Aug 20, 2026 City Commission Briefing

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[ Brentwood City Commission Briefing August 20, 2026 Click on Download PDF Packet above to view Briefing Agenda Following discussion of the August 24th Agenda, the items below will be discussed: How the Brentwood Zoning Code applies to data-related activities Veterans Monument Fundraising Update 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.]

SO WE HAVE THAT COMING UP.

IT'S ALL SET UP AND READY TO GO.

AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

I HAVE A PRETTY LIVE AGENDA FOR YOU, UH, WHICH IS, WHICH IS GOOD.

THE FIRST ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTING NEW GUIDELINES AND FIES FOR THE RAVENSWOOD MANSION IN SMITH PARK.

AND THIS IS REALLY SIMPLE.

ALL IT DOES IS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO BOOK FOR THE 2028 SEASON AND, UH, WANTING TO CHANGE THE FEES OF 3.4%.

WE'RE ANTICIPATING ABOUT 3% PLUS OR MINUS ON OUR COSTS.

SO IT'S MAKING SURE WE GET THAT IN PLACE SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND BOOK OUT.

AND THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WE HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM? NO.

ALRIGHT.

CONSENT ITEM TWO AUTHORIZES A SALE DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS PROPERTY HELD BY US.

WE OCCASIONALLY WILL COME AND GET AUTHORIZATION TO SELL DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS OF PROPERTY EQUIPMENT THAT WE THINK IS CLEARLY BEYOND ITS USEFUL LIFE.

UM, AND IT'S NOT A COST EFFECTIVE TO KEEP OR MAINTAINED.

SO, UH, WE'D LIKE TO GET AUTHORIZATION.

WE PLAN TO USE GOOD DEALS, UH, UH, TO SELL IT'S ONLINE SURPLUS PROPERTY.

AND TYPICALLY YOU DO PRETTY WELL WITH THAT.

GENERALLY THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THERE COULD BE A FEW ITEMS THAT, THAT DON'T SELL ON THAT.

AND SO WITH THOSE, IT GETS TO THE POINT YOU CAN'T EVEN SELL THERE.

UH, WE, WE COULD TREAT 'EM AS SCRAP OR A GOOD DUDE.

GOODWILL, I, YOUNG LADY, POOR NONPROFIT, UH, AS JUNK.

BUT, UH, SOME OF THE BIGGER ITEMS, UH, THAT WE DO HAVE ON THERE, WE DO SELL TWO, THE OLD GRAPPLE TRUCKS WE TALKED ABOUT SOME TIME AGO OF THE WORKS, TWO PICKUP TRUCKS FROM PARKS, NINE POLICE VEHICLES AND LIGHT DOORS, AND A SUV FROM WATER.

SO THAT YOU SAY THAT WAS .

YEAH.

THE THIRD CONSENT ITEM IS AN APPLICATION FM GLOBAL FIRE SERVICE, UH, GRANT PROGRAM.

UH, THEY, THIS IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR OVER 200 YEARS THAT SUPPORTS THE FIRE SERVICE.

AND, UH, SO THEY HAVE A GRANT PROGRAM AND IT PROVIDES GRANTS UP TO $5,000 FOR FIRE RELATED PURPOSES.

SO SMALL BUT HELPFUL WHEN YOU NEED 'EM.

AND, AND WE'RE ALWAYS APPRECIATIVE.

THERE'S NO MATCH THAT'S REQUIRED.

THIS IS THE OURS WOULD OUR APPLICATION BE TO PROVIDE REALLY THE COST OF THE TRAINING ON THE PRE-INCIDENT PLANNING MODULE OF OUR RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

SO HAVE SOME OFFSET THAT COST.

PRETTY MINOR, BUT HELPFUL.

ANY QUESTIONS? ITEM FOUR IS, UH, RESOLUTION APPROVING A TASK ORDER, UH, WITH DANIEL'S CHANDLER ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR THE TEEN SPACE RENOVATION PROJECT.

SO YOU'RE OF COURSE, VERY AWARE OF THE, UH, THE HOPE FUNDS.

AND, UH, THIS PROJECT, THE TEEN SPACE AT THE LIBRARY IS FUNDED TO PROVIDE THE HOPE FUNDS AND THE HOPE FUNDS MONIES.

25% OF THE PRINCIPAL AND 25% OF THE INTEREST CAN BE USED FOR WHAT THEY CALL THE SHORT TERM PROJECTS AT THE LIBRARY.

THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE.

AND, UH, TODAY WE'VE SPENT ALMOST $400,000 ON SOME REALLY GREAT PROJECTS OVER THERE.

AND SO, UH, ON THE JULY 23RD, YOU GOT TO SEE THE CONCEPT, WHICH IS SUPER COOL.

UH, I THINK THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB AND USE THE INPUT OF THE, OF THE USERS AND SO FORTH.

AND SO WHAT THIS AGREEMENT WOULD DO IS IT WOULD, UH, PROVIDE A PROOF OF CONTRACT WITH DANIELS CHANDLER FOR THE NEXT PHASE, WHICH IS THE FULL DESIGN PREPARATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND THE CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION.

SO IT TAKES US THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

UH, THE AMOUNT IS $60,000 FROM THE WHOLE FUNDS.

ANY QUESTIONS IF I MAY? SURE.

UH, YOU'LL NOTE THE LIBRARY BOARD TALKED ABOUT $60,000, WHICH IS THE NEAT AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SERVICES IN THE CONTRACT THAT ARE ON AN HOURLY BASIS THAT IF WE NEED THEM FOR LIKE, HELP WITH FIXTURE FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT SELECTION, THAT IT'D BE BILLED AT AN HOURLY RATE AND THAT WOULD EXCEED THE $60,000.

SO STAFF HAS ASKED FOR AN ADDITIONAL $15,000 TO BE AUTHORIZED TO USE FOR THINGS LIKE THAT OR ANYTHING UNFORESEEN THAT COMES UP.

ANY QUESTIONS? IT'S A PRETTY EXCITING PROJECT.

UH, CONSENT ITEM FIVE IS, UH, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE VEEAM RENEWAL, UH, FROM CDWG.

AND THE, THE, THE SHORT OF THIS, THE TRANSLATION IS, IS THE VEEAM SOFTWARE IS WHAT WE USE TO BACK UP OUR EMAILS AND DATA FROM THE VIRTUAL SERVERS AND COMPUTERS TO OUR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY BACKUP DATA CENTERS.

IT DOES IT AUTOMATICALLY, IT MANAGES IT ALL.

AND, UH, WE'RE ADDING, UH, UH, ANOTHER SOFTWARE PIECE TO BE BACKED UP AS WELL.

THIS IS A ONE YEAR RENEWAL, $51,911 AND 18 CENTS THROUGH COOPERATIVE PURCHASING CONTRACT, A SOURCE WELL CONTRACT.

SO IT'S A VERY ROUTINE ITEM.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? ITEM SIX IS APPROVAL TO PURCHASE OUR UNINTERRUPTED POWER SUPPLY, NOT OUR UNITED PARCEL SERVICE.

SO IF YOU WANT, YEAH.

