Jan 09, 2024 City Commission Meeting

TIMES.

ALRIGHT,

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[ Call to Order by Mayor Roll Call Invocation by Commissioner Dunn Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by Mayor Gorman Oath of Office for Police Officer - Jazmine Valdez ]

WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING FOR THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 9TH.

PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT.

IN ADDITION, WE HAVE MAYOR FOR A DAY, GRAYSON CRUMP.

WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE HIM WITH US.

PLEASE RISE AS COMMISSIONER DUNN LEADS US IN THE INVOCATION, OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, AS WE BEGIN THIS NEW YEAR, WE'RE THANKFUL TO YOU THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT US OUT SAFELY THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS, AND THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR NEW BEGINNINGS.

LET US TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, OPEN OUR HEARTS TO GOODWILL TOWARDS EACH OTHER, AND THAT WE ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT THE GOOD OF BRENTWOOD IS OUR GOAL.

WE ASK TONIGHT FOR A SPECIAL BLESSING, FOR OUR ABOUT TO BE SWORN IN OFFICER VALDEZ THAT SHE WILL BE SAFE AND THAT YOU WILL WATCH OVER HER AS SHE TRAVELS THROUGH THE CITY ON HER PATROLS AND PERFORMS HER DUTIES.

WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE US WISDOM TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS, AND THAT YOU WILL BE WITH US THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH OUR FAMILIES.

KEEP US SAFE, HEALTHY, AND ALWAYS FOLLOWING IN YOUR FOOTPATH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOUR LORD, OUR LORD, FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US.

IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

AMEN.

MAYOR CRUMP WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

PLEASE FACE THE FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STAYS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY JUSTICE.

[2. Approval or Correction of Minutes]

THIS EVENING, WE'LL START THE, UH, THE MEETING WITH APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES FROM THE DECEMBER 11TH, 2023 MEETING.

DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOVE TO APPROVE.

I'LL SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES FROM THE DECEMBER 11TH MEETING, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT, WE'LL HAVE COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS.

INDIVIDUALS MAY COMMENT ON ANY ITEM, UH, INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT OR REG.

WE HAVE A, AS MR. BEDNER WANTS TO INTERRUPT.

OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? UM, UH, I KIND OF MISSED, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT.

I GOT RIGHT TO IT.

UH, WE MIGHT BE OUTTA SEQUENCE JUST A LITTLE BIT.

UH, DO YOU WANT TO COME WITH ME AND WE'RE GONNA GO SWEAR IN A NEW POLICE OFFICER? YEAH, LET'S GO DO THAT.

I FORGOT.

LET, THANK YOU.

LET'S GO DOWN HERE.

THANK YOU MAYOR GORMAN AND GRAYSON.

THAT'S, THAT'S A NEW ONE.

UM, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, I KNOW THAT YOU WILL JOIN ME IN WELCOMING JASMINE VALDEZ TO BRENTWOOD TO BE YOUR NEWEST POLICE OFFICER.

AND BEFORE THE MAYORS SWEAR HER IN, I WANNA TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER.

JASMINE GREW UP IN SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS.

SHE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL IN STERLING, ILLINOIS, AND SHE ATTENDED WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE GOT A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE WITH A MINOR IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

SO, WHILE SHE WAS STUDYING HARD TO EARN THOSE DEGREES, SHE WAS ALSO WORKING HARD TO PAY FOR THOSE DEGREES.

SHE WAS A CAP CAMP COUNSELOR AT EASTERSEALS, AND SHE GOT A LOT OF GOOD ON THE JOB TRAINING AS A SECURITY GUARD AT THE TRUMP TOWER IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO.

YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THAT'S PROBABLY A BUSY PLACE.

SO, UH, SHE'S PROBABLY BROUGHT, BROUGHT SOME SKILLS TO US THAT WE NEED.

SHE GRADUATED FROM THE TENNESSEE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING ACADEMY A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

SHE'S NOW FORMALLY IN OUR FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM.

UH, SHE HAS FIT IN VERY, VERY WELL ALREADY, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HER JOIN THE BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO, JASMINE, IF YOU'LL STEP UP AND MAYORS WILL COME OVER AND SWEAR YOU IN.

JASMINE, WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

IF YOU'LL REPEAT, UH, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER US.

I, JASMINE VALDEZ.

I, JASMINE VALDEZ, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT I POSSESS, ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER, FOR THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION, AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.

THAT I WILL, THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS AND ALL RESPECTS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER AND OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE, AND THAT

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WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

I WILL TELL YOU QUICKLY WITH JASMINE TONIGHT, AS HER BOYFRIEND WILL KAKAR, HE CAME ALONG FOR EMOTIONAL SUPPORT.

UH, SHE WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT GETTING UP IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY.

APPARENTLY SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TOLD HER SHE'D HAVE TO GIVE A SPEECH TONIGHT.

SO, UH, WE'RE STARTING HER OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT.

, UNFORTUNATELY, I GAVE HER A NER A REASON TO BE NERVOUS AS WELL.

WE ALMOST SKIPPED HER.

YEAH.

SO, , ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'RE ON TRACK.

UM, SO WE'LL HAVE

[ Comments from Citizens – Individuals may comment on any item included in the Consent/Regular agenda or on any other matter regarding the City of Brentwood. All comments should be directed to the Board of Commissioners. Citizens who wish to request that an item be moved from the Consent Agenda to the Regular Agenda for discussion should make that known to the Board at this time. A sign-in sheet will be provided fifteen (15) minutes prior to the start of the meeting. Anyone wishing to speak may, but are not required to, sign in. ]

UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SIGNED UP, UH, TONIGHT, UH, TO SPEAK, BUT IF YOU HAVE, UH, WE'LL CALL YOU IN ORDER.

AND THEN, UH, AFTER WE'RE THROUGH THE LIST, ANYONE THAT, UH, THAT WISHES TO SPEAK, UM, IS, UH, WELCOME TO COME FORWARD AND, UH, AND MAKE COMMENTS.

SO WITH THAT, WE'LL START WITH, UH, WITH GARY LATIMER.

SO, GARY LATIMER, 92 0 8, HERITAGE DRIVE, BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE.

UM, MY WIFE, WENDY COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT.

SHE HAD A CONFLICT, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW THINGS SHE PROBABLY AGREES WITH ME ON.

OKAY.

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UM, I WANTED TO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THE TIME YOU PUT IN.

I GOT A TASTE OF THAT THIS LAST SUMMER AND, UM, UH, AND I REALLY APPRE I I'VE ALWAYS RESPECTED AND APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO, BUT I, I GOT A REAL FEELING FOR THE TIME IT TAKES AND THE DEDICATION, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.

