[0:00] this work session to order. Um, Monday

[0:03] night, we'll review payment of bills, go

[0:05] over the minutes.

[0:07] We'll start with resolution 875326

[0:10] approving alcohol license for Rebar

[0:12] Group doing business as Oak and L. Uh,

[0:16] Miss Dickerson, any issues with this?

[0:19] » Okay, this uh license is um for a one

[0:23] zero

[0:25] uh a 010 lounge retail liquor. This is a

[0:29] new application for the entity. There

[0:31] was no issues from the police department

[0:34] and I believe Michael will need to

[0:36] speak.

[0:38] » No issues.

[0:39] » No issues on this case.

[0:40] » Very well. Any comments or questions on

[0:42] this item?

[0:44] » Seeing none, we'll move on to resolution

[0:46] number 875426

[0:48] approving account information for

[0:49] Regions Bank and Wells Fargo Bank. Miss

[0:52] Dickerson,

[0:53] » This is updating the um the

[0:56] authorizations on the bank accounts uh

[0:59] and updating it with the chief financial

[1:01] officer and then also placing uh titles

[1:05] in there in lie of names and that way if

[1:07] anytime there's an update we can change

[1:10] that bank account information.

[1:12] » Very good. Any comments or questions

[1:14] regarding that item?

[1:16] Seeing none, resolution number 875526

[1:20] authorizing the mayor to execute a

[1:21] professional services contract with

[1:24] hospitality business solutions to

[1:26] promote and coordinate programs and the

[1:28] development of tourism. Mr. Munger,

[1:35] » Good evening. Uh much in the same vein

[1:37] as the contract that was presented for

[1:40] tourism and promotional materials at the

[1:42] last meeting, this item was also

[1:44] included in the operational budget with

[1:47] funding to come from the $2 hospitality

[1:50] room tax that is levied and that the

[1:52] city originally pledged to go towards

[1:54] developing further tourism activities in

[1:57] the community. This professional

[1:58] services contract uh is uh starting in

[2:02] fe February running through the end of

[2:04] the year rate of $5,000 per month

[2:06] non-renewing uh unless consented to by

[2:09] the council. So this obligation is only

[2:11] for this fiscal year and there are

[2:13] sufficient funds in the operating budget

[2:15] to cover this expense.

[2:17] » Very good. Any comments or questions

[2:18] regarding this?

[2:19] » Mr. President Brian, this this would go

[2:22] through the end of September and not

[2:24] through the end of December, correct?

[2:26] » Yes, sir. fiscal year.

[2:28] » Thank you,

[2:29] » Brian. Can you tell me how this differs

[2:31] from the NAROM contract?

[2:34] » Yes, sir. So, the NAROM contract is

[2:36] largely uh video, audio, and photography

[2:40] based, like sort of like the videos that

[2:42] we've used in some of our development

[2:44] efforts recently and on our social

[2:46] media. They're helping on that side of

[2:48] things. This professional services

[2:49] contract is to support Miss Lynch's

[2:52] efforts to interface mostly with Aldrich

[2:55] Gardens uh and the Hoover Randall House

[2:57] and to help develop uh relationships

[3:00] there as far as pursuing grants,

[3:02] operational planning and promotion of

[3:04] those two uh facilities specifically.

[3:06] » Very good. Any other comments,

[3:08] questions?

[3:10] » Thank you.

[3:10] » Thank you. Resolution number 875626

[3:14] adopting the Hoover Fire Department

[3:15] standards of cover and the 2025 through

[3:19] 2030 community-driven strategic plan.

[3:23] Chief Bentley presented on this um last

[3:26] Monday night.

[3:29] » Okay. Were there any questions for the

[3:30] fire department on on this item? He

[3:33] covered it pretty well. Very good.

[3:40] Resolution number 875726

[3:42] authorizing the mayor execute a third

[3:44] amendment to lease agreement with RMC

[3:46] Investments uh for certain premises

[3:49] located at Hoover Commons. Mr. Mer, you

[3:52] sat down too quickly.

[3:55] It was very comfortable seat. So this

[3:58] agreement uh pertains to the police

[4:01] operations building on Laura Road. Uh

[4:04] that agreement runs only through the end

[4:06] of February. And we've been engaged both

[4:09] Chief Morris and I uh as well as Mr.

[4:11] Grimes uh with meeting with those owners

[4:14] about some redevelopment plans that they

[4:16] have for that center overall. And that

[4:19] allowed us to speak with them about the

[4:20] terms of our lease and basically

[4:23] entertain uh some different options in

[4:25] the future. And as we continue to

[4:27] negotiate a longer term lease, the

[4:29] original term of this was uh 10 years in

[4:32] duration with it was a five and a five.

[4:35] uh and the owner has agreed to a

[4:37] six-month extension at the same rate as

[4:40] what we're paying now, which is 45,852

[4:44] uh annually.

[4:46] So, that would uh extend uh from March

[4:49] onward for 6 months. And that would

[4:51] allow us to basically complete that

[4:53] negotiation, including some of the

[4:56] security enhancements that the police

[4:57] department would like to see to help

[4:59] secure their parking area at that

[5:01] facility and allow us some time to

[5:03] basically evaluate our future with that

[5:04] property as well.

