Draft City Council Agenda packet May 4, 2021
AGENDA PRATTVILLE CITY COUNCIL TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021 A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG:
INVOCATION: ROLL CALL: CALL TO ORDER:
THE CHARACTER TRAIT OF THE MONTH IS ENTHUSIASM: Expressing joy in each task as I give it my best effort.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Work Session, Public Hearing and City Council Meeting April 20, 2021 COMMENTS FROM PERSONS PRESENT REGARDING TONIGHT’S AGENDA: MAYOR’S REPORT: REPORT FROM COUNCIL ON SPECIAL COMMITTEES: CONSENT AGENDA: 1. RESOLUTION: To Declare Various Weeded Lots to be a Public Nuisance, Order Their Abatement and Set a Public Hearing per Title 11, Chapter 67 of the Code of Alabama, 1975, as Amended. (Sponsored By: Council President Starnes) 2. RESOLUTION: To Adopt the East Alabama Regional Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard
Mitigation Plan: Phase Two (2020). (Sponsored By: Council President Starnes) 3. RESOLUTION: To Request an Attorney General’s Opinion Regarding the Publication of
Legal Advertisements for the City of Prattville in the Montgomery Advertiser. (Sponsored By:
Council President Starnes) 4. RESOLUTION: To Authorize Civil Southeast, LLC to Prepare a FY2022 Transportation Alternative Program (TAP) Application to Submit to ALDOT for Sidewalk Improvements to
East Main Street from Shady Oak Lane to Silver Hills Drive at an Estimated Cost Not to
Exceed $653,408.33 (Net Cost to City Not to Exceed $130,681.67). (Sponsored By: Councilor Jackson)
5. RESOLUTION: To Appoint John Dodd to the Airport Authority. (Sponsored By: Council
President Starnes)
AGENDA:
1. RESOLUTION: To Grant a Restaurant Retail Liquor License to Logan’s Roadhouse II, LLC d/b/a Logan’s Roadhouse 472. (Sponsored By: Council President Starnes) HELD OVER FROM APRIL 6, 2021
2. RESOLUTION: To Grant a Restaurant Retail Liquor License to Café 1717, Inc. d/b/a Café 1717. (Sponsored By: Council President Starnes) HELD OVER FROM APRIL 6, 2021
3. RESOLUTION: To Award Bid No. 021-003A to Smitherman Brothers Construction for the
Maple Street Drainage Improvement Project at a Cost Not to Exceed $493,360.00. (Sponsored By: Councilor Striplin) COMMENTS FROM PERSONS PRESENT:
CLOSING COMMENTS: ADJOURN The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at 6:00 p.m.
Consent Agenda 1
RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Declare Various Weeded Lots to be a Public Nuisance, Order Their Abatement and Set a 3 Public Hearing per Title 11, Chapter 67 of the Code of Alabama, 1975, as Amended.] 4 5
{Sponsored By: Council President Starnes} 6 7 WHEREAS, an abundance of overgrown grass or weeds: 8 9 1. is injurious to the public health, safety and general welfare by providing a breeding 10
ground and shelter for rats, mice, snakes, mosquitoes, and other vermin; 11 2. may cause the further spread of weeds; 12 3. may hide debris, such as glass or metal, that could inflict injury on a person going to 13 such property; and 14 4. may also pose a fire hazard and respiratory hazard; and 15
16 WHEREAS, §11-67-1 et Seq., of the Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, 17 18 permits the City Council of the City of Prattville to declare an abundance of overgrown 19 20
grass and weeds to be a public nuisance; and 21 22 WHEREAS, the Prattville Police Department Code Enforcement Officer has 23 24 inspected the properties at the following addresses and determined the existence of an 25
26 abundance of overgrown grass and weeds: 27 28
• 502 Chambliss Street - Martha Rouse, 502 Chambliss Street, Prattville, AL 36066 29
(19 02 10 3 022 004.000) 30
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• 909 Running Brook Drive - James W. & Carolyn D. Franklin, 909 Running Brook Drive, Prattville, 32
AL 36066 33
(19 06 14 2 000 002.006) 34
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• 1761 Planters Hill Court - Katherine Hargroves, 1761 Planters Hill Court, Prattville, AL 36066 36
(19 06 14 2 000 001.126) 37
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• 114 Yaupon Drive - Clark E. Adams, 114 Yaupon Drive, Prattville, AL 36067 39
(19 05 21 2 002 028.000) 40
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that: 42 43 1. the City Council of the City of Prattville declares the abundance of overgrown grass 44 and weeds at the above-listed addresses to be a public nuisance; and 45 2. the owners of said property, as they appear in the records of the Autauga County or 46
Elmore County Revenue Commissioners, are ordered to abate the abundance of 47 overgrown grass and weeds; and 48 3. the owners of said property are ordered to appear before the City Council of the City of 49 Prattville at a public hearing at 6:00 p.m. on May 18, 2021, in Prattville City Hall. 50 4. the notice as required by §11-67-62, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, will be 51
provided in a publication of general circulation in compliance with the law, by certified 52 mail, and by signage on the subject property. 53 54 ADOPTED THIS 4TH DAY OF MAY, 2021. 55 56
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______________________________ 58 By: Gerald “Jerry” Starnes, President 59 Prattville City Council 60 61
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Consent Agenda 1
1 AUTHENTICATED THIS 4TH DAY OF MAY, 2021. 2 3 4 ______________________________ 5
By: Lisa Terrill 6 City Clerk 7 8 APPROVED: 9 10
11 ______________________________ 12 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 13 Mayor 14 15
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Consent Agenda 2
RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Adopt the East Alabama Regional Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan: Phase Two 3 (2020).] 4 5
{Sponsored By: Council President Starnes} 6 7 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Prattville recognizes the threat natural 8 9 hazards pose to people and property within the City of Prattville, Autauga County, and 10
11 Elmore County; and 12 13 WHEREAS, the City of Prattville has participated in the preparation of a regional 14 15
multi-hazard mitigation plan, hereby known as the East Alabama Regional Multi-Jurisdictional 16 17 Hazard Mitigation Plan: Phase Two (2020), in accordance with the Disaster Mitigation Act of 18 19 2000; and 20
21 WHEREAS, said Mitigation Plan identifies mitigation goals and actions to reduce or 22 23 eliminate long-term risk to people and property in Prattville from the impacts of future hazards 24 25
and disasters; and 26 27 WHEREAS, adoption by the City of Prattville demonstrates our commitment to hazard 28 29 mitigation and achieving the goals outlined in said Mitigation Plan. 30
31 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Prattville, 32 33 that said Mitigation Plan is hereby adopted and endorsed. 34 35
ADOPTED THIS 4TH DAY OF MAY, 2021. 36 37 38 ______________________________ 39 By: Gerald “Jerry” Starnes, President 40
Prattville City Council 41 42 AUTHENTICATED THIS 4TH DAY OF MAY, 2021. 43 44 45
______________________________ 46 By: Lisa Terrill 47 City Clerk 48 49 APPROVED: 50
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Consent Agenda 3
RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Request an Attorney General’s Opinion Regarding the Publication of Legal 3 Advertisements for the City of Prattville in the Montgomery Advertiser.] 4 5
{Sponsored By: Council President Starnes} 6 7 WHEREAS, §11-45-2, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, requires that ordinances 8 9 of a general or permanent nature be published in some newspaper of general circulation 10
11 published in the municipality; and 12 13 WHEREAS, §6-8-60, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, requires that all 14 15
publications required by any law to be published in a newspaper which has general 16 17 circulation in the county; and 18 19 WHEREAS, §11-67-62(b), Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, requires that notice 20
21 of weeded lots be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published in the 22 23 municipality; and 24 25
WHEREAS, the Prattville Progress and the Montgomery Advertiser are both licensed 26 27 to operate within the City of Prattville; and 28 29 WHEREAS, the Prattville Progress is published under the umbrella of the Montgomery 30
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Advertiser; with both being operated by Gannett Co., Inc.; and 32 33 WHEREAS, the Prattville Progress does not appear to conduct any operations, 34 35
determine form or content, or perform any publishing activities from a physical location within 36 37 the City of Prattville or Autauga County; and 38 39 WHEREAS, the City of Prattville Planning and City Clerk Departments have had 40
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Progress; and 44 45
