Mar 23, 2026 City Commission Meeting

ALL RIGHT, SO, UH, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS OUR ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION.

SO AS A, AS, UH, SOMEONE WHO RELUCTANTLY LEFT THE TREE BOARD RECENTLY, IT IS, UH, A GREAT HONOR TO GET TO DO THIS FOR Y'ALL.

TREE BOARD IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.

SO, UM, AS MAYOR, I GET TO MAKE A PROCLAMATION OF WHEREAS IN 1872, JAY STERLING MORTON PROPOSED TO THE NEBRASKA BOARD OF AGRICULTURE THAT A SPECIAL DAY BE SET ASIDE FOR THE PLANTING OF TREES.

AND WHEREAS THIS HOLIDAY CALLED ARBOR DAY WAS FIRST OBSERVED WITH PLANTING MORE THAN A MILLION TREES IN NEBRASKA.

AND WHEREAS ARBOR DAY IS NOW OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND THE WORLD, AND WHEREAS TREES ARE A RENEWABLE RESOURCE GIVING US PAPER WOOD FOR OUR HOMES, FUEL FOR OUR FIRES, AND COUNTLESS OTHER WOOD PRODUCTS.

AND WHEREAS TREES IN OUR CITY INCREASE PROPERTY VALUES, ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF BUSINESS AREAS AND BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS TREES, WHEREVER THEY'RE PLANTED ARE A SOURCE OF JOY.

NOW, THEREFORE, AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, I DO JOIN WITH THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO PROCLAIM MARCH 28TH.

2026 IS ARBOR DAY IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AND URGE CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE AND SUPPORT EFFORTS TO PROTECT OUR TREES IN WOODLANDS.

SO I THINK WE HAVE SOME TREE BOARD MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM AND, UH, MAKE ANY COMMENTS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

I'M LYNN TUCKER.

I'M THE, UH, CHAIR OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD TREE BOARD, AND WITH ME IS ANGELA BEATON, WHO'S ONE OF OUR TREE BOARD MEMBERS.

AND WE THINK THAT THE REASON THAT NOBODY'S HERE TONIGHT EXCEPT US, IS BECAUSE WE WERE SO TIRED AFTER BAGGING 2000 TREES ON SATURDAY AT THE SERVICE CENTER THAT THEY ALL HAD TO STAY HOME AND GET SOME REST.

BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, THIS SATURDAY WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THE LIBRARY, UH, FROM 10 TO 1230.

WE HAVE, UH, MANY, MANY SEEDLINGS, A LOT OF INTERESTING SPECIES.

WE'LL HAVE FREE HOT DOGS, WE'LL HAVE SOME FREE ICE CREAM.

WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF EDUCATIONAL TABLES THERE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A, A REALLY GOOD EVENT.

ANGELA, WHAT SHE SAID? .

ALRIGHT.

SO SHOULD WE ASK THE TWO OF Y'ALL, UH, WHAT THE SPECIES ARE THIS YEAR? OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO GRACEFULLY LET COMMISSIONER PIPPEN IDENTIFY ALL OF THEM? UH, AS, UH, AS HE DOES HIS REPORT, WE HAVE, UH, WAS IT TWO OR THREE SPECIES OF OAK THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR? WE HAVE, UH, BUR OAK AND SCHU MART OAK, YEAH, THOSE TWO.

TO USE A LOT OF THE TREES THAT THEY HAD PURCHASED, UH, BECAUSE OF THE STORM DAMAGE.

AND WE ALSO HAD SOME NATIVE, UH, PECANS, SWEET NATIVE PE PECAN, LOTS OF PECANS, TENNESSEE TREES, WHICH BY THE WAY, I BELIEVE THOSE ARE NOT SELF POLL, UH, SELF POLLINATING.

SO YOU BETTER GRAB TWO OF THOSE IF YOU PLAN ON AND HAVE YOURSELF A LOT OF SPACE TO PUT THOSE IN YOUR YARD.

SO, AND SOME BALD CYPRUS.

WE C SOME OF THAT YP.

I'M ZOOM OF BALD CYPRESS.

YES, WE HAVE, UH, SOME, UH, WE WERE BLESSED WITH, WITH 200 EXTRA TREES.

UH, WARNER PARKS WERE NOT ABLE

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SO THEY DONATED TREES TO MANY ORGANIZATIONS AND WE GOT 200 TREES, UH, A HUNDRED BEACH AND A HUNDRED, UH, DOGWOOD TO ADD TO THAT.

OH, THAT'S GREAT.

BECAUSE EVERYONE, EVERY TREE YOU'VE MENTIONED SO FAR UNTIL YOU GOT THE DOGWOOD IS JOR .

SO WE'RE, SO DID YOU GET IT? SO ARE DOGWOODS, ARE BEACH, LIKE CUTE LITTLE TREES THAT CAN GO NEAR POWER LINES AS WELL, OR NOT SO MUCH? OH WOW.

YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANNA PLANT ANY OF THESE TREES NEAR A POWER PLANT.

NEAR A POWER LINE.

OKAY.

BUT IT'S A GOOD VARIETY.

WE GOT A GOOD VARIETY.

THAT SOUNDS OUTSTANDING.

AND, UH, I'VE GOT AN ARBOR DAY PECAN TREE IN MY YARD FROM A FEW YEARS BACK, AND IT IS REALLY HAPPY.

GOOD.

IT IS A GREAT TREAT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING US.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

AND I'VE GOT A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE A MESSAGE TONIGHT.

OH, NO.

WE CAN PUT IT ON DISPLAY IN OUR LIBRARY DISPLAY, CORRECT.

