2026-10-20 - City Council

00:02Good morning Birmingham. Today is

00:04Tuesday, October 24th. The time is 9:39

00:07a.m. I call to order the regular meeting

00:10of the Birmingham City Council. This

00:12morning's invocation will be led by

00:15Pastor Brian Blake, chaplain of fire and

00:18he's also a firefighter with the

00:20Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service as

00:22well as the chaplain. And our pledge of

00:25allegiance will be led by Council Josh

00:27Bossa. If you're willing and able,

00:29please stand and join us.

00:31Good morning, Pastor.

00:33>> Morning.

00:36Let us bow our heads in prayer.

00:39Father God, we give you all the glory,

00:41honor, and praise this morning.

00:43We thank you for your son, Jesus Christ,

00:45our Lord and Savior. Holy Spirit, you

00:48are welcome in this place.

00:50Lord,

00:51I lift up every leader in this room and

00:53across this city.

00:55Give them the wisdom

00:56and your knowledge as you make decisions

00:59you if they make decisions for the

01:00people of Birmingham.

01:03When they don't know what to do,

01:05show them what to do. We stand against

01:07every scheme of the enemy and we trust

01:09you to keep us covered and protected.

01:12Father,

01:13let Birmingham be an example to the

01:15world of what happens when a city lets

01:18your spirit lead the way. Holy Spirit,

01:21have your way in this meeting today in

01:23Jesus name. Amen.

01:43Thank you very much, Pastor, for that

01:45very thoughtful prayer. And thank you,

01:47Council Council Bossa, for leading us in

01:49the pledge. Good morning, Mr. Clerk.

01:51>> You'll call the roll.

01:52>> Yes, ma'am. Give me 1 second here.

01:55Locking up.

01:58Chap.

02:01I'm sorry. Give a second.

02:10It's messing up. I'm just going to go

02:12around. I apologize.

02:14Council member Boston.

02:16And we just got out of order. I'm sorry.

02:19Good morning. Council member Smitherman.

02:21>> Good morning.

02:22>> Good morning.

02:23Uh Council member Williams.

02:25>> Good morning.

02:26>> Okay.

02:28Council

02:30Council

02:32member Williams, uh member I mean

02:34Council Woods.

02:35Council member Woods.

02:36>> Good morning.

02:37>> Council member Gardner.

02:38Council member Smith.

02:40Council President pro tem Tate.

02:42Council President Alexander.

02:43>> Good morning. Thank you very much.

02:45Counselors, the minutes are not ready

02:47from the meetings of August 4th, 2026

02:50through October 13th, 2026. At this

02:54time, we'll entertain communications

02:55from the mayor. Morning, Mayor Woodfin.

02:59>> Morning, Madam President. Good to see

03:01you. Good to see all of the council.

03:02Good morning to the

03:04general public. Good morning to those in

03:06the chamber as well as good morning to

03:08those

03:10viewing online. So, a few notes, Madam

03:12President and council.

03:15Um there's one that we we have an

03:16equipment drive for Birmingham youth.

03:19It's titled Pass the Gear, Equip the

03:21Future.

03:22It's a donation drive operated by the

03:24Greater Birmingham Convention and

03:25Visitors Bureau.

03:28And they will be collecting new and

03:29gently and gently used sports equipment

03:33in partnership with Birmingham Park and

03:34Rec and the Birmingham Youth Sports

03:36League and in celebration of the Magic

03:38City Classic.

03:39This initiative aims to help children

03:41across the city of Birmingham that um

03:43access football gear they need to play

03:45safely.

03:48What we're encouraging people to do is

03:49bring your new and gently used football

03:51gear to the Greater Birmingham

03:52Convention and Visitors Bureau

03:54visitor center, which is located on 9th

03:57Avenue and 22nd Street North

04:00now through October 31st.

04:03There will also be a gear drop zone at

04:05Legion Field during the Magic City

04:06Classic October 31st.

04:09For more information, I want to

04:10encourage you to

04:12reach out to Tonya Whatley. Again, her

04:14name is Tonya Whatley. Her phone number

04:17is 205

04:19458

04:208000. Again, 205 458 8000.

04:27For this year's Awakening, the city of

04:29Birmingham is very honored and excited

04:32to honor the foot soldiers and activists

04:34of 1963.

04:37As a reminder, the city of Birmingham's

04:38Office of Public Affairs will host the

04:40Awaken 2026 Passing the Torch Friday,

04:44October 30th at 10:00 a.m.

04:46Um this year will be at the Carver

04:48Theatre and that location is 1631

04:514th Avenue North.

04:53This annual tribute held during the

04:55Magic City Classic week

04:57will honor the foot soldiers and

04:58activists of 1963 while also celebrating

05:01the next generation of leaders carrying

05:04forward Birmingham's legacy of activism,

05:06service and justice.

05:10The program will feature music, spoken

05:12word, and a panel discussion moderated

05:13by Fox 6 anchor Steve Crocker and

05:16featuring civil rights foot soldiers and

05:18activists Dr. Carolyn McKinstry and

05:21Janice Kelsey.

05:23The event will also include the

05:24presentation of Putting People First

05:26Award with remarks from the Civil Rights

05:28Activist Committee of foot soldiers.

05:31And we want to encourage people to

05:32register at Eventbrite e eventbrite.com

05:36to attend the event. Again, it is a free

05:39event open to the public.

05:42And I'm excited to join your colleague,

05:44my friend Councilor LaTonya Tate with

05:47205 in part where she's given me the

05:49opportunity to bring a

05:51few words to our next generation.

05:55Um this year's HBCU edition is presented

05:58by again your colleague LaTonya Tate and

06:02it will feature actress and host Melanie

06:04Shiree

06:06and a few musical artists which includes

06:08Mike Clark Jr. And there will be a panel

06:10discussion on don't fumble the bag

06:13and love, life, and the yard.

06:15Um it will be will happen

06:18this Friday

06:19October 23rd from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00

06:21p.m. at the Boutwell Auditorium and this

06:24event is also free to the public and we

06:26encourage encouraging our young people

06:28to participate.

06:30Last note um but an important note.

06:32Madam President and Council, at this

06:34time I would like to ask Uche Bean,

06:36Director of Community Safety Initiatives

06:38the City of Birmingham and our partners

06:40with the Housing Authority of the

06:41Birmingham District

06:43to come to the podium to talk about

06:45continue to talk about domestic violence

06:47awareness.

06:49As the City of Birmingham continues to

06:50commemorate domestic violence awareness

06:54and

06:55highlighting the issues of domestic

06:56violence and its toll not just

06:58in Birmingham but in our country

07:01in the month of October.

07:02Uh these guests are here today to tell

07:04us about a special event they are

07:05hosting um this week.

07:08>> Thank you, Mayor. Good morning.

07:11My name is Uche Bean. I serve as

07:12Director of Community Safety

07:14Initiatives. I'm here with Christina

07:16Dykes who serves as our Deputy Director

07:18of the the Office of Community Safety

07:20Initiatives and Ms. Bearden who is here

07:23with the Housing Authority. As you all

07:25know, October is Domestic Violence

07:27Awareness Month and we are extremely

07:28grateful to partner with the Housing

07:30Authority and bring awareness at an

07:33event this week. I will let Ms. Bearden

07:35speak to that event. Um and domestic

07:38violence of course is an issue that

07:39impacts many and I want to share as it's

07:42been outlined in our violence um

07:44reduction strategic plan that we will be

07:47addressing domestic violence and taking

07:49additional steps to reduce that.

07:52Through the Office of Community Safety

07:54Initiatives, we're looking to develop a

07:56more comprehensive and coordinated

07:58domestic violence strategy and we're

08:00looking to possibly call it Birmingham

08:02Heals because we believe that healing is

08:04an important part of this strategy. And

08:07we know that when it comes to violence

08:09prevention, it's not just responding

08:11after violence occurs, it's about making

08:13sure that we're preventing it,

08:15intervening and supporting survivors,

08:18and addressing the root causes of

08:20violence.

08:21So, ultimately, our goal is to make

08:23Birmingham a safer place, and we know

08:26that we cannot do this work alone.

08:27That's why partnerships with people like

08:29the Housing Authority is extremely

08:31important. And with that, I would like

08:33to introduce Ms. Denita Beardin with the

08:35Housing Authority, who will share more

08:37about our domestic violence event coming

08:39up this Thursday. Ms. Beardin.

08:43>> Thank you, Ms. Bean. Thank you, Mayor

08:44Woodfin and counselors. Thank you for

08:46having me. We are so excited to partner

08:49again with the city and our critical

08:51partners in the community around

08:52domestic violence awareness. Our annual

08:55program, Lifting Voices, Breaking

08:57Silence, will be on Thursday, October

08:5922nd at 9:00 a.m. at the Botanical

09:02Gardens. This year, we will feature a

09:05highlighted live podcast opening session

09:08with Dr. Jamila Davis and her co-host,

09:12Tara Wallace, along with the special

09:14guest, Ms. Yandy Smith from Love & Hip

09:17Hop. We will also have breakout sessions

09:20featuring One Place, the YWCA,

09:23the Birmingham Police Department, and

09:26Community Bank. Um this is a required

09:28program for the Housing Authority.

09:30However, it's one of our largest

09:31initiatives that we really take

09:33seriously. We think that we continue to

09:36have these conversations, provide

09:38resources, as well as hold abusers

09:41accountable, we can make our communities

09:43and residents safe. So, we want to thank

09:45you again for your

09:47your continued support.

09:52>> Thank you very much.

10:08>> All right, thank you. So, that ends our

10:10communications from the mayor. Thank

10:11you, Mayor Woodfin. I don't believe we

10:13have any nominations of boards and

10:14agencies.

10:15>> No, ma'am.

10:16>> Thank you very much. At this time,

10:18council, before we

10:20review the items that are considered for

10:21consent, all items designated as consent

10:24are routine and non-controversial and

10:27will be approved by one motion. All

10:29items on the consent agenda will be

10:31announced by reading the item numbers

10:33only. No separate discussion of these

10:36items will be permitted unless a council

10:38member, a citizen interested in

10:40addressing the council with respect to

10:42an item on the consent agenda designated

10:44for public hearing, may request the

10:46items be removed from the consent agenda

10:49to hold the hearing on the item. Any

10:51items removed from the consent agenda

10:53will revert to its normal place on the

10:55agenda order business. For remaining

10:57matters and those are matters of

10:59permanent operation indicated with a

11:01capital P, they will be read and all

11:04public hearings will be announced. Mr.

11:06Clerk, if you'll read us the items to be

11:08considered for consent.

11:09>> Yeah, consent agenda for today starts on

11:11page two with items three and four.

11:16Page three, we have items five, six,

11:19uh eight and nine on consent.

11:22Page four,

11:23items 10, 11, and 12 are on consent.

11:27Page five,

11:28items 15 and 16 are on consent. On item

11:31number

11:3315, uh the amount should be

11:35um changed to $2,000.

11:37And we're adding a $1,000 from District

11:407. That's correct.

11:42So, the total amount is $2,000.

11:46Then, we pick back up with the consent

11:48agenda on page six with items

11:5017, 18, and 19. On item 18,

11:55we're going to just denote how much

11:58money is allocated to each district. So,

12:00$3,000 from District 2

12:02and I'm sorry, $2,000 from District 3

12:05and $2,000 from District 5. The total

12:08amount still remains $4,000. So, item

12:1118. And item 19 is submitted and

12:14recommended by the mayor, so strike city

12:16attorney on item 19.

12:19Page seven,

12:20uh we have items 20, 21, and 22 on

12:22consent.

12:23On item number 20, uh

12:26that is on consent,

12:28your attachments, article three,

12:30the first entry

12:32uh on under article three, section 3.01,

12:36it should be the proceeds of each

12:37warrant should be applied for

12:39governmental purposes and and. So,

12:42that's how that sentence should end.

12:44That's on article three of the warrants

12:46of your attachment.

12:49That's the only change. And we pick back

12:51up with the consent agenda on page eight

12:53for items 23,

12:5524, 25, and 26.

12:58Page nine,

13:00items 27, 28, and 29 are on consent.

13:04Page 10,

13:05items 30, 31,

13:0832, and 33 are on consent.

13:12Page 11, items 34, 35, 36, and 37 are on

13:16consent.

13:18Page 12,

13:19we have items 38, 39, 40, and 41 on

13:22consent. Page 13,

13:24items 42, 43, 44, and 45 are on consent.

13:28Page 14,

13:30items 46, 47, 48, and 49

13:33on consent. Page 15,

13:36items 50, 51, 52, 53, and 54

13:40page 16, items 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, and

13:4660.

13:47Page 17, items 61,

13:5062, 63, 64, and 65. Page 18, items 66,

13:5667, 68, 69, and 70.

