32:51I'm never head one die that you be okay.
32:56You might have found a number nothing has yet.
33:35Today is Tuesday, June thirtieth.
33:37The time is nine thirty-eight P AM.
33:40I call to order the regular meeting of the Birmingham City Council.
33:44Today's invocation will be led by Reverend DJ Manuel, Pastor of Lily Baptist Church in Tarrant, and the Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Councillor Hunter Williams.
33:54If you're willing and able, please stand and join us.
35:03We give you glory in Jesus' name.
35:18Indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
35:24Thank you, Reverend Manual, for their very thoughtful prayer.
35:27Thank you very much.
35:28Thank you, Councillor Williams, for leading us in the pledge.
35:33If you will call the role, please.
35:37Council Member O'Quinn.
35:40Council Member Smith.
35:42Councilmember Smithman.
35:44Council Member Bossett.
35:47Council Member Williams.
35:49Council Member Woods.
35:51Council President Pro Temp Tate.
35:54Council President Alexander.
35:56President, thank you very much.
35:58Councillors, the minutes are not ready for the minute meetings of April 7th, 2026 through June 23rd, 2026.
36:07At this time, we'll turn our agenda to communications from the mayor.
36:10Good morning, Chape.
36:13Good morning, Madam President.
36:14Morning, Madam Pro Tim.
36:16Morning to the members of the council, members of the public, all of those under the sound of my voice have a very brief mayor's report this morning.
36:22First of all, city closures on Friday.
36:25All City of Birmingham offices, with the exception of police fire at 911 will be closed on Friday, July the 3rd in observance of the 4th of July holiday.
36:34No trash or recycling pickup will be affected.
36:37The mayor wishes everyone a safe holiday weekend.
36:40Also, Thunder on the Mountain, Alabama's largest Independence Day fireworks display will take place at 9 p.m.
36:47on Saturday, July the 4th, above the Vulcan Park and Museum.
36:51The 20-minute show will pay tribute to America's 250th birthday and will feature more than 2500 fireworks shells synchronized to a patriotic soundtrack broadcast across local radio stations.
37:04And then finally, Madam President, Madam Pro Team members of the Council, at this time I would like to ask Shay Odin with rooted impact, along with any of her guests to please join me as we make an announcement about Story Corps.
37:33Shea is here to tell us a little bit more about it.
37:42As a local anchor partner for Story Core, Rooted Impact Consulting is incredibly honored to help bring this historic opportunity to Birmingham.
37:50At Rooted Impact, we believe that storytelling is one of the most powerful tools that we have to preserve culture, strengthen communities, and inspire change.
38:00Every neighborhood has voices, and they deserve to be heard.
38:04Every person carries a story that has the power to heal, touch, and connect us.
38:10When I approach Story Corps about Birmingham, I knew that it was more about recording more than conversations.
38:16It was about making sure our city's legacy is told by people who built it.
38:19The multi-general generational businesses that have been here, veterans, community leaders, artists, and everyday residents.
38:26Our hope that this partnership reminds people that history isn't only found in textbooks or museums.
38:32It's sitting across the table from you inside businesses and barbershops, churches, classrooms, and neighborhood.
38:39To everyone who's already shared their story, thank you for trusting us.
38:43And to our partners, the City of Birmingham, thank you for believing in the importance of preserving our collective history.
38:49And here's Latelia Dawkins to tell you more.
38:55Good afternoon, everyone.
38:56On behalf of Story Court, thank you to the City of Birmingham for welcoming us into your community.
39:01For more than two decades, Story Core has had one simple but powerful mission to help people believe in their stories and that they matter.
39:09Every interview we record becomes part of the American story, permanently preserved in the library of Congress so that future generations can hear their voices, experiences, and wisdom of the people who shape their communities.
39:20This partnership with the city of Birmingham is especially meaningful because it shines a light on entrepreneurs, neighborhood leaders, and small business owners whose resilience has strengthened the city for generations.
