[0:00] Hey, good morning everybody.
It's good to see everyone this morning.
[0:03] Ladies and gentlemen, now in the hands
of our capable city clerk, Miss Jessica
[0:06] » This is the pre-meeting of the Mobile
City Council, Tuesday, March the 10th.
[0:10] We have approval [clears throat] of
minutes from March 3rd.
[0:12] » Any issues anyone?
Okay.
[0:16] » Appeals, we have request for wave the
noise ordinance on March the 28th on
[0:20] Springhill Avenue from 4:00 p.m. until
9:00 p.m.
[0:23] On Blacklawn Street, May the 9th from
6:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m.
[0:29] Government Street on May 16th from 8:00
a.m. until 12:00 p.m.
[0:34] » Mr. President.
>> Yes.
[0:36] » If we can change that to 10:00 p.m.,
please.
[0:46] Venetia Venetia Road on April 25th from
5:00 p.m. until 11:00.
[0:52] Airport Boulevard on April the 11th from
5:00 p.m. until 7:00. Medal of Honor
[0:57] Park on March the 22nd and April 25th
from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 2:30 to
[1:04] 4:30.
>> Any issues on Woods or Fleming?
[1:07] Okay.
[1:10] » Public hearing, today is the public
hearing to consider the rezoning
[1:13] property located at 1724 Michigan Avenue
from B2 to B5.
[1:19] » One second, you're good with your
appeals also, Mr. Penn? Okay.
[1:23] All right.
[1:26] » Today is the public hearing to declare
the structure at 1861 Loiseau Street
[1:31] a public nuisance and order it
demolished
[1:34] and to declare the structure at 3150
Riverside Drive a public nuisance and
[1:39] order it demolished.
>> Okay.
[1:43] » Presentation of petitions and other
communications to the council. Sydney
[1:47] Cramer, Mobile Arts Council present Alex
Lafton, Mobile's new poet laureate.
[1:54] Estella Trada, failure of the city to
provide mandated oversight to Mobile
[1:59] Housing Authority.
Valenia Green mental health awareness.
[2:04] Aven Warner concerns about removal of
Heritage oak in Taylor Park.
[2:09] Rodney Tumer
present a program to curb youth
[2:12] violence.
Ordinances held over 64009
[2:17] consider rezoning property located at
7211 and 7221
[2:23] Cottage Hill Road from R1 to R3.
14012
[2:32] amend section 14-3 the Mobile Municipal
Code to authorize settlements in an
[2:37] amount under $15,000.
[2:42] Resolutions held over 09230 transfer
funds from capital reserves to HVAC
[2:47] maintenance and repairs for various city
facilities contract amendment with
[2:51] Gorham Air Conditioning Company
$300,000.
[2:56] 13231
authorized change order number one with
[3:00] Thompson Engineering for citywide bridge
inspection.
[3:04] That's a $130,000 increase. 21232
authorized contract with Anderson
[3:10] Delaney to teach tennis lessons.
21233 234
[3:15] are also contracts with Stephen Iker and
Cordia Simmons to teach tennis lessons.
[3:25] 21235 authorized contract with Henderson
Building Solutions for an independent
[3:29] commissioning services Mobile Arena
project.
[3:33] 212
>> Mr. President.
[3:34] » Uh yes.
>> I I do have a question um
[3:37] for administration. Um again, this is
the one where it's definitely um
[3:42] a lot under um budget in terms of the
amount, but my question is
[3:47] again with the performance evaluation
um in the method of payment it speaks to
[3:54] the invoices have to be satisfactory,
but yet it does not speak to the
[3:58] performance or the evaluation. Uh, the
payment is going to be made according to
[4:03] this if the invoice is satisfactory. Am
I missing something or is this a, you
[4:09] know, there's um,
something else going on with this in
[4:13] terms of it? Because if you go to the
back, it shows that it's going to be a
[4:16] monthly basis for the invoices.
[4:22] » Yes. So, so Henderson will bill on a
monthly basis for their services just
[4:26] like the design architects and the
testing firms.
[4:30] Uh,
they're
[4:32] you know,
at the end of the commissioning they
[4:35] will provide a full commissioning report
of all their
[4:39] the work they've done and their services
and and
[4:42] they're basically documenting that
everything is functioning according to
[4:46] contract. So, that that will be their,
you know,
[4:50] the basis of, you know, evaluating their
services is their final report and they
[4:56] won't receive final payment until that
report is accepted by the city.
