Today, JUNE 9th.
2026. This is a s
well, all members of the
council as well as the public,
please rise for the invocation
and remain standing for the
pledge of allegiance. I will
remain seated for now to
delivers tonight. Tonight's
us.
Entitled of history and
hope. We have memorized america,
how it was born and who we have
been and where. In ceremonies
and silence we say words.
Telling the stories. Singing
the old songs. We like the
places they take us. Mostly we
do the great and all the
anonymous dead are there. We
know the sound of all the
sounds we brought. The rich
taste of it is on our tongues.
But where are we going to be
and why? And who? The
disenfranchized dead want to
know. We mean to be the people
we meant to be. To keep on
going where we meant to go. But
how do we fashion the future?
Who can say how except in the
minds of those who will call it
now? The children, the children.
And how does our garden grow?
With waving hands? Oh, rarely
in a row. And flowering faces
and brambles. That we can no
longer allow. Who were many
people coming together. Cannot
become one. People falling
apart. Who dreamed for every
child. And even chance. Cannot
let luck alone. Turn doorknobs
or not. Whose law was never so
much of the hand as the head.
Cannot let chaos make its way
to the heart. Who have seen
learning struggle from teacher
to child. Can not let ignorance
spread itself like a rot. We
know what we have done and what
we have said and how we have
grown degree by slow degree,
believing ourselves toward all.
We have tried to become just
and compassionate, equal, able,
and free. All this in the hands
of children, eyes already set
on a land we never can visit.
It isn't there yet. But looking
through their eyes, we can see
what our long gift to them MAY
come to be. If we can truly
remember, they will not forget.
I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the united states of america
and to the republic for which
it stands. One nation under GOD,
indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
All right.
Welcome, council and community
embers on a very stormy
evening. Happy pride month to
everyone again with a capital
improvements budget required to
pass the council no later than
JUNE 15th and our next regular
council meeting scheduled for
tuesday, JUNE 16th and focused
on consideration of the
operational budget. We'll move
right into our agenda. Without
objection, we will suspend the
calling of the roll and ask the
clerk to please record the
names of the members present
throughout the meeting. Is
there a motion for approval of
the minutes of the meeting of
JUNE 2nd, 2026? All right.
There is a motion properly
seconded. So without objection.
And seeing no one seeking to be
recognized a change to the
minutes. All right. The minutes
of the meeting of JUNE 2nd are
approved. MR. Clerk, are there
any messages from the mayor?
There are no messages from the
mayor.
Thank you, MR. Clerk.
All right. First, on our
section agenda rather, is
section e, the public comment
period. Members of the public
are tennessee residents wishing
to speak in public comment MAY
sign up at a table outside the
council chamber from 5 to 6
P.M. On the day of a council
meeting. Public comment is
limited to 20 minutes total at
council meetings, and each
speaker is allowed up to two
minutes to speak. We have four
persons who have signed up for
public comment this evening.
Turn on the public podium, mike.
First is zach, juliet and zach
will be followed by lauren
curry. Zach is speaking on
agenda item f one late filed
ordinance in support. Go ahead
sir, you're recognized.
Thank
you. Most of the backlash in
response to the zoo data center
has, for obvious reasons, been ecology. But what if
we pretend for a second that
the developers aren't lying to
our faces, and that they really
can make it safe? I expect that
most of us would remain
staunchly opposed. I think the
morefundamental problem we
have with ai is that we're all
too familiar with the type of
people who are pushing it on us.
These are the same type of
people who gambled away our
economy in 2008, the same type
drowning us in medical debt,
the same type of people who
started an opioid crisis on
purpose. In short, the type of
people who will happily ruin
millions of ordinary lives to
make money. If we had any%
reason to believe that those
power cared about what happens
to us, then maybe we'd be able
to embrace ai as a tool with
the potential for some good.
But as it stands, we have no
choice but to see it as a
weapon. And right now, a
handful of billionaires are
holding that weapon to the
heads of everybody in this
country who works to make a
living. What are we supposed to
do once they've destroyed the
market for our labor? The only
thing we have left to sell.
They don't care about us. Fine.
