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TO, UH, TALK ABOUT THE STORM[ Brentwood City Commission Briefing February 5, 2026 Click on Download PDF Packet above to view Briefing Agenda Following discussion of the February 9th Agendas, the items below will be discussed: Presentation of Audit Report by Baker & Tilly Discussion of Expanded Beer Garden at Summer Concert Series Preliminary Discussion of 2040 Plan Follow-up discussion on E-bikes This informational meeting is an opportunity for the Board of Commissioners to discuss the upcoming agenda, to ask questions of staff and applicants, and to request additional information prior to the formal Monday meeting.]
DEBRIEF IN ANY WAY THAT YOU'D LIKE TO.IT'S REALLY PRETTY OPEN-ENDED.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF ME, YOU'D BE OR BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY, GOT OUR STAFF HERE THAT CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
I DID SEND YOU A MEMORANDUM YESTERDAY THAT I THINK PRETTY WELL OUTLINES WHERE WE ARE ON SIDE.
AND SO I CAN GO THROUGH IT IF YOU'D LIKE, OR IF YOU JUST HAVE QUESTIONS, UH, PLEASE ASK.
IF WE CAN'T ANSWER 'EM TODAY, WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU AS YOU KNOW.
BUT, UH, IT'S REALLY JUST TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE STORM AND SPEND THIS 30 MINUTES BEFORE WE GET INTO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
WHAT, WHAT WAS SENT OUT YESTERDAY? HAS THAT BEEN UPDATED ON THE WEBSITE BY CHARLES? UH, CHARLES? HAS THE UPDATED INFORMATION BEEN, UH, PLACED OUT THERE YET? I BEEN LOOKING, SEE, I THINK WE'VE GOT MOST OF IT.
I THINK MOST OF IT WAS TAKEN UP.
WE TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, DEBRIS AND THE YES SIR.
ALL THAT'S UP THERE ON THE WEBSITE.
AND THAT'S ON THE MAIN, IS THAT GONNA GO OUT ON YOUR BRENTWOOD BULLETIN? YES, SIR.
MORE WAYS WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION.
I ALREADY USED THAT TO SEND A RESIDENCE JUST TO EMAIL.
JUST STRAIGHT TO YEAH, ME TOO.
SO THIS ISN'T A FORM WHERE WE CAN, WE CAN SHARE THIS AS IS 'CAUSE WE'RE DOING THIS FOR EMERGENCY POWERS, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO THAT'S WHY YOU GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE CONTRACT.
SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE IT BEFORE A VOTE BECAUSE OF THAT.
KRISTEN, DO WE HAVE A RULING ON THAT ONE MORE TIME? WE'RE ALLOWED.
THIS IS, UH, EMERGENCY POWERS WE'RE ALLOWED TO COMMUNICATE THIS.
I MEAN, YEAH, SO, SO SOMETHING I JUST WANNA MENTION BEFORE I FORGET TO MENTION IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY WHEN JAY WAS TELLING US ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE TRUCKS AND AS I DRIVE AROUND SOME OF THE AREAS, THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ALREADY HAVE BIG BRUSH PILES UNDERNEATH POWER LINES AND OTHER STUFF.
AND I WAS ALSO THINKING ABOUT LIKE WILSON PIKE THAT HAS A LOT OF BRUSH PILES THERE ON A TWO LANE ROAD.
UM, I WANT US TO THINK THROUGH NOT JUST WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT HOW WE'RE DOING IT AND WHEN WE'RE DOING IT, AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S SOME AREAS OF TOWN THAT WE NEED TO HAVE OUR OWN PEOPLE DO IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE SERVICE LEVELS AND THAT THE TRAFFIC SITUATION WE'D LIKE.
JUST TO MAKE SURE, 'CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THE TRUCKS WE'RE HIRING ARE HOW MANY TIMES THE SIZE OF OUR TRUCKS? FIVE TIMES.
FIVE TIMES THE SIZE OF OUR TRUCKS.
SO NOT, NOT NECESSARILY JUST ONE TRUCK, BUT THEY'LL HAVE A TRAILER WITH THEM OF SIMILAR SIZE.
SO I'M JUST ENVISIONING ONE OF THOSE BEASTS ON WILSON PIKE STOPPING TRAFFIC AT, UH, SEVEN IN THE MORNING OR EIGHT IN THE MORNING DURING RUSH HOUR AND, AND HOW MANY PHONE CALLS AND THAT, THAT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY BAD IDEA AND IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THEM.
AND IT WASN'T ONE OF THOSE OF COURSE, BUT A TRUCK CAME DOWN COVINGTON AND TURNED LEFT DOWN TO MARYLAND LANE, HAD A BIG, HUGE, GIGANTIC TRAILER BEHIND IT.
WELL, THEY, I'M ON THE CORNER.
SO NOW THERE'S A BIG RUT OF TWO LIONS OF, UH, TIRE TRACKS GOING THROUGH MY FRONT YARD.
SO WE DO WITH SIZE DOES MATTER, TURNING THESE CORNERS AND THINGS, DALE MAY WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS, BUT THEIR CREWS, OUR CONTRACTOR CREWS WILL BE WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR CREWS.
THEY DON'T JUST GO STRAIGHT OUT INTO AN AREA AND START LEANING IT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE GUIDING THEIR ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE EIGHT CONTRACTED CREWS AND WE HAVE, WELL SOON TO HAVE EIGHT TRUCKS, HOPEFULLY AFTER MONDAY NIGHT'S MEETING.
WE'VE STRATEGICALLY PUT EVERYBODY IN ALL THE QUADRANTS OF THE CITY.
ALSO TO, UH, MAYOR TO YOUR POINT IS, UH, THE WILSON PIKE NARROWS THE MAIN ROADS, CROCKETT, ALL THAT ARE GONNA BE HANDLED BY OUR PEOPLE, POSSIBLY WITH FLAGGERS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL.
THAT WAS DEBRIEFED THIS MORNING.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT OLD SMYRNA ROAD.
WE, THERE'S SO MUCH DEBRIS ON OLD SMYRNA ROAD.
WE DON'T HAVE AN, AN OPTION BUT TO CLOSE THAT ROAD ORGANIZED, ADVERTISED AND GET IN THERE ONE DAY AND GET IT PICKED UP AND GET OUT.
ALL OF THAT STUFF IS BEING HANDLED BY US.
THE OTHER APPROACH THAT WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE AS WE GET TO THE, UH, EDGES OF OUR COUNTY, IT'S VERY HARD TO DETERMINE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LEAVE BRENTWOOD OTHER THAN THE LITTLE PLACARD.
SO WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT WE STRATEGICALLY PLACE OUR PEOPLE ON THE CITY LIMIT SIDES.
AND WE'RE KEEPING THE TRUCKS IN THE MAIN CORE OF THE CITY.
UM, GOVERNOR'S, CLUBS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
ALL THE, ALL THE SMALLER, THE GATED DIVISIONS THAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE.
UH, WE ARE HANDLING THAT STUFF INSIDE AS WELL, WHERE THE STREETS ARE MORE NARROW.
THEY, THERE ARE GOING TO BE TO ADDRESS ANN'S CONCERN.
THAT WAS A CONTRACT OR THAT WAS LIKE A LANDSCAPER.
IT MUST HAVE BEEN SOMEBODY THAT WAS HIRED THAT PROBABLY CUT ACROSS THE LOT.
I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN UNFORTUNATELY, DEPENDING ON WHO THEY MEET, WHEN THEY GET UP TO AN INTERSECTION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT MAY HAPPEN.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT THAT'S, THAT COULD GO ON THAT WE COULD ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, AS THE TIME GOES ON TO REPAIR THIS STUFF.
BUT WE HAVE STRATEGICALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THE NARROW SECTION OF WILSON PIKE, THE MAIN ROADS, AND
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WE TRY TO, WE'RE TRYING TO COVER ALL THAT IN-HOUSE.YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S, WE ALWAYS WANNA DO THE RIGHT THING, BUT TO GET A GOOD RESULT, YOU HAVE TO DO THE RIGHT THING THE RIGHT WAY.
COULD HE REPEAT THE EL SMYRNA ROAD PARK FOR OUR ONE RESIDENT? I'LL TO, I'LL TALK TO HIM AFTER.
OH YEAH, HE GOING BRIEF, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT.
PICK UP, THEY GONNA SCHEDULE LIKE WILSON PIKE AND AROUND THE SCHOOLS TO WHERE POSSIBLY, 'CAUSE TO ME IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR THE WORKERS ALSO TO NOT HAVE THE REAL HORRIBLE MORNING RUSH AND THE REAL HORRIBLE AFTERNOON RUSH TRYING TO GET, I MEAN, 'CAUSE THAT TO ME RAISES THEIR RISK AS WELL.
SO ARE THEY GONNA TRY TO WORK MORE JUST IN CERTAIN SECTIONS, NOT NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT THE MAIN ROADS MORE MIDDAY? WE WILL, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO WALK AWAY FROM HERE AND TELL YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT OUT OF 16 TRUCKS.
WE WON'T GET HUNG IN SKILLED TRAFFIC.
AND THAT WOULD BE OH, I'M SURE YOU'LL, BUT YEAH, FAIR ENOUGH.
CAN WE ORGANIZE THE BEST WE CAN AND SOMEBODY GET AWAY? SO I'LL MAKE IT VERY QUICK.
BUT OUR EXISTING BRUSH ROUTES ARE COLOR CODED AND ALREADY MAPPED.
THEY WILL HAVE A MAP HANDED TO THEM AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW THAT COLORED ROUTE.
AND THEN IF THEY GET DONE EARLY, THEY WILL CHECK WITH ONE OF OUR PEOPLE THAT IS THE CREW LEADER FOR THAT AREA TO GET THEIR NEXT ASSIGNMENT.
THAT'S WHAT DEBRIEF DEBRIEFINGS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
WE SPEAK AT THE SERVICE CENTER FOR THE CHAMBER.
DID WE HAVE THIS PLAN IN PLACE? OR WAS THIS, WELL, YOU JUST BRILLIANT HERE.
SO ASKING AND THIS, THIS IS A CULMINATION OF YOUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST COMING TOGETHER SAYING, HOW DO WE SOLVE THIS? AND I'LL GIVE, I'LL GIVE'S SO IMPRESSIVE.
REALLY I'LL, I'LL DEAL, UH, FOLKS A LOT OF CREDIT BECAUSE THEY HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT THIS AND, AND ACTUALLY, UH, HAVING THE CURRENT, UH, I CALL IT ZONES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE DO, THAT WE USE THE BRUSH PICKUP WAS A GOOD STARTING POINT FOR THAT CONVERSATION THEY USE RATHER THAN JUST TO REINVENT THE WHOLE THING AND THEN START WITH THAT AND THEN, UH, THINK ABOUT, WELL WHAT DO WE NEED TO MODIFY OR CHANGE SUCH AS PERIPHERAL STREETS AND MAIN STREETS DURING PEAK TIMES AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
BUT YEAH, THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON IT TRYING TO MAKE IT AS, AS EFFICIENT AND CONVENIENT AS POSSIBLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WILL STAND OUT IS, IS THAT THERE MAY BE SOME COMMUNITIES OR AREAS THAT WILL START IN ONE AND THEN GO THROUGH THE COMMUNITY TILL YOU GET TO THE OTHER.
AND SO IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE AT THE END, THAT'S A LONG TIME.
NOW THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE THE LAST FEW FOLKS, BUT HERE, BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING TO BE IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AT ONE TIME, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GONNA BE LIKE THAT.
AND SO A LOT OF FOLKS ARE GONNA SEE OUR TRUCKS AND THE CONTRACTOR TRUCKS AND SO FORTH.
CONTRACTOR TRUCKS STILL HAVE A, A MAGNETIC SIGN ON 'EM SO THEY KNOW THAT WHAT THEY'RE THERE FOR.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF TIME, AND THAT GOES BACK TO THE SITE LOCATIONS TOO, TRYING TO KEEP THOSE CLOSE BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU SPEND TOO MUCH TIME DRIVING.
SO IF WE HAD ONE, WE DIDN'T HAVE A SITE LOCATION THAT THAT WAS LARGE ENOUGH FOR EVERYTHING WE DON'T BELIEVE.
BUT EVEN IF WE DID TO DRIVE CLEAR ACROSS TOWN, EACH TIME YOU FILL UP, ESPECIALLY OUR SMALL TRUCKS, BUT EVEN LARGER TRUCKS TAKES MORE TIME DRIVING AND LESS TIME LOADING AND SO FORTH.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF THOUGHT PUT INTO ALL OF THAT.
I WANT TO GIVE ONE SECOND BECAUSE WE SEEM TO GET THE CREDIT, BUT I BROUGHT THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND BRUSH PEOPLE INTO THE MEETING AND I SAID, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS BRUSH.
Y'ALL KNOW IT LIKE THE BACK OF YOUR HAND.
SO THE GUYS THAT WEAR THE GREEN SHIRTS, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HELPED US PUT THE LAND TOGETHER.
A COUPLE OF THINGS I WOULD JUST OFFER ON THAT.
WE HAVE A DEBRIS MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH WE ALREADY HAD IN PLACE.
THERE'S A LOT OF HOLES YOU HAVE TO FILL IN TO THEN IMPLEMENT IT, BUT KNOWING WHERE THOSE SITES WERE ALREADY IDENTIFIED TO BE WAS HELPFUL.
AND THEN ALSO THE CONTRACTORS THAT WE'VE BROUGHT ON BOARD HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL.
TETRATECH IS THE COMPANY THAT'S GONNA BE DOING THE DEBRIS MONITORING.
UM, THEY'RE THE LARGEST IN THE BUSINESS.
THEY, THEY DO THIS EVERYWHERE.
THEY HAD A BIG PRESENCE IN EAST TENNESSEE, SOUTH CAROLINA, NORTH GEORGIA, UH, FOR HURRICANE HELENE AND MILTON.
UM, THE ADVICE THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE US ON THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK FOR AND HAVE IN PLACE HAS BEEN INVALUABLE.
HOW DID WE GET 'EM UNDER CONTRACT? UM, I WOULD THINK THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES WOULD'VE WANTED THEM.
WELL, THEY, THEY WILL BE SERVICING OTHER COMMUNITIES TOO.
THEY'RE LARGE ENOUGH TO SCALE UP.
UM, BUT THEY ARE SMART BECAUSE THEY DO THIS, THEY THEN BRING THEIR RESOURCES TO AN AREA RIGHT AFTER THE STORM AND THEY PLAN ON GETTING CLIENTS.
WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE GOTTEN THEM AND IT IT'S PAYING OFF FOR US.
WE, WE MADE A, A CONSCIOUS DECISION EARLY ON THAT WE NEEDED TO GET THE CONTRACTORS LINED UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, IT'S A POSSIBILITY GIVEN THE, THE, UH, LARGER REGION OF ALL THE BAD WEATHER THAT YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO THEM.
AND IT COULD EVEN CHANGE THE PRICING.
AND THE OTHER THING WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT PRICING AND WE CAN'T SAY IT'S CHEAP PRICING, BUT WHAT WE CAN SAY IS, GIVEN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, WE THINK IT'S REASONABLE COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AROUND.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
BUT WE REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO BE ON THE BACK END OF GETTING THESE CONTRACTORS LINED UP BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE DEPENDING
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ON THE VOLUME OF WORK AND DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS, IF YOU FALL SHORT, THEN YOU'RE GONNA PUT THAT CLEANUP OFF A LONG TIME, UH, OR PUT THE FULL BURDEN ON THE PUBLIC WORKS CREW, WHICH COULD TAKE, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE HAVE, COULD TAKE A LOT LONGER AS WELL.SO WE REALLY FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE FOR SURE.
BUT GET 'EM LOCKED UP AS EARLY AS WE CAN AND TRY TO GET OUT AHEAD OF ANY OTHERS.
SO WOULD WITH THESE BIG TRUCKS COMING THROUGH, AND I KNOW OCCASIONALLY, LIKE IN OUR BUSINESS WE'VE HAD ISSUES LIKE WHEN WASTE MANAGEMENT TRUCKS GET OFF THE HEAVY DUTY PAVEMENT ONTO THE LIGHT DUTY PAVEMENT, THEY CAN RU IT UP OR THEY CAN CAUSE DAMAGE.
UM, AND I WAS TALKING TO KAREN EARLIER, I KNOW IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY, SHE MENTIONED THAT SHE THINKS THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME PAVEMENT DAMAGE UP FROM SOME OF THE CONTRACTORS UP THERE.
BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING TO OUR, TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS INTO OUR ROADS THAT THESE, THESE BRUSH PICKUP TRUCKS SHOULD BE OPERATING ON.
DO THEY GENERALLY HAVE PAVEMENT THAT SPECKED OUT TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF EQUIPMENT LIKE THIS? OR DO WE NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT? I THINK THE MAIN ROAD SHOULD BE, SHOULD BE FINE.
NOT SAYING YOU HAVE AN EDGE OR SOMETHING, THAT COULD BE AN ISSUE.
BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS, IS WE'LL HAVE, AND THIS IS A NOTE WE CAN MAKE, DALE, YOU GUYS MAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT IF, UH, ON FOR, FOR WHAT WE CONTROL WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, AND REALLY ANYTHING WE SEE THAT MIGHT BE CAUSED BY OTHERS, WE'LL NEED TO MAKE A NOTE OF ALL OF THAT.
AND IF IT'S IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK AND TAKE CARE OF THAT AND REMEDY THAT.
THAT'S JUST GONNA BE PART OF IT.
BUT, UH, I WOULD EXPECT, UH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, OUR OUR ROADWAY STILL DIFFERENT, UH, CONSTRUCTION THAN A DRIVEWAY OR SIDEWALK.
UH, BUT THE ROADWAY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE WEIGHT FOR THE MOST PART.
AND I APOLOGIZE, I COULDN'T HEAR IT 'CAUSE THE LEAF BLOWER WAS RIGHT IN MY EAR.
BILL, WONDERING, WONDERING ABOUT THE IMPACT OF SOME OF THE ROADWAYS TO THE HEAVY TRUCKS? YEAH, I MEAN IF YOU GUYS RECALL, I KNOW THAT'S A CONCERN, BUT THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO STREET THAT WE DON'T GO DOWN THAT WE SEE A LOW BOY TAKING A TRACK HOE TO ANOTHER SUBDIVISION OR A LOW'S TRUCK LOADED DOWN WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF TREATED LUMBER.
I DON'T, CEILING TRASH TRUCKS CAN BE VERY, VERY HEAVY AT THE END OF THE LOAD FOR ME TO TELL YOU THAT WHEN WE PUT OUTRIGGERS DOWN AND WE DON'T, ONE OF OUR CONTRACTORS OR EVEN OUR OWN FOLKS, WE WON'T PUT IT ON THEM, PUT IT ON A POST CURB AND BUST IT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND REPAIR THAT.
I'M SURE THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AS FAR AS THE OR OR ON THE SIDE OF A ROAD WITH AN OUTRIGGER.
AND IT CHIPS THE CHUNK OFF THE SIDE WHERE THERE'S NOT A CURB AND GUTTER THAT'S GONNA HELP.
IT ALSO HELPS WHERE THEY'VE GOT A TRAILER BECAUSE THAT EXPANDS THE WEIGHT OVER A DOES IT DISSIPATE WEIGHT, CONCENTRATED WEIGHT FROM A WRECKER OR A TRUCK OR ANYTHING.
THE FURTHER YOU SPREAD IT, THE LESS CHANCE IT IS THAT IT DAMAGES STUFF.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO TELL YOU THAT IN A PERFECT WORLD, ALL THE BRUSH, IT WON'T BE THAT HEAVY.
BUT WHEN I GO BY AND I SEE THE SIZE OF THE LOGS BIGGER THAN ME AND THAT'S A LOG
YEAH, I JUST, IT JUST WANNA MAKE SURE TO ASK THE QUESTION THAT WE DIDN'T INTENTIONALLY HIRE TRUCKS THAT ARE BEYOND THE SPEC OF OUR ROADS.
