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[ Call to Order by Mayor Roll Call Invocation by Commissioner Dunn Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by Commissioner Gawrys Oath of Office for Firefighters Joseph Claybrook, Marc Langford, and Tyler Mattox Fire and Rescue Department Badge Pinning Ceremony for John Russ and Steven White Fire and Rescue Department Fire Officer Recognition for Tom LoSchiavo, Ryan Prather, and Zach Schietel Leadership Brentwood Presentations]
TO ORDER TONIGHT'S REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE.UH, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ARE HERE TONIGHT OTHER THAN COMMISSIONER TRAVIS WHO COULDN'T JOIN US.
OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER DUNN.
YOU NOW PLEASE STAND OUR HEAVENLY FATHER.
IT BRINGS JOY TO OUR HEARTS TO LOOK OUT TONIGHT AND SEE ALL THESE FINE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE THIS CITY AND ITS ANCE IN SUCH A SPLENDID MANNER.
WE'RE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE PEOPLE OF THEIR TALENT AND CALIBER WORKING WITH US AND WORKING TOGETHER SO WELL AS COLLEAGUES.
IT, IT'S WONDERFUL THAT THEY NOT ONLY MESH AS A TEAM WHEN THEY WORK, BUT THEY ENJOY EACH OTHER'S COMPANY AND THEY LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER.
THAT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT AGREEMENT, UH, INGREDIENT WHEN, WHEN SAFETY IN YOUR OWN LINE, LIFE IS ON THE LINE.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GLORIOUS WEATHER THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW.
WE ASK YOU TO WATCH OVER OUR TROOPS AS ALWAYS.
HELP OUR COUNTRY MAKE DECISIONS THAT IS GOOD FOR ALL OF ITS PEOPLE AND ALL OF ITS LEADERS.
AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR US IN FAR AWAY PLACES AND AT HOME FOR THESE THINGS WE PRAY.
ALRIGHT, AND WE HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COMMISSIONER JUAREZ.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE, THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, ALL TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE DRAW.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, AS YOU SAID, IT'S A VERY, VERY FUN NIGHT.
TONIGHT WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS TO RECOGNIZE AND A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ON THE AGENDA.
AND CHIEF, SO YOU'RE APPROACHING THE PODIUM ALREADY.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD STUFF TO COVER, SO I DON'T WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE EXPEDITIOUS.
UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, WE'VE GOT THREE NEW HIRES THAT WE'LL BE DOING AN OATH OF OFFICE FOR TONIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA BEGIN WITH TYLER MADDOX.
SO TYLER IS A NATIVE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
YOU GOTTA START WITH CAL FIRE AND WEST COVINA FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
WHILE HE WAS THERE, HE WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN WILD LINE FIREFIGHTING, INCLUDING A DEPLOYMENT TO THE RIM FIRE IN YOSEMITE, WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST WILD LINE FIRES IN CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY.
HIS INITIAL ESCAPE FROM CALIFORNIA LED INTO TEXAS, WHERE HE WORKED AS A FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC WITH GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ALSO SERVING ON THEIR DIVE TEAM.
TYLER AND HIS FAMILY HAVE SINCE RELOCATED TO TENNESSEE TO BE CLOSER TO FAMILY.
HE AND HIS WIFE KEELY HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, BRINLEY SIX AND TATUM 17 MONTHS MAYOR.
TYLER, HOPE IT'S A VERY LONG TIME BEFORE WE GET TO FIGHT A WILDLAND FIRE AGAIN.
TYLER MADDOX, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER, FOR THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.
THAT'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION, THAT WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION.
IT'LL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES THAT'LL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.
AND THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, AND THAT I WILL WITH ALL RESPECTS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER, OBSERVE ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER IN ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, AND THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.
THEY'LL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER, THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER.
NEXT UP WE'VE GOT MARK LANGFORD WHO'LL BE ASSIGNED TO B SHIFTS.
SO MARK IS, IS ANOTHER NATIVE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
HE GREW UP WITH A STRONG PASSION FOR ATHLETICS AND COMMITMENT TO ACADEMICS.
AFTER COMPLETING HIS UNDERGRADUATE WORK AT CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE TO BEGIN A CAREER IN LOGISTICS BEFORE CHANGING CAREERS TO WORK IN TELEVISION AND FILM AS A GRIP.
HOWEVER, ADMIRING FIRST RESPONDERS SINCE A CHILD, HE FELT CALLED TO THE FIRE SERVICE
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AND BEGAN TESTING AT A NUMBER OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY NEAR WHERE FAMILY HAPPENED TO LIVE.UH, WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET HIM HERE.
HE AND HIS WIFE LIZZIE, WHO'S A DANCE INSTRUCTOR, HAVE RELOCATED TO FRANKLIN HAVING NO PREVIOUS FIRE EXPERIENCE.
HE WENT THROUGH THE FIRE ACADEMY, BUT HE JUST GRADUATED, UH, FRIDAY, MAY THE FIRST.
MARK LANGFORD, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS, POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER, FOR THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.
AND THAT I'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND THAT I'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND WILL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND WILL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.
IN ALL RESPECTS, I'LL OBSERVE IN ALL RESPECTS, UH, THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER, THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.
I'LL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE AND I'LL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER, THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER.
AND OUR LAST OATH OF OFFICE TONIGHT WILL BE JOSEPH CLAYBROOK, WHO WILL BE ASSIGNED A C SHIFT.
JOSE, A KENTUCKY NATIVE WHO WORKED FOR THE LEXINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.
HE AND HIS WIFE TAYLOR, WHO'S AN ER NURSE, WHERE THEY'RE EXPECTING THEIR FIRST CHILD IN JULY AND ARE RELOCATING TO FRANKLIN TO BE CLOSER TO HER FAMILY.
PRIOR TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, JOE PLAYED, UH, PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL.
UH, HE CLAIMS TO BE A PROFESSIONAL LOSER BECAUSE HE PLAYED FOR THE WASHINGTON GENERALS.
THAT'S THE TEAM THAT LOSES EVERY NIGHT TO THE HARLEM GLOBE.
HE SAYS THAT HE ENJOYED THE MEMORIES THAT CAME WITH THAT JOB, IS LOOKING FORWARD TO GROWING HIS FAMILY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND EXCITED TO SERVE THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AS A FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC.
I THINK I MAY HAVE TAKEN MY BOYS TO SEE YOU PLAY
JOE CLAYBROOK, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT I POSSESS? ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER, FOR THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER IS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.
AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND WILL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND WILL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.
AND THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AND ORDINANCES IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.
THEY WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE AND WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER, THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER.
I TRIED JUST A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE A SHIFT BASKETBALL GAMES ARE GONNA GET A LITTLE MORE COMPETITIVE.
UM, SO NEXT, FOR OUR OFFICER CREDENTIALING RECOGNITION, I WANTED CHIEF HY TO COME UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT PROCESS.
WHAT AN EXCITING NIGHT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? WE GOT NEW EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE PROMOTIONS, AND I'VE GOT THREE GENTLEMEN HERE.
THESE ARE THREE OF OUR LIEUTENANTS, UM, THAT ARE EXCELLENT EMPLOYEES.
AND TO PROVE THAT THEY HAVE, UH, RECENTLY ACHIEVED THEY'RE FIRE OFFICER DESIGNATION THROUGH THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EXCELLENCE.
SO WHAT IS THAT? UM, THE FIRE OFFICER DESIGNATION IS SOMETHING THAT THESE GUYS WORK REALLY HARD TO COMPLETE.
IT'S A PACKET HAS 15 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT THEY HAVE TO SHOW THAT THEY HAVE COMPETENCY IN THOSE.
THIS IS THE SAME BODY THAT ACCREDITS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND THESE GENTLEMEN NOT ONLY DID THAT, UM, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT THEIR ENTIRE CAREER.
SO IT'S REALLY A, A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR ENTIRE CAREER AND THAT PROVES THAT YOU ARE QUALIFIED TO BE AN OFFICER.
IT'S LOOKED AT BY A THIRD PARTY, AND EACH OF THESE GENTLEMEN ACHIEVE THAT.
SO I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING LIEUTENANT SCHEEL, LIEUTENANT VO AND LIEUTENANT PRATHER AS THE RECENT, UH, DESIGNEES THROUGH THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EXCELLENCE AS FIRE OFFICERS.
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CONGRATULATIONS.THIS SIDE SIDE YOU PREFER? ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA PICK, THIS ONE GETS RIGHT.
NEXT WE'VE GOT OUR BADGE PINNING FOR A COUPLE OF RECENT PROMOTIONS.
UM, AS Y'ALL ARE AWARE, BATTALION CHIEF HARBOR RETIRED AFTER NEARLY 31 YEARS OF SERVICE.
AND OF COURSE THAT CREATED SOME TRICKLE DOWN PROMOTION.
SO THAT'S ALWAYS AN EXCITING TIME.
SO TODAY, FIRST OFF, WE HAVE LIEUTENANT STEVEN WHITE.
STEVEN CAME TO BRENTWOOD FIRE IN 2016 AFTER STARTING HIS CAREER WITH THE JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI FIRE DEPARTMENT.
HE'S RECENTLY LICENSED AS AN ADVANCED EMT.
HE'S SPENT SEVERAL YEARS COORDINATING THE DEPARTMENT'S PUBLIC SAFETY DAY ACTIVITIES, WHICH I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE ATTENDED PREVIOUSLY.
HE WAS ALSO PART OF OUR WILLIAMSON COUNTY TASK FORCE THAT WENT TO THE SEVERE COUNTY HATCHER MOUNTAIN FIRES A FEW YEARS AGO, RIGHT OUTSIDE OF PIGEON FORGE.
HE'S A VETERAN OF THE US ARMY AND A GRADUATE OF THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY.
HE WILL BE ASSIGNED TO STATION FOUR C SHIFT AND PENDING STEVEN TONIGHT IS HIS WIFE, NAISHA.
SO OUR NEXT BATTALION CHIEF OF B SHIFT IS BATTALION CHIEF JOHN RUSS.
JOHN STARTED WITH BRENTWOOD IN 2008 AFTER BEING INTRODUCED TO THE DEPARTMENT WHILE HE WAS INTERNING AT PLEASANT VIEW VOLUNTEER FIRE WHEN HE WAS GOING TO SCHOOL AT EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY.
JOHN'S HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE FIRE SERVICE AT ALL LEVELS.
HE'S BEEN A SPEAKER AT CONFERENCES AT THE STATE, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS PREVIOUSLY.
UM, HE'S A MARINE CORPS VETERAN.
HE HOLDS A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM THE TENNESSEE BOARD OF REGENTS, AND HE'S IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING THE EXECUTIVE FIRE OFFICER PROGRAM THROUGH THE NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY.
JOHN'S ASSIGNMENT, AGAIN, IS BATTALION CHIEF OVER B SHIFT, AND HE WILL BE PINNED BY HIS WIFE BP'S LIEUTENANT LORI ROSS.
SO, MY THANKS TO YOU ALL FOR GIVING US THE TIME TO, UH, TO PRESENT THESE NEW HIRES AND BADGE PINNINGS AND RECOGNITIONS.
ALRIGHT, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD.
IN THE PRESENTATIONS FROM THIS YEAR'S CLASS, DID Y'ALL BRING A DESIGNATED SPOKESPERSON TO A, WHAT'S THAT FOR? THREE OF THEM.
WELL WRITE THREE PROJECTS, BUT WHO'S GONNA LEAD US OFF? WHERE'S LYNN? TO KEEP Y'ALL ORGANIZED.
NOW, MAKE SURE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AS WE GET STARTED AND, UH, MAYBE A LITTLE QUICK INTRO FOR LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD FOR THE FOLKS WATCHING ON TV.
SO LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD IS AMAZING, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ABOUT IT? TAMMY, DO YOU WANNA SAY, SAY, HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.
I MEAN, YOU'RE AN ENTREPRENEUR IN TOWN AND I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENT AND LEARNED SOME THINGS THAT I DIDN'T
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KNOW THAT I NEEDED TO KNOW AND GOT TO SEE SOME PARTS OF OUR CITY THAT JUST WASN'T AWARE OF AND MADE ME FALL IN LOVE WITH THE CITY ALL OVER AGAIN.UH, WE ARE TEAM BOB AND WE CREATED AN EVERGREEN DIGITAL ASSET, AS YOU MIGHT HAVE IMAGINED.
OH, ASK THEM TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AS, AS WELL.
AND THAT'S THE BEST OF BRENTWOOD.
OUR TEAM MEMBERS, THE REST OF THEM ARE AT HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES TONIGHT AFTER A LONG DAY OF WORKER NICK POUNDER SCOTT SCHULTZ.
CONNOR SCHUMANN, WHO WORKS HERE FOR THE CITY, PUNIT VEDI AND STEPHANIE WARD.
AND OUR DIGITAL ASSET IS BASICALLY A PROMOTIONAL VIDEO, A HIKE VIDEO, YOU MIGHT SAY.
UH, THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE A MEDIA DEPARTMENT, BUT YOU ALL DID GET A NEW WEBSITE LAST SUMMER.
AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY VIDEO POPULATING THE THE SITE.
SO, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO EDIT.
SO WE DECIDED TO DO THAT FOR YOU.
ON THE PRIVATE MARKET, THE VALUE WOULD BE ABOUT FIVE GRAND.
THIS IS A GIFT TO THE CITY AT NO COST TO TAXPAYERS CAPTURING ALL OF THE AMAZING THINGS THAT MAKE BRENTWOOD A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, PLAY, AND OF COURSE, RAISE A FAMILY.
WE HAVE A SNIPPET TO WET YOUR APPETITE.
THE FULL VIDEO IS, UH, STILL BEING EDITED AND TWEAKED AT THIS MOMENT, BUT BEFORE WE SHOW YOU THIS LITTLE SNIPPET, WANT TO GIVE A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO TRACTOR SUPPLY OR CORPORATE PARTNER.
THEY, UH, BROUGHT IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL EDITING TEAM AND DID ALL OF THIS FOR FREE.
WELL, BRENTWOOD STORY IS AN EASY ONE TO TELL, AND TEAM BOB WAS HONORED TO DO SO.
UH, MY NAME IS PAUL KLEINROCK.
OH, UH, WE WERE PART OF, UH, THE MARYLAND WAYFINDERS, WHICH, UH, IS, UH, OUR GROUP WAS, UH, REALLY FOCUSED ON REALLY BUILDING SOME, OR CREATING SOME SIGNAGE FOR THE BRENT VALE, UH, UH, PAVILION THAT WAS OPEN IN 2025.
UM, AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, THE BRENT VALE PAVILION WAS A REPLACEMENT FOR THE CABIN THAT WAS TAKEN DOWN.
THE TWO CHIMNEYS STOOD REMAINING, UH, AS A, AS A, UM, A MONUMENT TO THAT CABIN.
UM, BUT THEN WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, PUT SOME SIGNAGE THAT COULD ACTUALLY PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE CABIN, UM, AND THE HISTORY OF THE CABIN.
UH, WE WORKED WITH THE HISTORIC COMMISSION TO GET SOME INFORMATION ABOUT IT, MAKE SURE WE WERE ACCURATE, UH, AND CONSISTENT.
WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD TO MAKE SURE WE DID, WE, WE FOLLOWED ALL THE CODES AND ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS.
LUCKILY WE HAD SOME GREAT SPONSORSHIP FROM HG HILL REALTY COMPANY.
THEY SPONSORED AND, AND, AND PAID FOR THE COST OF, OF THE SIGNAGE.
UH, THAT WAS BUILT BY BIG VISUAL GROUP.
UH, I MEAN, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, TELL IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY GOOD SIGN.
IT'S, UH, STANDS ABOUT 53 INCHES TALL.
UM, IT'S 36 BY 24 INCHES IN, IN, IN, IN THE DIMENSIONS OF THE SIGN MADE OF VINYL.
THE BEST PART, IT'S, IT'S, UH, MADE OF THAT GRAFFITI, UH, RESISTANT MATERIAL SO WE CAN ELIMINATE SOME OF THOSE, UH, ISSUES AND CONCERNS.
