* 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. [00:00:01] THIS MORNING. [ Brentwood Planning Commission Briefing April 2, 2026 Click on Download PDF Packet above to view Briefing Agenda This informational meeting is an opportunity for the Planning Commission to discuss the upcoming agenda, to ask questions of staff and applicants, and to request additional information prior to the formal Monday meeting.] UM, JUST A QUICK REMINDER, OUR MEETING ON MONDAY NIGHT WILL BE AT 6:30 PM NOT SEVEN. WE CHANGED IT 'CAUSE OF THE, UM, MA MARCH MADNESS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE FINAL, IS IT THE FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP YOU GAME? SO THAT IS WHY WE MOVED AT SIX 30. WE SHOW UP AT SEVEN. WE MAY OR MAY NOT STILL BE HERE. UM, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL GO AND GET INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALRIGHTYY. OUR FIRST ITEM IS A MINOR SITE PLAN ALTERATION FOR THE NEW VALERO GAS STATION. UM, AT ONE 50 FRANKLIN ROAD, TRISTAR ENERGY REQUESTS APPROVAL OF A MINOR SITE PLANE ALTERATION TO THE EXISTING GULF GAS STATION ALONG FRANKLIN ROAD TO REBRAND AS VALERO THE REQUEST. THE REQUEST INCLUDES REFACING, THE EXISTING MONUMENT SIGN, EXISTING CANOPY, AND SOME ADDITIONAL SMALLER SIGNS WITH THE VALERO LOGO. IN MAY SAY THAT THE MONUMENT SIGN WILL REMAIN THE SAME SIZE AND WILL NOT INCLUDE LED NUMBERS. THEY ARE EXISTING, UH, SCROLLING OR LIKE, YOU KNOW, REPLACING NUMBERS. SO THEY ARE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA CONVERT TO LED, THEY'RE GONNA KEEP IT THE SAME. UM, THE PUR THE PROPOSED CANY SIGNAGE WILL BE BLUE AND WHITE WITH SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE LOGOS TOTALING 18 SQUARE FEET. AND THE OTHER SIGNS ALONG THE BUILDING AND CAR WASH WILL BE SET AT 40 SQUARE FEET. THE PROPOSAL MEETS THE C FOUR SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS. UM, SO AGAIN, ALL THEY'RE DOING IS JUST REBRANDING TO VALERO FROM GULF. UM, WE HAVE 11 STANDARD CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AND CHANGE TO THE LITTLE CONVENIENCE. THEY'RE NOT PLANNING ON PAINTING OR FIXING THE ASPHALT OR ANY OF THAT KIND OF STUFF. NO, MA'AM. JUST SIGN IT. SHE'S BEEN, THEY MIGHT FIX THE ASPHALT, BUT THAT'S A LITTLE OUT OF OUR SCOPE. . I KNOW, I KNOW. I WAS JUST CURIOUS. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN BAD. ALRIGHT, OUR SECOND ITEM IS A REVISED FINAL PLAT FOR DOGWOOD ACRES AT 9 7 2 7 CONCORD ROAD. BROTHERTON LAND SURVEYING REQUESTS APPROVAL OF A REVISED FINAL PLAT THAT COMBINES TWO LOTS INTO ONE. ON AUGUST 5TH, 2024, THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED TWO LOTS WITH A SHARED DRIVEWAY ACCESS EASEMENT TO CONCORD ROAD. SO THEY SPLIT IT INTO TWO LOTS. NOW THEY'RE COMBINING IT BACK INTO ONE LOT. AND THEN WE HAVE 12 STANDARD CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THIS, FOR THIS ITEM. MOVING ALONG PRETTY QUICK, OUR THIRD ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ANOTHER MINOR SITE PLAN ALTERATION FOR BUILDING ELEVATIONS AT 5,200 MARYLAND WAY IN THE MARYLAND FARMS OFFICE AREA. A SD SKY REQUESTS APPROVAL FOR REVISED BUILDING ELEVATIONS. THE PROPOSAL REQUEST IS TO PAINT THE EXISTING BUILDING AT 5,200 MARYLAND WAY FROM THE EXISTING BROWN BRICK WITH ALABASTER WHITE AND URBAN BRONZE ACCENTS ALONG THE TOP OF THE BUILDING AND AROUND THE WINDOWS. THE CELLULAR ANTENNAS LOCATED ON THE BUILDING WILL ALSO BE PAINTED TO MATCH THE BUILDING'S COLOR SCHEME. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT THE BROWN CURRENT ELEVATIONS RIGHT HERE. AND THEN THE EXIST THE PROPOSED WHITE WITH THE URBAN BRONZE KIND OF LIKE ACCENTS AROUND THE ENTIRE BUILDING. UH, WE'VE SEEN A COUPLE BUILDINGS RECENTLY IN THE MARYLAND FARMS AREA COME FOR, YOU KNOW, LITTLE SPRUCE UP. I THINK IT MAKES THE BUILDINGS LOOK BETTER AND MAKES MARYLAND FARMS LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE MODERN. UH, WE HAVE 11 STANDARD CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THIS ITEM. COOL. EXCUSE ME. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS B PC 2 6 0 3 DASH 0 0 8. A REVISED SITE PLAN FOR VOLVO, UM, LOCATED AT 1598 MALLORY LANE. UH, THIS ONE IS, UM, A REVISED SITE PLAN TO INTRODUCE PHASING INTO THE PROJECT SO THAT THEY CAN GET A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR VOLVO. WITHOUT THE PHASING, THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT BUILDING THE OTHER TWO, UH, DEALERSHIPS ON THE PROPERTY. SO, UM, IN NOVEMBER, UM, FOURTH 2024 FOR, UH, YOU GUYS FIRST SAW THIS PROJECT AND THEN THEY'VE, UH, SINCE REVISED IT MARCH 3RD, 2025 TO MODIFY THE BUILDINGS AND THE FOOTPRINTS AND PARKING. AND SO THE THREE DEALERSHIPS THAT WILL BE ON THIS SIDE ARE GONNA BE VOLVO, VOLKSWAGEN AND INS. SO, UM, VOLVO IS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OVER HERE. UM, THAT BUILDING, THEY'RE JUST WAITING FOR, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE PHASING LINE. AND THEN, UM, EVENTUALLY THEY'LL START CONSTRUCTION ON VOLKSWAGEN AND INS. UM, WAS THERE A DELAY ON THOSE LATTER TWO OR WERE THEY JUST ACCELERATING? I, I DON'T THINK THEY THOUGHT THROUGH THE PROCESS. YEAH, WHEN THEY GOT THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL, THEY, I, I, I BELIEVE [00:05:01] THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD GET COS ON EACH ONE AS THEY COMPLETED THEM, BUT IT WAS APPROVED AS ONE BIG PROJECT. OKAY. SO WE NEED TO SPLIT IT UP INTO PHASES TO SEPARATE VOLVO SO THEY CAN GET A CO OKAY. SO IN THE MEANTIME THEY'RE GONNA DO A TEMPORARY, UH, DRIVEWAY RIGHT HERE THAT, UH, SO THAT THERE'S CONSISTENT CIRCULATION AROUND THE VOLVO DEALERSHIP. AND THEN ONCE A VOLKSWAGEN GETS BUILT, THEN THAT TEMPORARY DRIVEWAY ACCESS WILL BE, I THINK, INCORPORATED INTO THE BUILDING FOR VOLVO FOR THEIR, UH, SERVICE DRIVE THROUGH. DO THEY ANTICIPATE THE OTHER TWO FOLLOWING IN SHORT ORDER OR, WELL, VOLKSWAGEN FOR SURE. OKAY. UM, THEY'VE ALREADY GOT THEIR PERMIT APPLICATION IN HOUSE, BUT I JUST WANNA, UH, BE CLEAR, THE ONLY REASON STAFF IS SUPPORTING THIS IS BECAUSE VOLVO WILL STAND ALONE. MM-HMM . AS PHASE ONE, MEANING THEY'LL MEET THE PARKING, THEY'LL MEET THE GREEN SPACE, THEY'LL MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS WHERE THEY CAN STAND ALONE. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE OKAY WITH IT. YEAH. UM, YEAH, THAT'S OUR, SO THERE'S, UH, 11 STANDARD CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AND THEN WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SORRY, ONE MORE QUESTION. SO WILL THE ISN, WILL IT BE ITS OWN SEPARATE PHASE? IS THAT GETTING REQUESTED NOW? OR IS THIS WHOLE SECOND PHASE THE TWO ADDITIONAL DEALERSHIPS AS PROPOSED RIGHT NOW? SECOND PHASE WOULD WOULD BE VOLVO AND THE OTHER DEALERSHIP. OKAY. YEAH. AND I THINK THEY'RE WANTING, THEY WANTED TO GET STARTED ON VOLVO. 'CAUSE THEY, PREVIOUS VOLVO PREVIOUSLY GOT APPROVAL FOR A STANDALONE SITE FARTHER DOWN, LIKE IN THE SAME AREA. BUT THEN THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WERE GONNA DO THE THREE BUILDINGS FOR CARLOCK ACROSS THE STREET FROM THEIR EXISTING DEALERSHIP. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. UM, SO OUR FIRST ITEM FOR OUR REGULAR AGENDA IS FOR REZONING LOCATED AT 2001 SHAMROCK DRIVE, WHICH IS PART OF THE HARPETH HILLS CHURCH OF CHRIST. UM, THIS IS A REZONING REQUEST FROM OUR TWO TO SI. UM, AND IT IS FOR, UM, THIS PORTION THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED OVER HERE. SO THESE, UM, THESE BALL FIELDS RIGHT HERE ARE LOCATED WITHIN BRENTWOOD. THE DAVIDSON COUNTY, WILLIAMSON COUNTY LINE GOES STRAIGHT THROUGH HERE. SO MAJORITY OF THE CHURCH IS IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, FRONT OLD HICKORY. UH, THE ZONING FOR THE BALL FIELDS IS R TWO. AND SO WE'RE, UM, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING REZONING TO, UM, SI ONE, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CHURCH, UM, CLASSIFICATION. UH, AND THEN THIS IS FOR, UM, A MIRACLE FIELD, UH, A BASEBALL FIELD. NO LIGHTS PLANNED. THERE ARE LIGHTS PROPOSED. YES. HMM. SO IF I CAN JUST, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS FOR NOT A LIGHTS