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[ Call to Order by Mayor Roll Call Invocation by Commissioner Little Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by Commissioner Macmillan Oath of Office for Judge Nichole Dusche]
TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH.PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE HERE AND PRESENT THIS EVENING.
WE'LL START WITH THE INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER LITTLE, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, BY COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.
PLEASE RISE DEAR, MOST GRACIOUS AND LOVING.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST PRAISE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
WE PRAISE YOU FOR THE RAIN THAT REPLENISHES THE EARTH.
WE PRAY, ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING FOR THE BLUNT COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY THAT LOST HIS LIFE IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
AND WE PRAY FOR YOUR PROTECTION ON ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THOSE IN THE MILITARY WHO ARE SERVING US BOTH HERE AND ABROAD.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT THIS WEEK WE CELEBRATE LOVE ON WEDNESDAY.
AND FATHER, MAY WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR AS OURSELVES.
'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT LOVE COMES FROM GOD AND THOSE WHO LOVE GOD, SHOW LOVE TO OTHERS.
FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH US AND GIVE US WISDOM THIS EVENING AS WE CARRY OUT THE BUSINESS OF BRENTWOOD AND ALL THIS, WE ASK THE BLESSED NAME OF CHRIST OUR LORD.
IF YOU'LL PLEASE FACE THE FLAG, SAY THE PLEDGE WITH ME.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
UM, FIRST, UH, ORDER OF BUSINESS THIS EVENING, UH, IS THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR OUR NEW JUDGE, UM, NICOLE D****E.
UH, AND SHE'S GONNA BE SWORN IN, UH, BY JUDGE DENISE.
ANDRE, WOULD Y'ALL PLEASE COME FORWARD? YOU GOTTA HAVE THE FAMILY STAND UP THERE.
MR. MAYOR, MAY I MAKE A FEW REMARKS, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS FIRST REQUESTED TO ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR NICOLE, MY FIRST AND INITIAL RESPONSE WAS, I WOULD BE HONORED.
I'VE BEEN ON THE BENCH FOR 18 YEARS NOW, AND NICOLE HAS APPEARED BEFORE ME FIRST AS AN ASSISTANT DA, AND THEN AS A PRIVATE ATTORNEY.
AND EACH AND EVERY TIME THAT SHE'S APPEARED BEFORE THE COURT, SHE HAS DONE SO WITH SUCH PROFESSIONALISM, SUCH INTEGRITY, SUCH HONOR.
YOU HAVE MADE A VERY WISE AND EXCELLENT CHOICE.
AND NOW I HAVE THE HONOR TO ADMINISTER THE OATH TO NICOLE DEHA TO BE YOUR NEXT CITY OF BRENTWOOD JUDGE.
IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
I, NICOLE DEHA, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION, THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.
THAT I WILL ADMINISTER JUSTICE, THAT I WILL ADMINISTER JUSTICE WITHOUT RESPECT OF PERSONS, WITHOUT RESPECT OF PERSONS, AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY, AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE ALL OF THE DUTIES, DISCHARGE ALL OF THE DUTIES INCUMBENT UPON ME, INCUMBENT UPON ME AS JUDGE OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, AS JUDGE OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND ABILITY TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND ABILITY.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE POSITION AND SERVING BROAD.
WHEN IS YOUR FIRST DAY? UM, IT WAS ACTUALLY ON TUESDAY,
NICOLE, WOULD YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR FAMILY THAT'S YEAR WITH YOU? UH, YES.
YOU WANNA COME TO MICROPHONE AND, UH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, SO I HAVE, UH, FARTHEST AWAY IS MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, JUDY, UM, MY HUSBAND PETE, WHO IS A CAPTAIN WITH THE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN MY TWO DAUGHTERS, EVIE AND CORA.
UM, EVIE IS EIGHT AND CORA IS 10.
AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF BOTH OF THEM.
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IT'S FOR YOU.[2. Approval or Correction of Minutes]
AGENDA, WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OR THE CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES FROM JANUARY 22ND, 2024.DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND PRIMARY MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SPEARS, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[ 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. ]
WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS.YOU DON'T HAVE TO, UM, SIGNED UP, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK.
UM, UH, EVERYONE IS, UH, IS WELCOME, BUT WE'LL START WITH THOSE THAT SIGNED UP FIRST.
UH, FIRST WE HAD, UM, SOMEONE THAT SIGNED UP, UH, FOR THE BEER PERMIT.
SO, UM, UH, WE'RE ALREADY FINISHED WITH THAT, WITH THAT ORDER OF BUSINESS, SO WE'LL MOVE ON.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE GARY LATIMER, UH, GARY LATIMER, 92 0 8 HERITAGE DRIVE, BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE.
SO I, I'M COMING TO YOU TONIGHT AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN, BUT ALSO AS THE PAST CHAIRMAN OF THE RACKET COMMITTEE THAT, UM, CONVENED THIS SUMMER.
AND I WANNA SPEAK TO SOME CONCERNS I HAVE ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF SOME OF OUR CITIZENS AND SOME OF OUR VOLUNTEERS.
AT OUR SECOND MEETING, COMMISSIONER ANDREWS CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME.
AND HE SAID, YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME.
WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED.
AND I SAID, NELSON, DO YOU REALIZE THAT I'M THE ONE THAT WENT TO THE COUNTY BEFORE I CAME TO YOU? THE COUNTY SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION AT THE YI COLLECTED ALL THE INFORMATION, GAVE IT TO THEM, INTRODUCED THEM TO ALL THE PROS, ALL THE MANAGEMENT, EVERYBODY.
AND AT THIS POINT, WITH ALL THE INFORMATION, I STILL HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS.
AND HE SAID, YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME, AND I'LL TRY NOT TO STAND IN YOUR WAY.
SO ON JANUARY 15TH, COMMISSIONER ANDREWS SENT A PUBLIC EMAIL TO THE, I GUESS HIS CONSTITUENTS.
UM, HE MENTIONED TWO THINGS ABOUT THE RACKET, UH, GROUP.
I QUIT COUNTING AT 81 LINKS ON HIS REPORT TO INFORMATION, AND THERE'S NOT A SINGLE LINK TO THE RACKET REPORT.
WHAT HE SAID WAS, UNSURPRISINGLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
UNSURPRISINGLY, I GUESS THAT MEANS WE SHOULDN'T HAVE, I DON'T KNOW.
AN AD HOC COMMITTEE COMPOSED PREDOMINANTLY OF TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL ENTHUSIASTS HAD RECOMMEND, HAS RECOMMENDED THE CITY AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE A SOLO PROJECT.
SO WE ENGAGE OUR GRANDCHILDREN IN HISTORY CIVICS DISCUSSIONS.
MY GRANDDAUGHTER SAYS, OPA, IS IT WRONG TO BE AN ENTHUSIAST AND VOLUNTEER TO GIVE INFORMATION? NO, IT'S NOT ALYSSA.
THE NEXT THING THAT HE SAID IN HIS REPORT WAS AT THE BOTTOM WAS, IF THIS GOES, GOES FORWARD, THEN THE CITY'S GONNA HAVE TO GET TOGETHER WITH CITY STAFF AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR FUTURE MAINTENANCE.
IF YOU READ THE REPORT, YOU KNOW THAT IT'S A SELF-FUNDED PROJECT THAT MAKES ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR ALL THE EXPENSES, SET ASIDE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR THE FUTURE BUILDING, HAS ENOUGH MONEY LEFT TO PAY FOR THE CAPITAL EXPENSE OF THE CITY, AND THEN AT SOME POINT CAN PAY THE CITY BACK MONEY THAT THEY CAN USE FOR OTHER THINGS.
SO, I, I JUST, I, I'M JUST CONFUSED ABOUT THIS INFORMATION.
I THINK IT'S A SLAP IN THE FACE TO BE, UH, TO, FOR THESE THINGS TO BE SAID.
THEN ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS SAID, WELL, WE CHASE THEM AWAY.
SO THE COMMITTEE CHASED THEM AWAY.
DID WE CHASE THE COUNTY AWAY? DID WE CHASE THE COUNTY AWAY WHEN WE REQUESTED CONSIDERATION FOR THE VALUE OF THE LAND? AND THEY SAID, NO.
DID WE CHASE 'EM AWAY WHEN WE ASKED FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE HUNDREDS OF YOUTH ON OUR WAITING LIST? AND THEY SAID, NO.
DID WE CHASE THEM AWAY WHEN WE ASKED FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE LOTTERY WINNER CONTRACT WHERE 83% OF OUR PEOPLE DO NOT GET ANY KIND OF CONTRACT TIME? AND THEY SAID, NO.
DID WE CHASE THEM AWAY WHEN WE ASK IF THEY WOULD AT LEAST CONSIDER INPUT FROM A CITIZEN GROUP? AND THEY SAID, NO.
THEN THE COMMISSIONER SAID THAT THE RACKET COMMITTEE OVERSTEPPED THEIR AUTHORITY BY MAKING A RECOMMENDATION.
AGAIN, I ENGAGED MY GRANDDAUGHTER AND SHE SAID, OPRAH,
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IS IT WRONG FOR CITIZENS TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO ELECTED OFFICIALS? AND I SAID, NO, IT'S NOT ALYSSA.YOU'VE GOT TWO GREAT-GRANDFATHERS THAT HAVE SEVERAL PURPLE HEARTS THAT PROVE THAT.
OKAY, THEN IT WAS SAID THAT THE KITTY COMMITTEE WAS SET UP TO BE A FOREGONE CONCLUSION.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE 45 PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEERED AND THE SEVEN THAT SERVED, GOT TOGETHER AND FIGURED OUT WHAT THEY WERE GONNA DO? I MEAN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
WHY WOULD, AND SO LET ME BACK UP AND SAY THIS, UM, THE COMMISSIONER ANDREWS NOT ONLY SAID, WE'RE WA YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME TO ME.
HE SAID IT TO ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEMBER AND THAT COMMITTEE MEMBER CAME TO ME AND SAID, AND SHE WAS HURT.
AND SHE SAID, GARY, FOR GOODNESS SAKE, THIS IS NOT HOW THE COMMISSION FEELS ABOUT US, IS IT? AND I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU NEED TO IGNORE STUPID.
OKAY? AND LET'S DO WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO RE IT IN FINISH BY SAYING THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS TO STOP.
AND THE LAST THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS, THOSE OF YOU THAT WANT TO CONTINUE TO GO FOR THE COUNTY TO COME BACK IN THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ANNOUNCED TAX INCREASE AND MORE DEBT, PLEASE TELL THE BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS THAT ARE GONNA PAY THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY TAXES, HOW MUCH OF A TAX INCREASE THEY SHOULD CHARGE US, AND HOW MUCH MORE DEBT THEY SHOULD INCUR.
NEXT ON THE LIST, WE HAVE MATT BEAL.
HEY GUYS, HOW YOU DOING? IF YOU COME UP AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF? YES.
AND, UH, YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER ME.
I SPOKE HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
SO, UM, LAST TIME I WAS HERE WAS THE FIRST TIME I SPOKE AND I WAS ADMITTEDLY LIKE UPSET, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, $15 MILLION OF MY MONEY.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT ALL MY MONEY, BUT, YOU KNOW, AS A CITIZEN, IT'S PARTIALLY MY MONEY, UM, WAS GONNA BE SPENT ON THIS RACKET FACILITY AND FOR SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE GONNA BE USING IT.
UM, I MEAN, THE NUMBERS I GET, IT'S LIKE LESS THAN 5% OF THE RESIDENTS ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO USE THIS FACILITY, ARE INTERESTED IN USING THIS FACILITY.
AND SO AFTER A WHILE, IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER WHEN I CAME HERE, I TALKED TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, I HAD THIS IDEA, OR MY PLAN WAS TO BUILD MY OWN INDOOR SAND VOLLEYBALL FACILITY, UM, AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT PAID FOR WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE MONEY.
UM, BUT THAT THE NUMBERS DIDN'T PENCIL OUT.
UM, SO THEN AFTER I LEFT THIS MEETING, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WELL, THIS IS ACTUALLY POSSIBLY AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THE, ONE OF THE LARGEST EXPENSES FOR MY, YOU KNOW, PLAN FOR MY INDOOR SAND VOLLEYBALL FACILITY WAS THE LAND.
UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE BUILDING IS VERY EXPENSIVE TOO.
BUT THEN I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF BEING NEGATIVE ON THE TENNIS FACILITY, I COULD LOOK AT IT AS A POSITIVE.
BECAUSE IF I COULD INTRODUCE YOU GUYS AND EXPRESS TO YOU GUYS HOW VALUABLE SAND VOLLEYBALL IS, THEN WE COULD BUILD A SAND VOLLEYBALL FACILITY AS WELL.
UM, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS THAT I USED TO BUILD, YOU KNOW, OUT THE PLAN AND THE ANALYSIS FOR MY OWN SAND VOLLEYBALL FACILITY, I THINK COULD BE VALUABLE TO TALK ABOUT AND TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT JUST BECAUSE MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A RELATIVELY SMALL COMMITTEE AND MAYBE NONE OF YOU PLAY SAND VOLLEYBALL.
SO I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE INFORMATION THAT'D BE INTERESTING TO YOU.
SO, UM, I'M JUST GONNA, UM, I JUST HAVE A FEW STATISTICS HERE.
I WON'T TAKE MUCH OF YOUR TIME MORE THAN THIS, BUT, UM, COUPLE MORE MINUTES.
SO THERE'S THREE THINGS REALLY HERE IN MY, THE WAY I SEE IT, THERE'S THE PICKLE BALL PORTION, THERE'S THE TENNIS PORTION, AND NOW IN MY MIND THERE'S A SAND VOLLEYBALL PORTION.
UM, SO I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS LAST TIME, BUT I THINK THAT, UM, INDOOR PICKLEBALL IS BEING ADEQUATELY SERVED ALREADY.
UM, THERE'S ALREADY INDOOR PICKLEBALL AT THE INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX.
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PICKLEBALL AT THE NEW YMCA AND UH, THE NEW YMCA DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH PICKLEBALL PLAYERS TO FILL UP ALL OF THEIR SPOTS.SO THERE'S PLENTY OF PICKLEBALL AVAILABLE.
UM, AND BESIDES THAT, WE HAVE TWO PRIVATE ENTITIES COMING IN, UM, TO PROVIDE INDOOR PICKLEBALL AS WELL.
SO, AND I REALLY DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR US AS A CITY TO COMPETE WITH PRIVATE ENTERPRISE THAT'S WILLING TO COME IN AND PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICE.
IT DOESN'T SEEM VERY FRIENDLY TO ME.
UM, SO WE HAVE CRUSH YARD COMING IN 2025, AND THEN WE HAVE PICKLEBALL.
KINGDOM IS COMING TO EAST NASHVILLE SOON TOO.
AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT BRENTWOOD, BUT IT'S, UH, THERE THAT'LL JUST BE MORE, MORE PICKLEBALL.
AND THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE BECAUSE PICKLEBALL IS VERY POPULAR, BUT IT IS BEING SERVED ALREADY.
UM, SO I ACTUALLY DON'T THINK, I THINK WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT MAYBE SCRAPPING THE PICKLEBALL COURTS, UM, FOR THE INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX.
'CAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE LOTS OF INDOOR PICKLEBALL.
UM, SO NOW GETTING ONTO TENNIS AND VOLLEYBALL, UM, INTERESTINGLY, TENNIS AND VOLLEYBALL ARE VIRTUALLY TIED, UM, WHEN YOU GO THE RANKING OF THE MOST POPULAR SPORTS PLAYED IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.
UM, SO NUMBER ONE IS SOCCER, NUMBER TWO IS CRICKET.
AND THEN VOLLEYBALL AND TENNIS ARE FOURTH AND FIFTH.
UM, SO SAND VOLLEYBALL IS EXPLODING IN POPULARITY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, TENNIS IS FADING.
UM, ACCORDING TO THE TENNIS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, TENNIS IS LOSING ROUGHLY 3% OF ITS PLAYERS EVERY YEAR DATING BACK TO 2016 WITH THE BULK OF THE LOSSES COMING IN THE 18 TO 30-YEAR-OLD DEMOGRAPHIC, WHICH IMPLIES AS OLDER PLAYERS RETIRE FROM THE SPORT, THERE WON'T BE AS MANY YOUNGER PLAYERS TO REPLACE THEM.
UH, THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF STATE HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION SHOWED THE NUMBER OF GIRLS PLAYING HIGH SCHOOL BEACH VOLLEYBALL NEARLY TRIPLED IN JUST THE LAST THREE YEARS.
VOLLEYBALL IS THE MOST POPULAR SPORT FOR GIRLS THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR WITH OVER 454,000 PARTICIPANTS.
I'M SORRY, IT'S THE SECOND MOST.
IT'S NARROWLY BEHIND TRACK AND FIELD.
JUST THIS PAST SPRING, FLORIDA INTRODUCED ITS INAUGURAL HIGH SCHOOL BEACH VOLLEYBALL SEASON WITH OVER 150 SCHOOLS SIGNING UP.
THE AMERICAN VOLLEYBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION SAYS THAT BEACH VOLLEYBALL WAS THE QUICKEST TO A TRANSITION FROM AN EMERGING CLUB SPORT TO A CHAMPIONSHIP SPORT IN NCAA HISTORY.
AND THAT ALL HAPPENED IN THE SPAN OF JUST ABOUT A DECADE.
AND THE FIRST OFFICIAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOOK PLACE IN 2016.
ACCORDING TO THE A VCA WEBSITE, IT'S THE FASTEST GROWING NCAA SPORT OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS AT THE DIVISION ONE LEVEL.
UM, SO THE LAST THING TO CONSIDER IS THAT VOLLEYBALL CAN BE PLAYED WITH ANYWHERE FROM FOUR TO 12 PLAYERS PER COURT.
SO THERE'S MUCH BETTER UTILIZATION OF THIS SPACE.
UM, VOLLEYBALL IS ALSO REALLY POPULAR ACTIVITY FOR LIKE YOUTH GROUPS AND PEOPLE AREN'T SERIOUS ABOUT THE SPORT TO JUST COME IN AND USE THE COURT AND PLAY FOR A COUPLE HOURS.
SO IN SUMMARY, UM, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD GET THE COMMITTEE BACK TOGETHER, GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, UH, REMOVE PICKLEBALL FROM THE PLAN ENTIRELY BECAUSE IT'S BEING FULFILLED.
UM, AND THEN LOOK AT BUILDING THE NEW FACILITY AT CROCKETT, BUT USE TWO THIRDS OF THE SPACE FOR SAND VOLLEYBALL, ONE THIRD OF THE SPACE FOR TENNIS, UH, WITH A PLAN TO CONVERT THE TENNIS SPACE TO OTHER THINGS AS TENNIS CONTINUES TO DECLINE.
