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Mobile council advances $15M Brookley By The Bay grant, denies noise waiver and approves routine contracts
Summary
The City Council waived rules to immediately consider and approved a $15 million GOMESA grant application for 'Brookley By The Bay,' denied a noise-waiver request for 1757 Government Street, tabled a right-of-way vacation to allow fee payment, and approved multiple purchase orders and CIP items.
The City of Mobile council on May 17 waived rules to immediately consider a package of consent resolutions that included authorizing the mayor to apply for and accept Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) grant funding of $15,000,000 for the "Brookley By The Bay Phase 1 Southern Activation Zone," with no local match required.
A council member moved to add themselves as a sponsor of the Brookley By The Bay application during the floor discussion. The motion to approve the grant application and related consent items passed by voice vote.
Separately, the council denied a requested waiver of the noise ordinance for an event at 1757 Government Street (7 p.m. to 12 a.m.) after a motion to deny was moved and seconded and the membership voted to deny the item. The council also tabled an application to vacate an unused right-of-way adjacent to 6401 Overlook Road so the applicant can decide whether to pay a city-imposed vacation fee; Vice President Gregory said he had concerns about not charging the fee if the applicant did not want to pay. "I do have a problem with the city not charging the fee because they wanted the vacation but they did not want to pay the fee," Gregory said.
Council approved multiple procurement and CIP items under consent, including purchase orders for solar-powered radar speed signs, renewal of a critical-event discovery software system, breathing-air-trailer equipment for fire services, and storm-drainage vegetation and debris removal contracts. A motion to declare 1332 Congress Street a public nuisance and to order demolition was extended 30 days to allow the homeowner time to sell or submit a plan.
The meeting included a number of ceremonial proclamations and recognitions (National EMS Week, Building Safety Month and Stroke Awareness Month) and a public-comment allegation regarding the Mobile Housing Authority; no formal council action related to that allegation is recorded in the meeting minutes.
