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Good evening everyone. I would

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like to open our announcement

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period. Today is Tuesday, JUNE

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the 16th. I would like to open

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by acknowledging that this

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meeting is being held on the

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unceded stolen land of the

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Cherokee, Shawnee, and Yuchi

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people. And to remind everyone

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that no one is illegal on

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stolen land built by stolen

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labor. Before we get started, I

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would like to wish everyone a

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happy Juneteenth. Juneteenth

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commemorates JUNE 19th, 1865,

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the day when enslaved African

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Americans in Galveston, Texas,

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finally learned that they were

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free. This historic

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announcement arrived two and a

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half years after PRESIDENT

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Abraham Lincoln signed the

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Emancipation Proclamation on

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JANUARY 1st, 1863. Because

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Texas was the most remote

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Confederate state, the

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proclamation was entirely

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unenforceable until Union

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military forces arrived to take

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control, and this order

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immediately affected more than

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250,000 enslaved people in

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Texas. So this is something

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that we celebrate each year,

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and I would just love to wish

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everyone a happy Juneteenth

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holiday. I hope you all enjoy

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your celebrations and

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festivities, and we have one

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under presentation today, our

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2026 1996 Council Member,

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Quincy Tombs, a resolution

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honoring the life and legacy of

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Frankie Mae Keeling, Henry.

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Civil rights activist, Freedom

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Rider, educator, and beloved

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Nashville. And with that

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council member Toombs, you are

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recognized.

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Thank you, MADAM Pro Tem. This

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evening, we have the distinct

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honor of reading this

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resolution honoring the life of

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Frankie Mae Keeling Henry, who

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is one of our esteemed freedom

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fighters, who sacrificed her

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safety and devoted her life to

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helping her community and where

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we all owe her a debt of

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gratitude for the work she did

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for us. We are joined this

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evening by her family. Her son,

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Lamont Henry, as well as her

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daughter in law Claudia Henry,

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as well as their daughter and

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grandson. Um, before we read

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the resolution, I do want to

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recognize COUNCILWOMAN Zoe

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Suara, who always shares such,

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uh, heartwarming stories about

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MISS Frankie. And so I want to

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give her an opportunity to

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speak before we start reading

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the resolution.

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Thank you. Thank you,

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Councilmember Tombs, for this

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resolution. And thanks for the

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opportunity to once again

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express my gratitude for the

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life and legacy of MISS

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Frankie. As she

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s ideally

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known. In addition to being a

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civil rights icon, she was a

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pillar in the community and

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does a whole lot of things. Uh,

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as a teacher, as a community

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member, as a Delta, uh, she

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one of the people that you just

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have to know her to love her,

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uh, very fashionably dress. Uh,

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are always on point. Uh, and a

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community person, you just have

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to be in a presence. It was an

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honor for me to get to know

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MISS Frankie, uh, for

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everything that she did for our

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community. Uh, we read a lot of

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it in the proclamation, but

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every opportunity that I get,

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uh, to place, uh, homage to

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these folks for what they did,

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I never say no. So, uh, thank

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you, Councilmember. Uh, tombs.

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And then, uh, my big brother,

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uh, uh, for for letting us have

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your mom and for your family

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sacrifice. And for that MISS

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Frankie did. Thank you.

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All right. A resolution

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honoring the life and legacy of

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Frankie Mae. Killen. Henry,

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civil rights activist, Freedom

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Rider, educator, and beloved

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Nashville. Whereas Frankie MAY

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killing Henry, one of

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Nashville

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s last living Freedom

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Riders and a courageous

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participant in the Civil Rights

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movement, departed this life at

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the age of 85, leaving behind a

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legacy of service, sacrifice,

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courage and unwavering

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commitment to justice and.

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Whereas a young student at

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Tennessee State University,

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MISS Henry, answered the call

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of a generation determined to

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confront segregation and racial

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injustice in America, joining

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the historic, historic

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Nashville lunch counter, sit

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after an encounter with civil

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rights leader Diane Nash and.

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Whereas killing enemies to

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shoulder to shoulder with young

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people who would go on to

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change the course of American

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history, including leaders such

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as John Lewis demonstrating

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extraordinary bravery in the

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face of hatred, violence and

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intimidation, and.

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Whereas during the sit, MISS

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Henry endured a physical

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assault when a white woman

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burned her arm with a cigarette

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and attempted to set her poncho

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on fire, yet she remained

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committed to the principles of

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nonviolence, dignity and

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disciplined protest that

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defined the national movement

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and.

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Whereas after peacefully

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participating in the

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demonstrations, MISS Killing

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Henry and her fellow protesters

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were arrested and jailed for

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two years, two weeks, rather

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suffering the consequences of

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standing on the right side of

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history during one of the

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nation

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s darkest chapters and.

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Whereas because of her

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imprisonment and participation

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in the movement, MISS Killing

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Henry received failing grades

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due to missed coursework and

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was forced to leave school. A

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painful reminder of the

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personal cost. Many young

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activists paid in the pursuit

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of equity in the pursuit of

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equality and justice, and

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Despite those setbacks, MISS

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Henry persevered.

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Earned her degree.

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From Tennessee State University

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in 1970.

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Exemplifying resilience.

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Determination. And faith.

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Where MISS Killing. Whereas

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MISS Keeling Henry devoted her

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professional life to educating

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future generations, serving as

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an educator who not only taught

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academic lessons but also

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carried forward the living

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history of the civil rights

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movement by speaking to

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students across Tennessee about

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black history, civic

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responsibility, and the ongoing

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struggle for justice and

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equality, and.

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Whereas through her life and

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testimony, MISS Keeling Henry

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ensured that the sacrifice of

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ordinary citizens who

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transformed Nashville and this

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nation would never be

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forgotten. Reminding

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generations that progress is

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not inevitable, but instead

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requires courage, persistence,

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and collective action and.

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Whereas MISS Keeling, Henry

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represented the very best of

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Nashville, a woman whose quiet

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strength, moral clarity and

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willingness to sacrifice for

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others helped move the city and

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this country closer to its

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ideals and.

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And before I read this one,

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whereas I want to say something

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else, my apologies. I think

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s very, very critical.

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Honestly, as we remember her

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and we continue to remember the

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legacy, that we don

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t tarnish

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it by letting all the assaults

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on our democracy and voting go

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to waste. I think it

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s very

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important that we continue to

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remember them and to stand so

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that their life work, that they

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put their life on the line. For

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we don

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t let it go away in our

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in our time. So I

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m encouraging

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every one of you, wherever you

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are, however you can, please

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and please and please stand up

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and fight for our democracy and

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honor their legacy. Whereas

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MISS Killeen Henry represented

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the best of Nashville, a woman

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whose quite strength, moral

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clarity and willingness to

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sacrifice for others help move

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this city and this country

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closer to its ideals and.

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Whereas MISS Keeling, Henry

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leaves behind a loving family,

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including her son Lamont Henry,

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among the countless former

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students, community members,

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friends and fellow freedom

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fighters whose lives were

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forever impacted by her example

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and.

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Whereas it is fitting and

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proper that the Metropolitan

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Council honor the extraordinary

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life and enduring legacy of

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Frankie Mae Keeling Henry,

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whose courage helped shape the

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city of Nashville and whose

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legacy will continue to inspire

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future generations to pursue

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justice, equity and freedom for

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all.

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Now, therefore, be it resolved

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by the Council of the

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Metropolitan Government of

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Nashville and Davidson County,

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the Metropolitan Council hereby

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goes on record to honor and

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celebrate the life, courage and

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legacy of Frankie Mae. Killing

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Henry, Freedom, writer,

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education educator, civil

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rights activist, and treasured

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daughter of Nashville. The

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Metropolitan Council extends

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its deepest condolences,

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prayers, and sympathies to the

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Henry family and all those

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mourning the loss of MISS

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Keelan Henry, while giving

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thanks for a life that

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profoundly impacted Nashville,

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Tennessee in this nation. This

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resolution shall take effect

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from and after its adoption.

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The welfare of the metropolitan

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Government of Nashville and

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Davidson County, requiring it.

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And I want to say that this

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resolution was sponsored by

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every single council member

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that was present and voting on

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the day of its passage. And I

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want to give MR. Lamont Henry

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an opportunity to speak about

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his mama.

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Good evening everyone. First of

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all, thank you so very much for

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honoring my mother and the

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dedication that she had for

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this city. Uh, at a 19 as a 19

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year old, uh, sophomore

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student. Uh, she said it was

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worse for all of us to be able

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to sit together, to eat, to go

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to the same restroom, to drink

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out of the same water fountain.

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Let

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s make sure that we keep

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this legacy going, uh, two

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words discipline and fairness.

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That

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s what she wanted. So I

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encourage all of you all to

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make sure that you keep that in

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mind. Discipline and fairness.

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Thank you very much.

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Issue

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legacy.

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Right there. Not don

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t. Thank

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you. Thank you, thank you.

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Thank you. All right. Okay. She

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took it from me like.

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All right. Thank you so very

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much. And we have some special

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guests joining us today. We

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have Brandi Bishop, who is

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coming up representing mc

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three, and we also have the

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newest cohort of mc three, soon

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to be graduates joining us. And

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MISS Brandi is making her way

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up.

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Hello. Hello. Good evening. My

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name is Brandi Bishop and I am

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the Workforce Development

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program coordinator for Music

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City Construction Careers. Mc

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three is an apprenticeship

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readiness program that

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introduces people to the union,

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trades in the construction

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industry, and we assist them

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with starting a career in the

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union trade apprenticeship

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program that they choose. We

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are currently in session with

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our Summer 2026 class, and on

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Thursday they will graduate and

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share which union trade they

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will pursue, not only is this

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an exciting time for them, this

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is also an exciting time for mc

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three as this is our 20th

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cohort for our community based

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class. I also like to add we

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are also in Maplewood High

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School and this year we will

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start a partnership with Hunter

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Hunters Lane High School. I do

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want to give a special shout

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out to our school based

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instructor, Angela Simpson, who

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is also here with us today. As

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you can see, our class, we are

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here in attendance. Civic

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engagement is very important to

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us for us to bring that up in

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our class, as they will become

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members of a union. And I do

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have one student here that

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would like to share very

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quickly.

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Hi everyone. My name is Zaria

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Hutchinson. I am a student here

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at mc three. I just wanted to

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say that the mc three program

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has been an amazing experience

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specifically for me. Um, it

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s

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leading me into my career and

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I

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m hoping to join the ib union

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if possible.

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There are so many more stories

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like this. As you can see from

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the 28 people that I have

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standing here behind me. Again,

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our graduation is this Thursday

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and we do welcome all of you to

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come join us at the ibew Union

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Hall at 130 is when the, um,

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the graduation will start. But

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we thank you for your support

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and helping to change lives

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here in the Nashville area. And

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thanks to all our volunteers to

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help us.

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All right. Thank you so very

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much. And we will go into

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announcements first. And q is

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Council Member Bradford. You

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are recognized.

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Thank you. Pro tem, as a

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reminder, for residents of

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district 13. This Saturday I

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will be having my monthly

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office hours at the Dunkin

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Donuts there on Broadway

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Parkway. There is a change to

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the time this month. It will be

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from 11 A.M. To 1 P.M.. Uh,

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the. I

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ve been double books. I

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wanted to make sure everybody

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knew that the time is

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different. This month we

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ll go

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back to the normal 9 to 11 next

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month. Also, a reminder to

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everyone that next weekend is

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pride, and I look forward to

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the Metro Council joining the

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lgbtq caucus in marching in the

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parade. There should be

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information coming to the

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council soon about that.

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Thank you. Council Member Nixon

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and q is Council Member Cooper,

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before we get started, we are

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in announcement period. So if

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you all could please respect

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the people that are speaking,

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it will be appreciated. Council

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Member Cooper, you

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re

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recognized.

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Thank you, Pro tem. And if I

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look tired today, it

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s because

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I was woken up at midnight with

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some shouts of excitement. And

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I want to wish a very, very

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happy 12th birthday to our

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goddaughter. She is very

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excited as her birthday, day,

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week and potentially month that

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we are we

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re working through

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right now, but I wanted to just

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wish her wish her happy

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birthday today.

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Happy birthday to the little

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one. Councilmember Cooper and

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Councilmember Styles, you are

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recognized. Thank you. I wanted

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to. Let people know that the

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district 32 Community Meeting

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for JUNE is going to be taking

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place this upcoming. Tuesday on

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JUNE 23rd at 6 P.M.. At the

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Southeast Community Center. And

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also because we have a bit of a

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break after this community

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meeting. Ah, Antioch, JULY 3rd.

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Fireworks are on JULY 3rd from

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7 P.M. To 10 P.M. At Mill Ridge

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Park, so we will have

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fireworks, dj and some food

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trucks so hopefully everyone

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can come out, bring a blanket,

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bring some friends and family

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and have a good time. Thank

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you. Council Evans. You

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re

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recognized. Thank you, MADAM

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Pro tem, um, the organization

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that was created to honor the

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late doctor Alisa Lockett.

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Freedom move is continuing

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their Greenway Walk audit

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series. This Saturday, we will

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be at the stones River Greenway

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and I signed up to be the

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council representative for that

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particular walk. It is Saturday

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morning from 9 A.M. To 10 A.M.,

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and we are meeting at the Percy

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Priest Dam trailhead for about

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a three and a half mile walk

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and audit of the stones River

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Greenway. So anyone interested

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can rsvp. We are free to

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move.Org. Thank you, thank.

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You, Councilmember Evans.

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Councilmember gamble, you

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re

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recognized.

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Thank you, MADAM.

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Pro.

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Tem, I

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d like to.

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Take a personal privilege and

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wish myself a happy birthday

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today. It is my birthday today

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and I am happy to be here

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sharing it with all of you.

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Thank you.

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Happy birthday.

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Councilmember Gamble. I was

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saying, but I

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m not that good.

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So do we have any other

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colleagues? Oh, Councilmember.

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Aurora.

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You

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re recognized.

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Thank you. I think

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Councilmember Gamble reminded

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me. So I just wanted to stand

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and wish my daughter, our

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oldest child, the person that

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gave us our first grandchild,

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uh, doctor. Zaynab. Suara.

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Happy birthday. She will. I

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won

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t say age. I will be on

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Thursday, so happy birthday,

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Zina.

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Happy birthday Zainab. Kylie

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s.

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Is there anyone else I.

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Would like.

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To be recognized?E I.

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Would like.

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To be recognized?

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Will the meeting please come to

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order? Today is Tuesday, JUNE

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16th, 2026.

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Council as well as the public.

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Please rise for the invocation

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and remain standing for the

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pledge of allegiance. The

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invocation is being offered

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this evening by MISS Shiva

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asaad, MRS. Khaled, an mlk

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graduate and current belmont

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university student leader

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serving as the diversity,

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equity and inclusion chair of

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the phi mu theta chapter at the

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college. She is the guest of

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district 18 council member tom

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cash. MRS. I'd go ahead.

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Good

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evening council. Good evening

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audience. My name is shiva azad.

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I'm a current belmont

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university student, a member of

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phi theta, and I have the

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immense privilege of calling

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00:35:15,921 --> 00:35:17,423
myself a nashville native. I

578
00:35:17,423 --> 00:35:19,191
want to thank you all for this

579
00:35:19,191 --> 00:35:20,926
opportunity today, when I think

580
00:35:20,926 --> 00:35:22,600
of nashville, I think of

581
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:23,962
community. When I think of the

582
00:35:23,962 --> 00:35:25,264
word community, I think of my

583
00:35:25,264 --> 00:35:26,331
pottery class, my friends, my

584
00:35:26,331 --> 00:35:27,266
roommates. I think of my

585
00:35:27,266 --> 00:35:29,234
parents who immigrated here in

586
00:35:29,234 --> 00:35:31,403
the 80s, and I think of my

587
00:35:31,403 --> 00:35:32,504
neighbors. And what would this

588
00:35:32,504 --> 00:35:34,639
community be without each and

589
00:35:34,639 --> 00:35:36,410
every one of us? It can be so

590
00:35:36,410 --> 00:35:37,543
easy to overlook the people in

591
00:35:37,543 --> 00:35:38,577
our community whom we do not

592
00:35:38,577 --> 00:35:39,678
know personally, but we can

593
00:35:39,678 --> 00:35:41,480
make nashville a better

594
00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:42,948
community for us all when we

595
00:35:42,948 --> 00:35:45,830
with something as simple as a

596
00:35:45,830 --> 00:35:46,451
little bit of empathy. Empathy

597
00:35:46,451 --> 00:35:47,886
is defined as understanding a

598
00:35:47,886 --> 00:35:49,688
person from their frame of

599
00:35:49,688 --> 00:35:51,590
reference rather than one's own.

600
00:35:51,590 --> 00:35:52,958
I personally define empathy as

601
00:35:52,958 --> 00:35:54,826
a true devotion to the

602
00:35:54,826 --> 00:35:56,962
well-being of others. I believe

603
00:35:56,962 --> 00:35:57,929
empathy is a choice, and it is

604
00:35:57,929 --> 00:35:58,964
one that we have a

605
00:35:58,964 --> 00:36:00,132
responsibility to make every

606
00:36:00,132 --> 00:36:01,867
time we make decisions about

607
00:36:01,867 --> 00:36:03,100
our home. Tonight, each of you

608
00:36:03,100 --> 00:36:04,469
are making important decisions

609
00:36:04,469 --> 00:36:06,238
about our city's budget and

610
00:36:06,238 --> 00:36:07,439
about how to spend money on the

611
00:36:07,439 --> 00:36:09,174
wants and needs of a diverse

612
00:36:09,174 --> 00:36:10,576
group of nashvillians. I hope

613
00:36:10,576 --> 00:36:12,377
that as you do so, you put

614
00:36:12,377 --> 00:36:14,179
yourself in the shoes of others

615
00:36:14,179 --> 00:36:16,140
to see needs as they see them.

616
00:36:16,140 --> 00:36:16,615
By thinking more like your

617
00:36:16,615 --> 00:36:18,583
constituents, meaning all of

618
00:36:18,583 --> 00:36:20,719
your constituents. I hope you

619
00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:22,521
can practice empathy as a body

620
00:36:22,521 --> 00:36:24,550
to working to understand each

621
00:36:24,550 --> 00:36:25,791
other's perspectives, even when

622
00:36:25,791 --> 00:36:27,192
you disagree, like the people

623
00:36:27,192 --> 00:36:30,128
of nashville do every single

624
00:36:30,128 --> 00:36:31,930
day, I hope you. I, in the wise

625
00:36:31,930 --> 00:36:33,298
words of coretta scott king,

626
00:36:33,298 --> 00:36:35,200
freedom is never really won.

627
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:36,668
You earn it and win it in every

628
00:36:36,668 --> 00:36:38,370
generation. Those words remind

629
00:36:38,370 --> 00:36:40,472
me that freedom is not only won

630
00:36:40,472 --> 00:36:41,974
in big historic moments, but

631
00:36:41,974 --> 00:36:43,800
also in the everyday decisions

632
00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:45,143
leaders make for their

633
00:36:45,143 --> 00:36:46,144
communities. You all have the

634
00:36:46,144 --> 00:36:48,130
opportunity to make decisions

635
00:36:48,130 --> 00:36:49,848
rooted in empathy and community,

636
00:36:49,848 --> 00:36:51,650
and thereby a chance to take

637
00:36:51,650 --> 00:36:53,850
one more step towards justice,

638
00:36:53,850 --> 00:36:54,553
one more step towards equity,

639
00:36:54,553 --> 00:36:55,787
and one more step towards

640
00:36:55,787 --> 00:36:57,623
freedom. I want to thank each

641
00:36:57,623 --> 00:36:58,924
ofyou for your commitment to

642
00:36:58,924 --> 00:37:00,726
the city and for all the hard

643
00:37:00,726 --> 00:37:02,594
work you do. It does not go

644
00:37:02,594 --> 00:37:03,762
unnoticed, and I hope that in

645
00:37:03,762 --> 00:37:04,829
every vote you take tonight,

646
00:37:04,829 --> 00:37:05,898
you remember a little extra

647
00:37:05,898 --> 00:37:07,599
empathy for the community you

648
00:37:07,599 --> 00:37:08,767
serve and for the neighbors

649
00:37:08,767 --> 00:37:11,767
whose lives in your decisions

650
00:37:13,972 --> 00:37:14,306
touch. Thank you so much.

651
00:37:14,306 --> 00:37:16,306
i

652
00:37:16,842 --> 00:37:19,344
pledge allegiance to the flag

653
00:37:19,344 --> 00:37:21,179
of the united states of america

654
00:37:21,179 --> 00:37:24,779
and to the republic for which

655
00:37:25,885 --> 00:37:26,184
it stands. One nation under GOD,

656
00:37:26,184 --> 00:37:28,200
indivisible.

