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          MORNING EVERYONE. 
          GOOD 
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MORNING. 
          WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. 
          UH, WE, OUR SPECIAL GUESTS 
          [ Brentwood City Commission Briefing April 23, 2026 Click on Download PDF Packet above to view Briefing Agenda This informational meeting is an opportunity for the Board of Commissioners to discuss the upcoming agenda, to ask questions of staff and applicants, and to request additional information prior to the formal Monday meeting.  ]
WILL PRESENT LATER, BUT I WANNA GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE 'EM. 
          SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM AND YOU SAY, HEY, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE GUYS IN HERE BEFORE. 
          GUESTS ARE OUR GREATER NASHVILLE REGIONAL COUNCIL REPRESENTATION WITH MICHAEL SKIPPER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THERE. 
          UH, DANIEL MCDONALD'S, THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND MATTHEW FISHING IS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING MANAGER. 
          AND SO THEY'RE GONNA PRESENT HERE AFTER WE'RE FINISHED GOING THROUGH THE AGENDA AND WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE TO HAVE EM, UH, COME DOWN HERE AND TALK WITH YOU AND ALLOW YOU TO ANSWER QUESTIONS WHEN THEY DO THAT. 
          START ASK QUESTION. 
          THIS IS ABOUT YOUR SECOND TIME IN THREE WEEKS TO BE DOWN HERE, SO, UH, YEAH, I APPRECIATE, UH, COME ON DOWN, . 
          NO BETTER. 
          WE COUNT EVERYBODY WAY TO PLAN FROM THE HIGHWAY IS FOR THE DRIVEWAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          EXACTLY. 
          SO THERE YOU GO. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'LL GET STARTED. 
          THE FIRST, UH, WE HAVE, WE'LL HAVE THREE MEETINGS ON MONDAY. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE START WITH OUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT MEETING. 
          UH, NOTHING OF OF TOO MUCH SIGNIFICANCE THERE. 
          WE WILL HAVE A TYPICAL FINANCIAL REPORT, UM, STATUS REPORT FROM OUR SUPERVISOR. 
          THEN WE HAVE ITEM NEW BUSINESS. 
          REAL QUICK ON THE FINANCIAL REPORT, JUST A QUICK SUMMARY. 
          UM, YOU HAVE IT IN HERE, BUT YOUR YEAR TO DATE REVENUES ARE COLLECTED AS OF MARCH 31ST ARE JUST A LITTLE OF 1.6 MILLION FOR THAT, WHICH IS 79% OF THE BUDGET. 
          UH, AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR, EXPENSES ARE, UH, A LITTLE OVER 1.35 MILLION OR 71% AS WE COMPARE AGAINST, UH, AS WE LOOK AT THAT, THE, UH, AND COMPARE AGAINST THE PRIOR YEAR, THE REVENUES ARE A LITTLE BIT LOWER, UH, PRIMARILY TO INTEREST. 
          THERE'S EXCESS REVENUE, BUT, UH, LESS INTEREST EARNINGS. 
          WE'RE SEEING THAT ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          NOTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE OR SURPRISE OR CONCERN. 
          THE INCREASE IN EXPENSES IS ABOUT $50,000. 
          AND THAT IS PRIMARILY IS THAT AS YOU'D EXPECT IN YEAR TO YEAR? A LITTLE BIT INCREASE IN SALARY. 
          UH, BUT REALLY THE BIG ONE IS THE NO COMPUTER, UH, UH, NO COMPUTER HARDWARE, NON-CAPITAL PRIOR YEAR. 
          AND WE HAVE COMPUTER HARDWARE, NON-CAPITAL THIS YEAR. 
          AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE BUDGET, THE DIFFERENCE. 
          BUT TRACKING IS, WE PRETTY WELL EXPECT. 
          UM, WE HAVE A NEW BUSINESS ITEM. 
          GET THAT. 
          THERE IT IS. 
          JASON, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES. 
          WHAT EXACTLY IS TCA SECTION SEVEN THAT WE HAVE THE BACK $39,000. 
          I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA. 
          BUT DID YOU IT'S OUR SOURCE. 
          JULIE, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS? ON THE ECD? YES. 
          YEAH, WE JUST PUT THAT IN THE TITLE NAME BECAUSE THAT'S HOW ECD DISTRIBUTES. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          THE FUNDING TO US. 
          OKAY. 
          BASED IN THE LAW. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S HOW THEY HAVE TO DISTRIBUTE BECAUSE THEY HAD BASE AND EXCESS. 
          AND SO THE CHARTER ACCOUNTS REQUIRES US TO HAVE THE TCA IN THE NAME. 
          SO WE CAN DISTINGUISH THANK YOU. 
          IN THE, UH, THE NEW BUSINESS ITEM IS AN AGREEMENT WITH BAKER TILLY FOR OUR FINANCIAL COMPLIANCE AUDITOR ANNUAL AUDIT. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE THE SAME ITEM ON THE MAIN AGENDA AS WELL. 
          WE MAY OF COURSE RUN 'EM SEPARATELY BECAUSE THIS IS TECHNICALLY A SEPARATE ENTITY, BUT, UH, SAME TYPE OF ARRANGEMENT. 
          UH, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, TENNESSEE LAW REQUIRES THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HIRE AN INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANT DIRECTOR, ANNUAL AUDIT. 
          UH, WE HAD WORKED FOR SOME YEARS WITH KRAFT CPAS THREE AND 24 AND THEN 25, AND THEN BAKER TILLY, UH, ACQUIRED THEM. 
          SO IT'S KIND OF THE SAME FOLKS GENERALLY PART OF BAKER TILLY. 
          NOW, UM, BAKER TILLY IS A WELL-KNOWN TOP 10 GLOBAL ADVISORY TAX INSURANCE FIRM IN 26 STATES HAVE THREE OFFICES IN TENNESSEE, UH, CHATTANOOGA, COLUMBIA, NASHVILLE. 
          THEY HAVE, UH, OVER 4,200 GOVERNMENT CLIENTS AND 550 TEAM MEMBERS SUPPORTING THEIR GOVERNMENT CLIENTS. 
          SO THEY DO A LAW OUT OF THE GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL ON AUDITING TYPE WORK. 
          UH, THE APPROVAL OF THIS A CONTRACT WILL BE CONSIDERED OF COURSE ON YOUR 20, UH, APRIL 27TH MEETING. 
          THE, UH, COST FOR THE SERVICES FOR ECD IS, UH, IT'S 10,650 FOR THE BASE COST. 
          THAT'S JUST AN INCREASE OF $250 OR 2.4%. 
          AND YOU'LL HEAR ME, AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, ANYTIME WE CAN GET SOMETHING FOR INFLATION OR LESS, I'M HAPPY WITH THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY AREAS WHERE THE COSTS FOR US SEEM TO BE HIGHER THAN THAT. 
          SO THAT'S REALLY A GOOD THING. 
          YOU DO ADD ON THE WOOD BAKER TIL NOW BEING THE, THE, THE PRIMARY COMPANY, A 5% ADMINISTRATIVE FEE THAT'S ASSESSED ON ASSESSED ON TOP OF THAT. 
          SO THE TOTAL COST FOR THE AUDIT WILL BE $11,183. 
          SO THIS, I SAW JULIE WAS IN, WE KIND OF DUCKED OUT. 
          UM, SO OH, SHE  USUALLY SIT OVER THERE. 
          I GUESS THEY TOOK THEIR SPOT. 
          I KNOW. 
          I DON'T KNOW REALLY CARE. 
          SO I FOLLOWED WHERE THEY WERE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, SO Y'ALL ARE PRETTY HAPPY WITH THE TEAM, RIGHT? AND DO YOU, DO YOU SENSE THAT THE BAKER TILL TAKING OVER, IS IT GONNA BE THE SAME ACTUAL TEAM WORKING ON IT OR? WE'VE BEEN TOLD IT 
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IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE SAME TEAM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEY'RE UP THERE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN OTHER LOCATIONS THAT IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THE GOVERNMENT RESOURCES THAT THEY TRULY HAS VERSUS JUST WHAT, UH, KRAFT HAS CRAFT LOCAL IN TERMS OF THE FAMILIAR FACES THAT HAVE SOME, THOSE SHOULD STILL BE THE SAME EXACT TEAM. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY THEM QUICK? THAT'S GREAT. 
          NOW AND THEN . 
          YEAH. 
          NO, UNDERSTAND. 
          ER LAWS STARTED A FIGHT SOON. 
          THE FACE OFF STARTED PRETTY GOOD. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          LIKE KA CHUCK AND SCOTT HAD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, IT DOESN'T PERTAIN TO THAT. 
          I'M FINE WITH THAT. 
          UM, WE HAD, UM, EMERGENCY APPRECIATION WEEK, WHAT, A WEEK AGO FOR LIKE DISPATCHERS AND YEAH, IT WAS A TELECOMMUNICATOR SPECIFICALLY. 
          AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING A PROCLAMATION, BUT WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING THAT WEEK. 
          SHOULD WE HAVE SOME KIND OF STATEMENT OR SOMETHING FROM THE MAYOR THAT, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I JUST FEEL LIKE IT MAY BE A WEEK LATE, BUT DURING THEIR MEETING WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING. 
          SAY SOMETHING. 
          YEAH. 
          IT WOULDN'T HURT JUST A STATEMENT OF APPRECIATION ACTUALLY IN, IN RECOGNITION THAT THAT HAPPENED AND, AND YOU'RE, HOW PROUD YOU ARE OF THE WORK THEY DO. 
          THEY DO A GREAT JOB. 
          KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY APPROPRIATE. 
          WHY DON'T YOU WRITE SOMETHING  SO WEEKEND, SO. 
          WELL, I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE EASY TO DO, BUT I, NONE OF US ALL SAYING IT BECAUSE WE GOT A LONG NIGHT WITH ALL THAT VOTING. 
          I THINK A WELL PHRASED STATEMENT FROM YOU WAS FINE IF, IF EVERYBODY ELSE IS IN AGREEMENT. 
          YEAH, WE JUST, OKAY, I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          SURE. 
          IF YOU, KATHLEEN JUST HAS A COUPLE BULLET POINTS FOR ME TO MAKE SURE NOT TO FORGET HAVING A, WE GET THIS THING HEAVY AS THE HEAD THAT WEARS THE CROWN  SOMEONE BETTER WORK PHRASE THAN I SAID THAT CENTURIES A GUY. 
          YEAH, EXACTLY. 
          CAP GPTI. 
          WE WILL HAVE NO PROBLEMS. ALRIGHT. 
          YEAH, WE'LL GET YOU SOME, UH, SUGGESTION. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          WELL, I DIDN'T WANNA LET IT SLIP BY, ESPECIALLY SINCE KATHLEEN'S GONNA BE HERE MM-HMM . 
          FOR THAT MEETING. 
          THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SUGGESTION. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          UH, SO AS WE THEN TRANSITION OVER TO OUR BEER BOARD, WE HAVE ONE ITEM BEER BOARD, AND THAT IS AN ON-PREMISES BEER PERMIT FOR A CRUSH YARD. 
          SO IF YOU, IF YOU LIKE TO EAT, IF YOU LIKE TO DRINK BEER AND IF YOU LIKE TO PLAY PICKLEBALL, THAT'S YOUR PLACE, RIGHT? THAT'S THAT THEY'LL BE OPENING SOON. 
          AND THEY'RE NOT ALREADY, I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY WAITING FOR THIS. 
          I HAVEN'T SEEN THEIR OPENING DAY, BUT THEY HAVE GOLF, THEY HAVE GOLF SCREENS IN THERE TOO. 
          OKAY. 
          THEY GOT FOUR GOLF. 
          OH, REALLY? SO THEY'RE GRAND OPENING OF SATURDAY NIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'RE THERE AND WE, BEER SALES GOING ON BE A PROBLEM. 
          SHOULD CALL THE COPS . 
          THAT'D BE A PROBLEM ON IT. 
          SO ANYWAY, UH, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS FOR. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? ALRIGHT. 
          GO INTO OUR REGULAR, UH, COMMISSIONER'S MEETING. 
          DO YOU HAVE NOTE OF OFFICE FOR POLICE, UH, OFFICER MICHAEL EVANGELISTS. 
          SO THAT'S GOOD WHENEVER WE HAVE, UH, NEW OFFICER. 
          AND THEN, ALRIGHT, KEEP UP WITH MY NOTEBOOK HERE. 
          WE HAVE A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE, UH, OUR SECTION BRENTWOOD SPECIFIC SECTION, UH, TO THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY SAFETY ACTION PLAN AND TO COMMIT TO SEEKING FUNDING FOR NEEDED SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. 
          UM, REAL, REAL QUICK ON THAT ONE, WHAT THIS WILL DO, AND WE'LL HAVE JASON DEAL, UH, OR OF OUR CITY ENGINEERS TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT WHAT THIS BASICALLY WILL DO IS BY BEING A PART OF THIS, IT WILL OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVEN'T HAD BEFORE FOR GRANTS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH, UH, VEHICULAR AND, AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. 
          AND SO HE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. 
          SO, JASON, EXCUSE, UM, I'LL GO THROUGH THIS, I'LL DO IT THROUGH THIS REAL QUICK. 
          I, I APOLOGIZE ON THE FRONT END WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE COUNTY'S CONSULTANT THAT PUT THE PLAN TOGETHER, COME IN AND DO A QUICK PRESENTATION, BUT HE'S STUCK IN PHILADELPHIA, SO I GUESS YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME. 
          SO, UM, AND, UH, IN 24, UH, THE COUNTY GOT A, UH, UH, GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TO DO, UH, A PLANNING GRANT TO DO THIS SAFETY ACTION PLAN. 
          AND IT WAS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COUNTYWIDE. 
          UM, AND AS PART AS THAT PART OF THAT, UM, IT WAS, UH, THE COUNTY, THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, CITY OF SPRING HILL, THOMPSON STATION VILLE KIND OF FORMED A TASK FORCE TO PUT THIS SAFETY ACTION PLAN TOGETHER. 
          UM, AND THAT WRAPPED UP, UH, THE END OF 25. 
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AND THE COUNTY JUST RECENTLY ADOPTED THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN 26. 
          UM, SO LIKE, WHAT IS THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN? IT'S, IT'S THE FRONT END, UH, DOCUMENT THAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO GO AND APPLY FOR IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS. 
          SO WITH THE, WITH THE FEDS, YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE A PLAN AND THEN THE IMPLEMENTATION COMES IN NEXT. 
          SO, UH, THE PLAN WAS PUT TOGETHER CONSISTENT WITH THE SAFE STREET ROADS FOR ALL, WHICH IS THE SS FOUR A GUIDANCE, UM, EMPHASIZES ON, UH, PROACTIVE, UH, SYSTEMATIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UM, THE GOALS, LONG RANGE GOALS ARE ELIMINA, ELIMINATING FATALITY AND SERIES INJURY CRASHES. 
          WE HAD INTERIM TARGETS TO REDUCE, UH, SEVERE CRASHES OVER THE NEXT DECADE. 
          SO THAT WAS KIND OF OUR STATEMENT AND GOAL. 
          UM, FOR BRENTWOOD, UH, THE STUDY KIND OF FOUND THAT, UH, OUR BIGGEST ISSUES, UH, OUR LANE DEPARTURES, INTERSECTION ANGLE CRASHES AND VULNERABLE, UH, VULNERABLE, EXCUSE ME, ROAD CRASHES OR ROAD USER CRASHES. 
          AND SO ONCE WE KIND OF FIGURED OUT WHAT THOSE TYPES OF CRASHES WERE, WE DIALED INTO ROAD SEGMENTS AND THE, THE HIGH RISK CORRIDORS OR FRANKLIN ROAD CON ROAD, GRAN LAKE PIKE, MOORE LANE, AND WILSON PIPE. 
          SO ONCE WE KIND OF FIGURED OUT THOSE, WHICH WAS PRETTY LOW HANGING FRUIT, ONCE WE FIGURED OUT THOSE, WE IDENTIFIED, UH, UH, SEGMENTS, INTERSECTIONS WITHIN THOSE. 
          AND THOSE PROBABLY NO SURPRISE, UM, THOSE INCLUDED FRANKLIN ROAD FROM MURRAY LANE TO CONCORD ROAD. 
          CONCORD ROAD, FRANKLIN ROAD TO LIPSCOMB DRIVE. 
          AND THEN GRANNY WHITE PIKE, OLD HICKORY BOULEVARD, GREEN, WHITE PIKE, BASICALLY THE STRETCH GREEN WHITE PIKE. 
          UH, AND THEN THE INTERSECTIONS WERE KIND OF MOORE'S LANE, UH, CHURCH ROAD. 
          UH, IS IT CHURCH ROAD? I THINK THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE CHURCH STREET. 
          CHURCH STREET, YEAH. 
          CHURCH STREET, UH, WILSON PIKE CIRCLE AND, UH, CONCORD ROAD AND GENERAL, UH, MACARTHUR DRIVE. 
          SO WHERE ON WE FLYING? UH, IT, IT IS UP AT THE, UH, THE INTERSECTION WOULD BE UP AT, AT THE, UH, MALL AREA WHERE? UP AT THE MALL AREA. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, GALLERY, UH, UH, GALLERY BOULEVARD, UH, MALL, MALLORY LANE. 
          OKAY. 
          I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, IT'S PRETTY LOW HANGING FRUIT. 
          WE KINDA ALL KNOW THOSE AREAS ARE, ARE HIGHLY USED AND HAVE SOME ISSUES. 
          UM, SO, UH, SO ONCE THOSE WERE IDENTIFIED, WE KIND OF, UH, THE CONSULTANT DEVELOPED A PRIORITY MATRIX KIND OF RANKING FROM ONE TO 10, UM, AND PUT WINGS ON SAFETY, EQUITY, CONTEXT, COST AND TIMELINE. 
          AND, UM, I CAN SAY FOR, FOR BRENTWOOD ITSELF WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE OVERALL COMPARED TO THE COUNTY AND THE OTHER, UH, JURISDICTIONS. 
