Regular City Council Meeting

· Item number:Item #6 📄 Status: no agenda text

CONSIDERATION OF CONSENT AGENDA

· Item number:Item #7 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Remove inoperable vehicle as public nuisance

Abandoned vehicles clutter neighborhoods and attract blight. Removal costs are charged to the registered owner.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

· Item number:Item #8 $ Total cost: $54K

Capital budget shift: $54K from Lowery Park to Botanical Gardens

Redirects park improvement funds between two projects. Lowery Park construction or repairs will be delayed; Botanical Gardens gets the funding boost.

🏛 Funding source: Capital Improvement Plan 📋 Action type: Budget amendment

· Item number:Item #9 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy ✨ $ Total cost: $40K

$40K shifted from Fountain Heights Rec to Police East Precinct

Capital funds for recreation center improvements are diverted to police facility repairs. Residents using Fountain Heights Rec may see delayed maintenance projects.

🏛 Funding source: Capital Improvement Plan 📋 Action type: Budget amendment

· Item number:Item #10 $ Total cost: $116K

$116K reallocated from gym floors to Maclin Park improvements

Council shifts $116,000 in capital funds from a recreation center gym-floor project to improvements at Maclin Park, affecting which neighborhood amenities get upgraded in fiscal 2015.

🏛 Funding source: Capital Improvement Plan 📋 Action type: Budget amendment

· Item number:Item #11 $ Total cost: undisclosed

Easement: Alabama Power installs electrical facilities at Hooper Ci

Alabama Power gains the right to install and maintain electrical infrastructure on city property at Hooper Ci. This allows the utility to operate equipment on public land in exchange for grid service to the area.

👥 Counterparty: Alabama Power Company 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Right-of-way easement 📍 Location: Hooper Ci

· Item number:Item #12 · 🏗️ Property Recovery ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

City sells property to Kelleigh Gamble via quit-claim deed

City is transferring ownership of a parcel (Lots 0001, Block 0000) to a private buyer. This represents a disposition of public land; residents should know what city property is being sold and to whom.

👥 Counterparty: Kelleigh Gamble 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Ordinance

· Item number:Item #13 · 🏗️ Property Recovery ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

City transfers property to Jefferson County Department of Health

City property at Collins & Johns Survey lot 0132 transfers to the county health department at no cost. This removes the parcel from city inventory.

👥 Counterparty: Jefferson County Department of Health 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Ordinance

· Item number:Item #14 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: undisclosed

City executes federal transportation grant agreement with state DOT

Federal funding supports transportation improvements. Project details and specific neighborhood impact not disclosed in agenda item.

👥 Counterparty: State of Alabama, Alabama Department of Transportation 🏛 Funding source: Federal Grant 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #15 · 🚨 Emergency action ✨ $ Total cost: $517K

City accepts $516,797 FEMA grant for emergency management

Federal funding covers 75% of an emergency response project; the city commits $172,266 local match. This expands disaster preparedness or relief capacity without full local budget burden.

👥 Counterparty: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 🏛 Funding source: Federal Grant 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #16 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: undisclosed

Mayor authorized to negotiate LabCorp expansion in Birmingham

LabCorp retains and expands operations in the city, potentially creating jobs and increasing local economic activity. Full details of incentives and project scope are not yet disclosed.

👥 Counterparty: Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #17 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $675K

City shifts $674K in federal disaster aid to administration and bus shelters

Federal disaster-recovery funding ($90K for bus shelters, $674K for program administration) redirects resources originally earmarked for other recovery projects. The reallocation affects how fast other CDBG-DR activities launch.

🏛 Funding source: Federal Grant 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #18 · 🏗️ Property Recovery ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Pizitz Building: mixed-use project plan modified

Council updates the framework for redevelopment of the historic Pizitz Building downtown into mixed-use space. This long-stalled property conversion affects downtown vitality and future commercial/residential use in the core.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Resolution 📍 Location: 18 Pizitz Building, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #19 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $13K

City assesses $12,527 sales tax against Café LLC and owners

The city is billing Café LLC and its three owners for unpaid sales taxes. This is a routine tax collection action affecting the business and its operators.

