Oct 26, 2026 City Commission Meeting

OPPOSED? PASS UNANIMOUSLY.

[ Comments from Citizens – Individuals may comment on any item included in the Consent/Regular agenda or on any other matter regarding the City of Brentwood. All comments should be directed to the Board of Commissioners. Citizens who wish to request that an item be moved from the Consent Agenda to the Regular Agenda for discussion should make that known to the Board at this time. A sign-in sheet will be provided fifteen (15) minutes prior to the start of the meeting. Anyone wishing to speak may, but are not required to, sign in. ]

MOVE ON TO COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS.

INDIVIDUALS MAY COMMENT ON ANY ITEM INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT OR REGULAR AGENDA OR ON ANY OTHER MATTER REGARDING THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

ALL COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CITIZENS WHO WISH TO REQUEST AN ITEM BE MOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION.

SHOULD MAKE THAT KNOWN TO THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE SIGN IN SHEET? CHIEF? NO ONE ON THE SIGN IN SHEET.

UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIGN IN TO SPEAK.

UH, JARED, I SEE YOU BROUGHT YOUR DRIVER WITH YOU TONIGHT.

IT'S, UH, EITHER OF Y'ALL LIKE TO, UH, SPEAK ANYBODY.

ALRIGHT, JUST HERE FOR ENTERTAINMENT.

MOVE ON TO OUR REPORT FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, JASON G. GOOD EVENING.

SO, WITH THAT, WE'LL CLOSE THE DECISIONS OF COMMENTS AND

[ Report from City Manager Report from the City Attorney Reports and comments by Commissioners and Mayor]

UH, FIRST KUDOS TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

UH, EARLIER THIS MONTH, 104 INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN TENNESSEE'S ANNUAL HEAVY EQUIPMENT RODEO IN KNOXVILLE.

AND THAT INCLUDED FOUR MEMBERS OF OUR BRENTWOOD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

WE HAD, UH, JACOB RE, SETH BLAIR, ALEX WHITE, AND ROCKY HOOD, REPRESENTING TEAM BRENTWOOD.

UH, THE DAY INCLUDED SIX EVENTS WITH EQUIPMENT RANGING FROM WHEEL LOADER, SKID STEER, BACKHOE, GREAT ALL GARBAGE TRUCK AND KNUCKLE BOOM.

BRENTWOOD, SETH BLAIR, OUR VERY OWN SETH BLAIR EARNED FIRST PLACE IN THE KNUCKLE BOOM EVENT.

UH, AND FOURTH PLACE IN THE BACKHOE EVENT.

UH, WE KNEW OUR PUBLIC, WE ALREADY KNEW OUR PUBLIC WORKS.

CREWS ARE DO A GREAT JOB FOR US, BUT, UH, WE WANNA CONGRATULATE THEM FOR A STRONG SHOWING.

AND IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE KNUCKLE BOOM IS, 'CAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY THE NEXT QUESTION.

SO COULD BE ON A LARGE, UH, LOADER OR TRUCK.

IT'S A GREAT BIG GIANT ARM, SO IT'S KINDA LIKE A BACKHOE, BUT A MUCH LARGER ARM AND THE KNUCKLES MAKES, GIVES THE ABILITY TO GRAB.

AND SO IT'S REALLY BEING ABLE TO GRAB SMALL JS AND MOVE THEM.

AND SO WE DID REALLY WELL WITH THAT.

SO, UM, YES, YOU'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT A, A LARGE EQUIPMENT RODEO AND YOU DIDN'T BRING PICTURES .

I, WELL, I'LL HAVE TO ASK DALE ABOUT THAT.

WE'LL, WE'LL FIND SOME PICTURES.

I KNOW WE HAVE SOME.

I I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE, UH, REQUIRE PICTURES BE SHARED WITH THE COMMISSION, .

WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOME, I'LL, I'LL SEND THEM OUT TO YOU.

UM, THE, UH, THE CITY'S LAST FALL CLEANUP DAY WILL BE 8:00 AM TO 4:00 PM THIS SATURDAY, THE 31ST.

SO ON HALLOWEEN DAY AT GRANNY WHITE PARK, UH, THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE UNTIL NEXT SPRING FOR BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS TO DROP OFF.

THEN DISPOSE OF OVERSIZED ITEMS THAT THE REGULAR TRASH PICKUP WILL NOT REMOVE.

SO WE WANNA REMIND PEOPLE THAT IF THEY WANNA GET RID OF UNWANTED FURNITURE, OTHER LARGE ITEMS, THIS IS THE TIME TO DO IT.

UH, WE WON'T BE, WE CAN'T TAKE EVERYTHING LIKE FUEL, OIL OR PAINT, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, CERTAIN CHEMICALS.

BUT WE HAVE A LIST OF ACCEPTABLE, UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS ON OUR PUBLIC WORKS' WEBSITE.

SO WE WANNA ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND, AND, UH, DO THAT.

AND I THINK THE WEATHER'S GONNA BE PRETTY GOOD FOR THAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

AND THEN FINALLY, OF COURSE, UH, ALSO SATURDAY THE 31ST IS HALLOWEEN.

IT'S ALREADY HERE.

UH, WE JUST WANNA REMIND PEOPLE OF THAT AND ENCOURAGE, UH, EVERY INDIVIDUAL TO BE MINDFUL OF ALL OF OUR YOUNGSTERS OUT THERE, OUT AND ABOUT ON THE STREETS AND THE SIDEWALKS.

UH, WHEN IT GETS DARK, IT'S SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO SEE THE KIDS RUNNING AROUND AND THEY'RE PRETTY EXCITED AND TRYING TO FILL UP THEIR, THEIR LITTLE JACK LANS WITH, UH, WITH CANDY.

AND SO WE JUST WANT EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE PARENTS, CHILDREN, AND DRIVERS TO BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS.

BE WATCHING OUT FOR 'EM, LET 'EM HAVE A REALLY SAFE AND ENJOYABLE HALLOWEEN.

THAT'S MY REPORT.

BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AND A COME HOMEWORK ITEM OF KNUCKLE BOOM.

PICTURES .

WELL, AND SINCE WE FORGOT THE PICTURES THAT MAY REQUIRE VIDEOS AS WELL AS PICTURES , WE'LL SEE WHAT WE HAVE.

ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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A REPORT FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

NOTHING FOR Y'ALL TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ALL REPORTS AND COMMENTS FOR, UH, COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR, WE'LL START TONIGHT WITH COMMISSIONER DONAHUE.

THANK YOU.

UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PUBLIC WORKS PEOPLE.

UM, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR, UH, OUR ATTENTION, UH, CITY MANAGER.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

AND MOVING ON TO THE HOLIDAY SEASON AT THE LIBRARY.

SO EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE, UH, THIS ABOUT THE DAY TO PICK UP YOUR TICKETS.

THERE ARE TWO EVENTS.

UM, ONE IS THE POLAR EXPRESS, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY NIGHT, UH, DECEMBER 7TH.

AND THE TWO READINGS OF THE POLAR EXPRESS ARE AT 4:00 PM AND 5:00 PM AND YOU NEED TICKETS, FREE TICKETS, WHICH GO ON SALE ON NOVEMBER 8TH AT 1:30 PM AND HOPEFULLY, UH, CHARLES, IF YOU COULD GET THAT OUT.

UH, 'CAUSE THAT'S LIKE PEOPLE WANTED TO KNOW ALREADY ON SATURDAY WHEN THE TICKETS WERE ON SALE.

I BELIEVE IT'S SOLD OUT SINCE WE'VE HAD TICKETS FOR IT.

YES, YES.

FREE, FREE SOLD, SOLD OUT FREE.

YES.

UM, AND THAT FIRST DATE AGAIN.

UH, SO ON NOVEMBER 8TH IS WHEN YOU CAN PICK UP THE TICKETS.

THAT'S WHAT'S, UH, I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE ONE OF THESE.

BUT THE, UM, THE TREE LIGHTING AND THE, UM, POLAR EXPRESS READING ARE ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 7TH.

SO CAN I DUNNO HOW THAT AFFECTS YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION? BUT USUALLY IT'S THE TREE LINE.

UH, I DON'T HAVE AN OFFICIAL TIME, BUT IT'S USUALLY FI 5 35 35 30, OKAY.

SAME AS USUAL.

YEAH.

AND THIS YEAR IT MAY NOT RAIN OR SNOW, BUT WE'VE HAD BOTH IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AS, UH, MAYOR ANDREWS KNOWS FROM LAST YEAR.

UM, AND THEN THE MORNING WITH SANTA FOR WHICH ONE ALSO NEEDS TICKETS FOR THE MAGIC SHOW.

PORTION OF THAT IS ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5TH FROM NINE TO 12.

AND YOU GET THE TICKETS ON THE SAME DAY SIGN UP AS YOU DO FOR THE, UH, FOR THE OTHER ONE, BUT TWO SEPARATE TICKETS.

YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR BOTH.

AND, UM, YOU CAN COME FOR THE OTHER ACTIVITIES ON THAT MORNING, BUT YOU NEED TICKETS IF YOU WANNA GO SEE THE MAGIC SHOW AND JUST LET PEOPLE KNOW IT'S NOT 'CAUSE WE'RE STINGY OR WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SEE IT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY, YOU CAN ONLY PUT SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE ROOM FIRE CODE.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE BIG LIMITING FACTOR.

UM, OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS AT THE LIBRARY, UH, FROM OUR DIRECTOR, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW SAFETY INCIDENTS IN THE LIBRARY.

NOT RECENTLY, BUT OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO, UH, THEY HAVE HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO NOW THEY REALIZE THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY CALL FOR HELP.

AND, AND SOME OF THE POLICIES ARE CHANGING AT THE LIBRARY ARE GOING TO DELINEATE BEHAVIORS AND OTHER PROBLEMS FOR WHICH THE STAFF IS, UM, ALLOW, YOU KNOW, IS ENCOURAGED TO SEEK HELP, UH, EITHER FROM OTHER STAFF MEMBERS OR THE DIRECTOR OR THE, OR THE POLICE.

THEY HAD A RECENT STAFF DEVEL DEVELOPMENT DAY, WHICH IS BIG FOR THEM BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHEN THEY WORK AT THE LIBRARY, THEY DON'T ACTUALLY GET TO HAVE MEETINGS AND WORK TOGETHER AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALL WORKING AT DIFFERENT TIMES.

SO THEY SAID THAT THAT WAS JUST A GREAT TEAM BUILDING.

AND THEN YOU ALSO COULD ACTUALLY HAVE DEPARTMENT MEETINGS, WHICH IS, UH, ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR.

UM, THE OTHER IMPORTANT THING IS THERE ARE 11 EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE GREATER THAN FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE, BUT THERE'S ONE EACH AT 15 YEARS, 25 YEARS, 30 YEARS.

AND LINDA LEE WITH 35 YEARS OF SERVICE AT THE LIBRARY.

SO PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

UH, WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR, UM, TWO FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.

ONE FOR ASSISTANT REFERENCE MANAGER AND ONE FOR AN ADMIN COORDINATOR FOR THE DIRECTOR.

UM, POSSIBLE PAINTING A MURAL IN THE STORY TIME ROOM TO MATCH THE MURALS IN THE REST OF THE CHILDREN'S ROOM.

THE TEAM, TEAM ROOM, TEEN ROOM HASN'T PROGRESSED MUCH.

WE'RE WAITING ON SOME MORE PLANNED DETAILS.

UM, STRATEGIC PLANNING, POLICY REVIEWS AND STUFF BY THE BOARD.

THE STAFF, IT WAS, UH, IN CASE SHE DIDN'T KNOW, SEPTEMBER IS LIBRARY CARD MONTH, SO PUT ON THE CALENDARS FOR NEXT YEAR CAN BE READY.

BUT THE STAFF ACTUALLY WENT TO EIGHT DIFFERENT WILLIAMSON COUNTY SCHOOLS IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS AND HAD STAFF AND TEACHERS EITHER RENEW OR GET NEW LIBRARY CARDS.

SO 130, UH, NEW CARDS FOR THE LIBRARY.

AND, UH, 217 NEW CARS, OVERALL CARDS OVERALL IN SEPTEMBER.

UM, AND WE ACTUALLY, THAT'S PART OF THE INCOME FROM THE LIBRARY.

THERE WERE $9,840 IN PAID THE LIBRARY CARDS THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN SO FAR THIS YEAR.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF INCOME THERE.

UM, 52,427 ITEMS WERE CHECKED OUTTA THE LIBRARY LAST MONTH.

SO, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION.

YES, MA'AM.

YOU SAID YOU WENT TO OTHER SCHOOLS? THEY WENT TO SCHOOLS AND YEAH, I DON'T, THEY DIDN'T LIST WHICH ONES.

THEY DIDN'T TELL ME WHICH ONES.

THEY, WHO GOT THE CARDS? THE TEACHERS AND THE STAFF MEMBERS.

WILLIAMSON COUNTY TEACHERS WERE FREE.

UH, THEY MIGHT BE.

YEAH, NO, JUST OVERALL I WAS THE, I DIDN'T WANT US TO BE CHARGED WITH NO, WE'RE NO OVERALL THOUGH, FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT BUY CARDS FROM THE OKAY, GOTCHA.

FROM THE COUNTY AND OUT OF THE COUNTY.

I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT YOU.

OH, NO, YOU'RE, YEAH, I'M SORRY.

OR ASK ABOUT IT WHILE I WAS NO, YOU'RE CORRECT.

SCRATCHING MY MIND.

YEAH, NO, THANK YOU.

I SHOULD POINT THAT OUT.

UM, THE OTHER IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THERE WERE 686 VOLUNTEER HOURS AT THE LIBRARY LAST MONTH, WHICH AT $17 AND 32 CENTS AN HOUR, WHICH IS THE BASE PAY COMES OUT TO $11,890 THAT THE CITY DIDN'T PAY BECAUSE THE CITIZENS VOLUNTEER.

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I UNDERSTAND.

YEAH, YEAH.

GROUP, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE BOARD MEMBERS, THE FRIENDS, AND THEN JUST GENERAL CITIZENS ACTUALLY MAKE UP THE MOST OF THAT.

UM, AND INCOME WISE, YOU NEVER THINK THE LIBRARY'S MAKING MONEY, BUT 31,000, ALMOST $32,000 A YEAR TO DATE IN INCOME FROM FINES AND LIBRARY CARDS AND, UM, PRINTING FEES AND MEETING ROOM RESERVATIONS.

SO, AND THE HOLT FUNDS, UM, ARE HOLDING STEADY.

WE HAD, THEY MAKE A LOT OF INTEREST.

THEY'RE WELL INVESTED, $17,000 OF INTEREST LAST, LAST MONTH.

AND SO THERE'S $5.5 MILLION, UM, STILL IN THE WHOLE FUNDS.

SO, UH, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA SPEND ALL THAT, UH, TACULAR ON SATURDAY.

IF ANYBODY DROVE BY THE LIBRARY AND SAW THE CROWDS, WE MADE THE GOAL OF OVER A THOUSAND.

SO WE HAD 1,015, UH, LITTLE GHOST AND GOIN AND THEY'RE ADULTS WITH THEM, SO IT WAS A GREAT TIME.

CRAZY.

UM, EVERYBODY GOT BOOKS AND BEAUTIFUL.

UM, TOMORROW IS THE FRIEND'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY.

EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN, UH, EMAIL INVITES PUBLIC ALSO INVITED.

IT IS FROM FOUR TO SIX, BUT AT FOUR 30 IN THE GATHER ROOM IS, UM, WHEN THERE'LL BE SOME, SOME SPEECHES AND INTRODUCTION OF THE PAST, FRIENDS, PRESIDENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THEN OUTSIDE FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING, BECAUSE THERE ARE A HUNDRED NEW BRICKS, UH, THAT, THAT ARE GONNA BE DEDICATED.

AND THEN A RECEPTION, INCLUDING CAKE, IF YOU'RE A CAKE PERSON, UH, AFTERWARDS.

SO IF ANYBODY CAN MAKE IT, IT'S FOUR TO 6, 4 30 THOUGH IS WHEN THE ACTION REALLY STARTS.

UH, AND IT'LL BE INSIDE THEN OUTSIDE, UH, BOOK SALE DATES.

UM, THE JANUARY IS 28TH THROUGH 31.

THEY HAVE MOVED THE APRIL BOOK SALE TO MAY BECAUSE, UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE CONFIRMED DATES.

EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE OUR SUGGESTED DATES FOR EARLY VOTING, UH, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THE COUNTY WILL MAKE US MOVE IT IF THEY DON'T APPROVE IT.

SO RATHER THAN HAVE TO MOVE THINGS AROUND, THEY MOVED APRIL TO MAY AND THEN JULY, UH, 22ND, 25TH AND OCTOBER 21ST, 24TH.

AND IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OR NOT A MEMBER OF FRIENDS, YOU SHOULD SIGN UP TO BE ONE.

BUT THEIR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING IS DECEMBER 3RD, UH, WITH TWO WITH AN AUTHOR AND, UH, ANOTHER PERSON.

AND THEY'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, EVERYTHING FROM COUNTRY MUSIC TO THE, THE AUTHOR, ONE OF THE AUTHORS THAT ACTUALLY PHYSICIANS.

SO, UM, AND WHO DOES COUNTRY MUSIC.

SO IT'LL BE GOOD.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER TRAVIS.

UH, THAT IS 11 TO ONE ON THE THIRD.

HERE WE GO.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL MEET THURSDAY AT 8:00 AM FOR THEIR INFO MEETING, AND NEXT MONDAY AT 7:00 PM FOR OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING TO COME UP HERE TO THE PODIUM.

HE WASN'T BACK THERE WHEN WE, WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, BUT, UH, LAST WEEK, OR YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK WE HAD, UH, THE FIREMAN OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY THE EXCHANGE CLUB.

AND TWO THINGS ON THAT.

NUMBER ONE, CHIEF COLLINS GAVE A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.

I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU CAN COME TO AN INFO MEETING SOON AND GIVE THAT PRESENTATION TO CITY COMMISSIONERS.

IT WAS THAT GOOD.

COULD YOU TELL 'EM A LITTLE ABOUT THE FIREMAN OF THE YEAR? YEP, ABSOLUTELY.

SO, LIEUTENANT TREVOR DENO IS OUR FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR.

HE IS BEEN WITH US NINE YEARS, I BELIEVE.

UH, TREVOR MANAGES OUR HAZMAT PROGRAM.

HE IS OUR PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE HAZMAT TEAM, WHICH, UM, AS I EXPLAINED IN THAT PRESENTATION IS KIND OF A THANKLESS JOB.

HAZMAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S SUPER COMPLICATED AND KNOCK ON WOOD, WE DON'T DO VERY MUCH OF IT.

UM, BUT HE DOES A A GREAT JOB MANAGING THAT.

HE'S ALSO THE CHAIR OF OUR FITNESS COMMITTEE, UH, MAKING SURE THAT OUR FITNESS PROGRAMS ARE, ARE UP TO PAR AND ALL OF THE, THE STATION GYMS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED.

AND THEN HE'S ALSO A, A CRITICAL CARE PARAMEDIC.

SO, UM, THAT ON TOP OF BEING A HUSBAND AND A, AND A DAD TO TWO YOUNG BOYS.

