Foley, Ala. – (OBA) – Foley will consider a contract to begin a project to upgrade the streetscape along West Orange Avenue in downtown. The first step will be to hire an engineering firm to propose a plan and supporting documents for the street improvements.

The city council will discuss the contract at a joint work/regular session meeting on July 6 in the council chambers at City Hall.

According to a memo from Daisha Barnes in the Engineering Department, the $100,000 contract provides “a professional services proposal to develop a full set of construction documents to redevelop Orange Avenue's revitalization.”

During the combined work/regular session, the council will also:

• Hold a public hearing and second reading on rezoning Vulcan-owned property from light industrial to local business. The property is located at 339 E. Berry Ave.
• Hold a public hearing to amend the Foley zoning ordinance to address signage for bed-and-breakfast businesses.
• Hold public hearings on nuisance litter and junk at 406 E. Myrtle Ave., 3915 Litton Lane, 618 E. Azalea Ave., and 635 E. Gate Circle, and order cleanup of the properties. Litton Lane owner Garrett Chavers sent a letter to the council requesting more time to address the issue. The council will also consider resolutions to allow city employees to enter the properties for cleanup.
• Hear a presentation on the Mobile Bay Estuary Program from Jason Kudulis.
• Amending the planned development for the Magnolia East subdivision to remove 23 acres from the project, reducing it from 102 acres to 76 acres, and increasing the property's uses to include commercial. There will also be an introduction and first reading of an ordinance to rezone those 23 acres to extended business. Magnolia Walk is located in the northeast corner of the intersection of Miflin Road and the Foley Beach Express. The planning commission gave a favorable recommendation for this zoning change. The city council will also set public hearings on both items.
• Have a second reading and public hearing on an ordinance amending speed limits and traffic controls on Irwin Street between Azalea Avenue and Michigan Avenue.
• Discuss terminating an agreement with Symbol Health Solutions, which in the past has provided a clinic for city employees and their dependents, and agreeing to a plan with Baldwin Health for those services.
• Consider a request to amend the pay classification plan in the Street Department.
• Discuss implementing the CivicPlus digital government software “to modernize and improve the City’s digital services” for two years. The first year will cost $102,154, including $60,000 for implementation, $54,410 for the second year, and ongoing costs included in future budgets.
• Discuss approving an application for a Homeland Security Grant through the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
• Consider approving the retirement of K9 officer Bo, declaring him as surplus to be kept by his handler.
• Consider amending an agreement with Baldwin County Schools to add $50,000 to its “support agreement” with the schools to increase the donation to $350,000 to be matched by the county school board. The agenda didn’t state what the money was to be used for.
• Consider a resolution to declare items as surplus from the Public Works and Street departments. The agenda didn’t state what the items were or how they would be disposed.
• Request an opinion from the state attorney general “regarding the city's record retention obligations for audio and video recordings of city council meetings.
• Discuss a resolution to memorialize the purchase and donation of food, water and condiments to Vanessa Williams operating under “Our Children Do Matter, Inc.” for a Juneteenth celebration. The agenda did not state the cost of donations to the city.
• Discuss approving the assumption of monthly electrical costs for street lights located in GlenLakes Phase 3. The council will also take up a resolution to establish rules “regarding the ownership, operation, maintenance, replacement and electrical service costs of streetlights within HOA-controlled residential subdivisions.
• Consider a resolution to install a three-way stop at Albatross Drive and Lakeview Drive.
• Discuss approving a contract with Capstone Engineering for professional services on the North Cedar Street sidewalk improvements from West Peachtree Avenue to Village Square Boulevard for $15,000.
• Memorialize a $15,000 grant from the Gulf Coast Resource Conservation and Development Council for new interpretive signs at the Graham Creek Nature Preserve.
• Consider approving an application for the “FY26 pre-disaster mitigation congressionally directed spending grant program” for $2 million for an underground utilities project in the city.
• Discuss approving funding for in-house construction of the north-south corridor of Wilson/Equestrian Park Road for $185,000. The project was originally budgeted for $750,000. The council will also consider a work change order in professional design and engineering services for the project, increasing the cost by $25,000.
• Consider approving a proposal from Williams Blackstock Architects for services related to the new Foley Senior Center, adding $32,000 to the $466,920 project.
• Set a public hearing to declare junk and litter to be a public nuisance at 407 Cedar Court and ordering its cleanup.
• Discuss approving the South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce’s Chicago Street Supper Club event Oct. 16.
• Consider rescinding a resolution to purchase an emotional support dog for the city.
• Discuss approving Foley Main Street’s downtown Foley “saltiest dog’ parade on Aug. 20 at 6 p.m.