2026-11-03 - City Council Work Session

00:49staff that would like to attend, they've

00:51given me the dates of December 8th, 9th,

00:54or 10th, which is a Tuesday, Wednesday,

00:56or Thursday, and it will be from 9:00

00:58a.m. to noon. So, I need to know what

01:00the the wish of the council is on those

01:02three days. It's not a council meeting

01:04Tuesday, so.

01:05>> Okay. December 8th, 9th, and 10th?

01:07>> 8th, 9th, or 10th. Either one of those

01:09days.

01:10>> Either one of those days. So, council,

01:11check your schedules

01:12and uh

01:13kind of let me know what we need to do

01:15on that 8th, 9th, or 10th, and then

01:17we'll go ahead and set that to uh

01:19attend the orientation with the league.

01:21>> That's fine with

01:23>> Okay?

01:23>> Okay.

01:25>> Okay, item number one through nine is

01:27the consent agenda for the contracts for

01:30the council's discussion.

01:31>> Right.

01:33Any question on one through nine?

01:34>> I I I got one on question number one on

01:37number one.

01:39See, see, I I don't I'm not arguing

01:40about the amount of time, but

01:433:30, I mean, we're not

01:46I I don't know the chief or somebody

01:47might can tell us when the most of the

01:49wrecks are, but drive time, I would

01:50think

01:51I'd love to see us if cost more, I'm

01:54fine with that, expand it to to cover

01:56like to 6:00 at night or 6:00 in the

01:58morning to 6:00 at night.

02:00It It just if we can get it larger what

02:02is more work more wrecks.

02:05All right. So, I think it's a good idea.

02:06And I'm I'm not I'm not beating the

02:08idea. I just

02:10would like to expand it.

02:12>> Mr. Lawrence, is someone from the uh

02:15police department wanted to respond on

02:16it?

02:17Cuz my question

02:18I I'm with Mr. Grimes. Have we done any

02:21kind of study to see when most of our

02:23accidents happen

02:24in the city of Montgomery? Because if

02:26we're going to pay this type money,

02:27we're not going to be able to service

02:28the accidents that happen out there for

02:30I think we need to consider this.

02:35>> Is there anybody here to answer it?

02:41>> Uh currently they're in route here. So,

02:43I'll

02:43>> We'll bring it back.

02:44>> Bring it back.

02:45>> All right, thank you.

02:46>> Okay.

02:46>> Thank you, Mr. Grimes.

02:47>> You're welcome.

02:48>> All right, thank

02:49>> Also, Council, I have put before you

02:50something to three contracts

02:53to be presented from the floor

02:56for J.V. Waste Connection for

02:58demolitions. You'll see those with the

03:00resolution in front of you. That will

03:01take suspension of rules.

03:03>> Maximum Heights. Okay.

03:06Northview.

03:07Fairplace Street.

03:09Okay.

03:10Any questions? Mr. Riley?

03:12>> You good?

03:13>> Mr. Sankey?

03:15>> I'm good. Thank you.

03:16>> All right, we're going to hold those

03:16three up.

03:18>> I'm not worried about one of them on

03:20there.

03:24>> Next item.

03:25>> Item 10, hearing of proposed ordinance

03:28rezoning property containing 12.8 acres

03:32located east of southeast intersection

03:34of Southport Street and Fleming Road

03:36from a flood hazard and M1 district to

03:39an M3 district.

03:42>> Okay.

03:44Mr. Bostick?

03:45>> Yes, yes, sir.

03:46Mr. Grimes, I'd like to ask a question.

03:51>> Yes, sir.

03:53>> Uh my name is Chris Bostick. I'm with

03:54Pilgrim and Bostick Engineering.

03:56And uh

03:57we're here for this rezoning.

03:59Uh

04:01I wanted to go over a couple things very

04:03quickly. Uh

04:04this is going to be a concrete recycling

04:07facility taking clean concrete from

04:10demolition projects and turning it into

04:12gravel and riprap.

04:14Uh land use said that we need to be M3

04:18and we're asking to zone M3, but because

04:22the areas around us are M1,

04:24uh the owner has

04:27is requesting that uh

04:30we qualify this by getting rid of all

04:33class E uses

04:35for future, you know, rezone it where no

04:38class E uses can be done except for

04:40concrete crushing {slash} recycling.

04:43>> Wow.

04:44>> Obviously, no one in the in that

04:45neighborhood is going to want a

04:46slaughterhouse or anything like that

04:48that's class E use. So, we'd like to go

04:51ahead and request it with those uses

04:53surrendered.

04:55>> Thank you, Mr. Fulton for the planning

04:56commission.

05:08>> Thank you.

05:10>> Mr. President, Council

05:11>> my I'll pass my I'll pass now.

05:14Yes, ma'am. I I was I was just talking

05:16coming in on our email that I received

05:17from you from the Board of Adjustment on

05:20this Friday. Could you explain that to

05:22the council as a whole we talked about?

05:25>> So, the Board of Adjustment request

05:26isn't until next month. Um this is

05:30talking about the rezoning. So, the

05:31request

05:33Excuse [clears throat] me.

05:34For M3 would be a spot zone. As he

05:37mentioned, land use deems this to be the

05:39class E because it is a recycling

05:41recycling facility.

05:44And um it would be a spot zone where

05:47there are residential and M1. And so, we

05:50do not recommend because it's not

05:52contiguous and it's not consistent with

05:55the comprehensive plan.

05:56>> Uh

05:57there's not res Can you pop up the map?

06:00We're completely surrounded by either

06:02industrial or

06:04uh

06:05or

06:06uh flood hazard, then we where they're

06:09set up on the side, the owner intends to

06:11keep the operation 550 ft minimum off

06:15Fleming Road.

06:17And the nearest house, which is actually

06:19in a B2 on

06:21South Court Street, is 650 ft away from

06:24where they're planning on putting their

06:26equipment. Uh in addition, we know that

06:29dust is always consideration with uh

06:31concrete crushing. So, they're getting a

06:34dust cannon, which is a it blows air and

06:38water to catch the dust that's generated

06:41and bring it down to the ground.

06:43>> All right, so

06:44>> Um

06:44>> Yes.

06:45>> I I'm sorry.

06:46Miss Boston, I know you you sent me an

06:48email to try to set up a meeting with

06:50the uh

06:51the neighbors but the community around

06:53there. Everything that I've gotten on

06:55this this rezoning this thing, they're

06:56not in favor of this zone.

06:58>> in favor.

06:59>> And so, I'm not going to make a

07:00recommendation today to approve this.

07:02I'm going to make the recommendation to

07:03deny based on what the citizens in that

07:05area has come. And I know we talked

07:07about dust and what's around it, but I

07:08know dust travels and so I don't know

07:11how we contain that in that facility as

07:13it moves forward. So, I'm not going to

07:14make that recommendation today for

07:16approval on this uh rezoning.

07:18>> Okay, would it be better to delay it and

07:20us have the meeting with the neighbors?

07:22>> What What Miss President? I I

07:24>> Miss Boston.

07:24>> Oh yeah, you can answer that. I'm going

07:26to tell you what I've done as well.

07:28>> You go ahead.

07:29>> I I've met with some of the the citizens

07:31over there in in a neighborhood

07:33association meeting. And that's why I

07:35want I want to put out the point of what

07:37they have said. They do not want it. Why

07:39we always got to put it over in the

07:42lower lying districts is what they have

07:44talked about. So, I want to make sure

07:46that I put out the the portion that of

07:48is District 4 area over there because we

07:51share that district there. They have

07:53already talked about they don't want it.

07:55>> Yeah.

07:56And the question about the land and we

07:57can delay it and have more discussion

07:59about it, but I'm still not going to

08:00make a make that recommendation based on

08:03what I'm getting from the district's

08:04staff here.

08:05>> Okay, well, if we can delay it and have

08:06that meeting, and maybe we can find some

08:09common ground.

08:11>> Okay.

08:12We'll think about it before 5:00.

08:14Thank you, sir.

08:17>> Item number 11, hearing on proposed

08:20ordinance rezoning property containing

08:220.20

08:24acres located on the east side of South

08:26Court Street, southeast intersection of

08:29Finley Avenue and South Court Street

08:30from an O-1 district to an R-60M

08:33district.

08:35>> Mr. Sylvester?

08:38>> No comments.

08:40>> So, you good with it?

08:41>> Yeah.

08:41>> Okay.

08:43>> 12, hearing on proposed ordinance

08:44rezoning property containing 0.27 acres

08:47at 4340

08:50South Court [clears throat] Street

08:52from an R-75S district to a B-2

08:55district.

08:55>> Mr. Ruffin?

08:56>> Um we the neighbors also have complaints

08:59about that, so we'll talk about that as

09:00well. The problem is that they're not

09:03telling exactly what it's going to be in

09:04the location of it. They still have that

09:06neighborhood behind there, and they want

09:08to know cuz they this was a spot zoning

09:11area when they did this. It was

09:13specified Come on Come on, Mr. Thomas.

09:25>> So, it wouldn't be a spot zone in

09:27particular because there is B-2 to the

09:30north,

09:31um but it is residential abutting

09:33directly behind it. The uh

09:36was that there be buffering in place to

09:38separate from the residential and the

09:41commercial.

09:42>> Okay, thank you, but what the residents

09:44are saying, because of where it sits,

09:47the buffering is not going to help with

09:48the neighborhood because their backyard

09:51of that building is in the neighborhood.

09:53So, that's the issue that we have with

09:55it as well, because they're not telling

09:57what they want to do. So, um

09:59my constituents, they don't they don't

10:01want it, so I'm riding with my people.

10:07>> All right, thank you.

10:10>> Item 13, hearing on proposed ordinance

10:13resounding property containing

10:14approximately 125.17

10:17acres located at 394, 542, 698, and 1024

10:24Butler Mill Road from an AG-1 district

10:27to an M-1 district.

10:34Good evening. Uh this is a request to

10:35rezone uh the

10:38as it states agriculture

10:40uh to M-1. This is um

10:43right by the meta expansion

10:47on uh that comes down 331

10:50to Butler Mill. There's a small parcel

10:53that separates us from the 913 acres of

10:57the meta expansion

10:59which is um

11:00under contract with Silicon Ranch. It's

11:04supposed to be executed in January.

