That's incredible.

That's almost one thing.

Well, and like half a second.

I remember Kiddrey.

Look, I'm actually when it's the first button.

Okay.

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So that's really good.

Another hero that you be okay.

You might have fallen down, but nothing has changed.

You never lost it, oh, you still got your face.

Good morning, Birmingham.

Today is Tuesday, February 10th.

The time is now 9 34 a.m.

I welcome everyone as we begin and call to order the regular meeting of the Birmingham City Council.

This morning our invocation will be led by Reverend John, Dr.

John Baldwin the Second, Senior Pastor, New Beginnings United Methodist Church, and our Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Councillor Joss Vasa.

If you are willing and able, please join us.

Let us pray.

Gracious and almighty God, we call you sovereign because sovereign is what you are.

So grant us this day the grace to steward this time well.

We pray, oh God, that we would build choices and communities that would make Birmingham the home of hope.

A place, oh God, where visionaries come to be inspired, where the catalysts of change are cultivated, where those who are seeking to find integrity will know that integrity is instituted in every echelon of our existence.

God, we pray today that this would be a place where the wounded are restored, where the broken and the bruised are uplifted.

We ask, oh God, that you would bless the leaders who lead in our communities, those who are elected and those who are just committed to serving and serving well.

God, we pray that at the end of the day, that the harmony of community would rise so high in the city of Birmingham that it would rise like a love song that we all want to sing.

God make us a place of which you can be proud.

It's in your name we pray.

Amen.

Thank you very much, Reverend Baldwin, for that very thoughtful prayer, and thank you, Councillor Vasa, for leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Good morning, Mr.

Clerk.

Morning.

You'll call the roll, please.

Thank you.

Councilmember Gunn.

Good morning.

Morning, sir.

Councilmember O'Quinn.

Council Member Smith.

Good morning.

Good morning, Councilmember Smithman.

Good morning.

Councilmember Vasa.

Good morning.

Morning.

Council Member Williams.

Councilmember Woods.

Good morning.

Council President Pro Tim Tate.

Good morning, Council President Alexander.

Good morning.

Counselors, I'm seeking approval for the minutes from the previous meetings of December 2nd, December 9th, December 16th, December 3rd 23rd, and December 30th.

We can get a motion and a settle second for approval of those minutes.

Aye.

Thank you.

Those minutes are approved.

The minutes are not ready for the meetings from January 6th, 2026 through February 3rd, 2026.

At this time, we'll turn our agenda to communications from the mayor.

Good morning, Mayor Whitman.

Good morning, Madam President.

It's good to see you.

Good morning to the entire council.

It's good to see all of you.

Hope everybody's well this morning.

So, Madam President and Council, I want to remind the residents of the City of Birmingham that they are invited to the state of the community town hall.

A couple Tuesdays away, February 24th at 6 p.m.

Again, the state of the community town hall will be Tuesday, February, February 24th at 6 p.m.

at the Bow Auditorium.

This is an annual conversation that offers an opportunity to hear where Birmingham stands today.

Of course, where we're headed and how we're continuing to work on building a stronger city in the 2026 and beyond.

Madam President and Council at this time, I would like to invite up Dr.

Mark Sullivan, Superintendent of Birmingham City Schools, and all his guests.

Nothing wrong with that.

We'll give some acknowledgments for some of his guests.

But as they come up, I wanted to share with the council some news you already know, but I think it's worth us sharing with the entire world.

Dr.

Mark Sullivan.

That is why it was no surprise that he was recently named Superintendent of the Year by the Alabama Education Association.

And so at this time, Madam President and Council, I would like to take a moment to honor him with a special proclamation that I will read in part.

And the states whereas Dr.

Sullivan's vision and strategic leadership have strengthened meaningful engagement between schools, families, community stakeholders, helping to build a supportive environment where students can thrive.

And whereas the City of Birmingham recognizes and honors the positive contributions of individuals who elevate the standard of educational service and enhance the quality of life for all residents in our community.

And whereas it is fitting and proper that Dr.

Mark Sullivan be acknowledged for his remarkable service, his steadfast commitment, as well as his enduring impact on the educational landscape in the city of Birmingham and our children.

Mayor of the City of Birmingham, along with the Birmingham City Council, do hereby celebrate, honor, and acknowledge Dr.

Mark Sullivan, Superintendent of Birmingham City Schools, for his extraordinary contributions to education, community advancement, and the lives of students across our entire city, and express not just my but our sincere appreciation for his dedicated service and less and impact.

On a personal note, I believe I met Dr.

Sullivan when he was a principal a long time ago.

I don't remember the year.

It was a long time ago.

How about that?

Phillips.

And I've gotten a chance to know him over the years.

And he's been our superintendent for a long time.

He's been in the he's had the opportunity to build his team as you see they're here.

But I like a couple stats that I just want to remind the public of just over three years when we talk about the actual moving the needle, um, sincere academic achievement, and continuing to elevate and increase um success and performance for student outcomes and student achievement.

Three years ago, the school system had a 71 and today's a 77, and he said it, so I'm only repeating what he's saying.

There's a very high expectation for the school system to be at a B this year.

And I think that's a realistic expectation, and we'll do everything we can to continue to support him as staff, as principals and students.

The other thing I find though is three years ago of all of our 40 plus schools, 15 of them had Fs.

And this year only one F.

And I know he's also said expect zero F's this year.

I just want to say I appreciate the superintendent and his staffs and his team's commitment of high expectations for our students because when we have high expectations for our students, um, they will respond to the moment along with their parents, along with their teachers and their principals and support staff and everybody else.

I'm not naming, and so congratulations to you for the honor and being recognized because you deserve it, and thank you to your entire team.

Because I know it takes teams to do what you do, and now I'm gonna remove myself from this podium and give it to the superintendent.

Let me thank you, Mr.

Mayor, and to the city council.

Um, this award uh from AEA is not a singular award, and that's why we brought the team here.

The work that has happened in Birmingham City Schools is getting noticed around the nation, and it's not simply because of the numbers, but it's how we get to the numbers.

You know, we have first of all, we have a school board who is committed to ensuring that students have what they need in order to be successful, the resources.

We have a team, teachers, custodians, launch room workers, bus drivers, principals, who are committed to making sure that our kids are achieving at high levels.

Uh, and we have a community and we have a city who supports the work that's happening in Birmingham City Schools.

And so this award is an award, not just as an individual award, but it's a collective award.

And I want to thank AEA, and we have La Monica here.

I'm gonna ask Melonica if she would come up and say a few words, as well as our board president, uh Mr.

Sherman Collins, if they would say a few words.

LaMonica.

Good morning.

It is truly an honor to be here to stand with Dr.

Sullivan and his team.

Um, Dr.

Sullivan has truly been a champion of education and a champion for AEA.

Um, as a union, sometimes it's hard for us to deal with superintendents.

However, Dr.

Sullivan has been a breath of fresh air.

Anytime we call him, he's always available.

We may not always agree, but we always respect each other, and we're just honored at AEA to acknowledge Dr.

Sullivan, BCS and what they're doing.

And Dr.

Sullivan's um slogan truly holds true um success starts here.

Absolutely.

Well, good morning.

Just want to thank Mayor Woodfin, uh Council President, and the entire council for recognizing Dr.

Sullivan on this amazing achievement and recognition.

Um we all know that leading the urban schools district requires focus and clear leadership, and this acknowledgement is just a testament to the work that Dr.

Sullivan has done as well as his staff and and the school board as a whole.

And so I say congratulations to you, Dr.

