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STATE OF ALABAMA X
COUNTY OF BALDWIN X
THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF FAIRHOPE, MET IN REGULAR SESSION
AT 5:30 P.M.; FAIRHOPE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBER;
1 6 1 NORTH SECTION STREET; FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA 36532; ON
MONDAY, 08 JUNE 1 998.
PRESENT WERE MAYOR JAMES P. NIX; COUNCILMEMBERS JOHN V.
DUCK, MICHAEL A. FORD, JEANETTE PUCKETT, AND WILLIAM H. JONES; CITY
ATTORNEY MARION E. WYNNE, AND CITY CLERK GENIECE W. JOHNSON.
COUNCILMEMBER DEBBIE W. QUINN WAS ABSENT.
THERE BEING A QUORUM PRESENT, MAYOR NIX CALLED THE MEETING
TO ORDER. COUNCILMEMBER JONES MOVED TO APPROVE MINUTES OF THE
28 MAY 1 998 REGULAR MEETING. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER
PUCKETT, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNCILMEMBER DUCK INTRODUCED IN WRITING, AND MOVED FOR THE
ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER
FORD, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
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RESOLUTION NO. 596-98
The City of Fairhope
WHEREAS, Section 402(p) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) Amendments of 1987 require pollutant
controls in stormwater discharges which include permit compliance conditions forvarious categories
of stormwater discharges; and,
WHEREAS, in compliance with the requirements of Section 402(p) of the CWA, the US
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established and published regulations governing
stormwater discharge permit requirements under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) program; and,
WHEREAS, these aforesaid permit requirements pertain to stormwater discharges associated with
industrial activity, discharges from large municipal stormwater systems, and discharges from
medium municipal separate stormwater systems; and,
WHEREAS, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) is the Alabama
State agency charged with the delineation of municipal areas that must obtain a NPDES permit for
stormwater discharge, as well as with the approval and subsequent management of this permit; and,
WHEREAS, ADEM has delineated a metropolitan area in Mobile County that includes the Cities
of Mobile, Prichard, Chickasaw, Saraland, Satsuma, and Creola and part of the unincorporated area
of Mobile County; and an area in Baldwin County that includes the Cities of Daphne, Fairhope, and
part of the unincorporated area of Baldwin County; and,
WHEREAS, each of the aforesaid local entities agreed by resolution to participate, under the
coordination of the South Alabama Regional Planning Commission (SARPC), in a single
metropolitan NPDES stormwater permitprocess on ashared cost basis which resulted in the issuance
by ADEM of the Final Five Year NPDES Permit numbered ALS000002 and titled Mobile Area
Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Mobile and Baldwin Counties; and,
WHEREAS, the aforesaid NPDES Permit requires the implementation of a storm event sampling
and analysis of stormwater program at each of the seven (7) outfalls identified in the NPDES Permit
on an annual basis over the required time frame; and,
WHEREAS, the annual cost basis for compliance with the final permit is also a pro rata share based
on the 1990 US Census population of each local entity in the designated metropolitan stormwater
management area as indicated in the following table; and
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Mobile County
39,457 11.9
Mobile City 19627$ 59.3
Prichard
34,311
10.4
Chickasaw 6,6492.0
Saraland
Satsuma
11,751
3.5
5,194, 1.6
Creola 1,896 0.6
-Baldwin 15,691
Daphne 11,290 3.4
TOTAL
331,002
2.6
100.0
WHEREAS, the cost for the aforesaid permit requirements for second year stormwater monitoring
program and associated administrative cost is Thirteen Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Three Dollars
($13,253.00) to be shared on a pro rata basis by the participating Mobile -Baldwin Stormwater
Consortium member governments;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as follows:
The City of Fairhope shall continue to actively participate in the Mobile -Baldwin
Stormwater Consortium, including the data collection portion of the stormwater monitoring
programs of the SWMP, the public education portion of the SWMP, the inter jurisdictional
agreement, and the annual report required by the ADEM NPDES Permit Number
ALS000002.