UM, AS YOU CAN TELL, IN ORDER TO KINDA STAY WITH THE, THE, UH, THEME OF THE, OF THE CABIN, WE ACTUALLY CUT, UM, UM, HAD THE BORDER, WHICH IS THE SPLIT, UH, SPLIT RAIL FENCING THAT WE GOT FROM, UH, CEDAR DIRECTING IN CHAPEL HILL, SO HERE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
UM, AND SO WE ARE EXCITED TO DO THAT AND, UH, PROVIDE THIS SIGNAGE TO KIND OF COMMEMORATE, UH, REALLY HISTORICAL MONUMENT TO, UH, TO THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.
UM, WE WANNA THANK ALL THE PARTICIPANTS IN OUR TEAM.
SOME OF 'EM ARE HERE, UM, AND EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS, UH, TO THE CITY.
COULD I POINT OUT THAT BEFORE, OUT AT RAVENSWOOD LEADERSHIP, BRENTWOOD HAS PUT SOME SIGNS LIKE THAT.
SO THEY'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OVER THE YEARS OF HELPING THE HISTORIC EFFORTS OUT THERE WITH SIGNAGE.
AND THEY'RE EXPENSIVE SIGNS TOO, SO IT'S REALLY APPRECIATED.
MY NAME IS KIMBERLY GREENWELL AND I'M PART OF THE DISC FIT TEAM.
AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO HELP THE MARTIN CENTER THIS YEAR.
SO I'VE REACHED OUT TO THEM AND THEY HAD TWO VERY SPECIFIC NEEDS.
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AND ONE OF THEM WAS A VIDEO THAT DESCRIBED WHAT THEY DID AND HOW THEY HELPED THE COMMUNITY.AND THE OTHER WAS AN OUTDOOR LIVING CENTER.
AND BECAUSE I OWN AND HOST THE TELEVISION SHOW, MY SOUTHERN HOME, WE DECIDED TO GIVE THEM BOTH.
SO WE CREATED, WE PUT TOGETHER AN OUTDOOR LIVING AREA FOR THEM, AND THIS IS MY TEAM PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
AND WE GOT TO SEE THE MEMBERS ENJOYING IT.
SO IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND THEY'RE VERY EXCITED.
AND THEN THE SEGMENT AIRED LAST SATURDAY AT 10:00 AM ON MY TV 30.
AND WE HAVE A SMALL SNIPPET FOR YOU TO SEE.
HE CONTACTED LIZ AND ASKED WHAT YOU GUYS NEEDED AND YOU GUYS NEEDED OUTDOOR LIVING FURNITURE.
SO OUR TEAM CAME AND, AND PUT TOGETHER THE TABLE OUTSIDE AND, AND THE MEMBERS JUST LOVED IT.
THEY WERE HERE WHEN IT WAS HAPPENING AND THEY JUST REALLY ENJOYED IT.
THAT, AND THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.
UM, WE REALLY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ACROSS ALL OF OUR CENTERS IF WE DIDN'T HAVE GREAT COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND HELP FROM ORGANIZATIONS LIKE LEADERSHIP IN BRENTWOOD.
THIS IS YOUR, YOUR CENTER, RIGHT? THE HOPE IS THAT WHEN YOU GET TO THE AGE THAT YOU WANNA RETIRE AND COME EXPLORE SOMETHING NEW, THAT LIZ WILL STILL BE HERE AND THAT FURNITURE WILL STILL BE HERE.
SO THAT WAS JUST A SMALL PORTION OF A SIX MINUTE SEGMENT AND AT THE BEGINNING WE EXPLAINED WHAT 50 FORD MARTIN CENTER IS AND HOW THEY HELP THE COMMUNITY.
AND I CAN SEND YOU THE FULL LINK TO THAT SEGMENT SO YOU CAN SEE THE FULL ONE.
UM, BUT FOR TIME'S SAKE, WE JUST SHOWED YOU THE SMALL PORTION THAT, UM, TALKED ABOUT OUR PROJECT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE LINK.
UH, LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD IS JUST SUCH A, A GREAT THING FOR OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY AND THANKS FOR THESE PROJECTS AND, UH, THANKS FOR ALL THE OTHER STUFF Y'ALL DO IN THE COMMUNITY.
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MOVING ON.UH, OUR NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF MINUTES.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SO, SO MOVE TO SECOND, SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MINUTES? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
SHOULD I SAY ABSTINENCE? THAT WOULD BE QUITE RIGHT.
NOW WE'LL GO TO THE, UH, COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS.
INDIVIDUALS MAY COMMENT ON ANY ITEM INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT OR THE REGULAR AGENDA OR IN ANY OTHER MATTER REGARDING THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.
WHILE COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, CITIZENS WHO WISH TO REQUEST AN ITEM BE MOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION SHOULD MAKE THAT KNOWN TO THE BOARD AT THIS TIME AS SIGN IN SHEET IS IN THE BACK, DO HAVE THEM SIGN UP? NOPE.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH THE MICROPHONE AND ADDRESS THE COMMISSION, NOW IS THE TIME.
ANYBODY? ALRIGHT, WE'LL CLOSE THE SYSTEM.
[ Report from City Manager Report from the City Attorney Reports and comments by Commissioners and Mayor]
REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER.SO, UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN SPENDING QUITE A BIT OF TIME ON, UH, DISCUSSING E-BIKES.
AND SO, UH, KIND OF GET YOU UP TO SPEED AND PRETTY WELL WITH WHERE, I BELIEVE YOU ALREADY KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT.
BUT, UH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, WE'RE PREPARING TO LAUNCH, UH, A SAFELY SHARE THE PASS E-BIKE CAMPAIGN, UH, TO IMPROVE OUR SAFETY ON OUR TRAILS, UH, WITH THOSE, UH, THE HEAVY BIKES.
AND FOR THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE E-BIKES, UH, WE DEVELOPED A CAMPAIGN CAMPAIGN AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR, WITH YOU.
AND, UH, IT COINCIDES WITH NEW STATE LAW.
IT GIVES, UH, CITIES A LITTLE MORE LEEWAY IN REGULATING THESE TYPES OF, UH, VEHICLES ON MULTI-USE PASS AND ON, UH, ROADWAYS, UH, THE CAMPAIGN'S MAIN, UH, GUIDELINES INCLUDE, UH, TURNING, UH, ALL BRENTWOOD PARKS INTO NO THROTTLE ZONES.
THAT'S SOMETHING YOU RECALL FROM YOUR CONVERSATION.
UH, AND ALL VEHICLES USING PARK AND MULTI-USE TRAILS SHOULD NOT EXCEED 15 MILES PER HOUR.
SO THEY'LL SEE, WE'LL SOON SEE SPEED LIMITS.
UH, WE'RE ALSO ONLY ALLOWING CLASS ONE AND TWO E-BIKES AND E SCOOTERS ON PARK AND MULTI-USE TRAILS.
CLASS THREE E-BIKES ALONG WITH ATVS, SIDE-BY-SIDE.
GOLF CARTS AND MOTORCYCLES ARE PROHIBITED.
CERTAINLY SOME OF THOSE THINGS, CLASS E-BIKES ARE ALLOWED ON ACTUAL PATHS, UH, PAINTED IN THE STREET.
AND, UH, MOTORCYCLES AND OTHER THINGS IF PROPERLY LICENSED BY THE STATE, LIKE ANY VEHICLE AND HAVING A LICENSE DRIVER, THEY'RE LEGAL IN THAT WAY.
UM, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DO BELIEVE SPEED IS THE MO IS THE, IS REALLY THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT AFFECTS SAFETY BECAUSE IT AFFECTS REACTION TIME.
UM, RIDING ON GRASS IN THE PARKS IS PROHIBITED.
WE'LL SEE THAT IF AN E-BIKE PASSES WALKERS OR RUNNERS, THE DRIVER MUST SLOW DOWN TO FIVE MILES PER HOUR.
'CAUSE AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT THAT REACTION TIME AND, AND COURTESY.
UH, NEW SIGNAGE WILL GO UP THROUGHOUT, UH, JUNE IN OUR PARKS AND ON MULTI-USE TRAILS, UH, ALERTING VISITORS TO THE NEW GUIDELINES.
UH, THERE'LL BE TWO, TWO SIGNS.
ONE'S PRIMARILY THE SPEED LIMIT AND THE OTHER IS MORE INFORMATION.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO QR CODE FOR THOSE THAT ACTUALLY STOP OR ARE WALKING AND CAN, UH, USE A QR CODE.
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IT'S, UH, QUITE HONESTLY THERE ARE A LOT OF SIGN LOCATIONS WHEN WE THINK OF ALL OF OUR MULTI-USE PASS, ALL OF OUR PARKS, UH, AND ALL THE LOCATIONS, WE NEED TO HAVE THESE.SO WE'RE PRETTY WELL GETTING CLOSE TO FINALIZING THE SIGN.
WE'RE CONCURRENTLY LOOKING AT THE LOCATIONS AND INSTALLATION, UH, APPROACH.
SO IT'LL TAKE PROBABLY A GOOD, UH, A GOOD, IF NOT ALL THE MONTH OF JUNE TO, TO GET THOSE SIGNS IN PLACE.
SO OUR EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN WILL FOLLOW, UH, WE'LL BE AHEAD OF THAT AND ALSO GO ALONG WITH THAT.
UM, WE'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, UM, WELL, SOME MENTIONED EDUCATION.
IT'S A BIG PART OF THE CAMPAIGN.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE SIGNS, PEOPLE ARE GONNA SEE REMINDERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUR WEBSITE.
WE'LL BE WORKING WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS AND OTHER GROUPS TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT.
THIS IS GONNA BE A MONTHS LONG EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN.
'CAUSE AS WE THINK ABOUT, UH, THE END OF SCHOOL GOING INTO SUMMER AND THEN GOING BACK INTO SCHOOL.
AND SO IT WILL ALSO BE MONITORING VERY CLOSELY ANY INFORMATION WE CAN GET THAT GIVES US AN IDEA OF, OF, UH, ARE WE HELPING THE SITUATION HERE? WE DON'T THINK WE'LL MAKE IT WORSE, BUT WE WANT TO HELP IT.
UM, SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK BY LATE FALL, EARLY WINTER, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF THIS, UH, CALENDAR YEAR, WE'LL HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA PERHAPS OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS APPROACH.
UH, WE'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND PARENTS AND ANYONE RIDING AN E-BIKE THAT IT IS ILLEGAL IN TENNESSEE TO MODIFY AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE TO CHANGE ITS SPEED CAPABILITY.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE MODELS THAT CAN BE PURCHASED, PARTICULARLY ONLINE, CAN BE MODIFIED.
SO THEY MAY ADVERTISE A MAXIMUM SPEED OF, SAY, 20 MILES PER HOUR, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CLASS ONE AND TWO E-BIKES THAT ARE ALLOWED.
BUT WITH A SIMPLE MODIFICATION THAT TAKES NO SPECIAL TOOLS TYPICALLY, AND NO SPECIAL, UH, TRAINING, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, E-BIKE MAY BE ABLE TO GO 30, 40, 50, EVEN 60 MILES PER HOUR, THOSE WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED LEGAL.
SO WE WANT TO BE SURE AND COMMUNICATE THAT.
AND IT IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THE E THE PUSH FOR THESE E-BIKES, FOR THE, FOR THE KIDS, PARTICULARLY IN OUR COMMUNITY, HAS BEEN PRETTY FAST OVER THE LAST YEAR.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING TO CATCH UP LIKE OTHER COMMUNITIES, BUT, UH, WE'RE PROBABLY JUST TO TOUCH BEHIND ON THAT.
AND WE FEEL BAD FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN, THAT WHERE THEY'VE SPENT QUITE A, A FEW DOLLARS, BUT THOSE PARTICULAR MODELS MAY NOT BE ALLOWED IN THE, ON THE MULTI-USE PASSING IN THE PARKS.
UM, NOW DEPENDING ON THE AGE OF THE, UH, THE RIDER, UH, AND THE, AND THE TYPE OF BIKE, AGAIN, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO GET THAT LICENSE LIKE A TYPICAL MOTORCYCLE, GET THEIR LICENSE AND THEN, UH, USE THOSE.
UH, BUT UH, FOR THE YOUNGER, UH, FOLKS, THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
THIS IS, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN PUSHING ON AS YOU KNOW, AND WORKING WITH YOU FOR A LONG TIME.
AND WE REALLY, WHEN WE GET THIS OUT, WE WANNA REALLY SEE WHAT KIND OF IMPACT WE'RE GONNA HAVE.
SAFETY'S A HUGELY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
THERE WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, NOT RE UH, NOT TOO LONG AGO.
UM, WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT A FATALITY ACCIDENT, BUT BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL VOLUME OF THESE AND WHERE THE RIDERS ARE ON A LOT OF THESE PAST, THEY MIX WITH BICYCLISTS, THEY MIX WITH PEDESTRIANS AND, AND PERHAPS PETS GOING ON A WALK WITH YOUR PET AND ALSO VEHICLES.
SO THIS IS A STARTING POINT AND AS WOULD MONITOR, UH, WE'LL PROVIDE INFORMATION BACK TO YOU.
AND THIS MAY EVOLVE IN WHAT WE DO OVER THE NEXT, UH, FEW MONTHS.
WE WANNA GIVE IT SOME TIME, BUT THEN IT MAY EVOLVE.
IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE AND WHERE YOU'D LIKE TO GO IN THE FUTURE.
BUT WE THINK THIS IS, UH, THIS WILL FULFILL THE GUIDANCE THAT YOU PROVIDED US, UH, 2040 COMMITTEE DURING YOUR LAST MEETING.
AS YOU KNOW, YOU APPOINTED 21 RESIDENTS TO THE 2040 PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, FOR, UH, UPDATING WHAT IS TODAY OUR 2030 PLAN TO GET TO A 2040 PLAN.
WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THAT PROCESS STARTED.
THE COMMITTEE'S FIRST MEETING'S AT 6:00 PM ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 30TH.
UH, DURING THAT MEETING, THAT GROUP WILL DIVIDE INTO THEIR THREE MAIN CATEGORIES, BUSINESS, TRANSPORTATION, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES AS RECOMMENDED BY YOU.
AND THEN WE, WE REALLY JUST WANNA SHOW OUR APPRECIATION FOR EVERYONE WHO VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE.
AS YOU GUYS REFERENCED, DURING THE TIME YOU WERE GOING THROUGH ALL THE SELECTION PROCESS, WHICH TOOK SOME TIME, YOU HAD A LOT OF INTEREST.
AND IT IS SUCH A COOL THING TO GET THAT MUCH INTEREST TO SPEND, UH, PERSON'S PERSONAL TIME TO HELP THIS COMMUNITY.
SO WE DO ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO WEREN'T CHOSEN BECAUSE IT'S, AS YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, UH, TO CHOOSE EVERYONE YOU'D WANT TO.
WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET INVOLVED IN OTHER WAYS AND ON OTHER COMMITTEES WITH THE CITY.
BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THIS STARTED AND, UH, BEGIN WORKING ON OUR 2040 PLAN.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE'VE SEEN AN UPTICK IN SCAMS TARGETING OUR RESIDENTS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THESE BEFORE, BUT RECENTLY WE LEARNED OF INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING AUTHENTIC LOOKING TRAFFIC CITATIONS, TEXTED TO THEIR PHONES, UH, OFFICIAL LOOKING INVOICES FOR PERMIT FEES, UH, EMAILED TO APPLICANTS.
UH, IT SHOWS IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, OR SHOWS AS IF IT'S FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHEN IT'S NOT.
SOME RESIDENTS ARE RECEIVING PHONY PHONE CALLS FROM, UH, BRENTWOOD POLICE OFFICERS, OR AT LEAST THEY THINK THEY ARE.
THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T DO THAT.
SO WE'RE DEVELOPING SOME EDUCATIONAL POSTS TO CONTINUE TO HELP ALERT RESIDENTS ABOUT THESE SCAMS BECAUSE AS TIME GOES ON, THE SCAMS GET A LITTLE SMARTER, A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO IDENTIFY.
