The Mobile City Council held a pre-meeting on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. to discuss agenda items including noise ordinance waivers, a public hearing on the Downtown Development District UDC amendment, introduction of a trade academy fund fee ordinance, and various resolutions. Public comments were heard, and several items were debated with amendments proposed.
Good morning, everyone. It's good to see you everyone this morning. Ladies and gentlemen in the hands of our capable city clerk, Ms. Lisa Carroll. This is the pre-meeting of the Mobile City Council Tuesday, June the 2nd. We have requests appeals. We have requests for wave of the noise ordinance on July the 10th, 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. Mobile Skate Plaza. June 20th from 12 p.m. until 6 p.m. Mamga Drive. July the 12th from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. And this is it uh on Dauphin Street between Joachim and Conception Streets. March 20th, 2027, 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Cathedral Square and June the 6th from 3 p.m. until 10 p.m. on South Scott Street. Sir. Okay. Public hearing. Today it's the public hearing to amend appendix A Downtown Development District of the City of Mobile Unified Development Code Chapter 64. Presentation of petitions and other communications to the council. Denise Martin, problems with new bus service and routes being cut. Sabrina Mass acknowledged the council mayor administration for doing a great job. Estella Trata requests open records of all predominantly black housing developments dismantled mismanagement of relocation finances and immunity of government officials being held responsible. Crystal Frazon Frizon concerns about shootings and law enforcement. Reggie Hill requests varying investigations, rules, economic development and public safety. CIP resolutions held over 09575 transfer funds from Capital Project CIP citywide parks and trail signage to Capital Project TIFF wayfinding analysis. Resolutions held over 01576. Authorized amendment one to agreement with found design for professional services for development of City of Mobile Alabama Wayfinding Program. 01577 authorized amendment one France franchise agreement with neutron holdings to extend the term of the franchise reaffirm the annual franchise fee and incorporate additional provisions. I spoke with uh David Clark and others regarding this allocation uh this year. I you know I I guess we're just gonna have to do it this year, but uh the expectation would be next year that we wouldn't see this on our agenda, it would be just absorbed into visit mobile budget. I don't know that David fully committed that that's absolutely gonna happen. I think it's tied to how that uh TID is performing and everything else, but hopefully next year it will not be uh coming directly out of our general fund. Okay. Ordinances being introduced 11024, amend chapter 11, article two, section 11 of the mobile city code to include a subsection titled Alabama Construction Trade Academy Fund Fees. Uh Ms. Woods. Uh this is just a follow-up uh towards the end of last year, just kind of kind of bringing everybody, reminding everybody towards the end of last year. Uh the home builders academy came to us and then basically the gist of the home builders academy um is training, it is uh workforce training uh basically spend time, take the classes, uh come out of that class ready to ready to go to work, and you also have really a leg up as well on whenever you're entering the building trades because uh after going through that class, you could theoretically uh reduce your apprenticeship time uh from two years to one year, you know, if you if you take the class and do it. So it's a really great program put on by the by the home builders association on the local HBA. And um also it's made available by um by what the legislation like legislator did um allowing a tw up to a 20 dollar fee to be attached to all building permits. So um last year we kind of closed the gap or this budget year kind of closed the gap and facilitated this by through the performance contract. Uh what this does is just allows through the rest of the budget year just kind of establishes that $20 fee beginning October 1st for the next budget year. Um great program, I know between what the HBA is doing and what uh craft training's doing. Um, you know, it's it's training work for us and training uh folks that want to enter the trades and um they're pumping them out.