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[ Call to Order by Mayor Roll Call Invocation by Commissioner Donahue Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by Commissioner Dunn Fire & Rescue Department Badge Pinning Ceremony - Lieutenants Brandon James, Kyle Shank, and Robyn Thorpe Oath of Office for Police Officers - Treyvon Davis and Kyle Riddle]
I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING, UH, FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BRENTWOOD CITY COMMISSION FOR TODAY, JANUARY 12TH, 2026.I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT.
WE'LL HAVE AN INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER DONAHUE AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE BY COMMISSIONER DUNN.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYING FOR THOSE IN GOVERNMENT AND LEADERSHIP IN OUR CITY, COUNTY, STATE AND NATION.
HOLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU SEEKING STRENGTH AND WISDOM FOR THOSE IN GOVERNMENT, GRANT THEM DISCERNMENT IN THEIR DECISIONS, COURAGE IN THEIR ACTIONS, AND COMPASSION IN THEIR HEARTS.
MAY THEY LEAD WITH INTEGRITY AND SERVE WITH HUMILITY, ALWAYS SEEKING THE COMMON GOOD AND ACTING AS INSTRUMENTS OF JUSTICE AND PEACE.
THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE BESTOWED ON US, AND WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED PROTECTION FROM ALL HARM.
I PLEDGE ALLE ALLIGANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WISHES.
HANDS STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO START OUR FIRST FORMAL EVENT OF THE MEETING WITH THE FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT BADGE PENDING CEREMONY, CHIEF MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UH, TONIGHT WE'VE GOT THE HONOR OF PRESENTING YOU WITH OUR THREE NEWEST FIRE LIEUTENANTS FOR THEIR BADGE PENDING.
THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS PROMOTION, THOUGH IS THAT THEY'RE NOT DUE TO VACANCIES OR TO A NEW STATION, BUT THE DEPARTMENT MORE OR LESS REACHING A NEW MILESTONE.
UH, SEE, WAY BACK WHEN CHIEF PENDER AND I STARTED STATION ONE HERE HAD THREE PEOPLE ON AN ENGINE, BUT THEY HAD ONE LONELY SOUL ON THE LADDER TRUCK.
AND AS THIS DEPARTMENT HAS EVOLVED AND GROWN OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE ADDED A SECOND AND A THIRD.
AND NOW THAT LADDER COMPANY HAS REACHED THE POINT TO WHERE IT NEEDS ITS OWN SUPERVISOR.
THE LIEUTENANT POSITION IS A VERY CRUCIAL LINK BETWEEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STRATEGY AND THE ACTION IN THE STREET AND THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
WE CAN HAVE ALL THE GOOD IDEAS IN THE WORLD IN THE OFFICE, BUT IF THESE FOLKS AREN'T PUTTING THOSE INTO ACTION ON THE STREET, THEN IT'S, IT'S LARGELY USELESS.
THEY MAINTAIN THAT CONNECTION.
THEY OF TRAINING, THEY MANAGE THE EQUIPMENT, THEY MENTOR THE NEW FIREFIGHTERS, AND THEY SERVE AS A BUFFER BETWEEN THE COMMAND AND THE CREW.
SO IT'S ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB THAT WEARS THIS PATCH.
UH, FOLLOWING A MULTIFACETED TESTING PROCESS LAST SEPTEMBER.
TONIGHT, WE'RE GONNA BE PROMOTING THREE PEOPLE INTO A NEWLY CREATED LIEUTENANT POSITION FOR THAT TOWER COMPANY.
ROBIN IS A SCHOMBURG ILLINOIS NATIVE.
SHE'S AT A BACHELOR'S IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH A MINOR IN FIRE ADMINISTRATION FOR WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, A FIRST GENERATION FIREFIGHTER.
SHE BEGAN HER CAREER HERE IN 2016, PROMOTING TO ENGINEER IN 2020.
SHE'S A PARAMEDIC, A LEVEL ONE CROSSFIT INSTRUCTOR, SERVES ON THE AWARDS COMMITTEE AND STATION DESIGN COMMITTEE.
AND I TOLD HER I WASN'T GONNA MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF THIS.
BUT SHE'S ALSO THE FIRST FEMALE TO TEST AND PROMOTE INTO A LIEUTENANT POSITION AT BRENTWOOD FIRE.
ROBIN WILL BE ASSIGNED TO ENGINE 54 ON A SHIFT.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE WHO'S PITTING YOU? THIS IS MY DAD, JEFF THORPE.
PRIOR TO JOINING BRENTWOOD IN 2014, KYLE SPENT FOUR YEARS WITH THE JEFFERSON COUNTY FLORIDA FIRE DEPARTMENT NEAR HIS HOMETOWN OF TALLAHASSEE.
HE PROMOTED TO ENGINEER IN 2016.
HE'S NOW AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE HAZMAT AND PEER SUPPORT TEAMS. HE'S BEEN AN ACTING OFFICER SINCE 2021.
HE WAS OUR FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR.
IN 2023, HE DEPLOYED ON A STRIKE TEAM TO THE LOUISIANA WILDFIRES IN 2024 WITH ME, AND RECENTLY COMPLETED HIS BACHELOR'S IN EMERGENCY SERVICES MANAGEMENT FROM BETHEL UNIVERSITY.
KYLE'S GOING TO BE ASSIGNED TO LADDER 53 A SHIFTS.
WOULD YOU LIKE THAT? MY WIFE MORGAN SHANK WILL BE PINNING ME.
BRANDON'S A REAL LIFE TENNESSEE NATIVE.
HE BEGAN HIS FIRE SERVICE JOURNEY AT JUST 15 YEARS OLD AS AN EXPLORER WITH CENTERVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHERE HE'S STILL ACTIVE TODAY.
HE JOINED US IN 2019, PROMOTED TO
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ENGINEER IN 2022.HE INSTRUCTION ON A NUMBER OF TECHNICAL RESCUE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE TOPICS SERVES ON THE APPARATUS DESIGN COMMITTEE THAT ACTUALLY DESIGNED THE NEW RESCUE TRUCK THAT WE'RE HOPING TO TAKE DELIVERY OF SOON.
HE HOLDS A BACHELOR'S IN FIRE SERVICE ADMINISTRATION FROM WALDORF UNIVERSITY AND A CRITICAL CARE PARAMEDIC LICENSE THAT HE USES, NOT ONLY WHILE HE'S HERE, BUT ALSO IN HIS PART-TIME WORK AS A FLIGHT PARAMEDIC WITH AIR EVAC.
BRANDON WILL BE ASSIGNED TO ENGINE 54 C SHIFT.
BRANDON, WHO'S PINNING YOU TONIGHT? THIS IS MY WIFE HANNAH.
SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO RECOGNIZE THESE FOLKS.
UM, AND AS ALWAYS, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT TOO.
THE NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS, UH, CHIEF COLVIN FROM THE OATH, OATH OF OFFICE.
MR. MAYOR, MR. VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.
I WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FIRE LIEUTENANTS.
IT'S A SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT.
UH, WE ENJOY OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM VERY MUCH SO.
IT'S NICE TO SEE THEM HONORED TONIGHT.
UH, I WANT TO, BEFORE WE START, I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
SHE DOES A LOT OF WORK WITH RECRUITING AND HELPING US GET THESE WONDERFUL CANDIDATES THAT YOU'LL BE INTRODUCED TO TONIGHT.
UH, THAT GOES FOR JIM MONTGOMERY AS WELL.
THEY COORDINATE A LOT OF OUR INTERNAL EFFORTS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO VERY PROUD OF THEM AND THEIR EFFORTS.
AND, UH, THAT IS WHY WE'RE HERE TO INTRODUCE TRAYVON DAVIS TONIGHT.
SO TRAYVON IS FROM, UH, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA.
HE WENT TO TEX OR FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY.
HE THEN, UH, WENT TO THE UNITED STATES MILITARY AND HE WAS A COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST.
HE HAS A BROTHER WHO IS STILL IN FLORIDA.
PETERSBURG, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT DOWN THERE.
UH, HE GRADUATED IN DECEMBER FROM THE TENNESSEE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRADING ACADEMY, UH, THEIR BASIC POLICE SCHOOL.
AND HE'S CURRENTLY IN OUR FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM DOING VERY WELL.
HE'S JOINED BY HIS GIRLFRIEND TORI TONIGHT, AND WE ARE EXTREMELY HAPPY TO HAVE HIM.
TRAYVON, YOU ALL SET? YES, SIR.
YOU MEMORIZE THE ENTIRE THING,
ALRIGHT, WELL I'M HERE TO HELP.
SO I TRAYVON DAVIS AYE TRAYVON DAVIS.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT I POSSESS, ALL OF THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER, FOR THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.
THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION.
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 IN ALL RESPECTS, THAT I WILL AND ALL RESPECT, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER AND I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICERS.
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CONGRATULATIONS.WELL, WE ALSO HAVE A TENNESSEE NATIVE TONIGHT.
THIS IS KYLE RIDDLE AND HIS WIFE ALLISON.
I AM NOT GOING TO ATTEMPT TO NAME ALL OF THE RELATIVES THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT.
MY STEPDAD, BILL, UH, MY DAD, UH, DAVID, MY STEPMOM, UM, DONNA, AND THEN MY AUNT JILL, UH, AND HER HUSBAND, UM, JOHN.
AND THEN MY IN-LAWS, UH, EDDIE AND ANITA, MY BROTHER ERIC.
AND THEN MY SON RILEY IS HERE TOO.
HE ALSO HAS A DAUGHTER HERE TONIGHT.
UH, SHE'LL BE BORN NEXT MONTH, HOPEFULLY.
UH, SO KYLE IS ORIGINALLY FROM GALLATIN.
HE GRADUATED WITH A CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEGREE FROM AUSTIN P STATE UNIVERSITY.
HE THEN WENT TO NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE WHERE HE SERVED AS A POLICE OFFICER AND WAS ON THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT THERE BEFORE RETURNING TO GALLATIN AND, UH, JOINING THE BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO HE IS CURRENTLY IN THE TRANSITION ACADEMY, WHICH IS LONG AND TEDIOUS, BUT HE'S DOING VERY WELL AND I'M SURE HE'S HAPPY TO GET BACK ON THE STREET SOON.
SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING KYLE.
WELL, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE GROWING FAMILY.
YEAH, IT'S, HAVING KIDS IS NOT THE EASIEST THING I'VE EVER DONE, BUT DEFINITELY THE BEST THING.
KYLE RIDDLE, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT I POSSESS, ALL OF THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER, FOR THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.
AND I'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND WILL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.
THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.
AND I'LL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER AND I WILL FAITHFUL TO DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER.
CONGRATULATIONS MR. MAYOR, BEFORE I GO VERY BRIEFLY, JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM THAT JOINED US.
UH, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE THEM AND MANY OF THEM HAVE WATCHED THE INFORMATION BRIEFING, UH, FROM THURSDAY.
AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE, UH, IT'S JUST ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE.
YOU GOTTA GET TREVON TO GET HIS BROTHER UP HERE.
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THE APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF MINUTES.DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
SO, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PIPPIN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DONAHUE.
AB OPPOSED? UH, AB AB UH, ABSTAIN BY COMMISSIONER LITTLE.
UH, SO COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS.
INDIVIDUALS MAY COMMENT ON ANY ITEM INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT OR THE REGULAR AGENDA, OR ANY OTHER MATTER REGARDING THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.