          OURS WAS KIND OF, I THINK THE HIGHEST WAS LIKE A FIVE SEVEN AND IT THEN IT DROPPED DOWN TO LIKE A FOUR OR FIVE. 
          SO I MEAN, IN, IN TERMS OF OVERALL COUNTY, WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. 
          UM, SO ONCE YOU GOTTA GET THAT PRIORITY MATRIX, THEN YOU GET SOME, THEY GAVE US A BASICALLY A BOOK OF RECOMMENDED STRATEGIES, YOU KNOW, OF, OF WHAT WE COULD DO FOR THESE, LIKE LANE DEPARTURES, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, PEDESTRIAN, UH, BICYCLE ENHANCEMENTS. 
          SO WHERE WE CAN JUST KIND OF CHERRY PICK THOSE IF WE DECIDE TO GO FOR A GRANT KIND OF EASILY LETS US APPLY APPLICABLE MEASURES, I GUESS. 
          SO. 
          UM, AND THEN AS PART OF THE SCOPE, UH, UH, THE CONSULTANT DEVELOPED A CONCEPT PLAN FOR EVERY COMMUNITY AND INCLUDING THE COUNTY. 
          AND I, FOR RIGHT OR WRONG, PICKED GRANNY WHITE PIKE BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS A LOCAL ROAD. 
          IT WAS ALL UNDER BRENTWOOD CONTROL. 
          THE OTHERS HAVE TDOT UH, CONTROL WITH THEM. 
          SO WE JUST KIND OF FIGURED THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE TO KIND OF LOOK AT. 
          AND, UH, THAT'S KIND OF THE PLAN THAT THEY CAME UP WITH. 
          THAT'S AN OVERALL KIND OF IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, ULTIMATELY THEY RECOMMENDED, UH, SOME WIDENING OF THE LANES, UM, TO, TO BETTER ALLOW, UH, THE, THE PEDESTRIAN BIKE PATHS DOWN THROUGH THERE. 
          THE SHARED BIKE PATH IN THE ROAD. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW ACHIEVABLE THAT IS GIVEN THE COST, UH, OF LAND. 
          DIDN'T WE JUST DO THAT A FEW YEARS AGO? UH, THE BIKE LANES, YEAH, THERE'S BIKE LANES IN THERE, BUT THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY, UH, TO THE WIDTH. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          WELL, WE KNEW THAT WHEN WE DID IT, AND THE PROBLEM WAS WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO TAKE, WHICH IS STILL THE SAME PROBLEM. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THEY, THEY, THEY'D INCORPORATE THAT IN A LONG RANGE. 
          YOU KNOW, IF WE, IF WE COULD GET EVERYTHING WE WANTED, WE COULD DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          LET'S BACK UP A SECOND. 
          I THOUGHT THIS WAS TO IMPROVE 
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TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. 
          IT IS, IT IS. 
          SO WHY ARE WE WORKING? I'M ALL CORPORATE PEDESTRIAN AND BIKING, BUT I DON'T SEE HOW THAT MEETS THE GOALS OF, OF THIS OVERALL BIG PLAN. 
          I THINK IT'S, THERE'S AN EMPHASIS OF WHERE THE VEHICLES AND PEOPLE, BICYCLES, ALL THOSE THINGS MEET AS WELL AND SAFETY, UH, AS THEY COME TOGETHER. 
          WELL, THEY'RE NONE OF THOSE ON MOORE'S LANES DOWN THERE AT THE GALLERIA. 
          YOU DON'T SEE PEOPLE BUYING ACCIDENTS WITH CARS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND AGAIN, I, I, I SELECTED THIS AREA JUST BECAUSE IT'S A LOCAL ROAD. 
          IT'S ALL BRENTWOOD CONTROLLED AND THIS WAS JUST PART OF THE SCOPE THAT THE COUNTY HAD WITH THE CONSULTANT. 
          WE CAN LOOK AT ANY OF THESE CORRIDORS IF WE WANT TO, IF WE WANT TO PURSUE A GRANT. 
          SO, I MEAN, I, I, I, THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON WHY THIS WAS KIND OF SELECTED. 
          IT'S PRETTY OPEN-ENDED ON, ON REALLY WHAT WE CAN ADDRESS. 
          THE THE OTHER THING TOO IS THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO, AND PERHAPS FAIRLY QUICKLY APPLY AND SEE IF WE CAN ACTUALLY FINALLY LEVERAGE SOME DOLLARS FOR THE MULTI-USE PATH UP AND DOWN THE SOUTH PORTION OF FRANKLIN ROAD, WHICH HAS BEEN WHERE WE'VE APPLIED FOR A DIFFERENT GRANT FOR YEARS AND ON BOARD WITH. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO THIS JUST SEEMS LIKE WE'RE BEATING OUR HEAD AGAINST THE BRICK WALL. 
          'CAUSE IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO THAT WE SAID THERE'S NO MORE ROOM TO WIDEN THOSE. 
          SO. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND, AND, AND THAT THE WIDENING WOULD BE A VERY LONG TERM KIND OF GOAL. 
          THEY ALSO HAVE SHORT AND MIDTERM GOALS, WHICH WOULD BE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SIGNAGE OUT THERE. 
          IMPROVEMENT OF SOME OF THE STRIPING IMPROVEMENT OF SOME OF THE LIGHTING, IMPROVEMENT OF SOME OF THE SIGNALIZATION OF THE SIGNALS. 
          SO THERE'S, THERE'S THINGS WITHIN THE EXISTING ROADWAY DIET THAT WE COULD DO TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO WE WOULD HAVE TO WHITE, WE CERTAINLY HAVE TO, NOW, WE, WE WOULDN'T RECOMMEND WHITENING THE ROAD AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, WELL HOW MUCH OF OUR GRANT TAKE IS TAKEN UP WITH THOSE THINGS? I KNOW IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IT SOUNDS ON THE SURFACE, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, JUST, JUST FOR, JUST, JUST FOR THE COST ESTIMATE FOR THOSE SHORT AND MIDTERM, UH, WE CAME UP WITH AROUND $400,000 TO, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ITEMS, NOT THE LANE WIDENING. 
          SO, I MEAN, THE LANE WIDENING WOULD, WOULD JUMP THIS UP TO A $6 MILLION PROJECT. 
          SO WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT EVEN CONSIDERING THAT. 
          MAY I SAY SOMETHING PLEASE? UH, COMMISSIONERS. 
          WE JUST WANT TO REEMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT THE GRANNY WHITE WAS INCLUDED IN THIS AS JUST A CONCEPTUAL PROJECT. 
          WE'RE NOT COMMITTING TO THIS PROJECT WITH THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION. 
          IS THAT CLEAR? YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          THE RESOLUTION JUST ADOPTS OUR PORTION OF THE SAFETY PLAN. 
          THERE ARE MULTIPLE PROJECTS THAT COULD COME OUT OF THIS. 
          THAT'S JUST ONE THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN CONCEPT ORIGINALLY AS WELL AS THE FRANKLIN ROAD MULTI EAST PATH. 
          AND ALSO YOU, IT'S A LOCAL ROAD. 
          WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          WILSON PIKE CIRCLE'S A LOCAL ROAD TOO, RIGHT? I THINK SO. 
          I THINK SO. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, WITH THE VANDERBILT COMING OVER THERE, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS INCLUDED, BUT YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S NOT, THAT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK. 
          SO I MEAN THAT, BUT, BUT LIKE EVERY, LIKE EVERY STUDY YOU COULD GO BACK IN AND UPDATE THE STUDY, YOU KNOW, SO I MEAN, BUT UM, AGAIN, I TAKE WHAT, 2, 3, 4 YEARS OF DATA THOUGH, PROBABLY IT WOULD TAKE, IT WOULD'VE TO BE IN THERE A WHILE. 
          TRAFFIC. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC THAT GOES THERE. 
          A LOT OF LEFT TURNS ON FRANKLIN ROAD. 
          BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF WRECKS IN THAT POSITION. 
          AND HOPEFULLY THAT DOESN'T CHANGE. 
          BUT I THINK IT HAS GOOD SIGHT DISTANCE BECAUSE I DO THAT A LOT. 
          GOOD SITE DISTANCE. 
          IT DOES HAVE TO, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A HILL COMING, IT'S, YOU CAN STILL SEE AND YOU'VE GOT THE CENTER LANE, BUT, BUT I, I'VE SEEN SOME CLOSE CALLS THERE, BUT IT, IT DOESN'T, YEAH, YEAH. 
          PAY ATTENTION FOR SURE. 
          YES. 
          THIS IS JUST, I WOULD, I LIKE AN ADOPTION OF THIS. 
          IT IS JUST PUTTING AN ARROW IN OUR QUIVER TO WHERE WE CAN PULL IT OUT AND ACTUALLY APPLY FOR A GRANT. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THIS IS KIND OF SETTING. 
          WHAT WHAT WILL WE BE APPLYING FOR? WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO STUDY AND FIGURE OUT IS THE, IS THE FRANKLIN ROAD MULTIUSE PATH? IT'S ON OUR ENTRY. 
          IT IS ON ELIGIBLE, IT'S ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK. 
          IT WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY SPECIFIED WITHIN THE STUDY, BUT WE'VE TALKED WITH A CONSULTANT AND YOU KNOW, WE THINK THAT THERE'S A, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF BEING ABLE TO INCLUDE THAT IN A, IN AN APPLICATION. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S WE SHOULD, YEAH. 
          WE HAVE MONEY IN, IN YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO MATCH WITH ANTICIPATION OF THIS. 
          THIS IS JUST A QUESTION 'CAUSE WE'VE RUN INTO THIS SEVERAL TIMES MM-HMM . 
          SINCE I'VE BEEN A COMMISSIONER, BUT LONG BEFORE I WAS COMMISSIONER FOR FRANKLIN ROAD'S, A US HIGHWAY, A STATE HIGHWAY. 
          AND IT IS TECHNICALLY A LOCAL ROAD. 
          'CAUSE IT GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE CENTER OF BRENTWOOD ON THIS GRANT. 
          WOULD YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE STATE APPROVAL? DOES THE STATE THIS CONTROL THAT? THIS IS TOTALLY, 
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THE GRANT IS TOTALLY FUNDED BY THE FEDS. 
          FEDS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOU, YOU, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT IS IF YOU'RE AWARDED THE GRANT, YOU ARE, YOU ENTERED TO A CONTRACT WITH THE FEDS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND YOU HAVE, I THINK IT'S A FIVE YEAR TIMEFRAME TO COMPLETE THE WORK AND THE, THE GRANT MATCHING, WHICH IS KIND OF ATTRACTIVE. 
          IT'S A, IT'S AN 80 20 GRANT, YOU KNOW, SO I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S FAIRLY ATTRACTIVE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE ANY GRANT, YOU'RE NOT GUARANTEED TO GET IT. 
          BUT IF YOU DON'T APPLY FOR IT, THEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET IT. 
          SO IN, IN THAT SITUATION, ON THAT MULTI-USE PATH, IF WE RECEIVED IT, IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT APPROVED IT, THAT WOULD MEAN THE STATE WOULD HAVE TO PROVE IT. 
          BUT WOULD IT BE A TDOT PROJECT? OR WOULD WE CARRY IT OUT WITH TDOT GIVING APPROVALS? UH, YEAH, WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. 
          I WOULD ASSUME THAT IT WOULD BE A, I CAN ANSWER IT, PROBABLY A TDOT PROJECT. 
          WELL, IT WOULD BE A LOCAL PROJECT COORDINATION THAT WOULD BE FUNDED THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT IT WOULDN'T PRECLUDE US FROM HAVING TO JUMP THROUGH ALL THE TYPICAL TDOT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HOOPS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE, UH, THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, NEPA AND, UH, RIGHT OF WAY CERTIFICATION. 
          ALL, ALL THE COORDINATION THAT WE WOULD DO ANYWAY WITH THE STATE, UH, REGARDING THE PLACEMENT OF THE PATH, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT. 
          SO WE WOULD DO THAT PROJECT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE, BUT THE STATE WOULD NOT BE FUNDING IT. 
          AS JASON SAID, THIS FUNDS WOULD COME STRAIGHT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH I WOULD IMAGINE, UH, SOME OF OUR, UM, GNRC UH, ASSOCIATES HERE COULD EXPAND ON THAT A BIT MORE. 
          BUT, UH, IT DOES TAKE OUT SOME OF THE RED TAPE, UH, THE, THE, UM, OBLIGATION OF FUNDING THROUGH PDOT, THE NOTICE TO PROCEED FOR CERTAIN SEGMENTS OF THE PROJECT, POSSIBLY. 
          I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW ALL THAT WORKS, BUT IT WOULD BE COMPLETELY FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WE WOULD COORDINATE WITH THE STATE. 
          I THINK THAT'D BE THE FIRST THING WE DO IS GET WITH THEM AND THEN DETERMINE WITH THEM WHAT EXACTLY DO WE NEED TO FOLLOW. 
          SO I THINK IT'S ALL TURN SIGNALS ON FRANKLIN ROAD SPECIFICALLY. 
          THE LAST ONE WOULD'VE BEEN AT THE OMAN PROPERTY. 
          I THINK WE DID THE PROJECT TDOT JUST HAD TO CHECK THE BOXES THAT IT, IT WAS MEETING ALL THEIR CRITERIA. 
          SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. 
          I I THINK THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER LITTLE, I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY A LOCAL PROGRAMS PROJECT SUCH AS OUR CMAC PROJECT THAT WE HAVE GOING ON NOW. 
          WE WE'RE MANAGING THAT PROJECT AND, UH, TDOT IS FUNDING THE PROJECT. 
          UM, IT, IT HELPS US. 
          IT'S SUPPOSED TO HELP US EXPEDITE THE PROJECT. 
          UH, IN THE CASE OF THE CAC PROJECT, IT HAS NOT, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO WAIT ON T TO GIVE US NOTICE NOTICES TO PROCEED FOR EACH OF THOSE PHASES OF THE PROJECT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, I SUSPECT THAT SIGNAL PROJECT THOUGH, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE SPECIFICS OF IT WAS, WAS MY PATH. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          WHO ACTUALLY WRITES THE GRANT? US OR THE CONSULTANT OR A BIG COMMITTEE OR WHO? UH, WELL, UH, I MEAN THERE'S OPTIONS OF WE COULD WRITE THE GRANT, UM, OR WE COULD HIRE A CONSULTANT TO COME IN AND HELP US WRITE THE GRANTS. 
          SO THERE'S OPTIONS. 
          HOW ARE DOING IT? SO HOW ARE WE DOING IT? UH, WELL THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          WE HAVE TO, I WAS GONNA SAY WE HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO WRITE GRANTS AND I'VE ALWAYS ADMIRED THEM. 
          THAT'S A LOAD OF WORK. 
          IT IS TO TAKE ON YOU. 
          VERY HARD TO DO. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME OUTSIDE HELP. 
          I DON'T OBJECT TO THAT AT ALL. 
          YEAH. 
          WE, WE'VE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO THE CONSULTANT THAT, THAT PUT THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN TOGETHER TO, TO GIVE US A NUMBER FOR, FOR HELPING US ASSIST IN WRITING THE GRANT. 
          WE HAVE MONEY IN OUR BUDGET EACH YEAR FOR OUTSIDE CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES. 
          AND WE PLAN TO USE, UH, THAT FOR THIS WE SU SUSPECT IT WOULD BE, UH, LESS THAN, UH, 10 GRAND. 
          SO, AND WORTH EVERY PENNY. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THERE'S A, UH, JARGON FOR GRANTS AND YOU HAVE TO KNOW AND IT'S HARD TO DO. 
          MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          SO, SO ONE, ONE LAST QUESTION JUST WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT. 
          I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE, THE FROM BETWEEN LANE AND CONCORD ROAD ON FRANKLIN ROAD, AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT THE BIKE PATH IN THERE. 
          THIS SOME WE'RE TRYING TO GET WORKED IN. 
          UM, DID YOU SAY THAT THIS PROCESS MAY HELP WITH THAT PARTICULAR ASPECT OF IT? LIKE COULD WE UTILIZE THIS PROCESS AT ALL TO HELP US GET SOME GRANT MONEY TO HELP YES. 
          FINISH OUT OR, I THINK THAT, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE THE INTENT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YEAH. 
          UM, YEAH, THAT'S WHY FOR THAT PROJECT WE HAVE IN YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WE PUT DOLLARS OUT THERE ANTICIPATING USING THIS PROGRAM. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, SO THAT'S ALL TIED WITH THIS FOR THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST WANNA MAKE SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I'LL, YEAH, I'LL JUST WRAP UP. 
          JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, THIS IS A POLICY LEVEL. 
          IT'S, IT'S NOT BINDING THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN. 
          UM, 
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YOU KNOW, NO PROJECTS FUNDING OR ROADWAY STANDARDS ARE APPROVED WITH THIS ACTION. 
          THIS IS, AGAIN, JUST ADOPTING THE PLAN, UM, AND ADOPTION. 
          YEAH. 
          ADOPTION DOES NOT, UH, COMMIT THE COMMISSION TO ANY SPECIFIC PROJECTS OR UPDATES TO ROADWAY STANDARDS. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANY OF OUR STANDARDS. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ADOPTION OF THE PLAN ITSELF. 
          OKAY. 
          JASON, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, NEXT CONSENT ITEM IS, UH, AUTHORIZING USE OF A COMPETITIVE SEAL BID, UH, PROPOSAL PROCESS TO, UH, FOR THE PROCUREMENT INSTALLATION OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT CROCK PARK. 
          UH, THAT'S THE COMMUNITY PLAYGROUND. 
          SO BIG PROJECT. 
          AND SO THIS, UH, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS, IS THAT'LL BE IN THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT PROCESS, WE WANNA GET AHEAD OF IT. 
          UM, AND WE, UH, STAFF IS ASKING FOR A COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS PROCESS. 
