City Council - Regular Meeting
The City Council approved minutes, noise ordinance waivers, and several purchase orders. A significant discussion centered on allocating $1.95 million in CDBG funds for the Oakland Homes project on Baltimore Street due to delays with Housing Authority vouchers, aiming to prevent the loss of federal funding for the vital revitalization effort. The Council also discussed acquiring new ADA-compliant trolley-style buses to enhance public transit.
About this meeting
- Government Body
- City Council
- Meeting Type
- City Council
- Location
- Mobile, AL
- Meeting Date
- September 8, 2026
Transcript
236 sections
So prabhaad sabhi ko.
Prabhaad sabhi ko.
Aad sabhi sabhi ko dekh kar acha laga. Devi aur sajjanon ab hum apne Saksham Nagar lipek, Misalisa Keral ke haathon mein hain.
Yeh Mobile Nagar Parishad ki Mangalwaar 8 Settambar ki baithak hai. Humein 1 Settambar ke karbhat ki sukhirti leni.
Koi samasya. Koi. Theek hai.
Humein 20 Settambar ko Shyam 4 Bajay se Raat 9 Bajay tak Dolphin Street pe Shor Adedesh ko Hataane ka Anuradh kiya hai. 12 Settambar ko Dhupair 2 Bajay se Raat 11 Bajay tak Dolphin Street par.
Koi samasya. Parshya Dingar.
Mr. President, if we can do 518 Dolphin Street at night instead of 11 o'clock, we can do it at 10 o'clock.
Mr. President.
Listeners, today 320 and 330 Western Drive-based properties have been proposed to Pune and Dharan for consideration, which have been divided from B3 and I1. Jan Sunwai from R1 and B2 to R1 and B3. 2694 on the government boulevard, to consider the reasoning provided by the existing property, from Jansunwai 27 and 2750 to 2754 and 2756 and 2756 on Brookley Avenue to consider the reasoning provided by the existing property, Jansunwai. From R1 to EML. 4113 and 1221, Spring Valley Drive South, on the proposed reasoning of the existing property, for consideration, Jansun Y R1, and from R3 to R1, on the proposed reasoning of the existing property on Bearfork Road and Meffert Road, on the proposed reasoning of the existing property, Jansun Y R1 to B3. Shreeman Rajpati, Uprashpati. On this.
Josh, I don't know if you remember this or not, but I think this was a part of our annexation to bring this part of Moffat and Bear Fork to the city. Yes, I am completely sure that this is it. This is a very old, empty property on Bear Fork Road. And as you know, whenever we annex property in the city, if it is an empty property, it automatically goes to R1. the property with which it is attached, I mean, this is the same parcel. For example, this gentleman already has it and he has already installed a camper cell there. Today, I have a question from him, whether he is making sure that this is not going to be a mobile home park for sale. And I think I already know the answer to this, that this is only for sale. But I want to make sure that everyone understands what this is. Because again, this is going from R1 to B3. Because again, and you know, whenever R1 goes to any kind of commercial, it always takes a red flag. So this is always a red flag. In this example, I think this is fine. Awasiyya Khetra is far away from all this and their main concern is that it is not a mobile home park. That is why we will ask some questions during our session.
Thank you. Parishad Ko Yachikaon aur anna sancharaon ki prastuti. Robert Clapton, HBCU football khel ke liye dhanme katauti ke samband mein Tipani, Regi Hill, Vibhinjacho, Nagar Palika Pravartan aur Vittivar 27 ke budget ke liye anurod. Apostle Velna Green, Viklangon aur Ashwet Samuday mein Nasalwaad ke liye seva kar rahi hai. Article 6434 and 6436 have been passed, which are thinking about the restoration of the existing property on 1509 N ABCO Road and the restoration of the existing property on 99 Center Drive. Proposals were made to provide tennis teaching pro services for Zero and Nissan Chochpuan Park and Manoranjan department with majority agreement with Richard Coney. The purchase order was approved for the construction of Hero N9456 Convention Center Pradarshini Hall Escalator. The purchase order was approved for the Thompson Tractor Company for Zero H957 Diesel Forklift. Zero Infine Finch laser fish document management software ke varshik navinikaran ke liye MCCI ko khareed adesh ko manjuri di. 219 Sriman Adhyaksh.
Zero Infine Finch laser fish document management software ke varshik navinikaran ke liye MCCI ko khareed adesh ko manjuri di.
I have a bet. Do you want me to give you a bet or not? I will email them to get a bet.
But I will take a bet. You know if you have it. And keep in mind that this is the rainy season of that service.
So it was last year and this is the rainy season of that period.
So, Mr. Adhyaksh, as you can see, he is praying to us right now. So, I will request you, can we stop him so that others can also get a chance to see him.
No objection. 21-909 fill and Hickory Street landfill for rain landfills. Sampling for necessities with South Earth science. Authorised interlocking innovation. Adhyadesh is being presented. This is very important.
This is the reconstruction of various properties.
The implementation of the SART-900 No-Spend Child Advocacy Inc. is a universal goal and a welcome contribution. Proposals are being presented. To provide support to the 996 6-Tacket Stringer-Stringer, with Wesley Fountain, Authorized Coordination, 80 Coordination, 80,000 per year, 019674 Community Safety Department, Board School of Mobile County for Stopped Posts, Authorized Coordination with Aayukta,
Shreeman Udhyakshan. Yes, Shrivuts. Can we get some more information on this, if you don't mind? I have seen the list of people who are on their feet. But I think, what are we trying to achieve through this?
Suprabhadra. Actually, we have been doing this since 2015. And what we have done recently is to increase our services for the school system. We are identifying such schools in our city where we can increase our family Hastakshiv team and Hastakshiv speciality team in those areas. Williamson and Flord are one of the two schools. Pathway Academy or Pathway School? There is another school for this, understood?
