Apr 22, 2024 City Commission Meeting

RICHARD FLANDERS.

IT'S HARDER THAN IT LOOKS TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

RICHARD FLANDERS, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER, FOR THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND THAT I, AND OBEY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF 10, UH, OF THE UNITED STATES.

START OVER.

YEAH.

AND WILL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND WILL OBEY THE ALL LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.

AND THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, AND THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE AND THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER.

WELCOME.

THANK YOU, SIR.

YOU WERE TOO CLOSE TO ME.

I'M LOOKING ALL OVER.

MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.

THIS IS, UH, LUKE MITCHELL.

LUKE IS A UNICORN 'CAUSE HE'S FROM MIDDLE TENNESSEE, DIXON COUNTY, WHERE HE GREW UP PLAYING SOCCER AND WRESTLING AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.

HE ATTENDED NORWICH UNIVERSITY, A PRIVATE MILITARY COLLEGE WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN ROTC AND RECEIVED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, AS WELL AS A COMMISSION IN THE UNITED, INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY AS A SEABURN, CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND NUCLEAR OFFICER THROUGH THE ARMY.

HE ALSO RECEIVED HIS HAZMAT TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION.

TWO YEARS BEFORE EXITING THE MILITARY, HE BEGAN VOLUNTEERING AT HIS LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT, ICK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.

ONCE HIS MILITARY CAREER ENDED, HE ATTENDED THE 400 HOUR, UH, TENNESSEE FIRE AND CODES ACADEMY, RECRUIT ACADEMY, WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS FIREFIGHTER ONE AND FIREFIGHTER TWO CERTIFICATIONS.

UPON COMPLETION OF THE ACADEMY, HE ACCEPTED A FIREFIGHTER POSITION WITH RUTHERFORD COUNTY FIREFIGHTER, WHERE HE THEN WENT THROUGH THEIR 620 HOUR RECRUIT ACADEMY.

HE REMAINED WITH, UH, RUTHERFORD COUNTY FIRE RESCUE FOR JUST OVER A YEAR BEFORE HIRING ONTO HIS DREAM JOB HERE IN BRENTWOOD.

, TODAY IS ACTUALLY HIS FIRST DAY ON SHIFT HERE IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

UH, HE'S BEEN MARRIED TO HIS WIFE MCCREE FOR SIX YEARS.

THEY HAVE A TWO AND A HALF YEAR OLD DAUGHTER NAMED OAKLAND, AND 11 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER NAMED HENSLEY.

UH, AND LIKE MANY OF OUR FOLKS, HE ENJOY SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AND OUTDOORS ALLOWED

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TO HOLD HER.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

CAN YOU HOLD YOUR HAND UP? ALRIGHT, IF YOU REPEAT AFTER ME.

I, LUKE MITCHELL.

I LUKE MITCHELL, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT I POSSESS, ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER, FOR THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

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

THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE AND THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER, THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER.

WELCOME.

WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE, CHIEF.

YOU GET TO CONTINUE.

YEAH.

THIS WAS GREAT COMPETITION.

WELL, , THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF DOING.

UH, WE STARTED DOING SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO PUT NAME OR FACES WITH NAMES FOR YOU FOLKS AND TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO HAVE PROMOTED THROUGH OUR RANKS, UM, TO BECOME OUR MID AND UPPER LEVEL LEADERS.

SO TONIGHT WE HAVE, UM, LIEUTENANT TREVOR DINO AND BATTALION CHIEF CODY JOHNSON.

TREVOR, YOU WANNA INTRODUCE WHO YOU HAVE WITH YOU TODAY.

YEAH, THIS IS MY FIANCE, KRISTEN, AND THEN THIS IS MY OLDEST SON, LIAM AND MAVERICK.

CODY GOT MY WIFE LACEY, MY DAUGHTER MERRI, AND MY SON MAX.

SO TREVOR TO MY FAR LEFT HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF BRENTWOOD FIRE RESCUE SINCE 2017.

HE'S PROMOTED TO ENGINEER IN 2020 AND LIEUTENANT THIS PAST JANUARY.

LIKE THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR PERSONNEL.

LIEUTENANT DANNO IS MULTI-TALENTED AND HAS ASSUMED VARIOUS RESPONSIBILITIES, INCLUDING THOSE OF AN EMS FIELD TRAINING OFFICER, PROBATIONARY FIREFIGHTER ASSESSMENT PROGRAM COORDINATOR, AND IS EVEN A WHIZ AT SMALL ENGINE REPAIR.

HE RECENTLY ACHIEVED HIS CRITICAL CARE PARAMEDIC CERTIFICATION AND HAS RECEIVED OUR DEPARTMENT'S MEDICAL SERVICE AWARD FOR HIS DIRECT INVOLVEMENT IN THE SAVING OF LIFE OF ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS.

HE HAS AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN FIRE SERVICE MANAGEMENT AND IS NOW PREPARING TO TAKE OVER OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT'S PHYSICAL FITNESS AND WELLNESS PROGRAM, UH, UP ON THE RETIREMENT OF LIEUTENANT JOHN LOPICCOLO.

YOU ALL KNOW HIS PICK.

UH, TREVOR'S A PROUD FATHER OF THESE TWO YOUNG BOYS.

HE'S CERTAIN, UH, CURRENTLY STATIONED AT, UH, STATION THREE IN ON GENERAL GEORGE PATTON ON A SHIFT TO MY IMMEDIATE LEFT.

IMMEDIATE LEFT IS CODY JOHNSON.

HE JOINED BRENTWOOD FIRE RESCUE IN 2005.

UH, JUST COMPLETED HIS 19TH ANNIVERSARY THIS MONTH.

ACTUALLY, HE MADE ENGINEER IN 2009 AND LIEUTENANT IN 2013, UH, BEFORE BEING NAMED BATTALION CHIEF IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.

HE IMMEDIATELY BECAME INVOLVED IN VARIOUS PROGRAMS, UH, INCLUDING THE PPE COMMITTEE, SMALL EQUIPMENT TRAINING, BLUE CARD INCIDENT COMMAND INSTRUCTOR AND APPARATUS SPEC SPECIFICATION AND DESIGN COMMITTEE MEMBER.

AND HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE PROGRAM MANAGER AND COMMITTEE CHAIR FOR BOTH PPE AND APPARATUS COMMITTEES.

IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE EASIER FOR ME TO TELL YOU WHAT HE HASN'T BEEN INVOLVED WITH IN, IN HIS TIME HERE.

CODY IS TRAINED IN TECHNICAL RESCUE AND IS AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF OUR HAZMAT TEAM AND IS ONE OF THE FEW CERTIFIED SPECIAL HAZMAT SPECIALISTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DEPARTMENT.

HE HAS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN FIRE ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS HIS PARAMEDIC CERTIFICATION.

HE WAS NAMED FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR IN 2022 AND HAS NUMEROUS MEDICAL SERVICE AWARDS TO HIS CREDIT OUTSIDE OF BRENTWOOD.

HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE CENTERVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT SINCE HE WAS 12 YEARS OLD, STARTING AS AN EXPLORER.

UH, SINCE JOINING THE DEPARTMENT AT AGE 18, HE HAS MOVED THROUGH THE RANKS TO HIS CURRENT POSITION AS DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF.

UH, HE IS HUSBAND AGAIN TO LACEY AND FATHER TO MAX AND MERRIT.

SO I WANTED TO INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU AND I WOULD ASK THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO PIN THEIR BADGES.

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COMM, UH, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS BATTALION CHIEF CODY JOHNSON AND LIEUTENANT TREVOR DANONE.

AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST THIS EVENING, UH, WE WANNA RECOGNIZE THIS GENTLEMAN WHO MOST OF YOU KNOW, UM, BATTALION CHIEF DEREK HYDE.

HE RECENTLY SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED HIS EXECUTIVE FIRE OFFICER PROGRAM OR EFO AT THE NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY.

AND EMMETSBURG, MARYLAND, LESS THAN A HANDFUL OF APPLICANTS FROM ACROSS THE NATION ARE SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EXTREMELY PRESTIGIOUS PROGRAM ANNUALLY.

EFO IS A MULTI-YEAR HIGH LEVEL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM COMBINING BOTH ON CAMPUS AND OFF CAMPUS COURSEWORK, FOLLOWED BY A CAPSTONE RESEARCH PAPER DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS AN ISSUE THAT DEMONSTRATES STRATEGIC VALUE TO THE CANDIDATE'S ORGANIZATION AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1985, ONLY 76 INDIVIDUALS FROM THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, UH, HAVE SUCCESSFULLY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN ACHIEVING THEIR EFO.

WE HAVE TWO OF THEM HERE IN BRENTWOOD WITH, UH, CHIEF HYDE AND CHIEF COLLINS.

WE WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE HIS ACHIEVEMENT, WHICH DISTINGUISHES HIM AMONG THE TOP TIER EXECUTIVE FIRE SERVICE LEADERS IN OUR PROFESSION.