          SO RATHER THAN JUST A PURE BID, YOU GET THE BID, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THE OTHER FACTORS OF THE QUALITY OF THE CONTRACTOR, THE DESIGN, SOME OF THESE THINGS, THEIR ABILITY TO, UH, GIVE YOU THE PRODUCT THAT YOU WANT THAT FITS THE NEED. 
          AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THE, UH, PERMISSION TO USE A, UH, UH, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PROCESS FOR THIS. 
          UM, SO WE CAN LOOK AT ALL THOSE FACTORS. 
          UH, AND SO AS, UH, IF ONCE THE MANUFACTURER SELECTED BASED ON THOSE FACTORS, WE WOULD NOT ENTER INTO A CONTRACT UNLESS WE KNOW THE BUDGET'S APPROVED AND WE HAVE THE, UH, NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET SET. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          HAVE IS THE, THE FINAL DESIGN OF THAT PLAYGROUND IN TERMS OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE? I MEAN, NOT EACH INDIVIDUAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, BUT THE OVERALL FIELD, IS IT GOING TO BE MORE OF THIS FREE PLAY TYPE ONE THAT THE KIDS JUST ABSOLUTELY LOVE WITH THAT WOODEN PLAY STRUCTURE? OR IS IT GONNA LOOK LIKE A TRADITIONAL PLAYGROUND? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. 
          AND I, I DON'T KNOW. 
          UH, I'LL, I'LL CHECK WITH DAVE. 
          HE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S SUCH A USEFUL JOB. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU DETERMINED THAT YET EITHER, BUT I'LL CHECK AND SEE. 
          THAT'S WHAT I MEAN AS SOMEBODY WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE ALL PLAYED ON THAT. 
          BUT EVEN NOW, WHEN YOU WALK THE PARK, YOU SEE KIDS UP THERE, THEY LOVE IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT WAIT IN LINE FOR A SWING OR TO GO DOWN THE SLIDE. 
          THEY CAN RUN, THEY CAN CLIMB, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, IT'S UNSTRUCTURED PLAY, WHICH I THINK IS SO IMPORTANT. 
          AND OUR OTHER PLAYGROUNDS OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE THAT GIVEN THEIR SIZES. 
          BUT, UM, I WOULD HATE TO SEE US LOSE THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT STUFF. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          EXACTLY. 
          I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT TOO, AND I'LL GET BACK WITH HIM. 
          WE'LL COORDINATE AND LET YOU KNOW. 
          BUT YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE THAT INPUT. 
          IS THE OTHER ONE LIKE ROTTING NEEDS TO BE REPLACED OR IS IT JUST OLD? I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ROTTING. 
          'CAUSE IF IT'S ROTTING, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SAFETY ISSUES. 
          WE'D BE TALKING ABOUT CLOSING. 
          SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARILY IT. 
          UH, AGING. 
          SURE. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S WITH THE AGE, IT'S JUST TIME TO REPLACE IT. 
          BUT YEAH, I DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY IMMINENT ISSUES THAT I'VE BEEN TOLD. 
          SO THAT PLAYGROUND I THINK IS OFF OR SOLVED. 
          I DON'T MIND. 
          I HOPE THEY CAN. 
          I THINK IT IS. 
          THAT'S PRETTY GOOD ONE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN IT OPENED, WAS IT YOUR ELBOW OR YOUR KNEE THAT RUBBED AND HURT? OR YOU HAD MEMORIES? I ALL SUDDEN HAIR ALMOST DIED. 
          WOW. 
          I THINK IT WAS 9 91. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHY I REMEMBER THAT ONE. 
          REMEMBER THAT HITCH IN THE HEAD? OH, GOOD TIMES. 
          I A LOT PROBLEMS SOLVING. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THE, UH, CONSENT ITEM NUMBER THREE IS AN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, BAKER TILL, AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THIS IS FOR THE, UH, CITY AS A WHOLE. 
          SO BASICALLY THE SAME INFORMATION, SAME BACKGROUND AS BEFORE. 
          THE TOTAL COST OF THE AUDIT. 
          FOR US, THE BASE COST IS 62,500, WHICH IS A 2% INCREASE, UH, FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, WHICH IS GOOD. 
          UM, THEY DO HAVE, IF THE SINGLE AUDIT IS NEEDED, SINGLE AUDIT IS DEPENDING ON FEDERAL PROGRAMS, FEDERAL MONEY COMING IN, IT PROMPTS A SINGLE AUDIT CAN PROMPT A SINGLE AUDIT, UH, APPROACH. 
          AND SO THEY HAVE, UH, REFERENCE TO THE COST IN THERE. 
          IF IT'S A ONE MAJOR PROGRAM IS 38 50. 
          UM, MAJOR PROGRAM IS ONE WHOSE GRAND EXPENDITURES EXCEED A MILLION IN ONE FISCAL YEAR. 
          IF THERE ARE OTHERS, THEN THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR THOSE. 
          BUT, UM, THIS ALSO HAS A 5% ADMINISTRATIVE FEE. 
          UH, AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TOTAL, THE TOTAL IS, UH, $71,821. 
          WE GOT IT PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AGAIN, I THINK. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          CONSENT ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          YES. 
          IS TIME FLYING FASTER THAN I REALIZED? SEEMS LIKE WE JUST DID THAT  WELL, WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS THE REPORT WE GOT ON THE FINANCIAL REPORT? OH, YEAH. 
          BY THE YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT BY THE, AS YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WHEN WE GET TO DONE WITH THE FISCAL YEAR, WE GET INTO IT AND THEN BY THE TIME YOU GET THE DOCUMENT, WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT IT. 
          OH, UPDATING THE CONTRACT. 
          I JUST, I I'M, I'M GOOD THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          I THOUGHT, WHICH IS GOOD THING. 
          YEAH. 
          YOU HAD TO WORK THE, THE FINAL WORK OF IT. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHICH WAS GOOD, BY THE WAY. 
          JUST A REMINDER, , UH, CONSENT ITEM FOUR IS APPROVAL OF NEW STATEWIDE VERIZON WIRELESS SERVICES CONTRACT. 
          UH, THIS IS THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH VERIZON EXPIRES WILL BE REPLACED WITH THE NEW CONTRACT. 
          SO IN ORDER FOR US TO 
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CONTINUE RECEIVING THE DISCOUNTED RATES AND OTHER BENEFITS, WE HAVE TO, UH, TRANSITION TO A NEW STATE CONTRACT. 
          SO THIS IS TRULY A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM HERE. 
          IS THAT FOR GOVERNMENT OR EVERYBODY? THAT WOULD BE FOR GOVERNMENT. 
          I'M, YEAH. 
          YEAH, GO AHEAD KRISTEN. 
          NO, IT IS. 
          YES. 
          IT'S ON THE TENNESSEE STATEWIDE CONTRACT. 
          SO CONSENT ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS APPROVAL TO PURCHASE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE, UH, WITH CENTRAL SQUARE FOR OUR ENTERPRISE CAD, OUR RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRIME MAPPING AND FILLED OFF SOFTWARE. 
          THIS WAS A PRETTY ROUTINE ITEM AS WELL. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD SOME OF THESE, UH, MOSTLY THESE SOFTWARE SERVICES FOR SOME TIME OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          UH, THE, UH, TOTAL AMOUNT PAID TO CENTRAL SQUARE FOR THE ABOVE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS FOR THE UPCOMING YEARS. 
          164,000, $36 AND 85 CENTS. 
          AND SO THESE ARE JUST PART OF THE CORE SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS THAT WE USE, UH, FOR OUR, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR DISPATCH. 
          ANY QUESTIONS THERE? OKAY. 
          WHOLE BUSINESS NUMBER ONE IS THE REZONING FOR THE MIRACLE. 
          YOU KNOW, THE MIRACLE FIELD, UH, UH, 2 0 0 1 SHAMROCK DRIVE FROM, UH, R TWO SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL TO SI ONE SERVICE INSTITUTION RELIGIOUS. 
          I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY NEW INFORMATION OR UPDATES THERE. 
          JASON, HAS THERE BEEN ANY FEEDBACK AFTER OUR, AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING? DID ANYBODY, WE HAD OUR PUBLIC HEARING, YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS AGO. 
          ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON ANY MORE CITIZENS REACH OUT OR ANYTHING? I, I'LL CHECK WITH PLANNING, BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANYTHING, UH, SINCE THEN. 
          BUT I'LL CHECK WITH PLANNING JUST TO BE SURE. 
          I HAVE NOT GOTTEN A SINGLE CALL OR EMAIL REGARDING THAT. 
          NO, I, I THINK PEOPLE ARE HAPPY WITH I THINK SO. 
          YEAH. 
          FROM, I CONCEAL ONE GUY. 
          I HAD ONE CALL. 
          THERE WAS ONE GUY WHO WASN'T OR AGAINST, AGAINST ACTUALLY BUILDING SOME TALL AND SKINNYS ON SHAMROCK DRIVE. 
          IT'S IN DAVISON COUNTY. 
          IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT IN BRENTWOOD. 
          AND THAT CAME BEFORE IT CAME UP AT A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING A FEW MONTHS AGO BECAUSE SOMEBODY SAID, ARE Y'ALL GONNA APPROVE THOSE? IT'S IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. 
          THAT WAS THE ONLY CALL I HAD IS THIS DOESN'T MEAN MORE TALL AND SKINNYS, WHICH THAT'S NOT US ANYWAY. 
          SO IS IT IN THE AREA WHERE THIS THANK YOU. 
          BECAUSE THERE, THERE, THERE'S NO ZONING UMBRELLA. 
          I'M AWARE OF THAT. 
          STER TALL SKINNYS. 
          RIGHT. 
          I MEAN, THEY JUST SAW SHAMROCK AND THEY KNEW THAT WAS THERE. 
          AND YOU KNOW, I JUST LIKE YOUR PROPERTY NELSON, WHERE OH NO, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME PROBLEMS IN FAKE BRENTWOOD. 
          YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S EARLY ZIP CODE THAT IT IS OUR PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          YEAH. 
          THIS JUST REMINDS YOU WHERE THE LOCATION IS OF THE PROPERTY. 
          THE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING ON THE, UH, WILLIAMSON COUNTY SIDE. 
          WELL, WE GOT A, A REQUEST FROM A HOMEOWNERS, UM, GROUP ON A PROPERTY THAT BORDERED BRENTWOOD AND DAVIDSON COUNTY ABOUT IT. 
          I GOT IT BECAUSE, AND OUR CHAIRMAN OF THE HISTORIC BOARD, 'CAUSE THE CLUBHOUSE WAS, UM, HISTORIC AND IT, IT'S IN SUCH STATE OF REPAIR, HIS REPAIR MM-HMM . 
          HOW THAT HAPPENED, I DON'T KNOW. 
          BUT, UM, THEY WANT TO TEAR IT DOWN. 
          AND THEY ASKED US, WELL THIS IS ONE, THANKFULLY WE COULD PASS ON TO DAVISON COUNTY BECAUSE IT WAS IN THERE. 
          AND THEIR HISTORIC RULES ARE, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE MORE BITE THAN OUR HISTORIC COMMISSION TO US. 
          SO IT WAS A GOOD SITUATION. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHICH COUNTY THEY WERE IN. 
          THEY THOUGHT IT WAS US. 
          WELL, I CAN'T BLAME 'EM. 
          I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG MYSTERIES AS I LOOK AT OUR CITY LIMIT, NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD JUST FOLLOW WALL LINE, WOULDN'T YOU? RIGHT AWAY. 
          LIKE NO, NO. 
          IT'S, UH, THAT LINE RIGHT THROUGH THE RIVER PROPERTIES AND BUILDINGS. 
          AND, AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S A, I THINK THERE'S A WAY THAT THEY DEAL WITH TAXATION, BUT THERE'S SO MANY OTHER ISSUES YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH. 
          UH, EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 
          MAKE SURE YOU'RE ON THE FRONT END OF THAT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT THAT TO FALL INTO A CRACK AND SOMEBODY NEEDS THAT RESPONSE. 
          YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHOSE DEVELOPMENT CODES YOU'RE UNDER, WHOSE NUISANCE CODE YOU'RE UNDER, ALL THOSE THINGS. 
          AND I HAVE, YOU HAD TO SEE ANY KIND OF A ORGANIZED APPROACH TO THAT. 
          BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE END UP FIGURING IT OUT WHEN WE NEED TO. 
          THIS IS HOW I WOULD LOOK AT IT. 
          WELL, I WAS LOOKING IT UP, TRYING TO GET A VISUAL OF THE CLUBHOUSE BEFORE WE GOT THAT EXACT, UM, LOCATION, WHAT COUNTY IT WAS IN. 
          AND IT WAS A DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBDIVISION. 
          IT WAS BY A REAL ESTATE COMPANY. 
          AND THEY WERE VERY UPFRONT. 
          THEY SAID, IF SCHOOL CHOICE IS IMPORTANT MM-HMM . 
          AS ONE OF YOUR DECIDING FACTORS, IT IS DETERMINED BY ADDRESS, HOUSE ADDRESS IN THIS SUBDIVISION. 
          AND BE SURE AND LOOK IT UP. 
          SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT ONLY EMERGENCY SERVICES. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE BUYING INTO A SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THEY'RE 
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NOT. 
          ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE. 
          AND THE FIRST FIVE HOUSES IN ANNANDALE IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. 
          AND MOST PEOPLE THINK THE LINE SHOULD RUN RIGHT DOWN CLOVER LAND, BUT IT DOESN'T BECAUSE THE LINE WAS DRAWN WAY BEFORE ANYBODY BUILT CLOVER. 
          AND SO A LOT OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, IF YOU'RE HEADED TOWARDS EVANSON PIKE ON CLOVER LAND, ALL THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE RIGHT, SEVERAL RESIDENTS IN THERE, IT SEEMS LIKE THE FIRST QUARTER TO A THIRD TO EVEN A 10TH OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE DAVIDSON COUNTY RESIDENCE. 
          WELL, REMEMBER WHEN OUR CITY HALL, OUR CITY HALL PARK WAS IN WILLIAMSON. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THE OTHER PART OF THE BUILDING WAS IN DAVISON. 
          YES. 
          THE BUILDING THERE BY THE, THAT BY THE, THE POST OFFICE TOO. 
          YEAH. 
          I REMEMBER ROGER SANDERSON AT ONE OF OUR CITY COUNTY MEETINGS TELLING THE STORY ABOUT ADAM RIVER OAKS, HOW THERE WAS A TORNADO WARNING. 
          'CAUSE THERE ARE ONE OR TWO HOUSES THERE THAT ARE IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. 
          AND IT SAID TORNADO WARN ON THE RAY TV, IT SAID TORNADO WARNING IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TAKE COVER. 
          AND THE LITTLE KIDS SAID, MOM, WE NEED TO GO TO THE OTHER PART OF THE HOUSE. 
          . 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE'LL GET AWAY FROM IT. 
          THAT'S FUN. 
          I THOUGHT THAT WAS STILL HISTORICAL. 
          IT IS. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, SO THE LAST ITEM THEN IS, UH, OUR NEW BUSINESS APPOINTMENT OF 18 MEMBERS TO YOUR 2040 PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          AND SO, UH, WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION HERE. 
          YOU HAVE THE LIST OF THE MEMBERS. 
          UM, AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THE, THE APPROACH THAT WE THINK IS PROBABLY THE BEST WE'LL SEE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T DO THIS VERY OFTEN, IS TO DIVIDE, START WITH THOSE WHO SELECTED AS THEIR FIRST SELECTION, WHICHEVER THE THREE COMMITTEES DIVIDED BY THOSE COMMITTEES IN THE FIRST SELECTIONS. 
          WE'LL SEE WHAT WE HAVE. 
          WE CAN, WE DON'T WANT TO AD-LIB TOO MUCH , HOPEFULLY, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU VOTE WHERE YOU'RE GONNA END UP. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO IF WE END UP AND THERE ARE A BUNCH OF TIES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE MAY, WE WE CAN, WE WILL THINK ABOUT THAT AND THINK ABOUT IF WE NEED TO MODIFY A LITTLE BIT. 
          BUT HOPEFULLY THINK THAT'LL WORK PRETTY WELL. 
          THERE'LL BE A LOT OF VOTING AND UH, WE'LL KEEP TRACK. 
          I TOLD KRISTEN, I SAID, SHE GOES, CAN YOU KEEP UP? I SAID, WELL, AS LONG AS MY LIST IS ALPHABETICAL, YOU DON'T GO TOO FAST. 
          I CAN KEEP UP, BUT I'LL ASK YOU TO SLOW DOWN IF I CAN'T. 
          UM, BUT YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
          SO, UH, I WAS GONNA SHARE, YOU KNOW, IT IS GOING THROUGH THIS, I ACTUALLY ENDED UP, UH, REPRINTING THE APPLICANT PART OF IT. 
          UM, SINGLE SIDED. 
          AND SO YOU GOTTA SEE MY DESK RIGHT NOW. 
          I'VE GOT PILES OF PAPER, YOU KNOW, WHERE I'VE GOT EACH APPLICANT SORT OF STAPLED TOGETHER, SORT OF SORTING THROUGH 'EM AND DOING THINGS. 
          BUT, UH, JUST TO COMMENT, SINCE WE'RE HERE IN A PUBLIC MEETING, JUST AS, AS I'M THINKING ABOUT IT AND LOOKING AT THE ASTERISK, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT HAVE SAID, HEY, I CAN'T MAKE ALL THE MEETINGS. 
          BUT ALSO WE'VE GOT SOME FOLKS WITH ASTERISK THAT ARE REALLY WELL QUALIFIED AND KNOWING THAT LIFE HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, AND PLANS CHANGE. 
          I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE EVERYONE WITH AN ASTERISK WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE MEETINGS AND EVERYONE WITHOUT AN ASTERISK WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE MEETINGS. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO I'M TRYING TO THINK THROUGH, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE THE BEST PEOPLE FIRST. 