UH, SINCE GETTING INVOLVED, UM, WITH SOME OF, UM, THE CITY'S BUSINESS, WE'VE MADE IT A POINT TO TRY TO LISTEN TO YOUR, THOSE THURSDAY PLANNING SESSIONS AND THESE MEETINGS IF WE CAN'T ATTEND.

AND, UM, THIS LAST THURSDAY, I LISTENED AND, UH, WENDY LISTENED TO PART OF IT TOO, AND I WANTED TO, UM, OFFER SOME COMMENTS AND A COUPLE THOUGHTS ABOUT THE, UM, OH, SMYRNA ROAD PROJECT.

I, I HAD NOT BEEN PAYING ATTENTION.

UH, I, I'VE HEARD THAT Y'ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A COUPLE YEARS, UH, MAYBE MORE, UH, BUT I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE DETAILS UNTIL I HEARD YOUR CONVERSATION AND THEN LOOKED ONLINE AT THE PRESENTATION, I THINK WAS MADE DECEMBER 14TH OR WHATEVER.

AND, UH, HAVE, HAVE LOOKED AT SOME OTHER INFORMATION.

UM, WE LIVE IN BRENT MEAD.

WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING ACCESS TO THE WINDY HILL PARK.

AND, UH, SO WE HAVE, UH, WE ALSO ALSO HAD A BREAK IN, IN BRENT MEAD RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

AND, UH, FROM, I THINK THE SAME PEOPLE THAT BROKE INTO ANNANDALE BEFORE, UH, IT'S CAUSED, UH, A LOT OF ANXIETY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, IT CAUSED US SOME SPECIFIC, AN ANXIETY BECAUSE WE GOT READY TO LEAVE TO, UH, GO SPEND TWO WEEKS IN FLORIDA WITH OUR GRANDKIDS.

SO, ONE, THE ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE LOOKING CLOSELY AT THIS IS WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT ANY ACCESS THAT COMES INTO WINDY HILL PARK.

AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE FROM SOME OF THE CONVERSATION THAT, UH, ON, UH, SMYRNA ROAD, THAT THERE'S GONNA BE SOME POSSIBLE CHANGES MADE.

SO, A COUPLE THOUGHTS THAT I WANTED TO GIVE.

UM, SO SMYRNA ROAD, I MEAN, I'VE, WE'VE BEEN HERE 31 YEARS.

SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN HERE LONGER.

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I WAS GOING TO THE AIRPORT ALMOST EVERY WEEK THAT I WOULD TAKE OLD SMYRNA ROAD TO EMERSON PIKE AS A SHORTCUT.

THAT WAS BEFORE ALL THE SPEED BUMPS WERE PUT IN.

AND IT WAS A SHORTCUT, AND I DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO IT, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, AFTER THE SPEED BUMPS WERE PUT IN, I NEVER TOOK IT AGAIN TO GO QUICKLY TO THE AIRPORT.

BUT WE HAVE MADE IT A POINT, AND WE DID IT TWICE IN NOVEMBER, GOING TO THE AIRPORT FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO COME BACK THROUGH.

WE COME BACK AND TAKE OUR TIME AND GO DOWN OSBORN ROAD.

AND WE LOVE IT.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE MOST GORGEOUS ROADS TO DRIVE DOWN.

IT'S BRENTWOOD HISTORY.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

AND SO, UH, SO, SO WE JUST LIKE CASUALLY TO US, IT'S LIKE DRIVING SLOWLY 20, 25 MILES AN HOUR DOWN BRENTWOOD HISTORY.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE TO US.

SO, , WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE PLANS, UM, I JUST WANTED TO ADD, UH, OFFER A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

AND, AND SO FOR INSTANCE, THE, UM, UM, THE SAFETY ISSUE THERE WAS PICTURES OF SAFETY ISSUES AND TREES AND A AND A POWER POLE.

AND, AND, AND I, I JUST,

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AND THE REASON IS, UH, AFTER CHURCH ON SUNDAY, ONE, AND I DROVE DOWN WILSON PIKE WITH THIS IN MIND, AND WE SAID, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN FIND A TREE AND A, AND A TELEPHONE POLE.

THAT'S AS CLOSE AS IT IS THERE.

AND THERE'S SEVERAL, AND THERE'S ALSO AN EMBANKMENT RIGHT THERE ON WILSON PIKE.

I KNOW WILSON PIKE'S A STATE ROAD.

I KNOW IT'S NOT UNDER YOUR JURISDICTION, BUT IF SAFETY IS THE BIG ISSUE OF THIS ROAD, THEN LET'S LOOK AT THE SAFETY OF ALL THE ROADS.

OKAY? BUT, UM, BUT THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE OBSERVED, AND WE MADE IT A POINT TO GO BACK DOWN, I THINK THE SPEED LIMIT, THERE'S 20, 25 MILES AN HOUR.

I MEAN, I DON'T EVEN THINK YOU CAN REASONABLY GO FASTER WITHOUT DAMAGE IN YOUR CAR.

SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT THE, THE, UH, SAFETY ISSUE OF THE TREES AND EVERYTHING BEING THERE.

UM, THE OTHER THING WAS WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE PLANTS AND SAW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A LINEAR PARK, WHICH I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH, THEN THE FIRST QUESTION WE ASK IS IN BRENTWOOD.

I MEAN, I PLAYED TENNIS AT CONCORD ROAD DURING THE SU ON, AT, UH, CROCKETT PARK DURING THE SUMMER.

AND AT 10 O'CLOCK IT CLOSES AND THEY BLOCK IT UP.

THEY BARICA IT, THEY DO THE SAME THING AT GRANNY WHITE.

I'M ASSUMING THEY MADE IT THE SAME THING AT SMITH PARK.

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT, UH, THAT'S SECURITY.

THAT'S PRETTY NEAT.

CAN YOU SECURE A LINEAR PARK LIKE THAT? I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT WHEN THE, WHEN THE RESIDENTS HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR DRIVEWAYS.

SO WE'RE CONCERNED THAT SOME, THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.

WHAT WE DON'T WANNA SEE AS A LINEAR PARK THAT, THAT HAS ACCESS SO CLOSE TO DAVIDSON COUNTY FOR ANYBODY TO COME IN 24, 48 HOURS A DAY.

DURING THAT, YOUR THURSDAY MEETING, UM, I ALSO GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, LISTEN TO CHIEF HICKEY AND OUR WONDERFUL POLICE FORCE AND ALL THE NEAT THINGS HE'S DOING TO GO TO THE 10 HOUR SHIFTS.

ALL THE OFFICERS ARE INVOLVED IN MAKING EVERYTHING WORK BETTER.