But if they can get away with
not even needing us, then they
will watch as we starve in the
streets. This council should
realize the anger isn't just
about the fact that our zoo is
obviously the wrong place for a
data center. It's about a war
being waged by the obscenely
rich on all the rest of us. And
frankly, until you stop it,
you're on their side. Thank you.
Thank you. Next is lauren curry.
Lauren will be followed by
heather schwartz. Lauren curry
is also speaking on agenda item
f one, a late filed ordinance
in support. Go ahead.
Members
of council, thank you for your
service to nashville and for
the opportunity to speak
tonight. My name is lauren
curry. I serve on the board of
the national zoo. I'm an
attorney at sherrod row and a
former metro nashville police
officer. Tonight, I'm asking
for one thing. Please support
the johnston bradford temporary
data center moratorium. This is
not a vote to permanently ban
data centers. It's not a final
vote on this ordinance. It's
simply a vote to allow the
legislative process to begin on
an issue that deserves careful
review. As a lawyer, I believe
in process. As a former police
officer, I understand the
importance of acting before a
problem becomes irreversible.
This council will have the
opportunity to fully consider.
Should have the opportunity to
fully consider this issue
before any project becomes
vested. The need for a
temporary moratorium is
straightforward. Metro zoning
code does not currently define
data centers as a distinct land
use, yet today's data centers
are. Unlike traditional
commercial facilities. They
involve significant power
demand, backup generators,
cooling systems, lighting,
noise, and round the clock
operations. Those impacts
deserve your careful
consideration, particularly
when a proposed data center
seeks to locate immediately
adjacent to one of nashville's
most important educational and
conservation resources at the
national zoo, as well as a
metro school. I also want to
thank member roland
horton and others on this
council for your leadership in
bringing forward permanent
zoning legislation for data
centers. The zoo strongly
supports that effort. This
moratorium is simply a bridge
that would allow this council
to complete that work and
consider that it's narrow, it's
temporary, and it expires when
that permanent legislation
takes place. If members have
concerns, there will be
opportunities to consider and
amend that legislation. More
than 350,000 people have signed
a petition for this issue to be
taken up. The public is paying
attention. We're asking this
council to please carefully
consider this issue. Thank you.
Thank you. Next is heather
schwartz, also speaking on
agenda item f one, the late
file ordinance in support.
Heather will be followed by man
in hall. Go ahead. You're
recognized.
Hi everyone. Thank
you for having me. I'm doctor
heather schwartz. I'm the head
veterinarian for the nashville
zoo. And I'm here tonight to
ask you to support to support
suspension of the rules. So the
johnston and bradford temporary
data center moratorium can be
placed on first reading. As the
health director and the animal
and the veterinarian for the
zoo, it's really simple.
Nothing good comes from placing
a disruptive data center next
to animals living in carefully
managed habitats. The center
will be placed right against
our breeding and propagation
centers for very fragile
species like clouded leopards
and future okapi, and large
birds like our hyacinth macaws.
Our animals depend on
consistency, stability and an
environment designed around
their health and welfare.
Constant mechanical noise, the
vibration, bright lights,
generators, all of that.
Running 24 over seven is
definitely going to be
disruptive to their well-being.
And that is our number one
focus of the zoo is the welfare
and well-being of our animals.
I actually was just doing
welfare assessments on our
animals today to ensure that
all are living happy and
healthy lives. And I'm also the
clouded leopard ssp veterinary
advisor, meaning that's one of
my main focuses, is that
species we hold more than
anybody else in the united
states and their breeding
center, literally, you can look
from their door and see the
center. That is howclose it
will be. So metro has invested
millions of dollars into this
institution, including recent
infrastructure investments that
allow the zoo to grow and serve
more families. So the zoo is
nashville's preeminent family
friendly destination. I'm proud
to be a part of 16
years. It's about education and
conservation for the entire
community to learn about all
that we do and about animals
around the globe. So tonight we
are asking, not asking council
to make a final decision on
every detail of this moratorium,
but please allow this bill to
get on to first reading tonight.
Let the process move forward,
give council and the public the
chance to protect the animals,
the zoo and the public
investment nashville has
already made. Thank you.
Thank
you. Next and last is
mendenhall speaking on data
centers generally in opposition.
Go ahead sir.