I agree with him. A part of the discussion is that we are starting to put money back into the school system. I think that the direction of establishing or establishing this is in the first place. Yes, when they give us funding, it is always good.
But no, this is for the benefit of our work with the school administration and to see what we do with them. I support everything.
I like the fact that we are working in the direction of employing officials in our schools.
I feel that as the father of the children of government schools, I am very grateful to be a part of School Pranali. So, thank you for doing this.
Absolutely.
Our focus is to ensure that we are doing our best in the schools of our city. Thank you. Mr. Rajpati.
Mr. Rajpati is going to become the Vice President. And Madam Ingram.
Curtis, are these the schools that School Pranali had recommended? These are the schools that School Pranali has recommended.
That's why they are being tested. I hope that we We will respect the benefits of the program and if it works according to our expectations, then we will expand this program.
And we do not have such school-based officials for whom we are now paying more. No, we are not paying.
We do not pay school-based officials. The school teacher is contacting us and they are trying to provide money for these posts as soon as they are available. Okay.
Thank you, Mr. Manati Akshay. So, I have seen that this community-based education is focused on specialties, whereas in Pathway, they are going to get both community and family. But when you go to Williamson High School and there is a feeder school with it, then it is mainly focused on family-based education. What is the difference?
The difference is that currently we have people from those two schools. That is why we are adding only one other person to those schools. And when you say that you already have people, then they are already
community leaders, family leaders, specialists, and our leaders, community leaders, will work in the capacity of the teams.
So yes, what we are currently doing in Williamson, its main part will be here, where you see the safe path. The aim is to create such a relationship with our youth, when in those schools, school resources, officials will also be available. They will be trained to become self-employed officials. That is why they will be provided with school scholarships. They will go through some other training. So, the aim is to ensure that we are making connections at those places. And we are increasing it with the wraparound services provided by our family Hastakshayf team and Hastakshayf specialists.
And the last question. You know, when you talk about wraparound services, I am excited to hear this. My question is, when you talk about wraparound services, is it also included in the presence of other agencies, such as helping families? Absolutely. We have more than what we have at present.
For example, in the DA's office, the first priority is to help families in school. They do great work and we have worked with them for years. Okay. And in the end, you said that some of them...
has been going on since 2015 and I have seen that in the matter of trying to see the effectiveness, all of you are going to provide a progress report to the school management and the Board of Directors. My question is, have you all already given them the data of what has happened since 2015? And was it part of the progress to be expanded to this extent?
In 2015, Pramukh Jimmy Barber was the police chief at that time. He joined the DA, U.S. Attorney Office, and the FBI to start the Bridging the Gap program. This was to establish relations with them. He was told what to do and what not to do when faced with law enforcement agencies. He was also told about the rights of other law enforcement agencies. The positive results of this program came out and are still going on today. The school system has continued this program in high school. There is also a program for our middle school students. You still have one option. This program was also created by Chief Barber and some other people. I think you answered my question. Okay. Let me ask you this.
Data from 2015, which you are currently using to show its effectiveness, and it is working.
You have recently shared data with school teachers so that they can move forward in the matter of studying the difference.
Data is always shared. The new program is still on the pilot project, so we don't have time to share it with them.
But you shared the previous work of 2015 and I asked if we can get any information on it. I find it interesting to see what kind of data points we are focusing on, so that we know that it is working. We are making connections. We are cooperating with other agencies, which is affecting the presence. I think this is an excellent program and I think the public should know what we are influencing.
I think that many times the numbers do not tell you whether the program is successful or not. It depends on the relationships that are formed. And also, how children deal with difficult situations in schools and communities.
Thank you, Mr. Manat. Mr. Reynolds, are there still workers on all four positions?
No, no. These positions will be re-nuked. There will be no workers on the basis of eligibility. Okay.
On the basis of eligibility, will you get a pension and a visa?
I mean, they will have the right to participate in the RSA, but they will not be able to do it on the basis of their eligibility. So, the contact can also be terminated after the funding is over. So, because you...
So, because you...
Since you are the public safety director, I can assume that in the next budget... Is this yours?
In the public safety budget, there will be...
Yes, I did.
So, I asked this question because when the budget is presented many times, then for all the groups, we have the provision of Vetan Pridhi. So, have we kept the calculation of Vetan Pridhi on the basis of Yogita? In this context, for all the groups, Vetan Pridhi.
Okay, question.
If you divide 224,000 by 4, you get $56,000. So what? Did we keep an account of $6,000? Yes.
We didn't make a budget for those poor people. So basically, we kept them at work. We will keep them at work and we will have money left over from funding. Yogi Taa's basic education is education in the field of livelihood, so it can be compared to that of a school teacher. Okay.
And then there is also the cost of operation. I mean, will there be any budget for the operation in the form of this Rs. 224,000? I just want to make sure that we take full account of our contribution in this program. Okay.
First, I will answer the question of Yogi Taa. Yogita Vriddhi only affects the current employees. In this, there will be no new employees in the future.
For the budget of 2028 and 2027, I am saying that for the next budget and for the next budget, our new employees will definitely get Vetan Vriddhi.
But I thought your question was about 27 Yogita Vriddhi, but...
I think that in every budget year, we all try to give Vetan Vriddhi.
And I think that Vettan and Curtis will have to work together with the head of the school to track their work related to Vettan. So, this is really different from what we do with city employees.
And who is taking the burden of the transportation cost? Will it come from your budget? They are going to spend some money to do some things.
Okay, the transportation cost will again be associated with the funding that we get. I don't think that at this time Apart from the funds for Vaitan, we will need some other fund. Because other devotees are also included in Vaitan, which we will have to give to those who will be employed.
Okay. Thank you.
