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[ Brentwood City Commission Briefing June 18, 2026 Click on Download PDF Packet above to view Briefing Agenda Following discussion of the June 22nd Agenda, the item below will be discussed: GNRC Funding Process for Major Roadway Projects This informational meeting is an opportunity for the Board of Commissioners to discuss the upcoming agenda, to ask questions of staff and applicants, and to request additional information prior to the formal Monday meeting.]
EVERYBODY.ALSO KNOW, UH, MR. GATES NOT ABLE TO JOIN US THIS MORNING.
SO THE FARM LEAGUE, UH, THE FARM TEAM HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP AND, UH, WE'LL, UH, GET THROUGH YOUR AGENDA THIS MORNING AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
THIS WILL COVER ALL THE HIGH POINTS.
UM, WE DO HAVE ONE PRESENTATION AFTER WE FINISH WITH THE AGENDA FROM GNRC.
SO WE DO HAVE A MEETING AT 6 45 OF THE BEER BOARD.
WE HAVE ONE APPLICANT, WHICH IS THE RAVEN BOOK LOUNGE ON PREMISES BEER PERMITS.
THIS IS OVER HERE, GOLF GALAXY.
AND, UH, I'VE NOT BEEN IN THAT ESTABLISHMENT, BUT UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE BOOKED AND SOMETHING TO DRINK.
UM, KRISTIN THINKS THEY MAY HAVE A LIQUOR LICENSE ALREADY, BUT THE BEER PERMIT IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO SERVE A BEER.
SO THAT'S BEFORE YOU AT 6 45 ON YOUR REGULAR AGENDA.
OF COURSE, THIS IS OUR SECOND MEETING IN JUNE, WHICH IS ALWAYS A FAIRLY LENGTHY AGENDA, BUT PROCEDURAL ITEMS RELATED TO THE BUDGET.
MOSTLY START OFF WITH THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 27.
UH, UH, THIS IS FOR THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT, AND IT'S FOLLOWED BY A SIMILAR ORDINANCE FOR
WE'LL ALSO HAVE ONE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AND THEN FOR THE PLAN OF SERVICES FOR THE ANNEXATION THAT YOU'VE RECENTLY BEEN CONSIDERING OVER OFF OF, UH, HILLSBOROUGH ROAD AND OLD HICKORY BOULEVARD.
RECALL THAT AS WELL AS THE ANNEXATION ITSELF.
YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO CONSIDER A PLAN OF SERVICES, WHICH LAYS OUT HOW MUNICIPAL SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED.
A PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY, THIS IS 25 LOTS ON ABOUT 75, 76 ACRES.
YOU HAVE NO QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IN DEPTH ALREADY.
AND ON CONSENT, WE START OFF WITH, EXCUSE ME, UM, OUR APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE, UM, AN AMENDMENT TO OUR APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
IT'S ONE OF THE LAST THINGS WE DO IS TRY AND TIDY UP, UH, BUDGET AUTHORIZATION OR EXPENDITURES THAT HAVE COME UP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHICH MAY EXCEED THE AUTHORIZATIONS THAT YOU GAVE US AT THE, UH, BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET YEAR.
SO THOSE CHANGES ARE, UH, IN HERE.
THERE'S A LENGTHY LIST OF ITEMS. WE LAY IT ALL OUT FOR YOU.
LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM, UM, PROPOSED GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATION INCREASE, UH, OF $12,480,000 FROM LAST YEAR'S.
REVENUES WILL LEAVE A MINIMUM PROJECTED FUND BALANCE, UM, AT THE END OF JUNE THIS YEAR OF APPROXIMATELY 60.4 MILLION.
SO YOU CAN COMPARE THAT TO THE FUND BALANCE RESERVE, UH, POLICY TARGET, WHICH IS ONLY 40% AND WE'RE OVER 100%.
SO, UH, VERY HEALTHY FUND BALANCE RESERVES, EVEN WITH THE TRANSFERS THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO BE MADE, BOTH THROUGH THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND, CAPITAL PROJECTS, FUND, FACILITIES, MAINTENANCE FUND.
UH, AND THEN THE LINE ITEM CORPORATION INCREASES.
CHRIS, OH, ACTUALLY CHRIS IS NOT HERE TODAY.
HE WASN'T ABLE TO JOIN US THIS MORNING.
SO, UM, I CAN HANDLE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE HAD ABOUT THIS.
WE DO HAVE ADOPTION OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
UH, WE STARTED OFF AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR IN JANUARY, TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET ITSELF.
AND THEN WE MOVE INTO CAPITAL PROJECTS.
WE HAVE A WORKSHOP WITH YOU IN APRIL, AND OF COURSE, A BUDGET WORKSHOP IN MAY.
AND THAT'S ALL CULMINATES IN THE ADOPTION OF THESE DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING THE CIP AND FOR FOLKS AT HOME.
THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THEREIN.
IF ANYBODY WERE TO HAVE QUESTIONS, THEY CAN ALWAYS CALL CITY STAFF MYSELF OR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE 68 PROJECTS IN HERE, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF $157 MILLION.
IT'S MOSTLY TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITY ORIENTED, BUT OF COURSE THERE'S GENERAL FUND PROJECTS IN THERE AS WELL.
UM, WE DID HAVE A, A WORK SESSION, A LENGTHY WORK SESSION ON APRIL 9TH.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE FORMAL PUBLIC HEARINGS.
MAY 26TH, JUNE 8TH, AND THIS LAST ONE ON JUNE 22ND.
THERE'S NO QUESTIONS THERE, JOHN.
I HAVE TO GET, JUST, JUST GIMME A CROTCH IN A CUP AND PUT ME ON THE STREET.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE INSIDE, MY QUESTION IS, IS THIS THE MEETING WHEN WE DO THE, THE DIFFERENT FOR THE SCHOOLS AND FOR THE CIVIC PROGRAMS? OKAY.
AND DO YOU HAVE THAT? YES, HOLLY.
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HOLLY, HOLLY WILL, WE'VE SEPARATED BY WHO'S GOING TO DO THE NOMINATIONS AND THEN CORRECT WORDING FOR WHOEVER'S DOING IT.I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE COORDINATED THAT YET, HOLLY, THE MOTIONS THAT WILL BE MADE.
UM, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS CIRCULATE SOMETHING TO YOU AND FIGURE OUT WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THOSE MOTIONS.
AND IF WE CAN, SO WE KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE HERE MONDAY.
SO IF WE COULD HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT, UH, WHOEVER AGREES TO READ THE MOTION, READS THE MOTION AS WRITTEN AND DOESN'T AMEND IT ON THE FLY.
SO HOLLY, CAN YOU LOOK UP WHAT MOTIONS HAVE TO BE MADE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE NEED TO GET COMMISSIONERS TO DO, THERE'S THE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND, AND WHATNOT.
AND THEN WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO THAT.
IT'S USUALLY SCHOOLS, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND, UH, ATHLETIC ORGANIZATIONS, IF I REMEMBER, CORRECT.
WELL, WHAT I'M WONDERING IS THAT AMENDMENT, IF THAT'S UNDER CONSENT, THAT'S WHEN WE, WE HAVE TO AMEND THE BUDGET TO ADD THOSE.
SO YOU'VE GOT AMENDING THE BUDGET UNDER THE CONSENT.
DO WE NEED TO MOVE THAT THE NEW BUSINESS YEAR? NO, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO AMEND THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET.
IT'S WHEN YOU ADOPT THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO THAT'LL BE UNDER, THAT'LL BE UNDER THE REGULAR, YES.
UM, SO HOLLY, WE'LL CIRCLE BACK AS SOON AS WE'RE SURE ABOUT THAT CATCH, HUH? FOOD CATCH.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS BEEN A BIT OF A PROBLEM AT YEAH.
SO PARTICULAR WE LEARNED FROM OUR MISTAKES.
AND THEN, UH, IN ADDITION TO ADOPTING THE BUDGET, YOU ALSO HAVE THE PROPOSED CLASSIFICATION AND PAY PLAN THAT YOU ADOPT SEPARATELY.
AND OF COURSE, UPON BUDGET PROCESS, WE TALKED ABOUT A 4% MARKET ADJUSTMENT TO ALL THE PAY GRADES THAT ARE IN THE PLAN.
WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THERE A, UM, POSITION SCHEDULE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY IN YOUR BUDGET DOCUMENT, THOUGH IT'S NEVER REALLY BEEN INCLUDED AS A PART OF THE, UM, ADOPTION RESOLUTION FOR THE PAY PLAN.
AND WE THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE.
SO WE'RE JUST ADDING IT IN THERE.
BUT IT'S IN YOUR BUDGET DOCUMENT AS WELL.
I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO, WELL, AS, AS, AS I THINK ALL OF Y'ALL KNOW, THE ONLY PAY PLAN, I BELIEVE THAT THE COMMISSION SAYS DIRECTLY IS THE CITY MANAGER PAY PLAN.
AND THEN THE REST OF THE BUDGET IS APPROVED, OF COURSE IS, IS ALLOCATED AND EXECUTED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND THE, AND THE DIRECTORS.
BUT AS THE CITY MANAGER IS THE ONE THAT WE DO THE PAY PLAN DIRECTLY, YOU KNOW, WE, THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR THAT WE'D REVIEW THAT.
IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO JASON MUDD DIRECTLY.
UM, YOU KNOW, HE WOULD GET THE 4% GENERAL ADJUSTMENT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT US HAVING TO TAKE SPECIFIC ACTION.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING MORE OR LESS OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS IN OUR PURVIEW.
MY, MY THOUGHT OR MY RECOMMENDATION, AND ESPECIALLY HAVING TALKED IT THROUGH JASON, IS THAT IF WE DO THAT, BECAUSE WE JUST SET HIS PAY PLAN A YEAR AGO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN THAN THAT.
BUT ALSO, THIS IS PROBABLY 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN RIGHT OUTTA THE YEAR THAT HE'S BEEN IN OUR TEAM.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE A BAD MEETING TO, YOU KNOW, SHARE SOME THOUGHTS.
AND I KNOW I'M PERSONALLY REALLY GRATEFUL ABOUT THE JOB HE'S DONE AND HIS INTEGRATION WITH OUR TEAM HERE.
SO THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD MEETING TO, TO MENTION THAT.
AND, UM, INCLUDED IN, UH, THE CLASSIFICATION OF PAY PLAN, OF COURSE, ARE THE POSITIONS THAT YOU APPROVED, THE BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR AND THE TWO FACILITIES POSITIONS THAT WE DID THIS FISCAL YEAR, THAT IS OBVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN HERE.
AND THEN THERE'S ONE NEW POSITION FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, AND THAT'S REGULATORY COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR OVER IN THE WATER SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S THE ONLY POSITION CITYWIDE THAT WOULD BE ADDED, ALSO ADOPTED SEPARATELY ARE THE NON-ROUTINE WORK PLANS FOR EACH OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS.
AND THAT COULD, COULD WE GO BACK? ARE, ARE YOU SUGGESTING A CERTAIN, UM, NELSON, A CERTAIN CHANGE IN WHAT WE THE CITY MANAGERS.
OH, I'M SUGGESTING WE DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING THAT HE, HE RECEIVES THE 4%.
OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING THAT MAYBE WE NEEDED TO ADJUST THAT UP OR DOWN.
I WAS GONNA SAY, WAS THAT WHERE YOU WERE HEADING? YOU WERE NOT NO, I WAS HEADING THAT.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT WE COULD SPECIFICALLY AS A COMMISSION TO ADJUST UP AND DOWN.
BUT, UH, TALKING WITH JASON, I THINK WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE THAT WE'VE ALREADY SAID IT AND WE SAID IT IN THE RIGHT PLACE OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD HE BE, HE DOES RECEIVE THE 4%, UH, THAT WE ALL, OR THAT THE, THE TEAM IS GETTING RIGHT.
BUT, BUT NOTHING BESIDES THAT.
AND HE'S, HE FEELS THAT THAT'S FAIR AND, AND HE, HE, HE'S WELL PLEASED WITH HIS JOB AND HIS COMPENSATION HERE.
WE, WHO'S GONNA MAKE THAT MOTION? YOU, UM, I DON'T DOES THAT NEED
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ANY MOTION? OR YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET A MOTION.AND SO, AND, AND THAT'S WHERE I WAS SAYING, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION OR TAKE ACTION ON IT, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO THINK THAT WE'RE ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, DISPLEASED.
SO IT MIGHT BE A, AN OPPORTUNITY NOT GETTING INTO HIS PAY, WHICH I THOUGHT WE'D ALWAYS IN THE PAST MADE SOME STATEMENT REGARDING THE CITY MANAGER'S SALARY.
AND WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE A STATEMENT YEAH.
THAT ANY COMMISSIONER WANTS TO MAKE A, BECAUSE LIKE KIRK WOULD ALWAYS SAY HE DID NOT WANT MORE THAN THE EMPLOYEES GOT.
YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT JASON'S SAYING.
SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY SAME, BUT WE ALWAYS MADE A STATEMENT ABOUT IT AT THE BUDGET MEETING, PROBABLY UNDER THE WHOLE BUSINESS WHERE WE DO THE APPROPRIATION ORDER, PROBABLY BEST TIME TO MAKE A STATEMENT.
SO, ALRIGHT, LET, LET'S PLAN TO DO THAT.
YEAH, THAT'S BASICALLY JUST 4% COLDWELL, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND THE 4% WASN'T INTENDED TO BE COLA, BUT THE WAY THE WORLD HAS WORKED, IT'S TURNED OUT TO BE BY COINCIDENCE, KIND OF A, A KIND OF A MATCH, KIND OF A STANDARD.
I I, AND I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THIS, BUT HE DETERMINES WHAT THE PEOPLE UNDER HIM GET.
I THINK WE NEED TO BE THE ONES TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT, RIGHT? 'CAUSE IF WE DON'T, IT'S SORT OF LIKE WE'RE LEAVING IT UP DOWN.
AND SO WITH REGARD TO THE NON-ROUTINE WORK ITEMS, UM, EACH YEAR WE WORK WITH YOU ON THE PRIORITIES FOR THE DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THEM PURSUE OR THEY BRING THEM FORWARD AS A PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE SORT OF ONE-OFF OR UNUSUAL ITEMS ARE THAT THEY'LL BE WORKING ON FOR THIS YEAR.