ONE OF, UH, THE KEY ROLES THAT THAT CHIEF HYDE HAS PLAYED IS THAT OF ACCREDITATION MANAGER.

AND AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE ARE UNDERGOING OUR RE-ACCREDITATION.

AND, UH, JUST BEFORE I TAKE A SEAT, I WANNA TAKE JUST A BRIEF MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE OUR, OUR PEER TEAM WHO IS ON SITE.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, CRAIG ROLLINS FROM CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO, BETH ICK FROM FLORIDA, UH, COREY HORSIN FROM MON MISSOULA, MONTANA, AND BEN LOVEL FROM OHIO.

SO WE APPRECIATE THEM BEING HERE AND, AND HELPING US TO, TO BE EVEN BETTER MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU ALL.

THANK MA'AM.

BEFORE THEY ALL LEAVE, I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING FROM HAVING SAT HERE AND SEEN A LOT OF THESE OVER THE YEARS, I, I REALLY WISH WE HAD A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FIREFIGHTER VIDEO.

YOU KNOW, THE OLD DAYS WHEN PEOPLE THOUGHT FIREMEN SAT AROUND AND PLAYED CARDS, WATCHED TV AND COOKED UNTIL THE ALARMS WENT UP.

THAT'S NOT THE LIFE OF A FIREFIGHTER ANYMORE.

THEY'RE CONTINUALLY TRAINING.

AND EVERYBODY WE GET NOW, IT MAY HAVE TAKEN US A WHILE TO GET EVERYBODY WE WANTED, BUT WHEN I HEAR THOSE RESUMES, THEY'RE SO MULTI-TALENTED, IT'S AMAZING.

THEY CAN DO THIS AND THAT.

AND THE OTHER, THE HAZMAT STUFF, MEDICAL TRAINING, UH, WATER RESCUE, I, I FEEL LIKE WE ARE JUST IN THE BEST OF HANDS, AND I JUST HOPE THAT OUR COMMUNITY, THEY ALL LOVE THE FIREMEN, BUT I'M NOT SURE THEY ACTUALLY KNOW THE DEPTH OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING AND SKILL.

AND IT, IT'S JUST SO WONDERFUL.

AND, UM, CHIEF GOSS, I WANT TO CREDIT YOU FOR A LOT OF, OF THAT.

YOU BROUGHT THAT DESIRE WITH YOU HERE AND YOU HAD A VISION AND YOU'VE MADE IT HAPPEN.

AND OF COURSE, CHIEF COLLINS AND, UH, JEFF PENDER, YOU'VE DONE ALL OF YOU.

YOU'VE JUST BEEN GREAT.

YEAH, BUT I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I THINK SOMETIMES WE JUST TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED AND, AND THIS KINDA SKILL AND TALENT IS, WHILE YOU MAY, WE ALL WEAR A UNIFORM, YOU MAY ALL LOOK ALIKE.

YOU'RE NOT ALIKE.

EACH ONE OF YOU HAVE YOUR VERY SPECIAL SKILLS, AND WE ALL APPRECIATE IT.

AND ONE DAY WE'LL PAY YOU.

LIKE WE APPRECIATE IT.

SO , HOPEFULLY THAT WON'T

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BE TOO FAR IN THE FUTURE, BUT, UH, WE DO, WE DO LOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

SO, AND I'M SURE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT FEELS THAT.

SO I DON'T WANNA HUG THE SHOW.

IF YOU ALL HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANNA SAY BEFORE THEY LEAVE.

T TYPICALLY, UM, THESE COMMENTS ARE MADE DURING, UH, COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.

BUT WHAT WE REALIZE IS AS SOON AS WE, UH, FINISH UP WITH THIS, THERE TENDS TO BE A MASS EXODUS .

SO WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE, UH, TWO SECTIONS OF, UH, COMMISSIONER COMMENTS TONIGHT.

UM, THE FIRST ONE IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT YOU ALL, VICE MAYOR TRAVIS.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

UH, THIS MORNING I CAME UP AND MET WITH THE PEER REVIEW TEAM.

AND, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT SEEING THEM AND MEETING THEM AND WHAT TRUE PROFESSIONALS YOU GUYS ARE.

THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME TO COME DOWN TO EVALUATE THIS TEAM AND MAKE 'EM BETTER.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO STAY A FEW MINUTES AFTERWARDS.

I WAS, AND TALK WITH THEM.

AND IT WAS SO GREAT TO GET TO KNOW YOU THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

I TOLD YOU THAT THIS MORNING THAT WE LOVE OUR FIREFIGHTERS.

I THINK YOU CAN SEE THAT TONIGHT.

YOU CAN SEE THE SUPPORT THAT THE CITY COMMISSION.

AND I TELL YOU, THE CITIZENS OF BRENTWOOD LOVE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT WHILE Y'ALL ARE STILL IN THE ROOM.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

DID YOU HAVE, UM, COMMENTS? I JUST WANTED, THANK YOU.

UH, MY SON-IN-LAW'S A FIRE FIGHTER, SO THE SISTER COMMUNITY.

SO I A LITTLE MORE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL, UNDERSTAND THE SACRIFICES OF, OF THE SHIFTS WHERE YOU'RE GONE OVERNIGHT, CHRISTMAS MORNING, THANKSGIVING, EASTER, MOTHER'S DAY, FATHER'S DAY, DEPENDING ON WHICH YEAR.

AND, UH, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF WHAT YOU DO IS, IS REACTIVE TO EMERGENCIES, BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IS YOUR PREVENTATIVE, WHERE YOU TEACH THE COMMUNITY HOW TO PREVENT CERTAIN ACCIDENTS AND, AND ISSUES BEFORE THEY HAPPEN.

AND THAT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

ALSO, HAVING WORKED IN THE HAZARDOUS INDUSTRY FOR ABOUT FIVE DECADES, I APPRECIATE THE DANGERS OF FIRE AND, UH, UH, APPRECIATE MANY OF THE LEARNINGS AND LESSONS I'VE, I'VE GARNERED FROM, FROM OUR, OUR FIREFIGHTERS ON, ON SAFETY AND SECURITY IN, IN THOSE SITUATIONS.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.

AND THE FAMILIES ESPECIALLY THANK YOU AS WELL, BECAUSE YOU'RE PART OF, OF WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY DO WHAT THEY DO.

GOOD.

UM, I, I COULD REPEAT EVERYTHING THAT WAS SET UP HERE, UM, AND KNOW THAT WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL YOU DO AND WHAT YOUR FAMILY SACRIFICE FOR US, BUT SPECIFICALLY I'D LIKE TO SAY THANKS FROM THE MAMAS.

UM, WHEN OUR KIDS GO OUT INTO BRENTWOOD AND THEY DO THINGS THAT ARE FUN AND BUILDING THEMSELVES UP, AND MAYBE THEY MAKE SOME CHOICES THAT AREN'T SO GREAT, WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE THERE TO GET OUR BACKS AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE MAMAS, UM, AND WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR KIDS SPECIFICALLY.

IS, UH, APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 8TH, 2024 MEETING.

WELL, THANK Y'ALL ALL.

UM, AS COMMISSIONER DUNN SAID, WE ARE SO FORTUNATE WITH THE VAST ARRAY OF TALENT THAT Y'ALL HAVE FOR YOUR HEART TO SERVE.

I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOUR PEERS WERE AT THE, THE CONFERENCE IN INDIANAPOLIS RECENTLY, AND WE'RE SO FORTUNATE THAT Y'ALL WILL GO AND DO THINGS TO ADVANCE, YOU KNOW, YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND OTHER WAYS TO HELP US.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND ALSO THE, YOU KNOW, I SAW RECENTLY SEVERAL OF OUR, OF Y'ALL WERE AT THE CARS FOR KIDS, UM, THIS WEEKEND.

AND THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN, A YOUNG MAN FROM THE TENNESSEE BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME IN A WHEELCHAIR, AND HE COULDN'T GET UP IN THERE AND Y'ALL HELPED HIM.

SO JUST TO GET UP AND HAVE THE EXPERIENCE IN THE FIRETRUCK AND JUST THAT KIND OF HEART TO SERVE, UM, YOUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE JUST REALLY WANT YOU TO KNOW, WE RECOGNIZE IT AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR IT, AS THEY'VE, UH, SAID.

AND, UH, TO NOT REPEAT ALL THAT.

IT SEEMS LIKE ANYTIME THERE'S SOMETHING GOOD GOING ON IN BRENTWOOD, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S THERE SOMEWHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S OUT, OUT RAISING MONEY FOR THE SALVATION ARMY IN FRONT OF THE STORE OR AT THE CARS FOR KIDS.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SO WITHOUT REPEATING ALL THAT, I HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE LIVED IN BRENTWOOD JUST ABOUT MY ENTIRE LIFE AND READING THE STANDARD OF COVER WAS JUST AWESOME.