UH, ANNUAL MAINTENANCE SERVICES FROM GOOGLE ELECTRIC.

AND SO, UH, EACH YEAR WE PURCHASE THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE SERVICES ON, ON THREE, UH, UPS SYSTEMS, LOCATED ONE'S CITY HALL, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT, OF COURSE, POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND THE ROBERT E. LEE TOWER SITE.

AND, UH, THIS YEAR THE RENEWAL COST IS 25,000,

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AND, UH, THE KEY TO THIS IS, IS YOU, YOU THINK ABOUT GENERATORS, THESE, THIS IS ELECTRONIC, UH, BATTERY, BATTERY BACKUP, AND IT'S AUTOMATIC, SO THERE'S NO GAP AT ALL.

AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY SPECIFIC COMPUTER SYSTEMS. SO CASE YOU WONDERING QUESTIONS.

OKAY.

ITEM SEVENS APPROVAL TO PURCHASE CISCO WEBEX, UH, CALLING PHONE PLAN.

AND SO WE USE CISCO FOR OUR PHONE SYSTEM AND THAT REQUIRES MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT AND LICENSING ANNUALLY.

AND WE WORK, HAVE WORKED WITH, UH, VENDOR PRESIDIO THIS YEAR WE'RE MOVING TO THE WEBEX CALLING SYSTEM.

SO THAT IN ESSENCE MOVES THE ENTIRE PHONE SYSTEM TO THE CLOUD, WHICH IS WHERE THE INDUSTRY IS AT.

UH, AND I THINK LONG TERM WILL BE MORE HELPFUL AND GIVE US SOME, SOME, SOME MORE OPTIONS AS AS WE COMMUNICATE, AS WE THINK ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE.

UH, BUT THIS IS A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT.

IT WILL ENABLE US TO WALK IN OUR ANNUAL COST AT $41,328 PER YEAR.

SO IT WILL NOT GO UP IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

UH, IT IS ALSO PURCHASED THROUGH A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT, UH, THE CISCO AND ASPO TENNESSEE, UH, CONTRACT.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT.

UH, ITEM EIGHT APPROVAL TO PURCHASE THE TRACK LOADER FOR THE, UH, PARKS DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS OUT OF OUR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND.

UH, THE TRACK LOADER ASSISTS THE DEPARTMENT REMOVING TREES, DEBRIS, ET CETERA, FROM, FROM REALLY A LOT OF TIMES SMALL LOCATIONS OR SMALL JOBS.

UM, SO IT'S A, THEY WANT TO PURCHASE THE TOTAL TRACK LOADER ALONG WITH THREE ATTACHMENTS, WHICH INCLUDES A BUCKET GRAPPLE AND THE FORCE, WHICH MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

IT'S, UH, BUDGETED.

IT'S FROM A SOURCE WELL PURCHASING COOPERATIVE.

AND THE AMOUNT IS $43,441 AND 86 CENTS, WHICH IS A LITTLE UNDER THE $45,000 BUDGET.

HOW, HOW LONG DOES A TRACK LOADER LAST? WELL, THAT'S A GOOD, I JUST WONDER.

I MEAN, THEY'RE OVER 10 YEARS.

YEAH.

I EXPECTED AT LEAST, AT LEAST, I MEAN, IT IS IMPORTANT.

I JUST WONDERED.

I DON'T REMEMBER APPROVING A WHOLE LOT.

YOU, I IMAGINE IT'S LIKE A LOT OF OTHER EQUIPMENT.

YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL NOT TO OVERLOAD OR OVERLOAD OFTEN.

AND IF YOU, IF YOU USE IT THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE USED AND YOU MAINTAIN IT PROPERLY, YOU SHOULD, I THINK AT LEAST 10 YEARS, 10, 12.

WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT ANOTHER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN QUITE A FEW YEARS, .

SO IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE THE SAME QUESTION ABOUT, UH, GRASS AND LEAF PICKER UPPERS, RIGHT? SO THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF, UH, HARPER INDUSTRIES TURBO VAC FOR THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.

AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT, UH, THERE'S A PICTURE OF, UH, OF ONE RIGHT THERE.

AND, UH, THIS IS THROUGH THE OMNIA PURCHASING COOPERATIVE.

IT'S, UH, $57,158 AND 30 CENTS.

AND SO WE'VE HAD OUR TURBO VAC LEAF, UH, UH, AND GRASS PICKER UPPER SINCE 1999.

SO I REALLY THINK 27 YEARS IS PRETTY GOOD, I HAVE TO SAY.

UM, SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM, I'D LIKE TO PUT IN AN OFFICIAL REQUEST FOR THEM TO COME TRY THAT ON MY YARD.

THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG SIDE.

YEAH.

YEAH.

DON'T STICK YOUR ROOM IN THERE, .

AND THAT'S IT FOR CONSENT.

UH, WE HAVE OLD BUSINESS, UH, WE HAVE, UH, ONE ITEM ON OLD BUSINESS AND THAT IS THE SECOND FINAL READING.

THIS IS THE LAST, WELL, WE HAVE TWO ACTIONS RELATED TO WHAT WE, UH, REFER TO AS THE CREW SUBDIVISION AT SEVEN.

YEAH.

I'LL GIVE YOU THE PICTURE OF THIS AREA, UH, OUT, OFF OF WEST OF HILLSBORO ROAD AND JUST SOUTH OF OLD HICKORY.

UH, AND THAT YOU SEE ARE THE, THE TWO AREAS THAT ONE LARGE LOT ON THE LEFT.

AND THEN ON THE, ON THE, WHAT ON THE RIGHT SIDE ARE THE OTHER, THE OS SUB D, LOTS OF THE LEFT IS A SINGLE R TWO ZONING LOT.

SO ALL THE ITEMS WE'RE DOWN TO THE FINAL.

WE HAVE, UH, AT YOUR MEETING WE'LL HAVE THE ZONING ITEM.

AND THEN AFTER THAT WE WILL, WHICH SHOULD BE YOUR NEXT ITEM UNDER NEW BUSINESS WILL BE THE ANNEXATION.

THE ZONING IS AN ORDINANCE, THE ANNEXATION IS A RESOLUTION.

UH, JANET, YOU'D ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE ORDER OF THAT AND I, I GOT WITH, UH, KRISTEN.

'CAUSE I, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT EVEN MORE.

AND WE ALREADY BUILT IT INTO THE ORDINANCE BASED ON THE RESOLUTION THAT IF THE ZONING DOESN'T GO, THEN THERE'S, THERE'S, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.

UH, OR I'M SORRY.

YEAH, THE ZONING DOESN'T GO.

THE ANNEXATION.

ANNEXATION DOESN'T, WOULDN'T DOWN ANYWAY.

SO THAT WAY THE ORDER DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.

I THINK THAT WAS GOOD PLANNING.

SOMETIME THIS BINDS THEM TO THIS PLAN, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

WHEN WE, WHEN WE, UH, SEWN IT.

YEAH.

YEAH.

AND DOES THAT ALSO BIND THE R TWO TO THAT ONE HOUSE? YEAH, IT DOES BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE LIMITING IT.