AND SO INCLUDED IN YOUR BUDGET DOCUMENT, AND HERE ARE EACH OF THOSE WORK PLANS FOR EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
AND THIS IS SIMPLY YOUR ADOPTION OF THAT WORK PLAN.
ALSO, SOMETHING WE DO EVERY YEAR IS THE ANNUAL PURCHASE OF MATERIALS AND SERVICES OVER $25,000.
AND THIS IS WHERE, UH, WE ATTEMPT TO RECONCILE THOSE PURCHASES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHICH MIGHT EXCEED, UH, EITHER INDIVIDUALLY $25,000 THROUGH SOLE SOURCE OR CUMULATIVELY MORE THAN $25,000.
AND STATE LAW REQUIRES THE CITY COMMISSION TO BLESS THOSE THINGS, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THE YEAR TO KNOW THAT WE WERE GOING TO EXCEED $25,000 BECAUSE WE SIMPLY WENT BACK TO ONE VENDOR MORE THAN ONE TIME.
AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE LAST PAGE THERE, THERE'S, UH, EACH OF THE VENDORS THAT WE THINK THAT, UH, WILL EXCEED THAT AMOUNT.
AND ITEM NUMBER SIX ON CONSENT IS, UH, YET ANOTHER GRANT AMENDMENT WITH THE STATE OF TENNESSEE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY CADET RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
UM, IT'S NOT A TERRIBLY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE.
UM, THEY'VE GOT SOME LANGUAGE THAT THEY'VE ASKED US TO INCLUDE, UH, RELATED TO INVOICE REQUIREMENTS AND THE GRANT BUDGET.
UH, BUT ESSENTIALLY THIS HELPS PAY FOR THE TUITION TO THE POLICE ACADEMY AS WELL AS $5,000 PER OFFICER TO ASSIST US WHEN WE'RE HIRING OFFICERS.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS SPRAY POINT.
AND I REALIZE I'M ACTUALLY NOT KEEPING UP, UH, HERE.
THIS IS AN AMENDMENT OR A CHANGE ORDER, UH, WITH SPRY POINT, WHO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SINCE 2024 ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UTILITY BILLING SYSTEM.
UH, WE'RE IN THE RED ZONE, UM, A MONTH FROM NOW.
WE SHOULD BE ROLLING THIS THING LIVE.
AND WE HAVE ASKED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL ONSITE ASSISTANCE FROM THEIR STAFF.
WE THINK THAT'S GONNA MAKE FOR THE SMOOTHEST IMPLEMENTATION IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE TO HELP US THROUGH THAT WHILE WE PUSH THE BUTTON TO GO LIVE.
AND SO, UH, FOR THEIR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TRAVEL THE ACCOMMODATIONS AND EVERYTHING.
THERE'S A CHANGE ORDER FOR $8,100 AS PART OF THE PROPOSAL.
AND THEN ALSO STAFF IS REQUESTING AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,000.
DID WE HAVE ANY UNFORESEEN THINGS HAPPEN AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE? UM, THAT WOULD GIVE US A LITTLE FLEXIBILITY WITHOUT HAVING TO COME BACK TO YOU AS A PART OF THAT.
WHILE, WHAT TIMEFRAME DOES THAT, UH, HOW THEY COVER THAT 81 10,000? IS THAT FOR THE YEAR? IT'S FOR, IT IS THROUGH THE, THE END OF IMPLEMENTATION.
SO, UM, IT'S JUST A CHANGE ORDER OF THE CONTRACT.
I IMAGINE IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T GO OUT MORE THAN TWO OR THREE MONTHS, DEPENDING ON THE DIFFICULTIES THAT THEY, THEY ENCOUNTER.
AND THEN OVER HOW MANY TIMES WOULD THEY HAVE TO COME BACK? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
WE HAVE, UH, AN AMENDMENT TO OUR AGREEMENT WITH MS. HEALTH.
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OVER FROM CARE HERE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, AND WE IMPLEMENTED A MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THEM.AND, UH, THEY HAVE PROPOSED AN INCREASE THIS YEAR, UM, WHICH, UH, IS ABOUT A 5% INCREASE IN THE PER EMPLOYEE PER MONTH CHARGE.
WE HAVE 325 AT THIS TIME, FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.
OF COURSE, THAT NUMBER CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UH, AND THEN 42 PART-TIME EMPLOYEES AND RECALL THAT WE EXTENDED, UH, CARE HERE ACCESS TO OUR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
AND SO WE BELIEVE A 5% INCREASE IS REASONABLE.
UM, THAT COVERS ACCESS TO THE FACILITY AND, AND, UH, CARE PROVIDERS THERE.
UH, WE HAVE DIRECT COSTS, UH, OUR PASS THROUGH LIKE LABORATORIES, PRESCRIPTIONS AND OTHER MEDICAL SERVICES THAT ARE MORE DIRECT THROUGH JUST PASS THROUGH COSTS.
BUT THIS GETS ALL OF OUR FOLKS ACCESS TO THE CARE HERE.
UH, NEAR SITE CLINIC, AND YOU MAY RECALL, OR, OR NOT EVERYONE WOULD RECALL, BUT WHEN WE FIRST WENT TO A SELF-INSURED HEALTHCARE PLAN AND THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER STARTED WORKING WITH CARE HERE ON A NEARSIDE CLINIC, THE GOAL IS TO KEEP OUR ANNUAL INCREASES UNDER 10%.
THIS IS ONLY A 5% INCREASE IN THIS COMPONENT OF OUR HEALTHCARE PLAN, WHICH IS CERTAINLY A VERY REASONABLE INCREASE.
WE HAVE ANOTHER AMENDMENT, UH, TO AN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, PREMISE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PHYSICALS.
THEY PROVIDE, UH, PRE-EMPLOYMENT AND ANNUAL PUBLIC SAFETY PHYSICALS.
AND THERE IS AN INCREASE PROPOSED FOR THIS COMING YEAR, WHICH IS A 10% INCREASE.
HOWEVER, UH, THERE HASN'T BEEN AN INCREASE, UM, SINCE AUGUST OF 2022.
AND SO THE ACTUAL ANNUAL INCREASE IS A LITTLE MORE THAN 2.5%.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, A VERY, VERY REASONABLE INCREASE FOR THOSE PHYSICALS THAT, UH, WE HAVE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
DO WE FEEL LIKE WHEN WE STARTED IT, IT WAS TO SAVE EMPLOYEES TIME AND KEEP 'EM ON THE JOB INSTEAD OF HAVING TO TAKE IT THE OLD DAY OFF JUST TO GO GET A SINUS CONDITION CHECKED OUT OR SOMETHING.
BUT WE STILL FEEL THAT IT'S FINANCIALLY WORTH IT TO DO WHAT WE'VE DONE? VERY MUCH SO.
'CAUSE I MEAN, I THINK THE SERVICE IS GOOD AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE MONEY WISE FELT LIKE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE INCREASE WE DO, AND WE, UH, SIT DOWN AND REVIEW ALL OF THE FINANCIALS IN DEPTH WITH THEM EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN ALSO CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND, UM, EMPLOYEES SEEM TO LIKE IT.
UM, IT'S, IT'S DOING WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO.
AND, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE AT THE TIME, AND YOU MAY REMEMBER, UH, MIKE WALKER CONSIDERED HIMSELF THE FIRST SAVE BY CARE HERE BECAUSE, UM, AND HE SAID, HEY, USE ME AS AN EXAMPLE, UH, THAT THEY FOUND SOMETHING ON HIM THAT, UM, HE CONSIDERED CONSIDERED IT A BLESSING TO HAVE CARE HERE AT THE TIME.
AND THEN NOW OF COURSE, PREMISE.
BUT OKAY, SO ITEM NUMBER ONE UNDER OLD BUSINESS IS THE APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCES.
AND THIS IS, UH, SECOND AND FINAL READING FOR YOUR 2027 ANNUAL BUDGET.
AND AS, UH, DISCUSSED EARLIER, WE HAVE THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FOR EDUCATION AS A IS ONE OF THE COMPONENTS WE HAVE TO CONSIDER WITH A MOTION.
SO WE HAVE $244,400, UH, PROPOSED, BUT WE DON'T ALLOCATE THAT BECAUSE THE COMMISSION LIKES TO ALLOCATE THAT AMONGST THE, UH, THE SCHOOLS.
AND SO, UH, ONE OF YOUR MOTIONS WOULD BE TO AMEND, UM, THE PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGET TO ALLOCATE, UH, THAT DOLLAR NUMBER AMONGST THE VARIOUS, UM, SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO I GUESS THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO TALK ABOUT WHO WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS MOTION.
CAN YOU, YOU'VE GOT YOU THE CLOSEST TO HAD KIDS IN SCHOOL,
AND WE'LL GET YOU THE WORDING OF THAT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR RECREATION SERVICE PROVIDERS, COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND OTHER PROVIDERS.
AND WE HAVE $102,000 AVAILABLE FOR THE RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS.
THE BRENTWOOD BALL CLUB BRENTWOOD PLAYS 50 FORWARD IN THE YMCA AND THEN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, FOR THE TERM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND UH, AND WE HAVE, UH, TWO, UH, WHO HAVE APPLIED WILLIAMSON INC.
AND WAVES PROVIDED TO YOU IN A PACKET.
ALL OF THEIR REQUEST INCLUDED IN IT.
AND THEN THERE'S A FUNDING AMOUNT OF $5,000, UM, FOR CITY COMMISSION MEMBERSHIPS AND REGISTRATIONS,
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UM, INCLUDING MID CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCES AGENCY.OH, WE HAVE THE NON-PROFITS AND THE SPORTS.
AND THEY'RE KIND OF IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CATEGORY.
AND SO FOR THE RECREATION SERVICE PROVIDERS, THE BALL CLUB BLAZE, UM, MARTIN CENTER IS CONSIDERED SAME.
AND YMCA THERE SOMEONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION, WHY THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE ASKED THAT IT GO TO THE FULL CIRCLE PROGRAM? DID THEY HAVE ANY AREA THEY WANTED IT TO BE SPECIFIED FOR? UM, I HAVEN'T REVIEWED THE REQUESTS, SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF, IF ANYBODY DID CATCH IF THEY HAD ANYTHING SPECIFIC, BUT WE CAN LOOK IT UP AND AND GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
STEVE, YOU WANNA DO THAT ONE? UH, YEAH.
WILL YOU PROVIDE WORDING FOR ME? YES, WILL.
AND THEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT.
WE HAVE WAVES, INK AND WAVES, UH, AT THE PREFERENCE OF THE COMMISSION.
SEPARATE MOTIONS AMENDING THE BUDGET TO AUTHORIZE SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS FOR EACH AGENCY.
UM, CAN BE DONE IN OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.
I DON'T REMEMBER ON WAVES, BUT I WAS THINKING WE JUST DETERMINED UNDER THIS TO GIVE TO WILLIAMSON INC.
UH, WAVES IS LIKE A JOB BASED PROGRAM, I THINK.
YEAH, I DON'T REMEMBER THE DISCUSSION OF WAVES BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GENERALLY DONE $10,000 TO WILLIAMSON INC.
HAVEN'T WE? WE HAVE, IN FACT, WE DISCUSSED MIGHT BE ADJUSTING THAT, DECIDED TO STAY THE SAME, SO.
THEY DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO CUT 'EM.
WAGE IS A, I'M SURE A GREAT ORGANIZATION.
THEY'RE LOCATED IN FRANKLIN, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER US EVER GIVING IN THE PAST.
SO, UM, I DON'T MIND DOING THIS MOTION, BUT IF, IF IT'S OKAY FOR EVERYONE PRESENT, I'LL JUST PROBABLY SAY FOR WILLIAMSON, INC.
UH, IN THE FUTURE LOOK AT WAVES.
BUT I JUST DON'T REMEMBER, DID YOU HAVE ANY NOTES ON WAVES SPECIFICALLY, OR? I DON'T, I'D HAVE TO LOOK IT UP IN FRIDAY.
I THINK IT WAS 10 THAT WE TOLD ONE FOR WILLIAMSON INC.
IT WAS, I THINK YOU HAD DON'T REMEMBER US DOING ANYTHING.
REMEMBER US TALKING ABOUT IT AND NOT KNOWING WHAT, LIKE WHAT THEY DID OR WHAT WE WERE QUESTIONING BECAUSE THEY HAD NEVER, THIS IS, THEY HAD NOT APPLIED.
I DON'T THINK THEY EVER APPLIED BEFORE.
SO I JUST REMEMBER HEARING OR TALK, TALKING ABOUT IT AND WELL, I, I'M, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF 10 FOR THE WILLIAMSON INC.
I WOULDN'T WANNA GO HIGHER THAN THAT.
AND OF COURSE LEADERSHIP RENT, WOULD THAT WHAT WE ALWAYS GIVE THEM THE WAVES.
I DON'T THINK, I THINK WE'LL MAYBE DISCUSS THAT NEXT YEAR IF WE DECIDE WE WANT TO DO THAT.
'CAUSE THAT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT VIEW ORGANIZATION THAT'S ASKED.
SO, UM, WE'RE STILL DOING LIKE THE MID C*M AND YEAH.
AND I DON'T MIND DOING THAT WITH THIS GOING TO THE MID CUMBERLAND AND THE, WELL ACTUALLY I THINK THAT'S ALREADY INCLUDED IN THIS.
IT'S ALREADY MEMBERSHIP, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
I THINK WE'VE GOT A PLAN FOR THAT.
WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE ADJUSTMENT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S SALARY.
SO THAT WILL BUTTON UP YOUR, UH, ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 27.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, IT IS ADOPTING THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR FISCAL YEAR 27.
THEY'RE HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE, UH, PROPOSED THE SAME EFFECTIVE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE 36TH YEAR IN A ROW.
AND IT'S, UH, 19 CENTS PER $100 ASSESSED.
I'M SURE THERE'S NO QUESTIONS THERE.
I GUESS NOT A QUESTION, BUT JUST AN OBSERVATION, UH, FOR, FOR THE NEW COMMISSIONERS.
UM, SO WE STILL MAY GET SOME, AT LEAST USUALLY WHEN WE DO THIS, I FEEL LIKE I GET EMAILS FROM FOLKS THAT SAY, YOU SAY YOU KEPT THE SAME PROPERTY TAX, BUT I'M PAYING MORE PROPERTY TAX.