[5:02] » Okay. So, a follow-up question. Um, I
was looking at another contract with
[5:06] Thompson Engineering and they have
these, uh,
[5:10] uh,
task meetings where they are throughout
[5:14] the project, their progress meeting and
they're getting feedback and then that's
[5:17] when they decide, okay, that task is
complete so now we'll pay that payment.
[5:21] What I hear you saying is that with this
one they'll continue to pay all the way
[5:25] up, really the performance evaluation
will come at the very end when they do
[5:29] the final inspection or the final test.
>> Yeah, and in engineering contract like
[5:34] with Thompson, that that works
differently because they have specific
[5:37] deliverables.
>> Okay.
[5:39] » [snorts]
>> Uh, on commissioning there are not
[5:42] interim deliverables. It's just that a
final report. So, uh, basically we'll
[5:47] pay them on a percentage basis
once we get them working on them on
[5:52] percent based on a percentage on a
monthly basis.
[5:57] » Okay. So, then So, my follow-up
question, understanding that it's it's
[6:01] not the same as Thompson, but again,
there's performance and there tests that
[6:05] have to be conducted throughout the
process. So, if So, what I hear you
[6:09] saying is that if they fail a test, then
somehow they go in and they take care of
[6:13] that, they give them feedback
showing that that test has been
[6:16] completed.
>> So, Henderson doesn't perform the test.
[6:19] The general contractor performs the
test. Henderson witnesses them and then
[6:24] documents that they're all in compliance
with the design.
[6:28] » Okay. So, Henderson will document
throughout that process that they are in
[6:31] compliance.
>> Yes.
[6:33] » Okay. And that's what I'm asking. So,
that report, is that provided to the
[6:37] city to let them know that they are in
compliance, go ahead and issue the
[6:41] monthly payment.
>> Well, it won't be a monthly report. But
[6:45] yes, at the end of the commissioning for
the entire facility, all the
[6:48] commissioning activities, they will
supply a report and if there's anything
[6:52] in that report that documents
non-compliance, then the contractor is
[6:57] responsible to repair that and retest
it.
[7:00] » Okay. All right. I
Thank you. And And that helps explain.
[7:04] It's just that if we are
in this contract, it looks like, you
[7:08] know, there's a satisfactory approval
for an invoice, it has to be
[7:11] satisfactory, but we don't speak to uh
the pro you know, the uh program
[7:16] evaluation in terms of its satisfaction
before payment. And so, if we can just
[7:21] consider that, outlining some similar to
what you just shared with me, so we can
[7:25] see that, you know, how that process is
working and making sure that there's
[7:29] accountability for the work.
>> Right.
[7:32] » Okay. Thank you.
[7:35] » Councilmember Clark.
[7:40] » 21-236 authorized contract with Mobile
Sports Hall of Fame for technology
[7:46] integration and facility build-out
services for interactive visitor
[7:50] experience.
>> Mr. President.
[7:52] » Yeah, Mr. Waring.
>> There were some modified languages uh
[7:55] to be added to this. I think the best
way to do it is table it and re-
[7:58] introduce it. I think we've got general
agreement with with the administration
[8:02] to use that method.
>> All
[8:04] Everyone in agreement?
All right, we're going to table it.
[8:09] » 21-237
authorized contract with Thompson
[8:12] Engineering for Mobile River Fender
System Replacement.
[8:17] » Mr. President.
>> Yeah, Ms. Ingram.
[8:19] » If someone can um share just an
overview, I think this is awesome. First
[8:24] of all, let me just thank
[clears throat] you for the fact of
[8:26] these needs assessment, constantly
assessing what our needs are and making
[8:30] sure that they're safety in terms of
the fenders. Uh if I can if we could
[8:35] just get an overview just for the
public, but also for me in terms of, you
[8:40] know, there three there four tasks, but
only two tasks really outline what's
[8:45] happening, but you can clearly see that
there progress meetings happening. I
[8:49] mean, this this contract uh
you know, it really laid out how it's
[8:53] going to work in terms of the progress
uh monitoring. But, my question is more
[8:58] about the last two tasks, which is the
bulk of the contract.
[9:02] » Yeah, and I've talked to Nick Amberger.
He's going to review those and then
[9:05] he'll be getting with you on what
exactly to expect on those two tasks
[9:09] you're talking about.
>> All right, thank you.
[9:13] » 25-238
accept permanent permanent drainage
[9:17] easements, permanent utility easements,
and or permanent drainage easement for
[9:21] temporary construction easement
agreement for tracts of land for the CIP
[9:26] Woodcock Creek
West Branch Drainage Improvements
[9:29] Project.
31-239
[9:33] adopt the CDBG, ESG, and HOME
plan year two 2026-27 action plan.
[9:40] » Mr. President.