SO TREVOR'S A GREAT GUY.

UH, WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE HIM.

AND WE WERE, WE WERE THANKFUL TO GET TO CELEBRATE HIM WITH THE EXCHANGE CLUB.

IT, IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT CELEBRATION AND WINNING EVEN MORE DEPTH.

AND IT WAS JUST, IT WAS SO ENLIGHTENING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I JUST WANTED YOU TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMISSION.

YOU WOULD THANK YOU.

AND TO PUT A LITTLE PRESSURE ON THE POLICE CHIEF BACK THERE BECAUSE, UH, POLICEMEN OF THE YEAR IS GONNA BE NAMED TOMORROW MORNING.

AND, UH, THANK CHIEF, I THINK, UH, JIM WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION THERE AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I MEAN, BOTH THE FIRE AND POLICE MEAN SO MUCH TO US UP HERE.

WE COVERED THE, UH, NEW POLICE CARS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING.

UH, IT'S FUNNY WE EVEN PAY MORE MONEY FOR POLICE CARS THAN WE EVER THOUGHT WE WOULD.

THEN YOU HAVE TO EQUIP 'EM AND PAINT 'EM AND STRIPE 'EM, AND IT, IT COSTS MONEY.

BUT I KNOW FOR MYSELF, I WANNA LET ALL THE, UH, POLICE OFFICERS KNOW IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT.

AND I'M SO GLAD THAT WE'VE GOT YOU INTO BIGGER, BIGGER, MORE COMFORTABLE VEHICLES.

AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S WELL WORTH WHAT WE SPEND ON THAT FOR, BECAUSE YOU GIVE US BACK EVEN MORE THAN THAT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

UH, THANK YOU.

UH, COMMISSIONER PIPPEN? YES, SIR.

I HAD THE TREE REPORT FOR OCTOBER THE 20TH, WHICH WAS LAST, UM, TUESDAY.

AND WE HAD EVERYBODY THERE, INCLUDING A COUPLE OF GUESTS.

UH, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, TODD PETROWSKI WAS THERE, AND BLUE CURRY FROM BARLETT TREE EXPERTS WAS THERE AS WELL.

AND, UM, SORRY, IT'S HEAVILY REDACTED HERE.

, UH, UH,

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WELL, SOME OF IT'S, YOU DON'T WANNA HEAR.

UH, PLANNING DIRECTOR PETROWSKI, UH, GAVE A, A PRESENTATION DETAILING THE CITY ORDINANCES, UH, FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL GREEN SPACE, UH, AND TREES.

AND, UH, HE, SOME OF THE AREAS HE COVERED WERE, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UH, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, IS 25, UH, UH, CALIBER INCHES PER ACRE.

AND THIS MEANS LITERALLY MEANS THAT ONE, ONE MEDIUM SIZED TREE CAN SATISFY THE ORDINANCE.

UH, AND THEIR, UM, BY THE WAY, SINCE YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE, UM, HEAVY EQUIPMENT STUFF, I, I THOUGHT I'D ONE UP YOU WITH A PICTURE OF A CALIPER .

SOMEONE ASKED ME THIS WEEK WHEN I'M SITTING, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS AS NERDS WILL DO WHEN THEY'RE OFF CAMERA.

UH, WHAT, WHAT IT MEANT BY A CALIPER, WHAT, WHAT THE TERM MEANT.

AND I THOUGHT EVERYBODY KIND OF KNEW THAT, BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD BRING A PICTURE OF A CALIPER.

THERE'S A TYPICAL CALENDAR ON THE LEFT THERE LOOKS LIKE THE LETTER F AND THERE'S HOW IT'S BEING USED ON THE RIGHT AND HOW IT'S BEING USED IS THAT WHEN THESE, UH, TREES ARE MEASURED, THEY'RE MEASURED AT A CERTAIN, UH, WHAT THEY CALL BREASTPLATE OR CHEST HIGH.

AND SO THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A GOOD, UH, AVERAGE READING ON THAT PART OF THE TRUNK.

AND THAT HAPPENS RIGHT THERE.

AND THIS ONE HAPPENS TO BE, UH, A LITTLE OVER, UH, 30.

BUT, UH, IT'S BASICALLY THE DIAMETER OF THE TREE.

SO JUST FYI THERE'S YOUR EXCITING IMAGE FOR THE EVENING .

UH, WITH BARTLETT TREE EXPERTS WILL BE DOING THAT.

WELL MOST EXCITING ONE.

SO FAR, SO FAR.

COULD BE A WINNER.

UM, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT NEW DEVELOPMENT FOR COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL AND THAT LANDSCAPE PLANS ARE REQUIRED, UH, TO BE BY A TENNESSEE LICENSED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THE CITY PLANNING, UH, UH, COMMISSION REVIEWS.

AND, UH, WE ALSO HAD SOME, UH, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT DISTURBING A TREES ENVIRONMENT, IF IT'S EXISTS IN A, UH, WHAT'S CALLED A SCENIC AREA, UH, THE SCENIC PART OF GREEN SPACE.

UM, THE QUESTIONS WOULD BE ASKED, LIKE, IF YOU HAVE A GREEN SPACE AND IT HAS A LOT OF TREES IN IT, AND THERE'S A VERY LARGE TREE IN THE MIDDLE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT TREE IS CUT DOWN AND YOU NOW HAVE THIS BIG HOLE.

YOU GO, WELL, BIG DEAL.

THE TREE'S GONE.

WELL, IT IS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE IT DOES DISTURB THE ACTUAL VELOCITY AND, AND, UH, PATH OF A NATURAL WINDBREAK.

AND SO THAT TREE BEING GONE CAN AFFECT OTHER TREES IN THE AREA.

AND SUDDENLY YOU GET A ICE STORM LIKE FERN.

AND WHAT DIDN'T FALL DURING A ICE STORM NOW IS, UH, OPEN TO, UH, POTENTIAL DAMAGE FROM A NATURAL, UH, A NATURAL EVENT LIKE THAT.

UM, SO BY THE WAY, BUSINESSES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THEIR OWN TREES.

UM, THERE ARE NO INCENTIVES ACTUALLY FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND BASIC TREE AND GREEN SPACE, UH, ORDINANCES AND GUIDELINES.

BUT IT WAS NOTED BY, UH, DANIEL QUEEN THAT THE WOODED LOTS, THAT WOODED LOTS HERE IN BRENTWOOD TYPICALLY RESULT IN MORE VALUE FOR THE CELLAR.

SO WHOEVER'S LISTENING NEEDS TO HEAR THAT.

SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD.

GOOD TO KNOW.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE ARBOR DAY CONVERSATION COMING UP THAT'S COMING UP AS YOU KNOW, A LITTLE EARLIER THIS YEAR IN MARCH.

AND WE WILL HAVE AN AR ARBOR DAY HONOREE AS WE LIKE TO HAVE.

AND AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION, I HAVE THE DISTINCT, UM, HONOR OF SAYING THAT THIS YEAR'S HONOREE FOR THE ARBOR DAY, UH, IS NONE OTHER THAN OUR COMMISSIONER ANN DUNN.

THAT IS, THAT IS SO SWEET OF YOU.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

WELL, YEAH, YOU'VE, YOU'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD PROBABLY LONG, LONGER THAN SOME OF THOSE TREES HAVE BEEN OUT THERE.

SO , AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT? YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING ABOUT SUPPORTING YOU IN THIS NEXT ATION AND I'M GONNA RETHINK THAT.

SO, WELL , I MEANT THAT IN A GOOD WAY, .

THERE'S NO WAY TO MAKE THAT SOUND GOOD.

, UH, YOU'RE RIGHT.

NO, I'M STOP TAPE AND ROLL BACK PLEASE.

I AM HONORED TO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I JUST MEANT, UH, WELL, NEVERMIND.

STEVE, PUT THE SHOVEL DOWN.

I'M PUTTING THE SHOVEL DOWN BUDDY.

UH, BY THE WAY, TREE TALKS, WE'VE, WE DID HAVE A TREE TALK, UH, EARLIER IN THE YEAR.

WE HAD A GUY FROM, I THINK IT'S THE URBAN, UH, FORESTRY COUNCIL CAME IN, UH, DON UH, DEO, WHO, UH, WENT OVER TO TELL PEOPLE HOW TO IDENTIFY THE TREES SPECIFIC TO DEERWOOD.

AND WE APPRECIATE HIM THAT.

BUT WE DO HAVE OTHER TREE TALKS COMING UP.

WE DO HAVE ONE MORE FOR THE YEAR.

AND THAT'S GONNA BE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ON HALLOWEEN, BUT NEVER FEAR.

THAT WILL BE A MORNING TREE TALK THAT'S A 10:00 AM AND BLUE CURRY, WHO IS UH,

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HE'S A CERTIFIED ARBORIST AND HIS TALKS ARE ALWAYS GREAT.

AND, UH, WE'RE, ALL OF US ARE, UH, ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND THAT AND SHOW SUPPORT AND SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH NEIGHBORS.

THAT'S 10:00 AM OCTOBER 31ST AT THE LIBRARY.

AND THAT'S, AS I MENTIONED, THE LAST TREE TALK OF THE YEAR.

UM, ASHLEY FITZ AND, UH, DANIEL QUEEN ON THE BOARD HAD A FANTASTIC IDEA FOR CREATING A DATABASE, UH, OR A LIST OF CONTACTS TO SEND OUT INFORMATION TREE BOARD RELATED EVENTS OUTSIDE OF ARBOR DAY.

'CAUSE WE, WHEN WE GET ON ARBOR DAY, WE GET A LITTLE TOPIC HEAVY WITH ARBOR DAY.

SOMETIMES THIS COULD BE AN EMAIL GROUP OR JUST A, UH, JUST MAYBE POSSIBLY EVEN A TREE BOARD SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE OF ITS OWN.

WE DON'T KNOW.

BUT, UH, WE'RE STARTING THE DISCUSSION, UH, COMING UP ON NOVEMBER THE 16TH AT 1230, THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THAT'S THE, UH, SARAH POLK, UH, IS DONATING TREES TO WENDY HILL PARK.

AND THAT'S CEREMONY WILL BE A WINDY HILL AT 1230 ON NOVEMBER 16TH AND BE THERE.

THAT'S GREAT.

UH, NEXT MEETING FOR THE TREE BOARD IS NOVEMBER 17TH AT 7 45 AT CITY HALL.

AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TREES.

EXCELLENT.

JUST I CAN ASK A QUESTION.

UH, THE WINDY HILL, UH, TREE DONATION, IS THAT GOING TO TAKE PLACE ON THE OLDS ROADSIDE OR THE UH, BRENT, BRENT MEAD SIDE? I DON'T HAVE THAT.

I'M ASSUMING IT'S RIGHT THERE WHERE THE PLAYGROUND IS.

OKAY.

UH, BUT THAT'S AN ASSUMPTION BECAUSE OKAY.

MOST OF THEM KIND OF DO.

OKAY.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEIR PROJECT PERSONALLY, BUT THEY'VE BEEN SO INVOLVED IN AMERICA'S TWO 50 THIS YEAR THAT, CONSIDERING THAT WENDY HILL, WHAT IS ONE OF OUR OLDEST HOMES AND THE PROPERTY CAME FROM THAT, I'M SURE THAT'S WHY THAT THEY ARE MAKING THAT CONTRIBUTION IS PART OF A CELEBRATION OF AMERICA'S TWO 50 FROM THEIR CHAPTER.

WELL, COMMISSIONER DUNN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE ON WITH YOUR, UH, REPORT.

UH, WELL THE HISTORIC BOARD MET LAST FRIDAY AND IT WAS ONE OF OUR SHORTER MEETINGS 'CAUSE WE WERE JUST REPORTING ON FOLLOWING UP ON SOME PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH.

SO I HAVE NOTHING NEW TO REPORT AS FAR AS, WE'RE NOT LAUNCHING ANYTHING NEW RIGHT NOW.

UH, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HOLIDAY SEASON IN THE CITY'S LIFE.

POOR CHARLES IS GOING TO BE SO BUSY THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, ORGANIZING THE STAFF EVENTS, THE, AND WE GET TO GO TO DEPARTMENTAL LUNCHEONS AND FOLLOW, UH, EMPLOYEE BANQUETS AND THE RIBBON CUT CUTTINGS AT, UH, UH, WINDY HILL PARK FOR THE TREES AND THE TREE LIGHTING.

I MEAN, IT'S A LOT OF GOOD STUFF GOING ON.

SO I I DON'T THINK THAT, WE'LL OUR BOARDS WILL BE DOING A LOT OF NEW PROJECTS DURING THAT TIME BECAUSE IT'S JUST A FUN TIME AT THE SEASON OF THE SEASON TO BE A MEMBER OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD CITY COMMISSION.

THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

VERY GOOD COMMS AND THANK YOU.

UM, THE PARK BOARD, UM, WE'RE PRETTY LIGHT THIS MONTH TOO.

WE JUST, OUR MEETING IS NOVEMBER 2ND AND THAT'S RIGHT BEFORE THE TREE LIGHTING, SO, OKAY.

UM, I'M NOT SURE IF WE'LL MEET HERE OR AT THE LIBRARY LAST YEAR WE DID AT THE LIBRARY, BUT THAT'LL BE POSTED ON I'M SURE.

HOPEFULLY MAYBE.

UM, ONE MORE THING FOR YOU TO DO.

CHARLES TREE LIGHTING'S IN DECEMBER.

OH, I'M SKIPPING AHEAD.

OKAY.

I WAS EXCITED BECAUSE THINKING TREE LIGHTING.

SORRY.

SO IF I SKIP THAT, IT'LL BE HERE NOVEMBER 2ND.

UM, AND THEN ALSO JUST A REMINDER THAT HALLOWEEN, UM, LIKE, UH, CITY MANAGER GAGE REMINDED EVERYBODY, UM, YOUR COSTUME IS NOT TO REPLACE THE HELMET.

SO IF YOU'RE TRICK OR TREATING WITH YOUR E-BIKES, PLEASE WEAR YOUR HELMETS.

AND, UM, OTHERWISE THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

SO VERY GOOD.

LITTLE.

ALRIGHT.

UM, I WANNA START WITH, UH, AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CURRY ANDREWS IN THE OFFICE WHO OFFICIALLY ON SATURDAY HIT MIDDLE AGE.

HE'S 90 YEARS YOUNG AND SO I'M GONNA WISH HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND ALSO THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR DECADES.

AND HE IS A GIVER AND A SERVANT AND TAKES CARE OF PEOPLE.

AND THE ACORN DIDN'T FALL TOO FAR FROM THE OAK EITHER.

SO, SO WE APPRECIATE NELSON'S CONTRIBUTION TO BRENTWOOD, BUT THANK YOU AND JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

YES SIR.

I JUST HOPE I HAVE THE ENERGY YOU DO.

EVEN WHEN I HIT 70, MUCH LESS 90.

RIGHT.

YOU JUST, IT'S FULL OF ENERGY.

SO RUNS IN THE FAMILY.

THAT'S GREAT.

WELL THANK YOU.

UM, EAB WILL BE MEETING ON NOVEMBER 9TH AND WE WILL BE

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AGAIN HAVING A PLANTING OF MILKWEED SEEDS AT UM, UH, UH, RAVENWOOD SMITH PARK.

AND UM, UH, HAVEN'T DETERMINED THE DATE YET, BUT IN PLANTINGS IN THE PAST WE LEARNED THAT PROBABLY IT'S BETTER TO WAIT TILL IT GETS REALLY COLD TO PLANT AND MORE RAIN AND AND WHATNOT.

BUT, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE POLLINATOR GARDEN GOING.

SO, UM, AND HALLOWEEN SAFETY, I KNOW OUR CITY MANAGER MENTIONED THAT, BUT DO BE CAREFUL ON HALLOWEEN.

UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE PARK CARS ON THE STREETS AS THEY LET TRICK OR TREATERS OUT.

AND THIS YEAR THERE'S A FORECAST OF RAIN ON THAT EVENING, SO THERE MAY BE A LOT OF CARS ON THE STREET.

SO AS YOU GO AROUND CARS OR WHATEVER, JUST KEEP YOUR SPEEDWAY DOWN.

AND PROBABLY THE OTHER THING IN BRENTWOOD IS AS YOU CREST HILLS GO EXTRA SLOW, THINK LIKE HALF THE SPEED OF A SCHOOL ZONE, UH, BECAUSE THE KIDS DO GET EXCITED AND THEY CROSS THE STREET AND THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT SOMEBODY COMING OVER THE HILL CAN'T SEE 'EM.

SO JUST BE CAREFUL WE DON'T WANT ANY ISSUES AND HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD CELEBRATION.

I KNOW A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, THAT'S ONE TIME OF THE YEAR THAT YOU ACTUALLY GET TO SEE A LOT OF YOUR NEIGHBORS.

'CAUSE ALL OF OUR LIVES ARE SO BUSY, SO, UH, HAVE FUN.

BUT, BUT SEE, BE SAFE.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT IF THERE'S ANY DIFFERENCES OF OPINION OR, OR SITUATIONS COME UP.

ALRIGHT, SO COMING ON IN, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE A OBSERVATION.

I MEAN, COMMISSIONER DONAHUE, THE LIBRARY REPORT IS JUST OUTSTANDING.

IT IS INCREDIBLE.

ALL THE STUFF THAT GOES ON OVER THERE.

AND YOU'D MENTIONED THE, UM, THE READING OF THE POLAR EXPRESS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT HAVING TICKETS FOR THAT.

AND TODAY THE BERGEN FAMILY HAS BEEN PRESENTING THE POLAR EXPRESS FOR AT LEAST, WHAT, A COUPLE DECADES NOW.

SO IT'S PASSED FROM FATHER TO SON.

SO IT'S A MULTI-GENERATIONAL TRADITION AND IT'S MOVED INTO THE LARGEST ROOM IN THE LIBRARY AND THEN HAS REQUIRED TICKETS BECAUSE IT WAS EXCEEDING CAPACITY FOR THE FIRE MARSHAL WHO TURNS OUT ROAD HAS TO OBEY OUR OWN CODES.

SO, UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE TICKETS TO RAISE MONEY, WE HAVE TICKETS TO OBEY THE LAW.

ABSOLUTELY.

BUT, UM, BUT IT'S INCREDIBLE.

AND NOW WE HAVE PEOPLE ASKING ABOUT THE, THE DAY WHERE I THINK PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE SITTING THERE TAYLOR SWIFT STYLE TRYING TO GET A TICKET, YOU KNOW, RIGHT.

WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.

WELL, IT'S REALLY A, IT'S SUCH A GREAT REFLECTION AND YOU KNOW, THESE HOLIDAY EVENTS AT THE CITY, AT THE LIBRARY AND AROUND THE CITY ARE FANTASTIC WHERE POLAR EXPRESS CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING THE LUMINARIES, AND I THINK THEY CAN PICK THEM UP AT THE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT AT THE LIBRARY AT ONE 30 ON THAT AFTERNOON.

SO, YEP.

SO JUST PEOPLE CAN DO THAT SHOW UP, THEY'LL BE IN LINE STRAIGHT FROM STRAIGHT FROM CHURCH.

SO I'M GONNA TAKE JUST A, A MOMENT, UM, TO MENTION SOMETHING THAT'S NOT OFFICIAL, A CITY BUSINESS IN THE SENSE OR IN ONE SENSE, BUT AS I THINK ALL OF YOU ALL KNOW, YOU KNOW, IN BRENTWOOD WE WANT ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO HAVE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS.

YOU KNOW, THE HOAS ARE, ARE VERY IMPORTANT AS WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE OUR, OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WELL CARED FOR.

HAVE OUR GREEN SPACES TENDED TO HAVE OUR STORM WATER FACILITIES PROPERLY MAINTAINED.

AND IT DOES SEEM LIKE THIS PAST COUPLE YEARS I'VE HEARD MORE AND MORE STORIES ABOUT, UM, PROBLEMS AND LARGELY CIRCULATING AROUND OR CENTERING AROUND THE CHECKING ACCOUNTS AND THE MONEY IS, IS MANAGED BY THE HOAS.

SO I HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY A CITIZENS GROUP ABOUT LEGISLATION TO TRY TO PUT SOME GUARDRAILS ON HOA MANAGEMENT AND, UM, YOU ALL MAY HEAR THIS AS WELL, WHICH IS WHY I WANTED TO BRING IT UP HERE BECAUSE LOOKING INTO IT, THAT IS NOT ACTION FOR THE CITY COMMISSION.

THAT IS ACTION FOR THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

YOU KNOW, AND SOME OF OUR BROS CITIZENS HAVE PUT TOGETHER SOME LEGISLATION THAT MAY BE REALLY APPROPRIATE, UM, TO GO TO THE TENNESSEE STATE LEGISLATURE.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU'RE APPROACHED BY THIS, BUT IF YOU READ IT, THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF COMMON SENSE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THERE THAT DON'T REQUIRE A STATE LEGISLATURE TO IMPLEMENT.

SUCH AS MAKING SURE THAT FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD'S CHECKING ACCOUNT, THAT THE, THERE'S SOME MEMBERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD ON THE CHECKING ACCOUNT AND NOT JUST THE, THE HOA MANAGEMENT COMPANY, WHICH SEEMS TO BE AT THE CENTER OF SOME OF THESE ISSUES.

UM, AND THERE'S SOME OTHER GOVERNANCE THINGS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T MIND AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, UH, GOING TO SOME COLLEAGUES AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND MENTIONING THAT THIS MAY BE A BLIND SPOT IN OUR, IN OUR STATE, YOU KNOW, AND BRENTWOOD IS A COMMUNITY THAT REALLY BELIEVES IN HOA PROCESS, BUT HAVING SOME GUARDRAILS TO HELP IMPROVE IT, BUT ALSO SOME BEST PRACTICES.

YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS OR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS THING, JUST REMIND THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, GOOD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, GOOD PRACTICES IN TERMS OF WHO HAS CONTROL OVER THE ACCOUNTS.

THOSE THINGS CAN GET

[00:30:01]

SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, MENTION THAT IN PARTICULAR, UM, WAS ABLE TO LISTEN INTO, UH, SOME OF THE 2040 PLAN, UH, INFORMATION THE OTHER NIGHT, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THEM COMING TO THE COMMISSION, UM, WITH THE, THE INPUT THEY'VE GOTTEN FROM THE CITIZENS AND SOMEONE THOUGHT WAS REMARKABLE.

YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD A, UM, WELL THEY, THEY SAID THAT, OR FROM WHAT THEY WERE SAYING, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE TURNOUT WE HAD IN TERMS OF CITIZENS PARTICIPATING IN THE SURVEY WAS, WHAT WAS IT, LIKE FOUR OR FIVE TIMES THE, THE VOLUME THEY SAY THEY USUALLY SEE IN COMMUNITIES LIKE THIS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE, THEY WERE KIND OF BLOWN AWAY BY THE, THE ENGAGEMENT AND THE PARTICIPATION BY OUR RESIDENTS.

SO REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THAT.

YOU KNOW, I DO KNOW THAT I'VE GOT, UH, QUITE A FEW FOLKS IN MY LIVES THAT HAVE TAKEN THEIR LAST SURVEY ALREADY AND DON'T NECESSARILY PARTICIPATE IN SURVEY PROCESSES.

SO HAVING OUR CITIZENS, 'CAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SURVEYED TO DEATH, HAVING THEM MAKE THE TIME AND TAKE THE EFFORT TO, TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR 2040 PLAN SURVEY, I THINK IS REALLY GOOD.

SO I WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING ALL OF Y'ALL, UH, SEE THIS INFORMATION AND, AND GET A CHANCE TO WORK ON IT.

AND THEN THE LAST THING, I'M NOT GONNA READ THE WHOLE THING, BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, UH, I WAS MAILED A COPY OF THIS PROCLAMATION, WHICH IS A VERY, VERY FANCY EMBOSSED, UH, PROCLAMATION, UM, FROM GERMANTOWN, OHIO PROCLAIMING DOLLY PARTON DAY.

SO, UH, THEY HAD DOLLY DAY ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, UH, 25TH, I GUESS THE SAME DAY WE DID OUR DOLLY DAY.

BUT, UM, JUST IT'S FUN WATCHING ANOTHER COMMUNITY THAT TOOK THE TIME TO RECOGNIZING HER.

YOU KNOW, IT OPENS UP MENTIONING THAT SHE'S MUCH MORE THAN A LEGENDARY SINGER SONGWRITER AND ACTRESS.

UM, SHE WAS LOVING, CARING, COMPASSIONATE AND GENEROUS AND ROSE FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF EAST TENNESSEE TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED ENTERTAINERS IN HISTORY, USING HER EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

SO IT JUST GOES FROM THERE.

BUT, UH, IT IS JUST SO FUN TO SEE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT KIND OF REACH AND HAVING THEM TAKE THE TIME, NOT JUST TO DO A PROCLAMATION, BUT TO SEND US THE COPY OF IT, YOU KNOW, SO IF ANYONE, LETS SEE THAT LATER.

THAT'S GREAT.

AND I DON'T KNOW, UH, HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANY PICTURES? ALRIGHT THERE, SO I GUESS ASK US TO RECEIVE THIS IS I GUESS THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT RODEO, CHARLES GOES ON FACEBOOK.

YEAH.

SO THOSE ARE OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM AND THIS IS SOME OF THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT THEY'RE OUT THERE DOING.

SO, UM, MAYOR.

MAYOR, YES MA'AM.

I WANTED TO ASK, WAS THIS A WEEKEND EVENT? UH, I DON'T, NOT SURE WHAT DAYS IT WAS.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A WEEKEND EVENT OR IF IT GOT WENT INTO THE WEEK.