Hi. I'm going to
go through some facts about
them. Big tech corporations,
investors and the government
are working in partnership to
manufacture an ai boom,
resulting in the rapid
expansion of data centers, the
facilities that are needed to
power artificial intelligence.
As of MARCH 2025, the U.S. Had
over 5400 data centers, while
the rest of the world combined
had 1469. The propaganda of ai
is a massive cover up of the
violence that ai is actually
weaponized for racial
racialized violence, genocide,
surveilling and purging workers,
automation of health care
denials, and keeping people
criminalized and locked up data
centers. Massive energy
consumption consumption can
disrupt electricity flow to
homes and crews, increasing the
risk of electrical fires,
blackouts and brownouts. Power
outages threaten the safety of
residents who cannot have
access to air conditionin
during heat waves, utilize
medical devices or risk carbon
monoxide poisoning due to the
improper use of generators.
Every day, people regularly pay
data center energy costs for
the wealthiest companies in the
world, from georgia to ohio,
the industry has fought against
concrete obligations to ensure
its costs aren't passed along
to ratepayers. Meanwhile,
energy costs have gone up for
regular consumers, directly
attributed to data centers and
associated energy
infrastructure. An analysis of
the electricity prices across
the country found that monthly
electricity costs have gone up
as much as 267% over the last
five years, in locations near
substantial data center
activity in georgia, which in
2025 surpassed northern
virginia to become the fastest
growing data center market to
an amazon hyperscale data
center. A typical resident
customer is paying $43 a month
more per month, or 560 more per
year on their electricity bill
than they were two years ago.
An investigation found that
business and business insider
found that more than 230 data
center locations were in
communities highly overburdened
by environmental pollutants and
regions already burdened by
public health challenges
stemming from environmental
racism and gentrification.
All
right. Thank you. That
concludes our public comment
period. Next is agenda item f
one. This is ordinance bl2026.
Unnumbered sponsors johnston
and bradford. This is an
ordinance declaring a temporary
moratorium upon the acceptance,
processing, approval and
issuance of zoning, building or
grading permits for data center
developments on property within
nashville and davidson county.
Sponsor johnston, you are
recognized.
Committee reports
are moved to suspend the rules.
First move to suspend the rules
first. Then I'll go to the
report of chair.
Okay. I'd like
to move to suspend the rules,
please.
Chair. Cash for the
report of the rules.
Confirmations committee, please,
sir.
We we considered the late
filed nature of the ordinance
and voted five in favor. Zero
against zero not voting.
All
right. Members, having heard
the report of chair cash, is
there any objection to the
suspension of the rules to get
this matter before us? Seeing
none, the rules are suspended.
And so it's back to you sponsor
johnson for a motion to get the
bill before us.
Thank you. I'd
like to move approval with a
brief explanation.
Please go
ahead, ma'am.
Thank you. So I
appreciate my colleagues not
objecting to the suspension of
the rules. This moratorium is
complementary to the bill that
is currently in place,
sponsored by councilmember
horton. It I think that
everybody can agree that time
is of the essence for both of things. The moratorium is
very straightforward. It is
temporary. It's very narrow in
scope. What is not necessarily
is the policy which is so
important that we get it right.
Text amendments are already
very complicated to do and take
a lot of time and effort on our
planning staff. I know that
we're planning to suspend the
rules at the planning
commission to change the two
meeting deferral, normally by
rule to a one meeting deferral,
which is further compressing
this already sort of short
timeline. I really want to make
sure that we get this policy
right, not just get it done. We
MAY not need this moratorium.
We MAY not. And that's fine. I
would rather have it and not
need it than the other way
around. But in case we do come
across some issues where
planning staff needs more time,
the commission votes a certain
way, or maybe we find ourselves
in disagreement about certain
aspects of of the policy
because we all want to get it
right. And we understand that
timing is of the essence and we
don't want to be rushed. The
moratorium would be in place to
pause any development until we
can get it right. Again, it is
short. It is 90 days or until
the bill passes, whichever
comes first. And I appreciate
your support.
All right. We are
on to discussion on this bill.
First in the queue is
councilmember benedict. You're
recognized.