[5:06] » Very good. Any comments, questions?

[5:07] » Mr. President, um Mr. Munger,

[5:12] do I understand that the owners of the

[5:14] ops building

[5:17] is also the owner for the Hoover

[5:19] Commons?

[5:20] » Yes, sir. That's correct.

[5:21] » Okay. I thought that that the ops

[5:23] building had a different owner than the

[5:25] commons itself.

[5:27] » So I have not checked title on the

[5:29] property, only the GIS as it pertains to

[5:33] property tax records, but uh when we met

[5:35] with them, they did indicate that they

[5:38] were owners of both. It may be held in a

[5:40] separate LLC, but the same owner uh is

[5:45] the principal of both. So it may be a

[5:48] separate corporation owns the ops

[5:50] property.

[5:51] » I don't recall that it was, but I can

[5:53] certainly research that to you and get

[5:55] it to you before the meeting on Monday.

[5:57] » Thank you, sir.

[5:57] » Yes, sir.

[5:59] » With this only being a six month

[6:00] compared to fiveyear with options

[6:03] previously. So are

[6:07] is owners

[6:09] saying that there's possibility that we

[6:11] will not renew past this six months or

[6:13] is that still up for debate? And do we

[6:15] have a plan?

[6:16] » The owner, the owner very much wants to

[6:18] retain uh the police department

[6:20] specifically as a tenant. Uh they view

[6:23] the police department's presence there

[6:24] as a huge enhancement to their retail

[6:26] operation. Uh the response time is

[6:28] probably phenomenal to any events that

[6:30] they have there. Uh they were extremely

[6:33] positive about that open uh in the past.

[6:37] I believe it the department had been

[6:40] turned down uh when asking to be close

[6:42] their parking area and some things like

[6:44] that. Uh the owner is now completely

[6:46] receptive to that. Uh they have asked or

[6:49] they've given us preliminary terms for a

[6:52] full-term renewal. Um those require some

[6:55] negotiation and we asked for some more

[6:57] time to consider that. Uh but I believe

[7:00] both the owner and the department are

[7:02] both both very favorable towards

[7:04] retaining uh this asset under terms to

[7:08] be uh fleshed out over the next six

[7:11] months.

[7:11] » Understood. Thank you. Any further

[7:13] comments or questions? Do they have any

[7:16] uh

[7:18] any thoughts about maybe selling the

[7:20] city the property in the foreseeable

[7:23] future?

[7:24] » That was something that was uh

[7:26] discussed. I think they would entertain

[7:29] it.

[7:31] Um they were they were very open to a

[7:34] variety of things. Uh and really they're

[7:37] that is a very um limited use building.

[7:42] I believe it was a theater originally

[7:44] before it was converted. The city has

[7:46] invested substantially in it. It is very

[7:48] much a police facility now. And so I

[7:51] think the owner recognizes uh the value

[7:55] in it and I think they are open to

[7:57] discussing that. But uh at present lease

[8:00] only is what's been discussed.

[8:02] » Thank you sir.

[8:04] » Yes sir.

[8:05] » Hopefully you come back in six months

[8:06] and we've got more favorable terms.

[8:10] The current terms are very favorable.

[8:12] » Uh resolution 875826

[8:14] authorizing modification of use for a

[8:16] deck of grant funds and to extend fund

[8:19] availability.

[8:21] » Mr. President, if it's suitable to you,

[8:23] the next three items all pertain to very

[8:26] similar

[8:27] » Sure. Let me reading agreements. Uh the

[8:29] first uh one that is mentioned um is the

[8:34] only one that differentiates and that is

[8:37] because uh this grant was originally

[8:39] awarded in 2023 to the city as part of

[8:43] the city's pursuit of a large covered

[8:46] pickle ball facility. Um, and there were

[8:49] several uh legislative measures of

[8:51] support that is are now converted to

[8:53] grant funding as well as a agreement

[8:55] with the county commission uh that

[8:57] brought another $350,000

[8:59] towards this effort. U none of that came

[9:03] within it was probably 15% of the

[9:06] funding necessary to actually build the

[9:08] facility at current pricing levels and

[9:11] ADCA has been rolling these grants

[9:13] forward over the years. Um we do have

[9:15] the flexibility as confirmed with ADCA

[9:17] uh to reobligate the funds towards

[9:20] qualifying recreational improvements and

[9:23] they've given us a deadline of the end

[9:24] of this fiscal year to expend those

[9:26] funds which limits greatly what scope we

[9:30] have to put towards it. So, what we have

[9:32] proposed here is to uh put this $500,000

[9:36] award, the second $500,000 award, and

[9:39] the final $100,000 award, and to

[9:42] allocate those funds towards paying for

[9:44] the reelectrification of Hoover East. Uh

[9:47] that is an ongoing project properly bid

[9:50] under the competitive bid law. It's

[9:52] satisfactory to ADCA and that allows us

[9:54] to fully utilize and capture those funds

[9:57] for a very necessary purpose. And then

[10:00] also the council would have the ability

[10:02] to uh maybe have more latitude in

[10:04] considering other improvements as a

[10:05] consequence.

