Feb 23, 2026 City Commission Meeting

GU CAMPOS AYE.

GU CAMPOS, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR DO I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER, FOR THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

AND THAT WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION, THAT'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION.

IT WILL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES THAT OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.

AND I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, AND OUR IOWA, WITH ALL RESPECTS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

AND I'LL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER AND I'LL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES, DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER, A POLICE OFFICER.

OFFICER.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANKS, SIR.

MYSELF, ORANGE COUNTY, SIR.

THANKS, SIR.

YEAH, WELCOME AS MUCH AS I DO.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I YOU JOINED US.

HOW OLD IS YOUR LITTLE GIRL? SHE'S ALMOST TWO AND A HALF.

HOW OLD? OH, ALMOST TWO AND A HALF.

WONDERFUL.

AS YOU STAY SAFE FOR, I'LL THANK, WELL, IT'S CERTAINLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE JOB.

BUT, UH, AUNT, ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE JOB.

WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS OF YOUTH LEADERS HERE WITH US TONIGHT, WHICH, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WE'LL START WITH THE BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL E-BIKE VIDEO

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PRESENTATION.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES IF THERE'S SOME FOLKS HERE WITH THE PRESENTATION, AND MAYBE TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, UH, TO, TO, I GUESS, FRAME THE VIDEO BEFORE, UH, SHOWING IT.

SO IF YOU INCLUDE YOUR, YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND WHAT YEAR YOU ARE IN SCHOOL.

UH, MY NAME IS JORDAN AND I'M A SOPHOMORE AND I AM A LEVEL TWO AT BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.

VERY COOL.

MY NAME IS JET HOLT.

I'M A JUNIOR, UH, AT BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.

UH, MY NAME IS AARON GRAVES.

I'M A FRESHMAN AND I'M A FIRST YEAR STUDENT, BROAD HIGH SCHOOL.

VERY GOOD.

AND WE MADE THIS, UM, AS PART OF A, LIKE, COUNTY COMPETITION.

AND WE, THIS WAS ACTUALLY CLOSE TO ALL OF OUR HEARTS BECAUSE OUR FELLOW CLASSMATE SHAHAN TRAGICALLY PASSED, UM, ON AN E-BIKE LIKE A MONTH OR TWO PRIOR TO US MAKING THIS MM-HMM .

SO IT WAS VERY HARD TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO MAKE THIS, BUT WE FELT CALLED AND WE ASKED LIKE THE PARENTS AND THE FAMILY WHETHER WE SHOULD DO THIS.

AND WE WERE KIND OF WITH THEM THE WHOLE TIME.

BUT WE DECIDED TO MAKE IT.

AND WE KIND OF BASED THE STORY, NOT OFF IT, BUT WITH A BIT OF LIKE, RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.

I THINK A HARD CHALLENGE THAT WE FACED WHILE MAKING THIS PRODUCTION WAS BEING ABLE TO BALANCE KIND OF THE ALMOST HORROR OF THE SITUATION WHILE STILL BEING ABLE TO SHOW AND MAKE IT EDUCATIONAL FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN OFF OF AND DO IT WITHOUT OFFENDING AND STEPPING ON PEOPLE'S TOES.

SO THAT WAS A REAL CONSIDERATION WHEN ME AND JORDAN AND AARON AND OUR FOURTH MEMBER, RIO SEABERT, WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY, UH, WHEN WE WERE ALL DISCUSSING, WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID IT AND HANDLED IT PROPERLY SO THAT PEOPLE WOULDN'T GET OFFENDED, BUT PEOPLE COULD STILL TAKE SOMETHING OUT FROM IT.

UH, SO IT'S VERY CLOSE TO ALL OF OUR HEARTS AND THANK YOU FOR SHOWING IT HERE.

VERY WELL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.

GO AHEAD, ASK THE QUESTION.

WELL, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? IT'S SLOAN.

YEAH, OF COURSE, OF COURSE.

I WAS A TEACHER AND I LIKE TO SEE TEACHERS GET A LITTLE CREDIT TOO.

I APPRECIATE IT.

I LIKE TO GET, I LIKE TO SEE THEM GET THE CREDIT.

MY LITTLE BOY IS BACK THERE.

HE'S THE VOICE, UH, THE LITTLE VOICE.

UM, AND THEY JUST DID SUCH AN AMAZING JOB.

SO, BUT I WANTED THEM TO PRESENT IT BECAUSE THEY'RE, YEAH, WELL THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.

DID IT FROM THE BEGINNING.

YEAH, THEY'RE AMAZING.

UH, WELL, CHT WAS ONE OF MY VERY, VERY CLOSE FRIENDS THAT WE WERE ON THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAM TOGETHER IS VERY CLOSE TO MY ART.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

ALRIGHT, HOLLY, WE ALL SET.

WHEN I GROW UP, I WANNA BE AN ASTRONAUT.

THEY GET TO RIDE SPACESHIPS AND GO TO THE STARS.

THEY GET TO GO UP IN SPACE AND SEE THE MOON.

I WANNA DO ALL THAT WHEN I GROW UP, BUT I NEVER GOT THAT CHANCE.

I'LL SEE YOU LATER, MOM.

LOVE YOU SWEETIE.

CHECK THIS OUT COMPLETELY.

YEAH, THAT LANDS PRETTY HARD, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE THANK YOU.

YEAH, THANK YOU GUYS.

VERY WELCOME.

HEY, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

ALRIGHT.

WE ALSO HAVE A GROUP FROM YOUTH LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD HERE TO DO AN E-BIKE PRESENTATION.

AND IF Y'ALL DO, UH, A SIMILAR INTRODUCTION, JUST APPROACH THE PODIUM AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE VIDEO.

MY NAME IS LYNN TUCKER.

I AM THE DIRECTOR OF YOUTH LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS GROUP.

UM, AT OUR RECENT, UH, GRADUATION FOR THE YOUTH AT THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY, UM, THIS TEAM PRODUCED A PROJECT IN ABOUT TWO HOURS, UM, IN THE AFTERNOON ON E-BIKE SAFETY.

AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE THEM PRESENT IT TO YOU.

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HI THERE.

MY NAME IS GRADY LANDRY AND I'M A JUNIOR AT RAVENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.

UH, MY NAME IS HENRY FLIPPIN.

I'M A JUNIOR AT BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND MY ADDRESS IS, UH, 5 2 2 6 HEATHROW HILLS DRIVE.

MY NAME IS BRAYDEN HOLLAND AND I'M A JUNIOR AT NOLANSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M SUSANNA COLLIER AND I AM A JUNIOR AT BRENTWOOD ACADEMY.

MY NAME IS ALI PARK AND I'M A JUNIOR AT RIVERWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.

MY NAME'S MILLER BURDETTE AND I'M A JUNIOR AT BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.

MY NAME IS HUDSON SPENDER AND I'M A JUNIOR AT BRENTWOOD ACADEMY.

THIS IS THAT .

THIS IS SAFE RIDE WHERE INNOVATION MOVES FAST AND SAFETY MOVES FIRST.

THE STATE OF TENNESSEE DEFINES, UH, ELECTRIC VEHICLE ELECTRIC BICYCLES AS A MOTORIZED VEHICLE.

AND FOLLOWING THAT, THEY'RE PLACED INTO THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

THE FIRST CATEGORY BEING WHERE A RIDER IS MAINLY PUTTING IN MOST OF THEIR ENERGY WITH A LITTLE ASSISTANCE FROM A MOTOR GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO A CLASS THREE, WHERE THE BIKE CAN ESSENTIALLY RIDE ON ITS OWN LIKE A MOTORCYCLE.

USERS OF ELECTRIC BICYCLES AND SCOOTERS ARE AT AN INCREASED RISK OF INJURY TO THEMSELVES AND PEDESTRIANS WHILE RIDING ON TRAILS AND ROADS.

ELECTRIC BICYCLES ARE EXEMPT FROM THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THAT APPLY TO MOTOR VEHICLES BEYOND FOLLOWING THE LAWS OF THE ROAD.

UNDER STATE LAW, E-BIKES DO NOT HAVE TO BE REGISTERED OR TITLED NO LICENSES REQUIRED FOR THE RIDERS.

NO SPEED LIMITS ARE SET FOR TRAILS AND SIDEWALKS.

AND TAMPERING WITH A SPEEDOMETER IS A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR, BUT IS OFTEN NOT ENFORCED.

UM, NOW THAT YOU KNOW THE CLASSIFICATIONS AND THE PROBLEMS WITH E-BIKES, WE'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU A PROMOTIONAL VIDEO WE MADE, UM, DURING ONE OF OUR YOUTH LEADERSHIP RUNWAY SESSIONS THAT JUST SHOWS THE IMPACT OF E-BIKES ON ONE'S LIFE.

MOM, I'M GOING ON MY E-BIKE.

DON'T FORGET YOUR HELMET.

REALLY? YES.

OFFERING E-BIKE COURSES WILL BE HELPFUL AS PROGRAMS LIKE DRIVER'S ED AND CHECKPOINT TRAINING COULD BE USED WITH 20 TO 30 MINUTE ZOOM CLASSES REQUIRED TO RECEIVE A LICENSE.

MOM SCIENCE CLUB IS REALLY FUN.

I'M MAKING A LOT OF FRIENDS.

ALRIGHT.

I'LL SEE YOU HOME SOON.

LOVE YOU.

BYE.

YOU'RE GONNA DIP ME, AREN'T YOU? I'M SORRY.