AND WE WANT TO TRY TO HELP PEOPLE AVOID GETTING CAUGHT IN THOSE, THE CITY, INCLUDING OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WILL NEVER TEXT OR CALL YOU, CALL ANYONE ASKING FOR PAYMENT OVER THE PHONE.
THAT'S ONE THING TO ALWAYS REMEMBER.
AND, AND THAT'S GENERALLY THE SAME WITH OTHER, UH, AGENCIES LIKE OURS.
IF SOMEONE DOES RECEIVE AN INVOICE FROM
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US, PLEASE CALL US AT, UH, SIX ONE FIVE THREE SEVEN ONE ZERO ZERO SIXTY TO CONFIRM IT IS LEGITIMATE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTION.SCAMMERS ARE GETTING BETTER AT SPOOFING EMAIL ADDRESSES AND PHONE NUMBERS.
AND SO WE WANNA DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP KEEP PEOPLE PROTECTED AND NOT LOSE THEIR, UH, MONEY THAT'S HARD EARNED.
BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR CITY MANAGER? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO A REPORT FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR ANDREWS.
ALRIGHT, REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS AND MAYORS.
SO TONIGHT WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER GUERRE.
UM, WE HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH THE PARK BOARD AND, UM, TO ECHO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, CITY MANAGER GAGE, UM, SAID, WE, UM, ARE REALLY ASKING FOLKS TO BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS, WHETHER YOU'RE A BIKER, WALKER RUNNER, UM, AND WITH A DOG, UM, TO BE AWARE OF EACH OTHER AND JUST BE COURTEOUS AND WORK TOGETHER AS WE'RE TRYING TO NAVIGATE THIS NEW E-BIKE WORLD THAT WE'RE ALL LIVING IN.
UH, THERE WERE SOME RESIDENTS WHO SHOWED UP, UM, WITH CONCERNS WITH, UH, THE WENDY HILL PARK.
WE'RE ALL KIND OF LEARNING TO, TO LIVE TOGETHER THERE.
UM, AND WE WANNA MAKE RESIDENTS AWARE THAT NO GOLF CART SHOULD BE USED ON THOSE.
AND IT IS A PARK THAT CLOSES AT NIGHT.
UM, LIKE I THINK ALL OF OUR PARKS, I BELIEVE CLOSE AT NIGHT,
I MEAN, I, I THOUGHT THAT WAS HOW, UM, YEAH, THE SIGNS, I DON'T KNOW IF THE SIGNS ARE UP THERE, BUT WE'RE GONNA WORK ON GETTING SIGNS TO REMIND FOLKS WHO MIGHT WANNA STAY AND LINGER, UM, AFTER DUSK THAT THEY NEED TO GO HOME OR, UM, ELSEWHERE.
SO, UM, ALSO TO LEAVE THE STONES IN THE STONE WALL, UM, AS THEY ARE TO PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL OF THAT.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, ON THAT.
UM, THE NEXT PARK MEETING IS JUNE 1ST AT FIVE 30.
AND, UM, I ALSO WANTED TO JUST THANK ALL THOSE THAT APPLIED FOR THE 2040 PLAN.
UM, AGAIN, LIKE, UH, UH, CITY MANAGER GAGE SAID WE HAD AMAZING, UM, APPLICANTS AND, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE DIVERSITY OF OUR GROUP THAT WE HAVE.
UM, I THINK THERE'S, UM, GONNA BE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT INPUT WITH PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND, UM, EVERYTHING FROM, UM, THE TIME THAT THEY'VE LIVED HERE AND OTHER PLACES TO BRING GOOD PERSPECTIVE.
AND, UM, SO I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR EVERYBODY WHO WAS WILLING TO APPLY AND, AND SERVE.
AND, UM, JUST ONE OTHER QUICK NOTE.
LOTS OF KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL NOW, SO THE E-BIKES WILL BE PLENTIFUL THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WE SEE, UM, THE REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND MORE FREQUENTLY AND IN THE DOCTORS' WORLD.
WE'RE VERY AWARE OF ALL THE KIDS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND JUST, UM, EDUCATION IS GONNA BE THE KEY AND, UM, TO, TO HELP EACH OTHER LEARN TO ALL LIVE TOGETHER.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE, UH, LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD PARTICIPANTS.
THANKS FOR PRESENTING YOUR RESULTS TO US TONIGHT.
AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO THE CITY WITH THOSE, WITH THOSE PROJECTS.
I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU, THOUGH, TO CONTINUE YOUR INVOLVEMENT, BOTH ON A COMMUNITY LEVEL AND ACTUALLY WITH THE, UH, CITY, CITY GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATING BOARDS, UH, OTHER, OTHER THINGS.
UH, EVERYBODY'S BEEN REALLY GREAT TO WORK WITH.
UM, THANKS FOR THE UPDATES, JASON.
I THINK THE, UH, COMMISSIONER, I'M SORRY, MANAGER JASON.
UM, GAGE THE, UH, I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THE WORD OUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN, UM, GIVEN THE ACCIDENTS AND THE VOLUME AND, AND EVERYTHING.
SO, UH, TO LEARN ABOUT, UH, PEOPLE THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE BIKES REALLY NEED TO, TO KNOW ABOUT THEM TOO, SO THEY'RE NOT WHAT TO WATCH FOR.
UM, THE 20, I'M EXCITED FOR THE 2040 PLAN, UH, TO GET STARTED.
UH, IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE, UH, WITH THE GROUP, UH, WHAT THEY COME UP WITH.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE NOT ON THE 2040 PLAN COMMITTEE AND YOU WANNA HAVE INPUT, PLEASE KEEP YOUR EYE OUT FOR CITY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THE FOCUS GROUPS AND OTHER WAYS THAT YOU CAN, UH, THERE'LL BE SURVEYS AND OTHER THINGS, SO PEOPLE NEED TO START WATCHING FOR THOSE.
UM, IN TERMS OF MY FAVORITE PLACE, UH, IN THE CITY, THE LIBRARY, OUR NEXT LIBRARY BOARD MEETING IS NEXT WEDNESDAY THE 20TH AT 4:30 PM AT THE LIBRARY UPDATES.
UH, THIS PAST MONTH, THE NEW QUIET ROOM, WHICH IS TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE LIBRARY AND THE STUDY HALL AREA, THAT PAINTING IS COMPLETE.
FLOORING IS GOING IN THIS WEEK, AND THE NEW LIGHTING WILL ALSO BE HUNG THIS WEEK.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT OPENING PRETTY SOON.
UH, THE HALLWAY, UH, BY THE STUDY ROOMS IS ALSO BEING PAINTED, SO IF YOU'VE RESERVED A ROOM OR HAVE A MEETING BACK THERE, JUST BE CAREFUL.
UM, THE BIG NEWS THOUGH, IS THAT NEXT WEDNESDAY, MAY 20TH, YOU CAN START SIGNING UP FOR SUMMER READING.
AND THAT IS NOT AN AGE DEPENDENT ACTIVITY.
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UH, THEY HAVE ADULTS, CHILDREN, AND TEEN, UH, PLANS.YOU CAN START LOGGING YOUR HOURS ON MAY 22ND.
IF YOU WANNA COME TO THE BIG KICKOFF ON MAY 29TH AT THE LIBRARY FROM THREE TO 5:00 PM THERE WILL BE FIRE TRUCKS AND POLICE VEHICLES.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE COMPETING, BUT THEY WILL BOTH BE THERE.
UM, AND DEPENDING ON HOW OLD YOU ARE, YOU CAN GO IN THE INFLATABLES, DO SOME CHALK ART, GET A FREE SNOW CONE.
UH, THIS YEAR'S THEME IS CALLED UNEARTH A STORY, AND SO THE SUMMER PROGRAMS WILL FOLLOW WITH THAT THEME.
SO THEY'RE HAVING NATURE PROGRAMS AND DINOSAUR PROGRAMS, UH, AND, AND SOME OTHER THINGS GOING ON THERE.
UM, THE CHILDREN'S MANAGER, JAMIE, IS GONNA HAVE THAT, THE ILLUMINATION THAT WE GET EVERY MONTH AS COMMISSIONERS WILL TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
AND SHE, AS WELL AS MARY CATHERINE, WHO IS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR, OUR, UM, COORDINATE THE ENTIRE SUMMER READING PROGRAM, WHICH IS HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.
SO THAT'S IT FROM THE LIBRARY.
YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD FROM THE APRIL NOTES THAT WERE READ INTO THE RECORD LAST, LAST, UH, MEETING.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE A MEETING COMING UP A WEEK FROM TOMORROW, AND I'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE SOME NEW NEWS WITH EVERYBODY, AND I THINK AT THAT TIME, SO STAY TUNED.
THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER DUN.
IT WAS SUCH A PLEASURE NIGHT TO SEE ALL OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND, AND A POLICE OFFICER AS A SPOUSE OF ONE PIN ON THE BADGE.
UH, THEY REALLY DO WORK WELL TOGETHER, AND, AND I LOVE SEEING THE PROMOTIONS FROM WITHIN.
I THINK THAT IS ENCOURAGING TO ANY, ANY DEPARTMENT IN A, IN A ORGANIZATION.
PART OF IT'S 'CAUSE I WAS ON THE FOUNDING COMMITTEE EONS AGO WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED, AND IT WAS BEFORE THE INTERNET.
YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE, THE, UM, PROJECTS.
THEN THERE, THERE WERE NO, UH, POWERPOINTS.
ONE PAGE, THIS IS WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IF WE EVER GOT THE ABILITY TO DO IT, KINDA THING.
BUT LOOK HOW IT EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS WITH, WITH GOOD LEADERSHIP.
AND I THINK, UH, I KNOW FOUR OF US, I, 'CAUSE I'M CONSIDERED A MEMBER OF BEING A FOUNDER, BUT THREE OF YOU SERVED IN A CLASS, RIGHT? AND, UH, I THINK YOU DID.
AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER DID.
AND OUR, OUR MEDIA DEPARTMENT, CHARLES DID.
UH, SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY GO THROUGH THERE AND THEY, THEY'VE HELPED THE CITY TREMENDOUSLY, BUT THEY HELP OTHER GROUPS TOO, WHICH WE SAW TONIGHT IN THE SCHOOLS WITH SENIOR CITIZENS.
IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION.
AND IT'S NOT PROMOTING CHAMBER.
IT'S PROMOTING LEADERS THAT CAN DO THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND IT OPENS YOUR EYES TO THE VARIOUS NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT THERE ARE IN A CITY.
I MEAN, THE BIG PICTURE, WE'RE NOT A HUGE CITY.
SO, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS.
UH, THE HISTORIC BOARD WILL MEET NEXT FRIDAY, THIS COMING FRIDAY.
UH, UM, WHEN THURSDAY MORNING, WE HAVE OUR BUDGET MEETING THURSDAY NIGHT, THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY, AND I THINK YOU ALREADY HAVE HAD TO RSVP TO THIS, BUT THEY'RE HAVING A WONDERFUL, THEIR ANNUAL MEETING WITH AN AUTHOR WHO'S WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT MINI PEARL AND WILL BE THERE TO SPEAK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS.
AND THEY DESCRIBED COME EARLY AND HAVE SCRUMPTIOUS BITES FROM POCKETS.
SO THEY'VE GOT A REAL AWARD-WINNING EVENT THAT NIGHT.
I THINK THEY'LL HAVE A TREMENDOUS TURNOUT.
UM, THEN FRIDAY MORNING WE HAVE THE HISTORIC BOARD.
SO IT'S A BUSY WEEK AS FAR AS THE HISTORIC BOARD GOES.
IF ANYBODY FROM THE PRESS IS HERE, I HOPE YOU WILL GIVE.
WHAT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT A PLUG IN YOUR PAPER, YOU DON'T HAVE TO MENTION ME, BUT MENTION THE EVENTS.
WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CONTACT ALL SORTS OF SUBDIVISIONS AND PEOPLE WE REALLY WANT TO SEE THIS CITY.
I'LL WASH IN RED, WHITE, AND BLUE FROM ABOUT MID-MAY TO AFTER THE 4TH OF JULY.
THAT COVERS MEMORIAL DAY AND JULY 4TH.
IT'LL BE 50 YEARS BEFORE WE DO THIS AGAIN.
BRENTWOOD COMES OUT FOR HALLOWEEN, THEY COME OUT FOR CHRISTMAS.
SURELY THEY CAN DECORATE THE ENTRANCES TO THEIR SUBDIVISIONS OR TIE RIBBONS AROUND A TREE IN THEIR FRONT YARD OR
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SOMETHING TO, TO GET IN THE SPIRIT.AND WE HAVE, UM, I DON'T KNOW, MAYOR, WOULD YOU HOLD UP WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN YOUR WINDOW? UH, IF WE CAN FIND MORE, IF WE CAN GET OUR HANDS ON MORE OF THESE, THOSE.
NOW I TRIED TO GET SOME IN WINDOWS THAT WERE, THEY WERE CHAIN AND THEY HAVE TO GET NATIONAL APPROVAL AND ALL.
SO WE'RE KINDA CONCENTRATING ON LOCAL BUSINESSES.
SO IF YOU HAVE A LOCAL BUSINESS, THEN YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISPLAY ONE.
I I THINK IF YOU GET, IF YOU EMAIL ME OR THE MAYOR, WE'LL LET CHARLES KNOW AND WE'LL TRY TO GET 'EM TO YOU SO THAT THAT WOULD BE NICE.
LAST SUNDAY, AND THIS IS A LITTLE LONG, BUT I'M REALLY FIRED UP ABOUT THIS TWO 50TH THING.
LAST, UH, SUNDAY WE HAD, UM, TWO SUNDAYS AGO OUT AT THE PROPERTY BEHIND THE BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME, WE HAD A, A DECA REDEDICATION OF THE GRAVE SITE OF A REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER, DAVID JOHNSON.
IT WAS A SPECTACULAR EVENT, WAS WELL ATTENDED.
AND WHEN YOU'RE UP THERE, YOU DON'T SEE SUBDIVISIONS.
THOSE OF US WHO WERE THERE, YOU LOOK OUT AND IT'S, YOU THINK IT PROBABLY LOOKED JUST LIKE THAT THE DAY THEY LAID HIM TO REST.
AND I SAT THERE AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS, HE DIED IN 1829.
HE HAD LOST AN ARM IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
AND I THOUGHT, I DOUBT THAT ANY ONE OF HIS FRIENDS OR FAMILY WHO STOOD THERE THAT DAY THOUGHT 197 DAY YEARS LATER, WE WOULD BE COMMEMORATING WHAT HE DID TO BUILD THIS COUNTRY.
IT REALLY GAVE ME CHILLS JUST TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
IT'S, IT'S SO WONDERFUL THAT WE CAN APPRECIATE WHAT OUR FOREFATHERS DID.
WE HAVE THE GREATEST COUNTRY ON EARTH AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, AND IT DID NOT COME EASILY.
AND WE CAN'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.
AND I, I WANT US TO GET OUT AND RAH RAH RAH ON THE 4TH OF JULY, MEMORIAL DAY AND THAT MONTH IN BETWEEN.
SO DO YOUR PART, GET A RIBBON FOR YOUR TREE IN YOUR FRONT YARD.
DECORATE, UH, YOUR FRONT PORCH, IF THAT'S ALL YOU CAN DO, PUT A FLAG ON YOUR CAR.
IF YOU CAN RIDE AROUND WITH THE TITANS OR UT OR PREDATORS, FLAGS, MAY A VICE MAYOR, YOU CAN PUT A FLAG ON YOUR CAR,
SO I'M JUST ASKING YOU, PLEASE DO THAT.
ALRIGHT, WELL, AS USUAL, MY WIFE MARIE'S ALREADY GOTTEN ME TAKEN CARE OF.
WE'VE GOT BUNTING FOR THE FRONT PORCH AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT PILLOWS FOR OUTDOOR BENCHES.