WHEREAS, the City departments that rely on timely and accurate advertising of 46 47 various notices and ordinances required by law have determined that the Prattville Progress 48 49 is no longer able to effectively handle said advertisements; and 50
51 WHEREAS, said City departments desire to have the opportunity to solicit legal 52 53 advertisements on a more frequent basis than once a week; and 54
55 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Prattville desires to request an Attorney 56 57 General’s Opinion to determine if the City of Prattville can publish required legal 58 59
advertisements, including, but not limited to public notices, public hearing notices, and 60
61 ordinances of general and permanent nature, in the Montgomery Advertiser. 62 63 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of 64
Consent Agenda 3
1 Prattville hereby authorizes Andrew Odom, City Attorney, to request the Honorable 2 3 Steve Marshall, Attorney General for the State of Alabama, to give his opinion as to whether 4 5
the City of Prattville can publish required legal advertisements for the City in the Montgomery 6
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Advertiser. 8 9 ADOPTED THIS 4TH DAY OF MAY, 2021. 10
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12 ______________________________ 13 By: Gerald “Jerry” Starnes, President 14 Prattville City Council 15
16 AUTHENTICATED THIS 4TH DAY OF MAY, 2021. 17 18 19 ______________________________ 20
By: Lisa Terrill 21 City Clerk 22 23 APPROVED: 24 25
26 ______________________________ 27 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 28 Mayor 29 30
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Consent Agenda 4
RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Authorize Civil Southeast, LLC to Prepare a FY2022 Transportation Alternative Program 3 (TAP) Application to Submit to ALDOT for Sidewalk Improvements to East Main Street from 4 Shady Oak Lane to Silver Hills Drive at an Estimated Cost Not to Exceed $653,408.33 (Net 5
Cost to City Not to Exceed $130,681.67).] 6 7 {Sponsored By: Councilor Jackson} 8 9 WHEREAS, the City of Prattville, Alabama is interested in applying under Alabama 10
11 Department of Transportation’s (ALDOT) Transportation Alternative Program (TAP) for 12 13 sidewalk improvements, and 14 15
WHEREAS, said Sidewalk Improvements shall be located along East Main Street from 16 17 Shady Oak Lane to Silver Hills Drive; and 18 19 WHEREAS, Civil Southeast has the staff and expertise to prepare said application 20
21 for the City of Prattville. 22 23 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Prattville 24 25
as follows: 26 27 1. The City of Prattville shall submit said TAP application for funding in an amount 28 estimated not to exceed $653,408.33 (net cost to City not to exceed $130,681.67) for 29 sidewalk improvements to East Main Street from Shady Oak Lane to Silver Hills Drive, 30
to include construction and construction engineering services. 31 32 2. The City of Prattville commits an amount not to exceed $65,000.00 for preliminary 33 engineering cost. 34 35
3. The Mayor is authorized to execute any and all documents required to complete 36 said application. 37 38 ADOPTED THIS 4TH DAY OF MAY, 2021. 39 40
41 ______________________________ 42 By: Gerald “Jerry” Starnes, President 43 Prattville City Council 44 45
AUTHENTICATED THIS 4TH DAY OF MAY, 2021. 46 47 48 ______________________________ 49 By: Lisa Terrill 50
City Clerk 51 52 APPROVED: 53 54
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Consent Agenda 5
RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Appoint John Dodd to the Airport Authority.] 3 4 {Sponsored By: Council President Starnes} 5
6 WHEREAS, a vacancy currently exists on the Airport Authority due to the resignation 7 8 of Bill Mershon; and 9 10
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Prattville City Council to fill said vacancy to ensure the 11 12 continuity of the Authority’s operation. 13 14 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Prattville that 15
16 John Dodd is hereby appointed to fill said vacancy effective immediately and said term shall 17 18 expire on June 16, 2024, or until his successor is duly qualified and appointed. 19 20
ADOPTED THIS 4TH DAY OF MAY, 2021. 21 22 23 ______________________________ 24 By: Gerald “Jerry” Starnes, President 25
Prattville City Council 26 27 AUTHENTICATED 4TH DAY OF MAY, 2021. 28 29 30