[10:06] » That is also resolution number 875926

[10:11] and 876026.

[10:13] Any comments or questions regarding the

[10:15] ADCA funds?

[10:16] » Mr. When would those funds become

[10:17] available?

[10:19] » So these funds are available on a

[10:21] reimburseable basis. So once these grant

[10:23] agreements are approved by council, uh

[10:25] they'll be executed by the mayor. will

[10:27] return those to ADCA next week and

[10:30] because we have been paying uh steadily

[10:33] we would basically take our pay request

[10:35] and begin sending them draw down

[10:37] requests and uh this is a very expensive

[10:40] project as you all know so my hope is

[10:42] that we would be able to draw down these

[10:44] funds probably over the course of the

[10:46] next two to three months.

[10:47] » Thank you.

[10:48] » Yes sir.

[10:49] » Okay we'll move on to res Thank you Mr.

[10:51] Munger.

[10:51] » Yes sir. Resolution number 8761-26

[10:55] approving plans and authorizing

[10:56] cooperation with the Alabama Department

[10:58] of Transportation and the Federal

[11:00] Highway Administration

[11:02] uh for traffic signal and its upgrades

[11:04] on I65 and related roadways in within

[11:07] the city of Hoover. Mr. Promer.

[11:09] » Uh yes sir. So this is with ALDOT. So

[11:11] ALDOT's going to complete all the work.

[11:13] It's on Valley Dale Road the two exits

[11:16] associated with 65 both the on-ramp and

[11:18] offramps there. Item to note, we are

[11:21] already controlling these at this time

[11:22] along with the cameras. So, it's just

[11:24] simply upgrade to the signals,

[11:26] associated cameras and mounts. So, all

[11:29] work will be performed by ALDOT. And

[11:31] they outlined a very specific detail of

[11:34] how it's work's going to be done and

[11:36] everything's performed by them. So,

[11:38] there's nothing that the city's going to

[11:39] do for this. So,

[11:40] » Good.

[11:41] » Easy.

[11:42] » Any comments or questions regarding this

[11:44] item?

[11:46] » All right. Got off easy.

[11:50] Mr. Miller is going to handle resolution

[11:52] number 876226

[11:54] authorizing the conveyance of temporary

[11:56] construction easements and a permanent

[11:58] utility easement for the state of

[11:59] Alabama. Uh Mr. Miller.

[12:02] » Yes, sir. Good evening. Um do you have

[12:04] the a copy of the track sketch in front

[12:06] of you? Just FYI.

[12:08] Was that part of the packet when you

[12:10] » That should be part of our packet. Yes.

[12:12] » Okay. All right. If you could bring that

[12:13] out, if you could look at that. It's uh

[12:15] talking from a drawing is a little bit

[12:17] more simple than than uh

[12:19] » Mr. Dickerson, are you able to bring

[12:20] that up on the big screen?

[12:28] » This is 12 on the draft agenda.

[12:35] » There you go. Perfect. Perfect. So, what

[12:36] you have in front of you is a dedication

[12:38] of a permanent utility easement and then

[12:41] two temporary construction easements. Uh

[12:43] this is just to get your bearings

[12:45] because it's not shown on the map. The

[12:47] very top where it says acquire acquired

[12:48] rightway that is interstate 459. Um the

[12:52] acquired rideway that's in the arc

[12:54] that's kind of towards the bottom of the

[12:56] page. That would be the proposed

[12:57] location of the uh Rossbridge extension

[13:01] uh as it connects to what you're seeing

[13:03] the acquired routeway that's running on

[13:04] the bottom kind of running northeast u

[13:07] that would be South Shades Crest Road.

[13:09] So just for your reference in there. So

[13:12] Hoover owns that tract of land. Um so we

[13:14] are asking for dedication of a 20 foot

[13:18] easement permanent easement for

[13:20] utilities mainly for the water service

[13:23] uh to be connected and come under

[13:26] bore under the interstate to re get

[13:28] reconnected back to uh to South Shades

[13:31] Crest area.

[13:33] » Okay. Any comments or questions

[13:35] regarding this?

[13:38] » Thank you.

[13:39] » Thank you.

[13:39] » What?

[13:43] Th this is just the per the the

[13:45] easement, correct? There's no funding

[13:47] for this in this resolution.

[13:49] » No, sir. There will be no funding for

[13:50] this. This will be a donation from the

[13:52] city to back towards the project um for

[13:55] that that location. Um looking forward,

[13:58] it would be Hoover uh if we developed

[14:01] that site at all. They would have direct

[14:02] water access to where they could tap in

[14:05] um and not have to worry about boring

[14:06] under South Shades Crest Road or another

[14:09] location. So who again would be

[14:10] responsible for funding the uh

[14:14] the movement of utilities?

[14:17] » The utilities would be part of the exit

[14:18] 9 project.

[14:19] » Thank you.

[14:23] » Right. Good. [clears throat] Mr. Smith.