ALL COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND CITIZENS WHO WISH TO 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.
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UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE SIGN IN SHEET? UH, JARED, ARE YOU HERE TO SPEAK TONIGHT? UH, WANDA.SO, UH, WITH THAT, I GUESS, UH, GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE, COMMENTS ARE CLOSED.
[ Report from City Manager Report from the City Attorney Reports and comments by Commissioners and Mayor]
A REPORT FROM, UH, JASON GAGE, OUR CITY MANAGER.UH, I HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS. UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, JUST A REMINDER, THE LITTLE HARPETH RIVER CLEANUP COMING UP, THE, UH, OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS PARTNERING WITH THE HARPETH CONSERVANCY TO HOST A 20TH, UH, ANNUAL LITTLE HARPETH RIVER CLEANUP.
AND AT THE JOHN P. HOLT BRENTWOOD LIBRARY FROM 9:00 AM TO NOON ON JANUARY 31ST, UH, PARTICIPANTS WILL BREAK OFF INTO TEAMS TO COVER THE 10 MILE STRETCH OF THE LITTLE HARPETH THAT FLOWS THROUGH BRENTWOOD.
UH, THE TRASH BAGS AND TOOLS WILL BE PROVIDED BY KEITH WILLIAMSON.
AND, UH, THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO KEEP OUR LOCAL WATERWAY, UH, CLEAN WHILE CONNECTING WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS.
SO IT, IT'S KIND OF TWO THINGS, RIGHT? DOING A GOOD DEED AND GET TO KNOW PEOPLE.
UM, MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING HOW TO REGISTER WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.
IT'S NOT OUT NOW, BUT IT WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON.
THE SECOND ITEM IS THAT THE, UH, OUR BRENTWOOD, UH, FIRE AND RESCUE IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THIS YEAR'S CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY.
UH, THE THREE MONTH PROGRAM OFFERS 30 PLUS HOURS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.
IT MEETS TWICE A MONTH, INCLUDING TWO SATURDAYS FROM FEBRUARY 19TH TO TO APRIL 16TH.
UH, IT IS INFORMATIVE, BUT ALSO A LOT OF FUN AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
SOME OF YOU KNOW, I'M SURE, UH, LEARNING AND EXPERIENCING THE INS AND OUTS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, THE PROGRAM IS OPEN TO ADULTS WITH PREFERENCE GIVEN TO BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS.
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE OR ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR, UH, REPORT FROM KRISTEN CORON, OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, WITH THAT WE'LL GO ON TO, UH, OUR REPORTS AND COMMENTS BY THE COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR AND, UH, COMMISSIONER DUNN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEAD US OFF THIS EVENING.
UM, THE HISTORIC BOARD WAS SCHEDULED TO MEET THIS FRIDAY, BUT OUR CHAIRMAN NOTIFIED US THAT THAT MEETING HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY AT NINE 30.
UH, WE ARE PLANNING OUR HISTORY BOWL FOR NEXT MONTH, AND I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE'VE GOT ALL OUR SCORES.
WE HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER, JASON GAGE, OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER, KIRK BEDNAR.
WE HAVE KEN AND RHONDA, TRAVIS TARAVAL, PINETA, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER ANNETTE GAINES THAT WAS ON OUR HISTORIC BOARD, AND SHE MOVED TO OHIO, OR SHE'S MOVED BACK AND SHE NOTIFIED ME THAT SHE WOULD LOVE TO BE A SCORER IF WE HAVE ROOM.
AND I FIGURED OUT HER STRATEGY.
ANTA WAS THE ONE THAT SOLD PRACTICALLY EVERY ONE OF THOSE 500 BOOKS,
AND SHE LEFT TOWN AND WE HAD 75 MORE LEFT.
AND I NOTIFIED HER RECENTLY THAT WE ONLY HAD LIKE NINE, AND THEN SHE MOVES BACK.
SO I THINK SHE WAS WAITING TILL WE SOLD ALL THE BOOKS.
WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE HER VOLUNTEERING TO HELP US OUT.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT, BUT I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS AND A NEW YEAR'S AND EVERYTHING, SO VERY GOOD.
UM, THE WENDY HILL PARK OPENING WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.
I, I COULDN'T REMEMBER IF WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
IT FEELS LIKE IT WAS SO LONG AGO, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN TOGETHER SINCE THEN.
AND CHARLES AND, UM, EVERYBODY DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB, ESPECIALLY OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.
THEY JUST, UM, IT WAS REMARKABLE THAT THEY DID WHAT THEY DID IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME, UM, UP UNTIL APPARENTLY THE LAST HOUR THEY WERE STILL, UM, DOING THINGS.
AND THEY STILL HAVE A PUNCH LIST THAT THEY'RE, UH, ATTENDING TO.
WE'VE HAD AMAZING POSITIVE COMMENTS, REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK, AND WE'RE EXCITED THAT THAT'S, UM, CHECKED OFF ON THE TO-DO LIST AND THE SENSING FAMILY.
UM, WE WANNA THANK THEM AGAIN AND MR. KUNTZ FOR BEING THERE.
UM, IT WAS A, IT WAS A GREAT DAY AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING THERE TO SUPPORT THAT TOO.
UM, AND OTHERWISE, UM, WE ARE, UM, JUST CLEANING UP PARKS AND DOING SOME MAINTENANCE, BUT OTHERWISE EVERYTHING'S IN ORDER AS FAR AS THE PARKS ARE CONCERNED.
UH, COMMISSIONER DONAHUE? YES.
UM, WELL, I JUST FOR, UH, CHIEF COLVIN AND, AND CHIEF GOSS, JUST GREAT JOB ON FINDING QUALITY PEOPLE AND GETTING THEM PROMOTED AND, AND, UH, BEING ABLE TO RETAIN THEM HERE.
UM, DID TALK TO, UH, CHIEF PENDER ABOUT THE CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY, AND IT'S EIGHT CONSECUTIVE THURSDAYS FROM MID-FEBRUARY THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF
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APRIL PLUS TO, UH, SATURDAYS.SO THERE'S NO, THE PUBLIC ME SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION THAT WAS OUT WAS, WAS INCORRECT.
UM, ALSO THERE THE TWO SATURDAYS, WHICH IS THE FUN PART.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T, UH, DONE THE CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY LOOKING DOWN THERE, SOMETHING I KNOW COMMISSIONER TRAVIS HAS, AND YOU HAVE, YOUR NAME WAS ON THEIR LIST FOR PEOPLE.
LET'S JUST GET, THEY STILL, THEY STILL HAVE A FEW OPENINGS AND THEY WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO, UH, TO APPLY.
YOU SAYING THE REST IS NOT FUN.
WELL, WELL, IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU DEFINE FUN.
FOR ME, THE WHOLE THING WAS FUN.
BUT THE, MAYBE YOU SHOULD CLARIFY THAT.
THE, YES, THE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE FUN PART OR, UH, OCCURS ON THE TWO SATURDAYS WHEN YOU LEARN HOW TO PUT OUT A FIRE AND REPEL OFF THE FIRE TOWER AND, OH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A BALL.
THAT'S WHY THE CLASSROOM PART WAS BETTER FOR ME THAN THE REPELLING PART.
UM, AND I WANNA GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS, THOUGH THEY'RE NOT HERE TO THE PUBLIC WORKS AND, UH, ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT FOR REVISITING THE FLOODING ISSUES OVER IN CARLE.
WE DID A FIELD TRIP OVER THERE, UH, SO THEY COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RESIDENTS WERE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT THE PUBLIC WORKS, UH, AND ENGINEERING RESPONSE WAS.
AND, UH, THEY'RE GONNA TAKE SOME STEPS TO SEE IF POSSIBLE SURVEY, UH, FLOOD PLANE TYPE SURVEY OVER THERE BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT BOTH THE CITIZENS AND THE CITY CAN POSSIBLY DO TO ELIMINATE THAT FLOODING.
IT'S FORTUNATELY IT'S NOT THE CREEK THAT FLOWS THROUGH THERE, THAT WAS ALL SOLVED, UH, I DON'T KNOW, AT LEAST FIVE, 10 YEARS AGO.
UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO THE WAY THINGS TRAIN AND THE, UH, CULVERTS.
AND, UH, MOVING ON TO THE LIBRARY.
SO THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY, UH, BOOK SALE IS THE 23RD, 24TH, AND 25TH OF JANUARY.
BUT IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE AND SIGN UP AND BECOME A MEMBER FOR LIFE OR EVEN FOR A YEAR, UH, YOU CAN GO A DAY EARLY ON THE 22ND.
THE LIBRARY ITSELF, UM, IS WORKING ON THE QUIET ROOM PLANS.
THEY'RE TAKING SHAPE DESIGNED BY THE LIBRARY STAFF ITSELF.
AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THOSE AT OUR MEETING ON WEDNESDAY THE 21ST FOR THE LIBRARY BOARD.
ALSO, THE RF QS FOR THE TEEN SPACE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND HAVE BEEN EVALUATED BY PEOPLE WHO AREN'T ME.
UH, AND WE WILL ALSO HEAR ABOUT THOSE ON 21ST.
SO HOPEFULLY NEXT TIME WE MEET I'LL HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TEEN SPACE.
I DO KNOW THAT IT WAS A HUGE HIT, EVEN UNDESIGNED, BUT JUST MOVING IT AND GIVING THEM SOME DOORS AND, AND SOME SPACE, UH, DURING FINALS WEEK THIS YEAR.
AND JUST TO SHOW HOW IMPORTANT OUR LIBRARY IS IN 2025, THERE WERE 626,000 PLUS BOOKS, DVDS, AND OTHER ITEMS CIRCULATED.
UM, THERE WERE 246,000 PLUS PEOPLE USING THE LIBRARY TOTAL IN THAT YEAR.
AND, UM, 58,000, ALMOST 59,000 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AT THE LIBRARY.
SO, UH, DECEMBER STATS WERE ABOUT THE SAME AS OTHERS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, UH, LOOKS LIKE ALMOST 6,000 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN PROGRAMS. THERE WERE OVER 90 PROGRAMS. UM, AND THEN USUAL 20,000 PLUS PEOPLE, UH, THAT CAME TO USE THE LIBRARY, UH, FOR ANYBODY THAT'S WATCHING, SINCE WE ALL KNOW THIS ANYHOW, BUT JUST TO GET IT OUT THERE, THE 2040 PLAN, UH, WILL SOON START THE PROCESS OF, OF BEING DEVELOPED.
SO I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO PAY ATTENTION AND JUST, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY THAT'S ON YOUR EMAIL CHAINS JUST TO LET 'EM KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD LOOK AT THE WEBSITE SO THEY CAN FIGURE OUT HOW THEY CAN GET INVOLVED.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I GOT INVOLVED IN WHEN I WAS IN THE CITY WHEN WE MOVED HERE.
AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
UH, FIRST OFF, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THE, THE EXCITEMENT ON THE NEWBIES FACES AND THE SMILES ON THE VETERANS' FACES REALLY TREMENDOUS.
WE GOT A REALLY, A TALENTED GROUP OF PEOPLE TONIGHT THAT, THAT ACTION WAS POSITIVE ACTION WAS TAKEN ON.
UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION MET LAST WEEK.
THERE WERE FIVE ITEMS THAT WERE ON CONSENT AND ONE ON REGULAR AGENDA.