THEY'RE GONNA LIMIT IT TO ONE.

OKAY.

YEAH.

ONE, UH, DWELLING.

SO IF THEY WANTED TO CHANGE THAT, THEY'D HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS LATER TO DO THAT.

SO, UH, YEAH.

BUT RIGHT NOW, AS YOU REMEMBER, THAT ONE, UH, LARGE LAW IS FOR A SINGLE HOME AND BASED ON THE TOPOGRAPHY AND SO FORTH, IT'S KIND OF PUSHED UP TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER AND UH, IT'S UH, THEY STILL HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS BEFORE THAT CAN EVEN DEVELOP THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.

ITS LOCATION UP.

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YEAH.

I MEAN, IT DOESN'T GO DOWN LIKE THE GRASSLAND MIDDLE OR ANYTHING.

IT STAYS UP IN THE BRENTWOOD CITY LIMITS.

I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW IF SCHOOL, I DON'T THINK THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TENNESSEE RELATE TO THE CITY LIMITS.

THEY DON'T OTHER PLACES.

OKAY.

SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW.

I HAVEN'T SEEN A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAP TO SEE FOR SURE.

BUT, UM, THAT'S WHY I'M RELYING ON SOME OF YOUR INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE HERE.

I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THAT.

THAT'S AN AREA THAT IT COULD BE EITHER OR.

IT, I JUST THOUGHT IN CASE ANSWERS, I WOULD ASSUME THAT IT WOULD BECAUSE OF ITS HOW FAR NORTH IT'S LOCATED ALONG THAT ROAD.

I THINK SO, YEAH.

YOU WOULD HAVE TO PASS SCALES TO GO TO GRASSLAND.

SO I WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD PUSH OTHER KIDS AND THEN TAKE THOSE TO SCALES.

WELL, I REMEMBER NOT TOO MANY YEARS AGO, THEY WERE GONNA SPLIT LIPS COME DOWN KNOX VALLEY DRIVE, YOU KNOW, AND SOME PEOPLE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF IT WOULD GO TO CROCKETT AND SOME ON THE RIGHT GO TO LIST.

AND SO IT DOESN'T ALWAYS MAKE SENSE.

THAT'S TRUE.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DIDN'T DO IT, BUT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT IT.

SO YEAH, YOU'RE FINALLY TO THE, TO THE END OF THIS.

AND SO AGAIN, THE, THOSE ARE THE PICTURES YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN AND YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, AGAIN, 70, ALMOST 77 TOTAL ACRES, UH, BETWEEN THE, UH, ONE LARGE LOT AND THE OTHER, UH, LOTS THAT ARE OSRD, UM, THAT'S REALLY IT.

SO YOU KIND OF MADE IT TO THE END OF THAT ONE.

AND SO THE, THE OTHER ITEM THEN THE NEW BUSINESS AS I MENTIONED, IS A RESOLUTION ON THE ACTUAL ANNEXATION.

AND THAT'S OF COURSE THE RESOLUTION, WHICH IS A ONE READ ITEM.

OKAY.

LIKE THE FACT THAT OUR PRINCIPLE OF RESIDENTIAL SONY IS SO INGRAINED WE DON'T GET ANY FUNNY STUFF.

NO, I MEAN, PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY CAN APPLY FOR AND WHAT WILL AND WILL NOT WORK.

AND I THINK THAT MAKES OUR JOB EASIER TOO.

MM-HMM .

YEAH.

GOOD POINT.

YEAH, I WOULD SAY, AND TODD, YOU PROBABLY, YOU MIGHT GET A LITTLE BIT OF FUNNY STUFF THAT YOU SEE THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT HERE, BUT GENERALLY PEOPLE, PEOPLE KNOW HOW IT WORKS, RIGHT.

SEMI HUMOROUS STUFF IS WHAT YOU MIGHT GET.

WE STILL GET FUNNY REQUESTS FROM OUTSIDERS, BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG FOR FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND.

YEAH.

THINK IT LOOKS PRETTY WELL.

ALRIGHT.

UH, NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER TWO, APPOINTMENT OF BOARD MEMBER TO THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS.

AND THAT WILL SERVE AN UNEXPIRED TERM OF ERIC, UH, OSH ENDING MARCH 31ST.

AND AGAIN, THEY MUST, THAT PERSON MUST BE RESIDENT.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? ALRIGHT.

LIKE I SAID, A PRETTY, UH, STRAIGHTFORWARD ROUTINE AGENDA.

UH, THAT'S, THAT'S IT.

CAN I ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS? SURE.

ABOUT THIS, UH, THAT'S NOT ON THIS LIST.

UM, WHERE ARE WE? YOU KNOW, SOME RESIDENTS, A RESIDENT ASKED US ABOUT A SIDEWALK ON ALONG THIS LANE.

AND I DON'T THINK SHE'S TALKING ABOUT A LONG DISTANCE, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT IS NOT THE ONLY FACTOR WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT, AND WE WERE GONNA HAVE THAT FOLLOWED UP ON, HAVE WE GOTTEN ANY DATA BACK YET ON THAT? BUT NOT REALLY ANY DATA.

IT'S A PRETTY DECENT DISTANCE.

UH, AND THEN WE JUST RECENTLY HAD ANOTHER REQUEST TO, UH, OUT ON, UH, OH, UH, GOSH, WHICH WAS IT? UH, WEST SIDE OF TOWN.

MURRAY.

YEAH, MURRAY.

AND IT WAS A PRETTY LONG DISTANCE.

UH, AND SO WE GOT THAT EMAIL AS WELL.

RIGHT NOW THE RESPONSES, BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY, WE DON'T BUDGET IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR MAJOR SIDEWALK PROJECTS BECAUSE OUR PRIORITY'S ALWAYS BEEN ON THE STREET SIDE TO KEEP THE STREETS GOOD.

AND SO THERE HASN'T BEEN FUNDS UNLESS ONE, ONE EXCEPTION WOULD BE FRANKLIN ROAD WHERE WE KEEP TRYING TO GET A GRANT.

SO IF WE CAN GET A GRANT FOR ONE AND GET THAT PERHAPS WE CAN, IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL, COULD USE A GRANT APPROACH FOR ANOTHER.

BUT GENERALLY WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THOSE OR JUST HAVEN'T FUNDED THOSE.

SO I THINK THAT MAY BE, IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION AS WE START THINKING ABOUT THE 2040 PLAN AND HOW BIG A PRIORITY IT IS.

BUT EVEN IF IT BECOMES A BIG PRIORITY, THERE'S STILL A QUESTION OF THE TOTAL DOLLARS TO FUND THAT KEEP THE STREETS AT THE LEVEL, THE PARKS AT THE LEVEL THEY ARE ALL THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND EQUIPMENT.

WELL I JUST THOUGHT THIS ONE SORT OF MADE A LITTLE BIT OF SENSE.

YEAH.

BECAUSE, WELL ACTUALLY A LOT OF THEM MAKE SENSE.

IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN CONNECT TO ALREADY.

YEAH.

AND THEN YOU CAN CONNECT TO THE TRAIL THAT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SMITH PARK.

