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Home My WebLink About05-13-1991 Regular Meeting1187 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 North Section Street; Fairhope, Alabama 36532; on Monday, 13 May 1991. Present were Mayor James P. Nix; Councilmembers Roy C. White, Jeanette Puckett, David E. Bishop, Michael A. Ford, and John V. Duck; City Attorney Marion E. Wynne and City Clerk Evelyn Phillips. No one was absent. .............. There being a quorum present, Mayor Nix called the meeting to order. Minutes of the 22 April regular session and the 2 May 1991 special session were duly approved. A Public Hearing was held, as advertised, on the rezoning request by Sandra T. Levin to change her property, located on the corner of Morphy Avenue and Troyer Road, from RA Rural Agriculture to R3 High Density Single Family Residential. The Planning & Zoning Commission recommends approval. No one present was opposed to the zoning change. Councilman Duck introduced Ordinance No. 876. In order to take immediate action, Councilman Bishop moved to suspend the rules. Seconded by Council- woman Puckett, motion to suspend passed unanimously by the following vote: AYE -White, Puckett, Nix, Bishop, Ford, and Duck. NAY - none. Councilman Duck then moved for final adoption of Ordinance No. 876. Seconded by Councilman Bishop, motion to final adopt passed unanimously by the following vote: AYE - White, Puckett, Nix, Bishop, Ford, and Duck. NAY -none. A Public Hearing was held, as advertised, on the annexation and concurrent zoning request by Charles Ingersoll (with power of attorney for property owner Sadie Mae Ingersoll). Property is located on east side of Greeno Road, south of Nichols Avenue intersection and the zoning requested is R5 High Density Multi Family Residential. The Planning $ Zoning Commission recommends approval. No one present was opposed to the annexation or to the zoning. Councilman Bishop introduced Ordinance No. 877. In order to take immediate action, Councilman Duck moved to suspend the rules. Seconded by Councilwoman Puckett, motion to suspend passed unanimously by the following vote: AYE -White, Puckett, Nix, Bishop, Ford, and Duck. NAY -none. Councilman Bishop then moved for final adoption of Ordinance No. 877. Seconded by Councilman Duck, motion to final adopt passed unani- mously by the following vote: AYE -White, Puckett, Nix, Bishop, Ford, and Duck. NAY -none. 13 May 1991 1188 Council discussed final adoption of Ordinance No. 878, an ordinance to amend and add to Garbage & Trash Section 21, Fair - hope Code of Ordinances; introduced at the last regular session. Councilman White moved for final adoption. Seconded by Councilwoman Puckett, motion passed unanimously. A report from Phillip Roth $ Associates stated they had two quotes for engineering services on the CDBG sewer project at the Industrial Park (for the Hoover Group)--$8,000.00 from McCrory & Willaims, $5,952.00 from Moore Engineering Company -- and they recommended acceptance of the low quote from Moore. Councilman Ford so moved by introducing the following resolution for adoption. Seconded by Councilman Duck, motion passed unanimously: (Res. No. 338-91 on next page..........) 13 May 1991 1189 RESOLUTION No. 33 WHEREAS, the City of Fairhope has received notification of fund- ing approval for a F.Y. 1990-1991 Community Development Block Grant, Economic Development Infrastructure Grant, by letter of Gov. Guy Hunt dated April 4, 1991, and WHEREAS, said grant funds in the amount of $45,785.00, will be made available by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs to provide a gravity -flow sanitary sewer line to serve the expansion of the Hoover Group, Container Services Division facility at the Fairhope Airport Industrial Park, and WHEREAS, the City of Fairhope has solicited telephone quotes and proposals for the provision of engineering services, said solici- tation being conducted in conformance with ADECA Policy Letter Number 1, Revision 3, dated October 16, 1989, and WHEREAS, the proposal and quote from Moore Engineering Company is considered reasonable and in the best interest of the City of Fairhope. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Fairhope, Alabama, as follows: Section 1. That the City of Fairhope enter into a contract with Moore Engineering Company for the provision of engineering serv- ices for the engineering design and inspection services to in- stall sanitary sewer service to the Hoover Group, Container Serv- ices Division expansion at the Fairhope Airport Industrial Park. Section 2. That said contract and contract price is determined reasonable and in the best interest of the City of Fairhope. Section 3. That James P. Nix, in his capacity as Mayor., is hereby authorized and directed to execute said agreement on be- half of the City of Fairhope. PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this /3 — day of 1991. Aame P. Nix, Mayor Attest: O Evelyn hillips, City Cler 13 May 1991 1190 Council took the following action on bids on a Mower for the Recreation Department: Vendor Gulf Shores Turf Sup Pensacola, F1 Tieco, Inc Pensacola, F1 Graveley of Mobile Mobile Beard Equipment Co Pensacola, Fl M & I Ford Tractor Daphne Cost 1611750.00 18,500.00 18,500.00 26,919.00 No Bid It is recommended to accept low bid by Gulf Shores Turf Supply.--P.Rutherford, Gen Supt Councilwoman Puckett moved to accept the low bid, provided all specifications are met; and to purchase the mower with Recreation Improvement Funds. Seconded by Councilman Ford, motion passed unanimously. Councilman Bishop moved to reschedule the next regular session from Monday, May 27th, to Tuesday, May 28th, same time and place, due to the conflict with Memorial Day holiday. Seconded by Councilman Ford, motion passed unanimously. Councilman Bishop moved to add Jeff Thompson to the Police Reserve roster. Seconded by Councilwoman Puckett, motion passed unanimously. Mr. Robert Gilpin addressed the Council on his concern about parklands in Fairhope, in particular Stacks Gully near the Colonial Inn on South Mobile Street. He, and a group of concerned citizens who were present, felt the Council should somehow assure them that the Colonial Inn's plans to remodel would not include allowing the Inn to put parking spaces in the Gully. The Mayor explained that the Council has a request from the Overton family (owners of the Inn) about some twelve parking spaces along Cliff Drive and no other information. After a lengthy discussion period, Councilman Bishop moved to ask the Overtons and/or their developers to present their entire project through channels --first to the Planning & Zoning Commission, then to the Council --before any action is taken by the Council; mainly because the Council does not have suffi- cent information to consider the parking space request at this time. Just prior to Councilman Bishop's motion, Councilman White had moved to make the spaces a public parking area as part of the next paving project --which motion died for lack of a second. Councilman Duck seconded Councilman Bishop's motion which passed unanimously. 13 May 1991 1191 Councilman White reported that his committee had investigated the request for a 4-Way Stop Sign on Pier & Liberty intersection and it was their recommendation not to place the sign at this time but to allow the police to step up their patrols of the area and see if the problem is corrected. If not, a sign will again be considered. Fire Marshall Joe Thomas Odom made a report to Council on the Volunteer Firemen's plans for use of the new funds coming to them from the 1.5 mill tax recently passed by the State. Mr. Odom said plans include expansion of Fire Station #2 with offices, classrooms, a library, and a kitchen; and they plan to build a Firemen's Training Center on Thompson Hall Road. O.K. Cummings asked Council the status of plans to correct the beach erosion problems. He was assured that all that can be done has been done; we now await action by the Corps of Engineers. Councilman Duck moved to pay bills as presented. Seconded by Councilwoman Puckett, motion passed unanimously. Meeting was duly adjourned at 6:33 pm. Ja s P . N-ix ,e Mayor o . City Cl