13:59Page 19, items 71,

14:0272, 73, 74, 75, and 76. Made a make an

14:07address correction, if you will, on item

14:09number 76. It should be 412 74th Street

14:14South. 412 74th Street South.

14:19And that concludes the consent agenda.

14:21>> Thank you. Counselors, are there any

14:23items you'd like to have added or

14:24removed from consent?

14:30Yes, Councilwoman Bonner.

14:31>> Thank you, Madam President. I'd like to

14:32pull item 16 off consent agenda, please.

14:36>> Okay, the request is to pull item number

14:3816 on page five from consent.

14:42Any other items?

14:44>> Um Madam President, is it possible for

14:46me to add uh

14:48$500 to item 15?

14:51>> Okay, the request is to add $500

14:54to item 15 from District 6. Did we note

14:58that?

15:00Yes.

15:00>> Okay, thank you.

15:02>> Total amount would change to 2,500.

15:05>> Thank you.

15:07Okay, and it will remain on consent, but

15:08there's an additional $500.

15:11So, it would now be 2,500.

15:13>> Thank you.

15:14Any other items?

15:18All right, at this time we are ready to

15:21vote for those items that remained on

15:22consent.

15:24>> So moved. Second.

15:26>> Okay, that was Councilwoman Smitherman.

15:29Did I hear Councilwoman Protem Taite?

15:30>> Yes.

15:31>> All right. Voting should be open in

15:34about now.

15:40Council

15:42President.

15:43>> Yes, I'm ready.

15:44>> that vote should be up.

15:45>> All right, thank you. All the items that

15:47were consented for consent have been

15:49approved. So, if you're here for one of

15:50those items, your item has been approved

15:52and we'll continue with the rest of the

15:53agenda. Mr. Clerk, I'd like to call

15:56certain items out of order. If we could

15:58go to item number

16:01seven first.

16:04>> Item seven.

16:06A resolution relative to the application

16:08of Trap Kitchen X LLC for a restaurant

16:11retail liquor license to be used at Trap

16:13Kitchen X, 1000 3rd Avenue West,

16:15Birmingham, Alabama, 35204.

16:18And hearing no adverse parties, motion,

16:19please.

16:21>> Move to adopt.

16:22>> Second.

16:22>> All right, thank you. This is a public

16:24hearing, so I'll turn this over to our

16:26public safety chair.

16:29Pro tem chair.

16:29>> Thank you, Madam President. Um this is a

16:32public hearing for um the application

16:35for Trap Kitchen. Is the staff here?

16:40>> Yes, ma'am.

16:42>> It's staff.

16:43>> Administrative staff.

16:44>> Administrative staff.

16:51>> Um Madam Chair, I apologize. They are in

16:54route. They are coming in.

16:56>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

16:59>> So

17:00there's some

17:01I didn't get some speed to um

17:03>> Yeah.

17:03>> your agenda this morning.

17:05I apologize, but they are in route.

17:10>> Mr. Lowe,

17:12can you tell us if the item is um meets

17:14zoning requirements?

17:16>> The property is zoned C-2, and it does

17:18meet zoning requirements.

17:20>> Okay, thank you. Is the applicant here?

17:23The applicant?

17:25Mr.

17:27Cunningham.

17:28Come to the podium and state your name

17:29and address for us, please.

17:31>> Donald Cunningham, 1000 3rd Avenue West,

17:34Birmingham, Alabama 35204.

17:36>> you tell us about your um

17:39your uh business venture with Trap

17:42Kitchen?

17:42>> Yes, ma'am. Our business venture is to

17:44bring a restaurant to the west side of

17:46Birmingham to offer fine cuisine dining

17:49to our residents and neighbors in

17:51District 8.

17:52>> Okay, you talked to me about your uh

17:54public safety plan.

17:56>> Uh with our public safety plan, we met

17:58with Officer Yates and Officer Square

18:00and did a full walk around thorough walk

18:03around through the building around and

18:05the neighboring community. Um we plan on

18:08making sure we have adequate lighting

18:10and security and police presence during

18:13our time of operation. We also have

18:16registered our cameras with the

18:17real-time crime center.

18:19Um we also have met with the my

18:22neighborhood association and and um

18:25which is also here, Ms. Streeter,

18:29to um have a MOU with them as well.

18:32>> Okay. And the MOU is going to be with um

18:34just briefly talk to us about your your

18:37um

18:38MOU um with the Bush Hills Connections.

18:40>> Well, our MOU with the Bush Hills

18:42Connection is an understanding that we

18:44will be getting produce from the the

18:47garden in exchange of services and

18:49donations to our community.

18:52>> And talk to me about your hours of

18:55operations.

18:56>> Our operations will be Wednesday through

18:59Friday from 5:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. We

19:02will open up on Saturdays and Sundays

19:04from brunch to 11:00 and we will close

19:07about 2:00 on Saturdays and about 6:00

19:09on Sundays.

19:10>> 6:00 on Sundays, okay. And so your

19:13uh camera system is connected to the

19:14real-time crime center, correct?

19:16>> Correct. Yes, ma'am.

19:17>> many jobs um will this generate for?

19:20>> This This job will be generating 45

19:24jobs, employees, and over 70% of those

19:28employees are hired from the

19:29neighborhood themselves.

19:31>> And if you

19:33can kind of you know, tell us some

19:35description about your um menu.

19:37>> Our menu, we have like I said, we will

19:39have Southern fine cuisine and we will

19:40have the typical um collard greens,

19:44candied yams, cabbage, macaroni and

19:46cheese, of course fried chicken, pork

19:48chop. We also beefed it up a little bit

19:50with lamb chops, lobster bites, and

19:53salmon.

19:54>> Okay.

19:55Um I do see Ms. Brown has entered. Let

19:59me just have her come to the mic and let

20:01her know are y'all in good Now, this is

20:03a new business, so no taxes or anything

20:05good standing with taxes and revenue.

20:07>> Madam Chair, they are in good standing

20:09with taxes and revenue.

20:11>> Okay, thank you, Ms. Brown. Uh this is a

20:12public hearing. Is anyone here to speak

20:15for or against this item?

20:29>> Good morning.

20:30Mayor Wuffin, city councilors, thank you

20:33for giving me the opportunity to speak

20:36concerning the Trap Restaurant. I'm

20:39Wildine Streeter, the president of the

20:42Bush Hills Great Bush Hills

20:44neighborhood.

20:45And we are so happy to have this

20:48business to come into our neighborhood.

20:52We do not have a restaurant, family

20:55restaurant, that we can take our

20:57children, grandchildren, friends to and

21:01feel relaxed. We have talked to them in

21:04two meetings. We were concerned about

21:07their hours of service, and we talked to

21:09them about that. So, they have changed

21:11it based on you all communication with

21:13them. We are concerned about safety

21:16because we do have safety problems on

21:18Third Avenue, but that has changed also.

21:22So, we are depending on them to do what

21:24they say they're going to do, and we

21:26have informed them that we will keep a

21:29close eye on their business. We will not

21:34accept noise that will

21:36have um

21:38problems in the neighborhood because we

21:40have a residence right behind their

21:42business. So, we do have neighbors in

21:45that area that attend the meetings, and

21:48they will inform us of the noise if it's

21:51against them. So, we welcome them, and

21:55we will support them in every effort we

21:58can to make it safe for our neighborhood

22:01and give us the food that we want, that

22:04we can go out and relax on Saturdays,

22:07Fridays, and Sundays. Thank you.

22:10>> Thank you, Ms. Streeter.

22:11Anyone else?

22:18>> Good morning.

22:19>> Good morning.

22:20>> Mayor Wuffin,

22:21Council President Alexander, Pro Tem,

22:24and Chair. Thank Ms. Tate and all

22:27council members, audience and everyone

22:30in attendance. It is indeed a pleasure

22:32to stand before you today for a number

22:35of reasons.

22:36As you know, unfortunately, Bush Hills

22:39is in a designated

22:41um

22:43I don't even like to use that word, food

22:46desert, right? And so, it's really

22:48important to us to have someone come in

22:51and invest in our community to bring

22:55foods that are healthy and nutritious,

22:58somewhere we can go when I leave church

23:00on Sunday or on the weekend or in the

23:04evenings and get a wholesome meal for my

23:07family. I was very pleased with the

23:09owners. They came to us. They want to

23:13enter into an agreement with us to

23:15secure some of their produce, fresh

23:18produce from Bush Hills Urban Farm, and

23:22that is a indeed a pleasure partnering.

23:25We had a similar agreement with

23:27Birmingham Southern a few years ago. So,

23:31I fully support and they did come to two

23:34neighborhood meetings and as Ms. Treat

23:36said, we are indeed concerned about

23:40safety in our community and they assured

23:43us that would be something that they

23:46have

23:48intentionally addressed and made sure

23:51that they will have live video security

23:54cameras and on-site presence. And I want

23:58to take this moment to thank the public

24:00safety committee in the city of

24:02Birmingham for the improvements on the

24:04corner of Third Avenue and Acadelphia.

24:07It is indeed an improvement. So, thank

24:10you and we offer our full support.

24:13>> Thank you, Ms. Tate. Uh, they did

24:15present to the Bush Hill neighborhoods

24:17on 9/22/2026.

24:1931 were in attendance. 19 supported. No

24:23opposition. Um, any of my colleagues

24:25have questions for the applicant? Ms.

24:27Cunningham, come back to the mic for me.

24:30Anybody have questions for Mr.

24:32Cunningham?

24:36>> Yes, Council Smith.

24:37>> Thank you, Madam Chair. Um

24:39has anything changed with your

24:41application this time around?

24:43>> Anything changed with it?

24:45>> Yeah, like your hours or

24:46>> Yes, ma'am. We changed We adjusted our

24:48hours.

24:49>> What are your hours going to be?

24:50>> From 5:00 p.m. to 2:00 instead of 5:00.

24:53>> Okay.

24:54Um anything different about your

24:55security plan?

24:57>> Say that again.

24:57>> Is there anything different about your

24:58security plan? Or is it the same?

25:00>> It's the same. We came in We had a

25:02walk-through once again with Officer

25:05Square and Officer Yates. And they went

25:07through it and they they said it looks

25:09looks good.

25:10>> Okay. Thank you.

25:11>> All right.

25:12>> Okay. Anybody else questions?

25:15Seeing none, Miss Council Smith.

25:18>> Thank you. Yes, so I guess to the

25:20question about the application being a

25:22little bit different. If I remember

25:23correctly, the previous application

25:25there was a question about tobacco use

25:28in the facility, but I don't see that on

25:30here. So, are you all Do you still doing

25:33hookah this time or no?

25:35>> They didn't want I didn't hear What was

25:36the question?

25:37>> Are you all still serving hookah at your

25:40>> ma'am.

25:41>> Okay.

25:43All right. Thanks.

25:45>> Thank you, Council Smith. Anyone else?

25:47Council Woods.

25:50>> Uh thank you, Madam Chair. Just want to

25:52take a minute just to

25:53commend you. I know you've been here

25:55before. It didn't necessarily go the way

25:57you wanted, but

25:58definitely applaud the work you did

26:00going back to the community, having

26:02those conversations, making sure

26:05y'all are on the same page, and working

26:07through that. I know a lot of times

26:08people kind of get frustrated with the

26:10process, but then just want to commend

26:12you all for

26:13continuing to push through and making

26:15the necessary changes

26:17to fit with the neighborhood with with

26:18support. So, did want to commend you for

26:21working through the process. Thank you.

26:22>> Thank you.

26:23>> Thank you, Council Woods. Anyone else?

26:25Seeing none, I will turn it back over to

26:27Madam President for the vote.

26:29>> Thank you so much.

26:31>> Thank you.

26:31>> This time this does close our public

26:33hearing and we're ready now to take up

26:35item seven.

26:43All right, thank you very much. Item

26:44seven passes. Next item.

26:48>> Item one.

26:49>> Oh, thank you. Let's just go on down the

26:50item. Go, continue.

26:52>> Okay. Item 13 should be next.

26:57Item 13 an ordinance to amend title

26:59eight municipal court chapter three

27:01fines and costs section eight

27:03administrative adjudication of certain

27:05minor offenses in lieu of trial of the

27:07general code of the city of Birmingham

27:09to approve Alabama uniform non-traffic

27:11citation and complaint form to be used

27:14pursuant to Alabama code 1975 section

27:1611-45-9.1

27:19as summons and complaint for non-traffic

27:22and uniform traffic ticket and complaint

27:24as a charging instrument for traffic

27:26offenses and to provide for the form for

27:28municipal parking violation citation.

27:30This is an item permanent of operation

27:32and they need you see to pass it today.

27:35Motion for you see, please.

27:36>> I'll move for you see.

