Apr 28, 2025 City Commission Meeting

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GOOD EVENING.

[ Call to Order by Mayor Roll Call Invocation by Commissioner Little Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by Commissioner Macmillan Oath of Office for City Manager Jason A. Gage]

PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT THIS EVENING.

THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY COMMISSIONER LITTLE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG BY COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.

PLEASE RISE IF YOU WILL, PLEASE BOW YOUR HEAD.

DEAR, MOST GRACIOUS AND LOVING, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST PRAISE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.

WE PRAISE YOU FOR THE GLORY THAT YOU EXPRESS IN A BEAUTIFUL TENNESSEE SPRING DAY.

FATHER, THIS MOMENTOUS EVENING WHERE WE'RE, UH, INVITING AND, AND HAVING A NEW CITY MANAGER JASON GAGE, WE PRAY FOR YOUR BLESSINGS UPON HE AND HIS FAMILY, BOTH THOSE HERE AND THOSE WHO ARE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU GIVE HIM DISCERNMENT, WISDOM.

AND FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD HELP HIM AS HE HAS TO GO THROUGH THE, THE NORMAL DECISIONS AND THE HARD DECISIONS ANYONE HAS TO FACE IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY.

FATHER, WE PRAISE YOU THAT WE LIVE IN A NATION WHERE WE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO VOTE AND TO CHOOSE OUR LEADERS.

AND LORD, WE KNOW ONE DAY THAT WE WILL BE IN A PERFECT KINGDOM WITH YOU AS KING AND IT'LL BE A PERFECT GOVERNANCE.

BUT LORD, WE ALSO KNOW THAT YOU SOMETIMES GRACE PLACES WITH THAT GOOD GOVERNANCE.

AND FATHER, WE ASK THAT UPON THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

AND LORD, WE PRAY THAT WE WOULD CARRY OUT YOUR WILL ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN, AND ALL THESE THINGS WE ASK IN THE BLESSED NAME OF CHRIST OUR LORD.

AMEN.

AMEN.

AMEN.

PLEASE, SIFY, THANK YOU.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE ALLE 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.

ALRIGHT, NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO DO, UH, VERY OFTEN, FORTUNATELY.

UM, WE ARE GOING TO SWEAR IN, UH, OUR NEW CITY MANAGER, UH, JASON GAGE.

JASON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET ME DOWN AT THE PODIUM YOU STAND? SO, UM, FOLKS CAN HEAR YOU FOR THE, UH, FOR THE RECORD.

ALRIGHT.

ALRIGHT.

IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I, JASON GAGE, I, JASON G DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DUTIES OF CITY MANAGER, FOR THE DUTIES OF CITY MANAGER AS PRESCRIBED, AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND WILL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND WILL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.

THAT I WILL, THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS.

IN ALL RESPECTS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER, OF THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES, THE DUTIES OF THE CITY MANAGER.

CITY MANAGER.

WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S NOT DO THAT FOR ANOTHER, UH, 10 OR 12 YEARS.

HOW ABOUT THAT? ALL RIGHT.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA,

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DO I HEAR MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALRIGHT, NEXT

[ 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, WE'VE GOT A SIGN UP SHEET.

UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE, UH, SIGNED UP.

UM, HOWEVER, WE'LL TAKE THOSE THAT SIGNED UP.

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

ALL COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

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AS I SAID, A SIGNUP SHEET WAS IN THE BACK.

UH, BUT ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK, UH, THAT WISHES TO SPEAK, UH, MAY DO SO AFTER.

SO FIRST ON THE LIST, UH, WE HAVE MACE LINDY, IF YOU WOULD COME AND, UH, COME UP, IDENTIFY YOURSELF BY NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

THANKS FOR THE PRIVILEGE.

THIS IS MACE LINDY.

I LIVE AT 1 2 5 4 CONCORD HUNT DRIVE.

UH, ALRIGHT, SO I'M HERE ABOUT THE TENNIS.

UM, FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS, REALLY STARTED AS A RESULT OF MARYLAND FARMS PLANNING TO CLOSE.

UH, IN THE AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORT, THERE WAS ABOUT 700 DISPLACED TENNIS PLAYERS FROM THAT FACILITY.

AND EAGER TO FIND A PLACE TO PLAY TENNIS THAT WAS OUT OF THE SUN IN THE SHADE, NO RAIN, NO WIND, AND BE ABLE TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS ON TIME AND PLAY IN THEIR LEAGUE.

SO I DO OTHER SPORTS AND I LIKE THOSE SAME PRIVILEGES AND I PAY FOR THOSE PRIVILEGES.

SINCE, UH, THIS, UH, COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED, I WENT TO AND WAS PROBABLY ONE OF ONLY THREE THAT I'M AWARE OF.

OTHER CITIZENS THAT WENT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS THAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE HAD.

UH, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE, BUT I DIDN'T SEE MORE THAN TWO OR THREE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MAYBE BEING AT THE LAST FOUR OF SIX MEETINGS.

SO I WOULD DESCRIBE THAT COMMITTEE AS A GROUP OF EXCITED TENNIS PLAYERS.

I DON'T BLAME 'EM.

I WANT TO SEE A TENNIS COURT.

I'M GONNA TRY AND AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THAT IF I CAN.

HOWEVER, SEVERAL TIMES THAT COMMITTEE AND WHAT THE REPORT WAS IN THAT COMMITTEE WAS STATED THAT THERE'S A GROUP OF EXPERTS.

OBVIOUSLY I ONLY HAVE A LIMITED TIME TO TALK, BUT, UH, THE EXPERTS THAT WERE IN THERE, THERE WAS NOBODY WHO TOOK PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WHAT THAT REPORT PRODUCED.

WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS IF I'M GONNA SPEND $18 MILLION OF MY INVESTMENT OR OTHER SYNDICATES THAT I LEAD IN AN INVESTMENT, I WANT SOME ACCOUNTABILITY.

NOW, FORTUNATELY FOR US, THE DAD JOKE TONIGHT, THE WAY WE GET ACCOUNTABILITY MAYBE WAS WITH AN ACCOUNTANT, PERHAPS A CPA OR MERGERS AND ACQUISITION FIRM TO VALIDATE THESE NUMBERS.

LIKE I PUT MY OWN MONEY BEHIND THAT.

THAT NEVER TOOK PLACE.

WE NEVER GOT OUTSIDE EVERYBODY THAT'S DOING THIS, UH, FOX GATHERING A HEN HOUSE.

THERE'S NO OUTSIDE RESOURCE THAT VALIDATED THAT THIS IS A GREAT INVESTMENT RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT.

SO IT STARTED OUT AS $12 MILLION.

SECOND OF ALL, I DIDN'T SEE THIS AS ACTING LIKE THE CULTURE OF OUR CITY.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT LARGEST AMENITY, THIS STARTED OUT AS A $12 MILLION TENNIS AMENITY.

UH, THEN IT WAS A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE BASEBALL PARK WHERE THE COMMUNITY OF BASEBALL PLAYERS SAID, IF WE COMMUNICATE OR WE COLLECT $500,000, WILL THE CITY MATCH THIS MILLION DOLLAR PROGRAM? I DON'T PLAY BASEBALL, I DON'T HAVE ANY KIDS IN BASEBALL, BUT IT ADDS TO MY COMMUNITY.

AND FRANKLY, AS FAR AS MY TAX HOUR GOES, YOU COULDN'T HAVE A BETTER INVESTMENT THAN A 50% DISCOUNT ON SOMETHING IMPROVING.

GUESS WHAT'S DISTINCTIVELY DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS GROUP IS THEY DID ZERO FUNDRAISING.

THEY PUT ALL THE RISK IN THE FUTURE THAT HOPEFULLY IT PAYS FOR ITSELF AND WILL BE SO PROFITABLE.

I COULDN'T FIND, I HAVEN'T FOUND ANY, UH, TENNIS FACILITY THAT CLAIMS THAT THEY HAVE MORE THAN A 7% RETURN, WHICH MEANS THEY WILL NOT BE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY IT BACK.

THAT'S MY RESEARCH.

UM, SO, UH, SECOND OF ALL, DESPITE, DESPITE THE, UH, DIRECT ADVICE OF THE CITY FINANCES THAT HAVE KEPT US A TRIPLE A BOND RATING IN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH EVERYBODY UP HERE, THAT VOTES, THERE WAS AN, UH, RECOMMENDATION AS THE PROJECT GOT TO $18 MILLION THAT INCLUDED ROAD AND A FACILITY, THAT A $5 MILLION BOND WOULD BE TAKEN OUT.

THAT WAS A DIRECT COMMUNICATION FROM THEM TO THIS GROUP.

THEY ASKED IT TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA.

IT WAS NEVER PUT ON THE AGENDA.

THERE WAS NEVER A VOTE TAKEN ON AGENDA FOR THAT BOND THAT I'M AWARE OF.

BUT CONVENIENTLY, BY NOT DOING THAT BOND, THERE WOULD BE NO NEED FOR REFERENDUM, WHICH ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO HAVE INPUT.

I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS FOR 18 TO 20 MONTHS, AND THERE HAS BEEN NO PUBLIC DEBATE.

THERE'S BEEN NO FREE EXCHANGE.

I, I ASKED ALLISON TO HAVE A PUBLIC DEBATE ABOUT IT.

IT'S NEVER HAPPENED.

I ASKED FOR PRIVILEGES AND THIS HAS BEEN MY ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO TALK IS HEAR IT BEFORE YOU.

AND I'VE TRIED NOT TO WORRY YOU OUT, MAKE MY POINTS KNOWN, AND I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THE DECORUM FROM THERE, BUT YOU CLEARLY HAVE MADE IT THAT YOU WERE NOT WILLING TO DO A BOND SAYING IT WASN'T NECESSARY.

HOWEVER, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE CRAFTED OUR AAA BOND

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AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD COME WITH IT.

NOW, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT BEING HERE IS I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT PART OF WHAT WE WANT IS, UH, A FAMOUS, UH, TAGLINE GOING ROUND IS PRESERVE BRENTWOOD.

WELL, I'D LIKE TO PRESERVE BRENTWOODS COMMUNITY CHARACTER BY HAVING ASKED THEM TO AT LEAST RAISE THE MONEY LIKE THE OTHER COMMUNITY PEOPLE HAVE, PRESERVE THE AAA BOND RATING AND NOT PUT IT AT RISK.

UH, I AM BEEN IN THE RISK BUSINESS FOR A LONG TIME AND DO YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW UNDERWRITERS ARE GONNA LOOK AT THAT AS AN $18 MILLION AMENITY EXPENSE, UH, AGAINST $56 MILLION OF OUR RESERVES? SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US BE PRESERVING BRENTWOOD, BUT THE CHARACTER OF BRENTWOOD FINANCIALLY AND TRIPLE A AND I WOULD'VE REALLY LOVED FOR THE PEOPLE TO HAVE A VOTE, WHICH YOU GUYS CLEARLY AVOIDED, DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT.

IT'S ON VIDEO WHERE SOMEBODY CLEARLY SAYS IN THE MEETINGS, ARE WE, ARE WE NOT GONNA HAVE A VOTE? AND YOU ALL FOUR OF YOU STAYED SILENT.

I FIND THAT OFFENSIVE THAT YOU DON'T WANNA LISTEN.

I COULD BE COMPLETELY WRONG AND THERE MIGHT BE 10,000 PEOPLE WHO WANT THIS AND I GLADLY WALK AWAY, BUT YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT.

YOU HAVE FALLEN SHORT.

AND I WANT YOU TO POTENTIALLY CHANGE COURSE AND SAY, UH, IT IS KEEPING CHARACTER TO RAISE SIX OF THE $12 MILLION IT IS IN CHARACTER TO FOLLOW THEIR ADVICE ABOUT A $6 MILLION OR $5 MILLION BOND.

AND THERE MIGHT BE THE REASON FOR LISTENING, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS OR WHAT DRIVES THE FACT THAT YOU CHOOSE NOT TO DO THE REFERENDUM, BUT YOU HAVE CLEARLY THE FOUR OF YOU AVOIDED THAT ISSUE AND IT'S ON VIDEO FOR ANYBODY TO SEE.

AND I CAN SHOW ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO SEE, BUT I CAN EXPECT BETTER AND YOU CAN DO BETTER.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND PUTTING YOUR TIME IN AND DOING WHAT YOU DO.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T BE OPPOSED NOT TO TENNIS, BUT THE WAY IT'S BEING FINANCED.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

NEXT ON THE LIST WE HAVE AMY TYSON.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

LEMME GET THIS SET UP REAL QUICK.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

UM, MY NAME'S AMY COLEY TYSON, AND, UM, I LIVE AT SIX OXMOOR COURT, AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY JUST TO ADDRESS THE, UH, CITY MANAGEMENT AND THE CITY COMMISSION.

UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF, UH, JUST TO EXPLAIN WHERE I COME FROM.

I COME FROM A VERY SMALL TOWN IN EAST TENNESSEE.

UH, 5,000 PEOPLE IS ALL THAT WAS THERE, AND ONE RED LIGHT.

UM, HOWEVER, WHEN I WAS A YOUNG LADY, I QUICKLY LEARNED THAT I DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO GO TO COLLEGE.

AND SO I DECIDED, UH, THROUGH SOME FRIENDS TO ENTER THE MISS TENNESSEE PAGEANT.

AND LO AND BEHOLD, I DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT TWO DECADES AGO I WON.

BUT, UM, ALONG THE JOURNEY, UM, AND, AND ACTUALLY DONALD TRUMP WAS MY BOSS FOR THE YEAR AT THE TIME.

UM, AND SO IT'S A BIG JOKE IN OUR HOUSE, AND MY CHILDREN WOULD CRINGE IF THEY KNEW I EVEN ANNOUNCED THIS HERE.

THEY'RE LIKE, DON'T TELL ANYBODY, MOM.

BUT ANYWAYS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, TWO DECADES AGO, UM, WHAT I FOUND ALONG THE WAY IS WHEN I CAME OFF THE MOUNTAIN AND I DROVE ON THE INTERSTATE FOR THE FIRST TIME ACROSS OUR GREAT STATE OF TENNESSEE IS I MET A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND OF ALL THE TOWNS AND ALL THE CITIES OF VOLUNTEERS, THE MOST CAME FROM BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE.

I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BRENTWOOD BEFORE THEN.

UM, BUT I KEPT SEEING BRENTWOOD, BRENTWOOD, ALL OF THE SPONSORS FOR, UM, GOING TO MISS USA.

UM, I SPENT THE YEAR, UM, GOING ACROSS THE STATE.

I BELIEVE I PUT, UM, CLOSE TO 75,000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE THAT YEAR.

UM, I VOLUNTEERED IN AND OUT OF SCHOOLS FROM EAST TENNESSEE TO MEMPHIS SPEAKING TO YOUNG CHILDREN.

UM, I ALSO VOLUNTEERED, UM, WITH THE MILITARY, UM, IN THE AREA OF WASHINGTON DC AND BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

AND I SPENT, UM, A LOT OF TIME GIVING OF MYSELF THAT YEAR.

BUT THE, WHAT I FOUND IS BRENTWOOD AND ITS CITIZENS GAVE BACK, UH, TENFOLD.

AND I MET SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS, UH, THAT I STILL HAVE RELATIONSHIPS TO THIS DAY.

AND I KNEW I WANTED TO LIVE IN BRENTWOOD.

UM, IT WAS A SAFE PLACE AND IT ENCOMPASSED, UM, EVERYTHING THAT I HAD BEEN RAISED WITH AND THE VALUES AND ITS CITIZENS GAVE MORE TO ME THAN I COULD EVER GIVE TO THEM.

AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO US AS CITIZENS, UM, AND, AND GIVING US A VOICE IN THE MATTER.

I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THE GOVERNOR'S CLUB NOW FOR CLOSE TO NINE YEARS.

UM, MY HUSBAND AND, AND, UM, MYSELF AND OUR THREE CHILDREN AND MY MOM, WE TALKED HER INTO MOVING INTO OUR BASEMENT.

I THINK SHE REGRETS IT, UH, SOME DAYS.

BUT, UM, WHAT I WANNA SAY IS THAT FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, UM, WE HAVE BEEN LIVING, UM, IN A BRENTWOOD THAT I NO LONGER RECOGNIZE, I HAVE TO SAY.

UM, AND, UH, THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN, I REPRESENT ONE OF 400

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UM, AND SO I, I COME HERE AND I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, UM, SOME ALLEGED ETHICAL ISSUES, UM, THAT MARK GORMAN IN HIS ROLE, UM, WHILE HE SERVED AS, UM, WHILE HE SERVED AS COMMISSIONER MAYOR SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND ALSO WAS OVER OUR SECURITY AND OUR MANAGEMENT OF OUR SUBDIVISION.

UM, AND THIS IS WHY WE AND THE POA MOVED FORWARD AS OF LAST FRIDAY WITH, UM, A LEGAL, ETHICAL, EXCUSE ME, A LEGAL ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST MARK GORMAN.

IT INCLUDES FOUR CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND, UM, ETHICAL AREAS OF CONCERN, WHICH IS NOW A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD.

I'M NOT GONNA OUTLINE ALL FOUR OF THOSE BECAUSE IT'S A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD AND THEY'RE AT LENGTH AND YOU CAN READ ABOUT THEM.

I DON'T WANNA TAKE UP ALL OF YOUR TIME, UM, SPEAKING ON THOSE.

AND, UM, MY ISSUE IS THEY WERE NEVER DISCLOSED TO US THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

WE'VE PAID, UH, MARK GORMAN AND HIS COMPANY, UM, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND MY, MY HOME AND IN MY GARAGE.

MY VEHICLES WERE ROBBED.

UM, OUR STREET WAS ROBBED THREE TIMES, UM, IN, IN LESS THAN 18 MONTHS.

UM, WHEN I LOOK AT THE CRIME DATA MAP, IT'S NOT ACCURATELY REFRE REFLECTION OF, OF ALL THE HOMES THAT WERE HIT THOSE NIGHTS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.

UM, AND, AND SO WHAT I'M SEEING IS A BRENTWOOD, I NO LONGER RECOGNIZE THE BRENTWOOD THAT ATTRACTED ME TO MOVE HERE.

UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S TURNED INTO SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT SIT RIGHT WITH ME AS A TAX PAYING CITIZEN.

I HAVE NO DESIRE TO GO INTO POLITICS.

I HAVE, BELIEVE ME, I'M A STAY AT HOME MOM NOW AND ALSO A, A NURSE PRACTITIONER.

UM, I WORKED HARDER IN THE CLINIC THAN I, I WORKED HARDER.

I WORK HARDER AT HOME THAN I HAVE IN THE CLINIC.

AND SOME DAYS I STAY.

PLEASE SEND ME BACK TO MY JOB.

UM, I COME HERE AS A TAX PAYING CITIZEN AND AS A MOM OF THREE KIDS.

UM, AND, AND SO I HAVE NO POLITICAL DESIRE.

I, MY RESUME'S DONE.

I'M, I CONSIDER MYSELF EARLY RETIRED AS FAR AS THAT GOES.

BUT I, I COME HERE BECAUSE I CAN'T SIT SILENT ANY LONGER.

IT'S NOT OKAY.

IT'S NOT THE BRENTWOOD THAT SHAPED ME INTO THE HUMAN I AM.

IT, IT SMELLS A MILE AWAY AND I DON'T LIKE IT, NOT A SINGLE BIT.

UM, AND SO IN CONCLUSION, UM, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I KNOW THAT THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP, UM, IS NOT REFLECTIVE, LIKE I SAID, OF THE SAME BRENTWOOD.

