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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR TUESDAY, MAY 28TH, 2024.
PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT.
THE INVOCATION THIS EVENING WILL BE GIVEN BY COMMISSIONER LITTLE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, BY COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.
PLEASE STAND, YOU WILL BOW YOUR HEAD.
DEAR, MOST GRACIOUS AND LOVING, FATHER, WE JUST PRAISE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE FREEDOMS WE HAVE IN THIS NATION.
WE PRAISE YOU THAT, THAT THEY'RE THOSE WHO WILL SACRIFICE.
IN FACT, YOU SAY THERE'S NO GREATER LOVE THAN ONE WHO WILL GIVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
BUT ALSO, WE PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO PAY THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR FREEDOM THAT WE JUST CELEBRATED YESTERDAY.
FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU WATCH OVER OUR ARMED FORCES AROUND THE WORLD AND IN OUR NATION.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD WATCH OVER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, KEEP THEM SAFE AND PROTECT THEIR FAMILIES.
GIVE THEM PEACE INSTEAD OF FEAR, AND YOUR COMFORT AND GRACE FOLLOW.
WE PRAISE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO FREELY ELECT OUR OFFICIALS AND TO HAVE A DEMOCRATIC NATION WHERE OUR VOICE IS HEARD.
AND FATHER, WE PRAISE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE LOVE YOU SHOW US IN THE BEAUTIFUL MAY THAT IS FOUND IN TENNESSEE EVERY YEAR.
AND ALL THIS WE ASK IN THE BLESSED NAME OF CHRIST OUR LORD.
CAN YOU FACE THE FLAG, PLEASE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT SPANS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, UH, WE'LL HAVE THE OATH FOR TWO POLICE OFFICERS.
UM, TONIGHT I GET THE PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TWO NEW POLICE OFFICERS FOR THE BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND BEFORE YOU ADMINISTER THE OATH OFFICE, I WANNA TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM.
FIRST UP WILL BE JUSTIN DAMER.
JUSTIN IS ORIGINALLY FROM DES MOINES, IOWA, BUT HIS FAMILY MOVED AROUND A LOT WHEN HE WAS SMALL.
SO HE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL FROM SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS.
HE HAS A, UH, CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX, AND HE HAS A MASTER'S OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
NO, HE'S NOT INTERESTED IN CITY MANAGER'S JOB.
UM, HE LIKES TO BE A POLICE OFFICER.
SO FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS, JUSTIN HAS BEEN A POLICE OFFICER IN PORTLAND, OREGON, WHERE HE OBTAINED THE RANK OF SERGEANT.
JUSTIN'S ALSO A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, WHERE HE WAS A COMBAT MEDIC FOR FOUR YEARS AND WAS IN THE NATIONAL GUARD FOR FIVE YEARS.
WITH JUSTIN, I IS HIS WIFE, APRIL, HIS DAUGHTER, DAISY SON JD AND LUKE MAYOR.
JUSTIN, IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, REPEAT AFTER ME.
I, JUSTIN DANVILLE, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER, FOR THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.
AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND WILL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.
THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, AND I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, OBSERVE THE CHARTERS AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE AND I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER YOUR DUTIES OF POLICE.
YOU ENJOY YOUR, GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE AS WELL.
AREN'T YOU'RE CERTAINLY QUALIFIED.
HI BOYS, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO MEET YOU.
THE NEXT PERSON I WANNA INTRODUCE YOU TO IS
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ERIC JIMENEZ.ERIC IS ACTUALLY A NATIVE OF SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA.
HE GRADUATED FROM DOS PUEBLOS HIGH SCHOOL.
HE ATTENDED SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE BEFORE ENLISTING IN THE UNITED STATES MARINES.
HE SERVED AS A MARINE FOR FIVE YEARS, WHERE I THINK PROBABLY SOME OF HIS COOLEST DUTIES WAS HE PROTECTED THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AT CAMP DAVID WHILE HE WAS THERE.
PRETTY HONORABLE ASSIGNMENT, I THINK, AND A GOOD ASSIGNMENT PRIOR TO COMING TO WORK FOR US.
ERIC HAS BEEN A POLICE OFFICER WITH PISMO BEACH, CALIFORNIA FOR SEVEN YEARS, WHERE HE OBTAINED THE RANK OF CORPORAL WITH ERIC.
TONIGHT IS HIS WIFE AMY, AND THEIR DAUGHTER ELIANA.
SO ERIC, IF YOU'LL STEP UP IN FRONT OF THE MAYOR, ERIC, IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
ERIC JIMENEZ, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER, FOR THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.
AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND WILL OBEY THE LAWS, AND WILL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.
THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER OBSERVES OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE AND THAT WE FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD.
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ALWAYS ONE OF, UH, ONE OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS TO DO, TO SWEAR IN NEW, UM, UH, PEOPLE THAT PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY TO KEEP US SAFE.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION, THE BRENTWOOD MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM THE, UH, MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL? COME ON UP IF YOU'D IDENTIFY YOURSELVES.
AND, UH, AND THEN I'LL READ THE, UH, THE PROCLAMATION.
YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN BUSY FOR SURE.
WE HAVE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN BUSY AND, AND IT'S NOW KIND OF OVER, I THINK FOR NOW.
UM, I'M MATT ROBERTSON, AND, UM, THIS IS MARTY TANK, AND THIS IS MY NAME'S ANDREW STAND WORTH.
HE'S CALLING IN FOR ED, SO I THINK WE ALL KNOW.
NO AND LOVE ED OVER HERE, UHHUH.
SO HE'S GONNA BE TAKING IT, TAKING HIS, UH, HIS PLACE.
BUT, UM, I DUNNO IF YOU GUYS WANNA PUT UP THE POWERPOINT SLIDE.
UM, I THINK I NEED TO WALK AROUND.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? SO THIS PICTURE, THESE TWO PICTURES HERE ARE SOMETHING I'M, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THIS, UH, THIS PICTURE AT THE TOP.
SO WE HAD SIX WORK DAYS AND WE HAD SEVERAL, WE HAD OVER 70 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, SO WE WERE REALLY PROUD OF THAT.
AND THE BOTTOM PICTURE IS FROM THE RIBBON CUTTING.
AND I THINK, I'M GONNA ESTIMATE, I THINK WE HAD OVER 200.
WHAT'D YOU GUYS, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? THAT'S PROBABLY IN THE BALLPARK.
AND, UM, EVERYBODY WAS REALLY EXCITED.
AND WHAT I WAS REALLY SURPRISED ABOUT WAS THE, THE VARIATION OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAD AT THE RIBBON CUTTING.
WE HAD KIDS WITH BIKES, WITH TRAINING WHEELS.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY SAW THAT
AND MY KIDS WERE LIKE, DAD, WHY AM I NOT RIDING ON THIS? AND I WAS LIKE, I, I DON'T KNOW, SON.
BUT, UM, SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF.
THE OTHER THING WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF IS THIS COMMUNITY THAT WAS ABLE TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.
WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE HELP OF, OF OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN BRENTWOOD.
UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE.
WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.
UM, AND THAT NUMBER MIGHT EVEN BE LOW.
UM, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, MARTY, ED AND I PROBABLY PUT IN THREE OR 400 OURSELVES.
UM, THE CITY BUILD SECTION WAS $30,000 UNDER BUDGET.
SO NOT ONLY DID WE COMPLETE THIS PROJECT, WE COMPLETED IT UNDER BUDGET.
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AND I THINK IT WAS ON TIME.I DON'T KNOW, WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE FINISHED IT A LITTLE EARLIER.
UM, BUT IT CAME IN UNDER BUDGET.
WE HAD THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT, WE HAD COMMUNITY SERVICE.
SO IT WAS A, JUST A HUGE SUCCESS.
UM, WE'VE GOT ABOUT SEVEN MILES OF TRAIL NOW.
IF YOU RIDE IT THE WAY YOU RIDE IT, IT'S PROBABLY MORE LIKE 10 BECAUSE YOU KIND OF GOTTA HAVE TO GO THROUGH A FEW SECTIONS A COUPLE TIMES.
SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE, IT'S SEVEN, BUT IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT.
UM, IT WILL BE CITIZEN MAINTAINED.
AND SO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING AND SEE THIS AND EVERYBODY HERE FRONT, THAT MEANS THAT OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AREN'T NECESSARILY GONNA BE PAID TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
AND I MEAN, WE WILL PROBABLY HELP THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HERE.
WE WILL ASK THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HERE AND THERE FOR A LITTLE HELP, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMETHING MAJOR, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THIS IS GONNA BE CITIZEN MAINTAINED.
UM, WE HAD A TOTAL OF FIVE NONPROFITS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS, WHICH IS, IT GOES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WE HAVE HERE IN BRENTWOOD AND HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO COME IN AND SUPPORT THIS.
AND AS I SAID EARLIER, WE HAD SIX WORK DAYS WITH OVER 70 VOLUN WITH SEVERAL, WITH OVER 70 VOLUNTEERS.
AND ANOTHER THING THAT I THINK WAS SUPER COOL WITH THIS PROJECT WAS THE HISTORIC COMMISSION AND THE NAMES OF THE TRAILS.
SO THE NAMES OF THE TRAILS IS SO COOL BECAUSE WE'VE GOT, UM, IT'S ALL NAMED AFTER HISTORIC STUFF IN HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE GOT THE HAR THE MAIN DRAG OF IT IS HAR COUPLE HALL RIGHT HERE.
UM, THAT'S AFTER THE HAR HEART GULF OF COMMUNITY.
UM, MOST OF IT'S, WE'VE GOT, MISSISSIPPI IS ONE OF THEM.
THAT'S AFTER, YOU KNOW, THE MISSISSIPPI TRIBE THAT LIVED ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, IRON FORGE, CREASEY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE SLAVES THAT LIVED ON THE PROPERTY.
SO JUST REALLY, REALLY COOL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS.
SO JUST WANNA SAY, THIS WAS AN AWESOME PROJECT.
THE COMMUNITY'S SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MARTY.
COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE, THE FIRST SLIDE, JAY, OR WHO'S EVER CONTROLLING IT? UH, I JUST, I CAN'T GET OVER THAT FIRST PICTURE BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAD THAT WORKDAY AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND WE GO, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE? AND SO WE, WE KIND OF GOT OUR, OUR HEADS AROUND IT AND WE, WE'VE, WE GOT SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY TO DO, AND WE WERE READY BY THE NEXT TIME OR THE NEXT TIME, 75 PEOPLE SHOWED UP, WE HAD STUFF FOR THEM TO DO.
WE HAD IT ALL, UH, PLANNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LIKE, WHAT, HOW ARE WE GONNA SPLIT UP THE DUTIES AND HAVE ENOUGH LEADERS TO GET ALL THESE PEOPLE TO DO THINGS? AND NOT ONLY WAS IT GREAT TO SEE THAT MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP, BUT ALL THESE PEOPLE NOT ONLY GAVE OF THEIR TIME, THEY ALSO WERE GIVING PLEDGING MONEY AT THE SAME TIME THEY WERE GOING ON PAYPAL OR VENMO OR WHATEVER OUR, OUR FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES WERE.
SO NOT ONLY DID LOCAL BUSINESSES GIVE, BUT ALSO THE INDIVIDUALS DID.
AND A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT IS, UH, THE LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD CLASS, UH, B THREE.
THERE WAS SO MANY THINGS THAT WE HAD TO GET DONE THAT WE, I HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT IT WHEN THEY CONTACTED ME, LIKE, HEY, IS ANYBODY DOING THE SIGNS AT SMITH PARK? I GO, NO.
I JUST STARTED THINKING ABOUT THAT, AND I KNOW WE NEED IT.
I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT.
SO YEAH, IF YOU WANNA COME ON BOARD, WE WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.
AND SO WE WORKED WITH, UH, THE GUYS, UH, TO, TO COORDINATE THE WHOLE THING AND THEY, THEY FUNDRAISED FOR IT.
UM, AND WE CAME UP WITH WHAT I THINK IS PROBABLY SOME OF THE BEST LOOKING SIGNS THAT I'VE SEEN IN ANY OF THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS IN PROBABLY THE STATE.
SO IT'S GOT THE, THE FINGERPRINTS OF THE, OF THE COMMUNITY ALL OVER THE TRAIL, WHICH IS KIND OF A GREAT THING.
NOT ONLY THE, THE HISTORICAL NAME CONNECTIONS, BUT THE, THE SIGNS WAS DONE BY A LOCAL GROUP.
THE, THE TRAILHEAD WAS DONE BY SOME EAGLE SCOUTS, AND IT IS JUST AN AMAZING LOOKING, UH, TRAILHEAD.
SO I'M JUST, IT'S, IT'S, I I'M KIND OF JUST SPEECHLESS WHEN I THINK ABOUT LIKE WHAT THE COMMUNITY, HOW THE COMMUNITY GOT BEHIND THIS.
SO, UM, I'LL PASS IT OVER THEN.
DID I COME HERE ACTUALLY? IS THIS ON? YEAH.
UM, MY NAME IS ANDREW STAN WORTH.
I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD TO THE COMMENTS THAT MARTY AND MATT SHARED.
UM, SO ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, I COMPLETED MY EAGLE PROJECT BY REPAIRING SOME LOCAL MOUNTAIN BIKING TRAILS, UM, THAT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF RICHARD HUNTER.
UM, HE WAS MARTY'S PREDECESSOR ON BIKE WALK BRENTWOOD.
UM, HE THEN ASKED ME TO JOIN AS A JUNIOR BOARD MEMBER, AND WE WORKED ON A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES.
UM, HE ULTIMATELY WROTE ONE OF MY COLLEGE RECOMMENDATION LETTERS, AND IT HELPED ME GREATLY.
UM, SHORTLY AFTER I SAW REGINA SMITHSON AT CHURCH AND I ASKED HER ABOUT THE PLAN TO BUILD TRAILS AT SMITH PARK, SHE SMILED AND SAID THAT SHE WOULD SUPPORT THAT.
I THEN ATTENDED A COUPLE OF PARK BOARD MEETINGS, AND THEN THE TEAM THAT IS HERE TONIGHT REALLY GOT THE PROJECT IN HIGH GEAR, UM, WITH DAVE BUNT AND JAY EVANS, MR. BUN AND EVANS BROUGHT THREE IMPORTANT THINGS TO THE CONVERSATION.
ONE, THEY WERE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE PARK, ITS TERRAIN AND THE VARIOUS TRAILS.
TWO, THEY WERE VERY OPEN-MINDED TO OUR QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS.
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TWO OR THREE OPTIONS BEFORE WE DECIDED ON THE FINAL DESIGN.UM, AND THREE, THEY WERE VERY ENERGIZED AND SUPPORTIVE ABOUT MAKING THIS HAPPEN FOR THE CITIZENS OF BRENTWOOD IN A TIMEFRAME THAT NO ONE THOUGHT WAS POSSIBLE BEFORE.
UM, AND SO AS THIS PROJECT WRAPS UP, WE WOULD ASK FOR A CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS COMMISSION AND THE CITY LEADERSHIP.
UM, WE HAVE THREE SPECIFIC ASKS FOR THIS BODY.
ONE, COMMISSIONER SPEARS, PLEASE ENSURE THAT THE PARK BOARD REMAINS ENGAGED AND CURIOUS ABOUT SMITH PARK AND BUILDS ON ITS UNDERSTANDING ABOUT MOUNTAIN BIKING AND ITS TRAILS, UM, FOR THE COMMISSION IN GENERAL, UM, PLEASE REMAIN OPEN-MINDED ABOUT TRAILS FOR ME AND MY GENERATION, MOUNTAIN BIKING HAS BEEN AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONNECT WITH NATURE, BE OFF OF OUR PHONES, AND GET PRECIOUS TIME WITH OUR FAMILIES.