THE REGULAR AGENDA ITEM WAS A FOUR HOUSE SUBDIVISION OFF BLUFF ROAD.
IT WAS JUST A LITTLE PIECE OF LAND THAT THEY, I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE AN AGENDA LIKE THAT, IT ALSO SAYS CONGRATULATIONS TO THE, UH, PLANNING AND CODES DEPARTMENT, TODD PETROSKY SITTING OVER THERE.
THE REASON THINGS CAN BE ON THE, UM, CONSENT AGENDA IS BECAUSE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE CLEAR, CONCISE, AND THEY KNOW THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO FI FOLLOW 'EM.
AND I THINK OUR CODES AND PLANNING DO A REALLY GOOD JOB ON THAT.
NOTHING, NOTHING OUTTA THE ORDINARY ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.
UM, NEXT I JUST WANT TO THANK HOLLY EARLS.
UM, I CALLED HOLLY AND THIS IS WHAT COMMISSIONERS ALSO DO TO HOLLY.
HEY HOLLY, CAN YOU MAKE A SLIDE FOR ME FOR TONIGHT? AND SHE DOES IT, SHE DOES A GREAT JOB.
AND, UH, DON'T THINK THAT'S TAKEN FOR GRANTED, HOLLY.
AND YOUR SKILL IS, IS MUCH NEEDED BY MANY OF US.
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IF I COULD SEE THAT SLIDE, IT'S, IT'S A LETTER THAT I SENT, UM, DR.BUT ANYWAY, THIS IS OFFICER LASTER.
UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU TRAVELED TO BURNETT, TEXAS ON YOUR OWN TIME AND THAT'S YOUR OWN EXPENSE TO PARTICIPATE.
AND I WOULD ADD EXCEL IN THE TACTICAL GAMES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
THE TACTICAL GAMES IS A DEMANDING COMPETITION THAT BLENDS FITNESS AND FIREARMS PROFICIENCY.
OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND, YOU COMPLETED 14 STAGES TO FITNESS STAGES FOR SHOOTING AND EIGHT STAGES COMBINING BOTH FITNESS AND SHOOTING.
OFFICER LASTER, YOU FINISHED SIXTH IN YOUR DIVISION JOB WELL DONE.
I JUST, THAT'S JUST SO MOVING TO THINK THAT HE WOULD GO ON HIS OWN TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS.
HIS RESPONSE BACK TO ME FROM THE LETTER WAS, I ENJOYED IT.
SO WE'VE GOT A GOOD ONE THERE.
UH, THE FIRST TREE BOARD MEETING OF 20 TWEET, UH, 26TH IS COMING UP ON JANUARY 20TH.
SO BECAUSE THE TIMING, NOT, I DON'T YET HAVE AN AGENDA BASED, UH, REPORT, BUT I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY SPRING IS IN FACT JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR TWO MAIN SEASONS FOR PLANTING TREES.
AND, UH, TO, TO THAT END, I WANTED TO SAY TO THE FOLKS WHO WERE HERE, UH, BUT WE'LL DO THAT FOR THE FOLKS WHO WATCH THE TAPE.
UM, MANY FOLKS, UH, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE NEW TO THE REGION, MAY NOT REALIZE THAT THERE IS AN APPROVED TREE LIST FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD CURRENTLY CONSISTS OF 111 RECOMMENDED TREES THAT ARE EITHER NATIVE TO THE AREA OR HAVE BEEN, UM, VETTED AND DESIGNATED AS NON-INVASIVE SPECIES.
AND FOR THE RECORD, YOU CAN FIND THIS LIST ON THE CITY WEBSITE BY GOING TO THE WEBSITE ADDRESS BRENTWOOD TN.GOV.
PUT IN TREE BOARD IN THE SEARCH BAR IN THE SEARCH BAR, AND IT'LL TAKE YOU TO THE OPENING PAGE WHERE, WHERE YOU CAN CLICK, UM, ON THE LINK, WHICH IS CAPITAL TREE DASH CAPITAL LIST DOT XLSX TO DOWNLOAD THIS MICROSOFT, MICROSOFT EXCEL FILE FOR YOUR HOME ARCHIVES.
IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE AND I HOPE YOU DO THAT BECAUSE AS THEY SAY, THE MORE YOU KNOW, UH, ANYWAY.
HAPPY SPRING ALMOST, AND HAPPY PLANTING.
AND I, I BELIEVE ARBOR DAY THIS YEAR IS SCHEDULED FOR, UH, MARCH 28TH.
SO THEN THE, UH, THE, I KNOW THE BAGGING OF THE ARBOR DAY TREES IS KIND OF A, A SOCIAL EVENT ALL IN ITS OWN.
SO IS THAT THE TWO WEEKS BEFORE PROBABLY, OR THE SET DATE FOR THAT? YEAH.
UM, IT'S THAT SATURDAY BEFORE, ISN'T IT? I BELIEVE SO.
SO IT MAY THE 21ST OR THE 14TH? 14TH 21ST.
I THINK IT'S, I BET IT'S THE 21ST.
'CAUSE THE 14TH, I THINK IT'S THE OF SPRING BREAK AND RIGHT.
IT'S USUALLY A WEEK BEFORE THAT 'CAUSE THEY YEAH.
AND I THINK CHARLES CHANGED THAT FOR ME WHEN, BUT I FORGOT WHAT I ASKED YOU TO CHANGE IT TO.
WELL AS YOU'RE GET AN UPDATED ON THAT, JUST MAKE SURE SO WE KNOW.
'CAUSE UH, THAT IS A REALLY GOOD TIME.
AND THAT HAPPENS AT THE SERVICE CENTER? IT DOES AS WELL.
UH, VICE MAYOR LITTLE FIRST I'D LIKE TO, TO TAG ON THAT, UH, WHAT COMMISSIONER GARRIS MENTIONED ABOUT WENDY HILL PARK.
UM, I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT BEAUTIFUL MEADOW THERE, BUT THE WAY THEY DID THE CONCRETE PATH, I WANNA CONGRATULATE STAFF ON, ON ALL THEIR WORK ON THAT.
I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WALKING THE TRAIL PROBABLY SEVEN TO 10 TIMES SINCE THE 13TH WHEN WE, WHEN WE OPENED IT.
IT'S WONDERFUL ON A COLD 32 DEGREE DAY WITH THE WIND HOWLING OUT OF THE NORTH, UH, ESPECIALLY AS YOU GO TO THAT HIGH MEADOW AND YOU COME BACK.
SO I HOPE EVERYONE WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO VISIT THAT PARK.
UM, AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO HIRE GREAT STAFF.
MUST, I'D LIKE TO SAY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, AND THE PROMOTIONS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CONTINUED GROWTH AS OUR AREA GROWS AND OUR CITY GROWS.
AND SO WE'RE BEST ABLE TO RESPOND.
AND, UH, I THINK IT'S, UM, A GREAT, UM, GIFT IN A LARGER ORGANIZATION WHERE PEOPLE KNOW IF THEY WORK HARD AND THEY EDUCATE THEMSELVES AND THEY EXCEL, THEY WILL BE PROMOTED.
UM, I DO WANT TO GIVE APOLOGY FOR MISSING THE DECEMBER 8TH MEETING.
WE HAD A 14 AND A HALF YEAR OLD DOG WHO HAD BATTLED LYMPHOMA FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, BUT SUDDENLY THAT AFTERNOON TOOK A REAL BAD TURN AND WENT DOWN QUICKLY.
AND SO BY THE TIME OF HANDLING ALL THAT, AND
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I'M PRETTY SOFT HEARTED ON MY ANIMALS.I JUST REALLY COULDN'T COME TO THE MEETING.
IF WE HAD HAD A VERY HUGE ITEM, I PROBABLY WOULD'VE FORCED MYSELF, EVEN THOUGH I'M MAD USE THIS BLOCK BOX OF KLEENEX.
BUT, UH, BUT THAT'S WHY I WAS NOT HERE ON THE DECEMBER 8TH MEETING AND IT WAS KIND OF LAST MINUTE.
UH, AND ALSO THOUGH WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND, UH, HOPE YOU ENJOY THE NEW YEAR AND EVERYTHING IS FILLED WITH BLESSINGS AND BEAUTY AND ENJOY IN YOUR LIFE.
AND SO, UH, WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO ENJOY LIFE IN BRENTWOOD.
AND, UH, AS Y'ALL HAVE MENTIONED, UM, I MEAN, AND HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE, IT'S, UH, KIND OF FUN TO BE MAYOR AND GET TO GO LAST BECAUSE Y'ALL COVERED MOST OF THE, THE BIG STUFF.
UM, THE WINDY HILL OPENING WAS JUST OUTSTANDING.
I WANNA THANK CHARLES AND THE ENTIRE TEAM AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND EVERYBODY PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
'CAUSE IT TIED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF OUR CITY.
YOU KNOW, IT FELT LIKE THE, HIS, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A HISTORIC BOARD THING WITH ALL THE HISTORY OF THE SENSING FAMILY AND THEIR PROPERTY.
UM, YOU KNOW, BUT IT JUST THOUGHT IT WAS SUCH A GREAT MOMENT AT THE END OF IT WHEN THE SE SENSING CAME UP AND, YOU KNOW, MR. AND MRS. SENSING, AND THEY ALMOST HAD TEARS IN THEIR EYES, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE SO, SO HAPPY ABOUT THE WAY IT WAS ALL TURNING OUT AND, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO THANK LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD AGAIN FOR THE MURAL THAT THE CLASS DID THIS YEAR AND HOW WELL THAT TURNED OUT.
AND, UH, YEAH, NO, JUST, UH, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, IT REALLY TURNED OUT REALLY, REALLY WELL.
SO, SO THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR ALL THE WORK.
I MEAN, THAT IS REALLY A TEAM SPORT AND THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN PULLING ALL THAT TOGETHER.
UM, FOR THE MAYOR'S UPDATE, I WANNA MENTION, UM, UH, I REALLY WANT TO COMPLIMENT IN PARTICULAR, UH, SENATOR JACK JOHNSON, UM, THE STATE HOUSE MEMBER, LEE RE, UH, LEE REEVES, UM, JAKE KAMAN, UM, THEY HAD A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, UH, MEETING LAST FRIDAY.
AND, UH, UH, THE STATE LEGISLATOR, UH, B ALSO WAS THERE FOR A FEW MINUTES AT THE BEGINNING TO GIVE US A, A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHAT HE WAS UP TO.
UH, HE HAD A PRIOR ENGAGEMENT, SO WE COULDN'T BE THERE FOR THE WHOLE THING.
BUT, UH, BUT THEY'VE BEEN DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB IN TERMS OF TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE DIFFERENT MAYORS IN THE DIFFERENT CITIES IN THE COUNTY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND SO WE ALL KNOW, I MEAN, SOME OF THE BIG THEMES, OF COURSE ARE THE 65 CORRIDOR AND TRYING TO COORDINATE WITH TDOT ON 65 AND THE VARIOUS PROJECTS TO, TO HELP THAT FLOW BETTER AND HELP SERVE OUR CITIES BETTER.
UM, AND ROADS AND CONGESTION IN GENERAL.
I MEAN, WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MCEWEN AND HOW TO TRY TO GET IT PUNCHED ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO 24.
BUT IN GENERAL, I FEEL LIKE IT'S A REALLY GOOD COLLABORATION.