657
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:30,200
With liberty and

658
00:37:35,260 --> 00:37:35,694
justice for all.

659
00:37:35,694 --> 00:37:37,694
All right.

660
00:37:39,564 --> 00:37:40,965
Thank you, MRS. Welcome,

661
00:37:40,965 --> 00:37:42,467
council and community members

662
00:37:42,467 --> 00:37:44,302
to what some would say is our

663
00:37:44,302 --> 00:37:46,405
most consequential meeting of

664
00:37:46,405 --> 00:37:47,873
the year, when the operational

665
00:37:47,873 --> 00:37:49,574
budget and tax levy ordinance

666
00:37:49,574 --> 00:37:51,343
are on their third and final

667
00:37:51,343 --> 00:37:52,878
reading. Without objection, I

668
00:37:52,878 --> 00:37:54,647
do plan to pull these

669
00:37:54,647 --> 00:37:56,647
ordinances, agenda number 69

670
00:37:58,216 --> 00:37:59,351
and 70 forward on our agenda

671
00:37:59,351 --> 00:38:01,520
directly after the public

672
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:02,954
comment period. Members have

673
00:38:02,954 --> 00:38:05,570
received a memo from me

674
00:38:05,570 --> 00:38:06,658
regarding two vacancies on the

675
00:38:06,658 --> 00:38:08,693
auditorium commission. I will

676
00:38:08,693 --> 00:38:11,196
take those nominations at the

677
00:38:11,196 --> 00:38:13,331
JULY 7th council meeting. So we

678
00:38:13,331 --> 00:38:14,432
encourage you to think about

679
00:38:14,432 --> 00:38:16,234
constituents who MAY be

680
00:38:16,234 --> 00:38:18,403
interested in serving and

681
00:38:18,403 --> 00:38:19,504
invite the community to put

682
00:38:19,504 --> 00:38:21,640
themselves forward to their

683
00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:23,475
council members if they wish to

684
00:38:23,475 --> 00:38:24,876
serve. Metro government will

685
00:38:24,876 --> 00:38:26,344
observe the juneteenth holiday

686
00:38:26,344 --> 00:38:28,514
this friday, and we wish

687
00:38:28,514 --> 00:38:30,282
everyone a happy celebration.

688
00:38:30,282 --> 00:38:31,683
Pride month continues and I

689
00:38:31,683 --> 00:38:34,850
hope everyone will make plans

690
00:38:34,850 --> 00:38:35,620
to join me and the lgbtq caucus

691
00:38:35,620 --> 00:38:38,620
of the council for nashville's

692
00:38:38,657 --> 00:38:40,392
pride parade on saturday, JUNE

693
00:38:40,392 --> 00:38:43,295
27th. Pride is a celebration of

694
00:38:43,295 --> 00:38:44,362
our lgbtq community and elected

695
00:38:44,362 --> 00:38:45,831
officials showing our support

696
00:38:45,831 --> 00:38:47,565
for this community continues to

697
00:38:47,565 --> 00:38:49,734
be very important at this

698
00:38:49,734 --> 00:38:51,170
moment in our country, and is

699
00:38:51,170 --> 00:38:53,339
especially important for our

700
00:38:53,339 --> 00:38:54,773
trans neighbors, who are sadly

701
00:38:54,773 --> 00:38:56,308
subjected to dangerous

702
00:38:56,308 --> 00:38:58,376
fearmongering. By far too many

703
00:38:58,376 --> 00:39:00,120
state and federal officials. So

704
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:01,246
I want to make a point to

705
00:39:01,246 --> 00:39:02,348
express that we stand with

706
00:39:02,348 --> 00:39:04,348
nashville's trans neighbors

707
00:39:04,483 --> 00:39:06,652
during pride month and all year

708
00:39:06,652 --> 00:39:07,752
round. Before council meets

709
00:39:07,752 --> 00:39:10,152
again, our nation will

710
00:39:10,990 --> 00:39:13,390
celebrate its 250th birthday,

711
00:39:13,492 --> 00:39:15,260
marking the 250 years since the

712
00:39:15,260 --> 00:39:18,260
adoption of the declaration of

713
00:39:19,264 --> 00:39:21,660
independence on JULY 4th. In

714
00:39:21,660 --> 00:39:23,466
1776, when colonies of the

715
00:39:23,568 --> 00:39:25,700
british empire said no to kings,

716
00:39:25,700 --> 00:39:27,205
monarchy and autocracy, and

717
00:39:27,205 --> 00:39:28,974
then fought for many years to

718
00:39:28,974 --> 00:39:31,477
establish a government of laws

719
00:39:31,477 --> 00:39:33,245
and not of men. With a clear

720
00:39:33,245 --> 00:39:34,780
separation of powers, the

721
00:39:34,780 --> 00:39:36,482
health of our democracy has

722
00:39:36,482 --> 00:39:38,349
declined precipitously in

723
00:39:38,349 --> 00:39:40,819
recent years, and thus this is

724
00:39:40,819 --> 00:39:42,654
a perilous time for our nation.

725
00:39:42,654 --> 00:39:44,757
So let us recommit ourselves to

726
00:39:44,757 --> 00:39:47,250
civic education and engagement

727
00:39:47,250 --> 00:39:49,461
and protecting and using our

728
00:39:49,461 --> 00:39:51,596
vote so that we MAY secure our

729
00:39:51,596 --> 00:39:53,996
messy, imperfect, and beautiful

730
00:39:54,933 --> 00:39:57,200
democracy for another 250 years.

731
00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:58,136
We hope everyone has a safe

732
00:39:58,136 --> 00:40:00,536
celebration and enjoys their

733
00:40:01,373 --> 00:40:02,641
time with neighbors and friends.

734
00:40:02,641 --> 00:40:03,808
All right, without objection,

735
00:40:03,808 --> 00:40:05,644
we will suspend the calling of

736
00:40:05,644 --> 00:40:07,445
the roll and ask the clerk to

737
00:40:07,445 --> 00:40:08,446
please record the names of the

738
00:40:08,446 --> 00:40:10,415
members present throughout the

739
00:40:10,415 --> 00:40:11,884
meeting. I want to recognize

740
00:40:11,884 --> 00:40:13,919
council lady jennifer gamble,

741
00:40:13,919 --> 00:40:16,919
who is celebrating her birthday

742
00:40:20,425 --> 00:40:22,161
with us this evening. Is there

743
00:40:22,161 --> 00:40:23,261
a motion for approval of the

744
00:40:23,261 --> 00:40:25,931
minutes of the meeting of JUNE

745
00:40:25,931 --> 00:40:27,299
9th, 2026? Okay. There's a

746
00:40:27,299 --> 00:40:29,201
motion, properly seconded

747
00:40:29,201 --> 00:40:31,270
without objection. And seeing

748
00:40:31,270 --> 00:40:34,173
no one seeking to be recognized

749
00:40:34,173 --> 00:40:35,507
for a change to the minutes,

750
00:40:35,507 --> 00:40:38,443
the minutes of the meeting of

751
00:40:38,443 --> 00:40:41,313
june 9th are approved, MR.

752
00:40:41,313 --> 00:40:44,313
Clerk. Are there any messages

753
00:40:45,830 --> 00:40:46,184
from the mayor? MR. Clerk,

754
00:40:46,184 --> 00:40:46,751
would you say that again?

755
00:40:46,751 --> 00:40:47,953
There

756
00:40:47,953 --> 00:40:50,220
is a message from the mayor.

757
00:40:50,220 --> 00:40:53,622
All right. Okay. So we invite

758
00:40:53,792 --> 00:40:55,361
you, MR. Mayor, to come forward

759
00:40:55,361 --> 00:40:57,195
and address us. Thank you, sir.

760
00:40:57,195 --> 00:40:57,963
Good to see you.

761
00:40:57,963 --> 00:40:59,963
Thank you.

762
00:41:01,534 --> 00:41:02,968
Sorry for stealing your seat.

763
00:41:02,968 --> 00:41:05,104
Well, thank you, MADAM Vice

764
00:41:05,104 --> 00:41:06,305
mayor. Thank you to all the

765
00:41:06,305 --> 00:41:08,440
members of the metro council,

766
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:10,509
to the staff from our office,

767
00:41:10,509 --> 00:41:11,510
the council office and metro

768
00:41:11,510 --> 00:41:12,711
departments who are represented

769
00:41:12,711 --> 00:41:14,780
tonight in nashvillians. Good

770
00:41:14,780 --> 00:41:15,848
evening. Tonight, as you heard,

771
00:41:15,848 --> 00:41:17,480
the vice mayor mentioned, is

772
00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:18,149
one of the most important

773
00:41:18,149 --> 00:41:19,485
nights on our annual civic

774
00:41:19,485 --> 00:41:20,986
calendar, passing a

775
00:41:20,986 --> 00:41:22,754
structurally balanced budget in

776
00:41:22,754 --> 00:41:24,556
the midst of spirited debate is

777
00:41:24,556 --> 00:41:26,125
the ordinary yet critical work

778
00:41:26,125 --> 00:41:28,159
of a healthy government. It's

779
00:41:28,159 --> 00:41:29,462
how government should work. I'm

780
00:41:29,462 --> 00:41:31,397
grateful for the leadership of

781
00:41:31,397 --> 00:41:32,831
the vice mayor, budget and

782
00:41:32,831 --> 00:41:34,666
finance committee chair quint

783
00:41:34,666 --> 00:41:36,835
tombs and all the members of

784
00:41:36,835 --> 00:41:37,903
the metro council who got us

785
00:41:37,903 --> 00:41:39,738
here. I appreciate the

786
00:41:39,738 --> 00:41:40,739
thoughtful discussion of the

787
00:41:40,739 --> 00:41:42,374
budget, and I especially

788
00:41:42,374 --> 00:41:43,642
appreciate all the nashvillians

789
00:41:43,642 --> 00:41:46,144
who lent their voice to this

790
00:41:46,144 --> 00:41:47,479
year's budget process. We had

791
00:41:47,479 --> 00:41:49,348
extensive public comment on the

792
00:41:49,348 --> 00:41:50,516
budget this year, and those

793
00:41:50,516 --> 00:41:52,251
comments reinforce something we

794
00:41:52,251 --> 00:41:53,686
all know. Affordability is one

795
00:41:53,686 --> 00:41:55,854
of our biggest challenges, and

796
00:41:55,854 --> 00:41:57,322
it's why my recommended budget

797
00:41:57,322 --> 00:41:59,491
prioritizes addressing it. A

798
00:41:59,491 --> 00:42:00,993
budget isn't just a list of

799
00:42:00,993 --> 00:42:02,628
expenses, it's a statement

800
00:42:02,628 --> 00:42:05,297
about our values, the kind of

801
00:42:05,297 --> 00:42:06,298
city we are and want to be. My

802
00:42:06,298 --> 00:42:07,766
recommended budget and the

803
00:42:07,766 --> 00:42:09,535
chair's thoughtful substitute

804
00:42:09,535 --> 00:42:11,935
both prioritize funding for

805
00:42:12,370 --> 00:42:14,206
more housing, better schools,

806
00:42:14,206 --> 00:42:15,874
higher employee pay, and

807
00:42:15,874 --> 00:42:17,843
tighten spending in recognition

808
00:42:17,843 --> 00:42:20,345
of slowing growth. I urge you

809
00:42:20,345 --> 00:42:21,879
to pass the chair substitute

810
00:42:21,879 --> 00:42:23,215
unamended so our residents know

811
00:42:23,215 --> 00:42:24,950
we're the kind of city that

812
00:42:24,950 --> 00:42:26,785
uses the power of the purse to

813
00:42:26,785 --> 00:42:28,287
make life a little easier for

814
00:42:28,287 --> 00:42:30,880
the people who live here. The

815
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:31,123
cost of housing is easily among

816
00:42:31,123 --> 00:42:32,291
our biggest challenges, and

817
00:42:32,291 --> 00:42:33,359
we're meeting it by

818
00:42:33,359 --> 00:42:34,727
recommending the biggest

819
00:42:34,727 --> 00:42:36,895
investment of local dollars to

820
00:42:36,895 --> 00:42:38,330
date in housing affordability.

821
00:42:38,330 --> 00:42:40,132
Since we launched the unified

822
00:42:40,132 --> 00:42:41,733
housing strategy last year,

823
00:42:41,733 --> 00:42:44,169
we've created or preserved more

824
00:42:44,169 --> 00:42:45,571
than 3000 affordable homes. We

825
00:42:45,571 --> 00:42:48,730
need many more, and I've

826
00:42:48,730 --> 00:42:49,141
proposed a 150% increase in

827
00:42:49,141 --> 00:42:50,242
funding for housing

828
00:42:50,242 --> 00:42:52,478
affordability to double down on

829
00:42:52,478 --> 00:42:53,479
those successes. But we don't

830
00:42:53,479 --> 00:42:54,914
stop there. We're boosting

831
00:42:54,914 --> 00:42:56,715
public education funding and

832
00:42:56,715 --> 00:42:58,183
building on the many successes

833
00:42:58,183 --> 00:42:59,585
we're already seeing from

834
00:42:59,585 --> 00:43:01,353
students in our public schools.

835
00:43:01,353 --> 00:43:02,821
The future of nashville is

836
00:43:02,821 --> 00:43:03,989
being built in classrooms

837
00:43:03,989 --> 00:43:06,580
around the city, and this

838
00:43:06,580 --> 00:43:07,493
budget continues our commitment

839
00:43:07,493 --> 00:43:09,661
to supporting teachers and

840
00:43:09,661 --> 00:43:11,630
educators with improved pay

841
00:43:11,630 --> 00:43:12,531
support to safely implement

842
00:43:12,531 --> 00:43:13,999
healthier school start times

843
00:43:13,999 --> 00:43:16,135
and protecting programs we

844
00:43:16,135 --> 00:43:17,937
expanded during the pandemic.

845
00:43:17,937 --> 00:43:19,400
The budget is built around

846
00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:20,806
another important measure

847
00:43:20,806 --> 00:43:23,806
before you tonight, cutting the

848
00:43:24,109 --> 00:43:25,377
local grocery tax by 22%. Right

849
00:43:25,377 --> 00:43:27,279
now, inflation is hitting all

850
00:43:27,279 --> 00:43:28,380
of us. When we buy pretty much

851
00:43:28,380 --> 00:43:29,982
anything. Lowering the grocery

852
00:43:29,982 --> 00:43:31,984
tax lets nashvillians keep some

853
00:43:31,984 --> 00:43:33,119
of that hard earned pay. So

854
00:43:33,119 --> 00:43:34,686
while the folks up the hill

855
00:43:34,686 --> 00:43:35,954
have balked at putting money

856
00:43:35,954 --> 00:43:37,356
back into the pockets of

857
00:43:37,356 --> 00:43:39,191
tennesseans by cutting the

858
00:43:39,191 --> 00:43:40,659
grocery tax or funding this

859
00:43:40,659 --> 00:43:42,761
reduction, I hope you'll

860
00:43:42,761 --> 00:43:44,596
support $9 million of economic

861
00:43:44,596 --> 00:43:45,998
relief for nashville families

862
00:43:45,998 --> 00:43:47,699
and pass this reduction of

863
00:43:47,699 --> 00:43:50,100
local sales tax on groceries.

864
00:43:50,100 --> 00:43:51,870
We cannot MISS This opportunity.

865
00:43:51,870 --> 00:43:53,238
Tonight. Let's deliver for

866
00:43:53,238 --> 00:43:54,973
nashvillians. Cut the grocery

867
00:43:54,973 --> 00:43:56,441
tax, invest in housing

868
00:43:56,441 --> 00:43:57,976
affordability, support quality

869
00:43:57,976 --> 00:43:59,311
schools, and deliver a balanced

870
00:43:59,311 --> 00:44:00,812
budget that supports our

871
00:44:00,812 --> 00:44:02,414
residents. Nashvillians are

872
00:44:02,414 --> 00:44:03,682
asking us to meet this moment

873
00:44:03,682 --> 00:44:05,817
with a decisive statement about

874
00:44:05,817 --> 00:44:07,452
who this city is for. And as I

875
00:44:07,452 --> 00:44:08,654
said in my state of metro

876
00:44:08,654 --> 00:44:10,555
address, the answer is loud and

877
00:44:10,555 --> 00:44:14,755
clear. The city is for all of

878
00:44:25,237 --> 00:44:27,237
us. Thank you.

879
00:44:27,473 --> 00:44:29,473
All right. Thank

880
00:44:32,411 --> 00:44:36,110
you, MR. Mayor. I'll roll right

881
00:44:38,550 --> 00:44:41,860
into our agenda. First is

882
00:44:41,860 --> 00:44:43,189
section e appointees and

883
00:44:43,189 --> 00:44:44,356
nominees. This portion of the

884
00:44:44,356 --> 00:44:45,524
agenda shares all persons who

885
00:44:45,524 --> 00:44:46,892
are scheduled to appear before

886
00:44:46,892 --> 00:44:47,993
the rules, confirmations and

887
00:44:47,993 --> 00:44:50,950
public elections committee for

888
00:44:50,950 --> 00:44:51,330
an interview this evening.

889
00:44:51,330 --> 00:44:53,265
Referrals back to the committee

890
00:44:53,265 --> 00:44:54,466
are by rule as part of the

891
00:44:54,466 --> 00:44:55,867
council's two meeting process

892
00:44:55,867 --> 00:44:57,603
for elections and confirmations.

893
00:44:57,603 --> 00:44:58,770
No votes will be taken by the

894
00:44:58,770 --> 00:45:01,273
body in this section of the

895
00:45:01,273 --> 00:45:04,273
agenda other than for deferrals,

896
00:45:04,409 --> 00:45:06,978
or rather MAY not even need to

897
00:45:06,978 --> 00:45:10,348
do that. If we're going to MR.

898
00:45:10,348 --> 00:45:12,840
Cash. But a brief report, sir.

899
00:45:12,840 --> 00:45:13,151
No vote totals necessary,

900
00:45:13,151 --> 00:45:14,486
simply the name of those

901
00:45:14,486 --> 00:45:16,488
interviewed and for which board

902
00:45:16,488 --> 00:45:18,857
and commission, committee or

903
00:45:18,857 --> 00:45:19,240
entity. And you are recognized,

904
00:45:19,240 --> 00:45:20,158
sir.

905
00:45:20,158 --> 00:45:21,927
Thank you. I'm sorry, did

906
00:45:21,927 --> 00:45:22,194
you say no? Don't mention

907
00:45:22,194 --> 00:45:23,610
deferrals.

908
00:45:23,610 --> 00:45:24,863
No. You can mention

909
00:45:24,863 --> 00:45:26,899
deferral. So we don't in fact,

910
00:45:26,899 --> 00:45:28,300
have to vote on them. We used

911
00:45:28,300 --> 00:45:29,968
to do that previously, but you

912
00:45:29,968 --> 00:45:31,469
can just share with us when

913
00:45:31,469 --> 00:45:32,671
those people will be with you

914
00:45:32,671 --> 00:45:33,305
again. Thank you.

915
00:45:33,305 --> 00:45:34,739
Okay. Bicycle

916
00:45:34,739 --> 00:45:36,107
and pedestrian advisory

917
00:45:36,107 --> 00:45:38,107
commission reappointment of

918
00:45:40,846 --> 00:45:42,280
alvin haney, the central

919
00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:43,715
business improvement district

920
00:45:43,715 --> 00:45:45,715
board, appointment of

921
00:45:46,584 --> 00:45:48,984
christopher carlson, a deferral

922
00:45:49,154 --> 00:45:50,990
of the employee benefit board

923
00:45:50,990 --> 00:45:51,690
reappointment of g. Thomas

924
00:45:51,690 --> 00:45:52,824
curtis.

925
00:45:52,824 --> 00:45:53,892
To which meeting, sir,

926
00:45:53,892 --> 00:45:54,726
to your next meeting.

927
00:45:54,726 --> 00:45:55,860
To the

928
00:45:55,860 --> 00:45:58,860
next meeting to seven seven.

929
00:45:59,197 --> 00:46:00,999
Thank you. The social, sir. The

930
00:46:00,999 --> 00:46:02,100
next two have been withdrawn.

931
00:46:02,100 --> 00:46:03,334
Social services commission

932
00:46:03,334 --> 00:46:05,337
appointment of will acuff has

933
00:46:05,337 --> 00:46:06,137
been withdrawn. The

934
00:46:06,137 --> 00:46:07,839
sustainability advisory

935
00:46:07,839 --> 00:46:09,839
committee reappointment of

936
00:46:10,342 --> 00:46:13,342
jolin mazara has been withdrawn.

937
00:46:13,979 --> 00:46:15,460
And then the. We approved the

938
00:46:15,460 --> 00:46:16,482
tourism and convention

939
00:46:16,482 --> 00:46:18,482
commission appointment of

940
00:46:19,718 --> 00:46:21,286
darius mcdonald for a term

941
00:46:21,286 --> 00:46:21,586
expiring JUNE 30th, 2029.

