Jul 08, 2024 City Commission Meeting

INTO PLACE THAT REQUIRES THE COMMISSION TO KEEP TRACK AND POST PUBLICLY WHAT ISSUES ARE BEING LOBBIED FOR AND AGAINST ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

AT THIS POINT IN THE MEETING, WE'LL HAVE

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COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SIGNED UP, UH, TO DO THAT.

UM, HOWEVER, UM, UH, ANYONE IS, UH, IS WELCOME TO SPEAK DURING, UH, THIS COMMENT PERIOD.

UH, FIRST ON THE, UH, AGENDA AND ONLY ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, NATALIE WELLING.

IF YOU'D PLEASE COME FORWARD AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF BY NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

HELLO, MY NAME IS NATALIE WELLING.

I LIVE AT 9 0 1 6 GRAY POINT COURT.

UM, I HAVE COME BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT RESOLUTION 2 0 2 4 DASH SEVEN THREE, WHICH IS THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH WINDROW PHILLIPS GROUP FOR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS SERVICES.

BEFORE LAST WEDNESDAY'S INFORMATIONAL MEETING, I HAD NO IDEA THAT ONE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT COULD LOBBY ANOTHER PART OF THE GOVERNMENT.

MY MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS IS LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY A LOBBYING GROUP HAS TO VOTERS AND THAT LACK OF TRANSPARENCY THAT OCCURS WHEN THIS LOBBYING TAKES PLACE.

NOW, I KNOW LOBBYING CAN BE USED FOR GOOD, LIKE IT WAS, UH, USED FOR GOOD, UM, FOR THE MUSIC INDUSTRY TO PROTECT AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED USAGE OF AI, IMAGES, VOICES, AND LIKENESSES.

BUT WHAT I SEE MORE OF IS THE LOBBYIST WORKING ON BEHALF OF SOME ENTITY INSTEAD OF THE INDIVIDUAL LOBBYISTS HAVE MAJOR INFLUENCE OVER WHAT LAWS GET DRAFTED, INTRODUCED, AND EVENTUALLY PASSED.

NOT COINCIDENTALLY, THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS WHY OUR COUNTRY'S IN THE TROUBLE THAT IT'S IN.

LEGISLATORS, LEGISLATORS NO LONGER LISTEN TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS, BUT TO LOBBYISTS INSTEAD.

IN THE BACKGROUND SECTION OF THE AGENDA FOR THIS RESOLUTION, IT STATES, IF TRENDS OF THE LAST FEW YEARS CONTINUE LEGISLATION THAT REMOVES, REMOVES MUNICIPAL POWERS OR OTHERWISE ADVERSELY, UM, AFFECT CITIES WILL PROLIFERATE.

HAVING DAILY REPRESENTATION AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROVIDES THE CITY WITH ACCESS TO LEGISLATORS AT CRUCIAL MOMENTS, ALONG WITH BETTER INSIGHTS INTO THE MANEUVERING THAT TAKES PLACE BOTH PUBLICLY AND BEHIND THE SCENES.

IT IS THE BEHIND THE SCENES SITUATION THAT CONCERNS ME.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, I HAVE BEEN WORKING TO GET, UM, BACKYARD CHICKENS LEGALIZED IN OUR CITY FOR THOSE WHO LIVE, UM, ON, ON UNDER THREE ACRES.

DURING THIS PROCESS, I BECAME AWARE OF BOTH A STATE HOUSE AND SENATE BILL PUT FORTH TO STOP LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, FROM MAKING BACKYARD CHICKEN OWNERSHIP ILLEGAL.

IT SEEMS THAT OUR ELECTED STATE OFFICIALS ARE HEARING FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE NOT ACTING REASONABLY IN THIS AREA.

I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS INITIALLY ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THEY WERE BOTH DOA, BOTH SB 1761 AND HB 1850, WHICH WERE BOTH PASSED IN PREVIOUS COMMITTEES DIED IN THEIR ASSOCIATED LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEES.

ONE DAY APART THINKING ABOUT THIS, I, WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS, I THOUGHT, WHO DO THE LOCAL SENATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE AND THE LOCAL HOUSE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE LISTEN TO? IT'S OBVIOUSLY THE LOBBYISTS THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HIRE.

HOW WILL WE, THE CITY CI THE CITIZENS OF BRENTWOOD KNOW WHAT IS BEING BLOCKED BY THE LOBBYISTS? HOW DO WE KNOW IF OR WHEN LOBBYISTS ARE BEING USED TO BOTH USURP INDIVIDUAL VOTERS' RIGHTS AND WISHES AND GRANT THE COMMISSION PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY? WE DON'T AND WE WON'T.

THIS IS WHY I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RULE PUT

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THIS IS SO THAT WE, THE PEOPLE, THE CITY OF, UM, OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, CAN SEE IF THE LOBBYISTS HIRED WITH TAX DOLLARS ARE WORKING ON BEHALF, UM, UH, OF THE CITIZENS OR THE COMMISSIONERS.

A REPORT FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, KURT.

UH, ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, UH, THIS EVENING DURING, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, UH, WE'LL CLOSE, UM, COMMENTS FROM, UH, FROM CITIZENS AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO

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

COMMISSIONERS, JUST ONE ITEM TO REPORT AN UPDATE RELATIVE TO THE MURRAY LANE, HOLLY TREE GAP, UH, ROUNDABOUT PROJECT, WHICH IS PROCEEDING.

UH, BUT I DO WANT TO PUBLICLY, UH, ANNOUNCE WHAT I COMMUNICATED TO YOU ALL, UH, VIA EMAIL EARLIER TODAY THAT, UH, I HAVE AUTHORIZED AN EMERGENCY CHANGE ORDER FOR THAT PROJECT RELATED TO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF UNSUITABLE SOILS THAT WAS DISCOVERED EARLIER TODAY, I THINK ERIC, YES.

OR DEREK, UH, THAT WILL REQUIRE, UH, UNDERCUTTING AND THEN REPLACEMENT OF THAT MATERIAL SUFFICIENT TO, UH, BUILD THE ROADMAP ON.

AND BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME ON THIS PROJECT, KNOWING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT COMPLETE AND OPEN BY EARLY AUGUST WHEN SCHOOL STARTS WAITING TWO MORE WEEKS UNTIL WE COULD GET THAT FORMALLY IN FRONT OF YOU, WOULD'VE KILLED THAT SCHEDULE.

SO, UH, IT'S NOT DISCRETIONARY WORK.

IT HAS TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO THE, UH, COMPLY WITH THE STANDARDS FOR THE BILLING THAT ROAD.

SO WE AUTHORIZE THAT ON A EMERGENCY PURPOSES TODAY AND WE'LL BRING A FORMAL, UH, CHANGE ORDER TO YOU AT YOUR NEXT MEETING ON THE 22ND.

ESTIMATED COST IS IN THE RANGE OF, UNFORTUNATELY $130,000.

UM, AND WE DID HAVE A, A CONTINGENCY APPROVED WITH THAT PROJECT, BUT IT WAS NOT THAT AMOUNT.

SO WE, WE WILL EXCEED THAT AUTHORIZED CONTINGENCY.

SO, UH, WHEN YOU BRING FORTH ON THE 22ND, DO, DO WE NEED TO ADD A CONTINGENCY IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT COMES UP SINCE WE'LL USE THAT? WELL, I THINK WHAT WE PROBABLY WOULD ASK IS THAT WE RETAIN THE 75,000 THAT WAS ORIGINALLY THERE.

'CAUSE WE'VE HAD DRAWN ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.

NOT, NOT TOO MUCH, BUT SOME, AND JUST AUTHORIZE THE FULL AMOUNT OF THIS ONE.

AND BY THAT POINT IN TIME, THE WORK WILL BE DONE.

WE'LL KNOW THE EXACT QUANTITIES AND WE'LL KNOW THE EXACT COST.

OKAY.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S JUST PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THAT AS AN EMERGENCY.

AND AGAIN, YOU'LL VOTE FORMALLY ON THAT AT YOUR 22ND MEETING.

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

DO YOU HAVE ANY, UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY INPUT OR INSIGHT FROM MS. WELLING ON HER COMMENTS THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO HER OR US? YEAH, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD THE, THE LOBBYING ARRANGEMENT AS DO OTHER CITIES.

UM, AND WE HAVE REALLY TWO AVENUES FOR LOBBYING.

ONE IS OUR IN OR OUR PRIVATE LOBBYIST.

UH, AGAIN, WE'RE IN A CONSORTIUM WITH ABOUT 10 OTHER CITIES, SO WE'RE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THAT.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO A MEMBER OF THE TENNESSEE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE AS FAR AS WHAT THEY, UM, SUPPORT OR OPPOSE IN TERMS OF THEIR LOBBYING EFFORTS.

THAT'S GENERALLY, UH, AT DIRECTION OF STAFF BASED UPON WHAT WE BELIEVE ARE THE PRIORITIES OF THE COMMISSION.

UM, SO THE IDEA OF POSTING WHAT THEY'RE FOR OR AGAINST WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE.

UM, BUT AGAIN, UH, ULTIMATELY THEY'RE ANSWERABLE TO THE CITY THROUGH STAFF.

SO ANSWERABLE TO ME, AND I'M ANSWERABLE TO YOU RELATIVE TO THINGS.

SO THE ISSUE WITH, UH, CHICKENS AND RABBITS THAT BILL I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH, IT WAS LOBBIED AGAINST.

UH, THIS COMMISSION HAS NEVER EXPRESSED TO STAFF A DESIRE TO DO THAT.

AND YOU HAVE THAT AUTHORITY TODAY IF YOU WISH TO DO IT.

PART OF OUR ISSUE WITH THINGS AT THE STATE LEVEL IS NOT WHETHER IT'S A GOOD IDEA OR NOT.

IT'S WHETHER THE STATE TELLING US WE HAVE TO DO IT A CERTAIN WAY.

YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TODAY IF YOU WANT TO ALLOW BACKYARD CHICKENS.

WE DON'T NEED THE STATE TO TELL US WE HAVE TO AND HOW TO DO IT.

SO THOSE THINGS ARE REALLY MORE OF A LOCAL DISCRETION, UH, EFFORT THAT WE WILL ALWAYS LOBBY AGAINST, NOT SO MUCH THE ISSUE ITSELF AS OPPOSED TO THE STATE PREEMPTION OF OUR DISCRETION.

