[ Call to Order Roll Call Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag]
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I CALL TO ORDER THE SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE BRENTWOOD CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.
LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT COMMISSIONER BAIN AND COMMISSIONER RAND ARE NOT PRESENT AND ALL OTHER EIGHT COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT.
UH, FIRST THING WE'RE GONNA DO IS COMMISSIONER EVANS IS GONNA LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG, A PLEASURE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ Approval or Correction of Minutes]
FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF OUR AUGUST 3RD, 2026 MINUTES.DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.
ANY AGAINST CARRIES? EIGHT TO NOTHING.
[ Consent Agenda]
AND NOW WE'LL GO INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MOVE FROM THE CONSENT TO THE REGULAR AGENDA? SEEING ARE, AS THERE ARE NONE, I WILL READ THESE ITEMS AS A GROUP AND WE'LL VOTE ON IT AS A GROUP.
FIRST ITEM, MINOR SITE PLAN, ALTERATION JOURNEY CHURCH, 1600 WILSON PIKE.
NELSON MAZDA SATELLITE CENTER, BRENTWOOD I 65 PARK.
ITEM THREE, MINOR SITE PLAN, ALTERATION BUILDING ELEVATIONS, CIVIL CONSTRUCTOR, MARYLAND FARMS BUSINESS PARK, 100 WESTWOOD PLACE.
ITEM FOUR, LIMITED DURATION EVENT, FOOD TRUCK RALLY, BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING.
ITEM FIVE, REVISED PRELIMINARY PLAN.
BRENTWOOD COUNTRY CLUB LOT 92.
HERSCHEL SPEARS CIRCLE ITEM SIX, REVISED FINAL PLOT.
BRENTWOOD, UH, COUNTRY CLUB LOT 92.
ITEM SEVEN, REVISED FINAL PLOT.
DUKE ROSE SUBDIVISION LOT ONE ITEM EIGHT, REVISED FINAL PLAT ARDEN WOODS SUBDIVISION LOT.
AND I THINK THAT IS ALL OF 'EM.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO THREE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
[1. Resolution 2026-73 – Proposed Annexation and Plan of Services for the City of Brentwood Sewer Pump Station]
ALL RIGHT.ITEM NUMBER ONE, PROPOSED ANNEXATION AND PLAN OF SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD SEWER PUMP STATION.
OH, AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE, 'CAUSE YOUR ITEM IS ONLY ON CONSENT, YOU'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA HURT OUR FEELINGS, SO.
UH, RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 73 IS A PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY LOCATED SOUTH OF OLD HICKORY BOULEVARD AND WEST OF HILLSBOROUGH ROAD.
UM, THIS IS DIRECTING STAFF TO PREPARE A PLAN OF SERVICES FOR THE PROPERTY.
ON AUGUST 10TH, 2026, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APPROVED A RESOLUTION, UH, WHICH SCHEDULED A FUTURE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION, UM, OF PROPERTY INTO THE CITY.
UM, CURRENTLY THE PROPERTY IS, UH, WITHIN OUR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.
THIS IS THE, THE WESTERN, UH, LIMITS OF THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.
AS YOU WILL RECALL, UM, THIS PROPERTY, UH, NORTH AND EAST OF, OF THIS WAS RECENTLY ANNEXED INTO THE CITY, THE PROPOSED CRUISE SUBDIVISION.
UM, THIS PROPERTY HERE IS OWNED BY THE CITY AND IT HAS A SEWER TANK OR A SEWER PUMP STATION AND EQUALIZATION TANK.
UM, CURRENTLY IN THE COUNTY WITHIN OUR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, IT'S A TOTAL OF 18 ACRES.
UM, AND IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED MGA ONE IN THE COUNTY.
AND WE ARE GOING TO PROPOSE S SI THREE ZONING, UH, FOR THE PROPERTY.
UM, STAFF REQUESTS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION FORWARD AN ENDORSEMENT OF THE PROPOSED PLAN OF SERVICES FOR THE PROPERTY ANNEX AND ITS ANNEXATION TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
UM, SO THE UP UPCOMING SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS.
ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, IT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PLAN OF SERVICES
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE, ASSIGNING SI THREE ZONING TO THE PROPERTY.THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29TH IS THE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED, UH, REQUIRED COMMUNITY MEETING HERE IN THE ANNEX ROOM.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND, UH, PLANNING, COMMISSION REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE ORDINANCE ASSIGNING S SI THREE ZONING TO THE PROPERTY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ORDINANCE, ASSIGNING S SI THREE TO THE PROPERTY.
NOVEMBER 23RD, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS REVIEW OF FINAL RESOLUTION, ANNEXING THE PROPERTY INTO THE CITY, AND ALSO SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE OR ORDINANCE ASSIGNING S SI THREE ZONING TO THE PROPERTY.
SO LIKE I, THIS IS MORE OF A, A CLEANUP EXERCISE.
AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE EXERCISE TO ANNEX THE CRUISE SUBDIVISION, UM, THE CITY COMMISSION SUGGESTED THAT WE GO AHEAD AND ANNEX, UH, THE SEWER PUMP STATION AND EQUALIZATION TANK.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND THE CITY IS THE APPLICANT, CORRECT? YES.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER LRE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS? NO, NO QUESTIONS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO FORWARD A MOTION TO FORWARD, UH, THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL SECOND OF, UH, POS OF, UH, APPROVAL.
ANY DISCUSSION, MR. STEIN? OKAY.
ANY AGAINST PASSES? THAT NUMBER.
[2. BPC2606-012 Temporary Wireless Communications Tower (PWSF) - Governors Club Open Space, Zoning OSRD - Applicant: Horne Brothers Communications, 1662 Middle River Loop, Fayetteville, NC 28312]
ALL RIGHT.TEMPORARY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS TOWER GOVERNOR'S CLUB, OPEN SPACE ZONE.
YEAH, HORN BROTHERS COMMUNICATIONS.
REQUEST APPROVAL TO INSTALL A TEMPORARY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS TOWER WITHIN THE GOVERNOR'S CLUB, COMMON OPEN SPACE AREA 61.
UM, CURRENTLY, UM, THERE ARE ANTENNAS ON, UM, THIS SMALLER TANK, NOLANSVILLE COLLEGE GROVE WATER TANK, UM, WHICH IS 500,000 GALLONS.
UM, THIS LARGER TANK IS, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S 2 MILLION GALLONS.