>> Yeah, Mr. Penn. We will have a title
[9:42] meant committee um meeting next Tuesday,
so we need to hold this over to March
[9:47] 24th.
[9:52] » Mr. President.
>> Yeah, Ms. Singer.
[9:54] » Um regarding um the entitlements, thank
you for that, Mr. Penn. That would be
[9:58] very informative, especially for us new
people. But I do have a question for
[10:02] administration. You know, I just want to
commend Ms. Jennifer Green, uh Carlene
[10:07] Clark, and all of you all for finding
various funding sources so we can do
[10:11] these great projects. We could not do it
if we didn't have these multiple fund
[10:14] sources. However, my question is, what
structures or process do we have in
[10:19] place to communicate with the public
who's trying to partner, like
[10:23] nonprofits, who's trying to partner with
the city? For example, there's a 2026
[10:29] community impact grant through Lowe's,
where you can get up to 3 to 10 million
[10:34] dollars to revitalize community spaces.
But if they don't do that in the timely
[10:39] manner, they they can't make that
happen. So what structures or
[10:43] communication is in place so a nonprofit
would know how to partner with the city
[10:48] to do that?
[10:56] » [clears throat]
>> Good morning. I really appreciate you
[10:59] escalating that so we could look into
that policy. So you're correct. One of
[11:04] the things that we're working on with
just the reorganization of the grants
[11:06] management department is a structure for
how outside organizations can propose to
[11:11] work with the city.
So that will come out well ahead of next
[11:15] year when you're looking at that grant
opportunity. Um we recognize that that
[11:19] might have been a little bit of an area
that could use improvement, and we're
[11:21] actively working on making a way to
communicate. It will be in the form
[11:25] probably of an application that they can
fill out well ahead with some structure
[11:29] on how and when they have to do it with
advanced time So, we have enough time to
[11:33] go through our internal review process.
>> And thank you for that. Let me ask you
[11:38] this, if you, you know, considering like
that the application for the 2026
[11:43] Community Impact Grant, they only give
you a window of 6 weeks. So, if we can
[11:47] think about how that fits so that they
can apply because again, what I'm saying
[11:52] to our citizens is that it takes all of
us, you know, you all are doing an
[11:55] awesome job in finding resources, but
the community needs to also support and
[11:59] be a part of that and they can do that
through grants like this. So, if we can
[12:03] consider those 6-week spans also so that
they're able to qualify in a timely
[12:08] manner.
>> Absolutely. It's a really common thing
[12:10] that happens where you have a short
turnaround. So, we're definitely
[12:13] factoring that in. One of the things I
was going to respond to your email that
[12:17] we have going through is that I'd like
to put that on our calendar like in the
[12:21] fall so we can get together as a group
to talk about it knowing that that's
[12:25] going to be released again with that
time frame so we can be fully ahead of
[12:28] our application time period. So, when we
get into the position where it's
[12:32] released, we can go and have everything
ready ahead of time, all of the
[12:35] approvals that we need um to go through
with uh Mayor Cherry got us ahead of
[12:39] time. So.
>> Okay. Again, I I just want to commend
[12:42] you for um the process improvement uh
reflecting on that and figuring out ways
[12:47] that we can have structures for our
community to get involved. Thank you all
[12:50] so much for the work that you're doing.
Thank you.
[12:52] » Very important.
>> Thank you.
[12:53] » Madam Clerk.
[12:57] 6240 and 241 authorized release of
claims and settlement agreement.
[13:02] Ordinance is being introduced. 64013 is
the rezoning on Michigan Avenue from B2
[13:08] to B5. Consent resolutions being
introduced. 37242, 243, and 244 are
[13:15] recommending approval to the ABC Board
for issuance of a retail beer table wine
[13:19] off premises only license to Fast Way
Gas and Convenience Store on Moffett
[13:23] Road for issuance of a a events retail
liquor license to Skalny Aerie Irish
[13:29] Social Club on Marine Street for
issuance of a retail beer table wine on
[13:34] or off premises license to Jerusalem
Cafe on O'Shield Road.
[13:39] 60-245
approval of order special bonus to the
[13:42] Parks and Recreation employee of the
month.
[13:45] 6246-247
through 253 are determined
[13:51] appropriations to Barton Academy PTO,
Spencer West Lawn Elementary School,
[13:56] Trinity Gardens Falcons Athletics, The
Learning Tree Inc., Bright Academy,
[14:01] Mobile Law Enforcement Foundation Inc.,
Young Life of Mobile, Westside Athletic
[14:07] Association serve a public purpose and
approve payment.