UM, SO I MEAN, WHAT STAFF WILL TAKE WHATEVER DIRECTION YOU WANT RELATIVE TO TRANSPARENCY ON THINGS BEING, UM, LOBBIED FOR OR AGAINST.

JUST KNOW THAT SOMETHING THAT IS ONE FORM ON MONDAY AFTERNOON IS A DIFFERENT FORM ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BY THE TIME IT GETS TO THE COMMITTEE FORM.

SO BEING ABLE TO ACCURATELY KEEP THINGS UP TO DATE RELATIVE TO SOME TYPE OF POSTING WOULD BE A CHALLENGE, ESPECIALLY AS THE SESSION GOES ON AND THINGS MOVE QUICKER.

ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR, UH, FOR CITY MANAGER? CITY ATTORNEY CHRISTIAN? THANK YOU MAYOR CORMAN.

NO REPORT TONIGHT.

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

LAST QUESTION ON THAT.

DID SHE REQUEST THAT BE TAKEN OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA? I DID NOT HEAR THAT.

DID YOU WANT IT OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND DISCUSSED ON THE REGULAR AGENDA? SHE MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN AWARE THAT SHE COULD DO THAT.

UH, NO.

I THINK I SAID, I SAID EVERYTHING.

HANG ON, HANG ON.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED US TO HAVE THIS DISCUSS.

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UM, WE DON'T WANT TO, UM, I'M WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL IT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.

WELL, I, I JUST THINK THE PUBLIC AFTER THOSE COMMENTS NEEDS TO KNOW THE WAYS THAT, UH, A LOBBYIST HAS BENEFITED US OVER THE YEARS, UH, IN, IN SEVERAL INSTANCES.

AND THAT IT CAN BE, I, I AGREE LOBBYIST HAS A NASTY CONNOTATION WHEN WE ALL HEAR IT, BUT IN OUR INSTANCES, THE TIMES WE'VE USED THEM HAVE BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE.

SO YES, LET'S PULL THAT OFF.

ALRIGHT.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, MAKE A NOTE HERE, UH, TO, FOR THAT.

ALRIGHT.

UM, WE WILL MOVE ON TO REPORTS, UH, BY, UH, COMMISSIONERS AND EVENING WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER LITTLE.

YES.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR POLICE AND FIRE AND PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, AND ESPECIALLY OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR NORMAL ANNUAL FINE WORK AT OUR RED, WHITE, AND BOOM.

AND, UH, I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK AND A LOT OF PREPARATION.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON THE HOLIDAYS WHEN THE REST OF US ARE OFF.

SO OUR OUR GREATEST APPRECIATION.

SO, AND THAT'S ALL.

MAYOR.

VERY GOOD.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER SPEARS.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.

I WANNA THANK THE BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS FOR REACHING OUT, FOR COMING TO OUR MEETINGS FOR, UM, EMAILING, CALLING.

IT REALLY IS THE BEST FORM OF GOVERNMENT WHEN RESIDENTS REACH OUT AND ENGAGE.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY THRILLED FOR THAT.

AND THANK YOU MS. WILLING FOR COMING TONIGHT AND, UM, YOUR, YOUR THOUGHTS WERE PUT VERY ELOQUENTLY.

I APPRECIATE THAT AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING WILLING TO COME TO OUR MEETINGS, LISTEN, LEARN, UM, AND, AND IT'S GOOD FOR YOU TO KNOW MORE INFORMATION AND I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE PULLING THAT OFF CONSENT SO THAT WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT IT.

SO, UM, ON THURSDAY EVENING, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND A HISTORY LESSON AT OUR NEIGHBORING CITY OF FOREST HILLS.

THEIR CITY HALL IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I ATTENDED AS AN INTERESTED RESIDENT.

THE EVENT WAS LED BY A LOCAL ATTORNEY AND HISTORIAN JIM KAY.

AND IT WAS HELD AT THE FOREST HILLS CITY HALL BUILDING.

AND THE TOPIC WAS THE LIFE OF GRANNY LUCINDA WHITE, AS IN GRANNY WHITE PIKE.

THERE IS SO MUCH HISTORY IN OUR AREA, AND I'M SO THANKFUL THAT OUR CITY, BY THE WAY, OF THE HISTORIC COMMISSION, MAKES CONCERTED EFFORTS TO HONOR ALL PARTS OF OUR HISTORY SO THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN LEARN FROM THE SUCCESSES AND THE FAILURES OF PAST GENERATIONS.

I'M THANKFUL THAT OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES ALSO WORK TO DO THE SAME.

OUR PARK BOARD MEETING WAS MONDAY, JULY 1ST.

WE INTRODUCED OUR NEWEST PARK BOARD MEMBER.

WE RECEIVED AN UPDATE ON THE WENDY HILL PARK PROJECT, AND WE LEARNED AN UPDATE ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF THE NEW RESERVATION SCHEDULING SYSTEM FOR OUR PARK SHELTERS.

IT'S GOING REALLY WELL.

UH, CONSTRUCTION ON WINDY HILL PARK SHOULD BE STARTING IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

WE RAN INTO A LITTLE HICCUP, BUT IT'S COMING AND WE ARE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

OUR NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 5TH AT FIVE 30 IN THE ANNEX ROOM NEXT DOOR.

AND AS ALWAYS, UM, THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO ATTEND OUR ANNUAL INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION.

RED, WHITE AND BOOM AT CROCKETT PARK ON JULY 4TH WAS FANTASTIC AS ALWAYS.

EVEN THOUGH THE CLOUDS ROLLED IN AND TEMPORARILY PAUSED, OUR CELEBRATION OF OUR 248TH BIRTHDAY OF OUR CHERISHED INDEPENDENCE, WE WERE ABLE TO RESUME THE PARTY IN ABOUT 25 MINUTES WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES.

THE MUSIC WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, AND THE DANCE FLOOR STAYED PACKED ALL NIGHT WITH PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, AND INCLUDING THE SPEARS FAMILY.

THE FIREWORKS WERE A POWER, A POWERFUL CELEBRATION OF OUR FREEDOMS. THOSE FREEDOMS ARE A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS.

THANK YOU TO KEISHA GOODING CHARLES BOOTH FOR PLANNING A WONDERFUL EVENT.

THANK YOU TO OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND PREPARING FOR ALL OF OUR SUMMER CONCERTS THIS SUMMER, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR JULY 4TH.

THANK YOU TO BRENTWOOD FIRE AND POLICE FOR YOUR PRESENCE DURING THE EVENTS AND KEEPING US SAFE.

THESE EVENTS ARE TRULY A TEAM EFFORT, ESPECIALLY OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION, AND I'M SO VERY PROUD OF OUR TEAM.

MAYOR.

THE DAY OF THE CONCERT, IT TAKES OVER 70 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.

UM, THANK YOU MS. WELLING FOR BEING HERE.

WE APPRECIATE YOU STAYING ENGAGED AND LEARNING ABOUT OUR PROCESS.

UM, AN INCREDIBLE TURNOUT WE HAD AT OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION AT CROCKETT PARK.

IT WAS AMAZING.

IT'S ESTIMATED THAT WE HAD ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE OR MORE.

UH, THE BAND WAS WONDERFUL.

THE DANCE FLOOR PLAYED, STAYED PACKED THE ENTIRE TIME.

THE FIREWORKS SHOW AND ACCOMPANYING MUSIC WERE VERY MOVING.

AND EVEN AFTER THE FIREWORKS WERE OVER, MANY PEOPLE THAT STARTED TO LEAVE THE PARK, THERE WAS STILL A BIG CROWD DANCING ON THE DANCE FLOOR TO THE VERY LAST SONG.

AND I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK ALL OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES WHO MADE THE EVENT HAPPEN AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.

EVERY YEAR.

CITY STAFF WORK HARD FOR MONTHS AND DAYS LEADING UP TO THE FOURTH.

AND ON

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THAT'S ABOUT 25% OF OUR FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES IN THE ENTIRE CITY.

THIS INCLUDES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, PARKS AND REC, PUBLIC WORKS, MARKETING AND EVENT PLANNING, ALL WORKING FOR MONTHS AND DAYS BEFORE.

AND ON THE FOURTH.

IN ADDITION, WE STILL HAD POLICE AND FIRE DOING THEIR NORMAL JOBS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY TO KEEP US SAFE.

ALL OF THESE EMPLOYEES GAVE UP THEIR HOLIDAY AND WORK FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BRENTWOOD SO WE COULD HAVE A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE INDEPENDENCE STAY.

SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF OUR BRIT WOOD EMPLOYEES.

WE ARE SO INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH DEDICATED EMPLOYEES IN BRIT WOOD FOR LIBRARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING IS AUGUST 14TH AT 4:30 PM AT THE LIBRARY.

WE DO HAVE A NEW LIBRARY DIRECTOR THAT WE HAVE HIRED.

HER NAME IS MRS. LEE BOO LEE FOR, UM, SHE WILL START MIDGUT.

SHE COMES TO BRENTWOOD WITH BRENTWOOD WITH AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND, INCLUDING 17 YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC, ACADEMIC AND PRIVATE LIBRARIES.

SHE'S A NASHVILLE NATIVE AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN THE METRO NASHVILLE LIBRARY SYSTEM WITH A SPECIALTY IN COLLECTIONS AND TECHNOLOGY.

PRIOR TO METRO, SHE SERVED EIGHT YEARS WITH THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME, CURATING THEIR DIGITAL COLLECTION.

SHE HAS A MASTER'S OF LIBRARY SCIENCE FROM ALABAMA AND HER UNDERGRAD DEGREE IS FROM UT KNOXVILLE.

WE ARE EXCITED FOR HER TO COME ON BOARD AND SHE WILL BE A GREAT ASSET TO THE JOHN P HOL BRENTWOOD LIBRARY.

UM, THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 22,000 PEOPLE HAVE VISITED THE LIBRARY IN JUNE, WHICH IS OUR HIGHEST COUNT EVER.

AND WE WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

ONE NEW PROGRAM WE HAVE IS THE SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP THAT CURRENTLY MEETS EVERY OTHER THURSDAY EVENING IN THE CHILDREN'S STORY TIME ROOM.