39:31These aren't just business stories, they are stories of family, perseverance, sacrifice, innovation, and hope.
39:38When someone steps into the mobile into the mobile booth, they are doing more than sharing stories.
39:42They're preserving history, honoring those who came before them, and leaving a legacy for those who come next.
39:49We are honored to help ensure that Birmingham's voices become part of our nation's permanent historical record.
39:55And we thank every participant, partner, and supporter that has made it possible.
40:04Thank you, Madam President, Madam Pro Team, members of the council on behalf of Mayor Whip and that concludes the mayor's report.
40:11This time, Councillors will turn our attention to our agenda for consideration of consent items.
40:17All items designated as consent are considered to be routine and non-controversial and will be approved by one motion.
40:25No separate discussion of these items will be permitted unless a council member, the mayor, or citizen interested in a public hearing so request.
40:34If so, such items will revert to its normal place on the agenda order of business.
40:40All matters of permanent operation, and they are indicated with the capital P will be read.
40:45All other matters will be announced by reading the item number only.
40:49All public hearings will be announced.
40:52Clerk, if you could read the items being considered for consent.
40:55Um consent agenda starts on page two with items one, two, three, and four.
41:00Page three, items five, six, and seven.
41:07Items eight, nine, ten, and eleven.
41:11Page five, items twelve, thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen.
41:16Uh page six, items sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen.
41:20Uh page seven, items nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, and twenty-two.
41:25On item 21, I need to make a correction.
41:27Uh, third line from the bottom.
41:29That needs to be district two instead of uh the district that's there.
41:33I'm talking to that.
41:39Pick back up with the consent agenda, items 23 and 24.
41:43Um item number 23, third line from the top.
41:48That amount should be 784 dollars and not 748 dollars.
41:54That's item number 23.
41:56Page nine, items 25, 26, and 27 are on consent.
42:01Page 10, items 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33 on consent.
42:08Page 11, items 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, and 39 are on consent.
42:15Items 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, and 45 are on consent.
42:24Items 46, 47, and 48 are on consent, and then page 14.
42:29We conclude with items 49, 50, 51, and 52.
42:33We have three addendum items.
42:36Thank you very much.
42:37Counselors, are there any items you would like to have added or removed from consent?
42:43Yes, Councillor Smithman.
42:45Ma'am President, can we add addendum items 53 and 55 to consent?
42:51Okay, the request is to add items 53 and 55 to consent that are on the addendum.
42:59Any other items, counselors.
43:03All right, at this time, we'll entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda.
43:10Motion vote should be open.
43:26Councilmember Woods, President Alexander.
43:32All right, thank you, Councillors.
43:33Those items that were considered for consent have been approved.
43:37Anyone in the audience were here to any of the items that were considered for consent, and the two that were added, they've all been approved, and we'll continue with the rest of our agenda.
43:47It looks like we just had 54 at the end.
43:52Item 54, an ordinance authorized the mayor and the chief of the Birmingham Police Department to execute an entrance in an interlocal cooperation agreement for a term of up to one year for the purpose of establishing a multidisciplinary team to implement a multidisciplinary response to child abuse between the city of Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, the city of Bessemer, Alabama, and the City of Brighton, Alabama, City of Fairfield, Alabama, the City of Hoover, Alabama, the City of Hewittown, Alabama, the City of Lipscomb, Alabama, the City of Midfield, Alabama, City of Pleasant Grove, Alabama, the Best McCutfer Advocacy Center, incorporated doing business as Clayhouse Children's Advocacy Center, the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Licensed Alabama Mental Health Professionals.
44:34This is uh item of permanent operation under UC to pass it today.
44:39Councilmember Gunn, Councilmember O'Quinn, Councilmember Smith, Councilmember Smithman, Councilmember Vasa, Councilmember Williams, Councilmember Woods, President Pro Tim Tate, Council President Alexander.
44:53Motion on the item, please.
44:55All right, thank you, Councillors.
