Jun 10, 2024 City Commission Meeting

UH, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, UH, THIS EVENING.

UM, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF, UH, PRESENTATIONS.

UH, THE FIRST ONE IS FROM, UH, LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD, UH, LYNN TUCKER, I SAW YOU HERE.

IF YOU'D COME FORWARD PLEASE AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD.

MAYOR GORMAN AND VICE MAYOR TRAVIS AND COMMISSIONERS.

UH, MY NAME IS LYNN TUCKER.

I LIVE AT 6,100 BRYAN PLACE IN BRENTWOOD FOR 26 YEARS.

UH, AND I AM HERE TONIGHT WITH OUR LEADERSHIP, BRENTWOOD, UH, TEAM REPRESENTATIVES, UH, DURING THE PROJECT YEAR, UH, LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD, WHICH IS THE NONPROFIT ARM, EXCUSE ME, OF OF THE WILLIAMSON INC.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

UH, EACH TEAM, UH, DURING THE PROGRAM YEAR WILL, UH, PERFORM PROJECTS, UH, RELATED TO COMMUNITY.

SO THIS YEAR WE HAVE THREE WONDERFUL PROJECTS THAT WERE COMPLETED IN APRIL, AND I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO COME FORWARD AND TELL YOU ABOUT THE PROJECTS.

YES, GOOD EVENING.

I AM GINA LEVEL AND I AM AT ONE 10 LEWISBURG AVENUE IN FRANKLIN.

AND, UM, I WORK FOR A COMPANY CALLED BANK CARD.

AND THIS YEAR I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ON TEAM SHAKE AND BAKE WITH LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD.

UM, WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO WAS A PROJECT FOR THE TENNESSEE BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME.

WE ALL KNOW HOW AMAZING IT IS, AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF CHAOS AROUND THERE RIGHT NOW WITH CONSTRUCTION.

AND SO WE LOOKED AT THEIR OUTDOOR SPACE, THEIR POOL AREA, AND THEIR PAVILION, AND IT NEEDED A LITTLE BIT OF WORK, AND THEY HAD SOME ALSO SPECIAL REQUESTS.

SO WE PROVIDED FOR THEM SOME POOL FURNITURE.

WE PROVIDED FOR THEM SOME UMBRELLAS WITH HEAVY WEIGHTED BASES THAT WOULD STAY PUT.

WE DID, THEY, THEIR POOL HOUSE HAD SOME ROTTEN AREAS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REPLACE AND RESTAIN, AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO, WITH THEIR PAVILION, COMPLETELY RESTAIN THE ENTIRE THING.

AND JUST FOR FUN, WE WENT AHEAD AND PUT IN A BASKETBALL GOAL FOR THE POOL AREA AND HOPES THAT THE KIDDOS AND THE ADULTS WOULD HAVE JUST A REALLY FUN, NICE PLACE TO ENJOY FOR THE SUMMER.

SO WE DID A LOT OF FUNDRAISING EFFORTS.

ACTUALLY EVERYBODY IN OUR TEAM CONTRIBUTED FINANCIALLY, UM, TO THE PROJECT.

AND THEN WE HAD DONATIONS FROM HARDAWAY CONSTRUCTION AND FROM BANK CARD TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.

WE, AFTER ALL OF OUR BILLS WERE PAID, WE WERE ABLE TO ALSO MAKE A SMALL DONATION TO THE TENNESSEE BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME.

GOT TO WORK ON SOME DIRECTIONAL SIGNS ON THE NEW MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS IN SMITH PARK.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

UH, I'M ROB EKER, UH, FROM THE GREAT LIBERTY DOWNS NEIGHBORHOOD IN BRENTWOOD.

UH, AND I WAS PRIVILEGED TO BE PART OF TEAM B THREE NAMED FOR BBB, THE BRENTWOOD BLACK BEARS, UH, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE BEAR THAT CAME TRAS.

AND THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY A YEAR AGO, UH, WE HAD A GREAT TIME.

UH, OUR, I, ALONG WITH MY TEAMMATES, NEIL TENZER, APRIL ROMERO, STACY DAVIS, JOHN HOPE, ERIC OJA AND STEPHANIE ECKSTEIN

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AND, UH, WE, ONE OF OUR DESIGN PRINCIPLES WAS THAT WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT, UH, HAD SOME SWEAT EQUITY INVOLVED.

AND WE LIKE TO THINK THAT WE GAVE THE MOST SWEAT EQUITY OF JUST ABOUT ANY PROJECT EVER DONE BY, UH, UH, UH, LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD.

UH, UH, ONE OF OUR GREAT SPONSORS WAS TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY.

THEY DONATED A, UH, HOST OF, UH, BRAND NEW TOOLS FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL FOR, UH, CONTINUED UPKEEP.

WE RAISED, UH, MORE THAN $5,000, UH, SOME OF WHICH WENT TO THE SIGNS.

SOME ALSO, UH, IS FOR FUTURE UPKEEP.

AND, UH, SOME, UH, WENT TO, UH, A COUPLE OF BROTHERS WHO ARE WORKING ON THE KIOSK, THE DIRECTIONAL KIOSK FOR, UH, THE, UH, FOR, FOR THE PARK.

THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT.

AND, AND THIS IS JUST A COUPLE OF US OUT THERE ON A WORKDAY.

WE, WE HAD TO, UH, LUG HEAVY, UH, MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT UP THE, THE HILLS OF SMITH PARK.

UH, WE THINK IT CAME OUT REALLY WELL.

AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WHO'S THIS GUY? UH, MAYOR GORMAN.

UH, COMMISSIONER.

UH, CHARLES BOOTH.

UH, 52 11 MARILYN WAY .

SO , UH, I WAS A PART OF A TEAM 24 7.

THERE WERE SEVEN OF US.

IT WAS 2024, SO THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH THAT CLEVER NAME.

AND OUR PROJECT WAS A BIRD SANCTUARY AT THE 50 FORWARD MARTIN CENTER.

UH, WHAT WE DID WAS WE DEVELOPED, UH, AN ACTUAL CERTIFIED, UH, BIRD, UH, SANCTUARY WHERE WE, UH, FOUND SOME, UH, UH, TREES THAT ATTRACT.

WE PLANTED SOME TREES THAT ATTRACT, UH, BIRDS.

WE FOUND AN AREA IN THE BACK THAT'S GOT BOTH A PATIO AND A WINDOW.

SO DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER, INDIVIDUALS CAN LOOK OUT AND SEE THE BIRDS.

UH, WE HAVE A SCHEMATIC OF WHAT WE DEVELOPED.

WE SPENT A FEW DAYS OUT THERE, UH, DEVELOPING THE LAND.

WE ADDED, UH, THANKS TO SOME GENEROUS DONORS, UH, SOME BIRD FEEDERS AND A BIRD BATH.

AND YEAH, THESE ARE THE BIRD, THE PLANTS THAT ATTRACT, UH, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BIRDS.

AND WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE A, UH, RIBBON CUTTING AND A DONATION OF SOME EXTRA FUNDS FROM OUR FUNDRAISING TO THE CENTER, UH, TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON.

BUT THIS IS OUR PLAN.

SO THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING US.

MAY I SAY SOMETHING BEFORE THEY LEAVE? SURE, SURE.

UM, OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING OUT THE DOOR.

I WOULD'VE WAITED, UH, WAY BACK IN THE LAST CENTURY IN 1988, LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD WAS ENVISIONED AND I HAD THE HONOR OF SERVING ON THE FOUNDING COMMITTEE AT THAT TIME.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE EVER THOUGHT IT WOULD LAST THIS LONG.

AND THE CITY MAKES A VERY SMALL DONATION TO THE GROUP EVERY YEAR, AND WE GET BACK FAR MORE THAN WE GIVE.

SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE DREAM THAT THOSE OF US WHO WORKED ON IT IN 1988, UH, A REALITY FOR AS LONG AS IT HAS BEEN HERE.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND MORE POWER TO YOU IN THE FUTURE TOO.

YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

UM, THIS REQUIRED GRIT AND DETERMINATION, EXCELLENT COACHING, AND A LOT OF TEAMWORK.

NEXT WE HAVE, UH, SOME SPECIAL GUESTS WITH US, UH, HERE THIS EVENING.

YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THE, UH, THE MEDALS AND, UH, AROUND THEIR NECK, UH, AND THE SMILES ON THEIR FACES.

UM, WE'VE GOT THE, UH, BRENTWOOD LACROSSE STATE CHAMPS, UH, HERE THIS EVENING.

UH, THEY ARE LED BY, UH, JAMIE MORRISON.

JAMIE, UH, WOULD YOU COME UP, UH, AND, UH, AND SAY A FEW WORDS PLEASE, AND THEN WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THESE YOUNG MEN.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THEM, UH, STEP TO THE FRONT AND ABSOLUTELY.

HI.

UM, WE ARE THE BRENTWOOD HIGH BOYS LACROSSE TEAM.

UM, THIS YEAR THEY WON THEIR THIRD DIVISION ONE AA TITLE AT THE TSLA, UM, STATE CHAMPIONSHIP HELD AT NOLANSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, SATURDAY, MAY 18TH OF THIS YEAR.

UM, IT WAS A MUCH ANTICIPATED CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

UH, THE BOYS LACROSSE TEAM DEFEATED THE DIVISION TWO STATE CHAMPS, UM, WITH A NOLANSVILLE HIGH BY A FINAL SCORE OF SIX TO FOUR.

UM, THIS BRENTWOOD LACROSSE TEAM HAD THE NUMBER ONE STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE AMONGST OUR PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.

THEY FINISHED THE SEASON OVERALL NINE AND NINE WITH NINE AND TWO IN LEAGUE PLAY.

UM, THE TWO LEAGUE LOSSES THIS YEAR WERE TO FRANKLIN AND NOLANSVILLE.

UM, AND BOTH OF THOSE TEAMS WERE THE TEAMS THAT WE FACED AND DEFEATED IN THE PLAYOFFS TO WIN THE STATE TITLE.

SO IT WAS A FUN YEAR.

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UM, THIS 24 SEASON IS A HISTORIC MILESTONE FOR OUR BRUINS, UM, WITH THEIR THIRD, THIRD STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, UM, AS WELL, THESE TEAM BOYS AND GIRLS WILL BE A SANCTIONED SPORT NEXT YEAR THANKS TO THE HARD WORK OF EVERYBODY IN BRENTWOOD.

SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UM, THIS YEAR, UM, WE HAD A HEAD COACHING CHANGE.

OUR HEAD COACH IS ACTUALLY OUT OF TOWN, COLIN HART.

UM, BUT I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR PLAYERS.

UM, OUR DEFENSIVE MVPS THIS YEAR WITH A SAFE PERCENTAGE AVERAGE OF OVER 68%.

UM, WERE OUR GOALIES, SHA JEANETTA AND OWEN SHELDON, IF Y'ALL ARE HERE, STAND UP.

I DON'T KNOW.

YEAH, THERE YOU GO.

UM, OUR OFFENSIVE MVP WITH OVER 150 CAREER POINTS IS BROCK'S, CAPTAIN BROCKS PETERSON, BUT HE'S AT THE TENNESSEEAN SPORTS AWARDS TONIGHT, SO HE'S NOT WITH US.

UM, OUR OVERALL TEAM, M-V-T-M-V-P PLAYING BOTH OFFENSE AND DEFENSE WAS ONE OF OUR CAPTAINS, MATTHEW HENKEL.

I KNOW HE'S HERE.

UH, AND OUR COACHES AWARD WAS GIVEN TO, UH, TAMAN CAPTAIN JAKE MORRISON.

UM, SO THIS, UM, THIS IS YOUR BRENT WILD LACROSSE TEAM, SO THANKS FOR HAVING US.

WOW.

UM, STATE CHAMPS.

THAT'S GREAT.

UH, I'M SURE COMMISSIONERS WILL HAVE SOME, UH, UH, SOMETHING TO SAY, UH, DURING THEIR COMMENTS.

UM, SO WE'LL MOVE ON WITH THE AGENDA,

[1. Public hearing on 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]

UH, AND WE'LL START WITH PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, THE FIRST OF THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS IS PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 24 20 24 DASH ZERO ONE, AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2024, AN ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2025, INCLUDING BUDGET FOR BRENTWOOD EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DISTRICT.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING, UH, THEY WOULD LIKE TO VOICE DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING? ALL RIGHT, I'LL CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE.

PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE

[2. Public hearing on 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]

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.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT OR, UH, THAT PUBLIC HEARING? VERY GOOD.

WE'LL CLOSE THAT ONE.

AND THE FINAL IS

[3. Public hearing for proposed five-year Capital Improvements program for Fiscal Years 2025-2029]

PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEARS 2025 TO 2029.

IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING? PLEASE COME FORWARD AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF, UH, BY NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

HEY, GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS LIZ HAMMOND.

I LIVE AT 93 0 3 OLD SPRING ROAD.

I'M A FULL-TIME RESIDENT OF BRENTWOOD, AND MY HUSBAND'S SON AND I ARE VERY ACTIVE RES BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS.

TONIGHT, I'M FEELING VERY DISAPPOINTED, SAD, AND CONFUSED AS TO WHY THE CITY COUNCIL FEELS THE NEED TO IMMEDIATELY SPEND OVER $600,000 ON AN ENGINEERING STUDY AND THEN ANOTHER $10 MILLION OF TAXPAYER MONEY FOR PHASE ONE OF THIS PROJECT.

I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOUR RESPONSES WILL BE WELL, LIZ, WE'VE STUDIED THIS FOR A YEAR, COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONERS.

I HAVE ONLY SEEN ONE PROPOSAL THAT IS ALL OLD.

SMYRNA ROAD IS A HISTORIC CORRIDOR AND ONE OF THE LAST TRULY SPECIAL HISTORIC ROADS IN BRENTWOOD AND IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

IT IS A SPECIAL ROAD AND NEEDS TO BE PRESERVED AT ALL COSTS, NOT JUST TURNED INTO ANOTHER MUNDANE SUBURBAN ROAD THAT COMMUTERS FROM NEIGHBORING COUNTIES USE AS A CUT THROUGH TO THEIR NEXT, NEXT DESTINATION.

PRESERVING A HISTORIC CORRIDOR TAKES SPECIAL PLANNING, RESEARCH STUDIES AND COLLABORATION WITH PRESERVATION GROUPS.

IT TAKES EXTRA EFFORT ON EVERYONE'S PART.

JUST AS A REMINDER, UM, OLD SMYRNA ROAD BEGAN AS A NATIVE AMERICAN TRAIL.

IT WAS THE SIDE OF THE OLD MAYFIELD FORT, THE FIRST TRADING POST IN THE AREA WHERE THERE WAS A MILL AND A GENERAL STORE.

THE OLD SMYRNA ROAD METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH FOUNDED IN THE 1830S WAS ON OUR ROAD.

THE SNEAD HOME, THE FROST HOME FOX VIEW FARM AND WINDY HILL ARE ALL HISTORICAL LANDMARKS CURRENTLY LOCATED ON OUR ROAD.

OLD SMYRNA ROAD ALSO HAS SEVERAL HISTORICAL CEMETERIES.

HOW MANY OTHER ROADS IN BRENTWOOD HAVE THIS MUCH HISTORY? I WOULD DARE SAY EXTREMELY FEW TO NONE.

THIS ROAD DESERVES MORE TIME AND MORE ATTENTION THAN IT HAS BEEN GIVEN.

AS CITIZENS OF BRENTWOOD, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN WHAT MAKES US SPECIAL.

WE HAVE TO PRESERVE WHAT MAKES US

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UNIQUE.

AND A LARGE PART OF THAT IS OUR HISTORY.

AND WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A CITY'S DESIRE TO MAN THAT HISTORICAL LEGACY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

OUR ROAD HAS HAD CLOSURES FROM THE END OF MAY THAT WILL LAST UNTIL THE END OF JUNE.

AND GUESS WHAT? EVERYONE HAS FOUND ANOTHER WAY TO GET WHERE THEY'RE GOING.

THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER TIMES IN THE PAST WHERE THE CITY COMMISSION HAS STUDIED ENGINEERING FOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE ROAD.

AT ONE POINT, THE CITY WANTED TO ADJUST THE ROAD FOR A CUT THROUGH TO EDMONDSON PIKE.

AND AT ANOTHER POINT, AN UH, EXIT OFF THE INTERSTATE WAS ADDRESSED TO OLD SMYRNA ROAD.

THOSE CITY COMMISSIONERS DID THE RIGHT THING AND DID NOT DESTROY THE INTEGRITY OF THIS ROAD.

MY HUSBAND AND I CHOSE TO LIVE ON THIS ROAD BECAUSE OF THESE QUALITIES.

THE QUAINTNESS THE COUNTRY FEEL THE HISTORICAL CHARACTER.

