[0:02] Speaker: Will you please call the roll?
[0:15] [Roll Call]
[0:28] We're going to try to get through this quick.
[0:32] Item number one, approving the street change between stage Road
[0:42] and Fairhaven Lane for Pastor Leon Jones,
[0:46] junior district one, super district nine,
[0:50] sponsored by Logan.
[0:54] Do you have any comments?
[1:05] Speaker: His church has a plethora of programs
[1:10] that support the community, they've
[1:13] served over a half a million people
[1:18] at the Mid-South food Bank From 2018 to 2026.
[1:28] Every Friday night over the last three years
[1:32] between eight and midnight, they've
[1:35] helped hundreds of people get their license and the list
[1:42] goes on and on.
[1:48] Speaker: I'm excited to vote on this,
[1:50] we will go to a voice vote on this.
[1:54] The ayes have it, thank you Councilwoman.
[1:58] Item number two, discussion regarding fees for police
[2:02] calls for service at short term rental properties.
[2:05] Can we discuss this last week, requested by Spinoza.
[2:10] I just wanted to make a comment, this
[2:14] was going to be an amendment to the ordinance
[2:16] at the first reading today, we will not
[2:19] do that today but I wanted to read this just for clarity.
[2:23] We will not be penalizing emergency calls,
[2:26] we want to limit the burden placed
[2:30] for the public in chronic nuisance incidents
[2:33] and recovery for police services.
[2:36] Additionally this amendment will hold short term rental property
[2:40] owners accountable for their guests
[2:42] by having on record a number for each owner that NPD can reach
[2:47] out to when these events occur for code enforcement
[2:52] or whatever qualifying office at City Hall
[2:55] to report these incidents to environmental course
[2:59] for remediation fees Et-cetera.
[3:02] This one in particular is still under a legal review,
[3:05] so are a lot of others, but I just
[3:07] wanted to put that out there for you all.
[3:09] These are going to change , I just wanted to read that
[3:15] for the record so everybody is aware.
[3:17] Any comments or questions on that?
[3:22] Seeing none, we will go on to item number three.
[3:28] Memphis and unincorporated Shelby County,
[3:32] all council districts, sponsored by the administration.
[3:35] We do need to Vote on this.
[3:40] Real quick, is there a motion?
[3:47] we've got a motion made and seconded, go ahead.
[3:55] Speaker: We do have a short presentation,
[3:57] we will try to be brief but this amends the current
[4:01] and essentially sets the process for our updates for the zoning
[4:06] map, what that update is sets the process for public notice
[4:11] to every property owner in Memphis
[4:14] and incorporation of Shelby County letting them know
[4:17] the map is being updated and where they can go find that
[4:20] and where the public hearing would be,
[4:22] so we expect that to be potentially September
[4:25] but probably October.
[4:27] This is just saying we will send public notice
[4:30] to all of the property owners.
[4:44] Speaker: We are voting today to send out the letter so Everyone
[4:48] is aware, we think it's going to be eventually September,
[4:58] probably October.
[4:59] I support this, I just wanted to make
[5:04] sure everybody was-- real quick, the chairwoman
[5:12] asked we are just posting the existing map?
[5:19] Speaker: We have a proposed map, what
[5:21] this is is setting the process for letting people
[5:24] know about the proposed map.
[5:27] Speaker: So a lot of mail is going to go out.
[5:36] Speaker: We are sending over 200,000 public notices.
[5:44] Speaker: Basically saying we're having this meeting where
[5:47] we're going to look at the new map .
[5:57] It's a lot .
[6:08] Councilmember Warren: Is there a reason
[6:10] we have today September or October, can't we have a date?
[6:17] Speaker: There were dates earlier,
[6:19] we've continued to push it out.
[6:21] I love saying October because it's a big change,
[6:24] but at the same time, look at their auditing.
[6:31] Speaker: It goes to the land use control meeting,
[6:33] the dates are already established
[6:35] and there's a meeting every month, the date is certain
[6:39] but it just depends on which meeting we are going to go to.
[6:48] Speaker: So you want us to pick a day today?
[6:57] Speaker: It's a work in progress and we are working with people,
[7:00] it is the second Thursday of every month.