AND THEN I HEAR HE IS EIGHT OFFICERS DOWN, MAYBE SEVEN OR EIGHT OUT OF 45 OFFICERS.

SO THE BIGGEST SAFETY ISSUE I HEARD AT THE THURSDAY MEETING WAS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BEING UNDERSTAFFED.

AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE ON THE, UH, LINEAR PARK, DOES THAT ADD MORE RESPONSIBILITY? I GOTTA WRAP IT UP.

OKAY.

SO, UM, LEMME JUST SAY THIS, UH, I'VE TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE, UH, THIS IS A SIMILAR SITUATION TO ME THAN WHAT I SAW LAST YEAR WITH TENNIS.

AND THAT IS, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT'S NOT YET KNOWN.

WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

I WOULD LIKE TO, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE DISCUSSION.

WE DIDN'T, WE WEREN'T INVITED TO THE DECEMBER 14TH MEETING.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU COMMISSIONERS TO DO A COUPLE THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, MAKE THIS TRANSPARENT.

EVERYBODY I TALK TO IN BRENTWOOD TODAY, IT'S A BRENTWOOD RESIDENT.

FIVE PEOPLE, THEY HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THIS.

THAT'S NOT RIGHT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE GETTING READY TO SPEND $16 MILLION ON SOMETHING.

THE SECOND THING IS THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE THAT HAVE THEIR DRIVEWAYS THERE, THEY SHOULD BE PART OF THIS DECISION PROCESS.

THEY SHOULD BE LISTENED TO AND NOT JUST HAVE ONE MEETING, HOPEFULLY THAT RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS THAT THEY'RE TOLD THIS IS WHAT WE MIGHT DO.

I I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO GIVE A LOT OF TRANSPARENCY.

HAVE SOME MORE MEETINGS, LET SOME MORE PEOPLE GET INVOLVED.

I WOULD BE, PERSONALLY, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE OVER THERE? 40 PEOPLE.

I MEAN, THAT'S A MANAGEABLE NUMBER THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE A LIST IF I WERE GONNA MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THIS, OF HOW EACH ONE OF 'EM FELT ABOUT IT.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT I'LL FINISH WITH IS, DO ANY OF THEM HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS? WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF SMART PEOPLE IN BRENTWOOD, SO MAYBE THEY HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT SOME BETTER IDEAS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE CLAIRE, AND I'M UNABLE TO, UH, READ YOUR LAST NAME.

BUT IF YOU WOULD, UM, WHEN YOU COME TO THE, UH, MICROPHONE, PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF, UH, AND YOUR ADDRESS.

OKAY.

MY NAME IS CLAIRE LOCK.

MY ADDRESS IS 9 0 3 6 FALLS WOOD LANE.

GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS IN BRENTWOOD RESIDENCE.

MY NAME IS CLAIRE AND I'M A JUNIOR AT RAVENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M A MEMBER OF THIS YEAR'S CLASS OF YOUTH LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD, A SELECTIVE PROGRAM WITH A TOTAL OF 20 STUDENTS, SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS FROM RAINBOW WOOD, BRENTWOOD HIGH AND BRENTWOOD ACADEMY.

IN THIS PROGRAM, WE MEET WITH AND LEARN FROM LOCAL LEADERS IN HISTORY, GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS AMONG OTHERS.

IN NOVEMBER, WE HAD OUR GOVERNMENT DAY WHERE SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES FOR THE DAY INCLUDED LUNCH WITH THE CITY COMMISSION AND LISTENING TO A PRESENTATION FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, WHERE HE SHOWED US SOME GRAPHS, STATISTICS IN THE FORMATTING OF OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

HE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS THE CITY COMMISSION WAS WORKING ON.

ONE SLIDE WAS A NEW FIRE STATION COST $6 MILLION.

OKAY.

I THOUGHT TO MYSELF THAT THIS WAS PRETTY REASONABLE FOR A FIRE STATION CONCERNING THE EQUIPMENT COSTS AND THE FACT THAT THEY SAVED LIVES IN PROPERTY AS WELL

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ANOTHER SLIDE, PUTTING A ROUNDABOUT, WHICH ALSO MAKES SENSE BECAUSE IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW.

ANOTHER SLIDE.

TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL FACILITY, $12 MILLION.

WHAT EVIDENCE DO WE EVEN HAVE THAT THIS IS THE TYPE OF INVESTMENT? BRENTWOOD TAXPAYER SUPPORT.

HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL SPEND THEIR TIME ON SUCH A NICHE ACTIVITY? WHY NOT BUILD VOLLEYBALL COURTS? WHY NOT MORE SWIMMING POOLS? WHAT ABOUT ALLOCATING MORE FUNDS TO BUS DRIVERS OR UNDERDEVELOPED SCHOOL PROGRAMS TO BETTER INVEST IN THE FUTURE OF BRENTWOOD? WHY NOT JUST LET THE PRIVATE MARKET HANDLE IT? THERE ARE AN ENDLESS SUPPLY OF THINGS WE COULD INVEST THIS MONEY IN THAT WOULD PROVE MORE BENEFICIAL.

SO WHY THIS? NOT ONLY DO WE NEED TO MORE SERIOUSLY AND REASONABLY CONSIDER OUR FINANCES, BUT BRENTWOOD NEEDS TO EMPLOY MORE INCLUSIVITY.

TURNING DOWN S SPLIT THE PRICE WITH THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY REC CENTER WASN'T ONLY A POOR FINANCIAL CHOICE, BUT IT REINFORCES THE ONGOING STEREOTYPES AGAINST BRENTWOOD AND ITS RESIDENTS.

IT'S UNREASONABLE TO ASK BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS TO PAY A $6 MILLION PREMIUM PURELY FOR EXCLUSIONARY ACCESS AND TO KEEP NON BRENTWOOD PEOPLE OUT.

IF THE COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT THIS IS TRULY WHAT THE CITY WANTS, THEN PUT IT TO A VOTE.

I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE A REFERENDUM FOR THE PEOPLE TO VOTE ON WHERE THEIR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING.

GIVEN THE SCALE OF THIS INVESTMENT AND THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT A NECESSITY IN MERELY A COMFORT, PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO TAKE THIS LARGE FINANCIAL JUMP.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UH, THE NEXT WE HAVE, UH, ROBERT, UH, RE GOOD EVENING.

UH, MY NAME IS ROBERT PERRO.

I'M AT 7 25 JONES PARKWAY IN BRENT MEAD NEIGHBORHOOD.

I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THE TENNIS, UH, PROPOSED, UH, RACKET FACILITY.

UM, IT'S MY OPINION THAT, THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD SPENDING $12 MILLION ON THIS FACILITY IS A, A WISE OR APPROPRIATE USE OF CITY FUNDS.