27:38>> Second.

27:38>> Council member gone.

27:39>> Aye.

27:40>> Council member O'Quinn.

27:41>> Aye.

27:41>> Council member Smith.

27:42>> Aye.

27:43>> Council member Smitherman.

27:44>> Aye.

27:44>> Council member Vance.

27:45>> Aye.

27:46>> Council member Williams.

27:47>> Aye.

27:48>> Council member Woods.

27:49>> Aye.

27:49>> President pro tem Tate.

27:50>> Aye.

27:51>> Council President Alexander.

27:52>> Aye.

27:53>> All right, motion on the item, please.

27:54>> I'll move.

27:55>> Second.

27:55>> Item is before you.

27:57>> All right, council, this is a amendment

27:59to the ordinance of title eight

28:01municipal court chapter three fines and

28:03codes and um this particular item has

28:06been recommended again by the public

28:08safety committee. Any questions or do

28:12you need any discussion on this item?

28:16All right, at this time we're ready for

28:17the vote.

28:18>> Voting should be open.

28:21>> [clears throat]

28:24>> Council member Thank you. That vote

28:26should be open.

28:27>> All right, thank you. Item 13 passes.

28:30Thank you.

28:31Next item we'll go to item 16.

28:34>> You want to go to 16?

28:35>> Uh excuse me, 14. I'm sorry.

28:37>> Item 14, an ordinance to amend title 8,

28:40chapter 3, section 10, summary

28:42disposition of minor traffic and other

28:44minor offenses by fine schedule, to add

28:47a first offense of unlawful use of

28:49unmanned aircraft systems near ticketed

28:52entertainment event, Alabama Code 1975

28:5513A-7-110

28:58to the summary disposition of fine

29:00schedule.

29:01Uh this is again an item of permanent

29:02operation. I need you to see it passed

29:04today.

29:04>> So moved.

29:06>> Second.

29:06>> Council member Gordon?

29:07>> Aye.

29:07>> Council member Aucoin?

29:09>> Aye.

29:09>> Council member Smith?

29:11>> Aye.

29:11>> Council member Smitherman?

29:13>> Aye.

29:13>> Council member Bostic?

29:14>> Aye.

29:15>> Council member Williams?

29:16>> Aye.

29:16>> Council member Woods?

29:17>> Aye.

29:18>> Council President Pro Tem Tate?

29:19>> Aye.

29:20>> Council President Alexander?

29:21>> Aye.

29:21>> All right, motion on the item, please.

29:23>> So moved.

29:23>> Second.

29:24>> Item is before you.

29:25>> All right, thank you, councilors. This

29:26is an ordinance to amend title 8,

29:29chapter 3, on the summary disposition of

29:31minor traffic and other minor offenses

29:34by the fine schedule. And this is also

29:37recommended by the Public Safety

29:38Committee. Any questions or discussion

29:41on this item? Yes, Dr. Aucoin.

29:43>> Yes. Um

29:45question for

29:48mayor's office, I guess. Um

29:50So this is uh

29:53basically coming um after the state has

29:57passed a law

29:59um

30:00recently

30:02regarding this. All this does is

30:03basically

30:05item 13 that was just approved um

30:09designates the form of the citation that

30:12should be used, and this item sets the

30:15fine. So

30:16um the state law contains

30:20some exceptions

30:22um

30:23for for this, and my

30:27question is uh as we,

30:30you know, approve this um

30:35I want to make sure essentially that the

30:38police department patrol officers

30:41are receive the adequate training

30:44because

30:46the state law contains some exemptions

30:49um

30:50that

30:52you know

30:54what would otherwise appear to be

30:57a violation um there are are certain

31:00situations where individuals can legally

31:04operate

31:05uh unmanned vehicle

31:07um if they have the the proper

31:10FAA licensing so um

31:16I guess what I'm

31:17saying is is that

31:19we need to make sure that our

31:23police department officers are aware of

31:25the exemptions

31:27um

31:28so that there aren't any unnecessary

31:32confrontations or issuing of citations

31:35that would then have to be contested in

31:37municipal court.

31:40>> Yes, sir.

31:42I'd like to ask Miss Anne Tran Bernard

31:45with the office of city attorney

31:47to expand on that, but I agree with you

31:49that

31:50the necessary training um

31:53makes it all the way down to our

31:54sergeants

31:56um

31:57shift sergeants as well as those

31:59lieutenants and captains over those

32:01precincts to make sure our

32:03everyday men and women in blue know the

32:05exceptions.

32:07>> And thank you, Mayor. Julie Bernard I

32:09serve as an assistant city attorney with

32:11the office of city attorney and um

32:15this you know this ordinance all it does

32:17currently you know state law is in

32:19effect um it would be an arrestable

32:22offense uh what you're doing today just

32:25allows

32:26police to use the appropriate citation

32:29form on a first violation

32:31um it would work like kind of like a

32:33traffic ticket does. You can go in, you

32:35can plead guilty and you can pay that

32:37fine. If you are not guilty, you can

32:40plead not guilty and you can um you know

32:43see a judge. As for how the police are

32:46going to enforce, I will have to defer

32:48to them about, you know, what their

32:50their plans are on the enforcement.

32:54>> Thank you.

32:56Councilor thank you. Any other

32:58questions?

33:00All right, thank you. We're ready for

33:01the vote.

33:08>> Council President.

33:10>> And I'm a yes.

33:11>> All right, that vote should be a

33:12>> All right, thank you. Item 14 passes.

33:15Next item.

33:17>> 16

33:19A resolution approving and authorizing

33:21the mayor to execute a public

33:23transportation services agreement

33:25between the Birmingham Jefferson County

33:26Transit Authority and the city of

33:28Birmingham and in which the BJCTA will

33:30provide public transportation services

33:33for a term of 1 year to include fixed

33:36route and paratransit services,

33:38on-demand services, and bus rapid

33:40transit services for an amount not to

33:41exceed $17 million, which amount is

33:45comprised of $11.5 million

33:47for fixed route and paratransit

33:49services, $2.5 million for on-demand

33:52services, and $3 million for BRT

33:55services. Motion, please.

33:58>> Move the item.

33:59>> Second.

34:00>> All right, thank you. Councilors, this

34:01is a resolution approving and

34:03authorizing the mayor to execute a

34:05public transportation services agreement

34:07with BJCTA

34:09with the amounts that were read to us.

34:12Uh this was on consent. Councilor Vance,

34:14do you ask that we move this from

34:15consent?

34:15>> Thank you, Madam President. I just had a

34:17couple of questions for our staff um and

34:20BJCTA

34:21leadership um

34:23uh around uh around this um you know

34:27transit and transportation as we know is

34:29a very important city service um and so

34:32I just wanted to address uh some

34:34questions around metrics uh for

34:37on-demand and paratransit vehicles.

34:42>> Um

34:43I yes, sir. Uh Madam President and

34:45Council, uh

34:47to your colleague's question,

34:49Councilwoman Also, I think it would be

34:51important for

34:52um Charlotte Shaw and her team, the

34:55director of BJCTA, to come up now

34:58um and just give this council

35:01and the public a overall presentation,

35:04uh but definitely include from your

35:05question those metrics uh that are in

35:07question.

35:08And they are related mostly to

35:11paratransit

35:13and microtransit. Do I have that

35:14correct?

35:15>> Correct. Yes, sir. We've we've got a lot

35:17of uh questions from our residents

35:18around these services in particular.

35:21>> Absolutely.

35:21>> Director Shaw, um

35:23so uh just some simple questions around

35:26uh data uh and metrics. So, was really

35:30just uh trying to get a better

35:31understanding of how many on-demand and

35:34paratransit vehicles are in service now.

35:37And again, this is just a function of uh

35:39residents reaching out to us uh asking

35:41these questions.

35:42>> Well, first of all, let me say good

35:44morning, uh Madam Chair, City Council,

35:46Mayor Randall, and Chief Sparks and

35:48Mitchell. Great to see you again.

35:51Um I'm joined with me today with Trey

35:53Foster, who is our senior director of

35:55customer experience,

35:57and then we have our newly promoted uh

36:00manager of planning and uh data

36:02management, uh Nick Tidy. And so, we

36:05keep all of our matrices in what's

36:07called an Avail system,

36:09and we have about 30 or so paratransit

36:12vans and about 13 microtransit vans.

36:15Now, this uh proposal also includes $2.5

36:19million

36:20for Via vans, which I think is uh

36:23consists of about 11 vans.

36:25>> About 12.

36:25>> About 12 vans. And so, those run our

36:28microtransit services uh across um

36:32the city of Birmingham.

36:35And then in particular regarding the

36:37matrices,

36:38>> that That was helpful just hearing those

36:40uh metrics in particular. Um and just

36:43wanted to The other metric was uh

36:46related to on-time performance and

36:49breakdowns for that. Didn't know if you

36:52had that readily available.

36:53>> and I'll let Nick take over with the

36:55on-time performance for

36:58I know we have on-demand. Do we have

36:59paratransit?

37:00>> We do have the paratransit on-demand

37:02also.

37:04>> Okay.

37:07>> Yes, and thank you. Good morning. Good

37:09morning council members.

37:11With microtransit, we rely on our Via

37:13software for that.

37:15Currently, they do not specifically

37:17provide on-time performance. They

37:20provide estimated time of arrival, and

37:22they work based on a deviation from your

37:25estimated time of arrival to when the

37:26vehicle actually turns up. We're

37:28typically seeing a deviation of around 1

37:30to 2 minutes from that, and and that's

37:33how that metric works. We are actively

37:35working with them to get a more secure

37:37on-time performance metric.

37:40>> Thank you for that.

37:42Okay, and then my last question is just

37:44more so about quarterly reports. I think

37:47it would be wonderful to receive

37:49sort of quarterly reports on some of

37:51these metrics, how things are going,

37:53what ridership looks like,

37:56and and that sort of thing. And forgive

37:58me if if that's something that's already

37:59provided, but

38:00>> No, great suggestion. We actually do

38:02monthly, but we are looking at doing a

38:04quarterly summer summarization FY27. So,

38:07it's interesting, but the the

38:09recommendation is great, and we'll do

38:11that.

38:12>> Wonderful. Okay, that those are my

38:13questions. Thank you, Director.

38:16>> Thank you, Madam President.

38:20>> All right, thank you. I did just want to

38:22reiterate we do receive that data

38:24monthly.

38:26Um

38:26It's sent to each of us, and so we'll

38:28just be sure to review those, but we

38:31thank you for providing that data to us.

38:33>> Absolutely.

38:34>> Any other questions? Councillor

38:36Smitherman.

38:37I'm sorry. I was going to do ladies

38:39first.

38:42>> Nice. Uh

38:44I was actually looking at the September

38:47transit report and I was I'm very

38:51concerned because other than districts

38:541, 2,

38:583,

39:01maybe 7, ridership is down

39:04significantly. And so, I just two

39:07questions. Why has ridership decreased

39:11so much? And number two, is there a plan

39:13in place to increase it?

39:15>> There is and I'm going to let Nick talk

39:16about the ridership data as well.

39:19Uh but also keep in mind that we've had

39:21some uh construction and when there's

39:24construction and delays in the traffic,

39:26that also impacts our ridership. But

39:28I'll let Nick cuz we did have a data uh

39:31impact system in our software. And

39:33again, I'll let Nick address that.

39:37>> Good morning again. Yes, so two two

39:39things that that affected ridership. So

39:40there's ridership numbers you're talking

39:41about all the fixed route ridership. Uh

39:44firstly, they will include uh ridership

39:47for 7, route 7, 48, and route 20 with

39:51that decrease. And the reason why that's

39:53an issue is we reallocated those routes

39:56to micro transit. So effectively, three

39:58routes that had ridership are no longer

40:00part of that metric. So that's part of

40:03that decrease.

40:04Um when we remove those routes from the

40:07metrics, we actually see ridership

40:09across the remaining routes as being

40:11consistent. So I believe it uh last year

40:14it was about 1.22 million. We're seeing

40:161.21 million. It's about a a 1.3%

40:19decrease between the remaining routes.

40:22Um the data issue the actuals talking

40:24about is when we uh update our system

40:28with a new schedule, we have a third

40:30party that provides a software update.

40:32Uh there was an error in that code which

40:34meant that we were having issues uh

40:36recording our ridership levels

40:38specifically to the BRT and 280 were the

40:41routes mainly affected, but other routes

40:43I believe were also minorly affected by

40:44that data update.

40:46>> Okay. If we could just have like a

40:48little footnote for that whenever that

40:51occurs, I think that'll be really

40:52helpful so we won't we won't be as

40:54concerned. Um and then two more

40:56questions.

40:58Do you

40:59We have an election day coming up. Uh do

41:01you all have some type of campaign

41:03informing people like, "Hey, like VIA's

41:05here, you know."

