Birmingham City Council Highlights

During the Birmingham City Council meeting on October 28, 2014 Council:

Approved an Ordinance ratifying the terms and approving the pricing of the City’s General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2014-A, General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2014-B, Taxable General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2014-C and Taxable General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2014-D. For more information please contact the Office of the Mayor at 205.254.2771.

Other items approved by the Council at today’s meeting include the following:
Approved an Ordinance authorizing the Mayor to execute a Management Agreement with Railroad Park Foundation to address the respective responsibilities of the City and Railroad Park Foundation for the management and operation of Railroad Park for an initial term of five (5) years, which term may be extended for an additional five (5) years with the City’s consent, and rescinding Ordinance No. 14-60 which authorized the Mayor to execute a Master Lease Agreement with The Public Athletic, Cultural and Entertainment Facilities Board (‘PACE”) under which the City would lease Railroad Park to PACE, and PACE would sublease Railroad Park to RPF, on the basis that PACE’s involvement in connection with the Railroad park is not necessary at the present time. For more information please contact the Office of the Mayor at 205.254.2771.
Delayed a Resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City, to amend the CDBG-DR Action Plan to increase the activity of Planning by $190,000.00, and increase the activity of Administration by $87,359.44, and to submit to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) any required documents relating to the amendment for the purpose of furthering the response to the April 27, 2011 disaster. For more information please contact the Office of the Mayor at 205.254.2771.
Approved a Resolution setting a public hearing December 9, 2014, to consider the adoption of a resolution assenting to the vacation of 11,213 square feet of unopened 30th Street South (perpendicular to and between 1st Avenue South and 2nd Avenue South and parallel to and between 29th Street South and 31st Street South) and 11,216 square feet of unopened 31st Street South (perpendicular to and between 1st Avenue South and 2nd Avenue South and parallel to and between 30th Street South and 32nd Street South), on behalf of K/H Birmingham, LLC, CSX Transportation, Inc., and Marx Management Co., LLC, owners, so that Marx Management can expand their existing business operations, Case No. SUB2014-00055. For more information please contact the Office of Councilor Sheila Tyson at 205.254.2359.

Announcements and Reminders
1. The Public Safety Committee Meeting scheduled for Monday
November 3, 2014 is CANCELLED.
2. The Transportation and Communications Committee Meeting will be
held Wednesday November 5, 2014 in Conference Room A.

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