SO IT, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVEN'T, UM, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN, IT JUST CAME IN WHILE YOU WERE TALKING HERE, BUT, UM, THE GENTLEMAN FROM BRENTWOOD SOUTH, NO, STONEHENGE JUST WROTE THIS MORNING AND THEY HAD A CONTRACTOR THAT CAME AND CUT A BIG PINE TREE DOWN.
THERE WERE SO MUCH BRUSH THAT HE PUT SOME ON HIS PROPERTY, PUT SOME ACROSS THE STREET ON THE COMMON GROUND.
LET ME JUST PUT SAY THAT FOR NOW.
WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THAT QUESTION.
NORMALLY WE DO NOT, WHEN WE DO OUR TYPICAL BRUSH REMOVAL, WE DO IT HOUSE BY HOUSE.
RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S NOT, THAT'S A SECOND TIME THAT THERE'S BEEN, UH, SOME OF THAT BRUSH PUT ON THE COMMON GROUND OF AN HOA.
THERE'S A COUPLE QUESTIONS WITH THAT.
BUT ONE OF THEM IS, IS IF WE, IF ALL OF OUR EXPENSE FOR A GOOD PART OF IT, ABOUT 88% HOPEFULLY OF OUR EXPENSE FOR PICKING UP THE BRUSH AS IT RELATES TO THIS EMERGENCY STORM, CAN BE REIMBURSED THROUGH FEMA DOLLARS.
WHICH BY THE WAY, YOU WON'T GET FOR A LONG TIME.
IF IT IS, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND.
WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE, SO IT'S OKAY.
UH, BUT IF IT IS, UM, THERE'S A QUESTION IS IF IT'S, IF WE GET IT FROM AN HOA FROM ANYTHING OTHER THAN A RESIDENCE, IS IT REIMBURSABLE? SO I HAVE THAT QUESTION OUT.
I, UH, WE'RE STILL GONNA, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT YET.
IF THE ANSWER'S NO, IT'S NOT REIMBURSABLE.
WE HAVE TO COMPLETELY, IF YOU SHOULD CHOOSE TO STILL PICK IT UP, THAT MEANS IT WILL BE ON OUR NICKEL WITHOUT REIMBURSEMENT.
IT'S JUST, JUST SO YOU KNOW, NOT SAYING YOU SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T BE UP TO YOU.
AND SECONDLY, WE WOULD HAVE TO COMPLETELY SEPARATE THAT AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE VERY LAST BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE A PRIORITY COMPARED TO EACH HOUSE.
AND THEN WE'D HAVE TO SEPARATE IT BECAUSE IF WE CO-MINGLE ANY OF THAT, IT'LL RUIN THE PAPERWORK AND FEMALE LOOK AT IT AND SAY, HOW CAN YOU DIFFERENTIATE? AND I CAN'T.
SO THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS YOU REALLY HAVE ON THAT.
BUT I WILL, AS SOON AS I HAVE A CLEAR ANSWER ON WHETHER THAT'S REIMBURSABLE, 'CAUSE I FEEL THAT THAT MAY BE A FACTOR FOR YOU, I'LL LET YOU KNOW, UH, UH, UH,
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YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU CAN, UH, GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE ON THAT.SO DO HOAS AS AN ORGANIZATION PAY PROPERTY TAXES ON THE COMMON GROUND? SO I MEAN, SO THAT THEY COULD, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THIS IS A TAX, I, I REALLY HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
WHO PAYS PROPERTY TAX ON DOES ANYBODY ON COMMON GROUND OR LIKE IN CHEN WITH, ON THE, OR YOU KNOW, PLACES WHERE THERE'S FULL TENNIS COURTS IS THEIR PROPERTY TAX.
WHO WOULD THEY SEND THE BILL TO? TO THE, I I KNOW, BUT THAT CHANGES EVERY YEAR.
SO I WOULD THINK PROBABLY NOT.
I DON'T THINK BECAUSE THINK COUNTY THEY NOT, THEY'RE NOT FOR-PROFITS, AREN'T THEY? RIGHT? THEY ARE.
AND THEY ACTUALLY OWN THE COMMON GROUND.
SO PRESUMABLY THEY DO NOT, I DON'T THINK WE'LL, WE'LL GET A CLEAR ANSWER.
SEEN THAT AS I JUST WONDERED BECAUSE IF YOU'RE AN H HO A AND YOU'RE HEARING YOU'RE BRUSH ISN'T GONNA BE PICKED UP, BUT YET YOU'RE PAYING TAXES ON THAT.
NO, IT'S, BUT IT'S ONLY IN THE COMMON GROUND.
BUT I LIKE IF THE HOA PAYS TAXES, I DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING TO A LOT OF HOA MEETINGS.
THAT'S WHAT WE JUST DID OUR BUDGET AND WE DON'T HAVE A LINE ITEM.
SO OUR, OUR HO DO DEFINITELY DO NOT COVER PROPERTY TAX.
WELL, I JUST, I JUST WONDERED WHERE THEY WOULD EXPECT THAT THEY WOULD GET SERVICE IF THEY'RE PAID TAXES.
NO, THE ONES HAVE GONE, WICK HAD A LOT OF DAMAGE AND WE HAD A LITTLE BIT THAT GOT STACKED ON THE COMMON GROUND.
THINK WE HAVE SO MUCH OTHER STUFF THAT'S GOTTA BE UP.
I JUST TOLD THEM, WE'LL GET THAT.
THAT LITTLE PILE THAT THAT POOR GUY PUT, THERE'S NOT GONNA MATTER IN WHOLE SCHEME OF THINGS.
YOU KNOW, I THINK BRENTWOOD SOUTH SAYS THEY HAVE, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY O OTHER ANYWHERE.
SO ONE THING TOO, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, I WANT TO SHOW THE APPRECIATION FOR OUR STAFF.
THE, THE MAYOR AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY DURING OUR MEETING.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW THIS KIND OF STARTS WITH, UH, PREPARATION, HAVING THE PROPER PLANS IN PLACE.
AND SO WE, WE, WE HAVE THAT YOU HAVE A VERY WELL ORGANIZED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FUNCTION AND, AND, AND THAT COLLABORATION ALL DEPARTMENTS AND THE ROLES AND SO FORTH.
AND SO WE, WE'LL DO EXERCISES AND GO THROUGH, THERE'S BEEN, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, TWO OR THREE TRAINING, UH, TYPE ACTIVITIES AND SO FORTH.
SO MY POINT IS, IS THIS ORGANIZATION DOES A GOOD JOB AT THAT.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW.
NOT EVERYONE DOES, TO BE HONEST.
THEY KINDA LET THAT STUFF SLIP A LITTLE BIT.
THEY MAY HAVE THE PLANS, BUT THEY LET THE EXERCISES AND CONVERSATION SLIP.
AND SO GOING INTO THIS, WE WERE ORGANIZED, UH, UM, A GREAT JOB OF CO EVERYBODY COORDINATING.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, UH, UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF A PANDEMIC WHEN EVERYONE WENT TO, UH, REMOTE MEETINGS, THAT'S A BAD THING.
SO WE WE'RE ABLE TO USE THAT DIDN'T MATTER IF THERE WAS, UH, ICE STORM AND WHETHER SOMEONE COULD COME INTO WORK OR NOT.
WE'RE ALL COORDINATING TWICE A DAY GOING THROUGH CHECKLISTS AND UPDATES AND SO FORTH.
THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE BECAUSE FROM THAT ARE THE ASSIGNMENTS AND THE REPORTS AND EVERYTHING.
AND SO YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT WE WERE REALLY ON THAT.
AND YOUR, YOUR YOUR, YOUR POLICE AND FIRE WERE READY WITH STAFFING TO DO THEIR PART, WHATEVER IT WAS.
PART OF IT WAS THE FIRE WAS A SURPRISE.
'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FACILITIES, BUT WE WERE HELPING A LOT OF FOLKS THAT COULDN'T GET ACROSS THE STREET WHERE THEY LOST THEIR HEAT, GET ACROSS THE STREET.
ELDERLY FOLKS THAT HAD MEDICAL ISSUES SPENT A GOOD PART OF AN AFTERNOON AND EVENING DOING THAT.
UM, SO 'CAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
AND, UH, AND OUR POLICE FOLKS WERE THERE FOR WHATEVER WE NEEDED THEM TO, TO DO.
UH, DALE AND HIS FOLKS WERE, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, RUNNING THOSE ROADS OVER AND OVER AND TRYING TO GET TO THE STREETS.
AND, AND THAT SHOWED, THAT WAS GOOD.
UM, WE, UH, UH, WATER AND SEWER WERE ABLE TO KEEP, IT WAS DIFFICULT WITH THE TEMPERATURES, KEEP THE PUMPING STATIONS GOING, KEEP EVERYTHING GOING.
THERE WERE PLACES WE COULDN'T GET TO BECAUSE OF, UH, ELECTRICAL LINES AND TREES.
AND, UH, AND SO WE'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY, UH, WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE ELECTRICITY TO GET FUEL, WHICH OCCASIONALLY WAS WANTING TO FREEZE UP, UM, TO PUMPING STATIONS.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP ALL THAT GOING.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF KNOWING THE, KNOWING WHAT WE'RE DOING, BEING ORGANIZED, BEING ABLE TO RESPOND.
AND SO YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THAT.
ALL OF THOSE MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS I FELT LIKE WENT VERY, VERY WELL.
AND YOU COULD SEE THOSE RESULTS, TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND SO FORTH.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT ELECTRICITY.
IT'S JUST A TERRIBLY FRUSTRATING THING.
AND, UH, I I TELL 'EM AS, AS, AS MUCH AS I WAS UNHAPPY WITH WHAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY MORE SO THE EARLIER RESPONSE THAT RELATED BACK TO THE, THE DATE, BECAUSE I JUST FELT LIKE THERE WAS NO TENSION, REALLY LITTLE TO NO ATTENTION EARLY.
BUT, UM, I WILL SAY IF, IF I WOKE UP, IF I HAD TO LEC AND I, I HAD ELECTRICITY, ELECTRIC UTILITY BEFORE AND I UNDERSTAND HOW THAT FEELS.
BUT IF I WOKE UP AND YOU TOLD ME I HAVE 220 OR 30,000 CUSTOMERS, WHICH IS OVER HALF A MILLION PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE IT BECAUSE WE HAD AN ICE STORM AND EVERYTHING'S FALLEN IN, UM, THAT'S A PRETTY TOUGH TASK.
UM, BUT I THINK MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THAT, AND SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT WAS HOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE TO YOUR CUSTOMERS YEAH.
RIGHT? THAT NO ONE REALLY CARES AT THE TIME, WHAT PERCENT OF HOW MANY ON ANY GIVEN DAY.
IT'S IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR SOME, BUT NOT EVERYBODY.
BUT IT'S ABOUT THAT PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.
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I, YOU KNOW, AND, AND BEING ABLE TO DO THAT.AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE CRITICISM WAS.
BUT UH, UH, FORTUNATELY IT LOOKS LIKE BY, HOPEFULLY BY THIS WEEKEND WE'LL HAVE EVERYONE UP WITH ELECTRICITY AND THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
AND THAT, THAT NUMBER'S GONE DOWN PRETTY QUICKLY.
UM, AND THEN OUR JOB, AS WE KNOW CONTINUES WITH THE LIMB PICKUP.
BUT, UH, OUR FOLKS DID A GREAT JOB OF CLEARING THE STREETS INITIALLY, WHICH YOU HAVE TO DO AS WELL.
UM, JUST EVERYBODY HAD A ROLE.
WE HAD PEOPLE HERE THAT MAYBE SHOULD HAVE STAYED HOME, BUT THEY'D SAID, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA COME IN.
UM, AND IT WORKED REALLY WELL FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.
AND ALONG THOSE LINES, I MEAN, THERE ARE SO MANY FOLKS, YOU KNOW, LIKE, AND I WANNA REALLY COMPLIMENT AS WELL.
I MEAN, RACHEL REYNOLDS, CHARLES BOOTH, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL, 'CAUSE I KNOW AS COMMISSIONERS WE GOT, GOT PHONE CALLS, I THINK AT THE MAIN CITY LINES.
I THINK THEY GOT SOME BLISTERING PHONE CALLS AND, AND THE CITY STAFF REALLY DID.
AND, AND, AND WITH GRACE AND KINDNESS AND I, I GOT ZERO COMPLAINTS FROM ANYBODY ABOUT THE CITY STAFF, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF HOW THEY HANDLED THE CALLS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
WHICH I, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATE.
AND I MEAN, I, I, I DON'T THINK AS MUCH AS I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME, I STILL DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE HEARD THE HALF OF IT IN TERMS OF JUST THE GREAT WORK THE CITY TEAM HAS DONE.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
AND SAFETY WAS A BIG FACTOR TOO, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO TO THE PARKS, BUT WHEN THERE'S ICE HANGING OFF THE TREES, IT'S NOT A SAFE THING.
WE WANTED TO PRESERVE OUR STORE PROPERTIES, MAKE SURE THINGS DIDN'T FREEZE UP BATHROOMS AND PARKS AND GET THE WORD OUT.
SO THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED IN, AND IT REALLY DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
I THINK THE COMMUNICATION PART, BACK TO THE RESIDENTS, MANY OF THE PHONE CALLS I GOT WERE PEOPLE THAT WENT TO THE APP THAT DIDN'T HAVE ELECTRICITY AND THEY CLICK ON THE APP AND THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEY HAD ELECTRICITY AND THEN TRYING TO REPORT THAT.
I THINK THEY FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT THE BEING ABLE PROVIDE THOSE ADDRESSES TO YOU AND GET SOME, SOME ACTION.
BUT IT SEEMED LIKE IT'S MORE ADMINISTRATIVELY THAT THEY WERE ANGRY WITH THAN THE LINEMAN.
LINEMAN ARE WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD.
PROBABLY THE BIGGEST FRUSTRATION.
UH, YOU ALL, AN EMAIL POPPED UP THIS MORNING AND IT WAS FROM BRETT BARR AND I LOOKED AT THE DAY, IT WAS A YEAR AGO, AND I THOUGHT, BOY, THAT NAME'S FAMILIAR.
YOU REMEMBER HE LED THE SEARCH FOR OUR CITY MANAGER.
AND I THOUGHT, HAS IT BEEN A YEAR? I MEAN,
SO THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL JOB YOU'VE DONE.
I MEAN, YOU, YOU CAME AT A, A, A HARD TIME JUST TO HAVE SOME INITIATION.
I KNOW YOU WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WERE IN PLACE THAT HELPED US.
AND MY QUESTION ON FACEBOOK, WE HAVE A LITTLE POST THAT SAYS, GRANNY WHITE PARK WILL BE CLOSED MOSTLY WHAT DOES MOSTLY MEAN? YEAH.
THE, THE PARKING LOT WILL BE CLOSED.
AND DAVE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE PARKING LOT WILL BE CLOSED.
SO THE ACCESS FROM A, FOR, FROM A VEHICLE PERSPECTIVE WILL BE CLOSED AT LEAST PART OF THE TIME DURING THE DAY.
I THINK THE PARK ITSELF, DAVE, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA LOOK AT YOU, BUT I BELIEVE THE PARK ITSELF IS, IS STILL OPEN.
IS THAT WILL STILL BE OPEN, I SHOULD SAY.
AND, AND THE REASON BEING, AFTER 3:00 PM THERE'S SOME PARKING AVAILABLE AT BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'VE TALKED WITH, UH, MR. ELL AND, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS APPROVED IT.
UM, BUT THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING WITH THE TRUCKS GOING IN AND OUT, WE DON'T THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO BE MIXING JUST THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
BUT WE ALSO REALIZE THAT THERE ARE USER GROUPS AND THE SCHOOLS THEMSELVES THAT WOULD BE PRETTY SEVERELY IMPACTED IF WE JUST TAKE THE FIELDS AWAY SO THEY CAN'T ACCESS FROM THAT BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT, THE BALL FIELD.
SO WE WANTED TO KEEP THAT ACTIVITY STILL GOING.
AND DAVE AND HIS FOLKS HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT, COORDINATING THAT.
UM, TENNIS AFTER 3:00 PM YOU COULD PARK OVER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE TENNIS COURTS.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF A CIRCUITOUS ROUTE TO GET THERE, BUT THE PARKING AREA WITH THE TENNIS COURTS WILL BE CLOSED, THE ENTIRE PARKING AREA.
'CAUSE WE NEED TO CLOSE THE GATES, UH, ONLY TO THE CONTRACTOR AND CITY TRAFFIC.
UM, BUT WE JUST DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE PEOPLE TRYING TO GET OVER TO THE PAVILION.
SO LIKE THE PLAYGROUND AND THE WALL? YES.
NOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE PLACED ONCE WE GET INTO THE LIMB PICK, UH, PICKUP, WE'LL GET A LITTLE BETTER IDEA OF HOW, HOW FAST WE CAN GET THROUGH AND THE VOLUMES AND SO FORTH.
SO IF WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, AND WE DON'T KNOW YET UNTIL WE GET AN IDEA OF THE VOLUMES, BUT IF WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE ONE OF THE SITES, THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST SITE THAT WE WOULD LOOK TO TRY TO CLOSE AND TRY TO GET IT OPEN AS, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IF WE CAN THIS MORNING, UM, ARTICLE IN THE TENNESSEE AND SOMETHING FRESH THAT IT SEEMED LIKE.
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BUT, UH, REPRESENTATIVE ANDY OGLES HAD, UH, SUGGESTED REVAMPING THE, UH, NES BOARD.AND I KNOW THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT WHAT HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, UM, WE'RE REP WE'RE NOT REPRESENTED ON THAT BOARD.
I THINK THAT LEADS TO THE OTHER PART THAT PEOPLE CALL AND THEY SAID, LET'S JUST SWITCH TO MIDDLE TENNESSEE ELECTRIC.
AND I THINK THEY'RE ALL HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHICH I, I DON'T BELIEVE'S POSSIBLE ANY WAY SHAPE PERFORM.
I FEEL LIKE IN THESE CRISIS SITUATIONS, SOMETIMES PEOPLE WANT A POUND OF FLESH.
I FEEL LIKE ANYTHING THAT'S DONE, AND I'VE TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE FROM THE STATE ONE, OUR GREAT SENATOR JACK JOHNSON, WHO IS ALWAYS SO HELPFUL AND SO RESPONSIVE.
I WANT WHATEVER TO BE DONE, HOPEFULLY TO BE INVESTIGATIVE IN NATURE AND TO, TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS, PREPAREDNESS OR WHATEVER OF UTILITIES.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE, IF A HUGE SWATH OF BRENTWOODS POPULATION IS GOING TO BE UNDER A UTILITY, AND A UTILITY IS A MONOPOLY BY NATURE.
THEY NEED, WE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OUR STAFF NEED TO HAVE SOME SAY IN THAT UTILITY TO WHERE THE UTILITY FEELS AN OBLIGATION TO COMMUNICATE WITH US PROPERLY.
IT'S VERY, VERY, VERY FRUSTRATING TO BE GETTING MORE INFORMATION ON THE EVENING NEWS THAN WE CAN GET FOR OUR RESIDENTS OR BUSINESSES.
I MEAN, MINE, MY IS MINE PES I'M BLESSED.
MY BUSINESS WAS SHUT DOWN FOUR DAYS.
UH, THERE ARE OTHER BUSINESSES IN BRENTWOOD WERE SHUT DOWN MORE.
FORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE TONS OF FOOD, LIKE A FRESH MARKET THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY LOST, BUT I'M GONNA IMAGINE IT WAS PROBABLY IN THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF JUST INVENTORY.
SO I'M HOPING THAT WHATEVER IS DONE, AND WHEN I TALKED WITH JACK YESTERDAY AND, AND I ASKED HIM AFTERWARDS, SAID, JACK, IF I START DISCUSSING THIS, IS IT OKAY? HE SAYS, YES, THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF BILLS.
