>> Item two is held.
These are all updated in discussion items.
Item number one is an update on city owned properties.
All council districts requested by Councilman Smiley junior.
Welcome gentlemen.
Whenever you are ready.
You have the floor.
>> Good morning Council again Melvin Jamerson director
of general Services 125 North Main Street.
And Carlton Osborne.
Manager of real estate.
128 North Main.
>> Spencer Directory of Services 125.
>> So basically at the last meeting when we were present --
we went over seven properties that were vacant.
Being held by the city at this time.
I would like to give an update on those.
Any actions that we have taken in order to transfer those.
Or what the city's plans are for those particular properties.
The first one --
I think we have the wrong slide?
So I will just move forward.
The first one is a form from a former Bunji site at 279 North
second Street.
Currently we have the adjacent property owner who is interested
and a willing buyer, who is wanting
to use the property for his operations.
We are planning to move forward with that.
Before we do come up there has to be some subdivisions that
need to take place?
Part of that property is occupied by Publix work.
At some infrastructure that is on that site.
Once we subdivide the property and receive an appraisal --
we will move forward to selling that particular plot of land
to the adjacent property owner.
And move forward.
That will be out of their hands.
He has submitted a proposal.
It looks good.
We are in the process of evaluating that.
We should be back before you within 90 days,
to get final approval for the sale
of that particular property.
The next one would be the former fire station 43 at 1253 Holmes.
There are two possible concepts being evaluated
for the use of that property.
However, it is being considered for internal city uses.
There is an additional rendering for the community gathering
Hall, that has been received.
We are still waiting for animal shelter substation.
We will present and make a plea.
There will need to be a decision made from the administration
on that particular use.
The timeline is to be determined,
based on the budget .
And which option we plan to go with.
The next one being the former Frazier Library at 3712 Argonne.
There were two proposals being considered
from nonprofit organizations.
They seem to be upstanding organizations right now.
We are still waiting for some required documentation
from from both parties.
Once we receive those and make a decision on the options --
over the options to the administration for decision --
we will move forward and bring them back before City Council.
We anticipate about 45 days for that to take place.
We would be back before you with the decision.
And your approval.
The next one is the 2608 Avery operations.
That particular facility is currently being used by Parks,
for equipment storage.
There is really no other operational use
that particular site can be used for, at this time.
So, parks decided to use it for their parks and equipment
stores.
The next one is the Summer Avenue office building
which is at 3628 Summer Avenue.
We have a qualified nonprofit organization
to tour the site at 730.
They have submitted a proposal.
We expect to be back before you come up for approval --
in 30 days.
The transfer of that property to this for community use.
And then again there's 247 Washington Avenue.
Downtown office building.
We have received an estimate for demolition and paving.
The amount of $870,000.
As we stated previously come with the renovation cost
is estimated somewhere between 6 million and 10 million.
Right now -- we are looking at both of those options.
We are currently performing a cost benefit of highest use.
The highest and best use analysis.
To determine the recommendation that we
will present to the administration
for final decision on that.
And of course there is the Coliseum,
which is 986 Erwin Maxwell.
That is undetermined at this time,
as to what we will propose or what we'll be doing with that
particular facility -- to be determined.
Any questions?
>> Doctor Warren and followed by Councilman White the Councilman
White (Indistinct)
>> You kept saying the adjacent property owner on 1079?
Who is that adjacent property owner?
>> I would rather talk about it offline,
since we are still in negotiations.
It is only adjacent owner to that particular property.
>> Okay.
Let's talk about that online I guess.
If you're bringing stuff for us to know what's going on and we
can't talk about it -- it is a little bit tough.
I understand what you're saying.
You were doing a deal.
You don't want to undo the deal.
How do we own an office building on summer?
Is that one that we build?
When did we acquire >> Well, that was a previous clinic.
Alliance Health held it in lease for approximately ten years.
>>?
>> ..
>> How do we get it before we give it to them?
>> I have to go back and do the research on it.
That was before my timeline.
It has been leased by Alliance Healthcare.
It was probably donated to us.
I can go back and check.
>> Somebody donated that to us.
Okay?
Okay.
All of these sound great.
I do think we want to give bevel the work on the Coliseum,
the way they're doing the stuff on the other things.
Eventually, they may be the ones to solve that problem.
Thank you Mr. Chair.
>> Councilwoman white.
>> Demolition costs for the Coliseum?
>> No, we don't.
Not at this time.
[Indistinct conversation]
>> Councilwoman followed by (Indistinct).
You are I am glad you are here.
>> Thank you Mr. Chair.
I'm kind of piggybacking on the previous question.
I was going to ask, what was the last estimate on the demolition
for the Coliseum?
Mr. Stockwell who was here earlier,
he's part of that group right they're not
as active as they used to be.
I did take a tour.
That has been on the other side of the pandemic.
The only real issue was the Ada compliance.
There were a lot of rumors circulating, as to
what was needed.
I know there had been -- ideas?
People and organizations who were interested in it.
They did not want to assume cost of the demolition.