Thank you, MADAM
Vice mayor, I rise in support
of this ordinance. I do
appreciate all that we've heard
from the public. We've seen a
lot in our inboxes online, of
course, and I, as the public is
disgusted by this as I am as
well, and we have to do
something about this. And I'm
committed. I've actually
co-sponsored the bill 1391
because this is important for
us to get right. I, I, I was
curious why this was late filed,
but that's a non-issue at this
point. I think at this point, I
just want to move forward with
it. I think we had an
opportunity to get this in
before. Nevertheless, we do
have. We must do something. And
that's what we're hearing from
the public, is that something
must be done. So I believe
we'll continue to work with
metro departments to see what
we can do relative to any
permits that have been or could
be issued. I want the public to
understand that, and I also
want the public toknow that,
you know, from my colleagues
I've spoken with here on the
floor, and it looks like a lot
of them are in the queue and
will speak that we are with the
public on this. We want to make
sure that any data centers that
come into the city are highly
regulated. With that, I stand
in support. Thank you.
Thank
you. Next in the queue is
council member tombs. MADAM
Chair, you're recognized.
Thank
you, MADAM Vice mayor. I just
have a few questions. I think
director wilson MAY be able to
help me with. Can you? Because
I know most of the interest
from the public is surrounding
the proposed data center next
to the zoo. And I know there's
a lot activity around that.
That parcel of property.
Director wilson, can you speak
to the the vesting of rights in
the property and where we are
in that that process.
Special
counsel wilson, you're
recognized.
Council member I
will I can speak generally
about the process and how
vesting works in this case. Or
in any case, typically, if a
building permit has been
applied for that, the applicant
vests in the process. In this
in this case, essentially, they
will have the ability to
continue to have a decision
made about whether that permit
is granted or denied by metro.
If and then if that permit. If
that permit is granted, then
they are vested in that
regardless of a moratorium.
Okay. And in regard to the
moratorium, if this goes on, if
the moratorium legislation goes
on, first reading tonight, we
don't have a moratorium in
place. Correct.
Special counsel?
Yes, councilmember. That's
correct. There would be no
moratorium in place until the
bill was passed on third
reading. Okay.
And then my
final question, because I do
want to point out that there
are currently data centers in
nashville. We have over a dozen
of them. So if this moratorium
were to pass, once it gets
through the legislative process
or even the other legislation
that we have that's pending,
that puts parameters around
data centers, is there would
there be any impact to existing
data centers.
Special counsel?
No council member, any existing
data centers would not be
affected by by pending
legislation. If they've already
been if they've already
constructed data centers.
Okay.
Thank you, director wilson, and
thank you, vice mayor. I am in
support of passage of the
moratorium legislation, but I
thought that it was important
to get some of that information
out, because there's some
misinformation floating out
there in terms of the presence
of data centers in nashville
and how this particular
legislation impacts data
centers coming into nashville
or existing in nashville. So I
just want to get some
clarifying information out
there, but I am in support.
Thank you.
Appreciate that.
Thank you. Next in the queue is
council member porterfield.
MADAM Pro tem, you're
recognized.
Thank you, vice
mayor. And I appreciate
everyone's passion around this.
I agree with council member
benedict and that we must do
something, and I'm thankful to
say that we are doing something.
We are in the process of doing
something. I believe that we
all or mostly agree that the
data centers, as we are
discussing, is something that's
going to be harmful to the
community. Now to councilmember
tombs point, there are
different types of data centers,
different sizes of data centers.
Anything with a server can be
considered a data center. So
just for the record, not all
data centers are harmful. But
in most cases, when weare
having these conversations
about data centers, we're
talking about these mega data
centers that are causing these
environmental concerns. And I
believe that the majority of
this body believes that those
types of data centers are
harmful. What we don't agree on
is the approach and how we can
best address this issue. Now
there are two. If this passes,
there will be two pieces of
legislation tracking at the
same time, a temporary
moratorium that will be in
place until the permanent
legislation is passed, as it is
tracking now, both of those
pieces of legislation would
pass on the same evening.
