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Home My WebLink About07-26-1976 Regular MeetingSTATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF BALDWIN THE City Council of the City of Fairhope met in regular session at the City Administration Building, 387 Fairhope Avenue, Monday July 26, 1976 at 7.:00 P.M. with the following members present: Mayor James p. Nix, Councilmen: David E. Bishop, H. G. Bishop, Sam E. Box, 011ie E. Deese and Barney L. Shull. Minutes of the previous regular meeting were approved. Motion by Councilman H., G. Bishop seconded by Councilman 011ie E. Deese that Beer License in the name of Johnnie Lucassen be transferred to Frances Lucassen. Motion carried. Motion by Councilman Barney Shull seconded by Councilman Sam Box that the request of Mary McMillian for packaged Beer license at Mary's Service Station,located on Greeno Road within the Police Jurisdiction, be approved. Motion carried. Motion by Councilman H. G. Bishop seconded by Councilman Barney Shull that the following members be Library Board in compliance with Ala William P. Trewolla William McGregor Dorothy D. Shine Olive W Gaston Jason N kutack Reappointments to be for a four year reappointed to the Fairhope Code Title 55 Sec. 286:' 5/4/77 5/4/78 5/4/79 5/4/80 5/4/80 term. Motion carried. The following names were submitted for Election officials for the Municipal Election to be held August 10, 1976: Joe Odom Mike Ford Betty Wahl Herbert Williams Lee Eagy Berneice Burkard Patsy Moore Jane Eagy Glessner Taylor Jane Scott Ouida Berglin Leona Newman Phyllis Dade George Krog Geneive Pierce Mrs. Floyd Langham Motion by Councilman that the above names carried. Jackie Holder Patsy Trawick Dorothy Cain Fred Brammann Sr. Tallulah Bung Dorothy Kamper Hazel Borom Mrs. H. B. Shepherd Doris Ferguson Eugene Lindsay Ethel Bishop Leona Bosby Nell Saltz Stephanie Montgomery Leline Cason Earl Hilyer Sam Box seconded by Councilman Barney Shull be accepted as election officials. Motion Motion by Councilman David E. Bishop seconded by Councilman 011ie Deese that salary for Election Officials be set at $18.40. Motion carried. Motion by David E. Bishop seconded by Councilman 011ie Deese that school for Election Officials be set for Thursday, August 5 at 7:00 P.M. at the City Administration Building, 387 Fairhope Avenue. Motion carried. Motion by Councilman David E. Bishop seconded by Councilman 'Barney Shull that Ordinance No. 578, Vacation of Street, intro- duced at the regular meeting of July 12, 1976 be adopted as introduced. Motion carried. Motion by Councilman Barney Shull seconded Bishop that City approve Performance Bond as presented. Motion carried. by Councilman David of Matthew P. Dial, Jr. Councilman Barney Shull introduced the following Ordinance: ORDINANCE NO. 579 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 567 REGARDING ASSESSMENT FOR THE COST OF IMPROVEMENTS PROVIDED BY IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE NO. 543 AS THE SAME PERTAINS TO ASSESSMENT OF COSTS OF IMPROVEMENTS AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOTS 9 AND 10 IN THE JOHN M. GREEN SUBDIVISION OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 2 EAST, BALDWIN COUNTY, ALABAMA. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRHOPE, �ALABAMA, as follows: (a) The City Council of the City of Fairhope, Alabama, adopted an ordinance on, to -wit, the 9th day of September, 1974 entitled "IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE NO. 543", an ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON WINN LANE, NORTHRUP STREET, BURGUNDY STREET AND BLUE ISLAND AVENUE, IN THE CITY OF FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA." (b) Provision was made in said ordinance for the assessment of the cost of said improvements against the property specially benefitted thereby. (c) Thereafter, by Ordinance No. 560, the City Council assess- ed the cost of constructing said improvements against the abutting property owners adjoining, among other streets, Blue Island Avenue, (d) Due to errors and defects, that portion of Ordinance No. 560 referred to above pertaining to Blue Island Avenue was repealed by Ordinance No. 566, dated December 20, 1975. (e) Thereafter, the City Council of the City of Fairhope pro- posed, and thereafter on 31st January, 1976 duly adopted Ordinance 567, which included a revised assessment against Lots 9 and 10 in the John M. Green Subdivision of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 17, Township 6 South, Range 2 East, Baldwin County, Alabama, having a frontage on Blue