UM, LASTLY, WE HOPE THAT WE'VE BEEN GOOD STEWARDS OF THE TRUST YOU'VE PLACED IN US AND THE TRUST OF BRENTWOOD VOLUNTEERS THAT DONATED THEIR MONEY AND THEIR TIME, MOVING ROCKS, PUSHING DIRT AND CLEARING PATHS.
SO OUR FINAL ASK IS THIS, AS FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES ARISE FOR MORE TRAILS, WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL ALL BE ENERGETIC AND SUPPORTIVE OF OUR EFFORTS.
WE REALLY THANK YOU GUYS A LOT.
IF YOU GUYS WANT TO, UH, HANG ON FOR JUST A MINUTE, I'M GONNA READ THE, UH, PROCLAMATION YEAH.
UH, INTO THE RECORD, AND THEN, UH, THEN I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU, UH, THEN MARTY.
UM, WHEREAS BRENTWOODS FIRST MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL OPENED SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH, 2024 IN SMITH PARK, WITH OVER 200 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE RIBBON RIBBON CUTTING.
WHEREAS THE WORK OF CONSTRUCTING THESE TRAILS WAS A COMMUNITY EFFORT WITH OVER $80,000 RAISED BY COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR THE PROJECT.
AND OVER 100,000 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, OR OVER 1000 HOURS, 100,000, THAT'D BE REALLY SOMETHING.
1000 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, UH, DONATED TO CONSTRUCT A SEVEN MILE TRAIL SYSTEM.
WHEREAS THE EFFORTS OF THESE VOLUNTEERS AND FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS SET AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL IN HOW VOLUNTEERISM LEADS TO POSITIVE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT I MARK WEATHERLY GORMAN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, DO WITH THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND GIVE THANKS TO YOU AND ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN HELPING THIS PROJECT COME TO LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND YOU MAY NOT SPOKE FOR THIS PROJECT, THAT IT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE ABOUT YOU GUYS.
MAYOR, CAN I SAY SOMETHING? ABSOLUTELY, GUYS.
I, THE MOUNTAIN BIKE GROUP IS ONE OF THE MOST FUN GROUPS THAT I HAVE MET IN A LONG TIME.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AN ATHLETIC PERSON AT ALL, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN A GROUP BE ABLE TO CREATE SUCH ENTHUSIASM FOR A PROJECT, GET SO MANY VOLUNTEERS, AND BRING OTHER GROUPS IN, LIKE BRENTWOOD LEADERSHIP AND THE HISTORIC BOARD.
AND, AND RICHARD HUNTER WOULD BE SO PROUD OF YOU FOR FOLLOWING IN HIS FOOTSTEPS.
HE, RICHARD DID A LOT, AN AWFUL LOT TO GET THINGS STARTED, BUT I JUST THOROUGHLY ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW ALL OF YOU.
AND I WISH ALL OUR CITIZENS WHO HAD AN ASK OF THE CITY WAS SO WILLING TO PUT FORTH SOME, SOME LABOR AND SOME MONEY FOR THEIR PROJECTS, TOO.
WE'VE HAD A LOT THAT HAVE DONE THAT OVER THE YEARS.
AND LIKE THE, UM, PLAYGROUND FENCE INSTANCE, GRANNY WHITE, THEY CAME UP WITH A, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY HAVE THE MONEY THERE.
AND IT WAS JUST A PLEASURE TO, TO SEE YOU AT THE OPENING AND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TRAILHEAD.
YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME ON THE TRAIL, BUT
EMPHASIZE A APPOINT COMMISSIONER DUN MADE IS THAT THE ENTHUSIASM IS CONTAGIOUS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
YOU KNOW, HAVING BEEN ON THE PARK BOARD WHEN I KIND OF STARTED GETTING ROLLING, I JUST REALLY ENJOYED THE WHOLE PROCESS WITH Y'ALL.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK AND ALL THE FOCUS AND ALL THE PROBLEM SOLVING AS YOU MOVE THROUGH IT.
'CAUSE IT WASN'T A PRO, IT WASN'T A PROJECT WITHOUT CHALLENGES, BUT IT WAS A, A PROJECT WITH CHALLENGES WORTH SOLVING.
AND I THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
I DID SAVE YOU A PIECE OF RIBBON TOO.
I FORGOT ANYTHING, BUT I HAVE IT FOR YOU.
WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING THIS EVENING.
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NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO A PUBLIC HEARING.WE HAVE THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, THIS EVENING, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, UH, NUMBER ONE, UH, HEARING ON ORDINANCE 2024 DASH ZERO ONE, AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2024, AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2025, INCLUDING BUDGET FOR BRENTWOOD EMERGENCY
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COMMUNICATION DISTRICT PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 2024 DASH ZERO TWO, AN ORDINANCE FOR THE OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE, TO ESTABLISH THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2024, AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2025.AND THEN FINALLY, PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEARS 2025 TO 2029.
PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITIZENS TO VOICE THEIR VIEWS AND SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY OTHER PARTIES, PERSONS SPEAKING ON BEHALF, UM, OR, UM, WELCOME.
UH, AT THIS TIME, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING? PLEASE COME FORWARD, IDENTIFY YOURSELF BY, UH, BY NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
HOW'S IT GOING? I'M TIM MARTIN.
I LIVE AT 93 0 5 OLD SMYRNA ROAD.
I'VE COME AND TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS BEFORE, SO I WON'T BE, UH, TOO LONG-WINDED ABOUT IT.
I SAW THAT YOU'RE INCLUDED IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, UH, PHASE ONE OF THE OLD SMYRNA PROJECT, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
MOSTLY, UM, JUST TO SAY IT ONE LAST TIME, IT'S GOTTEN TO BE SINCE I, I'VE LIVED THERE SINCE 2006, AND THE ROAD HAS ALWAYS BEEN BEAUTIFUL AND ALWAYS BEEN ADVOCATED FOR BY THE CITY, INCLUDING IN THE 2020 PLAN.
IT HAS DETERIORATED FOR REASONS BEYOND OUR CONTROL IN TERMS OF ITS SAFETY.
THINGS LIKE MAPPING APPS SEND A LOT OF PEOPLE DOWN A ROAD THAT THEY BELIEVE IS A NORMAL WIDTH ROAD AND IS SAFE AND IT ISN'T.
UM, AND THEN OVER TIME, FOR, FOR VERY GOOD AND REASONABLE REASONS, THERE'S BEEN DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT IN DAVIDSON COUNTY DEVELOPMENT NOW ON BOTH SIDES OF OLD SMYRNA.
I MIGHT HAVE WISHED THAT WE WOULDN'T APPROVE THOSE THINGS, BUT I ACTUALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY SORT OF RATIONALE TO SAY TO SOMEBODY WHO WANTED TO SELL THEIR LAND AND DEVELOP IT.
YOU SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
IT DOES, HOWEVER, CHANGE THE COMPLEXION OF THE ROAD, AND IT'S CONTINUED TO BECOME SCARIER, UM, PARTICULARLY IN THE LAST YEAR WITH ALL THE THINGS GOING ON.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT ALOUD AND SAY THAT THOSE REASONS ARE, I THINK, GOOD RATIONALES FOR, FOR CHANGING THE COMPLEXION OF THE ROAD GOING FORWARD.
UM, I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS, ONE OF WHICH WOULD BE TO STOP THROUGH TRAFFIC THAT WOULD ABSOLUTELY ADDRESS MY SAFETY CONCERN.
IF, IF WE PUT UP A WALL OR BOLLARDS AT THE EAST END OF BRENTWOOD THERE, I WOULD FEEL SAFE.
I WOULDN'T FEEL VERY NEIGHBORLY.
UM, SO I ACTUALLY THINK THAT THE, THE PROPOSED OPTION, UM, THAT I'VE SEEN AT, AT THE PRIOR MEETINGS, IT'S REALLY GOOD.
I WANTED TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
I, I THINK THE IDEA OF THE LINEAR PARK IS FANTASTIC.