11:06So, we are just south of that, touching

11:09that, we're contiguous. So, these are

11:11three landowners that have gotten

11:13together that want to rezone their

11:15property to be able to look to sell it.

11:19>> Mr. President, I got Can I

11:21>> Mr. Bryant.

11:22>> Apology. Is this Is this is not in the

11:25township of Hope Hull? I I said

11:27>> It It is not in in

11:29I had heard there was some confusion. I

11:31did bring the Hope Hull incorporation

11:33maps that were finalized and signed off

11:36by

11:36>> Okay.

11:37>> um JC Love. If you need to see them,

11:38Josh has got them. I can put them up

11:40there.

11:44>> All right. Any other question?

11:49All right, thank you. We'll have Yes,

11:50sir. You wanted to speak on this?

11:58>> Uh yeah,

11:59related to the incorporation.

12:02Uh agenda item 13 raises a

12:04jurisdictional issue I believe this

12:05council must be made aware of before any

12:07motions on this matter are made.

12:10The properties included in this rezoning

12:11application are outside the corporate

12:13limits of the city of Montgomery and

12:15outside the administrative boundaries as

12:16they pertain to zoning.

12:18Prior to this application being heard by

12:20the planning commission, significant

12:22event occurred September 16th, the order

12:24of incorporation of the town of Hope

12:26Hull was signed by Probate Judge J.C.

12:29Love, thereby establishing the corporate

12:31limits and triggering the equidistant

12:34rule

12:35established by the amendment of Act

12:372021-297,

12:38which established extra territorial

12:40territorial boundaries referred to as

12:43planning jurisdictions.

12:45>> It is

12:45>> As of

12:46Monday, November 2nd, the city of

12:48Montgomery's published jurisdictional

12:50boundaries, which are referenced by the

12:52city of Montgomery's land use division

12:55when processing this rezoning request

12:57before the planning commission on

12:58September 24th, are outdated and

13:00inaccurate.

13:02According to Todd Grant, GIS and

13:04cadastral mapping manager for the

13:06Montgomery County Revenue Commissioner's

13:07Office, the city of Montgomery has still

13:09not revised its jurisdictional

13:11boundaries to reflect the establishment

13:12of Hope Hull's corporate limits.

13:15The inaccuracies resulting from the

13:16issues stated above render the public

13:18notice, public hearing, and any actions

13:20taken by the planning commission

13:22planning commission on this issue on

13:24September 24th void as the maps provided

13:28to both the public and commission

13:29members were inaccurate.

13:32Any proceedings resulting from September

13:3324th meeting would also be considered

13:36void and have no legal effect.

13:38Based on these issues brought to the

13:40council's attention, there are both

13:41jurisdictional and procedural

13:43deficiencies associated with the public

13:44hearing and rezoning required for agenda

13:47item 13 that the Montgomery County

13:49Circuit Court would find troubling along

13:51with any further action taken today.

13:54>> May I just state for the record, Mr.

13:56President?

13:56>> Your name, sir?

13:57>> Austin Overman.

13:58>> Austin

13:58>> Austin Overman.

14:00>> Overman.

14:03>> All right, any questions, Mr. Overman,

14:04from the council?

14:07Thank you, Mr. Overman.

14:11All right, in the uh council meeting we

14:12will have a uh

14:14a hearing on this proposal, all so we'll

14:16ask for opposition at that time

14:19to come up and speak.

14:21And also the petitioner to speak to the

14:23council at that time.

14:25All right, any other questions?

14:27>> Mr. President

14:28>> Mr. Brunson

14:29>> Can we get a clearance on on

14:31Mr. Oberman was saying there's the maps

14:33are inaccurate. Do we since

14:37Hope Hull has come together can we get a

14:39map to look at?

14:41>> I have the maps.

14:43>> Miss Natasha, do you have any maps

14:45we have any special counseling and

14:46regular counseling?

14:53>> Josh, can you pull up

14:54the second set of maps?

14:56>> Hold on a second.

14:57>> At this time we don't. We can get with

14:59GIS but in terms of the legislation that

15:02he was stating it stated that

15:05municipalities were

15:07restricted from expanding their planning

15:09jurisdiction in 2021

15:12that in [clears throat] which we have

15:13not.

15:14>> Okay.

15:15All right.

15:17Thank you.

15:18>> Yes, so I think there was a little bit

15:20of confusion.

15:21This is the actual Hope Hull

15:23incorporation map that was approved.

15:27And I know it's hard to read on here.

15:30I've got some other maps that depict it

15:32a little bit better but if you came down

15:35Old McGee Road and you look between the

15:38top Let me grab the laser pointer.

15:58Hopefully I don't blind anybody.

16:00So this is the area close to where we're

16:03looking at that clearly falls This is

16:05our pond

16:06that falls outside of the blue pink

16:09which is Hope Hull's incorporation.

16:12Remember this is 331 and Butler Mill

16:14Road. It does make a loop between 31 Old

16:18McGee Road here and then coming up 331.

16:21This is Butler Mill.

16:23Um this is right where we're at. So,

16:25clearly we're outside of the

16:27incorporation.

16:28Um this is the final map that was

16:30approved.

16:31Our zoning does not

16:34extend

16:36the city's jurisdiction. It does not

16:38violate the PJ law.

16:40Part of our

16:42480 acres

16:44that um the three landowners have

16:46together is in the county.

16:49And there is only a small

16:51section, when I say small, 125 acres

16:54between the three landowners

16:57that is in the PJ. And that is all the

16:59request that went in for rezoning.

17:04So, there's no extension of the PJ or

17:07any of that that that's occurred. Nor we

17:09asking for annexation at this time.

17:12We're just trying to get this rezoned to

17:14meet with what is happening right up

17:17here and and boundary fencing all the

17:20way up through this area.

17:24>> All right. Any questions?

17:25>> I got one question. This one here.

17:28Are you close enough if you had to,

17:30could you annex into Montgomery?

17:33>> Right now,

17:34the city limits is approximately right

17:37here because of the Meta expansion that

17:40that Meta annexed in.

17:42Between us is still a concrete rancher's

17:44land. Once they annex, we would annex,

17:47yes. That's ultimately where we would

17:50look at because

17:51you know,

17:52it it's there's one parcel between us.

17:56>> Okay.

17:57I just wanted to ask.

18:01>> Thank you.

18:03Yes, sir.

18:06>> This map does not represent the planning

18:08jurisdiction of the town of Hope Hull.

18:10Town of Hope Hull gets a planning

18:12jurisdiction of 1 and 1/2 mile all the

18:14way around except for where it meets the

18:17planning jurisdiction of city of

18:18Montgomery. And there is the equidistant

18:21rule. And with the equidistant rule, the

18:24far westmost parcels that currently fall

18:26under the planning jurisdiction of

18:27Montgomery, fall under the town of Hope

18:30Hull.

18:31This doesn't represent the planning

18:32jurisdiction at all.

18:33>> So, my question again, what if they

18:35annexed in into Montgomery?

18:37>> If they annexed into the city of

18:38Montgomery, then yes, you would restore.

18:40>> Okay. All right. Yeah.

18:42All right. Any other questions?

18:45>> Thank you, sir.

18:47>> Item 14, ordinance amending the code of

18:49ordinances section 25-191,

18:53disposal of trash in residential areas.

18:56>> Mr. Mayor, I thought this one away.

18:59Speaking to your mic, please.

19:02>> Uh the public works director came up

19:04with a solution to to take care of our

19:07employees, um

19:09and and to remove any criminal penalties

19:12from from this situation. What what

19:16would be required is is still

19:18containment of the leaves year-round,

19:21because we do have leaves falling

19:23year-round in Alabama, in Montgomery in

19:25particular.

19:27A certain weight limit, and

19:30and the resident would be notified.

19:34Residents would be notified of the

19:35problem. If they choose not to bag their

19:38leaves, then the city will provide the

19:39service at $300 a pop,

19:42which would be added to their garbage

19:43bill.

19:44>> Mr. President.

19:46>> Mr. Mr. Mitchell.

19:47>> And that's why I I'm I'm kind of

19:48confused, because if I put a king-size

19:51mattress outside my house that weighed

19:53130 lb, the city would come pick it up

19:55for $25.

19:57And so, I don't see And if they do a

20:00whole load, I think they they charge for

20:02a whole load. If they have to come pick

20:03$150 for a whole load that the city

20:07would have to force. So, I don't see how

20:09we come up with $300 if I have five

20:12maybe five five bags that's

20:14not bagged. Five le- I I don't

20:16understand how do we come up with $300

20:18when I can get a mattress picked up for

20:20$25 that weighs more than what we are

20:23saying on on this this ordinance.

20:26>> Mr. President.

20:28>> Let me Mr. It's a question of

20:30>> Yeah, I I I got it. I just want to see

20:32what How do we come up with this?

20:34>> we come up with this, Mr. President?

20:36>> Yes, Ms. Ryan.

20:37>> No.

20:39>> Ms. [laughter] Beard.

20:40>> We are giving our president our names on

20:42our sheet next week so he understands we

20:44know it's it's he's hit that

20:47age where he's starting to forget some

20:48things. It's okay.

20:49>> asking a lot of questions.

20:50>> I know.

20:51And you know, thank you. Um I support

20:53keeping our community clean.

20:55But I have concerns about this fee in

20:58this ordinance. A fee up to a $300

21:01falls hardest on the elderly and

21:03disabled.

21:05I mean and me too. And I'm elderly. I'm

21:0768. I'm not telling you that. But most

21:10of those neighbors can't even lift them,

21:12haul them.

21:13A lot of them do not have church members

21:15or grandchildren that can come and rake

21:16up these leaves.

21:18And they live on fixed incomes. And

21:20we're the ones that are going to get the

21:21phone calls, people.

21:23So I I do not

21:25That's a not an encouraging appliance.

21:27They're penalizing the people that we

21:29need to serve the best. Um the language

21:32language is subjective. What a Ronde may

21:34put out in front of his house will be

21:36the same size of leaves that I put out

21:38in front of my house. It's subjective.

21:39We could be charged two different things

21:41with the same amount of leaves. Um

21:44So we get different rules and different

21:45results. And the residents deserve a

21:48clear understanding about what's being

21:51asked. So I'm asking for two things. A

21:53graduated fee if this is what you're

21:55going to do, starting with a written

21:56warning, then a modest modest charge,

21:59and then higher amounts as it goes up.