UM, I MEAN, I DIDN'T THINK I HAD JUST A WHOLE LOT MORE TO LEARN ABOUT BRENTWOOD SOMETIMES, AND IT TURNS OUT I WAS WRONG.

, THERE'S A LOT IN THERE.

UH, EXCELLENT DOCUMENT.

AND, UM, IT JUST REALLY, WHEN YOU SEE WHAT GOES INTO THIS AND WHAT GOES INTO THE JOB AND ALL THE PREP THAT IT TAKES TO BE READY TO GO WHEN TIME'S URGENT, IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE.

UM, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT.

YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TRAINING YOU DO TO BE READY TO GO WHEN, WHEN THE TIME COMES.

AND, UH, JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO, TO BRENTWOOD OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY.

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST FIREFIGHTERS, AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE, UH, TRULY DESERVED PROMOTIONS.

UH, I'VE SAID IT BEFORE AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, BECAUSE IF PUBLIC SAFETY'S NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, THE REST DOESN'T MATTER.

WE'VE GOT GREAT PARKS, GREAT LIBRARY, UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, A GREAT, UM,

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TREE PROGRAM.

WE'VE GOT A GREAT, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

BUT IF PUBLIC SAFETY IS NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, IF PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE, UH, AND THEY'RE NOT SAFE, THE REST DOESN'T MATTER.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO.

ALRIGHT, UM, SO, UM, AT THIS POINT WE WILL MOVE ON, UH, TO REPORT, UH, OR I'M SORRY, WE'VE GOT APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES, UH, FOR THE APRIL 8TH, 2024 MEETING.

BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE'LL JUST PAUSE FOR ABOUT A MINUTE.

, I CAN HEAR THE RUMBLING STARTED.

UHHUH.

HI.

BYE BYE.

OUR FIREFIGHTING HAS CHANGED SO MUCH OVER THE YEARS.

THE THINGS I NEED TO KNOW HAVE MR. JOHN TO OUR HOUSE WITH JOHN'S.

HE'S A REGULAR, SO TO SEE THAT HIS REPLACEMENT IS SO TALENTED BECAUSE I'M SURE WE'LL BE CALLING, I CAN'T TELL YOU.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL PICK THE MEETING BACK UP.

AND, UM, THE, UH, ITEM, UH, ON THE AGENDA

[2. Approval or Correction of Minutes]

MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND PRIMARY MOTION BY VICE MAYOR TRAVIS.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS.

AT THIS POINT, UH,

[ 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. ]

DURING THE MEETING, WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS.

UH, WE'RE GOING GREEN AGAIN TONIGHT.

UH, CHIEF, UH, DID NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGN UP.

HOWEVER, IF YOU WENT, WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SPEAK, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND, UM, IDENTIFY YOURSELF, UH, AND YOUR ADDRESS, UH, FOR THE RECORD, COME ON FORWARD.

MACE LINDY, UH, 1 2 5 4 CONCORD HUNT DRIVE.

UM, JUST, UH, BRIEFLY TONIGHT, I'VE, UH, SET ASIDE WHAT WAS, UH, WHAT I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA PRESENT BASED UPON WHAT I SAW THURSDAY, THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A PROPOSAL.

SO, UM, I HAVE BEEN LOOKING ON THE WEBSITE FOR THAT MATERIAL AND HAVE NOT FOUND IT.

SO I WAS ASKING YOU TO PLEASE MAKE THAT AVAILABLE.

OTHERWISE, I GUESS MY ONLY CHOICE IS DO A FOIA REQUEST, BUT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S PLENTY OF INTERESTED PEOPLE AND SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE A POSITIVE THING HAPPENING, BUT I'M NOT SURE.

SO THAT'S MY ONLY REQUEST AND, UH, I KNOW YOU CAN'T RESPOND, BUT THAT'S, I THOUGHT I WOULD POSTPONE WHAT MY PRESENTATION WAS GONNA BE, UM, JUST SO WE CAN BE INFORMED.

THANKS.

KIRK? UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, ANYONE ELSE, UH, THAT WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SPEAK, UH, THIS EVENING BEFORE WE CLOSE? PUBLIC COMMENTS GOING ONCE, TWICE.

HOW ABOUT A REPORT FROM OUR CITY MANAGER?

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

UH, COUPLE ITEMS. ONE, A REMINDER FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF OUR CLEANUP DAYS, AND I'M, WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

WE HAD OUR FIRST DAY THIS PAST SATURDAY AT GRANNY WHITE PARK AND TODD REPORTS IT WAS ONE OF THE BUSIEST WE'VE HAD IN SEVERAL YEARS, SO THAT'S VERY ENCOURAGING.

UH, REMINDER THAT WE ARE NOT TAKING MATTRESSES AND BOX SPRINGS THIS YEAR.

BUT, UH, TODD WAS ABLE TO MAKE AN ARRANGEMENT AND STILL ALLOW US TO TAKE ELECTRONICS AND APPARENTLY HAD A BIG RESPONSE TO THAT OVER THE WEEKEND.

SO WE HAVE TWO MORE SATURDAYS LEFT THIS SATURDAY AT TOWER PARK ON HERITAGE WAY, AND THEN THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY, WHICH I THINK IS MAY 4TH, UH, BACK AT GRANNY WHITE PARK.

AND THOSE ARE BOTH FROM 8:00 AM TO 4:00 PM.

UM, SECONDLY, UH, TOMORROW PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AGAIN, IS DOING SOME TREE REMOVAL WORK ON JOHNSON CHAPEL ROAD IN THE CURVE THERE THAT IF YOU TRAVEL JOHNSON CHAPEL ROAD, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE SAY THE CURVE.

UM, SO THAT WILL CLOSE JOHNSON CHAPEL ROAD FROM 9:00 AM UH, UNTIL THAT WORK IS COMPLETE, HOPEFULLY BY NO LATER THAN MID-AFTERNOON WHEN SCHOOL BACK OPEN.

SO THAT CLOSURE WILL BE TOMORROW.

THERE'LL BE A, A POSTED, UH, DETOUR OF FISHER COURT THROUGH ARDEN WOODS.

UM, CLOSURE, SPEAKING OF ROAD CLOSURES, THE CLOSURE CONTINUES ON RAGSDALE ROAD.

THIS IS THE THIRD WEEK OF THAT CLOSURE.

ACCORDING TO ENGINEERING, WE ARE ON PACE TO HAVE TO BE BACK OPEN SOMETIME IN PROBABLY BY MID-MAY.

UH, SO THAT IS PROGRESSING.

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AND THEN FINALLY, MAYOR STAFF WOULD LIKE TO, UH, REQUEST WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 45.

UH, WE JUST HAVE SOME CONTRACTUAL LANGUAGE THINGS THAT CAME UP THIS AFTERNOON.

SO WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO WITHDRAW THAT AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.

HOW ABOUT A REPORT FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY? KRISTIN COR.

THANK YOU MAYOR GOMAN.

NO REPORT TONIGHT.

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

SO THIS EVENING, UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UM, REPORTS AND COMMENTS, UH, BY COMMISSIONERS.

UH, AND THIS EVENING WE'LL START TO START WITH COMMISSIONER SPEARS.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, THANK YOU RESIDENTS FOR YOUR EMAILS AND FOR ATTENDING OUR MEETINGS AND FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

UH, THANK YOU FOR ENGAGING IN COLLABORATING WITH THE CITY.

IT REALLY DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND WE LOVE IT WHEN YOU DO.

UH, THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING TONIGHT, MACE.

SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, I HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT RESIDENTS ABOUT SEVERAL DIFFERENT ISSUES OR INTERESTS OF THEIRS.

THE PEOPLE OF BRENTWOOD CONTINUE TO IMPRESS ME WITH THEIR TALENTS, THEIR ABILITIES, AND THEIR SENSE OF HUMOR.

UH, THE BEST THING ABOUT BRENTWOOD IS CERTAINLY THE PEOPLE.

OUR NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY MAY 6TH AT 5:30 PM IT'LL BE RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN THE ANNEX ROOM.

AND THOSE MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

THIS COMING SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 28TH AT 9:00 AM WE WILL HAVE OUR GRAND OPENING FOR THE BRAND NEW MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL AT SMITH PARK.

THE WEATHER LOOKS REALLY PROMISING, SO WE HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU THERE.

OUR MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE ON MAY 13TH.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THE VERY FIRST OFFICIAL MEMORIAL DAY EVENT IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD ON MONDAY, MAY 13TH.

PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR AND MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND THIS CEREMONY.

THANK YOU CHARLES BOOTH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS CEREMONY.

THIS ON FRIDAY, APRIL 12TH, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE COSTCO VETERANS WEEK, WEEK WEEKLY LUNCHTIME GATHERING, AND I WAS ABLE TO PERSONALLY INVITE, UH, TO ATTEND OUR CEREMONY.

ALL OF THOSE VETERANS WHO WERE THERE, THEY'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT OUR CITY IS STARTING THIS TRADITION AND HOPE, HOPEFULLY MOST OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME.