ABSOLUTELY.

I THANK ANGELA, GET A PHOTO OF YOU GUYS HOLDING THAT UP.

SO IF YOU WANNA GET FRONT THERE.

OH, OKAY.

CAN YOU HOLD IT? MAY I ASK A QUESTION? UH, IF ANY OF ABSOLUTELY NOT.

I DON'T TAKE A PICTURE.

I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY KNOWS THE ANSWER.

I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT NEBRASKA WAS THE STATE WHERE THIS STARTED, BECAUSE THAT'S A PLAIN STATE, ISN'T IT? AND I ALWAYS THINK OF THEM AS, I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE, SO I COULD BE COMPLETELY WRONG, BUT I THINK OF IT AS HAVING VERY FEW TREES.

YEAH, MAYBE THAT'S WHY THEY NEEDED ARBORDALE.

I WONDER IF THAT'S, I MEAN, OF ALL PLACES TO DECIDE TO DO THAT.

I THINK THAT'S INTERESTING.

IT'S A LOT LIKE TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, AND THAT IT'S A LOT OF THE TREES ARE JUST ALONG WHERE THERE'S WATER, THE RIVERS, OR EVEN A DRY STREAM, BUT WHERE THEY CAN GET WATER, BUT NOT STATEWIDE.

SO I'M GOOD FOR NEBRASKA FOR THINKING AHEAD, YOU KNOW? THAT'S GOOD.

ONE OTHER THING, THE REASON THAT WE HAVE SO MANY TREES THAT WE BAGGED, UM, WE HAVE GIVEN OUT, WELL, WE'LL BE DOING THAT TOMORROW, I BELIEVE, ANGELA OR THURSDAY, UM, FOR THE THIRD, THIRD GRADERS AND SIXTH GRADERS.

THIRD AND SIXTH GRADERS WILL EACH GET A TREE.

SO WE'RE DISTRIBUTING THEM TO THE SCHOOLS.

BUT YOU KNOW, BRENTWOOD IS FREE CITY USA AND I THINK THIS FANTASTIC SHEET BOARD WE HAVE IS A, A LOT OF HOW THAT COMES ABOUT.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO.

YOU WELCOME.

OR CORRECTION OF MINUTES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALRIGHT, SO THAT TAKES US ON THE APPROVAL

[2. Approval or Correction of Minutes]

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, WELL, I GUESS WE NEED A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

APPROVE THE MOVE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION OR CORRECTIONS WE NEED TO MAKE? ALRIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES, SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL OPPOSED.

PASS UNANIMOUSLY.

[ 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. ]

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

ALL COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CITIZENS WHO WISH TO REQUEST AN ITEM BE MOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION SHOULD MAKE THAT KNOWN TO THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE SIGN IN SHEET? UH, NOR ON THE SIGN IN SHEET? UH, BUT ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ANYWAY IS WELCOME TO APPROACH THE PODIUM.

ANYBODY.

ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, WE'LL CLOSE THE SYSTEM COMMENTS.

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

WE'RE ONTO A REPORT FROM OUR CITY MANAGER.

GOOD EVENING, DR.

GAGE.

I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE.

I HAVE NO FURTHER COMPLIMENTS FOR THE STATE OF NEBRASKA.

? NO, I, I WORKED PRETTY CLOSE THOUGH.

I WORKED A COUPLE HOURS FROM THERE.

BUT, UH, UH, SOME GOOD NEWS.

WE ARE FINISHING UP OUR SECOND BRUSH REMOVAL PASS THROUGH THE CITY, UH, A FEW DAYS EARLIER THAN EXPECTED.

SO THAT'S GONE VERY, VERY WELL.

IT BRINGS, IT WILL SOON BRING AN END TO OUR EMERGENCY CLEANUP EFFORTS.

AND SO IN, IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS, WE'VE COLLECTED MORE THAN 323,000 CUBIC YARDS, 323,000 WASHING MACHINES, UM, OF WINTER STORM FERN DEBRIS MORE THAN DOUBLED THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE.

THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE WAS BASED ON A QUICK WINDSHIELD, UH, UH, A LOOK.

BUT, UH, 323,000 CUBIC YARDS IS A LOT OF LUMBER.

SO WE WERE IN THE LUMBER BUSINESS FOR A WHILE.

THE LOGGING BUSINESS, UH, WE KNOW A HANDFUL OF TREE AND LIMB PILES ADDED PROBABLY AFTER A SECOND PASS.

SO YOU MIGHT SEE A FEW ALONG THE STREETS, SO WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO WORK WITH PEOPLE DEPENDING ON THE, UH, UH, SITUATION, THE BEST THAT WE CAN.

UH, WE WILL COLLECT THE DEBRIS THROUGH OUR NORMAL BRUSH, UH, PROGRAM THAT WILL BEGIN BACK IN APRIL, SO APRIL 6TH.

AND SO, UH, WE'RE NO LONGER USING OUR CONTRACTOR AT THAT TIME, AFTERMATH, UH, DISASTER RECOVERY.

AND SO THE, WE DON'T HAVE THEIR LARGE TRUCKS AS WELL.

SO WE'RE BACK TO THE DEBRIS BEING, AS IT USED TO BE UNDER OUR TYPICAL MONTHLY BRUSH PICKUP, NO LONGER THAN EIGHT FEET OR PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT SIX INCHES IN DIAMETER.

UH, WE CANNOT ACCEPT CONTRACTOR DEBRIS.

UH, SO THAT'S VERY CLEAR AS WELL.