WE'RE BOTH A GREATER NATIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL IS, UH, IT'S REALLY FACILITATED A LOT OF GOOD CONVERSATIONS.
UM, THE VARIOUS STATE REPS AND THE DIFFERENT, UH, STATE OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN REALLY ATTENTIVE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALL COLLABORATE TO THE GOOD OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE'D LIKE TO THINK THERE'S EASY ANSWERS THAT JUST INVOLVE GETTING A LOT OF MONEY TO COME IN FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
YOU KNOW, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE A, A HUGE FEDERAL GRANT OR, YOU KNOW, UH, SOMEONE RIDING ON A WHITE HORSE FROM SOMEWHERE, BUT I'M AFRAID WE MIGHT HAVE A LONG WAIT BEFORE THAT HAPPENS.
SO IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE JUST GONNA TRY TO WORK THROUGH IT OURSELVES AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE THE RESOURCES WE HAVE REALLY EFFECTIVELY AND TRY TO COLLABORATE ACROSS THE COMMUNITY TO THE, TO THE BETTERMENT OF EVERYONE.
UM, AND SEVERAL, SEVERAL OF YOU I'LL MENTIONED THE 2040 PLAN.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS A, AS WE GET INTO THE NEW YEAR, I TRY EVERY YEAR TO TAKE A LOOK AT MY CALENDAR AND SORT OF, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST FORM MY HEAD SORT OF A, A PLAN FOR THE NEW YEAR.
AND OF COURSE, THE, THAT PLAN NEVER HAPPENS, BUT AT LEAST HAVING A PLAN KIND OF GIVES YOU A FEEL FOR WHEN SOMETHING CHANGES.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, AS WE NOTICED AS A COMMISSION THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE FIRST PART OF OUR YEAR THAT'LL BE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE BUDGET.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT OUR FIRST, UH, INITIAL BUDGET MEETING THIS MONTH, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
SO THERE'LL BE A LOT GOING ON FOR OUR COMMISSION AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT YEAR AND THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE LOOKING AT.
BUT RIGHT AS WE'RE COMING THROUGH THAT BUDGET CYCLE IS WHEN WE GET INTO THE 2040 PLAN CYCLE THAT SEVERAL OF Y ALL HAVE MENTIONED AND THEY TIE INTO EACH OTHER, RIGHT? THE, THE WHOLE 2030 PLAN RIGHT NOW AND THE 2040 PLAN IS MEANT TO BE THE ROADMAP FOR HOW WE PLAN THESE FIVE YEAR BUDGETS.
AND I THINK THIS PLANNING PROCESS HAS BEEN THE SECRET SAUCE FOR BRENTWOOD.
IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN WE'RE STICKING TO THE PLAN AND, AND FOLLOWING THE, THE INPUT FROM THE CITIZENS WE'RE ON TRACK AND DO WELL.
AND WHEN WE DEVIATE FROM THAT OR, OR CONVENIENTLY OVERLOOK IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S WHEN WE GET, UH, UH, GET IN TROUBLE.
SO, UH, I REALLY WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY, BUT AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS, THAT IS A GREAT CHANCE.
I KNOW SEVERAL OF Y'ALL, I KNOW WE ALL HAVE HARD COPIES OF THE 2030 PLAN.
UH, I THINK I'VE, UH, SPOTTED COMMISSIONER GUERRA'S, UH, VERSION OF THAT THAT'S ALREADY DOGEARED AND, UH, POSTED NOTED AND
BUT I WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO BACK AND, AND LOOK AT THESE.
AND ALSO, UM, SOMETHING MIKE WALKER POINTED OUT TO ME IS THE, UH,
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THE 2006 UPDATE TO THE 2020 PLAN IS QUITE EXTENSIVE AND HAS A LOT OF GOOD RESEARCH IN IT AND A LOT OF REALLY GOOD BACK INFORMATION.SO I ACTUALLY HAD GONE BACK AND WAS LOOKING AT THAT COMPARED TO THE 2030 PLAN.
AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY'RE VERY CONSISTENT.
UM, AND I WAS TRYING TO TAKE A LOOK AND JUST, YOU KNOW, BOTH FROM MY OWN BENEFIT, BUT ALSO TO GET Y'ALL'S FEEDBACK.
AS I WAS LOOKING AT THESE, I SAW JUST A HANDFUL OF MAJOR THEMES.
OH, COMMISSIONER DUNN, I'VE FOUND OVER THE YEARS, OUR FAVORITE WORD WITH THESE PLANS IS WE TWEAK THEM.
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE CONSISTENT, VERY GOOD.
WE DON'T THROW ANYTHING OUT OR REDO THINGS COMPLETELY.
IT, WE TWEAK THE PLANS AND SOME THINGS HAVE WORKED AND OUR, UH, C FOUR DIDN'T WORK THAT GREAT, SO WE HAD TO GO BACK AND RETWEAK THAT
IT'S FLEXIBLE, AS WE'VE ALWAYS SAID.
IT'S NOT IN CONCRETE, BUT IT'S, IT'S ALMOST IN CONCRETE, JUST ENOUGH LOOSENESS LEFT IN IT TO ADJUST WHEN YOU HAVE TO.
SO WELL, AND, AND THAT'S THE THING, 'CAUSE UM, AS I WAS READING IT, I WAS TRYING TO THINK THROUGH, YOU KNOW, LIKE WITH ANYTHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S FASHION OR IF IT'S YOUR HOME OR DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU TRY TO KEEP THE, THE CENTRAL PRINCIPLES TO MAKE SURE WHAT YOU'RE DOING REFLECTS YOUR CHARACTER, BUT THEN YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST STOP COMPLETELY AND, AND, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO WEAR 1992 STYLES.
SO I SUPPOSE I WAS READING THROUGH THE, UH, THE, THE OLDER PLANS AND I WAS TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE BIG THEMES WERE.
UM, AND I'M GOING TO KIND OF SAY THESE OUT LOUD AS A CONVERSATION, NOT AS A MONOLOGUE, BUT JUST AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS, I'D LOVE Y ALL'S INPUT TO, TO TALK ABOUT IT IF THESE ARE ON TRACK OR IF WE NEED TO ADJUST 'EM.
BUT ONE OF THE BIG THEMES, YOU KNOW, THROUGH ALL OF 'EM WAS PROTECTING BRENT WOOD'S NATURAL SCENIC AND OPEN SPACE CHARACTER.
IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE JUST ABOUT THE WINDY HILL PARK.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME THEME, BUT THEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT SINCE THAT 2020 PLAN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE OPENED MARCELA EVERETT SMITH PARK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE COME UP, I, I BELIEVE THEY'VE PROBABLY HAD A HALF A DOZEN PARKS OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS.
AND WE'VE TREMENDOUSLY, I MEAN, PROBABLY MORE THAN DOUBLED THE NUMBER, AMOUNT OF ACREAGE IN OUR PARK SYSTEM.
SO STICKING TO THAT, BUT, UM, BUT KNOWING THAT THAT PROTECTING BRENTWOOD CENIC OPEN SPACE CHARACTER IS A BIG DEAL.
ANOTHER BIG THEME IS, UH, AND WE TALK ABOUT IT A LOT, IS MAINTAINING, OR EXCUSE ME, MANAGING GROWTH AND MAINTAINING A RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER.
SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S BEEN PRETTY EVIDENT IN, IN ALL THE PLANS.
UM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT ALSO BE SHOCKING THAT TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND MOBILITY CHALLENGES ARE IN ALL OF THESE.
IN FACT, SOME MIGHT ARGUE, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT FIRST.
UM, ANOTHER, UH, KIND OF A FOURTH BIG SECTION AND IT TIES INTO THE THIRD, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, UM, THE CONGESTION AND CONNECTIVITY IS PEDESTRIAN, BICYCLE AND TRAIL NETWORKS.
YOU KNOW, AND YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB IN SOME AREAS OF THE CITY HAVING THOSE.
BUT IT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD CONSISTENT THEME.
AND AS WE CON CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT THAT, UM, UH, FIFTH AREA AND, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE COMING IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.
UM, BUT A THEME THROUGHOUT IS PRESERVING OUR STRONG, DISTINCTIVE COMMERCIAL CORE.
IN FACT, JAY MENTIONED LAST BUDGET CYCLE, HOW, RIGHT NOW I BELIEVE OVER 60% OF OUR REVENUES ARE SALES TAXED AND OTHER COMMERCIALLY DERIVED REVENUE SOURCES.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THAT BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE A REALLY STRONG COMMERCIAL CORE, WE HAVE PROPERTY TAX.
AND, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO GO A LONG TIME WITHOUT CHANGING PROPERTY TAX.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE WANNA TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED.
UM, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT AS MUCH ON THE COMMISSION SINCE I'VE BEEN ON IT, BUT SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY EVIDENT IN THE PLANS AND, AND COMMISSIONER DUNN MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO IT.
BUT, UH, PLANNING FOR A GROWING SENIOR POPULATION WHERE I THINK IN THE 2020 PROGRAM AND QUITE A BIT, THAT WAS A MAJOR ISSUE.
AND, AND IT GOT KILLED EVERY TIME.
I WAS ALWAYS TRIED TO DO SOMETHING, WE'D GET IT ALMOST TO A VOTE AND WE COULD NEVER GET FOUR VOTES.
AND IT WAS VERY SAD TO ME THAT PEOPLE AS THEY AGE, HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF BRENTWOOD.
WELL, AND AND SOMETHING I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
I WAS GONNA SAY ON THAT, THAT SAME TOPIC ON PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES WHERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU ALL DID GET THE IP YEAH.
AND THERE WERE SEVERAL TIMES WHERE WE WOULD VOTE FOR, TO ALLOW SOMETHING TO BE REZONED FOR THE IP, FOR SENIOR HOUSING, AND THEN THE APPLICANT WOULD, WOULD DRAW BACK BECAUSE THEY KEPT SAYING THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT WORK FINANCIALLY.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOME, THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT WE REALLY NEED TO PUT IN THERE.
'CAUSE WE HAVE SOME, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S PERFECT, BUT WE DO HAVE
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SOME ORDINANCES OR REGULATIONS ALLOWING FOR SOME TYPES.BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH DEVELOPERS AND CITIZENS TO MAKE IT NIGHT IS NOT DENIED BECAUSE IT'S TOO LONG.
BUT THERE WAS, WHEN WE DO DISCUSS IT, I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING WE ACTUALLY CONSIDERED THAT REALLY WHAT COULD BE MORE AFFORDABLE.
BUT WE COULD, WE HAD A THURSDAY MORNING MEETING, WE HAD FOUR VOTES A MONDAY.
AND UM, IT, IT, I THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN IDEAL, BUT SOME PEOPLE JUST ABSOLUTELY PANIC, YOU KNOW? AND, AND I DON'T, IT'S, I DON'T EVEN WANNA TALK ABOUT IT,
MY, MY INTENT IS NOT TO UPSET ANYBODY, BUT I, BUT I DO THINK, I MEAN, THIS PLANNING FOR SENIOR, UH, GROWING SENIOR POPULATION IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN PART OF OUR CONVERSATIONS FOR A LONG TIME.
LIKE YOU MENTIONED, AND IT'S PROBABLY A, A GOOD TOPIC FOR ONE OF OUR THURSDAY MORNING BRIEFINGS COMING UP SO WE CAN MAKE SURE TO HAVE THE BACKSTORY AND HEAR IT STRAIGHT FROM EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS.