22:01Only for repeat violations. Plus

22:04assistance process for seniors

22:07and residents with disabilities. And an

22:09education piece. This states that it

22:11starts the minute that we vote on this.

22:14We are not educating. I heard last week

22:15we're going to send out magnets with the

22:18the sanitation schedule. But we've got

22:20to educate people and you cannot do that

22:22overnight.

22:24So we're ready to fine our grandmother

22:26our grandfather that can't pick up

22:28leaves up to $300 multiple times, which

22:32is going to when they start paying a

22:34bill, it's going to go to water bill,

22:36not to trash, and then they're going to

22:37have trash pile ups. I I just think this

22:39is something we could rethink and reword

22:41and make a better amendment.

22:43>> Mr. President.

22:45Mr. Grimes,

22:46I I've I've got a couple neighborhoods

22:48that that are lit up with leaves and

22:50they're starting to fall. I'd still love

22:52to see 30 days of leaves sucked up. I

22:54really would. I think we got them all

22:56over this town and I think if we went

22:59from today to probably December 10th or

23:0115th, we'd have them all gone, probably.

23:05Uh and I but I will say this, the

23:07household with nothing set right down

23:10the street and you see a toilet sitting

23:12on the front

23:13Those people that fine are going to

23:14start at 250 to 500.

23:16>> Yes, sir.

23:17Hey, let me let me say we we're doing a

23:19lot of discussion on this. We voted up

23:21and down tonight, you know, and I don't

23:22think it's something that this council

23:23can't pass. So, you can vote it up and

23:26down tonight and call for a vote and

23:27we'll let it

23:28vote your conscience.

23:29>> But Mr. President, I think the whole

23:31point was that we were trying to assist

23:32public works by coming up with a

23:33solution to help. I mean, it seems like

23:35the punitive nature of what's been put

23:38into this resolution time and time again

23:40is what keeps holding us up. Not the

23:42intent behind it, right? We understand

23:44that there's a personnel shortage that's

23:45a struggle for public works to keep up.

23:48So, I I think it during the council

23:50meeting we just make an amendment. You

23:51offer up a number that the council would

23:53think would actually get the damn thing

23:54passed.

23:55>> I totally agree.

23:56>> 100 or $150, whatever you guys want to

23:58do with that, we can make that amendment

24:00going forward. And I agree with you, uh

24:02Mr. Semasko, you know, we're trying to

24:04help our

24:05you know, uh

24:06sanitation department, public works to

24:08do this and you know, no matter what we

24:09pass, it's going to be some kind of

24:11complaint about somebody senior,

24:13somebody elderly that can't do it. The

24:16intent of it is you're

24:17going to put your leaves out there out

24:18to bag.

24:19And most of the people that's elderly

24:21have someone doing their yards or doing

24:23their landscaping around their yard, so

24:25you'll bag them. So, you know, we don't

24:27make the adjust the discretion. So, we

24:29running through uh uh

24:31our housing codes, it's the same thing.

24:32If it comes before the council, goes

24:34before the judge, it's a $150

24:36administrative cost. And that's what we

24:38talked about doing the last time. They

24:40pulled it out. So, it's going to be one

24:42of those things where, hey,

24:44you you got to give and take on what we

24:45want to do. If we want the leaves to go

24:47out and blow all over it,

24:48uh the city of Montgomery, I seen a

24:50video of some leaves that were being

24:52blown downtown. Is that what we trying

24:54to say we want in Montgomery, cities our

24:56size does is all over the state of

24:58Alabama.

24:59>> [laughter]

25:00>> Mr. President, can I say something on

25:02that, please?

25:02>> Yes, ma'am.

25:03>> So, when we're talking about blowing

25:04leaves in the street, we find that it's

25:06not the residents, per se, that is doing

25:08this. It's a lot of the lawn care

25:09services. And I caught somebody the

25:11other day, and I called them out on it.

25:13But we have to look at this, um how's

25:15this going to really affect the seniors

25:17financially? Your

25:18Your garbage bill is already $89, $90 a

25:21month. You're going to tack another $150

25:24on it, or $300 on on top of that, and

25:27they're already on minimum income? I

25:30don't think that's going to work,

25:31either. What I think we need to do, we

25:32need to carry this over, actually have a

25:34committee meeting to discuss this

25:36matter, to see what could work best for

25:38the residents of the city of Montgomery,

25:42instead of just arbitrarily coming up

25:43with something that we think is going to

25:45satisfy uh the sanitation department.

25:47Now, I'm I'm all for clean city. Y'all

25:49know that's what I I ran my platform on.

25:52But I think there is a better way. Let's

25:54get these trucks out here and suck these

25:55leaves

25:56up. Whatever we have, let's use what we

25:58have for the time being, until we can

25:59come up with a a really good solution.

26:02Thank you.

26:03>> Thank you.

26:04All right, next item.

26:05>> Items 15 and 16 are the same. Show cause

26:09hearing on the proposed revocation of

26:11the business license of Capital

26:12Recycling, 3800 Mobile Highway.

26:16>> Mr. President, I have not provided the

26:18council with an amended letter to show

26:19cause in this matter, and it needs to be

26:22carried over, please.

26:24>> Thank you, ma'am.

26:26>> Mr. President, I got a question.

26:27>> Mr. Raab.

26:29>> O- Okay. We've We've carried this over.

26:33Has it been 2 months now?

26:35That we've been keep carrying this over

26:37because we've been missing part of

26:38information that needs to be given to

26:40us.

26:41I think it's

26:42>> I mean, what part of this information

26:44we're missing again that we need to be

26:46having Miss Haygood because it's like we

26:49keep

26:50saying we're going to keep carrying this

26:52over and we're not doing what we are set

26:55up here to do to make sure that our

26:57citizens and our districts, and that's 1

27:00through 9, is receiving and being

27:02properly zoned and people being in

27:06compliance with what they're supposed to

27:07be doing.

27:09>> We need two of me.

27:11That's the only thing I know to do.

27:13>> You need two what?

27:13>> didn't get to it, ma'am. I'm sorry. The

27:16last two times is because I did not get

27:18to it.

27:20>> Because I'm trying to figure out how

27:21long are we going to keep sitting here

27:23and saying, "Well, Caro, we got to have

27:25this information. We're not having all

27:27the information. We have 2 weeks in

27:29advance to look at information to I

27:32mean, I specifically take these packages

27:34and read them from front to back and

27:36dissect the things I need to to be

27:38prepared for when we sit up here to put

27:41information out into the community to

27:43assist our citizens. So, we're

27:47I mean, here it is again. We It's It's

27:49going to be November the 17th.

27:51>> Yes, ma'am.

27:51>> Again.

27:52>> Yes, ma'am. And you know my schedule.

27:54>> And we're still giving people the

27:55opportunity to make sure that they're I

27:58mean, they're developing their case or

28:00they're not sitting the information or

28:01we're not getting but on the 17th, uh

28:04Miss President, we need to do something

28:05about this. So, I would love to make

28:07sure that we have all of our

28:08information. If I need to hand walk

28:11information to everybody, let me know

28:12because we need to do something about

28:14what we got to do.

28:17>> Thank you, Miss Rider.

28:19>> Item 17, resolution to establish the

28:22Healthcare Authority of Montgomery.

28:24>> All right, any questions?

28:26On 17?

28:28>> Mr. President, just what you and I were

28:30just discussing a minute ago that this

28:32was not on the

28:34county commission's

28:35agenda today.

28:37>> Yeah, they had they have to do it. Um

28:40so, I don't know I don't know if there's

28:42any sense in us doing anything. I mean,

28:44they've got to be the bus driver on this

28:46thing.

28:47>> Mhm.

28:50>> Well, it's a resolution

28:52>> Right.

28:52>> of the Montgomery City Council to

28:54establish a health care. We can't do

28:56anything without them, so I think either

28:57we can vote it up or down tonight, leave

29:00it in the county. We know what we were

29:01faced with last year when it came to

29:03health care in the city and Jackson

29:05Hospital. What we were faced with it.

29:06The county don't want to act on it. If

29:08if any other health care facility within

29:11this city

29:12comes up, it's the county's

29:13responsibility

29:14whole heart. So,

29:15>> Right. They accepted that in the meeting

29:17we had last week.

29:18>> Right. They accepted that

29:19responsibility.

29:20>> Mhm.

29:20>> So, you know, they don't want to take it

29:22up with us. Something where the city was

29:23trying to come in and partner with them

29:25that we do partnership as we look at

29:27health care in River Region or in

29:29Montgomery.

29:30Um you know, that's on them. I don't I

29:32don't believe that the city just on one

29:34vote or one opinion that the city should

29:36always wait on the county. It's a

29:38resolution. If they don't want to come,

29:39then the city should know we reached out

29:41from the city council leadership uh to

29:43do what we said we would do working

29:45together. If they don't act on it, then

29:46let the citizens bring it up to the

29:48county commission.

29:49>> Well, you know, you tonight you've got

29:51one more town in the in the county.

29:54So, the reality of it, this is a

29:55countywide situation. You got We can't

29:58do it by ourselves. And they accepted

30:00responsibility. I mean,

30:02this got to happen that way, in my

30:03opinion.

30:04>> Okay.

30:05All right.

30:06Thank you.

30:07>> Item 18, review of McGehee Park

30:09Apartments, 3800 Governors Drive.

30:12>> All right, representative for McGehee

30:13Apartments.

30:15Here.

30:19I guess hopefully they'll be here at the

30:205:00 meeting. We got some issues

30:22that we need to address with those

30:23apartments over there at McGehee

30:25Apartments.

30:27>> Item

30:28Item 19, review of Roadrunner, 4614

30:32Virginia Loop Road.

30:34>> Mr. Mitchell.

30:35Mr. President, I don't a representative

30:37for the road runner, so we can take it

30:40up at the regular work work session.

30:43>> 20 resolution approving and authorizing

30:45mayor to execute an agreement with ALDOT

30:48for traffic traffic signal upgrades and

30:50congestion management on Atlanta Highway

30:53from War Eagle Drive to Taylor Road.

30:56>> All right.

30:57Any questions on 20?

