* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] OKAY, WE'LL CALL [1. CALL TO ORDER] TO ORDER TONIGHT'S AUBURN CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR OCTOBER THE 20TH, 2026. WE WELCOME THOSE THAT HAVE JOINED US LIVE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AS WELL AS THEY'RE LISTENING THROUGH WA AND I ARE WATCHING THROUGH OUR STREAMING SERVICES. WITH THE ROLL CALL, LINDSAY. ADAMS. HERE. OBLIN. HERE. DAWSON. HERE. RISWOLD. MORMON. HERE. PARSONS. HERE. TAYLOR. HERE. WHITTEN. HERE. AND - HERE. WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE? PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PLEASE BE SEATED. JUST FINISHING DURING THE COMMITTEE [4. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS] OF THE WHOLE, THERE WAS NO OFFICIAL BUSINESS, BUT COUNCILMAN DAWSON DID ASK FOR AN UPDATE ON THE REPAVING OF LONGLEAF, UH, DRIVE, AS WELL AS HE ASKED THE CITY COUNCIL FOR TIME ON THE NEXT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER TO DISCUSS NAMING THE PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING CENTER FOR ROGER BROOKSHIRE, WHO IS OUR ONLY FIREFIGHTER TO LOSE HIS LIFE IN THE LINE OF DUTY. AND SO WE'LL SET ASIDE TIME AT THE NEXT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO DO THAT. UNDER ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT, I JUST WANNA, UH, REMIND OUR COMMUNITY THAT THE STATE OF THE CITY IS NEXT WEEK ON OCTOBER THE 28TH AT 5:30 AT THE GOOGLE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. UM, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HEAR, UM, COMPREHENSIVELY WHAT'S GONE ON IN OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS AND WHAT IS, WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO. UH, I REALLY ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO BE A PART OF THAT. IT'S A FREE EVENT. YOU'LL BE THERE ABOUT AN HOUR. UH, AT THAT TIME, I'LL ALSO RECOGNIZE A NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE DEDICATED, UH, TO MAKING AUBURN A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE BY THEIR EFFORTS EACH AND EVERY DAY. SO IT'S A SPECIAL NIGHT. IT'S YOUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS YOUR INFORMATION. THESE ARE YOUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. UH, THESE ARE YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. UM, AND SO I HOPE YOU'LL BE A PART OF THAT. UM, ALSO WANNA, UH, JUST SAY I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF THE SUGAR BOWL FESTIVITIES. THIS IS THE CHAMPIONSHIP DAYS OF OUR YOUTH FOOTBALL PROGRAM THAT WAS NAMED A LONG, LONG TIME AGO FOR FORMER AUBURN FOOTBALL COACH, RALPH SHUG JORDAN. AND, UH, EVERY YEAR IT'S, UH, IT'S AN EXCITING TIME TO BE A PART OF THOSE CHILDREN AS THEY PLAY THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES. I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE LEE SCOTT FIRST GRADERS WHO CAME BY CITY HALL LAST WEEK AND VISITED FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND APPRECIATE THEIR ENTHUSIASM AND THEIR PARENTS AND TEACHERS BRINGING THEM BY AS WELL AS THE WRIGHTS MILL ROAD THIRD GRADERS WHO INVITED ME OVER TO THEIR SCHOOL TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE, WHAT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT BEING A GOOD CITIZEN. IT'S SO ENCOURAGING FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR LEADERS FOR, UH, BELIEVING IT'S IMPORTANT TO EXPOSE THEM TO WHAT GOES ON IN THE CITY AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY. AND, UH, BOTH OF THOSE WERE, UM, WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES TO BE AROUND OUR CHILDREN, UH, THAT WILL BE THE FUTURE OF THIS COMMUNITY. UH, THE FARM CITY BREAKFAST WAS HELD RECENTLY. WE DON'T RE- REMEMBER AND THINK ABOUT IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WE ARE SO BUSY RUNNING AROUND AUBURN THAT THERE ARE FARMERS IN LEE COUNTY THAT ARE GROWING CROPS AND PROVIDING FOOD AND OTHER THINGS FOR THE WORLD. AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR HARD WORK AND CELEBRATE THEM. UM, APPRECIATE BEING A PART OF THAT WITH OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS IN OUR COMMUNITY. LAST WEEK, A NEW COMPANY IN FACT HAD THEIR GRAND OPENING. CERTAINLY APPRECIATE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM, AS WELL AS OTHER STAFF THAT PARTICIPATED IN THEIR GRAND OPENING. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS OUTSTANDING COMPANY, UM, BECOMING A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WE'RE PROUD TO WELCOME THEM. I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO PRESIDENT CHRIS ROBERTS FOR HOSTING PUBLIC SAFETY DINNERS, THANKING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS, UM, FOR PROTECTING US. AND I APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE HE PUTS ON THAT BY WELCOMING THEM AND THEIR SPOUSES OVER TO THE PRESIDENT'S MANSION FOR A WONDERFUL EVENING. I ALSO WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU TO THE, UH, UH, COLLEGE OF NURSING WHO HAVE ASKED ME TO BE THE MC OF THEIR DIAMONDS AND DENIM NURSING OUTREACH FUNDRAISER THIS COME, THIS, UH, THURSDAY NIGHT. UH, WHAT A GREAT GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT ARE WORKING HARD IN A VERY DIFFICULT CURRICULUM, UH, AND A VERY DIFFICULT CAREER, UH, TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE, UM, THAT THEY LIVE AROUND. THEY'RE, THEY'RE CALLED TO SERVICE. UH, BEING A NURSE IS A MIGHTY CALL, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE DUE TO, UH, FEELING UNDER THE WEATHER, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON THAT WEEK BESIDES THIS COUNCIL MEETING. I WANNA THANK THE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR TAKING MY SPOT AND BEING IN A LOT OF PLACES I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THAT WEEK. THANK YOU, BETH, FOR, UH, REPRESENTING ME IN A NUMBER OF OTHER, [00:05:01] OTHER, UH, ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO ADD? ANY ANNOUNCEMENT? YES, SIR. MR. MORMON? I'M SORRY. DID YOU... GO AHEAD. OKAY. I JUST WANNA, UH, UH, THANK EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATED AND CAME OUT AND DONATED TO THE TRUNK OR TREAT LAST WEEKEND AT, UM, LAST SUNDAY AT BOYKIN. BUT I WANNA ESPECIALLY THANK... I ALWAYS LIKE TO GIVE, UH, THE CITY STAFF THEIR SHOUT OUT, UH, AL AND HIS STAFF FOR MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS SET UP. AND I ALSO WANNA THANK THE AUBURN FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFF FOR COMING OUT, SITTING UP AND, UM, GIVING OUT HATS TO THE KIDS. I THINK THEY REALLY ENJOYED IT. SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CONNIE. YES, SIR, MR. MOORMAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY, BY THE TIME WE CONVENE AGAIN, WE WILL HAVE ALL VOTED, I'M PRETTY SURE. BUT IN CASE IT DIDN'T OCCUR TO YOU, THEN, UH, PLEASE PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR TO EXERCISE YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT. IT, IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT ELECTION AS THEY ALL ARE. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. WE'LL MOVE AHEAD WITH [5. AUBURN UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS.] AUBURN UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TIMBY STOKES AND I'M SERVING AS A DIRECTOR OF CITY RELATIONS FOR AUBURN SGA. AND AUBURN UNIVERSITY HOSTED THE 79TH ANNUAL HEYDAY THIS PAST WEDNESDAY ON OCTOBER 14TH. AND IF YOU AREN'T AWARE, HEYDAY IS AN ANNUAL TRADITION DATING BACK TO 1947 WHEN SOLDIERS RETURNED HOME FROM WORLD WAR II AND ALL THE STUDENTS WORE NAME TAGS, JUST WELCOME THEM BACK INTO THAT AUBURN COMMUNITY. AND THIS YEAR, WE DISTRIBUTED AROUND 18,000 NAME TAGS, WHICH IS A RECORD-BREAKING NUMBER. I THINK LAST YEAR WAS AROUND 15,000. AND THIS YEAR WE ALSO INCLUDED AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL AND LEE SCOTT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS, WHICH IS OUR FIRST YEAR OF DOING THAT AS WELL. NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2027, 2028 MISS AUBURN HAVE OPENED IN WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL BEING NOMINATED MUST BE A RISING SENIOR IN GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING. AND MS. AUBURN SERVES AS THE OFFICIAL HOSTESS OF AUBURN UNIVERSITY AS WELL AS AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE WARRIAGLE GIRLS AND THE PLAINSMEN. THIS MORNING, THE DIRECTORS OF GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS OF SGA HOSTED LEARN TO LOBBY DAY IN WHICH SEVERAL, SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES AND LOBBYISTS WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN A PANEL DISCUSSION AND MEMBERS OF LOBBY BOARD JUST GOT TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS AND MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS. UM, IMPACT AUBURN WILL HOST THEIR ANNUAL ROOTED IN SERVICE DAY THIS SUNDAY FROM 1:00 TO 4:00. IMPACT AUBURN IS THE UNIVERSITY'S LARGEST STUDENT-RUN ORGANIZATION AND THEIR ROOTED IN SERVICE DAY AIMS TO ASSIST THE BROADER OBER - AUBURN-OPELIKA COMMUNITY THROUGH SEVERAL SERVICE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ZETA TAO ALPHA CONTINUES TO HOST THEIR THINK PINK INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IN ORDER TO RAISE FUNDS AND AWARENESS FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS. AND MEMBERS OF THE SORORITY HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING SEVERAL CONCOURSING EVENTS IN ORDER TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE GAMMA, AND THE GAMMA ROW CHAPTER CONTINUES TO BE A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CHAPTER FOR THEIR PHILANTHROPIC WORK. DELTA ZETA HOSTED THEIR ANNUAL HIKE FOR HEARING AND SPEECH ON OCTOBER 18TH AND ALL PROCEEDS GOING TO... AND ALL PROCEEDS WENT TO BENEFIT THEIR GLOBAL PHI- PHILANTHROPY PARTNER, THE STARKEY HEARING FOUNDATION AND AUBURN UNIVERSITY HEARING SPEECH, HEARING AND SPEECH CLINIC. THEN I THINK WE ALL KNOW THIS, BUT THE AUBURN TIGERS MANAGED A MASSIVE UPSET AGAINST THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS THIS PAST WEEKEND, UM, IN ATHENS AND KICKER ALEC MCPHERSON SECURED A 27-24 WIN WITH 34 YAR- YARD FIELD GOLD AS TIME EXPIRED. AND PRIOR TO THIS WIN, AUBURN HAD GONE NINE YEARS WITHOUT DEFEATING THE, THE BULLDOGS AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THIS MOMENTUM FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND GOING INTO OUR GAME AGAINST LSU THIS SATURDAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL FOR ME, WARRIGAL. GOOD, THANK YOU. WAR EAGLE. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE AHEAD WITH CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS ON ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT AN ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, UH, THIS WOULD BE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO COME FORWARD AND DO THAT. WE'D ASK THAT YOU SHARE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK. THERE'S ONE ITEM, UH, ITEM 9B THAT HAS A PUBLIC HEARING WITH THAT. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT ITEM, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL THAT TIME, UH, TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL. ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT AN ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA? OKAY. WE WILL [7. CITY MANAGER’S COMMUNICATIONS.] MOVE AHEAD WITH CITY MANAGERS COMMUNICATIONS. MAYOR, UNDER CITY MANAGERS COMMUNICATIONS, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A LENGTHY REPORT. IT'S TIME TO REPORT ON THE MORATORIUM. SO AS A REMINDER, THE CITY COUNCIL REQUESTED PERIODIC STATUS UPDATES ON THE VARIOUS STUDIES AND ANALYSES THAT ARE BEING CONDUCTED DURING THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF MULTIPLE UNIT DEVELOPMENTS AND PRIVATE DORMITORY DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE URBAN CORE AND URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD WEST ZONING DISTRICTS. THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM WAS ADOPTED, IF YOU REMEMBER, ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2025 AND IS SET TO EXPIRE ON NOVEMBER 30TH, 2026 UNLESS EXTENDED OR APPEALED. SO [00:10:01] FOR STORM WATER, THE CITY CONTRACTED WITH NEIL SCHAEFER INCORPORATED IN EARLY 2026 TO PERFORM AN EVALUATION OF THE EXISTING STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM BY MODELING THE EXISTING SYSTEM TO COMPUTE THE CAPACITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM DURING DIFFERENT STORM EVENTS. THIS WORK HAS REQUIRED FIELD WORK TO SURVEY EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE TO CONFIRM PIPE SIZE, MATERIALS, AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE CHARACTERISTICS. SINCE MUCH OF THE STORMWATER CONVEYANCE SYSTEM IS BELOW GROUND, IT'S IMPORTANT TO IDENTIFY AND MAP CONNECTIONS THAT AFFECT CAPACITY AND PERFORMANCE. UM, I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO GREAT DETAIL OF THE CAPACITY ANALYSIS, HOWEVER, IT'S, IT USES DESIGN, UM, FOR DIFFERENT STORM INTERVALS AND YOU HEAR TERMS LIKE TWO-YEAR, FIVE-YEAR, 10-YEAR, 25-YEAR, ET CETERA. UM, WE'LL EXPLAIN WHEN WE GET A WORK SESSION ABOUT THIS A LITTLE MORE HOW THAT WORKS, BUT WE DO THAT TO EVALUATE ROUTINE EVENTS AND EXTREME EVENTS TO DETERMINE HOW THE EXISTING STORMWATER SYSTEM HANDLES RUNOFF AND PROJECTS RISK TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY. THE CONSULTANT IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH STAFF AND HAS COMPLETED THE SCOPE TO ANALYZE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS BASED ON THE LISTED STORM INTERVALS. IN DOING SO, THE MODELING HAS CONFIRMED SOME ISSUES OF WHICH WE SUSPECTED. THE NEXT STEPS ARE TO DETERMINE THE STRATEGY FOR ADDITIONAL STORMWATER MANAGEMENT IN THE MORATORIUM AREAS BY ASSESSING THE RISK BENEFIT OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. WE ARE CURRENTLY IDENTIFYING SOME, ALSO SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING, AND THAT MEANS THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY IMPACT PRIVATE PROPERTY OR STRUCTURES, BUT THERE IS SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING. I'LL REMIND YOU WHEN I SAY THINGS LIKE NEXT STEPS ARE TO DETERMINE A STRATEGY, UM, AND RISK BENEFIT, THERE WILL BE THINGS AND DECISION POINTS THAT COME TO THE COUNCIL SHOULD YOU ULTIMATELY EXTEND THE MORATORIUM WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE POLICY DECISIONS AND CHOICES BASED ON THE DATA WE PROVIDE YOU THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO GIVE DIRECTION ON AS TO WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO AS A COUNCIL. AND WHAT I MEAN IS SOME THINGS WE NEED TO MAKE REGULATORY CHANGES FOR AND SOME THINGS WE MAY NEED TO HAVE FINANCIAL SKIN IN THE GAME, WE MAY NEED TO PARTNER WITH PEOPLE. ALL THIS TO SAY, DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ANYTHING THAT I'M SAYING, THAT OUR CURRENT DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK WAS NOT HAVING CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS, NEW DEVELOPMENTS COMING ONLINE, WE'RE TAKING CARE OF ALL THEIR REQUIRED ITEMS AND CRITERIA, BUT WE ALSO, IN THESE AREAS OF TOWN, HAVE A LOT OF AGING DEVELOPMENT AND WE HAD A LOT OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE THAT WAS FROM MANY YEARS AGO. AND SO DON'T... I ALSO DON'T WANNA MISUNDERSTAND IN THE STORM WATER THAT, UM, CHICKEN LITTLE THE SKY IS FALLING, IT IS NOT. IT IS... THERE'S A LOT OF EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN DEALT WITH THAT'LL HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH MOVING FORWARD IS KINDA WHAT ME - WE MEAN IN ENGLISH. SO THE POLICY AMENDMENTS, UH, THERE MAY BE NECESSARY ARE THINGS LIKE IN THE ENGINEERING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND IT... THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE DRAINAGE BASINS THAT IMPACT THE URBAN CORONER NEIGHBORHOOD WEST. UH, WE PROJECT COMPLETING THE FINAL REPORT FOR STORMWATER BY THE CONSULTANT AND DRAFTING POLICY AMENDMENTS, UM, IN THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR MONTHS, AND THEN IT'LL TAKE TWO ADDITIONAL MONTHS FOR STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AND FINALIZING EDITS, UM, TO OUR DRAFT MANUALS BEFORE THEY GET TO YOU FOR APPROVAL. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A FIVE TO SIX MONTH RANGE FROM NOW FOR THAT TO WRAP UP. AS FOR SANITARY SEWER, THE CITY CONTRACTED WITH BARGE DESIGN SOLUTIONS IN DECEMBER OF 2025 TO PREPARE AND CALIBRATE A SANITARY SEWER MODEL AND UPDATE THE WASTEWATER COLLECT- COLLECTION SYSTEM MASTER PLAN IN WHICH THE AREA ENCOMPASSED BY THE URBAN CORNER RIVER NEIGHBORHOOD WEST FOOTPRINT WAS PRIORITIZED. FOLLOWING IDENTIFICATION OF THE AREA AND DATA NEEDS, THE CITY CONTRACTED WITH CSL SERVICES TO PERFORM A SANITARY SEWER FLOW STUDY. AND BEFORE WE GET INTO THE INS AND OUTS OF A FLOW STUDY, I ASK THE SAME QUESTION. BARGE DESIGN DOES NOT DO FLOW STUDIES, OTHER CONSULTING FIRMS DO. SO THEY INSTALLED FLOW MONITORS THROUGHOUT THE SYS - SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM. THE MONITORING IS USED TO COLLECT ACTUAL FLOW DATA AND SELECT LOCATIONS WHICH ALLOWS MODELERS TO EVALUATE BASE FLOW CONDITIONS AND THE RESPONSE TO STORM EVENTS, UM, WITH EXTRANEOUS FLOW FROM RAIN, WHICH WE DON'T WANT IN THE SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM. WE ALSO CALL THAT INFLOW AND IN- INFILTRATION INI. IF YOU GET A BUNCH OF STORM WATER IN YOUR SEWER, THEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE TREATING STORM WATER AT THE SEWER TREATMENT PLANT, WHICH YOU DON'T NEED TO BE DOING. IT'S TAKING AWAY SEWER CAPACITY. SO IN ESSENCE, UH, THE TERM IS IT CAN ROB CAPACITY FROM THE SANITARY SEWER, AND WE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN COLLECTING QUALITY DATA THROUGH THIS FLOW MONITORING. SO WHEN WE GET TO THE MODELING PART, IT INVOLVES EXTENSIVE FIELD DATA COLLECTION TO VERIFY INFRASTRUCTURE DATA, WHICH IS CRITICAL DATA TO THE MODEL. THE MODEL THEN MUST BE CALIBRATED THROUGH AN ITERATIVE, ITERATIVE PROCESS BY WHICH FLOW MONITORING DATA AND INFRASTRUCTURE CHARACTERISTICS ARE MODELED UNTIL THE DATA PROVIDES SUFFICIENT RELIABILITY CONCERNING CURRENT CONDITIONS, WHICH ALSO MEANS THAT'S A LOT OF ENGINEERING TERMS. BARGE IS NEARLY COMPLETING, UH, THE MODEL CALIBRATION AND PRELIMINARY MODELING IS PREPARING TO EVALUATE FUTURE SCENARIOS BY WHICH WE WILL BE EVALUATING THE BUILD OUT OF THE URBAN CORE AND URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD WEST. SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE ALL THIS DATA AND THEN MODEL AS IF IT WERE BUILT OUT UNDER OUR CURRENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AS OPPOSED TO ANY CHANGES TO SEE HOW WE CAN EVALUATE, UM, FUTURE FLOWS THAT CAN BE SERVED WITH AVAILABLE CAPACITY IN THE PIPE SYSTEM. AND YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER WITH SEWER SYSTEM, UM, NOTHING IS [00:15:01] THE SAME. DIFFERENT BLOCKS