NEXT ON THE LIST WE HAVE MACE LINDY.
UH, WELL GOOD EVENING MACE LINDY AT 1 2 5, 4 CONCORD HUNT DRIVE.
UH, JESS, AS A QUICK UPDATE, UM, FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS.
I CONSIDER WHAT YOU DO PRACTICALLY VOLUNTEER WORK FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME, UH, THAT YOU PUT IN.
I ADMIRE THE CONVOCATIONS THAT GO ON.
AND FRANKLY, THE TRADITION THAT ALLOWS ME TALK.
I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT, BUT I'M ABSOLUTELY THE MOST CASUAL OF TENNIS PLAYERS.
UM, I LIKE WHAT THE COMMITTEE HAD RECOMMENDED IN TERMS OF IF PROCEEDS THAT THE LOCATION, I THINK'S A VERY GOOD USE OF THE SPACE, BUT FOR ME, THE FINANCIAL STRATEGY IS A BIT OUTTA WHACK.
AND SO HOW DID WE GET HERE? YOU KNOW, REALLY JUST IN A FRIENDLY WAY, HOW DID WE GET HERE? THE DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD WAS NOT REALLY, UH, TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN LOOK ON THE ASSUMPTION OF A HUNDRED PERCENT OF TAX DOLLARS MONEY, THE TYPE OF BUILDING AND LOCATION, UH, NOT TO GET ANY OF THOSE DETAILS, BUT THEY DIDN'T REALLY LOOK AT THE VAST POOL OF OPTIONS.
SO LAST TIME I MENTIONED, HEY, WHAT, WHAT ABOUT THE FRIENDS OF TENNIS RAISING SOME MONEY? LIKE ALL THE OTHER AMENITIES THAT I MENTIONED, NOT TO BE REPEATED, YOU KNOW, I'M RE PROPORTIONATELY IT WOULD BE $6 MILLION IF YOU DID AS MUCH AS THE, UH, BASEBALL FOLKS DID THEY RAISE TAF OF THE MONEY THAT IT TOOK TO
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RESURFACE THEIR FIELDS.UM, YOU KNOW, AND I I HAVE ANOTHER IDEA, WHICH IS PRETTY QUICK, BUT YOU KNOW, WITH THE AFFLUENCE OF TENNIS PLAYERS AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, WHY NOT, UH, CONSIDER GETTING NAMING RIGHTS? I AT LEAST JUST CALL TO FIND OUT IF WE'VE DONE THAT ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY.
BUT THE COURTS COULD HAVE NAMING RIGHTS.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU DID $50,000 A YEAR TIMES SIX COURTS AND I GET MY DREAM AND THAT'S RAISES $3 MILLION, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, OVER THE TI TIME THAT, UH, THE COURTS BE USED.
ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST, UH, A WAY TO SHOW THAT THE VAST POOL OF IDEAS DIDN'T LOOK AT ANYTHING OTHER THAN USING A HUNDRED PERCENT TAX DOLLARS.
HOW COULD IT BE SPENT ON GETTING THIS PROBLEM FIXED? AND THAT TAKES ME TO THE NEXT POINT WAS WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM PREMISE.
NOW FOR ME, THE PROBLEM PREMISE WAS THAT A NON-GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION, THE Y WAS CLOSING, FACILITATING SEVEN INDOOR COURTS.
AND SOMETIMES, AS I UNDERSTAND IT FROM MY TENNIS FRIENDS, LIKE FIVE BUBBLES.
SO MAYBE 12 INDOOR COURTS IN THE WINTERTIME AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SHOULD THE QUESTION EVEN COME UP WHETHER THE CITY SHOULD BE SOLELY THE ONE SPENDING THEIR TAX DOLLARS TO DO IT.
BUT THAT WASN'T PUT ON THE COMMITTEE.
SO THE COMMITTEE DID WHAT THEY WERE, UH, LED TO DO.
SO NO FAULT ON THE COMMITTEE, IN MY OPINION, UH, CANDIDLY, THERE ARE FOUR PEOPLE ON THE BOARD MORE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROCESS THAN THE OTHER THREE.
BUT TO ME, THAT CAN SOMETIMES LEAD TO A GROUP THINK PROCESS, RIGHT? AND FOR ME, A GROUP THINK CAN SOMETIMES LEAD ME OR OTHER PEOPLE TO BE UNAWARE OF EXTERNAL, UM, PERCEPTIONS.
AND SO AS QUICKLY AS I CAN, HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS I SEE AND COME OR COME TO LIGHT TO ME FROM OTHER PEOPLE KNOWING I'VE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT THE EXTERNAL PERCEPTION.
AND IT MIGHT NOT BE FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE.
YOU KNOW, AS FIDUCIARIES, YOU KNOW, NOWHERE IN THE AD HOC COMMITTEE DID THEY DO, UH, OR USE, UH, THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THE TAX DOLLARS ARE NOT FREE.
THEY MAY BE IN THE BANK, BUT THEY'RE NOT FOR FREE 15 TIMES MORE THAN THE, UH, BASEBALL COURTS.
UH, BASEBALL FIELDS IS THINK IS IN THE PROCESS BEING THOUGHT TO DO TOWARDS THE, UH, TENNIS FACILITY AND, UH, RACKET FACILITY.
UM, IT'S THE LARGEST ONE EVER.
BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE IF I WERE IN THE BEN BASEBALL COMMUNITY, HOW THEY THINK AFTER RAISING OR PROVIDING A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TOWARD A MILLION PROJECT WHEN NO CONTRIBUTIONS ARE COMING IN IN ADVANCE FROM THE TENNIS COMMUNITY.
IT PUTS ALL THE RISK AND TRUST ON THE NUMBERS IN THE FUTURE.
LIKE A, LIKE A, A BUSINESS PLAN, RIGHT? ALRIGHT, SO FROM THE REPORT THERE WAS $56 MILLION IN RESERVE FOR THE CITY.
THERE'S ABOUT $34 MILLION IN DEBT IN, UH, IN THE REPORT.
WELL, THAT LEAVES ABOUT $22 MILLION IF YOU JUST TAKE A SIMPLE SNAPSHOT.
WELL, IF WE SPEND $15 MILLION, WE MIGHT BE SPENDING MORE THAN HALF OF THE LEFTOVER RESERVES.
FROM A SIMPLE 10 ACCOUNTING STANDPOINT IS A TENNIS COURT USE REALLY THE BEST USE OF THAT LARGE AMOUNT OF OUR RESERVES.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING READY TO SPEND AT LEAST FROM THAT CALCULATION OF MORE THAN 70% OF OUR WORKING CAPITAL ON THAT.
THE YMCA, ACCORDING TO THE YMCA, UH, AND THE NUMBERS FROM THE REPORT, THERE WERE 1200 OF WHICH 70% WERE FROM, UH, THE YMC, UH, OF THE PLAYERS AT YMCA WERE, WERE OF BRENTWOOD.
SO IN THAT, THE QUICK COMPARISON IS WE HAVE 44,000 PEOPLE IN THE CITY.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO SPEND $15 MILLION TO FIX THE PROBLEM OF THE YMCA, WHICH IT WAS 800 SUBSCRIBING PLAYERS FROM BRENTWOOD.
THAT'S FROM THE REPORT THAT, THAT I READ.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN I'M IN BUSINESS MARKETING ANALYSIS IS NOT JUST HOW MANY WANT TO PLAY OR HOW MANY BACKLOGS THERE ARE, HOW MANY WILL PLAY, HOW OFTEN, YOU KNOW, IS IT ONCE PER MONTH, ONCE PER DAY, ONCE PER YEAR OR MONTH? YOU KNOW? AND I, I COULDN'T SEE THAT IN THE REPORT.
UM, BUT THAT I THINK IS A QUESTION.
AND THE OTHER THING IS IT, AND IT WOULDN'T BE PROP APPROPRIATE, BUT THE, THERE'S NO FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY TO ANYBODY.
THE NOOSE IS ON THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.
IT IF IT, LET'S JUST PRETEND IT DIDN'T PERFORM THE WAY WE HOPED.
WE'VE NEVER RUN ONE OURSELVES BEFORE AND IT DOESN'T GO WELL.
WELL, THE CONTINGENCIES DON'T REALLY SUPPORT THAT, UH, OTHER THAN IT BE THE NUISANCE AND THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY.
I'VE TAKEN OUT A PERSONAL NOTE FOR A BUSINESS WITH PARTNERS, AND IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER SIGNED A PERSONAL GUARANTEE, IT'S A LITTLE SCARY BECAUSE THEY DON'T JUST COME TO ME FOR MY PORTION, THEY COME TO ME FOR THE WHOLE PORTION IF NO ONE ELSE HAS THE ABILITY TO PAY, WHICH WAS MORE WEALTH THAN I HAD WHEN I SIGNED IT.
NOW, CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW DILIGENT I WAS ABOUT REVIEWING THE NUMBERS A COUPLE OF TIMES AND SOME OUTSIDE VETTED PEOPLE? AM I MAKING A MISTAKE OR IS THIS REALLY GOOD OR CAN I LAND ON IT? YOU KNOW,
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SO I'M JUST TRYING TO CONVEY A MESSAGE IN, IN CLOSING.I THINK THE VISION ON THE BOARD IS PALPABLE, BUT I'M YOUR FRIEND.
I'M NOT YOUR FRIEND BECAUSE, AND MAYBE IN YOUR EYES, BECAUSE MAYBE I DISAGREE WITH HOW WE'RE GOING ABOUT IT, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU ALL.
YOU DO YOUR WORK, YOU'RE DOING IT.
AND FOR THE MOST TIME I HAVE MY BACK TURNED, WHAT YOU GUYS DO IS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WHAT KIRK SAID THE OTHER DAY ABOUT THE LOW COST OR THE BEST USE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS, IT'S REMARKABLE.
SO THIS ONE CAUGHT MY ATTENTION, UH, BUT MOST PEOPLE WOULDN'T KNOW, WHETHER IT'S ON THE VIDEO OR HERE, THAT I'VE BEEN TO VICTORY PARTY OF PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS.
AND I VOTED FOR PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE.
SO THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME STICKING IT TO, I'M NOT CALLING NAMES NO AD HO, YOU KNOW, JUST NOTHING.
WHAT WOULD GOOD FRIENDS DO IF I HAD PHLEGM ON MY FACE? WHAT WOULD MY DAUGHTER TELL ME BEFORE I GO OUT IN PUBLIC? DON'T EMBARRASS YOURSELF, RIGHT? I WANT YOU TO HAVE GOOD NUMBERS, MAKE DECISIONS ON GOOD NUMBERS, RIGHT? AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU'RE TAKING YOUR EYES OFF OF 44,000 CITIZENS AND THE GROUP THINK PROBLEM IS, IS LEADING YOU DOWN TO SOLVE THAT BECAUSE MAYBE OUR EGOS GET IN THE WAY.
UM, I JUST THINK THAT THE CONTRASTS ABOVE ARE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY DON'T REALLY CAST A CONSERVATIVE PICTURE TO ME.
WE'RE PUTTING ALL THE RISK ON THE HOPE THAT THE FUTURE BUSINESS WOULD PERFORM.
THE BANKS HAD TO PROVE THE, THE LOAN, BUT I WE'RE, WE'RE NOT PASSING THE TE THAT KIND OF TEST, YOU KNOW? AND, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF WANNA, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, JUST PRESERVE, UH, BEING OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH.
MY LAST SLIDE, YOU KNOW, BEING, BEING A CONSERVATIVE FIDUCIARY, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST THREW OUT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD RAISE 3 MILLION JUST AS ANOTHER IDEA.
I KNOW I DIFFER FROM FOUR OF YOU AT LEAST, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I I WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE LUNCH WITH YOU, YOU KNOW? SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING.
ALRIGHT, UM, THAT IS, UH, EVERYONE ON THE LIST.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE, UH, THAT, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? UH, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I LIVE ON 1702 KNIGHTS BRIDGE PARK CLOSE.
I HAVE A COUPLE VISUAL AIDS I'D LIKE TO PASS OUT TO YOU GUYS TO KIND OF HELP AS I, AS I GO THROUGH.
THANK, SO I HAD A CHANCE TO, UH, WATCH THE, UM, A VIDEO, UH, UH, FROM THE INFORMATIONAL MEETING, UM, A COUPLE DAYS AGO.
AND THERE SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, QUESTIONS AND MAYBE NOT MISINFORMATION, BUT JUST DID THERE, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION.
I WANTED TO SEE IF I COULD COME AND HELP PROVIDE SOME CLARITY TO, TO THE TOPICS THAT WERE, THAT WERE BEING DISCUSSED.
AND SO THE FIRST ONE SEEMED LIKE IT WAS THE, THE E-BIKES AND, AND COMPLETELY EXPECTED THERE TO BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT.
I WAS NEVER AN E-BIKE PERSON MYSELF.
I DON'T HAVE A STRONG FEELING EITHER WAY ON WHETHER THEY'RE BE ALLOWED OR NOT ALLOWED.
UM, BUT I HAVE SEEN OVER THE YEARS THAT THEY SEEMS LIKE IT'S PROVIDED ACCESS TO ALL CYCLING TYPES, TO, UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE OTHERWISE HAD, UM, ACCESSIBILITY TO IT, ESPECIALLY AS SOMEONE WHO MOVED FROM WISCONSIN TO TENNESSEE WHERE WE'VE GOT ALL THESE HILLS AND CYCLING CAN TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING.
SO HAVING THAT LITTLE EXTRA BOOST CAN BE, CAN BE A GOOD THING.
AND SO THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT KINDS OF, OF E-BIKES.
ONE IS A BIKE THAT ONLY ASSISTS YOU, AND THAT'S CALLED A PEDAL ASSIST.
AND SOME BIKES HAVE THROTTLES ON THEM WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO PEDAL AT ALL.
YOU JUST, IT'S MORE LIKE A LITTLE MOTORCYCLE.
IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE PEDALS, IT JUST HAS PEGS ON IT.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE, UH, REFERRED TO AS A CLASS TWO BIKE.
BUT THEN THERE'S A CLASS THREE, WHICH HAS NO PEDALS.
IT HAS A PEDAL ASSIST, BUT IT HAS A MAX OF 20 MILES AN HOUR, WHEREAS THE CLASS ONE AND TWO ARE CAPPED AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
AND THAT COULD BASICALLY BE DISTILLED DOWN TO THE FIRST, UM, CHART ON THE FIRST PAGE OF WHAT I GAVE YOU.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL NORMALLY SEE AT ANY TRAIL THAT PERMIT, UM, E-BIKES, IS THAT CLASS ONE IS, IS PERMITTED AND THIS IS WHAT A CLASS ONE IS.
UM, AND SO I ACTUALLY PROPOSED THAT THIS, THAT THIS SPECIFIC CHART WAS ON THE INITIAL SET OF RULES THAT I HAD SENT TO DAVE BUNT FOR WHATEVER REASON, WHEN HE SENT IT BACK TO ME, IT WASN'T ON IT ANYMORE.
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ACCIDENTALLY ERASED OR IF HE DIDN'T, HE DIDN'T WANT THAT ON THERE, BUT I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE AT THE TRAILHEAD.IT'S A SUPER EASY, UM, THING TO INTERPRET FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT KNOWN A LOT ABOUT E-BIKES, BUT IF SOMEBODY SHOWS UP WITH AN E-BIKE, I'M ASSUMING THEY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA BECAUSE THEY'VE SHOPPED, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE, AND THEN WHEN THEY GO TO THE TRAIL, IT SHOULD BE EASY TO SAY, YES, YOU HAVE THIS ONE.
AND ALMOST ALL MANUFACTURERS ONLY MAKE E MOUNTAIN BIKES IN A CLASS ONE, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONLY ONES THROUGHOUT THE NATION THAT ARE GENERALLY ALLOWED IS CLASS ONE.
AND IN MY EXPERIENCE, IT LOOKS ABOUT 40% OF TRAIL SYSTEMS RIGHT NOW ALLOW E-BIKES, UM, AND A LOT OF 'EM DON'T.
UM, THAT DIDN'T COME ACTUALLY FROM ME.
UM, THAT ACTUALLY WAS COME FROM THE CITY THAT WE SHOULD ALLOW E-BIKES AND I'M COMPLETELY OPEN TO IT.
UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, I DON'T HAVE NECESSARILY A STRONG FEELING EITHER WAY.
I'M HERE HOPEFULLY TO JUST GIVE YOU THE BEST INFORMATION YOU CAN AS YOU, UH, LOOK AT THE RULES AND DECIDE WHAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE TRAILS AND WHAT'S NOT.
UH, E-BIKES NCA, UM, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED AT, THE ATHLETES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO RIDE E-BIKES AT PRACTICE OR AT ANY RACES, BUT THE COACHES ARE, 'CAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO
UM, AND I'M TOTALLY CONVINCED DESPITE JAY'S ASSERTION THAT HE WOULD NEED AN E-BIKE TO GET TO THE TOP.
I'M CONFIDENT THAT WITH A COUPLE LESSONS, I COULD GET YOU TO THE TOP OF THAT HILL WITHOUT AN E-BIKE WITHOUT TOO MUCH PROBLEMS. SO WHILE IT'S NICE, IT'S, IT'S NICE TO HAVE THAT ASSIST.
IT WAS DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY SO THAT THE FIRST CLIMB IS AT A MINIMAL GRADE TO GET YOU OVER AS POSSIBLE.
AND SO IT IS RATED AS GREEN, WHICH IS TECHNICALLY A, UH, A EASY TRAIL BY IBA STANDARDS WAS INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN BIKING ASSOCIATION.
AND THEN THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS AROUND ENFORCEMENT.
I KNOW WE, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE, THERE WAS QUITE A GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
AND, UM, MOST OF THESE RULES, UM, RELY HEAVILY ON SELF-POLICING AND PEER PRESSURE FROM THE CYCLING COMMUNITY.
UM, OTHER THAN CALLING THE CITY POLICE, WHICH I'M NOT SURE IS APPROPRIATE IN MOST SITUATIONS, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY IDEAS ON THE FEASIBILITY OR THE PRACTICALITY OF AN ENFORCEMENT AS AN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM.
I'M NOT SURE IF SOMEONE'S FOUND TO BE EGREGIOUSLY, UM, BREAKING THE RULES OF THE PARK.
COULD, COULD WE TRESPASS THEM? IS THAT THE THING THAT COULD BE DONE FOR A, A PERIOD OF TIME? AND IF SO, I'M, I I'M NOT GONNA GUESS AT THE LEGALITIES OF THAT, BUT THAT'S MAYBE AN IDEA.
UM, THERE'S ANOTHER, UH, GROUP OUT THERE, UM, THAT I USED TO BE PART OF CALLED THE NATIONAL MOUNTAIN BIKE PATROL.