41:07>> We do. We're actually offering

41:08complimentary services on all of our

41:11modes of transportation for campaign

41:12day.

41:13>> Okay. Can you guys send us a flyer? And

41:15will you also work with those um

41:18like activist groups, you know, D. R. E.

41:20et cetera. Make sure they get that out

41:22as well.

41:23>> Absolutely. And we've been working very

41:25uh with the neighborhood communities to

41:27make sure they get the information as

41:28well.

41:29>> Okay, that's awesome. And then last

41:31thing, I've heard from people my age,

41:34younger, that they're looking for a

41:35service for nightlife. And I think we're

41:37missing something with that. Uh do we

41:40have a like a plan even if it's like a

41:42draft plan around that?

41:44>> Well, you know, we had the nighttime

41:45services in the last fiscal year uh that

41:48we had to uh reduce uh the based on uh

41:51the micro transit budget. Uh but we're

41:54looking at of course we're consolidating

41:56and help work with the Go Birmingham

41:58plan. But right now, we don't know those

42:00hours of operations, but we're we're

42:02definitely interested in and instituting

42:05that back and hopefully we can in the

42:06future.

42:07>> Cuz I think we're missing out especially

42:08on Magic City Classic Week between

42:11on-street parking et cetera. You know,

42:14there's so many parties going on. We

42:15could really reduce the number of DUIs,

42:18people drinking, or the fact that all

42:20the parties are kind of very close to

42:22each other. So, I would love to see that

42:25next year um for that and the

42:27homecomings, too. For like UAB, I know

42:30we can't we don't go out to Fairfield,

42:31but even like Miles, even the high

42:33school reunion weeks weekends, that's a

42:35good opportunity for that as well. Thank

42:37you.

42:40>> Any other questions?

42:42Councilor Williams, I apologize.

42:44>> Thank you. So, um one thing that we've

42:46talked a lot about over the last several

42:48years is the app.

42:50Um where how's that functioning? Is it

42:53complete? Is it

42:54>> The app has been launched. It's been

42:56launched for several months now. Going

42:58very well. Uh, you get all of your modes

43:00of transportation in one application

43:02now. So, it's called the Max Connect and

43:05you can actually, uh, download it from

43:07your Android or your Apple phone. Okay,

43:10great. And then do you all have any data

43:11on how many users you have on the app

43:14yet?

43:15We do have information on the app, uh,

43:17app and, uh, you mean in terms of the

43:19number of riders and, uh, yes, sir. We

43:22can get that information. We have all of

43:24that.

43:24Okay, you all will send that. I'd

43:26appreciate it. Thank you.

43:27>> Welcome.

43:28>> Thank you.

43:28>> Yes.

43:29>> Madam Pro Tem.

43:30>> Thank you, Madam President. Dr. Richter

43:32Shaw, I just want to thank you for that

43:34beautiful bus shelter that you put on,

43:37um, for the people at the Salvation Army

43:39and the bus runs rapidly.

43:41>> Yes, ma'am.

43:42>> Home time a lot on that street. So, the

43:45people appreciate it. I really

43:47appreciate you guys

43:48>> transitioning to from the old to the new

43:51is a very well-constructed, beautiful

43:53bus stop.

43:54>> Thank you.

43:54>> lights and all the whistles.

43:58>> We appreciate that.

43:58>> Thank you and I really appreciate you

44:01calling. When I called, you didn't

44:03hesitate.

44:04So, thank you so much.

44:06>> you.

44:06>> Yes, ma'am.

44:08>> Dr. Clanton.

44:09>> Thank you, Madam President. Um,

44:12this has already been communicated to

44:13you and I had an opportunity to speak

44:15with, uh, Chief Fowler, um,

44:19and a lot of us a couple of days about

44:20this as well. But, I just want to state

44:22for the record that, um,

44:25we are

44:27concerned about the, uh, administrative

44:30cost, uh, and understand that you're

44:33going to be taking some steps to, um,

44:36realize some cost savings in that

44:38regard. So,

44:40uh, again, that's just something that I

44:42just wanted to state for the record.

44:43>> Okay, no problem.

44:45>> Thank you. Any other questions?

44:48Thank you, Director Shaw.

44:49>> Thank you.

44:49>> Appreciate uh, the work that you do it

44:52with, um, ensuring that our residents

44:55have this

44:56this different modes of transportation.

44:58I want to thank Mr. Foster. He has been

45:00very very integral in explaining routes

45:04and changes.

45:05I was present at a meeting last year

45:07that you had at Lawson State Community

45:09College. So, I want to thank you for the

45:11education that you give to the residents

45:13cuz often as has been mentioned, when

45:15you lose a route or you lose opportunity

45:19to be serviced, it helps everyone to

45:22gain that knowledge and sometimes it may

45:24be a bus that we don't have, but now we

45:26may have via on demand. So, I thank you

45:29and I hope you're continuing that. I

45:30haven't been called back over there for

45:32anything. So, I'm thinking that all that

45:34communication is going well and wish you

45:36luck with the data that we're being

45:38provided. I think it's really a helpful

45:40to us. So, thank you all very much.

45:42Thank you. All right, this time

45:43counselors, no other questions, we're

45:45ready to entertain the vote.

45:53>> I'm yes.

45:54>> All right.

45:56>> All right, thank you. Item number 16

45:58passes.

45:59And I believe that takes us back to our

46:01other first two items. Is that correct?

46:03>> Yes, ma'am.

46:04>> All right, we'll go ahead and call those

46:05in order. Thank you.

46:06>> Item one, an ordinance

46:08to consider the adoption of the proposed

46:10amendments to the city's zoning

46:11ordinance entitled one, chapter three,

46:13article one, section eight, ordinance

46:15number 15 {dash} 133 as amended by

46:17removing D5 from the affordable housing

46:20density bonus

46:22and the hearing of all interested

46:23parties.

46:25Motion, please.

46:28>> All right, thank you. Counselors, this

46:29is a public hearing and we'll turn this

46:31over to Council of Vasa.

46:34>> Thank you, Madam President.

46:36Do we have any staff updates on this

46:38matter?

46:39>> [clears throat]

46:47>> Good morning. My name is Kim Sperl. I

46:50serve as zoning administrator for the

46:52city in the Department of Planning,

46:54Engineering, and Permits. Item one

46:57before you is a text change. It's a

47:00little confusing so I'll briefly

47:02describe it for you. In the zoning

47:05ordinance, we have a section that gives

47:08you a height and density bonus if you

47:11meet certain criteria for an affordable

47:14housing development. In that proposal,

47:18we include the height bonus and density

47:21bonus for D5, mixed use medium, mixed

47:26use high, and C2. Now, although no one

47:29in 11 years has used this section,

47:33we do believe that the D5 needs to be

47:36removed from this section because the D5

47:40currently only allows up to 35 ft

47:44whereas the height bonus would double

47:47that height that is allowed. So, what

47:50the proposal is before you today is to

47:52remove D5 from this section. And then I

47:56would like to let you know that staff is

47:58working on a new zoning district that we

48:02would use for high-density taller

48:04multi-family. And so, once that is

48:08reviewed by the planning commission and

48:10we bring it before you, we will then add

48:13that new district to this section

48:15instead of the D5 district.

48:20>> Thank you.

48:21>> if you have questions, I'd be happy to

48:23answer them.

48:23>> Sure, thank you. Any questions from

48:25council for staff?

48:28>> I do have a question. I guess my

48:30question is why we would remove it now

48:32before we have something to replace it

48:34with.

48:35>> So, there's a lot of concerns with some

48:37of the framework plan rezonings that

48:40with the height because D5 only

48:43currently allows you 35 where this would

48:46double the height if someone were to use

48:48this section. And so, we feel like it

48:51needs to be removed in order to finish

48:54the framework plan rezonings.

48:56>> So, we don't have any framework plan

48:58rezonings that include D5 at this time?

49:00>> They They all do.

49:02>> Oh, they do.

49:02>> Yes, ma'am.

49:03>> Okay. So, this would then basically

49:05nullify any that are out there right

49:07now.

49:08>> It would take out the D5 from this

49:10height bonus. Yes, ma'am.

49:12>> All right. Thanks.

49:15>> Thank you, counselor. Any other

49:16questions? Yes, sir, counselor Williams.

49:18>> Uh that's not a question, but I just

49:19thank you for doing that. I know that

49:20there was a lot of concern that all

49:22that, you know, there's a potential to

49:24have um

49:26what people call the Harrah's, but some

49:29a large structure right behind their

49:30home. So, thank you all for working on

49:33that. I appreciate it.

49:35>> Thank you, counselor. Any other

49:36counselors?

49:37>> Uh

49:38will removing D5 affect any apartment

49:41buildings or

49:43>> So, right now utilizing this section,

49:46there are no properties that fall under

49:48this category. So, it will not impact

49:50any existing structures.

49:52>> Perfect. Thank you.

49:54>> Thank you, counselor. Any other

49:54counselors?

49:56All right. I as well uh I just wanted to

49:58uh offer thanks for this uh as well. I

50:00think it's a good protection.

50:02Um all right. Thank you. Uh we'll now

50:05open this up for a public hearing since

50:07this is a public hearing.

50:08Uh so, if you are interested in

50:11speaking, uh show of hands, anybody?

50:14Uh all right. We have one or two people.

50:16All right. Please uh if you can line up

50:18over here by the flags, and we'll take

50:20the first person.

50:21Um

50:23Yes, sir. All right. If you want to come

50:25up to the podium, we'll give you 3

50:26minutes to speak, and if you can just uh

50:29state your name and your address,

50:31please.

50:32>> Okay.

50:32>> Uh and just to be clear, this is

50:34speaking for this issue related to item

50:36one.

50:37>> No.

50:37>> item one? No. Okay. That's the next one.

50:40>> Thank you.

50:40>> Thank you. As well. All right. All

50:43right. Glad we clarified.

50:44>> we're doing item number one.

50:46>> All right. Any Anyone else uh

50:49here to speak on item number one?

50:51All right. Seeing none, I will hand this

50:53back to you, Madam President.

50:54>> All right. Thank you. This

50:55>> This closes the public hearing.

50:57>> Thank you very much. At this time,

50:59counselors, no other questions, we'll

51:00entertain the vote.

51:10All right, thank you. Item number one

51:11passes. Next item.

51:13>> Item two.

51:16An ordinance to amend the zoning

51:17district map

51:18of the city of Birmingham, case number

51:20ZAC 2025-26

51:22to change zone district boundaries for

51:25all properties in the southern area

51:26framework plan located in Crestline

51:28community,

51:29Westwood community, and Wenonah

51:31community filed by the city of

51:32Birmingham for all properties located

51:34within the southern framework area

51:35communities and hearing of all

51:36interested parties.

51:38>> Motion.

51:39>> Second.

51:41>> All right, thank you, council. This is

51:43an ordinance to amend the zoning

51:44district map of the city of Birmingham

51:47to change the zone district boundaries

51:49for all properties in the southern area

51:51framework plan. This is a public

51:54hearing, so I'll turn this over to

51:55Council of Iasa.

51:56>> Thank you, Madam President. Let's hear a

51:58staff update. Thank you.

52:48>> I was trying to do what we did last

52:50time.

52:52It's not finding it.

52:57And then under display.

53:03Duplicate these displays.

53:04>> Yeah, duplicate.

53:17>> For those joining us online, we're

53:18having just a little technical

53:19difficulty, but the presentation should

53:21be up shortly.

53:26>> It's okay. I can just read it out.

53:36I don't think it's going to work, but

53:37it's just four slides. Um so, I'm Kim

53:40Sperl. I serve as a zoning

53:41administrator.

53:43Oh, it is working. Perfect.

53:45I was about to think my laptop doesn't

53:47like the Council Chambers anymore.

53:50All right. So, we are here for the

53:53Southern Area rezoning plan. This is our

53:56final

53:58framework plan area to come before the

54:00Council for rezoning.

54:02Um we'll real quickly just go over the

54:05neighborhoods that are involved. Um in

54:07the Crestline community, we have the

54:09Crestline and Eastwood neighborhoods. In

54:12Crestwood, we have Crestwood North and

54:14Crestwood South. And then in Red

54:16Mountain, we have Forest Park South

54:18Avondale, Highlands Park, and Redmont

54:21Park.

54:23Um just a reminder to the Council, the

54:26goals of the past 10 years that we have

54:30been going through these framework plan

54:31rezonings to align our zoning with the

54:36goals that were identified and adopted

54:39in the city's comprehensive plan in

54:402013.

54:42To consolidate the zoning ordinance, we

54:44currently have three sections. And the

54:48adoption of this final plan will

54:50consolidate the ordinance into one

54:53instead of three sections.