MM-HMM .

YOU KNOW, SO I, WELL THIS WOULD BE A BETTER, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST WE WANT 'EM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS HAS COMMUNITY-WIDE, UH, BENEFITS.

SO WHEN WE GET THAT DATA, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE AND THE COST.

AND I'M NOT, MAYBE IT WON'T BE THIS YEAR, BUT IT COULD BE IN ANOTHER CAPITAL IMPROVE.

YEAH.

I WILL SAY TO, TO REALLY KNOW, TO REALLY GET A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THE COSTS WOULD BE, IT'S GONNA TAKE QUITE

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I, I MEAN I DRIVE IT, BUT AS FAR AS THE UH, THE TECHNICAL ENGINEERING DETAIL, A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH DRAINAGE AND WIDTH AND SLOPES AND ALL THOSE THINGS ALONG THERE.

AND THEY'LL HAVE TO ESTIMATE REALLY WHAT THAT WOULD BE.

SO I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE IS WE REALLY KIND OF NEED TO KNOW IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED BECAUSE IT WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

I DON'T, I SAY SIGNIFICANT, I CAN'T TELL YOU FOR SURE, BUT IT WOULD BE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT 'CAUSE IT'S A DECENT RUN THROUGH THERE.

YEAH.

UH, SO IT DEPENDS IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'D LIKE US TO SPEND THE TIME TO LOOK AT THAT, WE SURE CAN.

UH, AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK WITH, WITH SOME AT LEAST PRETTY GOOD COST TO GIVE YOU A CONCEPTUAL IDEA.

WELL, BUT THAT'LL TAKE SOME TIME.

THIS HELPS TO TELL A REST PRESIDENT THAT, HEY, WE LOVE YOUR IDEA, BUT IT'S GONNA COST A WE OR BALL PARKING YEAH.

X NUMBER OF DOLLARS.

SO IT'S GOTTA GET IN THE CHAIN.

YEP.

AND I DON'T WANNA JUST LEAVE HER HANGING WITH NO ANSWER AT ALL AND SAY, NO, WE DIDN'T LIKE IT.

THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A WAY TO YEAH.

FRIENDS INFLUENCE PEOPLE.

JUST, JUST HANGING ON TO, NOT THIS SUBJECT, BUT IT REMINDED ME, UM, THIS WEEK I THOUGHT WE HAD TWO VERY EFFECTIVE SITUATIONS WHERE, UM, WE GOT AN EMAIL IN THAT THE PEOPLE WANTED SOMETHING AND I HAPPENED TO BE FIRST ON ONE AND I READ IT, INSTEAD OF EVERYBODY HAVING TO REPLY, I JUST REPLIED TO EVERYBODY AND SEND IT TO JASON.

AND THAT, THAT WAY EVERYBODY DOESN'T HAVE TO REPLY TO THAT LADY THAT I'M SENDING THIS TO JASON, YOU KNOW, AND YOU DID IT TO KIM AND THAT, THAT I THOUGHT THAT'S A PRETTY EFFICIENT WAY FOR US TO DO IT, YOU KNOW? YEAH.

I'D HAVE TO, EVERYBODY, I APPRECIATE IT.

ELIMINATE MAILBOXES TOO, YOU KNOW, SO, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT I GOT IT.

SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS NERVOUS.

I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED CHIEF COLLINS OR UM, UM, COLVIN.

AND SO I THOUGHT I CAN, I ALWAYS BE SURE WHEN WE GET SOMETHING THAT WHOEVER NEEDS TO SEE IT, I CAN MAKE SURE.

I WASN'T SURE.

DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.

I PERSONALLY, BECAUSE I LIKED THEIR IDEAS.

YEAH.

I THOUGHT BOTH OF THEM WERE EXCELLENT, THAT THEY DON'T COST US A DIME.

SUGGESTIONS.

I MEAN, ONE WAS SO COMMON SENSE, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, THE LADY, THE WAY, UH, PEOPLE PARKING ON THE BIKE LANE, I MEAN, AND I, AND SHE WOULDN'T ASK US TO PREVENT ALL PARKING.

SHE JUST SAID DURING SCHOOL DISMISSAL MAYBE HAVE A SIGN, NO PARKING HERE.

I THOUGHT THAT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE, YOU KNOW, AND WE WENT THROUGH SOMETHING SIMILAR LIKE THAT OVER BY SCALES, RIGHT.

THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THEY WERE HAVING THE KIDS WALK TO THE BACK AND GET PICKED UP.

I MEAN, SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE LIVING AND IN A SITUATION HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS, YOU KNOW, THEY, IT IMPACTS THEM.

YEAH.

WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT ONE AS, AS WELL TRYING TO INVENTORY THE BIKE LANES.

AND I, I'M NOT SURE DALE COULD TELL YOU, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE A SIGN UP AT THE, AT EACH WALK IN IT MIGHT BE ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH NO TYPICAL, NO PARKING ON THE STREETS, WHAT IT WOULD BE.

EXCEPT IT'D BE LIMITED.

WELL, YEAH, ON, ON SCALES WHAT WE DOWN, WE PUT THE NO UNLOADING SIGNS SO FAR UP.

MM-HMM .

UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK.

AND I JUST WENT BLANK.

MAYBE WATERFORD HAS A COUPLE OF, SOME SOMERSET DOES.

SOMERSET DOES.

SO, UH, WELL, BUT I'M TALKING OVER CALLS FROM POCKET WOOD ON THAT ONE AND STUFF, SO I WAS PART OF THAT ONE BEFORE.

SO NORMALLY IF IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD JUST SIMPLY THROW NO STUDENT LOADING OR UNLOADING SIGN UP ON A U CHANNEL POST, BUT THEN SOMETIMES THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T WANT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AESTHETICS AS WELL, BUT THAT'S WHAT, WE'LL, I DON'T WANT THE SIGN IN FRONT OF THEIR YARD A LOT OF TIMES IS THE ISSUE.

YEAH, THAT TOO.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW THE, I GUESS THE ONE I, SPEAKING OF, I'VE EITHER MISSED IT OR IT, WHAT IT WAS, WAS A REQUEST.

UH, OCCASIONALLY I'VE SEEN IT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD TOO.

THERE ARE BIKE LANES AND OCCASIONALLY SOME, I SAY OCCASIONALLY, SOMETIMES IT'S A VISITOR.

SOMETIMES YOU FIND SOMEONE WHO JUST LIKES TO PARK ON THE STREET IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE AND AND THEY'LL BE PARKED ON TOP OF THE BIKE LANE.

SO THERE, IT'S NOT THAT THERE'S A RESTRICTED A LANDSCAPING CREWS THAT DO IT.

YEAH.

WELL YEAH.

SERVICE FOLKS DO IT AS WELL.

AND SO THEY'LL BE PARKING ON THE STREET BECAUSE WE DON'T RESTRICT PARKING ON THE STREET AND THEY'LL PARK ON THE BIKE LANE.

WE DON'T RESTRICT THAT.

BUT TO RESTRICT THAT, WE DO IT BY ORDINANCE, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIGNAGE AGAIN.

RIGHT.