THIS PAST THURSDAY EVENING, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE CITIZENS FIRE, FIRE POLICE, ACA, I'M SORRY, WOO, SORRY.

THIS PAST THURSDAY EVENING, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY GRADUATION CELEBRATION.

THE GROUP WAS A FANTASTIC GROUP OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY APPRECIATIVE, OUR AM OF OUR AMAZING FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT.

AS WE SAW ON DISPLAY EARLIER, THE GROUP ITSELF BECAME VERY CLOSE, AND THAT WAS ENJOYABLE TO SEE.

CHIEF GOSS AND CHIEF COLLINS.

FIRE MARSHAL JEFF PINDER FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND ALL THAT YOU MEAN TO THIS ANNUAL ACADEMY.

THIS PAST SATURDAY MORNING, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL ROTARY PANCAKE BREAKFAST WITH ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS.

IT WAS A GREAT TIME AS ALWAYS, AND WE REALLY ENJOYED THE PANCAKES.

THIS IS A GREAT COMMUNITY EVENT, AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE SO MANY NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS AT THIS SPECIAL EVENT AND SPECIAL THANKS TO BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE USE OF THEIR CAMPUS RESIDENTS.

CONTINUE TO ASK ME, WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP FOR A POTENTIAL INDOOR RACKET FACILITY? AND I'M PLEASED TO SHARE THAT OUR STAFF HAS STARTED TO WORK TOWARDS HAVING A GEOTECHNICAL STUDY COMPLETED TO MAKE CERTAIN LAND UPON WHICH THE FACILITY IS MIGHT BE BUILT, HAS NO UNFORESEEN ISSUES THAT WOULD LEAD TO SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE PLANNING.

WE EXPECT THAT INFORMATION TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS OR SO.

ALSO, WORK IS BEING DONE TO COLLECT MORE DATA FOR THE POSSIBLE NEW ENTRANCE AT CROCKETT PARK NEAR THE PROPOSED AREA FOR THE RACKET FACILITY.

I THINK THESE STEPS ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE STAFF AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE ON THIS POTENTIAL PROJECT, AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING FROM THIS RESEARCH THAT SHOULD BE IN SOON.

UM, AT THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, WE MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON INFORMATION, AND THESE ARE GREAT STEPS OF INFORMATION GATHERING.

LASTLY, WE HAVE A PRIVATE POTENTIAL PRIVATE INVESTOR WHO HAS SHOWN INTEREST IN THIS PROJECT.

THE CITY COMMISSION WILL HOST HIM AT OUR BRIEFING ON MAY 9TH AT 9:00 AM IN THE ANNEX ROOM.

COMMISSIONERS WILL GET A CHANCE TO ASK HIM QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS PROPOSAL.

A PRIVATE INVESTOR COMING FORWARD CONFIRMS THE VIABILITY OF BUILDING AN INDOOR ROCKET FACILITY IN CROCKETT PARK.

IF THE CITY DECIDES TO PARTNER, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT OUR TAXPAYER'S INVESTMENT IS ALSO RECUPERATED AT THE END OF THE AGREEMENT.

AND MAYOR, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

SO REALLY APPRECIATE THEM GOING OUT AND REPRESENTING US SO WELL, UH, LIBRARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

AND WE'LL MOVE TO COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, CHIEF GAZE, THANK YOU, UM, FOR THE EXCELLENT TALENT YOU HAVE RECRUITED AND FOR CONTINUING TO BUILD SUCH A STRONG DEPARTMENT.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, OBVIOUSLY WE ALREADY RECOGNIZED THE, UM, OATH OF OFFICE AND THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT, UM, HAVE PENDINGS AND OTHER RECOGNITION FOR THEM.

WHAT I WANTED TO ALSO THANK THE, YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR REPRESENTING THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND STRUCTURES CONFERENCE.

UM, THOSE ATTENDING FROM BRENTWOOD, OUR ENGINEER, JOHN WALKER, ENGINEER SCOTT BARNES, ENGINEER ROBIN THORPE, ENGINEER ROSE ALDRICH, LIEUTENANT JOHN RUSS, AND LIEUTENANT RETIRED JIM ROMAN.

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THE NEXT LIBRARY BOARD MEETING WILL BE WEDNESDAY, MAY 8TH AT 4:30 PM AT THE LIBRARY.

WE HAVE SOME FUN EVENTS COMING UP.

WE HAVE, UM, TEEN GAME NIGHT.

SO COME OUT, HANG OUT AND PLAY SOME FUN BOARD GAMES WITH OTHER TEENS ON TUESDAY, APRIL 23RD FROM FIVE 30 TO 7:00 PM AND FOR THE YOUNGER CHILDREN THERE IS LEGO CLUB ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24TH FROM FOUR 30 TO FIVE 15, THE LIBRARY WILL HAVE DUPLOS AND CLASSIC LEGOS.

SO YOU CAN BUILD THE SCULPTURE, BUILDING, OR CAR OF YOUR WILDEST DREAMS. AND THEN FINALLY, PLEASE JOIN THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY FOR THEIR QUARTERLY BOOK SALE.

THIS STARTS ON FRIDAY, APRIL 26TH, AND GOES THROUGH SUNDAY APRIL 28TH.

IF YOU WANT TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION, GO TO THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY WEBSITE@FOBLTN.ORG.

THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ANDREWS.

GOOD.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, HAPPY EARTH DAY EVERYBODY.

UH, TODAY IS OF COURSE EARTH DAY AND, UH, GLAD TO BE ABLE TO DO THE TREE BOARD REPORT ON THIS.

SO, UM, UH, THE TREE BOARD HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING, UH, LAST WEEK, UH, TALKING ABOUT, UH, UPCOMING WORK DAYS FOR BOTH ARBORETUM.

UH, THE NEXT ONE WILL UP IS THE JOHN P. HOLT, UH, ARBORETUM AT THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY.

SO, UM, WE'RE GETTING THAT PUT TOGETHER.

WE SHOULD HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT WHEN WE'RE GONNA DO THAT IN CASE ANYBODY WANTS TO JOIN US.

AFTER THAT, WE'LL BE HEADING OVER TO DEERWOOD AT A FUTURE DATE.

UM, ALSO AS WE'RE GETTING THE NOTES ON THIS YEAR'S ARBORDALE, A LOT OF FOLKS FELT LIKE IT MIGHT'VE BEEN ONE OF THE BEST ONES EVER.

UM, SOME THINGS WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING IS THAT EVERYONE LIKED THE OPENING AND CLOSING WITH MUSIC.

UH, THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA.

THERE WAS, UH, BROUGHT UP THAT WE THOUGHT IT'D BE GOOD TO BRING THE VENDORS UP FRONT, UH, DURING THE PRESENTATION, BOTH TO RECOGNIZE OUR VENDORS AND OUR SPONSOR PARTNERS, BUT ALSO TO, UH, HELP MAYBE TAMP DOWN A LITTLE BIT OF BACKROOM CONVERSATION, WITH THE, WITH THE VENDORS THAT THAT GOES ON DURING THE PRESENTATION.

AND ALSO MAYBE, UH, AMPING UP THE VOLUME JUST A LITTLE BIT.

ANOTHER SUGGESTION WAS, UH, MAYBE A REVIEW THE, UH, THE TREE DISTRIBUTION AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS A LITTLE BIT IN PARTICULAR TO MAKE SURE TREES ACTUALLY, UH, MADE IT, UM, ALL THE WAY HOME AND INTO THE GROUND.

SO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS A WELCOME DISTRIBUTION FOR ANY, ANY GIVEN PERSON, UM, AS OPPOSED TO IT, UM, BEING, UH, BEING JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

UM, BUT GOOD CONVERSATION ALL THE WAY AROUND.

UM, UH, THE GROUP DUG INTO THE, UM, THE TREE BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES A LITTLE BIT.

UH, THEY FELT LIKE AFTER ARB DAY, IT WAS A GOOD DAY TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT OUR, OUR, OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THE RECOMMENDED TREE LIST AND THE CANOPY TO TRY TO REVIEW THAT, GO THROUGH AND THINK OF OTHER WAYS, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND PLANNING FOR NEXT HARBOR DAY, HOW TO CONTINUE TO BUILD OUR CANOPY HERE IN BRENTWOOD AND THE VARIETY OF TREES AND HOW ALL THAT WORKS.

SO OUR NEXT MEETING IS MAY 21ST, SEVEN 30 IN CITY HALL ANNEX ROOM.

UM, AND, UH, LAST THURSDAY, I APOLOGIZE, UH, I WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE, UM, THE BRIEFING ONE OF THE FEW THAT I MISSED.

I DID GET A CHANCE TO GO BACK AND WATCH IT.

UM, AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO SHARE A COUPLE COMMENTS I, I WOULD'VE SHARED THEN IF I'D BEEN ABLE TO BE THERE.