BUT IF SHE KNEW THAT MY TASTE WASN'T ANY GOOD, SO SHE WENT AND GOT EVERYTHING.
UM, LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD, GREAT ORGANIZATION.
UM, ALWAYS, ALWAYS SAY, AND, AND I EVEN WHEN I TALK AT, AT CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE'RE INVITED TO FOR LEADERSHIP, BRENTWOOD, THE GREATEST OF ALL IS A SERVANT OF ALL.
AND THEY TEACH LEADERSHIP AND BY DOING THOSE SERVICE PROJECTS AND THEY, THEY, THEY HELP PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
WELL, THE BEST WAY TO KNOW HOW TO SERVE, WHETHER IT'S A FAMILY, CHURCH, COMMUNITY, YOUR BUSINESS, UH, IS TO LEARN IT WELL AND KNOW WHAT IS NEEDED AND THEN SERVE THOSE NEEDS.
AND SO I ALWAYS THINK IT'S A TREMENDOUS ORGANIZATION AND EVERYBODY THAT EVER COMES TO IT COMES THROUGH.
IT SEEMS TO GATHER THAT REAL, REAL RAPIDLY THAT IT'S ABOUT SERVICE.
SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK.
SEE THE PROMOTIONS AND THE NEW FIREFIGHTERS AND ALL.
AND, UH, WE ARE BLESSED HERE IN BRENTWOOD WITH BOTH OUR POLICE FIRED DISPATCH AND ALL, UH, ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, TRULY PROTECT AND SERVE US, UH, 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR.
AND SO IT'S GREAT APPRECIATION.
AND SO, UH, UH, I ALWAYS LOVE THESE CEREMONIES.
UM, I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMISSION FOR, UH, APPROVING THE VETERANS MONUMENT DESIGN.
WE'RE VERY BLESSED HERE IN BRENTWOOD.
THIS COMMUNITY WAS SETTLED BY, AS COMMISSIONER DUNN WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, MR. JOHNSON, BUT WAS SETTLED BY THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.
MOST OF ALL, THE ORIGINAL SETTLERS CAME ON REVOLUTIONARY WAR LAND GRANTS, AND THEY TRULY EPITOMIZED THE CITIZEN SOLDIER.
UM, IT'S ONLY FITTING THAT THROUGH THE 200 AND SO YEARS, 230 YEARS BASICALLY SINCE THIS AREA WAS MOSTLY SETTLED, THAT
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THAT TRADITION OF PATRIOTISM.WE ARE TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS, THAT THE CITIZEN SOLDIER HAS STEPPED UP REPEATEDLY, UH, EVEN WITH OUR CONFLICTS NOW OVERSEAS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, I PROMISE YOU THERE ARE MANY TENNESSEANS WHO ARE, ARE IN THOSE ARMED FORCES.
UM, LOOKING VERY FORWARD TO THE COMMUNITY, BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN FUNDING THIS.
I JUST FELT THAT, UH, THE, THE FACT THAT WE WOULD PRIVATELY FUND IT GIVES EVERYBODY A PART OF HONORING THOSE WHO HAVE FOUGHT IN THE PAST, THOSE WHO ARE NOW SERVING AND OF GREAT IMPORTANCE, THOSE WHO WILL SERVE US IN THE FUTURE.
BECAUSE FREEDOM IS ONLY KEPT BY VIGILANCE.
AND OUR LIBERTIES ARE ONLY ONE GENERATION AWAY FROM BEING LOST.
SO IF PEOPLE DON'T STEP UP AND SERVE, THEN THOSE FREEDOMS CAN BE LOST AND RAPIDLY.
THE KEY THEMES OF THE MONUMENT ARE DUTY, HONOR, SACRIFICE, SERVICE, AND AGAIN, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE CITIZEN SOLDIER, AS THEY DID IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WHERE THEY HAD ONE HAND ON THE PLOW AND ONE HAND ON THE MUSKET.
WE STILL SOMETIMES ARE FACED WITH SITUATIONS LIKE THAT.
SO I HOPE EVERYONE WILL GIVE, I HOPE EVERYONE WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS AND GET THE WORD OUT TO THOSE AROUND YOU.
AND THIS IS GONNA BE A, A GREAT, BEAUTIFUL GIFT.
AND MY THOUGHTS ARE IT WILL BE HERE FOR THE 350TH CELEBRATION.
SO WE, WE THINK IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT BRENTWOOD CITIZENS WILL BE PROUD OF AND VETERANS WILL FEEL HONORED BY.
SO IF I KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO EMPHASIZE AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 2040 PLAN, UM, WE ARE COMING UP WITH THOSE DATES.
SO THE, THERE IS A COMMITTEE, AS THEY MENTIONED, UM, WITH 21 PEOPLE ON IT THAT WILL HAVE THREE SUBCOMMITTEES ON BUSINESS, TRANSPORTATION, AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
ALL THESE MEETINGS ARE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
SO WHILE THERE'S A STEERING COMMITTEE TO HELP INFORM THE CONSULTING COMPANY THAT'S FACILITATING THE PLAN, THIS IS REALLY NOT ABOUT A STEERING COMMITTEE, IT'S ABOUT ALL THE CITIZENS OF BRENTWOOD.
AND AS I THINK THE COMMISSIONER MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO, THERE WILL NOT ONLY BE A STEERING COMMITTEE WITH THE PUBLIC MEETINGS, BUT ALSO FOCUS GROUPS AND SURVEYS AND OPPORTUNITY AS IF WE REALLY DO IT WELL, THEN WE'LL FIND A, A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT MEMBER OR NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN BRENTWOOD, WE'LL PARTICIPATE AND REALLY FIND OUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER, WHAT MAKES BRENTWOOD SPECIAL, WHILE STILL BEING RELEVANT IN THE FUTURE WORLD.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T JUST FREEZE THE CITY THE SAME AND EXPECT IT TO GET THE SAME RESULT, BUT WE DO NOT EVER WANNA LOSE WHAT MAKES US BRENTWOOD.
MAYBE A TALL ASK, BUT I THINK OUR COMMUNITY'S UP FOR IT.
SO ALL THE MEETINGS ARE ON WEDNESDAYS.
THEY'RE ALL AT 6:00 PM THEY'RE ALL IN THE ANNEX ROOM RIGHT NEXT TO US.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS MAY 20TH COMING UP, I BELIEVE NEXT WEEK.
UH, JUNE 24TH, AUGUST 19TH, SEPTEMBER 16TH, AND OCTOBER 21ST.
SO I REALLY WANNA ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE ALL PUBLIC MEETINGS SO PEOPLE CAN COME AND LISTEN IN AND EDUCATE THEMSELVES DISCUSSIONS AS WE MOVE ON THROUGH IT.
WHAT'S THAT? WAIT, HOW MANY, HOW MANY MEETINGS ARE THERE TOTAL? I GUESS IT A 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
WILL ALL THREE GROUPS BE IN THAT ONE ROOM? I'M VERY CURIOUS TO FIND OUT.
DO WE, UH,
THAT WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER AND THEY SAID THEY'D WORK IT OUT.
HAVE THEY COME TO ANY FLOOR? ANY PLAN, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS? SO THE PLAN FOR MAY 20TH IS EVERYONE WILL START OFF IN THE SAME ROOM FOR JUST A BRIEF INTRODUCTORY, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BREAK UP INTO SUB SUBCOMMITTEE GROUPS, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A, UM, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CONSULTANT, YOU KNOW, UM, HEADING UP EACH SUB SUBCOMMITTEE GROUP.
THEY'LL ALL BE IN THAT ROOM AT THE DIFFERENT GROUPS.
STARTING OFF, STARTING OFF, WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE ANNEX ROOM, RIGHT.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BREAK UP INTO SEPARATE ROOMS. OH, SO YOU SAID BREAK UP INTO GROUPS.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU MEANT THEY GO INTO THIS CORNER, THAT CORNER AND THIS CORNER.
ACTUALLY, ONE SUBCOMMITTEE WILL MEET IN THIS ROOM, AND THEN A SUBCOMMITTEE WILL PROBABLY GO IN THE CITY MANAGER'S CONFERENCE ROOM AND THEN ANOTHER IN THE ANNEX ROOM.
SO A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST IN A PARTICULAR COMMITTEE, THEY CAN FOLLOW THEM TO THAT ROOM.
I, I DON'T EXPECT DROVE OF PEOPLE.
THERE MIGHT BE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE,
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YOU KNOW, WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED AND WANT TO DO THAT, BUT THEY'D BE WELCOME.WELL WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL CONFERENCE ROOMS DOWNSTAIRS IF WE NEED TO, UH,
AND, UH, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE FIRST RESPONDERS, UM, I WANNA MENTION MAY 6TH, UH, TWICE.
UM, JUST LAST, LAST WEDNESDAY, UH, COMMISSIONER EREZ AND I WERE, FUNNY ENOUGH, UM, SHE WAS COMING OUT AFTER A MEETING AND I WAS HEADING INTO A MEETING.
WE BOTH HAPPENED TO BE OUT FRONT WHEN THERE WAS A, A, A PERSON WHO WAS HAVING A, A TOUGH DAY.
IT WAS A CITIZEN WHO WAS STRUGGLING AND WE WERE JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL WHEN THE, THE POLICE FIRE AND EMS ALL RESPONDED AND CAME.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO SEE JUST OUR DEPARTMENT'S IN ACTION, DEESCALATING, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO'S HAVING A VERY BAD DAY HELPING TO SETTLE 'EM DOWN.
AND IT WAS REALLY, I MEAN, REMARKABLE FOR ME TO SEE OUR, OUR TEAM, YOU KNOW, IN ACTION IN SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN BAD.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS NOT A, IT WAS NOT A SMALL PERSON WHO WAS HAVING A TOUGH DAY, BUT THERE WAS NO PARTICULAR DRAMA OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THEY BROUGHT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER RESOURCES THEY THOUGHT THEY NEEDED.
YOU KNOW, THEY TRIED TO PROBLEM SOLVE WITH THE PERSON AND, YOU KNOW, WERE EVENTUALLY ABLE TO GET 'EM THE HELP THEY NEEDED.
SO WATCHING THE, THE TEAMWORK VERY COLLABORATIVELY, VERY GENTLY, UM, IS REALLY, IS REALLY SOMETHING TO SEE.
I WANT TO COMMEND Y'ALL, BUT THE OTHER MAY SIX IS, UH, MAY 6TH, 2002.
YOU KNOW, WE RECOGNIZED WAS WHEN THEY HAD THE SHOOTOUT HERE IN BRENTWOOD, UM, YEARS BACK.
AND I KNOW PEOPLE REFER TO THAT AS THE DAY THAT BRENTWOOD LOST ITS INNOCENCE, SO TO SPEAK.
I BELIEVE THE DEPARTMENT'S ONLY HAD, UH, DEPLOY GUNS, WHAT, OR FIRED GUNS TWICE EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY.
AND THAT PARTICULAR DAY, UH, STEPHANIE BELLS WARNER AND, UH, SERGEANT TOMMY WALSH WERE BOTH, UM, WERE BOTH INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
UH, LUCKILY I THINK, I BELIEVE THEY BOTH RECOVERED FULLY, UM, FROM THE INJURIES.
ALTHOUGH IT WAS, UH, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS QUITE A DAY.
SO JUST RECOGNIZING THAT DAY FROM THOSE YEARS BACK.
AND LIKE I SAID, I REALLY WANNA RECOGNIZE THE DEPARTMENTS AND ALL THE PROFESSIONALS THAT WE HAVE THERE.
IT'S, UH, IT IS REMARKABLE THE TEAM WE HAVE AND I'M VERY PROUD OF ALL OF 'EM.
ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE WHILE WE HAVE THE COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, WE'LL CLOSE THE,
[ Consent Agenda]
UH, COMMENTS AND MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE.
IT WILL GENERALLY BE ENACTED IN ONE MOTION, EXCEPT FOR ANY ITEMS THAT ARE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THERE'LL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS AT THIS TIME.
SO, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 47, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND AGREEMENT WITH, UH, A QUIN HERE FOR RECORDING SOFTWARE LICENSES AND ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FOR ADOPTION CONSENT.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 48 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH KERR BROTHERS AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
FOR PAVEMENT MARKING SERVICES FOR ADOPTION CONSENT.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 49 RESOLUTION.
ACCEPTING THE SECOND REPORT OF EMERGENCY EXPENDITURES ARISING FROM RECOVERY EFFORTS RESULTING FROM THE JANUARY, 2026 ICE STORM AND CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE WINDOWS SERVER 2025 DATE CENTRAL LICENSES.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOVE APPROVED.
VICE SENATOR LITTLE SECOND COMMISSIONER DONAHUE.
PASS THE UNANIMOUSLY ALL BUSINESS.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OLD BUSINESS IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION? SEE NONE.
[1. Resolution 2026-44 - A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY BY OWNER CONSENT AND THE PLAN OF SERVICES FOR SAID TERRITORY, LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF HILLSBORO ROAD SOUTH OF OLD HICKORY BOULEVARD]
NEW BUSINESS.ITEM NUMBER ONE, RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 44.
A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY BY OWNER CONSENT AND THE PLAN OF SERVICES FOR STEAD TERRITORY LOCATED IN THE WEST SIDE OF HILLSBOROUGH ROAD, SOUTH OF OLD HICKORY BOULEVARD.
UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? OKAY, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND.
UH, SO AS YOU MENTIONED, WE HAVE HERE A REQUEST FOR AN ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, UM, IT'S, UH, 76.72 ACRES OF, UH, PROPERTY.
AND THEN PART OF THAT WOULD OBVI OBVIOUSLY BE THE PREPARATION OF THE PLAN OF SERVICES, UH, JUST PART OF THE PROCESS.
YOUR, UH, JOB TODAY WOULD BE, AS YOU KNOW, TO SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THAT.
SO WE'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
UM, THIS, UH, PROPERTY IS, AND YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, GO AHEAD AND GO, GO AHEAD AND GO ON BACK TO THE MAP, POLLY, IF YOU COULD.
THE, UH, EASTERN BOUNDARY WHERE YOU SEE THE, UH, ACCESS
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ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS ON HILLSBOROUGH ROAD.AND THEN JUST UP FROM THERE, IT INTERSECTS WITH OLD, UH, HICKORY.
SO IT'S A LITTLE SOUTH OF OLD HICKORY.
AND THE ACE MAIN ACCESS WILL BE RIGHT THERE ON HILLSBOROUGH ROAD.
AND AGAIN, 76 ACRES OF PROPERTY.
SO IT'S A PRETTY LARGE, UH, SECTION, UH, OR PIECE OF PROPERTY IN THAT AREA.
UM, THAT GIVES YOU A, A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW THE DEVELOPMENT WILL LAY OUT.
THERE ARE, UH, A TOTAL OF 26 LOTS TO BE DEVELOPED, 25 FOR, ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHERE YOU SEE THAT THE GREEN COLOR AND YOU SEE THE LOTS LAID OUT, THOSE WILL BE, UH, REQUESTED TO BE OSRD ZONED.
THERE WILL BE ONE LOT IN THE, WHAT WE CALL A RESERVE STATUS, WHICH SHOULD BE TO THE WEST OR THE LEFT SIDE OF THE GREEN.
THAT'S A LARGE LOT THAT IS, UH, TO BE REQUESTED FOR R TWO ZONE.
AND WHEN WE SAY RESERVE STATUS, THAT PARCEL WILL KEEP THAT DESIGNATION UNTIL EITHER LEGAL ROAD FRONTAGE OR ACQUISITION OF AN ACCESS EASEMENT FOR THE CREATION.
UH, THE ACCESS TO THE LOT, UH, HAPPENS.
AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THEN THAT LOT CAN BE DEVELOPED AND IT'S INTENDED TO BE DEVELOPED AS A SINGLE LOT AT THIS TIME.
UH, SO, UH, THAT GIVES YOU A PRETTY GOOD INDICATION OF THE LAYOUT OF THE PROPERTY.
YOU WANNA GO TO THE NEXT ONE PLEASE? UM, OKAY, THAT DOESN'T SHOW A LOT, BUT WHAT IT DOES SHOW IS THE, UH, UPPER BOUNDARY TO THE LEFT AND THEN DOWN TO ON THE LEFT SIDE.