[14:24] » Yes sir.

[14:25] » All right. Thank you.

[14:26] » Thank you.

[14:27] Uh resolution number 876326

[14:31] authorizing participation in the Alabama

[14:33] State and Local Cyber Security Grant

[14:35] Program and authorizing the mayor to

[14:37] execute a rules of engagement agreement

[14:39] with the state of Alabama office of

[14:40] information technology and Auburn

[14:43] University's McCra Institute. Miss

[14:46] Lopez, Dr. Lopez, excuse me.

[14:48] » Good evening.

[14:50] Uh basically the city of Hoover we

[14:52] applied for and we've been accepted into

[14:54] the Alabama state and local cyber

[14:56] security grant program. Uh this is a

[15:00] grant that's going to be uh one-time

[15:02] services in lie of getting direct

[15:05] monies. Uh and so they're going to help

[15:10] improve the civ city's cyber security

[15:13] readiness and these agenda items and

[15:15] these documents are going basically used

[15:18] to further that process. We do have

[15:19] Jonathan Scherk here tonight with

[15:22] McCreary Institute if you had any

[15:24] specific questions uh that he can answer

[15:26] those as well.

[15:28] » Any questions or comments?

[15:33] » We supposed to ask any questions about

[15:35] cyber security? [laughter]

[15:38] Might might be best to limit our

[15:40] questions.

[15:44] All right. Thank you. Uh you've got the

[15:47] next item, the resolution number 876526,

[15:50] adopting an updated investment policy

[15:52] for the city of Hoover.

[15:55] » Uh yes. So uh in preparing to uh call

[15:59] our first investment committee of the

[16:01] calendar year uh in reviewing this

[16:03] policy we realized there were just a few

[16:05] small changes that we wanted to make

[16:08] with the understanding that after

[16:10] reviewing it I realized this is kind of

[16:11] written that in the from the standpoint

[16:13] the city treasuring these things but we

[16:15] actually kind of outsource that now

[16:17] Raymond James is our current investment

[16:18] adviser so we're going to do a more

[16:20] complete revamping uh probably April May

[16:24] June of this

[16:25] But this the main thing that this

[16:27] particular update changes is the

[16:29] structure of the investment committee

[16:31] that instead of naming specific

[16:33] positions on the city council that are

[16:35] on there, it gives a little bit more

[16:37] flexibility and the council president

[16:39] can choose three members from the

[16:42] council that are on there and then it

[16:43] would maintain the mayor and the city

[16:45] administrator as the other two members

[16:46] of that committee. Uh and then the other

[16:49] changes are slight changes uh just

[16:52] updating terminology that needed to be

[16:54] in place. So

[16:55] » Very good. Um just for a little

[16:57] background. So in the past the council

[17:00] president was an automatic member of

[17:02] this committee. And look I recognize my

[17:05] strengths and weak weaknesses. Uh as a

[17:08] school teacher I may not be the best

[17:11] candidate for this committee when others

[17:14] up here have much more valuable

[17:15] experience than I do. So, I ask for this

[17:18] change in this committee structure. Any

[17:20] comments or questions to Miss Dr. Lopez?

[17:24] Very good. Thank you. Uh, next is

[17:27] resolution 876626

[17:30] authorizing the mayor of the city of

[17:31] Hoover to execute a license agreement

[17:34] with Richard Shirley. Mr. Martin,

[17:43] good evening. Uh the resolution before

[17:46] you uh would uh enact a an agreement

[17:51] with Mr. Shirley who is a property owner

[17:54] adjacent to the end the dead end of

[17:58] Lebell Lane. Uh you go past, if you're

[18:01] familiar with that street, you go past

[18:03] the garden home development uh heading

[18:06] out Leel Lane. It is on your left and as

[18:10] soon as you pass the last turnout for

[18:13] the garden home development, uh the

[18:17] public right ofway comes to an end

[18:19] shortly thereafter and transitions over

[18:22] into private property um uh dead ends

[18:25] into Mr. Shirley's property. Um Mr.

[18:28] Shirley has requested this agreement in

[18:32] order to make certain improvements

[18:34] within the dead end of the public right

[18:37] ofway but before exiting the public

[18:39] right of way there. Uh the purpose as

[18:42] stated by Mr. Shirley is that with the

[18:44] dead end in place it has attracted a

[18:47] number of folks uh to the end of the

[18:49] street dumping their refues garbage and

[18:53] otherwise making for a nuisance

[18:55] situation that Mr. Shirley would like to

[18:58] avoid and certainly we would like to

[19:00] avoid um dumping there as well. Uh Mr.

[19:05] Shirley's long-term plans are to

[19:07] construct his forever home on the

[19:09] property just beyond. And so he has

[19:12] asked that we enter into this

[19:14] arrangement whereby he can construct a

[19:17] gate and a couple of columns uh to

[19:21] secure the end of the public rideway. Uh

[19:24] in reviewing this particular matter, uh

[19:27] it does not appear that there would be

[19:29] others injured by Mr. Shirley slightly

[19:33] encroaching in the dead end of that ride

[19:35] ofway. And um again, you have the

[19:38] benefits of closing off the the private

[19:41] drive just beyond and the tail end of

[19:43] the rideway to dumping illicitly that

[19:46] has been taking place.