👥 Counterparty: 1720 LLC, Levi Jarman, Joanetta W. Jarman, Charles Matsos 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #20 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $19K

City assesses $19,114.94 sales-tax debt against Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler

Business and individual owners face collection action for unpaid sales taxes owed to the city. The assessment triggers enforcement against the business and its responsible persons.

👥 Counterparty: Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler, Inc., Shaun McCarthy, Steven Knight 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #21 $ Total cost: undisclosed

Zoning Board appointment corrected: Despinakis expiration date fixed

Clarifies when Gregory Despinakis's term on the Zoning Board of Adjustment ends, ensuring the board's membership roster is accurate for zoning decisions affecting your neighborhood.

👥 Counterparty: Gregory Despinakis 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Appointment board

· Item number:Item #22 $ Total cost: undisclosed

Zoning Board: Fix expiration date for Patricia A. Taylor

Corrects a clerical error on Patricia A. Taylor's Zoning Board appointment, ensuring her term expiration date is accurate in city records.

👥 Counterparty: Patricia A. Taylor 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Appointment board

· Item number:Item #23 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

City orders demolition of unsafe duplex at 29th Avenue North

Unsafe building at 2224–29th Avenue North declared a public nuisance and scheduled for demolition, removing a blighted structure from the neighborhood.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 2224 - 29th Avenue North, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #24 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Unsafe duplex at 23rd Street North ordered demolished

City declares 2904–23rd Street North unsafe and a public nuisance, ordering demolition to improve neighborhood safety and reduce blight.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 2904 - 23rd Street North (Duplex) aka 2224 - 29th Avenue North, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #25 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Building at 2228–29th Ave N ordered demolished as unsafe nuisance

Unsafe duplex will be removed from the neighborhood. Demolition clears the way for property recovery and reduced blight.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 2228 - 29th Avenue North (Duplex) aka 2224 - 29th Avenue North, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #26 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Unsafe duplex at 2226–29th Ave. N ordered demolished

City removes blighted property flagged as unsafe and a public nuisance. Demolition clears the site toward neighborhood recovery.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 2226-29th Avenue North, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #27 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Council orders demolition of unsafe duplex at 23rd St North

Blighted structure at 2912–14 23rd Street North and 2224 29th Avenue North deemed hazardous and will be torn down. Removal clears a public nuisance from the neighborhood.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 2912-14 - 23rd Street North (Duplex) aka 2224 - 29th Avenue North, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #28 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Duplex at 29th Ave. North declared unsafe; demolition ordered

Building deemed unsafe and a public nuisance; city moving to demolish. Removes a blighted structure from the neighborhood.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 2200 - 29th Avenue North / 2909 - 22nd Street North, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #29 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

City to demolish unsafe duplex at 29th Ave North

Unsafe building at 2202-29th Avenue North will be torn down. Removes a blighted structure and public hazard from the neighborhood.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 2202 - 29th Avenue North / 2909 - 22nd Street North, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #30 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Unsafe duplex at 29th Ave & 22nd St ordered demolished

City removes blighted property deemed unsafe and public nuisance. Demolition clears tax-delinquent vacant structure from neighborhood.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 2204 - 29th Avenue North (Duplex) aka 2909 - 22nd Street North, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #31 · 🏗️ Property Recovery ✨ $ Total cost: $5K

Special assessment amended: $4,761 property bill at 1215–29th St N

Property owner at 1215–29th Street North faces a special assessment (similar to a property tax charge) of $4,761.20, which the City is amending from a 2015 resolution. Citizens should know when the City reassesses or changes bills tied to their property.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Resolution 📍 Location: 1215 - 29th Street North, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #32 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $3K

City assesses $3,353 demolition cost to Birch Ave property owner

Property owner at 3305 Birch Avenue S.W. will be billed for the city's cost to tear down an unsafe building. The charge becomes a lien against the property until paid.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 3305 Birch Avenue S.W., Birmingham

· Item number:Item #33 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $2K

City charges owner $2,493.76 for demolition of unsafe building

Property owner at 3224 Balsam Avenue S.W. will be assessed the full cost of demolishing an unsafe structure. This recovers public safety spending and incentivizes property maintenance.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 3224 Balsam Avenue S.W., Birmingham

· Item number:Item #34 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $5K

City bills property owner $4,850 for demolition at 112 4th Ave N

Property owner at 112 4th Avenue North is now responsible for $4,850.28 in demolition costs the city incurred to remove an unsafe building. This special assessment will be collected against the property.

