Orange Beach will discuss amending three RESTORE Act awards to further help with projects already underway in the city and involves adding about $3 million to help with those projects. The Orange Beach City Council will meet in a joint regular-work session on Sept. 20 at 5 p.m. in council chambers at city hall.

The most awarded to a single project is adding a little more than $2 million for the widening of Canal Road to three lanes from State Route 161 to Wilson Boulevard including a roundabout in between the library and arts center.

The new sewer force main project from south of the Intracoastal Waterway will receive an additional $749,267 raising the award amount to just more than $6 million.

Finally, the project for the expansion of the Orange Beach Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Program on near Powerline Road and abutting the state park will receive an additional $250,000 to help with the build out of the interior of the building and create outdoor enclosures.

Another of the main topics of discussion will be paying Sawgrass Consulting $227,600 for the design of Powerline Road west of the new fire Station No. 3 and another to Sawgrass for $203,800 to design multi-purpose fields on 15 undeveloped acres at the Sportsplex.

During the regular session, the council will discuss:

• Rescheduling the Oct. 4 regular and work sessions due to a conflicting event.

• Set a meeting of the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance Board of Adjustment with a suggested date of Oct. 4 at 3:45.

• Approval of a liquor license application for 8 Reale at The Wharf.

• Declaring four vehicles as surplus and unneeded and donating two of those two the Orange Beach Board of Education and two to the city of Creola.

• A contract with J.F. Morris Performance for direction of the Expect Excellence Theater’s showing of “The Little Mermaid.”

• A resolution authorizing beach renourishment on beaches in the city.

• A resolution to award a bid for the Medical Arts Building renovation to Finishing Solutions for about $549,612.

• A resolution for a contract with Thompson Engineering for the redesign of the softball field dugouts for $3,500.

• Two resolutions for Freedom Fest weekend Sept. 30-Oct. 2 including one authorizing the city to sponsor the event and the second a performance agreement with McLean Motor Sports Productions for the Bama Coast Cruisin event that same weekend.

• The mutual termination of three agreements between the city and the Baldwin County School Board.

During the work session, the council will discuss:

• A resolution authorizing the execution of a no-cost extension to the fixed price research agreement with Auburn University through Sept. 15, 2027. Construction is set to begin soon on the facility on Terry Cove near Sportsman Marina. Read a related story here.

• A resolution awarding the bid for installation of turf on the softball field.

• A resolution awarding the bid for holiday decorations.

• Setting a public hearing date on a proposed change in the planned unit development for Cotton Bayou Cottages. The suggested date was Oct. 18.

• Setting a public hearing date for a proposed change in the PUD for Saltwater Cottages. The suggested date was Oct. 18.

• Setting a public hearing date for a modification to the Turquoise Place PUD to allow for a buffer screening. The suggested date was Oct. 18.

• Setting a public hearing Oct. 4 for a proposal from The Wharf to add a Culver’s restaurant at the east entrance to the complex near the new Tom Thumb.