BUT FROM 2014, AND I WORKED ON IT EVEN YEARS BEFORE THROUGH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS BEFORE I WAS A COMMISSIONER, BUT 2014 THROUGH 2016, IF I REMEMBER CORRECT.
I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS NIGHT TIME, PICK IT UP.
WE BASICALLY SPENT ABOUT TWO YEARS, WE GOT INFORMATION FROM STAFF, WE GOT INFORMATION FROM LEGAL THINGS BECAUSE THERE'S ALL KINDS OF FEDERAL LAWS ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN RESTRICT OR WHERE YOU CAN SAY THAT IT'S 55 AND OLDER AND WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN? AND, AND 55 AND OLDER DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN 55 AND OLDER BECAUSE THE LAW WON'T ALLOW YOU TO RESTRICT.
BUT THERE'S WAYS YOU CAN DO IT.
SO IT'S A, WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO TO APPROACH THAT.
MY SENSE IS, IS DISCUSS ON A THURSDAY BRIEFING HOW, HOW IN DEPTH WE WANT THE RESEARCH TO BE, BECAUSE IT IS VERY, COMMISSIONER DUNN PROBABLY KNOWS MUCH BETTER THAN I DO, BUT IT IS VERY COMPLEX.
WELL, WE HAD ALL THAT INFORMATION WE DID, AND IT WAS THE FEAR FACTOR.
THE PEOPLE WHO SAID, OH, 55 AND OLDER DOESN'T PROHIBIT A CHILD MOVING BACK IN A SINGLE PERSON WHO CAN'T LIVE ON HIS OWN.
AND THEY KILLED THE WHOLE THING BECAUSE ONE, YOU KNOW, AND WE KEPT SAYING, NO, NO, NO.
IT JUST, IT'S, THAT'S THE BIGGEST DRAWBACK IS, IS MISINFORMATION ABOUT A PROGRAM LIKE THAT AND FEAR THAT, THAT SOMEONE, ONE PERSON MIGHT MOVE IN, BUT IT'S TOO COMPLICATED FOR TONIGHT.
WE REALLY DON'T NEED TO GO INTO IT TONIGHT.
ONE LAST COMMENT ABOUT IT FROM, I KNOW WHEN I WAS CAMPAIGNING, THAT WAS A TOPIC THAT WAS BROUGHT UP REPEATEDLY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKED ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN, THE PEOPLE I SPOKE TO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT IS A RE REQUESTED, IS THAT THE RIGHT WORD? SO ANYWAY, SINCE I WAS AN ADULT AND WHERE YOU NOTICED, AND WHEN I SAY AN ADULT 18 TO 20 YEARS OLD, I'VE SEEN SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE THAT REACHED THE SENIOR YEARS THAT HAD TO MOVE OUT OF BRENTWOOD.
THAT REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO BECAUSE THEY LOVE THE LIBRARIES AND EVERYTHING.
AND I'VE HAD THAT REQUEST OVER AND OVER, CAN YOU DO SOMETHING? CAN YOU DO SOMETHING? SO, UH, IF WE DO HARNESS OURSELVES, UM, TO TRY TO PLOW THAT, THAT FIELD, IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED.
BUT IT, I WILL TELL YOU, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT AN EASY FIELD TO PLOW.
IT'S PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY TO SAY IT.
IT'S, UH, IT'S MULTIPLY COMPLEX.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, I ALWAYS SENSED IN 2014 WHEN WE STARTED, WE BASICALLY HAD 33% OF THE POPULATION THAT FELT ONE WAY ABOUT IT.
33% OF THE POPULATION THAT WAS IN THE MIDDLE, AND 33% OF THE POPULATION WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
IN 2016, WHEN WE STARTED TRYING TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, I FELT THAT WE HAD 10 DIFFERENT GROUPS EACH WITH ABOUT 10% EACH ON HOW THEY FELT ABOUT IT.
IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT YOU WERE, WHAT WE WERE HOPING TO DO WAS GET CONSENSUS.
AND I SENSE THE FURTHER WE WENT ALONG THAT, UM, WE GOT LESS CONSENSUS.
AND AS COMMISSIONER DUNN SAID, I THINK A LOT OF THAT WAS FROM A FEAR THAT PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO ORIGINALLY WERE FOR IT WERE SUDDENLY AFRAID OF IT.
AND WERE TELLING ME, NO, I DON'T WANT Y'ALL TO DO ANYTHING.
AND SO AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL,
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I ALWAYS FELT IT WAS MY JOB TO LISTEN TO EVERYONE.AND WE REPRESENT EVERYONE IN BRENTWOOD.
AND SO IT, IT, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE SPENT COUNTLESS, COUNTLESS, COUNTLESS HOURS, MOSTLY IN STUDY OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS AND 'CAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF IT, AND FOUND THAT IT WAS HARD FOR SKIN CONSENSUS.
IT MAY BE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SENSE ABOUT IT NOW, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY SENSE.
IT IS SOMETHING I DEFINITELY THINK IN OUR 2040 PLAN OR ANY PLAN NEEDS TO BE KEPT IN THERE.
'CAUSE I'VE WATCHED US LOSE WONDERFUL CITIZENS BECAUSE THEY REALLY COULD NOT STAY IN THEIR HOUSE FOR PHYSICAL OR HEALTH REASONS OR WHATEVER, BUT WOULD'VE HAD THE MONETARY MEANS TO HAVE STAYED IN BRENTWOOD IF THERE WAS AN OPTION FOR HIM.
SO, UH, MR. TRAVIS, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
I THINK A LOT OF THIS CAN, WE CAN HAVE WHEN WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION, BUT JUST TO ONE POINT, I JUST, UH, I WAS BRAND NEW ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WE APPROVED, UH, SOMEBODY CAME TO US AND WANTED SOME IP ZONING AND WANTED SOME SMALLER THINGS AND, AND WE APPROVED IT.
AND THEN HE CAME BACK AND HE WAS A NICE BUILDER.
HE CAME BACK AND HE SAID, LOOK, FINANCIALLY THINGS HAVE CHANGED SO THAT I CAN MAKE MORE MONEY SELLING SINGLE FAMILY BIG HOMES THAN I CAN SINGLE FAMILY, UH, IP HOMES.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND, BUT WE CAN COVER THAT LATER I THINK.
WELL, AND, AND, AND SO I'LL COME BACK TO THIS IN JUST A SECOND.
YOU KNOW, THE, SO, AND THE, THE LAST BIG CATEGORY AFTER THE SENIOR HOUSING I KIND OF WAS LOOKING AT WAS, UM, UH, A LONG TIME THEME HAS BEEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN PARTICULAR WATER, SEWER AND LONG TERM CAPACITY.
YOU KNOW, AND OF COURSE WE'VE, UH, OPENED UP, UH, STORM WATER, UH, EQUALIZATION TANK AND HAVE A SECOND ONE, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, IN THE PROCESS.
BUT I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE DO WATER AND SEWER, YOU, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT.
SO THOSE WERE THE, THE SORT OF THE BIG CATEGORIES THAT I IDENTIFIED.
BUT I REALLY HOPE AS WE DO THESE WORK SESSIONS AND AS WE HAVE OUR BRIEFINGS, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS.
'CAUSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT MIGHT NOT FIT IN THOSE CATEGORIES MAY HAVE TO WORK 'EM AROUND, BUT I'M, I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS WAY IN PART BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CONVERSATIONS LIKE THE ONE WE JUST HAD BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE TO FACILITATE AS COMMISSIONERS A REALLY GOOD CITYWIDE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE WANNA DO THESE THINGS.
AND I'D SAY AT THIS POINT, AS WE'RE DOING OUR 2040 PLAN, THE EASY STUFF HAS PROBABLY BEEN LARGELY DONE ALREADY,
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ONTO SOME STUFF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED TO THINK THROUGH.
AND I, IT, IT IS PRETTY, PRETTY COMMON FOR SOMEONE TO ASK ME.
THE, THE QUESTION I'LL GET IS SOME VERSION OF, UH, HEY NELSON AS MAYOR, WHAT DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO? AND, OR WHAT IS, WHAT IS HOW, HOW ARE YOU GONNA MAKE THIS HAPPEN? AND MY RESPONSE IS, I DON'T THINK AS MAYOR OR COMMISSIONERS, OUR JOB IS TO, UH, IMPOSE OUR VISION ON THE CITY ONTO YOUR, YOUR INVOCATION.
YOU KNOW, OUR OUR JOB IS TO DISCERN THE KIND OF THE WILL OF THE CITY, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA GET GOOD FEEDBACK.
WE DON'T HAVE GOOD CONVERSATIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED MISINFORMATION IN DIFFERENT TIMES, AND YOU KNOW, AND I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE CAN, EVERYONE SEES FACTS THROUGH THE LENS OF THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE.
SO THINGS CAN LOOK DIFFERENT FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER.
BUT STILL, IF WE CAN HAVE GOOD PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS AND PROBLEM SOLVING.
SO MY MY HOPE IS THAT AS WE THINK THROUGH THIS STUFF AND WE REALLY TALK ABOUT IT, AND WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD ROBUST 2040 PROCESS AS WE COME OUT OF OUR BUDGET SEASON, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION AND PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING REALLY GOOD FOR SOME OF THESE HARDER, HARDER ISSUES THAT, THAT CONTINUE TO FACE OUR CITY.
SO I JUST MENTIONED THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FOLKS THAT HAVE READ THE, UM, THE DOCUMENTATION ALREADY AND LOOKING THROUGH THIS STUFF.
UH, IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND OR OTHER PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY, REALLY ENCOURAGE 'EM TO TAKE A LOOK.
YOU KNOW, CHARLES HAS PUT TOGETHER SOME GREAT RESOURCES ON THE CITY WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN GET IN THERE AND YOU CAN PULL UP THE WHOLE 2030 PLAN.
YOU CAN PULL UP THE 2020 PLAN.
YOU CAN EVEN PULL UP VIDEOS OF THE FOCUS GROUPS AND DIFFERENT SESSIONS THAT WENT INTO THE, UH, THE PLANNING PROCESS.
AND HERE ARE THE ACTUAL DISCUSSIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T CALL 'EM DEBATES AS MUCH AS CONVERSATIONS, BUT IT'S REALLY WORTHWHILE.
AND I HOPE WE CAN HAVE A COMMUNITY-WIDE CONVERSATION THAT REALLY HELPS US TACKLE SOME OF THIS STUFF.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, LETTING ME GO KINDA LONG ON THAT, MAYOR.
IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND I JUST WANTED TO TELL ALL OF YOU WHAT A PLEASURE IT HAS BEEN TO SERVE WITH YOU EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
I HAVE ENJOYED THE LAST SIX MONTHS SO MUCH WITH ALL OF YOU
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SITTING HERE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A WONDERFUL YEAR TOGETHER.AND I THINK WE AS A GROUP MADE A MARVELOUS DECISION IN PICKING STEVE AND I THINK RAY AND NELSON AND KEN AND I DID A GOOD JOB OF PICKING JASON.
WE HAVE SOME OTHER HELP THEN, BUT THEY'RE NOT HERE WITH US ANYMORE.
SO, UH, WELCOME JASON AGAIN AND I HOPE YOU'LL STAY WITH US THE REST OF THIS YEAR,
IT'S JUST SUCH A PLEASURE COMING TO A CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS AS WE'RE DOING, UH, COMMENTS? EVERYBODY? ALRIGHT, SO THAT
[ Consent Agenda]
TAKES US ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE, WILL GENERALLY BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION EXCEPT FOR ANY ITEMS THAT ARE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSIONS ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS AT THIS TIME.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO REMOVE ANYTHING FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? ANYBODY? ALRIGHT.