RESIDENTS CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

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INCLUDING BRUSH PICKUP SCHEDULE FOR THEIR ADDRESS ON OUR WEBSITE.

UH, WE DO ASK THAT SPECIFIC PICKUP QUESTIONS BE DIRECTED TO OUR PUBLIC COURTS DEPARTMENT SO THEY CAN DEAL WITH SITUATIONS.

AND ANOTHER, UH, UH, PIECE OF NEWS BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING TO, UH, BASICALLY, UH, GET THE, THE, UH, CHIPS OFF OF OUR FOUR COLLECTION SITES.

AND AGAIN, FOCUSING PRIMARILY WITH GRANNY WHITE BECAUSE IT'S A, A PARKING LOT FOR ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR PARKS.

AND, UH, WE KIND OF HOPE TO GET THE CONTRACTOR OUT BY THE END OF THIS WEEK OR EARLY NEXT WEEK, AND THEN WE CAN BEGIN CLEANING OFF THAT SITE.

SO I'M GONNA SAY A TARGET WE CAN'T COMMIT AT THIS POINT, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT SITE CLEARED, CLEARED OFF AND OPEN HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

THAT'S OUR GOAL, AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO HIT THAT.

THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS, SOME WE CAN'T CONTROL, BUT THAT'S OUR OBJECTIVE.

SO I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT, UM, SOME ROAD WORK ON OUR STREETS MILLING WORK BEGAN TODAY ON GORDON PETTY DRIVE IN KNOX VALLEY ROAD IN PREPARATION FOR PAVING.

WE EXPECT THAT IN TOTAL TO TAKE ABOUT SEVEN, EIGHT DAYS TO COMPLETE.

SO MOTORISTS ON THOSE ROADS NEED TO EXPECT SOME TRAFFIC DELAYS.

UH, I HOPE ORANGE IS THEIR FAVORITE COLOR.

UH, WE'LL SEE.

UH, BUT, UH, TOMORROW'S , YES.

AND DRIVE LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN MILLED, SORT OF, UH, WHICH IT NEEDED DESPERATELY.

IS THERE ANY FOLLOW UP ON WHEN THAT'LL BE PAVED? GOOD QUESTION.

I, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY, UH, FOLLOW UP, BUT I WILL FIND, I'LL GET FOLLOW UP AND FORWARD IT TO YOU.

YEAH, BECAUSE FRI THURSDAY WHEN WE HAD OUR INFORMATIONAL MEETING, THEY HAD DONE ONE HALF OF IT.

I STAYED OFF OF IT ALL WEEKEND TILL I NOTICED KNOX VALLEY'S LOOKING THE SAME NOW.

SO I CAME OVER TONIGHT BY WAY OF LIPSCOMB AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN MILL THE WHOLE STREET, BUT THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF ANYTHING ABOUT TO BE PAVED.

SO YEAH, I WOULD IMAGINE IF IT'S BEEN MILLED IT WILL BE.

SO, BUT I'LL, I'LL FIND OUT AND CONFIRM FOR YOU.

UH, SO TOMORROW, WILSON PIKE FROM CONCORD TO CHURCH STREET WILL HAVE, UH, DELAYS FROM NINE TO NOON FOR THE LAST BIT OF SOME DEBRIS CLEANUP ALONG THERE.

UH, THAT, UH, THE ROAD WILL BE DOWN TO ONE LANE IN SOME SPOTS AND YOU'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE.

AND SO CERTAIN OTHER, UH, PORTIONS WILL HAVE TO BE SHUT DOWN FOR SHORT TIMES.

BUT A ONE BLOCK DETOUR, UH, TO THE EAST IS AVAILABLE WHERE WE'LL BE WORKING, UH, THROUGH BRENT MEAD OR CRON DELAY.

AND WE HOPE TO GET, GET IN AND OUT PRETTY QUICKLY.

AND FINALLY, I KNOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE AWARE BY, UH, PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF OUR, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT THAT DREW MUIRHEAD WILL BE OUR NEW, UH, DIRECTOR OF WATER SERVICES.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE THAT HE'LL BEGIN HIS NEW ROLE ON APRIL 6TH.

UH, HE'S, AS YOU KNOW, HE IS DONE A TERRIFIC JOB AS OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, AND HE'S WELL SUITED FOR THAT ROLE, GREAT KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, AND HIS APPROACH IS TERRIFIC.

UH, WE THINK IT'LL HELP CREATE WHAT'LL BE VIRTUALLY A SEAMLESS TRANSITION FOR THAT DEPARTMENT.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HOW HE'S GONNA LEAD THE DEPARTMENT IN THE FUTURE.

AND, UH, HE IS A PROFE LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER.

UM, AND HE WILL TAKE OVER, AS YOU KNOW, FOR CHRIS MILTON AND, UH, WHO'S RETIRING ON APRIL 5TH.

AND CHRIS SPENT MORE THAN 20 YEARS WITH US HELPING US LEAD THAT DEPARTMENT AND DID A, JUST AN AMAZING JOB.

SO WE'LL MISS CHRIS A LOT AND WE, WE CERTAINLY WISH HIM THE BEST, BUT WE, UH, WE'RE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF CHRIS FOR IS WORKING WITH DREW TO MENTOR HIM AND HELP DEVELOP HIM AND GET HIM READY TO, TO, UH, TAKE THE, THE ROLE AND, AND TAKE US INTO THE FUTURE.

SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S MY REPORT.

BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS? I I HAVE ONE, UH, RELATED TO THE, UH, MILLING AND, UH, REPAVING, ESPECIALLY ON KNOX VALLEY THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

SEVERAL DELAYS GOING ON THERE.

UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A WORLD'S COLLIDING ISSUE ON SATURDAY WITH THE, UH, WITH ARBOR DAY AT THE LIBRARY AND EVERYBODY TRYING TO GET IN THERE, OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN SUGGEST TO THEM THAT THEY MOVE THEIR OPERA, START THE OPERATION A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH, PERHAPS? OR? I, I'M, I'M, THEY DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF BEING SENSITIVE TO THOSE DATES, BUT LET ME CHECK JUST TO BE SURE.

SO WE'LL BE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE.

YEAH, I MEAN, 'CAUSE WE'RE GOOD QUESTION.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HIGHER AUTOMOBILE POPULATION AT THAT TIME, SO GOOD PITCH.

OKAY.

SO WE'LL, I'LL, WE'LL FIND OUT AND MAKE SURE WE DON'T I'LL, IT'D BE GREAT IF THEY CAN, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THEY TRY TO STICK WITH WHAT'S ON PAPER, BUT OKAY.

HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE FLEXIBLE FOR US.

WELL, I THINK THEY CAN, IT'S A MATTER OF WE CAN'T STOP THIS.

THEY CAN STOP A, A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

IT'S THAT SIMPLE.

IT'S ONLY A 90 MINUTE WINDOW REALLY FOR THE ACTUAL EVENT.

THEY GONNA BE WORKING ON SATURDAY DOING THAT.

NO, IT, IT'S A POSSIBILITY.

WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS.

I'M SURE WE CAN DO THAT IN ADVANCE.

THEY, THEY PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE, BUT WE'LL BE SURE.

YEAH, JUST MENTION THAT WE HAD SOME CONCERNS AND SEE IF THEY CAN KIND OF MOVE INTO A DIFFERENT TERRITORY AT THAT TIME.

ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE.

ALRIGHT.

NO REPORT TONIGHT FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

SO, UH, WE'LL DO REPORTS AND COMMENTS BY COMMISSIONERS AND THE MAYOR.

SO, UM, IN HONOR OF ARBOR DAY, MAYBE WE'LL START FROM THE, UH, THE RIGHT WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER PIT.

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YES, SIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, WELCOME FELLOW TREE BOARD MEMBERS.

WHERE, WHERE'D ANGELA? WELL, SHE TOOK OFF ALREADY.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, THE TREE BOARD REPORT TODAY FOR MARCH 23RD.

FIRST OF ALL, KUDOS TO RAVENWOOD WHO HAS JUST PLANTED ITS SECOND TREE AND WHAT IS HOPED AND PLANNED TO BE A CERTIFIED ARBORETUM ON THE SCHOOL CAMPUS.

SO GOOD, GOOD ON RAVENWOOD FOR THAT.

AND AS LYNN MENTIONED, ARRB DAY IS MARCH 28TH AT THE LIBRARY, AT OUR TREE MEETING, UH, A TREE BOARD MEETING BACK ON ST.

PATRICK'S DAY.

WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE TREE SUPPLIER HAD EXPERIENCED SOME DELIVERY ISSUES AND SOME DELAYS DUE TO THE ERRATIC WEATHER CONDITIONS AND EVERYTHING THAT WERE GOING ON.

BUT FORTUNATELY, THOSE DELAYS WERE OVERCOME AND THE TREES DID ARRIVE SAFELY, AS YOU PROBABLY HEARD.

AND, UH, THANKS TO SOME EXTRA EFFORT BY, UH, PARK'S, UH, MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR, CONNOR SCHUMANN, WHO WENT DOWN TO PICK THOSE UP.

AND LITERALLY RIGHT IN THE NICK OF TIME, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A GREAT EVENT ON SATURDAY.

UM, WE DID HAVE A GREAT TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS.

I BELIEVE THE LAST COUNT WAS 20, 28 PEOPLE, ABOUT ROUGHLY 30 ISH PEOPLE.

AND IT WAS GOOD.

WE HAD THE GIRL SCOUTS THERE AND EVERYBODY WAS PITCHING IN A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL AND DONUTS AND COFFEE AS WELL.

SO THAT, THAT ALWAYS IS A GOOD PERK.

UM, THEY HELP US, UH, BAG THOSE TREES AND GET 'EM READY FOR ARBOR DAY.

UH, EVENT, WHICH I ALREADY MENTIONED, WHICH ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED IS, UH, THE 28TH FROM 10 30 TO NOON.

UH, BY THE WAY, ONE EVENT THAT I HAD, I DON'T BELIEVE I'VE MENTIONED IN A PREVIOUS TREE BOARD REPORT FOR ARBOR DAY SPECIFICALLY, IS THE SCAVENGER HUNT.

AND, UH, THAT'S A POPULAR THING.

THE EVENT WILL BEGIN AT THE, WHAT THEY CALL THE PEOPLE AND DOG WATER FOUNTAIN AREA AND END AT THE CHAMPION TREE.

UH, AND CLUES WILL BE PLANTED TO LEAD THE PARTICIPANTS THROUGH THE HUNT AND THEY'LL BE LOOKING FOR SPECIFIC TREES AND BERRIES AND NUTS AND, AND THINGS RELATED TO TREES.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE FUN.

UM, APRIL 18TH, 10:00 AM THAT IS A SATURDAY WILL BE THE PRUNING TREE TALK AT THE LIBRARY AMPHITHEATER.

AND WITH SO MUCH PRUNING GOING ON DURING THE ICE STORM, UH, BECAUSE OF ICE STORM FERN, THIS WILL BE A GOOD TIME TO ATTEND AND GET SOME MUCH, MUCH NEEDED TIPS.

