During the Birmingham City Council Meeting held Tuesday, October 29, 2013, Council:
1. Approved a Resolution (1) finding that the allocation of up to $6,000.00 for 23 banners to be purchased and installed in the Crestwood North neighborhood, for pride and identification, constitutes a public purpose;
(2) authorizing the expenditure of the total amount of $6,000.00 in City of Birmingham funds, which have been allocated to the Crestwood North Neighborhood Association. For more information, contact the office of Councilor Valerie Abbott at 254-2355. 2. Placed on consent an Ordinance authorizing the Mayor to execute a Purchase and Sale Agreement and a Lease Agreement with Birmingham Southern College under which the City will purchase properties located at 801, 805, 833, 901, 905, 911, 915 and 919 8th Avenue West from Birmingham Southern for a purchase price of $497,000.00 for purposes of future redevelopment, and the City will lease the property located at 801 8th Avenue West, which is currently being leased by Birmingham Southern to a third party for use as a restaurant, to Birmingham Southern for a term of eighteen months at a rental equal to one half of the rental paid by the restaurant tenant to Birmingham Southern, in order to allow the restaurant to continue its operations during such 18-month period. For more information, contact the office of Councilor Lashunda Scales at 254.2304.
3. Placed on consent a Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into the First Amendment to the Construction Agreement with Goudy Construction, Inc., Bessemer, Alabama for the Construction of the Dolomite Westfield Park Renovations, to increase the maximum amount payable to the contractor by $35,000.00 with the adjusted contract price increasing to a maximum of $651,299.00.
4. Approved a Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement for and on the behalf of the City of Birmingham between the City and Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham in the amount of $55,058.00 for the development of the Titusville Community Framework Project and Western Area Framework Project.
5. Reappointed Brian T. Ruggs, P.E., to the Birmingham Planning Commission for a six (6) year term expiring October 6, 2019. For more information, contact the office of Councilor Valerie Abbott at 254.2355.
6. Approved a Resolution accepting the lump sum bid of Taylor & Miree Construction, Inc., 11 Dexter Avenue, Birmingham, in the amount of $2,578,219.00, for the Birmingham Intermodal Facility Phase 2 Bid Package 1, this being the lowest and best bid submitted, and authorizing the Mayor to enter into a contract with Taylor & Miree Construction, Inc. in accordance with said bid, providing that the total contract not exceed the appropriation.
7. Placed on consent a Resolution approving payment to Birmingham Jefferson County Animal Control, Birmingham, in the amount of $63,389.02 per month to extend the current animal control services contract for the period beginning November 1, 2013 through November 30, 2013. For more information, contact the office of Councilor Johnathan Austin at 254.2678.
8. The Council also approved the determination of several structures as unsafe public nuisances and directed that they be demolished. The structured are located at: • 9740 Williamsburg Drive • 9738 Williamsburg Drive • 1205 – 1st Avenue West • 5516 Cairo Avenue • 719 – 25th Street Ensley • 715 – 25th Street Ensley • 2772 – 17th Street Ensley • 1216 – 34th Street North • 5520 Cairo Avenue and Shed • 4724 – 9th Avenue North • 5113 Davis Street, Garage and Shed • 1609 – 17th Street North • 917 – 52nd Place North, Garage
Announcements and Reminders:
1. Birmingham City Councilor Sheila Tyson, District 6, will host a joint Halloween Party for the students of Our Future Daycare Center and the residents of the Princeton Towers Senior Living Center. The festivities will take place on Thursday, October 31, 2013, 10:00 a.m., at the Princeton Towers Senior Living Center located at 909 Princeton Avenue SW, 35211.
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