UM, ONE IS, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TENNIS AND RACKET, UM, UH, FACILITY AND THE, THE POSSIBILITY OF THAT, I, I, I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED AT TIMES THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS, WE TALK ABOUT 'EM AS IF THEY'RE FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS.

AND, UH, I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE AS A BUSINESS PERSON, NOT TO MENTION HERE AT THE CITY THAT REALLY PROJECTIONS ARE JUST THAT.

AND WHEN YOU'RE DOING PROJECTIONS, A LOT OF TIMES THE THINGS TO REALLY LOOK AT AND PAY ATTENTION TO ARE THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT, THAT ARE FOUNDATIONAL BENEATH THOSE PROJECTIONS.

AND, AND WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN TO MAKE THAT WORK.

SO, MENTION THAT.

I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY WENT THROUGH AND DID THEIR FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY, THEY TOOK THE WILLIAMSON PARKS AND REC REVENUE FORECAST AND MOVED IT SLIGHTLY HIGHER.

THEY, UM, TOOK THE FACILITY COST AND MADE A FEW CHANGES TO THE FACILITY, IS A SLIGHTLY MORE EXPENSIVE FACILITY.

UM, AS THAT FLOWS THROUGH, UM, THAT NETTED OUT TO BE ADJUSTING THE, THE NET REVENUE UP ABOUT $34,000 A YEAR.

AND I SAY THE PROJECTED NET REVENUE, UH, BASED ON WHAT THE COUNTY WAS SAYING.

BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT AS WE'RE DOING THIS, WE NEED TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE ASSUMPTIONS UNDERSCORING IT IS LIKE A, FOR EXAMPLE, A COMMENT THAT'S COME UP A COUPLE TIMES AND WAS MADE AGAIN LAST THURSDAY WAS THAT THE BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS NEED TO HAVE FULL PRIORITY ACCESS TO THE COURTS FIRST.

AND THAT IF THE SLOTS DON'T GET FILLED, UH, SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT A BRENTWOOD RESIDENT COULD, UM, IF THEY'RE WILLING TO PAY, COULD BOOK ONE OF THE COURTS, YOU KNOW, THREE OR MAYBE FIVE DAYS AHEAD OF TIME AHEAD OF THAT SLOT.

AND, UM, I MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE JUST, THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF A SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT ASSUMPTION,

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UNDERSCORING THE FINANCIALS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UH, MY IMPRESSION IS THAT NOT EVERYONE WHO PLAYS TENNIS BOOKS AT THE LAST MINUTE, AND IF, IF MY SCHEDULE'S ANY INDICATION THREE OR FIVE DAYS FOR BOOKING OR TENNIS GAME WOULD BE KIND OF LAST MINUTE.

AND, UM, THE SITUATION WHERE, ACCORDING TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE NOTES THAT THERE ARE 1200 TENNIS PLAYERS, UM, DISPLACED BY THE, THE CLOSING OF THE MARYLAND FARMS FACILITY OF THAT 90% RULE WILLIAMSON COUNTY RESIDENTS, OF WHICH 70% WERE FROM BRENTWOOD.

SO IF YOU DO THE MATH, THAT COMES OUT TO ABOUT 756 PEOPLE.

SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, UH, A FACILITY LIKE THIS WITH A, YOU KNOW, A, A A NET AUDIENCE OF SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE, IF THESE NUMBERS ARE ACCURATE, UM, THEN TYING IT DOWN TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, UH, 30 PLUS PERCENT OF THE FOLKS CAN'T BOOK EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE DAYS AHEAD, THAT REALLY CALLS THE ASSUMPTIONS.

UNDERSCORING ALL THIS INTO QUESTION.

AND I MENTIONED IT JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE TALK ABOUT FINANCIALS AND TALK ABOUT THE PROJECTIONS ON THIS, THAT WE, WE DO CONTINUE AS A COMMISSION TO RECOGNIZE THEM AS PROJECTIONS, NOT AS MONEY IN THE BANK.

AND THAT AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE INVEST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF TAXPAYER MONEY, AND ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE ASSUMPTIONS, WHETHER IT'S NUMBER OF PLAYERS, WHETHER IT'S SCHEDULING, WHETHER IT'S STAFFING MODELS, THAT WE REALLY ARE VERY CLEAR-EYED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO.

UM, SO SAMSARA WASN'T ABLE TO BE AT THE BRIEFING ON THURSDAY TO MAKE THE COMMENT.

SO I HOPE YOU, IT'S A, A WELCOME OBSERVATION HERE AT THE, AT THE COMMISSION.

UM, ALSO, UH, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE OPENING OF THE, THE TRAILS AND SMITH PARK AND SOME OTHER STUFF WITH, UH, CYCLING AND BIKING, UM, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER COMMENT THAT CAME UP, UM, UH, A FEW WEEKS BACK WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BUDGETS WAS ABOUT FRANKLIN ROAD AND, AND COMPLETING THE, THE AREA OF TRAIL BETWEEN, UM, CONCORD ROAD AND PRINCETON HILLS.

AND I MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE THE COMMENT WAS MADE THAT, YOU KNOW, TO SOME EXTENT FOLKS DON'T FEEL LIKE BICYCLE ACCESS IS REALLY RELEVANT TO THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.

AND, UM, WELL, I CAN, I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW YOU'D FEEL THAT WAY.

I MEAN, PARTICULARLY I GUESS THAT IF YOU LIVE IN, IN WILDWOOD, FOR EXAMPLE, IT PROBABLY FEELS HOPELESS, UM, BECAUSE THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS PREDATE A LOT OF THE MODERN BIKE TRAILS.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN FOUNTAINHEAD, IT FRANKLY FELT HOPELESS.

YOU KNOW, UM, I HAD SOME FRIENDS WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT LIVED IN STONEHENGE, AND WHEN FRANKLIN ROAD WAS TWO LANES, THERE WERE NO SIDEWALKS OR BIKE TRAILS OR ANYTHING.

AND IF I WAS GONNA RIDE MY BIKE AS A MIDDLE SCHOOLER DOWN TO STONEHENGE, WHICH ISN'T THAT FAR FROM FOUNTAINHEAD, I HAD TORI RIDE ON THE, THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIDING ON NEXT TO IT, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.

BUT NOW, YOU KNOW, 40 YEARS LATER, WE'VE GOT 85% OF THE NORTHWEST CONNECTOR FROM THE NORTHERN BRENTWOOD CITY LIMIT DOWN TO THE SOUTHERN BRENTWOOD CITY LIMIT ALONG FRANKLIN ROAD, ENTIRELY CONNECTED.

AND LITERALLY THE LAST 15% OF THAT PROJECT IS THIS SECTION BETWEEN CONCORD ROAD AND PRINCETON HILL.

AND I KNOW IT SEEMS EXPENSIVE LOOKING AT IT, AND IT'S PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGE OF THAT FACILITY DUE TO THE TOPOGRAPHY AND THE, THE OPEN DRAINAGE DITCHES IS PROBABLY WHY THAT'S LEFT AS THE LAST PIECE OF THIS BIG PUZZLE.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE 2020 COMMITTEE AND OTHERS COMMITTED TO CYCLING AND, AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, YOU KNOW, WE KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE A BIG PUZZLE AND HAVE TO GET ALL THE PIECES, AND WE'VE GOT 85% OF THOSE PIECES IN PLACE.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I, I DROVE IT OUT IN MY CAR, THEN VERIFIED IT WITH THE CITY.

THAT'S, THAT'S THE REAL NUMBER.

UM, SO I HATE TO SEE US GIVE UP ON IT WHEN WE'RE THAT CLOSE TO THE FINISH LINE.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE CONTINUING ON, YOU KNOW, AS SOMEBODY IN THE, IN THE CAR BUSINESS, I DO SEE, AND, AND ALL OF Y'ALL KNOW FROM YOUR, YOUR CAMPAIGNS, THAT CONGESTION IS SOMETHING THAT COMES UP.

AND FRANKLY, EVERYTHING I SEE IN THE INDUSTRY AND EVERYTHING I'VE SEEN IN REAL LIFE INDICATES THAT AS CONGESTION GETS WORSE, THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF, OF SOLUTIONS, YOU KNOW, UM, FROM WIDENING ROADS TO INTERCONNECTING NEIGHBORHOODS TO MOVING, YOU KNOW, SHORTENING TRIPS.

BUT A, A, A VERY COMMON SOLUTION IN UPSCALE COMMUNITIES IS TO IMPROVE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.

AND AS WE SEE MORE AND MORE VARIETY OF LOW SPEED VEHICLES HIT THE MARKET FOR, YOU KNOW, AND BY THAT I MEAN E-BIKES AND THINGS THAT ARE SIMILAR, UM, FOR SHORT HOPS THAT CAN OPEN UP ALTERNATIVES TO PASSENGER CARS THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE PART OF OUR WAY FORWARD, UH, FOR CONGESTION IN BRENTWOOD.

SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND

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HOW IT CAN FEEL HOPELESS, BUT WE HAVE IMPROVED SO MUCH OVER MY LIFETIME, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE US SEE US NOT GIVE UP HOPE ON THAT AS A, AS AN INITIATIVE FOR THE CITY.

MAYOR, COMMISSIONER DUNN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I LOVE MEETINGS LIKE TONIGHT.

I CALL THEM HAPPY MEETINGS WHEN WE HAVE SUCH A FINE GROUP COME BEFORE US.

AND IT REMINDS US ALL OF WHY WE'RE UP HERE, I THINK, TO, TO DO GOOD THINGS THROUGH OUR EMPLOYEES FOR THE CITY.

AND I, IT JUST MAKES ME FEEL SO GOOD TO COME TO A MEETING LIKE THAT.

UH, THIS PAST WEEK I HAD THE HONOR ALONG WITH ALDERMAN ANN PETERSON FROM FRANKLIN, UH, BEING GUEST SPEAKERS AT THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS MEETING.

AND THAT WAS VERY, VERY INTERESTING.

AND IT WAS A FUN MEETING, AND THEY ASKED A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS.

UM, ALSO HAD OUR HISTORIC BOARD MEETING, AND I THINK, UM, THAT, THAT ONE THERE IS THE, UM, FIRE AND OUR, THIS IS FROM OUR CEMETERY COMMITTEE AND MARKER COMMITTEE, THE FRIERSON CEMETERY.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT IS, UP BEHIND THE BRENTWOOD FUNERAL HOME, YOU KNOW, THAT LAND THAT KINDA SORT OF EXTENDED INTO METRO, UH, THAT'S AN AFRICAN AMERICAN CEMETERY, AND WE'VE ARRANGED TO HAVE IT CLEANED.

AND THIS IS A NEW SIGN THAT'S BEEN PUT OUT THERE.

JOE GROSS HAS WORKED SO HARD ON THAT COMMITTEE.

AND THERE'S ANOTHER SIGN THAT WAS PUT UP, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE ONE ON THE RIGHT, UH, THAT WAS PUT UP ORIGINALLY BEF BY THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY BEFORE THERE WAS EVEN A BRENTWOOD HISTORIC GROUP.

AND, UM, IT WENT MISSING THE PEOPLE AT BRENTWOOD COUNTRY CLUB WHERE IT'S LOCATED.

UM, OF COURSE, MIDWAY THE CLUB ITSELF WAS THE MIDWAY MANSION OWNED BY THE MCGAVICK FAMILY.

THEY FOUND THE SIGN, THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PAID FOR THE NEW POST, UH, THE COUNTRY CLUB PUT THE SIGN IN THE GROUND, AND OUR JOE GROSS WENT OUT AND CLEANED IT.

NOW, I WISH YOU COULD SEE IT LOOKS LIKE A NEW SIGN.

UH, SO THINGS CAN BE DONE TO RESTORE THOSE OLD ONES.

PART OF OUR MISSION WITH OUR MARKER COMMITTEE IS TO MAKE, AS PEOPLE RIDE AROUND, WE DON'T WANT THESE SIGNS TO LOOK NEGLECTED, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S A TIME CONSUMING THING BECAUSE JOE DOES IT HIMSELF, AND IT'S VERY COST EFFECTIVE INSTEAD OF HIRING ALL THIS WORK OUT.

SO IF YOU SEE HIM OR GET A CHANCE TO THANK HIM, UH, JUST SEND HIM A NOTE.

I, I KNOW IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

SOME OTHER WORK THEY'VE BEEN DOING, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GEO GEOCACHING SITES AROUND AND BOARD MEMBERS EACH TAKE A SITE AND THERE'S LIKE A METAL BOX THERE WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE GEO CASH HUNTS CAN OPEN THEM BASED ON CLUES THAT THEY PICK UP AS THEY'RE, AS THEY'RE WORKING THIS, THIS, UH, TREASURE HUNT, AND THEY CAN LEAVE SOMETHING AND TAKE SOMETHING OUT.

WELL, NOW IT'S TIME OF YEAR THAT EVERY BOARD MEMBER WHO IS ASSIGNED ONE HAS TO GO OUT AND CHECK THE BOXES, SPRAY FOR ANTS, OR IF THERE'S A BEES NEST, MAKE SURE IT'S THERE OR IF THERE ARE WEEDS AROUND IT.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK INVOLVED IN KEEPING THAT THING GOING.

AND I, THE, THE BOARD WORKS REALLY HARD.

IT'S THERE.

I MEAN, THEY, THEY SPRAY FOR ANTS AND THEY WRITE RESEARCH ARTICLES.

I MEAN, THIS IS A TALENTED GROUP.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY, THEY WANT TO DO THAT GREW OUT OF OUR, UM, PROGRAM BRENTWOOD SPEAKS.

THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT DAY ABOUT TOLL ROADS.

SO, PARDON ME, MY ALLERGIES ARE JUST REALLY BAD.

THIS, LIKE, EVERYBODY'S THIS SPRING.

BUT, UM, THERE WERE MULTIPLE TOLL ROADS IN BRENTWOOD, AND IT WAS BIG BUSINESS.

THEY BOUGHT AND SOLD THE RIGHTS TO THEM.

AND, AND A LOT OF MONEY CHANGED HANDS WHEN THAT HAPPENED.

SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN RESEARCHING THAT, AND THE PERSON WHO WANTS TO DO THE PROJECT WAS SAYING THAT WE THINK WE CAN DEVELOP LIKE MAYBE A 12 PAGE PAMPHLET OUT OF IT.

NOW, IT WON'T BE BEACH READING, I CAN ASSURE YOU IT'S GONNA BE DRY AND PURELY HISTORIC, BUT IT'S GOOD INFORMATION TO HAVE ALL IN ONE SPOT.

IT'S OUT THERE, BUT YOU HAVE TO PULL IT TOGETHER AND PUT IT.

SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT TOLL ROADS AND BRENTWOOD, IT'S SORT OF IN ONE SPOT.

AND OF COURSE IT'LL BE ON OUR WEBSITE NOW, THAT'LL TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS TO DO.

BUT THAT IS ANOTHER PROJECT THEY'RE

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WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.

AND I, I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT.

AND LIKE THIS MONTH WHEN WE GOT OUR BOARD REPORTS, IT WAS 10 PAGES THAT EVERYBODY WRITES THEIR REPORT, WHAT THEIR COMMITTEE HAS DONE, 10 PAGES OF MATERIALS THAT THE BOARD DID JUST THIS PAST MONTH.

SO THEY WORK HARD, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO.

AND THEY'RE ALSO EAGER, OUR NEW MEMBERS HAVE JUMPED RIGHT IN AND, UH, TAKEN ON RESPONSIBILITIES, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT TOO.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

LITTLE THANK YOU.

UH, UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON A COUPLE OF THINGS.

COMMISSIONER DUNNS, UH, THE FRIAR SAID, I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL, THAT CEMETERY I HAVING GROWN UP HERE, I KNEW THAT FAMILY AND THE ANCESTORS WERE REVEREND FRIERSON.

IF YOU'VE EVER WONDERED THAT LITTLE STREET THAT GOES TO THE POST OFFICE, FRIERSON, WHO WAS NAMED AFTER REVEREND FRIERSON, WHO WAS THE MINISTER OF THE CHURCH THERE ON FRIERSON AND, UH, KNEW DAUGHTERS, GRANDDAUGHTERS, GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTERS, UH, UH, OF, OF, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY HIS ANCESTORS.

AND ANOTHER CURIOUS THING, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TOLL ROADS, ANYWHERE YOU SEE A PIKE HERE, WHETHER IT'S WILSON PIKE, FRANKLIN PIKE, HILLSBOROUGH PIKE, HARDING PIKE, THAT WAS A TURNPIKE.

IT WAS A TOLL ROAD.

AND IT, AND EVEN SOMETIMES HISTORICALLY ACCURATELY, IT'LL SUDDENLY CHANGE TO HILLSBOROUGH ROAD OR FRANKLIN ROAD.

AND THAT WAS WHERE IT WAS DONE BY THE GOVERNMENT WAS FREE, BUT THE LANDOWNERS WOULD BUILD A BIG ROAD, A REAL NICE ROAD FOR, UH, PEOPLE TO PASS THROUGH.

AND, AND, UH, IT WAS BETTER GOING THROUGH THE WOODS.

SO PEOPLE WOULD PAY THE TOLL TO GO DOWN WILSON PIKE OR GRANNY WHITE PIKE, OR, OR ANY OF THOSE.

UM, BEING A ROTARIAN VERY PROUD OF OUR ANNUAL PANCAKE BREAKFAST, OUR 30 41ST ANNUAL.

I WANNA THANK BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND KEVIN ELL AND ALL THEIR STAFF THAT ALWAYS MAKE THAT A, A, A GREAT EVENT.