IT ADDRESSES THE SAFETY CONCERNS, AND IT CREATES AN OLD SMIRNA ROAD THAT I BELIEVE WILL, WILL SERVE ALL OF THE SORT OF SAFETY CONCERNS AND THROUGH THROUGHPUT CONCERNS VERY WELL.
UM, I SAW ONE NUANCE IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE ACTUALLY READ ONE, UM, THAT I, I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT.
SO IT MAY JUST BE, UH, A NUANCE OF LANGUAGE.
IT MENTIONED THAT THE PROJECT AS IMAGINED, THIS IS IN THE SUMMARY SECTION, THE PROJECT AS IMAGINED WOULD GO FROM HARLAN, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT WEST.
THE NUANCED ISSUE THERE IS THAT AT 9,300 OLD SMYRNA, THERE'S A BIG CURVE.
IT GOES DOWN THROUGH A DIP, AND IT'S SCARY.
AND I HOPE, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE CASE OR NOT, BUT I HOPE THAT THE PROJECT GOES JUST FAR ENOUGH EAST TO ADDRESS THAT PARTICULAR SAFETY CONCERN.
BECAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE THAT PHASE TWO OF THIS IS NOT AN IMMEDIATE, UH, OR SOON KIND OF PRIORITY COMPARED TO SOME OTHER THINGS IN THE CITY.
SO I'M, I'M HOPEFUL THAT YOU'LL SAY, LET'S AT LEAST GET PAST THAT ONE LAST DANGEROUS SPOT, UH, AND GET, YOU KNOW, AN INCREMENTAL VALUE OUT OF THIS ONE BIG PROJECT THAT I HOPE YOU'LL KEEP IN THE CAMPAIGN.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING DURING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WHILE THEY'RE OPEN? VERY GOOD.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL CLOSE THE, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND WE'LL MOVE
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ON TO APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MAY 13TH, 2024 MEETING.DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE? YES, APPROVE.
SECOND PRIMARY MOTION BY VICE MAYOR TRAVIS.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
NEXT, GENERAL COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS.
UH, ANY INDIVIDUAL THAT WANTS TO COMMENT ON ANYTHING INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT OR REGULAR AGENDA OR ANY OTHER MATTERS, UH, REGARDING THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, UM, CAN SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE, UH, SIGNED UP.
UM, BUT IF I DON'T SEE ANYONE, UH, WE'LL
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CLOSE, UM, COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND WE'LL[ Report from City Manager Report from the City Attorney Reports and comments by Commissioners and Mayor]
MOVE TO A REPORT FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, KIRK.UH, SOME UPDATES ON ROAD PROJECTS WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ROADS.
WE GOT SOME, DON'T WE? HUH? WE'VE GOT SOME.
UM, RAGSDALE ROAD, WHICH HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE THE FIRST PART OF APRIL.
UM, OBVIOUSLY LAST WEEK'S WEATHER DIDN'T HELP MATTERS.
UH, THIS WEEK'S WEATHER IS MUCH MORE FAVORABLE.
WE ARE, UH, AT THE POINT OF HAVING THE PAVEMENT PAVING CONTRACTOR OUT THERE TODAY, PUTTING DOWN THE BASE STONE, UH, WHICH WILL TAKE TODAY AND PROBABLY MOST OF TOMORROW.
THEN THEY WILL COME BACK AND POUR CURBS.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, A LITTLE MORE STONE AND THEN PAVING.
SO THE EARLIEST COULD BE THIS WEEKEND.
REALISTICALLY, WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK TO HAVE THAT OPEN.
UM, BUT TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC NOW, DURING THE DAY WHEN THEIR WORK, THEY STILL HAVE THE RETAINING WALL TO DO AND SOME GUARD RAILS.
SO THEY MAY, DURING THE DAY, HAVE IT DOWN TO SOME FLAGGING ON ONE LANE, BUT THEN WHEN THEY'RE DONE, IT WOULD BE OPEN TO TWO LANES.
UM, SO AGAIN, THAT'S GONNA BE ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATE THAN WHAT WE PLANNED, BUT I THINK WE ALL KNOW HOW ROAD PROJECTS CAN GO.
UH, MURRAY LANE, HOLLY TREE GAP INTERSECTION, ALL THE DETOUR SIGNS WERE PUT UP TODAY.
AND SO I BELIEVE THAT WILL CLOSE, UH, FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD BEGINNING TOMORROW MORNING.
AND THEN OLD SMYRNA ROAD, UH, WITH MR. MARTIN, PROBABLY AFFECTED BY THIS.
WE HAVE SOME DAYTIME CLOSURES FOR SOME UTILITY CROSSINGS FROM THE NEW CLL SUBDIVISION OVER TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD BETWEEN NINE AND THREE THAT'S BEING ADVERTISED FOR A MONTH.
WE DON'T BELIEVE IT'LL TAKE ANYTHING NEAR THAT AMOUNT OF TIME TO DO IT.
UH, BUT THAT'S AGAIN, BETWEEN NINE AND THREE, UH, DURING THE DAY.
AND TO ANSWER HIS QUESTION ABOUT THE DESCRIPTION OF THAT PHASE ONE, IT, IT DOES SAY HARLAND, BUT IT GOES FURTHER EAST THAN JUST THE ENTRANCE OF HARLAND.
IT GOES KIND OF TO THE EDGE IN THAT CURVE A LITTLE BIT TO SOFTEN THAT CURVE, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY HAS SOME IMPACT ON THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE NORTH.
AND SO THAT'S SOME OF THE DESIGN ISSUES, UH, STILL TO BE WORKED OUT, BUT IT DOES GO TO THAT POINT.
UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, I THINK, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM, UM, CITY COMMISSIONERS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR CITY MANAGER? HOW ABOUT A REPORT FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY? THANK YOU MAYOR GORMAN.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO REPORTS AND COMMENTS, UH, BY COMMISSIONERS.
AND THIS EVENING WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER ANDREW.
UM, OUR TREE BOARD, OUR NEXT MEETING IS JUNE 18TH.
UH, THE TREE BOARD WILL BE MEETING AT THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY, UM, AS OPPOSED TO WHERE WE USUALLY MEET HERE IN CITY HALL.
WE'RE MEETING AT THE LIBRARY TO UPDATE THE TAGS ON THE LIBRARY ARBORETUM.
SO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
IT'S A, IT IS A GOOD VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY IF ANYONE LISTENING TO THIS WANTS TO JOIN US, IT IS A GREAT WAY TO MEET THE, UH, TREE BOARD AND TO SEE ALL THE TREES AND THE GROUNDS OF THE LIBRARY.
UM, WANNA THANK THE FOLKS FOR THE COMMENTS TONIGHT.
I MEAN, MATT, MARTY AND ANDREW COMING OUT TONIGHT AND TALKING ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN BIKING AND THE UPDATES.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE AND I LOVE HEARING IT AGAIN IN TERMS OF JUST THE VOLUNTEER ENTHUSIASM, THE SUCCESS IN FUNDRAISING, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO COME IN ON TIME, UNDER BUDGET, UH, JUST A, JUST A REALLY SUCCESSFUL PROJECT ALL THE WAY AROUND.
AND TIM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
YOU KNOW, KNOWING WHAT THE FOLKS MOST AFFECTED BY THESE THINGS AND, AND SEEING IT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, OLD SMYRNA ROAD DOES MAKE A, A BIG IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S ALSO A, A BELOVED KEEPSAKE IN MANY WAYS OF THE BRENTWOOD I GREW UP IN.
SO I KNOW, YOU KNOW, HAVING A LOT OF MIXED FEELINGS AND HOPING TO KEEP THE BEST OF BOTH AS WE TRY TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE FOR EVERYBODY, A WORKABLE ROAD, BUT STILL RETAINING THAT, THAT LOOK AND THAT FEEL FROM, UH, FROM JUST HISTORICAL BRENTWOOD.