SO THEY'RE GONNA REPLACE THE SMALLER TANK WITH A LARGER TANK, SAME HEIGHT, UH, ALSO CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION, BUT THEY HAVE ANTENNAS ON THE SMALLER TOWER THAT WILL GO AWAY, UH, AND MOVING FORWARD, THEY ARE NOT ALLOWING, ALLOWING ANTENNAS ON THEIR WATER TANKS.
SO THIS PROPOSAL IS TO APPROVE A 90 FOOT TALL MONOPOLE TEMPORARY STRUCTURE TO, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY SERVICE THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW LARGER WATER TANK.
UM, THE SERVICE IS VERIZON AND AT AND T.
NOW THEY ARE GOING TO LOOK FOR A PERMANENT LOCATION FOR A NEW, A NEW TOWER.
UM, THEY HAVE NOT FOUND A NEW LOCATION.
UH, THEY HAVE NOT DESIGNED A NEW TOWER.
UH, THIS WILL PROVIDE SERVICE UNTIL THEY CAN DO SO.
UM, SO AS I SAID, THE TEMPORARY TOWER WILL BE 90 FEET, SIX INCHES TALL.
UH, ONCE THE PERMANENT TELECOMMUNICATION INSTALLATION IS, UH, IS PROPOSED AND APPROVED, THIS TEMPORARY TOWER WILL BE REMOVED.
UM, CITY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE TEMPORARY TOWER BE APPROVED FOR A PERIOD OF 18 MONTHS FROM THE BUILDING PERMIT.
SO ONCE THE BUILDING PERMIT'S ISSUED, THEY WILL HAVE 18 MONTHS TO UTILIZE THIS TOWER.
SHOULD THEY NEED EXTENSIONS, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO GET EXTENSIONS THAT DO NOT EXCEED IN SIX MONTH INCREMENTS.
UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTE TO APPROVE THE TEMPORARY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS TOWER FOR A PERIOD OF 18 MONTHS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THE BUILDING PERMIT, AND ALSO FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION OF A APPROVAL TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
NOW, THE REASON THIS IS ALSO GOING TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS IS THE IMPROVEMENT IS, IS WITHIN THE COMMON OPEN SPACE OF THE GOVERNOR'S CLUB.
SO IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT WITHIN COMMON OPEN SPACE, TEMPORARY IMPROVEMENT, BUT ANY, ANY IMPROVEMENT WITHIN COMMON OPEN SPACE ALSO REQUIRES CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL.
UM, SO WE HAVE THE ONE CONDITION OF APPROVAL, WHICH IS 18 MONTHS, AND THEN COMES BACK BEFORE THIS BOARD FOR EXTENSIONS.
AND THEN WE HAVE NINE, NO, WE DON'T, WE AMENDED
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THAT.SEVEN CONDITIONS, SEVEN STANDARD CONDITIONS.
SIX SIX STANDARD CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.
DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT? UH, GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS ANDY ROTTEN STRIKE.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF VERIZON, ALSO, UH, THE APPLICANT, HORN BROTHERS.
AS TODD SAID, UH, VERIZON AND AT T CURRENTLY HAVE ANTENNAS AND ARE PROVIDING SERVICE FROM THESE, UH, FACILITIES HERE AND HAVE BEEN DOING SO I BELIEVE SINCE 2005.
UM, ON JULY 17, NOLANSVILLE COLLEGE GROVE UTILITY DISTRICT SENT A LETTER TO THE HOA SAYING, YOUR THE ANTENNAS NEED TO BE REMOVED.
AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE DECIDED WE NEEDED TO JUMP INTO ACTION.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, IN ESSENCE, SAVE THE SERVICE THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE NOW WHILE WE FIND A PERMANENT SOLUTION.
UM, SO IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE CELL SERVICE FOR BOTH VERIZON AND AT AND T CUSTOMERS UNTIL THE PERMIT SOLUTION'S INSTALLED, VERIZON'S HERE, UH, REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR THE TEMPORARY TOWER.
SO THE APPLICATION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UM, IS REQUESTING APPROVAL UNDER YOUR LOCAL ORDINANCE FOR CELL TOWERS.
IT'S JUST A TEMPORARY TOWER, NOT A PERMANENT SOLUTION YET.
UM, AND IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S ONLY TO MAINTAIN THE COVERAGE.
SO THE TEMPORARY TOWER, AS TODD'S SHOWING NOW, IS DESIGNED TO, UM, TO HOLD BOTH VERIZON AND AT T CURRENTLY, THE WAY IT'S SITUATED, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SEPARATE, UH, SMALLER POLES.
THE REASON FOR THE TALLER HEIGHT IS BECAUSE BOTH CARRIERS CAN THEN USE THE SAME STRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THEIR EQUIPMENT.
WE HAVE VERY LIMITED SPACE UP IN THAT AREA FROM WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO USE.
WE ONLY HAVE AVAILABLE A 20 FOOT BY 20 FOOT SQUARE IN ORDER TO NOT GO OVER THAT SPACE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE LEASING.
WE HAVE TO DO THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS CONCRETE BASE, BUT IT'S NOT A FOOTING IN THE GROUND.
DON'T KNOW WHERE THE NAME COME FROM, BUT IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A MONOPOLE.
AND THEN ON THE NEXT PAGE, IF YOU WOULD, IT'S GOT, BASICALLY THIS IS THE, WHAT THE BASE LOOKS LIKE, AND THOSE ARE CONCRETE BLOCKS THAT SIT ON TOP OF THE GROUND.
SO THERE'S NO FOOTING IN THE GROUND, BUT THAT'S THE WEIGHT THAT KEEPS THE TOWER IN PLACE.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN AT YOUR VARIOUS SPORTING EVENTS OR LARGE GATHERINGS, WHAT WE CALL IN THE INDUSTRY, COWS SELL ON WHEELS.
THOSE ARE TEMPORARY, UH, TOWERS THAT ALL THE CARRIERS USE FOR VENUES SUCH AS THAT, OR HEAVY GATHERINGS TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ENOUGH SIGNAL IN THE AREA.
THE REASON WE'RE NOT USING COWS HERE IS BECAUSE COWS TAKE UP A 50 FOOT BY 50 FOOT SPACE AND WE WOULD NEED TWO OF THEM.
ONE FOR AT AND T AND ONE FOR VERIZON.
SO WE'RE LIMITED ON THE TYPES OF STRUCTURE THAT WE CAN USE.
AND THIS LIGHT SITE 20 ALLOWS US TO USE THE SMALL SPACE WE HAVE.
IT'S STRONG ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH AT AND T AND VERIZON'S EQUIPMENT.