THIS INFORMAL GROUP IS MEANT TO HELP THOSE WITH A PASSING KNOWLEDGE OF SPANISH IN A SAFE AND FUN ENVIRONMENT SO THEY CAN IMPROVE THEIR CONVERSATION SKILLS.

BECAUSE IT IS A SOCIAL CONVERSATION GROUP AND NOT A CLASSROOM SETTING, SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE IS REQUIRED.

FINALLY, IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, THE LIBRARY WILL INTRODUCE A NEW BUSINESS LEARNING DATABASE CALLED UDEMI.

THE ADULT DATABASE IS MEANT TO HELP WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

IT OFFERS 12,000 COURSES IN A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS, INCLUDING BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, CYBERSECURITY, FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT TO NAME A FEW.

THE COURSES ARE STRUCTURED SO THAT ONE CAN START AT A BEGINNER LEVEL AND GROW WITH EACH VIDEO.

MANY OF THE SUBJECT MATTERS COME WITH QUIZZES AND PRACTICE TESTS, AS WELL AS CERTIFICATIONS FOR PROOF OF COMPLETION FOR YOUR EMPLOYERS.

COMMISSIONER ANDREWS, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, THE TREE BOARD HAS ITS JULY MEETING COMING UP ON JULY 16TH.

UH, WE'RE GETTING READY TO COME ON IN THERE AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW, KIRK, IS, UH, LEE OUR NEW LEVER DIRECTOR? IS SHE GONNA JOIN THE TREE BOARD? I KNOW SUSAN HAS BEEN ON IT IN THE PAST.

THE ARBORETUM THERE.

UH, OR I'M NOT, NOT SURE.

I HAVEN'T, HAVEN'T THOUGHT THROUGH THAT ONE OR HAVEN'T, UH, FAIR ENOUGH.

DIDN'T TELL HER THAT WHEN SHE ACCEPTED THE JOB, SO WE MAY HAVE TO NEGOTIATE THAT A LITTLE BIT.

SO IF SHE WON, WE'LL PUT APRIL ON IT FOR HER TWO MONTHS AS ACTING DIRECTOR, SHE DESERVES TO BE ON THE TREATMENT.

OH, PERFECT.

YEAH.

SO WE CAN'T LOSE.

UM, SO LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING LEE.

UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, INTRODUCING HER TONIGHT.

GLAD TO HAVE HER AS PART OF OUR TEAM.

AND, UM, AND NATALIE, WANNA THANK YOU FOR COMING AND MAKING YOUR COMMENTS TONIGHT.

UH, I I WISH EVERYONE RESEARCHED THEIR COMMENTS AS, UH, AS MUCH AS YOU DID.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY WELL THOUGHT THROUGH AND VERY WELL SAID.

AND, UM, I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS.

I I KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, LOBBYING IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS AND I THINK WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT HERE AS WE GET INTO THAT PARTICULAR ITEM, UH, ON THE AGENDA.

BUT, UH, I, I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU FEEL, BUT, UM, BUT ALSO I UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LOBBYIST.

SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR, FOR COMING TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF IT, MAYOR.

VERY GOOD.

COMMISSIONER DUNN.

UNIQUE PROPOSAL AND IT DOES SHORTEN, SHORTEN THE CORRAL, AS THEY CALLED IT, WHERE THE CARS ARE WAITING, BUT PUTS MORE PUMPS THERE.

UH, THE HISTORIC BOARD, THANKFULLY THE LAST WEEK, AND FOR TWO MORE WEEKS, HAVE NO PROJECTS FINALLY SCHEDULED FOR A SHORT PERIOD THIS YEAR.

WE WILL NOT MEET UNTIL THE THIRD FRIDAY IN JULY AT NINE 30 IN THIS BUILDING.

EVERYBODY'S WELCOME TO COME.

I'M GLAD EVERYBODY HAD A SAFE, HAPPY 4TH OF JULY AS HOT AS IT WAS.

BUT, UH, ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR BRENTWOOD.

AND IT TAKES, TAKES A VILLAGE TO PUT ON A CONCERT AND A FIREWORKS DISPLAY.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

UH, I THOUGHT OF YOU WHEN I WAS SITTING IN MY AIR CONDITIONING HOME THAT MORNING AT 10 O'CLOCK KNOWING WHAT YOU ALL WERE DOING OUT THERE.

SO IT WAS REALLY A GOOD JOB.

AND YOU ARE APPRECIATED SO MUCH.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION MET JULY 1ST.

UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS PASSED WAS A REMODEL OF THE GAS PUMPS AT COSTCO.

THEY'RE GONNA ADD SOME MORE PUMPS.

IT'S A

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SO INSTEAD OF JUST WAITING FOR NOTHING, YOU'RE ACTUALLY GONNA GET IT A PUMP.

UH, IT'S QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION AND, UH, BOTH OUR ENGINEERS AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERS SAID IT WAS GONNA WORK.

SO I'LL LET YOU KNOW.

IT IS PROBABLY GONNA BE SPRINGTIME BEFORE THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING FROM NOVEMBER TILL JANUARY 'CAUSE THEY'RE SO BUSY WITH CHRISTMAS AND OTHER THINGS.

BUT YOU DO HAVE THAT COMING.

UM, IT'S, IT'S GREAT AFTER A GREAT EVENT LIKE, UH, RED, WHITE AND BOOM.

UH, YOUR EMAIL BOX IS NOT FULL OF QUESTIONS OR, OR COMPLAINTS.

IT'S FULL OF PRAISES FOR ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT WENT ON.

AND PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT EMAILS THAT I RECEIVED, HOW GREAT A QUALITY IT WAS.

THE BAND WAS TREMENDOUS.

THE FIREWORKS WERE JUST WONDERFUL.

SO A, A BIG, UH, THANKS AGAIN.

JUST LIKE THE OTHERS SAID, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT, BRENTWOOD FIRE AND RESCUE, THE CITY STAFF, AND ESPECIALLY CHARLES BOOTH AND KEISHA GOODING.

REALLY GOOD JOBS ON THAT.

APPRECIATE IT.

UM, NATALIE, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND YOUR, UH, YOUR THOUGHTS.

UH, I TOO THOUGHT, I'M GLAD YOU RESEARCHED THIS .

UM, IT'S FRUSTRATING SOMETIMES TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON IN BRENTWOOD.

AND I, I COMMEND YOU FOR, FOR HAVING THE FORETHOUGHT TO LOOK THIS UP AND BE INTERESTED.

I'LL SAVE COMMENTS ABOUT THE LOBBYIST UNTIL WE GET TO THAT SECTION, BUT THANK YOU FOR HAVING AN INTEREST.

OKAY.

UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, I HAD RUNNING AROUND TO DO THIS MORNING.

AND SO I WAS DOWN IN THE COSTCO HOME DEPOT, UH, MCDONALD'S AREA OF COOL SPRINGS.

AND, UM, HAPPENED TO WATCH OUR BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THERE WAS A SILVER TAHOE THAT WAS WORKING HARD AND, AND, UH, PULLING PEOPLE OVER DOWN THERE.

ONE POINT I WAS STOPPED OVER ON THE SIDE AND I HAD A PERFECT VIEW OF THE OFFICER WHO GOT OUT.

I WANNA TELL YOU THAT OFFICER WAS SO PROFESSIONAL.

SO VERY PROFESSIONAL.

BUT ALSO WHEN THAT OFFICER GETS OUT, YOU SEE THE HAND GO BACK THERE.

'CAUSE HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE'S WALKING UP TO.

AND YOU THINK ABOUT THAT WENT UP THERE, THE WINDOW ROLLED DOWN, HE COULD TELL EVERYTHING WAS ALL RIGHT.

YOU COULD SEE THE CONVERSATION GOING.

THE WHOLE THING WAS SO PROFESSIONAL.

RICHARD, YOU SHOULD BE SO PROUD OF YOUR PEOPLE OUT THERE.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT WAS AMAZING.

IT NEEDED TO BE DONE AND IT GOT DONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

GOOD.

UH, MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO PULL, UH, FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER TWO.

UM, MY COMMENTS WILL BE SHORT.

I'M BLESSED AGAIN TODAY, AS ALWAYS.

UH, BUT, UM, I'M NOT GONNA REPEAT EVERYTHING, BUT, UM, GLAD EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT INDEPENDENCE DAY.

UM, THANKS SO MUCH, UH, TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS, POLICE AND FIRE FOR GIVING UP, UH, THEIR HOLIDAY ALONG WITH, UH, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN CHARLES, YOU AND, UH, AND KEISHA, UM, DID A GREAT JOB IN TERMS OF MAKING IT ALL HAPPEN.

UM, BUT BIGGEST THANK GO THANKS GOES OUT TO THE TAXPAYERS OF, UH, OF BRENTWOOD, UH, THAT MADE IT ALL POSSIBLE.

UH, I TALKED TO SEVERAL, UH, FOLKS.

UM, SOME OF MY NEWS, SOME I DIDN'T.

UM, THERE WERE A LOT OF FOLKS, UH, IN FROM OUT OF TOWN.

UM, THERE WERE FOLKS FROM LEWISBURG, UH, COLUMBIA, UH, AND OTHER, UH, PLACES, UH, OUTSIDE OF BRENTWOOD.

AND THEY TALKED ABOUT WHAT A GREAT, UM, JOB, UM, BRENTWOOD DOES AND PUTTING IT ON AND HOW THEY COME EVERY YEAR.

AND, UH, I'M LIKE, HMM, INTERESTING.

UM, I'D RATHER HAVE MORE BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS HERE AND LESS OUT OF TOWNERS.

BUT, UH, UH, I'M GLAD IT WAS BUSY AND EVERYBODY HAD A GOOD TIME.

BUT, UH, IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR, UH, THOSE FOLKS FROM OUT OF TOWN, UH, TO THANK THE BRENTWOOD TAXPAYERS, UH, FOR, UH, PUTTING IT ON.

SO, UM, ALL THAT'S TO SAY IS, UM, THAT'S IT FOR, UH, COMMENTS.

UM, I WAS GOING TO,

[ Consent Agenda]

UH, BUT COMMISSIONER DUNN WENT AHEAD AND, UH, AND DID THAT.

AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO IN A MINUTE, NATALIE.

SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UH, ITEMS THAT, UH, COMMISSION WANNA PULL FROM, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.

ITEM NUMBER TWO HAS BEEN PULLED.

SO ONTO THE CONSENT AGENDA, RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 45 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT WITH MAJORS CONSTRUCTION, LLC CONTRACTORS FOR THE PAVILION CONSTRUCTION AT CROCKETT PARK FOR ADOPTION.

ITEM NUMBER THREE, RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 74 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH SPATCO ENERGY SOLUTIONS FOR UNDERGROUND FUEL TANK REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION AT THE SERVICE CENTER FOR ADOPTION ITEM, FORMER ITEM NUMBER FOUR, NOW THREE RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 75 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT WITH STREET SCAN INC.

FOR PAVEMENT CONDITION RANKING SERVICES FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 78 RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH CENTRAL SQUARE FOR POLICE RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, UPGRADE FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 79 RESOLUTION.

ENDORSING

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AN APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDING FROM THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR MULTIMODAL, UH, ACCESS RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 80 RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZING APPROVAL OF JOINING THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN AMENDING THE TENNESSEE STATE SUBDIVISION OPIOID ABATEMENT AGREEMENT AND APPROVAL AND APPROVING THE RELATED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 81 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH GRANTAS FOR WEBSITE REF REFRESH SERVICES FOR ADOPTION APPROVAL TO PURCHASE MOTOROLA MAINTENANCE FOR THE RADIO SYSTEM.

AND FORMER ITEM NUMBER 10, NOW NINE APPROVAL TO PURCHASE TWO PICKUP TRUCKS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT.

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

AND I'LL, UH, SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER SPEARS PRIMARY MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDAS READ, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

2024 DASH 73 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH WINDROW PHILLIPS GROUP FOR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS SERVICES FOR ADOPTION.

IS THERE ANY OTHER OLD BUSINESS BEFORE THIS COMMISSION THIS EVENING? HEARING NONE.

WE'LL MOVE TO NEW BUSINESS AND WE WILL START WITH THE ITEM NUMBER TWO THAT'S BEEN PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

RESOLUTION

[2. Resolution 2024-73 - A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH WINDROW PHILLIPS GROUP FOR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS SERVICES, for adoption]

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

SECOND PRIMARY MOTION BY VICE MAYOR TRAVIS.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DUNN KIRK.

UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.

UH, THIS IS A RENEWAL OF OUR REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT WITH WINDROW PHILLIPS.

UH, WE'VE BEEN USING THEM, I WANNA SAY ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN YEARS.

WE STARTED 17, UM, WITH THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ISSUE WHEN THAT WAS GOING ON.

AND SO WE, UM, WE ENGAGED THEM TO REPRESENT US AND HELP US, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WHENEVER THE SHORT TERM RENTAL BILL DID PASS THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THAT OUR EXISTING PROHIBITION WAS STILL, UH, PROTECTED UNDER THAT LAW.

SO THAT WAS THE ISSUE THAT GOT US TO DO OUR OWN REPRESENTATION.

SINCE THEN, UH, WE'VE USED THEM TO CHANGE, UH, THE COUPLE CHANGES TO OUR CHARTER WE DID A COUPLE YEARS AGO RELATIVE TO THE SPECIAL ELECTION AND THE, UH, AND THE, UM, BIDDING AMOUNTS FOR CONTRACT OR CITY MANAGER CONTRACT SIGNATURE AUTHORITY.

UH, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, MOST OF WHAT WE DO AND, AND, UH, WHEN I SAY WE THERE, I'M TALKING COLLECTIVELY AS CITIES ACROSS THE STATE, WHETHER IT'S, UH, WITH OUR MUNICIPAL LEAGUE OR WHATEVER IS WE, UH, WE END UP PLAYING DEFENSE.

UH, AND MOSTLY IT'S RELATED TO STATE EFFORTS AT PREEMPTION OF CITY AUTHORITY THAT EXISTS TODAY.

AND, AND AS I MENTIONED, THE THE BILL IN QUESTION, UM, WOULD'VE FORCED ALL CITIES TO ALLOW BACKYARD CHICKENS AND RABBITS.

UM, AND AGAIN, OUR VIEW ON ANY PREEMPTION BILL IS, IS IF YOU AS A BOARD HAVE THAT AUTHORITY TODAY, THEN THAT'S YOUR DISCRETION.

THAT'S WHERE WE BELIEVE IT.

THE POWER SHOULD LIE AS OPPOSED TO THE STATE TELLING YOU, YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

AND SO MOST OF WHAT WE DO AND LOBBY AGAINST OUR PREEMPTION TYPE EFFORTS, LOTS OF WHICH ARE RELATED TO LAND USE, UH, THIS WOULD'VE BEEN CONSIDERED A LAND USE BILL.

UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL EFFORTS.

THERE WAS A BILL THIS YEAR RELATED TO, UM, UNDER THE GUISE OF, UH, HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A BILL THIS YEAR THAT WOULD'VE REQUIRED US TO PICK, WELL, I THINK IT WAS PICK FIVE OUT OF 10 HOUSING POLICIES.

AND YOU HAVE TO ADOPT THOSE, OTHERWISE YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY STATE FUNDING.

SO THOSE ARE GONNA, THE KIND OF THINGS WE CONTINUE TO SEE COMING FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

AND THEY'RE HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU.

UM, SO THAT'S THE REASON WE BELIEVE THAT WE, WE ENGAGE A LOBBYISTS FOR, UM, DOES EVERYTHING THAT THEY ARE LOBBYING FOR ON OUR BEHALF.

DO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR RESIDENTS AGREE WITH THAT? I WILL SAY NO, THEY DON'T.

TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU, THERE WERE SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO WOULD FAVOR SHORT-TERM RENTALS TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU.

UM, BUT AS A MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION THAT WE THINK IS REPRESENTED BY YOU AS THE BOARD, UH, WE TAKE THAT DIRECTION FROM YOU.

SO I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS OR, OR HOW WE COMMUNICATE THINGS TO THEM AND VICE VERSA IF YOU HAVE.

BUT, UH, AGAIN, IT'S A RENEWAL, SAME PRICE AS WE'VE HAD THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

I'LL JUST ADD AT THE BRIEFING ON THURSDAY, I DID ASK 'CAUSE IT'S, WE'RE KIND OF A CONSORTIUM WITH THESE OTHER CITIES AND MY CONCERN WAS, UM, WHAT IF WE AS BRIT WOOD RESIDENTS, 'CAUSE WE REPRESENT YOU, HAVE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FROM ANOTHER CITY THAT'S IN THE CONSORTIUM.

AND SO, UM, KRISTEN SAID THEY WOULD GO AHEAD.

I'LL, I'LL LET YOU EXPLAIN.

SURE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, IF IT WERE SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD HANDLE FOR EACH CITY, THEN CERTAINLY THEY WOULD DO THAT.

AND SOMETIMES WE'RE ABLE TO TELL THEM HOW IT WOULD BENEFIT US AND THE OTHER CITY CAN SAY HOW IT WOULD BENEFIT THEM, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO CONVEY THAT TO THE LEGISLATORS.

BUT IF IT WERE SOMETHING THAT THEY

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HAD SOME KIND OF A CONFLICT, OBVIOUSLY THEY WOULD BACK OUT AND LET US KNOW SO THAT WE COULD HANDLE IT APPROPRIATELY AND, UM, DO DO OUR OWN EFFORTS, UM, AS NEEDED.

YEAH, AND I GUESS I WOULD ADD ON THAT, UH, 'CAUSE PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WHY DO YOU NEED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE CAN'T YOU CALL YOUR LEG? AND, AND YEAH.

IF IT WAS JUST WORRYING ABOUT GETTING A HOLD AND COMMUNICATING TO OUR OWN LEGISLATORS, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S EASY.

WE, THEY'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF US.

WE MEET WITH THEM ALL THE TIME.

YOU ALL DO TOO.

IT'S, IT'S GOING BEYOND THAT AND ACROSS THE STATE WHEN YOU NEED TO BUILD A COALITION OF, UM, LEGISLATORS FROM DIFFERENT DISTRICTS TO TRY TO OPPOSE A BILL WHERE OUR LOBBYISTS WORKING WITH THESE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE ACROSS THE STATE HELPS US HAVE THAT CONSORTIUM.

AND AGAIN, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE TENNESSEE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, BUT THE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE REPRESENTS ALL 345 CITIES IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.

AND THEY WILL OFTEN HAVE CONFLICTS.

YEAH.

UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE BIG FOUR IN NASHVILLE AND MEMPHIS AND THE OTHERS.

SOMETIMES THERE'S JUST ISSUES THEY JUST HAVE TO STAY NEUTRAL ON.

AND THEREFORE IT FALLS TO THE, UH, CITIES INDIVIDUALLY TO TAKE THAT EFFORT ON.

AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S A LITTLE EASIER WHEN WE'VE GOT 11 OF US WHO ARE SIMILAR SIZED CITIES AND, AND, AND SIMILAR, UH, UH, SUBURBAN AREAS, UH, TO HELP THAT MESSAGE GET ACROSS THE STATE.

YES, MA'AM.

UH, WHEN WE FIRST GOT INVOLVED WITH LOBBYISTS, I WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE ALL WORRIED ABOUT THE INFLUENCE OF LOBBYISTS OVER REGULAR PEOPLE.

IT SEEMS LIKE THE LOBBYISTS HAVE THE SAY AND REGULAR PEOPLE DIDN'T, ESPECIALLY IN WASHINGTON.

BUT WHAT I FOUND WAS THAT WE, THEY HAVE THEIR EAR TO THE GROUND AND THAT KEEPS US INFORMED OF THINGS WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHILE WE HAVE TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD TO THEM.

AND OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES HAVE USUALLY BEEN, MOST OF THE TIME RESPONSIVE IF WE CONTACT THEM AND SAY, WE REALLY NEED YOU TO DO SUCH AND SUCH ON BEHALF OF BRENTWOOD, BUT THEY CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE.

AND THE LOBBYISTS DO FILL IN THOSE GAPS THERE.

AS KIRK SAID, THEY CAN SPEAK TO, UH, LEGISLATORS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE.