[19:48] I will note that if at any point in time

[19:52] the city determines that this needs to

[19:55] be terminated that we can uh let Mr.

[19:58] Shirley or his successors and assigns

[20:00] know that we are terminating the

[20:02] agreement for whatever reason deemed

[20:05] worthy by the council and whatever

[20:07] improvements are placed in the public

[20:09] rightway uh Mr. Shirley or his

[20:12] successors in the signs will need to

[20:13] remove those and return the rightway to

[20:16] its uh previous state.

[20:19] » Very good. Um myself and councelor

[20:21] Murphy wrote out and met with Mr.

[20:23] Shirley on his property and viewed it

[20:24] and uh Mr. Shirley is here as well

[20:27] tonight. I understand he can't be here

[20:29] Monday night. Uh so is there any

[20:31] questions or comments to Mr. Martin or

[20:34] to Mr. Shirley regarding this item?

[20:38] » Mr. Martin. Um, did this go before

[20:41] planning and zoning or was there no need

[20:43] for that?

[20:44] » No, sir. We did not determine there was

[20:46] a need to go before them. This is

[20:48] strictly as uh as caretakers of the

[20:52] public rightway, a council issue.

[20:54] » And this would allow him to also create

[20:57] a gated

[20:59] even though it's one dwelling, he would

[21:01] have a gated community of his own of

[21:04] sorts.

[21:05] uh the the gate would cut off the drive

[21:08] to his private residence.

[21:10] » How would trash service be affected?

[21:13] » Uh he would have to move and locate any

[21:16] kind of garbage service for pickup

[21:18] outside of the gate.

[21:20] » Thank you, sir.

[21:21] » Just for clarity too, um this is a dead

[21:24] end site is a very large piece of u

[21:27] estate property. Uh so one way in one

[21:30] way out on the end of the cod basically

[21:33] uh and the way the trash is set most

[21:38] individuals is set it on the main strip.

[21:41] So they'll be parking outside. Uh if it

[21:43] wasn't for the ability for him to kind

[21:46] of uh have a gate, that's the only

[21:48] reason why we're here is like a very

[21:50] tight spot. Uh it doesn't prevent uh any

[21:54] other properties from getting access. uh

[21:57] the city doesn't have a uh need or any

[22:01] assets behind the property that requires

[22:03] access to through property. Uh so no

[22:06] need for the city at all. Uh although

[22:09] utilities uh sit right there on the

[22:13] property lines. Uh so it's uh very

[22:16] straightforward and I think as uh the

[22:18] mayor stated earlier when he was

[22:21] campaigning you know our ability to try

[22:23] to uh look at everyone and make a

[22:27] educated decision to improve you know

[22:30] quality of life for folks versus just

[22:32] making it difficult for them to be able

[22:34] to do the things they need to do. So um

[22:36] it's a straightforward process on that

[22:38] end.

[22:39] » Agreed. Mr. shorts.

[22:43] » Garbage will be on the outside, but if

[22:45] public safety needs to get in on the

[22:47] inside, police or fire, how does that

[22:49] happen?

[22:50] » Uh, construction of the gate is going to

[22:53] have to they're going to have to acquire

[22:55] a permit from the building department

[22:56] and coordinate with fire marshall as far

[22:59] as access for emergency services.

[23:01] » So, that's built into the uh in Okay,

[23:03] thank you.

[23:06] » Any further comments,

[23:07] » Martin? What is the current zoning for

[23:09] the property?

[23:10] » Uh, agricultural.

[23:12] » Will he need to

[23:15] try to go and and get that to be in a

[23:17] state zoning or everything's good as

[23:21] agricultural?

[23:22] » Everything's fine as far as the the

[23:24] zoning is concerned. The our

[23:26] agricultural district u does allow for

[23:29] single family residences on larger

[23:31] tracks and this one is approximately 13

[23:34] acres. My last check. Would he be

[23:36] allowed to build more than one dwelling

[23:39] on that property?

[23:40] » Uh his he's going to be restricted by

[23:43] the amount of roadway frontage. U so

[23:46] right now there's only enough frontage

[23:48] on a public ride ofway for that one

[23:50] dwelling.

[23:51] » Thank you, sir.

[23:53] » All right, M. Shirley, did you have

[23:55] anything to add?

[23:57] » You don't have to. Just ask.

[24:02] appreciate you taking time out.

[24:08] The biggest thing is

[24:10] my wife

[24:17] is

[24:30] pretty appreciate your time.

[24:32] And surely you can uh take that cooking

[24:34] oil to the public safety center. I

[24:36] believe behind or the maybe one of the

[24:38] fire departments. I believe they will

[24:40] dispose of that for you. Uh moving on.

[24:44] Did you have some?

[24:46] Uh resolution number 876426

[24:49] finalizing the budget for fiscal year

[24:51] 2026. Dr. Lopez.

