* 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. [00:00:03] ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY. WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED IN ABOUT, OH, WOW. 10 SECONDS HERE. I'M NOT GONNA SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM THOUGH. DON'T ASK ME AGAIN. . [ Call to Order by Mayor Roll Call Invocation by Commissioner Dunn Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by Mayor Gorman Proclamation - Arbor Day] ALRIGHT. UH, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR MONDAY, MARCH 24TH, 2025. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT, UH, THIS EVENING. THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY COMMISSIONER DUNN AND I WILL GIVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, UH, TO THE FLAG. PLEASE STAND OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. WE COME TO YOU WITH HUMBLE HEARTS THANKING YOU FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE BESTOWED ON US. THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING OUR CITY DURING THE RECENT STORMS, AND WE OFFER OUR SYMPATHIES TO THOSE WHO SUFFERED VERY MUCH WHILE WE WERE SPARED. WE'RE SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO CONTRIBUTE EVERY DAY TO MAKE THIS PLACE A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER OUR PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES, THE FIREMEN, THE POLICEMEN, THE DISPATCHERS, THE PARAMEDICS, ALL THOSE WHO KEEP US SAFE AND GUARD OUR LIVES DAILY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT OF OUR CITIZENS, AND WE ASK FOR YOUR CONTINUED BLESSING ON THEM. WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE GIVE US THE WISDOM TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THIS CITY. IN GOD'S NAME AND JESUS' NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT SPANS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE PER ALL. ALRIGHT, UM, THIS EVENING, UH, WE HAVE A, UH, AN ARBOR DAY, UH, PROCLAMATION. AND I SEE WE'VE GOT, UH, SEVERAL FOLKS HERE, UH, FROM THE, UH, THE TREE BOARD. UM, IF Y'ALL WOULD, UH, WOULD COME FORWARD, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD TO SEE YOUR SMILING FACES. YEAH. THANK YOU. OH, I'M RIGHT HERE. . I'M SHY. LYNN. UH, WOULD YOU START, UH, AND THEN, UM, UM, UH, LET EVERYBODY INTRODUCE THEMSELVES SO WE KNOW WHO'S HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. COME TO THE MICROPHONE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M LYNN TUCKER. I'M THE CHAIR OF THE TREE BOARD, AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR, UH, SOME OF OUR MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE. THIS IS ANGELA BEATON, PENNY LOFF, PATTY SCHULTZ, AND BILL KRAUS. VERY GOOD. AND WE ARE SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SATURDAY, THIS SATURDAY FROM 10 TO 1230 AT THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY. OUR ANNUAL, A ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION. WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF TREES, FREE TREES, SOME ICE CREAM. FREE ICE CREAM, AND FREE HOT DOGS. NOT GRILLED CHEESE THIS YEAR. HOT DOGS. . I'VE HEARD ABOUT, UH, THE, UH, A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF TREES IN THE BAGS FOR SURE. READY TO GO? YES. THERE'S, WE, WE BAGGED, UH, TWO, 2000 TREES AND, UH, WE'LL BE DISTRIBUTING TO THE SCHOOLS, UH, ON PATTY. FRIDAY, THURSDAY, THURSDAY, THURSDAY, THURSDAY. AND, AND ARE YOU GONNA BE WANT TO SUSAN RICHARDSON? I, SO WE, WE ARE JUST HAPPY TO DO THIS FOR THE CITY AND HOPE WE'LL SEE A LARGE TURNOUT AT, AT THE EVENT ON SATURDAY. SO THANK YOU. AND WE HAD A NUMBER OF COMMISSIONERS BAGGING AS WELL AS THE TREE WAS. WELL, GOOD. WE DID, WE HAD VICE MAYOR TRAVIS AND HIS GRANDSON. WHO, HOW MANY TREES DID YOU ALL BAG? DID YOU COUNT 'EM? NO, WE DIDN'T COUNT 'EM. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT OTHER STUFF. . AND WE HAD COMMISSIONER ANDREWS AND HIS DOG, BUT I DON'T THINK HE, HE BEGGED TOO MANY DID, DID HE? SO JILL WAS THE PRODUCTION WITH THE, THE . ROC WAS OUTSTANDING COUNTY COMMISSIONER. AND ALSO WE HAD ASSISTANCE FROM COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF PAUL WEBB, WHO, UH, ALSO BROUGHT HIS GRANDDAUGHTERS AND I THINK HOW MANY SEVEN YEARS NOW, HIS GRAND, HIS OLDEST GRANDDAUGHTER HAS, HAS ASSISTED US. SO BOTH OF 'EM MAKE IT A TRADITION EVERY YEAR TO HELP HIS BAG TREES. WE ALSO HAD, UH, AT LEAST 10 VOLUNTEERS FROM THE, UH, JUNIOR ROTC FROM RAVENWOOD HIGH. WE HAD, UH, ONE HONOR STUDENT FROM, UH, BRENTWOOD HIGH THAT HELPED US. AND WE HAD ANOTHER STUDENT FROM THE KEY CLUB AT BRENTWOOD HIGH THAT HELPED US. SO WE HAD A, WE ONLY TOOK US ABOUT WHAT HOUR TO, TO DO THOSE 2000 TREES. YEAH. WOW. THAT'S GREAT. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE EVENT. WELL, GREAT. YEAH. WELL, I'M GONNA READ THE PROCLAMATION THEN. I'M GONNA HOLD ONTO IT BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GONNA READ IT AGAIN ON SATURDAY. UM, [00:05:01] SO, UM, WHEREAS IN 1872, JAY STERLING MORTON PROPOSED TO THE NEBRASKA BOARD OF AGRICULTURE THAT A SPECIAL DAY BE SET ASIDE FOR THE PLANTING OF TREES. AND WHEREAS THIS HOLIDAY CALLED ARBOR DAY WAS FIRST OBSERVED WITH PLANTING MORE THAN A MILLION TREES IN NEBRASKA. AND WHEREAS ARBOR DAY IS NOW OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND WORLD. AND WHEREAS TREES ARE A RENEWABLE RESOURCE GIVING US PAPER WOOD FOR OUR HOMES, FUEL FOR OUR FIRES, AND COUNTLESS OTHER WORD, UH, WOOD PRODUCTS. AND WHEREAS TREES IN OUR CITY INCREASE PROPERTY VALUES, ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF BUSINESS AREAS AND BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS TREES, WHEREVER THEY ARE PLANTED ARE A SOURCE OF JOY. NOW, THEREFORE, AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, I'M MARK WORMAN. DO JOIN THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO PROCLAIM MARCH 29TH, 2025 AS