UM, IF THIS PROJECT WILL BE AS PROFITABLE AS THE NOVEMBER 1ST, 2023 REPORT, UH, PREDICTS THAT IT WILL BE, THEN I THINK THAT THE PRODUCT PROJECT SHOULD BE TURNED OVER TO THE PRIVATE MARKET TO MEET THAT NEED.

AND IN THE EVENT THAT NO PRIVATE ENTERPRISE STEPS UP TO PROVIDE THE RACKET COURTS FOR BRENTWOOD, THEN PERHAPS, UH, THE STUDY OF ECONOMICS COULD TELL US THAT WE COULD CONCLUDE THAT IT WAS NOT ACTUALLY EVER PROFITABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE IN THIS AREA, OR THAT THE MARKET IS NOT ACTUALLY DEMANDING THAT SERVICE.

SO WHEN GOVERNMENT BODIES, THIS IS KIND OF THE PRINCIPLE HERE.

WHEN GOVERNMENT BODIES WHOSE MAIN SOURCE OF REVENUE IS TAXATION, GET INVOLVED IN PROVIDING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES IN THE MARKETPLACE, THAT DISTORTS THE NORMAL OPERATION OF THE MARKET.

AND BECAUSE THIS IS BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT BODY IS IMMUNE TO THE NORMAL MARKET PRESSURES OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND AND IS LARGELY DEAF TO THE VOICE OF THE MARKET DUE TO A LACK OF PROFIT MOTIVE.

SO AS A RESULT, I DO NOT SUPPORT A BRENTWOOD CITY FUNDED RACKET COURT PROJECT.

AND I WOULD ASK THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS WHEN IT COMES TIME, WOULD VOTE AGAINST APPROPRIATING ANY FUNDS TOWARDS THAT PROJECT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

NEXT ON THE LIST, UH, WE HAVE MATT BEAL.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, MY NAME IS MATT BEAL.

I LIVE AT EIGHT 15 JONES PARKWAY IN BRAME.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE TENNIS FACILITY.

UM, UH, YOU WHO SPOKE SO ELOQUENTLY IN THE SWEATER, WHAT WAS YOUR NAME AGAIN? I'M CLAIRE.

CLAIRE.

CLAIRE BROUGHT UP VOLLEYBALL, WHICH IS INTERESTING 'CAUSE VOLLEYBALL IS MY SPORT, .

AND, UH, I LOVE SAND VOLLEYBALL.

AND, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES WHEN SAND VOLLEYBALL CAN'T BE PLAYED BECAUSE WEATHER ALL KINDS OF ISSUES.

THERE'S NOT VERY MANY COURTS.

BUT FOR ME, SAND VOLLEYBALL IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS OUT THERE.

I PLAY THREE TIMES A WEEK.

UM, AND I THOUGHT IT'D BE A REALLY GOOD IDEA TO BUILD AN INDOOR SAND VOLLEYBALL FACILITY.

UM, MOST OTHER CITIES IN THE SOUTH THAT ARE THE SIZE OF NASHVILLE, I KNOW BRENTWOOD ISN'T NASHVILLE, BUT, UM, HAVE AN INDOOR SAND VOLLEYBALL FACILITY.

AND I WAS LIKE, WHY ISN'T THERE INDOOR SAND VOLLEYBALL HERE? EVERYBODY LOVES SAND VOLLEYBALL, .

WELL, SO I DID RESEARCH.

I'M AN ENTREPRENEUR.

UM, I CONSIDERED BUILDING AN INDOOR SAND VOLLEYBALL FACILITY AND RUNNING IT AS A BUSINESS.

TURNS OUT, UM, THERE'S NOT THAT HIGH OF A PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SAND VOLLEYBALL.

UM, AFTER I DID MY BUSINESS PLAN AND LOOKED AT EXPENSES AND LAND AND BUILDING AND, UM, WHERE I COULD GENERATE REVENUE, THERE JUST WASN'T, IT DIDN'T MAKE A GOOD, UH, BUSINESS CASE, AND IT WAS NOT GONNA REALLY BE A PROFITABLE FACILITY, WHICH IS, AS ROBERT MENTIONED, UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, LETTING THE MARKET DECIDE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW,

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THEY'RE GONNA BE WILLING, THEY'RE GONNA BE FARTHER OUT ON THE RISK CURVE, WILLING TO TAKE A BIGGER CHANCE.

UM, AND SO AT SOME POINT THERE MIGHT BE AN INDOOR VOLLEYBALL FACILITY HERE.

UM, THERE ACTUALLY WAS ONE, UH, IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, AND IT FAILED.

IT GOT, UM, SHUT DOWN BECAUSE THE PERSON WHO RAN IT WASN'T A VERY GOOD, UM, MARKETING MANAGER REALLY IS WHAT THE ISSUE WAS.

IT JUST DIDN'T, IT WAS, WASN'T EVERY ABLE TO GET, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH SCHOOLS AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO USE THE COURTS.

AND SO FINANCIAL TROUBLES.

SO, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

UM, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THE COMMITTEE, 'CAUSE I, I LOOKED THROUGH THE PAPERWORK OF, UM, THE, THE PLAN THAT YOU GUYS PUBLISHED, THE COMMITTEE WHO WAS LOOKING THROUGH THIS HAS A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF TENNIS PLAYERS ON IT.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT FOR THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING AND THAT EVERYBODY LOVES TENNIS AND EVERYBODY LOVES PICKLEBALL.

BUT, UM, JUST LIKE MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE SAND VOLLEYBALL COURT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MYOPIC BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY LOVES SAND VOLLEYBALL AND MOST PEOPLE REALLY JUST DON'T GIVE A RIP ABOUT IT.

UM, SO I ALSO, JUST COINCIDENTALLY, BEFORE I EVEN KNEW ABOUT THIS TENNIS ISSUE, UM, I DID A TOUR OF THE NEW YMCA FACILITY ON CONCORD.

AND I WAS TALKING TO THE, THE PEOPLE WHO WERE GIVING ME THE GUIDED TOUR, AND I TALKED TO 'EM ABOUT PICKLEBALL AND TENNIS BECAUSE I'VE PLAYED PICKLEBALL AT THE INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE PICKLEBALL AT THE YMCA TOO.

AND THEY SAID THAT, UM, THEY GET ALMOST NO USE FOR THE PICKLEBALL.

UM, THE, THE INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX HAS, YOU KNOW, A CALENDAR AND THEY HAVE SIX DIFFERENT, LIKE THREE HOUR BLOCKS EVERY SINGLE WEEK WHERE PEOPLE CAN PLAY ALL THE PICKLEBALL THEY WANT TO.