UH, THAT OUT COMPLETE OUTER BOUNDARY SHOWS YOU THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.
SO IT'S ALL WITHIN OUR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.
AND FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW THE, UH, CITY OF BRENTWOOD AND THE, THE CITIES IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, WE ALL HAVE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES.
THAT WAS BASED ON A REQUEST THAT STATE LAW AND, AND A COORDINATION BY WILLIAMSON COUNTY TO WORK TOGETHER TO DO THAT.
SO OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU HAVE AN ANNEXATION, AND, AND I MIGHT WANT TO EMPHASIZE THIS AS A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION BASED ON A REQUEST FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER, YOU DO NEED TO BE WITHIN YOUR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.
SO IT'S VOLUNTARY AND IT IS WITHIN THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.
UM, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE, THERE WAS A ONE THAT HAD, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT IT.
CAN I KEEP GOING BACK PLEASE? I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE BEHIND THERE.
UM, AGAIN, 77 ACRES, I THINK THAT HAS EVERYTHING FROM A SERVICE PERSPECTIVE.
ALL THE SERVICES FOR THIS, IF APPROVED IN THE FUTURE, WILL BE FROM THE CITY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WATER AND SEWER, WHICH WE PROVIDED BY NASHVILLE DAVIDSON COUNTY.
SO IT DOESN'T PUT ANY BURDEN ON OUR WATER AND SEWER SERVICE.
UH, AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE.
I MENTIONED THE OSRD ZONING FOR MOST OF IT, AND THE R TWO ZONING FOR THE SINGLE LOT.
UM, LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE WE HAVE THERE.
OH, IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED MGA ONE BY WILLIAMSON COUNTY, SO IT'S A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF ONE ACRE THAT'S INTENDED TO BE A HOLDING ZONE WITH ANTICIPATION OF A NEARBY CITY.
IN THIS CASE, BRENTWOOD ANNEXING THE PROPERTY BECAUSE IT IS WITHIN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.
I DID A LITTLE BIT MORE LOOKING AT THAT ZONE AND, UH, FOR RESIDENTIAL, IT COULD BE FOR RESIDENTIAL OR IT COULD BE COMMERCIAL OR EVEN MIXED USE IF IT STAYED IN THE COUNTY.
UM, SO IT'S, UH, IT, IT IS INTENDED TO BE, FOR THE MOST PART A FAIRLY LOW DENSITY.
BUT WHEN, WHEN OTHERS TALK ABOUT LOW DENSITY AND WE TALK ABOUT LOW DENSITY, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
I THING, SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS ASKED WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS AT THE BRIEFING WAS WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS THE ADVANTAGE OR WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF US, UH, ANNEXING THE PROPERTY? AND PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ADVANTAGES IS IT CAN DEVELOP IN THE WAY THAT THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AND YOU WANT IT TO DEVELOP WITH THE HELP OF YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION, BECAUSE IF IT'S IN THE COUNTY, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THAT SAY SO IT'S POTENTIALLY COULD DEVELOP IN THE COUNTY AT A HIGHER DENSITY THAN IT WOULD HERE.
AND SO THIS RECOGNIZES OUR, UH, OSRD AND R TWO DENSITY.
AND THAT'S A REALLY GOOD THING BECAUSE REGARDLESS, EITHER WAY, IF IT DEVELOPS OR COULD BE, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME TRAFFIC IMPACT ON HILLSBOROUGH, UH, PERHAPS ON OLD HICKORY.
AND SO WE GET THAT IMPACT ANYWAY.
UH, BUT IN THIS CASE YOU GET TO DICTATE THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THERE.
UH, THE OTHER, ANOTHER THING I'D LIKE TO ADD AS WELL IS THAT THE OPEN SPACE REQUIRED, UH, BY THE ZONING IS, UH, 7.69 ACRES.
THIS ACTUALLY HAS 32 POINT, UH, ONE ACRES OF OPEN SPACE.
AND SO THAT'S, UH, UH, AN EXCESS OPEN SPACE OF 24.41 ACRES.
SO THAT'S A BIG ADVANTAGE AS WELL.
PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE ALONG FROM EAST TO WEST ALONG THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IS STREAM.
OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE WITH THE FLOODPLAIN MAP, THE BLUE IS THE, UH, UH, FLOODWAY, THE ORANGE, UH, DARKER IS THE 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, GOLD ON THE FRINGE.
SO, UH, THEY WILL BE MOVING SOME DIRT TO MAKE SURE ON THE LOTS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THAT AREA, THAT THOSE ARE FULLY OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN IS WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED.
AND SO THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A REAL NICE, CONTINUE TO HAVE A REAL NICE NATURAL STREAM AREA RIGHT THERE.
SO, UM, THAT'S A, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD ADVANTAGE AS WELL BECAUSE, UH, FOR ANY CHANGE TO HAPPEN, IF YOU DO, UH, UH, ANNEX A PROPERTY AND ZONE IT, YOU'LL HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH THE CITY.
SO, UH, IF, IF, SO, WHAT THAT DOES IS THIS
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ACTION PRESERVES THAT, UH, FLOODWAY THAT NATURAL AREA, THE RIPARIAN AREA, UH, ALONG THE STREAM.THAT'S A REALLY GOOD THING AS WELL.
I THINK THAT, YEAH, I BELIEVE THAT COVERS IT.
THE AVERAGE LOT SIZE, I'LL SAY, UH, BASED ON THE OSRD, LOT SIZE WILL BE 30,164 FEET AS WELL.
SO, AS WE LOOK AT THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE, YOU WILL SEE BASED ON THE, UH, REQUIRED, UH, PROCESS FOR, UH, AN ANNEXATION IN THE APPLIED ZONING AND PLAN OF SERVICES, THERE ARE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN THE CITY COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND AS WELL.
BUT, UH, AND TODAY IS YOUR CONSIDERATION TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE PLAN ON THE PLAN OF SERVICES AND THE ANNEXATION OF THE PROPERTY ON JUNE 1ST, MONDAY, JUNE 1ST, PLANNING, COMMISSION REVIEW, AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE PROPOSED, UH, PLAN OF SERVICES AND ANNEXATION ON JUNE 22ND.
UH, IT'LL COME BACK FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PLAN OF SERVICES WITH YOU ON JULY 13TH.
UH, YOU'LL HAVE FIRST READING ON THE ORDINANCE, UH, ASSIGNING THE OSRD AND R TWO ZONING COMPONENTS TO THE PROPERTY ON JULY 30TH.
THE REQUIRED COMMUNITY MEETING WOULD BE HELD TENTATIVELY IN THE ANNEX ROOM.
UH, THAT OF COURSE, THAT'LL BE PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 3RD, THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE ORDINANCE TO ASSIGNING THE OSRD IN R TWO ZONING ON AUGUST 10TH, THE, UH, YOU, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ORDINANCE ASSIGNING THE ZONING, UH, TO THE PROPERTY ON AUGUST 24TH.
YOUR REVIEW, UH, HAVE THE FINAL RESOLUTION ANDING THE PROPERTY INTO THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, AND ALSO THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE ASSIGNING THE ZONING.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PROCESS HERE FOR ANYONE WHO HAS AN INTEREST, UH, UH, THOUGHTS ON IT TO, UH, ATTEND AND, AND BE A PART OF THAT QUESTION.
THIS IS IN OUR BUFFER ZONE, WE SAID THE OTHER DAY, AND OF COURSE, WE CAN'T ANNEX WITHOUT THE PROPERTY OWNERS REQUESTING IT.
WHOSE BUFFER ZONE IS THE ADJACENT PROPERTY IN FRANKLIN OR THE COUNTY? TO THE, TO THE SOUTH? YEAH, I BELIEVE THAT'S IN THE COUNTY, BUT I'M GONNA LOOK AT TODD TO SEE IF HE KNOWS OFF THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.
I BELIEVE THAT'S IN THE COUNTY.
I DON'T BELIEVE FRANKLIN COMES UP THAT FAR TO THE NORTH.
SO THE COUNTY IS NOT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET INTO ONE OF THESE CONTROVERSIES WITH THE COUNTY, ARE WE? I MEAN, LAST YEAR IT LOOKED SO SIMPLE, AND THEN IT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE SIMPLE, WHEN YOU WERE READING ABOUT OTHER COMMUNITIES GOING THROUGH TRYING TO ANNEX A PIECE OF PROPERTY WHERE THE OWNER WANTED TO BE ANNEXED, AND, UH, PEOPLE CAME OUT OF THE WOODWORK.
SO NO ONE'S GOING TO OBJECT AT THIS POINT, OR SHOULD WE EXPECT THAT WE WE WOULDN'T OR DO WE NOT KNOW? YEAH, WE WOULDN'T NECESS WE WOULDN'T EXPECT IT FROM THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
UH, NOW REGARDING ANYONE WHO MAY LIVE IN THE AREA, THERE'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY OF THAT.
BUT, UH, NOW, AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, WE TALKING NOW, WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE OUR, UM, ANNEX OUR, UH, WHERE OUR PUMP STATION IS OVER THERE.
NOW WE, ARE WE GONNA DO THAT ON A PARALLEL TRACK? PROBABLY NOT PARALLEL.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO PREPARE THAT.
BUT I WOULD SAY NOT TOO FAR FOLLOW OR NOT TOO LONG FOLLOWING THIS ACTION.
WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE THERE AREN'T ANY HICCUPS WITH THAT.
UH, ASSUMING THERE AREN'T, UH, YEAH, WE'LL FOLLOW WITH THAT.
'CAUSE IT MAKES SENSE IF YOU DO ANNEX THIS, IT'LL BE ADJACENT TO THE CITY LIMITS, AND IT MAKES SENSE TO DO THAT THEN.
AT THE BRIEFING, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHERE OUR FIRE STATION IS DOWN ON GENERAL.
GEORGE PATTON AT ONE TIME, IT WAS NOT IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.
DID WE ANNEX THAT? DID THEY LET US, FRANKLIN NEVER DID LET US ANNEX THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT AGREEMENT.
I BELIEVE THERE'S STILL A PIECE OF PARKING LOT OUTSIDE, BUT I, I'M NOT, DID WE BRING THAT IN? OKAY, SO WE HAVE THE WHOLE THING IN NOW.
THAT'S WHY I WAS WONDERING IF EVERYTHING WOULD GO SMOOTHLY.
NOW THERE'S A SMALL, THERE'S A SMALL PIECE OF THIS, A VERY SMALL ACREAGE THAT'S IN, UH, NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY.
UH, BUT, UH, WE ARE LINED OUT, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THAT ALL THE REGULATORY, ALL THE SERVICES ARE FROM CITY OF BRENTWOOD WITH EXCEPTION OF WATER SEWER SERVICE.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? I CAN I ASK THOSE QUESTION PLEASE? SO, THE PARCEL THAT, OR, OR THE PART THAT IS DAVIDSON COUNTY, THAT IS GONNA BE PART OF THE 52 ACRE OSRD SUBDIVISION, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, YES.
AND SO WILL THE, ANYTHING BUILT IN THAT AREA HAVE TO FOLLOW THE SAME RESTRICTIONS AS WE HAVE IN OSRD IN BRENTWOOD? YEAH.
THE, THE ENTIRE PROPERTY, UH, WILL BE, WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW OUR, UH, PLANNING AND OR OUR ORDINANCE FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE PLANNING PROCESSES AND SO FORTH.
AND, BUT THAT PARCEL STAYS DAVIDSON COUNTY OFFICIALLY? YES.
IF IT STAYS IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, IT WON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW OUR ZONING ORDINANCE.
THE WAY IT WORKS IS YOU, IT IS AN AGREEMENT IN
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ESSENCE TO DO THAT.IF YOU WANNA PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND, THE PIECE THAT WE'RE NO, WILL THE DAVIDSON COUNTY PORTION, WE'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW OUR RULES.
SO SOME OF THE PROPOSED NORTHERN PARCELS ALONG THAT STREET, THE, THE BACK OF THOSE PARCELS, SOME OF THEM A LITTLE MORE, I DON'T THINK THAT SHOWS IT ACCURATELY OR GOOD ENOUGH.
BUT ANYWAY, SOME OF THE LAND OF THOSE PROPOSED PARCELS ARE, IS ACTUALLY IN DAVIDSON COUNTY.
BUT DAVIDSON COUNTY WANTS US TO APPLY OUR ORDINANCES AND ISSUE THE PERMITS AND LOOK AT ALL THE STORM WATER.
BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ASSESSED IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
EVEN THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH SOME OF IT IS IN, IN DAVIDSON.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? I HAVE ONE COMMENT.
WE, WE FACED THIS WHEN WE HAD ROSEBROOK COME UP ON THE EAST END OF BRENTWOOD.
UM, THE, NOT THAT NECESSARILY PEOPLE WOULD DO THIS, BUT IF THE COUNTY ALLOWED A DEVELOPMENT HERE, WHICH THEY WERE, WELL COULD, IF WE DIDN'T ANNEX IT, THOSE HOMEOWNERS CAN ALSO BUILD OUT BUILDINGS.
THOSE OUTBUILDINGS CAN MOSTLY BE USED AND RENTED AS DOMICILES.
AND SO YOU THEN START TO TURN INTO A HEAVIER DENSITY.
AND SO PART OF THE APPEAL OF THIS IS IF IT'S UNDER THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD CONTROL, IT WILL BE BUILT AT THE LOWEST DENSITY THAT IT POSSIBLY COULD AS A LAND PIECE THAN IF IT STAYED IN THE COUNTY.
UH, THERE, THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT THE COUNTY DOES NOT REGULATE THAT THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD DO, SUCH AS SHORT-TERM RENTALS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO, UM, AS YOU LOOK AT THIS, AND SINCE IT'S IN OUR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, THAT IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR AS WELL.
OF COURSE, THIS WILL BE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE PLAN OF SERVICES, THE DEVELOPER HAS TO COME BACK AND, AND SHOW A PLAN THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ARE HAPPY WITH.
SO, UH, THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP.
BUT SINCE IT ISN'T OUR UGB, MY PERSONAL OPINION WAS IT WAS WISE TO AT LEAST HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND LOOK AT A PLAN OF SERVICES.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, AS MANY THE OBSERVATIONS THEY'RE SAYING, I MEAN, UH, 25 HOMES AND 76 ACRES SOUNDS LIKE ABOUT, AS BRENT WATER PROJECT IS, WE'RE GONNA SEE
AND HAVING IT ALONG THE LITTLE HARPETH RIVER WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT THAT HAS ON OUR ENVIRONMENT.
UM, NOT MUCH, NOT TO LIKE ABOUT THIS.
SO I HOPE IT GOES WELL AND HOPE WE DON'T FIND SOMETHING, HOPE, HOPEFULLY NO SURPRISES.
I, WE GOT AN ASSURANCE FROM OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT THE DAY MM-HMM
THAT THERE WILL BE NO FLOODING IN WILDWOOD FROM THE CONSTRUCTION OUT THERE.
SO EVERYONE SHOULD REST EASY ON THAT ONE.
OH, COMMISSIONER
BUT OUR UNDERSTANDING FROM THE BUILDER IS THAT IT'S GONNA BE 25.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, YEAH.
BUT THAT'S NOT BINDING UNTIL THEIR, THEIR GUARANTEE OF 25 IS NOT BINDING UNTIL THEY APPLY FOR OSRD AND THEN IT HAS TO BE 25.
ONCE, ONCE THE ZONING IS FINALIZED, THAT'LL BE INTACT.
OTHERWISE, IT RIGHT NOW IS JUST ONE LARGE PARCEL PROPERTY.
SO GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE.
[2. Ethics complaint from Jerram Betts alleging violation of Brentwood Code of Ordinances Sec. 2-233(b) by City Attorney Kristen Corn]
NEW BUSINESS.ITEM NUMBER TWO, ETHICS COMPLAINT FROM JAR BETS ALLEGING VIOLATION OF BRENTWOOD CODE OF ORDINANCES, SECTION TWO DASH 2 33 B BY CITY ATTORNEY KRISTEN CORN.