Mr. Manash Patel. Mr. P. So, I know that we already have a safe passage program. Is it connected to that because Williamson and Lafleur are already running this program? Yes, it will be.
And it will make it better. For a long time, we have been working with our family intervention team and our community violence prevention specialist, with whom we are working together to help families and other people.
So when I came to the video news about the Safe Passage program in Williamson, I got a lot of feedback. Some people didn't know that it was on the first floor. What are the ways we are using to share it with the community? Is the school sending this information to the students? Is this information sent to the students when there is a PT meeting? Is this information shared so that the students can know what is happening?
Yes, for all of them, the aim is to ensure that we adopt all the means of communication with the students. The school teacher is working with us and she is ensuring that we recognize those people who want to take part in a safe way. One thing that is very important for us is to ensure that we have the right people for self-service. Therefore, their investigation will be carried out by us and the school staff as soon as they recognize themselves to take part in that process, or want to take part in it, or want to take part in it.
I want to do self-service. I want to be a part of it. They are in my district and I know that they are in my district. So whatever I can do, like teaching classes, playing basketball with character leadership or students, I think it's a very good part of it. So thank you very much for the work being done by you. And tell me what is the process of signing up so that I can support this initiative. Absolutely. I like this. I am with you.
And just one more thing, you know, this is a very good program that you are running and I don't think the community knows what is happening and what is happening and what we are doing. We always get complaints that we are not doing enough.
So the fact that you are doing this, it needs to be spread. It needs to be spread. I hope that the media will understand that the city is cooperating with all these agencies and we are part of some of these issues to solve and to help our children and to keep schools safe. So yes, I support this effort and I hope that everyone will learn about it and understand it. The aim is to ensure that we can provide as much information as possible.
There are some things that we are doing with council members. Thank you.
With tivash 26k HEDA curriculum ke liye Gulf Coast High Intensity Drug Trafficking Kshetra mein Albama Kanun Pravartan Agency ke saath samjhote ka adhikrit kiyaapan 3500 paash for 54 waini lalais. Tiro 8969 suikrit kharid aadesh aur D. Cromwell concrete aur nirmaar tufaan jalni kasi. Vanaspati Malbe ko hatane ke liye. Malbe ko hatane ke liye. For a storm, Jalnikasi, Vanaspati and Malbea Port, Butler Complete Services and Thomas A. Thomas A. are accepting the order to buy Callaway. For T-Route 972 traffic signal and pedestrian signal light poles, Gribhar Electric Company is accepting the order to buy 123 Baht, 213 Baht. Zero in nine, same with the three traffic or parking company, six traffic data collectors. Eighteen, eighteen. Zero in eight, 74K, mobile arena. Bobcat forklift, burwell material handling. 32, 49, 44, 24, 22, 22. Zero in eight. Floor cleaning upkaran ke liye Q1 facturing ko, suikrit kharid aadesh, 999 fee to sign with. 0 in 976, sajavati street light pose or top mount or LED fixture ke liye grey, bar electric ko, suikrit kharid aadesh, 40,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
I just want to say that I like these lights very much. And many of my relatives in district 6 have said that they like these lights very much. They have seen them with the university. So I think if possible, I would like to try to dispatch some of them. When the time comes or when they will be available in district 6. Because they are really looking good. Thank you. District. I got it. Exactly this.
08973 for traffic data collectors, order to buy traffic and parking for the company. 18777366. 08974 for Bobcat forklifts, order to buy available material handling. Did I read this before? Oh my God. Go to 097. 097.
If all of you weren't paying attention, then for the expenses made during your studies in the National Academy, Captain Matthew James Cunningham will receive a stipend of $3,400.
Oh, Captain Matthew James Cunningham.
You just don't know what you're doing.
After watching this program, I have many questions. When I ask many questions, I see that
CDBG-Jangana Track 1, we are thinking of taking money from there. One is, what are we planning to do? Because if we were going to use the voucher for this project, then we are now using 26 to 27 CDBG-Jangana Track funding for it. This means that this was the plan, we were not planning to use it for that purpose.
This is the budget given by Mahapour next year. 4 million CDBG-C track is now banned. It is not certain that it is completely, whether it is planned or not, but a round-up of 2 million is being done in this project so that the voucher is fulfilled. So yes, but it is real.
So, in general, a lot of projects and schemes are working.
This is also our top priority. But this was not the top priority, because the plan was that we were going to keep a voucher to use this wealth. I say that there was a discussion on the voucher. You can see that September 2025 has been mentioned in this poster.
We have been talking to the Housing Authority about this since last July and they have not properly awarded the voucher to be included in the project. That is why we cannot move forward on the project without 1.95 million.
And that is why the proposal I saw was accepted for the voucher in March. So they were Rome vouchers?
They are already vouchers.
The developer has continuously asked for project-based vouchers. This is a different funding source, a slightly different process.
No one was thanked by the Housing Authority for this. And that's why they are not vouchers.
So when was the developer requested? The developer is here.
He will probably call him and get his answer from him. But I had heard from the developer about this at the beginning of last year.
And did the housing authority have a document with that request?
So the request document was sent in March.
First of all, I would like to thank the director of this project. He was here in March. Is this the first request we have? Because it was said that it was in the beginning of last year. I mean, he has an email. Let's talk about this. This was when I was with Haulian. Yes, when Yerbi Haulian Development was with us. We were bought by the Housing Authority in 2023 for Ukraine. Then in 2025, we were bought by the city for P.G. Seher. When this project came into discussion, it was obvious that the Mayor and Housing Authority met on 25th August. In October-November, we had a meeting with the interim leader and other people, in which the process was discussed, which should be followed, so that the city of Okhlaan can put an expected impact on development in 2010, which is called 1010. This is why the discussion started in a hurry with the interim leader and the employees about the process. There was a lot of discussion. Until you get it right, you can't get the voucher. We have worked in the state for a total of $300 million worth of public voice development and have used PVV in about half of the projects. So it is possible, but you have to follow the entire process. And our understanding and conversation is that the housing authority wanted to do this, but until the board does not work on it in a beneficial way, it cannot be done. You know that you are still talking. For clarity, last year, you sent a request that you can show from a document that you asked for this information that what kind of vouchers you need. Well, our interim leader, and I think there was a meeting with the chairman at that time, in which there was a discussion about what should be done.
