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Staff details multiple utility agreements, purchases and HUD plan advertisements for upcoming council action
Summary
City staff presented a package of administrative items for council authorization including utility agreements for University Boulevard East, purchases for a generator and HVAC equipment, HUD-plan advertising, contract amendments and a tentative public-works award.
City staff presented a package of administrative items the council will be asked to authorize, covering right-of-way permits, utility agreements for roadway improvements, equipment purchases, HUD-plan advertising, contract amendments and other project actions.
Staff reported authorizations for right-of-way or right-of-entry permits with Charles Spurlin (519 Greensboro Avenue) and Bob Young (Second Avenue), and a facilities-use license with the Tuscaloosa Housing Authority for the Powell gym. Purchasing requests included a previously budgeted 60-kilowatt Generac generator for a bus station, quoted at $43,180, and a Trane 3.5-ton split system for $11,014.
Staff said the Office of Community and Neighborhood Services will be authorized to advertise a summary of the city's proposed consolidated plan and 2025 action plan for CDBG, HOME and other HUD programs, and to advertise the 2025 Analysis of Impediments to fair housing. Staff also recommended an amendment to the city's agreement with Habitat for Humanity to authorize development of four housing units.
Multiple utility agreements tied to the University Boulevard East roadway improvement project were listed: with AT&T, Comcast, SPIRE and Alabama Power. Staff explained that several of those agreements arrived late and were “doubled up” on the projects agenda to meet timing needs. Other items included a right-of-entry permit with the Department of the Army for survey work near the River Market; a proposed assignment and amendment of an airport ground-lease and FBO arrangement at the Tuscaloosa National Airport; and authorization for the city attorney to file legal action against the Alabama Department of Revenue and others regarding SSUT matters, per staff presentation.
Several minor public-works contract amendments and low-dollar emergency or maintenance contracts were described, with amended amounts including $34,000 for elevator maintenance, $52,300 for flooring services, $45,000 for roofing services, $60,000 for carpentry/painting services, and multiple smaller contracts (examples: $78,675; $16,385; $10,392; $6,592). Staff also reported a tentative public-works award of $647,350 to Snow Blanckney Construction for the Linton Barber Shop Plaza project and a cooperative maintenance agreement with the Alabama Department of Transportation for portions of McFarland Boulevard and Skyland Boulevard and Highway 69.
Staff flagged a chief financial officer draft in the amount of $25,938.25 for right-of-way acquisition tied to University Boulevard East and said the council will be asked to introduce zoning amendment number 15 (approximately 4.03 acres north of 9710 Highway 69) and set July 29 as a public hearing date for that zoning amendment.
Staff answered a council question about why multiple utility agreements were presented together, saying the agreements had come in late from engineering and required a quick turnaround.
Outcome and next steps: these items were presented for council authorization and will appear on upcoming agendas for formal action; the transcript records staff presentations and questions but not final roll-call votes on these agenda authorizations during pre-council.