I ONLY GOT DISTRACTED FOR A SECOND.

I CAN'T GET HURT.

MY MOM'S AT HOME WAITING FOR ME.

YEAH, MY MOM'S WAITING FOR ME TOO.

SO YOU HAVE A HELMET.

MY MOM TOLD ME TO WEAR MY HELMET, BUT I LEFT IT AT HOME.

PLUS I'M GOING TOO FAST.

WELL, I HOPE YOUR FUN WAS WORKING MY LIFE.

INNOVATION MOVES FAST.

SAFETY MOVES FIRST.

HMM.

UM, FOR THE CAUSES OF INJURIES, WE FOUND THAT E-BIKES HAD A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF, UM, INJURIES COMPARED TO BICYCLES, INCLUDING THAT THE HOSPITALIZATION RATES WERE OVER 15% HIGHER WHEN YOU WERE RIDING AN E-BIKE THAN A REGULAR BICYCLE.

OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE THE STREETS AND TRAILS OF BRENTWOOD SAFER FOR EVERYBODY.

UM, HIGH SPEED E-BIKES AND E SCOOTERS.

C CREATE LOW REACTION TIMES FOR THE RIDERS AND ALL PARTIES INVOLVED, SUCH AS DRIVERS OF CARS WHO MAY ENCOUNTER THEM ON THE ROAD OR PEDESTRIANS.

WE PLAN NOT TO EDUCATE THEM THE E-BIKE RIDERS ON PROPER SAFETY TECHNIQUES, PROPER RULES OF THE ROAD, JUST GENERAL LIKE SAFETY PROCEDURES TO HELP KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, THIS IS OUR LIKE PROCESS AND HOW WE LIKE KIND OF PLAN IT.

SO GO, GO GOING FORWARD.

AND WE WILL START WITH ADVOCACY.

UH, THE AVERAGE AGE FOR AN E-BIKE RIDER IS 12 TO 15 YEARS OLD.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO REACH OUT TO THIS AGE GROUP IS BY GETTING PARENTS AND OLDER TEENS ALIKE INVOLVED IN SPREADING AWARENESS.

AND WE ALSO THINK THAT

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AND WE BELIEVE THAT THESE WILL EMPHASIZE HELMET USE RULES OF THE ROAD AND TEACH BASIC SAFETY MEASURES.

AND THEN A CYCLIST LICENSE.

MANY PEOPLE MODIFY THE SPEED CONTROLLERS ON THE BIKES CREATING UNSAFE SPEEDS ON TRAILS.

BUT BY IMPLEMENTING A FORMER LICENSURE PROCEDURE, GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY AND SAFETY CAN BE FOSTERED.

AND THEN MANY ACCIDENTS RELATED TO E-BIKES ARE RELATED TO HIGH SPEEDS.

IMPLEMENTING SPEED LIMITS LIKE ABOUT 15 MILES PER HOUR FOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND MIXED USE TRAILS WILL INCREASE REACTION TIME AND REDUCE ACCIDENTS.

IN ADDITION, THE STATE OF TENNESSEE WAS, AND SPECIFICALLY THE NASHVILLE BRUIN AREA WAS RANKED THE SEVENTH WORST PLACE FOR CYCLISTS IN TERMS OF SAFETY AND COMMUTERS AS WELL AS OTHER REGIONS SUCH AS LIKE BOULDER, COLORADO.

THEY HAVE A PROGRAM SIMILAR TO THE PROGRAM THAT WE ARE WANTING TO OFFER CALLED E-BIKE SMART.

AND IT HAS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED THEIR LIKE ACCIDENT RATE.

AND THEY ARE RANKED THE SIX BEST CITY IN THE US FOR CYCLISTS.

AND SO WE HOPE THAT BY USING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THEIR MODEL, WHILE ALSO ADD US ADDING A LICENSING PROGRAM, WE CAN RAISE OURSELVES UP AND PROTECT OUR CYCLISTS.

ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF CORRECTIONS OF MINUTES.

WELL, HEY, THANK YOU.

I CONTINUE TO BE SO IMPRESSED BY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

IT IS INCREDIBLE.

AND, UM, UH, WE'LL BE MOVING INTO THE, UM, THE, UH, THE REGULAR AGENDA, INCLUDING COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS.

BUT I IMAGINE THE COMMISSIONERS, I THINK WE WANNA PROBABLY COMMENT ON THE PRESENTATIONS DURING COMMISSION COMMENTS, BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT.

SO IF YOU'LL WANNA HANG AROUND, WE'LL BE, UH, TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THAT AS WE MOVE INTO THE, UH, AGENDA TODAY.

WHAT'S THAT? OKAY.

ARIEL, TAKE IT OFF.

YES, THEY'RE OUTTA HERE.

WELL THEY'RE BACK.

ALRIGHT, OUR PLAN WORKED.

ALRIGHT, SO OUR NEXT UH,

[2. Approval or Correction of Minutes]

IF EVERYONE'S HAD A CHANCE TO READ THOSE WHO HAVE A MOTION.

UH, ANY COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES? ALRIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

SO MOST, HOPEFULLY ALL I REPEAT, ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD WILL JOIN US IN SAYING THANK YOU FOR A TREMENDOUS JOB.

ANY OPPOSED? UH, UNANIMOUS SOUTHERN ER, NOT YOU.

WHO'S NOT HERE? ALRIGHT, SO, UH, NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO THE COMMENTS FROM

[ Comments from Citizens – Individuals may comment on any item included in the Consent/Regular agenda or on any other matter regarding the City of Brentwood. All comments should be directed to the Board of Commissioners. Citizens who wish to request that an item be moved from the Consent Agenda to the Regular Agenda for discussion should make that known to the Board at this time. A sign-in sheet will be provided fifteen (15) minutes prior to the start of the meeting. Anyone wishing to speak may, but are not required to, sign in. ]

CITIZENS.

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

ALL COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE ENTIRE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AS, UH, CITIZENS WHO WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AN ITEM BE MOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.

SHOULD MAKE THAT KNOWN AT THIS TIME.

AND, UH, WE HAVE WILLIAM KRAUS, WHO IS SIGNED UP TO, UH, SPEAK.

BILL WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US.

AND I GUESS WITH THE, WITH YOUR, YOUR TREE BOARD IS BACKUP.

WE DON'T WANT TO BORE YOU.

HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING HOCKEY AGAIN? PARDON? HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING HOCKEY AGAIN? YOU SHOULD SEE THE OTHER GUY.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR.

MR. VICE MAYOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON BEHALF OF THE BRENTWOOD TREE BOARD, UH, LYNN TUCKER, OUR WONDERFUL CHAIRMAN, AND THE FOLKS WHO ARE WITH US THIS EVENING, UH, I WANT TO OFFICIALLY SHARE WITH YOU A BOARD MOTION, A BOARD SECOND IN THE UNANIMOUS APPROVAL AT ITS REGULAR MEETING.

LAST, UH, TUESDAY MORNING, IT WAS MOVED AND SECONDED TO HIGHLY COMPLIMENT THIS CITY.

IT'S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, IT'S MEN AND WOMEN WITHIN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

IT'S ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE LEADERSHIP THAT IS DERIVED FROM THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO PERHAPS BE THE MOST RESPONSIVE CITY IN THIS AREA.

TO REACT TO THE RECENT, UH, STORM.

AND I, UH, PERSONALLY WORK WITH A NUMBER OF CITIES AS A RADIO BROADCASTER.

AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS WITHOUT NAMES, I DOUBT THAT THERE IS ANY OTHER CITY THAT I'VE OBSERVED WHERE THE COLLECTION OF THE LIMBS, COLLECTION OF THE TREES WAS DONE IN SUCH AN EFFECTIVE AND EXPEDIENT MANNER.

EQUALLY IMPORTANT WAS THE PRE-PLANNING FOR THAT.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT THIS COMMISSION AND ITS STAFF, ITS ADMINISTRATION, ITS LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC WORKS SET IN A MOTION THE MINUTE OF THE STORM TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE, INCLUDING INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE.

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WELL DONE.

COULD I PLEASE THANK, COME ON UP.

I'M JUST GONNA ADD THE COMMUNICATION.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE, UH, COMMISSION? OH, I'M, I'M PENNY LUEN HOFF.

I'M ALSO ON THE TREE BOARD.

UM, BUT I JUST WAS VERY IMPRESSED AND GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE COMMUNICATION.

AND EVEN IF IT WASN'T ME PERSONALLY, I MEAN, I SAW THE NEWSLETTERS COMING IN MM-HMM .

YOU KNOW, FROM THE MAYOR.

AND THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL, VERY INFORMATIVE.

AND, UM, I KNOW SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS FOR, I GOT MY POWER BACK AFTER ONLY FIVE DAYS .

BUT PEOPLE WHO HAD IT LONGER DRAGGING ON AND ON AND ON, I KNOW THEY WERE IN ALMOST CONSTANT COMMUNICATION IT SEEMED LIKE WITH SOME OF YOU, THROUGH TEXTING.

I KNOW YOU WERE PERSONALLY INVOLVED TRYING TO GET INDIVIDUAL HOMES BACK UP AND I JUST, I THOUGHT IT WAS WONDERFUL.

SO REALLY APPRECIATED THE COMMUNICATION AND THE WORKING.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND WELL THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

UH, IT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO US AND, UH, I KNOW FOR THE STAFF, WE CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE WORK, OUR OUR TEAM AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS 'CAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY TO DO, CONTRIBUTE.

AND IT WAS A FANTASTIC TEAM EFFORT.

