* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [ Call to Order by Mayor Roll Call Invocation by Commissioner Pippin Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by Commissioner Travis] [00:00:04] CALL TO ORDER THE, UH, THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BRENTWOOD CITY COMMISSION FOR MARCH 9TH, 2026. UH, WAS LOOKING AROUND. I SEE THAT EVERYBODY'S HERE. WE'VE GOT ALL PRESENT FOR THE ROLL CALL. SO WE'LL HAVE THE INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER PIPPIN AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COMMISSIONER TRAVIS. PRAY WITH ME. FATHER, YOU SAY IN YOUR WORD TO LEAN, NOT TO OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING, BUT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU. AND WE START THIS MEETING BY DOING THAT VERY THING, LORD. AND WITH THAT, WE ASK YOU TO BLESS US WITH YOUR WISDOM AND, UM, BLESS US WITH, UM, FAIRNESS AND EQUITY AND THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION ON EVERY ITEM THAT WE LOOK AT TONIGHT, UH, AS WE GOVERN FOR THIS FAIR CITY. UH, LORD, WE ASK YOU SPECIFICALLY TO BLESS EVERYONE WHO WORKS HERE AND WORKS TOWARD THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY, AND MOST ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO DO SO AND PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY IN THE PROCESS. AND THAT'S OUR POLICE AND FIRE EMTS. LORD, WE, WE ASK SPECIAL PROTECTION ON THEM. UH, BE WITH US NOW AS WE, UH, GOVERN, UH, IN A WAY THAT'S PLEASING NOT ONLY TO THIS CITY, BUT TO YOU. AND WE ASK THIS ALL IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FRAUD. ALL RIGHT, OUR FIRST ORDER OF [2. Approval or Correction of Minutes] BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF MINUTES FROM OUR FEBRUARY 23RD MEETING. I HAVE MOTION. MOTION APPROVE. COMMISSIONER PIPPIN. SECOND. SECOND, MR. EZ. ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANY CHANGES OR ANY DISCUSSION OF THE MINUTES? NOPE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. I ABSTAINING. UH, COMMISSIONER DONAHUE IS ABSTAINING. UH, SO THAT PASSES UNANIM. NOW WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS. UH, INDIVIDUALS MAY COMMENT ON ANY ITEM INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT OR THE REGULAR AGENDA OR ANY OTHER MATTER REGARDING THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD. ALL COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND CITIZENS WHO WISH TO REQUEST AN ITEM BE MOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION. SHOULD MAKE THAT KNOWN AT THIS TIME. UH, DO YOU HAVE ANYONE SIGNED IN, UH, KNOWING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIGN IN? WOULD ANY OF Y'ALL LIKE TO COME SPEAK? JARED, I'M LOOKING AT YOU. NOTHING TONIGHT. ALRIGHT. SO, UH, SEEING THAT, WE'LL CLOSE ASSISTANT COMMENTS AND GO [ Report from City Manager Report from the City Attorney Reports and comments by Commissioners and Mayor] TO, UH, CITY MANAGER GAGE. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. UH, I HAVE A DEBRIS UPDATE FOR YOU. WE HAVE SET THE DATE OF MARCH 18TH TO COMPLETE OUR FIRST PASS THROUGH THE CITY. WHO KNOWS WHO MIGHT, MIGHT EVEN MAKE IT A LITTLE BEFORE THEN. IT'S, IT'S MOVING PRETTY WELL. UH, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S TO COLLECT ALL THE WINTER STORM DEBRIS FROM WINTER STORM FERN. UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS CREWS, ALONG WITH OUR CONTRACTOR AFTERMATH, DISASTER RECOVERY HAVE WORKED, UH, ALMOST NONSTOP, REALLY THE LAST MONTH. UH, PICKING UP DOWN TREES AND LIMBS, LONG ROADWAYS, UH, MAKING VERY GOOD PROGRESS. THERE'S STILL QUITE A BIT TO PICK UP, BUT, UH, WE'RE GETTING THERE. AND, AND, AND THAT FIRST PASS IS A BIG DEAL. AND SO WE'RE ALMOST THERE. UH, ONCE THE FIRST PASS IS COMPLETE, WE'LL BEGIN A SECOND CITYWIDE SWEEP OF DEBRIS, UH, BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SOME THAT EARLY ON DIDN'T HAVE TIME AS WE STARTED PRETTY QUICKLY. UH, SO THEY MAY NOT HAVE HAD TIME TO GET THEIR DEBRIS OUT IN FRONT. AND SO THAT'LL GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY. UH, WE KIND OF EX WE'LL SEE WHAT WE HAVE ON THE SECOND PASS, BUT WE DO EXPECT THAT TO BE MUCH QUICKER BECAUSE WE, WE, WE THINK, AND WE HOPE WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY OF THE DEBRIS ON THE FIRST PASS. SO SPEAKING OF VOLUME, WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, INITIALLY JUST A QUICK WINDSHIELD KIND OF SURVEY FROM THE CONTRACTOR. WE THOUGHT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT 150,000 CUBIC YARDS OF DEBRIS IS WHAT WE WOULD SEE. WE ARE PUSHING, PUSHING INTO ABOUT 260,000 TODAY. AND SO, UH, UH, WE WILL PROBABLY BE AT LEAST 300,000 CUBIC YARDS, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO VISUALIZE THAT. WE'VE PUT SOME OUT THERE. BUT ONE IS, IS, UH, I'VE KIND OF TAKEN CHARLES'S EXAMPLE. I MODIFIED IT JUST A TOUCH. BUT IF YOU CAN ENVISION FOUR FULL-SIZE FOOTBALL FIELDS WITH A 10 FOOT HIGH PILE OF DEBRIS ON EACH OF THOSE FOUR FOOTBALL FIELDS, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. ANOTHER WAY IS A WASHING MACHINE OR DRYER, WHICHEVER YOU PREFER, IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A CUBIC YARD. SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE RIGHT NOW, 250,000 WASHING MACHINES OR 250,000 DRYERS, UH, THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'VE PICKED UP SO FAR. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT AND WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO ONLINE, CHECK OUR DEBRIS TRACKER, IT'S PRETTY COOL, UH, DASHBOARD AND IT'LL SHOW 'EM WHERE WE'RE AT. UM, AS A RESULT OF THAT THOUGH, WE, UH, WE HAVE TOLD YOU WHAT ONE ANNOUNCED [00:05:01] PUBLICLY, AND WE HAVE INFORMATION GOING OUT THAT ARE, UH, WE'RE CANCELING THE CITY'S ANNUAL SPRING CLEANUP DAYS. SO THE DEPARTMENT CAN CONTINUE TO FOCUS AND PUT ALL THE RESOURCES INTO THE LIMB PICKUP, UH, BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED TO DO THAT. AND OBVIOUSLY THE EQUIPMENT CREWS, LOCATIONS USED FOR THE SPRING CLEANUP ARE BEING USED FOR THAT, UH, RECOVERY EFFORT. UH, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS THAT TENNESSEE ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL IS PARTNERING WITH NISSAN TO HOST A RECYCLING ROUNDUP AT NISSAN HEADQUARTERS IN FRANKLIN FROM 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM ON SATURDAY, APRIL 11TH. THAT EVENT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO DROP OFF MATTRESSES, TIRES, AND OTHER HARDER TO RECYCLE ITEMS. SO THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE KIND OF STACKING UP THAT ARE HARD TO GET, UH, UH, FIND A PLACE FOR, THOSE ARE THE ITEMS. UH, WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES IN THE COMING DAYS WHEN WE GET THAT. AND SO WE CAN GET THE DETAILS OUT TO PEOPLE. AND FINALLY, KINDA OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO WARN OF A BITCOIN SCAM. THEY'VE SEEN A RECENT INCREASE IN SCAMS INVO INVOLVING BITCOIN ATMS, WHICH TO ME SEEMS KIND OF ODD AT TM PHYSICAL MONEY AND BITCOIN. BUT THEY'RE BITCOIN ATMS. SO, UH, THE SCAMMERS ARE CALLING VICTIMS AND PRETENDING TO BE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR ANOTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. 'CAUSE THEY REALIZE THAT PEOPLE TRUST LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO THAT'S WHO THEY'RE PRETENDING TO BE. THEY CAN CLONE LEGITIMATE PHONE NUMBERS MAKING IT APPEAR AS THOUGH THE CALL IS COMING FROM A REAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. UH, AND THAT'S A PROBLEM. THE SCAMMERS WILL CLAIM YOU HAVE, UH, A WARRANT OR A LEGAL ISSUE THAT MUST BE RESOLVED IMMEDIATELY. SO THAT SENSE OF URGENCY, WHICH YOU HAVE TO WATCH FOR, THEY'LL INSTRUCT A PERSON TO WITHDRAW CASH FROM THEIR BANK AND DEPOSIT IT INTO A BITCOIN ATM. THEY OFTEN PRESSURE VICTIMS BY TELLING THEM NOT TO SPEAK WITH ANYONE AND NOT TO HANG UP THE PHONE. UH, SO, UH, REMEMBER LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL NEVER EVER ASK YOU TO WITHDRAW CASH AND DEPO DEPOSIT IT INTO A BITCOIN ATM. SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULDN'T ASK THAT. UH, THE CITY ALSO, UH, WOULD NEVER ASK RESIDENTS TO DO THIS AND, AND MOST LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES WOULDN'T EITHER. SO WE JUST WANT PEOPLE TO BE ALERT FOR THAT. THAT'S MY REPORT. BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. JASON. JASON, DID YOU SAY THAT WE'LL BE THROUGH ON THE 14TH OF THE FIRST ROUND? THE, UH, 19TH. THE 18TH. THE 18TH. THE 18TH, OKAY. AND, AND HOPEFULLY MAYBE EVEN AHEAD OF THAT, I JUST GONNA SEE IF WE HAD, WE HAD AN AERIAL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WORKED. OKAY, THERE YOU GO. I DUNNO IF YOU HAD A CHANCE WHILE I WAS SPEAKING TO SEE THAT. BUT, UH, THAT'S AT GRANNY WHITE PARK AND THAT'S AN AERIAL VIDEO. IT'S VERY GOOD QUALITY, ACTUALLY. JUST, JUST AS GOOD AS YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION CABLE PROGRAMMING THAT WAS JUST IN FRONT OF YOUR YEAH. IT SHOWS YOU THE, THE PILE OF LIMBS THAT ARE BROUGHT IN AND OF COURSE YOU CAN SEE THE ACTIVITY AND THEN THE OTHER PILES WHERE THEY'VE BEEN CHIPPED AND THEY'LL BE HAULED AWAY. THE, IT'S A CONTINUAL OPERATION. SO, AND, AND IT ALSO KIND OF DEMONSTRATES WHILE THERE'S SPACE LEFT IN THE PARKING LOT, THERE'S A, THERE'S, YOU CAN'T SEE IT RIGHT HERE, BUT THERE'S SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT AND THINGS ARE SPREAD OUT. SO IT'S WHERE SAFETY COMES INTO PLAY AND WE NEEDED TO BE SURE THAT WE KEPT THAT AREA TOTALLY SAFE. UM, BUT UH, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A NICE WAY OF BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT IT FROM AN AERIAL. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT, UH, RECOMMENDATION. THAT'S VERY COOL. SO IS THAT ON YOUTUBE? SO THE NEXT TIME SOMEONE ASKS ME WHEN WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED, I CAN, UH, WE WILL BE GETTING THAT OUT ON OUR WEBPAGE. I THINK I'LL LOOK AT CHARLES. YEAH. SO YOU CAN POINT 'EM THERE. BUT YEAH, IT, IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE GOT IT STARTED. MR. DUNTON. YEAH, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. YOU SAID WE'LL BE THROUGH WITH THE FIRST PASS THROUGH NOW, LIKE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, MY STREET, EVERYTHING ON ONE SIDE, FORTUNATELY I LIVED ON THAT SIDE, WAS PICKED UP BUT NOT THE OTHER SIDE. IS THAT CONSIDERED ONE PASS THROUGH? NO. UH, AND THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT IS WHEN THEY GET BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET, THAT'LL BE PART OF THE FIRST PASS FOR THAT PARTICULAR STREET. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE OTHER SIDE PROBABLY VERY CLOSE TO BEING PICKED UP. OKAY. SO PEOPLE WHO ARE, IF YOU COME BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND GET THE OTHER SIDE, THEN THERE MAY STILL BE ANOTHER PASS THROUGH AFTER THAT. A SECOND ONE, YEAH. OKAY. BECAUSE AS THEY COME DOWN THE STREET, THEY'LL JUST DO ONE SIDE AT A TIME. THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE TO ME. YEAH. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, IS THAT THE FIRST OR THE SECOND PASS THROUGH IS GONNA GET THE NEXT TIME. OKAY. YEAH. THE FIRST PASS WILL BE WHEN THEY GET TO BOTH SIDES. ALRIGHT. MM-HMM . NOW YOU EXPECT A GOOD BIT LESS THAN THE SECOND PASS THROUGH. I SURE WOULD EXPECT THAT IT'S, BUT NOW I, WE MAY GET MORE FROM THE EARLIER PROPERTIES BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY MAY NOT HAVE HAD TIME TO GET IT OUT, BUT WHO KNOWS, WE COULD BE SURPRISED WITH THE VOLUME, BUT IT SHOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE FIRST ROUND. SO SHOULDN'T TAKE AS LONG. IF THAT'S THE CASE. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD, UM, REDUCE OUR DEPOSIT SITES FROM FOUR TO THREE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND MAYBE OPEN GRANNY WHITE PARK SOONER? YEAH. THAN WE ANTICIPATED. WE'LL LOOK AT THAT. A LOT OF IT WILL HAVE TO DO WITH HOW MUCH COMES FROM THAT SIDE OF TOWN BECAUSE PART OF, OF THE EFFICIENCY IS TO TRY TO KEEP THOSE SITES CLOSE TO WHERE IT'S COMING FROM. SO I, UNFORTUNATELY, I ANTICIPATE, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA SERVE MOST OF THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO, TO UH, CLOSE THAT AT LEAST MUCH EARLIER THAN THE OTHERS. BUT WE ARE CONSTANTLY, WE HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF US, SO WE'RE GONNA PAY ATTENTION AS LONG AS WE, I THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO YES. BE [00:10:01] FLEXIBLE AND GET IT OPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND IF POSSIBLE WE WILL. WE ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. AND TO BRING UP A, A VERY GOOD POINT ABOUT THE LOGISTICS. YOU KNOW, AND I APPRECIATE THE COMPANIES DOING THIS, ORGANIZING IT BASED ON LOGISTICS, NOT ON, I GUESS SOME OTHER FACTOR 'CAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO BE EFFICIENT WITH IT. BUT I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE SAYING, WHY HAVE THEY DONE ONE SIDE OF THE STREET, NOT THE OTHER. AND A LOT OF IT'LL HAVE TO DO WITH THE WAY THE TRUCKS ARE JUST RUNNING TO MAKE IT EFFICIENT. I'VE HAD PEOPLE WONDER WHY THEY DID THE STREET AND NOT THE CUL-DE-SAC BECAUSE SEEING SOME OF THOSE TRUCKS, SOME OF THOSE TRUCKS DON'T FIT DOWN A CUL-DE-SAC AND WE HAVE TO FIND A SMALLER VEHICLE TO GET BACK IN THERE. YEAH. BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'VE FORGOTTEN THEM, YOU KNOW? AND, AND THAT THERE IS NO PROCESS BY THIS COMMISSION TO SELECT WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS WE PREFER, WHICH ONES WE DON'T LIKE. RIGHT. CORRECT. AND THE ONES WE LIKE BEST FIRST AND IT'S MUCH SAFER TO STAY ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET AS WELL, SO WE'RE NOT CROSSING CONSTANTLY. YEAH. YEAH. AND THEN SORTING OUT, LIKE, I'M, I'M REALLY JUST QUIETLY HOPING TO MYSELF THAT NOW THAT IT'S SPRING BREAK, WE CAN GET WILSON PIKE DONE WHILE THERE'S LESS TRAFFIC ON IT. ABSOLUTELY. UM, SO TAKING STUFF LIKE THAT INTO A, INTO ACCOUNT, 'CAUSE I KNOW WILSON PIKE AND SO I FIGURED THAT'S HOW COME WILSON PIKE, YOU KNOW, IS STILL KIND OF WAITING AT LEAST BETWEEN CONCORD ROAD AND CHURCH. YEAH. AS YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE'VE GOT A NICE WINDOW RIGHT THERE AND SO LOGISTICS ARE A LITTLE TOUGHER THERE. AND SO THAT DOES GIVE US MORE OPPORTUNITY. PLUS GENERALLY WE WANTED TO, UH, TO FOCUS INSIDE THE SUBDIVISIONS AS AN EARLY PRIORITY, UH, WHERE WE'RE DEALING WITH PEOPLE DIRECTLY. NOW, WILSON PIKE, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW HOMES IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS TOO, BUT IT IS, AS YOU MENTIONED, IT'S MORE OF A CHALLENGE. AND SO THIS GIVES US A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. YEAH. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE CITY MANAGER? UM, COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, UNDER OUR CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU SO MUCH MAYOR ANDREWS. NO REPORT TONIGHT. NO REPORT. ALRIGHT, SO THEN WE'LL GO ON TO, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS. SO, UH, IF YOU'RE ALRIGHT TONIGHT, WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER DUNN AND JUST GO FROM, UH, LEFT TO RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UH, WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL HISTORY BOWL ON THE 26TH AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR CHUCK CHERYL AND DAN THOMAS, THEIR WIT AND, UH, QUICKNESS. JUST KEEPS THINGS ROLLING. THEY REALLY WOULD BE, WOULD BE GREAT ON TV. I WONDER IF ANY OF THEM HAVE CONSIDERED THAT AS A CAREER. BUT WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE A, A STAR FROM W-S-M-T-V COME AND BE OUR MC. SO DAN THOMAS HAS SAID HE'LL DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR IF WE NEED HIM. AND SO WILL CHUCK. SO THANK TO THEM. WANNA CONGRATULATE BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL FOR WINNING. AND IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TEAM. THEY WERE ALL COUSINS. TWO, WELL, A SET OF TWINS AND THEIR COUSIN. AND THESE KIDS WERE ACTUALLY OFF TO THE QUIZ BOWL. THEY'RE COMPETING IN THAT. AND I SAID THEIR FAMILY, UH, SOCIAL EVENTS ARE A LOT DIFFERENT THAN MY FAMILY SOCIAL EVENTS. MY GRAND KIDS AND NIECES AND NEPHEWS ARE NOT QUIZ BOWL PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, SO, BUT THIS WOULD BE FUN. AND THEIR GRANDFATHER IS A MEMBER OF OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, JOHN UCCI. SO WE ALL KNOW THAT JOHN IS QUITE SMART. SO IT, IT'S IN THE DNA AND THESE KIDS DID A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL JOB. NOLANSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CAME IN SECOND, FRANKLIN WAS IN SECOND PLACE, ALMOST TIED WITH BRENTWOOD UNTIL AFTER THE FINAL QUESTION. AND THEY WAGERED TOO MUCH AND MISSED IT. SO THEY WERE OUT OF THE RUNNING AND THIRD PLACE WENT TO RAVENSWOOD, RAVENSWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. AND SO THEY WERE LAST YEAR'S FIRST PLACE. IT WAS ALL WONDERFUL. AND WE THANK ALL OUR SPONSORS AND ALL. SO NOW THE CHECKS WILL BE IN THE MAIL FOR THEM AS SOON AS THEY GET BACK FROM SPRING BREAK. 800 TO BRENTWOOD, 500 TO NOLANSVILLE, AND 300 TO, UM, RAVENSWOOD. AND IT'S DUE TO THE GENEROSITY OF OUR WONDERFUL SPONSORS, SOME OF WHOM ARE SITTING UP HERE, MAYOR, UH, ANDREWS VICE MAYOR, LITTLE COMMISSIONER DONAHUE. SO, AND THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY SPONSORS. BUT SINCE YOU ARE SITTING HERE, I WANT TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY. SO ANYHOW, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY REPORT. WE WILL HAVE TWO MORE MEETINGS OF THE HIS STORY BOARD THIS MONTH, BUT, UM, I'LL COVER THOSE LATER WHEN WE GET TO 'EM. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER GARRIS. THANK YOU. UM, MAYOR, UH, THE PARK BOARD. WE WILL MEET AGAIN APRIL 6TH AT FIVE 30. UM, JUST RIGHT NEXT DOOR IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME TO THE PARK BOARD MEETING. UM, AND SPEAKING OF PARKS, WE HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF MANAGING WITH, UM, DALE AND THE PUBLIC WORKS TO MANAGE GRANNY WHITE AND, UM, CROCKETT. UM, I WAS OUT THERE AND YOU CAN HEAR THE BASEBALLS AND THE SOFTBALLS, AND SO I'M GRATEFUL TO THE EFFORTS OF, UM, EVERYBODY TO KEEP THOSE OPEN FOR THE SPRING SPORTS AND TENNIS. AND, UM, THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB FOR THAT. [00:15:01] AND, UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON E-BIKES COMING UP HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND SO, UM, AS SPRING COMES AROUND, WE DO WANNA ASK EVERYBODY TO BE COURTEOUS ON THE TRAILS TO BE, WHETHER YOU'RE A WALKER, BIKER, RUNNER, SCOOTER, I BABY CARRIAGE, JUST, UM, BE CONSIDERATE OF EACH OTHER ON THE TRAILS. THIS, UM, PAST WEEK I NOTICED A LOT OF E-BIKES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, LATE AT NIGHT. AND, UM, SO AS YOU'RE DRIVING, BE AWARE OF THESE, THE KIDS, 'CAUSE THEY'RE ANXIOUS TO GET OUT AND I DON'T BLAME 'EM BECAUSE WE FINALLY HAVE SOME DECENT WEATHER AND JUST, UH, WE JUST NEED TO ALL BE AWARE OF EACH OTHER AS WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THE TRAILS AND THE ROADS AND, UM, OTHERWISE, UM, EVERYTHING'S GREAT. AND I, I DO WANNA, UM, SHOUT OUT TO, TO DALE AND, UM, OR TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS AND, UM, UH, JUST PRAISING, UM, THE EFFORTS AND WORKING. THEY CONTINUED TO, TO REACH OUT TO SAY WHAT A GREAT JOB WE'VE DONE. I'VE HAD OTHER PEOPLE FROM, UM, NASHVILLE WHO SAID THEY WOULD LOVE TO LIVE IN OUR CITY JUST TO HAVE ALL THE DEBRIS PICKED UP AND THE EFFORT THAT, UM, HOW QUICK AND EFFICIENT IT'S BEEN. SO, UM, I'M JUST, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOU GUYS DOING SUCH A FANTASTIC JOB, UM, IN MAKING THE CITY LOOK GREAT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY, THANKS. VERY GOOD. YEAH, I DON'T THINK THEY KNOW THE HALF OF IT. NO, NO. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF REASONS THEY WANNA LIVE HERE. YEAH. , UH, COMMISSIONER DONAHUE. YES. UH, JUST WANNA PIGGYBACK ON COMMISSIONER GARETH'S REMARKS ABOUT THANKING THE STAFF. IT'S BEEN AMAZING. ALL GOOD COMMENTS. UH, A FEW, LIKE, WHEN ARE YOU GONNA GET TO US? AND I JUST REFER THEM TO THE WEBSITE, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY USEFUL, ESPECIALLY HAVING THE MAP, UH, AND EVERYTHING HAS, HAS WORKED REALLY WELL. AND ALSO SHOUT OUT, ESPECIALLY TO PUBLIC WORKS. UM, SOMEBODY CONTACTED ME ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO THAT LIVED IN THE SOUTHERN WOODS AREA, AND THEY WERE LIKE, WHEN DID THEY COME IN? WE KNOW WE'RE ON A CUL-DE-SAC. AND THEN, UH, OVER THIS WEEKEND THEY EMAILED ME BACK AND THEY'RE LIKE, IT WAS AMAZING. THEY BROUGHT A SMALL TRUCK DOWN. NOT ONLY DID THEY PICK UP THE DEBRIS, BUT THEN THEY BROUGHT A BOBCAT IN AND CLEANED UP THE STREET FROM WHERE IT HAD ALL BEEN PILED UP. AND SO, VERY IMPRESSIVE AND, AND JUST HOW THOROUGH EVERYTHING IS. IT IS GREAT. UM, AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF, IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, OUR CURRENT SET OF ADMINISTRATORS OR WHO CAME UP WITH IT, BUT I FOUND OUT TODAY AFTER TALKING TO, UH, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, THAT WE HAD A DEBRIS MANAGEMENT PLAN EVEN BEFORE WE HAD A DISASTER. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHER CITIES ARE, ARE THAT WELL PREPARED, UM, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE FORETHOUGHT FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN BEFORE US THAT REALLY GOT THAT IN PLACE AND, UM, AND, AND ALLOWED US TO, UH, KIND OF BE FIRST IN LINE FOR DEBRIS REMOVAL. UM, AND TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA VOTE FOR ONE PERSON FOR THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, I JUST WANNA SAY IS PROBABLY THE, UH, MOST AMAZING GROUP OF WELL QUALIFIED PEOPLE. UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN ONLY PICK ONE. UH, BUT I THOUGHT EVERYBODY HAD A LOT, HAD A PARTICULAR STRENGTH THAT WOULD REALLY, IF WE COULD PUT ALL FIVE OF THEM TOGETHER ON THE BOARD, THAT WOULD BE, UH, AMAZING FOR OUR CITY. BUT, UH, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T GET ELECTED IN, I JUST HOPE THEY APPLY FOR SOME OF OUR OTHER BOARDS OR JOIN SOME VOLUNTEER COMMITTEES BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF, UH, TALENT OUT THERE IN OUR CITY. UM, MOVING ON TO MY FAVORITE BUILDING IN THE CITY, THE LIBRARY TODAY, THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE MET AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, TEEN ROOM. WE HAVE CHOSEN DANIEL'S CHANDLER AS THE COMPANY TO HELP US WITH THE CONCEPT AND POSSIBLY DEPENDING HOW THINGS GO, THE ACTUAL, UH, DESIGN AND, AND BUILDING. UH, THEY PRESENTED TODAY, THEIR INITIAL CONCEPTUAL PLAN TO US IN PERSON, UH, HELPED US KINDA SEE WHAT THEIR OVERALL DESIGN THEME IS. WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH THEM IN ABOUT, UH, TWO WEEKS OR SO TO SEE WHERE THEY'VE DONE WITH OUR, UH, INFORMATION AND HOW THAT GOES. UM, THEY HAVE A PRETTY QUICK TIMELINE FOR COMING BACK. AND SO AS A CITY COMMISSION, WE MAY BE SEEING THEM IN LATE MAY OR EARLY JUNE. WE MIGHT BE SEEING A FINAL PLAN AND A REQUEST FOR FUNDS FROM THE HOLD FUNDS. UM, THE RENOVATIONS IN THE QUIET ROOM HAVE STARTED, SO THAT THAT SHOULD BE DONE, UH, BY THE BEGINNING OF JUNE. SO RIGHT IN TIME TO MOVE TO THE NEXT PROJECT. UH, AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GONNA USE QUIET ROOM ARE NOW USING THE BRENTWOOD ROOM. SO A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY. UM, AND THE HATS OFF TO THE LIBRARY STAFF, ESPECIALLY, UH, WITH THEIR WORK IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA. THEY MOVED ALL OF THE BOOKS AND ALL OF THE SHELVING INTO THE MEETING ROOMS, BUT STILL MANAGED TO FIND BOOKS FOR PATRONS THAT WANTED TO CHECK THEM OUT. AND BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO EMPTY IT OUT AND GET RID OF THE CARPET THAT YOU SEE, UH, UP THERE AND THE, THE TOP PICTURE, UM, ALL THE CARPET SQUARE WERE REMOVED, THE CARPET WAS REPLACED, THE PAINTING WAS REFRESHED, AND THEY UPDATED ALL THE ELECTRICAL AND THEY FINISHED A WEEK EARLY. SO PRETTY AMAZING STUFF. THE NEW CARPET LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. YOU CAN SEE IT ON, ESPECIALLY IN THE LEFT HAND PICTURE WHERE YOU SEE THE LIGHT ON IT. UM, AND THE LITTLE BRICK PATHWAY THERE, THE EPOXY COATED TO MAKE IT SMOOTHER SO THAT THE STROLLERS AND THE, AND LIBRARY CARTS AND EVERYTHING CAN, UH, GO [00:20:01] OVER THERE MUCH MORE EASILY. BUT A LOT OF WORK, UH, DONE BY THE STAFF AT THE LIBRARY, UH, DOING IT ALL THEMSELVES. UH, MOVING THAT WITH SOME, UH, HELP FROM OUR FACILITIES MANAGER. UM, THE, UH, TEEN ROOM, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE QUIET SPACE. UM, USAGE WISE, THERE WERE, EVEN THOUGH THE MONTH WAS A LITTLE BIT SHORT AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS STORM, UH, RELATED CLOSURES, WE STILL HAD 19,000 PEOPLE USE THE LIBRARY. IN FEBRUARY. 1600 CHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN PROGRAMS, 600 TEENS AND 760 ADULTS ALL IN PROGRAMS. THE STUDY ROOMS HAD, UM, 587 BOOKINGS FOR THOSE STUDY ROOMS, THE SMALL STUDY ROOMS ON THE HALLS. AND EVEN THOUGH 17 DAYS OF CLOSURE IN THE MEETING ROOMS, THEY STILL MANAGED TO HAVE, UM, SEVEN RESERVATIONS AND ABOUT 225 PEOPLE USE 'EM. SO AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK GOING ON AT THE LIBRARY. UNDERSTAND. AND IT'S YEAHAND. YES MA'AM. YOU'RE ALL ROLLING. AND WE'RE NOT REAL BUSY TONIGHT, SO I'LL ASK THIS. BUT THE TEENS, DID THEY HAVE A LITTLE GOVERNING BOARD? SO THEY DO THEY HAVE A TEEN ADVISORY BOARD AND, AND HAVE IT, HOW ARE THOSE PEOPLE CHOSEN? I THINK THAT THEY JUST KIND OF VOLUNTEER. I'M SORRY, DIRECTOR LEE, IF YOU COULD JUST, OKAY. SO THEY, THEY JUST VOLUNTEER AND, AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PLETHORA OF VOLUNTEERS, SO, UM, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH ALL ON IT. ARE THEY INVOLVED IN THIS TEEN ROOM? YES. SO THEY ARE, SO DOTTIE, THE TEEN LIBRARIAN HAS WORKED WITH THEM. THEY'VE DONE SURVEYS OF BOTH THE TEEN ADVISORY BOARD AS WELL AS TEENS THAT USE THE ROOM AND ASKED THEM WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES WERE IN TERMS OF EQUIPMENT IN THERE AND, AND USAGE OF SPACE. AND WE DID HAVE A, A CONVERSATION WITH DOTTIE TODAY BECAUSE THE MEMBERS OF THE LIBRARY BOARD REVIEW COMMITTEE, ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE, UH, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE FLEXIBLE SO THAT SHE CAN HOLD PROGRAMS IN THERE. AND, UH, WHAT WE FOUND OUT WAS BECAUSE OF THE, THE NEW SPACE THEY HAVE, EVEN THOUGH IT HASN'T BEEN RENOVATED, THE USAGE HAS GONE UP EVEN MORE THAN ANTICIPATED. SO SHE FIGURES THAT THEY PROBABLY WILL NOT USE THE ROOM ITSELF FOR PROGRAMMING BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE FAIR TO THOSE THAT ARE ACTUALLY USING IT TO KICK THEM OUT AT VARIOUS TIMES TO PUT A PROGRAM IN THERE. AND SHE USES, FOR THE MOST PART, THE CRAFT ROOM AND OTHER ROOMS ANYHOW, FOR THE TEEN SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING. SO THAT'S GONNA CHANGE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE WERE THINKING OF THE ROOM. WELL, THAT REALLY SOUNDS DYNAMIC. THA I'VE OFTEN WONDERED HOW ALL THOSE PIECES FIT TOGETHER. YES. THANK YOU. YEP. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER TRAVIS. THANK YOU. UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION MET ON MARCH THE SECOND. ALL ITEMS WERE VERY ROUTINE AND THEY WERE ALL ON CONSENT ITEM. UH, WE'VE HAD MOSTLY CONSENT THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS, AND I STRESS, AGAIN, IT'S BECAUSE WE'VE LAID OUT OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS SO CLEAR THAT IT, IT PEOPLE ARE, ARE HOLDING TO THAT. AND THAT'S VERY GOOD. UM, JUST WANTED TO ALSO COMMENT ON THE HISTORY BOWL, AND I REALLY ENJOYED IT. UM, THE JUDGING IS, IS TEMP. YOU DON'T WANNA MISS ANYTHING WHILE YOU'RE THERE. BUT THE QUESTIONS WERE VERY, VERY GOOD. I ACTUALLY HAD A FRIEND WHOSE DAUGHTER CAME AND SHE CAME SIMPLY BECAUSE SHE ADMIRED SARAH BAIRD SO MUCH. AND THERE WERE SEVERAL OF 'EM OUT THERE, AND THEY SAID THAT THAT'S WHY THEY WERE SITTING THERE. AND JUST THINK TO HAVE THAT IMPACT THAT YOUR STUDENTS WILL COME BACK MUCH AFTER COLLEGE TO ATTEND THE HISTORY BOWL. I THINK THAT'S AMAZING AND SPEAKS WELL OF THE HISTORY BOWL ITSELF TOO. UM, PUBLIC WORKS. GREAT JOB. 250,000 WASHING MACHINES. I LIKE THAT. THAT'S REALLY GOOD. UM, THAT'S A LOT OF, THAT'S A LOT OF JUNK, YOU KNOW. UM, PUBLIC WORKS IS, CONTINUES A GREAT JOB. UM, I'VE REALLY ONLY RECEIVED A TWO OR THREE LETTERS OF COMPLAINT. UM, I HAD ONE GENTLEMAN SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, JUST TIMING IS EVERYTHING. HAD ONE GENTLEMAN WRITE ME BEFORE I COULD DO ANYTHING, THREE HOURS LATER HE WROTE AND SAID THEY HADN'T PICKED UP MY STUFF. THREE HOURS LATER HE WROTE, HE SAID, YOU MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING. THEY PICKED IT UP. I HADN'T DONE ANYTHING, BUT WE WON'T TELL HIM THAT. AND, UH, IT'S JUST YOUR CREW BEING OUT THERE. I DO THINK THE NEXT THE NEXT PASS WILL BE A LITTLE HARDER IN A WAY. AND THERE'LL BE DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS. THE STORM IS WAY BEHIND US AND THEY'RE GONNA FORGET SOME OF THAT. BUT LET LET IT BE KNOWN THAT MYSELF AND I THINK OUR COMMISSIONERS REALIZE WHAT A GOOD JOB THE PUBLIC WORKS AND THE ENTIRE STAFF OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD DID DURING THAT CRISIS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER PIPPEN. UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. UH, THE TREE BOARD HAS NOT MET FOR MARCH YET. HOWEVER, UH, TREE BOARD MEMBERS LYNN TUCKER, BILL KRAUS, TRACY STADNIK, AMY THOMPSON, HALEY YARD, AND MYSELF GATHERED AT THE LIBRARY ON SATURDAY MORNING, UH, TO JUDGE THE ARBOR DAY ART POSTERS. AND THERE WERE SO MANY WONDERFUL AND CREATIVE ENTRIES. I MEAN, LITERALLY THAT, FRANKLY, CHOOSING THE WINNERS WAS A BIT [00:25:01] OF A CHALLENGE TO BE HONEST. BUT WE NARROWED THE FIELD TO THREE TOP CHOICES AND TWO HONORABLE MENTIONS. AND THOSE ENTRIES ARE CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY IN THE CASE RIGHT INSIDE THE LIBRARY DOOR. THERE WE GO. SO, UM, LEAVE THAT ONE UP THERE. 'CAUSE WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT ONE IN, OH, THERE WE ARE, IN ALL OUR GLORY. DID A GREAT JOB. AND, AND THE LIBRARY WAS VERY HELPFUL. THE LIBRARY STAFF WAS VERY HELPFUL IN GETTING US LADDERS AND BROOMS OR WHATEVER WE NEEDED TO, TO GET ALL THIS DONE. UM, WE ALSO HAD A WRITING CONTEST TO JUDGE, UH, FROM WHICH THE WINNING ENTRIES WERE CHOSEN. AND, UH, IF YOU GO BACK TO ONE THAT THE SLIDE BEFORE THAT, THE WRITING, WRITING STUFF IS ON THE RIGHT. THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE IMAGES. UH, AGAIN, SO MUCH AMAZING TALENT IN OUR SCHOOLS. IT'S, IT'S MIND BOGGLING REALLY. IT MADE FOR AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES, SO TO SPEAK. UH, SO OUR TASK WAS, AGAIN, CHALLENGING IN THIS CATEGORY AS WELL. UH, THE WINNING WRITING CONTEST ENTRIES ARE DISPLAYED IN THAT CASE, BUT THAT CASE IS NOT IN THE FRONT ENTRANCE, IT'S IN THE GATHERING ROOM. SO IT DRAWS YOU BACK TOWARD THE BACK OF THE LIBRARY. AND THEY JUST LOOKED, IT LOOKS TERRIFIC. UH, CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS AND THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT. SO PLEASE GO TO THE LIBRARY AND WHEN YOU GO TO CHECK OUT A BOOK AND, UH, MAKE A POINT TO SEE BOTH OF THOSE DISPLAYS, WHICH BOTH REALLY LOOK GOOD. AND BY THE WAY, THIS YEAR, INSTEAD OF, UH, PRICE CHECKS, THE CITY WILL BE ISSUING GIFT CARDS FOR THE WINNER. IS I, AM I CORRECT ABOUT THAT? GIFT CARDS ARE COMING OUT INSTEAD. UH, LYNN LYNN TUCKER HAS ALREADY CONTACTED THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THEY WILL HAVE THESE CARDS READY FOR THE WINNERS. AT THE ARBOR DAY, UH, FESTIVITIES, CONNOR SCHUMANN WILL HAVE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT PREPARE THE CERTIFICATES THEMSELVES FOR THE WINNERS IN THE SAME WAY IT'S BEEN DONE IN PAST YEARS. UH, SOUTHERN DREAMS LANDSCAPING HAS INDICATED THAT THEY'LL BE BRINGING THE TREE THAT WILL BE DONATED TO THE WINNER OF THE ACORN CONTEST. NOW YOU SAW THE JAR FULL OF ACORNS THERE IN THE FIRST IMAGE THAT WE SHOWED. UH, YOU NEED TO COUNT THOSE AND NO X-RAY OR LIDARS IS, IS ALLOWED. SO YOU FIGURE THAT OUT. AND, UH, IT'S ALSO ON THE TABLE TO THE RIGHT JUST AS YOU ENTER, UH, THE LIBRARY. AND, UH, AMY, UH, THOMPSON HAS THAT SECRET NUMBER, BUT NO AMOUNT OF TORTURE OR COERCION WOULD GET IT OUT OF HER. SO SHE'S BEING VERY TIGHT-LIPPED. UH, REMEMBER WE'LL NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK ON MARCH THE 21ST, AND THAT'S AT THE SERVICE CENTER AT 8:00 AM AND THAT'S TO BAG UP ALL THE TREES THAT WILL BE GIVEN OUT, UM, AT, ON ARBOR DAY, WHICH IS THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY. NOW THAT'S ONLY 12 DAYS FROM TODAY. AND SO PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR, PLEASE. WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE. WE CAN'T HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE. AND FINALLY, THE FULL BLOWN ARBOR DAY EVENT ITSELF IS ONLY 19 DAYS AWAY. AND THAT'S ON MARCH THE 28TH. AND, UH, THAT'S FROM, UH, THAT STARTS AT 10:00 AM SO BE THERE BECAUSE IT'LL BE TREMENDOUS. OH, I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE. GOOD, STEVE. I'M HERE UNTIL THURSDAY. TRY THE MEAL . APPRECIATE IT. AND ON THAT NOTE, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR . THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. ALRIGHT. WHAT MAYOR? LITTLE. ALRIGHT. RIGHT. UM, ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH, I HAD THE JOY TO GO TO CRO ELEMENTARY AND PARTICIPATE IN THEIR ANNUAL SPELLING BEE. I WANT TO THANK THE PRINCIPAL BRONWYN RECTOR AND, AND STEPHANIE HICKS, WHO'S THE TEACHER WHO ALWAYS ORGANIZES KIDS WERE AMAZING. IT WAS, UH, UH, FIRST, SECOND AND FIFTH GRADE. AND, UM, THEY ALL WENT TO A HIGHER GRADE LEVEL ON THE SPELLING WORDS BEFORE FINALLY ONE WOULD BE SELECTED FROM A PARTICULAR CLASS. AND A COUPLE OF TIMES, UH, MS HI MS. HIGGS HAD TO ACTUALLY GET MORE WORD LIST FOR US TO DO. AND SO EVERY TIME THAT WOULD HAPPEN, I WOULD JUST TELL THE KIDS THAT WAS OVERTIME HOCKEY. AND, UH, AND I WAS JUST AMAZED. I MEAN, IT WAS, UH, AND SOME OF THE WORDS, LIKE EVEN THE FIRST GRADERS WERE DOING, I WAS LIKE, I DON'T THINK I'D HAVE KNOWN THAT WORD IN FIRST GRADE, BUT THEY, IT WAS, IT WAS JUST A LOT OF FUN. IT, IT ALWAYS MAKES YOU VERY PROUD OF OUR, OUR, UM, COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS IN EDUCATION IN THIS COUNTY AND IN OUR CITY. SO, UM, I WANNA THANK PUBLIC WORKS OF COURSE AS WELL. UH, JUST TREMENDOUS JOB. UH, AND, AND, AND GETTING, AND, AND I THINK WE HAVE ESTIMATED 5.2 TO 5.8 MILLION IN THAT RANGE OF WHAT THE COST WILL BE. AND THAT'S AN ESTIMATE BECAUSE WE STILL AREN'T THERE. BUT I WOULD SAY IF INDIVIDUALS, 'CAUSE IF YOU'VE EVER HAD A TREE TAKEN DOWN, THE HAULING OFF OF THE DEBRIS IS SOMETIMES MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE ACTUAL CUTTING OF THE TREE AND THE GRINDING OF THE STOMP. SO I I I WOULD SAY IT'S PROBABLY, UH, I HAVE NO WAY TO KNOW HOW TO FIGURE THAT, BUT UNTOLD MILLIONS, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE DOING IT A PIECE AT A TIME, [00:30:01] ANYTHING YOU DO THAT'S PRODUCTION ORIENTED AND YOU'RE DOING A PIECE AT A TIME, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE. SO WE'VE, WE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE SPENDING MONEY, WE HAVE SAVED OUR TAXPAYERS THEIR OWN PERSONAL DOLLARS, UH, I FEEL LIKE. AND SO THAT'S, I THINK A GREAT BENEFIT. AND, UM, SPEAKING OF HISTORY AND BEING A SPONSOR, IT'S ALWAYS MY HONOR TO BE A SPONSOR. I HAD MS. BAIRD, I THINK FOR FIVE CLASSES AT FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL, . AND SO I ALWAYS LIKED THAT. AND SHE ALSO, MY SENIOR YEAR, WE WENT TO EUROPE ON THOSE STUDENT TYPE TRIPS AND SHE WAS OUR CHAPERONE. AND, UH, SO SHE ALWAYS HELD A DEAR PLACE IN MY HEART. AND THEN MY COUSIN, ANCE LITTLE WOULD NOT BE VERY HAPPY WITH ME, I THINK IF I DIDN'T SPONSOR THE HISTORY BOWL AND WE WON'T MEET AGAIN. UH, SPEAKING