ARBOR DAY IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, AND URGE CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE AND SUPPORT THE EFFORTS TO PROTECT, PROTECT OUR TREES AND WOODLANDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. MAY, WE'RE GONNA GONNA HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN JUST A MINUTE. ALRIGHT. UM, THIS EVENING, UH, OH. AND, UH, AND I SEE WE'RE CONTINUING THE TRADITION, UH, A LITTLE BIT. UH, WE'RE GOING GREEN. NOBODY WASTED A, UH, A PIECE OF PAPER, UM, UH, SIGNING UP. HOWEVER, UH, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF HERE. SO, UH, FIRST, UH, ORDER [2. Approval or Correction of Minutes] OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 10TH, 2025 MEETING. DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE AND I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTAIN. ABSTAIN. ABSTENTIONS. MOTION PASSES. UM, FIVE IN FAVOR. TWO ABSTENTIONS. HOLLY, IF YOU'D PLEASE REFLECT THAT NEXT. UM, [ 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. ] UM, GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF A LITTLE BIT THERE, JACK. UM, UH, COMMENTS FROM, UH, CITIZENS? WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE THAT SAYS SIGNED UP THIS EVENING, BUT IF, UH, ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, UH, COME UP AND SPEAK, YOU MAY COMMENT, UH, ON ANY, UH, ITEM INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT OR REGULAR, UH, 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 THAT AN ITEM BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION SHOULD MAKE THAT KNOWN. AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WOULD IDENTIFY YOURSELF, DR. FLETCHER BY NAME AND ADDRESS WOULD APPRECIATE IT. MY NAME FLETCHER 5 39 TURTLE CREEK DRIVE. AND ONCE AGAIN, I'VE, I I, I'VE, I THOUGHT THIS WAS GONNA BE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, SO, BUT I WAS LUCKY TO BE HERE WHEN THE TREE BOARD WAS HERE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW WHY WE HAVE A TREE BOARD. WHEN I WAS ON YOUR, IN, IN YOUR POSITION THERE, GEORGE BUSH WANTED, HE WAS GOING TO PICK A THOUSAND POINTS OF LIGHT TO RECOGNIZE CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AS SHINING EXAMPLES. AND SO TO DO THAT, THERE WERE CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT HAD TO BE MET. AND WE MET EVERYTHING, BUT WE NEEDED A TREE BOARD. SO WE ESTABLISHED A TREE BOARD SO THAT WE WOULD BE IN LINE FOR THE THOUSAND POINTS OF LIFE. AND WE WERE ACCEPTED TO BE IN THAT, UH, SITUATION. AND, UM, THAT'S THE REASON. AND NELSON, I KNOW YOU'RE, AREN'T YOU THE COMMISSIONER FOR THIS TREE BOARD? THIS IS MY HONOR. YEP. WELL, ANYWAY, SO YOU GUYS KNOW THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF GEORGE BUSH AS PRESIDENT WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT AND WE WERE, THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD BECAME ONE OF HIS THOUSAND POINTS OF LIFE. TO DO THAT WE HAD TO HAVE A TREE BOARD. AND, AND, AND WE DO. AND WE DID. AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY EVER SINCE. SO, HARBOR DAY TREE BOARD, YOU GUYS ARE DOING IT. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR IT. THANK YOU DR. FLETCHER. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND WE WILL, UH, MOVE TO [ Report from City Manager Report from the City Attorney Reports and comments by Commissioners and Mayor] A REPORT FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER, UH, JAY MAYOR, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE ARBOR DAY COVERED TONIGHT. I HAVE NO REPORT. VERY GOOD. UH, THANK YOU. AND, UM, WE'LL MOVE TO A REPORT FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY, KRISTEN CORN. THANK YOU MAYOR GORMAN. NO REPORT TONIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, UH, THIS EVENING WE'LL START COMMENTS WITH COMMISSIONER DUNN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I THINK JACK, THAT WE'VE BEEN A TREE CITY USA EVER [00:10:01] SINCE WE HAVE THAT TREE BOARD CREATED. AND THAT TAKES SOME HARD WORK. AND THE TREE BOARD HAS MADE THAT HAPPEN AND ORDINANCES THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED AT THE CITY TOO. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO, WELL, THEY'VE GONE , BUT THEY, THEY MIGHT BE WATCHING SOMEWHERE. UH, THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB. UM, MY REPORT WON'T BE REAL LONG. THE HISTORIC BOARD HAVE THEIR MEETING THIS WEEK, AND WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG ON OUR PROJECTS. UM, DURING THE, RIGHT AFTER SPRING BREAK, THE SENIORS AT RAVENSWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, THEY CALL IT GREAT SENIOR SERVICE DAY, THEY CONTACT LOTS OF ORGANIZATIONS TO TRY TO VOLUNTEER AND DO COMMUNITY WORKS. AND THEY CONTACTED US. SO KATHY GREAVES, ALLISON STABILE, AND SUSAN TABOR MET THEM AT THE CROCKETT GLE CEMETERY OVER, UH, NEAR THE BRENTWOOD, UM, THE NASHVILLE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB. AND THERE WERE AT LEAST 20, 25 STONES IN THERE. THOSE STUDENTS CLEANED THEM, KATHY TAUGHT THEM THE METHOD OF DOING IT, AND THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. SO WE WANT TO THANK RAVENSWOOD HIGH FOR PRO, PROVIDING THAT PHYSICAL LABOR. IT'S NOT EASY TO GET ALL THE TIME, BUT THE STUDENTS DID A GREAT JOB. AND ONE OF THE THING THIS PAST WEEK, CHARLES BOOTH AND KEISHA GOODING AND, UM, ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEMBER AND I MET TO DISCUSS THE, THE 200TH BIRTHDAY OF RAVENWOOD. AND IT'S HUGE. IT'S LIKE HARBOR DAY, IT TAKES A LOT OF PLANNING, LOTS OF, WE'VE GOT SO MANY ACTIVITIES GOING ON OUT THERE, AND CHARLES SAID, I WISH WE HAD A SPECIAL EVENTS BOARD. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. I SAID, CHARLES, LET ME TAKE THAT TO THE CITY COMMISSION. SO I'M NOT PROPOSING IT TONIGHT, I'M JUST SAYING IT. THINK ABOUT IT, AT OUR NEXT INFORMATIONAL MEETING, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE BENEFIT OF THAT. WHAT WE REALIZED THAT MORNING IS THAT SO MUCH OF WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING SOMETHING, IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO DOES THIS OR DOES THAT, IT MAKES IT SO MUCH EASIER. WELL, THEY ONLY KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE IN IMMEDIATE CONTACT WITH. AND IF WE HAD A BOARD WITH SPECIAL SKILLS, NOT JUST SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO BE ON A BOARD BUT HAS SKILLS IN THAT AREA, THEY HAVE LOTS OF CONTACTS, AND AS THEY SAID, WE COULD IMPROVE THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING AND MAYBE ADD SOME. AND I TOLD THEM, I SAID, WELL, I'LL BRING UP, YOU ALL, START THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU'D WANT FROM THEM. BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT A GROUP THAT'S COMING IN SAYING, LET'S DO 10 MORE PROJECTS A YEAR. THAT ISN'T HELPFUL, THAT JUST OVERLOADS THEM. SO IT NEEDS TO BE VERY TAILORED AND VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT. AND I THINK THEY KNOW THE KIND OF THINGS THEY NEED. SO I JUST ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT PRIOR TO OUR NEXT INFORMATIONAL MEETING. I'M SURE YOU HAVE LOTS OF GOOD IDEAS ON THAT TOO. SO, UM, I I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM TO GET, HELPING THEM GET THINGS DONE BECAUSE THEY ARE INVOLVED WITH GETTING THE POLICE SCHEDULED TO BE THERE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SCHEDULE TO BE THERE, PARKS TO BE THERE, AND THEN ENTERTAINMENT AND VOLUNTEERS. IT IS A LOT FOR TWO PEOPLE TO DO AND, AND PULL IT OFF. AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE A RAIN CONTINGENCY, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE DOUBLE PLANNING. SO I, I THINK THAT THEY WOULD BENEFIT AND THE COMMUNITY WOULD BENEFIT. SO I HAVE FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH WHAT I TOLD THEM I WOULD DO. AND, UM, I LEAVE IT UP TO YOU, CHARLES, NOW, TO, TO PUT SOMETHING ON PAPER THAT WE CAN SEE AT OUR INFORMATIONAL MEETING. SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO TELL YOU THAT COMMISSIONER. LITTLE GLAD TO SEE EVERYBODY OUT HERE TONIGHT AND JOIN THIS BEAUTIFUL SPRING WEATHER THAT GOD GRANTS US WITH EVERY SPRING IN TENNESSEE. THINGS BLOOMING AND EVERYTHING BECAME GREEN FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY. SO IT'S VERY, VERY LOVELY. UM, WONDERFUL OPENING OF THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY LAST WEEK. UH, ANOTHER GREAT YEAR. UH, LOOKS LIKE A GREAT LINEUP OF CITIZENS TAKING IT. AND THANK YOU TO CAPTAIN ZACH HARTMAN FOR, FOR LEADING AND, AND TEACHING THE ACADEMY. UH, IF YOU'RE A CITIZEN AND YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN DOING THAT, PLEASE WATCH NEXT YEAR SIGN UP. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST ENJOYABLE THINGS I'VE I'VE EVER BEEN A PART OF. SO, UH, VERY INFORMATIVE AND, AND LOTS OF FUN AND EVEN A COUPLE OF ADRENALINE RUSHES AND THOSE ARE GOOD FOR YOU. SO, UH, APPRECIATE IT AND, UH, JUST WISH EVERYBODY, UH, TO ENJOY THE OUTDOORS AND, AND THIS BEAUTIFUL SPRING WEATHER AS WE APPROACH THE WARMER MONTHS OF SUMMER. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER SPEARS. THANK YOU MAYOR. AS ALWAYS, [00:15:01] I WANNA START OUT THE NIGHT WITH THANKING THE BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS FOR REACHING OUT AND FOR, UM, BEING IN TOUCH WITH US OVER PHONE, EMAIL, TEXT MESSAGE. IT'S REALLY DOES MAKE THE BEST FORM OF GOVERNMENT WHEN YOU ARE INVOLVED AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. UM, OUR LAST PARK BOARD MEETING WAS MONDAY, MARCH 3RD. THE ONLY NEW BUSINESS WE HAD WAS TO APPROVE THE USE OF THE EDDIE ARNOLD AMPHITHEATER FOR THE BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL BAND FOR AN OUTDOOR CONCERT ON MAY 17TH AT 5:00 PM OUR NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, APRIL 4TH AT 5:30 PM AND IT'LL BE HELD RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN THE ANNEX ROOM. AND THOSE MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON FRIDAY, MARCH 7TH, IT WAS A PURE JOY FOR ME TO ATTEND THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY OF THE COSTCO VETERANS. THEY MEET EVERY FRIDAY AT THE COSTCO STORE IN BRENTWOOD. SPEAKING OF VETERANS, WE ARE HOSTING OUR SECOND ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD. IT'LL BE HELD ON MONDAY, MAY 12TH AT 5:30 PM RIGHT HERE IN THE COMMISSION. CHAMBERS AND ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND ON THURSDAY EVENING. I WAS ABLE TO WELCOME THIS YEAR'S CLASS OF THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY. THIS IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM AND CAPTAIN ZACH HARTMAN DOES A GREAT JOB FOR THE RESIDENTS. AND CURRENTLY I'M A MEMBER OF THE CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY. THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTS AND I WANTED TO THANK FIRE MARSHAL JEFF PINDER FOR RUNNING THIS FIRE ACADEMY EVERY YEAR FOR OUR RESIDENTS. ON THURSDAY MORNING DURING OUR BRIEFING, WE DISCUSSED THE UPDATE ON THE NEW INITIATIVE FOR BUILDING A PERMANENT VETERAN'S MEMORIAL IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD. WE CAN DO THIS AND HONOR THOSE WHO FOUGHT TO KEEP US FREE. I'M THANKFUL THAT A RESIDENT BROUGHT THIS IDEA TO ME SO THAT I COULD BRING IT TO THE COMMISSION. I'M HONORED TO WORK WITH CITY STAFF AND VETERANS ON THIS PROJECT. I'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED IN THE COMING WEEKS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING A VETERAN'S MEMORIAL BECOME A REALITY FOR OUR BRENTWOOD VETERANS. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY PROJECTS THAT I HAVE BROUGHT TO THE COMMISSION TO ENSURE THAT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE IS MAINTAINED AND PRESERVED FOR THE CURRENT RESIDENTS OF BRENTWOOD AND THE NEXT GENERATION MAYOR. VERY GOOD. COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, I TOO, THIS PAST WEEK HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME THE NEW CLASS FOR THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, AND I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY. THEY ARE BOTH GREAT AND AS COMMISSIONER LITTLE SAID, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPLY THERE EVERY SPRING, USUALLY ON THURSDAY NIGHTS. AND, UM, IT'S JUST A GREAT EXPERIENCE. I LEARNED SO MUCH TO HELP MY FAMILY AND LEARN ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY IS INVOLVED. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT. UM, THE WEEK BEFORE THAT, I WAS ALSO AT THE COSTCO VETS ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, AND IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF SO MANY OF OUR HEROES. AND EVERY TIME I'M BLESSED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THE VETS, I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW AND I LEARNED SOMETHING THAT ISN'T IN THE HISTORY BOOK. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU'RE EVER AT COSTCO ON A FRIDAY AT AROUND 11:00 AM STOP BY THERE. TELL 'EM THANK YOU FOR THEIR SERVICE. SIT DOWN, TALK TO 'EM, AND I PROMISE YOU, YOU WILL HEAR A STORY THAT YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD BEFORE. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT. UM, ON FEBRUARY 20TH AT OUR COMMISSION BRIEFING, I BROUGHT UP THE IDEA TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS FOR US TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT ON ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS TO A SPEED LIMIT OF 25. SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS HAVE SPEED LIMITS OF 30 MILES PER HOUR, WHILE OTHERS ARE 25 MILES PER HOUR. WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE COMPLAINTS ABOUT SPEEDING AND DISTRACTED DRIVING IN SEVERAL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH SOME THAT SEEM TO BE PARTICULARLY PRONE TO SPEEDING COMPLAINTS. WHAT WE DON'T WANNA DO IS MAKE CHANGES IN ONE AREA THAT HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON ANOTHER AREA. SO WE CAN'T JUST INSTALL A BUNCH OF 25 MILE PER HOUR SPEED SIGNS AND EXPECT THAT TO CURTAIL SPEEDING. IT'S THE REDUCTION IN THE SPEED LIMITS ALONE WILL NOT CURTAIL ALL SPEEDING, BUT IT WILL BE A PART OF A HOLISTIC APPROACH WE COULD TAKE ACROSS THE CITY. AND I WANNA LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE CAN KEEP OUR BIKERS, WALKERS, AND RUNNERS ALL SAFER ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. SO AS A FIRST STEP STAFF IS GOING TO ASSESS WHICH NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS ARE CURRENTLY 30 MILES AN HOUR, AND THEN WE CAN BEGIN TALKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE BEST NEXT STEPS FORWARD. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE, PLEASE WATCH OUR FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY 20TH BRIEFING. AND IF YOU GO TO THIS TIMESTAMP OF 46 MINUTES, 45 SECONDS, YOU CAN SEE OUR IN DEPTH INITIAL DISCUSSION OF POTENTIALLY REDUCING THE SPEED LIMITS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. SO IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ON THIS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO WATCH THE, THE BRIEFING AND THEN REACH OUT TO THE COMMISSIONERS. 'CAUSE THIS IS YOUR CITY AND WE WANNA KNOW WHAT Y'ALL WANT. THIS IS JUST AN IDEA TO SEE IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO GET EVERYBODY SAFER. UM, AS THE COMMISSIONER REPRESENTATIVE TO THE LIBRARY BOARD, I'LL MOVE ON TO LIBRARY ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE NEXT SCHEDULED LIBRARY BOARD MEETING IS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16TH AT FOUR 30 AT THE LIBRARY. THIS IS A CHANGE FROM THE ORIGINAL MEETING THAT WE NORMALLY HAVE THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE WEEKS, WE'RE GONNA START THE REMODELING PROCESS OF THE FRIENDS GATHERING ROOM. THIS IS THE ROOM DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF YOU WHEN YOU ENTER THE LOBBY FROM [00:20:01] THE MAIN ENTRANCE. AND WE EXPECT INTERMITTENT CLOSURES OVER THE NEXT SIX WEEKS. IF MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE AS PLANNED, WE'LL BE GETTING NEW PAINT ON THE WALLS, NEW CABINETS, SHELVING THAT WE'RE GONNA MOVE FROM ELSEWHERE IN THE LIBRARY AND REPURPOSE IT INTO THE FRIEND'S GATHERING ROOM. AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE GETTING SOME NEW FLOORING. SO THE FLOORING THAT'S IN THE LOBBY NOW WILL BE CONTINUED INTO THE FRIENDS GATHERING ROOM. THE ART LENDING LIBRARY WILL BE RELOCATED TO THIS ROOM ON THOSE DISPLAY SHELVES, AND IT WILL ALSO HAVE ALL OF THE GAMES PUZZLES, AS WELL AS THE BOOK CLUB BAGS, UM, IN THAT ROOM. SO WHEN YOU COMBINE THE ART ON THE WALLS AND ALL OF THE ITEMS ENCOURAGING GROUP ACTIVITIES, THIS NEWLY REMODELED ROOM WILL LOOK AND FEEL LIKE AN ART GALLERY, BUT IT'S GONNA HAVE PLACES FOR EVERYBODY TO SIT AND GATHER AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS. THIS ROOM WILL BE PROVIDING A PLACE FOR PATRONS TO GATHER AND HAVE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. THE CHANGES IN THIS ROOM ARE A RESULT OF COMMUNITY INPUT GATHERED YEARS AGO AS THE LIBRARY BOARD AND STAFF WANTED TO DETERMINE BEST WAYS TO UTILIZE THE BEQUEST OF THE JOHN P. HOLT ENDOWMENT. MONEY SPENT FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE UTILIZING THE INTEREST GENERATED BY THE ORIGINAL JOHN P. HOLT DONATION. WE ARE NOT SPENDING DOWN THE ORIGINAL PRINCIPLE, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO LET THE DONATION EARN INTEREST TO FUND FUTURE PROJECTS. NOW, SPEAKING OF FUTURE PROJECTS, OUR SPACE PLANNING COMMITTEE HAS MEETINGS SCHEDULED TWICE A MONTH TO WORK ON LONGER TERM PROJECTS, AND THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME ON THIS PROJECT, BUT WE WERE, WE ARE WORKING ON REDESIGNING THE TEEN SPACE IN THE LIBRARY. THAT TOO WILL BE COMPLETED USING INTEREST GENERATED FROM THE JOHN B. HOLT DONATION. ADDITIONALLY, THE BOARD ALSO RECENTLY HEARD FROM A RESIDENT OFFERING SUGGESTIONS OF IMPROVEMENTS WE COULD MAKE AT THE LIBRARY REGARDING THE EMAILS WE SEND OUT. AND STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IN COMMUNICATION FOR THE PATRONS. AND SO SOME OF THE EMAILS WERE A LITTLE CONFUSING WHEN PEOPLE WOULD GET EMAILS ABOUT A BOOK ON HOLD BEING AVAILABLE WHEN A BOOK COULD BE RENEWED, FUNDS DUE, AND SO FORTH. AND DUE TO THIS, UM, RESIDENT SUGGESTION, UM, THE LIBRARIES WORKING ON IMPROVING THOSE PROCESSES AND ROLLING OUT A NEW EMAIL SYSTEM TO HAVE A MORE USER FRIENDLY EXPERIENCE. UM, THE LIBRARY IS HOSTING A BLOOD DRIVE ON APRIL 1ST FROM 11 TO 4:00 PM REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED ON THE RED CROSS CROSS WEBSITE, AND DONORS SHOULD ENTER THE SPONSOR CODE CITY OF BRENTWOOD. SO YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON LIBRARY OF THE LIBRARY WEBSITE ABOUT THAT. APRIL 1ST WILL BE A BUSY DAY AT THE LIBRARY BECAUSE AFTER THE BLOOD DRIVE, THERE WILL BE A CANDIDATE DEBATE HOSTED BY PRESERVE BRENTWOOD FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES WHO ARE RUNNING FOR THE ELECTION IN THE UPCOMING CITY COMMISSION ELECTION. THIS WILL PROVIDE RESONANCE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND HEAR FROM THE THREE INCUMBENTS AND THE TWO CHALLENGERS. THIS DEBATE WILL BE IN THE LARGE MEETING ROOM, AND AGAIN, THAT'S AT 6:00 PM ON APRIL 1ST. FINALLY, PLEASE GO ON AND PUT ON YOUR CALENDAR THE UPCOMING CITY SPONSORED EASTER EGG HUNT. AND THIS IS AT THE LIBRARY, AND THIS IS A COMMUNITY FAVORITE. IT WILL BE SATURDAY, APRIL 19TH AT 1:00 PM YOU CAN TAKE PHOTOS WITH THE EASTER BUNNY, WITH YOUR OWN CAMERA, BRING YOUR OWN BASKET, AND BE READY TO GO BECAUSE THE HUNT WILL BEGIN PROMPTLY AT ONE 30. AND WE WILL HAVE, UM, THE FIELD DIVIDED INTO AGE GROUPS. SO EVERYBODY FROM TODDLER ALL THE WAY UP TO 12, WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT AREAS SO EVERYBODY CAN, UM, HUNT SAFELY AND HOPEFULLY GET SOME EGGS AND NOT, SO THE BIG KIDS WON'T GET ALL THE EGGS BEFORE THE TODDLERS CAN. SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER ANDREWS. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, AS I WAS SAID, AND WON'T BELABOR THE POINT, BUT, UH, THE LIBRARY BOARD HAD A GREAT SATURDAY, LAST SATURDAY DOING THE TREE BAGGING IS A FANTASTIC TREE, UH, TEAM BUILDER AND YOU KNOW, PEGGY AND, UH, AND PATTY'S STILL HERE. UM, AND WE JUST HAD A GREAT TIME AND THANKS FOR BEING THERE, BEING PART OF IT. UH, AS LYNN OBSERVED, HAVING THE RAVENWOOD JUNIOR ROTC THERE, I THINK GREATLY IMPROVED TALKING ABOUT MILITARY EFFICIENCY. UH, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS SOMETHING TO BEHOLD. SO A LOT OF FUN WITH THAT. THIS COMING SATURDAY IS, OF COURSE, AS WE'VE SAID, ARBOR DAY, LOTS OF CONTESTS INCLUDING THE LEGENDARY, UH, NUMBER OF ACORNS IN THE JAR, GUESSING CONTESTS FOR FABULOUS PRIZES. SO, UH, COME ON OUT, TAKE A LOOK AT IT. UH, DO YOUR BEST GUESS. WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE, UH, OUT THERE WITH MEASURING TAPES BEFORE TRYING TO DO THE MATH ON IT, BUT NOT ALL THE ACORNS ARE IN FACT, THE SAME SIZE. SO, UH, IT'S CHALLENGING. UM, SO COME ON OUT, JOIN US. WE GET STARTED ABOUT 10 O'CLOCK SATURDAY MORNING, RUNS TILL NOON. LOTS OF FUN FELLOWSHIP. UH, LITERALLY THE TREES ARE AMAZING THIS YEAR. YOU KNOW, WE, UM, WE JUST GOT 'EM IN, UH, UH, A LITTLE BIT LATE, WHICH WAS MILDLY CONCERNING FROM ONE STANDPOINT, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, PROBABLY THE FRESHEST SAPLINGS WE'VE EVER HAD. SO, UM, VERY GOOD FROM, FROM ANOTHER. SO HOPE EVERYONE COMES OUT FOR THAT. UM, AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING THE, UH, THE REHAB OF THE, THE CEMETERIES AND, UH, I WISH I'D THOUGHT AHEAD OF TIME. UM, AND IF YOU CAN IMAGINE FROM ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE, THIS IS A PICTURE OF TWO YOUNG RAVENWOOD VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS STANDING IN FRONT OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE A BLANK [00:25:01] MARKER, I GUESS A, A A CEMETERY MARKER. IS THAT THE CORRECT TERM TO USE? AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE FOLLOW UP PICTURE OF THE SAME TWO RAVENWOOD VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS IN FRONT OF ANDREW CROCKETT'S. UH, NOW CLEARLY READABLE. UM, MARKER. SO, UH, THE, THE YOUNG LADIES SAID IT WAS, UH, I THINK THE TERM THEY USED WAS STRANGELY SATISFYING TO GO OUT THERE WITH CLEANING PRODUCTS. AND THEY HAD SOMEONE THERE FROM THE HISTORIC BOARD THAT SHOWED 'EM HOW TO PROPERLY CLEAN THE MARKERS WITHOUT DAMAGING 'EM. BUT, UM, THEY, THEY HAD A, A, A, A SHOCKINGLY GOOD TIME AS A GROUP GOING OUT THERE AND DOING SOME VERY HARD WORK THAT THAT SHOWED GOOD RESULTS. SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE HISTORICAL BOARD PUTTING ALL THAT TOGETHER AND, UM, AND GETTING THEM INVOLVED. AND THEN, UM, I WAS ALSO GONNA MENTION BRIEFLY, UH, GOT A NOTE, UH, FROM CHIEF COLVIN, FROM, FROM SOME OF YOUR TEAM THAT THE TAC TEAM CHALLENGE STILL HAS A VERY FEW OPEN SLOTS. SO IF ANY, UH, FITNESS LUNATICS OUT THERE WANT TO GO OUT AND, UH, WITH BRENTWOODS TACTICAL RESPONSE TEAM, UH, THE TACT TEAM CHALLENGES RUNNING ON MAY 3RD, UH, 10:00 AM AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS. IT IS THE SAME PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT THAT OFFICERS USE IF THEY WANT TO TRY OUT FOR THE, THE TACTICAL TEAM. SO IT IS, IT IS QUITE SOMETHING AND, UH, WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO DO THIS TO COME ON OUT. AND IT, IT IS, UH, DOABLE BY MORTAL MEN IS, UH, CHARLES NOT GONNA ATTEST. UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE, UH, A COMPLETE, UH, FITNESS GURU TO ATTEMPT IT, ALTHOUGH IT DOES HELP TO COMPLETE IT. UM, BUT PUT THAT IN YOUR CALENDAR IF YOU WANNA COME OUT. WE'D LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE THERE. UM, AS SEVERAL COMMISSIONERS HAVE, HAVE MENTIONED THERE'S AN ELECTION GOING ON. I WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GET TO KNOW THE CANDIDATES AND, UH, VOTE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT REFLECT YOUR VIEWS AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE GOING ON IN BRENTWOOD. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, I THINK WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT ALLOWS US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME, UH, PARTICIPATE, SPEAK AND UH, AND GET INVOLVED. MAYOR, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR TRAVIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AS IS NOTED, ARBOR DAY IS THIS SATURDAY FROM 10 TILL 12. IT'LL BE A GREAT DAY. I WON'T RELIVE ALL THAT. I DO HAVE A PICTURE I'D LIKE TO SHARE THERE WE ARE BAGGING TREES. THAT'S MY GRANDSON, GABRIEL. UH, THAT'S BILL KRAUS SITTING THERE WITH US. I THINK WE BAGGED OVER 2000, 2000 , BUT WE HAD A SYSTEM GOING, AND GABRIEL HAD A GREAT TIME, AND IT REALLY IS FUN. AND THIS IS SPIRIT OF THE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK THE TREE BOARD FOR WHAT THEY DID, THEY'RE REALLY GOOD LOOKING TREES THIS YEAR. REALLY, REALLY GOOD. PATTY, YOU'RE DOING A LOT TO SHUFFLE THE TREES AROUND TO THE SCHOOLS AND IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED. NOT EXPECTED, BUT APPRECIATED. OKAY. JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT, UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS NEXT INFO MEETING IS ON APRIL THE FOURTH. OUR MEETING WILL BE LATE IN APRIL BECAUSE, UH, THE FIRST, FIRST MONDAY IS LATE. UM, SO JOINING, UH, THAT CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY WAS SO MUCH FUN. IT, IT'S REALLY FUN NOT ONLY TO TO BE THERE AND SEE THE JOY AND SEE THE BUILDING, IT'S FUN TO SEE THE CITIZENS AND THE CROSS SECTION OF CITIZENS. WE GET YOUNG TO OLD. WE, WE GET A GREAT MIXTURE OF, UH, MEN, WOMEN. IT'S JUST REALLY GOOD. AND TO SEE EVERYBODY MINGLING AND TELLING BRENTWOOD STORIES AS THEY'RE BEING FED SOME WONDERFUL BARBECUE FROM JUDGE BEANS THAT NIGHT. UH, IT'S REALLY GREAT. CHIEF, YOU AND YOUR TEAM WORK SO HARD FOR THAT. PLEASE TELL ZACH HARTMAN HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE IT. GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. UM, I JUST HAVE TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU HERE BECAUSE THERE WAS MISINFORMATION. THAT WAS THIS WEEK. I SENT OUT A NEWSLETTER UPDATING CITIZENS, AND I DID THAT SO THAT I CAN EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. I, I STARTED IT BECAUSE I SAID THERE'S LACK OF NEWS COVERAGE, LIKE THE RAGSDALE ROAD ALERT THAT I INCLUDED IN THAT. NOT MEANT TO BE POLITICAL, JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. INCLUDED BELOW IS SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS INCLUDED IN NELSON ANDREWS RECENT EMAIL TO MY EMAIL LIST. I'M SENDING THIS TO ALL YOU BECAUSE MR. ANDREWS OBTAINED MY EMAIL LIST, AND I KNOW Y'ALL RECEIVED THIS EMAIL. YOU MAY UNSUBSCRIBE IF YOU WISH. MR. ANDREWS STATES, IT IS TELLING THAT GORMAN TRAVIS OPPOSED THE MARYLAND FARMS GREENWAY CONNECTING GRANNY WHITE TO MARYLAND WAY PARK, WHICH IS A MAJOR BIKE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT ON THE WEST SIDE, IF ALLOWED. WE'LL EVENTUALLY FIND OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS TO CONNECT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY IF WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS WILLING TO CONSIDER IT. IF THE MARYLAND FARMS GREEN RATE TRAIL TODAY HAD COME BEFORE THE CURRENT COMMISSION, I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY GORMAN MCMILLAN TRAVIS AND SPEARS WOULD'VE PREVENTED IT. MAY EVEN KEEP IT FROM EVER GETTING ON THE AGENDA FOR [00:30:01] A VOTE LIKE THEY DID THE REFERENDUM. MANY OR MOST OF YOU KNOW ME AND YOU KNOW THAT, WELL, SORRY, MANY, THIS IS WHAT I WROTE. MANY OR MOST OF YOU DID NOT KNOW THAT THE, A PREVIOUS CITY COMMISSION HAD PASSED A RESOLUTION WHEN THEY WERE APPROVING MARYLAND FARMS, THAT NOTHING WOULD BE BUILT ON THE PROPERTY BEHIND MARYLAND FARMS IN WILLIAMSBURG WHERE THE PATH IS TODAY. I VOTED AGAINST THE PATH BECAUSE A PREVIOUS COMMISSION HAD PROMISED NOT TO BUILD ON THAT LAND, PERIOD. IT'S THAT SIMPLE. I WASN'T AGAINST BIKES OR WALKERS. IT WAS ABOUT A PROMISE AND A LAW THAT WERE MADE. ALSO, THE PARK, THE PATH DOES NOT GO ALL THE WAY TO MARYLAND WAY PARK. IT STOPS SHORT, DEAD INNING INTO PRIVATE PROPERTY. I WANT YOU TO KNOW I HAVE SUPPORTED BIKE AND WALKING PATHS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO I THINK THAT INFORMATION WAS WRONG SINCE YOU SENT THAT TO ALL MY LIST. COMMISSIONER ANDREWS, I ASKED YOU TO SEND THAT TO YOUR LIST TOO. 'CAUSE YOUR LAST TIME SAID YOU WANTED TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF EDUCATING THEM. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. SO I GUESS, DO I GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, SINCE I WAS BROUGHT UP IN THIS TO RESPOND GO AHEAD. SO I, I, I WOULD JUST MAKE THE OBSERVATION AND, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER DUNN AND COMMISSIONER LITTLE WERE ALSO ON THE, I THINK ON THE COMMISSION WHEN SOME OF THE STUFF CAME UP. UM, AND SUSANNA, OR COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN AND I WERE ON THERE WHEN IT WAS FUNDED. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN THE FUNDING CAME UP, WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE TRAIL, THE SAFETY, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF, AT THE TIME THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE COMING UP THROUGH THE PARK THERE AT GRANITE WHITE PARK, THROUGH MEADOW LAKE, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS COMMISSIONER CROSSLEY WENT THROUGH AND, AND MADE EXTENSIVE COMMENTS ABOUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS USE OF THAT LAND AND THAT THAT EASEMENT WAS VERY APPROPRIATE EVEN WITH THE PREVIOUS ACTIONS OF THE COMMISSION. AND I THINK COMMISSIONER DUNN MADE SIMILAR COMMENTS BECAUSE THE GREENWAY TRAIL, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T FEEL THAT WAS IN THE SCOPE OF ANY COMMITMENTS THAT WERE MADE. AND THEY ALSO, YOU KNOW, OBSERVED THAT ANY GIVEN COMMISSION CAN'T BIND INTO LATER COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH A, I GUESS A PROCLAMATION OR, OR RESOLUTION OR WHATEVER IT WAS. BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, AT THE TIME THAT BOTH, IT WAS PASSED INITIALLY AND WE ALL FUNDED IT, IT WAS A PROPER USE OF CITY LAND AND, AND CITY STUFF. SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S MISINFORMATION IN THE SLIGHTEST. AND I WOULD SAY THAT GIVEN THAT, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER TRAVIS, YOU VOTED AGAINST IT TWICE, UH, MAYOR GORMAN VOTED AGAINST IT TWICE. BOTH AGAINST WHAT? AGAINST WHAT THE GREENWAY TRAIL IN TERMS OF IT COMING UP, BECAUSE YOU, YOU VOTED AGAINST THE INITIAL DOING IT, AND THEN YOU VOTED AGAINST AGAIN, FUNDING IT. 'CAUSE WE FUNDED IT, I BELIEVE, ON A, ON A A FOUR THREE VOTE. UM, YOU KNOW, SO I I I BELIEVE THE ISSUE YOU'RE TAKING ISN'T ENTIRELY ACCURATE. AND I, I CAN RESPECT YOUR OPINION, BUT I CAN'T RESPECT YOUR FACTS ON THAT. AND I WOULD SAY THE TAKING ISSUE WITH THE FACT THAT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS DESIGNED AND, AND, AND INTENDED TO GO ALL THE WAY TO MARYLAND WAY PARK, YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. IT DOES END RIGHT BEHIND THE Y THE FORMER YMCA PROPERTY, NOW THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY, UH, HIGHWOODS, UM, CENTER. BUT THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE IT, IT WASN'T A CHANGE IN DESIGN OR INTENT. IT WAS BECAUSE AT THE TIME THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT REDOING THAT PROPERTY TO SOME EXTENT. SO THEY BUILT IT THAT FAR AND THEY COULDN'T GET IT THROUGH DAN JORDAN'S. BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE PICKING ON DETAILS AND I, I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO CALL MISINFORMATION WHEN I, I DO THINK SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT. IT, IT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF COMMISSIONER LITTLER DUNN HAS ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE ALL HERE FOR IT. I DID NOT VOTE AGAINST THE BITE PATH. I VOTED AGAINST CHANGING THE RESOLUTION. I BELIEVE I VOTED FOR THE FUNDING BECAUSE THAT WAS QUITE HARD FOR ME TO DO. BUT ONCE IT PASSED, I KNEW IT WAS GONNA PASS. AND I SAID, WE HAVE TO BUILD IT. WE HAVE TO BUILD IT. RIGHT. BUT YOU MAY BE RIGHT ON THAT. I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK THAT UP. BUT IT'S, IT'S HOW YOU PRESENTED THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHECKED OUT BEFORE THIS WAS SENT OUT. YOU MADE IT SOUND WELL, IT OUT THOROUGHLY. YOU MADE IT SOUND LIKE I VOTED AGAINST A BIKE PATH. I'VE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE BIKE PATH AND THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION IS POLITICAL AND IT'S KILLING US UP HERE. WE GOTTA GET AWAY FROM THAT. AND I, I, I WILL NOT SEND ANYTHING OUT POLITICAL ON MY EMAILS. I WOULD LOVE IT IF OTHERS WOULD PROMISE THE SAME. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR TRAVIS. THANK YOU. UM, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, ANDREWS. ALL RIGHT. UM, MOVING ON. UH, I'LL CLOSE OUT BEFORE WE GO TO, UH, THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA. UM, SO I'LL START. UM, I'VE GOT TWO, UH, OUTTA THREE, UH, COMPLETE. UH, SO [00:35:01] THIS PAST FRIDAY, UH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO SPEND THE DAY, UH, WITH, UH, THE DAURY FAMILY, UM, LIBBY, UH, DAURY, WHO GOES TO SCALES ELEMENTARY, UH, AND THEN HER PARENTS, UH, TAG TEAMED, UH, OFF AND ON. UH, SHE WAS MAYOR, UH, FOR A DAY. UH, AS SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, UM, THE PTOS HAVE FIGURED OUT, UH, THAT THERE'S A, UH, PRETTY GOOD WAY TO, UH, MAKE SOME EXTRA MONEY. UM, THEY HAVE A, UH, A SILENT AUCTION, UH, AND AUCTION OFF, UH, MAYOR FOR A DAY. SO LIBBY, UM, TOOK THE INITIATIVE AND GOT ALL OF HER SCHOOLWORK, UH, DONE, UM, BEFORE, UH, FRIDAY. SO SHE WAS ABLE TO TAKE HER SPELLING TEST, UH, EARLY, UH, AND GET EVERYTHING DONE SO SHE COULD, UH, GO AND, UH, AND BE MAYOR FOR A DAY. AND BUDDY, WAS SHE READY? UM, UM, THE, UH, THE EMAIL THAT I RECEIVED, UM, WAS THAT ELIZABETH, HER MOTHER, UH, WAS GONNA BE WITH HER. UM, WELL, UH, I SEE THIS YOUNG LADY, UH, WALKING UP, UH, IN WHAT SHE LATER DESCRIBE TO ME AS HER POWER SUIT, UH, FOR, UH, THE DAY. UM, BUT IT WAS NOT, UM, HER MOTHER WITH HER, UH, IT WAS HER FATHER. AND IT WAS, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS I SAID, WELL, YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE ELIZABETH. UM, BUT, UM, THIS DOES LOOK LIKE IT MUST BE LIBBY. UH, AND WHAT A DELIGHTFUL, UH, YOUNG LADY. UH, WE HAD A, UH, A GREAT TIME. WE TOURED, UH, ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AT, UH, CITY HALL. SHE GOT TO PUT ON SOME, UH, SOME FIRE GEAR AND GET UP IN THE ENGINE, GET PICTURES MADE, UH, ALL OF THAT STUFF. WE WENT AND HAD LUNCH, UH, WITH BOTH OF HER PARENTS WHILE THEY KIND OF TAG TEAMED AND, UH, AND TRANSITIONED. UH, THEN WE HEADED OVER TO, UH, TO CITY HALL, UH, OR TO, UH, THE, THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS. AND IT WAS JUST SO NEAT, UH, TO SEE HER, UH, BECAUSE, UH, WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR HER, UH, TO MEET, UH, CHIEF COLVIN, SHE STOOD RIGHT UP AND, UH, LOOKED HIM DEAD IN THE EYE AND, UH, GAVE HIM THIS FIRM HANDSHAKE. AND I WAS JUST LIKE, WOW. AND, UH, BUT, UH, EVERYONE, UH, TOOK SUCH A