AND I KNOW IN THE REPORT YOU GUYS SAID THAT, UH, THERE WAS NO PROPER PICKLEBALL SURFACE.

UM, BUT AGAIN, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GYM THAT'S INDOOR, THAT'S PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF HANDLING PICKLEBALL AND SOMEONE WANTING A PROPER PICKLEBALL SURFACE BECAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, PLANNING ON GOING PRO, AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD USE OF CITY FUNDS TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST A PERFECT PICKLEBALL EXPERIENCE.

IT'S WHAT WE HAVE IS GOOD ENOUGH.

UM, SO I, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TENNIS PLAYERS.

UM, AND EVEN IF THERE WAS, THOSE TENNIS PLAYERS SHOULD THEN PRIVATELY GET TOGETHER, UM, FUNDRAISE AND GET THE FACILITY BUILT.

UM, IT'S NOT THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY TO PROVIDE AN INDOOR TENNIS FACILITY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE ANGELA HOOVER.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS ANGELA HOOVER AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU TONIGHT.

I AM ONE OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE OPEN MUNICIPAL JUDGESHIP.

CURRENTLY I HAVE BEEN, UH, I GREW UP HERE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND I DO LIFE IN BRENTWOOD MOSTLY THESE DAYS.

AND I'VE BEEN PRACTICING LAW HERE IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU ALL HAVE GIVEN AND THE PROCESS THAT THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD HAD FOR THE OPENING FOR THE MUNICIPAL JUDGESHIP.

AND I JUST WANTED TO COME AND SAY HELLO AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT I AM VERY INTERESTED IN THE POSITION AND I APPRECIATE THE PROCESS AND THE PROFESSIONAL WAY THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS PUT ON THE PROCESS.

AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT I THINK THAT THE MUNICIPAL COURT FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD SHOULD BE FAIR, FRIENDLY, AND EFFICIENT.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.

I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS.

IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME OR YOU CAN CALL ME ON MY CELL PHONE OR AT MY OFFICE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

UH, NEXT ON THE LIST IS, UH, MACE LINDY.

WELL, UH, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE TENNIS FACILITY.

MACE, WOULD YOU IDENTIFY, OH, I'M SORRY.

MACE LINDY AND I LIVE AT, UH, 1 2 5, 4 CONCORD HUNT.

THANK YOU.

DRIVE.

UH, THANK YOU.

SO I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE TENNIS FACILITY, AND THERE WAS A REPORT PREPARED BY THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE PROBLEM PREMISE IS THAT THE YMCA IS CLOSING INDOOR FACILITIES, AND A LOT OF MY FRIENDS ARE PUT OUT OF INDOOR FACILITY, THE PRACTICALITY OF NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT WEATHER AND SCHEDULING AND SUCH.

SO I HAD AN OCCASION ATTEND A FEW OF THE MEETINGS AND, UH, THAT MADE THE REPORT AND BEFORE THE REPORT, AND DISCOVERED THERE'S A FEW MORE FRIENDS ON THE COMMITTEE THAT I KNEW WERE THERE.

UH, ONE POINT OF MAJOR AGREEMENT AFTER READING THE AD HOC REPORT THAT I HAVE, UH, A VERY FAVORABLE, UH, OPINION OF, AND THAT IS

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IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S A PARK AND THERE'S ALREADY TENNIS COURTS THERE, AND IT JUST FITS, RIGHT.

SO I REALLY THINK A FAVORABLE, UH, EXPENSE BECAUSE IF YOU'RE, AS THE PREVIOUS VOLLEYBALL PERSON SAID, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE TENNIS HAPPEN, PART OF THE PROBLEM IS PROCURING LAND.

AND SO FOR THE CITY TO MAKE THAT OFFER, I THINK IS A GREAT OFFER.

YOU KNOW, A LOW COST OFFER, WHATEVER IT IS, A HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR FOR 20 YEARS, WHATEVER IT IS, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT USE.

AND SOMETHING I AGREED TO, UH, OF WHAT I SAW IN THE PROPOSAL.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WELL DONE AND I LIKE THAT SHIFT.

BUT WHAT DIDN'T WIN ME OVER IS THE NUMBERS AND WHAT COULD HAVE WON ME OVER IN THE NUMBERS IF MORE EXPERTS HAD BEEN INVOLVED.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE AN AVID FAN FRIENDLY TENNIS GROUP OF PEOPLE MAKING A PROPOSAL THAT, HEY, HELP US FIX THIS PROBLEM WITH TAX DOLLARS.

AND WHAT I FOUND OUT, UH, FOR ME WHEN I READ IT, IS THAT IT COULD HAVE WON ME OVER HAD YOU HAD A CPA ON THE FIRM, PUT HIS STAMP ON THERE AND SAY, MAN, THESE NUMBERS ARE SO VALUABLE.

I'LL PUT MY NAME ON IT, A CPA THAT DOES MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS AND LOOKS AT NUMBERS FOR PROFESSION THAT HE PUT HIS NAME ON IT.

THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY THERE.

OR IF WE HAD HAD A BANK, A MORTGAGE LENDER WHERE OUR TOWN'S FULL OF LITTLE BANKS AND BIG BANKS, IF A MORTGAGE LENDER HAD SAID, MAN, THESE NUMBERS, I WOULD GIVE A, I WOULD GIVE A MORTGAGE.

I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD PROVIDE X AMOUNT OF MONEY TOWARDS THIS BECAUSE I VALIDATE THE PROFITABILITY SCENARIO.

THAT'S IN THE NUMBERS, THAT'S NOT IN HERE.

THE LAST THING IS A DEVELOPER.

THERE'S NOBODY ON THIS BOARD THAT'S A DEVELOPER.

AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT THAT, IT'S THE LAND IMPROVEMENT, RIGHT? THAT'S A BIG COST.

IT'S NOT JUST A STEEL BUILDING.

IT'S NOT WHETHER THERE'S FABRIC OR NOT ON TOP.

I WANT SOME REAL NUMBERS.

THESE ARE NOT REAL NUMBERS.

THESE ARE LESS THAN PRO FORMA NUMBERS.

THE ARCHITECT'S NOT GONNA GIVE YOU REAL NUMBERS WHILE GETTING PAID.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE LAWYERS IN THIS TOWN, IF HE PUTS BAD NUMBERS OUT THERE, HE CAN BE SUED.

BUT THOSE NUMBERS ARE ORDER OF MAGNITUDE, WHICH MEANS IF HE'S OFF BY ONE, IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT OVER.

YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE $24 MILLION INSTEAD OF 12.

THAT'S JUST THE WAY THE PROFESSION IS.

I'M NOT COMPLAINING.

I WOULD'VE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN A DEVELOPER PUT HIS STAMP ON IT, THAT THESE NUMBERS WITHIN 10 TO 20% ARE VERY VALID, INCLUDING CONTINGENCIES.