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[1. Ordinance 2026-01 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 78 TO AMEND TECHNICAL STANDARDS OF PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICE FACILITIES, for consideration on first reading]
HAVE ORDINANCE 2026 DASH ONE, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 78 TO AMEND TECHNICAL STANDARDS OF PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICE FACILITIES FOR CONSIDERATION ON FIRST READING.UH, JUST REAL QUICK BEFORE I GET INTO THAT, I DO PLAN TO, UH, STAY HERE THE REST OF THE YEAR
UM, AND, UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, UH, I CAN'T SPEAK TO YOUR MEETINGS BEFORE, BUT I DESCRIBE YOUR MEETINGS TODAY AS A DISCUSSION OVER A DINNER TABLE.
AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF COMMISSIONS AND YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
SO JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT.
WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO IS TO, UH, UH, START THE PROCESS FOR A TEXT AMENDMENT IN YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE THAT RELATES TO OUR PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICE FACILITIES.
AND THAT'S A LOT OF WORDS TO SAY WHAT MOST PEOPLE RE UH, KNOW AS CELL TOWERS.
AND SO, UH, YOUR CURRENT ORDINANCE IS A 2001 ORDINANCE, AND I'LL JUST HIT THE, YOU'VE SEEN THE DETAILS OF THIS, SO I'LL TRY TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS AND THEN, UH, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK THEM.
BUT, UH, YOUR CURRENT ORDINANCE HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2001.
AND I THINK THE INTENT OF THAT ORDINANCE, AS YOU KNOW, UH, WAS, WAS TO ALLOW, UH, THE NECESSARY CELL TOWERS IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR, UH, WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS.
UH, AND AT THE SAME TIME TRY TO REALLY, REALLY KIND OF, UH, UM, ENSURE THAT LOCATION, NUMBER OF THEM, UH, AESTHETICS AND ALL OF THAT IS TAKEN CARE OF SO THAT, UH, IT, IT ELIMINATES, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AREA AND YOU DIDN'T WANT THOSE TOWERS TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE AREA.
AND THAT'S A, THAT'S A PRETTY TYPICAL GOAL.
AND I THINK THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE.
SO NOW WE HAVE, OH, OH, ABOUT 25, 24, 25 YEARS OF HINDSIGHT.
AND, UH, I THINK AS WE LOOKED AT IT, WE NOW KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, AND, AND REALLY IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO FIND OUT ONCE I GOT HERE, HEARD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A LOT OF GAPS OF SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY, EXCUSE ME.
AND SO SOME OF THOSE GAPS, UH, A LOT OF 'EM ARE ON THE EAST SIDE, SOUTH AND EAST SIDE.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE TOPOGRAPHY LIKE WE DO, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO FILL EVERY GAP, BUT WE HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT GAPS.
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AND SO, UH, THOSE GAPS MEAN THAT WE HAVE SERVICE THAT'S EITHER POOR OR IT'S NON-EXISTENT.AND SO THAT'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL.
YOU KNOW, BACK IN 2001, THAT WAS PROBABLY IMPORTANT, BUT AS WE'VE BECOME SO DEPENDENT ON OUR ELECTRONIC DEVICES, WHEREVER WE GO, THAT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TODAY.
AND SO WE TYPICALLY THINK OF USING OUR PHONES RECREATIONALLY, WHICH WE ALL DO.
UH, SOME PEOPLE USE WIRELESS, UH, FOR BUSINESS, UH, PURPOSES, EVEN OUT AND ABOUT, COULD BE AT A PARK OR WHAT, WHATEVER.
BUT, UH, PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT USES IS, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY USE, UH, WHEN YOU NEED TO CALL 9 1 1.
UH, AND AGAIN, WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT E-BIKES AND IT MADE ME THINK WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL MULTI, MULTI-USE PATHS, RIGHT? AND SO WHETHER IT'S E-BIKE OR A HEALTH ISSUE, IF SOMEONE'S EXERCISING, WHATEVER IT IS, IF THEY'RE OUT ON ONE OF THOSE PATHS OR IN ONE OF OUR PARKS, PEOPLE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO REACH 9 1 1.
AND SO THAT'S A PRETTY IMPORTANT THING.
AND SO THAT KIND OF COMES BACK TO THE BASIC NEED FOR THIS SERVICE, UH, TO BE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN, CAN REACH 9 1 1 WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY NEED TO CALL IT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S DRIVING THIS.
AND SO WE'VE TAKEN A, AN APPROACH, UH, AS WE LOOKED AT, UH, MAKING CHANGES TO THIS AMENDMENT, UH, PROPOSING CHANGES AT THIS POINT OF SAYING, WELL, LET'S GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL GOALS.
UH, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, NOW WE DO KNOW WE NEED TO FILL IN SOME GAPS.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT MINIMIZES THE NUMBER OF TOWERS, THE LOOK OF THE TOWERS, UH, AND, AND PLACEMENT OF THE TOWERS.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE CONTINUED TO HAVE AS PRIMARY GOALS.
UH, AND SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS AND, AND THE CHANGE THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU, WE FIRST SAID, OKAY, LET'S NOT COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THE CURRENT ORDINANCE AND START FROM SCRATCH.
QUITE HONESTLY, THE THE CURRENT ORDINANCE ISN'T THAT BAD.
AND IT'S, IT'S TOO HARD TO EXPLAIN HOW A NEW ORDINANCE IS GONNA WORK.
IT TOOK US PROBABLY 20 PLUS YEARS TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE OLD ORDINANCE IS WORKING.
SO LET'S KEEP THE SAME STRUCTURE, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'LL FIND.
AND THEN LET'S, UH, GO AHEAD AND CREATE.
AND, AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT DIVIDES INTO TIERS, A TIER ONE, TIER TWO, AND TIER THREE IN THE CURRENT STRUCTURE, BASED ON THE EASIEST, UH, INTENT IS TO CITE, SUCH AS THOSE HIDDEN IN STEEPLES OR WHAT, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE UNDER CERTAIN HEIGHTS GOES TO A TIER TWO AND A TIER THREE.
MOST OF THE NEED THAT YOU'LL LIKELY HAVE AT THIS POINT OUT IN, IN PERHAPS MORE RURAL TYPE AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE A TIER THREE TYPE.
YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO SEE MORE HEIGHT, UH, TO GET THE COVERAGE, UH, A LOT OF, UH, PERHAPS NOT AS OPEN A SPACE MORE, MORE HILLS AND SO FORTH.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE DECIDED TO DO IS LOOK AT, UH, A TIER FOUR AND A TIER FOUR IS NOT A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT THAN THE TIER THREE, BUT WHAT IT DOES IS IT'S, YOU'RE GONNA SEE IS THAT IT WILL PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR HEIGHT, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S A NEED YOU'RE GONNA HAVE.
UH, BUT THEN IT ALSO REQUIRES THAT ALL THE OTHER THINGS YOU WOULD EXPECT TO HAVE, UH, TO MAKE SURE, UH, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TOO MANY ANTENNAS, THAT THE HEIGHT ISN'T TALLER THAN IT NEEDS TO BE AND SO FORTH ARE BUILT IN.
SO THAT MEANS THAT IF THIS IS, IF THIS ORDINANCE IS EVENTUALLY APPROVED, THEY'LL HAVE TO BRING THE, AN APPLICANT WILL HAVE TO BRING IN THEIR APPLICATION, THEY'LL HAVE TO SHOW THROUGH A STUDY WHAT THE NEED IS, AND THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE LOCATION, IT'S ABOUT THE HEIGHT AND, AND ALL ASPECTS OF IT.
THEY WILL HAVE TO DISGUISE IT AS WE CURRENTLY WOULD REQUIRE, BOTH THE SITE AND THE INTENT ITSELF.
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF WAYS OF DOING THAT.
UH, AND YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION WILL GET A LOT OF DISCRETION ON THE DISGUISING OF IT.
UM, THEY WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR CO-LOCATION BECAUSE THE POINT OF THIS ORDINANCE IS TO PROVIDE SERVICE, UH, BEING BLIND TO THE PROVIDER, RIGHT, TO WHERE THERE IS NO SERVICE OR THERE'S VERY POOR SERVICE.
IT'S NOT INTENDED TO PROVIDE THREE ANTENNAS IN THE SAME AREA.
IF THREE PROVIDERS CAN'T PROVIDE SERVICE, THEY'LL HAVE TO CO-LOCATE TO A SINGLE TOWER.
SO IT PROVIDES THAT PROTECTION AS WELL.
AND SO THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING.
UM, IT WILL, UH, THINKING OF SAFETY.
ANOTHER ASPECT OF SAFETY IS, UH, HISTORICALLY IN THE PICTURE IS A GOOD ONE.
THAT TOWER ON THE LEFT AND THE PICTURES OF WHAT YOU CALL A MONOPOLE, THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS THE LATTICE.
LATTICE TOWERS ARE NOT EVEN ALLOWED, BUT THE MONOPOLE IS THE, IS THE TYPICAL PRODUCT YOU WOULD SEE TODAY.
AND HISTORICALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM, WE PRESUME IN OUR ORDINANCE PRESUMES THAT IF, IF, UH, PERHAPS THROUGH A STORM OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, IF THAT'S GOING TO FALL, IT WOULD FALL FROM THE BASE ALL THE WAY DOWN.
SO THE CURRENT ORDINANCE SAYS, HEY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A HUGE SPACE FOR A FALL ZONE.
WELL, CURRENT TECHNOLOGY OF THE TOWERS AND A REQUIREMENT OF WHAT YOU, YOU WOULD SEE IN THE TIER FOUR REQUIREMENTS WOULD SAY, NOW WE CAN RECOGNIZE WHAT ARE BASICALLY PINCH POINTS AND IT WOULD FOLD DOWN ON ITSELF.
AND SO THERE'S NO LONGER A CONCERN OF FROM THE BASE ALL THE WAY DOWN IN THAT TYPE OF FALLING.
SO THEY'RE BUILT MORE SAFELY AND OUR, UH, AMENDMENT WOULD REQUIRE THEM, UH, THOSE TYPES OF TOWERS SO THAT THEY'RE MORE SAFE THAN WHAT YOU WOULD HISTORICALLY HAVE.
SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS WELL.
SO WE'RE USING THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND APPROACH.
UH, AGAIN, THEY WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE A TECHNICAL PROPAGATION STUDY.
THE, UH, THE CITY IN THE ORDINANCE RESERVES THE RIGHT, AND I THINK WE WOULD USE IT EVERY TIME TO HIRE A THIRD PARTY ON THE APPLICANT'S NICKEL TO REVIEW THEIR PROPAGATION STUDY.
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GET TO CHOOSE WHO THAT THIRD PARTY IS, SO THAT WAY, UH, IF WE NEED THE ASSISTANCE, WE LIKELY WILL, WE CAN REVIEW THEIR WORK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE AGREE WITH THAT WORK.I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS WELL, BECAUSE IT IS VERY TECHNICAL.
UM, IT'S LIMITED ON WHAT TYPE OF PROPERTY THAT TENANT COULD BE PLACED ON.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S PEOPLE ENVISION AND JUST ABOUT ANY PROPERTY OUT THERE, BUT UH, IT'S LIMITED TO GOVERNMENTAL OWNED PROPERTY.
