The "Throwing for Parks" fundraiser will be held at Reservoir Park on April 27. The event benefits Adopt-A-Park, Adopt-A-Trail, Adopt-A-Flowerbed, Volunteer Park Rangers, Junior Park Rangers and disc golf enthusiasts.
The doubles disc golf tournament will begin with a shotgun start at Reservoir Park and cost $60 per team on-site. Those who register for the tournament by the last day for advance registration on April 1 will get a $10 discount.
The baggo tournament is a double-elimination tournament with spots for 16 teams. The registration fee is $50 and every player gets a T-shirt.
The event features drinks and food with registration or a raffle ticket purchase. Registration the day of the event begins at 8 a.m., and a players' meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. Play begins at 10 a.m. Lunch starts at 11:30 a.m.
Registration is available at https://bit.ly/2WjKxfS
Female engineers topic for panelists
The city's Water Reclamation Authority and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will celebrate Women's History Month with a panel Thursday on women in engineering.
Lashun Massey, a professional engineer and faculty member at Philander Smith College, will moderate. The panelists will be:
• Hank Bray, professor and chairman of the UALR Department of Construction Management and Civil and Construction Engineering.
• Obatayo Hounwanou of the Water Reclamation Authority.
• Lottie Richardson, an engineer at L'Oreal.
• Keli Wylie, an engineer at the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
The event will take place at the UALR Engineering and Information Technology Building in the Schueck, McCarty, Lexicon Inc. Auditorium at 2801 S. University Ave. It will begin with a reception at 5 p.m., followed by the panel discussion at 6 p.m.
New-generation politics event set
A conversation with Will Rockefeller and Adams Pryor -- both sons and grandsons of high-profile Arkansas politicians -- will be held Friday at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service , in a program titled "Rockefeller & Pryor: The New Generation."
Clinton School Dean Skip Rutherford will moderate. Rockefeller is the son of the late Lt. Gov. Win Rockefeller and the grandson of the late Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller. He works for Winrock Group Inc. and is pursuing a master's degree in real estate development from Georgetown University.
Pryor is the son of former U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor and the grandson of former Gov. and U.S. Sen. David Pryor. He is a third-year law student at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
The event is part of the Clinton School speaker series. Admission is free and open to the public. Seats can be reserved by email at publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu or by phone at (501) 683-5239.
Metro on 03/24/2019