AND HE USED THE WORD SHORT TERM RENTALS.

AIRBNB IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN CASE ANYBODY'S CONFUSED.

THAT'S THE REASON WE DO NOT HAVE AIRBNBS IN BRENTWOOD BECAUSE THE CITY COMMISSION FOUGHT IT TOOTH AND NAIL.

CHARLES SERGEANT HELPED US SO MUCH.

JACK JOHNSON DID.

AND OUR LOBBYIST, WE GOT, WE WERE ABLE TO OPT OUT BECAUSE WE HAD IT ALREADY EXCLUDED FROM OUR CITY.

NOW THEY COULD HAVE COME BACK AND SAID, SORRY, THAT LAW'S DEAD.

THAT DOESN'T APPLY.

YOU'VE GOT TO FOLLOW THE STATE LAW.

BUT THEY LET US OPT OUT.

THAT'S THE ONLY REASON TODAY WE DO NOT HAVE AIRBNBS.

SO I THINK THAT JUST KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE INFORMATION IS HALF THE SECRET OF GETTING ANYTHING DONE, KNOWING WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH.

AND I THINK THEY'VE SERVED US WELL.

AND I'VE NEVER FELT THAT THEY, UM, UH, UNLESS I'VE BEEN MISTAKEN, AND I DON'T THINK SO, I DON'T THINK THEY'VE ADVOCATED ANY POSITIONS THAT THE CITY COMMISSION HASN'T ADVOCATED.

UH, WE'RE NOT, UH, FIGHTING EACH OTHER.

THEY'RE NOT OUT ADVOCATING FOR SOMETHING THEY WANT, THAT WE DO NOT STAND FOR.

SO, UM, I I'M COMFORTABLE WITH HAVING THEM AND FEEL LIKE THEY'VE DONE A GOOD SERVICE FOR US.

AND, AND AGAIN, THE, YOU KNOW, CHRISTIAN AND I ARE IN, IF NOT DAILY, CERTAINLY WEEKLY CONTACT WITH THEM DURING THE SESSION.

AND, UH, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT COMES UP THAT I, WE BELIEVE THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT WHERE YOU AS A COMMISSION WOULD STAND ON THAT ISSUE, WE OBVIOUSLY WOULD BRING THAT TO YOU.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, I THINK WE ALL HAVE A GOOD FEEL OF WHAT WE WOULD SUPPORT OR, OR OPPOSE, UH, TO COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN'S POINT, I DO WANT TO ADD, JUST FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY, THIS LOBBYING FIRM DOES REPRESENT OTHER PRIVATE CLIENTS TO DATE HAVE NEVER REALLY HAD AN ISSUE BETWEEN THAT ONE OF THEIR CLIENTS AND THE CITIES.

BUT THE SAME SITUATION WOULD APPLY IF ONE OF THEIR PRIVATE CLIENTS WAS ADVOCATING FOR SOMETHING, WE WOULD GET TOGETHER TO SEE IF THERE'S A, A MUTUAL YEAH.

WE CAN AGREE TO THIS.

AND IF THEY COULDN'T, THEN THEY WOULD BACK OUT OF THAT ALSO.

WELL, WE HAD A PLANNING COMMISSIONER ONCE WHO HAD TO STEP DOWN BECAUSE HE REPRESENTED SO MANY CLIENTS.

HE WAS IN A BIG FIRM, BIG LAW FIRM.

YEAH.

HE COULDN'T VOTE ON ANYTHING.

HE HAD TO, YOU KNOW, DECLARE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

HE'S NOW A FEDERAL JUDGE IN THE STATE.

SO HE WAS QUITE A GOOD ATTORNEY.

BUT HE WAS, HE DID EXCUSE HIMSELF, REUSE HIMSELF, AND IT WAS SO FREQUENT HE WAS NOT HELPING US AT ALL.

SO, UH, HE, HE STEPPED DOWN VOLUNTARILY.

SO VICE MAYOR TRAVIS? YES.

UM, I WAS A RELATIVELY NEW COMMISSIONER WHEN THE CONTROVERSY CAME UP ABOUT THE SHORT TERM RENTALS.

AND, UM, I REMEMBER THERE WAS A HOUSE IN CARRON DELE

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SUBDIVISION THAT HAD BEEN CONVERTED TO LIKE SIX OR EIGHT BEDROOMS AND, UH, THEY HAD A POOL OUT BACK AND THERE WERE LIMOS COMING EVERY NIGHT INTO THERON DELAY SUBDIVISION HAULING PEOPLE IN AND OUT AND HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT FOR BRENTWOOD.

THIS WAS THE SAME TIME THAT THIS WAS COMING ABOUT BY THE STATE.

I WROTE THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE SEVERAL TIMES THAT SPONSORED THAT BILL NEVER TO GET A RESPONSE.

AND THAT, THAT PERSON LIVES NOWHERE NEAR NASHVILLE.

THEY LIVE IN A VERY SMALL COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK FOR SOMEBODY TO DICTATE THAT TO A CITY JUST DIDN'T, DIDN'T.

RIGHT.

THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK THAT OUR GROUP CAN HELP US WITH, THERE'S BEEN AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION SHARED WITH US ABOUT PEOPLE TRYING TO CHANGE OUR ZONING LAWS THERE.

OUR ZONING LAWS.

THEY SHOULD BE CONTROLLED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, BY THE CITY COMMISSION.

AND I DO THINK THAT THIS WINDROW PHILLIPS REALLY HELPS US WITH THAT.

SO I'M TOTALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.

COMMISSIONER ANDREWS, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND LIKE I SAID, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR WELL THOUGHT THROUGH COMMENTS, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING YOU'RE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT.

BUT HAVING A LOBBYING FIRM THAT'S UP THERE AS KIRK AND MANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS MENTIONED, KEEPING TRACK OF THE ISSUES IS A LOT OF TIME.

IT SEEMS LIKE WHAT WE'VE RUN INTO AS THEY'VE OBSERVED IS, IS LOSING CONTROL AS A CITY WHERE WE COULDN'T BE RESPONSIVE TO WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING TO US IF WE WANTED TO BE, BECAUSE THEY'VE MADE SOME SORT OF DECISION.

AND IN THIS CASE, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE HEADED THE DIRECTION YOU WANTED 'EM TO, BUT SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT.

AND SOMETIMES WHEN THEY PAINT THE WHOLE STATE WITH ONE BRUSH OR THE WHOLE NATION WITH ONE BRUSH, IT ACTUALLY SEPARATES PEOPLE FROM THEIR, THEIR GOVERNANCE RATHER THAN BRINGS THEM CLOSER TO IT.

AND I THINK HAVING, HAVING A SEAT AT THE TABLE BEING REPRESENTED BY A FIRM LIKE THIS, THIS I THINK IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT GIVES US OPTIONS AS OPPOSED TO IF WE DON'T HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE OR IF WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO IT HAPHAZARDLY, WE PROBABLY END UP WITH MORE OBLIGATIONS THAN OPTIONS.

UM, SO THIS AT LEAST GIVES US THE CHANCE AS A COMMISSION TO WEIGH IN ON IT.

AND, UM, I DON'T REMEMBER ALL THE EXACT CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT WOULD'VE ALLOWED BILLBOARDS TO COME ONTO FRANKLIN ROAD.

UM, AND OTHER AREAS ON STATE ROUTES INSIDE BRENTWOOD, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING WE CURRENTLY LIKE, BUT WOULD'VE TAKEN THAT LOCAL CONTROL OF THE SIGNAGE AWAY FROM US.

BUT BECAUSE WE GOT THE HEADS UP, UM, THROUGH SOME DIFFERENT AVENUES, LIKE THEY'VE MENTIONED, I WAS ABLE TO GO TO ONE OF THE EVENTS THAT HAD SEVERAL OF OUR STATE LEGISLATURES AT IT, TALK TO 'EM ABOUT IT, AND REALLY HELP 'EM SEE IT FROM THE LOCAL LEVEL, NOT JUST ON THE STATE LEVEL.

AND, UM, THEY HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT THROUGH IT AT THAT TO THAT EXTENT.

BUT I DON'T THINK IF WE HADN'T HAD A, A SPOTTER OUT THERE KIND OF BIRD DOGGING THE ISSUES FOR US, WE WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN KNOWN IT.

THERE'S SO MUCH STUFF THAT COMES THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY UP THERE PAYING ATTENTION, IT IS REALLY HARD TO DIGEST AT ALL IN ADDITION TO OUR OWN WORK.

SO I THINK IT ACTUALLY HELPS MAKE OUR GOVERNANCE BETTER AT THE LOCAL AREA.

AND NOT WORSE.

BUT I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN.

I THINK YOU, YOU STATED IT VERY WELL.

BUT, BUT I'M IN FAVOR OF RENEWING THIS CONTRACT.

UH, SOMETIMES WE, IT HELPS TO QUANTIFY SOME OF THESE ISSUES.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND THE BILLS THEY PUT FORTH, OF COURSE, THEIR SESSION IS JANUARY TO THE END OF APRIL NORMALLY, AND THEY WORK ON IN THE REST OF THE YEAR TO PREPARE THEIR BILLS AND GET THEM READY.

AND THEN THEY HAD, THEY SUBMIT THEM.

SO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE STATE REPS, UM, CAN, THERE'S 100 OF THOSE PEOPLE AND THEY ARE ALLOWED TO, UM, PUT FORTH 15 BILLS EACH.

SO THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT.

SO THAT'S 1500 POTENTIAL BILLS JUST FROM THE HOUSE SIDE.

AND SENATORS HAVE UNLIMITED ABILITY TO PUT FORTH BILLS.

SO THERE CAN BE THOUSANDS OF BILLS THAT ARE UP FOR ONE SESSION THAT TAKES FOUR MONTHS TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT PROCESS.

THEN EACH, UM, ITEM GETS VOTED ON, IT GOES TO COMMITTEE, IT GETS DEBATED, AND THEN IT FINALLY CAN MAKE IT TO THE FLOOR.

SO THERE'S THIS HUGE PROCESS THAT HAPPENS, BUT AS IT GOES THROUGH, IT SPEEDS UP.

