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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-22-1990 Regular Meeting1139 STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF BALDWIN The City Council, City of Fairhope, met in regular session at 5:30 pm; Fairhope Municipal Complex Council Chamber; 161 N. Section ; Fairhope, Alabama 36532; on Monday, 22 October 1990. Present were Mayor James P. Nix; Councilmembers Roy C. White, Jeanette Puckett, David E. Bishop, John Duck, and Michael A. Ford. City Attorney Marion E. Wynne and Acting City Clerk Betty Rivenbark. There being a quorum present, Mayor Nix called the meeting to order. Minutes of 8 October 1990 regular session were duly approved. A public hearing, was held regarding a dangerous building at 207 Magnolia Avenue, property owned by the FSTC leased to James Toler. Mr. Toler had been notified that under Ordinance 860 he had a dangerous building and it would be condemned by the City and he would have to have it removed or the city would remove it and bill him for this. Bob Lunsford told the Council that he had written Mr. Toler on August 22nd and tonight's hearing is to hear Mr. Toler. Before presenting his explanation to the Council Mr.Toler,Mr.Gordon & Mr..Lunsford took .an oath to tell the truth, administered by the City Attorney. Mr. Toler related his intention to sell the property but if the building is removed as far as the FSTC is con- cerned he will have no improvements on the property. The electrical part of the house has been corrected. Curtis Gordon who was present with Mr. Toler spoke to the Council saying he is working with Mr. Toler to buy the property and build his personal home there. That he has another person interested in one-half of the property who also wishes to build a residence there. The Mayor asked how much more time is needed to get their deal worked out with the FSTC. Councilman Ford asked Mr. Gordon if he had a sale pending and he said yes, him. Councilwoman Puckett asked.Mr. Gordon about the electric problem and he said it had been taken care.of. Councilman White said he had talked with Mr. Gordon for at least two years now asking him to at least cut the grass or trim back the cudzu and so far he has done nothing, the roof is falling in and the windows have been broken out; why should we delay condemnation now? Mr. Gordon went over the deals he had tried to work out over the past two years with Mr. Toler, but nothing had worked out. It was suggested going ahead with the condemnation procedure, which will give them another 30 days to work things out, and at the end of that time see where they stand. Councilman Bishop moved that the condemnation procedure proceed as planned, John Duck seconded and motion carried unanimously. 22 October 1990 1140 Council reviewed an application for a Restaurant Liquor License by Van Tran dba Twin Oaks Restaurant. Mr. Tran is moving his restaurant to a new location best described as between Mike Ford Realty and the Grand Hotel on Hwy 98. No one present was opposed to his license and there was police approval of the applicant. Councilman Ford said he will probably be the most affected by this and he sees nothing wrong with it, he further moved for approval of application, John Duck seconded and motion carried unan- imously. Councilman Duck introduced and moved for the adoption of the following resolution. Seconded by Councilwoman Puckett motion passed unanimously: Resolution No.9,94- go BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF FAIRHOPE ALABAMA, That Judge Phyllis Nesbit is hereby appointed to serve as MUNICIPAL JUDGE, in the absence of Judge James Smith, only for Court Session on 7 November 1990. ADOPTED THIS 22ND DAY OF OCTOBER, 1990. '!!! /'00 _-� jJaameAs*P.Nix, Mayor Acti g City Clerk Councilman White introduced and moved for the adoption of the following resolution. Seconded by Councilwoman Puckett motion passed unanimously: Resolution No.395__0 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA, That the following 1990 holidays will be observed by all city personnel except emergency employees: Veterans Day - Monday, November 12 Thanksgiving - Thursday & Friday, November 22 & 23 Christmas - Monday & Tuesday December 24 & 25 New Years Day -Tuesday, January 1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the scheduled council meetings for November and December, 1990, are hereby rescheduled as follows: 22 October 1990 1141 November: Tuesday, November 13 Monday, November 26 December: Monday, December 10 Monday, December 17 Same Time and Place Duly adopted this 22nd day of October, 1990 ! Nv 4Jam_4AN'ix, Mayor Actin City Clerk Councilman Ford discussed with the Council a request from the Recreation Board to go out on bids using funds in the Recreation Improvement Account for a gang mower. Council- man Ford asked Gen Supt. Rutherford how old the present mower is and he replied 13-14 years. Mr. Rutherford further said that depending on what funds were available, he would like to get either a 3 or 5 gang mower, the difference being about 4,000 in cost. Councilwoman Puckett moved that authorization be given to go out on bids for a 3 and 5 gang mower to be bought out of Recreation Improvement Funds. Councilman Ford seconded and motion passed unanimously. Councilman Ford stating that he knew the Council was wait- ing for results on the survey, was asking if the Council is now ready to take some action regarding the re -cycling report that the re -cycling committee submitted August 27, 1990 with their recommendations, get a target date to get the program going. Mayor Nix reported the survey results said that people wanted curbside service and voluntary not mandatory, at inception. But that when the state re- quires it we will have to make it mandatory but that we hope the response