🏛 Funding source: Special Tax 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 112 - 4th Avenue North, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #35 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $5K

Special assessment: $5,250 demolition cost for 300 3rd Ave South

Property owner at 300 3rd Avenue South will be billed $5,249.92 for the city's demolition of an unsafe building. The cost becomes a lien against the property.

🏛 Funding source: Special Tax 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 300 - 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #36 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $6K

Duplex demolition cost: $5,689 bill to property owner at 11th St. S.W.

Property owner must pay $5,689 for demolition of an unsafe building at 412 – 11th Street S.W. The cost is assessed as a special tax against the parcel.

👥 Counterparty: unknown 🏛 Funding source: Special Tax 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 412 - 11th Street S.W., Birmingham

· Item number:Item #37 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $7K

City bills property owner $6,832 for demolition at 420-21st Street S.W.

Property owner at 420-21st Street S.W. will be charged $6,832 for the city's cost to demolish an unsafe duplex, likely via tax assessment on the property.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 420 - 21st Street S.W.

· Item number:Item #38 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $2K

Special assessment: $1,558.64 for demolition at 5020 Davis Street

Property owner at 5020 Davis Street will be assessed $1,558.64 to cover the city's cost of demolishing an unsafe building on the lot.

🏛 Funding source: Special Tax 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 5020 Davis Street, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #39 · 🏗️ Property Recovery ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Condemnation repair permit issued for Pearson S.W. apartments

Property owner Gents Homes LLC receives city permission to make repairs on condemned apartments at 1765 Pearson S.W., a step toward bringing the building back into safe, habitable condition.

👥 Counterparty: Gents Homes LLC c/o Johnny Wilson 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Resolution 📍 Location: 1765 Pearson S.W. (Apartments A-H)

· Item number:Item #40 · 🏗️ Property Recovery ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Condemnation repair permit issued to Sheldrick Patterson

Property owner Sheldrick Patterson receives permission to repair a condemned building, clearing the path to bring the property back into use. This removes a blighted property from the city's inventory.

👥 Counterparty: Sheldrick Patterson 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #41 · 🏗️ Property Recovery ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Condemnation repair permit issued to Kenneth Lavender

Property owner gains authorization to repair a condemned building, potentially returning it to safe or usable condition.

👥 Counterparty: Kenneth Lavender 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #42 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy $ Total cost: $838K

Birmingham Botanical Gardens renovation: $838K contract to Battle Miller

City awards construction contract to renovate the Botanical Gardens. Project will refresh the public attraction and green space in Birmingham.

👥 Counterparty: Battle Miller Construction Corporation, Hoover, Alabama 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Contract award 📍 Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens

· Item number:Item #43 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy $ Total cost: $1.6M

City awards $1.6M renovation contract to Battle Miller Construction

Maclin Park gets $1.6M in upgrades through competitive bidding. Battle Miller Construction won with the lowest bid.

👥 Counterparty: Battle Miller Construction Corporation, Hoover, Alabama 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Contract award 📍 Location: Maclin Park

· Item number:Item #44 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy $ Total cost: $51K

Council awards $51,352 drainage work contract to Carcel & G Construction

Gene Reed Road gets improved storm drainage and street repairs via lowest-bid competitive contract.

👥 Counterparty: Carcel & G Construction, LLC 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Contract award 📍 Location: Gene Reed Road

· Item number:Item #45 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy $ Total cost: $42K

City awards $42,313 to Infinitive Media for Carver Theatre lighting and sound

Carver Theatre will get upgraded lighting and sound equipment. The purchase follows a no-bid procurement process.

👥 Counterparty: Infinitive Media Concepts Production Inc. 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Contract award 📍 Location: 1020 Garden Woods Drive, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #46 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement: special assessment removed from 1410 11th Ave N

Property owner at 1410 11th Ave N is relieved of the special assessment for weed removal originally imposed in 2014, clearing the obligation.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement 📍 Location: 1410 11th Ave N

· Item number:Item #56 📄 Status: no agenda text

APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA