* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] AND, UH, WELCOME [ Call to Order by Mayor Roll Call Invocation by Commissioner Dunn Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by Mayor Gorman] TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 12TH, 2024. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF VICE MAYOR TRAVIS, WHO IS ABSENT THIS EVENING. THE INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY COMMISSIONER DUNN AND I WILL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE RISE. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR LOVING US. WE THANK YOU FOR BEING A PRESENCE IN OUR LIVES. AS ALWAYS, WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE OVER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, KEEP THEM SAFE, AND BRING THEM HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES EACH DAY. WE ALSO ASK A SPECIAL BLESSING ON ALL THE STUDENTS GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. KEEP THEM SAFE IN THEIR TRAVELS EVERY DAY. LET THEM FIND KINDNESS AT SCHOOL. LET THEM SHOW KINDNESS. LET 'EM BE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT LEARNING AND HAVE A HAPPY DAY. EACH AND EVERY DAY. WE ASK BLESSINGS ON THEIR PARENTS WHO ARE JUGGLING SCHEDULES, MEALS, JOBS, PRACTICES, HOMEWORK, GIVE THEM A SENSE OF PEACE AND CALM THROUGH ALL OF THAT TURMOIL THAT'S GOING ON THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF SCHOOL. AND WE ASK A VERY SPECIAL BLESSING ON THEIR TEACHERS. THEY HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SHAPING THESE YOUNG MINDS AND CHARACTERS. LET THEM KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY HONORS THEM AND THANKS THEM FOR THIS TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY THAT THEY BEAR EVERY DAY. BLESS THEM AND KEEP THEM SAFE TOO, FOR THESE THINGS WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE FACE THE FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH, WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, GOD WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT. UH, [1. Public hearing of Ordinance 2024-07 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 78 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND EROSION CONTROL] FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. WE HAVE A, UH, A PUBLIC HEARING. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS ON ORDINANCE 2024 DASH ZERO SEVEN. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 78 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING STORM WATER MANAGEMENT AND EROSION CONTROL. PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, ARE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO EITHER COME AND SPEAK IN FAVOR, UH, OR IN OPPOSITION, OR JUST MAKE THEIR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS KNOWN ON THIS MATTER. UM, IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC HEARING? ORDINANCE 2024 DASH ZERO SEVEN. HEARING NONE, I MOVE THAT PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. NEXT ORDER [4. Approval or Correction of Minutes] BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JULY 22ND, 2024 MEETING. DO I HEAR A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MOTION DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE'LL MOVE TO [ Report from City Manager Report from the City Attorney Reports and comments by Commissioners and Mayor] A REPORT FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, KIRK. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, I HAVE NO REPORT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE CHIEF HICKEY UP TO, UH, DISCUSS THEIR EVENT THAT THEY'RE HAVING TOMORROW NIGHT. THANK YOU KIRK MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONERS. UH, TOMORROW NIGHT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD. YOU KNOW THAT THIS EVENT IS TYPICALLY HELD ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN AUGUST, BUT BECAUSE THAT WAS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL LAST WEEK, WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A TERRIBLE DAY TO DO SO. WE KNOW OUR RESOURCES WERE TIED UP AT THE SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES ARE BUSY AND PROBABLY WORN OUT BY THE END OF THE DAY, AND PROBABLY NOBODY WOULD SHOW UP. SO WE MOVED IT TILL TOMORROW NIGHT, AND IT'S AT SMITH PARK FROM FIVE TO 8:00 PM AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE NOLANSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT, NOLANSVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT, TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, THE WILLIAMS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UH, THE WILLIAMS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. EVERYBODY'S GONNA HAVE THEIR BIGGEST AND SHINIEST TOYS OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY TO COME LOOK AT AND TOUR. I THINK, UH, SHERIFF HUGHES WILL BE BRINGING HIS HELICOPTER SO HE WON'T BE RIDING IN IT 'CAUSE HE IS SCARED OF HEIGHTS, BUT, UM, HE'S GONNA BRING IT ANYWAY SO YOU CAN COME SEE THE HELICOPTER. AND IT'S JUST A GREAT NIGHT FOR US TO GET TO KNOW OUR COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT BETTER. YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, IS TO INCREASE OUR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO GET TO KNOW US BETTER AND FOR US TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY BETTER. WE ALL WORK BETTER WHEN WE DO THAT AND WHEN WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS. SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US. SO PLEASE COME TO SMITH PARK IF YOU CAN TOMORROW NIGHT. WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU AND GET TO KNOW OUR COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT BETTER. CHIEF, WHAT TIME? FIVE TO 8:00 PM. FIVE TO EIGHT, OKAY. YES. AND WE'LL BE SET UP RIGHT AS YOU DRIVE ACROSS THE BRIDGE INTO THE PARK. YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE WHERE WE'RE SET UP. OBVIOUSLY, FAMILIES LOVE TO BRING KIDS, AND WE'LL HAVE SOME, SOME GOODIES FOR THE KIDS. SOUNDS GOOD. VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU. UH, FOR THE MATTER OF RECORD, UM, [00:05:01] UH, I HAD, UH, UM, HEARD FROM, UH, FROM CHIEF HICKEY AND HAD TALKED WITH, UH, ALL OF, UH, THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE, UH, THIS EVENING ABOUT WHETHER THEY WERE GONNA TALK, UH, AND MAKE ANY COMMENTS DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS. UH, AND NOBODY WAS HERE. I I PICKED ON CHARLES AND SAID, MAYBE WE'LL CALL ON YOU TO SAY SOMETHING. UH, BUT, UM, UH, SO THAT'S WHY WE, UH, WE SKIPPED OVER COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS. THERE WERE NONE HERE TO MAKE, UH, MAKE COMMENTS. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO A REPORT FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY. KRISTIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAYOR GORMAN. NO REPORT TONIGHT. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL MOVE TO, UH, REPORTS AND COMMENTS, UH, BY COMMISSIONERS. AND THIS EVENING WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN. GREAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I'D LIKE TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU TO SARAH AND DEREK FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK ON THE MURRAY LANE ROUNDABOUT, ESPECIALLY FOR MAKING SURE THE ROAD WAS OPENED IN TIME FOR SCHOOL. IT WAS A VERY AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE AND YOU PULLED IT OFF. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BRENTWOOD FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT IN GETTING YOUR INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE TIME, MAKING YOU ONE OF ONLY SEVEN INTERNATIONALLY ACCREDITED FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN TENNESSEE. WE ARE SO PROUD THAT BRENTWOOD FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE MOST ELITE FIRE SERVICE AGENCIES IN THE WORLD. SO, THANK YOU. SPEAKING OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE RETIREMENT OF LIEUTENANT JOHN PIC LOPICCOLO, HE, AS HE RETIRES AFTER 32 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND FOR SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF BRENTWOOD. YOU WILL BE VERY MISSED. UM, AND ALSO THANK YOU TO THE PLANNING AND CODES DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR SWIFT ACTION AND GETTING A LARGE BANNER TAKEN DOWN THAT WAS HANGING IN OUR COMMERCIAL AREA THAT DID NOT COMPLY WITH OUR SIGN ORDINANCES. HEARD FROM QUITE A FEW RESIDENTS WHO WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW QUICKLY Y'ALL GOT THAT HANDLED. UM, SO THAT OTHER BUSINESSES MAYBE DIDN'T FOLLOW SUIT ON THAT. SO THANK YOU. REGARDING LIBRARY ANNOUNCEMENTS, THE NEXT SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING IS THIS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14TH AT 4:30 PM AT THE LIBRARY. THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY QUARTERLY BOOK SALE MADE $20,531 AND 15 CENTS, BREAKING THEIR PREVIOUS RECORD OF $20,503 AND 50 CENTS. THE SALES ARE GETTING SO POPULAR THAT ON OPENING DAY PATRONS GOT IN LINE BEFORE THE DOORS OPENED, SO THEY COULD BE THE FIRST TO BROWSE AND SHOP. SO THANK YOU TO ALL THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY FOR VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME TO MAKE THE SALE HAPPEN. SPECIAL THANKS TO BOOK SALE CHAIR MICHELLE GONZALEZ AND BOOKS CELL COORDINATOR SANDRA OSBORNE FOR YOUR TIRELESS DEVOTION. AND WE CONTINUE THE RECORD BREAKING SUMMER AT THE LIBRARY IN JULY. PATRON VISITS WERE UP OVER 15% FROM JULY, 2023 WITH A TOTAL OF 24,000 PATRON VISITS. THIS JULY BOOK CIRCULATION WENT FROM 41,581 IN JULY OF 2023 TO 43,000 120 IN JULY OF 2024. UM, THE LIBRARY ISSUED 304 NEW LIBRARY CARDS IN JULY, AND THEY PEOPLE CHECKED OUT OVER 80,000 ITEMS. PROGRAMMING PARTICIPATION INCREASED BY OVER 1000 PEOPLE COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR. SO IT'S BEEN A LOT OF RECORDS BROKEN AT THE LIBRARY. THE NEW LIBRARY DIRECTOR LEE BOWIE, WILL BE STARTING NEXT MONDAY. SO IF YOU WANNA WELCOME HER, GET TO KNOW HER, STOP BY THE LIBRARY THEN. AND FINALLY, WE ARE HAVING THE BATTLE OF THE BADGES AT THE LIBRARY ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21ST, BETWEEN 6:00 AM AND 6:00 PM THIS IS A COMPETITION BLOOD DRIVE TO SEE WHICH DEPARTMENT POLICE OR FIRE CAN RAISE THE MOST PINTS OF BLOOD. THIS YEAR, THE NOLANSVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ARE ALSO COMPETING. AND OF NOTE, BOTH, UM, BOTH OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS ARE HEADED UP BY FORMER CITY OF BRENTWOOD EMPLOYEES. SO IT MAY GET REALLY INTERESTING. SO PLEASE COME DONATE BLOOD AT THE LIBRARY, 6:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21ST. THAT'S IT. THANKS, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ANDREWS, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR, UH, WITH THE TREE BOARD. UH, HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE TENNESSEE URBAN FORESTRY COUNCIL, UH, RECENTLY HAS RECERTIFIED BOTH OF BRENTWOODS ARBORETUM, BOTH DEERWOOD AND, UH, THE JOHN BEHOLD BRENTWOOD LIBRARY ARBORETUM FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SO THAT CERTIFICATION MEANS THAT BRENTWOOD IS HOME OF SOME OF THE STATE'S BEST BOTANICAL AREAS FOR DIFFERENT TREE AND SHRUB SPECIES. SO, UH, VERY, VERY GLAD TO HAVE ALL THAT DONE AND MAKING SURE IT WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WORK TO GET 'EM ALL READY TO GET ALL THE MAINTENANCE UP TO DATE AND GET ALL THE INSPECTIONS DONE. BUT VERY PROUD OF OUR LIBRARY BOARD AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT TAKE PART IN THAT. UM, JUST WANNA SECOND A COUPLE THINGS. I MEAN, BOTH MENTIONING THE INCREDIBLE WEEKEND THE, THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY HAD, IT'S A FANTASTIC SALE AND THEY JUST CONTINUED TO BUILD VALUE IN THAT PROCESS. AND ALSO THE ROUNDABOUT, I THINK I SAW SARAH COME IN, I HAVEN'T SEEN DEREK, BUT, UH, YEAH, NO, I KNOW. WE, UH, WE, WE FINISHED AS PLANNED AND TO EVEN, EVEN IN OUR SERVICE LANES AT THE DEALERSHIP, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE BUZZING ABOUT HOW EASY, HOW MUCH EASIER IT IS TO GET THROUGH THERE. I HAD ONE CUSTOMER IN, UM, [00:10:01] I THINK IT WAS LAST SATURDAY, SAYING IT WAS LIKE 10 MINUTES FASTER LAST WEEK WHEN THEY TRIED TO COME THROUGH DURING A BUSY TIME. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY ACTUALLY MEASURED THAT. APPARENTLY THEY KNOW HOW LONG IT USED TO TAKE, BUT IT'S, UH, BUT JUST A WHAT A GREAT WELCOME ADDITION TO OUR CITY AND A GREAT IMPROVEMENT. UM, YOU KNOW, CHIEF, THANKS FOR MENTIONING THE PUBLIC SAFETY DAY. UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT BEING THERE AS MUCH AS WE CAN TOMORROW, BUT ALSO, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC SAFETY DAY COMING UP ON OCTOBER 5TH FROM 10 TO TWO OVER AT, UH, I GUESS THE OFFICIAL ADDRESS IS THREE 30 FRANKLIN ROAD. I ALWAYS CALL IT THAT PARKING LOT BY CHICK-FIL-A AND FIVE GUYS. BUT, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT. IT SEEMS LIKE Y'ALL KNOW BRIAN, JUST ALL THE DISPLAYS Y'ALL DO BETWEEN THE NIGHT OUT TOMORROW NIGHT WITH ALL THE BIG TOYS TWO COMING OUT, YOU KNOW, ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY DAY, YOU KNOW, MORE IN THE FALL WHERE YOU'LL DO THE TEST BURN, SHOWING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SPRINKLER SYSTEMS AND, AND HOUSES. UM, ACTUALLY LETTING KIDS RUN THE FIRE HOSE TO SOME EXTENT. UM, HAVING THE, THE TAC TEAM OUT THERE TO VISIT FOLKS THAT WANT TO COME OVER AND REALLY GET A FEEL FOR WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THAT WORKS. I JUST THINK THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS IS, IS FANTASTIC. AND ALONG THOSE LINES, CHARLES JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE YOU. I, I GUESS THE MAYOR DIDN'T MAKE YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, BUT, UH, I FEEL LIKE WE MIGHT, ANYWAY, A GREAT NEWSLETTER THIS WEEK. GREAT PUBLIC RELATIONS AROUND THE, UH, COVERAGE OF THE STREET SCAN PROJECT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF TIME, THERE'S A LOT OF NEWS THAT'S CRITICAL OF GOVERNMENT AND, AND THE ACTIONS BY GOVERNMENT HAVING SOME REALLY POSITIVE STUFF OUT THERE, SHOWING THE PEOPLE'S TAX DOLLARS MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE KIND OF STUFF THAT WE DO IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND I REALLY, UH, APPRECIATE THE HEART AND THE TONE AND THE, AND THE WAY YOU COMMUNICATE THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, FAIR. THANK YOU. UH, I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE FIRST TIME THEY WERE CERTIFIED, IT WAS NOT A REQUIREMENT OF THE CITY. IT WAS SOMETHING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTED TO DO BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT THAT WAS A NECESSARY STATEMENT TO MAKE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THEIR WORK. AND THEY'VE BEEN RE-CERTIFIED CHIEF GOS, ASSISTANT CHIEF COLLINS, FIRE MARSHAL PENDER AND CAPTAIN HARTMAN. I KNOW THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE THAN YOU ALL INVOLVED, BUT YOUR LEADERSHIP WAS MAGNIFICENT. THAT PRESENTATION THAT CAPTAIN HARTMAN GAVE, HE UNDERSTOOD THAT IN A NUTSHELL, WAS ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT IN A VERY SIMPLIFIED WAY. AND I JUST THINK IT SAYS SO MUCH ABOUT YOU ALL THAT, THAT YOU TAKE SUCH PRIDE IN WHAT YOU DO, THAT YOU WANT TO DO IT WITH A RECOGNITION OF EXCELLENCE ATTACHED TO IT. AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT, THAT COMES FROM WITHIN. PEOPLE CAN'T MAKE AN EMPLOYEE FEEL THAT WAY. IT'S GOT TO COME FROM YOUR HEART AND YOUR SOUL. AND I REALLY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT, THAT YOU DO. YOU MAKE US ALL PROUD AND I LOVE THE COOPERATION THAT WE HAVE WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND NOLANSVILLE FIRE AND THE WORKING TOGETHER THAT YOU ALL DO THAT. THAT'S JUST SUCH A COMMUNITY EFFORT BECAUSE WE DO DEPEND ON EACH OTHER. AND, AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT TOO. ALSO, NELSON, I WANT TO, I'M, I WAS JUST THINKING WHAT A GREAT WEEK IT IS FOR BRENTWOOD IN TERMS OF THINGS GOING ON AND THINGS THAT THE CITY'S BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THE TREE BOARD THAT RECERTIFICATION IS A BIG DEAL. THE THE TREE BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOT PAID. THEY GET NO GLORY. YOU STOP THE AVERAGE CITIZEN ON THE STREET AND SAY, WHO'S ON THE TREE BOARD THIS? WELL, I DON'T KNOW. THEY DON'T KNOW. THEY'RE NOT KNOWN. BUT THEY GIVE AND THEY GIVE AND THEY GIVE BECAUSE THEY LOVE THE CITY AND THE, THEY'VE GOT AN INVENTORY OF TREES. BUT TO GO BACK AND REDO THE INVENTORY, I SEE 'EM OUT AT THE LIBRARY. BUT THESE LITTLE CLIPBOARDS, YOU KNOW, GOING TREE TO TREE, IT TAKES TIME AND EFFORT. AND I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH TO THEM. THEY ALL MAKE US ALL LOOK SO GOOD. AND SO I HOPE YOU'LL CONVEY THAT TO THEM. AND I'M GONNA SAY SOME KIND WORDS ABOUT THE HISTORIC BOARD TOO. UH, WE DON'T MEET OFFICIALLY UNTIL NEXT FRIDAY, BUT WE MET TWO WEEKS AGO, EIGHT OUT OF 10 MEMBERS OF THE, UM, TOLL ROAD BOOK COMMITTEE MET. AND WE WENT OVER THE BOOK. WE EDITED, WE ADDED, UH, PHOTOGRAPHS OF, UH, PICTURES FROM ARCHIVES AND RECEIPTS. AND IT, IT'S REALLY SUCH INTERESTING MATERIAL. I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE SO DRY. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHO COULD GET EXCITED ABOUT TOLL ROADS? WELL, IT IS GOOD IF YOU LIKE HISTORY AT ALL, EVEN IF YOU DON'T, WHEN WE PUT THIS LITTLE BOOK OUT, IT'S GONNA HAVE 45 PAGES. UH, [00:15:02] IT'S VERY READABLE. IT'S, IT'S NOT SOME TO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE A HISTORIC SCHOLAR TO ENJOY. YOU COULD READ IT, YOU COULD LEARN A LOT ABOUT BRENTWOOD. IT WAS A THRIVING BUSINESS. THEY BOUGHT AND SOLD SHARES IN THESE COMPANIES. PEOPLE MADE FORTUNES AND LOST FORTUNES ON. SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND JOE GROSS, UM, CHAIRED THIS COMMITTEE. KATHY GRIEVES HELPED HIM, UH, AMY BROTHERS AND TARA VOL VOLTA, THAT'S A MOUTHFUL, HER LAST NAME. BUT THEY WERE, THEY TAKE SUCH GOOD NOTES DURING THESE MINUTES WHEN WE'RE EDITING AND ALL OF THEIR WORK IS SO VALUABLE. SO I, I JUST WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR THAT AND, UM, ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO TO THE NIGHT OUT. AND I REALLY WANT TO WISH ALL THE TEACHERS AND THE CHILDREN AND THE PRINCIPALS JUST A REALLY GOOD YEAR THIS YEAR. SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. IT'S JUST ALL GOOD STUFF GOING ON IN BRENTWOOD. AND IT FEELS GOOD, DOESN'T IT? THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. LITTLE, UH, I'LL TOUCH ON A FEW OF THE THINGS, UH, NOT TO REITERATE WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID, BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, VERY PROUD AS A COMMISSIONER, TO BE A COMMISSIONER IN A CITY THAT HAS BOTH A FIRE DEPARTMENT AND A POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT'S INTERNATIONALLY ACCREDITED, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT COMMON EVEN IN OUR NATION. SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS. I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK. UH, CHARLES, CONGRATULATIONS. I THINK ALL THE NEW SERVICES PICKED UP THE STREET SCAN STORY, SO THAT WAS GOOD. AND THAT WAS A VERY POSITIVE STORY, UH, ABOUT MAINTENANCE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, I TOO WANNA WISH THE TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS AND STUDENTS, UH, UH, GOOD LUCK IN THE UPCOMING YEAR. AND I WILL SAY I DRIVE AROUND A LOT EVERY DAY JUST IN MY PROFESSION. AND, UM, SCHOOL TRAFFIC HAS BEEN THERE, BUT AT THE SCHOOLS THEMSELVES, THEY, THEY HAVE VERY GOOD SYSTEMS IN PLACE AND THEY, THEY GET THE STUDENTS DROPPED OFF AND OUT IN A VERY ORGANIZED FASHION. AND SO I JUST WANNA SEND OUT THANKS FOR THAT. AND, UH, TREE BOARD, HAVING SERVED ON IT IN A NUMBER OF YEARS, THAT IS A, AN ACTIVE BOARD. AND THAT IS AN AMAZING THING. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT TREE CANOPY OF BRENTWOOD RAISES RESIDENTIAL VALUE AND REALLY MAKES A CONTRIBUTION TO ALL OF OUR HEALTH. UH, TREES CREATE A CERTAIN SERENITY AND PEACE AND PEOPLE THAT IS SORT OF LACKING IN OUR GO GO GO SOCIETY NOWADAYS. SO THAT'S A ANOTHER BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT THAT, AND I THINK WE'RE TREE CITY USA, IS IT 34, 35 YEARS NOW? UM, SO THAT'S WONDERFUL. UH, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS FOR INPUT ON A NUMBER OF THINGS. AND, AND THIS WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUT, UH, OFF MURRAY LANE. I'VE GOTTEN VERY GOOD FEEDBACK ABOUT THAT AS WELL. AND EVEN FROM SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE, YOU MIGHT SAY, TIMID ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD BE LIKE AT THAT LOCATION. BUT I, I THINK THAT'S WORKING WELL AND, UH, APPRECIATE ENGINEERING AND, AND, AND EVERYONE INVOLVED IN GETTING THE PROJECT DONE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED BACK. SO, UH, THAT'S ALL. MAYOR. VERY GOOD. COMMISSIONER SPEARS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I, AS ALWAYS, I WANNA OPEN WITH THANKING THE BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS FOR ALL THAT THEY DO, ENGAGING WITH US. UH, LOTS OF EMAILS AND CALLS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND IT'S GREAT THAT YOU'RE ENGAGED WITH US. IT'S THE BEST FORM OF GOVERNMENT. UM, CHIEF COLLINS. CHIEF GOSS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK FOR YOUR RECERTIFICATION. UH, CFIA. AM I RIGHT ON THAT? C-F-A-I-C-I, OH, I, I GOT DYSLEXIC. CFAI. THANK YOU. UM, GREAT WORK. APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO AND ALL THE TIME THAT WENT INTO IT. UM, GREAT SHOWING. AND CHIEF HICKEY, THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER ABOUT THE NIGHT OUT TOMORROW NIGHT. I HOPE IT GOES REALLY WELL. UM, YESTERDAY, ON SUNDAY, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND AN EVENT IN BRENTWOOD FOR THE NEWLY CROWNED MISS TENNESSEE. SHE, UH, SHE IS, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, A LOVELY YOUNG WOMAN WITH CHARISMA, A BEAUTIFUL SINGING VOICE AND INTELLIGENCE TO SPARE. SHE WILL REPRESENT OUR STATE WELL. I HEAR THAT SHE HAS A VERY GOOD CHANCE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE MISS AMERICA PAGEANT. SO MAKE SURE YOU WATCH OUT FOR CARLY VOGEL. MISS TENNESSEE 2024. WE HAD OUR MONTHLY PARK BOARD MEETING THIS PAST MONDAY ON AUGUST 5TH. WE HAD A GREAT MEETING AS USUAL. WE APPROVED, APPROVED TWO EVENTS. ONE WAS A CELIAC DISEASE FOUNDATION EVENT FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR A 5K TURKEY TROT THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN RIVER PARK ON SUNDAY, NOVE ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND. AND THE SECOND WAS THE ANNUAL FALL SOCCER TOURNAMENT FOR A TENNESSEE SOCCER CLUB ON SEPTEMBER 13TH THROUGH 15TH AT CROCKETT PARK. AND THAT IS A REALLY BIG TOURNAMENT THAT GOES OVER A LOT OF AREAS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND WHERE ONE OF THE LOCATIONS AT OUR MEETING, WE RECEIVED AN [00:20:01] UPDATE ON THE SOON TO BE BUILT, WENDY HILL PARK THAT IS ON OLD SMYRNA ROAD. CURRENTLY THE CONTRACTOR IS WORKING ON EROSION CONTROL AND PROTECTING THE TREES THAT WILL BE UTILIZED IN THE NEW LAYOUT. CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, WENDY HILLS PARK. UH, UPDATED TIMELINE FOR THE COMPLETION IS SEPTEMBER OF 2025, AND I KNOW EVERYONE'S EXCITED ABOUT THAT. LASTLY, THE BOARD HAD A VERY HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSION ABOUT E-BIKES AND THEIR USES ON OUR CITY'S TRAILS. OUR NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, NOT MONDAY, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD AT 5:30 PM IT'LL BE NEXT DOOR IN THE ANN ANNEX ROOM. AND THOSE MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THIS EVENING. I WANT TO THANK THE GUYS IN THE BACK WHO RUN THE TECHNICAL