Nor did the city at that time.
I just don't remember what that was.
If you could just speak to that, however?
As far as the property on summer,
can you share that with us in attorney client?
Who that is?
>> Second street.
>> Second Street?
The potential -- >> Sure.
>> Okay.
>> As far as the Coliseum we can pull up the reports that we
have, and see if there's some cost of demolition.
And bring that back to you as well.
>> Okay.
This is complete for me.
Thank you thank you Councilwoman.
>> Council member Cooper >> Thank you just a quick question
I think my two colleagues may have just answered was this
a historical piece.
This call here in Memphis.
This historical piece here that you're holding on to it
for some reason or another?
And the cost.
I mean, is it worth renovating or doing
whatever needs to be done?
Is it a historical piece that we can't let go of Memphis?
Is it?
I see Councilman Ford thank you been here longer than all of us.
That is a good thing.
[Laughter] You are a seasoned man.
You are seasoned, sir.
You are seasoned.
I do.
I really do.
I don't come up but I do.
That's the first thing.
We own it.
The city owns it.
>> (Indistinct) we own it the memories of my time maybe
a little more (Indistinct) .
Keep it in shape.
>> Even this guy?
>> There's a problem we've always had if we want to try
to do something -- >> In eight?
What did you say?
>> Ada.
>> Oh.
Ada compliance.
Got you.
>> (Indistinct) it would have cost us so much.
Okay.
Ada.
That don't mean we can't put certain facilities,
certain things in there, that would kind of eliminate the Ada.
You just never end up looking at it.
There are a lot of different things that can go in there.
(Indistinct) it is something that we will talk about.
>> That was a presentation.
>> We cannot move on it we did not care about the Coliseum.
We cared more about the stadium park.
I don't want to talk about that.
>> Oh please.
>> It's not ours.
>> Any more?
>> We keep giving everything away.
We don't get anything from it.
Too much.
We always put something else back into it.
So we are never out of it.
Okay?
We will talk about that in a little bit.
>> This is a city owned property again, that we're dealing with,
that we are up against?
>> (Indistinct) this is not an issue with the Coliseum.
A lot of people would love for it
to be gone, because they want that property.
>> That part.
That is what I'm going to ask you remember
it very vibrant when I first moved here almost 30 years ago.
We are back with our city property
is not with a maintenance plan come or not with upkeep.
This is how we ended up here, again.
Okay?
>> It almost reminded me I'm not going to go into (Indistinct).
>> Okay.
>> They wanted it a certain way.
Anywhere.
Let us get out of here.
Once we are out of there.
This property becomes something.
Certain people.
You know?
I think I called their names out once before apparently I'm not
going to call them this time.
You know you've got a group of about five people.
It's not about them (Indistinct).
Some of you all know what I'm talking about?
>> Thank you.
It's all about the property comment
acquiring our property here in the city.
Okay.
Clear.
>> (Indistinct)
>> It is historical.
It was the first integrated (Indistinct)
[Crosstalk]
>> You seasoned people.
Okay.
Thank you.
That is good to know.
Thank you chairman.
>> Thank you.
Any other questions, colleagues?
All right.
Before I move on to item three, I
would like to wish director Phillip Davis a happy birthday.
We are glad that you decided to spend it with us.
[Applause]
[Laughter] I'm sure there is no place that you would rather be?
[Laughter]
>> Did you bring some cookies today?
[Laughter]
>> Item three conditions at the Orange Mound Community Center.
District.
Requested by Chair Swearingen Washington.
Director Jamison who is taking this one?
>> Thank you Melvin Jamison Director of General Services 125
North Main.
And Gerald Spencer director for General Services 125 North Main.
Justice director of Memphis Parks.
2599 (Indistinct)?
>> We know that community center is used.
All of the operational hours that it's open.
I have received some calls.
They were concerned about the air conditioning
and the pressure washing.
The ice maker or refrigerator.
Just several things.
I was hoping that you all would do
a walkthrough come and address all of the concerns of facility.
We are excited about the update that we are about to receive.
>> So Chairwoman Como we did do a walk through of that facility
last week.
Last Thursday.
We did our walk through Como we found some issues
with two Hvac units those units affected the classroom
beneath the bleachers.
The front desk area.
And come to the front classroom.
We have the contractors actually starting to repair those units
today.
They're on site today.
They are starting to repair.
Also doing a walkthrough.
We had noticed that some ceiling tile had been replaced,
that had been replaced earlier.
About two weeks ago.
That was an issue as well.
The pressure washing was done last week.
That's done.
That is finished also.
Do you want to talk about (Indistinct) ?
>> Yes.
A couple of things.
You mentioned the refrigerator you mentioned
the walk in refrigerator that is on the senior center
side it was part of the original construction permit expired.
We were looking at some long term solutions primarily because
of parts and things of that nature.
It is operable.
We are looking at a more I guess you would
say a modern option at this stage also as it relates
to the ice maker.
We will look at replacements.
>> Okay
>> Also come up with a temporary cooling systems replaced
in the areas when the Hvac was out last week.