31:00Hearing none.

31:02>> 21 resolution changing the date of the

31:04October 5th, 2027 council meeting, which

31:08is the same day as our runoff election,

31:10to October the 12th, 2027 to coincide

31:13with the canvassing of the returns of

31:15the municipal runoff election.

31:17>> All right.

31:19>> 22 resolution approving special

31:21achievement awards to city employees for

31:23extraordinary service.

31:2723 resolution to make payments to

31:29specific private organizations and

31:31entities by the council.

31:3424 application for a restaurant retail

31:36liquor license doing business as The

31:38Vault Bar and Grill, 344 McGee Road.

31:4425 resolution concurring in the

31:46reappointment of Albert Holloway to the

31:48Joint Public Charity Hospital Board.

31:5126 resolution concurring in the

31:53reappointment of Robert Standridge to

31:55the Joint Public Charity Hospital Board.

31:5827 resolution reappointing the mayor's

32:00position to the Emergency Communication

32:02District Board of Commissioners.

32:0628 appeal of proposed demolition of 3502

32:09Clearview Drive.

32:1129 are your list of demolitions.

32:1530 resolution designating nuisance

32:17abatement agents. 31 resolution

32:19declaring, authorizing, and assessing

32:21cost of public nuisances on various

32:24lots.

32:26>> Yep.

32:27Any

32:28Madam Clerk, Council.

32:30Our December meeting, I probably bring

32:33it up on our next meeting for the vet

32:34salute the veteran board.

32:36It's on the same day as our council

32:38meeting.

32:39Um

32:39and I think the game Mr. Dean like to

32:42What time What time is the game?

32:454:30.

32:46So

32:48And that is the second meeting I'm

32:50thinking in December, right?

32:51>> Mhm.

32:51>> Second meeting in December. So, I'm

32:53asking you guys whether to meet

32:54back-to-back Tuesdays

32:57or just

32:59one meeting in December.

33:02Let's go back-to-back Tuesdays.

33:05Let's go back-to-back.

33:06>> Make a move.

33:08>> Okay.

33:08>> We'll go back-to-back cuz we we we're

33:10going to go to the game which is 4:30.

33:11We'll do that in our next meeting. We'll

33:13bring that up.

33:13>> Okay.

33:14>> Okay, I need to do a a resolution

33:16changing what now?

33:17>> The December second meeting in December

33:22>> to the next week.

33:23>> Yeah, to the following week.

33:25>> Following week.

33:26>> Or just skip it.

33:27>> Okay.

33:29And that's all I have, Mr. President.

33:31>> All right. You know

33:33Anything from the council?

33:34>> Yes, Mr. President.

33:35>> Mr. Mr. Sebastian.

33:37>> I wanted to um

33:39check back in uh Mr. Davis and as had we

33:43had talked about the entertainment

33:45district situation in downtown. I hadn't

33:48seen any updated communications go out

33:50and uh once again we had a big weekend,

33:53which is good to have in downtown

33:55uh but in talking to other businesses,

33:58people that were out uh some other

34:00managers of places that operate in

34:02downtown, still a lot of confusion over

34:05what we've got set up. And what my

34:08question really is now is is again as we

34:10get further into this is

34:13what are the rules that are going to

34:14govern us going forward?

34:16What are we going to enforce? And if

34:19we're not going to enforce and it's just

34:21going to be an open alcohol area, what

34:24do we need to change in order to make

34:26sure that there is cohesion and no

34:29confusion about how we're going to

34:31operate our three downtown entertainment

34:33districts?

34:35>> Uh Mr. President.

34:38>> Mr. Dean.

34:42>> Listen.

34:44>> The attorney asked for you.

34:45>> Um let me say

34:46>> Mr. Thank you. Um I'm sorry, Counselor

34:48Zaleski. I thought our correspondence

34:50had cleared up the questions. I didn't

34:52know of the additional questions.

34:54I apologize. So, what are the remaining

34:57questions after

34:59after I confirmed that the entertainment

35:02districts are open, they do require the

35:04green cups or the or the bands.

35:07Um you had asked about movement between

35:09one district and another, and the

35:12ordinance specifically says that there

35:14should not be they should

35:16purchase in one one district should stay

35:18in that district before moving, and that

35:20there should be no containers from one

35:23retail establishment taken into another.

35:25I don't I think those are all the rules.

35:28So, um if you can identify the

35:30>> Yeah, yeah. So, the only other rule that

35:33was um missing out of that is number

35:34one, the city is required to put

35:36designate like lines of demarcation

35:38designating exactly where people can go

35:41within a specific district. Um

35:43as I said, I think it's the last time I

35:44was up in Huntsville, they do it by

35:46painting it directly onto their their

35:47sidewalks. Number two is the really the

35:50question about

35:52what the enforcement mechanism is, and

35:54if we need to revisit this structure

35:57because clearly right now we have

36:00establishments

36:02that are not abiding, haven't been

36:04abiding, and want to do the right thing,

36:07I think. But, I think the green cup

36:09clarification was done as a way to

36:11identify individuals,

36:13and when you have businesses that are,

36:15you know, trying to abide by, it just

36:17creates a confusion. So, what I'm

36:19wondering is is

36:20are we actually going to get out there

36:21and and and enforce the entertainment

36:23districts? Are we going to make sure the

36:24lines are down on our sidewalks? Are we

36:26going to make sure that people aren't

36:28crossing The lines themselves create

36:30some confusion because you've got, you

36:32know, the front and back side of the

36:33Renaissance essentially in two different

36:35districts. So, what I would What I'm

36:38really recommending overall is that if

36:40we're going to have this, because if

36:42something goes wrong in downtown, we get

36:44the calls of we shouldn't have an

36:46entertainment district and it kills

36:48momentum when you have businesses that

36:50are just trying to make sure that we

36:52have a fun and engaging and vibrant

36:54nightlife in our downtown area. But,

36:57when I see individuals walking around

36:58with cocktail cups that are clear

37:00plastic, right? They clearly have ice

37:02and, you know, brown liquids in them and

37:04they're doing so frequently and in

37:05between these district lines and

37:07whatnot, then it creates that that

37:09issue. So, what I'm trying to figure out

37:11is this What can I What do we need to do

37:13to make sure that we've got rule-abiding

37:15businesses, rule-abiding participants to

37:18make sure that people don't misconstrue

37:19exactly what our entertainment district

37:21is for and why it's not something that,

37:23you know, that's something that we're

37:24taking seriously.

37:26>> Mr. President,

37:28if it please the council, um

37:30we can we can we can provide a robust

37:33and thorough policy that addresses all

37:35of these questions and I'll um have um

37:37counselor Zamansky review it, but it

37:40will be a little time before I can get

37:42it done.

37:43>> I think what he's asking and I I just

37:46probably heard it.

37:47I don't think it's the policy, it's the

37:48enforcement.

37:49>> That's what I'm saying. What I think we

37:51need one document

37:54so that we all understand. It may need

37:57to go into into a minute a minute or

37:59ordinance so that so that these

38:01questions are addressed. So, what we

38:03will do is meet internally to answer

38:06these questions and then for produce a

38:09proposal

38:10um

38:11for rules that a hopefully eliminate the

38:15confusion. Would that be helpful?

38:17>> Okay.

38:18All right.

38:19Um

38:20Mr. Davis, uh

38:21Chief Greg will sit here now to address

38:23Mr. Brown's question on

38:26uh the memorandum of understanding for

38:29with the Sheriff's Department.

38:38>> Chief, we got the Sheriff's going to

38:40work from 6:00 to 3:30.

38:44So, that didn't No, 7:00 to 3:30, I

38:46think, right?

38:47>> Uh

38:48>> believe it was 7:00 to 3:00.

38:49>> 7:00 to 3:30

38:50>> Okay, I'm sorry. I had it wrong on the

38:52time.

38:52>> Whatever, 7:00. But, that didn't that

38:55obviously does not include the tail that

38:57the rush hour traffic in the afternoons,

39:00which would probably be 3:30 to 6:00 or

39:026:30. And rush hour in Montgomery

39:05probably starts with the people just get

39:07on the interstate, as you know, it's

39:09packed at 6:00, 6:30 headed south and

39:12all the stuff at Hope Hull and

39:14everywhere else. So, I don't have a

39:16problem doing this, but I'd love for us

39:18to expand it to about a 10 or 12-hour

39:20day.

39:21>> Right. Well, the thing is is that, you

39:23know, this is a start of the MOU and

39:26we'll be working with them, you know,

39:27strategically as things go on and as

39:29conditions will warrant.

39:31Under its current iteration, it will

39:33allow us though we'll be moving some of

39:34our people around as well as, you know,

39:36what we need to do to respond to issues

39:38as they arise.

39:42>> My question would be between the hours.

39:45How did we determine the hours from 7:00

39:47to 3:30, 7:30 to 3:30?

39:50>> I believe that was based on their

39:51initial availability

39:54for the

39:54>> Their availability and not what was

39:56happening within the city of Montgomery.

39:57Because if statistics say we're not

39:59having accidents between 7:00 and 3:30,

40:03why were these hours chosen?

40:05>> Well, I mean, like I said, this is

40:06initial and you know, one of the things

40:08that does let us do because we have to

40:10have people on as you know,

40:12for quite an extended period of time.

40:14So, this allows us to redeploy as we

40:16need to

40:17based on, you know, the conditions that

40:18we'll find in the afternoons and such.

40:21>> Okay.

40:23I I just got some hesitations about how

40:25we moving on this. I know we need to

40:26help, but if we going to do this type of

40:29thing, right? I mean, he should be

40:30available throughout our 24-hour day.

40:33You know, to help and assist as we do

40:35other things. I think that's why we're

40:36reaching out to help to assist with some

40:39of these traffic accidents that we have

40:41in the response time. But, if we just

40:43going to say from 7:00 to 3:30, you

40:45know, we would have missed the ground at

40:465:00 when the interstates is packed

40:48going 65 north and south and 85, you

40:52know, at 3:00, you know, where's our

40:54response going to come from? It's still

40:55going to free up officers to do other

40:57things within the city.

40:58>> Well, like I stated, one of the things

41:00we'd be looking at and we're exploring

41:02is as this develops is moving units that

41:06we would be let's say normally working

41:08in those same hours to other hours.