THEY'RE A GROUP OF CERTIFIED, UM, VOLUNTEERS THAT GO OUT, UM, AND THEY BASICALLY JUST RIDE, WHEN THEY RIDE THE TRAIL, THEY RIDE WITH FIRST AID SUPPLIES AND THEY RIDE WITH, UM, WITH, UM, LIKE BASIC BICYCLE MAINTENANCE THINGS.
AND THEY WEAR A JERSEY THAT IDENTIFIES THEM WITH A, WITH A CROSS ON IT, JUST LIKE A SKI PATROL.
SO THEY'RE BASICALLY LIKE THE SKI PATROL, BUT FOR THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS.
AND WHEN THEY GO OUT THERE, THEY'RE KIND OF LOOKED AT AS THE AUTHORITY OUT THERE.
THEY CAN ALWAYS GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRAILS, THEY CAN HELP PEOPLE OUTTA JAMS. ON ONE OF MY FIRST RESCUES, I HAD TO HELP, UM, MEDEVAC SOMEBODY OUT OF THE TRAIL WHO'D GOTTEN INTO AN INCIDENT.
SO IT'S A GREAT GROUP TO HAVE OUT THERE, AND PEOPLE USUALLY TEND TO RESPECT THOSE PEOPLE PRETTY WELL.
SO THAT COULD BE AN IDEA AS FAR AS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE, UM, TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE RULES.
SO AS YOU LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS ON THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE, ONE, UH, ONE OPTION.
AND THEN SIGNS, UM, ON THE LAST PAGE THAT I SENT YOU, THOSE ARE THE MOCKUPS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH THE LEADERSHIP, UH, BRENTWOOD CLASS, THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD CLASS HAS STEPPED UP TO HELP US WITH THE SIGNS.
WE PUT A TON OF WORK INTO MAKING 'EM LOOK, UH, THE WAY THAT THEY DID.
WE'VE, WE TALKED WITH DAVE AND THIS IS, THIS IS THE DESIGN THAT HE HAD PROPOSED THAT WE GO WITH.
UM, AND SO I, I HOPE IN OUR, IN OUR, IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAKING SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S UNIFORM THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY THROW OUT, UM, ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE, AND MAYBE THIS COULD BE THE TEMPLATE FOR, FOR WHAT, UM, MORE UNIFORM SIGNAGE IN THE, IN OUR CITY PARKS LOOKS LIKE.
SO, UM, I JUST HOPE THAT ONE'S ALL SAID AND DONE.
IT DOESN'T BECOME AN, AN ISSUE BECAUSE I THINK THE SIGNS LOOK REALLY GOOD.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR NEXT WORKDAY IS MARCH 2ND.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO COME ON OUT, WHETHER YOU'RE, YOU DO WORK OR NOT, WE'RE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU THE TRAILS, WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.
UM, THEY SHOULD BE VERY CLOSE TO THEIR, THEIR FINAL STATE.
AND SO WE'D, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU OUT THERE AND SHOW YOU AROUND.
IF THAT DATE DOESN'T WORK, WE'RE HAPPY TO, UH,
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TO DO A MORE PERSONALIZED TOUR ON A DATE AND TIME THAT DOES WORK FOR YOU.SO JUST, JUST LET ME KNOW, UM, WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO.
AND SUSAN HAS TOLD ME THAT WE'RE PROBABLY, OR SHE'S PLANNING ON TABLING THE, THE RULES FOR A COUPLE WEEKS SO WE CAN KIND OF GAIN SOME MORE INFORMATION, HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCUSSION.
AND THAT BEING THE CASE, I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD ADD ONE MORE RULE TO THE RULES FOR YOU TO DISCUSS.
AND THAT'S NO REMOVING LEAVES FROM THE TRAILS.
AND THAT'S ONE THAT, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD THING FOR THE HEALTH OF THE TRAIL AND THE, THE BENEFITS OF LEAVING THEM THERE FAR OUTWEIGH THE, UH, THE DOWNSIDES OF CLEARING THEM OFF.
SO, UM, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO AND AND DISCUSS, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
BUT, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME, UM, THINGS THAT YOU'RE NOT CLEAR ABOUT, I'M HERE TO BE A RESOURCE FOR YOU ON, ON ANYTHING AND TO CLARIFY ANYTHING THAT I CAN AND HELP IN ANY WAY.
UM, ANYONE ELSE? UM, BEFORE WE CLOSE, UM, CITIZENS' COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD.
WE'LL CLOSE, UM, CITIZEN'S COMMENTS AND
[ Report from City Manager Report from the City Attorney Reports and comments by Commissioners and Mayor]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO A REPORT FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, KIRK, UH, MAYOR, I JUST, UH, WOULD ASK THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO FORMALLY GIVE A REPORT ON EMERGENCY PURCHASE.I THINK WE'VE SENT YOU ALL AN EMAIL ABOUT, BUT WE NEED TO FORMALLY, UH, PRESENT IN A MEETING FOR YOU.
MAYOR COMMISSIONERS HAS REPORTED TO YOU ON JANUARY 27TH.
THE WINTER WEATHER WE HAD ON JANUARY 18TH DID SOME DAMAGE OUT AT RAVENSWOOD MANSION IN THE POOL HOUSE BUILDING, WHICH IS THE DETACHED RESTROOMS IN THE BACK.
WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE A FAIRLY SMALL PROJECT.
WE KNEW THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL LEAKS, BUT DIDN'T KNOW QUITE HOW MANY.
WE THOUGHT MAYBE AS MANY AS SEVEN.
COME TO FIND OUT THAT PROJECT WAS A BIT MORE EXTENSIVE.
THE REPAIRS ARE A BIT MORE EXTENSIVE, AND SO IT'S APPROPRIATE TO REPORT TO YOU THAT AN EMERGENCY PURCHASE HAS BEEN MADE TO MAKE THE REPAIRS, BOTH THE PLUMBING ITSELF AND THE RESTORATION OF THE DRYWALL.
WE ACTED QUICKLY AND GOT A PLUMBER THAT WE KNOW TO COME OUT THERE AND DO THE WORK.
WE'RE THINKING THAT THAT INVOICE IS GONNA BE AROUND $7,500.
THE REPAIR TO THE PIPES THEMSELVES IS NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE.
THE PROCESS OF GETTING TO THE PIPES AND THEN RESTORING THAT DRYWALL TRIM IN ANY APP, PS ACTUALLY IS COVERED BY INSURANCE AND WE HAVE A $5,000 DEDUCTIBLE THAT'S GONNA ASSIST US IN THIS OVERALL PROJECT.
THE RESTORATION IS THE EXPENSIVE PART, AND WE HAVE, UH, CORPORATE CONTRACTING DOING THE WORK OUT THERE FOR $35,000 TO RESTORE ALL THE DRYWALL, UM, TO REINSTALL THE TRIM AND ALL THE OTHER WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET THAT BUILDING.
LOOKING BACK THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD, WE DID HAVE TIME TO GET TWO CON CONTRACTORS TO COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK.
IT WASN'T JUST CORPORATE CONTRACTING, BUT BJB WHO WE HAVE USED ON OTHER PROJECTS ALSO CAME OUT AND GAVE US A QUOTE AS WELL.
THEIR QUOTE WAS A LITTLE OVER $38,000.
SO THAT TELLS US THAT THE $35,000 QUOTE THAT WE ACCEPTED WAS A GOOD SOLID QUOTE.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT WORK, UH, WRAPPED UP HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND WILL NOT HAVE ANY INTERRUPTION TO EVENTS THAT ARE TO TAKE PLACE AT RAVENSWOOD MANSION.
UH, BUT WE DID WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THIS EMERGENCY PURCHASE.
AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
SO THE $5,000 DEDUCTIBLE THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE OUT THAT, AND ARE WE ALSO OUT THE 35,000 IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO, MA'AM.
THE 35,000 WILL BE TOTALLY COVERED BY INSURANCE.
WHAT PORTION OF THE 7,500? UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE'RE GONNA BE OUT ALL OF THAT OR OBVIOUSLY WHAT'S NOT COVERED BY THE DEDUCTIBLE.
AND, AND I, AND I SHOULD NOTE, WE ARE STARTING TO EVALUATE OUR OTHER BUILDINGS.
IT HAD, THIS HAPPENED IN RAVENSWOOD ITSELF OR IN THE COOL SPRINGS HOUSE WHERE A HEATER FAILED ON US, WHICH IS WHAT CAUSES THOSE PIPES, PIPES TO FREEZE THE DAMAGE.
AT RAVENS WERE AT THE COOL SPRINGS HOUSE, IT WOULD BE A MUCH DIFFERENT SUBJECT.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE WAYS WE CAN START TO GET TEMPERATURE ALERTS IN THE EVENT THAT OUR EQUIPMENT FAILS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF PIPES FREEZING.
$35,000 SEEMS LIKE A LOT FOR DRYWALL AND TRIM, SO COULD YOU GIVE US A LITTLE MORE COLOR COMMENTARY ON THE, UH, SQUARE FOOTAGE, THE SPACE, THE AMOUNT SO THAT WE CAN GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, ESPECIALLY FOR THE LISTENING AUDIENCE FOR THAT.
IT, IT'S A FAIRLY SMALL BUILDING, SO, BUT IT DOES ALSO INCLUDE, UM, THE TOILETS BECAUSE THEY FROZE, BURST, I THINK THE URINAL BURST AS WELL.
UM, AND SO IT'S ALMOST ALL OF THE DRYWALL IN THAT BUILDING.
AND I'M GONNA BALLPARK IT AT, OH, I DUNNO, NOT EVEN 1500 SQUARE FEET.
IT'S MAYBE A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT, BUT YEAH.
MAY, MAYBE, MAYBE AS MUCH AS 2000.
IT'S NOT A BIG BUILDING, BUT IT IS MOST OF THE DRYWALL IN THERE, BECAUSE WE HAD A COUPLE OF DOZEN LEAKS, NOT JUST THE SEVEN WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT, AND ALL OF THE TOILETS WERE NEED TO BE REPLACED, ALL OF THE SINKS, EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE
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REPLACED.NOT, NOT, NOT THE SINKS, BUT THE TOILETS AND THE URINALS, UH, THAT, THAT BURST.
UM, AND SO, BUT IT'S ALL THE TRIM WORK AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH IT AS WELL.
OKAY, WE WILL, UM, WE'LL MOVE NOW, UH, TO A REPORT FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY, KRISTEN COR.
UM, THIS EVENING WE'LL START COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AND REPORTS, UH, WITH COMMISSIONER LITTLE, UH, THIS EVENING I'D LIKE TO START WITH, UH, THANKING ROBIN FORT, WHO WAS WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES.
UH, OUR RETIREMENT WAS ON FRIDAY, A VERY SPECIAL EVENT THERE AT THE LIBRARY.
AND, UH, SHE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.
I KNOW CHIEF GOS WOULD VOUCH FOR THAT.
SO, UM, AND JUST THANKFUL EMPLOYEES THAT WE'VE HAD SEVERAL RETIREMENT OF EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR DECADES.
AND I HOPE WITH THE YOUNGER GENERATION COMING UP, THEY'LL SEE THE BENEFIT OF STAYING WITH ORGANIZATIONS, UH, THROUGH THE YEARS AND, AND MAKING THEIR MARK THROUGH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
SO, UM, IT'S SAD TO SEE THOSE INDIVIDUALS LEAVE, UH, EMPLOYMENT AT THE CITY.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL STILL SEE 'EM, UH, OCCASIONALLY, UH, BUT ALSO WE'VE ALWAYS HAD GOOD, GOOD TRANSITION.
AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PEOPLE WHO TAKE THEIR PLACES DOING A GREAT JOB.
UM, TUESDAY NIGHT HAD YOUTH LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD.
UH, I THINK A VERY IMPORTANT THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY WHERE, UH, JUNIOR JUNIORS FROM HIGH SCHOOL LEARN ALL ABOUT BRENTWOOD.
AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD WAY FOR THEM TO APPRECIATE ONE WHERE THEY LIVE.
BUT TWO, HOW CAN YOU SERVE THE COMMUNITY? AND SO, UH, I, UH, WAS IMPRESSED WITH THIS GROUP AS I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH GROUPS FOR, FOR YEARS AND YEARS AS I'VE ATTENDED THEIR EVENTS AND, AND HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO BE A PART OF THEIR EVENTS ON GOVERNMENT DAY AND SOMETIMES HISTORY DAY.
AND, AND SO, UH, UH, THOSE ARE TWO, TWO EVENTS THIS LAST COUPLE WEEKS THAT, UH, MAKE ME BE THANKFUL I'M A COMMISSIONER.
THANK YOU BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS FOR ATTENDING OUR MEETINGS AND REACHING OUT OVER EMAIL AND ENGAGING, UM, YOUR ACTIVIZATION OR YOUR ACTIVITY WITH US AND CITY GOVERNMENT REALLY DOES MAKE FOR THE BEST FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING, UM, AND SHARING WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND.
UM, I WANT TO WELCOME JUDGE NICOLE UCHAY.
UH, WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE HER AND HER FAMILY HERE TONIGHT, UH, FOR HER OATH OF OFFICE.
WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU JOIN OUR CITY AND THE SKILLSET THAT YOU BRING AS YOU SERVE OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, EVEN THOUGH I WAS ABLE TO UNABLE TO ATTEND THE RETIREMENT PARTY, I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK ROBIN FORT FOR HER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE, UM, OUR RES FOR OUR RESIDENTS AS HER ROLE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES COORDINATOR FOR FIRE AND RESCUE.
SO, UM, LATER ON TONIGHT, UNDER NEW BUSINESS, UNDER THE AGENDA, WE WILL BE VOTING ON WILLIAMSON COUNTY, OUR, UH, GROWTH PLAN UPDATE.
THIS INVOLVES EACH CITY WITHIN WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND HOW THEY AGREE UPON THE AREAS OF POSSIBLE FUTURE ANNEXATION WITHIN WHAT IS CALLED AND KNOWN AS THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.
BRENTWOODS MAYOR GORMAN CITY MANAGER, KIRK BEDNAR, LEGAL COUNSEL, KRISTIN KORN AND PLANNING AND CODES DEPARTMENT, BOB LEHMAN REPRESENTED BRENTWOOD WELL AT THESE MEETINGS.
I HAVE FRIENDS WHO LIVE IN THE THOMPSON STATION URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, WHO ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO ME AFTER THESE MEETINGS.
THEY WANTED ME TO PASS ALONG THEIR THANKS TO OUR MAYOR AND STAFF FOR STANDING UP FOR PROPERTY OWNERS IN THEIR AREA.
SO THANK YOU MAYOR GORMAN AND STAFF ON BEHALF OF YOUR FELLOW WILLIAMSON COUNTY RESIDENTS IN THOMPSON STATION.
WE HAD OUR MONTHLY PARK BOARD MEETING ON MONDAY OF THIS WEEK, FEBRUARY 5TH.
OUR MEETING WAS FULL AND IT HAD LOTS OF GOOD INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION AND IT LASTED A LOT LONGER THAN OUR NORMAL MEETINGS DO.
UH, THERE ARE GR MANY GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GOING IN OUR PARK SYSTEM.
WE DISCUSSED SEVERAL ANNUAL REQUESTS FOR FIELD USE FROM BRENTWOOD BLAZE FOOTBALL, BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL, TENNESSEE SOCCER CLUB, AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION.
THE SMITH SMITH PARK MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS, UM, WILL HAVE RIDING RULES POSTED AT THE TRAILHEAD, AS WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER BY MARTY TANK.
AND WE DISCUSSED THESE RULES AS WELL.
DURING OUR MEETING, UM, DAVE BUNT GAVE AN UPDATE ON THE WENDY HILL PARK PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND THE BOARD AGREED ON A COLOR SCHEME FOR THE EQUIPMENT.
LASTLY, JAMIE LEE BOOKER GAVE US A THOROUGH EXPLANATION OF THE NEW SOFTWARE THAT WILL BE USED FOR RESERVING SHELTERS IN OUR PARKS.
JAMIE LEE IS THE PERSON WHO'S BEEN BUILDING THE SYSTEM ON THE BACKEND SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN BEGIN USING THIS GREAT NEW TOOL THIS SEASON.
THE RESERVATION SOFTWARE IS NAMED
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REC TRACK AND IT'S BY THE COMPANY CALLED VERMONT SYSTEMS. OUR CITY FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS SOFTWARE WHEN THE RACKET FACILITY AD HOC COMMITTEE MET WITH THE CITY OF MURFREESBORO PARKS DEPARTMENT.LIKE ALL NEW PROCESSES, THERE WILL BE A LEARNING CURVE WITH THIS NEW SHELTER RESERVATION SYSTEM FOR RESIDENTS, BUT JAMIE LEE HAS MADE THE LEARNING CURVE AN EASY ONE FOR THEM.
OUR NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, MARCH 4TH AT 5:30 PM AND THE MEETING WILL BE NEXT DOOR AND IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
AS ALWAYS, RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO ASK ME, WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP FOR THE POTENTIAL INDOOR RACKET FACILITY.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN KNOWING COMPLETE AND ACCURATE INFORMATION, YOU CAN READ THE REPORT FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FROM OCTOBER 31ST, 2023.
YOU CAN WATCH THE PRESENTATION OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FROM THE NOVEMBER 9TH CITY CITY BRIEFING, AND YOU CAN WATCH THE INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING FROM JANUARY 18TH.
ALL OF THESE CAN BE FOUND WITH AN EASY SEARCH ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEW TO THIS DISCUSSION, PLEASE KNOW THAT CITY STAFF AND THE COMMISSION HAVE BEEN DILIGENTLY WORKING ON THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS INDOOR FACILITY FOR WELL OVER A YEAR.
THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION WAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN THE CITY COMMISSION VOTED IN JUNE OF 2023 TO PAUSE AND TO CREATE THE RACKET FACILITY AD HOC COMMITTEE.
ON FEBRUARY 1ST, OUR CITY COMMISSION MET WITH ALL CITY DEPARTMENT HEADS TO BEGIN WORKING ON THE BUDGET FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.
AT THIS MEETING, THE INDOOR RACKET FACILITY WAS BRIEFLY DISCUSSED.
MR. BEDNAR, OUR CITY MANAGER, BROUGHT UP THE IDEA THAT IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO MOVE AHEAD WITH SOME CONTRACTOR BIDS FOR THE GEOTECHNICAL WORK JUST TO MAKE SURE THE GROUND UNDERNEATH THE PROP PROPOSED PROPERTY WILL BE OKAY AND SUITABLE.
UM, AND ALSO TO GET SOME SCOPE OF WORK CO OF COSTS FROM CONTRACTORS.
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE CORRECT NEXT STEP FOR OUR CITY.