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By: Lisa Terrill 32 City Clerk 33 34 APPROVED: 35
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Agenda Item 1
RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Grant a Restaurant Retail Liquor License to Logan’s Roadhouse II, LLC d/b/a Logan’s 3 Roadhouse 472.] 4 5
{Sponsored By: Council President Starnes} 6 7 WHEREAS, Logan’s Roadhouse II, LLC d/b/a Logan’s Roadhouse 472 has applied for 8 9 a Restaurant Retail Liquor License for a business that is located at 2775 Legends Parkway, 10
11 Prattville, Alabama 36066, which is a restaurant; and 12 13 WHEREAS, a public hearing was set by Resolution Book 2021, Page 057, and held 14 15
May 4, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. and that at such time and place all persons who desired had 16 17 an opportunity to be heard in favor of or in opposition to such Resolution. 18 19 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Prattville 20
21 hereby approves the issuance of a Restaurant Retail Liquor License for the business located 22 23 at 2775 Legends Parkway, Prattville, Alabama 36066 to Logan’s Roadhouse II, LLC d/b/a 24 25
Logan’s Roadhouse 472. 26 27 ADOPTED THIS 4TH DAY OF MAY, 2021. 28 29 30
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By: Gerald “Jerry” Starnes, President 32 Prattville City Council 33 34 AUTHENTICATED 4TH DAY OF MAY, 2021. 35
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By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 46
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Agenda Item 2
RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Grant a Restaurant Retail Liquor License to Café 1717, Inc. d/b/a Café 1717.] 3 4 {Sponsored By: Council President Starnes} 5
6 WHEREAS, Café 1717, Inc. d/b/a Café 1717 has applied for a Restaurant Retail 7 8 Liquor License for a business to be located at 1717 South Memorial Drive, Prattville, 9 10
Alabama 36067, which will be a restaurant; and 11 12 WHEREAS, a public hearing was set by Resolution Book 2021, Page 056, and held 13 14 May 4, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. and that at such time and place all persons who desired had an 15
16 opportunity to be heard in favor of or in opposition to such Resolution. 17 18 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Prattville 19 20
hereby approves the issuance of a Restaurant Retail Liquor License for the business to be 21 22 located at 1717 South Memorial Drive, Prattville, Alabama 36067, to Café 1717, Inc. d/b/a 23 24 Café 1717. 25
26 ADOPTED THIS 4TH DAY OF MAY, 2021. 27 28 29 ______________________________ 30
By: Gerald “Jerry” Starnes, President 31 Prattville City Council 32 33 AUTHENTICATED 4TH DAY OF MAY, 2021. 34 35
36 ______________________________ 37 By: Lisa Terrill 38 City Clerk 39 40
APPROVED: 41 42 43 ______________________________ 44 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 45
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Agenda Item 3
RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Award Bid No. 021-003A to Smitherman Brothers Construction for the Maple Street 3 Drainage Improvement Project at a Cost Not to Exceed $493,360.00.] 4 5
{Sponsored By: Councilor Striplin} 6 7 WHEREAS, the City of Prattville, Alabama, has a need for drainage improvements on 8 9 Maple Street; and 10
11 WHEREAS, the City of Prattville Engineering Department had specifications drafted 12 13 for said project; and 14 15
WHEREAS, one (1) sealed bid was received, opened, and read on April 27, 2021, at 16 17 10:00 a.m., and Smitherman Brothers Construction was the lowest responsible bidder with a 18 19 cost of $493,360.00; and 20
21 WHEREAS, said project is a budgeted expense. 22 23 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Prattville 24 25
that Bid No. 021-003A is hereby awarded to Smitherman Brothers Construction in the amount 26 27 of $493,360.00 for the Maple Street Drainage Improvement Project. 28 29 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that funds are approved and appropriated from the 30
31 FY2021 Budget Line Item Capital Projects Fund/Maple Street Drainage Project. 32 33 ADOPTED THIS 4TH DAY OF MAY, 2021. 34 35
36 ______________________________ 37 By: Gerald “Jerry” Starnes, President 38 Prattville City Council 39 40
41 AUTHENTICATED THIS 4TH DAY OF MAY, 2021. 42 43 44 _____________________________ 45
By: Lisa Terrill 46
City Clerk 47 48 APPROVED: 49 50
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