AND, AND, AND I'M ASSUMING WE'D PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT THE, AT EACH END OF THE BLOCK PROBABLY.

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MILES OF BIKE LANE AND WE'LL LOOK AT WHERE IT'S ALL, WHERE BIKE LANES AND WHERE THEY'RE ALL AT.

BUT WE NEED A LOT OF SIGNS INVOLVED IN THAT.

UH, I THINK, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THING WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IS, AND, AND RIGHT NOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S SORT OF MONITORING, YOU WANNA TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW COMMON OR OFTEN IS THAT A PROBLEM? UM, AND IS IT, WAS IT WORTH THAT OR NOT? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'D WANT TO DO? YOU MAY, UH, AND THEN COME BACK WITH SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU.

ONE, ONE THING I DID NOTICE, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW LONG IT WILL CONTINUE, OR THEY JUST FIGURE OUT WHERE THE SIGN SAYS NO STUDENT OR LOADING OR UNLOADING AND THEN JUST GO TO THE END OF THAT LAST SIGN.

AND THEN WE MAKE, I MEAN, IT EVENTUALLY GETS TO THE POINT WHERE I CAN'T LITTER THE WHOLE STRIP.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THESE PEOPLE ARE GONNA PARK,

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SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PROBABLY HAVE THAT DECISION ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, UH, ENCROACHMENT ON THE ROAD WITH ENFORCEMENT, WITH PD, WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, CAN THEY PARK THERE? NO PARKING, BUT IT'S STILL, IT'S SIGNAGE REGARDLESS.

AND THEN THE SIGN CLUTTER IS A REAL ISSUE WITH RESIDENTS AS WELL.

SO YOU JUST HAVE TO TRY TO BALANCE THAT.

SO IF ONE SIGN WILL CURE IT OR NOT.

SO IT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE THE SITUATION OVER IN SOMERSET WAS NEEDED TO UNLOADING AND LOADING JUST THAT THE STUDENTS ARE USING THE BIKE PASS TO GET TO AND USING THE BIKE LANE TO GET TO AND FROM WOODLAND AND CROCKETT.

AND THEN I THINK THEY ALSO SAID RAVENWOOD AND KEN ROSE.

AND SO DURING THE TIME THE STUDENTS ARE BIKING TO AND FROM SCHOOL.

SO WHO, WHAT WAS THE IT'S JUST, IT'S THERE PEOPLE PARKING TO GORA PARKING RIGHT.

TO GO IN THAT HOUSE FOR LIKE THE, ESPECIALLY THE LAWN CARE ONES, BECAUSE THEN THE KIDS ARE HAVING TO GO AROUND THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S PARKED ON THE BIKE ROAD.

JANET, IF I MAY, IT'S, IT IS BOTH PROBLEMS. OKAY.

BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SUBSTANTIAL LOADING UNLOADING PROBLEMS THERE AT UH, DEERY.

ALRIGHT.

YEAH.

I DIDN'T THINK THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT OUTSIDE.

YEAH.

BUT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE PROBLEM.

SOMERSET'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHERE ELSE ARE THOSE VEHICLES THAT ARE SERVICING THOSE HOMES, WHETHER IT'S A PLUMBING TRUCK OR LANDSCAPING TRUCK THEY HAVE TO PARK IN THE ROAD.

IF YOU SEE THOSE DRIVEWAYS, THEY'RE PRETTY SHORT.

RIGHT.

UM, AND THEN THEY BLOCK THE ACCESS TOO FOR THE, IS THE BIKE LANE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET OR JUST THE ONE THERE'S NO BIKE LANE ON, WELL BIKE LANE.

RIGHT.

THAT'S TRUE.

YEAH.

AND KEEP IN MIND YOU FIGHT THIS ALL THE TIME WHERE THESE VEHICLES, SERVICE VEHICLES HAVE TO PARK BECAUSE SOMERSET'S NOT ONE OF 'EM.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S BIKE LANES, BUT WHEN YOU GET THESE STEEP DRIVEWAYS UP OR DOWN THE LANDSCAPE TRUCKS AND TRAILERS CAN'T, WITHOUT GOUGING THE TAR OUT OF OUR ROAD.

SO THERE IS A LOT OF YEAH, GRACE THAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THESE VEHICLES, IF THEY'RE GONNA SERVICE, LET THEM SERVICE EVERYTHING IN BRENTWOOD.

THEY HAVE TO, THEY HAVE TO BE STUCK UP THERE.

BUT LIKE TO JAY'S POINT, WE HAVE TO EMORY COURT AND SEVERAL, THE WHOLE CUL-DE-SAC IS MARKED EVERY SO MANY FEET WITH NO STUDENT LOADING OR UNLOADING.

BUT STILL, LANDSCAPE DRUG DOESN'T READ THAT AS THAT.

RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS.

AND SO THEY, BUT THEY HAVE TO, BUT THERE'S NO BIKER OUT THERE DIFFERENT.

SO WE'LL LOOK AT THE, THE QUESTION ON THE, UH, PARKING ON THE BIKE LANES.

TRY TO GET ALL THE FACTORS AND, AND GET BACK TO YOU AND BE ABLE TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A REPORT AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN.

TWO MORE THINGS.

ONE, I I WANT TO THANK IF IT WAS TODD AND PLANNING OR DALE IN PUBLIC WORKS THAT THAT STREET BY THE BANK WITH THE GOALIE IS FIXED.

IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT IT'S, IT'S REALLY AN IMPROVEMENT.

SO DALE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH GETTING HARPER THERE BY SWIG AND THE BANKS? YOU TALKING ABOUT HARPETH DRIVE THERE BY SWIG AND THE TWO BANKS? NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT IF YOU LEAVE MARYLAND FARMS RACKET CLUB AND TAKE THAT ROAD OUT TO, UH, WHATEVER THE NAME OF THAT STREET IS, UH, THAT ONE RIGHT BY SONOVAS BANK.

OH, IT'S A PRIVATE DRIVE.

YEAH.

YES.

YEAH, THE PRIVATE DRIVE.

I, IT WASN'T ME LIKE THE CLAIM .

DID YOU PROMPT HIM? NO.

DID YOU? NO, I DIDN'T.

I HAVE IT YEARS BACK.

I MEAN, I CAN CLAIM IT IF YOU LIKE I CHARLES SAYS HE'S GONNA TAKE CREDIT CHARLES IS TAKING, BUT, AND TO YOUR POINT, WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, THOROUGH RED LANE, WE WERE ABLE TO GET SIGNS PUT ON EACH END OF IT BETWEEN EAST PARK AND FRANKLIN TO SAY THAT THOSE WERE PRIVATE ROADS, NOT UNDER CITY MAINTENANCE.

I'LL SEND THEM BACK PICTURES OF THOSE BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS WE TALK ABOUT THE PRIVATE STREETS, ONE IS WHAT DO WE DO DO WITH THEM? BUT THERE'S, THERE'S AN EXPECTATION FROM THE PUBLIC WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHO OWNS AND MANAGES THOSE, THAT IT'S OURS.

AND SO THE COUNTY USES A BLUE SIGN.

WE SAID, LET'S BE CONSISTENT.

SO YOU'LL SEE ON EWT, UH, WHEN, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH PASSED ON CHURCH, SEE ON EWT YOU'LL SEE THAT ONE STREET SIGN, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC STREET, UH, OF COURSE, UH, CHURCH STREET.

BUT THEN THE OTHER STREET SIGN IS THE BLUE PRIVATE STREET SIGN FOR BUICK, FOR, FOR STREETS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT ARE PRIVATE, THAT ARE KIND OF SEGMENTS.

THAT STREET SIGN DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE.

WE JUST KIND OF HAVE A STANDARD SIGN THAT TALKS ABOUT IT BEING A PRIVATE STREET AND NOT OUR MAINTENANCE.

AND SO WE SAID WE NEED TO DO THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE AND AT LEAST THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

THAT'S TERRIBLE.

YEAH.

THE STREET NAMED AFTER OUR FIRST MAYOR IS ONE OF OUR WORST STREETS IN THIS TOWN.

HUH.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT OUR SIZE SON.

YEAH.

SO THAT, THAT CONVERSATION WITH THOSE FOLKS GOES ON, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN HARD TO GET THE WHOLE GROUP THERE TO AGREE ON ANYTHING WITH THAT, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE QUITE A FEW THAT WOULD SUPPORT HAVING US TAKE ON, TAKE ON THE STREET, MAINTAIN IT AND, AND ALL OF THAT.

BUT UH, I KNOW HISTORICALLY IT'S BEEN HARD TO GET THE WHOLE GROUP.

SO WE'RE STILL GONNA TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN DO THAT AND SEE WHAT IT MEANS TO DO THAT.

BUT WE HAVE TO KINDA SURVEY THE LINES BECAUSE SOME ARE WORRIED ABOUT PARKING AND I GET THAT THEY DON'T WANNA LOSE THEIR PARKING.

AND I THINK WE COULD, IF WE WANTED TO

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BUT, UH, WE'LL KEEP WORKING ON IT.

IT WAS NAMED AFTER MAYOR EWT.

'CAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU GOT TO HIS AUTO SHOP.

OH, INTERESTING.

YEAH.

YEAH.

GAS STATION IS AN AUTO SHOP.

, THE LAST THING KRISTEN IS WORKING ON THE CODES THAT APPLY TO THE DIFFERENT BOARDS.

YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S ONE THING I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT.

SO SHE DOES.

SO IT'S, WE CAN ALL TALK ABOUT IT TODAY AND TELL HER TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT INSTEAD OF HAVING TO LOOK AT IT WHEN SHE BRINGS HER DRAFT TO US.

I, ASHLEY MCNOLTY OUR CHAIR ON THE HISTORIC BOARD AND I WERE TALKING AND SINCE LAST JANUARY WE HAD THE HISTORY BOWL, WE HAD, UM, TWO HUGE CEMETERY DEDICATIONS WITH THE DAR AND THE SAR FOR REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS.

WE HAD THE EVENT AT BRENT VALE AT THE 4TH OF JULY AND WE HAD FOUR OPEN HOUSES.

AND THAT DOESN'T COUNT.

OTHER STUFF WE DO, YOU KNOW, THEY WORK, THEY REALLY DO WORK.

SUPPOSEDLY WE DON'T DO ANYTHING IN JUNE, BUT WE DID A LOT.

WE NEED ONE MORE BOARD MEMBER.

I MEAN, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF WORK TO GO AROUND.

AND WOULD Y'ALL BE WILLING TO CONSIDER ADDING ONE MORE MEMBER TO OUR BOARD? HOW MANY ARE CARRY THE LOAD? UH, HOW MANY ARE ON THE BOARD NOW? WE HAVE 12 OFFICIAL BOARD MEMBERS THAT COUNTS THE CITY COMMISSIONER.

SORRY.

'CAUSE I KNOW HOW HARD Y'ALL WORK.

YEP.

AND WHEN SHE DRAWS THAT UP, IF SHE CAN HAS, IF WE HAVE A CONSENSUS TO DO THAT, BECAUSE IT REALLY WOULD HELP SPREAD THE WORKLOAD SOME ON THAT.

YEAH.

THERE SEEMS TO BE ENOUGH INTEREST.

YOU KNOW, IF A LOT OF PEOPLE PLAN OUT ONE SPOT, TWO OF THEM HAVE BEEN WORKING EVERY THURSDAY DOWNSTAIRS IN THE ARCHIVES, LIKE GOING THROUGH RECORDS AND BOXING THEM AND GETTING EVERYTHING HOW THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AND GOING THROUGH THE VAULT.

AND THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR LIKE TWO MONTHS NOW.

SO THAT'S JUST REGULAR JOB.

SO THANK YOU.

YEAH, THAT'S A PRETTY EASY CHANGE.

IF, AND YOU ASKED ABOUT THE ATTENDANCE ZONE FOR THE CREW SUBDIVISION.

IT SCALES ELEMENTARY, BRENTWOOD, MIDDLE, BRENTWOOD HIGH.

OKAY.

GOOD.

THERE YOU GO.

YEAH.

THANK YOU JOHN.

ALRIGHT, A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS ON THE LIST.

FIRST ONE IS HOW THE BRENTWOOD ZONING CODE APPLIES TO DATA RELATED ACTIVITIES.

THE REASON WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IS THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ACROSS THE COUNTRY LOCALLY ABOUT DATA CENTERS.

YEAH.

IN THE NEWS.

WE DO NOT HAVE, I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE INTEREST IN BRENTWOOD RIGHT NOW.

WE DO.

NOT THAT WE KNOW OF.

UH, BUT BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A, A BIG NEWS ITEM, WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR YOU TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF IF WE DID GET AN APPLICATION DOES OR DOES IT NOT? AND HOW, HOW WOULD IT FIT INTO OUR CODE? SO TODD, YEAH.

SO LIKE YOU SAID, DON'T WORRY, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY REQUESTS.

UM, BUT IT'S ALL THE RAGE.

SO WE FELT WE WOULD, UH, EXPLAIN HOW OUR CURRENT CODE, UH, RELATES TO THESE DATA RELATED.

AND REAL, REAL QUICK, SO I WANNA THROW IN ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT A DATA CENTER, RIGHT? IS THAT, UH, ANY BUSINESS THAT HAS A COMPUTER HAS A DATA CENTER.

IT'S A VERY, VERY SMALL SCALE, RIGHT? PC OR SERVER, WHATEVER'S A VERY SMALL SCALE, BUT IN ESSENCE IT'S LIKE A DATA CENTER.

AND SO WHAT WE SEE, OF COURSE, ARE THESE HUGE DATA CENTERS THAT ARE PROVIDING SERVICES THROUGHOUT, WHO KNOWS THE WORLD COULD BE, UH, BECAUSE OF HOW WE'RE ALL INTERCONNECTED ON THE INTERNET.

AND THAT'S THE VISION THAT WE HAVE.

SO THAT A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS ACTUALLY SCALE.