LIKING, UH, TO HER. UM, SHE WAS EVEN THE BOSS OVER AT, UM, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, BUT WHAT A, UH, A NEAT YOUNG LADY. UH, AND SHE HAD TO HAVE A SPECIAL POWER SUIT, UH, THAT HER PARENTS, UH, BOUGHT HER, UH, FOR THE DAY. UH, BUT SHE WAS, UH, READY TO GO. AND, UM, IT, IT, IT GIVES ME FAITH, UH, IN THE FUTURE WITH, UH, WITH THE YOUTH, UH, FOR HER TO STICK HER HAND OUT LIKE THAT AND, UH, AND SHAKE CHIEF COLVIN'S, UH, HAND AND LOOK HIM IN THE EYE. UH, IT WAS FANTASTIC. SO, UH, BUT TWO DOWN, UH, ONE TO GO ON, UH, UH, MAYOR FOR A DAY, UM, UH, TOMORROW MORNING, UH, BRIGHT AND EARLY AT, UH, 8:30 AM DOWN AT THE, UM, OLD HOSPITAL. WE'VE GOT THE, UH, THE GROWTH COMMITTEE, UH, THAT WE'RE RECONVENING, UH, FOR THE COUNTY. UH, I CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE, UH, THE VICE CHAIR, UH, ON THAT. UH, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, UH, UH, ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, UH, IN THE MORNING. UH, BUT NONETHELESS, WE'VE GOT THE, UH, EIGHT 30 MEETING, UH, DOWN AT THE OLD COUNTY HOSPITAL IF YOU WANT TO COME AND, UH, AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT URBAN GROWTH, BOUNDARY BOUNDARIES, AND, UH, ANNEXATION COME ON DOWN. UM, CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, I WON'T SAY TOO MUCH OTHER THAN, UH, IF PUBLIC SAFETY'S NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, UM, THE REST DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. UH, AND SO CHIEF, UM, KUDOS TO, UH, TO YOUR TEAM, UH, FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB RELATED TO, UH, UH, CPA. UM, I'M TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT SO, UM, UM, EXCITING AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT IT IS, UH, IF YOU ARE A, UH, AN ACCOUNTING OR A FINANCE, THAT PERSON. SO THURSDAY MORNING WE HAD, UH, BLANKENSHIP IN OR NO, UM, CRAFT IN, UH, OUR, UM, CPA FIRM AND KAREN, CONGRATULATIONS, UM, TO GET, UH, THE, UH, VERY BRIEF AND CONCISE REPORT, UH, AND THEN TO HEAR THE WORDS, UH, NO FINDINGS, UM, UH, IS, UH, FANTASTIC. SO KUDOS TO YOU ON BOTH, UH, AUDITS, BOTH ECD, UH, AND THEN THE, UH, THE GENERAL FUND. UM, LET'S SEE HERE. AND AS IT RELATES TO, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, PROMISES AND, UH, THAT TYPE OF THING, PROMISE MADE, UH, IS, PROMISE KEPT. UH, AND SO, UH, THE WAY THAT, UM, I KIND OF LOOK AT THINGS, UH, IS IF, UM, A PREVIOUS, UH, COMMISSION HAS MADE A COMMITMENT, UH, TO RESIDENTS, UM, I WILL HONOR, UH, THAT I WON'T SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT, UM, UH, THAT, UH, IS A CHANGE AND, UH, AND MOVE ON. UH, BUT A PROMISE IS A PROMISE FROM, UH, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. SO, MOVING ON TO THE CONSENTED, I HAVE TWO THINGS I MEANT TO DO IN MY REPORT. YES, MA'AM. ONE IS ABOUT YOUR DAY WITH LIBBY. YES, MA'AM. I, I HAVE KNOWN THAT FAMILY FOR, SINCE MY SON WAS LITTLE. HE AND HER DAD ARE MM-HMM . REALLY GOOD FRIENDS. YES. AND YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW HER GRANDFATHER, STEVE DOTY, SAT ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR YEARS. YES. AND, UM, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE KINDNESS BECAUSE THEY'RE WONDERFUL PEOPLE. OH, GREAT FAMILY, THE DEAR, DEAR FRIENDS. AND IN THE INTEREST OF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN MENTIONED ONE DEBATE THAT WAS BEING HELD APRIL 1ST, I'D LIKE TO MENTION A BIPARTISAN NONPARTISAN [00:40:01] DEBATE THAT'S GONNA BE HELD AT THE LIBRARY APRIL 2ND, SPONSORED BY THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS AND THE MOUNTAIN BIKE GROUP THAT STARTS AT SIX O'CLOCK. SO, UH, I GUESS YOU COULD ATTEND BOTH OR THERE'S MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO GO HEAR THE CANDIDATES MONDAY NIGHT, TUESDAY NIGHT, UH, PRESERVE BRENTWOOD, AND THEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT A NONPARTISAN DEBATE, UM, LEGAL WOMEN VOTERS, AND THE, UM, MOUNTAIN BIKE FOLKS. SO, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, MOVING ON [ Consent Agenda] TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, PLEASE NOTE ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION, EXCEPT FOR ANY ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS AT THIS TIME. ITEM NUMBER ONE, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 22 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT WITH RJ YOUNG COMPANY FOR CONSOLIDATED COPIER SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER TWO, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 24 RESOLUTION, ADOPTING REVISIONS TO THE CITY'S PERSONNEL RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION. 2025 DASH 25 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CHANGE ORDER WITH ESP ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR WENDY HILL PARK, DESIGN SERVICES FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 26 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO LOCALLY MANAGE A SIGNAL SYSTEM UPGRADE PROJECT FOR ADOPTION. AND FINALLY, I'M NUMBER FIVE, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 27 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT WITH MEDICAL BENEFITS ADMINISTRATORS INC. MED BEND FOR PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGEMENT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2025 FOR ADOPTION. DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MOTION ON THE FLOOR? ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. IS THERE ANY OTHER OLD BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMISSION THIS EVENING? HEARING NONE. MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS. IS THERE ANY NEW BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMISSION THIS EVENING? HEARING NONE, I MOVE, WE ADJOURN. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING. HAVE A GREAT WEEK. * 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.