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Commission approves hearing of necessity for 2025 Cape Seal special assessment district
Summary
After a public hearing with residents expressing concern about past pavement quality and costs, the Birmingham City Commission declared the Cape Seal Special Assessment District for streets in the city’s northeast and set a confirmation hearing for Jan. 27.
The Birmingham City Commission on Jan. 13 declared a hearing of necessity for a special assessment district to fund the 2025 Cape Seal program, approving the item in a roll-call vote and scheduling a confirmation hearing for the commission meeting on Jan. 27, 2025.
City engineering staff told the commission the Cape Seal program will treat mostly gravel/unimproved east–west streets in the northeast corner of Birmingham — including Yorkshire, Dorchester, Buckingham, Endeavour, Yosemite and Yankee — plus Ann Street (Frank to the dead end) and North Long (South Long to Shipman). Melissa Coda, engineering project manager, said the overall project cost is $504,564.95 and the project footprint is roughly 14,740 linear feet, with 10,463.6 feet of assessable frontage. Under the city’s…
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