Episode 12 - May 4th Council Work Session, May 5th School Board Interviews, May 7th Council Meeting
Pelham PerspectivesShow Notes
On episode 12 of Pelham Perspectives, we will recap the May 4th Pelham City Council Work Session, the May 5th School Board Interviews, and the May 7th Pelham City Council Meeting. Topics in this discussion include detailed overview of each School Board Applicant and the questions asked by each council members and the applicant's responses, the selection of the school board member from the interviews, updates from the city manager on the Reamp Project at the old Oak Mountain Amphitheater Site and David's opinion on who he thinks they have selected, the approval of the current council to execute the design work budgeted by previous council for the traffic light at Hwy 11 and Grey Oaks, the installation of the new LED streetlights approved by the previous council, and much more!! As always if you have any questions, please email us at [email protected] or you can contact David through his website at www.davidcoramforpelham.com.
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Episode 15 of Pelham Perspectives is live!! In this episode, we will recap the July 6th Pelham City Council Work Session and the July 9th Pelham City Council Meeting. Topics discussed were the 4-0 approval of the new housing development on State Park Road, the approval of the new Quiktrip going in at the corner of Hwy 52 and Racquet Club Parkway that was previously denied by those of us on the prior city council, due to traffic concerns and the lack of a need for a 4th gas station there. All of these issues still exist and will still create more traffic issues especially with the 300 plus homes already being developed on Hwy 11. Other issues discussed were the approval of a new contract with the city for lawn equipment leased with 3m Carts (Councilman Harris') company, PVC pipe replacement as part of the Hwy 261 Widening, Reamp project at the old Oak Mountain Amphitheater site, and much more!! As always if you have any questions, please feel free to email us at [email protected] or you can contact David at www.davidcoramforpelham.com.
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