SO, UH, I MEAN, JASON, YOU AND ALL YOUR FOLKS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I, UH, WE HAD MR. BIGGER STAFF WITH US, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, AND A LOT OF THAT FLOWS THROUGH MOST OF IT TO PUBLIC WORKS.

BECAUSE THEY FIRST HAD TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THE STREETS SAFE TO TRAVEL ON.

THEY HAD DONE BLOCK OVER AROUND 300, UH, ROADWAYS THAT WERE BLOCKED BY TREES.

AND THEN THEY HAD TO IMMEDIATELY START THINKING ABOUT GETTING INTO THE MODE OF, UH, REMOVING THOSE LIMBS.

'CAUSE THEY KNEW THAT WE WOULD HAVE A LOT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU THINK ENOUGH YOUR HEAD STARTS HURTING.

I THINK HE'S HAD PLENTY OF THOSE DAYS, .

AND SO I JUST WANNA SHOW OUR, OUR APPRECIATION BECAUSE THIS TYPE OF AN EVENT PUBLIC WORKS IS GONNA CATCH MOST OF THE WORK AND MOST OF THE THOUGHT AND THE, AND THE PLANNING.

AND THEY DID.

THEY HAVE, THEY DID.

AND ARE CONTINUING TO DO A SUPER JOB.

AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.

GIVE JUST A MINUTE.

SO, UH, UH, BILL WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WE HAD OFFICIALLY SIGNED UP, BUT IF ANYONE HAS HAD SOMETHING, UH, INSPIRED THEM TO APPROACH THE PODIUM, HAVING SEEN TWO VIDEOS, UH, A COUPLE GREAT PRESENTATIONS AND SOME TRUE COMMENTS, PATTY, COME ON UP.

UH, PATTY SCHULTZ, 7 0 9 ROUNDTREE DRIVE, BRENTWOOD.

I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE SAFETY ISSUES, BUT I ALSO WANNA ADVOCATE FOR PEDAL ASSIST BIKES.

AND THOSE ARE LOAD TICKETS.

UM, BEING USED, FOLLOWING ALL THE RULES AND THE SPEED LIMITS IN THE PARKS.

'CAUSE FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME, NOT 12 TO 15, WHATEVER, 77 INSTEAD THAT PEDAL ASSIST MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO USE ALL THE BIKE PATHS TO GET UP THE HILLS AT, UH, SMITH PARK AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO WANNA JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO PAY ATTENTION TO THE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BIKES AND ADVOCATE FOR CARS.

WELL, THAT'S A GREAT OBSERVATION BECAUSE, UH, THERE, THERE ARE DEFINITELY GREAT ADVANTAGES AS WELL AS SOME RISKS INVOLVED IN THESE DEVICES.

SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO, UH, MAKE COMMENTS TONIGHT? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.

ALRIGHT.

CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR REPORT FROM

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

OUR CITY MANAGER.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UH, FIRST WE'LL START WITH AN UPDATE ON THE DEBRIS PICKUP, UH, INFORMATION SIMILAR TO WHAT I PROVIDED THIS MORNING.

SO THIS, UH, GRAPHIC THAT YOU SEE IS PUBLIC FACING FROM OUR WEBSITE.

NOW I MENTIONED IT THIS MORNING AND IT, UH, THEY HAD IT UP, UH, LATER TODAY.

AND SO IT DOES A FEW THINGS.

ONE IS IT SHOWS THE ACCUMULATION ON A, BASICALLY A PER DAY BASIS ON HOW MANY CUBIC YARDS OF DEBRIS BEEN PICKED UP.

AND FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO VISUALIZE A CUBIC YARD, IT'S THREE BY THREE BY THREE.

SO IF YOU THINK OF A BOX THREE FEET BY THREE FEET BY THREE FEET, THAT'S A CUBIC YARD.

AND WE'RE, ACCORDING TO THE, UH, THE, THE, UH, VEGETATION COUNT, WE'RE UP TO 2,704 LOADS TRUCKLOADS.

AND REMEMBER WE HAVE THE LARGE TRUCKS.

WE HAVE, UH, UH, 12 OF THE LARGE TRUCKS IN TOWN AND VERY LARGE TRUCKS.

AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, EIGHT OF OUR OWN TRUCKS.

SO WE HAVE 20 TEAMS, TRUCKS AND TEAMS. SO THAT'S TOTAL LOADS AND 137,000 OF THOSE CUBIC YARDS I JUST DESCRIBED.

AND, UH, AND WE'RE APPROXIMATELY JUST BY LANE MILES, PROBABLY PRETTY CLOSE TO ABOUT A FOURTH OF THE WAY THROUGH.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT THAT I WOULDN'T USE THAT RIGHT NOW TO ESTIMATE THE PACE BECAUSE IT, IT, IT ALL DEPENDS ON IF WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'VE BEEN MOSTLY IN THOSE, THOSE, UH, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS WITH MORE DENSE FOREST AND, AND MORE TREES THAT ARE DOWN VERSUS THE LIGHTER ONES, NEWER NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT THE HEAVY, WITH LARGE TREES.

SO WE'RE NOT QUITE READY TO ESTIMATE THAT YET, BUT THAT'S ABOUT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

AND SO, UM, I WANNA ASK HOLLY IF SHE'LL ZOOM IN.

'CAUSE A YELLOW BLOB ACTUALLY MEANS SOMETHING AND PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO ZOOM IN.

AND AGAIN, THIS ISN'T A PREDICTIVE, BUT IT DOES SHOW WHERE WE'VE BEEN.

AND YOU ZOOM IN, THOSE ARE THE DOTS,

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AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS WHEN THE TRUCK'S FULL, THEY GO BACK AND WHEN THEY GET TO THE LIMB DUMP, THEY WILL FILE THAT, THAT LOAD TICKET WILL BE DOCUMENTED AT THAT TIME.

SO THERE'S A JUST A TOUCH OF A, A DELAY ON THAT ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT, UH, NOT MUCH.

AND THAT SHOWS WHERE WE'VE BEEN.

AND SO WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, UH, BUT THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND IT'S MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE.

UM, I WILL SAY AS WELL THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT PREDICTIVE.

I TALKED ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING.

UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE ESTIMATING WHERE WE'LL BE AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO BE ACCURATE DOING THAT.

SO WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

I DON'T WANT TO GIVE FALSE EXPECTATIONS FOR SOMEONE TO THINK, WELL, THEY'LL BE HERE ON THIS STATE.

WE WE'RE NOT THAT GOOD WITH THIS BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU GO DOWN THE STREET IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, 20 LARGE LOADS OR FIVE LIGHT LOADS.

SO IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO ESTIMATE.

SO WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT MEAN.

BUT, UH, WE'RE HOPING TO TRY TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS AT LEAST WHAT I CALL SEMI PREDICTIVE THAT HELPS MAYBE FOLKS UNDERSTAND WITHIN A WEEK OR SO WHEN THEY MIGHT BE IN MY AREA AT LEAST.

UH, FOR NOW, WE, WE THINK MOST EVERYONE, THERE'S PROBABLY A FEW EXCEPTIONS, BUT THEY'VE HAD A CHANCE TO GET THEIR LIMBS OUT AT THE STREET.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE TELL EVERYBODY, GET 'EM AT THE CURB, WE'LL PICK 'EM UP AT THE CURB.

THIS IS OUR FIRST RUN.

THERE WILL BE A SECOND RUN BECAUSE WE REALIZE THAT NOT EVERYONE CAN GET THEIR LIMBS OUT IN TIME FOR THE FIRST RUN, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE AREAS THAT WE HIT EARLY ON.

SO THERE WILL BE A SECOND RUN WE DO EXPECT AND HOPE THAT WILL BE MUCH QUICKER THAN THE FIRST RUN.

WE'RE HOPING THE FIRST RUN WILL TAKE US ABOUT SIX WEEKS.

I'D SAY WE'RE MAYBE CLOSE TO THAT PACE RIGHT NOW.

WE NEED TO GET FURTHER IN TO KNOW FOR SURE.

BUT, UH, IT'S GOING VERY, VERY WELL.

AND AGAIN, THAT GOES BACK TO THE, UH, PLANNING AND COORDINATION WITH, UH, DALE.

BIGGER STAFF IS STAFF, PUBLIC WORKS FOLKS, UH, TETRATECH, THIS COMES FROM TETRATECH, ONE OF THE CONSULTANTS THAT WE HIRED THAT HELPS US MONITOR EVERY LOAD, TAKE CARE OF ALL THE TRACKING.

UH, AND SO THEY, THEY GAVE US THIS, UH, AND ALSO OBVIOUSLY, UH, AFTERMATH WHO'S, UH, UH, OUT THERE PICKING, PICKING THINGS UP.

AND THEN THE, THE, I CAN'T THINK OF THE OTHER, WHAT'S THE OTHER COMPANY? JAY? THE THIRD COMPANY ALTERNATIVE.

ALTERNATIVE, YEAH.

THE ONES THAT ARE PROCESSING IT, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE IT AND HAUL IT AWAY.

AND AGAIN, A REMINDER, IT WON'T GO IN THIS, WHEN THIS, WHEN THE TREES ARE ALL MULCHED UP, ALL THESE LAMBS, THEY WON'T GO IN A LANDFILL.

THEY'LL BE REUSED.

THEY'LL BE IN THE NASHVILLE AREA, BUT THEY WON'T GO IN A LANDFILL.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

SO USUALLY RECYCLING COMPANY RATHER THAN A DISPOSAL COMPANY.