41:10>> Mr. President.

41:11>> Mr. Mitchell.

41:12>> Chief, can you tell us that other

41:14contract that we signed is it not the

41:16same hours, not the same time, not the

41:18same people? Is this not the exact

41:20contract that we did prior before we

41:22went to

41:23>> Uh I don't believe it is. I don't have

41:25it in front of me, so I can't really

41:26speak to it, but what I can speak to is,

41:29you know, this is what was, you know,

41:31something coming up on this MOU with the

41:33sheriffs. And I the way I saw it is

41:35something that we could utilize to move

41:37manpower as we needed out of the hours

41:39that they'd be covering.

41:41>> All right, Chief. And And my last

41:43one I'll make is

41:45when I read in here it says the MPD

41:47shall be responsible for traffic

41:48accidents investigation within the city

41:51of Montgomery.

41:52Outside designated by Montgomery County

41:54Sheriff's Department. We're not

41:56responsible for accidents outside of the

41:57city of Montgomery anyway.

41:59>> Yes, sir.

42:00>> So, not We're not. So,

42:02if we're going to still be responsible,

42:04where does the Sheriff's Department kick

42:05in at to assist?

42:06>> Well, they the assistance can come in

42:08multiple ways. One, they can handle the

42:09minor accidents. Two, if it's something

42:12that they're not able to handle, we can

42:14still respond on it and handle it, but

42:16they'll still be an initial unit to

42:18speed up our response time. Because the

42:20thing about it is they will be providing

42:22the additional units during that time

42:24period, and we'll still have units on

42:27the street working with them, but we'll

42:29still be able to look at our manpower

42:31and redistribute it into a more, you

42:33know, problematic time for us.

42:37>> Okay.

42:38Ms. Graham, did you get your question

42:39answered?

42:39>> Well, yes and no, because I'd I'd love

42:41to see before we do this when most of

42:43the wrecks occur cuz it just me riding

42:46around there appears to be a ton in the

42:48afternoon from 3:30 to 6:00 when the

42:51interstates jammed, so we're still going

42:54to have that problem.

42:56And and my deal is Chief, I'm I'm I'm

42:57not

42:59uh

42:59not even arguing. I I'm I'm glad to do

43:01this, but if we're going to do it, let's

43:03get it right right up front.

43:07All right?

43:09All right.

43:10Thank you, Chief. Thank you, Mr. Graham.

43:11Any other questions?

43:12>> Mr. President, not for the Chief. Um I

43:14just like to thank Parks and Recreation

43:17um for allowing the City Council to put

43:19on one of the biggest um food truck

43:21festivals that we had at um

43:24Patterson Field. When I say the people

43:27came out, we had a good time, no

43:30incidents. Uh we always like to say that

43:33we can't have anything in the city of

43:34Montgomery. When I say that it was a

43:36beautiful thing on that that particular

43:37Saturday, it was a beautiful thing. So,

43:39I I thank the the people of Parks and

43:42Recreation, uh especially those guys

43:44that was out there setting up and taking

43:45down. But, I just want the city of

43:47Montgomery to realize how important our

43:49food trucks are. Um it's so important

43:51that the RSA has already cut out a spot

43:55for food trucks to be at right prime

43:57spots, right in front of their

43:58buildings. I think from 5:00 in the

44:01morning to 10:00 at night. And I just

44:03think that the city of Montgomery need

44:05to follow suit because if the state

44:06knows how important these food trucks

44:08are, um the city of Montgomery need to

44:10recognize it, too. So, we need to find a

44:12permanent space that's prime a prime

44:15location for them. Um cuz when you go

44:17downtown and you don't have opportunity

44:19to sit, await, um you do have

44:21opportunity to run to a food truck and

44:23grab your food and go back to work. So,

44:25I I I'm telling you if the state

44:27understands how important it is, and I

44:29think they have five locations on North

44:32Ripley Street that says, I think, 6:00

44:34until 10:00. That's that's outside of

44:37the hours that their employees are

44:39there. So, we need to make sure the city

44:41of Montgomery have more than two spots

44:43near the Rotary Park for our food

44:45trucks.

44:47>> One other thing, Mr. President.

44:49>> Mr.

44:49>> Jemison.

44:50>> I'd like to chime in. The also uh Parks

44:52and Rec this weekend at a haunted

44:55Coliseum.

44:56Had almost 2,000 people go through over

44:58the weekend. It came out really good and

45:01the Parks and Rec employees did a

45:02wonderful job of putting it together.

45:04So,

45:05>> Good job.

45:06>> Kudos to Parks and Rec.

45:15>> All right, anything else?

45:17Mr. Pruitt.

45:18>> No.

45:19>> No.

45:22Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. My bad.

45:26All right, you all know what work

45:27session communication

45:30roster to speak to the council uh

45:33Katrina Gate, Katrina Bell, Sandra

45:35Gamble.

45:37Museum of Gospel Music Institute

45:40sponsored by Councilwoman Riley.

45:42Question from District 4.

45:46>> Good evening, Council.

45:47>> Good evening.

45:47>> My name is Sandra Gamble

45:50and I'm here to answer any questions

45:52that you have

45:54because I think you all have received

45:56the letters, right?

45:57>> We got it.

45:58>> pertaining to uh

46:00Grace of Times and Verses pertaining to

46:02Georgia Norma.

46:04>> All right, any questions, Ms. Gamble?

46:06>> I'm good.

46:07>> All right, we're good.

46:08>> Mhm.

46:09>> You all are a vendor with the

46:11You're a vendor with the city of

46:13Are you a vendor with the city of

46:14Montgomery?

46:15>> Yes, we are.

46:16>> Okay. All right, thank you.

46:18>> Thank you.

46:18>> Thank you.

46:19>> Mhm.

46:20>> All right.

46:21Mr. Frank Small Business Housing update.

46:30>> Good evening, uh Council.

46:32Um due to request, we have uh two just

46:35brief presentations, one for our Housing

46:37Department division to talk about the

46:39work they've been doing, the important

46:41work they've been doing, the

46:42collaboration uh that they are having

46:45across the city. The second will be

46:47provided quick update on the Montgomery

46:50thriving uh program. Both programs um

46:53have been had in

46:55tremendous impact on our city, uh on our

46:57residents, and how we're um making sure

47:00that we are kind of moving Montgomery

47:02forward. So, I want to turn over to

47:04Reginald Forrest for his brief

47:05presentation, and then Jennifer will

47:07come right after with the Driving um

47:09Montgomery presentation.

47:13>> Good evening, Council.

47:14>> Good evening.

47:15>> Um next slide, please.

47:18Next slide.

47:20Uh the might be Montgomery City Housing

47:23Department was established in 2025 by

47:25Mayor Steven L. Reed, and the

47:27establishment of the Housing Department

47:29was to combat blight, deterioration, and

47:32substandard living conditions across the

47:34Montgomery communities. This department

47:36was set with a mission to oversee the

47:38cooperative public and private

47:40partnerships focused on housing

47:42stability, neighborhood improvement, and

47:44sustainable economic opportunity. Next

47:47slide.

47:48Uh with this, we have three key

47:50programs. We have our Affordable Housing

47:53Initiatives, Community Grants, and

47:55Developer Support. Under the Affordable

47:57Housing Initiatives, currently we have

47:59two programs that are working and

48:02currently in effect. That is our Capital

48:05City Champions Down Payment Assistance

48:07Program, where we're providing up to

48:09$10,000 in a down payment assistance to

48:12individuals moving purchasing a home and

48:15moving into the city limits of

48:16Montgomery. We then also have our

48:20Montgomery Infill Housing Developers

48:22Program. That program is assisting the

48:25Seed Academy graduates that great

48:27developers that graduated from our Seed

48:29Academy, and is providing them with up

48:32to $15,000 in gap financing to assist

48:35them with the development of infill

48:37housing within communities where we have

48:39city-owned lots that we're able to sell

48:41over to those individuals.

48:43Our Community Grants, this part of the

48:45Housing Division actually distributes

48:48our competitive federal and city funding

48:51such as our Community Development Block

48:52Grant, our which is known as our CDBG

48:55funding, our HOME funds, ESG funds, as

48:58well as our Pro housing to support our

49:00local nonprofits, small businesses, and

49:02neighborhood economic development. Under

49:04this program, we will be doing on

49:06November the 5th, we will have our

49:08public hearing for those nonprofits and

49:10small businesses and neighborhood

49:12economic development. We'll be doing our

49:14public announcement and public hearing

49:17out at the Cramton Center on November

49:20the 5th.

49:21Developer support, we are currently in

49:24consistently coordinating with support

49:26to connect our local developers with

49:28available resources and early stage

49:30project funding assistance that that I

49:32talked about with our infill housing

49:34development. Next slide.

49:38Uh

49:39community engagement, we've been

49:41engaging the community and in 2027,

49:44we'll be working with community

49:45workshops. We will have financial

49:47empowerment meetings and we'll have

49:49annual events like our Montgomery

49:51Housing Summit that we will

49:53have to align the citywide development

49:55goals that it and with based upon the

49:57residents' feedback. Partnership,

49:59working with the Montgomery Housing

50:01Authority, we're working with Montgomery

50:03County, we're working with Habitat for

50:05Humanity, as well as other partners to

50:07promote affordability and leveraging

50:09resources. We're utilizing Habitat for

50:11Humanity's where we just did a

50:14reveal on last Thursday over in South

50:17Lawn where we will be putting about I

50:20think it's somewhere about 42 properties

50:2242 units for individuals to move into

50:26affordable housing. Transparency,

50:28helping to promote this and making sure

50:30that public access is there and we have

50:32community-wide revitalization metrics.

50:35We're going to be putting up a

50:36Montgomery housing dashboard where

50:39you'll be able to see all of this where

50:41the money that's going out as far as the

50:43amount of funding and the things that

50:44we're doing. So that dashboard is being

50:46developed. Future programs that are

50:48planned for the housing division's

50:50implementation will be our fair housing

50:52where we'll be able to assist those

50:54individuals that are renting or either

50:56purchasing and feeling that they have

50:58been discriminated or what have you from

51:00fair housing. Our housing rehab program

51:02will be working with our low and very

51:04low income individuals within the city

51:06to assist them with rehab on their

51:09roofs, maybe redoing the flooring

51:11because they have some trip or safety

51:13hazards. And that program will be

51:15basically trying to help correct some

51:18issues that a senior may have in their

51:20home. So, that program will be coming.