AND OF COURSE IT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, THE ASSESSMENTS OR THE VALUATIONS OF THE PROPERTY.
SO THE TAX RATE IS THE SAME, BUT IF SOMEONE'S PROPERTY APPRECIATES CONSIDERABLY, THEY CAN PAY MORE
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DOLLARS AT THE SAME RATE.AND YOU KNOW, SO WHILE WE WE'RE HOLDING A RATE THE SAME, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEIR TAX BILL IS GONNA BE DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR OR THE SAME.
SO OCCASIONALLY WE GET QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST YEAR.
YEAH, I UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S CONFUSING.
ONE OTHER THING ON THE SCHOOLS, I PRESUME WE'RE GOING BACK AND CHECK THE ONES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY LIMITS FOR ENROLLMENT TO MAKE SURE THE AMOUNT THAT WE GIVE THEM WE DO.
AND THAT'LL BE ON, THAT'LL BE ON HER, UH, MOTION THAT SHE MAKES THAT DIFFERENT AMOUNT? UM, NO, BECAUSE WE, WE APPROPRIATE THE FULL DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THEN IT'S TRUED UP.
'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THE ACTUAL CENSUS UNTIL AFTER THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS.
SO, BUT IF THE MOTION WILL REFLECT THAT THERE MAY BE A DIFFERENCE.
BECAUSE IF SHE MAKES A MOTION THAT EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL'S GETTING $10,000, THAT'S THE AMOUNT IS APPROPRIATED, BUT IT, IT IS NOT NECESSARILY SPENT.
COULD WE LOOK AT THE CENSUS AND IT'S TRUED UP BEFORE WE CONTINUE? WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY THAT IN THE MOTION.
JUST WANTED YOU TO BE COMFORTABLE.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY, THANK YOU.
YOU HAVE A PROPOSED LEASE AGREEMENT WITH VOGUE TOWERS FOR A, UH, MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER GROUND LEASE AT THE SITE OF THE WATER TANK AT SMITH PARK.
AND THE TERMS OF THIS ARE IDENTICAL TO THE ONE THAT YOU APPROVED FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS SITE.
AND OF COURSE, MUCH LIKE THE, UH, THE TOWER THERE, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION PROCESS AND MEET THE CRITERIA THAT YOU'VE ESTABLISHED IN YOUR, UM, ORDINANCE THAT YOU APPROVED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
IT'S A TIER FOUR APPLICATION AND THE PROPOSED LEASE AREA, AGAIN, JUST LIKE PDHQ IS 2000 SQUARE FEET.
THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL FIVE YEAR TERM.
THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS THE SAME.
AND, UM, THE TENANT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENT COSTS.
I THINK WE HAVE AN IDEA OF THE LOCATION.
RAVENSWOOD HIGH SCHOOL HAD JUST CALLED OUT.
RAVENSWOOD HIGH SCHOOL HAS CALLED OUT JUST FOR LOCATION PURPOSES.
GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THIS IS WITHIN SMITH PARK.
IT'S AT THE SORT OF APEX OF THE HILL THERE, WHICH IS OF COURSE WHY A WATER TOWER IS THERE, ZOOMING IN ON IT AT THE SITE.
AND THEN THESE THREE MAPS GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF SIGNAL PROPAGATION IN THIS AREA.
AND THIS IS SORT OF THE BEFORE PICTURE, UM, GREEN BEING, UH, VEST.
THEN IT GOES TO RED, THE BLUE OR PURPLE, AND THEN THE WHITE OR GRAY.
AND YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT AREAS OF SMITH PARK THAT DON'T REALLY HAVE NO COVERAGE IN THEM.
AND THEN AFTER, IF, UH, THE NEXT ONE IS, IF THE TOWER WERE BELOW THE TREE LINE, THEN THE SIGNALS WOULD IMPROVE LIKE THIS.
IF IT'S ABOVE THE TREE LINE, YOU GET THAT.
IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL AND HOW FAR OUT THAT GOES DOWN.
SPLIT LOG ROAD REALLY STARTS TO PICK UP CELL COVERAGE FOR A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO DURING THE, THE STORM, UM, LIKELY VERY INCONVENIENCED BY THE LACK OF GOOD CELL COVERAGE IN OUR CITY.
IT'S DESIGNED TO BE, UM, A, A THIRD PARTY.
SO, SO THE REASON LEASES WITH VOGUE IS THAT WAY ALL THREE CARRIERS HAVE ACCESS TO THE TOWER.
OR IF THE AGREEMENT WAS WITH VERIZON OR, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CARRIERS SPECIFICALLY, THEN IT'D BE AN EXCLUSIVE TOWER, WHICH ISN'T WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR.
HEY JAY, IF YOU COULD BACK UP TO THE MAP REAL QUICK.
UM, SO SOMETHING JUST, AND, AND I'VE STRUGGLED A LITTLE BIT WITH HOW TO DESCRIBE WHERE THAT IS.
UM, SO LIKE RAVENS WOOD MANSION, I BELIEVE IS THERE AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT? IF YOU'VE GOT A POINTER.
AND THEN RAVEN WOOD HIGH SCHOOL OR ACTUALLY IS OVER THERE.
SO, SO LIKE WHEN I DESCRIBED TO PEOPLE, I DON'T WANT 'EM TO THINK THAT WE'RE PUTTING A TOWER UP, LIKE RIGHT OUT BACK OF THE RAVENSWOOD HISTORIC SITE.
AND I DON'T WANT 'EM TO THINK WE'RE PUTTING A TOWER ON THE, THE FIELD OF RAVENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.
SO I'VE BEEN DESCRIBING IT AS THE WATER TOWERS NEAR MOORE'S
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LANE.YOU KNOW, MOORE'S LANE IS ABOUT THE SAME DISTANCE FROM THAT LOCATION AS THE RAVENSWOOD MANSION, OR RAVENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL IS SEYMOUR'S LANE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT.
BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, UP TO THE NORTH.
BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST AS WE'RE DESCRIBING TO PEOPLE, I GUESS EVERYONE JUST HAS TO USE THEIR BEST JUDGMENT.
'CAUSE IT'S KIND OF EQUIDISTANT, BUT FRANKLY IT'S NOT CLOSE TO THE HISTORIC SITE OR TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW, UM, REALLY IT'S IT, AND IT'S DESIGNED TO THINK, AS YOU ALL KNOW, TO LOOK LIKE A PINE TREE.
YOU KNOW? SO IT'S DESIGNED TO BLEND IN.
SO HOPEFULLY, LIKE I SAID, THOSE COVERAGE MAPS ARE WHAT PEOPLE FOCUS ON.
'CAUSE THIS LOCATION, BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT IS HOW WE GET SUCH GREAT COVERAGE.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, NO MORE, NO LESS ATTRACTIVE THAN THE WATER TOWER, UM, THAT IT JUST BLENDS IN.
AND, AND, AND IT'S JUST A NICE AMENITY.
WELL, REALLY A NICE UTILITY IS PROBABLY MORE THE RIGHT WORD.
AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE MODEST.
ONCE THIS PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED, I, I MEAN, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT IT, BUT ONCE SOMEBODY DECIDED TO TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS MM-HMM
I GIVE YOU A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THAT.
AND JASON AND JAY, I AM SURE YOU HAD YOUR HAND IN IT.
DID WE GO OUT AND BRING THIS TO US OR DID THEY COME KNOCKING AND WE WERE JUST SAYING, OKAY, WE'LL DO IT.
OR WHAT I WANNA KNOW, BECAUSE I REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT ONCE IT WAS RECOGNIZED THAT WE WENT OUT AND SORT OF SOLVED THIS PRETTY QUICK.
YEAH, I MEAN THE, THE, THE PROCESS IS JUST WHAT YOU'D THINK, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE INITIAL QUESTION IS WHY IS OUR COVERAGE SO BAD? AND THAT GOT TO QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COUNTY WHO'D BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF GOOGLE SEARCHING AND STUFF BROUGHT UP, OR, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY HAD BEEN, THEY, THEY DID SOME THINGS AND THEY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF CONTROVERSY WITH, UH, THE CELL LOCATION NEAR ONE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
BUT THAT STARTED SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STAFF OF THE COUNTY.
UM, THAT'S WHERE WE FOUND OUT THAT, UM, THE, THE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS REP FOR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE FOR VERIZON LIVES IN INDIAN POINT.
SO WE, WE WERE ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF RICK SUMMER, WHO'S, UH, THE STATEWIDE VERIZON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS REP.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO IT WAS REALLY KIND OF A MATTER OF FINDING THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED THE CONVERSATION.
'CAUSE BOTH THE FOLKS OF THE COUNTY AND THE FOLKS AT VERIZON, AND WE TRACKED ON THE AT T GOVERNMENT RELATIONS REP, THEY POINTED US BACK TO PAT AND THE TEAM AT BOAT TOWERS AS BEING THE, THE TEAM THAT THEY ALL KIND OF HAD IN COMMON AND WORKED WITH ON THIS STUFF.
AND THAT'S THE TEAM THAT DID THE COVERAGE MAPS AND SOME OF THE ENGINEERING THINGS INDICATING THE DIFFERENCE.
BUT ALSO THAT'S WHERE OUR CITY STAFF WENT THROUGH AND WAS TAKING A REALLY CLOSE LOOK AT OUR REGULATIONS SAYING WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR REGULATION AND OTHER REGULATIONS AND WHAT'S HOLDING IT BACK WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY JUST SOME VERY, VERY MODEST CHANGES, BUT THEY MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO GET SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ROLLING.
WELL, I THINK THAT PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE SOMETIMES OF THE WORK THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES THAT MAKES GOOD GOVERNMENT HAPPEN.
AND I'M NOT TAKING CREDIT, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WHO DESERVE IT.
AND I'D LIKE TO, AND MAYOR IS ONE OF THEM, JAY'S ONE, JASON.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY STAFF PEOPLE HAD INPUT ON THIS, BUT IT'S A WONDERFUL JOB.
AND, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY GONNA IMPROVE PEOPLE'S LIVES.
'CAUSE IT'S SO FRUSTRATING TO HAVE TO BE CUT OFF WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO TALK ON THE PHONE OR YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ON HOLD AND THEN IT'S GONE AND YOU HAVE TO START OVER.
AND ALSO, KRISTEN CORN IS SITTING HERE VERY YES.
SMILING, BUT DID A TON OF WORK AND ALL THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF THIS AND HOW ALL THE CONTRACTS WORK, ALL THE AGREEMENTS WORK.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S REALLY VERY MUCH A TEAM EFFORT.
BUT THANKS FOR ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, THANKS FOR, I THINK EVERYONE CONTRIBUTED MIGHT LEAD TO THIS PROJECT AND, AND, AND WE HELP YOU GUYS CARRY OUT POLICY.
BUT YOU ASKED THE MAYOR TO NOT BE HUMBLE AND HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO NOT BE HUMBLE.
HE WAS LIKE A DOG ON A BONE WITH THIS.
THE MAYOR WAS LIKE A DOG ON A BONE WITH THIS FROM THE TIME HE GOT SWORN IN, THAT THAT WAS ONE OF HIS TOP PRIORITIES TO TRY AND IMPROVE CELL COVERAGE IN BRENTWOOD.
AND SO WAS THROUGH HIS LEADERSHIP THAT THIS HAPPENED.
WELL, I JUST THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S INVOLVED AND I DOES, AND I DO GIVE OUR MAYOR CREDIT.
NELSON, IF I COULD AFFORD A CADILLAC, I'D BE DOWN
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WELL'S.SO THAT, UH, THAT WRAPS UP OUR, UH, OUR AGENDA FOR MONDAY'S MEETING.
AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO A DISCUSSION WITH OUR FRIENDS FROM GNRC REGARDING THE FUNDING PROCESS FOR MAJOR ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
AND, UH, DEREK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE MAKING INTRODUCTIONS OR, CERTAINLY.
UH, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE HAD THE DNRC HERE A FEW WEEKS AGO.
AND, UH, THE, THE TALK GOT INTO MANY OF THE, UH, ANCILLARY ISSUES THAT, UH, THE GNRC DOES.
AND I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT WHAT THE GNR LOT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE GNRC DOES THAT DAY OUTSIDE OF JUST ROADWAY PROJECTS AND, AND FUNDING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND SO WE ASKED TO GET THEM BACK AS SOON AS WE CAN, AS SOON AS WE COULD SO THAT THEY COULD TALK DIRECTLY, UH, MORE ABOUT THE GNRC, THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS APPROACH, AND, UH, STRATEGIES FOR HELPING MUNICIPALITIES AROUND FUN PROJECTS.
MICHAEL SKIPPER, UH, AND, UH, DANIEL ARE HERE.
THEY'VE GOT SOME OTHER GUYS ON THE TEAM THAT I DON'T, UH, REMEMBER THEIR NAMES, BUT MICHAEL WILL BE GLAD TO INTRODUCE THEM.
MICHAEL, THANK YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB AND BEING SO PROMPT TO GET BACK HERE WITH US.
UM, DEREK'S RIGHT, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT ALL THE OTHER THINGS GRC DOES.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO GET, UM, WHAT YOU NEED OUT OF US AS AN ORGANIZATION.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE SOCIAL SERVICES WORK THAT WE DO ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
A LOT OF TIMES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MID CUMBERLAND HRA THAT WAS REFERENCED EARLIER IN THE MEETING.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR GRANT WRITING, OUR GRANT ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT, THAT WE PROVIDE THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES, TRY TO BRING MONEY TO MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND FOR THE COMMUNITIES WHO NEED HELP MANAGING THOSE PROJECTS.
UM, AND THEN WE STARTED TO GET INTO SOME OF THE PLANNING WORK THAT WE DO.
WE ASSIST COMMUNITIES WITH LOCAL PLANNING PROJECTS, UM, EITHER AN ADVISORY, UH, ROLE, JUST, UH, TO PROVIDE DATA ANALYTICS TO HELP YOU THROUGH THAT PROCESS ON YOUR OWN.
UH, AND THEN SOME COMMUNITIES HIRE US TO BE THE CONSULTANT.
UM, SOMETIMES WHERE THE ACTUAL LOCAL PLANNER, THE COMMUNITY, SOMETIMES WE'RE JUST THE CONSULTANT HELPING TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FOR EXAMPLE.
UH, BUT TODAY WE'RE GONNA GET INTO THE WEEDS ON TRANSPORTATION.