THE DEADLINE WAS THIS EARLIER, UH, IN THE WEEK THAT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THIS WILL LEAD, WHETHER IT'S NES OR OR AN, UH, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER UTILITY THAT'S NOT BEEN UNDER THE GUN, LIKE A MERRIWEATHER LEWIS, AN MTE, WHATEVER LEADS TO BETTER PREPARATION, WHETHER IT'S SETTING ASIDE MONEY, THIS, THIS AMOUNT OF THE BUDGET EVERY YEAR AND THIS AMOUNT OF YOUR ELECTRIC BILL GOES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT AND PREPAREDNESS FOR THESE THINGS.
BUT I'M HOPING THAT WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER.
WE CAN'T CHANGE WHAT HAPPENED.
BUT WE HAVE TO REALIZE IN THIS AREA, WHEN WE GET A NICE STORM, AND I WAS SAYING THIS TWO DAYS BEFORE, WHEN WE GET AN ICE STORM IN THIS AREA, IT IS AS DEVASTATING AS A HURRICANE.
AND IT HAS THIS WIDE RANGING, AND IT'S PROBABLY OUR WORST WIDE RANGING WEATHER EVENT, ICE STORMS AND FLOODS TO WHERE IT'S NOT JUST A SMALL AREA, IT'S REGIONAL OR STATEWIDE.
AND SO I'M JUST HOPING WHATEVER COMES FROM THIS, THAT COMMUNITIES THAT ARE UNDER UTILITY HAVE SOME SORT OF REPRESENTATION OR SOME SORT OF SAY, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THEIR RESIDENTS.
AND I'M HOPING THAT THE, THE UTILITIES GET BETTER AND NOT ALL, I THINK SOME OF 'EM RESPONDED VERY WELL AND DID A GREAT JOB, BUT DO A BETTER JOB OF PREPARATION AND COMMUNICATION.
AND COMMUNICATION IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
AND ESPECIALLY THE FRUSTRATION OF PEOPLE GOING ONLINE AND SEEING OUTAGE.
I THINK THE BIGGEST FRUSTRATION I HEARD ABOUT WERE THE TEXT MESSAGES WHERE THEY WOULD ACTUALLY LEAVE THE HOTEL RISK THEIR LIFE GOING THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD OF, OF BASICALLY ICE COVERED STREETS.
UH, THE MAIN ROADS IN BRENTWOOD WERE GREAT, BUT THEY WOULD GET TO THEIR HOUSE.
AND SOME OF THEM EVEN LIKE LEFT THE HOTEL AND THEN THEY LOSE THE ROOM.
AND IT'S JUST, THAT WAS JUST, IT'S JUST IT THERE, IT'S JUST HORRIBLE.
AND SO THAT CANNOT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
SO I HOPE, WHETHER IT'S US AT OUR LOCAL LEVEL OR THE STATE LEVEL, UH, WHICH THE STAKES CONTROLS THE UTILITIES THAT IT IS.
AND, AND THE MORE I TALK THE UTILITIES, AND OUR MAYORS EXPRESSED THIS TOO,
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UTILITIES ARE VERY HIGHLY COMPLEX.HOW THEY'RE REGULATED, HOW THEY'RE SET UP AND EVERYTHING.
SO SWITCHING A UTILITY, EVEN JUST FROM THAT STANDPOINT, I, THAT IT WOULD BE VERY HIGHLY COMPLEX.
AND MY SENSE IS IT WOULD BE VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE.
BUT THAT MAY ALL COME OUT WITH THESE BILLS AND MAYBE THERE'S A BILL INTRODUCED WHERE THEY MAKE THAT EASIER.
BUT I DO HOPE THAT THIS IS EDUCATIONAL AND NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW THE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE METRO THING, WE HAVE A VOICE.
WE SEND SOMEBODY DOWN TO THOSE MEETINGS.
I DON'T SEE WHY THE, THE SUBURBS THAT ARE NOT PART OF METRO COULDN'T HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE THAT ATTENDED THOSE MEETINGS AND VOICED OUR THOUGHTS.
AND I, I THINK THEY'D BE RECEPTIVE TO THAT.
I, AND I RESPECT JACK JOHNSON, BUT I DON'T DEPEND ENTIRELY ON OUR LEGISLATURE TO STRAIGHTEN THIS OUT.
I DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH CONFIDENCE.
WELL, I THINK WE COULD, WE SHOULD, AS A COMMISSION SAY WE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF GETTING A VOICE ON THAT.
THERE'S EVEN THE GOVERNMENT LIAISON DATE.
I SAID, COULD YOU JUST CONFIRM? I SAID, WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD BE SATURDAY, THIS WAS ON TUESDAY.
AND I SAID, COULD YOU JUST CONFIRM, BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE CAN MAKE PLANS ACCORDINGLY.
AND, UM, HE, HE DID RESPOND AND SAID, I'LL LOOK INTO IT.
THAT WAS THE ONLY EMAIL I GOT FROM HIM FOR THE WEEK UNTIL I STARTED JUST GOING CRAZY AND THEN COPYING JAY, JASON, BECAUSE I'M LIKE, THIS IS INSANE.
AND, UM, ZERO AND SORRY, I JUST, I WAS, IT WAS BEYOND RIDICULOUS THAT HE WOULD NOT RESPOND.
AND THAT'S HIS JOB TO ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE TO US, TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO SAY.
AND IF WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND THAT WHOLE TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION MATTER.
THEY'D REPLY, BUT IT WAS NOTHING, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU SAW IT BEFORE THE SAME THING.
I HAVE LIKE SEVEN THAT SAYS THANK YOU'ALL.
BUT IF YOU WANNA KNOW HOW THAT REALLY IS, LOOK AT HIS EMAIL FROM THIS MORNING YEAH.
WHERE HE GIVES A SUMMARY OF LAST NIGHT'S FREQUENT ASKED QUESTIONS.
AND EVERYONE WAS THE SAME PARAGRAPH, WHICH WAS THE TOTAL NON-ANSWER.
AND, AND EVERY QUESTION WAS PHRASED DIFFERENTLY TRYING TO ACTUALLY GET TO THE REAL ANSWER.
SO
IF WHOEVER'S IN CHARGE SAYS, I DON'T KNOW, BUT SALLY OR BOB DO, I AM GOING TO IMMEDIATELY CONTACT SALLY AND BOB AND THEY WILL EMAIL YOU WITH THE INFORMATION YOU'RE ASKING.
AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN AN HOUR.
THEY MAY HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT, BUT AT LEAST WITHIN 12 OR 24 HOURS, ESPECIALLY IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
I I HAVE A LOGISTICS QUESTION, AND I MAY HAVE KNOWN THE ANSWER TO THIS IN 1994, BUT THAT'S AFTER WHAT, 32 YEARS OF BUILD OUT NOW.
UH, WHAT'S THE FINAL DISPOSITION OF THIS BIOMASS ONCE IT'S OFF THE STREET? ARE WE, ARE WE LANDFILLING THIS IS SOME OF THIS GOING TO BURN UNIT? YEAH, IT'LL BE REUSED.
DALE, YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND COVER THAT? YEAH.
SO THE, THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE THAT WE DID RETAIN FOR THE GRINDING OF THE BRUSH IS STILL ALTERNATIVE ENERGY THAT IS NOT NEW TO US.
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY TAKE IT TO THEIR NASHVILLE FACILITY AND THEN THEY DOUBLE GRIND IT AND THEY TURN IT INTO MULCH.
SO IT IS 100% WILL BE GO GOING BACK FOR UH, PURPOSES.
IT WILL NOT BE GOING TO LANDFILL.
THAT IS, THAT'S THE ONLY COMPANY I THINK HE DID IN 94 THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH.
HE'S JUST STEPPING UP HIS GAME AND HAS PURCHASED ANOTHER GRINDER BECAUSE OF THE MASS VOLUME.
AND THEY'RE DESIGNATING TWO, TWO GRINDERS TO US.
HE WILL HAVE TO POP BETWEEN SITES.
HE CAN'T COVER ALL FOUR, BUT HE CAN SET UP TWO MAJOR ONES, WHICH IS GRANNY WHITE AND, AND THE FIRE STATION FOUR.
BUT EVERYTHING WILL GET RECYCLED BACK FOR MULCH PURPOSES.
IN ADDITION TO ALL THE CHAINSAW SCULPTURES WE'RE GONNA HAVE IN TOWN,
OH YOU KNOW WHAT, WE SHOULD, WE CERTAINLY, WE SHOULD JUST USE THAT WOOD AS PART OF OUR NEW ENTRY SIGN, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE NEED WOOD HERE AND EVERYTHING.
I THINK SOMEBODY SHOULD CARVE THOSE UP.
HOW MANY LOGS DO YOU WANT ME TO BRING BY? I'LL BRING THEM BY SOMEBODY.
UM, SO JUST A COUPLE JUST SUPER BRIEF THINGS.
ONE, JUST ON THE, ON THE FEMA CONVERSATION, UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS IN TOWN TALKING ABOUT WHEN FEMA, YOU KNOW, DO.DOT.
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BIG IF, IF FEMA AND I THINK ALL OF US NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND BECAUSE THEY, THEY'VE BEEN UNDER A LOT OF TRANSITION THIS PAST YEAR, IF I CAN SAY THAT AS POLITELY AS POSSIBLE.SO, UH, ALSO JUST GOING NOTED BACK TO OUR 2010 FLOOD, IT, IT, WE DID GET REIMBURSED FOR SOME THINGS, BUT IT DID TAKE A LONG, LONG TIME.
I HAD TO BECOME FEMA CERTIFIED DISASTER MANAGEMENT BECAUSE THEY NEEDED A COMMISSIONER.
I THINK THE FIRE CHIEF AT THAT TIME, IT WAS KENNY LANE.
UH, BUT MAYBE BRIAN WAS THE ONE THAT GOT, UH, AND THEN, UH, I THINK RICKY WATSON AND THEN THE CITY MANAGER, THERE WAS LIKE SEVERAL OF US AND I STEPPED UP.
I THOUGHT, WELL, THIS, THIS WILL BE INTERESTING, THIS WHY THAT THAT WAS, THAT WAS NOT EASY TO PASS THOSE TESTS
SO, SO, SO IF FEMA SO WE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
SO HE MIGHT STILL RAISE OUR MAN.
WHAT'S THAT? IF HE'S STILL CERTIFIED, WE HAVE OUR GUY
THANKS FOR STEPPING UP THERE, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.
I KIND OF FEEL LIKE I'M IN THE, IN THE LINE IN THE PLATOON AND EVERYBODY JUST STEPPED BACK IF WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOUR CERTIFICATION'S UP TO DATE.
IT MAY NOT BE, I MIGHT HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THOSE TESTS.
THE DAYS ARE WRONG, BUT AT LEAST THE PAIN IS LOUSY.
SO, SO THAT, I THINK SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP IN MIND.
YOU KNOW, I DO WANNA MAKE THE OBSERVATION THAT MY TIME AND COMMISSION AND I, I IMAGINE ANNE AND, AND OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE.
UH, I'VE HAD QUITE A FEW CALLS FROM CITIZENS ABOUT THE UTILITIES AND THE TIME I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION AND UNTIL LAST WEEK, EVERY ONE OF 'EM HAD BEEN ABOUT, THEY'RE RUINING MY TREES.
AND I THINK NOW I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO OVERACT, SO I'M PUT MY TREE BOARD HAT ON HERE JUST FOR A MINUTE.
I LOVE THE TREE BOARD, BUT THIS SHOULDN'T DIMINISH ANYONE'S ENTHUSIASM FOR TREES.
BUT I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY AS, AS WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN THEIR TREES AND FOR THE FOLKS THAT HAVE SO, SO MEANING PRUNE THEM PROPERLY, GET FOR REAL ARBORISTS DON'T TOP THE TREES.
AND IF ANYONE WANTS ME TO JUST GET ON A SOAPBOX AND RANCH
BUT, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THE TREES ARE PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND REMIND THEM THAT ARBOR DAY IS COMING UP.
SO FOR FOLKS THAT NEED TO GET NICE NEW TREES AND THE RIGHT SPECIES IN THE RIGHT LOCATION, WE'RE GONNA HAVE CUTE LITTLE TREES TO PUT UNDER POWER LINES AT ARBOR DAY.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE GREAT BIG TREES TO REPLACE CANOPY TREES TO PUT AWAY FROM POWER LINES.
SO, YOU KNOW, NATIVE SPECIES ARE ALWAYS BEST.
SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE CANOPY HERE, BUT I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE PEOPLE MAY LISTEN TO US AND I THINK WE CAN HELP MITIGATE THAT BECAUSE I LOVE THE BEAUTY OF OUR CITY AND I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO LOSE THEIR ENTHUSIASM.
THAT'S FOR THAT, THAT'S, YEAH.
ON THAT SAME LINE THOUGH, THEY, AT, AT THE SUNDAY NIGHT MEETING, I THINK IT WAS, UM, HE DID, THEY DID SAY WHAT THE PRUNING SCHEDULE IS AND WHY IT IS THE WAY IT IS.
SO IF WE COULD, UM, I, I MADE LITTLE NOTES AND I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE IT TO WHOEVER THAT WE COULD GET IT OUT TO SHARE IT AMONG OURSELVES AND THEN GET IT, GET THE WORD OUT BECAUSE IT IS A FOUR TO FIVE YEAR PRUNING SCHEDULE, BUT IF THEY GET THERE AND YOU DON'T NEED IT, THEY DON'T COME OR PEOPLE CALL, YOU KNOW, SO, AND IT DEPENDS ON TREE TYPE AND ALL THAT.
SO IF WE COULD MAYBE OFFICIALLY MM-HMM
PUT SOMETHING OUT AND GET FROM THE NESI DON'T HAVE ACCESS.
IT MAY BE ON THEIR WEBSITE, I DON'T KNOW.
WE CAN, CHARLES CAN CHASE THAT DOWN, WHAT THE OFFICIAL RULES ARE AND GET THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE IT'S, IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AS, IT FEELS LIKE THEY COME EVERY YEAR AND BLOCK YOUR ROAD AND TROT DOWN TREES, BUT IT'S NOT.
AND JUST SO PEOPLE HAVE SOME IDEA.
SO IT LED TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THE TREES THEMSELVES TO NOT USE ANY YES.
LIKE YOUR ARBORIST, RIGHT? YEAH.
BECAUSE YOU'LL BE MUCH HAPPIER WITH THE RESULT.
REAL QUICK, QUICK BEFORE WE TRANSITION TO YOUR OTHER MEETING, I WANNA TALK ABOUT FEMA.
UH, REAL QUICK, THERE'S TWO ASPECTS TO FEMA, RIGHT? THE FIRST IS, IS THERE HAS TO BE, AND IT IS NOT AUTOMATIC IN THE FIRST DECLARATION, THERE HAS TO BE DECLARATION AND THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE THEN THE GO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO REIMBURSE THE ACTIVITY THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW AT THE LIMBS.
AND THEN SECOND IT COMES DOWN TO THE PAPERWORK, THE REPORTING AND ALL OF THAT.
SO, UM, I KNOW SOME ON STAFF HAVE BEEN THROUGH THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS BEFORE.
UM, WITH FEMA, THE 2021 STORMS, I HANDLED THAT ONE.
I KNOW KAREN'S BEEN, BEEN THROUGH IT A LOT WITH THE VARIOUS THINGS OVER THE YEARS.
UH, COMING FROM FLORIDA, OF COURSE WE HAD HURRICANES.
AND, UM, WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THE FEMA PAPERWORK PROCESS, I'LL JUST BE CANDID, IT'S SOUL CRUSHING
IT IS INCREDIBLY BAD FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT BECAUSE IT, IT JUST, IT CAN TAKE YOU FIVE YEARS.
YOU'RE STILL DEALING WITH IT AND TRYING TO GET REIMBURSED FIVE YEARS LATER.
THAT'S NOT AN EXAGGERATION AT ALL.
UM, WHAT WE HAVEN'T DONE IN THE PAST IS HAVE PROFESSIONALS TO COME IN AND HELP YOU HANDLE ALL OF THAT.
SO WE IDENTIFIED EARLY ON THAT
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THIS IS BIG ENOUGH, WE'VE GOTTA HAVE SOME HELP.SO TETRATECH, THE COMPANY WHO'S DOING THE DEBRIS MONITORING ALSO DOES THE, UM, PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GRANT CONSULTING.
AND SO WE WILL STAND THEM UP AND THEY'LL ACTUALLY HAVE A PRESENCE AT THE SERVICE CENTER HELPING ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS PULL TOGETHER THE PAPERWORK.
UM, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY GONNA SAVE YOUR STAFF AND THE BURDEN OF DOING THAT.
AND IT'S GONNA HELP US DO THINGS RIGHT TO MAKE SURE IT IS ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE THINGS TO KICK KICKED OUT AND YOU HAVE TO PAY A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR IT BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T GO ABOUT IT THE RIGHT WAY, OR YOU DIDN'T DOCUMENT IT CORRECTLY.
SO JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT IS ANOTHER SERVICE OF TETRATECH WE'LL BE SPENDING UP PRETTY SOON.
AND THAT IS BEST TO DO ON TIME IF YOU TRY TO GO BACK AND GET IT SIX MONTHS LATER.
FOR A YEAR LATER, YOU'LL, YOU'LL NEVER HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION THEY NEED.
SO IT'S LIKE AS IT'S BEING DONE, LIKE ALMOST DAILY OR WEEKLY, IT NEEDS TO BE YES, SIR.
DO WE NEED A, LIKE HE SAID HE WAS THE FEMA PERSON LAST TIME.
YOU NEVER TOLD US THAT THAT WAS, WELL, WE HAD, DID WE NEED ONE OF THOSE THIS TIME? PROBABLY NOT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT AT THAT TIME THEY HAD, IT WAS FOR US TO RECEIVE FUNDS, WE HAD TO HAVE LIKE, UM, YOU HAD TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON LIKE WITH THE CITY THAT WERE FEMA CERTIFIED.
AND I THINK ONE HAD TO BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
AND I THINK MIKE WALKER JUST ASKED ME, HE SAYS, DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS
I GUESS
YEAH, THAT WAS THAT 2010 FLOOD THAT WAS SO BAD.
SO WE THINK WITH OUR STAFF AND WITH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HELP FROM TETRATECH, WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE WITH BEING ABLE TO PUT THAT TOGETHER THE PROPER WAY.
SO IF THEY DO ALLOW REIMBURSEMENT, WE, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S UP TO 88%, UH, OF, OF THE TOTAL COST.
IF WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT WE GET THAT, WE'LL COME UP WITH THE 12%, WHICH ISN'T TOO BAD.
AND WE'RE FORTUNATE AS WELL THAT BECAUSE OF GOOD FINANCIAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES AND GOOD GUIDANCE FROM YOU AND OUR STAFF LEADERSHIP, THAT YOU HAVE FUND BALANCES THAT WE CAN CARRY THAT IT'S NOT A PROBLEM AT ALL FOR US TO DO THAT.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHY WE CAN FOCUS ON THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SERVICE AND GETTING THIS TAKEN CARE OF.
DOES THAT FEE POSITION REQUIRE RECERTIFICATION OR, I DON'T KNOW.
THEY'VE NEVER CONTACTED ME AGAIN.
IF, IF, IF, IF I WAS, I WAS PLEASED ENOUGH THAT I GOT THROUGH IT, THAT I ACTUALLY HUNG THE TWO DIPLOMAS UP ON MY AT WORK.
THERE'S OTHER THINGS I'VE EARNED THAT I DIDN'T HANG UP, BUT I WAS LIKE, THOSE WERE NOT EASY
FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND YOUR CERTIFICATE.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO TRY TO GET FUNDS IF, IF THAT'S NECESSARY.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE TRANSITION INTO THE OTHER PART OF THE MEETING? MAIN PART OF, ALRIGHT, WELL, YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND US, RIGHT? SO IF YOU DO HAVE, AND I, WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY, THERE'LL BE LOGISTIC THINGS AND WE'LL JUST KEEP ON ADDRESSING THEM AND KEEP GETTING INFORMATION UP TO THE PUBLIC.
