[0:23] Sort of just filling in for

[0:26] your pro tem council member

[0:28] Porterfield, um, just a

[0:33] reminder, we are sitting on

[0:36] Cherokee, Chickasaw and Shawne

[0:38] Land, a reminder that no one is

[0:42] illegal on stolen land built by

[0:45] stolen labor. All right, we do

[0:47] have two presentations tonight,

[0:50] um, and the first one will be

[0:51] presented by

[0:54] Council member Yuying, uh,

[0:56] proclamation recognizing the

[0:58] life of Eleanor Willis, a

[1:01] notable civic leader and

[1:03] lifelong Nashvillean

[1:05] Councilmember Ying, are you

[1:07] ready?

[1:12] Try it.

[1:16] Are you, yes, I am. All right,

[1:18] I think we

[1:20] ok, thank you

[1:24] Yeah

[1:28] ok.

[1:32] Ok, ready? Are we all ready?

[1:34] Whereas notable civic leader

[1:35] and lifelong Nashvillian

[1:37] Eleanor Lawson Willis passed

[1:41] away on FEBRUARY 13, 2026,

[1:43] leaving a legacy of community

[1:46] service and leadership, and

[1:47] whereas MISS. Willis was born

[1:51] on SEPTEMBER 15, 1936 to the

[1:52] late Helen and Harry Alfred

[1:54] Lawson Junior, and was preceded

[1:56] in death by her brother, Harry

[2:01] House Lawson and

[2:03] whereas Eleanor Willis, a

[2:04] distinguished graduate of

[2:06] Vanderbilt University, lived a

[2:08] life defined by service,

[2:09] compassion, and a steadfast

[2:11] commitment to strengthening her

[2:16] community and

[2:17] whereas she dedicated her

[2:18] career to expanding

[2:20] opportunities and care for

[2:21] others, founding the Heads Up

[2:23] Child Development Center to

[2:24] serve low-income families and

[2:25] children with development and

[2:26] disabilities, as well as

[2:28] co-founding the Rochelle Center

[2:29] to support adults with

[2:30] disabilities, reflecting a

[2:32] lifelong devotion to dignity

[2:37] across all stages of life and

[2:40] whereas her leadership in civic

[2:41] and environmental stewardship,

[2:42] most notably through the

[2:44] Friends of Warner Parks, the

[2:46] Nashville Tree Foundation and

[2:50] Cumberland region tomorrow,

[2:51] help to preserve Nashville

[2:51] s

[2:53] nature with thoughtful growth

[2:55] to guide future generations and

[2:57] whereas MISS Willie served as

[2:59] director of Friends of Warner

[3:02] Park from 1994 to 2013, shaping

[3:03] the organization into the

[3:05] strong partner East today. In

[3:07] our time as director, MS.

[3:08] Willis helped to develop the

[3:09] full moon picking Party

[3:11] fundraiser, a continues

[3:12] annually to this day. MS.

[3:14] Willis oversaw the expansion of

[3:15] the park through the

[3:17] construction of the Suzanne

[3:19] Warner Bass Learning Center

[3:20] integration of heart and

[3:24] acquisition of 500 additional

[3:26] acres, including ill forests, a

[3:31] state natural area, and

[3:33] whereas Eleanor Willis endured

[3:35] legacy is one of transformative

[3:37] impact reflected in the its

[3:38] administration that is shaped

[3:40] that lives, is uplifted and

[3:41] communities she helped to

[3:44] sustained and

[3:45] Thank you. Whereas she is

[3:48] survived by her three sons,

[3:50] Alfred Russell and his wife

[3:52] Debbie, William Reese, and his

[3:54] wife Casey and Brent Lawson and

[3:58] his wife Kathy Willis, 10

[4:00] grandchildren, Clayborne Klein,

[4:02] Merritt Woods, Sydney Reed,

[4:04] Elizabeth Drake, Kendall Reese,

[4:06] John Lawson, William Graham,

[4:08] William Morgan, Caroline Cardon,

[4:11] and Gauge Lawson Willis and two

[4:12] great-grandchildren, Bradley

[4:14] Stewart and Vivian Anderson

[4:14] Matthews.

[4:16] Now, therefore, I, Sandy Ewing,

[4:17] District 34 council member of

[4:19] the Metropolitan Government of

[4:20] Nashville and Davidson County,

[4:22] along with the vice mayor and

[4:25] undersigned council members do

[4:26] hereby recognized Eleanor

[4:28] Willanus Willis, excuse me,

[4:32] Eleanor Willis in remembrance

[4:34] of her lasting contributions to

[4:36] Nashville. She led by example

[4:38] as a model of service,

[4:39] leadership, and care for

[4:42] community. Signed on this 21st

[4:54] day of APRIL 2026.

[5:07] Do you

[5:11] ok.

[5:27] Ever happened to you.

[5:30] To

[5:32] Would anyone from uh MISS.

[5:33] Willis

[5:35] s family like to say a

[5:41] couple of words or ok. Well,

[5:44] next we have a presentation by

[5:46] councilmember Gad, a resolution

[5:50] recognizing APRIL 19th to APRIL

[5:51] 25th.

[5:54] 2026 as National Library Week

[5:56] and recognizing APRIL 21st,

[5:58] 2026 as national library

[5:59] Workers

[6:01] Day, Councilmember Gad,

[6:09] are you ready?

[6:14] Wonderful.

[6:18] Right here, right there

[6:20] Oh, you ready? Oh, thank, well,

[6:23] thank you so much, uh, MADAM

[6:28] Speaker Pro Tem, um, Sepulveda.

[6:31] Um, so today, um, we have an

[6:34] opportunity to, um, share out

[6:37] loud our incredible gratitude

[6:39] to the National Public Library

[6:42] Workers and to our libraries

[6:44] across the, the county. Um, we

[6:48] did our gratitude as well on

[6:49] the council floor with the

[6:51] passing of this resolution. So

[6:52] I

[6:52] m, I

[6:53] m really grateful to my

[6:54] colleagues who are standing up

[6:55] here, um, but I would did want

[6:57] to take just a moment before we

[6:58] read through the words that we

[6:59] ve approved, uh, and just

[7:00] you know, state that the

[7:02] Nashville Public Library does

[7:03] something that this council

[7:05] talks about constantly. It

[7:07] creates community. Every day

[7:08] across Davidson County, and

[7:08] that

[7:11] s free for all and that

[7:13] that interim. The programs are

[7:14] extraordinary. Reading

[7:16] readiness for our youngest

[7:17] children, digital access for

[7:21] neighbors left behind. Health

[7:23] literacy, literacy, spaces

[7:25] where every person can walk in

[7:26] and belong. But here

[7:27] s what I

[7:29] want us to name clearly. Public

[7:30] libraries

[7:31] are not just a community

[7:33] service, they are a cornerstone

[7:35] of democracy, free access to

[7:37] information, to the freedom to

[7:38] read and think for yourself,

[7:40] and that is not a small thing

[7:42] right now. That is everything

[7:43] and none of this happens

[7:44] without the people we

[7:44] re

[7:46] honoring today. The staff of

[7:47] the Nashville Public Library

[7:49] show up as guides, educators,

[7:51] and connectors. And I have to

[7:52] do a special plug out to, uh,

[7:57] my home branch at Richland Park,

[7:59] but this resolution is our way

[8:00] of saying we see you.

[8:02] and we are grateful for you.

[8:03] With that, um, I

[8:05] ll open up the,

[8:06] the resolution and um ask my

[8:08] colleagues to read a little bit

[8:10] as well. So resolution number

[8:13] rs 2025, um, 0, well, I don

[8:14] t

[8:14] know what the whole number is.

[8:16] But anyways, a

[8:17] resolutionrecognizing APRIL

[8:19] 19th to APRIL 25th that

[8:20] s Nash

[8:22] National Library Week and

[8:25] recognizing today APRIL 21st,

[8:27] um, as National Library

[8:27] Workers

[8:30] Day, whereas

[8:30] I

[8:31] m gonna ask, I guess you want

[8:33] to do 110 time? Ok.

[8:34] Whereas Nashville Public

[8:36] Library or npl serves as a

[8:38] cornerstone of knowledge and

[8:39] opportunity, providing

[8:41] essential resources, services

[8:42] and programs that empower

[8:47] individuals and

[8:49] whereas National Library Week

[8:51] observe annually in APRIL is

[8:52] the time to celebrate the power

[8:54] and promise of libraries here

[8:55] in Nashville and across the

[8:57] nation to recognize the

[8:59] contributions of library staff

[9:01] and to promote library use and

[9:05] support, and

[9:07] whereas the theme for National

[9:09] Library Week this year is Find

[9:11] Your Joy and whereas the 21

[9:13] branches of the Nashville

[9:14] Public Library sparked

[9:16] creativity, fuel imagination,

[9:18] and inspire lifelong learning,

[9:19] offering a space where

[9:21] individuals of all ages can

[9:23] find joy through exploration

[9:28] and discovery and

[9:32] and whereas in 2025 npl served

[9:34] nearly 3 million visitors and

[9:37] 28 different languages. However,

[9:39] the impact and reach of

[9:40] Nashville Public Library

[9:41] workers extend beyond the

[9:43] library branches to provide

[9:45] access to collections,

[9:46] professional development,

[9:48] enriching programs, and vital

[9:50] resources through meaningful

[9:51] community partnerships with

[9:54] over 140 childcare centers, all

[9:56] metro Nashville public schools

[9:58] over 30 youth development

[9:58] organization

[10:00] s dozens of senior citizen

[10:02] centers and hundreds of

[10:04] community centers and events

[10:06] across Nashville and Davison

[10:13] County and

[10:14] whereas through programs such

[10:17] as uh Nashville Afterzone

[10:19] Alliance, the Library of Things.

[10:21] Be well. Begin bright, and the

[10:23] digital inclusion initiative,

[10:25] the library reaches all ages to

[10:26] provide a variety of learning

[10:30] opportunities and

[10:31] whereas the success of the

[10:33] National Library would not be

[10:35] possible without its staff and

[10:36] volunteers who help people of

[10:38] all ages and backgrounds,

[10:39] access and interpret the

[10:41] information they need to live,

[10:43] learn, and work in the 21st

[10:48] century and

[10:50] whereas over the last year,

[10:52] especially with the closure of

[10:54] the main library, library

[10:57] workers have worked tirelessly

[10:58] to maintain programs and bring

[11:00] the library to the public by

[11:01] holding events at alternate

[11:04] sites and working at various

[11:06] other library branches to

[11:12] ensure continued services and

[11:13] whereas recognizing the

[11:14] invaluable contributions of

[11:16] library workers is essential to

[11:17] appreciating the role they play

[11:21] in strengthening communities,

[11:22] advancing education, and

[11:24] ensuring free and open access

[11:29] to information and

[11:30] whereas libraries, library

[11:32] workers, and library advocates

[11:34] across the nation are joining

[11:36] together to celebrate National

[11:36] Library Workers

[11:37] Day, an

[11:39] initiative of the American

[11:41] Library Association Allied

[11:42] Professional Association on

[11:45] Sunday, APRIL 19, 2026 to

[11:46] highlight the dedication and

[11:48] contributions of library

[11:54] professionals.

[11:55] Now therefore, be it resolved

[11:56] by the Council of the

[11:58] Metropolitan Government of

[12:01] Nashville and Davison County.

[12:01] Section one, I

[12:04] ll get 23. The

[12:05] Metropolitan Council hereby

[12:06] goes on record to recognize

[12:09] Sunday, APRIL 19th, 2026, as

[12:10] National Library Workers

[12:11] Day

[12:13] in Nashville and Davison County

[12:15] and express its appreciation

[12:17] for the dedication of the

[12:18] Nashville Public Library staff

[12:20] and volunteers who work

[12:22] tirelessly to serve the

[12:24] community and promote literacy,

[12:25] lifelong learning, and

[12:29] community connection.

[12:31] Wonderful. Uh, thank you so

[12:33] much and, um, oh, so that the

[12:34] Metropolitan Council further

[12:36] goes on record as recognizing

[12:37] the 19th through 25th as

[12:39] National Library Week in

[12:40] Nashville and Davidson County,

[12:41] and this resolution shall take

[12:43] effect

[12:45] uh, from and after its adoption

[12:47] adoption, the welfare of

[12:48] metropolitan government

[12:49] requiring it. Thank you so much

[12:55] and Director Lou

[12:56] we have a couple of copies of

[12:57] this. We wanted to turn over

[12:58] just in case there

[12:59] s something

[12:59] you

[13:02] d like to, to share as well.

[13:05] Thank you.

[13:08] So thank you to Councilmember

[13:10] Gad, um, to all of the

[13:12] co-sponsors of this resolution

[13:13] and the council member Vo as

[13:14] the chair of the council

[13:15] s arts,

[13:17] parks, libraries, and

[13:19] entertainment committee and to

[13:21] everyone on this council for

[13:23] being such faithful friends of

[13:25] National Public Library. It

[13:26] means a lot to me that you

[13:29] would take the time to

[13:30] recognize the outstanding work

[13:32] of the Nashville Public Library

[13:33] staff.

[13:33] I

[13:37] m so grateful for their

[13:39] contributions every day. I know

[13:41] this year we talked a lot about

[13:43] the work that the staff across

[13:44] the system put into keeping

[13:46] customer services going during

[13:48] the temporary closure of the

[13:49] main library.

[13:51] But to be honest, this is just

[13:53] one example of our staff

[13:53] s

[13:55] passion for public service. We

[13:57] which we see across Nashville

[13:59] every day. The entire npl team

[14:01] cares deeply about the library

[14:03] and about this community and

[14:03] I

[14:05] m proud to not only lead the

[14:06] staff but to work alongside of

[14:08] them every day.

[14:12] Please know that we value your

[14:13] support, your friendship, and

[14:15] of course we love that you all

[14:17] are library customers too. So

[14:19] npl would not be the great

[14:21] institution that it is without

[14:23] all of our staff, supporters,

[14:25] and customers, including you.

[14:28] So thank you very much.

[14:32] Ok.

[14:38] Do you want to all right, well,

[14:40] that concludes our presentation.

[14:46] Again, once again, uh happy

[14:49] National Library Week and happy

[14:52] national uh library worker Day.

[14:53] I hope you all will, uh, take

[14:56] this opportunity to visit, uh,

[14:59] your local, uh, public library.

[15:00] Uh, we know that, uh, public

[15:02] libraries are one of the places

[15:04] that are currently being

[15:06] attacked by not only the

[15:07] federal government

[15:09] but by our own state of

[15:12] Tennessee. So, uh, take a

[15:15] moment, think, uh, your local

[15:20] library, uh, worker, uh, go

[15:21] visit a public library. There

[15:24] is a hunger to learn and to

[15:26] read, and I have witnessed it

[15:28] myself at a bus stop when there

[15:30] was a constituent of mine that

[15:32] asked if I had more books in

[15:35] Spanish, so, um, people, people

[15:37] want um

[15:38] more books and people are

[15:40] looking for outlets. So, uh, go

[15:42] ahead and take advantage of

[15:46] that, um, books are free.

[15:49] All right, council members, are

[15:53] you ready to practice your

[15:54] Duolingo, since I am up here,

[15:54] that is what we

[15:56] re going to do.

[15:59] So if you have announcements,

[16:00] go ahead and get in the queue,

[16:03] um, and we will go ahead and

[16:07] get started.

[16:11] Conseh Bradford arnocio Guten

[16:14] Aben Fraulein Guten Aben

[16:16] Fraulein Guten Aben Fraulein

[16:19] Guten Aben Fraulein, uh,

[16:20] residents of District 13, I

[16:22] have a community meeting this

[16:24] Saturday, the 25th from 11:30

[16:26] to 1 at the Southeast Community

[16:29] Center in Antioch to begin

[16:31] discussions of how we want the

[16:33] Couchful Pike area to develop

[16:35] over the next several decades,

[16:36] Planning apartment has been uh

[16:37] really helpful in coming up

[16:38] with some potential strategies

[16:40] such as inviting constituents

[16:40] to come out, it

[16:41] s an

[16:42] interactive forum, provide your

[16:43] feedback. Hopefully we

[16:44] ll have

[16:45] a one or two more of these

[16:46] meetings over the next several

[16:47] months so that we can get this

[16:49] right and uh set the course of

[16:50] development in this area for

[16:51] the next 2 to 3 decades. Thank

[16:54] you. Gracias Conseal Bradford

[16:57] Consehal Nash reocio.

[16:59] Gracias, MADAM CHAIRMAN, uh, I

[17:01] would like my colleagues to

[17:02] mark their calendars and, and

[17:04] also the, the public, uh, on

[17:06] MAY 7th, the fop will be

[17:08] holding its annual police

[17:10] memorial service to honor those

[17:12] officers from Nashville and

[17:14] from Metropolitan Nashville

[17:15] after the consolidation who

[17:17] have lost their lives, given

[17:18] their lives for this community.

[17:21] It will be taking place at the

[17:23] First Baptist Church at 108 7th

[17:24] Avenue South Nashville,

[17:27] Tennessee, uh, downtown

[17:28] Nashville at 11 o

[17:29] clock on MAY

[17:30] 7th.

[17:37] Thank you. Gracias Conal Nash

[17:39] con sealvo que conocia. Thank

[17:42] you so much, um, acting pro tem.

[17:42] Um, there

[17:43] s a lot going on in

[17:45] District 17 as always. I just

[17:46] wanted to invite everyone this

[17:49] Thursday, APRIL 23rd at 40 P.M.

[17:50] We are having a community

[17:51] meeting at the Tennessee

[17:53] Justice Center regarding um

[17:55] Lafayette Street, uh, recently

[17:57] I had two community members die

[17:59] crossing the street there and

[18:00] we are gonna um

[18:02] honor them um as well as

[18:04] discussing with t Dot and Ndot

[18:07] um what we are, um, what

[18:10] efforts have been made and

[18:10] we

[18:11] ll continue to continue to

[18:12] be made so everyone is invited

[18:14] to that please come out. That

[18:14] s

[18:16] um Thursday at 40 P.M., um, and

[18:17] then just so y

[18:18] all know this

[18:19] weekend is the rock and roll

[18:20] marathon, so there

[18:20] s a lot of

[18:22] road closures in District 17. I

[18:24] will be sharing those out this

[18:26] weekend, um, and then I wanna

[18:29] make sure um that my

[18:30] constituents in

[18:32] the 12 South area, we are gonna

[18:34] have a meeting on Monday, MAY

[18:37] 11th regarding um a stormwater

[18:38] project, uh, constituents have

[18:40] been asking for years. We

[18:40] ve

[18:41] been able to finally do the

[18:44] survey, so that will be on

[18:47] Monday, MAY 11th at 6:30 P.M.

[18:49] At the severe Park Community

[18:50] Center, um, please, everyone is

[18:52] welcome to that as well. Um,

[18:53] and I, of course, I know we

[18:55] just announced it, but I wanna

[18:57] of course honor um all the

[18:59] library workers. Uh, today is

[19:00] their day, and a special shout

[19:02] out to my two branches, um, the

[19:03] Pruitt Library and Edgehill

[19:05] Library, they are so amazing

[19:06] and do such they

[19:06] re so

[19:08] instrumental to our community,

[19:09] um, and I do wanna do a

[19:12] personal point of privilege, um,

[19:15] my nephew Augie um is turning

[19:19] one, on APRIL 26th, so I want

[19:22] to wish Aggie a happy birthday

[19:24] and uh Aunt tt will come see

[19:27] you this summer. Thanks.

[19:30] Gracias Consealvo and I say, uh,

[19:32] Lafayette, but whatever

[19:36] Uh, all right, uh, conceal

[19:38] gembo queda reconnocia.

[19:40] Gracias, yes, I want to

[19:42] announce that there will be a

[19:44] community health and resource

[19:47] fair this Saturday, APRIL 25th

[19:48] at the Parkwood Community

[19:52] Center from 11:00 A.M. To 2

[19:53] P.M. Everyone is invited to

[19:53] attend. It

[19:55] s a free event. Uh,

[19:57] there will be wonderful

[19:58] organizations providing

[19:59] resources. There will be a

[20:01] prescription, uh, take back,

[20:03] drug takeback box so people can

[20:06] come and drop off unused,

[20:08] expired uh medications and get

[20:10] rid of them in a safe way.

[20:10] There

[20:11] ll be free food and and

[20:13] bounce house for the kids, so

[20:13] it

[20:15] s a family affair. We invite

[20:16] people to come out to that

[20:17] again. It is this Saturday,

[20:19] APRIL 25th, between, so if

[20:19] you

[20:20] re not running in the

[20:23] marathon, come to the this

[20:26] community health resource fair

[20:28] from 11:00 A.M. To 2 P.M. At

[20:29] Parkwood Community Center.

[20:31] Thank you. Gracias Conceal

[20:31] Gamble. That

[20:32] s right. If you

[20:32] re

[20:33] not running and have drugs you

[20:34] want to get rid of.

[20:36] Councilmember Gambo has a place

[20:39] for you. All right, are

[20:42] there any other announcements

[20:45] from council members. Any other

[20:47] announcements. All right, I

[20:51] also want to congratulate the

[20:54] Nashville soccer team who just

[21:01] won, uh, the first mls team

[21:04] that won uh at uh the stadium

[21:07] Azteca in Mexico. So that

[21:08] s big

[21:10] news. Um, so they

[21:11] are going to the, what is it,

[21:14] semi-finals, semifinals, so

[21:16] they will be facing off group

[21:18] tires. So wish them luck. I

[21:19] m

[21:20] sure they will do well. Uh,

[21:22] that concludes announcements.

[21:22] We

[21:25] ll see you at 6:30. Uh,

[21:26] that concludes announcements.

[21:26] We

[21:42] ll

[33:21] Order

[33:24] We have a quorum and today is

[33:28] Tuesday, APRIL 21st, 2026. This

[33:32] is the seventh meeting of 2026

[33:33] and the fifty-ninth regular

[33:34] meeting of the current term of

[33:35] the Metropolitan Council of

[33:37] Nashville and Davidson County.

[33:38] While all members of the

[33:39] council, as well as the public,

[33:41] please rise for the invocation

[33:42] and remain standing for the

[33:43] Pledge of allegiance. The

[33:45] invocation is being offered

[33:48] this evening by MR. Hg Stovill,

[33:51] who is a deacon at Connection

[33:53] United Methodist Church, and

[33:54] the executive director of

[33:55] Nashville Launchpad. He is the

[33:57] guest of District 14 council

[33:59] member Jordan Huffman. Welcome,

[34:01] MR. Stowe. You are recognized.

[34:02] Thank you, Vice Mayor. Thank

[34:05] you, counsel.

[34:07] One of the things we do before

[34:08] we start services each week at

[34:09] my faith community, uh,

[34:10] Connection United Methodist

[34:11] Church of Donaldson as we take

[34:13] a deep breath together

[34:13] Let

[34:19] s do that

[34:21] We do this to ground ourselves

[34:23] in our, in our time together.

[34:26] Let us pray

[34:29] GOD of wisdom, compassion, and

[34:30] justice, we gather today in

[34:32] this brightly appointed room.

[34:34] One of decorum, process, and

[34:35] order.

[34:37] Under a roof of stability, and

[34:37] I

[34:41] m called by you, Creator, to

[34:43] speak for those whose ceiling

[34:44] is frequently the sky that you

[34:46] created, GOD.

[34:46] As Nashville

[34:47] s elected

[34:48] officials deliberate on budget

[34:50] numbers, fiscal notes, zoning,

[34:51] the future of the East Bank,

[34:53] and the machinery of the city

[34:54] this evening, grant us the

[34:57] clarity to see the faces behind

[34:58] the statistics.

[34:58] I

[34:59] ll lift up tonight the youth

[35:01] and young adults of Launchpad

[35:03] and of our streets.

[35:05] Those sojourners who were not

[35:07] lost but left behind.

[35:08] Overlooked

[35:09] forgotten

[35:11] Help us remember that youth

[35:12] homelessness is not a political

[35:15] talking point

[35:16] but moreover, it is a child

[35:17] without a bedtime story.

[35:19] A teenager studying by the

[35:21] light of a bus stop, perhaps

[35:23] without a bench to sit on.

[35:24] And even a young soul left

[35:26] wandering our city. No, no,

[35:28] their city, wondering where

[35:30] help can be found and who can

[35:34] be trusted to assist.

[35:35] So tonight and each night going

[35:37] forward, please show not just

[35:38] the selected body, but the

[35:40] entirety of our city it

[35:42] represents how to see every

[35:44] human in our midst as their

[35:45] neighbor.

[35:46] Not only the neighbors that we

[35:49] enjoy

[35:50] not those we see daily or from

[35:52] whom we borrow a cup of sugar

[35:54] or flour, not only those we

[35:55] agree with, but all people

[35:56] because we know that y

[35:57] all

[35:59] truly means all.

[36:01] Creator grant this council the

[36:03] courage of conviction to look

[36:04] beyond the all too easy

[36:06] convenience of the status quo.

[36:07] And to see the urgency of a

[36:08] lonely night, whether it

[36:09] s warm

[36:11] or freezing

[36:13] Grant this body the integration

[36:15] of justice and mercy.

[36:17] To recognize that while justice

[36:19] demands we dismantle the

[36:22] systemic barriers that create

[36:25] and perpetuate poverty, poverty,

[36:26] mercy requires us to provide

[36:28] the soft bed and the safe

[36:29] harbor right now.

[36:31] MAY we never provide the policy

[36:33] without the heart, nor of a

[36:35] charity without the change.

[36:37] Grant this assembly the wisdom

[36:38] of stewardship

[36:40] to recognize that investing in

[36:40] our young people not only with

[36:43] a journey pass to ride the bus,

[36:45] but investing in a bed now.

[36:48] Is cheaper and infinitely more

[36:52] human than managing a health

[36:57] housing, hygiene.

[36:59] Or hunger crisis later.

[37:00] Grant these leaders, Lord, the

[37:02] heart of a parent to view every

[37:03] young person sleeping in a

[37:04] doorway or a sliver of the

[37:06] woods, not as a nuisance or a

[37:07] problem to be solved, but as

[37:10] our own kindred flesh and blood,

[37:12] deserving of safety, dignity

[37:15] and a fair start to life.

[37:16] Made the decisions made tonight

[37:18] and into the future be more

[37:19] than ink on paper.

[37:21] MAY they be the blueprints for

[37:22] a city where housing is a right,

[37:25] not a luxury.

[37:26] And no young person has to

[37:31] trade their future in an

[37:34] attempt to survive only the

[37:35] night.

[37:36] Let us work this evening, not

[37:38] just for the city we have, but

[37:39] for the city that future

[37:41] generations deserve.

[37:44] MAY it be so. Amen.

[37:46] I pledge allegiance to the flag

[37:49] of the United States of America

[37:52] and Republic for which it

[37:55] stands one nation under GOD,

[37:57] indivisible with liberty and

[38:00] justice for all.

[38:01] MAY be seated. Thank you very

[38:06] much, MR. Stoville.

[38:08] Welcome, counsel and community

[38:10] members, Transit Month in

[38:12] Nashville continues, and it was

[38:14] my pleasure to take the trustee

[38:16] 3b bus downtown to committee

[38:17] meetings yesterday and to ride

[38:19] it back home and chat along the

[38:21] way with council member Allen.

[38:22] Thanks to our city

[38:23] s successful

[38:24] dedicated funding referendum,

[38:26] the number 3, and many other

[38:28] bus lines are running more

[38:30] frequently and have become an

[38:32] even better option for more

[38:34] Nashvillians. I invite all

[38:36] Nashvillians to try transit and

[38:39] replace at least one car trip

[38:40] this month.

[38:42] This is National Library Week,

[38:43] and today is National Library

[38:43] Workers

[38:45] Day, and we, we

[38:45] re so

[38:46] pleased to have the Nashville

[38:48] Public Library Foundation with

[38:50] us on our 2nd floor mezzanine.

[38:52] Prior to our 1st APRIL meeting

[38:54] for a thankathon, uh, where

[38:55] members of the public, council

[38:56] members, and I could write

[38:58] thank you notes to express our

[39:00] appreciation. Thank you to MS.

[39:02] Vo for helping coordinate that.

[39:04] A great city has a great

[39:07] library, and we certainly do. I

[39:08] often say that you

[39:08] re from

[39:10] Nashville Public Library card

[39:14] is truly a magic passport. We

[39:16] encourage all Nashvillians to

[39:18] get your free library card, go

[39:19] online or to your local branch

[39:21] and see all the amazing free

[39:23] resources to which your card

[39:25] entitles you, as the library

[39:26] itself says it

[39:28] s not just books.

[39:29] Councilmember Gad welcomed

[39:31] library employees back to the

[39:32] council chamber as our guest

[39:34] just shortly ago to present a

[39:36] resolution honoring library

[39:38] workers. So thank you very much

[39:39] to everyone who supports and

[39:40] works to make Nashville

[39:41] s

[39:43] library system so amazing.

[39:47] Our library is also home to our,

[39:49] uh, Metro, uh, historic

[39:51] archives, where our friends at

[39:53] Nashville sites and Metro

[39:55] Historic Research and find

[39:57] images used in the new historic

[39:59] courthouse in City Hall,

[40:01] digital audio tour. Members of

[40:03] the community visiting City

[40:05] Hall can now find signage for

[40:08] tour stops. It looks like this

[40:08] to everybody who

[40:09] s here and

[40:11] watching online in in color

[40:13] though, um, uh

[40:14] can find those tour stops on

[40:16] the ground floor and out on the

[40:18] 2nd floor mezzanine with qr

[40:21] codes to jump into the details

[40:24] of the art and architecture of

[40:26] our beautiful 1937 historic

[40:28] building and learn more about

[40:29] our three branches of local

[40:31] government. You can also find

[40:33] the tour spots out front on

[40:35] Dian Nash Plaza, or simply go

[40:40] to Nashville sites, sites.Org

[40:42] at any time and take the audio

[40:44] tour from home or wherever you

[40:44] MAY

[40:46] be. Uh, thank you to everyone

[40:47] who came out on Sunday

[40:49] afternoon for the community

[40:50] celebration to launch the new

[40:52] tour. It was a beautiful day

[40:53] with trustee Gilmore

[40:56] s 4th

[40:57] annual Diane Nash Walk and

[40:59] Davidson County historian DR.

[41:00] Lee Williams sharing about

[41:02] council members e. Alexander

[41:03] Lubi, and the mayor proclaiming

[41:06] APRIL 19th as the Alexander

[41:08] Luby Day. So many Nashville

[41:10] histories have and do continue

[41:12] to converge on the public

[41:13] square.

[41:15] All right. Without objection,

[41:16] we will suspend the calling of

[41:18] the roll and ask the clerk to

[41:19] please record the names of the

[41:21] members present throughout the

[41:21] meeting.

[41:23] Is there a motion for approval

[41:24] of the minutes of the meeting

[41:30] of APRIL 7th, 2026. All right,

[41:31] there is a motion properly

[41:33] seconded. And so without

[41:34] objection,

[41:36] and seeing no one seeking to be

[41:37] recognized for a change to the

[41:38] minutes.

[41:40] The minutes of the meeting of

[41:42] APRIL 7th are approved. MR.

[41:44] Clerk, are there any messages

[41:45] from the mayor? There are no

[41:46] messages from the mayor. Thank

[41:50] you, MR. Clark.

[41:53] All right, we will roll right

[41:57] into our agenda. Uh, first is

[42:00] section e, uh, appointees and

[42:04] nominees. This portion of the

[42:06] agenda shares all persons, the

[42:07] many, many persons who were

[42:08] scheduled to appear before the

[42:09] rules, confirmations, and

[42:11] public elections Committee for

[42:13] an interview this evening.

[42:14] Referrals uh back to the

[42:16] committee will be by rule as

[42:17] part of the council

[42:17] s two

[42:18] meeting process for elections

[42:20] and confirmations. No votes

[42:22] will be taken by the body in

[42:22] the sec

[42:24] this section of the agenda. Uh,

[42:26] Chair Cash, um, as brief, a

[42:28] report as possible, please, sir.

[42:29] No vote totals necessary.

[42:30] Simply the name of those

[42:31] interviews and for which board

[42:33] commission, committee, or

[42:34] entity, they were interviewed,

[42:38] kind of in the aggregate. And

[42:40] then, uh, if a person in the

[42:41] appointment and confirmation

[42:42] process was unable to attend

[42:43] your committee this evening at

[42:45] what meeting they will next

[42:46] appear, please, sir. Go ahead.

[42:49] All right, uh, we, uh, uh, for

[42:51] action commission, John Michael

[42:52] for Health and Educational

[42:52] Facilities

[42:54] Board, um, Nick, uh, Nicholas

[42:55] Cavin, uh, we deferred for the

[42:56] historic zoning Commission,

[42:59] Elizabeth Mayhall.

[43:01] Um, Parks and Recreation for at

[43:03] what will MISS MAY Hall appear

[43:05] one meeting. Ok, ok, at the

[43:09] meeting of MARCH, or rather MAY

[43:13] 7, uh, for Parks and Recreation

[43:14] Board, we interviewed Michelle,

[43:16] Doctor Michelle Steele, um, the

[43:18] uh, Mirza Esteban has been

[43:19] withdrawn.

[43:20] For Property Sanders and

[43:22] Appeals Board. The short-term

[43:25] renal Appeals Board, uh, David

[43:27] Klinefelter for sustainability

[43:30] advisory, uh, Cesar Castro and

[43:33] Laura Donoghue. We deferred the

[43:35] interview, one meeting for

[43:36] Caroline Everett for

[43:37] sustainability Advisory, and

[43:40] then in the midtown Central

[43:41] Business Improvement District.

[43:43] We interviewed a bunch of, uh,

[43:44] nominee board for board of

[43:47] directors.

[43:48] Those are Michael Bab, Walt

[43:50] Burton, Lisa Haller, Andre

[43:53] Laoire, Julia Baker, Bob

[43:56] Franklin, Ali Hall Eagles,

[43:58] Emily Schneller, Donovan

[44:00] Sheffield. We deferred Andrew

[44:01] Cook one meeting.

[44:04] Um, and then we also

[44:06] interviewed Charlie Kucture,

[44:10] Chris Gayla, uh, uh, Malik, Gay

[44:13] and Keith Sebernaylor. I hope I

[44:14] got that one right, right.

[44:17] All right, ok, that concludes

[44:21] our section e, appointees and

[44:24] nominees. Next is uh Section f

[44:26] for confirmations. So Chair

[44:27] Cash, you will be recognized

[44:28] again for your committee report

[44:30] on the appointees in the 2nd

[44:31] step of your committee

[44:31] s two

[44:32] meeting process, this time with

[44:34] vote totals and a consolidated

[44:35] motion for the confirmation of

[44:37] those persons, or first for a

[44:39] deferral motion if there are

[44:40] any. Go ahead, sir.

[44:41] Ok.

[44:42] Uh, so the bicycle and

[44:44] pedestrian advisory commission

[44:45] reappointment of Catherine

[44:46] McDonald, uh, these are all 7

[44:50] to 0 to 0. Um, for a board of

[44:54] equalization, appoint me

[44:56] appointment of Whitney Ellis,

[44:58] Board of Equalization,

[44:59] appointment of Michelle Trueba,

[45:00] Board of Equalization

[45:02] appointment of Scott Tyrone as

[45:04] an alternate.

[45:06] Um, Fair commissioners board

[45:08] appointment of Brittany Tabor.

[45:08] Farmers

[45:09] Market Board

[45:09] reappointment of Scott

[45:12] Moskovitz, uh, housing Trust

[45:13] Fund commission appointment of

[45:15] Lizzie Goddard, Sports

[45:16] Authority reappointment of

[45:21] Daniel Russ Pulley.

[45:24] Um, the sustainability advisory

[45:26] Committee, uh, appointment of

[45:29] Jeffrey Ezel Ace,

[45:31] sustainability advisory

[45:33] Committee, reappointment of

[45:34] council member Sandy Ewing, the

[45:36] sustainability advisory

[45:37] Committee reappointment of

[45:38] Matthew k. Taylor.

[45:39] Uh, sustainability Advisory

[45:40] Committee reappointment of

[45:42] Linda Brein, sustainability

[45:43] Advisory Committee

[45:44] reappointment of Jennifer Wang,

[45:45] sustainability Advisory

[45:46] Committee reappointment of

[45:51] Erica Weeks.

[45:52] Um, traffic and parking

[45:54] commission, appointment of

[45:55] Lauren Gaines, Sony Appeals

[45:57] Board appointment of Michael

[45:59] Gerrigan, Zoning Appeals Board

[46:03] appointment of Anna Yoder.

[46:04] And, uh, that

[46:05] s it. All 7 to 0

[46:08] to 0. All right, um, hearing no,

[46:10] uh, deferrals. Um, could you

[46:12] please make, uh, a consolidated

[46:13] motion, please. I

[46:14] d like to

[46:17] move all nominees. Oh, ok. Um,

[46:19] uh, for confirmation, I hear it

[46:20] is seconded. Does anyone wish

[46:22] to remove an item from this

[46:23] consolidated motion for

[46:25] purposes of an individual

[46:28] abstention or a no vote.

[46:30] Ok? Seeing none, all in favor

[46:32] of the remaining confirmations,

[46:38] please say aye. All right, um,

[46:40] uh, so, uh,

[46:42] everyone is now confirmed and

[46:43] to our confirmed appointees if

[46:45] you chose to return to the

[46:46] council chamber this evening,

[46:48] which is not required, do

[46:49] please stand as I call your

[46:51] name, uh, for collective

[46:53] applause at the end. All right,

[46:59] council has confirmed.

[47:02] The uh reappointment of

[47:04] Catherine McDonald, the bicycle

[47:06] and pedestrian advisory

[47:07] commission to the Board of

[47:11] Equalization, council has

[47:14] confirmed the appointments of

[47:16] Whitney Ellis, Michelle Cueva

[47:19] and Scott Tyrone to the Fair

[47:19] commissioner

[47:20] s Board. Counsel

[47:22] has confirmed the appointment

[47:24] of Brittany Tabor, and to the

[47:24] Farmers

[47:26] Market Board, Council

[47:27] has confirmed the reappointment

[47:29] of Scott Moskovit

[47:31] z to the housing Trust Fund

[47:32] Commission. Council has

[47:33] confirmed the appointment of

[47:34] Lizzie Goddard.

[47:36] To the sports Authority Council

[47:38] has confirmed the reappointment

[47:41] of the Honorable Daniel Ruspoli,

[47:46] former council member, and to

[47:47] the sustainability Advisory

[47:50] Committee, counsel has re or

[47:51] rather confirmed the

[47:53] reappointment of Jeffrey Easel

[47:56] Ace, council member Sandy Ewing,

[47:59] Matthew k. Taylor, Linda Bregan,

[48:01] Jennifer Wang, uh, and Erica

[48:03] Weeks, and then to the traffic

[48:04] and parking commission

[48:05] counsel has confirmed the

[48:07] appointment of Lauren Gaines,

[48:08] uh, to the Zoning Appeals Board,

[48:11] counsel has confirmed the

[48:13] appointment of Michael Gerrigan

[48:16] and Anna Yoder. All right,

[48:19] thank you all so much. Um,

[48:21] congratulations to you.

[48:22] Whether you are here in the

[48:23] chamber or watching from home,

[48:25] we appreciate your willingness

[48:34] to serve our city. Thank you.

[48:37] All right, as we transition

[48:39] into our nomination section of

[48:41] the agenda. I want to bring

[48:44] members and the communities

[48:45] s

[48:48] attention to 2, vacancies on

[48:50] the transportation licensing,

[48:54] uh, commission, uh.

[48:55] Council members will have

[48:56] received a memo from me

[48:58] yesterday and it is on your

[49:00] desks this evening. The

[49:00] transportation licensing

[49:02] commission, also known as the

[49:04] tlc has the exclusive

[49:06] jurisdiction of the licensing

[49:07] and regulation of all vehicles

[49:09] for hire, including but not

[49:11] limited to taxicabs, wreckers,

[49:12] sedans, limousines, horse-drawn

[49:14] carriages, and persons or

[49:17] businesses engaged in the

[49:19] practice of booting vehicles.

[49:20] All right, per this memo, I

[49:22] will take nominations from

[49:23] council members for

[49:28] the tlc, the two vacancies at

[49:31] the meeting of MAY 7th at the

[49:33] MAY 7th council meeting. All

[49:35] right. It is now time to take

[49:38] nominations, uh, for board and

[49:39] commission and vacancies that

[49:41] were announced and explained at

[49:44] the last meeting, and in agenda

[49:47] order, those are, uh

[49:49] agenda item g.

[49:53] 1, East Bank Development

[49:54] Authority. These will be

[49:57] nominations to fill one vacancy

[49:59] on the authority with a term

[50:04] expiring JUNE 30th of 2030, uh,

[50:07] with the election to be held,

[50:11] are conducted on MAY 19th, uh,

[50:12] at that council meeting. All

[50:15] right, um, the nominations for

[50:17] East Bank Development Authority

[50:18] are open, um, if members wish

[50:20] to make a nomination, they can

[50:20] enter the

[50:21] queue. MS. Webb, a council

[50:22] member, you

[50:22] re recognized.

[50:24] Thank you. I, uh, I nominate

[50:28] Bob Braswell. Ok, um,

[50:30] councilmember Webb has

[50:33] nominated Bob Braswell.

[50:36] Um, councilmember Tombs, you

[50:37] are recognized.

[50:38] Thank you, MADAM Vice Mayor. I

[50:39] nominate, uh, Nathaniel Carter,

[50:44] ok, uh, Councilmember Tombs has

[50:46] nominated Nathaniel Carter. Do

[50:49] any other members, uh, seek to

[50:50] be recognized to make a

[50:51] nomination to the East Bank

[50:52] Development Authority.

[50:54] Seeing none, those nominations

[50:57] are now closed. Next, uh,

[51:00] agenda item g2, nominations to

[51:01] the property standards and

[51:03] Appeals Board. Nominations to

[51:05] fill one vacancy on the board

[51:07] with the term expiring APRIL

[51:11] 7th of 2030, with an election

[51:15] to be conducted at the MAY 19,

[51:18] 2026 council meeting. Um, those

[51:20] nominations are now open. I see

[51:21] members in the queue, council

[51:23] member Coupin, you

[51:23] re

[51:23] recognized.

[51:24] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT. Uh,

[51:24] I

[51:25] d like to nominate Grafton

[51:27] Brittle, please. All right,

[51:29] Council member Coupin has

[51:31] nominated Grafton Brittle. Is

[51:33] that correct? Brittle with a b,

[51:34] ok.

[51:36] All right. Uh, councilmember

[51:38] Evans, you are recognized.

[51:39] Thank you, Vice Mayor. I

[51:40] d like

[51:44] to nominate Roger Farmer, ok,

[51:46] Council member Evans has

[51:48] nominated Roger Farmer.

[51:50] Do any other members seek to be

[51:51] recognized for a nomination to

[51:52] the property Standards and

[51:53] Appeals Board.

[51:55] Seeing none, I declare those

[51:57] nominations closed. Next is

[52:00] agenda item g3 for the

[52:01] short-term rentals Appeals

[52:03] Board. Nominations to fill one

[52:05] vacancy on the board with the

[52:07] term expiring AUGUST 31st of

[52:10] 2027, with an election to be

[52:12] conducted again at the MAY 19th,

[52:14] uh, council meeting. Uh, I see

[52:15] that members have entered the

[52:20] queue, those nominations are

[52:22] open. Councilmember Coupin.

[52:23] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT. Uh,

[52:23] I

[52:24] d like to nominate Kevin

[52:25] Griffith, please. Ok

[52:26] Council member Coupin has

[52:29] nominated Kevin Griffith.

[52:32] Or, uh, consideration on the

[52:35] short-term rentals appeal

[52:36] Appeals Board. Um, uh,

[52:36] Councilmember Tombs, you

[52:37] re

[52:38] recognized

[52:40] Thank you, MADAM Vice Mayor. I,

[52:43] uh, nominate Diamondail. Ok, uh,

[52:45] Councilmember Tombs has

[52:48] nominated Diamond Bell.

[52:50] Ok, um

[52:56] no, uh, seeing no other members

[52:58] seeking to make a nomination?

[52:59] All right, those nominations

[53:01] are closed. All right, council

[53:03] members, uh, the clerk, uh, MAY

[53:04] be in touch with you, um, to

[53:06] get contact information for

[53:08] your nominees, so please be on

[53:10] the lookout. Um, again, uh,

[53:12] those folks, uh, will have

[53:15] their interview, um, at our MAY

[53:17] 7th meeting, um, the election

[53:19] will be conducted at the

[53:20] meeting of MAY 19th.

[53:24] All right

[53:28] Next is agenda section h,

[53:30] Public comment. Members of the

[53:31] public who are Tennessee

[53:33] residents wishing to speak at

[53:35] public comment MAY sign up at

[53:36] the table outside the council

[53:38] chamber from 5 to 6 P.M. On the

[53:40] day of a council meeting.

[53:42] Public comment is limited to 20

[53:43] minutes total at council

[53:44] meetings, and each speaker is

[53:46] allowed up to 2 minutes to

[53:48] speak. Persons speaking on

[53:49] agenda items must be

[53:51] prioritized to comply with

[53:53] state law. All right.

[53:55] Um, I will, uh, go ahead and

[53:57] announce a few of the folks, uh,

[53:58] after the first person, so that

[54:02] you can go ahead and uh

[54:03] make your way and come forward.

[54:05] Uh, the first person, uh, for

[54:07] public comment is Cynthia

[54:10] Clinton speaking on agenda item

[54:14] 56. Um, this is Ordinance bl

[54:19] 20261273, uh, East Bend Zoning

[54:21] speaking in support after

[54:23] Cynthia Clinton will be James

[54:26] Hubler and then Jennifer Turner.

[54:27] Go ahead, uh, MS. Clinton, you

[54:29] are recognized. Ok, my name is

[54:31] Cindy Clinton, and I stand

[54:36] before you today, not just as a

[54:38] nonprofit leader, but as an

[54:40] educator who spent 23 years in

[54:42] the classroom here in Tennessee.

[54:44] The idea for the Music City

[54:44] Children

[54:45] s Museum didn

[54:46] t come

[54:48] from a boardroom. It came from

[54:49] me visiting children

[54:50] s museums

[54:52] with my grandchildren. And in

[54:52] every children

[54:53] s museum, I

[54:57] would say, why not Nashville?

[54:59] So in 2014, I retired and I

[55:01] decided to ask quit asking that

[55:03] question and answer it by

[55:04] trying to build a children

[55:05] s

[55:07] museum in Nashville, a

[55:10] world-class one. For more than

[55:11] a decade, we

[55:12] ve moved forward

[55:13] step by step

[55:15] The challenge we faced in the

[55:16] last few years has been finding

[55:19] the right home and the right

[55:20] partner. Today, after years of

[55:22] evaluating a location, we

[55:22] re

[55:24] closer than ever with the East

[55:26] Bend because East Bend is more

[55:28] than a location.

[55:31] It is a vision for a

[55:33] family-focused district where

[55:35] children can learn and families

[55:36] can connect.

[55:39] The legislation before you as

[55:41] written by planning creates

[55:44] conditions that make a project

[55:47] like ours possible. It allows

[55:48] for the kind of thoughtful

[55:50] community-centered development

[55:52] that can bring a children

[55:52] s

[55:54] museum to life.

[55:55] We can move from vision to

[55:57] reality. Tonight, it

[55:58] s more

[56:00] than just zoning. We can be a

[56:02] city that invests in families.

[56:04] We can be a city that creates

[56:06] spaces for children and a city

[56:08] that thinks about the next

[56:09] generation. I

[56:11] ve spent years of

[56:12] my life working toward this

[56:18] moment, and I truly believe

[56:20] East Bend gives Nashville the

[56:22] opportunity to finally make

[56:24] this dream a reality. I

[56:25] respectfully ask for your

[56:27] support. Thank you

[56:29] Thank you. Next will be, uh,

[56:31] James Hubler also speaking on

[56:33] East Bend zoning, followed by

[56:35] Jennifer Turner and then David

[56:36] Byerly. Uh, MR. Hubler, you

[56:36] re

[56:37] recognized. Thank you. Good

[56:38] evening. I

[56:40] m Jim Hubler and I

[56:42] live at 607 Fatherland Street,

[56:45] uh, in the first zone, historic

[56:47] district in Davidson County.

[56:47] I

[56:51] ve lived in the area since

[56:53] 1986 and have seen amazing

[56:54] improvements in the

[56:55] neighborhood in that time

[56:56] period.

[56:57] Tonight, your votes on the East

[56:59] Bank development will be a

[57:01] defining moment in the history

[57:03] of our city. We all want to get

[57:04] it right. Density works in an

[57:06] urban environment, but only

[57:08] when done properly. The

[57:10] amendments to plan seemed

[57:12] well-meaning and well thought

[57:14] out, but please make this a

[57:15] neighborhood, not a new

[57:17] downtown.

[57:19] Be careful with what you impose

[57:20] on the future.

[57:26] Do we really need 1240-story

[57:28] buildings, 150-story building

[57:30] and multiple 20-story buildings.

[57:33] Years ago in 1958, we were

[57:34] given an opportunity to

[57:36] reimagine the East Bank.

[57:37] At that time, Interstate

[57:39] highways were new and everybody

[57:40] wanted one, so we got an, an,

[57:43] an East Bank Interstate highway.

[57:48] We also removed a slum area and

[57:50] built the Ellington Parkway.

[57:53] But we also wiped out a large

[57:54] Victorian residential

[57:56] neighborhood and some of the

[58:00] businesses in that area. So

[58:01] please remember what you

[58:01] re

[58:03] doing is going to have an

[58:05] impact on the future and let

[58:05] s

[58:06] do it right. Thank you for your

[58:08] service. Thank you.

[58:11] All right, uh, next is Jennifer

[58:13] Turner, also pretty much

[58:14] everybody is going to be

[58:17] speaking on agenda item 56, um,

[58:20] a 1273 East Bend zoning, uh,

[58:21] following Jennifer will be

[58:22] David Vierley and then Brian

[58:24] Hubbard. Go ahead, MS. Turner,

[58:24] you

[58:25] re reckon asked. Good

[58:26] evening council members. It

[58:26] s

[58:28] so nice to see you all again.

[58:30] My name is Jennifer Turner. I

[58:30] m

[58:34] the PRESIDENT And ceo of

[58:35] Tennessee Performing Arts

[58:38] Center. I reside on South 13th

[58:39] Street, zip code

[58:42] 37206 in Davidson County. I

[58:44] appreciate the opportunity to

[58:45] speak in support of the East

[58:47] Bend zoning and broader East

[58:49] Bank vision. Like many of you,

[58:50] we see this as a

[58:52] transformational opportunity

[58:54] for our community. We have the

[58:56] ability to replace underused

[58:58] industrial land with a vibrant,

[59:00] inclusive neighborhood that

[59:02] belongs to all Nashvillians. We

[59:03] strongly support the goals

[59:05] embedded in the plan,

[59:06] walkability, great design,

[59:09] multi

[59:10] mo d al access and a public

[59:12] realm that prioritizes people

[59:13] over pavement.

[59:15] I support this personally as a

[59:17] resident of East Nashville and

[59:19] in my role representing tpac in

[59:20] our own development.

[59:23] I particularly appreciate the

[59:25] short term flexibility on

[59:28] parking regulations. We fully

[59:30] support planning for a transit

[59:31] forward future. But before that

[59:34] is realized, we do not want to

[59:36] limit access to the arts and

[59:38] tpac.

[59:42] Flexibility today allows us to

[59:43] succeed while the district

[59:44] matures.

[59:47] The East Bend and ah East Bend

[59:48] Development Team have been

[59:51] partners and supporters of tpac

[59:52] as we planned our own

[59:54] relocation to the East Bank.

[59:56] This type of collaboration is

[59:58] crucial to the success of arts

[1:00:00] organizations like ours. The

[1:00:01] arts are not an accessory to

[1:00:03] this development. They are in

[1:00:06] anchor. Tpac brings students,

[1:00:08] families, seniors, tourists,

[1:00:09] and working artists into the

[1:00:11] heart of our city.

[1:00:13] That only works if audiences

[1:00:17] can get there safely and

[1:00:19] reliably, especially during the

[1:00:20] transition period.

[1:00:22] I encourage the council to

[1:00:24] approve the ESBend zoning while

[1:00:26] preserving flexibility. Thank

[1:00:26] you.

[1:00:28] Thank you. Uh, next will be

[1:00:30] David Berley, uh, speaking

[1:00:33] again on East Bend zoning, uh,

[1:00:36] in support, followed by Brian

[1:00:38] Hubbard and Samuel Lingo. Uh,

[1:00:39] go ahead, MR. Beerley, you

[1:00:39] re

[1:00:40] recognized. Thank you so much,

[1:00:42] each and every one of you. And

[1:00:43] thank you for still being a

[1:00:44] council that allows a session

[1:00:46] to start with prayer. I

[1:00:46] personally wouldn

[1:00:47] t be here

[1:00:51] without it. Uh, so many

[1:00:53] investors primarily from

[1:00:54] Nashville and Middle Tennessee

[1:00:56] have come together to create

[1:00:57] something truly special, a

[1:00:58] place

[1:00:59] you know, built and designed

[1:01:00] from scratch for families, uh,

[1:01:02] a place for people to live and

[1:01:03] visit.

[1:01:04] Where children will learn and

[1:01:06] be entertained while families

[1:01:09] uh, will have a place that is

[1:01:10] generally designed for them.

[1:01:12] And this is our singular

[1:01:13] message. We have one story.

[1:01:13] It

[1:01:15] s easy to remember, and I

[1:01:18] would just encourage us to

[1:01:19] really begin to work together

[1:01:20] as so many have I

[1:01:20] ve seen in

[1:01:22] the last two weeks, most

[1:01:25] everyone on this floor

[1:01:27] genuinely just lock arms and

[1:01:29] try, uh, to get, to get started,

[1:01:30] right? Let

[1:01:30] s, it

[1:01:31] s time to work

[1:01:32] now. We, we have a license to

[1:01:34] work. I, I genuinely hope after

[1:01:35] tonight, you know, I imagine

[1:01:37] East Bank, we have read it

[1:01:39] from cover to cover many times,

[1:01:40] and I would just say to you,

[1:01:41] thanks to your hard work, I

[1:01:42] really hope we don

[1:01:43] t have to

[1:01:44] imagine any more after this

[1:01:44] evening.

[1:01:46] Thank you

[1:01:50] All right, uh, next is, uh,

[1:01:52] Brian Hubbard, uh, MR. Hubbard

[1:01:53] will be followed by Samuel

[1:01:55] Lingo and Matthew Payne. Those

[1:01:56] folks can go ahead and come

[1:02:00] forward. Uh, MR. Hubbard is

[1:02:01] also speaking on East Bend

[1:02:02] zoning in support. Go ahead,

[1:02:03] sir. Good evening, council

[1:02:03] members. My name

[1:02:04] s Brian

[1:02:04] Hubbard. I

[1:02:05] m an architect and

[1:02:07] design principal at Kinsler,

[1:02:09] located at 161 Rosa Parks

[1:02:10] Boulevard. I

[1:02:10] ve had the

[1:02:11] privilege of working as part of

[1:02:13] the East Bend team helping

[1:02:14] shape the vision you see before

[1:02:15] you today.

[1:02:16] I want to speak specifically

[1:02:18] about the process.

[1:02:19] This plan didn

[1:02:20] t happen in

[1:02:21] isolation. As a result of

[1:02:23] thousands of hours of

[1:02:24] collaboration with Metro

[1:02:25] planning, uh, department

[1:02:27] alongside engineers, landscape

[1:02:29] architects, visionaries,

[1:02:30] transportation experts,

[1:02:31] community stakeholders, and

[1:02:34] other state and local officials.

[1:02:35] From the beginning, the goal

[1:02:36] was to align with the city

[1:02:36] s

[1:02:37] long-term vision.

[1:02:39] And imagine East Bank plan to

[1:02:40] create a district that works

[1:02:42] not just on paper but in

[1:02:43] practice.

[1:02:44] We approached this through

[1:02:45] thought or with thought,

[1:02:46] through the framework of the

[1:02:48] downtown code, which

[1:02:50] prioritizes form, public space,

[1:02:51] and the experience of street

[1:02:52] level.

[1:02:54] Every element you see from the

[1:02:55] pedestrian connections to the

[1:02:56] greenway to the open space

[1:02:57] networks.

[1:02:58] Has been shaped through the

[1:03:00] ongoing dialogue with the

[1:03:02] planning department to ensure

[1:03:03] it delivers a broad on the

[1:03:08] broader goals of connectivity,

[1:03:09] accessibility, and livability.

[1:03:09] What

[1:03:10] s important to understand

[1:03:11] is that this is not a one-off

[1:03:12] design.

[1:03:12] Uh, it

[1:03:13] s coordinated and

[1:03:14] intentional framework that

[1:03:15] ensures the district evolves in

[1:03:17] a way that is cohesive, human

[1:03:18] scaled, and responsive to

[1:03:18] Nashville

[1:03:20] s needs. Metro

[1:03:21] planning with their

[1:03:22] knowledgeable and talented

[1:03:24] staff have been deeply engaged

[1:03:26] at every step, helping to find,

[1:03:28] refine the vision, challenge

[1:03:29] assumptions, and ensure

[1:03:30] outcomes that reflect the

[1:03:32] values outlined in the Imagine

[1:03:33] East Bank plan.

[1:03:34] The legislation before you is a

[1:03:36] product of that work. It

[1:03:37] provides a structure and

[1:03:42] clarity needed to deliver a

[1:03:43] well-designed and thoughtfully

[1:03:45] executable urban neighborhood.

[1:03:46] Legis uh on behalf of our team,

[1:03:47] I want to thank the planning,

[1:03:48] uh, for their partnership and

[1:03:50] we look forward to more work

[1:03:51] and coordinated coordination

[1:03:52] with the city to come. Thank

[1:03:53] you.

[1:03:55] Thank you. Uh, next, uh, will

[1:03:58] be Samuel Lingo, also speaking

[1:04:00] on agenda item 56 East Bend

[1:04:03] zoning and Sport, uh, following,

[1:04:05] uh, Samuel Lingo will be

[1:04:07] Matthew Payne and then Macy

[1:04:08] Fluherty. Go ahead, uh, you

[1:04:08] re

[1:04:09] recognized.

[1:04:10] Good evening. Thank you for the

[1:04:12] opportunity. My name is Sam

[1:04:16] Lingo. I live at 1212 McGrace

[1:04:17] Lane here in Nashville. I

[1:04:17] m a

[1:04:19] Nashville native and raising

[1:04:20] two boys with my wife.

[1:04:22] Uh, I grew up in watching the

[1:04:23] scrap yard from the Cumberland

[1:04:25] River, uh, watch it again from

[1:04:26] the trolley barns when we moved

[1:04:27] the entrepreneur center there

[1:04:28] and now I

[1:04:29] m part of the team

[1:04:30] working to transform it.

[1:04:31] The time has come to change

[1:04:33] that river front, and tonight I

[1:04:36] need your help.

[1:04:38] In OCTOBER of 2022 when Imagine

[1:04:39] East Bank plan was released, we

[1:04:41] were already pursuing that site.

[1:04:43] Even at this early stage, we

[1:04:43] ve

[1:04:45] made 3 choices that go that go

[1:04:47] beyond what was required of us.

[1:04:51] First, with metro planning.

[1:04:51] We

[1:04:52] ve pursued the downtown code,

[1:04:54] a form-based code that sets the

[1:04:55] framework without locking every

[1:04:57] detail, so the community can

[1:04:58] keep shaping the project as it

[1:04:59] evolves.

[1:05:00] Our project also catalyzed

[1:05:01] planning

[1:05:02] s new river gateway

[1:05:03] site, language, and the

[1:05:04] community plan written for one

[1:05:05] riverfront site within our

[1:05:06] assemblage.

[1:05:08] Second, we wrote Greenways and

[1:05:10] open space into the zoning

[1:05:11] itself across the entire

[1:05:12] district.

[1:05:14] The gulch tried to get open

[1:05:15] space through incentives, but

[1:05:16] incentives only work if

[1:05:18] developers take them.

[1:05:18] And many didn

[1:05:20] t

[1:05:20] We didn

[1:05:21] t want that. It

[1:05:21] s

[1:05:24] required, not optional.

[1:05:25] Third.

[1:05:27] Metro pioneered to process on

[1:05:29] their 30 acres to design the

[1:05:30] public realm with intention.

[1:05:30] We

[1:05:31] ve put that principle into

[1:05:33] practice, sharing our draft

[1:05:35] streets, rights of way, and

[1:05:36] public spaces with the

[1:05:37] community before we were

[1:05:38] required to do so.

[1:05:40] So that people could respond

[1:05:41] while we could adapt.

[1:05:42] And we have

[1:05:43] The work in front of you

[1:05:45] tonight reflects nearly 3 years

[1:05:47] of public process. It didn

[1:05:47] t

[1:05:48] arrive last week.

[1:05:50] This council has received more

[1:05:51] than 100 letters of support

[1:05:52] from community leaders,

[1:05:54] business owners, and

[1:05:55] Nashvilleans who live near this

[1:05:55] site.

[1:05:56] We

[1:05:59] ve already made the

[1:05:59] commitment to public

[1:06:01] infrastructure and amenities

[1:06:02] through this plan.

[1:06:03] We stand ready to make the

[1:06:04] investment required.

[1:06:05] And the work that begins the

[1:06:06] day after your approval will

[1:06:07] last for years.

[1:06:09] 47 acres that have been closed

[1:06:10] to the public for nearly a

[1:06:12] century open.

[1:06:13] Thank you for your support.

[1:06:15] Thank you.

[1:06:19] Next, uh, will be Matthew Payne,

[1:06:21] uh, speaking on gen item 56,

[1:06:23] East Bend zoning, followed by

[1:06:25] Macy Fluherty and then Mannon

[1:06:26] Hall. Uh, go ahead, uh, MR.

[1:06:27] Payne, you

[1:06:28] re recognized. Yeah,

[1:06:29] good evening, council members.

[1:06:32] My name is Matthew Payne. I

[1:06:34] live, um,

[1:06:36] at 4414 Leland Lane, um, but

[1:06:37] I

[1:06:39] m also the owner of, um,

[1:06:40] Longevity Fitness in East

[1:06:41] Asheville.

[1:06:42] And I work every day with the

[1:06:43] people who live.

[1:06:44] Work and raise their families

[1:06:46] in each Nashville neighborhoods.

[1:06:47] I also operate a small business.

[1:06:49] It depends on steady,

[1:06:50] sustainable foot traffic to

[1:06:51] survive. So when I look at a

[1:06:52] project like East spin, I

[1:06:53] m not

[1:06:55] looking at it in theory. I

[1:06:55] m

[1:06:56] looking at it through the lens

[1:06:57] of what actually works for a

[1:06:59] city and for a small business

[1:07:00] like my own.

[1:07:01] Small businesses in East

[1:07:02] Nashville have felt the

[1:07:06] pressure of growth for years.

[1:07:06] We

[1:07:07] ve seen increased density

[1:07:08] pushed into established

[1:07:09] neighborhoods that create

[1:07:11] strain on residents, on traffic,

[1:07:12] and on the very character that

[1:07:14] makes East Nashville special.

[1:07:16] East Bend offers a different

[1:07:16] approach

[1:07:18] It concentrates density where

[1:07:19] it makes sense in a

[1:07:21] purpose-built urban district

[1:07:22] designed to handle it. It

[1:07:23] creates a place where people

[1:07:25] can live, work, and spend time

[1:07:26] without putting additional

[1:07:27] pressure on surrounding

[1:07:28] neighborhoods that weren

[1:07:28] t

[1:07:29] designed for that level of

[1:07:30] intensity.

[1:07:31] And from a small business

[1:07:33] perspective that matters.

[1:07:35] Density when done right, is

[1:07:37] what keeps local businesses

[1:07:41] alive. It brings customers, it

[1:07:42] creates energy, it builds

[1:07:43] ecosystem where independent

[1:07:45] operators can succeed, but it

[1:07:46] has to be in the right place

[1:07:48] with the right infrastructure

[1:07:49] and with intentional planning

[1:07:50] behind it, and that

[1:07:51] s exactly

[1:07:52] why this legislation

[1:07:53] allows for

[1:07:55] It directs grow to a location

[1:07:56] that can support it while

[1:07:57] helping relieve some of the

[1:07:58] ongoing pressures we

[1:07:58] ve all

[1:08:00] felt in East Nashville. It

[1:08:01] creates new opportunities for

[1:08:02] small businesses, not just

[1:08:04] within East Bend, but across

[1:08:05] the broader area by expanding

[1:08:06] the customer base and

[1:08:08] strengthening the local economy.

[1:08:09] As a small business owner, I

[1:08:12] strongly encourage you to pass

[1:08:16] this legislation. It represents

[1:08:18] a thoughtful strategic approach

[1:08:19] to growth that benefits both

[1:08:20] our neighborhoods and

[1:08:21] businesses that serve them.

[1:08:22] Thank you.

[1:08:23] Thank you

[1:08:27] Next, uh, will be Macy, uh,

[1:08:30] Fluharty, um, followed by

[1:08:33] Mannon Hall and Joseph Lee, um,

[1:08:34] MS. Fluharti is speaking on

[1:08:36] agenda item 56, East Spain

[1:08:36] zoning. Go ahead, ma

[1:08:37] am.

[1:08:39] Thank you. My name is Macy Flu

[1:08:41] Hardy. I live in District 12 on

[1:08:43] u Chee, Shawnee, and Cherokee

[1:08:45] land. My city councilperson is

[1:08:49] Aaron Evans. When I first moved

[1:08:50] to Tennessee, I rented a room

[1:08:52] in East Nashville. Since then,

[1:08:53] I have moved around the city,

[1:08:54] depending on work, but I

[1:08:54] ve

[1:08:55] always thought I would move

[1:08:57] back to East one day soon. I

[1:08:58] have friends that live out

[1:08:59] there, businesses I enjoy

[1:09:01] spending my money at and a

[1:09:02] vibrant community that is truly

[1:09:03] its own. I

[1:09:04] ve learned much in

[1:09:06] that area, both in skills and

[1:09:08] life lessons. I spent a lot of

[1:09:09] my volunteer time in East

[1:09:10] Nashville, and when friends

[1:09:12] come to visit, we always go to

[1:09:13] East. A large chunk of this

[1:09:15] part of our city is up for

[1:09:17] rezoning. East Nashua has a lot

[1:09:18] of potential and residents have

[1:09:20] made it clear what they want

[1:09:25] and need. Housing, cultural

[1:09:27] enrichment and green spaces.

[1:09:28] Votes that jeopardize these

[1:09:30] necessities in our growing city

[1:09:31] will show us how committed this

[1:09:33] body is to their constituents

[1:09:35] versus developers and potential

[1:09:37] tourists. We should all want

[1:09:38] people to be able to build

[1:09:40] lives and continue to enrich

[1:09:42] our East Nashville. We hear all

[1:09:43] the time how we want to solve

[1:09:44] the affordable housing crisis

[1:09:46] in our city that we want to

[1:09:47] ensure our unhealth neighbors

[1:09:49] can be as safe as possible.

[1:09:50] This is a chance to make sure

[1:09:52] we can make those steps towards

[1:09:53] progress and safety to make

[1:09:55] sure East Nashville stays East

[1:09:56] Nashville and doesn

[1:09:58] t risk

[1:10:00] becoming another Broadway or

[1:10:02] tonight could push the idea of

[1:10:04] homes, green spaces, and local

[1:10:05] community further onto a back

[1:10:07] burner. I hope this council

[1:10:08] votes on this bill and its

[1:10:09] upcoming amendments

[1:10:11] with great intention because

[1:10:12] that is how it will be seen by

[1:10:13] us. Thank you.

[1:10:16] Thank you. Uh, next is Man and

[1:10:19] Hall, followed by Joseph Lee,

[1:10:21] uh, and then lastly, Tatterie

[1:10:23] Marion. Go ahead, MR. Hall,

[1:10:23] you

[1:10:24] re recognized. Hi, my name

[1:10:27] is Mannon Hall. I live at 912

[1:10:31] Strauss Ave, 37206. This is one

[1:10:32] of the most desirable

[1:10:33] properties in the entire

[1:10:34] country, and we

[1:10:34] re giving all

[1:10:37] these new entitlements with no

[1:10:39] tangible knowledge to the

[1:10:40] future cost to Nashvillians.

[1:10:42] How much are Nashvilleans going

[1:10:42] to be on the hook for these

[1:10:43] developers

[1:10:44] future.

[1:10:47] I take great offense when folks,

[1:10:48] uh, speak about Nashville

[1:10:49] s

[1:10:50] future in regards to transit.

[1:10:53] Our transit system now is

[1:10:54] incredible. The frequency

[1:10:56] improvements have made my life

[1:10:58] and the 30,000 Nashvillians

[1:11:00] lives better.

[1:11:02] The East Bank will be will have

[1:11:05] a transit center and will be

[1:11:07] become an incredible hub for

[1:11:08] transit use and to, you know,

[1:11:10] to push off, you know, we need

[1:11:12] more parking is, is offensive

[1:11:14] to me personally because 30,000

[1:11:16] Nashvillians use it.

[1:11:18] A day, um, and that brings me

[1:11:20] to why I am in strong support

[1:11:22] of late filed Amendment 3. Curb

[1:11:23] cuts are one of the many

[1:11:24] reasons, one of the actually

[1:11:26] the maybe one of the most major

[1:11:28] reasons that our pikes are so

[1:11:30] deadly for pedestrians and

[1:11:31] cyclists.

[1:11:33] By eliminate by

[1:11:36] keeping the limit

[1:11:40] to those three locations. This

[1:11:41] will ensure that that street

[1:11:42] stays safe. I

[1:11:43] m gonna read off

[1:11:45] um the names of the 27 people

[1:11:46] that were cyclists and

[1:11:47] pedestrians that were killed

[1:11:49] last year on Nashville streets.

[1:11:54] James Burns, Mac Tyrone Cosby,

[1:11:57] Jerry Crutcher. Dobbins, James

[1:12:01] d. Galloway JR. Cariona Harding,

[1:12:04] Larissa Houston, Robert l.

[1:12:06] Jones, Nicholas Leonhart,

[1:12:06] Lorenz

[1:12:09] o Mendoza, Rustinneader,

[1:12:14] Patricia Owens, Kira Phillips,

[1:12:16] Robert Powell, Melina Sanderson,

[1:12:19] Jose Salomena, Julie Savoy,

[1:12:21] Blaise Schaffer, and Law Toon,

[1:12:22] and 8 more unnamed pedestrians.

[1:12:23] Please make this road a street

[1:12:25] where no one dies.

[1:12:27] Thank you. Uh, next is Joseph

[1:12:29] Lee, also speaking on gender

[1:12:31] item 56 East or East Bend

[1:12:33] zoning, and then, uh, again,

[1:12:34] lastly, Tacheri Marion. Go

[1:12:36] ahead, MR. Lee. Hi, my name is

[1:12:39] Joe Lee, and my address is

[1:12:41] 1-800 Bland Food Drive,

[1:12:41] Franklin, Tennessee.

[1:12:42] I

[1:12:44] ve come to you to speak

[1:12:46] regard of the esa rezoning

[1:12:48] bills. I

[1:12:49] ve read all 28

[1:12:51] amendments and 4 layfo

[1:12:53] amendments. And let me tell you,

[1:12:54] none of these address, address

[1:12:56] the issues that we face as

[1:12:58] Williamson County residents, ok.

[1:13:00] Davidson County has existed to

[1:13:02] serve us, Williamson Knights.

[1:13:04] Ever since our brave dei

[1:13:06] General John Bellhood made the

[1:13:08] first commute from Nashville to

[1:13:10] to from Franklin to Nashville

[1:13:12] in the winter of 1864. I

[1:13:14] thought we had a good

[1:13:16] understanding that uh you guys

[1:13:17] provide all the jobs and

[1:13:19] opportunities and we extract

[1:13:22] them and pay our property tax

[1:13:24] back home so they can make make

[1:13:25] our school white.

[1:13:25] I

[1:13:26] m concerned about the

[1:13:28] infrastructure of the espn.

[1:13:29] They are way too many parks and

[1:13:32] active spaces, ok? Uh, what we,

[1:13:34] we have certain nights need is

[1:13:37] a 100 lane wide superhighway,

[1:13:39] and all the free parking as

[1:13:41] wide as your eyes can see. So I

[1:13:42] can park my g-wagon at the

[1:13:44] gates of the stadium where you

[1:13:45] are also paying for. What we

[1:13:45] re

[1:13:48] gonna do, lock. This is a once

[1:13:50] in a generation opportunity. So

[1:13:50] please don

[1:13:52] t waste it on your

[1:13:54] own residence and continue to

[1:13:54] serve

[1:13:57] as Williamson County kates

[1:13:57] All I

[1:13:58] m asking for you is to

[1:14:00] just do what you did when you

[1:14:03] remove your 9f bike lanes. It

[1:14:03] s

[1:14:04] a win-win situation. You just

[1:14:06] have to listen to all the rich

[1:14:09] property owners and you can you

[1:14:12] can legally ignore all the 48%

[1:14:14] of the renters in your own

[1:14:15] county. Think about that. Thank

[1:14:17] you.

[1:14:20] Thank you. Next, uh, is

[1:14:22] tatterie Marion, um, uh, MISS

[1:14:25] Marian is speaking on, um,

[1:14:27] regarding the small business

[1:14:29] administration loans. Uh, go

[1:14:31] ahead, ma

[1:14:31] am. You

[1:14:32] re recognized.

[1:14:33] Good evening, Vice Mayor and

[1:14:35] council members. My name is

[1:14:37] Totori Marion and I serve as a

[1:14:38] public affairs specialist with

[1:14:40] the United States Small

[1:14:43] Business Administration. My

[1:14:44] role is to connect communities

[1:14:46] like yours with critical

[1:14:47] resources, especially during

[1:14:48] times of

[1:14:51] disaster and economic hardship.

[1:14:51] Right now I

[1:14:52] m here to to make

[1:14:54] sure your residents, business

[1:14:56] owners, and nonprofit

[1:14:58] organizations are aware of our

[1:15:01] low interest disaster loans

[1:15:02] available through the sba.

[1:15:06] These are federal loans

[1:15:08] designed to help people recover

[1:15:10] and rebuild after a declared

[1:15:12] disaster, and when I say

[1:15:15] recover, I mean everything from

[1:15:17] repairing homes and replacing

[1:15:18] personal property to helping

[1:15:19] small business

[1:15:22] es cover operating expenses and

[1:15:23] get back on their feet. For

[1:15:25] homeowners and renters, sba

[1:15:27] loans can help repair and

[1:15:29] replace damaged property things

[1:15:31] like roofs, hvac systems,

[1:15:33] furniture, and even vehicles

[1:15:35] for small businesses and

[1:15:39] nonprofits, we offer what is

[1:15:42] called economic injury disaster

[1:15:44] loans, these working capital

[1:15:46] loans help cover everyday

[1:15:48] expenses like payroll, rent,

[1:15:50] and utilities when reve

[1:15:51] n ue has been impacted. What

[1:15:52] s

[1:15:53] important to understand is that

[1:15:56] these loans are long term low

[1:15:58] interest and designed to be

[1:16:00] affordable in many cases, they

[1:16:02] offer more flexibility than

[1:16:03] traditional lending options,

[1:16:05] especially for those who MAY

[1:16:06] not qualify.

[1:16:10] The key or deadlines, the

[1:16:13] deadline is JUNE 22nd. I

[1:16:13] m

[1:16:14] asking for your support in

[1:16:16] helping us spread the word,

[1:16:16] whether it

[1:16:17] s sharing

[1:16:18] information through the city

[1:16:20] channels, allowing us a few

[1:16:22] minutes at future agendas or

[1:16:24] connecting us with local

[1:16:26] organizations and stakeholders.

[1:16:27] Your voice helps us reach more

[1:16:29] people at the end of the day,

[1:16:31] our goal is simple, to make

[1:16:33] sure no one in your community

[1:16:34] is left behind. Thank you.

[1:16:36] Thank you, MS. Marion.

[1:16:39] All right, uh, that concludes

[1:16:48] our public comment period.

[1:16:53] Next is agenda item I uh I won

[1:16:55] a rule of procedure, um, this

[1:16:58] is a proposed amendment, uh, to

[1:17:02] rule of procedure 46, um, uh,

[1:17:07] her, um, are procedure, um, um,

[1:17:10] MR. Prep t, I, I can recognize

[1:17:13] you, sir, but we do defer one

[1:17:14] meeting by rule. Um, I would

[1:17:16] invite members, you have an

[1:17:18] explanation on your desk, um,

[1:17:23] and, uh, you can, uh, look at

[1:17:23] that. It

[1:17:25] s regarding um a

[1:17:27] council meetings, and when they

[1:17:29] might be held or not be held,

[1:17:30] um, per, uh, MR. Prepti

[1:17:31] s, uh,

[1:17:32] proposal. So by rule, um, this

[1:17:33] is

[1:17:34] deferred one meeting, um, to,

[1:17:37] uh, the meeting of MAY 7th.

[1:17:42] All right

[1:17:46] Next, uh, agenda section j,

[1:17:50] resolutions on public hearing.

[1:17:51] Spanish interpretation services

[1:17:55] are provided for all Metro

[1:17:56] council public hearings,

[1:17:57] counsel office team member

[1:17:59] Karina Valdez is here as the

[1:18:00] interpreter, uh, MS. Valdez,

[1:18:01] will you please share how you

[1:18:06] can help? Loss espanol ladencia

[1:18:08] publica gracias graci. We

[1:18:09] appreciate you, uh, for those

[1:18:11] wishing to speak this evening

[1:18:13] as part of public hearings.

[1:18:14] Please do state your name, um,

[1:18:15] but it is not required for you

[1:18:17] to provide your exact address

[1:18:19] if you do not wish to do so,

[1:18:20] you MAY want to tell us in what

[1:18:20] neighborhood or area

[1:18:22] you live your connection to the

[1:18:23] agenda item or project or who

[1:18:23] you

[1:18:25] re a council member is. All

[1:18:26] right, um

[1:18:31] the first resolution on public

[1:18:35] hearing is agenda item one,

[1:18:39] resolution 2026-1898 sponsors

[1:18:40] Coupin and Bradford. This is a

[1:18:42] resolution exempting Monell

[1:18:42] s

[1:18:44] dining and catering, locating,

[1:18:47] located at 1235 6th Avenue

[1:18:49] North, from the minimum

[1:18:50] distance requirements for

[1:18:52] obtaining a beer permit.

[1:18:53] Councilmember Coupin, you are

[1:18:55] recognized, sir. Thank you,

[1:18:55] MADAM PRESIDENT. Open the

[1:18:57] public hearing, please. If we

[1:18:57] can, let

[1:18:58] s go ahead and just

[1:18:58] get

[1:19:00] your committee report first, ok?

[1:19:01] Um, go ahead, uh, chair Hill

[1:19:04] for the report of the

[1:19:05] government operations. I thank

[1:19:06] you MADAM Vice Mayor, we

[1:19:08] recommended approval 5 in favor,

[1:19:10] 0 against, 0, not voting. All

[1:19:10] right, thank you, ma

[1:19:11] am. Back

[1:19:12] to you. Thank you, MADAM

[1:19:13] PRESIDENT. Open the the public

[1:19:14] hearing, please. Ok, I declare

[1:19:15] the public hearing open. Would

[1:19:17] all members of the public here

[1:19:18] in support of this resolution,

[1:19:20] please raise your hand.

[1:19:22] Thank you. Would all members of

[1:19:23] the public here in opposition

[1:19:25] to this resolution, please

[1:19:28] raise your hand.

[1:19:30] Seeing no one here in

[1:19:31] opposition to the persons here

[1:19:34] in support wish to speak?

[1:19:35] You would like to, sir. Go

[1:19:43] ahead, please come forward.

[1:19:45] Good to see you all, Michael

[1:19:46] King, owner of Monell

[1:19:46] s. I just

[1:19:48] wanted to, um, since the

[1:19:51] closure of the manor, we had to

[1:19:53] move our catering license that

[1:19:55] we do off property and also

[1:19:57] Octoberfest from we needed a,

[1:19:58] uh address, so that was the

[1:20:00] whole purpose. I am not a beer.

[1:20:01] The only time I do beer and I

[1:20:01] don

[1:20:02] t even drink it is

[1:20:03] Octoberfest. That

[1:20:04] s enough for

[1:20:04] me. We

[1:20:05] re not turning it into

[1:20:07] beer or selling beer. We just

[1:20:09] needed the address so that we

[1:20:13] can continue doing our events

[1:20:14] off of catering with alcohol.

[1:20:16] So I appreciate your time.

[1:20:17] All right, thank you. Anyone

[1:20:18] else seeking to be recognized?

[1:20:20] Seeing none, I will declare the

[1:20:21] public hearing closed and it

[1:20:21] s

[1:20:22] back to you, uh, MR. Coopin for

[1:20:23] a motion. Thank you, MADAM

[1:20:24] PRESIDENT. Move approval with a

[1:20:25] brief comment, please, right?

[1:20:26] Properly seconded. Go ahead,

[1:20:27] sir. Thank you. Appreciate the

[1:20:30] uh the support on this, um, the

[1:20:30] Germantown Neighborhoods

[1:20:32] Association is very supportive.

[1:20:33] They sent a letter in. They

[1:20:34] expressed their deep

[1:20:36] appreciation for MR. King and

[1:20:38] Monells. Um, I did want to

[1:20:40] acknowledge there were 33

[1:20:41] neighbors that could not be

[1:20:43] here tonight that had some

[1:20:44] concerns and opposition that

[1:20:44] they had raised

[1:20:46] spoke to them earlier, wanted,

[1:20:47] told them I would, uh, note

[1:20:49] their concerns for the record,

[1:20:50] um, but again, overwhelmingly

[1:20:51] the neighborhood association

[1:20:51] s

[1:20:53] been incredibly supportive of

[1:20:53] this. We

[1:20:54] ve gotten a letter of

[1:20:55] support. It was talked about

[1:20:56] multiple neighborhood

[1:20:57] association meetings, um, and

[1:20:59] so, and again, as you heard MR.

[1:20:59] King say, he

[1:21:00] s not looking to

[1:21:01] open any sort of beer

[1:21:02] establishment, but rather keep

[1:21:04] his catering license open, um,

[1:21:05] so I asked my colleagues to

[1:21:06] support this and appreciate it

[1:21:07] very much.

[1:21:09] All right, there is a motion to

[1:21:12] approve a properly seconded. Is

[1:21:13] there any discussion on this

[1:21:14] resolution?

[1:21:15] All right, seeing none, all in

[1:21:20] favor, please say aye. Any

[1:21:22] voting no or abstaining. All

[1:21:23] right, uh, council has adopted

[1:21:25] this resolution. Next is agenda

[1:21:31] item 2, resolution 2026-1899

[1:21:32] sponsored tombs. This is a

[1:21:35] resolution exempting 201 Lucy

[1:21:36] Lane, from the minimum distance

[1:21:38] requirements for obtaining a

[1:21:40] short-term rental property, not

[1:21:42] owner-occupied permit pursuant

[1:21:44] to the Metro Code of Laws

[1:21:47] Section 6.28.030b2d.

[1:21:48] All right. Uh, Councilmember

[1:21:49] Tombs, you are recognized.

[1:21:50] Thank you, MADAM Vice Mayor

[1:21:51] requests to open a public

[1:21:52] hearing. Thank you, ma

[1:21:52] am. I

[1:21:54] m

[1:21:55] gonna do that committee report

[1:21:57] first. We MAY just wind up

[1:21:58] flipping that back the next

[1:21:59] time we do this, but if we

[1:21:59] re

[1:22:01] going to go ahead and do the

[1:22:02] committee report, um, go ahead,

[1:22:03] MS. Hill. Yeah, we recommend

[1:22:05] approval, 5 in favor, 0 against,

[1:22:07] 0, not voting. Ok, thank you

[1:22:08] for that committee report. And

[1:22:09] with that, now, MS. Timbs, I

[1:22:11] will declare the public hearing

[1:22:13] open, um, would all members of

[1:22:14] the public here in support of

[1:22:15] this, uh,

[1:22:16] Ms. Tombs

[1:22:17] s resolution, uh,

[1:22:19] please raise your hand.

[1:22:21] All right, would all members of

[1:22:23] the public here in opposition

[1:22:24] to this resolution, please

[1:22:29] raise your hand.

[1:22:30] Ok, see no one here in

[1:22:33] opposition, um, I will, or, uh,

[1:22:34] in support, I will declare the

[1:22:36] public hearing closed and it

[1:22:36] s

[1:22:37] back to you, uh, for a motion

[1:22:39] on your bill. Move for approval

[1:22:40] with a brief comment. All right,

[1:22:41] Is there a second? Go ahead,

[1:22:41] ma

[1:22:41] am.

[1:22:42] Thank you, MADAM Vice Mayor. I

[1:22:45] just want to say this is a row

[1:22:48] of town homes that are across

[1:22:49] from Haynes Middle School.

[1:22:49] They

[1:22:50] re on the opposite side of

[1:22:53] the street, every single, uh,

[1:22:55] town home except one is uh

[1:22:58] outside of the, the 100 ft, so

[1:22:58] I don

[1:22:59] t normally do, uh, not on

[1:23:00] an occupied short term rental,

[1:23:04] so I just want to give that

[1:23:04] explanation. It

[1:23:05] s just one town

[1:23:07] home, all the rest are, are

[1:23:09] qualified, so I was fine with

[1:23:10] this one.

[1:23:11] All right, I appreciate the

[1:23:13] explanation. There is a, uh,

[1:23:15] motion, uh, to approve this

[1:23:15] resolution. It

[1:23:16] s properly

[1:23:17] seconded. Is there any

[1:23:19] discussion on this resolution?

[1:23:21] Seeing none, all in favor,

[1:23:24] please say aye. Any voting no?

[1:23:25] Any abstentions?

[1:23:27] Um, Ms Soira, you will be

[1:23:29] recorded as an abstention, MR.

[1:23:32] Clark. Um, all right, uh,

[1:23:33] council has adopted this

[1:23:37] resolution.

[1:23:40] All right, uh, next

[1:23:44] is agenda section k, um, our

[1:23:46] consolidated consent agenda.

[1:23:48] All resolutions in 2nd and 3rd

[1:23:49] reading ordinances on this

[1:23:50] agenda are included on the

[1:23:52] consent agenda if recommended

[1:23:54] for approval, unanimously by

[1:23:55] all committees to which the

[1:23:57] item was referred. Items on the

[1:23:58] consent agenda will be voted on

[1:24:00] at a single time. The item

[1:24:01] number, along with the

[1:24:03] resolution and ordinance number

[1:24:04] of the items on the consent

[1:24:06] agenda will be read by me and

[1:24:07] then members of the council MAY

[1:24:08] remove any item

[1:24:12] from the consent agenda by

[1:24:14] request before the consent

[1:24:17] agenda vote is taken. All right.

[1:24:20] The first item, uh, proposed

[1:24:22] for the consolidated consent

[1:24:28] agenda is agenda item 3,

[1:24:34] resolution 2026-1900.

[1:24:38] Agenda item 4, resolution

[1:24:42] 2026-1901.

[1:24:47] Agenda item 5, resolution

[1:24:51] 2026-1902.

[1:24:53] Agenda item 6, resolution

[1:24:57] 2026-1903.

[1:24:59] Agenda item 7, resolution

[1:25:03] 2026-1904.

[1:25:06] Agenda item 8, resolution

[1:25:11] 2026-1905.

[1:25:13] Agenda item 9, resolution

[1:25:17] 2026-1906.

[1:25:22] Agenda item 10, resolution

[1:25:26] 2026-1907.

[1:25:28] Agenda item 11, resolution

[1:25:34] 2026-1908. Agenda item 12,

[1:25:38] resolution 2026-1909.

[1:25:43] Agenda item 13 resolution

[1:25:48] 2026-1910. Agenda item 14,

[1:25:53] resolution 2026-1911.

[1:25:56] Agenda item 15, resolution

[1:26:00] 2026-1912.

[1:26:03] Agenda item 16 resolution

[1:26:07] 2026-1913.

[1:26:09] Agenda item 17, resolution

[1:26:13] 2026-1914.

[1:26:16] Agenda item 18, resolution

[1:26:20] 2026-1915.

[1:26:25] Agenda item 19 resolution

[1:26:29] 2026-1916.

[1:26:32] Agenda item 20 resolution.

[1:26:36] 2026-1917.

[1:26:39] Agenda item 21, resolution

[1:26:44] 2026-1918.

[1:26:46] Agenda item 22, resolution

[1:26:50] 2026-1919.

[1:26:53] Agenda item 23, resolution

[1:26:59] 2026-1920. Agenda item 24,

[1:27:03] resolution 2026-1921.

[1:27:06] Agenda item 25, resolution

[1:27:11] 2026-1922.

[1:27:13] Agenda item 26, resolution

[1:27:17] 2026-1923.

[1:27:20] Agenda item 27, resolution

[1:27:26] 2026-1924.

[1:27:29] Includes our resolutions and

[1:27:31] next on a 2nd reading.

[1:27:36] The first, uh, item proposed

[1:27:38] for the consent agenda is

[1:27:43] agenda item 43 ordinance bl

[1:27:47] 2026-1327.

[1:27:50] Agenda item 44, ordinance bl

[1:27:54] 2026-1328.

[1:27:57] Agenda item 45, ordinances bl

[1:28:01] 2026-1329.

[1:28:06] Agenda item 46, ordinance bl

[1:28:13] 2026-1330 Agenda item 47

[1:28:18] ordinance bl 2026-1331.

[1:28:20] Agenda item 48, ordinance bl

[1:28:24] 2026-1332.

[1:28:27] Agenda item 49, ordinance bl

[1:28:31] 2026-1333.

[1:28:35] Agenda item 51. Ordinance bl

[1:28:38] 2026-1335.

[1:28:42] Agenda item 52, ordinance bl

[1:28:45] 2026-1336.

[1:28:47] Now moving into Bill

[1:28:48] s on 3rd

[1:28:49] reading proposed for the

[1:28:51] consent agenda first among

[1:28:55] those is agenda item 54,

[1:29:00] ordinance bl 2026-1257.

[1:29:04] Agenda item 55, ordinance bl

[1:29:08] 2026-1266.

[1:29:15] Next is agenda item 58,

[1:29:20] ordinance bl 2026-1295. Agenda

[1:29:26] item 59, ordinance bl 2026-1303.

[1:29:30] Agenda item 60 ordinance bl

[1:29:34] 2026-1304.

[1:29:36] Agenda item 61, ordinance bl

[1:29:39] 2026-1305.

[1:29:43] Agenda item 62 ordinance bl

[1:29:47] 2026-1306.

[1:29:50] Agenda item 63, ordinance bl

[1:29:54] 2026-1307.

[1:29:59] Agenda item 64 ordinance bl

[1:30:02] 2026-1308.

[1:30:05] Agenda item 65, ordinance bl

[1:30:09] 2026-1309.

[1:30:14] Agenda item 66 ordinance bl

[1:30:17] 2026-1310.

[1:30:20] Agenda item 67, ordinance bl

[1:30:24] 2026-1311.

[1:30:29] Agenda item 68, ordinance bl

[1:30:32] 2026-1312.

[1:30:36] Agenda item 69 ordinances bl

[1:30:40] 2026-1313.

[1:30:44] Agenda item 70 ordinance bl

[1:30:49] 2026-1315. Agenda item 71,

[1:30:54] ordinance bl 2026-1316. Agenda

[1:31:00] item 72 ordinances bl 2026-1319.

[1:31:03] Agenda item 73, ordinance bl

[1:31:06] 2026-1320?

[1:31:09] Agenda item 74, ordinance bl

[1:31:13] 2026-1321.

[1:31:17] Agenda item 75, ordinance bl

[1:31:23] 2026-1322. Agenda item 76

[1:31:28] ordinance bl 2026-1323.

[1:31:34] Agenda item 77, ordinance bl

[1:31:38] 2026-1324. And then lastly,

[1:31:39] proposed for the consolidated

[1:31:43] consent agenda is agenda item

[1:31:49] 78 ordinance bl 2026-1325.

[1:31:51] Do any items need to be removed

[1:31:53] from the consent agenda? If so,

[1:31:54] if members will please join the

[1:31:57] queue to request that.

[1:31:58] Council member Benton, you

[1:31:58] re

[1:31:59] recognized, sir.

[1:32:00] Thank you, Vice Mayor. I

[1:32:00] d like

[1:32:04] to remove 2026, 1311, number 67.

[1:32:06] Ok, uh, councilmember Benton

[1:32:11] has requested that agenda item

[1:32:13] 67.

[1:32:16] Is that correct, MR. Benton, 67.

[1:32:21] Ordinance bl 2026-1311, uh, be

[1:32:23] removed, uh, from consent. It

[1:32:25] has been, uh, removed.

[1:32:27] Um, councilmember Hancock,

[1:32:27] you

[1:32:29] re recognized.

[1:32:29] I

[1:32:31] d like to request the removal

[1:32:35] of rs 2026, 1907. Ok, um, uh,

[1:32:38] what agenda is that? Number 10,

[1:32:44] ok, um, uh

[1:32:45] councilmember Hancock has

[1:32:48] requested, uh, removal of

[1:32:52] agenda item 10, which is a

[1:32:57] resolution 2026, uh, 1907. Uh,

[1:32:59] that will be, uh, removed from

[1:33:02] consent.

[1:33:04] Do any other members, uh, seek

[1:33:06] to be recognized, uh, to remove

[1:33:09] an item, uh, from the consent

[1:33:11] agenda.

[1:33:17] All right. Um,

[1:33:20] seeing none, uh, MR. Clark are

[1:33:22] all committee reports in for

[1:33:24] the items, uh, on the consent

[1:33:25] agenda.

[1:33:26] Yes, all committee reports are

[1:33:27] in. Thank you, MR. Clark.

[1:33:28] Members, is there a motion for

[1:33:31] approval of the consent agenda?

[1:33:32] Ok? Um, uh, there

[1:33:33] s a motion

[1:33:35] properly seconded. All in favor,

[1:33:36] please say aye.

[1:33:39] Council has passed all items on

[1:33:41] the consent agenda.

[1:33:45] All right. Um, now we will, uh,

[1:33:48] go back in agenda order uh for

[1:33:52] those items, uh, that were not

[1:33:55] on consent. Uh, first being, uh,

[1:33:57] agenda section l for our

[1:34:00] resolutions.

[1:34:04] The first item among those that

[1:34:07] was not on consent is agenda

[1:34:15] item 10, resolution 2026-1907,

[1:34:17] sponsors Tombs Huffman Coopin,

[1:34:18] We, Alan Gad, Ewing Lee,

[1:34:20] Porterfield Beau, Harrell,

[1:34:21] Gamble, Ellis, Prep, Tira,

[1:34:23] Taylor, and Stiles. This is a

[1:34:27] resolution appropriating a

[1:34:30] total of 375,000 from a certain

[1:34:31] account of the community safety

[1:34:33] fund for a grant to Gideon

[1:34:33] s

[1:34:34] army

[1:34:35] grassroots Army for Children,

[1:34:37] to implement a trauma informed

[1:34:39] youth-led workforce and

[1:34:41] leadership program for youth to

[1:34:43] reduce and mitigate violence as

[1:34:45] part of the community safety

[1:34:48] initiative, sponsor Tombs, um,

[1:34:50] MADAM Chair, you are recognized.

[1:34:51] Thank you, MADAM Vice Mayor

[1:34:52] Committee report, budget and

[1:34:53] Finance voted to recommend

[1:34:55] approval 9 in favor, 0 against,

[1:34:57] 0, not voting. All right. And

[1:35:00] for the report of the Public

[1:35:01] Health and Safety Committee,

[1:35:02] Vice Chair Prepte, your

[1:35:03] re recognized. Thank you,

[1:35:05] MADAM Vice Mayor. In committee,

[1:35:06] we had a pretty robust

[1:35:07] discussion on this particular

[1:35:08] agenda item, um, some items

[1:35:09] that I wanna share with full

[1:35:12] body on our discussion is that

[1:35:13] this grant is a fully

[1:35:15] reimbursable grant, um, that

[1:35:16] has specific deliverables that

[1:35:16] Gideon

[1:35:17] s army is required to

[1:35:19] meet. Um, likewise, if those

[1:35:21] deliverables are not met, there

[1:35:24] is a clawback provision in, in,

[1:35:25] uh, this particular grant that

[1:35:27] would allow Metro to be able to,

[1:35:29] to um cancel the grant and be

[1:35:30] able to be reimbursed for that,

[1:35:31] that fun

[1:35:34] d disbursement. And with that

[1:35:36] being said, after consideration

[1:35:38] of rs 2026, 1907, the committee

[1:35:40] voted nine in favor, 0 against

[1:35:41] 0, not voting to approve.

[1:35:42] All right, um, with both those

[1:35:43] committee reports in, it

[1:35:44] s back

[1:35:45] to you, MS. Tombs, uh, for a

[1:35:46] motion.

[1:35:48] Move for approval. All right.

[1:35:50] Um, there is a motion to

[1:35:52] approve properly seconded and

[1:35:52] we

[1:35:53] re on to discussion. Uh,

[1:35:55] first in the queue, uh, council

[1:35:56] member Soira, do you seek to be

[1:35:57] recognized for discussion on

[1:35:58] this item? Go ahead, ma

[1:35:59] am.

[1:36:02] I think Vimeo, I, uh, thank you,

[1:36:04] Council member Preti for

[1:36:06] referencing the discussion in

[1:36:08] Health and Safety in our uh

[1:36:10] urge everyone to please go back

[1:36:11] and watch it. Uh, but one of

[1:36:12] the things that I wanted to

[1:36:13] uplift also is that when you

[1:36:15] look at the model of work that

[1:36:16] Gideon Ami does, this violent

[1:36:18] interruption program, the old

[1:36:20] program premises or is based on

[1:36:22] using people that have actual

[1:36:23] experiences in the area. People

[1:36:24] that have been shot, people

[1:36:25] that are in gang, that

[1:36:25] s how

[1:36:27] the program works so that they

[1:36:28] can relate to the kids so they

[1:36:30] can offer them

[1:36:31] something different and so when

[1:36:32] we look at things like that,

[1:36:33] yes, we are stories in the news

[1:36:35] about one or two individuals

[1:36:36] that did something. I do not

[1:36:38] want us to penalize this

[1:36:42] organization that is doing

[1:36:44] great work because of those two

[1:36:45] incidences or because they

[1:36:45] re

[1:36:46] using gang members. That

[1:36:47] s how

[1:36:47] it works. That

[1:36:48] s what the kids

[1:36:49] relate to. So I encourage

[1:36:50] everyone to watch the

[1:36:52] discussion in committee where

[1:36:53] they actually stated a lot of

[1:36:55] things that would be done else

[1:36:56] department talks about the

[1:36:58] oversight and the deliverables

[1:36:59] and everything that goes with

[1:37:00] it. And there was a robust

[1:37:00] conversation

[1:37:01] of the work that they

[1:37:01] re doing

[1:37:03] in the community. So I know we

[1:37:04] see things in the news, but I

[1:37:06] do not want that, uh, uh, to

[1:37:08] affect out this organization is

[1:37:09] viewed because they

[1:37:09] ve been

[1:37:10] doing this work for a long time

[1:37:10] and they

[1:37:11] ve been very

[1:37:12] successful and with that ask

[1:37:14] all of the approval. Thank you.

[1:37:16] Thank you. Next for discussion

[1:37:17] is Council member Gamble.

[1:37:17] You

[1:37:18] re recognized.

[1:37:20] Thank you, Vice Mayor. I would

[1:37:21] also like to rise in support of

[1:37:23] this grant opportunity. Uh, we

[1:37:25] have been discussing this for

[1:37:27] several years now, even when I

[1:37:28] was on the Public Safety

[1:37:29] Committee. I

[1:37:30] ve also attended

[1:37:32] some of the events and programs

[1:37:32] that Gideon

[1:37:34] s army has held for

[1:37:35] the uh students that

[1:37:38] participate. I mean, these are

[1:37:39] students that have experienced

[1:37:42] a lot of trauma, um, not to

[1:37:44] their own making, but just

[1:37:45] because of the environment that

[1:37:46] they

[1:37:47] re in and the programs

[1:37:50] that

[1:37:51] uh Gideon

[1:37:52] s army provides

[1:37:54] provides a safe place for these

[1:37:56] students to um understand

[1:37:57] better some of the trauma that

[1:37:57] they

[1:37:59] re going to and to to

[1:38:02] learn about ways to um to

[1:38:05] prevent or, or to uh deal with

[1:38:07] that trauma in a constructive

[1:38:09] manner. So I really do support

[1:38:11] this grant. I hope that uh many

[1:38:14] of you will take uh Rashida up

[1:38:15] on her offer when she sends out

[1:38:17] the invitation to come and

[1:38:18] really look at

[1:38:19] and view some of the programs

[1:38:20] that she does with these

[1:38:24] students and uh this funding

[1:38:25] will help continue that work

[1:38:26] and expand that work. So I

[1:38:27] encourage all of you to support

[1:38:29] it. Thank you. Thank you. Next,

[1:38:30] uh, for discussion is Council

[1:38:32] member Tombs. Go ahead, Tombs,

[1:38:33] um, thank you, MADAM Vice Mayor.

[1:38:36] Obviously I stand in support of

[1:38:37] the legislation. This is

[1:38:38] something that I have

[1:38:40] championed and have been

[1:38:42] working on for years, um, I

[1:38:43] don

[1:38:44] t wanna repeat what others

[1:38:46] have said, but I will add that

[1:38:47] uh Gideon

[1:38:47] s arm

[1:38:49] y as an organization has jumped

[1:38:50] through all of the

[1:38:51] administrative hoops, their

[1:38:54] finances have been audited,

[1:38:54] they

[1:38:55] ve submitted a boatload of

[1:38:58] documentation, they

[1:38:59] ve met all

[1:39:00] the standards that the Metro

[1:39:02] Health Department has for their

[1:39:04] grantees, uh, Doctor An who is

[1:39:06] oversees all of the uh

[1:39:07] community violence and violence

[1:39:09] intervention and interruption

[1:39:10] programs at the health

[1:39:11] department oversees because we

[1:39:12] know that gun violence is a

[1:39:14] public health crisis, so the

[1:39:15] health department oversees all

[1:39:16] of these programs and tracks

[1:39:18] the data and all the metrics

[1:39:18] and

[1:39:19] keeps up with all the groups

[1:39:21] and Doctor n is uh very much uh

[1:39:24] an expert uh in this area and

[1:39:25] would not be a part of it if it

[1:39:27] was not legitimate, if it

[1:39:27] wasn

[1:39:28] t a good program. I

[1:39:29] wouldn

[1:39:30] t put my name on it if

[1:39:30] it wasn

[1:39:33] t a good program, uh,

[1:39:34] so I encourage all my

[1:39:35] colleagues to support it.

[1:39:38] Thank you. Next is uh

[1:39:38] Councilmember Coopin, you

[1:39:39] re

[1:39:39] recognized, sir. Thank you,

[1:39:40] MADAM PRESIDENT. I

[1:39:40] ll be brief.

[1:39:42] Also rising in support and just

[1:39:44] appreciate the the young man

[1:39:44] s

[1:39:45] comments earlier about um the

[1:39:46] program and the impact and the

[1:39:47] work it has I

[1:39:48] ve seen firsthand

[1:39:49] how important the Gideon

[1:39:50] s army

[1:39:52] work is, um, and so just really

[1:39:53] supportive of this and urge my

[1:39:54] colleagues to do the same.

[1:39:56] Thank you, MR. Coopin. Uh, next,

[1:39:56] Councilmember Bradford, you

[1:39:57] re

[1:39:59] recognized.

[1:40:01] Oh, no, sir. Ok. Um, is anyone

[1:40:03] else seeking to be recognized,

[1:40:07] uh, for discussion on this

[1:40:07] resolution.

[1:40:09] All right, um, uh, Xing Nan, uh,

[1:40:11] we will move to the vote. Um,

[1:40:14] all in favor, please say aye.

[1:40:16] Any voting no?

[1:40:18] Ok. Hearing a no, with this

[1:40:19] being a resolution that only

[1:40:20] has one vote, um, we will have

[1:40:23] to go on the boards, uh, MR.

[1:40:25] Clerk, uh, please open the vote.

[1:40:53] With all votes in, uh, MR.

[1:40:54] Clerk, uh, please show the vote.

[1:41:00] All right. Uh, this resolution,

[1:41:02] uh, has been adopted, uh, with

[1:41:05] 33 votes in favor, 1 vote no,

[1:41:09] and 2 abstentions.

[1:41:11] Right. Next

[1:41:16] on our agenda

[1:41:18] uh among our resolutions is

[1:41:22] agenda item 28, resolution

[1:41:27] 2026-1925 sponsors coupon,

[1:41:28] Rutherford, Huffman, Johnston

[1:41:29] Stiles.

[1:41:31] Nash Gad, Gamble, Wiener Spain,

[1:41:33] Bradford Lee Webb, Taylor, Sira,

[1:41:35] and Ellis. This is a resolution

[1:41:36] recognizing the contributions

[1:41:38] of linemen, uh, and line

[1:41:40] workers and recognizing APRIL

[1:41:42] 18th, 2026 as National Lineman

[1:41:44] Appreciation Day in Nashville

[1:41:45] and Davidson County.

[1:41:46] Councilmember Coupin, you

[1:41:46] re

[1:41:49] recognized. Thank you, MADAM

[1:41:50] PRESIDENT. Committee reports,

[1:41:52] please, for the report of the

[1:41:55] rules, confirmations, and

[1:41:57] public elections, Chair Cash,

[1:41:58] um, this is, uh, regarding MR.

[1:41:59] Co

[1:41:59] up in

[1:42:00] s uh, line workers, uh,

[1:42:02] resolution. Yep, we voted to

[1:42:04] approve 4 in favor, 0 against,

[1:42:05] 0, not voting. All right, um

[1:42:07] back to you, MR. Coopin. Thank

[1:42:08] you. Move approval with a brief

[1:42:10] comment. All right. Is there a

[1:42:12] second?

[1:42:14] It, we, we got it. Yep, um, go

[1:42:16] ahead, MR. Coupin.

[1:42:16] And I know there

[1:42:17] s a, a late, a

[1:42:17] late foul that we

[1:42:18] ll, we wanna

[1:42:23] add on here, um, but, um,

[1:42:23] appreciate appreciate

[1:42:24] everyone

[1:42:24] s support here, um,

[1:42:25] behind every light switch,

[1:42:26] hospital and functioning city

[1:42:27] are the line workers putting

[1:42:28] themselves at risk to keep the

[1:42:29] power on. Um, it

[1:42:30] s one of the

[1:42:31] most dangerous jobs in the

[1:42:32] country and especially

[1:42:34] highlighted with our recent uh

[1:42:35] experience with, with Ice Storm

[1:42:38] Fern, um, they work in extreme

[1:42:40] heights and temperatures near

[1:42:42] lethal voltage, long hours, I

[1:42:43] think back to when I got to

[1:42:44] visit with some of the line

[1:42:45] workers during the storm, and

[1:42:47] they showed me a photograph of

[1:42:48] a kind of wooded area and a

[1:42:50] hill that they had to climb up

[1:42:52] and can haul heavy gear and and

[1:42:54] put power back on, and then

[1:42:54] they shared with me that on

[1:42:58] their way back down, they

[1:42:58] re,

[1:42:59] they

[1:43:00] re access, her exit was

[1:43:01] blocked because some trees had

[1:43:02] fallen behind them and they had

[1:43:03] to get that cleared out. So

[1:43:04] these, these are really the

[1:43:06] people doing phenomenal work to

[1:43:07] keep our city going. Um, I

[1:43:08] think it is every year is

[1:43:09] fitting to recognize them, but

[1:43:10] especially with what

[1:43:10] s been

[1:43:12] going on recently, um, I can

[1:43:12] t

[1:43:13] thank them enough for all the,

[1:43:14] all the time away from their

[1:43:16] family. Many of them lost power

[1:43:17] like we did

[1:43:17] um, but they were still out

[1:43:20] there, um, long shifts, again,

[1:43:22] cold weather, hard work, and so

[1:43:23] um really appreciate that, um,

[1:43:25] and so would like to also amend

[1:43:27] my motion to include 12.3 um

[1:43:32] for this bill. Thank you. Ok,

[1:43:34] um, so there is a motion to

[1:43:37] approve with Rule 12.3 applied

[1:43:39] such that all members voting in

[1:43:42] the affirmative will be listed

[1:43:45] as co-sponsors. Um, ok, we are

[1:43:47] on to discussion. Um, MS. Sira,

[1:43:47] I saw that you

[1:43:49] wanted, uh, to be recognized,

[1:43:50] um, uh, go ahead, ma

[1:43:51] am.

[1:43:52] Uh, thank you, Vice Mayor. I

[1:43:53] d

[1:43:54] like to suspend the rules to

[1:43:57] present the late file amendment.

[1:44:02] Ok, uh, there is, um, a motion,

[1:44:05] uh, to suspend the rules, um,

[1:44:07] what, for what I see to be a

[1:44:09] housekeeping amendment. Um, is

[1:44:11] there any objection to

[1:44:13] suspension of the rules so that

[1:44:15] uh MS. Suarez, uh, late filed,

[1:44:17] uh, housekeeping amendment can

[1:44:18] be taken up.

[1:44:22] Seeing, uh, well, MR. Um, uh, I

[1:44:24] apologize. MR. Cash, chair, did

[1:44:25] this come to your committee on

[1:44:27] its late fiul nature? Yes, it

[1:44:30] did, and we voted to support

[1:44:31] the plate foul nature 6 in

[1:44:32] favor of 0 against, 0, no

[1:44:34] voting. All right, so again

[1:44:36] with that report, I will ask if

[1:44:37] there

[1:44:40] s any objection. Seeing

[1:44:42] none, the rules are suspended,

[1:44:44] and we, um, uh, if you, uh,

[1:44:46] uh, make a motion, we can take

[1:44:47] this up now. All right, I

[1:44:47] ll

[1:44:48] move for approval. All right,

[1:44:48] go ahead, ma

[1:44:48] am. There

[1:44:49] s a

[1:44:49] motion to amend. It

[1:44:50] s a motion

[1:44:51] to amend. It

[1:44:52] s a very short

[1:44:53] housekeeping rules, but the

[1:44:55] whole idea is that I would love

[1:44:57] for it to say line workers

[1:44:58] instead of linemen. This day

[1:45:00] and age we have women walking

[1:45:00] as well and so if we

[1:45:01] re going

[1:45:02] to recognize the troop, we want

[1:45:03] to make sure we recognize all

[1:45:05] of them in that rather than

[1:45:06] using linemen, which is the

[1:45:08] original word, uh, we wanna

[1:45:08] make sure we recognize all the

[1:45:11] people that are doing the job

[1:45:14] and so this amendment just

[1:45:14] change

[1:45:16] linemen to line workers. All

[1:45:16] right, um, you

[1:45:17] ve heard an

[1:45:20] explanation of the amendment,

[1:45:22] um, uh, from sponsor Sira. Is

[1:45:24] there any, uh, discussion on

[1:45:25] this motion to amend?

[1:45:26] Seeing none, all in favor of

[1:45:29] the amendment, please say aye.

[1:45:32] Any voting no? Any abstaining?

[1:45:33] All right, um, do you want to

[1:45:34] renew your motion, MR. Coupin?

[1:45:36] Yes, please. Move as amended.

[1:45:37] All right. Do I hear a second?

[1:45:39] Thank you. Is there any

[1:45:41] discussion on, uh, this

[1:45:43] resolution as amended.

[1:45:45] Seeing none, all in favor,

[1:45:48] please say aye. Any voting no

[1:45:49] or abstaining

[1:45:50] All right, you have adopted, uh,

[1:45:53] this resolution as amended, uh,

[1:45:55] honoring, uh, our, uh, line

[1:45:59] workers, uh, with Rule 12.3

[1:46:00] applied.

[1:46:01] Ok

[1:46:06] Next

[1:46:10] our, uh, section m builds on

[1:46:11] introduction and first reading.

[1:46:13] By rule, all items on first

[1:46:14] reading shall be voted on at

[1:46:16] the same time unless requested

[1:46:19] other buys by a primary sponsor

[1:46:23] or by two other members. Do any

[1:46:26] items need to be removed from

[1:46:28] the collective vote, council

[1:46:29] member Stiles, you

[1:46:29] re

[1:46:32] recognized.

[1:46:38] Thank you, Vice Mayor of 1360

[1:46:40] have to move a substitute

[1:46:41] because of the planning numbers,

[1:46:41] no, we

[1:46:42] re just removing them

[1:46:44] from first reading consent vote,

[1:46:46] uh, agenda item 34 MISS Stiles

[1:46:47] committee reports that, no,

[1:46:48] we

[1:46:49] re just removing them from

[1:46:51] the first consent vote. Is it

[1:46:53] your wish to remove agenda item

[1:46:57] 34, ok? Um, MS. Benedict,

[1:46:58] you

[1:46:58] re recognized. Thank you,

[1:47:03] MADAM Vice Mayor. Number 35,

[1:47:07] 1361 agenda item 35

[1:47:08] um, by MS. Benedict, an agenda

[1:47:11] items, uh, and agenda item 34,

[1:47:13] um, will be, uh, removed, uh,

[1:47:16] 34 is, uh, uh, ordinance, uh,

[1:47:19] 1360, um, and then, um, agenda

[1:47:23] item 35 is, uh, 1361. Ok. Uh,

[1:47:25] is there a motion for approval

[1:47:27] of all the items remaining on

[1:47:32] first consideration, ok?

[1:47:33] Properly seconded without

[1:47:34] objection.

[1:47:36] You have approved all items, uh,

[1:47:37] remaining on first reading. Now,

[1:47:38] we

[1:47:39] ll go back to the items that

[1:47:41] were pulled from first in order.

[1:47:43] Uh, now, uh, MS. Stiles, agenda

[1:47:49] item 34, ordinance bl 2026-1360,

[1:47:50] uh, is an ordinance amending

[1:47:53] chapter 3 or 17.28% of the

[1:47:56] Metro code of laws to amend

[1:47:57] regulations on underground

[1:47:59] utilities, uh, nostalgia

[1:48:00] recognized.

[1:48:05] Ok, thank you. Um, so there

[1:48:05] s

[1:48:06] the, the current bill is

[1:48:07] missing the planning numbers,

[1:48:09] so there is a substitute that i

[1:48:10] would like to move and then if

[1:48:11] you would please make a motion

[1:48:12] first to approve to get the

[1:48:13] bill before us. I

[1:48:14] d like to

[1:48:15] move for approval. Ok, now you

[1:48:16] can make your motion to

[1:48:17] substitute. Yes, I

[1:48:18] d like to

[1:48:20] move the uh substitute, please.

[1:48:22] Ok, um, and I think I heard you,

[1:48:24] uh, saying that that was a

[1:48:25] housekeeping, like enumeration

[1:48:27] issue there, ok? Anything else

[1:48:28] you wish to say? Nope, that

[1:48:28] s

[1:48:29] it. All righty.

[1:48:32] Um, is there any discussion on,

[1:48:34] uh, the motion to substitute.

[1:48:36] Seeing none, all in favor of

[1:48:40] the substitute, please say aye.

[1:48:42] Any voting no or abstaining.

[1:48:43] All right, if you would please

[1:48:45] renew your motion to approve on

[1:48:46] first reading is substituted.

[1:48:48] Yes, I would like to move this

[1:48:50] bill as substitute, please. Ok,

[1:48:51] and it

[1:48:52] s properly seconded. Is

[1:48:53] there any discussion on that?

[1:48:54] Um, approval on first as

[1:48:56] substituted. Seeing none, all

[1:48:57] in favor, please say aye. Any

[1:48:59] voting no or abstaining. Ok,

[1:49:01] this has passed, uh, it

[1:49:01] s first

[1:49:03] of 3 readings. I

[1:49:03] m glad to have

[1:49:05] my voice back, ok

[1:49:06] Yes, still a little raspy

[1:49:07] though. Ok, it

[1:49:08] s pretty good if

[1:49:09] I have to raise my voice. I,

[1:49:09] I

[1:49:14] ll take your word for it. Uh,

[1:49:17] 35, agenda item 35, uh,

[1:49:20] ordinance bl 2026-1361 sponsors

[1:49:21] Benedict Cap and Coupin. This

[1:49:22] is an ordinance to amend

[1:49:25] chapter 17.37 of the Metro code

[1:49:27] of laws to establish an East

[1:49:29] Bank design Review Committee

[1:49:31] within the downtown code, uh,

[1:49:33] also known as the dtc, um, and

[1:49:35] MS. Benedict, you are

[1:49:35] recognized.

[1:49:36] Thank you, MADAM Vice Mayor.

[1:49:37] Move approval. Is there a

[1:49:38] second? Ok, it

[1:49:39] s before us. Go

[1:49:41] ahead. Thank you, Vice Mayor.

[1:49:42] Move the substitute. All right.

[1:49:44] Would you like to describe the

[1:49:47] substitute? Absolutely. So the

[1:49:49] substitute as the proposal

[1:49:50] number from planning because

[1:49:51] that was not on the original

[1:49:52] bill. All right, so this is

[1:49:54] housekeeping, adding a proposal

[1:49:56] number, um, uh, is there any

[1:49:57] further discussion on the

[1:49:58] motion to substitute.

[1:49:59] Seeing none all in favor,

[1:50:01] please say aye. Any voting no

[1:50:02] or abstaining. All right, the

[1:50:03] substitute is on. I

[1:50:04] d like to

[1:50:05] move as substituted, please.

[1:50:07] All right, is there a second?

[1:50:08] All right. Is there any

[1:50:10] discussion?

[1:50:11] Seeing none, um, there

[1:50:12] s a

[1:50:13] motion to approve as

[1:50:14] substituted on the first of 3

[1:50:16] readings, all in favor, please

[1:50:21] say aye. Any voting no? Any

[1:50:22] abstaining. All right, this has

[1:50:24] passed first reading.

[1:50:27] As substituted. All right, next,

[1:50:29] um, we are moving into, uh,

[1:50:32] section n of our agenda, Bills

[1:50:33] on second reading.

[1:50:35] That were not on the consent

[1:50:37] agenda, first among them is

[1:50:42] agenda item 42, ordinance bl

[1:50:46] 2026-1254, sponsors Cortez,

[1:50:47] Horrell, Bradford, Gad,

[1:50:49] Sepulveda, Ellis Vaux, and Sira.

[1:50:50] This is an ordinance to amend

[1:50:51] Title 6 of the Metro Code of

[1:50:56] Laws regarding the disclosure

[1:50:58] of personalized algorithmic and

[1:51:00] dynamic pricing, uh, sponsor

[1:51:02] Cortez, you are recognized, sir.

[1:51:03] Yes, Community reports, please.

[1:51:04] All right, for the report of

[1:51:05] the government operations and

[1:51:07] Regulations Committee Chair

[1:51:07] Hill. MADAM Vice Mayor, we

[1:51:09] recommend a deferral to the 2nd

[1:51:11] meeting of JULY, which is JULY

[1:51:14] 201. Ok, um, there is a mosh,

[1:51:17] or rather a recommendation um

[1:51:20] of deferral to, I apologize, if

[1:51:21] you would restate that, the

[1:51:22] first meeting, the 2nd meeting

[1:51:24] of JULY, 2nd meeting in JULY,

[1:51:26] which is JULY 21st, and that

[1:51:31] was 5 in favor, 00 not voting.

[1:51:33] Ok, thank you so much. Back to

[1:51:34] you, MR. Cortez. Thank you,

[1:51:35] Vice Mayor. Yes, I would

[1:51:37] like to move to defer to the

[1:51:38] 2nd meeting in JULY.

[1:51:39] With a brief comment. Yes, go

[1:51:43] ahead, sir, of course, yes, so

[1:51:44] per metro Legal

[1:51:45] s

[1:51:46] recommendation. I reached out

[1:51:47] to ag Scarmetti

[1:51:48] s office at the

[1:51:50] state and, um, we believe that

[1:51:52] MAY be a path for enforcement.

[1:51:52] So they

[1:51:53] re reviewing that

[1:51:55] request now, and we believe by

[1:51:56] the 2nd meeting in JULY we will

[1:51:57] have an answer if that is

[1:51:59] something that they can enforce

[1:51:59] for us or not. So we

[1:52:00] ll have

[1:52:03] more information then. All

[1:52:05] right, there is a motion to

[1:52:08] defer to the 2nd meeting in

[1:52:09] JULY. Um, you

[1:52:10] ve heard

[1:52:12] an explanation of the deferral,

[1:52:13] uh, by the sponsor. Is there

[1:52:14] any discussion on the motion to

[1:52:15] defer?

[1:52:16] Seeing none, all in favor,

[1:52:18] please say aye. Any voting no

[1:52:20] or abstaining. All right. Um,

[1:52:22] this, uh, will be taken up

[1:52:25] again at the 2nd meeting in

[1:52:28] JULY on its 2nd of 3 readings.

[1:52:30] All right. Um

[1:52:34] also on, uh, second reading is

[1:52:39] agenda item 50. Uh, this is

[1:52:43] Ordinance bl 2026-1334,

[1:52:45] Sponsors Bradford, Horton, and

[1:52:46] Evan Siegel. This is an

[1:52:47] ordinance authorizing the metro

[1:52:50] government to abandon existing

[1:52:52] reservoir drain line and to

[1:52:54] accept new public sanitary

[1:52:56] sewer main sanitary sewer

[1:52:58] manholes, and easements for

[1:53:01] property located at 1431 Volte

[1:53:02] Boulevard, also known as

[1:53:04] Jetway Logistics. Uh,

[1:53:05] Councilmember Bradford, you

[1:53:05] re

[1:53:06] recognized, sir.

[1:53:07] Thank you. Committee reports,

[1:53:08] uh, for the report of the

[1:53:12] planning or, uh, the, the

[1:53:13] planning and zoning Committee

[1:53:14] Chair Horton, sorry, we had the

[1:53:15] up and down there. Go ahead,

[1:53:17] sir. Oh, go ahead. Thank you,

[1:53:18] Vice Mayor. Uh, planning and

[1:53:19] zoning recommended approval. Uh,

[1:53:21] 8 in favor, 0 against, and with

[1:53:23] 1 abstention. Ok, and one

[1:53:24] abstention. And for the report

[1:53:26] of the transportation

[1:53:27] infrastructure Committee chair,

[1:53:29] uh Evan Siegel. So rare that

[1:53:33] these are off consent. Um, the

[1:53:34] transportation infrastructure

[1:53:35] committee recommended approval

[1:53:36] 5 in

[1:53:36] favors you

[1:53:37] re against and 1

[1:53:38] abstention. All right, and I

[1:53:38] m

[1:53:39] guessing the reason it was not

[1:53:41] on consent is going to be for

[1:53:45] purposes of abstention, but, um,

[1:53:46] we

[1:53:46] ve heard the committee

[1:53:46] reports and so it

[1:53:47] s back to you,

[1:53:49] MR. Bradford for a motion to

[1:53:50] get it before us. Move approval.

[1:53:53] Properly moved and seconded. Is

[1:53:55] there any discussion, um, on

[1:53:57] this ordinance on its 2nd of 3

[1:53:59] readings.

[1:54:01] Ok, Council member Allen,

[1:54:01] you

[1:54:02] re recognized. Thank you,

[1:54:03] MADAM Chair. I am that

[1:54:05] abstention. I just need to be

[1:54:06] recorded as sustaining. Julie

[1:54:08] noted, um, any further

[1:54:09] discussion?

[1:54:11] All right, all in favor, please

[1:54:14] say aye. Any voting no? Any

[1:54:15] additional abstentions?

[1:54:16] Ok, there

[1:54:17] s one abstention by

[1:54:21] MISS Allen, uh, MR. Clerk, uh,

[1:54:23] if you would please record it,

[1:54:25] um, this ordinance has passed.

[1:54:25] It

[1:54:28] s 2nd of 3 readings.

[1:54:29] Uh, with one abstention

[1:54:32] All right

[1:54:35] Next, uh, section o of the

[1:54:39] agenda. Bills on 3rd reading.

[1:54:44] First is agenda item 53

[1:54:48] ordinance bl 2026-1255.

[1:54:50] Sponsors Huffman, Horton, and

[1:54:51] Coopin. This is an ordinance

[1:54:54] amending chapter 13.08 of the

[1:54:56] Metro Code of Laws related to

[1:54:58] sandwich board signs in the

[1:54:59] public right of way, uh,

[1:55:01] sponsor, co-sponsor Horton, you

[1:55:03] are recognized, um, go ahead,

[1:55:04] sir. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I

[1:55:04] d

[1:55:06] like to move for a one meeting

[1:55:07] deferral, please. Um, let

[1:55:08] s see,

[1:55:09] do we have any committee

[1:55:10] reports at this juncture, sir?

[1:55:11] i do not believe so. Ok, do we

[1:55:12] have the report of the traffic

[1:55:17] and parking commission prior?

[1:55:18] Ok. Um, MR. Parker, do you have

[1:55:21] the report of the traffic and

[1:55:24] parking commission. Um

[1:55:24] I don

[1:55:28] t have it handy, but I

[1:55:29] can research it ahead of the

[1:55:31] next meeting, put it to special

[1:55:32] counsel.

[1:55:33] Ok, go ahead, special counsel,

[1:55:34] if you would please, uh, share

[1:55:35] that.

[1:55:36] Oh, I

[1:55:37] m sorry, sir, go ahead.

[1:55:37] I

[1:55:39] m sorry.

[1:55:42] Uh, the traffic and parking

[1:55:44] commission disapproved uh bl

[1:55:47] 2026 1255 by boat of 3 to 2.

[1:55:49] All right, um, ok, so with that,

[1:55:50] uh, report and now it is back

[1:55:52] to you, uh, MR. Horton,

[1:55:54] co-sponsor for, um, the

[1:55:54] deferral motion. Thank you. I

[1:55:55] d

[1:55:56] like to move for a one meeting

[1:55:57] deferral, please. Ok. Is there

[1:55:58] a second? Ok, it

[1:56:03] s properly, uh,

[1:56:06] moved and seconded a one

[1:56:08] meeting deferral. Um, is there,

[1:56:11] uh, any, uh, discussion, um,

[1:56:12] on this bill.

[1:56:14] Or the deferral motion rather

[1:56:15] ok, seeing none, all in favor

[1:56:17] of, uh, the deferral of one

[1:56:19] meeting on 3rd reading, please

[1:56:21] say aye. Any voting no or

[1:56:24] abstaining. Ok. Um, this, uh,

[1:56:25] ordinance will be taken up

[1:56:28] again, um, on its 3rd and final

[1:56:30] reading at the meeting of MAY

[1:56:31] 7th.

[1:56:37] All right

[1:56:38] And now the moment you

[1:56:38] ve all

[1:56:41] been waiting for, agenda item

[1:56:49] 56, ordinance bl 2026-1273.

[1:56:51] Sponsors Couping and styles.

[1:56:52] This is an ordinance to amend

[1:56:55] Title 17 of the Metro code of

[1:56:56] laws, the zoning ordinance of

[1:56:57] the metro government, uh, to

[1:56:58] make various changes to the

[1:57:00] downtown code, all of which is

[1:57:04] described here in, um, this is,

[1:57:07] uh, in reference to the East

[1:57:11] Bend area. Ok. Um

[1:57:11] let

[1:57:12] s see

[1:57:13] MR. Coupin, I

[1:57:14] m gonna recognize

[1:57:19] you first, sir, um, uh, for

[1:57:21] your committee reports. Thank

[1:57:22] you, MADAM PRESIDENT. Committee

[1:57:23] reports, please. All right, for

[1:57:26] the report of the Planning and

[1:57:28] zoning Committee, um, uh, MR.

[1:57:30] Horton, um, I know for purposes

[1:57:32] of committee discussion you had

[1:57:34] organized by topic, but if you

[1:57:37] would for purposes here, um,

[1:57:39] please move through in a

[1:57:41] numeric order, um, uh, MR.

[1:57:44] Bradford and MS. Ellis,

[1:57:46] if you might, um, please folks,

[1:57:47] um, we

[1:57:48] ve got a committee

[1:57:50] report right behind you. Um, if,

[1:57:50] yep, thank you so much. Go

[1:57:51] ahead, MR. Horton. I have them

[1:57:53] grouped by vote. Is that ok?

[1:57:54] Rather than numerical order.

[1:57:55] Some were approved, that many

[1:57:56] were withdrawn. I grouped them

[1:58:02] together for purposes of

[1:58:03] Oh ok numerically, uh ok

[1:58:04] numerically, if you would do

[1:58:07] that, sir, I would be grateful,

[1:58:09] yep, um, for amendment 1 by

[1:58:10] Councilmember Coopin, um, it

[1:58:12] was not moved, uh, for approval,

[1:58:14] and so we did not issue a

[1:58:14] committee recommendation for

[1:58:18] Amendment 2 by Coopin, we voted

[1:58:20] in favor, uh 10 in favor, 0

[1:58:22] against, 0, not voting for

[1:58:23] Amendment 3 by Coopin, we voted

[1:58:25] 10 in favor, 0 against, 0, not

[1:58:28] voting for Amendment 4, also by

[1:58:29] Coopin, we voted 9 in favor, 1

[1:58:30] against, 0, not

[1:58:32] voting. Amendment 5 by Coupin,

[1:58:34] 10 in favor, 0 against, 0 not

[1:58:36] voting for Amendment 6 by

[1:58:37] Coopin, 9 in favor, 0 against,

[1:58:40] 0, not voting for Amendment 7,

[1:58:41] it was not moved for approval,

[1:58:42] so it was not considered given

[1:58:44] a recommendation by the

[1:58:45] committee for Amendment 8. It

[1:58:46] was not moved for approval, so

[1:58:48] we did not issue a

[1:58:50] recommendation for Amendment 9.

[1:58:52] It was also not moved for

[1:58:55] approval, so not given a

[1:58:57] recommendation for Amendment 10

[1:58:58] by Councilmember Coupin. We

[1:58:59] recommended approval, 10 in

[1:59:01] favor, 0 against, 0 not

[1:59:03] voting for Amendment 11, by

[1:59:04] myself, we recommended approval,

[1:59:06] 10 in favor, 0 against, 0, not

[1:59:08] voting for Amendment 12 by

[1:59:09] Council member Benedict. We

[1:59:10] recommended approval of 10 in

[1:59:12] favor, 0 against, 0, not voting

[1:59:13] for Amendment 13 by

[1:59:14] Councilmember Benedict, the

[1:59:16] sponsor indicated an intent to

[1:59:17] withdraw, so we did not issue a

[1:59:18] committee recommendation.

[1:59:20] For Amendment 14, also by

[1:59:21] Councilmember Benedict. It was

[1:59:22] not moved for approval, so we

[1:59:27] did not issue a committee

[1:59:29] recommendation for Amendment 15

[1:59:30] by Council member Parker. We

[1:59:31] recommended approval, 10 in

[1:59:33] favor, 0 against, 0, not voting

[1:59:34] for Amendment 16 by

[1:59:35] Councilmember Vau, we

[1:59:36] recommended approval, 10 in

[1:59:39] favor, 0 against, 0, not voting

[1:59:40] for Amendment 17, by

[1:59:41] councilmember Vogue, the

[1:59:43] sponsor indicated intent to

[1:59:45] withdraw, so it was not given a

[1:59:46] committee recommendation from

[1:59:47] Amendment 18 by Council member

[1:59:49] Evans. We also did not consider

[1:59:49] it

[1:59:50] and it was not given a

[1:59:51] committee recommendation for

[1:59:52] Amendment 19 by Councilor

[1:59:53] Marbert Evans, the sponsor

[1:59:55] indicated intent to withdraw,

[1:59:56] so it was not considered issued

[1:59:58] to committee recommendation,

[2:00:01] Amendment 20 by Council member

[2:00:02] Cabb, we recommended approval

[2:00:04] 10 in favor, 0 against, 0, not

[2:00:06] voting for amendment 21, the

[2:00:07] sponsor indicated an intent to

[2:00:08] withdraw, so it was not

[2:00:10] considered issued a committee

[2:00:12] recommendation for Amendment 22.

[2:00:13] We recommended by Councilor

[2:00:13] Marc Calf, we recommended

[2:00:15] approval 10 in favor, 0 against,

[2:00:18] 0, not voting for Amendment 23

[2:00:19] by Council member Ca who

[2:00:20] recommended approval, 10 in f

[2:00:22] favor, 0 against, 0, not voting.

[2:00:23] Amendment 24 by Council member

[2:00:24] Cap, who recommended approval

[2:00:26] of 10 in favor, 0 against, 0,

[2:00:28] not voting for Amendment 25 by

[2:00:29] memberca we recommended

[2:00:31] approval 10 in favor 0 against

[2:00:36] 0, not voting for Amendment 26.

[2:00:37] Uh by Councilmember Capp, uh,

[2:00:38] the sponsor indicated intent to

[2:00:39] withdraw, so it

[2:00:39] s not issued a

[2:00:40] committee recommendation for

[2:00:42] Amendment 27 by Councilmember

[2:00:43] cap, we recommended approval 10

[2:00:46] in favor, 0 against, 0, not

[2:00:48] voting for amendment 28 by

[2:00:49] Councilmember Capp, uh, the

[2:00:50] sponsor indicated tend to

[2:00:50] withdraw, so it

[2:00:51] s not

[2:00:52] considered to give a committee

[2:00:53] recommendation for late filed

[2:00:55] Amendment 1 by Council member

[2:00:56] Capp, who recommended approval

[2:00:59] 10 in favor, 0 against, 0, not

[2:01:01] voting for late filed Amendment

[2:01:03] 2 by Council member Park or cap,

[2:01:04] excuse me, we recommended

[2:01:04] approval 10

[2:01:06] in favor 0 against 0, not

[2:01:10] voting for late filed Amendment

[2:01:11] 3 by Council member Benedict,

[2:01:13] who recommended approval 10 in

[2:01:15] favor, 0 against, 0, not voting,

[2:01:15] and there was an additional

[2:01:17] late filed amendment which was

[2:01:18] not considered by the committee

[2:01:19] as we did not receive it in

[2:01:20] time. And then finally, we

[2:01:21] recommended approval of the

[2:01:23] bill overall as amended by the

[2:01:24] amendments with a favorable

[2:01:26] recommendation, 10 in favor, 0

[2:01:27] against, 0 not voting. All

[2:01:29] right, thank you for that very

[2:01:32] extensive, uh, and clear

[2:01:35] committee report. Um, now it is

[2:01:37] uh, back to you, uh, MR. Coupin,

[2:01:40] uh, for a motion to get the

[2:01:44] bill before us, uh, without

[2:01:46] objection, colleagues, just so

[2:01:48] we can move efficiently. Um,

[2:01:49] Council member Coupin, the

[2:01:50] primary sponsor, has quite a

[2:01:52] few uh amendments. As you know,

[2:01:54] amendments are offered in, in

[2:01:56] your discussion time. I would

[2:01:57] like for us to be able to

[2:01:59] proceed through all of MR.

[2:01:59] Coupin

[2:02:01] s amendments, that MAY

[2:02:02] mean, um, that he would have

[2:02:04] more than 3 minutes, um, so

[2:02:04] that we can

[2:02:05] proceed through all of those,

[2:02:09] um, you know, we can defer and

[2:02:11] give time to other folks and

[2:02:12] that can take some extra time,

[2:02:13] um, so if there

[2:02:14] s no objection,

[2:02:14] um, we

[2:02:18] ll just uh proceed in

[2:02:19] that manner. We might then

[2:02:21] subsequently MR. Capp proceed

[2:02:22] in a similar manner when you

[2:02:23] are recognized to offer your

[2:02:24] amendments because those are

[2:02:26] fairly extensive as as well,

[2:02:27] you might also likewise need

[2:02:29] more than 3 minutes, ok?

[2:02:30] Everyone clear, no objection.

[2:02:33] Ok, MR. Coopin, uh, go ahead,

[2:02:34] sir. MADAM PRESIDENT, move

[2:02:34] approval with a comment

[2:02:35] please. All right, there

[2:02:35] s a

[2:02:37] motion to approve and it

[2:02:37] s

[2:02:38] properly seconded. Go ahead,

[2:02:39] sir. Thank you. Well, this is

[2:02:40] the moment we

[2:02:40] ve all been

[2:02:41] waiting for, as you said, and I

[2:02:43] left, I left yesterday

[2:02:43] s

[2:02:44] planning and zoning committee

[2:02:45] with a big smile. I think it

[2:02:46] was really, really just

[2:02:47] exciting to meet as a Nashville

[2:02:48] and as someone who loves the

[2:02:52] city, um, to see, you know,

[2:02:54] months and months and years and

[2:02:55] generations of work coming

[2:02:56] together to see council members

[2:02:57] with differing viewpoints and

[2:02:59] differing amendments kind of

[2:03:00] landing on similar pages and

[2:03:02] working together to make this a

[2:03:02] project that

[2:03:03] s not just for one

[2:03:04] district but for the whole city,

[2:03:05] um, so it was really

[2:03:06] cool to see and I hope we, we

[2:03:08] continue that this evening. Um,

[2:03:08] we

[2:03:09] ve heard about, um,

[2:03:10] congestion, the need for

[2:03:13] housing, um, family orientation,

[2:03:14] green space, multimodal, and so

[2:03:15] much more, and I think these

[2:03:16] are covered in these amendments

[2:03:17] as as we

[2:03:18] ve talked about many

[2:03:19] times before. It

[2:03:19] s a

[2:03:20] foreign-based zoning, it

[2:03:20] s not

[2:03:23] an sp and so it will live and

[2:03:26] breathe and be changed over the

[2:03:29] years. This is a multi-decades,

[2:03:31] um, process and and sight, um,

[2:03:32] but just a huge thank you to

[2:03:33] everyone who worked on it,

[2:03:35] especially, um, Lisa and Lucy

[2:03:36] and Brett and Ma

[2:03:37] t t and Eric and everyone on

[2:03:38] the planning department who

[2:03:39] worked nights and weekends and

[2:03:40] mornings and hours I didn

[2:03:41] t

[2:03:42] know existed um on this project

[2:03:44] so huge thanks to them and just

[2:03:45] everyone who worked on this,

[2:03:46] this is a generational once in

[2:03:48] a lifetime opportunity, and I

[2:03:48] think we

[2:03:49] re really delivering

[2:03:50] uh for our community.

[2:03:53] Um, so skipping Amendment One,

[2:03:54] I would like to then move

[2:03:56] Amendment 2, please. Is there a

[2:04:00] second? Ok, go ahead, sir.

[2:04:00] There

[2:04:01] s a motion to amend with

[2:04:03] Amendment 2, which, uh,

[2:04:04] precludes beer and cigarette

[2:04:06] market uses. Anything

[2:04:07] additionally you wish to say

[2:04:09] just that this was part of the

[2:04:10] feedback that we received from

[2:04:11] a lot of emails and um this

[2:04:13] would prohibit that use. Ok, is

[2:04:14] there any discussion on this

[2:04:15] amendment?

[2:04:16] Seeing none, all in favor,

[2:04:19] please say aye. Any voting no

[2:04:22] or abstaining. Ok? Um, uh, this

[2:04:23] amendment, uh, can be added to

[2:04:25] the bill. MR. Coopin, as we

[2:04:26] move through these, I

[2:04:26] m just

[2:04:28] gonna go back to you basically

[2:04:31] for a nod to renew your motion

[2:04:35] as amended, I will state it.

[2:04:36] You can just nod. I will

[2:04:37] acknowledge that so we can just

[2:04:39] kind of proceed through. Uh, so

[2:04:42] MR. Coupin, uh, do you wish to,

[2:04:43] uh, renew your motion to

[2:04:46] approve, uh, as amended with

[2:04:47] Amendment 2. Ok.

[2:04:48] All right, we, on we go. Thank

[2:04:49] you. Uh, move approval of

[2:04:51] Amendment 3, please. Sir second?

[2:04:53] Ok. Um, this, uh, adds some, uh,

[2:04:55] recitals, pretty simple.

[2:04:55] Anything else you want to say,

[2:04:57] sir? Just that this addresses a

[2:04:59] couple of things. It talks

[2:05:01] about a connect um East Bank

[2:05:02] action plans, MotorConnect

[2:05:04] Downtown Action plan to address

[2:05:07] the congestion concerns, um,

[2:05:08] talks about the voluntary

[2:05:09] attainable housing program

[2:05:11] being expanded over here, um,

[2:05:13] Green Space, riverfront access,

[2:05:14] all important things that we

[2:05:14] ve

[2:05:15] heard from our constituents.

[2:05:16] All right, um, uh, you

[2:05:16] ve heard

[2:05:17] an explanation

[2:05:18] of the amendment. Uh, is there

[2:05:19] any discussion to amend with

[2:05:21] Amendment 3. Sign9 all in favor,

[2:05:22] please say aye.

[2:05:24] Any voting no or abstaining. Uh,

[2:05:27] MR. Coopin, uh, uh, we

[2:05:27] re gonna

[2:05:30] renew that motion to approve,

[2:05:31] um, as amended with amendments

[2:05:33] 2 and 3. Is that correct? He

[2:05:33] s

[2:05:35] nodding his head yes. Continue,

[2:05:36] sir. Thank you. I

[2:05:36] d like to

[2:05:38] move Amendment 4. Ok. Um, is

[2:05:42] there a second?

[2:05:44] Ok, um, this is regarding a

[2:05:45] stepbacks. Is that correct, sir?

[2:05:46] Anything else you want to say

[2:05:47] about that? Yes, so I wanted to

[2:05:48] toss this over to the planning

[2:05:49] table, um, we

[2:05:50] ve had some great

[2:05:51] discussions since planning

[2:05:52] committee yesterday, um, some

[2:05:55] concerns were raised about

[2:05:57] unintended consequences of what

[2:05:58] the step Xs are and how it

[2:05:58] s

[2:05:59] already baked in in other ways

[2:06:00] in the legislation, so would

[2:06:01] love planning to uh to explain

[2:06:02] that if you could. All right,

[2:06:03] um, uh, MS. Milligan for the

[2:06:04] planning department. You

[2:06:05] re

[2:06:06] recognized regarding MR.

[2:06:06] Coopin

[2:06:08] s Amendment 4, related

[2:06:09] to stepbacks. Go ahead.

[2:06:12] Sure. So as the planning

[2:06:16] department staff was riding the,

[2:06:19] um, text that creates the

[2:06:20] subdistrict. We did consider

[2:06:22] adding requirements for

[2:06:24] building stepbacks, which at a

[2:06:25] certain level, which what the,

[2:06:27] what that means is that it

[2:06:29] pushes the building back away

[2:06:31] from either the street or open

[2:06:32] space or however you MAY define

[2:06:34] it. Um, we did think about that

[2:06:35] and consider it, but we

[2:06:36] actually decided to go with

[2:06:39] different ways to think about

[2:06:40] light and air. And that

[2:06:40] s the

[2:06:41] reason that you would want to

[2:06:42] step back is to create the

[2:06:44] ability for light and air to

[2:06:45] get to the street level. So

[2:06:51] what we did instead was we um

[2:06:53] created a uh scheme that

[2:06:55] includes uh maximum floor

[2:06:58] plates, um, maximum, um, tower

[2:07:01] length, uh, tower separation

[2:07:03] and so all of those things and

[2:07:05] concert together create that

[2:07:07] opportunity for light and air,

[2:07:09] um, that just sometimes is not

[2:07:11] achieved as well as

[2:07:13] um, or as is achieved better

[2:07:15] than stepbacks would create it.

[2:07:16] Thank you. Just one quick

[2:07:18] follow-up question. Um, if the,

[2:07:20] if this came to the downtown

[2:07:22] drc or potentially the East

[2:07:24] Bank drc, which I

[2:07:24] m very

[2:07:25] excited about and look forward

[2:07:26] to talking about our next

[2:07:28] meeting with that, um, with

[2:07:29] that group have the ability to

[2:07:31] impose stepbacks for things to

[2:07:32] adjust the the light and air

[2:07:33] flow.

[2:07:36] Yes, certainly, and, and we, um,

[2:07:39] having a standard that doesn

[2:07:39] t

[2:07:40] require a step back, doesn

[2:07:41] t

[2:07:41] mean that there couldn

[2:07:42] t be a

[2:07:43] step back if an architect is

[2:07:45] creating a building and they

[2:07:46] find that having a step back on

[2:07:48] a part of a building creates a

[2:07:50] better design, more interesting

[2:07:51] architecture they could

[2:07:52] certainly have one, but this

[2:07:52] just wouldn

[2:07:54] t require it as a

[2:07:55] minimum standard. All right,

[2:07:58] thank you. So I

[2:07:58] m gonna, I

[2:07:58] m

[2:08:00] gonna, um, because of that and

[2:08:00] again conversations I

[2:08:01] ve had, I

[2:08:01] think it

[2:08:02] s important that we

[2:08:03] have buildings that breathe and

[2:08:04] have porosity and have air to

[2:08:05] them, and we don

[2:08:05] t have big

[2:08:06] blocky walls, but I think from

[2:08:08] what I understand this is

[2:08:08] already kind of

[2:08:09] incorporated, so I

[2:08:09] m gonna

[2:08:10] withdraw the motion on

[2:08:12] Amendment 4. All right. Um, ok,

[2:08:14] um, we continue with discussion.

[2:08:15] You still have the floor, MR.

[2:08:17] Coopin. Um, what is presently

[2:08:19] before us is a motion to

[2:08:22] approve, um, with, as amended,

[2:08:24] with amendments 2 and 3 so far.

[2:08:25] Go ahead, sir. Thank you. Move

[2:08:28] Amendment 5. Is there a second?

[2:08:29] Ok, go ahead, sir. Um, thank

[2:08:33] you to not, not much to discuss

[2:08:35] here, just, um, any sort of

[2:08:37] digital exterior lighting,

[2:08:38] large displays, things like

[2:08:39] that, um, can

[2:08:40] be concerning for neighborhoods,

[2:08:42] um, and so this was something

[2:08:43] that I wanted to make sure it

[2:08:44] was not a permitted use, um,

[2:08:46] and so if, if it were to ever

[2:08:47] be requested as a permitted use,

[2:08:48] um, it would have to come

[2:08:50] before council for approval. Um,

[2:08:52] alrighty, uh, you have heard an

[2:08:55] explanation of, uh, Amendment 5,

[2:08:58] the motion to amend, uh, was

[2:08:59] properly seconded. Is there any

[2:09:00] discussion on the motion to

[2:09:01] amend with MR. Coopin

[2:09:02] s

[2:09:03] Amendment 5.

[2:09:06] Singing none, all in favor,

[2:09:08] please say aye. Any voting no

[2:09:09] or abstaining.

[2:09:11] Ok. Uh, MR. Coopin, uh, do you

[2:09:13] wish to renew your motion to

[2:09:14] approve as amended with

[2:09:16] amendments 23, and 5. He is

[2:09:17] nodding his head yes. Ok, you

[2:09:19] still have the floor for, sir.

[2:09:20] Go ahead. Thank you. Move

[2:09:22] Amendment 6. All right,

[2:09:26] properly moved and seconded, um,

[2:09:29] Amendment 6 regarding reporting

[2:09:30] related to the mcsp in the

[2:09:32] public realm. Go ahead, sir.

[2:09:33] Thank you. So this is something

[2:09:35] that requests um planning to

[2:09:39] bring a report on the mcsp and

[2:09:40] public realm

[2:09:42] which are big considerations,

[2:09:44] um, by JULY 31st for an initial

[2:09:45] draft and at the end of the

[2:09:46] year, um, I know that

[2:09:46] s been a

[2:09:47] big consideration. Timeline

[2:09:48] s a

[2:09:49] big consideration. I, I wanna

[2:09:51] keep this on, um, but I also

[2:09:51] wanna be clear that I

[2:09:52] ve spoken

[2:09:53] to planning extensively. They

[2:09:55] have committed to working very

[2:09:56] hard on this in the coming

[2:09:58] months and and it MAY warrant

[2:09:59] extensions over time. We don

[2:09:59] t

[2:10:00] want to rush this. We want to

[2:10:01] make sure there

[2:10:01] s public

[2:10:03] engagement and adequate, um,

[2:10:04] adequate time to get it right,

[2:10:06] so I wanna put this on, um,

[2:10:07] currently, but also wanna make

[2:10:08] sure on the record that

[2:10:09] this is something that if it

[2:10:10] needs more time to, to breathe

[2:10:11] or to work that that we

[2:10:12] re

[2:10:12] supportive of that again, it

[2:10:15] s

[2:10:15] more important to get it right

[2:10:16] than to get it fast. So, um,

[2:10:17] would urge my colleagues to

[2:10:18] support that. All right,

[2:10:18] there

[2:10:20] s a motion to amend, uh,

[2:10:21] with Amendment 6 by, um,

[2:10:22] sponsor Coupin. You

[2:10:23] ve heard an

[2:10:24] explanation of that amendment.

[2:10:25] The motion was properly

[2:10:27] seconded. Is there any

[2:10:28] discussion on the motion to

[2:10:29] amend with Amendment 6.

[2:10:31] Seeing none, all in favor,

[2:10:33] please say aye. Any voting no

[2:10:35] or abstaining. All right, MR.

[2:10:37] Coupin, where we are is a

[2:10:39] motion to approve as amended

[2:10:44] with amendments 235, and 6. Are

[2:10:46] you renewing that motion? He is

[2:10:50] nodding and he said, yes, ok,

[2:10:50] um, you still have the floor,

[2:10:52] sir. Go ahead. Thank you. Move

[2:10:54] Amendment 10. All right, is

[2:10:56] there a second? Um

[2:10:58] pardon?

[2:10:58] Ok, I

[2:11:00] m getting a look from

[2:11:03] special counsel. Am I? Are we

[2:11:04] at special counsel? Do you need

[2:11:06] to be recognized?

[2:11:09] Yeah, go ahead, sir

[2:11:12] Uh, COUNCILMAN, for this motion

[2:11:14] deals with uh renaming the

[2:11:16] entire document. Thank you for

[2:11:16] that. So I

[2:11:17] m gonna, sorry, I, I

[2:11:19] saw actually hold on to that

[2:11:23] one for now, um, Vice, uh,

[2:11:24] MADAM PRESIDENT, do you want me

[2:11:25] to then if I, if I

[2:11:26] m moving

[2:11:27] away from mine, this one would

[2:11:28] have to come at the end based

[2:11:29] on the nature of, of how it

[2:11:29] s

[2:11:30] structured. Um, do you want me

[2:11:32] to continue moving other

[2:11:33] amendments, or should I defer

[2:11:34] that then to the council

[2:11:35] members that sponsored them. Um,

[2:11:38] you have, um, the floor, sir,

[2:11:39] and so I don

[2:11:39] t know

[2:11:40] what, uh, conversations you

[2:11:40] ve

[2:11:44] had with other, um, members. Um,

[2:11:46] I would suggest, um, that we

[2:11:48] are on discussion now at this

[2:11:50] juncture for a motion to

[2:11:51] approve as amended with

[2:11:57] amendments 235, and 6. Other

[2:11:59] members, uh, MAY enter the

[2:12:02] queue at this juncture, um, and,

[2:12:04] uh, we can proceed in that

[2:12:05] regard, unless you very

[2:12:06] specifically want to make one

[2:12:08] of them yourself as the primary

[2:12:10] sponsor. Ok, um, so with that,

[2:12:12] uh, next in the queue is

[2:12:14] council member cap, uh,

[2:12:15] councilmember Cap, you are

[2:12:16] recognized.

[2:12:18] Thank you, Vice Mayor. I have a,

[2:12:21] a series to move, um, uh, uh,

[2:12:23] MAY we use that same procedure.

[2:12:24] Indeed we MAY. Go ahead, sir.

[2:12:27] Thank you. I move Amendment 20.

[2:12:27] Ok, there

[2:12:31] s a motion to amend

[2:12:33] with Amendment 20, uh, go ahead,

[2:12:34] sir. Thank you, Vice Mayor.

[2:12:36] This is an important one, we,

[2:12:37] it

[2:12:38] s urgently important that

[2:12:39] when we build the East Bank we

[2:12:41] build it as a neighborhood and

[2:12:43] the, the bill as of a couple of

[2:12:45] weeks ago allowed almost

[2:12:47] unlimited hotel uses. This is a

[2:12:49] limitation on hotel uses, um,

[2:12:51] hotels can certainly be part of

[2:12:53] thriving neighborhoods, but I

[2:12:53] m

[2:12:54] not aware of any neighborhoods

[2:12:56] that are mostly hotels, and so

[2:12:58] this is um

[2:12:59] an important amendment to make

[2:12:59] sure we

[2:13:00] re building a

[2:13:01] neighborhood for Nashvilleians

[2:13:06] in this area. I understand, um,

[2:13:07] it was, uh, deemed friendly

[2:13:09] last night and so with that I

[2:13:11] urge your support and thank you.

[2:13:11] All right, there

[2:13:12] s a motion to

[2:13:14] amend, uh, with councilmember

[2:13:16] Caps Amendment 20. Um, you

[2:13:16] ve

[2:13:17] heard an explanation. It was

[2:13:20] properly seconded. Is there any

[2:13:22] discussion on Amendment 20.

[2:13:24] Ok, I see some folks in the

[2:13:26] queue if there is discussion on

[2:13:28] Amendment 20 in particular and

[2:13:29] specifically. Would you raise

[2:13:31] your hand, please? Ok, um, Ms.

[2:13:33] Hancock, you are recognized

[2:13:35] regarding the motion to amend

[2:13:39] with Amendment 20. Thank you. I

[2:13:40] just rise in support of this

[2:13:42] amendment. I think that

[2:13:43] allowing up to 12 different

[2:13:45] uses is plenty in this area,

[2:13:46] and I think it

[2:13:47] s very generous.

[2:13:49] Thank you. Ok, um, MR. Coupin,

[2:13:51] go ahead, sir. Thank you, MADAM

[2:13:52] PRESIDENT. I appreciate my

[2:13:53] colleague bringing this very

[2:13:54] supportive of this amendment,

[2:13:54] took some work

[2:13:55] to get there and really

[2:13:56] appreciate everyone that worked

[2:13:57] on it and uh very supportive.

[2:13:58] All right, is there anyone else

[2:13:59] seeking to be recognized

[2:14:02] specifically on Amendment 20?

[2:14:04] Ok, seeing none, uh, all in

[2:14:07] favor, please say aye. Any

[2:14:09] voting no or abstaining. Ok. Um,

[2:14:15] Amendment, uh, 20 has passed.

[2:14:16] MR. Coopin, um, is it your

[2:14:18] intent to renew your motion to

[2:14:19] approve as amended with

[2:14:22] amendments 2356, and 20. He is

[2:14:24] shaking his head yes, on we go,

[2:14:25] MISTER Cap, go ahead. Oh, sorry,

[2:14:26] sir, go ahead. Thank you, Vice

[2:14:29] Mayor. Move Amendment 22. Ok,

[2:14:30] Properly moved in 2 to go ahead.

[2:14:31] Thank you, Vice Mayor. This has

[2:14:32] been subject to

[2:14:33] a lot of discussion in

[2:14:33] committee. We

[2:14:34] ve had several

[2:14:35] committee meetings about this.

[2:14:37] This relates to surface parking,

[2:14:39] um, in the original proposal,

[2:14:40] surface parking would have been

[2:14:42] allowed by right in the whole

[2:14:44] subdistrict, um

[2:14:47] we have got to build the East

[2:14:49] Bank in a way that is uh not

[2:14:50] car centric. We, um, we

[2:14:51] ll be

[2:14:53] making a once in a century

[2:14:53] mistake.

[2:14:55] If we induce a century

[2:14:56] s worth

[2:14:58] of car traffic into this area

[2:15:00] to come through East Nashville.

[2:15:01] We all know that we can do

[2:15:03] better to build it for walking,

[2:15:04] active transportation, and

[2:15:06] transit. This is an important

[2:15:08] step in that direction. It

[2:15:11] allows surface parking as a

[2:15:13] temporary permitted use for 5

[2:15:15] years, those permits lasting

[2:15:17] for one year and renewable for

[2:15:21] that time and it limits 20% of

[2:15:24] the site um limits that use to

[2:15:26] uh overall 20% of the site

[2:15:28] to help us get to the place

[2:15:28] where uh we

[2:15:29] ve built out our

[2:15:31] infrastructure and so I um ask

[2:15:33] your support and, and thank you

[2:15:34] uh for that. All right, um,

[2:15:36] there is a motion to amend, uh,

[2:15:36] with MR. Capp

[2:15:38] s Amendment 22.

[2:15:38] You

[2:15:39] ve heard an explanation. It

[2:15:41] was properly seconded. Is there

[2:15:43] anyone seeking to be recognized

[2:15:46] specifically on Amendment 22,

[2:15:47] um, uh, councilmember Dreel, uh,

[2:15:48] you are recognized, sir. Uh,

[2:15:50] yeah, thanks, Sher. Do we have

[2:15:52] an idea of how many total

[2:15:56] parking spots the

[2:15:57] entire development will

[2:15:59] encompass. Um, do you want to

[2:16:00] address that to MR. Capp? Yes,

[2:16:01] ok, go ahead, sir. Sure, I

[2:16:03] think the traffic engineer

[2:16:06] estimate about 100 or 120

[2:16:08] parking spots per acre of

[2:16:10] surface parking, and so this is

[2:16:12] a 47 acre site, roughly 20% of

[2:16:15] it gets you to about 1000 cars.

[2:16:15] All right, MR. Drrefel, does

[2:16:16] that answer your question?

[2:16:17] Thanks very much. Yes, ok, um,

[2:16:19] MR. Coopin on Amendment 22,

[2:16:20] thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT. I

[2:16:21] just want to say I

[2:16:21] m very

[2:16:21] supportive of this and

[2:16:23] appreciate it being brought. Ok.

[2:16:25] Anyone else seeking to be

[2:16:26] recognized specifically on

[2:16:29] Amendment 22.

[2:16:30] Seeing none, all in favor,

[2:16:32] please say aye. Any voting no,

[2:16:34] any abstaining. All right, uh,

[2:16:35] MR. Coopin, is it your intent

[2:16:37] to renew your motion to approve

[2:16:41] as amended with amendments 2356,

[2:16:43] 20, and 22, shaking his head

[2:16:46] yes, um, on we go. Next, uh, MR.

[2:16:47] Cap, you still have the floor,

[2:16:48] sir. Go ahead. Thank you, Vice

[2:16:51] Mayor. I move Amendment number

[2:16:53] 23 Properly moved and seconded,

[2:16:55] um, an explanation, please.

[2:16:56] Thank you, Vice Mayor. This

[2:16:57] requires um a multimodal trans

[2:16:59] port ation analysis to be done

[2:17:01] by ido by the end of the next

[2:17:04] fiscal year. So, you know, JUNE

[2:17:07] 2027, end of JUNE, um, for the

[2:17:08] entire site, this is something

[2:17:10] that we, um, this sort of a new

[2:17:11] policy departure for us at

[2:17:12] Metro, but it

[2:17:13] s related to our

[2:17:15] goals of building this um, you

[2:17:17] know, 4 people, um, a

[2:17:18] neighborhood that

[2:17:18] s active and

[2:17:20] walkable and so this directs

[2:17:21] Indo to do those studies with

[2:17:23] that in mind and it also

[2:17:24] requires those to be renewed

[2:17:25] every 5 years so that we can

[2:17:27] keep our data up to date and

[2:17:28] keep our

[2:17:30] analysis rigorous as we are,

[2:17:31] you know, sort of building out

[2:17:33] this site over years and

[2:17:33] decades, uh, so I

[2:17:34] m excited, uh,

[2:17:38] for the potential here and ask

[2:17:38] your support.

[2:17:39] All right, um, you have heard

[2:17:42] an explanation of Amendment 23

[2:17:43] by MR. Capp, um, his, uh,

[2:17:45] motion to amend was properly

[2:17:47] seconded. Is there anyone

[2:17:48] seeking to be recognized for

[2:17:49] discussion on the motion to

[2:17:50] amend, uh, MR. Coopin, you

[2:17:50] re

[2:17:51] recognized. Thank you, MADAM

[2:17:52] PRESIDENT. Friendly amendment.

[2:17:54] Ok, thank you for sharing that.

[2:17:56] Anyone else that can be

[2:17:58] recognized on Amendment 23.

[2:17:59] Seeing none, all in favor,

[2:18:01] please say aye. Any voting no,

[2:18:04] any abstaining. All right, um,

[2:18:07] that Amendment 23 has passed.

[2:18:07] Uh, MR.

[2:18:11] Coin, um, uh, do you wish to

[2:18:13] renew your motion to, uh,

[2:18:14] approve as amended with

[2:18:18] amendments 2356, 2022, and 23.

[2:18:21] He does, um, uh, on we go, MR.

[2:18:22] Capp, you still have the floor.

[2:18:23] Thank you, Vice Mayor. Move

[2:18:25] Amendment 24.

[2:18:26] Properly moved and seconded,

[2:18:28] would anything you want to

[2:18:30] explain about Amendment 24. Yes,

[2:18:32] Vice Mayor, thank you. Um,

[2:18:32] there

[2:18:34] s a, a sort of a, a

[2:18:35] building on this site that

[2:18:35] s

[2:18:37] entitled to a bonus height, um,

[2:18:39] if it achieves an exceptional

[2:18:41] design, the definition of that

[2:18:45] um was not particularly

[2:18:47] exceptional in my view. And so

[2:18:47] I think if we

[2:18:48] re doing this we

[2:18:51] should be requiring genuinely

[2:18:54] uplifting, um, civically

[2:18:56] meaningful architecture, um, to

[2:18:58] be reviewed by whatever design

[2:18:58] review committee

[2:18:59] is in place. I hope it

[2:19:00] s the

[2:19:01] East Side Design Review

[2:19:02] Committee as uh brought forth

[2:19:04] by my colleague to the North,

[2:19:05] um, but this just makes that

[2:19:06] definition uh more stringent

[2:19:09] and robust, and so I asked your

[2:19:10] support and thank you. All

[2:19:11] right, um, there is a motion to

[2:19:13] amend, uh, with Amendment 24 by

[2:19:14] MR. Cap, you

[2:19:14] ve heard an

[2:19:16] explanation of that amendment.

[2:19:17] Um, we

[2:19:17] re on to discussion of

[2:19:20] the motion to amend, um, is

[2:19:23] anyone seeking to be recognized

[2:19:24] for purposes of discussion on

[2:19:26] this amendment aside from the

[2:19:27] primary sponsor who I believe

[2:19:28] is going to express

[2:19:29] it is a friendly amendment. Go

[2:19:29] ahead, sir. Could you use I

[2:19:30] could use a hand signal for

[2:19:31] friendly amendment as well, but

[2:19:32] yes, friendly amendment you can

[2:19:33] just, I don

[2:19:33] t, I don

[2:19:33] t know

[2:19:35] what we can do there. Um, ok,

[2:19:37] uh, uh, you can like fist pump

[2:19:37] like that

[2:19:38] s, that

[2:19:39] s the visual

[2:19:39] cue that it

[2:19:41] s, uh,

[2:19:43] a friendly amendment maybe. Ok,

[2:19:47] um, there is a motion to amend

[2:19:49] with amendment 24. Um, anyone

[2:19:51] else seeking to be recognized

[2:19:54] um on that amendment.

[2:19:55] Seeing none, all in favor,

[2:19:58] please say aye. Any voting no

[2:20:00] or abstaining. All right, um,

[2:20:02] MR. Coupin, uh, do you wish to

[2:20:04] renew your motion to amend, uh,

[2:20:06] or rather to approve as amended

[2:20:07] up to this point. We

[2:20:08] ve added

[2:20:10] 24. Ok. Go on then. MR. Cap,

[2:20:11] you still have, uh, the floor,

[2:20:13] sir. Thank you, Vice Mayor.

[2:20:15] Move Amendment 25. All right,

[2:20:17] is there a second? Properly

[2:20:19] moved and seconded. Um, go

[2:20:20] ahead, sir. Thank you, Vice

[2:20:22] Mayor. As you all know, the

[2:20:23] downtown code has different use

[2:20:24] areas. The

[2:20:28] East use area has a stadium

[2:20:30] arena use and the use table um

[2:20:32] this amendment removes that

[2:20:34] from the use table for this

[2:20:36] subdistrict, and I ask your

[2:20:37] support. All right, there

[2:20:38] s a

[2:20:40] motion to amend with MR. Capp

[2:20:40] s

[2:20:41] Amendment 25. It is properly

[2:20:43] seconded, and you

[2:20:44] ve heard an

[2:20:45] explanation of that amendment.

[2:20:47] We are on to discussion on that

[2:20:48] motion to amend. Does anyone

[2:20:51] seek to be recognized um on

[2:20:53] Amendment 25. If you do, given

[2:20:54] that

[2:20:55] there are others in the queue

[2:20:58] for, um, please raise your hand.

[2:21:02] Ok? Um, MS. Hancock, you are

[2:21:03] recognized.

[2:21:05] I thank you for recognizing me.

[2:21:07] So this is the only amendment

[2:21:09] that the committee passed that

[2:21:11] I am not in favor of, and I

[2:21:12] know that I

[2:21:12] m in the minority,

[2:21:14] but I just want to speak my

[2:21:16] piece about it. I believe that

[2:21:18] if we did ever have a stadium

[2:21:19] or arena, it would still be

[2:21:23] below the 24 to 40 story Mac so

[2:21:23] it wouldn

[2:21:24] t impact the height,

[2:21:25] and right now we have the

[2:21:27] Titans Stadium, which they have

[2:21:29] 17 regular season games a year,

[2:21:31] which half of those are at home,

[2:21:31] so that

[2:21:32] s 8 or 9 regular season

[2:21:33] games

[2:21:36] um, a total of a dozen games a

[2:21:37] year. That

[2:21:38] s one day, you know,

[2:21:40] 12 days out of the entire year,

[2:21:41] I think that if we had another

[2:21:42] stadium and a former council

[2:21:45] member Van Reese just announced

[2:21:45] professional women

[2:21:46] s basketball

[2:21:47] coming to Nashville, wouldn

[2:21:48] t

[2:21:49] that be really cool to have

[2:21:50] that on the East Bank?

[2:21:51] Or baseball, I know other

[2:21:52] people have talked about that.

[2:21:52] I

[2:21:53] m not a big fan of either of

[2:21:54] those sports, but I

[2:21:56] m a big

[2:21:58] sports proponent and I just

[2:21:58] don

[2:21:59] t like that restriction.

[2:22:01] Thank you. All right, um, we

[2:22:01] re

[2:22:02] continuing discussion on the

[2:22:03] motion to amend with Amendment

[2:22:05] 25, MR. Coopin, you

[2:22:05] re

[2:22:06] recognized. Thank you, MADAM

[2:22:10] PRESIDENT. I, I echo both of

[2:22:11] the sentiments that are shared.

[2:22:13] I think that if we look at a

[2:22:14] family friendly neighborhood,

[2:22:16] um, a stadium if done correctly,

[2:22:17] um, with women

[2:22:17] s sports or

[2:22:18] baseball or things like that

[2:22:20] could become and and and is in

[2:22:21] many other cities an anchor for

[2:22:22] a phenomenal

[2:22:23] family friendly neighborhood,

[2:22:24] um, that being said, um, any

[2:22:25] conversation around that,

[2:22:26] there

[2:22:27] s nothing on the table

[2:22:28] and any conversation around

[2:22:29] that would need robust

[2:22:31] community engagement and and

[2:22:31] conversations and things like

[2:22:32] that, um, so I

[2:22:33] m very

[2:22:34] supportive. I signed on to this,

[2:22:35] um, this use restriction, so

[2:22:35] I

[2:22:37] m supportive of this

[2:22:39] amendment removing that use um

[2:22:40] at this time.

[2:22:45] All right, um, uh, discussion

[2:22:47] continues on Amendment 25. Is

[2:22:48] anyone else seeking to be

[2:22:49] recognized on the motion to

[2:22:52] amend with Amendment 25. If so,

[2:22:52] would you please raise your

[2:22:53] hand?

[2:22:54] A, seeing none, um, all in

[2:22:56] favor of Amendment 25, please

[2:22:57] say aye.

[2:22:59] Any voting no?

[2:23:01] Ok. Uh, any abstaining?

[2:23:03] All right. The ayes have it. Um,

[2:23:06] Amendment 25, um, will be added,

[2:23:08] uh, to

[2:23:11] the bill, um, uh, MR. Coupin,

[2:23:13] um, is it your intent to renew

[2:23:15] your approval motion at this

[2:23:19] juncture, 25 being added, he is

[2:23:20] shaking his head yes. MISTER

[2:23:21] Cap, you still have the floor.

[2:23:22] Go ahead, sir. Thank you, Vice

[2:23:24] Mayor. Move Amendment 27. Ok?

[2:23:24] And there

[2:23:25] s a motion to amend

[2:23:27] with Amendment 27 by MR. Capp

[2:23:28] properly seconded. We

[2:23:29] re, um,

[2:23:30] uh, if you want to give it, um,

[2:23:31] explanation of that, and we

[2:23:31] ll

[2:23:32] be on to discussion. Yes, thank

[2:23:34] you, Vice Mayor. This will

[2:23:35] apply to a couple of future

[2:23:37] amendments as well, but when it

[2:23:38] comes to structured parking

[2:23:40] um, in order to keep the street

[2:23:41] fronts active in that parking

[2:23:43] sort of invisible from the

[2:23:44] public around their

[2:23:46] requirements for active liners.

[2:23:46] Uh, there

[2:23:49] s one place in the

[2:23:50] current form of the legislation

[2:23:54] where those liners are not

[2:23:55] required specified in this

[2:23:56] amendment sort of at the

[2:23:58] intersection of kvb and

[2:23:59] Davidson. This amendment

[2:24:01] requires active liners at that

[2:24:02] location as well, and I ask for

[2:24:03] your support. All right, um, uh,

[2:24:06] there is a motion to amend with

[2:24:08] Amendment 27.

[2:24:10] Uh, properly seconded, uh, is

[2:24:12] there any discussion

[2:24:15] specifically on amendment 27,

[2:24:17] um, uh, raise your hand if so,

[2:24:18] uh, council member Nash, you

[2:24:18] re

[2:24:19] recognized, sir. Thank you,

[2:24:20] MADAM.

[2:24:22] CHAIRMAN, uh, I would just like

[2:24:26] an explanation of what a liner

[2:24:28] looks like is. Would you like

[2:24:29] MR. Capp to address it? Whoever,

[2:24:30] ok, go ahead, sir. Sure, thank

[2:24:31] you for the question. It

[2:24:31] s just,

[2:24:32] um, you know, like a retail

[2:24:34] frontage, you know, instead of

[2:24:36] looking at a structured parking

[2:24:36] garage you

[2:24:37] re looking at

[2:24:39] something, you know, retail or

[2:24:40] some kind of active street

[2:24:43] front use.

[2:24:43] There

[2:24:44] s parking behind it, but

[2:24:45] if you

[2:24:45] re looking at it from

[2:24:47] the street, it just looks like

[2:24:48] an active street front so it

[2:24:48] s,

[2:24:49] you know, it

[2:24:50] s pro walkable,

[2:24:50] it

[2:24:52] s good for active

[2:24:53] neighborhoods, and it

[2:24:54] s um

[2:24:55] you know, good to activate the

[2:24:56] street front is what is what a

[2:24:57] liner is.

[2:25:02] MR. Nash, is that address

[2:25:03] everything? Ok, great. Thank

[2:25:04] you. All right, um, MR. Coopin,

[2:25:05] go ahead, sir. Thank you, MADAM

[2:25:06] PRESIDENT. A good example of

[2:25:08] the liner is um in the gulch,

[2:25:09] for example, there are parking

[2:25:10] garages that then have

[2:25:11] activated uses along the

[2:25:13] sidewalk, um, that wrapped them

[2:25:14] around and also very supportive

[2:25:16] of this movement. All right, um,

[2:25:20] uh, there is a motion to amend

[2:25:23] with amendment 27. It

[2:25:24] s

[2:25:25] properly seconded, is anyone

[2:25:26] else seeking to be recognized

[2:25:28] on the motion to amend with

[2:25:29] Amendment 27.

[2:25:30] Seeing none, um, all in favor,

[2:25:35] please say aye. Any voting no

[2:25:37] or abstaining. All right. So

[2:25:39] Amendment 27 has passed. Uh, MR.

[2:25:41] Coopin, is it your intent to

[2:25:43] renew your motion to approve as

[2:25:45] amended, now adding Amendment

[2:25:47] 27. He is shaking his head. Yes,

[2:25:49] on we go, MR. Cap, um, you are

[2:25:51] recognized. Thank you, Vice

[2:25:52] Mayor. I ask my colleagues to

[2:25:54] allow a suspension of the rules

[2:25:56] in order for us to consider

[2:25:58] late filed amendment number 1.

[2:25:59] Ok. Late filed Amendment 1,

[2:26:02] which was taken up in a

[2:26:04] committee. Is there any

[2:26:06] objection to the suspension of

[2:26:09] the rules to take up MR. Capp

[2:26:09] s

[2:26:11] late filed Amendment 1.

[2:26:14] Ok, seeing none, um, the rules

[2:26:16] are suspended. Uh, go ahead, MR.

[2:26:17] Cat. I really appreciate that,

[2:26:19] colleagues. Thank you. This is

[2:26:20] an important amendment and it

[2:26:21] s,

[2:26:22] I can explain the late filed

[2:26:26] nature. I had originally filed

[2:26:28] for the last meeting and a

[2:26:29] requirement that buildings that

[2:26:30] were not housing had to have

[2:26:32] their parking underground. That

[2:26:33] is something that we

[2:26:33] ve sort of

[2:26:34] committed to in the East Bank

[2:26:36] generally, and I wanted to

[2:26:37] apply that standard here as

[2:26:39] well, but through discussions

[2:26:40] with planning and the water

[2:26:43] department,

[2:26:44] uh, some of this site is in the

[2:26:45] 100 year flood plain and so

[2:26:45] it

[2:26:47] s uh inadvisable for obvious

[2:26:49] reasons to not go underground

[2:26:50] with your parking in the 100

[2:26:52] year flood plain. This new uh

[2:26:53] version of the amendment makes

[2:26:55] a requirement for underground

[2:26:56] parking unless a majority of a

[2:26:58] building is in the 100 year

[2:27:01] floodplain, and that sort of,

[2:27:02] you know, makes it uh

[2:27:04] responsible as well, so I ask

[2:27:08] your approval. Thank you.

[2:27:11] Ok, there is a, uh, motion to

[2:27:13] amend, uh, with late filed

[2:27:17] amendment number one, by MR.

[2:27:18] Cap. Uh, you

[2:27:18] ve heard that

[2:27:21] explained, um, uh, is there a

[2:27:23] second? Ok, properly moved and

[2:27:24] seconded, we are on to

[2:27:26] discussion about late filed

[2:27:28] Amendment 1. Is anyone seeking

[2:27:29] to be recognized on that motion

[2:27:31] to amend, if you would please

[2:27:33] raise your hands. Anybody other

[2:27:34] than primary sponsor Coupin. Go

[2:27:35] ahead, sir. Friendly amendment.

[2:27:37] All right, good to know.

[2:27:39] Any further discussion

[2:27:41] ok, seeing none, all in favor,

[2:27:44] please say aye. Any voting no

[2:27:47] or abstaining. Ok. Um, so, uh,

[2:27:52] late filed Amendment 1 has

[2:27:54] passed, um, MR. Coupin, is it

[2:27:55] your intent to renew your

[2:27:57] motion to approve, uh, as

[2:27:59] amended now with late filed

[2:28:00] Amendment 1 having been added,

[2:28:02] he is shaking and said yes, and

[2:28:03] so on we go, MR. Cap, um, you

[2:28:04] are recognized again, sir.

[2:28:05] Thank you, Vice Mayor and

[2:28:07] friends. This is my last one

[2:28:09] for the evening. I ask a

[2:28:10] suspension of the rules for the

[2:28:11] consideration of late filed

[2:28:14] Amendment number 2. All right,

[2:28:15] um, this amendment was taken up

[2:28:16] in planning and zoning

[2:28:18] committee, um, where it

[2:28:20] received a recommendation. You

[2:28:21] heard that from a sponsor,

[2:28:26] Horton, uh, knowing that, is

[2:28:28] there any objection, for

[2:28:30] suspension of the rules.

[2:28:31] Seeing none, the rules are

[2:28:33] suspended. Go ahead, you MAY

[2:28:34] offer this amendment. Thank you,

[2:28:35] Vice Mayor. This is a slightly

[2:28:37] modified version of an

[2:28:38] amendment that was before us

[2:28:40] last time and was recommended

[2:28:41] in if you would, sir, please

[2:28:42] move the amendment. Yes, Vice

[2:28:43] Mayor, thank you. I move

[2:28:45] approval of late Bob 2. It

[2:28:45] s

[2:28:46] properly seconded. Go ahead,

[2:28:48] sir. Go ahead. Thank you. This

[2:28:49] was something that we

[2:28:51] considered, uh, for the last

[2:28:54] meeting and it was recommended

[2:28:57] by the committee, but through

[2:29:00] discussion with planning, um

[2:29:02] I have uh brought forward an

[2:29:03] amended version and that

[2:29:03] s the

[2:29:05] reason for the late filed

[2:29:06] nature of this. The version

[2:29:08] that I had brought required the

[2:29:10] liner depths to be 30 ft, uh,

[2:29:11] all the way up. There was a

[2:29:12] requirement that they be a

[2:29:14] minimum of 15 ft in the version

[2:29:16] that just helps um them be, you

[2:29:17] know, better for local

[2:29:18] businesses, folks who are

[2:29:19] starting up or might need

[2:29:20] storage on the site to be able

[2:29:23] to operate in that space but

[2:29:23] through discussion with

[2:29:25] planning about some of the

[2:29:27] technical components of this,

[2:29:28] my primary, uh, interest

[2:29:30] and concern had been at the

[2:29:33] ground level wanting those

[2:29:34] active street frontages on the

[2:29:36] sidewalks, but higher than that,

[2:29:37] there might be a need for

[2:29:39] flexibility to get utilities,

[2:29:40] stairwells, and so forth, like

[2:29:42] the sort of the innards of the

[2:29:43] building to work more

[2:29:44] functionally and so this late

[2:29:46] filed amendment requires at the

[2:29:48] ground level a liner to be a

[2:29:50] minimum of 25 ft deep, but only

[2:29:52] 15 ft above that and with that

[2:29:53] I ask your approval and thank

[2:29:56] you, colleagues. All right, um,

[2:29:58] there is a motion to amend, uh,

[2:29:58] with

[2:30:00] late filed amendment number 2

[2:30:01] by COUNCILMAN Capp, and you

[2:30:04] have heard, uh, the explanation.

[2:30:09] It was properly seconded. Is

[2:30:11] there any discussion on this

[2:30:13] amendment. Um, if so, please do

[2:30:14] raise your hand.

[2:30:15] Ok, MR. Coopin, thank you.

[2:30:17] Friendly amendment. Ok, um, any

[2:30:20] further discussion?

[2:30:21] Ok, cnn all in favor, please

[2:30:22] say aye.

[2:30:25] Any voting no or abstaining.

[2:30:27] All right. Um, uh, amendment,

[2:30:30] late filed Amendment 2 has

[2:30:32] passed, um, uh, MR. Coupin, is

[2:30:35] it your intent to renew your

[2:30:37] motion to approve as amended

[2:30:38] now with late filed Amendment

[2:30:42] number 2 having been added,

[2:30:44] shaking his head yes. Ok, on we

[2:30:45] go. Now we

[2:30:46] re going to go back

[2:30:49] over to the main queue. So at

[2:30:50] this juncture where we are

[2:30:52] colleagues, is there is a

[2:30:54] motion to approve as am

[2:30:57] end ed so far with amendments

[2:31:03] 2356, 2022, 23, 24, 25, 27, and

[2:31:06] late filed amendments 1 and 2.

[2:31:07] Next in the queue is council

[2:31:08] member Parker. You

[2:31:08] re

[2:31:09] recognized, sir. Thank you,

[2:31:10] Vice Mayor. I would like to

[2:31:13] move Amendment 15. Ok. Is there

[2:31:15] a second?

[2:31:16] Ok, um, there

[2:31:16] s a motion to

[2:31:18] amend with Amendment 15. Go

[2:31:18] ahead, sir.

[2:31:20] Thank you. So, um, throughout

[2:31:22] the course of discussion around

[2:31:22] this project we

[2:31:23] ve heard a lot

[2:31:24] of discussion about how we

[2:31:27] really need this street network

[2:31:28] uh for this site to be as safe

[2:31:31] and accessible as possible. Um,

[2:31:31] we

[2:31:34] ve never scratched built in

[2:31:35] Nashville a um development this

[2:31:38] dense, um, this large, um, that

[2:31:39] has zero street network to

[2:31:41] begin with, even on the metro

[2:31:42] portion of the East Bank, there

[2:31:43] is something of a street grid

[2:31:46] to begin with, so we know that

[2:31:47] the major and collector street

[2:31:50] plan

[2:31:51] um process is going to be

[2:31:52] extremely important to get

[2:31:53] right and what this amendment

[2:31:54] does is gives us a couple of

[2:31:56] other touch points that being

[2:31:57] recommendations from the

[2:31:59] bicycle and pedestrian Advisory

[2:32:00] Committee and the Vision Zero

[2:32:02] Advisory commission or

[2:32:03] committee, forgive me if I

[2:32:04] can

[2:32:05] t remember which is which.

[2:32:07] Um, it also includes a few, um,

[2:32:09] sort of parameters just for um

[2:32:10] uh like for example it does

[2:32:11] include a shot clock, so

[2:32:13] neither of those entities could

[2:32:14] just like fail to make a

[2:32:15] recommendation and then that

[2:32:17] hold it up from being approved

[2:32:18] by planning.

[2:32:18] There

[2:32:19] s language in there that

[2:32:20] um

[2:32:24] it could also be successor orgs

[2:32:26] to bpac and va. It should that

[2:32:29] structurally be modified, um,

[2:32:29] and if there

[2:32:30] s not a successor

[2:32:31] org identified, it falls back

[2:32:33] on the charter mandated traffic

[2:32:34] and parking commissions, so

[2:32:34] there

[2:32:35] s kind of always going to

[2:32:36] be an entity that can, can, can

[2:32:37] look at this in addition to the

[2:32:38] planning commission and make a

[2:32:40] recommendation so, um, I, I, I

[2:32:41] believe it

[2:32:41] s supported by the

[2:32:43] the lead sponsor as well, um,

[2:32:44] based on committee discussions,

[2:32:45] and I would ask for colleagues

[2:32:46] support.

[2:32:48] All right, um, uh, there is a

[2:32:51] motion, uh, to amend with

[2:32:53] Amendment 15, uh, by council

[2:32:54] member Parker. Uh, it is

[2:32:58] properly seconded and you have

[2:33:00] heard a description of that

[2:33:02] amendment. We are on to

[2:33:04] discussion on Amendment 15 if

[2:33:05] you seek to be recognized for

[2:33:06] purposes that discussion,

[2:33:07] please raise your hand.

[2:33:09] Ok, Councilmember Hancock,

[2:33:09] you

[2:33:10] re recognized. Thank you,

[2:33:12] Vice Mayor. I can think of no

[2:33:13] one on the body more qualified

[2:33:16] to recommend a bicycle advisory

[2:33:18] then COUNCILMAN Parker and I

[2:33:19] support this amendment.

[2:33:20] Thank you, MS. Hancock and

[2:33:21] Council member k Coopin, you

[2:33:21] re

[2:33:22] recognized. Thank you, MADAM

[2:33:23] PRESIDENT. A huge thank you to

[2:33:24] my colleague for bringing this.

[2:33:26] Um, we heard, uh, Dot Dobbin

[2:33:27] s

[2:33:28] name invoked earlier as as well

[2:33:29] as many others who have

[2:33:33] perished on our roadways, and

[2:33:33] it

[2:33:33] s uh it

[2:33:34] s something that

[2:33:35] something weighs heavily on my

[2:33:35] heart. I

[2:33:36] ve talked to too many

[2:33:37] families who have lost loved

[2:33:37] ones, and so it

[2:33:38] s incredibly

[2:33:39] important to me that this

[2:33:40] neighborhood, um, reaches

[2:33:41] vision zero that we don

[2:33:42] t have

[2:33:43] pedestrian deaths on this, on

[2:33:44] this site that we

[2:33:45] re building,

[2:33:46] um, so hugely supportive of

[2:33:47] this very much appreciative of

[2:33:49] multimodal, um, input, um, I

[2:33:50] had, I had set up a meeting at

[2:33:51] one point with um some of the

[2:33:53] members of bpac and vsa with a

[2:33:55] development team, um, to kind

[2:33:56] of communicate the importance

[2:33:57] of this, um, as they develop

[2:33:59] their site and uh appreciate

[2:34:00] that this will be codified as a

[2:34:02] longer term process. So hugely

[2:34:03] supportive and appreciative of

[2:34:06] my colleague for bringing this.

[2:34:08] All right, um, is there any

[2:34:09] further discussion on the

[2:34:10] motion to amend with Amendment

[2:34:11] 15.

[2:34:13] Ok? If so, raise your hand

[2:34:15] See none, all in favor of

[2:34:17] Amendment 15, please say aye.

[2:34:19] Any voting no? Any abstaining.

[2:34:21] All right. Amendment 15 has

[2:34:24] passed, um, MR. Coupin, is it,

[2:34:25] uh, your intent to renew your

[2:34:28] motion, uh, to approve as

[2:34:30] amended, now having added

[2:34:32] Amendment 15, he is shaking his

[2:34:35] head yes. On we go. Um, we

[2:34:35] re

[2:34:40] on discussion now on the motion

[2:34:42] to approve as amended. Uh, next

[2:34:44] in the queue is council member

[2:34:44] Benedict. You

[2:34:45] re recognized.

[2:34:45] I

[2:34:47] m here for my, are we

[2:34:49] uh, you, you MAY offer your

[2:34:49] amendments. That

[2:34:50] s a proper

[2:34:51] motion in the midst of

[2:34:52] discussion, the way that I

[2:34:53] heard you say that just a

[2:34:54] second ago. I was like, wait,

[2:34:54] no, we

[2:34:55] re on that, but ok, I

[2:34:55] d

[2:34:57] like to move Amendment 12. All

[2:34:58] right, um, uh, there is a

[2:35:00] motion to amend with Amendment

[2:35:01] 12 by Councilmember Benedict.

[2:35:03] Is there a second?

[2:35:03] Ok, it

[2:35:04] s properly seconded. Go

[2:35:05] ahead, ma

[2:35:06] am. Thank you, MADAM

[2:35:08] Vice Mayor. So colleagues, this

[2:35:10] adds a recital. Uh, it

[2:35:10] s

[2:35:12] non-binding, but as a recital

[2:35:15] that encourages a developer in

[2:35:17] the future to provide an urban

[2:35:18] fire station. Um, we

[2:35:18] ve talked

[2:35:19] about this many times that we

[2:35:21] have big buildings being built

[2:35:23] all over the city, especially

[2:35:25] in the downtown and now in this

[2:35:27] um East Bend area and so we

[2:35:29] need fire coverage for those

[2:35:31] and other big cities we see

[2:35:32] fire halls on the bottom of

[2:35:33] buildings, so this is

[2:35:34] to encourage that type of

[2:35:36] development in the future, and

[2:35:37] i ask for your support. All

[2:35:37] right, um, there

[2:35:39] s a motion to

[2:35:41] amend with Amendment 12. Um,

[2:35:41] you

[2:35:43] ve heard a description, uh,

[2:35:44] by the sponsor. It was properly

[2:35:45] seconded and we

[2:35:45] re on to

[2:35:49] discussion of that motion to

[2:35:51] amend. If anyone seeks to be

[2:35:52] recognized for purposes of that

[2:35:53] discussion, please raise your

[2:35:54] hand.

[2:35:55] Councilmember Coupin, go ahead,

[2:35:56] sir. Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[2:35:57] Thank you to my colleague for

[2:35:58] bringing this. Um, I think

[2:35:59] first responders are incredibly

[2:36:00] important on this site and love

[2:36:01] the idea of having a fire

[2:36:02] station over there, so

[2:36:03] appreciate that and very

[2:36:04] supportive. All right. Is there

[2:36:06] any further discussion on the

[2:36:07] motion to amend with Amendment

[2:36:08] 12.

[2:36:09] See none. All in favor, please

[2:36:12] say aye. Any voting no or

[2:36:13] abstaining. All right.

[2:36:15] Amendment 12 has passed. Uh,

[2:36:16] Councilmember Coupin, is it

[2:36:18] your intent to renew your

[2:36:23] motion to approve as amended

[2:36:25] now having added Amendment 12,

[2:36:28] shaking his head yes, um, uh,

[2:36:29] discussion continues, and I

[2:36:29] m

[2:36:32] not seeing our clock, but I

[2:36:33] presume you have, um,

[2:36:34] additional time MS. Benedict,

[2:36:35] you

[2:36:36] re recognized. Thank you,

[2:36:36] MADAM Vice Mayor. I

[2:36:37] d like to

[2:36:38] suspend the rules to present

[2:36:39] the Yoland

[2:36:41] a Palming Cannon Oldham Street

[2:36:42] Safety Amendment, uh, late

[2:36:44] filed number 3. All right, um,

[2:36:47] uh, MS. Benedict, um, has

[2:36:49] requested a suspension of the

[2:36:52] rules to take up late filed

[2:36:57] amendment number 3, which, uh,

[2:37:00] did receive a recommendation in

[2:37:01] planning and zoning, uh,

[2:37:04] committee, uh, 10 and 0. Is

[2:37:05] there any objection to the

[2:37:07] suspension of the rules to take

[2:37:10] up this amendment. Ok, it just

[2:37:12] requires, uh, 3 or 2, and so

[2:37:13] there is more than that, um, so

[2:37:15] the rules are not suspended and

[2:37:16] we cannot take this up at this

[2:37:21] time. Ok, um, alrighty. Um, ok,

[2:37:23] um, next in the queue for

[2:37:25] discussion, uh is council

[2:37:26] member uh Horton, uh, planning

[2:37:27] and zoning chair, you

[2:37:27] re

[2:37:28] recognized, sir. Thank you,

[2:37:30] Mayer. I

[2:37:31] d like to move for

[2:37:32] approval of Amendment 11,

[2:37:33] please. Ok, there

[2:37:35] s a motion to

[2:37:37] amend with Amendment 11

[2:37:38] properly seconded. Go ahead,

[2:37:39] sir. Thank you, Vice Mayor.

[2:37:40] This amendment

[2:37:42] seeks to, um, govern a street

[2:37:43] design and infrastructure for

[2:37:45] the East Bend. Um, it reaffirms

[2:37:46] that the street design should

[2:37:48] adhere to our multimodal

[2:37:49] hierarchy to prioritize walking,

[2:37:51] biking, and public transit over

[2:37:52] single passenger vehicles, as

[2:37:54] well as Vision Zero principles

[2:37:55] that the only acceptable number

[2:37:57] of traffic deaths is 0. It also

[2:37:59] requires a written report to

[2:38:00] the council on amendments to

[2:38:01] the Major and collector Street

[2:38:06] plan for the East Bend uh

[2:38:07] Street Network as well as

[2:38:08] requires great separation

[2:38:09] between the pedestrian

[2:38:10] promenade and

[2:38:13] vehicular roadways. All right,

[2:38:14] um, there is a motion to amend,

[2:38:17] uh, with amendment 11 by

[2:38:19] sponsor, uh, Horton. You have

[2:38:20] is properly seconded and if

[2:38:20] you

[2:38:22] ve heard an explanation of

[2:38:23] that amendment, um, so we are

[2:38:26] on, uh, to discussion on the

[2:38:28] motion to amend if anyone seeks

[2:38:29] to be recognized, uh, for

[2:38:31] purposes of the, uh, that

[2:38:32] discussion. Please raise your

[2:38:32] hand.

[2:38:34] Ok, MR. Coopin, go ahead, sir.

[2:38:39] Friendly amendment. All right,

[2:38:39] um, anyone else seeking to be

[2:38:40] recognized on the motion to

[2:38:42] amend. Seeing none, all in

[2:38:43] favor, please say aye. Any

[2:38:45] voting no or abstaining. All

[2:38:48] right. Amendment 11 has passed.

[2:38:49] Um, MR. Coopin, is it your

[2:38:51] intent to renew your motion to

[2:38:54] approve as amended, um, now,

[2:38:56] having added amendment 11.

[2:38:58] Ok, he is shaking his head yes.

[2:39:01] Uh, on we go. So we are at

[2:39:03] present, colleagues on

[2:39:06] discussion of the motion to

[2:39:08] approve as amended presently

[2:39:14] with amendments 2356, 1112,

[2:39:19] 1520, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, and

[2:39:21] late filed amendments 1 and 2.

[2:39:22] Discussion continues next in

[2:39:24] the queue is MR. Coupin. Go

[2:39:26] ahead, sir. Thank you, MADAM

[2:39:27] PRESIDENT. I would like to move

[2:39:28] to suspend the rules to take up

[2:39:31] late filed for, please. Ok, um,

[2:39:36] uh, there is a, uh, motion, um,

[2:39:39] uh, to suspend the rules to

[2:39:41] take up late filed Amendment 4.

[2:39:42] At this time, they

[2:39:44] re not being

[2:39:47] a committee recommendation for

[2:39:49] planning and zoning. I am going

[2:39:50] to acknowledge, uh, uh

[2:39:52] chair of rules, Confirmations

[2:39:54] in public elections. MR. Cash

[2:39:56] on the late foul nature of late

[2:39:58] filed Amendment 4. We heard

[2:40:00] late filed Amendment 4 and

[2:40:03] voted in favor of 6 to 0 to 0

[2:40:05] of the of the late filed nature.

[2:40:08] Ok, having heard the report of

[2:40:11] Rus chair Cash. Is there any

[2:40:12] objection to the suspension of

[2:40:13] the rules?

[2:40:15] All right, I see no objections,

[2:40:18] and with that, um, the rules

[2:40:22] are suspended, um, and thus you

[2:40:24] MAY now offer, um, Amendment 4.

[2:40:25] Move approval. All right, um,

[2:40:26] there is a motion to approve.

[2:40:27] Is there a second?

[2:40:27] Um, there

[2:40:31] s a motion to, um, uh,

[2:40:33] uh, amend, um, rather, uh, with

[2:40:34] amendment late filed Amendment

[2:40:37] 4 by sponsor Vo. MR. Uh Coupin,

[2:40:38] do you want to share about that

[2:40:40] or MS. Vo, um, I recognize you,

[2:40:42] um, for an explanation on that

[2:40:43] amendment. Go ahead. Thank you

[2:40:46] so much, Vice Mayor. Um, this

[2:40:50] late file is um an an amendment

[2:40:52] from the proposed Amendment 16

[2:40:55] that was passed in committee

[2:40:57] yesterday, 10 in favor, 0

[2:40:58] against, 0, not voting. Um,

[2:40:59] And after discussion with

[2:41:00] planning, we just wanted to

[2:41:02] make sure that the correct

[2:41:03] metro departments. We

[2:41:03] re gonna

[2:41:05] be covering the environmental

[2:41:06] studies, so the changes that

[2:41:07] you see in the late file is

[2:41:10] reflective, uh, from planning

[2:41:12] to metro, um, water services

[2:41:14] and the Metro Health department.

[2:41:15] Um, everything else in the

[2:41:17] amendment remained the same. Ok

[2:41:19] All right, thank you for that

[2:41:21] explanation. Um, there is a

[2:41:24] motion to amend with late filed

[2:41:26] Amendment 4, sponsored by MS.

[2:41:31] Veaux. Uh, it was, uh, uh,

[2:41:33] properly seconded. Um, you

[2:41:33] ve

[2:41:35] heard an explanation. Is there

[2:41:36] any, uh, discussion on the

[2:41:38] motion to amend with late filed

[2:41:39] for, um, uh, go ahead, MR.

[2:41:40] Coopin. Friendly amendment. All

[2:41:41] right. Is there anyone else

[2:41:42] seeking to be recognized on

[2:41:44] late file 4. If so, please do

[2:41:46] raise your hands.

[2:41:48] See none, all in favor, please

[2:41:50] say aye. Any voting no or

[2:41:53] abstaining. All right, so a

[2:41:55] late filed Amendment 4, has

[2:41:58] passed. Uh, MR. Coupin, is it

[2:41:59] your intent to renew your

[2:42:01] motion to approve as amended

[2:42:04] with late file Amendment 4 now

[2:42:05] having been added. He is

[2:42:07] striding, nodding his head yes

[2:42:11] and so um we continue with

[2:42:13] discussion on the motion to

[2:42:15] approve as amended next in the

[2:42:17] queue is you again, MR. Coupin.

[2:42:17] Um, go ahead, sir.

[2:42:18] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT and

[2:42:20] Special Counsel I believe I

[2:42:20] ve

[2:42:21] got it correct, that I can now

[2:42:23] move Amendment 10, as this is

[2:42:24] the last amendment that is

[2:42:26] um, hopefully will be moved. So

[2:42:26] I

[2:42:27] d like to move Amendment 10,

[2:42:29] please.

[2:42:31] All right, and is special

[2:42:34] counsel? Do you wanna?

[2:42:38] Obviously, members can move

[2:42:39] amendments through this process.

[2:42:41] This is the last amendment that

[2:42:42] received a recommendation from

[2:42:44] Planning and zoning Committee.

[2:42:45] Perfect, thank you. All right,

[2:42:45] um, it

[2:42:46] s, it

[2:42:47] s the last one

[2:42:49] left on the very long list. Um,

[2:42:52] ok, so, um, uh, MR. Uh Coupin,

[2:42:54] uh

[2:42:56] you have made the motion to

[2:42:57] amend with Amendment 10 and i

[2:42:59] believe I heard it seconded. Um,

[2:43:00] is there anything you would

[2:43:02] like to explain about Amendment

[2:43:04] 10, sir. Yes, thank you, MADAM

[2:43:05] PRESIDENT, and this, uh, really

[2:43:06] appreciate my colleague

[2:43:08] bringing the idea of, of, um,

[2:43:11] changing or changing the name

[2:43:13] or or or adjusting the name of

[2:43:15] the planning document, um, to

[2:43:16] be clear, this is the planning

[2:43:17] document itself. This is not

[2:43:18] the project the project team

[2:43:19] can do what they want,

[2:43:20] obviously with their project,

[2:43:22] but this is for our um downtown

[2:43:25] code, um, to have it named

[2:43:25] something and we

[2:43:25] ve got

[2:43:26] East Bank and East Point and

[2:43:27] East Bend and there

[2:43:27] s I

[2:43:28] ve

[2:43:29] members of the public, I

[2:43:29] ve

[2:43:31] watched get very confused, um,

[2:43:32] with all of these different

[2:43:33] terms, and I wanna make sure

[2:43:34] that this has its own identity

[2:43:36] and has its own um clear, clear

[2:43:37] distinction, um, and I know I,

[2:43:39] I went down this road and I

[2:43:39] believe my colleague went down

[2:43:41] this road as well, um, thinking

[2:43:42] about what, what could we name

[2:43:46] it, um, and I thought about

[2:43:48] Guasoto Park, which is renamed

[2:43:50] from Cumberland Park, Guota

[2:43:51] being the Shawnee name meaning

[2:43:54] meaning valley of the deer, uh,

[2:43:55] regarding the Cumberland River

[2:43:56] and so, um, given that that was

[2:43:57] done and given that many folks

[2:43:59] have now embraced that name,

[2:44:00] and this is the bend of the

[2:44:02] Cumberland River. Um, I felt it

[2:44:04] fitting to rename the project,

[2:44:06] um, rename the dtc at least uh

[2:44:07] Wasoto Bend, um, so something

[2:44:08] that I think is, is really

[2:44:09] great. It

[2:44:09] s a great way to

[2:44:11] acknowledge the land that it

[2:44:11] s

[2:44:12] sitting on, um, and acknowledge,

[2:44:14] um, again, this very distinct

[2:44:15] effort of so many people have

[2:44:16] taken so, so much time to make

[2:44:19] this happen, and I think it

[2:44:21] deserves its own identity. So I

[2:44:22] ask my colleagues to support.

[2:44:24] All right, um, so we are on to

[2:44:25] discussion of the motion to

[2:44:27] amend with Amendment 10, um,

[2:44:29] offered by, uh, MR. Coupin,

[2:44:30] primary sponsor, you

[2:44:31] ve heard

[2:44:33] an explanation of the amendment.

[2:44:35] Is there any discussion, um, on

[2:44:38] this amendment, um, uh

[2:44:40] Ques changing a little bit.

[2:44:40] Let

[2:44:41] s keep with our pattern

[2:44:42] here. If any discussion on the

[2:44:44] motion to amend, please raise

[2:44:45] your hand.

[2:44:47] Ok, seeing none, um, all in

[2:44:50] favor, uh, please say aye.

[2:44:56] Any voting no, any pardon?

[2:44:59] Ok. Um, uh, any abstaining?

[2:45:04] Ok. The eyes have it, um, uh,

[2:45:07] so Amendment 10 has passed, um,

[2:45:10] at this juncture, MR. Coupin,

[2:45:15] um, do you wish to renew, uh,

[2:45:17] your motion to approve as

[2:45:19] amended at this juncture with

[2:45:28] amendments 2356, 1011, 1215,

[2:45:30] 2022, 23, 24, 25, 27, and late

[2:45:31] filed amendment

[2:45:33] s 12, and 4.

[2:45:35] Um, if you would please state

[2:45:36] that motion.

[2:45:37] Do you want to restate all

[2:45:38] those amendments or just I

[2:45:39] would like to, I would like to

[2:45:40] move the bill with all of the

[2:45:41] amendments that you just read

[2:45:43] off. Great. Is there a second?

[2:45:46] Ok. Um, all right, so we are

[2:45:49] now on to the primary, um,

[2:45:51] discussion, all the amendments

[2:45:53] having been offered, moved, or

[2:45:57] otherwise, um, uh, we are on to

[2:45:59] discussion, uh, to approve on,

[2:46:00] um,

[2:46:02] uh,

[2:46:04] third and final reading as

[2:46:06] amended, um, first in the queue

[2:46:07] for that discussion is

[2:46:08] Councilmember Benedict. Thank

[2:46:10] you, MADAM Vice Mayor. So, um,

[2:46:11] I prepared some words because

[2:46:13] this is so important to me and

[2:46:14] to the people of East Nashville

[2:46:15] and of District 7, and I want

[2:46:17] to start by saying thank you to

[2:46:19] everybody who called and

[2:46:20] emailed and showed up to make

[2:46:21] their voices heard. Uh, at the

[2:46:22] end of the day, I

[2:46:23] m here for

[2:46:24] the neighbors who trust me to

[2:46:25] make the right decisions for

[2:46:27] our day to day lives. Uh, you

[2:46:29] spoke up and this bill is

[2:46:31] better because of it.

[2:46:32] Um, I also wanna thank my

[2:46:33] colleagues in the departmental

[2:46:37] staff, especially council

[2:46:39] members Coupin and Cap. I don

[2:46:39] t

[2:46:39] think we

[2:46:40] d ever have the

[2:46:41] opportunity to redevelop this

[2:46:44] area and on the site and it

[2:46:45] takes a massive amount of work

[2:46:46] to do it. So because of the

[2:46:48] scale of this though, I believe

[2:46:50] this deserved as much work as

[2:46:50] we

[2:46:52] ve all put into it

[2:46:53] Many of the concerns I heard

[2:46:55] boiled down to one issue, and

[2:46:56] that is that what we are being

[2:46:58] promised is not in the bill in

[2:46:59] front of us. We all heard that

[2:47:01] 30% of the private land would

[2:47:02] be open to the public, but the

[2:47:03] bill doesn

[2:47:04] t outline how that

[2:47:05] will happen, who will pay for

[2:47:07] it, and when it will be paid

[2:47:11] for. The development will

[2:47:12] require upgrades to

[2:47:14] infrastructure including

[2:47:16] streets, sewer, and stormwater,

[2:47:16] but those costs aren

[2:47:17] t outlined,

[2:47:19] including if our taxpayers will

[2:47:21] cover them or if developers

[2:47:21] will.

[2:47:23] We often hear that our tax

[2:47:24] dollars go downtown and

[2:47:25] Nashvilleians don

[2:47:26] t get the

[2:47:27] services that they need in

[2:47:28] their neighborhoods, and I

[2:47:28] can

[2:47:29] t tell you tonight if

[2:47:29] you

[2:47:30] ll pay for it or not.

[2:47:31] I

[2:47:32] m also frustrated that we

[2:47:33] have the opportunity to

[2:47:35] celebrate our rich civil rights

[2:47:36] history, um, but we chose other

[2:47:38] priorities and we do that

[2:47:39] frequently. A children

[2:47:39] s museum

[2:47:40] is great, but I

[2:47:41] m left again

[2:47:44] with the question, when will

[2:47:45] somebody consider a civil

[2:47:46] rights museum?

[2:47:48] Even with those concerns though,

[2:47:50] I now support the amended bill.

[2:47:50] It

[2:47:51] s not perfect, but it is

[2:47:53] much better than it originally

[2:47:54] was.

[2:47:56] Most importantly, and I wanna

[2:47:58] make sure that the people with

[2:48:00] a capital p are the ones who

[2:48:02] actually benefit from this

[2:48:03] development. We

[2:48:04] re on our way

[2:48:05] and I believe with the future

[2:48:07] East Bank Design Review

[2:48:08] Committee, and I appreciate the

[2:48:08] sponsor

[2:48:10] s support of that. I

[2:48:12] believe that with the future

[2:48:14] design Review Committee, the

[2:48:15] support of planning staff and

[2:48:19] commitments from developers, I

[2:48:20] think we can get there where

[2:48:22] this is really going to benefit

[2:48:23] the people. So colleagues, I

[2:48:24] hope that you

[2:48:25] ll join me in

[2:48:26] voting yes on the amended bill.

[2:48:27] Thank you. All right, um, next

[2:48:29] in the queue for discussion is

[2:48:30] Councilmember Cap. You

[2:48:30] re

[2:48:31] recognized. Thank you, Vice

[2:48:33] Mayor. Um, this is a big deal

[2:48:34] for the city and the region.

[2:48:35] It

[2:48:36] s also a really big deal for

[2:48:38] the east side of town. Uh, my

[2:48:40] colleagues and I on the east

[2:48:42] side have worked a lot and

[2:48:44] heard a lot from our

[2:48:46] communities about this, and we

[2:48:48] worked hard to move this bill

[2:48:52] in the direction of being a

[2:48:53] neighborhood for Nashvilleans

[2:48:54] and something that we can be

[2:48:55] proud of in terms of its

[2:48:56] infrastructure.

[2:48:57] Transportation network, amount

[2:48:59] of housing, walkability, and I

[2:49:01] am really grateful, uh, for

[2:49:02] that input. This, there

[2:49:02] s lots

[2:49:04] of moments when I feel really

[2:49:06] proud to represent District 6,

[2:49:07] and this is really very close

[2:49:09] to the top of that list. I just

[2:49:10] want to thank the community

[2:49:12] members and folks who had

[2:49:13] questions, concerns, who

[2:49:14] reached out and discussed this

[2:49:16] over the last several weeks. It

[2:49:18] was an extremely heartening

[2:49:20] civic exercise for me and I

[2:49:21] also want to thank my

[2:49:22] colleagues to either side for

[2:49:24] doing the same thing

[2:49:24] i

[2:49:27] d also like to thank the

[2:49:28] sponsor of the bill for being

[2:49:30] receptive to the East Side

[2:49:31] voice in this matter and

[2:49:33] deeming our amendments friendly.

[2:49:33] That

[2:49:35] s really significant, uh,

[2:49:36] with the bill as amended, I am

[2:49:37] also supportive and ask my

[2:49:39] colleagues to do the same.

[2:49:40] Thank you, MR. Capp. Uh, next

[2:49:42] is Councilmember Soira, you

[2:49:42] re

[2:49:43] recognized.

[2:49:44] Thank you Vice Mayor, a lot of

[2:49:46] thank yous tonight, uh, from

[2:49:49] the time that the, the, we

[2:49:50] started getting uh emails. Uh

[2:49:52] it was obvious that people

[2:49:54] wanted a change to the area,

[2:49:55] but they wanted it to happen in

[2:49:56] a way that benefits the people.

[2:50:00] And what I kept reading was we

[2:50:01] wanted to be neighborly, we

[2:50:03] want parking and all of those

[2:50:05] things. And before one of us

[2:50:07] could think the East side

[2:50:09] council members jump on and

[2:50:10] they did a phenomenal job, so I

[2:50:12] wanted to thank them so much uh

[2:50:13] for the work that they

[2:50:13] ve done.

[2:50:15] I too do believe that.

[2:50:17] The bill as amended come close

[2:50:18] to what the people want, and

[2:50:20] this is how we should be when

[2:50:21] we all walk together, when we

[2:50:23] take all this consideration,

[2:50:23] yes, it

[2:50:24] s 28th Amendment, but

[2:50:25] it was worth every single one

[2:50:27] of it, so I wanted to thank all

[2:50:28] of them. The last thing that I

[2:50:29] wanted to mention is that there

[2:50:31] was a concern that was still

[2:50:32] lingering as of yesterday about

[2:50:37] who pays for this, and from the

[2:50:38] conversation from the committee,

[2:50:39] we couldn

[2:50:41] t, we cannot by law

[2:50:43] mandates the developer to pay

[2:50:44] for anything. They

[2:50:44] ve agreed to

[2:50:45] it, but it

[2:50:45] s not in

[2:50:46] the contract that we

[2:50:46] re signing,

[2:50:48] so my little contribution to

[2:50:50] this was I asked them to send

[2:50:52] us something in writing to

[2:50:53] commit to something, even

[2:50:55] though we cannot make them do

[2:50:55] it, and they

[2:50:56] re willing to do

[2:50:58] it. Can they put that somewhere

[2:51:00] that we can see and I want to

[2:51:01] speak it into record so you

[2:51:02] receive an email today from MR.

[2:51:04] Sam Reed that talks about this

[2:51:06] project and the amendments, and

[2:51:06] there

[2:51:07] s a statement in there

[2:51:11] that says that this is not an

[2:51:12] aspiration. It

[2:51:13] s a commitment

[2:51:15] 100% to be paid by the

[2:51:16] developer and so.

[2:51:18] I hope that settle that

[2:51:19] question, uh, uh, that is still

[2:51:21] lingering and with that being

[2:51:23] answered and that commitment

[2:51:25] and all the amendments, I to

[2:51:26] move uh.

[2:51:27] For the support and ask

[2:51:29] everyone uh to vote and thank

[2:51:30] everyone that got us here.

[2:51:31] Thank you. Thank you. Next in

[2:51:33] the queue is council member

[2:51:34] Parker. You recognize her.

[2:51:35] Think of vice mayor, and I

[2:51:35] m

[2:51:36] going to be careful not to

[2:51:38] repeat what my colleagues have

[2:51:39] already said about this. I did

[2:51:42] want to speak just a little bit

[2:51:44] about the process, you know, I

[2:51:45] know this was um a pretty heavy

[2:51:47] lift for this body, um, for the

[2:51:48] committees, um, really

[2:51:50] appreciative of the planning

[2:51:51] and zoning committee, um, Chair

[2:51:53] Horton, uh, really appreciative

[2:51:54] of the patience from the budget

[2:51:55] committee folks at our

[2:51:57] last meeting, um, you know,

[2:51:57] it

[2:51:57] s, it

[2:51:58] s not an easy

[2:51:59] situation when an area has

[2:52:01] historically been in, you know,

[2:52:03] two districts separated by a

[2:52:04] very natural and obvious

[2:52:06] boundary, um, from, from

[2:52:10] downtown and that area is moved

[2:52:12] into the downtown district and

[2:52:13] so there

[2:52:14] s these 3 folks that

[2:52:17] sort of have.

[2:52:17] An interest there

[2:52:18] s obviously

[2:52:19] you defer to the the district

[2:52:20] council member, but there

[2:52:20] s a

[2:52:22] historical tie with the

[2:52:23] communities in East Nashville

[2:52:24] there and then there

[2:52:24] s this

[2:52:26] weird ripple of um open

[2:52:27] meetings requirements in

[2:52:29] Tennessee, um, so we really had

[2:52:31] to lean on that committee

[2:52:32] process, um, to get to where we

[2:52:33] got here and I

[2:52:34] m just I

[2:52:34] m quite

[2:52:36] proud of the body, quite proud

[2:52:37] of the committee process, um,

[2:52:39] for, for the work product here

[2:52:40] and I just wanna.

[2:52:41] Be sure to thank, uh, the lead

[2:52:42] sponsor Council member Coupin

[2:52:44] and um planning and zoning

[2:52:46] chair, um, Ron Horton, so thank

[2:52:51] you. Thank you, sir. Uh, next

[2:52:53] in the queue is, uh, council

[2:52:53] member Stiles, you

[2:52:53] re

[2:52:54] recognized man.

[2:52:56] Thank you very much, Vice Mayor.

[2:52:59] Um, I will be brief. I am

[2:53:02] really excited to be a sponsor

[2:53:06] on this bill. I think

[2:53:10] this bill showed how we can all

[2:53:12] work together to work for

[2:53:15] constituents, also make great

[2:53:18] decisions for the city and

[2:53:20] this process I was sharing with

[2:53:22] someone earlier that this was

[2:53:26] so markedly different from last

[2:53:26] term

[2:53:29] s large planning process

[2:53:30] for another large project that

[2:53:31] I won

[2:53:32] t name and that was a

[2:53:33] veritable nightmare. This is

[2:53:34] going so much smoother and I

[2:53:34] m

[2:53:36] grateful, um.

[2:53:37] I, I feel like perhaps we

[2:53:38] learned some lessons from last

[2:53:42] term, um, but thank you for

[2:53:43] everyone that came up with a

[2:53:45] wonderful amendment, every

[2:53:47] single council member and I

[2:53:47] m

[2:53:48] looking forward to seeing what

[2:53:50] this manifests into over the

[2:53:52] years to come. Thank you. Thank

[2:53:54] you, MS. Stiles. Uh, next is,

[2:53:56] uh, councilmember Evans, you

[2:53:56] reckon that

[2:53:59] s me. Thank you,

[2:54:01] Vice Mayor. I

[2:54:02] m really excited

[2:54:05] that I, um, brought forward 3

[2:54:07] amendments that went nowhere,

[2:54:07] but I think

[2:54:09] advanced at least some

[2:54:10] conversations that I think are

[2:54:12] important, in particular the

[2:54:12] one about who

[2:54:14] s paying for what,

[2:54:15] um, because I think that was a

[2:54:16] topic that was uh kind of

[2:54:18] swirling around the edges and

[2:54:18] hadn

[2:54:20] t been very explicit and

[2:54:21] so I appreciate the the

[2:54:22] conversation around that and i

[2:54:22] think it

[2:54:24] s really important for

[2:54:24] anybody in this room that

[2:54:25] s

[2:54:26] contemplating running for

[2:54:28] another term, um, that you mark

[2:54:31] this time in your memory, um,

[2:54:34] because there will be future

[2:54:35] opportunities where there will

[2:54:37] probably be questions around

[2:54:37] who

[2:54:38] s paying for what, um, and

[2:54:39] you

[2:54:40] ll have an opportunity to

[2:54:42] kind of weigh in on those uh

[2:54:43] discussions in the future,

[2:54:44] because ultimately, you know,

[2:54:45] we did learn some things from

[2:54:47] last term related to the

[2:54:48] project that will not be named,

[2:54:50] um, and one of it is the

[2:54:51] material, um, outcomes that

[2:54:52] probably we didn

[2:54:53] t get deep

[2:54:56] enough about really what um

[2:54:57] these large projects look like

[2:54:59] from an execution perspective

[2:55:00] and how the what the impact

[2:55:01] looks like in all of our

[2:55:03] districts, um, so thanks again

[2:55:04] for allowing

[2:55:08] uh one of the, the suburban

[2:55:10] areas to participate.

[2:55:11] Thank you, MS. Evans. Um, all

[2:55:12] right, last in the queue for

[2:55:14] discussion, back to the primary

[2:55:15] sponsor to bring it home. Go

[2:55:16] ahead, sir. Thank you, MADAM

[2:55:17] PRESIDENT, and I will try to

[2:55:18] not to echo all the wonderful

[2:55:19] things that were said, but a

[2:55:21] deep appreciation to everyone I

[2:55:23] forgot earlier to think, um,

[2:55:25] Brian and Sammy and again Matt

[2:55:27] for working tirelessly nights,

[2:55:28] weekends, we were getting

[2:55:30] emails all sorts of hours, so

[2:55:31] thank you to everyone who put

[2:55:32] in all this extra work to make

[2:55:34] this happen, um, and thank you

[2:55:36] to the development team, um

[2:55:37] putting up a phenomenal amount

[2:55:38] of money to make this project

[2:55:38] go and we

[2:55:41] ve been able to shape

[2:55:42] it as a council and as a body,

[2:55:43] um, but I think it it needs to

[2:55:44] be said that they, they

[2:55:44] re

[2:55:46] putting up a big sacrifice to

[2:55:47] take this from scrap yard to to

[2:55:49] neighborhood, um, and then, and

[2:55:50] then I just wanna end with

[2:55:52] thanking the people um who

[2:55:53] wrote, who called, who emailed,

[2:55:54] um, this project is better

[2:55:55] because of you, it

[2:55:55] s better

[2:55:57] because you contributed,

[2:55:58] because you lifted up your

[2:55:59] voice. Um, this is how we

[2:56:00] should do bills, this is how we

[2:56:02] should legislate, in my opinion.

[2:56:03] I think this shows that we can

[2:56:06] do that. We can land planes, um,

[2:56:08] in, in this way collaboratively

[2:56:09] with with

[2:56:10] full buy in, um, so really

[2:56:11] appreciative just to everyone

[2:56:13] um who, who did it. I think we,

[2:56:16] we are building a neighborhood

[2:56:18] for Nashvillians, and so with

[2:56:20] that I move approval as amended.

[2:56:21] All right, um, uh,

[2:56:24] we are on that motion already.

[2:56:26] Um, uh, we have one more person

[2:56:28] in the queue for discussion. Um,

[2:56:30] uh, council member Ellis,

[2:56:30] you

[2:56:31] re recognized. Uh, thank

[2:56:32] you, MADAM PRESIDENT. I just

[2:56:34] wanted to take the time while

[2:56:37] we have the spotlight and so

[2:56:39] many of my colleagues worked,

[2:56:41] uh, hours to get this right

[2:56:44] that we also do the same with

[2:56:45] the affordability challenges

[2:56:50] that are facing African

[2:56:52] Americans that was recently

[2:56:54] reported on from Metro Social

[2:56:55] Services

[2:56:56] Thank you, MS. Ellis. Is there

[2:56:59] any further, uh, discussion on

[2:57:01] the motion to approve as

[2:57:05] amended for ordinance bl

[2:57:09] 2026-1273 sponsor Coupon and

[2:57:12] Stiles on its 3rd and final

[2:57:12] reading.

[2:57:14] Sing none, all in favor, please

[2:57:15] say aye.

[2:57:17] Any voting no? Any abstaining.

[2:57:19] All right, this has passed its

[2:57:21] 3rd and final reading as

[2:57:24] amended.

[2:57:28] All right, hang, hang in there.

[2:57:31] There is one more item, um, 2

[2:57:34] more items, um, the first is,

[2:57:38] uh, somewhat of a companion to

[2:57:39] agenda item 56. It is agenda

[2:57:46] item 57 ordinance bl 2026-1284,

[2:57:47] sponsor Coupin. This is an

[2:57:49] ordinance to amend Title 17,

[2:57:50] the Metro Code of laws,

[2:57:50] ordinance of the metro

[2:57:52] government by changing from ig

[2:57:55] to dtc zoning for various

[2:57:57] properties located east

[2:57:58] of Korean Veterans Boulevard

[2:58:00] and south of Sylvan Street.

[2:58:04] This is 40.96 acres, um,

[2:58:06] council member Coupin, you are

[2:58:06] recognized, sir. Thank you,

[2:58:07] MADAM PRESIDENT. Committee

[2:58:09] reports, please, right for the

[2:58:09] report of the planning and

[2:58:11] zoning, uh, Committee Chair

[2:58:12] Horton, thank you, Vice Mayor.

[2:58:13] Pnz recommended to approve 10

[2:58:15] in favors, 0 against, 0, not

[2:58:15] voting. Ok, it

[2:58:16] s back to you,

[2:58:17] MR. Coopin, for a motion to get

[2:58:18] the bill before us. We move

[2:58:19] approval. All right, there

[2:58:19] s a

[2:58:21] motion to approve. Is it

[2:58:23] seconded? Ok. Um, uh, is there

[2:58:25] any discussion

[2:58:27] on, uh, this motion to approve?

[2:58:28] Seeing none, all in favor,

[2:58:32] please say aye.

[2:58:34] Any voting no or abstaining.

[2:58:36] All right, this too has passed,

[2:58:38] uh, its 3rd and final reading.

[2:58:40] And then we have one more item,

[2:58:42] colleagues, it is agenda item

[2:58:48] 67. It is Ordinance bl

[2:58:52] 2026-1311 sponsor Kimbro. This

[2:58:54] is an ordinance to mend Title

[2:58:55] 17, the Metro Code of Laws, the

[2:58:56] zoning ordinances of the Metro

[2:58:57] government by amending a

[2:58:59] portion of a planned unit

[2:59:00] development overlay district to

[2:59:03] permit 120 multi-family

[2:59:04] re s id ent ial units on

[2:59:06] property located at 201 Gifford

[2:59:08] Place, located at the corner of

[2:59:09] Gifford Place in White

[2:59:09] s Creek

[2:59:13] Pike. This is 3.11 acres zoned

[2:59:15] cs and within a planned unit

[2:59:17] development overlay district.

[2:59:18] Uh, council member Kimbro,

[2:59:18] you

[2:59:19] re recognized.

[2:59:21] Thank you, Vice Mayor.

[2:59:21] Committee report. Yes, ma

[2:59:22] am.

[2:59:23] Um, for the report of the

[2:59:24] planning and zoning committee,

[2:59:26] uh, Chair Horton, uh, for MS.

[2:59:26] Kimbro

[2:59:27] s 1311, please, sir.

[2:59:29] Thank you, Vice Mayor. Pnz

[2:59:30] recommended approval, 9 in

[2:59:32] favor, 0 against, 0, not voting.

[2:59:34] Ok, all right, it

[2:59:34] s back to you

[2:59:35] from, uh, a motion to get it

[2:59:36] before us.

[2:59:40] Move for approval. All right.

[2:59:41] Is there a second? There is a

[2:59:43] motion to approve properly

[2:59:44] seconded on 3rd and final

[2:59:46] reading, uh, MS. Kimbrough,

[2:59:49] anything you wish to add?

[2:59:50] Thank you for the support, and

[2:59:51] I ask that you support it

[2:59:56] tonight. This is 120

[2:59:59] residential units, um, located

[3:00:00] in the Joelton area. This was

[3:00:02] previously, well, it

[3:00:02] s

[3:00:04] currently a day

[3:00:05] s Inn hotel and

[3:00:08] um the owners are gonna put $3

[3:00:10] million into it to make these

[3:00:14] 120 units for people to have

[3:00:17] options, um, living options.

[3:00:19] Alrighty. Um, there is a motion,

[3:00:20] uh, to

[3:00:22] approve properly seconded, um,

[3:00:24] of this ordinance on its third

[3:00:25] and final reading. Um, you

[3:00:25] ve

[3:00:27] heard an explanation, uh, by

[3:00:28] the sponsor, and we are on to

[3:00:30] discussion first in the queue

[3:00:31] is council member Stiles.

[3:00:31] You

[3:00:32] re recognized.

[3:00:35] Thank you very much, Vice Mayor.

[3:00:39] We have received a lot of

[3:00:41] emails from constituents that

[3:00:42] live close to this property.

[3:00:44] They are not in support of this

[3:00:48] project and as usual, I find it

[3:00:49] very difficult to support

[3:00:51] projects when people email,

[3:00:53] show up to planning, show up to

[3:00:55] the chamber, have concerns, I

[3:00:56] think.

[3:00:58] The people that elected us and

[3:00:59] put us in office if they

[3:01:01] complain, we need to take their

[3:01:02] concerns into consideration,

[3:01:03] and so I

[3:01:03] m, I

[3:01:05] m going to be an

[3:01:07] abstention on this vote, but I

[3:01:08] would encourage my colleagues

[3:01:10] to please consider doing the

[3:01:12] same. Everyone who buys

[3:01:14] property, moves into a

[3:01:14] neighborhood, it

[3:01:16] s ok, wherever

[3:01:17] they chose to live and the

[3:01:19] reasons why they chose it, I

[3:01:19] don

[3:01:23] t think it is on us to say

[3:01:25] we know better than you do.

[3:01:26] Thank you. All right, um,

[3:01:27] discussion continues. Council

[3:01:28] member Benedict, you

[3:01:28] re

[3:01:29] recognized.

[3:01:31] Previous question

[3:01:35] All right, um, uh, MS. Benedict

[3:01:37] has recalled, uh, the previous

[3:01:39] question. It requires a second.

[3:01:41] Ok? Uh, it, uh, is

[3:01:42] non-debatable, as y

[3:01:43] all know,

[3:01:45] it requires 2/3 of those voting,

[3:01:47] um, uh, if you want to end

[3:01:48] discussion and move to the vote,

[3:01:50] you would vote yes. If you want

[3:01:52] to continue discussion, you

[3:01:56] will vote no. Um, all in favor

[3:01:57] of the previous question,

[3:01:58] please say aye.

[3:01:59] Uh, any voting no?

[3:02:00] Ok. The ayes have it. The

[3:02:02] question has been called, and

[3:02:06] we move on, uh, to the vote. Um,

[3:02:09] I think anticipating, um, MR.

[3:02:11] Uh uh Benton having pulled it

[3:02:12] off and you saying you

[3:02:13] re going

[3:02:15] to, um, is, is there anyone, MR.

[3:02:17] Benton?

[3:02:18] Is anyone requesting a roll

[3:02:19] call?

[3:02:21] Ok, we have 2 requests for roll

[3:02:23] call. Um, so, uh, MR. Clark, if

[3:02:25] you would please, uh, load the

[3:02:28] vote, uh, for 1311 please sir,

[3:02:31] which is on its 3rd and final

[3:02:32] reading.

[3:02:33] Understanding we MAY have a few

[3:02:51] abstentions in those.

[3:03:06] With all votes in, MR. Clerk,

[3:03:09] please show the vote.

[3:03:11] This ordinance has passed its

[3:03:13] 3rd and final reading with 29

[3:03:16] votes in favor, 4 voting no,

[3:03:19] and 3 abstentions. All right,

[3:03:21] that is our last item on the

[3:03:23] agenda. Um, our next council

[3:03:25] meeting will be on Thursday,

[3:03:27] MAY 7th with Monday committees

[3:03:29] shifting to Wednesday. Uh, this

[3:03:32] is due to the primary election

[3:03:33] on MAY 5th. Early voting is

[3:03:35] underway for that election.

[3:03:39] Please vote early Nashville. Is

[3:03:40] there a motion to adjourn?

[3:03:40] We

[3:03:48] re adjourned

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