Aug 26, 2024 City Commission Meeting

UNDER GOD,

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[ Call to Order by Mayor Roll Call Invocation by Mayor Gorman Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by Commissioner Little Presentation to Brentwood School Principals Presentation to Recreation Service Providers Presentation to Community Service Providers]

WOW.

WHAT A PACKED HOUSE TONIGHT YOU'D THINK WE WERE GIVING AWAY.

UH, BIG CHECKS OR SOMETHING.

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SO THIS IS, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, THE FAVORITE MEETINGS, UH, OF THE COMMISSION, UH, WHERE WE DISTRIBUTE, UH, FUNDS TO THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY SCHOOLS, UH, AND VARIOUS, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE, UH, PROVIDERS.

JUST TO PUT THINGS INTO A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE, UM, THIS ALL STARTED BACK IN 1986, UH, WHEN I WAS STILL, UH, IN HIGH SCHOOL.

I GRADUATED THAT YEAR.

UH, BUT, UM, SINCE 1986, UH, TO NOW, UM, THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD TAXPAYERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED $7 MILLION TO, UH, THE SCHOOLS, UH, THAT SERVE BRENTWOOD.

UH, AND THAT'S JUST, I THINK, JUST FABULOUS, UH, BECAUSE IT SPEAKS TO WHAT, UM, OUR VALUES ARE, UH, FROM A COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE.

AND WE NEVER HEAR, WE'LL HEAR ABOUT, UM, SPENDING MONEY ON SOMETHING AND $5,000 OR $10,000.

OUR RESIDENTS PAY ATTENTION ON SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T AGREE WITH, BUT WE HAVE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING NEGATIVE, UH, ABOUT CONTRIBUTING, UH, TO THE SCHOOLS.

UH, SO WE ARE HAPPY, UH, TO DO THAT, UH, THIS EVENING.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, UH, THIS COMMUNITY SERVICE, UH, PROVIDERS, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WELL, WHY DO YOU GIVE TO, UH, THE Y OR THE BALL CLUB OR THE BLAZE OR THE 54 MARTIN CENTER? UM, AND IF YOU LOOK OTHER MUNICIPALITIES PROGRAM, UH, AND THEY ACTUALLY DO THOSE, UH, THOSE TYPE OF, UH, SERVICES THEMSELVES, WE LOOK AT IT AS A WAY, UH, TO LET PRIVATE SECTOR, UH, DO IT, UM, GOVERNMENT GOOD AT SOME THINGS, REALLY GOOD AT, UH, AT PUBLIC SAFETY.

THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS WHERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE SHOULD LET THE PRIVATE SECTOR HANDLE IT, AND SO WE CAN, UH, HELP FUND THOSE.

UH, SO, BUT, UH, SINCE THE INCEPTION OF, UH, CONTRIBUTING, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS, WE'VE GIVEN, UH, $2.7 MILLION, UH, TO THOSE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS, UH, THANKS TO THE, UH, TO THE TAXPAYERS OF, UH, OF BRENTWOOD.

SO, WITH THAT, MOVING ON, UM, WE CELEBRATE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY SCHOOLS THAT SERVE THE CHILDREN OF OUR RESIDENTS.

AND WE'RE GONNA MEMORIALIZE THAT, UH, THIS EVENING WITH DONATIONS FROM THE TENNESSEE, OR FROM THE BRENTWOOD TAXPAYERS.

UM, SEE WHO WE SEE.

I SEE JASON GOLDEN HERE.

UM, CAN'T MISS JASON.

UM, HE, UH, HE SITS ABOVE, UH, EVERYONE ELSE.

UM, ARE THERE ANY, UH, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS OR OTHER? MELISSA? OH, MELISSA, UH, THERE SHE IS.

UH, I LOOKED RIGHT AND I HAD YOUR NAME WRITTEN DOWN HERE.

UM, WELCOME DISTRICT SEVEN, UH, MELISSA WYATT.

CONGRATULATIONS, UH, BY THE WAY, NEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.

IT REPRESENTS BRENTWOOD.

UH, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA ASK THE PRINCIPALS, UH, TO COME FORWARD AND TELL US HOW YOU PLAN, UH, TO SPEND THE, UH, THE DONATED FUNDS.

LET'S START WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, UH, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN, UH, ONTO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

LOOKS LIKE KEVIN'S, UH, FIRST IN LINE, BUT HE'S GONNA GO LADIES FIRST.

, I'LL GO FIRST.

HE'S SMILING.

HE MUST HAVE A GOOD STORY.

UH, NO, IT, IT'S REALLY, IT'S WHAT YOU SAID, UH, WHEN YOU OPENED UP.

UM, WE LIVE IN A VERY UNIQUE CITY, AND WE ARE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE A CITY COMMISSION THAT VALUES EDUCATION THE WAY YOU GUYS DO.

I GET ASKED ALL THE TIME, WHAT MAKES BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY SCHOOL SO SPECIAL? IT'S EVERYBODY'S COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION.

IT'S A COMMITMENT TO THE KIDS.

WE'VE GOT WONDERFUL STUDENTS.

PARENTS ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT WE DO, AND THE CITY IN THE SCHOOL BOARD, OUR, UM, ADMINISTRATION AND THE CITY COMMISSION THAT REALLY SUPPORTS US, AND FOR YOU GUYS TO DO THIS, OVER $7 MILLION SINCE 1986, REALLY SHOWS THE COMMUNITY HOW MUCH YOU VALUE PUBLIC EDUCATION.

SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL.

UM, WE BELIEVE IN ATHLETICS, THE ACADEMICS AND THE ARTS.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE DO IT.

WE DIVIDE IT UP, WE TAKE OUR MONEY, DIVIDE IT IN THIRDS, AND IT'S GONNA GO TO THOSE PROGRAMS. WE STARTED A ROBOTICS PROGRAM JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, AND IT HAS TAKEN OFF LIKE GANGBUSTERS.

WE HAD TWO TEAMS GO TO THE WORLD, UH, CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS PAST YEAR, AND IT'S BEEN A LOT DUE TO THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, THOSE GROUPS AS THEY GOT STARTED.

AND IT'S, UH, THANKS TO YOUR GENEROSITY.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS, THANK THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU, KEVIN.

HELLO, KATIE.

SO NICE TO SEE YOU, DR.

VADEN.

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I'M SO GLAD WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT RELATIONSHIP OVER ALL THESE YEARS.

EXCEPT FOR FRIDAY NIGHT, RIGHT? ? WELL, IT'S NOT THIS FRIDAY.

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I'VE GOT SOMEBODY ELSE THIS FRIDAY.

