City Council - Regular Meeting

It's good to see you all this morning. Welcome to our pre-meeting, ladies and gentlemen. We are now under the care of our municipal secretary.

This is the pre-meeting of the council. This Tuesday, August 25. We have the approval of the acts of August.

Pelações, temos solicitações de isenção da lei de ruído em 259 del Barco Drive em 29 de agosto, das 16h às 22h. Na Dolphin Street, em 4 de setembro, 2 de outubro, 6 de novembro e 4 de dezembro, das 18h às 21h. Em 1508 Monroe Street, em 24 de outubro, das 17h às 23h. No Cooper Riverside Park, em 24 de outubro, At 522 Dolphin Street, on September 28th, at 17h20 or 1h30. At Medal of Honor Park, on October 17th, at 10h to 12h. And at Langham Park, on September 26th, at 10h to 15h.

At 15h20. We need to change this to District 2. Is there a problem, Ingram, Woods or Gregory? Yes, for District 1. They changed from 22A to 21A.

And Mr. President? In 1508 Monroe Street, if we could move to 21A. At Cooper Riverside Park I don't have documentation, so if we could postpone for a week. Public hearings. Today is the public hearing to declare the structures in 619 Somerville Street, 600 Cedar Avenue, 1213 Chapman Street, 200 C.C. Kennedy Street, 1120 Partridge Street, 1120 Partridge Street as public facilities and order their demolitions. Public hearing to consider the request to delete one top services LC for a certificate of public convenience and need to operate a transfer service. Presentation of petitions and other communications to the council. Justin Blankenship will talk about the lack of mobile housing. Dr. Hal Richardson will give information about the 25th anniversary of Mojo and Red Hill has requests for various investigations, amendments to Chapter 46, fiscal year of 27, budget and tourism and tourism. Resolutions of CIPA of ADA 09-VOI-875, transfer of funds of the SD-08 project for the subvention project for the subvention counterparty, for improvements in traffic signs throughout the city. Resolutions No. 8332 authorize an agreement with Live Investment Group for assistance to the community, Boas-Vindas Center of Africa Town, employment planning for young people and consulting services. Mr. President.

Yes.

We will present an amendment to this. We have a new draft on the contract and I will provide it to the Assistant Secretary.

Do you know what the amendments are? Can you tell us briefly?

Are you sure? Thank you. It is the specific language in terms of the original. It said that the consultant would be a community intermediary, but instead of that, it is more focused on project management, and therefore the attributes have changed to reflect this. In addition, specific deliveries were added to the contract.

Any questions or comments about it?

08876 authorized the agreement with AT&T Enterprises for services and voice equipment and wireless data for three years. Dairos. 0877 authorized the agreement with Alabama Power Company for electrical services at the Art Museum. 08883 approved the purchase order for Environmental Systems Research Institute for the renewal of professional training and consulting services. 2088 authorized the contract with Parton Smith for improvements in the sidewalks of the city center.

President. Where does this money come from?

Right, that's all I need. President.

We are requesting that this be postponed.

And it needs... Yes, it needs to be listed again. No, no, no. So that we can take the maximum advantage of the available funding. So let's postpone.

28-28-89 authorized the contract with Protect Video for implementation and management of training services in technology and consulting at the Jeff Coast Technology Center.

Obviously, this discussion about the Floch cameras emerged in public opinion recently. We saw, we know, articles coming out. I think it looks like Senator Orore will probably present something in the next session to address this, maybe at a state level. only as preparation for possible changes in the way the data is treated in these cameras. We need to take a look at our contracts with companies like this, you know, when their contract deals with storage of information, of archiving services. I mean, how would we unbind these contracts if this law changed?

I don't know what the proposed changes are, but we follow the Federal Regulations Code regarding intelligence collection or data. And again, we don't use the FLOC system, which is what I think worries everyone. So we have a proprietary system. This data is not shared outside the application of the law.

But if there are significant changes, do you think it would cost us money to have this contractor come back and say, look, we need you to modify your systems to XYZ, so we would be responsible for this cost? Do you think?

You know, I think we'll have to wait to see what kind of laws will come out of the legislature, because I really don't know what changes they will make or if they will make any. And therefore, if it has to do with storage, recovery or data collected, I really don't know. But I don't see the real impact on the contract. This is mainly part of the SHIELD project, which is the maintenance and implementation of camera systems throughout the mobile city.

I think there is a clause that we should include here, you know? I just don't know. My understanding of what the senator proposed is really... How long can we keep this data? How long can we keep it?

I think it's 90. A low contract. They don't have that much time. I don't know about that.

I'm just exploring the idea. Is it worth including something in this contract, in this renewal, to say that if something changes, you know, there is an exit clause. And maybe there is already something there.

Well, I mean, let's not follow the law.

I mean, if they create a law, they are obliged to follow the law. And we were talking about storage. Our normal storage is about 90 days. I don't know specifically about this, but we can find out. Let me see.

2890 authorizes a contract with Samsara to provide service and equipment for fleet cameras for two years. 378,891 and 892 are considering the requests from Key Cares for You, LLC for a public transport certificate and need to operate a sedan service and the request from Midtown Court Transpo for a public convenience certificate and need to operate a golf cart service.

I believe this would be the third of these. That's it, Josh. What do you think?

I think we have an approved and then a denied, so this will be the third we will analyze.

I think we need, I mean, I mean... We need to have some kind of parameter with this. I mean, we can't have 100 golf cart operators, you know, on the road, everywhere. I think we have, I know that in these other public convenience certificates, you know, with sedan services and everything else, we kind of don't have a good control over all of them. I think it's important to have control over golf cart services. I'm not saying to deny this, but we need to seriously analyze what is most important to us when it comes to these certificates. And this may lead us to better control these other certificates of necessity, so that we are really managing as we should. I just wanted to leave this plug behind everyone's ears.

Mr. Secretary.