          AND THEN IF I'VE GOT SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, I MAY CALL 'EM TO SAY, HEY, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ONE MEETING AND HOW SURE YOU ARE THAT YOU, THIS, THAT, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE MOST OF THE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GET AN IDEA MM-HMM . 
          BUT, UM, THE, BUT I, I JUST, AT FIRST I WAS THINKING, WELL IF YOU CAN'T MAKE THE MEETINGS, I'M GONNA PUT YOU IN THE, THE LONG SHOT PILE. 
          AND THEN THE LONG SHOT PILE STARTED GETTING PRETTY BIG AND IT STARTED GETTING LITTLE BIT . 
          WELL, THERE AREN'T THAT MANY THAT SAID THEY COULDN'T MAKE THE MEETING. 
          UH, THERE'S OTHER MORE THAN THE FIVE THERE'S, BUT THAT'S STILL, WELL WE JUST SEE THIS DIFFERENTLY. 
          YEAH. 
          THERE'S STILL A LOT OF VERY QUALIFIED PEOPLE LEFT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND IF YOU CAN'T COMMIT TO FIVE MEETINGS YEAH. 
          TO HELP DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF THE CITY, THEN YOU SHOULDN'T APPLY. 
          I DON'T THINK. 
          AND I THINK IT'S THAT SIMPLE. 
          YEAH. 
          KEEP IN MIND THOUGH, SOME OF, I'M JUST SENDING IT FOR ME AND, AND NOT KNOWING THAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SOME, I I MAY SELECT A SECOND CHOICE BECAUSE WELL THEY THINK YOU MADE FIVE MEETINGS AND THEN WE SELECT THEM AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE, OH, BY THE WAY, YOU KNOW. 
          YEAH. 
          SOME OF THE APPLICANTS APPLIED PRIOR TO US HAVING THE MEETING DATES SET. 
          SO THAT'S ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND. 
          SO IF YOU DO CONTACT THEM, THAT MIGHT BE A QUESTION. 
          UH, AS WELL AS DID YOU APPLY BEFORE YOU KNEW OF WHEN THE MEETING DATES WERE? THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE A FACT. 
          I'VE COME BACK AND CONTACT THOSE PEOPLE. 
          WELL IF THERE'S SOMEONE ON THERE THAT HAS, RIGHT. 
          I MEAN WHAT HE'S SAYING IS THAT, UM, THEY, WHEN THEY WERE CONTACTED, THEY MAY HAVE SAID, OH, I CAN'T MAKE THE SUCH AND SUCH MEETING. 
          BUT THEY APPLIED BEFORE THEY KNEW, BEFORE THEY KNEW THE DATES WERE SET, IT WAS GONNA BE REFLECTED. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          WELL IT WAS THE POINT GOING BACK AND CONTACTING. 
          NO, BUT WE DON'T PUT THAT ASKED WHICH ONES. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHICH ONES APPLIED BEFORE THEY DO THE DATES. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO IT MIGHT BE MARKED ON THERE, BUT IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE REASON THEY APPLIED WAS THEY DIDN'T KNOW. 
          RIGHT. 
          WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING. 
          NO, WE TALKED ABOUT 
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THAT AT A MEETING THAT OKAY, MAYBE THEY, WELL WE KNEW THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE DATES, BUT WHAT WAS, WE SAID, WE'LL GO BACK AND NOTIFY THEM WITH THE DATES WAS SUPPOSED TO CALL AND FIND OUT IF THEY CAN COME. 
          WELL, WE DID THAT. 
          WE DEFINITELY DID THAT. 
          'CAUSE I HAD SOME PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THIS. 
          I DO HAVE ACCOUNT THAT DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT BEFORE, SO I KNOW WE'VE DONE THIS. 
          SO THAT IS ACCURATE. 
          THEN IT IS ACCURATE. 
          YOU MENTIONED THAT IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEIR PLANS CHANGED BETWEEN NOW AND THE MEETINGS. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT, BUT, AND, AND IN THAT TOTAL RESPECT, US HAVING DIFFERENT CRITERIA AND I THINK ALL SEVEN OF US ARE GONNA HAVE DIFFERENT CRITERIA, WHICH IS PART OF THE VALUE OF THE PROCESS. 
          SO, UH, YEAH, DEFINITELY NOT SAYING ONE IS THE RIGHT OR THE WRONG. 
          I WAS JUST SAYING THAT IN MY OWN, IN MY OWN MIND KNOW HOW PLANS HAVE CHANGE. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF I WANT, PERSONALLY, I'M NOT SURE IF I WANT MAKE THAT MY FIRST CRITERIA. 
          I MIGHT BE ON DOWN THE LINE AFTER AFTER SOME OTHERS. 
          WELL, ARE WE KIND AS GROUP, AS A GROUP? TRY TO, UH, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHEN WE DID JANET, YOU SERVED ON IT 2020. 
          WE HAVE QUADRANTS THAT WE TRY TO GET PEOPLE FROM THE DIFFERENT QUADRANTS SO THAT THEY DIDN'T ALL LIVE IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          WHEN YOU GET TWO QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO SAY, OKAY, I'VE ALREADY GOT THREE FROM OVER HERE, I NEED SOME AND THAT'LL BE UP TO YOU. 
          THE ONE REASON I WANTED TO, TO MENTION THAT SOME OF THE APPLICANTS SUPPLIED BEFORE THEY KNEW THE DATES IS BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THAT IF THEY, UM, IF THEY KNEW THEY COULDN'T MAKE A, A MEETING OR SO THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE APPLIED. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE THAT GROUP THAT DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THEY FIRST APPLIED BECAUSE WE HADN'T HAD 'EM OUT OUT YET. 
          SO THERE'S NO CHANGE THAT INFORMATION'S ACCURATE. 
          IF IT'S AN ASTERISK, THEY CAN'T MAKE A, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, BUT MIGHT BE A MEETING AND IT MIGHT BE A QUESTION IF YOU'RE INTERESTED AND YOU WANT TO CONTACT SOMEBODY YOU'RE INTERESTED IN TO FIND OUT. 
          BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, SOME OF 'EM JUST DIDN'T KNOW THE DATES BEFORE THEY APPLIED. 
          AND SO THAT'S HOW THEIR NAME GOT. 
          AND THEN WE CHECKED AND IF THEY INDICATED THEY COULDN'T BE THERE, WE PUT THE ASTERISK SO YOU WOULD KNOW THAT. 
          AND I NOTICED LAST NIGHT THERE WERE SOME THAT SPECIFICALLY SAID TOWARDS THE END OF THE APPLICATION, I CAN'T MAKE THE SUCH AND SUCH MEETINGS. 
          SO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE DATE IN THERE. 
          I, I CALLED HOLLY AND ASKED HER TO SEND THIS ELECTRONICALLY, WHICH OBVIOUSLY SHE COULDN'T DO. 
          SHE HAD TO PRINT 'EM FOR IT. 
          SHE SAID THERE'S SOMETHING WITH THE SYSTEM NOW WHERE SHE USED TO BE ABLE TO FORWARD THAT TO US AND WE COULD LOOK AT ELECTRONICALLY. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW THIS, BUT SHE SAID THERE'S, THERE'S SOMETHING THEY CHANGED IN THE SYSTEM. 
          SHE'S WORKING ON TRYING TO CHANGE THAT BACK. 
          BUT THAT'S WHY SHE ENDED UP PRINTING ALL THESE AND YOU HAD TO PRINT YOURS. 
          WELL NO, NO. 
          SHE GET THE HARD COPY, BUT SHE SENT 'EM AS A PDF AND THAT'S WHY I GOT FIRST. 
          YEAH, BUT YOU USED TO BE ABLE TO PULL IT UP ON YOUR COMPUTER WITHOUT OPENING THE, THE APPLICATION. 
          SO YEAH. 
          NO, NOT ANYWAY. 
          I DIDN'T GET ALL, I COULDN'T GET ALL OF 'EM WITH PDF DF BUT WE GOT IT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH EACH OF THE, FOR EACH GROUP THAT SAID THIS IS THEIR TOP COMMITTEE, WE'LL START WITH THAT COMMITTEE TOPIC. 
          WE'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH YOUR TRADITIONAL VOTING AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          OUR HOPE IS, AND OUR, BUT WE DON'T KNOW AND YOU DON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU VOTE IS IS IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF THEM. 
          IF IT'S PRETTY EASY FOR YOU, WE WON'T HAVE TO REALLY MODIFY MUCH IF IT FLATTENS OUT THAT BIGGER MIDDLE GROUP OR THAT BIGGER GROUP. 
          I THINK THAT'S THE, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE GROUP. 
          YEAH. 
          IF THAT FLATTENS OUT, WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT IT A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS AND, AND SEE WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO. 
          SO IT MAY BE IN, IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT, YOU'RE, OF COURSE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SIX PEOPLE FOR EACH, BUT IF YOU'RE IN THAT GROUP AND YOU HAVE, UH, TWO OF THEM THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, FIVE OR SIX VOTES OR WHAT HAVE YOU, YOU MIGHT SAY, LET'S CUT THAT OFF, SET THOSE ASIDE AND VOTE ON THE REST. 
          WE'LL SEE WHEN WE GET THERE, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW. 
          WE CAN'T ANTICIPATE EVERY SITUATION UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE FIRST VOTE ON EACH GROUP. 
          THEN WE'LL KNOW. 
          IT MIGHT BE THAT YOU HAVE, IT'S JUST, JUST LIKE NORMAL, NO TIES, NOTHING. 
          YOU HAVE THE SIX YOU HAVE EACH TIME. 
          OR IT MAY BE THAT TWO OR THREE THAT ARE IN QUESTION OR IT JUST, WE JUST DON'T KNOW UNTIL WE GET THERE. 
          BUT WE, WE DID KNOW THIS, IF WE CREATED TOO MANY VOTING FACTORS ON OUR END IN THE PROCESS, IT'LL CONFUSE THE PROCESS. 
          WE REALLY WANTED TO KEEP IT AS CLOSE TO YOUR TYPICAL PROCESS AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO THAT MEANS THAT WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THESE, THOSE THINGS, WHETHER WELL THOSE THAT ARE PRIORITIES, WHETHER IT'S THEIR BACKGROUND, WHAT THEY DO, WHERE THEY LIVE, THOSE THINGS, WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT BALANCE, THOSE ARE THINGS YOU'LL NEED TO THINK ABOUT AS YOU SET YOUR FOLKS OUT THERE AND RECOMMEND THEM. 
          I'LL TELL YOU ANOTHER FACTOR THAT WE LOOKED AT THAT I THOUGHT WAS GOOD. 
          UM, LENGTH OF TIME LIVING HERE. 
          WE WANTED SOME NEW PEOPLE. 
          I MEAN RELATIVELY NEW, NOT YESTERDAY, AND PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN HERE A WHILE BECAUSE THE, THE NEW ONES ARE GONNA BE THE ONES THAT, UM, ARE HERE THE LONGEST PROBABLY. 
          SO THEY NEED TO HAVE A SAY IN WHAT'S THEY THINK THE CITY'S GONNA LOOK LIKE. 
          SO YOU CAN'T DISMISS THE FACT THAT THEY'VE ONLY BEEN HERE A FEW YEARS. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA, YEAH, THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          THAT'S A GOOD ONE. 
          YOU GET FRESH EYES AND 
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SOMEONE LIKE YOU SAY, WHO MAY HAVE A FUTURE HERE THAT LIKE TO BE A PART OF IT. 
          SEVEN CLINTON WAS OUR YOUNGEST PERSON CENTER. 
          HE WAS REALLY YOUNG. 
           RIGHT. 
          BUT HE DID A GOOD JOB. 
          ALRIGHT, JASON, IF I CAN ADD REAL QUICK. 
          YES. 
          AS FAR AS THE UM, AS, AS JASON MENTIONED, IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING IF THERE'S PEOPLE THAT YOU DECIDE TO MOVE ON TO THE SECOND ROUND OR DO PEOPLE DROP OFF IF THEY DON'T GET ANY VOTES. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY Y'ALL CAN THINK ABOUT THAT, UM, ON MONDAY NIGHT, BUT HOLLY AND I DISCUSSED THAT SHE WOULD HAVE THE NAMES UP ON THE SCREEN OF ANYONE WHO'S STILL IN THE POOL TO VOTE ON. 
          AND THEN YOU ALL CAN EITHER HIGHLIGHT THE PEOPLE STILL ON OR CROSS OUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT, WHATEVER'S EASIER FOR YOU. 
          SHE SAID SHE WOULD PUT HIGHLIGHTERS AND SHARPIES AT, AT YOUR SPOTS SO THAT YOU CAN DO THAT. 
          SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL HELP A LITTLE BIT. 
          SO YOU KNOW WHO'S LEFT IN, IN THE RUNNING UH, ROUND AROUND. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA BEGINNING DO. 
          NO, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT WOULD JUST BE YEAH, WE, ARE WE GONNA VOTE ON UH, EACH ROUND OF VOTING ONE ROUND? WILL WE VOTE FOR ALL THREE COMMITTEE SIMULTANEOUSLY? ARE WE GONNA DO ALL THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND ALL? YES. 
          LET'S SEPARATE 'EM. 
          YEP. 
          THREE. 
          WILL THERE BE AN EFFORT THEN I NOTICED THERE ARE THREE PLANNING COMMISSION NAMES OUT HERE AND A COUPLE OF OUR BOARD. 
          ARE WE GOOD TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE EVENLY ACROSS THE UH, OR NOT IN AT ALL?  ACROSS THE COMMITTEE. 
          YEAH. 
          THEY KIND OF HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE ALREADY. 
          HUH? THEY KIND OF HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE ALREADY. 
          YEAH, I CAN SEE ONE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED THREE ANYMORE THAN WE NEED THREE CITY COMMISSIONS. 
          THAT'S AN INTERESTING POINT. 
          YOU KNOW, WE TALKED, HAD HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DUAL RULES, WE JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE AND YOU COULD LOOK AT 'EM HOWEVER YOU WANTED TO. 
          BUT IT IS A GOOD POINT. 
          IF YOU'RE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, YOU DO ALREADY HAVE A, AN INTENSE ROLE WITH IT, YOU KNOW, A CLOSE ROLL WITH IT. 
          SO WHEREAS IF YOU'RE ON A DIFFERENT COMMITTEE, YOU MAY NOT. 
          SO THAT MIGHT BE A FACTOR FOR YOU. 
          AND SAME WITH CITY COMMISSION. 
          HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE ON THIS 'CAUSE WE ARE INVOLVED. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I AGREE. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD BE SEPARATE. 
          YEAH, I DON'T, I WOULD, I SAID AND LISTEN BUT I MEAN IF THE OPTICS OF JUST SAYING THERE'S THREE, THERE'S THREE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE BOARD. 
          I MEAN WHAT'S UP WITH THAT? AND I CAN SEE PEOPLE SAYING THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          LOOKS, I'M, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOTTA SEAT THE TABLE. 
          I'M NOT SURE WE NEED ANY ON STEERING COMMITTEE, BUT I EXPECT THEM ALL TO BE INVOLVED IN, IN PAYING ATTENTION AND BE ENGAGED. 
          WELL IF WE NARROW THIS DOWN, WE GET RID OF THE ASTERISKS TO GET RID OF PAYING COMMISSIONERS AND WE START ELIMINATING THE BLINDS AND THEN THE GRAY HAIR PEOPLE  MAKE THIS BOAT REALLY QUICK. 
          . 
          YEAH. 
          YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE SIX THOUGH. 
          FOR WHILE. 
          LET'S MAYBE NOT SAY THOSE SIX OUT LOUD. 
          . 
          ALRIGHT, READY TO MOVE ON TO THE, UH, PRESENTATION. 
          I'LL CHANGE IT REAL QUICK AND THEN WE'LL GET STARTED. 
          SO, KRISTEN, CAN WE, ARE WE GONNA LIKE BRING IN SOME EVENING DESSERTS AND STUFF? YEAH, WE NEED TO. 
          I'M GONNA, MY MIGHT LITERALLY CLOUD THINGS ON THE I'M HERE FOR THAT. 
          IT'LL MAKE MORE FUN. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          I'M GOOD MORNING. 
          PULLING UP OUR SLIDES. 
          I WANTED AHEAD AND INTRODUCE MYSELF. 
          I'M MICHAEL SILVER, I'M A LITTLE TENNESSEE KID. 
          GREW UP IN  HALL. 
          THERE IS NOW IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO WORK WITH HIM WHEN HE WAS HERE. 
          CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. 
          UH, BUT I SPENT MOST OF MY TIME IN COLUMBIA. 
          THREE SATURN GREEN, SATURN'S CONSTRUCTION, VERY SATURNS OPENING. 
          UM, SO I SAW ALL OF THE I 65 BORDER CHANGE PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM A CHILDHOOD WAS BEFORE SOME ALL MAJOR RETAIL OFFICE DESTINATION. 
          UM, I CAME BACK TO NASHVILLE, MIL, TENNESSEE IN 2007. 
          I WAS HIRED TO MANAGE THE NM PO. 
          IT WAS SEPARATE FROM GRC. 
          WE WERE TALKED ABOUT THE NM PO TODAY. 
          BUT WHEN YOU HEAR MPO THINK REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND FUNDING, THAT'S THE PROCESS THAT GOVERNS ALL THAT DECISION MAKING. 
          UH, AND THEN IN 2016, I WAS HIRED BY BUILT TENNESSEE MAYORS TO HEAD UP THE GREATER NASHVILLE REGIONAL COUNCIL. 
          AND THAT WAS A JOB I WAS INTERESTED IN IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN INTEGRATING THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER SO THAT WE COULD DO REGIONAL PLANNING THAT WE WANT THROUGH AND MAKE SURE WE ARE ALL ALIGNED WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND OUR GROWTH PLANNING. 
          SO SINCE 2016 I'VE BEEN AT GRC. 
          UM, I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS AN ORGANIZATION. 