Sullivan, once again, and as you already stole my tagline BCS stars here.

Well, we thank you, Mr.

Mayor, and uh truly congratulations to you, Dr.

Sullivan, and your team.

It's great to see you here with your team members as well as the members of the uh Board of Education.

We're excited for the work that's being done in our community as far as our schools, our children, the goals that you are attaining.

It is so exciting for me.

I think my colleague and I, and as well as the mayor, we've been on the other side of that podium.

And um, so I'm just excited for each of you that are standing here today, and most importantly for you, Dr.

Sullivan.

You have um just brought such great change and greatness to the students again and the parents and our city.

And so we thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor, for bringing this recognition for Dr.

Sullivan.

Thank you so much.

Councillor Smithman.

Uh, yes, so congratulations.

Actually, sentence the mayor.

I was like, look, uh Dr.

Sullivan won this.

And so I'm just so proud, not only as a product of the Birmingham City School System.

I think six out of the nine of us uh went in Birmingham City Schools, but as a aunt of a student in the school system, I think it's a little bit more personal when you have a child that you pick up drop off help homework.

And I have seen the level of excellence and the educational standards there.

You know, my nephew has improved so much academically, and it's because of the teachers you guys have supported, the principals you guys have hired.

And you know, people talk about oh, Birmingham needs to increase their population.

Well, you guys are helping us because there are about three things people look at, three or four things, and education is one of those.

So, and I really appreciate appreciate you and the school board because you guys are so accessible.

You guys have worked with us.

You know, I just remember growing up, um, and even when I first got on the council, we kind of had a relationship with them, but we didn't.

But I just love it, the way we partnered from Birmingham Promise to the mental health, and thank you for the mental health.

Like that was literally something we told Mayor Woodpin he went with you, and you have really helped our kids.

So, congratulations to everyone, and just let us know if we can do anything to help you all.

Thank you.

Councilor Woods.

Thank you, Madam President.

Uh, one, just extremely excited that you were able to be recognized in this way.

I think uh we collectively have seen the work that you put in over the years.

I think uh, you know, in addition to your leadership, I think your creativity, uh willingness to work with all of us.

I think we've been able to work together on some some really cool projects and just your willingness to hear us out if we have an idea.

Uh we know every idea is not a good idea, but you hear us out nonetheless uh nonetheless.

And so uh just appreciative of that.

Like I think just what we've seen in terms of trajectory uh over the years, just in my time here has been incredible.

And so, you know, every day hasn't been great, but you've always shown up and continue to push it in the right direction.

And so uh we're excited for you.

We want to celebrate you and we support you uh going forward.

Let's keep uh keep the momentum going.

Thank you.

Madam Pro Tim.

Thank you, Madam President.

Congratulations, Dr.

Sullivan, and congratulations to the entire um your support system.

I just thank you all for the work that you're doing.

And my partner out there, Miss Adrian Marbury, and you know, the 205 and Park event is coming up again, and we thank you all for being a great partner in that.

And the young scholars who actually leads that platform.

So we're super excited um about what is going to happen there.

And then we're gonna have the one is our keynote speaker who's gonna be there.

So we want to invite you all, our school board members and my school board member, Yamika Foy, who is in the audience.

So we're gonna be getting you all some information.

But again, congratulations to Dr.

Sullivan and the AEA for all the hard work that you all continue to put out and put in Birmingham on the map because it is some great people here, some great people doing some great things and representing us very well.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Madam President and Council, one last note, as I've shared with you yesterday, um public news from um out of the governor's office.

The city of Birmingham applied and was successful in being awarded a two million dollar seats grant.

Um that's a big deal.

Um, this grant.

Um stands for site evaluation and economic development strategy again, seeds S E D Site Evaluation, the economic development strategy.

Um this is an opportunity for us to use this funding to grow and diversify our Western quarter economy by leveraging this transportation infrastructure, um, which is pretty rich out there, as well as strengths and technology and workforce development and regional partnerships to support existing employers.

And the main thing that I think we all can appreciate, uh, which is to attract business.

So the idea is this is a targeted investment.

The whole idea is to leverage the trade gateways.

So think about this quarter of just rail and highway, uh, as well as our Illinois port to build this manufacturing and technology economy.

Whole idea is also we want to increase the freight and logistics-based economy in that quarter.

And as you think about that quarter once had at the height, an employer had 34,000 jobs on a particular site out there in that western quarter.

So this seed investment is a big deal to make sure we're in the best position to not only make this land which wants a brown field attractive, but we want to make it shovel ready and beyond shovel ready, being in the position to leverage and bring jobs to the Western quarter.

So, Madam President and Council.

Well that concludes the mayor's report.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Thank you, Mayor Whitman.

Yes, Council Williams.

Thank you.

Mayor, huge congratulations to you, your team, and really the whole city of Birmingham on that.

That um I think that is the uh first building block of something that's going to be absolutely transformational for the Western side for the whole city, but for the Western side of Birmingham.

Um quick note.

Uh you know, I'm gonna ask you personally on that one.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

All right, at this time, counselors.

I'd like to ask for unanimous consent to change our agenda to allow for the following special presentation.

We have a special presentation for Councillor Josh Vasa and members of this Virginia Sanford Theater.

Thank you all, Mayor and City Council.

Uh wow, what a great day to be at uh council chambers.

We've had uh a wonderful you know presentation, uh talking about the outstanding work um at the school systems, and now we have a wonderful presentation um from the uh folks at the Virginia Sanford Theater who are putting on uh a wonderful program uh coming up called Rent.

So the members of the Virginia Sanford Theater will be rendering a musical selection today from their program coming up called Seasons of Love.

Uh this is showing at the Virginia Sanford Theater uh from Thursday, February 12th to Sunday, February 22nd.

Uh leading the Virginia Sanford Theater is Philip Mann, who's around here.

There you go, Philip.

Thank you.

Philip is a Birmingham native and executive director of the VST, which is the city's oldest continuously operating cultural institution.

Uh we're excited about the VST expanding audiences, launching community-focused programming, and advancing planning toward its centennial in 2027.

Directing rent is Sam Torres.

There you go.

Sam is a Venezuelan-born Birmingham-based theater artist, director, and creative professional whose work is shaped by immigration identity and community.

After immigrating to the US at 16, Sam found belonging through the arts.

He serves as marketing director of Virginia Sanford Theater while performing uh while while working as a performer director committed to inclusive storytelling.

Uh and I believe we are Sam might have a word or two.

All right, and then we will have a lovely presentation.

Thank you so much for having us here today.

Um of the most important things to me as a director and as an actor is to be able to not only change lives with art and through art, but also um just enrich our city.

Um rent is a beautiful story about marginalized communities in New York City in the 1990s, alongside with the HIV and AIDS epidemic that was happening and how the government turned their face away from it, but they came together as a as a community together, finding love and hope in each other.

And that's what we want to be able to bring to this community is to let you know that together we can find what love really means, and that with chosen family we can get anywhere.

So thank you so much for having us today.

Thank you.

Sorry.

One more time.

Thank you.

Ma'am present, when is the show?

Did y'all say?

One of them.

So this uh this program is showing Thursday, February twelfth this Thursday, until Sunday, February 22nd for ten days.

What time?

I'm sorry?

What time?

Um show starts at seven thirty, I believe.

Every day.

I'll be there this Thursday.

Thank you so much.

Sam Philip, thank you very much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

We're all we're always telling people to turn on the microphone, but I didn't know the acoustics were so good.