54:55To downzone any of our heavy industrial

54:59areas that are inactive or vacant.

55:02To expand and include mixed-use in our

55:05citywide rezoning plans for more

55:08walkable, accessible communities and in

55:11some areas to implement our new urban

55:14neighborhood district.

55:16Um

55:17we have talked several times about Q

55:19conditions. So, any Q conditions that

55:23were imposed by the council on an

55:25individual property rezoning, those Q

55:29conditions have not changed. They have

55:31been carried over from any previous

55:34rezoning case. And also as part of this

55:37framework plan rezoning process, we have

55:39not added any new Q conditions to any

55:42properties.

55:45Um we have had a robust community

55:47engagement process with um this

55:50particular area. So, I just want to

55:52highlight some of those meetings real

55:54quick. We began in September of 2024

55:58with a community meeting and then

56:00followed that up with a virtual open

56:03house in October of 2024 and in November

56:07of 2024, we also had two additional

56:10community meetings.

56:12We had a community neighborhood officer

56:14workshop in January of 2025

56:18followed by another community meeting in

56:21March of 2025.

56:23A planning commission workshop was held

56:25in May of 2025 with just the Highland

56:28Park Neighborhood Association and then

56:31the full planning commission meeting was

56:33held on November 5th, 2025 last fall.

56:37And at that planning commission meeting,

56:39the planning commission voted to

56:41recommend the Crestwood and Crestline

56:43rezoning maps and they voted to send the

56:46Red Mountain map to the council with no

56:50recommendation.

56:51So, after that planning commission

56:53meeting, we had follow-up meetings with

56:55the Highland Park officers and

56:58neighborhood on December 11th, 2025,

57:02March 31st of 2026,

57:05and April 23rd of 2026.

57:08And then the rezoning maps did go to the

57:11planning and zoning committee where the

57:13planning and zoning committee did

57:15recommend approval of all three

57:17community rezoning maps. And then in

57:20August, just a couple months ago, we

57:23held two additional community

57:26informational meetings to discuss the

57:28rezoning maps and those were held on

57:30August 13th and on August 24th to answer

57:34any questions ahead of this public

57:37hearing regarding the rezoning plan.

57:40So the item before you today is the plan

57:44that was recommended by the planning and

57:46zoning committee.

57:48And so I'm happy to answer any specific

57:51questions that you have about the plan.

57:53That concludes the staff report for this

57:56item.

57:58>> Thank you so very much. Do we have any

58:00questions from the council?

58:04All right, seeing none.

58:06We will now open this up. This is a

58:08public hearing. Raise a show of hands,

58:11anybody here to speak on this item? Item

58:13number two.

58:15All right, we have two speakers. If you

58:16can come right over here to the flags.

58:25All right, I see it looks like a total

58:26of three speakers.

58:30And whoever is first um

58:34you will come up to the podium and you

58:36will have 3 minutes to speak. Please

58:38state your name and your address.

58:41And

58:42we just ask the comments are kept to

58:44specifically the um

58:47items within item number two. Thank you.

58:49>> My name My name is Veronique Van Blair.

58:52I live in Avondale, 3814 4th Avenue

58:56South, 35222.

58:58I've been a resident there for over 20

59:00years and I'm a little concerned about

59:04this change of um

59:06um

59:07the going from mixed low mixed-use low

59:11to medium low because it would allow

59:14some bigger building built. And there's

59:17a place behind our house that is

59:20has been threatened to turn into a

59:23multi-use four-floor building like with

59:2540 units. Um I'm going to read an email

59:29from one of my neighbors cuz she wrote

59:31it best. Um

59:33I'm writing as a resident of South

59:35Avondale on 4th Avenue South to

59:37respectfully ask that you retain the

59:40mixed use low-tone designation

59:43rather than change it to mixed use

59:45medium. My family is particularly

59:48concerned about the lot on 3rd Avenue

59:50South directly behind our home. We share

59:54an alley with our property. We believe

59:57increasing the allowable scale and

59:59density of development in this area

1:00:01could significantly affect the character

1:00:03and quality of life of the surrounding

1:00:06residential neighborhood. We recognize

1:00:09the importance of responsible growth and

1:00:12actively support progressive efforts

1:00:14here in Birmingham, but the potential

1:00:17increased density also brings concerns

1:00:20about traffic, parking, noise, and the

1:00:22loss of our mature trees in this

1:00:25neighborhood. With a young child who

1:00:27spends significant time in our backyard

1:00:30and more families moving into South

1:00:32Avondale, we believe it is important to

1:00:34preserve the neighborhood's livability

1:00:37and ensure future develop- development

1:00:40is appropriate scale to its surrounding.

1:00:44Thank you.

1:00:49>> Thank you for your comment. I will say

1:00:51that I know planning engineering and

1:00:53permitting staff is down the hallway in

1:00:55the conference room and they are open to

1:00:58meeting with residents with any

1:01:00questions. All right, we'll take the

1:01:02next speaker, please.

1:01:04>> Hello.

1:01:05>> Yes, feel free to come up. You have 3

1:01:07minutes to speak. And please state your

1:01:10name and address, please.

1:01:12>> My name is My name is Stephen Todd.

1:01:16I live at 5219 Mountain Ridge Parkway

1:01:20in Birmingham.

1:01:22And I'm the oldest not I'm the longest

1:01:26resident of the neighborhood going back

1:01:28to 2006.

1:01:31The neighborhood was planned in 2003

1:01:36with two developers who

1:01:39through the years disappeared.

1:01:41And

1:01:43when we bought it was a neighborhood of

1:01:4550 homes with an entrance from 58th

1:01:49Avenue.

1:01:50My concern is with the new plan in the

1:01:53development of the property below the

1:01:56ridge.

1:01:58In 2003,

1:02:01your council denied

1:02:04the entrance to the community from 52nd,

1:02:08which is next to to back then Montclair

1:02:11Hospital.

1:02:13Now, as I understand, there is only one

1:02:16way to enter the property for the future

1:02:19development that you're talking about.

1:02:22And that is coming from 52nd.

1:02:27And the argument is when it was too

1:02:30dangerous to put an entrance there in

1:02:332003,

1:02:36why would you consider it safe today

1:02:39when the property next door has just

1:02:41been sold to the church

1:02:44with

1:02:45uh 2,000 members

1:02:48and a possibility of having 300 students

1:02:52at a school.

1:02:54Uh I'm concerned about that. Also,

1:02:57further down the ridge, below

1:03:01the portion of the community that

1:03:03reaches 58th Street, there was a

1:03:06developer who tried to develop

1:03:08townhomes.

1:03:10Uh he was coming from the lower portion

1:03:13of Crestwood. That development failed.

1:03:15It never happened. Uh they pulled away

1:03:18and it was sold eight acres to one

1:03:21individual family.

1:03:23Uh again, my concern is why would you

1:03:25approve an entrance off of 52nd to this

1:03:28development?

1:03:30And you actually denied it in the year

1:03:332003 because the slope coming from

1:03:3812th Avenue at that point coming down

1:03:41the hill

1:03:42is I moved here from Florida. To me,

1:03:45that was a slope that was very difficult

1:03:47to go on for many years because of the

1:03:49rise and descent of the property.

1:03:53Thank you.

1:03:55>> Thank you for your comments.

1:03:58Any

1:03:59>> Councilor Boston said um

1:04:02I'll just state that the same

1:04:03considerations that were

1:04:05um

1:04:06considered for

1:04:09you know, that request um would still be

1:04:12in effect today. What's before us is not

1:04:14a consideration for a curb curb cut on

1:04:1752nd Street. It's a rezoning of

1:04:21uh properties in that area. So,

1:04:24um

1:04:26Now, if someone were to come forward and

1:04:29request uh

1:04:31curb cut on 52nd Street, the same, you

1:04:36know, considerations would be applied

1:04:38and same process would play out.

1:04:42>> Thank you, counselor.

1:04:43>> Thanks for that clarity. That was going

1:04:44to be my question back to um

1:04:46administration. I didn't think that was

1:04:48part of this item, but thank you.

1:04:52>> All right, thank you. Uh next speaker,

1:04:54yes. Please come up, state your name and

1:04:55address, and you have 3 minutes to

1:04:57speak. Thank you.

1:04:58>> Thank you. Uh Frankie Alloway, 2200

1:05:01Woodcrest Place, uh

1:05:04Suite 315,

1:05:0635209. It's in Birmingham even though it

1:05:09has a Homewood zip code.

1:05:11Madam Chair, can I ask that I present

1:05:13these to Mr. Frazier so he could

1:05:15distribute them to the council members?

1:05:26>> Council members, I represent Margaret

1:05:28Ann Peterson, who is the owner of

1:05:32two parcels of land near off Montclair

1:05:36Road um

1:05:39bordering the JCC and in part Altamont

1:05:42School and a number of other properties.

1:05:45Um

1:05:47I'll

1:05:48pause a second till everybody can have

1:05:50it in front of you.

1:05:52Her

1:05:54Mrs. Peterson is 102 years old

1:05:57and she lives in her house by herself at

1:05:594353

1:06:01uh which is proposed D1. Presently, it

1:06:05is owned RA8

1:06:07um under the current zoning uh

1:06:10her son and power of attorney, Miller

1:06:12Peterson

1:06:14lives next door on Altamont Road

1:06:18on bordering

1:06:20at

1:06:214513, I believe.

1:06:23And the request is that the subject

1:06:28property from our standpoint, the

1:06:30request being in the

1:06:33form of an objection to the proposed uh

1:06:38mass, if you will, uh rezoning

1:06:42petition before you is that

1:06:44this council consider

1:06:47amending the proposal so that

1:06:51particularly 3920, which is right at 30

1:06:55acres of undeveloped land and is

1:06:56presently zoned RA8

1:07:00would instead be D5 instead of D3

1:07:05and the same as to

1:07:084353, which is um

1:07:11presently Miss Peterson's home, that it

1:07:13would

1:07:14maintain the current zoning, which is

1:07:17equivalent, which would be D5. The

1:07:20the thrust of this is that

1:07:24this is this is what the property has

1:07:26been zoned since 1990 when Tom McGee

1:07:29helped champion getting this property

1:07:31rezoned to this. And the property to the

1:07:35left, 1443,

1:07:37is apartments. The property to the

1:07:38right, JCC in Altamont, is

1:07:41institutional. Below 3930 is apartments.

1:07:443936

1:07:46is an office building. To the right of

1:07:483936 is a five-story office building.

1:07:513924

1:07:53is a two- or three-story office

1:07:55building.

1:07:56>> [snorts]

1:07:56>> The property does not fit a

1:07:58single-family uh

1:08:01zoning from a transitional zoning

1:08:03context. There's nothing that promotes

1:08:06the health, safety, morals, and the

1:08:07general welfare to move this from its

1:08:10RA8 zoning down to a single-family

1:08:14zoning equivalent of D3. Uh we have a

1:08:17pending submission to the city under RA8

1:08:21to uh try to get the two-year clock

1:08:23started on a multi-family development on

1:08:273920

1:08:28uh and 4353. Although the buildings

1:08:31would be principally on all on 3920 and

1:08:354553 would serve as a buffer to the

1:08:38neighborhood under our proposal. So, we

1:08:40ask you from sound zoning practice, it

1:08:43really presents as a spot zoning

1:08:47scenario to take what has been

1:08:48multi-family, which is going to

1:08:50multi-family on the south and on the

1:08:53east, institutional on the west,

1:08:56to rezone it to single-family. Ask that

1:08:58y'all would consider um either

1:09:02changing this to D5. And it was D5 when

1:09:05Mr. Peterson initially when this issue

1:09:08arose

1:09:09>> All right.

1:09:09>> Tom Yeah.

1:09:10>> He went and it was D5 and got pulled

1:09:13back to D3 in the process.

1:09:15>> Thank you, Mr.

1:09:16>> Appreciate your comments.

1:09:17>> Thank you.

1:09:18>> All right, next speaker. Looks like we

1:09:19have one more speaker. Is that two more?

1:09:21All right, two more and then

1:09:23uh Raise Show of hands, anyone else

1:09:25speaking today?

1:09:27>> All right, we just have these last two

1:09:28speakers.

1:09:29>> Yes, sir. Please state your name and

1:09:30address.

1:09:30>> Question,

1:09:31is this a physical property rezoning or

1:09:35or use rezoning

1:09:37for the property?

1:09:39>> This is use rezoning for the property.

1:09:40>> Use rezoning. Okay, perhaps I have

1:09:43something to say then.

1:09:45Don Perenia,

1:09:47I live on Claremont Avenue, 5200 block.

1:09:52Um, currently I have Do you need to know

1:09:54anything more about me?