45:00This is an ordinance authorizing the mayor and the chief of police to execute an interlocal cooperation agreement for the term of one year for the purpose of establishing a multidisciplinary team.
45:08Are there any questions you have for administration regarding this item?
45:13Yes, sir, Council Williams.
45:15Thank you all for your continued support and different initiatives like this.
45:18I think that obviously with other municipalities we have in uh Jefferson County, when we work together, we actually help the residents as a whole, not just our residents, but the whole metro area.
45:29This is an important, an important one.
45:32Thank you, Councilor Williams, and for the public.
45:35This is local municipalities working together, and in this case, it is for multidisciplinary response to child abuse between the city of Birmingham and these municipalities.
45:47So thank you all for considering this item.
45:49We're ready for the vote.
45:57Council Presidents and I as well.
45:59That vote should be up.
46:00All right, thank you.
46:02Are there any other items left on the agenda?
46:05At this time, we will entertain updates from each of our districts.
46:10Uh, who would like to go first?
46:11How about you, Councilor Gunn?
46:13You got a smile on your face.
46:14I shouldn't have smiled.
46:17Thank you, Madam President.
46:18Uh here are my announcements for today.
46:20Uh neighborhood association meetings.
46:22Uh, we have next Monday, uh, the Maple Grove Neighborhood Association at 6 30 p.m.
46:29We also have the Zion City uh neighborhood association meeting at 6 30 via teleconference.
46:34We also have the Brownsville Heights and Collegeville Neighborhood Association meetings, both taking place at 6 30.
46:40Brownsville Heights is at the Brownsville Heights Community Center, and great uh Collegeville is at Greater New Antioch Baptist Church.
46:47Uh next Tuesday as well, we have the Fairmont and Brent Heights Neighborhood Associations.
46:52Uh Fairmont is at 6 30 and Brumint Heights is at 6 30 p.m.
46:56Fairmont's at North Birmingham Library and Brumont Heights is at the Brownsville Heights Community Center.
47:01We do have an upcoming community meeting.
47:03Uh the next community development committee meeting is on Monday, July the 6th at 3 30 p.m.
47:08and it's in the city council chambers.
47:10And that concludes my announcements.
47:15Thank you, Councillor.
47:18All right, thank you.
47:19So first I want to be remiss.
47:22I didn't mention that on Saturday, um, excuse me, June 14th, the Sickle South Foundation of Central Alabama hosted their annual Magic City sickle cell walk.
47:33So it was a great turnout for residents and families living with sickle cell disease and the community to support them.
47:38I also want to congratulate my colleague Councillor Smithman on her district sixth fest, D6 Fest on this weekend, this month.
47:47Um also Mary Mullins and Ansley Rex Center for the NSL Day on now through August 2nd at the Birmingham Use Art Museum of Art is the recycled runway archived, which is a great activity for people looking for air conditioned, family-friendly um outings.
48:07Um this is the second year of this exhibition.
48:10It's showcasing path closing past clothing creations by Alabama teens who participated in the Bibb and Tucker SOOPS Recycled Runway.
48:19So it's a great way to celebrate the rich cultural landscape of Birmingham.
48:24Parks and recreation is meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, July 1st at 9 a.m.
48:30Parks and Recreation is still conducting a citywide community survey, so please visit BHM Parks 2035.com to complete that survey.
48:39There are no neighborhood meetings this week, but on Monday we have College Hills and Central Pratt at 6 p.m.
48:46Thank you very much.
48:50Thank you, Madam President.
48:51A few announcements.
48:52Uh the Spring Lake and Echo Holland's Neighborhood Association.
48:56Uh the meeting scheduled for this Thursday have been canceled.
48:59Uh the Apple Valley Neighborhood Association meeting scheduled for next Tuesday has been canceled as well.
49:05Uh also want to shout out uh we have Miss Tammy Calton of uh TC Counseling in the building.
