Pinebrook Shopping Center could soon receive its long-awaited additional traffic signal depending on Mobile City Council action taken Tuesday.

The council will consider a resolution authorizing a $106,294 contract with Bagby & Russell Electric Co. Inc. for the work negotiated as part of the 1960s-era shopping center's facelift ahead of Whole Foods Market's arrival later this year.

The council is also slated to consider three re-allocation requests from capital projects funds totaling slightly more than $412,000 for citywide pipeline repairs as well as a public request - backed by 1,000 petition signatures - to close the three-block gap in downtown Mobile's entertainment district.

Follow along with periodic live updates from both the council's pre-conference work session and regular meeting beginning at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. respectively.

11:33 a.m.: Meeting adjourned.

11:20 a.m.: Re-allocation requests for citywide pipeline repairs approved.

11:18 a.m.: Pinebrook traffic signal contract authorization approved.

11:08 a.m.: Mobile BayBears' Chris Morgan just invited ALL city employees to the team's April 15 home opener at 6:35 p.m. The same invitation will be extended to all city employees for any home Monday night games throughout the season.

"Thanks to (the council's) support, Hank Aaron Stadium is literally a much brighter place,...and we now have sound available in areas where we haven't heard sound in five years," Morgan said.

In an attempt to make the BayBears' experience more family-friendly, Morgan said all home night games Monday through Thursday throughout April and May will start at 6:35 p.m. to see if it improves the fan experience.

10:55 a.m.: Dylan Sherrod addressing council regarding Change.org petition with 1,040 signatures supporting closing the three-block gap between downtown Mobile's two entertainment districts. Sherrod said the petition was sparked, among other reasons, by the Mobile Planning Commission's denial in the fall of 2014 for the redevelopment of a vacant building in the three-block area as an entertainment venue. The rational cited at the time, he said, was that the commission interpreted the exclusion of that three-block area as the council's intent to keep the space residential only.

Sherrod said as a resident of the area in question he and dozens of other residents support closing the gap and encouraging continued downtown revitalization.

10:42 a.m.: Mobile police officer Zachary Davis being recognized by Stimpson as Officer of the Month for March 2015.

10:39 a.m.: Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson presenting a proclamation recognizing April as Child Abuse Prevention Month in Mobile.

10:33 a.m.: Regular meeting has begun.

9:38 a.m.: Work session adjourned. Regular meeting begins at 10:30 a.m. in the Government Plaza auditorium.

9:22 a.m.: Per the proposed traffic signal installation, the city has already purchased materials, and the contract covers installation only. The light will become the primary entrance to the center from Airport Boulevard with the city's traffic department "closing more cuts than we're making."

In fact, once renovations are complete, only two driveways will be available on the Airport Boulevard side of the center. The remainder of the access will be right-turn-in, right-turn-out.

District 5 Councilman Joel Daves said he inspected the work being done last week. "I think in the end it's going to work a lot better," he said, noting the right-ins and right-outs "are really important" in terms of long-term plans for widening McGregor Avenue.

9:15 a.m.: Council attorney Jim Rossler said downtown's east side entertainment district is as large as the law allows, but there is room to expand the west side district far enough to close the requested three-block gap. The problem, however, is that neighboring residents oppose the action, and it's not entirely clear if making the two districts contiguous constitutes one big district that exceeds size allowance.

9:10 a.m.: Work session has begun.