0895, contract authorized with Tyler Technologies for corporate software products and services, in support of financial and registration management processes.

Mr. President, Last week, I know you gave us a general view of the increase. Why? Because the increase was occurring in terms of system modernization, but only to my understanding and for the public. The complete contract that this encompasses the operations. My question is, when was the last time we really analyzed other suppliers that provide this service? I know it's limited, but when was the last time we really analyzed other suppliers that provide this type of service?

Yes, this is a very comprehensive software system. So, we're talking about the financial system, the construction license, now, you know, public safety. So, in different aspects, we absolutely reviewed and analyzed other software systems. For example, the Workhorse system. We really analyzed this for about four years and decided to separate it from Tyler's contract and opt for a third party supplier.

So, we did this with parks and recreation.

Now, every time we did this, the cost increased significantly when we opted for other entities. So, it's probably costing, on average, three times more. We have to take that into account too. Now, with public security, you know a significant increase in this contract. The contract was originally made 10 years ago. So, we were kind of with prices stuck for 10 years. That's why now you're seeing a 5% increase with this renewal. But public security analyzed absolutely other products, big products, but they really, you know, this one had everything they needed and also has flexibility, because there are many different processes within public security, especially with the police and the management of records, and this one really had that flexibility, being that many systems are kind of ready. You don't have that flexibility. So, to answer your question, and I want to make sure that we always evaluate FA before expanding or increasing Tyler's use, we analyze other entities to ensure that we are getting the right value and benefits.

I just want to confirm what I heard you say. You said that the service orders were removed along with the public parks and this significantly increased the cost.

But the functionalities increased significantly. Tyler's service order system wasn't a very mature system. We tried to implement it and it really didn't work. And this affects about a dozen different departments and 311 with citizens. So the new system we adopted increased our efficiency in interacting with the public via 311, integrating it directly into the system of service orders so that citizens can follow the status of their requests. So it was worth it, I say, for the benefits it brought to citizens and public works departments, parks and leisure in the services provided.

I would just ask that we consider analyzing this holistically. The reason I share this is that I will deal with the service orders. You said the service orders were removed.

Recently, working with several departments, we tried to ensure the tracking of the service orders coming from the parks.

e descobrimos que existe uma lacuna, não podemos dizer que todas elas estão integradas entre si. Então, quando dizemos que a eficiência melhorou, eu teria muito interesse em obter informações sobre como as ordens de serviço estão sendo integradas entre os departamentos.

Because we recently had a problem, and in the case of the parks, we are having to manually monitor the ones we find. We are having to follow up on paper to know what is happening and if these service orders are being concluded.

We can check. Recording.

No, it wasn't a recording. I think there was a meeting with, will it be? Tins, you probably know what I mean. A conclusão é que identificamos reparos necessários no parque e então disseram que precisava ir para este departamento e esse departamento disse, bem, você não pode colocar isso no sistema 311. Tem que ser em outro sistema. Então eu pergunto, se eles estão integrados, por que temos que usar um sistema diferente? Deveríamos conseguir abrir uma ordem de serviço e rastreá-la entre os sistemas.

Essa é a diferença.

These service orders we're talking about are usually related to...

It's internal and yes, it's internal and external. I'm not sure, does this have anything to do with RECDESC? Is it about the reserve? No, all departments use the same internal system of service orders. So, all right, I can check.

Please, check with us, because maybe it's just a communication failure. It would be great.

Mr. President. Yes, Mr. President. Just for public knowledge, you're saying that this is a renewal, that this... So this contract didn't have to go through a bidding process. It was just... It's correct. It's correct. And the reason is because it was a renewal... I'm going to delegate for this one. I think software is exempt, but... This includes an exemption. I mean, it's specialized software. The reason why I want the public to understand exactly is because it's a lot of money. And not having been listed so that others could apply. I understand, you know, we feel comfortable with the project and with the software and it seems to be working. But since it was not granted, sometimes we don't know the opportunities because other companies don't know what we're looking for. To say, hey, we have a software or a project that we believe can benefit the mobile city. And I think sometimes we need to present this too, saying that this is the opportunity and these are the things we need for our city. The second question, where is Tyler Technology Enterprise located?

Texas.

And going back to your first question, if I can address this. Another thing to keep in mind is that it is very expensive to implement and change to other systems, especially with ERP financial systems, because the implementation rates, the data migration rates and the time of several years to do this is really difficult. It's hard. It's possible. Another thing you should keep in mind is that this is our main corporate level software. We have many other third-party systems that integrate with it. Therefore, changing to another provider is not an easy change, because now you need to coordinate with all other software providers to update your integrations, and this can be time-consuming and expensive. So there are many extra costs involved in this. But look, I agree that we should always be reviewing our options and doing our due diligence. You mentioned that with, I think you said parks and recreation, we used a third. And what is this third? Rest. That's right. And then REC, you said he approved what we were looking for. They added, you said price increase, but... Was it some approval? This was probably before COVID.

So it was about seven years.

I was just giving this as an example. So we brought HESTS in 2019. We moved from paper to a new system and HESTS has been used, but we are also evaluating HESTS now to see if it meets our current needs. So we are analyzing the possibility of moving to a new service for Hackdesk.

But this is just one part of the system.

This is just a small part.

Ours is just a part. It's how you register, how you sign up for classes, how you sign up for the summer camp. That's what HESTS is used for.

So the reason why I'm asking this are other opportunities, we're doing this for parks and recreation, other opportunities to provide third parties that can benefit other departments, even if it may be an extra cost, but it helps that specific department, that's what I'm asking.

For sure.

And look, a recent example, it would probably have been a better example for me to give, would be the municipal court last year. They just left Tyler and are using the state system, which in fact has no cost. So we are in the process of migrating these data and taking them from Tyler. This will probably take about a year. But as soon as we do this, there will be a significant reduction in this contract. So yes, we are always open to better solutions for the city, whether to improve services or for cost-benefit. Hmm, for sure. We are not stuck to a single supplier. I don't want anyone to think that.