YOU GOT ANOTHER CITY SCHOOL THIS FRIDAY? OH, OKAY.

WELL, GOOD EVENING.

I, THE STORY AT RAVENWOOD THIS YEAR IS THAT WE'VE GROWN TO 1,980 STUDENTS.

AND, UH, AS SUCH, OUR, WHEN I, THE, THE AREA THAT SEEMS TO BE BLOSSOMING

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UH, UP TO THIS POINT, LAST YEAR, WE, WE, OR WE, UH, ACTUALLY ADDED A CLASS CALLED THE MEDIA ARTS.

UH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT FROM VISUAL ARTS.

VISUAL ARTS IS PAINTING, DRAWING, SCULPTURE, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

MEDIA ARTS IS MORE OF, UM, CINEMA, ANIMATION, EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES.

AND WE FOUND THAT THE BEST DEVICE TO USE FOR THOSE, THOSE CLASSES IS AN IPAD.

AND IT'S $4,000.

I WAS ABLE TO BUY 18 OF THOSE LAST YEAR, AND I JUST NEED 12 MORE THIS YEAR TO MAKE A SET FOR A CLASS SET.

SO, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A GROWING PROGRAM, AND IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO HAVE EITHER ANOTHER ART ROOM TO TEACH VISUAL ARTS, WHICH MEANT WE HAD TO REFURBISH A WHOLE CLASSROOM WITH WATER AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

AND THEN SOMEBODY, IT WASN'T ME, CAME UP WITH THIS INGENIOUS IDEA TO OFFER MEDIA ARTS.

AND IT'S, WE'VE GONE FROM ONE CLASS TO THREE CLASSES THIS YEAR.

SO IT'S VERY POPULAR.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO BE USING THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD MONEY FOR THIS YEAR.

AND THE LEFTOVER MONEY IS GONNA GO TO, OF COURSE, BAND INSTRUMENTS AGAIN, AND MORE, UM, MORE, UM, AREAS, MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES FOR FINE ARTS.

VERY GOOD.

UH, THANK YOU, UM, KEVIN, IF YOU AND PAM WOULD, UH, WOULD HANG OUT, WE'RE GONNA DO PICTURES AFTER WE GET THROUGH, UH, EVERYBODY.

UM, SO, UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, FOR HANGING OUT.

UH, AND NEXT WE HAVE, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL.

HI, I'M ABBY FLETCHER FROM THE NEW BRENTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I HAVE TO ASK.

YAY.

YEAH.

UM, WHEN I CAME BACK TO WORK IN JULY, I, I FELT LIKE I HAD A WHOLE NEW JOB, 'CAUSE MY OFFICE WAS NEW AND EVERYTHING SMELLED FRESH.

SO, UM, THAT HAS BEEN SO FUN TO SEE.

WITH THAT MOVE, WE MADE A LOT OF, UM, TRANSITIONS OF JUST THINGS THAT OUTFITTED OUR CLASSROOMS. SO FINALLY WE HAVE SPACE AND PEOPLE AREN'T SHARING LIKE CLOSETS AND TINY OFFICES, SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE LIKE PROPER, UM, SMART TVS IN EVERY CLASSROOM.

SO THANKS TO YOU ALL.

UM, ALSO WHAT'S PLAYED A BIG PART IS, OF COURSE, ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ONE-TO-ONE WITH CHROMEBOOKS, AND OUR TEACHERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A LOT OF APPS THAT SUPPORT TEACHING IN ALL SUBJECT AREAS.

SO, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT AND PURCHASE SOME OF THOSE APPS AS WELL.

SO, SO GRATEFUL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

HELLO, CLARISSA HAMMOND FROM SUNSET MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED US OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

UH, WE HAVE NEEDED BOX LIGHTS, AND WE'RE NOW AT THE POINT TO WHERE EACH OF OUR CLASSROOMS HAS A NEW BOX LIGHT, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WE, THIS SUMMER, HAVE A NEW GYM FLOOR INSTALLED, BEAUTIFUL NEW FLOOR, BUT WE NOW NEED A NEW MIC SOUND SYSTEM WITH IT.

SO WE WON'T USE THAT MOSTLY FOR THE SOUND SYSTEM AND THEN JUST SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I'M MARISSA BLOCK FROM WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

UM, AND AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SHARED, WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT, UM, AT THE CITY LEVEL.

UM, I'M ALSO A BRENTWOOD MOM OF STUDENTS AT RAVENWOOD WYNETTE WOODLAND.

SO AS A PARENT, I APPRECIATE, UM, WHERE OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING AS WELL.

AT WOODLAND, WE HAVE BEEN APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU ALL HAVE ALLOWED US TO, LIKE DR. HAMMOND SAID, UH, PROVIDE SMART BOARDS FOR ALL OF OUR CLASSROOMS. SO WE FINISHED THAT LAST YEAR, AND THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BRENTWOOD MIDDLES, UH, SOME OF THEIR NEW, NOT SO OLD FURNITURE DONATIONS.

SO WE WENT OVER THERE AND GRABBED THAT .

UM, AND IT IS AMAZING WHAT NEW DESKS AND CHAIRS DID FOR OUR STUDENTS.

OUR BUILDING'S 30 YEARS OLD.

WE CELEBRATED OUR 30TH BIRTHDAY LAST FALL, UH, WELL LAST YEAR.

AND SO WHEN WE, YOU DON'T REALLY REALIZE HOW OLD 30-YEAR-OLD FURNITURE IS UNTIL YOU GO TO SOME OF THE, UH, NEWER SCHOOLS.

AND SO THO IT JUST LIT UP THE STUDENTS WHEN THEY GOT THESE NEW DESKS AND CHAIRS.

SO WE'LL BE USING THE MONEY TO OUTFIT, UM, A COUPLE MORE CLASSROOMS WITH NEW STUDENT TABLES AND CHAIRS.

SO WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

AND WHERE IT ALL STARTS, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, IF Y'ALL WOULD COME FORWARD, I KNOW THERE'S, UH, THERE'S SEVERAL AS EVERYBODY STANDS UP IN ONE ROW.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M MICHELLE CON AND I'M THE PRINCIPAL AT LIPSCOMB, AND IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I THINK THIS IS MY 19TH YEAR AT LIPSCOMB, SO MY KIDS WENT THERE, THEN THEY WENT TO BRENTWOOD MIDDLE AND BRENTWOOD HIGH.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN RECIPIENTS OF THE GENEROSITY OF THIS, UM, CITY COMMISSION FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND SO MUCH GOOD HAS COME OUT OF IT.