But but y'all the y'all too that uh the y'all y'all really knocked it out of the park without a microphone on.

I'm impressed.

Very good.

Did you want to say that the counselor?

Oh, I'm just hopefully I can make a show.

I'm so impressed.

I'm really impressed with the artistic talent and the community in Birmingham.

So uh good luck.

And then if you see me, just wave at me, but I'm really proud of you all and congratulations, and let's hopefully we can help you all the pack it out.

So thank you so much.

What a wonderful way to begin the morning.

Thank you, Council of Asa, for presenting this very talented group.

We're very excited, and that is just one of my favorite favorite musical renditions from Rent.

So thank you so much.

Thank you.

All right, at this time, counselors will return back to our agenda, and at this time we're here for the items that are being considered for consent.

Mr.

Clerk.

Uh, you want to give it a statement?

Uh yes, let me get a statement.

I'm so excited about that music.

Okay.

All items designated as consent are considered to be routine and non-controversial and will be approved by one motion.

No separate discussion of these items will be permitted unless a council member, the mayor, or citizen interested in a public hearing so request.

If so, such items will revert to its normal place on the agenda order business.

All matters are permanent operation and those are indicated with a capital P will be read.

All other matters will be announced by reading the item number only.

All public hearings will be announced.

Okay.

Um sent agenda starts on page two with item three.

Page three, we have items four, five, six, and seven on consent.

Item number eight is on consent.

Page 17 is next, and have item number nine on consent.

Pages uh 20.

Items 12, 13, and 14 or on consent.

Page 21, items 15, 16, and 17.

On consent, page 22.

We have items 18 and 19 on consent.

Page 23, items 21, 22, and 23.

And we conclude on page 24 with items 24, 25, and 26.

Counselors, at this time, are there any items you'd like to have added or removed from consent?

Counselor Smith.

Yes, I'd like to remove items 13 and 18.

Items 13 and 18.

And those are on page 20, have been removed from consent.

Any additional items, counselors?

Ma'am president, can we remove item 22 on page 23?

Item 22 on page 23.

Any other items?

And Councilor Smith, let me be sure I got your items correctly.

Which were your items?

Number 13 and number 18.

Number 18.

Okay, thank you.

That's 13 on page 20 and number 18 on page 22.

No other items.

Do we have a motion and a second?

Some of the okay.

And voting should be open.

No.

Hey, Councilor Quinn, how would you like to vote?

Yes.

All righty, Councillor Vasel.

Council of Vossal, how would you like to vote?

On the consent agenda.

Okay.

And I'm an I as well.

Okay.

All right.

That vote should be up, Madam President.

All right.

Thank you, Councillors.

The consent agenda passes.

For anyone in the audience who is here to hear an item that was considered for consent, those items have been passed, other than the items that we've removed from consent, so we continue with the rest of our agenda at this time.

Okay.

Item one, an ordinance to further amend the zoning district map of the city of Birmingham.

Case number ZAC 2025-16 to change zone district boundaries from QC2 to QC2 qualified general commercial district in order to remove Q conditions from a previously approved rezoning.

KZ-40-89, in order to allow a motorcycle training facility filed by Muffel Satan, property owner and Adubo Amur, applicant for properties generally located at 1731st Avenue North and 1701 32nd Avenue North and situated in section 22, uh quarter section one township 17, range 3 West, uh 35207 in the hearing of all interest parties.

Motion please.

Second.

Item is before you.

All right, thank you.

At this time we have a public hearing regarding this amendment to the zoning district map, and I'll turn it over to our planning and zoning committee chair, Dr.

Quinn.

Thank you, Madam President.

This time we'll have the staff report.

Good morning.

My name is Kim Spurl.

I serve as the city zoning administrator.

Um, the first item before you today is ZAC 2025-16.

This is for property located in the SIPCO Finley neighborhood, located at 1700 31st Avenue North and 1701 32nd Avenue North.

Um, a little history on this property in 1989, the city council approved a rezoning request to allow a restaurant, motel, or truck stop at this location.

Um, several months ago, our office received a business license request for a motorcycle training facility to be located at this site.

That's when we determined that that use would not be permitted under the 1989 rezoning case with those queue conditions.

So what you have before you today is a request to amend those queue conditions to add a motorcycle training facility as an allowed use.

What they will do at the facility is to provide a safe controlled environment for skill development, safety education, and advanced writing techniques.

Property to the north of this site is D3, single family residential and C2 General Commercial.

Property to the south and east are also zoned to D3 and QD5, which is our multiple dwelling district.

The city's long-range land use plan does identify this property as general commercial.

We don't have a specific use for a motorcycle training facility in our zoning ordinance.

However, it is considered under the trade school definition.

So if this is approved by the city council, the applicant will have to go to the zoning board of adjustment for a special exception to allow the trade school operation at this site.

Because the property does a butt single family residential, a type C landscaping buffer would be required on the site.

The city's stormwater division did not have any comments for the rezoning request or the Department of Transportation.

This property is located in the North Birmingham Framework Plan Area.

They voted 17 to 3 to support the rezoning request.

The applicant attended the zoning advisory committee on July 15th of 2025, and they voted 5 to 0 to recommend the rezoning request.

The planning and zoning committee met on December 9th, 2025, and they voted 4 to 0 to recommend the rezoning request with the clarification that the only use that is added to the existing Q conditions is the trade school.

So that would mean that the only uses allowed in this district would be a restaurant, motel, truck stop, and trade school.

None of the other general commercial uses would be allowed.

And that concludes the staff report for this case.

All right.

Any questions from the council?

Regarding the site item.

All right.

Is the applicant present?

All right.

This is a public hearing.

If there are any members of the public that wish to comment on this rezoning application.

Okay.

Good morning, everyone.

My name is Anna Brown, and I am the chairperson of North Birmingham Framework Committee.

Now I want to make sure that I understand exactly what you're talking about doing today.

Now to add, I don't have a problem with adding a trade school to the queue conditions because we want the queue conditions to stay there.

Because without that, that means that anything can get on that property.

But are we specifically doing this so that this person can come in and start an operation that the neighbors do not want?

You've got senior citizens that live on 31st Avenue, you got senior citizens on 32nd Avenue.

This man threw it right here in a meeting and say it.

So if you are leaving the queue conditions and want to add a trade school there, we have no problem with that portion of it.

But if it is to accommodate this business, it is an issue because the people that live there, those weren't the people that were at the meeting.

The people that was at the meeting that voted were the people who were voting for the North Side Lounge to be open again.

They were not the ones that have to live around this facility.

Okay.

And it's not something that we need or want in our neighborhood.

And if you've been blessed that God has let you stay here to the age of 80, 90 years old, you want peace where you live.

And it is not fair to the senior citizens that they have to listen to motorcycles at their homes.

Then you have a church there on the west side of that lot.

First Baptist Church CIPCO is there.

And we know that they can have services on any day of the week.

Okay, they have funerals, everything else that's there, those churches.

And what we're asking for, we have no problem with the Q conditions, but we're not asking to have that done in order to accommodate this particular business.

And so that's what we're looking for.

And if somebody can uh justify that portion of it, then that would be very nice because like I said, we're we don't want this business there.

The people that live there don't want this business there.

And if adding a trade school to the Q conditions is done to put this business there, then we're not for that.

We're not for it at all.

Thank you.

Next speaker, please.

Good morning.

My name is Reverend Anthony Douglas.

I live at 480 37 Court West.

At the present time, I hold the position of Hooper City Neighborhood President, as well as the North Birmingham president of the community.