942
00:46:21,586 --> 00:46:22,788
Okay,

943
00:46:22,788 --> 00:46:24,456
so we did not confirm that

944
00:46:24,456 --> 00:46:26,591
appointment at this time. That

945
00:46:26,591 --> 00:46:28,360
person was interviewed. Okay.

946
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:30,195
And will be re referred back to

947
00:46:30,195 --> 00:46:32,364
your committee. So at next

948
00:46:32,364 --> 00:46:34,866
meeting, they will be on this

949
00:46:34,866 --> 00:46:35,967
next section of our agenda f

950
00:46:35,967 --> 00:46:36,935
confirmations. Chair cash

951
00:46:36,935 --> 00:46:37,969
recognized again for your

952
00:46:37,969 --> 00:46:39,710
committee report on the

953
00:46:39,710 --> 00:46:40,605
appointees in the second step

954
00:46:40,605 --> 00:46:42,410
of your committee's two meeting

955
00:46:42,410 --> 00:46:43,209
process, this time with vote

956
00:46:43,209 --> 00:46:44,242
totals and a consolidated

957
00:46:44,242 --> 00:46:46,378
motion for the confirmation of

958
00:46:46,378 --> 00:46:47,546
those persons, or first for a

959
00:46:47,546 --> 00:46:48,580
deferral motion if there are

960
00:46:48,580 --> 00:46:49,981
any. Go ahead, sir.

961
00:46:49,981 --> 00:46:51,449
Thank you.

962
00:46:51,449 --> 00:46:52,917
Contract and compliance board.

963
00:46:52,917 --> 00:46:55,317
Reappointment of fabian bettini

964
00:46:55,754 --> 00:46:58,190
for a term expiring JULY 27th,

965
00:46:58,190 --> 00:46:58,990
2028. Eight to 0 to 0. The

966
00:46:58,990 --> 00:47:00,393
hospital authority

967
00:47:00,393 --> 00:47:02,793
reappointment of alfonso harvey

968
00:47:02,961 --> 00:47:06,561
for a term expiring JULY 11th,

969
00:47:06,898 --> 00:47:08,733
2031, eight to 0 to 0 and the

970
00:47:08,733 --> 00:47:10,235
social services commission

971
00:47:10,235 --> 00:47:13,235
appointment of mandy spears for

972
00:47:13,371 --> 00:47:16,241
a term expiring APRIL 3rd, 2031.

973
00:47:16,241 --> 00:47:16,608
Also, 800 move approval.

974
00:47:16,608 --> 00:47:18,608
All

975
00:47:19,110 --> 00:47:20,946
right, there is a motion to

976
00:47:20,946 --> 00:47:22,380
confirm these three appointees

977
00:47:22,380 --> 00:47:23,982
in a consolidated motion.

978
00:47:23,982 --> 00:47:25,317
Properly seconded. Does anyone

979
00:47:25,317 --> 00:47:27,850
wish to remove an item from

980
00:47:27,850 --> 00:47:28,119
this consolidated motion for

981
00:47:28,119 --> 00:47:30,519
purposes of an individual

982
00:47:31,230 --> 00:47:32,924
abstention or no vote? All

983
00:47:32,924 --> 00:47:35,894
right. Seeing none. All in

984
00:47:35,894 --> 00:47:38,264
favor of these three appointees

985
00:47:38,264 --> 00:47:40,766
for confirmation, please say I.

986
00:47:40,766 --> 00:47:41,800
All right. Council has

987
00:47:41,800 --> 00:47:43,635
confirmed these three

988
00:47:43,635 --> 00:47:44,737
appointees to are confirmed

989
00:47:44,737 --> 00:47:46,137
appointees. If you chose to

990
00:47:46,137 --> 00:47:47,973
return to the council chamber

991
00:47:47,973 --> 00:47:50,420
this evening, which is not

992
00:47:50,420 --> 00:47:53,345
required, do please stand as I

993
00:47:53,345 --> 00:47:55,180
call your names. Council has

994
00:47:55,180 --> 00:47:56,982
confirmed the reappointment of

995
00:47:56,982 --> 00:47:58,751
fabian bed nay, the honorable

996
00:47:58,751 --> 00:48:01,653
fabian. Bed to contract and

997
00:48:01,653 --> 00:48:04,530
compliance board council has

998
00:48:04,155 --> 00:48:06,291
confirmed the reappointment of

999
00:48:06,291 --> 00:48:08,460
alfonso harvey to the hospital

1000
00:48:08,460 --> 00:48:10,295
authority. And lastly, council

1001
00:48:10,295 --> 00:48:12,695
has confirmed the appointment

1002
00:48:13,532 --> 00:48:15,300
of mandy spears to the social

1003
00:48:15,300 --> 00:48:16,368
services commission.

1004
00:48:16,368 --> 00:48:17,569
Congratulations to everyone,

1005
00:48:17,569 --> 00:48:18,903
whether here in the chamber or

1006
00:48:18,903 --> 00:48:19,972
watching from home. We

1007
00:48:19,972 --> 00:48:22,372
appreciate your willingness to

1008
00:48:28,613 --> 00:48:29,782
serve our city. Thank you. All

1009
00:48:29,782 --> 00:48:32,782
right. We're going to roll

1010
00:48:33,351 --> 00:48:35,540
right on into section g of our

1011
00:48:35,540 --> 00:48:37,623
agenda, which is the public

1012
00:48:37,623 --> 00:48:40,230
comment portion and period.

1013
00:48:40,240 --> 00:48:41,193
Rather, members of the public

1014
00:48:41,193 --> 00:48:43,593
who are tennessee residents

1015
00:48:43,762 --> 00:48:45,830
wishing to speak during public

1016
00:48:45,830 --> 00:48:47,320
comment MAY sign up at a table

1017
00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:49,320
outside the councilchamber

1018
00:48:50,690 --> 00:48:51,136
from 5 to 6 P.M. On the day of

1019
00:48:51,136 --> 00:48:52,437
a council meeting. Public

1020
00:48:52,437 --> 00:48:53,839
comment is limited to 20

1021
00:48:53,839 --> 00:48:55,240
minutes total at council

1022
00:48:55,240 --> 00:48:57,476
meetings, and each speaker is

1023
00:48:57,476 --> 00:48:59,211
allowed up to two minutes to

1024
00:48:59,211 --> 00:49:00,979
speak. Person speaking on

1025
00:49:00,979 --> 00:49:02,447
agenda items must be

1026
00:49:02,447 --> 00:49:04,847
prioritized to comply with

1027
00:49:05,718 --> 00:49:06,985
state law and pursuant to rule

1028
00:49:06,985 --> 00:49:09,385
28, all public comment speakers

1029
00:49:09,620 --> 00:49:12,620
must present proof of tennessee

1030
00:49:13,959 --> 00:49:16,694
residency. All right. I will

1031
00:49:16,694 --> 00:49:18,730
share the first kind of 2 or 3

1032
00:49:18,730 --> 00:49:20,633
and ask those folks to go ahead

1033
00:49:20,633 --> 00:49:22,967
and come on forward so we can

1034
00:49:22,967 --> 00:49:25,136
move timely through our public

1035
00:49:25,136 --> 00:49:27,536
comment period. The first

1036
00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:29,842
person for public comment is

1037
00:49:29,842 --> 00:49:31,243
deontay williams. Deontay

1038
00:49:31,243 --> 00:49:33,412
williams will be followed by

1039
00:49:33,412 --> 00:49:35,581
shanika davis and then amy lee

1040
00:49:35,581 --> 00:49:38,581
brown. Deontay is speaking on

1041
00:49:40,318 --> 00:49:42,787
agenda item 69. This is our

1042
00:49:42,787 --> 00:49:45,187
budget and the substitute

1043
00:49:45,691 --> 00:49:47,226
budget regarding child care in

1044
00:49:47,226 --> 00:49:48,227
support. Go ahead, MR. Williams.%

1045
00:49:48,227 --> 00:49:48,961
you're recognized.

1046
00:49:48,961 --> 00:49:50,629
Good evening,

1047
00:49:50,629 --> 00:49:52,131
council members. My name is

1048
00:49:52,131 --> 00:49:53,799
doctor deontay williams. And I

1049
00:49:53,799 --> 00:49:55,334
stand here on behalf of the

1050
00:49:55,334 --> 00:49:57,136
equity alliance in support of

1051
00:49:57,136 --> 00:49:59,370
the extending funding for child

1052
00:49:59,370 --> 00:50:00,739
care facilities. I support this

1053
00:50:00,739 --> 00:50:02,274
investment because I know

1054
00:50:02,274 --> 00:50:04,143
firsthand what is at stake. I

1055
00:50:04,143 --> 00:50:06,178
was raised by a single mother

1056
00:50:06,178 --> 00:50:08,380
in the country town of macon,

1057
00:50:08,380 --> 00:50:10,149
georgia. My mother worked long

1058
00:50:10,149 --> 00:50:11,917
hours, often more than one job.

1059
00:50:11,917 --> 00:50:13,520
She kept a roof over our heads,

1060
00:50:13,520 --> 00:50:14,853
food on th table, and

1061
00:50:14,853 --> 00:50:16,255
opportunities in front of me.

1062
00:50:16,255 --> 00:50:18,524
Like so many working class

1063
00:50:18,524 --> 00:50:19,958
black mothers, she carried the

1064
00:50:19,958 --> 00:50:22,270
weight of an entire household

1065
00:50:22,270 --> 00:50:23,620
on her shoulders. Reason I

1066
00:50:23,620 --> 00:50:24,796
stand before you today as

1067
00:50:24,796 --> 00:50:26,465
doctor williams is not because

1068
00:50:26,465 --> 00:50:27,900
the path was easy. It's because

1069
00:50:27,900 --> 00:50:29,968
my mother had support systems

1070
00:50:29,968 --> 00:50:31,300
that allowed her to work,

1071
00:50:31,300 --> 00:50:32,838
provide and create

1072
00:50:32,838 --> 00:50:34,306
opportunities for me. When

1073
00:50:34,306 --> 00:50:36,740
families have access to

1074
00:50:36,740 --> 00:50:37,843
affordable, reliable child care,

1075
00:50:37,843 --> 00:50:39,278
parents can work. They can

1076
00:50:39,278 --> 00:50:41,480
pursue education, they can

1077
00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:43,880
build economic stability, and

1078
00:50:44,160 --> 00:50:45,251
children can thrive. How can we

1079
00:50:45,251 --> 00:50:46,885
celebrate nashville's economic

1080
00:50:46,885 --> 00:50:48,987
growth when many of the workers

1081
00:50:48,987 --> 00:50:50,489
fueling that growth cannot

1082
00:50:50,489 --> 00:50:52,591
afford or access the child care

1083
00:50:52,591 --> 00:50:54,459
they need to stay employed

1084
00:50:54,459 --> 00:50:55,928
years from now, when working

1085
00:50:55,928 --> 00:50:57,329
class families and black

1086
00:50:57,329 --> 00:50:59,300
communities ask, what did this

1087
00:50:59,300 --> 00:51:01,199
council do to address the child

1088
00:51:01,199 --> 00:51:03,680
care crisis? Will you be able

1089
00:51:03,680 --> 00:51:04,937
to say you acted? Or will you

1090
00:51:04,937 --> 00:51:09,137
say you had to explain as to

1091
00:51:09,541 --> 00:51:13,141
why we did not. Thank you.

1092
00:51:13,479 --> 00:51:16,381
Thank you. All right. Next will

1093
00:51:16,381 --> 00:51:18,781
be sciatica davis. Also

1094
00:51:19,584 --> 00:51:22,488
speaking on agenda item 69, the

1095
00:51:22,488 --> 00:51:24,560
budget regarding child care in

1096
00:51:24,560 --> 00:51:26,458
support after MISS Davis will

1097
00:51:26,458 --> 00:51:27,959
be amy lee brown and then

1098
00:51:27,959 --> 00:51:30,620
lindsey craig will be next. Go

1099
00:51:30,620 --> 00:51:30,762
ahead, MISS Davis.

1100
00:51:30,762 --> 00:51:32,762
Hello, it's

1101
00:51:35,467 --> 00:51:37,335
me. Davis. I live in council

1102
00:51:37,335 --> 00:51:39,735
member horton's district, and

1103
00:51:40,172 --> 00:51:43,375
the daycare that I own is in

1104
00:51:43,375 --> 00:51:45,177
council member capps district.

1105
00:51:45,177 --> 00:51:47,379
Since last OCTOBER, I've

1106
00:51:47,379 --> 00:51:49,147
watched this council listen to

1107
00:51:49,147 --> 00:51:51,349
providers, listen to families

1108
00:51:51,349 --> 00:51:53,485
and each other to take

1109
00:51:53,485 --> 00:51:54,920
meaningful actions to address

1110
00:51:54,920 --> 00:51:57,220
nashville's child care crisis.

1111
00:51:57,220 --> 00:51:58,523
You recognize that child care

1112
00:51:58,523 --> 00:52:01,590
is not just a family issue.

1113
00:52:01,590 --> 00:52:02,461
It's an economic issue, a

1114
00:52:02,461 --> 00:52:03,962
workforce issue, and a

1115
00:52:03,962 --> 00:52:06,300
community issue. Because of

1116
00:52:06,300 --> 00:52:07,199
your leadership, we've begun

1117
00:52:07,199 --> 00:52:08,901
removing barriers that have

1118
00:52:08,901 --> 00:52:10,402
prevented providers from

1119
00:52:10,402 --> 00:52:12,802
opening and expanding. Butwe

1120
00:52:12,905 --> 00:52:14,172
know the work is not finished.

1121
00:52:14,172 --> 00:52:16,875
Today. We have an opportunity

1122
00:52:16,875 --> 00:52:18,677
to continue that momentum.

1123
00:52:18,677 --> 00:52:20,645
Council member tombs substitute

1124
00:52:20,645 --> 00:52:22,281
budget includes an investment

1125
00:52:22,281 --> 00:52:23,682
in the child care stability

1126
00:52:23,682 --> 00:52:25,851
fund through the equity

1127
00:52:25,851 --> 00:52:27,319
alliance. This investment

1128
00:52:27,319 --> 00:52:29,788
recognizes that if we want more

1129
00:52:29,788 --> 00:52:31,623
child care seats, we must help

1130
00:52:31,623 --> 00:52:33,926
providers move from ideas to

1131
00:52:33,926 --> 00:52:36,610
open doors and from surviving

1132
00:52:36,610 --> 00:52:37,729
to thriving. I know I can count

1133
00:52:37,729 --> 00:52:39,131
on this council because you've

1134
00:52:39,131 --> 00:52:41,100
already demonstrated that child

1135
00:52:41,100 --> 00:52:43,101
care matters. You've shown that

1136
00:52:43,101 --> 00:52:44,936
you're willing to listen,

1137
00:52:44,936 --> 00:52:46,872
collaborate and invest in

1138
00:52:46,872 --> 00:52:48,507
solutions. Today, I'm asking

1139
00:52:48,507 --> 00:52:50,308
you to continue that commitment

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00:52:50,308 --> 00:52:51,910
by supporting council member

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00:52:51,910 --> 00:52:53,578
tombs, substitute budget and

1142
00:52:53,578 --> 00:52:55,130
the child care investment

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00:52:55,130 --> 00:52:56,482
included within it. Our

1144
00:52:56,482 --> 00:52:58,250
families are counting on it,

1145
00:52:58,250 --> 00:53:00,819
our providers are counting on

1146
00:53:00,819 --> 00:53:02,220
it, and nashville's future

1147
00:53:02,220 --> 00:53:02,587
depends on it. Thank you.

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00:53:02,587 --> 00:53:04,587
Thank

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00:53:06,892 --> 00:53:08,727
you. All right. Next is amy lee

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00:53:08,727 --> 00:53:11,229
brown. She is also speaking on

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00:53:11,229 --> 00:53:14,132
the budget related to child

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00:53:14,132 --> 00:53:15,934
care and support. After MISS

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00:53:15,934 --> 00:53:18,103
Brown will be lindsey craig and

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00:53:18,103 --> 00:53:19,871
then kelly chang. Go ahead,

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00:53:19,871 --> 00:53:21,600
MISS Brown. Hello.

1156
00:53:21,600 --> 00:53:22,741
I'm amy

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00:53:22,741 --> 00:53:25,277
brown. I live in council member

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00:53:25,277 --> 00:53:27,790
ewing's district. I'm asking

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00:53:27,790 --> 00:53:28,914
you to support council member

1160
00:53:28,914 --> 00:53:31,160
tombs, substitute budget and

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00:53:31,160 --> 00:53:33,218
the child care investment

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00:53:33,218 --> 00:53:35,387
included within it. I'm also

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00:53:35,387 --> 00:53:36,822
asking you to commit to

1164
00:53:36,822 --> 00:53:38,957
partnering with the equity

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00:53:38,957 --> 00:53:41,600
alliance over the next year to

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00:53:41,600 --> 00:53:43,261
develop nashville's long term

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00:53:43,261 --> 00:53:45,261
child care affordability

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00:53:46,164 --> 00:53:48,564
strategy and future investments.

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00:53:48,700 --> 00:53:52,300
I'm a national native, born in

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00:53:53,380 --> 00:53:55,107
1961, nashville is a great city

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00:53:55,107 --> 00:53:57,308
and will be an even greater

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00:53:57,308 --> 00:53:59,708
city with more affordable,

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00:53:59,878 --> 00:54:02,800
quality child care. Accessible

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00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:05,800
child care allows both parents

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00:54:05,617 --> 00:54:08,787
to work and or pursue advanced

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00:54:08,787 --> 00:54:11,187
college degrees. Higher degrees

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00:54:11,389 --> 00:54:13,492
translate into higher lifetime

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00:54:13,492 --> 00:54:15,892
earnings. Those earnings will

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00:54:17,262 --> 00:54:18,897
be spent in nashville. This

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00:54:18,897 --> 00:54:21,468
will increase the profits of

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00:54:21,468 --> 00:54:23,868
local businesses, lift the

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00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:26,805
local economy, and this will

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00:54:26,805 --> 00:54:28,573
benefit all nashvillians. Thank

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00:54:28,573 --> 00:54:30,573
you.

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00:54:33,278 --> 00:54:35,847
Thank you. All right. Next

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00:54:35,847 --> 00:54:38,516
is lindsey craig speaking on

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00:54:38,516 --> 00:54:41,516
agenda item number nine. This

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00:54:42,200 --> 00:54:43,955
is rs20262033. Regarding the

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00:54:43,955 --> 00:54:45,190
downtown sea bed in opposition.

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00:54:45,190 --> 00:54:46,658
Go ahead. You're recognized.

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00:54:46,658 --> 00:54:47,826
Good evening. My name is

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00:54:47,826 --> 00:54:49,161
lindsey kingston. I'm the

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00:54:49,161 --> 00:54:50,562
co-founder of open table

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00:54:50,562 --> 00:54:52,300
nashville. I've been working on

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00:54:52,300 --> 00:54:53,632
the streets for nearly 20 years.

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00:54:53,632 --> 00:54:54,832
I'm here to tell you about why

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00:54:54,832 --> 00:54:55,934
we're so opposed to the current

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00:54:55,934 --> 00:54:58,169
seabed budget. Despite some

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00:54:58,169 --> 00:55:01,390
good progress, on the evening

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00:55:01,390 --> 00:55:02,574
of NOVEMBER 16th of 2024, an

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00:55:02,574 --> 00:55:03,909
unhoused black 54 year old

1202
00:55:03,909 --> 00:55:05,777
woman was resting in her

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00:55:05,777 --> 00:55:07,879
wheelchair on broadway when she

1204
00:55:07,879 --> 00:55:09,181
was approached by off duty chp

1205
00:55:09,181 --> 00:55:11,550
officers. They were working for

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00:55:11,550 --> 00:55:13,585
a seabed contracted private

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00:55:13,585 --> 00:55:14,653
security firm. The woman was a

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00:55:14,653 --> 00:55:15,854
friend we knew through our

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00:55:15,854 --> 00:55:17,589
winter canvasing efforts who

1210
00:55:17,589 --> 00:55:19,357
had been in and out of the

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00:55:19,357 --> 00:55:20,192
hospital that night. The chp

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00:55:20,192 --> 00:55:21,893
officers didn't connect her

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00:55:21,893 --> 00:55:23,695
with resources or help her

1214
00:55:23,695 --> 00:55:25,531
access shelter. They arrested

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00:55:25,531 --> 00:55:26,965
her under the state's felony

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00:55:26,965 --> 00:55:28,634
camping law. She wasn't a

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00:55:28,634 --> 00:55:30,168
threat to anyone, yet she spent

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00:55:30,168 --> 00:55:32,300
several nights in jail for the

1219
00:55:32,300 --> 00:55:34,506
crime of existing in public

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00:55:34,506 --> 00:55:36,307
space. That week, seabed funded

1221
00:55:36,307 --> 00:55:37,742
chp officers arrested ten other

1222
00:55:37,742 --> 00:55:39,211
people experiencing

1223
00:55:39,211 --> 00:55:40,645
homelessness downtown under the

1224
00:55:40,645 --> 00:55:42,413
felony camping law. These

1225
00:55:42,413 --> 00:55:44,949
friends needed are but got

1226
00:55:44,949 --> 00:55:47,850
cages. Fast forward to MAY of

1227
00:55:47,850 --> 00:55:49,254
2025. In collusion with ice,

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00:55:49,254 --> 00:55:50,321
thp officers made almost 600

1229
00:55:50,321 --> 00:55:52,157
traffic stops in south

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00:55:52,157 --> 00:55:53,992
nashville in one week, which

1231
00:55:53,992 --> 00:55:55,393
resulted in the profiling,

1232
00:55:55,393 --> 00:55:56,862
harassment and arrest,

1233
00:55:56,862 --> 00:55:58,330
attention and sometimes

1234
00:55:58,330 --> 00:55:59,998
deportation of nearly 200 of

1235
00:55:59,998 --> 00:56:01,866
our immigrant neighbors.