AND I THINK, UM, CITY MANAGER BEDNAR, UM, ALLUDED TO THAT EARLIER.

AT THE VERY END, IT SPEEDS UP VERY RAPIDLY AND THINGS CHANGE IN A VERY FAST PACED WAY.

SO SOMETIMES IT'S HARD FOR US TO KEEP UP.

UM, I, I GOT ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND I JUST SAID, I'M SORRY, BUT I DON'T HAVE A SOURCE THAT CAN KEEP UP WITH THAT INFORMATION AS THE RAPID'S CHANGING.

SO I'M WAITING TILL IT'S DONE AND THEN I'LL LET YOU KNOW MY THOUGHTS ON THAT.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

AND IT PROBABLY WOULD TAKE A, A CITY EMPLOYEE, A FULL-TIME CITY EMPLOYEE FROM JANUARY, WELL, MAYBE EVEN LONGER, TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THAT.

AND THE RAPID CHANGING, WE JUST DON'T SEE THE INVESTMENT THAT IT'S AN INVESTIBLE THING, UM, TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF PERSON.

BUT WE DO SEE THAT A LOBBYING FIRM HELPS US.

UM, I REALLY DO LIKE YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR INPUTS.

'CAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF IS TO ASK

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A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR PROCESSES.

AND SO, UM, TO ME IT MAKES SENSE TO FIND OUT WHAT, AND TO KNOW, AT LEAST ON A COMMISSIONER LEVEL WHAT OUR LOBBYING FIRM IS DOING.

AND, AND IT'S TRUE THAT WE DO GET REPORTS OCCASIONALLY IF THERE'S A HOT ITEM, BUT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THINGS THAT AREN'T HOT ITEMS. SO IT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT IF THE COMMISSION WERE THINKING ALONG THOSE LINES, THAT WE COULD GET AT LEAST SOME SORT OF REPORTING.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD WORK, BUT MAYBE WE COULD DISCUSS IT AND SEE WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE, UM, TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD GET AND THEN WE COULD SHARE THAT WITH THE RESIDENTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP SO ELOQUENTLY.

COMMISSIONER LITTLE, I'LL TRY NOT TO REPEAT WHAT THEY'VE SAID.

UM, YOUR POINTS WERE VERY GOOD.

UH, ANY CITIZEN CAN BE A LOBBYIST.

I'VE BEEN A LOBBYIST ON MANY THINGS SINCE I WAS 18 YEARS OLD.

UNPAID VOLUNTEER, WHATEVER THE ORG ORGANIZATION.

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A SERVICE ORGANIZATION, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A BUSINESS ORGANIZATION.

'CAUSE I'M A SMALL BUSINESS AND I'M A SMALL, SMALL BUSINESS.

AND SOMETIMES SMALL, SMALL BUSINESSES GET STEPPED ON BY BIG COMPANIES OR BIG ENTITIES OR GOVERNMENTS.

BUT A LOT OF TIMES THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW DETRIMENTAL IT IS.

UH, WE'VE GOT A GREAT EXAMPLE IN OUR STATE.

I'M GONNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR GOVERNOR.

THE FRANCHISE AND EXCISE TAX FOR BUSINESSES, PROBABLY FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES HAS NOT BEEN FAIRLY CALCULATED.

SO THE STATE REALIZED THAT, AND WHEN THEY DID, THEY'VE GONE BACK ABOUT FOUR YEARS, AND I'M GONNA GET A REFUND NOW.

I'M A SMALL BUSINESS, IT'S NOT GONNA BE A HUGE REFUND.

BUT THE PRINCIPLE OF THE MATTER THAT REALLY, THAT WAS NOT THEIR MONEY.

AND I DON'T MIND PAYING TAXES, OBVIOUSLY, I HELP ADJUDICATE IN A, IN A MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE TO HAVE TO ACCESS FOR POLICE OFFICERS, FOR ROADS, FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

BUT THE PROBLEM SOMETIMES AT THE STATE LEVEL IS THAT YOU HAVE VERY RURAL AREAS.

YOU HAVE VERY URBAN AREAS, AND THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS ON WHAT'S GOOD.

AND THE PROBLEM IS, IS SOMETIMES THEY WILL GET A COALITION OF LEGISLATORS TO SOLVE AN ISSUE THAT'S JUST IN ONE COUNTY.

OUR LIBRARY BOARD SITUATION, I WON'T BELABOR IT, IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT.

I DON'T WANT THE STATE GOVERNMENT, AND I DON'T WANT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TELLING ME WHAT BRENTWOOD SHOULD DO.

I WANT THE BRENTWOOD CITIZENS TO TELL ME WHAT WE SHOULD DO.

AND EVEN ON YOUR ISSUE, UM, I FEEL LIKE, AND, AND THIS IS ME SPEAKING AS MYSELF, NOT AS FOR THE COMMISSION ON YOUR ISSUE, YOU'VE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO REALLY EDUCATE THE PUBLIC FROM THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOTTEN ON PEOPLE, I'VE ASKED ABOUT THAT.

NOW, WHEN I WAS A CHILD, THERE WERE CHICKENS ALL OVER BRENTWOOD, BUT MOST OF 'EM WERE ON 50 ACRE OR 300 ACRE OR 500 ACRE TRACKS.

AND IT WAS A VERY RURAL COMMUNITY.

I FEEL LIKE NOW BECAUSE OF OUR SUBDIVISIONS AND IT'S NOT BIG TRACKS AND BIG FARMS, THAT THAT MAY BE A, A HARD, A HARD CLIMB.

UM, BUT TO ME, HAVING A LOBBYING ORGANIZATION WHO HAS MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS OF OUR SIZE AND OUR TYPE IN PLACE IS A GREAT SHIELD FOR ONE.

SOMETIMES WE GET INPUT.

NOW BECAUSE OF MY EXPERIENCE OF GOING TO THE CAPITOL WHEN YOU GET INTO THE LAST TWO OR THREE WEEKS OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BECAUSE TENNESSEE CONSTITUTION SAYS YOU ONLY HAVE SO MANY DAYS YOU CAN LEGISLATE IN ANY TWO YEAR CYCLE.

SO IF THEY USE A WHOLE A HUNDRED DAYS IN THE FIRST ONE, THEY HAVE A LOT FEWER IN THE SECOND ONE, OR VICE VERSA.

WHEN YOU GET TO THE LAST TWO OR THREE WEEKS, IT SOMETIMES GETS REALLY RAPID.

AND THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE FLOOR, SUDDENLY MAKE IT TO THE FLOOR.

AND THINGS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE FLOOR DON'T MAKE IT TO THE FLOOR.

AND SOMETIMES THE MOMENTUM IS SUCH, YOU CAN'T STOP IT, BUT YOU CAN ALLOT OF TIMES ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM FOR YOUR COMMUNITY BY MAKING AN AMENDMENT.

AND SO IF YOU HAVE VERY GOOD LEGISLATURES WHO YOU CAN DEPEND ON, AND THE LOBBYING GROUP I THINK DOES, BUT I THINK WE AS INDIVIDUALS, I AS A BRENTWOOD GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONER, HAVE CONTACTED MY LEGISLATORS BEFORE ON THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WERE VERY DETRIMENTAL TO THE CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

A LOT OF TIMES IF IT WAS PASSED, THEY CARVED OUT AN AMENDMENT TO WHERE COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS WERE NOT AFFECTED IF IT WAS A BILL THAT THE RURAL PEOPLE WANTED OR THE VERY LARGE URBAN CENTERS WANTED.

SO I WOULD FEEL LIKE THAT I WOULD BE DOING MY DUTY TO VOTE FOR THE S LOBBYING ORGANIZATION.

OF COURSE, I'VE

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ALSO GOT EXPERIENCE WITH THEM AND I READ ALL THE MATERIALS THEY SEND ME AND, AND I LOOK AT THE TENNESSEE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE MATERIALS AND SEE WHAT LEGISLATES, YOU KNOW, GOING ON, HOW'S IT GONNA AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY? SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD, WOULD FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS ORGANIZATION.

SO ANYBODY ELSE? NATALIE, THANK YOU FOR, UH, COMING OUT.

UM, YOU DID YOUR RESEARCH, UH, FOR SURE.

UM, YOU ASKED THE SAME QUESTION, UH, THAT I DID, UH, WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED.

I'M LIKE, WHY DOES A GOVERNMENT BODY NEED TO, UH, LOBBY ANOTHER GOVERNMENT BODY? UH, AND THE BIG ONE THAT STANDS OUT, UH, IS, UH, AIRBNB.

UM, BACK IN THE DAY, UH, BEFORE, UM, SHORT TERM RENTALS WERE PROHIBITED IN, UH, IN BRENTWOOD, THERE WERE, UH, PRETTY WILD PARTIES DURING WHAT USED TO BE COUNTRY MUSIC FEST, UM, IN PEOPLE'S NEIGHBORHOODS.

UH, THEY WOULD RENT 'EM OUT, UH, FOR A WEEK.

AND, UH, UM, THAT'S NOT WHAT, UH, THE RESIDENTS, UH, WANTED.

UH, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT SHORT TERM, UH, RENTAL BAN, UH, PUT IN PLACE.

UH, BUT THEN, UH, THERE'VE BEEN A COUPLE OF, UH, ATTEMPTS, UH, TO OVERTHROW THAT, UH, IN THE NAME OF, UH, PERSONAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.

UM, BUT, UM, ZONING HAS BEEN ABLE TO, UH, TO TRUMP THAT.

UM, BUT IF IT WASN'T FOR, UM, UH, THE LOBBYING FIRM, AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I ASKED THAT QUESTION INITIALLY, UH, BUT NOW SEE THE, UH, THE VALUE, UH, IN THERE.

UH, BUT, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR, UH, COMING OUT THIS EVENING.

ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS, UH, ON, UM, THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.

CALL FOR THE VOTE.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF, UH, RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 73.

PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

2024 DASH 76 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH GOVERNMENT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR CITY MANAGER EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT SERVICES FOR ADOPTION.

ALRIGHT, UM, ONTO, UM, OTHER NEW BUSINESS, UM, RESOLUTION

[1. Resolution 2024-76 - A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH GOVERNMENT PROFESSIONAL SOLUTIONS FOR CITY MANAGER EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT SERVICES, for adoption]

DO I HEAR A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE? SECOND PRIMARY MOTION BY VICE MAYOR TRAVIS.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ANDREWS, UH, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, WITH MY, UH, PENDING RETIREMENT EARLY IN 2025.