SO I THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

UM, WE HAVE, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE SAID, WE HAVE REPLACED ALL OF OUR SMART BOARDS AND WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OLDER THAN 30 YEARS, BUT, UM, WE ARE WORKING ON OUR FURNITURE TOO.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME MORE CHAIRS AND WE ARE WORKING STILL ON OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

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AND, UM, HOPE TO GET A PORTABLE SMART BOARD THAT THE TEACHERS CAN ROLL WITH THEM TO AS THEY'RE WORKING ON DATA AND ANALYSIS AND REALLY LOOKING AT HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR STUDENTS.

SO THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

HI, I'M BRONWYN RECTOR.

I'M THE PRINCIPAL OF CROCKETT ELEMENTARY.

AND JUST WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT EACH YEAR.

WE APPRECIATE THE DONATIONS VERY MUCH.

WE ALSO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR ENERGIES.

WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO HAVE MR. TRAVIS JOIN US FOR OUR SPELLING BEE, AND, AND WE JUST SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT, JUST THE INVOLVEMENT IN OUR SCHOOLS.

ANYTIME.

THANK YOU.

YES.

YES, WE, UM, WE TOO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FURNITURE.

OUR PTO HAS BEEN VERY GENEROUS WITH US, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO ADD JUST A FEW ACCESSORIES IN TERMS OF FURNITURE TO CLASSROOMS. WE ALSO HAVE PURCHASED A LOU PROMETHEAN BOARD FOR OUR GYMNASIUM, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO INTEGRATE ATHLETICS WITH ACADEMICS.

AND SO WE ARE UPGRADING OUR SOUND SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS UP AND WORKING, UM, FOR OUR STUDENTS AT CROCKETT.

SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

BUT THANK YOU ALL.

WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

HI, GOOD EVENING.

I'M REBECCA LFA.

I'M THE PRINCIPAL OF KEN ROSE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT TONIGHT, WE'RE 25 YEARS THIS YEAR, AND SO WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO HAVE RETURNING STUDENTS.

I HAVE THREE PEOPLE ON STAFF WHO WE'RE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AT KEN ROSE.

UM, TODAY WE HAD A COLLEGE STUDENT WHO WAS SO EAGER AND EXCITED TO COME IN AS A STUDENT TEACHER IN OUR KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM, AND HE'S IN THE SAME CLASSROOM THAT HE WENT TO KINDERGARTEN IN.

AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS ABOUT THE SCHOOLS THAT THE EXPERIENCE THEY HAD WAS WORTH COMING BACK FOR, AND THEY WANNA CONTRIBUTE BACK TO THAT.

AND I JUST, THAT AMAZES ME EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT THAT.

SO THANK YOU, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE HELPED TO MAKE THAT A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

WE ARE ALSO IN THE SAME STAGE AS WOODLAND IS.

OUR FURNITURE IS QUITE OLD AT THIS POINT, 25 YEARS, AND IT'S HAD A LOT OF GOOD USE AND WE'RE REPLACING THAT.

SO SOME OF THAT MONEY IS GOING TO GO HELP OUTFIT SOME NEW CLASSROOMS, AND WE ARE SO CLOSE TO FINISHING OUR SMART BOARDS AND SMART TVS, AND SO WE WILL BE FINISHING THAT UP AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M CHAD WALKER.

I'M PRINCIPAL JORDAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UM, OUR SEVENTH YEAR AS A SCHOOL.

SO MY FURNITURE STILL LOOKS PRETTY GOOD, .

UM, SO WE'RE NOT BUYING FURNITURE.

UM, WE ARE STARTING TO SAY THAT SEVEN YEAR MARK.

SO SOME OF OUR TECHNOLOGY NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF UPDATING.

SO WE'RE GONNA SPEND SOME OF THIS MONEY ON, UM, UH, TECHNOLOGY, BUT ALSO WE'RE STILL FOCUSED ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, SOME OF OUR INITIATIVES AS A DISTRICT AND A SCHOOL THAT WILL GO TOWARDS THAT TO, UH, HELP OUR TEACHERS LEARN THE, THE BEST STRATEGIES, THE MOST RECENT RESEARCH AND, AND TO JUST MAKE US A BETTER SCHOOL.

SO WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO US AND, AND OUR SUPPORT OF OUR WORK.

WE, WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, DREW PERRY, I'M AT SCALES.

THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR AT SCALES.

UM, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

UM, IT'S AN INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN, AND, UM, WE'RE JUST BLESSED TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA WORK ON IS TECHNOLOGY AND OUR CAFETERIA.

SO OUR STAGE, OUR LIGHTING, OUR SOUND.

WE HAVE A GREAT, UM, MUSIC THEATER PROGRAM, EVEN AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT.

UM, WE ALSO DO OUR SCHOOLWIDE ASSEMBLIES IN THAT AREA, SO IT'LL BE JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENHANCE SOME OF THAT TECHNOLOGY AND, UH, JUST ALLOW OUR, OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE THAT.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING.

THANK YOU.

HEY, I'M, UH, TRENT SATTERFIELD, PRINCIPAL AT EDMONTON.

THIS IS MY 15TH YEAR AT EDMONTON.

UM, JUST WANNA SAY JUST HOW MUCH WE, UM, APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

UH, WE DEFINITELY WOULD NOT BE THE SCHOOL THAT WE ARE WITHOUT, UM, JUST THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AND ALL THAT THEY DO FOR US, SO WE APPRECIATE IT.

UM, EDMONDSON, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, ESPECIALLY LIKE MARISSA, WE, WE TURNED 30 NEXT YEAR, SO WE'RE 29 YEARS OLD.

WE ACTUALLY STARTED OUR FURNITURE REPLACEMENT SIX YEARS AGO, WHICH I'M GLAD WE DID, BECAUSE NOW FURNITURE IS LIKE DOUBLE THE PRICE OF WHAT IT WAS.

UM, SO WE'RE ALMOST DONE NOW.

WE'VE, UM, WE HAVE COMPLETELY REPLACED ALL OF OUR STUDENT DESKS, AND THIS WILL BE THE LAST PHASE OF OUR STUDENT CHAIRS.

AND SO A PORTION OF THIS MONEY WILL GO TOWARDS THAT THIS YEAR.

UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, STILL REPLACING SMART BOARDS.

WE WERE ABLE TO OUTFIT ALL OF OUR, UM, CLASSROOMS WITH SMART BOARDS, THANKS TO YOUR GENEROUS DONATIONS, UM, TO US.

AND SO NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING SOME OF THOSE THAT HAVE BROKEN.

UM, SO REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

HI, I AM TINA AARON, AND I AM THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF SUNSET ELEMENTARY.