WE ALL KNOW WHEN YOU BUILD SOMETHING, CONTRACTORS SOMETIMES GO OVER BUDGET.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THE 12 IS VALID OR NOT VALID.

I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE IT'S NOT VALUED.

I HAVE OTHER FRIENDS WHO ARE DEVELOPERS AND I LOOKED INTO THE NUMBERS.

SO MORE AS A DALE CARNEGIE THING, UH, YOU KNOW, AMONGST FRIENDS, WE'RE ALL PART OF OUR CITY.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH A HARDY CHALLENGE.

I'D LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A REAL WORKING MEETING WHERE WE CAN DISCUSS SOME OF THE DETAILS.

THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MEMBRANE MIGHT BE OFF AS MUCH AS 200 TO 300%.

WHY I LOOKED UP A COMPANY THAT HAD REPLACED THE MEMBRANE WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS AND WHAT IT COST AND PRO PERFORMED THAT TO 10 YEARS FROM NOW.

THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE.

AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE EXPENSES, THE LAND OVER THERE, I RUN ON IT.

IT'S PERFECT AGRICULTURAL LAND, NOT SO GOOD FOR BUILDING A GREAT TENNIS COURT.

IF I WANT IT, I WANT IT TO BE FLAT.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I WANT IT BE FLAT.

IF YOU BUILD IT FLAT, YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE WHOLE FOOTING TO DO THAT 200 YARDS OF LEVEL WITHIN AN EIGHTH OF AN INCH EVERY FOOT.

THAT'S A REAL DEVELOPMENT.

THERE'S NOT THAT REAL CREDIBILITY IN THESE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW.

BUT IF I HAD A DEVELOPER VALIDATE THAT I COULD BE WON OVER.

SO THAT'S WHAT MY REQUEST IS.

WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF I COULD BE WON OVER? BUT EVEN BETTER, IF YOU COULD WIN OVER EVERYBODY ON THIS CITY COMMISSION TO SEE THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE SO GOOD AND SO PROFITABLE, WHY WOULDN'T WE ALL UNANIMOUSLY VOTE FOR IT? AND THAT'S MY HOPE.

AND MY SECOND REQUEST IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A REAL DIALOGUE ABOUT THE NUMBERS, INCLUDING SOME OF THE DETAILS WHICH WOULD BORE MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.

BUT I THINK THAT WAY WE COME UP WITH AN AUTHENTIC PROPOSAL.

MAYBE IT'S $20 MILLION.

AND DOES THE CITY WANNA SPEND $20 MILLION OVER $40 MILLION EXCESS ON COURTS THAT PLAY FOUR PLAYERS AN HOUR TIMES SIX? IS THAT A GOOD USE OF 50% OF OUR EXCESS TAX DOLLARS RIGHT NOW IN OUR FUNDS? SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING.

I HOPE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT A REAL WORKING MEETING.

IT'S NOT IN THE PLANS RIGHT NOW AS I KNOW IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S EVERYBODY THAT'S, UH, SIGNED UP.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE, UH, THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING DURING, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS? HEARING NOTHING FURTHER? I MOVE, WE CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WOULD YOU HIT THE GAVEL FOR ME? ALL RIGHT.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE, UH, ARE CLOSED.

UH, AND WITH

[ Report from City Manager Report from the City Attorney Reports and comments by Commissioners and Mayor]

UH, THANK

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JUST A REMINDER THAT MONDAY, UH, JANUARY THE 15TH IS A MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY.

SO CITY OFFICES IN THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED, UH, ON THAT DATE.

UM, ALSO REMIND FOLKS THAT IT IS JANUARY WINTER WEATHER IS AN ISSUE, AND THERE IS A LONG-TERM FORECAST FOR POTENTIAL FOR SOME WINTER WEATHER BEGINNING PART OF NEXT WEEK.

SO CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE PREPARING FOR THAT AND JUST WOULDN'T MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE BE WEATHER AWARE.

DON'T NEED TO RUN TO KROGER TONIGHT, BUT, UH, MIGHT BE THINKING ABOUT SUNDAY.

SO, UH, BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY COMMISSIONERS, IF THERE ARE ANY, MAY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR OUR CITY MANAGER.

VERY GOOD.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO A REPORT FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY, KRISTEN.

THANK YOU MAYOR GORMAN.

MAYOR CRUMP, I HAVE NO REPORT FOR YOU ALL TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

SO THIS EVENING WE HAVE WITH US, UM, UM, AN AN HONORARY MEMBER, UM, MAYOR FOR THE DAY.

UM, GRAYSON CRUMP, UH, AND GRAYSON, UH, COMES TO US, UH, THIS EVENING.

UH, HE'S A FOURTH GRADER AT LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY, UH, AND HIS PARENTS, UH, IN A SILENT AUCTION, UH, BID AND WON, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO BE MAYOR, UH, FOR A DAY.

UM, SO YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, ABOUT THAT, UH, DURING HIS COMMENTS, UH, AFTER, UM, VICE MAYOR, UH, TRAVIS, AND SOME DURING, UH, MY COMMENTS.

UH, BUT BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO, UH, COMMISSIONER COMMENTS, I WANT TO PRESENT GRAYSON, UM, WITH THIS CERTIFICATE MAYOR FOR A DAY.

THE CERTIFICATE PRESENTED TO GRAYSON CRUMP FOR MAYORAL SERVICES PROVIDED ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 9TH, 2024.

SIGNED BY ME, MARK DEBBIE GORMAN, UH, THE MAYOR.

GRAYSON, THIS IS FOR YOU.

SHE'S GONNA GET THANK YOU.

OH, I'LL GET A PICTURE.

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP TODAY.

ALL RIGHT, SO WITH COMMISSIONER COMMENTS, WE'LL START THIS EVENING WITH COMMISSIONER ANDREWS.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR, UH, WITH THE TREE BOARD.

OUR NEXT MEETING IS, UH, WELL, WE'VE NOT MET SINCE THE LAST MEETING OF THIS COMMISSION.

UH, THE TREE BOARD DID NOT MEET IN DECEMBER, BUT OUR NEXT MEETING IS JANUARY 16TH, 2024.

BUT WE DID GET SOME GREAT NEWS FROM BIKE WALK BRENTWOOD.

UM, WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM THEM IS THAT, UH, THEY'VE ALREADY HAD THREE WORK DAYS AND OVER 500 VOLUNTEER HOURS DONE ON THE MOUNTAIN BIKING TRAILS OVER IN SMITH PARK.

AND, UH, INCLUDING SEVERAL BOY SCOUTS HELPING BY DOING EAGLE SCOUT PROJECTS.