IF THAT $10 MILLION OF TAXPAYER MONEY IS BURNING A HOLE IN YOUR POCKET, I HAVE A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR YOU.

NUMBER ONE, LET'S COMPLETE AN ARCHEOLOGICAL STUDY IMMEDIATELY AT THE FUTURE WINDY HILL PARK AND THE LAND AROUND OLD SMYRNA ROAD.

NUMBER TWO, LET'S WORK WITH PRESERVATIONIST TO NOT ONLY MAINTAIN OLD SMYRNA ROAD, BUT MAKE IT THE CROWN JEWEL OF BRENTWOOD AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

AGAIN, PRESERVING OUR HISTORY IS WHAT MAKES BRENTWOOD SPECIAL.

NUMBER THREE, BUY THE SNEAD HOME, THE OLDEST HOME IN BRENTWOOD.

IT IS CURRENTLY UNOCCUPIED.

THIS COULD BE A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF PRESERVATION.

THE CITY HAS DONE THIS BEFORE WITH THE RAVENSWOOD HOUSE AND THE COOL SPRINGS HOUSE.

NUMBER FOUR, LET'S STUDY OTHER TOWN SOLUTION TO PERVER PRESERVING HISTORY WHILE EXPERIENCING GROWTH.

THERE ARE MANY CITIES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THESE SAME PROBLEMS AND THEY HAVE DONE BEAUTIFUL JOBS PRESERVING HISTORIC CORRIDORS.

THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD COULD LEARN FROM THEM.

WITHOUT THIS ROAD OLD SMYRNA ROAD, THERE WOULD BE NO BRENTWOOD.

PLEASE DO NOT RUSH INTO A DECISION THIS BIG WITHOUT AT LEAST CONSULTING WITH PRESERVATIONISTS.

STUDYING HOW OTHER CITIES HAVE PRESERVED HISTORIC CORRIDORS AND REALLY ANALYZING IF THERE IS A PROBLEM.

ONE PUBLIC MEETING DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS IS A VERY POOR EXCUSE FOR NEIGHBOR COLLABORATION.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN RESPONSIBLY VOTE ON AN ISSUE WITHOUT FIRST FULLY UNDERSTANDING OR KNOWING THE BEST WAY TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HISTORY OF OLD SMYRNA ROAD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

YOU GUYS BUDGETED FOR IMMINENT DOMAIN ACQUISITIONS? THAT'S GOING TO BE MESSY AND EXPENSIVE GIVEN HOW EXPENSIVE THE REAL ESTATE IS ON OLD SMYRNA.

EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

GRANT HAMMOND.

I'M NOT NEARLY AS GOOD OF A SPEAKER AS MY WIFE.

UM, FULL-TIME RESIDENT AT 93 0 3 ULS ROAD.

UM, I DON'T OWN A SECOND HOME OUTTA STATE.

I'M NOT RETIRED.

I'M NOT AN AVID BIKER OR RUNNER.

UM, AND I DO DRIVE OLD ON A ROAD THREE TO FOUR TIMES A DAY.

I'M ALSO, UH, LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD, CLASS OF 20, UH, 13, THE BEST CLASS, UM, PRODUCED.

AMAZING PROTEGES LIKE JAY EVANS OVER HERE WHO ALSO HAS AN AWESOME MUSTACHE I HAVEN'T SEEN YET.

SO LOOKING VERY DAPPER MY FRIEND.

UM, COUPLE OF JUST QUESTIONS, RIGHT? MY WIFE SAID EVERYTHING ABOUT THE HISTORY AND PRESERVING THE NATURE, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY 'CAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT EVERYONE KEEPS TALKING ABOUT HERE.

UM, AND I HEAR LIKE I'VE HEARD OTHER COMMISSIONERS SAY THAT THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT BEING SUED BECAUSE THE ROAD'S NOT UP TO CODE.

UM, JUST WANNA REMIND YOU.

SO I'M IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS, AS MOST OF YOU GUYS KNOW.

I DO DEVELOPMENT, I DO BUILD AND I JUST DO SALES.

I'M JUST A NORMAL GUY OUT THERE.

UM, AND THERE IS NO STATE LAW.

THERE IS NO FEDERAL LAW THAT SAYS YOU MUST BRING A ROAD UP TO MODERN STANDARDS.

UM, AND THAT IS A VERY BROAD STATEMENT, BUT THERE IS NO LAW THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO BRING THE ROAD UP TO MODERN STANDARDS.

UM, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CANNOT BE SUED.

YOU CAN BE SUED FOR ANYTHING AT ANY TIME.

THIS IS AMERICA.

UM, IF YOU GUYS WERE SUPER WORRIED, OR IF THE CITY WAS REALLY WORRIED OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS ABOUT BEING SUED OVER A ROAD THAT DOESN'T HAVE SHOULDERS, THAT HAS DROP OFFS LIKE JOHNSON CHAPEL HAS, UM, YOU PROBABLY WOULD'VE PUT A NARROW SIGN, YOU KNOW, NARROW ROAD, A HEAD SIGN ON THERE, BUT ONE DOES NOT EXIST.

UM, THIS IS THE 30 MILE PER HOUR ROAD WITH NO SHOULDER.

UM, THAT EXISTS PRETTY MUCH THE WAY IT HAS SINCE IT WAS, UH, BUILT AS A MODERN ROAD, UH, BACK THEN.

AND WE WANT TO PRESERVE THAT.

UM, AS IT'S NOT A MAIN CORRIDOR, IT'S NOT AN ULTERIOR CORRIDOR.

UH, IT'S BARELY EVEN A SECONDARY CORRIDOR.

IT IS A COMMUTER ROAD AT BEST AND MOSTLY FOR THE CITIZENS OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, NOT FOR THE CITIZENS OF BRENTWOOD.

UM, SECOND CONCERN I HAVE IS HOW IN THE WORLD HAVE WE ALREADY JUMPED ALL THE WAY TO PAYING FOR ENGINEERING FOR OPTION ONE ONLY? UM, I DON'T LOVE OPTION ONE OR OPTION TWO TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

I THINK THERE'S A BETTER OPTION THREE THAT'S A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE.

UM, BUT WHAT DOES OPTION TWO COST? I'VE HEARD OPTION ONE'S $10 MILLION PLUS ANOTHER 600,000 IN ENGINEERING.

WHAT DOES OPTION TWO COST? UM, HAVE NO IDEA.

HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO OPTION ONE? UH, AND THEN HOW MUCH HAVE

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UH, THAT'S GONNA MAKE OPTION ONE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE $10 MILLION YOU GUYS HAVE BUDGETED CURRENTLY.

UH, AND SO WHAT'S THE DELTA, RIGHT? WE NEED MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT THE DELTA IS BETWEEN OPTION ONE AND TWO.

AND, UH, OPTION NUMBER THREE THAT I OUTLINED IN AN EMAIL TO THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, A FEW WEEKS AGO IS ONE THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN, STUDIED, UH, NOR HAVE I SEEN ANY COMMENTS BACK FROM ANY ENGINEERING, UH, OR PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY ABOUT, UH, OPTION THREE'S VIABILITY AS A SAFETY CONCERN ONLY.

YES, THAT WILL NOT BRING IT UP TO MODERN ROAD STANDARDS.

UH, NOTHING LESS THAN $10 MILLION WILL, HOWEVER, YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

IT IS NOT A STATE OR FEDERAL OR LOCAL LAW, UH, TO DO SO.

SO HOW DO WE MAKE THE ROAD SAFER? I AGREE.

IT CAN BE SAFER.

UM, THE TYPE OF ACCIDENTS OCCUR MOSTLY SIDESWIPES, MOSTLY DRIVER SIDE.

UM, SIDE VIEW MIRRORS ARE GETTING KNOCKED OFF AS PEOPLE PASS EACH OTHER.

UM, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY TWO TRUCKS CAN'T PASS EACH OTHER.

I SEE TWO TRUCKS PASS EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME ON THAT ROAD.

UM, SO THEY ABSOLUTELY PASS EACH OTHER.

SEMI-TRUCK, SEMI-TRUCK SHOULDN'T BE ON THIS ROAD TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

SO THERE SHOULD BE A NARROW ROAD, A HEAD SIGN TOGETHER WITH NO THROUGH TRAFFIC, TOGETHER WITH NO, UH, VEHICLES OVER X NUMBER OF POUNDS.

CALL IT 8,000 IF YOU WANT.

UM, THIRD THING IS THERE'S BEEN ONE PUBLIC HEARING.

IT HAPPENED DURING DECEMBER.

HOLIDAY SEASON IS TOUGH FOR A LOT OF CITIZENS AND PROBABLY DIDN'T GET OUT TO TALK AND THEY WANTED TO.

UM, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE PUBLIC MEETINGS ON RES STRIPING ROADS IN THE PAST, UH, THAT DIDN'T COST 10 MILLION BUCKS TO STRIFE THE ROADS.

SEEMS LIKE WE OBSERVED A SECOND PUBLIC MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS.

UM, AND AS I SAID, JOHNSON CHAPEL ROAD SHARES A LOT OF THE SAME ISSUES THAT OLD SMYRNA ROAD DOES.

WHY AREN'T WE TALKING ABOUT ALSO FIXING JOHNSON CHAPEL ROAD AT THIS MOMENT? UM, LAST, OKAY, YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT LAWSUITS.

WHY HAVE SCHOOL BUSES BEEN COMING DOWN THIS ROAD? YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR CHILDREN ON SCHOOL, BUSES ON THIS ROAD THAT YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT GETTING SUED ON.

I MEAN, IT KIND OF GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT IT'S NOT THAT UNSAFE.

WHAT ABOUT LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT FROM 30 TO 25? TERING A COUPLE OF SHOULDERS THAT YOU GET IN NORTHEASTERN TOWNS OR ALL OVER EUROPE WHERE ROADS HAVE EXISTED FOR MUCH LONGER THAN BRENTWOOD HAS EXISTED.

UM, THEY HAVE FOUND A WAY TO MAKE THE ROADS WORK TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WORK TOGETHER WITH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OF THE AREA.

UM, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE TAKE THE TIME TO DO SO AS WELL BEFORE COMMITTING TAXPAYER DOLLARS IN THE AMOUNT THAT EXCEEDS $10 MILLION FOR PHASE ONE, LET ALONE PHASE TWO.

UM, FINALLY, I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH ONE MORE THOUGHT.

UM, WHEN MAKING DECISIONS ON ROADS THAT AFFECT SO FEW BRENTWOOD CITIZENS AND ALLOCATING SO MUCH MONEY AND TIME, UM, FOR THAT PARTICULAR DECISION, IT MAKES YOU WONDER WHY WE'RE NOT DOING THE SAME FOR SOME OF THE OTHER ROADS, UM, THAT ARE IN TOWN THAT GET A HECK OF A LOT MORE TRAFFIC.

UM, WILSON PIKE IS A PRIME EXAMPLE.

THERE ARE 50 OR 60-YEAR-OLD, UH, TREES THAT ARE WITHIN THREE FEET OF THAT ROADWAY.

UM, THAT IS A MUCH FASTER, MORE DANGEROUS, MORE HEAVILY TRAFFICKED ROAD.

LET'S TALK ABOUT WILSON PIKE BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE SRNA ROAD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

UM, IF YOU'VE SIGNED UP, UM, FOR, UM, COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS, YOU ARE ON THE LIST.

UM, BUT IF YOU WANNA SPEAK, UH, ON A PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, OLD SMYRNA ROAD WAS A PART OF THAT, UH, IF YOU WANNA SPEAK ON THE, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

UM, PLEASE LET YOURSELF BE KNOWN NOW.

UH, IF NOT, I WILL CLOSE THIS UP.

SIR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, EVENING.

APPRECIATE Y'ALL BEING HERE AND APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, I'M NOT A RESIDENT.

MY NAME IS GREG LUAN.

I AM A RESIDENT OF 90 18 CARON LAKE PLACE.

SO I DO NOT LIVE ON OLD SMYRNA ROAD, BUT, UH, TRAVEL IT FREQUENTLY.

UM, AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN SAY ANYTHING ANY BETTER THAN UH, UH, THE PREVIOUS TWO SPEAKERS OTHER THAN TO, UH, VOICE ADAMANT SUPPORT FOR THAT.

I MEAN, THIS IS A REALLY, A HISTORIC AREA AND PRESERVING THAT I THINK IS PART OF, UM, THE, THE PART OF THE, UH, BEAUTY OF BEING IN BRENTWOOD.

MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MAY 28TH, 2024 MEETING.

ALRIGHT, ANYONE ELSE ON THIS, UH, THIS PUBLIC HEARING? ALRIGHT, UM, WE WILL CLOSE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, UH, FOR THE PROPOSED FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM, AND WE'LL

[4. Approval or Correction of Minutes]

DO I

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HEAR A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE AND I'LL SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

HAVE COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS.

NEXT, WE'LL

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UM, IF YOU WOULD KEEP YOUR, UM, YOUR COMMENTS, UH, POINTING TO THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE.

UH, AND FIRST ON THE LIST IS SHEILA CLEVELAND, IF YOU'D IDENTIFY YOURSELF.

UM, AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? YES.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.

I'M SHEILA CLEVELAND.

I'M TWO 17 WILLIAMSBURG CIRCLE.

AND AS YOU KNOW, PAUL, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, PAUL AND I, UM, WE'RE PRETTY AVID WALKERS AND HIKERS AND BIKERS.

AND SO I'M HERE.

UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, WE WALKED THE PAVE TRAIL AND THAT STARTS AROUND TRACTOR SUPPLY AND IT ENDS AT THE TENNIS COURTS AT MARYLAND FARM.

AND I REMEMBER WHEN OPPOSITION CREATED OPPOSITION WAS CREATING THIS TRAIL, ASSUMING THAT LOCALS WOULDN'T USE IT.

AND WE SEE ADULTS AND KIDS ON THIS PATH ALL THE TIME.

AND THE REASON IS 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS IN MEADOW LAKE OR, OR QUAY STATES.

IT ALSO SERVES THE LOCAL BUSINESSES, ALLOWING EMPLOYEES TO WALK TO LUNCH AND NOT DRIVE.

AND LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD PARTICIPATES IN ADOPT A MILE AND TWICE A YEAR WE PICK UP TRASH ON CONCORD ROAD AND, UM, TO CONCORD ROAD.

MURRAY LANE.

I VOLUNTEERED TO DO THE SECTION FROM CONCORD ROAD TO FOUNTAINHEAD.

AND IT'S NOT EASY TO NAVIGATE THAT TO BE ON THE SLOPES AND TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE, YOU KNOW, PICK UP THE TRASH AND I FIND MYSELF ON THE CURB TO LOOK AT THE TRASH BECAUSE I CAN'T NAVIGATE THE SLOPE.

AND THEN YOU CAN'T IMAGINE THE TRAFFIC COMING BY.

THEY DON'T SLOW DOWN FOR YOU WHEN YOU'RE ON THE CURB.

AND I SHUDDER TO THANK OTHER KIDS WHEN I SEE THEM THERE, NOT ON THE, ON THAT AREA.

WE KNOW, WE KNOW INDIVIDUALS THAT WHO THAT TRANSPORT THEIR BIKES ACROSS 65 AS WE DO JUST TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WONDERFUL BIKE WALK PASS SYSTEM ON THE EAST SIDE OF 65.

AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.

I LOVE GOING TO THE EAST SIDE.

I JUST DON'T LIKE PUTTING A BIKE ON A CAR TO GO THERE.

AND I HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO WALK BY BRENTWOOD AND THEIR EFFORTS.

WE NEED TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH THE WALKABILITY PLAN IN BRENTWOOD BY CONTINUING THE SIDEWALK FROM PRINCETON HILLS TO CONCORD ROAD.

I SEEM TO REMEMBER ONE TIME THAT THE CITY MADE IT A PRIORITY FOR CONNECTIVITY AND WALKABILITY WITHIN THE ENTIRE CITY, NOT JUST EAST 65, EAST OF 65.

AND THE BUDGET HEAD ONE TIME REFLECTED THIS CONTINUING THAT SIDEWALK TO CONCORD ROAD WILL CONNECT THE EXISTING PATHWAY ON FRANKLIN ROAD THAT LEADS TO FRANKLIN.

AND THEN I CAN ACTUALLY RIDE MY BIKE TO FRANKLIN AND IT WILL ALSO BE ONE STEP CLOSER TO GETTING OVER TO 65 SAFELY.

BEING ABLE TO WALK AND BIKE AROUND THE CITY SAFELY IS CONVENIENCE AND A HEALTH BENEFIT TO ALL BRENTWOOD CITIZENS AND YOUNG, YOUNG AND OLD SIDEWALKS SHOULD BE SYNONYMOUS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND CONNECTIVITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I APPRECIATE YOU TOO.

AND SO WE LOOKED AT, UH, FOUR FACILITIES.

NEXT WE HAVE, UH, GARY LATIMER, UH, GARY LATIMER.

WENDY AND I LIVE AT 92 0 8 HERITAGE DRIVE IN BRENTWOOD IN THE BRENT MEAD SUBDIVISION.

UH, AT YOUR MAY 23RD CITY COMMISSION BRIEFING, COMMISSIONER ANDREWS SAID THAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THE RACKET CLUB OR THE RACKET PROPOSAL WAS DOING DISCUSSIONS AFTER THE COUNTY BUDGET DEADLINE HAD PASSED.

THAT'S JUST FALSE.

THAT'S COMPLETELY FALSE.

UM, IF YOU MAY RECALL, YOU WERE AT MOST ALL THE MEETINGS 'CAUSE YOU CAME AND TOLD US WE WERE WASTING OUR TIME.

WHEN I ASKED GORDON HAMPTON, THE FIRST QUESTION I ASKED HIM WAS, IS THERE ANYTHING THIS COMMITTEE'S DOING OR TIMETABLE THAT WOULD INTERFERE IN YOUR DECISION TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY? AND HE DIDN'T SAY YES.

HE DIDN'T SAY NO.

HE SAID ABSOLUTELY NOT.

GARY, YOU HAVE UNTIL NOVEMBER.

SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD MAKE A STATEMENT LIKE THAT.

YOU ALSO SAID THE COUNTY DEAL FELL THROUGH BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE MISHANDLE THINGS.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE.

AND THEN YOU SAID THAT THE PROPOSAL THEN WITH THE COUNTY WAS BETTER THAN THE PROPOSAL WE HAVE NOW, THE SPENCER PROPOSAL.

WERE YOU NOT THERE WHEN THE COUNTY SAID NO, THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA WORK WITH US ON ANY CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS? WERE YOU NOT THERE WHEN THEY SAID NO TO PRIORITY FOR ANY CONTRACT TIME? WEREN'T YOU THERE WHEN THEY SAID NO FOR PRIORITY FOR ANY SCHEDULING TIME? AND WEREN'T YOU THERE WHEN THEY SAID NO, THEY WOULD NOT WORK WITH ANY CITIZEN COMMITTEE ON ANY INPUT ON THE JUNE 6TH EMAIL TO BRENTWOOD CITIZENS FROM COMMISSIONER ANDREWS, HEY GARY.

HE SAID, CAN YOU KIND OF WRAP IT UP? ANYONE CLAIMING THE RACK FACILITY WILL MAKE MONEY FOR THE CITY IS NAIVE.

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I LOOKED AT THREE OTHERS AND EVERYBODY AGREED THAT IT WAS GOING TO PRODUCE EXTRA REVENUE.

70% OF ALL THE FACILITIES IN THIS COUNTRY ARE BUILT AND OPERATED BY MUNICIPALITIES LIKE BRENTWOOD, 70%.

OKAY.

UM, THE LAST THING I WAS GONNA MENTION WAS THAT I WANTED TO THANK THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION HERE BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WHEN I STARTED THE RACKET INFORMATION.

AND WHAT YOU DID IS YOU LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS, THEN YOU BECAME FULLY INFORMED, AND THEN AFTER YOU CAME FULL FULLY INFORMED, YOU USED OBJECTIVE DECISION MAKING TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO NEXT.

AND THAT IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED AND THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO DO FOR OSBURN ROAD.

ALRIGHT, UH, NEXT WE HAVE ROB, UH, ICKER ARD.

UM, I, HE ALREADY SPOKE.

OH, HE ALREADY SPOKE.

UM, CINDY FRANKLIN.

DID SHE SPEAK ALSO? YES.

OH, THERE SHE IS.

YEP.

I WAS LOOKING, I'M YOU JUST THOUGHT YOU WERE GETTING RID OF ME.

WELCOME.

WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

THANKS.

I'M CINDY FRANKLIN, 82 0 5 WEEL ROAD EAST IN BRENTWOOD, IN THE BRENTHAVEN SUBDIVISION.

I'VE BEEN THERE FOR, UM, 23 YEARS NOW, AND I'M HERE AS THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY.

AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU MAYOR GORMAN AND EACH ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE LIBRARY AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR FRIENDS.

EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE SHOWN UP FOR US.

AND YES, COMMISSIONER DUNN, I DID SEE YOU WITH THE KICKOFF FOR FOR THE LIBRARY RECENTLY FOR THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

IT'S MEANT SO MUCH.

AND I'M ALSO HERE TO ACT, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARY BOARD BECAUSE WE HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN HAVING A STRONG LIBRARY BOARD THAT WE CAN GET ALONG WELL WITH.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU VERY RESPECTFULLY TO, UM, APPOINT BETSY CROSSLEY FOR ANOTHER TWO YEAR TERM.

UM, BETSY HAS BEEN A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR THE LIBRARY FOR FRIENDS AND FOR ME PERSONALLY AS I'VE GONE THROUGH THE, UM, UH, SHALL WE CALL IT CHALLENGES? DUSTIN ? IS THAT, YEAH.

AND ADVENTURES OF THE LIBRARY.

AND, UM, I WOULD ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, I LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENT PROFILES OF THE LIBRARY BOARD.

I KNOW YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE TO CHOOSE.

AND I WOULD JUST ASK THAT, UM, IN CHOOSING THIS, YOU HAVE SUCH A SACRED TRUST FROM THE COMMUNITY.

I DON'T ENVY YOUR POSITION, BUT, UM, ONE OF THE LIBRARY VALUES IS STATES THAT WE VALUE A DIVERSE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT THAT INSPIRES WISDOM, GROWTH, CREATIVITY, AND ADVENTURE.

THAT'S OUR COMMUNITY.

AND PLEASE CONSIDER THAT WHEN YOU'RE VOTING FOR THE NEXT LIBRARY BOARD, UH, APPOINTEE BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MOVE TO A REPORT FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, KIRK.

ALRIGHT.

UM, THAT'S EVERYONE THAT HAS SIGNED UP THIS EVENING.

UM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? UH, IF SO, UH, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

IF NOT, WE'LL CLOSE COMMENTS, UH, FROM CITIZENS.

ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS CLOSED.

SO WE'LL

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

THANK YOU MAYOR.

JUST A COUPLE UPDATES ON, UH, ROAD PROJECTS.

UM, WE'LL START WITH RAGSDALE, WHICH I KNOW IS A SOURCE OF FRUSTRATION FOR MANY OF US IN THE ROOM HERE, INCLUDING SARAH, CATHERINE AND, AND, UH, DEREK BEHIND US.

UH, WE ARE HOPEFUL.

THE PLAN TODAY, OR AS OF NOW, IS FOR PAVING TO BEGIN ON THAT SECTION OF ROAD TOMORROW.

PROBABLY A A TWO DAY PROCESS.

AND THE HOPE WOULD BE TO HAVE IT, IT WON'T BE FULLY CONSTRUCTED COMPLETE, BUT IT WILL BE TO THE POINT WHERE HOPEFULLY WE CAN OPEN THAT, UH, CLOSED SECTION OF ROAD BY THE END OF MIDDAY THURSDAY OR THE END OF THE DAY, THURSDAY AT THE LATEST.

UM, SO THAT'S THE STATUS ON THAT.

UM, HOLLY TREE.

MURRAY LANE, AS YOU KNOW, WILL REMAIN CLOSED FOR MOST OF THE SUMMER.

WORK IS PROGRESSING ON THAT.

UH, I WOULD ASK ANYBODY WHO DRIVES ON THAT AREA OF TOWN TO, UM, FOLLOW THE, UH, SIGNS IN TERMS OF CLOSED ROAD.

WE ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH PEOPLE JUST ASSUMING THAT THAT DOESN'T APPLY TO THEM AND DRIVING THROUGH NEIGHBOR'S YARDS.

UM, SO, UH, WE WOULD ASK THAT, THAT, UH, HAPPEN.

AND, AND ROAD OR WATERLINE WORK WILL BEGIN IN THAT YARD PRETTY

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SOON.

SO THAT MAY BE HELPFUL, CUT OFF THE ROUTES THAT PEOPLE ARE TAKING RIGHT NOW.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT PROJECT IS UNDERWAY IN, IN EARLY ON, BUT PROGRESSING IN THIS EARLY STAGES WHERE WE HOPED IT WOULD BE.

AND THEN A REMINDER, AND COMMISSIONER DUNN MAY MENTION THIS, UH, THIS SATURDAY, UH, CHURCH STREET EAST, UH, EAST OF WILSON PIKE WILL BE CLOSED FOR A COUPLE HOURS FROM ROUGHLY, UH, 9:00 AM TO ABOUT 10, 10 30 FOR A PARADE FOR THE HARD SCUFFLE NEIGHBORHOOD DESCENDANTS WHO GATHER EVERY YEAR TO, UH, FOR A HOMECOMING TYPE OF EVENT.

AND THIS YEAR THEY WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A PARADE THERE ON CHURCH STREET.

SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM AND THE HISTORIC COMMISSION IS SUPPORTIVE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HELPING US.

AND I THINK CHIEF HICKEY MAY EVEN STAND A POST ON SATURDAY MORNING.

UH, BUT THAT SECTION OF THE ROAD WILL BE CLOSED.

IT WILL BE REOPENED AS SOON AS WE CAN BASED UPON THE, THE PACE OF THE PARADE.

BUT JUST A HEADS UP THERE, WE'VE GOT SOME SIGNAGE UP RIGHT NOW OUT THERE TOO.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.

QUESTIONS FOR, UH, KURT? ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD.

UM, OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING, UM, SO WE WILL HAVE NO REPORT, UH, FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

UH, WE'LL MOVE TO, UH, REPORTS AND COMMENTS, UH, BY COMMISSIONERS.

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

OH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, I WANT TO SAY CONGRATS TO THE YOUNG MEN FOR THE LACROSSE TEAM.

I KNOW THAT IS A LOT OF HOURS AND DEDICATION Y'ALL PUT INTO IT.

I BACK IN MY YOUTH IN HIGH SCHOOL WAS ON A STATE CHAMP TEAM FOR FIELD HOCKEY, SO I KNOW HOW MANY HOURS YOU'VE PUT IN.

AND SO CONGRATS ON ALL YOUR TENACITY AND HARD WORK.

AND I ALSO WANNA SAY CONGRATS TO YOUR PARENTS BECAUSE I KNOW BEFORE YOU COULD DRIVE, THEY WERE HAULING YOU TO ALL SORTS OF PRACTICES.

SO THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL YOU'RE, YOU DO FOR HELPING THESE STUDENTS GET TO WHERE THEY ARE.

SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT, UM, TO THOSE THAT CAME AND SPOKE TONIGHT, SPECIFICALLY THE HAMMONDS, THANK YOU FOR, UM, GIVING US YOUR INPUT ON THE MATTER.

WE REALLY DO TAKE TO HEART WHAT Y'ALL HAVE TO SAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR OWN ROAD IS ONE REASON WHY WE HAVE A WHOLE NEW ZONING FOR THE AR IP IN THAT AREA ALONG THAT CORRIDOR FROM, UM, RESIDENT INPUT.

SO WE DO REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AND YOUR THOUGHTS.

UM, WE HAD SOME REALLY SMART PEOPLE IN BRENTWOOD, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, ALSO TO LEADERSHIP.

BRIT WOOD, THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND ALL YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU REALLY DO GIVE BACK.

AND, YOU KNOW, TENNESSEE BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME, THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS AND 54 ARE ALL, UM, HUGE ASSETS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING BACK TO THOSE, UM, ASSETS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE? UM, THE, SO LAST WEEK, THE JUDGE JOHN MCNARY, CHAPTER OF THE CHILDREN OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION HAD A TOUR OF FIRE STATION ONE.

AND I WANNA THANK CHIEF COLLINS FOR HELPING TO COORDINATE THE TOUR.

I WANNA SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE C SHIFT AT STATION ONE, AND ESPECIALLY TO ENGINEER KYLE SHANK FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SPEAK TO THESE KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS.

MY DAUGHTER IS A MEMBER OF THE CAR CHAPTER WHERE THE MEMBERS RANGE IN AGE FROM SEVEN TO 19.

THE GROUP LEARNED A LOT AND AS A RESULT HAD MANY GREAT FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.

SO THANK YOU C SHIFT STATION ONE FOR BEING SO WELCOMING TO THE STUDENTS AND FOR HELPING THEM HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF EVERYTHING YOU DO AS FIRST RESPONDERS IN BROOKLYN.

SO THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

UM, IN REGARDS TO THE LIBRARY, I HAVE A FEW LIBRARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THE NEXT LIBRARY BOARD MEETING WILL BE THIS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12TH AT 4:30 PM AT THE LIBRARY.

A FEW ACTIVITIES.

UM, I WANT TO THANK SO MANY IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS LIBRARY STAFF, FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY FOR MAKING THE KICKOFF FOR SUMMER READING A SPECTACULAR SUCCESS.

THERE WERE ROUGHLY 450 PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED AND REGISTERED FOR SUMMER READING.

THEY ATE TACOS AND SNOW CONES, PLAYED GAMES AND HULA HOOPED.

THEY ALSO RECEIVED A FREE BOOK FROM THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY.

SINCE THE SUMMER READING KICKOFF ON MAY 27TH, THE LIBRARY HAS ALREADY LOGGED IN 40,672 MINUTES OF READING IN ONLY TWO WEEKS.

THERE HAVE BEEN 592 REGISTRATIONS FOR SUMMER READING, AND WE ARE HOPEFUL TO SEE THAT NUMBER CONTINUE TO GROW.

IN ADDITION TO BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY, THERE ARE 56 UNIQUE PROGRAMS IN JUNE ALONE.

SO CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS.

THE LIBRARY'S CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT HAS A NEW VISITOR, COCO S'MORES.

THE BEAR HAS ARRIVED IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA SIMILAR TO ELF ON THE SHELF.

THE LIBRARY'S BEAR IN THE LAYER WILL FIND ALL KINDS OF MISCHIEF BY HIDING OUT IN THE TREES AND SHELVES.

SO COME SEE IF YOU CAN SPOT HIM AT THE LIBRARY OR SOME OF THE FUN SCAVENGER HUNT ITEMS HE'S LEFT FOR YOU TO FIND.

FINALLY, THE ADULT SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS INTRODUCED DANCING CLASSES AT THE LIBRARY.

SO JOIN US FOR LINE DANCING ON JUNE 18TH AT 6:00 PM OR SWING DANCING ON JUNE 26TH AT 6:30 PM SPACE IS LIMITED.

PLEASE REGISTER ONLINE SO YOU DON'T MISS OUT.

AND MAYOR, I THINK THAT IS IT.

A, A LIFETIME MEMORY AND JUST IN GENERAL, I MEAN, IT'S JUST AMAZING.

UH, COMMISSIONER ANDREWS, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, AS YOU SAID, ONE, A WELCOME LACROSSE TEAM.

FANTASTIC ACHIEVEMENT.

AND, UH, THAT IS JUST OUTSTANDING.

AND HAVING HAD KIDS COME THROUGH THE BRENTWOOD SCHOOLS, UH, AND GO THROUGH AND PLAY SPORTS, I KNOW WHAT GOES INTO THAT ALL YEAR ROUND.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS.

IT'S

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I I I, I HAVEN'T COUNTED THE NUMBER OF STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BOTH BRENTWOOD AND RAVEN WOULD'VE BROUGHT, BROUGHT HOME TO THE CITY IN THIS PAST YEAR.

BUT IT'S JUST BEEN INCREDIBLE ACROSS THE DIFFERENT SPORTS AND PROGRAMS, INCLUDING CHEER AND PERFORMING ARTS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST FANTASTIC SCHOOL SYSTEM WE HAVE IN THIS AREA.

AND THANKS FOR BEING A PART OF IT.

AND, AND THANKS FOR YOUR, YOUR CONTRIBUTION AND, AND THANKS FOR COMING OUT.

I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I REMEMBER SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION, WE'VE HAD A FULL TEAM SHOW UP TO IT TO SHARE THEIR VICTORY WITH US.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT ENTHUSIASM AND THANKS FOR MAKING THE TIME TO COME ON OUT TONIGHT.

UM, ALSO LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD, UM, YOU KNOW, AND RELIVING THOSE MEMORIES.

AND REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, MY, MY FOLKS AND A LOT OF THEIR FRIENDS BEING PART OF THAT WHOLE THING, STARTING IT UP AND HAVING GENE ROB AND CHARLES OUT HERE TO SHARE THE PROJECTS.

I MEAN, LIKE, TALK ABOUT PAYING THE DIVIDENDS BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, WE INVEST SOME MONEY INTO IT.

YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROJECTS ARE A TANGIBLE OUTCOME THAT YOU CAN SEE.

BUT THE RELATIONSHIPS AND THE, AND AND THE, THE FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY BUILT THROUGH THAT JOINT EFFORT, BOTH THE FUNDRAISING AND THE SWEAT EQUITY AS THEY POINTED OUT WITH THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS, UH, IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF IT.

UH, TREE BOARD, WE'RE GETTING READY.

UH, SPEAKING OF THE LIBRARY, UH, WE'LL BE OUT AT THE LIBRARY ON JUNE 18TH AS I THINK, UH, HOPEFULLY ALL OF Y'ALL KNOW AT THIS POINT.

UM, THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY IS AN ARBORETUM AND, UH, IT'S A, IT IS A GOOD AR ARBORETUM NOT OUR BEST ONE.

DEERWOOD IS, IS IN FACT THE BEST IN THE SEA LIMITS AND, AND, AND ONE OF THE BETTER ONES IN THE STATE.

BUT THE TREE BOARD AND ANY VOLUNTEERS WHO WANNA MEET US OUT THERE, 7:30 AM DRESSED FOR WORK, UH, IS WELCOME TO HELP.

THE LIBRARY IS A PRETTY EASY ONE TO DO SINCE IT'S FAIRLY WELL MANICURED.

SO WE, WE GO AROUND, MAKE SURE ALL THE TAGS ON THE TREES ARE CORRECT, ARE VISIBLE OR CLEAN, AND ARE, UH, ARE ADJUSTED PROPERLY SO THEY DON'T DAMAGE THE CAR OR THE CAR THE, THE PLANT.

SO, UM, SO PLEASE JOIN US OUT THERE.

I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, UH, A COUPLE DIFFERENT COMMENTS TONIGHT, AND I'M NOT GONNA GET TOO DEEP INTO THE WEEDS.

UM, UH, YOU KNOW, MR. LAMORE IS HERE MAKING SOME VERY POINTED COMMENTS.

UM, UH, IN TERMS OF THE TIMING, THE, THE COUNTY BUDGET MEETING I BELIEVE WAS IN OCTOBER THAT YEAR.

UH, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, I BELIEVE REPORTED IN NOVEMBER THAT YEAR.

AND THE COUNTY HAD COME TO US WITH A, A PROPOSITION, I THINK IN, IN MARCH THAT WE HAD OFFERED TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

SO, UH, I, I DON'T AGREE AT ALL WITH HIS CHARACTERIZATION OF OF MY COMMENTS.

I THINK, UH, THE THINGS I'VE PUT, UH, BOTH VERBALLY AND UM, AND MY NEWSLETTER ARE OBSERVABLY CORRECT AND DOCUMENTED.

SO I APPRECIATE HIS PASSION FOR THE CITY, FOR TENNIS.

UM, I'M SORRY TO HAVE, UH, UH, EARNED HIS IRE I GUESS, BUT, UH, HE IS CERTAINLY ENTITLED TO HIS OPINION.

BUT, UH, I'M AFRAID, UH, THAT THAT IS WHAT WE HAD TONIGHT WAS HIS, UH, HIS OPINION AND HIS PERSPECTIVE ON IT.

UM, I REALLY WANNA THANK EVERYONE WHO'S TALKING ABOUT OLD SMYRNA ROAD.

YOU KNOW, LIKE A LOT OF THINGS.

I MEAN, HAVING GROWN UP IN BRENTWOOD AND HAVING BEEN ON OLD SMYRNA ROAD, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR YEARS, IN FACT, UH, MY GRADUATE SCHOOL GRADUATION PARTY WAS IN ONE OF THE HOUSES DOWN ON OLD SMYRNA ROAD AND IT'S JUST A, A BELOVED PART OF THE CITY.

UM, AND THERE'S ACTUALLY BEEN QUITE A BIT OF CONVERSATION AND, AND STUDY ON THIS.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, WITH THE HAMMONDS IN PARTICULAR, I'M, I'M, I'M SORRY.

I FEEL LIKE YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, THE, LIKE THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION, SOME, THE DESIGN INFORMATION.

UM, YOU KNOW, THEY DID ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THE COST OF THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT THE MEETING LAST SEPTEMBER.

UM, FOR EXAMPLE, PHASE ONE THEY SAID WAS ESTIMATED AND FAIRLY CONSERVATIVELY AT, AT ABOUT $9.6 MILLION CAN RUN IT UP TO 10.

THEY DID SAY THAT THE OPTION TWO, WHICH WOULD BE TO TAKE THE EXISTING ROAD BED AND TO MAKE IT SAFE, WOULD BE A 50% LARGER EXPENSE.

AND UM, SO IF YOU DO THE, THE MATH ON THAT, THAT TAKES IT FROM 9.6 MILLION TO A 14.4 MILLION.

SO, AND THE, THEY, AND THEY TALKED ACTUALLY PRETTY EXTENSIVELY IN THE MEETING LAST SEPTEMBER AND THEN ALSO IN THE, THE BRIEFING LAST THURSDAY.

SOME OF THE REASONS FOR THAT, AND, AND, AND FRANKLY FOR A LONG TIME AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OLD SMYRNA ROAD AND HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO DO ANYTHING TO IT, IS BECAUSE OF THE DRAINAGE DITCHES AND THE WALLS AND THE TREES.

AND IF YOU GO THROUGH AND TRY TO ADD, 'CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID, WHY DON'T YOU JUST PUT SIX INCHES ON EACH SIDE OR A FOOT ON EACH SIDE.

AND WITH THE ENGINEERS CAME BACK AND ACTUALLY DICKIE UH, SULLIVAN ADDRESSED THIS IN THE MEETING WHEN HE'S TALKING ABOUT IF YOU PUT IN SAY, CURB AND GUTTER, THEN YOU HAVE TO PUT IN STORM SEWERS AND IT BECOMES, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT DRIVES THAT 50% GREATER COST.

BUT ALSO WHEN YOU TAKE THAT ROAD AND DO IT THAT WAY, AND EVEN IF YOU WERE TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE ALL SUGGESTED FROM WHAT THE ENGINEERS ARE SAYING, AS YOU GET THE, THE WATER CONTROL AND THE STORM DRAINAGE AND STUFF IN THERE, YOU END UP IN THE ROOT SYSTEMS OF ALL THOSE TREES, UM,

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YOU END UP WITH A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

SO THE, THE COMMISSION MEETING AND AND DONE, I THINK WAS PROBABLY OUR MOST VOCAL SKEPTIC OF THE OPTION OR THE ALTERNATE A AS WE SPOKE LAST SEPTEMBER.

'CAUSE WE TALKED THROUGH QUITE EXTENSIVELY LINES OF SIGHT.

WE TALKED ABOUT DRAINAGE, WE SPOKE ABOUT COST, WE SPOKE ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND THE, THE, THE ALTERNATE A WAS ESSENTIALLY TAKING THAT PRE THE PRESERVATIONIST APPROACH AND TAKING THE, THE EXISTING ROAD BED IN THAT AREA AND THE ROCK WALLS AND THE TREES AND THAT BELOVED LOOK AND KEEPING IT, YOU KNOW, SETTING IT ASIDE AS A, AS ESSENTIALLY A WALKING PEDESTRIAN TRAIL TO HELP CONNECT WINDY HILL PARK.

SO WITH, UH, THE BEST OF INTENTIONS COMING THROUGH THAT, THAT MEETING WITH A PRESERVATIONIST PERSPECTIVE, THAT SEEMED TO BE THE BEST WAY TO GO THROUGH AND SAVE WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT OLD SMYRNA ROAD.

AND THEN LOOKING AT THE, THE THINGS I'LL BRING UP WITH EASEMENTS AND RIGHT OF WAY AND OTHER STUFF, YOU KNOW, WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM THE CITY STAFF IN ENGINEERING IS THEY'VE BEEN ACCUMULATING EASEMENTS FOR, UH, THE ROAD TO THE NORTH OF THE EXISTING ROAD IN A WAY THAT IT'S ALREADY BEEN LARGELY ACQUIRED, IF NOT ALMOST ENTIRELY FOR THE, FOR THE PHASE ONE.

SO THAT'S BEEN TAKING INTO ACCOUNT IN THERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'D LOVE TO JUST BE ABLE TO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING.

AND THAT HAS BEEN THE SOLUTION FOR A LONG TIME.

BUT PORTIONS OF THE ROAD APPEAR TO BE DETERIORATING AND ACTUALLY FALLING INTO THE DRAINER DITCHES.

WE'VE BEEN SEEING MORE ACCIDENTS.

UM, SO JUST FROM, YOU KNOW, THE, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SAFETY, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF BEING GOOD STEWARDS, FROM A PRE PRESERVATIONIST PERSPECTIVE, LOOKING AT IT, IT SEEMS TO BE A GOOD QUALITY COMPROMISE, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF TRYING TO GO THROUGH AND HONOR PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS, TRYING TO HONOR SAFETY, TRYING TO HONOR PRESERVATIONISM AND, AND TRYING TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER MONEY.

SO I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT.

I DON'T THINK THE STAFF OR THE COMMISSION TAKES IT LIGHTLY.

UM, I DO THINK A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP IN THE BRIEFING LAST THURSDAY WERE ACTUALLY ANSWERED IN THE BRIEFING LAST SEPTEMBER.

UM, AND I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A LOT TO DIGEST, BUT IF ANYONE'S REALLY INTERESTED IN DIGGING INTO IT, HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO BACK AND WATCH THE MEETINGS AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION.

UM, AND WITH THAT IN GENERAL, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

IT'S SQUARE CROWD TONIGHT, MAYOR.

THE PREVIOUS PLANS WERE REMOVING THE STONE WALLS, ELIMINATING A LOT OF TREES.

COMMISSIONER DUNN.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, THE HISTORIC BOARD DID NOT MEET IN JUNE, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAVEN'T BEEN BUSY YESTERDAY.

UH, THE OWNERS OF MAYFIELD, THE HISTORIC HOME ON WILSON PIKE, HELD A TEA AND INVITED THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND IT WAS QUITE LOVELY.

THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

AND THEN NEXT SATURDAY WE'LL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE PARADE FOR THE 50TH HARD SCUFFLE REUNION, UH, HARD SCUFFLE COMMUNITY AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THAT SETTLED ALONG WILSON PIKE, UH, AND HAD THRIVING BUSINESSES, A CHURCH, A SCHOOL.

AND OVER THE YEARS, THE PROPERTY WERE SOLD TO BUSINESSES THAT HAVE DEVELOPED AND THEY SCATTERED, BUT THEY STAYED TOGETHER IN DOING REUNIONS EVERY YEAR.

AND JUST A WONDERFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE.

THERE'S A CEMETERY, THE OWEN CEMETERY DOWN THERE, UH, LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF WHERE THE HARMONY RETIREMENT CENTER IS, AND THAT'S WHERE THE PARADE WILL START AND THERE'LL BE A CEREMONY AND WE'RE JUST REALLY PLEASED TO BE PART OF THEIR CELEBRATION THERE.

IT'S AN ALL DAY THING FOR THE FAMILIES THAT ARE COMING.

50 FAMILIES, THAT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PEOPLE AND IT'S GONNA BE A VERY HOT DAY FOR THEM.

I'M SURE WE'RE INVOLVED IN THE PARADE, BUT THEN THEY'LL BE HAVING PICNICS AND EVENTS ALL DAY LONG.

SO IT'LL BE REALLY NICE.

UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT, OH, ONE OTHER THING.

THE, THE LIBRARY KICKOFF OF THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM REALLY WAS NICE.

IT WAS SO WELL ATTENDED AND I THINK THE WEATHER COOPERATED BEAUTIFULLY THAT DAY.

SO IT, IT WAS FUN TO BE THERE AND SEE ALL THE CHILDREN AND HAVING MY GRANDCHILDREN WITH ME MADE IT REALLY SPECIAL FOR ME.

SO I'M JUST SORRY THAT THEY WERE VISITING FROM OUT OF TOWN AND COULDN'T HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE READING PROGRAM.

'CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF FUN ACTIVITIES GOING ON.

BUT I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT OLD SMYRNA ROAD AND THE CONNECTION FOR THE BIKE WALK BRENTWOOD.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE LOOKED AT OLD SMYRNA ROAD MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE YEARS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE SEEN A PLAN THAT I COULD GET ON BOARD WITH BEING A MEMBER OF THE HISTORIC COMMISSION.

THAT HISTORIC ASPECTS OF THE ROAD WERE SUPER IMPORTANT TO ME.

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THIS PLAN WILL SAVE THOSE.

SO I THINK IT'S ADDRESSING THE HISTORIC ASPECT AND WHAT'S DIFFERENT THIS TIME.

WINDY HILL PARK IS OPENING, THAT'S REALLY KEY TO THAT AREA DOWN THERE.

THOSE FOLKS DOWN THERE HAVE WANTED A PARK IN THAT VICINITY OF TOWN FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

AND TO BE ABLE TO GET TO IT SAFELY DOWN OLD SMYRNA ROAD, I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

NOW, I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS WAS TO HAVE PULL OFF AREAS WHERE A CAR COULD PULL OFF AND LET A WIDER CAR GO BY.

IF I TRUSTED DRIVERS MORE, I MIGHT THINK THAT WOULD WORK.

BUT I'VE SEEN WHEN LANES MERGE DRIVERS FIGHTING IT OUT TO SEE WHO CAN BE FIRST.

PEOPLE JUST AREN'T THAT NICE WHEN THEY'RE OUT DRIVING.

IF THEY WERE, WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T NEED A PULL OFF LANE TO START WITH.

PEOPLE WOULD BE FOLLOWING A SPEED LIMIT.

AS FAR AS WILSON PIKE GOES, THAT IS A STATE ROAD.

IT'S NOT EASY TO GO IN AND REDESIGN AND REBUILD A STATE ROAD.

THAT TAKES AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TIME.

UH, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE COMPLETE COOPERATION WITH THE STATE.

AND THERE'S SO MANY GEOGRAPHICAL, UM, LIMITATIONS TO WHAT CAN BE DONE ON THAT ROAD.

THAT'S ONE WE ALL WOULD LOVE TO SEE WIDEN.

BUT IT, IT'S JUST SO FAR OUT OF, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF HAPPENING ANYTIME SOON.

O SMYRNA ROAD IS A QUAINT ROAD, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT PEOPLE AREN'T DRIVING ON IT.

JUST BECAUSE IT'S, UH, BEAUTIFUL AND TREE LINED DOESN'T MEAN THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF CARS GOING DOWN THERE.

AND THE, THE HAMMONDS ARE TWO OF MY FAVORITE, FAVORITE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.

AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO VOTE AGAINST YOUR WISHES.

BUT I CANNOT EVEN AS CLOSE OF FRIENDS AS YOU ARE, I HAVE TO DO WHAT I THINK IS RIGHT IN THIS SITUATION AND I WILL BE VOTING TO FUND THIS NEXT STEP.

THERE ARE THOSE WHO SAY, OH, WE NEED MORE INFORMATION.

WELL, THIS ENGINEERING PHASE WILL GIVE US THAT INFORMATION THAT WE NEED.

AND THEN IF WE FIND OUT, HEY, THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK THE WAY WE THOUGHT IT WAS, THEN WE CAN ABANDON THAT IDEA.

BUT THIS IS THE INFORMATION WE NEED NOW TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

AND I, I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU WILL NOT LIKE MY VOTE THAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS AND I'M SORRY, BUT I ALWAYS HAVE TO VOTE FOR WHAT I THINK IS BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND I REALLY THINK THIS PRESERVES THE HISTORIC, UH, ASPECTS OF THAT ROAD.

IT MAKES IT SAFER.

IT ALLOWS FOR ACCESS TO WINDY HILL PARK.

AND ROADS ARE EXPENSIVE.

WHEN I HEAR YOU QUOTING THE NUMBERS, YOU SHOULD SEE SOME OF THE NUMBERS ON OTHER ROADS.

THERE ARE NO INEXPENSIVE ROADS THAT IT'S LIKE BUILDING A SCHOOL.

THERE ARE NO CHEAP SCHOOLS.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO SPEND THE MONEY WHEN YOU'RE GONNA MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO I, I HOPE YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THAT.

UH, YOU MAY NOT BE HAPPY WITH IT.

AND I, AND I DON'T BLAME YOU IF YOU, YOU KNOW, I DON'T BLAME YOU.

YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO FEEL THE WAY YOU DO ON BIKE WALK.

THAT LAST CONNECTION IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE CITY.

THE BIKE WALK COMMITTEE WORKED SO HARD OVER THE YEARS.

THEY DID A TERRIFIC JOB.