THAT'S CORRECT.

WHICH I THINK IS REALLY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.

YEP.

SO MORE TO COME, BUT THAT'S GIVES YOU A PRETTY GOOD PEAK.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S PUBLIC FACING, SO IF A PERSON MUST LOOK AT THAT ALL DAY LONG, THEY CAN .

AND SO THIS IS FOUND ON THE BRENTWOOD MAPS PAGE OR THE BRENTWOOD HOMEPAGE OR, UH, THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD PAGE.

IT'S ON FACEBOOK.

IT'S ON FACEBOOK RIGHT NOW.

BUT WE, WE HAVE IT ON OUR, SO CURRENTLY THIS IS FOUND ON THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD FACEBOOK SITE.

BUT WE'LL FIND A PLACE ON THE WEBPAGE FOR THAT AS WELL.

AND HOPEFULLY WE WON'T NEED IT FOR LONG, BUT, UH, YEAH.

FOR ANOTHER, ANOTHER COUPLE MONTHS, MINIMALLY, IF NOT, UH, IF NOT THREE.

YEP.

SO ANYWAY, APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK EVERYBODY'S DONE, BECAUSE AGAIN, OUR PUBLIC WORKS FOLKS IN PARTICULAR HAVE BEEN AT IT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

THEY STILL ARE.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE FOR, UH, QUITE A FEW MORE WEEKS.

THEY CAN CALL OUR PHONE NUMBER SIX ONE FIVE THREE SEVEN ONE ZERO ZERO SIX OH.

SO, UH, WE'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND.

UH, CHANGING GEARS, UH, KIND OF A SCAM ALERT, WE'RE, WE'VE RECENTLY BEEN ALERTED TO PHISHING SCAMS THAT INCLUDE REAL INFORMATION FROM OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE THOSE TO LEGITIMIZE THE SCAMS. THE SCAMS, UH, EMAIL SCAMS IS WHAT THEY ARE.

THEY'RE ATTACHING FRAUDULENT INVOICES AND ASKING, UH, RECIPIENTS TO EMAIL BACK FOR, UH, WIRING INSTRUCTIONS.

SO IT'S NOT AN UNCOMMON TYPE SCAM, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE LOCALIZED.

WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE RESIDENTS, UH, KNOW THAT OUR EMAILS WILL ALWAYS COME FROM AN OFFICIAL CITY OF BRENTWOOD EMAIL ADDRESS.

THE FIRST THING YOU DO IS CHECK THE LEGITIMACY OF THAT EMAIL ADDRESS.

RIGHT.

UM, AND IF THEY RECEIVE ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS, ANY INFORMATION RELATED TO US, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US, UH, DIRECTLY AND VERIFY AT INFO@BRENTWOODTN.GOV ORG.

UM, AND OR ANYONE ELSE, THEY, THEY CAN GET AHOLD OF US A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

THOSE ARE THE TWO FORMAL WAYS, BUT, UH, WE CAN, WE CAN, UH, BE FOUND OTHER WAYS.

OUR WEBSITE ALSO INCLUDES EMAIL ADDRESSES AND PHONE NUMBERS FOR DEPARTMENT, UH, HEAD ON THE DEPARTMENT PAGES.

SO A LOT OF WAYS TO GET AHOLD OF US, BUT WE JUST WANT PEOPLE, IT, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THERE ARE FOLKS OUT THERE THAT DON'T WANNA MAKE A LOT OF EFFORT TO TAKE MONEY FROM OTHER PEOPLE AND NOT BE HONEST ABOUT HOW THEY DO IT.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WAYS, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S TECHNOLOGY IS PRETTY COMMON, SOME MORE LOCALIZED.

SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW AND THEY REPORT THAT.

AND THEY THINK IF THEY DO THINK THAT THEY HAVE PARTICIPATED ACCIDENTALLY IN THAT AND, AND PERHAPS COULD BE HARMED ALSO, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONTACT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.

UM, A QUICK UPDATE ON RAGSDALE ROAD THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

A PORTION OF RAGSDALE ROAD WILL BE CLOSED, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC BEGINNING MARCH 2ND, AND IT WILL BE CLOSED FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR WEEKS.

AND THAT DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER AND THAT'S PART OF THE, THE ROAD WIDENING PROJECT.

THE CLOSURE WILL EXTEND ONLY IF IT'S A FEW HUNDRED FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH SPLIT LOG ROAD.

SO IT WON'T INTERFERE

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WITH MOVEMENT ALONG SPLIT LOG.

BUT FOR THOSE WHO ARE WOULD WANT TO GO NORTH ON RAGSDALE, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR THAT TIMEFRAME.

UH, SO, UH, ALL OF THE REST, ALL THE RAGSDALE WILL REMAIN OPEN FROM SUNSET TO ARCADIA SUBDIVISION, AND ALL EXISTING DRIVES AND PROPERTIES WILL BE REMAIN ACCESSIBLE.

SO THERE'S NO ONE IN THAT CLOSURE THAT'S TRAPPED.

THERE AREN'T ANY DRIVEWAYS IN THERE, BUT PARTICULARLY IF THEY'RE NORTH OF THERE, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GO SOUTH.

SO DETOUR USING SPLIT LOG ROAD WILL BE SET UP SO DRIVERS CAN VOID THE AREA.

AND ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARDS WILL BE POSTED AT SPLIT LOG ROAD AND SUNSET ROAD AS WELL.

SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE AS WE COMPLETE THE FINAL PHASE OF THIS PROJECT, BUT THE TOPOGRAPHY THERE MAKES IT WHERE WE REALLY CAN'T HAVE A, A ROAD ALONG THE SIDE TO BYPASS WHERE THEY WORKING.

AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE FOR REALLY, FOR THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND FOR THE DRIVERS.

SO, UH, IT JUST DOESN'T WORK THERE FOR THAT.

SO, WE'LL HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER WILL STAY PRETTY GOOD FOR US AND IT'LL TAKE ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AND THEN WE'RE GONNA START TO SEE THAT WHOLE ROAD PROJECT COME TOGETHER PRETTY SOON.

THAT'S MY REPORT.

VERY GOOD.

A REPORT FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MAYOR.

I THINK THAT Y'ALL PROBABLY GOT YOUR FILL OF HEARING FROM ME LAST WEEK, SO NO REPORT FOR YOU TONIGHT.

VERY GOOD.

AND IF ANYONE ANYONE WAS WONDERING, WE DID AN EXTENSIVE, UH, TRAINING BY CITY ATTORNEY ON THURSDAY FOR ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND, UH, YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT.

ALRIGHT, SO REPORTS AND COMMENTS BY COMMISSIONERS, UH, VICE MAYOR AND MAYORS.

WE'LL START TONIGHT WITH COMMISSIONER PIPPEN.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, A SHOUT OUT TO MY FELLOW TREE BOARD MEMBERS HERE WHO KNEW I WOULD BE ON THE TREE BOARD AT THE MOST EXCITING TIME IN BRENTWOOD TREE HISTORY.

SO, , IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD.

IT'S JUST BEEN WONDERFUL TO WATCH.

AND I AGREE WITH, UH, THE RESOLUTION IN THAT WATCHING EVERYBODY WORK FROM THE TOP DOWN HERE.

IT'S BEEN MORE REACT, UH, UH, MORE PROACTIVE THAN REACTIVE.

AND I SEE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE MOSTLY REACTIVE AND I'M, I'M VERY, VERY, VERY PROUD, UH, TO BE A PART OF THIS, UH, FOR THAT VERY REASON.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THE COMMISSIONERS AS WELL.

EMAIL AND I'LL GLADLY SEND YOU THAT LINK.

UM, WE DO HAVE A, UH, PRELIMINARY ARBORETUM DAMAGE REPORT FOLLOWING ICE STORM FERN WITH, UH, TWO, TWO TAGS SO FAR.

UH, ONE FROM THE LIBRARY ARBORETUM AND ONE FROM DEERWOOD.

UH, BOTH ARE BEING NOTATED AS NEEDING ATTENTION OR REPLACEMENT, AND I BELIEVE THIS PROCESS WILL CONTINUE, UH, AS THE DAMAGE INVENTORY PROCEEDS WITH UPDATED UPDATES AS NEEDED.

AND WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT.

UM, KIND OF LOVELY POSITIVE NEWS, THE TREE BOARD IS ORDERING ITS AMERICAN HERITAGE OAK FOR PLANNING.

WENDY, WENDY HILL PARK, UH, TO COMMEMORATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF OUR GREAT COUNTRY.

UH, THE PLANNING WILL PROBABLY MOST LIKELY TAKE PLACE AS THE WARM WEATHER GETS HERE AND WITH AN APPROPRIATE MARKER TO BE, UH, PLACED AT THE TREE.

BY THE WAY, THE MOST COMMON TERM FOR THIS CELEBRATION FOR YOU WORD NERDS LIKE ME OUT THERE, IT'S A SEMI QUINCENTENNIAL.

AND, UH, YOU CAN ALSO USE OTHER WORDS LIKE ESTOR, CENTENNIAL, BI SESQUICENTENNIAL, QUARTER MILLENNIUM, OR IF YOU WANT TO KEEP IT SIMPLE, UH, THE TERM 250TH ANNIVERSARY IS, IS PERFECTLY AS ACCEPTABLE.

UH, FUN FACT, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT.

THE HERITAGE TREE IS SO NAMED BECAUSE IT COMES FROM A HERITAGE, UH, SITE, UH, HISTORIC SITE SUCH AS A PRESIDENTIAL ESTATE.