I recently being at the meeting when this occurred.

This is the first time I heard about the school.

But at the same token, when I look at, I'm 69 years old.

Y'all excuse my voice, I just got the word surgery.

I probably shouldn't be here, but this is important enough to be here.

I want you to just think that one of these days you're gonna get to be 69, hopefully 99.

But when you wake up on Sunday Saturday morning, do you want to hear such a thing as a motorcycle?

Do you know some cars, if you crank them up at a certain time in the morning, you can hear the guy down the street.

But at the same token, I live in a predominantly black neighborhood.

I've been working all my life.

These people did all they could to gain something that's so valuable as a home.

Your home should be private.

Right through the same area came the freeway.

We had no choice.

We couldn't stop it.

But this issue, please counsel.

Think about yourself from one day.

And when you get old, you don't sleep as much as you see, you young right now, you don't understand.

But it's a big difference when you wake up and there's noise outside for what reason.

Sipco Philly in North Birmingham is divided through a railroad track.

The things at the time that was voted on, these people didn't even know this vote was coming on.

If you ever been a neighborhood officer, you would know there are times that people don't attend the meetings.

But we should notify the people that these things are going on.

So I have a problem when all of a sudden people come and stay, and he's a Birmingham police officer, and he would take a stand and say, there's no noise.

Please, I ask you kindly on your vote, consider your grandmother, your great-grandmother.

There are plenty of places in business district that this man can put what he needs to have.

Then you're paying quarter.

It's so much land, you could do anything.

There's no homes around to disturb.

So how about let's re-evaluate what is necessary to the taxpayers of Birmingham?

Because this is a value.

So I ask you again, please reconsider.

And when you go to talk about a school, tell me how many of my black children can come and attend a school can afford a Holly Davidson.

I can.

But don't mean my neighbors can.

Let's evaluate.

And Mr.

Quinn, I expect you to make a sound decision, sir.

I really appreciate y'all taking the time to hear what we have to say.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next speaker, please.

Good morning.

Morning.

My name is Catherine Lewis, and I'm the president of a Cipco family.

Miss Lucas, please pull the mic down a little bit.

Thank you.

My name is Catherine, Mr.

Van.

Okay.

My name is Catherine Lewis, and I'm the president of Cipco family.

And you know, previous times I've been here.

I know people said 18 will have wanted to come there.

We're trying to make our community better.

We have a lot of seniors in our neighborhood.

And uh and another thing I want to uh I wanted to talk about also.

I think the last time that uh Mr.

Abdu was here, he said that he didn't do his presentation.

He did, but he could not I've asked him not to use a CIPCO equipment.

He came in taking a loose stuff, heading stuff, and you can't do that.

They're letting us use that room for our neighborhood meeting.

And they are putting up the different things in there, but it's for their employees of their meeting.

But uh, and I didn't understand why would he get angry about that and not and being the person I am, I have a good character.

I let him do this, but I told him you can do your presentation, you just can't use their equipment.

So I want to clear that part up.

And but we want uh better for our neighborhood.

We have homes, we have a home around the corner that been built on the ground, and then we have people remodeling their homes and trying to make it nicer in our neighborhood.

And the noise, oh, on Finland Boulevard, we sometimes it'd be 20 motorcycles coming down that way.

And I imagine if a school closed by what would happen, and we don't need that when you have a lot of seniors, and you know, and I agree with um, and I was gonna say that also.

It's a church right across the street from where he is, the regular cross.

We have neighbors right in front of where he is and on the side, and so uh we don't need that, and I you know, I can you know um some of the some of the things they were saying, I was gonna say also.

But uh being a president, you know, we want to grow up, we want things better, not worse.

You know, and put something good there in the neighborhood, that's what we want.

Because we're already dealing with a whole lot.

We're dealing with, you know, recycling plants, and it's like a sandstone over there, and we haven't to breathe that a metal processing plant that we a we having to inhale, and now the noise where you can't, you know, wouldn't be able to like a lot of seniors do sleep during the day because they're not able to sleep at night, some of them.

You know, so it you know, with the trains over there, and come a time when you say no more, you know, we we don't need no more.

We want to a Cipco feeling to be better, and so I want to thank you all, and and I pray that you consider that what it would be for a motorcycle, you know, it's nothing personal against him.

I was trying to understand the cue or what they were saying, you know, about that, you know.

You know, I'm I'm not against the progress.

I'm not against that, but think about would that be something that would help the community or not?

You know, would that be something that someone else would come in and you know, if he leave, because he did tell me that he didn't plan to be there alone, so if he's not then what would come next, and so we know we when you change the cue, and I did like I said, I want to get an understanding of the queue, you know, because if it sounds like he would just be there, maybe he's separate period of time.

I don't know, but just consider you know what we how we feel in that community and how the neighbors feel about it, and thank you.

Thank you.

Okay, all right.

Um other comments from council questions.

Um I have a couple of questions.

Sure, go ahead.

Thank you, Ms.

Burke.

You come back.

I did have a question about the hours of operation if it becomes a trade school.

Does that change or reflect any changes in the previous application and what we're going considering now?

No, ma'am, none of those uses and our zoning ordinance have limited hours for operation, but according to the applicant, his plans are to operate Tuesday to Saturday, 9 a.m.

to 5 p.m.

And there will be four instructors on the site at the school.

Okay.

And I see that there is a requirement here, or there's a listing about a restaurant.

And so there's a consideration of having food trucks.

Yes, ma'am.

The applicant did propose in his initial application that when he had special events that he would bring food trucks for the families of the participants, that would require a separate business license.

But because a restaurant is an allowed use under the original Q condition, a food truck would be permitted.

Okay.

And one final question.

The reason I ask about the hours of operation from 9 a.m.

to 5 p.m.

And you said Tuesday through Saturday, correct?

Yes, ma'am.

So any additional things we're doing here with the buffer for the noise?

Because I have to say if they're going to be trained on, you know, motorcycle skills and the way they'll be operating the motorcycles.

I just wanted to find out what are we doing to mitigate the noise that might occur from that.

So the specific requirements as far as buffering and screening in our landscape ordinance requires a standard C buffer.

There are four options that the applicant can choose from, and they range from thicker landscaping to a fence with landscaping.

All right.

Thank you.

Those are my only questions.

Seeing none, I'll turn it back over to you, President Alexander.

Thank you.

I think you have another question.

But I think it was a number of factors.

Was when I heard about this was, you know, um motorcycle training facility, you know, that could potentially be a number of different things, but um what they specifically do is low speed training similar to what our mounted patrol officers would be trained on.

So our are you know, motorcycle police officers, um the type of skills training that they have, um you know braking and uh tight turns and that sort of thing.

If you've ever gone to you know the Magic City Classic Parade and seeing the mounted patrol doing their um exercises in the street, you know, that's the type of um training that they are doing, and um so um it's not you know I mean one of the things that came to mind and concerns that I had was you know, okay, is this a bunch of young guys on their sport bikes, you know, practicing doing wheelies and you know, burnouts and that sort of thing, and it's and it's not that it's sort of like the opposite of that.

Um so I mean one thing that you know I would just put out there is is that um the zoning, you know, and the queue conditions in this case, uh adding this Q condition, you know, goes with the property.

So um, you know, unless there was a um case in the future, the change these queue conditions, you know, this would be uh an allowed use in perpetuity.

So you know what constitutes a trade school under this classification, and you know, presently it's a large concrete slab.

Um, they stated the allowed uses as a restaurant, a truck stop, and uh motel, I believe is what the other allowed use.

