Speaker: Will you please call the roll?
[Roll Call]
We're going to try to get through this quick.
Item number one, approving the street change between stage Road
and Fairhaven Lane for Pastor Leon Jones,
junior district one, super district nine,
sponsored by Logan.
Do you have any comments?
Speaker: His church has a plethora of programs
that support the community, they've
served over a half a million people
at the Mid-South food Bank From 2018 to 2026.
Every Friday night over the last three years
between eight and midnight, they've
helped hundreds of people get their license and the list
goes on and on.
Speaker: I'm excited to vote on this,
we will go to a voice vote on this.
The ayes have it, thank you Councilwoman.
Item number two, discussion regarding fees for police
calls for service at short term rental properties.
Can we discuss this last week, requested by Spinoza.
I just wanted to make a comment, this
was going to be an amendment to the ordinance
at the first reading today, we will not
do that today but I wanted to read this just for clarity.
We will not be penalizing emergency calls,
we want to limit the burden placed
for the public in chronic nuisance incidents
and recovery for police services.
Additionally this amendment will hold short term rental property
owners accountable for their guests
by having on record a number for each owner that NPD can reach
out to when these events occur for code enforcement
or whatever qualifying office at City Hall
to report these incidents to environmental course
for remediation fees Et-cetera.
This one in particular is still under a legal review,
so are a lot of others, but I just
wanted to put that out there for you all.
These are going to change , I just wanted to read that
for the record so everybody is aware.
Any comments or questions on that?
Seeing none, we will go on to item number three.
Memphis and unincorporated Shelby County,
all council districts, sponsored by the administration.
We do need to Vote on this.
Real quick, is there a motion?
we've got a motion made and seconded, go ahead.
Speaker: We do have a short presentation,
we will try to be brief but this amends the current
and essentially sets the process for our updates for the zoning
map, what that update is sets the process for public notice
to every property owner in Memphis
and incorporation of Shelby County letting them know
the map is being updated and where they can go find that
and where the public hearing would be,
so we expect that to be potentially September
but probably October.
This is just saying we will send public notice
to all of the property owners.
Speaker: We are voting today to send out the letter so Everyone
is aware, we think it's going to be eventually September,
probably October.
I support this, I just wanted to make
sure everybody was-- real quick, the chairwoman
asked we are just posting the existing map?
Speaker: We have a proposed map, what
this is is setting the process for letting people
know about the proposed map.
Speaker: So a lot of mail is going to go out.
Speaker: We are sending over 200,000 public notices.
Speaker: Basically saying we're having this meeting where
we're going to look at the new map .
It's a lot .
Councilmember Warren: Is there a reason
we have today September or October, can't we have a date?
Speaker: There were dates earlier,
we've continued to push it out.
I love saying October because it's a big change,
but at the same time, look at their auditing.
Speaker: It goes to the land use control meeting,
the dates are already established
and there's a meeting every month, the date is certain
but it just depends on which meeting we are going to go to.
Speaker: So you want us to pick a day today?
Speaker: It's a work in progress and we are working with people,
it is the second Thursday of every month.
At 9:00 in council chambers.
And then if the board approves it,
we look forward to council and commission,
it takes 2 or 3 weeks.
So, late October or November it would be.
And the text.
Correct.
Councilwoman Walker: How much is the Mailout going to cost?
Speaker: We're looking at 100 to 120,000,
depending on how the process works.
Councilwoman White: I'm just trying
to get clarity, because what was attached to the documents
was the ordinance.
So we're not taking any action on the ordinance
today, that's accurate?
so that was what was attached in terms of documents?
maybe I don't have the document that you all
are referring or voting on.
Is there a resolution?
I understood it was first reading but then you were saying
something that you were approving the mailing
of something and I hadn't seen any resolutions and I got
confused, because all I have is the ordinance .
Speaker: What the ordinance is is
approving us to do the mailout for the public notes.
Speaker: We will check it and make
sure you have what you need before you let it fly upstairs
pure I don't feel comfortable if Councilwoman White hasn't
reviewed, we will get that taken care
of before you head downstairs.
Anybody else on this item?
Motion was made and properly seconded, all those in favor
please respond by saying I. Anyone against?
This will go downstairs with a positive recommendation,
that is it for number three.
Before we go to number four, Miss Emily Bishop
is in the audience, we've all gotten emails
from Josh Whitehead when he was at City Hall.
Thinking ahead to the October meeting we've
heard from all constituents, Emily
put together a nice one pager, Josh sent the document to us
last Friday.
I just wanted everybody to be aware, take a look at that,
things we need to be reviewing as council members
as we approach all this.
Josh Whitehead .
Josh Whitehead: The memo Mr. Spence deals with this
ordinance, we are simpatico on the need for this public
hearing, we do have a suggestion that instead of having 200 000
people invited to a hearing that there would be an opportunity
for each of those people who have a real issue with
the amendment to have a separate hearing on their property
so they have due process specific to their property.
If you have 1% of those 200 000 people, that's 2000 people.
I don't think if they express problems with the way the map
affects their property, I don't know how that public hearing can
possibly be conducted in fairness to that person,
so that was the contents .
Speaker: We do want to work with them,
we are continuing to work with various stakeholders
and have for almost three years, we are
going to work on that process.
We are publishing an updated amount and zoning text,
we think a lot of the concerns are going to be resolved but we
have talked the past few weeks about this and look forward
to continuing that conversation .
There are unintended consequences potentially
with this proposal, so we want to make
sure we are providing adequate time for everyone.
Speaker: Appreciate you being here today.
That is it for item number three,
and then item number four , Berry Hill road,
this is in district one, super district nine.
Moved by Madam Chair and seconded by Council Logan .
They are here to give us a presentation, I've read it.
Any comments on this?
I think everything's good here, if everyone
wants to see the presentation, we will do it downstairs.
With that, motion is made and properly seconded,
all those in favor say aye.
It is the opinion of the chair the ayes have it,
it will go downstairs with a positive recommendation.
Any other items to discuss?
All right, we are done with planning and zoning today,
thank you.
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