BUT, UH, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON TAXES AND, AND COLLECTING MONEY, IT IS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL MAKE FUN OF THE, THE, THE TAXING AND SPENDING PROCESS IS KIND OF A BORING PART OF THE JOB, BUT REALLY IT'S A, IT'S A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE JOB OF THE COMMISSION OF, OF THE CITY, OF BRENTWOOD, AND KAREN AND KIRK AND JAY AND THE WHOLE TEAM AT THE CITY PUT CONSIDERABLY, UH, A CONSIDERABLE EFFORT INTO THIS PROCESS.
AND I BRING IT UP TONIGHT AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TAX RATE.
UH, SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF IT AT BRENTWOOD IS BEING ABLE TO RUN 30 PLUS YEARS WITHOUT RAISING THE TAX RATE.
BUT I'M HITTING THE WORD RATE REALLY HARD, BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT WE HAVEN'T COLLECTED MORE MONEY IN THAT TIME.
OUR BUDGET IS NOT THE SAME SIZE AS IT WAS SOME 30 YEARS AGO.
UM, BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO GROW THE TAX BASE, AND OF COURSE, THE TAX RATE AND THE TAX BASE INTERACT FOR THE, FOR THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH AND SPEND AS A CITY AND TO INVEST BACK IN IT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY PLEASED WE'RE ABLE, IT LOOKS LIKE, TO CONTINUE OUR, OUR
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RUN OF BEING ABLE TO RUN THE SAME TAX RATE.BUT I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE KEEP AN EYE ON OUR TAX BASE.
YOU KNOW, FOR BRENTWOOD, IT'S LARGELY FUNDED BY, UM, BY BUSINESS, UH, PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESS PROPERTY TAX IS A HIGHER RATE THAN THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAX.
OF COURSE, WE PAY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAXES.
BUT REALLY, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS, IS THE ECONOMIC ENGINE.
YOU KNOW, SO IS BUSINESS, PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX, BEER AND LIQUOR TAX, HOTEL, MOTEL TAX, THESE THINGS ALLOW US TO MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THIS ROAD WORK AND THE OTHER THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO AS WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND THINKING ABOUT HOW WE REINVEST THESE TAX DOLLARS IN THE COMMUNITY, ON PUBLIC SAFETY, ON INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, YOU KNOW, WATER AND SEWER ON THE ROADS, AND OF COURSE, WATER AND SEWER IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, SO IT KIND OF STANDS ON ITS OWN.
BUT THESE ARE ALL THINGS WE TRY TO THINK THROUGH, THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS.
SO, UM, SO AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE TO, TO KIND OF BRING LIGHT TO THAT.
AND, UH, AND CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, YOU KNOW, AS WE, UH, COME OUT OF MEMORIAL DAY, YOU KNOW, IT IS A VERY SOMBER HOLIDAY REMEMBERING, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT VETERANS DAY, IT'S MEMORIAL DAY.
AND THE FOLKS THAT, UH, THAT GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SIT HERE AND DO THIS AND ENJOY THE FREEDOMS WE DO, IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE HONOR.
AND, UM, SO JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND ALL THE, ALL THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE, UH, CONTRIBUTED TO THAT AND SO THAT WE CAN BE HERE DOING THIS.
UH, THE HISTORIC BOARD WILL NOT MEET IN JUNE.
UH, WE ALWAYS TAKE JUNE OFF, BUT WE HAVE FOUR EVENTS THAT WE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN.
TWO OF THEM WILL SPONSOR AND TWO WILL BE GUESTS, PARTICIPANTS.
AND I'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED OF THOSE AS THEY HAPPEN IN MAY.
WE HAD, UM, EDMONDSON ELEMENTARY CAME TO THE BRENTWOOD, UH, UM, THE BOWLING SPRING ACADEMY AND DID THEIR WEEK.
AND IT WAS, UH, THERE WAS SOME GOOD DAYS WITH THE WEATHER AND SOME CHALLENGING DAYS, BUT THEY GOT THROUGH IT ALL THE GEO CASH BOXES HAVE BEEN CHECKED AND ARE READY AND OPERATIONAL, AND WE, UH, PARTICIPATED IN THE CLEANING OF TWO CEMETERIES.
SO THEY HAD A BUSY, BUSY MONTH OUTDOORS, AND, UH, THEY WORKED VERY HARD OUT.
AND I DID ENJOY, I THOUGHT SUSAN EARL HAD A VERY NICE TURNOUT AT HER RETIREMENT PARTY, UH, TWO FRIDAYS AGO, AND IT WAS A VERY NICE EVENT.
AND, UH, I WANT TO THANK SUSAN FOR ALL HER YEARS OF, OF WORK HERE AT THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.
SHE'S BEEN APPRECIATED, AND I WISH HER THE BEST IN HER RETIREMENT.
COMMISSIONER LITTLE, UH, I TOO WANT TO, UH, THANK SUSAN FOR HER YEARS OF SERVICE AND, UH, HELPING TO MAKE AND TO CONTINUE, UH, GREAT BRENTWOOD LIBRARY THAT IS ONE OF THE PREMIER LIBRARIES IN THE WORLD, ACTUALLY, UM, IS ALSO PRETTY MUCH OUR COMMUNITY CENTER, YOU MIGHT SAY, FOR THE CITY OF MERRI WOOD.
SO MANY OF OUR CITIZENS USE IT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
UM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD WILL, WILL MEET ON JUNE 10TH, UH, AT 6:00 PM HERE AT CITY HALL, UH, ACTUALLY BEFORE OUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.
AND I AS WELL WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO, WHO GAVE THEIR ALL FOR, FOR OUR LIBERTIES AND, UH, AND WHO STAND ON THE LINE TODAY, THOSE WHO ARE STILL ACTIVE, UH, PROTECTING US, BUT, UH, AND, AND ALSO PRAYERS AS I DID EARLY FOR THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO'VE LOST LOVED ONES IN THE, IN THE LINE OF DUTY, UH, PROTECTING OUR NATION BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND AND ABROAD.
SO ALL MAYOR, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SPEARS.
THANK YOU BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS FOR COMING OUT, FOR ENGAGING IN US.
UM, WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU DO THAT, IT'S THE BEST FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
SO, TESTIMONY TO THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAM, YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND EFFORT, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY GONNA ENJOY THAT TIME.
THANK YOU, TIM, FOR SPEAKING TONIGHT.
I APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND PREPARING YOUR COMMENTS AND SHARING THOSE WITH US.
SO, UM, CHIEF VICKI, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US TO GREAT, UM, CANDIDATES, AND IT'S JUST A TESTIMONY FOR THEIR, FROM THEIR RESUMES AND THE FAMILIES THAT THEY BRING WITH THEM.
SO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO BUILD THAT CULTURE AND LEGACY.
I DID GET A LITTLE MISTY TONIGHT.
UM, OUR NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, JUNE 3RD AT 5:30 PM IT'LL BE RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN THE ANNEX ROOM.
AND AS ALWAYS, THOSE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME.
I KEEP HEARING WONDERFUL FEEDBACK FROM OUR FIRST ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY THAT WAS BACK ON MAY 13TH.
I'M SO THANKFUL WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THIS INITIATIVE A REALITY
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AND TO HONOR ALL OF THOSE THAT DIED TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT IN A REVERENT AND PURPOSEFUL CEREMONY.CHARLES BOOTH, THANK YOU AGAIN.
RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO ASK ME WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP FOR THE POTENTIAL INDOOR RACKET FACILITY, AND I AM VERY PLEASED TO SHARE THAT STAFF SHARED WITH US ON THURSDAY THAT THE GEOTECHNICAL STUDY THAT WE WERE WAITING ON HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND IT WAS VERY FAVORABLE.
THE INFORMATION SHOWED NO MAJOR ISSUES WITH THE POTENTIAL LAND UPON WHICH THE FACILITY MIGHT BE BUILT.
AND ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, WE ARE VOTING ON A RESOLUTION THAT WILL FORMALLY ENGAGE A POSSIBLE PRIVATE INVESTOR TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY ON THIS PROJECT.