AND THEY SAY THEY THINK THEY'LL HAVE THE CITIZEN BUILD PORTION OF THE TRAILS DONE BY THE END OF JANUARY, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.

AND, UM, AND EVEN BETTER, UH, FROM A CERTAIN PERSPECTIVE IS THE TRAILS ARE FULLY FUNDED.

SO THE BIKE WALK, BRENTWOOD FUNDRAISING EFFORT TOWARDS THAT HAS, UH, REACHED THEIR GOAL.

SO THEY'VE, THEY'VE HIT THAT AND THEY WANTED TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THEIR TOP PRIVATE DONORS, WHICH IS KIND OF A, A WHO'S, WHO'S OF SOME OF OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

WE'RE A TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY, UH, FIFTH THIRD BANK, THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, UH, MR. AND MRS. ART BLANCHFORD.

AND, UH, NU AND JESSICA THOMAS HAVE ALL HELPED OUT WITH THAT.

BUT A GREAT, UH, GREAT EXAMPLE OF, UH, OF PRIVATE CITIZENS WORKING TOGETHER WITH, UH, WITH THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD TO BRING A NEW AMENITY TO, UH, TO THE CITY IN A VERY COST EFFECTIVE WAY.

SO, A VERY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.

UM, ALSO TODAY, UH, I GUESS CHIEF, YOU KNOW, IS, UH, A NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY.

SO I'M LEAD OFF.

I, I, I IMAGINE I'LL BE LEADING IN CHARGE OF MANY COMMISSIONERS, BUT I GOT TO GO FIRST.

SO, UH, THA I WA I WANNA SAY THANKS REALLY TO ALL THE OFFICERS EVERYWHERE, THE WORK FOR THE RULE OF LAW IN OUR WORLD, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S A, A VITAL PROFESSION, AND REALLY, IT'S, IT'S MORE OF A PASSION, I THINK, THAN A PROFESSION FOR THE FOLKS THAT DO THIS.

BUT, UH, IN PARTICULAR HERE IN BRENTWOOD, WE HAVE A FABULOUS DEPARTMENT.

YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU DO A GREAT JOB.

UM, AS I MENTIONED IN CITIZENS COMMENTS, WE ARE RECRUITING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME OPEN SLOTS AND LIKE TO FIND PEOPLE AND HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION OF HOW TO CONTINUE TO MAKE IT A MORE ATTRACTIVE JOB TO, TO QUALIFIED CANDIDATES.

UM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO, UH, FLESH OUT.

JUST LIKE WITH, WE, WE SAW WITH OUR, UH, OUR SWEARING IN TONIGHT WITH FANTASTIC CANDIDATES TO COME TO US.

AND ALONG THOSE LINES, A A SPECIAL CALL OUT TO ONE OF OUR, OUR, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS, UH, CAPTAIN DAVID O'NEILL, WHO IS THE LEADER OF OUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION, WAS SWORN IN AS OUR NEWEST WILLIAMSON COUNTY COMMISSIONER LAST NIGHT.

SO, UH, LOVE TO SEE THAT, UH, TALK ABOUT A PERSON WITH A PASSION FOR THE, FOR THE COMMUNITY AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT.

SO, UH, CAPTAIN O'NEILL JUST DOES A TERRIFIC JOB AND GLAD TO SEE HIM FURTHER HIS, UH, HIS COMMITMENT TO THE, TO THE COMMUNITY.

UM, AND

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UH, IF ANY OF Y'ALL NOTICED LAST NIGHT WAS, UH, THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, AND WHY AM I BRINGING THAT UP HERE? 'CAUSE WE HAD THREE BRENTWOOD CITIZENS ON, UH, ON THE ROSTER FOR THE NOW NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, UH, MICHIGAN WOLVERINES.

SO, UM, JUNIOR COLSON MILES POLLARD.

AND, UH, MY SON, TREVOR ANDREWS ARE ALL ON THAT ROSTER.

AND I'VE JUST HAD THE, THE GOOD FORTUNE OF GETTING TO KNOW ALL THESE GUYS.

THEY'VE ALL PLAYED BALL TOGETHER SINCE, OH, REALLY? TREVOR AND AND JUNIOR WERE TEAMMATES SINCE SEVENTH GRADE, AND THEY PLAYED TOGETHER.

BRENTWOOD BLAZE CAME UP THROUGH THERE, AND I MENTIONED IT.

UH, NOT AN INSIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION IN THE JUNIOR COLSON BRENTWOOD RESIDENT, UH, LED THAT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP DEFENSE, UH, IN TACKLES FOR THE YEAR WITH 95 TACKLES.

TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE SCALE OF THAT NUMBER, NUMBER TWO, MICHAEL BARRETT HAD 65 TACKLES, AND MICHAEL BARRETT IS GONNA GO HIGH IN THE DRAFT.

SO, UH, BOTH THESE GUYS ARE DOING TERRIFIC.

UM, AND I'LL JUST SAY, UH, TO LEAD THAT OFF, GO BLUE MAYOR.

VERY GOOD.

COMMISSIONER DUNN.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND WELCOME MAYOR CRUMP.

WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU TONIGHT IN TALKING WITH HIM BEFORE THE MEETING, HE HAS TREMENDOUS MATURITY FOR HIS AGE.

VERY, VERY PERSONABLE.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THIS YOUNG MAN, BECAUSE I THINK HE'LL PROBABLY BE VERY INVOLVED IN STUDENT GOVERNMENT AS HE GETS ON THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

AND MAYBE ONE DAY YOU'LL BE SITTING UP HERE AS A REAL MAYOR, UH, FOR MORE THAN A DAY, AND PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA BE NEARLY AS NICE TO YOU THEN .

BUT I THINK YOU CAN HANDLE IT, GRAYSON.

SO, WELCOME ABOARD.

YEAH, I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY.

UH, THE HISTORIC BOARD DID NOT MEET IN DECEMBER.

WE WILL MEET ON THE 19TH OF THIS MONTH.

SO I HAVE NO HISTORIC REPORT, BUT I, I JUST WANTED TO TELL, UH, COMMISSIONER ANDREWS, I TOLD MY HUSBAND LAST NIGHT, I SAID, I COULD CARE LESS WHO WINS THIS BALL GAME.

I AM NOT A MICHIGAN FAN.

I SAID, BUT BECAUSE WE LIKE NELSON SO MUCH, , WE'LL PULL FOR YOUR TEAM.

SO WE DID ONE TIME, AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS.

I KNOW YOUR, YOUR WHOLE FAMILY THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THAT MOMENT, AND I'M GLAD YOU ALL HAD IT.

