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Fairhope council approves range of site plans, contracts, grants and appointments in packed agenda
Summary
At its meeting the Fairhope City Council approved multiple site plans, contract awards, grant applications and appointments, authorized the mayor to execute several professional-service agreements and accepted a $3 million HUD grant for the airport industrial park.
The Fairhope City Council approved a slate of site plans, professional-services contracts, grant applications, procurements and appointments in a meeting that covered more than three dozen agenda items.
Why it matters: the approvals include infrastructure and planning steps (an airport industrial-park grant, highway turn-lane grant funding and several professional-design contracts), commercial site plans, city service procurements and policy steps that will shape near-term projects and budgets.
Key actions approved (summary):
- Site plans: the council approved site-plan SR-2406 for an Express Oil Change at Planters Pointe (approx. 0.99 acres) and SR-2503 for a FuSackley's/Just Chillin' development in Encounter; both won planning-commission recommendations and were approved with staff conditions as reported to council.
- Professional services and design contracts: the council authorized the mayor to execute contracts for a downtown parking study with Walker Consultants (selection and not-to-exceed $50,000), architectural design for a new police precinct with Paul Carpenter Davis Architects (not to exceed $97,540), landscaping/streetscape design for…
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