THEY ALL THREATENED ME THAT I WAS GONNA GO FIRST, BUT GOT TO GO LAST, SO THAT WAS GOOD.

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UM, I'M JUST REALLY THANKFUL TO

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I'M SO THANKFUL FOR HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN A COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS OUR SCHOOLS.

UM, THAT'S AMAZING.

UM, LIKE MICHELLE, UM, WE ARE WORKING REALLY HARD ON DIGGING INTO OUR DATA AT SUNSET ELEMENTARY AND DOING THAT TOGETHER IN COLLABORATIVE TEAMS. AND WE ARE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND IN OUR TECHNOLOGY.

UM, AND SO WE ARE ALSO HOPING TO USE THE MONEY TO PURCHASE SOMETHING THAT'S PORTABLE, A BEAN BOARD THAT'S PORTABLE, SO THAT WE CAN MOVE IT AROUND AND BE TOGETHER AND REALLY DIG INTO OUR DATA AND HELP ALL OF OUR STUDENTS LEARN AND GROW.

SO THANK YOU FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THAT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

UM, BEFORE THE MEETING, I WAS ABLE TO, UH, VISIT WITH SOME FOLKS AND, UH, I KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR RECREATION COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS, UH, ARE HERE.

UM, I DIDN'T GET AROUND TO EVERYBODY THOUGH, BUT, UH, I KNOW THE, UH, UH, THE BLAZE IS HERE, BUT IF THERE'S A, AND THEN I SAW TRACY, UH, AND THEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FROM THE Y IF THERE'S ANYBODY FROM THE BRENTWOOD BALL CLUB, UM, IF Y'ALL, OH, THERE WE ARE.

Y'ALL COME ON UP.

UM, WE'D LIKE TO HEAR, UH, ABOUT, UM, WHAT THE FUNDS ARE GONNA BE USED FOR, UH, FOR RECREATION SERVICE PROVIDERS.

AND THEN Y'ALL HANG OUT TOO, AND WE'LL GET PICTURES MADE, UH, AFTER THE SCHOOLS WITH Y'ALL.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UM, I GUESS I'LL GO FIRST.

I'M, UH, I'M MATT MCDONOUGH.

I'M THE TREASURER OF THE BRENTWOOD BALL CLUB.

IT'S MY 11TH YEAR AS TREASURER.

AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA USE THE MONEY.

I, I, IT'S PRETTY EXCITING TIME FOR US BECAUSE IF, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO CROCKETT PARK, UH, RECENTLY WE JUST GOT FIELD SEVEN AND EIGHT YEAH.

TURFED, AND THAT'S A JOINT, UH, YOU KNOW, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, UH, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.

I WAS THERE LAST NIGHT AND ALL FOUR FIELDS WERE IN USE, WHICH THEY PRETTY MUCH ARE ALL THE TIME.

UM, BUT, UH, PART OF THE THING WITH, WITH TURF IS YOU'VE GOTTA, YOU'VE GOTTA PUT MONEY AWAY TO REPLACE IT.

SO, UH, HOPEFULLY IT'LL LAST MANY, MANY YEARS.

BUT, UH, BUT WE'LL USE THE MONEY PROBABLY TO PUT BACK IN RESERVE.

UM, ALSO GOT A LOT OF FENCING NEEDS, UM, AS WELL AS, AS THAT COMES UP.

UM, BUT COUPLE THINGS, UH, THAT ARE, THAT ARE ALSO EXCITING IS THAT WE ARE THE SERVICE PROVIDER FOR BASKETBALL AS WELL.

AND, UM, SO LAST YEAR WE HAD 110 BASKETBALL TEAMS, SO OVER A THOUSAND PLAYERS, BUT WOW.

BUT REGISTRATION OPENS ON FRIDAY AND WE'LL HAVE OVER 400 PLAYERS IN THE FIRST 30 MINUTES.

SO, UH, AND, AND THAT'S AMAZING.

AND, AND I THINK LAST YEAR WE'VE, UH, HAD OVER 300 TEAMS FOR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL.

UM, SO, AND, AND THOSE ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER.

I, I'M, I'M THINKING IT'S ABOUT 80 TO TO 85%, UH, YOU KNOW, CITY OF BRENTWOOD KIDS.

SO, UH, PRETTY AMAZING.

AND, AND EACH OF THOSE, I WANT TO THANK THE SCHOOL AND, AND, UH, ADMINISTRATION, THE PRINCIPALS BECAUSE, UH, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, KNOW WE COULDN'T DO THE BASKETBALL LEAGUE WITHOUT 'CAUSE 'CAUSE WE USE ALL OF THE SCHOOLS.

SO THAT'S ALL.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

UH, MY NAME IS MICHAEL DECKER.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE BRENTWOOD BLAZE.

AND, UH, THERE'S A BLAZE.

THERE'S THERE 33 YEAR, 33 YEAR, YEAR OF EXISTENCE.

UM, WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

WE USE THE FUNDS THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED TO INVEST IN PLAYER SAFETY, WHICH PRIMARILY INCLUDES, UH, REINVESTING IN NEW HELMETS EVERY YEAR.

THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE, UH, THESE NEW STATE OF ART HELMETS FOR THE SMALLER PLAYERS THAT WEIGH ONLY 14 OUNCES THAT ARE AS SAFE AS THE, THE OLDER HELMET.

I MEAN, THE OLDER KIDS HELMETS, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO CARRY AS MUCH ON THEIR HEAD.

AND THEN WE ALSO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE PRESS BOXES THAT ARE OUT THERE AND CONTINUE TO REFURBISH THEM SO THAT THEY CAN LAST FOR ANOTHER 33 YEARS .

SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M JODY SCHROER.

I'M THE EXEC AT THE BRENTWOOD YMCA.

AND I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW WELL EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, WHAT INCREDIBLE PARTNERS YOU ALL HAVE BEEN, UH, SINCE WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF OPENING OUR NEW ONE, BRENTWOOD Y UH, THERE'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF RESPONSE AND GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY, AND YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WITH US ALONG THE WAY AT EVERY STEP, AND I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

UH, I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THAT OUR REQUEST FOR THE CITY FUNDING IS SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR FULL CIRCLE PROGRAM.

FOR THOSE IN THE ROOM THAT DON'T KNOW, THE FULL CIRCLE PROGRAM SERVES KIDS IN ADULTS WITH DIVERSE ABILITIES.

UM, WE, I WAS HERE LAST YEAR AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CHAT AMONG OUR SCHOOL LEADERS ABOUT SMART BOARDS, AND I WAS A LITTLE JEALOUS.