SO NEXT WE HAVE, UH, AUDIT, UH, PRESENTATION REVIEW BY BAKER TILLY AND JULIE PUT A LITTLE TABLE UP HERE.
GOD, THOSE THE TABLES DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
I KNOW I TOLD HIM HOW MUCH I LOVE IT.
I GET TO, I GET GET TO EMAIL WITH THEM.
THEY ARE VERY SOMEBODY CAR ALL NIGHT.
I KNOW, RIGHT? ELECTRONIC SOCIETY.
YOU DO SOMETHING YOU CAN PRINT FASTER COLOR.
WAIT, DO WE NEED ONE MORE? HAVE AN EXTRA I CAN, I CAN PROVIDE THAT BACK TO KAREN.
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THANK YOU.TELL YOU, TELL YOU WHAT THIS IS.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UM, JULIE EVANS.
AND YOUNG SAID WITH, UM, BAKER KELLY.
THEY'RE HERE TO DEFENSE REQUIRED, UM, ANNUAL REPORT REFILL.
WE GET SITUATED HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.
JULIE? OH YEAH, YOU'LL DEFINITELY NEED THAT
WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR FIRST OF ALL ALLOWING US TO SERVE AS YOUR AUDITORS AND ALSO ALLOWING US SOME TIME AT YOUR MEETING TODAY TO, UH, GIVE YOU, UH, THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT.
MY NAME'S KEN YOUNG STEAD WITH BAKER TILLY HERE WITH JULIE EVANS.
UM, JULIE IS THE DIRECTOR OF OUR FIRM, AND SHE, UM, UH, SHE LED OUR ENGAGEMENT TEAM AND DID A LOT OF THE HEAVY LIFTING DURING THE, UH, COURSE OF THE AUDITS FOR BOTH EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT AND FOR CITY OF BRENTWOOD ITSELF.
AND SO, WHAT, UH, WHAT WE PLAN TO DO TODAY ARE PRESENTATION, GONNA BE SOMEWHAT INTENTIONALLY BRIEF, BUT WE DO WANT TO BE A AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT EITHER THE, THE COURSE OF THE AUDIT, UM, THE RESULTS, YOU KNOW, ANY, ANYTHING THAT YOU MIGHT SEE IN THE FINANCIALS, WHICH WE'VE, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST PROVIDED YOU A COPY OF THOSE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL GO THROUGH, UM, A FEW THINGS, UH, AGAIN, IN, IN BRIEF.
SO I'M GONNA START WITH THE LETTER, UH, THAT WE JUST HANDED OUT TO YOU.
AND WHAT THIS LETTER IS, IS JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, RESULTS OF THE AUDIT FOR, UH, FOR THE CITY.
WE ALSO HAVE A LETTER VERY SIMILAR FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT.
THE CONTENT IS VIRTUALLY THE SAME.
SO, UM, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA GO OVER THE CITY'S LETTER AND IF YOU'LL FLIP A COUPLE OF PAGES INTO THAT, UH, TO PAGE THREE.
UM, THIS IS MORE, UH, GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROCESS OF THE AUDIT AND WHAT WE DO.
UM, SO WE, WE GO THROUGH SOME PLANNING PROCEDURES AND, UM, AN ASSESSMENT OF INTERNAL CONTROLS THAT HELP US DESIGN THE AUDIT TO HELP US WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE RISKS AND MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, THIS ONE, YES, THAT, THAT LETTER.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, SO THIS, UH, FIRST SECTION JUST TALKS ABOUT OUR PLANNING PROCESS.
UM, THIS, UH, BOTTOM SECTION OF PAGE THREE TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT AUDIT MATTERS THAT ARE COVERED IN THE LETTER, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT WE'LL HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO THROUGH.
SO ON THE SECOND PAGE, THE, UM, AUDIT APPROACH AND RESULTS, UH, SECTION HERE.
I MEAN, OUR AUDIT FOCUS, WE, UH, DO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF SOME OF THE KEY TRANSACTION CYCLES, SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES, UM, IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UH, THIS WAS A PRETTY QUIET YEAR FROM AN ACCOUNTING STANDARD STANDPOINT.
UM, SO NOT MUCH TO REPORT THERE.
UH, WHAT YOU'LL SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE FOUR IS, UM, SOME OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT RISKS THAT WE EVALUATE.
THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT RISK THAT WE, UM, THAT WE CAPTURE FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR PLANNING PROCESS, PLANNING OUR PROCEDURES.
AND SO MANAGEMENT OVERRIDE OF CONTROLS AND, UM, AND REVENUE RECOGNITION, UH, ARE SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT AUDIT MATTERS.
IF YOU FLIP OVER TO PAGE FIVE, YOU'LL SEE SOME OTHER AREAS OF EMPHASIS.
YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE COVER DURING THE COURSE OF THE AUDIT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, CASH, REVENUES, UH, YOUR PENSION AND OPED LIABILITIES, YOU'LL SEE THE LIST THERE.
SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE FOCUSED ON DURING THE COURSE OF THE AUDIT.
UH, THE INTERNAL CONTROL MATTERS SECTION THAT YOU SEE HERE.
UH, WE DON'T EXPRESS AN OPINION ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNAL CONTROLS, BUT WE DO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING TO HELP US, AGAIN, PLAN THOSE PROCEDURES THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO GO THROUGH, IF WE IDENTIFY ANY, UH, DEFICIENCIES IN INTERNAL CONTROL THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES, WE USUALLY REPORT THOSE HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, OUR PROCEDURES AREN'T DESIGNED TO CATCH EVERYTHING, BUT WE DIDN'T IDENTIFY ANY SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES.
SO, UM, SO THAT I THINK FROM A, A GOVERNANCE STANDPOINT, SHOULD MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD.
THE, UM, UH, THE NEXT PAGE, PAGE SIX, UM, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING HERE I MENTIONED, THERE'S NO NEW ACCOUNTING POLICIES THIS YEAR.
YOU'LL SEE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES, ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES THAT ARE, UH, A PART OF THE AUDITS.
SO PENSION LIABILITIES, UM, YOUR OPE LIABILITY DEPRECIATION, AND, UH, SUBSCRIPTION ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.
UM, THOSE ARE THE MOST NOTABLE ESTIMATES THAT WE, UM, THAT WE, JUST BECAUSE THESE ARE HIGHLIGHTED BLUE DOESN'T MEAN THIS IS JUST VISUAL.
MAKING SURE WE DIDN'T HAVE A BUNCH OF PROBLEMS. YEAH.
AND THEN THE, THE REST OF THIS, UH, FIRST SECTION OF THE LETTER JUST TALKS ABOUT, UH, WHETHER WE HAVE DISAGREEMENTS OR DIFFICULTIES OR IN, YOU KNOW, ENCOUNTER ANY UNUSUAL ITEMS. THERE'S REALLY NOTHING HERE TO REPORT, SO, UM, SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
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THIS GOES ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TALKING ABOUT ANY, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL FINDINGS OR OTHER THINGS THAT WE, UH, THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO REPORT TO YOU.
THIS IS ALL PRETTY STANDARD LANGUAGE.
SO, UM, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DID, UH, DO SOME WORK THAT IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, UH, JULIE WILL COVER A FEW POINTS THERE, BUT THERE'S SOME, UM, OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, STATE OF TENNESSEE REQUIRES AND GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH, UM, I GUESS IT'S AFTER PAGE 10, THERE'S A MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER THAT, UH, THAT YOU ALL PROVIDE TO US AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE AUDIT.
SO THIS IS HERE AVAILABLE FOR YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, TO READ IT.
BUT IT BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, TALKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT THESE ARE YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY WORK WITH YOUR TEAM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE GIVE AN OPINION ON THOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE REPRESENTATION LETTER IS REALLY, UM, YOUR WAY OF TELLING US THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE REVIEWED EVERYTHING, YOU'VE PROVIDED THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE REQUESTED, YOU KNOW, AND THAT YOU REALLY TAKE THE OWNERSHIP OF THE STATEMENTS, UM, AS THEY ARE YOURS.
UM, SO FLIPPING TOWARDS THE BACK OF THIS, UM, THIS LETTER, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS THAT ARE COMING UP.
REALLY THE TWO THINGS THAT WE HAVE LISTED HERE FOR 2026 OR MORE, JUST ENHANCEMENTS FOR REPORTING.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING REAL, UH, NOTABLE IN TERMS OF CHANGES THAT ARE COMING FOR THE NEXT YEAR, ASIDE FROM JUST, UH, SOME MINOR REPORTING IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN ON THE VERY LAST PAGE, UH, IF WE HAVE CORRECTED MISSTATEMENTS, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE ADJUST FROM THE ORIGINAL TRIAL BALANCE, WE REPORT THOSE TO YOU THERE, THESE ARE REALLY MINOR.
SO, UH, AGAIN, I THINK EVERYTHING WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, WAS CLEAN AND WE HAD A, A GREAT EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH YOUR TEAM THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE AUDIT.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS LETTER BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO JULIE? ALRIGHT, JULIE, THIS WELL, I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT ALL IS IN YOUR 160 PAGE DOCUMENT RECEIPT
SO THIS IS THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT.
IT HAS, UM, ABOUT THREE OR FOUR PAGES IN STARTS THE TRANSMITTAL LETTER, WHICH IS, IS FROM YOU ALL TO THE CITIZENS.
UM, AND, AND THEN ALSO WHAT FOLLOWS THAT TALKS ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH THE CITY, THINGS THAT ARE UPCOMING.
AND THEN YOU GET, UH, YOUR CERTIFICATE OF FINANCIAL REPORTING ACHIEVEMENT, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE GOTTEN FOR SEVERAL, SEVERAL YEARS.
THERE'S SOME INFORMATION ABOUT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, A LIST OF ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS, AND THEN PROBABLY ABOUT 30 PAGES IN PAGE ONE IS THE START OF THE AUDIT OPINION.
SO THE AUDIT OPINION IS A CLEAN OPINION, WHICH IS THE KIND OF OPINION YOU WANT TO HAVE.
WE LOOK AT YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, YOUR BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES, YOUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.
WE LOOK AT THE, UM, THE COMBINING, CONSOLIDATING AND CONVERSION TO FULL ACCRUAL.
SO ALL OF THAT, UM, TO SAY THAT WE GIVE A CLEAN OPINION AND WE BELIEVE YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FAIRLY STATED.
IT GOES THROUGH AND TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS OF THE AUDIT.
UM, WHAT ALL WE DO IS OUR STEPS IN THE AUDIT.
WHAT ALL YOU ALL DO IS MANAGEMENT AND PREPARING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND THEN TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT ARE IN THIS DOCUMENT.
SO, AS KEN MENTIONED, THERE'S THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THERE'S SOME REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION THAT'S REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS.
SO A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR PENSION AND OPE PLANS.
THERE'S INFORMATION FROM INFORMATION THAT THE STATE REQUIRES THAT'S INFORMATION ABOUT ASSETS AND DEBT AND, UM, PROPERTY TAXES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO THAT'S ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY THROUGH HERE.
THEN THERE'S SOME COMBINING SCHEDULES.
THERE IS STATISTICAL INFORMATION BECAUSE YOU ALL DO PREPARE A FULL
UM, SO THAT IS ALL INCLUDED IN THERE.
SO YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF HISTORICAL INFORMATION BEGINNING ON PAGE 1 33.
AND WHAT FOLLOWS INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, A VARIETY OF THINGS, REVENUE CAPACITY, DEBT CAPACITY, YOUR LARGEST TAXPAYERS YEAR AND 10 YEARS AGO.
SO A LOT OF INFORMATION COVERED IN THERE.
AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO IT IS ABOUT PAGE.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION? WOULD THIS DATA BE USEFUL TO OUR 2040, THIS DEMOGRAPHIC FINANCIAL TRENDS AND ALL OF THAT? I MEAN, I THINK TO A DEGREE IT WILL, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANNA LOOK AT, LET'S START THIS THEN.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'D WANT TO LOOK AT THERE IS IT HAS TO DO WITH THE CURRENT RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT WE HAVE IN THE VIABILITY OF THE NEXT 20, 30 YEARS.
SO THAT DATA DOES COME IN HANDY.
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JULIE, COULD YOU DEFINE WHAT OPEP IS FOR THOSE OTHER POST-RETIREMENT BENEFITS? SO THIS IS THE, THE POST-RETIREMENT HEALTHCARE COST.THAT'S WHAT'S IN PLACE TO FUND THOSE LIABILITIES.
BUT NO, IT'S A, IT IS A CALCULATION OF WHAT THE LIABILITY FOR THAT WOULD BE.
SO PAGE 1 57, TOWARDS THE BACK, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL REPORTS JUST TO, TO FILL YOU IN ON KIND OF THE AUDIT PROCESS AS A WHOLE.
THE FIRST SEVERAL PAGES ARE ABOUT THE FINANCIAL RESULTS.
THIS NEXT SECTION, BECAUSE YOU'RE UNDER GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS, WE GIVE A A REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND THEN COMPLIANCE ON OTHER GRANTS, CONTRACTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO THIS REPORT ON 1 57 AND 1 58 IS YOUR GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS OPINION.
AND THAT'S ALSO WHAT WE WOULD REFER TO AS A CLEAN OPINION.
THERE'S NOTHING WE NEED TO REPORT TO YOU ALL, BUT, UM, THAT WE FOUND IN CONNECTION WITH THAT.
AND THEN PAGE 1 59 IS A REPORT.
WE DO A SPECIAL, WHAT'S CALLED A SINGLE AUDIT ON YOUR FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM.
AND SO THIS YEAR, UM, AS I THINK IT'S BEEN FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IT'S BEEN THE CONCLUSION OF SOME OF THE, THE WATER AND WASTEWATER WORK WITH SOME OF THE ARPA FUNDING.
SO THAT WAS WHAT WE AUDITED THIS YEAR, IS OUR MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAM.
AND HAPPY TO REPORT, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THAT.
EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING WE LOOKED AT WAS, WAS COMPLETE AND ACCURATE AND WELL SUPPORTED.
SO HOW COME THOSE REPORTS ARE SIGNED BY THE FIRM AND NOT BY YOU? YEAH, I THINK THAT
I MEAN, IT IS TYPICAL TO HAVE JUST A FARM SIGNATURE.
WELL, SOME 10 SIGNATURES
TURNS OUT I, YOUR WHEELS ARE TURNING ALREADY.
WELL, WELL, YEAH, IT'S JUST, UH, I MEAN, YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THE CORPORATIONS HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS AS INDIVIDUALS IN A CERTAIN SENSE, BUT YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE NOTICED THAT BEFORE, BUT I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE'S A, A REASON TO HAVE IT SIGNED BY THE FIRM AND NOT BY THE PERSON WHO ACTUALLY CONDUCTED IT.
YEAH, THAT'S, UM, SO I THINK, I THINK THAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, PRETTY TYPICAL ACROSS ALL, ALL AUDITS.
I THINK IT'S TYPICALLY A FIRM SIGNATURE.
I KNOW WHEN WE CRAFT IT'S CRAFT, BUT YEAH, WAS CRAFT CPAS LAST YEAR.
THAT WAS JUST, BUT IF YOU WANT A SHORT AND SWEET LITTLE SUMMARY OF AUDIT RESULTS, PAGE 1 62 IS REQUIRED WITH THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE.
SO IT, IT GOES THROUGH KIND OF A CHECKLIST TO ASK WHAT KIND OF REPORT DID YOU GET ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT WAS AN UNMODIFIED OR CLEAN OPINION? DID WE HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT WE OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES? BUT WE REPORTED, DID WE HAVE ANYTHING WITH THE, WITH THE FEDERAL AWARDS? AND THEN WHAT, UM, MAJOR PROGRAM OR PROGRAMS WERE AUDITED.
SO THAT INFORMATION IS THERE FOR YOU.
AND THEN THE NEXT PAGE IS JUST THE CONTINUATION OF THE SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND QUESTION COSTS.
AND YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THAT IS VIRTUALLY BLANK TO SAY THERE ARE NONE.
SO, JULIE, IS THAT LAST SHEET NEW OR DO I USUALLY NOT MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK? YOU MAY NOT MAKE IT BACK
NO, IN MOST CASES, BUT IT'S A NICE QUICK SYNOPSIS.
THAT'S A GOOD, OR LACK THEREOF.
SO, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE ABOUT THE INFORMATION THAT'S INCLUDED OR THE AUDIT PROCESS ITSELF.
I KNOW WE WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS 'CAUSE WE CAN SIT HERE ALL DAY.
SO, BUT OVERALL, I THINK AS FAR AS BRENTWOOD GOES, AS YOU ALL MENTIONED, IN GOOD FINANCIAL SHAPE, HAVE GOOD FUND BALANCES AND CAN TAKE CARE OF THE CITY FOR THE FUTURE.
SO WHAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF A MATERIAL MAINTENANCE IN THIS? IF WE HAD TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS? IF LIKE THE BOOKS WEREN'T CLEAN OR IF WE FOUND SOMETHING IN MAYBE THE, THE COMPLIANCE PIECE WHERE MAYBE YOU WEREN'T FOLLOWING RULES OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT Y'ALL, THAT'S INTERNAL AND THE CITY'S, I MEAN, THE CITY'S BOOKS AND RECORDS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO MUCH WHEN WE GET HERE.
WE ASK FOR A LOT OF DOCUMENTS AND SUPPORT AND QUESTIONS.
BUT NO, THEY'RE IN GOOD SHAPE AND, AND THEY CAN GIVE US THE DOCUMENTATION WHEN WE GET HERE.
SO IF THAT WASN'T AVAILABLE, YOU MIGHT COULD HAVE A MATERIAL WEAKNESS OR SOMETHING EFFICIENCY ALSO.
SO HAPPY TO ANSWER OTHER QUESTIONS.
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AND YOUR CLARITY, WE KNOW, KNOW WHEN YOU FINISHED.AND WE COULD ALWAYS CONTACT YOU IF WE CERTAIN HAVE QUESTION AND HAVE QUESTIONS.
MY DAUGHTERS AN AUDITOR AND, UM, WORKS IN THE GOVERNMENT AND HER BIGGEST OBSTACLE IS GETTING THE DOCUMENTS.
SO KAREN, THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING LIKE, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST HURDLES IS TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION AND IT'S A LOT.
SO KAREN, THANK YOU FOR BEING ON TOP OF IT.
KAREN AND JULIE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND JULIE, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT TO THIS AND KAREN AND TEAM, AND I'LL NEVER FORGET WHEN, UM, WAS HERE, HE STAYED UP TILL LIKE TWO IN THE MORNING TO PREPARE FOR THE AUDIT THE NEXT DAY AND PREPARE ONE.
I WISH HE HAD THOSE
AND HE PREPARED FOR, I REMEMBER WHEN I SHE'S SAYING THAT AT ALL.
PEOPLE THEY WON'T AND THEY CAN'T DO THEIR JOB.
IT'S, THEY COME LIKE, PEOPLE GO TO THE IS OFFICE WITH A SHOE BOX FULL OVERSEAS.
AND EVEN THAT, SHE'S LIKE, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE THE SHOEBOX FULL OVERSEAS JUDGE, LET'S LIVE YOUR LIFE.
LAST TIME SEAT SOME OF THESE CARDS.
ALRIGHT, WE READY TO GO THROUGH THE AGENDA? YEP.
YOU'VE SEEN ABOUT HALF OF IT, SO, BUT, SO I'LL, I'LL GO PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT PLEASE STOP ME IF YOU NEED TO.
UH, STARTING OFF, WE HAVE, UH, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT, UH, MEETING AND IT'S, UH, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
WE HAVE THE FINANCIAL REPORT AND SUPERVISOR'S, UH, UPDATE.
I'LL JUST QUICKLY GIVE YOU THE, UH, 2 CENTS WORTH ON THE FINANCIAL REPORT.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.