[14:11] 4269-270
are declaring the structures at 1861
[14:15] LaSalle Street and 3150 Riverside Drive
public nuisances and ordering them
[14:19] demolished. 58-271 declare the weeds
noxious weed laying group 1676.
[14:26] Resolutions being introduced 01-254
authorize amendment to agreement with
[14:32] Pyrotecnico fireworks for Independence
Day fireworks display services.
[14:38] This is an increase to $60,000.
>> And my be some questions why is this and
[14:44] we know that our country is celebrating
our 250th
[14:48] birthday.
But I know that the city might be having
[14:51] some big plans. Are those plans being
revealed yet or they coming uh coming
[14:55] out soon or uh what will we all plan on
doing? Coming out soon.
[14:59] All right, looking forward.
>> 01-255 authorize agreement with Mobile
[15:05] Museum Board for management of History
Museum, Fort Conde, and Phoenix Fire
[15:10] Museum.
>> Mr. President.
[15:11] » Uh Mr. Reynolds, I haven't got it
totally up to speed. This is the first
[15:14] I've seen of this um operating agreement
or this uh
[15:18] Yeah.
[15:21] We haven't seen this before. So is a
substantial modification to the way that
[15:25] that board's been operating. Can
somebody just sort of give me the
[15:28] overview as to why it's necessary and
then what changes are going to be
[15:32] implemented by moving to this
method.
[15:47] » How about that? There we go.
Right. So, this money is, you know,
[15:51] needed because it's part of our overall
funding for the museum. You know, we
[15:54] wouldn't be able to do our programming
and stuff.
[15:57] All the events we do without it. So,
we've had this performance agreement, I
[16:02] believe, something similar to it since I
believe 2020. So, it's a continuation of
[16:07] that.
[16:12] » The only difference is that the bylaw
changes have been made that were
[16:17] requested in 2022.
So, it's just a continuation of that
[16:20] 2022 agreement.
>> I guess I don't recall those bylaw
[16:26] changes that were requested or
>> The term limits There were term limits
[16:31] that were put into the bylaws for the
board members. Previously, there were no
[16:35] term limits and now there's a 2-year
cooling off period in between 2-year two
[16:40] consecutive terms.
>> But in this control by ordinance though,
[16:43] I mean, don't we have an ordinance?
>> have an ordinance.
[16:45] » Is that what y'all are doing, amending
the current ordinance?
[16:48] » No, this is a this is an agreement and
perform
[16:51] operating agreement.
>> Because we spent a long time years ago
[16:53] trying to figure out how to deal with
the museum and the board and what their
[16:58] terms are and what their
responsibilities are. So, I just I'm not
[17:02] sure what it is you're trying to do.
>> What we're Here, we're trying to we're
[17:06] trying to get the operating agreement in
effect. It was due the old operating
[17:10] agreement expired in fall of last year
along with the rest of the operating
[17:14] agreements for the museum.
This just extends it another 3 years.
[17:20] » The same thing.
>> Same thing.
[17:22] » Nothing Nothing changes.
>> The only The only changes that were
[17:24] requested in 2022 were term limits on
the
[17:29] board members.
Those term limits have been put into
[17:32] effect now in these bylaws, but the
agreement itself is a continuation of
[17:37] that that was approved in 2022.
>> All right, I'm going to I'm going to
[17:43] read into this and see what the I mean I
I guess I don't understand how how
[17:49] we can
effectively bypass an ordinance by way
[17:53] of
you know, if we if we as a city council
[17:57] establish an ordinance that says these
are the terms, these are the spots, you
[18:03] know, whatever it is and then there
there should not be any we shouldn't
[18:06] change from that. So, if if we're going
to pass this agreement that modifies
[18:11] that, are
we just need to have a discussion about
[18:13] it and truly understand what the
implications of that are.
[18:16] » I'll get you a copy of the 2022
arrangement and then get you a copy of
[18:20] this most recent one as well.
>> Okay.
[18:22] » That's what it is.
>> Um Corey, [clears throat]
[18:25] I guess kind of what you're doing here
what you're attempting to do here
[18:29] is number one, since the agreement
expired, this is the new agreement
[18:33] moving forward. And then also too, since
2022,
[18:37] I guess my understanding of kind of
what's occurred is the history museum
[18:41] board has gotten their house right in
terms of the bylaws and the governing
[18:45] documents to match the ordinance.
>> That's correct. To match the ordinance
[18:48] that was passed in 2022, the history
museum has passed the bylaw changes that
[18:52] were requested in 2022 by that
that ordinance, that that operating
[18:58] agreement.