'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CHOPPING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TREES.

AND FINALLY, THE NEXT SCHEDULED TREE TALK WILL BE JUNE 13TH.

UH, AND THAT WON'T BE AT DEERWOOD.

UM, THE TOPIC OF THAT TALK, I, I BELIEVE LYNN HAS NOT BEEN YET DECIDED.

THAT'S CORRECT.

BUT IT WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN PLENTY OF TIME.

SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT.

AND THAT'S IT FOR THE TREE BOARD REPORT.

THANK COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSIONER DONAHUE.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

UM, FIRST I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK THE CITY, ESPECIALLY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR WORK ON THE TREES.

UM, THEY WERE CLEANING OFF OLD SMIRNA ROAD TODAY AND HAD THE CHANCE TO WATCH THE BUCKET OPERATOR AND OUR CITY STAFF.

PEOPLE ARE JUST AMAZING.

UM, IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT, BUT UH, THE SKILL REQUIRED ON THERE WAS, WAS I THINK A FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL, UH, FOR WHAT HE WAS DOING.

SO THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE PRETTY PLEASED WITH, WITH WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW FAST WE'VE GOTTEN.

IT ALL CLEANED UP A REPORT FROM THE LIBRARY BOARD.

UM, TWO, THE TWO MAIN THINGS.

THE FIRST IS THAT THE QUIET ROOM RENOVATIONS SHOULD BE DONE BY MID-JUNE, SO THAT SPACE WILL OPEN UP AND, UM, BE AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY.

UM, THE RENOVATIONS HAVE STARTED, THEY'VE PICKED THE FURNITURE, THE DESIGN, SO EVERYTHING'S GOING WELL THERE.

THE SECOND IS THAT NEXT MONTH'S LIBRARY BOARD, WHICH IS ON THE THIRD WEDNESDAY, UH, WILL BE THE KIND OF KICKOFF DAY WITH THE GROUP THAT HAS THE DESIGN GROUP THAT IS HELPING US PLAN THE TEEN ROOM.

SO WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE MORE DETAILS ON THE CONCEPTS THAT THEY, UH, ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO US AT AT OUR LAST MEETING, UH, OUR SPECIAL MEETING AND, UH, THAT WE HAD KIND OF GONE BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM.

SO HOPE, WE'RE HOPING TO SEE SOME REALLY GOOD DESIGNS AND BE ABLE TO MAKE A START THERE, UH, AT THE LIBRARY ON THE TEEN ROOM.

SO, AND AS ALWAYS, THEY'RE EXCELLENT MONEY MANAGERS OF THE HOLD FUNDS AND, AND, UH, THE FUNDS THAT ARE DONATED FROM THE FRIENDS OF LIBRARY.

EXCELLENT REPORT.

UH, COMMISSIONER GARRIS, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, ARBOR, DAVE TREE BAGGING, I GUESS AS THE PRE ARBOR DAY EVENT WAS FANTASTIC AND YOU GUYS DID AN AMAZING JOB.

IT WAS KIND OF ORGANIZED CHAOS THAT SOMEHOW ALL CAME TOGETHER AND IT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE AND A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO CONNOR, WHO STAYED BEHIND TO, TO DO ALL THE, UM, THE CLEANUP, I GUESS, AFTERWARDS BECAUSE, UM, HE, IT SEEMS LIKE HE HAD QUITE A JOB, UM, AHEAD OF HIM FOR THAT DAY, BUT HE SAID THAT'S WHAT HE DOES, AND HE WAS DOING A GREAT JOB OF IT.

SO, UM, THANK YOU GUYS TO THE TREE BOARD AND UM, TO CONNOR AND HIS STAFF.

IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

UM, OUR PARK BOARD MEETING WILL BE APRIL 6TH AT FIVE 30, UM, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THAT.

AND, UM, UH, JUST A NOTE THAT WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE

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E-BIKE SITUATION AND, UM, AS THIS SEASON'S, UH, NOT THIS SEASON AS SPRING IS HERE, UM, JUST A REMINDER TO BE COURTEOUS TO EVERYONE THAT IS ON THE TRAILS, WHETHER YOU'RE A BIKER, A RUNNER, JOGGER, STROLLER, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

UM, JUST BE CONSIDERATE AND, UM, TRY TO, UM, BE AWARE, UM, OF EACH OTHER AND TO SLOW DOWN.

IF YOU ARE ON AN E-BIKE, , ENJOY IT, BUT JUST SLOW DOWN PLEASE.

UM, AND THE LAST THING, JUST A SHOUT OUT TO, UM, THE FIRE, UM, ACADEMY.

I AM PART, UM, PART OF THE CLASS THIS YEAR AND IT'S JUST A LOT OF FUN, , AND I'D HIGHLY ENCOURAGE ANYBODY, UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE THE, UM, THE POLICE ACADEMY AND THE FIRE ACADEMY , I DON'T WANNA START ANYTHING, BUT, UM, IT'S JUST, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

IT WAS, IT WAS AWESOME TO SEE HOW, UM, HOW AMAZING AND FAST THEY GET IN AND OUT OF THEIR UNIFORMS AS FAR AS WHEN THEY'RE ABOUT TO GET ON THE TRUCK AND STUFF.

IT WAS QUITE REMARKABLE TO SEE THAT FIRSTHAND AND IN PERSON AND IT JUST WAS A WHOLE NEW APPRECIATION FOR WHAT THEY DO, UM, TO, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL TAKEN CARE OF.

AND SO ANYWAY, JUST, IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT, IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

THE POLICE ACADEMY'S GREAT TOO.

JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST DIFFERENT.

SO IT'S LIKE CHOCOLATE AND VANILLA, YOU KNOW.

SO IS ANYONE KILLED YET IN THE FIRE ACADEMY? NO, WE WE'RE ALL JUST CHECKING.

YEAH, WE'RE ALL, WE'RE ALL THE, THE, THE, THAT'S THE, NO, IT'S ALL BEEN FUN AND, UM, IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE AND AMAZING.

WE SET ALL SORTS OF RECORD, UM, AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS GO, SO I NEED TO GET THOSE NUMBERS AND BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK, BUT IT WAS IMPRESSIVE TO SEE WHAT THE STANDARDS ARE AND WHAT OUR, UM, DEPARTMENT, WE EXCEED IT.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE HERE.

THANKS.

HOMEOWNERS ENCOURAGE THEM TO DECORATE THEIR HOMES AND SO FORTH.

YEAH, NO, I DON'T THINK ANYONE IN OUR POLICE ACADEMY CLASS WAS ACTUALLY HURT, BUT SEVERAL, SEVERAL OF US WERE KILLED AND SOME OF US, UH, SEVERAL TIMES OVER.

SO IT WAS, UH, IT WAS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE.

UH, COMMISSIONER DUNN, THANK YOU.

THE HISTORIC BOARD MET LAST THURSDAY NIGHT FOR OUR PLANNING MEETING FOR THE WHOLE YEAR, AND WE WILL HAVE OUR REGULAR MEETING NEXT THIS COMING FRIDAY, UH, THE 27TH AT NINE 30 IN THIS BUILDING.

UM, I WANT TO THANK THE TREE BOARD FOR RETURNING THE INVITATION.

WE HAD THE RAVENWOOD, UH, CELEBRATION.

WE INVITED ALL THE BOARDS TO HAVE A TABLE AT OUR EVENT, AND THEY INVITED US TO HAVE A TABLE AT THEIR EVENT.

SO WE WILL BE THERE AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE THERE.

AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALLOWING US TO COME THAT THAT'S AN HONOR TO COME TO SUCH A WELL ATTENDED EVENT.

UM, UH, AT OUR MEETING, I'M NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT A WHOLE LOT BECAUSE IT WAS A THREE HOUR MEETING, WE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND, BUT TWO THINGS I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MANY SIGNS AROUND TOWN.

THE BIG, UH, MONUMENT SIGNS, THE CEMETERY SIGNS, THE HOME SITE SIGNS, DIFFERENT VARIETIES.

AND OVER THE YEARS, UM, WE PAY FOR SOME HOMEOWNERS SHARE THE COST OF SOME, AND I, I, WE'VE PROBABLY GOT 90 TO A HUNDRED SIGNS AT LEASED OUT.

AND SO THE LAST THREE YEARS WE'VE CONCENTRATED WITH OUR CHAIRMAN JOE GROSSO, WHO HEADS UP THAT COMMITTEE, DOES A WONDERFUL JOB, UH, REFURNISHING REFURBISHING OR REPLACING.

WE ARE ALMOST THROUGH, WHEN THIS NEXT YEAR IS COMPLETE, WE WILL HAVE REFURBISHED OR REPLACED EVERY SINGLE SIGN.

SO AS YOU WRITE AROUND AND NOTICE THAT SOME LOOK BETTER THAN THEY HAVE, YOU CAN THANK JOE BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST A ONE MAN JOB.

HE DOES IT ALL THE PHYSICAL LABOR, HE'S REALLY QUITE GOOD AT THAT.

AND HE, HE'S GOT IT SO ORGANIZED THAT YOU CAN FLIP THROUGH THE PAGES AND SEE THE DATES WHEN EVERYTHING WAS DONE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO, TO COMPLIMENT HIM AND THANK HIM FOR THAT WORK.

ALSO, ONE THING THAT WE'RE PLANNING THAT'S COMING UP SOON, AND CHARLES AND, UH, AMY BROTHERS WHO HEADS UP OUR COMMUNICATIONS WILL BE GETTING ALL THIS WORD OUT WITH THE HELP OF THE CITY AND THE CITY COMMISSIONERS AND THE RESIDENTS.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS, WE ARE CELEBRATING AMERICA'S TWO 50 THIS YEAR, AND WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE TO SORT OF REPLICATE WHAT WE DID BACK IN 1996 WHEN TENNESSEE HAD ITS BICENTENNIAL, THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THE SUBDIVISIONS DECORATED, KINDA LIKE THEY GO ALL OUT AT CHRISTMAS.

THEY WENT ALL OUT WITH RED, WHITE, AND BLUE, YOU KNOW, TO CELEBRATE.

AND WE THOUGHT, LET'S BOOKEND THIS MEMORIAL DAY ON ONE END, JULY 4TH ON THE OTHER, AND DECORATE FOR THAT TIME PERIOD.

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BUT ANYHOW, WE'LL BE GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT THAT.

AND WE JUST THINK AS AMERICANS, 250 YEARS OF A YOUNG COUNTRY IS, IS IS WORTH CELEBRATING AND BEING JOYOUS ABOUT.

SO I I I THINK WE'LL HAVE A GOOD RESPONSE TO THIS AND WE HOPE SO.

UH, I WANNA TALK ABOUT TWO PEOPLE VERY QUICKLY.

UM, CHRIS MELTON, I'M SO SORRY TO SEE HIM RETIRE, BUT I KNOW HE DESERVES IT.

HE'S GONNA ENJOY IT.

