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Gulf Shores council work session lists TAP grant contracts, licenses and permits; planning applications pulled during comprehensive plan process
Summary
The Gulf Shores City Council met in a Feb. 16, 2026 work session to review TAP grant contract proposals, license and permit applications, street acceptances and a taxi franchise request. The Planning & Zoning item to suspend application intake was pulled; the minutes record a brief update on spring sports from School Superintendent Dr. Matt Akin. No votes or outcomes are recorded in the provided transcript.
The Gulf Shores City Council met in a work session on Feb. 16, 2026, at City Hall with Mayor Robert Craft presiding. Councilmen Joe Garris Jr., Philip Harrus, Jason Dyken and Stephen E. Jones and Councilwoman Jennifer Guthrie were recorded as present.
The published agenda listed a range of administrative and capital items. The Capital Projects Department placed two items related to the TAP (Transportation Alternatives Program) grant on the agenda to accept professional services proposals from Civil Southeast, LLC, including a supplemental professional-services proposal. The minutes list both items but do not record deliberation or a vote on them.
The City Clerk's office had an ABC license application for Safari & Vine, LLC d/b/a Safari & Vine Restaurant on the agenda. The Engineering Department listed an item to accept streets for maintenance in The Villages at Craft Farms Phases 1 and 2. Financial Services included a taxi franchise request from Julies Beachside Services, LLC. The Public Works Department listed an authorization for Change Order #3 on the GSHS construction project. Recreation & Cultural Affairs submitted two public assembly permit applications for events called Badger Beach Bash and the Ballyhoo Festival. The minutes as provided do not show final actions, approvals or vote tallies for any of these items.
The Planning & Zoning Department had an item to "Suspend Acceptance of Applications During the Comprehensive Plan Process," but the minutes explicitly note that the Planning & Zoning item was pulled from the agenda. The transcript contains no further discussion or direction about when or how that suspension would be implemented.
Under Mayor Updates, the minutes record that School Superintendent Dr. Matt Akin gave a brief update on spring sports teams; the transcript does not include the substance of that update.
The document provided is a work-session agenda and minutes record; it lists topics for consideration but does not record motions, seconders or vote results in the segments provided. The agenda also includes an adjournment item. The transcript does not specify final outcomes or next procedural steps for the listed items.
Meeting attendees and agenda items were recorded in the minutes as described above.