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00:56:01,866 --> 00:56:04,350
Families were ripped apart and

1237
00:56:04,350 --> 00:56:05,102
lives were destroyed. Turk

1238
00:56:05,102 --> 00:56:07,272
recently launched a lawsuit

1239
00:56:07,272 --> 00:56:08,706
against chp for their alleged

1240
00:56:08,706 --> 00:56:10,706
constitutional violations and

1241
00:56:10,875 --> 00:56:13,780
their appalling behavior. The

1242
00:56:13,780 --> 00:56:15,880
chp officers, the ndp's new

1243
00:56:15,880 --> 00:56:17,716
private security contractor, is

1244
00:56:17,716 --> 00:56:19,551
employing to keep our downtown

1245
00:56:19,551 --> 00:56:21,352
safe are taken from the same

1246
00:56:21,352 --> 00:56:22,754
pool as the officers that have

1247
00:56:22,754 --> 00:56:23,621
terrorized some of our most

1248
00:56:23,621 --> 00:56:25,621
vulnerable community members

1249
00:56:26,491 --> 00:56:28,226
and friends. You have a voice

1250
00:56:28,226 --> 00:56:30,695
and power tonight, the sea

1251
00:56:30,695 --> 00:56:32,163
board seabed board sets their

1252
00:56:32,163 --> 00:56:33,798
budget, but you are the public

1253
00:56:33,798 --> 00:56:35,166
service representatives tasked

1254
00:56:35,166 --> 00:56:37,702
with approving it. If you share

1255
00:56:37,702 --> 00:56:39,904
our concerns about private

1256
00:56:39,904 --> 00:56:42,600
security downtown and the thp

1257
00:56:42,600 --> 00:56:42,841
officers who have, like,

1258
00:56:42,841 --> 00:56:44,243
constitutionally violated our

1259
00:56:44,243 --> 00:56:46,311
rights, please abstain or vote

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00:56:46,311 --> 00:56:47,450
no. Thank you so much.

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00:56:47,450 --> 00:56:49,450
Thank

1262
00:56:51,830 --> 00:56:52,918
you. Next is kelly chang. She

1263
00:56:52,918 --> 00:56:55,421
will be followed by christine

1264
00:56:55,421 --> 00:56:57,188
bugs and then frieda player.

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00:56:57,188 --> 00:57:00,188
MISS Ching is speaking on

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00:57:00,759 --> 00:57:02,994
agenda item nine, resolution

1267
00:57:02,994 --> 00:57:04,994
2026 2033 regarding thesea bed

1268
00:57:05,464 --> 00:57:05,563
in opposition. Go ahead.

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00:57:05,563 --> 00:57:07,563
Hi,

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00:57:07,633 --> 00:57:09,367
I'm kelly, I want to talk about

1271
00:57:09,367 --> 00:57:10,868
the sea bed and nashville

1272
00:57:10,868 --> 00:57:12,300
downtown as well.

1273
00:57:12,300 --> 00:57:13,972
The first thing I want to

1274
00:57:13,972 --> 00:57:15,173
address is the pitting of n, d,

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00:57:15,173 --> 00:57:16,942
p and block by block outreach

1276
00:57:16,942 --> 00:57:18,176
workers against those of us who

1277
00:57:18,176 --> 00:57:19,544
also work or volunteer with

1278
00:57:19,544 --> 00:57:21,412
people experiencing

1279
00:57:21,412 --> 00:57:22,113
homelessness and who ask for

1280
00:57:22,113 --> 00:57:24,316
accountability for ndp and

1281
00:57:24,316 --> 00:57:25,250
block by block. This is a

1282
00:57:25,250 --> 00:57:27,850
disingenuous game fueled by

1283
00:57:27,850 --> 00:57:28,553
executives and lobbyists at ndp.

1284
00:57:28,553 --> 00:57:29,187
Some council members have even

1285
00:57:29,187 --> 00:57:31,220
responded to our concerns

1286
00:57:31,220 --> 00:57:32,156
around any use of private

1287
00:57:32,156 --> 00:57:34,556
policing, with rebuttals about

1288
00:57:34,659 --> 00:57:36,327
ndp outreach team. To be clear,

1289
00:57:36,327 --> 00:57:38,263
we have stated time and time

1290
00:57:38,263 --> 00:57:40,310
again our issue is not with ndp

1291
00:57:40,310 --> 00:57:41,766
outreach program. Our issue is

1292
00:57:41,766 --> 00:57:43,267
with ndp and block by block,

1293
00:57:43,267 --> 00:57:45,370
continuing to utilize private

1294
00:57:45,370 --> 00:57:46,838
policing to target people

1295
00:57:46,838 --> 00:57:48,838
experiencing homelessness. The

1296
00:57:49,400 --> 00:57:50,475
same people that ndp and block

1297
00:57:50,475 --> 00:57:52,243
by blocks outreach team works

1298
00:57:52,243 --> 00:57:54,345
so hard to connect with

1299
00:57:54,345 --> 00:57:56,281
resources. In fact, some of us

1300
00:57:56,281 --> 00:57:58,349
have been multiple instances

1301
00:57:58,349 --> 00:57:59,851
uplifted and asked for more

1302
00:57:59,851 --> 00:58:01,352
outreach funding for downtown

1303
00:58:01,352 --> 00:58:03,154
through the mou fight and even

1304
00:58:03,154 --> 00:58:05,256
in this year's budget. So I

1305
00:58:05,256 --> 00:58:06,724
want to make it clear we are

1306
00:58:06,724 --> 00:58:08,327
not against ndp outreach team.

1307
00:58:08,327 --> 00:58:09,594
We know them, we respect the

1308
00:58:09,594 --> 00:58:11,529
work they do, and we know that

1309
00:58:11,529 --> 00:58:12,664
they work hard to take care of

1310
00:58:12,664 --> 00:58:14,265
our neighbors. Experiencing

1311
00:58:14,265 --> 00:58:15,900
homelessness downtown, we often

1312
00:58:15,900 --> 00:58:17,680
hear how great of a community

1313
00:58:17,680 --> 00:58:18,336
partner, ndp and block by block

1314
00:58:18,336 --> 00:58:19,304
are. Last meeting a council%

1315
00:58:19,304 --> 00:58:20,939
member who became very

1316
00:58:20,939 --> 00:58:22,173
emotional over ndp failed

1317
00:58:22,173 --> 00:58:25,143
budget vote told us to look at

1318
00:58:25,143 --> 00:58:26,310
the track record when we raised new

1319
00:58:26,310 --> 00:58:28,179
security arm of block by block

1320
00:58:28,179 --> 00:58:29,448
city. At this point, it's about

1321
00:58:29,448 --> 00:58:31,116
ten weeks old. Let's review the

1322
00:58:31,116 --> 00:58:32,316
most recent track record of ndp

1323
00:58:32,316 --> 00:58:34,185
and block by block, and what

1324
00:58:34,185 --> 00:58:35,486
their version of safe and clean

1325
00:58:35,486 --> 00:58:37,122
looks like. One lobbied for the

1326
00:58:37,122 --> 00:58:38,123
removal of the ninth avenue

1327
00:58:38,123 --> 00:58:39,457
cycle track, even threatening

1328
00:58:39,457 --> 00:58:41,259
to go to the state. Legislators

1329
00:58:41,259 --> 00:58:42,327
for anti bike legislation

1330
00:58:42,327 --> 00:58:43,728
lobbied for the removal of

1331
00:58:43,728 --> 00:58:44,562
benches along korean veterans

1332
00:58:44,562 --> 00:58:46,197
boulevard due to the use of

1333
00:58:46,197 --> 00:58:47,766
them by people experiencing

1334
00:58:47,766 --> 00:58:49,134
homelessness through negligence.

1335
00:58:49,134 --> 00:58:50,368
Blew up the downtown library

1336
00:58:50,368 --> 00:58:51,669
garage by storing dangerous

1337
00:58:51,669 --> 00:58:53,138
fuel in a completely

1338
00:58:53,138 --> 00:58:54,873
inappropriate manner. Most

1339
00:58:54,873 --> 00:58:56,408
recently, we've heard ndp has

1340
00:58:56,408 --> 00:58:58,176
considered suing metro over

1341
00:58:58,176 --> 00:58:59,711
their failed budget vote last

1342
00:58:59,711 --> 00:59:01,880
meeting. That is probably going

1343
00:59:01,880 --> 00:59:03,247
to pass tonight. These tantrums

1344
00:59:03,247 --> 00:59:04,949
from people in power have to

1345
00:59:04,949 --> 00:59:06,180
stop, and you all are the only

1346
00:59:06,180 --> 00:59:07,850
body of oversight we have for

1347
00:59:07,850 --> 00:59:09,850
them.

1348
00:59:09,688 --> 00:59:11,456
Thank you. Next is

1349
00:59:11,456 --> 00:59:14,393
christian bugs. She is speaking

1350
00:59:14,393 --> 00:59:17,393
on agenda item 52. This is

1351
00:59:18,697 --> 00:59:19,797
ordinance bill 2026 1436. In

1352
00:59:19,797 --> 00:59:21,299
support. MISS Bugs will be

1353
00:59:21,299 --> 00:59:23,168
followed by frida player and

1354
00:59:23,168 --> 00:59:24,680
then mohammed gay. Go ahead,

1355
00:59:24,680 --> 00:59:25,203
MISS Bugs.

1356
00:59:25,203 --> 00:59:26,337
Thank you MADAM Vice

1357
00:59:26,337 --> 00:59:27,405
mayor. I am christian bugs.

1358
00:59:27,405 --> 00:59:29,107
Thank you, council members. I

1359
00:59:29,107 --> 00:59:30,475
have the privilege, the honor

1360
00:59:30,475 --> 00:59:32,344
of being or calling myself a

1361
00:59:32,344 --> 00:59:34,344
fifth generation north

1362
00:59:34,946 --> 00:59:36,715
nashvillian. I am a former

1363
00:59:36,715 --> 00:59:38,715
educator, former student,%

1364
00:59:39,918 --> 00:59:42,540
current PRESIDENT Of parent,

1365
00:59:42,540 --> 00:59:43,688
former school board member. Yay,

1366
00:59:43,688 --> 00:59:45,223
politics! But I am so excited

1367
00:59:45,223 --> 00:59:46,792
to stand before you today as

1368
00:59:46,792 --> 00:59:47,826
PRESIDENT And ceo of the pencil

1369
00:59:47,826 --> 00:59:49,261
foundation, where we truly

1370
00:59:49,261 --> 00:59:51,396
believe public education is

1371
00:59:51,396 --> 00:59:52,998
everyone's business, we do so

1372
00:59:52,998 --> 00:59:55,233
in three ways. We make sure

1373
00:59:55,233 --> 00:59:57,202
that we advocate for and pull

1374
00:59:57,202 --> 00:59:58,670
in volunteers to go into our

1375
00:59:58,670 --> 01:00:00,806
schools. That totals more than

1376
01:00:00,806 --> 01:00:02,240
3300 zero hours every year of

1377
01:00:02,240 --> 01:00:03,608
volunteerism. We engage in the

1378
01:00:03,608 --> 01:00:04,610
background checks. We just do

1379
01:00:04,610 --> 01:00:06,100
anything to support and

1380
01:00:06,100 --> 01:00:08,800
resource our schools. Secondly,

1381
01:00:08,800 --> 01:00:09,146
we that more than $3

1382
01:00:09,146 --> 01:00:10,248
million worth of school

1383
01:00:10,248 --> 01:00:11,883
supplies are in the hands of

1384
01:00:11,883 --> 01:00:13,784
students, educators, and

1385
01:00:13,784 --> 01:00:15,254
schools across the city simply

1386
01:00:15,254 --> 01:00:16,688
by in-kind donations and

1387
01:00:16,688 --> 01:00:18,490
purchasing, with the city in

1388
01:00:18,490 --> 01:00:20,225
whole at wholesale prices.

1389
01:00:20,225 --> 01:00:21,826
Again, educators shop free of

1390
01:00:21,826 --> 01:00:24,563
charge every day in our schools,

1391
01:00:24,563 --> 01:00:25,697
I mean in our shop. Lastly, we

1392
01:00:25,697 --> 01:00:26,931
manage the background checks

1393
01:00:26,931 --> 01:00:28,834
and elementary school tutoring

1394
01:00:28,834 --> 01:00:30,702
for mnps. The running theme

1395
01:00:30,702 --> 01:00:31,770
here is that we see a barrier.

1396
01:00:31,770 --> 01:00:32,904
We work with the school

1397
01:00:32,904 --> 01:00:33,605
leadership, the district

1398
01:00:33,605 --> 01:00:35,307
leadership, and then we

1399
01:00:35,307 --> 01:00:37,476
actually work to fill that to

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01:00:37,476 --> 01:00:38,543
meet that need. But even more

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01:00:38,543 --> 01:00:40,412
importantly, I'm excited

1402
01:00:40,412 --> 01:00:42,648
tonight to partner with metro

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01:00:42,648 --> 01:00:44,490
city government and with mnps

1404
01:00:44,490 --> 01:00:45,216
to take over a decommissioned

1405
01:00:45,216 --> 01:00:46,785
elementary school, one that's

1406
01:00:46,785 --> 01:00:48,320
been sitting vacant for four

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01:00:48,320 --> 01:00:49,788
years. We are happy to

1408
01:00:49,788 --> 01:00:51,156
fundraise to launch a capital

1409
01:00:51,156 --> 01:00:52,457
campaign to invest dollars into

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01:00:52,457 --> 01:00:53,725
this building that I believe

1411
01:00:53,725 --> 01:00:55,293
could eventually become an

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01:00:55,293 --> 01:00:56,995
education nonprofit hub again,

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01:00:56,995 --> 01:00:58,300
making sure we're identifying

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01:00:58,300 --> 01:00:59,865
barriers and then using the

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01:00:59,865 --> 01:01:00,966
community because we all love

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01:01:00,966 --> 01:01:02,701
nashville and know what it can

1417
01:01:02,701 --> 01:01:04,903
be, we will leverage those

1418
01:01:04,903 --> 01:01:05,604
resources that you all call

1419
01:01:05,604 --> 01:01:07,720
your constituents to really

1420
01:01:07,720 --> 01:01:08,106
pour into schools in a deeper

1421
01:01:08,106 --> 01:01:09,941
and more meaningful way. So I

1422
01:01:09,941 --> 01:01:11,243
thank you for even considering

1423
01:01:11,243 --> 01:01:12,978
us. It is truly our pleasure to

1424
01:01:12,978 --> 01:01:14,790
serve the district and to serve

1425
01:01:14,790 --> 01:01:15,981
the city, and we hope to

1426
01:01:15,981 --> 01:01:17,480
continue to see benefits to our

1427
01:01:17,480 --> 01:01:18,984
students, including my own. So

1428
01:01:18,984 --> 01:01:20,185
thank you for what you do. We

1429
01:01:20,185 --> 01:01:20,352
look forward to working with

1430
01:01:20,352 --> 01:01:22,352
you.

1431
01:01:24,623 --> 01:01:27,192
Thank you. Next is school

1432
01:01:27,192 --> 01:01:29,592
board chair frieda player.

1433
01:01:30,796 --> 01:01:33,196
Regarding agenda item 69, the

1434
01:01:34,990 --> 01:01:34,833
budget ordinance 1377. Go ahead

1435
01:01:34,833 --> 01:01:36,568
ma'am.

1436
01:01:36,568 --> 01:01:38,300
Thank you. I am here for

1437
01:01:38,300 --> 01:01:39,471
the pleasure. My colleagues are

1438
01:01:39,471 --> 01:01:40,539
with me. I'm here from the

1439
01:01:40,539 --> 01:01:41,973
metropolitan nashville school

1440
01:01:41,973 --> 01:01:43,442
board. The school board

1441
01:01:43,442 --> 01:01:44,843
believes in transparency and

1442
01:01:44,843 --> 01:01:46,843
accountability of the

1443
01:01:46,978 --> 01:01:47,979
efficiency of our strategic

1444
01:01:47,979 --> 01:01:49,214
initiatives. That's vital to

1445
01:01:49,214 --> 01:01:50,615
the health of our school

1446
01:01:50,615 --> 01:01:52,384
district. We meet twice

1447
01:01:52,384 --> 01:01:53,485
to perform this fiduciary

1448
01:01:53,485 --> 01:01:54,953
responsibility and review

1449
01:01:54,953 --> 01:01:57,353
various reports and evaluation

1450
01:01:57,422 --> 01:01:59,624
of our district. This is how we

1451
01:01:59,624 --> 01:02:00,692
conduct. This is how we conduct

1452
01:02:00,692 --> 01:02:03,920
performance oversight. As I

1453
01:02:03,595 --> 01:02:05,397
often say, we nerd out on data

1454
01:02:05,397 --> 01:02:06,498
as various on various types of

1455
01:02:06,498 --> 01:02:07,866
topics, from academic

1456
01:02:07,866 --> 01:02:09,866
performance operations of

1457
01:02:10,102 --> 01:02:11,903
our system. Considering the

1458
01:02:11,903 --> 01:02:12,637
school board's fiduciary

1459
01:02:12,637 --> 01:02:14,637
responsibility, the knowledge

1460
01:02:15,273 --> 01:02:16,941
of mmps investments, we request

1461
01:02:16,941 --> 01:02:19,377
a joint committee to oversee

1462
01:02:19,377 --> 01:02:21,580
the proposed performance audit.

1463
01:02:21,580 --> 01:02:22,681
We desire to work with you to

1464
01:02:22,681 --> 01:02:24,449
understand what performance

1465
01:02:24,449 --> 01:02:25,850
indicator that metro council

1466
01:02:25,850 --> 01:02:26,618
council prioritizes. In

1467
01:02:26,618 --> 01:02:27,753
addition, the school board

1468
01:02:27,753 --> 01:02:29,187
wants to work with metro

1469
01:02:29,187 --> 01:02:30,956
council to deliver the most

1470
01:02:30,956 --> 01:02:32,424
productive outcome. Considering%

1471
01:02:32,424 --> 01:02:34,159
the various wants of your

1472
01:02:34,159 --> 01:02:35,627
elected body. The school board

1473
01:02:35,627 --> 01:02:36,995
was not aware of any of the

1474
01:02:36,995 --> 01:02:38,130
metro council's previous

1475
01:02:38,130 --> 01:02:39,598
requests for performance

1476
01:02:39,598 --> 01:02:41,399
information, nor return on

1477
01:02:41,399 --> 01:02:42,867
investment details. Moreover,

1478
01:02:42,867 --> 01:02:43,901
it has not been articulated

1479
01:02:43,901 --> 01:02:45,901
precisely. The performance

1480
01:02:46,337 --> 01:02:47,506
audit will evaluate, given the

1481
01:02:47,506 --> 01:02:49,641
copious amount of data

1482
01:02:49,641 --> 01:02:50,341
collected on our programs and

1483
01:02:50,341 --> 01:02:51,509
initiatives. Hundreds of

1484
01:02:51,509 --> 01:02:53,645
nuanced performance areas that

1485
01:02:53,645 --> 01:02:55,146
m, mps monitors, and the

1486
01:02:55,146 --> 01:02:56,848
nominal education xperience of

1487
01:02:56,848 --> 01:02:58,490
most accountants. We believe an

1488
01:02:58,490 --> 01:02:59,718
ad hoc committee comprising of

1489
01:02:59,718 --> 01:03:01,887
a few metro council members,

1490
01:03:01,887 --> 01:03:04,550
school board members and expert

1491
01:03:04,550 --> 01:03:06,391
staff best supports the use of

1492
01:03:06,391 --> 01:03:07,625
taxpayer dollars. The school

1493
01:03:07,625 --> 01:03:09,861
board is committed to

1494
01:03:09,861 --> 01:03:11,696
council information, updates

1495
01:03:11,696 --> 01:03:14,990
and feedback that is outside

1496
01:03:14,990 --> 01:03:15,500
the crunch of this budget cycle.

