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Resident criticizes 400 East Lincoln/Next YMCA process, urges pause for data review
Summary
At the Aug. 25 meeting resident Christy Barrett urged the commission to pause the 400 East Lincoln/Next YMCA project, alleging limited transparency and insufficient data to justify ongoing commitments; Mayor Therese Long corrected one factual point about the senior millage.
Christy Barrett, a Birmingham resident, urged the City Commission on Aug. 25 to pause work on the 400 East Lincoln project — the site linked to plans for relocation or new facilities for Next (a local senior/community organization) — and to review the data used to justify recent decisions.
"This entire project was driven by a date Next needed to vacate Birmingham schools," Barrett said during the public comment period, arguing the process lacked transparency and proceeded rapidly through private…
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