2026-10-13 - City Council Agenda Session

Summary

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Built from the posted tentative agenda; the items mirror the Council meeting of October 20, 2026 (2026-10-20 - City Council). No public comment is taken at Agenda Sessions.

• Consent: an airport terminal lease amendment (Drake Field Airport Projects), budget and federal-aid items for the Millsap/College intersection and Mission Trail Phase 2 (Street and Trail Projects), and a Combs Park design amendment (Parks Projects and Aquatics Center Study).
• Bond project item: purchase of about 42 acres on W Wedington Dr for $7,600,000 plus $20,000 contingency (2026 Sales Tax Bonds and Capital Projects).
• Unfinished business: annexation ANX 2025-0002 and Planned Zoning District PZD-2025-006 northeast of W Weir Rd (West Weir Road Annexation and Planned Zoning).
• New business: acceptance of the compensation and benefits study (City Compensation and Classification Study) and an ordinance changing Chapter 31 to mayor-council wording (Council Rules and Government Form Wording).
• New business: two street or utility vacations and rezonings RZN-2026-0031 and RZN-2026-0032 (Rezonings and Land Use Requests); the appeal of Large Scale Development LSD-2026-0016 on S Stone Bridge Rd (Council Member Appeals of Development Approvals); and an ordinance permitting mobility scooters on city trails (Mobility Scooters and Electric Vehicles on Trails and Streets).
• Presentation: Bond Program Update. Announcement: board and commission applications are due October 23.

Agenda

• Call to Order, Roll Call, Pledge, Mayor's announcements
• A. Consent: A.1 minutes of October 6; A.2 OSM Aviation Academy lease amendment (about 1,128 sq ft of terminal office space); A.3 Millsap/College Intersection Improvements budget amendment ($370,288.00 in escrow funds); A.4 Combs Park Improvements contract amendment 1 ($59,698.00); A.5 Mission Trail Phase 2 federal-aid agreement ($500,000.00); A.6 purchase of about 42 acres at 4995 W Wedington Dr ($7,600,000.00 plus $20,000.00 contingency)
• B. Unfinished Business: B.1 ANX 2025-0002 northeast of W Weir Rd (11.17 acres); B.2 appeal, PZD 2025-0006 (about 51.4 acres at W Weir Rd and N Rupple Rd)
• C. New Business: C.1 compensation and benefits study; C.2 Chapter 31 City Officials ordinance; C.3 VAC-2026-0013 S Magnificent Loop (3,958.66 sq ft utility easement); C.4 VAC-2026-0014 W Center St and S Razorback Rd (0.19 acres right-of-way); C.5 RZN-2026-0031 W Van Asche Dr (3.92 acres, R-A to CS); C.6 RZN-2026-0032 E Joyce Blvd and N Old Missouri Rd (24.34 acres, R-A to CS); C.7 appeal, LSD-2026-0016 S Stone Bridge Rd; C.8 mobility scooters ordinance (new section 71.172)
• E. Agenda Session presentation: E.1 Bond Program Update
• G. Announcements: G.1 board, committee and commission vacancies (applications due October 23, 5:00 p.m.)

Sources

• Meeting page (agenda, packet, minutes): https://fayettevillear.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1446/files
• Agenda: https://fayettevillear.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=5933,plainText=false)
• Agenda packet (not read): https://fayettevillear.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=5934,plainText=false)
• Video: https://reflect-fayetteville-ar.cablecast.tv/CablecastPublicSite/show/9726?channel=1 (City of Fayetteville Government Channel on Cablecast, titled "City Council Agenda Session 10.13.2026"; runtime 114 minutes)

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