During the Birmingham City Council Meeting on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Council:
Approved a Resolution relative to the application of Do Dah Day, Inc. for a Special Events License 140 to be used at Do Dah Day, May 17, 2014 at Caldwell Park and Rhodes Park on Highland Avenue and 26th Street, Birmingham, and the hearing of all interested parties. For more information please contact the Office of Councilor Steven Hoyt at 205.254.2304.
Other items approved by the Council at today’s meeting include the following:
1. Approved an Ordinance adopting the Property Maintenance Code of the City of Birmingham 2014, and the hearing of all interested parties. For more information please contact John Colon, Director of Community Development 205.254.2483.
2. Approved a Resolution approving an amended agreement with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, in an additional amount not to exceed $250,000.00, increasing the agreement amount from $525,000.00 to $775,000.00, renewable annually subject to funds availability for a term not to exceed three (3) years, to manage and operate the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute facility under the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Board of Directors, Inc. and authorizing the Mayor to execute the amendment on behalf of the City. [Appropriated for in FY2013-2014 Budget] For more information please contact the Office of the Mayor at 205.254.2771.
3. Approved a Resolution approving an amended agreement with the Function at Tuxedo Junction Jazz Festival, Inc., Birmingham, in an additional amount not to exceed $48,000.00, increasing the agreement amount from $10,000.00 to $58,000.00, renewable annually subject to funds availability for a term not to exceed five (5) years, to promote tourism to the City by organizing and hosting the annual “Function at the Junction”, educate youth and recognize the historical significance of jazz legend and Birmingham native, Mr. Erskine Hawkins, and solicit other performing acts and talents to perform during the festival and authorizing the Mayor to execute the amendment on behalf of the City. [Appropriated for in FY2013-2014 Budget] For more information please contact the Office of the Mayor at 205.254.2771.
4. Approved a Resolution approving the Summer Feeding Program and authorizing the Mayor to sign any and all documents pertaining thereto. For more information please contact the Office of the Mayor at 205.254.2771.
5. Approved a Resolution determining that the Third Annual City of Birmingham Mayor’s Charity Golf Classic supporting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, to be held April 2-3, 2014 at the Highland Park Golf Course serves a public purpose that promotes goodwill and requesting that City of Birmingham funds be administered to pay for this event in accordance with Section 3-1-7 of the General Code of the City of Birmingham. For more information please contact the Office of the Mayor at 205.254.2771.
6. Approved a Resolution setting a public hearing April 29, 2014, to consider the adoption of a resolution assenting to the vacation of 5,643.19 square feet of subsurface rights under 24th Street South and 8,361 square feet of subsurface rights under 25th Street South (perpendicular to and between University Boulevard and 7th Avenue South), on behalf of Graham & Company Birmingham LLC, R & L Foods, LLC, Dwight Houser and Dwight Glenn Houser, owners, so that soil nails can be inserted into the ground for the retaining wall that is part of the new VA Clinic development, Case No. SUB2013-0049. For more information please contact the Office of Councilor Sheila Tyson at 205.254-2359.
Announcements and Reminders:
1. The Planning and Zoning Committee Meeting scheduled for March 25, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. is CANCELLED.
2. The Committee of the Whole Meeting will be held on Wednesday March 26, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. in, Conference Rooms D&E.
3. The Administration/Education Committee Meeting scheduled for Friday March 29, 2014 is CANCELLED.
4. The Transportation and Communication Committee Meeting will be held Wednesday April 2, 2014 at 12:30 p.m. in Conference Room “A”.
5. The Public Safety Committee Meeting will be held Wednesday April 2, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers.
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