City Council Meeting Recap 1.21.20
Here’s the video from the meeting:
And here are a few of the main items the Birmingham City Council passed at the January 21st, 2020 meeting:
Item 23
The Birmingham City Council approved transferring $468,532.78 of unencumbered funds left over from a project that was completed several years ago at the Birmingham CrossPlex toward Citywide street resurfacing.
Watch the video below to see an excerpt from today’s City Council meeting in which Councilor Valerie Abbott explains how unencumbered funds from finished capital improvement projects are reallocated.
Item 64
The Birmingham City Council voted to set a public hearing for February 18th on a rezoning case in the Echo Highlands Neighborhood in District 1 that would allow for the construction of a new funeral home.
Some background information on the proposed rezoning:
The Zoning Advisory Committee met at its regularly scheduled meeting on October 15th, 2019 to review the applicant’s rezoning request and voted to Not Recommend approval.
The Planning & Zoning Committee met on October 23rd, 2019 and voted on a 2 month continuance so the applicant could go back to the Neighborhood Association.
The Planning & Zoning Committee met on December 4th, 2019 and voted to recommend approval of the applicant’s request with the following “Q” conditions:
The following uses are not allowed:
a) Communal Living Facility
b) Garage Sale/Yard Sale
c) Private Club
d) Rummage Sale
e) Opioid Replacement Therapy Treatment Facility
f) Animal Boarding Facility
g) Animal Day Care
h) Automobile Parking
i) Automobile Sales
j) Automobile Service
k) Automobile/Light Truck repair
l) Bar
m) Car Wash. Automated
n) Car Wash, Manual
o) Donation Box
p) Donation Center
q) Mini Storage Warehouse
r) Payday Loan
s) Recreation Equipment Sales/Service
t) Title Loan/Pawnshop
u) All Wireless Communication Uses
v) Manufacturing, Specialized
w) Warehouse/Office
x) All Agricultural Uses
y) All Utility Uses
z) Recycling Collection Center
aa) Adult Establishment
bb) Arena
cc) Amusement, Outdoor
dd) Convention Center
ee) Driving Range Free-Standing
ff) Stadium
Watch the video below to see the applicant present his proposed project at the October 23rd, 2019 Planning & Zoning Committee Meeting.
Item 69 (addendum)
On Tuesday the Birmingham City Council unanimously approved a resolution supporting the addition of the 35th Avenue Superfund Site to the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Priorities List (NPL).
According to the resolution, “The Council and the City of Birmingham finds that the addition of the 35th Avenue Superfund Site to the NPL will assist efforts to clean up hazardous contamination, improve public health and revitalize affected communities.
Council President Parker, who represents the district where the Superfund Site is located, has long championed for remediation efforts and believes more can be done on a federal and state level to assist residents who live there. The resolution was submitted by Parker.
“We have to continue to bring together our partners on the state and federal level and make sure this issue stays in the forefront of their attention,” Parker said. “I live here. I see all the people this impacts on a daily basis and I want everyone to know that we, as a City Council, are going to continue doing everything we can to make sure the residents are safe and we are addressing the issue of pollution in our neighborhoods.”
The resolution also urges Governor Kay Ivey to submit a letter to the EPA stating unequivocally that Alabama supports the NPL listing. In 2014, the EPA proposed Rule №61 which would add the 35th Avenue Superfund Site to the NPL. Tuesday’s resolution is aimed at urging the EPA to proceed with that rule.
Residents of North Birmingham and Collegeville have attended Council meetings in recent weeks asking the Council for their support. Council President Parker has continued to have dialogue with those residents, and this resolution is the next step in remediation efforts.
Full Agenda
The Birmingham City Council Honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Upcoming Meetings
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
8:00 a.m. — 11:00 a.m. — Chat & Chew — Oxmoor Community Center, 1992 Wenonah Oxmoor Road — Council President Pro-Tempore Wardine Alexander, District 7
12:00 p.m. — Joint Special Called Planning and Zoning Committee and Special Called Committee of the Whole Meeting — 5th Floor Conference Room- City Hall
2:00 p.m. — Joint Special Called Transportation Committee and Special Called Committee of the Whole Meeting — City Council Chambers
Monday, January 27, 2020
3:30 p.m. — Joint Budget and Finance Committee and Special Called Committee of the Whole Meeting — Conference Rooms “D & E”
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
9:00 a.m. — Pre-Council Meeting — City Council Chambers; 9:30 a.m. — Council Meeting — City Council Chambers
2:00 p.m. — Joint Administration/Education Committee and Special Called Committee of the Whole Meeting — Conference Rooms “D & E”
3:00 p.m. — Joint Economic Development Committee and Special Called Committee of the Whole Meeting — Conference Rooms “D & E”