AND TODD TALKED, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AS THERE'S ZONING CODE BECAUSE YOU ANTICIPATE THAT IF YOU HAVE A BUSINESS, YOU SHOULD HAVE COMPUTERS AT A PROPER SCALE THAT TAKE CARE OF YOUR DATA PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATION.

JUST LIKE WE HAVE, JUST LIKE WE JUST APPROVED CERTAIN ITEMS FOR HOURS.

SO THOSE ARE ANTICIPATED.

SO JUST WANNA BE SURE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT IT IS, THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING IT'S REALLY ABOUT THESE LARGE SCALE CENTERS.

SO GO YEAH.

SO OUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, C ONE, C TWO, AND C3, WE, WE CURRENTLY ALLOW SMALL SCALE DATA CENTERS AND WE HAVE A COUPLE, THERE'S ONE ACROSS THE STREET IN MARYLAND FARMS. IT'S MAYBE A FLOOR, MAYBE HALF A FLOOR, I'M NOT SURE.

BUT, UM, IN TALKING TO KRISTEN, WE BOTH AGREE THAT THAT'S A PERMITTED USE IN ALL OF OUR C DISTRICTS.

OKAY.

SMALL SCALE.

AND TODD, REAL QUICK QUESTION ON THAT ONE, IS THAT ONE INTENDED TO SUPPORT THE OPERATION OF A FUNCTION WITH IT? NOT NO, NOT IT'S STANDALONE.

IT'S TOTALLY STANDALONE.

OKAY.

YEP.

SO, UM, SO I SAY THAT BECAUSE ANY OTHER, SO THE ZONING CODE HAS SPECIFIC USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN EACH DISTRICT.

OKAY.

AND SO IF SOMETHING ISN'T SPECIFICALLY LISTED,

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IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION THINKS THAT IT'S, UH, IN KEEPING WITH THE CHARACTER OF THAT DISTRICT.

OKAY.

SO WE CURRENTLY ALLOW SMALL SCALE OPERATIONS.

IF THERE WAS A LARGE OPERATION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE IT.

HOW DO YOU DEFINE, DO YOU HAVE A A OBJECTIVE THERE? THERE'S NOT A DEFINITION, BUT I WOULD SAY AN ENTIRE BUILDING WOULD BE LARGE SCALE.

DO WE SAY SMALL AND LARGE SCALE? OR IS THAT NO, WE DO NOT.

MAYBE THAT'S SOME LANGUAGE THAT, WELL, IS THE STATE GONNA SET SOME PARAMETERS THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WE THINK WE HAVE TO GO BY WHAT THEY SAY? WELL, IF THEY SET PARAMETERS WE'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW.

YEAH.

RIGHT.

IF THEY CAN PROCEED IT, WE, THIS MAY ALL BE, COULD BE, BUT I'M GLAD WE'RE GETTING ON IT BECAUSE IT MAY TAKE THEM FOREVER TO DECIDE WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO.

SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE USE.

OKAY.

WE HAVE OTHER TOOLS WHERE WE CAN, UM, WHERE THEY'RE RESTRICTED ON SIZE.

SO, UM, FOR INSTANCE, ALL THE C DISTRICTS, YOU CANNOT EXCEED 30% OF THE TOTAL LOT AREA WITH THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT.

OKAY.

SO YOU'RE CAPPED ON THE BUILDING FOOTPRINTS AREA OF 30%.

SO WHAT'S THAT LOOK LIKE? SO FOR A HALF ACRE LOT THAT, THAT BUILDING FOOTPRINT IS 30% OF A HALF ACRE LOT.

OKAY.

AND THEN FOR AN ACRE LOT, THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT IS 30% OF THAT ACRE LOT.

I'VE GOT A FIVE ACRE LOT EXAMPLE AND A 10 ACRE, THE PARKING LOT HAS TO FOLLOW THAT TOO.

WELL ACTUALLY, SO JAY, THIS WAS CHAT , BUT THERE'S NOT MUCH FOR PARKING REQUIRED FOR DATA CENTERS.

RIGHT? SO THIS PARKING, UM, THIS IMAGE WAS GENERATED WITH CHAT GPT.

SO, BUT I DIDN'T TELL IT HOW MUCH PARKING TO PROVIDE, BUT THERE'S TOO MUCH PARKING DATA CENTERS DO NOT REQUIRE A LOT OF PARKING.

SO THERE WOULD BE MORE GREEN, THE SILVER LINING, IF THERE IS ONE COULDN'T LOT TRAFFIC, IT COULDN'T TAKE AREA.

THAT WOULD BE THE PARKING LOT AND MAKE THAT INTO BILL SPACE SAYING THEY COULD A PARKING LOT RIGHT.

THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW.

RIGHT.

WELL THEY'RE MAXED OUT HERE.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

THAT FOOTPRINT FOR FIVE ACRES IS ALL THEY CAN HAVE.

NOW THEY CAN GO VERTICAL, RIGHT? RIGHT.

THREE STORIES.

WE NEED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OR FOUR IF THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL SETBACKS ON IT RIGHT NOW TO SOMEBODY LIKE CAL TURNER AND HIS IS AGRICULTURE PART OF IT, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE REZONED COMMERCIAL FIRST BEFORE OKAY.

BUT IT STILL WOULD BE STILL LIMITED.

LIMITED.

WELL, HAS A LOT OF, HAS A LOT OF ACRES.

WELL IT'S, IT, IT'S TODD'S MISSIONING TO FLOOD CLAIM THOUGH.

THE, THE CODE LANGUAGE IS, IT'S NOT EXTREMELY SPECIFIC.

RIGHT.

BUT, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, TODD, BUT IN INTERPRETING IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S, IT'S, IT EMPHASIZES CENTERS ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATED WITH AN ACT, ANOTHER ACTIVITY.

AND SO THE, AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, WE HAVE TO SEE, BUT THIS IDEA THAT THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SPECIAL PERMISSION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO SAY THAT, WELL, THERE'S NOT A COMPLIMENTARY ACTIVITY LIKE A BUSINESS THAT NEEDS THAT SUPPORT.

AND IT'S, THE BUSINESS IS THERE AND HERE'S THE DATA CENTER TO SUPPORT THE BUSINESS.

IT'S JUST A STANDALONE DATA CENTER.

UM, BUT THEN YOU GET INTO THE LANGUAGE YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT, WHICH IS MINOR WORDS, LIKE MINOR AND YOU GET INTO SCALE QUESTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S NOT INCREDIBLY CLEAR, BUT IT DOES PUSH IN ON SMALLER.

THE FIRST CITY ATTORNEY WHEN I FIRST ELECTED, LOVE THAT LANGUAGE BECAUSE HE SAID IT GAVE YOU FLEXIBILITY.

MM-HMM .

WHEN YOU GET TOO SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT CAN, AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT CANNOT BE, YOU'RE ROCK BOXING YOURSELF IN, YOU CAN YEAH.

BUT THE, THE COST OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN BRENTWOOD AND THE FACT THAT THEY CAN ONLY USE 30% OF THE BUILDING SPACE RIGHT NOW WOULD BE A, A DETERRENT TO ANYBODY WANTING TO BUILD ONE.