OUR ROLE AS THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, AND SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD OVER THE YEARS.
UM, BUT IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT FUNCTION THAT THAT POLICY BOARD PLAYS AND THAT IT IS EMPOWERED BY FEDERAL LAW, UM, TO HAVE TO BUY IN TO THE USE OF EVERY SINGLE FEDERAL DOLLAR THAT COMES TO OUR REGION TO IMPROVE ROADWAY, WAVES AND BRIDGES AND TRANSIT WALKING VIKING FACILITIES, REGARDLESS OF WHO'S IMPLEMENTING THAT DOLLAR, WHETHER IT BE TDOT OR A CITY, OR A COUNTY, OR A TRANSIT AGENCY, OR A NONPROFIT.
THE POLICY BOARD IS REALLY WHERE THAT DECISION MAKING IS HAPPENING.
UM, SO, UM, WE'VE GOT DANIEL AND WILL AND CONNOR WITH US TODAY.
MATTHEW, UM, CING, OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING MANAGER WASN'T ABLE TO JOIN US, BUT WE'VE GOT HIS MATERIAL COVERED.
UM, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE, UH, DANIEL WHO, UH, AND THEN I'LL ASK HIM TO, UM, HAVE THE STAFF INTRODUCE THEMSELVES QUICKLY, UH, IN TERMS OF WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEIR AREA OF EXPERTISE IS AT GRC, UH, HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN THERE, AND, UM, WHAT THEY WERE DOING PRIOR.
SOME OF THEM HAVE REALLY TWO MINUTES OF EXPERIENCE BEFORE JOINING OUR CREW AT THE STATE AND OTHER PLACES.
UH, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DANIEL.
I'M GONNA STICK AROUND, BE INVOLVED IN THE DISCUSSION.
UM, WE'VE GOT SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION, JUST MORE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL, UH, WITH THE SLIDES.
BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ANSWERING YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS NOW THAT YOU WANT TO JUST THROW OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THEM AS WE GO THROUGH, FEEL FREE TO JUST LET US KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE.
NOW I KNOW YOU'RE INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING HOW THE TDOT TIP WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DART TIP.
I'LL PROBABLY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 10 YEAR PLAN, PROBABLY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF Y SIX TO FIVE, SO WE CAN GET INTO THAT STUFF.
UM, BUT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DANIEL FOR THE GET START OF THE HIGH LEVEL.
UM, DO WE HAVE THE SLIDES FROM LAST TIME? WE HAVE MORE STILL IN A SAFE PLACE? SO IF THIS COMPUTER'S CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET, WE CAN JUST GO TO THE URL.
AND WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, I, I'LL, UH, IN REINTRODUCE MYSELF.
I'M THE TRANSPORTATION, UH, AND INFRASTRUCTURE DIRECTOR AT GNRC.
BEEN THERE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, UH, GREAT YEAR AND A HALF BECAUSE WE'VE PRETTY MUCH UPDATED EVERY SINGLE PLAN THAT WE COULD THINK OF.
UM, SO GREAT WAY TO LEARN, UH, THE BUSINESS OF GNRC IN THE MPO OF THE METRO PLANNING ORGANIZATION.
UM, BEFORE THAT I WAS WITH TDOT FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS IN THE ULTIMATE PLANNING OFFICE.
UM, SPENT A LITTLE TIME WITH, UH, METRO NATIONAL PLANNING AS WELL BEFORE
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THAT.UM, YOU GUYS WANNA INTRODUCE YOURSELF? WILL, HEY, WILL ROGERS, I WAS AT TDOT FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS BEFORE THIS WITH DANIEL.
UM, I'VE ALSO WORKED AT, FOR THE CITY OF CINCINNATI.
BUT, UM, MY FOCUS IS SAFETY, SO I'M THE SAFETY PLANNING COORDINATOR AND I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AND LEARN FROM Y'ALL.
I'M THE TIP COORDINATOR AT GNRC.
I'VE BEEN IN THAT ROLE SINCE JANUARY AND I WAS AN INTERN OF LAST YEAR.
I ACTUALLY GREW UP IN BRENTWOOD AND I PLAYED ON THE BRENTWOOD BLAZE, SO I'M GLAD TO BE HERE.
UM, WELL, AGAIN, LIKE MICHAEL SAID, IT'S UH, IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.
WE WILL TALK A LITTLE MORE, UH, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND KIND OF WHAT OUR, WHAT WE DO AS A STAFF AND OUR KIND OF CORE PRODUCTS.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, WE, YOU KNOW, AS I GO THROUGH THESE, THIS IS THE WHOLE TIME, THIS IS, UH, WHERE OUR LOCAL AGENCIES LIKE BRENTWOOD ARE WORKING WITH US TO DEVELOP, UM, ALL THESE PRODUCTS.
UM, SO THE, THE MPO, THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION IS A FEDERAL DESIGNATION.
UM, IT'S REQUIRED, UM, TO EXIST.
THAT'S WHAT IS CALLED ACROSS THE, THE NATION WHEN YOU HAVE A, UM, A AN URBAN AREA, UM, OVER, UH, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
SO WE HAVE THE, THE AUTHORITY OF FEDERAL LAW FOR WHAT WE DO.
WE ALSO HAVE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR WHAT WE DO.
UM, AND IT'S MADE UP OF THE LOCAL OFFICIALS AND TRANSPORTATION STAKEHOLDERS, UM, LIKE BRENTWOOD.
UM, IT, UH, WE LEAD THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE REGION, UM, RESPONSIBLE FOR PRIORITIZING, UH, POLICIES AND TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES.
AND WE CARRY OUT THAT PLANNING PROCESS WITH, UM, ALL STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING, UM, FHWA, UH, TDOT, THE TRANSIT OPERATORS AND THE LOCAL AGENCIES.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ, UH, EVERY WORD ON THIS, BUT KIND OF A FOCUS ON THE FIRST TWO, UM, PLANNING.
UH, WE WILL SAY THAT, UH, AGAIN AND AGAIN 'CAUSE IN INHERENTLY WE'RE OUR PLANNING ORGANIZATION.
UM, A LOT OF THE SLIDES THAT MICHAEL SHOWED LAST TIME WE WERE HERE WERE THE, THE MAPS OF THE GROWTH FORECASTS AND THE TRANSPORTATION CONGESTION FORECASTS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THAT'S ALL THIS DATA THAT INHERENTLY IS NECESSARY TO DO THE GOOD PLANNING.
SO WE'RE ANALYZING THE CONDITIONS AND TRENDS, BRINGING THAT ALL TOGETHER, AND THEN USING THAT BASELINE TO FACILITATE A EFFICIENCY PROCESS WITH OUR LOCAL AGENCIES AND STAKEHOLDERS AND SAY, WHAT, WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION, UM, ULTIMATELY IN THE NEXT 25 YEARS IS OUR, IS OUR, UH, GOAL.
UM, AND, UM, WE, WE, WE BRING THAT TOGETHER AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN OUR LONG RANGE PLAN.
UM, AND, AND VARIOUS OTHER PLANS, UH, THAT WE DO ALONG THE WAY AND MOVE TO PROGRAMMING.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE, THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD AS FAR AS GETTING THOSE FUNDS IN.
SO WE HAVE OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH CON WILL TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND.
UM, THAT'S A FOUR YEAR LOOKOUT, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY REALLY IS PROGRAMMED, UH, USING THAT WORD.
IT'S DEDICATED TO THE PROJECTS ALLOCATED.
UM, SO WHENEVER, UH, A FEDERAL BUCKET BECOMES AVAILABLE OR AN AWARD IS GIVEN, UM, WE SHOW THAT IN THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT, UH, PROGRAM, WHICH IS REQUIRED TO, TO KIND OF UNLOCK THOSE FUNDS, UM, AND REALLY HELPS US WITH THE FISCALLY CONSTRAINED PLAN FOR SHORT TERM AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THE ORANGE COLUMN IS PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S ACTUALLY DOING THE PROJECT THAT'S TYPICALLY HANDED OVER TO TDOT FOR THEIR, THEIR LARGE PROJECTS FOR THE LOCAL AGENCY, UM, FOR THE PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE HANDLING.
UM, WE WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED TO DIP OUR TOES IN THAT SPACE.
WE HAVE A, A SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHERE WE'LL BE DOING SOME DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS OURSELVES.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING.
WE HOPE THAT WE LEARN FROM THOSE PROJECTS AND IT FEEDS BACK INTO THE PLANNING CYCLE.
UM, SO THE, THE, THE, THE THING THAT GUIDES US, I, I KIND OF CASUALLY REFER, REFER TO US.
THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR, OUR BOSSES IS THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD.
AND THIS IS WHAT, UH, MAYOR ANDREWS SITS ON, UH, WITH OTHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES, UM, IN ADDITION TO, UH, PUBLIC TRANSIT AGENCIES, THE COUNTY HIGHWAY OFFICIALS, FHWA, AT AND TDOT.
THAT'S WHERE WE TAKE ALL OUR ACTION TO.
THAT'S WHERE WE, UH, DEVELOP, UM, AND PASS THESE REGIONAL PRIORITIES.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE REALLOCATE OR REALLOCATE MONEY, UM, IN A PUBLIC PROCESS.
UM, THESE ARE OUR THREE MAIN CORE PRODUCTS.
YOU KNOW, WE DO A LOT MORE AS YOU, YOU KNOW, COULD SEE OUR, OUR WORK WITH SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UH, FROM MICHAEL'S PRESENTATION LAST TIME.
BUT THE FEDERALLY REQUIRED PRODUCTS ARE THESE THREE, AND THEY DO TWO THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, THEY UNLOCK THE FEDERAL MONEY FOR WHICHEVER BUCKET WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
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BUT NUMBER TWO, THEY ALSO ARE REALLY NECESSARY FOR US TO GET OUR HEAD AROUND WHAT IS THE PRIORITIES IN THE REGION AND KIND OF, UM, PLAN THAT OUT.SO THE FIRST, I'VE ALLUDED TO THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, UH, AFTER OUR 25 YEAR LOOKOUT.
I'LL, I WILL MAKE NOTE OF THESE ADOPTION DATES.
'CAUSE THEY ALL HAPPENED IN THE LAST YEAR.
LIKE I WAS SAYING, A LOT OF WORK IN THE LAST, UH, 12 MONTHS.
UM, PLUS GOING ON, THAT'S THE, THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT.
THE TIP IS OUR SHORT TERM PROGRAM, UM, WHICH IS A FOUR YEAR FUNDING, UH, PROGRAM THAT KIND OF FILTERS DOWN WHAT'S IN THE LONG RANGE PLAN INTO WHAT'S ACTUALLY ACTIONABLE HAPPENING.
UM, AND THEN OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING WORK PROGRAM, IT'S KIND OF A, A PLAN OF PLAN.
SO THESE TWO ARE PROJECTS THAT'S CONCRETE AND ASPHALT GOING DOWN ON THE ROAD.
THIS ONE IS PLANNING, UM, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO TEE UP THOSE PROJECTS.
SO ANYTIME WE HAVE A, UH, PLAN OF REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE, WE WANT FEDERAL MONEY FOR IT, UM, IT NEEDS TO GO INTO THAT.
UM, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
BUT THAT COULD BE ANYWHERE, ANYWHERE FROM CORRIDOR STUDIES TO, UH, GREENWAY'S MASTER PLAN WHERE WE'RE STARTING ON FOR THE WHOLE REGION.
UM, FREIGHT, UH, PLANNING FOR THE REGION, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, THE BASICS ON HOW WE GET THE MONEY, UH, HOW IT COMES DOWN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UM, USER FEES AND TAXES AND, UH, GO INTO THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.
AND WE TYPICALLY GET THE, THE GENERAL FUND TRANSFER AS WELL.
AND THAT'S WHAT, UH, THE U-S-D-O-T ALLOCATES DOWN TO THE STATES IN TWO BASIC WAYS.
THE DISCRETIONARY ON THE SIDE THERE, THAT'S THE GRANTS THAT YOU MIGHT APPLY FOR AS, AS BRENTWOOD, WE MIGHT APPLY FOR IT, SUCH AS OUR, OUR, UM, SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT.
UM, D TDOT MIGHT APPLY FOR BIG BILL GRANTS.
UM, AND THEY, THEY HOPE THEY CAN GET 'EM, AND THAT'S DISCRETIONARY FUNDING.
UM, AND, AND WE'VE GOTTEN, UH, QUITE A FEW OF THOSE AWARDS AND, AND WANT TO CONTINUE TO HELP OUR AGENCIES GET THOSE.
BUT THE, THE OTHER BIG BUCKET IS THE FORMULA BASED PROGRAMS, AND THAT'S BASICALLY THE FEDERAL BUDGET SAYING WE'RE GONNA TAKE, UH, YOUR POPULATION SIZE AND YOUR DENSITY IN VARIOUS AREAS AND FILTER THAT MONEY DOWN THROUGH A FORMULA ACROSS THE NATION, UM, TO THE STATES AND THE TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS THAT ACT, UH, AS A MEDIATOR.
SOMETIMES THE STATE TDOT GETS FORMULA FUNDING OF THEIR OWN, UM, THAT THEY CAN USE ANYWHERE IN THE STATE.
AND THEN SOME OF IT COMES TO THE MPO, UM, FOR US TO USE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE SOME OF THE MAIN FLEXIBILITY WITH OUR ALLOCATING OUR FUNDING.
UM, AND THEN ALL THOSE GOES TO THE, TO THE ACTUAL PROJECTS.
THIS IS WHAT THOSE SUB ALLOCATIONS, THOSE MANDATORY SUB APPLICATIONS GO TO, LOOKING AT IT GEOGRAPHICALLY.
SO THAT DARK BLUE, UH, THE BRENTWOOD IS IN RIGHT NOW IS IN NASHVILLE, UH, URBANIZED AREA.
AND, AND THAT'S OUR BIG, BIG CHUNK OF MONEY, UH, THAT WE GET AS EMP TO, TO HELP ALLOCATE AND DISTRIBUTE TO SUPPORT PROJECTS.
UM, THERE ARE, THERE ARE OTHER ONES, FOR EXAMPLE, MURPHYSBORO, UH, BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE AREA HAS ITS OWN, UM, SMALLER URBANIZED AREA.