49:11She has a group of uh students with her that are spending the four-week uh program transformation through work and really learning about different aspects of um too bad we couldn't put on more of a show today, but good to have you all in the building.
49:27Always good to see bright young minds.
49:29Uh want to invite everyone out to the 2026 man up breakfast will take place on July 11th, Saturday.
49:36Um excited about it.
49:38The theme this year is Fonda Need and Phillip, encouraging everyone to really get out.
49:42It's been a very impactful thing, and I want to say this is about year 15 or 16, so excited to keep that going.
49:50And if you want to uh sign up for the district one newsletter, stay in the loop of everything going on in the district.
49:56You can text D1 to 2058.
50:03Thank you, Councilor.
50:05Thank you, Madam President.
50:07East Lake Neighborhood Association and Forest Park South Avondale Neighborhood Association meetings for this month have been canceled.
50:15They will meet next month, August 4th.
50:18Um Wahoma Neighborhood Association will meet on Thursday, July 2nd at 6 p.m.
50:27at the East Lake Library.
50:29The next Transportation Infrastructure Committee meeting is Monday, July 13th, 2 p.m.
50:36here in the council chambers.
50:37Submit agenda items to Kimberley.phillips at Birmingham AL.gov.
50:43The Ballard House Project will host its third annual What Makes You Free Art Day with 20 intergenerational art artists on Wednesday, July 1st from 10 a.m.
50:57at the Ballard House, located at 1420 7th Avenue North.
51:02This event is free and open to the public for children, senior adults, and the entire family.
51:10The annual District 5 Health Fair and Back to School event will take place on Saturday, August 8th from 9 a.m.
51:20at Parker High School.
51:22We are proud to partner with the Alpha Phi chapter of Omega Sci-Fi Fraternity Incorporated to make this event possible.
51:31The Health Fair will offer free health screenings, community resources, back to school supplies, and a blood drive.
51:39Please contact the district five office for additional details and opportunities to participate.
51:45And that concludes my announcements.
51:46Thank you, Counselor.
51:49Thank you, Madam President.
51:51Folks, listen to this.
51:54Congratulations to Legend Simmons, a fifth grader at Avondale Elementary, for being the fastest 10-year-old runner in the nation.
52:09Legend Simmons ran a 4925 in the 300 at a May meet at Winona High School and is headed to Nationals next month.
52:19He is really living up to his name.
52:22So we want to congratulate him for that.
52:24That is an exciting thing to have locally.
52:28We have a new website for District 3, District 3Bam.com.
52:32That's the number three.
52:33Check it out for your links and resources.
52:35And remember, if you want to email our office, please do so at District 3 at Birmingham AL.gov.
52:40That's the number three.
52:42There will be no Forest Park neighborhood meeting tonight.
52:45The next meeting will be Tuesday, August 4th.
52:49And next Tuesday, we have Glen Iris at July 6th at 6 30 p.m.
52:55Thank you, Madam President.
52:58Thank you for bringing that information about that young man.
53:04Thank you, Madam President.
53:06Um Madam President, I'm kind of tired.
53:09Um from this past weekend, but in all seriousness, so um that was it was a really great weekend.
53:15Um really celebrating district six.
53:18I wanted to highlight every community in District 6.
53:21That's why it was so long.
53:22But um, something I do want to talk about, and Councillor Smith was there.
53:26Thank you for coming.
53:27For all the kids at the pool, and they were having a good time, y'all.
53:32Like, and we had a um a floaty and the fire department actually turned on the fire hose and made so water slide.
53:39But I was really happy to see that because um, despite kind of what's going on in the media about the pools, um, it was really nice to see that the kids and the families were really enjoying themselves.
53:50One lady was telling me her daughter, they got there at noon and they didn't leave till 8 p.m.
53:55So I'm really happy to see our pools being utilized.
53:58But from the Comney Show to um Braunchatosi Yoke to the actual festival, um, to the giveaway and church service at Taysow West End.
54:09We had people come from all over.