AGAIN, I WANNA THANK OUR STAFF FOR WORKING SO HARD ON THIS PROJECT.
AND AT THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, WE LIKE TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON INFORMATION, AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING.
UM, TIM, MATT, MARTY AND ANDREW.
THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING OUT TO SPEAK TONIGHT, TO BE A PART OF IT.
UM, OPENING WAS A GREAT EVENT AND I WAS REALLY GLAD I GOT TO BE THERE AND WITNESS ALL THE HARD WORK.
UH, CHIEF GREAT HIRES, THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO CHOOSE QUALITY OVER QUANTITY AND FOR CONTINUING TO RECRUIT THE BEST TO JOIN THE BEST.
UM, WEEK BEFORE LAST, WE HAD A RETIREMENT PARTY FOR LIBRARY DIRECTOR SUSAN EARL LIBRARY STAFF DID AN AMAZING JOB WITH MORE THAN JUST A CHARCUTERIE BOARD.
THEY HAD AN ENTIRE CHARCUTERIE TABLE, AS WELL AS A DISPLAY OF DESSERTS AND EVEN A COFFEE BAR.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE THAT COULD COME TO THE PARTY AS WELL AS LIBRARY STAFF FOR HELPING TO CELEBRATE SUSAN AND WE WISH HER WELL.
THE NEXT LIBRARY BOARD MEETING WILL BE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12TH AT 4:30 PM AT THE LIBRARY, AND WE HAVE SOME UPCOMING EVENTS TO ANNOUNCE.
SUMMER READING KICKOFF IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
THERE'LL BE GAMES TO PLAY, SUCH AS A LARGE CONNECT FOUR CORN HOLE, RING, TOSS, FOOD TRUCKS, PHOTO BOOTH, AS WELL AS VISITS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND OF COURSE, FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY.
AND THIS IS ALL HAPPENING ON MAY 31ST FROM FOUR TO 7:00 PM WE WILL HAVE REGISTRATION AVAILABLE ONSITE AND IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA.
THE LIBRARY WILL ALSO BE SHOWING THE MOVIE WALLY ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 29TH FROM FIVE TO 7:00 PM JOIN US FOR SNACKS AND A MOVIE.
IT IS OPEN TO ALL AGES, BUT PLEASE VISIT THE LIBRARY WEBSITE FOR REGISTRATION.
AND FINALLY, THE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT AT THE LIBRARY HAS BEGUN DECORATING FOR SUMMER READING AND HAS A LARGE ARRAY OF PROGRAMMING COMING UP.
THE FIRST SUMMER CHILDREN'S PROGRAM IS THE BALLOONS OF PURE AWESOMENESS WITH BALLOON ARTIST ANTHONY, LENA.
AND THIS IS SURE TO GIVE AUDIENCES A RISE.
THE INTERACTIVE BALLOON MAGIC SHOW IS FOR CHILDREN AGES THREE AND UP, AND IT IS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5TH FROM ONE TO 2:00 PM THANK YOU.
UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION INFO MEETING WILL BE THIS THURSDAY, RIGHT NEXT DOOR, 8:00 AM AND IN THE MEETING, REGULAR MEETING WILL BE NEXT, UH, MONDAY NIGHT, JUNE THE THIRD AT SEVEN.
UH, WELCOME TO OUR NEW POLICE OFFICERS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALMOST EMBARRASSED TO TELL YOU WHERE THEY'RE FROM.
UH, LISTEN TO THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AND NOT WHERE THEY CAME FROM.
UM, BUT THEY'RE GREAT, GREAT PEOPLE.
AND, UH, WHAT A JOY TO BE ABLE TO MEET THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.
UM, THANK YOU TO THE MOUNTAIN BIKE COMMUNITY, AND I JUST CONTINUE TO BE IMPRESSED, UM, WHAT YOU'RE DONE AND WHAT YOU WILL DO.
YOU DIDN'T JUST DO IT AND WALK AWAY.
YOU DID IT, AND YOU'RE GONNA STICK WITH IT, AND IT'S VERY, VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
AND, UH, I THINK WHAT MAKES BRENTWOOD A SPECIAL PLACE.
I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK PEOPLE FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
WE GOT A FAIRLY GOOD SIZED CROWD TONIGHT, AND I THINK THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS WOULD AGREE.
IT'S NICE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COME DOWN AND SHAKE HANDS AND, UH, HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY AND MAKE COMMENTS TO YOU ON THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT.
IT'S KIND OF A FUN PLACE TO COME.
SO, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE THAT ARE HERE, THANK YOU, THOSE THAT HAVE FUTURE THINGS, YOU WANNA COME, I THINK THIS IS A VERY OPEN MEETING, AND I REALLY THINK THAT SAYS A LOT FOR THIS CITY COMMISSION.
VICE MAYOR TRAVIS, UM, UH, MEMORIAL DAY, UM, CELEBRATION.
UH, WHAT A, UH, A GREAT EVENT.
UM, SPECIAL THANKS TO, UH, YOU AND CHARLES AND, UH, AND THE STAFF, UH, THAT PULLED THAT OFF.
AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE DISCUSSION WAS HAD, GOSH, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO.
UH, DO WE WANT TO HAVE THIS? THERE'S ONE IN FRANKLIN, THERE'S ONE IN NOLANSVILLE.
WHY WOULDN'T WE DO IT? WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SIT HERE THIS EVENING IF IT WASN'T FOR THOSE, UM, THAT PUT THEMSELVES, UH, IN HARM'S WAY AND GAVE EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, VERY, UH, VERY TOUCHING, UH, FOR SURE.
UM, JUST A QUICK REPORT FROM THE APRIL 30, UH, WILLIAMSON COUNTY GROWTH COMMITTEE, UM, THAT IS SET TO THE PLAN IS SET TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, THERE MYSELF, UH, AND FOUR OTHERS, UH, VOTED AGAINST IT.
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UM, AND IT WAS BASED ON, UH, SPRING HILL, UH, AND SPRING HILL, UM, EXPANDED, UH, THE AREA THAT THEY WANTED TO BRING INTO THEIR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.THOMPSON STATION DIALED IT BACK, AND NO ONE THAT WANTED, THAT DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY WAS INCLUDED IN THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.
NO, IT'S NOT ANNEXATION, UH, BUT IT'S A STEP TOWARDS, UH, ANNEXATION.
AND IT'S JUST A VERY INTERESTING, UM, STUDY IN CIVICS, UM, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A MUNICIPALITY THAT IS TRYING TO IMPOSE, UH, THEIR WILL ON RESIDENTS, BUT THE RESIDENTS WHOSE THE WILL IS BEING IMPOSED ON CAN'T VOTE, UH, FOR, UH, THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING IT.
UH, AND IT'S JUST, TO ME, IT'S JUST VERY, UH, VERY FASCINATING.
UH, BUT, UM, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, FOR, UH, THOSE PEOPLE, UH, THAT ARE IN THE COUNTY THAT DON'T WANT TO BE PART, UH, OF THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, UH, THERE ARE SOME THINGS TO COME.
UM, AND WHY DOES THAT MATTER? UH, TO BRENTWOOD, WHEN I ORIGINALLY, UM, WAS POINTED AS MAYOR TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE, I THOUGHT, OKAY, THIS IS GONNA BE A CHECK.
THE BOX, UH, TYPE MEETING WILL SHOW UP.
UM, BUT WHAT I REALIZED VERY QUICKLY, UH, IS WE'RE IN COMPETITION WITH ALL THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND PARTS OF THE COUNTY, UH, FOR CAPITAL.
UH, AND GIVEN, UH, THE BUILD OUT AND THE WAY THAT DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES GROW, UH, IT IMPACTS OUR ABILITY, UM, TO RECEIVE CAPITAL PRIMARILY FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
SO I WAS TALKING WITH, UH, WITH SOMEONE OVER THE, UH, THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY.
UH, WHEN MY FAMILY MOVED HERE, I WAS STILL IN COLLEGE IN 88.