I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THIS FULL PROJECT BUILT INTO OUR FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AND OUR CIP PLAN FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
WE MAY NOT CONSUME THE ALLOCATED MONEY FOR THIS PROJECT IN FISCAL YEAR 25 AND BEYOND, BUT I BELIEVE IT IS MUCH BETTER TO BUDGET FOR SOMETHING AND NOT SPEND IT THAN THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
THANKFULLY, BRENTWOOD HAS A HISTORY OF BUDGETING AND PLANNING REALLY WELL, AND THIS CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO BUDGETING IS ONE OF THE REASONS OUR CITY CONTINUES TO WIN AWARDS FOR THEIR WORK.
AND THE BEST REWARD FOR ALL OF THIS THOROUGH WORK IS AN EXEMPLARY RUN CITY.
UM, THANK YOU GARY, MATT, MACE, AND MARTY FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME AND SPEAK WITH US.
WE DO VALUE YOUR INPUT, SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR TIME AND BEING HERE.
UH, CONGRATS TO JUDGE NICOLE DUCHE ON BEING SWORN IN AS OUR NEW BRENTWOOD CITY JUDGE.
WE ARE THRILLED YOU ARE HERE, AND WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL DO AN EXCELLENT JOB FOR BRENTWOOD AND ITS RESIDENTS.
I, UM, HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP GRADUATION LAST WEEK WHERE THE STUDENTS PRESENTED THEIR FINAL PROJECTS.
THESE YOUNG ADULTS DID AN AMAZING JOB.
THEY HAD CREATIVE IDEAS AND EXCELLENT POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, AND THEIR PRESENTATION SKILLS WERE EXCELLENT.
THEY HAVE VERY BRIGHT FUTURES AHEAD OF THEM, AND WE CAN REST EASY THAT IN SPITE OF SOME OF THE NEGATIVES YOU HEAR ABOUT YOUNG KIDS TODAY, WE ARE IN GOOD HANDS WITH THIS SHARP GROUP OF YOUNG ADULTS THANK YOU TO THE BUSINESSES AND THAT HOSTED THEM AS WELL AS THE CITY EMPLOYEES AND THE ADULT MENTORS.
WE APPRECIATE YOU INVESTING YOUR TIME IN THEIR FUTURE.
UM, I WANNA DO A REMINDER THAT EARLY VOTING DOES START ON FEBRUARY 14TH.
YOU CAN VOTE AT THE JOHN P. HOLT BRENTWOOD LIBRARY.
IF YOU VOTE ON ELECTION DAY, WHICH IS MARCH 5TH, WILLIAMSON COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED THAT DAY AND 20 OF THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL BE USED AS POLLING LOCATIONS HERE IN BRENTWOOD.
IT INCLUDES SUNSET AND EDMONDSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
YOU CAN ALSO VOTE AT BRIT HAVEN CHURCH LIKE WE NORMALLY DO, AND ALSO AT THE LIBRARY ON ELECTION DAY.
I WANNA SAY CONGRATS TO ROBIN FORT ON YOUR RETIREMENT FROM THE BRENTWOOD FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT.
AFTER 20 YEARS OF DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE, UM, YOUR DEDICATION TO EVERYONE HERE.
AND I KNOW BRENTWOOD FIRE AND RESCUE WILL REALLY MISS YOU.
UM, ALSO TO, UM, OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT AND ESPECIALLY JAMIE LEE AND OUR IT DEPARTMENT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK ON GETTING AN ONLINE SCHEDULING SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR THE RESIDENTS TO RESERVE PARK PAVILIONS.
I'M VERY EXCITED THAT ONCE WE GET THOSE KINKS WORKED OUT, UM, WITH THAT SYSTEM, RESIDENTS WILL THEN BE ABLE, WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH BEING ABLE TO RESERVE TENNIS COURTS ONLINE AS WELL.
I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR YEARS, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT ESPECIALLY.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, THE NEXT LIBRARY BOARD MEETING WILL BE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH AT 4:30 PM IN THE LIBRARY.
THE MOST RECENT FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY BOOKS HA RAISED $20,021 AND 50 CENTS.
AND THEN ONE FUN ACTIVITY COMING UP.
JOIN OTHERS FOR GALLON TIMES DAY ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH FROM FIVE TO 6:00 PM CELEBRATE
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FRIENDSHIPS, FUNNY MOMENTS AND CHERISH MEMORIES WITH YOUR FAVORITE WOMEN.HEARTS WILL SWELL AS YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS ENJOY FUN ACTIVITIES AND A FESTIVE PHOTO BOOTH.
IT'S VALENTINE'S DAY WITH YOUR GALS, AND THIS THIS PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY.
UM, STARTING OUT, AS THE COMMISSIONERS MENTIONED, WE ARE VERY GLAD TO HAVE JUDGE DUCHEY ON THE TEAM.
UH, JUST A FANTASTIC CHOICE AS, UH, AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE OBSERVED, WE HAD MANY GOOD CHOICES FOR JUDGE, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE HAD A CHANCE AS A COMMISSION TO OBSERVE THE INTERVIEWS IN A VERY WELL VETTED SLATE OF CANDIDATES.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW WE HAD SEVERAL THAT COULD DO THE JOB VERY WELL, AND I WOULD THINK NICOLE WOULD BE A FANTASTIC ADDITION TO OUR TEAM.
SO REALLY GLAD TO HAVE HER ON BOARD.
ALSO MENTIONING, YOU KNOW, A LOT GOING ON LAST NIGHT WITH ROBIN FORT, OR LAST WEEK WITH ROBIN FORT'S, RETIREMENT YOUTH LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD, LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD.
I HATED THAT I WAS OUT OF TOWN ON A PLANNED VACATION AND COULDN'T ATTEND THOSE.
BUT WANNA MAKE SURE IF THEY, IF ANY OF THOSE FOLKS SEE THIS VIDEO THAT THEY, UH, KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE 'EM.
UM, ALSO WANNA THANK YOU KNOW GARY, MATT MACE AND MARTY FOR COMING TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK AS A, AS MACE OBSERVED, UM, WHILE WE DON'T ALWAYS ALL AGREE AND SOMETIMES WE, UH, SEE CONVERSATIONS THROUGH THE LENS OF OUR OWN EXPERIENCE OR BIAS, I THINK THE PROCESS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK I REALLY VALUE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE TAKE THE TIME TO SPEAK WITH EACH OTHER AND HAVE THE COURAGE TO COME UP AND SHARE THEIR VIEWPOINTS.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S, UH, AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR PROCESS.
UM, SO WHILE IT'S NOT IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL AGREE, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL TALK.
UM, TREE BOARD IS IN A FULL OVERDRIVE RIGHT NOW.
UM, AS WE KNOW, ARBOR DAY IS COMING UP ON MARCH 23RD.
UH, SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THIS YEAR, THE TIME AT ARBOR DAY IS 10 TO ONE.
TYPICALLY IN THE PAST IT'S BEEN AN 11 O'CLOCK START WITH AN 1115 PROGRAM.
THIS YEAR IS A 10 O'CLOCK START WITH A 10 15, UH, PROGRAM BEGINNING.
SO A LITTLE BIT EXTENDED TO GIVE PEOPLE MORE ACCESS TO THE, THE SAPLINGS AND MORE CHANCE TO BE THERE AND EN ENJOY ALL THE DIFFERENT VENDORS AND FOLKS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
SO I HOPE A LOT OF PEOPLE COME ON OUT.
UM, IT'S AT THE, THE, THE LIBRARY AS ALWAYS.
AND ALSO WANNA, IN PARTICULAR, THANK, UH, VICE MAYOR TRAVIS.
WE HAVE A DEDICATION TO CATHERINE KUNZ, UM, AS PART OF THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, DURING HIS TIME ON THE TREE BOARD, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING ORGANIZE THIS DEDICATION AND, UH, WE CERTAINLY WANNA SEE IT THROUGH.
SO WITH THAT, UM, MAYOR VICE, MAYOR TRAVIS, VICE MAYOR, DON, OH, I'M SO SORRY WE HAD THAT.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT SAY OUR HISTORIC BOARD MEETS THIS FRIDAY, UH, AT NINE 30 HERE AT CITY HALL.
WE HAD A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PLANNING MEETING LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THREE HOURS.
UH, SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE'LL BE WORKING ON, THESE ARE SOME I I WANTED TO EXPLAIN TO SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING SOMETIMES HOW THE HISTORIC BOARD WORKS.
WE HAVE SO MANY PROJECTS AND EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD CHAIRS A PROJECT.
OUR MEETING TIME ON FRIDAYS, THE ONE FRIDAY A MONTH IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
THE REST OF THE MONTH, THEY'RE OFF DOING THEIR PROJECTS.
AND THEN WE DO MONTHLY REPORTS ON WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED EACH MONTH.
THESE ARE SOME OF OUR STANDING COMMITTEES, UH, WORKING WITH CHARLES BOOTH ON THE HISTORIC WEBSITE.
UH, WE HAVE A CEMETERY COMMITTEE, A MARKER COMMITTEE, A BOOK SALE COMMITTEE, AN ARCHIVES COMMITTEE, A A BOWLING SPRING ACADEMY COMMITTEE, A DOCENT COMMITTEE, UH, THE HISTORY BOWL COMMITTEE.
AND THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD A BRENT VEIL COMMITTEE, A SLAVE CABIN COMMITTEE.
THAT'S JUST SOME OF WHAT WE DO, THE BIG PROJECTS COMING UP.
AND ALLISON, AND WHILE I'M AT IT, I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER SPEARS.
SHE IS ROLLING OFF THIS TIME, BUT SHE WAS AT THE MEETING AND WE THANK HER FOR HER SERVICE THE LAST THREE YEARS ON THE BOARD.
AND SHE'S AS EXCITED AS I AM ABOUT A COUPLE OF THESE AND SAID THAT SHE WILL COME BACK AS A VOLUNTEER TO HELP US WITH 'EM.
UH, THE BRENT VALE GRAND OPENING WILL HAPPEN AT SOMETIME THIS SUMMER.
IT DEPENDS ON WHEN THEY COMPLETE IT, BUT THAT WILL BE DONE.
AND THEN THE, THE, UH, HISTORIC BOARD CONTRIBUTED $10,000 TO THE RENOVATION OF THE SLAVE CABINS AT RAVENSWOOD.
THAT WILL BE, THERE WILL BE A GRAND OPENING THERE, AND WE'LL WORK WITH MR. PETTIGO TO HAVE THE ONE OVER THERE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, NEXT YEAR IS THE RAVENSWOOD
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200TH BIRTHDAY, SO WE'LL HAVE A BIG EVENT FOR THAT.AND THEN IN 25, 26, WHAT WE HAVE TO START PLANNING NOW THOUGH, IT'S THE, WELL, IT'S THE 250TH BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED STATES.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU CALL THAT.
IT'S NOT A CENTENNIAL OR A BICENTENNIAL, BUT IT'S THE 250TH BIRTHDAY.
SO THERE'S A LOT TO BE DONE AND WE WANT LOTS AND LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS.
MOST OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COME FROM PEOPLE WHO STARTED OUT AS VOLUNTEERS HELPING US ON PROJECTS.
THEY SAW WHAT THEY WERE GETTING INTO AND THEY EITHER LIKED IT OR THEY DIDN'T.
AND, AND THAT SUPPLIES US WITH A GOOD NUMBER OF BOARD MEMBERS.
SO, UM, I, I KNOW BEFORE I GET TO OTHER THINGS, THE SIGNAGE OUT AT THE BANK TRAIL, THEY WERE, OUR BOARD APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE, THE BIKE COMMITTEE ON THOSE HISTORIC NAMING OF THE TRAILS.
AND, AND I HOPE WE WON'T SQUELCH CREATIVITY JUST FOR THE SAKE OF UNIFORMITY THIS TIME.
SOMETIMES IT'S BEING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
IS, IS GOOD, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD, ESPECIALLY I THINK ON THINGS THAT MIGHT BE DANGEROUS TRAILS AND MAYBE IT WILL CATCH PEOPLE'S EYE BETTER IF IT'S NOT SO UNIFORM.
AND ON THE, THE TENNIS CENTER, WE ALL WANT THE TENNIS CENTER, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO BE QUIET ABOUT IT.
I THINK IT'S FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE AND I DO NOT ACCEPT THAT ALL THE NUMBERS, THE RACKET COMMITTEE, WHICH I APPRECIATE THE WORK THEY DID, BUT I DO THINK THEY OVERSTEPPED WHAT THEY WERE, UH, COMMISSIONED TO DO.
WE HAD INFORMATION FROM THE COUNTY.
I THOUGHT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE RACKET COMMITTEE AND WE WOULD COMPARE THE TWO.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE RA AD HOC COMMITTEE INFORMATION BECAME A FATE, A COMPLETE, AND THAT'S ALL THAT WAS IN THE PICTURE FROM THAT POINT OF, AND I, I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK, BUT TO SAY IT WILL BE FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE WHEN I'M NOT SURE OF THOSE NUMBERS, I CAN'T ACCEPT THAT YET.
YOU GOT ONE WHERE YOU PUT UP 50% OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND THAT'S ALL THE MONEY YOU PUT IN.
THE COUNTY RUNS IT, THE COUNTY MAINTAINS IT, THE COUNTY REPAIRS IT AND GIVES YOU HALF THE PROFITS.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD DEAL TO ME.
YOU GOT ANOTHER ONE WHERE YOU PUT UP ALL THE MONEY FOR CONSTRUCTION, YOU OPERATE IT, YOU MAINTAIN IT, YOU REPAIR IT, AND YOU KEEP ALL THE PROFITS.
NOW IF THE PROFITS ARE ALL GOOD, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD THING, BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE OF THAT.
AND I'M SORRY IF YOU DISAGREE.
I HAVE NOT BEEN A COMMISSIONER TO BE SIT QUIETLY BY WHEN I DISAGREE WITH A POLICY THAT I THINK MAY TAKE PLACE.
SO I WILL KEEP TALKING AND I, IF SOMEBODY EMAILS ME AND HAS A QUESTION, I'M GONNA RESPOND IN THE WAY I BELIEVE IS RIGHT.
AND I'M SORRY IF THAT OFFENDS ANYBODY.
UH, NUMBER ONE, CONGRATULATIONS TO JUDGE NICOLE D****E, UH, TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THE CITY.
UH, NUMBER TWO, THE PLANNING COMMISSION MET.
AND JUST TO MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE, AND I TOLD THE, UH, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS IS ON OUR INFO MEETING.
BUT A SKATEBOARD PARK HAS BEEN APPROVED IN A PRELIMINARY PLAN AT THE YMCA ON CONCORD ROAD.
IT WAS, THERE WAS ALREADY A PAD BACK THERE.
IT HAS FOUR LIGHT POLES ON IT.
THEY DON'T INTEND TO USE THE LIGHT POLES.
WE WERE VERY FIRM AND SAID, WE DON'T WANT A LOT OF LIGHT GOING INTO TWIN SPRINGS AND, YOU KNOW, CAUSING PROBLEMS THERE.
THEY SAID THEY DON'T INTEND TO USE THE LIGHT POLES, BUT THEY SAW NO NEED TO TAKE 'EM DOWN.
'CAUSE THAT WOULD JUST COST THEM MONEY TO HAVE TO TAKE 'EM DOWN.
SO, JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT, UH, ALSO A HUGE THANKS TO THE, UH, CITY STAFF FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS, WHICH STARTED, UM, KAREN HARPER LEAVES YOU JUST LITTLE BITTY NOTES IN YOUR INBOX BACK THERE ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT WE CAN GO OVER.
I'VE SAID SINCE BEFORE I EVER RAN FOR THIS, THAT THE BUDGET PROCESS HERE IN THE CITY IS, IS SECOND TO NONE.
DOES A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB.
UM, I'VE HAD SOME FUN AT SOME RIBBON CUTTINGS OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
UH, MAMA D'S, WHO WAS IN HERE EARLIER FOR THEIR LIQUOR LICENSE, UH, NOTHING BUT CAKE, BOTH OF 'EM UP THERE IN THE SAME SHOPPING CENTER AS TOTAL WINE.
AND, UH, YOU, YOU, YOU CAN'T ASK FOR SOMETHING BETTER THAN TO GO TO MAMA D'S FOR HER SOFT OPENING AND NOTHING, BUT, BUT FOR CAKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
SO IT'S A HARD JOB, BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I SUFFERED THROUGH IT FOR TWO WEEKS THERE, BUT BOTH GREAT
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ADDITIONS AND BOTH OF THOSE OWNERS, IT WAS JUST SUCH A PLEASURE TALKING TO THEM AND SEEING THE QUALITY OWNERS THAT WE HAVE THAT WANT TO DO BUSINESS IN BRENTWOOD.UH, I TOO ATTENDED THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP GRADUATION ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER LITTLE AND TWO COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN AND ANDREWS, WHO HAD CHILDREN THAT WERE IN THIS.
NOT JUST Y'ALL'S CHILDREN, ALL THE CHILDREN.
IT'S A REMARKABLE WHAT THEY DID.
UM, THEY WERE ALL GIVING A, A TASK, UH, TO PERFORM TO HOURS.
NOT ONLY THE CONTENT, ONE OF 'EM ACTUALLY FOCUSED ON THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL, AND IT WAS SO GOOD TO HEAR THEM SAY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE YOUTH WOULD LIKE, IS SOMEWHERE THAT THE YOUTH WILL GO HANG OUT, IS SOMEWHERE THE YOUTH WILL GO AND BE WITH THEIR PARENTS.
AND THEY, THEY TALKED ABOUT ALL THE LITTLE THINGS, AND WE GOT A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF SOME SIGNAGE AND OTHER STUFF, THANKS TO SOME HELP THERE.
BUT THIS WAS A REALLY, REALLY FUN EVENT TO ATTEND TO.
AND, UH, I CAN'T GO WITHOUT SAYING A BELATED BIRTHDAY TO OUR CITY MANAGER WHO LAST FRIDAY I CELEBRATED A BIRTHDAY.
AND, UH, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, KIRK.
I HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT WEEKEND.
UM, APPRECIATE EVERYBODY, UH, COMING OUT AND, UH, MAKING THEIR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS KNOWN, UH, ON, UH, THE DIFFERENT MATTERS.
UH, THIS IS YOUR CITY AND, UH, WE LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
UH, WE MIGHT NOT, UH, NECESSARILY AGREE ON EVERYTHING, UM, ACROSS THE, UH, THE COMMISSION, UH, BUT IT'S YOUR CITY, UH, AND WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE.
UM, WELCOME TO, UH, TO JUDGE DDUE.
UH, WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER, UM, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO, UM, TALK A LITTLE BIT AND, AND ATTEND, UM, DONUTS, UM, WITH THE MAYOR, UH, AT, UM, BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING, UH, BRENTWOOD UP, UM, PUT IT TOGETHER.
AND, UM, A LOT OF, UH, REALLY GOOD FOLKS THERE, VERY WELL ATTENDED.
