# Rezone Ordinance O-25-39 and REZ-0425-0052 The City of Conway's rezone of the Adams Property — two parcels at the northeast corner of Lollie Road and Donnell Ridge Road — from A-1 (agricultural) to I-3 (heavy industrial). The Tier-1 record of the rezone instrument plus the underlying Planning case file REZ-0425-0052, including the applicant's cover letter, certificate of mailing, draft annexation and rezoning request packet, and the Conway Development Corporation case-file PDF. Adopted 8-0 at the April 22, 2025 Council meeting, on Planning Commission recommendation from April 21, 2025; recorded with the Faulkner County Circuit Clerk 2025-05-12 as Inst. # L202506522. ## What's inside - `O-25-39 An Ordinance Rezoning Two Parcels At The Northeast Corner of Lollie Rd and Donnell Ridge Rd From A-1 to I-3.pdf` — the executed and recorded ordinance, 3 pages, image-only at 200 DPI. Identical duplicate `O-25-39 ... (1).pdf` (same sha256). Recorded Faulkner County Inst. # L202506522, 2025-05-12 14:14:28. - `Rezoning Cover Letter.Adams.4.3.25_v1.pdf` — the rezone applicant's cover letter, dated 2025-04-03. Image-only, OCR'd. - `4.4.25 Certificate of Mailing_v1.pdf` — certificate that the rezone notification was mailed to nearby property owners (within the statutorily-required ~200-foot radius), dated 2025-04-04. Image-only, OCR'd. - `Annexation and Rezoning Request (Lollie).pdf` — the consolidated annexation and rezoning request packet submitted to the City. Substantial PDF (4.8 MB) — text-layer extracted at full size. - `51430NE_Conway Development Corporation Lollie Rd Rezone REZ I-3 to A-1_REZ-0425-0052.pdf` — the [[Conway Development Corporation]] internal case-file PDF for REZ-0425-0052. 3.8 MB; the filename "REZ I-3 to A-1" in the title appears to be a scrivener's slip (the actual rezone direction is A-1 to I-3, per the ordinance text and the application's own "REQUEST TO REZONE 160 Acres at Lollie Rd from A-1 TO I-3"). City Clerk [[Denise Hurd]] **re-sent this exact PDF on 2026-05-29** in answer to the (f)(3) follow-up; it is byte-identical (SHA-256 `e1a9711b…`, 3,835,671 bytes), confirming it is the same record and not a new production — see [[2026-05 Conway City Clerk Clarification on FOIA-2026-126]]. - `REZ-0425-0052_160 Acres Lollie Rd A-1 to I-3_RR.docx` — Anne Tucker / Planning staff's case-file Word document for the rezone. Title confirms "160 Acres Lollie Rd A-1 to I-3." - `New PLAN Case Submitted Online_ REZ-0425-0052.pdf` — the automated PLAN case-management notification that REZ-0425-0052 was opened. - `RE_ Rezoning packet.pdf` and `Re_ Rezoning packet_email.pdf` — internal email threads about the rezone packet; PDF portfolios with inner emails. ## Key takeaways - **Statutory predicate.** "In accordance with Arkansas Code Annotated § 14-56-416 has adopted a Zoning Code and Arkansas Code Annotated § 14-56-423 provides for the amendment of such regulations" (`O-25-39.pdf` p. 1). The Conway Zoning District Boundary Map is referenced in Sections 201.1 and 201.3 of the Conway Zoning Code. - **Public-hearing predicate.** "Proper public notice was given, and the Conway Planning Commission held a duly authorized public hearing on April 21, 2025, and adopted the amendments" (`O-25-39.pdf` p. 1). See [[Conway Planning Commission Reports April and May 2025]] for the April 21 PC meeting. - **The rezoned parcels.** The legal description traces 160.57 acres in Section 30, T5N R14W, beginning at "A 1/2" REBAR FOUND AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SPATZ/HART PROPERTY RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 2017, PAGE 06497 SAID REBAR BEING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 30 AND HAVING THE ARSPC OF N 261223.45, E 1154900.77" — i.e., the NE corner of Section 30, the same as the SW corner of the Section 20 annexed parcel in O-25-37. **This is the Adams Property** (per the [[Stratus Vesting Deed (Adams)|2021 vesting deed]] for the N½ and S½ NE¼ of Section 30 = 160 acres). - **A Conway Corporation parcel is carved out of the rezone area.** The legal description includes "AROUND SAID CONWAY CORPORATION PROPERTY" with a small ~1-acre carve-out at the southwest corner (DB 2012 P 7763). Conway Corporation already owns a small parcel within the rezone footprint — likely a utility easement or small substation site. - **Conway Development Corporation owns two adjoining parcels.** The description names "the CONWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROPERTY RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 2003, PAGE 20243" along the west boundary, and a SECOND "CONWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROPERTY ALSO RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 2003, PAGE 20243" at the southwest corner. CDC's pre-existing landholdings flank the Adams Property — the same pattern as O-25-37 where CDC's DB 2012 P 1063 parcel adjoins the annexed acreage. **CDC was land-banking around the Adams Property well before the project.** - **Adjacent landowners (Section 30).** Spatz/Hart (DB 2017 P 06497), Conway Corporation (DB 2012 P 7763), [[Conway Development Corporation]] (DB 2003 P 20243), Williams Family Trust (DB 2011 P 16242), David and Deena Culberson (DB 1998 P 30225). - **Recordation.