51:22And we're also looking at putting

51:23together our financial literacy. What

51:25we'll be doing summits where we'll be

51:27bring residents in and teaching them

51:29about credit, how important it is for

51:31their credit to help them understand

51:32what they need to do to be able to get a

51:34mortgage and purchase a home. Next

51:36slide.

51:38Our Capital City's Champion Home Down

51:40Payment Assistance Initiative, as I said

51:42earlier, is currently active. Under this

51:45program, it's actually set for our law

51:48enforcement, military, our firefighters,

51:50EMTs, our nurses, city and county

51:54educators, as well as our city, county,

51:56state, and federal employees. So, if you

51:59fit it if a

52:00citizen or anyone fits into that

52:02category and they want to reside in the

52:04city limits of Montgomery purchase a

52:05home, they can apply for this program.

52:08Currently, we have applications that

52:09have come in and our average loan amount

52:12on these folks that are getting this

52:14assistance is about $217,414.

52:18And the current assistance that we have

52:20provided as of Friday is $22,500.

52:24We currently right now have about 17

52:26applications that just came in. Those

52:28applications are going through

52:29eligibility determinations. And once we

52:32make those eligibilities, we'll be able

52:33to update this. And as I said earlier,

52:35we'll have a dashboard that you guys

52:37will be able to have access to and be

52:39able to track that and see that. As well

52:41as it'll be outlined in the district

52:43where those

52:44down payment assistance are, what

52:46individuals are purchasing homes, and

52:48what district it is. Next slide, please.

52:50This one is our infill housing

52:52development initiative. Currently, we

52:54have this is to assist those seed

52:56academy and small developers with the

52:58gap financing to assist them in doing

53:01infill housing. This photo was a photo

53:03that we did over in Del Rayder where we

53:05had the first infield housing

53:07development constructed. That property

53:10is just about complete. The photo you're

53:13seeing right here was within 3 weeks of

53:15them starting from laying the foundation

53:18to having it framed and ready to start

53:20blacking on on that property. Today as

53:23of Friday, we have already dispersed out

53:25$75,000

53:27in gap financing. They have to apply for

53:29that. We've actually had three rounds of

53:31that and this last round, our third

53:33round we had we had a lot more folks

53:35that came and participated in the

53:37program.

53:38Barring any questions,

53:41I'll turn over to small business.

53:43>> Yes, sir. When is your program at the

53:45Crump Center? You said it was on

53:47November the 5th.

53:48>> the 5th.

53:48>> What time?

53:49>> That starts at 10:00 a.m.

53:51>> How long should it last?

53:52>> It should last about an hour and a half,

53:54maybe 2 hours at the most.

53:56>> Have we put this out so um

53:58>> Yes, ma'am. That's been That's been sent

53:59out and it was also emailed to you all

54:01the council as well.

54:04>> Uh yes.

54:06Okay. Yes, go ahead.

54:08Um

54:09Can you let me know I I mean I'm going

54:11to ask a couple questions about the

54:12incentive program for our seniors for

54:15small projects that need to be done on

54:17their roof and floors and stuff like

54:19that. Can you give me a timeline of when

54:21we should be rolling this out because I

54:23know we have a lot of seniors that are

54:26in need and I want to make sure we're

54:28able to get it to those seniors who need

54:30the assistance to be able to get their

54:33name in or do what the project or what

54:36they need to get done prepared so when

54:38it does come out that they're already

54:41ready focused to get uh started and make

54:43sure they have everything collaborated

54:45together.

54:46>> We're looking at try to have that rolled

54:47out in January, January-February time

54:50frame, but that's based upon the funding

54:51that we currently have and that's going

54:53to be a small amount of money that is

54:55just to get it active so that the

54:57following year we can ask for more

54:59funding, but right now it's going to be

55:00very restricted on how much we actually

55:02are going to be able to do, but we're

55:03putting that program in place to get

55:05things started.

55:06>> So let me ask you, so do they have to

55:08have like um

55:10what type of information you're going to

55:12ask?

55:12>> We're going to We're going to ask for

55:14information like what their income is,

55:16the number individuals in their

55:17household, and they're going to be

55:19qualified based upon 30% of the AMI,

55:23which is area median income. It's going

55:25to be basically the HUD federal

55:26guidelines for that program.

55:30>> Okay, um you'll put up You're going to

55:31put up like an application package

55:33together. So, will we have it in um

55:35timely enough before January, or will it

55:37be just right at January to make sure

55:40>> we're going to put it together and send

55:41it out and put a date that it will come

55:43live. So, we're going to give a good

55:44time frame about 30 days in advance.

55:46That's why I said January to February

55:48time frame to give us time to finish

55:50putting everything together and having

55:51it to where we can put enough uh

55:53notification out.

55:54>> Okay, I'm asking questions on for my

55:55seniors. So,

55:57will it have to be

55:59can it be paper?

56:01>> It can be paper, yes. It can be paper.

56:02If they want to, they can drop it off at

56:0425 Washington, or they can mail it in.

56:06It won't necessarily have to be

56:08electronically. Electronically, uh even

56:10if it's electronically, we're going

56:12utilize paper as well. Because we do

56:14know some folks won't be able to

56:16>> Right, because I know a lot of our

56:17seniors like to have paper and copies to

56:21make sure that they have physically

56:23turned it in. So, will it be like time

56:25stamped um when they receive it so the

56:27applications will be know who first

56:30come, first served?

56:31>> first served, and they will be checked.

56:33It'll be the same process that we use on

56:35our CDBG, our home, ESG funding,

56:37everything that we do. It'll be time

56:39stamped, and it's based upon who comes

56:40in first as far as and who meets the

56:43qualification. Just cuz you sent it

56:44first don't mean that you're going to

56:45meet the qualifications, but if you meet

56:47the qualifications and eligible, then

56:49you'll be funded.

56:49>> Okay, thank you cuz I want to make sure

56:51we we get this assistance out to the

56:54program into our communities because we

56:57do get a lot of calls about things that

56:59dealing with um seniors' homes, um just

57:03some of them just small stuff dealing

57:04with bathrooms and stuff like that. But,

57:06um and I I want to make sure that they

57:09understand who have to have. Will it be

57:11a contractor that will be coming to

57:13their home and making sure that they're

57:15doing it the proper way for everything

57:17to be done with the permit wise and

57:19>> going to vet those contractors to ensure

57:21that those contractors go out and the

57:22contractors won't get paid until the

57:24work is completed.

57:26>> Okay.

57:26>> Bingo.

57:27>> Thank you.

57:27>> I got a question. On the down payment on

57:29the mortgage,

57:31explain to me how that works. Do they go

57:32out and find a house and and get

57:36approved from a mortgage company and say

57:38that the mortgage company said you need

57:39to pay pay XYZ down. How does that work?

57:41>> Yes, they go out and they get a a

57:43mortgage. They find a property. They

57:44contract that property. They work with a

57:46mortgage company. That mortgage company

57:48will provide them a pre-approval. Then

57:50once they provide them that pre-approval

57:52and say that they are approved for their

57:53loan, they go through the whole process

57:55of getting approved. They then submit an

57:57application for assistance. The mortgage

58:00company will give them what we call a

58:01loan estimate. That loan estimate will

58:04identify what they need as far as cash

58:06to close. And they That's what we look

58:08at is the cash to close. I take out all

58:11of the

58:12discount point where they paying down

58:14the interest rate. If they're paying

58:16down the interest rate, we don't that

58:17does not qualify for assistance. So it's

58:19all the things that they need as far as

58:21actual down payment if they're trying to

58:23get below 20% so they don't have to pay

58:26PM mortgage mortgage premium insurance.

58:29Then we'll we'll assist with that as

58:31well as all their other closing costs.

58:33But we don't pay points to buy down the

58:35rate.

58:35>> No, that sounds good. Thanks.

58:37>> Thank you.

58:38>> Is that it?

58:39>> Thank you.

58:43>> Good evening, everyone.

58:45>> Good evening.

58:45>> Good evening.

58:46>> I've passed out a list of the people who

58:49have received grants in your district.

58:52As of today, we are officially have

58:55allocated all of the funding. We've

58:57awarded 129 small businesses in the area

59:01and that's

59:02$2,817,000.

59:05Eight- $2,817,669.04.

59:11So we've awarded all of the funds and

59:13the average award amount is about

59:15$21,000.

59:16Next slide.

59:21We had five areas in which we awarded

59:23funds that was in capital improvement,

59:25relocation assistance, small business

59:28incubator, payroll assistance, and rent

59:30assistance. And we were able to do a

59:32nice little diversification across all

59:33of those areas.

59:35Next slide.

59:38The next slide shows exactly how we

59:41divided it among the city council

59:43districts. So, that was based on the

59:45applications that we received and who

59:47was awarded. So, if they submitted it

59:49and all of the information was there and

59:51they were able to be awarded, they were

59:53awarded. And those are the funds that we

59:55awarded across the district. If you

59:56notice also, there were some that were

59:58in Pike Road and there were six that

1:00:00were just in the rural area, not inside

1:00:02the city limits.

1:00:07Do you have any questions?

1:00:09>> How much do we give away?

1:00:112.8.

1:00:12>> 2.8.

1:00:13>> And and you can qualify no matter

1:00:15no matter how much you might make it,

1:00:17you can qualify these loans. I see one

1:00:19guy one person in here

1:00:21I know

1:00:22income's over half a million dollars a

1:00:23year and he got money.

1:00:25So, I don't see him being a real

1:00:28problem.

1:00:29>> He's considered a small business. So,

1:00:31you didn't have to and you had to be

1:00:33affected by COVID.

1:00:34>> All right.

1:00:37Thank you.

1:00:39Thank you.

1:00:42Uh Marcus Dane.

1:00:45>> You skipped one.

1:00:47>> And team, ma'am.

1:00:48>> Oh, that good. Don't she has to hit her.

1:00:52Yeah, you do.

1:00:53>> Oh, I'm sorry.

1:00:53>> Jessie Jessie Mann.

1:00:54>> Jessie Mann. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

1:00:56>> I asked her to come because

1:00:58>> No, I'm sorry.