SIDE OF OUR MEETINGS. JOSH AND MARK ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB FOR US, AND IF THEY MUST BE OUT, THEY FIND GREAT REPLACEMENTS IN GREG AND THE OTHER MARK WHO IS HERE TONIGHT. WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT Y'ALL DO IN THE BACK TO MAKE THINGS SMOOTHLY RUN WELL UP HERE. SO THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH. UM, ALSO, I WANTED TO THANK TONIGHT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THE MURRAY LANE, HOLLY TREE GAP ROUNDABOUT HAS BEEN MENTIONED. THIS WAS PROJECT WAS MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING, BUT VERY FEW MONTHS IN THE FINISHING. SO GREAT WORK RESIDENTS HAVE ENGAGED ON THIS PROJECT TOO. UM, THEY ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUT. THEY'RE MAKING, EXCUSE ME, CALLS AND THE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. AND, UM, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND THEY'LL PAY SPECIFIC ATTENTION TO DETAILS ON THE PUNCH LIST. AND I KNOW THAT'S COMING IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD. SO THANK YOU ALL. UM, YESTERDAY RELATED, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF BRENTWOOD WHO LIVES NEAR THE ROUNDABOUT, REACHED OUT TO ME AND SUGGESTED THAT WE NAME OUR ROUNDABOUT NAMING ROUNDABOUTS APPARENTLY HAS BECOME VERY TRENDY IN THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE AREA. AND SO THIS, SO MR. PAINTER HAS OFFERED THE NAME MURRAY GO ROUND , AND I THINK THE NAME MURRAY GO-ROUND IS BRILLIANT. I HAVE ASKED A FEW OTHER RESIDENTS AND THEY THINK IT'S BRILLIANT TOO. SO THANK YOU MR. PAINTER MURRAY, GO-ROUND. THE RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO ASK ME WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP FOR THE POTENTIAL INDOOR RACKET FACILITY THIS PAST THURSDAY AT OUR BRIEFING, WE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED THE UPDATE ON OUR POSSIBLE RACKET FACILITY. AS YOU MAY REMEMBER FROM OUR LAST MEETING, WE LEARNED AFTER DELVING DEEPLY INTO THE DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, OUR CITY STAFF DISCOVERED THAT WE ARE RESTRICTED BY STATE LAW AND WE CANNOT CONTINUE DOWN OUR CURRENT PATH. THIS WAS DISAPPOINTING NEWS. THE CITY COMMISSION HAS GUIDED STAFF TO DIG DEEPER INTO THIS SITUATION BY ENGAGING SPECIALIZED ATTORNEYS. THESE ATTORNEYS HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH CITY STAFF ABOUT WHAT ARE POSSIBLE NEXT STEPS COULD BE. WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR EVEN MORE DETAILED INFORMATION FROM THEM. I'M THANKFUL FOR A CITY COMMISSION AND A CITY STAFF WHO ARE WILLING TO DO THE HARD WORK OF RESEARCHING AND LEARNING BEFORE WE ENTER INTO A NEW AREA. I'M THANKFUL FOR A CITY COMMISSION AND A CITY STAFF WHO TAKE THE TIME TO DO RESEARCH, ANALYZE DATA, AND MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON INFORMATION BEFORE UTILIZING THE RESIDENTS TAX DOLLARS. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. UM, JUST A, UH, WELL, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO, UH, ALWAYS GO LAST. YOU CAN TRY AND FIND SOMETHING, UH, ORIGINAL TO SAY. BUT, UM, I'LL BE BRIEF IN MY, UH, MY COMMENTS. UH, UH, CHIEF GOFFS AND COLLINS, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE, UH, INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION. UH, IT'S A BIG DEAL. UH, IT'S NOT JUST A, UH, A CERTIFICATE AND A PIECE OF PAPER. UH, IT MAKES YOU ALL BETTER. UH, AND IF PUBLIC SAFETY'S NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, IF PEOPLE ARE NOT SAFE AND THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE, UH, THE REST JUST DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. WE CAN DO ALL THIS OTHER GREAT STUFF. BUT, UM, THANK YOU FOR, UH, GOING THE EXTRA MILE AND CONGRATULATIONS. YOU ALL SHOULD BE VERY PROUD. UM, MURRAY LANE ROUNDABOUT. UM, I HEARD FROM, UH, SO MANY PARENTS, UH, THAT, UM, ARE, THEY'VE KIND OF GOT THOSE MIXED EMOTIONS, RIGHT? THEY'RE READY FOR THEIR KIDS, UH, TO GO BACK ABOUT 80%, BUT THEY, UH, THEY MISS 'EM ABOUT 20, UH, 'CAUSE UH, END OF, UH, SUMMER'S COMING AROUND AND THEY'RE LIKE, MAN, IT'S TIME FOR THE KIDS TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. BUT IT MADE IT A WHOLE LOT, UH, LESS TIME CONSUMING FOR THOSE PARENTS THAT DRIVE THEIR CHILDREN AND FOLLOW THAT NOW THAT TRAFFIC PATTERN. SO, UH, GOOD WORK, UH, TO THE, UH, ENGINEERING TEAM AND, UH, ALL OF STAFF THAT, UH, THAT MADE THAT HAPPEN HAVE HEARD NOTHING. BUT, UH, KUDOS. UH, THERE, UH, SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO BE, UH, AT THE, UM, MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMY DAY, UH, AND, UH, BE WITH, UM, SOME OF MY, UH, FELLOW RESERVE DEPUTIES AND, UH, AND CONGRESSMAN MARK GREEN. UH, I CAN TELL YOU, UH, FROM, UH, VISITING WITH SOME OF THE, UH, THE YOUNG HIGH SCHOOLERS THAT ARE LOOKING AT A FUTURE IN THE MILITARY, UM, THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT. UH, THERE WERE SOME VERY BRIGHT, UM, UH, HIGH SCHOOLERS THERE THAT ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT [00:25:01] IS WEST POINT, UH, WHERE I WANT TO BE? IS THE NAVAL ACADEMY WHERE I WANT TO BE? DO I WANT TO DO ROTC AT VANDERBILT? UM, DO I WANT TO GO INTO, UH, THE COAST GUARD? HOW DO I WANT TO POTENTIALLY GO AT MY, UH, MY MILITARY SERVICE CAREER? UM, BUT, UH, IT MADE ME FEEL GOOD, UH, BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE INUNDATED, UH, DAY IN AND DAY OUT WITH THE NEWS ABOUT, UH, JUST A BUNCH OF BAD NEWS. UH, BUT IT WAS A, UH, A, A SHINING BRIGHT SPOT, UH, IN THE, UH, IN THE WEEK, UH, KNOWING THAT THERE ARE THESE, UH, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, UH, THAT ARE WILLING TO, UM, GO INTO THE MILITARY AND INVEST, UH, AT THAT LEVEL, UH, TO KEEP US, UH, SAFE AND PROTECT OUR, UH, FREEDOMS. SO, UM, JUST A, A QUICK SHOUT OUT, UH, TO, UH, THOSE HIGH SCHOOLERS, UH, THAT ARE LOOKING TO GO INTO THE MILITARY. UH, THANK YOU, UH, AS, UH, COMMISSIONER, UM, UH, MCMILLAN SAID, UH, AUGUST 21ST, UH, BATTLE OF BADGES, UH, BLOOD DRIVE. UM, GO BE