QUASI GOVERNMENTAL OWNED, SUCH AS A UTILITY DISTRICT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
AND RESIDENTIAL, HOA PROPERTY.
NOW IN THE RESIDENTIAL HOA, THERE'S GONNA BE A SEPARATE ZONING PIECE TO THAT AS WELL.
IT KIND OF REMINDS ME, ONE THING WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WITH ANY ORDINANCE IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REALLY DICTATES THE RULES TO THESE.
AND THERE'S A SHOT CLOCK, WHICH MEANS BASICALLY THERE'S A PARTICULAR TIME YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION.
IF YOU DON'T, THEY MAKE IT FOR YOU.
SO WE HAVE TO ALWAYS BE COGNIZANT OF AN APPLICATION OF WATCHING THAT SHOT CLOCK SO THAT WE MAKE OUR OWN DECISION.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, THE, UH, ORDINANCE REQUIRES PROPERTY OWNER NOTIFICATION, UH, OF A THOUSAND FOOT OUT, UH, FROM THE APPLICATION SITE, JUST TO BE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PERHAPS CAN SEE IT, UH, UH, AND, AND, AND, AND MAY HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT IT.
UH, HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW THAT THE PROCESS HAS STARTED AND IF THEY WISH TO PARTICIPATE, THEY CERTAINLY CAN.
AND YOU'D SEE THAT TYPICALLY AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND PERHAPS WHEN IT COMES BACK TO YOU, UM, I ALREADY MENTIONED THE VISUAL IMPACT ANALYSIS AND, AND DISGUISING, AND IT DOES CREATE A A OR GIVE A LOT OF DISCRETION TO YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION.
HAVE A GREAT PLANNING COMMISSION.
THEY KNOW HOW TO DO THEIR JOB.
SO A LOT OF FAITH THAT THEY CAN WORK WITH THEM ON THAT.
UM, AND I MENTIONED LATTICE TOWERS OR BANNED.
UM, LET'S SEE, LET'S SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING I'VE FORGOTTEN HERE.
I THINK THAT'S THE PRIMARY ASPECT, BUT YES.
WHAT DOES RESIDENTIAL HOA PROPERTY MEAN? IT WOULD BE IF THERE'S COMMON SPACE PROPERTY, THE COMMON SPACE, OPEN SPACE PROPERTY.
AGAIN, BECAUSE OF HOW THAT'S ZONED.
IF, IF THERE IS AN APPLICATION, I'M NOT SURE YOU'LL SEE ONE VERY OFTEN, BUT I THINK YOU MAY SEE ONE FAIRLY QUICKLY.
UH, BUT GENERALLY I DON'T THINK YOU'LL SEE ONE VERY OFTEN.
BUT THAT WOULD HAVE TO ALSO GO BACK ON THE ZONING SIDE AND BE LOOKED AT FROM A ZONING PERSPECTIVE AS WELL, BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE ZONING WOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED FOR THAT.
BUT IT COULD, I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE WHO LEASE THEIR PROPERTY GET PAID BY THESE, THE HOA CAN ALWAYS, MAYBE THEY CAN SUPPLEMENT THEIR TREASURY BY LEASING SOME OF THAT SPACE TO THESE PEOPLE, WHICH MIGHT SOFTEN THE BLOW A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
AND, AND HOLLY, IF YOU COULD FLIP FORWARD, JUST SHOW ONE OF THOSE MAP GRAPHICS, UH, WHAT YOU TYP.
THIS IS, UH, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IN THE FUTURE, BUT THESE, UH, TWO GRAPHICS ARE ACTUALLY FROM A FAIRLY RECENT PLANNING COMMISSION ITEM IN WHICH YOU ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING TOWER.
THERE'S NO NEW TOWER, BUT THEY WERE LOOKING TO ADD ANTENNAS FROM A VARIETY OF PROVIDERS.
AND SO, UH, IF YOU CAN FLIP, I THINK BACK ONE, THERE'S TWO.
COUPLE THINGS TO KNOW, UH, ONE, UH, GREEN IS GOOD FOR SERVICE, RIGHT? YELLOW, AND THEN ORANGE IS WORSE FOR SERVICE.
UM, SO BECAUSE IN BUILDING IS THE BEST PLACE, YOU, YOU EXPECT IT OUTSIDE AND YOU'RE IN VEHICLE AND IN A BUILDING.
SO GREEN IS REALLY GOOD AND YELLOW AND ORANGE IS NOT SO GOOD AT 700 MEGAHERTZ.
THE, THE LOWER THE MEGAHERTZ, THE FURTHER THE SERVICE CAN GO.
IT'S WHEN YOU GET INTO HIGHER MEGAHERTZ, LIKE THE NEXT ONE THAT SHOWS IT'S EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO HAVE THAT SERVICE.
AND YOU SEE THAT FOR FASTER SPEEDS, YOU SEE THOSE AT A HIGHER, UH, FREQUENCY AND THEREFORE THE DISTANCE IS SHORTER.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE, THE PROBLEM AS WELL.
IT'S JUST A CHANGE IN, IN IN EXPECTATION AND TECHNOLOGY AS WELL.
SO JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF A, OF A TYPE OF MAP YOU MIGHT SEE IN THE FUTURE.
I, I WOULD EXPECT THEM, THEY WOULD HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, SO ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING.
DON'T REALLY GRASP ALL OF THIS.
I WAS JUST, IS THAT WHEN YOU MIGHT USE SATELLITE PHONES? I MEAN, IS THAT THE KIND OF TERRAIN THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WOULDN'T COVER MM-HMM
BUT THAT'S WHEN YOU GO TO SATELLITES? YEAH.
AS LONG AS YOU COULD, A PERSON COULD USE A SATELLITE PHONE IF THEY, IF I, I, I THINK WEATHER CAN BE A FACTOR IN OTHER OBSTRUCTION.
SO IF YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOREST MAY DEPEND ON WHAT SIDE OF THE HILL YOU'RE ON AND WHERE YOUR SATELLITE IS.
BUT IF SOMEONE HAS SATELLITE PHONE ACCESS, THEY PROBABLY COULD USE THAT.
SO, UM, SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO HIT THAT NICHE OF PROVIDING FILL IN THE GAPS OF SERVICE WITHOUT CREATING ANY, UH, UH, UH, JUST FREEDOM TO HAVE TOWERS ANYWHERE AND REALLY TIE THAT IN.
WE THINK WE HAVE A BALANCE OF DOING THAT, UH, OF MAKING IT AS TIGHT AS WE CAN.
KIND OF INCONSISTENT WITH THE PRIOR ORDINANCE OR THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, I SHOULD SAY, THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR OVER 20 YEARS, BUT YET TO FILL IN THE GAPS OF SERVICE THAT WE HAVE SO WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE SERVICE IN THOSE AREAS.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO.
SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS, UH, FROM A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A LOGISTICAL THAT TODAY'S ACTION, THE FIRST READING AS YOU KNOW, REALLY COMMENCES THE PROCESS OF LOOKING
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AT THE TEXT AMENDMENT.AND THEN THIS IS SCHEDULED TO GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR REVIEW ON FEBRUARY 2ND, AND THEN PRESUMABLY BACK TO, UH, TO YOU FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE NINTH.
AND THEN, UH, A SECOND FINAL READING IS SCHEDULED FOR THE 23RD, I SHOULD SAY FEBRUARY 2ND, FEBRUARY 9TH, AND THEN FEBRUARY 23RD BACK TO YOU.
AND SO THAT MAY DEPEND ON HOW LONG THE PLANNING COMMISSION MIGHT NEED TO, TO TALK ABOUT IT AS WELL.
IF IT FOLLOWS THE TYPICAL PROCESS WE HAVE, THOSE ARE THE DATES THAT WOULD BE FOLLOWED TO ADDRESS IT.
AND SO YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB SUMMARIZING AT THE THURSDAY INFORMATION MEETING.
WE ALSO HAD AN EXPERT THERE AND WE WENT IN EVEN MORE DETAIL.
AND IT, THIS IS A VERY COMPLICATED SITUATION AND YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF SUMMARIZING AND CITY STAFFS A GOOD JOB OF PULLING THAT TOGETHER.
AND UH, I'M GOING TO, UH, GIVE TODD SOME CREDIT.
WE'VE HAD SOME HELP FROM PEOPLE THAT, UH, ARE THAT DEAL WITH THE TOWERS, NOT THE APPLICANTS, BUT THE, THOSE WHO DEAL WITH THE TOWERS IN THE INDUSTRY.
AND THAT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL TOO, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE KIND OF TASKED EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH SAYING, HOW DO WE FILL THIS SERVICE NICHE, THIS SERVICE GAP, I SHOULD SAY, AND YET STILL TRY TO PRESERVE THE LOOK AND FEEL OF OUR COMMUNITY AND AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
BUT I, I WILL SAY HEIGHT WILL BE A FACTOR.
AND YOU CANNOT HIDE AN N ANTENNA BEHIND AN OBJECT OR A TREE LINE AND EXPECT TO GET SERVICE.
AND SO THE GIVE AND TAKE IS, IS RIGHT.
THERE MAY BE A PLACE THAT MIGHT BE, UH, A TOWER MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE VISIBLE AND CO-LOCATION TAKE CREATES VERTICAL SPACE TOO.
BUT BOTH OF THOSE THINGS, THE TRADE OFF IS FEWER TOWERS.
KEEP ALL THE ANTENNAS ON SINGLE TOWERS FROM MULTIPLE PROVIDERS AND TRY TO, TO DO IT THAT WAY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE AS WELL.
ONE, ONE AREA, I DON'T SHARE YOUR ENTHUSIASM,
REMEMBER FOR A WHOLE SUB SHOPPING CENTERS, UH, I MEAN, YOU'LL DO IT, BUT IT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOME LONG ENTERTAINING MEETINGS.
I MEAN, YOU'RE A LOT MORE, YOU'RE A LOT MORE ENCOURAGING THAN I AM ABOUT, WELL, WE'RE WORKING THEM CLOSELY, BUT IT'S, I SAY HARD THERE, LAUGHING HARD, DESCRIBE, RIGHT? YEAH.
'CAUSE EACH SCENARIO COULD BE DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHERE IT IS AND WHAT THE TERRAIN IS AND, AND THE COLOR SCHEME BEHIND IT.
A FEW THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE 2001, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK JUST LIKE IN, IN MY FAMILY IN 2001, WE HAD TWO SIM CARDS AND TWO CELL PHONES.
RIGHT NOW, AS I'M SITTING HERE, I'VE GOT FOUR, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN MY COMMISSION PHONE, MY PERSONAL PHONE, AND THERE'S TWO IN MY CAR.
AND WITH THE KIND OF FUNCTIONALITY THAT PEOPLE ARE USED TO HAVING, I MEAN, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE IN BRENTWOOD, WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE USE OF THIS STUFF.
AND IT'S GOTTEN A LOT MORE FUNDAMENTAL FOR OUR LIVES WHERE THESE, THESE DEVICES HAVE ALMOST SEEMED LIKE MORE LIKE A UTILITY THAN A, THAN A CONVENIENCE.