They will have to start the process because it is a new process.
But we started talking about it at least in the fall and talked about many things during the whole process. We thought that the process was moving forward, but until the board works on it, it will not be completed. So you didn't know until March when you saw that there was an RID voucher instead of a board. This is right, the board was working this way. We discussed the problem with RID. One problem with RID vouchers is that you get a deadline with the city's CDBG funding. RID process is a very complicated and complicated process. We are working with Selma Sher and I will give you an example. We started the initial submission at the end of 24th and we did not get the final proposal by 26th August. We did not have time to work on that process with ARERI because it is a very complicated process. So what is the time limit to implement this project or these funds?
Yes, the CBGDR fund from the state will have to be spent by mid-2018. The deadline for construction is around 18 months and you will also have to pay it on rent. That's why there is no time. On behalf of the Alabama Housing Finance Authority, we are requesting updates from the developer every two weeks. If you do not show progress, they will stop your bond application from being approved. We are trying to close all of them by the end of this year, which is the number for them.
So are you saying that we need to do something by November?
No, we need to move forward before that, because if they don't have any update for HFA, then HFA will stop their bond application. And that's why I will make it clear.
Yes, HFA called and said that if we are not ready to close by the end of September, then they are not going to close this fall. And this will take us to the next season, which will put the CDBG funding in danger. This is the lack of time that is going on.
So if we know that according to the information we got in March, we had already received a voucher, then why is this generation getting this information now? Now is the last time and we have to take steps until the end of September and now September is going on.
For this, you have to ask the Housing Authority. They have been telling us that they are ready to work with projects, but recently the contact with them has broken. The Mayor had also sent them a letter. Tell me the correct date. August. Yes, August. After coming to the agenda of this item, we did not get any answer till 10 pm. That day.
So, we have documents that tell us that they were working with us on this project.
In March, there was an email from their consultant that for the voucher of Project Aadharit Paksha, they used the bond application. They used RID as a placeholder to keep it running.
And this is my last question because I know that we have more people. Can I know? Because according to me, we had to make a plan for 2776 and 2727 CDBG. What was the plan? On which work was going on. I would like to get that information. And I also want to see what we have done with the CDBG-Jangarna track in the last three years. How was the funding?
Second question. Last year, the Mayor gave a million dollars for the Critical Repair Grant. There is a street lighting congress in Baltimore Street. I think the Congress is working with a councillor. There is a bite-line item sale in it. I don't remember the other one. But these are similar types of plans for it. But they are all extended in the current year. And this is Taylor Park, where the baseball field is located. This is part of the plan. Yes.
I like that we can give you something written about the expenses of the funds in the last three years. As far as this funding plan is concerned, we had to make this decision. In August, after a phone call, at least to start the process of surrendering the in-project Aadharit voucher, due to not being able to hold an independent board meeting, Before September 3, we had to take a step forward to keep it in front of Parishad. We do not want to take the risk of more than 10 million dollars of Sanghiya funding for this project. We hope that this project will forever change the picture of Baltimore Street in the future. We have already invested a lot of money in the recreation center. Of course, the baseball field is also being taken ahead of it. Our last hope is that 1,000 people and families living in Baltimore-Oakland can be kept in these completely new homes when they will be ready to become a home. I think what will happen after this discussion is part of this discussion. It is possible that the housing authority is hesitating to take any steps at this time. But we are in constant contact with them. We received an email on September 3, in which the desire to discuss it has been expressed. I believe that there is still a way to update their plan, to update the plan through the board, and to implement these basic vouchers. Before that, we have to spend this money, which we are asking you to donate today. This is still our goal. This is something on which we will continue to work. But from the point of view of the city, I believe that from the point of view of many of you, there should be a generation plan that can really change the lives of the people of that community, who are clearly living in that place, which was not a community development according to Holihan in 2023, which could have been made again and this was a way to move forward for those residents in particular. You know, instead of losing that funding and losing the opportunity to change the situation, we took the step of including it in the Parshat agenda. We hope that this fund will be spent in the same way as we are doing. I will not say shotgun approach, but we are adopting an approach like critical repair, blight remediation, housing and many ways to influence mobile. I hope that 1.95 will be used in the same way. But for such a big project, we cannot put that funding at risk. And today we are asking Parishad to donate this funding in this hope that in the end it will not have to be spent on this project, that we will be able to update the housing authorities plan and this project will be able to get a voucher based on it.
This money that we are transferring to Antara, should we use it? As the Mayor said, it is obvious that we should continue working with the Housing Board. I have heard from many members about this at the end of this week. It is obvious that there are two aspects to every story. If we have to spend this 0.9, is it worth it? If we have to spend a dollar on it, And then the housing authority looks at it and they approve the voucher which was needed. I mean, is this a legitimate way? This will be a ban.
Until the voucher is approved, it will be forgiven. If the voucher is approved, then it will be reimbursed.
And then until this project was underwritten, I think it's obvious that there was a plug for RID, there was a RID voucher plug.
So the project was underwritten or a plan was made to be funded through the RID voucher.
This is not something that you know that during the process of starting everything, we did not say that okay, we are not going to use that kind of thing, which they had approved because they had already approved some vouchers for this project.