OF HISTORY TILL AFTER ST. PATRICK'S DAY, WHICH IF YOU REALLY WANNA STUDY AN AMAZING LIFE, ST. PATRICK WAS A GREAT MISSIONARY AND, AND GREAT. SO I'LL LEAVE MY COMMENTS WITH, MAY THE ROAD RISE TO MEET YOU. MAY THE SUN ALWAYS BE AT YOUR BACK AND MAY THE RAIN FALL GENTLY ON YOUR FIELDS. AND UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, MAY GOD HOLD YOU IN THE PALM OF HIS HANDS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THANK YOU. UH, LIKE SOME OF THE HISTORY BULL AND, UH, AND COMMISSIONER DUN, I HATED TO MISS IT THIS YEAR. YOU KNOW, I'M ABLE TO MAKE MOST OF 'EM AND IS OUT TOWN AND, UH, I ALMOST FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO CANCEL THE TRIP , IT WAS SO FUN TO COME THERE AND SEE THAT HAD BEEN HERE WOULD'VE COME. NO DOUBT IN MY MIND ABOUT THAT. SO, ABSOLUTELY. JUST, JUST LOVE THAT. AND ANOTHER THING I HATED TO MISS OUT OF TOWN FOR IT AS WELL WAS THE POLAR PLUNGE THIS YEAR. AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IF ANYONE MISSED IT, YOU KNOW, OUR BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CHIEF COLVIN WHO'S RIGHT HERE LED BOTH THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE TEAM FUNDRAISING FOR THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS POLAR PLUNGE 2026. SO I, I, I THINK YOU SAID OUT WHAT YOU PROBABLY THOUGHT WAS A LOFTY GOAL AND, UH, HIT 143% OF YOUR, UH, OF THE GOAL WAS ALREADY A STRETCH. AND, UH, JUST FANTASTIC JOB. AND IT IS SUCH A GREAT CAUSE. AND AS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, LOVE THAT TRADITION. UM, SO A LOT OF, A LOT OF GOOD TRADITIONS GOING ON. UH, JUST ON A, A LITTLE BIT OF A HEAVIER NOTE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE THINGS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT WHERE WE, UH, ARE HAVING TO TAKE SOME POSITIONS AS A STATE OF BRENTWOOD THAT WE DON'T USUALLY HAVE TO COMMENT ON. UM, ONE OF WHICH, YOU KNOW, UM, AND MAYBE ARGUABLY THE LIGHTER OF THE TWO ODDLY, BUT WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WINTER STORM FERN THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT, AND DAILY REPUBLIC WORK STAFF HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB HELPING OUR CITY STAY ON ITS FEET AND GET BACK ON ITS FEET WITH BOTH CLEARING THE ICE, CLEARING THE ROADS, CLEARING THE DEBRIS. BUT I'LL TELL YOU FROM, UM, FOR BEING ON A CITY COMMISSION THAT HAS NO AUTHORITY OVER ELECTRICAL UTILITIES, I FEEL LIKE I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT ELECTRICAL UTILITIES. UM, ONE OF WHICH WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME THAT NES COVERED A, A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF BRENTWOOD, BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE CHARTER OF NES ACTUALLY PREVENTS BRENTWOOD FROM BEING REPRESENTED WITH NES. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WELL, UM, WELL THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THE STORM AND I THINK IT WAS A, A TOUGH THING. BUT I REALLY DO THINK, UH, A RESOLUTION TONIGHT, 20 26, 29, YOU KNOW, ASKING NES TO CONSIDER UPDATING THEIR CHARTER AND ASKING METRO TO UPDATE THEIR CHARTER SO OUR COMMUNITY CAN BE REPRESENTED, UM, ON, ON THE DECISION MAKING AND ON THE BOARD WITH ANY, YES, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. UM, UH, A LITTLE BIT HEAVIER, UM, RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 28, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS COMING ABOUT BECAUSE THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY COMMISSION ADOPTED RESOLUTION TWO DASH 26 POINT 20, WHICH IS ASKING THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO ENACT LEGISLATION THAT PROPOSES TO MATERIALLY ALTER A LONGSTANDING PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE FRAMEWORK THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR DECADES WHERE MUNICIPALITIES, TAXPAYERS, AND PRIVATE STAKEHOLDERS. WELL, SHOULD WE BE DISCUSSING THIS SINCE IT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I'M JUST DISCUSSING IN COMMENTS. I'M JUST MAKING THE COMMENT ABOUT IT. WELL, I'M JUST WONDERING, IS THIS, IS THAT KOSHER TO DISCUSS IT PRE, PRE AGENDA WHEN IT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? WELL, I THINK, I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO TAKE IT OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA SO WE COULD ALL COMMENT ON IT THEN IF WE GONNA BE OH, WE'D LIKE TO THAT. OKAY. SO WE CAN TAKE THAT OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA. ABSOLUTELY. IF YOU DON'T MIND, I DON'T MIND A BIT, UH, I WAS GONNA DO THE COMMENTS HERE, JUST KNOWING WE WERE IN AGREEMENT ON IT, SO I DIDN'T THINK IT NEEDED TO BE REMOVED, BUT, UH, ALRIGHT. SO WE WILL REMOVE THAT IS ITEM, UH, YEAH, ITEM NUMBER SIX. WE'LL MOVE THAT TO THE REGULAR AGENDA [00:35:06] MERIT. I'D ASK FOR NUMBER THREE TO BE MOVED. OKAY. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT. SO MOVING ITEM NUMBER THREE TO THE REGULAR AGENDA FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. SO I WAS ON A ROLL, SO I GUESS I'LL HOLD MY COMMENT AND UH, AND JUST SAY, UM, YEAH, I THINK IT IS WORTH TALKING ABOUT IF, IF YOU'RE THROUGH, I WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING TO THE GENERAL CONVERSATION, NOT THAT WELL, SURE. OKAY. UM, LISTENING TO ALL THE BOARD REPORTS, I JUST THINK THAT OUR VOLUNTEER BOARDS ARE SO IMPORTANT. I LOOK AT THE TREE BOARD AND HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY THE LIBRARY BOARD, THE TEAM CENTER DOWN THERE, THE HISTORY HISTORIC BOARD WITH THE BRENTWOOD ACADEMY, I MEAN, BOWLING SPRING ACADEMY AND OUR PROGRAM FOR THIRD GRADERS AND THE HISTORIC BOARD. UH, UNFORTUNATELY THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOESN'T GET TO INTERACT WITH YOUNG PEOPLE VERY OFTEN, BUT THEY CERTAINLY INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY AT, AT SUBJECTS THAT ARE VERY CLOSE TO THEIR HEART. AND OF COURSE THE PARKS, YOU HAVE ALL THE, YOU KNOW, SPORTS PROGRAMS AND I'M SURE EVERY CITY HAS THAT GOAL. BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S SO NICE. THAT'S WHY I LOVE BEING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYBODY WANTS TO BE IN STATE OR NATIONAL BECAUSE YOU INTERACT WITH PEOPLE AND THEY, I HOPE THAT THEY WILL AWAY FEELING THAT GOVERNMENT CAN BE OF SERVICE IN THEIR LIFE. I WENT INTO GOVERNMENT 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK GOVERNMENT'S BAD. I THINK IT SHOULD SERVE THE PEOPLE. AND I LIKE TO THINK THAT THOSE THAT INTERACT WITH OUR BOARDS WALK AWAY WITH THAT FEELING. THAT'S BEEN MY GOAL. AND I THINK EVERY ONE OF YOU ARE THE SAME WAY. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, I'M JUST GONNA CLIMB UP ON MY HIGH HORSE OR MY SOAPBOX, I DON'T KNOW WHICH, AND SAY THAT TONIGHT, BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES BRENTWOOD DOES A LOT OF GOOD THAT WE DON'T REALLY TOOT OUR HORN ABOUT. AND, AND I DON'T MEAN AS INDIVIDUALS, BUT I MEAN AS POLICY FOR THE CITY. IT'S REALLY GOOD. SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THAT TIME, MAYOR TO SAY THOSE THINGS. ABSOLUTELY. WELL, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ANY OF THE COMMENTS THEN WE'LL CLOSE THE COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO [ Consent Agenda] THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE. WE WILL GENERALLY BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION EXCEPT FOR ANY ITEMS THAT ARE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THE ITEMS AT THIS TIME. SO, UH, WE ARE REMOVING ITEM NUMBER THREE, RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 25 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO THE REGULAR AGENDA, AND ALSO MOVING ITEM, UH, NUMBER SIX. YEAH. UH, RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 28, UH, TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? I HAVE TO READ, YOU HAVE TO READ IT IN. OH, READ IT IN FIRST. OKAY. DON ANSWER. YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. TYPICALLY DO THAT'S TRUE. FAIR ENOUGH. YEAH. YEAH, I KNOW THAT. OKAY. SO WE'LL START WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 23 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH ROBOTICS INC. FOR ROBOTIC MOWERS FOR ADOPTION CONSENT. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 24 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH RO SHOWS INC FOR THE 2026 INDEPENDENCE DAY FIREWORKS SHOW FOR ADOPTION CONSENT. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 26 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND CHANGE ORDER WITH PRO SHOT CONCRETE FOR PIPE REPAIR AND LINING FOR ADOPTION CONSENT. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 27 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CHANGE ORDER WITH FOUR STAR PAVING LLC FOR ANNUAL ROADWAY REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS FOR ADOPTION CONSENT. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 29 RESOLUTION. RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT A COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY CONSIDER AND ADOPT AN AMENDMENT TO HIS CHARTER TO PROVIDE FOR REPRESENTATION OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO RECEIVE ELECTRIC SERVICE FROM NASHVILLE ELECTRIC SERVICE AND CONSENT AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER SIX, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE AVALON SECURITY CAMERAS. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT. I'LL SECOND. UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DONAHUE. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TRAVIS. UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, SO I GUESS, UH, CITY ATTORNEY COR, DO WE START WITH THE ITEMS WE'VE MOVED TO THE REGULAR AGENDA OR DO WE PUT THEM AT THE END OF THE, UH, NEW BUSINESS? I THINK IT'S WHATEVER THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION IS. WE'VE DONE IT BOTH WAYS. SO, WELL, I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WE'LL JUST DO THESE, UH, [00:40:01] JUST HELP KEEP MY OWN MIND WRAPPED AROUND THIS. SO, UH, FIRST ITEM ON [3. Resolution 2026-25 - A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH MCBRIDE DALE CLARION FOR CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE 2040 PLAN AND UPDATED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN, for adoption] THE REGULAR AGENDA WILL BE RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 25 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH MCBRIDE DALE CLARION FOR CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE 2040 PLAN AND UPDATED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN FOR ADOPTION. DO I HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE? MOVE TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE. COMMISSIONER TRAVIS SECOND. COMMISSIONER DONAHUE. ALRIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE DISCUSSION. UH, COMMISSIONER TRAVIS, YOU SAID YOU HAD SOME COMMENTS YOU TOLD ME ABOUT EARLIER? YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS, UM, AT OUR INFO MEETINGS AND YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF POINTING OUT ALL OUR PAST RECORDS AND THIS IS VERY, A VERY VALUABLE DOCUMENT FOR THE FUTURE. AND I JUST THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT AND I HOPE THAT THIS PUTS A LITTLE MORE, UH, SPECIAL FOCUS ON IT. IT'S A BIG PROJECT, IT'S A NECESSARY PROJECT. WE'RE BLESSED IN BRENTWOOD TO BE, HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN BUSINESS. AND I THINK SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES USUALLY HAVE A FIVE YEAR PLAN, 10 YEAR PLAN. AND I THINK THIS IS JUST AN OFFSHOOT OF THAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON THIS. MAYOR. I JUST WANTED THAT TO BE SAID. VERY GOOD. UH, OTHER COMMENTS? MY ONLY COMMENT WOULD BE TO JUST, YOU TALKED ABOUT WE HAVE A LOT OF SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES. I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF SUCCESSFUL INDIVIDUALS AND IN VARIOUS FIELDS, AND I HOPE THAT THOSE PEOPLE WHO APPLY FOR OUR DIFFERENT BOARDS WHO MAYBE AREN'T ON THEM OR HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ON A BOARD AND AREN'T ON A BOARD RIGHT NOW, WOULD CONSIDER STRONGLY APPLYING TO BE ON THE 2040 BOARD. VERY GOOD. OTHER COMMENTS? WELL, MY ONLY OBJECTION WAS THE COST, BUT I, AS I TOLD OUR CITY MANAGER OF MY NEXT LIFE, I WANT TO BE A CONSULTANT. , IT'S, THE COST IS ENORMOUS FOR THESE THINGS, BUT THERE'S NO GETTING AROUND IT. RIGHT, UNFORTUNATELY. BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO LIKE IT, SO AGREED. SO I'LL VOTE FOR IT, BUT OTHERS, AND, UH, TO ECHO Y'ALL'S COMMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE HAD A 2000 PLAN, A 2020 OR 2010 PLAN, THE, THE VERY CATCHY 2020 PLAN WITH THE 2020 VISION, THE 2030 PLAN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MOST RECENT UPDATE WAS ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO FOR THE 2030 PLAN. SO IT IS TIME TO DO THE 2040 PLAN AND UP POINT OUT. MM-HMM . VERY LITTLE CHANGE OCCURRED VERY LITTLE, WHICH IS THE GOAL OF HAVING A PLAN. MM-HMM . I MEAN, YOU PLAN AHEAD AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS, BUT NOBODY THREW ANYTHING OUT THE WINDOW AND STARTED FROM SCRATCH. SO, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO PLAN THE COMMUNITY, I THINK, TO, TO KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING. YEAH. AND, AND NOT TO BE CONTRARY, BUT I WILL SAY THAT IF I, IF I STILL HAD THE SAME WARDROBE I HAD FROM 10 YEARS AGO, OR IF, UH, WE HADN'T FRESHENED THE PAINT OR THE CARPET OF THE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I DO THINK THAT THE PLAN IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP THE VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY. BUT, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, AS WE TALK ABOUT OUR, OUR BOTH OUR RESIDENTIAL AND OUR BUSINESS DISTRICTS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SITTING OUT TO MAKE BRENTWOOD, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE HOME OF VINTAGE HOUSING AND BUSINESS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. WE WANT IT TO BE, YOU KNOW, VERY RELEVANT AND WE WANT IT TO BE VERY, UM, WELL JUST REFLECT THE VALUES OF OUR COMMUNITY, BE VERY DESIRABLE, UH, BE VERY ASPIRATIONAL. I THINK BRENTWOOD, UH, YOU KNOW, AT ITS BEST IS A VERY FRIENDLY, ASPIRATIONAL COMMUNITY AND A VERY ATTAINABLE COMMUNITY, UM, THAT PEOPLE REALLY CONNECT TO. SO HOPEFULLY, UM, WE CAN CONTINUE THOSE VALUES FORWARD. BUT LIKE YOU SAY, BRENTWOODS NEVER TO MY KNOWLEDGE, REINVENTED ITSELF. AND I, I DON'T THINK WE PLAN ON DOING IT NOW. I JUST THINK WE NEED TO FIND OUT HOW DO WE EXECUTE THE SAME VALUES IN A, IN A RELEVANT WAY. BUT TO THAT POINT, THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT PEOPLE GET INVI INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS, JUST THAT THEY'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, PAY ATTENTION TO IT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT ONLY IS GONNA BE AS GOOD AS THE COMMUNITY MAKES IT. SO I HOPE PEOPLE AND CITIZENS WILL COME ON OUT THERE AND THEY WON'T JUST DELEGATE IT TO THE SEVEN OF US, BUT THEY'LL REALLY GO AHEAD, AHEAD AND WEIGH INTO IT AND USE IT AS A GREAT WAY TO COMMUNICATE TO US WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE BRENTWOOD TO BE LIKE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DECADES. SO YEAH, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. ALRIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? ALRIGHT, CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? VERY GOOD. PASSES. ALRIGHT, SO AS I STARTED TALKING ABOUT A MOMENT AGO, WE HAVE, UH, [6. Resolution 2026-28 - A RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING COOPERATIVE GROWTH PLANNING IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND OPPOSING WILLIAMSON COUNTY COMMISSION’S ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION PROPOSING TO MATERIALLY ALTER STATE LAW RELATIVE TO SUCH] RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 28 A RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING COOPERATIVE GROWTH PLANNING IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND OPPOSING WILLIAMSON COUNTY COMMISSION'S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION PROPOSING TO MATERIALLY ALTER STATE LAW RELATIVE TO SUCH. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MOVE TO APPROVE. WE APPROVE. COMMISSIONER DONAHUE. SECOND. SECOND COMMISSIONER. LITTLE. ALRIGHT. SO, UH, I STARTED ON A ROLE, SO IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE. UH, WHERE, WHERE I WAS, UH, USUALLY I TRY NOT TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO SPEAK, BUT, [00:45:01] YOU KNOW, UM, HAVING THE COUNTY ENACT LEGISLATION AND THE PROPOSES TO MATERIALLY ALTER LONGSTANDING PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE FRAMEWORKS THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR DECADES UPON WHICH MUNICIPALITIES, TAXPAYERS, AND PRIVATE STAKEHOLDERS HAVE REASONABLY RELIED. UM, I MEAN THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN GOING ON PRETTY MUCH MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE. AND IT'S, I MEAN, ALL THE MAYORS ARE REPRESENTED ON IT FROM EACH OF THE CITIES AND THE COUNTY. IT HAS CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVES ON IT, AND IT'S A VERY THOUGHTFUL PROCESS THAT TAKES, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC COMMENT AND OTHER THINGS INTO ACCOUNT. UM, SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND CHANGING IT, THE IDEA THAT KNOWING THAT CITIZENS WOULD BE ANNEXED INTO A CITY IF THEY REQUEST BEING ANNEXED INTO THE CITY, AND THEY'RE PART OF THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY. SO HAVING THE COUNTY APPARENTLY TAKE VETO RIGHTS AWAY FROM THOSE CITIZENS SEEMS TO BE KIND OF CONTRARY TO PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS. UM, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE DOING THAT. BUT REALLY, I, I THINK AS I REFLECT ON THIS, WHAT REALLY BOTHERS ME THE MOST IS THE FACT THAT CHRISTOPHER RICHARDS, WHO IS ONE OF OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FROM HERE IN BRENTWOOD, VOTED IN FAVOR OF THIS, DIDN'T EVER CALL ME. I'M NOT AWARE OF HIM LOOKING INTO IT AT ALL. AND, UM, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT'S VERY FAIRLY REPRESENTING BRENTWOOD AND MARY SMITH WHO IS RUNNING FOR COUNTY MAYOR. UH, AND I, I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO REMIND HER THAT BRENTWOOD IS IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND WE ARE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE CITY DID NOT CALL TO CONSULT OR CONSIDER. AND BOTH OF THEM CAME OUT IN FAVOR OF THIS. SO, I, I DON'T, I DON'T APPRECIATE THAT AND I DON'T THINK, UM, I DON'T LIKE THIS PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH AND UNILATERALLY ASKING THE LEGISLATURE TO DO SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS THE CITIES WITHOUT CONSULTING WITH US AT ALL. FURTHER COMMENTS, I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS. 