IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA

IN RE: The Estate of Carl Busby Maness, Deceased

Case No.: 2013-B-235

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 16th day of December, 2013, by the Hon. Bill English, Judge of Probate Court of Lee County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

ROBIN MANESS

OF COUNSEL:

Jeffrey G. Tickal, Esq.

Gullage & Tickal, LLP

511 Geneva Street

Opelika, Al 36801

Legal run on 12/27/13,  1/3/14 & 1/10/14

 

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR

PROBATE COURT

Estate of SARA H. MEADOWS, Deceased

Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 17th day of December, 2013, by the Hon. Bill English Judge of Probate of LEE County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

JERRY LANIER MEADOWS

MARK ALLEN MEADOWS

Co-Executors for the Estate of SARA H. MEADOWS

Legal run on 12/27/13,  1/3/14 & 1/10/14

 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Opelika will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of the Municipal Building, 204 S. 7th Street, Opelika, Lee County, Alabama.

PURPOSE

The purpose of said Public Hearing will be to consider the adoption of an ordinance to amend Ordinance Number 124-91 (entitled “Zoning Ordinance of the City of Opelika”) adopted on September 17, 1991.  At said Public Hearing all who desire to be heard shall have the opportunity to speak for or in opposition to the adoption of the following ordinance:

ORDINANCE NO. ________

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ZONING

ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF OPELIKA

BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council (the “City Council”) of the City of Opelika, Alabama (the “City”)  as follows:

Section 1.  That Ordinance 124-91 entitled “Zoning Ordinance City of Opelika, Alabama”, adopted on September 17, 1991, as amended, is further amended in the following respect:

(a)  That Section 2.2 DEFINITIONS is further amended to add the definition of “Micro-Brewery”.

MICRO-BREWERY—An establishment for the manufacturing, blending, fermentation, processing and packaging of beer which is actively and continuously brewed for consumption on the premises where manufactured, with a floor area of 10,000 feet or less which takes place wholly inside a building and produces no more than 10,000 barrels of beer in one year.  A tasting room is permitted within the micro-brewery.  All activities must occur within the building and outdoor storage is prohibited.  The micro-brewery must be properly licensed by any federal or state regulatory agency with jurisdiction over the facility, including the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.  The manufacturing, processing and packaging of wine and other alcoholic beverages, except beer, by the micro-brewery is prohibited.

(b)  That the use categories in the matrix table in Section 7.3, as amended, are further amended to provide for the use category of “Micro-Brewery” as follows:

Micro-breweries shall be allowed in the M-1 District and conditional use in the C-1 and C-3 districts provided the conditions set forth in Section 2.2 are met.  Micro-breweries are not allowed in the R-1A, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-5M, C-2, M-2, I-1, GC-1 and GC-2 districts.

Except as specifically amended are changed herein, all other use categories as shown in the matrix table shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 2.  Any ordinance or part thereof in conflict with provisions of this Ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed.

Section 3.  This Ordinance shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Opelika, Lee County, Alabama.

WITNESS my hand this the 10th day of January, 2014.

/s/ R. G. Shuman

CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF OPELIKA, ALABAMA

Legal run on 1/10/14

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Opelika will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of the Municipal Building, 204 S. 7th Street, Opelika, Lee County, Alabama.

PURPOSE

The purpose of said Public Hearing will be to consider the adoption of an ordinance to amend Ordinance Number 124-91 (entitled “Zoning Ordinance of the City of Opelika”) adopted on September 17, 1991.  At said Public Hearing all who desire to be heard shall have the opportunity to speak for or in opposition to the adoption of the following ordinance:

ORDINANCE NO. ________

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ZONING

ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF OPELIKA

BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council (the “City Council”) of the City of Opelika, Alabama (the “City”)  as follows:

Section 1.  That Ordinance 124-91 entitled “Zoning Ordinance City of Opelika, Alabama”, adopted on September 17, 1991, and the Zoning Map of the City of Opelika provided for and referred to therein, as previously amended and/or modified, be and the same is hereby amended by rezoning or redistricting the parcels of land hereinafter in this section described, so as to change such parcels from one class of district to another class of district as follows, to-wit:

From a C-2 District (Office/Retail District) to a C-1 District (Downtown Commercial District) the parcels of land hereinafter described:

Parcel A

A certain lot or parcel of land and the building thereon situated in the City of Opelika, Lee County, Alabama, said lot or parcel of land described as follows:  Beginning at a point on the northeasterly margin of North Eighth Street and the northwesterly margin of First Avenue where the same intersect (which point is the southerly corner of the two-story brick building now located on the property herein conveyed), running thence in a northeasterly direction fifty-nine (59) feet eight and one-half (8 ½) inches, more or less, to the center or medial line of a brick wall dividing the property herein conveyed from the property formerly belonging to the Farmers Alliance Company, Inc., as said wall is now located and constructed on the northeasterly side of the lot or parcel of land herby conveyed;  thence at right angles in a northwesterly direction along said center or medial line of said wall and parallel with said North Eighth Street, two hundred (200) feet eight and one-half (8 ½) inches, more or less, to the northwesterly margin of the brick building as now constructed on said lot, thence, at right angles and parallel with said First Avenue and in a southwesterly direction, fifty-nine (59) feet eight and one-half (8 ½) inches, more or less, to the margin of said North Eighth Street, which is the westerly corner of said brick building on said lot as now constructed; thence, at right angles and in a southeasterly direction along the margin of said North Eighth Street, two hundred (200) feet eight and one-half (8 ½) inches, more or less, to the beginning point.