1497
01:03:15,500 --> 01:03:17,368
We look forward to working with

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01:03:17,368 --> 01:03:18,470
you to identify the performance

1499
01:03:18,470 --> 01:03:19,738
indicators that is most

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01:03:19,738 --> 01:03:22,400
important to the metro council

1501
01:03:22,400 --> 01:03:24,242
to ensure the audit produces

1502
01:03:24,242 --> 01:03:26,642
useful, actionable results on

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01:03:26,678 --> 01:03:27,779
behalf of students, families,

1504
01:03:27,779 --> 01:03:29,280
taxpayers and the whole

1505
01:03:29,280 --> 01:03:30,915
nashville community. So I asked

1506
01:03:30,915 --> 01:03:31,917
to read the letter that I

1507
01:03:31,917 --> 01:03:33,652
submitted earlier today for

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01:03:33,652 --> 01:03:34,719
more details of the of our

1509
01:03:34,719 --> 01:03:36,354
suggestions for the audit and

1510
01:03:36,354 --> 01:03:36,755
for what we have accomplished

1511
01:03:36,755 --> 01:03:37,556
in school board.

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01:03:37,556 --> 01:03:39,556
Thank you,

1513
01:03:42,560 --> 01:03:44,663
thank you. Next is mohammed k

1514
01:03:44,663 --> 01:03:47,565
will be followed by john

1515
01:03:47,565 --> 01:03:49,400
cleveland and then antonio

1516
01:03:49,400 --> 01:03:51,569
tomlinson. Mohammed k is

1517
01:03:51,569 --> 01:03:54,569
speaking on agenda item number

1518
01:03:55,173 --> 01:03:57,173
nine, resolution 2026 to 0

1519
01:03:58,420 --> 01:03:59,611
three three. The sea bed in

1520
01:03:59,611 --> 01:03:59,911
support. Go ahead sir.

1521
01:03:59,911 --> 01:04:00,945
Good

1522
01:04:00,945 --> 01:04:02,380
evening, vice mayor henderson

1523
01:04:02,380 --> 01:04:03,848
and members of council haven't

1524
01:04:03,848 --> 01:04:05,584
heardmy name called out in a

1525
01:04:05,584 --> 01:04:07,219
while. My name is mohammed el

1526
01:04:07,219 --> 01:04:08,753
hajj malik, a known as malik.

1527
01:04:08,753 --> 01:04:09,921
And I'm speaking on behalf of

1528
01:04:09,921 --> 01:04:12,123
the nashville area chamber of

1529
01:04:12,123 --> 01:04:13,157
commerce. We view the sea bed

1530
01:04:13,157 --> 01:04:14,659
budget as something that's an

1531
01:04:14,659 --> 01:04:16,361
important extension of

1532
01:04:16,361 --> 01:04:17,228
nashville's business community.

1533
01:04:17,228 --> 01:04:18,530
And with respect to the

1534
01:04:18,530 --> 01:04:20,765
previous comments, I'd like to

1535
01:04:20,765 --> 01:04:22,500
explain why we see the sea bed

1536
01:04:22,500 --> 01:04:24,335
as a collection of property

1537
01:04:24,335 --> 01:04:26,204
owners in the downtown core,

1538
01:04:26,204 --> 01:04:27,939
both residents and business

1539
01:04:27,939 --> 01:04:29,273
owners, coming together to pull

1540
01:04:29,273 --> 01:04:30,441
money out of their pockets,

1541
01:04:30,441 --> 01:04:32,310
their employees and people who

1542
01:04:32,310 --> 01:04:34,790
visit downtown and benefit of

1543
01:04:34,790 --> 01:04:35,480
making downtown clean, safe and

1544
01:04:35,480 --> 01:04:37,348
all the things we heard

1545
01:04:37,348 --> 01:04:38,683
previously. In that spirit, we

1546
01:04:38,683 --> 01:04:39,918
believe that this is a

1547
01:04:39,918 --> 01:04:42,200
partnership that helps metro

1548
01:04:42,200 --> 01:04:43,388
and nashvillians work together

1549
01:04:43,388 --> 01:04:45,623
to invest private dollars to

1550
01:04:45,623 --> 01:04:46,991
make nashville a better place.

1551
01:04:46,991 --> 01:04:48,590
what we'd like to do is just

1552
01:04:48,590 --> 01:04:48,927
encourage members of the

1553
01:04:48,927 --> 01:04:49,961
council to keep the

1554
01:04:49,961 --> 01:04:51,596
collaborative spirit that's

1555
01:04:51,596 --> 01:04:52,864
been going on. And again, we

1556
01:04:52,864 --> 01:04:55,864
urge support of the currency

1557
01:04:55,967 --> 01:04:58,967
bid budget unamended. Thank you.

1558
01:05:02,941 --> 01:05:05,377
Thank you. All right. Next is

1559
01:05:05,377 --> 01:05:07,777
john cleveland, also speaking

1560
01:05:08,246 --> 01:05:09,714
on agenda item number nine

1561
01:05:09,714 --> 01:05:10,448
regarding the downtown, the

1562
01:05:10,448 --> 01:05:12,448
resolution regarding the

1563
01:05:12,617 --> 01:05:14,385
downtown sea bed in support. Go

1564
01:05:14,385 --> 01:05:14,485
ahead, MR. Cleveland.

1565
01:05:14,485 --> 01:05:15,820
Good

1566
01:05:15,820 --> 01:05:17,288
evening, council. My name

1567
01:05:17,288 --> 01:05:19,124
is john cleveland, and I'm here

1568
01:05:19,124 --> 01:05:20,959
to speak on my role as a team

1569
01:05:20,959 --> 01:05:22,661
lead with the parks, with the

1570
01:05:22,661 --> 01:05:23,928
downtown nashville partnership.

1571
01:05:23,928 --> 01:05:25,830
My role as a team lead could

1572
01:05:25,830 --> 01:05:27,665
vary day to day from setting up

1573
01:05:27,665 --> 01:05:28,867
a foam party event for the

1574
01:05:28,867 --> 01:05:30,201
public to enjoy, to setting up

1575
01:05:30,201 --> 01:05:32,300
a pilates class at the

1576
01:05:32,300 --> 01:05:33,771
riverfront park for 50 plus

1577
01:05:33,771 --> 01:05:35,607
people to join all free to the

1578
01:05:35,607 --> 01:05:36,808
public. But it doesn't just

1579
01:05:36,808 --> 01:05:38,143
stop there. It's a little bit

1580
01:05:38,143 --> 01:05:39,577
deeper. As a native nashville

1581
01:05:39,577 --> 01:05:40,711
ian, growing up here in

1582
01:05:40,711 --> 01:05:42,747
nashville, I used to get out

1583
01:05:42,747 --> 01:05:43,881
from it, will catch the mta bus

1584
01:05:43,881 --> 01:05:45,650
downtown and hang out at the

1585
01:05:45,650 --> 01:05:47,184
library downtown. And growing

1586
01:05:47,184 --> 01:05:48,753
up the library, church street

1587
01:05:48,753 --> 01:05:50,210
park was not the safest place

1588
01:05:50,210 --> 01:05:52,557
to be, especially back when

1589
01:05:52,557 --> 01:05:54,325
there was a fountain. And since

1590
01:05:54,325 --> 01:05:55,760
then it's been a full 180.

1591
01:05:55,760 --> 01:05:56,827
Since I've worked with the

1592
01:05:56,827 --> 01:05:58,663
company and I've seen the

1593
01:05:58,663 --> 01:05:59,897
growth, now I can set up

1594
01:05:59,897 --> 01:06:01,599
lunchtime events, have families

1595
01:06:01,599 --> 01:06:03,334
come out, take pictures. I've

1596
01:06:03,334 --> 01:06:05,169
been a part of

1597
01:06:05,169 --> 01:06:06,538
proposals and flash mobs, but

1598
01:06:06,538 --> 01:06:08,390
one of my favorite favorite

1599
01:06:08,390 --> 01:06:09,507
things ever working with the

1600
01:06:09,507 --> 01:06:11,275
partnership was the holiday

1601
01:06:11,275 --> 01:06:12,376
market that we just had this

1602
01:06:12,376 --> 01:06:14,879
past holiday season, where we

1603
01:06:14,879 --> 01:06:16,380
had a 3031 foot tall christmas

1604
01:06:16,380 --> 01:06:18,283
tree out, and I got to engage

1605
01:06:18,283 --> 01:06:19,350
with the public and really show

1606
01:06:19,350 --> 01:06:21,180
the heart of nashville and our

1607
01:06:21,180 --> 01:06:22,320
park ambassadors every day are

1608
01:06:22,320 --> 01:06:23,688
out there greeting with the

1609
01:06:23,688 --> 01:06:25,290
public, helping people navigate

1610
01:06:25,290 --> 01:06:26,391
the city, giving great

1611
01:06:26,391 --> 01:06:28,593
recommendations for live music

1612
01:06:28,593 --> 01:06:30,962
and food. And it's essential to

1613
01:06:30,962 --> 01:06:32,864
make nashville feel warm and

1614
01:06:32,864 --> 01:06:35,264
show the southern hospitality.

1615
01:06:35,366 --> 01:06:37,366
Thank you.

1616
01:06:41,720 --> 01:06:43,472
Thank you. Next is

1617
01:06:44,800 --> 01:06:45,910
antonio tomlinson. Go ahead sir,

1618
01:06:45,910 --> 01:06:47,612
I'm sorry. Also speaking o the

1619
01:06:47,612 --> 01:06:48,679
seabed agenda item nine in

1620
01:06:48,679 --> 01:06:49,800
support. Go ahead sir.

1621
01:06:49,800 --> 01:06:50,548
Good

1622
01:06:50,548 --> 01:06:52,350
evening. My name is antonio

1623
01:06:52,350 --> 01:06:53,751
tomlinson. I'm the operation

1624
01:06:53,751 --> 01:06:56,253
manager for outreach for the

1625
01:06:56,253 --> 01:06:58,253
nashville downtown partnership.

1626
01:06:58,422 --> 01:07:00,258
When people think of downtown

1627
01:07:00,258 --> 01:07:01,759
nashville, they think of the

1628
01:07:01,759 --> 01:07:03,894
restaurants. They think of the

1629
01:07:03,894 --> 01:07:05,630
events. They think of all the

1630
01:07:05,630 --> 01:07:08,166
things that MAY go on in

1631
01:07:08,166 --> 01:07:09,567
downtown nashville. But our

1632
01:07:09,567 --> 01:07:11,369
outreach team sees it from

1633
01:07:11,369 --> 01:07:13,304
another perspective. We see

1634
01:07:13,304 --> 01:07:14,639
people that are in need that

1635
01:07:14,639 --> 01:07:17,390
are suffering from mental

1636
01:07:17,475 --> 01:07:18,676
illness. They're suffering from

1637
01:07:18,676 --> 01:07:20,445
addiction, and sometimes they

1638
01:07:20,445 --> 01:07:23,314
just need someone just to talk

1639
01:07:23,314 --> 01:07:25,149
to. Our team goes out every day,

1640
01:07:25,149 --> 01:07:26,851
walk the streets of downtown

1641
01:07:26,851 --> 01:07:29,860
nashville, just trying to be

1642
01:07:29,860 --> 01:07:30,822
that ear, the person that they

1643
01:07:30,822 --> 01:07:32,957
listen to, the person that we

1644
01:07:32,957 --> 01:07:34,859
try to offer services to, to

1645
01:07:34,859 --> 01:07:36,661
try to give them a hand up

1646
01:07:36,661 --> 01:07:39,630
instead of a hand out so that

1647
01:07:39,630 --> 01:07:41,699
they can build a successful and

1648
01:07:41,699 --> 01:07:44,502
clear mindset of trying to move

1649
01:07:44,502 --> 01:07:46,771
forward. The partnership has

1650
01:07:46,771 --> 01:07:49,607
equipped us, trained us to do

1651
01:07:49,607 --> 01:07:52,143
these such things, and we come

1652
01:07:52,143 --> 01:07:53,477
to work every day with the

1653
01:07:53,477 --> 01:07:56,140
expectations of if we can only

1654
01:07:56,140 --> 01:07:57,815
help one person, we have done

1655
01:07:57,815 --> 01:07:59,216
something for our downtown

1656
01:07:59,216 --> 01:08:01,520
nashville. You have to think

1657
01:08:01,520 --> 01:08:03,220
about behind every outreach

1658
01:08:03,220 --> 01:08:05,389
contact is a person. Behind

1659
01:08:05,389 --> 01:08:07,224
every person is the partnership,

1660
01:08:07,224 --> 01:08:09,661
and behind the partnership is

1661
01:08:09,661 --> 01:08:11,129
the seabed. The seabed is

1662
01:08:11,129 --> 01:08:12,263
giving and doing their

1663
01:08:12,263 --> 01:08:14,732
contribution to make sure that

1664
01:08:14,732 --> 01:08:18,332
we can provide for everyone in

1665
01:08:18,703 --> 01:08:21,703
downtown nashville. I feel the

1666
01:08:23,774 --> 01:08:25,877
utmost. Glad and passionate

1667
01:08:25,877 --> 01:08:27,712
about what we do in downtown

1668
01:08:27,712 --> 01:08:29,547
nashville. And with the help of

1669
01:08:29,547 --> 01:08:31,682
the partnership and the seabed

1670
01:08:31,682 --> 01:08:33,117
budget, we can continue to do

1671
01:08:33,117 --> 01:08:35,319
exactly what we come to work to

1672
01:08:35,319 --> 01:08:37,488
do every single day is try to

1673
01:08:37,488 --> 01:08:41,880
help one person to be better.

1674
01:08:43,494 --> 01:08:45,251
Thank you for your time.

1675
01:08:45,251 --> 01:08:47,251
Okay,

1676
01:08:48,566 --> 01:08:51,350
folks, at this juncture, we

1677
01:08:51,350 --> 01:08:52,904
have almost four residual

1678
01:08:52,904 --> 01:08:55,904
minutes and is required by

1679
01:08:56,106 --> 01:08:59,100
state law. Once we dip into our

1680
01:08:59,100 --> 01:09:01,945
wait list and even prior, we

1681
01:09:01,945 --> 01:09:03,781
have to have a balance of

1682
01:09:03,781 --> 01:09:05,816
support and against. And so at

1683
01:09:05,816 --> 01:09:07,618
this juncture, in the order of

1684
01:09:07,618 --> 01:09:09,854
sign up, there were three

1685
01:09:09,854 --> 01:09:12,854
persons speaking in support of

1686
01:09:13,357 --> 01:09:15,250
the sea bid legislation and two

1687
01:09:15,250 --> 01:09:16,627
against. And so I'm going down

1688
01:09:16,627 --> 01:09:18,796
the wait list to the next

1689
01:09:18,796 --> 01:09:21,796
person seeking to speak in

1690
01:09:22,990 --> 01:09:24,235
opposition to that legislation.

1691
01:09:24,235 --> 01:09:27,438
And that person is trina, who

1692
01:09:27,438 --> 01:09:31,900
will MISS You. Are you present?

1693
01:09:31,900 --> 01:09:33,411
All right. Again, we at present

1694
01:09:33,411 --> 01:09:35,130
have two full residual minutes

1695
01:09:35,130 --> 01:09:37,548
here, and then we'll have a

1696
01:09:37,548 --> 01:09:38,749
subsequent about one minute and

1697
01:09:38,749 --> 01:09:40,749
55 seconds, effectively two

1698
01:09:40,785 --> 01:09:42,186
minutes for one other person.

1699
01:09:42,186 --> 01:09:42,586
Go ahead. Michelle, you are

1700
01:09:42,586 --> 01:09:44,586
recognized.

1701
01:09:44,722 --> 01:09:46,925
thank you. Crime is

1702
01:09:46,925 --> 01:09:49,260
down. Drones are up. Pedestrian

1703
01:09:49,260 --> 01:09:51,462
deaths are up. And we can't get

1704
01:09:51,462 --> 01:09:52,663
crosswalks down. I was here two

1705
01:09:52,663 --> 01:09:54,198
weeks ago raising concerns

1706
01:09:54,198 --> 01:09:55,533
about the nashville downtown

1707
01:09:55,533 --> 01:09:56,233
partnership's criminal

1708
01:09:56,233 --> 01:09:57,902
negligence, and a council

1709
01:09:57,902 --> 01:09:59,570
member echoed. The ndp doesn't

1710
01:09:59,570 --> 01:10:01,639
seem to consider pedestrian

1711
01:10:01,639 --> 01:10:03,908
safety part of clean and safe.

1712
01:10:03,908 --> 01:10:05,243
Then cma fest arrived our

1713
01:10:05,243 --> 01:10:07,780
single busiest pedestrian

1714
01:10:07,780 --> 01:10:08,912
weekend of the year, along

1715
01:10:08,912 --> 01:10:10,614
broadway from eighth avenue to

1716
01:10:10,614 --> 01:10:12,500
16th avenue and along eighth

1717
01:10:12,500 --> 01:10:15,500
avenue from broadway to grand

1718
01:10:15,319 --> 01:10:17,555
veterans, freshly repaved, had

1719
01:10:17,555 --> 01:10:19,757
and currently has no painted

1720
01:10:19,757 --> 01:10:22,157
stop lines or crosswalks.

1721
01:10:22,227 --> 01:10:23,928
During cma fest, I went looking

1722
01:10:23,928 --> 01:10:25,730
for answers. A council member

1723
01:10:25,730 --> 01:10:27,631
checked with mndot. The bill

1724
01:10:27,631 --> 01:10:29,734
sponsor elevated it to t dot t

1725
01:10:29,734 --> 01:10:31,335
dot told us the con contracted

1726
01:10:31,335 --> 01:10:33,370
completion date is SEPTEMBER

1727
01:10:33,370 --> 01:10:34,439
30th, so tourists navigating

1728
01:10:34,439 --> 01:10:36,507
broadway on foot just had to

1729
01:10:36,507 --> 01:10:37,675
figure it out. On JUNE 8th I

1730
01:10:37,675 --> 01:10:39,310
started trying to get answers

1731
01:10:39,310 --> 01:10:41,112
from ndp. Did they coordinate

1732
01:10:41,112 --> 01:10:43,381
with t dot to ensure crosswalks

1733
01:10:43,381 --> 01:10:44,848
were repainted before cma fest?

1734
01:10:44,848 --> 01:10:46,717
They have a documented working

1735
01:10:46,717 --> 01:10:48,453
relationship with t dot through

1736
01:10:48,453 --> 01:10:50,288
the connection downtown

1737
01:10:50,288 --> 01:10:52,220
initiative. I never got a call

1738
01:10:52,220 --> 01:10:53,824
back. I visited their office

1739
01:10:53,824 --> 01:10:55,226
under construction. I was

1740
01:10:55,226 --> 01:10:56,527
directed to their shadowy,

1741
01:10:56,527 --> 01:10:58,396
unmarked office on vine street

1742
01:10:58,396 --> 01:10:59,931
and was told to try the same

1743
01:10:59,931 --> 01:11:01,633
website emails I'd already sent.

1744
01:11:01,633 --> 01:11:02,833
I want to be clear that I

1745
01:11:02,833 --> 01:11:03,968
oppose this budget, but since

1746
01:11:03,968 --> 01:11:05,736
there's no public hearing

1747
01:11:05,736 --> 01:11:07,105
tonight for ten of you to avoid,

1748
01:11:07,105 --> 01:11:09,505
you'll probably pass this

1749
01:11:09,673 --> 01:11:11,750
budget. But before you do, this

1750
01:11:11,750 --> 01:11:12,277
organization now faces official

1751
01:11:12,277 --> 01:11:13,677
accusations of negligence from

1752
01:11:13,677 --> 01:11:15,446
the city's own insurer, and

1753
01:11:15,446 --> 01:11:17,581
they won't answer phone calls

1754
01:11:17,581 --> 01:11:18,783
or respond to emails from

1755
01:11:18,783 --> 01:11:20,251
constituents. It occurs to me

1756
01:11:20,251 --> 01:11:22,190
we can keep pedestrians safer

1757
01:11:22,190 --> 01:11:23,320
today with sidewalk chalk than

1758
01:11:23,320 --> 01:11:24,789
all these agencies and

1759
01:11:24,789 --> 01:11:26,624
corporations have managed with

1760
01:11:26,624 --> 01:11:28,659
millions of dollars. So I'll

1761
01:11:28,659 --> 01:11:29,827
ask again what do they mean

1762
01:11:29,827 --> 01:11:31,629
when they mean safe? When they

1763
01:11:31,629 --> 01:11:32,764
say safe and clean? Because it

1764
01:11:32,764 --> 01:11:35,566
sure ain't people. Just the

1765
01:11:35,566 --> 01:11:37,670
cash machine.