JUST AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE FROM THE JAMES K. POLK ESTATE, UH, DOWN IN COLUMBIA.

UH, BY THE WAY, THERE'S NO SPECIFIC PLANNING DATE CERTAIN YET.

AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT? WHEN NOT, NOT YET FOR THAT PARTICULAR TREE, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU WHEN, WHEN I KNOW IT.

ARBOR DAY, BIG DEAL FOR US, UH, IT'S FAST APPROACHING IN, IN ONE OF ITS FIRST EVENTS, WHICH IS THE JUDGING OF OUR SCHOOL'S SUBMISSIONS OF ART POSTERS TAKES PLACE AT OUR LIBRARY ON MARCH 7TH AT 10:00 AM AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Y'ALL, BUT I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT OUR TALENTED YOUNG ARTISTS COME UP WITH.

UH, ONE QUICK REMINDER OF THE ARBOR DAY FEST FESTIVITIES THEMSELF WILL BE HELD AT THE LIBRARY ON MARCH THE 28TH, AND THAT'S FROM, UH, 10:00 AM TO 12:30 PM AND DON'T FORGET, WE DO HAVE THE TREE BAGGING EVENT THE WEEK BEFORE THAT SATURDAY, MARCH THE 21ST FROM 8:00 AM TO 10:00 AM AT THE SERVICE CENTER, THE FIRE STATION THERE ON GEORGE, UH, PATTON GENERAL GEORGE PATTON DRIVE, UH, GARDENING GLOVES ARE RECOMMENDED AND IT'S GONNA BE A FUN TIME.

NOW LOOKING BEYOND ARBOR DAY ON APRIL 18TH, THAT'S APRIL 18TH AT 10:00 AM THERE WILL BE A PRUNING TALK AT THE JOHN P. HOLT, UH, LIBRARY CONDUCTED BY ARBORIST BLUE CURRY, UH, FROM THE BARTLETT TREE EXPERTS.

BLUE IS ALMOST ALWAYS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE, UH, TREE BOARD MEETINGS.

HE KNOWS TREES.

UH, SO COME AND GET SOME GREAT TIPS AND ADVICE, AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.

UH, FINALLY, A REMINDER TO ANYONE WHO HADN'T HEARD THIS BEFORE, OUR APPROVED TREE LIST IS AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE.

YOU JUST NEED TO SEARCH BRENTWOOD APPROVED TREE LIST, OR FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AT MY, UH, CITY

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AND YOU WILL NOTE THAT THE BRADFORD PAIR IS NOT ON THAT LIST.

LESSON LEARNED.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

AND I, I HAVE TO, I LOVE WHEN YOU MAKE UP WORDS.

THAT IS AWESOME.

UH, COMMISSIONER TRAVIS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL MEET THIS THURSDAY AT 8:00 AM FOR THE INFO SESSION IF ANYBODY WANTS TO ATTEND.

MOST ITEMS THIS WEEK, THIS TIME ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH HAS BEEN THE LAST TWO MEETINGS.

UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO OFFICER CAMPOS.

UH, LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER GREAT HIRE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF.

MUCH APPRECIATED.

UM, I TOO WOULD LIKE TO THANK PUBLIC WORKS AND AFTERMATH FOR A GREAT JOB.

JOB WELL DONE.

UH, I GO TO CHURCH AT HOLY FAMILY AND FOR THE LAST TWO SUNDAYS, THE AFTERMATH, UH, DUMPING AREA FOR CROCKETT PARK IS RIGHT BEHIND OUR PARKING LOT AT HOLY FAMILY.

AND WE GET THERE FOR AN EIGHT 30 MASS.

WE GET THERE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.

THEY'RE ALREADY THERE WORKING AND GRINDING.

IT'S NOT A LOUD GRINDING IT.

AND WHEN I FIRST TOLD THE PUBLIC WORKS ABOUT THIS, THEY THOUGHT I WAS GONNA COMPLAIN ABOUT THE GRINDING.

IT'S A VERY LOW HUM, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

BUT IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF, OF, OF, UH, DEBRIS THAT'S BEEN PROCESSED OVER THERE.

SO, GREAT JOB.

AND, UM, SO MANY CITIZENS COMMENT ABOUT SEEING THE AFTERMATH, TRUCKS RIDING ALL OVER.

UH, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY VERY LARGE AND VERY EASY TO SPOT.

UM, THANK YOU TO, UH, THE E-BIKE PRESENTERS, UM, BOTH BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND YOUTH LEADERSHIP.

UH, VERY, VERY GOOD.

VERY TIMELY.

SO, SO ENJOYABLE TO SEE THE PASSION THAT YOU HAVE BEHIND YOUR PROJECTS.

UM, I FIRST ATTER ATTENDED THE LUNCHEON FOR YOUTH LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD, AND THAT'S WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE E-BIKES AND THE, AND, AND WHAT WENT ON.

AND THIS LED TO THE, I THINK THEM GETTING INVOLVED IN, IN THIS AND MAKING THE FILM.

UM, BOTH YOU GUYS ARE JUST, I'M SO PROUD OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS, UH, IN THE AREA.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

YOU REALLY, REALLY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CITIZENS OF BRENTWOOD.

UM, THANK YOU TO THE TREE BOARD.

APPRECIATED YOU GUYS, UH, TONIGHT TOO.

AND, UM, FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE, UH, OTHER COMMISSIONERS AND, UH, THE CITY STAFF.

UH, I WASN'T AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT, UM, I, I DO THINK THE CITY COMMISSIONERS RESPONDED APPROPRIATELY, UH, DURING THE, UH, CRISIS.

UM, WE RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF EMAILS.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU TELL SOMEBODY YOU GOT 30 EMAILS, THAT'S A LOT OF EMAILS YOU TELL SOMEBODY.

I'M TELLING YOU, WE GOT HUNDREDS OVER THE, THOSE PERIODS WHEN PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE, UH, ELECTRICITY AND WATER, ET CETERA, AND THEY WEREN'T NECESSARILY COMPLAINING.

THEY WERE SEEKING ASSISTANCE AND SEEKING HOW COULD THEY GET BETTER? HOW COULD THEY GET HELP? HOW COULD THEY GET ON THE LIST? AND I DO THINK ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, FROM WHAT I SAW, WORKED VERY HARD TO HELP OUR CITIZENS.

AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS QUITE, UH, PLEASANT TO SEE.

AND I THINK IT SPEAKS HIGHLY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT BRENTWOOD IS.

SO, THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. GEREZ.

UM, SO, UH, FIRST I'LL START WITH THE PARK, UH, PARK BOARD INFORMATION.

UM, OUR NEXT MEETING IS MARCH 2ND, AND, UM, I DID GET A REPORT FROM A PARK BOARD MEMBER ABOUT OUR, UM, CLEANUP DATE.

IT'S SMITH PARK FOR THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS, AND I'M GONNA LET MAYOR ANDREWS, WHO WAS ACTUALLY THERE WITH ASSISTANT MANAGER, CITY MANAGER, UM, YOU WERE THERE, RIGHT? OH, YEAH.

AND JASON AND JI JUST BLANKED FOR A QUICK SECOND IN LIKE 60 OF OUR BEST FRIENDS.

YEAH, , I WAS OUT OF TOWN.

I REALLY WANTED TO BE THERE, BUT, UM, BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PICTURES THAT THEY SENT IN.

UM, AND YEAH, UM, I JUST WANTED TO READ THIS REPORT THAT I WAS GIVEN, UM, THAT SAID, UM, THE, UH, LET'S SEE, TO REOPEN THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS.

IT WAS GREAT TURNOUT.

OVER 50, ALMOST 60 OR MORE PEOPLE, UM, EARLY ON SHOWED UP.

SO MUST THERE WERE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING, UM, INCLUDING OUR MAYOR AND, UM, OUR CITY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

UM, LET'S SEE, THE PARK SER THE PARK DEPARTMENT, IT'S CLEAR THE TEAM HAS BEEN OUT IN FOREST THROUGHOUT THE PARK, TAKING DOWN BIG TREES AND CLEARING PATHWAY.

THE PATHWAY, UM, THE JUST SERVE CLUB AT BHS SHOWED UP.

THEY, HE SAID, THIS IS A VOLUNTEER GROUP THAT HAVE AMAZING STUDENTS.

THEY WERE ACES.

UM, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE RAVENWOOD AND OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS, INCLUDING BA IF THEY'RE WILLING TO COME NEXT TIME.

SO, UM, APPARENTLY A LOT OF YOUTH SHOWED UP TO HELP OUT TOO.

CHANNEL FIVE WAS THERE TO, UM, INTERVIEW.

THEY INTERVIEWED A BHS STUDENT.

UM, AND THEY ALSO INTERVIEWED MATT, I'M NOT SURE WHO MATT IS.

UM, SORRY.

UM, IT SORT, YEAH, BIKE WALK ROAD FOLKS.

OH, WHO WORKED A LOT ON THE MOUNTAIN BY TRICKLES.

SO HE GOES ON TO SAY, UM, THE, UH, THEY PARTNERED WITH SOBA SOBA, UM, AND THAT, UM, IT WAS AN AMAZING TURNOUT.

MATT.

THAT MATT, OKAY.

THAT , THAT MATT, WELL, YOU KNOW, YEAH, , UH, THAT GUY THAT MATT, OKAY.

SORRY.

WHOSE NAME, LAST NAME WAS OUT OF MY HEAD RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, OKAY.

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SO MANY PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER.