UH, YOU ALL HAVE THE, UH, TASK OF, UH, RECRUITING AND SELECTING A REPLACEMENT FOR THIS POSITION, WHICH IS THE, THE SOLE POSITION THAT YOU ALL APPOINT IN OUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT.

UM, THE OPTION TO USE AN EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM HAS, UH, UM, BEEN DECIDED.

WE SOLICITED PROPOSALS FROM THOSE FIRMS OR FIRMS THAT DO THAT WORK.

YOU HAD THREE FIRMS THAT SUBMITTED PROPOSALS, UH, AFTER STAFF'S REVIEW AND INPUT, AND THEN YOU'RE ALL'S INDIVIDUAL INPUT AND REVIEW AND DISCUSSION.

UH, IT APPEARED THAT THE CONSENSUS WAS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN AGREEMENT WITH GOVERNMENT PROFESSIONAL SOLUTIONS, UH, GPS FOR SHORT, UH, TO UNDERTAKE THOSE SERVICES.

UH, THEIR PROPOSAL HAS A CONTRACT FEE OF $24,500, WHICH IS INCLUSIVE OF THEIR TIME SERVICES AND TRAVEL.

UH, NOT RE NOT APPLICANT TRAVEL, BUT THEIR CONSULTANT TRAVEL.

UM, AS YOU ALL DISCUSSED, WE'RE ALSO, UH, RECOMMENDING A $5,000 CONTINGENCY TO BE AUTHORIZED SO THAT IF YOU WANT THEM TO DO SOME EXTRA SERVICES OR AN EXTRA MEETING FOR THEIR TRAVEL RELATED, WE WON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT FOR THAT.

UH, IF YOU APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, THEY ARE PREPARED TO, TO BEGIN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WITH SOME SURVEY AND COMMUNICATION WITH YOU.

THEY WILL BE AT YOUR JULY 18TH BRIEFING, UH, TO BEGIN TALKING ABOUT THE RECRUIT OR THE APPLICANT MATRIX AND, AND HOW TO JUDGE AND, AND, AND, UH, COMPARE APPLICATIONS TO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

UH, AND THE PROCESS WILL PROCEED FROM THERE.

I THINK THERE WAS A, A SCHEDULE OUT THERE.

UH, WE STILL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH SOME MEETING THINGS AND SOME FOLLOW UPS WITH SOME OF YOU WHO WON'T BE AT A COUPLE OF THOSE MEETINGS.

AND I HAVE TALKED TO THE CONSULTANT AND ABOUT THAT, AND WE WILL CERTAINLY WE'LL WORK THAT OUT.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, YOUR SELECTION OF A FIRM TO, TO HELP YOU ON A PROCESS.

SO, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT AT YOUR DIS AT YOUR, UH, DIRECTION.

I JUST, UH, I APOLOGIZE FOR HAVING MISSED THE BRIEFING.

LAST, UM, LAST WEEK.

I WAS ALREADY TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY LAST WEDNESDAY.

UM, APPRECIATE THE GOOD, THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION ABOUT THE DATES.

JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL, UM, THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED SCHEDULE, UH, WOULD'VE WORKED FINE FOR ME.

UM, AND JULY 18TH AND SEPTEMBER 19TH, STILL WORK FINE FOR ME, AND I APPRECIATE THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT MENTIONED THAT YOU WANTED MY INPUT ON THAT.

UM, UNFORTUNATELY IN OCTOBER, I THINK OCTOBER 3RD IS THE ONLY CONFLICT I HAVE IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.

SO IT'S LIKE ANY OTHER DAY BESIDES OCTOBER 3RD WOULD BE GREAT IF WE'RE ABLE TO FIND ONE.

I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO SCHEDULE AROUND SPRING BREAK THE WEEK AFTER, AND SO WE MOVED, OR FALL BREAK.

EXCUSE ME.

'CAUSE WE WANT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS TO BE THERE.

UH, FALL BREAK THE WEEK AFTER, WHICH I UNDERSTAND

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OF COURSE.

UM, AND SO WE MOVED IT FORWARD ONE WEEK, BUT IT FELT LIKE LISTENING TO THE DISCUSSION THAT THURSDAY WAS A, A LITTLE BIT ARBITRARY AND EVEN HAD A CONFLICT WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

SO LIKE ANY OTHER DAY THAT WEEK, IF, IF THAT COULD WORK, UM, IT'D CERTAINLY BE GOOD.

SO IF, IF, IF Y'ALL DIDN'T MIND CONSIDERING THAT AS WE SET THE SCHEDULE, OTHER COMMENTS, I I HAD A CONFLICT ON THE THIRD AS WELL, AND I CAN MOVE THAT, BUT I, I'VE, I'VE MOVED, I'VE MOVED MY CONFLICT, SO I'M, I'M GOOD.

I, I THOUGHT I HAD A CONFLICT.

NOW I'M HAPPY THAT I COME TO THIS MEETING.

WELL, AGAIN, I THINK THAT THE FINALIZING THAT SCHEDULE IS PROBABLY SOMETHING Y'ALL CAN DO WHEN BRETT IS HERE, THE CONSULTANT ON THE 18TH TO FINALIZE THAT.

BUT I APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER ANDREWS NOTIFYING THAT.

AND AGAIN, THAT EITHER WAY, THAT'S GONNA BE A SPECIAL MEETING.

SO YOU ALL JUST HAVE TO KIND OF SETTLE ON THAT DATE AND TIME, WHATEVER THAT IS THAT WEEK.

VERY GOOD HEARING, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 76, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AND FINAL ON THE, UH, UH, NEW BUSINESS AGENDA RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 77 RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY GROWTH PLAN, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY PLAN GROWTH COORDINATE OR THE WILLIAMSON PLAN, WILLIAMSON COUNTY GROWTH PLAN COORDINATING COMMITTEE.

[2. Resolution 2024-77 - A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY GROWTH PLAN AS RECOMMENDED BY THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY GROWTH PLAN COORDINATING COMMITTEE]

UH, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SAY THAT AGAIN, .

UH, SO WE'LL JUST, UH, UH, CALL THE RESOLUTION WHEN IT'S TIME TO VOTE.

UH, KIRK, UH, ACTUALLY, BOB BOB'S GOING TO KIND OF OVERVIEW THIS ITEM FOR YOU.

DO WE GET, WE NEED A MOTION? YEAH.

MOVE TO APPROVE AND I'LL SECOND.

CAN'T ANNEX OUTSIDE OF THEIR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES.

GOOD EVENING.

I'LL TRY TO SAY IT.

UM, THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY COORDINATING COMMITTEE DID MEET ON APRIL 30TH AND TO CONSIDER AN UPDATED GROWTH PLAN.

UH, THEY VOTED TO APPROVE THE AMENDED PLAN AND SEND THAT PLAN BACK TO THE MUNICIPALITIES FOR RATIFICATION.

UM, THE REASON THE PLAN WAS BEING CONSIDERED AGAIN, IS THAT THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE PLAN THAT YOU ALL CONSIDERED BACK IN FEBRUARY, UM, WAS NOT RATIFIED BY, BY ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE MAP, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME CHANGES WERE MADE IN THOMPSON'S STATION AND IN, UH, THE CITY OF SPRING HILL.

UM, IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT PLAN, THIS SHOWS KIND OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UH, THE NOVEMBER PLAN AND THE CURRENT PLAN.

SO THE LAST ONE WAS THE CURRENT ONE.

THIS IS NOVEMBER OF 2023, SO IT DID CHANGE SINCE THEN.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PLAN OR THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UM, AND THIS, THIS SHOWS THE CURRENT 2001 PLAN, UH, THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

AND SO THE PLAN HAS CHANGED, UH, IS BEING PROPOSED TO CHANGE SINCE THIS PLAN AS WELL.

AND, AND THEN THIS IS SORT OF A, A MORE CLOSEUP VIEW OF SPRING HILLS CHANGES FROM THE APRIL 30TH, UH, VOTE.

SO THE, THE MAJOR CHANGE IN THE SPRING HILL PLAN WAS THIS AREA WAS ADDED, THE AREA BETWEEN INTERSTATE 65 AND LEWISBURG PIKE.

UM, THAT WAS THE, UH, SORT OF ONE POINT OF DISCUSSION DURING THAT MEETING.

AND IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT, THIS JUST SHOWS SOME OF THE DETAILED CHANGES.

UH, THERE'S SMALLER CHANGES IN THOMPSON STATION.

AND THEN, UM, AT THAT MEETING, YOU CAN SEE I, I DIDN'T REALLY GET ANOTHER VERSION OF THE PLAN, BUT THIS WAS REMOVED AT THE APRIL 30TH MEETING, THIS LITTLE CORNER HERE.

UM, AND THEN THOMPSON STATION REMOVED SEVERAL PARCELS.

AND I THINK THAT THAT ALLEVIATED SOME OF THE DISCUSSION THAT HAD BEEN OCCURRING OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS IN THE THOMPSON STATION AREA.

UM, I WILL EVEN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THERE MIGHT BE, UM, ONE FOR THOMPSON STATION THAT KIND OF SHOWS, UH, THEIR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES.

SO THE, THE ONLY CHANGES THAT OCCURRED AT THE APRIL 30TH MEETING WERE IN THOSE TWO MUNICIPALITIES.

THE PLAN FOR BRENTWOOD REMAINS THE SAME.

YOU ALL, UH, VOTED ON THAT AND MADE A RECOMMENDATION ON THAT ABOUT A YEAR AGO IN JULY OF 2023.

UM, THIS RESOLUTION ALSO INCLUDES, UH, THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AMONG ALL THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES.

AND I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS OF THAT, BUT THE, THE KEY, UH, POINTS OF THAT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IS THAT, UH, EACH MUNICIPALITY, UM, MUST RATIFY THE PLAN.

UM, I MEAN THAT THE, THE, EACH MUNICIPALITY HAS TO RATIFY THIS PLAN, BUT IT INCLUDES THAT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.

AND THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, UH, REQUIRES UPDATES TO THIS PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS.