1766
01:11:37,670 --> 01:11:39,670
All right. Now,

1767
01:11:40,304 --> 01:11:42,720
to maintain the state required

1768
01:11:42,720 --> 01:11:43,874
balance among the items on

1769
01:11:43,874 --> 01:11:46,770
agenda, on the agenda. For

1770
01:11:46,770 --> 01:11:48,212
purposes of public comment on

1771
01:11:48,212 --> 01:11:50,714
our wait list, we will go next

1772
01:11:50,714 --> 01:11:52,617
then. And lastly to doctor

1773
01:11:52,617 --> 01:11:54,652
burkina about mckinney, who is

1774
01:11:54,652 --> 01:11:56,520
the vice chair of the school

1775
01:11:56,520 --> 01:11:59,520
board. She is speaking on

1776
01:12:01,559 --> 01:12:03,559
agenda item 69, ordinance 1377.

1777
01:12:05,529 --> 01:12:07,665
The budget. Go ahead ma'am.

1778
01:12:07,665 --> 01:12:09,534
Thank you. Are we live okay.

1779
01:12:09,534 --> 01:12:11,636
Good afternoon everyone. I'm or

1780
01:12:11,636 --> 01:12:13,338
evening. I'm doctor mckinney. I

1781
01:12:13,338 --> 01:12:14,872
serve as the vice chair of the

1782
01:12:14,872 --> 01:12:16,640
school board representing

1783
01:12:16,640 --> 01:12:18,420
district four in the donaldson

1784
01:12:18,420 --> 01:12:20,244
hermitage and old hickory

1785
01:12:20,244 --> 01:12:22,120
communities. I also come today

1786
01:12:22,120 --> 01:12:25,250
as the chair of the budget and

1787
01:12:25,250 --> 01:12:27,650
finance committee. I'm coming

1788
01:12:27,752 --> 01:12:29,921
to to have a conversation with

1789
01:12:29,921 --> 01:12:31,723
metro council to talk about the

1790
01:12:31,723 --> 01:12:33,723
spirit of collaboration

1791
01:12:33,725 --> 01:12:35,359
throughout this budget process.

1792
01:12:35,359 --> 01:12:36,660
I think we have missed an

1793
01:12:36,660 --> 01:12:38,596
opportunity of collaboration

1794
01:12:38,596 --> 01:12:40,980
and conversation. To learn more

1795
01:12:40,980 --> 01:12:42,498
about what metro nashville

1796
01:12:42,532 --> 01:12:44,368
public school does, what our

1797
01:12:44,368 --> 01:12:46,904
board is responsible for as

1798
01:12:46,904 --> 01:12:48,740
elected members of the body,

1799
01:12:48,740 --> 01:12:50,608
and how we can come together as

1800
01:12:50,608 --> 01:12:51,942
a body between metro council

1801
01:12:51,942 --> 01:12:53,711
and metro nashville public

1802
01:12:53,711 --> 01:12:56,647
schools to work together for

1803
01:12:56,647 --> 01:12:59,450
the children of nashville. So

1804
01:12:59,450 --> 01:13:01,652
as we consider this performance

1805
01:13:01,652 --> 01:13:04,155
audit that we're looking to do,

1806
01:13:04,155 --> 01:13:05,622
I join our chair and our school

1807
01:13:05,622 --> 01:13:07,925
board members. If you could all

1808
01:13:07,925 --> 01:13:10,294
stand that, we're here together

1809
01:13:10,294 --> 01:13:12,620
to ask that we do form a

1810
01:13:12,620 --> 01:13:14,232
committee to have a

1811
01:13:14,232 --> 01:13:16,340
conversation, a more detailed

1812
01:13:16,340 --> 01:13:18,434
conversation, to identify the

1813
01:13:18,903 --> 01:13:20,671
scope, the scope, objectives

1814
01:13:20,671 --> 01:13:22,606
and outcomes that we are

1815
01:13:22,606 --> 01:13:23,941
looking for in this audit. We

1816
01:13:23,941 --> 01:13:25,743
did not have these

1817
01:13:25,743 --> 01:13:27,743
conversations beforehand. There

1818
01:13:27,911 --> 01:13:29,746
is still opportunity to do it

1819
01:13:29,746 --> 01:13:32,583
as we continue to move forward,

1820
01:13:32,583 --> 01:13:35,850
and I ask all members to please

1821
01:13:35,850 --> 01:13:38,685
consider that as we have these

1822
01:13:38,722 --> 01:13:40,358
conversations also. Also, the

1823
01:13:40,358 --> 01:13:42,660
other thing that came out of

1824
01:13:42,660 --> 01:13:45,163
these conversations was many of

1825
01:13:45,163 --> 01:13:47,364
you, you received questions

1826
01:13:47,364 --> 01:13:48,865
from constituents about metro

1827
01:13:48,865 --> 01:13:50,968
nashville public schools. In

1828
01:13:50,968 --> 01:13:53,471
the spirit of collaboration, we

1829
01:13:53,471 --> 01:13:54,939
also asked politely and kindly

1830
01:13:54,939 --> 01:13:58,109
and humbly if you could forward

1831
01:13:58,109 --> 01:14:01,412
those to us, cc us in that many

1832
01:14:01,412 --> 01:14:03,947
of you do do that and we ask

1833
01:14:03,947 --> 01:14:05,416
you to continue to do so. That

1834
01:14:05,416 --> 01:14:07,170
way we can better support you

1835
01:14:07,170 --> 01:14:08,286
and help you and work together

1836
01:14:08,286 --> 01:14:09,352
as a city for the children.

1837
01:14:09,352 --> 01:14:11,155
Thank you.

1838
01:14:11,155 --> 01:14:13,155
All right. That

1839
01:14:13,257 --> 01:14:15,657
concludes 20 minutes of total

1840
01:14:15,892 --> 01:14:17,562
speaking time for the public

1841
01:14:17,562 --> 01:14:19,196
comment with the appropriate

1842
01:14:19,196 --> 01:14:21,199
balance as required. And thus

1843
01:14:21,199 --> 01:14:22,600
we will not dip any further to

1844
01:14:22,600 --> 01:14:25,536
into our wait list. And the

1845
01:14:25,536 --> 01:14:27,936
public comment period has

1846
01:14:30,541 --> 01:14:33,541
concluded. All right. As I

1847
01:14:34,178 --> 01:14:36,680
stated off the top, without

1848
01:14:36,680 --> 01:14:39,216
objection, I would propose to

1849
01:14:39,216 --> 01:14:41,616
pull the budget ordinance

1850
01:14:42,386 --> 01:14:45,986
agenda item 69, as well as the

1851
01:14:46,758 --> 01:14:48,959
tax levy agenda item 70 forward

1852
01:14:48,959 --> 01:14:51,950
on our agenda, such that. Next

1853
01:14:51,950 --> 01:14:54,695
we would be taking up agenda

1854
01:14:56,100 --> 01:14:59,100
item 69. All right. Seeing no

1855
01:15:00,437 --> 01:15:04,370
objection, we will now move to

1856
01:15:05,142 --> 01:15:07,142
agenda item 69, ordinance

1857
01:15:12,160 --> 01:15:13,718
bl2026. Dash 1377 sponsor tombs.

1858
01:15:13,718 --> 01:15:14,852
This is a bill to be entitled

1859
01:15:14,852 --> 01:15:16,253
the budget ordinance of the

1860
01:15:16,253 --> 01:15:17,688
metropolitan government of

1861
01:15:17,688 --> 01:15:20,880
nashville and davidson county,

1862
01:15:21,725 --> 01:15:23,494
tennessee for the fiscal year

1863
01:15:23,494 --> 01:15:25,494
2027. Councilmember tombs.

1864
01:15:26,300 --> 01:15:26,797
MADAM Budget chair. You are

1865
01:15:26,797 --> 01:15:27,498
recognized.

1866
01:15:27,498 --> 01:15:29,498
Thank you, MADAM

1867
01:15:29,600 --> 01:15:31,703
Vice mayor. Committee report,

1868
01:15:31,703 --> 01:15:34,703
budget and finance voted to

1869
01:15:35,740 --> 01:15:38,140
recommend approval of the

1870
01:15:38,209 --> 01:15:40,378
substitute by yours truly. Ten

1871
01:15:40,378 --> 01:15:43,978
in favor. Zero against zero not

1872
01:15:44,448 --> 01:15:46,848
voting. The committee also

1873
01:15:47,285 --> 01:15:48,486
recommended to not approve the

1874
01:15:48,486 --> 01:15:50,870
amendment as well as the late

1875
01:15:50,870 --> 01:15:53,570
file amendment one in favor,

1876
01:15:53,570 --> 01:15:54,959
nine against zero not voting,

1877
01:15:54,959 --> 01:15:57,361
and voted to recommend approval

1878
01:15:57,361 --> 01:15:59,897
of the bill as substituted. Ten

1879
01:15:59,897 --> 01:16:01,665
in favor, zero against zero not

1880
01:16:01,665 --> 01:16:03,434
voting. And with that, I move

1881
01:16:03,434 --> 01:16:04,935
for approval.

1882
01:16:04,935 --> 01:16:05,603
All right. Back

1883
01:16:05,603 --> 01:16:06,737
to you, ma'am.

1884
01:16:06,737 --> 01:16:08,139
I'd like to move

1885
01:16:08,139 --> 01:16:09,173
approval of the tombs

1886
01:16:09,173 --> 01:16:10,708
substitute.

1887
01:16:10,708 --> 01:16:12,760
Okay. Go ahead on

1888
01:16:12,760 --> 01:16:12,777
your substitute.

1889
01:16:12,777 --> 01:16:13,944
Thank you,

1890
01:16:13,944 --> 01:16:15,746
MADAM Vice mayor, I first, I

1891
01:16:15,746 --> 01:16:17,448
want to start by thanking

1892
01:16:17,448 --> 01:16:19,848
finance director janine reed,

1893
01:16:20,170 --> 01:16:21,485
budget director aaron pratt and

1894
01:16:21,485 --> 01:16:23,187
their staff, as well as council

1895
01:16:23,187 --> 01:16:25,587
director brian wilson and

1896
01:16:26,570 --> 01:16:28,226
council staff. Also, thank you

1897
01:16:28,226 --> 01:16:30,270
to my colleagues, to department

1898
01:16:30,270 --> 01:16:31,929
heads and all the community

1899
01:16:31,929 --> 01:16:33,631
leaders that work together to

1900
01:16:33,631 --> 01:16:36,133
create the content of the

1901
01:16:36,133 --> 01:16:37,601
substitute. As chair of the

1902
01:16:37,601 --> 01:16:39,437
budget and finance committee, I

1903
01:16:39,437 --> 01:16:41,238
really worked hard to create a

1904
01:16:41,238 --> 01:16:43,730
transparent and collaborative

1905
01:16:43,730 --> 01:16:44,675
process. Colleagues, if you've

1906
01:16:44,675 --> 01:16:47,675
read through the the substitute,

1907
01:16:48,450 --> 01:16:49,980
which shared early to get

1908
01:16:49,980 --> 01:16:51,716
input from all of you, there

1909
01:16:51,716 --> 01:16:54,252
are over 30 items in the

1910
01:16:54,252 --> 01:16:56,153
proposed substitute, including

1911
01:16:56,153 --> 01:16:57,388
adding an additional $2.1

1912
01:16:57,388 --> 01:16:58,856
million to eviction right to

1913
01:16:58,856 --> 01:17:00,892
counsel, bringing that total

1914
01:17:00,892 --> 01:17:02,126
investment to $4.5 million.

1915
01:17:02,126 --> 01:17:05,126
That allows that program to

1916
01:17:05,396 --> 01:17:07,965
scale up and provide additional

1917
01:17:07,965 --> 01:17:08,966
legal assistance to more

1918
01:17:08,966 --> 01:17:11,366
individuals who find themselves

1919
01:17:11,936 --> 01:17:13,304
in eviction court. $1.25

1920
01:17:13,304 --> 01:17:15,106
million for the hospitality hub

1921
01:17:15,106 --> 01:17:16,540
to continue its services at

1922
01:17:16,540 --> 01:17:18,776
rodeway inn. That brings a

1923
01:17:18,776 --> 01:17:20,711
total investment to $2.5

1924
01:17:20,711 --> 01:17:22,112
million, $1 million additional

1925
01:17:22,112 --> 01:17:23,180
to the barnes housing trust

1926
01:17:23,180 --> 01:17:25,580
fund, bringing that total

1927
01:17:26,984 --> 01:17:28,185
investment to $23 million

1928
01:17:28,185 --> 01:17:29,119
$401,500 to the nashville fire

1929
01:17:29,119 --> 01:17:30,521
department, which allows them

1930
01:17:30,521 --> 01:17:33,891
to have a second, fully funded

1931
01:17:33,891 --> 01:17:35,559
shift for the reach program,

1932
01:17:35,559 --> 01:17:37,428
$250,000 for workforce

1933
01:17:37,428 --> 01:17:39,828
development program with the

1934
01:17:42,833 --> 01:17:44,535
urban league, money for

1935
01:17:44,535 --> 01:17:46,935
$300,000 for the office of

1936
01:17:47,137 --> 01:17:49,137
entertainment, $300,000for a

1937
01:17:49,273 --> 01:17:50,774
new affordable housing tool

1938
01:17:50,774 --> 01:17:52,774
focused around community

1939
01:17:53,577 --> 01:17:54,645
housing, 25,000 for support for

1940
01:17:54,645 --> 01:17:56,480
child care, technical

1941
01:17:56,480 --> 01:18:00,800
assistance, and just a lot of

1942
01:18:00,840 --> 01:18:01,818
stuff. A lot of stuff. The

1943
01:18:01,818 --> 01:18:02,987
items that didn't make it into

1944
01:18:02,987 --> 01:18:05,222
the substitute were because

1945
01:18:05,222 --> 01:18:06,524
other funding sources were

1946
01:18:06,524 --> 01:18:07,992
found, for example, nashville

1947
01:18:07,992 --> 01:18:10,461
general hospital. There was a

1948
01:18:10,461 --> 01:18:12,363
lot of concern. They had a a

1949
01:18:12,363 --> 01:18:14,980
funding deficit. There was a

1950
01:18:14,980 --> 01:18:16,400
lot of concern around employees

1951
01:18:16,400 --> 01:18:18,268
getting promised raises. Thank

1952
01:18:18,268 --> 01:18:20,938
you again to finance director

1953
01:18:20,938 --> 01:18:22,773
reid and budget director aaron

1954
01:18:22,773 --> 01:18:24,108
pratt for helping to find

1955
01:18:24,108 --> 01:18:25,309
additional finance resources

1956
01:18:25,309 --> 01:18:27,344
for nashville general hospital

1957
01:18:27,344 --> 01:18:28,879
so they can be taken care of.

1958
01:18:28,879 --> 01:18:30,140
We have to take care of the

1959
01:18:30,140 --> 01:18:32,850
people's hospital. And so glad

1960
01:18:32,850 --> 01:18:35,850
to say that that was

1961
01:18:38,889 --> 01:18:40,624
accomplished. And one of the

1962
01:18:40,624 --> 01:18:42,860
things that the substitute does

1963
01:18:42,860 --> 01:18:43,994
as well is that it leaves the

1964
01:18:43,994 --> 01:18:46,630
grocery tax reduction as

1965
01:18:46,630 --> 01:18:48,199
proposed to them by the mayor

1966
01:18:48,199 --> 01:18:49,266
intact. It was one of my goals

1967
01:18:49,266 --> 01:18:51,869
to increase it. The numbers

1968
01:18:51,869 --> 01:18:53,300
were not on my side,

1969
01:18:53,300 --> 01:18:54,104
unfortunately, but it does

1970
01:18:54,104 --> 01:18:55,906
leave it intact. And I know

1971
01:18:55,906 --> 01:18:58,906
there is concern from some

1972
01:18:59,420 --> 01:19:01,211
about forgoing $9 million in

1973
01:19:01,211 --> 01:19:02,613
revenue. However, it is not

1974
01:19:02,613 --> 01:19:03,747
uncommon for us to forego

1975
01:19:03,747 --> 01:19:05,583
revenue. We do that all the

1976
01:19:05,583 --> 01:19:06,550
time when we do tax abatements

1977
01:19:06,550 --> 01:19:08,385
for affordable housing projects,

1978
01:19:08,385 --> 01:19:09,820
because we have decided as a

1979
01:19:09,820 --> 01:19:11,255
city that affordable housing is

1980
01:19:11,255 --> 01:19:13,570
worth the investment. And I

1981
01:19:13,570 --> 01:19:15,259
think that providing financial

1982
01:19:15,259 --> 01:19:16,660
relief to every single

1983
01:19:16,660 --> 01:19:17,828
nashvillian is worth the

1984
01:19:17,828 --> 01:19:19,763
investment. And with that, I

1985
01:19:19,763 --> 01:19:21,332
ask for my colleagues support

1986
01:19:21,332 --> 01:19:22,867
for the substitute.

1987
01:19:22,867 --> 01:19:24,867
All right.

1988
01:19:27,104 --> 01:19:30,407
There is a motion to substitute

1989
01:19:30,407 --> 01:19:32,510
with chair tombs substitute. It

1990
01:19:32,510 --> 01:19:33,744
is properly seconded. And you

1991
01:19:33,744 --> 01:19:36,744
have heard a description of

1992
01:19:37,381 --> 01:19:39,116
that substitute by chair tombs,

1993
01:19:39,116 --> 01:19:41,219
reflective of all her good work

1994
01:19:41,219 --> 01:19:43,687
and collaboration with you all.

1995
01:19:43,687 --> 01:19:46,924
So now we are on to discussion

1996
01:19:46,924 --> 01:19:48,759
on the motion to substitute.

1997
01:19:48,759 --> 01:19:50,194
Does anyone seek to be

1998
01:19:50,194 --> 01:19:52,594
recognized specifically on the

1999
01:19:53,970 --> 01:19:55,199
motion to substitute? Seeing

2000
01:19:55,199 --> 01:19:57,000
none. This requires a simple

2001
01:19:57,000 --> 01:19:58,435
majority and we can do it by

2002
01:19:58,435 --> 01:20:02,350
voice. All in favor, please say

2003
01:20:02,720 --> 01:20:04,641
aye. Any voting? No. Any

2004
01:20:04,641 --> 01:20:06,430
abstaining. All right. So the

2005
01:20:06,430 --> 01:20:07,211
substitute is on. And if you

2006
01:20:07,211 --> 01:20:07,978
would please renew your motion,

2007
01:20:07,978 --> 01:20:09,130
MADAM Chair.

2008
01:20:09,130 --> 01:20:09,613
Move for approval

2009
01:20:09,613 --> 01:20:10,447
of substituted.

2010
01:20:10,447 --> 01:20:12,447
Okay. There is

2011
01:20:13,617 --> 01:20:15,719
a motion to approve as

2012
01:20:15,719 --> 01:20:19,319
substituted. And now we are on

2013
01:20:19,323 --> 01:20:21,858
to discussion for that. First

2014
01:20:21,858 --> 01:20:23,661
in the queue for discussion is

2015
01:20:23,661 --> 01:20:24,528
council member evan siegel. You

2016
01:20:24,528 --> 01:20:24,795
are recognized.

2017
01:20:24,795 --> 01:20:25,963
Thankyou,

2018
01:20:25,963 --> 01:20:27,965
MADAM PRESIDENT. I would like

2019
01:20:27,965 --> 01:20:29,767
to move my amendment.

2020
01:20:29,767 --> 01:20:31,767
All right.

2021
01:20:32,970 --> 01:20:36,570
Is there a second for the

2022
01:20:36,974 --> 01:20:38,375
motion to amend? All right. Go

2023
01:20:38,375 --> 01:20:38,708
ahead. You're recognized.

2024
01:20:38,708 --> 01:20:40,708
Thank

2025
01:20:40,911 --> 01:20:43,380
you. I filed this amendment.

2026
01:20:43,380 --> 01:20:46,316
Spent a lot of time watching

2027
01:20:46,316 --> 01:20:49,316
and participating in the budget

2028
01:20:49,920 --> 01:20:51,788
meetings, thinking about the

2029
01:20:51,788 --> 01:20:54,558
best way to help nashvillians

2030
01:20:54,558 --> 01:20:56,493
with the cost of living crisis,

2031
01:20:56,493 --> 01:20:59,296
frankly, that we're facing. If

2032
01:20:59,296 --> 01:21:02,599
you look at the three well, I

2033
01:21:02,599 --> 01:21:04,334
guess we'll say four largest

2034
01:21:04,334 --> 01:21:06,136
sort of expenses for family.