1:00:59>> the homeless situation confronts all of

1:01:01us at one time or another. We always

1:01:03hear something about that. Jessie has

1:01:05got the bottom line and she knows as

1:01:07much about it as anybody. So, Jessie.

1:01:10>> Thank you for your confidence in me,

1:01:11Councilman Gardner.

1:01:13And good evening, Council President

1:01:16Calhoun,

1:01:16who's not

1:01:17sitting up there.

1:01:18>> Jesse, pull up closer to that to Mike.

1:01:20>> Members of the City Council, thank you

1:01:23for the opportunity to speak to you all

1:01:24this evening about an issue that affects

1:01:27our community.

1:01:30Before I begin, I would like to just

1:01:32take one moment cuz everybody always

1:01:34asks me, "What is a continuum of care?"

1:01:37If you are a partner organization with

1:01:40MAAC, if you are a board member of MAAC,

1:01:43I would like for you to stand up,

1:01:45please.

1:01:53These are the people that are answering

1:01:55the calls when someone has nowhere to

1:01:57sleep, reaching people in encampments,

1:02:00helping families avoid eviction, and

1:02:03connecting neighbors with health care,

1:02:05mental health services, employment, and

1:02:07housing.

1:02:08Together, they are the heart of our

1:02:10community's continuum of care.

1:02:13For 25 years, the Mid Alabama Coalition

1:02:15for the Homeless has helped coordinate

1:02:17our federally recognized homeless

1:02:19response system.

1:02:22What is a continuum of care? Simply put,

1:02:25it's a network of organizations working

1:02:28together so that people do not have to

1:02:30navigate homelessness alone.

1:02:33MAAC helps coordinate that network,

1:02:36assessing needs, connecting people with

1:02:38housing and services through coordinated

1:02:41entry,

1:02:43working with our Homeless Management

1:02:45Information System data partner,

1:02:48and coordinating the HUD funding

1:02:50competition.

1:02:51Our partners put that coordination into

1:02:54action every day.

1:02:56All of us have a shared goal, and that's

1:02:58to make homelessness rare, brief, and

1:03:01non-recurring.

1:03:03Ultimately, to prevent it when we can,

1:03:05help people return to housing quickly

1:03:07when it happens, and connect them with

1:03:09resources to stay housed.

1:03:12The need is urgent.

1:03:14Our 2020 point-in-time figures

1:03:16identified and counted 364 people

1:03:19experiencing homelessness in Montgomery

1:03:21County, including 212 who were

1:03:24unsheltered.

1:03:26Our reported unsheltered count increased

1:03:28by more than 50% from 2024 to 2026

1:03:32Point-in-Time count. While year-round

1:03:34emergency shelter inventory declined

1:03:37from 169 beds to 99 beds, mainly in the

1:03:41family shelter component with the

1:03:44closure of Montgomery Family Promise.

1:03:47Those figures are just a one-night

1:03:48snapshot, not the full extent of need.

1:03:52And each one of those numbers represents

1:03:55one of our neighbors.

1:03:57Our providers are doing the important

1:03:58work, but providers cannot solve housing

1:04:01shortages, shelter capacity, and

1:04:03municipal municipal barriers alone.

1:04:06Neither can city government. We need

1:04:08each other.

1:04:10We already have strong partnerships with

1:04:12the city's Community Development

1:04:14Division.

1:04:15Thank you, Adina and Desmond.

1:04:18And with the Montgomery Police

1:04:19Department's Crisis Intervention Team,

1:04:21including Corporal Patrick Blessing.

1:04:26MPD CIT collaboration

1:04:29with the Continuum Outreach providers

1:04:32demonstrates how coordinated,

1:04:34compassionate responses can connect

1:04:36people with appropriate help.

1:04:41So, why am I here?

1:04:43Ultimately ultimately to let you guys

1:04:45know what we do and how we work together

1:04:47to do it. But the main reason is that

1:04:50there are so many barriers that we see

1:04:53that our clients face every day. And

1:04:56those are barriers

1:04:58that um we can't we can't remove on our

1:05:01own. Identifying shelter and housing

1:05:04opportunities, examining properties and

1:05:06permitting issues, coordinating

1:05:08departments, examining

1:05:11and connecting municipal and community

1:05:13resources. That's where we need the

1:05:15city's help. And at the same time, the

1:05:17Continuum of Care must continue its

1:05:19established responsibilities for

1:05:21coordinated entry, regional planning,

1:05:23data coordination, and HUD processes.

1:05:26So, today I'm asking for one thing, and

1:05:30it's not money.

1:05:31I'm asking that

1:05:35we

1:05:36hold a convening meeting within 30 days

1:05:39to sit down and talk about things that

1:05:42are going on and the things that we

1:05:44need.

1:05:45We can't do it on our own. You guys

1:05:48can't do it on your own. It takes a

1:05:50collaborative effort.

1:05:55In that meeting, I'd like to focus on

1:05:57evaluating emergency shelter capacity,

1:06:00identifying municipal barriers to

1:06:03housing, and improving coordination

1:06:05among outreach providers, crisis

1:06:07responders, and city departments.

1:06:10Let's leave with named leads, deadlines,

1:06:14and a way to report progress.

1:06:16We're not asking you guys to do our work

1:06:18for us.

1:06:20We're asking you to work alongside with

1:06:22us.

1:06:23No one organization, department, elected

1:06:26official, or funding source can end

1:06:28homelessness alone.

1:06:30Thank you all so much for your time.

1:06:32>> Thank you, ma'am. Thank you for your

1:06:33consideration.

1:06:43>> Mr. President, I I just wish everybody

1:06:46would take a little bit of time

1:06:48and realize what what she's just now

1:06:49talking about. How many homeless people

1:06:52we have in this city,

1:06:53what's happening to them. We just spent

1:06:55$2.8 million

1:06:57on folks that have got a business,

1:06:59and we are not spending anything on

1:07:02these people. We got mothers with babies

1:07:06in

1:07:07they can't get a place in a shelter

1:07:10right now.

1:07:11We got husbands that can't get a shelter

1:07:14with their children. They're by

1:07:15themselves. This is a crucial situation

1:07:18in Montgomery. We need to address it.

1:07:20>> All right.

1:07:21>> Mr. Mr. President,

1:07:22>> Ms. Riley,

1:07:23>> Well, I want to bring up something since

1:07:25we you know, we're we're talking about

1:07:26the homeless and all of this at this

1:07:28moment. One of the things I want to

1:07:29bring up is all the money that we

1:07:31invested with the upper fundings for all

1:07:33of these organizations that were

1:07:35supposed to be doing this work to help

1:07:37us with the homeless.

1:07:39I I I don't see what they're doing the

1:07:42work or helping us. And also, we got to

1:07:44look at some form of transitional homes

1:07:46for people that are being reared out

1:07:48because that's one of the problems we're

1:07:50having when people are leaving

1:07:52um getting out of situations and don't

1:07:54have transitional homes to go in to

1:07:57re-evaluate the things that they need to

1:07:59get done. Young men and young women that

1:08:01are being released out of incarceration,

1:08:03uh just different little areas like that

1:08:05and being put on the street because we

1:08:07we put out a lot of upper money out in

1:08:09these communities. And it seemed like we

1:08:12haven't collaborated to see where this

1:08:14money has went, where we're doing and

1:08:16what areas have been utilized with the

1:08:18homeless on it because it's every day. I

1:08:21I'm dealing with young men and young

1:08:23women being put out and transitioning

1:08:26and need some help that I'm trying to

1:08:28help locate them in places to make sure

1:08:32that they don't get back in trouble of

1:08:34being that put back in the streets and

1:08:37living on the streets to make sure that

1:08:39we have organizations that are doing the

1:08:41work properly and being funded correctly

1:08:44to help. And that's I mean, I got a

1:08:46phone call up before I even got to city

1:08:48council about a transition somebody need

1:08:51to be placed somewhere and we can't even

1:08:53assist because

1:08:55we don't know we don't know what to

1:08:56call. We don't know what to do.

1:08:58>> And I would recommend and I'm sorry for

1:09:00coming back up here and leaving you

1:09:01guys. Um but I think that well, number

1:09:04one, the best way to call and get help

1:09:07is to call 211. That is our coordinated

1:09:10point of entry. So, anything that comes

1:09:12through our system goes through 211. The

1:09:15second thing is in terms of capacity and

1:09:19what we have here in the community,

1:09:21that's where we really need your help.

1:09:23There's a mentality across the city of

1:09:26a term called Nimby, which means not in

1:09:29my backyard. And unfortunately, it's in

1:09:32all of our backyards. I can't even go

1:09:34outside in my yard and garden and

1:09:37without having somebody who I've helped

1:09:40along the way

1:09:42stop me and say, "Miss Man, I didn't

1:09:44know you lived here." Yes, I do. So, it

1:09:47it's everywhere. It's not just isolated

1:09:50to certain pockets of town. It is in all

1:09:53nine districts.

1:09:55And I can point out to you in all nine

1:09:57districts where you've got unsheltered

1:09:59folks, where you've got mamas who are

1:10:01sleeping in a car with their children

1:10:03because she's terrified that if somebody

1:10:06finds her, they're going to report her

1:10:07to DHR and her kiddos are going to get

1:10:09taken away. It is a very real thing and

1:10:13it is a very real thing that each one of

1:10:15us,

1:10:16agencies that stood up in this room,

1:10:18part of a small of very small part of a

1:10:22large number of over 39 organizations

1:10:25and 42 community members and businesses

1:10:28who do the work boots on the ground

1:10:30every day. We are doing what we can with

1:10:32the very limited resources that we have

1:10:35and we need you guys.

1:10:37Not for money, but just for those

1:10:39connections and sit down and have those

1:10:41conversations.

1:10:43>> All right. Thank you, Miss Man. Thank

1:10:44you.

1:10:46Let me

1:10:47Council,

1:10:49excuse me. Council, let me say one

1:10:50thing.

1:10:51And the mayor's office and Mayor

1:10:53Handy-Cotton are working on they're

1:10:55they're researching this right now. So,

1:10:57we'll look forward to seeing what you

1:10:59come up with in okay?

1:11:01All right. Thank you, Mr. Generate Mr.

