Happy Sunday!

It’s a great day for a city council meeting recap!

Here’s a quick overview of what was discussed at the April 23 meeting:

This is just a quick recap of an almost 4 hour meeting. If you’d like to watch the full thing, you can stream it here.

Let’s get to it!

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The Council approved a contract with Rogers Group, Inc. for improvements to Old Monrovia Road between University Drive and Research Park's Corporate Drive, with construction expected to wrap by the end of the year.

The road was originally built almost 6 lanes wide to handle traffic to Madison Square Mall (which does not exist anymore), and now it's being narrowed down with on-street parking, protected bike lanes, pedestrian facilities, a multi-use path connecting to The Orion Amphitheater, and heavy landscaping.

It's the first phase of a longer-term complete street plan that will eventually connect downtown to UAH via Sanderson and Wynn Drive.

This was by far the biggest item of the night. Jeff Sams, CEO of Huntsville Hospital, came in to walk the council through the $450 million acquisition of Crestwood Medical Center, answer public questions, and push back on concerns about monopoly pricing, wages, and transparency.