I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY FROM WASHINGTON STATE, SO, UH, I HAD NO PROBLEM PULLING FOR YOUR TEAM LAST NIGHT.

BUT, UH, GLAD Y'ALL GOT THERE AND GLAD YOU HAD A GOOD TIME, AND GLAD TO SEE ALL OF YOU BACK FROM THE HOLIDAYS AND SAFE.

AND I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT.

WE ENJOYED OURS.

AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TONIGHT.

UH, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAD, AND I THINK WE'LL BE ANSWERING THOSE AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES.

NOTHING'S DONE, NOTHING'S IN CONCRETE.

UH, THERE'S LOTS OF WORK LEFT TO BE DONE ON ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, AND I THINK YOUR QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED AS TIME MOVES OUT.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

LITTLE WELCOME, GRAYSON.

UH, VERY GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN CIVIL GOVERNMENT, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL CONTINUE A LIFE OF SERVICE.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

UH, I WANNA CONGRATULATE NELSON, UH, TRISH, TREVOR, UH, MICHIGAN ON THEIR WIND, BUT ALSO MILES POLLARD AND HIS PARENTS, GREG AND, AND SHANTE.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO, TO JUNIOR COLSON AND HIS PARENTS, STEVE AND MELANIE, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RAVENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

THERE MUST BE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THAT, UH, COMMUNITY.

UH, I KNOW, UH, MY DAUGHTER'S CHEERED AT RAVENWOOD, AND IT'S A VERY SPIRIT FILLED, UH, COMMUNITY.

VERY GOOD ATHLETES AS BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND BRENTWOOD ACADEMY HAVE ALWAYS PRODUCED.

BUT IT'S PRETTY UNIQUE TO HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPATING ON THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM TO ALSO BE ON A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.

AND ESPECIALLY SINCE THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM WASN'T FROM THEIR STATE.

SO, UH, I JUST, I WAS VERY EXCITED, UH, BOTH FOR THE ANDREWS AND, AND MICHIGAN, BUT ALSO FOR RAVENWOOD AND BRENTWOOD.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A, A VERY, VERY NEAT CONNECTION.

UM, THE PROJECTS, AS, AS COMMISSIONER DON MENTIONED, UH, THEY'LL BE MUCH MORE HOPEFULLY DISCOVERY AND, AND, AND LOOKING INTO AND SEEING WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT AND WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY OF BRENTWOOD.

UH, I THINK COMMISSIONERS ARE TYPICALLY, UH, DEDICATED TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITIZENS OF BRENTWOOD, ALL THE CITIZENS OF BRENTWOOD.

UM, AS WE GO INTO 2024, I HOPE YOUR YEAR IS STARTING OFF WELL.

AND, UH, I JUST HOPE WE ALL LOOK FOR WAYS TO SERVE OTHERS CONSTANTLY, LOVE IT, LOVE OTHERS CONTINUALLY, AND GIVE KINDNESS CONSISTENTLY.

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THANK YOU, MAYOR.

GOOD, THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER SPEARS.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I WANNA THANK THE BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS FOR CONTINUING TO REACH OUT FOR YOUR EMAILS, FOR ATTENDING OUR MEETINGS TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

AND FOR COLLABORATING WITH US AND THE CITY STAFF, THIS TRULY DOES MAKE THE BEST FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND WE ARE REALLY, UM, WELCOMING OF YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR EMAILS AND YOUR INSIGHTS.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, WE WANNA WELCOME JA, UH, JASMINE VALDES, UM, TO YOUR TEAM CHIEF, TO OUR FAMILY.

UM, WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE HER HERE AND WE HOPE THAT SHE FEELS WELCOME.

UH, ALSO I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ASSISTANT CHIEF COLVIN ON HIS LATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT, WHICH IS ADMITTED INTO A FEDERAL LEVEL TRAINING PROGRAM.

UM, HE REPRESENTS US SO WELL, AND WE WANNA THANK HIM FOR HIS LEADERSHIP.

AND ON A DAY LIKE TODAY, IT'S FUN TO GET TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU.

UM, AND WE CELEBRATE FOR YOU AND FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BRENTWOOD AS WE ARE, UM, WELL PROTECTED.

SO THANK YOU.

OUR PARK BOARD MEETING WAS JANUARY 2ND AT 5:30 PM NEXT DOOR WE DISCUSS THE NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE AT OUR NEW WENDY HILL PARK.

WE WANNA THANK DAVE BUNT AND HIS TEAM FOR THEIR WORK.

UM, ON OUR NEW PARK, WENDY HILL, ALSO, WE DISCUSSED VET LINKS VET FEST, WHICH WILL BE HAPPENING ON OCTOBER 5TH AT GRANNY WHITE PARK.

VET FEST IS A DAY THAT IS FULLY DEDICATED TO VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

OVER 80 VENDORS WILL SET UP AT GRANNY WHITE PARK TO HELP VETERANS TO, UM, FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THE TRANSITION FROM A CAREER OF MILITARY SERVICE INTO CIVILIAN LIFE.

ONE MONTH LATER, ALSO IN GRANNY WHITE PARK, THERE WILL BE A DAY OF RACING, A FOOT RACING, AND IT WILL HONOR VETERANS AND RAISE MONEY FOR A LOCAL GRIEF COUNSELING CENTER THAT HELPS VETERANS.

THIS WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH, AND IT IS CALLED THE SHELLY HETHER VETERANS DAY HONOR RUN.

IT'LL HAPPEN ON THE WALKING PATH IN GRANNY WHITE, AND THERE WILL BE A 5K, A 10 K AND LISTEN, AN ULTRA RUN THAT WILL LAST EIGHT HOURS.

SO IF YOU WANT TO COME AND RUN FOR EIGHT HOURS, YOU CAN PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR ON NOVEMBER 9TH.

UM, OUR NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 5TH AT 5:30 PM AND THOSE MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

AND SPEAKING OF OUR VETERANS IN A CITY LIKE BRENTWOOD, IT IS VERY EXCITING TO SEE MOVEMENT TOWARDS ROUNDING OUT OUR OFFERINGS FOR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY OUR VETERANS.

WE HAVE ENTERED INTO THE INITIAL PLANNING PROCESS FOR HAVING AN INTENTIONAL CITY OF BRENTWOOD EVENTS FOR MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DAY.

I'M HONORED TO BE THE COMMISSION LIAISON FOR THESE NEW EVENTS.

I'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR CITY STAFF TO START THE PROCESS, AND ONCE PLANS HAVE BEEN MADE, WE WILL BRING THAT INFORMATION, INFORMATION BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND TO THE RESIDENTS.

SO, THANK YOU CITY STAFF FOR STARTING THIS WORK AND GETTING THESE PLANS GOING.