Jul 28, 2025 City Commission Meeting

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THANKS

[ Call to Order by Mayor Roll Call Invocation by Vice Mayor Little Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by Commissioner Travis Oath of Office for City Commissioner Stevan Pippin Leadership Brentwood Presentations]

THIS IS TERRIFIC.

SO WE'LL START OUT BY RECOGNIZING THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT OTHER THAN COMMISSIONER DUNN.

UH, TONIGHT WE'LL START WITH THE INVOCATION BY VICE MAYOR RAY LITTLE AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COMMISSIONER TRAVIS.

IF YOU WILL, PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER.

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

FATHER, EVEN THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER DAY DID NOT DESTROY THE GREAT BEAUTY OF BRENTWOOD.

AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT YOU HAVE SET OUR FEET IN SUCH PLEASANT PLACES.

LORD, WE PRAY THIS EVENING FOR THE TWO OFFICERS THAT WILL BE TAKING THE OATH, BUT ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO DAILY WATCH OVER US AND TRY TO KEEP US SAFE, WATCH OVER THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, KEEP THEM FROM STRESS, HELP THEM TO CARRY OUT THEIR CALLING WITH EXCELLENCE.

FATHER, WE PRAISE YOU FOR OUR MILITARY THAT PROTECTS US, HELPS US KEEP OUR FREEDOMS, AND WE PRAISE YOU FOR THOSE FREEDOMS WHICH ARE SO SPECIAL IN THIS WORLD.

AND LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE US WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT AS WE CARRY OUT THE BUSINESS OF BRENTWOOD AND ALL THESE THINGS WE ASK IN THE BLESSED NAME OF CHRIST OUR LORD.

AMEN.

AMEN.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN SAYING THE PLEDGE.

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 THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

SO IT IS MY PLEASURE TO SAY OUR NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA.

TONIGHT IS THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR OUR NEWEST COMMISSIONER, CITY COMMISSIONER STEVEN PIPPEN, ADMINISTERING THE OATH.

WE HAVE OUR, UH, COUNTY MAYOR ROGERS.

ANDERSON ROGERS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO INVITE YOUR FAMILY? FAMILY? I'LL LET YOU, DON'T YOU GET OVER HERE.

OKAY.

THEY CAN GET A FREE SHOT, , MATT AND KELLY WORK TURN THAT WAY SO THEY CAN SEE YOU.

OKAY.

, MAKE IT EASY ON YOU.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND TO SWEAR YOU IN.

COMMISSIONER, IF YOU WOULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I STATE YOUR NAME.

AYE.

STEPHEN PIPPEN.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I POSSESS THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS.

ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER.

FOR THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER, AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CHARTER.

AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

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

OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND STATE OF TENNESSEE.

THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS.

THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS.

OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER.

OF THE CHARTER, AND THE ORDINANCES AND THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

AND I WILL FAITHFULLY, I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE OFF DUTIES AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE.

OF THE OFFICE.

AS COMMISSIONER.

AS COMMISSIONER.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK.

AND NOW THE WORK FEED, USUALLY WALK DOWN HERE.

APPRECIATE.

THANK YOU.

IF YOU SCORE A GOAL, IT JUST PUMPS DOWN THE BENCH.

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ALRIGHT.

AND, UH, OUR NEXT PART ON THE AGENDA IS OUR LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD PRESENTATIONS.

SO, UH, DO I GET TO CHOOSE WHO GOES FIRST OR ARE Y'ALL GONNA, UH, CHOOSE YOUR OWN ORDER? WE GOT IT.

YOU GOT IT.

ALRIGHT.

SO, UH, PLEASE, UH, APPROACH THE MICROPHONE, INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND, UH, LET'S HEAR ALL ABOUT IT.

I'LL TAKE, OH, OH, SORRY.

THAT'S ALRIGHT.

MARIAN ANDREWS AND VICE MAYOR, LITTLE AND COMMISSIONERS.

UH, MY NAME IS LYNN TUCKER.

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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

AND EACH YEAR, OUR 20 CLASS MEMBERS FROM LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD DO PROJECTS, THREE PROJECTS FOR THE CITY, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO PRESENT THESE PROJECTS TONIGHT.

OUR THREE TEAMS, OUR FIRST TEAM IS TEAM TBD.

EACH TEAM GOT TO SELECT THEIR PROJECT NAME, NOT TEAM, A, B, C OR 1, 2, 3.

BUT THIS IS TEAM TBD.

NOW, IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CLASS OF 2025 IS OBJECTIVELY AND UNDISPUTED THE BEST CLASS EVER? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

WELCOME TEAM.

TVD.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UH, COMMISSIONERS, UH, I'M JASON DILL, CITY ENGINEER OF CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

UM, HAD THE HONOR OF, OF GOING THROUGH LEADERSHIP, BRENTWOOD, AND, UH, BEING ON I THINK THE BEST TEAM, TBD.

UM, OUR PROJECT WAS, UH, FOR THE, UH, UH, TENNESSEE BATS CHILDREN'S HOME.

UH, WE MET, UH, WITH THEM AND, AND THEY DISCUSSED A NEED, UH, TO US THAT, UH, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF NEEDS.

ACTUALLY.

THE, THEIR PRIMARY NEED WAS THEY HAD AN OLD CLOSET IN THE OLD GYM THAT WAS BASICALLY FOLDED UP WITH, UH, UH, WOOD RACKS AND CLOSETS AND, AND KIND OF THE WAY THEY WERE FUNCTIONING NOW AS THEY WERE ROLLING IN ALL OF THEIR GAMES AND BALLS AND THAT TYPES OF MATERIAL, UH, IN AND OUT OF THE GYM.

SO THEY NEEDED SPACE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT SPACE A LITTLE BETTER.

UM, THEY ALSO, UH, HAD A DEFUNCT, UH, UH, UH, AIR HOCKEY TABLE, AND THEY ALSO, UH, EXPRESSED THE NEED.

WELL, YEAH, THERE'S AIR HOCKEY TABLE.

THEY EXPRESSED THE NEED, UH, FOR A SPACE WHERE, UH, WHERE, UH, WE'RE, UH, FOSTER PARENTS THAT COME IN AND HELP SUPPORT THESE KIDS.

SOMETIMES THEY NEED A PLACE TO, TO, FOR RELIEVE STRESS RELIEF.

SO ONE OF THOSE IDEAS WAS A WORKOUT AREA.

SO THEY NEEDED A A A BASICALLY A WEIGHT BAR.

WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT, BUT A WEIGHT BAR TO HOUSE THE WEIGHTS AND GIVE 'EM A SPACE TO, TO DO A LITTLE EXERCISE, A LITTLE, LITTLE, LITTLE, LITTLE, UH, DE-STRESS.

SO, BUT ANYWAYS, UH, WE, WE TOOK A WEEKEND AND WENT IN AND, UH, DEMOED THE CLOSETS OUT.