UM, BUT NOBODY REALLY WANTED TO ASK QUESTIONS OF ME.
UH, AFTER IT WAS ALL, UH, SAID AND DONE.
UM, RICHARD HICKEY, UH, CHIEF CAME RIGHT BEHIND ME, UH, AND HE GAVE A PRESENTATION AND PEOPLE WERE VERY MUCH, UH, INTERESTED IN, UH, IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND, UH, AND THE, UH, POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
UH, AND I HEARD, UH, AND I HEARD NOTHING BUT RAVE REVIEWS, UH, FROM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FOLKS.
I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, HARD DECISIONS TO MAKE AS IT RELATES TO CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY.
I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT RECRUITING TOOL, UH, FOR THAT.
UM, OVER THE PAST, GOSH, UM, TWO WEEKS, UM, UH, WE ALL HAVE BEEN, UH, CHASING THIS RUMOR, UM, THAT WAS ACTUALLY PICKED UP, UH, AND REPORTED AS FACT, UH, BY ONE OF THE NEWS.
UM, WHETHER YOU CALL IT, UM, A BUSLOAD, UH, WELL, ACTUALLY FIVE, UH, BUSLOADS, UH, UM, MIGRANTS, ILLEGALS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO TERM IT.
UM, THEY WERE DROPPED, UH, REPORTEDLY EVERYWHERE FROM, UH, THE HILTON IN, UH, IN COOL SPRINGS, UH, TO, UM, HILTON GARDEN INN, UH, HERE ON, UH, ON CENTER VIEW.
AND THERE WERE PIC PEOPLE THAT HAD PICTURES AND, UH, ALL OF THAT.
UH, BUT WE ALL HAVE BEEN FIELDING, UH, THOSE THINGS.
UH, WHAT I'LL TELL YOU, UM, IS THERE'S REALLY NO PLACE FOR, UM, EVEN ONE BUSLOAD, UH, OF FOLKS TO DISPERSE WITHIN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.
UM, WE ARE SUBURBAN, UH, AND THERE'S JUST, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN, LET ALONE THAT FIVE.
UM, BUT THOSE WERE, UM, DRIVERS FROM CORE CIVIC IS MY UNDERSTANDING, WHICH IS A VERY LARGE PRISON OPERATOR HEADQUARTERED HERE IN MARYLAND FARMS. BUT THEY WERE CONDUCTING TRAINING.
YES, THEY WERE CONDUCTING TRAINING AT LIKE 4 30, 5 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS VERIFIED BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT SOURCES.
UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, AND I DON'T REALLY BELIEVE IN COINCIDENCES, BUT, UM, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO RUN INTO THE MANAGER, UH, OF THE, UH, HILTON GARDEN INN.
UH, AND I SAID, WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU ALL DOING OVER THERE? YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE PEOPLE.
AND I KIND OF SMILED AND SHE SAID, IT'S COURSE CIVIC.
UH, BUT, UM, AS LATE AS YESTERDAY, UH, THERE WERE STILL FOLKS THAT WERE SAYING, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT THIS? UH, I PROMISE YOU.
UH, AND TALKED WITH, UH, WITH CITY STAFF, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, UH, IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, AND IT'S VERY UNLIKELY EVENT, BUT IF IT DID, WE WILL LET YOU KNOW.
UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA TRY AND HIDE, UM, UH, FIVE BUSES OF, UH, PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WOULD PUT 'EM.
UH, MAYBE YOU'VE GOT AN EXTRA BEDROOM OR TWO AT YOUR HOUSE, KEN.
UM, UH, WE DO, BUT, UM, WE'RE NOT HIDING THEM AT, UH, AT MY HOUSE.
UM, SO, UM, UH, YES, EARLY VOTING FOR THE, UH, THE PRIMARIES, UH, START THIS WEEK.
UM, EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT, UM, TO GET OUT AND VOTE, PLEASE.
UM, AND FINALLY, UH, GOD BLESS DEPUTY
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GREG MCGOWAN, UM, THE DEPUTY FROM, UH, BLUNT COUNTY, UH, THAT, UH, LOST HIS LIFE, UH, ON WHAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE, UH, JUST A SIMPLE TRAFFIC STOP, UH, THAT TURNED, UM, VERY, VERY DEADLY.UM, THE, THE SUSPECT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS, UH, IS STILL AT LARGE.
UH, BUT, UH, GOD BLESS DEPUTY, UH, MCOW AND, UH, AND HIS FAMILY.
[ Consent Agenda]
UH, TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION, EXCEPT FOR ANY ITEMS THAT ARE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS AT THIS TIME.
DOES ANYONE FROM THE COMMISSION WISH TO REMOVE SOMEONE FROM THE, OR AN ITEM FROM CONSENT AGENDA? I DO.
I'D LIKE TO REMOVE ITEM TWO, PLEASE.
ITEM TWO, I'D LIKE TO MOVE UP.
UM, AN ACTIVE REMOVAL PROCESS FROM CONSENT AGENDA, UH, TONIGHT.
UH, ANYTHING FURTHER FROM, UH, ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT.
UH, I'LL READ, UH, THE REMAINING ITEMS, UH, INTO THE RECORD, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE THOSE, UH, OTHERS, UH, TO, UH, NEW BUSINESS.
SO, FIRST, UH, ITEM, UH, ORDINANCE 2024 DASH ZERO FOUR.
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY FROM JOHN D. MORIN JR.
SAID, PROPERTY TO BE HELD AS OPEN SPACE FOR CONSIDERATION ON SECOND AND FINAL READING.
RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 13 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH CUSTOM RECREATION FOR WINDY HILL PARK, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND INSTALLATION FOR ADOPTION.
AND ITEM NUMBER FIVE, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FOR MOBILE DATA.
SECOND PRIMARY MOTION BY VICE MAYOR TRAVIS.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, I'M GONNA RELY ON CITY ATTORNEY, UM, TO MAKE SURE I, UH, PLACE THESE, UH, RIGHT.
UH, DO THEY GO, UM, FIRST OR LAST UNDER NEW BUSINESS? AT THE END OF NEW BUSINESS? PERFECT.
SO WE WILL MOVE ITEM 2024 DASH 10, AND THEN RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 12 MM-HMM,
IS THERE ANY OTHER OLD BUSINESS, UH, BEFORE THE COMMISSION THIS EVENING? ALL RIGHT.
OH, DID WE NOT VOTE? DID WE VOTE ON CONSENT? WE DID.
HEY, IF I WAS SITTING BESIDE ME, I'D PAY ATTENTION TOO.
UM, 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'LL MISS STUFF.
[1. Ordinance 2024-03 - AN ORDINANCE REZONING APPROXIMATELY 7.57 ACRES LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF WALLER ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET NORTH OF CONCORD ROAD FROM SI-1 (SERVICE INSTITUTION-RELIGIOUS) TO R-2 (SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL), for consideration on first reading]
2024 DASH ZERO THREE.AN ORDINANCE REZONING APPROXIMATELY 7.57 ACRES LOCATED ON THE EAST EAST SIDE OF WALLER ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET NORTH OF CONCORD ROAD FROM SI SERVICE INSTITUTIONAL, RELIGIOUS TO R TWO SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL FOR CONSIDERATION ON FIRST READING, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN KIRK.
UH, AS YOU NOTED IN, IN READING, THE ITEM IN THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE, UH, 7.57 ACRE TRACT OF LAND ON WALLER ROAD NORTH OF CONCORD.
THIS WOULD BE CONCORD ROAD, WALLER ROAD NOLANSVILLE ROUTED HERE.
SO THE FAR EAST EDGE OF THE CITY, UH, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED.
SI ONE SERVICE INSTITUTION, RELIGIOUS AS IT WAS, UH, PART OF THE CHURCH PROPERTY HERE THAT'S ON THE CORNER OF WALLER AND CONCORD.
UH, IN THE ORIGINAL CHURCH MASTER PLAN, UH, IT SHOWED PARKING IN THIS AREA, BUT THEY'VE NEVER BUILT IT OUT.
THE, THE CHURCH CAMPUS TO NECESSITATE THAT PARKING.
UH, SO THEY CARVED, HAVE CARVED OFF THIS TRACK HERE, UH, AND HAVE SOLD IT.
THEN THE REQUEST IS TO GO FROM SI ONE TO R TWO.
UM, THIS IS THE CONCEPTUAL LAYOUT OF THREE R TWO LOTS ON THIS 7.57 ACRE TRACT.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE SOME UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE HERE, UM, THAT IT INHIBITS THIS ONE TRACT HERE.
THIS IS THE CITY LIMITS LINE, ACTUALLY, ON THE OTHER SIDE IS METRO NASHVILLE.
UM, UTILITY SERVICES PROVIDED BY, UM, NOLANSVILLE COLLEGE GROVE FOR WATER AND METRO SEWER.
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UM, AGAIN, THAT'S A NON-BINDING PLAN, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A LOT CREATIVELY DIFFERENT YOU CAN DO WITH WHAT'S THERE FOR THE SHAPE OF THAT, UH, PIECE OF PROPERTY.UM, IF YOU'RE APPROVED TONIGHT, THIS WOULD GO THROUGH THE NORMAL REZONING PROCESS.
SO THERE WOULD BE A COMMUNITY MEETING IN THE ANNEX ROOM THAT'S TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY THE 28TH.
PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD CONSIDER IT AT THE MARCH 4TH MEETING.
UH, YOU WOULD HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AT YOUR MARCH 11TH MEETING, AND THEN YOU WOULD CONSIDER THE ITEM ON SECOND AND FINAL READING AT YOUR MARCH 25TH MEETING.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE APPLICANT HERE.
THERE IS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THEM.
UM, DISCUSSION, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
WE TALKED PRETTY, UH, UH, ABOUT IT ON, UH, ON THURSDAY AS WELL AS, ALL RIGHT, I'LL CALL FOR THE, UH, FOR THE QUESTION.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF ORDINANCE 2024 DASH ZERO THREE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[2. Resolution 2024-11 - A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS CONTRIBUTIONS POLICY FOR USE IN THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF ANNUAL BUDGETARY REQUESTS FROM NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD]
RIGHT NEXT ON THE AGENDA, RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 11 RESOLUTION, ADOPTING A, NOT A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION'S CONTRIBUTION POLICY FOR USE IN THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF ANNUAL BUDGETARY REQUESTS FROM NOT NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.AND I'LL SECOND, UH, PRIMARY MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER SPEARS.
ALRIGHT, UM, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, AS WE TALK THROUGH THE CONTRIBUTION PROCESS.
IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE HAD A POLICY IN PLACE RELATIVE TO CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCHOOLS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, DECADES AND LONG, BUT WE NEVER REALLY FORMALIZED ANYTHING RELATIVE TO SOME OF THE OTHER NONPROFITS THAT MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO.
SO IT'S YOUR DIRECTION, UH, STAFF PREPARED.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES, UH, AT THURSDAY MORNING BRIEFINGS.
UM, WE WOULD, UH, THE IDEA HERE IS IF WE CAN GET THIS APPROVED, THEN WE WOULD APPLY THIS GOING FORWARD INTO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS.
BUT THE POLICY, UH, SOMEWHAT TRACKS STATE LAW RELATED TO THIS ISSUE.
AND THAT IT IDENTIFIES TWO, UM, CATEGORIES OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION OF A CONTRIBUTION.
ONE BEING THE NONPROFIT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION.
UH, AND THAT WOULD BE THE MAJORITY OF THE GROUPS THAT YOU GIVE TO THE, UM, AGAIN, REGISTERED NONPROFITS.
SO YOUR YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS, YMCA, UM, SENIOR MARTIN SENIOR CENTER, THOSE WOULD BE THE NONPROFIT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THEN THE OTHER CATEGORY IS A NONPROFIT CIVIC ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT IRS CODE, I THINK.
AND IT IS RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTION OF BUSINESS, SO YOUR GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TYPE ENTITIES.
UH, SO THE POLICY ALLOWS FOR, UH, CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTH OF THOSE CATEGORIES.
UH, IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR, UH, FUNDING UNDER THIS POLICY, THE, OR AN ORGANIZATION EITHER MUST BE BASED IN BRENTWOOD, UH, AND QUAL AND PROVIDING QUALIFYING SERVICES OR BE BASED ELSEWHERE, BUT HAVING A PHYSICAL SERVICE LOCATION IN BRENTWOOD OR PROVIDING QUALIFYING SERVICES IN BRENTWOOD.
SO ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS YOU CURRENTLY CONTRIBUTE TO QUALIFY UNDER THOSE, UH, PROVISIONS.
UH, THE POLICY DOES INCLUDE SOME ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR NONPROFIT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PROVIDING YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMMING SPECIFICALLY, THAT HAVE TO BE AVAILABLE TO ALL RESIDENTS.
UH, THERE'S NO COMPETITIVE TYPE TRYOUTS CUTTING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UH, OR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WOULD NOT, UM, QUALIFY IF THEY'RE A, UH, COMPETITIVE TYPE ORGANIZATION.
AND THEN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WOULD ALSO HAVE TO REQUIRE TO, UM, COMPLY WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS RELATIVE TO ACCESS TO FIELDS AND SUCH OF THINGS.
UH, THE POLICY GOES ON TO SAY THAT, UH, ANY ORGANIZATION SHOULD NOT CONSIDER THE CITY FUNDING TO BE THEIR PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE, AND THAT THE, OUR PRIORITY FOR USE OF THOSE FUNDS IS DIRECT SERVICE DELIVERY TO BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS.
UM, IF ADOPTED TONIGHT APPLICATIONS, UH, WOULD BE DUE BY MARCH 15TH, AND THEN YOU WOULD CONSIDER FINAL FUNDING DECISIONS AS PART OF YOUR BUDGET PROCESS LATER THIS SPRING.
UM, STAFF WOULD BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN AMEN.
UM, UNDER ON PAGE TWO, UNDER USE OF FUNDS, SECOND PARAGRAPH, UM, THE SENTENCE BEGINNING SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
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WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS SAY SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS, AND ADD THIS, THE WORDS, A NEW PROVIDER IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW PROGRAM OR SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION WITH THE REST OF THE SENTENCE REMAINING THE SAME.MAY WARRANT SPECIAL FUNDING CONSIDERATION.
SO IT'S PAGE TWO, SECOND PARAGRAPH TO THIRD SENTENCE.
SO BY DOING THAT, THEN, UM, WE HAVE A, UH, A MOTION WITHOUT A SECOND.
UM, WE'LL NEED A, UH, A SECOND.
I'LL SECOND THAT SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER SPEARS, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? UM, WELL, I JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS ALLOWS A NEW ORGANIZATION, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY WE HAD A NEW PROVIDER FOR, YOU KNOW, A SPECIAL NEEDS GROUP OR SOMETHING, COME TO THE CITY.
WE CAN DECIDE AS A BOARD, AS A COMMISSION IF WE WANT TO FUND IT, BUT THAT'LL AT LEAST ALLOW THEM, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE A NEW PROGRAM AND DON'T HAVE A YEAR HISTORY TO COME AND ASK IF THEY NEEDED SOMETHING FOR A STARTUP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER ANDREWS, DID YOU HAVE, UH, SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? WELL, NO, I, I JUST, UM, OUR SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, UH, A COPY OF THE MOST RECENT ANNUAL AUDIT, UH, WITHIN TWO YEARS OF CURRENT YEAR, AND SOME OTHER THINGS TRYING TO MEASURE THE STABILITY AND THE FINANCES OF ORGANIZATIONS.
SO IT, IT SEEMS THAT GOING THROUGH AND ALLOWING A NEW PROVIDER THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE ESTABLISHED, UM, ADDS CONSIDERABLE RISK TO THE, THE POLICY.
AND I THINK HAVING, YOU KNOW, STABLE PARTNERS THAT HAVE A, A TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS OR AT LEAST AUDITED FINANCIALS, UM, I THINK ARE IMPORTANT AND WE CAN CHOOSE TO FUND OR NOT FUND AT THAT TIME.
BUT I DON'T WANNA ELIMINATE THE OPPORTUNITY OF A NEW ORGANIZATION BECAUSE THEY DON'T MEET A ONE YEAR REQUIREMENT TO AT LEAST COME AND ASK IF THEY HAVE A JUSTIFICATION FOR IT.
I MEAN, IT SAYS FOR WITH MAY, MAY WARRANT SPECIAL FUNDING, CONSIDERATION FOR A LIMITED DURATION.
SO WE COULD CHOOSE EACH TIME TO DO OR NOT TO DO IT.
THE COMMENTS, I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO UPDATE IF IT'S, THIS, MINE'S NOT NECESSARILY AS PERTINENT TO THIS.
IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK TO THIS YES, GO AHEAD.
JUST THE, THE REQUIREMENT FOR AN ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT IS NOT A LOCAL REQUIREMENT.
THAT'S A STATE LAW REQUIREMENT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
SO WE, WE BE ABROGATING STATE LAW, BUT WE CAN, WELL, WE CAN IF WE'RE GONNA NOT HAVE A FINANCIAL REPORT OF A YEAR'S TIME, AND THAT'S WHAT STATE LAW REQUIRES IN AN ORGANIZATION'S NOT EVEN BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR A YEAR.
WELL, AGAIN, AS COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN SAID, YOU DON'T, UNTIL YOU WOULD CHOOSE TO FUND SOMEBODY THAT WASN'T ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU A FINANCIAL REPORT.
I MEAN, JUST HAVING THE WORDING IN THE POLICY BY ITSELF DOES NOT VIOLATE, BUT THE APPLICATION CLEARLY REQUIRES A MOST RECENT ANNUAL AUDIT AND CURRENT YEAR BUDGET.
AND SO IF SOMEONE DOESN'T PROVIDE THAT, THEN AT THAT POINT, YOU WOULD MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHETHER THEY QUALIFY FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO THE AMENDMENT IS EITHER MOOT, SUPERFLUOUS, OR IF IT'S USED AND ENACTED, THEN WE GO AGAINST STATE LAW.
WELL, AGAIN, AGAIN, I, YOU DON'T GO AGAINST STATE LAW BY ADOPTING WORDING IN THE POLICY.
ONLY IF YOU CHOOSE TO FUND SOMEONE WHO ISN'T ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, THEN THAT IS AGAINST STATE LAW.
IF FUNDING IS PROVIDED TO SOMEONE WHO CANNOT MEET THE STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS, THEN THAT WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OR IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE STATE LAW.
BUT JUST HAVING ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE IN THE POLICY ITSELF DOES NOT VIOLATE THE STATE LAW.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY POLICY IN PLACE UNTIL NOW.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A POLICY IN PLACE UNTIL NOW.
THIS IS WHY WE'RE DOING IT, WHICH IS MY POINT A MOMENT AGO IS I WANTED TO THANK STAFF FOR GETTING THIS TOGETHER.