SO I GUESS WE START OUT, UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I READ THIS VERY THOROUGHLY AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO FRAME THE WORDING OF THIS MOTION, BUT I DID NOT FIND THAT THERE WAS A BASIS FOR A COMPLAINT.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CONSIDER THAT THERE IS NO BASIS FOR A VALID ETHICS COMPLAINT HERE.
SO COMMISSIONER DUNN, UH, HAS A MOTION THAT THE COMPLAINT IS NOT CREDIBLE.
NOT CREDIBLE, AND DOESN'T HAVE MERIT, IS A FAIR WAY TO PUT THAT.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL OPEN UP THE DISCUSSION.
I'LL PROVIDE A, A, A QUICK OVERVIEW.
I'LL PROVIDE YOU AN OVERVIEW AND YOU CAN, UH, SLOW ME DOWN OR STOP ME IF YOU'D LIKE.
BUT, UH, SHE MENTIONED IT'S AN ETHICS COMPLAINT, UH, FILED FROM, UH, UH, PROVIDED BY CITIZEN, LOCAL CITIZEN JEREMY BETTS ALLEGING VIOLATION OF THE BRENTWOOD CODE.
AND THE SPECIFIC SECTION IS, UH, SECTION TWO DASH 2 3 3 B,
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UH, BY CITY ATTORNEY KORN.THE, THE, UH, ETHICS COMPLAINT, UH, IS, UH, REGARDING HIS PROPERTY AT 800 WILSON PIKE.
AND, UH, IT DEALS WITH MULTIPLE, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADJACENT PROPERTY TO THE NORTH, A PARCEL DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH, AND ADJACENT HIS PROPERTY, UH, FLOODING IS ONE.
THERE ARE OTHER ACTIVITY, UH, ZONING AND OTHER RELATED THINGS.
WE WON'T GET INTO EVERYTHING, BUT, UH, IT INVOLVES A, A HANDFUL OF ISSUES OVER QUITE A, A FEW MONTHS, UH, AND QUITE A BIT OF CONVERSATION BACK AND FORTH.
AND SO THE COMPLAINT DOES FALL WITHIN THE AUTHORITY GRANTED TO THE CITY COMMISSION UNDER ARTICLE SIX, SECTION TWO DASH 2 3 4 C3 OF THE BRENTWOOD CODE.
SO, LEMME TALK ABOUT REAL QUICK, THE TWO RELATIVE, UH, RELATED SECTIONS THAT ARE IMPORTANT.
ONE IS THE, UH, SEC CODE SECTION TWO DASH 2 3 3 B, WHICH IS THE BASIS OF THE FILING.
AND BASICALLY THAT WHAT THAT SAYS IS AN OFFICIAL EMPLOYEE MAY NOT USE OR ATTEMPT TO USE, UH, HIS I'LL PUT IN OR HER POSITION TO SECURE ANY PRIVILEGE OR EXEMPTION FOR THEMSELF OR OTHERS THAT IS NOT AUTHORIZED IN THIS ARTICLE OR BY THE CHARTER GENERAL LAW OR ORDINANCE OR POLICY OF THE CITY.
SO BASICALLY IT'S SAYING, USE YOUR POSITION OR INFLUENCE TO BENEFIT SOMEBODY ELSE, RIGHT? UH, SO THAT'S THE BASIS OF THAT, THAT THE, THE, THE WHO THIS IS INTENDED FROM THE COMPLAINT TO BE BENEFITING WOULD BE, UH, CITY ENGINEER, UH, JASON DEAL IN OUR CITY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
AND I DO SAY IT'S DIFFICULT TO, TO USE NAMES IN THESE, BUT THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS.
AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE, I'M SPEAKING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE COMPLAINT, UH, AND A LOT.
AND AGAIN, THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH BEFORE, AND THAT'S SORT OF WHY THIS COMPLAINT IS HERE WITH C EXCUSE ME, CERTAIN DISSATISFACTION WITH THAT.
BUT, UH, ANYWAY, THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS.
UH, CODE SECTION TWO DASH 2 3 4 C3 KIND OF OUTLINES THE ROLE OF, UH, BOTH, UH, ME AND, AND YOU.
IT SAYS, WHEN A COMPLAINT IS FILED AGAINST THE CITY MANAGER ETHICS OFFICER, UH, AN APPOINTED OFFICIAL OR MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, AND IN THIS CASE ETHICS OFFICER, THE COMPLAINT SHALL BE REFERRED TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
THAT'S WHY IT'S IN, IN FRONT OF YOU FOR ANY SUCH COMPLAINT.
OTHER THAN A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE CITY MANAGER, THE MANAGER, CITY MANAGER MAY GATHER INFORMATION AND PRESENT PR PERTINENT FACTS TO ASSIST THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS IN YOUR DETERMINATION.
THE MAJORITY, OR I'M SORRY, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, BY MAJORITY VOTE OF ITS ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP.
SO IT'S A MAJORITY OF YOUR FULL MEMBERSHIP, UM, SHALL DETERMINE ONE, THAT THE COMPLAINT IS CREDIBLE AND THAT A VIOLATION OF THE ARTICLE HAS OCCURRED, OR TWO, THAT THE COMPLAINT IS NOT CREDIBLE OR DOES NOT HAVE MERIT, UH, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE, WITH THE MOTION ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW, OR THREE, THAT THE COMPLAINT HAS, UH, SUFFICIENT MERIT TO WARRANT FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
SO YOU HAVE THREE CHOICES ACCORDING TO YOUR CODE ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS.
UM, SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, AS A COUPLE CLARIFICATIONS BEFORE I GET INTO THIS, UH, AS YOU KNOW, AT SUBSEQUENT TO OUR THURSDAY MEETING, MR. BETS PROVIDED ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION.
THERE'S TWO OR THREE THINGS I JUST WANNA CLARIFY.
UH, ONE IS, IS HE INDICATES THAT, UH, UNDER THE CODE, AS I MENTIONED, THE CITY MANAGER MAY GATHER INFORMATION, PRESENT PERTINENT FACTS, AND HE FELT THAT I WENT BEYOND THE FACTS TO A DEGREE.
I'M NOT GONNA ARGUE THE POINT, BUT IT SAYS MAY, AND YOU'RE IN A LEGISLATIVE ROLE.
WE'RE NOT IN QUASI-JUDICIAL ROLE LIKE A COURTROOM.
AND SO YOU CAN EITHER CHOOSE TO ACCEPT OR DISREGARD ANYTHING THAT YOU DON'T, MAY NOT FEEL AS FACTUAL.
SOMETIMES FACTS ARE IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
UM, I SAID THAT I MENTIONED YOU'RE UNDER NO OBLIGATION, HIT EVERY SINGLE POINT.
NO, I SAID I WAS NOT GOING TO HIT EVERY SINGLE POINT IN THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE WOULD BE HERE FOR HOURS AND HOURS.
AND, UH, YOU'RE CERTAINLY UNDER THE FULL OBLIGATION, WHICH I KNOW YOU HAVE TO READ THE FULL, UH, COMPLAINT, UH, AND THE EXHIBITS, WHICH I THINK TOTAL 110 OR 20 PAGES.
UH, SO THAT CERTAINLY IS A RESPONSIBILITY.
AND AS I REMEMBER FROM THURSDAY'S MEETING, UH, COMMISSIONER DUNN SAID, UH, SHE SAID, READ IT, READ IT, READ IT.
AND I SAID, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, IS READ IT, READ IT, READ IT.
BUT I WILL NOT BE GOING INTO EVERY SINGLE DETAIL.
I WILL BE PROVIDING A SUMMARY OF MY REPORT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
AND THE FINAL CLARIFICATION IS, UH, HE, HE, HE, HE MENTIONED WHY WE'RE HANDLING THIS DIFFERENTLY THAN A COUPLE OF PRIOR COMPLAINTS INVOLVING, UH, CITY COMMISSIONERS.
WELL, IN, IN THE CASE OF A CITY COMMISSIONER, THE ETHICS OFFICE OR THE CITY MANAGER, WE'RE SUBORDINATE TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
IT WOULD NOT MAKE ANY SENSE WHATSOEVER FOR US, UH, TO HAVE A ROLE IN MAKING ANY DETERMINATIONS WHEN WE'RE SUBORDINATE IT.
SO UN, UNLESS PERHAPS IN THE FUTURE, IF THERE EVER IS ANOTHER COMPLAINT, UNLESS IT'S VERY, VERY, VERY CLEAR ON THE FACTS, UH, UM, IT WOULD JUST BE AN AUTOMATIC DECISION TO LOOK AT IT, UH, A RECOMMEND A THIRD PARTY LOOK AT IT IN THAT CASE, BECAUSE OF OUR ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION AND YOUR ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU.
SO AS WE GET INTO THE COMPLAINT, I'LL, I'LL JUST SORT OF HIT REAL QUICK THE SUMMARY OF MY, UH, UH, MEMORANDUM
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IN THE COMPLAINT.UM, THE, AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PRIMARY ALLEGATION USING ONE'S POSITION FOR THE BENEFIT OF SOMEONE ELSE.
THE, THE TWO SOMEONE ELSE'S ARE JASON, JASON DIE, AND THE ERNST GROUP, THE DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPER OF THE PROPERTY, UH, TO THE NORTH OF, UH, MR. BETSY'S PROPERTY.
AND THERE'S FOUR THINGS THAT MR. BETS CON THAT HIS COMPLAINT CONTENDS SAYS, CITY ATTORNEY CORN DECLINED, INVESTIGATE SIN, ENGINEER JASON DEALS, POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
UH, TWO CITY ATTORNEY CORN, OBSTRUCTED ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS.
THREE, UH, CITY ATTORNEY CORN FAILED TO REFER CODE COMPLAINTS AS PROMISED.
AND FOUR, CITY ATTORNEY CORN DEMONSTRATED PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THE ERNST GROUP, THE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY FOR 7 22 WILSON PIKE, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO HIS PROPERTY.
AND, UH, SO, SO BEFORE I GET ANY FURTHER, ONE THING I DO WANT TO, UH, MENTION IS, IS AS YOU AS WE'RE, WE'VE SAID THAT THIS IS AN ETHICS COMPLAINT, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT UNCOMMON WITH THE MUNICIPALITY, PARTICULARLY WHEN 'CAUSE MUNICIPALITIES REGULATE INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND SO FORTH.
IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO HAVE SOMEONE BE IN DISAGREEMENT WITH, WITH SOMEONE.
COULD BE A BUILDING OFFICIAL, COULD BE A FIRE MARSHAL, COULD BE ANYONE INVOLVED IN THE REGULATION PROCESS, COULD EVEN BE FOR SERVICE DELIVERY.
SO IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, WELL, SOMEONE DIDN'T ACT FAST ENOUGH.
I DON'T LIKE THEIR INTERPRETATION, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.
THOSE TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN ALL THE TIME.
THOSE ARE NOT IN AND OF THEMSELVES AN ETHICS COMPLAINT.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ETHICS COMPLAINT AND WHY YOU HAVE THIS IS BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, IT INFERS, UH, UH, SOME INTENTIONALITY, RIGHT? INTENTION.
THAT'S NOT AN ETHIC, AN ETHICAL ISSUE, GENERALLY SPEAKING.
UM, BUT WHEN SOMEONE INTENTIONALLY DISREGARDS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, DOESN'T DO SOMETHING, DOES SOMETHING THEY SHOULDN'T, THAT TYPE OF THING, THAT'S WHAT YOUR ETHICS, UH, CODE IS REALLY INTENDED TO, TO GET AT.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THE, AN ETHICS COMPLAINT IS A VERY SERIOUS MATTER BECAUSE DEPENDING ON THE PERSON THAT'S, UH, UH, INVOLVED, THAT'S TARGETED TO, IT COULD INVOLVE NOT JUST WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW AT WORK, IT COULD INVOLVE THE JOB, JOB, SECURITY, JOB ROLE COULD, COULD AFFECT THE PROFESSION AS A WHOLE IN A, IN A FULL CAREER.
AND CERTAINLY HAS AN IMPACT SOCIALLY OR COULD HAVE AN IMPACT SOCIALLY ON A PERSON.
SO THE, THE POINT OF THAT IS, IS AS YOU KNOW, WE TAKE THESE VERY SERIOUSLY, WANNA STAFF THROUGH THEM, WANNA THINK THROUGH THEM THOROUGHLY, AND MAKE SURE THAT FIRST AND FOREMOST THE QUESTION IS, IS IT AN ETHICS COMPLAINT OR NOT? AND THEN WHAT SHOULD THE DETERMINATION BE, UH, WHICH AGAIN, IS IN YOUR ROLE.
SO I DO WANT TO, I DO WANT TO, I DON'T WANNA, UH, UNDER OR UNDEREMPHASIZE THOSE POINTS.
I THINK THOSE ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT POINTS.
SO AS WE GET INTO THE COMPLAINTS, AGAIN, THE FIRST COMPLAINT IS THAT CITY ATTORNEY KORN DECLINED TO INVESTIGATE CITY ENGINEER JASON NEIL'S POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
THAT CONFLICT WAS BASED ON PRIOR EMPLOYMENT WHERE, UH, WORKING FOR A PRIVATE CONSULTING COMPANY DOING ENGINEERING WORK RELATED TO THE STORM DRAINAGE FOR THE PROPERTY THAT'S NORTH OF MR. BETSON'S PROPERTY.
SOMETIME LATER, AFTER, UH, SOMETIME WHEN ALL THIS HAPPENED, THERE WAS THE, THE, THE YARD FLOODED.
BUT, BUT THE, THE QUESTION IS, IS, THE ISSUE IS, IS DURING ALL OF THIS, UH, MR. DIE CHANGED EMPLOYMENT COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S COLLIER ENGINEERING CAME OVER TO WORK FOR THE CITY.
AND SO THAT WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS, OF THIS PROCESS.
SO HE HAD CERTAINLY WORKED FOR AND DONE DESIGN FOR THE DRAINAGE OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY, RECOGNIZING A SPLIT FROM THAT EMPLOYMENT.
NOW WORKING FOR THE CITY SIDE.
UH, HIS ROLE IN THE CITY WAS TO REVIEW, UH, AND, UH, IN ESSENCE APPROVE OR PROVIDE COMMENTS TO GET TO APPROVAL FOR STORM DRAINAGE DESIGN.
UM, SO RECOGNIZING THAT HE PREVIOUSLY WORKED THERE, WE DID NOT, THE CITY DID NOT USE, CHOSE NOT TO USE PURPOSELY AND INTENTIONALLY WHAT THE WORK THAT HE HAD ALREADY DONE.
COLLIER ENGINEERING KNOWS THAT THERE'S A CODE FOR ENGINEERS, THEY KNOW WHAT TO FOLLOW.
SO COLLIER ENGINEERING HAD A SEPARATE CIVIL ENGINEER THAT ACTUALLY PROVIDED THE FINAL SUBMITTAL OF THE DRAINAGE PLAN WITH THEIR STAMP ON IT, UH, THAT THEN WE REVIEWED AND MR. DEAL REVIEWED.
SO MR. DEAL WAS TOTALLY SEPARATED AND OUT FROM THAT.
AND SO WHEN AN ENGINEER PUTS THEIR STAMP ON A DESIGN, IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY RIGHT NOW, THERE I CAN, I CAN SEE MR. BEDS BELIEVES THERE'S, COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ARGUMENT IN THAT, THAT'S FINE.
BUT IN THAT CASE, WHEN THAT WAS BROUGHT, THE, IT WAS BROUGHT, UH, TO STAFF, TO HIS ATTORNEY TO, UH, CITY ATTORNEY CORN.
AND AS SHE LOOKED AT IT, SHE ASKED QUESTIONS AND CAME WITH A DETERMINATION THAT THERE WASN'T A CONFLICT.
UH, I SAY A CONFLICT THAT THE CONFLICT OF THE USE OF THE STAMP AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THAT WAS HER DETERMINATION.
HE DISAGREED WITH THAT DETERMINATION.