THIS IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY OF BRENTWOOD IS ALL ABOUT, HAVING VOLUNTEERS TO SHOW UP AND MAKE THINGS BETTER.

UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT, THAT, UM, WAS JUST A RANDOM REPORT FROM SOMEBODY WHO WAS THERE.

AND APPARENTLY IT WAS JUST A GREAT TIME AND A LOT WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

UM, AND SO, UM, THEN I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE TREE BOARD FOR Y'ALL'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

UM, I HAVE TO SAY, IT'S, IT'S BEEN AMAZING AS I DRIVE AROUND AND SEE THE BIG HUGE TREES THAT ARE ALL ON THE SIDE.

AND I KEEP THINKING, I'M SO GRATEFUL.

WE HAVE AN AMAZING TREE BOARD WHO'S GONNA HELP US REPLANT AND RE UM, REBUILD OUR TREES, UM, IN THE RIGHT WAY AS IN THE RIGHT PLACES, IN THE RIGHT TYPES OF TREES.

UM, SO, UM, I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL DO TO, TO MAKE US SUCH A GREAT TREE CITY.

UM, AND THEN, UM, ALSO, UM, THE BIKES, THIS, UM, AND I'M NOT GONNA CRY BECAUSE, UM, I CRY ALL THE TIME, BUT, UM, IN THIS CASE IT WAS, Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB.

I BELIEVE EDUCATION IS KEY.

SORRY, GOSH, SORRY.

I, UM, MY, UM, MY NEPHEWS AROUND, UM, THE, THE MOUNTAIN BIKE CLUB AND, UM, WE'RE GOOD FRIENDS WITH HAM.

AND SO, UM, THANK YOU, THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING IT SERIOUS.

AND, UM, HOPEFULLY IF IT JUST HELPS PREVENT ONE HORRIBLE ACCIDENT, THEN IT'S VERY APPRECIATED.

AND, UM, I I'M JUST REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE EFFORT AND THE, UM, THE WORK AND TIME THAT YOU ALL PUT IN.

SO, UM, ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

SORRY I CRY AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS, BUT , BUT THANK YOU.

UM, ANYWAY, BUT, UM, BUT THANK YOU GUYS.

IT WAS REALLY WELL DONE.

AND, UM, I, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THOSE SHOWN AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ON PRETTY MUCH REGULAR BASIS.

IT WOULD JUST BE GREAT FOR THE KIDS COMING IN, SITTING WAITING FOR SCHOOL TO START WHEN YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THAT, UM, WHATEVER THE TIME IS WHEN THEY HAVE TO SIT THERE AND BE QUIET.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THEM SEE THAT, UM, ON A REGULAR BASIS AND HELP EDUCATE OUR FUTURE BIKERS AS WELL, FOR SURE.

UM, AND, AND THE, THE SENIOR BIKERS WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW, LIKE PATTY MENTIONED .

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

I, I WANT TO THANK YOU THE YOUTH GROUPS TOO.

THIS IS, THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AFFECTS YOUNG PEOPLE MORE THAN ANY OTHER AGE GROUP.

AND I THINK YOUR, YOUR PEERS WILL LISTEN TO YOU MORE THAN THEY WILL LISTEN TO SOME ADULT OR SOME LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

AND THAT VIDEO, I, I'M WITH COMMISSIONER GARRIS, I CR I CRY OVER THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY WHEN I HEAR THAT SONG.

UH, I'M A MOTHER, SHE'S A MOTHER.

WE'RE BOTH GRANDMOTHERS.

WE TEAR UP EASILY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, ABOUT CHILDREN LOSING THEIR LIVES.

SO IT, IT WAS SO WELL DONE.

AND I, I EXPECT SOME OF YOU BOYS, I KNOW THAT YOU DID THIS FOR A PARTICULAR REASON, BUT YOU'RE IN THAT VIDEO PRODUCTION AS LOOKING TOWARDS A CAREER.

AND I HOPED THAT YOU WILL BE VERY SUCCESSFUL AT IT BECAUSE I THINK YOU'VE GOT A REAL TALENT FOR IT AND YOU'RE USING IT VERY WELL TO DO THIS.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK BIKE WALK, BRENTWOOD, UH, THE MOUNTAIN BIKE GROUP, GREEN SPACE AND LEADERSHIP, BRENTWOOD, THOSE ARE FOUR.

AND I'M NOT EVEN COUNTING THE ROTARY CLUBS.

THESE ARE JUST FOUR GROUPS THAT WERE SORT OF CREATED.

THEY WEREN'T PART OF A HISTORY OF LOTS OF, UH, LIKE CIVIC CLUBS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR CENTURIES, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

AND THEY'VE ALL STAYED SO FIRM IN SUPPORT OF BRENTWOOD.

THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE WHEN YOU NEED THEM.

THEY COME UP WITH PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT THE WHOLE CITY AND, AND ESPECIALLY THIS BIKE WALK, BRENTWOOD MOUNTAIN BIKE GROUP.

THEY CREATED THOSE PATHS.

THEY ARE OUT THERE WORKING ALL THE TIME.

I MEAN, EVERY CITY NEEDS PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE THEM.

I, I, I JUST REALLY AM IMPRESSED WITH THE QUALITY OF THE PEOPLE.

UM, AS FAR AS THE CLEANUP, WE ARE FAIRLY BORING AS A CITY COMMISSION.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONTROVERSIAL MEETINGS AND WE'RE NOT YELLING AT EACH OTHER AND CALLING EACH OTHER NAMES AND, AND WE DON'T HAVE BIG ISSUES EVERY, AND WE LOVE THAT BECAUSE IT GIVES US TIME TO PLAN AND PREPARE FOR THINGS LIKE

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EMERGENCIES.

WE DON'T EXPEND OUR ENERGIES FIGHTING.

WE GOT HAVE TIME TO WORK WITH A GOOD STAFF.

OUR PUBLIC WORKS, UH, SOMEONE MENTIONED THEY STARTED BEFORE THE STORM.

WE PUT 'EM UP IN A HOTEL BECAUSE MOST OF 'EM DON'T LIVE IN BRENTWOOD.

YOU HAVE TO FEED THESE GUYS.

YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE A PLACE FOR THEM TO SLEEP DURING ALL THIS.

IT'S A LOT OF THOUGHT THAT GOES INTO THIS, AND I WISH WE COULD TAKE THE CREDIT.

WE WILL TAKE THE CREDIT FOR HIRING THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND BEING SUPPORTIVE.

BUT THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY DO THE WORK, IT'S LIKE THE GRUNTS IN THE ARMY.

THEY ARE THE GUY ONES WHO WIN THE BATTLE.

THE GENERALS MAY, MAY DO A LOT OF PLANNING AT THE TOP, BUT THE PUBLIC WORKS GUYS, THE GUYS WHO DRIVE THOSE TRUCKS, THEY'RE THE ONES GETTING THOSE LIMBS OFF THE STREET.

SO IT'S JUST SUCH A BIG GROUP EFFORT AND, AND I'M JUST SO PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS GROUP AND LIVE IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, A WONDERFUL TOWN WITH SUCH WONDERFUL YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND I KNOW YOU WANTED TO GO HOME, BUT I'M SO GLAD YOU STAYED SO WE COULD PRAISE YOU AND TELL YOU HOW GREAT WE THINK YOU ARE.

MY NOW I'LL DO MY HISTORIC REPORT.

I'LL TRY TO BE QUICK.

THIS THURSDAY NIGHT IS OUR 15TH ANNUAL HISTORY BOWL.

UH, TEAMS FROM BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, RAVENSWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL, PAIGE HIGH SCHOOL AND NOLANSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WILL ALL BE ATTENDING.

UH, IT STARTS AT SEVEN, IT'S FREE, IT'S HERE, OR YOU CAN WATCH IT ON FACEBOOK OR YOUTUBE.

UH, WE ARE JUST REALLY EXCITED IT'S GONNA, IT'S SO MUCH FUN ALL THE TIME.

UH, I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER TRAVIS AND HIS WIFE, WHO WILL HELP US, UM, SCORE.

ANNETTE BISHOP AND TARA FROM THE HISTORIC BOARD WILL HELP US SCORE.

AND CITY MANAGER JASON GAGE AND FORMER CITY MANAGER KIRK BEDNER WILL HELP US SCORE.

JAY EVANS, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, IS, UH, IN CHARGE OF THE, THE TIMER FOR THE BUZZER.

SO HE KEEPS EVERYTHING RUNNING SMOOTH.

THE FORMER STATE SEC STATE LIBRARIAN IS OUR QUESTIONER, AND OUR MC IS DAN THOMAS, THE METEOROLOGIST FROM CHANNEL FOUR.

SO IT'S FUN NIGHT AND PRIZE MONEY AND FREE GIFT CARDS FOR ALL THE CONTESTANTS, SO TO CHICK-FIL-A.

SO IT'S, IF YOU AREN'T ON A TEAM AND YOU LIKE HISTORY, JOIN ONE NEXT YEAR.

THE TEACHERS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO BE ON THE HISTORY BOWL TEAM.

ALRIGHT, WELL I'M GONNA START WITH A THANK YOU AND A CELEBRATION.

I WANNA THANK USA HOCKEY FOR THE WOMEN'S AND MEN'S HOCKEY GOLD MEDAL.

MANY YEARS OF WORK FOR THAT, SO THAT'S GREAT.