          UH, I KNOW YOU'RE VERY INTERESTED IN TRANSPORTATION SPECIFICALLY. 
          SO I'VE BROUGHT SOME EXPERTS WITH ME. 
          UH, DANIEL MCDONALD AT MATTHEW HIN AND CONNOR CARROLL. 
          MATTHEW AND DANIEL BOTH SPENT TIME AT . 
          UM, THEY WERE LET OUT OF CDO THE LAST FEW YEARS, UM, HAD THE FREEDOM, UH, CHOSE THROUGH THAT FREE WILL AND JOINED OUR REGIONAL COUNCIL, DO GOOD WORK FOR LOCAL MIDDLE TENNESSEE COMMUNITY. 
          SO GC HAS, WELL I WON'T, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SHOW OF 
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HANDS, BUT UM, HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HEARD OF THE GRC BEFORE IN MORE WAYS THAN THE DATA INVOICE THAT WE SEND SENT TO YOU EVERY YEAR. 
          BUT WE ARE A QUASI GOVERNMENT FUND ENTITY. 
          WE ARE CREATED BY TENNESSEE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 
          BACK IN THE SIXTIES, THERE WAS A, THE TENNESSEE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ACT OF 1965 THAT CREATED GRC OR OUR PREDECESSOR. 
          WE HAD A DIFFERENT NAME AT THE TIME AND EIGHT OTHER DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. 
          UM, THESE ARE THE GEOGRAPH GEOGRAPHIES OF THE VARIOUS DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS. 
          THIS IS THE GREATER NASHVILLE REGIONAL COUNCIL. 
          WE TOOK ON THAT NAME IN 1988 WHEN WE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL ENABLING LEGISLATION TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE AUTHORITY TO PLAN FOR RAPIDLY GROWING MIDDLE TENNESSEE AREA. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE ESSENTIALLY IN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, UM, THAT WAS CREATED BY THE LEGISLATURE IN THE SIXTIES. 
          I'LL LEAVE THIS SLIDE UP HERE. 
          I WON'T READ THIS TO YOU. 
          BUT WE WERE REALLY CREATED FOR TWO REASONS. 
          ONE WAS BECAUSE CONGRESS WAS BEGINNING TO, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, BEGINNING TO REQUIRE THAT THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS WITHIN STATES THAT THE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW THAT MONEY'S GONNA BE SPENT NEEDED TO BE DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          UM, AND THIS WAS THE SIXTIES, THIS WAS THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA. 
          THIS WAS ALSO THE ERA OF INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND STATES WEREN'T ALWAYS BEING RESPECTFUL OF LOCAL VISIONS IN THAT PROCESS. 
          AND SO CONGRESS BEGAN TO PASS LAWS THAT SAID, IF YOU'RE GONNA SPEND FEDERAL MONEY FOR TRANSPORTATION, YOU'VE GOTTA INVOLVE LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THAT PROCESS. 
          UH, CONGRESS ALSO PASSED THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT IN THE SIXTIES, WHICH WAS THEIR INVESTMENT IN SUPPORTING OLDER ADULTS ACROSS, UH, THE NATION. 
          AND THEY SAID, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO INVOLVE LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THAT PROCESS. 
          UH, CONGRESS ALSO CREATED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION THROUGH THE PUBLIC WORKS ACT IN THE SIXTIES AND SAID, THE INVESTMENTS THAT THE US GOVERNMENT MAKES THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NEEDS TO INVOLVE LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          AND SO CONGRESS ESSENTIALLY INCENTIVIZED STATES TO CREATE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS FOR COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENTS. 
          THOSE ARE INTERCHANGEABLE TERMS ACROSS AMERICA TO FACILITATE THE COOPERATION BETWEEN STATE GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS TO DRIVE THIS EXPENDITURE OF FEDERAL FUNDS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOCIAL SERVICES. 
          SO THAT'S ONE REASON WHY TENNESSEE DID IT, WAS BECAUSE TENNESSEE WANTED TO CONTINUE GETTING FEDERAL FUNDS. 
          AND UH, THAT WAS SORT OF A, UH, INCENTIVE. 
          THE OTHER REASON WAS, UM, THIS MAY BE SOMEWHAT UNIQUE TO TENNESSEE AND SOME OTHER STATES WHERE THIS WAS IMPORTANT. 
          TENNESSEE RECOGNIZED THAT SOME OF THE SMALLER TOWNS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES HAD VERY LITTLE IN-HOUSE STAFF AND BANDWIDTH TO THINK ABOUT ISSUES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING FOR GROWTH. 
          AND SO THEY INTENDED FOR US TO ALSO BE NOT JUST A REGIONAL CONVENER, BUT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND EXTENSION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT STAFF AND SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE. 
          AND SO A LOT OF WHAT WE DO TODAY, A LOT OF THE THINGS IN OUR PORTFOLIO ARE AIMED AT ADDRESSING ONE OF THOSE TWO ORIGINAL OBJECTIVES. 
          RIGHT, OKAY. 
          SPRINGING HILL, , SPRING HILLS, AND THE GRC. 
          AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE'RE WORKING WITH SPRING HILL VERY QUICKLY, BUT I MEAN WE YOU DID BIG TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          BACK IN THE DAY. 
          UM, THERE'S A LOT ON THIS SLIDE THOUGH. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF BYPRODUCT FROM MEETING THOSE OBJECTIVES, LIKE BUILDING TRUST BETWEEN COMMUNITIES, UM, GETTING THE MAYORS TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY IN REPRESENTING THEIR JURISDICTIONS. 
          UM, WE ALSO DO A LOT OF WORK FOR STATE AGENCIES, SO DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AT THE STATE LEVEL, FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S NOT A BIG STAFF, IT'S A VERY WELL-KNOWN BRAND IN STATE GOVERNMENT, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF STAFF. 
          SO THEY RELY ON THE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS TO EXECUTE A LOT OF THEIR PROGRAMS ON BEHALF OF THE AGENCY. 
          SO THOSE ARE ALL BYPRODUCTS TO THE FACT THAT WE WERE CREATED FOR THE TWO ORIGINAL PURPOSES. 
          THIS, UM, THIS IS AN ORG CHART. 
          I'M NOT GONNA LECTURE YOU ON THIS, BUT IT IS, UM, A GOOD GRAPHIC TO HAVE UP HERE FOR US TO TALK ABOUT HOW COMPLEX OF AN ORGANIZATION WE ARE. 
          THE COMPLEXITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S ALSO MAKES THINGS VERY CONFUSING. 
          UM, MAYOR ANDREWS, IT CONVENES EVERY THIRD WEDNESDAY WITH OTHER MAYORS ACROSS THE REGION ON WHAT WE CALL ALPHABET SOUP DAY BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DO, UM, RELATE TO VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMITTEES THAT WE STAFF OR ADMINISTER BEYOND OUR REGIONAL COUNCIL BODY. 
          SO WE HAVE THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, OUR GOVERNING BODY IS A LITERAL REGIONAL COUNT COUNCIL THAT'S MADE UP OF ALL THE MUNICIPAL MAYORS, ALL THE COUNTY MAYORS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE. 
          THE COUNTY MAYORS GET TO A 0.2 REPRESENTATIVES FROM THEIR COUNTY. 
          UM, THEY'RE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE ELECTED. 
          THERE'S SOMEBODY TO REPRESENT BUSINESS AND COMMERCE, AND SOMEBODY REP REPRESENT SOCIAL EQUITY AND INCLUSION. 
          TYPICALLY, THE CO AND COMMERCE REP IS A, UH, CHAMBER, CEO OR THE PERSON IN THE COUNTY SUPPORTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES FOR THE COUNTY. 
          UH, AND USUALLY THE SOCIAL EQUITY INCLUSION PERSON IS SOMEBODY FOCUSED ON SOCIAL SERVICES OR SOMEBODY AT A NONPROFIT WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT IS FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS, UM, ARE REACHING, UM, EVERYONE, UH, EQUALLY ACROSS, UM, THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS. 
          SO WE HAVE THIS REGIONAL COMFORTABLE BODY, BUT WE HAVE THE NPO BOARD, WHICH IS OUR TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD. 
          WE HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS LENDING BOARD, WHICH IS A BIG CUMBERLAND AREA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. 
          THESE BOARDS ARE SUPPORTED 
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BY FORMAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES, WHICH ARE MADE UP OF STAFF TO HELP OUR STAFF FORMULATE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARDS. 
          BUT I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE A ROUND TABLE NETWORK THAT CONVENES PRACTITIONERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS AROUND TOPICS OF INTEREST, UM, FOR THE PURPOSES OF JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE STAYING CONNECTED. 
          THE WORK OF OUR ROUND TABLES DON'T ALWAYS YIELD POLICY MAKING THAT FLOWS THROUGH A FORMAL PUBLIC, UH, UH, DECISION MAKING CAPACITY. 
          THAT'S, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE MAYORS CAUCUS. 
          THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU'VE HEARD OF BEFORE. 
          WE CONVENE MIDDLE TENNESSEE MAYORS NOT TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR GRC, BUT JUST TO SUPPORT COOPERATIVE, UM, BY SETTING AN AGENDA FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE, ADVOCATING WITH THE LEGISLATURE, WHAT'S BENEFICIAL TO MIDDLE TENNESSEE. 
          WE RUN OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS WORK THROUGH THE MAYORS CAUCUS, BUT THAT'S ALSO HOW WE STUDY NEW ISSUES TO STAY ON THE FOREFRONT OF WHAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING IN, THEY'LL SEE A DECADE FROM NOW, SO THAT WE DO SHARED LEARNING AND BUILD TRUST ALONG THE WAY BEFORE WE HAVE TO MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS. 
          AS THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, WE HAVE AN IT DIRECTORS ROUND TABLE THAT MEANS CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICERS AND IT DIRECTORS ACROSS THE REGION. 
          AND SARAH BEEN WARMER, IS A, A LEADER ON THAT EFFORT, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          UM, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND LIKE THE VALUE THAT WE PLAY IN TENNESSEE TO PROVIDE A TABLE, TAKE CARE OF THE LOGISTICS SO THAT EXPERTS AND PRACTITIONERS CAN WORK TOGETHER, UH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE REGION AS A WHOLE. 
          I WON'T GET INTO OUR STAFFING ON THE SPORTS CHART WHEN WE HAVE, UH, I'LL, I'LL TALK ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS STAFF. 
          WE HAVE, UH, 85 PROFESSIONALS THAT WORK AT THE GREATER NATIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL. 
          ABOUT HALF OF THOSE PROFESSIONALS ARE SOCIAL SERVICE. 
          IN THE SOCIAL SERVICE INDUSTRY. 
          THERE'S SOCIAL WORKERS WHO ARE OUT ACROSS THE 13 COUNTIES OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE SUPPORTING OLDER ADULTS AND THOSE WITH DISABILITIES, MAKING SURE THEY'RE GETTING CARE. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE PLANNERS, AS YOU AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE RESEARCHERS, WE HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS, UM, AND, UM, GEOGRAPHERS THAT ARE MAKING MAPS AND DOING SPATIAL ANALYSIS ON, IN SUPPORT OF GRC AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE. 
          WE'VE GOT THREE FEDERAL DESIGNATIONS THAT LINK BACK TO THOSE CONGRESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WHERE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE, THAT'S A DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DESIGNATION WHERE THE MPO FOR A PORTION OF THE SEVEN COUNTIES SPECIFICALLY, THAT'S A-U-S-D-O-C DESIGNATION. 
          AND WE'RE THE AREA AGENCY OF AGING DISABILITY, WHICH IS AN HHS DESIGNATION. 
          AND BASICALLY OUR ROLE IN THOSE DESIGN IN THE DESIGNATED ROLES IS THAT WE CONVENE THOSE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PRIORITIZE THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS WITHIN THE REGION. 
          FOR RESPECT TO TOPICS THAT THOSE THREE DESIGNATIONS RELATE TO, WE DONATE MONEY TO THE MID CUMBERLAND, UH, UM, GROUP FOR LIKE MEALS ON WHEELS. 
          IS THAT HRA? THAT'S ONE OF THOSE I CAN, SO HRA WOULD BE, WE ARE THE POLICY MAKER AND THE FUNDER, HRA SERVICE DELIVERY. 
          SO WE GIVE THEM OUR PAY FEDERAL AND STATE DOLLARS IN ADDITION TO THE MONEY THEY'RE RAISING THROUGH DONATIONS TO DO MEALS ON BILLS. 
          I NEVER REALIZED THAT THAT GROUP WAS CONNECTED TO THE, UH, METROPOLITAN, THEY'RE OUR BIGGEST PROVIDER OF AGENT SERVICES. 
          I DID NOT REALIZE THAT. 
          ALL THESE SHARE THAT'S, THIS IS ALSO GOVERNED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEY'RE ALSO GOVERNED BY THE COUNTY MAYORS FROM THE REGION. 
          SO OUR BOARDS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, OVERLAP AS WELL IN TERMS OF PERSONNEL. 
          UM, AND THEN WITHIN DAVIDSON COUNTY, METRO SOCIAL SERVICES IS THE LARGEST PROVIDER, BUT WE HAVE A HUNDREDS OF PROVIDERS FOR AGING DISABILITY SERVICES ACROSS THE REGION. 
          SOME OF WHAT WE DO. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, YOU CAN IMAGINE WE, WE DO REGIONAL PLANNING, SO I'LL REALLY HARP ON THAT. 
          I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO THE TEAMS IN A LITTLE BIT. 
          UM, BUT AGING DISABILITY SERVICES AS THAT AREA AGE IS ENGAGING. 
          UM, WE'RE THE ESSENTIALLY THE RECIPIENT OF ALL THE FEDERAL AND STATE DOLLARS THAT STATE THE FEDERAL DOLLARS COMES FROM HHS, THE VA, UH, AND THEN THE STATE DOLLARS COME FROM THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITY AND AGING AND TENCARE. 
          THAT MONEY FLOWS THROUGH US. 
          WE GET TO DECIDE HOW TO SPEND THAT IN A WAY THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR OLDER ADULTS TO BASED ON, UH, THE POLICIES AND THE DIRECTION FROM OUR REGIONAL COUNCIL. 
          AND THEN WE ISSUE RFPS AND RQS AND WE PROCURE ALL THE PROVIDERS. 
          UM, AND THEN WE DO CASE MANAGEMENT. 
          SO WE'RE, WE, WE DO INFORMATION ASSISTANCE COUNSELING. 
          SO PEOPLE CALL US FOR HELP. 
          WE SCREEN THEM FOR ELIGIBILITY. 
          IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE. 
          WE HAVE IN-HOUSE CASE MANAGERS WHO CAN CONNECT THEM TO THE PROVIDERS. 
          AND THEN WE CAN MONITOR THE QUALITY OF THE PROVIDER'S WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING GOOD WORK AND, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR REGULATIONS AND THAT WE REIMBURSE THEM. 
          SO WE DO THE FULL LIFECYCLE WHEN IT COMES TO AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES. 
          ECD, WE DO GRANT WRITING. 
          UM, YOU CAN HIRE AN OUTSIDE PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT CONSULTANT OR YOU CAN HIRE US. 
          I'M NOT HERE TO SELL YOU ANYTHING. 
          WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF WORK. 
          BUT WE DO GRANT WRITING FOR A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ON A DAILY BASIS, HELP THEM BRING DOWN STATE FEDERAL FUNDS. 
          AND THEN A LOT OF THE SMALLER COMMUNITIES WHO DON'T HAVE 
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THE CAPACITY TO MANAGE THE PROJECT, IF THEY GET THE GRANT, WILL HIRE US TO MANAGE THE PROJECT FOR THEM. 
          SO WE DO GRANT ADMINISTRATION AND THAT'S TYPICALLY PAID FOR OUT OF THE GRANT ITSELF. 
          IT'S NOT ANY COST DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE DO SMALL BUSINESS LENDING. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT. 
          SO WE'RE GAP FINANCING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES WHO CAN'T GET TRADIT TRADITIONAL BANK LOANS. 
          BUT THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO US, UH, TO SUPPORT IN THE REGION FOR JOB CREATION OR RETENTION. 
          SO WE DO THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN WE ALSO DO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, STRATEGY FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. 
          AND THIS IS WHERE WE GET ALL THE CHAMBERS AND ALL THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICIALS TOGETHER. 
          THEY ALL SHARE THEIR INDIVIDUAL VISIONS. 
          WE PULLED IT TOGETHER. 
          UH, AND THAT'S WHAT TELLS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HOW THEY CAN HELP US BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VISION. 
          UM, AGAIN, I'M NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT REGIONAL PLANNING, BUT LOCAL PLANNING, WE DO COMPREHENSIVE PLANS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES ON A FEE FOR SERVICE BASIS. 
          WE FINISHED RUTHERFORD, WE'RE WORKING ON WILSON, AND WE FINISHED PORTLAND. 
          WE'VE DONE GALLATIN. 
          WE'RE ABOUT TO WORK WITH DARREN ON THE SPRING HILL AND SPRING HILL HORIZONS PLAN UPDATE. 
          UH, WE ALSO ARE THE LOCAL PLANNERS FOR 13 COMMUNITIES ACROSS TENNESSEE. 
          SO YOU HAVE YOUR OWN STAFF, STAFF IN YOUR PLANNING ON YOUR PLANNING TEAM THAT SUPPORTS THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BZA, SOME COMMUNITIES DON'T. 
          THEY HIRE US TO DO THAT FOR THEM WHEN WE WALK THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS. 
          UM, AND THEN, UM, SORT OF THOSE ARE THE THREE MAJOR BUSINESS VERTICALS. 
          AND THEN THOSE ARE ALL SUPPORTED BY WHAT YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM, WHICH IS LIKE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THREE VERTICALS ARE INTEGRATED FROM A POLICY, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS STANDPOINT, COMMUNICATIONS, SOME MARKETING STANDPOINT. 
          THEN WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG VOLUNTEER PROGRAM THAT GETS MIDDLE TENNESSEE. 