UM, IT'S KIND OF THE MIDDLE ONE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ORANGE, WHICH ARE THE, WHAT WE JUST CALL THE, THE, THE SMALL TOWNS.
UM, THEY GET A, A, UM, AN ALLOCATION AS WELL.
SO I'LL QUICKLY GO THROUGH, UM, THE, UM, THE PLANS A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
UM, WE JUST, JUST UPDATED THESE SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE FRESH ON OUR MIND.
UH, BUT AGAIN, A LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UM, IT, IT IS REQUIRED TO BE 20 YEARS.
UM, BUT THE, THE, AN IMPORTANT POINT TO ME IS THAT IT'S FISCALLY CONSTRAINED.
SO WE PROJECT REVENUES OUT FOR THAT FAR AS BEST WE CAN AND TAILOR THE REGIONAL, UH, PRIORITIES AND PROJECTS TO THAT, UH, PHYSICAL REVENUE.
UM, AND WE WERE REQUIRED TO ADDRESS CERTAIN PLANNING FACTORS AND BEST PRACTICES, UH, PERFORMANCE BASED PLANNING REQUIREMENTS.
AND WE DO THAT UPDATE EVERY FIVE YEARS.
UM, THIS WAS THE LAST ONE WE DID IN 2021.
AND, UM, IT'S GOT ALL OF THE, UH, THE ANALYSES AND STRATEGIES AND THE POLICIES.
BUT WHAT I, I WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON IS THAT $10.5 BILLION, WHEN WE DID IT IN 2021 OUT TO 2045, WE ESTIMATED $10.5 BILLION IN REGIONAL REVENUE DURING THAT TIME.
UM, WITH THE NEW ONE, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT THE, THE WHOLE TIMELINE, BUT JUST TO KIND OF EMPHASIZE THIS, THIS WORK REALLY STARTED BEFORE 2024 TO FINALLY GET
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TO THE ADOPTION THIS SPRING.AND IMPLEMENTING THAT MONEY, IT TALKS ABOUT PROJECTS, ROADS, SO FORTH, IS NON ROAD, NON VEHICLE PROJECTS.
SOMETHING'S CONSIDERED LIKE BIKE LANES AND ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY, BUT I, YEP.
AND, AND THESE NEW RULES THAT WERE WRITTEN IN FROM, SAY, LAST TO AUGUST THROUGH, THEY WOULD APPLY HERE.
SO IN THE PAST, IF YOU HAVEN'T NECESSARILY BEEN, UH, ELIGIBLE FOR A, A GRANT MM-HMM
IT APPLIES TO REAPPLY WITH THESE NEW RULES? OR IS IT UPPER, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE NEW RULES THAT ARE UH, WELL, IT SAID YOU HAVE TO HAVE, YOU HAVE SOME, YOU CAN GET SOME MONEY FOR PLANNING.
AND THEN YOU CAN, IT WAS IN STAGES.
IT LOOKED LIKE ONE OF YOUR EARLIER SLIDES.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THE WAY BACK.
I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT BEFORE WE WERE INTERESTED IN AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO, IS IT STILL WAS CONNECTING ALONG FRANKLIN ROAD.
UM, ARE YOU, AND ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT KIND OF THE ED STUFF IN PARTICULAR OR GREENWAYS? I AM TALKING ABOUT A VERY EXPENSIVE BIKE CONNECTION.
THERE'S A PARTICULAR HALF MILE THAT WE HAVE IN MIND.
WELL, WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE A LITTLE LATE RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE JUST DONE OUR TIP CALL FOR PROJECTS.
UM, BUT PARTICULARLY WITH THE BIKE HEAD STUFF, UM, I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN HEARING THAT BECAUSE, UH, WE, WE WANT TO HELP SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE A SET ASIDE IN OUR PROGRAMMING FOR THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY.
UM, SO I WOULD SAY AT ANY TIME WHEN THERE'S A NEED FOR MONEY AND THIS MONEY, YOU KNOW, REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS, PIPETTE PROJECTS, UM, COME ASK US.
WORST WE CAN SAY IS, NO, WE DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT NOW, BUT HERE'S HOW YOU CAN TEE YOUR CELLPHONE FOR IT.
THERE'S A PATCHWORK WAY THAT WE'VE KIND TRIED TO LOOK AT THIS WAY OR THAT WAY, AND THEN THERE'S A REALLY GOOD WAY WE COULD DO IT, BUT THE MONEY'S PROHIBITIVE.
SO THERE'S, THERE ARE WAYS, AND, AND CONNOR WILL TALK ABOUT THE, THE TIP, UH, UH, A LITTLE BIT.
UM, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE, THE CALL FOR PROJECTS WE JUST DID.
UM, AND THEN, SO THE WAYS TO ASK DIRECTLY FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT, BUT THEN I WOULD SAY ALSO WAYS TO ENGAGE IN THE PLANNING.
WHICH TO YOU UP BETTER FOR GETTING THOSE DISCRETIONARY GRANTS OR ANY MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE AS WELL, ANY PART OF THAT.
UM, SO JUST TIMELINE WISE, BEEN WORKING ON IT A LONG TIME.
THERE'S A LOT OF TOUCH POINTS FOR, UM, LOCAL AGENCIES TO BE ENGAGED FOR TRANSPORTATION POLICY, BOARD COUNTY WORKSHOPS.
WE DID THREE OF THOSE, UM, UH, THROUGH LAST SUMMER.
UM, AND THEN WE ADOPTED IT IN, IN THE SPRING.
AND SOME OF THE RESULTS, UM, MAY LOOK A LITTLE SCARY, BUT MAYBE ALSO NOT SURPRISING.
SO TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT KIND OF GIVES US OUR CAUSE TO TRY, TRY TO FIND THE WAYS TO HELP MITIGATE THAT, UM, BECAUSE NOW WE SEE IT COMING.
UM, BUT OUR REVENUE FORECASTS, UH, WE DID OUR, UH, 2025 BASE YEAR, AND IF YOU REMEMBER, I POINTED OUT ON THE LAST, UH, LONG RANGE PLAN FIVE YEARS AGO WE WERE LOOKING AT 10 AND A HALF BILLION.
THIS ONE WE'RE PROJECTING 31 BILLION.
SO THAT'S A, A SIGN OF GROWTH IN THE REGION AND A SIGN OF OF POTENTIAL I THINK, I THINK THAT'S GOOD NEWS THAT WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR MORE, UM, MONEY.
UM, WE BRING IN TO, TO, TO KIND OF TOTAL THAT UP.
WE BRING IN WHAT WE'VE CARRIED OVER FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS.
UM, WE PUT A, A GROWTH RATE ON, UM, FEDERAL FORMULA GRANTS AND MATCHING FUNDS.
AND THEN, UM, WE KIND OF TRY TO ASSESS WHETHER WE CAN BE COMPETITIVE FOR DISCRETIONARY FUNDS, UM, AND PUT THOSE IN THERE AND THEN ADDITIONAL STATE AND LOCAL REVENUES AND, AND THAT THAT, I WILL SAY THAT BOTTOM HOLE POINT JUMPED UP SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THE STATE WORKING ON THEIR PUBLIC PRIVATE, UH, PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CHOICE LANES ON I 24, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, THAT IS, IS PROJECTED TO BRING IN, UM, MORE, UH, MONEY.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, NASHVILLE'S TRANSIT REFERENDUM IS A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF MONEY THAT'S ADDING TO THAT POT AS WELL.
THOSE NUMBERS PLOT IN I NINE
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RIGHT? YEAH.UM, I THINK I HAVE A FEW SLIDES WITH MORE DETAIL ON THAT.
UM, BUT THEN WE HAVE A POLICY FRAMEWORK TOO, AND THE, YOU KNOW, SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES, EMERGING ISSUES AND CONCERNS.
BUT THE, THE, THE KIND OF THREE IN THE MIDDLE WE FOCUS ON TO ACTUALLY DICTATE HOW WE GET PROJECTS IN, UH, THE GUIDING PRINCIPALS PRINCIPLES, REGIONAL GOALS, AND PRIMARY OBJECTIVES.
UM, AND THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD HELPS US DECIDE.
UM, WE DO SURVEYS OUT TO ALL THE FIELD OFFICIALS AND REPRESENTATIVES ON THAT BOARD.
UM, THAT FILTERS DOWN INTO THE, THE BIG BUCKETS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE REGION AND HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THEIR KIND OF WEIGHTED, UH, SAFETY ALWAYS BEING, UH, A BIG ONE IN THE LAST, UM, COUPLE OF CYCLES THAT, THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE CAME OUT ON TOP WITH, WITH A 30% WEIGHT.
UM, AND WE, WE PUT ALL THE PROJECTS KIND OF THROUGH THESE METRICS.
SO, SO ARE THOSE PERCENTAGES FORWARD LOOKING GOALS OR THOSE BACKWARD LOOKING ANALYSES? THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UM, WEIGHTS FOR HOW, SO WHEN, WHEN WE, WHEN WE'RE PUTTING A PROJECT THROUGH KIND OF THE METRICS TO DECIDE HOW IT SCORES AND WHETHER IT MAKES OUR FISCALLY CONSTRAINED LIST IN THE LONG RANGE PLAN, THOSE ARE THE WASTE THAT WE KIND OF PUT ON IT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, A PROJECT MAY BE A SAFETY PRIORITY PROJECT.
IF THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT, THEN THAT'S GOING TO HIT THAT HIGHEST BUCKET AND GET A LOT OF WEIGHT IN THAT ONE.
UM, BUT IT MAY ALSO DO SOME OTHER THINGS AT THE SAME TIME.
YEAH, I THINK TO THE MAYOR'S QUESTION, WE ARE LOOKING AT HISTORIC CONDITIONS OF A CORRIDOR.
SO IF IT'S A HIGH CRASH AREA, RIGHT? IF YOU'VE GOT TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE OTHERWISE THE SAME PROJECT ON TWO DIFFERENT CORRIDORS, THE CORRIDOR THAT'S GOT THE MORE CRASHES IS GOING TO SCORE HIGHER THAN THE PROJECT THAT'S ON THE QUARTER THAT DOESN'T HAVE AS MANY CRASHES, JUST TO KIND OF ILLUSTRATE.
AND THEN WE ALSO, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HISTORIC OBSERVATIONS OF CONDITIONS.
WE'RE ALSO PROJECTING THOSE CONDITIONS FORWARD.
SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING WHERE CRASHES MAY BE OR WHERE CONGESTION MAY BE.
AND IF YOU'RE ON A PROJECT, IF YOU'RE PROJECT IN A QUARTER WITH ANTICIPATED CONGESTION VERSUS A PROJECT THAT'S NOT, YOU'RE GONNA SCORE BETTER JUST TO KIND OF ILLUSTRATE HOW THE DATA PLAYS INTO THIS, UH, TO MEET THE, THE POLICY WEIGHT STEP ON THE BOARD.
SO A CRASH CAUSES A LOT OF CONGESTION DISRUPTION.
SO DOES THAT ADD UP TO LIKE 55%? IT CAN, THERE'S A LOT OF COMPOUNDING THAT COMES, LIKE IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE, IT'S JUST REALLY A PROJECT THAT'S ADDRESSING ALL THE GOALS THAT'S GONNA REALLY, UH, BE BUMPED UP THE LIST QUITE A BIT.
I, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
AND I THINK THAT'S, THE CRASHES CAUSING CONGESTION IS ALL OFTEN OVERLOOKED.
AND I THINK WE, WE MAY STUDIED THAT AND CAME OUT TO ALMOST HALF OF CONGESTION CAUSED BY THAT.
UM, SO THE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, WE KIND OF BREAK THOSE DOWN INTO TWO PARTS.
AGAIN, THIS HAS TO BE FISCALLY CONSTRAINED.
SO WE SHOW WHAT WE, UM, WE USE, UH, KIND OF THAT SCORING TO SHOW WHAT OUR PRIORITY PROJECTS ARE, AND THEN WE, UM, PUSH THOSE OUT INTO THE BUCKETS.
OBVIOUSLY, DIFFERENT BUCKETS OF FEDERAL MONEY HAVE DIFFERENT ELIGIBILITIES, THEIR CAPACITY WIDENING, UH, MONEY AVAILABLE, BUT THERE'S ALSO MONEY AVAILABLE FOR GREENWAYS AND BICYCLE AND LANES AND SIDEWALKS.
SO WE HAVE TO SEPARATE THOSE OUT AND KIND OF PIECE THOSE TOGETHER OVER THE 25 YEAR PERIOD.
UM, AND THAT, THAT BECOMES RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FOR IF WE HAVE THIS MONEY, HOW DOES IT GET USED? UM, IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT, SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY AMENDING IT AS SOON AS IT'S DONE, AS NEW PRIORITIES EMERGE.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A, OUR, WHAT WE CALL OUR ILLUSTRATIVE PROJECTS, AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT DON'T MAKE THE FISCALLY CONSTRAINED LIST, BUT WE STILL THINK THAT THEY ARE IMPORTANT.
UM, IF THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS, THE TOWNS AND THE CITIES HAVE SAID, THESE ARE IMPORTANT PROJECTS TO US, UH, JUST BECAUSE WE CAN'T FIT THEM INTO OUR PROJECTED REVENUE, WE WANNA SHOW THEM AND WE WANT TO BUILD A CASE FOR THE NEED IN, IN THE REGION.
UM, AND AGAIN, TEEING THOSE UP AS PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR IF MONEY BECOMES AVAILABLE TO GET THEM IN TO FISCAL INDUSTRY PLAN.
UM, SO HERE'S KIND OF OUR BREAKDOWN OF THE MONEY.
UM, WE DO, UH, KIND OF, WE'RE, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE IN DOING SET ASIDES FOR, UM, SOME OF THE, UH, THE KIND OF MORE NICHE ISSUES LIKE SAFETY BECAUSE WE THINK, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT.
THAT'S WHAT UNDERSTOOD FROM OUR, OUR REGIONAL BOARD TRANSIT
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MULTIMODAL UPGRADES, TECHNOLOGY, ITS, SIGNAL SYSTEMS, THINGS LIKE THAT, AIR QUALITY AND OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE UM, THAT'S 6.8 BILLION OVER THE 25 YEARS.OUR NEXT GROUP IS OUR FIVE STAR PROJECTS, AND THESE ARE OUR BIG, REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECTS, KIND OF, UM, SOME OF 'EM, YOU KNOW, SHOOT FOR THE MOON, LIKE IT COULD BE A REGIONAL HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT OR, UH, MAJOR INVESTMENTS TO THE I 65 CORRIDOR, UM, WHICH IS STARTING TO BE STUDIED RIGHT NOW.