[24:59] » All right. So, [clears throat]

[25:01] I think we're going to go into a little

[25:03] more detail on Monday night about this,

[25:05] but this is uh this item on the agenda

[25:08] mostly is covering our capital requests.

[25:10] As you remember, we put uh this part of

[25:12] the budget off uh to look at those

[25:15] capital project requests a little bit

[25:16] more closely. Uh and so when you look at

[25:20] your exhibit A, line one is basically

[25:24] those items that are in that proposed

[25:25] capital request. And then there's uh

[25:28] several pages of more detail behind

[25:30] that. Uh line two though, in addition to

[25:34] that, we had several other items we've

[25:36] gone ahead and added on here as well

[25:38] that will be part of the final original

[25:40] budget for fiscal 26. Line two being an

[25:43] additional $450,000 for the Hoover Board

[25:46] of Education.

[25:48] Uh this will

[25:50] allow the the total front door fees to

[25:53] be 1.1 million which is the estimate on

[25:56] the revenue side and then the grand

[25:58] total of contribution estimated for the

[26:01] school board in fiscal 26 to be about

[26:04] $6.1 million.

[26:06] Uh then lines four through

[26:09] six are items related to the police

[26:12] department using uh various special

[26:15] revenue funds. Uh, I can go into those

[26:19] now. I can go into detail on Monday.

[26:21] » I I think you're going to go much more

[26:23] detail on Monday night, so it's a little

[26:24] bit more transparent to our to our

[26:26] public and so forth.

[26:27] » Sure.

[26:28] » U, just the just the highlights, I

[26:30] think.

[26:30] » Yeah. And then, uh, there's a small

[26:32] settlement for an ALDOT project. On line

[26:34] seven, line eight are the grants that

[26:37] were just previously discussed, the

[26:39] revenue portion for the ADCA, and then

[26:42] an upgrade for uh, one upgrade on line

[26:45] nine. and then the balancing of that.

[26:47] So,

[26:48] » Are there any questions for Dr. Lopez

[26:50] tonight concerning this item?

[26:52] » What do you anticipate the ending fund

[26:55] balance to be at the end of the year

[26:58] » At this point? Is it the $79 million

[27:00] figure

[27:02] » In the general fund or the capital

[27:03] projects fund?

[27:04] » Uh both.

[27:06] » Or both. I knew that would be the

[27:07] answer. [laughter]

[27:09] » Uh this budget is uh the ending general

[27:12] fund balance would be 74 and a.5

[27:14] million.

[27:16] And for the capital projects fund, we're

[27:18] only going to have probably around one

[27:20] and a half, maybe two million

[27:22] unallocated. We're getting everything

[27:25] else will be allocated.

[27:27] » Thank you.

[27:28] » Mhm.

[27:30] » Maybe we can find a way to allocate

[27:33] 100,000 or so. [laughter]

[27:35] » Okay.

[27:36] » All right. Resolution number 873826

[27:39] granting conditional use approval for a

[27:41] three- tenant shopping center for the

[27:42] property located at 1543 Montgomery

[27:45] Highway. Mr. Martin.

[27:47] » Uh yes. Uh the conditional use for this

[27:50] location comes to you with a positive

[27:52] recommendation from the planning

[27:54] commission uh from January and u I

[27:58] believe we had two conditions

[28:00] recommended by the planning commission.

[28:02] Uh both of those have been satisfied. uh

[28:05] the cross shared parking and access

[28:08] agreement uh being recorded as well as

[28:10] the variances obtained related to

[28:13] parking landscaping and setbacks from

[28:15] the BZA. So both of those conditions

[28:17] have been uh satisfied and it comes with

[28:21] a positive recommendation to this body.

[28:23] » Very good. Any comments or questions for

[28:25] Mr. Mark?

[28:25] » Mr. President M. Where does this

[28:27] property sit?

[28:29] » It is located there was a former pawn

[28:31] shop on the site.

[28:33] » Quick pawn.

[28:34] » Yes, sir. That's it.

[28:35] » Thank you.

[28:37] » Any other comments or questions? All

[28:39] right. Got the next one as well.

[28:41] Resolution 876726.

[28:44] A resolution for a public nuisance

[28:46] report of cost for the address located

[28:49] at 3766 Abby Glenn Way.

[28:51] » Yes sir. Uh this was a case that the

[28:53] council declared a nuisance uh and had

[28:56] us pursue remedy uh with the circuit

[29:00] court. uh circuit court found in our

[29:02] favor and allow enabled us to go clean

[29:06] the property of the nuisance. We had a

[29:08] hoarding situation in the rear of the

[29:10] yard that was really out of control and

[29:13] uh so we did have a contractor go and um

[29:17] remedy that situation and I believe this

[29:20] is a reporting of those costs and we're

[29:22] seeking uh lean on the property to

[29:25] recover them.

[29:26] » Very good. Uh any comments or questions

[29:28] regarding this,

[29:28] » Mr. President? Um, and I don't know if

[29:30] this is a question

[29:33] » For the city attorney or for Mack, but

[29:38] in all the years previously where the

[29:40] city has gone and cleaned up properties,

[29:43] uh, has the city ever

[29:46] placed leans on any of those properties,

[29:49] especially those that were, I guess some

[29:51] would call frequent flyers.