UH, THIS YEAR WE TEAMED WITH THE CARS FOR KIDS, A GREAT FUNDRAISER FOR THE TENNESSEE BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME AND VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

I THINK THE SYNCHRONICITY OF THOSE TWO EVENTS REALLY BROUGHT OUT A LOT OF ATTENDANCE.

I EVEN THOUGH IT WAS COOL, IT WAS ALSO A VERY BEAUTIFUL DAY, AND I DON'T THINK THAT HURT, BUT, UH, UH, VERY PROUD TO BE A ROTARIAN AND, AND ALL THE SERVICE THEY GIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, THE BRENTWOOD MORNING CLUB IS CELEBRATING ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, OR ON KIRK BEDNAR, COMMISSIONER ANDREWS OR MEMBERS OF THAT CLUB.

AND, UH, WANT TO TELL THEM CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, UH, TO OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK CHIEF HICKEY, OR, OR YOU'RE IN THE BRENTWOOD MORNING AS WELL.

SO, YEAH.

SO, UH, I APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL DO.

SO, UH, UH, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, SERVICE ABOVE SELF.

PROJECT THAT MIGHT COME UP, THE RACKET CENTER, OTHER THINGS TO SPEND MONEY ON.

YES, MAYOR, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FIREFIGHTERS AND THE PROMOTIONS.

WE'VE COVERED ENOUGH OF THAT, BUT WE APPRECIATE THEM GREATLY.

UM, THIS LAST WEEK I ATTENDED, UM, PREVIOUS WEEK I ATTENDED LEADERSHIP, BRENTWOOD GRADUATION.

THEY HAD THREE GREAT PROJECTS.

THEY WERE SIMPLE WHEN YOU FIRST HEAR ABOUT 'EM, AND I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU WHAT THEY ARE OR MENTION ANYMORE BECAUSE I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO COME LIKE THEY DID LAST YEAR, AND JUST GIVE A LITTLE BRIEF PRESENTATION AND SHOW YOU.

I THINK IT'S AMAZING WHAT, UH, CITIZENS ARE GIVING BACK TO THE CITIZENS OF BRENTWOOD.

UM, THIS WEEK THERE WAS A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AT BRENTWOOD COUNTRY CLUB.

A CAR LEFT THE ROAD AT FRANKLIN ROAD, WENT THROUGH THE STONE WALL, WENT DOWN THE FAIRWAY A BIT, ENDED UP IN A SAND TRAP.

WE RECEIVED A, UH, EMAIL FROM, UH, BOBBY LAMBERT, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE COUNTRY CLUB.

HE WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

HE SAID THEY WERE ON THE SCENE WITHIN MINUTES, AND THEY TOOK CONTROL OF THE WHOLE SITUATION.

AND, UH, HE SAID THEY WENT FROM CONTROLLING THE SITUATION, MAKING SURE NO ONE WAS HURT, TO CHECKING ON THE DRIVER, AND THEN IN ASSISTING GETTING A TOW TRUCK TO GET THE CAR OUT OF THE SAND TRAP.

THAT WAS IN THE FAIRWAY AT BRENTWOOD COUNTRY CLUB.

AGAIN, PRAISE AND THANKFULNESS TO BOTH OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS FROM THE BRENTWOOD COUNTRY CLUB.

UH, THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL RIBBON CUTTING IS SATURDAY THE 27TH AT NINE O'CLOCK.

I THINK EVERYBODY'S EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UH, RECEIVED IN THE MAIL MY CITY UPDATE.

IF Y'ALL DON'T, YOU CAN GET THIS ONLINE OR IT CAN BE SENT TO YOU, BUT IT'S FULL OF JUST VERY VALUABLE THINGS.

I THINK, CHARLES, YOU'RE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THAT.

VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

UH, UM, LET'S SEE.

I I, I THINK WE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THE COMMISSIONER SAID FRANKLIN ROAD BIKE PATH LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE EXPENSIVE.

IT IS EXPENSIVE.

AND I DON'T THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN A BUDGET MEETING ON YES OR NO, IF WE'RE GONNA DO IT, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE EXPENSES WE HAVE TO EVALUATE.

WE'VE GOT SOME SMYRNA ROAD, UH, WIDENING

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BUT, UH, IT IS A VERY EXPENSIVE PROJECT, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY STRUCK IT FROM THE BUDGET JUST YET.

AND THE RACKET CENTER DISCUSSION WE HAD WAS FABULOUS.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK KIRK FOR, UH, WORKING ON THAT AND TAKING CARE OF THAT AND PULLING THINGS TOGETHER.

UM, I DO THINK WE'RE CAREFULLY LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS.

I THINK WE GOT GOOD NUMBERS FROM OUR, UH, AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT DID SHOW WHAT, WHAT MONEY COULD BE MADE.

AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID SAY THAT WE WANTED TO SEE A PERFORMER AND WHERE, WHERE THESE NEW DOLLARS MIGHT BE COMING FROM.

SO I THINK THE, I THINK THE COMMISSION IS TAKING A HARD LOOK AT IT AND WE'RE LOOKING AT IT THE RIGHT WAY.

AND THAT IS ALSO BEING CHAMPIONED BY, UH, CITY MANAGER KURT BEDNAR.

AND I'M GREATLY APPRECIATED.

I'VE GREATLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.

PLANNING COMMISSION INFO, MEETING .

WELL, HE'S TALKING TO PULL IN THE INFORMATION.

YOU MEANT ONE POSITION OR THE OTHER? I'M NO, NO, NO, NO.

FAMILIAR WITH THAT? NO.

HE'S JUST COORDINATING.

MAYBE THAT'S, HE'S, YEAH.

COORDINATING.

NO, LET JUST SAY HE'S COORDINATING BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING TOGETHER, AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN DEPTH.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT COORDINATION.

THE KURT BEDNAR RACKET CENTER, NO, .

THE, UH, PLANNING INFO MEETING WILL BE APRIL 25TH AT 8:00 AM NEXT DOOR.

AND THE REGULAR, UM, PLANNING MEETING WILL BE AT 7:00 PM MAY THE SIXTH MONDAY NIGHT NEXT DOOR.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, THANK YOU, UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, ON SATURDAY MORNING, UH, TO SPEND TIME AT THE, UH, CARS FOR KIDS, UM, UH, CAR SHOW, UH, OVER AT BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, AND, UH, HAVE PANCAKES, UH, THERE AS WELL.

UH, BUT, UH, WHAT A, UH, WHAT A NEAT, UH, THING FOR THE BRA.

UH, THE BAPTIST, UH, CHILDREN'S HOME RAISED, UH, RIGHT AT $10,000, UH, FOR THE KIDS THERE AT THE HOME.

UH, AND IT WAS INTERESTING, UH, TO SEE.

SO, UM, THE CHIEF OF POLICE, UH, AND THE FIRE CHIEF KIND OF SWITCHED ROLES, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT.

SO CHIEF OF POLICE, UH, SHOWS UP IN A VERY CLASSIC, UM, UH, CONVERTIBLE, UM, BEAUTIFUL, UH, OLDER, UM, CORVETTE, BUT THEN FIRE CHIEF SHOWS UP IN A FULL ON RACE CAR.

UM, AND, UH, SO USUALLY THE POLICE HAVE THE, UH, THE REAL FAST CARS, UH, AND THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, THEY GET THERE KIND OF SLOW AND STEADY, UH, BUT THE, UH, THE, THE, THE ROLES WERE REVERSED.

UM, AND, UH, I MEAN, GOSH, UH, NITROUS OXIDE, UH, IN THE BACK .

WOW.

YEAH, THAT'S GETTING THERE, UH, QUICK.

SO, UH, BUT, UH, WHAT A GREAT CAUSE.

AND THEY BOTH BROUGHT HOME, UM, HARDWARE AND REPRESENTED US, UH, VERY WELL.

UH, SO, BUT IT WAS A, IT WAS VERY COOL.

AND, UH, THE MAYOR'S, UH, AWARD WENT TO THE GOOD HUMOR ICE CREAM TRUCK.

AND THE COUPLE, UH, THAT DOES THAT EVERY YEAR, THEY DRESS UP IN THE FULL GOOD HUMOR ICE CREAM, UH, OUTFIT.

AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A FUNCTIONAL TRUCK.

UH, AND THEY WERE GIVEN OUT, UH, ICE CREAM, UH, TO THE KIDS.

SO WHO DOESN'T LIKE ICE CREAM? RIGHT? UH, THAT WAS PRETTY COOL.

UM, SO MAY, UM, IS IT MAY 12TH, MAY 13TH.

I COULDN'T READ MY WRITING WITHOUT, UH, MY GLASSES ON.

MAY 13TH.

WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TOGETHER.

UH, AND I HOPE VERY MUCH THAT THIS BACK WALL IS OPEN, AT LEAST DURING, UH, THE CEREMONY, UH, PART, UH, AND THEN WE'LL SHUT IT OFF, UM, WHEN THEY HAVE A, UH, A RECEPTION ON THEIR OWN.