THESE ARE, THESE ARE FIVE STAR PROJECTS, UM, THAT WE'RE FUNDING FOR.
UM, AND THEN, UH, TO CAPACITY AND OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER LOCAL CAPACITY.
UM, AND, AND THIS IS A, THIS IS A BIG NUMBER AGAIN, THIS, UH, UM, IT IS, UH, THERE IS A LOT OF, UH, LOCAL, UH, FUNDING GOING INTO TO THE, UM, TO THE, THE, UM, STATE NETWORK AND REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS.
UM, AND THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS GET TO THE, TO THE MORE NITTY GRITTY ON OUR WEBSITE DOWN THERE, GRC.ORG/RTP.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE OUR STRATEGIES TO ADVANCE REGIONAL GOALS.
UM, WE HAVE PLANNING RELATED RECOMMENDATIONS, POLICIES ON HOW WE SHOULD MOVE THESE FUNDS THROUGH, UM, HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, POLICIES RELATED TO SPEEDING UP PROJECT DELIVERY, FOR EXAMPLE.
TRACKING THE PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION, UM, AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, UM, AND, AND MITIGATING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
UM, SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE LONG RANGE PLAN.
I WAS GONNA GIVE YOU A BREAK FOR, FOR ME TALKING FOR A SECOND.
LET TIP, UH, CONNOR COME UP AND TALK ABOUT OUR TIP.
CONNOR HAS DIVED IN AS OUR NEW TIP COORDINATOR, UM, AND, UH, WE'LL PUT HIM ON THE SPOT.
LET HIM, UH, GET HIS FEET WET.
UH, AGAIN, I'M CONNOR CARROLL.
I'M THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM COORDINATOR AT GNRC.
I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE JANUARY, AND I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE SLIDES FOR Y'ALL.
SO, UH, THE FIRST ONE, THIS IS WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE TIP.
UH, IT'S A FOUR YEAR SPAN OF, UH, TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT, UH, PROGRAM PROJECTS.
UH, THEY'RE REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT, FEDERALLY FUNDED.
IT MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH OUR RTP, OR AT LEAST YOU MUST AMEND THE RTP IN ORDER TO ADD IT TO THE TIP.
WHAT IT REALLY IS, IS HOW WE IMPLEMENT THE RTP PROJECTS.
SO THE TIP, YOU HAVE A TIP PAGE, WHICH I WISH WE HAD A SLIDE TO SHOW YOU, ESSENTIALLY SAYS, HERE'S THE PROJECT TERMIN.
I DESCRIPTION A MAP OF IT, AND THEN IN FY 26, WE ARE GOING TO FUND THE PHASE OF PLANNING ENGINEERING EPA.
HERE'S THE FEDERAL AMOUNT, HERE'S THE LOCAL AMOUNT.
MOST FEDERAL GRANTS HAVE AN 80 20 SPLIT, SO IT'LL BREAK OUT THE 80% THAT IS FEDERALLY DEDICATED TO THAT PHASE OF THE PROJECT, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE 20% LOCAL THAT IS DEDICATED TO IT.
THE WAY THAT YOU CHANGED THE TIP, AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT I COULD TELL YOU, IS YOU EMAIL OR CALL ME AND YOU SAY, HEY, WE'VE GOT THIS TIP PROJECT AND WE ARE SHORT $200,000 ON COST OVER RENT, AS AN EXAMPLE.
WE KNOW THAT THESE ARE SIDEWALK PROJECTS AND WE HAVE A SET ASIDE FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
WELL, WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THAT $200,000 AND ADD IT TO THE PHASE OF WORK THAT WE'RE IN FOR THE TIP SO THAT IT CAN BE OBLIGATED.
SO, PROGRAMMING THE MONEY IS PUTTING IT ON THE TIP PAGE AND SAYING, THIS MONEY IS AVAILABLE TO BE OBLIGATED.
OBLIGATING THE MONEY MEANS THAT YOU CAN GET REIMBURSED FROM IT.
YOU CANNOT OBLIGATE FUNDS WITHOUT IT BEING SHOWN ON THE TIP PAGE.
SO THAT'S THE FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISM OF WHAT THE TIP REALLY DOES TO IMPLEMENT THE RTP IS IT ALLOWS YOU TO ACCESS FEDERAL FUNDS WHEN YOU GO TO TDOT TO REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT, AND TO GET YOUR NOTICE SUPERSEDE TO A PARTICULAR PHASE, YOU NEED THAT MONEY PROGRAMMED IN THE TIP BEFORE YOU CAN OBLIGATE IT FEDERALLY.
UM, THE ACTIVE TIP WAS, UH, ADOPTED IN NOVEMBER, 2022.
WE HAVE A NEW TIP INCOMING, UM, AND IT WILL BE UPDATED, BUT THAT TIP WAS $2.5 BILLION OVER FOUR YEARS.
UM, WE HAVE AN INTERACTIVE, UM, DATABASE AND MAP AVAILABLE@JRC.ORG SLASH TIP, AND THIS IS THE ACTIVE TIPS, REVENUE TOTALS, AND THE SHARE, UH, BETWEEN ENTITIES.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE FHWA GRANTS MAKE UP THE LARGEST MAJORITY.
UH, A LOT OF THESE GRANTS ARE, CAN BE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR YOUR PROJECT BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING FROM A LARGER FEDERAL BUCKET.
THE FDA GRANTS ARE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER.
THEY FUND THINGS LIKE, UH, COMMUTER LINES AND TRANSIT SERVICES.
STATE REVENUE IS THE TDOT SUB ALLOCATED MONEY THAT THEY CONTROL.
UM, MOST OF THESE ARE ON TDOT PROJECTS ON STATE HIGHWAYS, UM, AND THEN, UH, LOCAL REVENUE, SINCE MOST OF THEM HAVE A LOCAL MATCH.
AND SOMETIMES THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FEDERAL FUNDING, UH, FEDERAL FUNDS TO FINISH THE PROJECT.
UH, THERE'S ACTUALLY 16% AMOUNT OF LOCAL REVENUE THAT IS DEDICATED ACROSS THE REGION IN THE FOR YEAR PLAN.
SO AGAIN, IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE TO THE TIP, YOU'LL ASK ME, I WILL WRITE A TIP AMENDMENT
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PAGE THAT WE TAKE FOR TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD.THE TIP CANNOT BE AMENDED UNTIL THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD APPROVES OF THE AMENDMENT.
WHEN THEY DO, I TAKE THAT TO TDOT THROUGH THEIR STATE, UH, TIP THEIR STIP, AND ONCE I GET STATE APPROVAL, IT GOES TO THE FHWA IN ORDER TO MAKE THE CHANGES.
AND WHEN THEY APPROVE IT, WHICH USUALLY TAKES ABOUT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS, UM, YOU WILL FINALLY BE ABLE TO OBLIGATE FROM THAT PROGRAM LINE.
UM, THAT'S THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE TIP.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.
I MIGHT AT THIS POINT, UH, TALK ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STEP AND THE TIP.
UH, AND THEN OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY ALREADY, LIKE THE THREE YEAR WORK PROGRAM THAT TDOT DOES, THE 10 YEAR PLAN THAT TDOT DOES.
UH, BUT THEN THE THING THAT DRIVES THE STATE REALLY IS THE ONE YEAR APPROPRIATION THROUGH THE STATE BUDGET.
SO OUR TIP IS A FEDERALLY REQUIRED FOUR YEAR DOCUMENT THAT BASICALLY TELLS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHAT WE NEED THEM TO OBLIGATE IN OUR REGION TO REIMBURSE YOU.
UM, IT IS THE, IT IS EFFECTIVELY OUR PORTION OF THE STIP.
SO, UH, THE STIP IS THE FEDERALLY REQUIRED STATEWIDE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT COSTS TO THE FEDS.
WE'RE DEFINING OUR PORTION OF THE I THROUGH THE TEST.
IT'S OUR, THE STEP IS JUST REFERRING TO OUR TIP, RIGHT? SO EVERY TIME WE AMEND THE TIP, WE'RE EFFECTIVELY AMENDING THE STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AS WELL.
THESE ARE FEDERALLY REQUIRED DOCUMENTS THAT TALK TO THE FEDS FOR OBLIGATION.
THEY DON'T NECESSARILY APPROPRIATE STATE MONEY.
SO THE STATE BUDGET IS WHAT APPROPRIATES THE STATE DOLLARS, WHICH SOMETIMES ARE PROVIDING THE MATCH.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE ORANGE, UH, PIECE OF PIE HERE, THAT WHAT TDOT LIKES TO DO IS PREPARE A THREE YEAR WORK PROGRAM FOR THE LEGISLATURE SO THEY CAN SEE, ALL RIGHT, IF WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROPRIATE 20, 27 FUNDS, BUT THIS IS KIND OF A THREE YEAR WINDOW OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED, RIGHT? UH, BUT THE YEARS TWO AND THREE ARE NOT APPROPRIATED, BUT THERE'S SHORT TERM PRIORITIES TO INFORM THE LEGISLATURE ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ONE YEAR APPROPRIATION.
OR RECENTLY THOUGH, TDOT HAS DECIDED, UM, WHICH IS A REALLY GOOD THING, THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE A LONGER TERM HORIZON BECAUSE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE.
IT TAKES MULTIPLE YEARS OF APPROPRIATIONS TO FUND THEM.
IT TAKES MULTIPLE YEARS OF FEDERAL CORPORATIONS TO, TO CONTRIBUTE.
UH, AND THEN IT ALSO, IF WE DID IT, UH, IN A THREE YEAR CHUNKS, UM, YOU'RE LEFT IN THE DARK A LOT OF TIMES KNOWING WHEN YOUR PROJECT'S GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITHIN THAT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
SO NOW THE 10 YEAR PLAN IS TDOT'S PRIMARY TOOL OF COMMUNICATING TO ITS PARTNERS, YOU ALL US, THE LEGISLATURE ON WHERE THEY'RE HEADED WITH THEIR, THEIR PROGRAM.
SO THE NEW RULE WITH TDOT IS BEFORE SOMETHING CAN GO INTO OUR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN OR OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHERE WE'RE IDENTIFYING TDOT AS THE LEAD AGENCY TO DO THE PROJECT, WE NEED THAT GUIDANCE TO BE IN THE 10 YEAR PLAN FIRST.
AND THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF SOME OF THE RECENT DISCOURSE BETWEEN US AND TDOT TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE, WE HAD SOME TDOT PROJECTS IN OUR RTP AND THE TIP THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE 10 YEAR PLAN, WHICH IS A NEW VEHICLE FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR COMMUNICATION.
SO THAT WAS THE RECONCILIATION THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS GIVEN THE NEW PROCESS.
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS.
AND JUST REMEMBER, TIP AND STEP HAS TALKED TO THE FEDS 10 YEAR PLAN IS THE STATE'S OFFICIAL POLICY.
THE THREE YEAR WORK PROGRAM IS THEM TALKING TO THE LEGISLATURE ABOUT UPCOMING APPROPRIATIONS, BUT IT'S THE ANNUAL BUDGET THAT THE STATE'S APPROVING THAT IS REALLY WHERE THE MONEY IS FROM THE STATE.
RIGHT? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? OKAY.
CONNOR, AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU.
AND NEXT WILL BE DANIEL WITH R-U-P-W-P.
YEAH, JUST A COUPLE OF SLIDES TO WRAP UP AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHATEVER YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
UM, UH, IN ADDITION, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS ALL THE PLANS, UH, WHETHER THE LOCAL AGENCY LIKE BRENTWOOD IS UNDERTAKING A REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT PLAN OR WHETHER GNRC IS IS UNDERTAKING IT OR WHETHER TDOT'S UNDERTAKING IT.
UM, IT DOES TWO THINGS, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IT UNLOCKS THE FEDERAL FUNDING TO ACTUALLY GIVE US MONEY TO DO THOSE PLANS.
UM, IF, IF THAT MONEY IS, IS NEEDED, UH, EVEN FOR A LOCAL AGENCY OR, AND, AND IT ALLOWS US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE REGIONAL PLANNING IS GOING ON HERE.
IT LETS US HAVE A, A CATALOG OF UNDERSTANDING THAT, HEY, THESE CORRIDORS ARE BEING STUDIED, THIS IS BEING TEED UP, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UM, WE UPDATE THAT EVERY TWO YEARS, UM, WITH A CALL FOR PROJECTS EVERY YEAR IN BETWEEN.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A CONSTANTLY EVOLVING, UH, RECORD.
UM, AND, UH, IT, IT'S ON THE WEBSITE HERE@UNITEDRC.ORG SLASH UWP.
UM, QUICK OVERVIEW OF IT IS OUR ONGOING ACTIVITIES.
EVERYTHING I TALKED ABOUT IS CONSIDERED PLANNING AS PART OF IT.
WE'RE ALSO DOING A REGIONAL SAFETY ACTION PLAN.
UM, BACK TO THAT, THAT SAFETY TOPIC.
AND THAT, UH, IT FEEDS INTO OUR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT.
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UH, WE DO CONSTANT DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS.UM, GET A LOT OF THOSE, UH, BIG DATA, UM, UH, PLATFORMS AVAILABLE TO OUR LOCAL AGENCIES, UM, FOR, FOR THEIR ANALYSIS AS WELL.
UM, NEW PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, FOR THE, THE UPCOMING YEAR.
UM, INFRASTRUCTURE AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT.
HOW DO WE, UH, MAKE SURE DEVELOPMENT MEETS TRANSPORTATION, UH, NEEDS, UH, BIG ISSUE FOR A LOT OF THE, THE, UH, ENTITIES AROUND, UM, UPDATING OUR FREIGHT STUDY AND AIRPORT ACCESSIBILITY STUDY.
UH, REGIONAL GREENWAYS MASTER PLAN.
UM, COMPLETE STREETS ASSESSMENT AND SAFETY, UH, COUNTERMEASURES IMPLEMENTATION.
THAT IS KIND OF WHAT OUR SAFE STREETS ROLE IS BRING TO.
AND I'M HOPING YOU RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU'RE RECENT TO TO THIS.