UH, I WILL HAVE TO GIVE A A THANKS TO, UH, BAIRD GRAHAM, WHO'S BUILDING SOME OF THE HOUSES OUT AT EASTMAN PRESERVE IF HE LET US BORROW THEIR DUMPSTER.

SO THAT, UH, ALLOWED US TO PUT A FEW MORE BUCKS INTO, TO SOME OF THE AMENITIES WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE.

UM, SO ANYWAYS, YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE HAD ABOUT A $4,000 GOAL.

WE REACHED OUR GOAL.

UH, WE HAD A HUNDRED PERCENT TEAMWORK.

UH, WE HAD, UH, I GUESS TWO SLIGHT ISSUES WITH THE CLOSET.

WE KIND OF DESTROYED ONE FLUORESCENT LAMP AND WE HAD ONE SLIGHT PUNCTURE WOUND IN THE FOOT.

UM, BUT OTHER THAN EVERY, EVERYTHING ELSE WENT OUT WITHOUT A HITCH.

UM, AND WE REALLY, UH, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, DO THIS FOR THE CHILDREN'S HOME.

SO, WELL, THANK YOU.

THE JET SET ARTISANS ARE THE NEXT TEAM.

THIS IS A VERY EXCITING PROJECT.

ARE OTHER TEAM MEMBERS OH, ENOUGH YEARS, RIGHT? THAT'S WHY I HAD TO FINALLY GO THROUGH.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

UH, WE ARE, UH, THE TEAM JET SET ARTISANS AND OUR LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD PROJECT THIS YEAR.

WE WERE ACTUALLY, UM, APPROACHED BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

THEY ARE BUILDING THE NEW WINDY HILL PARK OVER IN, UH, BRENTWOOD.

THE PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED BY THE SENSING FAMILY.

UM, AND ON THAT PROPERTY HE ACTUALLY USED IT AS AN AIRSTRIP.

SO AS PART OF OUR MURAL, WE WANTED TO CAPTURE THE SPIRIT OF THE, THE PROPERTY, WHAT IT HAD BEEN USED FOR.

SO THERE IS AN EXISTING HANGAR STRUCTURE THAT WILL STAY ON THE PROPERTY.

AND OUR PROJECT IS ACTUALLY HAVING A MURAL PAINTED ON THE SIDE OF IT.

UH, SO WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS A GOOD WAY TO KIND OF CAPTURE SOME AESTHETICS, UH, TO WHAT OVERALL IS GONNA BE A GREAT PARK.

I, I, AS I UNDERSTAND IT'S UNDERWAY, UM, THIS IS WHAT THE MURAL IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

WE HAVE OUR ARTISTS SELECTED AND WE PRETTY MUCH ARE JUST WAITING ON THE GREEN LIGHT FOR WHEN THE PARK IS READY AND THERE'S NOT SUCH HEAT AND DUST AND EVERYTHING BLOWING AROUND.

UM, BUT WITH THIS PROJECT, WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO RAISE, UH, $18,000, UM, JUST THROUGH LOCAL SUPPORT, DIFFERENT, UH, ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, ALL KIND OF CONTRIBUTING.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO PAINT THAT PICTURE YOU SEE THERE ON THAT, UH, ON THE HANGAR, UM, JUST AS A COMMEMORATION TOWARDS THE SENSING FAMILY AND BRINGING A LITTLE ART TO THE, TO THE PARK.

ALRIGHT,

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AND SO THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE SHOWN UP FOR THESE PROJECTS AND WE WANNA SHOW UP FOR THE CITY.

SO LET'S, GOOD.

THANK YOU LYNN.

GREAT JOB.

UM, WELL THANK YOU.

UH, MY NAME IS DIANA KISH.

I DON'T CHALLENGE YOU TO PRONOUNCE OR RENAME OR REMEMBER MY NAME, SURNAME.

THAT'S OKAY.

SO, AS LYNN MENTIONED, UH, OUR TEAM NAME IS SHOW UP, THOUGH IT'S ONLY TWO OF US, SO I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE NAMED SOMETHING ELSE.

, BUT THAT'S OKAY, AS LONG AS TWO OF US ARE HERE.

UH, SO THE PROJECT THAT WE DID WAS BRENTWOOD LIBRARY, AND I WANT TO THANK BECAUSE I SAW MANY OF YOU ON OUR RIBBON CUTTING A WEEK AGO, WHICH I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD SUCCESS TO HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN SUCH A HEAT AND ON FRIDAY.

SO GOOD ON THAT.

UH, WHY WE CHOSE A PROJECT, BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WE STARTED TO BRAINSTORM, THE IDEA WAS TO BRING SOMETHING TO, TO WORK ON SOMETHING THAT IS VERY PRECIOUS TO BRENTWOOD AND SOMETHING THAT WOULD BRING THE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER AND IMPROVE EVEN THE SPACE THAT IS ALREADY SO GREAT.

SO WHERE WE LOOKED AT BRENTWOOD LIBRARY.

SO WE HAD TWO KIND OF AREAS.

THE FIRST WAS THE AMPHITHEATER.

SURPRISINGLY MANY LIBRARY GO GOERS DID NOT EVEN KNOW THERE'S AN AMPHITHEATER AT THE BACK OF THE LIBRARY BECAUSE IT WAS PRETTY RUN DOWN.

SO AGAIN, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE COLLABORATION ON THAT PROJECT BECAUSE WITHOUT THE PARKS AND RES HELP, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CLEAN THAT UP.

SO BIG THANKS FOR THEIR SUPPORT AS WELL.

AND NOW WE COULD SEE, THE OTHER DAY I WAS WALKING THERE, THEY COULD HAVE DONE TCAP REHEARSALS, UH, BEFORE THE HOLIDAY.

SO IT WAS STARTING TO BEING UTILIZED MORE THAN IT WAS BEFORE.

NOW IF WE MOVE, NEXT ONE, UH, SO ANOTHER PART OF OUR PROJECT WAS WE WANTED OUTDOOR PLACE TO BE MORE EDUCATIONAL AND PLAYFUL.

SO WE INSTALLED TWO PICNIC TABLES A ROW ALONG THE PADS.

NOW, WHEN WE STARTED DOING THIS PROJECT, I COULD NEVER IMAGINE THAT INSTALLING A PAD WOULD COST COUPLE OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, .

BUT THERE YOU GO.

NINE MONTHS LATER, WE KNOW THE PRICE OF THE PAD.

SO AGAIN, TO MAKE THIS PROJECT MORE INCLUSIVE, THE FIRST TABLE AS YOU SEE ON THE PICTURE, WHICH IS CLOSER TO THE PATH, IS A DA ACCESSIBLE, WHILE THE TABLE THAT IS DOWN FURTHER AT THE BACK, IT HAS A CHESS TABLES, AGAIN TO FOSTER THE SPIRIT OF LEARNING AND EDUCATION AMONG THE KIDS.