          SO MIDDLE TENNESSEE IS INVOLVED IN ALL THE WORK I JUST DESCRIBED. 
          SO COULD YOU GIMME AN EXAMPLE OTHER THAN THE MEALS ON WHEELS AND CUMBERLAND UNDER AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES? SO IF SOMEONE CALLS YOU OR A CASE MANAGER AT A HOSPITAL CALLS YOU, ARE YOU PART OF LIKE THE CHOICES PROGRAM FOR HOME HEALTH OR, OR WHAT? SO DAYCARE WE ARE, SHE WILL GET REFERRED TO TO BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR CHOICES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SOMETIMES WE NEED TO, UH, DETERMINATIONS FOR, FOR MEDICAID ASSISTANCE. 
          OKAY. 
          OUTSIDE OF CHOICES FOR THE OTHER STATE AGENCY, I MENTIONED THE DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITY IN AGING, UM, WE DO, UM, IN-HOME SERVICES IS ANOTHER SERVICE WE PROVIDE. 
          THAT'S LIKE USUALLY HOME MAKING. 
          IT'S THE GOAL HERE IS TO HELP YOU STAY IN YOUR HOME AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, WE DO MEDICARE COUNSELING, SO CENTERS FOR MEDICAID, MEDICARE RELY ON US TO BE THE UNBIASED SOURCE OF INFORMATION ABOUT MEDICARE AND OPEN ENROLL, ANNUAL ENROLLMENT, PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLANS. 
          WE HAVE COUNSELORS AND WE USE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS TO HELP THAT. 
          SURE. 
          WE SAVE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DRUG COSTS EVERY YEAR FOR RECIPIENTS. 
          WE'RE A PUBLIC CONSERVATOR. 
          SO IF YOU, UH, IF THE COURTS DEEM THAT YOU NEED, UH, A PUBLIC GUARDIAN OR CONSERVATOR, UH, AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T PRIVATE PAY, UH, WE'LL BE APPOINTED AND WE WILL SERVE AS THE CONSERVATOR TO MIDDLE TENNESSEE. 
          AND SO IT'S A FULL RANGE OF THINGS THAT WE DO. 
          CAREGIVER SERVICES, CAREGIVER RESPITE, UM, IS REALLY A CRITICAL THING THAT WE DO NOW BECAUSE MANY OF US ARE CARING FOR OUR OLDER, OLDER ADULTS IN OUR LIVES. 
          AND WE NEED HELP AND WE NEED A BREAK. 
          SO WE SUPPORT CAREGIVERS AS WELL. 
          THOSE ARE SOME, SOME EXAMPLES, BUT NOT SENIOR CENTERS. 
          MEALS ON WHEELS, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY MIDCOM, HRA, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS. I HAVE A QUESTION, A MEDICARE QUESTION. 
          YOU MENTIONED, UH, PEOPLE PICKING UP PHONE ASKING MEDICARE QUESTION. 
          I JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE THAT ANSWER. 
          IS THAT SOMEONE WHO'S ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE SYSTEM OR CAN JOE MEDICARE PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL? IT'S A MIX OF BOTH. 
          IT'S SOMEBODY APPROACHING THE TIME THAT PERIOD IN LIFE WHERE THEY NEED TO GET ENROLLED. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THEY JUST DON'T HOW TO NAVIGATE THAT SYSTEM WHERE ALREADY ENROLLED AND NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THEY STAY ON THE RIGHT PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE PRESCRIPTIONS THAT THEY HAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          YES. 
          OVER THE YEARS, I, THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL PLANNING IS THE ONLY PART OF THIS I THINK THAT WE'VE EVER REALLY, I'VE BEEN AWARE OF EVEN BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER HAD A FULL PRESENTATION. 
          UH, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU DID ALL THIS OTHER STUFF. 
          WELL TALK ABOUT THIS MORNING. 
          AND YOU MIGHT HAVE A HARD STOP HERE A LITTLE BIT. 
          AND WE MAY HAVE TO COME BACK AND DIG EVEN FURTHER THE WE ON TRANSPORTATION. 
          BUT I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW ABOUT. 
          UH, EVEN I DID, I DO TOO KNOW ABOUT IT. 
          EVEN THE SERVICES, I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MANY PEOPLE IN BRENTWOOD DID MEALS ON WHEELS UNTIL SOMEONE CALLED ME ABOUT IT. 
          AND I WAS, AND THESE ARE NOT KIND DISTRICT YOUNG PEOPLE OR ANYTHING. 
          IT'S JUST THEY WERE LONELY AND PEOPLE BROUGHT FOOD AND THAT HELPED THEM A LOT, YOU KNOW? SO. 
          THAT'S VERY INFORMATIVE, MIKE. 
          YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          WELL, I ALSO, YOU KNOW, I GOTTA GIVE 
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A LOT OF, UH, THINGS TO VER MAYOR AND WE, YOU ALL ASK A LOT OF , UH, LITTLE TO SEE THE, THE STATE AND WASHINGTON ASKS A LOT OF YOUR MIRROR ALSO. 
          'CAUSE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS OUR AGENDA. 
          OUR PRIORITIES ARE SET BY MAYORS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE'S GOING UP I 65 TO MEET IN NASHVILLE, IT'S NOT TO MEET WITH NASHVILLE. 
          I MEAN, NASHVILLE'S AROUND THE TABLE, BUT IT'S HIS, HIS COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE REGION. 
          SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WORK THAT HE DOES. 
          AND JASON IS ALWAYS THERE WITH HIM AND THEIR STAFF IS, IS IN OUR OFFICE ON OUR REGULAR BASIS, COLLABORATING WITH THEIR PEERS ACROSS TENNESSEE. 
          REALLY IMPORTANT WORK. 
          COMMISSIONER, SIR, ARE YOU GOOD UNTIL 10 30 JUST TO KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF TIME FOR MICHAEL? IS EVERYONE OKAY UNTIL 10 30 OR NOT LATER THAN THAT, BUT, BUT TO, TO MICHAEL'S POINT, YOU KNOW, IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK I FULLY APPRECIATED IS JUST, YOU KNOW, THE, THE VALUE OF, OF THESE MEETINGS, LIKE YOU SAID, I MEAN IT'S ONCE A MONTH, BUT THERE'S ALSO BRIEFINGS AND OTHER STUFF THAT ARE PRETTY COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. 
          THIS MORE THAN OUR OWN BRIEFINGS. 
          THEN THERE'S ALSO THE STUFF AS WILLIAMSON COUNTY THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH IT, YOU KNOW, AS WE HEAD ON DOWN TO THE BUILDING DOWN THERE. 
          AND I KNOW AGREE DURING, ESPECIALLY DURING COVID. 
          I MEAN, I THINK YOU GUYS, YOU PROBABLY SPENT MORE TIME ON THIS STUFF THAN YOU DID HERE. 
          YEAH. 
          I ACTUALLY, WHERE I WENT TO THE GNRC MEETINGS, UH, YEAH, MIKE HARRIS WAS STILL GOING AND, AND KIRK OF COURSE MM-HMM . 
          AND WE WERE MEETING IN PERSON AND ALMOST KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF MY MAYOR TERM COVID HIT MM-HMM . 
          AND SO THEN IT WENT ELECTRONIC. 
          WE MET EVERY WEEK. 
          YES. 
          WE MET EVERY WEEK AS MAYOR. 
          WE WERE, THE PLACE MAYORS GOT TOGETHER AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WERE WE SUPPOSED TO DO ABOUT COVID AND GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ON THOSE CALLS EVERY SINGLE WEEK. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT GRC CAN DO, IS JUST CONNECT PEOPLE IN TIMES OF NEED. 
          AND WE WERE, WHERE WE MET IN PERSON, IT HELPED BECAUSE I ACTUALLY, I WASN'T JUST, THERE WERE A LOT OF THOSE ZOOM MEETINGS AS MAYOR DURING COVID THAT I, I HAD NO CLUE WHO THESE PEOPLE WERE EXCEPT THEY, YOU KNOW, WE ALL LOOKED LIKE THE BRADY BUNCH . 
          AND SO, UH, UM, AND SO IT WAS NEAT 'CAUSE SOME OF, YOU KNOW, BEFORE A MEETING OR AFTER A MEETING, YOU'LL TALK TO SOMEBODY YOU'VE NEVER MET. 
          AND, AND, AND IT WAS A HUGE, I'M SURE IT STILL IS. 
          IT WAS A HUGE TABLE OR WE WOULD SET, YOU KNOW, AND SO I I WILL SAY IT, IT WAS VERY GOOD BECAUSE IT, IT HELPED CONNECTIONS THAT I THINK HELPED OUR REGION AND OUR STATE WEATHER COVID ESPECIALLY MUCH BETTER THAN OTHER REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY. 
          WELL, MY TWO TERMS AS MAYOR WHEN I WENT DOWN, YES. 
          WE ALWAYS ONLY WENT FOR TRANSPORTATION AND PLANNING. 
          WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T GET INTO THESE OTHER SOCIAL PROGRAMS. SO THIS IS HONESTLY THE FIRST TIME THAT, I MEAN I KNOW THESE PROBLEMS EXISTED, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE UNDER YOUR UMBRELLA. 
          SO GOOD. 
          WELL GOOD. 
          WE DID SOMETHING TODAY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , I'M ALMOST DONE WITH MY PART. 
          UM, I WANTED TO SHOWCASE LIKE ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL THINGS THAT WE DO IN SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITIES THAT YOU ALSO MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT. 
          BUT WE'RE UM, CAN I JUST ASK ONE QUESTION? YES MA'AM. 
          CURIOUS. 
          SO THE FUNDING FOR THE SOCIAL WORKERS, FOR YOU, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT THE OFFICE PEOPLE, WHATEVER, PROTECT THEM FROM FEDERAL FUNDS, STATE FUNDS, THE MIX OF FUNDS, THE REGIONAL FUNDS, IT'S FEDERAL FUNDS FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND THE VA IT STATE MONEY FROM TENCARE AND WHICH DDA THE DEPARTMENT DIS BUT ALSO LOCAL DUES. 
          SO THE DUES THAT YOU PAY ARE HELPING TO MATCH THOSE DOLLARS DUES ARE LESS THAN 4% OF OUR BUDGET. 
          SO YOUR ANNUAL DUES ABOUT 4% OF OUR BUDGET, BUT WE NEED THOSE TO DRAW DOWN THE OTHER PERCENTAGE. 
          SO YOUR, YOUR MONEY IS ALSO HELPING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO CREATED THE GRC FUND, WHICH IS A FOUNDATION THAT'S A NONPROFIT WITH THE INTENTION OF BEGINNING TO DO SOME DONOR BASED FUNDRAISING AS WELL. 
          WE'VE TAPPED IN INTO SOME FOUNDATION MONEY LIKE THE WESTIN HOME FOUNDATION. 
          WE HAVE A DIGITAL SENIOR DIGITAL LITERACY PROGRAM THAT WE PUT IN WITH FOUNDATION MONEY AND THAT HELPS OLDER ADULTS LEARN HOW TO BE SAFE ONLINE. 
          IT WAS JUST CRITICAL. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND YOUR TRANSPORTATION AND ENGINEERING, DOES THAT COME FROM TDOT FUNDS OR FEDERAL? IT'S PRIMARILY FEDERAL, BUT IT FLOWS THROUGH TDOT AND I'M ACTUALLY TALKING THE MONEY FLOWS. 
          I THINK YOUR TEAM DID A REALLY GOOD JOB. 
          UH, JASON, JASON AND DEREK DID A REALLY JOB ADDRESSING THE STATE STREETS FOR ALL, WHICH IS KIND OF AN ANOMALY WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE HOW IT USUALLY WORKS. 
          BUT I'LL, MY LAST SLIDE WILL BE HOW THE FUNDING FLOWS ON THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE. 
          UM, BUT I WANTED TO JUST DEMONSTRATE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OUR RESEARCH TEAM BECAUSE WE'RE THE PLACE AND BECAUSE WE GET ALL THESE FEDERAL GRANTS, WE DON'T LEVERAGE THOSE TO BUILD A BUNCH OF COMPUTER MODELS TO PROTECT THE FUTURE THAT WE USE IN REGIONAL PLANNING. 
          BUT IT'S FREELY AVAILABLE TO YOU TO USE ON LOCAL PLANNING. 
          SO TRAFFIC FORECAST, GOOD FORECAST FOR EXAMPLE. 
          SO THIS IS CONTEXT. 
          SO YOU ALL KNOW WE'RE GROWING FAST ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE PER DAY AS A REGION OVER THE DECADE BETWEEN 
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2010 AND 2020. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE STAYING ON TRACK ABOUT 3,200 PEOPLE PER MONTH WITHIN OUR GEOGRAPHY, UH, OVER THE COURSE OF THAT DECADE. 
          UM, AND WE'RE EXPECTED TO BE OVER 3 MILLION PEOPLE BY YEAR 2050, WHICH ISN'T THAT FAR INTO THE FUTURE. 
          AND AGAIN, I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER CLEAR DAY, 1980S, MIDDLE TENNESSEE. 
          I MEAN I LOOK HOW FAR WE HAVE COME AS A POPULATION AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED. 
          WE KNOW WE'RE GROWING FAST, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS, WELL THIS IS JUST ANOTHER CONTEXT SETTING MORE THAN TWO THIRDS OF ALL OF TENNESSEE'S GROWTH THAT IS EXPECTED BETWEEN NOW AND 2050 EXPECTED OCCUR IN OUR REGION. 
          RIGHT? SO YOU ALL GET THAT. 
          SO WHAT WE DO IS WE BUILD COMPUTER MODELS THAT TAKE YOUR PUBLIC POLICY, YOUR FUTURE LENDING POLICY, YOUR ZONING, WHAT WE UNDERSTAND ABOUT HOW THE MARKET WORKS WHEN IT COMES TO REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE FEED THE POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT CONTROL TOTALS INTO THAT MODEL. 
          AND IT PREDICTS AT THE PARCEL LEVEL WHERE GROWTH IS GOING TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT FEW DECADES. 
          RIGHT? SO THIS IS A LOOK AT 2020 DISTRIBUTION OF PEOPLE IN JOBS. 
          THE HEAT MAP WHERE YOU KNOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE WORKING AND LIVING. 
          AND THEN THIS IS JUST ANOTHER, THIS IS OUT TO 2030. 
          SO WE'RE PREDICTING WHERE THAT GROWTH IS GOING TO OCCUR AGAIN BASED ON PUBLIC POLICY, BASED ON MARKET FORCES. 
          UM, AND THAT'S FUND IN AND OF ITSELF. 
          WE CAN USE THIS FOR, WE HAVE LAND CONSERVATION GOALS, WE HAVE A LOT OF FARM LAND CONVERTING. 
          WHERE IS THAT LIKELY TO CONVERT? WE WANT TO CONVERT. 
          SO WE WANT TO INTERVENE BEFORE THAT HAPPENS. 
          BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS ALSO PAY THIS INTO OUR TRAFFIC MODELS. 
          SO WE HAVE THE PEOPLE GOING TO WORK, GOING TO SCHOOL, GOING SHOPPING, GOING TO VISIT THEIR FRIENDS. 
          WE SIMULATE THE DAILY TRAVEL OF EVERY SINGLE MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY. 
          AND THEN WE CAN PREDICT THAT INTO THE FUTURE. 
          AND THAT'S HOW WE PRODUCE THESE MAPS SHOWING FUTURE YEAR TRAVEL SPEEDS WHERE CONGESTIONS GOING TO OCCUR. 
          AND THAT INFORMS OUR DECISION MAKING WHEN IT COMES TO WHERE OUR DOLLARS SCALE THE TEAM. 
          WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          AND COMMISSIONER, JUST REAL QUICK ON THAT TOO. 
          AS WE THINK ABOUT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND OUR, OUR TRAFFIC DEMAND MODEL ASPECT, THE GRCS DATA, THEY'LL BE CONSTANTLY, CONSULTANTS WILL CONTACT THEM FOR THIS DATA 'CAUSE THAT'LL BE A PART OF IT. 
          THERE ARE OTHER PIECES TOO, BUT THAT'S A BIG PART OF IT TO UTILIZE THAT INFORMATION THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US. 
          SO WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS I CAN, LIKE, I'M GONNA USE ALL YOUR TIME PROBABLY MYSELF 'CAUSE I JUST BY TALKING ABOUT THIS STUFF. 
          BUT ONE OF THE THINGS, 'CAUSE WE HAVE LONGEVITY, WE UPDATE THESE MODELS EVERY FIVE YEARS AT LEAST. 
          AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING A COMP PLAN, BECAUSE WILLIAMS COUNTY DID ONE A FEW YEARS AGO BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S STARTING TO REALIZE THEY NEED A BETTER MANAGED GROWTH. 
          THE PREDICTION FOR SPRAWL HAS BEEN REED IN OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS AS THESE COMP PLANS HAVE BEEN PUT INTO PLACE. 
          SO WE'RE LIKE MOVING, STARTING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE THROUGH PUBLIC POLICY TO MAKE SURE BETTER MANAGING GROWTH. 
          IT'S REALLY FUN TO SEE THAT IN THE MODELS. 
          OKAY. 
          NPO. 
          ALRIGHT, SO THE METROPOLITAN PLAY ORGANIZATION, IT USED TO BE A SEPARATE ORGANIZATION CALLED THE NASHVILLE AREA. 
          NPOI MANAGED THAT FOR A DECADE. 
          THAT'S WHY I CAME BACK TO THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE IN 2007. 
          IN 2016 WE INTEGRATED TO THE REGIONAL COUNCIL 'CAUSE WE DO ALL THIS OTHER STUFF. 
          IT JUST MADE SENSE. 
          BUT NPO, THE METROPOLITAN FIGHTING ORGANIZATION, THE NAME COMES FROM THE FEDERAL LAW AND THE REGULATIONS LAW. 
