* 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. [00:00:06] ALL RIGHT, [ Call to Order by Mayor Roll Call Invocation by Commissioner Spears Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by Vice Mayor Travis] UH, WELCOME. TONIGHT IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, 2025. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT THIS EVENING. THE IMPLICATION WILL BE GIVEN BY COMMISSIONER SPEARS, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, BY VICE MAYOR TRAP. PLEASE STAND, WOULD YOU PLEASE PRAY WITH ME? GOOD EVENING. LORD, OUR FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. YOU HAVE GIVEN US TO LIVE AND EXPERIENCE THE WORLD YOU HAVE CREATED FOR US. THANK YOU FOR LOVING US IN SO MANY WAYS. THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING SO MANY GIFTS FOR US. WE AIM TO FOLLOW YOUR WILL, AND WE ASK FOR YOUR HELP IN DOING JUST THAT. WE ASK FOR YOUR KINGDOM TO BE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. WE ASK THAT YOU DELIVER US FROM EVIL. WE THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US THAT HE WHO IS LIVING IN US IS GREATER THAN HE WHO IS LIVING IN THE WORLD. HELP US TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS. HELP US TO FORGIVE OTHERS AS WE ARE FORGIVEN. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN THIS GREAT CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO WORK FOR OUR CITY, WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR SELVES IN THE LIFE OF SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO RISK THEIR LIVES EACH DAY FOR OUR SAFETY, PLEASE CONTINUE TO GUIDE OUR THOUGHTS AND DECISIONS IN ALL WE DO AND SAY, IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT, [1. Public hearing on Ordinance 2025-03 - AN ORDINANCE REZONING A PORTION OF PROPERTY CONSISTING OF 0.41 ACRES LOCATED WEST OF SPLIT LOG ROAD AND SOUTH OF THE EXISTING ROSEBROOKE SUBDIVISION FROM OSRD (OPEN SPACE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT) TO R-2 (SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL)] UH, THIS EVENING WE'LL START WITH A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, ON ORDINANCE 2025 DASH ZERO THREE. IN ORDINANCE REZONING A PORTION OF PROPERTY CONSISTING OF 0.41 ACRES LOCATED WEST OF SPLIT LOG ROAD AND SOUTH OF THE EXISTING ROSEBROOK SUBDIVISION FROM OSRD OPEN SPACE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO R TWO SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL. PLEASE NOTE, PUBLIC HEARINGS ON, ON REZONINGS ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITIZENS TO VOICE THEIR VIEWS AND SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO A REZONING THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY OTHER PARTIES. PERSON SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER OR APPLICANT FOR THE REZONING OR ALLOWED TO SPEAK WHEN THE ORDINANCE IS CONSIDERED FOR PASSAGE ON FIRST AND SECOND READINGS AND ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONFINE THEIR REMARKS TO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK, UH, ON PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE? UH, 2025 DASH ZERO THREE. ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, UH, WE WILL CLOSE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING 2025 DASH ZERO THREE AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY 27TH, 2025 MEETING. DO I HEAR A MOTION I TO APPROVE SECOND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MOTION ON THE FLOOR? ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [4. Approval or Correction of Minutes] NEXT IS APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY 30TH, 2025 MEETING. DO I HEAR A MOTION I HAVE TO APPROVE SECOND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MOTION ON THE FLOOR. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS PASSES. UNANIM UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ON [ 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. ] THE AGENDA, WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS. INDIVIDUALS MAY COMMENT ON ANY ITEM, UH, INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT OR THE REGULAR AGENDA OR ANY OTHER MATTER REGARDING THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD. ALL COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CITIZENS WHO WISH TO REQUEST AN ITEM BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION SHOULD MAKE THAT KNOWN. AT THIS TIME, SIGN IN SHEET HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN THE BACK, AND WE DO HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT, UH, THAT SIGNED UP, UH, PRIOR TO THE MEETING, BUT ANYONE WISHING, UH, TO SPEAK, UM, CAN, UH, UH, IS ABLE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK AFTER THOSE THAT ARE ON THE LIST. WHAT I WOULD ASK IS, UH, COME FORWARD, UM, STATE YOUR NAME, UM, AND YOUR ADDRESS, UH, FOR THE RECORD. UH, AND THEN PLEASE BE, UM, RESPECTFUL OF, UH, OF THOSE, UH, THAT ARE SPEAKING, UH, AND ALLOW FOLKS TO, UH, TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE THEIR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS KNOWN ON A MATTER WITHOUT BEING INTERRUPTED. SO FIRST ON THE LIST, UH, WE HAVE CHRIS PAMPLIN. THANK YOU. [00:05:01] I'M CHRIS PAMPLIN, 95 21 INVAL LANE. UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROPOSED, UH, TENNIS AND, UH, PICKLEBALL FACILITY FOR CROCKETT PARK. I WORKED PART-TIME DOWN THE ROAD AT, UH, MARYLAND FARMS. I'VE PLAYED TENNIS FOR 20 SOME ODD YEARS, RACKETBALL FOR 50 PLUS YEARS, AND PICKLEBALL FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS. THIS IS A PICKLEBALL PADDLE IN CASE ANY OF Y'ALL HAVEN'T SEEN THEM. I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS SOME QUESTION OF WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS PICKLEBALL STUFF? NOTICE THERE'S NOTHING TO RESTRAIN. UH, PRETTY LOW LOW TECH TYPE PADDLE. THIS IS A PICKLEBALL BALL. IT DOESN'T GO DEAD LIKE TENNIS BALLS. SO, UM, I DON'T THINK Y'ALL ARE HERE TO DEBATE WHETHER PICKLEBALL IS POPULAR OR NOT, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE OF US OF A CERTAIN GENERATION. BUT, UM, UH, IT'S A VERY POPULAR FACILITY, UH, THAT WILLIAMSON COUNTY HAS A SHORT TERM LEASE ON. UM, AND SO, UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S A GREAT NEED FOR CONTINUED TENNIS AND BRENTWOOD AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND, AND FOR PICKLEBALL. AND I GUESS MAYBE THE BIGGER QUESTION IS WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE A REFERENDUM. MY PERSONAL OPINION, UM, YOU HOLD A REFERENDUM AFTER YOU HAVE GATHERED A LOT OF FACTS, UH, ABOUT THE COST AND OTHER DATA, UH, RELATIVE TO THE FACILITY, AND I DON'T THINK YOU'RE THERE YET. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE LIST IS, UH, JANET DONAHUE. GOOD EVENING. I'M JANET DONAHUE. MY ADDRESS IS 93 0 7 OLD SMYRNA ROAD, WHICH LEADS ME TO WHAT I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT FIRST. UH, ONE IS THE OLD SMYRNA ROAD PROJECT, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IT'S BACK ON THE AGENDA AND THAT REDESIGNS, UH, COMPARE AFTER THE FIRST TWO ARE GONNA BE CONSIDERED. I WOULD LIKE YOU THOUGH TO, UH, BOTH COMMISSIONERS IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO REALLY CONSIDER, NOT JUST ON WHICH SIDE OF THE WALL IT'S GONNA BE, BUT REALLY WHERE ARE THE EAST AND WEST TERMINAL GOING TO BE. UM, THERE ARE ONLY TWO HOUSES THAT ARE REALLY CLOSE TO THE ROAD, AND THOSE ARE THE TWO, UNFORTUNATELY, WHERE THE END POINTS ARE CURRENTLY DRAWN. AND SO I THINK IT'S GONNA HAVE THE MOST EFFECT ON THOSE TWO HOMEOWNERS. UM, I LIVE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE EAST TERMIN. I, SO I'M NOT DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THAT, SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST, BUT I JUST THINK THAT, UM, WE SHOULD PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE ENDS AND NOT JUST THE MIDDLE. THE SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO DO, UH, IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THOUGH. I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE PROCESS FOR THE PROPOSED RACKET FACILITY HAS DEVELOPED. THERE DIDN'T SEEM TO ME AS SOMEBODY WHO'S ACTIVE IN THE CITY THAT THERE WAS ANY REALLY TIME FOR PUBLIC INPUT. I DON'T CONSIDER FIVE MEMBERS OF AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, PUBLIC INPUT. I THINK THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MEETINGS YEARS AGO, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE NEED, THE ACTUAL NEED, THE THE COST, AND THE SCOPE OF SUCH A FACILITY. ALSO, I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO ENTER INTO ANY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS. UH, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN TYPE OF SPONSORSHIPS AND PRIVATE INVESTORS, BUT I REALLY LIKE WHAT I SEE IN OTHER CITIES SUCH AS MURFREESBORO, WHERE THEY HAVE A BIG INPUT FROM MTSU AND THEY HELPED SHARE THE COST. ALSO, THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF CLEAR DATA. THERE WAS A LOT OF PERCENTAGE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE TOP 10% OF THIS, WE HAVE X PERCENT. UH, THERE WERE 4,000 PEOPLE THAT APPLIED FOR CONTRACT SPOTS BUT WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THEM AND SO MANY AT THE OTHER FACILITY. BUT WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW IS HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OF THE 4,000 THAT APPLIED FOR CONTRACT SPOTS AT ONE FACILITY, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE THE SAME THOUSAND OR SO THAT APPLIED AT THE MARYLAND FARMS YMCA? WE DON'T REALLY HAVE CLEAR DATA ON THE NUMBER OF UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY THAT WANT TO PLAY TENNIS. WE HAVE A GROUP AND THEY SEEM TO OVERLAP. UM, SO I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A REALLY IMPORTANT NUMBER TO KNOW. UM, ALSO, I DON'T THINK WE WERE VERY CLEAR ON THE TOTAL COSTS. UH, IN THE AD HOC REPORT IT TALKS ABOUT $11 MILLION PLUS OR MINUS A FEW, BUT THAT'S ONLY THE FACILITY. AND I THINK THAT THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 18 TO $20 MILLION WERE INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT COSTS, THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN INTERSECTION, ET CETERA. SO I THINK THAT WORKING TOGETHER TO GET BETTER NUMBERS, TO GET MORE INPUT FROM THE CITIZENS, UH, THAT ALL SHOULD OCCUR BEFORE WE MOVE ALONG ANYMORE IN THE PROCESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UH, THAT'S EVERYONE THAT, UH, THAT SIGNED UP, UH, ON THE LIST. UM, I SEE ONE RIGHT HERE. WE'LL, UH, UM, HEAR FROM, UH, DR. JACK FLETCHER, IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD AND, UH, IDENTIFY YOURSELF BY NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. WELL, I'M SORRY, WHEN YOU WERE READING THAT, UH, PUBLIC HEARING THING YES, SIR. I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE IT. I THOUGHT I CAME TONIGHT [00:10:01] FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE WHAT YOU WERE READING AND I DIDN'T PICK UP A AND I FORGOT TO SIGN IN TOO. UM, THAT'S, I CAN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING. I PROBABLY DON'T KNOW WHERE THE CAR IS, BUT I'M . BUT, BUT ANYWAY, SO I CAME FOR TWO REASONS TONIGHT AND I WAS GLAD THAT DR. DONAHUE WAS HERE BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO SAY, I'D LIKE FOR HER TO HEAR AS SHE'S STILL I PLANNING COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON AND HAS BEEN AND DONE A GREAT JOB FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. BUT, UH, THAT'S PART OF WHAT I'M HERE FOR, UH, OUR SUBDIVISION, I'M AT 5 39 TURTLE CREEK DRIVE, BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE IN THE BELL REEF TWO SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS AN OSRD. AND THE, UH, THE HILLSIDE IS BEHIND TURTLE CREEK, WHERE THE, THE CONTROVERSY AT THE VERY TOP BEGAN WHEN DR. WEST WAS TRYING TO ADD ON TO HIS HOUSE. HE HIRED ALL THESE PEOPLE TO HELP HIM DO THAT, BUT IN THE PROCESS, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO DEFER, DETERMINE THE BELL REEF TWO SUBDIVISION PROPERTY LINE, WHICH IS NOT UNUSUAL. I'VE BEEN THERE 30 YEARS AND I USED TO DRIVE, I USED TO WALK BACK UP THE HILLSIDE THERE TO TRY TO FIND IT MYSELF. THERE'S AN OLD FENCE THAT'S LAYING DOWN. ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS HAD JUST MOVED IN. HE ASKED ME IF I KNEW WHERE THE PROPERTY LINE WAS, AND I SAID, WELL, I THINK PEOPLE CONSIDER IT TO BE WHERE THAT FENCE IS FALLING DOWN. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S RIGHT. 