54:11So thank you to our sponsors, uh, Commissioner Tyson.
54:15Uh she came at the very end.
54:17My father, uh, music speaks louder than words, series entry, law group, HICA, because we had a soccer tournament, so we had um our champions as well.
54:26We have about three games.
54:28I think that's everybody, and be ham now.
54:30So um, and thank you to Park and Rec as well.
54:33So we had a great time.
54:34So I look forward to next year.
54:36And then I invite everyone to join us for the one step to fitness starting on Monday, July 6th from 9 to 10 at Holy Family Crystal Ray at 1832 Santa Way South.
54:46This is a free community fitness class, open to all district six residents.
54:50Well, anybody, honestly.
54:52So I'm excited to move.
54:54Uh excited to partner with him to help our community move.
54:57And if you know me, I love to work out, so I love to bring that to my district as well.
55:01Our next farmers market is on July 11th at 1 30 p.m.
55:06We will have free barbecue, watermelon, and flowers.
55:09Thank you, Madam President.
55:11Thank you so much and congratulations on a great event.
55:13Seems like it's well attended, and you provided so much to the community.
55:17Councillor Williams.
55:20Eastwood neighborhood will be meeting to uh excuse me, Thursday, July the 2nd at 6 30 at the regular spot habitat, and also happy 4th of July to everybody.
55:28Hope it's a safe and fun holiday.
55:31Madam Pro Tim, thank you.
55:35Thank you, Madam President.
55:36The Central Pratt Neighborhood Association meeting will be here Monday, July the 6th at How Sanford Rick Center located at 320 Avenue D.
55:48Also, madam, I had an opportunity to travel to Atlantic City for the second annual pull up for peace, which was a very good event.
55:55Had a lot of national organizations to come to the pull up for peace that do work with violence reduction, restorative justice, just so much of stuff going on.
56:08Chico Tiaman, Marcus McAllister, A.T.
56:14Mitchell Man, Manuel.
56:17Had the opportunity to share the stage with Mayor Ross Baraka again this year, host and the moderator was nationally known speaker to Mika Mallory.
56:27So remember everybody was just interested in Birmingham, how we get into start reducing violence, you know, in this city.
56:34So it was great to go back and you know just talk to Mayor Barack about you know taking the initiatives that they used in New Jersey to implement them in Birmingham.
56:42So to date New Jersey has three homicides.
56:45So I also want to talk about Dr.
56:49Davis is also here back at Miles College with the Rise of Program, which kicked off yesterday.
56:56So if you get a chance, go out there and talk to uh Holly Dr.
57:02They kicked off yesterday with the welcome morning circle.
57:05So then they got We Got Us, the Be the Changer.
57:08So today they're there at 9 this morning.
57:10So she'll be there after Thursday.
57:1150 students had an opportunity to participate in this Rise of Program that Uche Bean also and the mayor, you know uh Woof and also um got involved in the the partnership with Dr.
57:29So they're back at Miles again.
57:31Jefferson County's 50 students from all over Birmingham have have an opportunity to participate in the Rise of the Program.
57:39Davis, you know, for the effort to continue to you know do the things that they're doing also in Uche Bean in her absence, all of the great work that she continues to do, you know, for the initiatives around violence reduction and the things and restore uh program.
57:55And Ski had an opportunity to present at um the pull up for peace uh about the restore program.
58:01So just had an awesome time, fellowshipping and and learning, you know, from each other.
58:05Thank you, Madam President.
58:07Thank you so much, Madam Pro Tim.
58:09We don't have any meetings scheduled this week in District 7.
58:13The Jones Valley Neighborhood Association meeting that would normally meet on Friday.
58:19They will not be meeting.
58:21Um I also want to wish everyone a happy 4th of July and a very safe one.
58:33Madam Pro Tim, go ahead.
58:35Oh, I forgot to mention a Cipical Philly neighborhood meeting is counseled for tomorrow, so they will resume in um August for the next meeting.
58:44Thank you very much.