2035
01:21:06,136 --> 01:21:07,271
You have for families, you have

2036
01:21:07,271 --> 01:21:08,638
housing, you have transit, you

2037
01:21:08,638 --> 01:21:11,380
have child care, increasingly

2038
01:21:11,508 --> 01:21:14,778
elder care and health care. All

2039
01:21:14,778 --> 01:21:17,648
of these are things that we

2040
01:21:17,648 --> 01:21:19,883
need to live. And then

2041
01:21:19,883 --> 01:21:22,686
following that, you have food.

2042
01:21:22,686 --> 01:21:24,488
And we obviously, we've seen

2043
01:21:24,488 --> 01:21:26,957
over the past year food

2044
01:21:26,957 --> 01:21:29,357
insecurity does to families,

2045
01:21:29,626 --> 01:21:30,961
but we have also seen over many,

2046
01:21:30,961 --> 01:21:32,729
many years what housing

2047
01:21:32,729 --> 01:21:35,650
insecurity does child care

2048
01:21:35,650 --> 01:21:36,567
insecurity can do. We have very

2049
01:21:36,567 --> 01:21:38,168
little power over health care

2050
01:21:38,168 --> 01:21:39,603
at the local level, though

2051
01:21:39,603 --> 01:21:42,506
certainly wish we could do more

2052
01:21:42,506 --> 01:21:44,708
there as well for people. And

2053
01:21:44,708 --> 01:21:46,110
when I weighed, the

2054
01:21:46,110 --> 01:21:47,511
conversations we've had around,

2055
01:21:47,511 --> 01:21:50,480
is the juice worth the squeeze?

2056
01:21:50,480 --> 01:21:52,820
And I thought, is the $6 a

2057
01:21:52,820 --> 01:21:53,283
month that we're going to give

2058
01:21:53,283 --> 01:21:55,118
to a family of four who's

2059
01:21:55,118 --> 01:21:56,253
spending at the top of the

2060
01:21:56,253 --> 01:21:58,321
estimates of there's a range of

2061
01:21:58,321 --> 01:21:59,723
like 980 to 1200, well, 1175 a

2062
01:21:59,723 --> 01:22:01,258
month, but we'll call it 1200.

2063
01:22:01,258 --> 01:22:04,858
We'll round up. That family is

2064
01:22:04,861 --> 01:22:06,597
going to save $6 a month or.

2065
01:22:06,597 --> 01:22:09,597
And that's all families, not

2066
01:22:10,534 --> 01:22:12,200
just those who need it most, or

2067
01:22:12,200 --> 01:22:13,904
whether we can recommit that

2068
01:22:13,904 --> 01:22:15,506
money to building housing and,

2069
01:22:15,506 --> 01:22:16,706
and putting it in the barns

2070
01:22:16,706 --> 01:22:17,841
fund, which would build housing

2071
01:22:17,841 --> 01:22:18,875
for folks who are really

2072
01:22:18,875 --> 01:22:20,243
struggling, but also by

2073
01:22:20,243 --> 01:22:20,978
building that housing, we're

2074
01:22:20,978 --> 01:22:22,646
taking the pressure off the

2075
01:22:22,646 --> 01:22:24,247
middle income earners who are

2076
01:22:24,247 --> 01:22:25,682
often going into that housing

2077
01:22:25,682 --> 01:22:27,417
stock, that those folks who

2078
01:22:27,417 --> 01:22:29,219
really need it are looking for.

2079
01:22:29,219 --> 01:22:30,721
We're creating moe of that

2080
01:22:30,721 --> 01:22:31,888
housing and actually lowers

2081
01:22:31,888 --> 01:22:33,223
cost overall for everybody in

2082
01:22:33,223 --> 01:22:34,424
the economy pretty

2083
01:22:34,424 --> 01:22:35,826
significantly. And it's not $6

2084
01:22:35,826 --> 01:22:37,294
a month, it's hundreds, if not

2085
01:22:37,294 --> 01:22:40,163
thousands of dollars a month.

2086
01:22:40,163 --> 01:22:41,832
And to me, that is where we

2087
01:22:41,832 --> 01:22:43,330
need to do the squeeze to get

2088
01:22:43,330 --> 01:22:44,735
the juice if we're going to

2089
01:22:44,735 --> 01:22:46,569
help people here. So this

2090
01:22:46,569 --> 01:22:48,400
amendment was filed in order to

2091
01:22:48,400 --> 01:22:49,439
talk about this and to talk

2092
01:22:49,439 --> 01:22:51,641
about whether lowering the

2093
01:22:51,641 --> 01:22:53,810
sales tax half a percent as

2094
01:22:53,810 --> 01:22:55,212
opposed to, say, removing all

2095
01:22:55,212 --> 01:22:56,380
local option sales tax or the

2096
01:22:56,380 --> 01:22:57,848
1% the chair talked about,

2097
01:22:57,848 --> 01:22:59,150
which would be a larger number

2098
01:22:59,150 --> 01:23:00,350
and a different conversation.

2099
01:23:00,350 --> 01:23:02,753
But whether this half a percent

2100
01:23:02,753 --> 01:23:04,922
is worth it when we raise taxes

2101
01:23:04,922 --> 01:23:05,956
here or when we lower taxes, we

2102
01:23:05,956 --> 01:23:07,123
always have conversations

2103
01:23:07,123 --> 01:23:09,523
because around property taxes

2104
01:23:10,360 --> 01:23:11,361
we have to do a levy. And we we lot about that.

2105
01:23:11,361 --> 01:23:13,196
Everybody gets their bill. But

2106
01:23:13,196 --> 01:23:14,331
that's not the case with sales

2107
01:23:14,331 --> 01:23:16,132
tax would just go through if

2108
01:23:16,132 --> 01:23:17,400
there was no amendment here to

2109
01:23:17,400 --> 01:23:19,235
talk about it, and whether this

2110
01:23:19,235 --> 01:23:20,270
is the right way to help

2111
01:23:20,270 --> 01:23:22,138
families today. I don't think

2112
01:23:22,138 --> 01:23:23,273
that this is the right way to

2113
01:23:23,273 --> 01:23:24,541
help families today. It MAY be

2114
01:23:24,541 --> 01:23:26,176
in bigger quantities later.

2115
01:23:26,176 --> 01:23:27,343
Having said that, I've got 15

2116
01:23:27,343 --> 01:23:29,179
seconds left. I would move to

2117
01:23:29,179 --> 01:23:30,947
amend my motion, to amend, to

2118
01:23:30,947 --> 01:23:32,315
add, to move the late filed

2119
01:23:32,315 --> 01:23:33,350
because an error was caught by

2120
01:23:33,350 --> 01:23:34,384
finance, even though they

2121
01:23:34,384 --> 01:23:36,353
prepared it before. And I would

2122
01:23:36,353 --> 01:23:38,221
ask if their objections to tha.

2123
01:23:38,221 --> 01:23:38,455
You would need to move to

2124
01:23:38,455 --> 01:23:39,856
suspend.

2125
01:23:39,856 --> 01:23:42,256
The rules. Move to

2126
01:23:42,359 --> 01:23:44,694
amend my motion, to suspend the

2127
01:23:44,694 --> 01:23:44,995
rules, to move the substitute,

2128
01:23:44,995 --> 01:23:46,563
you would.

2129
01:23:46,563 --> 01:23:48,498
Just need to move to

2130
01:23:48,498 --> 01:23:49,232
suspend the rules that that.

2131
01:23:49,232 --> 01:23:50,734
Okay.

2132
01:23:50,734 --> 01:23:52,769
I thought I had to amend

2133
01:23:52,769 --> 01:23:54,270
my motion based on.

2134
01:23:54,270 --> 01:23:56,270
You can

2135
01:23:57,474 --> 01:23:59,276
withdraw your motion while you

2136
01:23:59,276 --> 01:24:01,811
still have the floor, as I

2137
01:24:01,811 --> 01:24:02,979
understand it, and then move to

2138
01:24:02,979 --> 01:24:05,379
suspend the while you

2139
01:24:05,749 --> 01:24:07,217
still have the floor. Special

2140
01:24:07,217 --> 01:24:10,217
counsel, is that a proper

2141
01:24:11,521 --> 01:24:13,921
motion at this juncture?

2142
01:24:15,125 --> 01:24:17,125
Motion.

2143
01:24:18,395 --> 01:24:19,862
The motion that I described, I

2144
01:24:19,862 --> 01:24:22,699
think she was refining her

2145
01:24:22,699 --> 01:24:25,101
motion there at the end. Her

2146
01:24:25,101 --> 01:24:26,202
intent was she expressed

2147
01:24:26,202 --> 01:24:27,871
suspension of the rules prior

2148
01:24:27,871 --> 01:24:30,273
to the time expiring. But if

2149
01:24:30,273 --> 01:24:31,675
you could just speak to if

2150
01:24:31,675 --> 01:24:33,777
suspension of the rules at this

2151
01:24:33,777 --> 01:24:36,713
juncture with that other motion

2152
01:24:36,713 --> 01:24:38,713
pending is appropriate.

2153
01:24:38,915 --> 01:24:40,116
Okay.

2154
01:24:40,116 --> 01:24:42,486
First, we thought we'd play

2155
01:24:42,486 --> 01:24:43,487
this out, folks.

2156
01:24:43,487 --> 01:24:45,487
To answer your

2157
01:24:46,823 --> 01:24:49,659
question, vice mayor, a a

2158
01:24:49,659 --> 01:24:51,295
withdrawal and a request to

2159
01:24:51,295 --> 01:24:52,529
suspend the rules to consider a

2160
01:24:52,529 --> 01:24:55,529
late filed amendment which is

2161
01:24:55,766 --> 01:24:56,933
balanced would be valid. And

2162
01:24:56,933 --> 01:24:59,333
councilmember robert siegel, I

2163
01:24:59,402 --> 01:25:03,200
heard from you a motion to

2164
01:25:03,373 --> 01:25:06,243
amend your motion to consider

2165
01:25:06,243 --> 01:25:07,244
to consider a late file,

2166
01:25:07,244 --> 01:25:08,445
essentially, that would that

2167
01:25:08,445 --> 01:25:10,281
would require suspension of the

2168
01:25:10,281 --> 01:25:11,715
rules as well. So the best step

2169
01:25:11,715 --> 01:25:13,617
forward at this point would be

2170
01:25:13,617 --> 01:25:14,884
to move, to suspend. And then

2171
01:25:14,884 --> 01:25:15,619
we can go from there.

2172
01:25:15,619 --> 01:25:16,853
As long

2173
01:25:16,853 --> 01:25:18,555
as that's the prevailing motion.

2174
01:25:18,555 --> 01:25:18,655
I just want to make sure.

2175
01:25:18,655 --> 01:25:20,655
The

2176
01:25:21,358 --> 01:25:24,294
motion will still be on the on

2177
01:25:24,294 --> 01:25:25,962
the motion to amend the just be a

2178
01:25:25,962 --> 01:25:26,763
motion to amend your previous

2179
01:25:26,763 --> 01:25:28,498
motion.

2180
01:25:28,498 --> 01:25:30,000
A motion to amend my

2181
01:25:30,000 --> 01:25:31,401
previous motion to suspend the

2182
01:25:31,401 --> 01:25:33,170
rules, to move the file.

2183
01:25:33,170 --> 01:25:36,139
Whatever you just said, can we

2184
01:25:36,139 --> 01:25:38,308
go with whatever you just said?

2185
01:25:38,308 --> 01:25:38,675
All right, I would.

2186
01:25:38,675 --> 01:25:39,243
Yeah.

2187
01:25:39,243 --> 01:25:41,243
Where

2188
01:25:42,145 --> 01:25:44,381
we are with time still

2189
01:25:44,381 --> 01:25:46,781
available subsequent to MISS

2190
01:25:47,283 --> 01:25:50,283
Evan siegel moving to amend

2191
01:25:50,420 --> 01:25:52,322
with her timely filed amendment

2192
01:25:52,322 --> 01:25:55,922
prior to the expiration of her

2193
01:25:56,726 --> 01:25:59,462
time, she endeavored to express

2194
01:25:59,462 --> 01:26:03,620
a request to suspend the rules

2195
01:26:03,166 --> 01:26:05,969
for purposes of taking up her

2196
01:26:05,969 --> 01:26:08,505
late file amendment. So there

2197
01:26:08,505 --> 01:26:11,375
is a request to suspend the

2198
01:26:11,375 --> 01:26:14,375
rules. Is there any objection

2199
01:26:15,345 --> 01:26:17,847
to the suspension of the rules?

2200
01:26:17,847 --> 01:26:19,282
Okay. The rules are not

2201
01:26:19,282 --> 01:26:21,151
suspended because there are

2202
01:26:21,151 --> 01:26:22,185
multiple objections to that

2203
01:26:22,185 --> 01:26:23,553
suspension.

2204
01:26:23,553 --> 01:26:25,553
So parliamentary

2205
01:26:26,523 --> 01:26:27,958
inquiry then. So the motion to

2206
01:26:27,958 --> 01:26:29,726
suspend fails. But so the

2207
01:26:29,726 --> 01:26:30,827
motion to for the amendment is

2208
01:26:30,827 --> 01:26:31,895
still the prevailing motion.

2209
01:26:31,895 --> 01:26:34,295
That's correct. You have

2210
01:26:34,497 --> 01:26:36,866
replaced your initial motion

2211
01:26:36,866 --> 01:26:38,702
with the motion to suspend or

2212
01:26:38,702 --> 01:26:40,503
with the request to suspend the

2213
01:26:40,503 --> 01:26:43,730
rules. And that request has

2214
01:26:43,730 --> 01:26:46,730
failed. There is no residual

2215
01:26:49,545 --> 01:26:52,782
time. Counsel. Go ahead. And in

2216
01:26:52,782 --> 01:26:55,782
my estimation, before her time

2217
01:26:56,190 --> 01:26:58,588
expired MAY be in precisely.

2218
01:26:58,588 --> 01:27:01,588
She requested to suspend the

2219
01:27:02,126 --> 01:27:04,940
rules. Once we figure that out,

2220
01:27:04,940 --> 01:27:05,828
I put it to the body. There

2221
01:27:05,828 --> 01:27:08,310
were multiple objections. So

2222
01:27:08,310 --> 01:27:11,631
the rules are not suspended and

2223
01:27:13,270 --> 01:27:14,805
her time has expired. All right,

2224
01:27:14,805 --> 01:27:16,206
special counsel, go ahead.

2225
01:27:16,206 --> 01:27:17,240
You're recognized for

2226
01:27:17,240 --> 01:27:18,741
clarification. There's a

2227
01:27:18,741 --> 01:27:20,110
parliamentary inquiry as to the

2228
01:27:20,110 --> 01:27:20,843
status before us at this

2229
01:27:20,843 --> 01:27:21,911
juncture.

2230
01:27:21,911 --> 01:27:24,311
Vice mayor, at this

2231
01:27:25,381 --> 01:27:27,117
point, I would at this point,

2232
01:27:27,117 --> 01:27:28,819
we are still on the original

2233
01:27:28,819 --> 01:27:30,186
motion to amend. All right.

2234
01:27:30,186 --> 01:27:32,789
Request to suspend the rules to

2235
01:27:32,789 --> 01:27:35,189
change that original motion

2236
01:27:35,626 --> 01:27:38,610
that failed for for multiple

2237
01:27:38,610 --> 01:27:40,363
objections. We are we are still

2238
01:27:40,363 --> 01:27:41,398
on the original motion to amend

2239
01:27:41,398 --> 01:27:42,465
the substitute.

2240
01:27:42,465 --> 01:27:44,465
All right. I

2241
01:27:44,968 --> 01:27:46,403
appreciate the clarification. I

2242
01:27:46,403 --> 01:27:48,205
appreciate the parliamentary

2243
01:27:48,205 --> 01:27:51,107
inquiry, the motion that is

2244
01:27:51,107 --> 01:27:54,707
presently before us is a motion

2245
01:27:56,113 --> 01:27:57,981
to amend with the timely filed

2246
01:27:57,981 --> 01:27:59,950
amendment, which was followed

2247
01:27:59,950 --> 01:28:02,952
by a late filed amendment for

2248
01:28:02,952 --> 01:28:05,154
the purposes of addressing a

2249
01:28:05,154 --> 01:28:07,554
technical or mathematical error

2250
01:28:08,725 --> 01:28:11,361
that I do understand to be an

2251
01:28:11,361 --> 01:28:13,397
issue. Okay, so where we are is

2252
01:28:13,397 --> 01:28:15,298
on a motion to amend with the

2253
01:28:15,298 --> 01:28:17,433
timely filed amendment. And so

2254
01:28:17,433 --> 01:28:19,536
we continue on discussion on

2255
01:28:19,536 --> 01:28:21,271
the motion to amend. First in

2256
01:28:21,271 --> 01:28:24,271
the queue is council member

2257
01:28:25,441 --> 01:28:27,443
styles. Yes, ma'am. MADAM Chair,

2258
01:28:27,443 --> 01:28:28,144
you're recognized.

2259
01:28:28,144 --> 01:28:30,144
MADAM Vice

2260
01:28:30,279 --> 01:28:31,747
mayor, given that the timely

2261
01:28:31,747 --> 01:28:33,183
filed amendment is not

2262
01:28:33,183 --> 01:28:35,583
structurally balanced, can we

2263
01:28:36,530 --> 01:28:38,530
vote on that?

2264
01:28:38,989 --> 01:28:40,490
So. I'm going to

2265
01:28:40,490 --> 01:28:42,626
take that a little more. In the

2266
01:28:42,626 --> 01:28:43,793
space of a parliamentary

2267
01:28:43,793 --> 01:28:45,795
inquiry, point of order is kind

2268
01:28:45,795 --> 01:28:50,990
of where we are in the order of

2269
01:28:50,990 --> 01:28:52,990
operations. Special counsel,

2270
01:28:53,302 --> 01:28:53,704
can you speak to that, sir?

2271
01:28:53,704 --> 01:28:55,704
Yes,

2272
01:28:56,105 --> 01:28:58,474
vice mayor, this amendment is

2273
01:28:58,474 --> 01:29:00,276
not structurally balanced. It

2274
01:29:00,276 --> 01:29:02,120
is to answer the question. Yes.

2275
01:29:02,120 --> 01:29:05,612
It is something the council can

2276
01:29:07,750 --> 01:29:10,750
consider. However, if a budget.

2277
01:29:11,153 --> 01:29:13,190
Okay. So respectfully, I think

2278
01:29:13,190 --> 01:29:15,658
what we're trying to understand

2279
01:29:15,658 --> 01:29:17,460
it, it is proper at this time

2280
01:29:17,460 --> 01:29:19,296
to discuss this motion, to

2281
01:29:19,296 --> 01:29:23,496
amend it is it is a proper

2282
01:29:24,301 --> 01:29:27,203
motion. And we will discuss it.

2283
01:29:27,203 --> 01:29:29,338
As I understand you are asking

2284
01:29:29,338 --> 01:29:30,807
particular to our rules of

2285
01:29:30,807 --> 01:29:33,207
procedure, is there anything

2286
01:29:33,677 --> 01:29:35,677
that specifically precludes

2287
01:29:37,280 --> 01:29:39,916
debate on a amendment? And I

2288
01:29:39,916 --> 01:29:42,190
did not get the rest of your

2289
01:29:42,190 --> 01:29:43,753
words of. Were you asking

2290
01:29:43,753 --> 01:29:45,187
particular to the passage of

2291
01:29:45,187 --> 01:29:45,922
this. Because where we are now

2292
01:29:45,922 --> 01:29:46,756
is on debate.

2293
01:29:46,756 --> 01:29:47,757
Okay, I don't

2294
01:29:47,757 --> 01:29:49,225
have a question regarding

2295
01:29:49,225 --> 01:29:50,594
debate. I have a question about

2296
01:29:50,594 --> 01:29:51,394
the actual passing it.

2297
01:29:51,394 --> 01:29:53,394
Okay. So

2298
01:29:53,696 --> 01:29:55,532
in the substance of our

2299
01:29:55,532 --> 01:29:57,267
discussion. Anyone can elevate

2300
01:29:57,267 --> 01:29:58,668
that question or address a

2301
01:29:58,668 --> 01:30:00,803
question to the special counsel.