WHAT YOU'LL FIND IS, IS THIS IS THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE YEAR.
UH, YEAR TO DATE REVENUES ARE, UH, ABOUT 67% OF BUDGET.
AND YEAR TO DATE EXPENSES ARE ABOUT 51.
UH, IT'S ALWAYS A PRETTY GOOD DEAL WHEN THE REVENUES ARE, UH, HIGHER THAN THE EXPENSES AND COMPARE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, THE 67% THIS YEAR WE'RE ABOUT 77% IN REVENUES LAST YEAR.
AND EXPENSES WERE ABOUT 49 OR A LITTLE LOWER.
THE MAIN DIFFERENCE IN THE, ON THE REVENUE SIDE, IT'S A DECREASE OF A LITTLE OVER $80,000.
IT'S, UH, JUST LESS WHAT WE CALL EXCESS REVENUE EARNED AND A LITTLE BIT LESS INTEREST EARNINGS.
BUT OVERALL WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE AND HEADED WHERE WE WOULD EXPECT TO BE.
SO, JASON, I KNOW THIS, UH, THE EVENTS OF THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS HAVE CREATED A COUPLE GOOD SIZE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR LINE ITEMS OF EXPENSE FOR THE CITY GENERALLY.
DOES ANY OF THAT HIT THE ECD OR ARE THEY JUST BUSINESS AS USUAL? THEY'RE RAMPED UP FOR AN EMERGENCY.
YEAH, I WOULD THINK BUSINESS AS USUAL.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT AFFECTED OVERTIME AT ALL, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE A SIGNIFICANT, UH, NUMBER OVERALL.
ANY QUESTIONS? OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE RIGHT OVER INTO THE, UH, REGULAR AGENDA.
UM, WE'LL START OFF WITH A PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE, UH, CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE THAT AMENDS THAT, THE CODE THAT DEALS WITH PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICE FACILITIES AND IN ESSENCE THE CELL TOWER ORDINANCE.
SO WE'LL HAVE THAT AS A PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, I'M NOT JUST PUBLIC HEARING, YOU'LL JUST TAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THAT PRETTY OFTEN.
UH, AND, UH, THE, SO IT HAS COME FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS AT THAT MEETING, SO I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED ABOUT WE MIGHT, BUT, UH, AS MAYOR AND I WERE TALKING AT ONE POINT, HE BROUGHT A GOOD POINT, WHICH IS WE HAVE JUST SEEN WHY WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL.
SO, UM, THAT'LL COME TO YOU IN A PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY, THERE'S A LOT OF, THE CITY OF WIRELESS IS ALL THEY HAD HERE FOR, FOR A BIT.
AND IT WAS EVEN TAMPERED DOWN SOME, I THINK BECAUSE OF SO MANY POWER OUTAGES.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WORSE IT COULD BE, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY BAD.
IT WAS PRETTY BAD IN SOME AREAS.
THERE WAS A RUMOR, A RESIDENT TOLD ME YESTERDAY THAT ONE OF THE AT T TRUCKS OR ONE OF THE TRUCKS AND MAYBE THE FIRE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT APPARENTLY HE WAS GOING UP BEHIND, UM, IN OWL, UM, AL CREEK, AL CREEK, I, I THINK, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE.
ANYWAY, HE WAS GOING UP, HE SLID.
AND, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF, OF THE, UM, NES PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY CAME TO HELP AND, AND THEY WERE MAD THAT THEY WEREN'T HELPING THEIR RESIDENTS.
AND THE GUY SAID, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO HAVE NO POWER AND HAVE CELLULAR OR WIRELESS.
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GONE AND YEAH, NEITHER.SO FOR WHATEVER REASON, I DON'T KNOW HIS TRUCK AND THEY ALL HELPED HIM.
BUT THE, BUT THE POINT IS, I WAS GRATEFUL WOUND UP FOR WHAT HORRIBLE SERVICE WE DID HAVE DURING THE PROCESS.
IT WAS, IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE SOMETHING, I THINK, I THINK THE DISCUSSION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THERE WERE A FEW QUESTIONS, GOOD QUESTIONS AND GOOD DISCUSSION.
THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS ARE VERY MUCH BEHIND IT, SO MM-HMM
WE'LL GET TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
IT'S A PRETTY LONG CONSENT AGENDA, BUT THE ITEMS ARE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
UH, SO THE FIRST ITEM IS A RESOLUTION, ACCEPTING STREETS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AS PUBLIC STREETS.
THESE ARE THE STREETS THAT COME IN AS SU PLATTED SUBDIVISIONS.
UH, ONCE THEY MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, UM, UH, THE CONSTRUCTED INSPECTED MEET ALL OF OUR REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO THIS INCLUDES STREETS FROM, UH, BROAD OAKS ROSEBROOK, ROSEBROOK, SECTION THREE IN ROSEBROOK PHASE TWO B SUBDIVISIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? OKAY.
THE SECOND ITEM IS AN AMENDMENT, UH, RELATED TO THE, UH, CONTRACT WITH STV FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR YOUR GATEWAY SIGNAGE.
SO IF YOU REMEMBER WAY BACK IN FEBRUARY 6TH OF LAST YEAR, YOU ENTERED INTO THAT FOR THE GATEWAY SIGNAGE PROJECT.
AND, UM, THAT WAS REALLY TO GET YOU TO THE CONCEPT OF WHERE YOU'VE, UH, BEEN TO AND CHOOSE THAT PRIMARY SIGN.
AND SO THE SECOND PHASE INVOLVES THE ACTUAL, UH, DESIGN PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION.
AND IT'LL RELATE TO TWO SITES STARTING OFF WITH TWO SITES.
SITE ONE IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHBOUND EXIT RAMP OF INTERSTATE 65, CONCORD ROAD.
SITE TWO IS LOCATED SOUTH OF SPLIT LOG ROAD ON OUR SOUTH ENTRANCE.
UM, IT WAS ABOUT A HALF MILE, I BELIEVE, UH, FROM THERE.
YEAH, ONE HALF MILE FROM THERE.
AND SO THIS IS AN, THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT INTO THE MORE SPECIFIC WORK FOR THE SECOND PHASE.
THE, UH, I BELIEVE FOR A LUMP SUM FEE NOT TO EXCEED $36,726.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM? OKAY.
UH, THE THIRD CONSENT ITEM IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POLICY.
IT'S REALLY JUST A BASIC FRAMEWORK.
UM, IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT THE TYPES OF THINGS WE WOULD WANT TO DO WITH AI, BUT IT, IT PROVIDES THE GUARDRAILS THAT ARE NECESSARY.
AND SO IT TALKS ABOUT GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE, UH, TYPES OF SYSTEMS GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND RESPONSIBLE USE FOCUS ON HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
SECURITY, SAFETY, PRIVACY, TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, UH, EFFECTIVENESS AND WORKFORCE EMPOWERMENT.
IT DEFINES THE ROLES, UH, OR STAFF ROLES.
UM, IT ALSO APPLIES THOSE SAME EXPECTATIONS TO ANY CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS THAT WE MAY EVENTUALLY USE.
UM, ADDRESSES CERTAIN HIGH RISKS THINGS WE, WE THAT ARE PROHIBITED OBVIOUSLY, THAT WE WANT TO AVOID, UH, PARTICULAR, UH, HARMS AND SUNSET PROCEDURES.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS IN THERE, BUT IT GIVES US THE GUIDANCE.
NOW, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, UM, OUR USE OF AI IS PRETTY LIGHT RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE'LL BE A TIME HERE PRETTY SOON THAT WE'RE GONNA START TO SEE IT IN INTEGRATED WITH MANY OF THE APP SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
AND, UH, AND THEN BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP ENHANCE OUR SERVICE.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS IN OUR CONVERSATIONS THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT IS THIS TRANSPARENCY.
AND THE QUESTION THAT CAME OUT LAST TIME HERE WAS, SO IF, IF, IF I'M INTERACTING WITH THE CITY, MAYBE THROUGH A WEB PORTAL OR SOMETHING, AND THERE'S INFORMATION PROVIDED, IF AI IS A PART OF THAT, WELL, I KNOW THAT ANSWER'S YES.
THAT'S PART OF THE TRANSPARENCY.
SO, UM, THIS WILL BE A, A REALLY GOOD STEP TO GET US STARTED AS WE START TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN USE AI TO DO WHAT WE DO BETTER.
AND AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT OUR EMPHASIS IS, REALLY IS ABOUT HOW DO WE DO BETTER? YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHAT LEVEL WE ARE AND HOW GOOD WE WE THINK WE MIGHT BE, WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER.
AND THIS IS A TOOL THAT WE THINK WILL HELP US EVENTUALLY DEVELOPING THIS.
IS THIS, IS THERE LIKE A FAIRLY STANDARD MODEL FROM MUNICIPALITIES DOING THIS? OR IS THIS SOMETHING WE WROTE FROM SCRATCH? THIS IS, THIS IS BASED ON A FRAMEWORK MODEL.
THERE'S, IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT.
YOU CAN FIND THOSE AND WE, WE DID MODIFY, WE TWEAKED SOME THINGS, BUT, UH, GENERALLY IT START FROM THE MODEL.
SO YOU FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT IT.
CHRISTIAN PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
AI MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HELPED WITH THAT.
YEAH, I WASN'T GONNA GO THERE.
WE USE AI TO DEVELOP OUR RULES TO GOVERN IT, WRITING ITS OWN RULES.
I THINK I MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE USED AI TO ANALYZE IT.
UH, CONSENT ITEM FOUR, UH, RESOLUTION ADOPTING REVISIONS TO OUR PERSONNEL RULES AND REGULATIONS.
THIS COMES OUT OF A, UH, THE PRIOR PRESENTATION CONVERSATION THAT RELATES TO, UH, ADDING A COUPLE OF HOLIDAYS, UH, AND THEN ADDING, UH, CHANGING THE SHIFT DIFFERENTIALS AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES AS WE LOOK AT PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND SO THE, UH, I'LL GO TO SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL FIRST.
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AND THE, UH, UH, GUIDANCE, UH, BASED ON THE PRESENTATION FROM THE, FROM YOU WAS TO GO FROM 1200 TO 2,500 FOR THE EVENING SHIFT.IT'S AN ANNUALIZED, UH, MIDNIGHT SHIFT WAS 2100 TO 4,500 ANNUALLY.
UH, AND THEN THE TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCE WAS CHANGED, UH, FROM 2,400 ANNUALLY TO 7,600 ANNUALLY.
AND THEN THE, UH, HOLIDAYS ADDED, UH, INCLUDE GOOD FRIDAY AND VETERANS DAY.
AND SO THOSE WERE THE CHANGES.
AND THAT'S, THOSE ARE ALL REFLECTED HERE.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? OKAY.
CONSENT ITEM FIVE IS A RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZED AND AGREEMENT WITH PAYMENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR ASPHALT REJUVENATION.
YOU COULD NEVER REJUVENATE YOUR ASPHALT ENOUGH.
DOES THAT WORK ON WRINKLES?
UM, BUT, UH, THIS IS A TWO YEAR AGREEMENT WITH A COMPANY CALLED PAYMENT TECHNOLOGIES.
IT IS FOR WHAT, WHAT'S CALLED RECITE ASPHALT REJUVENATION.
RECITE IS A FORM OF ASPHALT REJUVENATION.
UH, WE PREVIOUSLY BID THIS CONTRACT, UH, AND, AND HAD RECEIVED A BIDDER, ONE BIDDER BEFORE.
WE USED THE, THE PRODUCT FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS.
WE'RE PRETTY SATISFIED WITH IT.
YOU THINK IT DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB AND IT CAN EXTEND THE USEFUL LIFE OF A TYPICAL ASPHALT ROAD ROAD FROM FIVE TO 10 ADDITIONAL YEARS.
AND SO FROM A COST BENEFIT PERSPECTIVE, IT'S A PRETTY GOOD DEAL.
UH, THERE'S A LITTLE LANGUAGE IN HERE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO ASPHALT ROADS.
IT WON'T TAKE YOU ALL THE WAY THROUGH THAT, BUT WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THE AWARDING OF THE, THE RECITE APPLICATION CONTRACT PAVEMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR UP TO 104,000 SQUARE YARDS PAVEMENT AT A DOLLAR AND A QUARTER PER SQUARE YARD FOR, UH, 26.
AND THAT'S A COST NOT TO EXCEED $130,000.
AND THEN FOR 27, UH, SLIGHTLY MORE, UH, SQUARE YARDAGES, 110,000 SQUARE YARDS AT A DOLLAR 27 PER SQUARE YARD.
SO THE INCREASE IS VERY MINIMAL BETWEEN 26 AND 27.
AND THE COST DOES NOT TO EXCEED $140,000.
SO JASON, I RECENTLY FOUND OUT WE HAD ABOUT 303 MILES OF CITY STREETS.
UH, HOW MANY, HOW, WHERE DOES THAT TRANSLATE INTO IN TERMS OF HOW MANY MILES IN THE STREETS ARE WE THERE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I'M GONNA, DALE'S LIKE, I HOPE HE DOESN'T LOOK AT ME
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER.
YEAH, BECAUSE, BECAUSE, UH, I'M JUST HAVING A HARD TIME WRAPPING MY MIND AROUND SQUARE YARDS OF STREET EVEN THOUGH THAT I UNDERSTAND.
LET ME DRAG THAT INFORMATION UP.
UM, I WAS PART OF THAT WHEN I WAS HERE THE FIRST TIME AS WELL.
BUT KEEP IN MIND, SO IT'S ONLY CAN BE APPLIED TO ROADS THAT HAVE HAD PAVEMENT DONE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.
SO, UM, AND THEN WE STAY OFF ARTERIAL ROADS.
BECAUSE THERE'S A SAND AND THINGS THAT GOES DOWN AND IT HAS TO BE SWEPT.
SO WE CAN SOME, WHAT WE CAN DO SOMETIMES IN THIS EARLY STAGE, LIKE WHERE WE JUST REPAVED THE CROCKETT LAST YEAR, TAKE THOSE SQUARE YARDS AND TRY TO CATCH SOMETHING WHERE WE MISSED IT THREE YEARS AGO OR, OR SOMETHING THAT WAS PAVED THAT, THAT WHEN IT CAME IN THAT MAYBE WE CAN BACK UP AND DO.
BUT THAT WAS A LONG WAY TO SAY, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE IT ALL, IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL THE WIDTH OF THE ROADS TOO, RIGHT? NO IDEA.
SO YOU HAVE SOME 20 FOURS AND 20 TWOS AND, AND IT'S A TRIVIA QUESTION.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THIS IS 10% OF OUR ROADS OR 5% OF OUR ROADS OR 1% OF OUR ROADS OR, WELL, HOPEFULLY.
SO WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IS WHAT WE NORMALLY, WHAT HOW THAT'S FIGURED IS WHAT WE DO PAVE YEAH.
NORMALLY THAT'S ENOUGH TO COVER THE YEAR BEFORE MINUS SOME ARTERIAL ROAD.
SO IF WE WERE TO STAY ON THIS CYCLE FOR 20 YEARS AND GET EVERYTHING REPAVED YEAH.
IT WOULD HOPEFULLY THEN STAY WITH THE PROGRAM AND EXTEND YOUR LIFE FIVE TO 10 YEARS, HOPEFULLY OF YOUR PAVEMENT.
WELL, I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.
YEAH, I CAN, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
LET ME TRY TO ANSWER A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WAY.
MAYBE NOT AS SPECIFIC, BUT I I, IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT.
WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS.
UM, WE HAVE A PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY A BIG DATABASE THAT YOU CAN PUT ALL THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION IN SO IT KNOWS, AND, AND, AND ALSO IT, IT INVOLVES, UH, UH, GOING AND SCANNING YOUR ROADS AND GETTING CONDITIONS.
AND THEN YOU BRING ALL THIS IN.
IT CAN HELP WITH, UH, PUTTING TOGETHER MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS. BUT THE KEY IS, IS WHEN WE HAVE THE CONDITIONS OF A ROAD SCAN, THEY CREATE AN INDEX NUMBER.
I BELIEVE IT'S ZERO TO A HUNDRED.
I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT, ISN'T IT DALE? AND UM, WE, UH, OUR PROVIDER OF THAT SERVICE HAS INDICATED THAT WE HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER THAT THEY HAVE SEEN ON THEIR INDEX FOR OUR ROAD CONDITIONS.
THEY HAVE HIGHER, THE BETTER, RIGHT.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
AND I NOTICED THAT WHEN I CAME TO TOWN.
OUR ROADS ARE GREAT AND SO WE, I THINK WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF KEEPING UP WITH THEM.
THAT NUMBER'S 84 IF YOU WANT MORE.
SO WHAT, ANY OF THE, LIKE THE NEW POTHOLES OR OTHER CHANGES TO THE ROADS BECAUSE OF THE BAD WEATHER WE'VE HAD, IS THAT GONNA AFFECT THIS RECLAMATION PROJECT AT ALL OR IS THAT TOTALLY DIFFERENT? NO, IT SHOULDN'T.
SO WHAT HAPPENS, I MEAN, IF THERE'S ANY REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE DONE, THEY'LL BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION.
UM, THEY'LL DRIVE THE ROADS AND LOOK AT THE LIST THAT WE ALREADY HAVE FOR THEM THAT THEY'LL DO IN, IN AROUND APRIL-ISH OR MAY.
UM, BECAUSE THEY, IT, IT'S A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH THE SUBDIVISIONS.
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'CAUSE YOU, THEY ASK THEM DON'T PARK ON THE STREETS, THERE'S GOTTA BE A LOT OF THINGS DONE.SO THEY'LL LOOK AT ALL THAT AND THAT GIVES US A CHANCE IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS REPAIRED, WE CAN NEED TO WORK WITH OUR PAVING COMPANY IF IT'S TOO BIG OR OURSELVES WILL GO IN AND TRY TO DO THAT PRIOR TO THE REC REC WHITE.
UH, AS AMENDMENT WITH SOLD ENGINEERING FOR DESIGN SERVICES FOR SPLIT LOG ROAD, PHASE THREE A.
THIS IS A REALLY SIMPLE SMALL ONE.
UH, AND IT'S, IT'S IN FRONT OF YOU BECAUSE IT'S PART OF AN AGREEMENT THAT YOU'D ALREADY, UH, APPROVED.
BUT ALL IT IS IS TO ADD $7,150 TO ADDITIONAL CLEARING GRING.
HOW LONG BEFORE WE GET THE FINAL DESIGN ON, ON THIS? UH, I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME.
I'D HAVE TO, TO LOOK AT, UH, DR.
WELL, SO WE'RE HERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER ON WHEN THAT IS
SO, UH, PROBABLY NINE MONTHS, TWO A YEAR TO FINAL TILL FINAL DESIGN.
DO WE HAVE THAT IN THE, IN THE, IN THE REPORT THAT GOES DOWN? I THIS 'CAUSE I KNOW WE COVERED THE STREETS.
IT'S PROBABLY THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WOULD HAVE THE TIMELINE IN IT AND IT SHOULD BE ATTACHED TO THIS.
ANSWER BEING TOO LONG, I THINK.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE READY FOR IT.
A RESOLUTION THAT AUTHORIZED THIS AGREEMENT WITH SOLO BUILDERS FOR, UH, SERVICE CENTER SITE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND, UH, UH, THIS IS ONE THIS, I DON'T WANT TO CONFUSE ANYTHING HERE.
THIS DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE POTENTIAL MOVING OUT IN INTERNAL SPACE.
THIS IS AN EXTERNAL YARD TYPE CHANGE.
SO IT'S OUTSIDE AND, UH, IT'S AN, IT'S, UH, TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL WATER DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC HORSE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS.
SO THE SCOPE WOULD BE TO RELOCATE EXISTING MATERIAL BINS, UH, THAT ARE LOCATED ON THE NORTH, MOVE THEM SOUTH AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR, UH, SOME MORE OPEN FACE COVERED BUILDING.
