During the Birmingham City Council meeting on January 13, 2015 Council:
Approved an Ordinance “TO FURTHER AMEND THE CAPITAL FUND BUDGET” by transferring $67,783.00 from Hazmat Storage Building and Propagation House, $32,217.00 from Police West Precinct and appropriating $100,000.00 to Museum of Art Feasibility Study, and transferring $100,000.00 from Museum of Art Improvements and appropriating $67,783.00 to Hazmat Storage Building and Propagation House and $32,217.00 to Police West Precinct. 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:
1. Approved a Resolution determining that the City of Birmingham’s Love Your Block Program which is a volunteer-led, neighborhood beautification and revitalization initiative that is jointly funded by City of Birmingham and grant partners, serves a public purpose that promotes goodwill and serves a public interest, and requesting that City of Birmingham, grant funds and donations received in an amount not to exceed $75,000.00. be used to pay for this program 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.
2. Delayed an Ordinance “TO FURTHER AMEND CAPITAL FUND BUDGET” for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015 by appropriating $10,000,000.00 to Freedom Center. For more information please contact the Office of the Mayor at 205.254.2771.
3. Delayed an Ordinance authorizing issuance, execution, sale and delivery of $10,000,000.00 Principal Amount General Obligation Bond Anticipation Notes (Federally Taxable), Series 2015, of the City of Birmingham, Alabama and payment thereof. For more information please contact the Office of the Mayor at 205.254.2771.
4. Delayed an Ordinance authorizing the Mayor to execute (1) Funding Agreement with The Historical Preservation Authority of the City of Birmingham under which the City will provide funding in the amount of $10,000,000 to the Authority and in-kind services for the development of a project to include a building to be known as the “Freedom Center” located within the block bounded by 5th and 6th Avenues North and 15th and 16th Streets North, which will house a public policy institute and will provide and promote research, educational and outreach activities which focus on the extension of human and civil rights around the world, the addition of archive space for the Civil Rights Institute and the renovation of the A.G. Gaston Motel, and (2) Ground Lease with the Authority under which the City will lease the property to the Authority for a term of 20 years at an annual rent of $1.00 per year. For more information please contact the Office of the Mayor at 205.254.2771.
5. Approved a resolution approving the agreement with Volkert, Inc., Birmingham, AL, in an amount not to exceed $922,479.00, inclusive of any reimbursable expenses, to provide professional engineering, design, and surveying services for the Jefferson County ALDOT Project No. HPP-1602 (510) Finley Boulevard Extension East from 26th Street to State Route 79 and authorizing the Mayor to execute the agreement on behalf of the City. [Appropriated for in FY2014-2015 Budget; Funding Source on January 13, 2015 Agenda] For more information please contact the Office of Councilor William Parker at 205.254.2464.
Announcements and Reminders
1. The Planning and Zoning Committee Meeting will be held Tuesday January 13, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. on the 5th Floor in the Engineering Conference Room.
2. The Public Improvements and Beautification Committee Meeting will be held Wednesday January 14, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. in Conference Rooms D & E.
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