Um other types of you know, motorcycle training, you know what all is included under that umbrella, you know.

So um just the thought for the the current applicant, you know, his intended use is again uh low speed motorcycle operation similar to what our mounted patrol officers would receive as training.

Okay, thank you.

That's actually really helpful because I was thinking the same thing if it was going to be no them doing wheelies, etc.

But since it's low speed training, that makes sense.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

Comments?

All right, Mr.

Clerk, we're ready for the vote.

Yep.

Council Member Smith.

Okay.

Councilmember Williams.

All right.

Council Proteum Tape.

No.

I think that's everyone.

All right, thank you.

That item passes.

Next item.

Okay, it should be item two.

In ordinance to put them in the zoning district map of the city of Birmingham case numbers EAC 2025-24 to change zone district boundaries from MUM mixed use medium district to QC2 qualified general commercial district in order to allow for a vehicle rental company.

Enterprise rental car filed by Roblox Plaza, baseline LLC property owner and applicant for the property generally located at 220 and 236 gas and highway.

It's situated in section one, quarter section one township 17 range to West 35235 and hearing allowance reports motion proved.

Item is before you.

All right, counselors.

This is an ordinance to further amend the zoning map of the district of Birmingham to allow for a vehicle rental company.

And I'll turn this public hearing over to Dr.

O'Clain.

Um, yes, if we couldn't hear from staff uh once again, my name is Kim Spurl.

I serve as the city zoning administrator in the Department of Planning Engineering and Permits.

Um this case is ZAC 2025-24.

It is located in the Huffman neighborhood.

Um the address is 220 and 236 Gadston Highway.

So this property is an existing small strip mall.

Um the applicant would like to open up a car rental facility in one of the tenant spaces.

However, the current zoning district mixed use medium does not allow for automobile rentals.

Um so that is the reason why they are applying to rezone the property to general commercial.

Um, the entire site is almost five acres.

Um this site will include uh customer service space in the car rental facility, a small wash bay or prep area for cleaning the vehicles, and then they will also have an area where they park the vehicles in the existing parking lot.

Um they plan to have five employees located in this rental car facility, and their proposed hours of operation will be Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.

to 6 p.m.

Saturday, 9 a.m.

to noon, and they plan on being closed on Sunday.

Um so property to the north, south, east and west of this site are all zones mixed use medium, and there's also a portion of property to the east that is zone D2, single family residential.

The city's adopted long-range land use plan identifies this property as mixed use high.

Um, the zoning ordinance um does not specifically call out automobile rentals, it's included in our automobile sales definition.

Um, and as I mentioned before, that is why the applicant is requesting to rezone because mixed use medium does not allow for automobile sales or rentals.

This property is located in the Northeast Framework Plan area.

Um the applicant met with the Huffman Neighborhood Association on September 22nd of last year, and they voted 18 to zero to support this rezoning request.

At the October 21st meeting of the zoning advisory committee, they voted 4 to 0 to recommend this rezoning request.

At the planning and zoning committee meeting on December 9th, the committee voted four to zero to recommend the rezoning with cue conditions, and that Q condition includes limiting the following uses to they will not be allowed.

A hospital donation center, recreation equipment, sales and service, columbarium, adult care center, child care center, family day night care home, family group day, night care home, payday loan, title loan or pawn shop, community garden, recycling collection center, adult establishment, duplex, triplex, or quadplex, communal living facility, mini storage warehouse, chicken coop or water sewer pumping station.

And just those are the uses that would not be allowed if the rezoning is approved to general commercial.

And that concludes the staff report.

All right.

Howdy.

My name is Jason Clawfilter, and my company is contracted by the baseline group.

They're out of Colorado, so I'm just here as their representative to answer any questions you may have.

Okay.

And this is pretty straightforward.

It's a um rental company enterprise rental business in a already established commercial strip mall.

Yes, sir.

Yep.

Okay, thank you.

Um any questions from the council?

All right.

This is a public hearing.

Are there any members of the public that wish to speak for or against this application?

All right.

Seeing none, turn back over to you, Council President.

Thank you, Council O'Clan.

There are no other questions from the council.

We're ready for the vote.

Should be open.

Council President Alexander.

All right, that item passes.

Thank you.

Next item.

Should be item 10.

A resolution assenting to the vacation of 36,000 square feet, a right-of-the-located parallel to and between 28th Street North and 30th Street North, perpendicular to and between 7th Avenue North and Meso Airport Highway.

Located at 613 28th Street North, 2815, 7th Avenue North and 2941, 30th Street North, so that the owner can consolidate property on behalf of 631 LLC SKD properties, LC and iron gear before the L L C owners and a hearing of allowance parties case number SUB 2025-63.

Motion please move.

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

This is a resolution asking for vacation of property.

I'll turn this over to Councilor Gunn.

Thank you, Madam President.

Uh, as a staff member available for a report.

Good morning, Council.

My name is Roger Glow and I serve as the subdivision planner within the Department of Planning Engineering and Permits.

And this is subdivision 2025 case number 63, which is a resolution to determine whether council will give us assent to the vacation of 36,000 square feet of right-of-way so that the property owner can consolidate its property.

The one-third right-of-way vacation fee has been set as 48,000 on August 13th, 2025.

The subvision committee of the Birmingham Planning Commission recommended approval to the full council on December 15th, 2025, the community development committee for this vacation to the full council with a favorable recommendation.

If you have any questions, we do have representatives here.

Any questions from a colleagues?

If not, is the applicant here?

State your name and address for the record.

Yes, sir.

Good morning, Wade Ward.

Uh address 1001 22nd Street South.

I'm not the applicant, but I am the land surveyor for uh the applicant.

So it's a pretty straightforward uh case here.

Really, what we have is a street that has not been in use for uh number of years, maybe pushing 20 years.

Uh the idea is they're they're using this property already, and we're just bringing this uh property together, clearing cleaning up some property lines and getting it where we can uh officially use the the property as a whole.

Okay, yeah.

Any questions from council members?

Thank you.

Yes, sir.

Uh this is a public hearing, so I will open it up for questions, comments from the public, if there are any.

Seeing that there are none, uh I will turn it back over to you.

Thank you, Councilor Gunn.

With the no further questions, we will be ready for the vote.

Thank you.

Council President Elliott.

Yes.

All right.

That vote should be up.

Oh, we're missing one.

Okay.

That item passes.

Thank you.

Next item.

Should be item 11.

A resolution assenting to the vacation of 1,185 square feet of the right-of-way that is located parallel to and between 22nd Street South and Arlington Crescent and perpendicular to and between Arlington Avenue South and Aldington Crescent, located at 1401, 22nd Street South, so that the owner can consolidate property on behalf of St.

Cecilia Congregation Owners and the hearing of all insurance parties, case number SUB 2025-78.

Motion, please.

Second.

All right, thank you.

This item is a resolution again uh assenting to vacation of property.

At this time, I'll turn this back to Councillor Gunn.

Thank you, Madam President.

Staff report.

My name is Roderick Lowe, and I serve as subdivision planner within the Department of Planning Engineering and Permits.

And this is subdivision 2025 case number 78, which is a resolution to determine whether the city council will give us a sense to the vacation of 1,185 square feet of right-of-way so that the property owner can consolidate this property.

The one third right-of-way vacation fee was set at 10,625 and 50 cents on August 13th, 2025.

The subdivision committee of the Birmingham Planning Commission recommended approval of this vacation to the full council on December 15, 2025, the community development committee for this vacation to the full council with a favorable recommendation.