THERE, UM, DO IT. UM, BLOOD MATTERS, UH, THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, EVERYBODY GETS REAL BUSY. UM, HOWEVER, UH, BLOOD, UH, HAS LIMITED SHELF LIFE. SO, UH, PLEASE GET OUT AND, UH, AND CONTRIBUTE AND, UH, PICK YOUR FAVORITE PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM, UH, AND CONTRIBUTE. UH, IT'LL BE A GOOD COMPETITION FOR SURE. ALRIGHT, MAY I ASK A PIECE OF QUESTION, PLEASE? SURE. THANK YOU. BACK TO ROUNDABOUTS. AND YOU ALL MIGHT'VE SEEN THIS STORY ON TV. IF YOU COULD COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE ABOUT RDA ROUNDABOUT IN CLARKSVILLE. APPARENTLY PEOPLE IN CLARKSVILLE ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH ROUNDABOUTS, EVEN LESS SO THAN WE ARE. BUT I SAW A NEWS STORY THAT SAID THIS TREND OF NAMING THEM HAS SPURRED PEOPLE TO DOING LAPS AROUND THEM. ONE TRUCK HAD DONE 500 LAPS AND THEY SAID, OF COURSE THAT'S NOT ILLEGAL. WHY NOT? WELL, PROBABLY JUST 'CAUSE THE LAW HASN'T CAUGHT UP WITH THE, THE, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION. QUITE HONESTLY, AT SOME POINT IT MAY BE, BUT, UH, WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT PROBLEM IN BRENTWOOD THAT I'M AWARE OF. WELL, I THOUGHT AFTER SEEING THAT, I HOPE IT DOESN'T GIVE PEOPLE IDEAS BECAUSE IT WAS ON ONE OF THE LOCAL STATIONS, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY ON MY, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE INTERESTING. BUT SOMEBODY'S GOT A LOT OF TIME ON THEIR HANDS. . ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. SO, OKAY. BUT THANK YOU. AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, IT REALLY ISN'T ILLEGAL. IT'S NOT ILLEGAL. NO. WELL, SHOULD BE AT SOME POINT, RIGHT? , UH, AS I'M SURE MORE ROUNDABOUTS WILL BE BUILT BECAUSE IT IS A GOOD SOLUTION TO FOUR-WAY STOPS, NO DOUBT. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT. OKAY. THANK YOU. CHIEF . IT WOULD BE IF THERE SPEEDING. . VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT, [ Consent Agenda] WE WILL MOVE ON, UH, TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, PLEASE NOTE ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION, EXCEPT FOR ANY ITEMS THAT ARE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS AT THIS TIME. DOES ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE, UH, OR UH, THE COMMISSION WISH WISH TO REMOVE ANYTHING FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE. HERE WE GO. THERE'S 11 OF THEM. UH, ORDINANCE 2024 DASH ZERO EIGHT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION TWO DASH 2 0 9 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING COMPETITIVE SEAL BID PROPOSALS AND PURCHASE ORDERS FOR CONSIDERATION ON SECOND AND FINAL READING RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 86, THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING REVISIONS TO THE CITY'S PERSONNEL RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 87 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PRODUCTS LLC FOR WOOD WASTE GRINDING AND REMOVAL SERVICES FOR ADOPTION. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 88 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CHANGE ORDER WITH CANE CONNECTIONS LLC FOR FIBER RE-DETERMINATION SERVICES, UH, FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 90 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE USE OF COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL PROCESS FOR PHONE SYSTEM UPGRADE PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO DASH 2 0 9 OF THE BRENTWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 91 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE USE OF COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL PROCESS FOR UPDATED FIBER AND INSTALLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO DASH 2 0 9 OF THE BRENTWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE FOR ADOPTION. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE POWERED SERVERS. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE PALO ALTO FIREWALL FIREWALLS. ITEM NUMBER NINE, APPROVAL TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE TO COCKTAILS AND CORKS LLC FOR RETAIL SALE OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES AT CAPS, WINE AND SPIRITS 1 27 [00:30:02] FRANKLIN ROAD, SUITE ONE 20. ITEM NUMBER 10, APPROVAL TO SCHEDULE APPROVAL OF SCHEDULE FOR BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2025. ITEM NUMBER 11, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE OR APPROVAL, UH, OF SCHEDULE FOR REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2026 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET AND FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO 2030. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. DO I HEAR A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MOTION ON THE FLOOR. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. IS THERE ANY OTHER OLD BUSINESS BEFORE THIS BOARD THIS EVENING? HEARING NONE WILL MOVE [1. Ordinance 2024-09 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 56, ARTICLE I, DIVISIONS 1 THROUGH 4 REGARDING STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, EROSION CONTROL AND FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION, for consideration on first reading] TO ORDINANCE 2024 DASH ZERO NINE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE CHAPTER OF CHAPTER 56, ARTICLE ONE, DIVISIONS ONE THROUGH FOUR REGARDING STORM WATER MANAGEMENT, EROSION CONTROL, AND FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION FOR CONSIDERATION ON FIRST READING. DO I HEAR MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE? SECOND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MOTION ON THE FLOOR. KURT. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. UH, THIS ITEM IS THE SECOND OF TWO ORDINANCES AS WE DISCUSSED AT YOUR LAST MEETING RELATED TO, UH, BRINGING OUR REGULATIONS INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEW, UH, TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION, UH, STORM WATER OR, OR PERMIT THAT WE ARE, UH, RE THE RECIPIENT OF. I KNOW YOU ALL SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THURSDAY GOING OVER THIS IN GREAT DETAIL, SO I OBVIOUSLY WON'T GO INTO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL, BUT, UH, THE MAJORITY OF WHAT'S IN THIS CODE IS EITHER A, A TWEAK TO WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN THE CODE TO MAKE IT COMPLIANT WITH THE NEW PERMIT. IT, UH, IT INCLUDES SOME ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO WATER QUALITY, UH, AND NEW DEVELOPMENT. I THINK THE BIGGEST ITEM OF THAT Y'ALL DISCUSSED QUITE A BIT ON THURSDAY IS, UH, SOME NEW REQUIREMENTS RELATIVE TO, UH, ANNUAL INSPECTIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF WHAT ARE CALLED SCM STORM WATER CONTROL, UM, MEASURES. WHAT MEASURES, I'M SORRY, , WHICH, WHERE THAT'S GONNA COME INTO PLAY FOR THE MOST PART IS DETENTION PONDS AND OTHER TYPE OF STRUCTURES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES ULTIMATELY OF THE HOAS. UH, SO THIS WILL PUT US IN A POSITION OF BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, OVERSIGHT, UH, TO MAKE SURE THOSE FACILITIES ARE, UH, BEING KEPT UP AND MAINTAINING THEIR FUNCTIONALITY THE WAY THEY WERE ORIGINALLY DESIGNED. UH, THAT WILL REQUIRE US TO PUT SOME NEW PROCESSES IN PLACE RELATIVE TO NOTICE AND REPORTING AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS. AND, AND OBVIOUSLY STAFF WILL BE WORKING TOWARDS THAT. BUT THAT, THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING I THINK IN TERMS OF, UH, THE PUBLIC'S IMPACT OF THESE CHANGES. UH, AND AGAIN, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING THROUGH. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE MORE OR LESS DEALT WITH IN THE PAST, MORE ON A PROBLEM BASIS AND NOW IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE AND, AND AN OBLIGATION ONGOING. AND I THINK YOU ALL TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ON THURSDAY. SO, UH, AGAIN, A LOT MORE IN HERE, MORE TECHNICAL AND, AND ENGINEERING RELATED, UH, THAN, THAN, UH, INDIVIDUAL IMPACT ON RESIDENTS. BUT SARAH CATHERINE IS HERE IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS, IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO ANY MORE DETAIL, ANY QUESTIONS STAFF? NO, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT WE DID SPEAK IN DETAIL ABOUT IT ON THURSDAY AND THE CONSULTANTS WERE HERE FROM CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS AND HAD A LOT OF INFORMATION AND ADDITIVE AND THEN WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS. DOCUMENT IS VERY LARGE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNEW THAT WE HAD WORKED DILIGENTLY ON THIS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, SARAH, KEVIN, AND AGAIN, AS WELL. TO BE CLEAR, MOST OF THESE CHANGES ARE A REQUIREMENT ON US BECAUSE OF THE STATE PERMIT. RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF ORDINANCE 2024 DASH ZERO NINE FOR CONSIDERATION ON FIRST READING. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT WE HAVE APPOINTMENT [2. Appointment of two (2) members to the Brentwood Board of Building Construction Appeals] OF, UH, TWO MEMBERS TO THE BRENTWOOD BOARD OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION APPEALS. WE HAVE BALLOTS IN, UH, IN FRONT OF US. MAYOR, JUST FOR THE BACK LOOK, THIS IS THE BOARD THAT HAS CERTAIN QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. SO THESE TWO POSITIONS. ONE IS, HAS TO BE A REGISTERED ARCHITECT AND YOU HAVE TWO APPLICANT APPLICANTS FOR THAT POSITION, AND THE OTHER HAS TO BE A REGISTERED STRUCTURAL ENGINEER AND YOU ONLY HAVE ONE APPLICANT FOR THAT POSITION. OKAY. YOU READY? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. FOR THE REGISTERED ARCHITECT ROLE, COMMISSIONER DUNN VOTES FOR [00:35:01] CHRISTIAN NOBLE AND FOR THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER MICHAEL VINES FOR THE REGISTERED ARCHITECT ROLE COMMISSIONER LITTLE VOTES FOR CHRISTIAN NOBLE AND THEN MICHAEL VINES FOR THE ENGINEER. FOR THE ARCHITECT ROLE COMMISSIONER SPEARS VOTES FOR JAMES ROBINSON AND MICHAEL VINES. FOR THE ENGINEER FOR THE ARCHITECT COMMISSIONER ANDREWS VOTES FOR CHRISTIAN NOBLE AND MICHAEL VINES. FOR THE ENGINEER. FOR THE ARCHITECT MAYOR GORMAN VOTES FOR JAMES ROBINSON AND MICHAEL VINES. FOR THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. FOR THE REGISTERED ARCHITECT COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN VOTES FOR JAMES ROBINSON AND MICHAEL VINES FOR THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. SO MICHAEL VINES WITH SIX VOTES FOR THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER SLOT. AND THEN FOR THE REGISTERED ARCHITECT, YOU HAVE THREE VOTES EACH FOR CHRISTIAN NOBLE AND JAMES ROBINSON. SO I THINK YOU HAVE EXTRA BALLOTS IF YOU WISH TO RE-VOTE. YEP. UH, SO WE'LL BE VOTING FOR, UH, JUST THE REGISTERED ARCHITECT, CORRECT? CORRECT. YEP. WE'LL, UH, TRY AGAIN. COMMISSIONER ANDREWS VOTES FOR CHRISTIAN NOBLE. COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN VOTES FOR JAMES ROBINSON. MAYOR GORMAN VOTES FOR JAMES ROBINSON. COMMISSIONER SPEARS VOTES FOR JAMES ROBINSON. COMMISSIONER DUNN VOTES FOR CHRISTIAN NOBLE AND COMMISSIONER. LITTLE VOTES FOR CHRISTIAN NOBLE. SO YOU'RE A THREE THREE AGAIN. UM, WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? UM, DO Y'ALL WANNA TRY ONE MORE TIME OR WOULD YOU, UH, ALL LIKE TO POSTPONE THIS, UH, TO OUR NEXT UH, UH, SCHEDULED MEETING? I THINK WE PROBABLY SHOULD JUST WAIT FOR COMMISSIONER TRAVIS TO GET BACK. DO YOU AGREE? MAYOR GORMAN? IF, IF THAT IS THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION, IF WE COULD HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER TO THE NEXT MEETING, PLEASE. YEAH. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE, UH, THE NEXT DAY IS FOR MEETING 26TH. THE 26TH, YEAH, THE 26TH. I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO DEFER, UH, THE APPOINTMENT OF ONE REGISTERED ARCHITECT, UH, TO THE BOARD OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION APPEALS TO OUR AUGUST 26TH MEETING. DO I NEED TO SECOND IT? YES. OKAY. I SECOND IT. ALRIGHT. DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE A. AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE APPOINTMENTS [3. Appointments of three (3) members to the Environmental Advisory Board] OF THREE MEMBERS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD. WE HAVE, UH, BALLOTS, UH, IN FRONT OF US AGAIN. WE HAVE, UH, HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS THAT HAVE APPLIED TO THIS AND, UH, UH, ALL REALLY GOOD, UH, QUALIFIED PEOPLE THAT, UM, WE APPRECIATE THEIR WILLINGNESS, UH, TO STEP UP AND SERVE COMMISSIONER ANDREWS VOTES FOR BARRY EVANS, OLGA, JACOB JACOBSON, AND WINSTON RESTER. EXCUSE ME, MAYOR GORMAN VOTES FOR BARRY EVANS. OLGA JACOBSON, STEPHEN KING COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN VOTES FOR BARRY EVANS, OLGA JACOBSON, STEPHEN KING COMMISSIONER. LITTLE VOTES FOR BARRY EVANS, OLGA JACOBSON, WINSTON RUSTER. COMMISSIONER DUNN VOTES FOR BARRY EVANS, OLGA JACOBSON, WINSTON RESTER. COMMISSIONER SPEARS VOTES FOR BARRY EVANS, OLGA JACOBSON, STEPHEN KING. SO YOU HAVE BARRY EVANS AND OLGA JACOBSON WITH SIX VOTES EACH, SO THEY WOULD BE, UH, ELECTED. AND THEN YOU HAVE STEPHEN KING AND WINSTON RESTER WITH THREE VOTES EACH. ALRIGHT, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL VOTE AGAIN. OKAY. UM, WE WILL VOTE FOR, JUST VOTE FOR ONE. VOTE FOR ONE CROSS OFF ONE OF THOSE TWO. UM, NOT NECESSARILY, NOT NECESSARILY. JUST DON'T VOTE FOR BARRY EVANS OR JACOBS CROSS OFF BERRY AND, UH, AND OLGA. OR OLGA. OKAY. YES MA'AM. [00:40:27] COMMISSIONER DUNN VOTES FOR WINSTON RESTER. COMMISSIONER LITTLE VOTES FOR WINSTON RESTER. COMMISSIONER ANDREWS VOTES FOR WINSTON RESTER. COMMISSIONER SPEARS VOTES FOR STEPHEN KING. MAYOR GORMAN VOTES FOR STEPHEN KING. COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN VOTES FOR STEPHEN KING. YOU ARE THREE THREE AGAIN TIED AGAIN. UM, WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? WANNA VOTE AGAIN OR, I'D LIKE TO VOTE AGAIN AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE APPLICANT IF IT'S ALL RIGHT. SURE. OKAY. I DON'T REALLY KNOW ANY OF THESE PEOPLE PERSONALLY. I JUST KNOW THAT THEIR WORK, WINSTON RESTER, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ISN'T HE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD? THE CHAIRMAN, YEAH. AND WE SIT UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT HOW PROUD WE ARE OF OUR VOLUNTEERS AND WE SEEM TO BE CONTINUALLY, UH, REBUFFING INCUMBENTS. I LIKE TO REWARD THEM BY SAYING THANK YOU BY VOTING FOR THEM WHEN THEY, IF THEY WANT TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM. SO, AS I SAID, I KNOW, I KNOW NONE OF THESE PEOPLE PERSONALLY, I WENT STRICTLY BY THEIR APPLICATIONS. AND MAYBE IF I DID KNOW THEM, I WOULD FEEL LIKE, HEY, THIS ONE'S REALLY GONNA BE GREAT. BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT WHEN I THINK THE PERSON WHO IS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE DESERVES TO BE REAPPOINTED, UNLESS THERE'S BEEN A PROBLEM WITH HIS TENURE AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANY, SO I WILL CONTINUE TO VOTE FOR HIM. AND IT MAY BE IF WE ALL FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT THE PEOPLE WE VOTED FOR, MAYBE WE DO NEED TO WAIT. I'M JUST TOSSING THAT OUT THERE. ALL RIGHT. UM, SO, UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, AND TRY ONCE MORE. UM, ARE YOU READY? COMMISSIONER DUNN VOTES FOR WINSTON RESTER. COMMISSIONER ANDREWS VOTES FOR WINSTON RESTER. COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN VOTES FOR STEPHEN KING. MAYOR GORMAN VOTES FOR STEPHEN KING COMMISSIONER. LITTLE VOTES FOR WINSTON RESTER. COMMISSIONER SPEARS VOTES FOR STEPHEN KING. THREE THREE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO DEFER TO THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING ON AUGUST 26TH, THE APPOINTMENT OF, UH, THE FINAL MEMBER, UH, TO THE EAB SECOND DISCUSSION. I'M FINE WITH THAT. I AGREE. I THINK IT'LL GIVE EVERYBODY TIME TO DO SOME RESEARCH IF THEY FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO GET SOME MORE QUESTIONS ANSWERED. MM-HMM. , I'M MAKING MY DECISION BASED ON RESEARCH, SO VERY GOOD. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT [4. Appointment of one (1) member to the Historic Commission] ONE. UH, THIS IS GONNA BE AN EASIER ONE, RIGHT? UH, SO APPOINTMENT OF ONE MEMBER, UH, TO THE HISTORIC COMMISSION AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE BALLOT, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE APPLICANT. UH, FOR, UH, A MEMBER TO THE HISTORIC COMMISSION VOTE. WE STILL HAVE TO VOTE ANYWAY. THANK YOU. KRISTEN, THANK I AM JUST MAKING SURE I PRONOUNCE THIS CANDIDATE'S LAST NAME CORRECTLY. UM, COMMISSIONER ANDREWS VOTES FOR ALLISON STA STA STAB STABILE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN VOTES FOR ALLISON STABILE. MAYOR GORMAN VOTES FOR ALLISON STABILE. COMMISSIONER SPEARS VOTES FOR ALLISON STABILE. COMMISSIONER [00:45:01] DUNN VOTES FOR ALLISON STABILE COMMISSIONER. LITTLE VOTES FOR ALLISON STABILE. UNANIMOUS. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. [a. Notice of future appointments of one (1) member to the Tree Board (for information only)] UH, NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS, UH, UNDER OTHER NEW BUSINESS IS A NOTICE OF FUTURE APPOINTMENTS OF ONE MEMBER, UH, TO THE TREE BOARD FOR INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS, WELL, THIS APPOINTMENT BE COMPLETING A TERM FOR SOMEBODY OR IS IT A NEW, NEW THREE YEAR TERM OR WHAT? IT'S AN UNEXPIRED TERM, UM, FOR AMY BYRD AND THAT. OKAY. IT WILL EXPIRE ON MAY 31ST, 2026. SO ALMOST TWO YEARS. NOT QUITE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. UH, AT THIS POINT IN THE MEETING, THERE'S NO FURTHER, UM, BUSINESS, UH, FOR PEOPLE OF, UH, BRENTWOOD. I MOVE OR ADJOURN. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.