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The council voted unanimously to approve Resolution 2025080403, which grants retail beer and retail table-wine licenses (on- or off-premises) to the applicant listed as Radhamadanan LLC doing business as Comfort Suites, located at 2235 Pelham Parkway. Council members said the applicant had answered questions during the prior work session and the request was consistent with other area hotels.

On first reading the council heard Ordinance 5-25, described as granting a nonexclusive right-of-way use agreement to MCI Metro Access Transmission Services LLC for construction and maintenance of a fiber-based communications system. The ordinance text on the record names the company as a Delaware entity with an address listed as 1 Verizon Way, Basking Ridge, New Jersey. The item was presented as a first reading only; no final adoption vote occurred at the Aug. 4 meeting.

City Manager Gretchen Defonte updated the council on staff work to secure congressional appropriations. Assistant City Manager Justin Smith prepared requests this year that targeted specific committees; the record lists these requests and their amounts: Highway 31 lighting, $2,300,000; public-safety upgrades, $1,370,000; and $2,000,000 for water-main replacement. The council was informed that only the lighting request advanced to the appropriations committee this cycle but was not approved. Defonte said staff will continue pursuing funding and noted that some offices encouraged resubmission next year.

During public comments Tabitha Robinson, foster coordinator and acting director for 2 by 2 Rescue, asked the council to consider creating a single-day or short-term special-business license for vendors and artisans to reduce barriers to participation in events. Robinson said event organizers typically expect 50 to 60 vendors and historically have drawn 3,000–5,000 attendees; she said the lack of a single-day license may reduce vendor participation. Assistant City Manager Justin Smith was invited by staff to follow up with Robinson after the meeting.

Other business and notices: the council approved its consent agenda (including minutes from the July 21 meeting and Resolution 2025080401); city staff announced election and absentee-ballot deadlines and a public hearing scheduled for Aug. 18 on an Eagle Cove homeowners association special-assessment request for a sewer lift-station rehabilitation project.

Ending: The franchise ordinance will return for a subsequent reading before final action. Staff will continue federal and congressional outreach on grant and appropriation opportunities, and city staff will follow up with event organizers on special-license options.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City Council Meeting - August 04, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Council approved an ABC license for a Comfort Suites hotel, took first reading of a franchise agreement for MCI Metro Access Transmission Services LLC to use city rights-of-way for fiber, and heard staff updates on congressional funding requests and a public comment about single‑day event business licenses.","taxTitle","Pelham City, Shelby County, Alabama","taxId",56435,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6488651,"Pelham council denies Kwik Trip access request; developer withdraws rezoning application",103,135000,238000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5753529-b8c8336cac89874e7b2a9949a4771a60&start=135&end=238","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5753529-b8c8336cac89874e7b2a9949a4771a60/thumbnail_135000.jpg","/articles/6488651/Pelham-City/Shelby-County/Alabama/Pelham-council-denies-Kwik-Trip-access-request-developer-withdraws-rezoning-application","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6488651-a92b8f037935cc4fc2369108b63ed7e6/orig.mp4?Expires=1771149095&Signature=NLrSGCbl~GFRE1WmA6Z9yc-tu0QB5i2H~B7kSp027aGGclOvI6AkfbpmOku1qSUmCdOqO-b8zzJQ6-C7oXafNxxkYQAk0KsCd-NX1XG1eK9v0UutQiwnBl4MNPfmdG1vi1R9XkejWMcfgYEo2BO3yLYX3p~kZGekpSHaqZ1h61I4-TBYwNEkgQNlRLvcNDvzy3XoGnCjSUA2ZAVLzbNAmBVIb4VBfuQvn5KONqkyU2E6ZvbHA0D5wIIS1cG1OuTkOuMrEIeO2EhUlQmuzeM-BExK9tI5stWEGy08vWVNS9m9EwVpGvXWl9H2CazCkKPE4vnFknhK-~Lv4rRQ3s3WEQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Pelham City Council voted unanimously on Aug. 4 to deny an access request tied to a proposed Kwik Trip fueling station at the corner of County Road 52 East and Racquet Club Parkway. Council members signaled unanimous support for denying the access request, and city staff recorded that the company withdrew its concurrent rezoning application after the denial.

The denial was moved and seconded during the council meeting and carried on voice vote after the council president called for ayes and heard none in opposition. City staff later read into the record that, because access from the public right of way would not be available, Kwik Trip asked to withdraw its rezoning application changing the parcel from A-1 (agricultural) to B-2 (general business).

The item had been listed on the council’s new-business agenda as Resolution 2025080402, described in the meeting materials as a request related to access for a development adjacent to Racquet Club Parkway. The record shows the council first decided the access request and then recessed into a public hearing to consider the rezoning application; following the access denial, the applicant withdrew the rezoning request.

No members of the public spoke in favor of or against the rezoning during the public hearing. The council then closed the public hearing and moved on to subsequent agenda items.

What the council approved and what followed: the formal motion before the council was to deny the access request; the council passed that motion. City staff stated that, in light of the access denial, Kwik Trip formally requested withdrawal of the rezoning application, and staff recorded that request in the meeting minutes. The transcript does not show a separate vote on the rezoning application because the applicant withdrew that application.

The council’s denial and the rezoning withdrawal conclude the matter for now; no ordinance or rezoning change was adopted at the meeting. The council’s action removes the access pathway the developer had proposed and leaves the property zoned A-1 unless a new application is filed.

Ending: The matter will return only if the applicant submits a new access plan or rezoning application. The council continued with other business and scheduled no further action on this item at the Aug. 4 meeting.","The Pelham City Council unanimously denied an access request related to a proposed Kwik Trip fueling station at County Road 52 East and Racquet Club Parkway; the applicant subsequently withdrew a pending rezoning application for the same property.","actionData","errors"]

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Pelham council approves Comfort Suites ABC license, hears staff funding update and first reading of fiber franchise

Pelham council denies Kwik Trip access request; developer withdraws rezoning application