If you have any questions, we do have a representative here.

Thank you.

Any questions from council members?

Is the applicant here?

1001 22nd Street South.

Uh that is shoal engineering.

So once again, we are acting as the land surveyor for the applicant.

Really, what we have in this case is a very small portion of uh 23rd Street that comes into the property.

It's really a dead end.

Uh what we are doing is it pushing this vacation to the north enough to align uh the alley that ties into 23rd and really squaring off the property line.

So uh we have a uh a small piece of property here that that uh is not really being used for anything, so we're blocking that off for the school to do some development uh uh there on the there on the campus.

Okay, thank you.

Uh any questions from my colleagues.

Seeing none, uh thank you so much for that.

Uh this is a public hearing, so we will take comments from the public.

Seeing none, I would hand it back over to you, Madam.

Thank you, Councillor Gunn.

No further questions.

We're ready for the vote.

We're ready for the vote.

All right, counselor.

That item passes.

Thank you very much.

Next item.

Uh should be item 13.

Item 13, a resolution approving authorized and maybe to execute a termination agreement with 2301 Insley LP, under which an amended and restate the redevelopment agreement between the city of Birmingham and 2301 is the LP, dated June the 27th, 2021, pursuant to which 2301 Insley LP had agreed to redevelop the former Isley High School property located at 2301 Avenue J.

Ensley for certain uses to include affordable housing, commercial space, and services such as the early learning center, wellness education and community gardens will be terminated in 2301 ESLP will uh reconvey the property to the city for the sum of $50,000.

Motion please.

So move.

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

Council Smith, you asked that we pull this from consent.

I did, yes.

So first, I'm my question is most so for the administration and first I'm thankful, happy to see that there is movement with this property since it has been since 2021 that the city purchased it.

Um my question is related to the 1.5 million dollars that was given to the developer.

And um whether those funds actually were given to them, or was that contingent upon them having completed the work?

Yes, ma'am.

And so uh great question.

Um City of Birmingham is receiving um 450,000 back.

Um the developer did spend the million dollars to um remove the blighted structure.

Um so that was a significant amount of um that building was a very large building.

Um the city does not get to recoup that.

I do want to read this note for you to make sure that I spell that out correctly.

As you know, community development and IEL had a uh contractual agreement with the Zimmerman group.

Um IEO did provide one million for demolition from the CDA bond refinancing savings.

Um, but they completed the demolition, so that's the point I want to make clear.

But we the city will get to recruit 450,000 back that was left paid after the demolition.

And point of clarification, they never received the 450,000, they only received a million for demolition.

The demolition is completed.

Okay.

They we went into this contract with this organization in 2021.

Um, they were depending on I would say some state um status from the state that they never got, they applied twice, they did not get, so they were never able to, I guess, close their capital stack um to go with vertical construction.

After four years, we thought it was important to open the process up and continue to move along with possible other developers to make sure we honor what we say we want to do on this site, which is mixed use.

Great, thank you.

I'm looking forward to seeing what is to come next.

Absolutely.

All right, thank you.

All right, we're ready for the vote.

Okay, yes, ready for the vote.

Yeah, all right, thank you.

This should be up.

Place the vote up, please.

All right, thank you.

That item passes next item.

Uh should be item 18.

A resolution pursuant to section 11-40-1 and 11-47 as 16 codes of Alabama 1975, authorizing the mayor to expand funds and execute agreements for the sister city commission of the city of Birmingham Incorporated, under which sister city shall assist in improving any hands in the cultural and artistic exchange between residents of Birmingham and corresponding sister city for a term of one year, and for the mountain I should receive the 150,000 motion, please.

I move approval.

Second.

All right, this item is uh for a resolution regarding the sister city commission.

Councilor Smith, you ask that we move that from.

I just wanted to recuse myself from the vote.

Okay, thank you.

Any other comments about this?

We're ready for the vote.

Voting should be open.

I'm sorry.

Now Smith.

You're gonna abstain.

Abstain.

Okay.

Councilmember Williams absent.

We just don't have that.

The vote should be perfect.

All right, this item passes with seven votes and one abstention noted.

Thank you.

Next item.

Uh 20.

Item 20.

A resolution appointing Council Dale O'Queen is the city of Birmingham voting delegate during the business session of the annual convention of Alabama Legal Municipalities to be held in Montgomery, Alabama on April the 28th through May the 1st, 2026.

The annual business session will be held at 4 p.m.

on Thursday, April the 30th, 2026, and the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel Convention Center.

If Councillor Dale O'Quinn is on able to attend the business session for any reason, Councillor Brian Gunn is appointed to serve as first alternate voting delegate if counselors O'Queen and Gunn are both on able to attend the business session.

Councillor Sonia Smith is appointed to serve as second alternative voting delegate.

Motion please.

I'll move forward.

Second.

All right, counselors.

This is setting our delegates for the upcoming annual meeting of the Alabama League of Municipalities.

Any questions?

All right, we're ready for the vote.

Council Williams, how do you like the vote?

Council Williams, are you voting?

Are you voting on this item?

I have not.

All right.

Thank you.

We'll keep you out.

All right.

That vote should be up.

All right, thank you.

That item passes.

Thank you, Councillors, for agreeing to service delegates.

Next item.

Should be item 22.

A resolution accepting the lump sum bid of trade contractors incorporated Birmingham in the amount of 186, 838 dollars for the Birmingham Public Library Tittsville Foundation Repairs.

Located at 2nd Sixth Avenue Southwest Birmingham.

This being the lowest responsible and responsible bid submitted and authorizing the mayor to enter into a contract with trade with contractors and incorporated and substantially the form contained within the bid documents in the course with said bid, providing that the total compensation payable under the contract not exceed the appropriation.

Second.

Did you get those?

All right.

This is uh a resolution accepting a lump sum bid.

Councilor Smithman, you ask that we remove this from thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

That's all right.

Thank you.

Any other questions or comments?

We're ready for the vote.

President Alexander.

Yes.

All right, the vote should be open.

All right, thank you.

Thank you.

Item 22 passes.

Next item.

Item 27.

A resolution setting a public hearing on the application of Harvard Solutions LLC to cite a new solid waste treatment facility at 4400 7th Avenue North Birmingham, Alabama 35212 on the seventh day of April 2026 in the Council Chambers, third floor city hall, Birmingham, Alabama, and to provide for publication of notice.

Motion, please.

Second.

All right, counselors.

This is a resolution setting a public hearing for the application of a new solid waste treatment facility, and that public hearing date we're setting would be April 7th, 2026.

Any questions regarding setting this date?

We're ready for the vote.

All right, counselors.

That item passes.

We've set that hearing date for April 7th, 2026.

We read it.

We can do it.

All right, counselors.

At this time, we have been asked to reconsider our action on item number one.

So do we have a motion to bring that item back for consideration?

That's item number one on page two.

Okay.

Excuse me.

Okay.

Second.

It's been moved and seconded.

All in favor of lady normal saying aye.

Aye.

All opposed say nay.

All right, counselors.

This item which um regarded the amending the zoning district map to allow for a training facility to be placed there, and there's been a question to ask us to reconsider that item.

I need a motion on the item itself again.

Second.

All right, thank you.

Counselor Smithman, did you have any comments or anything?

All right, at this time it's been a request for us to reconsider this item, and so we'll entertain the vote again on this item.

This open all right, thank you.

At this time, the vote on that item is no.

So that item does not pass.

Thank you.