UM, MY BROTHER WOULD PLAY BASKETBALL AT BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, UH, AND DURING THE, UH, COFFEE, UM, OR THE, UH, THE CARS FOR KIDS THROUGH THE, UH, BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME, UH, I WALKED INTO THE BRENTWOOD, UH, GYMNASIUM.
UM, AND THAT'S FROM 1988, BUT, UM, STILL A GREAT SCHOOL, BUT IT KIND OF SPEAKS VOLUMES IN TERMS OF WHY SHOULD WE CARE, UH, ABOUT THAT.
UH, AND BRENTWOOD IS BASED ON LOW DENSITY.
AND IF YOU LOOK AROUND, I BELIEVE IT SERVES US, UH, VERY WELL.
UH, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE, UH, THE REASONS WHY, UH, I PUSH BACK ON, UH, ON THAT.
UH, I'LL HAVE VERY SPECIFIC LEGAL REASONS, UM, THAT I WILL MAKE, UH, KNOWN AT A, UH, AT A FUTURE DATE.
UM, BUT THAT'S THE UPDATE ON THE, UH, ON THE GROWTH COMMITTEE.
UM, MARTY, MATT, UH, ANDREW, AND, UH, AND TIM, THANKS FOR COMING OUT, UH, THIS EVENING.
UH, MOUNTAIN BIKE, UH, COMMUNITY.
UM, YOU GUYS DO HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY, UH, INPUT IN A, UH, AOT OF TIME.
UH, I HAVE NOT BEEN UP THERE YET.
UM, UH, AS YOU KNOW, I WAS NOT THERE AT THE, UH, THE RIBBON CUTTING, BUT THANK YOU FOR SAVING ME A PIECE.
UH, BUT I DO PLAN TO, UH, TO GET UP THERE AND, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HARD WORK, TIM.
THIS IS, UH, THIS IS YOUR CITY.
UM, WE, UH, JUST HAVE THE, UH, THE HONOR, UH, AND PLEASURE, UH, TO SERVE.
UM, BUT WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ON THE MATTER.
UH, WE GET PHONE CALLS, EMAILS STOPPED IN KROGER'S.
I THINK SOME OTHER PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY PUBLIC, UH, PEOPLE.
BUT IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR FOLKS TO COME UP AND, UH, AND TALK WITH US AND SAY, HEY, I JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST ONE THING REAL QUICK.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS QUICK TO SAY, AS LONG AS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A POTHOLE THAT'S NOT ON A STATE HIGHWAY, I CAN HELP YOU.
UM, SO, UM, BUT, UM, I'VE HAD SO MANY PHONE CALLS AS AN EXAMPLE ABOUT, UH, THE BRENTWOOD POST OFFICE.
UM, HAD A COUPLE OF, UH, PHONE CALLS, INQUIRIES FROM REPORTERS TODAY, AND I HAD TO TELL 'EM, HEY, IT'S THE BRENTWOOD POST OFFICE 3 7 0 2 7, BUT IT IS NOT IN BRENTWOOD WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
THAT'S A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UM, IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, UH, ISSUE.
UM, AND NO, WE CAN'T GO FIX THE, UH, THE PARKING LOT THERE.
UH, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT METRO, UH, CAN GO FIX IT.
BUT, UM, NONETHELESS, THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR COMING OUT, UH, THIS EVENING.
CHIEF, UH, GREAT RECRUITS WITH, UH, JUSTIN, ERIC.
UM, THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THE LINE, UH, ON QUALITY OF THE CULTURE.
UM, YOU HAVE RUN SHORT, UH, FOR A WHILE NOW.
UM, BUT I BELIEVE THAT POLICING IS COMING BACK, UH, INTO POPULARITY.
THEY NEED TO FEEL SAFE, BUT YOU HOLDING THE LINE AND NOT COMPROMISING, UH, CULTURE, UH, IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, UH, HATS OFF TO YOU.
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WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.PLEASE KNOW, ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE.
AND WILL GEN GENERALLY BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION, EXCEPT FOR ANY ITEMS THAT ARE REMOVED FROM THE CON CONSENT AGENDA.
THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS AT THIS TIME.
DOES ANYONE WISH TO REMOVE ANYTHING FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? VERY GOOD.
ITEM NUMBER ONE, RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 59 RESOLUTION
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AUTHORIZING A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF TENNESSEE FOR INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF FIXED AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION CAMERAS THROUGH THE VIOLENT CRIME INTERVENTION FUND.ITEM NUMBER TWO, RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 60 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT WITH THE STATE OF TENNESSEE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT HIRING, TRAINING, AND RECRUITMENT PROGRAMS FOR ADOPTION.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 62 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING REVISIONS TO THE JOHN P. HOLT LIBRARY POLICY MANUAL FOR ADOPTION.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND PRIMARY MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SPEARS.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER OLD BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMISSION THIS EVENING? HEARING NONE WILL MOVE TO
[1. Ordinance 2024-01 - AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2024 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2025 INCLUDING BUDGET FOR BRENTWOOD EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT, for consideration on first reading]
NEW BUSINESS ORDINANCE 2024 DASH ZERO ONE, AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2024, AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2025, INCLUDING BUDGET FOR BRENTWOOD EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DISTRICT FOR CONSIDERATION ON FIRST READING.DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE? VOTE TO APPROVE.
SECOND PRIMARY MOTION BY VICE MAYOR TRAVIS.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN KIRK.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
AGAIN, THIS ITEM REPRESENTS THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, WHICH WILL BEGIN JULY ONE OF THIS YEAR, AND THEN JUNE 30TH OF NEXT YEAR.
UH, THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR ALL FUNDS, UH, PROPOSED IS A, UM, $108.4 MILLION, WHICH IS ABOUT A $10.8 MILLION.
I'M SORRY, $10.2 MILLION INCREASE.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S ALL FUNDS, INCLUDING CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH HAS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT UPS AND DOWNS DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF PROJECTS.
UM, THE BUDGET PROVIDES FUNDING FOR, UH, A TOTAL OF 311 EMPLOYEES FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.
THAT'S AN INCREASE OF THREE EMPLOYEES AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET ACROSS ALL FUNDS.
TWO IN THE GENERAL FUND, ONE IN THE WATER SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS I THINK WHAT MOST OF US CONSIDER TO BE THE CITY BUDGET, SO TO SPEAK, WHERE YOUR TAX DOLLARS GO TO.
UH, THAT TOTAL BUDGET, UH, IS PROPOSED AT 54, UM, MILLION $619,000.
UM, WITH THE PROJECTED, THE CURRENT YEAR IS PROJECTED YEAR END FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND IS, UH, $58.6 MILLION, WHICH IS WELL ABOVE OUR REQUIREMENTS OF OUR OWN POLICY TO MAINTAIN A 40% FUND BALANCE.
UM, AND THAT 58.6 MILLION ESTIMATE IS AFTER A PROJECTED $13 MILLION TRANSFER, WHICH WILL BE PART OF A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT YOU'LL SEE AT YOUR JUNE MEETINGS.
UM, UH, AS COMMISSIONER, UM, NELSON OR ANDREWS MENTIONED THAT THE BUDGET KEEPS THE TAX RATE THE SAME FOR THE 34TH YEAR IN A ROW AT POINT, UH, 29 CENTS PER A HUNDRED HOURS OF ASSESSED VALUATION.
UM, IF YOU APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, UH, YOU'LL HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING AT YOUR JUNE 10TH MEETING, AND THEN YOU WILL ADOPT IT ON FINAL READING AT YOUR JUNE 24TH MEETING.
AND ALSO AT THAT JUNE 24TH MEETING IS WHEN YOU WILL CONSIDER, UH, DISTRIBUTION OF COMMUNITY FUNDS AND THOSE KIND OF ITEMS AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
UM, WE SPENT FIVE OR SIX HOURS GOING OVER THE BUDGET, UH, IN DETAIL ON MAY 16TH.
SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS, NOT JUST FIVE OR SIX HOURS.
