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Residents press council over Riverwalk deal and a long-running Chapel Road zoning violation

Hoover City Council · August 12, 2025
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Summary

Two residents used public comment to press the council: Paul Hamrick criticized the Riverwalk deal, alleging the city would lose money and that the Hoover Healthcare Authority faces a $76 million obligation; Chris Silico described a multi-year zoning violation at 2200 Chapel Road and asked for mayoral and council intervention.

Two residents used the public-comment portion of the Hoover City Council meeting to press elected officials for action on separate, long-running local controversies.

Paul Hamrick of Meadowbrook spent his time criticizing the Riverwalk project and related city financial arrangements. Hamrick alleged the Hoover Healthcare Authority is on the hook for $76,000,000 over 20 years and contended the city is subletting 31,000 square feet of an unused building at a cost of about $756,000 for that floor (which he said becomes…

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