Island Avenue of 660 feet. (f) At the time of the adoption of said Ordinance No. 567, said Lots 9 and 10 both fronted on Blue Island Avenue and Inglesid( Street. Ingleside Street was already 'improved with paving and sewerage. One-half of said Lots 9 and 10 which abut Ingleside Street are not•within a half a block of Blue Island Avenue. There- fore the improvements brought about by Improvement Ordinance 567 in no way benefitted the property fronting on Ingleside Street. (g) The owners of said Lots 9 and 10 have resubdivided the same into twelve lots, with six lots fronting on Ingleside Street and six lots fronting on Blue Island Avenue, said resubdivision having been accepted and approved by the City of Fairhope Planning Commission on April 23, 1976. (h) The only resubdivided lots of the original Lots 9 and 10 that derived any benefit from this assessment are Lots 7 through 12, with each of said lots having a frontage of 110 feet on Blue Island Avenue. 0 SECTION 2. The amount of the assessment pertaining to Lots 9 and 10 of the John M. Green Subdivision of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 17, Township 6 South, Range 2 East, Baldwin County, Alabama, located on Blue Island Avenue, is hereby repealed, and the amount of the assessment against each of the re - subdivided lots number 7 through 12, abutting the east right of way line of.Blue Island Avenue, be and the same is hereby fixed in accordance with said Improvement Ordinance No. 543 in the amounts hereinafter set forth in this Ordinance. SECTION 3. That it is ascertained by this Council and deter- mined and so adjudged, that the cost of constructing said improve- ments is $9,919.80, less the sum of $1,155.92 heretofore paid toward the cost of said improvements by "the adjoining property owners hereafter mentioned, and that the total amount assessed against all the property by this Ordinance does not exceed the total cost of said improvements, and is not in excess of the in- creased value of all such property by reason of the special benefi derived from the aforesaid improvements, and that all of the lots or parcels of land so assessed abut on the part of said streets or highways so improved, or on a street or highway intersecting said part of said improved streets or highways within a half a block of the streets or highways so improved, and that all of the lots or parcels of land so located are included in said assessment. SECTION 4. That the names of the property owners, a descrip- tion of each lot or parcel of land assessed for said improvements are hereby determined, adjudged and fixed as follows, to -wit: (See Assessment Bppk) C Approved Mayor ttest: L;�ty ulerx I�J Councilman Barney Shull fiioved that all rules governing the council which might, unless suspended, prevent the passage and adoption of the Ordinance at this meeting, be and the same are hereby sus- pended for the purpose of permitting the said Ordinance to be finally passed and adopted at this meeting. Councilman Sam Box seconded the motion and on roll call the vote was as follows: Yea: Councilmen: David E. Bishop, H. G. Bishop, Sam E. Box, 011ie E. Deese and Barney L. Shull. Nay: None. Motion adopted by unani- mous vote of the Council. Councilman Barney Shull then moved that the said Ordinance No. 579 be finally passed and adopted as intro- duced. Councilman Sam Box seconded the motion and the question of final passage and adoption of said ordinance was put to vote of the'Council and on call of the roll the results were as follows: Yea: Councilmen: David E. Bishop, H. G. Bishop, Sam E. Box, 011ie E. Deese and Barney L. Shull. Nay: None. Ordinance finally pass- ed and adopted by unanimous vote of the Council. Motion by Councilman David E. Bishop seconded by Councilman Barney L. Shull that the Mayor be authorized to sign contract, subject to approval of the City Attorney, with Department of the Interior acting by and through Southeastern Power Administration. Motion carried. Motion by Councilman Barney Shull seconded by Councilman Sam Box that Council approve contract for track and curbing to complete track in the amount of $5,253.00. Motion carried. Motion by Councilman Barney Shull seconded by Councilman 011ie Deese that council approve site work around new stadium in the amount of $4027.00. Motion carried. Motion by Councilman Barney Shull seconded by Councilman David E Bishop that Council approve additional 230 ft. of fencing at a cost of $1050.00 for stadium. MOtion carried. lIt was duly moved, seconded and carried that the meeting adjourn. Attest: ty Approved Z, Mayor