UH, AND, UH, AND THE EXISTING MATERIAL BIN SPACE THAT'S THERE TO ADD A SPACE FOR EQUIPMENT STORAGE.
UH, CONSTRUCTING THE NEW BUILDING AND THE EXISTING MATERIAL BINS, UH, FOR, I'M SORRY, FOR, UM, I'M SORRY, NEW MATERIAL BINS.
AND THEN THOSE WOULD BE MOVED.
AND THEN UPGRADING THE GRINDER PUMPS MECHANIC SHOP, UH, UH, AREA.
ADDING AGAIN, UH, ENHANCED THE VENTILATION, LIGHTING, UH, GRINDER REPAIR MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT.
SO IT'S REALLY TRYING TO BETTER USE THAT, THAT REAR SPACE THAN, THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.
UH, IMPROVE OUR EFFICIENCIES IN OUR WORKSPACE.
UM, WE ACCEPTED, UH, JANUARY 26TH, ACCEPTED AN OPEN BIDS.
WE HAD FIVE BIDS THE LOWEST AND WE AGREED THE BEST BID IS FROM SOLOMON BUILDERS NASHVILLE.
UH, SO, UH, IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD ITEM.
UH, WE DO, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM.
SO ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, ITEM EIGHT AGREEMENT, UH, WITH, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY PRONOUNCE THIS.
I SEE IT'S ALL CAPITALIZED UP THERE.
PRO IMAGE, UH, FACILITY SERVICES FOR JANITORIAL SERVICES.
UM, THE BRENTWOOD, OUR CITY HALL LIBRARY SERVICE CENTER RECEIVED JANITORIAL SERVICES FROM PRO IMAGE SINCE 2017.
SO SHE KNOWS THAT, UM, ALTHOUGH AT THE TIME IT WAS THROUGH THE, UH, PROPERTY MANAGER, CUSHMAN AND WAKEFIELD THAT WE USE.
SO WE'VE USED THEM, BUT NOT DIRECTLY.
AG UH, HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM.
IT WAS JUST A, A SUBCONTRACTOR SERVICE IN 2021.
WE CONTRACTED DIRECTLY WITH PRO IMAGE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, BUT NOT THE OTHER FACILITIES.
AND, UH, WE REALLY VERY MUCH LIKE THE WAY THEY PERFORM.
WE THINK THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB, UH, WITH OUR JANITORIAL SERVICES.
THE QUALITY'S BEEN VERY GOOD, SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THEM.
SO, WE'LL BASICALLY WHAT THIS DOES IS IT MIGRATES LARGEST, UH, VENDOR CONTRACTS OUT OF THE CUSHMAN WAKEFIELD AND TOUR DIRECT CONTRACTS WITH PRO IMAGE IS WHAT IT DOES.
THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCE IN IN PRICE ON THIS BECAUSE OF, UH, IT WAS AN ANNOYING SOUND
JAY WENT OUT THERE AND IT GOT LOUDER
UM, SO WHAT THIS DOES IS, IS IT MAINTAINS THE CURRENT PRICING FOR THE LIBRARY AND SERVICE CENTER AND THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
IT'S INCREASED A LITTLE BIT AT CITY HALL DUE TO THE EXPANSION OF THE SCOPE OF SERVICES TO OUR NEWLY RENOVATED AREAS AND SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL INCLUSION OF SPACE WE WANT THEM TO COVER.
UH, SO THE CONTRACT WOULD PROPOSE TO BE RETROACTIVE TO JANUARY, UH, THE 19TH OF, UH, THIS YEAR.
UM, PRICING FOR 20, BASICALLY, UH, THE JULY 26TH TO, UH, JUNE, UH, 30TH OF 27TH, UH, WOULD INCREASE A INCREASE AT A CPI RATE.
SO, SO WE'LL HAVE THIS PRICING SET AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR'S
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INCREASE IN PRICE WOULD BE SET AT CP CPI, ALL URBAN CONSUMERS.ONE THING I'LL JUST JUST TELL YOU REAL QUICK ON THAT IS RIGHT NOW, ANYTHING, ANY SERVICES WE CAN GET FOR NOT TO EXCEED CPI I'M REALLY, REALLY HAPPY WITH BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME WE TURN AROUND WE HAVE A RENEWAL FOR SOFTWARE OR OTHER SERVICES OR, OR PURCHASING EQUIPMENT OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND THE COSTS ARE, ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN CPI, NO MATTER HOW COMPETITIVELY WE DO IT.
SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE ABLE THAT THIS IS AT CPI, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING.
SO THE CURRENT AMOUNT IS $3,775 AND 75 CENTS.
BUT THEN OBVIOUSLY IT'LL BE BROUGHT TOGETHER, UH, INTO NEXT YEAR.
UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED AND AGREEMENT WITH HODGSON DOUGLASS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS FOR VETERANS MONUMENT DESIGN SERVICES.
AND, UH, WE WILL SPEND, UH, UH, UH, TIME, UH, ONCE THEY GET THE UPDATED CONCEPT BACK TO YOU.
BUT THIS IS INTENDED TO, TO PAY FOR THAT.
SO YOU INITIALLY, UH, ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH THEM, UH, IN AUGUST OF 25.
IT'S A FIXED PRICE AND THAT WAS FOR PRELIMINARY DESIGN.
AND SO, UH, WE GOT YOUR FEEDBACK ON DECEMBER 4TH AND AGAIN, DISCUSSED IT ON, ON JANUARY 21ST OF THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, RECOGNIZED THAT SIZE AND SCALE NEEDED SOME ADJUSTMENT, UH, SMALLER FOOTPRINT, LOWER PROJECTED COST.
YOUR GUIDANCE WAS, UH, UH, TO SET KIND OF 1.5 MILLION.
I'M CALL MILLION-ISH 'CAUSE IT, THEY HAVE AN EXIT, BUT 1.5 IS A CONSTRUCTION COST UPPER LIMIT FOR THE PROJECT.
SO NOW THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT.
AND THIS, THIS, UH, AGREEMENT, UH, WILL CHANGE OR WILL ADDRESS THAT, THAT ONE THAT THEY'RE DOING, UH, THAT MIRRORS THE, UH, AGREEMENT PREVIOUSLY EXECUTED.
IT'S A PRICE NOT TO EXCEED 20,000.
WE REALLY DON'T THINK WE WILL USE THE FULL 20.
IT MAY DEPEND ON IF WE NEED EXTRA MEETINGS, BUT THERE ARE MEETINGS BUILT INTO THIS AS WELL.
SO WE DON'T THINK WE'LL PROBABLY USE THAT.
BUT, UH, UH, WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOU.
MAKE SURE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
UH, CONSENT ITEM 10, RESOLUTION ENDORSING AN APPLICATION FOR 2026 STATE RESCUE SQUAD, UH, GRANT PROGRAM.
THIS IS, UH, UH, FROM, FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IT'S TO, UH, IT'S UH, YOU CAN USE THIS PROGRAM TO PURCHASE LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT, UH, FROM TENNESSEE RESCUE SQUADS, INCLUDING FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
AND SO, UH, WHAT THIS IS FOR IS FOR TURNOUT GEAR.
UM, I'M SORRY, THAT'S A DIFFERENT ONE.
THIS IS FOR A, A LIST OF ROPE UH, RESCUE EQUIPMENT THAT'S A VALUED AT $15,236 AND IT'S GONNA BE ADDED TO THE NEW RESCUE TRUCK.
UM, SO SOME OF THAT WOULD REPLACE CURRENT GEAR AND THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, WORD OF OUR COST OUT OF OUR POCKET WOULD BE $1,425.
SO IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TURNOUT GEAR.
THEY HAVE A 10 YEAR LIFESPAN IS BASED ON NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION STANDARDS.
UH, WHICH I THINK SOME OF THOSE STANDARDS ARE SILLY, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
UM, THIS IS FOR COATS AND PANTS ONLY.
NO BOOTS FOR HELMETS, JUST COATS AND PANTS.
AND THE PURCHASE IS MADE UNDER A COOPERATIVE.
UH, THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL, UH, PURCHASING COOPERATIVE, AGAIN, BUDGETED THIS.
WE, WE WERE GIVEN SOME OF THE OLD STUFF TO RECALL OR, SO THERE WE GO.
YEAH, BRIAN, I THINK THAT'S CORRECT.
NOW WHAT WE GAVE TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WAS STUFF THAT WE HAD HAD FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND IT WASN'T ANYTHING THAT WAS OF ANY VALUE TO US.
MATTER OF FACT, IT WAS STUFF THAT THE CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY WAS WEARING THAT AT ONCE.
SO YEAH, WE JUST DONATED THAT TO, TO CREATE SOME SPACE.
HONESTLY, THIS PURCHASE IS PART OF OUR ANNUAL, UM, REPLACEMENT PROGRAM THAT, THAT WE USE EVERY YEAR TO KEEP OUR PEOPLE IN CURRENT STUFF.
ITEM 12 IS TO REPLACE CORE SWITCHES.
UH, THIS ONE DOESN'T SEEM EXCITING UNLESS THEY GO OUT.
SO THIS IS FOR OUR COMPUTER NETWORK.
UM, AND IT'S A MUNICIPAL CENTER IN POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
UH, THE MUNICIPAL CENTER OF SWITCHES REPLACED IN 23.
POLICE HEADQUARTERS ARE TO BE REPLACED THIS YEAR.
IT'S WHERE WE HAVE 'EM OR THOSE TWO LOCATIONS.
UH, WE'LL BE PURCHASING TWO CISCO.
THIS MAY NOT MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU, BUT TWO CISCO CATALYST 9,548 PORT SWITCHES.
AND IT'S UNDER, UH, THE TENNESSEE NASPA, UH, COOPERATIVE CONTRACT.
AND SO THE TOTAL COST IS $83,007 34 CENTS, AND WE GET FIVE YEARS OF SUPPORT WITH THAT.
IT'S FUNDED OUT EQUIPMENT FROM REPLACEMENT FUND.
SO IF YOU LIKE LAST TIME WE DID SWITCHES, THERE WERE CLOUD SWITCHES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND I GUESS THESE ARE DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT FOR A DIFFERENT JOB OR DID THE CLOUD SWITCHES NOT WORK OUT? NO, I THINK THE ONES THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO ARE THERE, OUR NILE NETWORK IS THAT MAYBE WHAT WE'RE FROM AS FAR AS CLOUD.
SO WE'RE KEEPING OUR CISCO CORE SWITCHES FOR THE BUILDINGS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE NILE THAT THAT WORKS WITH THOSE.
BUT CISCO IS WHAT WE'LL BE KEEPING AS OUR CORE SWITCHES.
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SO YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE MAYBE REFERRING TO IS BECAUSE WE DID ELIMINATE SWITCHES.WE DID ELIMINATE A LOT OF SWITCHES.
THAT'S WHAT YOU, AND WE WENT CLOUD BASED WITH NILE STUFF.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA, TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND WITH CLOUD SWITCH EVEN MET, BUT, UH, WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH LIKE ACTUAL PHYSICAL CISCO SWITCHES, SO YEAH, IT TURNS OUT WE ARE TOO
ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL TO PURCHASE A AVIGILON AI VIDEO SERVERS.
UH, WE USE, UH, SERVERS TO STORE RECORDED VIDEOS FROM SECURITY CAMERAS.
UH, THEY'RE NEED TO BE REPLACED THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BUT DUE TO THE COSTS, WE'RE SEEING COSTS GO UP MORE THAN WE'D LIKE.
SO WE'D LIKE TO REPLACE 'EM THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, THAT WILL, IT GIVE US A PRETTY BIG IMPROVEMENT AND MAJOR IMPROVEMENT REALLY IN PERFORMANCE RELIABILITY AND WE THINK LONG-TERM VALUE.
UM, IT ALSO ADDS UP SOME ADDITIONAL ANALYTICS.
THAT'S WHAT THE AI WILL PROVIDE.
SO THAT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR US AS WELL IF WE NEED TO.
AND SOMETIMES, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU DO NEED TO ANALYZE THOSE CAMERAS AND SO WHEN YOU DO, WE'LL BE ABLE, IT'LL HELP US WITH THAT.
UM, THE, UH, TOTAL COST REPLACING THE SERVICE, INCLUDING A SOFTWARE UPGRADE IS $81,080 AND 2 CENTS, UH, THROUGH THE TENNESSEE NASPA COOPERATIVE.
UM, HOW DO THE EQUIPMENT, UH, EXCUSE ME, REPLACEMENT FUND, ANY QUESTIONS? WHICH FACILITIES USE THESE, UH, CAMERAS AND SERVERS? IS IT ALL THE CITY FACILITIES OR FACILITIES? YEAH, IT'LL BE FOR ALL OF OUR CAMERAS.
SO WITH THESE PARTICULAR SERVERS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THE ANALYTICS ON THOSE CAMERAS NOW.
SO THEY'LL HAVE LPRS ON 'EM AS WELL AND THEY'LL YEAH, NO, JUST SEEING THE, UH, LIKE THE FIREARM PROTECTION AND STUFF.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT'S SPECIFICALLY HEADQUARTERS OR IF THAT'S EVERYWHERE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LIMIT OF COURSE WHAT CAMERAS DO WHAT, AND WE DO A VARIETY OF CAMERAS RIGHT NOW TOO.
WE'RE TRYING TO GO TO THE AVIGILON CAMERAS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE BUILT IN ANALYTICS WITH THEM, BUT THAT'S KIND OF A LONG TERM PROJECT.
SO, BUT PUTTING THESE SERVERS IN PLACE WILL ALLOW US TO USE ALL THE FEATURES THAT THE CAMERAS DO HAVE.
SO, SO, SO FOR INSTANCE, HAVING FACIAL RECOGNITION OR FIREARM DETECTION BUILT IN AND BEING CAPABLE DOESN'T MEAN IT'S BEING ACTIVELY USED FOR ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR.
I'LL REFER TO THE LANE THAT IT IS.
ITEM 14 IS TO, UH, PURCHASE TWO GRAPPLE TRUCKS FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
THIS IS MORE TIMELY THAN EVER, AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, UPON AUTHORIZATION, UH, LEGAL, THAT WOULD BE IMMEDIATE DELIVERY AND PUT INTO SERVICE.
SO, UH, THIS IS FOR 2 20 25 FREIGHTLINER PETERSON, UH, TL THREE GRAPPLE TRUCKS FROM CMI EQUIPMENT IN, IN VILLE.
UM, INITIALLY THIS WAS GONNA BE AN FY 2027, UH, BUT GIVEN THE NEED AND DEMAND WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ASKING THAT TO BE MOVED UP.
UH, AND SO, UH, INSTEAD OF, IT WAS GONNA BE JULY 1ST OF 26 AND THE DELIVERY WOULD BE 27, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THESE, THEY'RE, THEY REPLACED THE, THE TWO OLDEST OF SIX, UH, VEHICLES IN THE FLEET.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HOLD ONTO THE OLDER, OLDER UNITS FOR A WHILE.
THEY WILL BE, UH, DIS DECLARED A SURPLUS AT SOME POINT AND SOLD AT, UH, PROBABLY IN FY 27.
UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY AND WE'RE GONNA NEED THEM.
AND SO WE HAVE SOME, DOES ANY OF THAT COME UNDER FEMA? I DON'T NOT THINK SO.
UH, THESE ARE BE REFUNDED OUTTA THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ITEM? JASON? I'M SORRY.
I NEED TO MAKE A CORRECTION THAT THE, UH, FENDER JUST REACHED OUT TO ME AND THEY MISQUOTED OFF OF THEIR INVENTORY STICKER.
THEY ARE ACTUALLY 26 MODELS, SO 26, 200 17,000 A PIECE.
AT LEAST YOU'RE GETTING A NEWER MODEL, SO, OKAY.
UH, UNDER, UH, NEW BUSINESS, WE HAVE THE RESOLUTION THAT REPEALS THE PREVIOUS SPEED HUMP AND TRAFFIC CALMING POLICIES, SA COMBINED TRAFFIC, CALMING AND SPEED HUMP POLICY.
AND SO NOW WE'VE TAKEN YOU THROUGH THAT MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT WE HAVE ALL THE, UH, FEEDBACK THAT YOU PROVIDED.
UH, AND THAT INCLUDING THE MAIN ONE WAS THE OPTION THAT, UH, IF YOU DO, IF YOU HAVE A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, UH, AND THEY SHOULD CHOOSE NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A REQUEST, UM, UH, INSTEAD THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN FOLLOW THE TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL PROCESS AND MOVE THAT, THAT'S ALSO, IF THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION DOES NOT EVEN MAKE A DECISION AFTER 90 DAYS, THE RESIDENTS CAN GO FORWARD WITH THAT.
SO THERE'S AN OPTION EITHER WAY WHERE THERE IS A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, WHERE THERE ISN'T A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION.
OBVIOUSLY THE RESIDENTS CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THEIR OWN, THEY SHOULD CHOOSE.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE CHANGES YOU'D ASK US TO PROVIDE.
THE OTHER WAS TO MAKE SURE WE DO TWO MAILINGS BECAUSE WE'LL BE ADMINISTERING THE, UH, THE SURVEY FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO WE WILL DO FEW MAILINGS TO TRY, HOPEFULLY TRY TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT AND RESPONSE TO THOSE, UH,
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MAILINGS.UM, I CAN GO THROUGH IT IF YOU WANT AGAIN, BUT IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD IN THE, IN THE SHEET AND, UH, THERE'S NO CHANGES FROM LAST TIME THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
APPRECIATE ALL YOUR INPUT ON THAT TOO.
ALRIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM, NEW BUSINESS NUMBER TWO IS AN AGREEMENT WITH SULLIVAN ENGINEERING FOR THE DESIGN SERVICES FOR OLD SMYRNA ROAD, PHASE ONE.
PRETTY EXCITING TO GET TO THIS POINT.
SO, UH, THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, UH, GOES BACK TO 2022 AND UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, THAT WAS IN THE EARLY, UH, PRE-ENGINEERING PHASE, UM, FOR THIS PROJECT.
UH, NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WAS HELD IN, UH, DECEMBER OF 2023.
UH, REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO CITY STAFF IN FEBRUARY OF 2024.
A LOT OF PUBLIC FEEDBACK AT THAT TIME.
THE GOVERNING BODY, UH, WANTED TO APPROVE AN ADDITIONAL CONTRACT WITH SYL ENGINEERING AND DID SO ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 FOLLOWING.
AND THAT WAS TO LOOK AT OTHER ALTERNATIVES.
UH, FOLLOWING THAT, A PUBLIC MEETING WAS HELD IN AUGUST ON AUGUST 18 OF 25.
AND THEN, UH, WE DID SOME SURVEYING WITH THE CITIZENRY AND ON THE THREE ALTERNATIVES AS YOU RECALL, AND ALTERNATIVE, A CAME OUT AHEAD WITH AN 84% SUPPORT RATE.
WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE THAT, UH, AGE, UH, CAME OUT THAT WAY.
UM, YOU AGREED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALTERNATIVE A, UM, AT A SUBSEQUENT PUBLIC HEARING IS HELD ON NOVEMBER 5TH AT 25.
UM, SO THIS WOULD PROCEED WITH DESIGN ENGINEERING, THE FULL SCOPE OF ENGINEERING FOR PHASE ONE.
SO, UH, JUST JUST A QUICK DEPICTION.
I KNOW YOU, YOU KNOW WHERE THIS ROAD IS.
LEMME SEE IF I HAVE EVEN A GRAPHIC.
THERE'S A GRAPHIC, UH, TYPICAL ONE YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, BUT IT CONSISTS OF THE NEW ROADWAY NORTH AND PARALLEL TO THE EXISTING HISTORIC SMYRNA ROAD, BEGINNING WITH THE ROUNDABOUT AT THE INTERSECTION OF JONES PARKWAY AND TIES BACK TO THE EXISTING ROAD APPROXIMATELY 450 FEET EAST OF HARLAND JONES, OR I'M SORRY, HARLAND SUBDIVISION.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUTTA THE CONVERSATION THAT THE DESIGN WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN IS SPEED CONTROL, THAT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN A NEW, UH, NICE OPEN ROAD.