          IT JUST BASICALLY THERE'S A FEDERAL REQUIREMENT THAT ALL URBAN AREAS OF AMERICA AS DEFINED BY THE CENSUS. 
          IT'S NOT CITY BOUNDARIES, IT'S URBANIZED AREA GEOGRAPHY, WHICH DOESN'T CARE ABOUT CITY BOUNDARIES. 
          A AREA OF OVER 200,000 IN POPULATION MUST HAVE AN NPO TO BE WHERE THE FUND, HOW THE FUNDING FLOWS TO PROJECTS. 
          WHETHER IT'S MONEY SPENT BY THE STATE DOT OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR TRANSIT AGENCY. 
          RIGHT? SO AGAIN, WE FACILITATE THE PROCESS, KIND OF BROKER THE DECISION MAKING BETWEEN ALL THE PARTIES. 
          THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA USE OUR FEDERAL DOLLARS. 
          HOW DO YOU DRAW THE CIRCLE? YOU ARE HUNDRED THOUSAND. 
          WHAT'S THE CENTER POINT? THE CENSUS WILL DRAW THE ORIGINAL FOUNDRY. 
          IT IS JUST BASED ON IF YOU WERE TO FLY OVER THE REGION AND THE PLANE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT CONTIGUOUS ITIES AT EACH A CERTAIN THRESHOLD. 
          AND THEY SAY THERE IT IS. 
          LIKE THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT CITY LIMITS. 
          AND THEN THEY SAY THIS, GARY MUST HAVE AN NPO, SOMETHING LIKE CLARKSVILLE SITTING UP AIR. 
          IS THAT IN THE CIRCLE? IT IS IN A SEPARATE NPO. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          BUT THAT'S, IT GIVES SURE, AFFECTS US. 
          IT GIVES THE STARTING POINT BECAUSE ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO REPRESENT AREAS THAT TOUCH THAT COME TOGETHER AND THEY SAY THEY THEN THE FEDS SAY, NOW LOOKING AT 20 YEARS, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT AT URBAN EYES IN 20 YEARS? AND THEN THAT BECOMES YOUR GEOGRAPHY. 
          SO OUR GEOGRAPHY IS SEVEN COUNTIES. 
          IT INCLUDES MURRAY COUNTY, WHICH IS NOT PART OF OUR GRC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, BUT THEY'RE PART OF OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO, BUT BASICALLY THE MPO PROCESS IS JUST THAT COORDINATION FACILITATION OF HOW WE'RE GONNA DIRECT FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS TO PROJECTS. 
          BUT IN TENNESSEE, SINCE WE'RE PAID AS YOU GO AND MOST OF THE CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FOR TRANSPORTATION IS DRIVEN BY THE FEDERAL PROGRAM. 
          IT'S BRINGING ALONG THE MAJORITY OF THE STATE FUNDS THAT ARE 
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PROVIDED BY TI AS WELL SEE, THAT'S INCREASINGLY GETTING SOME ADDITIONAL DOLLARS WHERE THEY CAN JUST DO STATE FUNDED PROJECTS. 
          BUT MOST OF DDOS STUFF THAT'S NEW CONSTRUCTION IS FEDERALLY FUNDED. 
          AND IF THAT LANDS IN OUR REGION, THE BOARD C MAYOR ANDREWS HAS TO APPROVE, APPROVE THOSE PROJECTS. 
          SO I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THIS AND DETAIL, BUT WE DO PLANNING, LIKE THE FIRST STEP OF UH, AN MPO PROCESS IS CALLED LONG RANGE PLANNING. 
          AND THEN WE DO SHORT RANGE PROGRAMMING. 
          SO THE LONG RANGE PLANNING IS WHAT PROJECTS DO WE NEED TO BE DOING. 
          PROGRAMMING IS WE'RE READY TO DO THESE PROJECTS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          WE PROGRAM THEM AND THEN WE DEVELOP AND DELIVER THOSE PROJECTS AS PART OF THE, NOT NOT SPECIFICALLY GC IN EVERY CASE, BUT CAN WE MONITOR THE, HOW WELL THE PROJECTS PERFORMED ONCE THEY GOT BUILT. 
          SO WE LEARN SOMETHING FROM, IT FEEDBACKS TO PLANNING. 
          SO THE NEXT TIME WE DO PLANNING, IT'S MORE INFORMED AND INTELLIGENT THAN IT WAS LAST TIME. 
          THAT YOU JUST, LIKE, THAT'S THE, THAT'S BASICALLY THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE HELPING TO OVERSEE. 
          SO IS THAT APPLY ONLY TO FEDERAL ROADS LIKE INTERSTATES AND FEDERAL HIGHWAYS OR, UH, CAN PROJECTS BE MORE A LOCAL ROAD? IT COULD BE A LOW GROWTH. 
          SO SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE ANYWHERE. 
          BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE ANYWHERE. 
          BIKE PEG CAN BE ANYWHERE. 
          IF YOU'RE ADDING LANES, THAT NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST A, IT NEEDS TO BE A FEDERAL AID ELIGIBLE ROUTE. 
          BUT THAT COULD BE A LOCALLY OWNED COLLECTOR THAT WE DESIGNATED ON THE FEDERAL AID SYSTEM. 
          RIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO THAT WHOLE PROCESS IS GOVERNED BY THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD, UM, WHICH WAS THE APPEAL BOARD. 
          IT'S PART OF GRC, BUT IT'S NOT GOVERNED BY THE REGIONAL COUNCIL BODY THAT HAS INDEPENDENT POLICY MAKING THE BOARD FROM THE REGIONAL COUNCIL BODY. 
          IT'S POWERED BY FEDERAL LAW TO BASICALLY PLAN FOR AND PROGRAM ALL THE FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT COME FROM WASHINGTON FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. 
          SO IF THE TDOT NEEDS TO DO A PROJECT IN OUR REGION, THEY'VE GOTTA WORK WITH THE BOARD TO GET THEM ON BOARD TO MAKE THAT PROJECT PART OF OUR PLAN. 
          AND THEY GET A PROGRAM THROUGH OUR WORK PROGRAM. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE NOT IN CHARGE, BUT MAKE THAT POINT. 
          LIKE, WE'RE NOT LIKE TELLING TEOP WHAT TO DO, BUT WE'RE SAYING TEOP, THIS IS WHAT WE WANNA HAPPEN, HAPPEN IN OUR REGION. 
          THAT TE I WANTS TO DO SOMETHING IN OUR REGION THAT WE'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH. 
          WE CAN HOLD THEM TO ACCOUNT AND GET THEM TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THE BENEFIT AND MASSAGE IT TO THE POINT WHERE IT MAKES SENSE FOR OUR, FOR OUR PEOPLE. 
          SO THAT IT'S MORE NEGOTIATION THAN IT'S LIKE ANYBODY'S REALLY IN CHARGE. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, THE BOARD IS MADE UP OF MAYORS FEDERAL HIGHWAY. 
          FEDERAL TRANSIT IS THERE AS A NON-VOTING MEMBER. 
          THE GOVERNOR TYPICALLY THROUGH TDOT, HAS REPRESENTATION ON THE, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SURE. 
          MY NAME'S MAGGIE. 
          TOTALLY OFF SOMETHING. 
          AND I SEE YOU WATCHING YOUR . 
          THIS TUNNEL I KEEP READING ABOUT. 
          WHOSE PROJECT IS THAT? DAVISON COUNTY EL. 
          THIS IS PRIVATE ELON MUSK. 
          I KNOW, BUT HE HAD TO GET PERMISSION FROM THE COUNTIES, GET IT FROM, FROM THE STATE. 
          THE STATE JUST CREATED A NEW SUBTERRANEAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TO OVERSEE THE, THE PROJECT AT FUTURE TUNNELS. 
          ALL OF THAT LIME, DON'T WE? I'M JUST GOING BACK TO GREAT. 
          I'M JUST A LITTLE WORRIED. 
          . 
          I'LL COME BACK. 
          WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION ON. 
          GOOD. 
          THAT REALLY WOULD BE GOOD. 
          WE NEED TO GET ONE THAT PICKS UP AT WORK. 
          SO THE TPP IS THE, THEY'RE THE ONES MAKING THE DECISIONS, BUT THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY LIKE A TRANSPORTATION COORDINATING COMMITTEE. 
          I DON'T WANNA SLIDE FOR THAT, BUT THAT'S PLANNING DIRECTORS, PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERS, STAFF OF TRANSIT AGENCY, STAFF EC, THEY GET TOGETHER EVERY MONTH TOO ON THE THIRD WEDNESDAY. 
          AND DEREK'S PART OF THAT. 
          SARAH'S PART OF THAT. 
          UM, SO YOUR, YOUR TEAM IS THERE WITH US. 
          EVERY, EVERY THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE THE, IF YOU FEDERAL, THE FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES US TO DO THREE PRODUCTS. 
          LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH WE JUST ADOPTED LAST WEEK. 
          A TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE IMPLEMENTING DOCUMENT IS WHERE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WHICH PROJECTS ARE WE PULLING OUT OF HERE? GETTING, GETTING ENGINEERED AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION HERE AND IN A PLANNING WORK PROGRAM, THIS IS WHERE WE, WE SAY HOW WE'RE GONNA, LIKE WHAT IS OUR STAFF GONNA BE DOING OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS IN PLANNING AND RESEARCH? WHAT CONSULTANT STUDIES ARE WE GONNA BE DOING WITH FEDERAL FUNDS? WHAT ARE YOU DOING LOCALLY THAT IMPACTS THE REGION? WE CATALOG THAT AND THIS DOCUMENT. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE THREE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND AGAIN, ALL MAJOR ROADWAY OR TRANSIT INVESTMENTS IN OUR REGION HAVE TO COME THROUGH THAT PIPELINE IN ORDER TO GET FUNDED. 
          SIR MICHAEL, YOU'RE AMAZING. 
          THIS IS SO INFORMATIVE. 
          FIRST YOU ALSO, YOU, YOU HEARD US MENTION A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, WE HAVE A 2040 COMMITTEE THAT WE'RE FORMING THE PLAN. 
          BOY, I SEE SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE TO HELP THAT, THAT PLANNING COMMITTEE TOO. 
          I, I, I MEAN IT, IT REALLY HAS VALUABLE INFORMATION, OUR ACCESS TO VALUABLE INFORMATION. 
          SO I FOR ONE, WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE 2040 COMMITTEE WORKING 
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ALSO HELPING WITH THIS. 
          WE'LL BE THERE. 
          UH, THESE GUYS WILL BE PLUGGED IN. 
          OUR LENDING USE PLANNERS, OUR RESEARCHERS, WHATEVER HELPED YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE I THINK. 
          AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHERE YOU WANT TO GO FROM THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA FORCE SLIDES ON YOU. 
          YOU CAN, YOU CAN EASILY REVIEW SLIDES. 
          YOU HAVE THESE ALREADY. 
          UM, JASON, DO YOU HAVE THE LINK? I THINK YOU SENT IT TO DEREK, BUT YOU CAN DISTRIBUTE THE SLIDES, BUT YOUR QUESTIONS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE SLIDES. 
          OKAY. 
          AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WE HAVE A HIGHWAY TRUST FUND, WHICH HISTORICALLY WAS FUNDED THROUGH THE GAS TAXES, RIGHT? MM-HMM . 
          BUT THE GAS TAXES WERE NOT RAISING ENOUGH MONEY TO KEEP A SOLVENT TO KEEP IT PAYING THE EXPENDITURES THAT WERE COMMITTED TO. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO CONGRESS STARTED TRANSFERRING MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AND THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT HAS MADE TRANSPORTATION MORE POLITICAL THAN IT USED TO BE. 
          RIGHT. 
          USED TO BE DEDICATED FUNDING. 
          NOW IT'S LIKE FOR DEBATING TRANSPORTATION VERSUS ALL THE OTHER NATIONAL ISSUES TO FIGURE HOW TO SUBSIDIZE THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND. 
          BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO WAYS MONEY GETS TO THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND. 
          INSIDE THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND, THERE'S MONEY DEDICATED FOR LIKE TRADITIONAL HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS AND THERE'S MONEY DEDICATED TO THE TRANSIT FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT PROGRAMS. I'M NOT SHOWING THAT ON THE CHART HERE BECAUSE THAT MONEY GETS DISTRIBUTED ABOUT THE SAME WAY REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S THE TRANSIT ACCOUNT OR THE HIGHWAY ACCOUNT. 
          UH, AND WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO IGNORE THOSE ACCOUNTS ANYWAY AND MOVE MONEY BACK AND FORTH. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO WE WON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND IS BASICALLY GIVING OUT MONEY IN ONE OF TWO WAYS. 
          AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          BUT SOME OF THE MONEY, THE MAJORITY OF THE DOLLARS FROM THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND ARE DISTRIBUTED TO STATES THROUGH A FORMULA. 
          AND THE FORMULA IS DRIVING A VARIETY OF GRANT PROGRAMS. I DON'T NEED TO GET TO THE GRANT PROGRAMS TODAY 'CAUSE I GET REALLY TOO MUCH. 
          BUT THERE ARE A LOT, THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF GRANTS THAT ARE DRIVEN BY FORMULAS THROUGH ANNUAL FOR UH, APPROPRIATIONS. 
          RIGHT? OKAY. 
          THEN THAT MONEY COMES DOWN TO THE STATES AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS. 
          AND THE LAW IS A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THAT HAS TO BE SPENT IN THE URBAN AREAS. 
          WE CALL THAT SUB ALLOCATED MONEY IN OUR REGION. 
          THE MONEY THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE SPENT IN OUR AREAS. 
          TYPICALLY THE NPO BOARD IS DECIDE IS THE PRINCIPLE DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY ON HOW WE SPEND THAT MONEY IN OUR REGION. 
          SO CONGRESSMAN SO AND SO CAN'T DECIDE HE NEEDS A BIG, NICE ROGUE IN HIS DISTRICT AND GET FEDERAL MONEY. 
          UNLESS HE TAKES ME OUT FOR DESSERT. 
          HUH. 
          BUT AS HE TAKES ME OUT FOR DESSERT AND . 
          BUT, BUT CONGRESS, UH, THE CONGRESSPERSON MAY INFLUENCE SOME OF THE, OH YOU THINK NOT THE FORMULA FUNDING. 
          THE FORMULA FUNDING SHOULD BE VERY ROAD MERIT WAYS, DATA DRIVEN, MERIT BASED. 
          THAT'S WHY CONGRESS SAYS GO THROUGH THE NPO PROCESS. 
          'CAUSE IT TAKES THE POLITICS OUT. 
          YOU'RE LOOKING AT DATA, YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHERE THESE ARE, YOU'RE GETTING LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS TO TALK WITH EACH OTHER. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT THE MONEY THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE SPENT IN OUR REGION, WE TYPICALLY TAKE THE LEAD ON DECIDING WHERE THAT GOES. 
          BUT A GOOD PORTION OF THE FORMULA FUNDS GOES TO TDOT AND TDOT CAN SPEND IT ANYWHERE IN THE STATE, INCLUDING OUR REGION. 
          AND WE'RE ONE STEP TO REMOVED FROM THAT DECISION MAKING PROCESS. 
          SO THEN NOW WE HAVE TO, NOW WE HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH TDOT WHICH PROJECTS THEY SPEND THAT MONEY ON. 
          RIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT, SO THEN YOU'VE GOT THAT DISTRIBUTION HERE. 
          LET'S TALK ABOUT LIKE LOCALLY MANAGED VERSUS STATE MANAGED PROJECTS. 
          BECAUSE THIS DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY DRIVE LIKE WHO'S DOING THE PROJECT. 
          IF YOU HAVE A ROADWAY PROJECT THAT YOU WANT TO DO ON YOUR OWN, YOU CAN LOCALLY MANAGE THAT PROJECT AND GO THROUGH TDOT'S PROCESS. 
          OR YOU CAN HAVE THE STATE DO IT. 
          THIS DOESN'T REALLY DICTATED BY THIS, BUT USUALLY SUB ALLOCATED DOLLARS TO THE NPO ARE LOCALLY MANAGED PROJECTS. 
          'CAUSE WE'RE TYPICALLY TRYING TO FUND PROJECTS THAT TDOT ISN'T ALREADY DOING. 
          SO THERE'S CORRELATION THERE. 
          BUT YOU CAN LOCALLY MANAGE OR YOU CAN HAVE TDOT DO IT IF YOU'RE WILLING. 
          BUT EVEN IF YOU LOCALLY MANAGE IT, YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THEIR LOCAL PROGRAMS PROCESS, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY ALLUDED TO, WHICH IS KIND OF TIME CONSUMING AND PAINSTAKING AND NOT THEIR PRIORITY 'CAUSE THEY'RE FOCUSED ON THEIR PROJECTS. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN EITHER WAY, WHETHER IT'S TDOT DOING THE PROJECT OR US DOING THE PROJECT, IT GOES INTO OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
          THAT'S THAT SECOND CORE DOCUMENT THAT I MENTIONED. 
          THEY CAN GO INTO THAT BOARD DOCUMENT IF IT'S NOT IN THE RTP, BEGIN WITH THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. 
          HOW ABOUT DISCRETIONARY FUNDS? THEY ALSO HAVE TO BE IN THE TIP BEFORE THEY CAN BE SPENT. 
          BUT CONFERENCE. 
          BUT WASHINGTON DC IS MAKING DECISIONS HERE. 
          WE'RE SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION DIRECTLY TO WASHINGTON DC SAY CONGRATULATIONS, WE'LL WORK WITH YOU TO GET INTO THE TIP SO THAT YOU GET THE MONEY OBLIGATED IN SOME CASES LIKE SIX, SIX STREETS FOR ALL CONGRESS OR WASHINGTON'S GOING TO HAVE A GRANT DIRECTLY TO YOU. 
          IT'S NOT EVEN GOING THROUGH . 
          RIGHT. 
          A LOT OF THIS, THE GRANT YOU'RE GETTING FROM S STILL FEDERAL FUNDING, BUT IT'S PASSED THROUGH MONDAY THROUGH TO 
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SIXTH STREET. 