AND I THINK WE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE SAFETY ASPECT, I KNOW YOU KNOW, JASON, YOU'VE MENTIONED IT SEVERAL TIMES, BUT NO, I THINK I MENTIONED THE BRIEFING THE OTHER DAY IN MY OWN CASE, YOU KNOW, AT OUR HOUSE, I DEPEND ON THE WIFI FOR ANY DEVICES TO WORK AROUND THE HOUSE.
AND IF I GET, YOU KNOW, OUR HOUSE IS TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE, OF THE LOT.
SO IF I'M IN THE BACKYARD, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S JUST AN ACRE, IT'S NOT A BIG YARD, IT'S JUST A BRENTWOOD STANDARD.
IF I'M BACKED BY THE BACK FENCE, I'M DONE.
UM, THERE IS NO CELL COVERAGE, THERE'S NO WIFI, THERE'S NO NOTHING.
AND YOU KNOW, THE WAY WE DE DEPEND ON THESE THINGS THESE DAYS, I THINK PEOPLE DEPEND ON US TO PUT TOGETHER A STRUCTURE THAT CAN LET THEM HAVE SERVICE FOR ALL THESE DEVICES THAT THEY, THEY RELY ON SO MUCH.
AND, AND AS YOU KNOW, UH, BRENTWOOD IS A QUALITY PLACE, RIGHT? AND, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THE CITIZENS HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR SERVICE AS THEY SHOULD.
AND SO THEY SH EVEN THOUGH THIS IS AN OUR DIRECTLY PROVIDED SERVICE, THEY SHOULD HAVE AN EXPECTATION THAT WHEN THEY'RE OUTSIDE THEY CAN GET CELL SERVICE.
I THINK WE'RE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THAT.
AND WE JUST HAVE FAR TOO MANY GAPS.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT.
UM, I LIVE IN AN AREA THAT
BUT, UM, IT'S, UM, WE DEPEND ON OUR PHONES AND SO MUCH WITH DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF OUR LIVES.
AND SO MANY PEOPLE IN BRENTWOOD DO, AND THERE'S SEVERAL AREAS IN BRENTWOOD.
IT'S, IT IS CITYWIDE, BUT IT'S JUST CERTAIN AREAS.
UH, IT USUALLY HAS TO DO WITH THE TOPOGRAPHY.
AND MY LIMITED KNOWLEDGE IS WITH THE NEWER TECHNOLOGIES LIKE 5G OR WHATEVER, THERE HAS TO BE MORE CONTACT.
I, I WILL SAY THAT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT STEP AND I THINK STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB, BUT I ALSO WANNA THANK OUR MAYOR BECAUSE HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME MEETING, LEARNING WITH STAFF,
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LEARNING THE RULES, THE LAWS, WHAT THE PROVIDERS DO, AND ALL OF THAT.AND SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
AND, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS VERY NEEDED.
I, I, I'VE SAID FOR YEARS, I WENT ON A MISSION TRIP IN 2006 TO UKRAINE.
UH, BUT EXCEPT IF YOU WERE IN KYIV OR, OR ONE OF THE LARGER CITIES, IT WAS NOT EXACTLY REAL, REAL FORWARD OR TECHNOLOGICAL OR WHATEVER.
EXCEPT IN ONE THING, THE WHOLE TIME THERE, I HAD PERFECT CELL SERVICE.
AND I REMEMBER I CAME BACK, I WAS ON A BUSINESS CALL GOING DOWN CONCORD ROAD, RIGHT AS YOU GO DOWN THE HILL TO, TO, YOU KNOW, TO SARATOGA AND COME BACK UP TO GREEN HILL BOULEVARD.
AND IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT CALL.
AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, TAKING A WHILE TO GET THE PERSON ON THE PHONE DROPS THE CALL.
FORTUNATELY THEY CALLED ME BACK 'CAUSE IT WAS SOMEONE THAT, THAT COULD'VE JUST SAID, WELL, I'M NOT, I'M WASTING MY TIME WITH THIS PERSON.
I WAS IN UKRAINE FOR A WHILE AND HAD PERFECT CELL SERVICE AND BACK HERE A WEEK AND I'VE ALREADY DROPPED ABOUT 10 CALLS.
'CAUSE THERE'S JUST CERTAIN AREAS WHERE THEY DROP.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT.
SO I'M EXCITED FOR US TO, TO DO SOMETHING THAT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL TO MOST OF OUR COMMUNITY, IF NOT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND BE DONE IN A WAY WHERE IT'S STILL AESTHETICALLY PLEASING AND IS APPROPRIATE FOR OUR AREA AND IS STRICT WHEN YOU READ THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT HOOPS AND DIFFERENT THINGS YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
TO ME, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE PROVIDERS OR WHO'S PROPOSING IT HAS TO PROVE A NEED.
IT'S NOT JUST, OH, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GONNA SATURATE EVERYWHERE.
YOU HAVE TO SHOW THAT THE COVERAGE IS NOT GOOD.
SO TO ME THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, AND MAYBE IT'S DIRECTED MORE TOWARDS, TOWARDS TODD, BUT IN COMMUNITIES, DO WE HAVE SOME SIMILAR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE ADOPTED THIS HEIGHT AND THIS TYPE OF MONOPOLE WITH THE HINGE POINTS? LIKE IS THERE, IS THAT WELL STUDIED? IS IT BRAND NEW OR HAS IT BEEN OUT FOR 20 YEARS AND WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD IT YET HERE? THE SECOND THING, UM, WELL, SORRY.
IN, IN DOING THE RESEARCH, SEVERAL COMMUNITIES HAVE RECENTLY UPDATED THEIR ORDINANCES.
UM, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, FRANKLIN HAS A FAIRLY NEW, UM, PWSF ORDINANCE.
SO YEAH, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FILL IN THE GAPS NOW.
UM, GRANTED IT WILL BE UP TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO AGREE ON SOME TYPE OF, UH, BLENDING MM-HMM
BUT IT, IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO DO YOU WANT REALLY GOOD COVERAGE OR DO YOU NOT WANNA BE ABLE TO SEE ANYTHING AT ALL? SO, AND THE MONOPOLES ARE PRETTY WELL STUDIED.
THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE AND THEY HAVE OKAY, GREAT.
BECAUSE I, I CAN SEE THAT AS BEING ONE OF THE BIGGER POINTS SINCE WE'RE GIVING UP THE 110% AREA AROUND THE TOWER, THAT THAT MIGHT BE WHERE WE PERSONALLY OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, STAFF GETS QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.
WELL THAT'S GIVING UP THE 110%.
IT OPENS UP MORE POTENTIAL SITES.
RIGHT? WELL, I'M NOT AGAINST IT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN TELL PEOPLE THAT YES, THESE TOWERS DO COLLAPSE AT THE HINGE POINTS LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.
AND TO DO SO UNDER THE ORDINANCE.
BUT, BUT IT'S, BUT THEY DO, THEY DO IN, IN REAL LIFE IT DOES WORK.
I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I WANNA KNOW.
YES, WE ASK THAT QUESTION A LOT AND I I, I'D EVEN ASK FOR A GRAPHIC PICTURE TO SEE ONE, JUST 'CAUSE I, OBVIOUSLY I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT HAPPEN, UH, BECAUSE THEY DON'T ACTUALLY FALL OFTEN AT ALL.
BUT IN CASE THEY DO, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND YEAH, IT REALLY JUST FALLS, BENDS OVER ON ITSELF.
BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE WE'D TO, TO OR UM, SAY MANAGER AGENT'S POINT EARLIER, WE, WE DIDN'T DROP OUR ORDINANCE AND WHOLESALE ADOPT STATE OF THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY OR THE FRANKLIN ORDINANCE.
WE TOOK OUR EXISTING ORDINANCE AND MADE AS FEW CHANGES AS WE CAN MANAGE WHILE STILL BRINGING IT UP TO DATE.
SO WE HAVE STUCK TO THE BRENTWOOD APPROACH FOR REGULATING THIS, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PROBABLY.
SO WE, WE DIDN'T JUST ADOPT SOMEBODY ELSE'S, BUT WE, WE DO APPEAR TO BE ON THE BACK END OF THE COMMUNITIES GETTING AROUND TO BRINGING THESE THINGS UP TO DATE.
THE COMMISSIONER DUNN SEEMS LIKE THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE COMPLAINTS WE'VE GOTTEN WERE FROM PEOPLE THAT WERE MORE FEARFUL OF THINGS BEING EMITTED FROM THEM THAT WERE DANGEROUS TO THEIR BODIES.
I MEAN, NOBODY EVER COMPLAINED ABOUT WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE.
IT WAS LIKE, HEY, WE SEE THIS IS GOING UP AND I'VE READ ON THE INTERNET, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
YOU KNOW, IS IT SAFE? THAT'S THE KIND OF, CAUSE I THINK WE MAY GET MORE.
'CAUSE I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALLY CARE IF IT'S, I'VE SEEN THE ONES THAT LOOK LIKE FAKE TREES AND THEY ARE FAKE
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TREES.YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA THINK IT'S A REAL TREE NO MATTER WHAT.
I, I THINK PEOPLE WILL BE SATISFIED WITH THIS COVERAGE AND ANYBODY THAT COMPLAINS IT'S GONNA BE BECAUSE THEY'RE OF HEALTH CONCERNS.
WE'LL HAVE SORT OF AN OVERVIEW OF INFORMATION WE'LL SEND OUT.
IN ADDITION, WE DO HAVE INFORMATION ON EXACTLY THAT QUESTION, UH, COMMISSIONER.
AND WE'LL SEND THAT OUT, UH, TO, WITH OR TO YOU AS WELL.
SO THAT WAY IF YOU DO HAVE SOMEONE THAT ASKS YOU QUESTIONS, YOU'LL HAVE SOME INFORMATION IN YOUR HANDS.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTION? YEAH, I THINK WE NEED A MOTION.
WE, SO DO WE HAVE, UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE.
[2. Appointment of one (1) member to the Board of Zoning Appeals]
TWO.APPOINTMENT OF ONE MEMBER TO THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS.
YOU'LL SEE THE, UH, SHEET IN FRONT OF YOU.
UH, STATE ATTORNEY CORN, DO YOU HAVE ANY INSTRUCTIONS? ALRIGHT, I, ALL RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER PIPPEN VOTES FOR DEBBIE SHERIDAN.
COMMISSIONER TRAVIS VOTES FOR DEBBIE SHERIDAN, VICE MAYOR.
LITTLE VOTES FOR DEBBIE SHERIDAN.
COMMISSIONER DUNN VOTES FOR DEBBIE SHERIDAN.
COMMISSIONER GARRIS VOTES FOR CHRISTOPHER ROSE.
COMMISSIONER DONAHUE VOTES FOR DEBBIE SHERIDAN AND MAYOR ANDREWS VOTES FOR DEBBIE SHERIDAN.
SO WE HAVE SIX VOTES FOR DEBBIE SHERIDAN AND ONE FOR CHRISTOPHER ROSE.
SO IF WE, UH, HAVE SOMEONE CONTACT, UH, THE CANDIDATES TO LET 'EM KNOW.
[3. Other new business]
ITEM AND OTHER NEW BUSINESS IS WE HAVE A NOTICE OF A FUTURE APPOINTMENT OF ONE MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.UH, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT HERE IN THE, ALRIGHT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS FOR THE GOOD OF BRENTWOOD? ALRIGHT, SHOULD I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MOVE TO ADJOURN.
SECOND COMMISSIONER, OR, UH, VICE MAYOR? LITTLE.