PROPOSAL, THIS IS ONLY FOR CHANGING THE ZONING. YEAH. SO THIS IS JUST FOR THE REZONING. UM, YOU GUYS WILL SEE THE SITE PLAN ONCE IT GETS APPROVED THROUGH THE REZONING PROCESS, THEY'LL HAVE TO COME BACK FOR A SITE PLAN WITH APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO ANYTHING THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE GONNA DO ON THIS IS NON-BINDING UNTIL THE SITE PLAN COMES IN. CORRECT. AND IT IS ONLY FOR THIS PARCEL RIGHT HERE. SO THERE ARE STILL BASEBALL FIELDS OVER HERE THAT WE'RE LEAVING AS RESIDENTIAL ZONING TO PROVIDE A, A BUFFER. SO THERE ARE, AND THE ONLY RESIDENTIAL IS RIGHT HERE. UM, THE BLUE ZONING IS PART OF CONGREGATION MICA OR NOT, THAT'S LIKE PURPLE-ISH COLOR. SO THAT IS, UM, STILL, THIS IS ALL CONGREGATION MICAH OVER HERE. OH, OKAY. SO NO RESIDENCE THEN. JUST ONLY RIGHT HERE ALONG, UM, STREET WILDWOOD. AND I ASSUME SOME OF THAT CONGREGATION MICAH PROPERTY'S NOT BUILDABLE PROBABLY. NO, IT'S ALL, IT'S IT IS ALL FLOOD. IT'S, YEAH. YEAH, THERE'S FLOOD. SO THIS IS OUR FLOOD PLAN. SO THERE IS SOME FLOODING ON HERE ON THIS PARCEL, BUT YEAH, THERE'S, THIS IS ALL CONGREGATION MICAH AND MOST OF THAT IS FLOOD. SO IF THE SITE TO THE EAST IS ALREADY BALL FIELDS, BUT IT'S ZONED R TWO, HOW COME THEY'RE NOT SEEKING AN S ONE SI ONE THERE, THE CITY REQUESTED THAT THAT REMAIN R TWO. OKAY. TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL BUFFER TO THE RESIDENCES THERE ALONG WILDWOOD VALLEY. [00:10:03] AND THAT JUST PRECLUDES THEM FROM PUTTING IN LIGHTS IN THE FUTURE, UH, OR BUILDINGS OR, CORRECT. I MEAN, IT, IT PREVENTS THEM FROM IMPROVING THAT ART THAT THOSE ARE TWO PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BALL FIELDS. YEAH. THEY'LL REMOVE REMAIN AS THEY ARE. OKAY. IF THEY WANTED TO IMPROVE THOSE, THEY'D HAVE TO REZONE 'EM TO SI ONE. GOT IT. OKAY. BUT THE PART THAT THEY'RE REZONING, IT'S 1.37 ACRES IS, AND THERE'S A HOUSE THERE NOW MM-HMM . SO THEY'RE GONNA REMOVE THE HOUSE AND THEY'RE GONNA BUILD A MIRACLE FIELD THAT WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE LIGHTS. AND THE PLAN THAT THEY'VE GIVEN US IS A CONCEPT PLAN. UM, IT COULD CHANGE. ALRIGHT. BUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THIS CONCEPT PLAN IS SHOWING THAT THEY CAN MEET ALL OF OUR BUFFERS AND SETBACKS AND ALL OF OUR ZONING REQUIREMENTS THAT APPLY TO SI ONE. OKAY. YEP. SO THEY'VE GOT LIKE A CON, I DON'T KNOW, IS IT CONCESSION AREA? THERE'S A PLAYGROUND OF COURSE, THE FIELD AND, AND THEY SAY THERE WILL BE SOME LIGHTING EVENTUALLY, BUT ALL THOSE DETAILS WILL BE BACK BEFORE YOU AT A LATER DATE DO THEY, IF, IF THE REZONING IS SUCCESSFUL. WHICH, YEAH. SO, UM, IT PASSED ON FIRST READING WITH THE CITY COMMISSION ON MARCH 9TH. UH, TONIGHT IS THE REQUIRED COMMUNITY MEETING THAT WE, WE'VE SENT MAILINGS OUT AND POSTED US A SIGN ON THE PROPERTY FOR AND THEN PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION. IT WILL BE ON MONDAY NIGHT AND THEN IT WILL GO BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 13TH. AND THEN APRIL 27TH WOULD BE THE SECOND AND FINAL READING FOR THE REZONING. HERE'S THE MEETING TONIGHT. ON WHAT? HERE? HERE AT SIX O'CLOCK IN THIS ROOM. IS THE REMAINING PART TO PROPERTY HELD OWNED BY THE CHURCH AS WELL? WELL, YES. IT'S OKAY. YEAH. I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? THE REMAINING, OUR TWO PROPERTIES WERE OWNED BY THE CHURCH. OH YEAH. THEY OWN, THIS IS ALL, UH, HARPE HILL'S RIGHT HERE. OKAY. AND THEN I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS CONGREGATION MICAH. DO WE KNOW IF ANY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON WILDWOOD VALLEY ARE, HAVE AN OPINION OR CONCERN ABOUT THIS? THEY'VE BEEN NOTIFIED TO COME TONIGHT. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY CALLS. YEAH. WE, THE CITY HASN'T AND NEITHER HAS THE APPLICANT FROM THE MAILINGS THAT GOT SENT OUT. NOW IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT PEOPLE WON'T SHOW UP TONIGHT. UM, WE JUST HAVEN'T HEARD FROM, FROM ANYBODY. AND WE'RE JUST MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION CORRECTIVE JUST A REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION. I MEAN, SO THOSE BALL FIELDS ARE ACTIVE BALL FIELDS AND THEY YEAH. BASEBALL'S BEING PLAYED THERE, BUT THEY'RE RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY'RE NOT LIT. THEY'RE NOT LIT. CORRECT. SO IS THIS GONNA BE AN ISSUE? I MEAN, DO WE, THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE ON LIGHTING ALSO TODAY, THIS, I KNOW IT'S NOT ON, BUT IN THE FUTURE, TODAY, IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN DISCUSS IT, BUT IT'S NOT THE FUTURE. SO YEAH, THIS IS, YEAH. BUT WHY WOULD YOU APPROVE CHANGING THE ZONING IF YOU ANTICIPATED THAT BEING AN ISSUE THAT YOU DIDN'T WANNA THAT'S RIGHT. COME IN. OR THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE, I MEAN, 'CAUSE THEY COULD JUST SAY, HEY, WE JUST WANT TO ADD IT INTO OUR THING RIGHT NOW. AND WHEN YOU LOOK INTO CHANGING ZONING TO FIT CURRENT STANDARD ZONING, IT JUST MAKES SENSE. AND DON'T FORGET WITH RELIGIOUS, YOU'RE REALLY WALKING A FINE LINE ON WHETHER YOU'RE LETTING THEM DO THINGS THAT THEY SHOULD AND SHOULDN'T. SO YEAH, I MEAN I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING THE QUESTIONS NOW. UH, WHY I DON'T THINK CHRIS WOULD VERY HAPPY IF WE'RE NOT APPROVING RELIGIOUS ZONING. WHAT IN THIS IS IT THE CONCESSIONS? WHAT IS THE, WHAT ARE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRING IT TO GO FROM RESIDENTIAL TO, UH, IT'S THE, IT IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW FIELD AND THE IMPROVEMENTS, THE PLAYGROUND AND ALL THAT STUFF. DO YOU HAVE THE RENDERINGS OF THE YEAH, THEY SHOWED, SHE SHOWED HIM A SECOND AGO OF THE FIELD. BUT MAYBE THE QUESTION WAS HOW DID THE ORIGINAL FIELDS GET BUILT WITHOUT REZONING? OH GOODNESS. MAYBE THAT'S, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW. YEAH, I GUESS THAT IS KIND OF THE QUESTION. THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOREVER. CLEARLY SOMETHING IN THIS IS KICKING IT INTO, OH, YOU NEED TO BE GOOD. RIGHT? UH, COMMERCIALLY ZONE OR SERVICE INSTITUTIONALLY ZONED, THEY HAVE SOME GRANDFATHERED FIELDS, RIGHT. AND NOW THEY'RE WANTING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS. SO LET'S GET THE ZONING RIGHT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS YOU'RE WANTING TO MAKE AND MEET THE CURRENT BUFFERS AND SETBACKS AND ALL THAT. AND THEN I GUESS I'M, I AM KIND OF BACK TO MY NEXT QUESTION. IT WE'RE, WE ARE, WE'VE BEEN DOWN THIS PATH BEFORE WITH THE LIGHTING AND WITH SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES AND THAT SORT OF THING. AND WE KNOW THAT THAT CAN BE A YEAH. BUT THAT WAS ALL, I MEAN WE'LL SEE TONIGHT IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT HAS ANY ISSUES. BUT THIS IS ALSO ACROSS THE STREET AND YEAH. IS TONIGHT, UM, AND RELIGIOUS, WHICH IS MAKES SCHOOLS LOOK LIKE, I MEAN YEAH. THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO SEE IT'S, I WILL SAY I LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT [00:15:01] PIECE OF PROPERTY IS TUCKED IN THERE. SO LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MY ONLY CONCERN MIGHT BE LIKE LIGHTING OR THINGS LIKE THAT. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY A FURTHER AWAY FROM CURRENT RESIDENTS THAN THE CURRENT BALL FIELDS ARE. OH, THAT WAS PRETTY CLEAR THROUGH THERE. YEAH, THERE'S UM, CLEAR. I MEAN I WOULD THROW OVER, THERE WAS LIKE, SO YEAH, WHEN YOU GO, I MEAN THERE'S A HOUSE RIGHT HERE. I MEAN THESE ARE ONE ACRE A LOT. SO THERE'S A HOUSE RIGHT HERE AND THEN YOU GET TO THE EXISTING BALL FIELDS AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GO EVEN FARTHER DOWN. WHEN JACKSON AND I WENT THERE TO POST A SIGN, WE ACTUALLY POSTED IT RIGHT HERE IN THESE BALL FIELDS. AND I SENT A PICTURE, TODD, AND HE GOES, THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT SPOT. AND I WAS LIKE, OH, THERE'S MORE. AND SO WE KEPT GOING BUT I MEAN THE LIGHTING WILL HAVE TO MEET OUR STANDARDS, THE THREE FOOT AT THE CANDLES AT THE PROPERTY LINE. AND IT DOESN'T, WHEREAS BRENTWOOD ACADEMY, IT BUTTED. RIGHT. IT WOULD BE KIND OF A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT CONVERSATION IF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LIGHTING THESE BASEBALL FIELDS WHERE LITERALLY IS ABUTTING THESE RESIDENTS RIGHT HERE. BUT YOU STILL HAVE A BUFFER OVER HERE. AND THIS IS ALL WOODED OVER HERE AS WELL. SO THAT SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE. AND THEN THIS, THIS WILL NEVER BE TOUCHED OVER HERE. 