Very well. Scott talks about improving services for the city. One of the things this software will do for the police department is that, currently, an officer takes about 40 minutes to an hour to complete a report of an occurrence.

And this happens because the current software does not allow several police officers to help in the process of documenting an incident. This system will drastically change this. It will also improve our response time, as it will reduce the time that the officer needs to be in an occurrence. It also takes about 12 months to implement this process. So I'm not trying to pressure anyone, but there is a certain urgency in this too. Thank you.

All right.

President.

Vice President.

Scott, while you're still there, when we implemented Tyler for the first time, I remember it was years ago and it was an exhaustive process, if I remember correctly.

The contract was signed in 2014, but already at the end of 2014. So it was really in 2015 that the implementation started and most of the main systems were implemented in three years. There were some that probably took about four to five years. It was difficult. But, being fair, we were coming out of internal systems from 30 years ago, which had already gone too far in their useful life. So, yes.

Just a quick question.

7.4, I mean, obviously a good amount of money.

And, you know, based on what we're seeing in the renewal documents and everything else, I mean, it covers, as you're saying, covers a lot.

Since we have this wonderful budget in front of us and we are analyzing, whenever we incur the expense of 7.4%. I mean, is this separated between departments? Can you imagine leaving each of the departments? Or... No, everything is based on the cost center of the IT department. And this is a period of three years, this cost is over three years. Got it. That's it. Anyone else? Thank you very much.

Resolutions of consent.

Resolutions of consent being presented. Zero. My name is Virginia Ballendra, Alison Henry, Stephen McNair, Joan Hoffman, Weathers Boat, Sidney Kramer, Josh Commingore and David Thomas for the Mobile Historical Development Commission. President, that's it. Can someone tell me what this subsidy is?

Good morning. In the location, we are working on this with public services and parks to determine the appropriate location. But we will do three pilot terrains to test several mixtures of seeds to address maintenance, erosion and beautification.

As on the margins of navigable roads or in domains of domain, things like that.

There is this potential. These are some of the things we are researching. We will partner with the University of South Alabama to study all these aspects and where it is most appropriate to apply the mixtures of seeds in these areas.

And who will do the tests? So, basically, the South?

The South will do the monitoring.

Mr. President.

Yes, Mr. Penzi, Sirusha, Engel. You said that the South of Alabama will do the tests. They have a specific area, because, I mean, water control areas, I mean, it seems to be a very large area. It's a large area.

So this will be a pilot project. There will be three different lots to study this in a controlled environment and see where it is most appropriate to apply. Obviously, some seeds will be suitable for erosion control, some will be more suitable for embellishment, but it is necessary to consider the height, visibility and everything that is involved.

They will analyze a specific region, then, because I know it's 30,000, but they will analyze a specific area of ​​the city.

Well, the pilot will be in a place. This place will still be determined. As I said, we are working with public services and parks to ensure that we have a place that is not programmed or that is not intrusive. The discoveries will help us determine where this can be applied in the whole city, whether in domain areas, valleys or other areas, to reduce everything again. From erosion to maintenance costs in unprogrammed areas that we are currently cutting the grass. There is a potential opportunity to reduce this cost.

There is a gray area right there on highway 45 entering the mobile city. I think it would be a great place to put it. No, no, I'm talking about the beginning. Shonda, let's go. I think Shonda, let's talk about it.

You said you've already selected the test site.

Is that right?

Thank you, Mr. President. Just to follow up. First of all, you know, we are excited that you are always looking for subsidies and ways to complement our resources. So, thank you. But, you know, how are you going to identify, since it says that there will be three lands in one place, will it be based on the greatest need? You know, how are you going to make the decision? Because while it lobbies your area, of course, others are lobbying for it, because again, especially when it comes to this, if you look at districts 1, 2 and 3, we are the areas with the most forest covered lots, right? So, what we can do, if you find a way to allow us to use this pilot project to replicate it, it would be great. Why don't you start there? So, you know, first I want to applaud.

Lance Slater for identifying this opportunity of subsidy, for being extremely creative in a year when we are certainly trying to save money for the city, go out and find this funding, make a partnership, create a partnership with the south of Alabama for tests. You know, when we talk about pilot projects, we are talking about high ceilings in one of our cities. I can say that we analyzed a piece of property there. in Japanese gardens and some in Centennial Park. They will be placed aside, off the road, to test different mixtures of seeds and see how they look throughout the year. The great thing about native plants is that they have a larger radicular structure, so they can help in water absorption. If you have the right mixture, you don't have to spend money cutting them every week, every month. and they can be used for many different purposes. We saw where they were used for erosion control, near potholes and in other areas, but that really won't address where we would use these. Frankly, the performance of these mixtures during this pilot program may mean that we will not use any of them. But I think using natural native plants is something we want to consider for all the reasons that Lance mentioned. But when it comes to where we are going to implement them, I think we are still very far from that decision at the moment. Having said that, you know, listening to Mayor Penn and you, Mayor Ingram, if you have areas where you are particularly interested in seeing native plants being used, please tell us. We can start creating this map, I know, looking at some of the domains that we are cutting the grass, which are our responsibility, others that we assume to ensure that they are beautiful, or this is something that we will consider implementing anywhere in the city where it makes sense. We want to be sure that these mixtures have an aspect that pleases the public and us, and that we can also create these natural environments for native species and for beautification. So, honestly, if you have suggestions on where this should be done, we're listening. Secretary.

318-999 authorizes the mayor to request, accept and receive a subvention of the opportunity of financing by the Federal Railway Administration of the ZEUA Transportation Department for the competitive subvention program to deter threats to pedestrians in order to support the installation of security resources with signs in the central area. 3 million dollars without local counterparty. 36 Energy 900 to 37 Energy 903 recommends approval to the ABC Council for the issuance of a beer retail license and table wine only for consumption outside the premises to the Hopin convenience store on Old Shell Road for the issuance of a retail license for special events for the grand opening of the Jimmy Buffett Experience on Water Street For issuing a retail license for special events for the Port City Classic on Virginia Street. And for issuing a special retail license for more than 30 days for the haunted Sweet Dreams attraction on St. Francis Street. President?

Yes, ma'am.

On 37903, requesting that we keep it for a week while we work with the administration to define the next steps. 4,919 declare the structures as public inconveniences and order their demolition. 5, 8, 9, 10, 9, 9, 11, declare the herbs damaged as harmful. Group 1,682, evaluation of the cost for removal of damaged herbs. Repeat, group of removal of damaged herbs. 6, 9, 12, 9, 8, 8, 8. Resolutions being presented. authorized an agreement with Nimble Energy for the analysis and data management of public services of pre-operative operations by US$ 34,700. President.

Madam.

If the administration could share more information about this specific resolution. I noticed that it talks about data analysis in terms of management and public services, but it also refers to AIA. If you could just give us a general view, please. Certainly. Well, this is part of our

Well, that's incredible. That's a good one.

Zero Nomes 20 authorized an agreement with the North America Fire Equipment Company Incorporated for uniforms, not exceeding US$500,000 per year. Mr. President?

Yes, ma'am.

I noticed that in this case the value should not exceed US$500,000, but what is the annual average when it comes to uniforms?

Good morning.

Currently, we have an average of about US$ 330,000 to US$ 350,000 per year. But this also takes into account any cost increase in the next three years.

And I really wanted to make this clear to the public, because when you see US$ 500,000 in uniforms, you think, wow, but you know, again, it's even, because it may be less, you know, but you're just creating a safety margin for increases. You're right.

0892-9-A-926 approve purchase requests for Best Price Services Godwin Land Solutions, JJ Quality Homes, Prime Professional Concrete Pumping and Finishing and Southern Realty Management Group for rainwater drainage, vegetation and removal of debris.

Mr. President.

Lenny, I think you skipped the 21st exam.

Oh, I'm sorry. President. Yes, Mr. Ron. I'm curious to know how this program worked in the previous period. We found out that, of course, you found it useful. It's here for renewal. But how did it work?

It is working very well.

He is managing 10 to 12 projects now. We did some projects internally where we would normally have gone to a consultant. He prepared the plans. He managed the project. So we are saving money with this agreement. And he touched on works in all districts.

I mean, it's more than 15 million dollars in construction.

We are still lacking in hiring. Look at the staff council, it looks like we are hiring engineers.

We are trying, but simply no one is applying to Cidade Mobile.

Professional engineers. We are simply not able to recruit them now.

It's the payment.

We simply cannot compete financially with the private sector.

I'm surprised to hear that we are expanding this contract a little. We need additional capacity, let's say if we had two of these.

We are managing very well now with this contract and we can not only use what we have internally, but we have options to expand, so you know an order of service per hour, with other Thompson Engineering resources. And the reason I mention this is that when we allocate our capital improvement funds for a project, it takes one or two years, or whatever, it takes a long time, and sometimes the project execution time and everything else is one year or more.

Closer to a point where the allocation and the beginning of the project are closer. I think this is beneficial

Well, certainly. Yes. And part of that is negotiating with owners to get services, dealing with public services for reallocation, and there is a lot involved in running a project.

And having someone with this type of experience and knowledge really helps us to take that forward.

It is not necessarily a limiting factor. Not always.

The lack of a team is not always a limiting factor.

It's good to know that this has been a success. It's a lot of money, I was worried about that. I'm happy to know that we're saving money doing this.

Mr. President.

Mr. President. Ingram and Vice President?

Just as a follow-up, Mr. Forrester. I think it's fantastic. I think I heard someone commenting how much we are saving by using a project manager, you know, to provide internal support. But my question is, you said there are about 10 to 12 projects, right? So, do you decide if they only do the bigger projects or how do you decide

You know, every project we assume in our department, we attribute to different team members, depending on their skills or just the workload. And he took on some of the largest projects in the city, many large drainage projects, some of our network projects.

And the reason I asked this question is because, again, I agree with Mr. Rental, if we see that this supports us and we see that we are saving money by not filling in vacancies, I agree. If there is a need to expand, we must definitely consider it.

Yes, we can definitely take this into account in the next fiscal year.

Thank you. Hey, John. With this contract, how many Thompson employees do we have? It's just one.

We only have one, but we can access other Thompson Engineering employees on a limited basis.

Well, I just asked because it's $421,000. So we have the employee, but we also use their offices for any job.

That's right. And, for example, a bridge maintenance contract that will come soon. We had some damage to bridges due to traffic and we use this contract to help develop some plans and then we will run the internment.

And we will manage through this contract.

But we get the Thompson Engineering services through this contract.

Correct. It is a powerful contract.

And I think the only other subcontracted that we have embedded internally is Vulker with the password or do we have others?

This is with you, we have, I don't want to say without being sure about it, but I know that Sam is hired through Vulker and I believe there is another project manager too.

Two that we have happening now with...

Yes, I'm not sure about these details, but I know we have at least two.

Mr. President, I just wanted to reinforce what the Vice President said, you know, so that when you look at the size of this contract, you can see that it includes two other members of the team, a project manager in full time and another in the middle period. So yes, it's 424, but we are receiving several resources for this value. Thank you. Anyone else? 0897, approval of the purchase order for Capital Tractor Incorporated for a mini charger with accessories 67,534. 08928, approval of the purchase order for Covington Civil and Environmental LLC for a study of the viability of public marinas or mining facilities, $48,900.

Mr. President. Sir. I don't remember seeing a viability study or professional services being done via purchase order, and they told me we've done that before, but I don't remember seeing it.

Why are we using the purchase order system instead of a contract?

that we would normally do with other professionals.

Great question. Well, we do this frequently for short-term contracts, with fixed value, like this 90-day study, which is a single payment. And usually you don't see us because they are values below $15,000. I do several every year for specific studies, with a well-defined work scope. So for a long-term project like the Brooklyn by the Bay, which required many service orders to complete the project, then I would make a contract.

But why? What would be the problem of making a contract for this case?

I mean, it seems that the problem would be not to include all those clauses that we would normally have in a standard contract, where we create the standard document, we annex the scope that they sent to this purchase order, we ask them to sign and move on.

It is just a common practice that we use for short-term contracts with fixed value. It's faster, so we can do the job quickly.

I don't understand how this is faster. I mean, I don't like making contracts, you know?

I think this is out of our common scope.

I mean, you see other professional services here that have contracts. I'm sure we have in the legal department a standard contract that we should execute, that offers the protections that a contract would provide, and that we don't have to do it that way. We are working more on the basis of trust here, which I'm sure you know who these people are. Well, it's a fixed value payment.

So if they don't deliver everything that was agreed, they don't get the payment. They don't get it.

Even, let's say, what was that muse from the Hall of Fame that we did. I mean, even for that one that was a fixed payment, we still execute the complete contract, if I remember correctly.

Yes, there is a minimum risk of doing this via purchase request, in this specific case, mainly because of the scope of the work. I say, some of these protections are already embedded in long-term agreements due to the scope and what is being contemplated, you know, by virtue of the contract. But in this specific case, I mean, it's a unique and very fast business. Uh, I'm not worried about compensation provisions or something like that that would arise in a long-term agreement for more money.

I just don't understand why we came up with that. I mean, you say it's a, you know, something limited, but what's the problem? It seems that now we have purchase orders out there that do not have certain provisions. We should standardize these types of contracts.

Is there any specific provision that worries me about this that you need to include?

I just want to follow the standard process, that's all. Not to get into this, you know, way of making purchase orders all the time. I know this is the first thing I see.

But I just think this is a dangerous path. At some point we should.

And certainly, in no way would we put the city at risk or would we abandon our traditional contract?

There is no other question. What are we doing here? I mean, where are we looking for a marina? What is the idea?

You know something?

I think Mobile has the opportunity to do as never before, it is to be a destination of entertainment, to be a place where people come to visit from outside the city, on the other side of Bahia or on the island, a place that people want to come, spend some time, spend some money, go to the arena, see a show. And talking to many people, the fact that we don't have a place where a recreational boat can lean on our oar near the center, park, disembark and have fun, spend money, give us taxes on sales, is something that I hear being lamented by several mobile citizens and by many who are not. which would be exactly those tourists who could increase our local revenue. With the port, with all the activity that exists there, we want the port to continue to grow. We want it to be a success, aware of the level of activity, the value of the boats, the potential danger for recreational sailors in certain situations. So we need to be very careful with the place where we think of putting a marina for recreational boats near our center, we hope. And this viability study will analyze the terrain we have, the orla we have and areas where we could create water by digging terrains and creating marinas Something that does not hinder the trade and the port industry, but that also provides this point of landing for people to get to our center, to our city, spend some time, spend money and support our arena.

I thought we had a place. I remember seeing a contract with, I think RJ Bagote, to remove a floating dock or something like that.

I think this was part of the Cooper Riverside project.

But this is not accessible. We didn't do that.

It was not a public installation. It was for other uses in the city. It was removed as part of the project because it did not fit on the wall of the cais we had to install. So it was not replaced.

And this viability study is limited to analyzing opportunities for the center.

That's right.

So, about us potentially getting into the marine business in the whole city.

Analyzing mining installations or a marina, I think we left it open because we know there are several options to get people to the city of Bar. It's one of the things we hear the most when we get involved with the community. Mayor Reynolds Sixer asked about this when we were doing community involvement in Brooklyn by the Bay. Exactly the same reason why we would embark on a short-term viability study just to analyze how this would work, licensing and maintenance costs. They provide a lot of information to decide whether the project goes ahead or not. And they will classify them or give us a list, essentially. For sure. And if they find a place, they will also provide some costs so that we can understand this and what the project would be like, and what the project would be like.

District 3 has some great locations. Thank you, Mr. Pierre.

Thank you, Mr. President. I think this is something good for Cidade Mobile. Of course, I'm always grateful for having the port in our incredible city, but I think we also need to bring entertainment. If we want our city to grow, we need that. And I'm excited to see that on the agenda. We need to move forward. We have to start planning and we have to start looking for places. And I think the mobile city has a marina, has a place where people can fish and come enjoy our city, it would be wonderful. Thank you, Mr. President.

President. Quero dar seguimento aos comentários do Sr. Pan, mas também quero agradecer ao departamento de Jennifer Green por como eles constantemente agem sobre o que ouvimos dos moradores. Sabe, os moradores, ela compartilhou com vocês que isso continua surgindo como um pedido. E o fato de que estamos realmente honrando isso e tentando praticar essa melhoria contínua. Eu parabenizo vocês por isso, porque estamos ouvindo os clientes. Muito obrigada.

Approve purchase request for GS-LLC of distinctions of hat and chest for MPD, US-19 and McDonald's. I'm coming. 930, approve purchase request for game time of benches and tables with coverage for the parks department, US-20, 154. President. Ma'am. I have a question about that.

It says there will be tables with accessible coverage. Can you describe what they would be like? This is just stock for replacement. So when we need to replace a table or a bench, we have them in stock to replace them. So they are regular stocks that we already have in the parks.

So this is not for a specific park.

We bought it so that if something, as I always say in the lobster season, someone burns a bench, something breaks or is a risk, we can go there, remove it immediately and replace it.

So there is a chance for Rickerby Park to receive one of these because we request... Is that a possibility?

Rickerby needs a specific installation to have a new structure in the place, so that would be it. Thank you. Good afternoon.