UM, SAFER BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.
AND WE THINK THE DESIGN, ESPECIALLY OF KEEPING THE OLD HISTORICAL SMYRNA AND BEING ABLE TO USE IT, WE'LL DO THAT.
UM, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE, BECAUSE I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND IT WAS, UH, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE.
I WANNA MAKE SURE WE COVER IT SO IT ISN'T AGAIN.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF ONE OF THE SMALLER HISTORIC CEMETERIES, A PORTION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION INCLUDES THAT.
OBVIOUSLY THE INTENT WOULD BE TO, UH, CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT WHAT THOSE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE WE DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO KEEP THAT PRESERVED AND, AND I POTENTIALLY MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE BETTER CONDITION MAINTENANCE WISE.
SO THAT'S A GOOD THING I THINK IN THE END.
UM, SO AGAIN, THIS, UH, THE SCOPE IS ALL ASPECTS, THE FULL DESIGN, UH, AND INCLUDES, UM, EVERYTHING BUT RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION.
UH, WE WILL FOCUS ON THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION INTERNALLY.
TOTAL COST FOR THE AGREEMENT FOR THE DESIGN IS $694,616.
DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE FOR THAT ALSO FOR WHEN THAT'S GONNA BE FINISHED? IS THAT IN AUGUST? YEAH, NO, WE DO DEREK.
THE DESIGN IS SUPPOSED TO BE MAY 27TH, FINISHED IN MAY OF 27.
CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION.
BRIAN WAKE PLANS, UH, SHOULD BE READY IN NOVEMBER AND WE EXPECT ABOUT SIX MONTHS OF RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION HOPEFULLY.
AND THEN, YEAH, READY FOR CONSTRUCTION NEXT SUMMER.
AND THEN BACK, BACK TO SPLIT LOG, IF I MAY, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE IS SUPPOSED TO BEGIN AROUND THE FIRST OF NEXT YEAR.
UH, WE ARE READY TO BEGIN RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION ON THAT.
WE DO HAVE TO HAMMER OUT AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY IN ORDER TO ESSENTIALLY ANNEX PORTIONS OF THE ROADWAY THAT ARE STILL IN THE COUNTY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST ASK ONE QUESTION ON THE DESIGN 'CAUSE I, I JUST HAD A BIKER PEDESTRIAN, A BICYCLE RIDER.
ASK, UM, THE LANES ON THE NEW OLD SME ROAD, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO FOUR FOOT LANES.
IS THAT RIGHT? ON EACH SIDE? THAT'S RIGHT.
ARE THOSE SEPARATED BY ELEVATION OR JUST A WHITE LINE? JUST A A I BELIEVE IT'S A CONCRETE, UH, RIBBON.
A FLAT CONCRETE CURVE, ESSENTIALLY.
PEOPLE ARE ALREADY PLANNING'S GOOD.
ONE, ONE THING TO NOTE ABOUT THE DESIGN THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF, BECAUSE IN THE PUBLIC MEETINGS WE HAD BEEN BACK AND FORTH ON WHETHER OR NOT TO LIGHT THE NEW ROADWAY.
WE DID INCLUDE LIGHTING DESIGN
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OF THE NEW ROADWAY PORTION IN THE CONTRACT.WE'RE GONNA HAVE BIG, NICE, BEAUTIFUL TREES TO GROW UP RIGHT NEXT
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
UH, WE HAVE A, UH, THIS IS THE RESOLUTION THAT ACCEPTS REPORT OF EMERGENCY EXPENDITURES PURSUANT TO THE CODE THAT IN ESSENCE PROVIDES TO THE CITY MANAGER WITH THE, UH, ABILITY TO HAVE, UH, UH, ENABLE THOSE EMERGENCY EXPENDITURES DUE TO THE 2026 ICE STORM.
AND SO, UH, THIS GOES, UH, BACK TO CHAPTER 24, THE CODE, AND SPECIFICALLY, THERE ARE THREE, THREE PRIMARY THINGS THAT IT ALLOWS FOR DURING AN OFFICIALLY DECLARED EMERGENCY.
UH, AND THAT THE PURCHASING IS THE MAIN ONE, THE ONE, UH, THAT WE'RE MOSTLY FOCUSED ON, UM, DEALING WITH AND ALSO ENTERING INTO THOSE CONTRACTS AND, AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE.
THE OTHER IS THE WAIVER OR REDUCTION OF PERMIT FEES, WHICH I SENT YOU SOME INFORMATION ON YESTERDAY.
AND THAT'S SPECIFIC TO BUILDING PROJECTS, UH, RE REPAIR PROJECTS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE STORM.
UM, AND THE PROCESS, OUR PROCESS WOULD NOT CHANGE.
THE REQUIREMENTS WOULD NOT CHANGE, UH, BUT THE PERMIT FEE WOULD BE WAIVED BEFORE WHAT WE KNOW IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE STORM.
AND TODD AND HIS FOLKS AND PLANNING AND CODES ARE ALREADY SET UP, KNOW HOW TO DO THAT AND CAN, AND IF THERE'S A PROJECT THAT THEY SAY, WELL, WE'RE DOING STORM DAMAGE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THIS, THEY KNOW HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE AND PRORATE THAT SO THAT WAY THAT WE, WE KEEP IT THE WAY IT SHOULD BE AND THEN THIS WOULD REQUIRE ONGOING REPORTING, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO REPORT ON ALL ON THESE CONTRACTS AND SO FORTH.
SO, UM, YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY WELL, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
AND I, I'D LIKE TO SAY TOO, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR APPROACH TO THIS AND ALLOWING US TO MOVE AHEAD FASTER.
WE THINK THAT WILL BE A BIG ADVANTAGE IN THE END.
SO WE'LL KEEP, WE'LL PROVIDE YOU PROBABLY WITH MORE INFORMATION YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE, BUT 'CAUSE OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
WELL, WE GOT OUR BUDGET MATERIALS THIS MONDAY FOR OUR MEETING.
UM, IT'S MORE ON ME, UH, FOR BUDGET MEETING.
HOLLY, WHAT'S IS OUR DATE? YES.
SO NO, YOU WOULD NOT, AND AND TYPICALLY, UM, IT, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT TO THAT PACKET, RIGHT? UM, SO IT WOULD PROBABLY BE THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
BEFORE WE'D HAVE A PACKET TO YOU.
I MEAN, YOU WANT US TO PRINT IT OUT? I MEAN, IS IT THAT FEW PAGES OR WHAT? UM, I MEAN IT'S, IT WINDS UP BEING PROBABLY 40 PAGES, I THINK.
SO, YEAH, BUT IT, I WOULD EXPECT IT THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
NEED DELIVER HER TO OUR HOUSE OR ARE WE PICKING IT UP HERE? UM, WE CAN GET TO YOUR HOUSE.
I, I'M, I'M NOT GONNA, DON'T BRING IT TO MY HOUSE, SO, OKAY.
YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S AVAILABLE AND YOU CAN LET US KNOW IF YOU WANNA PICK IT UP OR WE'LL, WE'LL BRING IT BACK.
UH, NEW BUSINESS ITEM FOUR, APPOINTMENT OF FIVE MEMBERS TO THE HISTORIC COMMISSION.
THAT'S A, A VIEW OF WHAT THE BALLOT WILL LOOK LIKE BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, UH, UH, 500, I SHOULD HAVE SAID, FIVE MEMBERS TO THE HISTORIC COMMISSION.
FOUR MEMBERS ARE FOR FULL TERMS. ONE IS, UH, REPLACING, UH, AN EXPIRED TERM.
SO I THINK THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS LAST TIME.
I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS HERE FOR THAT ON, ON THIS, ON THAT.
SO, UH, WE, THE ANTICIPATION WOULD BE THAT YOU WILL LIKELY, UH, FIRST DO THE BALLOT FOR THE, UH, FOUR FULL TERMS. UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT, ONCE YOU SEE WHO SELECTED THERE, IT WOULD GO TO THE BALLOT FOR THE, UH, ONE UNEXPIRED TERM TO BE FILLED.
THAT'S UP TO YOU, BUT, UH, THAT WAY YOU CAN DO IT THAT WAY IF YOU'D LIKE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? AND THEN NEW BUSINESS.
FIVE, NOTICE OF FUTURE APPOINTMENTS TO THREE MEMBERS TO THE PARK BOARD AND FUTURE APPOINTMENT OF ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
CAN YOU JUST TELL US IN A SENTENCE, OH, HERE, APPEALS FOR PROPERTY VALUES, DO THEY, HAVE THEY MET? DOES THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT MEETS EVER? I DON'T, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.
SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S ON A REGULAR BASIS, JUST A PRM BASIS AS NEEDED OR, I THINK IT'S SEASONAL.
BUT KRISTEN, DO YOU KNOW HOW THEY, I DON'T KNOW.
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THEY PROBABLY HAVE STANDING MEETINGS LIKE OKAY.QUARTERLY OR SOMETHING, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING THAT OUT ON OUR WEBSITE AS AS A THING.
MAYBE WE COULD EXPLAIN WHAT IT DOES AND WAIT, IT SAYS THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION MEETS ANNUALLY, SO LOOK AT THAT.
IT'S LIKE, SEE HOW MUCH WE RELY ON OUR INTERNET.
WE USED TO TRY TO GET SOMEBODY FROM THE WOODS TO DO IT.
ONE THING TO FOLLOW UP, VOLUNTEER.
THIS, WHEN WE WERE, THE STORM INCLUDED IN ONE OF HIS NOTES, WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE WANTING TO KNOW IF WE CAN BURY THE LINES.
AND, UH, NELSON HAD A NUMBER TWO TO $3 MILLION PER MILE.
TWO TO SIX, WHICH I, AND THAT'S A VERY THUMBNAIL NUMBER.
CHECKING WITH ENGINEERING, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S THE RIGHT MAGNITUDE ANYWAY.
GIVEN, GIVEN OUR TOPOGRAPHY AND ROCK AND, AND NARROWNESS OF SPACE, THAT THEY'LL BE WORKING IN A LOT OF PLACES.
AND I'M GUESSING TO BE CLOSER TO THE SIX, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
SO, UM, SO MANY FACTORS INVOLVED IN THAT.
UH, THE EASEMENTS ARE ALL IN, UH, THEIR NAME FOR THE OVERHEADS, WHEN YOU GO UNDERGROUND, YOU'RE GONNA NEED MORE, POSSIBLY THERE'S GONNA BE UTILITY CONFLICTS.
YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE COST OF TAKING, UH, SOME MUCH LARGER DISTRI, NOT DIS WELL DISTRIBUTION LINES UNDERGROUND IN THESE, UH, DUCK BANKS.
UH, ALSO YOU HAVE TO FACTOR IN THE FACT THAT NES WOULD HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH COMMUNICATION PROVIDERS ON THOSE EXISTING POLES.
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THOSE LINES? DO YOU LEAVE THOSE ON THE POLES? DO YOU PUT THOSE UNDERGROUND? THAT WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL EXPENSE.
THE TRENCHING IN ROCK WOULD REALLY UP THE COST.
UH, THE, THE, THE COST WOULD BE GINORMOUS.
AND RIGHT NOW THAT'S, SO REALLY MY ESTIMATE MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONSERVATIVES.
CAN WE GET A OFFICIAL, CAN WE GET A STATEMENT OF THAT IT JUST SUMMARIZE THAT, THAT WE COULD USE, BECAUSE WHEN THEY WRITE US, UH, SO WHAT COMMISSIONER WHAT I DID IS I, I ASKED NES FOR SOME DATA ON THAT IF IT WAS EVEN POSSIBLE.
THERE'S ALSO AGREEMENTS WITH, I THINK IT'S BEEN MENTIONED BETWEEN TVA AND, AND NES, UH, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE SWAPPED, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, TO COVER THE UNDERGROUND, I SUPPOSE.
UH, THERE'S DIFFERENT TRANSFORMERS HAVE TO BE LOCATED FROM THE POLES DOWN ON THE GROUND.
I I'M NOT IN ANY WAY CAPABLE OF EVEN COMING UP WITH AN ESTIMATE LIKE THAT.
I'VE ASKED ANY S FOR SOME INFORMATION ON THAT.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK YET.
WELL, ALSO, YOU THINK ABOUT FRANKLIN ROAD, EVERY TIME YOU HAD MULTIPLE UTILITIES HAVING TO MOVE SOMETHING MM-HMM
THEY HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE OTHER ONE DID.
THE TIMEFRAME ON THIS, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WOULD DIE BEFORE IT'S FINISHED.
I MEAN, REALLY I'LL SAY THAT WE STILL HAVE A CONDEMNATION CASE OPEN WITH AT T FROM THE FRANKLIN ROAD PROJECT, IF THAT TELLS YOU YEAH, THAT INITIATED IN NO, BEFORE I BEGAN HERE IN 2017, I THINK IN 2015.
AND IT WOULDN'T BE OUR CHOICE.
AND I, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF SOMEBODY SAID, WELL, IF THE CITY WOULD PAY FOR IT, AS, AS DEREK SAID, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THAT NUMBER ENDS UP BEING, IT WOULD BE SO INCREDIBLY LARGE.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT.
BUT, BUT EVEN IF YOU DID IT, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU IF IF WE COULD PAY FOR THAT.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT OUR SERVICE, IT'S NOT OUR PROPERTY.
IT'D PROBABLY BE AN NES DECISION, BUT IT WOULD BE, IT, IT WOULD HAVE AN INCREDIBLE, A COST IMPACT TO THE RATES I WOULD EXPECT.
WELL, I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T WANT, AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S VERY COMPLICATED, I GET SO, BUT IF WE'RE IN AGREEMENT THAT WHAT NELSON USED, AND IT MAY BE SHORT, BUT IT'S STILL MAGNIFICENT WHAT THEY SAY.
MAYBE WE SAY IT'S TWO TO $6 MILLION A MILE.
I MEAN, IF SOMEBODY ASK US, YOU KNOW, BUT TO YOUR POINT, I DO THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO, I MEAN, I, I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE ALREADY EMAIL ME AND IF THERE WERE SOME WAY TO JUST SAY IN MM-HMM
IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE, BUT JUST HEAR JUST A STATEMENT THAT SAYS WE WOULD CONSIDER IT.
I DON'T, WELL, I, I THINK WHAT HE SAID, WE'RE ALL SMART ENOUGH TO PUT A PARAGRAPH TOGETHER ON OUR EMAILS, I THINK AND VERBALIZE WHAT HE TOLD US.
IT WOULD BE NICE THOUGH TO HAVE AN OFFICIAL, LIKE ENGINEERING WHATEVER, AND ALONG THOSE SAME LINES, BUT HE'S NOT COMFORTABLE.
OH, I'LL MAKE, JUST IF HE SENDS A PARAGRAPH, JUST WHAT HE SAID YEAH.
AND ALSO SORT OF PAINTED THE PICTURE FOR US, THEN WE CAN, WE CAN SHARE THAT GENERAL INFORMATION BECAUSE NOBODY CAN NAIL THIS THING DOWN PER DOLLAR AND PER YEAR.
AND THE LENGTH OF TIME, JUST A GENERAL PICTURE OF WHAT IT WOULD WELL, WE'LL TRY TO, DEREK, IF YOU CAN GET ME THAT AND
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THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S A FEW QUESTIONS.THERE'S THE WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER IN THE COST, WHICH IS WHAT I TALKED ABOUT THE LOGISTICS AND TIME.
I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE.
THE DISRUPTION COULD END UP DISRUPTING SOME ROADS AND NEEDS A LOT OF ROAD REPAIR TOO.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE THINGS.
THE, THE ROLE, OUR ROLE PROBABLY IS NOT THERE AT ALL.
AND EVEN WITH A DISCLAIMER THAT THIS IS, UH, GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IS INVOLVED IN IT HAPPENING AND NO ONE CAN PINPOINT THE EXACT COST TODAY OF WHAT THIS WOULD COST IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT.
AND THE QUESTION I GUESS MAY BE RAY OR ANN, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, BUT I SEEM TO RECALL, OR, OR MAYBE JEFF OR SPECIAL GUEST STAR, UH, YEARS BACK, I THINK WE CAME, HAD AN IDEA OF BEARING THE UTILITIES ON FRANKLIN ROAD.
WE DID FROM THE NORTHERN BORDER JUST TO MARYLAND, WADE CHURCH STREET.
AND IF I RECALL, IT WAS BREATHTAKINGLY EXPENSIVE JUST TO DO THAT LIKE MILE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PUT BIG THINGS IN THE GROUND.
WHICH IF YOU'RE BUILDING A NEW SUBDIVISION AND THERE'S NO HOUSES OR NOTHING THERE AND THE ROADS MAY NOT EVEN BE THERE.
IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S BUT COMPLEX.
BUT YOU REMEMBER WHAT MAGNITUDE THAT WAS? I DON'T, BUT IT WAS LIKE, IT WAS LIKE ONCE IT, UH, WHEN WE WERE, THE ESTIMATE CAME OUT, IT WAS LIKE, WELL NO IT DOESN'T.
WE WERE GONNA WIDEN TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS JUST FOR THAT MILE WHEN WE WERE GONNA WIDEN FRANKLIN WHEN WE WERE RIDING FRANKLIN FROM CONCORD TO MOORE, $25 MILLION FOR CONSTRUCTION COST.
AND KIRK SAID AT A MEETING IT WOULD BE PROBABLY ANOTHER 25 MILLION JUST TO BURY THE UTILITIES ALONG CONCORD JUST TO MOWS.
THAT DOESN'T EVEN GO UP, YOU KNOW, AND BURIED UTILITIES DON'T PREVENT OUTAGES BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE THINGS BURIED UNDER THE GROUND CAN BE AFFECTED.
OR AS SOMETHING BLOWS HERE, IT BLOWS THINGS DOWN THE LINE.
YOU GET WATER IN THOSE SYSTEMS AND YOU HAVE TO REBUILD THEM IN TIME.
SO YOU HAVE TO REBUILD THEM THAT COST.
AND ANIMALS SEEM TO FIND THEIR WAY INTO ANYTHING.
THAT'S, A LOT OF TIMES YOUR OUTAGES ARE ANIMALS, SMALL ANIMALS, YOU DO HAVE FEWER OUTAGES WITH ELECTRIC UNDERGROUNDING, BUT THE OUTAGES THAT YOU DO HAVE TAKE A LOT LONGER TO REPAIR BECAUSE NOW THEY CAN RIDE THE LINES AND THEY CAN GET A VISUAL CUE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WHEN IT'S UNDERGROUND.
IT'S MUCH HARDER TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IT IS.
AND I, WE'LL TRY TO GET YOU THE STATEMENT OF SOME KIND EXTRA WORK FOR YOU TO WRITE UP A DATE.
I WAS JUST SAYING IF WE COULD HAVE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT APPARENTLY THERE'S A, THEY'VE STARTED A PETITION IN TWO OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO ASK TO BE DECOUPLED FROM NES OR TO HAVE UNDERGROUND.
AND I JUST FEEL LIKE IF WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING THAT SAYS, OKAY, WELL HERE'S THE OPTION.
IF YOU WANNA SPEND $10 OR 10 MILLION PER MILE, THEY'RE NOT RIGHT.
OR THAT WE CAN'T, BECAUSE WE'RE PART OF TVA AND THE STATE REGULATORS DID THIS BEFORE BRENTWOOD WAS INCORPORATED.
WE WERE PUT UNDER THAT UMBRELLA.
BUT I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING WHERE WE ARE IN UNISON THAT SAYS, RIGHT HERE'S WHAT HE, HERE, HERE'S THE OBSTACLE.
SO THEY GET THE EXACT SAME INFORMATION FROM ALL.
WE'LL TRY TO PUT YOU, TAKE SOME OF THAT, PUT IT TOGETHER AND GIVE YOU A FAIRLY GENERALIZED STATEMENT THAT INCLUDES THE FACTORS AND THINGS THAT YOU CAN COST IS ENORMOUS.