'CAUSE THIS IS ALL FLOOD. YEAH. AND THE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE CAN NECESSARILY VOTE ON THIS PER SE, BUT I MEAN, MY OTHER PRACTICAL THOUGHT WAS I THINK THEY'RE BUILDING SMALLER AND THESE ARE LIKE WHATEVER LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS. YEAH. THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT PLANNED MAYBE AS LATE AS HIGH SCHOOL. THIS MIRACLE FIELD DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A STANDARD FIELD. IT LOOKS LIKE FOR UH, CHILDREN. IT IS AN A FIELD. IT'S A SPECIAL NEEDS SPECIAL SPECIAL NEEDS FIELD. YEAH. SO EVEN MORE SO MAYBE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED A MIRACLE FIELD. WILL, TONIGHT'S MEETING, I'VE GOT A BUNCH OF FAMILY FA LANDING RIGHT NOW. ANYWAY. I CAN'T, I CAN'T GO TO TONIGHT'S MEETING JUST TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING. THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT. WELL IS IT VIDEOED OR WILL SOMEONE BE THERE THAT CAN GIVE US A SYN? IT'S NOT VIDEOED. ALLISON WILL ATTEND AND SHE'LL TAKE NOTES. YEAH, WE'LL TAKE NOTES AND UM, WE'LL PRESENT 'EM AT THE MEETING FOR PLANNING COMMISSION. AND THEN WE ALSO SEND THEM TO CITY COMMISSION AS WELL. SO THERE WERE, OKAY. THANKS OF WHAT WAS, WHAT TOOK PLACE AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT. UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, UM, WHICH IS B PC 2 5 0 3 DASH ZERO FOUR A SITE PLAN FOR BANK OZK LOCATED AT 1 5 2 WILSON PIKE CIRCLE. SO THIS IS, UM, AN ON DEVELOPED PIECE OF PROPERTY RIGHT HERE ON THE CORNER OF, UM, WILSON PIKE CIRCLE, CHURCH STREET AND FRIERSON STREET. IT IS ACROSS FROM THIS, I THINK THE SNOOTY FOX AND THEN, UH, THE STITCHERS GARDEN USED TO BE RIGHT BEHIND THERE, BUT IT IS NOT THERE. IT'S A LOT THAT HAD THE OLD WHITE HOUSE ON IT. YEAH. REMEMBER THAT? DID THEY HAVE A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SITE PLAN OR NO, I DON'T THINK THEY EVER DID A SITE PLAN. I JUST KNOW THEY HAD THAT OLD WHITE HOUSE LONG TIME. THEY KNOCKED THAT DOWN FIVE YEARS AGO BEFORE COVID. A LONG TIME AGO. YEAH, THEYVE BEEN WORKING ON, THEY'VE BEEN GONE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SPECIFIC ONE SINCE FEBRUARY, MARCH, 2025. SO IT USED TO BE CALLED BANK OF THE OZARKS IS HOW LONG NOW BANK. YEAH. SO NOW IT'S BANK OCK THEY'VE SHOWN SHORTENED THE OZARK. UM, SO THEY'RE GONNA PAY THE ENTIRE AREA OVER TO FRIAR SEAT FOR PARKING. YES. SO, UM, THE BANK WILL BE LOCATED OVER HERE. IT WILL BE A TWO STORY BUILDING IN THE LEFT HAND CORNER. IT WILL HAVE A TWO-WAY ACCESS FROM FRIERSON STREET AND THEN IT WILL HAVE, UM, THE DRIVE THROUGH, UH, BANK WINDOW IS OVER HERE. AND THEN IT WILL HAVE A RIGHT TURN ONLY OUT ON WILSON PIKE CIRCLE WHEN WE DO PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR A BANK. IS IT THE SAME AS ANY COMMERCIAL? IT'S THE SAME AS RETAIL. AS RETAIL, YES. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WHEN I DRIVE BY BANKS, THEY HAVE ALL THESE BIG FLAT PARKING LOTS WITH NO CARS IN THEM. AND I'M THINKING THAT COULD BE TREES OR IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, PERMEABLE AT LEAST MAKE IT A PERMEABLE LOT. SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THAT'S A CITY COMMISSION THING, BUT THING BECAUSE I MEAN, WE HAVE TO CHANGE. THEY HAVE THE STANDARDS AND THEY SET THE STANDARDS YEARS AGO AND I MEAN, IT SOUNDS GOOD TO HEY, WE'D LOVE IT TO BE PERMEABLE, BUT THE PROBLEM IS OUR CITY RULES SAY THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN DO. AND IT ALSO, UNTIL THEY CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF BANKS, BANKS GET TREATED LIKE RE UH, RETAIL EVEN THOUGH NO ONE, UH, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME BANKS DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE. UH, THIS WILL BE BANK AND I BELIEVE OFF THIS [00:20:01] AS WELL BECAUSE THE OTHER PROBLEM WOULD BE IF THEY SELL IT AS A, IF THEY SELL IT FROM BANK TO A, UH, TO SOME SORT OF RETAIL LATER, SOMETHING LATER THAN THEY'RE IN TROUBLE, THEN THEY WOULD GET IN TROUBLE. 