AND AGAIN, IT'S TEMPORARY UNTIL WE CAN FIND A SOLUTION.
WE'RE GOOD WITH THE CONDITIONS AS PROPOSED, WE THINK THE 18 MONTHS IS GONNA BE SUFFICIENT TIME TO FIND A PERMANENT SOLUTION, BRING THAT BEFORE YOU, ANY PERMANENT SOLUTION WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME ORDINANCE AND WE WILL NEED TO COME BEFORE YOU FOR APPROVAL AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TRY AND ANSWER.
AND IF THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE I CAN ADDRESS LATER, I'LL BE HAPPY TO.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE HEIGHT CURRENTLY VERSUS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO THE 90 FOOT? SO, UH, THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE EXISTING, I THINK THEY'RE PROBABLY 40 TO 50.
I WANNA SAY PROBABLY 47 OR 48.
UH, SO THEN THIS WILL BE 90 FEET.
AND AGAIN, IF YOU NOTICE HERE, SO VERIZON'S THE TOP SET OF ANTENNAS.
IT'S NOT THE VERY TOP, THE, THE MIDDLE PART OF VERIZON'S ANTENNA IS AT 85 FEET.
WE HAVE TO HAVE SEPARATION FOR INTERFERENCE ISSUES BETWEEN AT AND T AND VERIZON'S TOWER, HENCE THE SPACE BETWEEN THE TWO.
SO AT AND T IS GONNA BE AT 70 FEET AND THEY NEED TO BE TALL ENOUGH TO GET THEIR SIGNAL OUT OVER THE TANK BECAUSE THE ACTUAL TANK CAN BLOCK THE SIGNAL IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO ANOTHER REASON FOR THE HEIGHT REQUEST.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PEOPLE IN GOVERNOR'S CLUB? CAN THEY GET SIGNAL FOR VERIZON? WELL, NOT ONLY GOVERNOR'S CLUB, NO, AT AND T AND VERIZON SIGNAL WILL BE DIMINISHED, IF NOT NIL.
UM, THAT'S NOT ONLY FOR THE RESIDENCES, IT'S FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS,
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POLICE, FIRE, EMA, UH, THE RESIDENTS IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDING IT.I MEAN, THIS COVERS 360 DEGREES TRAVELERS ALONG THE ROADWAYS.
IT'S GOING TO AFFECT ALL OF THAT.
THIS PRIOR TO 2005, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A DEAD SPOT OR IT WOULD'VE BEEN A DEAD SPOT.
WALK US THROUGH BRIEFLY THE PROCUREMENT TIMEFRAME AND HOW LONG IT TAKES TO FIND A SITE, GET IT APPROVED, AND GET IT INTO INSTALL INSTALLED AND UP IN EFFECT.
SO GENERALLY
BUT GENERALLY I WOULD SAY IT'S GONNA TAKE PROBABLY, UH, A FEW MONTHS TO LOCATE A SITE, FIND A WILLING LANDOWNER.
NEGOTIATE A LEASE WITH A WILLING LANDOWNER ON A SITE THAT'S CONSTRUCTABLE THAT FITS THE COVERAGE NEEDS FOR THE CARRIERS.
AND THAT CAN MEET THE ORDINANCE AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.
SO I'LL GIVE THAT A FEW MONTHS.
THEN WE'D GO THROUGH THE ZONING AND PERMITTING PROCESS WITH YOU GUYS, THE CITY COMMISSION, AND THEN THE BUILDING PERMIT PART, TAKE ANOTHER FEW MONTHS.
AND THEN CONSTRUCTION COULD BE, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH DIGGING NEEDS TO BE DONE, THAT'S A PRETTY HILLY AREA.
IF WE'RE SOMEWHERE IN THIS AREA, WE MIGHT HAVE TO DIG IN AND DO SOME, UH, FOUNDATION WORK PROBABLY ANOTHER MONTH OR TWO.
SO WE COULD SPEED THAT UP SOME, DEPENDING ON THE PROCESS FOR ZONING AND HOW QUICKLY A LANDOWNER CAN BE FOUND.
BUT GENERALLY, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY SIX TO 12 MONTHS.
I'LL SAVE MY COMMENTS FOR AMONG THE MOTIONS MADE.
UM, HAVE YOU CONTACTED OTHER CELL PROVIDERS TO GET, UH, THEIR COVERAGE ON HERE AS WELL? SO, UM, T-MOBILE WOULD BE THE ONLY OTHER AT THIS POINT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO, THEY HADN'T REACHED OUT TO VERIZON THAT I'M AWARE OF.
THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME COVERAGE SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT IT'S NOT THIS COVERAGE.
UM, OR THEY'RE NOT SERVICING THIS AREA WELL ENOUGH NOW.
IS ANYONE FROM HORN HERE TO ASK? SO HORN WAS, WELL, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY ARE, BUT, OKAY.
UM, SO HORN WAS AN A, A VENDOR OF VERIZON'S.
THAT WAS OUT TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION, UH, MEETING WITH, YOU KNOW, THE HOA OR NUD REALLY TO TRY AND WORK OUT A SOLUTION.
AND THEN WHEN IT, WHEN THEY GOT LETTER CAME OUT, THEY ASKED US TO STEP IN AND HELP.
I MEAN, WE'RE ABSOLUTELY IN NEED OF MORE CELL COVERAGE, COULDN'T TOLERATE THE LOSS OF THIS.
UM, CAN YOU, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE HEIGHT MM-HMM
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE HEIGHT OF THIS RELATIVE? I MEAN, IT'S UP ON A HILL, IT'S UP ON THE HILL, LIVING NEAR THAT AREA.
SEEMINGLY THE AIRPLANES ARE RIGHT ON TOP OF THE HOMES.
SO WILL THIS BE AN ISSUE WITH, AT THAT HEIGHT? IT'S NOT.
SO EVERY STRUCTURE NEEDS TO GET FAA APPROVAL.
UM, THE FAA DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT STRUCTURES BELOW 200 FEET BE LIT UNLESS THEY'RE IN THE FLIGHT PATH, WHICH THIS IS NOT.
SO BECAUSE WE'RE UNDER 200 FOOT POLE, THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE LIGHTING.
SO IT WILL NOT BE SEEN AT NIGHT.
NONE OF THE GROUND EQUIPMENT WILL BE SEEN.
IT'S UP ON TOP OF THE HILL, BUT IT'S SURROUNDED BY 40, 50 FOOT WATER TANKS.
SO AT MOST, FROM SOME VANTAGE POINTS, POSSIBLY YOU MIGHT SEE THE TOP OF IT, BUT AGAIN, NOT AT NIGHT.
UM, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THERE ARE NO FOOTINGS, YOU KNOW, IN THIS INSTALLATION AS IT'S TEMPORARY.
THERE'S BEEN SOME COMMUNICATION ABOUT THIS BEING ON WHEELS.
I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, THIS IS NOT A FACILITY ON WHEELS, THIS IS NOT A FACILITY ON WHEELS.
AND THEN REGARDING THE INSTALLATION, UH, WITH HIGH WINDS IN THIS AREA, IS, IS THIS BEEN STUDIED FROM THAT GEO UH, ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE? YES, SIR.
WE, WE STILL HAVE BUILDING CODES.
WE GOTTA MEET AND STILL HAVE REQUIREMENTS.
SO THIS, THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE IS USED, UH, FOR THIS PURPOSE.
IT'S GOT A LOT OF WEIGHT ON THE BOTTOM.
AND NOW YOUR CITIZENS' COMMENTS.
UM, DOES EVERYBODY WANT A CHANCE TO SPEAK OR WHO'S, CAN YOU GIVE, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK.
I WAS JUST CHECKING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, I WAS GONNA HAVE TO GO AROUND THE ROOM.
SO I GUESS WE CAN JUST START, SIR.
UM, AND PLEASE COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT 12 CHERUB COURT, BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE, IN THE BEAUTIFUL GOLF COMMUNITY OF THE GOVERNOR'S CLUB FOR 20 YEARS.
AND I COULD TELL YOU WE MOST APPRECIATE THE QUALITY OF LIFE THERE AND HOPEFULLY IT CONTINUES TO BE AS SUCH.
THE PURPOSE OF MY MEET, UH, MEETING TODAY TO TALK ABOUT IS, AND I DIDN'T HEAR ANY OF ANY, UM, DISCUSSION OF THIS
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IS THE FINANCIAL REAL ESTATE IMPACT THAT HAPPENS ON THESE RF UH, TOWERS.UM, VERY MUCH LIKE, UM, POWER LINES.
UH, IF ANY OF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A HOUSE, YOU CERTAINLY PROBABLY WOULDN'T BUY ONE NEAR POWER LINES.
WELL, THE SAME KIND OF THING HAPPENS WITH RF TOWERS.
AND SUBSEQUENTLY, THIS IS A, A QUICK THING I PUT TOGETHER, UH, WITH THE HELP OF, UM, CHAT GBT SINCE I'M NOT AN ENGINEER AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, MIDDLE OF AUGUST, WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE VENDOR AND FROM AN ATTORNEY CERTIFIED LETTER OF FOLKS THAT LIVE WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF THIS PROPOSED 91 FOOT TOWER ON IT WAS IN, IT WAS, UH, PLANS, WHICH I THINK YOU'VE SHOWED BRIEFLY, WHICH I UPLOADED INTO, UM, CHAT GBT.
THIS IS THE BEFORE AND AFTER OF VIEWING FROM MY RESIDENCE.
UM, AND IT'S IN THE POWERPOINT.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE CURRENTLY THERE, THERE'S NO VISIBILITY.
AND SUBSEQUENTLY FROM A REAL ESTATE PERSPECTIVE, REALLY NEGLIGIBLE, UM, IMPACT IN TERMS OF RESALE VALUE.
HOWEVER, AT 91 FEET THERE'S A CLEAR VIEW, UM, OF NOT ONLY CHERUB BUT ALSO MISSIONARY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
UH, AND SUBSEQUENTLY THAT'S GONNA SVE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT REAL ESTATE.
THERE'S A BIGGER PICTURE OF THAT IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT IT, UM, MORE CLEARLY.
BUT, UH, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF REAL ESTATE? WELL, UM, YOU COULD LOOK THIS ALL UP, IT'S PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE.
UM, IF IT'S HIDDEN, IF THE RF TOWER'S HIDDEN, MUCH LIKE POWER LINES, OKAY, THERE REALLY IS NEGLIGIBLE.
IF IT'S WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET, UM, IF IT'S WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET AND IT'S VISIBLE, THAT CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 20% FINANCIAL IMPACT.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THIS GOT MY ATTENTION REAL QUICK BECAUSE I AM, THAT MEANS WITH MY RESIDENTS, THAT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO $400,000 IN THE LOVELY NEIGHBORHOOD OF, YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR'S CLUB.
UM, SO, UH, IT IS IMPORTANT, UM, AND THERE IS UNFORTUNATELY, UM, IT SEEMS THE RESIDENTS, THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS ARE FUNDING THIS, UM, THIS REAL NEED, WHICH I UNDERSTAND NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
WE NEED BETTER CELL, WE NEED ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
AND CERTAINLY THE WATER TOWER, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, REALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, UM, DO YOU REALLY WANNA BE IN A HOUSE WHERE IF I HAD TO SELL IT AND ALLEGEDLY IT'S TEMPORARY, BUT WE ALL KNOW HOW THESE TEMPORARY THINGS GO, UM, SCOPE CREEP, UM, GOES HIGHER, GOES LONGER, AND IF WE SHOULD HAVE TO SELL OUR HOUSES TO HAVE AN IMPACT WHERE 94% OF THE BUYERS DON'T EVEN LOOK AT THE HOUSE, IT SITS LONGER ON THE MARKET.
UH, AND ESSENTIALLY THE CARRIER, YOU KNOW, IS PUSHING DOWN THE COST OF OF, OF THIS TO THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS.
UM, SO WHAT AM I ASKING? I'M REQUESTING THE COMMITTEE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND CLEARLY LOOK AT IT FROM THE VARIANCE PERSPECTIVE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND WAS THERE DUE DILIGENCE OR IS THERE DUE DILIGENCE OF FINDING ANOTHER, SAY, COMMERCIAL LOCATION? SOUNDS LIKE, UM, THERE WASN'T A WHOLE LOT OF DILIGENCE THERE.
UM, AND IF IT HAS TO GO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOOK AT REALLY STRICTLY ENFORCED MITIGATION AS IT RELATES TO HOW HIGH IT HAS TO BE AND DOESN'T REALLY NEED TO BE THAT HIGH.
I MEAN, IT SEEMS OKAY, NOW THERE'S A NEW THING WITH THE NEW WATER TOWER.
CERTAINLY I, I CAN KIND OF GET THAT, BUT ARE THERE OTHER SOLUTIONS? SO CAN IT BE AT THE TREE LINE CAMOUFLAGE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S TEMPORARY, IT PROBABLY WILL BE LONGER THAN WE ALL CONSIDER.
AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY MY PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
AND THEN, UM, SO I GAVE ROBERT FIVE MINUTES AND SO YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, ENTITLED UP TO FIVE MINUTES.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT ALL.
I APPRECIATE THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL TONIGHT.
I'M PAUL WELLER, UM, AT 11 SHERIFF OF COURT RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM BOB AND EILEEN.
AND SO OUR HOUSE WOULD BE INDIRECT, UH, SITE OF, UH, OF THE TOWER THAT, THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
LIKE BOB, UH, YOU, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF SELF COVERAGE.
I'M ALL FOR, UH, GETTING SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THAT, IN THAT AREA.
UM, ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL, IF THERE WAS NO AESTHETIC IMPACT, IT'D BE, IT'S LIKE, GREAT, BRING IT ON.
AND THAT'S I THINK WHERE SOME OF THE DUE DILIGENCE WOULD COME IN THAT I'D, I'D CERTAINLY SOME QUESTIONS THAT I'D
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LOVE TO HAVE ANSWERED.UM, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE TEMPORARY NATURE OF THE TOWER, REALLY WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT MAKES IT TEMPORARY AND THE TIMEFRAME OF 18 MONTHS, UM, YOU KNOW, IS THERE, UH, YOU KNOW, AN EXPIRATION DATE AT THE END OF THE LEASE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THIS, UH, OBVIOUSLY COULD GO ON IN PERPETUITY.
UH, I THINK WE'RE, UH, PLACING A LOT OF VALUE ON, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, I GUESS THE, UM, UH, THE TIMELINE THAT'S BEEN GIVEN US IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AND, AND SO FORTH.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS THE LEGITIMACY OF THAT, OF THAT, UH, TEMP, YOU KNOW, TEMPORARY STAND? UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE THERE, HAS THERE REALLY BEEN A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT OTHER, OTHER SITES BESIDES THE GOVERNOR'S CLUB THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE ADEQUATE? UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE THINGS BEING CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, AGAIN, THE, THE HEIGHT, UH, WHEN YOU COMPARE A STRUCTURE THAT'S 91 FEET, THAT'S ABOUT NINE, IT'S NINE STORY BUILDING.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT THAT WAY, IT'S THE SAME HEIGHT AS A LIGHTHOUSE, UH, BEING ESSENTIALLY IN OUR BACKYARD.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER.
UH, 18 MONTHS, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD BE REASONABLE.
MY BIG QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS THEN? YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE LEGAL, UH, RAMIFICATIONS IF IT GOES BEYOND 18 MONTHS WITHOUT IT GOING INTO, INTO PERPETUITY? SO I WOULD JUST URGE A LITTLE BIT MORE DILIGENCE IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? I WASN'T GONNA SPEAK, BUT I THOUGHT MAYBE WE'D CONNECT THE DOTS ON, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, I'M GREG CANTRELL, PRESIDENT OF THE POA.
I'VE, UH, SERVED IN THAT ROLE FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
UH, MR. LRE, I PROCEEDED, UH, HIS COMMUNITY SERVICE IN THAT REGARD AS WELL.
THIS HAS BEEN A FLUID, UH, UH, SITUATION, UH, CONFIRMING THAT WE DIDN'T GET NOTIFIED AS A POA UNTIL JULY.
AND, UM, I'M, I'M VERY PLEASED THAT THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, ITS STAFF AND OUR LAWYERS AT AND T AND A WHOLE HOST OF FOLKS HAVE BEEN SCURRYING TO DO ONE THING, AND THAT'S TO PROTECT CELL PHONE SERVICE AND NOT GO DARK.
OUR BOARD EVALUATED THOSE POINTS OF THE, OF OUR RESIDENTS AND, AND, AND WE'RE NOT HERE TO FIGHT WITH OUR OWN RESIDENTS.
UH, I THINK THE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS ON A PERMANENT BASIS ARE LEGITIMATE.
WE WANTED TO GET THROUGH A CRISIS MOMENT FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD FOR ACTUALLY ALL OF EAST BRENTWOOD.
UM, WHEN WE STARTED THESE DISCUSSIONS AND RICK MENTIONED, UH, THE CELLULAR ON WHEELS, THAT'S HOW IT WAS PITCHED INITIALLY.
AND THEN AS WE'VE DUG DEEPER INTO IT AND KNEW WHAT THE RESTRICTIONS ARE, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
THERE'S, I, I'M GONNA TRY TO REFRAIN MYSELF AND THAT'S DIFFICULT AT TIMES, BUT NOLANSVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT IS, IS IT, IT'S A CONCERN IN DOING BUSINESS WITH THEM.
CITY OF BRENTWOOD HAS LITTLE OR NO CONTROL OVER WHAT THEY DO.
WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT? THEY OWN THE HALF ACRE LOT AND THEY, UH, THE, THE 500,000 TANK SITS ON TODAY, OKAY? THEY HAVE AN EASEMENT FROM THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD FOR EXPANSION OF WATER SERVICES ON THE ADDITIONAL ACRE.
NOW, WHEN ALL THE LITTLE LAWYERS GET TOGETHER, THREE LAWYERS BELIEVED THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU NEEDED TO GO GET A VARIANCE, UH, ON YOUR EASEMENT FOR 18 MONTHS.
AND OUR POA HAS AGREED IN BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS ON A TEMPORARY BASIS TO DO THAT.
RIGHT? NUD NOLANSVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT, FRANKLY, UH, AND I'M GONNA SPEAK PERSONALLY AND I THINK WE ALL AGREE, WE'VE HAD THINGS SHOVED DOWN OUR THROATS.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT ON CITY WATER, WE'RE ON NOLANSVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT WATER, WHICH IS SHOCKING.
12 OAKS IS ON BRENTWOOD WATER.
UH, UH, OUR OTHER NEIGHBORS ARE ON BRENTWOOD WATER AND, AND NOLANSVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT REALLY TREATS US LIKE THEY'RE THE KINGPIN AND THEY DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY NEEDED A VARIANCE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SO THAT COMPLICATED THE NEGOTIATIONS.
BUT TO BRING FULL CIRCLE, WE'VE THE AT AND T FOLKS, THE VERIZON FOLKS, THE FUTURE DEVELOPERS, THE STAFF.
AND BY THE WAY, WE DO ENDORSE THE CONTINGENCIES AT HAND AS LONG AS THE POA DOESN'T, UH, HAVE ANY OF THE HARD COST.
SO, UH, IN, YOU KNOW, IT'S FOR CITY OF BRENTWOOD, IT'S FOR EAST BRENTWOOD.
AND, UM, IT GIVES US TIME TO PUT TOGETHER A, YOU KNOW, IT, WE MAY OR MAY NOT BE INVOLVED IN
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ANYTHING PERMANENT, BUT WE CAN BE A, A SOLUTION WITH YOUR PERMISSION AND WITH YOUR APPROVAL AND THAT OF THE COMMISSION TO THIS UNFORTUNATE SITUATION.IT HAPPENED ABRUPTLY AND THAT WAS ALL IN UD AND IF YOU GOT THE PROPAGANDA, YOU GOT NOTICE, BOY, THEY WERE GREAT AND THEY WERE POINTING FINGERS AT EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT, UH, OF THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON OUR END?
I WILL BE THE ONE MO MOSTLY AFFECTED BY THIS.
I AM THE CLOSEST TO THAT TOWER.
I'VE TAKEN AOME, I'VE PUT IT UP A HUNDRED FEET TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE THAT STANDS.
IT'S TWICE AS TALL AS WHAT CURRENTLY IS THERE.
IT'S STAGGERING HOW TALL THAT THING IS AND HOW DISGUSTING IT IS.
I HAVE GRANDCHILDREN, THE STUDIES, THEY DON'T, THE STUDIES ARE NOT IN DEPTH ENOUGH TO HAVE THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS ON CHILDREN.
I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT HAS HAD CANCER.
AND I WAS TOLD BY NO NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS ON THE BOARD THAT THIS WASN'T GOING TO GO THROUGH.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAS THE BOARD'S APPROVAL OR NOT, BUT THIS IS ADVERSELY GOING TO AFFECT A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS AND THE VALUE OF OUR HOME.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU WANT A 90 FOOT TOWER IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE OR BEHIND YOUR HOUSE STICKING OUT.
IT WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT THE VALUE OF YOUR HOMES.
THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT THE HEALTH OF MY GRANDCHILDREN.
I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN STUDIES, THERE HAVE BEEN SHORT TERM, SHORT TERM STUDIES, BUT NOT ANY REAL LONG TERM STUDIES.
IT'S JUST LIKE SOME OF THE STUDIES WE SAW WITH THE, THE TWO G.
I KNOW IT'S NOT TWO G, BUT LATER ON, OH WAIT, IT'S NOT SAFE.
YOU'RE GONNA PUT THAT IN MY BACKYARD.
IT'S GOING TO AFFECT MY VALUE.
THIS SHOULD NOT GO THROUGH, YOU WOULDN'T WANT IT AT YOUR HOUSE.
IT'S PROBABLY OKAY FOR ME BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIVE NEXT DOOR TO ME.
BUT THE PEOPLE AROUND THE BLOCK DON'T WANT THIS.
AND THEN, UH, I GUESS NOW WE CAN HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD FOR THE APPLICANT.
I THINK YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT.
OH, DO WE ALREADY HAVE QUESTIONS? OKAY, SO I'LL NEED A MOTION SO THEN WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE AND FORWARD THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, UH, AFFIRMATIVE RECOMMENDATION TO THE, UM, TO THE COUNCIL BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF A MOTION.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE'LL HAVE SOME DISCUSSION.
START WITH COMMISSIONER STADNIK.
I, I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THIS BASED ON THE TEMPORARY 18 MONTH AND THAT WE NEED A TEMPORARY SOLUTION.
UM, AND WE NEED CELL COVERAGE.
WE CAN'T HAVE IT JUST DISAPPEAR ON US.
I'M VERY SORRY ABOUT IT BEING AS TALL AS IT IS.
BUT BASED ON THE NEW TOWER BEING 50 FEET AND THEN HAVING TWO AT AND T AND VERIZON AND NEEDING TO SEPARATE THEM, THEY NEED TO BE TALLER.
SO, UM, I WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.
YEAH, I I WOULD JUST SAY, UH, IN OUR THURSDAY INFORMATION MEETING, WE HAD A LOT OF DEBATE OVER THIS.
UM, PROBABLY TALKED MORE ABOUT IT THAN ANYTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA.
UM, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IT DOESN'T LOOK TEMPORARY.
UM, BUT WHEN WE GOT INTO IT, THAT SPACE THAT CAN NEVER BE CONSIDERED AS THE PERMANENT SITE.
SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I WANT YOU GUYS TO REALIZE, THAT WHEN WE SAY IT'S 18 MONTHS, IT COULD GO TO 24 WITH A SIX MONTH EXTENSION.
THAT CANNOT BE THE PERMANENT SITE.
NASHVILLE UTI OR, UH, EXCUSE ME, NOLANSVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT HAS SAID THEY CANNOT HAVE A TOWER ON THE SITE.
THIS, THAT'S THE TEMPORARY NATURE OF IT.
UM, NOW DOES THAT MEAN 18 MONTHS IS GONNA BE GOLDEN? NO, THEY'VE GOT THE ABILITY TO EXTEND IT.
'CAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, IT DOESN'T LOOK TEMPORARY, RIGHT? YOU THINK A TEMPORARY ON THE BACK OF A TRAILER.
BUT IF THERE'S NO SPACE TO TAKE, WE CAN'T TAKE COMMON SPACE FROM GOVERNOR'S CLUB TO EXTEND THAT EASEMENT TO PUT IN TRACTOR TRAILERS.
WE HAD TO BASICALLY, WE HAD TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.
UM, I I WOULD ECHO THE COMMENTS THAT ALL OF THIS CAME TO US PRETTY QUICKLY.
UM, AND SO SOME OF THIS IS MAKING THE BEST USE OF WHAT WE CAN UNTIL WE CAN FIND A PERMANENT SITE.
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THE HOMEOWNERS THAT IS NOT A PERMANENT SITE.UM, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S COMMENTS.
UH, IT HELPED HAVE SOME OF THE BACKGROUND.
IT'S HARD WHEN IT'S IN YOUR BACKYARD, BUT IT'S SORT OF AN EMERGENCY SITUATION AND THIS SEEMS TO BE THE ONE SOLUTION THAT IS AGAIN, A TEMPORARY SOLUTION.
UH, SO I'M, UH, UNFORTUNATELY LOOKS LIKE THIS IS OUR ONLY OPTION RIGHT NOW ON A TEMPORARY BASIS ONLY COMMISSIONER EVANS.
I, I'M A VISUAL PERSON, SO I APPRECIATE THIS.
I WAS THINKING WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THAT MAYBE IN THE OTHER, I DO NOTICE HERE THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE VISUAL, I KNOW THE AUDIENCE DOESN'T HAVE IT, BUT THAT WOULD PRESUME THE TREES AROUND IT ARE ONLY LIKE 10 FEET TALL, WHICH, SO IT THAT IT'S KIND OF A VISUAL EFFECT HERE.
UH, BUT, UH, I, I ECHO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS SAID HERE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A TEMPORARY SOLUTION.
THE BEST SO SOLUTION TO COME UP WITH MR. CROWLEY.
I VIEW THIS AS THE BEST ALTERNATIVE TO A VERY BAD SITUATION.
IT'LL REDUCE, UH, PEOPLE FROM LOSING THEIR CELL COVERAGE.
I THINK IT IS CLEAR THAT THE WIRELESS PROVIDERS ARE MOTIVATED TO FIND A PERMANENT HOME QUICKLY.
I'M SURE IT BEHOOVES THEM BOTH FINANCIALLY AND REPUTATIONALLY.
SO I THINK IF THEY'RE BACK HERE AFTER 18 MONTHS ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION OR ANOTHER ONE, THIS COMMISSION WILL LIKELY NOT LOOK VERY FAVORABLY UPON THEM.
UM, YES, WE'RE HAVING TO SERVE EVERYBODY, ALL CITIZENS UP HERE.
WE SAT IN THE SAME CHAIRS WHEN WE HAD, UM, THE ICE STORM AND THERE WERE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T HAVE CELL COVERAGE.
THEY COULDN'T CALL AN AMBULANCE, THEY COULDN'T CALL A FIRETRUCK, THEY COULDN'T CALL A POLICE.
AND THAT'S, THAT HAS TO BE BALANCED WITH WHAT ELSE GOES ON.
THAT HAS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE BIG PICTURE, NOT THIS PICTURE.
I THINK EVERYBODY HAS SAID VERY, VERY WELL.
I DON'T SEE IT AS A PERMANENT SOLUTION AT ALL.
I ALSO THINK 90 FEET, 91 FEET SOUNDS REALLY TALL.
WE ALL KNOW THAT DOESN'T SEEM AS FAR, UNLESS YOU'RE A TITAN, IT'S REAL FAR
UM, BECAUSE I SIT ON THE CITY COMMISSION TOO.
CITY COMMISSION HAS TRIED HARD TO GET MORE CELL TOWERS WHERE WE CAN GET SOME BETTER COVERAGE.
THIS DOESN'T ADDRESS THE, UH, HEALTH CONCERNS, BUT I DO THINK VISUALLY WHEN WE WERE REWRITING THE, THE, UH, LAWS FOR THE CITY COMMISSION, YOU CAN PUT TREES, YOU CAN DECORATE 'EM.
THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE THE METAL TOWER THAT STANDS OUT UP THERE.
UM, I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW, RICK AND I WERE WONDERING, DOES DOES VERIZON HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE HEALTH SITUATION THEY COULD SHARE WITH US AT THIS TIME OR WOULD YOU YEAH, I, I'LL SAY THAT FEDERAL LAW PROHIBITS MUNICIPALITIES FROM MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON RF FACTORS.
UM, ANY KIND OF SPECULATION ABOUT THEN, SO, AND I DON'T KNOW IF, IF ANDY WANTS TO WEIGH IN FURTHER, BUT I MEAN NO, AND, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE IT STARTS.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES LIMIT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ON CONSIDERING HEALTH EFFECTS BECAUSE THE STUDIES HAVE SHOWN, HOWEVER, IT IS A QUESTION THAT COMES UP AND WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND IT.
I DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION FROM THE FDA, THE, UH, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DID A, UH, DID A REPORT IN 2024 THAT HAS JUST COME OUT ON IT.
I'M HAPPY TO LEAVE THAT INFORMATION OR GET IT TO KRISTEN FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE IT.
BUT I THINK PER UM, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS TOOK YOUR TITLE.
I KNOW YOUR NAME'S CRYSTAL CORN, BUT YES.
UM, CITY ATTORNEY CORN, UM, PER HER, I DON'T THINK WE CAN USE ANY OF THAT IN OUR DECISION.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT'D BE PERMISSIBLE RIGHT NOW.
AND THIS HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE 2005 AS IS THAT WAS GONNA BE THE QUESTION.
IS THIS IS DIFFERENT COMING OR IS THIS THE SAME SIGNAL BEEN COMING SINCE 2005? SAME THING.
I APOLOGIZE THAT SIR, I I'M SORRY ANDY, I WASN'T ON ON MICROPHONE SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOR THE RECORD THAT IT WAS CLEAR THAT FEDERAL LAW DOES PREEMPT CITIES FROM CONSIDERING THAT DATA AND DECISION MAKING FOR CELL TOWERS.
SORRY, I JUST, I APPRECIATE WHAT EVERYBODY SAID.
JUST FOR THE GENERAL GOOD OF THE GENERAL POPULATION IN BRENTWOOD, I THINK THIS IS OUR ONLY SOLUTION IS TO APPROVE THIS.
WELL, AND THAT WAS MY QUESTION FOR YOU.
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HEAR, OR AT LEAST I DIDN'T CATCH, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID YOU EXPLORE IN TERMS OF ALTERNATIVES TO THIS? HOW AGGRESSIVE WERE YOU IN SEEKING ANOTHER LOCATION? SO A COUPLE OF THINGS.I'LL SAY THAT NUMBER ONE, THE TIMING, ALRIGHT? YEAH.
NUMBER TWO, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A NEW SITE TO PROVIDE NEW SERVICE, RIGHT? SO IF A SITE GOES DOWN IN ORDER TO REPLACE IT, YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE SAME AREA.
RIGHT? LOOKING HERE, THE OPEN SPACE AREA IN THIS AREA IS THE ONLY PLACE AROUND THERE.
A SEARCH RING USUALLY IS NO MORE THAN A HALF A MILE WIDE TO PUT A NEW SITE FOR NEW COVERAGE.
WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THAT HERE.
THIS WAS THE ONLY LOCATION WHERE WE COULD MAINTAIN THE SERVICE THAT WE HAVE.
NOW, THE PERMANENT SOLUTION, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE MAY RUN INTO THERE.
YOU KNOW, IT'D PROBABLY BE A SIMILAR SITUATION, BUT TO MAINTAIN THE SERVICE, THIS IS THE ONLY OPTION.
WHAT HAPPENS IS, THINK OF IT LIKE A HONEYCOMB AND IF YOU MOVE ONE, IT MOVES.
ALL RIGHT? SO IF YOU MOVE ONE CELL SITE OVER AND HERE'S A PROPAGATION MAP FROM VERIZON THAT KIND OF SHOWS YOU, UM, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR HERE IS GREEN.
YOU WANT GREEN, THAT IS GOOD COVERAGE IN YOUR HOMES ON THE STREETS, UM, IN BUILDINGS AND SO FORTH.
AND THEN WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO PUT THIS TEMPORARY SITE ON, IF APPROVED, THAT GREEN AREA IS THE GETTING BACK TO WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
SO YOUR NAME FOR THIS IS LIBERTY CHURCH? IS THAT, THAT'S WHAT VERIZON CALLS THIS SITE.
PLEASE DON'T ASK ME WHERE THEY GET THESE NAMES.
BECAUSE SOME OF 'EM DON'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
I GUESS THE OTHER POINT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT'S WRITTEN, UM, THAT A TEMPORARY FACILITY REMAIN IN OPERATION THROUGHOUT THE WATER TANK REPLACEMENT PROJECT UNTIL A PERMANENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY IS PROPOSED AND APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, IS THERE ANY RISK THAT A NEW LOCATION PERMANENT COULD BE PROPOSED AND APPROVED WITH THEN THE TEMPORARY TOWER COMING DOWN BEFORE THE PERMANENT IS PUT UP? IS THERE ANY RISK OF THAT? UH, THERE IS A RISK, BUT WE ARE WORKING TO NOT LET THAT HAPPEN.
IF THAT TEMPORARY TOWER COMES DOWN BEFORE THE PERMANENT IS OPERATIONAL SERVICE WILL GO DOWN.
SO SHOULD WE AMEND SORRY, GO AHEAD TODD.
YEAH, IT, IT TALKS ABOUT ONCE THE PERMANENT TE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INSTALLATION IS OPERATIONAL, THE TEMPORARY TOWER AND EQUIPMENT CABINET AND ALL THAT WILL BE REMOVED.
SO IT, IT TALKS ABOUT IT IN THE SUMMARY, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT SPECIFIC IN THE CONDITION OF APPROVAL.
SO I COME AT IT FROM TWO PERSPECTIVES.
ONE, HOW FAST CAN YOU GET THIS DONE FASTER THE BETTER, RIGHT? TWO, YOU KNOW, LET'S NOT DISRUPT COVERAGE WHEN THE TEMPORARY COMES DOWN BEFORE THE PERMANENT GOES UP.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THE PERMANENTS UP.
AND THAT'S I GUESS WHAT YOUR POINT IS.
THAT'S THE INTENT, RIGHT? OKAY.
OUR INTENT IS NOT TO LET SERVICE GO DOWN FOR A DAY.
SO, AND THAT'S HOW IT WOULD PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.
AND MY ONLY COMMENTS ARE LOOKING AT THE CITY AS A WHOLE, I FEEL LIKE AS COMMISSIONER TRAVIS STATED THAT IF WE WERE TO ALLOW SERVICE TO GO DOWN IN ANY PART OF OUR CITY, IT WOULD REALLY, IT'S HAVE HUGE NEGATIVE EFFECTS.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE SEE EVERY DAY, SO WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS IT.
WE HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS AS YOU GUYS DO.
THAT'S WHY VERIZON AND AT AND T ARE TRYING TO PUSH THIS FORWARD.
UM, I GUESS IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE IT TO A VOTE.
UM, ALL THOSE FOUR PLEASE SAY AYE.
ANY AGAINST? AYES HAVE IT AIN'T NOTHING.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING.
I MEAN, IT'S NEVER EASY HERE, SO, ALL RIGHT.
[1. Monthly Security Report - August 2026]
OF BUSINESS, OUR MONTHLY SECURITY REPORT, UH, SORRY, I YOU TO PRESENT THAT, UH, YES.SO, UH, FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, UH, WE HAD NO CHANGES.
SO WE STILL HAVE $19,189,905 AND 22 CENTS.
AND WE ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THE SECURITIES REPORT AS PUBLISHED IN YOUR PACKET.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER EVANS SECOND.
SECONDED BY, UM, COMMISSIONER OLIVER.
AYE AYE, YOUR SECURITY REPORT PASSES ANY BOARD
[2. Board and Commission Reports]
AND COMMISSION REPORTS.QUICK TREE BOARD, WE ARE DOING TWO TREE TALKS, ONE ON OCTOBER 4TH AND IT'S FOR TREE IDENTIFICATION.
WE HAVE A TENNESSEE NATURALIST PRESENTING AND WE ARE AT DEERWOOD GOING AROUND THE ARBORETUM, BUT HE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD, UM, IDENTIFY A TREE.
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DEFI.AND THEN ON OCTOBER 31ST AT BRENTWOOD LIBRARY, WE ARE DOING THE PRUNING TALK AND THAT'S WITH BLUE CURRY FROM BARTLETT TREE EXPERTS.
HE DID THIS EARLIER AND IT WAS FABULOUS AND WE, WE JUST FELT LIKE PEOPLE NEEDED TO HEAR IT
SO WE'LL BE GOING AROUND TREES WITH BLUE AND, UM, NOT, NOT ON THIS, BUT I NOTICED THIS OUT.
IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY DAY, OCTOBER 3RD FROM 10 TO TWO WITH OUR FI, BRENTWOOD FIRE AND RESCUE.
AND I THOUGHT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THAT AND COME TO THAT TOO.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER, OH, MR. JOBS.
I, MR. ASK THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE BOARD MEMBER BY FILLING OUT YOUR 2040 PLAN.
UH, POSTCARDS WERE SENT ID NUMBERS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A UNIQUE ID NUMBER TO SIGN IN.
UM, UH, THERE'S A QR CODE THAT YOU CAN SCAN TO GET INTO THAT, BUT, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE DUE BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND I WOULD LOVE IT IF EVERYBODY ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, HAD TURNED THEIRS IN BY THEN.
UM, WE ARE, WE'VE GOT SOME COMING IN, BUT WE NEED MORE.
WE'RE, WE'RE NOT FAR FROM MID-SEPTEMBER WHEN YOU REALLY GET TO IT.
AND WE GOTTA GET GOING ON THIS.
SO PLEASE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO FILL OUT THEIR 2040 PLAN.
I'VE DONE MINE SLING ON THE COUNTER RIGHT NOW.
AND IF I SEE THERE'S NO MORE BUSINESS, WE'LL CALL IT SEVEN FORTY SIX.