Are there any other items for consideration on the agenda?

Mr.

Clerk.

No, ma'am.

All right, thank you.

At this time, we're rally to entertain comments regarding any items that are um information regarding to each of our districts.

And Councilor Vossar, are you ready?

For your thank you.

Go ahead, Counselor.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam President.

Uh boy, what a week.

It was wonderful to hear those beautiful voices a second ago from the Virginia Sanford Theater.

Uh, just a reminder again that that uh program is running this Thursday, February 12th until Sunday, February 22nd.

Tickets can be purchased online, and we're very thankful for that for that song.

Um also just want to uh recognize that we had a wonderful town hall uh for district three last week.

We had about 50 uh residents participate.

It was a wonderful opportunity to present the information from the survey uh that we put out and um had had a wonderful time.

So look forward to presenting more information on that soon.

Uh also just want to shout out our chief of staff, Tony King for the office of District Three.

She was accepted into the Mosaic Change Makers of 2026.

Uh it was just a Southeast Regional program.

Uh so we elevate her and her skills and all that she brings to the office.

And uh just want to uh pray for Chief King through that leadership development process.

Uh we have Forest Park excuse me, Highland Park Neighborhood Association meeting tonight uh at Roho at 6 p.m.

And this concludes my announcements.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Council Gunn.

Thank you, Madam President.

Uh, I want to thank all of our neighborhood leaders that showed up this Saturday uh to join me and the district 14 for our community round table.

I'm so grateful for the members of our community and city council who came out to support, uh including our amazing pro tem uh Tanya Tate.

Thank you so much for coming out.

And then uh state represent state representative Neil Rafferty attended as well.

We had strong engagement and a meaningful conversation about how we can move District 4 forward in the city of Birmingham.

So uh thank you all for that.

Uh today, Woodlawn United is hosting two community data talks, one this morning at 10 a.m.

in the Kingston neighborhood at the Todd Morrow Homes Community Center, and the other at Social Venture at 6 p.m.

this evening.

Uh tomorrow, Cool Green Trees and Legion FC will host a tree planting at Hudson K through 8 uh in the Collegeville community.

Uh lastly, our district 4 office will be hosting mobile office hours at the Brownsville Heights Community Center on March 3rd from 1 p.m.

to 3 p.m.

We just want to take this as an opportunity to get to know our neighbors and residents in District 4 and give them an opportunity to meet the counselor outside of City Hall.

Uh upcoming neighborhood association meetings tonight at 6 p.m.

We have Hilo Springs at Smith Middle School.

Tonight also at 6 p.m.

we have North East Lake at the Southern New Zealand Flight.

And then lastly, tonight we have Penfield Park at 6 p.m.

at the Brownsville Heights Community Center, and that concludes my announcement.

Thank you so much, Councillor Woods.

Uh thank you, Madam President.

A few announcements.

Uh, as Councillor Gunn said, the Killow Springs Neighborhood Association will meet tonight at uh Smith Middle School at 6 p.m.

Uh we are always encouraging residents to get out and participate in their neighborhood uh meetings and engage in that way.

Also on February 21st at 9 a.m.

at Grayson Park, we'll be having our next Bullet Free Cleanup.

Uh we'd be excited to continue to be partnering with uh Black Warrior River Keeper and just continue to impact.

We've seen a great deal of impact over the years.

I will say uh in the last six years as of the last cleanup, we uh crossed about 25,000 pounds of litter uh removed uh via volunteers, and so uh just a great way to make an impact.

30 minutes an hour once a quarter, once a year can really uh add to that overall impact.

So we're appreciative of everyone who's taking time to volunteer there.

Also want to congratulate Bug that is Birmingham Urban Gardeners.

They received a uh 2026 Urban Farmer Grant from the city uh in partnership with Jones Valley Teaching Farm, and just excited they were awarded 10,000 dollars.

Uh they they're doing urban gardening programs to help uh increase food access, uh create learning opportunities for young people.

And so this dates back to uh 2019.

We created a community garden.

And so uh the Birmingham Urban Gardeners have really uh wrapped their hands around that.

We wanted to really add uh places in the district where people could gather and have community, and so they've really taken that facility and run with it and and really built it into something special.

So uh they have have a planning seasons every year, and uh we typically have a cleanup to just to kind of prep.

So I've learned a lot about gardening from hanging around them.

And uh thank you, Madam President.

Thank you very much.

Councillor Quinn.

Thank you, Madam President.

This week in District 5, the East Avenue Neighborhood Association will have a meeting tonight via conference call at 6 p.m.

Please contact my office if you need that call in uh information.

The Smithfield Neighborhood Association will meet on Thursday, February 12th at 6 p.m.

at the Smithfield Court Community Nutrition Center.

Uh there will be a transportation infrastructure committee meeting on Monday, February 23rd, 2 p.m.

here in the council chambers.

If you have agenda items, please submit those to Kimberley.phillips at Birmingham AL.gov.

The Birmingham Planning Commission is taking applicants for a uh for one vacant position.

Applicants can send their resume to Myesha Hutchinson at Myesha.Hutchinson at Birmingham AL.gov.

And the deadline to apply is by Friday, February 27th.

And finally, want to remind folks that uh the district five uh office will be holding its annual district five strategic planning meeting that we call fifth and feast on Saturday, February 28th at the Jones Valley Teaching Farm.

Um doors will open at 9 30 a.m.

and the meeting will uh start at 10 a.m.

and run to about 12 30.

Um we invite all district five residents and stakeholders to join us as we discuss priorities for 2026.

Please contact our office at 254 2679 for additional information, and that concludes my announcements.

Thank you so much.

Councillor Smith.

Yes, thank you.

Um, this past Thursday, February 5th.

I had the opportunity to attend the Youth Leadership Birmingham lunch um with elected officials for their government day.

So my colleagues, counselor, um, council president Alexander, Councillor Tate, and Councillor Smithersman were there as well.

So it's just wonderful to be able to sit with our young leaders and see what they had to say, hear their questions, um, and then see what they were learning about public service and government and the responsibilities of civic leadership.

On Friday, February the 6th, District 8 met with our neighborhood leaders.

So thank you to everyone that came out and for your leadership and for helping us to make the event such an such a success.

So we have the following meetings that are coming up in the next week.

The Birmingham Library Board will meet today at 4 30 at the Birmingham Public Library Central Branch.

The Bellevue Heights Neighborhood Association will meet today at 6 30 p.m.

at Brown Elementary School.

Tuftsito Heights neighborhood will meet tomorrow, February 11th at 4 30 p.m.

at the Pratt City Library, and the Arts and Parks Committee is scheduled to meet on Monday, February 16th at 3 30 p.m.

at the Council Chambers.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilor Smith.

Councilor Smithman.

Thank you, Madam President.

As far as neighborhood meetings, tonight we have the South Tittsville neighborhood.

We'll meet at 5 30 at Holy Family Crystal Ray School, located at 1832, Centerway South.

Then Arlington West End neighborhood will meet today at 6 p.m.

at the West End Library.

Also this Sunday, there are two events happening in the district.

Green Liberty Baptist Church will be hosting a Taste of Blackness starting at 11 a.m.

And then More Than Conquerors Faith Church will have a HBCU concert choir featuring all the HBCU choirs across the state.

That will be this Sunday at 5 p.m.

at More Than Conquerors.

And then lastly, um the inaugural city versus county soccer game is this Saturday at Legion Field starting at 9 a.m.

is $10.

If you get your tickets on GoFan and it's 15 at the door.