'CAUSE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING FOR A BUSINESS THAT COULD HAVE LOT MORE PEOPLE SHOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT MUCH PARKING RIGHT NOW. IS THAT CORRECT? THEY ARE. SO IT'S A AND A ALMOST A 12,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. TWO STORIES. AND UM, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE 47 PARKING SPOTS AND TWO OF THOSE ARE A DA PARKING. SO YEAH, THERE IS A, IT'S BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING AND THEN C FOUR REQUIRES TWO STORY BUILDINGS. SURE. UM, THE ONLY ENTRANCE IS ON FRIERSON STREET, CORRECT? YES. SO THE ONLY ENTRANCE ONTO THIS SITE WOULD BE FROM FRIERSON AND THEN WILSON PIKE CIRCLE WOULD BE, UH, A RIGHT OUT. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT ON IS THE, THE TRAFFIC. UM, AND WITH THE RIGHT OUT ONLY, UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDER AN EXCEPTION TO SECTION 78 DASH 2 56 7 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, WHICH GOVERNS THE LOCATION AND DESIGN OF DRIVEWAYS AND ACCESS POINTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. UM, THE ARTICLE EIGHT, NOPE, SORRY. THAT'S ARTICLE SEVEN. VEHICLE ACCESS CONTROL REQUIRES THAT DRIVEWAYS ON COLLECTORS BE LOCATED MORE THAN 75 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTING PUBLIC STREET. SO WITH THE DESIGN OF, OR THE LAYOUT OF THIS LOT ITSELF, IT KIND OF NARROWS OVER HERE ON THE WILSON PIKE CIRCLE. SO STAFF IS OKAY. SUPPORTING PLANNING COMMISSION GRANTING THE EXEMPTION WITH THIS BEING A RIDE OUT ONLY SO THAT WE ARE NOT ADDING MORE TRAFFIC ONTO WILSON PIKE CIRCLE WHERE WE'VE ALREADY GOT SOME ISSUES. SO IN ORDER TO COMPLY, THAT EXIT WOULD HAVE TO BE FIVE FEET FARTHER AWAY FROM CHURCH STREET. AND THEY CAN'T, THEY CAN'T GET IT. SO RIGHT NOW THE, THE PROPERTY LINE IS RIGHT, IT'S SEVEN. THEY'RE ONLY LOOKING FOR A FIVE FOOT DEVIATION. SO THE CODE REQUIRES 75 FEET AND THEY'RE AT 70 FEET. BUT IF, IF THEY WERE AT 75 FEET, THEN THEY COULD, THEY'D COULD HAVE OFF THE PROPERTY. YEAH, BUT I'M SAYING IF THEY HAD THE FIVE EXTRA FEET, THEN THEY COULD TECHNICALLY HAVE LEFT AND RIGHT. RIGHT. THE SPACING WOULD BE MET. BUT THE ACCESS THE TRAFFIC WOULD BE HAVE TO STUDY TO LOOK AT, EVEN THOUGH THE SPACING'S OKAY. PART OF IT WAS CIRCULATION AND, BUT THE FACT THEY'RE ONLY GOING AWAY FROM WHERE TRAFFIC COMES IN. MM-HMM . THEY WOULD NEVER GET OUT OF THEIR TRACK FROM LEFT SENSE. OH YEAH. NO, NO. I'M SAYING THE LEFT AND THEN THAT WOULD BLOCK EVERYBODY. SO THERE'S A ROUNDABOUT JUST TO THE NORTH. YEAH. YEAH. SO THEY COULD GO UP AND TURN AROUND AND COME BACK. SO IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE MINOR IN CONVENIENCE AND REROUTING, BUT THE, THE QUEUING OF THAT INTERSECTION ON WILSON PIKE CIRCLE, UM, NEEDS TO HAVE THAT OUT ONLY. YEAH. RIGHT. IS IT GONNA BE DEVELOPED SO THAT IT'S CURVED QUI WELL HAVE PEOPLE WANTING TO TAKE LEFT HAND TURNS? NO, IT LOOKS PRETTY CURVED. IT'S IT'S CHANNEL. IT'S GONNA BE CHANNELIZED AT CURB. SO THAT, I MEAN, BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL DO IT IF IT'S OH YEAH. I MEAN SOMEBODY COULD JUMP A CURB OR SOMETHING AND BRUISE DAMAGE IN THEIR VEHICLE. NOT LIKE AT CANES IT'S GONNA BE BUILT AS RESTRICTIVE AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT THANKS. YEAH. AND THEN THIS SITE WILL HAVE, UM, STREET TREES, SIDEWALK, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING A LAND, A SCREENING WALL TO SCREEN THE PARKING FROM CHURCH STREET. IT'LL REALLY SPRUCE UP THAT CORNER. OH YEAH. MM-HMM . YEAH. SO C FOUR REQUIRES STREET TREES, UM, AND CERTAIN UH, STREET FURNITURE, STREET FURNITURE, PAVEMENT DESIGNS. THEY'LL HAVE A BIKE RACK. WILL THIS BE AN ISLAND OF A SIDEWALK? I'M NOT, I'M JUST NOT