>> Okay.
Now did you look at the parking lot?
It had a whole lot of what you call it?
Holes.
Potholes.
>> No Ma'am.
We will send our grounds team over there
to look at the parking lot.
>> Okay.
All right.
Do we still have a camera over there?
In the lot?
In those temporary mobile cameras?
>> You referring to the Skycam.
We do have cameras there.
I believe we still have a sky Cam will follow up on that.
>> Okay.
>> All right.
Sounds good.
>> One of the things I wanted to mention on those units that are
in the mechanical space, there were some leaks down
into the senior area.
Those are going to be addressed -- >> The leaks.
>> The leaks will be addressed as far as the units will be
addressed as causing leaks.
Right now we have to move that water
to the proper draining area.
We will get back to those units.
[Crosstalk]
>> Did they check the mold?
Someone saw some mold in the classroom
not far from the exercise yard
>> Yes Ma'am.
We'll check for that and verify what that substance is.
And remediated accordingly.
>> Okay.
Sounds good.
>> Thank you chair.
Councilwoman Cooper.
>> I see that smirk, chair.
Can we just get airport and update report
on all of our community centers, on what it looks like?
The maintenance.
I think, can we just kind of get that?
When was the last time we had reporting on that, in the status
and what everything looks like?
Just an update.
It's moving forward and we can kind of stay on top of things.
Can we just do that?
Maybe I'm yes Ma'am.
>> We've got a new chief, all that good stuff.
We want to make sure that he earn his keep.
>> We will get you a report from the facility condition
assessment a f c.
We will bring that forward to you
>> To all our community centers.
We want to make sure our communities,
they use them faithfully.
>> They do.
>> They use those community centers faithfully.
And our children , they look forward to that.
It is so many activities that the park has.
They partner.
We want to make sure that it is up to par, for our children.
Our seniors.
They do line dancing.
It's just so much activity.
[Crosstalk]
>> Everything that goes on in those community centers.
We just want to make sure they're up to par.
When you say mold, that is serious.
We need to make sure that our health is a public safety
concern in our community centers.
Let's just get an update on all of them,
and what they look like.
All of them.
So we can kind of see where we are.
So we can -- stay.
>> Will do.
>> Thank you.
Thank you chairwoman.
>> You're welcome.
Thank you.
Item four is the presentation on the Lamar Corridor district
four district eight Kim also requested
by Chair Swearengin Washington.
Director Morgan.
Director Neil.
Whenever you're ready, the floor is yours.
>> Director 125 North Main.
>> Good morning Melanie Neil.
Community enhancement director 499 South Hollywood.
>> Before they start chair I just wanted to share Lamar is
one of our major streets from American way to the interstate.
To Midtown.
To downtown.
There were so many pockets on Lamar
that needed to be addressed.
When it comes to litter, grass, blight.
You know?
Code enforcement support.
Gas stations.
It just encompasses so much that needed to be addressed.
I am anxious to see the presentation.
Not only to see the update -- but to see the consistency
of the upkeep.
Okay?
Thank you.
>> Thank you chairwoman.
This is an update for Public Works Committee enhancement?
A presentation as well.
For Public Works as everybody knows, Lamar is a state route.
Public works is responsible for is, the median.
The grass medians.
As well as kind of we control our concrete islands.
As well as overpasses and underpasses with the bridges.
These are just some of the few representative pictures
of public works after two meetings ago, we
inspected these areas.
Actually from an infrastructure standpoint
it looks pretty good there's only two grass medians on Lamar
from Crump all the way to American Way.
One of those is near Mississippi Boulevard.
The other is near 240 North.
They were both cut.
They are cut twice a month.
There was one tree that was knocked down by a vehicle.
That was removed.
It died.
The rest of this, we removed all the weeds
and sprayed the weeds around the overpasses and underpasses
along the stretch from American Way to the Crump interchange,
down where 55 and 255 and Lamar is.
That is kind of it for public works.
As far as Lamar corridor.
Subsequent to your request of Councilwoman Cooper Sutton
asked for an update on the Mallory Heights area.
Maybe I'm a little more impressed that area really
needs to be well maintained.
It's the opening corridor to charity.
It's a very distinguished neighborhood.
It always looks terrible.
>> Yeah.
There is a picture of Lamar and Prescott right there.
What I'm referring to is the concrete island track
there are two concrete sections that you see on the left
and right they're actually within the right of way.
We would check really for roadside litter and weeds
growing around the islands
>> This is the after picture?
>> Yes Ma'am.
>> Do you see the litter still over there?
>> On the right side on the curbside?
Yes Ma'am.
Right.
>> Okay.
>> Next slide.
All right.
Mallory Heights.
This was the area from South Parkway on the north .
Quarter on the east.
Interstate on the west end Mallory on the south.
As a reminder public Works has 56000 within the city.
The focus of this was -- potholes and drainage
in the inspections.
The 152 inlets within this area.
113 of them were cleaned and Maintenanced.
39 did not need maintenance out of those inspections.
Next slide?
There's some additional things on Mallory Heights.
As a reminder, Public Works also has a proactive maintenance
program.
We have the primary grids and the secondary grids
that we do throughout the season.
We started this July of last year?
Each ten grid grouping takes about 3 to 4 months
to complete correct the errors on the left.
I know it's small.
The areas on the left are the streets on the primary grid.
The numbers from the first go around,
are the areas on the right.
They are the secondary.
We are essentially practically out there addressing
street sweeping.
Potholes.
And, drainage inlets.
Proactively.
Without relying on citizen request or 311
come on essentially every street street in the city
county and state streets.
There's a lot more neighborhood streets
that we are not proactively doing this on.
We align more on citizens.
To update us on service requests.
On streets are major thoroughfares
come there's a lot of tourism and business from the community?
Traveling through the.
Focus.
Next slide has a summary results.
Since we started the program in July of 2025,
this was as of three weeks ago.
6000, over 6000 inlets clean.
7400 potholes filled.
3400 miles swept, on these major corridors.
In addition, when we were out inspecting Mallory Heights
MLG W is also doing lead service line replacement work.
If you go out to this area, there's
a lot of street work going on.
They're cutting the asphalt. Replacing
the private lead service line.
Then, once they go down the street
and finish all of those locations,
their contractors milling the street.
As well as paving the street.
Some of the streets have been paved.
Other streets are in progress of replacing the lead service
lines on these areas.
And they will be paved.
If you get to the next slide -- this was from a couple weeks
ago.
This is where the service crews are currently working.
Their next locations.
And then, there's a map on the next page.
So those same locations are the ones that are highlighted,
of where their water crews are working
to replace lead service lines.
In addition to the request about Mallory Heights,
there is a discussion about citizens or businesses
blowing grass clippings.
Leaves.
Limbs.
Putting those in the drainage system.
The city does have an ordinance we have the stormwater program,
which falls under solid waste.
It took a lot of community outreach and community
public education.
As well as issued violations for improper disposal of yard waste
that's one of the items listed in that ordinance.
Number 26.
Collective lawn clippings trees and or branches.
Those are just, these are what you will see?
Folks mother grass.
Whether it's a business or a citizen.
>> What's the financial consequence of that?
>> These stormwater ordinance can find up to $5,000 a day.
What we try to do -- sometimes, we don't have proof.
Somebody might just call it in.
It might just be that my neighbor did this.
We don't know if there's a neighbor dispute type of thing.
We will do an investigation.
We will typically send a mailing to the entire street
or the neighborhood that says -- as a courtesy, this is illegal.
>> The police are saying they can give them a ticket.
>> Yes.
And then we could as well.
If the citizen call me if anybody reports has proof --
like a picture.
A picture of the truck.
A picture of the actual person blowing it in the street.
We will definitely take that, and can
enforce correct word of mouth is a little harder,
when don't have the proof to substantiate it.
>> We need to get the word out.
We see people doing that all the time.
Up to $5,000.
>> Stormwater ordinances up to 5000.
That's an egregious violation.
We have a matrix that we use for assessing civil penalties.
There's a stormwater board that of public Works
does assess a civil penalty, you have to have an appeal process.
They would appeal to the stormwater board for that fine.
>> Okay.
>> Hold on one second.
Councilwoman Logan.
Then Warren.
Then Cooper such an.
>> So -- thank you chair.
For this fine a blowing trees and blowing grass
into the street and drains --
I see it all the time.
Is there a process that we go through
to make sure that our contractors know that as well?
I've seen that.
Second thing -- is there -- how do we let residents know?
>> Jonathan if you will go to the next slide?
There's multiple ways.
Obviously (Indistinct) stormwater program has its own.
>> I'm sorry.
I said how do we let residents know that it is against the law?
This is saying reported to 311?
>> Sorry.
Reporting, you know the illicit discharge
permit there's multiple options stormwater program has
an outline can also have a web page where you can report it
if you want to go to one more slide?
We'll come back?
One more slide.
There you go.
I mean come on on a program come on part of our permit
come we do a lot of community education
similar to community enhancement with Memphis City?
We partner with events fliers, schools, mailers,
social media we pushed up through the comms team?
We have done contractor public education events?
Part of our permit, we are required
to have a certain number of public events.
Annual events.
We do way more than what we are required to answer question,
we do mailers.
We reach out to landscaping companies chemical whole hold
public events for them to know I know we're focusing
on your debris we do a lot more than dumping paint down
the storm drain -- or anything other than rain is illegal.
We do a lot of public education just trying to get the word out.
We are starting in schools.
Maybe some of you will have seen the billboards
along the interstate?
The cartoon we created Gurgel connect the storm drain get kids
involved they do a cartoon.
The winner of that cartoon is featured
on the billboard somewhere in the respective school.
We are out there a lot.
>> A lot of people listen to the news.
You know how they do community news or saw?
When they're giving them something else to report other
than shootings in the city.