UM, WE DID HAVE A GREAT BUDGET MEETING LAST MONDAY.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TEAMWORK AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY IS ONE OF OUR PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANT JOBS AS AS A COMMISSIONER BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE FINANCES FOR WHEN YOU HAVE HARD TIMES LIKE AN ICE STORM, UM, THINGS WOULD BE VERY TOUGH TO MAKE DECISIONS ON.

BUT WE DON'T WORRY.

WE HAVE A GOOD PHYSICAL BALANCE, UM, RAINY DAY FUND, IF YOU WANNA CALL IT, OR ICE DAY FUND.

UM, AND SO, UH, AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THAT INITIAL BUDGET MEETING LAST MONDAY, I WAS THINKING THAT IT, IT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE A PART OF A TEAM THAT THAT REALLY TAKES THAT SERIOUSLY.

UM, AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

UM, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, UH, WE HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD AND LYNN TUCKER WHO WEARS MANY HATS AND SHARE WITH YOUTH LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD, THANK YOU LYNN.

AND THE TREE BOARD, UH, THEY DO GOVERNMENT DAY EVERY YEAR FOR THE ADULTS AND FOR THE YOUTH.

AND IT WAS THE ADULTS LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD GOVERNMENT DAY, THE, UH, THURSDAY THE 12TH.

UM, AND ON THE E-BIKE PRESENTATIONS, UH, THREE THINGS I TOOK FROM THAT.

UH, YOU PICKED A VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT.

YOUR PRESENTATIONS WERE BOTH ATTENTION GRABBERS AND THEY WERE ALSO VERY MUCH SERVING TO WORK TOWARDS A SOLUTION.

SO THANK YOU.

YOUR PRESENTATIONS WERE EXCELLENT.

AND COMMISSIONER GARRIS, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT TEARS SHED AND GRIEF ARE ONE OF THE PUREST EXPRESSIONS OF LOVE.

SO THANK YOU.

AND THAT'S ALL, MAYOR.

WELL, THANK YOU.

NO, AND LIKE I SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S INTERESTING KIND OF BOOK ENDING, YOU KNOW, THE COMMENTS WITH THE, UM, THE, THE BIKE ISSUES, YOU KNOW, STARTING OUT WITH E-BIKES AND THEN TALKING ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN BIKES.

AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK ALL OF Y'ALL DID ON THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DO KNOW E-BIKES ARE AN ISSUE THAT'S COME UP

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NOT JUST IN BRENTWOOD, BUT REALLY ACROSS THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND TO THE POINT THAT THEY'RE IN FRONT OF BOTH THE CITY COMMISSION, THE COUNTY COMMISSION, THE CITIES AROUND THE COUNTY AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE RIGHT NOW.

AND, UM, IT'S GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION.

BUT IT, YOU KNOW, IT FRANKLY, AS A, AS A, AS A MOUNTAIN BIKER, IT KINDA REMINDS ME OF THE EARLY DAYS OF MOUNTAIN BIKING, YOU KNOW, SHARING THE TRAILS WITH THE HIKERS AND, UH, THE HORSEBACK FOLKS.

AND, YOU KNOW, AT THE TIME THERE WERE A LOT OF THE SAME CONVERSATIONS.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATED, AS, YOU KNOW, VICE MAYOR LITTLE SAID, YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATION ISN'T ABOUT DO OR DON'T, IT'S NOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BANNING THEM.

IT'S ABOUT HOW DO WE TAKE THIS OUTSTANDING ENDING OPTION AND, AND HELP IT WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN A WAY.

AS, AS PATTY MENTIONED WHEN SHE CAME UP, YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS THAT, ESPECIALLY IN A TOWN WITH THE TOPOGRAPHY OF BRENTWOOD, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT EVERY SIDEWALK OR STREET IS LEVEL .

AND IT'S, UH, AND IT'S NOT EASY TO GET FROM END TO END.

AND I WAS KIND OF THINKING ABOUT THIS IN A, IN A DIFFERENT CONTEXT.

I WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH A FRIEND ABOUT, UH, BRENTWOOD, OUR PARK SYSTEM.

AND IT WAS AN INTERESTING COMMENT.

I DON'T EVEN THINK I'VE MENTIONED IT TO YOU OR THE PARK PARK BOARD YET, BUT SOME OF THE CON CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WITH BRENTWOOD, IF YOU LIVED IN SOME PARTS OF TOWN, LIKE, UH, LIKE OUR FAMILY LIVES OVER BY WILSON PIKE AND CONCORD ROAD, AND IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE ONE PARK FROM CROCKETT PARK THROUGH RIVER PARK ALL THE WAY DOWN BY THE LIBRARY AND TOWER PARK.

AND IT'S BIG.

AND SINCE WE'VE BEEN THERE, IT'S OPENED UP ALL THE WAY TO SMITH PARK.

AND AT SOME LEVEL, YOU KNOW, BRENTWOOD COULD ALMOST FEEL LIKE A ONE PARK TOWN IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO CONNECT FROM TOWER PARK OVER TO GRADING WHITE PARK OVER TO DEERWOOD ARBORETUM.

SO IT COULD ALMOST FEEL LIKE ONE PARK SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE NAMED DISTRICTS IN THAT PARK SYSTEM.

YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE EVER REBRANDING AS PARK CITY, TENNESSEE, BUT YOU KNOW, .

BUT IF, BUT IF WE HAD, YOU KNOW, A CONTINUOUS SYSTEM FROM DEERWOOD THROUGH CRACKED PARK TO SMITH PARK, YOU KNOW, DOWN CONCORD ROAD E-BIKES AND SOME OF THESE OTHER TOOLS COULD BE REALLY, REALLY FUN WAYS TO EXPLORE THE ENTIRE PARK SYSTEM IF WE CAN DO IT SAFELY.

SO I THINK THERE'S SOME VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE IN THERE THAT IF WE, IF WE'RE REALLY THOUGHTFUL AS A CITY, THAT WE COULD DO SOMETHING VERY, VERY SPECIAL.

THEY COULD REALLY TIE THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL KNOW AS COMMISSIONERS, IF WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT, UH, ELECTRICITY OUTAGES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC , YOU KNOW, AND, AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION COMES UP A LOT.

SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THESE TOOLS AND PUT TOGETHER A GOOD SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATING 'EM SAFELY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND FOR, YOU KNOW, ACOUSTIC BIKES, YOU KNOW, WITH NO ELECTRIC ASSIST FOR, UH, SAFE ELECTRIC ASSIST AND FOR OTHER VEHICLES, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES US SAFETY VALVES FOR CONGESTION.

SO I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY A REALLY NUANCED DISCUSSION HERE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE FOLKS THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OKAY, WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF NOT ADDRESSING IT, BUT WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDRESSING IT IN A, IN A THOUGHTFUL, SENSIBLE WAY? AND I HOPE THAT'S WHERE WE, I HOPE THAT'S WHERE WE GET.

UM, SO ALONG THE LINES OF THE, THE, THE GROUP, UM, SO I REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOBA WHO I THINK YOU MENTIONED, AND IF ANYONE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT SOBA IS, THAT'S THE SCENIC OFF-ROAD BIKING ASSOCIATION.

SO SOBA GOES THROUGH AND THEY'VE BEEN BUILDING TRAILS AROUND TENNESSEE AND THEY HELPED ORGANIZE ALONG WITH BIKE WALK, BRENTWOOD AND THE OTHERS FOR THE PICTURES YOU SAW, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT YOUR CALENDAR, BUT I THINK LAST SATURDAY WAS THE FIRST NICE WEEKEND DAY WE'VE HAD SINCE THE STORM.

SO WE HAD DOZENS OF PEOPLE TAKE THE FIRST NICE SATURDAY SINCE THE STORM AND COME TO THE PARK AND VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME.

AND, UH, AND WE HAD EVERYTHING FROM DUDES WITH CHAINSAWS TO, YOU KNOW, GROUPS OF STUDENTS THAT WERE CHEERFULLY THERE TO RAKE THE, THE STICKS OFF THE TRAIL.

UM, 'CAUSE YES, MA'AM, THE QUESTION AND 'CAUSE YOU'RE CLOSE TO THIS GROUP YES.

WITH ALL THAT'S GOING ON AT PERCY WARNER AND RADNER MM-HMM .

UM, HOW DID WE GET THEM? I WON'T, HOW DID THEY CHOOSE OUR PARK? I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH OUR PARK, BUT I'M SURE THERE ARE LOTS OF PARKS THAT WOULD'VE WELCOMED THEIR HELP.

WELL, THE, THE ONES THAT WERE HERE WERE OUR PEOPLE.

SO SORBA GOT THE WORD OUT AND THEY HAD TIM OGLES, WHO'S A FRANKLIN GUY, BUT HE WAS THE COORDINATOR FROM SORBA.

BUT EVERYBODY ELSE THERE WERE BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, BRENTWOOD MOUNTAIN BIKING STUDENTS, RAVENWOOD STUDENTS.

SO THAT'S WHO WAS THE, UH, SO THE VOLUNTEERS WERE PREDOMINANTLY BRENTWOOD CITIZENS.

I'M SURPRIS 'CAUSE I THINK THEY HAD WORK.

I'M SURPRIS DID THEY ORGANIZE IT FOR THE OTHER PARK TOO, TOO? I THINK THEY DID.

KNOW, I COULD SAY, I MEAN, I THINK WE HAD PROBABLY 40 OR 50 WHEN IT STARTED, AND THERE'S A STEADY FLOW OF OTHER FOLKS THAT CAME THROUGH AS THE DAY WENT ON AND IT WAS, UH, IT WAS TERRIFIC.