And I think the high schools are we don't know, District 7, Carver District 9, Parker District 5, and then Huffman District 1.

So it should be a pretty good game.

And then also a happy Valentine's Day for those who celebrate it.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Councillor Williams.

Thank you.

Thank you for Valentine's Day Wish.

It took I took it to heart.

Robux Springs meeting will be Thursday, February the 12th at 7 o'clock at New Beginnings Church.

And the next economic development tourism committee meeting is going to be February 17th at 11:30 in the chambers.

If you'll have all submissions to India.bailey at Birmingham AL.gov by Thursday the 12th, we would appreciate it.

We would appreciate it.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Pro Tim.

Thank you, Madam President.

I want to acknowledge our Congresswoman Sewers staff member is here, Miss Robin Gelly, who is local now in Birmingham, and acknowledge the neighborhood leaders that were here earlier.

Hannah Brown, who represented North Birmingham, Miss Catherine Evans, Sipico Finley, and Anthony Douglas, who represents Hooper City.

Sandusky neighborhood meeting will be tonight at 6 p.m.

and they're doing their neighborhood meeting on conference call.

You can dial in by calling 319527-9642.

North Prack Neighborhood Meeting will be held tonight at 5 p.m.

at the Pratt Library, located at 509 Dugan Avenue.

Oak Ridge Neighborhood Meeting will be on Thursday, and they also meet on Conference Call and they say 4 o'clock February the 12th.

You can dial in by calling 952-2064918.

The access code is 223418.

Hooper City Neighborhood Association meeting will be held on Thursday, also February the 12th is 6 p.m.

at the Hooper City Rec Center, located at 3901 4th Street West, and the next public safety meeting will be held today, right here in the council chamber.

Also want to thank um I did get a chance to see the mayor this weekend, uh Mr.

Dara Forte for the fourth annual Black Male Summit, which was a great um black male summit.

So kudos to Mr.

Dara Forte and the Black Male Summit.

And also, as Brian said, I got a chance to go by in fellowship with him on Saturday.

And um, they had a great meeting and their leaders.

Thank you, Madam President.

Thank you so much.

These are announcements for District 7.

We have two neighborhood meetings today.

The East Brownsville Neighborhood Association will meet via conference call at 5 p.m.

And the Riley Travallock Neighborhood Association will meet via conference call at 6 p.m.

Councilors just want to make note that our committee of the whole meeting and government administrative government affairs meeting is scheduled for next Wednesday, February 18th at 3 30 p.m.

in the council chambers.

The agenda is forthcoming.

And if you have any missed pick brush trash pickups, or you want to report illegal dumping, please dial 311 or you can call 205-254-6314.

At this time, Mr.

Clerk will entertain community voices.

Hi, Miss Alexander.

As you come forward, you'll give us your name and address, and then you'll have a clock.

You've got three minutes, and the timer is up there, and we'll be interested in um what you're sharing with us today.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good morning.

My name is Vanilla Alexander.

Can you see my telephone?

No, just your address.

4225 Valley Avenue Southwest and 4301 Mineral Avenue Southwest Birmingham, 3521.

I'm here today because I just but I have gotten some results since I've been sitting this morning.

But I was trying to figure out how the city can say what cars are nuisance, and why do we have a time frame in which to get a car repaired?

It wasn't on a flats or anything, but it was told.

And I just don't feel like that is right to go up in the yard and pull a car.

Well, we do have various ordinances that are considered environmental codes that do list those requirements for when a car can sit and be parked in a yard, whether it has a tag or what type of um condition that the car is in.

I know that you said that believe you talk with the administration or if you have spoken more with the administration about the particular item.

But we'll be glad if you'll give I'll give you the name of my office.

I'll share those codes with you and the information we provide to residents so that you will be aware of um possible times when you may be in violation of those codes.

So if you'll allow my staff, I'll be glad to give you that information to help you.

Okay, and then in our area, we need a shot spot or shot shooter, whatever it's called, because we have gunshots over there daily, and we never see a police, and then when we call and question whether or not it's working, and they say it worked, but they're allowing us to call.

Okay.

And I note your address.

Um we do have members from the police department that come regularly visit our neighborhood meetings, and they hear these type of issues.

Now we don't know where those cameras or where those uh devices are placed, but um again, I'll get that information from your office, and then we'll just see.

We won't know where they're placed, but there it I will pass this information along to our police liaison so they can work with you.

All right, thank you.

Thank you so much for your time.

Thank you.

Next speaker, Jeanette Hudson.

Good morning, Ms.

Hudson.

You've got three minutes, and if you'll give us your name and your address again, and we get a few extra minutes that count on the clock for you.

My name, my name is Janet Hudson, and I live at 1052 Hagwood Road in Birmingham, Alabama, which is the hubness district.

Today I'm here uh because I called Governor Ivy's uh office and asked her how I could get the City of Birmingham to kind of partnership with one of the um outstanding uh groups that helps people with their food um getting their utilities paid, and it's called serving you ministries, and I've contacted uh two or three of the councils before, and we did not get any kind of response.

So I brought the information here, and uh Governor Ivey's office told me that I should speak to you all and do the presentation here, and so that the mayor could also be included in it.

So all we're trying to do is save that.

It's out there in East Lake, and it's called Serving You Ministries, and I have all the information for anybody that wants it.

And I just want to thank you so much, and you know, as God says, when you do it to the least of them, you do it unto me.

Hallelujah.

Have a bliss night.

Thank you so much.

If you'll leave that material for us, we will get it to uh the various council office.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Very good information.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

All right, next speaker, Ms.

Clark.

Keith Williams.

Good morning, Mr.

Williams.

You have three minutes.

I'm Keith Williams.

My address is 456 Kappa Avenue South Birmingham 35208.

Uh, I'm probably the last person you probably ever want to see here in this chamber because I mentioned something last August that I was virtually chewed out by one of your members of this day's, but I'm going to say it again because their pattern has not been resolved.

I'm in a neighborhood to where we no longer have neighborhood officers.

And so by the system participation plan, we're not supposed to have any neighborhood association meetings, but yet a paid employee of the city continues to host these neighborhood association meetings.

There was one this past Wednesday as they come to my attention, and that there was a vote that took place that involved neighborhood association funds.

I want to remind this council that in this city it is generally not lawful for a community resource representative or any city employee to conduct or lead a neighborhood association meeting as a presiding officer.

Under the Birmingham Citizen Participation Plan, neighborhood associations must be led by elected residents.

Because conducting the meetings is a duty of the elected officer.

A city employee cannot fulfill that role.

They're only there to assist neighborhood associations as a liaison to maintain ethical standards.

The citizen participation plan requires the program to remain free from partisan politics and prohibit city officials from exercising undue influence over neighborhood associations.

Emphasize that leaders must act within their authority and avoid bias.

If a city employee conducts a meeting and may undermine the association's role as a unified voice for residents against or in favor of city policies.

And therefore, I'm within my right to seek further counsel, whether it's ethically or legally, to resolve the situation.

Because I tried my best to go to the appropriate parties, and yet this situation has remained unsolved.

I feel that as a North Israel resident and a former neighborhood officer, our voices are not being heard.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Williams.

Any other speakers?

All right, thank you.

At this time, we'll entertain a oh wait a minute.

Gotta thank the officer.

I want to thank officers Pinkerton and Square.

Thank you, Officer Square.

We also want to thank our inspectors on duty, Inspector Snow, Griggs, and Beau.

Thank you so much.

This time to adjourn.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Meeting adjourned.