The City Council in Atlantic will once again hold their meeting by ZOOM this Wednesday (April 15th), at 5:30-p.m. Only the Mayor, certain Council members and others may be present in Chambers during the session, with other Councilpersons, the media and public joining-in via ZOOM or dial-up. (Information on where to join the meeting is posted below the bulk of this story) A reminder: persons using Zoom and/or electronic devices, should mute those devices until/unless you wish to speak. Persons with comments should notify City Hall prior to the meeting, as there is no set agenda item for Public Comments (as normally would be the case in a regular, non-electronic conducted meeting).

During the session, Wednesday, the Council will receive reports from Alexis Fleener:

• On a recent AMU CDBG grant amounting to $493,997 in water system improvements.
• And on an application by SHIFT ATL for a Community Catalyst Grant the organization is seeking.

The Council will act on the following:

• An order to approve a CDBG Subrecipient agreement for the AMU grant (AMU local match of $603,773).
• A review of bids for the Atlantic Animal Shelter expansion project. (The sealed bids for which has been opened and tabulated. The project was estimated to cost $151,620. Animal Control Center has a Gift Funds Balance of $149,419.27. The bids received by the City came in well over the available funds. Administrator John Lund says Snyder and Associates worked with the lowest bidder [United Construction], to try and reduce the project cost by $15,000, but at $165,300, the bid still exceed the resources available.)
• The Council will then act on an Order to Reject All Bids or Delay Bids for the Animal Shelter Project, and delaying the project until the economy improves and resources are available.
• The Council will also act on an Order approving an Engineering Agreement with Snyder & Associates for the W. 22nd Street (7th to Palm) Reconstruction Project. City Administrator John Lund says the street is considered to be a Farm-to-Market road, and as such is eligible for Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) funds. Lund says while the benefits of the project are considerable, “There is risk,” given the current economic crisis and related matters. Regardless, the City he says, “Will inevitably need to spend money on the engineering and design services for this project…”, which will come from the Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) fund, so it will not be a wasted investment. The plans will be shelved for better economic times if the are not approved.

In other business, the Council will act on a Resolution approving the transfer of funds for 3rd Quarter LOST receipts for the Fiscal Year 2019-20. This is a routine transfer of money between the City’s 94 separate funds, and are said to be a “Critical component of making the City’s budget work effectively. In addition, it reconciles accurate cost-accounting with the desire to create transparency on what is being spent in each of the line items in each fund.

The Council will also act on approving the first reading of an ordinance establishing parking zones on East 12th Street, from Olive Street to the west (a dead-end street just east of the Heritage House). The area has been a source of complaints from home owners about people parking on both sides of the narrow street, and a safety concern of fire and law enforcement. The ordinance designates the north side of the street as a “No parking” area.

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