WE'VE GOT GREAT TRAILS ON THE EAST SIDE, GREAT TRAILS ON THE WEST SIDE.

AND IT'S THAT LAST LITTLE PIECE, THAT LAST LITTLE PIECE.

AND WHY WOULD WE BACK OFF? NOW I, I'M SURE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE REASONS FOR THAT, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.

IT'S TO ME LIKE, WELL WE'VE GOT THIS, THESE CHAMPIONS SITTING HERE TONIGHT.

AND I THINK OF THE TITANS WHEN THEY SAY, BOY, IF WE CAN GET THAT PIECE ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TEAM THIS YEAR.

YOU GO OUT AND YOU GET THE PIECE THAT'S GONNA MAKE IT WORK.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS AND IGNORE IT.

SO I AM ALL FOUR CONTINUING THAT BIKE PATH AND TRAIL SYSTEM AND THE START WOULD BE A SIDEWALK OVER THERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR COMING SHEILA AND ADDRESSING THAT.

AND I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF EMAILS ABOUT THAT TOO.

SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT, MAYOR.

MUCH MORE RELIABLE THAN THE MODEL T.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER LITTLE THIS EVENING.

BEFORE THIS MEETING, WE HAD THE MEETING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD.

UM, THE TWO MAIN THINGS WE'RE WORKING STILL ON THE DRAIN MEDALLIONS FOR THE WATER DRAINS, JUST EXPLAINING TO PEOPLE DO NOT DUMP IN THE WATER DRAINS BECAUSE IT GOES INTO OUR RIVER.

IT'S A REAL BAD POLLUTANT, UH, BOTH ON WILDLIFE AND, AND JUST THE STREAMS IN

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GENERAL.

THESE MEDALLIONS ARE AVAILABLE BASICALLY AT THE COST THE CITY PAID FOR 'EM, FOR ANY ORGANIZATION, SCOUTS, CHURCHES, UH, A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB, OR A CONSERVATION CLUB WHO MAY WANT TO TAKE A NEIGHBORHOOD OR A STREET AND, AND PUT UP 20 OR 40.

AND JUST TO MAKE IT EASY, IF YOU NEED TO CONTACT SOMEBODY BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN THAT, IT'S RAY.LITTLE@BRENTWOODTN.GOV.

SO JUST EMAIL ME AND WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF THIS FALL, WE'LL BE DOING A, A BUTTERFLY GARDEN AND A POLLINATOR GARDEN AT SMITH PARK, UH, PLAYING A LOT OF MILKWEED, WHICH THE, THE BUTTERFLIES, ESPECIALLY THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES LOVE.

BUT, SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A WEED PATCH.

WE'LL ALSO PLANT A LOT OF WILDFLOWERS.

UH, YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE GET CLOSER.

'CAUSE I'VE GOT A FEELING WE'LL WANT SOME CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT AS WE'RE SPREADING THOSE SEEDS.

LITTLE STATISTIC, IN THE LAST 50 YEARS, 90% OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY POPULATION HAS GONE AWAY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND I THINK MANY OF YOU'RE AWARE OF THE HONEYBEES.

MY WIFE IS BIG ON HONEYBEES, GOT A HONEYBEE LICENSE PLATE AND ALL THAT.

PEOPLE, IF WE DON'T HAVE POLLINATORS, WE DON'T EAT.

SO, UH, I GREW UP IN THIS AREA WHEN IT WAS RURAL, SO I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT POLLINATORS AND POLLINATION.

AND A LOT OF PLANTS DON'T FRUIT OR SEED IF THERE'S NO POLLINATION.

SO TAKE THIS GARDEN AS AN EXAMPLE.

MAYBE PLANT ONE AT YOUR HOUSE.

'CAUSE WE HAVE SUCH BEAUTIFUL YARDS AND, AND HOMES HERE IN BRENTWOOD.

SO, UM, KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE.

UH, I WANNA THANK WILLIAMSON INC.

UH, LYNN TUCKER AND THE GREAT LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD PROGRAM AND THE GREAT PROJECTS THEY HAVE EVERY YEAR.

UH, IT'S BEEN AN ORGANIZATION THAT, UM, HAS DONE A LOT FOR BRENTWOOD.

UH, AND, AND WE ALSO GET CITIZENS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF BRENTWOOD THAT WORK IN BRENTWOOD WHO PARTICIPATE AND DO GREAT THINGS FOR THE CITIZENS OF BRENTWOOD.

UM, I TOO WANT TO COMMENT ON A COUPLE OF THINGS.

I WON'T SHARE EVERYTHING.

I'LL TRY NOT BE TO BE REPETITIVE.

UM, THE BIKE PED PATH ALONG FRANKLIN ROAD, IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT, OR THE BIKE PED COMMITTEE THAT IDENTIFIED THIS AS A MAJOR OBJECT, UH, TO GET.

AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED AND IT, IT SADDENS ME IF WE DON'T GO ON AND DO THIS, IT'LL BE ANOTHER WAY TO CONNECT THE EAST AND WEST FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN, FOR TEENAGERS, FOR PEOPLE WHO JUST WANNA TAKE A LEISURELY WALK OR THOSE WHO ARE AVID HIKERS OR BIKERS OR RUNNERS.

UM, AND SO I'M DEFINITIVELY FOR THAT.

I'VE BEEN CONSISTENT ON THAT SINCE I BECAME A COMMISSIONER IN 2009.

UH, BOTH IN OUR PARKS AND ON OUR ROAD SYSTEMS AND ON OLD SMYRNA ROAD.

THERE WAS A FEW YEARS AGO, NOT THAT LONG AGO, I'M 62, BUT AS A YOUNG ADULT, WILSON PIKE LOOKED LIKE OLD SMYRNA ROAD AND, AND SO DID PORTIONS OF EDMONDSON PIKE, SUNSET, MANY OTHER ROADS IN BRENTWOOD.

BUT AS WE'VE HAD GROWTH, THOSE HAVE CHANGED.

UH, THERE WAS A SUBDIVISION THAT WAS APPROVED JUST A VERY FEW YEARS AGO, IT WAS CALLED HARLAN.

UH, WHEN THAT WAS APPROVED, I REALIZED THAT THOSE 20 HOUSES AND THEN THE SUBSEQUENT SUBDIVISIONS THAT WILL BE COMING ALONG IN THERE WE'RE GONNA PUT MORE BURDENS ON THAT ROAD.

IT WAS NOT GONNA STAY THE, THE, THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT THAT IT HAD BEEN.

AND I VOTED AGAINST THAT PROPERTY AND SUBDIVISION PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE TECHNICALITY HAVING TO DO WITH R TWO AND, AND JUST DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I WON'T GO INTO, BUT PARTLY BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT THAT ROAD CHANGED BUT ONCE THAT WAS DONE AND I KNEW WHAT WAS COMING ALONG OLD SMYRNA ROAD, I HAVE AN OBLIGATION.

I HAVE A LOT OF WEIGHT THAT SITS ON MY SHOULDERS AS A COMMISSIONER, AND I FEEL THAT WEIGHT.

AND WHEN I KNOW THERE'S A SITUATION THAT'S NOT GOOD AND NOT SAFE TO NOT ACT IS DERELICTION OF DUTY.

NOW, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY DAVIDSON COUNTY RESIDENTS DO THAT BECAUSE I LIVE IN FAR EAST BRENTWOOD AND BECAUSE MY SHOP IS ON CHURCH STREET EAST, I USED THAT THOROUGHFARE QUITE A BIT, HAVE NO PROBLEM USING THAT THOROUGHFARE.

MY FAMILY'S USED THAT THOROUGHFARE FOR ALMOST 220 SOMETHING YEARS.

THAT'S WHY I KNEW IT WAS ORIGINALLY A WAGON TRAIL BECAUSE WHEN I WAS A KID, I HAD FAMILY MEMBERS THAT BY GOD'S GRACE, HAD LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN THAT WAS A WAGON TRAIL, WHEN THE ONLY CARS, YOU PRETTY MUCH COULD BUY AN AMERICAN UNLESS YOU WERE EXTREMELY WEALTHY AND COULD OWN A EUROPEAN ONE, WAS A MODEL T FORD.

AND THEY WEREN'T REAL RELIABLE.

IN FACT, MOST PEOPLE FELT THEIR MULES AND HORSES WERE

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I KNOW THIS ENGINEERING STUDY DOES NOT APPROVE THE ROAD WE MAY GET THROUGH THIS ENGINEERING STUDY AND FIGURE OUT THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR BRENTWOOD, IT'S NOT GOOD FOR OLD SMYRNA.

AND YES, I WOULD LOVE FOR THAT ROAD TO STAY LIKE IT IS NOT WHEN I'M DRIVING ON IT, BUT WHEN I'M LOOKING AT IT AS A HISTORICAL VIEW, SHED, I'VE SAID THAT FOR YEARS.

BUT LIKE I SAID, WHEN THAT SUBDIVISION WAS APPROVED, I KNEW THAT THERE HAD TO BE A SOLUTION THERE.

NOT JUST FOR NOW, BUT FOR 20, 30, 40, 50 YEARS FROM NOW.

THE PLAN IS, I UNDERSTAND IT THAT WE SAW, AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW IT'S THE SEPTEMBER 21ST BRIEFING, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE STUDIED FOR LONGER THAN THAT AND LOOKED AT FOR LONGER THAN THAT.

IT DIDN'T JUST START LAST SEPTEMBER.

THE PLAN A DOES PRESERVE THE ROCK WALLS THE BEST.

IT'S MUCH LIKE WHEN MURRAY LANE WAS DONE AND THEY DECIDED TO KEEP THE ROCK WALLS IN THE CENTER AND TO PRESERVE THAT MEDIAN.

AND THERE'S A CEMETERY THERE.

AND I JUST FEEL LIKE, AS A COMMISSIONER, MY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO INVESTIGATE.

AND ENGINEERS ARE VERY GOOD AND THEY'RE HIGHLY PAID PROFESSIONALS AND THEIR STUDIES ARE EXPENSIVE.

AND THERE USED TO BE AN OLD SAND IN BRENTWOOD WHEN IT WAS COUNTRY.

IT'S BAD TO PAY TOO MUCH.

IT'S WORSE TO PAY TOO LITTLE.

SO $600,000 FOR AN ENGINEERING STUDY IS ON A ROAD THAT WILL BE AS COMPLEX AS THAT ONE WILL BE TO ME, IS A GOOD INVESTMENT BECAUSE WE MAY GET TO THE END OF IT AND FIND THAT THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK.

OR WE MAY COME UP WITH ANOTHER SOLUTION.

UH, I KNOW SULLIVAN HAS DONE MANY ENGINEERING STUDIES FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

I'VE ALWAYS TRUSTED WHAT THEY'VE SHOWN US.

UH, I'LL TRUST THEM ON THIS.

I'M SURE I'LL HAVE QUESTIONS AS I HAVE ON OTHER PROJECTS.

BUT, UM, THIS IS A VOTE THAT, UH, AND I THINK AS COMMISSIONER DUNN SAID WITH THE HAMMONDS, I'D PROBABLY HAVE NEVER VOTED ANYTHING THAT, THAT THEY WOULD'VE NECESSARILY OPPOSED.

I DO NOT KNOW THAT.

BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THAT WEIGHT OF RESPONSIBILITY IS WEIGHING ON ME AND HAS SINCE THAT HARLAN SUBDIVISION WAS APPROVED.

AND SO I WILL HAVE TO VOTE FOR THE ENGINEERING STUDY AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL SHOW AND, AND BE GOOD.

AND THEY WILL HAVE NEIGHBORS INPUT.

'CAUSE IF, IF I REMEMBER OTHER ENGINEERING STUDIES, THEY USUALLY LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS AS WELL.

I KNOW OUR STAFF DOES.

I KNOW THE COMMISSIONERS DO.

AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE BENEFICIAL FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED.

BUT I HAVE A, A, A RESPONSIBILITY THAT I FEEL LIKE I'LL BE DOING A DERELICTION OF DUTY IF I DO NOT VOTE FOR THE ENGINEERING STUDY.

UM, APPRECIATE ALL YOU BEING HERE.

THIS IS GREAT.

LOOKING AT A GREAT FULL AUDIENCE.

THANK Y'ALL.

IT'S GREAT TO BE A CHAMPION AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'LL NEVER BE TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU IS WHEN YOU'RE A CHAMPION.

MY DAUGHTER PLAYED LACROSSE AT RAVENWOOD.

NOW I WAS THINKING BACK IN MY HEAD, IT WAS ALMOST 15 YEARS AGO.

TIME, TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE A PUBLIC SERVANT.

SO IT'S, UH, UM, BUT THAT'S A GREAT SPORT.

IT'S SOMETHING I WISH THEY HAD HAD PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL.

UM, I HAD A HARD HEAD, SO I FIGURED I'D PROBABLY BE OKAY WITH LACROSSE.

SO, 'CAUSE I KNOW IT CAN GET KIND OF ROUGH IN THE TRENCHES.

BUT APPRECIATE Y'ALL BEING HERE AND CONGRATULATIONS.

SO THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SPEARS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

EACH WEEK WHEN I START MY COMMENTS, UM, I DELIBERATELY START, START MY COMMENTS BY THANKING THE RESIDENTS.

I THANK THE RESIDENTS FOR THEIR INPUT, FOR REACHING OUT FOR THEIR EMAILS, FOR THEIR CALLS, FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT, BECAUSE THAT IS WHY I'M, WHY I'M HERE.

ALL SEVEN OF US SERVE EVERY RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

WE'RE AT LARGE MEMBERS, WE DON'T HAVE DISTRICTS, AND WE'RE HERE TO REPRESENT YOU.

AND SO WE ARE THRILLED WHEN YOU COME TONIGHT.

WE HAD 10 SPEAKERS.

TO ME, THAT'S AN A PLUS NIGHT.

YOU'RE ENGAGED, YOU'RE INTERESTED.

WE ALL, WE ALL DON'T AGREE, BUT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO FOLLOW THE ORDER OF LAW BY COMING AND SPEAKING IN A PUBLIC ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU CAN MAKE YOUR THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS HEARD.

AND I'M VERY, VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT.

AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE ALL GET TO BE IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT, THAT WE HAVE A DEMOCRATIC WAY OF GOVERNMENT THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IN WAYS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE.

UM, AND I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S ATTENDANCE TONIGHT AND EVERYONE HANGING ON AND, AND THROUGH THE PROCESS.

SO THANK YOU BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS FOR YOUR EMAILS, YOUR TEXTS, YOUR CALLS, AND REACHING OUT.

SPECIFICALLY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

TONIGHT ON AN, OUR JUNE PARK BOARD MEETING WAS CANCELED AND THERE WERE NO, BECAUSE THERE WERE NO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

I AM THE LIAISON TO THE PARK BOARD, SO THAT'S WHY I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PARK BOARD.

OUR NEXT

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PARK BOARD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, JULY 1ST AT 5:30 PM AND IT'LL BE RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN THE ANNEX ROOM.

AND THOSE MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

OUR CONCERT AT CROCKETT PARK LAST NIGHT WAS AMAZING.

HOPE YOU WERE ABLE TO BE THERE.

THE WEATHER WAS OF COURSE PERFECT.

A ONE A WAS THE JIMMY BUFFETT TRIBUTE BAND, AND THEY WERE FANTASTIC.

WE LOVED WATCHING THE CHILDREN RUN AND PLAY AROUND, AND THE ADULTS ENJOYED THE GREAT MUSIC AND THE GOOD FOOD.

AND MY HUSBAND AND I EVEN SNUCK IN ONE DANCE.

I WANNA THANK YOU TO KEISHA GOODING AND CHARLES BOOTH, WHEREVER YOU ARE FOR PLANNING A WONDERFUL EVENING.

UM, I CONTINUE TO HEAR AMAZING FEEDBACK FROM OUR FIRST ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY THAT WAS BACK ON MAY 13TH, AND I'M STILL GETTING PEOPLE REACHING OUT ABOUT THAT.

SO, SO GLAD THAT WE DID THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT AGAIN.

UM, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF BUDGET SEASON AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT TONIGHT, I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNEW AND TO AGAIN, THANK OUR STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO ON OUR BUDGET.

UM, IT'S AN ALL YEAR PROCESS AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND IT'S REALLY WHAT MAKES BRENTWOOD SO AMAZING.

UM, A COUPLE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS SINCE IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT.

UM, OLD SMYRNA ROAD.

UM, I'VE, I HAPPEN TO BE THE LIAISON TO THE RACKET COMMITTEE THAT MET THIS PAST SUMMER.

AND, UH, THE RACKET COMMITTEE WAS FORMED BECAUSE THE CITY WAS LOOKING AT BUILDING AN INDOOR RACKET FACILITY.