The difference between the two vouchers, the difference between the two vouchers in the administrative form is that there is a need for added modan. This is a different workplace for Chicago. Let's change our software. You also have permission to submit your application. Once they start their software, it takes about six months to complete the fair housing process. And then it takes about six months to bring the project under it and get it approved by them. So after a change in the software, at least after a year or a few months, project-based advisors can give this permission as a housing authority staff that it completes all the requirements that have been done before Maryville. This is a very similar setup. The economic development in the area is going to be the same. Airbus property, what are they doing at the airport? Location, jobs, things like that. So the local decision makes it possible for the Sanghiya head to decide and they can do all this very quickly.
And I was happy to hear that you all are working with the housing authority and are trying to find a solution. I have a proposal in the proposal. From the 4th warehouse to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th, only one line has to be removed. By using Mobile Housing Authority, by taking part in Project Adharit Voucher, by avoiding it, the cost of the line is reduced. That's why he says that we have to nourish our lives. I don't think that when people are working, time can be spent. Okay?
This was 10 years of disappointment.
Thank you.
Sriman Rastapati. I am Adamo Ingram and then I am Rastapati. Thank you, Sriman Rastapati.
In the form of a summary of the Parshad vote, you are ready to say that Sankalp was an RADU voucher, which was approved on March 19, 2026. So, in March, the basic request that came and I think what is the purpose, this is Halaahan Vikas and Ankade Karikram, whether that request came from Halaahan Vikas and Ankade or it came from the city, the basic request for the type of voucher.
So all the vouchers generated come from the Avidan developers. I have said that when a plan is implemented, the voice is heard from the city. And they act on us separately.
From the beginning, the conversation was about the PBB process. Due to a lack of time, there were problems. In the beginning, the Housing Authority was concerned about its capability, whether they had PVVS available because they had invested in many other projects. HUD had to face some budget-related problems. RAD was available, but time, you know, once RAD got approval, and at that time, we, with the Alabama Housing Finance Authority, talked a little bit about the issues related to this project. And as I said, the pro project we did in Selma, it took us about two years to pass through the RAD process, and it will not work. You know, for what we are trying to achieve, we have spent a lot of time with Sangeet Dhan.
So it was decided that RAD will not work. But this shows a good effort. They moved forward with RAD. And you know that it was not working properly. And we talked about PBB later.
And again, until the board did not take action. You know that nothing is official. But we definitely talked to the interim director and the employees. The interim director called us and asked what we want. He told us what we have to do. Now, usually we are always bought. You should be bought. We have always done this in the past. I was told that there was a way to move forward with PV even without buying an aug charik. That's why we thought that it is ready and ready to move forward. So again, this was the procedure.
And that's why my next question is that from the city side, on March 19, they approved a proposal to the board. So did the administration in March know about this fact that it was a red and we had some problems?
Yes, this will continue. In this way, the developer was allowed to submit his application to HFA, in which the locals knew that the type of voucher swap out was expected. Okay, okay.
So then they tried with good faith, and then they were trying to go to a project base, and this could not happen at the time. Listen, I want to add something.
They said that the purchase should not be done, but the project-based voucher has to be added to the Housing Authority Affiliate, And as we come back to the request of Councilman Pinn, I think he had requested that can we see CDBG for the last three years, how the district has been spent for the last three years and then
I am not going from those two years. Nick Ember has already arranged for a few years. So, maybe John has this. So, in the next four years, I will have a few numbers on it.
If we can get it, but it is in our system, right? So, if we can get it written for the last three years. And then in the last part, you said that you know that there are 300,000 out of 4 million in district 2. So if we get the full picture of 4 million and the plan for this year, then I think you also said that there are plans for this year when I say this year 2026-2026. If we get the real plans and where that $2 million was re-invented, then it will be very good. Mr. President, very soon, Jamie Umm, my questions have been answered through all this, but I just wanted to repeat what Parshad Woods had said. And you agree that this invention can be re-invented in the CDBG program and we were thinking of doing any other of these projects in which this special voice development was not included. Right.
This is correct. There is only one concern in this. The other day, I spoke to the singer about this. There is a repetition of benefits in the abdakosh. This is a Stafford adenium trigger. That is why, if the wealth is cut off completely, then that wealth is returned to the first state. That is why it should only be kept and kept.
We will all still be paid.
Srimad Rashtrapati Shri.
But there is only one way to get paid, through voice recognition.
From the coming voucher group, they will fulfill the requirement of 1.5. So the developer will actually pay us for the fall in time.
So voucher, but we still need a standard voucher for the project. So does the project agree for the standard? Because we are still on RID. Right. So this is not a guarantee that if the project does not agree for the standard, then we will get the payment back. Right.
This is true.
After the construction of the project, a small change will have to be made. The hud believes that this is an existing structure. And the site and the neighbours, who are part of the housing authority, seem to be a part of the problem. Now they have ended. That's why it can be easy once it's done.
Shrewds.
I just want to say that I am very impressed with your knowledge about the rules and regulations.
Shreerental.
I couldn't fully understand it. This is very complicated in my mind.
This is complicated for all of us.
For CDBG, we are taking a part of the sale of a cent, which is fixed for Janrana. And who are we giving the money we get from it?
This will go to the developer in the form of a loan.
So we will lend money to the developer. And then the developer will make this plan. Okay. And then they will give it to the people who will have vouchers.
There is no voucher. This is the reason that the rent is going to be reduced. Guarantee of voucher.
Without voucher, the current setup is that the rent should be very low on voucher.
If vouchers are applied, then the rent can be equal to the market price and it is fulfilled and from here they can pay us interest.
So they have this apartment or townhouse. There is a townhouse and they give them on rent. And what you are saying is that they can't say that we have this. The townhouse is paid in a thousand dollars. They have to limit it to a lower amount.