AND APART FROM THAT, WE ALSO BOUGHT, UH, CORN HOLES, OTHER OUTDOOR GAMES, BIG JENGAS, LOTS OF CONNECTED DOTS, ET CETERA.

SO JUST TO MAKE SURE KIDS ARE ENTERTAINED AND THEY SPEND THE DOORS OUTSIDE AND ALSO INTEGRATED LEARNING WITH THEIR PLAYING.

AND THE LAST ONE, WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT, OF COURSE, THE SUPPORT OF OUR SPONSORS.

BIG THANK YOU TO BNA AND FOR CLASSIC HOME CONSTRUCTIONS.

UH, BIG THANK YOU ALSO FOR THE BRENT TO THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY, PYA ROTARY CLUBS, AND TWO OF THEM LEAN ALSO THE MORNING AND THE EVENING ONES.

, UH, TMP AND GAMES TO GO.

TOTAL RAISED BUDGET WAS 11,750.

AND LYNN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THERE WAS $2 LEFT THE LAST TIME I CHECKED .

SO THAT'S ALL, UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTION.

THANK.

WELL, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THESE PRESENTATIONS, THESE PROJECTS.

AND UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK IN THE COMMUNITY AND FOR MAKING THE TIME TO DO LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD.

I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC PROGRAM AND WELL WORTH IT.

ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE, UH, COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS.

UH, INDIVIDUALS MAY COMMENT ON ANY ITEM, WHOOPS.

OH, EXCUSE

[2. Approval or Correction of Minutes]

I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO WE'LL GO BACK TO THE APPROVAL OF CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

SECOND.

ALRIGHT, SO MOTION BY VICE MAYOR, LITTLE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DONAHUE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A AYE.

OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, PASSES.

SO NOW WE'LL DO COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS ABSTAIN.

OH, ONE ABSTENTION, ONE ABSTENTION.

THANK YOU.

COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS, INDIVIDUALS MAY COMMENT ON ANY ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT TO REGULAR AGENDA OR ANY OTHER ITEM REGARDING THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

ALL COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AS A WHOLE.

CITIZENS WHO WISH TO MAKE OR REQUEST AN ITEM BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION SHOULD MAKE THAT KNOWN TO THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.

AND DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE SIGN IN SHEET? ALRIGHT, WELL, NO SIGN IN IS REQUIRED.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO, UH, APPROACH AND SPEAK GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE? COMMENTS CLOSED.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE

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

JASON, GOOD EVENING.

UH, THE, UH, BAR FOR COMMENTS IS PRETTY HIGH TONIGHT, SO I'LL DO MY BEST.

, UM, WE'D LIKE TO, WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UH, WE HAVE HIRED, UH, NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR, UH, STARTING AUGUST 4TH.

UH, TANYA TRAVIS, SHE WILL TAKE THE TITLE OF FINANCE DIRECTOR DESIGNATE AT THIS POINT.

I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A SECOND.

UH, SHE HAS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ACCOUNTING AND A MASTER'S IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, BOTH FROM MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY.

UH, SHE HAS OVER 23 YEARS OF PUBLIC FINANCE EXPERIENCE AND IS A CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL FINANCE OFFICER.

SO IT'S A WONDERFUL THING.

UH, SHE'S SERVED IN THE CITIES OF SPRING HILL, FAYETTEVILLE,

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WE KNOW IT AS MTAS.

UH, SHE BRINGS TO THE JOB A HIGH LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, AND CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS.

AND SO SHE'LL FILL THE POSITION THAT WILL BE LEFT, UH, VACANT BY OUR OWN, UH, KAREN HARPER, WHO PLANS TO RETIRE IN EARLY 2026.

SO WE'VE PURPOSELY BUILT IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OVERLAP, WHICH WE THINK WILL MAKE THE TRANSITION MUCH EASIER, MUCH MORE SEAMLESS.

UH, BOTH INDIVIDUALS KNOW EACH OTHER AND THEY WILL WORK TOGETHER THROUGH THE FALL, WINTER.

AND, UH, THAT'LL GIVE TANYA AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, LEARN ABOUT THE PEOPLE, THE FUNCTION, THE ORGANIZATION, AND HOW WE FIT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

UH, IT ALSO PROVIDES TIME AND OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH TANYA AND KAREN AND THEIR STAFF TO REALLY, UH, GET, UH, TAKE SOME TIME AWAY FROM THE DAILY ROUTINE, WHICH KIND OF TIES YOUR TIME UP AND, UH, FOCUS ON THE LOOKING AT ROLES AND, UH, INITIATIVES AND PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGIES AND ALL THOSE THINGS WHILE WE HAVE ALL THAT BRAIN TRUST TOGETHER.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HER, UH, START ON AUGUST 4TH AND WE EXPECT GREAT THINGS OUTTA THAT FUNCTION.

AND THEN FINALLY, UH, JUST A REMINDER THAT THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, UH, AUGUST 4TH, WHICH IS REALLY HARD TO BELIEVE.

UH, WE DO ASK ALL MOTORISTS TO PUT CHILDREN'S SAFETY FIRST AND BE CAUTIOUS IF THEY, AS THEY DRIVE THROUGH OUR SCHOOL ZONES.

WE ALL KNOW WE CAN TRAIN OUR KIDS AND TRAIN OUR KIDS AND TRAIN OUR KIDS.

SOMETIMES THEY WON'T LOOK AND THEY'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT SCHOOL AS WELL.

SO WE JUST ASK EVERYONE TO SLOW DOWN AND PAY ATTENTION AND BE SAFE.

THANK YOU.

VERY GOOD.

ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR REPORT FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

NO REPORT TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

REPORTS IN COMMONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.

WE'LL START TONIGHT WITH KIM OR COMMISSIONER EREZ.

OKAY.

UM, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, FIRST OFF, A BIG THANK YOU TO JONATHAN.

UM, ER BER, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SAYING HIS NAME RIGHT, UM, IN PUBLIC WORKS AND THEIR TEAM, THERE WAS A CRASH ON THE, AT THE WALL, UM, BY NOW I'M BLANK ON THE STREET, FRANKLIN ROAD AND THOROUGHBRED THOROUGHBRED, THANK YOU.

AND THEY WIPED OUT OUR LITTLE ROCK WALL AND MONUMENT, AND THEY HAD IT CLEANED UP AND READY TO GO, UH, OR JUST BEFORE THE DAY HAD EVEN HALFWAY FINISHED AND MORE SO THEY MANAGED TO SAVE A LOT OF THE ROCK TO, TO REDO THE WALL.

SO I APPRECIATE HIS EFFORTS AND GETTING THAT DONE.

UM, ALSO, UM, WE HAVE SOME PICTURES OF SMITH PARK, I THINK.

IS THAT OKAY, THANK YOU.

SO THEY HAD A WORKDAY AT SMITH PARK, UM, TO CLEAN UP THE TRAILS.