AND SO, UM, A VOTE WAS TAKEN TO SLOW THAT PROCESS DOWN AND TO GET CITIZENS, SO VOLUNTEER CITIZENS, EXPERTS IN THE FIELD, WHICH WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE IN BRENTWOOD TO COME AND FORM A COMMITTEE.

AND WE MET MULTIPLE TIMES AND WE HAD ALL KINDS OF MEETINGS.

EVERY ONE OF THEM WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND THE PUBLIC KNEW ALL THAT.

THEY COULD BRING INPUT, SEND US EMAILS, AND THEY DID.

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE TO REACH OUT.

WE HAD MULTIPLE, UH, THURSDAY MORNING MEETINGS DISCUSSING THE TOPICS.

AND IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.

WE STILL HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION ON THE ROCKET FACILITY.

SO THAT IS, UM, WHAT I THINK IS A GOOD FORM OF GOVERNMENT.

SOME PEOPLE GET FRUSTRATED 'CAUSE IT'S SLOW, AND THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.

SO WITH OLD SMYRNA ROAD, WE'VE HAD ONE PUBLIC MEETING, I DON'T THINK THAT'S ENOUGH.

I THINK WE NEED MORE PUBLIC INPUT.

SECONDLY, THE SIDEWALKS ON FRANKLIN ROAD THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED THIS EVENING, UM, THAT SECTION OF SIDEWALK AND WAS ESTIMATED TO COST $3.5 MILLION, WHICH IS A VERY SHORT SIDEWALK AND A VERY EXPENSIVE SIDEWALK.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, BUILDING A ROAD FOR 10 MILLION AND A SIDEWALK FOR THREE AND A HALF.

SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE BALANCE ON THAT.

AND, UM, THE, THE, THE CULTURE OF OUR COMMISSION IS THAT WE DON'T TAKE LAND FROM A PROPERTY OWNER, UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE TO.

AND WE DON'T WANT TO EVER DO THAT FOR A SIDEWALK.

AND THIS SIDEWALK, THE POTENTIAL MAY RUN THROUGH SEVERAL PEOPLE, DIFFERENT PEOPLE'S PROPERTY, AND WE MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE THEIR LAND IF THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO SELL IT TO US.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULDN'T DO.

SO EVEN IF ONE PERSON SAID, SORRY, WE DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE A SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF OUR YARD, THEN WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BUILD THAT SIDEWALK AS THE CULTURE OF OUR, UM, COMMISSION.

SO JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT HISTORY, UM, LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD, GREAT WORK ON ALL YOUR PROJECTS.

I SEE SOME OF YOU STILL HERE.

UM, REALLY FUN.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH.

UM, AND LASTLY TO OUR LACROSSE GUYS, UM, AS WAS MENTIONED BY COMMISSIONER ANDREWS, BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL CONTINUES TO BRING IN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT EVERY LEVEL.

AND I KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS AND I, I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH, BUT IT'S ROBOTICS, IT'S THE THEATER, IT'S CHOIR, IT'S THE ARTS, IT'S SPORTS, IT'S BOYS SPORTS, GIRLS SPORTS.

IT'S INDOOR SPORTS, OUTDOOR SPORTS.

IT'S, IT'S INCREDIBLE BECAUSE THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD IS FULL OF GREAT PEOPLE AND THEY ATTRACT MORE GREAT PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE GREAT PARENTS, AND THOSE GREAT PARENTS PRODUCE GREAT KIDS.

AND THEN THOSE KIDS MAKE GREAT DECISIONS AND YOU END UP SITTING ON THE FRONT ROW OF A CITY COMMISSION MEETING WITH A BEAUTIFUL NECK, UH, MEDAL AROUND YOUR NECK.

BUT THE BEST PART OF IT ALL IS THAT I'VE HAPPENED TO BE ABLE TO WATCH MOST OF YOU GROW UP.

AND I'VE KNOWN JAMIE AND JAY MORRISON FOR A LONG TIME AND WATCH THEIR LEADERSHIP.

BUT THE BEST PART IS WATCHING YOU GO FROM BOYS TO GENTLEMEN.

CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR.

VERY GOOD VICE MAYOR TRAVIS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

FIRST OF ALL, FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION SIDE, THE MEETING WAS ROUTINE AND REGULAR.

UH, THE BIGGEST THING THAT MIGHT INTEREST PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T WATCHED IT IS THAT THERE IS GONNA BE A NEW TENANT MOVING IN FOR, TO THE BRICKS RESTAURANT, UH, SPACE OVER THERE, WHICH IS GOOD.

UM, ALL OTHER ITEMS, ROU ROUTINE.

AND I SAY THAT TO COMPLIMENT OUR PLANNING AND CODES DEPARTMENT.

I I THINK THEY'VE REALLY SET THE TONE OF WHAT STANDARDS ARE IN BRENTWOOD AND YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE COME ASKING FOR CRAZY THINGS.

THEY KNOW THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE APPROVED.

SO WE GET TO GET, UH, WHAT WE ALL WANT.

UH, IN GENERAL, I THINK.

SO GOOD JOB THERE.

PLANNING AND CODES.

UM, I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA GET THE, BE THE ONLY ONE THAT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT CONCERTS IN THE PARK.

WE'VE MADE IT THROUGH EVERYBODY UNTIL COMMISSIONER SPEAR, SO NOT THERE.

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I'M GONNA THROW IN A LITTLE COMPLIMENT TOO, TO, UH, NOT ONLY KEISHA AND CHARLES BOOTH, BUT ALSO TO THE BRENTWOOD, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE AND RESCUE AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

UH, THOSE PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE THE WHOLE CONCERT TIME AND, UM, THEY REALLY WORK HARD, ESPECIALLY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

THEY DID A LOT OF TRASH OUT THERE AND, UH, THEY DO A GOOD JOB.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, LYNN TUCKER AND THE LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD TEAM.

OUTSTANDING AS, UH, EVERYTHING'S BEEN A LOT'S BEEN SAID ON THAT, AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY WELL, WELL SAID.

AND WELL THOUGHT OF, UH, LACROSSE TEAM.

YOU JUST HAVE TO LISTEN TO MAYOR GORMAN AND THEN YOU CAN LEAVE.

OKAY, EVERYBODY, JUST ONE THING WITH THE LACROSSE TEAM.

EVERYBODY, ADULTS, YOUNG MEN, YOUNG WOMEN, IF YOU HAVE WON A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, STAND UP.

IF YOU HAVE WON A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, LOOK AROUND, GUYS, YOU ARE UNIQUE AND YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD WAY TO GO.

YOU PERFORMED ADMIRABLY ON THE FIELD.

YOU'VE CONDUCTED YOURSELVES VERY, VERY WELL TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, YOU VERY MUCH, VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU.

UH, I KNOW THE FUTURE HOLDS GREAT THINGS FOR YOU.

OKAY, UH, JUST TWO MORE QUICK THINGS.

OLD SMYRNA ROAD.

UM, I'VE, I'VE TOLD SOME PEOPLE THIS, I HADN'T SAID ANYTHING PUBLICLY, BUT, UM, I ACTUALLY HAD A FRIEND WHOSE, UH, CHILD WAS KILLED ON OLD SPUR ROAD.

HE WAS COMING OVER TO PICK UP MY DAUGHTER, UH, TO GO OUT ON A DATE.

AND, UM, TRAGICALLY HE GOT OFF THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD WHERE THERE IS NO SHOULDER.

SO MY MAIN CONCERN IS SAFETY.

I'M NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT MOVING A LOT OF TRAFFIC THROUGH THERE, BUT I'M VERY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANNA SEE, AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET A HANDLE ON SAFETY ON OLD SMYRNA ROAD.

UH, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.

AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME MORE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT MAKING THAT SAFE.

OKAY.

AND FINALLY, THE BIKE WALK.

UM, TO ME, THE BIKE WALK AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIDEWALKS AS A BUDGETING ISSUE, UH, I DIDN'T THINK WE WERE TAKING IT AWAY.

I THINK IT REMINDED ME WHEN WE'RE FIRST MARRIED AND MY WIFE AND I HAD TO DECIDE WE NEEDED A NEW COUCH, BUT IT TOOK US TWO YEARS TO SAVE UP MONEY TO GET THAT NEW COUCH.

AND MAYBE THAT'S JUST WHAT WE HAVE TO DO RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW THERE'S SOME MORE TALKS COMING IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE ABOUT SOME POSSIBLE GRANTS THAT WE MIGHT GET TO COMPLETE THAT SIDEWALK OVER THERE.

AND I, I'M VERY MUCH FOR SUPPORTING BIKE WALK AND LET'S SEE HOW WE CAN FUND THAT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

THANKS, VICE MAYOR TRAVIS.

UM, SO BEING LAST, UH, IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO FIND SOMETHING, UH, THAT HASN'T BEEN SAID, LIKE VICE MAYOR TRAVIS, UH, INDICATED AS WELL.

UH, BUT, UH, I'VE GOT JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, OF COMMENTS, UH, AND THEN I'LL, UM, CLOSE WITH, UH, SOMETHING I THINK THAT, UH, YOU YOUNG MEN WILL REALLY LIKE.

UM, SO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO KICK OFF THE, UH, THE BUFFETT, UH, TRIBUTE CONCERT.

UM, IT WAS FUN WATCHING THE, UH, THE PARROT HEADS IN THE PARK.

UH, EVERYBODY WAS, UH, UH, HAVING A BIG TIME.

AND, UH, THAT IS JUST A GREAT BAND FOR SURE.

LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD, UM, PROJECTS, UH, WHAT A GREAT CONTRIBUTION, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY.

UH, I'M GONNA SAVE MY, UH, OLD SMYRNA ROAD, UH, COMMENTS, UH, FOR, UH, THE AGENDA ITEM.

AND THEN FINALLY, UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.

UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH THIS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY.

HOWEVER, IF YOU DON'T, UM, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME, UH, TO LEAVE, BUT WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.

UH, CONTINUE THE MEETING WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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FIVE MINUTES GOES FAST.

WE'LL GET STARTED AGAIN.

THANK YOU FOR MAINTAINING ORDER.

ALL RIGHT, WELCOME BACK.

WE WILL,

[ Consent Agenda]

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE, BE ROUTINE AND WILL GENERAL GENERALLY BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.

EXCEPT FOR ANY ITEMS THAT ARE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS AT THIS TIME.

I HAVE HEARD OF NO ITEMS BEING REMOVED.

SO WE'LL START WITH CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 63 RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH PRESIDIO FOR MIMECAST SUPPORT PERIMETER DEFENSE PLAN, AND DARC ANALYZER FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 65 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH SPORTS SURFACE PROS, LLC FOR RESURFACING TENNIS COURTS AT GRANNY WHITE PARK AND CROCKETT PARK FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION.

2024 DASH 66 RESOLUTION.

AUTHORIZED AN AGREEMENT WITH SMITH SE SEMAN REED, INC.

FOR SUPPLEMENTAL ENGINEERING CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 67 RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH HEATHCOTE DAVIS, INC.

FOR SUPPLEMENTAL ENGINEERING CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT FOR ADOPTION.

ITEM FIVE, RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 69.

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH HENDRICKSON FOR PURCHASE OF FURNITURE FOR THE CITY HALL RENOVATION FOR ADOPTION.

AND ITEM NUMBER SIX, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE WITH CENTRAL SQUARE FOR ENTERPRISE CAD RMS CRIME MAPPING AND FIELD OPS SOFTWARE.

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

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ.

PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

BUSINESS ORDINANCE 2024 DASH ZERO SIX AND ORDINANCE AMENDING.

IS THERE ANY OTHER OLD BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMISSION THIS EVENING? VERY GOOD.

WE'LL MOVE TO NEW

[1. Ordinance 2024-06 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2023-02, THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2023 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2024, for consideration on first reading]

ORDINANCE 2023 DASH ZERO TWO, THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2023, AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2024 FOR CONSIDERATION ON FIRST READING.

DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MADE FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND PRIMARY MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DUNN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ANDREWS, KURT.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS.

UM, WE OVERVIEW THIS ITEM IN DETAIL ON THURSDAY, SO I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT AT A HIGH LEVEL UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.

BUT, UH, WHILE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE NEXT YEAR, WHICH STARTS JULY ONE, IN TERMS OF FISCAL YEARS FOR US, WE ALSO HAVE TO KIND OF TRUE UP THE CURRENT YEAR

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BUDGET THAT ENDS ON JUNE 30TH.

AND SO THERE'S ALWAYS A YEAR END BUDGET APPROPRIATION AMENDMENT, UH, THAT MAKES CHANGES TO BOTH THE REVENUE SIDE AND THE EXPENDITURE SIDE OF THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET.

UH, THE HIGH POINTS OF THIS AMENDMENT ARE ONE TO RECOGNIZE ADDITIONAL REVENUES IN THE GENERAL FUND OF $15,080,070.

AND THAT'S FROM, UH, REVENUE, UH, COLLECTIONS IN EXCESS OF WHAT THE BUDGETED AMOUNT IS, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

BUT AS YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS BUDGET VERY CONSERVATIVELY ON THE REVENUE SIDE OF THINGS.

UM, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE OR TRANSFER SIDE OF THINGS, UM, THAT IS THE DISTRIBUTION OF THAT EXCESS REVENUE FOR VARIOUS USES.

UH, 13 MILLION, 70,000 OF THAT IS PROPOSED TO TRANSFER TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR A VARIETY OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, BOTH IN NEXT YEAR AND EVEN IN FUTURE YEARS.

UH, $1 MILLION TO THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND WHERE WE STOCKPILE, UH, FUNDS TO BUY LARGE EQUIPMENT, UH, IN THE FUTURE.

FIRE TRUCKS, DUMP TRUCKS, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

UH, 500,000 TO THE FACILITIES MAINTENANCE FUND TO HELP SHORE UP THAT FUND FOR A MAINTENANCE OF ALL OF OUR CITY FACILITIES.

AND THEN ANOTHER BIG ITEM RELATED TO THIS IS WE ARE PROPOSING TO, UH, CLOSE OUT OUR MUNICIPAL CENTER FUND, WHICH IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND THAT'S BEEN IN EXISTENCE WHEN, BACK WHEN WE WERE STILL LEASING SPACE IN THIS BUILDING.

WE NO LONGER DO THAT.

UH, AND AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH OUR CAPITAL BUDGETING, WE'RE PROPOSING TO MOVE FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FROM THAT FUND TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND TO BE THE MAJORITY FUNDING FOR THE RENOVATION PROJECT THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.

AND THEN ANOTHER MILLION AND A HALF FROM THE MUNICIPAL CENTER FUND TO THE FACILITIES MAINTENANCE FUND BECAUSE THAT FUND WILL NOW TAKE ON RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTAINING THIS BUILDING GOING FORWARD.

SO WE WANT TO KIND OF PRE-FUND SOME OF THAT FUTURE MAINTENANCE FOR THIS BUILDING.

NOW, THERE'S A VARIETY OF BUDGET AMENDMENTS RELATED TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS TRUING UP WHERE WE'VE HAD EXTRA OR, OR EXPENSES IN BEYOND WHAT WAS BUDGETED.

THINGS LIKE MAINTENANCE AND, UM, RETIREMENT LEAVE AND SOME OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF, OF JUST, UH, SMALLER SCALE BUDGET AMENDMENTS IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.

AND THEN THERE'S CORRESPONDING BUDGET AMENDMENTS INTO THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE RECEIVING MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

SO THAT'S THE SUMMARY OF THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT.

UH, AGAIN, IT'S A ORDINANCE.

SO YOU'LL HAVE IT FOR SECOND READING AT YOUR NEXT MEETING ON JUNE 24TH.

YES.

YEAH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M GLAD TO ANSWER THOSE.

ANY QUESTIONS, I'M GET ANOTHER CRACK AT THIS.

AND, UH, UH, THAT'S WHEN, UM, AMENDMENTS AND THAT TYPE OF THING, UH, ARE TYPICALLY MADE DURING THAT, UH, THAT IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

MM-HMM, .

BUT THE NEW, THE NEW YEAR'S BUDGET IS ALSO THE NEXT MEETING WHEN YOU WOULD HAVE THOSE AMENDMENTS.

YEP.

NEXT YEAR OR FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

A HUNDRED PERCENT.

ANY, UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE'VE TALKED, UH, UH, A LOT ABOUT THIS.

ALL IN FAVOR OF ORDINANCE 2024 DASH ZERO SIX PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

[2. Resolution 2024-68- A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH SULLIVAN ENGINEERING, INC. FOR DESIGN SERVICES FOR OLD SMYRNA ROAD PHASE I, for adoption]

NEXT, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 68 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH SULLIVAN ENGINEERING FOR DESIGN SERVICES FOR OLD SMYRNA ROAD FOR ADOPTION.

AND I MOVE TO DEFER TO JANUARY 13TH, 2025.