These people will have a lower income on the basis of their income. That's why most of their income will be 50% of their current income. It determines the proportion of AHFA that we have a lower income than our average income.
This is a simple thing. Because we are getting this simple money. You use tax credit. We have an innovator. Actually, they will buy Service First Bank and Remnant James Tax, but the tax credit will limit your rent to a reasonable rate in the market.
That's why the third party buys the tax credit and the developer's rent is reduced. That's why your project-based voucher will give you a rent of a reasonable rate.
And by losing this, we will be able to repay the fund again.
So yes, this is 30% of someone's income as long as they don't have a voucher. Because then you can take a current market share of $7,000 for three bedrooms instead of $13,000.
Okay, when you say that this doesn't work without it, what does that mean?
To keep the property, you have to pay sufficient taxes.
And what is such a special share that we have to get? Or do I mean the right to keep the property or do I mean that
These properties are underwriten by the Alabama Housing Finance Authority and HUD if you get a voucher. And that is why you will have to disclose all your funding in the state. And if there is a difference where the scheme does not work, then the investor will not invest. And they are investing in it. And I think that here due to the nature of the project, we have got a lot of CDBG. But we have service first and about 10 to 11 million from Raymond James. They are contributing to the project. But they are basically the owners of 99% of it. That's why we look at it from this point of view, whether it is financially profitable or not.
If it is not financially profitable, then they want to invest. What is the point of view of the market on this type of trading? Like your return rate, is it 6%? It will be 50%.
I wonder if these investors have sent a notice to the developer in which it has been said that if you do not take it, then we cannot underwrite the deal. We talk to them every day because we are in a situation where we are in a race to stop it by the end of this month. That's why we talk to them every day. Jamie, you said something.
I just understood this. You said something about being a part of another organization of the board members. And I felt as if you presented a picture and I may be wrong here that PPV is a protest not to give permission.
No, it should be a protest to give permission because Mobile Development Enterprise is a non-profit organization whose owner is completely with the Housing Authority. The board members are members of the board of directors and managers of the non-profit organization. Thank you. But he is part of the non-profit organization Vikas Dal. He gets the right to run away. And then to buy the property, he gets the first right to refuse at the end of the bond.
To buy the property, he gets the first right to refuse at the end of the bond.
So, how old is he?
Usually, he is 15 years old.
So, after 15 years, MD will have the first right to buy this property from someone else. And that's why Awaaz Pradikaran has a very high chance of getting it at the end of 15 years. That's why he has the opportunity to take this opportunity.
And to get the PVV done, they will have to complete their rain plan.
Is this what Khistan is? And is this what we just understood that it takes 45 days and then every day we get a chance to review it for 75 days. And so we have not been able to send any kind of voucher through their rain plan. And so you lose at least one of them for 100 days. But if this is good, then you will probably earn another year. Project. I think I understand all that. The last thing is that
From my point of view, it is important that this money comes back, which we are investing.
I hope so too.
This is not just going into the pockets of any developer. You know, I think they are involved in this deal, it should make sense. But you said something about such mollies that we cannot collect. Or something like this.
There is no trigger language in this. That's why if vouchers come, who do advertising and immediately pay off the mortgage that can be forgiven, then there is no way to pay off those low rents without a voucher. And in the end, the mortgage that can be forgiven is changed. It is essentially a loan, but we will not tell you this with HFA because it comes under the subject of other business practices on Lekhankan. That's why they don't have to pay it back to the developer.
So we are basically paying that money. When the vouchers don't work later.
And if we make it clear, then it should be prepared as a loan.
In a soft loan, the interest is usually paid and then it has to be paid at the end of the year. Now, if we had a voucher, we would have had a big mortgage that would have gone to 1,000,000. And since we didn't get a voucher, that's why we have less money. So you are filling that gap with a soft loan, as we call it, but it will remain on the property.
And if the voucher is not used for this project, then it will be used somewhere else. Yes, they can go anywhere in the county.
They can go anywhere in the county. Okay.
Thank you.
Councilwoman.
Thank you, Mr. Manav Dhaksh. Jami, I just want to confirm that we are not going to use RAD. We cannot use RAD. We do not operate it. And on this point, the use is not available due to the time of the voucher. And that's why when we are saying that we are going to complete it, then with this time, in the coming years, 12 million is not going to be completed, that completion, because some other establishment or something like that can trigger it.
It can increase systematically. We can talk to the developer, but we have to spend time with it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. So Mahapour reminded me that the funding we are asking for now does not really need to be paid in the 27th budget. It will be in the 28th budget because in the development cycle we need to make it available and it will have to be closed during the 27th. But if Parishad wants to place the money in some other way in the 28th budget, then it is available.
So the money will still be available.
It will have to be stopped in the next 30 to 45 days. And it will not be used by the developer until the end of the 27th calendar year.
But if we are able to find a way to get an agreement according to the demand, then we can repay it. But the question is, what are the certainties with the other funding?
If the Stafford Act was not implemented because of the funding, then it would not have been so difficult. We can increase it and it will be repaid in two years. But we have to be very careful with the Stafford Act because we do not want to include other things. That's why we are paying the debt.
We do not want to keep the money in place. Okay, Jamie. Thank you very much. I would like to thank you and Mahapour for working hard on this project, especially you. I know that you have been working on this project for many years. Can you once again explain to Parishad that where are the sources of money for this special project coming from?
So the city has 11.8 million in the ODCSA CDBGDR fund. This hud has provided ODA to Sally and Zed Tufano. I will have to answer other questions from the developer that he has the first bond and then the voucher is worth one time. If they do this, then the voucher is worth. This is a project of about 26.5 million. As I said, there will be about 12 million with CDBG. The majority of the remaining currency will be the equity of the shareholder.