HAVE DIFFERENT SIZE PIPES. ONE PIPE MAY BE MUCH BIGGER THAN THE ONE THAT IT CONNECTS TO. IT'S LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT AGAIN, I WANNA CONFIRM FOR YOU, AS WE'VE SAID MANY TIMES, EVERY NEW PROJECT HAS BEEN DOING ITS PART. IT HAS BEEN UPSIZING PIPES. WE HAVE PARTNERED, WE HAVE DONE OTHER THINGS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS COMPREHENSIVELY AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT AREAS, I'LL REMIND YOU, LIKE IN THE THATCH GAY STREET AREA WHERE THE PIPES ARE SMALL AND THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THEY HEAD IS TOWARD PAINE STREET TO SMALLER PIPES THAT RUN UNDER HOUSES LIMITS CAPACITY OF SOME PROJECTS IN THAT AREA. THE NEW EAST THATCH RESIDENCE HALL THAT ALSO SITS AT THAT INTERSECTION IS A UNIVERSITY PROJECT BUT IS ALSO FLOWING OR BEING PUMPED, ERIC. IT'S ONE OF THE TWO TO THE UNIVERSITY. UM, IS IT PUMPING OR IS IT JUST FLOWING GRAVITY? IT'S GRAVITY TO THE UNIVERSITY, BUT THE BREAKING POINT IS REALLY A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, OF GAY STREET AND THEN IT STARTS GOING EAST FROM THERE. SO I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO CONFUSE THAT. UM, THE MODELING, GENERALLY SPEAKING, UM, IT ALLOWS US TO MAP DENSITY FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. IN COLLABORATING WITH BARGE, STAFF PROJECTS THAT THE MODELING SHOULD BE COMPLETE BY LATE NOVEMBER WITH THE FINAL REPORT DELIVERED IN EARLY JANUARY. WITH THIS INFORMATION, UH, FOR THE, THE DEVELOPMENT DENSITY CAN BE FINALIZED AND OTHER POLICY ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED CAN BE MADE IN THE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DESIGN MANUAL. AS TO TRAFFIC OR TRANSPORTATION, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE CONTRACTED WITH KIMLEY-HORN IN DECEMBER OF 2025 TO PERFORM THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFIC STUDY, WHICH INCLUDED A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON THE URBAN CORE AND URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD WEST ZONING DISTRICTS. UH, THEY PERFORMED TRAFFIC COUNTS TO COLLECT DATA ON CURRENT CONDITIONS, WHICH IS USED TO MODEL CURRENT PERFORMANCE AT INTERSECTIONS AND PROJECT FUTURE VOLUME DEMANDS BASED ON PROJECTED GROWTH RATES THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY OBSERVED, IN ADDITION TO PROJECTED DEVELOPMENT THAT MAY INFLUENCE TRAFFIC VOLUMES. KIMLEY-HORN HAS IDENTIFIED INTERSECTIONS WITH CURRENT AND PROJECTED ISSUES AND IS WORKING WITH STAFF THROUGH SCENARIO EVALUATIONS TO CONSIDER THE BEST COST BENEFIT SOLUTIONS FOR INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE DEFICIENT. ADDITIONALLY, KIMLEY-HORN IS CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTING SIGNAL TIMING ADJUSTMENTS TO INTERSECTIONS IDENTIFIED. SO I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THAT ANECDOTALLY, EVERYBODY'S LIKE, "WELL, OKAY, WE HAVE A TRAFFIC ISSUE DOWNTOWN." UM, THAT'S KNOWN, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT REALLY DEEP AT THINGS LIKE, "IS THAT TRAFFIC PASSING THROUGH DOWNTOWN? IS IT STOPPING AT THE UNIVERSITY? WHERE IS IT GOING? WHERE IS IT COMING FROM? WHERE IS IT GOING?" UM, AND MICHAEL AND HIS TEAM ARE DOING EVERYTHING WITH KIMLEY-HORN TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE. UH, THE FACT THAT YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED COMPLAINTS IS A GOOD THING, BUT NOBODY'S NOTICED, BUT TIMING WAS ADJUSTED LAST WEEK TO TOOMER'S CORNER INTERSECTION. AND UNLESS, MICHAEL, YOU'VE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS, I HAVE NOT, BUT THIS IS PART OF THE OUTCOMES OF THIS WHERE MICHAEL AND HIS TEAM, ALONG WITH OUR CONSULTANTS, ARE LOOKING AT TIMING WAS RUNNING MUCH LONGER THAN IT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE. THERE WAS NO REASON NOT TO ADJUST IT. IN ESSENCE, THE LIGHT IS CYCLING FASTER. MAGNOLIA STILL HAS ITS TIME, COLLEGE DOES, AND THE PEDESTRIANS DO, BUT YOU DROPPED ALMOST, WHAT, TWO MINUTES, ALMOST TWO MINUTES OFF OF THAT LIGHT CYCLE. SO IF YOU PULL UP AND THE LIGHT TURNS RED, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN SITTING, UH, NEARLY FOUR MINUTES, 15 SECONDS, AND NOW IT'S MORE LIKE TWO MINUTES AND 40 SECONDS. AND SO, UH, THIS IS WHAT MICHAEL AND HIS TEAM ARE DOING IN, IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSULTANTS. UH, YES, TURN LANES AND OTHER THINGS ARE ALWAYS BEING LOOKED AT AND THEY'LL CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND THAT, BUT THE COST BENEFIT OF THAT ALSO HAS TO BE LOOKED AT. SO AS THEY COMPLETE THEIR WORK AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE, STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH KIMLEY-HORN TO DETERMINE COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS THAT WILL INFLUENCE POLICY CHANGES FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF STREETS, SIDEWALKS, BIKE FACILITIES, AND FUTURE CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND WILL PROVIDE INPUT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT DENSITY, UM, FOR THE URBAN CORE AND URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD WEST. SO LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST IS ZONING. AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE HAVE CONTRACTED WITH WHITE, SMITH, AND CASINO, ALSO KNOWN AS WSC, IN THE SPRING OF 2026 TO SUPPORT THE CITY TO PERFORM SERVICES TO MEET WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND STAFF TO DEVELOP A CONCEPT TO ADDRESS THE COMPREHENS- COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE. THE CITY EXECUTED AN INITIAL CONTRACT TO DO THE EVALUATIONS AND DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS THAT BECAME THE FRAMEWORK FOR A RECENT CONTRACT YOU APPROVED FOR THE FULL ZONING ORDINANCE EVALUATION REWRITE. THE STORM WATER SYSTEM RECOMMENDATIONS, SANITARY SEWER CAPACITY RECOMMENDATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION TRAFFIC PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IMPORTANT FACTORS TO FORMULATE THE ZONING CHANGES FOR THE URBAN CORE AND URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD WEST. ADDITIONALLY, STAFF ARE ACTIVELY RESEARCHING WITH OUR CONSULTANTS OPTIONS TO PROMOTE GREATER VARIETY AND CREATIVITY IN DEVELOPMENT THAT PROMOTES EVEN BETTER PRODUCTS TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT NEEDS IN THOSE ZONING DISTRICTS. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THINGS LIKE ACADEMIC DWELLING UNITS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE URBAN CORE, LOTS OF TRIPLEXES, DUPLEXES, OTHER THINGS. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE, WHAT THE FULL RECOMMENDATION IS, BUT IF YOU HAVE SMALL PARCELS RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE ENCOURAGED ALMOST TO CONSOLIDATE THEM WITH OTHERS AROUND YOU AND HAVE SOMEBODY CONSOLIDATE TO MAKE A BIGGER PROJECT. AND THE PLANNING STAFF IN CONNECTION WITH OUR CONSULTANTS IS SAYING, "HEY, WAIT A MINUTE. IF YOU HAVE A SMALL PARCEL, YOU SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO REDEVELOP IT." AND SO THEY'RE [00:20:01] LOOKING AT WAYS TO ENCOURAGE SMALL PARCEL DEVELOPMENT AS OPPOSED TO, TO LAND ASSEMBLY. SOMEBODY CAN STILL ASSEMBLE LAND AND DO A PROJECT, BUT IT'S TAKING ALL OF THIS DATA AND BUILDING IT OUT. SO BASED ON THE CURRENT SCHEDULE, IT'S PROPOSED, UH, IT IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ZONING ORDINANCE CHANGES TO THE URBAN CORE AND URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD WEST AHEAD OF THE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY FOR THE CITY. WE PLAN TO DELIVER THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE NEXT FOUR TO SIX MONTHS. UM, THIS DEPENDS ON STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND WORK SESSIONS WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, CITY COUNCIL. IT COULD BE MARCH TO MAY OF 27 BEFORE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ADOPTED, UM, IN ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS AND SO ON WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. SO ULTIMATELY, ALL OF THIS WORKS TOGETHER. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU FOR... TO CONSIDER IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND A WORK SESSION WHERE WE GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DIVE, YOU HAVE ABILITY TO ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE I PUT ON THE AGENDA TO ASK FOR AN EXTENSION TO THE MORATORIUM, BUT THE STAFF WILL BE RECOMMENDING AN EXTENSION SO THAT WE CAN GET THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK IN PLACE. OUR STUDIES ARE WRAPPING UP. UM, SOME MODELS AREN'T FINISHING, BUT WE NEED ALL OF THAT DATA TO INFORM THE FINAL STEP, WHICH IS OUR CHANGES TO OUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION MANUALS, ZONING ORDINANCE, ET CETERA. AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH POLICY INPUT FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS AT CITIZENS, DEVELOPERS, ET CETERA. AND OF COURSE, THE CITY COUNCIL ULTIMATELY NEEDS TO DECIDE, GIVEN CERTAIN CHOICES, WHICH DIRECTIONS THEY WANT TO GO. SO YOU'LL BE GETTING IN TOUCH WITH US AND WE'LL BE HAVING A WORK SESSION? YEAH, WE OFFER A WORK SESSION. I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE TO YOU THAT, THAT WE DO IT, UM, IT, IT WOULD BE ACTUALLY SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, THE 29TH OF OCTOBER. UH, YOU HAVE A PACKET MEETING THAT AFTERNOON AND WE MIGHT, I MIGHT LIKE TO DO IT THEN SINCE ALL OF YOU HAVE FOUR O'CLOCK BLOCKED THAT DAY. WE'LL SEE IF THAT WORKS IN YOUR SCHEDULES AND I'LL GET BACK WITH YOU. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE A PUBLIC MEETING. IT'S, AGAIN, PUBLIC'S WELCOME TO COME AND LISTEN IN. THE QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES AND SO ON ARE FOR THE COUNCIL, UH, DIRECTLY, BUT YOU'D BE WELCOME. OKAY. THE PUBLIC WOULD BE. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY MANAGER? AND AT THAT TIME, WE WOULD GO THROUGH, LIKE, UM, MORE DETAIL OF THESE FOUR POINTS, UM - ABSOLUTELY. I WANT YOU TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS. WE CAN SHOW YOU MAPS AND DO OTHER THINGS KIND OF WHERE WE ARE. IN A, IN A MORE DETAILED TIMELINE, LIKE, IS THERE A WAY TO, LIKE, LAY IT OUT IN A TIMELINE THAT SAYS, LIKE, OKAY, THIS STUDY'S HERE, AND THEN IT OVERLAPS WITH THIS STUDY, AND THEN ALL THESE THINGS HAVE TO BE COMPLETED BY THIS? YES, WE CAN. UH, AND THAT WILL ALL BE WITH THE CAVEAT THAT ANY, ANY DECISION POINTS OR FURTHER INFORMATION NEEDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR CITY COUNCIL CAN ALSO CHANGE THAT. AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS WHERE NEW INFORMATION COMES UP, IT COULD DELAY THAT, BUT WE CAN LAY OUT, AS WE SEE HERE, WHERE WE PLAN TO GO. THAT WOULD CARRY US TO MAY, WHICH WAS ABOUT THE ORIGINAL 18 MONTH TIMEFRAME WE HAD PROPOSED. AND THE EXPIRATION DATE IS THE EXPIRATION DATE IF IT'S NOT EXTENDED AT LEAST BY THE NOVEMBER 17TH MEETING? OR A CALLED MEETING THEREAFTER. OKAY. WE HAVE... IT EXPIRES BASICALLY AT MIDNIGHT, TRANSFERRING FROM THE 30TH OF NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER 1ST. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. WE'LL MOVE AHEAD WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA. [8. CONSIDERATION OF CONSENT AGENDA.] MAYOR, FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. DOES ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND DEAL WITH THAT ITEM INDIVIDUALLY? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. I'VE ONLY BEEN ALLOWED TWO BECAUSE THE COUNCIL DOESN'T WANT THE MEETING TO RUN TWO HOURS TONIGHT, SO... THE FIRST ONE IS EIGHT, CHARLIE, AND THE SECOND ONE IS EIGHT, DELTA ONE. 8C AND 8D1. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. 8C. ITEM 8C ADOPTS [8.c. Adopt the East Alabama Regional Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2025-2030. Alabama Emergency Management, Region D.] THE EAST ALABAMA REGIONAL MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN FOR 2025 TO 2030 FOR ALABAMA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REGION D. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND. MOTION IS SECOND. MR. MOORMAN? YES, SIR. THIS WAS SUBMITTED BY THE PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR, SO I WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHAT KIND OF HAZARDS WE WERE TRYING TO GET MONEY TO MITIGATE. AND I'M GUESSING THE PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR IS INVOLVED, UH, AFTER SOME, UM, HELP FROM THE CITY MANAGER BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH FEMA. IS THAT THE REASON - IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR GRANT FUNDS THAT COULD PREEMPTIVELY MITIGATE HAZARDS, SO IT'S EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, I, I HAD MENTIONED TO YOU GUYS AND THAT YOU COULD... THE ENTIRE REPORT IS LIKE 12, 13, 1400 PAGES. AND SO IT'S GOING THROUGH IT'S A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL THING, BUT IT TALKS ABOUT THE HAZARD OF EVERY DAM IN THE CITY OF AUBURN, IN LEE COUNTY, IN THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES. AND SO IF YOU DON'T LIST ANYTHING AS A POTENTIAL HAZARD IN HERE, WE CAN'T GET MITIGATION FUNDING FROM FEMA IN PREEMPTIVE GRANTS. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RESPONSE TO AN EVENT AS MUCH AS IT HAS TO DO [00:25:01] WITH PRE-EVENT. AND SO IT'S, THIS IS, MAKES US GRANT FUNDING ELIGIBLE. I GUESS SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS HAD TO WORK TOGETHER TO IRON THIS THING OUT. SO SOMETHING THAT PUBLIC SAFETY TAKES ON DIRECTLY BECAUSE OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GROUP SITS THERE, WILL. THAT'S RIGHT. SO THIS IS A REGION D, UM, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN. SO IT'S 12 COUNTIES IN EVERY GOVERNMENTAL SUBDIVISION WITHIN THOSE 12 COUNTIES, EVERY CITY AND TOWN, UH, THAT'S ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE INFORMATION, UH, TO COME UP WITH THIS MITIGATION PLAN. IT'S A LITTLE OVER 1300 PAGES LONG AND IT DEALS WITH EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADO DAMAGE AND DROUGHT TO WILDFIRES, LANDSLIDES, SINKHOLES, LIGHTNING, HURRICANES, TROPICAL STORMS, ANY OF THOSE TYPE OF EVENTS WHERE YOU'RE LIKELY TO HAVE A FEDERAL DECLARATION. UM, AND IT BASICALLY LAYS OUT THE THREAT ASSESSMENT AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO MITIGATE IN NORMAL TIMES. SO HAVING, YOU KNOW, FLOOD MAPS PREPARED, UM, YOU KNOW, REVIEWING YOUR ROADS AND YOUR BRIDGES, UM, TO MITIGATE FAILURES THERE, TO LOOK FOR, UH, AREAS WITHIN YOUR JURISDICTION THAT ARE PRONE TO SINK HOLES, AND TO HAVE A PLAN TO MITIGATE THOSE HAZARDS AHEAD OF TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AND THE MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. 8D1. [8.d.1. Bodine's Landscape Services. Landscape Maintenance for Islands, Medians, Roundabouts and Selected Streetscapes. $177,562.] ITEM 8D1 AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT WITH BODINES LANDSCAPE SERVICES FOR MAINTENANCE OF ISLANDS, MEDIANS, ROUNDABOUTS, AND SELECTED STREET SCAPES IN THE AMOUNT OF $177,562. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND. MOTION SECOND. MR. MOORMAN? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. L-LET ME FIRST SAY THAT MAINTAINING OUR STREETSCAPES IS A TON OF WORK. UH, THERE ARE, I THINK, 38 DIAGRAMS OF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED, AND IT WILL BE WELL WORTH THE MONEY THAT WE SPEND, I'M PRETTY SURE. SECONDLY, THIS IS A SERVICE CONTRACT, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROCESS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. UH, IF YOU TRIED TO ADD THE NUMBERS UP WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE GIVEN, UM, YOU FOUND OUT THAT IT'S A, IT'S A BIT COMPLICATED AND THE NUMBERS ARE HARD TO, TO UNDERSTAND, REALLY. SO, UH, GENERALLY, I THINK, UH, THE CITY IS ASKING FOR BIDS ON A MENU OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AND A CAP ON HOW MUCH WE CAN SPEND PER YEAR ON THAT MENU, UH, THINGS THAT WE MIGHT SELECT FROM. GENERALLY SPEAKING, SO THERE'S A BASE BID TO DO ALL THE MAINTENANCE THAT YOU DISCUSSED THAT'S IN THOSE DRAWINGS, AND THAT'S A SET PRICE. THE MENU ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE MIGHT BE... NEED TO DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SO THIS MAKES US NIMBLE WHERE WE'VE BIDDED ALREADY BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACT AMOUNT, AND WE'RE PUTTING AN ALLOWANCE IN THERE, UM, IN THE, IN THE TOTAL PRICE THAT WILL... OF $65,000 A YEAR THAT WE GET TO CHOOSE FROM THE MENU, UM, FOR CERTAIN PLANT MATERIALS OR OTHER THINGS THAT COME UP ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS. SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S JUST A LITTLE MORE... THERE IS A BASE BID, AND THEN THERE'S A MENU OF OPTIONS THAT HAVE ALSO BEEN BID, AND WE'RE ASKING YOU FOR PERMISSION TO SPEND UP TO $65,000 ON THE, THAT MENU, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT... THE, THE TOTAL ADDITIVE ALTERNATE PRICE IN THOSE TWO THINGS DON'T COMPUTE BECAUSE IT'S JUST BASED ON A MENU OF OPTIONS. AND, AND THANKS TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT BID AND TO... CONGRATULATIONS, I GUESS, TO BODINES FOR, FOR HIS, UH, WINNING BID. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AND THE MOTION CARRIES. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO MOVE. SECOND. MOTION TO SECOND. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AND THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. ORDINANCES? [9.a. Annexation. AFLP Development, LLC. Approximately 14.22 acres. Property located at the nexus of Miracle Road and Woodward Oaks Trail. Eastlyn Subdivision. Planning Commission recommendations. Unanimous consent necessary.] UNDER ORDINANCES, ITEM 9A IS A REQUEST TO ANNEX APPROXIMATELY 14.22 ACRES LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF MIRACLE ROAD AND WOODWARD OAKS TRAIL, AND IS KNOWN AS THE EASTLAND SUBDIVISION. PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST AT ITS SEPTEMBER 10TH MEETING. UNANIMOUS CONSENT AS NECESSARY. I'LL INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE AND ASK FOR UNANIMOUS CONSENT. SECOND. MOTION SECONDS. ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE A PROBLEM MOVING FORWARD WITH A VOTE ON THIS THIS EVENING? SEEING HEARING NONE, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? UM, I JUST HAVE A... JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION. UM, IN THE PACKET, UM, I KNOW THIS IS AN ANNEXATION, BUT IN THE PACKET WAS A, UM, A DRAWING OF A, UM, PLAT AND, UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT IS TO COME BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION. UH, IT'S ALREADY BEEN TO PLANNING, BUT IT'S BEEN POSTPONED. THAT IS CORRECT. YEAH. SO WE CAN ADDRESS THESE TWO ITEMS. YEAH, THAT IS CORRECT. SO YEAH, IT GOT POSTPONED, UH, TO A DATE CERTAIN TO THE MEETING IN NOVEMBER. OKAY. AND, UM, AND THAT'S JUST AN INITIAL UM, PLAT APPROVAL, [00:30:01] THAT'S - YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. AND THERE, UM, AND I KNOW THIS DOESN'T IMPACT AN ANNEXATION, BUT IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME, THERE WILL, WILL BE, IF APPROVED, A, UM, DRT PROCESS AND A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FORTHCOMING FOR THESE, FOR THIS SUBDIVISION? I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'LL BE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. IT DEPENDS. WELL, I MEAN, WITH THIS TAKING ACCESS TO, UM, DONAHUE, WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT THAT AS POTENTIAL CONTRI- CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE, UH, NORTH DONAHUE FUND, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UH, DEPENDS ON WHAT OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE WE IDENTIFY. BUT YEAH, THERE WILL BE DRT ALSO, YEAH. OKAY. AND DURING THE DRT, IS THAT, UM, WHERE Y'ALL WILL EVALUATE CERTAIN THINGS? THERE'S A, UM, A STEP OUT, UM, THAT GOES TO A LOT THAT IS NOT A PIECE OF THIS AND HASN'T BEEN PLANNED. IS, UM, IS THAT WHERE Y'ALL, WHERE YOU WOULD EVALUATE THAT PIECE AS WELL? YEAH. AND SO THAT'S - YEAH, NO, IT'LL BE EVALUATED AS PART OF THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. UM, I JUST KNOW THAT THE, UM, ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNER, UM, JUST HAD SOME ADDITIONAL CONCERNS, NOT, UM, ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT PRIMARILY ABOUT, UM, THAT COMING THROUGH TO THE, TO THE PROPERTY LINE. BUT THAT CAN BE REVIEWED DURING THAT PROCESS. RIGHT. TYPICALLY, WHEN A STEP OUT IS THERE BASED ON ISSUES IN THE PAST, THE, THE ROAD IS IMPROVED ALL THE WAY TO THE PROPERTY LINE, BUT THERE IS A GREEN SPACE, UH, KIND OF A DEDICATED GREEN SPACE THERE AND IT'S SOMETHING THEY CAN TALK ABOUT IN DRT IF IT CAN STOP SHORT OF THAT, DEPENDING ON IF THE DEVELOPER'S GONNA BE CLEARING IN THAT AREA OR NOT. IT'S SOMETHING CAN CERTAINLY BE LOOKED AT AT THAT TIME. OKAY. SINCE, SINCE THIS PROPERTY'S NOT CURRENTLY DEVELOPED, THE RIGHT OF WAY WOULD STILL BE DEDICATED. IT'S DOES THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE STUB OUT HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE PROPERTY LINE IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE LOOKED AT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. LINDSAY WITH THE ROLL CALL. OBLINCE? YES, MA'AM. DAWSON? YES, MA'AM. WARMAN? YES, MA'AM. PARSONS? YES. TAYLOR? YES. YES. ADAMS? YES. YES. ITEM [9.b. Rezoning. AFLP Development, LLC and BSI, INC. Approximately 14.22 acres from Rural (R) to Development District Housing (DDH). Property located at the nexus of Miracle Road and Woodward Oaks Trail. Eastlyn Subdivision. Planning Commission recommendation. Unanimous consent necessary. Public hearing required.] 9B IS A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 14.22 ACRES OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF MIRACLE ROAD AND WOODWARD OAKS TRAIL FROM RURAL TO DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT HOUSING. THIS IS KNOWN AS THE EASTLAND SUBDIVISION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST AT ITS SEPTEMBER 10TH MEETING. UNANIMOUS CONSENT IS NECESSARY AND A PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED. I'LL INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE AND ASK FOR UNANIMOUS CONSENT. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. SEE WHEN THE COUNCIL HAVE A PROBLEM MOVING FORWARD TO VOTE ON THIS THIS EVENING. SEEING A HEARING NOW, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL. GREETINGS EVERYONE. I'M SURE ALL OF YOU WHO SAW MY FACE BACK THERE KNEW THAT I WAS GOING TO COME UP AND SPEAK ON THIS. UM, MY LAST TIME SEEING YOU ALL WAS DURING THE ELECTION, SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HELD YOUR SEAT AND THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE REELECTED. I'M PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND HOW YOU SERVE THE CITY OF AUBURN, SO THANK YOU. LET'S GET DOWN TO, UH, MIRACLE ROAD. I'M JESSE SHEALY, THE PROPERTY OWNER OF 1962 MIRACLE ROAD. I FIRST WANT TO START OUT BEFORE MY TIME GOES BY THANKING MY REPRESENTATIVE, BETH, HERE, UH, FOR LISTENING, FIRST OF ALL, AND NOT ONLY LISTENING, BUT HEARING WHAT I HAD TO SAY IN MY FAMILY. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. YOU CAN LISTEN ALL DAY, BUT DO YOU REALLY HEAR? NOT ONLY DID SHE LISTEN AND NOT ONLY DID SHE HEAR THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAD CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT SHE'S ALSO WORKING AND PUTTING FORTH EFFORT TO HELP US WORK TOGETHER AS PARTNERS WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE IT AS BEST AS WE CAN FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY. SO THANK YOU, BETH. THANK YOU. UM, MY FAMILY, AS NEIGHBORS, WE SUPPORT THIS DEVELOPMENT. NOT ONLY DO WE SUPPORT THIS DEVELOPMENT, WE SUPPORT THE GROWTH THAT IS HAPPENING HERE IN AUBURN WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS. SO THIS IS A CONCERN AND THE ONLY CONCERN THAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT IS THAT STUB OUT. AND WE'RE ASKING YOU ALL TO PLEASE BECOME ACTIVELY [00:35:01] INVOLVED, WHETHER YOU'RE MY REPRESENTATIVE OR NOT, YOU'RE PART OF THE COUNCIL. SO I'M ASKING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO GET INVOLVED WITH THIS BECAUSE THE STUB OUT LEADS TO NOWHERE. IT WILL NEVER LEAD TO NOWHERE. OKAY? THAT MEANS THAT WE DON'T INTEND TO SAIL. GOD GAVE US THIS PROPERTY AND WE INTEND TO HOLD FAST TO THE MISSION OF THIS PROPERTY, WHICH IS TO BENEFIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD. AND I MAKE THAT WITHOUT ANY APOLOGIES, OKAY? AND I HOPE THAT THE DEVELOPER UNDERSTANDS MY POSITION IN PLACE IN THIS AND WILL SUPPORT ME AS I SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR EFFORTS. I ALSO WANT YOU TO BE MINDFUL THAT THERE ARE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS ON MIRACLE ROAD. IT'S NOT JUST ME. SO I'M NOT JUST STANDING FOR MYSELF OR FOR MY FAMILY, BUT I'M ALSO STANDING FOR EVERYONE ELSE THAT'S DIRECTLY INVOLVED, WILL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED. I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS IN GETTING MIRACLE ROAD PAVED. I'VE BEEN PATIENT, I AM PATIENT, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BECOMING PART OF WHATEVER IS NEEDED TO MAKE MIRACLE ROAD A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO RIDE, DRIVE, WALK, HIKE, BIKE, WHATEVER IS DESIRABLE FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS IN WOODWARD OAK, THE FORTHCOMING DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS AUBURN FARMS. LET'S DO THIS TOGETHER. WE CAN MAKE SOMETHING GOOD HAPPEN. THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING. I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE HEARD ME AND THAT YOU WILL WORK AND PARTNER WITH BETH TO MAKE SOMETHING GOOD HAPPEN FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE RESIDENTS, AND FOR THE CITY OF AUBURN. GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. THANK YOU MS. SHEELY. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HERE. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE DICE? UM, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. UM, MS. SHEALY AND I HAVE HAD GREAT LENGTHS, UH, GREAT CONVERSATIONS AND, UM, DETAILED CONVERSATIONS AND THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT ONE IS THE, UM, THE PLAT, THE STEP OUT THAT WE JUST RECENTLY DISCUSSED AND I THINK WE HAVE, UM, AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIRECTION THAT SHE WOULD PREFER THAT TO GO. UM, ADDITIONALLY, UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT ALONG IN ADJOINING, UM, THE INTERSECTION OF MIRACLE ROAD, UM, THE NEED TO, UM, IMPROVE THAT ROAD TO A, A BETTER STANDARD FOR THOSE WHO LIVE THERE AND TRAVERSE THAT AREA, UM, IS ALSO FRONT OF MIND. SO JUST AS WE CONTINUE TO EVALUATE MIRACLE ROAD THAT WE KEEP LOOKING TOWARDS, UM, THE PAVING OF MIRACLE ROAD, UM, SUFFICIENT LIGHTING ALONG MIRACLE ROAD, UM, JUST SO THAT NOT JUST MS. SHEALY, BUT ALL THOSE WHO ARE IN THE AREA CAN, UM, ENJOY, ENJOY THAT ROAD, UM, MORE SO THAN WHAT IT IS NOW. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I JUST GOT A QUESTION. YEP. UM, AND I'M FAMILIAR, I GUESS, WITH THE FR- FRONT PART OF MIRACLE ROAD. SO, BUT MIRACLE ROAD GOES, IS IT OUT, DOES IT GO AROUND BY MR. D'S OR DOES IT KEEP STRAIGHT OUT? UM, SO WHAT PART ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THAT'S NOT PAVED? UM, IF YOU GO, DO YOU KNOW WHERE, UM, 677 IS UP AT THE NORTHERN PART OF, UH, MIRACLE ROAD? LIKE NOT SARAH LANE, KEEP GOING FURTHER NORTH UP MIRACLE ROAD. ALL THAT UP INTO, TO PAST 677 IS NOT PAVED. OKAY. DOES IT COME OUT ON, WHAT ROAD DOES MIRACLE ROAD COME OUT ON, ON THE OTHER END? IT, IT - I THINK IT IS - IT JETS INTO A DIFFERENT COUNTY ROAD. LIKE IS IT, UM, I DON'T HAVE THE MAP IN FRONT OF ME. SO MIRACLE ROAD USED TO GO EXTEND ALL THE WAY TO, UM, FARMVILLE ROAD. OKAY. BUT, UM, THAT MIRACLE ROAD IS NOW WILL TERMINATE AT, UH, WO- WOODWARD OAKS TRAIL, AND I CANNOT RECALL THE COUNTY ROAD. 77. 677. YES. YEAH. SO IT, IT, IT RUNS TO THERE AND IT'S DIRT FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH SARAH LANE WHERE YOU TURN TO GO TO, UH, MR. D'S. UM, IT'S BASICALLY DIRT ROAD FROM THERE TO, UM, 677 OR - OKAY. WOODWARD OAKS TRAIL. OKAY. NO QUITE A MILE, MAYBE THREE, THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. PROBABLY ABOUT [00:40:01] A HALF TO THREE QUARTER MILE. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. LINDSAY WITH THE ROLL CALL. DAWSON? YES, MA'AM. MOORMAN? YES, MA'AM. PARSONS? YES. TAYLOR? YES. WHITTEN? YES. ADAMS? YES. OBLINCE? YES, MA'AM. YES. ITEM [9.c.1. Establish "No Parking" Zone. Downs Way.] 9C1 ESTABLISHES A NO PARKING ZONE ON DOWNS WAY. UNANIMOUS CONSENT IS NECESSARY. INTRODUCE ORDINANCE AND ASK FOR UNANIMOUS CONSENT. SECOND. MOTION SECONDS AND WILL THE COUNCIL HAVE A PROBLEM MOVING FORWARD WITH THE VOTE ON THIS THIS EVENING? ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. LINDSAY? ORMAN? YES, MA'AM. PARSONS? YES. TAYLOR? YES. WHITTEN? YES. ADAMS? YES. OBLINCE? YES, MA'AM. DAWSON? YES, MA'AM. ANDERS? YES. ITEM [9.c.2. Establish three (3) stop signs. Northgate Subdivision, Phases 2-3.] 9C2 ESTABLISHES THREE STOP SIGNS IN NORTHGATE SUBDIVISION PHASE TWO AND THREE. UNANIMOUS CONSENT IS NECESSARY. I INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE AND ASK FOR UNANIMOUS CONSENT. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. SEEING ONE OF THE COUNCIL HAVE A PROBLEM MOVING FORWARD WITH A VOTE ON THIS THIS EVENING. OKAY. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. LINDSAY. MOORMAN? DID YOU SAY MOORMAN? YES, MA'AM. PARSONS? YES. AYLER? YES. BITTON? YES. ADAMS? YES. OBLINCE? YES, MA'AM. DAWSON? YES, MA'AM. ANDERS. YES. TO NOT CATCH YOU GUYS OFF GUARD, WE GO IN A ROTATION THAT'S ALPHABETICAL AND/OR BY WARD, AND THEN THE MAYOR ALWAYS GOES LAST, BUT THAT ROTATION JUST STAYS CONSTANT SO THAT, UM, CONNIE DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO VOTE FIRST OR TOMMY DOESN'T HAVE TO ALWAYS VOTE FIRST, BUT BY ROBERT'S RULES AND STATE LAW, THE MAYOR DOES ALWAYS GO LAST. SO JUST BE ON YOUR TOES, EVERYBODY. ITEM [9.c.3. Establish two (2) stop signs and one (1) 25 MPH sign. Parker Creek Subdivision. ] 9C3 ESTABLISHES TWO STOP SIGNS AND ONE 25 MILE PER HOUR SIGN IN PARKER CREEK SUBDIVISION. UNANIMOUS CONSENT IS NECESSARY. I'LL INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE AND ASK FOR UNANIMOUS CONSENT. SECOND. MOTION SECONDS. ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE A PROBLEM MOVING FORWARD WITH THE VOTE ON THIS THIS EVENING? ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? LINDSAY? PARSONS. YES. THAILER? YES. WHITTEN? YES. ADAMS? YES. OBLINCE? YES, MA'AM. DAWSON? YES, MA'AM. MOORMAN? YES, MA'AM. ANDERS? YES. AND LAST BUT [9.c.4. Speed limit reduction. 55 MPH to 50 MPH. North College Street (AL 147).] CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, ITEM 9C4 AUTHORIZES A SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION FOR APPROXIMATELY 1,056 LINEAR FEET OF NORTH COLLEGE STREET, NORTH OF CARY CREEK PARKWAY FROM 55 MILES PER HOUR TO 50 MILES PER HOUR. THE NEW SPEED LIMIT WILL NOT BE POSTED UNLESS AND UNTIL ALDOT APPROVES THIS RECOMMENDATION. UNANIMOUS CONSENT IS NECESSARY. I'LL INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE AND ASK FOR UNANIMOUS CONSENT. SECOND. MOTION SECOND. SEE ONE OF THE COUNCILS HAVE A PROBLEM MOVING FORWARD AND VOTE ON THIS THIS EVENING. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I COULD TALK A LONG TIME ON THIS ONE, BUT LET, UH, BY WAY OF CLARIFICATION, IS THIS JUST NORTH ON COLLEGE STREET AS, AS IT SAYS IN THE ORDINANCE, THE DRAFT ORDINANCE? YOU'VE GOT A, A DRAWING IN YOUR PACKET THAT, THAT SHOWS ITS BASIC DISTANCE AND REALLY WHAT THIS IS ABOUT IS, IS REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT. WE HAD PREFERRED A 45 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT. 50 IS WHERE ALDOT LANDED BASED ON DATA. WE STILL DON'T, WE HOPE THEY'LL PROVE IT. MICHAEL IS WORKING OVERTIME WITH ALDOT, BUT THIS IS BECAUSE YARBROUGH FARMS BOULEVARD WILL BE PUNCHING ALL THE WAY THROUGH BELOW THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL, BELOW THE FOUNDRY PROJECT AND COMING OUT HERE ON COLLEGE STREET AT CARY CREEK PARKWAY, SO ON THE NORTH EDGE OF THE PUBLIC SHOPPING CENTER. AND THIS IS SLOWING DOWN THIS SECTION AS YOU'RE APPROACHING THAT INTERSECTION OR AS YOU'RE LEAVING TOWN, UM, FOR THE INTERSECTION DESIGN. THE, THE DESIGN TEAM ACTUALLY HAS TO DESIGN THE INTERSECTION FOR SPEEDS BASED ON SIGHT DISTANCE AND OTHER THINGS. UM, AND SO THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN ESTABLISHED SPEED LIMIT OF WHICH THEY'RE DESIGNING TOO. SO WHILE WE WANTED IT AT 45, 50 IS BETTER THAN 55. WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT AND THAT STARTS CHANGING THE SPEED OF CARS, CHANGE SIGHT DISTANCE AND OTHER THINGS, SO. I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID AND, AND I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF IT, BUT IT, I'M READING THIS THAT IT SAYS, UH, NORTHBOUND. IS IT NORTH AND SOUTH? YOU'RE READING? THE DRAFT ORDINANCE, UH, SECTION ONE. UM, I DON'T SEE A SOUTH IN THERE ANYWHERE ORDINANCE. I SEE NORTHBOUND. ONE 50 MILE PER HOUR NORTHBOUND, UH, SIGN NORTHBOUND ON. RIGHT, BECAUSE THE, THAT'S JUST ESTABLISHING THE SIGN. RIGHT. AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATION, BECAUSE AS YOU'RE COMING, IT'S A NORTHBOUND ONE. THERE IS ONE THAT'S STARTING TO STEP DOWN AT THE SOUTHBOUND. [00:45:01] OKAY. SO IT WILL BE NORTH AND SOUTH? YES. OKAY. WONDERFUL. THIS IS JUST ALLOWING THE, YOU'RE ACTUALLY AUTHORIZING THE PLACEMENT OF A SIGN AND THE REDUCTION OF THE SPEED LIMIT. ALDOT, BECAUSE IT'S THEIR RIGHT OF WAY, ACTUALLY HAS TO APPROVE IT, BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF EXISTING SIGNAGE IN THAT VICINITY ALREADY. THAT'S TERRIFIC. IT'S A START. IT IS, AND I THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY YOU CAN PUT IT, COUNCILMAN MORMAN. THERE'S A LOT TO DO OUT THERE. UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING FEVERISHLY WITH THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. MICHAEL HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN WORKING WITH THEM TO TRY TO GET SOME CHANGES, BUT, UH, THE WHOLE FOUNDRY DEVELOPMENT AND ITS ROAD BUILDING TIE-IN IS ON HOLD UNTIL THIS GETS DONE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DESIGN WHAT THEY NEED TO DESIGN TO GET MOVING. MEGAN, WOULD YOU MENTION THE OTHER ROADS IN AUBURN REAL QUICK THAT ALDOT STILL OVERSEES AND - I THINK THERE'S SOME, BEEN SOME CONFUSION. IF, IF IT IS CALLED SUGE JORDAN PARKWAY, THAT IS A STATE ROAD. IF IT'S CALLED EAST UNIVERSITY DRIVE, THAT'S A CITY ROAD. THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS AND DIFFERENT DESIGN STANDARDS. COLLEGE STREET, UM, KIND OF BELOW THE LOOP, SOUTH COLLEGE FROM WHERE SUGE AND EAST UNIVERSITY DRIVE MEET. SO RIGHT AT ALDI, UM, KEEP GOING SOUTH OVER THE INTERSTATE AND SO ON, THAT'S ALDOT'S RIGHT OF WAY. UM, FROM PUBLIX TO 280 AND BEYOND TAKING 147 ABOVE 280, THAT IS ALL ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. UM, HIGHWAY 14, IF IT'S NOT CALLED MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DRIVE, IT IS THE CITY'S. IF IT IS CALLED HIGHWAY 14, WHICH THAT'S RIGHT AROUND THE SUGE JORDAN PARKWAY AREA, RIGHT AT RICHLAND ROAD IS WHERE IT TURNS BACK INTO A STATE HIGHWAY. AND THOSE ARE UNDER THE DIRECT CONTROL OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA AND NOT THAT OF THE CITY OF AUBURN. AS WELL AS 280. OF COURSE, US HIGHWAY 280 IS NOT A CITY STREET. UM, SO THAT MEANS THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS THEMSELVES WHEN WE'RE DOING THINGS, WE HAVE TO GET PERMISSION. THINGS LIKE CROSSWALKS, UM, HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY ALDOT AND NOT THE CITY THAT IS THEIR RIGHT OF WAY. BUT AT SAY DONAHUE AND SUGE JORDAN PARKWAY, THE CITY CAN CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS ON DONAHUE ITSELF, BUT ON SUGE JORDAN, UM, THAT IS ALL UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA. AND IT'S, IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT WE'VE BEEN APPEALING TO ALDOT FOR A WHILE NOW TO ASK FOR SOME SPEED LIMITS TO BE LOWER, PARTICULARLY IN THIS PART OF NORTH COLLEGE AND PARTICULARLY ON SUG - IN MY 30-YEAR CAREER HERE, UM, IT'S HAPPENED THE ENTIRE TIME. IT ONCE WAS 65 MILES AN HOUR FOR A LOT OF US THAT LIVED, HAVE LIVED HERE. SUGE JORDAN IN ITS ENTIRETY WAS 65 MILES AN HOUR, AND THE CITY SIDE IS 45, UM, AND DOWN. AND SO THE REDUCTION DID HAPPEN PROBABLY 25-ISH YEARS AGO TO GET IT DOWN TO 55, BUT WE'VE NOT HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS ON SHUG SINCE THEN. UM, OUR STAFF IS WORKING, UM, VERY CAREFULLY, UM, WITH ALDOT TO TRY TO, AND THE, AND THE UNIVERSITY IN SOME SENSES TO TRY TO GET SOME FURTHER CHANGES AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. LINDSAY. TAYLOR? YES. BITTON? YES. ADAMS? YES.? YES, MA'AM. DAWSON? YES, MA'AM. MOORMAN? YES, MA'AM. PARSONS? YES. ANDERS? YES. [10.a.1. Gamble Winter Construction, LLC. City Hall Modifications. $1,053,983.] ITEM 10A1, UNDER RESOLUTIONS, AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT WITH GAMBLE WINTER CONSTRUCTION, LLC FOR VARIOUS SAFETY AND FUNCTIONAL MODIFICATIONS TO CITY HALL IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,053,983. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND. A MOTION SECOND. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AND THE MOTION CARRIES. [10.a.2. Williams Fire Apparatus. Purchase one (1) 2026 Williams Fire Light Duty Rescue Truck. Fire Department. $334,367.] ITEM 10A2 AUTHORIZES THE PURCHASE OF A 2026 WILLIAMS FIRELIGHT DUTY RESCUE TRUCK FROM WILLIAMS FIRE APPARATUS IN THE AMOUNT OF $334,367, $200,000 OF THIS AMOUNT WAS RECEIVED IN A FEDERAL GRANT. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND. THE MOTION IS SECOND. ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? YES. UH, THIS BEARS SOME COMMENTS. UM, WHAT IS MEANT BY MINOR FIRE SUPPRESSION WHILE IN MOTION? THAT'S, UH, PUTTING OUT FIRES ON THE GO. CORRECT. EXACTLY WHAT THAT SAYS. THEY CALL IT PUMP AND ROLL. SO THE, THIS IS A TWOFOLD TRUCK. THAT IS, YOU CAN GOOGLE IT, IT'S PUMP AND ROLL IS WHAT THEY CALL IT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK ALL OF YOU HAVE NOTICED IN OUR DRY CONDITIONS, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF INTERSTATE FIRES. 280'S HAD A LOT OF FIRES ALONG IT, SOME OF OUR OTHER RIGHTS OF WAY. UM, THIS FIRE RESCUE TRUCK DOES TWO THINGS. IT DOES ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT, WHICH WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EMS CALLS. UM, THIS COUNCIL'S BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF UPGRADING OUR CAPABILITIES TO BE AS RESPONSIVE AS POSSIBLE TO OUR CITIZENS' NEEDS. SO IT DOES ALL OF THOSE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT THINGS, BUT IT ALSO HAS THE CAPABILITY TO DO AND TO PUT OUT, WELL, TO DO ITS BEST TO PUT OUT BRUSH FIRES. SO, UM, FIRE STATION NUMBER FIVE SITS IN AUBURN TECHNOLOGY PARK SOUTH, VERY CLOSE TO THE INTERSTATE, AND THIS WILL ALLOW, UM, QUICK DEPLOYMENT OF THIS VEHICLE. AND IT CAN DRIVE AT VARYING SPEEDS WHILE, IN ESSENCE, WHILE PUMPING AND SPRAYING WATER OR ANY [00:50:01] OTHER, UM, SUPPRESSION, UH, LIQUID THAT IS NEEDED DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES. AND IT'S NOT A CAPABILITY WE CURRENTLY HAVE. AND, UH, ANOTHER BIG ROLE THAT IT WILL FILL IS EMS RESPONSE. CORRECT. AND THE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT. YEAH. WE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ADVENT OF THAT PROGRAM, I THINK I CHECKED NUMBERS TODAY. WE'VE, YOU KNOW, RESPONDED OVER 6,000 TIMES SINCE 2023 TO A VARIETY OF, OF EMS CALLS. AND THEN, THEN THERE'S VARYING DEGREES OF, UH, MEDICATIONS ISSUED BECAUSE WITHOUT THE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT, WE COULDN'T DO CERTAIN TYPES OF HEART MEDICATIONS, OTHER THINGS. WE HAVE A, A LARGE GROUPING OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE NOW PARAMEDICS. AND I'LL REMIND YOU IN THIS BUDGET AND IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE ARE SEPARATING OUT, AND WE WILL HAVE AT FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE, A FULL-TIME CREW THAT ONLY WORKS ON OUR RESCUE TRUCK THAT SITS HERE IN THIS COMPLEX, UM, AND DOESN'T GO OUT ON THE... I MEAN, THEY'RE CAPABLE. THEY'RE STILL FIREFIGHTERS, BUT, UM, THEY WILL M- MAINLY WORK THE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT REALM. AND SO, WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESSES, AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, UM, WITH THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT OUR STAFF HAS BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE, BECAUSE BEFORE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT, POLICE AND FIRE WOULD GET ON SCENE AND WE'D BE LEFT WITH A FAMILY WAITING FOR AN AMBULANCE TO PICK UP. WE HAD EMTS, BUT WE COULD NOT DO HEART MONITORS. WE COULD NOT ADMINISTRATE, UH, ADMINISTER CERTAIN TYPES OF, OF MEDICATIONS AND SO ON. AND NOW WE CAN DO ALL THAT, AND IT'S SAVING LIVES AND REDUCING FURTHER DAMAGE FOR FOLKS AND KEEPING FAMILIES CALMER AND GETTING OUR CITIZENS OR VISITORS, UM, ALL THE HELP THEY NEED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? I JUST SAY I APPRECIATE THIS COUNCIL BEING SO GOOD TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND FIRE AND POLICE. I APPRECIATE MEGAN'S THOUGHTS ON THE NEEDING THE, UH, LIFE SUPPORT UNITS. UH, IT'S REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT THE COUNCIL'S APPROVED IN THIS, UH, FIELD. TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU, CHIEF. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. MAYOR, THOSE ARE ALL THE ITEMS OF BUSINESS WE HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN [12. CITIZENS' OPEN FORUM] CITIZENS OPEN FORUMS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT ANYTHING ON YOUR MIND. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. WE'D ASK THAT YOU COME TO THE DIOCESE AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD MEMBER TO ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL. HELLO AGAIN. DEBORAH BILL, 802 TULLAHOMA DRIVE. AND AS SONNY MORMAN SAID EARLIER, IT IS ELECTION TIME, AND BY THE TIME YOU ALL MEET, THE C - POLLS WON'T BE CLOSED YET, BUT IT'LL BE CLOSE. AND, UM, I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THEY NEED TO LOOK AT ALL THE CANDIDATES IN ALL OF THE RACES AND CHOOSE THE CANDIDATE THAT THEY PREFER. AND UNLIKE IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, YOU CAN DO WRITE-IN BALLOTS OR WRITE IN, UH, CANDIDATES ON, UH, THE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT. AND I, UH, AM PART OF A COALITION THAT IS PUSHING TO WRITE IN JAY JONES, OUR SHERIFF, FOR REELECTION. AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THAT IS AN OPTION. HE WILL NOT APPEAR ON THE BALLOT. YOU CAN WRITE IN HIS NAME, BE SURE AND BUBBLE IN, UH, THE THING TO MAKE IT COUNT. I KNOW CAM CAME AND, AND INTRODUCED HIMSELF BEFORE THE PRIMARIES, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNEW THAT THAT WAS AN OPTION FOR, UH, THE GENERAL ELECTION. THANK YOU. WHO'D BE NEXT? CHAD CUNNINGHAM, 516 OWENS ROAD. UM, AND I'M COMING TONIGHT. I HAVE HAD A PETITION GOING SINCE ALL OF THIS BEGAN WITH THE, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, BETWEEN COLLEGE AND SANDERS. WE ARE UP TO 607 PEOPLE THAT THINK THAT, UH, AN OUTLET ONTO SANDERS, UH, DOES NOT MAKE MUCH SENSE. UM, AND AS WE KINDA TALKED ABOUT STUB OUTS EARLIER THIS EVENING FROM SOME OTHER FOLKS, I KNOW THERE'S A STUB OUT IN THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT THAT'S COMING RIGHT OUT ONTO COLLEGE OR TOWARD COLLEGE. IT'S NOT CONNECTING AT THE COLLEGE. UH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, FROM PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS, UH, WHEN WE HAVE STUB OUTS, THOSE ARE FOR FUTURE CONNECTIVITY THAT WE ANTICIPATE MAYBE PERHAPS ONE DAY CONNECTING COLLEGE TO THAT DEVELOPMENT, INTO THAT ALLEYWAY SYSTEM THAT IS INSIDE, WHICH IS WHY I THINK 607 PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF AND A LOT OF OTHER NEIGHBORS, UH, IN THAT COMMUNITY ARE REQUESTING THAT THAT CONNECTION NOT BE WAITED ON UNTIL LATER, BUT BE DONE NOW TO AVOID ANY CURB CUT ONTO SANDERS. UM, AND THE CONVERSATION SEEMS LIKE WE'RE BEATING A DEAD HORSE IN SOME WAYS. I THINK IT WAS HOPELESS THE, THE DAY THE, UH, SIGN WAS PUT UP, UH, TELLING US ABOUT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING THAT NOTHING WAS GONNA CHANGE, THAT THIS WAS GONNA BE WHAT IT WAS GONNA BE. UM, BUT I'M STILL HOPEFUL THAT PERHAPS REASON MIGHT PREVAIL AND THAT PEOPLE MIGHT [00:55:01] THINK ABOUT THAT SCHOOL BEING TAKEN ENTIRELY OUT OF THE EQUATION, UH, WHICH IS, I THINK, WHAT I'M PUSHING FOR TO THE POINT THAT MIGHT SEEM UNREASONABLE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL. I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE ARE GONNA BE GAME DAY HOUSES OR THOSE ARE GONNA BE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING HOUSES. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE REGULARLY LIVING THERE AND USING THOSE STREETS TO COME OUT ONTO THAT CURB CUT, WHATEVER IT'S GONNA BECOME NOW, BECAUSE TRANSPARENCY IS NOT TERRIBLY FORTHCOMING. BUT THE THING THAT I KNOW, UH, ABOUT WHATEVER THE MANUALS ARE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS USING AND THAT THE ENGINEER IS USING IS THAT NOBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN 20 YEARS FROM NOW OR 30 YEARS FROM NOW. BUT I DO KNOW THIS, IF WE DON'T CUT THE CURB, THE SCHOOL'S GONNA KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO FUNCTION AND IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO FUNCTION AS SAFELY AS IT HAS BEEN FOR DECADES, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, AND LIVING INTO THAT SPACE AND THAT PLACE SAFELY WITH CHILDREN INVOLVED AND PARENTS INVOLVED. YOU CUT THE CURB, WHAT MAKES SENSE, MIGHT MAKE SENSE NOW FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO OR FIVE OR 10 MAY WORK OUT GREAT. AND THEN PEOPLE WILL BE MOVING INTO THOSE HOUSES WITH HOWEVER MANY CARS PEOPLE HAVE IN THE FUTURE OR WHATEVER IT IS OR IF THEY ARE GAME DAY HOMES, WHATEVER COMES ON GAME DAY AND WHATEVER GAME DAY BRINGS, WHICH MIGHT BE WILD DEBAUCHERY FOR ALL I KNOW, THAT HAS AN OUTLET RIGHT IN FRONT OF A SCHOOL. AND THAT'S THE CONCERN, AND THAT'S THE CONCERN I'VE BEEN TRYING TO VOICE AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO BE HEARD ON. AND AGAIN, MR. MAYOR, I KNOW YOU AND I HAVE SPOKEN AT, AT LENGTH A NUMBER OF TIMES, UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S A POINT THAT'S WORTH CONTINUING TO BE MADE AND 607 OTHER PEOPLE ARE BEHIND IT. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. WHO'D BE NEXT? HELLO, I'M KATHLEEN INGRAM. I LIVE AT 1209 HICKORY LANE IN AUBURN, SO I'M ALSO IN THE KERRY WOODS COMMUNITY, AND I AM HERE, LIKE CHAD, UM, AGAINST A, A CUTOUT FOR SANDERS STREET. I WAS A TEACHER AT KERRY WOODS. MY CHILDREN GREW UP THERE. WE WALK THERE. IF Y'ALL HAVE NOT BEEN IN KERRY WOODS LATELY, MAKE A TRIP OVER THERE. JUST RIDE THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE WALKING ALL THE TIME, WALKING THEIR DOGS, UH, JOGGING, UH, RIDING BIKES, WHATEVER. IT IS NOT A PLACE WHERE WE NEED MORE TRAFFIC. WE JUST DON'T. I LIVE ON HICKORY LANE AND I CAN FORESEE THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CUT THROUGH FROM COLLEGE STREET. UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO IF I WAS LIVING DOWN SHELTON MILL. I'D CUT THROUGH COLLEGE STREET IF I WANTED TO GO TO THE WALMART MARKETPLACE, AND I CAN SEE OUR TRAFFIC, EVEN ON HICKORY LANE, GETTING GREATER. KERRY WOODS IS A VERY UNIQUE COMMUNITY. IT'S BEEN THERE A LONG TIME. IT'S DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF PLACES AND OTHER COMMUNITIES IN AUBURN. UM, IT HAS SO MANY TREES AND SEEING ALL THE KUDZU COME DOWN THIS WEEK HAS JUST BEEN, UH, BREATHTAKING ALMOST AND SEEING ALL THE DAMAGE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE TO A LOT OF TREES AS THEY'VE DONE THAT WORK. UM, I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY. I WOULD PRAY THAT YOU ALL WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE WHEN YOU SEE... I MEAN, I THOUGH... I HAD NO IDEA THAT IT WAS ZONED AS IT WAS. THE GENERAL PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW THESE THINGS. I THOUGH THEY HAVE BUILT A FEW SINGLE HOMES ON THE STREET THAT HAVE NICE YARDS. I UNDERSTAND THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE REAL EXPENSIVE HOMES, BUT THERE'S NO WAY THEY'RE GONNA HAVE NICE YARDS. YOU CAN'T BUILD THAT MANY HOMES AND HAVE YARDS. THAT'S WHAT KERRY WOODS IS. AND, UH, IT'S JUST A VERY UNIQUE COMMUNITY. IF YOU HAVEN'T RIDDEN THROUGH THERE LATELY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE TREES, UH, CHANGE COLORS IN A FEW WEEKS, IT'S ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS. IT'S NOT GONNA BE WITH THIS COMING UP. SO PLEASE, I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TOTAL CONTROL OVER THIS, BUT YOU DO HAVE INFLUENCE. YOU DO HAVE INFLUENCE, AND YOU ARE REPRESENTING ME AND THOSE OTHER 600 AND WHATEVER PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE, UM, TOTALLY AGAINST THIS. SO PLEASE USE YOUR INFLUENCE AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITY THE NICE LITTLE AREA THAT IT IS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WHO'D BE NEXT? GOOD EVENING. I AM DR. JOANNA ABRAM. I LIVE AT 0206 TIMBERDALE COURT. IN AUBURN, ALABAMA, [01:00:01] WHICH IS ALSO KERRY WOODS AS WELL. I HAVE COME BEFORE PREVIOUSLY TALKING ABOUT MY CONCERNS REGARDING WHAT'S GOING ON REGARDING FLOOD GATES YOU CANNOT CONTROL. THE BUILDING AND THE AREA YOU CANNOT CONTROL. THE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA, YOU CANNOT CONTROL. YOU CAN WISH TO CONTROL THE AREA. YOU CAN WISH CERTAIN POPULATIONS AND CERTAIN THINGS WOULD TAKE PLACE. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU INVITE AND WHEN YOU HAVE CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS COMING INTO THE SUBDIVISION, BUILDING CERTAIN, CERTAIN AREAS AND LIVING IN CERTAIN AREAS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS, IF YOU HAVE GONE TO COLLEGE LIKE I HAVE GONE TO COLLEGE, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF COLLEGE STUDENTS DO A LOT OF THINGS. AND WE CANNOT CONTROL, WE CAN TRY TO. WE CAN TRY TO, WE CAN TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS CON - IS CONTINUED TO BE SAFE AND PROTECTED. BUT THAT IS WISHFUL THINKING. THAT IS WISHFUL THINKING. WHEN YOU OPEN THE FLOODGATES AND YOU GIVE AND YOU, YOU ALLOW CERTAIN STREETS AND CERTAIN GATEWAYS TO COME THROUGH, ESPECIALLY A SUBDIVISION LIKE KERRY WOODS, IT'S ONLY A HOPE THAT CERTAIN TYPE OF BEHAVIORS WILL NOT ENTER IN. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU ARE ADDRESSING COLLEGE STUDENTS, COLLEGE STUDENTS DO WHAT COLLEGE STUDENTS DO. THEY ARE, YES, THEY ARE CHILDREN AND YES, THEY ARE YOUNG ADULTS. HOWEVER, WE CANNOT SAY IF EVERYTHING WILL BE ON THE UP AND UP. WE CANNOT SAY IF SAFETY AND PROTECTION WILL REMAIN THE SAME. WE CANNOT SAY THAT. WE CAN WISH, BUT WE CANNOT GUARANTEE. SO WHEN PEOPLE COME FORWARD WITH THE CONCERNS, IT'S BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT NO ONE HERE IN THE COUNCIL, NO ONE IN THE SUBDIVISION, NO ONE IN THE AREA CAN FORESEE WHAT WOULD TAKE PLACE WITH CARY WOODS SUBDIVISION IN THE FUTURE. ESPECIALLY THE WAY THAT IT'S GOING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE BUILDING THAT'S TAKING PLACE, NO ONE CAN GUARANTEE THAT. SO WHEN WE EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS, IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE THOROUGHLY AWARE THAT NO ONE CAN CON - NO ONE CAN CONFIRM THAT. WE CAN WISH, WE CAN HOPE, WE CAN PRAY, WE CAN DO ALL THOSE THINGS, BUT NO ONE CAN CON - NO ONE CAN ACTUALLY CONFIRM WHAT WOULD TAKE PLACE IN THE FUTURE. SO IN SAYING THAT, I KEEP COMING FORWARD FOR THE SAME EXACT THING. YES, I WOULD LOVE FOR CARRIE WOODS TO STAY EXACTLY HOW IT IS. THAT'S MY PREFERENCE. I HAVE LIVED THERE FOR CLOSE TO 20 YEARS. SO YES, THAT IS MY PREFERENCE. HOWEVER, I DO KNOW THAT CHANGE TAKE PLACE. SO WHAT I EXPRESS AND WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IS FOR THE SAFETY AND PROTECTION TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY, TO BE LOOKING AT, TO BE LOOKED AT, AND ALSO TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT WE CANNOT CONFIRM IT. WE CANNOT CONFIRM IT. SO WE ASK THAT YOU TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION WHILE PLANS ARE TAKING PLACE AND USE YOUR INFLUENCE JUST AS MY NEIGHBOR JUST SAID, USE YOUR INFLUENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KEEPS THAT IN MIND AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. WHO WOULD BE NEXT? OKAY. WE'LL CLOSE CITIZENS OPEN FORUM. YOU WILL THE COUNCIL HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO, TO SAY? YES, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO, I MEAN, I MEANT TO DO IT EARLIER, BUT I WANTED TO COMMEND ALL OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES THAT WORKED THE LAST, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO ON THE 9TH, THE HURRICANE, I BELIEVE. UM - TOTALLY. CAME THROUGH. AND I KNOW THE POLICE AND FIRE WERE EXTREMELY BUSY AND THEY WORKED ALL NIGHT AND, UH, LIKE THE CITY MANAGER SAID, WE WERE BLESSED. IT WAS NO WORSE THAN IT WAS. IT COULD HAVE, UH, OUR FOLKS IN WEST ALABAMA HAD A REALLY ROUGH TIME WITH IT, BUT, UH, OUR EMPLOYEES MAKE US WHAT WE ARE AND OF COURSE THE BLESSING OF THE GOOD LORD. BUT THEY WORKED VERY HARD AND OUT IN SOME HARSH CONDITIONS AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DID. I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE OUT HERE LIKE THAT. IT'S TOUGH. THANK YOU, CHIEF. ANYONE ELSE? UM, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE NEW MOBILE COMMAND CENTER OUT FRONT AND IT'S A FANTASTIC ASSET. SO VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT IN USE NOT FOR WHAT IT'S INTENDED FOR, BUT MAYBE JUST AT COMMUNITY EVENTS. THERE YOU GO. AND WE CAN COMMEND OUR DIRECTOR FOR WORKING ON THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. YES. HE DID A GREAT JOB GETTING THE MONEY FOR THAT AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO, WILL. ANYONE ELSE? I, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, CARA WOOD SITUATION. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL OR? NO, MA'AM. IT'S NOT COMING BEFORE THE COUNCIL. IT'S IN OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AS IT IS. AND THOSE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS BY STATE LAW ARE WHOLLY ADOPTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ADMINISTERED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AND THEY CAN'T JUST, THEY'VE GOT TO FOLLOW CERTAIN STATE LAW CRITERIA WITH REGARD TO THEM. THEY HAVE TO APPROVE A SUBDIVISION IF IT MEETS THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN THEIR REGULATIONS. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? MEGAN, I DID GET A CALL FROM A CITIZEN TODAY WHO HAD RECENTLY HAD AN APPLIANCE FIRE IN THEIR HOME AND WAS SO COMPLIMENTARY OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT HOW QUICK THEY GOT THERE, [01:05:01] HOW PROFESSIONAL THEY WERE, HOW CAREFUL THEY WERE. SO MR. DIRECTOR, IF YOU'D PLEASE PASS THAT ALONG. UM, RELATED TO THE ELECTION, UM, THERE WILL BE SOME PEOPLE THAT WILL VOTE IN DIFFERENT PLACES, A DIFFERENT LOCATION THAN THEY VOTED FOR THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION OR IS WE GOT MOST OF THAT SHORED UP THIS TIME. SO IF YOU'RE IN THE CITY LIMITS, YOU'RE, YOU'RE VOTING WHERE YOU'VE ALWAYS VOTED. THOSE IN THE, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY THAT DO VOTE IN THE CITY LIMITS OF AUBURN AND THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE THAT HAD AUBURN ADDRESSES, UH, WHEN WE WERE CERTIFYING THE ELECTION RESULTS, A LOT OF THE PROVISIONAL BALLOTS THAT WERE NOT ACCEPTED WERE FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE, THE POSTAL SERVICE GIVES THEM AN AUBURN AL AND A ZIP CODE, BUT THEY ACTUALLY LIVE AT COUNTY RESIDENCES WITH COUNTY ROADS. BUT, UM, THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO GO TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE AND DOUBLE CHECK. BUT YOU SHOULD VOTE WHERE YOU'VE BEEN VOTING FOR THE LAST YEAR. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. IS THERE A MOVE TO ADJOURN? SO MOVE. ALL RIGHT, WE ADJOURN. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.