MADE A, UH, A MOTION TO DEFER AND IT WAS SECONDED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.

KURT.

UH, I'M NOT SURE THAT IF YOU NEED, IF YOU WANT A STAFF REPORT FOR A MOTION TO DEFER, I'LL BE GLAD TO, BUT OTHERWISE, I THINK YOUR MOTION, ANY DISCUSSION, UH, ON THE, UH, THE MOTION, UH, TO DEFER? WELL, I MADE THE COMMENT THAT I THINK SLOW WALKING THIS PROJECT IS A MISTAKE GIVEN THE, THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION WE HAVE ON IT.

I MEAN, THERE WERE QUESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP SUCH AS, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT WILL COST, BUT WE DO HAVE A COST ESTIMATED, YOU KNOW, $9.6 MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT COMPLETED.

UM, THEY'RE SAYING THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH OPTION B WOULD BE, BUT IN THE PRESENTATION THEY DID SAY THAT THE, THE ALTERNATE B WOULD BE 50% MORE.

WHERE WE DO HAVE A COST ESTIMATE ON THAT, THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP FROM EMAILS FROM SOME DIFFERENT FOLKS, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED, AND THE ONES THAT WEREN'T ANSWERED WERE THE ONES THAT WOULD REQUIRE THIS ENGINEERING STUDY TO ANSWER.

SO I MEAN, IN, IN TERMS OF SLOW WALKING THIS, GIVEN THE ACCIDENT NUMBERS FROM THE ROAD AND GIVEN THE SAFETY CONCERNS AND FRANKLY JUST THE DETERIORATION OF IT, I, I DON'T SEE THE VALUE IN PUTTING IT OFF TILL JANUARY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE KNOW THEN THAT WE DON'T KNOW NOW OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE QUESTIONS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE ANSWERED BY

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AN ENGINEERING STUDY.

SO I, I, I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MAKING COMMENTS THAT WE NEED TO GET CITIZEN INPUT, BUT I DO THINK WE'VE GOT A LOT OF INPUT FROM CITIZENS AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF, AND AS COMMISSIONER DUN POINTED OUT, THE ENGINEERING PROCESS GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO CONTINUE THAT.

SO I, I WOULD NOT THINK THAT DEFERRING THIS IS A WISE MOVE.

OTHER COMMENTS? I HAVE A QUESTION.

YES, MA'AM.

HOW DID YOU PICK THAT DATE? UH, I PICKED A DATE.

UM, UH, I LOOKED INTO THE, UH, THE FOLLOWING, UH, CALENDAR YEAR THAT WOULD BE A COMMISSION DATE, UM, BUT DID NOT WANNA PUT PRESSURE, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH SOMETHING TOO QUICKLY.

SO I WILL MAKE SOME COMMENTS THAT I'M NOT SURE YOU HAD.

IF, IF WE I CAN FINISH.

YEAH, GO AHEAD.

I WOULD LIKE US TO DO THIS WHILE WE HAVE OUR PRESENT CITY MANAGER AS CITY MANAGER.

IT SEEMS TO ME YOU'RE TRYING TO GET KIRK OUT THE DOOR AND THEN MOVE ON WITH THE NEW CITY MANAGER.

OH, YES.

I THINK YOU DEFINITELY TALKED.

WELL, YOU MAY THINK THAT, UM, BUT YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW.

I'M KNOW, I'M ENTITLED TO THINK YOU, YOU WERE ENTITLED TO THERE, BUT YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT I THINK.

NO, YOU CAN THINK WHAT YOU THINK.

I THINK THAT CORRECT IS YOUR STRATEGY.

YOU'RE FACTUALLY INCORRECT.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YES, MA'AM.

THAT YOU, YOU'RE ACTUALLY INCORRECT IN TELLING ME.

I CAN'T THINK WHAT I WANT TO THINK.

YOU CAN THINK WHAT WANT, SO LET'S DON'T GET INTO SOMATICS, BUT I, THIS IS A, THIS IS DEFINITELY A CAJUN MOVE ON YOUR PART TO BRING THIS UP WHEN THERE'S A NEW CITY MANAGER IN THE OFFING HERE AND IT'S SO TYPICAL OF THE WAY YOU OPERATE.

THANK YOU FOR AND HAVE OPERATED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPINION.

THAT COMPARED NINE FOOT, 10 FOOT AND 12 FOOT BIKE LANES.

MY JUDGMENT.

UM, OTHER COMMENTS? KEN, DO YOU WANNA GO FIRST? I'LL GO AHEAD.

OKAY.

UM, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS REMEMBERING OUR SEPTEMBER 21ST MEETING IN 2023 CORRECTLY.

SO I WENT BACK AND WATCHED IT AND WE AS A COMMISSION DID NOT DEFINITIVELY SAY WE WANTED TO DO PLAN A.

IN FACT, WE DIDN'T EVEN GIVE A NOD OF THE HEAD OR ANY KIND OF VOTE LIKE WE SOMETIMES DO AN INFORMAL VOTE.

UM, VOTING ON THIS TONIGHT, MOVES FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN PLANS FOR PLAN A AND ABANDONING COMPLETELY THE CURRENT OLD S SMYRNA ROAD.

WE WERE TOLD AT THAT MEETING THAT THE NEXT STEPS WERE TO TAKE THE DESIGN PLANS TO THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ON OLD SMYRNA ROAD AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK BEFORE FINALIZING A PLAN.

AND THEN STAFF SAID THEY WOULD COME BACK TO US.

BUT IN DECEMBER OF 2023, WHEN THE RESIDENTS THAT ATTENDED THE MEETING AT THE LIBRARY, THEY WERE ESSENTIALLY ONLY PRESENTED WITH PLAN A.

THEY WERE NOT GIVEN THE OTHER OPTIONS.

THUS, EVERY COMMENT CARD THAT HAS BEEN INCLUDED ON OUR PACKET WAS BASED ON KIND OF A, A RESIGNED ACCEPTANCE IN THE ROOM OF PLAN A.

SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE FULLY VETTED PLAN THE PLAN B OPTION.

SO VOTING ON THIS ENGINEERING PLAN MOVES FORWARD WITH ONLY PLAN A.

UM, I KNOW WE HAVE ACQUIRED A HUNDRED FEET OF RIGHT AWAY ALONG MUCH OF OLD SMYRNA ROAD, BUT I DO BELIEVE THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO PROPERTY OWNERS THAT DO, WE HAVE NOT ACQUIRED, UM, RIGHT AWAY FROM THEM.

AND THEY MAY NOT WANT TO SELL.

WE DON'T KNOW, WE HAVEN'T EVEN APPROACHED THEM YET.

WE DON'T KNOW, UM, THEIR THOUGHTS SPECIFICALLY, UM, ON THAT.

SO IF WE WANT TO TAKE A HUNDRED FEET OF RIGHT AWAY FROM THOSE TWO PROPERTIES, THAT WILL INCLUDE ON THE CURRENT PLAN A, THAT WILL INCLUDE SPACE FOR A 10 FOOT BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PATH.

AND SO ARE WE GOING TO GO THROUGH CONDEMNATION TO JUSTIFY A 10 FOOT BIKE AND PE PEDESTRIAN PATH IN ADDITION TO THE ROAD? SO SOMETHING WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT, UM, MOST OF OUR HOMES IN BRENTWOOD THAT ARE ON THE TRADITIONAL ONE ACRE LOTS HAVE A 75 TO A HUNDRED FOOT SETBACK FROM THE ROAD TO THE FRONT DOOR OF THEIR HOME.

SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING A HUNDRED FEET, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING THE EQUIVALENT OF AN ENTIRE FRONT YARD FROM THOSE PROPERTY OWNER OWNERS.

GRANTED IT'S FOR A ROAD, BUT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT IS ALSO FOR, UM, A 10 FOOT WIDE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PATH.

SO THE CURRENT OLD SMYRNA ROAD IS 16 FEET WIDE.

IF WE DO THE OPTION OF THE NON-LINEAR PARK OPTION WHERE WE WERE TO TURN THE CURRENT OLD SIMONA ROAD INTO ONE EASTBOUND LANE, THEN THE ENGINEER HAS SAID THAT THE STANDARD WOULD BE TO PUT IN A 12 FOOT WIDE LANE, BUT THEN THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PAVEMENT ON EACH SIDE OF THAT LANE, UM, FOR A FOOT FOUR FOOT SHOULDERS.

BUT 12 FOOT LANES ARE MORE FOR HIGH SPEED ROADS LIKE INTERSTATES, AND THEY ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE SPEEDING.

AVERAGE LANE WIDTHS WITH TRAVEL GOING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ARE ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 12 FEET.

SO IN FACT, THERE WAS A RECENT STUDY RELEASED BY JOHN HOPKINS, AND IT WAS IN ON NOVEMBER 21ST, 2023

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THEIR STUDY WHEN COMPARING THE 12 FOOT WIDE ROADS TO NINE AND 10 FOOT WIDE ROADS SHOWED THAT THE WIDER 12 FOOT LANES ARE ACTUALLY LESS SAFE AND MORE CRASHES OCCURRED ON THE 12 FOOT ROADS AS COMPARED TO THE NEARER ONE.

WIDER ROADS ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE SPEED.

NOW, MOST STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONS DO SET THE MINIMUM LANE WIDTH BETWEEN 10 AND 12 FEET, BUT THAT IS FOR TWO WAY TRAFFIC.

ONE DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC ON A ONE LANE ROAD CAN HAVE LANE MARKINGS AS NARROW AS EIGHT OR NINE FEET, WHICH THAT IS WHAT CURRENTLY EACH SIDE OF UL ROAD THEY'RE DRIVING ON IS THE EIGHT FOOT WIDE RENT LANE.

UM, SO AT THE SEPTEMBER 21ST 23 BRIEFING, WE WERE TOLD THE COST OF THE ONE EASTBOUND ROAD AND ONE GOING WESTBOUND.

SO WE WOULD KEEP THE CURRENT EASTBOUND ROAD, CREATE A NEW WESTBOUND ROAD TO DO.

THAT PLAN WAS 50% MORE THAN IF WE BUILT THE OPTION THAT MOVES THE ENTIRE ROAD NORTH AND KEEPS A LINEAR PARK.

BUT THE BULK OF THAT COST BASED ON THAT BRIEFING, THEY SAID WAS BECAUSE A WIDER ROAD WOULD HAVE LESS SHOULDER AND WOULD REQUIRE US TO, TO CURB AND GUTTER AND STORM WATER DRAINAGE THAT WAS FOR THAT 12 FOOT WIDE ROAD.

UM, WE DON'T HAVE TO BUILD A 12 FOOT WIDE ROAD IF IT'S ONE LANE IN ONE DIRECTION.

I DON'T WANT TO ENCOURAGE SPEEDING ON THIS ROAD.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS WITH A CURRENT 16 FOOT WIDE ROAD, CAN WE DO AN EIGHT FOOT ONE LANE, ONE DIRECTION ROAD WITH FOUR FEET OF SHOULDER ON EACH SIDE AND DO THE OTHER TYPE OF DRAINAGE THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN OUR BRIEFING WHERE IT'S NOT CURB AND GUTTER, IT OVERFLOWS, UM, AND JUST KIND OF IT'S A SLOPE AND IT GOES OVER THOSE THAT WEREN'T THERE.

YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE, THE SLIDES FOR THAT.

UM, SULLIVAN ENGINEERING IN THAT BRIEFING SAID REPEATEDLY THAT SPEED WAS GOING TO BE A FACTOR FACTOR AND RECOMMENDED WE PUT IN SPEED CALMING MEASURES SUCH AS THE LITTLE ROUNDABOUTS AND POSSIBLY SPEED HUMPS.

SO WHY ARE WE BUILDING A ROAD SO WIDE THAT IT ENCOURAGES SPEEDING? I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK BACK AT DOING THE PLAN WITH THE ORIGINAL GO ROLL ROAD GOING EASTBOUND AND THE NEW ROAD GOING WESTBOUND, NOT AS WIDE AS 12 FEET SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T GO SO FAST.

UM, AND THEN LOOK AT HAVING A PEDESTRIAN PATH ALONG THE NEW SINGLE LANE SOMEWHERE ON THAT WESTBOUND ROAD.

UM, BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE ANSWERS YET.

AND I DO FEEL LIKE WE DO NEED MORE INPUT FROM THE RESIDENTS.

WE, WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO GET MORE INPUT.

WE AS A, AS A COMMISSION DID NOT DEFINITIVELY SAY WE WERE GOING TO GO DOWN THE PATH OF PLAN A AND VOTING ON THIS TONIGHT GOES DOWN THE PATH PATH OF PLAN A AND ELIMINATES ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO GIVE INPUT OR FOR US TO LEARN MORE.

I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SULLIVAN ENGINEERING BACK INTO A BRIEFING FOR US TO KIND OF GO THROUGH MORE OF THESE QUESTIONS NOW THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM SOME OF THE RESIDENTS AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS TO SEE WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE AND HAVE A TALK BEFORE WE APPROVE SPENDING ALMOST $700,000 ON AN ENGINEERING PLAN FOR JUST PLAN A.

UM, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT IT SLOW WALKED AND I DON'T THINK IT IS SLOW WALK.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT COULD BE DONE WHENEVER WE DECIDE THAT THAT NEXT DATE'S GONNA BE.

IF IT'S JANUARY, I I'M GOOD WITH EVEN MOVING THAT BACK A MONTH OR TWO.

I THINK YOU HAVE TO TAKE IN MINE HOLIDAYS AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT AFFECT US AND WHEN WE ATTEND MEETINGS, ET CETERA.

AND IF, BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT CAN BE DONE BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN, WHENEVER.

THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN UNTIL JANUARY, BUT IT MEANS THEY'RE GONNA VOTE IF WE NEED TO VOTE NOVEMBER.

IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO MAKE THAT MOTION, THEY CAN AMEND THIS.

BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE AND EVERYBODY'S GOT THESE SNIPPETS AND THESE PIECES, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE US ALL GET IN A ROOM, JUST LIKE COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN SAID, LET'S HAVE SULLIVAN ENGINEERING THERE AND LET'S REALLY HASH THAT OUT.

IF IT HAS TO BE A THREE OR FOUR HOUR MEETING, LET'S MAKE IT A LONG MEETING AND LET'S TALK THROUGH THIS THING AND LET'S FIGURE IT OUT.

SO, UM, I I I AM FOR DELAYING THIS AND WHATEVER THE APPROPRIATE DATE MIGHT BE.

UH, COMMENTS COMMISSIONER, LITTLE, UM, COMMISSIONER SPEARS? NO, UM, I DO HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY.

UM, I SAID SOME THINGS EARLIER, BUT, UM, THIS IS A REALLY BIG PROJECT AND WE HAVE SAFETY CONCERNS NOW, AND I WOULD BE VERY CONCERNED IF WE DID INVEST $10 MILLION IN THE TIME THAT IT TAKES TO REBUILD SMYRNA.

AND WE HAVE MORE PROBLEMS THAN WE STARTED OFF WITH UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO PAUSE, UM, FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.

I THINK THE RESIDENTS NEED TO HAVE MORE INPUT.

UM, THEY'VE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF THOUGHTS, THEY LIVE ON THE ROAD.

UM, AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION

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AS THE SEVEN OF US WITH MORE EXPERTS COMING IN, PICKING PEOPLE'S BRAINS, HAVING CONVERSATIONS.

UM, SO I, I THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO DEFER MAYOR.

ALTERNATE A PROPOSED, UNLESS YOU TOLD US, WELL, WE'D, LET'S, LET'S ENGAGE SULLIVAN, BUT BEFORE YOU DO MUCH MORE, LET'S HAVE A FURTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THAT REALLY LOOKS LIKE.

COMMISSIONER.

LITTLE DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? UM, I ALWAYS WANT TO HEAR, BUT UM, SINCE IT'S A DEFERRAL, CAN I ASK STAFF A COUPLE QUESTIONS OR IS IT THAT'S, I, I, SORRY, MY ROBERTS RULES PERSON IS NOT HERE.

YEAH.

UM, I, I, I DON'T, I MEAN, I'LL DEFER TO THE COMMISSION IF I ASSUME ANYBODY COULD ASK ME A QUESTION AT ANY POINT.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WE'RE HAVING AN OPEN DISCUSSION.

UM, AS PART OF THE ENGINEERING STUDY, THE ENGINEERS, DO THEY JUST, ARE THEY ON THIS JUST GONNA GO STRAIGHT IN AND DO IT, OR DO THEY DO LIKE, USUALLY AND THEY USUALLY DO HAVE PUBLIC INPUT AS THEY, AS THEY DO IT? OR WAS THAT ONE MEETING THE WELL AS WAS MENTIONED, I MEAN, THE PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU IS TO PROCEED WITH CONSTRUCTION DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING FOR THAT ALTERNATE.

A NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

SO IF THIS WERE TO BE APPROVED, THEY WOULD START ALONG THAT PROCESS OF DESIGN FOR ALTERNATE A, THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEETING AT SOME POINT.

ONCE WE'RE FURTHER ALONG IN THAT DESIGN PROCESS AND WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIFIC IMPACTS ON PROPERTIES AND WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC CALMING AND ALL THAT, THERE WOULD BE AT LEAST ONE OTHER COMMUNITY MEETING, UM, LATER IN THAT PROCESS, IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

BUT IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE ONE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS, ONLY ONCE WE HAD MORE INFORMATION AND DEFINITIVE INFORMATION TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ALONG THE DESIGN OF ALTERNATE A NO QUESTION.

SO, UH, ALONG THOSE LINES, AND IT'S BEEN MY IMPRESSION THAT WHEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ROADS HAVE DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS, AND I KNOW LIKE AT ONE POINT WITH CADILLAC DRIVE RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR BUSINESS WHEN IT WAS RECLASSIFIED BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC STUDY, IT HAD DIFFERENT SETBACKS AND DIFFERENT ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN IS TALKING ABOUT DECIDING TO, TO NARROW THE ROAD TO, TO MAKE IT WORK FOR THE BUDGET, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DECIDE AS A COMMISSION OR IS THAT, IS THE WIDTH OF THE ROAD DETERMINED IN PART BY THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE ROAD AND REQUIREMENTS, YOU KNOW, FROM JUST ENGINEERING AND THE STANDARD STANDPOINT, OR HOW, HOW DOES THAT WORK? OR DO WE KNOW OFF THE TOP OF OUR HEAD? UM, I MEAN, YES, FOR CLARIFICATION, I WASN'T NARROWING THE ROAD, JUST THE PAINT STRIPING LANES.

SO TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

YEAH.

THE, UH, I MEAN, FOR NEW ROADS, NEW SUBDIVISIONS, AND I'LL, I'M GONNA HAVE TO JUMP ON TO ONE OF THESE, UH, TWO FOLKS HERE.

WE HAVE STANDARDS IN OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS FOR NEW ROADS.

IF IT'S AN ARTERIAL ROAD, WHAT'S THE MINIMUM WIDTH OF THAT AND THE MINIMUM RIGHT OF WAY AND ALL THAT.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT SITUATION IN THAT IT'S NOT A NEW ROAD.

YOU'RE DEALING WITH WHAT YOU HAVE THERE AND, AND YOU TRY TO MAKE IT WORK THE BEST.

BUT FROM A SETBACK STANDPOINT, UM, THAT'S A STANDARD.

YEAH, WE HAVE A CERTAIN SETBACK FOR NEW SUBDIVISIONS AND ALL THAT, AND NEW HOMES FROM AN ARTERIAL ROAD.

THIS IS AN ARTERIAL ROAD ON OUR, UM, CLASSIFICATION PLAN.

SO THAT WOULD APPLY.

UM, I, AGAIN, I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SOME LATITUDE WITHIN DESIGN STANDARDS FOR A ROAD LIKE THIS WHERE YOU ARE TRYING TO DEAL WITH A CHARACTER IN A CORRIDOR, UM, TO, UM, I HATE TO SAY MAKE EXCEPTIONS, BUT TO DO WHAT YOU THINK IS TO BALANCE THE SAFETY NEED, TRAFFIC NEED AND CHARACTER NEED.

UM, SO, BUT WE DO HAVE STANDARDS AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD START TO APPLY WITH.

BUT AGAIN, WE WOULD LOOK AT, UH, EACH CASE, WELL, THIS ENGINEERING STUDY ANSWER A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS.

WELL, REALLY THE PRELIMINARY STUDY HAS A LOT OF THAT IN THERE, BUT, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT, I WOULD, I WANNA BE CLEAR AND, AND FAIR IN ALL HERE.

THIS IS NOT REALLY AN ENGINEERING STUDY TO TRY TO COME UP WITH AN ANSWER.

THIS IS A DESIGN FOR A PROPOSED, WE'RE USING THAT WORD, UM, CROSS SECTION THAT, THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE STUDY BEFORE.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, AS BEEN MENTIONED, THIS IS IF APPROVED WOULD START YOU DOWN A PATH TOWARDS A CERTAIN ROUTE.

NOW, YOU COULD ALWAYS, THINGS COULD COME UP IN THAT STUDY OR IN THAT DESIGN PROCESS THAT WE BRING BACK TO YOU AND SAY, LISTEN HERE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA BE A PROBLEM.

HOW DO YOU WANT TO DEAL WITH IT? AND YOU COULD EITHER SAY, WELL, LET'S STEP BACK AND, AND LOOK AT A DIFFERENT OPTION.

SO THERE IS, THIS DOESN'T COMMIT YOU TO BUILDING THE ROAD, BUT IT DOES COMMIT YOU TO GO DOWN A PATH ON OPTION A, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

BUT IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR CONVERSATION OR DIRECTIVE FROM THE COMMISSION.

IT'S THE STAFF AND THE, UM, ENGINEERING FIRM TELLING US, AND THEN WE CAN RESPOND TO WHAT WE GET TOLD.

BUT THAT'S NOT INPUT FROM THE RESIDENTS.

IT'S NOT INPUT FROM THE COMMISSION, IT'S THE DESIGN PHASE, NOT STUDY.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT'S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE VOTED TONIGHT ON THIS, CORRECT.

IT WOULD MOVE ALONG, UM,

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BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN KIND OF HAVE THAT WHILE YOU'RE PENDING THIS DEFERRAL.

ALSO, THAT'S NOT WR, THAT'S NOT WHAT'S WRITTEN HERE.

SO, WELL, AGAIN, YOU ALL DIRECT STAFF THE PROCESS, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO GO.

YOU CAN HAVE THIS DEFERRAL AND YOU CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

YOU COULD APPROVE THIS AND SAY, BUT BEFORE YOU GET GOING, WE WANNA DO X, Y, Z.

IT'S, YOU HAVE THAT DISCRETION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

SO I'M GONNA MAKE SOME COMMENTS.

UM, SO WHAT I DON'T LIKE ARE ARTIFICIAL DEADLINES.

UM, AND SO PUTTING A DATE IN JANUARY, UH, IS IT A FAR OFF DATE? ABSOLUTELY, YES IT IS.

DO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ON OLD SMYRNA ROAD? YES, I DO, BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE EXPLORED ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, ALTERNATIVES.

SO MOVING A DATE, UM, TO DEFER TO JANUARY 13TH DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE STOP WORKING ON OLD SMYRNA ROAD AND WHAT THAT CAN POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE.

LET'S BE VERY CLEAR.

WHAT IT DOES IS IT TAKES OPTION A ENGINEERING AND MOVES IT OFF TO A FUTURE DATE AND SAYS, HEY, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT UNTIL THEN.

BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN ENGAGE THE RESIDENTS, WE CAN ENGAGE ENGINEERS, AND WE CAN START TO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS, UH, THAT MAKE SENSE IN THAT VERY HISTORIC CORRIDOR.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE AND GET IT RIGHT.

THAT ROAD HAS BEEN THIS WAY.

UM, I'M NOT FROM THE SOUTH.

I GOT HERE AS QUICK AS I COULD.

UH, I MOVED HERE IN 90, UH, AND I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT ROAD LOOKED LIKE 250 YEARS AGO.

MY FAMILY IS NOT FROM HERE.

HOWEVER, UH, I DO RECOGNIZE THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT, AND WE NEED TO TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN NOT CREATING AN ARTIFICIAL DEADLINE.

UH, FOR US, THIS ENGINEERING PLAN WAS ABOUT ONE OPTION AND ONE OPTION ONLY.

LET'S JUST BE REAL CLEAR ABOUT THAT.

I INITIALLY THOUGHT, HEY, A LINEAR PARK, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

HOWEVER, I HEARD FROM THE RESIDENTS THERE, THE WHOLE REASON I GOT INVOLVED, UH, IN GOVERNMENT HERE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION 20 SOME YEARS AGO IS BECAUSE THEY WERE GONNA BUILD A STRIP CENTER WITH A PUBLIX RIGHT IN, UH, IN ACROSS THE CREEK, UH, FROM MY SUBDIVISION.

I DIDN'T WANT THAT.

AND SO THE COMMISSION LISTENED TO ME AT THAT TIME, AND I HAVE ALWAYS HELD THAT PRINCIPLE TRUE.

UH, IF IT'S IN YOUR BACKYARD, YOUR VOICE IS THE LOUDEST, UH, AND THAT MATTERS THE MOST.

SO THIS DEFERRAL, UH, TO JANUARY OF 2025 IS NOTHING ABOUT OTHER THAN GIVING US THE TIME TO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS AND NOT HAVE AN ARTIFICIAL DEADLINE HERE.

SO, MAYOR, JUST TO BE VERY CLEAR, COULD I SAY SOMETHING ELSE? COMMISSIONER DUNN? YES.

AND IT IS AN ARTIFICIAL DEADLINE.

SOME PEOPLE TONIGHT ARE MAKING STATEMENTS LIKE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE EVER LOOKED AT THIS INFORMATION.

WE'VE KNOWN THIS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

I'VE GOTTEN EMAILS AND LETTERS FROM RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ALONG THERE WHO ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT.

SO TO SAY THAT ALL THE NEIGHBORS ARE AGAINST IT IS NOT FACTUAL.

AT SOME POINT, NO MATTER HOW UNPLEASANT A DECISION MIGHT BE, YOU CANNOT KEEP DEFERRING AND DEFERRING AND DEFERRING ASKING FOR MORE INFORMATION.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION.

I, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.

WE'VE HAD THOSE CARDS THAT YOU READ TONIGHT FROM THE RESIDENTS.

WE'VE HAD THOSE FOR MONTHS.

MM-HMM, , THAT'S NOT NEW INFORMATION.

SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

I I THINK YOU'RE, IT'S PUTTING OFF A DIFFICULT DECISION.

WE KNOW ANYTIME A ROAD IS BUILT, SOME PEOPLE ARE HAPPY, SOME ARE NOT.

WE ALL KNOW THAT.

AND THERE'S NOBODY ON THIS BOARD MORE DEDICATED TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION THAN I AM.

I THOUGHT TO KEEP HISTORIC SITES NEGOTIABLE.

IN REZONING, YOU VOTED AGAINST THAT.

SO DON'T, DON'T TAKE ON THE HISTORIC MANTLE.

NOW, WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT.

I'M JUST SAYING, I, I'M THOROUGHLY DISAPPOINTED THAT EVERY TIME A DIFFICULT DECISION HAS TO BE MADE, WE KEEP STALLING ON THINGS.

AND THAT SEEMS TO BE A PATTERN LATELY.

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IT'S PULLED OUT OF THIN AIR VICE MAYOR TRAVIS J JUST A QUESTION, JUST AGAIN, MY THOUGHTS.

IF, IF WE APPROVE THIS IN PAY SULLIVAN RIGHT NOW AND THEY DO WORK, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE GO, WHOA, LET'S HALT.

I'M ASSUMING THAT THE CLOCK KEEPS TICKING ON HOW MUCH WE'RE PAYING THEM.

SO AGAIN, IN MY SIMPLE MIND, IT, I DON'T THINK THEY SAY $600,000 AND WE'LL DO AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF WORK FOR YOU.

IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S GOTTA BE BASED ON HOURS OR SOMETHING.

SO LET'S GET THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE WANT THEM TO DO, JUST TO FIND A LITTLE BIT.

AND I JUST THINK THAT SHORT DELAY GIVES US A TIME TO DEFINE WHAT WE WANT THEM TO WORK ON, AND THEY CAN COME BACK WITH A GOOD PLAN.

I DO WANT SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON OLD SMYRNA ROAD.

I MEAN, I MADE THAT CLEAR.

MM-HMM, , I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M NOT PAYING SOMEBODY TO SIT THERE.

AND THEN WE CHANGE THAT IN THE FUTURE.

IF THAT TAKES THREE MONTHS, FOUR MONTHS, AND THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES.

IT'S BEEN ALL VERY HEALTHY DISCUSSION.

UH, AT THIS POINT, I'M GONNA CALL FOR THE VOTE.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 68, UH, THE MOVE, UH, TO DEFER TO JANUARY 13TH, 2025.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND SAY, AYE.

MOVING ON, UH, APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR OF THREE APPOINTMENTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

OPPOSED? NO OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES FOR THREE.

[3. Appointment by Mayor of three (3) members to the Planning Commission]

UH, FOLLOWING, UM, CITY OF BRENTWOOD, UH, TRADITION.

UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO VISIT WITH ALL OF THE, UM, DIFFERENT, UH, COMMISSIONERS.

UH, AND I'M HAPPY, UH, TO REAPPOINT JANET DONAHUE, RYAN CROWLEY, AND STEVE PIPPEN TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

CONGRATULATIONS.

ALL THREE HAVE SERVED US WELL.

NEXT WE

[4. Appointment of two (2) members to the Library Board]

HAVE APPOINTMENT OF TWO MEMBERS, UH, TO THE LIBRARY BOARD.

WE HAVE BALLOTS IN FRONT OF US, AND, UH, WE WILL VOTE.

THIS WAS A VERY TOUGH DECISION, UH, AS WE HAVE HAD, UM, PEOPLE THAT HAVE, UM, GREAT CREDENTIALS, UH, TO SERVE ON THE LIBRARY BOARD, SOME THAT HAVE SERVED, UM, THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS, UM, BUT ALL VERY HIGHLY, UM, QUALIFIED CANDIDATES.

COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN VOTES FOR BARBARA SCARCELLA AND GERALD WITCHER.

COMMISSIONER ANDREWS VOTES FOR JENNIFER CLARK AND BETSY CROSSLEY, VICE MAYOR.

TRAVIS VOTES FOR BARBARA SCARCELLA AND GERALD WITCHER.

MAYOR GORMAN VOTES FOR BARBARA SCARSELLA AND GERALD WITCHER.

COMMISSIONER SPEARS VOTES FOR BARBARA SCARSELLA AND GERALD WITCHER.

COMMISSIONER.

LITTLE VOTES FOR KAREN BREAK AND BETSY CROSSLEY.

COMMISSIONER DUNN VOTES FOR BETSY CROSSLEY AND BARBARA SCARCE.

SO I HAVE BARBARA SCARCE WITH FIVE VOTES AND GERALD WITCHER WITH FOUR VOTES.

MY, UH, UH, MY HEIR, I, UH, I SKIPPED IT.

UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU EVERYONE, UH, FOR APPLYING.

UH, WE HAD SEVEN FOLKS, UH, ON THE BALLOT.

UH, ALL HIGHLY QUALIFIED.

UH, IT WAS A, UH, A TOUGH DECISION, UH, TO MAKE FOR SURE.

ITEM NUMBER SIX, OTHER NEW BUSINESS.

UM, THIS IS A NOTICE OF COMMISSIONER APPOINTMENT TO THE LIBRARY BOARD COMMISSIONER APPOINTMENT, THE LIBRARY BOARD.

AH, UM,

[5. Appointment of one (1) member from the Board of Commissioners to the Library Board]

UM, IT'S, UH, BEEN QUITE A MEETING, UH, THIS EVENING.

UM, BUT APPOINTMENT OF, UM, ONE MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, UH, TO THE LIBRARY BOARD.

UH, AND I APPOINT COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.

I'M, I'M SORRY, THAT'S A COMMISSION VOTE FOR THAT MAYOR.

SO THERE HAS TO BE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I'M SORRY.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A BALLOT.

NO BALLOT.

UM, IT WOULD BE JUST A, A MOTION.

AND, AND THEN A SECOND.

MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.

I'LL SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN, PLEASE SAY AYE.

SIX, NOW, UH, NOTICE OF FUTURE APPOINTMENT OF THREE MEMBERS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

ALRIGHT, UM, ITEM

[a. Notice of future appointments of three (3) members to the Environmental Advisory Board (for information only)]

AND

[b. Notice of future appointment of two (2) members to the Brentwood Board of Building Construction Appeals (for information only) ]

THEN B, NOTICE OF FUTURE APPOINTMENT OF TWO MEMBERS TO THE BRENTWOOD BOARD OF BUILDING

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CONSTRUCTION APPEALS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

MAYOR, IF I PUT ON THAT ONE, JUST POINT OUT THAT THAT'S THE ONE BOARD THAT HAS SOME QUALIFICATIONS TO IT.

SO THE TWO APPOINTMENTS HERE WOULD NEED, ONE, WOULD NEED TO BE A REGISTERED ARCHITECT AND THE OTHER WOULD NEED TO BE A REGISTERED STRUCTURAL ENGINEER.