          ALL IS DIRECTLY TO YOU, WHICH WAS KIND OF COOL. 
          IT DOESN'T GET YOU OUT OF HAVING TO DO ALL THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, BUT IT MEANS YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH TDOT. 
          YOU STILL MAY CHOOSE TO DO SO. 
          'CAUSE THERE MIGHT BE SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENT IN THAT. 
          BUT IT'S A DIRECT GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY IN HERE. 
          THERE'S INCREASINGLY THROUGH LIKE COVID ERA, A LOT OF DISCRETIONARY MONEY YOU APPLY FOR. 
          DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MM-HMM . 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S MORE CLEAR NOW. 
          YES. 
          VERY MUCH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHERE DO YOU WANT GO UP NOW THIS, WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO IS TURN IT OVER TO THE TEAM. 
          DANIEL'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PLAN WE JUST ADOPTED LAST WEEK. 
          UH, AND MATTHEW'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THE WORK PROGRAM, THE TWO WORK PROGRAMS, THE TIP I USE ACRONYMS, SOMETIMES THE TRANSPORTATION FOOD PROGRAM AND, AND THE PLANNING WORK PROGRAM. 
          ARE Y'ALL, HOW ARE Y'ALL FEELING? WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THAT. 
          OR YOU WANT US TO COME BACK AND WE WILL HAVE A SESSION ON THOSE. 
          ELIMINATE ME. 
          LET ME ASK Y'ALL AS WELL. 
          I MEAN, I KNOW OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS I DIDN'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THESE MEETINGS AND YOU KNOW, COMING INTO IT, I'VE LEARNED A TON BEING DOWN THERE, BUT APPARENTLY I'M NOT DOING A VERY GOOD JOB. 
          BRINGING IT BACK TO ALL OF Y'ALL SINCE, I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL THE STUFF THAT MICHAEL JUST MENTIONED AT THESE MEETINGS. 
          YOU KNOW, GETTING MONTHLY MEETINGS, GETTING FREQUENT BRIEFINGS, GETTING A LOT OF EMAILS WITH BRIEFS THAT ARE COMPARABLE TO THE BRIEFS THAT WE GET AS A COMMISSION HERE. 
          I DON'T THINK YOU ALL WANT ALL OF THAT, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THE BRIEFS AND NOT NECESSARILY ATTEND THE MEETINGS. 
          BUT WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO TO BRING YOU ALL IN THE, IN THE LOOP IN A REASONABLE WAY SO THAT THIS ISN'T A SURPRISE? 'CAUSE I, I'M SITTING HERE FEELING TERRIBLE THAT THIS IS A SURPRISE TO Y'ALL. 
          WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING. 
          LIKE I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE MEETING. 
          I I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TO SOME OF LIKE THE BIGGER MEETINGS LIKE THE  YEAH. 
          OR WHATEVER. 
          SO I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU IN THIS GROUP. 
          SO MAYBE AT ONE OF OUR BRIEFINGS JUST SAY HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF A BIG OVERVIEW, LIKE MAYBE THE HIGHWAYS OR SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA IMPACT US FINANCIALLY OR TRANSPORTATION WISE, EVEN OUTSIDE OF BRENTWOOD AND THEN MAYBE SOME BRENTWOOD SPECIFIC, UH, MATERIAL. 
          YEAH. 
          I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT LIKE WHEN I WAS MAYOR, I GOT IN THE CAR WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND WE WENT DOWN TO THE MEETING. 
          UH, I NEVER GOT THIS KIND OF STUFF. 
          WE SAT THROUGH THE MEETING, WE GOT A REPORT, UH, USUALLY ON TRAFFIC PLANNING AND ROWS, ET CETERA. 
          AND THAT WAS ALL I KNEW. 
          AND IT IS A LOT TO ABSORB IT MORE. 
          I AGREE THAT THIS KIND OF NEEDS PIECEMEAL, LIKE YOU SAID, WOULDN'T BE HELPFUL WHEN WE AHEAD OF THE MEETING. 
          AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, UH, MICHAEL AND THE STAFF, THEY'LL SEND THEIR PACKET AND IT'S A WELL ORGANIZED PACKET, JUST LIKE YOURS IS AN AGENDA AND THEIR LINKS AND YOU HAVE ALL THE OTHER, YOU CAN LOOK AT WHAT YOU WANT. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT YOU DON'T WANT. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT MIGHT, WOULD IT BE HELPFUL JUST TO FORWARD THAT TO YOU RECEIVE THEM ALL? YEAH. 
          AND  WE DID GO AND IT MAY HAVE BEEN WHERE MICHAEL SAID THEY BROUGHT IT ALL TOGETHER IN 2016. 
          OF COURSE I, I STARTED LIKE THE SUMMER OF 2019 WHEN I FIRST TURNED AS MAYOR. 
          AND SO WELL REMEMBER I WENT BEFORE THE INTERNET. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO WE KNEW THIS, BUT ONE TIME WE DID HAVE INTERNET, ONE OF MY TERMS. BUT A LOT OF TIMES EVEN AT THE MEETINGS EXCEPT MAYBE DURING COVID AS MUCH, BUT THERE WAS MORE OF, IT WAS A LOT OF JUST TRANSPORTATION WHAT WE TALK ABOUT. 
          BUT I THINK THEY BE, PERSONALLY I WOULD WOULD PREFER TO HEAR THE TRANSPORTATION AND THE WORK ON A SEPARATE MEETING BECAUSE I FIGURE THAT'S PROBABLY AT LEAST AN HOUR EVEN IF YOU JUST DO AN OVERVIEW OF EACH SECTION. 
          SO, UH, WELL, AND ALSO LIKE, BECAUSE UM, THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT AS TDO S TENURE PLAN AND THREE YEAR WORK PROGRAM, AN ANNUAL BUDGET INTERFACE WITH OUR RIGHT. 
          THOSE ARE NOT EASY ANSWERS. 
          THEY'RE NOT. 
          AND THE OTHER THING IS THOUGH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS POSSIBLE FOR Y'ALL SCHEDULE OR THE COMMISSIONERS, BUT IF IT MIGHT BE GOOD IF WE COULD DO THIS WITHIN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE MONTHS AS OUR COMMITTEE'S GOING THROUGH THE 2040 PLAN, BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE THINGS ON TRANSPORTATION ESPECIALLY, BUT EVEN QUALITY OF LIFE THAT THEY WILL DISCUSS THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR US AS COMMISSIONERS TO HAVE IN OUR HEAD. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, AND SO IN TERMS OF THE GROWTH MODELS AND ALL THAT FOR SURE, YES. 
          ALTHOUGH, FRANKLY, AND I DON'T MEAN THIS TO BE AN UNVARNISHED COMMENT, BUT UP UNTIL RECENTLY THE COMMENT ABOUT TRANSPORTATION IS WE GOT NO MONEY. 
          YOU KNOW? CORRECT. 
          SO WE, WE GO THROUGH IN BRENTWOOD, OUR ONLY PROJECT IN BRENTWOOD WAS THE WARLAND INTERCHANGE TO WHICH THEY'D COME BACK AND SAY, WE GOT NO MONEY. 
          AND RECENTLY THEY ACTUALLY TOOK IT OFF THE 10 YEAR PLAN. 
          UM, SO WE NOT ONLY HAVE NO MONEY, WE GOT NO PROJECTS, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND THEY DO. 
          AND IF YOU'D SEE ROGERS STUFF, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THOMPSON STATION AND WILLIAMSTON COUNTY AND SPRING HILL IS SUPER EXCITED ABOUT, 
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WHICH IS THE 65 CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT AS A GROUP OF MAYORS WE'RE ABLE TO COLLABORATE ON AND TRY TO MAKE SURE THE 65 AS A WHOLE WAS ON THE RADAR, WHICH IS THE CLOSEST THE BRENTWOOD DOES TO, TO GETTING TO THIS TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
          IS THIS 65 OLD HICKORY BOULEVARD? I KNOW THAT'S NOT TECHNICALLY IN BRENTWOOD, BUT IS THAT STILL ON THE, THE 25? IT, I THINK IT WAS A 25 YEAR PLAN. 
          CAN TAKE A LOOK, BUT MAYBE THE, THE, THE, THE WHAT WHAT THEY'RE FOCUSING ON AN INTERSTATE 24 AND 65 DOING FULL FLEDGE CORRIDOR PLANNING NOW RATHER THAN THE PIECEMEAL STUFF. 
          AND SO, SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE NEXT YEAR, UH, THESE GUYS CAN CORRECT ME 'CAUSE THEY HAVE ALL THE DETAIL, BUT THE NEXT YEAR AND UP TO YEAR OR TWO YEARS, UH, HAVE, SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED CORRIDOR PLANS FOR BOTH OF THOSE. 
          AND THOSE CORRIDOR PLANS WILL HELP PROVIDE THE BASIS AND INFORMATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND THEN BOTH OF THOSE CORRIDORS ARE SET UP FOR THE CHOICE LANES AND THE CHOICE LANE PART OF THAT REVIEW IS, IS IT'S NOT JUST THE LANES. 
          IT COULD BE, AND IN THIS CASE THIS IS WHERE THE MOORES LANE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING HAD MOVED OVER INTO IS TO LOOK AT AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AT THE INTERCHANGE AT MOORES LANE? AND, AND THEY LOOK UP AND DOWN THE CORRIDOR AND ALL OF THOSE. 
          AND WHAT COMES OUT OF THAT IN THE END THERE WILL BE A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND REVIEW AND ANALYSIS WILL BE THE WHOLE PROJECT UP AND DOWN BOTH OF THOSE CORRIDORS OR SEPARATE PROJECTS, BUT UP AND DOWN BOTH OF THOSE CORRIDORS. 
          AND THEN THE IDEA IS THAT THE CHOICE LANE REVENUE THAT COMES FROM THE CARS THAT CHOOSE TO USE THE CHOICE LANES IN ESSENCE PAY FOR ALL THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, FOR THOSE. 
          AND SO OUR, OUR OUR PORTION OF 65, THE MOORE'S LANE PIECE, AND THEY COULD LOOK AT IT, THEY, THEY COULD SAY CONCORD, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT DEGREE THEY'RE LOOKING AT CONCORD EITHER, BUT THEY COULD SAY THAT NOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT ON MOORE'S LANE IT WAS SEPARATED OUT BEFORE WITH JUST A COUPLE OF PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING PIECES TO KIND OF GET IT STARTED, WHICH MEANS IT COULD HAVE BEEN FOREVER TO GET TO IT. 
          THIS CASE. 
          AND THIS WAS PARTIAL, THIS IS, I WANT TO SHOW MY APPRECIATION FOR YOU GUYS, GNRC FOR HELPING US WITH THE CONVERSATION, UH, WITH THE POLICY BOARD AND LATER FOR THE FOLLOW UP WITH THEY, THEY, AND WE MET WITH THEY AND, AND THE DDOT OFFICIALS TOO TO EXPLAIN THIS BECAUSE WE KIND OF FELT LIKE WE JUST LOST A PROJECT WELL, SORTA OF YEAH. 
          ON THAT OLD PROCESS. 
          BUT IN THE, WITH THESE CHOICE LANES IN THE CORRIDOR PLANNING, IT ALL GOES INTO THERE. 
          NOW IT DOESN'T MEAN WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'LL WANT TO DO ON MOORE'S LANE. 
          WE DON'T. 
          THAT'S WHAT THE WHOLE ANALYSIS IS FOR. 
          AND I'LL TELL YOU, IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT'LL MAKE YOUR INTERCHANGE LOOK LIKE IT'S INEFFICIENT, IT'S, IT'S TO HAVE A HIGHWAY. 
          THEY CAN'T ACCEPT THE, UH, CARS FROM IT . 
          SO I DON'T KNOW HOW ALL THAT RELATES, BUT IT'S ALL IN THERE AND UH, AND IT'LL BE IN THAT PROCESS AND THAT PROCESS IS HAPPENING VERY QUICKLY. 
          JUST YEAH, BECAUSE IT WAS HARD TO UNDERSTAND. 
          HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          WE SAT RIGHT HERE AND DISCUSSED THE MOORE LANE INTERCHANGE AND I RECALL ONE COMMISSIONER SITTING RIGHT THERE SAYING, WELL, I'M NOT PAYING FOR ANYTHING DOWN THERE. 
          IT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY. 
          I'LL SHARE WITH YOU FROM PERSPECTIVE TOO LARGE INTERCHANGE. 
          AND SO POSSIBLY THIS DISPUTE PROCESS MAY HELP OR A PERSPECTIVE. 
          WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE SORT IN 1982 OR 83, THEY HAD A PLAN. 
          THEY WERE GONNA BRING ALL WESTBOUND TRAFFIC OFF OF 65. 
          IF YOU CAN PICTURE THE HILL RIGHT AS YOU'RE COMING DOWN TOWARDS THE ADVENT CHURCH. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THE EXIT RAMP WAS GONNA BE THERE. 
          SO NOBODY GOING WESTBOUND ON OLD HICKORY OR EVEN COMING THROUGH MOSTLY THE CENTER OF BRENTWOOD WOULD'VE GOTTEN OFF AT WHERE THAT EXIT IS. 
          UH, OVER TIME, WITHIN ABOUT TWO OR THREE YEARS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS PEOPLE WITH INFLUENCE OR CHANGING PRIORITIES OR WHATEVER, BUT THAT WENT AWAY. 
          THAT PROBABLY, THAT PROBABLY WOULDN'T, THAT MIGHT NOT EVEN WORK NOW. 
          BACK THEN, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT FOR, 'CAUSE THAT INTERCHANGE, THAT INTERCHANGE HAS BEEN MESSED UP SINCE, SINCE IT BEGAN BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION. 
          THE REASON IS, IS 'CAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THAT BIG CLIFF, I'M JUST SAYING THESE INTERCHANGES IN THESE INTERSECTIONS, SOME OF THOSE ARE HIGHLY COMPLEX, BUT THAT WOULD'VE BEEN OVER 45 YEARS AGO. 
          THAT WAS THE PLAN FOR THE OLD BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE. 
          YOU CAN SEE HOW, HOW DEEP FROM THE, THE BROADER QUESTIONS OF TRANSPORTATION, HOW QUICKLY YOU CAN GET IN PRETTY DEEP. 
          SO IT MAKES SENSE TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE CUTOFF AND TRY TO GET THEM BACK AS SOON AS THEY CAN REASONABLY DO THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR. 
          WELL, I CAN WRAP UP BY SAYING YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IN THE WAY YOU PRESENTED THAT THE, THE PROJECTS ARE IN THE PLAN AS ONE BIG PROJECT. 
          SO IF THEY'RE IN THE PLAN, THAT'S GOOD. 
          THEY'VE BEEN REMOVED OUT OF THE TIP UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE. 
          BUT THE STUDIES THAT WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT ARE IN THE UPW PIECE. 
          SO IT'S ALL KIND OF STARTING TO WORK THE WAY IT NEEDS TO. 
          THERE WAS JUST SORT OF A RESET BUTTON THAT HAD TO BE MADE A TRANSITION. 
          THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY, IF THERE IS TIME, I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND JASON FOR FIGHTING US DOWN, BUT WOULD IT BE OKAY IF THE THREE INTRODUCE THEMSELVES? YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          COME UP. 
          HEY. 
          UM, YEAH, HAPPY TO COME BACK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          INVITING US TODAY. 
          HAPPY TO COME BACK ANYTIME AND GET INTO THE WEEDS AND SOME THIS. 
          UM, I'M DANIEL MCDONALD, THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, THEN WITH GNRC. 
          ABOUT A YEAR 
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AND A HALF, UM, AS A CICADA BREW OF ALL OF THE REQUISITE PLANNING CAME TO US. 
          SO WE'VE, WE'VE DONE ALL OF THE PLANS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN THE LAST YEAR AS, AS WE JOINED. 
          UM, I WAS AT TDO FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS, UH, BEFORE THAT AND WORKED WITH METRO NASHVILLE FOR THAT, UH, AS WELL IN TRANSPORTATION. 
          SO, UM, HAPPY TO BE HERE AND, AND HAPPY TO, TO COME BACK AND, AND ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS AND, AND DIVE INTO THE WE ON IT AND THANKFUL TO HAVE THESE GUYS, UH, ON THE TEAM AS WELL DURING THIS, THIS HEAVY YEAR. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND I'LL BE SHORT WINDED. 
          I KNOW WE'RE WELL OVER TIME, BUT, BUT MATTHEW CHE, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING MANAGER AS MENTIONED BEFORE, HAS SPENT SOME TIME AT TDO AND WORKING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL ON TRANSPORTATION. 
          WE'D LOVE TO COME BACK AND TALK TO ALL MORE. 
          AND I'M CONNOR CARROLL, I'M THE TIP COORDINATOR AND ACTUALLY GREW UP IN BRENTWOOD IN CLEARWOOD BAKER. 
          AND I KNOW ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          UH, SO YEAH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, I'VE BEEN IN THE ROLE FOR THREE MONTHS, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WEARING MORE AND UH, GETTING MORE INVOLVED. 
          HE'S BEEN WITH US FOR OVER A YEAR THOUGH. 
          HE'S JUST REALLY SHARP AND IS IN A PERFECT ROLE FOR US, I WILL SAY. 
          'CAUSE UH, WE'RE ALL LOOK SIMILAR. 
          UM, GRC STAFF IS 70% FEMALE, SO IT'S JUST , NOT TODAY. 
          THAT'S FUNNY. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          WE'LL BRING BACK SOON AS WE CAN GET 'EM ON YOUR CALENDAR UP. 
          HONOR, WHEN DID YOU GRADUATE? YOU HAVE GRADUATED FROM BRENTWOOD HIGH. 
          YES. 
          MA WHAT YEARS? 16. 
          BRENTWOOD GRADUATED FROM BRENTWOOD. 
          20 YEARS.
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