BUT CHRIS, WHILE HE WAS HERE, REALLY BROUGHT US INTO THE 21ST CENTURY WITH THE, UH, INNOVATIONS AND THE WORK HE DID WITH THE WATER DEPARTMENT, THE COMPUTERIZING OF, OF, OF HOW YOU'RE PROJECTING WHAT YOU'RE GONNA NEED DOWN THE ROAD AND SO FORTH.

HE WAS REALLY JUST INSTRUMENTAL TO A LOT OF OUR SUCCESS.

AND, UH, DREW DID TRAIN UNDER HIM.

SO I WAS THRILLED TO SEE THAT HE WAS NAMED, BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, IT WILL BE SEAMLESS.

AND I THINK DREW WAS WELL LIKED TOO.

SO I THINK THAT'LL WORK OUT.

AND THEN ON A SAD NOTE, I DID NOT KNOW THIS GENTLEMAN PERSONALLY, BUT I HEARD ON THE NEWS TONIGHT THAT CARLTON FLAT PASSED AWAY.

OH, NO.

HE WAS THE LONG, LONG, LONG TIME VERY WINNING COACH AT BRENTWOOD ACADEMY.

THERE ARE TWO MEN THAT I THINK OF WHO EVERYBODY IN BRENTWOOD KNEW JAMES PARKER, FORMER PRINCIPAL AT BRENTWOOD HIGH, AND CARLTON FLAT AT BRENTWOOD ACADEMY.

THEY WERE REVERED AND LOVED, AND, UH, THEY HAD SUCH NICE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT HIM TONIGHT.

SO I KNOW BRENTWOOD ACADEMY AND ALL THOSE STUDENTS THAT WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO, TO BE COACHED BY HIM OR EVEN TAUGHT BY HIM, UH, WILL MISS HIM WELL AND, AND THINK, THINK ABOUT THE EFFECT HE HAD IN HIS LIFE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT, THAT WE ALL APPRECIATE PEOPLE LIKE THAT WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY TO THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TONIGHT.

THANK YOU VICE, MR. LITTLE THANK YOU.

NO BOARD REPORT.

I TOO WOULD LIKE TO, UH, THANK CHRIS MILTON FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE.

SOMETIMES IT WAS HARD BEING THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND SEWER IN BRENTWOOD AS SOMETIMES IT, THAT, THAT BECAME A POLITICAL FOOTBALL.

CHRIS ALWAYS DID IT WITH CALMNESS AND EQUANIMITY AND, UH, REALLY APPRECIATED HIS SERVICE, ESPECIALLY AS WE WENT THROUGH A MANDATED RECLAMATION OF OUR SEWER SYSTEM.

UM, UH, COMMISSIONER DUNN, YOU MAY HELP ME REMEMBER, BUT I'M THINKING IT WAS 30 OR $40 MILLION THAT WE SPENT OVER 15 YEARS AND, AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE T DECK SAID WE CAME OUT NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE.

NUMBER ONE.

AND, UH, SO IT, UH, UH, NOT TO GET INTO ALL THE HISTORY OF THAT, BUT, UH, THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD HAD A FAIRLY ANTIQUATED WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM BECAUSE IT WAS SEVERAL SYSTEMS PUT TOGETHER AND, UH, UH, IT'S NOW CONSIDERED THE NUMBER ONE SYSTEM IN THE STATE.

AND A LOT OF THAT THANKS TO CHRIS AND, AND I AGREE, I THINK DREW, IT'LL BE A SEAMLESS TRANSITION.

APPRECIATE HIM AND HIS WORK.

UM, NO BOARD REPORT, NOTHING EARTH SHATTERING HAPPENING, AND WE WON'T MEET AGAIN TILL AFTER THIS.

SO HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYONE AND HOPE YOU HAVE GREAT CELEBRATIONS WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

AND, UH, UH, THAT'S ALL MAYOR.

ABOUT THE OTHER DAY, I'M REALLY GLAD TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THREE OF OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REPRESENTING BRENTWOOD, YOU KNOW, PAUL WEBB, DAVID O'NEILL AND TOM IFF ALL CAME OUT AND, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY RECOGNIZED IT FOR WHAT IT WAS, THEY CAME AND SPOKE TO US AS, UH, AS THE COMMISSIONERS ABOUT IT AND, AND HAD REALLY GOOD COMMUNICATION.

UM, YEAH, IT'S FUNNY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CHRIS MILTON.

UM, WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE COMMISSION, I HAD THE CHANCE TO GO VISIT THE PUMP STATION, THE WATER TOWERS AND SOME OF THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES WITH CHRIS.

AND HIS ENTHUSIASM WAS JUST CONTAGIOUS.

I MEAN, I NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE GOING TO A PUMP STATION, BE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT, , BUT YOU, YOU COULDN'T NOT BE, YOU KNOW, HE WAS JUST REALLY BROUGHT A, A LOT OF LIFE TO IT.

SO I, UH, HE, HE HE WILL BE MISSED.

BUT I KNOW DREW WILL DO A, A FANTASTIC JOB.

UM, JUST A COUPLE THINGS I WANTED TO COVER RIGHT QUICK.

ONE IS, UM, IF YOU REMEMBER ON OUR LAST, UH, COMMISSION MEETING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, AND WE DID A, A A A, A REQUEST TO THE, UM, FIRST STATE LEGISLATURE ABOUT CHANGING THE PROCESS FOR ANNEXATION.

SO THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE HOUSE BILL 24 19, UH, IN PARTICULAR, UM, WHICH WOULD CHANGE THAT ANNEXATION PROCESS PROCESS.

SO IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON MARCH 18TH, UM, IT FAILED MISERABLY.

