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8 Feb City Council meeting . . and a poem

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State legislators came to listen to us on the 22nd and then we had a city council meeting on the 25th - - here are my observations and thoughts.

Listen in on our conversation about the 11 Jan 24 Huntsville City Council meeting ... especially talk about the Sustainability Commission, commission structure and function generally, and council procedures. Don't worry! It's not as boring as it sounds!

Enjoy this talk with an experienced local activist and her time working on a city commission and other organizations and what we think needs to change.

Thanks for listening.

Rollicking good and far-ranging conversation INCLUDING live music. A great great start to the new season of HSV Progressive Podcast. Thank you for listening.

I laugh my way through some notes about the last meetings of the year! Happy New Year! See you on the flip side.

Madison Talking Points for Huntsville Progressive

Madison Civic Search

I Vote Madison recently released Madison Civic Search.

We’ve recorded every city council meeting since Jan. of 2021 along with many Board of Education meetings, planning, zoning, Madison Police Citizen Advisory meetings and more.

Users can go there and type in topics they’re interested in and see if they’ve come up in any of the meetings. 

ivotemadison.com/civic-search

D10 Election

House District 10 Special Election 

March 26, 2024

Maralyn Lands running against Teddy Powell

ivotemadison.com/voting

https://www.madisoncountyvotes.com/

Madison On Track 2045

https://ivotemadison.ompnetwork.org/sessions/273041?embedInPoint=3081&embedOutPoint=4388&shareMethod=link

Madison started a comprehensive planning initiative, hiring Orion Planning and Design Called Madison on Track 2045. Sadly, the planning of that is off track. It was originally supposed to be released over the summer, but we don’t know when it will be released. To keep up with any updates on that you can go to madisonontrack2045.com / https://www.orionplanningdesign.com/

Wellness Facility 

Madison recently purchased what was the old Hexagon wellness facility at 190 Graphics Drive.

https://ivotemadison.ompnetwork.org/sessions/279995?embedInPoint=2092&embedOutPoint=5837&shareMethod=link

Council Member Denzine said we’re spending a lot of money without having this comprehensive plan in place.

A resident named Judith Miller spoke during public comments about the need for sidewalks to be completed on Sullivan St. in Madison. She lives in Dublin Village and stated that old broke people live there and that's why she feels like they have no sidewalks.

https://ivotemadison.ompnetwork.org/sessions/281419?embedInPoint=647&embedOutPoint=3605&shareMethod=link

Belle Mina Quarry being proposed…

The other night, about 125 people attended a meeting that was called by Pastor Cody Gilliam of Belle Mina Methodist Church. I’m hearing they feel the permit is being timed in December (comments due Jan. 2) to minimize review and potential opposition. They also feel the quarry site was selected with the assumption that the low-income community would not have the resources or political power to oppose it. They are asking for a delay and public hearing before the permits are issued.

Public Notice: https://adem.alabama.gov/newsEvents/notices/nov23/11graysoncart.html

Opposition to the new quarry. https://www.nonewlimestonecountyquarry.com

Just me and my musing about what's going on . . . in the slow season. Still: a couple interesting kerfuffles.