2026-11-02 - Community Development Committee

00:00Is there a motion?

00:04>> I move that we approve the October 5th

00:07>> second. All those in favor say I.

00:10>> All right, that item has been approved.

00:13Uh now we will go on to the next item

00:15which is new business. Uh the first item

00:17under new business is a program

00:19development agreement and Courtney

00:22Newton

00:30Good afternoon.

00:32Type your mic. [snorts]

00:36>> Press the

00:36>> on the right.

00:38>> There we go.

00:39>> There we go. Apologies. Uh, good

00:42afternoon. My name is Courtney Newton

00:44and I serve as the senior program,

00:46senior project manager for community

00:48development in our housing division. And

00:50I bring to you today two of our CHO home

00:53development agreements. And by CHTO I

00:55mean community housing development

00:56organization. These are agreements that

00:58we have um with two agencies that we've

01:01actually been working with them for over

01:02a year on developing this capacity in

01:05our neighborhoods and our communities.

01:07And what you see here is a proposal for

01:09$100,000 for each agency. Um the first

01:12one is actually going to be a property

01:14transfer. The proceeds will then go into

01:18two more properties to be sold at low

01:20income. So, we'll receive a total of

01:22three properties for uh affordable

01:24housing out of this entire agreement.

01:26And the second one is a rental project

01:29where uh the proceeds will be used to or

01:32excuse me, the grant funds will be used

01:34to purchase those rental properties,

01:35renovate those rental properties, work

01:38with the current tenants so that no one

01:39is displaced. Um work with them on uh

01:42increasing their credit, financial

01:44literacy, home ownership, etc. And then

01:46within a year they will actually

01:48purchase those properties and own those

01:50properties outright.

01:53Okay. Thank you for that. Any questions?

01:59>> All right. I will entertain a motion.

02:02>> I move that we approve this item.

02:04>> Second. All those in favor say I.

02:06>> I.

02:06>> All right. That item has been approved.

02:09Uh the second item on the agenda,

02:11>> Courtney, is that is that the same item?

02:14>> Oh, I'm sorry. I may have discussed them

02:16both in the in the aggregate. So,

02:18>> got you. So, we probably need to revise

02:21that motion to approve item one and two

02:23since he discussed those.

02:25>> Yeah.

02:26>> Okay.

02:27>> Item one is uh let's let's make sure we

02:29get this correct. Item item one is going

02:31to be renew which is the rental one that

02:34I discussed. So, that'll be two u rental

02:37units that will be purchased rehab.

02:39They'll work with them for the year and

02:40then they'll purchase it at the end of

02:41that. Item number two is the uh home

02:44that will be transferred, sold, proceeds

02:47used to then go into two more additional

02:49homes.

02:50>> Okay.

02:50>> So, I move we approve item two.

02:52>> All right. Second. All those in favor

02:54say I.

02:55>> I.

02:56>> All right. Item two has been approved.

02:58All right. The next item is item three.

03:00Uh Albert Jackson.

03:26My name is Albert Jackson. I serve as

03:28chief land acquisition specialist for

03:30the Department of Capital Projects.

03:33Uh the item that you have before you is

03:35a agreement from Alabama Power Company

03:39uh regarding

03:41transmission line installation

03:44in the Colberg area. The request is for

03:47Alabama Power Company to install

03:49overhead transmission line that will

03:51carry electrical service and generate

03:54the generation plants and provide

03:56electrical service to the North

03:57Birmingham community.

03:59Uh this will affect lands owned by the

04:01city of Birmingham, the vicinity of

04:04Colberg Road and Daniel Payne Drive. Uh

04:08this is an extension of uh

04:12Alabama power installation that occurred

04:14in 2020 where they installed initially

04:17install transmission lines in the silco

04:20community and this request will close

04:22the gaps between the one that are

04:24installed in 2020 and the one they want

04:27to install today. Uh

04:31Mr. B is here representative from

04:33Alabama Power Company. He's going to

04:34expand on the request.

04:46>> State your name and address for the

04:48record.

04:49>> Uh, good afternoon, council. My name is

04:52Adam Bailey. I'm a uh real estate

04:54specialist in the legal department for

04:56Alabama Power. My address is um I'm

05:01sorry, 245 Vineyard Lane, Birmingham. Um

05:04I am here today to speak on behalf of

05:06Alam Power in regards to a installation

05:08of a new transmission line. This line is

05:11an existing uh transmission line road

05:14rightway which means it's already in

05:17that same footprint. We're installing

05:19this line to um create or to reduce any

05:24overload and to also ensure that we can

05:26make the overall system as efficient as

05:29possible.

05:30So it's more of a reliability project

05:32than anything else.

05:35>> Okay. Thank you. Uh any questions from

05:37my colleagues?

05:40>> How often um do these kind of

05:43installments occur?

05:45>> Can you repeat your

05:46>> How often does do we have to go through

05:47this process?

05:49>> Every single time it's a new line. If

05:51we're building a new like if it's a if

05:53it's a line that's already there and

05:54we're just upgrading existing equipment,

05:56normally we don't have to because we

05:58have an existing agreement. But this one

05:59is a new line. Um it takes a load off

06:03the other two that are already in the

06:04area.

06:05>> Okay.

06:06>> So every time we're putting in a line,

06:08we have to go through this entire

06:09process where we submit to capital

06:11projects, come before you guys, and then

06:13we go to full counsel.

06:15>> Okay. Thank you.

06:17>> Oh, let me ask you this question. Uh is

06:19this in preparation for um increased

06:22demand?

06:25Um, some of the systems, some of the

06:27pieces are outdated and so it had to be

06:29upgraded anyway. Um, the demand may be

06:32just community. Some some of it's

06:35feeding leads going to different

06:36locations or whatever, but primarily

06:38it's just to make sure that we don't

06:39have any issues in the future with

06:42overload. And so once we see like an

06:44issue whether it's small, we go ahead

06:45and put that in our in our planning and

06:48we say well we can go ahead and work on

06:50this project to ensure that in the

06:52future if we get a bigger load or

06:54anything happens then we're already

06:56prepared for it.

06:57>> Okay. So it's basically it's just future

06:58proof then

06:59>> yeah for the most part.

07:01>> I appreciate the long-term planning for

07:03infrastructure. So thank you.

07:04>> Thank you.

07:05>> All right. Any additional questions? If

07:08not I'll call for a motion.

07:10>> So move. All those in favor say I.

07:13>> I.

07:13>> All right. The item has been approved.

07:15>> Thank you.

07:16>> Uh, next item on the agenda,

07:17announcements. No announcements on my

07:18end. Any announcements?

07:21All right. I will call for adjournment.