I THINK, I THINK THERE WERE WORK DAYS GOING OUT ALMOST ALL THE SOBE TRAILS AROUND THE STATE.

THAT'S GOOD.

GREAT.

SO, UH, BUT WE JUST HAD A PARTICULARLY GOOD TURNOUT HERE BECAUSE WE'RE BRENTWOOD AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

THAT'S GOOD.

SO I, I'M NOT SURE THE TURNOUT WAS AT THE OTHER LOCATIONS, BUT, UM, THERE REALLY WAS, IT WAS GREAT.

AND, YOU

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SO, UH, REALLY A BIG SHOUT OUT FOR THE VOLUNTEER SPIRIT IN BRENTWOOD AND ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT DO THIS STUFF.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ALONG THOSE LINES, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE CITY STAFF AND, YOU KNOW, THE SPIRIT THERE BECAUSE THAT SAME SORT OF SPIRIT OF, OF ABOVE AND BEYOND I THINK PERMEATES THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

AND WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, DALE AND HIS TEAM OF PUBLIC WORKS, UH, FIRE AND RESCUE ALONG WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I KNOW WE TALKED LAST MEETING A LOT ABOUT THE WELLNESS CHECKS, THE POLICE ESCORTS TO THESE VEHICLES, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER GROUPS HELPING THE NES LINEMEN GET TO WHERE THEY COULD DO THEIR WORK.

UM, I MEAN, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF ELEMENTS TO THIS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE ABOVE AND BEYOND AND, UH, AS I'M COM COMPLIMENTING THE CITY STAFF, I ALSO AGAIN, WANT TO COMPLIMENT MY, UH, MY COWORKERS ON THE COMMISSION.

I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE FANTASTIC COLLEAGUES AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNICATION AMONG THE COMMISSION ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET HELP AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO, TO TRY TO DO THINGS, YOU KNOW, JUST TO HELP OUR CITY AND TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR CITY.

SO, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT COLLABORATION.

UM, AND ONTO, UH, COMMISSIONER PIPPIN'S POINT ABOUT THE TREES.

YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD A LOT OF TREES COME DOWN, BUT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE RIGHT TREES UP IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

SO I'D HATE TO HAVE ANYONE LOSE THEIR, UH, ENTHUSIASM FOR TREE CITY USA, YOU KNOW, BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'VE GOT POWER LINES IN YOUR YARD, I'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER CUTE LITTLE TREES FOR UNDER THE POWER LINES.

I'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER GREAT BIG MAJESTIC TREES FOR OUR CANOPY AWAY FROM THE POWER LINES.

AND I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE ALL THE TREES TO COME FROM OUR TREE LIST OF, UH, NATIVE SPECIES.

SO, UM, AND THERE'S HUNDREDS OF THEM.

THERE'S A GREAT LIST, BUT, UH, BUT I'D LOVE TO STICK TO THAT AND JUST KEEP BUILDING OUR CANOPY.

UM, ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS WHILE WE'RE ALL HERE? YES, SIR.

ONE THING I FORGOT TO SAY, AND ESPECIALLY SINCE OUR YOUTH GROUPS ARE HERE, UM, I BELIEVE THE INTERVIEW THAT WAS DONE, UH, WITH YOU AT THE PARK AT UH, AT THE WORK SESSION WAS DONE BY AMANDA ROBERTS.

OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

YEAH, SHE GRADUATE, SHE'S A BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE.

AND, UH, SO, UH, IT WAS KIND OF NEAT TO SEE HER ON SCREEN THERE WITH OUR OTHER LOCAL POLITICIANS AND OUR, OUR, UH, VOLUNTEERS.

SO SHOUT OUT TO AMANDA ROBERTS FOR A JOB WELL DONE.

ABSOLUTELY.

AMANDA'S BHS GRADUATE, YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAD, UH, SENIOR MANAGER GAGE, ASSISTANT TEAM MANAGER.

EVANS HAD A COMMISSIONER.

DONAHUE WAS OUT THERE.

I MEAN, WE HAD TONS OF PEOPLE FROM ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT PLACES AND I, I LOVE TO NAME ALL OF 'EM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO SPOT EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE ALL WEARING THEIR, UH, THEIR WORK CLOTHES.

BUT GOOD STUFF.

ALRIGHT, SO THAT, WE'LL CLOSE THE COMMENTS AND MOVE ON

[ Consent Agenda]

TO CONSENT AGENDA THAT CAN LEAD.

NOW, MAYOR.

OH YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL WANNA RUN, BUT WE JUST HAVE A FEW THINGS TO COVER FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING.

UH, ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL GENERALLY BE ENACTED AS ONE MOTION EXCEPT FOR ANY ITEMS THAT ARE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF, IN THIS CASE, THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.

SO, UH, DOES ANYONE WANNA REMOVE THE ONE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? NOPE.

SO THAT, UH, CONSENT AGENDA MAY FOR APPROVAL.

OH, UH, MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.

UH, MOVE FOR APPROVAL FROM COMMISSIONER DUNN, SECOND COMMISSIONER TRAVIS.

I CAN READ IT.

ALRIGHT, SO THE CONSENT TO ITEM NUMBER ONE, RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 22 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AMENDED PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF TENNESSEE FOR EMPLOYEES DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN AND TRUST 4 57 B FOR ADOPTION.

SO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ONE ITEM OF OLD BUSINESS, UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE, ORDINANCE 2026 DASH ONE AND ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 78 TO AMEND TECHNICAL STANDARDS OF PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICE FACILITIES FOR CONSIDERATION ON SECOND AND FINAL READING, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? VOTE FOR APPROVAL.

OPPOSED? PASSES BY CONSENT.

SO WE HAVE

[1. Ordinance 2026-01 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 78 TO AMEND TECHNICAL STANDARDS OF PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICE FACILITIES, for consideration on second and final reading]

VOTE FOR APPROVAL.

VICE MAYOR, LITTLE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PIPPEN DISCUSSION.

WE'D LIKE TO OPEN UP DISCUSSION.

ALRIGHT, WELL, ANYONE, I GUESS THE COMMENT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS, UM, I AM VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS UPDATING OUR, OUR ORDINANCE IN THIS AREA.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A LONG TIME COMING.

DO WANNA MAKE THE, UH, OBSERVATION THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE PART THAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY COMMISSION TO HELP IMPROVE WIRELESS SERVICE ACROSS THE CITY.

BUT IT IS, UH, STILL SOMETHING THAT WILL TAKE FINDING LOCATIONS AND COMPANIES TO BUILD TOWERS TO MAKE THIS WORK.

AND SO, UH, I'LL THROW SOMETHING OUT.

SURE.

I DON'T KNOW IF

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IT'S CONNECTED TO THIS, MAYBE MORE TECHNOLO TECHNOLOGICAL PEOPLE THAN ME COULD ANSWER THIS.

DURING THE ICE STORM, MY PHONE, I, I NEVER LOST POWER, BUT ONE DAY I'M A VERIZON CUSTOMER.

AND ON THE TOP OF MY PHONE, TOP LEFT HAND CORNER, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS VERIZON.

WELL, IT SAID NO SERVICE.

SO, OKAY.

ABOUT THREE HOURS LATER I LOOK AND IT SAYS AT AND T.

INTERESTING.

AND I GOT SERVICE FROM AT AND T UNTIL VERIZON GOT BACK ON.

SO THIS IDEA THAT THEY ARE SHARING TOWERS MM-HMM .

I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED HERE DURING EMERGENCIES, THAT THEY SOMEHOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE AN AGREEMENT AMONGST THEMSELVES OR, OR IT'S JUST THE WAY THE, THE UM, THE, THE BEAMS OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, THE SOUND WAVES GO THROUGH THE AIR THAT, THAT HITS THE TOWER.

YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T KNOW.

BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER.

I DO KNOW THAT, UH, DURING TIMES OF EMERGENCY, THEY DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT AND IT WILL, THEY WILL ENGAGE THAT.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY DID THAT IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE, BUT I PRESUME PERHAPS BECAUSE OF THE ICE STORM THAT THEY MAY HAVE ENGAGED THAT.

SO I HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT YEAH.

EXCEPT I WAS CHECKING SO FREQUENTLY, YOU KNOW? YEAH.

AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT ON AT AND T AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S SAYING AT AND T.

SO, YEAH.

AND I THINK THE MAIN, AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, THE MAIN PURPOSE FOR THAT IS IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO CALL 9 1 1, IT GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT.

AND AS YOU OBSERVE, I MEAN, I THINK THAT ICE STORM IS A, A TREMENDOUS KIND OF REMINDER OF THE IMPORTANCE AS CABLE ACCESS AND THE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS WENT DOWN THE IMPORTANCE OF WIRELESS VOICE AND DATA COVERAGE.

AND BECAUSE WE DIDN'T TALK A LOT ABOUT THIS, DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVEN'T BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.

OH.

WE'VE COME UP FOR, WE THOROUGHLY COVERED IT.

COVERED IT.

SO YEAH, THIS IS JUST THE LAST STEP OF A LONG PROCESS.

RIGHT.

I DID RECEIVE A LOT OF EMAILS SAYING THANK YOU AND WANTING THIS TO MISS FORWARD.

THE CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, UH, NEW BUSINESS.

SO NO NEW BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD.

SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOVE TO ADJOURN.

MOVE TO ADJOURN.

VICE MAYOR.

LITTLE SECOND.

I SECOND SAY COMMISSIONER EZ.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ADJOURNED.