IT MIGHT HAVE GONE INTO THE WEEK.

I, I DON'T REMEMBER.

YEAH, IT WAS UP IN EAST T IT WAS IN EAST TENNESSEE.

YEAH.

BUT REGARDLESS WHEN, WHEN EMPLOYEES TAKE THE TIME TO PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT TELLS ME THAT, THAT THEY'RE ENJOYING THEIR JOB AND THEY'RE PROUD OF THEIR JOB.

AND I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT ACROSS OUR, UH, VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, WE FIND PEOPLE COMPETING IN THINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND I JUST REALLY THINK THEY NEED A LOT OF CREDIT FOR DOING THAT.

WELL, ABSOLUTELY.

WELL, AND ADDITIONALLY, THE PEOPLE WHO COVER WHEN THEY'RE GONE, LIKE IT'S A FULL TEAM EFFORT.

SO IT'S GRATEFUL AND YEAH, IT'S, IT'S AWESOME.

THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER TO, TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

SO IT'S GREAT.

AND NOT TO MENTION HOLLY AND CHARLES AND THE TEAM THAT, UH, , YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE MENTIONED SOMETHING, UH, CASUAL AND IT SPRINGS TO LIFE IN, IN THE SAME MEETING.

SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH EL.

ALRIGHT, SO ANYTHING ELSE ON REPORTS WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL

[ Consent Agenda]

MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE WILL GENERALLY BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION EXCEPT FOR ANY ITEMS THAT ARE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION.

DO WE HAVE ANYTHING WE WANT TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT? SEE NONE.

WE'LL START WITH CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 96 RESOLUTION, ADOPTING REVISED SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC WORKS, PROJECT FEES, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 97 RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZING AND ALTERATION TO THE OSRD DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE BURWOOD COUNTRY CLUB FOR ADOPTION CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 98 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN ALTERATION TO THE OSRD DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE RESERVE AT RAINTREE, FOR SUBDIVISION FOR ADOPTION AND CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT, GRAPHICS AND INSTALLATION FOR 11 POLICE VEHICLES AND PAINTING FOR NINE POLICE VEHICLES.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE? MOVE TO APPROVE VICE MAYOR LITTLE SECOND.

COMMISSIONER TRAVIS.

BUSINESS FOR THE COMMISSION.

PASS UNANIMOUSLY.

UH, ANNUAL

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SEEING NONE, WE HAVE

[1. Ordinance 2026-12 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY REVISING CHAPTER 14, ARTICLE III, SECTIONS 14-72(a) REGARDING SQUARE FOOTAGE CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR CALCULATION OF BUILDING PERMIT FEES, for consideration on first reading]

NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER ONE, ORDINANCE 2026 DASH 12 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY REVISING CHAPTER 14.

ARTICLE THREE SECTIONS 14 DASH 72 A REGARDING SQUARE FOOTAGE, CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR CALCULATION OF BUILDING PERMIT FEES FOR CONSIDERATION ON FIRST READING, MOVE TO APPROVE.

MOTION TO APPROVE COMMISSIONER OR VICE MAYOR, LITTLE SECOND.

SECOND.

COMMISSIONER DONAHUE.

UM, CITY MANAGER.

GAGE, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANY YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK.

THIS IS A, A ROUTINE ITEM THAT YOU, UH, UH, TAKE ON ANNUALLY AND IT, UH, IT'S A PART OF ESTABLISHING THE PERMIT FEE FOR RESIDENTIAL PERMITS.

IT'S A FORMULA BASE THAT'S GUIDED BY ORDINANCE AND IT USES A EVALUATION TABLE THAT'S DEVELOPED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL, WHICH IS THE ENTITY THAT CREATES ALL OF OUR BUILDING CODES.

AND SO, UH, THAT NUMBER CHANGED.

THERE'S A REALLY EXCITING GRAPHIC IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR EXCITING GRAPHICS RIGHT THERE, .

AND UH, ANYWAY, IT CHANGED FROM $170 THE CURRENT YEAR THAT IT'LL CHANGE TO $177 AND 63 CENTS.

WE ROUND EITHER WAY, THAT WOULD PUT IT AT 180.

SO IT'LL GO FROM ONE 70 TO 180 FOR HABITABLE SPACE.

THE, UH, INHABITABLE SPACE IS NOT GONNA CHANGE AT $30 PER SQUARE FOOT.

AND SO IT CREATES A VALUATION NUMBER THEN THAT GOES INTO ANOTHER FORMULA THAT'LL DICTATE THE, UH, PERMIT FEE FOR RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION.

THAT'S REALLY ALL THERE IS TO IT.

ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY IN OUR MATERIALS AND ANY CITIZEN CAN LOOK THAT UP ON THE WEBSITE, OUR FEES ARE EVEN MUCH SLOWER THAN THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS, THE AMOUNTS WE'VE INCREASED THESE FEES.

SO, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH INFLATION THAT WE, WE'VE HAD.

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING TO ME AS I LOOKED THROUGH THE MATERIALS THAT I THINK IT WAS 1.2% OVER THE LAST YEAR, IF I REMEMBER, UH, WHICH IS A LOT LESS THAN THE RATE OF INFLATION.

SO THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT OUTRIGHT.

THAT'S IMPORTANT.

I THINK.

YES, IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE JUST, OH, WE'RE RAISING FEES 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT WANTING TO, BUT WE DO HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH CERTAIN THINGS TO, TO EVEN PAY FOR THE COST OF OPERATING GOVERNMENT.

SO CERTAINLY AND UH, AS YOU MENTIONED, KEEPING THE FEES ADJUSTED WITH SMALL INCREMENTS REGULARLY.

YES.

WITH THAT MINDSET RATHER THAN GETTING WAY BEHIND AND TRYING TO MAKE A DRAMATIC CHANGE TOO LATE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS A MUCH BETTER PROCESS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, SO CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER

[2. Other new business]

BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMISSION TONIGHT? UM, I WILL TALK TO THE LIBRARY TOMORROW TO CLARIFY THAT THEY'RE ONLINE AND IN THE DEPARTMENT FOR TICKET PICKUP.

AND THEN I'LL GET WITH CHARLES SO WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION.

UH, 'CAUSE I HEARD BIRTH BOTH THINGS TODAY, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S TRUE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE MEETING? SO MOVED.

SO MOVED.

COMMISSIONER PIPPINS.

SECOND.

SECOND, SECOND.

COMMISSIONER GARRA.