We could let them know these types of things
connect maybe sponsor the weather permits on the ticket
or something like that.
As well as some of the places that the MLB WG or something
like that.
>> We've done that.
>> I'm glad to hear that.
Could you forward that to the council members?
We can post it on our social media and council page as well?
There's a lot of that going on.
Just like the grass, all of these mobile car washes.
All of these chemicals that are going back into the water.
What is the fine for that?
How are we addressing that?
>> It's the same.
One additional thing on public education --
you also do in the Hispanic community --
we put ads in the friends of Latinas.
It's a Spanish news publication.
We do that as well.
Anything related to come a we call it discharge.
Anything that's not like I said rain are permitted use
would be illegal.
To put into the storm drain.
If you see it come report it.
If we see it come our crews are actively come with their driving
to the construction sites.
They are around.
They are looking at different things.
We will enforce it.
>> How much is the fine for the pop up car washes?
>> It's the same.
The storm water -- >> $50 is what you're saying?
>> The storm water fund is up to $5,000 a day.
>> Up to five?
[Crosstalk]
>> I'm not saying we would find that for $5,000.
We have the ability to do that.
We have a matrix that we follow.
It's been approved.
>> There are certain sites.
I know in my district, certain sites,
that they are there every day doing car washes.
If you were driving around -- you know,
you would be able to see them at some point coming for trucks are
driving around.
If you have a piece, a flier that you can hand them to say --
you going to be fined.
You're going to get a ticket.
You could be fined up to $5,000 or what not.
If we come up here and see you again.
Go back the next day and you see them.
You might have to just, because --
it's affecting all the same water.
And then we've got, we have a lot
of things that's impacting our water.
I know people feel like that's very trivial.
That people are just trying to make some money or whatever.
If you're putting paint down the drain.
If you're putting grass down the drain
if you're putting chemicals down eventually
it's going to affect the water.
And everybody's health.
>> We do have fliers that we hand out for a site specific
things.
Specifically related to construction sites.
We also have a lot of generic informational fliers
as well paramedic related to additional thing.
Related to the mobile car wash --
a lot of those are being operated on private property.
We will have discussions with the private property owner
that this is a legal activity correct they're allowing them
on the shopping centers correct some are
and some aren't allowing them on the space
>> Is it the property owner?
Who is in violation?
Is the property owner violation?
Where's the person washing the car?
Some of these property owners are out of town.
They don't even know that it's happening.
The people that are there -- like managers and all that come
when they are trying to manage the business they don't have
time to be outside permit some of them or if they do say
something.
You all can send the owners letters.
That's great.
Let's do all of it.
We really have to call me you know.
Give some to the police departments.
They drive by there all the time.
They don't know what to do either.
They will tell them to leave.
They will come right back.
>> Yes Ma'am.
>> I appreciate that.
>> Thank you Councilwoman.
We are going to get Councilman Warren Cooper Sutton and Walker
first.
Real quick come on to piggyback off
what Councilwoman Logan said no we don't
have contract authority.
I would suggest that since we should
come if we're going to find other people and tell them
they can't do it, we shouldn't be allowing any of our city
contractors to do it.
I would say they get one Warning.
If they got doing it again they are
banned from getting a city contract
for a minimum of three years.
That would probably stop a lot of that from going on.
Those that are representing us -- and doing it for the city --
should most importantly abide by the rules.
Councilwoman.
No.
Councilman.
Councilman Warren, followed by Cooper Sutton.
>> Yes.
I am trying to figure out.
People washing cars at the reason
that's a is that when they wash the car,
the soap goes into the drains?
Maybe I'm from a commercial, yes a residential car washing
is allowed.
>> Residential car washing is allowed.
Okay.
So what happens to these other car
washes that are on the corner?
You pay a quarter.
You go in.
Where does all their stuff go?
>> To the sewer.
Commercial car washes -- >> They are not treating it?
>> An established car wash.
A separator that is in the way of the car wash.
That is cleaned out.
The overflow (Indistinct)
>> They've got the commercial car washers everything that
collects the soap, separates it, and then they take it and send
it somewhere to get it treated?
What do they do with it?
>> No.
The oil water separator separates the oil and heavy,
it falls into a lot of mud.
That settles out.
That is collected and disposed of.
The water comes to the center sewer system
and treated by the city.
It's not (Indistinct).
Those are commercial establishments (Indistinct)
properly done.
[Crosstalk]
>> Every car wash you see those up there come they all have that
on the bottom, by the way they are designed.
>> (Indistinct) the sewer discharged from the car wash
goes into the sewer system.
Okay.
I guess the other question I have is,
how do you get to do a $5,000 fine,
we can't do anything with a $50 fine?
Where did that come from?
Maybe I'm state law changed.
>> For this.
>> State law probably changed 10 to 12 years ago,
for sewer and stormwater violations.
Sewer violations are up to $10,000 per stormwater is 5000.
>> They can change the state law for that.
But, it takes a constitutional amendment
to allow city government to go more than $50?
>> I'm just thinking out loud here.
Didn't really make much sense to me.