SO WE HAVE ONE NOW, , AND IT WAS ON FULL DISPLAY LAST WEEK DURING OUR FIFTIES DANCE PARTY, WHERE OUR FULL CIRCLE PARTICIPANTS AND OUR ACTIVE OLDER ADULTS CAME TOGETHER FOR A LITTLE CELEBRATION, UH, WHICH WAS REALLY SPECIAL TO SEE.

UH, I BROUGHT WITH ME TRACY DURING, AGAIN, SHE'S THE DIRECTOR OF THE FULL CIRCLE PROGRAM, SO SHE GETS TO LIVE IT AND BREATHE IT EVERY DAY.

I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR HER.

BUT, UH, I ESPECIALLY WANNA HIGHLIGHT THIS YEAR IN MARCH, WE WERE ABLE TO KICK OFF AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM FOR WHERE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, SO FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS IN THE ROOM, IF YOU DON'T

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UH, THIS GROUP, OBVIOUSLY, THE CITY ALSO MADE AN INVESTMENT IN THE CAPITAL REBUILD OF THIS FACILITY IN THE FULL CIRCLE CENTER IN PARTICULAR.

AND IT'S OUR HOPE TO MAXIMIZE THAT SPACE THAT EVERY MINUTE THE Y IS OPERATING, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THIS POPULATION IN THAT SPACE.

SO THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM, UH, IS GONNA ALLOW US TO DO THAT.

AND, UM, SO THE FUNDING THIS YEAR PARTICULARLY WILL GO TO FUND ONGOING PROGRAMMATIC COSTS TO DO THAT, AND OF COURSE, THE STAFFING AND PAYROLL TO CONTINUE THAT.

SO, TRACY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO COME UP.

UM, AND I CAN'T SPEAK AS WELL AS JODY CAN, SO, UM, SHE DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE I SEE THE JOY IN OUR PARTICIPANTS EYES EVERY DAY.

WE SERVE 32, UM, PARTICIPANTS DURING OUR DAY PROGRAM, UM, AND 10 IN THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM.

AND THAT IS, IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE THEY EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY'RE AROUND THEIR PEERS AND LEARN TO SOCIALIZE.

AND IT'S SOME, IT'S JUST ABOUT THEM.

SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE Y AND AND TO THIS PROGRAM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU BOTH.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT WE HAVE, UM, SERVICE AGENCIES.

UM, IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FROM, UH, THE 54 MARTIN CENTER OR MID CUMBERLAND? UM, MID CUMBERLAND HERE FROM MID CUMBERLAND.

COME ON UP.

WELCOME.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

YOU NICE TO BE HERE TODAY.

UM, SO I'M FROM MID CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY.

WE'RE A MULTI-PROGRAM AGENCY.

UH, WE'LL BE USING YOUR PHONES FOR SEVERAL THINGS.

UH, WE'LL BE USING IT FOR MEALS ON WHEELS.

WE'LL ALSO BE USING IT FOR TRANSPORTATION.

AND WE WILL BE USING IT FOR, UM, OUR OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM, WHICH ADVOCATES FOR RESIDENTS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.

AND I WANNA THANK YOU.

ANA BRENTWOOD IS A VERY WEALTHY COMMUNITY, BUT THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO STRUGGLE.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR REALIZING THAT AND HELPING US BE ABLE TO SERVE 'EM.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

UM, WOW.

YEAH, SOME REALLY COOL STORIES FOR SURE.

UM, UH, NOW FOR THE PICTURES.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, THIS EVENING WE WILL START WITH, UM, THE SCHOOLS.

UH, AND CHARLES IS, UH, IS GONNA MC ALL OF THE, UH, UH, THE CAMERA ACTIVITY.

UH, BUT, UM, IF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, MELISSA, AND, UH, JASON, IF YOU ALL WOULD COME UP AND WE'LL START WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND THEN WE'LL GO MIDDLE, AND THEN WE WILL ALL KIND OF JAM IN TOGETHER FOR, UH, THE MANY ELEMENTARY.

UH, AND JUST REMIND THAT KAREN ACTUALLY HAS THE REAL CHECKS.

SO YOU SEE YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

AFTERWARDS.

CAN'T, CAN'T SHOW UP WITH THAT CHECK AT THE BANK.

IT WON'T, UM, IT WON'T READ.

COME ON IN THE MIDDLE.

MAYOR.

MAYOR.

MAKE SURE WE NOT, ALRIGHT.

PERFECT.

I THINK I GOT YOU.

GOOD.

ALRIGHT.

1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3.

PERFECT.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW WE'LL SWAP OUT KAREN'S CHECK.

MIDDLE SCHOOL.

MIDDLE SCHOOL.

KAREN, YOU ACT LIKE YOU'VE DONE THIS ONCE OR TWICE BEFORE, A FEW TIMES.

I WORE FLAT SHOES TODAY.

.

YEAH.

THIS ANGLE ALWAYS HELPS.

YEAH.

IT'S MORE FLATTER THAN TODAY.

ALRIGHT.

1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3.

ONE MORE.

1, 2, 3.

PERFECT.

ALL THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IT'S LIKE SINGLE FILE.

UHHUH.

.

HERE THEY COME.

THIS IS THE BIG GROUP.

THIS IS THE BIG ONES.

YEAH.

WE'LL JUST HAVE YOU ALL LINE UP RIGHT IN FRONT OF US HERE, EXCEPT, UM, BIGGER GUY.

DON'T, DON'T STAND IN FRONT OF ANNE.

WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE FINE RIGHT THERE.

WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU, PRINCIPAL.

EXCUSE ME.

ALRIGHT, PERFECT.

1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3, AND ONE MORE.

1, 2, 3.

PERFECT.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU ALL.

ABSOLUTELY.

I'LL BE READY.

THERE ARE SO MANY PARENTS THAT ARE SO HAPPY, UH, UH, FOR YOU ALL.

UH, THEY'RE, THEY MISSED THEIR KIDS, BUT THEY'RE GLAD THEY'RE BACK IN SCHOOL.

SCHOOL.

I, AND WE'RE GLAD THEY'RE BACK.

YEAH.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

BYE PAM.

YOU GUYS COME IN SPRING BUILDING.

YES.

UH, JASON, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MR. IS ON.

OH, ALRIGHT.

UM, HOW ABOUT SOME RECREATION SERVICE PROVIDERS?

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YEAH.

HERE WE GO.

ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH.

ONE BIG HAPPY.

I KNOW.

BYE.

SEE WHAT? SEE WHAT THE NEXT CHECK SAYS HERE.

KIRK'S GOT IT.

RECREATION.

RECREATION.

ALRIGHT.

THEY BALL CLUB.

YM.

THIS AS PLAYS.