1:09:57Never done this before. Okay. Um,

1:10:00>> [clears throat]

1:10:00>> currently I have

1:10:02got a lot of houses around my house on

1:10:05Claremont being used for short-term

1:10:08rentals, Airbnbs.

1:10:11I've noticed the houses across the

1:10:14street from me being used for very

1:10:17nefarious activities.

1:10:19Um, I notice a lot of people renting on

1:10:23a short-term basis. Uh, four and five

1:10:26cars going in there, parking on the

1:10:29street, which to my knowledge is

1:10:32illegal.

1:10:33>> Sorry to interrupt. I just want to make

1:10:34sure that we are talking specifically

1:10:36about item number two that is before us.

1:10:38>> Well, that's what I wanted to see too.

1:10:40It's It's a a zoning

1:10:43for the houses to be Airbnbs and

1:10:45short-term rentals. That's not

1:10:48>> So, we have One thing I'll invite you to

1:10:50is we have a public hearing for

1:10:51short-term rentals next week.

1:10:53>> Uh, if you're interested

1:10:54>> Next week, okay.

1:10:56>> I didn't get that notice. So, I got this

1:10:58notice and it was a little unclear. So,

1:11:02um, okay, well, thank you.

1:11:03>> Yes, sir.

1:11:04>> I can show up next week and talk about

1:11:06use.

1:11:06>> I believe it's next Tuesday. Yes, sir.

1:11:09Uh,

1:11:09>> Yeah.

1:11:11>> Mr. Chair, if I can add, if you would

1:11:12like to email us your thoughts in the

1:11:14meantime,

1:11:15>> Yeah.

1:11:16>> um, you can just look on the city

1:11:17website and then that can suffice.

1:11:20>> Okay.

1:11:21Also, the zoning for property, it does

1:11:24not allow Alabama Power to run their

1:11:26lines across my property, right?

1:11:31>> Um

1:11:33So, that's a good question. Uh what I

1:11:34would uh suggest you do is talk to the

1:11:36planning staff, which is down the

1:11:37hallway, and they can answer some

1:11:38specific questions.

1:11:39>> Because Alabama Power said their

1:11:40grandfather, they had it since 1950.

1:11:43Even though it's dangerous, they can run

1:11:46their

1:11:46power lines across my property, which I

1:11:50don't know who to talk to about that.

1:11:52>> I hear your concern. So, planning staff

1:11:53is right down the hallway in the

1:11:55conference room, and uh they have staff

1:11:57available to answer questions for you.

1:11:58>> Okay. Thank you for your time. Thank you

1:12:00for your time. I appreciate that. Thank

1:12:01you.

1:12:03>> All right. We have one last speaker.

1:12:05Please state your name

1:12:06and your address, and you will have 3

1:12:08minutes to speak. Thank you.

1:12:09>> My name is Tom Rue. I live at 231 Calton

1:12:13Lane. I'm president of the Homeowners

1:12:15Association there of 25 homes, 45

1:12:17individuals.

1:12:19We object to any change in the

1:12:20recommendation from to go from D3 to D5.

1:12:25The traffic already is horrendous. Just

1:12:28ask the police department how many

1:12:30accidents occur at Memory Lane and

1:12:34Montclair Montclair Road.

1:12:37Uh

1:12:38if you put multi-family

1:12:41housing on this 3920, that's the

1:12:44property about which I am

1:12:46speaking for against.

1:12:48Uh it's just going to flood the zone.

1:12:51You've already got so many apartments

1:12:53down the You've got the Tapestry, you've

1:12:55got the Station at Crestline. I mean,

1:12:58that's like

1:12:59over 700 apartments, and they're all

1:13:02coming which way? They're coming west

1:13:04down towards where this property is

1:13:06located. And to

1:13:08approve [clears throat] a multi-family

1:13:11multi-story facilities there would just

1:13:14ruin the neighborhood and create an

1:13:17unbelievably horrendous traffic problem.

1:13:20And everybody's going to go to where?

1:13:22Crestline to shop? You can't find a

1:13:24parking place in Crestline now.

1:13:28Thank you.

1:13:29>> Thank you so much for your time, sir. Um

1:13:32yes.

1:13:33We have staff to speak.

1:13:35>> We had one email that was sent to staff

1:13:38and he specifically asked if we read it

1:13:40into the record during the speaker

1:13:42session. So, if it's okay with you, we

1:13:44would like to read his email into the

1:13:47record.

1:13:48It's from Alex and I cannot pronounce

1:13:51his last name, Idelson.

1:13:54He owns property at 1003 and 1007

1:14:01The recommendation is for that property

1:14:03to be zoned D3. Um and there are

1:14:06currently two single family homes. His

1:14:09concern is that even though there are

1:14:12single family homes, he would rather see

1:14:15the original proposed zoning of D4.

1:14:19And he does not believe that a future

1:14:22rezoning is equivalent to retaining the

1:14:25D4 now. So, he asked that we read this

1:14:28objection into the official record.

1:14:31>> Thank you so much. Appreciate that.

1:14:33All right. This concludes the public

1:14:35hearing.

1:14:37Any comments from council before

1:14:40I can get over. Nope. Seeing none. Madam

1:14:43President, thank you.

1:14:45>> Thank you very much, Councilwoman Bassa.

1:14:47And thank you to those residents that

1:14:49participated in the public hearing. And

1:14:52thank you to administration and staff

1:14:54for providing this information. At this

1:14:56time, counselors, we're ready for the

1:14:58vote on item two.

1:15:06And I'm a yes.

1:15:07>> All right.

1:15:08>> All right. Thank you. Item two passes.

1:15:11Are there any other items?

1:15:12>> No, ma'am.

1:15:13>> All right. Thank you. At this time,

1:15:15counselors, we're ready to entertain any

1:15:17updates that you have regarding your

1:15:19districts. And Councilwoman Williams,

1:15:21would you want to start us off?

1:15:23>> I'd love [clears throat] to.

1:15:24Um

1:15:26Economic Development Tourism Committee

1:15:28is canceled today due to lack of

1:15:29submission.

1:15:31Creston Neighborhood Meeting will be

1:15:32Thursday, October 22nd at 6:00 at Hope

1:15:34Church Southeast Lake will be Monday

1:15:37October 26th at 6:00 p.m. at Southeast

1:15:39Lake United Methodist and Crestwood

1:15:40South will be Monday October 26th 6:30

1:15:44at the Jewish Community Center. We have

1:15:46two board appointments. This is the

1:15:48second announcement for each. One is the

1:15:50cooperative district of the city of

1:15:51Birmingham which encompasses the Five

1:15:55Points West Community. There are three

1:15:57vacancies. Interested parties have to be

1:16:00a qualified elector of Jefferson County

1:16:04and it is a four-year term. If you could

1:16:05have applications

1:16:07sent to [email protected]

1:16:13by Friday November 6th we would

1:16:15appreciate it. The second board opening

1:16:18is the commercial development authority

1:16:21city of Birmingham. There are five

1:16:23vacancies on that and interested parties

1:16:26may not be an officer of the state,

1:16:29city, county. Must be an elector of

1:16:32Jefferson County and

1:16:34may not receive a salary from a

1:16:36governmental entity.

1:16:40Those applications will

1:16:42be due the same time November 6th and

1:16:45also if you could submit those to

1:16:47[email protected].

1:16:50Thank you.

1:16:50>> Thank you very much. Councilwoman

1:16:52Vassell.

1:16:53>> Thank you Madam President. Tonight we

1:16:55have Five Points South Neighborhood

1:16:56Association meeting at Highlands Park

1:16:59Highlands United Methodist Church. That

1:17:02is at 6:00 p.m. Look forward to seeing

1:17:04you there. That concludes my

1:17:05announcements. Thank you.

1:17:06>> Thank you very much. Councilwoman

1:17:07Smitherman.

1:17:08>> Thank you Madam President. The Five

1:17:09Points South Neighborhood will meet

1:17:11today at 6:00 p.m. in the South Hall at

1:17:14Highland United Methodist Church.

1:17:16Woodland Park will have a neighborhood

1:17:18meeting will take place this Monday

1:17:20October 26th at 6:00 p.m. at Woodland

1:17:23Park Woodland

1:17:25Church of Christ. I think it's Woodland

1:17:26Park Church of Christ.

1:17:28All residents are encouraged to attend

1:17:30both neighborhood meetings. The

1:17:32Titusville Connection Fest will take

1:17:34place this Friday from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.

1:17:36at Social Commons. It's located at 222

1:17:406th Avenue South. Join us for food

1:17:42trucks, live entertainment, community

1:17:44resources, activities, and then HICA

1:17:47will have in their ribbon-cutting

1:17:49ceremony. They are actually moving into

1:17:50office space over there.

1:17:52And then they will have a community

1:17:53impact award for

1:17:56one of my neighborhood presidents, Ms.

1:17:58Scott, as well. Also, we are partnering

1:18:01with Railroad Park. They are having

1:18:02their pop-up market this Friday as well

1:18:06from 4:00 to 7:00, and we will be

1:18:07featuring

1:18:09mini farmers market on our behalf as

1:18:12well. So, come out and support local

1:18:14vendors and support and farmers. And

1:18:16then we are having our very last Safe

1:18:19Summer Concert Series. I'm so excited.

1:18:22Magic City Classic Kickoff Concert. We

1:18:25will be And this will be alongside with

1:18:27my colleague, Councilman Clinton Woods.

1:18:30I'm actually happy about this cuz we

1:18:32both came on the council at the same

1:18:34time. So, he's almost like, you know, my

1:18:35little teammate. So, but we're going to

1:18:39have local artists that You are my

1:18:40teammate.

1:18:42We're going to have local artists for

1:18:44the pre-show. Gates open at 3:30.

1:18:46Pre-show is at 5:00 p.m. Local artists

1:18:49include Monay B. She's a

1:18:52young girl, 12 years old, has gone

1:18:54viral.

1:18:55Gabrielle Simone.

1:18:57Lillian. She actually performed at

1:18:59District 8's events. She did really

1:19:01well.

1:19:02JP Capone. And then we will have We

1:19:06actually had a people's choice for the

1:19:07opener for Bootsy. The It's a local rap

1:19:11artist, AADRGZ,

1:19:13two young men. And then we have DJ Bad

1:19:16Boy Butch that will be DJing the

1:19:18pre-show. And then DJ Vegas will be

1:19:20DJing before Bootsy comes out.

1:19:23Everything is free except for food and

1:19:25beverage. So, parking is free. Make sure

1:19:27nobody charges you for parking.

1:19:30Do not bring coolers. Do not bring lawn

1:19:32chairs.

1:19:34Extensively until the park board

1:19:36approves it inside of Legion Field, but

1:19:38regardless, it will be a Legion Field.

1:19:41Um Um and it's going to be a good time.

1:19:43I do want to take

1:19:44time to thank also the city council.

1:19:47They helped with some of the expenses.

1:19:49Our park board has been great. Be Grace

1:19:51Media. Um so, we're going to have a good

1:19:53safe time. And also, if you have a

1:19:55child, if you are under the age 18, you

1:19:58must be accompanied by an adult. And we

1:20:00are also giving out um

1:20:02500 Magic City Classic tickets to the

1:20:05first 500 attendees as well. Thank you.

1:20:10>> All right. Thank you. I think I'm going

1:20:12to jump over to Council Woods so you can

1:20:14come on in. He He can take it there,

1:20:16Council Woods. Hello, Council Woods.

1:20:20We waiting on it.

1:20:21>> Good morning. Good morning. Good

1:20:22morning.

1:20:23Shout out to my teammate. You know, I

1:20:25did I did get on about 2 minutes

1:20:27earlier.

1:20:28>> [laughter]

1:20:29>> Uh now, we're excited. I think it's

1:20:30going to be a tremendous event.

1:20:32Definitely invite everybody out uh to

1:20:34hang out with us at Legion Field on

1:20:36Sunday um as we get ready to kick off

1:20:39the classic. Uh couple announcements.

1:20:41The Sun Valley Neighborhood Association

1:20:42will meet uh today at 6:30 p.m. They'll

1:20:46be meeting via Zoom. If you're

1:20:48interested in attending that meeting,

1:20:49you can email get

1:20:53the login information. Uh the Huffman

1:20:55Neighborhood Association will meet on

1:20:57Monday, October 26th at 7:00 p.m. at

1:21:00Huffman Baptist Church. As always, we we

1:21:03want to encourage residents to get out

1:21:04and participate in their neighborhood

1:21:06meetings. The next Budget and Finance

1:21:08Committee meeting will be held on

1:21:10Monday, October 26th at 3:30 p.m. in the

1:21:13council chambers. Uh submissions of

1:21:15supporting documents are due uh no later

1:21:18than Wednesday, October 21st at noon. Uh

1:21:21that can be emailed to

1:21:22[email protected].