will be such that the program will carry itself. That we will not charge, but pickup will be once a week on trash day. After a couple of months we will know whether or not we will have to charge. Councilman Ford read the committee recommendations(copy on file). Mayor Nix said that a letter will be sent to all households explaining how they should collect the items to be re -cycled and we need the assistance of the media. Mayor Nix also mentioned that we will be running an ad in the newspaper with bins for sale, that this is optional. Councilman Ford mentioned that he wished to stress that he was not trying to get people to stop taking paper and cans to churches and schools, that they still need them too, and that the City has been re -cycling with their mulch program. The middle of November was mentioned as when we hope to get started. That we already have bought 22 October 1990 1142 a truck but we are having to add the bins to it. That we will be taking paper, aluminum, glass and plastics and be using one end of a storage shed at the warehouse where we will store everything until we get enough to take over. Mayor Nix said that the citizens could use garbage cans and we will furnish them a sticker to be put on them if they do not want to purchase the bins. That the bins will be for sale at our cost $16.50 for a set of 3, or if you only wish to purchase 1 or even 2 the cost will be $5.50 each. Councilman Bishop moved to proceed with the project, to include the purchase of 1,000 containers and the cost of advertising. Council- woman Puckett seconded and motion carried unanimously. Councilman Ford mentioned to the Mayor and Council that he would like them to be thinking about a City museum. That it has been discussed briefly from time to time, and was talked about when the City bought old Organic campus. That we will have our 100th celebration in 1994 and that the town is still young enough to draw from local historians. That he has the 1st ball driven at the golf course, although it doesn't mean anthing now, in 20-25 years it will be history. That Fairhope is a unique town and it is a shame if we don't organize and gather information, let people come forth with ideas. Mayor Nix said he thought we should get some people who would like to work on it, get it out to the public for some ideas and input, he said that the citizens could either call him or Mike Ford if they have something to offer. Council took the following action on bids: A concrete flume to be constructed at the Waste Water Treat- ment Plant: Vendor Amount J.E. Harris Co., Inc. $22,982.00 Mobile, Al. Fairhope Paving Co. 23,710.00 Fairhope, Al. Hosea Weaver & Sons Inc. 34,975.00 Mobile, Al. Mayor Nix mentioned that we will get 700 on this from FEMA as this was storm damage that we are repairing. It is the recommendation of the Gen. Supt. Rutherford that we go with J.E. Harris Co, Inc. of Mobile, the apparent low bidder. Councilman White questioned why we couldn't go with local bidder. Mayor Nix said we could but FEMA will only pay on low bidder. Councilman Bishop moved to accept low bid provided it meets specifications. Councilwoman Puckett seconded and motion carried unanimously. 22 October 1990 1143 Mayor Nix gave the results of the survey, saying that out of 3400 mailed out we got 1710 back or 50.3% returned which he feels was real good response: 1. Are you satisfied with your garbage service? 96.8% Yes 3.2% No 2. Are you satisfied with your trash service? 97. 9 % Yes 2.1 % No 3. Are you satisfied with our fire protection? 99.2% Yes .8% No 4. Are you satisfied with our police protection? 96.5% Yes 3.5% No 5. Are you satisfied with the library services? 95.1% Yes 4.9% No 6. Are you satisfied with the administrative services of the City? 98. 2 % Yes 1.8 % No 7. Are you satisfied with the utilities service(electric, gas, water)? 93.9 % Yes 5.1 % No 8. Are you satisfied with the way the leash law is being enforced? 77 .9 % Yes 22.1 % No 9. Do you think there is adequate property zoned for business and commercial use in Fairhope? 9 3 % Yes 7 % No 10. Are you pleased with the beautification program in the City of Fairhope? 97 % Yes 3 % No 11. Realizing re -cycling is a must, 68.2% Do you favor curbside pick-up for recyclable materials, or 31.8% Dumpsters located around town for drop-off of re- cyclable materials. If curbside pick-up should it be voluntary 40.9% or mandatory 59.1%. To keep the cost down would you prefer once a week garbage pickup and once a week re -cycle pickup? 67 % Yes 33 % No 12. Do you think we should provide police protection outside our city limits in the police jurisdiction? 61.9% Yes 38.1% No 22 October 1990 1144 13. Do you think we should provide fire protection outside our city limits in the police jurisdiction? 70.3% Yes 29.7% No 14. U.S. Highway 98 north(4-lane) is the front door to our City, do you favor the City continuing to keep the grass cut and landscaped up to Sibley Street as we are now doing? 97.3%Yes 2.7% No 15. What could or should be done to improve our City? No percentages available Mayor Nix thanked the citizens for responding so well and remarked about the areas that we will be working on as suggested by the survey, one big one being dogs and also cats. Shep Shepard spoke from the floor complimenting the city on the fast paving job and the wonderful way it was handled, that it looks real good. Councilman Ford reminded the Council and public that Wednesday there would be a program at the pier sponsored by the Ministerial Association. Councilman Bishop mentioned that he would like the Council to consider Project Share a program by Ecumenical Ministries that he has information on and he will get a copy to Council for consideration at the next Council meeting. There being no further business, meeting was duly adjourned. P. Nix, Mayoi