1:11:02Dean and Team City Demolition Efforts.

1:11:07Followed by Miss Dobbs.

1:11:25>> Good evening, Council.

1:11:26>> Good evening.

1:11:27>> Today, we have prepared a brief video

1:11:29that highlights the overall

1:11:32progress that we made through all the

1:11:33commercial demolition initiative

1:11:36that includes in which over 50 acres of

1:11:38blighted properties

1:11:40were demolished

1:11:42at a funding allocation of 5.7 million

1:11:44dollars dollars which includes 4 million

1:11:46dollars in the EDI grant and 1.7 in city

1:11:49funds.

1:11:50Also, the video highlights just our

1:11:52normal day-to-day efforts of our

1:11:54residential small commercial

1:11:56demolitions. So, we have a brief video

1:11:58we like to highlight those efforts.

1:12:08>> The city of Montgomery has successfully

1:12:09completed the demolition of several

1:12:11commercial properties utilizing a total

1:12:13budget of 5.7 million dollars. This

1:12:16effort cleared approximately 50 acres of

1:12:18land now fully prepared for future

1:12:20development opportunities.

1:12:22The project involved the removal of four

1:12:24major sites.

1:12:25The Governor's House Hotel.

1:12:30The Candlelight Hotel.

1:12:36The Days Inn at South Avenue.

1:12:40And the removal of debris at the Country

1:12:42Inn and Suites.

1:12:46Finishing these demolitions represents a

1:12:48significant milestone in the city's

1:12:50broader strategy to revitalize key

1:12:51areas, enhance community appeal, and

1:12:54attract new private investment.

1:12:56Additional demolition work is currently

1:12:58underway at multiple locations across

1:13:00Montgomery. Active projects include

1:13:02sites within Maxwell Heights, Fair West

1:13:04Place,

1:13:06and Northgate.

1:13:09As well as the Davis Cleaners and

1:13:10Capital City Cleaners properties on

1:13:12South Decatur Street.

1:13:13Aside from these commercial demolitions,

1:13:15the city also continues to oversee

1:13:17residential demolition projects across

1:13:19Montgomery.

1:13:21For fiscal year 2026, a total of

1:13:23$700,000 was allocated for residential

1:13:26demolition efforts.

1:13:28An average cost per demolition was

1:13:30$8,168.59.

1:13:34Together, these efforts highlight city's

1:13:36strong commitment to promoting economic

1:13:38growth, strengthening neighborhoods, and

1:13:41preparing the city for future

1:13:42development opportunities.

1:13:50>> Thank you.

1:13:53I also want to highlight a few

1:13:55members of our team. Not the full team,

1:13:57as this is not the entire code

1:13:59enforcement enforcement team, but these

1:14:00are the guys who really make it happen

1:14:02from day to day. But just want to leave

1:14:04you with this that today we completed

1:14:06tier one.

1:14:07Uh tier two is pending contract approval

1:14:09tonight.

1:14:10Uh tier three is under design, and tier

1:14:12four we're in the planning phase. And

1:14:14real briefly, Mr. Alvin Johnson, our

1:14:16interim chief uh property maintenance

1:14:18inspector, is going to give us a few

1:14:20data points in terms of our normal

1:14:22demolition efforts.

1:14:28>> Good evening, Council. I'll be really

1:14:30brief. Uh the residential demolitions

1:14:33um

1:14:33in our previous paper academy, we had

1:14:35projected 160 demolitions for the um

1:14:38year. Currently, we are at 86

1:14:40demolitions. Um so, we got about 20 more

1:14:42to go before the end of December. Um as

1:14:44well, as we have about 40 demolitions

1:14:46coming up to City Council by the end of

1:14:47December for approval as well, um

1:14:49pending any appeals by the citizens that

1:14:51own the properties as well. And uh we

1:14:53also will be available to

1:14:55um

1:14:56present information to the council

1:14:58members in case there's any properties

1:14:59in your district that are currently on

1:15:01the demolition list as well.

1:15:03Thank you.

1:15:04>> Thank you.

1:15:06>> Um excuse me for y'all leave. Um Mr.

1:15:09President, um we would like to look at

1:15:12um Halon Village,

1:15:14um H E Alabama LLC to be brought in, Ms.

1:15:17Blaylock, 3673

1:15:20Southeast Downtown Down Double Down

1:15:23Drive in Stuart, Florida. I have the

1:15:26information for you because this is part

1:15:28of what the demolition process that we

1:15:30need, but we need to bring them in to

1:15:32discuss something with them on some

1:15:34demolition issues and to correct some

1:15:37things. Correct?

1:15:39>> That is correct.

1:15:40>> All right.

1:15:42Thank you, Ms. Brown. Thank you, Mr.

1:15:43Dean.

1:15:44Thank you, guys, for the work that you

1:15:45do.

1:15:47Uh Ms. Dobbins, Dr. Dobbins.

1:15:53>> So, as always, I come with the fun

1:15:55stuff.

1:15:58The Department of Cultural Affairs of

1:15:59the City of Montgomery is

1:16:02charged with providing a quality of

1:16:05life. Um we have various divisions, the

1:16:08library, the museum, the armory, uh the

1:16:10city events division. Each has their

1:16:11specialty. Um but what we try to do is

1:16:15to provide a lot of family-friendly

1:16:18events that are free and accessible. So,

1:16:21uh one of them is the Harvest Festival,

1:16:23only in its second year. We had that

1:16:25October 17th. We had thousands of

1:16:28families uh attend. It was held at

1:16:30Riverfront Park. We had uh

1:16:33uh face painting, petting zoo. We even

1:16:35had a WWE match. I mean, it was just a

1:16:38ball of fun. We also gave away free

1:16:40pumpkins and allowed uh uh the kids and

1:16:43their families to decorate. One of the

1:16:45things we do, too, is that we charge

1:16:48each city department with uh

1:16:51decorating in in a decorating contest.

1:16:53It serves as a team-building experience,

1:16:56um but it's also a way to test their

1:16:58arts and in in creativity. And uh for

1:17:02the public to get involved, um because

1:17:04the public votes on the winner. And so,

1:17:06I've got this big, beautiful beautiful

1:17:09trophy here that um and I want to

1:17:11announce the winner and give it to them.

1:17:14Um it did belong to Ms. Betty's

1:17:17team, but they didn't fight for it, so

1:17:19>> [laughter]

1:17:20>> this year.

1:17:21So, um the winner is the Montgomery Fire

1:17:24Department.

1:17:31This year, the main item was a 5-ft

1:17:33skeleton, and you couldn't resist them

1:17:35giving CPR to a skeleton. They were an

1:17:37absolute hoot. So, I just want to call

1:17:40them up so they can receive their trophy

1:17:42and get a

1:17:43picture with all of us, if that's okay.

1:17:45>> That's great.

1:17:46>> All right.

1:18:15>> Congratulations.

1:18:22Ms. Monique Davis, Jamari Terrell

1:18:24Williams Foundation.

1:18:33>> Okay.

1:18:36May I know my helper?

1:18:41>> I hope Hold tight. Hold tight.

1:18:42>> Wait.

1:18:47Good evening, mayor and members of the

1:18:49city council.

1:18:51My name is Monique Davis and I am the

1:18:53founder of the Jamari Terrell Williams

1:18:55Foundation and the mother of Jamari.

1:18:58Thank you for supporting Christmas in

1:18:59Candyland over the past 8 years.

1:19:03And tonight, I respectfully ask each

1:19:05member to consider a contribution

1:19:08towards our upcoming event on Saturday,

1:19:10December 19th.

1:19:12Um in previous years and past several

1:19:15years, we have partnered with many of

1:19:17you on the city council. Um this year,

1:19:20Councilwoman Beard has uh graciously

1:19:23uh

1:19:24accepted the challenge to partner with

1:19:26us this year, so we're definitely

1:19:27grateful for that. Since 2018, Christmas

1:19:31in Candyland has given families 2 hours

1:19:34to step away from daily pressures and to

1:19:37fun, food, entertainment, and time

1:19:40together.

1:19:41I work with school counselors to

1:19:42identify families

1:19:44who need holiday assistance and I

1:19:46personally shop for these families when

1:19:49they complete an application.

1:19:51Last year alone, we adopted 16 families

1:19:54from Montgomery County schools and 20

1:19:56additional families attended.

1:19:59What stayed with me was the number of

1:20:01scholars asked for food and utility

1:20:04assistance instead of toys.

1:20:07Their requests reminded me that many

1:20:09families are trying to celebrate

1:20:10Christmas while struggling to meet basic

1:20:13needs.

1:20:14This year,

1:20:15we plan to provide gifts and foods as we

1:20:18normally do. Our foundation gives back

1:20:21throughout the year.

1:20:22Educators invite me to schools across

1:20:25Alabama including Shelby, Baldwin,

1:20:27Dallas, Lowndes, [music] and Montgomery

1:20:29counties. Our foundation funds that

1:20:31travel along with the Kindness

1:20:34Chronicles of Jamari,

1:20:36Bullying Stops With Us bracelets, and

1:20:38Bullying t-shirts. So, all year round, I

1:20:41travel all over Alabama making sure that

1:20:43our scholars are aware

1:20:45that their voice matter and they matter.

1:20:48And let them know that bullying does

1:20:50stop with us.

1:20:52I tell Jamari's story one more time. I

1:20:55speak about the negative effects of

1:20:57bullying and the Student Harassment Act

1:20:59that was renamed after my son Jamari.

1:21:02This year, scholars seeking holiday

1:21:04assistance will also create a small plan

1:21:07to help end bullying. Our cyberbullying

1:21:10message this year is simple. Don't like

1:21:12it, don't share it, don't comment on it.

1:21:16Christmas in Candyland is our larger

1:21:18annual event and your continued support

1:21:20helps us to meet that need.

1:21:22Thank you to the city council members

1:21:24and city officials that have given

1:21:25funding and volunteered their time.

1:21:28Please help us bring relief and joy to

1:21:30the families again this Christmas.

1:21:32Bullying does stops with us. Thank you.

1:21:35>> Thank you.

1:21:37Thank you, lady.

1:21:43All right, council. That concludes our

1:21:45work session roster

1:21:46communication. We'll go straight into

1:21:49our council meeting.

1:21:51No adjournment. Um

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