AND WE AS PROPERTY OWNERS KNOW THE CITY WILL DEAL WITH THE ETHIC CONCERNS THOROUGHLY AND APPROPRIATELY.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UM, THAT IS EVERYONE THAT HAS SIGNED UP.

UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE, UH, HERE THIS EVENING? UH, WE'VE GOT THIS ONE AND THEN YOU AND THEN, UM, THIRD BACK THERE.

COME ON FORWARD, SIR.

YEAH.

THANK YOU GRANDMA.

TWO OH FIVE, MICROPHONE PLEASE.

GRANDMA.

TWO OH FIVE BURNLEY LANE.

UM, UH, I, I, I ECHO A LOT OF THIS MAYOR.

UM, BUT AS A PROCEDURAL MATTER, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING TALKS ABOUT CITIZEN COMMENT.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, CORRECT? BUT THEN IT TALKS ABOUT LOWER DOWN A, A AFTER IMPORTANT THINGS THAT THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO LOOK AT AND RESPOND TO AND VOTE ON OLD BUSINESS.

DO YOU AGREE? YOU DO YOU HAVE THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF YOU? I MEAN, DO YOU, UH, THEN WHAT, WHAT IS OLD BUSINESS? OLD BUSINESS IS STUFF THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO COMMENT ON.

IF Y'ALL ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT OLD BUSINESS, WHATEVER THAT IS, MAYOR, YOU'RE IN CHARGE.

YOU DICTATE WHAT OLD BUSINESS IS, THEN THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO COMMENT ON THAT.

I AM SITTING HERE WONDERING WHAT OLD BUSINESS MIGHT BE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE? MAYOR DON'T KNOW YET.

UH, THEN LATER ON IN THE AGENDA, THERE'S A COMMENT ABOUT NEW BUSINESS.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT IS BECAUSE THERE IS NO EXPLANATION EITHER AS TO WHAT OLD BUSINESS OR NEW BUSINESS IS.

AND I THINK THAT YOU, UM, UM,

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DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING, SIR? AND I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO NOD BECAUSE THAT'S NOT YOUR ROLE.

YOU'RE, YOU'RE TO SIT THERE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, SAY YOUR PIECE AND GO SIT DOWN.

BUT I DO THINK THAT IN, IN A CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCE, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT OLD BUSINESS IS TO YOU AND TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSED.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, THAT'S FINE, MAYOR, THAT'S FINE.

BUT YOU NEED TO BE ON RECORD IN REGARDS TO SAYING THAT OLD BUSINESS IN THE CIRCUMSTANCE OF NEEDING TO PERHAPS DISCUSS MATTERS THAT WOULD INVOLVE INPUT FROM THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY MIGHT BE INSTRUCTIVE TO YOU AS WELL AS NEW BUSINESS.

UM, BEEN A LITTLE BIT OPAQUE IN THIS ONLY BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN OPAQUE IN THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCE.

UM, I I, I, I DID NOT UNDERSTAND ANY OF THE AGENDA ITEMS. THEY'RE IMPORTANT ITEMS. THEY'RE IMPORTANT ITEMS TO DETERMINE WHETHER CERTAIN ZONING VARIANCE OR CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW THROUGH.

AND, AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT MS. SPEARS WILL, WILL ADVOCATE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, UNANIMOUS DECISION AND ALL OF THAT.

BUT, BUT REALLY IN REGARDS TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF WHAT REALLY MATTER HERE RIGHT NOW, I WOULD LIKE OLD BUSINESS TO BE DISCUSSED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

UM, I SAW ANOTHER HAND.

UH, YES MA'AM.

COME FORWARD.

HELLO, UH, MY NAME IS MELISSA REYNOLDS NELSON.

I LIVE AT 9 0 6 CALLAWAY DRIVE IN BRENTWOOD.

UM, SO, UM, GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE.

GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE.

UM, I HAVE JUST TWO OBJECTIVES AND THEY MAY SEEM A LITTLE STRANGE TO THE CURRENT THINGS GOING ON AND PEOPLE SO ACTIVELY DISCUSSING, BUT MY TWO OBJECTIVES ARE THIS, FIRST OF ALL, TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR BEING THERE AND DOING WHAT YOU DO.

UM, I'VE BEEN IN BRENTWOOD SINCE 2001.

WE MOVED HERE FROM CREVE HALL, AND I JUST SALIVATED FOR YEARS ABOUT LIVING IN BRENTWOOD.

AND WE FINALLY GOT HERE AND IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL.

AND SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME THAT EACH OF YOU SPEND AND LISTENING TO ALL OF OUR CONCERNS, BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE VARIOUS OPINIONS AND I APPRECIATE THE OPENNESS TO LISTENING TO US.

SECONDLY, I JUST HAVE A KIND OF A THOUSAND FOOT VIEW.

UM, OUR SON ON HIS JOURNEY TO BECOMING AN EAGLE SCOUT.

AS ONE OF HIS SCOUT REQUIREMENTS, HE ATTENDED A BRENTWOOD COMMISSIONER'S MEETING, IT'S BEEN SOME TIME AGO.

AND THAT WAS TO LEARN ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

AFTER THE MEETING, ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS TOOK THE TIME TO COME DOWN AND TALK TO OUR SON.

AND WHAT HE TOLD OUR SON WAS VERY IMPORTANT.

WHAT HE SAID WAS, I QUOTE, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BE INVOLVED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE TONIGHT, IS CITIZENS GET TO VOICE IN A CONCERN OR OPINION.

AND THEN WE ENTRUST UPON ALL OF YOU TO MAKE THE BEST JUDGEMENTS TO MOVE BRENTWOOD FORWARD.

THE CO THE COURTEOUS PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE MEETING THAT MY SON, UM, WAS INVOLVED WITH, REALLY ENCOURAGED HIM TO BECOME SERVICE ORIENTED.

UM, CURRENTLY HE'S AT WEST POINT AND ATTEMPTING TO NAVIGATE THAT.

BUT ALL THAT TO SAY IT REALLY MADE AN IMPRESSION UPON HIM.

WHEN I TAKE THE THOUSAND FOOT VIEW CURRENTLY, UM, IN MY LISTENING YEAR,

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I'VE BEEN SO PROUD TO BE LISTENING IN TO PEOPLE'S OPINIONS THROUGH THE YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IN 2000.

AND ONE HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN A COURTEOUS, PROFESSIONAL MANNER.

HOWEVER, RECENTLY IT SEEMS THAT THE TONE OF RECENT CAMPAIGNS HAVE BECOME NEGATIVE IN AN EFFORT TO INFORM THE CITIZENS OF BRENTWOOD ABOUT A POINT OF VIEW.

THERE SEEMS TO BE ON OCCASION, NOT ALL THE TIME, BUT ON OCCASION, AN EMERGING UNFAVORABLE TONE IN THE PAST.

IT SEEMS THAT POINTS OF VIEW WERE EXPRESSED IN A NEUTRAL, COURTEOUS, PROFESSIONAL MANNER.

I GUESS I'M HERE TO SAY I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND AS COMMISSIONERS AND FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE VYING TO BE COMMISSIONERS, SO COMMISSIONER CANDIDATES, I HOPE THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH A SUPPORTIVE, CONSTRUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT AND MESSAGE.

NOT ONLY IN OUR CAMPAIGNS, BUT IN OUR MEETINGS.

WE ALL GET UP IN THE MORNING, WE ALL HAVE OUR ROUTINE AND BEING KIND TO ONE ANOTHER.

AND HOW WE VOICE OUR CONCERNS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT AND WORK THROUGH OUR CONCERNS AND PROBLEMS. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE MORE CITIZENS OF BRENTWOOD TO BE INVOLVED IN BRENTWOOD GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING YOUNGER KIDS WHO HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO DO.

'CAUSE EVENTUALLY THE YOUNGER KIDS ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HOPING WILL TAKE CARE OF BRENTWOOD FOR US.

WE WON'T ALWAYS HAVE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE, I UNDERSTAND THAT HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE THE ORIGINAL CHARTER WHO ARE STILL TAKING CARE AND BEING STEWARDS OF OUR GREAT CITY.

SO I'D JUST LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE POSITIVE AND APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYONE'S WORK BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA SEE EACH OTHER IN STARBUCKS AND WE GOTTA GET ALONG.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UM, IF, IF WE COULD ASK, UM, CITY ATTORNEY KRISTEN CORN TO ADDRESS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ADDRESS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OLD AND NEW BUSINESS, SINCE THAT QUESTION CAME UP, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO ADDRESS THAT FOR MR. GRAHAM? I THINK YOU THAT.

OKAY.

THAT'S, IS THAT, LET'S DO IT DURING YOUR COMMENTS, IF YOU WOULD.

OKAY, THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU.

COME ON UP, SIR.

UM, MY NAME IS RANDY SMITH, 5 1 1 2 ALBERT DRIVE.

I KNOW FOUR FIVE OF YOU PERSONALLY.

UM, UH, ONE OF THE THEMES TONIGHT HAS BEEN, I LOVE BRENTWOOD.

I LOVE BRENTWOOD, RIGHT? BUT I MOVED HERE 26 YEARS AGO AND I MOVED HERE BECAUSE IT WAS AN AMAZING PLACE TO MOVE TO.

BUT I'M DISGUSTED.

I'M DISGUSTED WITH ESSENTIALLY THE FOUR OF YOU.

THE WAY THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HANDLED THIS REFERENDUM, I'M DISGUSTED WITH THE WAY THAT YOU GUYS WILL NOT ADDRESS THE TOPICS.

AND AS A MATTER HERE TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE PRESS HERE TONIGHT, WHICH I FIND IS QUITE INTERESTING BECAUSE WHAT I WANNA BRING UP IS THERE'S TWO PRESS RELEASES THAT CAME OUT TODAY.

ONE PRESS RELEASE HAS TO DO WITH MS. SPEARS RIGHT HERE.

AND ON THAT, IN THAT PRESS RELEASE FROM WILLIAMSON SCENE TODAY, MRS. SPEARS WAS ASKED THREE, TWICE IF SHE WOULD BE OPEN TO HAVING PEOPLE OR THE PRESS AT OPEN MEETINGS TWICE.

YOU SAID NO COMMENT ONCE YOU JUST SAT THERE IN SILENCE, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER TONIGHT.

YOU JUST SAT HERE IN SILENCE, WHICH IS WHAT THE FOUR OF YOU HAVE DONE MANY, MANY TIMES TO SAT HERE IN SILENCE.

I KNOW YOU AND I KNOW YOU, AND WE WENT TO WILDWOOD TOGETHER.

AND SHAME ON YOU BOTH.

SHAME ON YOU BOTH.

SECOND TO THE MAYOR, MORE INFORMATION CAME OUT ABOUT YOU TODAY, SIR, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED BY THIS FINE YOUNG LADY RIGHT HERE TONIGHT.

AND THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE USED IN WHICH IT SAYS IN THE COMPLAINT, THE ETHICS COMPLAINT TONIGHT.

AND BY THE WAY, FILING ETHICS COMPLAINTS ON THIS GUY WAS RIDICULOUS.

HE'S ONE OF THE MOST GENUINE MEN THAT THERE IS IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

BUT YOU SAID, OR I'M SORRY, NOT YOU SAID, BUT THE, UM, THE ATTORNEY SAID THAT YOU ASSURED AND YOU REPRESENTED TO THE BOARD AT THE GOVERNOR'S CLUB, THAT YOUR POSITION WITH THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD WOULD FACILITATE COMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS WITH OTHER CITY OFFICIALS AND WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY AID IN MOVING FORWARD THESE ISSUES TOWARD RESOLUTION.

SO BASICALLY YOU WOULD USE YOUR SPOT AS GOVERNOR TO PUSH THINGS ALONG, OR NOT PUSH THINGS ALONG, WHICH SEEMS WHAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED WITH KEMPER AS WELL.

SO I'M, I'M DISGUSTED WITH THE WAY THAT YOU FOUR HAVE HANDLED THINGS.

THESE THREE HAVE BEEN ABOVE BOARD AND YOU KNOW, THE TIME FOR CHANGES IS, IS NOW AND IT'S TIME FOR ELECTION.

AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT THIS ELECTION'S COMING BECAUSE I'VE REALLY FEEL LIKE THE PEOPLE BRING WHAT ARE GONNA SPEAK AND THEY'RE GONNA SPEAK LOUDLY.

AND THEN IN THE NEXT ELECTION,

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ALRIGHT, THANKS.

THANK YOU.

YES, MA'AM.

HELLO, MY NAME IS SANDY BLACKSTONE.

YOU MIGHT WANNA WRITE THAT DOWN.

IT'S GONNA BE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU.

IT'S BEEN PROBABLY 25 YEARS SINCE I STOOD UP HERE.

I THINK.

UH, HAS IT BEEN 25 YEARS? WHEN WAS BOB HIGGS ON THE BOARD? IT'S BEEN THAT LONG.

I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY.

I'VE, YOU GUYS HAVE NOT HAVE NOT KNOWN ME, BUT I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 35 YEARS AND I AM STILL HERE AND I'M STILL WATCHING.

AND THAT Y'ALL, YOU NEED TO KEEP THE SHENANIGANS DOWN AND JUST DO WHAT YOU'RE HIRED TO DO, WHICH IS MANAGE OUR CITY.

'CAUSE I'M STILL HERE AND I'M STILL WATCHING.

THANK YOU.

OTHERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, UH, THIS EVENING FROM THE AUDIENCE.

ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, AND, UH, MOVE ON.

WE'LL MOVE ON,

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

SHOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY JUST FOR COMMENTS.

OKAY? YEAH, THANK YOU.

FIRST DAY.

SO I ANTICIPATE HIS REPORT WILL BE KINDA LIGHT, BUT WE WANT TO GET HIM IN THE CADENCE OF, UH, IT WILL BE, I WAS TOLD TO KEEP IT BELOW 45 MINUTES .

SO, UM, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR PLACING YOUR FAITH AND CONFIDENCE IN ME.

UH, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UH, MY WIFE AND I ARE EXCITED TO BE IN BRENTWOOD.

WE'RE EXCITED TO SERVE.

UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO TAKE WHAT IS A BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL PLACE AND, AND HOPEFULLY KEEP IT THAT WAY AND MAKE IT EVEN BETTER IN TIME AND TO DO WHAT WE CAN, UH, TO CONTINUE TO, TO HAVE A PLACE THAT EVERYONE CAN BE PROUD OF.

AND, UH, IT, UH, IT SEEMED LIKE IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET TO THIS POINT TO START AND HAVE DAY ONE.

AND I'VE HAD A GREAT DAY.

YOU HAVE A GREAT STAFF AND A GREAT ORGANIZATION.

AND, UH, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I LOOK VERY FORWARD TO, UH, ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE WILL HAVE AS A STAFF TO SERVE YOU AS A CITY COMMISSION AND, UH, REALLY MAKE THIS, UH, CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS A GREAT, UH, COMMUNITY FOR EVERYONE.

AND JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.

UH, WE WILL, UH, NOW HAVE A REPORT FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY, KRISTEN CORN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR GORMAN.

AS COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN ASKED, AND, AND YOU ALL AGREED TO, TO ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN, UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND, BUT THE CITIZENS MAY NOT KNOW THAT OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES SETS FORTH THE AGENDA AND OUR ORDER OF BUSINESS.

UM, AND IT WAS ASKED WHAT OLD BUSINESSES.

THAT'S TYPICALLY SOMETHING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED BY THE COMMISSION THAT'S BEEN CARRIED OVER TO A SECOND MEETING.

NEW BUSINESS IS SOMETHING, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S BRAND NEW, SOMETHING THAT'S ON THERE.

THE REASON WHY THOSE ARE SOMETIMES ON AN AGENDA WITH NO ITEMS UNDERNEATH THEM ARE BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S OUR AGENDA BY CODE.

THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SET FORTH.

WE KEEP THE OLD BUSINESS ON THERE.

AGAIN, IN CASE SOMETHING COMES UP, UM, NEW BUSINESS, SOMETHING THAT MIGHT COME UP THAT ISN'T ALREADY PUBLISHED WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT, THAT'S AN EMERGENCY FOR THE CITY.

BUT OTHERWISE THINGS CANNOT BE DISCUSSED THAT AREN'T ALREADY ON A PUBLISHED AGENDA, UM, OVER 48 HOURS AHEAD OF TIME.

SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY SPECIFIC FOLLOW UPS, BUT THANK YOU.

UM, MIGHT I FOLLOW UP? NO, SIR.

UM, CITIZEN, UH, COMMENTS ARE CLOSED.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.

PLEASE HAVE A SEAT.

THANK YOU.

TOLD YOU WHY I NEEDED TO FOLLOW UP.

BUT THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

UM, ANY COMMENTS, UH, QUESTIONS FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY BEFORE SHE COMPLETES HER? UM, UH, CITY ATTORNEY REPORT.

A VERY LENGTHY REPORT.

YEAH.

OTHERWISE, ANY, UH, ANY FURTHER, UH, FOR YOUR REPORT? THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR Y'ALL TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

VERY GOOD.

UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE WILL MOVE ON, UH, TO, UH, REPORTS AND COMMENTS, UH, BY COMMISSIONERS.

AND THIS EVENING, UH, WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER SPEARS.

THANK YOU, AS I ALWAYS DO EVERY MONDAY NIGHT, I THANK YOU THE RESIDENTS FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH US, YOUR EMAILS, YOUR CALLS, BEING IN PUBLIC MEETINGS, HAVING PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IT REALLY DOES MAKE THE BEST FORM OF GOVERNMENT.

SO THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO SPOKE TONIGHT.

AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

UH, JASON, WE WANNA WELCOME YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE HAD A RECEPTION FOR THE STAFF EARLIER AND WE WERE ABLE TO,

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UM, WE HEAR THAT YOU'RE GETTING SETTLED IN, INTO YOUR NEW HOME, AND WE JUST WANNA WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.

AND THANK YOU FOR WILLING, BEING WILLING TO COME HERE TO WORK FOR BRENTWOOD AND FOR HER RESIDENTS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR PARK BOARD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, MAY 5TH AT 5:30 PM IT WILL BE HELD RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN THE ANNEX ROOM.

AND THOSE MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO ATTEND.

UM, AS A REMINDER, WE ARE HOSTING OUR SECOND ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

AND THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND.

I'VE ASKED HOLLY IF SHE WOULD PUT UP THE INVITATION THAT WE HAVE.

HERE IT IS.

UM, SO CHARLES BOOTH WAS KIND ENOUGH TO PUT THIS TOGETHER FOR OUR CITY, AND WE ARE INVITING ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME, UM, WHO HAS INTEREST.

AND I HAVE SOME COPIES OF THAT UP HERE.

SO AFTER THE MEETING, IF YOU WOULD LIKE SOME TO TAKE TO NEIGHBORS OR FRIENDS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP AND, AND GET THOSE FROM ME AFTER THE MEETING.

IT'LL BE HELD ON MONDAY, MAY 12TH AT FIVE 30, RIGHT HERE IN THE COMMISSION.

CHAMBERS.

OUR SPEAKER WILL BE A BRENTWOOD RESIDENT NAMED JERRY LANGFORD.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PAPER COPIES COME UP, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, AND THANK YOU CHARLES BOOTH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.

THERE YOU ARE, UM, FOR PLANNING THIS EVENT.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE.

WE'RE EXCITED FOR IT.

UM, AND IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, OUR MUNICIPAL ELECTION IS CURRENTLY ONGOING.

THREE OF OUR SEVEN SEATS ARE UP FOR ELECTION IN THIS ROTATION.

EARLY VOTING CONTINUES THIS WEEK, AND ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY THE SIXTH ON THURSDAY MORNING.

LAST WEEK DURING OUR BRIEFING, WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEW INITIATIVE FOR THE PERMANENT VETERANS MEMORIAL IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

THIS IS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR OWN PERMANENT VETERANS MEMORIAL TO HONOR THOSE WHO FOUGHT TO KEEP US FREE.

SO STAY TUNED IN THE WEEKS AHEAD FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS.

AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT I'VE PRESENTED, UM, TO THE CITY TO ENSURE THAT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE IS MAINTAINED AND PRESERVED FOR US, BUT ALSO THE GENERATIONS THAT COME BEHIND US.

THAT'S ALL.

MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, AS COMMISSIONER SPEARS MENTIONED, WE HAD A NICE RECEPTION FOR JASON AND FOR THE STAFF BEFOREHAND.

SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME BUT WITH YOU AND GETTING TO KNOW YOU A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE COMING MONTHS AND YEARS TO, UM, WORK WITH YOU.

YOU WERE OBVIOUSLY HARD 'CAUSE YOU'RE EXTREMELY WELL QUALIFIED AND THE CITY'S GONNA BE IN GOOD HANDS WITH YOU AT THE HOME.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT CAME AND SPOKE TONIGHT.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AND TAKE IT TO HEART.

UM, AND JUST APPRECIATE YOU YOUR EMAILS AND REACHING OUT AND SPEAKING TO US AS THE COMMISSIONER REPRESENTATIVE TO THE LIBRARY BOARD.

I WILL MOVE ON TO LIBRARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THE LIBRARY BOARD SPACE PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETS, UM, ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30TH AT NOON.

THIS IS WHERE AN ARCHITECTURAL PROPOSAL FOR THE TEEN SPACE WILL BE PRESENTED.

AND THE NEXT SCHEDULED LIBRARY BOARD MEETING IS WEDNESDAY, MAY 21ST AT 4:30 PM AT THE LIBRARY.

AND WE WILL BE MOVING GOING FORWARD.

OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS USED TO BE ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH, AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE THEM FORWARD TO THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH.

AT THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY BOARD MEETING LAST MONDAY, THEY VOTED TO ALLOCATE $50,000 FOR THE FRIENDS GATHERING ROOM FURNITURE IN THAT REMODEL.

AND THEY VOTED TO ALLOCATE $150,000 TO THE TEEN SPACE RENOVATION.

AND THEN SPEAKING OF THE FRIENDS GATHERING ROOM, WE HAD A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT LEAK RECENTLY THAT OCCURRED IN THE SPACE ABOVE THE FRIENDS GATHERING ROOM.

WE HAD A PRESSURE TANK BURST RESULTING IN A PRETTY BIG AMOUNT OF WATER COMING DOWN FROM THE CEILING DOWN INTO THE FRIENDS ROOM.

FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON SITE 'CAUSE THIS HAPPENED ON A SUNDAY.

AND THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WERE THERE, UM, SINCE WE'RE DOING SOME REMODELING OF THAT ROOM.

AND THEY DISCOVERED THE LEAK AND NONE OF THE NEW SHELVING THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THERE WAS DAMAGED.

AND EVEN THOUGH THE CARPET GOT PRETTY WET, THAT'S CARPET WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PULLING OUT ANYWAY.

AND THE NEW FLOORING HAD NOT BEEN PUT ON PUT IN.

SO WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE.

AGAIN, EARLY VOTING AT THE LIBRARY CONTINUES NOW THROUGH MAY 1ST AND ELECTION DAY IS MAY 6TH.

SO, UM, NOW I WOULD LIKE TO CLEAR UP SOME MISINFORMATION THAT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ONLINE REGARDING THE POTENTIAL RACKET FACILITY.

RUMORS HAVE BEEN SPREAD THAT THE CITY INTENDS TO MAKE THIS A TOURNAMENT ARENA DRAWING IN THOUSANDS OF TENNIS OR PICKLEBALL PLAYERS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE AT ALL.

IN OUR MARCH 20TH CITY COMMISSION BRIEFING, REPRESENTATIVES FROM A SPORTS FACILITY MANAGEMENT COMPANY ATTENDED OUR MEETING VIA ZOOM.

IN THIS MEETING, THE REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE WORKING ON THE PRO FORMA FOR THE CITY, WE'RE ASKING THE CITY COMMISSION QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT OUR GOALS AND VISION IS FOR THIS FACILITY.

AS A PART OF THAT DISCUSSION, ONE OF THE OPTIONS THEY MENTIONED WAS FOR UTILIZATION OF THE FACILITY WAS DID WE WANT TO HOLD TOURNAMENTS AT THE TIMESTAMP OF 30 MINUTES AND FOUR SECONDS, YOU'LL SEE ME ANSWERING THE QUESTION THAT THEY HAD FOR THE COMMISSION REGARDING THE TOURNAMENTS.

HOLLY, IF YOU COULD PLAY THE VIDEO.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE VISION IS THERE

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I THINK THEY'RE MORE ENVISIONING THE USERS, WHETHER IT BE CITY OF BRENTWOOD OR THE YOUTH, OR IF WE EXPAND IT TO THE COUNTY INTERNAL USERS HAVING TOURNAMENTS, UM, ON OCCASION, NOT, NOT AN ONGOING REGULAR THING DUE TO TRAFFIC ISSUES, BUT, YOU KNOW, ON THE WEEKENDS, UM, WHEN WE, THIS IS GONNA BE LOCATED REALLY CLOSE TO A SCHOOL AND A CHURCH.

AND SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BRING IN MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF NATIONAL ATHLETIC FIELDS AND SOME ATHLETIC FIELDS.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BRING IN, UM, NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS BY ANY MEANS.

I MEAN, OUR OTHER ATHLETIC FIELDS NEAR THERE DO HAVE SOCCER TOURNAMENTS A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE MAX.

JUST 'CAUSE WE'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS, THEY DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE HUGE OUTSIDE TOURNAMENTS COMING IN, MORE INTERNAL WITHIN THE PLAYERS THEMSELVES AND IN THIS GENERAL AREA.

SO WHEN YOU SEE THINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU WILL WANT TO VERIFY THE INFORMATION, AND THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS THROUGH OUR CITY OF BRENTWOOD WEB WEBSITE.

THANKS.

YOU HAD DETERMINED, YOU SAID YOU DID WANT HER HERE.

PLEASE, PLEASE, SIR.

UM, UM, WE'VE HAD CITIZEN COMMENTS, UH, AND THEY'RE, UH, OVER AT, NO SIR.

UM, UM, WE'VE HAD CITIZENS COMMENTS.

UH, NOW IT'S TIME FOR COMMENTS, UH, FROM COMMISSIONERS.

UH, AND THAT'S HOW THE, UH, THE MEETING, UH, HAS ALWAYS BEEN RUN.

UH, SO PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL, UH, AND MAIN HELP MAINTAIN THE DECORUM OF THE MEETING.

DO YOU MIND IF I STAND UP? MAYOR, I OBJECT BECAUSE IT'S BLOCKING MY VIEW.

I COULD NOT SEE COMMISSIONER SUSAN MCMILLAN SPEAK BECAUSE YOU'RE BLOCKING MY VIEW.

IT WOULD BE RESPECTFUL IF YOU WOULD SIT DOWN, SIR, IF THANK YOU, IF I WILL.

AND, BUT I WILL SIT DOWN UPON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT I DISRESPECT EVERYTHING THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT AND IT'S POLITICAL.

THANK YOU MAYOR, YOUR HONOR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

AND I'M SORRY, MA'AM.

COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN, DO YOU HAVE, UM, UH, FURTHER COMMENTS? THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU.

VERY GOOD.

WE'LL MOVE ON.

UH, COMMISSIONER ANDREWS.

OKAY, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I GUESS ON THE TOPIC OF OLD BUSINESS, UH, SO TO SPEAK, UH, LAST MEETING COMMISSIONER SPEARS HAD MENTIONED THAT, UH, DURING HER TIME ON THE COMMISSION, THAT WE'VE HAD ABOUT 300 VOTES IN FRONT OF THE BODY.

AND, UH, OF THOSE ONLY ABOUT ALL BUT ABOUT 10 UNANIMOUS.

UM, AND THAT IS ACCURATE, AND I THINK IT DOES SPEAK TO SOME IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, IN BIG FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES, WE'RE LARGELY IN AGREEMENT.

AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE ALL STAND BEHIND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND TAKE PUBLIC SAFETY VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY.

UH, WE'RE COMMITTED, UH, TO PRESERVING OUR ONE ACRE RESIDENTIAL ZONING AND THE, THE DEFINED CHARACTER OF BRENTWOOD.

UH, WE PROUDLY RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORT CIVIC GROUPS THAT ENRICH THE COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, SOME GREAT EXAMPLES ARE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY AND, UH, AND THE VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS.

AND YES, THERE'S, THERE'S STRONG CONSENSUS ON CONTINUING BRENT WOOD'S 30 YEAR STREAK OF NOT RAISING THE TAX RATE.

YOU KNOW, EVEN THOSE CAMPAIGNING AS CHALLENGERS THIS ELECTION AGREE ON THESE FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES.

AND THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF AGREEMENT RIGHT THERE.

BUT I ALSO THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE LEARNED FROM WHERE THERE ARE SPLIT VOTES AND WHERE THERE IS A DIVIDE.

UM, BECAUSE OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, WE'VE SEEN SOME MORE POLITICAL GAMESMANSHIP, UH, THAN BRENTWOOD DESERVES.

UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, DURING, I THINK IT WAS JULY, 2023, UH, THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT TO WITHHOLD $50,000 OF PREVIOUSLY AGREED UPON FUNDS FOR AN HVAC REPLACEMENT SYSTEM IN THE MARTIN CENTER, AN EFFORT THAT WOULD'VE DIRECTLY IMPACTED OUR SENIOR CITIZENS.

AND THAT MOVE ORCHESTRATED BY COMMISSIONER SPEARS GORMAN AND MCMILLAN WAS REVERSED ONLY BECAUSE COMMISSIONER TRAVIS BROKE RANKS AND DID THE RIGHT THING AND WERE ABLE TO, TO MAKE THAT FUNDING HAPPEN.

UM, OR ANOTHER EXAMPLE COULD BE THE FUNDING OF BRENTWOOD UP, YOU KNOW, A GROUP WITH QUESTIONABLE NEUTRALITY AND STRONG TIES TO MAYOR GORMAN.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE SPLIT ON THAT.

UM, THERE'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, THIS RECENT ATTEMPT WHERE WE'RE SPLIT ON LAUNCHING AN ETHICS INVESTIGATION, YOU KNOW, DURING CAMPAIGN SEASON OVER, UH, COMMISSIONER, LITTLE HITTING REPLY ALL, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S CLEARLY MORE ABOUT HEADLINES THAN ABOUT ETHICS.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE LATEST RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WITH HOUSE BILL OH OH 65, YOU KNOW, I FOUND OUT FROM EMAILS FROM COMMISSIONERS TRAVIS AND MCMILLAN THAT, UM, YOU

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UM, IT OPENS THE DOOR FOR PRIVATE COMPANIES TO OPERATE PUBLIC ATHLETIC FACILITIES UN UNDER OUR CITY'S FORM OF GOVERNMENT.

AND, YOU KNOW, IN THESE EMAILS THAT WENT OUT, UH, COMMISSIONERS TRAVIS MCMILLAN HIT HINTED A DEAL.

AND IN THE EMAIL THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, CUTS, UM, THE COSTS AND WHICH WE UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW IS BEING SOMEWHERE IN THE, IN THE MAGNITUDE OF $16 MILLION TO SOMEWHERE IN THE MAGNITUDE OF $6 MILLION.

BUT NO ONE OUTSIDE THE SMALL CIRCLE KNOWS WHO THIS PARTNER IS OR WHAT WAS PROMISED.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IS THAT A GOOD DEAL? WELL, MAYBE, BUT NO ONE ON THE COMMISSION OR CITY STAFF OR RESIDENTS WERE GIVEN A CHANCE TO ASK IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MATTER.

UM, YOU KNOW, WILL A PRIVATE COMPANY RUN CITY OWNED FACILITY? WILL THEY BE FUNDED BY TAXPAYERS THAT OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY? AND WHAT KIND OF STRUCTURE CAN LEAD TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY? WELL, THIS KIND OF STRUCTURE CAN LEAD TO ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUES LIKE WE'VE SEEN WITH, YOU KNOW, THE SITUATION.

WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT IT AT GOVERNOR'S CLUB, WHERE YOU HAVE A PRIVATE COMPANY RUNNING, YOU KNOW, FOR THEIR OWN INTERESTS.

AND THIS BILL ITSELF, YOU KNOW, WASN'T REVIEWED BY BRENTWOOD CITY STAFF OR TCMA, YOU KNOW, EVEN REPRESENTATIVE BSO AND SOME EMAILS I'VE SEEN AND, AND REPRESENTATIVE BSO APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT.