During the Birmingham City Council meeting Tuesday, November 03, 2009, Council:

1. Received information from the Honorable Mayor Carole Smitherman, Esq., regarding the financial health of the City including a $20M discrepancy.

2. Approved a resolution supporting the possible relocation of Bryce Hospital from its present site in Tuscaloosa, Alabama to Physicians Medical Center Carraway located in the North Birmingham Community. (Addendum #42)

3.The highly anticipated 2nd Annual Birmingham Economic Development Summit is only weeks away. The 2009 theme is Making the Case: Success through Collaboration. Conference sessions begin at 9:00 a.m. November 19th and 20th, each day, at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex - South Meeting Rooms. Sessions are free and open to the public. Registration is required. Learn more at www.birminghameconomicsummit.com

4. On Saturday, November 7, 2009, Arlington West End residents will bring their best recipes to the table to throw down in the 1st Annual Collard Green Cook-Off. The event sponsored by Urban Ministries will take place at the Urban Ministries headquarters (1229 Cotton Ave SW). The 1st Annual Collard Green Cook-Off will start at 12Noon and end at 3 p.m. The collards will come from a community garden that then Birmingham City Council President Carole Smitherman took part in planting. For more information contact Ama Shambulia at 205.781.0517 or 205.215.0688.

5. Interested in a specific item in the Council agenda? Log on to http://bhamal.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2 City Council meeting videos are arranged by date, with the most recent at the top of the list. Click video to watch the meeting with documents, or agenda / minutes to see just the documents. You can also search the archives by typing keywords.

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