[7:06] At 9:00 in council chambers.
[7:15] And then if the board approves it,
[7:19] we look forward to council and commission,
[7:22] it takes 2 or 3 weeks.
[7:25] So, late October or November it would be.
[7:37] And the text.
[7:43] Correct.
[7:56] Councilwoman Walker: How much is the Mailout going to cost?
[8:02] Speaker: We're looking at 100 to 120,000,
[8:06] depending on how the process works.
[8:30] Councilwoman White: I'm just trying
[8:31] to get clarity, because what was attached to the documents
[8:34] was the ordinance.
[8:36] So we're not taking any action on the ordinance
[8:39] today, that's accurate?
[8:42] so that was what was attached in terms of documents?
[8:51] maybe I don't have the document that you all
[8:53] are referring or voting on.
[8:55] Is there a resolution?
[8:59] I understood it was first reading but then you were saying
[9:02] something that you were approving the mailing
[9:03] of something and I hadn't seen any resolutions and I got
[9:07] confused, because all I have is the ordinance .
[9:16] Speaker: What the ordinance is is
[9:18] approving us to do the mailout for the public notes.
[9:25] Speaker: We will check it and make
[9:27] sure you have what you need before you let it fly upstairs
[9:32] pure I don't feel comfortable if Councilwoman White hasn't
[9:38] reviewed, we will get that taken care
[9:41] of before you head downstairs.
[9:43] Anybody else on this item?
[9:48] Motion was made and properly seconded, all those in favor
[9:54] please respond by saying I. Anyone against?
[9:59] This will go downstairs with a positive recommendation,
[10:03] that is it for number three.
[10:05] Before we go to number four, Miss Emily Bishop
[10:09] is in the audience, we've all gotten emails
[10:12] from Josh Whitehead when he was at City Hall.
[10:17] Thinking ahead to the October meeting we've
[10:19] heard from all constituents, Emily
[10:22] put together a nice one pager, Josh sent the document to us
[10:27] last Friday.
[10:28] I just wanted everybody to be aware, take a look at that,
[10:33] things we need to be reviewing as council members
[10:36] as we approach all this.
[10:38] Josh Whitehead .
[10:51] Josh Whitehead: The memo Mr. Spence deals with this
[10:59] ordinance, we are simpatico on the need for this public
[11:05] hearing, we do have a suggestion that instead of having 200 000
[11:10] people invited to a hearing that there would be an opportunity
[11:14] for each of those people who have a real issue with
[11:17] the amendment to have a separate hearing on their property
[11:21] so they have due process specific to their property.
[11:25] If you have 1% of those 200 000 people, that's 2000 people.
[11:30] I don't think if they express problems with the way the map
[11:34] affects their property, I don't know how that public hearing can
[11:39] possibly be conducted in fairness to that person,
[11:45] so that was the contents .
[11:59] Speaker: We do want to work with them,
[12:01] we are continuing to work with various stakeholders
[12:03] and have for almost three years, we are
[12:06] going to work on that process.
[12:09] We are publishing an updated amount and zoning text,
[12:13] we think a lot of the concerns are going to be resolved but we
[12:19] have talked the past few weeks about this and look forward
[12:21] to continuing that conversation .
[12:27] There are unintended consequences potentially
[12:29] with this proposal, so we want to make
[12:32] sure we are providing adequate time for everyone.
[12:40] Speaker: Appreciate you being here today.
[12:43] That is it for item number three,
[12:45] and then item number four , Berry Hill road,
[12:54] this is in district one, super district nine.
[13:01] Moved by Madam Chair and seconded by Council Logan .
[13:10] They are here to give us a presentation, I've read it.
[13:14] Any comments on this?
[13:18] I think everything's good here, if everyone
[13:20] wants to see the presentation, we will do it downstairs.
[13:24] With that, motion is made and properly seconded,
[13:28] all those in favor say aye.
[13:30] It is the opinion of the chair the ayes have it,
[13:33] it will go downstairs with a positive recommendation.
[13:36] Any other items to discuss?
[13:39] All right, we are done with planning and zoning today,
[13:43] thank you.
[13:46] [Gavel bangs]