1:21:26And uh I just want to reiterate the Safe

1:21:28Summer Series finale

1:21:30>> [laughter]

1:21:31>> and kick off the Magic City Classic. So,

1:21:33uh October 25th, come on out.

1:21:35>> Thank you very much, Council Gun.

1:21:38>> Thank you, Madam President. These are my

1:21:40announcements. I want to give a special

1:21:42shout out to everyone who came out to

1:21:43the Avenue Street Market this weekend.

1:21:46It was a pleasure to co-host with

1:21:48President Pro Tem Tate.

1:21:51I also want to give a special thanks to

1:21:53Councillor Smitherman for coming out and

1:21:55celebrating with us. I think this was a

1:21:58historic moment for the Northside where

1:22:01you have two councillors working

1:22:02together to improve the business

1:22:04community and ensure that it's thriving.

1:22:07I know that's one of the things that we

1:22:08champion and we want to see happen for

1:22:11the Northside. I also want to give a

1:22:12special thanks to Fire and Rescue, the

1:22:14Birmingham Police Department, the team

1:22:16at OPA, and all of our vendors and

1:22:18residents who came out to celebrate in

1:22:20the Enon Avenue Street Market.

1:22:23I know we have more coming down the line

1:22:23so I'm excited about that. This was not

1:22:24just an event for the sake of having an

1:22:25event. This was to serve as a catalyst

1:22:26for future development for the Northside

1:22:26Plaza. This Saturday there will be the

1:22:27Northside Harvest Festival which will be

1:22:28taking place in Norwood at the trolley

1:22:28stop from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Come

1:22:29out and enjoy live music, food, and

1:22:30local vendors. The District 4 Office

1:22:30will host a mobile office hours on

1:22:31Tuesday, October the 27th at the

1:22:32Northeast YMCA from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30

1:22:33p.m. So I look forward to seeing

1:22:33residents on the Eastside to come out

1:22:34and share what's happening for District

1:22:354. Upcoming neighborhood association

1:22:35meetings next Thursday we have Well,

1:22:36this Thursday we have at 6:00 p.m. the

1:22:38Harriman Park Neighborhood Association,

1:22:40which will be taking place at the

1:22:42Harriman Park Recreation Center. Next

1:22:45Monday,

1:22:46we have the Kingston Neighborhood

1:22:47Association, which will take place at

1:22:496:00 p.m. at the Royal Event Center.

1:22:51Lastly, upcoming committee meetings, the

1:22:53next Community Development Committee

1:22:55meeting is Monday, November the 2nd at

1:22:583:30 p.m. right here in the City Council

1:23:00Chambers. So if you have any items that

1:23:02you would like to submit for the agenda,

1:23:04please send them to

1:23:05[email protected] by close of

1:23:06business Monday,

1:23:41>> [email protected]

1:23:44by close of business Monday, October the

1:23:4626th. Thank you. That concludes my

1:23:48announcements.

1:23:49>> Thank you, Council Gunn, and

1:23:50congratulations to you and Council Tate.

1:23:53Sounds like a very great and beneficial

1:23:55event for the Northside.

1:23:57All right, Council Smith.

1:23:59>> All right, thank you.

1:24:03So, District 8 residents can still apply

1:24:05now through November 9th for the

1:24:07District 8 Capital Improvement Awards

1:24:10Matching Funds Grant supporting

1:24:12resident-led neighborhood improvements.

1:24:14Email [email protected]

1:24:17or call our office at 205-254-2304

1:24:21with any questions and to receive help.

1:24:24Congratulations to the Birmingham Public

1:24:25Library Central Branch on the grand

1:24:27reopening of its youth room. The space

1:24:30has been reimagined by its young users

1:24:33and redesigned to meet their needs. The

1:24:35official ribbon-cutting ceremony will be

1:24:37held this Wednesday afternoon at 3:30.

1:24:39All are welcome to come and enjoy the

1:24:41new space.

1:24:43The Graymont Neighborhood Association is

1:24:44meeting on Wednesday, tomorrow, October

1:24:4621st at 4:30 at the Smithfield Branch

1:24:49Library. The Parks and Recreation Board

1:24:52is meeting also tomorrow at 9:45 a.m.,

1:24:55which is a time change, at Legion Field.

1:24:57Um we're still conducting our survey, so

1:25:00you can um please complete that Parks

1:25:01and Recreation survey. There will be a

1:25:03special called

1:25:06Arts and Parks Committee meeting on

1:25:07Monday, November 2nd at 2:00 p.m. Submit

1:25:10your items to [email protected]

1:25:13by Wednesday, October 28th. Thank you.

1:25:16>> Councilor Quinn.

1:25:19>> Thank you, Madam President.

1:25:23The Central City Neighborhood

1:25:24Association will meet tonight at 6:00

1:25:26p.m. at the Birmingham Central Library.

1:25:29Southeast Lake Neighborhood Association

1:25:31will meet next Monday at 6:00 p.m. at

1:25:34East Lake United United Methodist

1:25:37Church. The Transportation and

1:25:39Infrastructure Committee will be

1:25:41uh meeting on Monday at 2:00 p.m. here

1:25:45in the Council Chambers. and the

1:25:47planning and zoning committee will meet

1:25:50next Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. here in the

1:25:53council chambers. What um

1:25:55for folks who are interested in

1:25:58transportation planning, um

1:26:01the regional planning commission of

1:26:02greater Birmingham administers our

1:26:05metropolitan

1:26:07planning organization. That's the

1:26:09organization

1:26:10that oversees the distribution of

1:26:14federal transportation dollars for the

1:26:17six-county region.

1:26:19Um they have a public participation plan

1:26:24uh and they're updating that plan. So,

1:26:27tomorrow they have two meetings um

1:26:32for public input on that public

1:26:35involvement plan.

1:26:38Um the first meeting takes place 12:00

1:26:40to 1:00

1:26:42and the next is 5:00 to 6:00 and these

1:26:45will be held at the regional planning

1:26:48commission of greater Birmingham's

1:26:51uh office in conference room.

1:26:54Um and and they're located at 2 20th

1:26:58Street North, Suite 1200.

1:27:02Um

1:27:03all of this information is uh available

1:27:07online and I believe you uh yeah, you

1:27:11can review the plan

1:27:13uh online and again, there's two

1:27:16meetings tomorrow to to um

1:27:21weigh in on that. So, um

1:27:23that concludes my announcements. Thank

1:27:24you.

1:27:25>> Thank you, Dr. Aquil. Madam Pro Tem?

1:27:27>> Thank you, Madam President. Evergreen

1:27:29neighborhood meeting will be held

1:27:30tonight at 5:00 p.m. at the Evergreen

1:27:32Missionary Baptist Church. East Thomas

1:27:35neighborhood meeting will be held

1:27:36tonight at 6:00 p.m. and they meet on

1:27:37Zoom.

1:27:39You can call the office for the link.

1:27:41South Pratt neighborhood meeting will be

1:27:42held tonight at 6:30. They meet at

1:27:44Lively Hope Baptist Church.

1:27:46Ensley neighborhood meeting will be held

1:27:48on Thursday, October the 22nd. They meet

1:27:50at

1:27:51New Salem Baptist Church. Jury Hill

1:27:54Neighborhood Meeting will be held on

1:27:55Monday,

1:27:57October the 26th, 6:00 p.m.

1:27:59They meet at Protective Stadium. The

1:28:01next public safety meeting will be

1:28:02Tuesday, October the 27th,

1:28:051:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers.

1:28:07Submit your items for the agenda by

1:28:09Wednesday, October the 21st, no later

1:28:12than 12:00 noon to

1:28:14[email protected]

1:28:16and [email protected]

1:28:19at birminghamal.gov.

1:28:22If you have questions or concerns, feel

1:28:24free to contact office at 254-2302

1:28:27or 254-2996. As it already been stated,

1:28:31want to thank Counselor Gone for a grand

1:28:33time. Cast the vision was We cast the

1:28:37vision. It was real really really good.

1:28:39Um just the participation of

1:28:42all of the people in that area, even the

1:28:45North Birmingham Tower people came over

1:28:47to thank us. We had a wonderful time. We

1:28:49actually

1:28:50had an opportunity to tour some

1:28:53buildings that are being renovated. And

1:28:54so, I really want to invite you all out

1:28:57to see

1:28:58um the beautiful work that Reggie um

1:29:01Washington is doing in those buildings.

1:29:03I mean, like it's it's it's just it's

1:29:06unreal. Um film studio, um just a lot of

1:29:10programming for young people, a

1:29:12production area where

1:29:14like a talent period studio in some

1:29:16parts of it and it it is amazing. Um so,

1:29:19we all got a opportunity to go on a

1:29:21tour. I want to thank

1:29:23Becca Fox and Theo with the Martin de

1:29:25Green Book for kicking this off, Be

1:29:27Grace Media, everybody that was there,

1:29:29all the vendors. So, it was a grand time

1:29:31had and thank Counselor Smith and for

1:29:32dropping by and um

1:29:34Maiesha was there. Um Maiesha Hutchinson

1:29:37representing District 5. So, it was a

1:29:39nice time. Jamone here with the floor.

1:29:41So, it was a really great time.

1:29:43Um

1:29:44One of the Black Men Wellness Fest um is

1:29:47going to be Saturday, October the 24th.

1:29:49Want to thank my two colleagues for

1:29:51plugging in on that. So, they're saying

1:29:53the black um men's wellness fest is

1:29:55going to be at Legion Field. So, don't

1:29:57get checked checked out, not checked in.

1:30:00So, get checked out, not checked in. So,

1:30:02that's Saturday and it starts at 7:00

1:30:04a.m. and it's already been stated Mayor

1:30:06Woodfin mentioned

1:30:08205 in Park. This is the HBCU edition.

1:30:10So,

1:30:11if you are Greek,

1:30:13if you didn't go to the HBCU and you

1:30:15like the HBCU school, represent your

1:30:18school. And we're calling all HBCU grads

1:30:23to the bell wheel and all the Greeks to

1:30:26the bell wheel. So, represent your your

1:30:29your school and your colors and your

1:30:31sorority or fraternity that you're in.

1:30:34Um

1:30:34we have some

1:30:35good panel of rich discussions, the

1:30:37state of HBCUs on fumble the bag, don't

1:30:40fumble your freedom, love life in the

1:30:42yard.

1:30:44Michelle will be on that panel along

1:30:46with Jordan Davis who was a board member

1:30:49of the library. And our very own James

1:30:51Fields will be talking about civic

1:30:52engagement. And

1:30:54it's it's just going to be some rich

1:30:55things going on. Dr.

1:30:58Paul Bryant from Alabama A&M will be

1:31:00there. So, will be Isaac Cooper will be

1:31:02talking this NRL thing and and giving

1:31:05these students an opportunity to, you

1:31:07know, run this show and just do what

1:31:09they do best. So, we're looking forward

1:31:11to So, that's Friday, October the 23rd

1:31:13from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Miles

1:31:16College. Um we'll be in full effect and

1:31:18just HBCUs, Talladega, we heard from

1:31:21Talladega, Stillman, just different

1:31:23HBCUs wanted to participate. And that's

1:31:25all I have, Madam President.

1:31:27>> Thank you very much. We look forward to

1:31:30those activities. And again, congrats to

1:31:33you and Councilor Glenn for a great

1:31:34event. These are announcements for

1:31:36District 7. On Thursday, October 22nd,

1:31:40the Industrial Center Neighborhood

1:31:41Association will meet at 6:00 p.m. at

1:31:43the Mary Dora Center. I'd like to give a

1:31:45special shout-out and congratulations to

1:31:48the Wenonah High School football flag

1:31:51football team. They won their fifth

1:31:54consecutive Birmingham City Flag

1:31:56Football Championship. So, I just want

1:31:58to congratulate them.

1:32:01>> [applause]

1:32:02>> Wenonah High, where champions are made.

1:32:05Uh I would like to uh wish a belated

1:32:08happy birthday to my granddaughter

1:32:10McKenzie. She turned 22 yesterday.

1:32:12Hopefully, she has recovered from that

1:32:14birthday party, and she's back um

1:32:16studying and uh getting that senior year

1:32:19over with. So, uh happy birthday,

1:32:21McKenzie. Um just want to remind you,

1:32:23counselors, our Committee of the Whole

1:32:25will not be held this week. We

1:32:26rescheduled it to November 4th, 2026 at

1:32:303:30 p.m. So, we'll combine both the

1:32:33October and the November meetings due to

1:32:35travel and other um things to be

1:32:37prepared for that. Um at this time, we

1:32:40do want to thank our officers on duty,

1:32:41Officer Wesley Campbell, Terrance, and

1:32:44our fire inspectors, Inspector Griggs.