BUT THE, THE REGULATIONS AROUND IT, I WAS TOLD IS EVEN MORE, MORE OF A MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB THAN EVEN THE COST.
THE COST KIND OF DOES IT, BUT THAT 'CAUSE THE UTI, IT'S THE UTILITIES.
IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S VERY COMPLEX AND IT'S NOT, I WAS JUST TOLD BY PEOPLE WHO KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT IT THAN I DO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT THEY'LL BE CHANGING ZONES OR ANYTHING.
FEMA GUY THAT DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ELECTRIC
FEMA STUFF HAD MORE TO DO WITH HAVING THE RIGHT CHAINS OF COMMAND AND GETTING ASSETS.
SO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE IN A TIMELY FASHION.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, RHIZOME PRODUCTIONS IS THE, UH, ENTITY THAT, UH, PROVIDES, UH, AT CROCKETT PARK, UH, THE BEER GARDEN, UH, FOR BRENT FEST SINCE 2019.
AND SO, UH, THERE'S THE REQUEST, AND WE HAVE WITH THIS, UH, MATT LEFT, THE REQUEST WAS, IS WOULD THE GOVERNING BODY BE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING THE BEER GARDEN FOR THE FULL SUMMER CONCERT SERIES? AND I, I DON'T, I THINK IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS SINCE THAT'S EVEN BEEN TALKED ABOUT TO ANY DEGREE, AND I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THIS ON A REGULAR AGENDA AND JUST PUT AN ITEM UP THERE WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE YOU MIGHT, WHAT YOUR INTEREST MIGHT BE, OR, OR, OR NOT.
AND SO NOW YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT.
IT WOULD BE THE EXACT SAME, UH, AGREEMENT, THE EXACT SAME SETUP FOR THE GEAR GARDEN OR THE OTHER EVENTS.
BUT THE REQUEST WAS TO DO THAT FOR ALL OTHER SUMMER CONCERT SERIES EVENTS.
SO I THOUGHT I WOULD BRING THE QUESTION IN BRIEFING, SEE WHAT YOU THINK.
IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, WE WOULD MODIFY OUR AGREEMENT.
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BE THE SAME.IT'S REALLY KIND OF THAT SIMPLE.
THERE'D BE NO OTHER CHANGES IN SERVICE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO MY QUESTION IS HOW DID, HOW IS IT FUNCTIONING NOW? IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A PROBLEM WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO TAKE THE BEERS OUT OR THEY'RE NOT FORCING TO TAKE THE BEERS OUT OR, UM, CHARLES COME UP IF YOU WANNA ADDRESS IT.
IT'S JUST FOR THE ONE CONCERT, UH, THE, UH, FEST POSSESSION RIGHT NOW IT'S, UH, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEM.
EVERYBODY'S BEEN WELL BEHAVED.
UM, IT DOESN'T LEAD TO EXTRA STAFFING BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT AT BRENT FEST COMPARED TO THE OTHER CONCERTS OR ANYTHING.
SO I THINK BRENT FEST, 'CAUSE PREDATES ME, I THINK STARTED WITH THE, THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
IS THAT CORRECT? UHHUH? SO, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHEN IT STARTED, UH, WHEN OME STARTED AND THEY'VE BEEN OUR VENDOR THE ENTIRE TIME.
AND, AND I WANNA BE CLEAR THIS MORNING AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TOO, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT IN THIS MEETING, OBVIOUSLY NOT IN A POSITION TO VOTE.
SO REALLY THE QUESTION BECOMES, WOULD YOU WANT US TO HAVE ON YOUR UPCOMING AGENDA, UH, OR ONE OF THE AGENDAS A CHANGE? I QUESTION WHY ARE WE REVISITING THIS? WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR.
WELL, WELL, I THINK THE IS IS THE QUESTION.
SO I KNOW WE STARTED WITH BRENT FEST AS A WAY TO MAKE IT DIFFERENT, INCLUDING THIS, HAVE LIKE A BEER VENDOR THERE AND IT'S NOT AT A COST TO THE CITY.
IT'S SOMETHING WHERE WE JUST ALLOW 'EM TO BE THERE.
BUT THAT DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION.
WHY ARE WE VISITING IT? I'M, I'M, I'M WORKING TOWARDS THAT.
SO THAT, SO WE'RE, I THINK WE AGREED THAT WE WANTED IT TO BREAKFAST, BUT I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS, DO WE DO IT TO THE OTHER THREE? YES.
IN ADDITION TO BREAKFAST? YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
WHY ARE WE, THAT WAS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME.
DID WE WANT IT FOR THE SEASON, WASN'T IT? NO, I THINK IT WAS A YEAR AGO BEFORE.
WELL, IF WE VOTED DOWN ONE EXTRA ONE, WHY WOULD WE BE INTERESTED IN DOING THE WHOLE SEASON? WELL, I THINK IT WAS BEFORE LAST SEASON WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, WASN'T IT? I, I'M NOT AWARE OF THE LAST TIME YOU DID TALK ABOUT IT, SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BRING IT UP AND SEE WHAT YOU'RE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
'CAUSE I JUST DIDN'T WANNA PUT IT ON YOUR AGENDA UNLESS YOU CAN ANSWER THAT.
UM, I'VE NEVER FORMALLY REQUESTED THIS.
IT'S BEEN MORE THIS BACK CONVERSATION BETWEEN CHARLES IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
I NEVER BROUGHT IT TO ALL OF YOU TO CONSIDER IT.
AND OUR MAIN THING IS JUST BEING ABLE TO BRING A CONTROLLED SERVICE, WHEREAS IT IS A WAY TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM BRINGING IN THEIR OWN ALCOHOL POTENTIALLY, WHICH IS WHERE YOU CAN RUN INTO ISSUES WITH UNDERAGE CONSUMPTION OVER CONSUMPTION.
SO IF WE ARE ABLE TO CONTROL THAT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND CREATE A, A SAFER WAY FOR PEOPLE TO CONSUME, THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT THIS IN A MORE FORMAL WAY WHERE WE WOULD DO IT FOR THE SERIES AS OPPOSED TO JUST ONE DATE AND PEOPLE ARE USING IT.
WE'VE SOME GREAT FEEDBACK EVERY YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN OUT HERE.
AND THE COMMON QUESTION IS WHY YOU'RE ONLY HERE FOR BREAKFAST.
WHAT WOULD THE 10% CHARITABLE DONATION, WHAT IS, WHAT WOULD THAT GO? DEPENDS ON HOW THE WEATHER IS.
DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, THE SALES.
BUT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, LOOK TO ALL OF YOU FOR A RENT WOULD BASED ON, AND SO YEAH, THE TERMS ARE EXACTLY AS THEY HAVE BEEN FOR THE BREAKFAST.
THE NOT CHANGE, JUST LITERALLY THE ONLY QUESTION IS, IS THE EXPANSION INTO THE OTHER SUMMER CONCERT SERIES EVENTS? I DON'T PERSONALLY, I DON'T SEE IT'S THIS OPEN TO THIS EVIDENCE THAT WE, I DON'T SEE WHY WE WOULDN'T BECAUSE, UM, IF IT DOES CUT BACK ON WHAT PEOPLE BRING IN, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WE WOULD ACTUALLY MEASURE THAT.
BUT, UM, TO HAVE A SAFE AREA TRASH PICKUP.
HOW MANY UNAUTHORIZED MPTS AROUND THE TWO POINT WE'LL MAKE THAT A YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROJECT COUNT
SO I MEAN, I, IT TRULY, ALCOHOL HAS NOT BEEN A PROBLEM AT BRENT FEST.
AND WE USE THE SERVICE AND, AND IT'S NOT PEOPLE SNEAKING IT OUT OR WHATEVER.
I DON'T SEE WHY WE WOULDN'T OFFER IT THE WAY WE OFFER THE TRUCK.
I DON'T THINK IT'S ENCOURAGING.
I DON'T THINK IT'S ENCOURAGING ANYBODY TO DRINK AS, AS DEVIL'S ADVOCATE.
I KNOW THERE, THERE WAS ONE POINT, THERE WAS A CONVERSATION OF THIS IS A DIFFERENTIATOR FOR WHY BRENT FEST IS DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER ONES.
BUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S REALLY NECESSARY, I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN IT'S, BRENT FEST I THINK IS WELL ENOUGH ESTABLISHED NOW WHERE ORIGINALLY, YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY, IT WAS A ONE OFF, RIGHT? AND THEN, AND IT WAS TWO DAYS.
AND THEN WHEN WE THOUGHT, HEY, THIS IS A FUN BRAND AND WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS, THEN THE NEXT YEAR IT WAS A ONE DAY BUT WITH ALCOHOL SERVICE.
AND THAT WAS PART OF THE DIFFERENTIATOR FOR WISE IT BRENT FEST.
WELL I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES OF NOW WITH BRENT T THERE ARE, YEAH.
AND, AND IT'S A SATURDAY, WHICH TO ME IS A BIG DELINEATION TOO.
'CAUSE YOU GET A DIFFERENT GROUP, I THINK YOU DIFFERENT AUDIENCE ON A SATURDAY NIGHT AND ON SUNDAY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BACKSTORY.
BUT I'M, I'M PERSONALLY FINE WITH THIS.
I THINK, AND TOM, WE DID TALK ABOUT, LET'S GIVE THIS A FEW YEARS MM-HMM
LET'S SEE IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS TO THE, DOES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE TO BRING IN EXTRA
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STAFFING? DO WE HAVE MORE ISSUES OR WHATEVER? AND, AND I'VE NOT HEARD OF ANYTHING, NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING AND IT SEEMS TO OPERATE GOOD.UM, AND I'M SURE IT WOULD PREVENT SOME PEOPLE WHO, AND THAT IS UNREGULATED IF THEY BRING IT IN, WHETHER IT'S THEY'RE NOT OBSERVING OR THEY DON'T CARE THAT YOU COULD GET MORE UNDERAGE DRINKING.
SO, AND THEY ARE STRICT WHEN YOU GO IN AND, AND, AND I ASSUME YOU STILL USE THE WRISTBAND STUFF? YES.
SO IT, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT YOU'VE GONE OVER HERE AND GOTTEN YOUR WRISTBAND BEFORE YOU GO OVER HERE.
RUNS PARTNER, HAVEN'T THEY? YES.
I, I I LIKE THAT WE HAVE IT AT THE BRENT FEST AND IT KEEPS IT SOMETHING SEPARATE.
I DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE THE OTHER ONES ARE BROKEN.
AND I FEEL LIKE IF IT'S NOT BROKEN, LET'S JUST LEAVE IT LIKE IT IS.
DO IT AT BRENT FEST AND LET LET PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY DO ON THE OTHER CONCERTS.
ASSERTS I'M WITH YOU ON THIS ONE.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MORALS.
I JUST, I I HAVEN'T NOTICED ANYBODY BREAKING THE RULES TOO MUCH ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, EITHER WAY.
UH, AND IF THERE'S A DEMAND FROM THE PUBLIC, I'LL SAY FINE.
I MEAN, IF PEOPLE WANNA COME AND OR EMAIL ME AND SAY, CHANGE YOUR MIND ON THIS, I'M OPEN TO THAT.
IF YOU'RE LISTENING TO THIS INFORMATION, FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S AT LEAST CONSENSUS TO GET IT ON YOUR AGENDA.
YOU, YOU DON'T NEED TO DECIDE TODAY.
THAT'S WHAT YOUR REGULAR MEETING WOULD BE FOR.
BUT IS THERE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIKE US TO GO AHEAD AND PUT THE UH, UH, I GUESS IT WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CURRENT AGREEMENT.
IS THAT WHAT CHARLES PERFORMANCE IN? AND THEN, UH, THAT WOULD BE TO ADD THOSE EVENTS AND THEN YOU COULD EITHER VOTE IT UP OR DOWN AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT'S A TOTAL OF HOW MANY EVENTS? FOUR.
SO ONE, ONE BEING THE RED, WHITE AND BOOM.
SO, UM, SO FOLKS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, JUST SORT OF LISTEN AND SEE WHAT YOU HEAR.
KEN AND I CAN TAKE THE WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION.
WE TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT ON THE HISTORIC BOARD.
SO WHERE, WHERE IS IT? AND IF WE HAD IT AT EVERY CONCERT, ESPECIALLY THE 4TH OF JULY CONCERT, HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL PARKING AREA WOULD WE LOSE? OR NONE? WE DON'T WASTE PARKING UP ON THE PARKING AREA.
WE'RE ACTUALLY ON THE GRASS UP ON TOP OF THE HILL.
SO IT WOULDN'T IF, IF IT WORKED AT BREAKFAST, IT CAN WORK AT THE CONCERTS, BUT OKAY.
YEAH, IT, THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WORKS AT OUR BIGGEST CONCERT.
SO IF, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE FEWER PEOPLE AT THE OTHER ONE, RIGHT.
SO THAT WOULDN'T BE THE PROBLEM THEY HAVE.
SO, WELL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT IT ON AN UPCOMING AGENDA.
THEY MAY HAVE MORE THIS SELLING BOOST
UM, TALK A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE MORE FROM AN ORGANIZATIONAL PERSPECTIVE HERE.
THE, UH, NEXT, BUT YOUR NEXT BRIEFING, WE HAVE ORIENTATION AND WE DO EXPECT THAT TO TAKE QUITE A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S NO SPACE FOR ANY OTHER TOPIC AT THE NEXT MEETING OTHER THAN ORIENTATION.
WE HAVE TWO PRIMARY TOPICS, UH, ONE THAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT QUITE A LOT THAT, UH, WE DO WANT TO FIT IN HERE.
AND ONE OF THESE, UH, UPCOMING DATES.
WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT E-BIKES, BUT SEEING AT SOME POINT IF YOU HAVE ANY CON UH, CONSENSUS ON THE E-BIKES, UM, AGAIN, IT DOESN'T, THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A RUSH ITEM.
AND THEN THE OTHER IS PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION OF THE 2040 PLAN.
AND WHAT THAT IS, IS YOU RECALL KIND OF ENTERED INTO A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION FAIRLY RECENTLY, UH, AT, AT ONE OF YOUR REGULAR MEETINGS.
AND WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO GIVE YOU A TIME SLOT TO JUST TALK ABOUT THAT, SEE, UH, OF THE, UH, ASPECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WHAT'S IMPORTANT, MAKE SURE, UH, THAT IN OUR, OUR SCOPE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT, UH, AND GO FROM THERE.
SO AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
WE OBVIOUSLY WANNA GET THAT BEFORE WE'RE AWARDING A CONTRACT ON IT.
BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN TOPICS WE HAVE COMING UP.
BUT AGAIN, NEXT WEEK OR NEXT WEEK, NEXT BRIEFING WILL BE JUST ORIENTATION.
THAT'LL BE THE ONLY TOPIC THAT YOU HAVE TIME FOR.
SO I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION IS, IS I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA WANT AT 10 30.
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO DIVE INTO EITHER OF THESE TWO.
UM, WHICH OF THESE TWO IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE? IS IT E-BIKES OR IS IT THE 2040
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PLAN? PERSONALLY, I'M INVESTED IN E-BIKES AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GET IT SOONER THAN LATER BECAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SPRING BREAK COMING UP AND PEOPLE WON'T BE AROUND.SO I THINK THE SOONER WE CAN DISCUSS IT AND GET IT ON AN AGENDA, UM, BEFORE SPRING AND SUMMER AND MORE BIKE RIDING AND BIKE PURCHASING MIGHT OKAY.
UM, AND ALSO WHILE PEOPLE ARE STILL IN TOWN TO PARTICIPATE, ALL THE SCHOOLS ARE STILL IN SESSION TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT TOO.
AND THEY'VE JUST FINISHED THE VIDEOS THAT THEY DID AND I THINK IT'S, THERE'S A, OKAY.
YOUTH LEADERSHIP, ACTUALLY ONE OF THEIR, ONE OF THEIR PRESENTATIONS LAST NIGHT WAS ON E-BIKES.
AND AGAIN, VERY BRIEF BUT VERY GOOD AND, AND IT GOES RIGHT ALONG WITH WHAT WE ALL TALKED ABOUT.
SO MAYBE WE CAN HAVE THEM DO THAT A MEETING.
DO WHAT SHOULD WE, SHOULD WE TRY TO INCLUDE THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP PRESENTATION? I MEAN JUST THE, THE LIKE WE WERE GONNA DO THE BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL VIDEO IS LIKE UP TWO MINUTES.
SHOULD WE DO THAT THOUGH NIGHT? BRENTWOOD HIGH ONE RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, JUST SO WE ALL SEE IT TO I GUESS THAT CITY MANAGERS AND COUNT, WE'VE INVITED 'EM FOR THE, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THE MEETING THAT WAS CANCELED, RIGHT? THAT WAS THE HIGH SCHOOL ONE.
SO WE'VE RE-INVITED THEM FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
I MEAN WHAT ABOUT THE, THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP? YEAH, I CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
IT WASN'T, WAS IT YOUTH OR WAS IT YOUTH? IT WAS, IT WAS THE YOUTH.
SO THEY BOTH LYNN TUCKER I CAN REACH OUT SEVEN.
SO DOES IT MAKE SENSE THAT NEXT WEEK OR NEXT WEEK I KEEP SAYING NEXT WEEK, THE NEXT BRIEFING MEETING WE WILL HAVE THE ORIENTATION, THE FOLLOWING, WE WOULD GO BACK TO E-BIKES AND THAT WE DON'T, I DON'T THINK AT THIS POINT THERE'S ANYTHING THAT COMPETES WITH THAT.
AND THEN THE MEETING AFTER THAT, WE'LL GIVE YOU THE OPEN-ENDED TIME TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 2040 PLAN.
AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT AT THAT MEETING, NOT JUST THE TOPICS, BUT WHAT FORMAT ARE WE GOING TO USE? LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST, THE OVER THE YEARS IT'S BEEN SORT OF DIFFERENT.
LIKE THE ORIGINAL 2020 WAS HUGE.
BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, UPDATING IT, IT WAS A SMALLER, UH, PERIOD OF TIME AND MORE PEOPLE, I THINK OUR FORMAT, HOW WE WANT TO DO THIS IS SORT OF IMPORTANT.
WHAT WE'VE, THAT MIGHT BE OUR FIRST, WE'VE SENT OUT THE REQUEST FOR THE PROPOSALS FOR THE FIRMS AND WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, IS IT LIKE THE PAST IT WILL BE AN UPDATE TOO.
SO WE'RE STILL WORKING OFF THE SAME BASE INFORMATION, WE FEEL THAT'S VERY APPLICABLE.
UM, AND SO WHEN WE GET THROUGH ALL OF THAT, YOUR FINAL PLAN WILL BE A COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENT, BUT IT IS A UPDATE A A CONTINUED UPDATE TO THE CURRENT PLAN.
THE FIRM HELPED US ZERO IN ON THE TOPICS TOO.
SO THE, THE FORMAT IS KEY I THINK IN THE BEGINNING.
AND, AND THIS MEETING, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE DISCUSSION I'M TALKING ABOUT JUST GIVES YOU A LITTLE INFORMAL OPPORTUNITY 'CAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE YOU, YOU KIND OF MAYBE WANTED TO HAVE THAT, UH, IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY CHANGE THE TIMELINE OR ANYTHING 'CAUSE YOU'LL HAVE INVOLVEMENT WITH THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS OBVIOUSLY.
I THINK WE, WE HAVE OUR, OUR ORDERS, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO, SO APPRECIATE IT.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW, JOHN JUST MESSAGED ME AND, UH, THE, THE BRENTWOOD GRAPPL TRUCKS JUST GOT REGISTERED.
SO THE OFFICIAL AWARD IS THEY'RE OUT PICKING UP THE FIRST THAT'S AWESOME.
ON THE BIG TRUCKS TO GET REGISTERED AND GET OUT IN THE FIELD BEHIND.