SO IT'S SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE HAD A BIG PRESENTATION WHERE THERE WAS A LANE GOING DOWN INTERSTATE 65 THAT WAS RESERVED FOR A BUS.
WELL, I NEVER SEEN ANYTHING COME OUT OF LAND, WHATEVER.
PERFECT TIMING FOR THE QUESTION.
BUT, UM, YEAH, WE SPENT A MILLION DOLLARS OF OUR FEDERAL PLANNING DOLLARS TO 80 20.
SO Y'ALL CONTRIBUTED MATCH TO THAT STUDY.
AND WE DID REALLY GOOD WORK WITH THE CONSULT TEAM AND THE PUBLIC AND YOU ALL TO LOOK AT, WE LOOKED AT A COMMUTER RAIL OPTION.
WE LOOKED AT A BUS RAPID TRANSIT OPTION.
WE LOOKED AT A KINDA A HYBRID RAIL.
UM, WHEN WE THINK OF COMMUTER RAIL, WE THINK OF IT'S ALWAYS GREAT SEPARATED, PRIMARILY OPERATING PER COMMUTERS.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT A, A RAIL OPTION THAT WOULD SERVE TRIPS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY STAY ON THE FREIGHT QUARTER, MIGHT COME INTO THE INTERSTATE RIGHT AWAY, MIGHT GO DOWN A STATE ROUTE.
SO WE LOOK AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT ALIGNMENTS, A LOT OF, UH, ENGINEERING ANALYSIS OF WHAT EACH OF THESE THINGS WILL COST.
WHAT KIND OF RIDERSHIP WOULD IT PROJECT BASED ON OUR GROWTH, UH, PROJECTIONS.
WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSIONS WITH CSX, UM, WHICH WAS, THIS WAS THE STUDY, WHICH REALLY WAS THE BREAKTHROUGH WITH THEM TO UNDERSTAND IF WE WANTED TO OPERATE IN THEIR QUARTER, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS THAT WE NEED TO SATISFY.
UM, WE DID END UP FINISHING THE STUDY AND I CAN SHARE THE, I CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOUR STAFF HAS ACCESS TO THAT TO SHARE WITH YOU IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
BUT WHERE WE LEFT IT WAS, UM, TDOT WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO HELP US ADVANCE THAT, THOSE PROJECTS.
AND I THINK, UM, KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW NOW, IT'S PROBABLY IN LARGE PART DUE TO KIND OF WHERE THE PUCK WAS HEADED, UM, WITH P THREE PROJECTS.
AND SO AS THE CHOICE LANES AS WELL, THAT'S MAYBE CAR BEFORE THE HORSE.
UH, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT TDOT TRIES TO PURSUE SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR IN THE I 65 QUARTER THAT IS BEING PURSUED IN THE I 24 QUARTER.
CAN WE ADD THOSE LANES FOR CARPOOLS OR FOR FOLKS WILLING TO PAY A FEE TO USE THOSE LANES? IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING PEOPLE A REALLY GOOD RAPID TRANSIT OPTION THAT WE ALSO ADVOCATE THAT BUSES.
WELL, IT SEEMED OBVIOUS TO ME AT THAT TIME, AND EVERYBODY SITTING AROUND WAS EVEN TALKED ABOUT LIKE A COMMUTER TRAIN.
UH, THAT HAS TO BE PLANNED SO MANY YEARS OUT.
'CAUSE EVERY AREA THAT THE TRAIN WOULD HAVE A LITTLE COMMUTER STATION WAS ALREADY BEING DEVELOPED AS BIG SHOPPING CENTERS AND STUFF.
WE THOUGHT, WELL, WE ARE LIKE A DOLLAR LATE AND A DAY DAY, SHORT DOLLAR, LATE DAY DOLLAR, SHORT DOLLAR, LATE SHORT DOLLAR SHORT AND A DAY LATE.
YOU KNOW, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHO COINED THIS, IT WASN'T ME.
UH, BUT
AND SO, SO I I YOU, WE ALL ARE A LITTLE SKEPTICAL WHEN WE SEE THESE BIG LONG RANGE PLANS.
YOU THINK WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THAT, YOU KNOW, WELL THERE'S, THEY'RE INTENDED, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS INTENDED TO IMMEDIATELY TURN INTO A PROJECT, BUT THEY'RE INTENDED TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR PIECE OF IT IS IN ORDER TO ENABLE THAT PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD.
BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, A LOT OF GETTING TRANSIT RIGHT, IS RELATED TO THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING AS COMMUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY DESIGN AND LAND USE AND ZONING, RIGHT? THAT'S CREATING THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE AN EFFICIENT TRANSIT SYSTEM.
AND I THINK WHAT WE'VE REALIZED OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS AS A REGION IS THAT WE CAN'T COMPLETELY BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF CONGESTION WITH ROADWAYS THINK THERE ARE CONSTRAINED FORWARD.
AND THE WAY YOU ADD CAPACITY TO CONSTRAIN CORRIDORS INTO THE FUTURE AS A LARGE URBAN AREA IS THROUGH RAPID TRANSIT WHERE YOU COULD ACTUALLY MOVE A TON OF PEOPLE DESPITE THOSE CONSTRAINTS.
SO I MEAN, I WOULD ARGUE THAT TDOT COMES DOWN AND TALK
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TO THE PARTNERS IN WILLIAMSTON COUNTY ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO CONNECT TO DAVIDSON AND MURRAY AND THE REST OF THE REGION, THAT WE REALLY DO ADVOCATE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THE CHOICE CLAIMS MOVE FORWARD, LIKE THEY ARE, LIKE THEY ARE BEING PROPOSED ALL BEFORE THAT WE ADDRESS THE RAPID TRANSIT OPTIONS AS PART OF THAT, OR NOT PRECLUDE OURSELVES FROM BEING ABLE TO ADVANCE THOSE THINGS.THAT'S PRECLUDING THIS THE PROBLEM.
YOU GOTTA PREPARE A DAY FOR 10 OR 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD OR IT WON'T WORK.
BUT LET ME SAY, I DON'T THINK IT'S EVER TOO LATE.
IT'S JUST THAT THE LONGER WE DELAY, THE MORE EXPENSIVE AND THE MORE DESTRUCTIVE AND THE MORE DIFFICULT IT IS TO DO, BUT THE MARKET EVENTUALLY, REGARDLESS OF PUBLIC POLICY, WE'LL JUST KIND OF DEMAND THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT KIND OF TRANSPORTATION IN OUR REGION, BUT OUR CORE, IT JUST WON'T WORK.
YOU KNOW, IT JUST DOESN'T WORK FROM A MOBILITY STANDPOINT.
JUST THAT QUESTION, JUST HIGHWAYS, IS THIS A GOOD TIME TO JUST GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT THAT S YEAH, WE COULD, I MEAN, I, I KNOW, UH, MENTIONED, UH, I TALKED TO DEREK A LITTLE BIT BEFORE, UM, WE GOT STARTED HERE ABOUT THE LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD WITH TDOT ON THEIR, WE, WE SAY PE THAT STANDS FOR PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LINKAGES STUDY.
UM, IT'S SORT OF LIKE A, A STREAMLINED PROCESS FOR NEPA.
THE, THAT'S THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT THAT HAS TO HAPPEN FOR FEDERAL FUNDED PROJECTS.
NOT JUST TRANSPORTATION, BUT ANY CON FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMING ACROSS THE NATION WHERE YOU LOOK AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND THEN OUR CHURCH CHARGE, MAKING SURE THAT ANY IMPACTS THAT YOU'RE HAVING ON THE ENVIRONMENT, THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE, RIGHT? NOT JUST THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU CAN EITHER MITIGATE THAT OR YOU CAN TRULY JUSTIFY, UH, THE BENEFIT OF A PROJECT BEFORE YOU DO, UH, CAUSE THOSE HARMS. AND SO NEEVA CAN BE A VERY TRICKY PROCESS TO GET THROUGH.
UM, AND SO WHAT TDOT IS DOING IS BASICALLY HAS NEGOTIATED THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ON THE STREAMLINED PROCESS WHERE THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF THE ADVANCED PEOPLE WORK THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS.
SO
YOU KNOW, THE I 65, 24, 40 QUARTER THAT GOES AROUND THE CITY AND I 65 COMING FROM THE LOOP DOWN THROUGH WILLIAMSON COUNTY, UM, TO DO A KIND OF A DEEP DIVE ON SOME OF THESE PROJECT IDEAS LIKE CHOICE LANES NOW WITH CHECKPOINTS WITH YOU ALL AND THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY SO THAT ONCE WE GET TO IDENTIFYING WHICH PROJECT WE'RE GONNA DO, WE CAN STREAMLINE THE NEPA PROCESS.
NOW TDOT, UM, WE'RE NOT HERE TO PRESENT THEIR APPROACH TO THAT STUDY, BUT BASED ON WHAT WE DO KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE A PRETTY FAST PROCESS.
AND I THINK THEY'RE WANTING TO WRAP UP THESE STUDIES BY EARLY NEXT YEAR, LIKE SEPTEMBER.
SO, UM, UM, FOR BETTER OR WORSE, WE DON'T WANT PLANNING TO GO SLOW, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT YOU TO LOSE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A VOICE IN THE MATTER.
UH, AND EVEN AS A, YOU KNOW, AS A, AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY FOR A JURISDICTION, YOU MAY BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH TDOT ON WHAT THE PROJECT NEEDS TO BE, BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, FIGURE TO THE CONSTITUENTS AND YOU'RE GONNA KNOW LIKE WHAT PACE IS GONNA BE COMFORTABLE FOR THEM TO STAY EDUCATED ABOUT WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE.
'CAUSE THE LAST THING WE WANT IS FOR FOLKS TO DOING WHERE DID, WHERE DID THESE WHOLE LANES COME FROM? LIKE, WHERE WAS THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHEN THAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN? SO JUST KNOW THAT WHEN WE SAY THE PE STUDY FOR I 65, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING LOOKED AT AND YOU JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE, AND WE CAN HELP YOU WITH THIS.
YOU'RE RAISING YOUR HAND THAT YOU'RE BEING RESPONSIVE TO DO THAT YOU'RE ASKING QUESTIONS.
UM, EVEN IF THE QUESTION IS, HEY, WE NEED YOU TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT MORE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECT THAT YOU'RE DESIGNING IS GONNA BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CONSTITUENTS.
UM, WE CAN FACILITATE GETTING TDOT TO COME DO ONE OF THESE WORK SESSIONS SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS STUDY.
BUT THIS IS WHERE IN THE END, WE'VE ALL BEEN KIND OF AIMING NOW WITH THE I 65 STUDY THAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, THE INTERCHANGE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN ON YOUR RADAR, THIS IS NOW THE CONTEXT FOR US TO FIGURE OUT SOME OF WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD.
I WANT TO INTERJECT HERE BECAUSE WHAT MICHAEL IS SAYING IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT AND MAYOR, AS YOU AND JASON GAGE KNOW, UM, AS MICHAEL SAID, THIS IS COMING QUICKLY AND I WANT TO JUST BREAK DOWN VERY QUICKLY WHAT MICHAEL'S TALKING ABOUT THE CHOICE LANES.
THE PROJECT IS COMING AND IT'S COMING FAST AND THE STUDY FOR THAT IS GONNA BE COMPLETED VERY QUICKLY.
SO OUR TIME TO GET OUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS IN FOR THIS PROJECT IS NOW, AS THEY MENTIONED, THE STUDY IS GONNA WRAP UP IN SEPTEMBER.
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I 65 THAT ARE GONNA BE IMPACTED BY THIS STUDY.MOORE'S LANE INTERCHANGE HAS BEEN ON OUR BOOKS FOREVER.
IF WE WANT TO DO ANYTHING WITH MORRIS LANE INTERCHANGE, WE SHOULD HAVE IT INCLUDED.
WE SHOULD HAVE DISCUSSIONS INCLUDED ABOUT THAT IN THIS STUDY.
IF WE'VE HAD A A, A NEW INTERCHANGE ON THE BOOKS FOR FOREVER BETWEEN SOUTH OF OLD HICKORY, IF WE EVER WANT THAT ADDRESSED, THEN IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS STUDY.
WE JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THIS.
OUR CITY, THE INTERCHANGES THAT ARE WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS ARE GONNA BE IMPACTED LONG TERM BY THIS PROJECT.
AND SO ANY PLANNING THAT WE WANT IMPLEMENTED IN THAT, ANY IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS LONG TERM PROJECT NEED TO HAPPEN QUICKLY.
HAVE I SAID ANYTHING OUT OF THAT'S EXACTLY, NOW IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GONNA GET TO SEPTEMBER, THEY'RE GONNA IMMEDIATELY START BUILDING.
IF IT IS A P THREE PROJECT THAT WAS AUTHORIZED BY THE TRANSPORTATION MODERNIZATION ACT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY'LL GO THROUGH A FIRST ROUND PROCUREMENT WHERE BASICALLY SAY WE'RE LOOKING FOR CONSORTIUMS OF DEVELOPERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY OR ACROSS THE GLOBE TO PROPOSE TO US TO BE A PARTNER.
UM, THEY'LL GET PROPOSALS FROM THESE DEVELOPERS, THEY'LL SHORTLIST THAT, THEY'LL PUT OUT MORE SPECIFICATIONS OF WHAT THEY WANT THE DEVELOPERS TO BUILD.
AND THEN THE REMAINING DEVELOPERS WHO ARE SHORTLISTED WILL COMPETE AGAIN.
WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO WITH LIKE I 24 FOR EXAMPLE, IS TO FIND A SINGLE DEVELOPER PARTNER THAT WOULD COME IN AND FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PROJECT.
THAT FINANCING THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS PAYING, PROVIDING WILL BE PAID OFF WITH THE TOLL REVENUE GENERATED FROM THE USERS ALONG THE PROJECT.
AND SO THAT'S THE MODEL THAT TEDO IS PURSUING ON I 24.
THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN FOR I 65, BUT THEY'RE USING THE STUDY DETERMINED, IF THAT IS INDEED WHAT THEY WILL ULTIMATELY LOOK TO DO ALONG THIS CORRIDOR AS WELL.
SO, SO WE, SO WE KNOW I HAVE A QUESTION, DEREK.