UM, WE HAD ASKED FOR IT LAST SPRING, I THINK, AND SO IT'S NICE TO SEE IT COMING TO FRUITION, UM, MAKING SURE THAT OUR, UM, ENTITIES ARE TREATED SIMILARLY ON THE SCHOOL SIDE AS WELL AS NONPROFITS.
SO THANK YOU FOR GETTING THE WORK, PUTTING THE WORK INTO IT.
COMMISSIONER, WE HAVEN'T HAD A POLICY, BUT THE FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS
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OF THE STATE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS, HAVE THEY NOT? YES.I THOUGHT I'D ALWAYS KNOWN THAT FROM PAST, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS CORRECT.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR BACK THOSE MM-HMM.
OTHER, UH, OTHER COMMENTS, UM, DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT THAT COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN HAS, HAS PUT FORWARD.
UM, THERE ISN'T ANY, UM, SO I DID NOT WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING THAT YOU AMENDED.
UM, CAN YOU READ YOUR AMENDED YEP.
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS, AND THE ADDED PART WOULD BE THE WORDS, A NEW PROVIDER, AND THEN GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW PROGRAM OR SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION MAY WARRANT SPECIAL FUNDING, AND THEN THE REST OF THE SENSE STAYS THE SAME.
BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE SOMEBODY THAT DOESN'T HAVE A YEAR YET AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION, BUT THE TIME OF FUNDING, THEY DO HAVE A YEAR OF VERY GOOD OF HISTORY.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN'S, UH, AMENDMENT, UH, THAT WAS SECONDED, UH, BY COMMISSIONER SPEARS SIGNIFY, UH, BY SAYING AYE.
UM, ONTO, UM, THE REST OF, UM, UH, THIS RESOLUTION, UH, RESOLUTION 20, UH, 24 DASH 11.
IS THERE ANY, UH, FURTHER DISCUSSION, UH, ON THIS? ALL RIGHT.
I, I ADMIT THE OBSERVATION, I WOULD VOTE FOR IT AS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN, BUT I CANNOT SUPPORT IT AS AMENDED.
I, I, I DON'T THINK PUTTING A POLICY IN PLACE THAT WOULD PUT US IN VIOLATION OF STATE LAW IF WE, IF WE DID THAT CHANGE.
I, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT'S GOOD GOVERNANCE.
UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
UM, I DON'T SEE ANY VIOLATION OF, UH, OF STATE LAW, BUT, UM, THAT'S MY OPINION.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF RE RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 11, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[3. Resolution 2024-14 - A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY GROWTH PLAN AS RECOMMENDED BY THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY GROWTH PLAN COORDINATING COMMITTEE]
RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 14 A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY GROWTH PLAN, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY GROWTH PLAN.DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE? VOTE TO APPROVE.
SECOND PRIMARY MOTION BY VICE MAYOR TRAVIS.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SPEARS.
MAYOR BOB, UH, PLANNING DIRECTOR BOB LEHMAN WILL KIND OF OVERVIEW THIS, UH, AS WAS MENTIONED, THERE'S A LOT HERE.
WE'LL TRY TO KEEP IT, UH, PRETTY HIGH LEVEL.
AND THEN, UH, CITY ATTORNEY CHRISTIAN CORN WILL ADDRESS PART OF THIS ALSO.
UM, AS WAS STATED, THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT SERVES TO RATIFY THE GROWTH PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED ON NOVEMBER 21ST, 2023 BY THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY COORDINATING COMMITTEE.
UM, THIS IS THE PLAN THAT, UH, WITH THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES, THE PROPOSED URBAN GROWTH B BOUNDARIES SHOWN THE DARKER COLORS YOU CAN SEE ARE THE EXISTING, UM, CITY LIMITS OF EACH MUNICIPALITY.
AND THEN THE LIGHTER SHADED COLORS AROUND THEM ARE THE PROPOSED URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES.
AND JUST AS A REFRESHER, UH, THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY IS A DEFINED AREA BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS IN WHICH EACH MUNICIPALITY CAN ANNEX AND GROW OVER TIME.
UM, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE PROPERTY WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY ANNEXED.
UH, IT WILL, EACH ANNEXATION WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF O WITH THE OWNER'S CONSENT.
AND THERE IS A, A LESS USED, UM, PROCESS WHERE IT CAN BE DONE, UH, BY REFERENDUM.
UM, BUT BA BASICALLY, OWNERS WOULD HAVE TO CONSENT TO BE BEING ANNEXED INTO THOSE AREAS.
BUT THAT'S A, THE PURPOSE IS TO SHOW, UM, OVER THE LONG TERM WHERE EACH MUNICIPALITY PLANS TO GROW.
AND OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, EACH MUNICIPALITY HAS, UM, ANALYZED THESE AREAS TO SHOW, UM, WHERE THEY BELIEVE, UH, THEY CAN AND, AND SHOULD GROW OVER THAT TIME PERIOD.
UH, THERE WAS, UH, THERE WERE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS HELD ON THIS PLAN, UM, ONE ON NOVEMBER 7TH AND THE OTHER ONE ON NOVEMBER 15TH AT THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLEX.
UH, THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF OPPOSITION, UH, ON THE, UH, THE PLANS FOR THOMPSON STATION AND SPRING HILL.
AND AT THE NOVEMBER 21ST MEETING, THE COORDINATING
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COMMITTEE, UM, SORT OF WORKED WITH THOSE JURISDICTIONS AND AMENDED THE, THE PLAN, UH, TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE HEARD AT THOSE, AT THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS.AND SO THIS IS THE PLAN THAT, UH, WAS THE RESULT OF, UH, THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE COMMITTEE'S, UH, FINAL VOTE.
AND SO AFTER THAT VOTE, EACH JURISDICTION IS REQUIRED TO RATIFY THIS PLAN, UM, IF THEY, THROUGH THIS PROCESS WHERE IT GOES TO EACH, UH, CITY COMMISSION.
AND, UM, SO YOU WOULD EITHER VOTE TO APPROVE OR TO NOT APPROVE THE, THIS PLAN.
AND IF, IF A JURISDICTION VOTES TO DENY THE OR TO DISAPPROVE THIS PLAN, UM, THEN IT GOES BACK BEFORE THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS, UH, THE CHANGES TO THE PLAN.
AND, UM, IF THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE CANNOT COME TO A RESOLUTION, UM, IT'S GOES TO A COURT.
AND I THINK KRISTEN CAN EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT IN MORE DETAIL ABOUT HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS.
UM, SO THERE'S ALSO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS THAT'S PART OF THIS RESOLUTION AND THAT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
UM, ONE OF THE MAIN PURPOSES IS TO, UM, HA HAVE RULES IN PLACE THAT EACH MUNICIPALITY MUST FOLLOW.
UM, THE MAIN THE BIGGEST PART OF THAT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WOULD BE TO, UM, SAY THAT YOU HAVE TO STICK TO THIS PLAN, THAT YOU CAN'T ANNEX AREAS OUTSIDE OF YOUR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.
UM, KRISTEN CAN EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, BUT THAT'S, I THINK THE, THE MAIN PART OF IT IS THAT EACH MUNICIPALITY IS, UH, SAYING THAT THEY'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS, UH, THIS PLAN AND THEY WON'T ANNEX OUTSIDE OF THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.
UM, WE CAN WALK THROUGH EACH INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITY'S MAP IF YOU WOULD LIKE, BUT THIS IS, I'LL KIND OF STICK WITH THE BIG PICTURE HERE.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT EACH INDIVIDUAL ONE, WE HAVE MAPS OF THOSE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF KRISTEN WANTS TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS ABOUT THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
AND AS BOB MENTIONED, IF FOR SOME REASON THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE, IF IT ENDS IN AN IMPASSE AS BOB REFERENCED, THEN IT GOES TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE THAT WOULD SIMPLY ASSIGN, UM, AND THE CITIES AND THE COUNTY WOULD BE STUCK WITH THAT.
UM, NOT TO SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY, BUT I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET IT IRONED OUT.
BUT, UM, THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, BOB HIT ON THE HIGHEST PART.
THE MAIN THING IS EACH CITY AGREEING TO NOT ANNEX OUTSIDE ITS URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.
UM, THE INTERLOCAL ALSO PROVIDES THAT THERE WILL BE CREATED AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO EACH CITY AND THE COUNTY WILL, UM, DESIGNATE A REPRESENTATIVE TO SIT ON THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL MEET QUARTERLY AND AS, AND OR DORA IS NEEDED, UM, TO GO OVER ANY ISSUES THAT AROUND THE COUNTY WITH GROWTH DEVELOPMENT, THAT, THAT TYPE OF THING.
THE GROWTH PLAN WILL BE REVISITED NO LATER THAN FIVE YEARS FROM THE FINAL EXECUTION OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
UM, AS YOU ALL HAVE HEARD THE LAST TIME THIS PROCESS WAS DONE WAS OVER 20 YEARS AGO.
SO THAT'S KIND OF CEMENTING THE AGREEMENT FOR EVERYONE TO GET TOGETHER AND DO THIS MORE FREQUENTLY.
UM, THE AGREEMENT ALSO PROVIDES THAT IF THERE ARE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES FOR A MUNICIPALITY OR FOR THE COUNTY, THEN THAT, UM, ENTITY CAN REQUEST A MEETING OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO, FOR THEM TO PRESENT THE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.
AND THEN THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WOULD GIVE A RECOMMENDATION, AND ULTIMATELY IT WOULD BE DETERMINED IF THERE WAS SOME NEED FOR THE INTERLOCAL TO BE REVISITED, UM, EITHER BETWEEN TWO SEPARATE CITIES OR AS A WHOLE.
UM, AND THE AGREEMENT ALSO PROVIDES THAT THERE WILL BE NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS AT OR BEFORE THE CONVENING OF THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE, UM, IF ANY PROPERTY OWNER IS GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY ANY DISCUSSION OF THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE, THAT THAT WILL, UM, OCCUR.
I THINK THAT, AND I MENTIONED ON THURSDAY, UM, THAT DIDN'T OCCUR IN SOME JURISDICTION, SO THIS IS A WAY TO SUBMIT THAT, THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN.
UM, AND THE LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT ALSO HAS IN IT THAT THE CITIES AND THE COUNTY WILL AGREE TO ABIDE BY THIS.
EVEN IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN IN THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY LAW WERE TO BE, UM, I GUESS DONE AWAY WITH BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE OR IF ANY OF THE ANNEXATION LAWS WERE TO BE AFFECTED IN SUCH WAY THAT WOULD MAKE THIS, UM, NOT FOLLOWING EXACTLY THE LAW.
THE CITIES AND COUNTY DO AGREE TO THIS.
IF, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU ALL, UH, VOTED IN AUGUST TO MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO, TO THE BRENTWOOD URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.
THEY WERE REALLY JUST HOUSEKEEPING UPDATES.
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ONE PROPERTY ON SAM DONALD ROAD WAS ALREADY IN THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, BUT A LITTLE SLIVER PART OF THAT PROPERTY WAS NOT.SO IT, IT, 90% OF THE PROPERTY WAS ALREADY IN.
SO IT WAS REALLY JUST A CORRECTION OF THE MAP AND THEN AN ANOTHER PROPERTY.
UM, FURTHER, UM, NORTH, NORTH WAS IN OUR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, BUT NOLANSVILLE HAD ALREADY ANNEXED IT, SO WE TOOK THAT OUT.
SO THOSE WERE OUR ONLY TWO CHANGES.
COMMISSIONER OR YOU COMMISSIONER DUNN.
IF IT ENDS UP IN A COURT SITUATION, UM, WILL THE COURT ADDRESS THE ENTIRE BOUND URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY OR JUST THE PARTY THAT'S NOT HAPPY? SO THAT'S THE RISK.
BUT ONCE IT'S THERE, YOU NEVER KNOW.
THINK, WELL, I GUESS WE APPROVE.
UM, ANY, ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? UM, SO, UM, THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, UM, UH, I WOUND UP ON AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, UH, THIS WILL BE A MEETING I HAVE TO GO TO AND, UH, CHECK THE BOX.
UH, WELL, IT TURNED INTO A WHOLE LOT MORE.
UH, BUT, UH, THANKS TO, UH, TO KIRK, UH, KRISTEN, UH, AND BOB, UH, FOR HELPING, UH, SUPPORT, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THE CITY'S INTEREST, UH, WAS PROTECTED.
BUT WHY DOES THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD CARE ABOUT WHAT GOES ON, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY? UM, WELL, I'LL TELL YOU, UM, WHY THEY CARE.
UH, IT HAS TO DO WITH COMPETITION FOR RESOURCES.
SO, UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, JUST KIND OF AT A CORE FUNDAMENTAL, UM, THERE WERE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY, UH, THAT DID NOT WANT THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS, UH, ENCUMBERED IN ANY WAY, UM, AND DID NOT WANT TO BE INCLUDED, UH, IN A UGB.
AND IT WASN'T JUST LIKE ONE OR TWO.
UM, THERE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THREE, 400, UH, PEOPLE AT, UH, SOME OF THESE MEETINGS.
UH, AND THEY HAD BRIGHT YELLOW T-SHIRTS, UH, AND THEY WOULD COME AND MAKE THEIR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS KNOWN.
UM, BUT IT WAS REALLY JUST A WHOLE LESSON IN, GOSH, UM, CIVICS ISN'T SUPPOSED TO WORK THIS WAY, UH, BECAUSE YOU HAD ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, AND, UM, BUREAUCRATS FROM DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES THAT WERE DOING THINGS AND FORCING, UH, THINGS OR TRYING TO FORCE THINGS ON LANDOWNERS.
AND NO, IT'S NOT ANNEXATION, BUT IT'S THE START OF, UH, ANNEXATION.
UH, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT IN AN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, YOU CAN'T BE ANNEXED.
UM, HOWEVER THE CITY'S DONE IT BEFORE.
UM, BUT, UM, ALL THAT'S TO SAY IS, UH, IT WAS JUST ONE OF THESE THINGS WHERE THESE PEOPLE THAT LIVED IN THE COUNTY AND JUST WANTED TO BE LEFT ALONE, UM, THEY WERE BEING FORCED INTO THESE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES.
UH, AND IT'S LIKE, NO, THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
SO, UH, I BELIEVE THAT WE'VE COME OUT WITH, UH, A VERY WORKABLE PLAN, UH, THAT ALSO HELPS PROTECT, UH, THE BRENTWOOD TAXPAYER'S INTEREST.
THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETITION, UH, FOR TAX DOLLARS OUT THERE, BUT AS YOU INCREASE DENSITY AND MOST OF THESE PLACES IN THE COUNTY, THERE'S ONE HOME PER FIVE ACRES.
UM, AND SO YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE MUNICIPALITIES AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH HIGH DENSITY HOUSING AND WHAT DOES THAT DO IN TERMS OF COMPETITION FOR RESOURCES, UH, PRIMARILY SCHOOLS, UH, UM, WITHIN THE, UH, THE COUNTY.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHY BRENTWOOD, UM, UH, CARES.
UH, AND SO, UM, HOPEFULLY THIS, UM, DOESN'T GET, UH, HUNG UP.
UH, I'VE HEARD SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT, UH, ARE, UH, IN, UM, SOME OF THE AREAS TALKING ABOUT, HEY, THERE'S A COUPLE OF MUNICIPALITIES THAT AREN'T HAPPY.
UH, AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, QUOTE, GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER.
UH, AND SO ALL THESE FOLKS, UM, WOULD TAKE TIME OFF FROM WORK AND AWAY FROM FAMILY AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF, UH, TO COME AND MAKE THEIR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS KNOWN.
BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS AND WE WON'T HAVE TO, UH, RELY ON AN A LJ, UH, 'CAUSE YOU DON'T EVER KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN IT GETS THERE.
UM, BUT TYPICALLY WHEN IT GETS THERE, COMMON SENSE, UH, PREVAILS HAS BEEN, UH, MY EXPERIENCE.
BUT, SO THAT'S WHY BRENTWOOD CARES.
UH, AND, UH, I WISH IT'D HAVE TURNED INTO ONE OF THOSE CHECK THE BOX KIND OF MEETINGS, UH, BUT, UM, UH, IT DIDN'T.
UH, AND, UH, I THINK THAT, UH, WE'RE ALL BETTER AS A RESULT OF IT.
SO, FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 14.
ALL IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 14.
UH, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[4. Appointment of three (3) members to the Historic Commission]
NEXT WE HAVE THE APPOINTMENT OF THREE MEMBERS TO THE HISTORIC COMMISSION.AND AS I LOOK THROUGH THIS BALLOT, UM, IT'S LIKE, GOSH, THERE'S A LOT OF NAMES I KNOW ON HERE, UH, AND A LOT OF REALLY GOOD PEOPLE, UH, ON HERE.
THIS IS, WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE, UH, SO MANY TALENTED PEOPLE, UM, WITHIN OUR CITY THAT WANT TO GET INVOLVED.
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AND IT'S, UM, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF REALLY GOOD FOLKS ON HERE.IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION.
COMMISSIONER DUNN VOTES FOR CAROL KRIEGER, SHERRY HAMMOND AND LOCE H****R COMMISSIONER.
LITTLE VOTES FOR CAROL KRIEGER, SHERRY HAMMOND AND LOCE H****R.
COMMISSIONER ANDREWS VOTES FOR CAROL KRIEGER.
SHERRY HAMMOND, LOCE H****R COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN VOTES FOR AMY BROTHERS LOCE H****R AND TRACY ZIMMERMAN.
COMMISSIONER SPEARS VOTES FOR AMY BROTHERS LOCE H****R.
TRACY ZIMMERMAN, MAYOR GORMAN VOTES FOR AMY BROTHERS LOCE H****R.
TRAVIS VOTES FOR AMY BROTHERS LOYCE H****R.
SO LOYCE H****R WITH SEVEN VOTES.
AND TRACY ZIMMERMAN WITH FOUR VOTES.
UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO AMY LOYCE AND TRACY.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU EVERYONE THAT STOOD UP AND STEPPED UP TO, UH, TO VOLUNTEER AND PUT THEIR NAME IN THE HAT.
[5. Appointment of four (4) members to the Tree Board]
HAVE APPOINTMENT OF, UH, FOUR MEMBERS TO THE TREE BOARD AT THE, DO WE NEED A MOTION BEFORE MAKING A, A COMMENT ON BEHALF OF THE TREE BOARD ON THIS? I DON'T THINK THERE'S A MOTION REQUIRED.IS THERE? WELL, THERE'S, YEAH, IF THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WANTING TO CHANGE THE EVENTUAL APPOINTMENT DATES OF THESE TO EXTEND THEM TO GET 'EM ON A MAY CYCLE.