And then we will get as much as possible as possible. You know, because of the lack of PVV, it only produces about 1.5 million. I think it's a causal bond and this kind of thing.
So how do you feel?
These are the basic questions. I would like to ask the chairman of the VIT committee, because I know that we are using a lot of money in DECA and when that money came, most of the people were not present. We would like to know the update on money from DECA and the CEO so that we can find out what it is for this experiment, because this is a completely new experiment and it was not present here. That's why I want our chairman to focus on this. Once again, the project that is in front of us today. And again, in front of us, there is a note for the mayor. He says, we give him a guarantee of about $2 million. We don't want to send any money back. This project is very important. I know what the mayor said about the residents. But this is actually for the mobile city. Baltimore Street is not hidden from anyone. You know, this was probably the worst area of Mobile City, especially before I came to my council. But when I came to the council, first of all, I said that I want to rebuild Baltimore Street. And this is 2012. And we started rebuilding that entire street, which now looks much better than before. Much better. Now the city is rebuilding Taylor Park, which is the entertainment center there. There are millions of dollars invested. Now we are thinking of making the town a home. And between Navinikaran, we want to make that street where R.V. Taylor is. We are going to make a home between Arlington Street and Harold Street. And last week, we passed a proposal for Broad Street. The entire area is going to be revitalized. I am very excited. People in that area didn't think that there was any hope before coming to my council. They had never thought that the Kayakalp of Baltimore Street would be possible because they were being told that the city does not have money. But with the Kayakalp of Baltimore Street, Re-establishing RVs on Arlington Street. Re-establishing Broad Street, which goes to Brooklyn, by the way, and our new airport. This area is going to be one of the best areas. In a way, it's going to be an iPod. This is about a 360-degree change. One of the worst areas in the city. One of the best areas in the city. I just want to say this to the administration that we should implement it because there are some rental houses in this area where people do not take care of their property. But when we remove this filth, the crime will also end on its own. Therefore, along with the help of the administration, we will have to fight with the nearby tenants who do not take care of their property and they will have to be forced to take care of their property. There is a 360 degree change in this area and I am very excited and this is not just for the residents of 1010 Baltimore Street. This mobile is for the city. You have to hide the black mark that has been on the eyes of this city for years. And again, I thank you for your hard work. Jamie, and you also have a map. Can you tell us what's in your map? Ever since I came here.
So, since then, there has been some change in it. This is a building up there. A little wide, a little thin. But there is a road here. There is Keli Street here.
That townhouse is right here.
Ten townhouses.
One, three floors of the building.
This is 70 units. There will be 69 vouchers.
There are 7 units here. There are 10 units to remove this place.
70 units. This will allow the housing court to apply for another tax credit in the coming years. And apply for 50 credits and 50 units. When everything is done, they can break the front building and remove the entire building. Front building possibly.
There is no problem with baseball. There is no problem with baseball on the field.
Let's make some more pressure on it. He came in front of us, he had a proposal in front of us and I said that I want you to do one thing, remove that number 1310 Baltimore Street. Many people did not even think that this project has any name, which is called Oakland Homes and it is not 100010. It is called Oakland Homes, but we want to get rid of this statement. And again, thank you, Councilor Woods, for bringing it to fruition. This is a conspiracy between the city and the housing board. And I would like to take part in a project. Mr. Clerk, Mr. Roberts.
One more thing, Mr. Ankara, which I got from Jan Suraksha. In the last 12 months, Jan Suraksha has received 522 calls from Jan Suraksha in 2010. This is an impressive number. So you know, it is affecting the necessity to do this.
And I also want to say that in 2010, most of the problems were not because of the residents. These are outsiders, right? So what I mean is, I may be sprinkling salt on the housing board, but they need to ensure that bad people are stopped in that area. That's why I hope that with the new developer, it will be ensured that it will be like Herald Street, bad people should be kept away from it. Because again, the majority of the problems there are not of the residents, but of the outsiders. Thank you. Madam Clerk.
Mr. Anandya. Oh, Ms. Pen, you have made a new driver. I have not seen it. It looks good outside. I think it is very good to have such buses.
My only concern is that I want to get five new trolleys and more information can be given. Will these trolleys be suitable for ADA? When you have elderly people who will try to climb these trolleys, will they be able to use them? Absolutely. Absolutely. If you have seen today's new trolley, then it has a hydraulic lift that can be lowered and these people can be lifted from the ground. Whether they want to climb on it or want to use a motorbike or a wheelchair or something else. We are going to ensure that any of these trolley will be suitable for ADA.
Adhyaksha Reynolds. I hope that this is 320,000 dollars. We will not have to spend extra money. If we get a loan for new products, it will be offset in some way, where we will not spend any new money. You know, there are some dollars under the PAYE agreement that go for financial improvements.
There is also a possibility of relocation from the donor of the vehicle to the donor of the vehicle. Therefore, if we get a donor, we are going to sell 5 other vehicles along with these 5 trolleys. It is possible that buses and in this way, through that sale and also through the capital fund of the VA, we hope that we will be able to cover this 320.
So in terms of size, there is no effect on the size of our bed. What's the difference in size?
I'm talking about money. Anyway, the size of the coin and yes, the dollar too.
I think that's it for now.
Thank you. Mr. Manojpati. Yes, sir.
Again, I am excited. You saw it from outside. When you see a new look, you get excited. It feels good. My next question is that when we talk about the new trolley-style buses, and I know that you have already told us that you really don't know how many are going to come, how many are going to happen, how many are going to happen, you know. When can we get a plan? Just an idea about it, what is the future in terms of budget, from where to start. We are trying to implement it in the next three years.
