Meeting Minutes for October 2025

  1. Present October 2025 Agenda

    • October 2025 agenda was presented to meeting attendees.

  2. Read August 2025 Meeting Minutes

    • August 2025 meeting minutes were read to meeting attendees.

  3. New Business

    • Approve October 2025 Agenda

      • Motion to approve the agenda for the October 27, 2025 neighborhood association meeting was made by Tim Lyons and seconded by Renee Tucker.

    • Approve meeting minutes for August 2025

      • Motion to approve the meeting minutes for the August 25, 2025 neighborhood association meeting was made by Kristen Smith and seconded by Tim Lyons.

  4. City Representatives

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

      • There’s a contingent sale on the property where there was some cutting of trees. They’ve reminded PEP about the permits for the property & requested PEP to give us a heads up if anything happens with it.

      • New city councilors are being sworn in on October 28.

      • Liz gave an update to India about the issue with the Festival Center fencing.

      • We spoke about noise concerns from a neighbor’s email.

    • Valerie A. Abbott, Councilor - District 3

      • Councilor Abbott stated the specific noise ordinance rules.

      • There’s an upcoming vote for a new city councilor president.

  5. Reports

    • CAB - Elizabeth Murray

      • Lee Shook of createbirmingham.org is trying to build a network of houses that would be available for filming locations, even rundown properties. More information is also available at filmbirmingham.org.

      • Alice Williams spoke about a disaster preparedness event on November 8.

      • A BDoT traffic calming event is planned for November 17. They already have 800 people in the queue for traffic calming requests.

      • We spoke about the zoning changes to Crestwood South, which is mostly minimal within our neighborhood.

  6. Announcements

    • CrestFest is November 1.

    • Brush pickup dates - October 2 & 16. 

    • Trash & Recycling pickup: Thur., Nov 6 & 20.

      • western side: Wed., Nov 5 & 19

      • Next Meeting - Nov 24, 2025 is our holiday social event.