** Faulkner County Inst. # L202506522, 3 pages, recorded 2025-05-12 14:14:28 by Nancy Eastham, by Diana Varner D.C., $25.00 fee. - **The PC vote.** Per the April 22 Council minutes, Anne Tucker showed Council the rezone map and "said the Planning Commission passed the request unanimously at their meeting, adding that there was one gentleman present who spoke in opposition" — the opposition speaker was [[Alan Rice]], appearing on behalf of his son [[Jeremy Rice]] who owns property in the area. - **The Council vote.** "Councilwoman Isby made a motion to adopt the Ordinance and Councilman Jones seconded it. The Clerk called the roll with the following voting 'Aye': Councilwoman Mehl, Councilman Ledbetter, Councilman Grimes, Councilman Spurgers, Councilman Jones, Councilwoman Isby, Councilman Hawks, and Councilman Hawkins. The Ordinance passed 8-0" (April 22 minutes p. 2). - **The rezone applicant: John William Adams.** The `Rezoning Cover Letter.Adams.4.3.25_v1.pdf` is dated April 3, 2025, signed by John William Adams. The `4.4.25 Certificate of Mailing` confirms April 4, 2025 mailing of notice to property owners within 200 feet (the standard radius under Conway's rezone notification practice; the [[Project Stratus Permits Sequencing and Stormwater|Email_4April2025_Deed and 200ft List Questions]] email anchors the "200-foot list" requirement explicitly). **John William Adams is the rezone applicant of record, not Forgelight Ventures.** This is consistent with the MOU's "prospective site" framing: at the time of the rezone, the Adams family still held title, and the rezone application is in the landowner's name. A separate Adams-to-Forgelight conveyance would be expected when the company closes — that closing deed is not in the corpus. ## People and orgs mentioned - **John William Adams** — rezone applicant, signer of the cover letter. - [[Anne Tucker]] — Planning staff; presented the rezone to Council. - [[Conway Development Corporation]] — adjacent landowner on two sides of the rezone parcel; also internal case-file owner on the rezone packet. - [[Conway Corporation]] — owns a small carved-out parcel within the rezone area. - [[Bart Castleberry]] — Mayor (signed; not at the April 22 meeting but signed the ordinance). - [[Denise Hurd]] — City Clerk/Treasurer; attested. - [[Charles Finkenbinder]] — City Attorney (present at the April 22 meeting). - [[Jamie Gates]] — Conway Development Corporation; gave the substantive presentation to Council on annexation/rezoning. - [[Alan Rice]] — opposition speaker representing his son. - [[Jeremy Rice]] — adjacent landowner; opposition. - Tony Salter — citizen who asked whether the rezoned property could be subdivided if Project Stratus didn't proceed. ## Concepts invoked - [[A-1 to I-3 Rezoning (Conway)]] — agricultural-to-heavy-industrial rezoning. - Conway Zoning Code Sections 201.1 and 201.3 (Zoning District Boundary Map). - Ark. Code § 14-56-416 (municipal authority to adopt zoning code). - Ark. Code § 14-56-423 (authority to amend zoning regulations). ## Events documented - [[2025-04 Conway Planning Commission Recommends Project Stratus Annexation and Rezone]] — April 21, 2025 PC meeting. - [[2025-04 Conway City Council Adopts O-25-37 O-25-38 and O-25-39]] — April 22, 2025 Council meeting. - 2025-05-12 recordation in Faulkner County. ## Cross-references - [[Stratus Vesting Deed (Adams)]] — applicant's title basis. - [[Annexation Ordinance O-25-37 (Lollie Rd)]] — adjacent annexation. - [[Conway Planning Commission Reports April and May 2025]] — PC review and minutes. - [[Conway City Council Agendas and Minutes on Project Stratus]] — Council adoption. - [[Project Stratus Permits Sequencing and Stormwater]] — the downstream permits flowing from the rezone. ## Open questions / follow-ups - The Planning Commission staff report on REZ-0425-0052 (with the specific finding factors required under Conway's rezone procedure) is partially present via the April 2025 PC Report PDF but the case-specific analysis is not extracted separately. - **The four PLACEHOLDER cards — resolved (2026-05-29).** City Clerk [[Denise Hurd]] clarified that `PLACEHOLDER.{Property Owners, Certificates of Mailing or Petitions, Survey, Publication}` are **working-document stubs** from the Planning department — "items they were waiting on or expected to be included in the final Agenda" — **superseded by the produced final agenda** (this REZ-0425-0052 packet), not § 25-19-105(f)(3) exemption-based withholdings. On the City's account no per-record log is owed because nothing was withheld. See [[2026-05 Conway City Clerk Clarification on FOIA-2026-126]]. (The characterization rests on the City's description of its own working document rather than an itemized log; the underlying property-owner list, survey, and publication notice are still not separately in the corpus, but the City's position is that the operative records are within the produced agenda packet.) - The Adams-to-Forgelight closing deed, if it has occurred since April 22, 2025, would be a separate Faulkner County recording. Not in this corpus.