THERE WERE OVER 20 VOLUNTEERS THAT SHOWED UP AND, UM, 13 YOUTH, WHICH IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE IN THIS HEAT.

AND, UM, THEY SHOWED UP CLEANING DEBRIS AND SMOOTHING THE SURFACES, AND THERE WAS A HUGE, UM, DIFFERENCE IN IMPACT THAT THEY MADE BECAUSE OF ALL THE RAIN THAT WE'VE HAD.

UM, SO IT IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT THE THE JOB THEY DID, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THERE'S A WORKDAY COMING UP IN NOVEMBER, SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SERVICE HOURS AND SPEND TIME OUTSIDE TOGETHER DOING PRODUCTIVE WORK.

UM, AND TWO MORE THINGS.

THE BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL GOLF TEAM CAME IN NINTH OUT OF 60 SCHOOLS.

THEY DID A THREE DAY TOURNAMENT.

AND I DON'T SPEAK GOLF, SO SORRY FOR THE GOLFING, SO I JUST KNOW IT'S A THREE DAY 54 HOLE STROKE PLAY, WHATEVER THAT MEANS.

UM, IT SEEMS IMPRESSIVE THOUGH BECAUSE , UM, THEY, UM, WERE 12 OVER 876, SO THERE'S THE LAST BIT OF THAT LINGO.

UM, BUT THOSE GUYS IS JACK DOLE FINISHED, UM, DOYLE FINISHED FOURTH OVERALL, UM, ONLY ONE STROKE BEHIND THE THIRD PLACE, UM, GUY.

AND THEN THERE WAS GRAHAM O'NEILL, BENNETT LIN, LUKE PFO, AND GEORGE LA LAC.

I'M SAYING, I'M NOT SAYING HIS NAME PROPERLY, BUT THEY DID A GREAT JOB.

SO SHOUT OUT TO BRENTWOOD, UM, ON THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.

AND, UM, THE LAST THING IS THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY FAIR IS COMING UP.

IT'S AUGUST 1ST THROUGH NINTH, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN, IT'S A LOT OF FUN, BUT MORE SO WE NEED VOLUNTEERS EVERY YEAR.

UM, IT'S A LOT OF FUN TO VOLUNTEER IF YOU NEED SERVICE HOURS, IF YOU NEED HONOR, HONOR SOCIETY HOURS, OR YOU JUST WANNA HAVE A FREE PASS, THEY WILL GIVE YOU TWO PASSES IF YOU VOLUNTEER FOR FOUR HOURS, UM, INCLUDING A HAT OR POSSIBLY A T-SHIRT IF THEY DON'T RUN OUT AND DINNER FOR, UM, THE VOLUNTEER ON THE NIGHT BEFORE THE FAIR OPENS.

UM, THEY REALLY NEED VOLUNTEERS ON TUESDAY NIGHT FOR THE LITTLE PETTING, UM, AREA.

THAT'S A, A HUGE, HUGE HIT.

AND THEY NEED A LOT OF, UM, EXTRA HANDS.

SO IT'S A GREAT, IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

IF YOU HAVE TIME, TAKE AND 16 AND UP CAN GO, UM, AND VOLUNTEER.

THERE'S A LITTLE FORM.

JUST GO TO WILLIAMSON COUNTY FAIR.COM AT THE COUNTY SITE AND FILL OUT THE FORM AND YOU GET, YOU GET IN AND IT'S A, IT'S A LOT OF FUN, SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER DONAHUE.

THANK YOU.

UH, FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO DO IS TO WELCOME COMMISSIONER PIPPIN TO OUR BOARD'S.

GONNA BE A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE.

AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU, YOU KNOW, YOUR,

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SO, WELCOME, UM, ON SOME EXCITING LOCAL NEWS FOR EVERYBODY THAT IS COMPLAINING ABOUT, UH, THE TRAFFIC ON CONCORD ROAD.

HOLT ROAD IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN ON JULY 31ST MAYBE.

UM, BUT THEY HAVE THE, THE TEMPORARY LIGHTS, UH, TRAFFIC LIGHT AT HOLT AND NOLANSVILLE IS ALMOST INSTALLED, IS HOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE PUTTING IT.

UM, THEY HAVE ALREADY PAVED SOME OF HOLT ROAD.

THEY NEED TO FINISH THE WORK AT THE INTERSECTION.

AND THEY ANTICIPATE THOUGH THAT IT WILL OPEN ON JULY 31ST, AND IF NOT, IT WILL BE AUGUST 1ST.

SO JUST IN TIME FOR THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC.

BUT HOPEFULLY THAT'LL TAKE, YOU KNOW, KNOW, SIPHON OFF SOME TRAFFIC FROM CONCORD ROAD.

UM, I ALSO WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK THE CITY AND, UM, DIRECTOR HARPER FOR THE TRANSITION THAT'S PLANNED, UH, IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

I'VE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH AN INCREDIBLE USEFUL ARRANGEMENT, UM, AND, AND IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE SO BENEFICIAL.

UM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THE CITY IS, IS DOING THAT AND THAT YOU HAVE SUGGESTED THAT AND ARE GONNA WORK WITH, UM, MS. TRAVIS ONTO THE LIBRARY.

THE LIBRARY HAS BEEN A VERY BUSY PLACE THIS SUMMER FOR BOTH STAFF AND THE PATRONS.

UH, SUMMER READING ENDS JULY 31ST.

THERE'S A PARTY OF SORTS THERE AT ONE O'CLOCK, UM, WITH GAMES, TREATS, ACTIVITIES, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TURN IN YOUR REPORT UNTIL AUGUST 11TH, BUT THE LAST DAY TO SIGN UP IS 31ST.

AND IN EXCITING NEWS, WE'VE HAD 547 CHILDREN REGISTER, WHO HAVE READ 286,708 MINUTES SO FAR.

THE TEENS ARE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THERE WITH ONLY 40 OF THEM REGISTERING AND ONLY 35,000 MINUTES READ.

BUT THE ADULTS MIGHT ONLY BE 136 REGISTRANTS, REGISTRANTS, BUT THEY HAVE READ 155,719 MINUTES, WHICH IS A LOT OF READING AND A LOT TO BE PROUD OF THERE, I THINK FOR OUR CITY OF GOES TO SHOW WHAT A LOT OF, UH, MATERIALS WE HAVE AND HOW WE ATTRACT JUST DIVERSE PEOPLE THERE.

THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY RAISED $24,780 AT THE BOOK SALE IN JULY, WHICH IS AWESOME.

AND ON LIBRARY STAFFING NEWS, UM, AMY PIERCE HAS BEEN, DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? AMY PIERCE HAS BEEN HIRED AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES COORDINATOR TO ASSIST OUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR.

AND THIS IS, UH, KIND OF AN A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGE FROM WHAT A PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATOR WAS, BUT THIS IS, UH, THE HELP THAT'S BEEN NEEDED THE MOST.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL REDUCE SOME OF THE BURDEN ON, UH, THE DIRECTOR.

WE HAD TWO PROMOTIONS VERY WELL DESERVED WITHIN THE LIBRARY, UM, RECOGNIZING THE WORK THAT THE WOMEN ARE ALREADY DOING.

AND PAMELA JOHNSON IS NOW OFFICIALLY THE CIRCULATION SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR.

AND ROBIN, ROBIN WALDEN IS THE TECHNICAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR.

SO THOSE HAVE BEEN GOOD PROMOTIONS.

UM, THIS ZF IS WORKING WITH THIS CITY'S IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

THEY ARE, UH, SECURING QUOTES AND LOOKING AT SAMPLES FOR NEW CARPET IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA.

THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE IT STAFF TO REFRESH THE AV IN THE MEETING ROOMS. THERE'LL BE A NEW PROJECTOR, HOPEFULLY IT'S SOLD IN MID-SEPTEMBER, AND THEN OTHER UPDATES TO THE TECH EQUIPMENT IN THE MEETING ROOMS AS THE YEAR GOES ON.

UM, THEY'RE ALSO WORKING TO SELECT A RUG FOR THE GATHER AREA.

AND, UM, SPEAKING OF THE GATHER AREA, THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY HAD DONATED THE MONEY FOR THAT.

SO IT'S CALLED THE FRIENDS GATHER AREA.

BUT BECAUSE OF EXCELLENT FISCAL MANAGEMENT BY THE LIBRARY STAFF AND THE FRIENDS AND THE COMMITTEES, UM, THERE WAS MONEY LEFT OVER.

SO THE MONEY LEFT OVER IS GOING TO BE USED FOR PAYING FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED AREA RUGS IN THE GATHER AREA, BUT THEY ALSO ARE GOING TO REUPHOLSTER ALL THE BENCHES THAT, OR EIGHT OF THE BENCHES THAT ARE IN THE LIBRARY.

AND, UM, THAT, UH, AND THAT'S WITH THEM.

AND THEN TO WEDNESDAY, A BARGE DESIGN FIRM WHO HAS BEEN HIRED TO HELP REDO THE TEEN SPACE AND THE QUIET SPACE.

THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY SWAPPING LOCATIONS IN THE LIBRARY AND SO NEED TO BE COMPLETELY REDONE, ARE PRESENTING THEIR THREE PRELIMINARY DESIGN CONCEPTS TO THE SPACE COMMITTEE ON WEDNESDAY AT NOON.

AND SO, UM, HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL START MOVING WITH THOSE TWO AREAS.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

COMMISSIONER TRAVIS.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, FIRST I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE STEVE PIPPEN.

UH, GREAT TO HAVE YOU THERE, HERE, MISS YOU ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT GLAD YOU'RE HERE, YOU'LL DO A GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SERVING BRENTWOOD FOR MANY, MANY VALUABLE YEARS.

GREATLY APPRECIATED.

UH, THANK YOU BRENTWOOD LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD.

UM, IT WAS MY IDEA A FEW YEARS AGO TO GET BRENTWOOD LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD TO COME AND SHOW THE COMMISSION WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

UM, I KNOW COM COMMISSIONER LITTLE AND I HAVE BEEN TO MANY OF THESE AND WE SAT THERE AND JUST LOVED THEM.

AND IF PEOPLE HAVE TIME TO SEE THE IN DEPTH PRESENTATION, THEY'RE EVEN BETTER IN WHAT YOU HAVE HERE.

SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

YOUR WORK IS,

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YOU, YOU REALLY CHOOSE GREAT PROJECTS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, I'D LIKE TO ALSO SHOW A SLIDE AND THANK THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED OUT AT THE, UH, SMITH PARK AS WELL.

I WON'T GO INTO MORE DETAIL OTHER THAN TELLING JUST LIKE, UH, COMMISSIONER GARRIS SAID WE HAD OVER 20 VOLUNTEERS THERE AND THEY WORKED HARD AND PRETTY WARM FOR THEM TO BE OUT THERE DOING THAT.

I KNOW THEY'RE IN THE SHADE AND EVERYTHING, BUT AGAIN, OVER AND ABOVE, GREATLY APPRECIATED.

UM, I DO WANT TO GO IN TONIGHT TO SOMETHING ELSE, AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH AN AGENDA ITEM.

THE MAYOR, TONIGHT'S AGENDA INCLUDES THE MAYOR APPOINTMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO FILL THE VACANCY LEFT BY STEVE PIPPEN ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION DURING THE MAY ELECTIONS.

OUR CITIZENS VOICE TO CLEAR AND CONSISTENT MESSAGE.

THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD MUST BE CONDUCTED WITH OPENNESS AND TRANSPARENCY.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE VERY OPEN AND TRANSPARENT AS WE DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NEW PLANNING COMMISSIONER.

LAST WEEK I WAS ASKED BY THE MAYOR TO SUBMIT A CANDIDATE TO FILL THE VACANCY LEFT BY STEVE PIPPEN.

I SUBMITTED A HIGHLY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL, WADE PRI WADE HAS BEEN ATTENDING THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, HOPING FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

HIS HIGHLIGHTS IN HIS LETTER TO THE COMMISSION INCLUDES HE'S BEEN A BRENTWOOD RESIDENT SINCE 2011.

HE'S MARRIED WITH THREE CHILDREN, ALL ATTENDING BRENTWOOD HIGH BRENTWOOD SCHOOLS.

HIS LI WIFE ELIZABETH IS A LIFELONG RESIDENT EXCEPT FOR A SHORT TIME IN COLLEGE.

SHE'S PAST PRESIDENT OF PTO.

SHE'S VOLUNTEERS AT BRENTWOOD BAPTIST.

THEY'VE LIVED IN WITHERSPOON FOR THREE YEARS.

WADE IS A COMMERCIAL BANKER IN BRENTWOOD SONATA BANK.

IT'S THE ONLY COMMERCIAL BANK HEADQUARTERED IN BRENTWOOD.

HE COACHES BRENTWOOD BLAZE FOOTBALL, WHERE HE IS TONIGHT FULFILLING HIS CIVIC DUTY.

HE GRADUATED FROM BRENTWOOD CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY.

HE'S INVOLVED WITH BRENTWOOD ACADEMY BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP ADVISORY GROUP.

AFTER REVIEWING THE INFORMATION, COMMISSIONER DUNN RESPONDED, RESPONDED TO ME WITH A NOTE SAYING, I THINK HIS INFO IS IMPRESSIVE.

COMMISSIONER DUNN HAS COMMUNICATED TO BOTH MY MAYOR AND MYSELF THAT SHE HAS GEOGRAPHIC CONCERNS REGARDING MY NOMINEE FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

COULD YOU PUT UP THAT MAP, HOLLY, WITH THE MAP, WITH THE, THIS IS JUST MY VERSION OF A MAP THAT WAS DONE TO SHOW YOU WHERE COMMISSIONERS ARE LOCATED.

THE RED.IN THE CENTER INDICATES WHERE WADE PRI LIVED.

IT'S REALLY VIRTUALLY CLOSE TO THE CENTER OF BRENTWOOD.

THE GREEN DOT REPRESENTS WHERE COMMISSIONER PIPPEN HOME IS NOT TOO FAR AWAY.

SO GEOGRAPHICALLY LOOKS LIKE A MATCH TO ME.

I THINK WAY PRI SHOULD BE GEOGRAPHICALLY ACCEPTABLE ACCORDING TO HOW I WOULD SAY GEOGRAPHICALLY.

IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER OVER HERE IS MARKED BY GREEN ARROWS, IS THE RESIDENT OF OUR MOST RECENTLY APPOINTED CITY PLANT PLANNING COMMISSIONER.

THE LOCATION IS JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM ANOTHER PLANNING COMMISSIONER.

THERE APPEAR TO BE NO GEOGRAPHIC CONCERNS RAISED DURING THE APPOINTMENT OF THIS PLANNING COMMISSIONER, DESPITE HER RESIDENCE BEING JUST BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE SITTING PLANNING COMMISSIONER.

A VERY SIMILAR SITUATION GOES ON DOWN HERE TO BOTTOM RIGHT TWO PLANNING COMMISSIONERS LIVING VERY CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER.

THIS COMPARISON HELPS ILLUSTRATE THE GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT OF THE APPOINTMENT AND PROVIDES A VISUAL REFERENCE FOR CONSIDERATION.

COMMISSIONER JOHN WROTE BOTH THE MAYOR AND MYSELF STATING, I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO LOOK AT THE CITY GEOGRAPHICALLY WHEN CHOOSING A PLANNING COMMISSIONER.

I ALSO THINK THAT FOUR, BEING FROM WITHERSPOON GOVERNOR'S CLUB, ANNANDALE AND OMEN, THOSE TYPES OF LARGE HOMES AND THEIR CONCERNS ARE ALREADY WELL REPRESENTED.

NO GUIDANCE WAS PROVIDED TO CITY COMMISSIONERS INDICATING THAT THERE'S GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION SHOULD INFLUENCE THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

CANDIDATES WITH THREE NEW MEMBERS RECENTLY JOINED THE COMMISSION.

IF GEOGRAPHIC BALANCE WERE A PRIORITY, SHOULD THIS NOT HAVE BEEN EXPLAINED AND COMMUNICATED.

CITY COMMISSIONERS AND PLANNING COMMISSIONERS ARE AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVES AND TRUSTED TO SERVE THE INTEREST OF ALL RE BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS.

REGARDLESS OF NEIGHBORHOOD OR PRECINCT.

GEOGRAPHY WAS NOT PRESENTED AS A CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS, AND I DON'T BELIEVE ALL COMMISSIONERS, PARTICULARLY THE THREE NEWLY ELECTED ONES, WERE MADE AWARE OF THIS REQUIREMENT.

AGAIN, I WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION FACTOR AT THE TIME OF MY REC RECOMMENDATION.

IF THIS IS CONSIDERED, IF THIS, IF THIS CONSIDERATION IS INTENDED TO INFLUENCE FUTURE APPOINTMENTS, I RESPECTFULLY RECOMMEND THAT WE FORMALLY DEFINE AND DOCUMENT SUCH

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ONE OF OUR PLANNING COMMISSIONERS INFORMALLY POLLED SITTING COMMISSIONERS.

AND BASED ON THOSE CONVERSATION, THERE BE SEEMS TO BE BROAD SUPPORT FOR MY NOMINEE.

MY CANDIDATE HAS NO POLITICAL AMBITION.

HIS MOTIVATION STEMS FROM A GENUINE LOVE OF THE BRENTWOOD AND HIS DESIRE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

I ASK THAT YOU GIVE HIM THAT CHANCE.

MAYOR, THIS APPOINTMENT RESTS WITH YOU.

I HOPE YOU'LL AGREE THAT GEOGRAPHIC CONCERNS SHOULD NOT BE A DETERMINING FACTOR WITH MY NOMINEE.

THE DETERMINING FACTOR SHOULD BE HIS ABILITY TO DO THE JOB.

WADE IS UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO BE A BRENTWOOD PLANNING COMMISSIONER.

HE IS DEDICATED TO BRENTWOOD AND SEEKS TO BE PART OF THE PLANNING.

HE WANTS TO BE PART OF PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.

I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU APPOINT HIM AND GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ROLE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

MAYOR, UH, COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU.

UM, I GUESS OFFICIALLY I'M PART OF THE TREE BOARD NOW.

IS THAT RIGHT? NOT YET, BUT YOU WILL BE.

OKAY.

, APPARENTLY LYNN TUCKER HAS ESP BECAUSE SHE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO GRAB ME WHEN I WALKED IN THE ROOM.

SO, UH, SO I DON'T HAVE A TREE REPORT YET, BUT THERE IS ONE FORTHCOMING I IMAGINE, UM, BEING THE ROOKIE UP HERE AND, AND NEW IN THIS SEAT.

I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT, UH, ON A PERSONAL NOTE JUST TO SAY HOW, HOW HUMBLED AND HONORED I AM HONORED, UH, TO BE HERE.

I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY SECRET THAT WE'VE COME THROUGH SOME CHALLENGES LATELY AND, UM, TO GET TO THIS JUNCTURE.

AND I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED AND ENCOURAGED ME ALONG THE WAY, ESPECIALLY TO MY AMAZING WIFE, LESLIE OF 46 YEARS RIGHT THERE, THE CAKE LADY, LESLIE HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY NUMBER ONE CHEERLEADER AND PRAYER WARRIOR, AND I JUST, I LOVE HER FOR THAT.

OF COURSE.

UH, TO MY DAUGHTER LINDSAY SITTING RIGHT THERE, UH, I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE HER HERE TONIGHT.

IF YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT TPAC, THERE'S YOUR LADY RIGHT THERE.

UH, TO MY SON.

SITTING TO HER, RIGHT, RIGHT THERE.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT, UH, KAYAKING OR A COMPUTER.

BIZ DEV, HE'S THE MAN RIGHT THERE.

I'M SO GLAD YOU GUYS ARE HERE, UH, TONIGHT.

I, I ALSO WANNA SAY, UH, SPECIAL SHOUT OUTS TO SOME VERY TREASURED FRIENDS.

THE SUBTLES ARE HERE, THE TATUMS ARE HERE.

UH, WHO AM I MISSING? ANYBODY ELSE FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD? THE REDS ARE BACK THERE.

YES, MR. BRENTWOOD HIMSELF.

THANK YOU.

I JUST LOVE YOUR FAMILY.

I REALLY DO.

UH, YOUR PRESENCE HERE MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THROUGH THE YEARS.

UH, I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY FELLOW PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AND THE AMAZING, UH, PLANNING STAFF WHO I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING ALONGSIDE.

UH, NEW DIRECTOR PETROSKI IS BACK THERE ON THE BACK ROW.

AND FORMER DIRECTOR DOBSON IS RIGHT UP HERE.

I I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM BOTH OF YOU GUYS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND I'M, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF THAT ASSOCIATION.

VERY MUCH SO.

AND WHOEVER TAKES THAT SEAT NOW HAS A GOOD TEAM TO LEARN FROM.

AM I RIGHT, COMMISSIONER? YES.

UM, ALSO TO THIS ESTEEMED PANEL OF COMMISSIONERS, UH, MAYOR ANDREWS, VICE MAYOR, LITTLE, UM, CITY MANAGER GAGE, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, JAY EVANS AND OUR CRACK LEGAL TEAM OVER THERE.

COUNSELOR CORN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, DILIGENCE AND YOUR TRANSPARENCY IN PUTTING TOGETHER THIS SELECTION PROCESS THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH FOR THIS.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I, I KNOW THAT WAS DIFFICULT.

UH, I ALSO HAVE A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE OTHER APPLICANTS, UH, WHO SAW THIS AS I DID, I BELIEVE AS AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO SERVE AND TO GIVE BACK TO THIS CITY THAT WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE.

AND SO I JUST WANNA SAY A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO THOSE APPLICANTS ONE I'M STARING AT RIGHT NOW.

UH, PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T LET THIS THAT END, UH, STAY ENGAGED, STAY INVOLVED.

WE NEED YOUR IDEAS IN THIS ARENA.

I'LL REPEAT THAT.

YOU ARE NEEDED IN THIS ARENA OF IDEAS.

THANK YOU.

AND FINALLY, MY HOPE AND PRAYER AS I STRIVE TO FULFILL THIS ROLE IS THAT THERE WILL BE A BIT OF, UM, PATIENCE GRANTED TO ME AND A WHOLE LOT OF GRACE AS I NAVIGATE THE, UM, THE LEARNING CURVE.

AND, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF NEW MATERIAL TO GET UP TO SPEED ON.

AND SO THAT'S GONNA TAKE ME A MINUTE OR TWO.

SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME AS I COMMENCE THAT TASK.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST, UH, IN GIVING ME THE SEAT.

AND I PROMISE I WILL DO ALL IN MY

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THANK YOU.

AND GOD BLESS.

APPRECIATE WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK COMMISSIONER PIPPEN.

WE VERY PROUD AND GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU AS PART OF OUR TEAM HERE AT CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

VICE MAYOR.

LITTLE, UH, YES.

UH, THANK YOU AGAIN TO LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD FOR THE GREAT PROJECTS.

IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AT THE LIBRARY FRIDAY, UH, ON ONE OF THE PROJECTS.

AND LYNN, THANK YOU.

WE'VE PRODUCED MANY, MANY GREAT SERVANTS IN BRENTWOOD FROM LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD.

UH, SEVERAL HAVE SAT ON THIS BOARD AND SIT ON THIS BOARD, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, VETERANS MONUMENT COMMITTEE WILL MEET TOMORROW AT TWO.

WE MET A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

UH, WE'RE BLESSED.

THE COMMISSION DECIDED ON OUR LOCATION AND TO BE THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS.

UM, JUST TO DECIDE THE GREEN AREA BETWEEN THE, THE ROAD AND, AND THE, THE POND OVER THERE.

UM, HOPEFULLY IN A AUGUST WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, COME UP WITH A DESIGN ARCHITECTURE FIRM TO HELP US GET STARTED IN THE PROCESS OF, OF NOW THAT WE HAVE A LOCATION DOING THAT.

AND OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, JAY EVANS, HAS BEEN A GREAT YEOMAN, UH, WORKING ON THIS WITH US AND, UH, UH, TRYING TO HELP US NAVIGATE ALL OF THAT SO THAT WE DO IT IN A PROPER APPROPRIATE WAY.

UM, TOM FREEMAN, ONE OF THE MEMBERS HAD TO RESIGN.

UM, AND SO I'M SURE WE'LL BE COMING UP WITH A SELECTION PROCESS.

I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO, UH, CHOOSE FROM THE POOL OF THOSE WHO ALREADY HAD APPLIED, BUT WERE NOT CHOSEN, OR IF WE WILL START A WHOLE NEW PROCESS.

UM, BEING A COMMITTEE MEMBER AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HIT THE ROAD RUNNING, I'M HOPING THAT MAYBE WE CAN GO FROM THE POOL THAT'S ALREADY THERE, BUT SOMETIMES THERE'S LEGALITIES.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO, TO NAVIGATE ALL OF THIS AS THIS NEW YEAR HAS REACHED US.

UM, CONCERNING THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPOINTMENT.

UH, I'VE BEEN UP HERE 16 YEARS AND I DO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO THAT THROUGH THE YEARS SINCE 2009 WHEN I BECAME A COMMISSIONER, GEOGRAPHY HAS BEEN USED AS A REASON TO DENY.

UM, COMMISSIONER DUNN HAS BEEN UP HERE 35 YEARS.

SHE'S OUR MOST SENIOR COMMISSIONER.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT SHE AND, UH, REGINA SMITHSON AND JOE SWEENEY AND JOE REGAN AND SEVERAL OTHERS, BETSY CROSLEY ALONG THE WAY, UH, MANY OTHERS THAT I COULD GO THROUGH AND MENTION ARE THE REASON THAT WE ARE CONSIDERED ONE OF THE PREMIER CITIES IN THE WORLD.

BUT NOT ONLY THAT, WE ARE KNOWN FOR OUR STRICT ZONING STANDARDS.

SO OUR LONG HELD TRADITION OF ANY COMMISSIONER WITH A VALID REASON.

AND I DO CONSIDER GEOGRAPHY A VALID REASON, CAN DENY SOMEONE BEING APPOINTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY WOULD DENY 'EM IN THE FUTURE, BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THEY CAN.

UH, I BELIEVE THAT TRADITION SHOULD BE KEPT, UH, DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS.

YOU HAVE SEVEN COMMISSIONERS, INCLUDING THE MAYOR, WHO ALL LOOK AT THOSE APPOINTMENTS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

AND THEY ALL REPRESENT BRENTWOOD.

AND IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO THAT, I FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD HAVE THAT RIGHT.

AND THE REASON OUR COMMISSION DEVELOPED THAT TRADITION WAS BECAUSE IT KEPT THE MAYOR FROM BECOMING TOO POWERFUL BY COMING IN AND JUST SUDDENLY THROWING EVERYBODY OFF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND APPOINTING ALL NEW PEOPLE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH I DON'T THINK BRENTWOOD CITIZENS WOULD'VE CATERED TO VERY WELL.

BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN IN CITIES AND IT CAN TOTALLY CHANGE THE FABRIC.

WHEN I FIRST BECAME MAYOR IN 2019, I WAS CHARGED WITH APPOINTING.

WE HAD A COMMISSIONER WHO HAD JUST BEEN ELECTED, ONLY BEEN ON THERE FOR A FEW WEEKS, AND SOMEONE HAD CHOSEN BETSY CROSSLEY, WHO'D BEEN MAYOR TWICE, HAD SERVED ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION BEFORE SHE WAS COMMISSIONER, SERVED ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS A COMMISSIONER, PROBABLY SERVED ON EVERY BOARD THE CITY HAS ALONG WITH MANY REGIONAL, STATE AND COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS AND BOARDS.

COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN DENIED BETSY CROSSLEY NEVER REALLY GAVE ME A GOOD REASON.

AND I DID

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BUT I HELD WITH HER TRADITION, DID NOT MAKE A RUCKUS ABOUT IT, AND WENT ON ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

SO I VEHEMENTLY DISAGREE WITH COMMISSIONER TRAVIS AND I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD HAVE GONE ON TO THE NEXT CANDIDATE.

I'VE HAD TO CHOOSE MORE THAN ONE CANDIDATE BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS DENIED THEM.

I JUST WENT ON TO THE NEXT CANDIDATE.

DOES NOT MEAN THAT PERSON MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SERVE IN THE FUTURE.

'CAUSE THIS COMMISSION CHANGES, BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE'S POSITION CHANGES.

UM, I'LL DEFER TO THE COMMISSIONER WITH 35 YEARS EXPERIENCE, WHO HAS A LOT MORE TO DO WITH THE FABRIC AND THE EXCELLENCE OF OUR CITY THAN ANY OF US WHO SIT UP HERE.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ON THAT.

BUT I, I TOTALLY DISAGREE.

I THINK OUR TRADITION HAS WORKED REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WELL.

IF YOU THINK HOW GOOD BRENTWOOD HAS DONE COMPARED EVEN TO THE REST OF OUR COUNTY, OUR STATE, AND OUR NATION AND THE WORLD IN HOW WE HANDLE OUR RESIDENTIAL, 90% RESIDENTIAL, 5% SERVICE, INSTITUTIONAL, 5% COMMERCIAL, AND YET HAVE A VERY LOW TAX BURDEN, THAT IS ALMOST UNHEARD OF.

THANK YOU MAYOR, VICE MAYOR.

ALRIGHT, SO, UH, STARTING OUT, UH, UH, CERS, THANK YOU FOR, UH, TALKING FROM THE PARKS BOARD PERSPECTIVE ABOUT THE, UH, THE, THE WORK IN SMITH PARK.

I'M NOT GONNA PUT THE PICTURES BACK UP, BUT I DO WANNA SAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DID DO THESE PROJECTS, WE'VE GOT A GREAT TRADITION IN BRENTWOOD THAT LOVE TO RECOGNIZE, WHICH IS DIFFERENT CITIZEN GROUPS.

WHEN THEY HAVE SOMETHING LIKE A PROJECT IN THE CITY OR SOMETHING GOING ON, THEY'D REALLY ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES, GET INVOLVED AND HELP IT TO HELP IT TO HAPPEN.

AND WHEN BIKE WALK, BRENTWOOD CAME TO US AND WAS TALKING ABOUT MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS IN SMITH PARK, THEY SAID, HEY, WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT, HEY, WE HAVE AN IDEA.

WE'D LET THE CITY TO CARRY, CARRY IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

THEY RAISED A BUNCH OF MONEY, THEY WENT THROUGH BUILDING THE TRAILS AND BUILT QUITE A FEW OF THEM.

AND LAST SATURDAY, AND THEN AGAIN THIS FALL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SETTING UP VOLUNTEERS AND THEY'RE COMING OUT AND THEY'RE MAINTAINING THE TRAILS, THEY'RE PUTTING SWEAT EQUITY.

AND THAT IS A GREAT PART OF THE FABRIC OF OUR CITY.

AND IT BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS.

IT'S NOT JUST THE DOLLAR VALUE OF THE WORK THEY'RE DOING, IT'S THE FRIENDSHIPS THEY'RE BUILDING.

AND THE FOLKS, YOU KNOW, I GOT OUT THERE WHEN THEY WERE FIRST GATHERING FOR THE WORK SESSION AND THEY'RE SHARING TOOLS AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND THE HEAD OF DAD TEACHING A SON HOW TO START A WEED EATER, , YOU KNOW, DO SOME OF THAT STUFF.

I THINK IT'S GREAT.

TIME WELL SPENT INVOLVES ZERO SCREENS, ZERO DATA, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST MEAT SPACE TIME TOGETHER AS FAMILIES DOING THIS STUFF.

AND I THINK THAT IS GREAT.

I THINK THAT'S SOME OF BRENTWOODS SECRET SAUCE.

AND YOU SEE IT TIME AND AGAIN.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS, IT'S THE BALL FIELDS, IT'S ROTARY PARK, IT'S THE INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND.

I MEAN, EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, THERE'S STUFF LIKE THIS GOING ON IN OUR CITY.

AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT MAKES BRENTWOOD BRENTWOOD.

UM, AND NOW THAT I'VE JUST, UH, THROWN SHADE AT, UH, CELLULAR VOICE AND DATA, UH, TURNS OUT WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING ON IMPROVING CELLULAR VOICE AND DATA.

I WANNA BRING THE COMMISSIONERS UP TO SPEED A LITTLE BIT ON IT.

WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND ALSO THE PRIVATE COMPANIES INVOLVED ABOUT CELLULAR COVERAGE IN BRENTWOOD, TRYING TO GET IT UPGRADED SOMEWHAT.

UM, THE STEP THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS AFTER TALKING TO THOSE FOLKS, THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER, I GUESS YOU COULD KIND OF CALL IT A HEAT MAP, UM, WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO SHOW A DISPLAY OF HOW THE COVERAGE IS IN VARIOUS AREAS OF TOWN TO WHERE OUR OPPORTUNITIES MIGHT BE.

THEY HAVE A ROUGH DRAFT OF IT ALREADY AND GAVE US AN IDEA OF SOME SPOTS THAT COULD MAKE AN IMPACT WHERE WE'RE GETTING IT, THAT, THAT UPDATED.

THEN WE'VE ALSO ASKED THE CITY STAFF TO LOOK AT OUR CODES REGULATING CELL SERVICE TO COMPARE THEM TO LIKE, WHAT'S AT WILLIAMSON COUNTY, WHAT'S IN OTHER COMMUNITIES NEARBY TO SEE IF THEY'RE CONSISTENT.

'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T REALLY LOOKED AT OUR, OUR, OUR CODES INVOLVING CELLULAR VOICE AND DATA IN QUITE SOME TIME.