I think it will be proven to some extent. As we know, this redesign is before my administration. In the end, we have to increase the target frequency so that those who want to use our system can reach their destination at the right price, on time and quickly. I hope that the success of this redesign will continue in the number of passengers. trolley and micro-transit networks, we will see growth in writership. This will bring money back to the system and money can be invested in the system. But when it comes to the business of these big buses, which you know are not in line with the nature of our city, often do not fit in those lanes in which they have been removed to run. I want them to go away. I think there are some places in the future where they can still be used. But I want to do business. Generally, all the big buses that are used for trolleys. What we lack in capability, which is very less, is the ability to drive it, the ability to operate it, and the equipment to operate these vehicles. And we hope that we will succeed, our writing skills will improve, and we will get the money back. And we hope that we will make more investments than we are making right now to bring about this change. As you can see here, this will be done through donations. In order to maintain this structure of debt, we will depend on the government, FDA and other sources for donations so that this change can be brought. We hope that we can sell some of these buses and send money back to the federal government, especially before their application period is completed. As the FTA will feel that there will be a desire to invest more in our Pranali. So I think I have heard.
You are saying that this is the plan. What we are seeing here is the plan. The aim is to increase the routership. And in this way, the success of the plan is determined by this. And basically, as we move forward, we will keep adding trolleys. And this is the plan. And then we will stop at reaching that goal.
I will say, you know my big goals. I would like to see the whole city in a fixed route with a trolley so that no one has to think about it to go anywhere in our city. We will be able to come to any stop, get on the trolley and reach where we have to go. I am waiting for that day. I will have to make a lot of efforts. I am not saying that this is going to happen tomorrow or in the previous work. But I think we don't have a chance to change people's minds about environmental protection in our mobile phones. Especially where people don't use it. Because they have to use it. Because it is a only option for them. Because it is a only option for them. Because they can't reach their destination. They are working without it. Because it is just a tool. You know, I want people to think about it. Even those who have cars, even those who can call Uber and can pay for that service, they are Trolleyo Micro Transit. Our second line of transit Pranali is so convenient, so trustworthy, we see so continuously that they will like to use it. And it will take some time. We will have to invest more in it through these innovations and other processes. And I hope that as we start showing the proof of its success, if we need to invest more in one time to give this plan a final form, then I will come to that time.
I would like to end this session with a message to all of you. We know that this will help us in many different issues. I just want to make sure that we have a plan and we know that we will have to pay the price of the investment. But what I have heard is that you are going to keep it net neutral. That is why you see, there is really no impact on the budget. At this time, the goal is to maintain net neutrality. As success increases, I will come with some other opportunity in the future.
Shreeman Nathacharya. Shri Reynolds. Shreeman Mahapath, I am sure that you must have seen the big launch of the cyber cab in Austin.
I don't know that I have seen it.
You have seen it. I mean that it is not a lie. They have delivered this cyber cab, Tesla cyber cab in the whole of Austin. They are completely self-sufficient. They don't have any steering wheel, any pedal or brake or anything. And this cab is in the whole city. And obviously, its cost is very less than your normal carrier like Uber, Lyft, Standard cab or any other. Very less. And you know, as soon as you believe me that we will see that other cities will adopt it and will start doing so. But as we, as a society, increase our technical capabilities, I think we are going to find out that we can move forward from where we are going. That's why my request is that you should think about it. If we are going to see a complete change in the way of transportation in the metropolitan areas in the next 10 years, then we should go so far ahead on this path that when the time comes, we should stay behind with eight balls. I think there are some opportunities there. And I know about our arrangement with the VA. They are specialised in transportation. Now we definitely want to do it with them, as we have definitely established with them. But I feel that we should be dependent on them and discuss with them where we see ourselves in 10 years of driving. Because you know, we have to pay the pension cost for those people who are working.
I am definitely convinced of this. You know what I will say. I was in Savannah recently and they have a complete trolley tour system for which people buy tickets. You are different in the whole city. You know that history is an important place. Or you just know that there are good places to stay and eat. I think there is a future for these trolleys in the mobile city, no matter what happens. Have you taken Vimo or something else? This is a drama. I am scared. I don't know. I know. I want to see some more evidence in the pudding. Maybe. Maybe. But I am definitely saying Capacor. I know that it is located in Tesla Austin. That's why I don't believe that they are doing it for entertainment. Yes, it is actually an economic activity. But this is definitely something that we will think about. But this is something that we will think about.
Kushnay.
Upadhyaksh.
Okay, let's look at all these proposals which are possibly to forgive the rules. which starts with 01. Greetings to everyone.
Pardon me. We needed it.
We needed it. The mobile city and the A-Dot bridge company should form an agreement. And if you have any questions about it, I was going to meet John.
He is related to the construction of the mobile river bridge. And he will be kept in the historical collection for Kandi.
In the old city hall? And what is it? What is this again? For the construction of the Millburn River Bridge, FHWA is required. To monitor the bus company, you know, Fire, Museum, Fort Condie, Wallace Tunnel, and the old City Hall for safety, we are just looking for this. And all this is just a convenience. We are just giving you a convenience to come to Sampatti and to establish a monitoring facility for the company.
We have two officials. No. Okay. We'll add them. Okay. Okay. The chief. One more.
Okay. It's quite low.
The teacher.
Okay.
Let's go back to 01968. To make it flow. 01969. 08-1070-971-9773-9667. And then whatever science it is, Lisa. Not a car. Okay, we don't want to get you all involved in this. This is just one.
Okay.
Okay, then no problem. Okay. So if everyone is fine, then this will happen.
Yes, I think we are fine. Sherwoods.
I just want to remind you that we have a meeting here at 1 p.m. And Mr. President, I would like to accept that with me is Ronin Rich, who is the chief of political science from the South Alabama University, who is talking to us today. So, Ronin, if you stand up. Okay, welcome.
Something else from this presentation, something from the administration. We will see each other at 10 p.m.
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