ONLY TWO, UH, TWO LEGISLATORS VOTED IN FAVOR OF IT, 19 OPPOSED.

SO, AS I WAS VERY GLAD TO SEE OUR TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE RECOGNIZED IT FOR THE, THE HORRIBLE IDEA, IT WAS ALSO JUST, UH, AS WE TALKED

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SO I WANNA THANK, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER WEBB O'NEILL AND IFF FOR THAT.

AND I AM, SAY AGAIN, I SAID TWO WEEKS AGO, BUT I'M STILL SURPRISED AND DISAPPOINTED THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNTY COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER RICHARDS AND, UM, EXPECTANT CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY MAYOR MARY SMITH, DIDN'T CONSULT WITH US AT ALL, SUPPORTED THIS DESPITE, YOU KNOW, AS WE CAN SEE, IT WAS A, A, A NOT A GOOD PIECE OF LEGISLATION AND I REALLY WISH THEY HAD, UM, DONE A BETTER JOB LOOKING INTO IT BEFORE SUPPORTING IT, UM, GOING ON.

AND HOLLY, IF WE HAVE A COUPLE PICTURES, UH, THESE ARE A FEW PICTURES FROM, UH, PANORAMA DRIVE IN WILDWOOD.

SO I'M JUST PUTTING THEM UP BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, THIS WAS A REALLY, REALLY BIG STORM.

NES AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE ELECTRIC HAD AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLY BIG JOB TRYING TO GET THINGS BACK UP AND RUNNING.

BUT JUST AS I'VE BEEN DRIVING AROUND LOOKING AT OUR OWN DEBRIS PICKUP, I JUST NOTICED SOME ELECTRICAL DEBRIS STILL OUT THERE AND WE CAN'T REALLY DISPOSE OF THAT.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE ELECTRIC UTILITY WOULD HAVE TO PICK UP AND DISPOSE OF PROPERLY.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS ABLE TO GET THESE PICTURES AND, UH, GET 'EM OVER TO OUR CONTACT AT NES SINCE THEY'RE IN WILDWOOD, WHICH IS N S'S THING.

BUT SHARE THESE JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S JUST A HUGE JOB ON, YOU KNOW, ON THE PART OF BOTH NES AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE ELECTRIC TO CLEAN UP AFTER THE STORM.

AND IF WE CAN HELP THEM AT ALL, I REALLY WOULD LIKE US TO HELP BE THEIR EYES ON THE GROUND AND SEE IF WE CAN'T BE AN ASSET TO OUR ELECTRIC UTILITIES TO HELP 'EM SPOT THIS STUFF.

SO, YOU KNOW, AS COMMISSIONERS, UM, IF, IF Y'ALL SEE ANY OF IT, IF YOU COULD MAYBE GET A PICTURE THAT HELPS IDENTIFY WHAT IT IS AND, UH, WHERE IT IS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, JASON, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT US TO SEND IT TO YOU OR IT'D BE NICE IF WE KIND OF COLLECTED, UM, IF, IF THERE'S A LOT OF THESE SPOTS OUT THERE.

AND IT COULD BE THE PANORAMA DRIVE IS THE ONLY ONE WITH A NUMBER OF THESE.

I MEAN, PANORAMA DRIVE WAS HIT REALLY HARD, WHICH IS WHY WENT BACK THERE TO LOOK TO SEE HOW THE CLEANUP WAS GOING AND SAW THIS, BUT FINE, SEND IT TO ME.

WHAT I'LL DOBLE THEM OVER TO THEM.

WE'LL TRY TO GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND SEE WHAT KIND OF LIST WE HAVE AND YEAH, THEY'LL PROBABLY APPRECIATE THAT.

MAYBE OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR 10 DAYS.

BUT AS WE'RE DRIVING AROUND LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT STUFF, IF Y'ALL NOTICE ANYTHING OR IF YOU HAVE ANY FRIENDS MENTION SOMETHING.

I KNOW ADE SAID THEY'RE GONNA GET PUBLIC WORKS TO ALSO TAKE A LOOK AROUND WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR STUFF.

SO, UM, YEAH.

BUT IF WE COULD HELP EITHER THEIR EYES ON THE, ON THE GROUND, I THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO SPOT IT FOR 'EM.

AND, UH, AND ALONG THOSE LINES, YOU KNOW, AS WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT ARBOR DAY, YOU KNOW, I REALLY JUST WANNA, I FEEL LIKE I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW MUCH I LOVE THE TREES IN BRENTWOOD.

AND IT IS FUNNY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UH, COMING INTO THIS WINTER, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE WERE RIGHT ON THE SAME PAGE, YOU KNOW, FOR THERE FOR A COUPLE WEEKS.

I FELT LIKE I HAD SOME PEOPLE SAYING TO ME, YOU KNOW, WHY DO WE ALLOW PEOPLE EVEN TO HAVE TREES , YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOTHING BUT TROUBLE.

BUT, UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT WE KNOW HOW BEAUTIFUL THE TREES ARE AND I JUST REALLY WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO, TO REPLANT THE TREES THAT ARE MISSING.

BUT ALSO, UH, AND, AND COMMISSIONER PIPMAN, I WAS REALLY GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THE PRUNING SEMINAR THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.

BECAUSE IF WE EVER WANTED A REMINDER OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO PROPERLY PRUNE AND CARE FOR THESE TREES, YOU KNOW, THE ONES I KNOW, THE FOLKS I KNOW THAT TAKE REALLY GOOD CARE OF THEIR TREES DID HAVE LESS STORM DAMAGE.