Maybe we are talking to Alan to see
if there's something we can do?
I think part of the problem we've had in trying to enforce
things -- we've never been able to go more than 50 bucks.
If you all can do this, maybe we need
to get together with our state legislators come
and see what else they can do for us?
Thank you Mr. Chair.
>> Thank you sir Councilwoman Cooper followed by Walker.
>> Chairman?
I'm going to let Councilwoman Cooper comment Councilwoman
Walker -- go before me I'm going to go somewhere else to these
two.
It's not pertaining to this right now.
Just a little bit about grants.
Okay?
>> All right.
Councilwoman.
>> Okay.
Thank you.
That was Madam Chairwoman's question about the grass
framework I will just will let you take care of that.
I know you can't cover it here today.
One why don't you pass 240 -- that is district three.
With the renovation of the corridor --
if you could come back and share the city's role in that?
And then where would we get the information of the status
of the overall project?
Would that be T dot?
>> I think Director Neil has a presentation on the whole
corridor project connecting dots will be here August 18th to talk
about state routes in general.
And their maintenance program.
>> Will they be discussing the Lamar corridor on that day?
Do we need to follow up and make sure they have an update on that
as well?
>> We have an update on everything that was completed
via community enhancement.
The private properties.
The commercial properties court actions?
The litter from Winchester all the way down to Riverside.
We were asked to provide everything we did in house I
haven't spoken with T dot.
I do have an update on grass and all the efforts
that we've completed over the past few weeks,
and what our maintenance plan looks like from
>> 242 state line.
>> I'm speaking with respect to district three.
>> We were asked from Winchester to Riverside.
The corridor and Lamar corridor with this information I
have this morning.
I'm clearing that.
Moving forward for 242 state line who do I request that from?
Maybe I didn't state the question.
>> Can we add that to the T dot next time?
>> Okay.
Thank you.
>> Yes Ma'am.
Councilman Cooper Premier Willett director
Neil presentation.
Thank you here's a quick question.
Just a concern that has been brought to my attention.
This is not the first time I think we've addressed this.
I just wanted to know is there a plan with Public Works
with community enhancement?
As Councilman Ford says.
With neighbors across the street.
Children in our community deserve safe accessible
walkable sidewalks.
School has started.
I have rode around in my car looking at the sidewalks.
That has alarmed me, because of the overgrown trees
and the grass especially in Super district eight.
And nine.
I forget about you.
You make me remember it.
Thank you.
That what part do we play in it?
And how can we partner and coordinate something
with the Memphis Shelby County Schools?
When I see a child have to walk down the street,
that's very alarming to me.
When they're headed to school.
The sidewalk is not accessible.
What I would like for you all to come back with is a plan.
I want every sidewalk and every overgrown tree come a vegetation
-- cleaned up pictures.
Reviewed.
Have my own pictures.
I'm not sharing my work with you all.
I am just saying.
We've got to make sure children are safe walking to school.
If they've got to jump in the middle of the street,
because the sidewalk is not accessible --
that is a huge problem.
That's a public safety issue.
My question is -- have you addressed it?
Has this been addressed?
Is there any conversation?
Has there been a conversation?
Is there a plan?
Can we get a plan?
In place -- so that our children can be safe walking to school
on these sidewalks.
What part belongs to us?
We went across the street involved.
We pay city and county taxes.
They need to have some responsibility
and accountability working with you all.
Can you answer that for me please?
>> Yes Ma'am.
Each year before the kids go back to school,
we do lunch a clean pathways or remediation
effort throughout the city, to ensure just what you're asking
is being done.
We started that in the middle of July.
We're compiling metrics.
We are completing the project.
We continue it until we have touched everything
that needs to be touched?
Of course this is a joint effort.
Wouldn't talk about trees and sidewalks
connect those items don't fall under the authority of community
enhancement.
We address blighted properties through equities
are privately owned properties.
We are working to complete everything
within at least a five block radius of every Memphis
and Shelby County School project that includes litter pickup.
That includes boarding structures that
may be open to casual entry.
Any blight remediation efforts that
fall under our control in community enhancement
like I said we did start that some time ago,
and are working actively concede that.
As well as actually compile metrics
as we've done for the corridor.
>> The next question is come a school started yesterday.
Was there any observation?
Was there any plan in place?
Have you done anything kind of looked
at sidewalks that may have previously been reported,
to make sure those were accessible for the children?
If so -- I went to a record of that.
Documentation of that happening.
>> Yes Ma'am.
>> And -- what we are responsible for --
making this happen paramedic you said this has been in place
since when?
>> Definitely since I've been in community enhancement.
Each year.
It's a collective effort.
When we were still under public works
permit this is something that the team believes
in collectively addressing.
Just as you mentioned so the kids
have a clean pathway to go back to school.
Maybe I'm okay.
Have received any complaints from anyone
about these sidewalks?
How often have we addressed them?
>> Sidewalk specifically again do not come to us.
We address anything that is private property. .
>> Who should address that?
to get the sidewalks clean and overgrown trees?