089-131, approved purchase request for Moini, Auto Group, Clanton, a Chevrolet Silverado truck for the Animal Control Service, 44,000 dollars and 52... 089-32, approved purchase request for Reconvue, LC with re-box with motorized master camera and storage updates for MPD 14,037,32,30,809... Zero-eight-one-nine-three-three, approved purchase order for Safe Wear Incorporated, anti-bomb suit with helmet for MPD, $51,900. Nine-eight-one-nine-two-three. Zero-eight-one-dollars-dollars, purchase order for Savants Learning Systems, operating as Virtual Academy, for annual subscription renewal of virtual training courses for policemen, $20,000. Zero-less. 08935. Approved purchase request for Star Graphics Incorporated to replace the adhesives of the transit fleet, $200. 08936. Approved purchase request for Sunbelt Fire Incorporated, of jackets and pants with thermal covers and vapor barriers for the MFRD, $14,090. We know exactly what repairs in bridges and small concrete repairs in the city will be made and where.

We know what these locations are.

Thank you. Can we get more information about this, please?

Good morning, this is the final allocation of money from Rebuild Alabama to Broad Street, the Tiger Project. Phase 3 is our last project and goes from Canal to I-10. It is our typical design of complete streets, very similar to MLK. There is a little more landscaping included, a much wider space, so we can make that place much better and much safer, especially south of Virginia Street. And so, added to the M.O. funds that were announced, which are 8 million dollars, and some other allocations that we will make, including another rate of rainwater, we should have the budget for this project, which is most of the work, fully covered. Our plan is to solicit this at some point in the first quarter of next year.

If you could add me and City Councilor Inger as sponsors too, Lena, it would be great.

You should be there, don't worry about it.

No, it's okay. Thank you very much. Mr. President.

This at the crossing of Broad with Tim, this will solve it. Where is the narrow road there?

So yes, it's actually three different projects in that section of the road. Don't blame me, I didn't do that. Yes, in fact, the project makes the flow improve a lot and changes everything. So the project will be the same until we get to Git Lane, which is the road just before the I-10 slope. And there will be cycleways, sidewalks, more landscaping, reducing that big island of heat to 84 feet of asphalt to the south of Virginia, which are not necessary. And then it will really be a water divider and a nice project for District 2 and District 3.

This has always been part of the plan to solve this.

Correct. This is Broad Street's re-urbanization project. It's a five-phase project and this is the last one. Obviously, we're working on MLK now, which is going very well. So, we use this plan to add money continuously. SIP's verb, MA is included. Obviously, the MO, which is another federal allocation that we have. There are a lot of deposits in the bank to get these big transforming projects to allow them... Thanks.

Yes, I have a question. Jane, again, I thank you for all your hard work, but one more question. Someone asked me last week about MLK, about the trees, who will keep the trees, you know, pruned and even with this third session going down to Broad Street, you said landscaping. My question is who will keep this landscaping and how often, you know?

So this is a collaboration we do when we transfer the project. It's a combination of public services and parks and recreation. Like, who's keeping Broad Street now? They take care of landscaping. They cut down trees. They replace it if something dies, which happens, as you know. And MLK doesn't have as much landscaping as some trees, which are just residues that need to be removed. It's probably what you're talking about, which is affecting both driving safety and damaging the middle of the road. And that's something we talk to all the neighbors about. But much more landscaping will be done in Phase 3 of Broad Street. So it will match the central quarries that are already there. They will not be removed. So the project will have a flow, exactly as we did with St. Louis Street. to appear a single street through which you pass with the same theme.

So again, thank you, Mr. President, but thank you again for this information, but more importantly for the work you continue to do to guarantee these verbs and make this happen. My question is, what is the deadline for this specific project?

Like, what's the estimate? Well, we have 90% of the project plans at the moment, so we're very close to 100%. We should have them before the end of the year. As this is a federal project, there is a process of authorization through which we need to go through an audit. We are well familiar with this, we are already working on it. There is a railway, there are some small temporary construction services we are working on. So we have to put everything together. We plan to have this authorization completed at the beginning of 2027, which would allow us to issue the project and issue the listing notice in the first quarter of the civil year. The project will be another two-year project.

Thank you very much. 0990 hours, transfer of funds from the General Fund for the capital reconstruction project of North McGregor and the US$ 250,000. Dozenciber. President, where does this money come from? Chief, that's all I need to know.

Mr. President. Mr. Ronald. This is SIP. I presume. Uh, a little bit of PEG, a little bit of SIP. It's a great variety of... Yes, it's a mixture.

2943 authorized contract with watermark Consulting for content from the museum of Africa is a welcome Center US 24415 each Green, can you give us a little more information about this?

You know, I just had a surgery on my hip last week. Thank you for making me get up and sit down. No, I'm fine.

I'll give you a special place next weekend.

I need to sit in the front or in a wheelchair. Well, as you know, the Brookerley by the Bay project is big. That's why we're always looking for financing opportunities. Last week we had the incredible announcement that GESA donated us 9 million dollars to start the construction of the first phase and open the project. huge for the city. Thank you very much to Commissioner Blankenship and Governor Ive for this opportunity. This EWCF, as we call it, was reauthorized for another five years. This is a huge opportunity. It is one of the few subsidies that really applies to Berkeley by the Bay. There is a long process, there are two steps to get it. You sign up in the state, they continue to agree and then follow the National Service of Federal Parks. This will finance the North Station and the access route, the amphitheater, the pavilions of the walking trail and the amphitheater bathrooms. And this amphitheater was designed to accommodate between 3 and 5 thousand people. It is a great attraction, very similar to Fairhope, which is incredibly popular.

Mrs. Ingram.

Can you explain about the counterparty funds? How does it work?

