Meeting Minutes for July 2025

/ Levite Jewish Community Center/

  1. Present July 2025 Agenda

    • July 2025 agenda was presented to meeting attendees.

  2. Read June 2025 Meeting Minutes

    • June 2025 meeting minutes were read to meeting attendees.

  3. New Business

    • Approve July 2025 Agenda

      • Motion to approve the agenda for the July 28, 2025 neighborhood association meeting was made by Brandon Fattore and seconded by Houston Brown. Motion was approved by unanimous consent.

    • Approve meeting minutes for June 2025

      • Motion to approve the meeting minutes for the June 23, 2025 neighborhood association meeting was made by Renee Tucker and seconded by Brandon Fattore. Motion was approved by unanimous consent.

  4. Presentations

    • Clay McDowell - Greater Crestwood Inc (non-profit)

      • They are looking for investors to sponsor Birmingham’s first porch festival: Crest Fest. They are asking Crestwood North & Crestwood South NAs to be $1000 sponsors. One of their primary efforts currently is to raise funding for swings at Crestwood Park.

      • Motion to approve: Bethany Malady. Seconded: Brandon Fattore. Motion approved by unanimous consent.

  5. Reports

    • CAB - Elizabeth Murray

      • When we do projects as neighborhoods, there’s a proposal that everything goes through the Community Development Committee. The CAB was against this idea.

      • Alice Williams updated the CAB about the litigation: nothing new from the courts. They’re in the discovery phase. We still can’t have elections at the CAB or neighborhood level.

      • Critical Repair Program: $ from the city for low-income elderly to repair homes (incl. AC, wheelchair ramps, leaking roofs, etc.). Deadline July 31.

  6. City Representatives

    • India Bailey, Chief of Staff for Hunter Williams, Councilor, District 2

      • Council voted to amend motor vehicle & traffic ordinances. Drivers with 3+ outstanding parking tickets can have their vehicle towed. Not rolling out yet, possibly later this year, but they’re working out finer details.

      • Tree issues & lighting issues on the trail were addressed. Jefferson Co. Greenways is not maintaining the trail to satisfactory standards. Funding was passed by Jefferson Co. Green Waste Comm. to start on that. A meeting about that has been scheduled & will have an update at the following meeting.

      • Neighbors discussed the ongoing issues with trees taking out the power lines.

    • Valerie A. Abbott, Councilor - District 3

      • Got a new copy of the tree ordinance that she’s been working on for 20 years. The new ordinance will allow the city, after they go through a process, to remove trees on private property, if the trees are endangering the public right of way.

      • Not much legislation happening as usual due to it being election season.

      • We discussed line-of-sight issues. Councilor Abbott recommended using the MyBHam311 app to make & track complaints.

  7. Announcements

    • Brush pickup dates - July 7 & 21

      • Recycling pickup dates - Thursdays August 7 & 21.

        • western side: Wed. August 6 & 20.

    • Next meeting - August 25, 2025