There's no reason to think that
one of those pieces of
legislation will be delayed. It
is similar to if you are about
to have dinner and you have a
snack an hour before dinner,
that makes sense because you
still have an hour to wait
before dinner. But if the snack
and the dinner are ready at the
same time, there's absolutely
no reason to have a snack at
the same time as dinner. I also
have concerns about the
definition of a data center
being too broad in this
legislation. I feel that that
can have negative impacts on
existing data, or that can have
negative impacts because it is
not a good definition or more
refined definition of a data
center. And then most
importantly, I'm concerned with
the legal challenges. So
moratoriums have been subjected
to legal challenges. There have
been two recently, one in hill
county, texas, where they
recently rescinded their
moratorium after a $100 million
lawsuit was filed by the
developer. There was another
one that was recently
challenged in cave city,
kentucky. So my concern is that
if we pass this temporary
moratorium, we are leaving%
ourselves open and subjected to
legal challenges when we can
just pass the legislation that
we already have. On first
reading. I think there's been a
misconception. I'm glad
councilmember tombs got this on
the record. Constituents have
been led to believe that this
moratorium will go into effect
immediately, and it doesn't. It
still takes three readings,%
just like councilmember
horton's legislation, which we
have already passed on first
reading, which has more than 25
sponsors. There's no reason to
think that that legislation is
not going to pass. It can still
be amended if there are changes
that need to be made on it. So
I don't support the moratorium
for the reasons listed. I'm
afraid that it's going to
subject us to legal challenges.
Again, we all have the same
concern here. We just have a
difference in our approach.
All
right. Thank you. Next is
council member horton. MR.
Chair, you're recognized.
Thank
you, vice mayor. I rise in
support of many of the
sentiments expressed by
councilmember porterfield
earlier, and would like to
expand on or emphasize one
additional part. And the the
more permanent legislation that
we have proposed. We define
data center as well as
distinguish between different
types of data centers with
prohibiting the large
hyperscale ones imposing strict
rules and environmental
protections on others, while
also recognizing smaller and
more accessory uses like you
might see in a library,
computer lab, or a it closet at
a neighborhood business. I
think, unfortunately, this
moratorium makes no such
distinguishment and lumps in
the massive hyperscale data
centers with the high school
computer lab and bans all of
them. I think if this
legislation, progressives
progresses, I think that's
something that we can workshop
and make sure that we're not
throwing the baby out with the
bathwater on this. And so if it
progresses, hope that the
sponsor would be willing to
refine the definition of this,
to make sure that it's as
narrow and targeted as possible
or as needed.
All right. Thank
you. Next in the queue is
councilmember. You're
recognized sir.
Thank you,
chair, and thank you to my
colleagues sponsoring and all
the folks that are, you know,
speaking about this, we've
heard resoundingly from
nashvillians that this is a
major concern and problem that
we need to address. And I
appreciate my colleagues dinner
analogy. I'm getting hungry now.
Thanks. Thanks for that. But I
do kind of expanding on that
analogy. I think it's it's a
fair thing to look at. But as
we know, if you sometimes you
have to have a snack before
dinner because you don't know
if dinner is going to take a
little longer than you think to
cook. So I think that having it
be having the two bills tracked
together is not necessarily a
bad thing. It MAY mean that on
third reading, there's some
adjustments that need to be
made, or a bill that does pass
or doesn't pass. But I think
having I'm always a fan of
having options versus not. And
with something that we just
cannot afford to get wrong, I'd
rather have those tools in the
toolbox and move forward than
than not. And I think that
especially when you look at
areas like the zoo and you look
at these large scale data
centers where we don't know all
the environmental impacts, we
don't know what this does, you
know, one year, five years, ten
years down the line having
something to say. Let's take a
beat, let's think about it.
Let's make sure we're getting
this right. I think there's no
no downside to that to me, and
I appreciate that there's
potential legal concerns or
things like that. But again,
these are first reading, of
course. And so we'll have time
in committees to deliberate
further. So I stand in support
of this moratorium of
COUNCILMAN Horton's bill. I
appreciate that the council has
very quickly and robustly
jumped into this complex issue
and look forward to further
discussion on the matter.
All
right. Thank you. Next in the
queue is council member cortez.
You're recognized, sir.
Thank
you, vice mayor. Why does it
feel that nearly every
community in america is being
asked to accept a data center
it never requested and often
doesn't want? Nothing in modern
american history has expanded
this quickly with so little
public enthusiasm and so little
public input. When communities
ask questions about the impact
on their neighborhoods, their
electric grid, their water
supply, their quality of life,
we see data center developers
scoff and tell them that the
decision has already been made,
and their pitch is always the
same jobs, investment, economic
growth. But the reality is
often much different. Thousands
of square feet of industrial
development, massive energy
consumption, constant generator
noise, heat pollution,
increased strain on public
infrastructure, and legitimate
concerns about water use and
environmental impacts, all in
exchange for a handful of
permanent jobs and profits that
the community won't see. And
somehow, when communities ask
for better health care, better
schools, lower childcare costs
and stronger infrastructure,
we're told that progress takes
time. But when some of the
wealthiest individuals on earth
need more computing power or
need something moved forward,
the public and private sectors
suddenly find a way to move
-
forward at lightning speed. Why
can we mobilize extraordinary
resources to serve companies
with massive lobbying power,
but struggle to do the same for
working families? I'm not
opposed to technology. I'm not
opposed to innovation. I'm
certainly not opposed to
economic development. But the
economic development should
improve the lives of the people
who already live in the
community, not ask them to bear
the cost while somebody else
collects the profits. This
industry is changing daily, and
we have reports from across the
country that data centers
create measurable harm to
property values nearby to
nearby homeowners. Why should
that cost be borne by our
neighbors, especially when the
profits flow elsewhere? Working
families should not be forced
to subsidize billion dollar
industries, the value of their
homes and the character and
livability of their community.
We are seeing the importance of
this legislation hit our
community in real time. The
proposal, located next to the
national zoo, doesn't affect
just a piece of land. It
affects the environment around
the zoo, the experience of
families who visit the zoo, and
the quality of life of
residents who call that area
home. Our community should not
be asked to sacrifice their
character and livability so a
tech company can expand its
footprint. This legislation is
an insurance policy to
COUNCILMAN Horton's fantastic
and comprehensive zoning
changes. It will create
protections for our neighbors.
If we need an extra round of
discussions to really hone in
the nuance of the protections%
that our neighbors deserve, I
ask my colleagues to support
this piece of legislation on
first reading, and ask for your
commitment to making even
stronger over the next two
readings. Thank you.
Thank you,
councilmember johnson. You are
next in the queue, but already
having spoken, you have two
other colleagues. Okay, we'll
proceed next then with council
member gad, you're recognized.
Ma'am.
Thank you so much, MADAM
Speaker. And thank you to my
colleagues who've already
spoken and who have lifted this
matter up for us to consider
this evening. Like, like others
that have expressed the
incredible concerns that we
have over these large scale
data centers, are real, and
what we all need is something
more permanent with the
framework and incredibly proud
of. My colleagues have already
begun begun that work and look
forward to continuing that. And
for our colleagues support on
that. I think the concerning
-
thing, as we move forward with
this particular late filed
moratorium legislation, I will
hope that we do address a few
things that have already been
expressed, which is the
concerns of over how it is
drafted as we move forward.
Right now, it looks like could
likely apply to a new library
working to get built due to how
it's defined. When we think
about data center. So what I
hope will happen is that we
have further restrictive
conversations, and then also
make sure we're positioning
ourselves in the best way to
protect our communities and our
resources, which is looking at
the landscape, whether it's
this company or other companies
and how they have navigated
this conversation and other
communities. A lot has
been through lawsuits that
they've been they've actually
used legal challenges to
prevent jurisdictions from
having the rights that we want
to continue to maintain and
restrict. So as we move forward
with this, this conversation, i
know the sponsor will will do
this, make sure that we are
being very thoughtful. So
through those, there MAY be
adjusted language to make sure
we're actually focusing and
doing the things we need to do,
and making sure we're also
getting our framework in place
through some additional
regulations so we can meet all
the needs that all of our
community members are
expressing. I think many of us
are aligned in that. It's
something that we don't want to
see in our neighborhood. We're
sympathetic. I know I am with
the national zoo. It's
something we don't want to see
resources taken from that or
any one of our communities that
we live in. So look forward to
continued discussion. And I
appreciate my colleagues have
already spoken on this.
All
right. Seeing no one else in
the queue seeking to be
recognized, and we will move to
the vote on this matter. That
is on its first of three
readings. Okay. That only
requires a simple majority. So
we will do that by voice. All
in favor, please say there is a
request for a roll call vote
that requires three seconds.
Okay. All right. So with that,
MR. Clerk, if you would please
load the vote. So this is MISS
Johnston and MR. Bradford's
ordinance as of yet unnumbered
on its first of three readings,
there was a request for roll
call, and it was properly
seconded. So you will vote by
tablet.
With all votes in. MR.
Clerk, please show the vote.
all right. This motion has
passed. This bill has passed
its first of three readings
with 26 votes in favor, one
against and zero abstentions
for colleagues and the public.
This bill will be assigned a
bill number for its referral to
the planning commission and
then its subsequent time on our
agenda. But that is still to be
determined. Okay. All right.
Now we're in section g, a
little bit of a duplication
there. We had a double f on our
sections of agenda, but we're
going to call this section g
our consolidated consent agenda.
All three or rather all third
reading ordinances on this
agenda are included on the
consent agenda, if recommended
for approval unanimously by all
committees to which the item
was referred. Items on the
consent agenda will be voted on
at a single time. The item
number, along with the
ordinance number of the items
on the consent agenda will be
read by me. This is a very
short list. Today, members of
the council MAY remove any item
from the consent agenda by
request before the consent
agenda vote is taken. All right.
Proposed for the consent agenda
is agenda item two. Ordinance
bl2026-1383. Agenda three
ordinance bl2026-1384. Agenda
item four ordinance bl2026-1385.
And then lastly, agenda item
five, ordinance bl2026-1390. Do
any items need to be removed
from the consent agenda? If so,
members can please join the
queue to request that. All
right. I am seeing none. MR.
Clark. Are all committee
reports in for items on the
consent agenda?
Yeah. All
committee reports are in.
All
right. Thank you, MR. Clark.
Members, is there a motion for
approval of the consent agenda?
Okay. Properly moved and
seconded. All in favor, say aye.
Council has passed all items on
the consent agenda. And now
we'll go back to the sole item
remaining on our agenda. This
is agenda item one, ordinance
bl2026-1380. Sponsor teams.
This is an ordinance adopting
the 2026 to 2027 through 2031
to 2032. Capital improvements
budget for the metropolitan
government of nashville and
davidson county as the official
capital improvements budget of
the metropolitan government of
nashville and davidson county
for the fiscal year 2026 2027.
Council member tombs, you are
recognized, ma'am.
Thank you,
MADAM Vice mayor, committee
report, budget and finance
voted to recommend approval as
amended. Seven in favor, zero
against zero not voting.
All
right. And for the report of
the planning and zoning
committee, chair horton, you're
recognized.
Thank you. Vice
mayor. Planning and zoning
voted in favor of the amendment
by council member capps. Seven
in favor, zero against zero not
voting, and voted in favor of
the bill, as amended. Seven in
favor, zero against zero not
voting.
All righty. With those
committee reports. And it is
back to you, MADAM Chair, for a
motion to get this before us.
Move for approval.
Okay. It's
properly moved and seconded,
and we are on to discussion.
MISS Benedict, you are first in
the queue. Go ahead, ma'am.
Thank you, MADAM Vice mayor.
I'd like to sign on to council
member capps amendment, and
therefore I'd like to move it.
All right. You will be signed
on. There is a motion to amend
with the amendment offered by
council member capp and council
member benedict. It is, I
believe, a housekeeping type
amendment. And so with that,
MISS Benedict, you are anything
elseyou want to say about this
amendment?
It is indeed a
housekeeping amendment. Thank
you for that, MADAM Vice mayor.
This is an item that's already
in the city. This is just
defining the properties around
it. There was a mistake in
there. And so this is
correcting that mistake. I
renew my motion.
Okay. Is there
any discussion on the motion to
amend seeing none. All in favor
please say aye. Any voting no
or abstaining. MISS Tombs,
would you please renew your
motion to approve.
Move for
approval as amended.
Thank you.
All right. Colleagues, is there
any discussion on the capital
improvements budget on its
third and final reading, as
amended? All right. Seeing none.
All in favor, please say aye.
Any voting no or abstaining.
Okay. This has passed its third
and final reading. This
concludes this evening's agenda.
Our next council meeting will
be on tuesday, JUNE 16th. Is
there a motion to adjourn? We
are adjourned.
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