Do you want me to explain? It works like this, it's a one-to-one counterparty and we are analyzing how this can be done. We are evaluating what can be considered a counterparty, because the city has already invested a significant amount in it, which has already been spent. 2.6 million dollars and another 5 million have already been committed as a counterparty. So we are seeing how we can structure this counterparty. There are other opportunities that we are analyzing for the amphitheater, how to receive contributions to nominate locations, as we did in other areas. The federal process is long, we all know, so we would only need the counterparty in 2021. We have a lot of time to plan and gather this money. So it's a great opportunity for us. This helps... We can ask District 4. Yes, yes.

Any other questions?

Thank you very much, Mr. Green.

Consider the request for elite services of a unique counter for a certificate of convenience and public need to operate a transport service. Call for public audience. 46. Call for public audience to consider the adoption of the budget of the General Fund and the Capital Improvement Fund of 2026-2027, scheduled for September 8.

Mr. President, we all received an e-mail about 08935 asking us about the rule of thumb. I don't know if the administration wants to come and say exactly why this is necessary. Done. The red one confuses me. I feel like it should be green, but it's red. This is the money that would go for the adhesives of the fleet. So when you look at the existing buses, the existing special transport, we have a ferry. This would cover the adhesives of all these vehicles. In fact, we are not adhesiving the entire buses. This also includes removing the current adhesives of the buses. I want to thank Joe and Jacob for coming back. The original budget was about US$400,000. We managed to save US$140,000, because instead of sticker the buses, which is our intention to replace them with bombs, we're going to use a kind of band logo. So, a band logo on the buses. Of course, our intention is, in the last analysis, to get rid of these buses in favor of buses in the entire line. So, they managed to find about US$ 140,000 in economy. That said, we are asking for a discount because this is delaying the launch of the second line and only when we have all these vehicles with the new brand and new stickers is that we can really start. So, the sooner we get approval, we hope that this week they can start. It takes several days, in some cases, to sticker these vehicles for special transport. So, even after approval, we are sticking or changing the logos as vehicles. Up to 18 special transport units and some of the buses that will be in...

I want to say that it was a little more than 30 vehicles, so it will take time, even after we close this contract, for them to do the job. And we just want, you know, we're aiming for the period after the day of work for the launch, so the sooner we get it, the sooner we can add these vehicles.

Mr. President.

Wait. You finished.

I will not prevent the consensus. I think this was presented before. After it was left aside or something like that. I have no objection to that. But I have a question. Believe it or not, Well, you know, I think the plan is going to develop.

The truth is that we cannot completely replace our bus fleet without incurring huge fines from the federal government, which was a partner in the purchase of these vehicles. So, the goal over time is to get rid of these buses in a way that does not negatively impact the financing and that does not require the city to return funds for the sale of a vehicle. We will be willing to do this in the right case, but the truth is that we will have to replace these buses over time with bonds, potentially identifying subsidies and other financing opportunities so that this does not come out of our general operating fund. The plan is, in general, to increase the interest in our public transport system, both by implementing a microtransport system for the first time and by replacing the bus, which, for some reason, many people don't want to use. You know, I don't know what the reason is. I think you can ask people if they would consider using the bus regularly and they will have several reasons why they wouldn't. Having said that, bridges have been incredibly successful in other places. When talking to the public, I believe that there are people for whom public transport is not an option at the moment, but that if we replace these vehicles with vehicles that they want to use, buses, buses are fun. I don't know because I'm obsessed by them, but I'm the plan. In general, replacing buses with buses on existing routes as they are redesigned with more efficiency My hope is that, with the increase in the number of passengers and the investment of resources in the system, we can expand our fixed route system. You know, I usually asked the team to analyze a route that would include Old Shell, connecting South Alabama, Spring Hill College and all the points along Old Shell to the center and back, providing a safe way back from the center for college students, you know, who left and had a lot of fun. take them there safely. I think this is a way, for the first time in the history of the city, and for many public systems, to conquer what we call passengers by choice. Passengers who have a choice. Passengers who could call an Uber. Passengers who have their own vehicle, who could go with friends, but choose to use our public transport because it is convenient, cheap, safe and efficient. So this is basically the plan. Integrate buses instead of buses as quickly as possible.

Maybe it's a good question, but you're not talking about putting train tracks all over the city.

No buses. It looks like a bond. Well, you know, a bond with wheels. A bond with wheels. I'm usually not in favor of open ones because it gets very hot and humid here at various times of the year. This is a possibility. I don't think we're stuck to a specific bond brand. You know, if you look at South Alabama, they have some open bridges on the sides of which I am very jealous. They are very beautiful. But it is difficult to acclimatize these vehicles if they are open on the sides. We want to ensure that they are good for everyone who wants to use them in the middle of summer, in the middle of winter and at any other time. But no, I don't have a plan to spend a billion dollars installing rails and creating this infrastructure yet.

The idea is basically to make the transport for Bond more aesthetically pleasing, so that people want to use it more.

In general, you know, these vehicles are smaller. They usually have a similar capacity, slightly reduced, but they adapt to our roads. If you look at the roads, Old Shell, Dolphin Street, I don't know when was the last time you passed by a bus on Dolphin Street, they take up more space than allowed due to their size. When you try to make a left or right turn on many of our Midtown streets, it's not possible with one of these buses. NS, these buses are much more agile, smaller, have shorter axles, and are narrower in most cases, And I think they refer to a time, you know, I hear a lot of people, including my father-in-law, remember the time when we had railways, when we had real buses, and when they were nine years old, they would go from Midtown to the center to watch a movie and go to the movies. You know, there was a time when public transport was something very, very important in mobile, and it was used by everyone. I think we can go back to that with the right vehicles and with the right plan. As for the plan itself, about where the bus routes and everything else are planned and programmed for when this new second transit line comes into force, I believe that we already have all this ready and we can certainly share.