My focus is the children walking.
Children over there in Mitchell.
Children over there in Jeter.
What is your district over there that they
walking in Councilwoman Logan?
I'm saying these children.
I need to understand.
Have we addressed them, because they are going in the street
with oncoming traffic.
I know your part.
Was there a meeting?
School is about to start.
Team, let's look at this team, let's address this.
And involve anybody else on the other side.
Has proactively, was that done?
Hello?
>> Probably not perfect that's something that we can discuss
in the upcoming committee meeting.
Yeah.
Unfinished.
Because we didn't get an answer.
>> I thought so.
I know that last year --
I didn't do it in front of council last year
I just called director Neil and director Goss,
and asked about the pathways to schools being cleaned.
This year on or around June or July, I reached out to say hey,
are we doing it again?
Understand that it's being done.
I think they have been proactive in it.
It's my understanding.
If you want some different pictures on those things can
make it is my understanding -- >> It is in progress.
As I mentioned, we compiling all the metrics.
Yes Ma'am.
We put over 1000 properties thus far.
We're actively putting again, until we can make a dent.
There's grass everywhere there's dumping everywhere
those are the metrics that I have as of today.
I believe it's 1039 properties thus far around the schools.
[Indistinct conversation]
>> If we get a complaint come on public Works would address it
public works would be responsible for the line
of sight issues and safety issues --
whether it's really the traveling public on the street.
Just because the tree is overhanging the street
to be down any street?
Walnut Grove.
All of those streets have large trees
and overhanging trees when a limb is affecting actual traffic
it's low hanging limb and things like that,
that's what we would clear.
We're not pruning the trees all the way up.
We do the same for sidewalks.
Sidewalks are private property though.
The sidewalks belong -- they belong to the property owner.
If there's a line of sight issues coming out
into the public right of way we would address that,
to make sure the traveling public is safe.
>> Okay.
Pathway.
The sidewalks and the trees for the children.
That's what I'm focusing on.
I'm hearing everything else other
than come if we done we're supposed to do?
Is that targeted?
Come back to me to let me know what you have.
I have the pictures.
I just called out some areas that needed to be focused on.
Councilwoman Logan.
Do you have an area in district nine
where that same problem is occurring for our children?
>> District one.
Wait a minute.
>> I actually --
[Crosstalk]
>> She didn't get it to you.
I understand that.
I think the concern of mine is --
just knowing that this is project back to school.
Every year in June we begin.
If you have some egregious errors in your district,
please send those to us.
Put those on the list.
Let's get those done, like in May when school is out.
Everyone would know that project back to streets cleaning
cleaning the back to street school cleaning or whatever --
is in effect from June to so and so every council member will
send 5 to 10 egregious property.
You can do your own ongoing thing.
I think it's just because we don't know.
We are seeing it every day.
The and things.
I drove past yesterday, some children in the street.
I sent it to my analyst.
I guess we're all seeing it.
You were doing it not knowing that you're
doing a project we really appreciate that.
I think there needs to be, maybe a joint effort
with the school system.
Make it a Citywide project, back to school.
The ongoing thing.
That's one thing.
The second thing to ongoing okay -- the ongoing need for.
We haven't sidewalk program.
I don't know how robust it is it's only
for certain income levels or seniors or something like that?
We replace sidewalks we may need to figure out something else
because cities are aging.
Have you all thought about partnering
with some of the local CDCs?
Or local nonprofits?
That can you know come and be responsible for monitoring
a certain area and communicating to you all
calling the areas that are really involved.
I mean come with a really bad.
You can live this property owners
know that they have to do that.
Just -- maybe having a more structured way of addressing
this.
Just answering our call come in two months
come it's going to be back blighted again.
I'm saying this for everybody in the room.
Chief and everybody.
We need a structured way to get this done come and conjunction
with those who are responsible.
Thank you.
All right.
Okay.
Are you finished with your presentation?
Okay.
Madam chair?
>> I asked her to come here comment to be number four.
Presentation on Lamar corridor.
I still have not heard anything about the grass.
All of this is upcoming things for upcoming
meetings. (Indistinct)
>> To piggyback on that come hold on one second
my colleagues?
I request that you have other topics
that you want to talk to director Morgan and Director
Miele about, that you meet with them offline
or if you want a specific item put on the committee agenda?
That you add that to that.?
Can you go through this relatively quickly?
Thank you.
[Indistinct conversation]
>> In October of last year we launched our Lamar Avenue
corridor revitalization.
The first aspect of that again --
started in Winchester it went to the park where Lamar and Airways
Shopping Center has announced the second phase of that started
at that intersection and ran all the way to Riverside.
The metrics that you will hear this morning
started back in October of 2025.
When we were asked to come and present
the efforts that the team completed
in the past couple of weeks, are included in the presentation.
As well as our maintenance schedule.
Of course as chairwoman Swearingen Washington mentioned,
Lamar's a major gateway within the city.
It extends out east from the urban core
to the Mississippi State line.