58:46Clerk will entertain the speakers' list.
59:04As you approach, please give us your address, and then you have three minutes and the video cameras, videos uh here will give you your time.
59:20Open your brownie speaker.
59:21Silver bar in front of you.
59:29Nadia Monique Johnson.
59:30I'm the founder and CEO of the Black Women's Mental Health Institute.
59:34My address is 1545 Valley View Circle, Birmingham, Alabama, 35209.
59:40Um, and I'm here to briefly speak about our upcoming event.
59:44It's the 2026 Mental Health Equity and Liberation Summit.
59:48This is our 10th anniversary for hosting this event.
59:51We host it every July.
59:53Tomorrow is the launch of Minority Mental Health Awareness Month.
59:56This is what we call mental health liberation month.
1:00:00This year we have some phenomenal speakers, including Alana Melton with the Office of Unhoused Strategy.
1:00:05She'll be speaking on the unhoused mental health.
1:00:08We have Ivory Rose, an occupational therapist who's going to be traveling in from California, who's going to be speaking about social prescribing, which is a new strategy for providing mental health care.
1:00:18And we have Dee Reed, who of course is a political activist who is going to be speaking about voting and mental health.
1:00:26We sent a letter to each of you in um inviting you to be sponsors of this event.
1:00:30It's taking place on July 23rd at UAB.
1:00:35Um hosted by UAB office, um, our African American Studies Department.
1:00:40And I would love again for have all of your support for this event.
1:00:43And we also have a kickoff reception on the day before, July 22nd at the club.
1:00:49And for those who are unfamiliar with our work, we do provide free counseling for the entire state of Alabama.
1:00:54To date, we've provided about eight thousand over 8,000 hours of free counseling.
1:00:59We provide about 300 hours each month, and in less than three years, we've reached 61% of the county.
1:01:06We also have a work space workforce development program supported by Prosper that seeks to increase the number of licensed mental health clinicians in the state.
1:01:16Um our state currency ranks 50th in mental health um workforce, which means that for every 740 Alabama residents, there's only one licensed mental health clinician available.
1:01:28We're looking to shift the entire climate of mental health in the state and serve as a blueprint for the entire country.
1:01:34So again, I invite you to support this event.
1:01:38I also invite you to bring us to your districts.
1:01:40Thanks to the support of Council Woman Smithman and Councilwoman Tate.
1:01:45We provided 400 hours of counseling to district six and nine, and um, we're here to support anyone here in Birmingham and throughout the state of Alabama.
1:01:54Thank you for your consideration.
1:01:55If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them.
1:02:03Uh Daniel Daniel Hudson.
1:02:14Good morning, sir.
1:02:15If you state your name, your address.
1:02:17Uh hi, my name is uh Daniel Hudson.
1:02:20I actually live in Birmingham, England, and my address is uh Seven Hollyfield Avenue, B911 QJ, Birmingham, England.
1:02:26Um morning, everyone, uh Council President and members of the council.
1:02:30My name is Dan Hudson.
1:02:31I've actually found 4,000 miles uh to be here today uh from the other Birmingham, the more rainy one across the Atlantic to seek your help today.
1:02:40Uh as you may know, last year the world lost a global uh music icon, the Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osborne.
1:02:47Uh Ozie was born and raised in Birmingham, UK, and he put our shared name on the global map.
1:02:53I've been leading a campaign to rename Birmingham International Airport UK after Ozzy Osborne.
1:03:00It's gone absolutely stratospheric around the world.
1:03:02It's been it's backed by nearly 80,000 people, including Sharon and Kelly Osborne.
1:03:07Um unfortunately, though, our local airport uh our local airport bureaucrats back home have a severe lack of rock and roll spirit and have told us no.
1:03:17Whereas Alabama has a legendary musical soul from muscle shows to the jazz heritage right here in the city.
1:03:23You understand the power of music.
1:03:25So I'm here today to ask you uh for a symbolic resolution of support.