FAMILIAR WITH SIDEWALKS IN THIS SAME AREA. ARE THERE SIDE NO, THERE'S NO SIDEWALK. I MEAN THERE'S SIDEWALKS THAT GO NORTH ON, UH, NO FRIERSON RIGHT THERE. THERE'S A WALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHURCH STREET. I KNOW THOSE, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE'S I LOVE SIDEWALKS. I THINK THEY LOOK GREAT. I MEAN, AS STUFF DEVELOPS LIKE THE SIDEWALK. YEAH, LET'S KEEP PUSHING IN THEORY WILL CONTINUE TO BE GOOD. UH, EXTENDED TO BE WHERE THE HOTEL AND ALL THAT STUFF IS IN THE CENTER. AND I THINK STARTING THE SIDEWALK HERE IS GREAT BECAUSE THAT KIND OF SETS THE PRECEDENT THAT HEY, AS STUFF DEVELOPS, IT'LL HEAD NORTH. YEAH. WHERE ARE THE SIGNS FOR THE BANK FOR STREET? THERE, THERE ARE WALL SIGNS ON THE BUILDING. WE DON'T ALLOW MONUMENT SIGNS IN THE C FOUR DISTRICT FOR, THEY'LL HAVE INCIDENTAL SIGNAGE. KNOW PEOPLE ARE THE MOST LIKELY FRONT CHART. YEAH. SO THEY'LL JUST HAVE LIKE KNOW HOW HOW TO, HOW TO GET APP. I'LL FIGURE IT OUT. BUT THEY TOOK SO LONG THEY'LL HAVE SIGNAGE THAT HAS, UM, DIRECTION. [00:25:01] YEAH, LIKE DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE. AND THEN, UM, HERE'S HERE ARE SOME ELEVATIONS OF WHAT THE BANK'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. SO THIS IS, UM, LOOKING ON THE CORNER OF CHURCH STREET AND WILSON PIKE CIRCLE. AND THEN, UH, THIS IS CHURCH AND FRIERSON. DOES BANK HAVE OTHER LOCATIONS? THE OZARK COMMERCIAL DEALERS ARE, DOES BANK THE OZARK? YEAH. RK WE'VE GOT ARKANSAS. THEY'RE ONE OF THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL LENDERS COM COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION LENDERS IN THE COUNTRY. REALLY? WOW. JUST SO DO THEY HAVE A LOCATION DOWN IN NASHVILLE? NO, BUT THEY'RE FINANCING A NUMBER OF PROJECTS BEING BUILT FOR NASHVILLE. OKAY. THEY'RE PROBABLY EAGER TO HAVE IT BUILT. UM, WELL WHEN DO SIDEWALK AND STREET TREES ARE STREET TREES? WE HAVE CERTAIN HEIGHT AND RECOMMENDATIONS. RIGHT. SO LIKE THEY DON'T GET INTO POWER LINES OR I MEAN THEY'RE OFF YOUR LIST. YEAH. SO WE SEND THEM YOUR LIST. SO THEY MADE SOME REVISION BASED ON YOUR LIST ARE NOT ON THE LIST ANYMORE. NO MORE BRADFORD PEARS . OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, SO YOU CAN SEE LIKE AN EXAMPLE OVER HERE OF THE STRAIGHT TREES AND SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. UM, SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. UM, THEY ARE DEDICATING RIDE OF WAY WITH THIS PROJECT AND WITH RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION, WE REQUIRE A REVISED FINAL PLOT, UH, TO DEPICT THEIR DEDICATION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND THEN ALSO TO ESTABLISH A PEDESTRIAN ACCESS EASEMENT FOR THE PORTIONS OF THE SIDEWALK THAT'S LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY. UH, THE BUILDING WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM AND A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM PER NFPA STANDARDS. UM, A FIRE HYDRANT REQUIRED WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CONNECTION AND MUST BE LOCATED WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. NUMBER FOUR, A SIX INCH FIRE SERVICE METER SHALL BE INSTALLED WITHIN AN UNDERGROUND FAULT LOCATED AT THE PROPERTY LINE PER BRENTWOOD WATER SERVICE DETAILED W DASH 14. AND THEN, UH, PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF A GRADING PERMIT, THE STORMWATER REPORT MUST BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THE CURRENT SITE PLAN. AND THEN WITH THE STORMWATER, THEY ARE PROPOSING UNDERGROUND DETENTION FOR THIS PROPERTY. SO IT'S GONNA BE UNDER THE PARKING. AND THEN THAT IS ALL WE HAVE THE CHECK FILE, UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION JUST ABOUT THE 2040 MEETING. UM, AND I SAW THAT YOU SENT US SOMETHING. I GUESS IT'S SOME SORT I JUST SENT THE, THE CONSULTANTS' POWERPOINT. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. IS THERE, I I COULDN'T BE AT THAT EITHER. IS HAVE WE HAD, IS THERE ANY STATED DIRECTION ON HOW THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS GOING TO, UM, BE INVOLVED WITH THE 2040? WHETHER IT WILL BE OTHER, WELL THEY HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE INCLUSION JUST SITTING IN, OR WILL IT BE SO THEY, THE CITY COMMISSION, THE CITY COMMISSION DECIDED TO, UH, SET UP A CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARD. 18 CITIZENS WOULD BE ON THE BOARD DIVIDED AMONGST THREE SUBGROUPS, SUBCOMMITTEES. MM-HMM ONE DEALING WITH BUSINESS, ONE DEALING WITH QUALITY OF LIFE, ONE DEALING WITH TRANSPORTATION. THERE ARE APPLICATIONS, I THINK THEY'RE ONLINE NOW WHERE YOU CAN APPLY TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE. AND THE CITY COMMISSION'S GOING, GOING TO, UH, SELECT THOSE AT THEIR APRIL 27TH MEETING. THEIR, THEIR SECOND MEETING IN APRIL. THEY'RE GONNA SELECT THE 18, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS. UM, SO THAT, THAT ADVISORY BOARD IS GONNA WORK WITH, PROBABLY GONNA BE ONE MEETING A MONTH WITH THE ADVISORY BOARD, WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT AND CITY STAFF AND GONNA LOOK AT UH, 2030 PLAN GOALS. WHAT, WHAT GOALS WERE ACHIEVED OUT OF THE 2030 PLAN. WHAT ARE SOME NEW, NEW GOALS TO CONSIDER IN THE 2040 AND NEW OBJECTIVES TO HELP FORMULATE THE, THE 2040 PLAN. AND SO ALL THIS IS PROPOSED TO BE DONE BY THE END OF 26. THERE WILL BE, UH, A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT, AND THEN OF COURSE THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE INVOLVED IN RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE PLAN, UH, AND THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. BUT WE THOUGHT MAYBE THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAY BE MORE INVOLVED, LIKE MAYBE TAKE THE PLACE OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, [00:30:01] THE CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BUT THEY ELECTED TO APPOINT 18 CITIZENS TO SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE. SO AND SO THEY'RE NOT HAVING A COUPLE OF US JUST, UH, THE AD HOC MEMBERS TO JUST KIND OF NO, I DON'T BELIEVE SO. SEE IT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AS JUST KIND OF A, ALMOST LIKE CITY STAFF DOES. JUST AS A OKAY. SO IF WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED HEAVILY, WE HAVE TO APPLY. WE HAVE TO APPLY TO APPLY. YEAH. SO ON THE WEBSITE UNDER VOLUNTEER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, THERE IS A NEW CATEGORY FOR 2040. PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UM, I KNOW IT'S, I KNOW IT'S THERE 'CAUSE I WROTE THE LITTLE LEAD UP TO IT. UM, BUT I THINK YOU, I WOULD ASSUME THE APPLICATION WOULD BE THERE. UM, HAVE YOU HEARD ALLISON WHERE THE APPLICATION, OH, IT IS NOT ON THERE. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S ON THE WEBSITE YET. IT'S NOT ON YET. I'LL TRY TO FIND OUT TODAY FROM HOLLY AND I CAN SEND YOU GUYS AN EMAIL. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. YEAH. YEAH. I WILL HAVE A TREE REPORT AND, UH, ENVIRONMENT REPORT MOSTLY TO BANK SPONSORS FROM ARBOR DAY. OH, HOW'D YOU FIND THEM? BARBARA DAY I GOT SOME TREES. SERVE ALL THE BOARD APPLICATIONS. YOU HAD NICE ONES WORKS. WE HAD PECAN, SOME OAK, OAK THREE KIND OF I OAK AND UH, JAPANESE MAP. YEAH. SOME OF THE SPONSORS BROUGHT S THE OH, BUT THERE'S NOT LIKE ONE THAT LIKE ONCE YOU CLICK ONTO THE 2040, IT'S NOT DIRECTLY THERE. OKAY. SO THE APPLICATION IS ON THE WEBSITE, BUT IT'S UNDER A DIFFERENT, IT'S UNDER YOU GO VOLUNTEER BOARDS AND COMMISSION. AND THEN UNDER THAT IT SAYS SERVE ON A BOARD APPLICATION. AND THEN YOU CLICK ONLINE APPLICATION AND THEN FILTER BOARDS AND SEATS. AND IT'S THE FIRST ONE FOR 2040. SOUNDS COMPLICATED TO FIND. SEE YOU GET ALL THAT. WHY WOULDN'T WE? LIKE, DO WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO APPLY? LIKE, IT'S VERY COMPLICATED. WE WANNA BE ON THERE. IF YOU MEETING, YOU GONNA BE IN THESE MEETINGS. YOU GOTTA SHOW UP TO GET ON THIS. UH, AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, OUR MEETING ON MONDAY NIGHT WILL BE AT 6:30 PM INSTEAD OF SEVEN. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. * 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.