Of course it has sustained long standing challenges
with illegal dumping, overgrowth, litter, and mainly
deteriorated commercial buildings.
That was the focus for starting on Landmark Corridor last year.
Just the number of large, vacant, blighted, commercial
structures protect those parcels of course
were vacant and open to entry.
Our first approach was to do an assessment
to determine where we could have the best bang for our buck,
to make sure we are communicating
with those property owners.
To ensure they weren't just sitting on these properties
again, these are large commercial structures.
The old Holiday Inn headquarters park as well as tall trees.
Very many older long blighted structures
exist on Lamar corridor.
Major transportation investments are being made.
We want to ensure that the condition
and appearance of the corridor is our priority for us.
Again, our work begin in October of 2025.
We began our initial investigative work.
Since then, we've had extensive cleanups.
Illegal dumping response.
Response to overgrowth.
Litter.
Commercial property enforcement.
As well as overall overall corridor assessment
we continue enforcement of 21 day schedule
and place every 21 days these properties
we know that we'd be responsible for renovating on the rotation.
They've been assigned to at least eight vendors that
have a section of the corridor.
Every 21 days, you see the grass being mitigated along the Lamar
corridor.
Currently there's ongoing maintenance.
One of our initiatives was Mississippi beautiful.
We talked last time about getting
them engaged com ensuring they included in the maintenance.
They've done an assessment along the corridor.
We've identified eight intersections where we
will be placing the trash cans.
Winter public services cause out picking up litter,
they will also be emptying those trash cans.
Those trash cans are on order, we will definitely
let you know once they've arrived,
and they're being placed at those intersections.
Again come our commercial code enforcement team
addressed deteriorated, abandoned,
and nuisance commercial properties.
Our environmental enforcement team,
illegal dumping investigations tire shops.
Also sequester related to just illegal dump site abatement.
Public services corp -- they address roadside litter,
cleanup, and just ongoing corridor maintenance.
Mr. White and his team, of course
they've had that on constant rotation,
since October of last year.
Again come mitigation efforts, that has been placed on rotation
the team will be out every 21 days.
Memphis City beautiful as I mentioned
we will be focusing on long term beautification.
Including installing permanent litter infrastructure
as I mentioned.
And we are looking for opportunities
to partner with some of the smaller businesses
to ensure that any efforts are planting
are taking place as well.
We are engaging with the citizens,
just to ensure the area around the properties is litter free.
Just any opportunity for beautification.
We are working to complete that as well.
Our overall metrics we have 50 priority commercial court cases
that were launched during this initiative.
We mitigated 98 vacant lots.
1183 tires were removed.
256 illegal signs were removed?
328 environmental enforcement violations were mitigated.
That includes larger scale as well as smaller scale Dumpsites.
1700.
A little over 700 trash bags of debris
were removed by the public services core team.
1500 0 pounds materials were removed
by grounds Services team.
As I mentioned, grass is addressed
by Ground Services team.
We are targeting to ensure that any properties that again are
blighted to protest we know we must put on a maintenance
schedule -- we are ensuring that's being done.
All things ground services will be completed every 21 days.
Again that includes any tires that need to be picked up.
Mattresses.
Any discarded debris.
As well as signs.
And overgrowth mitigation.
That's what this particular slide entails.
As I mentioned, the commercial blight
in commercial code enforcement efforts,
what's the root of this particular project.
We do have before and after photographs.
C, this ironworks property.
Here's an example of code enforcement in action.
We talked to the property owner.
We sent out notices of violation.
We got the property in court?
We do see some change on the facade of the property.
That is what we are looking to accomplish
throughout the corridor.
We have 17 rehabilitation cases there are 16 properties that
have active in PA cases.
Seven nonstructural cases.
Three cases are in in environmental.
Three properties are going through condemnation.
Ultimately leading hopefully come demolition.
As well as there were three pending EPA referrals
that will be starting the court process as well.
The next slide just talks about the number of dump sites
that were mitigated.
And environmental enforcement violations
that were mitigated by our environmental enforcement team.
The next slide again reiterates our efforts by our Public
Services core team -- and Memphis City beautiful.
Again, we have eight locations.
Intersections are identified for trash can receptacles
to be placed again once they are here installed,
we definitely provide update to our public services team
is out there once a month, picking up litter of.
This is the intersection I believe right
before Crump starts.
As to where team did do some grass mitigation.
This is just an aerial view.
We are gathering drone footage for these types
of corridor efforts.
As those are impact tours.
Anything that is better shown from up above,
to see the impact of what our work looks like.
As I mentioned, we will definitely keep this maintenance
schedule going public as well as incorporating
the other thoroughfares and corridors throughout the city.
Elvis Presley.
Austin.
Riverdale.
Winchester.
Just about every council district
we will be incorporating the same thing along those corridors
as well.
I believe that is the last slide.
What you have in front of you that
was not on the monitor or performing photographs,
with each location mitigated.
As well as our overall metrics for the project.
Thank you director.
Madam chair do you have any questions or comments?
Okay.