2. The City of Fairhope shall pay its pro rata share of its annual permit implementation in the
amount of $345.00 to the South Alabama Regional Planning Commission, local coordinator
of the Mobile -Baldwin Stormwater Consortium.
Adopted this 8TH day of JUNE
ATTES
GENIECE W. JOHNSO , CITY CLERK
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08 JUNE 1 998
COUNCILMEMBER FORD MOVED TO APPROVE THE CHARGE -OFF OF
1 994- 1 995 UNCOLLECTIBLE UTILITY ACCOUNTS. THESE ACCOUNTS TOTAL
$2-8,905.0 1 . SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES, MOTION PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY.
ONE 5-YEAR TERM ON THE PERSONAL BOARD. COUNCILMEMBER
PUCKETT MOVED TO REAPPOINT CHARLES JOHNSON. THERE BEING NO
OTHER NOMINATIONS, COUNCILMEMBER DUCK MOVED TO CLOSED THE
NOMINATION AND REAPPOINT MR. JOHNSON, BY ACCLAMATION. SECONDED BY
COUNCILMEMBER JONES, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
MAYOR NIX OPEN THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS TO FILL THE LATE
JOHN BEASLEYS POSITION ON THE INDUSTRIAL BOARD. MAYOR NIX
NOMINATED RUSTY WINFREE. COUNCILMEMBER JONES MOVED TO APPOINT
MR. WINFREE. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PUCKETT, MOTION PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY. THIS IS A 6-YEAR TERM; HOWEVER, MR. WINFREE WILL
SERVE UNTIL MAY, 2002.
COUNCILMEMBER FORD REPORTED ON THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY
MAILED TO THE RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG SCENIC HIGHWAY 98 AND COUNTY
ROAD ONE. THE SURVEY WILL DETERMINE THE INTEREST IN HAVING SEWER
LINES INSTALLED. COUNCILMEMBER FORD REPORTED THAT OF THE 652
SURVEYS MAILED, 354 SURVEYS HAS BEEN RETURNED. 78% ARE
INTERESTED AND 22% ARE NOT INTERESTED IN HAVING SEWER LINES
INSTALLED. A SECOND NOTICE WILL BE MAILED WITH A CUT-OFF DATE OF 22
JUNE 1 998, UPON RECEIVING THE SECOND NOTICES COUNCILMEMBER
FORD WILL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE IF THE REQUIRED 60% LAND FOOTAGE IS
RECEIVED.
MR. GLEN WILSON ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL STATING THAT THE FIRST
SURVEY WAS MISLEADING. MR. WILSON'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE FIRST
SURVEY WAS THAT THE SEWER LINES WOULD BE INSTALLED REGARDLESS OF
THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY. MAYOR NIX AND COUNCILMEMBER FORD
EXPLAINED THAT THE FIRST SURVEY WAS MAILED ONLY TO SEE IF THERE WAS
ENOUGH INTEREST IN THIS PROJECT. THE LINES WILL NOT BE INSTALLED IF
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH INTEREST.
COUNCILMEMBER JONES SO MOVED TO PAY BILLS AS PRESENTED.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PUCKETT, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
MAYOR NIX ANNOUNCED THAT THE SEWER TREATMENT PLANT MAY
POSSIBLY GO ON LINE 0 1 JULY 1 998.
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08 JUNE 1 998
MR. SHEP SHEPHERD ASKED THAT COUNCIL HAVE NO U TURN SIGNS
PLACED ALONG FAIRHOPE AVENUE BETWEEN BANCROFT STREET AND
CHURCH STREET. TOO MANY CARS ARE MAKING U-TURNS BETWEEN THIS
AREA. MAYOR Nix STATED THAT HE WOULD HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL
THE MEETING WAS DULY ADJOURNED AT 5:53 P.M.
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GENIECE W. JOHN IN, CITY CLERK
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