'CAUSE USED TO, THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE ONE BY THREE STAKES IN THE GROUND, THE WOODEN STAKES AND, AND, AND THE PEOPLE DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY ARE DESIGNING IT, UH, I GUESS ASSUMED THAT THAT STAKE WOULDN'T ROT AND FALL OVER AFTER 30 YEARS . AND SO I, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO ASK THE COMMISSION AND, AND DR. DONAHUE TO THINK ABOUT IS WHEN THESE PLATS ARE, ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE APPROVED, AND I WAS FOR 13 YEARS, I, I GOT A CHANCE TO DO THAT, BUT IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME TO ASK FOR THAT, THAT BOUNDARY TO BE WELL-DEFINED AND, AND TO BE SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER IDENTIFIED SO THAT 30 YEARS LATER IT WOULDN'T BE GONE AND FALL APART OR SOME OLD FENCE ROW MAYBE BE THE ANSWER. SO I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT SOMEHOW AND Y'ALL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WHEN THEY COME BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND Y'ALL WITH A NEW PLA AND JUST SOMETHING LIKE A LITTLE, MAYBE A LITTLE CONCRETE OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, JUST SOMETHING THAT 30 YEARS FROM NOW WILL STILL BE THERE AND PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHERE THAT PROPERTY LINE IS. UH, IS THAT WHAT I CAME FOR ? BUT, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY IT, I GUESS. AND, AND I THINK DR. WEST, IT GOT CAUGHT UP IN A SITUATION THAT, UM, UNBEKNOWNST TO HIM WAS GONNA LEAD TO EVEN A PROBLEM FOR THE CITY BECAUSE THE CITY DIDN'T KNOW EITHER WHERE THAT BOUNDARY LINE WAS. AND REAGAN SMITH HAD TO BE BROUGHT IN, AND I THINK DR. WEST BROUGHT THEM IN ON HIS OWN TO TYLER TO HAVE TO HELP RE RE RE RE RECONSTRU CONS CONSTRUE OR CONFIGURE WHERE THE, WHERE ALL OF OUR BELL REEF TWO COMMON GROUND IS. AND, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS Y'ALL KNOW, THE OSRD REASON FOR IT IS TO HAVE COMMON GROUND, WHICH IS UNCOMMON FOR OTHER SUBDIVISIONS WHERE YOU TAKE THAT, THAT ACREAGE AND YOU CAN APPLY IT TO THE NUMBER OF HOMES THAT YOU CAN HAVE IN THAT SUBDIVISION. SO WE NEED THAT WELL-DEFINED, AND IT NEVER DAWNED ON ME IN 13 YEARS TO ASK FOR THAT. SO, DR. DONAHUE, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO PUT THAT IN YOUR I MADE A NOTE. NO, SHE'S GREAT. I MEAN, WE, WE YOU, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA LEAVE, RIGHT? NO. OKAY. WELL, DON'T EVER LET HER LEAVE THEN. ASK MY QUESTION FOR Y'ALL. UM, LET'S SEE. UM, ANNE, WHAT WAS I GONNA TALK ABOUT? THAT'S WHAT YOU TOLD ME, MAN. YOU WERE GONNA TALK. THAT'S WHAT I TOLD YOU. OKAY. WELL, I THINK THAT COVERED IT. I, I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR DOING YOUR JOB BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY, AND I KNOW YOU PUT IN EXTRA WORK AND EXTRA TIME ON ALL THESE SITUATIONS THAT COME ABOUT AND, AND IT ALL COMES DOWN TO, TO MONEY AND TO, TO KEEPING THE BUDGET THE WAY IT IS. AND ANY MR. BEDNAR IS LEAVING YOU. HAVE [00:15:01] Y'ALL EVER COME UP WITH ANYBODY TO TAKE HIS PLACE? ? NO. JAMES DOING A GREAT JOB PULLING IN. I'M FILLING. OH, YOU TOOK HIS PLACE? I'M FILLING IN. OH, YOU'RE DOING IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN ANN, WERE YOU PART OF THAT SITUATION? WE GOT INTO WHEN I WAS A COMMISSIONER WHERE THE CITY MANAGER ONE DAY JUST LEFT TOWN AND THAT THEY CALLED MY OFFICE AND SAID, DR. FLETCHER, DID YOU KNOW THAT, UH, UM, WHAT'S HIS NAME? WHAT WAS HIS NAME? HE'S LEFT TOWN. I SAID, WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE IS LEFT TOWN? NO, HE'S JUST LEFT. AND I SAID, WELL, HE'S COMING BACK. NO, HE IS NOT COMING BACK. SO WE HAD TO PUT, UM, THE GUY WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TOOK OVER FOR A LITTLE WHILE. YEAH. I I WAS NOT THERE YET. . OKAY, WELL WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER FOLKS HERE. OKAY. I'M SORRY. AM I RUNNING OVER? ANYWAY, BOTTOM LINE IS, I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THAT PERSON. AND WHEN MR. WALKER CAME IN FOR HIS INTERVIEW, HE CAME IN AND WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE. AND, UM, LUCKILY THAT WORKED OUT AND GOT THE JOB AND HE KEPT IT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. I GUESS THAT WAS A LOT GOING ON AT THAT TIME. UH, WE HAD ONE CITY COMMISSIONER WHO ALSO LEFT TOWN AND, UH, DIDN'T WANNA RESIGN HIS POT ON THE CITY COMMISSION. SO THAT'S WHEN REGINA SMITHSON GOT BROUGHT INTO THE FOLD. WELL, UM, OKAY. THANK YOU, JACK. THANK YOU. HAVE I DONE IT? MM-HMM . HAVE I DONE IT? YOU'RE GOOD. WELL, I WANT YOU TO, I'M, I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER DR. WEST AS SITUATION AND IF THAT'S PART OF THIS, WHATEVER, I'M SURE SOME, UH, COMMISSIONERS WILL HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT THAT. UM, PUBLIC HEARING THAT WAS, UH, WAS PULLED. SO, UM, IS THAT, IS THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT? IT'S NOT, NO. UH, BUT, UM, WE'LL COMMENT ON IT. SOMEBODY WILL COMMENT AND IF THEY DON'T, I'LL BE SURE AND COMMENT ON IT DURING MY COMMISSIONER CONFERENCE. WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHY I THOUGHT IT WAS TONIGHT. UH, CITY ATTORNEY'S GOT SO PHONE. NO, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY IT WAS PREVIOUSLY ON THE AGENDA AND IT WAS PULLED BY THE APPLICANT. OH, OKAY. SO I'M NOT EXACTLY, YOU ARE NOT IMAGINING, OKAY. I'M NOT IMAGINING. WELL, THANK YOU'ALL FOR THAT. I, AT LEAST I GOT A CHANCE TO SAY HELLO. I HAVEN'T SEEN Y'ALL IN QUITE A WHILE DOING YOUR THING. AND YES, SIR, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FOR STEVIE AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO. I MEAN THAT SINCERELY, AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO, SO MAYOR, SINCE WE'RE BACK IN THE, IN THE PUBLIC HEARING STAGE, WE'VE GOT, UH, NO, WE'RE NOT IN PUBLIC HEARING. PUBLIC HEARING IS, UH, IS CLOSED. UM, WE'VE GOT SOMEONE BACK HERE THAT, UH, IS NEXT TO SPEAK. UH, I SAW A HAND BACK THERE. UM, NOW IF I CAN FIND THE CAR, I'LL BE IN GOOD SHAPE. . DID I NOT SEE SOMEONE BACK THERE THAT, UH, OH, THERE WE GO. RIGHT BACK THERE. COME ON. UH, UH, FORWARD, IDENTIFY YOURSELF BY, UH, BY NAME, UH, AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. UH, RAY BROWN, 1563 FAWN CREEK ROAD. UH, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE TENNIS CENTER. UH, I AM A T DOUBLE SA REFEREE FOR BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL. UH, I'VE WORSHIPED AT THE HOUSE OF BRENTWOOD AND RAVENWOOD FOR MANY GAMES, AND I KNOW WHAT PASSION, UH, THE TOWN HAS FOR THEIR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. UM, I THINK OUR TENNIS CENTER IS AN OPPORTUNITY, AN OPPORTUNITY, WHICH I HAVE A LITTLE RE ON BECAUSE, UH, I HAD A LATE IN LIFE CHILD, SO I HAVE A 7-YEAR-OLD. UM, SO I KNOW HE'S PARTICIPATING IN ALL THE LOCAL YOUTH PROGRAMS NOW, AND I KNOW HOW PASSIONATE HE IS ABOUT WANTING TO BE A RAVENWOOD RAPTOR OR A BRENTWOOD BREWIN SOMEDAY. UM, THE TENNIS CENTER IS ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES I'D LIKE TO GIVE HIM. UH, THERE'S VERY FEW OPPORTUNITIES WHERE YOU CAN TAKE ONE SITUATION AND SERVICE YOUR YOUTH, YOUR YOUNG ADULTS, YOUR ADULTS, AND YOUR SENIORS. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ALSO, WHEN THIS WHOLE PROCESS, UH, FIRST STARTED, I AGREE WITH THE, UM, WOMAN WHO JUST SPOKE ABOUT FACTS. UM, THE FACTS SEEM TO BE THROWN AROUND A LITTLE BIT HAPHAZARDLY HERE. UH, WHEN THIS WHOLE FIRST ISSUE CAME UP, UH, I SENT A LETTER IN SUPPORTING IT AND GOT ON MULTIPLE COMMISSIONER LISTS OF, HERE, LET ME GIVE YOU OUR UPDATES. AND IT SEEMS LIKE I'M GETTING UPDATES FROM DIFFERENT COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT INFORMATION IN IT, ABOUT THE SAME SUBJECT. AND THAT LEADS TO A LITTLE SKEPTICISM ON MY PART, AND I'M SURE OTHER VOTERS' PARTS. THE ONE THING NONE OF US WANT THIS TO BECOME IS POLITICIZED. OKAY? WE WOULD JUST HOPE THAT YOU LOOK AT THE TENNIS CENTER FOR WHAT IT IS, AN OPPORTUNITY [00:20:01] TO SERVICE A WIDE RANGE OF CONSTITUENTS WITHIN THE CITY AND NOT HAVE IT BE A, A PLOY TO, IN SOME WAY, EITHER, UM, PUT COMMISSIONERS AT ODDS WITH EACH OTHER OR TO GET OTHER THINGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HAPPENING IN BACKROOM DEALS. UM, LET'S JUST FOR ONCE, AND, AND I HAVE ALL THE RESPECT IN THE WORLD FOR ALL OF YOU, AND I'M NOT ACCUSING ANYBODY OF ANYTHING. WE ALL HAVE OUR DIFFERENT VIEWS ON POLITICS IN GENERAL, BUT, UM, I'VE ALWAYS LIKED THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT ONE SUBJECT, HAVE EVERYBODY'S THOUGHTS ON ONE SUBJECT, AND LET YOU ALL VOTE WITH YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS AND FOR THE, THE CONSTITUENTS THAT ELECTED YOU ON THAT ONE SUBJECT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MY TIME. THANK YOU. HOLD THE APPLAUSE. AND IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. MR. MAYOR. MY NAME'S DEVIN MCCLENDON. I WAS OUT AT 6 2 0 9 MILLBROOK ROAD IN RIVER OAKS. UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU NOW, THREE WEEKS IN A ROW. REALLY, WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS CLOSE THE LOOP AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE. FIRST OF ALL, LET ME PREFACE THE FACT THAT I'M NOT COMING TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL AS A PRO UH, OPPONENT OR AS SOMEONE AGAINST IT. IN FACT, UM, I REPRESENT NOW MORE THAN 1,900 REGISTERED BRENTWOOD CITIZENS WHO SIMPLY ASKED YOU, LET'S PUT THIS TO A VOTE OF THE CITIZENS. YOU'D BE AMAZED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE ADDED NOTES WHEN THEY SIGNED THE PETITION. I'M AN AVID TENNIS PLAYER. I'M AN AVID PICKLEBALL PLAYER. I KNOW THAT SOME OF THEM PROBABLY EVEN EMAILED YOU, MAYBE EVEN WITH PICTURES AND SAID, HEY, I LOVE THESE SPORTS, BUT I BELIEVE IN LIMITED GOVERNMENT. I BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT AND SHOULD BE BROUGHT THROUGH THE LIGHT OF DAY, NOT NECESSARILY FOR OR AGAINST A FACILITY. I MIGHT EVEN VOTE FOR IT IF GIVEN THE CHANCE. BUT REALLY, OF THE 1900 PEOPLE THAT RAISED THEIR HAND AND SAID, PLEASE LISTEN TO US. PLEASE ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THIS AS A COMMUNITY WITH TIME FOR REAL DATA AND REAL FACTS AND DEBATE AND PUBLIC INPUT SO THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND PUTTING 'EM INTO SOMETHING WITHOUT THAT PUBLIC INPUT. WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THIS IN ALL PRACTICALITY FOR TWO SESSIONS OF YOUR COMMISSION, RIGHT? OR FOR FOUR YEARS YOU'VE BEEN SEEKING DATA AND INPUT, CREATING AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OF TENNIS ENTHUSIASTS AND A PICKLEBALL ENTHUSIAST, AND FOLKS WHO ABSOLUTELY KIND OF KNEW THE, THE METRICS AND EVERYTHING, BUT IT WAS TIME TO PUT IT TO A VOTE. AND THAT TIME, IN ALL FAIRNESS TO OUR VERY TAXPAYER DOLLARS, WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE MAY BALLOT. NOW, IF YOU DEFER IT TO LATER, IT'S GONNA COST THE CITY MONEY, MORE MONEY THAN THE NEARLY MILLION DOLLARS YOU'VE ALREADY SPENT ON DESIGN BEFORE. YOU KNOW WHAT IT COSTS. SO I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY. I HOPE THAT YOU'LL CONSIDER IT IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, IN THE BACK. AND THEN, UH, HERE, UM, SIR GARY, COME FORWARD. I SAW HIS HAND FIRST AND THEN NEXT. MY NAME IS GARY LATIMER. MY WIFE WENDY AND I LIVE AT 92 0 8 HERITAGE DRIVE AND BRENTWOOD. WE'VE LIVED HERE FOR GOING ON 33 YEARS. SO WE HAVE A FRIEND THAT, AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE FRIENDS THAT USED TO BE TOGETHER ALL THE TIME WHEN THE KIDS WERE IN SCHOOL TOGETHER. AND NOW WE ONLY SEE, UH, THEM ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR. AND WE SAW 'EM A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND THE FIRST THING THEY SAID WAS, WE'RE, UH, HAVE YOU GUYS HEARD ABOUT THE REFERENDUM FOR THE RACT FACILITY? AND I WAS LIKE, OH, OKAY. HAVE I HEARD ABOUT IT? YEAH. AND THEY SAID, WELL, WE JUST SIGNED THE PETITION. AND I SAID, REALLY? I SAID, WELL, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT? AND THEY SAID, WELL, WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD IS THAT THERE'S FOUR ROGUE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE TRYING TO, UH, PASS A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR FACILITY THAT'S GONNA PROBABLY PUT THE, UH, CITY IN SERIOUS FINANCIAL SITUATION AND WE MIGHT NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO AFFORD FIRE TRUCKS. I SAID, WELL, WAIT A SECOND. I SAID, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE FACILITY AS FAR AS HOW MUCH IT COSTS? AND THEY SAID, IT'S GONNA COST MORE THAN $25 MILLION. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TOLD. I SAID, OKAY. I SAID, WELL, [00:25:01] I TOLD I SO, I SAID, HAS ANYBODY TOLD YOU THAT, UM, THAT ALL THE FACILITIES IN THIS AREA MAKE A A PROFIT AND MAKE MORE MONEY AND PAY FOR THE COST OF THE FACILITY AS WELL THAT MAKE ENOUGH TO PAY BACK THE COST OF THE BUILDING? THEY SAID, NO, NOBODY EVER TOLD US THAT. I SAID, WELL, HAS ANYBODY TOLD YOU ABOUT A REPORT THAT THE CITY DID WITH, UH, VOLUNTEERS? NO. NOBODY EVER TOLD US THAT. I SAID, HAS ANYBODY EVER TOLD YOU THAT THERE'S OVER 700 YOUTH TWO YEARS AGO THAT WERE ON A WAITING LIST? NO, NOBODY'S EVER TOLD US THAT. I SAID, SO ALL YOU'VE BEEN TOLD IS THAT THERE'S FOUR ROGUE COMMISSIONERS TRYING TO PASS SOMETHING, UH, EXTRAORDINARY THAT'S GONNA BANKRUPT THE CITY. I, THEY SAID, YEAH. AND SO I TOLD THEM WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND THEY SAID, WELL, WE'RE GONNA GO ASK OUR NAME TO BE TAKEN OFF THIS REFERENDUM BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION. AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL KNEW THAT THAT WAS GOING ON AND IT'S WRONG, AND SHAME ON YOU FOR PASSING THIS KIND OF MISINFORMATION ALONG. AND THE GENTLEMAN THAT'S, THAT'S SPONSORING THE REFERENDUM IS A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKER ACTUALLY WORKING WITH PEOPLE TO BUILD APARTMENTS IN FRANKLIN RIGHT NOW. SO THERE, I THINK THERE'S SOME OTHER AGENDAS GOING ON THAT WE CITIZENS NEED TO BE AWARE OF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'D HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE. HI. I DID NOT COME HERE THINKING I WOULD SPEAK TONIGHT, BUT I'M JULIE O'NEILL, 6 28 GOOD SPRINGS ROAD, BRENTWOOD. I WANTED TO SPEAK ON TWO ASPECTS OF THE PICKLEBALL TENNIS CENTER. ONE BEING THE COMMUNITY THAT RACKET SPORTS BRING NEXT TO GOLF. THIS IS THE ONE SPORT THAT AS THE GENTLEMAN SPOKE ON, ALL GENERATIONS CAN PLAY. I KNOW THAT MY FRIENDS AND I HAVE ENJOYED PLAYING WITH WOMEN WHO ARE A STAGE AHEAD OF US, AS WELL AS WOMEN WHO ARE YOUNGER THAN US. UM, IT'S JUST BEEN A REALLY FUN COMMUNITY, AND I THINK FOR MANY OF THE PEOPLE HERE, WE'D AGREE WITH THAT, THAT IT'S GIVEN US A AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OTHER GENERATIONS TOGETHER. AND RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE WITH THAT. WE CAN ALL JUST PLAY TOGETHER. WE HAVE A FEW SPOTS UP HERE AT WILLIAMSON COUNTY, WHICH ARE CONSTANTLY FULL. AND IT TAKES A, DEPENDING ON WHAT DAY YOU'RE THERE, YOU'RE SITTING A LOT WAITING ON TIME TO PLAY. THERE'S ALSO MUSIC CITY PICKLEBALL THAT A LOT OF US PLAY AT, BUT IT'S NOT EVEN REAL COURTS, IT'S JUST BASKETBALL GYM THAT THEY TAPE OUT FOR US. UM, SO TO ME THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY AND AMENITIES FOR OUR TAXPAYERS. AND THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO MENTION, UM, TO MR. MCCLENDON'S POINT OF, UM, TO PLEASE LISTEN TO US BECAUSE WE DID VOTE YOU ALL IN TO BE OUR REPRESENTATION. AND WE HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL VOTE ON THIS BECAUSE IT IS TAXPAYER DOLLARS. AND TO SET THE PRECEDENT THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GENERAL VOTE EVERY TIME YOU WANT TO SPEND OUR MONEY, SEEMS TO ME UNREALISTIC THAT WE HAVE VOTED FOR YOU. WE HAVE SPENT OUR TIME TO GET TO THE POLLS, AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, VERY FEW PEOPLE DO GET TO THE POLLS FOR LOCAL VOTES. SO I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL TAKE HOW VOTERS HAVE VOTED YOU ALL IN TO REPRESENT US AND VOTE ON THIS, NOT BASED ON ANY PERSONAL GAINS, BUT WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE AMENITIES THAT WE WISH TO SEE HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT? YES, MA'AM. I'M CYNTHIA MADSON AND I'M AT 6 6 0 2 6 WELLESLEY WAY, WHICH IS IN LANDMARK RIGHT UP THE STREET. DIDN'T EXPECT TO TALK EITHER TONIGHT, BUT THE ONLY THING I WAS GONNA SAY, HAS ANYBODY THOUGHT YOU MAY HAVE, I DON'T KNOW. I'M STILL NEW TO THIS ABOUT ALL THE MONEY THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT INTO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF TOURNAMENTS AND FROM ALL AGES, KIDS TO SENIORS, EVERYBODY I TRAVEL, I GO TO SOUTH CAROLINA, I GO TO FLORIDA, WE GO ALL OVER THE PLACE. THOSE PEOPLE COULD COME HERE TO DO TOURNAMENTS. I MEAN, IT'S HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, RENTAL CARS. I MEAN, THERE'S MONEY THAT COULD BE MADE. I THINK, UH, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS THE MONEY THAT WE COULD PROBABLY PROBABLY MAKE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, BUT I DON'T KNOW, , THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, CYNTHIA, TO YOU. ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT, UM, WHILE WE HAVE IT OPEN FOR, UH, CITIZEN COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. GOING ONCE, TWICE, CITIZENS COMMENTS ARE CLOSED. ALRIGHT, MOVING ON. UH, WE WILL [ Report from City Manager Report from the City Attorney Reports and comments by Commissioners and Mayor] TURN TO A REPORT, UH, OUR FIRST REPORT, UH, FROM OUR, UH, INTERIM CITY MANAGER, UH, JAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THE ONLY ITEM I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT IS JUST AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT BLASTING HAS BEGUN ON, ON RAGSDALE ROAD. NO DOUBT THE RESIDENTS OUT IN, UH, EAST BRENTWOOD HAVE PROBABLY HEARD THAT. AND IT WILL CONTINUE, UNFORTUNATELY FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MONTHS. THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE IS THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY THAT GOVERNS BLASTING. SO IF THERE ARE THOUGHTS OR CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT THE CONTRACTOR MAY BE DOING ON THAT PROJECT, THAT IS THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY THAT [00:30:01] FOR THEM TO DIRECT THOSE COMMENTS TO, THEY HAVE A WEBSITE PORTION THAT'S DEDICATED JUST TO THAT TYPE OF A CONCERN. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. GOOD. THANK YOU. NO REPORT FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY, KRISTEN. THANK YOU MAYOR GORMAN. NO REPORT TONIGHT. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO REPORTS AND COMMENTS, UM, BY COMMISSIONERS. AND THIS EVENING, UH, WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER LITTLE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THIS WEEK WE HAD THE PLEASURE THIS LAST WEEK, I GUESS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO YOUTH LEADERSHIP, BRENTWOOD GRADUATION. UH, IT'S SOMETHING I'VE ATTENDED, I THINK ALMOST EVERY YEAR, IF NOT EVERY YEAR OF MY ALMOST 16 YEARS AS A COMMISSIONER. UH, GREAT ORGANIZATION, BOTH LEADERSHIP, BRENTWOOD, YOUTH LEADERSHIP, BRENTWOOD, PUT ON BY WILLIAMSON INC. UH, OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. AND THEY INVEST ABOUT $50,000 JUST IN THESE LEADERSHIP GROUPS FOR BOTH THE STUDENTS AND THE ADULTS EVERY YEAR. AND A SHOUT OUT TO OUR TREE BOARD CHAIRMAN, LYNN TUCKER, WHO TIRELESSLY WORKS TO MAKE SURE THE, THE YOUTH AND THE ADULTS LEARN ABOUT OUR GOVERNMENT, OUR HISTORY, OUR BUSINESSES, AND SO MANY ASPECTS OF BRENTWOOD AND, AND, AND HOW WELL RUN IT IS. SO THAT'S ALWAYS AN ENJOYABLE EVENT EVERY YEAR. UM, I'M SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTED THAT WE DIDN'T GET A REFERENDUM, AND I'VE BEEN UP HERE SINCE 2009. UM, NEVER HAD A REFERENDUM, LAST REFERENDUMS IN BRENTWOOD 2004. SO REFERENDUMS ARE RARELY USED IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD. AND I WOULD SAY I'VE VOTED ON HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS EVEN OF VOTES. BOTH, UH, BIG PROJECTS, SMALL PROJECTS. UH, AS MAYOR, I SIGNED THE $20 MILLION IN BONDS THAT WE USE FOR THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS. POLICE HEADQUARTERS IS A NECESSITY TO SAFETY. UH, WITHOUT SECURITY YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH, BUT IT'S AN ESSENTIAL. THERE WAS ALSO NO CONTROVERSY ABOUT IT. I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ONE COMMISSIONER WHO WAS AGAINST THAT. AS MANY OF OUR PROJECTS ARE, UM, I DON'T EVEN REALLY REMEMBER ON THAT ISSUE, WHICH IS RARE ON THE ISSUE. 'CAUSE THERE'S USUALLY ALWAYS SOMEBODY THAT'S NOT HAPPY WITH A PARTICULAR THING FOR A PARTICULAR REASON, EITHER THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IT IS, WHERE IT'S LOCATED OR WHATEVER. AND THAT'S GREAT. WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY AND IT'S, WE WONDERFUL FOR PEOPLE TO, TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THOSE ISSUES, HAVE A VOICE. AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME FRUSTRATED WITH THIS IS ON THIS, THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE, NON-ESSENTIAL PROJECT. THE CITIZENS SHOULD HAVE HAD A VOICE. NOW THIS WEEK, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PRO TENNIS PEOPLE IN HERE, AS I CAN TELL BY YOUR APPLAUSE, THE LAST TWO MEETINGS, IT'S BEEN THE OPPOSITE. IT'S BEEN PEOPLE WHO REALLY WANTED TO REFERENDUM. UM, THAT TO ME SHOWS THAT THE CITIZENS SHOULD HAVE A VOICE, UM, WITH THE PRESENTATION BY THE SPORTS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, WHICH I FOUND INTERESTING BECAUSE I, I KEEP BEING BLAMED ABOUT MISINFORMATION BY PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION BECAUSE NOW WE'RE PAYING A SPORTS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, ANOTHER $25,000. SO WE'RE NOW OVER A MILLION DOLLARS OR 1,000,020 $2,000. NOBODY'S CUTTING ANY DIRT, NOBODY'S LAYING ANY FOUNDATION. THIS IS JUST STUDY. AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING AS A PRO FORMA, WHICH IS WHAT THAT HO COMMITTEE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING AND DID. BUT COMMISSIONERS WHO WERE FOR THIS PROJECT DIDN'T HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN THAT. AND SO THEY WANTED, UH, A A AN ORGANIZATION WHO'S TRYING TO SELL US THEIR SERVICES. AND I CAN TELL YOU AS A BUSINESSMAN, THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE TO US FOR VERY NICE, BUT I FELT JUST LIKE WHEN SOMEBODY WAS TRYING TO SELL ME 130, $150,000 PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, UM, THEY'RE ALWAYS NICE. WHETHER WE NEED THAT EQUIPMENT AND USE IT, IT'LL MAKE THE MONEY BACK. I, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S FOR ME TO DETERMINE AT MY SHOP WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR TAX DOLLARS, I'M NOT POLITICAL, BUT I'LL GET FIGHT AND MAD IF I THINK THEY'RE BEING WASTED OR THEY'RE BEING USED IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T REPRESENT THE ABSOLUTE MAJORITY OF BRENTWOOD CITIZENS WITH PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING BENEFITED, THE CITIZENS, ALL THE CITIZENS WILL BENEFIT FROM AND ALL THE CITIZENS CAN USE. UM, I'VE HEARD OF NEEDS. THERE ARE ALWAYS NEEDS. I'VE MENTIONED THIS SEVERAL TIMES. THERE'S, THERE'S NEED FOR ICE. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF HOCKEY PLAYERS AND FIGURE SKATERS. MY DAUGHTER WAS A FIGURE SKATER IN THE DAY, ALWAYS NEEDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN A GAME WENT OUT. I'VE ASKED, BEEN ASKED FOR SHOOTING RANGES, VOLLEYBALL PRACTICE FACILITIES, AND WE ALL KNOW HOW GOOD OUR VOLLEYBALL TEAMS ARE, BOTH BRENTWOOD AND, AND RAVENWOOD. [00:35:01] I WOULD LOVE TO PROVIDE ALL THOSE. BUT IN 2009, WHEN I WAS ELECTED, I WAS ELECTED 'CAUSE I WAS A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE WHO BELIEVED IN LIMITED GOVERNMENT AND ALWAYS WILL DO MY BEST TO LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS. THERE'S NO WAY I CAN AGREE WITH EVERY CITIZEN ON EVERY VOTE. THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL UTOPIA. IT'S BEEN TRIED AROUND THE WORLD. MANY TIMES IT FAILS. WE LIVE IN A FALLEN WORLD. BUT WHAT I DO TRY TO DO IS LISTEN TO THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE. AND I DO ABSOLUTELY THANK THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN BRENTWOOD WOULD LIKE A SAY IN THIS, WHETHER THEY VOTE FOR THE PROJECT OR NOT. I TOO HAVE HAD MANY PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M, I HAVE A TENNIS PLAYER, I HAVE A PICKLEBALL PLAYER. INITIALLY WAS FOR IT WHEN Y'ALL WERE GONNA DO IT, THE COUNTY, BUT I I'M NOT NOW BECAUSE IT'S BECOME SO MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE. SO, UM, I JUST SAY I'M, I'M DISAPPOINTED. WHICHEVER SIDE OF THE ISSUE THIS WAS, IF THIS WAS A SHOOTING GALLERY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE GUN, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, GUN ADVOCATES AND VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THEIR GUNS, I ENJOY SHOOTING. UM, I WOULD FEEL THE SAME WAY. I'D BE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FUEL COMMU FULL COMMUNITY, AND I DON'T KNOW, EVERYBODY WILL GET USED OUT OF IT. SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT. AND I'VE MADE NO BONES ABOUT IT. FIRST TWO YEARS OF THIS, OF THAT FOUR YEARS, I WORKED TO SEE IF THERE WAS A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY THAT WE BOTH COULD HAVE THE FACILITY AND RUN THE FACILITY JUST TO SEE IF IT MADE SENSE. AND IT WOULD BE FAIR TO ALL CONCERN AND IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULACE, BUT COULD NOT REACH THAT. AND WHEN WE WERE ENTERING INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE COUNTY, WHICH I NEVER UNDERSTOOD, THAT WAS VOTED DOWN BY FOUR OF OUR COMMISSIONERS, NEGOTIATION, NOT A CONTRACT. AND I WASN'T FOR SURE, I WANTED BRENTWOOD TO SPEND $6 MILLION. AS I'VE STATED BEFORE, A MILLION DOLLARS IS A LOT OF MONEY. $6 MILLION IS A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY. SO EVEN IF THIS PROJECT MAGICALLY WENT BACK IN TIME AND WAS JUST $11 MILLION, WHICH I I WOULD, YOU KNOW, WHEN ELEPHANTS FLY FIGURE, BUT THE, UM, IT'S STILL A LOT OF MONEY AND IT'S A WHOLE LOT MORE MONEY THAN $6 MILLION. SO I AM DISAPPOINTED WE DON'T HAVE A REFERENDUM, BUT I'M DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I FELT LIKE THE CITIZENS DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO VOTE. AND AS I'VE STATED BEFORE, IF OVER 50% OF THE CITIZENS WANTED THIS PROJECT, I WOULD DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER AS A SERVING COMMISSIONER TO MAKE SURE IT WAS DONE VERY WELL. BUT RIGHT NOW, I DON'T FEEL THAT FROM ALL THE EMAILS AND ALL THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD. SO, UH, AND I'LL, I'LL STOP ON THAT, BUT THAT IS HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT ISSUE. I WANNA MENTION SOMETHING, UM, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BUT I'LL BE BRIEF. I WANT TO EXTEND MY COMPLETE SYMPATHY AND CONDOLENCES TO THE ANDREWS FAMILY ON THE PASSING OF JANE ANDREWS. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE BLESSED TO KNOW JANE ANDREWS, SHE WAS AN ABSOLUTE LIGHT. SHE ALWAYS MADE EVERYBODY FEEL WELCOME AND COMFORTABLE. HER LEGACY OF CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN ALREADY HAVE SERVED THIS CITY IN SO MANY WAYS AND WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE THE CITY AND THE GENERATIONS TO COME. AND SO JUST WANTED TO, TO, TO SAY THAT AND LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT MY HEART'S BROKEN FOR THE ANDREWS FAMILY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SPEARS. THANK YOU MAYOR. AS I START OUT MY COMMENTS EACH WEEK, I THANK THE BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT WITH US. UM, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE MEETING TONIGHT. IT'S GREAT TO SEE SO MANY FACES HERE. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SPEAK. UM, I KNOW SOMETIMES IT CAN BE, UM, INTERESTING TO COME BEHIND THE PODIUM AND BE ON CAMERA AND STATE YOUR ADDRESS AND ALL THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND BEING WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNMENT. AND, UM, WHEN YOU DO REACH OUT WITH YOUR IDEAS AND SHARE YOUR IDEAS WITH US, IT, IT REALLY DOES MAKE THE BEST FORM OF GOVERNMENT. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND BEING ENGAGED. KEEP SENDING THE EMAILS, KEEP GIVING US YOUR IDEAS BECAUSE FROM YOUR IDEAS, WE GET BETTER AND WE IMPROVE OUR PROCESSES. UM, WE ASK QUESTIONS WE HADN'T THOUGHT OF. SO WE, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU KEEP DOING THAT AND KEEP ENGAGING. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. UM, WE KEEP HEARING WONDERFUL FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE OBSERVING THE, UH, CLEANUP THAT WE'VE [00:40:01] DONE ON MURRAY LANE AND THE BOULEVARD. UM, WE, THIS IS REALLY WHAT I ENVISIONED WHEN I BROUGHT THIS IDEA TO THE COMMISSION BACK IN 2023. SO I'M SO THANKFUL, UM, THAT THE, OUR STAFF AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS FOR US. AND TO ANSWER EVERYONE'S QUESTION, YES, THE ROCK WALLS WILL BE REBUILT TO SOME EXTENT. UM, WE KNOW WE'RE LACKING A FEW OF THE ROCKS, SO IT WON'T BE ALL THE WAY BACK TO WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY, BUT IT'LL BE CLOSE TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY AND IT'S ALREADY STARTED TO HAPPEN A LITTLE BIT. UM, DOWN NEAR FRANKLIN ROAD ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, I WAS ABLE TO BE AT THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD GRADUATION CEREMONY. AND THIS CLASS, THIS YEAR'S CLASS WAS THE BEST, UM, THAT THEY'VE HAD SO FAR. THE STUDENT PROJECTS PRESENTATIONS WERE EXCELLENT AND LYNN TUCKER AND HER DEAN TUCKER AND HER TEAM DID AN AMAZING JOB OF ORGANIZING THE STUDENTS, TRAINING THEM AND MENTORING THEM. TWO OF MY DAUGHTERS PARTICIPATED THIS YEAR AND THEY HAD WONDERFUL THINGS TO SAY ABOUT EVERY ACTIVITY THAT THEY PARTICIPATED IN. WE HAD OUR MONTHLY PARK BOARD MEETING ON FEBRUARY 3RD. WE DISCUSSED SEVERAL TOPICS AND HAD A GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE MEETING. THE PARK BOARD APPROVED SEVERAL EVENTS FOR SPRING AND SUMMER, SO HOLD ON AND YOU'LL LEARN ALL ABOUT IT. THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATIONS DEPARTMENT PAYS OUR CITY TO USE OUR PARKS FOR THEIR WILLIAMSON COUNTY PROGRAMMING. THIS YEAR, THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY, UM, THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY PLANS TO PAY TO USE OUR PARKS IN A SIMILAR MANNER AS THEY HAVE DONE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. THEIR ADULT SOFTBALL PROGRAM WILL BE RUNNING IN GRANNY WHITE PARK PER USUAL, AND THAT SEASON GOES FROM MARCH 23RD ALL THE WAY TO NOVEMBER 14TH. THE COUNTY ALSO RUNS VARIOUS ADULT AND YOUTH TENNIS CLINICS, LEAGUES AND TOURNAMENTS EACH YEAR ON THE TENNIS COURTS AT CROCKETT AND GRANNY WHITE PARKS TENNIS PLAY IS PLANNED FROM APRIL ALL THE WAY THROUGH OCTOBER. THE COUNTY IS OFFERING A SENIOR TENNESSEE SENIOR OLYMPICS 5K AND 10 K ON JUNE 24TH AND 26TH, AND THAT WILL BE AT TOWER AND RIVER PARKS. AND THEY'RE ALSO OFFERING A TENNESSEE SENIOR OLYMPICS DISC GOLF TOURNAMENT ON JUNE 24TH OVER AT CROCKETT PARK. IN ADDITION TO THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY PARK AND RECREATIONAL EVENTS ON APRIL 13TH, THERE WILL BE A KICKBALL TOURNAMENT FUNDRAISER FOR ELEMENT FOR EDMONDSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL'S, PTO AT GRANNY WHITE PARK. THEY DID THIS LAST YEAR AND THEY, THEY LOVED IT, SO THEY CAME BACK TO ASK TO DO IT AGAIN. ON MAY 27TH THROUGH MAY 29TH, THERE WILL BE A BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL RUN TENNIS CAMP FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN GRANNY WHITE PARK. AND THIS IS THEIR FUNDRAISER FOR THE BHS TENNIS TEAMS. ON MAY 2ND THROUGH FOURTH, THE TENNESSEE SOCCER CLUB WILL HOST ITS ANNUAL SPRING SOCCER TOURNAMENT AT CROCKETT PARK. ADDITIONALLY, ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH, THERE WILL BE A FUNDRAISING WALK FOR POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE AT RIVER PARK. THE UH, LASTLY, VANDERBILT'S HANDS-ON PLAY LAB IS ASKING FOR THE USE OF OUR INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND FOR A TWO HOUR BLOCKS IN MARCH AND APRIL AND AGAIN IN THE FALL FOR THIS YEAR. THAT'S IT. OUR NEXT PAR BOARD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, MARCH 3RD AT FIVE 30, AND IT'LL BE HELD RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN THE ANNEX ROOM. AND THOSE MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. TONIGHT, I WANNA THANK SOME OF OUR CITY STAFF SPECIFICALLY TONIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE LADIES THAT WORK IN OR OFF THE LOBBY DOWNSTAIRS IN CITY HALL. YOU LADIES ARE THE FIRST FACE OF OUR CITY AND WE THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING OUR GUESTS FOR ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND FOR KEEPING THINGS RUNNING SMOOTHLY AROUND HERE. SO THANK Y'ALL. ON JANUARY 30TH, WE HAD OUR FIRST BUDGET MEETING OF THE SEASON. IT WAS A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF ALL THE AREAS OF OUR BUDGET. WE DID DRILL DOWN INTO SOME SPECIFICS AS WE PREPARE TO PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD HAS A STRONG AND VERY THOROUGH BUDGETING PROCESS. I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR CITY WILL BE STARTING THE PROCESS OF EXPLORING OPTIONS FOR A PERMANENT VETERAN'S MEMORIAL WITHIN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD. WE DO NOT HAVE A VETERAN'S MEMORIAL YET, AND THE CITY COMMISSION AND STAFF ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW OPPORTUNITY, UM, FOR THE TO, FOR OUR PAST PRESIDENT AND FUTURE SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN OF BRENTWOOD. THE IDEA FROM THIS PROJECT CAME FROM A RESIDENT AND THAT RESIDENT SHARED IT WITH ME. I TOOK THE IDEA TO STAFF AND I HAVE WORKED WITH STAFF TO START THE BEGINNING PLANNING OF THIS PROJECT. I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE PUBLIC JOIN IN ON THIS WORTHY EFFORT. STO MORE INFORMATION WILL BE COMING, SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT. I ALSO TOO HAVE A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT THE INDOOR, UH, POSSIBLE INDOOR ROCKET FACILITY, SO I'LL SHARE THOSE. NOW. I SPOKE ON THIS TOPIC AT OUR LAST TWO COMMISSION MEETINGS. I ALSO SHARED MY THOUGHTS AT THE LAST TWO THURSDAY MORNING BRIEFINGS AND AT COUNTLESS MEETINGS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. UM, AND IN COUNTLESS BRIEFINGS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, I HAVE SHARED MY THOUGHTS ON THIS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, YOU CAN WATCH ALL THOSE MEETINGS ONLINE BY GOING TO OUR CITY WEBSITE. LATER TONIGHT, WE WILL BE VOTING ON A RESOLUTION THAT ALLOWS US TO SPEND JUST OVER $167,000 TO OUTFIT 13 POLICE VEHICLES WITH A LIGHT BAR, A SIREN, THE [00:45:01] RADAR, GUN, EXTERIOR GRAPHICS, AND OTHER THINGS THAT THEY NEED. I DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO CHIEF HICKEY. TONIGHT WILL BE HIS LAST MEETING WITH US, UM, BEFORE HE RETIRES. HE HAS DONE GREAT WORK IN HIS TENURE HERE AND HE LEAVES A VERY STRONG LEGACY. SO THANK YOU CHIEF VICKIE. THIS VOTE THAT WE ARE VOTING ON TONIGHT WILL MOST LIKELY PASS SEVEN TO ZERO BECAUSE WE ALL VALUE THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND EQUIPPING THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HELP KEEP US SAFE. WE FUND THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE OUR RESIDENTS GENERALLY DO LIVE A LIFE OF SAFETY IN BRENTWOOD. WE CAN FOCUS OUR ATTENTION TO OTHER CONCERNS BECAUSE WE AS A CITY TAKE CARE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. WE WORK ON OUR BUDGETING, LIKE I MINUTE MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO, AND WE LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS. WE ARE THEN ABLE TO DISCUSS ADDING TO THE AMENITIES OF OUR CITY BECAUSE WE ARE SAFE AND WE LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS. WE CAN CHOOSE TO FUND THINGS LIKE OUR WONDERFUL LIBRARY AND OUR 14 PARKS. WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS POSSIBLE INDOOR RACKET FACILITY OVER TWO YEARS AGO, I WAS SKEPTICAL. I'M NOT A TENNIS PLAYER OR A PICKLEBALL PLAYER. I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE MARKET DEMAND, THE BUSINESS DYNAMICS, OR THE COMMUNITY BUILDING THAT GOES ON IN THE SPORTS. SO I STARTED DOING WHAT I'M KNOWN FOR. I STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS. WHEN YOU WATCH OUR THURSDAY BRIEFINGS, YOU WILL SEE THAT I ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I ASK. I HAVE ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND ALL OF THE POSSIBLE PROJECTS THAT WE DO IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD. MY GOAL IS TO MAKE EVERY DECISION I MAKE BASED ON INFORMATION, BECAUSE THIS POSSIBLE PROJECT IS NEW AND DIFFERENT FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD. THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN FULL OF PUBLIC MEETINGS, DATA GATHERING, REPORTING INFORMATION, ASKING QUESTIONS, HAVING CONVERSATIONS, HEARING RESIDENT INPUT, RESEARCHING LAWS, AND HAVING PROFESSIONAL INPUT. THIS PROCESS IS WHAT WE DO IN BRENTWOOD. WE FOLLOW THIS PROCESS ON EVERY SINGLE PROJECT FROM PUTTING IN A NEW CROSSWALK ALL THE WAY TO SPENDING $20 MILLION ON A MILE AND A HALF OF NEW ROAD. WE DO THE RESEARCH, WE GET THE FACTS, AND ONLY THEN DO WE MOVE FORWARD. I DO NOT SUPPORT CHANGING THAT METHOD. NOW IN REGARDS TO THE BOND REFERENDUM ISSUE, I HAVE ASKED OUR CITY ATTORNEY MANY QUESTIONS. SHE HAS BEEN CONSISTENT AND HELPFUL TO ME AND OUR ENTIRE CITY COMMISSION AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS TOPIC IN THURSDAY BRIEFINGS. AND HERE ON MONDAY NIGHTS, AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS STATED PUBLICLY, THE STATE LAW SETS LIMITATIONS FOR A CITY HAVING A REFERENDUM PERTAINING TO THE POSSIBILITY OF A NEW INDOOR RACKET FACILITY. PER AN EMAIL SHE SENT TO THE CITY COMMISSIONERS ON JANUARY 20TH OF THIS YEAR, SHE WROTE, AND I QUOTE IN A NUTSHELL, IN THIS INSTANCE, THE CITY COULD NOT SET SET FORTH THE QUESTION TO VOTERS. DO YOU SUPPORT THE BUILDING OF A RACKET FACILITY IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD? THE REFERENDUM WOULD HAVE TO BE HELD ON WHETHER BONDS SHOULD BE ISSUED FOR THE PROJECT. ACCORDING TO STATE LAW, A REFERENDUM CAN ONLY BE HELD IF THE CITY COMMISSION VOTES FOR A BOND TO BE TAKEN OUT ON THAT PROJECT. WE HAVE NOT VOTED TO ISSUE A BOND FOR THIS PROJECT. IT IS MISLEADING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO DRAW THE CONCLUSION THAT IT'S NECESSARY TO TAKE OUT A BOND AND OR TO GO INTO DEBT ON THIS PROJECT. AS I'VE SAID, FOR OVER A YEAR, BASED ON PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES, WE DO NOT NEED TO BORROW MONEY FOR THIS POSSIBLE PROJECT. OUR CITY STAFF HAVE BEEN PLANNING OUR BUDGET FOR THIS POTENTIAL INDOOR RACKET PROJECT FOR OVER TWO YEARS. BASED ON PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES, WE HAVE THE CASH ON HAND TO PAY FOR IT WITHOUT RAISING TAXES, WITHOUT GOING INTO DEBT, AND WITHOUT TAKING ANY FUNDING AWAY FROM ANY OTHER PROJECTS IN THE BUDGET. ANOTHER INTERESTING POINT IS THAT IF THE SIT, IF ANY COMMISSIONERS FELT A REFERENDUM ON THIS PROJECT WAS NEEDED, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL CHANCES FOR THEM TO BRING THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION AND ATTEMPT TO HOLD A BOND REFERENDUM DURING AN ELECTION. THERE WERE CHANCES FOR SEAMLESS OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THIS DURING AT LEAST TWO ELECTIONS IN 2024. IN 2023 WHEN THE CITY WAS CONSIDERING PARTNERING WITH THE COUNTY ON THIS PROJECT, THERE WAS NO CALL FOR A BOND REFERENDUM WHEN THE COUNTY WAS PLANNING TO TAKE OUT A BOND FOR THEIR PORTION. THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS POSSIBLE PROJECT FOR OVER FOUR YEARS. WAITING UNTIL NOW TO BRING UP THE IDEA OF A BOND REFERENDUM. SEEMS TO SUGGEST THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND. AS A CITY, WE HAVE NOT YET DECIDED IF WE SHOULD BUILD THIS INDOOR RACKET FACILITY OR NOT. I'M NOT AGAINST A POSSIBLE REFERENDUM IN THE FUTURE. THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR A REFERENDUM ON THIS PROJECT BECAUSE WE ARE STILL WAITING ON MANY VERY IMPORTANT PIECES OF INFORMATION, INCLUDING DESIGN PLANS WITH ASSOCIATED COSTS, AND ALSO A VERIFIED PROFORMA FROM AN INDEPENDENT [00:50:01] COMPANY. AFTER RECEIVING THE INFORMATION FROM THE, FROM THE DESIGN PLANS AND THAT INDEPENDENT PROFORMA, IF WE SEE A BOND IS NECESSARY TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PROJECT, THAT IS WHEN WE COULD DISCUSS A POSSIBLE REFERENDUM AT THAT TIME. THE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THIS POSSIBLE PROJECT COME FROM THE VAST AMOUNTS OF INCOMPLETE AND INCORRECT INFORMATION CIRCULATING AROUND TOWN. ONCE WE, UH, IN LIGHT OF THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER SOME SUGGESTIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. ONCE WE AS A CITY GET A DESIGN PLAN BACK FROM THE ARCHITECT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION. ONCE WE GET THE PROFORMA BACK FROM THE SPORTS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, RESIDENTS NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION. LASTLY, MANY RESIDENTS STILL HAVE MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS POSSIBLE PROJECT. SO TO ME, IT MAKES SENSE TO MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS CAN EASILY ACCESS AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE. I WILL ASK CITY STAFF TO PLACE LINKS TO ANY OF THESE ADDITIONAL PIECES OF INFORMATION ONTO THE CURRENT PAGE WHERE WE DISCUSS THE POSSIBLE INDOOR RACKET FACILITY. AFTER NEW INFORMATION IS DELIVERED AND PRESENTED TO THE CITY COMMISSIONERS, IT MAKES SENSE TO ME TO HAVE SOME SORT OF PUBLIC MEETING TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE RESIDENTS. AS WE DO WITH EVERYTHING IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD. WE RESEARCH, COLLECT DATA, ASK QUESTIONS, BRING IN THE EXPERTS, GET ESTIMATES, GET DESIGN PLANS, AND THEN WE VOTE TO MOVE FORWARD OR NOT. WE DON'T RUSH PROJECTS IN BRENTWOOD. I WOULD NOT WANT TO START DOING THAT NOW. I WANT TO CONTINUE OUR LONGSTANDING PROCESS OF GETTING ALL THE INFORMATION BEFORE WE MAKE DECISIONS. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY THAT CAME AND SPOKE TONIGHT. I KNOW IT CAN BE VERY NERVE WRACKING, SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL GETTING UP HERE AND SPEAKING, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T THINK YOU WERE GOING TO. UM, I KNOW THAT'S VERY NERVE WRACKING, SO WE DO APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU. GREAT IDEAS COME FROM YOU. UM, IT IS YOUR GOVERNMENT AND SO WE ARE HERE TO REPRESENT YOU. SO THANK YOU. UM, LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT, I HAD THE HONOR OF ATTENDING THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD CLASS OF 2025 GRADUATION. WE GOT TO HEAR SOME VERY CREATIVE PRESENTATIONS FROM THE GROUP. THEY PRESENTED ON THINGS SUCH AS ADDING ANOTHER DAY TO THEIR PROGRAM FOR A COMMUNITY DAY. AND ANOTHER GROUP CAME UP WITH AN APP TO TRACK AND REWARD SAFE DRIVING IN PARTICULAR WAYS TO MINIMIZE DISTRACTED DRIVING DUE TO YOUR PHONE. MY DAUGHTER WAS A CLASS OF 24 GRADUATE AND LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOUTH LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD. AND IF YOU HAVE A CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN OR SOPHOMORE, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU HAVE YOUR CHILD APPLY TO THIS PROGRAM. UH, THE BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY ACCEPTING REGISTRATION FOR THEIR TAC TEAM CHALLENGE. THIS IS A FREE EVENT AND IT IS YOUR CHANCE TO PUSH YOURSELF AND EXPERIENCE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO TRAIN AND QUALIFY TO BE A MEMBER OF OUR TACTICAL RESPONSE TEAM. THE EVENT IS MAY 3RD AND YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE SEVEN 30 OR 10 30 SLOT. YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE ELITE CHALLENGE WHERE YOU WOULD WEAR A GAS MASK AND A TACTICAL VEST FOR PART OF THE COMPETITION OR THE FIT CHALLENGE, WHICH IS WITHOUT THE MASK AND THE VEST. AND CONTACT SERGEANT SETH YOUNG AT BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SIGN UP. I WILL SAY MY SON DID IT A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND THE ELITE IS PRETTY INTENSE. SO, UM, START WORKING OUT NOW. HE WORE A MASK WHEN HE WAS TRAINING FOR IT. SO ON UM, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30TH, WE HAD OUR FIRST BUDGET MEETING FOR THE YEAR. AND THIS IS A VERY LENGTHY BUT VERY HELPFUL MEETING AS ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS COME TOGETHER TO START THE BUDGET PROCESS. THIS GIVES US A BIG PICTURE IDEA OF SPENDING ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY. CITY STAFF PUTS A LOT OF TIME INTO THEIR BUDGET. SO I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AS WELL AS OUR ENTIRE F FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR HARD WORK. AS THE CITY COMMISSIONER REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE LIBRARY BOARD, I WILL MOVE ON TO LIBRARY ANNOUNCEMENTS. IN THE FOUR DAY FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY BOOK SALE, THEY RAISED $17,641 AND 82 CENTS WITH NEARLY 1,400 SHOPPERS COMING THROUGH THE SALE. THE NEXT SALE IS APRIL 10TH THROUGH THE 13TH. AND IF YOU ARE DOING SOME SPRING CLEANING, PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING BOOKS, PUZZLES, GAMES, DVDS, RECORDS, CDS, ALL OF THAT GREAT STUFF. UH, A COUPLE FUN FACTS ABOUT OUR LIBRARY. WE HAD 39,918 PARTICIPANTS IN PROGRAMS AT THE LIBRARY IN 2024, AND WE HAD 664,337 ITEMS CHECKED OUT IN 2024. THE NEXT SCHEDULED LIBRARY BOARD MEETING IS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH AT 4:30 PM AT THE LIBRARY. I'LL GO ON AND MAKE MY COMMENTS AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE, UH, REGARDING THE, UM, RACKET FACILITY REGARDING THE POTENTIAL PARKS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. AS A REMINDER, THE COMMISSION DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH PROJECTS SUCH AS ROAD PROJECTS OR NEW BUILDINGS UNTIL WE HAVE COMPLETE DESIGN PLANS AND COSTS. HAVING THE ARCHITECT'S DESIGN PLAN AND ASSOCIATED COSTS THAT WILL PROVIDE BE PROVIDED TO US THIS MAY OR JUNE AND THE SPORTS MANAGEMENT COMPANY'S PROFORMA WILL BE VERY VALUABLE INFORMATION TO HAVE DURING A DISCUSSION IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD. I'M IN FAVOR OF GETTING THIS PRO [00:55:01] FORMA BECAUSE WE HAVE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS THAT THEY WANT MORE INFORMATION BASED ON THE EVOLUTION OF THIS PROJECT, THE COMMISSION DOES NOT YET HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO DECIDE IF WE WILL BUILD THIS FACILITY TO FORWOOD RESIDENTS TO MAKE A DECISION VIA REFERENDUM. PRIOR TO HAVING DESIGN AND COST DETAILS OR A VERIFIED PROFORMA OF THIS PROJECT WOULD BE PREMATURE IF WE HELD A MAY 6TH REFERENDUM, THE CITY WOULD BE ASKING FOR RESIDENTS TO VOTE ON THE IDEA OF A PROJECT. WITH MANY OF THE CRUCIAL DETAILS NOT YET IN PLACE. BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS PROJECT, SO I DID NOT SUPPORT ASKING THEM TO VOTE ON SOMETHING WHEN THEY STILL DO NOT HAVE ALL THE DETAILS THEY HAVE ASKED FOR. I'M IN FAVOR OF OUR RESIDENTS. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL RESIDENTS SUGGEST THAT ONCE WE GET ALL OF THE INFORMATION IN MAY OR JUNE, WE THEN HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO BRING EVERYONE UP TO SPEED ON THIS ENTIRE PARKS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. UM, JUST FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER WHEN GRANNY WHITE PIKE WAS BEING REPAVED, WE ACTUALLY HAD TWO COMMUNITY MEETINGS JUST TO DECIDE HOW TO REPAINT THE LINES AND WHETHER OR NOT TO INCLUDE BIKE LANES. SO I THINK WE CERTAINLY COULD DO COMMUNITY MEETINGS ON, UM, A PROJECT THIS BIG. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, IN ORDER TO EVEN CONSIDER HAVING A REFERENDUM, A BOND MUST BE ATTACHED TO THAT REFERENDUM. THIS IMPLIES A BOND IS NECESSARY FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH BASED ON CURRENT CONCEPTUAL PROJECTED COSTS, IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO CLARIFY PER STATE LAW. WE CANNOT PUT A SIMPLE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT THAT SAYS, DO YOU WANT A RACKET FACILITY IN BRENTWOOD? YES OR NO? SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A LOT OF MOVING NUMBERS, MOVING PARTS AND INFORMATION YET TO GATHER AND TO DISSEMINATE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ANDREWS. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. SO STARTING OUT, UM, THE TREE BOARD, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE COMMENT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, TONIGHT WE DO HAVE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE TREE BOARD AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL INCUMBENTS REAPPLYING FOR THIS. IN FACT, THEY'RE ALL HERE TONIGHT ALONG WITH MOST OF THE REST OF OUR TREE BOARD. UH, IN SUPPORT OF THAT, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, WHILE WE MAY HAVE SOME BOARDS LOOKING FOR NEW BLOOD, WE'VE HAD A FAIR AMOUNT OF TURNOVER ON THE TREE BOARD AND, UM, AND I'VE RECEIVED EMAILS BOTH FROM THE, UH, THE TREE BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE AS WELL AS OTHER TREE BOARD MEMBERS, UM, EVEN ONE WHOSE TERM IS NOT UP, SAYING THAT THEY'D REALLY LIKE TO MAINTAIN THE TEAM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL KNOW THAT. AS, AS A COMMISSIONER ON THE TREE BOARD, I SUPPORT THEM IN THIS AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE US, UH, HONOR THAT, THAT REQUEST. UH, ARBOR DAY IS COMING UP. TREE BAGGING IS MARCH 22ND. IF ANYONE IS LOOKING FOR A GREAT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY, HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THAT. SEE THE TREE BOARD HEADS NODDING. PEOPLE KNOW IT'S A GOOD TIME. DONUTS, COFFEE, TREES, MUD AND DIRT. IT'S A WHAT COULD BE BETTER, BUT IT IS A REALLY FUN TIME FOR FELLOWSHIP AND, UH, AND BONDING. AND THEN ARBOR DAY IS, OF COURSE, IS UH, MARCH 29TH AT THE LIBRARY IS STARTING AT 10:00 AM. UM, YOU KNOW, UH, COMMISSIONER SPEARS MENTIONED, UM, A VERY POPULAR IDEA THAT, UH, CAME UP AT OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET MEETING. UH, THE IDEA OF DOING A, A VETERANS MEMORIAL, WHICH IS WELL RECEIVED BY THE COMMISSION. UM, AND I HATE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR, OUR BRIEFING LAST THURSDAY SINCE I KNOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT AND, AND PAYING FOR IT. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, AT THE INITIAL BUDGET MEETING, I GUESS IN, IN ENTHUSIASM, WE HAD SEVERAL COMMISSIONERS SUGGEST WE JUST ADD IT TO THE BUDGET. UM, AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND THEIR ENTHUSIASM, UH, WE DO HAVE A LONG ESTABLISHED NORM FOR NON, UH, NON-ESSENTIAL PROJECTS. UM, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED THIS 'CAUSE FOR MANY, MANY DECADES WE'VE GONE THROUGH WHEN WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT COME UP, UM, THEY'RE OFTEN PUT OUT FOR SUPPORT BY CITIZENS. UH, AND THE ADVANTAGE OF DOING IT THAT WAY IS TWOFOLD BY REQUIRING, UM, SOME DEGREE OF PRIVATE PARTICIPATION. WE GET A FEEL FOR HOW POPULAR THIS IS IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY. AND, UM, AND ALSO THE PRIVATE PARTICIPATION DRIVES DOWN THE COST TO THE TAXPAYER. UM, AND BRENTWOOD GIVES A LOT MORE VALUE FOR THE DOLLARS. WE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WELL WE'RE RUN FINANCIALLY. SOME OF IT'S THIS, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S TOO MANY EXAMPLES OF THIS TO, TO EVEN TRY TO CITE 'EM ALL. BUT I MEAN, I THINK A, A GREAT EXAMPLE IS THE FRIENDS OF BRENTWOOD LIBRARY. YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE MONEY THEY RAISED CONSISTENTLY TO HELP SUPPLEMENT THE PROJECTS WE DO AT THE LIBRARY. UM, BIKE WALK, BRENTWOOD, WHO RAISED SUBSTANTIAL MONEY AND ALSO SUBSTANTIAL VOLUNTEER LABOR FOR THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS, UH, CITIZENS FOR BRENTWOOD GREEN SPACE AND THE WORK THEY'VE DONE IN SMITH PARK. UM, THE MILES FOR MILES FOUNDATION, AS WELL AS THE BRENTWOOD ROTARY AND THE INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND THAT WE HAVE OVER AT GRAND WHITE PARK. ALL OF THESE NON-ESSENTIAL PROJECTS HAVE HAD A VOLUNTARY PRIVATE ELEMENT TO 'EM. SO I MENTIONED THIS BECAUSE WE WERE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THE VETERANS, UH, PROJECT THAT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, JUST LIKE MANY OTHER PROJECTS TO [01:00:01] HAVE CITIZENS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS. AND I MENTIONED THE TWOFOLD ADVANTAGES OF DOING IT THAT WAY. AND I THINK THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT NORM THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY AND SOMETHING WE SHOULDN'T LOSE TRACK OF. BECAUSE THERE ARE TIMES, AND I'VE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF Y'ALL HAVE EVER BEEN LIKE ON A NONPROFIT BOARD WHERE THE NONPROFIT IS, UH, IS DOING WELL, AND THEN YOU GET SOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND PEOPLE DON'T FEEL LIKE FUNDRAISING. AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR HEALTHY BALANCE SHEET ISN'T SO HEALTHY. UM, I THINK BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MONEY IS, IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. AND, UM, AND REALLY AT THE CORE, I THINK AS WE TALK, FOR EXAMPLE, ABOUT THIS RACKET FACILITY, THIS IS PART OF WHY I GET SO PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS. UM, WE HAD THE COUNTY COME TO US A WHILE AGO, AND FOR ME IT WAS A CHALLENGE TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH PUTTING THAT MUCH MONEY INTO SOMETHING THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, WE, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF TENNIS COURTS IN BRENTWOOD. THEY'RE JUST NOT INDOORS. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS IN BRENTWOOD, LIKE BRENTWOOD BLAZE, BRENTWOOD BALL CLUB, A LOT OF YOUTH SPORTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, BUT THEY'RE NOT RUN BY THE CITY. AND GOING THROUGH AND DOING A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY, LIKE THE INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX OR THE INDOOR SOCCER CENTER. I COULD TRY TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, BUT IT DID SEEM LIKE WE HAD SOME COMMISSIONERS THAT VERY MUCH WANTED THIS TO BE A WHAT ONLY PROJECT. AND WHEN WE HAD THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING IT WITH THE COUNTY, IT WENT VERY SLOW. I GUESS AN ANALOGY I'VE USED BEFORE, IT'S LIKE A LITTLE BIT LIKE A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL WHERE IF YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, PROPOSE MARRIAGE AND SOMEONE SAYS, LET ME THINK ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, A FEW MONTHS INTO IT, YOU KIND OF GET THE MESSAGE. YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE COUNTY COME IN IN THE FALL, AND THEN WHEN IT CAME UP FOR APPROVAL FOR NEGOTIATION THE NEXT SUMMER, IT WAS DELAYED FOR SIX MONTHS AND THEY KIND OF GOT THE MESSAGE. SO WE CAN SAY THEY BACKED UP, BUT THEY BACKED UP THE, THE, THE WAY A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL MIGHT BACK UP FROM THE PERSON WHO DID THE ASKING AND IS BEING PUT OFF. UH, SO AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS, IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN THINGS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE MOVING AHEAD, WE HAVE SOME COMMISSIONERS, THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND FEEL LIKE THEY'VE GOT AMAZING INFORMATION PROVIDED BY A COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS. AND THEN WHEN SOMETHING LIKE A REFERENDUM COMES UP, ALL OF A SUDDEN WE NEED TO HIRE A NEW COMPANY TO, TO TUDY AND RE REDO THIS. UM, AND I'LL TELL YOU, I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF EMAILS ON THIS, BOTH LIKE SOME OF THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT, UM, VERY PASSIONATE IN FAVOR OF IT WITH, YOU KNOW, TOUTING SOME VERY GOOD ATTRIBUTES OF IT. AND I THINK THEY MAKE A GOOD POINT. I THINK TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL ARE FANTASTIC PASTIMES AS I DO VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL, UM, ANY NUMBER OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT CRICKET PLAYERS HERE IN TOWN THAT DON'T HAVE FACILITIES AT ALL, INDOOR OR OUTDOOR, AND WE SEE 'EM OVER AT RAVENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL PLAYING ON FRIDAY NIGHTS. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD CAUSES, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING WHERE THERE'S A TEMPTATION TO GO THROUGH AND TRY TO DELIVER A FAVOR TO PEOPLE THAT WHO SUPPORT YOU WANT USING TAX DOLLARS, IT, IT FEELS PROBLEMATIC. AND RIGHT NOW, I THINK THE PASSION ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS, OR THE REASON TO DO A REFERENDUM, AND WHILE WE'VE ALREADY HAD TWO COMMISSIONERS TRY TO IMPLY TONIGHT THAT WE COULDN'T DO A REFERENDUM, WE COULD. AND IF YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND WATCH THE MEETINGS, WATCH THE MEETINGS, BUT THERE IS A BOND IN THE BUDGET. WE HAVE ALL THE THINGS OTHER THAN THE VOTE OF ONE MORE COMMISSIONER TO HAVE PUT THIS UP FOR REFERENDUM AND SETTLE THIS ISSUE. AND INSTEAD, APPARENTLY THEY WOULD PREFER TO TRY IT IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION, TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO SHOW UP AT MEETINGS AND MAKE THEIR CASE WHERE IN A CITY OF TENS OF THOUSANDS, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO HAVE THIS INFLUENCED BY DOZENS OF, OF VOCAL ADVOCATES ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER. AND I THINK IT'S, UH, THIS IS WHAT FRUSTRATES PEOPLE ABOUT POLITICS. I HATE THAT THIS FORM OF POLITICS HAS COME TO BRENTWOOD. AND WHEN I THINK YOU USE TAXPAYER MONEY TO DELIVER FAVORS, EVENTUALLY YOU'RE GONNA RUN OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY. MAYOR, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER DUNN. THANK YOU MAYOR. I, I TOO WANT TO EXTEND MY SYMPATHY AND CONDOLENCES TO COMMISSIONER ANDREWS AND TO HIS FATHER CURRY ANDREWS AND TO HIS SISTER ON THE LOSS OF THEIR MOTHER AND WIFE. JANE WAS A LOVELY, LOVELY WOMAN, AND SHE WILL BE MISSED. UM, THE HISTORIC BOARD WILL MEET NEXT, NOT THIS FRIDAY, BUT THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY, THE, UH, 21ST. AND WE'LL BE MAKING THE FINAL PLANS FOR THE HISTORY BOWL, WHICH WILL BE IN THIS ROOM [01:05:01] FEBRUARY 27TH, THURSDAY NIGHT, SEVEN O'CLOCK WITH EIGHT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS COMPETING FOR PRIZE MONIES. AND THE TROPHY, WHICH IS NAMED AFTER SARAH BAIRD, WHO WAS A TEACHER AT FRANKLIN AND BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. MANY OF YOUR CHILDREN MAY HAVE HAD MS. BAIRD AND AS THEIR TEACHER, SHE WAS EXCELLENT, JUST EXCELLENT. YOU HAD HER GOD HIGH SCHOOL. OH, WOW, OKAY. I DIDN'T, I NEVER KNEW THAT. THAT WAS INTERESTING. AND DR. FLETCHER, PLANNING, COMMISSIONER FLETCHER, VICE MAYOR FLETCHER, IT WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, AND IF I TOOK TOO LONG, SO I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO ALL THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE I CAN'T HEAR YOU, JACK. WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY IS THE ISSUE HE WAS HERE ON, IT IS CONVOLUTED, AND WE'RE NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY AN ACRE OF LAND WITH ALL THE SWAPPING WITH SEVERAL SUBDIVISIONS, BUT IT WENT BACK YEARS AGO. AND I THINK IN MY YARD, I DO HAVE A METAL STAKE, A IRON STAKE WHERE YOU MEASURE THINGS. SO I THINK IT HAS IMPROVED A LOT. BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING. IT WAS FUN SEEING YOU AGAIN, UM, ONTO THE REFERENDUM IN THE TENNIS CENTER AND COMMISSIONER SPEARS. YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE IS MORE TO IT THAN JUST A REFERENDUM. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY I FEEL THAT WAY. UH, THAT IS A LEGAL MECHANISM. THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN JUDGE THE OPINIONS OF THE RESIDENTS IN CALIFORNIA. YOU CAN GET ANYTHING ON A REFERENDUM ANYTIME YOU CAN'T HEAR, THERE'S CERTAIN WAYS YOU CAN DO IT. AND ONE TO HEAR FROM THE RESIDENTS IS BY ISSUING BONDS WITH A REFERENDUM ATTACHED. SO THAT'S WHY I DID IT. I'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH, I'VE ASKED QUESTIONS AND DONE MY RESEARCH OVER THE YEARS, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S THE LEGAL MECHANISM DESPITE THE SHADOW AND THE CLOUD THAT SOME HAVE TRIED TO THROW OVER IT. SO WE'VE DONE THEM TWICE AS COMMISSIONER NELSON, UH, COMMISSIONER ANDREWS MENTIONED. NOW I WILL TELL YOU WHY I AM SO, I WON'T SAY ANGRY. WHY I FEEL SO PROTECTIVE OF THIS MECHANISM AND THE WAY THAT THIS COMMISSION SHOULD BE WORKING. IT'S ONE THING TO SAY WE'VE GOT THE MONEY. WE'VE ONLY GOT IT BECAUSE WE'VE WATCHED IT SO CAREFULLY OVER THE YEARS. THE REASON YOU HAVEN'T HAD A TAX INCREASE IN 35 YEARS IS BECAUSE WE WATCHED THE SPENDING OF THE MONEY. IT'S WHEN THIS STARTED. AS FORMER MAYOR LITTLE SAID, WHEN HE WAS MAYOR DURING COVID, THEY STARTED THESE TALKS BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNEW MARYLAND FARMS WAS GOING SHUT DOWN. WE REALIZED THERE IS A NEED FOR A TENNIS CENTER. NOBODY'S SAYING WE'RE AGAINST IT. I'M CERTAINLY NOT AGAINST A TENNIS CENTER. TWO YEARS WENT BY, THINGS STARTED PICKING UP FROM COVID THEN JUST AS YOU WERE ELECTED, COMMISSIONER SPEARS THE COM, THE TALK SCOUT, SERIOUS WITH THE COUNTY, THEY BROUGHT US A PROPOSAL. AND YOU TELL ME IF YOU CAN FIND A BETTER DEAL THAN THIS. YOU PUT UP $6 MILLION BRENTWOOD FOR YOUR HALF OF CONSTRUCTION, WE WILL FUND FUND THE OTHER HALF. WE WILL OPERATE IT. WE WILL PAY THE SALARIES AND WE WILL MAINTAIN IT. AND IF THERE ARE ANY PROFITS, YOU'LL GET HALF. I JUMPED ON THAT DEAL. IT WAS ON OUR AGENDA MAY 22ND, 2023. IT WAS VOTED DOWN FOUR TO THREE WITH A POSTPONEMENT INDEFINITELY. I WAS STUNNED. WHEN WE HAD LEFT OUR INFORMATIONAL MEETING ON THURSDAY MORNING, I THOUGHT, WELL, THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT. EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE SO HAPPY WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS TENNIS CENTER. IT WOULD BE OPENING BY NOW. BUT NO, AGAIN, WE CREATED AN AD HOC COMMITTEE. THEY WORKED HARD NOT TAKING AWAY FROM THEIR WORK. THEY SPENT THAT SUMMER WORKING. MEANWHILE, THE COUNTY SAY, WE HAVE A DEADLINE FOR COMMITTING OUR MONEY. THE COMMITTEE KEPT WORKING, THE DEADLINE WENT PAST THE COUNTY SAID WE'RE HAVING TO WITHDRAW OUR OFFER. SO WE GET A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, WHICH WE ARE TOLD OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS SOLID INFORMATION. WE CAN RELY ON IT. THEN WE SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS 30,000, SHORT OF A MILLION. LET ME BE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. [01:10:01] SO NO ONE SAYS I'M SPREADING MISINFORMATION ON A DESIGN FOR THIS BUILDING THAT WE DON'T KNOW YET THAT WE EVEN WANNA BUILD, BUT THERE'S A MILLION DOLLARS COMMITTED. AND THEN WE HEAR, WELL, MAYBE THOSE NUMBERS FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ARE AS SOLID AS WE THOUGHT THEY WERE. WE NEED TO HIRE ANOTHER FIRM AT A MONTHLY COST OF, WELL, WE DON'T KNOW YET WHAT THAT'S GONNA BE TO GET THESE NUMBERS FOR US. NOW, ONE OF YOUR, YOU'VE MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, DRAWS IN MAYBE, UM, HOTEL MONEY AND TOURISM. WHEN WE WERE SITTING THERE WITH THAT COMPANY, UH, THE BROCHURE THEY PRESENTED FOR ON THE FIRST PAGE, A REGIONAL ATTRACTION, TOURIST ATTRACTION. AND WE ALL SAID, WELL, THAT'S NOT QUITE WHAT WE HAD IN MIND. SO THEY SAID, WELL, IF THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU HAVE IN MIND, WE CAN GO, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT ANY PEOPLE THAT MORNING FROM THE SEVENTH THAT I GOT THE FEELING THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT WANTING FOR BROWNWOOD. THE REASON I CALLED FOR THIS REFERENDUM, AS I SAID LAST TIME, THIS IS GETTING TO BE A RUNAWAY TRAIN. WE KEEP SPENDING MONEY UNDER THE GUISE OF GETTING MORE INFORMATION. WELL, I KNOW SOME THINGS, AS SOON AS WE PULLED OUT OF THE COUNTY DEAL, OUR PRICE DOUBLED 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY THEIR HALF. IF THAT WOULD'VE BE $12 MILLION TWO YEARS AGO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE NOW. AND I WON'T GUESS. I JUST KNOW IT'S AT LEAST 12 AND PROBABLY MORE. I KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY A COMPANY TO RUN IT. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY THE OPERATING COSTS, THE MAINTENANCE COSTS, AND THE STAFFING COSTS. SO THE PRICE HAS GONE UP. I DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY. AND I AM REALLY PROUD OF MY RECORD OF KEEPING THIS TRIPLE A BOND RATING THAT WE HAVE AND NOT HAVING TAX, UH, INCREASES FOR 35 YEARS. AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE IN BRENTWOOD HAVE APPRECIATED THAT. WE HAVE MULTIPLE JOINT COUNTY PROJECTS. THE SPLASH PAD, THE INDOOR SOCCER CENTER, THAT THE TENNIS CENTER OVER ON HERITAGE WAY WITH THE REC CENTER THERE. IT'S, THEY'VE BEEN GOOD WORKING PARTNERSHIPS. I CALLED THE COUNTY AND I SAID, I KEEP HEARING ABOUT THIS WAITING LIST. DO YOU HAVE ONE? THEY ASSURED ME AS LATE AS LAST WEEK, THEY HAVE NO WAITING LIST. NO ONE HAS PRODUCED A WAITING LIST TO US YET. I HEAR ABOUT IT, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN IT. WHO IS IN POSSESSION OF IT? IF ANYBODY KNOWS, PLEASE TELL ME. I'M NOT SAYING IT DOESN'T EXIST, I'M JUST SAYING I HAVEN'T SEEN IT AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT WITH NAMES. SO IF THERE IS ONE, PLEASE SHARE IT WITH US, BECAUSE THAT'S USED OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT THERE ARE 700 AND SOME PEOPLE ON THIS WAITING LIST. ARE YOU AWARE OF THIS? YOU'RE SMILING. COMMISSIONER SPEARS, DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE LIST IS? THIS IS, I TAKE THAT AS A, THIS IS OUR TIME FOR COMMISSIONER COMMENTS, NOT QUESTION AND ANSWER VOLLEY BACK AND FORTH. WELL, I THINK SO. WE CAN TALK ABOUT IN A BRIEFING ON THURSDAY MORNING. I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. OKAY. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. AND AS FAR AS US CHATTING WITH EACH OTHER, IF YOU, THAT'S A PERMITTED, I THINK IN A LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK TO EACH OTHER AWAY FROM HERE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IF WE CAN'T DISCUSS TOGETHER SITTING UP HERE. I MEAN, IF YOU EVER WATCHED A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, THEY'RE TALKING AT EACH OTHER ALL NIGHT. THAT'S THE WAY YOU GET INFORMATION AND FIND THINGS OUT. IT'S NOT A MEANT TO BE. IT'S MEANT TO BE DOING RESEARCH AND ASKING QUESTIONS AND GETTING ANSWERS. SO THAT'S WHY I FEEL AS STRONGLY AS I DO. AND I'M SORRY IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH ME, THAT'S, THAT'S PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE TO ME. I AM FOR A TENNIS CENTER. I JUST WANT TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR TRAVIS. THANKS. APPRECIATE IT. COMMENTS. OH, MAN, I TELL YOU WHAT COMMENTED ON, I'VE BEEN COMMENTED. I GOT, I GOT SOME, I'LL SKIP SOME. I'M OVER. UH, BUT, UH, FIRST MY SYMPATHIES TO THE ANDREWS FAMILY. I ACTUALLY SAW YOUR MRS. ANDREWS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AT, UH, SPORTSMAN'S, AND I KNEW SHE DIDN'T LOOK GOOD. SO MY, UH, SYMPATHY TO THE WHOLE, UH, ANDREWS FAMILY. I DIDN'T [01:15:01] KNOW ABOUT THE LOSS UNTIL JUST NOW. UM, THIS IS A TOUGH JOB, GUYS. Y'ALL CAN SEE. YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND YOU CAN SEE WHY. THERE'S ALSO, WE SAID THERE'S NOT MISINFORMATION. THERE'S MISINFORMATION, THERE'S NOT. AND WHERE IT GOES AND WHAT IT DOES. UH, THAT PART'S VERY, VERY HARD. BUT, UM, I'M GONNA COME BACK TO, TO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE. LET'S START WITH SOME GOOD STUFF. LET'S DO SOME SMILEY STUFF. I WENT TO YOUTH LEADERSHIP GRADUATION TOO. AND AGAIN, IF YOU WANT SOMETHING THAT'S JUST AS GOOD TO GO SEE, COME SEE THESE YOUTH, THE PROJECTS THAT THEY DO AND THE COMPUTER PROGRAMS THAT THEY DESIGNED TO RUN THIS STUFF AND, AND, AND POWERPOINTS. IT'S JUST AMAZING. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO LEADERSHIP. BRENTWOOD ALMOST AS MUCH FUN WAS THE GRAND OPENING OF DUNK, THE GRAND REOPENING OF DUNKING DONUTS. AND, UM, IT'S THERE. I GOTTA SEE A CUP OUT THERE. UH, THEY'VE REDONE THE SPACE AND, UM, IT WAS REALLY A LOT OF FUN. AND, UH, THEY'VE GOT A GOOD PRODUCT THERE AND IT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD FACILITY. SO THAT WAS MOST FUN. I APPRECIATE BRENTWOOD UP DOING THAT. UM, COMM COMMISSIONER DONAHUE, UM, OLD SMYRNA ROAD. WE ALSO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE A ENGINEER OVER HERE WITH OLD SMYRNA ROAD. I NEVER THOUGHT OLD SMYRNA ROAD WAS GOING AWAY. I MEAN, WE FOUND MORE INFORMATION WHILE IT WAS GOING ON THAT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SAID ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE EXISTING ROAD AND THE, THE TREES, ET CETERA. SO WE'VE ASKED MR. SULLIVAN TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. AND WE DO NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF OLDSMAR ROAD. NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. UM, LET'S SEE. ON JANUARY THE 12TH, I SENT OUT THE FOLLOWING EMAIL. DEAR CITIZENS, I'VE BEEN SENDING OUT KWT UPDATES FOR MANY YEARS. THE KWT UPDATES ARE DESIGNED AND USED TO UPDATE YOU ON THE HAPPENINGS IN BRENTWOOD WITH THE DEMISE OF LOCAL NEWSPAPER COVERAGE. IT WAS MY WAY OF TRYING TO ALERT AND INFORM YOU OF THE HAPPENINGS IN BRENTWOOD. I'VE STATED SEVERAL TIMES THAT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WOULD NOT BE SHARED AS I KEPT IT SIMPLE. I USED AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET WITH ADDRESSES AND BLIND COPIED EVERYONE. SO THE EMAILS WOULD BE UP, EMAIL UPDATES WOULD BE BLINDED. I WAS VERY CAREFUL TO KEEP YOUR EMAILS ADDRESSES CONFIDENTIAL. UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS FORCED TO SHARE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES WITH AN INDIVIDUAL VIA PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST. BELOW IS SO-AND-SO'S PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS REQUESTING THE REFERENCED EMAIL ADDRESS. I WILL CONTINUE TO SEND OUT MY E MY UPDATES ON FEBRUARY THE FIFTH. I WROTE ON JANUARY 12TH, I SENT OUT AN UPDATE INFORMING YOU THAT I HAD TO SHARE MY EMAIL ADDRESSES WITH A THIRD PARTY BECAUSE OF A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST BEGINNING YESTERDAY AND CONTINUING TODAY, I'VE BEEN CONTACTED BY SEVERAL OF MY EMAIL ADDRESS FRIENDS SAYING THEY'VE RECEIVED UNSOLICITED EMAILS FROM ANOTHER COMMISSIONER. I DID NOT GIVE OUT MY EMAIL ADDRESSES, AND I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT THE INDIVIDUAL THAT REQUESTED THE EMAIL ADDRESSES SHARED THEM. I'M VERY SORRY FOR THIS BECAUSE I TRIED SO HARD TO KEEP THESE EMAILS CONFIDENTIAL. IF YOU RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM A COMMISSIONER AND YOU DON'T WANT IT, I SUGGEST YOU UNSUBSCRIBE. THIS IS SO VERY DISTURBING TO ME. I WAS USING THIS EMAIL LIST LIST TO UPDATE CITIZENS BECAUSE OF THE DEMISE OF LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE. THE OTHER COMMISSIONER THAT USED THAT SAID, THIS IS A TRADITIONAL WASHINGTON STYLE POLITICS THAT WE DON'T WANT IN BRENTWOOD. BOY, THIS KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE WHAT THIS EMAIL STEAL WAS TO ME. UM, I'LL JUST SAY THIS. THERE'S AN EMAIL WAR GOING ON RIGHT NOW. OKAY? EVERYBODY'S SITTING OUT THERE. YOU'RE GETTING THEM. WE'RE GETTING THEM. EVERYBODY'S GETTING THEM. THE REFERENDUM QUESTION THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD DIDN'T USE AN OFFICIAL WILLIAMSON COUNTY FORM. IT WAS A FORM THAT WAS MADE UP AND IT HAD NAME, ADDRESS AND EMAIL. THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY PEOPLE TOLD ME THEY DON'T WANT EMAILS. THESE EMAILS WERE BEING COLLECTED, AND WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GONNA BE DONE WITH THEM. BUT I'M JUST TELLING YOU, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT GOOD STUFF GOING ON WITH EMAILS. AND IT DISTURBED ME BECAUSE I WAS SO CAREFUL TRYING TO PROTECT YOU GUYS. SO ANYWAY, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT. JUST SOME THINGS ABOUT THE, UM, BRACKET CENTER. UM, WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS OF OUR AD HOC RACKET FACILITY HERE TONIGHT. AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. WHEN I SUGGESTED WE FORM A RACT COMMITTEE, MY IDEA WAS TO PULL ALL THIS INFORMATION TO GET SOMEWHERE AND HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION, SEE WHAT WE COULD DO, LAY IT OUT IN A FORMAT, THEN WE COULD SIT DOWN AND REVIEW IT. WE HAD TWO PERFORM PERFORMERS INCLUDED IN THAT. WE HAD WORKED WITH THE CITY, WITH THE COUNTY, AND I THINK THEY DID REALLY GOOD WORK. BUT WE KEPT [01:20:01] HEARING, WE DON'T BELIEVE THIS. WE THINK WE NEED SOME DIFFERENT THINGS. WE DID THAT. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE SHOULD HAVE, WE SHOULD HAVE STREAMLINED THIS PROJECT. WE SHOULD HAVE PUT A STOP TO IT. AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SIX MONTHS AGO, THE COUNTY DID WITHDRAW THEIR OFFER. WE'VE BEEN REFERENCED TONIGHT ABOUT A VOTE IN MAY. WE CONTINUED MEETING THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, CONTINUED MEETING WITH THE COUNTY UNTIL SEPTEMBER. I WAS HERE THE NIGHT THAT THE COUNTY MET WITH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE. THEY SAID, WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU. THEY LEFT. THEY TOLD US THEY HAD A COUPLE, THREE WEEKS UNTIL THEY HAD TO TURN IN THEIR BUDGET. THEY LEFT THAT NIGHT. THE NEXT MORNING, KURT BEDNAR RECEIVED A EMAIL SAYING THEY WITHDREW. OKAY. WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY RUN THEM AWAY. OKAY? THIS IS JUST MY PERCEPTION, OKAY? WHEN PEOPLE ARE ASKING ME WHAT'S GOING ON, I CAN GIVE YOU 12 PAGES IF YOU WANT IT, 'CAUSE I GOT PLENTY OF STUFF THERE. BUT HERE'S WHAT I'M, I BELIEVE NO PERCEIVED NEED FOR TAX INCREASE TO FUND THIS PROJECT. NO PERCEIVED NEED FOR TAX INCREASE TO FUND THIS PROJECT. THE NUMBER OF RACKETBALL PLAYERS IN BRENTWOOD PROBABLY IS IN THE THOUSANDS. WE CAN WORK ON GETTING A FIRM NUMBER ON THAT, BUT IT'S THOUSANDS OF RACKET PLAYERS. THE COST OF THE RACKET FACILITY IS $13 MILLION. WE HAVE 8 MILLION THAT CAN BE USED FOR THAT. WE WOULD NEED AN ADDITIONAL 5 MILLION. THE FACILITY WOULD OPERATE AT A PROFIT AFTER PAYING ALL EXPENSES AND SETTING ASIDE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE MONEY, AS PER THE AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORT, FUNDING OF THE F FACILITY'S OPERATION WOULD COME FROM THE PEOPLE USING THE FACILITY AND PAYING HOURLY COURT TIME. BRENTWOOD CITIZENS NOT USING THE FACILITY, WOULD NOT BE PAYING ANY MONEY. SO THOSE WHO USE IT WOULD GET, WOULD BE THE ONES PAYING FOR IT. I DID HAVE AN INTERESTING NOTE AND GOT A LOT NOTES TODAY. EVERYBODY DID. BUT ONE IS, UH, FROM SOMEONE I KNOW AND RESPECT, AND HER HUSBAND'S A HOME BUILDER AND HE'S A HIGH-END HOME BUILDER. AND HE SAID, PEOPLE ARE COMING TO BRENTWOOD, THEY'RE PAYING BIG BUCKS FOR HOUSES, AND THEY'RE EXPECTING THE AMENITIES, AND THEY'RE WILLING TO PAY FOR THE AMENITIES. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SELL COURT TIME AT A LOSS. WE CAN SELL COURT TIME AT A PROFIT. THAT'LL HELP PAY FOR ITSELF. JUST LIKE RAY SAID. AND JULIE O'NEILL SAID, I THINK WE'VE GOT INFORMATION. I THINK THE PEOPLE GAVE US THE ABILITY TO VOTE ON THIS. I'M GOOD IF WE WANT TO PULL ALL THIS TOGETHER BECAUSE WE'VE SAID WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT THE NEW COMMITTEE SAYS. AND WE HAVE TO GET THAT OUT TO YOU GUYS, SO YOU CAN HEAR THAT. THAT'S MY POSITION ON THAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. SINCE WE HAVE BROUGHT THE EMAIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT EMAIL AND, AND NEWSLETTERS. UM, AS COMMISSIONER TRAVIS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, UM, WITH THE LOCAL MEDIA, AND AS, AS COMMISSIONERS, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS. AND LIKE ME, TRA OR UH, VICE MAYOR TRAVIS, I DO A PERIODIC NEWSLETTER THAT I SEND OUT. AND, UH, AND EVERY TIME I WRITE ONE, I MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO INCLUDE DOCUMENTED FACTS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AS WELL AS MY OPINION AND ANALYSIS. AND AS PART OF, UM, OF USING BOTH THE SHARE INFORMATION AND LEARN NEW THINGS I MAKE AVAILABLE, UH, I TRY TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO AS MANY CONSTITUENTS AS POSSIBLE AND ALWAYS INCLUDE MY CONTACT INFORMATION AND ENCOURAGE A DIALOGUE. THE NEWSLETTER IS DISTRIBUTED BOTH OVER EMAIL, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND POSTED TO MY WEBPAGE, UH, WWW.ELECTNELSONANDREWS.COM. UM, ANOTHER PART OF THIS EFFORT IS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE IT'S EASY FOR PEOPLE BOTH TO SUBSCRIBE AND UNSUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWSLETTER. EVERY NEWSLETTER HAS A, A LINK IN THERE THAT ALLOWS ANYONE THAT RECEIVES THE NEWSLETTER THROUGH SOMEBODY ELSE OR FORWARD OR, OR WHATEVER TO CHOOSE TO ADD THEMSELVES TO THE LIST IF THEY'D LIKE. ALSO, EVERY EMAIL THAT GOES OUT AS WELL AS THE WEBSITE AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA HAS A A WAY TO MAKE IT EASY TO UNSUBSCRIBE IF IT'S NOT INFORMATION PEOPLE WANT. SO IF ANYONE EVER RECEIVES MY NEWSLETTER IN ERROR, LIKE COMMISSIONER TRAVIS SAID, I'D ENCOURAGE 'EM TO HIT UNSUBSCRIBE IF, IF, IF THEY DON'T WANT IT, IF THEY CONSIDER IT, UH, YOU KNOW, UNWELCOME. UM, AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, I'VE HAD, UM, OTHER FOLKS, INCLUDING SOMEONE WHO SPOKE AT THE PODIUM TONIGHT, UH, THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE, UH, RECENT NEWSLETTERS, UM, UH, THE MOST RECENT ONE IN PARTICULAR. AND SO I, I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE IT AND YOU'D LIKE IT, CERTAINLY GO TO WWW ELECT NELSON ANDREWS.COM. YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR IT. YOU CAN SEE EVERY ONE OF THE [01:25:01] PAST NEWSLETTERS ON THERE. AND, UH, WE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE 'EM ACCESSIBLE TO ALL. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I DO THINK WE HAVE SOME, UH, GOOD LOCAL MEDIA. UM, I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THE MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT. BUT ALSO I DO THINK COMMISSIONERS HAVE, UM, UH, REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY AND A RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS, UM, WHETHER THEY AGREE WITH THEM OR NOT, BUT TO LEARN. AND ALSO, AS COMMISSIONER DUNN MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE DIALOGUES UP HERE AS A COMMISSION. YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, A BULLY PULPIT FOR ONE DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION. YOU KNOW, UH, I KNOW THAT WE DON'T TALK TO INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENTS AS WE'RE UP HERE. WE DO THAT OTHER MEANS. THIS IS ACTUALLY WHERE THE COMMISSIONERS ARE SUPPOSED TO TALK TO EACH OTHER. THAT'S HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK. MAYOR. SO MAYOR, VICE MAYOR TRAVIS. SO YOUR ARGUMENT IS, YOU TOOK MY EMAIL LIST AND YOU SENT IT OUT, AND THAT'S OKAY. THESE PEOPLE JUST HAVE TO UNSUBSCRIBE IF THEY DON'T WANT IT, THAT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL. AND I WOULD'VE THOUGHT YOU WOULD'VE STARTED BY SAYING, I'M VERY SORRY FOR TAKING YOUR EMAIL LIST. I'LL TAKE 'EM OFF AND THEY CAN SUBSCRIBE IF THEY WANT TO. I THINK THAT YOURS WERE THE, THAT WAS A POOR EFFORT AT TRYING TO DESCRIBE WHAT YOU DID. YOU TOOK THE EMAIL ADDRESS LIST, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER TRAVIS, I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT SUBSCRIBED TO YOURS ARE ON MY LIST, BUT, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE WERE NOT ON YOUR LIST BEFORE YOUR LAST NEWSLETTER WENT OUT. THEY WERE ON MY LIST THAT YOU GOT. ALRIGHT, UM, I'M GONNA WRAP UP. UM, AND, UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT SAID TONIGHT, SO Y'ALL ARE NOT GONNA HAVE TO LISTEN, UH, TO ME SPEAK, UH, VERY LONG. UM, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE AT THE, UH, THE RIBBON CUTTING, UH, THIS, UH, PAST FRIDAY FOR, UH, THE, UH, DUNKING DONUTS. A GREAT JOB BY, UH, BRENTWOOD UP. UH, I WAS PROUD OF OUR BRENTWOOD POLICE AS WELL. UH, THEY WERE NOT THERE. METRO POLICE CAME ACROSS THE LINE, UH, TO, UH, GET A, UH, A DONUT AND A CUP OF COFFEE. UH, BUT, UH, YOU'D BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT, UM, EVERYBODY STAYS, UH, GOOD LOOKING IN THEIR UNIFORM. UH, AND, UH, THEY'RE NOT OVER AT THE COFFEE SHOP WITH, UH, DONUTS. SO, UM, BUT, UH, A LOT OF FUN. UH, THIS PAST, UH, JANUARY 30TH, UH, IT WAS FULL DAY FOR THE COMMISSION. UM, WE SPENT, UH, THE MORNING, UH, WITH THE RECRUITER, UM, AND, UM, WE NARROWED DOWN, UH, THE SELECTION, UH, FOR, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, UH, TO SIX. SO, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT, UM, NARROWED DOWN, UH, TO SIX. AND WE WILL HAVE THOSE FOLKS, UH, IN PERSON, UH, FROM, UH, THE 26TH, UH, THROUGH THE 28TH OF, UH, THIS MONTH. AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, THE PUBLIC ON THE, UH, EVENING OF THE 26TH, UH, TO INTERFACE WITH, UH, THESE FOLKS. WE HOPE YOU COME TO THE LIBRARY AND, UH, UH, GET A CHANCE TO, UH, TO MEET 'EM, SOME VERY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES. AGAIN. UH, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO FILL, UH, KIRK'S SHOES. WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A, UH, A GOOD GO FORWARD, UM, REPLACEMENT, UH, CITY MANAGER. UM, ON JANUARY 30TH, UH, THAT AFTERNOON AFTER WE GRABBED A, UH, UH, A BITE TO EAT ON OUR OWN, UH, WE WENT BACK, UM, INTO SESSION AND, UH, SPENT ABOUT FOUR HOURS AT THE, UM, UH, WORKING THROUGH THE, UH, THE BUDGET AND MAKING SURE STRATEGICALLY, UH, WE WERE HEADED IN THE, UH, IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. UH, AND THERE WAS GREAT CONSENSUS, UH, THAT WE WERE, UH, ALL MOVING IN THE, UH, IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE HAD A, AN UNUSUAL THING OCCUR. MOST, MOST OF THE TIME. WE DON'T HAVE FOLKS, UM, RESIDENTS COME TO, UH, THE BUDGET MEETING. AND, UM, HAD, UM, A COUPLE OF, UH, CITIZENS COME TO THE BUDGET MEETING. AND, UH, THEY SAT THERE, UH, AND LISTENED. AND, UM, AT THE END, UM, CAME UP AND SAID, WOW, YOU ALL DO REALLY PUT A LOT OF TIME AND, UH, AND EFFORT, UH, AND THOUGHTFUL, UH, DISCUSSION, UH, INTO, UH, OUR TAXPAYER DOLLAR SYSTEM. YEAH, WE'RE NOT JUST MAKING THIS STUFF UP. UH, SO, BUT, UM, YES, UH, STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB WITH, UH, WITH BUDGETS, UH, AND THE COMMISSION IS, UH, IS VERY, VERY THOUGHTFUL AND, UH, AND PURPOSEFUL. UM, LET'S SEE HERE. UH, AS IT RELATES, I'M GONNA SAVE SOMETHING HAPPY, UH, FOR THE END. UH, BUT, UH, AS IT RELATES TO, UH, THE, UM, RACKET FACILITY, IN ORDER TO HAVE A REFERENDUM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BOND. UM, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW I'D BEGIN TO DRAFT A BOND. UM, UH, IF, UM, UM, WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. HOW MUCH IS THIS, UH, GONNA COST? IS IT GONNA COST $12 MILLION? IS IT GONNA COST 22 MILLION? AND NOW I'VE HEARD 25 MILLION. IT'S ALL OVER THE BOARD. BUT WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS WE DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY HERE IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD THAN THE COUNTY DOES, THAN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES DO. WE COME UP WITH THE IDEA, THEN WE GO TO DESIGN, WE GATHER THE COST DATA, THEN WE MAKE A DECISION. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE? UH, GO FORWARD OR NOT? IT'S NOT LIKE, UH, OTHERS THAT SAY, HEY, UM, WE WANT TO DO THIS. WE'RE [01:30:01] GONNA GO AHEAD AND AWARD THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY AND, UH, MOVE FORWARD. WE TAKE OUR TIME AND WE'RE VERY THOUGHTFUL AND PURPOSEFUL ABOUT THIS. DO WE NEED TO BE IN A BIG HURRY? NO. UM, DO WE NEED TO NOT LIKE, MOVE AT SNAILS PACE AS GOVERNMENT? UH, YES. UH, HOWEVER, WE DON'T NEED TO BE IN A HURRY. AND ONE OF THE REASONS I'LL TELL YOU, WE DON'T NEED TO BE IN THE BIG HURRY, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE IN, UM, UH, OUR RACKET AND TENNIS FACILITY, FOLKS ARE IN INTERIM, UM, UM, INDOOR, UH, COURTS, AND I GUESS THERE'S PROBABLY SOME OUTDOOR COURTS THERE AS WELL. UM, THERE'S NOT A LOT GOING ON. UH, AS IT RELATES TO, UH, THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE, UM, WITH, UM, THE, UM, MARKET LEAD FROM, UH, HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES. UM, AND HE SAID, WE DON'T HAVE A MASTER TENANT, UH, AT THIS TIME RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT, UH, THE COUNTY, UH, THAT'S CARRYING, UH, OUR COST, UH, ON THIS. SO IT'S A NO COST TO US. WE'RE NOT IN A HURRY, UH, TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT. UM, IS THAT A LONG TERM SOLUTION? NO, BUT IT'S A WORKABLE INTERIM SOLUTION. SO WHAT I'LL TELL YOU IS WE'RE GONNA SPEND THE TIME, UM, HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES. I DON'T THINK IT'S A LOT LONGER, UH, TO GET THIS RIGHT, UH, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION, HOW MUCH IT COSTS BEFORE WE SAY YES OR NO, UH, AND THEN WHAT IS THE, UH, THE REAL PRO FORMA AROUND IT. UM, BUT IN ORDER TO HAVE A REFERENDUM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BOND, UH, TIED TO IT. WE CAN'T JUST HAVE A, UH, A REFERENDUM, UH, FOR THE SAKE OF HAVING A REFERENDUM. IT IS STATE LAW. I DON'T LIKE ALL THE STATE LAWS THAT ARE OUT THERE. HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH, UH, WITH THOSE. SO, I'LL FINISH WITH, UH, WITH CHIEF HICKEY. UH, THIS IS, UH, AS COMMISSIONER SPEAR SAID, THIS IS, UH, UH, CHIEF HICKEY'S, UH, LAST MEETING. WE'RE GONNA SEE IF WE CAN MAKE HIM TURN A LITTLE BIT RED. UM, SO, UM, HE IS, UH, UM, JUST FANTASTIC IN A, UH, IN A SHORT LINE OF POLICE, CHIEF POLICE CHIEFS WE'VE HAD, UH, HERE AT CITY OF BRENTWOOD. YOU'VE HEARD US SAY IT, UM, MANY TIMES, IF PUBLIC SAFETY IS NOT WHERE IT NEED TO BE, NEEDS TO BE, THE REST DOESN'T MATTER. WE CAN HAVE THE GREATEST PARKS, WE CAN HAVE THE GREATEST LIBRARIES, GREATEST SCHOOLS. WE DON'T CONTROL THE SCHOOLS, BUT WE'RE STAKEHOLDERS. BUT IF PEOPLE AREN'T SAFE AND PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE, THE REST JUST DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. SO, KUDOS, UH, TO CHIEF HICKEY. UM, HE HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE, UM, THE QUALITY AND PROFESSIONALISM, UH, OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS HERE IN BRENTWOOD. I BELIEVE THEY'RE SECOND TO NONE. AND I HAVE A FIRST ROW SEAT, UH, TO SEE THEM IN ACTION ON A PRETTY REGULAR BASIS AND ENJOY EVERY MINUTE OF IT, AND COULDN'T BE ANY HAPPIER, UM, TO HAVE BRENTWOOD POLICE, UH, KEEPING US SAFE. BUT CHIEF HICKEY, UH, ALL THE BEST. UM, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE, UM, UM, WHERE YOU'RE MOVING, UM, YOU'RE GONNA TAKE UP GOLF. YOU MAY EVEN TAKE UP SOME, UH, SOME, UM, RACKET SPORTS AS WELL, AND, UH, UM, BUT WE WISH YOU, UH, THE VERY BEST, AND WE KNOW YOU COULD HAVE STUCK AROUND, UH, LONGER, UH, BECAUSE YOU'RE A YOUNG MAN. UM, BUT, UM, FOR YOU TO HAVE HELPED CONTINUE TO BUILD, UH, THE SUCCESSION PLAN, UH, FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN WHEN IT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO LET OTHERS, UM, GET IN THERE TO CONTINUE THAT SUCCESSION PLAN, KUDOS TO YOU. SO, I THINK WE GOT HIM A LITTLE BIT RED. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Y'ALL. ? YES, MA'AM. UM, I THINK THAT WE'RE, UM, GETTING READY TO GO, UH, TO A PRETTY QUICK PART OF THE AGENDA. I THINK WE'LL BE DONE PRETTY QUICK. UM, ALL RIGHT. UM, WE'LL JUST, UH, KEEP MOVING ON. UM, SO [ Consent Agenda] WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE NOTE THAT, UH, ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL GENERALLY BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION, EXCEPT FOR ANY ITEMS THAT ARE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS AT THIS TIME. ITEM NUMBER ONE, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 14 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT WITH IGM TECHNOLOGY CORP FOR GRAVITY, SOFTWARE FOR ADOPTION. ITEM NUMBER TWO, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE AND INSTALL EQUIPMENT GRAPHICS FOR 13 POLICE VEHICLES. DO I HEAR A MOTION APPROVE? I'LL SECOND. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MOTION ON THE FLOOR. ALL IN FAVOR IN THE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT OLD BUSINESS. IS THERE ANY OTHER OLD BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMISSION THIS EVENING? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE TO NEW [1. Resolution 2025-13- A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH SULLIVAN ENGINEERING, INC. FOR DESIGN SERVICES FOR OLD SMYRNA ROAD PHASE I, for adoption] BUSINESS. ITEM NUMBER ONE, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 13 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH SULLIVAN ENGINEERING INC. FOR DESIGN SERVICES FOR OLD SMYRNA ROAD, PHASE ONE [01:35:01] FOR ADOPTION. DO I HEAR A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MOTION ON THE FLOOR. JAY MAYOR, THANK YOU. AND BEING SENSITIVE TO THE LATE HOUR AND EVERYONE'S TIME, I WILL BE BRIEF AND I WILL POINT FOR RESIDENTS TO THE JANUARY 23RD CITY COMMISSION BRIEFING WHERE THIS TOPIC WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH. AND ACTUALLY IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED AT LENGTH SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PRELIMINARY DESIGN THAT WAS DONE FOR OLD SMYRNA ROAD. AND THIS IS FOR PHASE ONE, WHICH IS FROM, UH, JONES PARKWAY TO 450 FEET EAST OF THE HARLAND SUBDIVISION. THAT'S THE FIRST PHASE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MOST CHALLENGING SECTION. BUT THAT PRELIMINARY DESIGN HAD, UH, A PROFILE IN IT. THE CITY COMMISSION FELT LIKE MAYBE WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE OTHER OPTIONS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE AND HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDER INPUT. EVENTUALLY, YOU DECIDED NOT TO PROCEED WITH FULL DESIGN, BUT YET TO ASK STAFF TO NEGOTIATE WITH SEI COME BACK WITH THIS PROPOSAL THAT YOU HAVE TONIGHT. IT'S FOR $93,000, AND IT WOULD AGAIN, ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN TWO MEETINGS, ONE OF WHICH WOULD BE A GENERAL PUBLIC MEETING, UH, THAT WOULD BE HELD TO TALK ABOUT THE, THE PROJECT, THE PROPOSED PROFILES OR THE, THE PROFILE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED TO DATE, WHICH NOW THERE ARE THREE. UH, AND ALSO SOLICIT ANY IDEAS THAT THEY MAY HAVE AND SEE HOW THOSE PROFILES MAY CHANGE. THE SECOND MEETING WOULD INVOLVE JUST THOSE WHO ARE ALONG THE CORRIDOR. SO THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS, AFTER WE HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH YOU ABOUT THE FEED FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE IN THE FIRST MEETING. AND SO FLIPPING QUICKLY, UM, HOLLY, IF YOU WOULD, ONE MORE. SO THESE ARE THE THREE DESIGN AL ALTERNATES. AND THE TOP ONE IS THE ONE THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS PRESENTED AS A PART OF THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN. BUT THERE ARE THESE OTHER TWO OPTIONS, WHICH WOULDN'T DO EXACTLY THE SAME THING. ACTUALLY, THE, THE OPTION B IS SHOWN AS KEEPING THE EASTBOUND DRIVE LANE ON THE EXISTING ROADWAY, AND THE WESTBOUND DRIVE LANE WOULD BE NORTH OF THE WALL. UH, AND THEN THE ALTERNATE ON THE BOTTOM, UH, MAINTAINS, UM, IT MAINTAINS THE, I'M SORRY, THE, THE MIDDLE OPTION EASTBOUND TRAFFIC. AND THEN THIS WOULD BE A FRONTAGE ROAD HERE, WHICH BASICALLY WOULD BE FOR LOCAL TRAFFIC ONLY. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE TWO DRIVE LANES ARE OVER HERE. SO WE WILL LOOK AT THE, IN DETAIL AND HAVE ADDITIONAL DATA, WHICH INCLUDES A TREE SURVEY. THAT WAS ONE OF THE, THAT WAS ONE OF THE, UM, QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION HAD, WAS WHAT TYPES OF TREES ARE OUT THERE AND WHAT ARE THEIR CONDITIONS. AND SO WE'LL HAVE A TREE SURVEY INCLUDED IN THIS, ASK SOME ADDITIONAL DATA, BUT THIS IS A VERY CONSTRAINED ROADWAY WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE WALLS, VERY TIGHT AREA FOR DRAINAGE. ONCE YOU START TO MOVE ANYTHING, IT REALLY DOMINOES. AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME BETTER INFORMATION FOR YOU AS A PART OF THIS ENHANCED PRELIMINARY DESIGN. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS OF, UH, OF STAFF. I SEE, UH, UM, MR. DICKIE SULLIVAN IN THE BACK, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OF, UH, OF HIM. NOT A QUESTION AS MUCH AS A COMMENT. I WANT TO THANK SULLIVAN FOR ALL THE WORK ON THIS. I, I DO THINK THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT. UM, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TEAM GIVING US ANOTHER COPY OF THE INFORMATION WE HAD LAST SUMMER WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS. UM, I THINK IT'S PRETTY EXTENSIVE AND YOU KNOW, IT, IT ANSWERS A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP. UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR DOING ALL THAT. I SUPPOSE WE LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE TREES AND SPEND ANOTHER 90 SOME ODD THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT, UM, BUT I DO HOPE WE CAN GET THIS MOVING FORWARD. 'CAUSE I DO THINK THIS IS A, AN IMMINENT NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BRING THIS ROAD UP TO STANDARD AND TRY TO PRESERVE THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THE AREA. I THINK THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL ROAD THAT'S VERY MUCH PART OF MY CHILDHOOD AND, AND, AND ALL OF THIS. SO I HOPE WE CAN SAVE THE LOOK OF OLD SMYRNA ROAD WHILE STILL BRINGING IT UP TO STANDARD AND, AND BEING A GOOD SAFE ROAD. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 13 SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT, [2. Appointment of four (4) members to the Historic Commission] WE HAVE APPOINTMENT OF FOUR MEMBERS, UH, TO THE HISTORIC, UH, COMMISSION. CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION? MM-HMM . UH, WE HAVE TWO BALLOTS. SO WE'RE VOTING FOR THREE THE FIRST TIME AND ONE THE SECOND AFTER THOSE MEMBERS ARE MOVED OFF. IS THAT HOW THAT WOULD WORK? SO WE JUST NEED TO FILL OUT THE FIRST BALLOT FIRST WITH THE THREE. OKAY, THANK YOU. I REMEMBER ONE. YES. THANK YOU. AND WE HAD, LET'S SEE, 1, 2, 3. I STARTED WALKING BACK. DID YOU NOTICE THAT 6, 7, 7 FOLKS APPLY, UH, TO THE, UH, HISTORIC COMMISSION? UM, ALL REALLY GOOD, UH, QUALIFIED APPLICANTS. UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING YOURSELF OUT THERE. UH, AND THE INCUMBENTS, UH, THAT ARE WILLING TO SERVE. AGAIN, IT'S [01:40:01] A TOUGH DECISION TO MAKE. COMMISSIONER LITTLE VOTES FOR JOSEPH GROSSEN, JEREMY MCCONNELL AND ALLISON STABILE. AND, I'M SORRY, ALLISON. I HOPE, HOW DO I PRONOUNCE HER LAST NAME? STAB. OKAY, GOOD. SORRY, I, I ALWAYS WANNA BE AWARE OF THAT. OKAY. MAYOR GORMAN VOTES FOR JOSEPH GROSSEN. ALLISON STAB, SUSAN TABER, VICE MAYOR. TRAVIS VOTES FOR JOSEPH GROSSEN. ALLISON STABILE, SUSAN TAPER. COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN VOTES FOR JOSEPH GROSSEN. ALLISON STABILE. SUSAN TABOR. COMMISSIONER ANDREWS VOTES FOR JOSEPH CROCKETT. JOSEPH GROSSEN AND ALLISON STABILE. COMMISSIONER SPEARS VOTES FOR JOSEPH CROCKETT. JOSEPH GROSSEN AND ALLISON STABILE. COMMISSIONER DUNN VOTES FOR JOSEPH CROCKETT. JOSEPH GROSSEN. ALLISON STABILE. YOU HAVE SEVEN VOTES FOR JOSEPH GROSSEN. SEVEN FOR ALLISON STABILE. AND YOU HAVE THREE EACH FOR SUSAN TABOR AND JOSEPH CROCKETT. ALRIGHT, UM, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED, UM, TO, UM, REVO. YES. UH, ON THIS, UH, ON THE, UH, THE VOTE FOR, UH, THREE MEMBER, UH, TERM. UM, DO WE VOTE FOR JUST THE THREE HIGHEST VOTE GETTERS OR ALL OF THE, UM, CANDIDATES THAT, UM, ARE NOT ALREADY ELECTED ELIGIBLE? YOU CAN GO, I MEAN, THE TWO WERE ALREADY ELECTED UNANIMOUSLY. YES. SO YOU'LL ONLY HAVE ONE MORE TO GO ON THIS. RIGHT? AND YOU CAN VOTE FROM ANYONE. YOU VOTE FROM ANY, ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY. . DID THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION? YES. OKAY. UM, AND YOU PHRASED IT A WHOLE LOT MORE SIMPLY, UH, THAN, UH, YOU STILL WANT US TO DO A SECOND BALLOT IN A MINUTE? DO THE THREE BALLOT, THE THREE PERSON BALLOT FIRST AND THEN WE'LL DO, OKAY. THE NEXT ONE IS FOR WAIT, WE'RE DOING THE THREE MEMBER? YES, THE THREE MEMBER. AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND GIVE YOU BOTH. I'M SORRY, BUT WE'RE JUST SUPPOSED TO VOTE FOR ONE. YES. WELL, YES, YES, YES. OKAY, SORRY, SORRY, SORRY, SORRY. I DIDN'T REALIZE BALLOT HAVE TWO OPENINGS. YES, WE HAVE TWO OPENINGS AND TWO PEOPLE THREE VOTES. YEAH. BUT THEN, BUT THIS ONE IS, WE'RE VOTING FOR. YOU'RE VOTING FOR THE FULL UN EXPIRED. AND NEXT YOU'RE VOTING FOR UN THERE'S JUST A BALLOT. YES. THANK YOU. GOT A LOT OF BALLOTS. A LOT OF BALLOTS FOR A COMMISSIONER. ALRIGHT. YOU READY? MM-HMM . OKAY. SO WE ARE NOW VOTE, WE ARE VOTING FOR THE TERM THAT ENDS FEBRUARY 28TH, 2028. COMMISSIONER ANDREWS VOTES FOR JOSEPH CROCKETT. COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN VOTES FOR SUSAN TABOR, VICE MAYOR. TRAVIS VOTES FOR SUSAN TABOR. MAYOR GORMAN VOTES FOR SUSAN TABOR. COMMISSIONER SPEARS VOTES FOR SUSAN TABOR. COMMISSIONER. LITTLE VOTES FOR JOSEPH CROCKETT. AND COMMISSIONER DUNN VOTES FOR JOSEPH CROCKETT. FOR SUSAN TABOR. OKAY, I THINK NOW THEN WE HAVE THE UNEXPIRED TERM. NOW WE VOTE FOR THE ONE. YES. NOW WE'RE JUST VOTING FOR ONE. AND IT'S THE UNEXPIRED TERM. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER DUNN VOTES FOR JOSEPH CROCKETT. COMMISSIONER. LITTLE VOTES FOR JOSEPH CROCKETT. MAYOR GORMAN VOTES FOR JOSEPH CROCKETT. COMMISSIONER ANDREWS VOTES FOR JOSEPH CROCKETT. COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN VOTES FOR JOSEPH CROCKETT VICE MAYOR. TRAVIS VOTES FOR JOSEPH CROCKETT. COMMISSIONER SPEARS VOTES FOR JOSEPH CROCKETT. THANK, HE'S DIRECT DESCENDANT OF THE CROCKETT FAMILY THAT BUILT FORGED SEAT ON WILSON PIKE. SO, UH, JOSEPH CROCKETT AND THIS IS DIRECT [01:45:01] DESCENDANT. SO, WE'LL, I THINK WE'LL GET A LOT OF, UH, GOOD INFORMATION AND, UM, WORK OUT OF THIS. THIS GENTLEMAN, I'M ANXIOUS TO MEET HIM, SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING HIM ON. ALRIGHT, UM, NEXT [3. Appointment of four (4) members to the Tree Board] WE WILL HAVE APPOINTMENT OF FOUR MEMBERS, UH, TO THE TREE BOARD. AND WE HAVE A BALLOT, UH, FOR, UM, VOTE FOR FOUR, VOTE FOR FOUR MEMBERS FOR THE TREE BOARD. UM, IT WAS THREE. I'M JUST, UM, SO THE BALLOT SAYS, UM, AND THE AGENDA SAYS MM-HMM . I'M GONNA DEFER TO, UM, UH, OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOR A MOMENT. UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS RIGHT. I'M SEEING FOUR AND FOUR, SO THAT'S FINE. OKAY. YEP. AND CONFIRMATION THE FOUR OPENINGS, BUT ONLY THREE SUPPLY FOR, RIGHT. I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT BE THE CONFUSION. THERE'S VERY GOOD. YES. THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU. I HAD TO, I HAD TO DEFER TO MRS. EARLS ON THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, HOLLY. THIS IS VERY HARD. AGAIN, A LOT OF, UH, VERY QUALIFIED, UH, APPLICANTS, UH, FOR THE TREE BOARD. THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR PUTTING THEMSELF, UH, OUT THERE AND, UH, POTENTIALLY VOLUNTEERING. READY? ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER DUNN VOTES FOR ANGELA BEATON, BEN MATTHEWS, PATRICIA PATRICIA SCHULTZ, AND HAILEY ETH COMMISSIONER LITTLE VOTES FOR ANGELA BEATON. ROBERT PRITT, PATRICIA SCHULTZ, AND HAILEY YAT. COMMISSIONER ANDREWS VOTES FOR ANGELA BEATON. ROBERT PRITCHETT, PATRICIA SCHULTZ, AND HAILEY YAT. COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN VOTES FOR ANGELA BEATON. ROBERT PRITCHET, PATRICIA SCHULTZ, AND HAILEY YA, VICE MAYOR. TRAVIS VOTES FOR ANGELA BEATON. ROBERT PRITCHETT, PATRICIA SCHULTZ, AND HAILEY YA MAYOR GORMAN VOTES FOR ANGELA BEATON. ROBERT PRITCHET, APRIL WYATT AND HAILEY YA AND COMMISSIONER SPEARS VOTES FOR ANGELA BEATON. ROBERT PRITCHETT, PATRICIA SCHULTZ, AND HAILEY. YA ALL. OKAY, I SEE SEVEN FOR HAILEY YAD. SEVEN FOR ANGELA BEATON. SIX FOR ROBERT PRITCHETT. AND SIX FOR PATRICIA SCHULTZ. VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE, [4. Other new business] UM, UM, NOTICE OF FUTURE APPOINTMENTS FOR THREE MEMBERS TO THE PARK BOARD FOR INFORMATION ONLY. IS THERE ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMISSION THIS EVENING? I HAVE NEW BUSINESS MAYOR MA'AM. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO READ MY MOTION SO THAT IT'S CLEAR FOLLOWING THE DELIVERY AND PRESENTATION OF THE FINAL DESIGN PLANS FROM THE ARCHITECT AND THE PRO FORMA FROM THE INDEPENDENT SPORTS FACILITIES COMPANY. THE CITY STAFF WILL HOST AT LEAST ONE PUBLIC MEETING TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH RESIDENTS. THIS MEETING WILL BE RECORDED AND POSTED ON THE CITY WEBSITE AFTER THIS PUBLIC MEETING IS HELD. IF THE CITY COMMISSION DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PROPOSED INDOOR RACKET FACILITY IN CROCKETT PARK AND WE VOTE TO USE BONDS TO FUND THE PROJECT, THEN THE CITY COMMISSION MAY AGREE TO ATTACH A BOND REFERENDUM TO THE PROPOSED INDOOR RACKET FACILITY AT CROCKETT PARK SO THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN HAVE A VOTE ON WHETHER THE CITY TAKES ON DEBT FOR THIS PROJECT OR NOT. SECOND. ALRIGHT. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A, A QUESTION ABOUT ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. 'CAUSE WHEN I WANTED TO BRING A MOTION TO THIS BODY TO BE CONSIDERED AT A CITY COMMISSION MEETING, I WAS TOLD IT HAS TO BE APPROVED AT OUR INFORMATIONAL MEETING AND THERE HAVE TO BE FOUR COMMISSIONERS WHO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT THAT WE ALL HAVE TO BE AWARE. I MEAN, THAT PUT IT ON OUR MEETING AGENDA. SO I THINK THIS DIFFERS FROM WHAT YOU'RE DOING. DIFFERS FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD I COULD DO. I'M, AND I'M HAPPY TO WEIGH ON, WEIGH IN ON THAT THE FOUR MEMBERS TO GET ON AN AGENDA IS ACTUALLY A POLICY AND IT HAS BEEN STANDARD PROTOCOL. THE CONCERN IS THOUGH THIS AGENDA HAS ALREADY BEEN PUBLISHED AND THE STATE LAW SAYS THAT OUR AGENDAS HAVE TO BE FULLY PUBLISHED 48 HOURS, NO LATER THAN 48 HOURS BEFORE A MEETING. SO BECAUSE THIS [01:50:01] WASN'T PUBLISHED ON AN AGENDA, THAT'S WHERE THE CONCERN LIES FROM AN OPEN MEETING STANDPOINT. THEN MAY I CHANGE MY MOTION TO, UM, ASK STAFF TO DO SOME RESEARCH AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CONSIDER FOR A FUTURE, UM, RESOLUTION FOR FUTURE MEETING BASED ON THIS INFORMATION THAT I'VE RAISED THIS MORNING. SIMILAR TO WHAT? SIMILAR TO WHAT COMMISSIONER DUNN DID. YEAH, I WILL SAY, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT NECESSARILY SHOULD BE A MOTION THAT NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN BRING UP. AND, UM, I'LL, I'LL DEFER TO MR. EVANS ON THAT. BUT COMMISSIONER, WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THAT VARIED LANGUAGE ON YOUR AGENDA AND THAT CAN BE BROUGHT UP AND IT'LL BE DISCUSSED AT YOUR NEXT BRIEFING IN THE FOLLOWING CITY COMMISSION MEETING. SO CAN I SPEAK WITH YOU ALL OFFLINE JUST TO TALK ABOUT THAT? IS THAT HOW IT WOULD WORK? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, NEED A LITTLE HELP HERE, UM, UH, ATTORNEY. UM, WE HAVE A, UH, UM, A MOTION, UH, AND A SECOND, UH, ON THE FLOOR. UM, HOW DO WE, UM, GO ABOUT, UH, THIS, I WOULD REQUEST THE MAKER OF THE MOTION AND THE SECONDARY TO JUST WITHDRAW. OKAY. I WITHDRAW MY MOTION. THANK YOU. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT. HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, I MOVE, WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANKS FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. * 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.