BUT THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GOSH, DO WE WANT TO HAVE A, UH, UM, A MEMORIAL DAY, UH, CEREMONY? WELL, GOSH, WHO, WHO WOULD ARGUE, UH, WITH THAT? UH, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, COMMISSIONER SPEARS AND, UH, AND CHARLES FOR, UH, FOR HEADING THAT UP AND PUTTING THAT TOGETHER BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT GAVE THEIR LIVES.

SO WE COULD BE HERE TONIGHT AND BE FREE.

SO, UM, PLEASE, UH, COME OUT.

UH, PLEASE ENCOURAGE, UH, FRIENDS AND FAMILY, UH, IF YOU KNOW A VETERAN, UH, HAVE THEM COME BECAUSE IT MATTERS A LOT.

SO, UM, WITH THAT, WE'VE GOT TWO MINUTES TO SPARE BEFORE EIGHT O'CLOCK BEFORE WE GET ON, UH, TO THE ACTUAL BUSINESS AT THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

SO, UH, ENOUGH TALKING AND, UM, SO WE'LL

[ Consent Agenda]

UH, PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL GENERALLY BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION, EXCEPT FOR ANY ITEMS THAT ARE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION.

UM, STAFF IS INFORMED US TO REMOVE, UH, OR IT'S ASKED TO HAVE, UM, RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 45 REMOVED.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UH, ITEMS YOU WISH TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING? VERY GOOD.

SO WE'LL HAVE, UH, FIRST ITEM RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 42 RESOLUTION, ADOPTING THE STANDARD OF COVER FOR THE BRENTWOOD FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT.

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ITEM NUMBER TWO, RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 43 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT WITH THE STATE OF TENNESSEE FOR TENNESSEE LAW ENFORCEMENT HIRING, TRAINING AND RECRUITMENT PROGRAM FOR ADOPTION.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 46 RESOLUTION AMENDING THIS SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 47 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE USE OF A COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS PROCESS FOR CITY MANAGER EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT SERVICES PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO DASH 2 0 9 OF THE BRENTWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 48 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND AMENDMENT WITH TM PARTNERS, PLLC FOR DESIGN SERVICES RELATED TO PROPOSED CITY HALL RENOVATION FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 49 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CHANGE ORDER WITH CUNNINGHAM CONSTRUCTION FOR THE CONLAY AREA WATERLINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

ITEM EIGHT, RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 50 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH NEURON EDGE INC.

FOR PREEMPTION HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SOLUTION FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 51 RESOLUTION AMENDING THE OPERATING BUDGET POLICY AND THE FUND BALANCE POLICY.

ITEM NUMBER 10, RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 53 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH CRAFT C-P-A-P-L-L-C FOR FINANCIAL AND COMPLIANCE AUDIT SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2024 FOR ADOPTION APPROVAL TO PURCHASE UNDER UNDERGROUND PIPELINE INSPECTION EQUIPMENT FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT.

ITEM NUMBER 12, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE AN EVERGREEN ASPEN TRACTOR AND ATTACHMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

DO HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND PRIMARY MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SPEARS.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

DASH 52 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH BARON CONSTRUCTION, LLC FOR CITY HALL RENOVATION PROJECT FOR ADOPTION TO HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE.

OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY IS THERE ANY OTHER OLD BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD THIS EVENING? VERY GOOD.

WE'LL MOVE TO, UM, WE'LL HANDLE, UH, RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 47 LATER.

RIGHT.

UM, ACTUALLY THAT'S JUST WITHDRAW.

JUST A STRAIGHT WITHDRAW.

YEAH, I SHOULD HAVE CALLED IT AS A WITHDRAW.

UH, BUT, UM, PLEASE LET THE, UH, THE RECORD REFLECT THAT.

UM, RESOLUTION 2024

[1. Resolution 2024-52 - A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH BARON CONSTRUCTION, LLC FOR CITY HALL RENOVATION PROJECT, for adoption]

MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND PRIMARY MOTION BY VICE MAYOR PR TRAVIS.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LITTLE KURT.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND COMMISSIONERS.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A RENOVATION PROJECT FOR CITY HALL FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

UM, AND REALLY THE, THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THAT IS THE VACATION, VACATION VACATING, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, SPACE IN THE GROUND FLOOR.

UH, THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT FORMER LEASE SPACE AT THE FAR END OF THE BUILDING.

SO THE GOALS OF THIS PROJECT ARE REALLY TO ADDRESS A COUPLE AREAS OF THE BUILDING THAT HAVE REALLY NEVER BEEN TOUCHED, WHICH IS KIND OF THE WESTERN PART OF THE FIRST FLOOR.

TRY TO GET BETTER INTERNAL CIRCULATION, INCORPORATE THE WESTERN END OF THE BUILDING.

THAT WAS ALWAYS LEASE SPACE THAT YOU CAN'T ACCESS TODAY WITHOUT GOING OUTSIDE.

UH, UPGRADES OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, LOCKER ROOM SPACES, UH, UPGRADES TO THE LOBBY AREAS AND THEN SOME MINOR TWEAKS HERE AND THERE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.

UM, WE, UH, BID THAT PROJECT, UH, IN, UH, EARLY MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

WE HAD A TOTAL OF NINE, OR I'M SORRY, SEVEN BIDS.

AND THOSE BIDS RANGE FROM THE LOW BID OF 4,286,200 TO THE HIGH BID OF $5,291,618.

UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING TONIGHT ACCEPTANCE OF THE LOW BID FROM BARON CONSTRUCTION.

AGAIN, THAT AMOUNT, $4,286,200.

UH, THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT IS AT $5.4 MILLION AND THAT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION COST, UH, THE DESIGN COSTS, UH, SOME EQUIPMENT THAT WE'LL BUY DIRECTLY, MONITORS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

UH, AND THEN AN ALLOCATION FOR FURNITURE.

WE DISCUSSED ON THURSDAY THAT THAT, UH, ALLOCATION WAS 500,000.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE GOT THE BIDS IN ON THAT AND THE LOW BID WAS 344,000.

WE HAVEN'T FULLY ANALYZED THAT YET, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THERE ON THE FURNITURE THAT WAS BUDGETED.

UM, WE'RE ASKING FOR A CONTINGENCY ALLOWANCE, UH, BESIDES

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WHAT WAS ALREADY BUILT INTO THE BID OF ANOTHER $115,000.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME MISCELLANEOUS COSTS.

WE GOTTA GET SOME STORAGE UNITS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF TO MOVE THINGS OUT.

SO THAT ALL ADDS UP TO THE $5.4 MILLION.

UH, 2.7 OF THAT WOULD COME FROM THE, UH, INTERNAL FUND THAT THIS BUILDING OPERATES UNDER.

ANOTHER 2 MILLION WAS SET ASIDE LAST YEAR IN THE YEAR END TRANSFER, AND WE'RE PROJECTING THE FINAL 700,000 WOULD BE COMING FROM A YEAR END TRANSFER THIS YEAR WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT YOU ALL WILL CONSIDER IN JUNE.

UH, SO AGAIN, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT WITH BARON CONSTRUCTION FOR $4,286,200 PLUS FUNDING ALLOCATION OF AN ADDITIONAL 115,000 THAT STAFF COULD AUTHORIZE IN WRITING, UM, THROUGH CHANGE ORDERS.

UH, TRY TO KEEP THE PROJECT MOVING ALONG.

UH, WITH YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT, WE ANTICIPATE DEMOLITION WORK ON THE FIRST FLOOR WOULD BEGIN BY THE END OF MAY.

UH, PLANNING AND CODES AND THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE TO VACATE THEIR SPACE.

UH, WE HAVE PLANS TO MOVE THEM TO DIFFERENT PLACES AROUND.

UH, THAT'LL BE THE FIRST PHASE, AND WHEN THAT IS COMPLETE, THEN THEY'LL MOVE AROUND TO THE OTHER PHASES OF THIS BUILDING.

THE WHOLE PROJECT HOPEFULLY WILL BE COMPLETE IN ABOUT A YEAR.

SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ENTERTAIN THOSE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I, I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED IT VERY THOROUGHLY.

I WOULDN'T WANT ANYBODY WATCHING TO THINK THAT WE'RE JUST BLOWING IT OFF.

WE'RE NOT, WE'VE DISCUSSED IT MULTIPLE TIMES.

I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THIS IF EVERYBODY ELSE IS.

UM, I'D LIKE TO SAY TOO THAT THE FIRST ESTIMATES THAT CAME IN WERE A LOT HIGHER AND Y'ALL WENT BACK AND ASKED THE FOLKS TO SHARPEN THE PENCIL AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

YEAH, WE REDUCED THE SCOPE SOME AND, AND TRIED TO FOCUS ON THE AREAS THAT WE REALLY FELT LIKE NEEDED TO HAVE IT AND SO THAT'S HELPED BRING DOWN THE COST TOO.

ABSOLUTELY.

ALRIGHT, HEARING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 52 PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.