>> And then this is just in here you're
[19:00] just referencing basically the bylaws
that govern the the board
[19:07] in this agreement and pretty much makes
the ordinance, the bylaws, and then the
[19:11] agreement is is in line with what I
guess what the ordinance from 2022 says,
[19:16] I guess. That's what we're
accomplishing. Okay.
[19:17] » That's correct.
>> Um and also, too, John's killing it, by
[19:19] the way. Uh
I appreciate all you do. Um your
[19:23] programming, I'm excited about what you
got coming up, but I love the program
[19:26] that you have now. So, I did want to
take a moment while you're here to say
[19:29] that you're doing a great job, by the
way.
[19:31] » Anyone else?
>> Don't Does our ordinance say that?
[19:36] » I I I
>> Okay. We'll we'll we'll We'll figure
[19:37] that out between now and next week.
[19:41] » Madam Clerk.
>> Zero.
[19:44] Um 08-256
through 260
[19:49] are
approving purchase orders
[19:53] to Invasive Management, Prime
Professional Concrete Pumping and
[19:57] Finishing, Safe Haven Companies,
Southern Realty Management Group, Thomas
[20:01] A. Galloway for storm drainage and
vegetation removal.
[20:05] 08-261
approved purchase order to Emergency
[20:09] Equipment Professional to provide and
install Samsara vehicle sensor cables
[20:15] for
Mobile Fire Rescue Department, $16,505.
[20:20] 08-262 approved purchase order to Group
1 4 Pensacola for Ford Expedition,
[20:26] $84,302.41,
[20:30] and 08-263 approved purchase order to
Hardy Chevrolet for two Chevrolet
[20:35] Tahoes, $126,900.
08-264 approved purchase order to
[20:41] Intelligent Video Solutions for police
interview recording and documentation
[20:45] system, $20,920.
08-265
[20:50] approved purchase order to Magnet
Forensics USA for 1-year subscription to
[20:55] enhance mobile device software for Gulf
Coast Technology Center, $69,870.
[21:02] 08-266
approved purchase order to Syntech
[21:05] Systems for annual renewal of fuel
management software for municipal garage
[21:11] $16,988.
[21:15] 08267 approved purchase order to Tablet
Command for annual renewal of incident
[21:20] management software for Mobile Fire
Rescue $38,500.
[21:25] 08268 approved purchase order to Vulcan
for street name sign brackets for
[21:31] traffic engineering $28,050.
Announcements.
[21:35] » Uh council.
>> Mr. President.
[21:37] » Mr. Reynolds.
>> If you recall, we had passed a um
[21:40] corporate maintenance agreement several
weeks back for the Gateway initiative.
[21:43] Apparently, you have to do it on the
ALDOT. They have a an official ALDOT
[21:47] form.
Um and it's
[21:51] I mean, it's just putting what we passed
into that form.
[21:54] Possibly, I'm going to have a meeting
between now and the next meeting to make
[21:58] sure we're all buttoned up in that
respect. But, if if if we are, I'd like
[22:03] to try to add it to the agenda today and
pass it by way of consent.
[22:08] » All right, we'll we'll look at it.
>> passed a probably 10-page contract that
[22:12] says
you know, way more than just
[22:15] uh what their form is. So, it's just a
basically a formality, I believe.
[22:19] » All right, we'll look at it.
>> Okay, thank you.
[22:21] » Mr. Woods.
>> Uh Mr. President, I wanted to take just
[22:23] a second. Um we had opening day um out
at Westside uh this weekend on Saturday.
[22:28] And um I just wanted to briefly real
quick tell uh Carleen Stout and uh
[22:31] Shauna Smith, thank you for all you and
your team. Uh thank you for all the work
[22:35] that you put in. We had 900 kids um
playing this game round. Um I saw every
[22:40] single one of them parade by home plate.
Um it took about an hour and a half.
[22:44] But, um uh I just want to say thank you.
Uh lots and lots of people were
[22:48] complimenting about how how nice the
park looked and how good it looked. So,
[22:51] thanks for all your time and effort and
your team's time and effort. So, thank
[22:53] y'all.
>> Okay.
[22:55] Anyone else?
Anything from administration?
[23:00] Okay.
We'll see each other downstairs at
[23:02] 10:00.
>> Well, um let's look at them.
[23:03] » Oh, I'm sorry.
>> On the resolutions to wave um
[23:10] we've got 08-256
[23:15] down to 261
[23:20] and then the next page 264
66, 67, and 68.
[23:28] » Any objections to any one?
>> No sir.
[23:30] » All right.
All right. We'll see each other
[23:32] downstairs at 10:30.
[23:41] » Okay.