Parcel B

Commence at the point where the Southwesterly margin of 7th Street intersects the Northwesterly margin of 1st Avenue in the City of Opelika, Alabama; run thence Southwesterly along the Northwesterly margin of 1st Avenue for 145 feet to the point of beginning of the lot to be herein described and conveyed:  From said point of beginning run thence Northwesterly parallel with 7th Street for 100 feet; run thence Southwesterly parallel with 1st Avenue for 25.2 feet; run thence Southeasterly, parallel with 7th Street for 100 feet to the Northwesterly margin of 1st Avenue; run thence Northeasterly along the Northwesterly margin of 1st Avenue for 25.2 feet to the said point of beginning.  Being a part of Lot 2 of Block 17 of the L.P. Grant survey as shown by Totten’s map of the City of Opelika, Alabama, 1930, and being the identical property conveyed to J.M. Burt by W.B. Gullatte by deed dated May 18, 1896, of record in Deed Book 48, at Page 13 in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Lee County, Alabama.

The address of the above parcels of land is 706 1st Avenue, Opelika, Alabama.

Said parcels being further described as Parcel Numbers 43-10-03-07-3-001-004.001 and 43-10-03-07-001-006.000according to the records maintained in the Lee County Revenue Commissioner’s Office.

Section 2.  Any ordinance or part thereof in conflict with provisions of this Ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed.

Section 3.  This Ordinance shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Opelika, Lee County, Alabama.

WITNESS my hand this the 10th day of January, 2014.

/s/ R. G. Shuman

CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF OPELIKA, ALABAMA

Legal run on 1/10/14

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE

OF KATIE ROUSE RICHERSON

DECEASED.

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF

LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA

Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 27th day of December, 2013,  by the Hon. Bill English, Judge of the Probate Court of Lee County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

ROBERT H. PETTEY

Administrator

Legal run on 1/10/14, 1/17/14 & 1/24/14

 

In The Probate Court of Lee County, Alabama

In Re: The Estate Of:

Ruby Frances Mitchell

Deceased

Notice to Creditors

Take Notice that Letters of Administration having been granted to Damoecus Mitchell as Administrator of the Estate of Ruby Frances Mitchell, deceased, on the 17th day of December, 2013 by the Honorable Bill English, Judge of Probate.

Notice Is Hereby Given that all persons having claims against the said Estate are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

Damoecus Mitchell

Administrator

John F. Hitchcock

Attorney and Counselor at Law, P.C.

P.O. Box 729

Smiths Station, AL 36877

(334) 214-4600

Legal run on 1/10/14, 1/17/14 & 1/24/14

 

INVITATION FOR BIDS

B14-006

Sealed bids, subject to the conditions contained herein, will be received by the City of Opelika, Alabama, until 2:00 p.m., Local Time, Monday, January 27, 2014, and then publicly opened and read at the Office of the Purchasing Agent of the City of Opelika for furnishing all labor and materials and performing all work for the construction of:

2014 RESURFACING

within the City of Opelika, Alabama.  This project consists principally of the following approximate quantities:

1.  Superpave Bituminous Concrete Patching (424) 3/4” Max:      1600 Tons

2.  Superpave Bituminous Concrete Wearing (424) ½” Max:         9250 Tons

3.  Variable Depth Milling                                                               4055  Square Yards

All work under this Contract must be completed within sixty (60) consecutive working days of the issuance of the Notice-to-Proceed.  A Contractor’s ability to perform all of the work within the required time shall be a primary consideration in the awarding of the Bid.

Copies of the Contract Documents may be examined and obtained at the City of Opelika Purchasing Department, which is located at 204 7th Street.  There is a $25 charge for obtaining one copy of the contract documents.  Questions regarding these bid documents may be directed to Mr. Scott Parker, City Engineer, City of Opelika, P. O. Box 390, Opelika, Alabama 36803.  Phone:  (334) 705-5450.

Guarantee will be required with each bid as follows:  At least five (5) percent of the amount of bid in the form of a certified check or Bid Bond payable to the City of Opelika, Alabama.  A Contract Bond and Labor and Material Bond shall be required when the Contract is awarded.

Bids must be submitted upon the standard forms furnished by the City of Opelika, Alabama.  The right is reserved, as the interest of the Owner may reject any and all bids and to waive any informality in bids received.

Envelopes containing bids must be sealed, marked, addressed as follows, and delivered to: Lillie Finley, Purchasing-Revenue Agent, City of Opelika, 204 South 7th Street, P.O. Box 390, Opelika, Alabama, 36803.  ATTN: 2014 RESURFACING.

Bidders must comply with the President’s Executive Order Number 1246 and Number 11375, which prohibit discrimination in employment regarding race, creed, color, sex, or national origin.

Bidders must comply with 40 CFR 31.36, the Anti-Kickback Act, and the Contract Work Hours Standard Act.

The Bidder must provide certification of prior work under Executive Order 11246 (Equal Employment Opportunity) as amended.

Each bidder must make positive efforts to allow minority business enterprises the maximum feasible opportunity to participate in sub-agreements if such are executed pursuant to this construction project.  The bidder commits itself to compliance with the Agency MBE requirements, as outlined in these Specifications, by submitting a properly signed bid.

The Contractor/Subcontractor will comply with 41 CFR 60-4, in regard to affirmative action, to insure equal opportunity to females and minorities and will apply the timetables and goals set forth in 41 CFR 60-4, if applicable, to the area of the project.

Attention of bidders is called to the License required by Title 34, Chapter 8, Code of Alabama, 1975, as last amended, relating to the licensing of General Contractors.  No bid will be accepted from anyone except a qualified Contractor licensed by the State Licensing Board for General Contractors.

LILLIE FINLEY

PURCHASING-REVENUE AGENT

CITY OF OPELIKA, ALABAMA

Legal run on 1/10/14