[29:54] Uh, I know we have placed leans on

[29:56] property pertaining to the weed and

[29:59] grass uh getting overgrown and us going

[30:01] and abating that. Um, you would have to

[30:05] do a deeper dive, longer history uh to

[30:08] find another case. Um, since since I've

[30:11] been handling code enforcement items,

[30:14] this was the first uh hoarding situation

[30:17] that we've gone and cleaned up.

[30:19] » Mr. Mr. President, I don't know if maybe

[30:20] if we want to look into

[30:23] in the future or maybe even reaching

[30:25] back and trying to uh place leans on

[30:28] properties where the city has gone and

[30:30] spent uh substantial funds to clean up

[30:34] properties to uh try to get those the

[30:37] next time that property is sold. Mhm.

[30:40] » Yeah. I believe leans are placed on on

[30:42] all properties where we go on and then

[30:45] cut the grass and so forth until they uh

[30:48] take care of those leans. They're unable

[30:50] to transfer any titles or whatever.

[30:54] » They're the they're paid at the next

[30:55] time for the taxes with the taxes. So, I

[30:58] go I give the items to the taxes tax

[31:01] collector and the tax assessor

[31:04] and they place it on that. So the next

[31:06] time that it rolls around for them to

[31:08] pay taxes, there's uh one cut off a

[31:11] year. So everything from last year will

[31:14] pretty much be on the next year's taxes.

[31:17] » In previous years have were handled the

[31:19] same way.

[31:20] » That's correct.

[31:21] » Thank you, ma'am. Thank you, sir. Mr.

[31:24] President, and uh Charlie will let me

[31:27] know if I'm how far I can go with this.

[31:30] Um

[31:32] I know some Yeah, I'll be careful. I

[31:35] know some individuals

[31:38] uh are having trouble being able to sell

[31:42] their homes. Um

[31:45] I've been to and of course President

[31:48] Milbrook has been in locations as well

[31:50] too that the smell is so horrendous

[31:54] uh that you can smell it four or five

[31:57] blocks away. Um some of these situations

[32:01] are not just grass or trees. Some of

[32:03] them are hoarding to the point where I

[32:07] think some of them we've been out there

[32:08] before. I I know we have a judicial

[32:11] system we have to, you know, follow

[32:13] course. In those circumstance, how do

[32:16] you how do we deal with that reoccurring

[32:19] situations, especially when residents

[32:21] are having so many challenges with being

[32:24] able to sell their home?

[32:26] » Well, that would be a nuisance and

[32:28] noxious fumes are covered by the

[32:31] statute. So whatever steps that Max

[32:34] department feels like we need to do,

[32:36] that's why they have code enforcement

[32:37] and as Wendy's pointed out, we can go in

[32:40] there and and abate whatever that

[32:42] nuisance is and whatever our cost are,

[32:45] she puts the lean on the property and we

[32:48] collect it. So if there's any uh any of

[32:51] the properties that if it's just a

[32:53] problem with odor, you know, we can go

[32:55] in there and do something about that,

[32:56] Mac. So that's just be something that

[32:58] once it's cleaned up, you have to

[32:59] continue to just follow the same

[33:01] protocol. But outside of that, there's

[33:03] nothing really other than going through

[33:05] because I think this some of these

[33:06] things take four, five, six months.

[33:08] » Well, we see quite a bit of this in

[33:12] municipal court and what we we try to

[33:16] work with the residents and if they'll

[33:18] clean it up and they're within the the

[33:21] code, then we dismiss it. If there is,

[33:24] somebody used the term frequent flyer a

[33:26] while ago. If they come back in, then

[33:28] the next time they have to pay a fine

[33:30] and you have a graduated fine schedule

[33:33] um and we tell them the next time that

[33:36] every day that it allows to go unabated

[33:39] is a separate and distinct charge. And

[33:43] that

[33:45] so far that's us I start to say usually

[33:48] that's really gotten their attention.

[33:50] » Okay. because when you add up the fines

[33:53] are rather nominal. I think we have a

[33:55] $100 cap on going from memory mac, but

[33:58] the court costs are there and when you

[34:01] do that on a daily basis, you run up a

[34:04] bill quickly.

[34:06] » Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you.

[34:07] » Uh Mr. Martin, since we've abated this

[34:10] property, have we been back out to

[34:15] view it? And where where does it

[34:16] currently stand?

[34:18] » We have. Um there is a return of some

[34:21] items that you would not customarily

[34:23] find uh in a rear yard accumulating once

[34:27] again. Um late in the last uh

[34:31] quadrinium, we actually asked our our

[34:33] legal team at that time to see if we

[34:36] could go back to the circuit court and

[34:39] have them consider their ruling a

[34:40] standing order that we may jumpst start

[34:44] the process so to speak um and pick up

[34:47] right where we left off with the last

[34:49] abatement. Uh circuit court decided that

[34:52] they did not consider that ruling a

[34:54] standing order. So, uh, if we do pursue

[34:57] remedy through circuit court for this

[34:59] particular property again, we'll have to

[35:01] start over.

[35:02] » Do we anticipate that process?

[35:04] » I do.

[35:05] » Okay. Very good. Any further comments or

[35:08] questions?

[35:10] All right. Finally, we will set a public

[35:12] hearing for March the 9th, 2026 for

[35:15] resolution number 875226

[35:18] granting conditional use approval to

[35:20] allow a drive-through facility for Dutch

[35:22] Brothers Coffee for the property located

[35:24] at 1855 Montgomery Highway.

[35:28] Have anything to

[35:29] » Just that uh this does come with a

[35:32] positive recommendation from the

[35:33] planning commission. Uh there are

[35:35] several conditions that the planning

[35:38] commission recommends. Uh one that if

[35:41] there's any queuing that backs on to

[35:43] highway 31, the operator will be

[35:46] required to amend the ingress and egress

[35:48] to the satisfaction of the city

[35:49] engineer. Just a quick note, they did

[35:51] have a traffic engineer examine the plan

[35:55] and produce a synopsis. Um the the

[36:00] operator will have uh believe

[36:05] um was it 60 60 spaces um stacking

[36:09] spaces in the drive-thru considerable

[36:12] number and amount of space for patrons

[36:15] to go on site into the drive-thru lane.

[36:18] Uh so the traffic engineer was of the

[36:21] opinion that this would not have any

[36:22] adverse impacts uh on Highway 31, but

[36:26] out of an abundance of caution, we

[36:27] recommended to the planning commission

[36:29] to at least give us a uh a condition

[36:32] there that if we do run into a situation

[36:34] where there are any conflicts on 31 or

[36:37] the main access drive into the shopping

[36:39] center that we'll have some recourse to

[36:41] go to the operator. So that's why you'll

[36:44] see that condition in the

[36:45] recommendation. Um secondly, if there's

[36:48] any new lighting uh or any new lighting

[36:51] that added to the site would match the

[36:52] existing shopping center as closely as

[36:54] possible. Uh third, the sign or sign

[36:58] package would need to be applied for

[37:00] separately and meet the requirements of

[37:02] the Riverchase plan unit development. Uh

[37:05] next, that the site and building to be

[37:07] planned and constructed in substantial

[37:08] conformity to the plan submitted as part

[37:11] of the conditional use application. Uh

[37:14] next that the property would be

[37:16] subdivided prior to permitting. Uh they

[37:19] are looking to do a an out parcel in the

[37:22] existing parking field that is on the

[37:24] site uh under utilized sector of the

[37:26] parking field. Um next that the

[37:29] landscaping on the master site would be

[37:31] restored uh at the time of the

[37:34] subdivision plat being considered and

[37:36] then finally that the operator would

[37:38] obtain a business license prior to

[37:40] operation.

[37:42] Miss Schulz,

[37:44] » The traffic engineer that looked at it,

[37:46] was that ours or was that theirs?

[37:48] » Skipper. Skipper. So,

[37:49] » Was theirs. It was hired by them. Is

[37:51] that correct?

[37:52] » That's correct.

[37:52] » Okay. Um, and did you say 67 uh cars? Is

[37:57] that what you said?

[37:58] » Uh 60 is the is the number that it's in

[38:02] my mind on the stacking space.

[38:04] » And the landscaping, is that just for

[38:06] their facility or for the entire

[38:08] shopping center?

[38:08] » The entire shopping center.

[38:10] » Okay. So that will need to be done

[38:11] first.

[38:12] » That's correct.

[38:12] » At or at some point?

[38:13] » Yes.

[38:14] » Okay.

[38:15] » Right. Thank you.

[38:16] » Any further comments or questions? Mr.

[38:17] President, um

[38:20] I w I got to be last. Um

[38:24] Mac,

[38:26] I watched the planning and zoning

[38:27] meeting. Um, and I know that a another

[38:31] business represented

[38:33] uh the possibility of there being some

[38:37] type of conditional

[38:40] uh requirement within the PUD or within

[38:43] the Riverchase

[38:46] Arc or something like that that no

[38:48] drive-throughs should be allowed. Has

[38:51] that been researched and and put to

[38:54] rest?

[38:56] We actually have uh multiple drive-thrus

[38:59] that are in existence in Riverchase. Um

[39:03] you have the Taco Bell um about a block

[39:06] up uh north of the data center along

[39:09] with uh I think what is about to be

[39:12] Guthy's

[39:13] » A different shopping center. I didn't

[39:15] know if maybe if there was anything

[39:18] specific or special about that

[39:20] particular property.

[39:21] » Nothing I'm aware of in Riverchase.

[39:23] Okay, very good. Thank you.

[39:27] » All right, we are at the end of the

[39:29] agenda. Any comments or announcements by

[39:31] council?

[39:33] I believe we will have a send off Monday

[39:35] night for Miss Hoover Teen and Miss

[39:37] Hoover.

[39:39] Come on out to support them. And with

[39:42] that, we are adjourned.

City Council Work Session - February 19, 2026

Transcript