BALL CLUB AND THE YS.

ALL RIGHT, THERE WE GO.

YEP.

ALRIGHT.

HERE, I'LL GRAB YOU.

WANT I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

WE GO.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

PERFECT.

1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3.

AND ONE MORE.

.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU GUYS.

JODY, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

TRACY.

NICE TO SEE YOU.

SEE YOU JODY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

MID CUMBERLAND HERE.

SHE DON'T HAVE TO SPLIT ARE ONLY ONE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPLIT WITH ANYBODY.

.

YAY.

TELL ME YOUR NAME BY THE WAY.

SHARON.

SHARON.

SHARON.

SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ABSOLUTELY.

MIKE WIFE.

OH, YOU, YOU'RE GOOD.

OKAY.

YOU'RE PERFECT.

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU'RE FINE.

ALRIGHT.

1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3.

AND 1, 2, 3.

GREAT.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MUCH.

THANK YOU.

Y'ALL, Y'ALL.

SO NICE TO SEE YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE.

ALRIGHT, GOOD, GOOD.

THANK YOU.

MOST THING I, WE GOT IN THE RIGHT SPOT OR NOT.

WELL, IT HAPPENED AND I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO ANNOUNCE IT.

UM, OUR FEELINGS AREN'T HURT, UH, IF YOU DON'T STAY.

UM, AND WE SURE TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN.

RIGHT? AND WE SURE WOULDN'T EXPECT THE, UH, UH, THE TEACHERS TO STAY AND GET A CIVICS LESSON RIGHT THIS EVENING.

SO, YEAH.

ANYWAY, UM, ALWAYS A LOT OF FUN.

SO, MOVING ON,

[2. Approval or Correction of Minutes]

I HEAR A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND PRIMARY AND SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED, ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AT THIS POINT IN THE MEETING,

[ Comments from Citizens – Individuals may comment on any item included in the Consent/Regular agenda or on any other matter regarding the City of Brentwood. All comments should be directed to the Board of Commissioners. Citizens who wish to request that an item be moved from the Consent Agenda to the Regular Agenda for discussion should make that known to the Board at this time. A sign-in sheet will be provided fifteen (15) minutes prior to the start of the meeting. Anyone wishing to speak may, but are not required to, sign in. ]

INDIVIDUALS MAY COMMENT ON ANY ITEM, UH, INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT OR REGULAR AGENDA OR ANY OTHER MATTER REGARDING THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP.

UM, JUST BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T SIGN UP DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T SPEAK.

BUT, UH, TAMEL ULTA, SINCE SHE SIGNED UP FIRST, UH, GETS TO SPEAK.

IF YOU WOULD COME UP AND, UH, IDENTIFY YOURSELF, NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, WE'D APPRECIATE IT.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M TAMELA SOTA.

I LIVE AT 10 15 ERWAY CIRCLE, BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE.

AND I WANTED TO COME TONIGHT, AS SOME OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW OR ALL OF YOU KNOW, THAT ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE TRY, WE HAVE STARTED THE BRENTWOOD, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BACK UP.

I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK TO ME SAYING THEY FELT LIKE BRENTWOOD WAS IGNORED, WAS, UM, DIMINISHED IN THE WHOLE REGION.

AND YOU KNOW, BRENTWOODS MY FAVORITE PLACE.

I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE 97.

I ACTUALLY RIGHT OUTTA COLLEGE, IMAGINE THAT, UH, LIVED HERE IN 91 BOUGHT AON.

AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE IMPOSSIBLE WITH TODAY'S, UH, MARKET.

BUT ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE STARTED UP, AND I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM THIS EXPERIENCE.

I'VE MET A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE AND I'M CONTINUING TO LEARN A LOT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE.

MANY OF YOU HAVE ATTENDED FUNCTIONS AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO YOU.

ONE-ON-ONE, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET OUT AND TALK TO PEOPLE THAT YOU LIVE NEAR THAT DO BUSINESS HERE AND THAT HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE BRENTWOOD CORRIDOR.

UH, SINCE WE STARTED, OUR FIRST EVENT WAS IN SEPTEMBER, 2022.

WE'VE HAD ABOUT 14 EVENTS AND AROUND 1200 ATTENDEES.

WE ALSO DID A HOLIDAY PASSPORT AND WE GAVE AWAY TWO $500 CHECKS.

THERE WAS NO MONEY OR TO PARTICIPATE.

ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS TO GO INTO CERTAIN BRENTWOOD RETAILERS, GET YOUR CARD STAMPED.

AND WE HAD A DRAWING.

SO TWO BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS GOT $500 RIGHT AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, WHICH IS GREAT.

AND IT WAS ALSO

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UH, WE'VE HAD ABOUT FIVE RIBBON CUTTINGS NOW THAT'S STARTING TO PICK UP SOME STEAM.

WE DON'T CHARGE FOR IT.

UM, WE DON'T PAY ANY SALARIES.

NOBODY'S GETTING RICH FROM IT OR COLLECTING ANY SALARY.

WE DON'T PAY $1.

SO EVERY DOLLAR WE USE GOES TO EVENTS AND TO HELP BUSINESSES CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER AND HELP, UH, RAISE THE PROFILE OF BRENTWOOD.

UH, AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE BRENTWOOD CONCERT SERIES, WE WERE A GOLD SPONSOR AND WE GAVE AWAY OVER 920 COTTON CANDY CONES TO PARTICIPANTS.

UH, I LEFT THERE AND I WAS COVERED WITH COTTON CANDY.

I HAD IT IN MY EYELASHES AND MY FINGERNAILS AND MY HAIR.

BUT, UH, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

I THINK IT DID HELP, UM, KIND OF BUILD PEOPLE TALKING IN, IN LINE AND COMMUNICATING.

I THINK IT WAS A GREAT SERVICE AND SOME OF Y'ALL WERE OUT THERE IN SOLID.

UH, THE OTHER THING WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE KICKING OFF AND WE'RE ON STARTING OUR THIRD PODCAST.

SO WE HAVE A PODCAST THAT'S GOING TO BE, UM, DISTRIBUTED ON SHOP ON SPOTIFY, AND WE ARE SPOTLIGHTING BRI BRENTWOOD BUSINESSES AND WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THEM ADVERTISE AND PROMOTE AND GET THEIR NAME OUT THERE AND HELP WITH THEIR NAME RECOGNITION.

UH, WE DO HAVE AN ALL VOLUNTEER STAFF, SO, UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING INVOLVED OR KNOW SOMEBODY WHO IS, WE WELCOME THEM TO JOIN OUR EFFORTS.