SO IF YOU WERE INCLINED TO DO THAT, I THINK A MOTION TO DO THAT AND MAKE THESE APPOINTMENTS INSTEAD OF BEING FEBRUARY OF 26, BEING MAY OF 26, IF THERE'S A DESIRE TO DO THAT, I THINK A MOTION WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO TAKE SOME ACTION OTHER THAN VOTING ON THESE RIGHT NOW,
SO, UM, IF, UH, YEAH, I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS SOMETHING OTHER THAN, UH, THAN THAT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A, UH, UM, TO SPEAK UP.
AND, AND THERE WAS AN EMAIL THIS AFTERNOON, UM, ACTUALLY THIS MORNING ABOUT IT TO THE COMMISSION, BUT JUST ON, ON BEHALF OF, UM, UH, LYNN TUCKER AND THE TREE BOARD WHEN I WAS THE MEETING, I THINK, UH, UH, VICE MAYOR TRAVIS AS WELL HAS TAKEN SOME INTEREST.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'VE REALIZED AS A BOARD WAS THE TREE BOARD APPOINTMENTS COME UP EVERY YEAR, SHORTLY BEFORE ARBOR DAY.
AND WHILE WE DON'T WANNA CHANGE THE TERM OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY COMMITTED ON IT, THE REQUEST OF THE TREE BOARD WAS, HEY, WOULD THERE BE A WAY TO GET IT TO THE TREE BOARD TERM CAME, UH, UP AFTER ARBOR DAY EVERY YEAR SO THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE WORKED ON ARBOR DAY ROLL OFF BEFORE ARBOR DAY AND HAVE NEW PEOPLE COME ON THE BOARD.
THEY'RE TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE ARBOR DAY.
SO THE REQUEST WAS IF THE COMMISSION WOULD CONSIDER, UM, HAVING THE PEOPLE APPOINTED TONIGHT HAVE A SLIGHTLY LONGER TERM, UM, WHICH WOULD BE THROUGH MAY 20, 26, UH, TO GET THEM JUST PAST ARBOR DAY, YOU KNOW, BEFORE NEW APPOINTMENTS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION OR, OKAY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE, THE APPOINTMENTS MADE TONIGHT WOULD EXPIRE IN MAY, 2026.
THE HISTORIC BOARD HAS A HISTORY BOWL IN TWO WEEKS AND I MEMBER WAS REMOVED TONIGHT.
WHO'S IN, IN CHARGE OF A LOT OF THINGS.
THIS HAPPENED TO US LAST YEAR WHEN OUR CHAIRMAN WAS REMOVED BY THIS BOARD WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF A LOT OF THINGS.
WE MANAGED TO BOUNCE BACK DESPITE THE LACK OF CONCERN FOR OUR PROGRAMMING THAT WE DO.
SO I KEEP THE BOARD APPOINTMENTS WHERE THEY WERE.
UM, SO WE, WE WILL, UH, UH, CALL FOR A VOTE, UH, ON THE, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENT, UH, BY COMMISSIONER ANDREWS THAT WAS SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR TRAVIS.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF CHANGING, UH, THE TERM, UH, TO WHAT'S THE DATE? UH, MAY, 2026.
UM, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
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OPPOSED? AYE.I WAS DEVOTED FOR ALL FOUR OF 'EM ANYWAY, TO KEEP 'EM ALL.
AND, UM, WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO BALLOT, SO WE'RE GONNA GET ON WITH IT RIGHT HERE.
COMMISSIONER DUNN VOTES FOR AMY BIRD, WILLIAM KRAUS, SUSAN RICHARDS, AND LYNN TUCKER.
COMMISSIONER ANDREWS VOTES FOR AMY BIRD.
WILLIAM KRAUS, SUSAN RICHARDS, LYNN TUCKER, COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN VOTES FOR AMY BIRD.
WILLIAM KRAUS, SUSAN RICHARDS, LYNN TUCKER, COMMISSIONER.
WILLIAM KRAUS, SUSAN RICHARDS, LYNN TUCKER.
COMMISSIONER SPEARS VOTES FOR AMY BIRD.
WILLIAM KRAUS, SUSAN RICHARDS, LYNN TUCKER MAYOR GORMAN VOTES FOR AMY BIRD.
WILLIAM KRAUS, SUSAN RICHARDS, LYNN TUCKER, VICE MAYOR.
WILLIAM KRAUS, SUSAN RICHARDS, LYNN TUCKER, AMY BIRD, WILLIAM KRAUS, SUSAN RICHARDS AND LYNN TUCKER.
[a. Notice of future appointments of two (2) members to the Park Board (for information only)]
UM, WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, UH, ARE NOTICE OF FUTURE APPOINTMENT OF TWO MEMBERS TO THE PARK BOARD, UH, FOR INFORMATIONAL ONLY.[b. Notice of future appointment of one (1) representative to the Williamson County Board of Equalization (for information only)]
OF FUTURE APPOINTMENT OF ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION FOR APPOINTMENT ONLY.NOW WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT WE PULLED, UH, OR THAT WE PULLED THAT WERE PULLED, UH, FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND, UH, SO WE'LL DEAL WITH, UH, THE FIRST ONE.
[2. Resolution 2024-10 - A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY AND EASEMENTS FOR THE WESTPARK DRIVE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, for adoption]
UH, IT'S RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 10 A, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF RIGHT AWAY AND EASEMENTS FOR THE WEST PARK DRIVE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR ADOPTION.DO I HEAR A MOTION? I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO DISAPPROVE A SECOND.
UM, SO WE HAVE A, UH, UH, A MOTION TO, UH, DECLINE, UH, BY COMMISSIONER SPEARS AND SECOND, UM, BY COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN DISCUSSION.
YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE, OR YOU WANT THIS AGAIN, THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN IN THE CIP FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A DRAWING.
I THINK WE MAY HAVE A COMBINATION OF, UH, SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CROSSING AT WEST PARK DRIVE AND CADILLAC OPPOSITE HARPETH ON THE GREEN OFFICE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN CONSTRUCTION OF A SIDEWALK BETWEEN MARYLAND WAY AND CADILLAC DRIVE IS THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT.
AND THE ACQUISITION OF RIGHT OF WAY WOULD BE REQUIRED RELATED TO THE SIDEWALK PROJECT, SIDEWALK PORTION OF THE PROJECT.
SO ON THURSDAY, OKAY, IF I SPEAK, YEAH.
ON THURSDAY WE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AND QUESTIONS.
A LOT OF THE COMMISSIONERS, A MAJORITY OF IN FACT, HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT.
UM, WE MOSTLY AGREE THAT THE INTERSECTION IS DANGEROUS.
UM, BUT THIS PLAN ADDRESSES ONLY SIDEWALKS AND, UM, CROSSWALKS.
SO, UM, NOT SHOWN ON THIS, UM, UH, GRAPHIC HERE, BUT, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY TO THE EAST, BUT IT WOULD BE BELOW ON THIS, UM, GRAPHIC WOULD IS A STREET NAMED PENN WARREN.
AND ON PENN WARREN, THERE ALREADY IS A SIDEWALK.
AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN WEST PARK AND PENN WARREN IS ABOUT 200 FEET.
UH, THERE'S A PARKING LOT THAT SEPARATES THOSE TWO STREETS.
UM, AND THEN THAT SIDEWALK CONNECTS DOWN TO MARYLAND FARMS AND THEN IT CONNECTS UP TO CADILLAC DRIVE.
THERE, IN FACT IS NOT A, A CROSSWALK AT CADILLAC DRIVE THERE TO GET THE PENN WARREN FOOT TRAFFIC OVER TO CADILLAC SIDEWALK.
SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE FOR STAFF TO LOOK AT, UM, THE FEASIBILITY OF WHAT THAT COULD BE TO KEEP OUR, UH, PEDESTRIANS SAFE IN THAT AREA.
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AND I UNDERSTAND THE REASON FOR THE CROSSWALK COMING OVER FROM THE HARPE ON THE GREEN.AM I CORRECT AT THAT? UH, COMPLEX, UM, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT IS, IT IS A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION AND IT MAKES SENSE TO ME TO HAVE A CROSSWALK THERE.
AT THE DISCUSSION ON THURSDAY, WE TALKED ABOUT COULD WE DO A TABLETOP, COULD IT BE ON THE NORTH SIDE VERSUS SOUTH SIDE? SO THERE WERE JUST A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND WE ASKED, UM, IF WE COULD GET SOME MORE INFORMATION.
UM, SO I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THE CROSSWALKS AND MAKING SURE THAT PEDESTRIANS CAN CROSS SAFELY.
BUT I SEE THE, UM, SIDEWALK THAT WOULD GO FROM, IF YOU CAN TELL THE INTERSECTION UP HERE WITH THE HASH MARKS IS THE CROSSWALK.
UH, THERE'S A LINE THAT RUNS PARALLEL TO THE ROAD OF WEST PARK.
LET'S SEE IF I CAN MAKE THAT WORK.
BATTERY MUST BE, OH, THERE, IT'S, SO THAT IS THE SIDEWALK PROPOSED.
AND SINCE THERE'S A SIDEWALK RIGHT HERE AT PENN, WORN ABOUT 200 FEET, I JUST SEE THAT AS A REDUNDANCY OF WORK.
AND THEN WHEN I EMAILED STAFF TO ASK QUESTIONS, STAFF IS ALWAYS AWESOME ABOUT RESPONDING OVER EMAIL AND ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS.
UM, THAT THE, THE PART ON OUR AGENDA CONSENT IS FOR RIGHT OF WAY, UM, UM, ACQUISITION AND THE COST OF ALL THAT IS $130,000, BUT THE ACTUAL COST TO BUILD THAT SIDEWALK IS $900,000.
AND TO ME, IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A GOOD USE OF MONEY WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE A REDUNDANT SIDEWALK, UM, 200 FEET PARALLEL TO THAT.
SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN STAFF BRINGING IT BACK TO US WITHOUT THE SIDEWALK, BUT KEEPING THE CROSSWALK.
AND IF YOU COULD JUST GET SOME MORE INFORMATION, UH, ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, IN THE MEETING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND I KNOW THAT DEREK, UM, ASKED A LOT, ANSWERED A LOT OF OUR QUESTIONS DURING THAT MEETING.
SO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO BRING TO US, WE WOULD APPRECIATE.
OTHER COMMENTS, VICE MAYOR TRAVIS? I DO.
I I WAS SURPRISED AT THE COST OF IT AT OUR INFO MEETING, AND THAT'S WHAT, I DON'T WANT TO GO TOTALLY AWAY.
I JUST LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS AGAIN.
AND I'D LIKE TO PERSONALLY GO BACK OUT THERE AND LOOK AT THAT.
AND DEREK AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB.
I THINK IF THEY COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TOO, AND WE COULD JUST PUT OUR OUR HEADS TOGETHER, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT MONEY, WHICH WE NEED TO BE PHYSICALLY RESPONSIBLE.
SO I, I SECOND IN THAT MOTION.
UM, FOR THE SAME REASONS I DO VERY MUCH WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE A SAFE CROSSWALK FOR THE OFFICE WORKERS THAT ARE TO THE WEST COMING TOWARDS STARBUCKS AND PUBLIC.
THAT'S A REALLY DANGEROUS INTERSECTION.
MY HOPE HAD BEEN THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE ON CADILLAC DRIVE AND IF YOU'RE TRYING TO TURN LEFT TO GO TO MARYLAND WAY, I MEAN THAT'S A, THAT'S A DANGEROUS CURVE.
AND MY HOPE HAD BEEN THAT WE WERE GONNA, WHEN WE LAST TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE YEARS AGO, OR A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA TRY AND DO SOMETHING TO REWORK IT.
SO IT WOULD MAKE IT A LITTLE SAFER.
I PERSONALLY, UM, WHEN I'M COMING OUTTA STARBUCKS IN PUBLIX, I GO DOWN PENN WARREN IF I'M GOING TO MARYLAND FARMS, BECAUSE I MARYLAND WAY, 'CAUSE I SPECIFICALLY DON'T WANNA GO TO THIS INTERSECTION.
SO I'LL GO DOWN PENN WARREN THAT RUNS DOWN BY, UM, THE, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT, THAT'S WHERE THE FARM BUREAU AND THE GREEK CAFE ARE.
SO I'M VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THE CROSSWALK AND DOING SOMETHING TO GET THE OFFICE WORKERS.
'CAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT ENTIRE OFFICE COMPLEX, THEY HAVE BUILT THEIR OWN, UM, KIND OF SIDEWALK THAT RUNS KIND OF PARALLEL TO OLD HICKORY.
UH, SO I THINK A LOT OF 'EM DO COME ACROSS.
AND I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF A CROSSWALK ACROSS CADILLAC FROM PENN WARREN OVER TO THE STARBUCKS PUBLIC SIDE OF THINGS, JUST DOWN THE WAY.
UM, AT CREEKSIDE CROSSING, WE DO HAVE A CROSSWALK THERE.
UM, AND I, I SEE OFFICE WORKERS USING THAT A LOT.
SO I'D LIKE TO DO THE SAME THING AT PENN WARREN.
I THINK THAT'S A MUCH MORE COST EFFECTIVE WAY THAN TO ADD THE ENTIRE SIDEWALK ON WEST PARK.
LITTLE, I THINK THE PLAN IS GOOD, AND I THINK SOME OF IT'S BEING MISSED IS THIS SIDEWALK WILL PROVIDE ACCESS AT A SIGNALED CROSSING.
THERE'S NOT A SIGNALED CROSSING AT PENN WORN ACROSS MARYLAND WAY.
AND IF YOU'RE IN BUSINESS HOURS, AND I GO THROUGH THERE ALL THE TIME BECAUSE OF WHAT MY WORK REQUIRES OF ME, UH, THAT'S A PLACE THAT EVEN TRYING TO TAKE A LEFT HAND TURN TO HEAD EAST ON MARYLAND WAY IS, UH, SOMETIMES A
I WOULD NEVER WANT PEDESTRIANS CROSSING MARYLAND FARMS. SO ANY CITIZENS THAT WANT TO GO LOOK AT THIS AS FAR AS REDUNDANCY, UM, MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SIDEWALKS ON EVERY STREET, AND I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON TURQUOISE WOULD HATE IT IF WE SAID, WELL, THERE'S A SIDEWALK ON MARKET SITE, SO JUST USE IT AND, AND WALK ALL THE WAY AROUND TO DO WHAT'S BEING TALKED ABOUT.
ON THE PIN, WARREN, PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO CROSS AT THEIR OWN JEOPARDY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA CROSS TO WHERE THERE'S NO SIDEWALK
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MARYLAND WAY, WHICH IS FOUR LANES, AND THEN RIGHT THERE IS A CUTOUT TURN LANE.SO YOU CAN SUDDENLY HAVE SOMEBODY YOU'RE TRYING TO CROSS THE STREET COMING AND LEFT.
PERSONALLY, I THINK STAFF DID A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THIS.
THEY'VE WORKED ON IT FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS.
UM, UM, THIS WILL HELP WITH HIGH WOODS ALSO.
HIGH HIGH WOODS HAS BEEN A, A VERY GOOD COMMUNITY PARTNER AND THEY BUILT SIDEWALKS IN THEIR, UH, COMPLEX TO LINE UP WITH WHAT THE CITY HAD SAID WE WERE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA DO.
SO, UM, I THINK THIS WILL FULFILL A GREAT NEED.
I THINK IT'LL GREATLY INCREASE THE SAFETY OF THIS AREA, AND I THINK IT'LL GIVE MORE PEDESTRIAN.
WE, WE COMPLAIN ABOUT TRAFFIC ALL THE TIME.
SO IF WE CAN KEEP PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MARYLAND WAY THAT MIGHT WANNA WALK TO CHILI'S OR WALK TO PUBLIX, PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE TODAY, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL DAYS IN BRENTWOOD, THEY WILL NOW GET IN THEIR CAR AND COME ACROSS BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA BE SAFE CROSSING MARYLAND WAY YOU, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A CHOICE OF CROSSING AT A SIGNALED PLACE, WHICH THE SIGNALED INTERSECTION WOULD BE NICE, BUT YOU'LL JUST BE GOING INTO GRASS OR GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO PENN WARREN AND PLAYING FROGGER TRYING TO GET ACROSS MARYLAND WAY.
SO I, I I GUESS I WILL VOTE AGAINST THIS EVEN THOUGH MY MS PER MY EIGHTH GRADE ENGLISH TEACHER AT NORTHSIDE SAID, DON'T USE DOUBLE NEGATIVES, BUT I GUESS I WILL VOTE AGAINST THE DISAVOWMENT OR DENIAL OR WHATEVER OF THIS.
'CAUSE I AM ACTUALLY FOR THIS AND I'M FOR IT AS, AS AS DESIGNED COMMISSIONER ANDERS.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE FRANKLY A LITTLE BIT OF A, A MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THIS AND THAT AS OBSERVED, YOU KNOW, THIS INTERSECTION IS, IS FAIRLY DANGEROUS AND PART OF THE REASON IT'S FAIRLY DANGEROUS AS THEY'VE MENTIONED, IS BECAUSE OF THE SIGHT LINES.
UM, WHETHER YOU'RE COMING NORTH ON WEST PARK OR IF YOU'RE COMING WEST ON CADILLAC, OR IF YOU'RE COMING OUTTA THE HIGHWAYS DEVELOPMENT, IT'S HARD TO SEE DOWN THAT ROAD.
AND PART OF THE REASON IT'S HARD TO SEE DOWN THERE IS BECAUSE IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT, THE ROAD KIND OF DIPS DOWN SOME AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LANDSCAPE BERM RIGHT ALONG, YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT, WHERE THAT SIDEWALK IS, IS PLANNED.
UM, BUT AFTER WATCHING THE BRIEF FROM LAST WEEK, AND I HATED TO BE OUTTA TOWN AND MISSED THE CONVERSATION, BUT I WENT BACK AND WATCHED IT AND HAD THE CHANCE TO TALK TO STAFF SOME, UM, JUST TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
YOU KNOW, PART OF THE REASON THIS, I I THINK THIS PROJECT WOULD BE ON THE EXPENSIVE SIDE IS BECAUSE AS IT SHOWS ON HERE, THERE'S A COUPLE OF TREES THAT I WOULD HATE TO LOSE, BUT SOME PRETTY GOOD SIZED TREES INTERRUPT THE SIGHT LINES.
ALSO, THE, UM, THAT LANDSCAPE BERM, WHERE THE SIDEWALK WOULD GO IS, IS RAISED UP HIGHER ABOVE THE ROAD BED THAN, THAN A SIDEWALK WOULD BE.