IT'S PERFECTLY OKAY TO DISAGREE WITH THE DETERMINATION OR ANYTHING THAT WE DO THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.
IS IT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACCORDING TO OUR ETHICS CODE AND A VIOLATION OF THE ETHICS CODE? THAT'S FOR YOU TO DETERMINE.
UH, AND I WOULD, I WOULD TELL YOU, UH, IF, IF GENERALLY SPEAKING, IF A CITY ENGINEER OR CITY ENGINEER OR CITY ATTORNEY OR ANY ATTORNEY THAT WORKS FOR A CLIENT, RIGHT? WHEN YOU WORK FOR A CLIENT, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE
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TO, UH, UH, PROVIDE ADVICE TO THE CLIENT, UH, TO, UH, DEFEND THE CLIENT, RIGHT? UH, YOU RESPON.AND, AND SO WHEN YOU TAKE ON THAT ROLE, YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY AN OMBUDSMAN, YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY A FACILITATOR.
AND I BELIEVE THAT CITY ATTORNEY KORN ATTEMPTED TO PLAY THAT ROLE SINCE SHE WAS CONTACTED, UH, BY THEIR ATTORNEY.
AND IT'S SORT OF TYPICAL IN HOW, UH, HOW ATTORNEYS, UH, CONVERSE.
BUT, UH, SHE COULD HAVE EASILY JUST SAID, I'M SORRY, YOU'RE JUST GONNA NEED TO MAKE YOUR COMPLAINT OR YOUR CONCERN AND TAKE 'EM DIRECTLY TO THIS DEPARTMENT, THAT DEPARTMENT AND THE OTHER.
BUT I THINK SHE DID A, SHE TRIED TO FACILITATE THE CONVERSATIONS, WORK WITH STAFF.
SHE WOULDN'T SHOW, WANNA NECESSARILY SHOW HER WORK PRODUCT FROM THAT.
UH, BECAUSE THERE IS A LEGAL PRIVILEGE THAT'S WITH ALL ATTORNEYS, RIGHT? AND, AND, AND BECAUSE WHEN AN ATTORNEY WORKS FOR THEIR CLIENT, THEY'RE, THEY APPLY THAT PRIVILEGE TO THEIR CLIENT AND 'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE REPRESENTING THEIR CLIENT AND, AND SO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE UNETHICAL TO, UH, WAIVE THAT LEGAL PRIVILEGE.
AND I'M NOT SAYING IN HERE THAT, UH, MR. BEDS ASKED HER, EVER ASKED HER TO WAIVE HER LEGAL PRIVILEGE.
BUT I THINK AS WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE INFORMATION, THERE'S AN EXPECTATION OF SEEING MORE INFORMATION THAN PERHAPS, UH, HE SHOULD, WOULD, WOULD BE, UH, WELL, INFORMATION THAT ISN'T OPEN IN PUBLIC, LEMME PUT IT THAT WAY, UH, VERSUS WHAT COULD BE LEGAL PRIVILEGE, AGAIN, SUBJECT TO INTERPRETATION.
SO IN THAT SITUATION, UH, KRISTEN DISAGREED ON THE CONCLUSION, UM, SHE IS ENTITLED, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S ENTITLED TO APPLY THEIR OWN JUDGMENT AS A CITY ATTORNEY.
AND YOU WOULD EXPECT 'EM TO DO THAT AND NOT GIVE UP THEIR PRIVILEGE, BECAUSE IF A CITY ATTORNEY OR ANY ATTORNEY GAVE UP THEIR PRIVILEGE FOR THEIR, UH, FOR THEIR EMPLOYER PERSON THEY REPRESENT, THAT IN ITSELF WOULD BE AN ETHICAL ISSUE.
AND, AND THAT'S A MUCH BIGGER ISSUE.
IF THERE IS A QUESTION ABOUT A STAMP AND WHETHER SOMEONE USED OR MISUSED A STAMP, THERE IS A STATE AGENCY THAT'S INTENDED TO DEAL WITH THAT.
THAT'S THE TENNESSEE STATE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERING EXAMINERS, AND THAT'S, THEY'RE THERE TO MAKE THOSE DETERMINATIONS.
IT TAKES THE GUESSWORK OUT, RIGHT? IT TAKES THE PRESSURE OUT, UH, AWAY IN THE GUESSWORK OUT.
THAT'S WHERE A COMPLAINT OF THAT SHOULD, LIKE, SHOULD, SHOULD GO.
IF WE HAD A DETERMINATION, IF HE, IF, IF MR. BETS HAS FILED, AND IF HE DID RECEIVE A DETERMINATION THAT IT WAS VIOLATION, CERTAINLY WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT PRETTY SERIOUSLY.
WE'RE NOT AWARE, UH, OF ANY FILING IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
WE DON'T KNOW, OR A DETERMINATION.
AND SO THAT'S NOT IN THE COMPLAINT.
SO WE'RE ASSUMING THERE'S NEVER BEEN A DETERMINATION, WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT A FILING.
AND SO THAT TO OUR, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THAT BOARD HAS NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT THEY WOULD TYPICALLY DO.
AND THAT WOULD BE KIND OF IMPORTANT, AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN IMPORTANT FOR, UH, CITY ATTORNEY COR AT THAT TIME AS WELL.
SO, UM, THAT'S THE PRIMARY ASPECT OF THE FIRST, UH, COMPLAINT AS FAR AS DECLINING TO INVESTIGATE THE, UH, POTENTIAL CONFLICT.
THE SECOND HAS TO DO WITH OBSTRUCTING EXCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS.
WELL, THE QUESTION, WHAT'S PUBLIC AND WHAT'S NOT, UH, A CITY ATTORNEY'S PRIVILEGED INFORMATION IS NOT PUBLIC.
BUT A COUPLE THINGS HERE THAT JUMP OUT.
ONE IS, IT HAD TO DO WITH, UH, THE RE UH, OPEN MANY OPEN RECORDS REQUEST, AND ONE IS FOR STAMP DESIGN PLANS.
WELL, AND SOMETIMES IN THE PROCESSES WE HAVE THOSE, SOME OF THOSE DO HAVE TO BE SHOWN IN SOME FORM.
BUT THE, THE KEY IS, IS THOSE ARE COPYWRITTEN UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, IN, IN THEIR, UH, UH, I CALL THE OPEN RECORDS, UH, STATUTES MANDATE THAT ALL STATE COUNTY MUNICIPAL RECORDS ARE BE, ARE OPEN FOR INSPECTION UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY STATE LAW.
AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, TENNESSEE COURTS IN THE OFFICE OF OPEN RECORDS COUNSEL, RECOGNIZE THAT STATE LAW INCLUDES FEDERAL LAW AND SPECIFICALLY THE FEDERAL COPYRIGHT ACT.
SO THE IMPACT HERE IS, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE OR ANYONE ELSE COULDN'T SEE A DESIGN.
IT MEANS YOU CAN'T REPRODUCE IT, CAN'T TAKE A PICTURE OF IT, RIGHT? UH, AND, AND YOU CAN'T TAKE IT BACK WITH YOU.
SO THE STAFF ALLOWED HIM TO LOOK AT THE WHATEVER HE WANTED TO LOOK AT, BUT YOU AREN'T, YOU AREN'T ABLE TO PUT IT ON A COPY MACHINE AND MAKE A COPY OR TAKE A PICTURE OF IT.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE, UH, DISAGREEMENT IS.
AND AGAIN, HE DISAGREES TO AN EXTENT AS TO, UH, WHETHER OR NOT HE COULD OR COULDN'T DO THAT.
THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE A CITY ATTORNEY TO HELP MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ON THE BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY REPRESENTS.
UM, THE OTHER IS, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, HAS TO DO WITH, UH, LEGAL ADVICE AND, UH, THE PRIVILEGE.
THERE'S CERTAIN INFORMATION, UH, THERE'S CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS THAT WERE MADE ABOUT THE SHARING OF INFORMATION.
YOU'LL SEE IN HERE, ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS WAS NOT FORWARDING, UH, UH, HIS COMPLAINTS DIRECT OR NOT IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME, HIS COMPLAINTS ABOUT CERTAIN ZONING AND OTHER CODE ISSUES, UH, TO THE PLANNING, UH, DEPARTMENT, TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
IT'S NO OBLIGATION FOR A CITY ATTORNEY TO DO THAT.
IT'S BETTER TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE DEPARTMENT.
BUT NONETHELESS, THAT WAS HIS COMPLAINT IN, IN SOMEWHAT OF SEEING THE INFORMATION THAT JUSTIFIED THE DECISION MAKING, WHICH AGAIN, TO A DEGREE IN, IN THE JUDGMENT OF AN ATTORNEY, THEY COULD SHOW CERTAIN THINGS, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY SHOW THEIR WORK PRODUCT BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW IF A DECISION COULD LEAD TO LITIGATION OR NOT.
AND DISCLOSING YOUR WORK PRODUCT'S USUALLY NOT A GOOD IDEA.
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IT'S A JUDGMENT BY THE ATTORNEY IN THIS CASE.UM, PART, PART OF THE CONCERN TOO IS BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF DOCUMENTS THAT THAT, UH, UH, LED TO A, UM, I WOULD SAY CODE VIOLATIONS BEING FILED BY THE CITY ON THAT ADJACENT PROPERTY.
AND THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE VERY WELL COULD BE.
AS YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE DO THINGS THEY DON'T ASK FIRST, AND WE HAVE TO TRY TO CATCH UP WITH IT.
SO I'M NOT SAYING THERE WEREN'T ANY CODE VIOLATIONS, THERE VERY WELL COULD BE.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, WITHOUT, UH, SEEING THAT AND WITHOUT SEEING WHAT LED TO THE, UH, UH, WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE COMMUNICATION AND SO FORTH BETWEEN MS. KORN AND STAFF, UH, HE, HE FEELS, FELT LIKE HE SHOULD SEE THAT.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT CAN BE AS PRIVILEGED, GENERALLY SPEAKING, AND IT SHOULD BE HELD CONFIDENTIAL.
SO THAT WASN'T OUT THERE, AND THERE WAS A DISCONNECT WITHOUT SEEING THAT AS TO, WELL, I GAVE YOU ALL THIS INFORMATION, I TOLD YOU ALL THESE THINGS THROUGH MY ATTORNEY, AND I DO WANT TO, I DO WANNA STIPULATE MS. CORN.
AND, AND MR. BETTS, I ASKED MS. CORN NEVER MET EACH OTHER, NEVER HAVE HAD A COMMUNI A CONVERSATION.
THIS, HER, UH, UM, COMMUNICATION WAS SOLELY THROUGH HIS ATTORNEY THROUGHOUT ALL THAT TIME.
SO, SO I WANT YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
I'M NOT SURE THAT IT AFFECTS A LOT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT JUST TO KNOW THAT.
BUT IF YOU MAKE A COMPLAINT ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS, MANY THINGS, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU GET BACK AT THE END RESOLUTION, THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU AGREE WITH OR DETERMINATION, IT'S NOT WHAT YOU AGREE WITH, AND YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN BETWEEN.
YOU ASSUME THAT INFORMATION WASN'T SHARED WELL, UH, MS. CORNY INDICATED THERE WERE MANY, MANY, MANY CONVERSATIONS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, AGAIN, TRYING TO FACILITATE WITH THE DEPARTMENTS, ADDRESSING THE QUESTIONS, ADDRESSING THE ISSUES, GOING BACK, UH, AND TRYING TO WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER.
THE FLOODING IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE'S AN ASSUMPTION THAT THE FLOODING IS CAUSED BY THE DESIGN, UH, OF THE STORMWATER DESIGN.
UH, ENGINEERING STAFF WOULD TELL YOU THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
THEY WOULD TELL YOU THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF ONE FLOODING EVENT IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR.
AND THAT FLOODING EVENT HAD TO DO WITH IMPRO IMPROPER INFLATION OF THE SOD IN THE DITCH AND CAUSING, UH, BACKWATER TO FLOW.
AND THAT THEY WORKED VERY HARD TO THEN GET THAT RE REMEDIED ONCE THEY WERE MADE AWARE OF THAT, AND THAT THEY DID INDICATE THAT IF THERE WAS EVER ANY OTHER FLOODING, LET THEM LET THEM KNOW, TAKE PICTURES, TAKE VIDEOS, WHATEVER TO DATE, THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED, UH, ANY, ANYTHING BACK FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER.
NOW, THIS PROPERTY'S PRETTY NEW, SO I'M NOT SAYING WE'VE BEEN THROUGH 10 SPRING SEASONS EITHER, BUT SO FAR THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY ADDITIONAL FLOODING THAT WE'RE AWARE OF ON THE PROPERTY.
THERE WAS ONE FLOODING EVENT, AND THAT WAS HOW IT WAS ADDRESSED.
UM, WELL, WE'RE NOT HERE DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM.
WE'RE HERE TO EVALUATE ETHICS, RIGHT? AND SO THE POINT OF, SO LET'S STICK TO THAT.
THE POINT OF THAT, IT COMES BACK TO, UH, PUTTING THE BURDEN, THE COMPLAINANT, PUTTING THE BURDEN ON THE CITY ATTORNEY WITH THOSE THINGS TO SAY, WOW, YOU SHOULD SEE AND REALIZE CERTAIN THINGS ARE ALL WRONG AND DIDN'T, RIGHT? SO THEREFORE, YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR JOB.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE POINT OF THAT.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE EXACTLY ON POINT.
THEN THE FINAL WAS JUST PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THE ERNST GROUP BECAUSE THEY OWNED THE PROPERTY.
AND, AND IF THERE WEREN'T VIOLATIONS THAT WERE FILED THAT HE FOUND IN THE, UH, RECORDS, THEN THEREFORE WE, AND AGAIN, THIS LEADS TO MOTIVATION, UH, UH, THEN WE MUST HAVE BEEN LEANING IN TOWARDS THE ERNST GROUP AS A, AS AN ORGANIZATION OR THE CITY ATTORNEY OR WHOMEVER, WHEN IN FACT THAT'S NOT TRUE.
UH, AND SO THOSE ARE THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS.
BUT I, BUT THEN IN THE FOLLOW UP THAT HE PROVIDED MORE RECENTLY, UM, HE LOOKED AT MY DETERMINATION THAT HE WAS, HE DIDN'T LIKE HOW THE CITY ATTORNEY APPLIED HER JUDGMENT ON NOT FILING A SELF-INITIATED ETHICS COMPLAINT UNDER OUR CODE, WHICH SHE CAN DO, SHE CAN SELF-INITIATE IF SHE SEES SOMETHING.
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY, UH, ALLOWABLE.
UM, AND THEN HE CLARIFIED AND SAID, NO, NO, I'M NOT SAYING THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE FILED A SELF-INITIATED COMPLAINT.
I'M SAYING THAT AN EMAIL PROVIDED CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MY ATTORNEY AND, AND CITY ATTORNEY KORN ON, UH, MAY 25TH OF, OF LAST YEAR, WHERE HIS ATTORNEY WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE ROLE OF MR. DEAL.
AND WHEN IT WAS A FILED ETHICS COMPLAINT, SHE HAD AN OBLIGATION TO THEN PROCESS IT AND INVESTIGATE IT.
SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SELF-INITIATED AND DID SOMEONE PROPERLY FILE.
NOW, HERE'S WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU.
WHEN YOU, UH, LOOK AT YOUR CODE AND, UH, YOU'RE DEALING WITH WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO PROPERLY FILE AN ETHICS COMPLAINT, YOUR CODE DOES GIVE YOU SOME PRETTY GOOD GUIDANCE ON THAT.
AND UNDER TWO DASH 2 3 4 C ONE, IT SAYS, THE COMPLAINT WILL BE ACTED UPON.
ONLY USE THE WORD ONLY IF THE COMPLAINT IS IN WRITING, SIGNED BY THE PERSON MAKING THE COMPLAINT AND THEN SUBMITTED TO, AND IT GIVES YOU THE EXAMPLES BASED ON THE COMPLAINT, WHETHER IT'S THE ETHICS OFFICER, CITY MANAGER, OR THE MAYOR.