WE ARE SERVICE ORIENTED AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOU ALL WHO, WHO HAVE ATTENDED AND WILL ATTEND.

AND ALSO FOR YOUR MONETARY DONATIONS.

WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR IT AND REALLY APPRECIATIVE.

AND WE'LL PUT IT TO GOOD WORK.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA PUT IT TO HELP BRENTWOOD, TO HELP BRENTWOOD BUSINESSES, AND THAT'S OUR GOAL.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS, YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW.

WE'RE OPEN TO IT.

YOU ARE WELCOME TO CALL ME AT ANY TIME.

WE HAVE SOME BOARD MEMBERS HERE THAT WOULD ALSO WELCOME YOUR INPUT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL.

THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE, UH, HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD.

WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE'LL MOVE TO A REPORT FROM

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

THANK YOU MAYOR.

JUST A REMINDER, NEXT MONDAY IS LABOR DAY.

SO CITY OFFICES, INCLUDING THE LIBRARY ARE CLOSED ON MONDAY.

AND, UH, JUST AN UPDATE ON ROAD RELATED WORK.

ROUNDABOUT IS OPEN AS YOU WELL KNOW, BUT OUT IN THAT SAME AREA OF TOWN FISHER COURT WHERE WE HAVE THE SEWER PROJECT GOING ON TO ABANDON THE ARDEN WOODS, UM, SEWER STATION THERE, THAT WORK CONTINUES, BUT SLOWLY, A LOT MORE ROCK NEEDING TO BE REMOVED THAN WHAT'S ANTICIPATED.

SO WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE FOR THE FIRST FEW WEEKS, FISHER COURT WAS CLOSED COMPLETELY 24 7.

WE'RE AT NOW AT THE POINT, AND CHRIS CAN CLARIFY IF I'M WRONG HERE, THAT WE'RE CLOSING DURING THE DAY, OPENING BACK UP IN THE EVENINGS AND, AND AFTER THAT TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE OR LESS, LITTLE LESS IMPACTFUL FOR RESIDENTS.

BUT WE'RE PROBABLY STILL IN THE THREE TO MAYBE EVEN FOUR WEEKS WORK OF WORK OUT THERE.

UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S SO FAR IT'S, UM, NOT BEEN, UH, TOO BUSY AND EVERYBODY WHO NEEDS TO GET TO THEIR OWN DRIVEWAYS OBVIOUSLY CAN DO THAT.

UM, BUT THAT WORK CONTINUES.

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

GOOD QUESTION.

ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD.

UM, HEARING DONE, WE'LL MOVE TO A REPORT FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, CHRISTIAN.

THANK YOU MAYOR GORMAN.

NO REPORT TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

AND, UM, NOW WE'LL MOVE TO, UH, REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONERS AND, UH, THIS EVENING WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER ANDREWS.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

SO THE TREE BOARD HAD A GREAT MEETING LAST WEEK.

UH, WENT THROUGH A LOT OF, UH, THINGS GOING ON THIS TIME OF YEAR.

UH, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS, UH, WE'VE BEEN SPENDING TIME RESEARCHING THE APPROVED TREE LIST.

SO, UH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LITTLE DEAL, BUT IT'S A BIG DEAL BECAUSE WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE, UH, TO TAKE A LOOK AND, UM, BECAUSE THEY ARE USED BY, UH, PEOPLE BUILDING THINGS, NEW DEVELOPMENTS, UH, HOMEOWNERS BUSINESSES ALIKE.

SO, UH, AS WE GO THROUGH IT, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING THE BEST RESOURCES AVAILABLE THROUGH TENNESSEE AND THROUGH LOCAL ARBORISTS TO BE SURE THEY'RE NATIVE TREES, THAT THERE ARE GOOD QUALITY TREES, AND THAT PEOPLE GET GOOD, UH, GOOD FEEDBACK ON, ON WHAT TO USE AND MAKE SURE THEY ALL HELP OUR CANOPY HERE.

UH, ALSO, UH, ARBOR DAY IS, UH, COMING UP, UH, IN MARCH.

SO WE'RE STARTING TO WORK ON SPONSORSHIPS FOR THAT.

UM, CHARLES KIND OF INSPIRED US WITH THE, UH, BURWOOD CONCERT SERIES AND, UH, A RECORD YEAR IN TERMS OF GIVING FOLKS THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, INVEST BACK IN OUR CITY.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, ARBOR DAY, UM, LOOKING FOR THAT BALANCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THE SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE WITHOUT OVER COLLECTING MONEY THAT YOU DON'T NEED.

BUT TRYING TO BOTH HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT SPONSORSHIPS CAN WE DO, HOW DO WE USE IT TO INVEST IN IT, CAN WE USE IT TO IMPROVE OUR, UH, ARBORETUMS OF

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UM, AND ALONG THOSE LINES, YOU KNOW, WHAT OF THE THINGS, UH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS THE URBAN, UH, FORESTRY PLAN.

SO WHETHER OR NOT WE'VE GOT A GOOD OVERLAY, UM, WE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT HOW WE DO HAVE AN OVERLAY FOR OUR ARBORETUM TO GET 'EM TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND KNOW WHICH THINGS TO, TO PUT IN THERE.

BUT FOR THE, THE, THE GREATER COMMUNITY, ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE A LOOK FOR SPECIFIC SPECIES OR SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL, UH, HEALTH OF OUR ENVIRONMENT HERE IN THE CITY? AND ALONG THOSE LINES, UH, WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT TREE TOPPING AND A SPOILER ALERT, TREE TOPPING IS BAD.

UM, AND IT'S NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH PROPERLY PRUNING TREES, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE FOUND OUT IS THAT EVEN ON OUR TREE BOARD, THERE'S A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT THAT, UH, ASKING SOMEONE TO COME TOP THEIR TREES WAS LIKE AN APPROPRIATE THING TO DO WHEN ACTUALLY IT'S, UH, THE PRACTICE OF TRIMMING A TREE LIKE A BUSH, WHICH IS VERY BAD FOR THE STRUCTURE AND THE HEALTH OF THE TREE.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT SAY IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET GOOD SPONSORSHIPS OR OTHER, UH, MEANS TRYING TO GO AHEAD AND, AND PUBLICIZE PROPER CARE FOR, UM, FOR TREES AND, AND FOR THE THINGS IN PEOPLE'S YARDS.

SO A LOT GOING ON, ON THE TREE BOARD.

OUR, UH, NEXT MEETING IS A FEW WEEKS AWAY.

UM, SO YOU'VE GOT THE DATE WE'LL BE MEETING IN THE DEERWOOD, UH, ARBORETUM, UM, TO, UH, BE DOING THE, UH, THE UPDATES OUT THERE.