BECAUSE MOST OF THESE PLACES, THEY'RE USING AS MUCH OF THE LAND AS THEY CAN IN A LOT OF PLACES.

IT'S NOT LIMITED TO 30% OF THE PROPERTY.

RIGHT.

YOU HAVE THAT, YOU HAVE HEIGHT LIMITATIONS OF BUILDINGS AND THEN THESE THINGS HERE AS WELL.

AND SO WHAT LITTLE I KNOW ABOUT 'EM, LET ME, SOME OF THESE THINGS LOOK LIKE WHERE THEY BUILT THE ROCKETS FOR CAPE CANAVERAL.

I MEAN THEY'RE HUGE.

THEY'RE LIKE, LIKE SOME OF THE LARGEST BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD.

AND SO BRENTWOOD JUST BUY OUR CODES ALREADY PREVENT SOME OF THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT SOMEONE,

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THEN WE MIGHT SEE SOMEBODY COME.

BUT I JUST, I THINK OUR, OUR STRICTNESS ON THE, THE BUILDING ENVELOPE COMMERCIAL, BUT ALSO OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY PRICE WILL BE A DETERRENT TO MOST OF 'EM LOOKING HERE.

COULD, YEAH, I THINK YOU MAY BE RIGHT.

YEAH.

SOMEBODY BROUGHT UP THE, ANN BROUGHT UP THE STATE.

I MEAN, I THINK IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO HAVE SOMETHING ALREADY ON THE, ON THE CODES OR REGULATIONS OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THE SCALE OR, UH, BECAUSE IF THE STATE COMES IN AND, AND STARTS PASSING REGULATIONS, THEN IT MIGHT OVERRIDE SOME OF OUR RESTRICTIONS, YOU KNOW, THAT AREN'T SPECIFIC FOR DATA CENTERS.

I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

I MEAN I, BECAUSE OF LIKE THE SHORT TERM RENTALS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THEM THAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT.

HAVE LANGUAGE.

WE HAVE LANGUAGE ALREADY AND SO THAT SUPERSEDES, BUT WE ALSO DEPENDED ON OUR LEGISLATORS.

WE HAD REALLY GOOD ONES, UH, REPRESENTING BRENTWOOD AT THAT TIME.

RIGHT.

THEY GOT THE LAW TO ALLOW FOR THE GRANDFATHER.

RIGHT.

AND THAT'S WHAT I SAYING, THERE WAS BRENTWOOD AND MAYBE TWO OR THREE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAD ALREADY PASSED LAWS.

SO IF THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN THEIR BILL DOES NOT ALLOW FOR AN AMENDMENT FOR GRANDFATHERING, SOMETIMES THAT CAN OR CAN'T.

RIGHT? LIKE IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU HAVE IT RIGHT, BUT IT GIVES YOU A BETTER SHOT.

BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES IN THE BIG PICTURE, THE WHOEVER'S REALLY LOBBYING FOR THE BILL AND THEY LINE UP THE BOATS, THEY'RE OKAY IF YOU CARVE OUT BRENTWOOD OR GERMANTOWN OR SOMEBODY LIKE THAT.

AND SO THEY'LL ALLOW FOR THE GRANDFATHER.

SO THAT'S WHERE IT PROTECTS US.

YEAH.

AND I, AND I THINK HAVING, SO APPARENTLY THEY'RE FINE WITH CARVING OUT ONE CITY TO DO THINGS WITH TOO, WHICH UNBEKNOWNST TO THAT CITY, WHICH WAS THE INVERSE OF, OF WHAT, UH, WHAT THIS, THE SHORT TERM RENTALS.

ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND TOO IS, UH, YOU'RE SEEING BECAUSE OF ALL, ALL THE, I MEAN THE REASON THE DATA CENTERS ARE POPPING UP IS BECAUSE WE ALL LIKE TO USE DATA AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

IT'S USING MORE DATA AND IT'S INFILTRATING INTO ALL OF OUR APPLICATIONS AND SO FORTH.

SO THE MARKET'S TAKING EVERYTHING THERE.

AND SO THAT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE, I DON'T THINK.

UM, BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS, IS YOU'RE SEEING TEMPORARY MORATORIUMS BECAUSE GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU CAN'T JUST X OUT USE ENTIRELY AND SAY YOU CAN'T HAVE A USE.

IT'S ALL TIME, PLACE AND MANNER.

SO YOU'RE SEEING TEMPORARY.

SO THAT MEANS THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SAYING, OH, TEMPORARY MORATORIUM, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF REGULATIONS IN THAT REASONABLE TIMEFRAME THAT A COURT THINKS IT'S REASONABLE TO SOMEHOW REGULATE THROUGH TIME, PLACE, AND MANNER DATA CENTER RATHER THAN SAY YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE IT, PERIOD.

UH, THERE'S GONNA BE SOMETHING REASONABLE.

IT COULD BE SCALE, IT COULD BE LOCATION, CERTAIN ZONES COULD BE A LOT OF FACTORS THEY PUT IN THERE.

IT COULD BE UTILITIES AND OTHER THINGS TOO.

SO WE'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF THAT FORM.

I'LL BE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THOSE, BECAUSE I'M KIND OF GLAD OTHERS ARE GETTING THE INTEREST AND HAVE TO DO THE MORATORIUM RATHER THAN US SO WE CAN LEARN FROM WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND THEN IF WE DO WANT TO TWEAK OUR ORDINANCE, WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MAY WORK FOR US TO, TO, UH, IF WE WANTED MORE CLARITY OR IF WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT CLARITY IS CAP OR TELLS US WHAT MINOR IS, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DRAW FROM THEIR RESEARCH TO DO THAT.

SAVE US A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT.

I THINK.

SO I THINK WE'RE REALLY THE COURTS, BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO COME OUT.

THEY CAN'T JUST X TYPICALLY X OUT THINGS, PERIOD.

IT'D BE INTERESTING POWER PLANTS.

THEY HAVE REAL SPECIFIC RULES ABOUT, UH, WHERE THEY BUILT AND HOW THEY'RE UTILIZED AND DISTANCES.

KIND OF WHEN AND WHEN WE LIVED IN VIRGINIA, I MEAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS WERE IN VIRGINIA.

UH, THERE WERE RULES MM-HMM .

AND WHAT BOTHERS ME ABOUT THIS, SAY I I DON'T LIKE IT, PERIOD.

BUT THEN I'M OLD FASHIONED.

I, I DON'T MIND A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEY DON'T NEED PARKING.

'CAUSE ROBOTS WON'T BE DRIVING.

CARS WILL BE SO DRIVING SCARES ME.

CRAZY.

ANYHOW, UM, WHERE WAS I GOING WITH THIS? OH, THE WATER USAGE.

I WANT SOMEBODY TO GIVE ME A REALLY GOOD ANSWER ABOUT HOW MUCH WATER THEY USE AND IF THEY USE THAT MUCH POWER AND ELECTRICITY, WHY ARE THE TAXPAYERS SUBSIDIZING IT? THEY OUGHT TO BE PAYING FOR THEIR OWN BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONE THAT'S GONNA BE MAKING MONEY OFF THIS.