1:32:47At this time, Mr. Clerk, we will

1:32:49entertain our community voices.

1:32:51>> Um Sandra Sandra Bergeron.

1:32:54Sandra

1:32:56Bergeron.

1:32:57Uh Roger Collier.

1:33:02GC Belcher.

1:33:05Victoria Hamilton.

1:33:09>> Is this Miss Hamilton?

1:33:10>> Yes.

1:33:12>> Hi, Miss Hamilton. As you come forward,

1:33:14you have 3 minutes. If you just give us

1:33:15your name and address, and there are two

1:33:18uh monitors up here that'll be counting

1:33:20down your time, and I'll go ahead. Thank

1:33:22you very much.

1:33:23>> Hey there. So, I'm Victoria Hamilton. I

1:33:26own Big Mama's Barbecue. Right now, I'm

1:33:29a food truck, but I'm working on opening

1:33:30a chain.

1:33:32I'm here about the ordinance for

1:33:382498

1:33:39and who enforces it, as well as the cost

1:33:43and process to get our license.

1:33:46Who enforces the ordinance for food

1:33:48trucks?

1:33:55>> [clears throat]

1:33:55>> All right. That's B-Dot.

1:33:56>> Okay. So, I just talked to Paige and

1:33:59Bdot and she told me that Birmingham

1:34:01Police Department enforces it for them.

1:34:04I've had to call the police department

1:34:06because of various tents pulling up with

1:34:09food and people serving from them

1:34:10trunks.

1:34:11And but the police department told me

1:34:13they don't enforce it, that business

1:34:15enforcement enforces it. And you can

1:34:18literally set your watch to when they're

1:34:21going to come. It's once a year.

1:34:23That's it.

1:34:24Um at this rate, I was wondering if

1:34:28y'all were aware how much it costs to

1:34:31open a food truck here and the damage to

1:34:34owners like me for the processes here as

1:34:37well as the cost to open.

1:34:39Um based on $150 in I mean $150,000 in

1:34:43sales,

1:34:45at the end of it all, if I park at the

1:34:48meter 8 hours a day every single day for

1:34:51the year, as the owner, after my taxes,

1:34:55my fees to y'all, my payroll, my

1:34:57insurance, my food cost and supply cost,

1:35:01I make less than somebody at McDonald's.

1:35:04They make $10 to $18 an hour.

1:35:07I make about $6.85 an hour.

1:35:11That's not including me offering health

1:35:14benefits to my employees or any of that.

1:35:17Okay. So, one of the things that caught

1:35:20me really bad was based on $150,000,

1:35:24my business license is like $710

1:35:27here.

1:35:28Then on the [snorts] website it says

1:35:30Bdot is 200, but when I went upstairs,

1:35:32they told me 250. It was only after I

1:35:35went through

1:35:37excuse me for not having a better term,

1:35:39but hell, it took me 6 days, 7 hours to

1:35:42get my license with all my paperwork.

1:35:45And um they offered me $200 after all of

1:35:49that.

1:35:50So, now I don't even have enough money

1:35:52to pay my county taxes, the state taxes.

1:35:57I I know if you're aware, but in order

1:35:59to be tax exempt, you have a $300 a

1:36:02month account with the state. I can't

1:36:04afford to get that after I pay y'all.

1:36:06And the thing that Paige told me was

1:36:08with Bdot, the reason why I'm paying for

1:36:11it is so I can assist with the lines in

1:36:14the road and the parking areas and all

1:36:16that. I don't even park downtown at all.

1:36:19Plus the ordinance for me to pay the

1:36:20meter as well. If I was to pay the meter

1:36:24and all the fees,

1:36:26um y'all will take a total of $9,930

1:36:31from me a year.

1:36:33That's if I'm there 365, 8 hours a day.

1:36:36But again, I don't park downtown at all.

1:36:38So now my biggest problem is is that I

1:36:41feel like

1:36:43I'm not trying to break any rules.

1:36:44That's why I'm doing this in the first

1:36:46place to comply.

1:36:47But you honestly incentivize me to go

1:36:50pitch a tent and not pay at all and take

1:36:53my chances with a warrant or whatever

1:36:55for operating without a license because

1:36:57I can't afford to keep my truck in

1:36:59Birmingham and do what's right and keep

1:37:02my employees paid and make a living wage

1:37:05higher than going to get a job at

1:37:07McDonald's or Walmart, which is why we

1:37:09usually open businesses in the first

1:37:10place to not have to go work jobs like

1:37:13that. I have two degrees. My degrees are

1:37:16all back behind law and business. This

1:37:18is what I want to do. It's what I've

1:37:20been doing for 22 years.

1:37:22But why in the world am I paying all of

1:37:25this and putting in on things I don't

1:37:26use and everything else while

1:37:29enforcement doesn't enforce?

1:37:31I don't have any backup and when I call

1:37:33to ask for a compliance, they tell me

1:37:36they're defensive, combative. Well, what

1:37:37can we do really? It's basically what

1:37:39they say. We only can do so much.

1:37:42>> Okay.

1:37:42>> So yeah.

1:37:43>> Thank you, Ms. Hamilton. I appreciate

1:37:45you for you've impacted and given us a

1:37:48lot of um information today. Um we will

1:37:52work with administration to see about

1:37:54the compliance of our ordinance and um

1:37:58to ensure that again, we want to support

1:38:03small businesses and we really want to

1:38:05see you succeed. But um for me, I want

1:38:08to be sure that again, any ordinances or

1:38:11anything we have is not being enforced

1:38:13to a level that it also helps to

1:38:15incentivize and create good business. So

1:38:18um

1:38:19we do have B dot is given that

1:38:21responsibility. I'm going to um

1:38:24work with the administration. I believe

1:38:26Chief wants to give some comments, but

1:38:28we will take your information and we'll

1:38:30work with the departments because we're

1:38:31talking about B dot, we're talking about

1:38:33permitting um

1:38:35where we get your business license and

1:38:36you're paying those permits and Chief

1:38:39>> Yes, thank you Madam President. Thank

1:38:41you for the visibility on your customer

1:38:42service experience. We always want to

1:38:44make certain we do better and so I know

1:38:46that you've been in communication with

1:38:47finance but Miss Flora Johnson from our

1:38:49community development department is

1:38:51outside. We want her to walk with you on

1:38:54some of the experiences that you've had

1:38:55so we can see if we can really clean

1:38:57some of that up for you and then she'll

1:38:59provide us with updates and we'll

1:39:00provide that information to the council.

1:39:02So she's waiting outside right now to

1:39:04talk to you.

1:39:05>> I appreciate that too and I just want to

1:39:06say one more thing for the perspective

1:39:08of it. Y'all lost a like y'all have a

1:39:10big loss in payroll as well because of

1:39:13that way the processes are set up. I

1:39:15have to go from one window, get back in

1:39:17line and go to another window that's

1:39:19right beside the other window to be able

1:39:21to pay and it's just a lot. There's like

1:39:23no online processes for y'all either.

1:39:25The only thing there is is the

1:39:26application download and that's it. Like

1:39:29why can't Birmingham use Numo like

1:39:31various various other cities use to

1:39:33streamline the process, you know what

1:39:35I'm saying? So yes, I don't have a

1:39:37problem with working with y'all and I

1:39:38appreciate the opportunity to be able to

1:39:40help you, but as of right now that's

1:39:42what we face in food trucks. So

1:39:43>> Okay. Thank you. Appreciate you sharing

1:39:45this with us. Thank you.

1:39:48>> Eric Hall

1:39:50>> Thank you, Mr. Hall. You have 3 minutes.

1:39:52>> Yes, ma'am.

1:39:55First let me say good morning um to the

1:39:58citizens of Birmingham, our elected

1:40:00officials,

1:40:01and all present um in this chamber,

1:40:05online, and even our mayor in his

1:40:08absence.

1:40:09I'm reminded of words shared during our

1:40:12worship service as a breast cancer

1:40:14survivor gave her personal testimony

1:40:17on Sunday at our church. Two things can

1:40:19exist at the same time.

1:40:22This past week, across the world,

1:40:25national outlets praised Birmingham

1:40:28and our mayor, Randall Woodfin, for

1:40:31reducing violent crime.

1:40:33I said two things can exist at the same

1:40:36time.

1:40:37However, there have been no responses

1:40:39that highlights that Birmingham just may

1:40:42be the deadliest city when it comes to

1:40:44police violence. Yes, police violence in

1:40:48Birmingham is up

1:40:50100% while you all are praising the

1:40:52reduced violence on our streets.

1:40:56This morning, I stand to address the

1:40:58very serious problem, a public safety

1:41:00concern regarding police violence in our

1:41:03city.

1:41:04Someone must raise the question, what

1:41:07the hell is going on?

1:41:09To Mayor Woodfin, 1 + 1 = 2.

1:41:14However, concerned community members,

1:41:15impacted families raise serious concerns

1:41:18about the professionalism,

1:41:20the policy, and the practice of

1:41:23Birmingham Police Department.

1:41:26The City of Birmingham has been warned

1:41:28through lawsuits.

1:41:30It's been warned through testimony of

1:41:32incarcerated people and their families.

1:41:35It has been warned through allegations

1:41:37of understaffing, delayed medical

1:41:39treatment, denied medication, inadequate

1:41:42mental health intervention, and the

1:41:44refusal to move people into serious

1:41:46medical crisis into appropriate care.

1:41:51And still, people are dying.

1:41:54Birmingham cannot continue to describe

1:41:56every death as an isolated tragedy.

1:41:59This institution has been repeatedly

1:42:01documented as having failed to provide

1:42:03medication, adequate staffing,

1:42:06appropriate responses to medical

1:42:08distress, and meaningful intervention

1:42:10during mental health crisis.

1:42:13The Birmingham Police and the city jail

1:42:15exist within a larger structure of

1:42:16policing and confinement that also

1:42:19demands scrutiny.

1:42:21I, along with hundreds of members of

1:42:23Black Lives Matter Birmingham, recently

1:42:26put up a billboard a block away from the

1:42:29police department which reads, "Voting

1:42:32is safe, but police isn't."

1:42:35And on the billboard, we've even printed

1:42:36pictures of several individuals killed

1:42:38by the Birmingham Police.

1:42:41We say their names: Odess Phillips,

1:42:44Matthew Massey, Peaches Crowski, Kendal

1:42:47Sweezer, Xavier Gray, Jamal Williams,

1:42:51Vanessa Ragland, Daniel Allen Johnson,

1:42:54Amanda Contreras, Brian Dunn, Desmond

1:42:57Ray, Colleen Cannell, Angela Langley,

1:43:01Carl Grant, and I can continue.

1:43:04We also say the names of Mykell Douglas

1:43:07Harris, who was shot just in Pratt City,

1:43:09shot eight times by Birmingham Police a

1:43:12couple of weeks ago.

1:43:14Kenneth Sanders, who overdosed in

1:43:16Birmingham City Jail. Jarren Agee, who

1:43:19overdosed in Birmingham City Jail.

1:43:23Um

1:43:24along with two others, and I do have

1:43:27their names, but I don't can't see them

1:43:29right now.

1:43:30>> I was going to say Mr. Hall, and then

1:43:31you said

1:43:31>> But I close with the same phrase as I

1:43:34started with.

1:43:35What the hell is going on with

1:43:37Birmingham Police?

1:43:40Thank you.

1:43:41>> Thank you.

1:43:42This time, councilors, we'll entertain a

1:43:44motion to adjourn.

1:43:45>> So moved.

1:43:46>> All those in favor, please say I. I.

1:43:49Thank you. Meeting is adjourned. Thank

1:43:50you all.

1:44:04>> Hey, this is Pro Tem President

1:44:06Councilwoman Taite.

1:44:07>> Hey y'all, it's Councilor Gooden. I'm

1:44:09out here in the North Birmingham

1:44:11community. Today, we are having the

1:44:13Avenue Street Market. This is an

1:44:15opportunity for us to reinvest in the

1:44:17city of Birmingham, especially on the

1:44:19north side.

1:44:20>> Surrounded by over 30 vendors, and we're

1:44:23having a great time here. Myself and

1:44:25Councillor Gunn partnered on this event.

1:44:28>> this to create vibrancy over in the

1:44:30Northside Plaza. We want to make sure

1:44:32that we give entrepreneurs on the north

1:44:34side an opportunity to showcase their

1:44:37goods, and hopefully they use this as an

1:44:39opportunity to grow their businesses,

1:44:41and also to think further ahead what the

1:44:45future of the north side looks like.

1:44:46>> That means for opportunity to come out

1:44:49and just have a great time with

1:44:51community, myself, Councillor Gunn, and

1:44:53the people at the Avenue Street Market.

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