SO THAT'LL BE ON SEPTEMBER 17TH.

SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO GO HELP, UH, MAINTAIN THE ARBORETUM, OF COURSE WE GO THROUGH, CHECK ALL THE TAGS AND ALL THE TREES, MAKE SURE THEY'RE CLEAN, MAKE SURE THEY'RE LEGIBLE, MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT MISSING OR BROKEN.

SO A REALLY FUN PROCESS AND, UH, AND A GOOD WAY TO, UM, TO REALLY GET TO KNOW EVERYONE ELSE ON THE BOARD IF YOU DON'T KNOW 'EM WELL ALREADY.

SO, UH, THAT'S THE TREE BOARD.

UM, IT WAS FUN, KRISTEN, THANKS FOR FINDING THE DACO AND THE INDUSTRIAL BOND BOARD.

I THOUGHT, UH, IT WAS HILARIOUS SEEING MY DAD'S NAME ON THE TOP OF THE LIST FROM 1980 AND, UH, JIM RED RIGHT THERE WITH HIM.

UM, BUT YEAH, A LOT OF, A LOT OF GOOD MEMORIES FROM THAT STUFF, SO, UH, VERY GOOD TO SEE AND GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THAT.

ALRIGHT, THAT'S MY REPORT, MAYOR.

VERY GOOD.

COMMISSIONER DUNN.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, THE HISTORIC BOARD MET LAST, UH, FRIDAY, PARDON ME.

UM, WE DIDN'T LAUNCH ANY NEW PROJECTS.

WE DID GO OVER AND LOT OF DETAIL CURRENT PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON.

UH, THE HISTORY BOWL IS SET FOR FEBRUARY 27TH AND WITH 2025 WITH A SNOW DATE OF MARCH 6TH.

THAT'S THURSDAY NIGHTS, BOTH OF THEM HERE, CITY HALL AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.

AND, UH, TRACY ZIMMERMAN VOLUNTEERED TO BE OUR SPONSOR CHAIRPERSON THIS YEAR, SO SHE'LL BE CONTACTING OUR PREVIOUS SPONSORS WHO'VE BEEN SO LOYAL TO US OVER THE YEARS AND TRYING TO RECRUIT SOME NEW ONES.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, JUST, I, I DO WANT TO SAY HOW PLEASED IT MAKES ME THAT WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE RESIDENTS IN DONATING THESE TYPES OF FUNDS TO THE SCHOOLS.

IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT, I THINK, TO EDUCATION.

AND I, I WAS A TEACHER, SO OF COURSE I'M A LITTLE BIASED IN THAT REGARD.

UH, BUT I, I THINK BRENTWOOD SET A TREND IN ONE THING.

UH, THE FIRST COMPUTER PROGRAM CLASS IN THIS COUNTY WAS AT BRENTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL, BRENTWOOD PRINCIPAL, RITA MOTT CAME TO THE, SHE WAS A MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, CAME TO CITY AND ASKED IF WE COULD HELP FUND A COMPUTER CLASSROOM.

AND THIS WAS BACK IN THE NINETIES, AND WE DID, IT WAS THE ONLY CLASS OF ITS KIND IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOLS HAD NO COMPUTER CLASSES, EVERY COMPUTER IN THERE, WE HAD A STICKER ON IT, DONATED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

BUT THE WONDERFUL THING THAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF THAT WORD TRAVELS WHEN ONE SCHOOL HAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THE OTHER ONES DON'T.

THE PRESSURE WENT ON THE COUNTY COMMISSION AND THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE NEXT THING WE KNEW OTHER SCHOOLS WERE STARTING TO GET COMPUTER CLASSROOMS. SO IT HAD, WE FOOTED THE BILL FOR THE FIRST ONE, BUT IT PAID OFF.

AND IT, I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING THAT THE CITY HAD TO EVEN BE THE ONE TO STEP UP TO DO THAT.

IT, I MEAN, THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF PEOPLE HAD COMPUTERS IN THEIR HOMES, YOU KNOW, SO IT WAS REMARKABLE TO ME THAT IT TOOK THE SCHOOL SO LONG TO GET ON BOARD WITH THAT.

BUT THEY HAVE GONE LIKE WILDFIRE SINCE WE CAN HEAR 'EM TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT ALL THE GREAT TECHNOLOGY, UH, THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO IN THE GYM ON STAGE, IN THE CLASSROOM, IN THE LIBRARY.

THERE'S JUST, THESE CHILDREN HAVE A WORLD OPEN TO THEM.

AND

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I, I THINK OF WHAT THEY SEE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT WAS BEYOND MY COMPREHENSION, EVEN IN COLLEGE AS THE POSSIBILITY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST WONDERFUL.

I THINK, UH, THE, THE, UM, STRIDES, THE EDUCATION IS MADE AND, UH, I I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE CITIZENS WHO SUPPORT THAT.

IT, IT MAKES IT SO EASY BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON THAT'S EVER COMPLAINED, AND THAT PERSON WAS GENEROUS ENOUGH TO DONATE $50,000 TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO, UH, HE IS A GENEROUS SOUL.

HE JUST DIDN'T THINK THAT ANYBODY SHOULD SUPPORT EDUCATION, BUT THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE, AND TAXES.

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

VERY GOOD.

COMMISSIONER.

LITTLE, YEAH.

I WOULD LIKE TO START BY TOUCHING ON SOMETHING COMMISSIONER ANDREWS SAID ABOUT TOPPING TREES.

WE HAVE A SPECIES AROUND HERE THAT IS GORGEOUS AND HAS MANY BLOOMS AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL, BUT IT'S ONE THAT I SEE OFTEN AND, AND WE'VE ALWAYS REFERRED TO IT AS CREPE MURDER AND CREPE MYRTLES THAT'S NOT VERY GOOD FOR THEM TO, TO, TO TOP 'EM.

LIKE A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE DONE, THEY, THEY NEED TO BE PRUNED PROPERLY.

BUT, BUT THAT IS EXACTLY CORRECT.

YOU, YOU OPEN THE TREE UP TO A LOT OF DISEASES WHEN YOU DO THAT.

UM, THANKFUL FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND, AND BEING ALLOWED AS A COMMISSIONER TO OUR CITIZENS ARE GENEROUS AND ALLOW US TO, TO, TO VOTE, TO GIVE OUT FUNDS TO THE, TO THE EDUCATION AND, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, MARTIN CENTER AND MID CUMBERLAND AND OF COURSE THE BLAZE AND BRENTWOOD BALL CLUB.

AND, UM, ONE THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART THOUGH IS THE FULL CIRCLE PROGRAM.