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Council approves designation of blighted properties, moves forward with $450,000 CDBG demolition program
Summary
The council adopted a resolution designating a list of abandoned or vacated properties as blighted and authorized use of 2024 CDBG funds for demolition; staff said the program totals $450,000 ($400,000 from CDBG) and that the city will bid demolition phases and return to council to award contracts.
The Enterprise City Council adopted Resolution 071525 on July 15 designating several abandoned or vacant residential properties as blighted and authorizing expenditure of 2024 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for demolition and clearance.
City staff told the council the 2024 program totals $450,000, of which $400,000 is a CDBG grant. The council had previously authorized staff to bid all phases of the program; at this meeting staff presented the properties that had signed right-of-entry and demolition easements and asked the council to adopt the blight designations so the work can proceed to bid. The Alabama Historical Commission provided concurrence for the demolitions in a letter dated June 9, 2025, staff said.
The residential properties listed in the resolution and designated as blighted were: 100 Dixie Drive (apartments 29' 30' 31' 32' 33' 34' 35), 36125 Pleasure Street (apartment 1), 125 Pleasure Street (apartment 2), 212 Pleasure Street, 105 Lowry Street, 105 Smith Drive, 111 Holly Hill Road, 143 South Carroll Street, 435 Glover Avenue and 405 Doster Street. Staff said property owners had voluntarily executed right-of-entry permits and temporary demolition easements.
Assistant director of engineering Thomas Hardy and city engineer Barry Mott explained the process: the city will bid the demolition phases, evaluate low bids and return to the council to award contracts and authorize the mayor to execute. Mott noted the council had already given authority at a prior meeting to advertise and bid the project so staff could move quickly on a first-come, first-served approach for properties that sign up.
The council voted to adopt the resolution; the motion carried with no opposition recorded in the meeting transcript. The resolution authorizes the use of CDBG funds for demolition work on the named properties and requires further council approval to award any demolition contract based on bids.
No contract awards were made at this meeting; the transcript records staff's plan to bring award recommendations back to council following the competitive bid process.