WE HAD OTHER MEETINGS ON IT TOO PRIOR TO THAT.
WELL, YEAH, IT'S A CONSTANT YEAH.
UH, THEY'RE A PROCESS FOR SURE, IF YOU DO 'EM RIGHT.
QUESTIONS FOR, UH, FOR KIRK OR STAFF? VERY GOOD.
ALL IN FAVOR OF ORDINANCE 2024 DASH ZERO ONE PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[2. Ordinance 2024-02 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE TO ESTABLISH THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2024 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2025, for consideration on first reading]
NEXT IS ORDINANCE 2024 DASH ZERO TWO.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE TO ESTABLISH THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2024, AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2025 FOR CONSIDERATION ON FIRST READING.
MOVE TO APPROVE PRIMARY MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SPEARS.
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MCMILLAN, KURT.UH, AGAIN, MAYOR, AS I I MENTIONED, THIS ORDINANCE WILL SET THE TAX RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 AT 29 CENTS PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUE.
AND THIS REPRESENTS THE SAME EFFECTIVE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE 34TH YEAR IN A ROW.
UM, GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IT'S PRETTY AMAZING THAT, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO HOLD THE, UH, EFFECTIVE RATE THE SAME.
ALL IN FAVOR OF ORDINANCE 2024 DASH ZERO TWO PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[3. Resolution 2024-61 - A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A NON-BINDING LETTER OF INTENT WITH PATTON LOGISTICS, INC. FOR POSSIBLE COOPERATION FOR A RACQUET FACILITY, for adoption]
RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 61 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A NON-BINDING LETTER OF INTENT WITH PATENT LOGISTICS, INC.FOR CONSIDERATION FOR POSSIBLE COOPERATION FOR A RACKET FACILITY FOR ADOPTION.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE? I TO APPROVE PRIMARY MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DUNN.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THE, UH, IDEA OF A RACKET FACILITY, UH, FOR MANY MONTHS NOW, UH, ACTUALLY MORE THAN MORE THAN A YEAR NOW.
UH, AND THAT HAS GONE, UH, IN, IN A VARIETY OF, UH, DIRECTIONS.
WE WERE TALKING WITH THE COUNTY.
WE WERE, UH, HAD OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE WHO DID A LOT OF WORK AND, AND STUDIED THAT, UH, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A, UH, POTENTIAL FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER A PARTNERSHIP WITH A PRIVATE ENTITY FOR THAT FACILITY.
UH, THIS IS A NON-BINDING LETTER OF INTENT THAT ESTABLISHES SOME BROAD PARAMETERS OF WHAT THAT, UH, PARTNERSHIP MIGHT LOOK LIKE, UH, STILL TO BE NEGOTIATED AS THE FULL DETAILS OF THAT PARTNERSHIP.
BUT IN, IN THEORY, WHAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT IN CONCEPT, UH, IS A PRIVATE ENTITY, PATENT LOGISTICS.
UH, WHO WOULD MAKE A CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE, UH, FUNDING OF THAT FACILITY? UH, IT WOULD BE A CITY OWNED FACILITY, AND IN RETURN THERE WOULD BE A OPERATING LEASE FOR PATENT LOGISTICS OR A, PROBABLY A SUBSIDIARY ENTITY CREATED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS FACILITY TO OPERATE THAT FACILITY.
UM, THE TERM OF THAT IS TO BE DETERMINED THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS.
UM, THERE WOULD BE A REVENUE SHARING FORMULA, UH, ASSUMING THAT REVENUE, THE EXCESS REVENUE IS GENERATED BY THE FACILITY, THE EXACT TERMS OF THAT WOULD BE STILL SUBJECT TO THE NEGOTIATION.
UM, THERE WOULD BE A OR PRIORITY STATUS FOR BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS, AGAIN, SUBJECT TO THE DETAILS OF THAT BEING NEGOTIATED.
UM, SO WHAT THIS LETTER OF INTENT ESSENTIALLY DOES IS PUTS US BOTH PARTIES ON RECORD ARE SAYING WE WANNA DISCUSS THIS FURTHER, UH, WITHIN THOSE BROAD PARAMETERS.
UH, IT IS A NON-BINDING LETTER OF INTENT, UH, MEANING THAT AT ANY POINT IN TIME IF WE JUST FEEL LIKE EITHER SIDE FEELS LIKE IT'S NOT GONNA WORK, WE JUST KIND OF SAY THANKS, BUT NO THANKS.
AND PART WAYS AND, AND WE MOVE ON IN WHATEVER DIRECTION WE CHOOSE TO.
UH, WE'RE AGREEING THAT FOR THE NEXT 90 DAYS, WE WOULD BE THE, UM, EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATIONS WITH PATENT LOGISTICS ON THIS DEAL.
UM, AND NOT IN ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH ANY OTHER PARTIES ABOUT A POTENTIAL, UH, ARRANGEMENT ON THE RACKET FACILITY.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S, UH, A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.
BUT REALLY THIS IS A STATEMENT OF, OF CLEAR INTENT, UH, THAT IF WE CAN WORK OUT ALL THE DETAILS TO YOUR SATISFACTION AND TO THEIR SATISFACTION, UH, THAT WE WILL POTENTIALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH A PRIVATE, UH, PARTNERSHIP.
YOU'RE NOT APPROVING A PARTNERSHIP, YOU'RE NOT APPROVING ANYTHING OTHER THAN AUTHORIZING STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE NEGOTIATIONS.
UH, AND TO BRING BACK TO YOU SOMETHING, UH, THAT YOU WILL THEN FORMALLY CONSIDER AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
ASSUMING THAT WE CAN WORK OUT ALL THE DETAILS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
UH, YOU HAD MR. PATTON AT YOUR BRIEFING A FEW WEEKS AGO.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF HE WANTS TO MAKE US, UH, COMMENTS OR IS JUST HERE FOR QUESTIONS.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
QUESTIONS FOR, UH, MR. PATTON, ANY DISCUSSION? I I JUST WANNA THANK MR. PATTON FOR YOUR TIME THE OTHER DAY AND FOR COMING TO OUR BRIEFING.
AND WE THREW A LOT OF QUESTIONS AT YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING ALL OF THEM, ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH CITY STAFF AND NEGOTIATE.
ANYTHING FURTHER? I'D LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS AND ALL THAT YOU WILL DO AND THE TIME THAT YOU PUT INTO IT.
AND I'M PLEASED THAT WE'VE TAKEN THIS PATH SLOWLY SO THAT WE COULD ARRIVE AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TODAY.
UM, SO THANK YOU ALL AND THANK YOU ALL.
UM, IT'S, UH, SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO KIND OF, UH, TAP THE BRAKES JUST A MINUTE, UH, AND
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SAY, HEY, IS THERE MORE INFORMATION, UH, TO BE FOUND? AND, UM, WHAT WE FOUND, UH, IS SOMEONE, UH, THAT WE MAY, UM, STRIKE A, UH, A PARTNERSHIP UP WITH, UH, THAT WE BELIEVE WOULD BE, UM, MUCH BETTER, UM, THAN WHAT WE HAD, UH, BEEN PROPOSED EARLIER BEFORE THAT PARTY EXITED, UM, UH, THEIR PROPOSAL.BUT, UH, SOMETIMES, UH, IT'S BEST TO, UH, SAY, HEY, LET'S, LET'S MAKE SURE WE DO, UH, PROPER DILIGENCE.
UM, BUT THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK, UH, TO BE DONE, UH, DOING TRANSACTIONS AND THEN TRYING TO KEEP, UH, SEVEN PEOPLE, UM, UH, ONLINE, UH, AS WELL.
UM, SPENCER, I DON'T SEE ANY GRAY HAIR BACK THERE, BUT, UM, WE'LL CHECK IN WITH YOU AFTER 90 DAYS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL CALL FOR, UH, THE VOTE RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 61.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS BEFORE THIS COMMISSION THIS EVENING? HEARING NONE, I MOVE FOR ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING THIS EVENING.