1:03:30If the birthplace of heavy metal won't listen to its own citizens, we hope that it will listen to the great magic city of Birmingham, Alabama.
1:03:37Will you stand with the UK second city and pass an honorary resolution urging your namesake city across the pond to give Aussie's airport?
1:03:46Thank you so much for bringing this request to us.
1:03:49When it said the Birmingham Airport, I thought, oh, we're gonna talk about the Birmingham International Airport, but you're talking about the one in the UK, correct?
1:03:56Yes, yes, let's thank you.
1:03:58We appreciate that.
1:03:59Um we will consider your request.
1:04:03Thank you so much.
1:04:04All right, thank you very much.
1:04:24Good morning, everybody.
1:04:27Yeah, I'm a uh fifth generation uh resident in Birmingham.
1:04:33And uh I'm also uh a graduate of Moorhouse College, but I'm also a president student at Lawson State in building construction.
1:04:46I want to talk about housing and the need for housing in the city that's declining in population.
1:04:52Your greatest resource is housing.
1:05:03All of what you've already passed today should be tripled in the areas of home repair and home construction.
1:05:12And I was I was looking at some of the information.
1:05:20You got a hundred.
1:05:21You just approve for 1.5 million dollars in demolition.
1:05:27And debullition should really be deconstruction.
1:05:32And that's kind of poignant for me because I was one of a number of eight delegates that went to Tulsa to Black Wall Street.
1:05:43Now Black Wall Street in 30 years of 300 buildings that were schooled, churches, and Greenwood.
1:05:55300 buildings, schools, churches, schools, churches, and a number of businesses that were all black owned, was eliminated in 18 hours.
1:06:11Now out of those 300 homes that were eliminated, was presently there in Greenwood, which no longer exists.
1:06:21It's a town, is a two buildings in which some of the brick that was burned was in the new buildings that were sitting there as a museum.
1:06:33So we you can take the debullition of the materials and not demolish a back hole in the dump truck taken to the to the landfill will actually create another set of reconstruction of homes.
1:06:55There need to be new reconstruction when you have your acrylic repair program, and when you have 900 people apply for it, and only a hundred people are telling you that your city is in need for more monies to be used towards the critical repair program.
1:07:11It should be tripled so that you can meet the needs.
1:07:22Well, it's more money in all those programs for housing, particularly.
1:07:26Our city is reducing a population.
1:07:38Comes from revenues that are uh generated for through tax basis and also through fines to excuse me to licensing.
1:07:49But you need to have also your tax base coming from your property taxes.
1:07:55So you need to settle this issue around uh land banking and make it more strong.
1:08:01And now in your land banking bill, you have $500,000 for strategic land banking.
1:08:10What does that mean?
1:08:11$500,000, you could take $100,000 and build a $300,000 house.
1:08:18So you got $500,000 in strategic land banking that can be used towards rebuilding houses.
1:08:26We appreciate you for bringing this information to us this morning.
1:08:31I do want to just relate that um I thank you for taking on the the um learning opportunities that are available in Lawson State.
1:08:40And also just for the record, 1.3 million was approved in this budget for critical repair.
1:08:47So thank you very much.
1:08:49Are those any more speakers?
1:08:51All right, thank you.
1:08:52At this time, counselors, we will take the motion to adjourn.
1:08:58All those in favor, please say aye.
1:09:01Have a happy fourth meeting adjourned.
1:09:16Hey everyone, Crystal Smithman, Birmingham City Council for Distress Tex.
1:09:20We're out here at District Six Pass Day 2.
1:09:23It's been amazing.
1:09:23We had the Hugh Flight Football Game earlier this morning, soccer tournament.
1:09:27Shout out to Hiccup and uh soccer champions, the first year for this.
1:09:32Uh bounty houses, open gym.
1:09:34Uh, and we're out there concept with Jake and the voice of Birmingham.
1:09:38It's an amazing time.
1:09:39This is all about covering different sex and every community that's beginning.