SO, UM, IN WRITING AND SIGNED BY THE PERSON MAKING THE COMPLAINT, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU HAVE COMPLAINTS ALL THE TIME, BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE 'EM FORMAL ETHICS COMPLAINTS.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT AND THAT, THAT, UH, EMAIL IS IN YOUR PACKET, IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW,
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YOU CAN'T MISS, IT'S A BIG BOB OF YELLOW IN ONE OF THE PAGES.AND, UH, I ASKED MS. KORN, I SAID, WHEN YOU'VE RECEIVED THAT, DID YOU INTERPRET THAT TO BE A FORMAL ETHICS COMPLAINT? OR DID YOU FEEL THAT YOU JUST BASED ON ALL THIS CONVERSATION AT DISCRETION TO SELF-INITIATE HER RESPONSE WAS, IS NO, I DIDN'T CONSIDER IT TO BE A FORMAL ETHICS COMPLAINT.
THE CODE CITATION OF THE ETHICS CHAPTER WASN'T EVER MENTIONED.
IT WASN'T SIGNED BY THE OWNER WASN'T SIGNED BY ANYONE WHO SAID, HERE'S A FORMAL ETHICS COMPLAINT.
IT WAS A CONCERN ABOUT THE ROLE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
BUT SHE SAID, NO, I NEVER INTERPRETED THAT TO BE A FORMAL ETHICS COMPLAINT REQUIRING ME TO INVESTIGATE.
AND SO AS I COME BACK TO THAT, RIGHT, UH, I LOOKED AT THAT ASPECT AS WELL.
AND, UH, IF YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT A FORMAL ETHICS COMPLAINT COMPLAINT LOOKS LIKE, YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOU JUST RECEIVED.
AND THAT IS NOT WHAT WAS PROVIDED ON MAY 25TH.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE IN MY INTERPRETATION THAT THE, UH, THE, UH, REQUIREMENTS OF THE, UH, CHAPTER OF THE ORDINANCE WERE FULFILLED ON A FORMAL ETHICS COMPLAINT, THEREFORE, DEFAULTS TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S JUDGMENT.
AND, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY IS GRANTED THAT A JUDGMENT WHEN SHE REPRESENTS, IN THIS CASE, THE CITY OF, UH, BRENTWOOD.
AND SO THOSE, THAT'S KIND OF THE SUMMARY, UH, OF IT.
THERE, THERE, AS I MENTIONED, AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE LOTS OF LITTLE DETAILS HERE, AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS, GUY WIRES AND TREES AND A LOT OF THINGS THERE.
BUT, UH, THAT'S THE, THE MAIN SUMMARY.
BUT, UH, IT'S NOW, IT'S, IT'S YOUR DECISION BASED ON THE, UH, THE, THE FORM.
AND WE HAVE THE FULL RECORD IN FRONT OF YOU SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WE HAVE THE FORMAL COMPLAINT, ALL THE EXHIBITS, YOU HAVE THE FOLLOW UP FOR MR. BETS, YOU HAVE, UH, MY SUMMARY, UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE PRESENTATION.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM.
BUT YOUR JOB IS OF COURSE, ONE OF THOSE THREE OPTIONS THAT'S IN YOUR CODE.
AND, AND JUST A REMINDER, WE'RE HERE TO EVALUATE THE ETHICS COMPLAINT, NOT ENGINEERING, NOT GUY WIRES NOT FLOODING.
THAT'S, WELL, ONE OF THE REASONS I FELT THAT THIS WAS WITHOUT MERIT IN READING THIS ENTIRE PACKAGE.
IT'S LIKE, AND, AND I DON'T WANNA MAKE LIGHT OF WHAT THIS RESIDENT FEELS ABOUT THE SITUATION, BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WE ALL GET COMPLAINTS FROM, UH, RESIDENTS THAT ARE GENUINE AND, AND THEY'RE RIGHTFULLY ANGRY AT SOME STUFF GOING ON.
BUT THAT, AS YOU POINTED OUT, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THAT.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF ANGER ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT, THIS PROPERTY, AND HE THREW A LOT OF STUFF AGAINST THE WALLS IN THE HOPES THAT SOMETHING WAS GONNA STICK.
THERE WERE THINGS IN HERE THAT HAD NO BEARING ON ANYTHING THAT, UH, ATTORNEY CORN HAD DONE IN THIS AT ALL.
AND AN ETHICS VIOLATION IS WHEN IT'S BEING SNEAKY, AN ETHICS VIOLATION IS DELIBERATELY TRYING TO CIRCUMVENT THE RULES.
AND I SAW NO EVIDENCE OF THAT.
SHE MADE A DECISION, HE DID NOT LIKE THEM.
WE, THAT HAPPENS TO US ALL THE TIME.
WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT PEOPLE DISAGREE WITH, BUT TO, TO DELIBERATELY TRY TO BE SNEAKY ABOUT IT AND, AND DO SOMETHING UNETHICAL, THAT I SAW ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE OF THAT HERE AT ALL.
OTHER COMMENTS, AS SOMEONE WHO KNOWS ABOUT AN ETHICS COMPLAINT THAT WAS WITHOUT MERIT.
THE, UM, AS I LOOK THROUGH IT AND, UM, UM, HAVING 17 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, UM, AS A COMMISSIONER, I'VE DEALT A LOT WITH ENGINEERING ISSUES, UH, PLANNING ISSUES FROM RESIDENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
I CAN SEE THAT THERE'S NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT ANYTHING IN THIS OF HOW IT WAS HANDLED.
IN FACT, VERY SIMILAR TO MY ETHICS COMPLAINT, THIS ONE IS IF, WHERE SOMEONE DOES THE JOB THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, THEY FOLLOW ALL THE PROPER PROCEDURES AS SET OUT.
THEY HAVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OF, OF DOING THOSE THINGS.
AND YET A COMPLAINT'S DONE AGAINST THEM.
AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IT'S WITHOUT MERIT BECAUSE, UH, OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOLLOWED WHAT A CITY ATTORNEY SHOULD DO.
AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING UNDER HER PREDECESSOR FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
AND, UH, MR. HORNER, I'M SURE WOULD'VE FOLLOWED THE SAME PROCEDURES AND HANDLED IT THE SAME WAY.
UM, IN FACT, OFTEN IF YOU DON'T HANDLE THE PROCEDURES PROPERLY, THEN THAT COULD BE NOT NECESSARILY AN ETHICS VIOLATION, BUT IT COULD BE A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR JOB PROPERLY.
I SAW NOTHING IN THIS THAT HAD TO DO THAT.
I, I SEE A SITUATION WHERE ONE RESIDENT PROPERTY OWNER
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HAS A PROBLEM WITH A ADJACENT PROPERTY.WE, UNFORTUNATELY, LIKE MOST PLACES IN THE WORLD, HAVE THAT PROBLEM IN CERTAIN SECTIONS OF OUR CITY, BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN OUR CITY ATTORNEY WHO REPRESENTS THE CITY AND DOES A FABULOUS JOB OF DOING THAT, AND DID A GREAT JOB OF DOING THAT.
IN THIS SITUATION, I WOULD'VE EXPECTED NOTHING DIFFERENT.
UH, THIS, THIS ETHICS COMPLAINT IS DEFINITIVELY WITHOUT MERIT.
UM, SO I GUESS YOU'LL KNOW HOW I'M GONNA VOTE.
UH, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? UH, I JUST WANNA SAY JUST A FEW THINGS.
ONE IS, UM, AFTER ALL MY YEARS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION BEFORE BEING ON HERE, UM, I COULD IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WITH HIS COMPLAINTS, CONCERNS.
UM, IF YOU ASK, UH, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING OR THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING INCLUDES, I ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
UM, AND, AND LOOK AT THESE, AND I TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.
UM, AND SO I HAVE, EVEN THOUGH THE COMPLAINT IS AGAINST THE CITY ATTORNEY, UM, JUST TO CLARIFY TO ME, YOU KNOW, WERE THE PROPER PROCEDURES FOLLOWED, YOU KNOW, HAD THERE BEEN COMPLAINTS RELAYED, UM, AND I'VE REACHED A CONCLUSION THAT BY THE CITY REQUIRING A SEPARATE ENGINEER TO RESUBMIT OR TO SUBMIT HIS OWN PLANS, UM, FOR THE ENGINEERING DESIGN, THAT THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, UH, WAS THERE.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT, UM, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, UH, WAS PARTLY PARTY TO ANY ETHICAL, UH, PROBLEMS, ANY, ANY ETHICAL ISSUES, UM, IN MAKING THAT DETERMINATION ON HER PARTS THAT THERE WAS CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
AND, UM, I DO APPRECIATE THOUGH THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND THE FACT THAT HE MADE US AWARE OF THESE ISSUES BECAUSE THESE ARE THINGS POSSIBLY THAT AS THE TWO PROPERTIES ON EITHER SIDE OF HIM ARE DEVELOPING, AND AS OUR CITY FURTHER DEVELOPS, UM, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD ALL KEEP, KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S RAISED ANY ETHICAL ISSUES AT THIS POINT.
OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH, WHILE I FEEL FOR THE, UM, THE COMPLAINANT IN THIS REGARD, IT WAS A VERY UNFORTUNATE SITUATION INDEED.
BUT AFTER READING THE COMPLAINT AND THERE WAS A LOT TO READ, AND, UH, HEARING A THOROUGH AND PRECISE EXPLANATION OF THE, UH, ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE CITY ATTORNEY KORN, I'M CONVINCED SHE ACTED, UH, WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF HER JOB DESCRIPTION AND, UH, WITHOUT MALICE IN AN APPROPRIATE AND PROFESSIONAL MANNER IN THIS SITUATION.
AND, UH, THEREFORE, I AGREE, UH, WITH THE MAKER OF THE MOTION TO DISMISS THIS MATTER FOR LACK OF MERIT.
ERIC, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, I'LL SAY THAT, UH, YOU CAN TELL BY THE SUMMARY THAT CITY MANAGER GAGE PROVIDED TONIGHT.
HE TAKES THIS VERY SERIOUSLY, AND THAT IN FACT IS A SUMMARY, IF YOU WOULD READ ALL OF WHAT WE'VE READ.
UM, SO, UH, I'D APPRECIATE PEOPLE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY.
WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT OUR BUSINESS HERE IN BRENTWOOD, BUT I AGREE AND, UH, TO, TO GO RIGHT TO THE CONCLUSION IN THE, UH, IN THE INVESTIGATION.
AS A RESULT, MY CONCLUSION IS THAT CITY ATTORNEY CORN REPRESENTED THE CITY'S INTERESTS AS REQUIRED OF HER.
AND IN NO WAY DO MR. BET'S COMPLAINTS CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF AN ETHICAL STANDARD UNDER BRENTWOOD CODE OF ETHICS SECTION TWO DASH 2 33 B.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS, BUT, UM, I FEEL LIKE, UH, OUR CITY ATTORNEY CONDUCTED HERSELF WITH THE HIGHEST STANDARD AS HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH HER AND MANY OCCASIONS OVER THE YEARS.
AND IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS THAT'D LIKE TO CALL ABOUT, SO ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION THAT THIS HAS NO MERIT, SAY AYE.
THIS HAS NO MERIT AND IS DISMISSED.
[3. Appointment of four (4) members to the Tree Board]
OUR LAST THING ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS APPOINTMENT OF FOUR MEMBERS TO THE TREE BOARD.SO IF WE WOULD LIKE TO DO OUR BALLOTS, I AM SO DISAPPOINTED.
[01:40:45]
ALRIGHT.VICE MAYOR, LITERAL VOTES FOR ASHLEY FITZ, DANIEL QUEEN ANDREW TAYLOR, AND LYNN TUCKER.
COMMISSIONER DUNN VOTES FOR ASHLEY EMERSON, ASHLEY FITZ, DANIEL QUEEN, AND LYNN TUCKER.
COMMISSIONER GARRIS VOTES FOR JAMES COLLUM, ASHLEY FITZ, DANIEL QUEEN, AND LYNN TUCKER.
COMMISSIONER DONAHUE VOTES FOR JAMES COLLUM, DANIEL QUEEN ANDREW TAYLOR AND LYNN TUCKER.
MAYOR ANDREWS VOTES FOR ASHLEY FITZ, BEN MATTHEWS, DANIEL QUEEN, AND LYNN TUCKER.
COMMISSIONER PIPPEN VOTES FOR ASHLEY EMERSON, CRAIG MARTIN, ANDREW TAYLOR AND LYNN TUCKER.
SO WHICH ONES DO WE REMOVE? WE REMOVE THE ONE, THE THREE THAT MADE IT.
AND DID ANYONE RECEIVE NO VOTES? MAYOR, IF YOU, IF, WOULD YOU MIND IF I GO AHEAD AND, AND JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT AND SURE.
I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN COUNT PRETTY WELL OVER THERE TOO.
UH, ANDREW TAYLOR WITH THREE VOTES.
UH, BOTH JAMES, UH, COLUM AND ASHLEY EMERSON WITH TWO VOTES.
AND CRAIG MARTIN AND BEN MATTHEWS WITH ONE VOTE EACH.
SO WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE THAT GOT IT.
ASHLEY FITZ, DANIEL QUEEN, AND LYNN TUCKER.
AND I WAS VOTING FOR ONE AND TAKE, YES IT IS AGAIN, HOW MANY THE REMAINING ONES HAD.
I'M SORRY, THE HOW MANY REMAIN BATALION COLUMN HAD? HOW MANY? TWO.
AND YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANNA PICK SOMEONE WHO'S ALREADY BEEN ELECTED.
COMMISSIONER DUNN VOTES FOR JAMES COLUM.
COMMISSIONER PIPPIN VOTES FOR ANDREW TAYLOR, VICE MAYOR.
LITTLE VOTES FOR ANDREW TAYLOR.
MAYOR ANDREWS VOTES FOR ANDREW TAYLOR.
COMMISSIONER DONAHUE VOTES FOR ANDREW TAYLOR AND COMMISSIONER GARRIS VOTES FOR JAMES COLLUM.
WE HAVE FOUR VOTES FOR ANDREW TAYLOR AND TWO VOTES FOR JAMES COLLUM.
[01:45:02]
FOUR.I'M VERY HAPPY THAT ONE OF THEM IS A, UH, A LICENSED ARBORIST TOO.
WHEN I WAS ON THE TREE BOARD, TIM LAWYER SERVED ON THE TREE BOARD AND HE WAS A CERTIFIED ARBORIST AND A GREAT HELP BOTH TO THE TREE BOARD AND EVEN ANSWERING RESIDENTS QUESTIONS.
SO, UH, THAT I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT, AND AS YOU CAN TELL, ALL THESE CANDIDATES ARE GOOD.
AND THERE WERE A COUPLE THAT IT, I'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH EVER SINCE WE GOT THE INFORMATION AND I THINK HOLLY SENT THIS OUT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO OR WHEN ALL THE APPLICATIONS WERE IN BECAUSE THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THEM.
BUT, UM, THAT'S WHAT TOOK ME SO LONG ON MY FIRST ROUND IS IT WAS VERY, VERY SMALL DIFFERENCE SEPARATING.
I'M SURE THEY ALL WOULD MAKE GREAT CANDIDATES, BUT, UH, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO GO.
I GO WITH MY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ON THE TREE BOARD AND, AND JUST, UH, MANY OF THE PEOPLE I DO NOT PERSONALLY KNOW JUST HAVE TO GO BY THE INFORMATION THEY'VE GIVEN ME.
SO YEAH, LIKE I SAID, I'M JUST SO, SO, SO HAPPY WITH HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN APPLYING FOR OUR DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER POSITIONS.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF EXCELLENT CANDIDATES AND IT DOES MAKE IT DIFFICULT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE FOLKS DOING THAT.
I WAS GONNA SAY, I SAW SOME EXCELLENT CANDIDATES FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD IN THIS, UH, APPLICATION BOARD, SO YEAH.
UH, ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS FROM THE BOARD? DO HAVE MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOVE TO ADJOURN, MOVE ADJOURN VICE MATTER.