AS YOU SAW, THIS PLAN HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS.

SO AS PART OF THAT AGREEMENT, IT WILL, IT WILL BE LOOKED AT MORE FREQUENTLY GOING FORWARD.

AND, UH, IT ALSO OUTLINES THAT, UM, MUNICIPALITIES

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SO ONCE THESE ARE ADOPTED, THEY CAN'T, UH, DO THAT UNLESS THERE'S, UH, AN EX UH, AN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE THAT, UH, WOULD REQUIRE THAT TO HAPPEN.

AND THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE.

AND THAT EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE IS GENERALLY GOING TO BE IF IT'S COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S PROPOSED, AND NOT JUST RESIDENTIAL ANNEXATIONS.

UM, I THINK UNLESS IT'S, UH, AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY THAT'S ALREADY BUILT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, THEN WE CAN ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS OF STAFF.

WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ALREADY? I BELIEVE THAT'S RIGHT.

I THINK WE ARE THE LAST TO RATIFY THIS.

I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT.

I I'M GONNA VOTE FOR THIS OF COURSE, BUT TO A GROWTH PLAN SEEMS TO PROJECT IN THE FUTURE, TO ME EVERY FIVE YEARS DOESN'T SEEM VERY FUTURISTIC.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF I WERE PLANNING A COMMUNITY, I'D WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE ASSURANCE BEYOND FIVE YEARS THAT WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT WAS GONNA BE A REAL BOUNDARY.

THAT'S JUST MY COMMENT ON THAT.

I WOULD'VE SAID 10 YEARS OR SOMETHING.

BUT, UH, APPARENTLY THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTERNATION ABOUT SOME BOUNDARIES AND PEOPLE WANNA HAVE SOME REASSURANCES.

SO I WILL VOTE FOR THIS KNOWING, THINKING THEY KNOW WHAT THEY WANT, BUT I, I JUST THINK THAT'S VERY SHORTSIGHTED.

UH, COMMISSIONER ANDREWS, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, LIKE THE, UM, LIKE ABOUT THE, UM, THE SEARCH PROCESS, UM, WITH THIS ISSUE, I REALLY APPRECIATED THE THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATION AS I WENT BACK AND WATCHED THE BRIEFING LAST WEEK.

THAT HELPED OUT A LOT.

UM, JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE OBSERVATION.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE RECOGNIZE IT WITH THIS.

AND I, I THINK, MARY, YOU WERE THE ONE THAT SAID THAT, WELL, THIS MAY NOT BE THE BEST PLAN.

IT'S CERTAINLY BETTER THAN THE FIRST ONE WE LOOKED AT, AND THAT SOMETIMES WE NEED TO TAKE OUR MEDICINE AND MOVE ON, UM, WITH SOMETHING THAT'S WHICH, WHICH IS ADEQUATE AND GETS THE JOB DONE.

AND I AGREE WITH WHAT Y'ALL WERE LOOKING AT.

THIS DOES TAKE CARE OF THE INTERESTS OF BRENTWOOD FOR SURE.

BUT ALSO SOMETHING I THINK Y'ALL TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T TALKED AS MUCH ABOUT TONIGHT, IS THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TIED TO THIS IN THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE DIDN'T PASS THIS TONIGHT AND WE DID SEND IT TO AN ARBITRATOR, THEN WE WOULD LOSE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, SETTING THE PROCESS FOR WORKING THROUGH DISPUTES AND THE AGREEMENT FOR HOW THIS IS ENFORCED, WHERE IF WE PASSED THIS TONIGHT, UH, WE'D BE THE LAST MUNICIPALITY TO DO IT.

AND WE'D LET WILLIAMSON COUNTY, YOU KNOW, IN ALL THE COMMUNITIES WITHIN IT, INCLUDING BRENTWOOD, SET THEIR OWN DIRECTION, INCLUDING THE INTERLOCAL FRAMEWORK FOR SOLVING DISPUTES IF THEY COME UP.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, I THOUGHT YOUR COMMENT WAS EXCELLENT, AND I, I WILL SUPPORT THIS.

THANKS, MAYOR TRAVIS.

UH, YES, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE ON THIS, AND IT WAS PROBABLY MORE MEETINGS THAN YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA HAVE TO ATTEND A LITTLE LONGER THAN YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA HAVE TO ATTEND.

BUT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT COMES OUT THAT HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY APPROVED BY EVERY OTHER CITY, IT'S NOT PERFECT, AS MANY HAVE SAID, BUT I THINK IT'S AS PERFECT AS YOU CAN GET WHEN YOU HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTING IT.

SO, NUMBER ONE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND I WILL SUPPORT THIS.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK YOU AND KRISTEN, KORN AND BOB FOR ALL THAT YOU DID TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS AND WORK FOR THE REPRESENTED AND TO REPRESENT PEOPLE OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

UM, AS I MENTIONED AT A PREVIOUS MEETING, I THINK WHEN WE APPROVED THE FIRST VERSION OF THIS EARLIER IN THE YEAR, UM, I HAD PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME WHO LIVE IN THE AREAS THAT DID NOT WANT TO BE, UM, ADDED TO THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.

AND THOSE VOICES WERE HEARD, AND I THINK A LOT BECAUSE OF THE REPRESENTATION THAT THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD BROUGHT TO THOSE PEOPLE.

SO, AGAIN, IT'S NOT MAYBE PERFECT, BUT IT IS A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.

UM, KRISTEN AND BOB, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR, UH, HELPING ME NAVIGATE, UH, NEW WATERS.

UH, FOR SURE.

UM, THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE, UH, YOU COME OUT, UH, AND IT'S NOT WHAT, UM, YOU HAD ENVISIONED AND NOT WHAT YOU WANTED, UH, COMPLETELY.

HOWEVER, WE CAME OUT WITH SOMETHING THAT WAS, UH, I BELIEVE A WHOLE LOT BETTER.

UM, UH, ONE FOR, UM, THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE, UH, I BELIEVE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED, UH, BY DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES, UM, WHERE THEY COULDN'T EVEN VOTE, UH, FOR, UH, THOSE MUNICIPALITIES.

CITY OF BRENTWOOD HAS A LONGSTANDING, UM, YOU KNOW, CALL IT, UH, HONOR, WHERE WE DON'T ANNEX, UH, OR BRING PEOPLE INTO THE UGB UNLESS THEY WANT TO BE IN THE UGB AND WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.

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WELL, BOTH OF THOSE THINGS, IN MY OPINION, UM, YOU KNOW, WERE NOT, UH, IN LINE WITH, UM, WHAT SOME OF THESE, UH, RESIDENTS, UH, HAD PUSHED, UH, ON THEM.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING, UH, IS THE WAY DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES BUILD OUT, UH, AND WHO AM I TO SAY WHAT, UM, ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY OR WE, WHAT ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY DOES.

HOWEVER, WHAT I'LL TELL YOU IS CAPITAL IS SCARCE.

UH, AND IF YOU GO TO BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, UM, MY YOUNGEST BROTHER, UH, PLAYED BASKETBALL, UH, AT BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME GYM, UM, UH, AS IT IS, UH, RIGHT NOW.

UM, HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH, YOU KNOW, MY FAMILY WAS ONE OF THE, UH, THE FIRST FAMILIES, UH, THAT STARTED HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH, UH, IN THAT SAME GYM.

UH, AND SO YOU GO AND YOU LOOK, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IS BRENTWOOD GONNA BE ABLE TO GET A, UH, A NEW HIGH SCHOOL? UH, PROBABLY NOT, UH, ANYTIME SOON.

DO THEY REALLY NEED IT? I DON'T KNOW.

BUT, UH, IT'D SURE BE NICE TO HAVE MORE CAPITAL, UH, IN, UH, BRENTWOOD, UH, FROM THE COUNTY BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UM, WHAT WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE COUNTY VERSUS WHAT WE GET BACK, IT'S A DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE.

AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE ON A DIFFERENT GROWTH, UH, AND, UH, DENSITY, UH, TRAJECTORY, UH, THAN WHAT WE ARE, UM, IT'S, UM, UM, IT'S A COMPETITION FOR, UH, FOR CAPITAL, UH, FOR SURE.

SO, UM, IT'S NOT WHAT, UM, I THINK THAT, UM, MYSELF AND SEVERAL OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE IMPACTED WANTED, UH, HOWEVER MANY RESIDENTS, UH, WERE ABLE TO GET CARVED OUT OF, UH, THESE U GBS.

UM, KUDOS TO, UH, BRIAN, THE MAYOR OF, UH, OF THOMPSON STATION.

UM, THEY CARVED OUT ANYONE THAT DIDN'T WANT TO BE THERE.

UH, SPRING HILL TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF A, UH, A DIFFERENT APPROACH, UH, TO IT.

UH, BUT UM, STILL SOME OF THOSE FOLKS THAT DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN, UH, WOUND UP GETTING CARVED OUT.

SO, UH, IT'S A LOT BETTER THAN, UH, THAN IT WAS ORIGINALLY, UH, PROPOSED IN MY OPINION.

UM, BUT SO I THINK IT'S A WIN.

UH, DID WE GET EVERYTHING THAT WE WANTED? NO.

AND, UH, UH, POOR KRISTEN AND BOB, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LIKE, MARK, WE CAN'T, UH, COME UP WITH, UH, WITH SOMETHING TO SUPPORT YOUR, UH, YOUR ARGUMENT.

RIGHT? BUT, UM, NONETHELESS, UM, UH, I WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS, UH, TONIGHT 'CAUSE I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS GOING TO AN ARBITRATOR IN NASHVILLE, UH, THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY DECIDE HOW TO SPLIT THIS.

UM, IT'S NOT EVERYTHING WE WANTED, BUT IT'S PRETTY GOOD.

SO, COMMISSIONER DUNN? YES.

UH, DID I JUST HEAR YOU SAY THAT YOU WERE IN FAVOR OF OUR CAPITAL, OUR TAX DOLLARS COMING BACK TO BRENTWOOD? YES, MA'AM.

THAT'S SO DIFFERENT THAN, THAN EARLIER LAST SUMMER.

SO I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE I MISHEARD YOU.

INTERESTING.

UM, SO ALL IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 77.

PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.