While I was reading about it, of course, I saw that we already have a test vehicle that will be stamped. Where did this test vehicle come from when we received it and where did the money come from? You know, in the past, when you look at the common form, they usually bought vehicles, in this case, Avia made this purchase on its own, using our previously allocated capital budget. As far as I know, it was a little over $100,000, it was used, but still in very good condition, and I'm really looking forward to it, for it to be stamped, so I can take a look at it. Thank you, we will be happy to invite all of you too.

Thank you, Mr. President. So, continuing Mr. Reynolds' question about the inventory of the transport fleet, you said that the plan is coming, but as the other fleet is deactivated, there is, you know, there is a deactivation date so as not to be penalized by the federal government. Would it be possible for us to see this in the plan too? Because I assume that as one is deactivated, the plan is to bring a new one or not.

The truth is that we already have this information now, about what is the useful life of these vehicles and when they will be able to be sold without penalties. We can get this information for you right now. You know? I hesitate to define an exact time frame of when this will be done, because the truth is that if we manage to receive a verb from the federal government for a purchase of capital, this can allow us to sell some, even if there is a penalty, because it will allow us to implement this system more quickly. This is something we look for every day with our federal partners, through lobbying efforts and usually talking to our representatives. So, you know, instead of defining an exact schedule, if we waited for the schedule and let it edit when we would implement these bonds, we would still have buses in 2033 at this moment, I believe. So this is not good enough for me. We will do everything we can to speed up this process. And in general, the availability of funds is what will dictate this.

Anyone else?

Mr. Reynolds?

Not about that.

Mr. Woods, do you have anything to do with this?

I was just going to announce the meetings of the Finance Committee, but... Hey, Mr. Reynolds. There's a question about the PROTEC video again, I'm sorry. But is there any scenario with our current... ...readers of labels, cameras and everything else, where the data we collect ends up in a data center somewhere? Do we have any scenario where this could happen?

I don't think so. Our pedagogy system is not a flock system. It's for situational awareness. The intention is not to be intentional in your efforts to identify labels. This is not your sole purpose.

I understand that. I just wanted to know if there are layers of sufficient protection to ensure that the information collected by our assets and our rented assets do not fall into the hands, let's say, of the private initiative.

I believe so, based on what Jimmy said earlier, I believe that we are following all the guidelines related to data protection, ensuring that we are in agreement with this. Therefore, I do not feel that I can verify just to address your concern. However, I am confident that we are in agreement.

Yes, I would like to verify. I think this issue will continue to accelerate. Is it better to be ahead of it? Which I believe we are based on my conversations with Jim Barber. They really had a vision for a long time and I... But the policies need to change and be updated as technology grows and everything else. I just want to ensure that this cannot be used for harmful purposes by the government or any other person.

You know, I want to affirm that many of the technologies, the statutes under which we operate with the rules of the criminal process and the jurisprudence we follow, have not yet followed the technology. And so what we did was work closely with the ZEUA's prosecutor's office on how to use this appropriate technology. Therefore, there are many rigorous controls on this that very few people have access to. It's not like a policeman could search for this database. There has to be a request. It has to be approved. There has to be a legitimate application of the law related to this before it is done. But we understand the sensitivity of this, and that's why we are very, very careful. I think our controls are probably more rigorous than any police department I've ever seen. I'll do something quick just to add, because I want to clarify. For example, the surveillance system for all cameras in the city that we are implementing feeds a centralized video management system, the VMS. And it is based in the cloud, but this was highly examined regarding security, and it is in this part that we are involved in what concerns security, retention, and so on. And we guarantee that all suppliers know where these data are, there are restrictions that we put in the contract specifically, it has to be in the ZOA, Continental. They need to have SOC 2 certification, type 2, that controls who, within their own company, has access to these data and so on. So we don't take this too seriously, and not just with the cameras, we do this with all our base, in the cloud, in our financial systems, everything that has sensitive data.

So I understand what you mean, that these data collected, in fact, in some data center, in some place, can be. So we are counting on security or third-party protocols to ensure that these data are not used for harmful purposes, I imagine,

And this is described in a very specific way in the service contract, in the contracts that we make and that are presented to you.

So, none of this would be sold or used by Google, for example?

It is allowed.

And we have audits that we do to guarantee that this does not happen.

I can't talk about it. But there are obligations.

Thank you, Scott.

Anything else from a member of the board?

I just need to deal with the resolutions.

Hello, Vice President, Mr. Woods.

Well, I just want to register, obviously, that we have an administration budget.

Thank you, Logan. Well, I think it came around 4.55, so the results are advanced.

I'm just kidding.

Well, obviously, we have a call for public hearing on today's agenda.

Just to warn everyone about the meeting of the Finance Committee to talk about the agenda, talk about the budget.

We will have a meeting of the Finance Committee on Tuesday, September 8, at 13 a.m. here. So we will also have a follow-up meeting of the Finance Committee on September 15th, at 1 p.m. here too.

And in the good old style of Werder Dave, please get ready and come ready to ask questions so that we can be punctual, with everyone's time.

And resolutions? If you can look, 0, 9 and 9. 0 and 100. 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35 and it seems that they are all and we have a meeting of the public safety committee at 13 o'clock about the animal shelter. Mr. President, I would like to withdraw consent on 0898.

So you don't want to do that.

Anything else from a member of this council? Anything from the administration? Mr. President. Mr. P, we're on time. Can you wait about 15 minutes? It's 10 o'clock. We have time. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Can you wait? Can you wait until 10.30? No, no, it needs to be now. On July 30, I received an email about a service to the Constituent regarding a tree that fell in the valley. Well, it wasn't yet, they gave the answer from 13 to 11, it was not yet received. Another tree fell on top of a person's gate and there was still no answer. I sent the email, I don't want to dictate, of course, I can't tell a department what to do, but I think this is an emergency. And so I'm just asking that we analyze this subject, which the Constituent Master has already registered the number. I receive the number again, but we need to analyze these issues. And I think it's an emergency when a tree falls on someone's property gate or in their house. So, all right.

See you down there.