AND TALKING TO ENGINEERING, IT SOUNDS LIKE PART OF THE COST WOULD BE THE SITE WORK TO GO DOWN THERE, BOTH TO ADD STORM SEWERS TO IMPROVE THE, UM, THE WATER HANDLING OF THE AREA, BUT ALSO TO CUT THAT DOWN TO SIDEWALK GRADE RELATIVE TO ROAD GRADE, WHICH ALSO VERY WELL WOULD, UM, WOULD IMPROVE SIGHT LINES ON THAT ROAD AND HELP IMPROVE THE SAFETY.
KIND OF WHAT COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN WAS TALKING ABOUT, HELPING TO IMPROVE THAT INTERSECTION.
UM, SO WHILE I WOULD, I WOULD HATE TO LOSE, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO, YOU KNOW, 15 PLUS YEAR OLD TREES.
UM, YOU KNOW, I I PERSONALLY THINK JUST BECAUSE OF THE PROCESS OF PUTTING IN THE SIDEWALK IS LIKELY TO IMPROVE SIGHT LINES THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD REPLANT SOME TREES IN BETTER LOCATIONS, WHICH WOULD TAKE A FEW YEARS TO GROW PROPERLY.
BUT I DO THINK IT WOULD HELP IMPROVE THAT AREA OVERALL QUITE A BIT AND KNOWING THAT SAFETY AND, AND TRAFFIC ARE BOTH THINGS THAT COME UP FREQUENTLY.
AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING IN AND OUT OF MARYLAND FARMS AT VARIOUS TIMES OF THE DAY IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, COMPLAIN LOUDLY ABOUT.
UH, AT CERTAIN TIMES OF DAY IT'S VERY HARD TO GET IN AND OUT.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT HELP, HELP IMPROVE THIS INTERSECTION IN THAT AREA.
SO FOR, FOR THAT REASON, YOU KNOW, SO WELL, I, I HATE TO TAKE DOWN THE TREES AND DISTURB IT VERY MUCH.
I WOULD, UM, I WOULD HAVE TO VOTE AGAINST THE DISAPPROVAL.
I THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT THIS OVER THE WEEKEND BECAUSE IT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND IT, IT SEEMED TO ME THAT, UM, THE STAFF BROUGHT THIS AND ENGINEERING FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT BROUGHT THIS.
AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY DID IT WITHOUT PUTTING A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO IT.
AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE THE ENGINEERING SKILLS TO SAY, I THINK THIS IS WHERE A CROSSWALK SHOULD BE VERSUS A SKILLED ENGINEER WHO STUDIES THIS TYPE OF THING.
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I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH CONTINUING TO LOOK AT IT, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO, TO KNOW IS THAT WE WILL, WHO WE SAY WE SUPPORT OUR STAFF ALL THE TIME.IF HE GOES BACK AND LOOKS AT IT AND SAYS, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE RIGHT AND THIS IS A BETTER SPOT, OR NO, I SUPPORT THIS FIRST SPOT, WILL WE, WILL WE NOT MICROMANAGE? AND WE'LL TAKE THE ADVICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND THE STAFF.
I MEAN, I WOULD BE WILLING TO DEFER ON THAT BASIS, BUT, UH, I, I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE DRAGGING THIS ON FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW BETTER THAN THEY DO ABOUT DESIGNING A SIDEWALK AND A CROSSWALK.
YEAH, I, I DON'T WANT TO KILL THE PROJECT.
WE HAVE TO, WE CAN DEFER TO A SPECIFIC DATE, BUT I THINK OUR MEETING WAS JUST A LITTLE RUSHED BECAUSE WE HAD OTHER STUFF TO DO ON THURSDAY TOO.
I, I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS TOTALLY OUTTA THE QUESTION, BUT I'D JUST LIKE MORE TIME TO STUDY AND I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO ENGINEERING MORE.
I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER DUNN.
I'D LESS JUST LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT.
WE DIDN'T QUITE GET TO THAT ON THURSDAY.
THIS DOESN'T GO AWAY IN MY MIND.
IT'S JUST TABLED IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN WE USUALLY TABLE.
UM, JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, OF COMMENTS.
THERE'S A SIDEWALK, UH, THAT RUNS, UH, HERE, UH, PARALLEL ON, UH, ON MARYLAND WAY.
UH, AND THEN THIS, UM, SIDEWALK THAT RUNS UP, UH, PAN WARREN.
SO THE, I WALKED AWAY WITH, UH, KIND OF, UH, UH, SOME QUESTIONS OF, IS THERE THE ABILITY TO JUST PUT A LITTLE, UH, SIDEWALK FROM HERE TO HERE? UH, AND THEN YOU GET THE, UH, THE ACCESS, UM, FROM THE CROSSWALKS AND THEN THE, UH, SIGNALED, UH, INTERSECTION, UH, HERE AND THOSE, UH, THOSE CROSSWALKS.
UM, BUT, UH, I WALKED AWAY WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS, UH, PROBABLY NEEDS A LITTLE MORE WORK.
UH, I'M NOT READY TO, UM, UM, PUT THE, UH, THE DOLLARS IN, UH, TO, UH, RUN THAT, UM, THAT SHORT LITTLE SIDEWALK THERE FOR ALL IN ABOUT A MILLION BUCKS.
SO, UH, I'LL VOTE, UH, ACCORDINGLY.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO SEE PENN WARNED ON THE MAP.
'CAUSE WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT.
DRAW THAT IN AND LET US TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.
OTHER COMMENTS? UM, BEFORE WE CALL FOR THE, UH, OH, THAT'S WHAT I'M CONFUSED ABOUT TO TABLE, TO DEFER, TO SCRATCH IT.
WHAT TO DISAPPROVE, DISAPPROVE TO, TO DISAPPROVE, TO DENY.
WELL, LET'S, CAN YOU SAY IT VERY CLEARLY AND WRITTEN DOWN SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE VOTING FOR? UM, WHEN I MADE THE MOTION, THE MOTION WAS TO DISAPPROVE.
AND THE IDEA IS THAT IF WE, UH, DELAY TO ANOTHER TIME, WE HAVE TO PUT A TIMESTAMP ON THAT.
AND THEN THAT LIMITS OUR STAFF.
AND SO IN ORDER TO LET STAFF COME BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, IT'S CLEANER TO JUST VOTE TO DISAPPROVE OR TO MO MOTION TO DISAPPROVE.
SO THAT IS MY MOTION TO DISAPPROVE SO THAT STAFF CAN GO BACK TO RE-LOOK AT IT AND BRING IT BACK TO US ANOTHER DAY.
AND THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY SOMEBODY.
TO DISAPPROVE OF ONE'S, JUST TOTALLY, BUT THEY ARE ON IT.
CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? SURE.
I, I THINK THIS IS NEEDED IN SOME FORM OR OTHER ARE WE, AND I KNOW WE CAN'T COMMIT AHEAD OF TIME TO HOW WE'RE GONNA VA BUT WE'RE GENUINELY GOING TO SERIOUSLY VOTE ON IT WHEN A RECOMMENDATION, WHETHER IT BE THIS ONE OR ANOTHER ONE IS BROUGHT BACK.
WELL, I THINK WE'RE SERIOUSLY, UM, VOTING ON, UH, ON THIS NOW.
UM, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT THERE'S, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT AGREEMENT, UH, ABOUT IS THIS THE, UH, THE BEST PATH FORWARD.
DO WE NEED TO LOOK, TAKE SOME TIME, LOOK AT SOME OTHER OPTIONS? I THINK THAT'S WHAT, UM, THE, UH, THE MESSAGE IS.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY, UH, IS AGAINST, UH, BUT MATT, YOU KNOW, IN THE PARENTS.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S AGAINST ANY CROSSWALKS OR, UM, IMPROVEMENT.
I DON'T WANT IT JUST PUSHED ASIDE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO VOTE ON THIS ONE.
I WOULD MUCH MORE, I'M MORE COMFORTABLE WITH A DEFERRAL THAN A DISAPPROVAL BECAUSE OF WE OFTEN VOTE TO DEFER THINGS WHILE MORE INFORMATION IS GATHERED.
I MEAN, THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL AT ALL.
WE DO IT ALL THE TIME WITH ZONING ISSUES.
ALRIGHT, UM, WE'LL CALL FOR THE, UH, THE VOTE, UH, ON RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 10.
UM, THE MOTION, PRIMARY MOTION WAS TO, UM, DISAPPROVE, UM, PERSON WAS SECONDED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
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RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 10, UM, UH, IS, UH, FAILS BY A VOTE OF, UM, FOUR TO THREE.[3. Resolution 2024-12 - A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SMITH PARK MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL RULES, for adoption]
OF BUSINESS, UH, THIS EVENING IS RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 12 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SMITH PARK MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL RULES FOR ADOPTION.DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
DO I HEAR SECOND, SECOND, SECOND OR PRIMARY MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ANDREWS SECOND BY DUNN.
UH, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, WE AND THE, UM, BIKING COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A, THE CONSTRUCTION OF MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS WITHIN SMITH PARK.
UH, BOTH SIDES OF THAT PROJECT ARE NEARING COMPLETION.
UH, WE'RE HOPEFUL OF A LATE MARCH, EARLY APRIL OPENING OF THEM.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO HAVE SOME RULES ESTABLISHED THAT WE CAN POST AND SIGN AT THE PARK.
SO THE RULES ARE, ARE RECOMMENDED HERE THROUGH STAFF, THE BIKING GROUP AND THE PARK BOARD.
UM, COMMISSIONER, SO THE REASON I WANTED TO PULL IT FROM CONSENT SO WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT, IS WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, UM, SOME AT OUR THURSDAY BRIEFING.
AND AS HAS MENTIONED BEFORE, WE WERE A LITTLE TIGHT ON TIME 'CAUSE WE HAD ANOTHER MEETING AFTERWARDS AND WE DISCUSSED, UM, ONE OF THE ASPECTS WITH THE CLASS ONE, CLASS TWO AND SO FORTH.
AND WE THOUGHT, AND WE THOUGHT WE CAME UP WITH AN APPROPRIATE WORDING TO PUT ON THERE.
AND SO WE MOVED ON AND UM, AS WE AF AFTER WE LEFT THE MEETING AND I THOUGHT, WELL, IF WE VOTE ON THESE RULES, THEN OUR PARK DIRECTOR IS GONNA TAKE IT VERBATIM AND GO PRINT IT UP.
AND I WASN'T QUITE COMFORTABLE WITH EXACTLY THE WORDING.
I FELT LIKE IT WAS A, A, A LITTLE WORDY THAT WE NEEDED TO CONSOLIDATE IT SOME.
AND SO WHAT I DID IS I CALLED, UM, VICKI SANFORD, WHO'S OUR CHAIR OF THE PARKS BOARD, AND TALKED WITH HER AND KIND OF GOT THE LOWDOWN ON THEIR MEETING AND THEY HAD A LONG MEETING AND THEY DISCUSSED PART OF THIS, BUT NOT EVERY ASPECT OF IT.
AND SO SHE AND I TALKED, WE KIND OF CAME UP WITH A DRAFT, AND THIS IS JUST VERY MUCH A DRAFT OF SOME ABBREVIATED VERBIAGE AND WE LOOKED AT SOME SIGNS AND SO FORTH, BUT NEITHER ONE OF US DO NOT EVEN CLAIM TO BE ANY SORT OF EXPERT ON, YOU KNOW, MOUNTAIN BIKING AND SO FORTH.
AND THEN, UM, EVEN THIS MORNING WE GOT A CHANGE FROM CITY STAFF ABOUT WHAT NEEDED TO OCCUR AND THEN MARTY CAME AND SPOKE TONIGHT AND WE LEARNED SOME MORE THINGS.
SO I FEEL LIKE, UM, OUR WORDING IS NOT QUITE WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, SO I JUST WANT TO DEFER IT FOR TWO WEEKS SO THAT AT OUR NEXT BRIEFING ON FEBRUARY 22ND, UM, WE CAN KIND OF HASH THIS OUT A LITTLE BIT.
AND I, I'VE GOT A DRAFT, DOESN'T MATTER.
I DON'T IN I'LL, I'M HAPPY TO, THIS ISN'T EVEN, THIS IS KIND OF NULL AND VOID BECAUSE I DID IT OVER THE WEEKEND AND THEN WE GOT ANOTHER UPDATE THIS MORNING.
SO IT DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE THE CORRECT VERBIAGE OF THE, UM, THE CLASS ONE PEDAL ASSIST BIKES.
SO THAT'S JUST A, A DRAFT, UM, NOT SET IN STONE, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER THIS.
SO WE VOTE ON IT ON FEBRUARY 26TH, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, STAFF TAKES THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF ME, VICKI, SANFORD AND MARTY, AND WE KIND OF REWORK IT.
AND I WOULD LOVE IT IF MARTY COULD COME TO OUR BRIEFING AND WE JUST TALK ABOUT IT, OUR BRIEFING, SO THAT WE ARE CLEAR ON EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.
A SIGN THAT HOPEFULLY IS GONNA BE UP FOR 20, 30 YEARS OR WHATEVER AND WE DON'T HAVE TO REDO IT.
UM, THAT'S ALL I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST HAVE ONE MORE WORKING SESSION.
ARE YOU WANTING TO MAKE A MOTION THIS SECOND? I DO WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER.
SO I MAY NEED TO MAKE AMENDMENT I GUESS SINCE NO, A MOTION TO DEFER WOULD TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER THE, UH, MAIN MOTION ON THE TABLE.
SO MY MOTION IS JUST TO DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IT AT OUR NEXT BRIEFING ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND.
AND HAVE ONE MORE WORK SESSION.
MAY I ASK A QUESTION? WAIT, NO, NO.
AND WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND ON THE FLOOR JUST YET.
I'LL SECOND IT SO I CAN ASK A QUESTION.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DUNN, I DON'T WANT TO DELAY THIS TYPE OF THING, BUT DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD BYPASS THE PARK BOARD COMPLETELY? SHOULDN'T IT GO BACK TO THEM IF IT'S GONNA BE TOTALLY, WE WERE OUT OF RESPECT FOR THEM AS A BOARD.
WOULDN'T IT BE BEST TO GO BACK TO THE PARK BOARD AND AT LEAST LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING? I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE PROPER PROTOCOL.
MARCH 11TH MEETING OR AS THE LIAISON TO THE PARK BOARD.
I REALLY AS THE LIAISON TO THE PARK BOARD.
I APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHT ON THAT.
AND UM, I DO, WE DID DISCUSS IT AT THE PARK BOARD, BUT AGAIN, WE HAD, THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON THIS WEEK WITH RUSH FOR TIME.
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POSSIBLE, I KNOW SOMETIMES, UM, THAT VOTES CAN BE DONE OVER EMAIL.IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? NOT AT ALL.
I MEAN, WELL, THE, AND OH, I DID WANNA ANSWER YOUR OTHER QUESTION.
THE PARK BOARD DID NOT COME UP WITH THESE RULES.
THEY WERE COME UP, THEY WERE, UH, CITY STAFF CAME UP WITH THEM, I'M GUESSING, AND IN COORDINATION WITH BIKE WALK, BRENTWOOD.
THAT'S, AND IT WAS GIVEN TO US, APPROVED THEM WHAT? THE PARK BOARD APPROVED THEM.
BUT THEY WERE NOT PREPARED BY THE, I MEAN, THEY APPROVED THEM IF WE'RE GONNA, BUT THEY WERE NOT PREPARED, I THINK.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF EXPERTS ON THE PARK BOARD AND THE MOUNTAIN BIKING AREA.
SO IF IT MAKES SENSE THAT CITY STAFF CAN IMPROVE UPON THE LIST, I THINK THEY COULD, THE PARK BOARD WOULD BE AMIABLE.
AND YOU SAID THAT YOU SPOKE WITH, AND I TALKED TO VICKY SANFORD AND I'D BE HAPPY TO REACH OUT TO HER AS WELL, UM, TO TALK TO HER.
AND SHE, SHE SAID SHE FELT LIKE THEY NEEDED TO BE ABBREVIATED AND SHE SAID, SHE SAID SUSANNA ACTUALLY KIND OF DID THE SAME THING WHEN WE WERE COMING UP WITH THE RULES FOR THE DOG PARK.
AND SHE HAD TO, THEY KIND OF GAVE A SUGGESTION AND THEN EXPECTED THE COMMISSION TO TWEAK IT.
I I THINK THEY DO NEED TO BE REVISITED.
I'M JUST SAYING THERE'S A PROTOCOL.
I DON'T SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE HISTORIC BOARD AND SAY YOU CAN BYPASS THEM.
IT'S MY FEELING THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED.
UH, AND, AND PERHAPS THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S A COURTESY AND SOME TRADITION AND SOME PROTOCOL.
THE BOARD THAT APPROVED IT SHOULD NOT BE LEFT OUT OF THE PICTURE AFTER A WHILE.
YOU, WE, EVEN IF IT MEANS TWO WEEKS MORE, OR IF YOU COULD, CAN YOU, WHEN DO YOU NEED MEET NEXT? THE FIFTH, MONDAY THE FIFTH, AND THEN OUR NEXT MEETING AFTER THAT IS THE 11TH.
IT'LL BE ACTUALLY I'M MONDAY THE FOURTH AND THEN THE NEXT CITY COMMISSION MEETING IS THE 11TH.
WE REFER IT TO THE 11TH, BUT I MEAN, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
THAT WOULD GIVE EVERYONE TIME.
IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, UM, OKAY.
YOU CAN, UH, AMEND YOUR AMENDMENT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE PROBABLY GOT SOME SUPPORT, UH, TO AMEND THE SECOND AS WELL.
SO I'LL AMEND MY AMENDMENT,
SO THAT WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER BRIEFING AND THE PART BOARD CAN THEN GO OVER THIS AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO VOTE ON IT.
SO ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE, UH, THE SECOND COMMISSIONER DUNN? YES.
UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT OF THE AMENDMENT?
UM, THERE'S ALSO JUST AN AMENDMENT TO THE DEFERRAL, SO YOU'RE NOT DOUBLE AMENDED.
WE'LL, WE'LL CALL IT, YOU NEED TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT AND THEN THE DEFERRAL.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THIS.
STILL HAVE TWO, BUT GREAT, BECAUSE THERE'S, UH, THERE'S SOME MOVEMENT GOING ON, UH, FOR SURE.
FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE CALL, UH, FOR THE, UH, AMENDMENT.
SO, UH, THERE WAS A, UH, A MOTION, UH, TO, UH, AMEND AND DEFER, UM, THESE, UH, RULES UNTIL, UH, MARCH 11TH BY, UH, COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN AND WAS SECONDED, UH, BY COMMISSIONER DUNN.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THE AMENDMENT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, NOW WE'LL MOVE, UH, TO, UM, YEP.
TO THE, UH, RESOLUTION, UM, 2024 DASH 12.
SO YOU'VE ALREADY DEFERRED IT, SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.
ANYBODY GOT ANY FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THIS COMMISSION THIS EVENING?
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING THIS EVENING.