I WAS GONNA SAY WE, SO WE, WE KNOW THAT CONGESTION ON OLD HICKORY BOULEVARD AND CONCORD ROAD ARE A BIG DEAL AND IN TERMS OF TRYING TO REDUCE SOME CONGESTION ON THOSE EAST WEST STATE ROUTES HAS A LOT TO DO WITH GETTING MCQUEEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH FROM 65 TO 24 IS ANOTHER EAST WEST ROUTE, YOU KNOW, AS AN ALTERNATIVE IN CASE YOU HAVE AN ACCIDENT OR JUST GENERAL CONGESTION ON CONCORD ROAD, RURAL HICKORY BOULEVARD.
AND IS THAT BEING ADDRESSED AS PART OF THIS, THIS WHOLE PROCESS? 'CAUSE MCCUEN'S A REALLY BIG DEAL, BUT FOR INSTANCE, NOLANSVILLE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AWARE OF IT AND SEEMS TO BE THINKING ABOUT BUILDING NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE PATH OF THE ROAD.
YEAH, AND THEY HAVE BEEN BUILT OVER THE, I MEAN, WE'VE LOST A LOT OF RIGHT OF WEIGHT POTENTIAL OVER THE LAST 10, 15 YEARS JUST BECAUSE THE, THE MARKET DEMAND FOR SUBDIVISION, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S DONE ANYTHING WRONG.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, THAT'S WHY THESE LOW RANGE PLANS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
THE MORE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING GOING ON BETWEEN NOW SEPTEMBER IS
NOW WHERE LIKE, THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE ONE OF THE ISSUES ALONG THE I 24 CORRIDOR IS THE PROPOSED INTERCHANGE THAT WOULD BE ON THE RECEIVING END OF THE QUARTER THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT NEW CONNECTOR ROAD BETWEEN YEAH.
AND, AND SO RIGHT NOW, AND THAT RIGHT NOW IS NOT ON TDOT'S LIST OF INTERCHANGES THAT THEY'RE ASKING THE DEVELOPERS TO CONSIDER.
SO THAT'S THE WORK WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW WITH THE TOWN OF SMYRNA AND THE OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ENSURE THAT IF IT'S NOT INCLUDED ON THE PROJECT, IT'S NOT BEING PRECLUDED FROM BEING DONE IN THE FUTURE BY OTHER, BUT, BUT THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO SEND YOUR RADAR BECAUSE MCKEEN HAS A WAY OF STAYING OFF EVERYONE'S RADAR BECAUSE NOLANSVILLE HAVE THINGS, HAVE GOT NO MONEY.
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, WHICH IS PART OF THE, THE RIGHT OF WAY, THINKS THEY HAVE OTHER FISH TO FRY.
EVERYONE WANTS TO COMPLAIN ABOUT CONCORD ROAD 96 AND HICKORY BOULEVARD.
BUT YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE ALL THESE OTHER GROUPS COORDINATED, WHICH YOU GUYS SEEM TO BE THE COORDINATING BODY TO, TO GET A CONVERSATION ABOUT MCEWEN TO MAKE SURE THIS IS DONE AND WE DO OUR BEST.
RIGHT? SO THAT'S LIKE, UM, THAT'S WHY IT'S ALSO A GOOD IDEA.
ANYTIME YOU HAVE A MEETING WITH TDO, JUST LET US KNOW ABOUT IT.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S EVER ANY INTENTION ON TDO S PART TO KIND OF NOT INVITE US TO THOSE MEETINGS, BUT WHEN WE'RE NOT AT THOSE MEETINGS, WE'RE NOT ALWAYS SURE WHAT THE CONVERSATION IS.
AND SO OUR ROLE OF COORDINATION IS A LITTLE BIT TO DIMINISHED WHEN WE'RE NOT IN THOSE, THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
SO JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THAT TOO AS YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
WE'RE HAPPY TO, I MEAN WE, WE WE'RE AN EXTENSION OF YOUR STAFF, SO WE ARE HAPPY TO BE ANYWHERE WE NEED TO BE, UM, TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT ALL THOSE PARTS ARE CONNECTING.
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YOUR COMMENT ABOUT THE INTERCHANGE BETWEEN, OR, OR SOUTH RE BOULEVARD, WHICH I GUESS WOULD BE BETWEEN RE BOULEVARD AND CONCORD ROAD, BUT WE'VE ALREADY BUILT NEIGHBORHOODS ALL THE WAY DOWN THAT CORRIDOR.SO I MEAN, IS THAT JUST PURELY A FLIGHT OF FANTASY OR IS THERE A SPOT WHERE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THAT'S ALL PRIVATE PROPERTY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE INTERSTATE, RIGHT? AND OF COURSE IT WOULD EVENTUALLY COME THROUGH THAT LARGE PARCEL THAT'S OWNED BY MR. TURNER, RIGHT? I BELIEVE LIKELY.
AND SO IS IT PRECLUDED ON THE EAST SIDE? THERE'S ALSO PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS? YEP, EXACTLY.
THERE ARE WAYS TO GET AROUND THAT.
AND OF COURSE AS, YOU KNOW, WAYS TO GET THROUGH THAT, THAT WE DON'T LIKE, BUT UH, IT'S NOT PRECLUDED AT THIS POINT.
SO HOW DO WE TALK ABOUT IT IN THE SPAN OF THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BRING UP.
BUT, AND AS MICHAEL SAID, IT, IT COULD BE THAT IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PAL STUDY, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT PRECLUDED BY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHOICE LANES AS WELL.
WELL, THAT WAS INCLUDED YEARS AGO.
AND THE COMMUNITY WAS SO AGAINST IT, IT WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE PLANET.
SO IT'S BEEN LOOKED AT, BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS REVISIT THINGS CHANGE.
MY QUESTION FOR YOU YES, MA'AM.
WHICH YOU SAID, BOY, WE DON'T NEED TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL FROM OUR END? WHAT DO WE NEED TO BE DOING? I MEAN, DO WE HAVE TO, AS THE GROUP SAY, WE'RE IDENTIFYING THAT WE WANT TO HAVE MORE SL ON THIS? OR WHAT ARE OUR STEPS PROCEDURALLY THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING? YES, MA'AM.
SO IN THE PAST, UH, WE HAVE, UH, YOU AS A BODY, UH, YOU UH, AS A CITY ADMINISTRATORS ALONG WITH OUR DEPARTMENT HAVE DETERMINED THAT MOORE'S LANE INTERCHANGE SHOULD BE IMPROVED.
IN FACT, WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH STATE OFFICIALS ABOUT THAT FOR YEARS.
I REMEMBER A COUPLE YEARS AGO SITTING RIGHT HERE WHEN SOME COMMISSIONERS SAID, WELL, I'M NOT PAYING A DIME FOR THAT.
SO THE, THE YOU, YOU WOULD JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER THAT THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE STILL VERY INTERESTED IN.
AND WHEN THEY PARTICIPATE IN THESE MUNICIPAL WORK GROUPS THAT ARE COMING QUICKLY DURING THIS STUDY, THAT THEY EMPHASIZE BRENTWOODS CONCERNS AND BRENTWOODS NEEDS THOSE WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS AND THE OLD HICKORY SITUATION, MAYOR, AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MENTION THAT ANY IMPROVEMENT THAT COULD BE DONE WITH THE CHOICE LANE PROJECT TO OLD HICKORY INTERCHANGE WOULD BE WELCOME.
WELL, SINCE THAT'S NOT IN OUR CITY LIMITS THOUGH, HOW MUCH WEIGHT DO WE HAVE WITH THAT? UM, I, I THINK BECAUSE A MAJORITY OF OUR BRICKWOOD POPULATION USED THAT, THAT WOULD BE OUR LEVERAGE FOR THAT.
THAT'S WHY WE, THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHAT JURISDICTION A PROJECT IS IN, THAT'S WHY THERE'S A REGIONAL INTEREST RATE WE'RE ALL SHARING AND WHAT HAPPENS AS A RESULT OF THAT BEING THERE OR NOT.
SO ANY, ANY PRIOR STUDIES THAT YOU'VE DONE, ANY PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'VE GENERATED? THE I 65, THE SOUTH QUARTER STUDY THAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER WITH THE TRAININGS THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THEIR CONSULTANTS HAVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION UNDERSTAND THE CURRENCY TO US IN TERMS OF WHAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS MEAN SO THAT WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR THE HELL AS A VEHICLE FOR GETTING THIS DELIVERED.
UH, AND IF THEY DON'T GET DELIVERED WITH THE TDOT INITIATIVE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT SHOOTING OURSELVES IN THE FOOT AND MAKING IT POSSIBLE IN DO IN THE FUTURE THROUGH OTHER INITIATIVES.
BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET CYNICAL ABOUT PLANNING.
IT'S LIKE, OH, THEY'RE DOING A STUDY, WHATEVER, I'LL GET, I'LL GET THE NEXT CYCLE.
THIS IS ONE, NOT ONE OF THOSE.
THIS IS GOING TO YIELD A PROJECT THAT WILL LIKELY BE P THREE PROCESS AND YOU SHOULD BE AS MUCH IN CHARGE AS ANYBODY ELSE IN TERMS OF SHAPING WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR YOUR MICHAEL.
THAT WAS MY INTENT WHEN I, WHEN I STOOD UP
AND MICHAEL, YOU'VE USED THE TERM P THREE, NOT EVERYBODY IS AS FAMILIAR WITH THAT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
IT'S PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT IN CHOICE LANES.
AND P THREE COULD BE A TON OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS LIKE YOU HIRE THE CITY HIRES, UH, THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO DESIGN AND BUILD THE PROJECT, BUT YOU'RE PAYING THEM.
THAT'S A SMALL P THREE, BUT WHAT TDOT'S TALKING ABOUT INCLUDES PRIVATE FINANCING, NOT PRIVATE FUNDING.
THAT'S ALSO TO BE CLEAR LIKE, BUT THE PRIVATE SE, INSTEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT BORROWING THE MONEY TO DO THE PROJECT, THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS GOING TO FINANCE THE PROJECT WITH THEIR OWN FUNDS.
THEY WILL BE REPAID BY GOVERNMENT AND THE FORM OF THOSE USER FEES, IF THESE USER'S FEE USER FEES FALL SHORT, THAT'S WHERE THE NEGOTIATED
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CONTRACT BETWEEN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE STATE WILL, THAT WILL GOVERN.WHAT DO YOU DO IF THERE'S A SHORTFALL? IS THAT A RISK THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS TAKING AND THAT WILL BE THEIR LOSS OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD COVER THROUGH SAY THE FEDERAL PROGRAM? UH, SO EVEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE AGREEMENTS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS WELL.
THE GOAL, AS YOU HIRE PRIVATE CONSORTIUM, THEY COME, THEY DESIGN, THEY BUILD THE PROJECT, THEY, WELL, THEY FINANCE THE PROJECT, THEY BUILD THE PROJECT, THEY MANAGE THE COLLECTION OF THE REVENUE, THEY PAY THEMSELVES BACK.
WE HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR MAINTAINING THOSE LANES.
UH, AND FOR WHATEVER PERIOD OF TIME THE AGREEMENT SPECIFIES.
IN TERMS OF YOUR PRESENTATION, ARE WE, HAVE WE CONCLUDED? YEAH, I THINK WE'RE FAIRLY WRAPPED UP AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ALSO JUST BEING RELEVANT TO WHAT WAS ON YOUR MIND.
BUT I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOOD BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR Y'ALL TO FEEL EMPOWERED TO ENGAGE US ON ISSUES YOU MIGHT HAVE.
WELL, IT'S A, IT'S A DRY AND COMPLICATED SUBJECT, VERY DRY.
UH, BUT I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU WALKED THROUGH A LOT.
THERE WAS A LOT THERE AND APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT'S UH, SOMETIMES HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHEN DERRICK'S TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO US WHERE IN THE PROCESS THINGS ARE WITH ALL THE VARIOUS PLANS AND PROGRAMS THAT HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.
SAY ONE MORE THING, WHICH IS LIKE, DON'T LET THE COMPLEXITY OR YOUR CONFUSION BE A BARRIER AT ALL BEING PARTICIPANT.
WE'RE NOT EXPECTING YOU TO KNOW THE PROCESS IN AND OUT.
WE CAN COME BACK AS AS OFTEN AS NEEDED.
WE CAN ANSWER UNLIMITED NUMBERS OF QUESTIONS AND ONLY THAT FEAR OF NOT KNOWING HOW THIS WORKS TO GET IN THE WAY OF YOU MAKING SURE YOU GET WHAT YOU NEED.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
I'M JUST GONNA MAKE LET THE COMMISSIONERS KNOW ABOUT THE BEDS.
WE TALKED ABOUT FUNDING WHEN Y'ALL APPROVED THE DESIGN, THE COMMITTEES, UM, ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH TWO MEETINGS DISCUSSING THIS AND MAKING SURE IT WAS NOT COST PROHIBITIVE TO DO IT.
AND WE'VE GOTTEN INFORMATION THAT IT'S NOT, BUT WE'VE DECIDED AT THE, THE SITE TO, TO RECOGNIZE ANY GIFT THAT'S A THOUSAND DOLLARS OR ABOVE AND THERE MAY BE DIFFERENT INCREMENTS.
AND THOSE $25,000 AND ABOVE, WHICH WE DID TALK ABOUT, I THINK, UH, ASHLEY ALTE SPOKE OF WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE FUNDRAISING, THEY WILL PROBABLY HAVE A SPECIAL DESIGNATION, UH, AND IT'LL BE DONE ON PLAQUES.
UH, BUT I, WE, WE JUST WANTED YOU TO BE INFORMED OF THAT SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AND, AND HAS TO DO WITH THE FUNDING AND, AND ALL.
AND ALSO AS YOU GO OUT AND ABOUT AND PEOPLE ASK YOU ABOUT THE QUESTIONS, THAT'S A QUESTION WE HAVE BEEN ASKED
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL WERE ALL OKAY WITH THAT.
SO JUST, WE HAVE A LOT OF PLAQUES GOING ON OUT THERE ANYWAY.
JUST MAKE SURE THEY'RE DIFFERENTIATED
AND THESE PIPES ARE, MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO GIVE WILL BE VETERANS, BUT MANY WHO GIVE WON'T BE VETERANS.
THESE WILL BE APART FROM THE ACTUAL MONUMENT SO THAT IT'S SO, IT'S VERY CLEAR THIS IS GIFTS AND THIS THIS HAS TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, HONORING THE VETERANS.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.