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE THERE, I LOVE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY. WE'VE HAD GREAT PARTNERSHIPS WITH THEM OVER THE YEARS AND I'VE ADMIRED SO MANY, UH, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE WORKED DOWN THERE. I'VE ADMIRED THE COUNTY MAYOR IMMENSELY FOR YEARS. I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE GUIDING THIS VOTE WERE MORE INTERESTED IN GARNERING VOTES FROM COUNTY RESIDENTS THAN THEY WERE IN THE GOOD OF THE COUNTY. THIS PROGRAM IN, IN, UM, THE YEAR 2000, WE HAD ALL THESE LITTLE TOWNS POPPING UP CALLED TINY TOWNS THAT WERE INCORPORATING. IT WAS, IT WAS GOVERNMENT RUN AMUCK. SO THE STATE STEPPED IN, REQUIRED THE CITY AND THE COUNTIES TO COME TOGETHER FOR THREE YEARS AND DRAW UP A PLAN. WE SETTLE THE BUFFER ZONES, WE SETTLE, UH, THE, THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES WITH THE BUFFER BETWEEN THEM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE GOT A WONDERFUL ONE WITH NOLANSVILLE THAT WE'VE LIVED WITH AND THEY'RE HAPPY WITH AND WE'RE HAPPY WITH. SO, AND, AND THIS IS SO SEL, THEY KNOW THIS DOESN'T AMOUNT TO A HILL OF BEANS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T ANNEX ANYBODY AGAINST THEIR WILL. SO IT'S LIKE MY SAYING TO YOU, I I AM NOT GONNA DRAW BLOOD FROM YOU. WELL, I CAN'T IF YOU TELL ME NO, BUT I'VE DONE YOU A BIG FAVOR. THEY'RE ACTING, THEY'RE TREATING THESE COUNTY RESIDENTS LIKE, BOY ARE WE DOING YOU A FAVOR? THEY'RE NOT. THE COUNTY RESIDENTS ALREADY HAVE THAT RIGHT TO RESIST BEING ANNEXED IF THEY DON'T WANT TO BE. THIS IS JUST CATERING FOR VOTES. IT'S THAT SIMPLE. AND I WOULD NEVER VOTE FOR IT. NOT AFTER HAVING SAT FOR THREE YEARS, MEETING EVERY TWO WEEKS TO DRAW UP THAT, THAT UH, BOUNDARY AND THEN JUST WHAT, TWO YEARS AGO THEY REMIT AND EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY WITH WHAT EVERY SINGLE MUNICIPALITY AND THE COUNTY PASSED THAT PLAN. NOBODY SPOKE UP THEN, BUT I DON'T GUESS THAT WAS A BIG ELECTION YEAR OR SOMETHING. SO, OH, THE COUNTY MAYOR WASN'T UP FOR ELECTION THEN. SO MAYBE THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE NOW THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. OTHER COMMENTS. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, IN 17 YEARS OF, OF, UH, BEING UP HERE, THE STATE SOMETIMES OVERSTEPS ITS BOUNDARIES AND ENDS UP GETTING INTO BUSINESS THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS IN WITH THE CITIES OR THE COUNTIES. AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THE COUNTY DOES THE SAME THING. [00:50:01] UH, THE CITY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE ARE, AND WE, AND MOST MUNICIPALITIES IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF TAKING CARE OF WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. AND THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF USURPING AUTHORITY WITHOUT LEGITIMATE AND PERSONALLY, I CAN'T BELIEVE ANY BRENTWOOD COMMISSIONER THAT REPRESENTS US AT THE COUNTY LEVEL WOULD, UM, WOULD VOTE FOR THIS BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT OUR UGB, IT'S NOT REAL LARGE. BRENTWOOD HAS NO DESIRE TO BECOME THIS HUGE ENTITY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF WHATEVER IS IN. UM, WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE GROWTH COMMITTEE BRENTWOOD, I DON'T THINK WE ADDED ANY NEW UUGB. UH, AND SO MOST PEOPLE IN BRENTWOOD ARE SATISFIED WITH THE SIZE OF IT. AND IF THEY COULD KEEP BRENTWOOD EXACTLY THIS SIZE, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY WOULD DO. UH, AND NOT HAVE ANYBODY ELSE COME IN. BUT, UH, WE DO HAVE SOMETIMES FOR SEWER REASONS, WATER REASONS OR JUST, UM, 'CAUSE IT MAY BE FAIR TO A LANDOWNER AT SOME POINT, BUT THE LANDOWNER HAS TO DESIRE IT AND IT ALSO HAS TO MAKE SENSE FOR THE CITY. I KNOW SEVERAL TIMES, UM, ESPECIALLY, UH, COMMISSIONER DON, MYSELF AND, UH, MAYOR ANDREWS, UH, AND AND COMMISSIONER TRAVIS, UH, IN THE LAST SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS HAVE BOTH ACCEPTED AND EXCES BECAUSE IT MADE SENSE FOR IT. IT IS THE OLD SAYING IT'S A GOOD DEAL FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED, BUT WE'VE ALSO REJECTED THEM BECAUSE IT WAS WHERE SOMEONE WANTED SEWER AND IT WAS, IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO OUR SEWER SYSTEM, IT WAS REALLY NOT IN OUR WATERSHED, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO, UM, I'M THANKFUL THAT OUR COMMISSION IS DOING THIS RESOLUTION AND JUST SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, STAY IN YOUR LANE. SO THANK YOU MAYOR. COMMISSIONER TRAVIS? YES, MAYOR. UH, I, I JUST THINK WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S BROKEN. I THINK THE SYSTEM WORKS AND UH, I SAY THAT FROM THE EXPERIENCE UP HERE AND THEN I'VE HEARD COMMISSIONER DUNN TALK ABOUT WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED WITH THE URBAN GROWTH PLAN AND HOW EFFECTIVE THAT WAS. THE LAST ONE. YOU REMEMBER THERE WAS A DUST UP BETWEEN THOMPSON STATION AND SPRING HILL AND YOU KNOW WHAT, IT GOT WORKED OUT LOCALLY AND THEN IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. I BELIEVE SO. I THINK THE SYSTEM IS RIGHT AND JUST LIKE THE OTHERS THAT HAVE SPOKEN BEFORE ME, I THINK, I THINK THE WAY IT WORKS RIGHT NOW IS VERY FAIR TO OUR PROPERTY OWNERS. AND I THINK WE'VE HAD CASES WHERE WE NEEDED TO SAY NO BECAUSE OF SEWER AND OTHER THINGS. THOSE A VERY GOOD POINT. SO, UM, I I JUST DON'T THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED. I THINK THE URBAN GROWTH PLAN THAT WE HAVE WORKS VERY EFFECTIVELY AND TO AGREE THAT THE EXISTING SYSTEM WORKS. WHAT APPARENTLY DOESN'T WORK IS SOME OF THE PEOPLE ON THE COUNTY COMMISSION. UM, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE CALLS FROM COMMISSIONER O'NEILL AND COMMISSIONER WEBB AND COMMISSIONER IFF AND WE SPOKE THROUGH IT, YOU KNOW, AND NONE OF THEM SUPPORTED THAT TALKING TO THE CITY, DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING FROM COMMISSIONER RICHARDS DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING FROM PROSPECTIVE MAYOR SMITH AND THEY BOTH SUPPORTED IT. I THINK THAT IS A BROKEN PROCESS. I THINK IF THEY HAD CONTACTED US, WE TALKED THROUGH IT AND THEY STILL SUPPORTED IT, I COULD RESPECT THEIR INDEPENDENCE AND THAT, BUT I DO NOT APPRECIATE THEM NOT INCLUDING US IN THE CONVERSATION. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS? ALRIGHT, DO I HAVE, UH, WE GOT THE MOTION ALREADY. I MAKE A MOTION. YES. OH, MOVE TO APPROVE. YES. MR. GARRIS? YES. UH, SECOND. WE HAD A, WE HAD A MOTION. OKAY. OH YEAH, YEAH, WE HAD THAT. ALRIGHT, SO I GUESS CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. OPPOSED, IAIN. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. LITTLE THANK YOU AGAIN FOR KEEPING ME ON TRACK WITH THE, UH, ROBERTS RULES. VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. YOU'VE GOT A LOT MORE TO KEEP UP WITH THAN I DO. . I KIND OF SIT HERE AND PIVOT. IT'S PRETTY EASY. YEAH, WELL, WELL I COUNT ON IT, MAN. YOU CAN'T MISS ANY MORE MEETINGS. ALL RIGHT. SO I GUESS THAT TAKES US ON, UH, THROUGH OLD BUSINESS. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OLD BUSINESS TO BRING UP? ALL RIGHT. NEW [1. Ordinance 2026-04 - AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2001 SHAMROCK DRIVE FROM R-2 (SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL) TO SI-1 (SERVICE INSTITUTION – RELIGIOUS), for consideration on first reading] BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER THREE, I GUESS. UH, ORDINANCE 2026 DASH OH FOUR. AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2001 SHAMROCK DRIVE FROM R TWO SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL TO SI ONE SERVICE INSTITUTION. RELIGIOUS FOR CONSIDERATION ON FIRST READING. IF YOU HAVE A MOTION, I MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION. [00:55:01] SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. VICE MAYOR. LITTLE. ALRIGHT. DISCUSSION. WE'D LIKE TO OPEN THIS UP. OH, CITY MANAGER. SURE. I CAN, UH, COVER THIS REAL QUICK FOR YOU. THANK YOU. UM, WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS A REZONING OF 1.37 ACRES OF PROPERTY. AND ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THAT RIGHT THERE, THAT RED AREA. AND, UH, THAT'S LOCATED SOUTH OF OLD HICKORY BOULEVARD, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE. AND, UH, JUST WEST OF WILDWOOD, UH, VALLEY DRIVE, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE. AND, UH, IT'S, THE REZONING IS FROM R TWO SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL, UH, ZONING DISTRICT TO SI ONE SERVICE INSTITUTION RELIGIOUS ZONING DISTRICT. UH, AND THE PURPOSE OF THE REZONING IS CONSTRUCTION OF A MIRACLE FIELD. UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS DIVIDED BY WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND THE DAVIDSON COUNTY LINE, AND IT'S A LITTLE HARD, UH, DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A BETTER, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE HAVE A BETTER PICTURE OF THAT. UM, AND SO THE PART THAT OF COURSE, WE'RE DRESSING IS ON THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY SIDE IN, IN BRENTWOOD. AND SO THE, UH, THE PLAN IS, IS CURRENTLY THERE'S A HOUSE IN TWO BALL FIELDS, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S, THAT PICTURE DOESN'T HELP ME TOO MUCH, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S RIGHT HERE. YES. AND, UH, THERE'S A HOUSE AND TWO BALL FIELDS, AND THOSE WILL BE REMOVED. UM, AND SO OUTTA THE 1.37 ACRE PORTION THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, THAT WOULD BE REPLACED WITH THE MIRACLE FIELD, THE PARCELS OWNED BY HARPETH HILLS, UH, CHURCH OF CHRIST, AND SURROUNDED BY OTHER PARCELS OWNED BY THE CHURCH AND THE CONGREGATION. UH, MICAH, UH, LET'S SEE. WE HAVE A CONCEPT PLAN. LET'S GO AHEAD. IF HOLLY, IF WE CAN MOVE. THERE WE GO. THAT'S A GREAT ONE RIGHT THERE. AND SO THAT SHOWS THE, THE WHOLE PIECE SHOWS INCLUDING THE, THE PARKING AND SO FORTH. SO ON THE DAVIDSON COUNTY SIDE, THE NASHVILLE DAVIDSON COUNTY SIDE, IT INCLUDES THE PARKING, CONCESSIONS, RESTROOMS, SEATING, DUGOUTS, LANDSCAPING AND PLAYGROUND. AND THEN ON OUR SIDE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, IT SHOWS THE, THE BALL FIELD, WHICH DOES HAVE PROPOSED LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING AND REQUIRED STORM WATER, UH, QUALITY AND DETENTION. THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE AND ACCESS TO THE FIELD IS PROPOSED TO BE FROM OLD HICKORY BOULEVARD. AND I'M GONNA ASK TODD TO CORRECT ME, BUT I BELIEVE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE THE BRIEFING, WE INDICATED THROUGH THE PARKING LOT AND NORTH, UH, NOT SO, NOT AT LEAST EXPECTED SO MUCH OVER ON THE ADJACENT, UH, STREET. I'M SORRY, SHAMROCK. OKAY. RIGHT HERE. UM, AND SO THE, THAT'S THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE IS THERE. THE, AS I MENTIONED, THE FIELD LIGHTING IS PROPOSED, BUT MOST GAMES ARE TYPICALLY HELD DURING THE DAYTIME. SO WE WOULDN'T ANTICIPATE THE LIGHTING BEING USED A LOT, BUT IT IS PROPOSED, JUST TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT. UM, THE APPLICANT REALLY DOESN'T EXPECT ANY UTILIZED PAST 8:00 PM ON THOSE INFREQUENT OCCASIONS. UH, IF THE REZONING IS APPROVED, ALSO MORE DETAILED SITE PLAN WILL NEED TO BE, UH, PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. SO HERE'S SOME, SOME THAT'S A CONCEPT, LOOK TO WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, WALKING UP TO IT. AND THIS IS ANOTHER SIMILAR WITH A LITTLE PERHAPS SOME ACTIVITIES FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS WHO DON'T WANNA SIT AND WATCH THE, THE GAME. GOOD. A GOOD, UH, UH, PICTURE OF WHAT THE FIELD MIGHT LOOK LIKE. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S ALL OF THEM. AND SO THIS IS THE, UH, FIRST READING, UH, FOR YOU. UH, THE, UH, THE SCHEDULE WOULD CALL FOR ON APRIL 2ND. UH, THERE'S A REQUIRED COMMUNITY MEETING THAT'S TENTATIVE AT THIS POINT, APRIL 6TH. THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL TAKE IT UP, UH, FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN IT'LL COME BACK TO YOU ON APRIL 13TH FOR A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE ORDINANCE. AND THEN ON APRIL 22ND WOULD BE SCHEDULING FOR SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE. SO, UH, I HAVE TODD PETROWSKI, OUR DIRECTOR OF PLANNING IN, IN CODES HERE. SO BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, WE'LL TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. UH, QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER DONAHUE? THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS. IS IT ANTICIPATED THAT THE PLAYGROUND WILL ALWAYS BE OPEN SO THAT I THINK DURING THE DAYTIME, EVEN IF THERE'S NOT A GAME OR ACTIVITY GOING ON? OR IS THAT ONLY WHILE THERE'S GAMES GOING ON? I'M NOT SURE, BUT WE DO HAVE, UH, AN APPLICANT THAT COULD PROBABLY ADDRESS THAT QUESTION IF ONE OF YOU COULD APPROACH THE PODIUM. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR OH C COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM. SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN BE RECORDED FOR POSTERITY IF YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF WITH NAME AND ADDRESS. YES. HELLO, MY NAME IS LEE BURLOW. I AM, UH, THE PRESIDENT OF THE MIRACLE FIELD, UH, BOARD, UH, THAT IS PROPOSING THIS. ALSO A MEMBER OF HARPER HILLS CHURCH OF CHRIST. UH, SO REPRESENTING BOTH ENTITIES TONIGHT. UM, IN RELATION TO THE QUESTION, UM, THAT IS UNDECIDED AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A, HARPETH HILLS DOES HAVE A DAY, UH, PRESCHOOL. MM-HMM . UH, THERE, AND WE DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO IT SINCE THEY'RE DONATING THE LAND FOR THIS CAUSE. OKAY. UM, BUT WE DON'T, HAVEN'T MADE A FIRM DECISION ON HOW OPEN IT WOULD BE TO THE PUBLIC. SO LIKE IN TERMS OF THE WEEKENDS OR WHATEVER, NOT NECESSARY. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. CAN I ASK WHY? IT'S CALLED THE MIRACLE [01:00:01] FILM? YES, IT IS A, IT IS A FIELD DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN. OKAY. SO ALL ACROSS OUR GREAT CITY, BRENTWOOD, DAVIDSON, WILLIAMSON, ALL OF IT, THERE ARE PLENTY OF FIELDS WHERE CHILDREN CAN GO PLAY SPORTS. UM, BUT THERE ARE CURRENTLY ZERO FACILITIES CURRENTLY BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN. AND THIS FIELD WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT NEED. IT'D BE A I THE PUBLIC WOULD BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. FOUND THAT, NO MA'AM. I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS BUT WAS ANSWERED AT ONE OF OUR MEETINGS RECENTLY. THIS CAME UP AND MM-HMM . ALL MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED THEN. SO GOOD ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I'M GOOD. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN TRAFFIC FLOW AND OTHER THINGS, AND, UH, IT IS QUITE AN ENDEAVOR. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB FUNDRAISING, PUTTING TOGETHER ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN AND, UH, I, I, I FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT YOUR, UH, PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF US TONIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER COMMENTARY? I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I THINK HAVING GONE AROUND AND LOOKED AT THE AREA AND, AND DRIVEN THROUGH AND STUFF, I THINK IT REALLY FITS WITH THE REST OF THE AREA, WITH THE OTHER, UH, WITH CONGREGATION BEING THERE AND THE OTHER BALL FIELDS THAT ARE FURTHER ALONG. SO, YES. VERY GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR DOING IT. THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE. UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED, ABSTENTIONS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS. THANKS Y'ALL. [2. Appointment of one (1) member to the Board of Zoning Appeals] NEXT ITEM OF NEW BUSINESS. AN APPOINTMENT OF ONE MEMBER TO THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS. I WILL ECHO COMMISSIONER DONAHUE'S COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT JUST HAVING A, A FANTASTIC SLATE OF APPLICANTS. IT IS VERY, VERY HARD TO CHOOSE. SO THANKS EVERYBODY WHO'S APPLIED FOR THIS , ARE Y'ALL READY? OKAY. COMMISSIONER GARRIS VOTES FOR DAVID CARDIN. COMMISSIONER DUNN VOTES FOR DAVID CARDIN. COMMISSIONER DONAHUE VOTES FOR DAVID CARDIN. MAYOR ANDREWS VOTES FOR LEAH ANDERSON, VICE MAYOR. LITTLE VOTES FOR DAVID CARDIN. COMMISSIONER TRAVIS VOTES FOR DAVID CARDIN. AND COMMISSIONER PIPPEN VOTES FOR DAVID CARDIN. ONCE AGAIN. THANKS DAVID. CONGRATULATIONS, UH, DAVID CARDIN AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING YOUR SERVICE. ALL RIGHT. OTHER NEW BUSINESS. WE [3. Other new business] HAVE A NOTICE OF FUTURE APPOINTMENT OF FOUR MEMBERS OF THE TREE BOARD FOR INFORMATION ONLY. SO ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS, I THINK FOR THE GOOD OF BRENTWOOD. ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MOVE TO ADJOURN MR. DYE. SECOND. MR. PIPPEN. ALL A FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ADJOURNED. HEY, THANKS Y'ALL. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.