2302
01:30:00,803 --> 01:30:03,407
Okay, so there is a proper

2303
01:30:03,407 --> 01:30:05,909
motion beforeus, even if that

2304
01:30:05,909 --> 01:30:07,410
motion has some challenges or

2305
01:30:07,410 --> 01:30:09,579
problems inherent in it. We

2306
01:30:09,579 --> 01:30:11,148
will proceed with this. And

2307
01:30:11,148 --> 01:30:12,315
then at the end of that

2308
01:30:12,315 --> 01:30:13,817
discussion, you all can make

2309
01:30:13,817 --> 01:30:15,519
the determination on how you

2310
01:30:15,519 --> 01:30:17,870
choose to vote at that time.

2311
01:30:17,870 --> 01:30:18,855
Okay. Next in the queue is

2312
01:30:18,855 --> 01:30:20,256
council member styles, MISS

2313
01:30:20,256 --> 01:30:22,826
Styles. Do you seek to be

2314
01:30:22,826 --> 01:30:25,295
recognized on the motion to

2315
01:30:25,295 --> 01:30:26,463
amend?

2316
01:30:26,463 --> 01:30:28,632
No. Vice mayor actually

2317
01:30:28,632 --> 01:30:30,320
was getting in the queue to

2318
01:30:30,320 --> 01:30:32,235
speak on this subsequently.

2319
01:30:32,235 --> 01:30:33,970
Okay. Is there anyone that is

2320
01:30:33,970 --> 01:30:36,970
in the queue specifically on

2321
01:30:37,974 --> 01:30:39,376
the motion to amend with the filed amendment? Budget

2322
01:30:39,376 --> 01:30:40,777
chair tombs, you're next in the

2323
01:30:40,777 --> 01:30:40,911
queue. You're recognized.

2324
01:30:40,911 --> 01:30:42,311
Thank

2325
01:30:42,311 --> 01:30:43,312
you, MADAM Vice mayor.

2326
01:30:43,312 --> 01:30:45,882
Colleagues, this is not a

2327
01:30:45,882 --> 01:30:48,170
friendly amendment. We have

2328
01:30:48,170 --> 01:30:49,886
many tools in our toolbox for

2329
01:30:49,886 --> 01:30:51,588
affordable housing. We have the

2330
01:30:51,588 --> 01:30:53,423
barnes fund, with passage of

2331
01:30:53,423 --> 01:30:55,191
this budget, will have a new

2332
01:30:55,191 --> 01:30:58,191
revolving loan fund. We have

2333
01:30:58,460 --> 01:31:01,460
the new investment in community

2334
01:31:02,650 --> 01:31:04,167
housing. We regularly do pilots

2335
01:31:04,167 --> 01:31:05,669
for workforce housing

2336
01:31:05,669 --> 01:31:07,270
developments, and later this

2337
01:31:07,270 --> 01:31:08,938
year we will hopefully have in

2338
01:31:08,938 --> 01:31:11,107
place the use of bonds for

2339
01:31:11,107 --> 01:31:13,507
affordable housing. So there

2340
01:31:13,576 --> 01:31:15,444
are many tools in our toolbox.

2341
01:31:15,444 --> 01:31:16,913
I'm a big proponent of barnes,

2342
01:31:16,913 --> 01:31:19,716
but it is not the the single

2343
01:31:19,716 --> 01:31:22,219
tool that we have. We have many.

2344
01:31:22,219 --> 01:31:23,753
Yes, it's true that it's really

2345
01:31:23,753 --> 01:31:25,689
expensive to to purchase homes,

2346
01:31:25,689 --> 01:31:27,623
to rent homes. The folks who

2347
01:31:27,623 --> 01:31:29,425
are in themiddle are buying

2348
01:31:29,425 --> 01:31:30,961
lesser priced homes. And that's

2349
01:31:30,961 --> 01:31:33,960
really pricing people out. And

2350
01:31:33,960 --> 01:31:34,664
if we build new units,

2351
01:31:34,664 --> 01:31:36,266
eventually that is hopefully

2352
01:31:36,266 --> 01:31:37,667
will bring the prices down

2353
01:31:37,667 --> 01:31:39,869
eventually somewhere in the

2354
01:31:39,869 --> 01:31:42,869
future. We have the opportunity

2355
01:31:43,473 --> 01:31:47,900
today to provide tax relief to

2356
01:31:47,900 --> 01:31:49,900
everyday nashvillians. That's

2357
01:31:50,981 --> 01:31:52,148
important. We already have

2358
01:31:52,148 --> 01:31:54,548
instances, as I've stated,

2359
01:31:54,617 --> 01:31:56,419
where we forego revenue when we

2360
01:31:56,419 --> 01:31:57,821
do our tax abatements. We're

2361
01:31:57,821 --> 01:31:58,988
saying we will take less

2362
01:31:58,988 --> 01:31:59,990
property tax on a property

2363
01:31:59,990 --> 01:32:02,390
because we believe in

2364
01:32:02,558 --> 01:32:03,559
affordable housing. Let's

2365
01:32:03,559 --> 01:32:06,663
believe in people being able to

2366
01:32:06,663 --> 01:32:08,631
afford groceries and forego

2367
01:32:08,631 --> 01:32:10,534
this $9 million, which is not a

2368
01:32:10,534 --> 01:32:12,536
huge investment. And I wish it

2369
01:32:12,536 --> 01:32:14,771
was more. I wish it was more. I

2370
01:32:14,771 --> 01:32:16,239
tried to make it more. $6

2371
01:32:16,239 --> 01:32:19,709
matters. I can tell you, as a

2372
01:32:19,709 --> 01:32:21,678
mom of three, I coupon I. I

2373
01:32:21,678 --> 01:32:23,130
watch grocery prices. That's a

2374
01:32:23,130 --> 01:32:24,481
spaghetti dinner. I could buy

2375
01:32:24,481 --> 01:32:26,349
my box of noodles. I'm a kroger

2376
01:32:26,349 --> 01:32:28,840
girl, so I could buy my kroger

2377
01:32:28,840 --> 01:32:30,253
brand of spaghetti sauce and

2378
01:32:30,253 --> 01:32:33,156
some ground turkey. That is a

2379
01:32:33,156 --> 01:32:36,359
meal. So it's not it's not a

2380
01:32:36,359 --> 01:32:38,361
small thing. And so over time,

2381
01:32:38,361 --> 01:32:39,462
it could be a tank of gas. It

2382
01:32:39,462 --> 01:32:41,431
could be school supplies. It

2383
01:32:41,431 --> 01:32:42,866
could be much needed relief for

2384
01:32:42,866 --> 01:32:45,350
everyday families. And we can

2385
01:32:45,350 --> 01:32:46,836
do it now. So I encourage my

2386
01:32:46,836 --> 01:32:47,503
colleagues to vote against this

2387
01:32:47,503 --> 01:32:49,271
amendment.

2388
01:32:49,271 --> 01:32:51,271
All right. Debate

2389
01:32:52,142 --> 01:32:54,377
continues on the motion to

2390
01:32:54,377 --> 01:32:56,179
amend. Next in the queue is

2391
01:32:56,179 --> 01:32:57,981
council member suara. Yu're

2392
01:32:57,981 --> 01:32:58,348
recognized ma'am.

2393
01:32:58,348 --> 01:32:59,115
Thank you,

2394
01:32:59,115 --> 01:33:01,115
vice mayor.

2395
01:33:01,217 --> 01:33:03,617
I also rise against

2396
01:33:03,987 --> 01:33:04,821
the amendment. For some of the

2397
01:33:04,821 --> 01:33:06,821
reasons that councilmember

2398
01:33:07,357 --> 01:33:08,792
tombs highlighted, I, I, we

2399
01:33:08,792 --> 01:33:11,792
started this meeting with a

2400
01:33:12,762 --> 01:33:15,265
with a prayer and what the the

2401
01:33:15,265 --> 01:33:16,499
guest talk about empathy and

2402
01:33:16,499 --> 01:33:19,499
putting ourselves in the shoes

2403
01:33:19,936 --> 01:33:22,405
of others. Why $5. $6 MAY not

2404
01:33:22,405 --> 01:33:24,674
mean nothing to most of us. It

2405
01:33:24,674 --> 01:33:26,420
does for some people. I want

2406
01:33:26,420 --> 01:33:27,276
people to realize that when

2407
01:33:27,276 --> 01:33:29,311
people file for unemployment in

2408
01:33:29,311 --> 01:33:30,880
the state of tennessee, the

2409
01:33:30,880 --> 01:33:34,217
check that they get weekly is

2410
01:33:34,217 --> 01:33:35,819
around $30 to $300, depending

2411
01:33:35,819 --> 01:33:37,353
on your wage. For somebody that

2412
01:33:37,353 --> 01:33:39,753
is getting unemployment check

2413
01:33:40,123 --> 01:33:43,123
of $30 a week. Imagine what $5

2414
01:33:44,260 --> 01:33:45,462
means to them. Right. So we

2415
01:33:45,462 --> 01:33:47,998
cannot we cannot use our own

2416
01:33:47,998 --> 01:33:49,866
lives, our own experiences to

2417
01:33:49,866 --> 01:33:50,934
determine what works for

2418
01:33:50,934 --> 01:33:52,302
everybody. We have to think

2419
01:33:52,302 --> 01:33:53,837
about all of our constituents.

2420
01:33:53,837 --> 01:33:55,204
And so the people that this

2421
01:33:55,204 --> 01:33:56,439
matters to. And we have

2422
01:33:56,439 --> 01:33:58,842
received emails from folks that

2423
01:33:58,842 --> 01:33:59,976
said it does. The other reason,

2424
01:33:59,976 --> 01:34:01,578
which is also one of the

2425
01:34:01,578 --> 01:34:03,513
reasons why I shared yesterday

2426
01:34:03,513 --> 01:34:04,981
that initially I was against it

2427
01:34:04,981 --> 01:34:06,716
too, because yes, I am

2428
01:34:06,716 --> 01:34:08,184
privileged and that five $6

2429
01:34:08,184 --> 01:34:10,687
doesn't mean much to me. That

2430
01:34:10,687 --> 01:34:12,880
is a fact. But when people

2431
01:34:12,880 --> 01:34:13,923
started contacting me and then

2432
01:34:13,923 --> 01:34:15,758
I have to pivot and think about

2433
01:34:15,758 --> 01:34:16,859
he people that I represent.

2434
01:34:16,859 --> 01:34:18,561
One of the conversations that

2435
01:34:18,561 --> 01:34:20,163
we also had ourteachers, our

2436
01:34:20,163 --> 01:34:21,931
union members, when we're

2437
01:34:21,931 --> 01:34:23,666
talking about compensation this

2438
01:34:23,666 --> 01:34:25,435
year, we have an increase in

2439
01:34:25,435 --> 01:34:27,637
cost of living, but we also

2440
01:34:27,637 --> 01:34:29,839
have an increase in benefits

2441
01:34:29,839 --> 01:34:31,740
that is $5 off of insurance

2442
01:34:31,740 --> 01:34:33,142
premium that somebody will not

2443
01:34:33,142 --> 01:34:35,879
have to pay. And so let's take

2444
01:34:35,879 --> 01:34:38,347
a look at all of it that way. I

2445
01:34:38,347 --> 01:34:39,515
wish it more. I wish we could

2446
01:34:39,515 --> 01:34:41,517
do more. I wish we could

2447
01:34:41,517 --> 01:34:42,852
increase it. I support bonds, I

2448
01:34:42,852 --> 01:34:44,387
think it's a good thing. But

2449
01:34:44,387 --> 01:34:45,455
like chair said, we have other

2450
01:34:45,455 --> 01:34:46,689
tools in the toolbox we're

2451
01:34:46,689 --> 01:34:48,925
using for housing. And let's

2452
01:34:48,925 --> 01:34:51,361
look at things that is not just

2453
01:34:51,361 --> 01:34:53,263
for everyone. It's just for a

2454
01:34:53,263 --> 01:34:55,365
specific group, but it's for

2455
01:34:55,365 --> 01:34:57,166
everyone. Okay. I read a quote

2456
01:34:57,166 --> 01:34:57,967
yesterday about being

2457
01:34:57,967 --> 01:34:59,669
privileged is not looking at

2458
01:34:59,669 --> 01:35:01,471
the other people. I appreciate

2459
01:35:01,471 --> 01:35:03,239
my my colleague for bringing it.

2460
01:35:03,239 --> 01:35:05,107
I think she her heart is in the

2461
01:35:05,107 --> 01:35:06,843
right place. I thought the same

2462
01:35:06,843 --> 01:35:09,412
way initially, but I want us to

2463
01:35:09,412 --> 01:35:11,581
listen to the voices of the

2464
01:35:11,581 --> 01:35:14,500
other side. And that's a lot

2465
01:35:14,500 --> 01:35:16,185
with the social services. Spoke

2466
01:35:16,185 --> 01:35:17,654
here during one of the

2467
01:35:17,654 --> 01:35:18,888
committee meetings and said,

2468
01:35:18,888 --> 01:35:21,257
the people that are struggling

2469
01:35:21,257 --> 01:35:22,692
the most in nashville are our

2470
01:35:22,692 --> 01:35:24,193
teachers, our firefighters,

2471
01:35:24,193 --> 01:35:25,995
people that actually have a job

2472
01:35:25,995 --> 01:35:27,197
that don't need the bonds fund,

2473
01:35:27,197 --> 01:35:29,565
but need every dollar that we

2474
01:35:29,565 --> 01:35:32,100
can give them. And so with that,

2475
01:35:32,100 --> 01:35:33,503
I, I am in opposition of that

2476
01:35:33,503 --> 01:35:35,605
amendment, and I hope that you

2477
01:35:35,605 --> 01:35:37,730
all will vote against it as

2478
01:35:37,730 --> 01:35:37,841
well. Thank you.

2479
01:35:37,841 --> 01:35:39,442
All right.

2480
01:35:39,442 --> 01:35:40,677
Next in the queue on discussion

2481
01:35:40,677 --> 01:35:41,944
on the motion to amend is

2482
01:35:41,944 --> 01:35:42,912
council member sepulveda.

2483
01:35:42,912 --> 01:35:43,212
You're recognized.

2484
01:35:43,212 --> 01:35:45,212
Thank you,

2485
01:35:46,816 --> 01:35:49,686
vice mayor. And I do appreciate

2486
01:35:49,686 --> 01:35:51,221
the where the mayor is coming

2487
01:35:51,221 --> 01:35:54,230
from and where our budget chair

2488
01:35:54,230 --> 01:35:56,525
is coming from. However, I I'm

2489
01:35:56,525 --> 01:35:58,694
not on the same side of this

2490
01:35:58,694 --> 01:36:01,197
issue, having worked on this

2491
01:36:01,197 --> 01:36:02,966
for a very long time. Now, the

2492
01:36:02,966 --> 01:36:04,767
only reason this is an option

2493
01:36:04,767 --> 01:36:08,404
for us is because the state of

2494
01:36:08,404 --> 01:36:10,506
tennessee is passing the buck.

2495
01:36:10,506 --> 01:36:12,742
$6 means everything to me today.

2496
01:36:12,742 --> 01:36:14,244
I've had cereal. I save where I

2497
01:36:14,244 --> 01:36:16,646
can, I've had cereal, and I'm

2498
01:36:16,646 --> 01:36:18,848
munching on crackers. Right.

2499
01:36:18,848 --> 01:36:22,850
It's hard to make a living in

2500
01:36:22,850 --> 01:36:24,254
this city. They have the

2501
01:36:24,254 --> 01:36:25,722
opportunity to pay for this by

2502
01:36:25,722 --> 01:36:27,560
closing the corporate tax

2503
01:36:27,560 --> 01:36:30,560
loophole, and they choose not

2504
01:36:30,360 --> 01:36:31,600
to. They choose not to.

2505
01:36:31,600 --> 01:36:31,895
Quiet,

2506
01:36:31,895 --> 01:36:32,929
please.

2507
01:36:32,929 --> 01:36:34,929
Instead, they have

2508
01:36:36,366 --> 01:36:38,366
given corporations 1.5 billion

2509
01:36:39,350 --> 01:36:41,435
in refunds and incentives.

2510
01:36:41,504 --> 01:36:43,706
Fedex has filed 13 tax returns

2511
01:36:43,706 --> 01:36:46,876
in the state of tennessee. We

2512
01:36:46,876 --> 01:36:50,476
only file one. Only one. That's

2513
01:36:51,247 --> 01:36:53,490
an average of $400 a year in

2514
01:36:53,490 --> 01:36:55,490
groceries for tennessee

2515
01:36:56,986 --> 01:36:58,921
families, $400 in groceries. We

2516
01:36:58,921 --> 01:37:00,590
as nashvillians still pay. At

2517
01:37:00,590 --> 01:37:03,492
the end of the day, when we are

2518
01:37:03,492 --> 01:37:04,893
asking our departments to save,

2519
01:37:04,893 --> 01:37:06,462
we're still paying. At the end

2520
01:37:06,462 --> 01:37:08,531
of the day, I understand what

2521
01:37:08,531 --> 01:37:09,932
we're trying to do. I really do

2522
01:37:09,932 --> 01:37:12,234
understand. But at the end of

2523
01:37:12,234 --> 01:37:15,234
the day, there are davidson

2524
01:37:16,720 --> 01:37:17,940
county residents who cross into

2525
01:37:17,940 --> 01:37:18,941
kentucky to go buy groceries

2526
01:37:18,941 --> 01:37:20,843
because they don't have a

2527
01:37:20,843 --> 01:37:22,578
grocery tax there, and they're

2528
01:37:22,578 --> 01:37:24,346
trying to save money, and I

2529
01:37:24,346 --> 01:37:25,948
can't ask them to do that, I

2530
01:37:25,948 --> 01:37:28,840
really can't. So yes, I would

2531
01:37:28,840 --> 01:37:29,385
have voted for this amendment

2532
01:37:29,385 --> 01:37:30,986
if it would have been balanced.

2533
01:37:30,986 --> 01:37:32,855
Right now, I don't I don't know

2534
01:37:32,855 --> 01:37:35,858
what to do because I wish that

2535
01:37:35,858 --> 01:37:37,393
we wouldn't have voted to like,

2536
01:37:37,393 --> 01:37:39,829
not suspend the rules. I wish

2537
01:37:39,829 --> 01:37:42,465
we would have had this option

2538
01:37:42,465 --> 01:37:43,499
because it is absolutely

2539
01:37:43,499 --> 01:37:45,234
shameful that the state of

2540
01:37:45,234 --> 01:37:47,360
tennessee continues to do this,

2541
01:37:47,360 --> 01:37:49,238
because they want to give free

2542
01:37:49,238 --> 01:37:50,773
rides to corporations. I'm not

2543
01:37:50,773 --> 01:37:52,508
going to do that. I'm not going

2544
01:37:52,508 --> 01:37:54,710
to do the state's bidding. And

2545
01:37:54,710 --> 01:37:56,110
so when they air this, when

2546
01:37:56,110 --> 01:37:57,747
they write about this, I want

2547
01:37:57,747 --> 01:37:59,649
them to get this right. This is

2548
01:37:59,649 --> 01:38:01,417
on the state of tennessee. The

2549
01:38:01,417 --> 01:38:03,619
state of tennessee should end

2550
01:38:03,619 --> 01:38:06,922
the grocery tax. And they keep

2551
01:38:06,922 --> 01:38:10,920
putting a fake bill before the

2552
01:38:10,920 --> 01:38:11,961
the state legislature that has

2553
01:38:11,961 --> 01:38:14,960
no source of funding. When

2554
01:38:14,960 --> 01:38:16,231
there is an option to close the

2555
01:38:16,231 --> 01:38:19,231
corporate tax loophole and give

2556
01:38:21,300 --> 01:38:22,738
an average revenue of $891

2557
01:38:22,738 --> 01:38:24,907
million to the state of

2558
01:38:24,907 --> 01:38:26,676
tennessee, that is helping

2559
01:38:26,676 --> 01:38:28,676
tennesseans and not

2560
01:38:29,178 --> 01:38:31,347
corporations. So, no, I don't

2561
01:38:31,347 --> 01:38:33,816
want an option to end the

2562
01:38:33,816 --> 01:38:35,751
grocery tax for counties,

2563
01:38:35,751 --> 01:38:37,419
cities, municipalities. I want

2564
01:38:37,419 --> 01:38:39,989
the state of tennessee to end

2565
01:38:39,989 --> 01:38:41,390
the grocery tax. And it is

2566
01:38:41,390 --> 01:38:42,859
shameful, shameful that they

2567
01:38:42,859 --> 01:38:44,260
don't.

2568
01:38:44,260 --> 01:38:46,610
All right. Next in the

2569
01:38:46,610 --> 01:38:48,461
queue is council member

2570
01:38:53,336 --> 01:38:55,336
porterfield. You're recognized.

2571
01:38:55,904 --> 01:38:57,600
Oh I'm sorry. Go ahead ma'am.

2572
01:38:57,600 --> 01:38:57,807
Thank you, vice mayor.

2573
01:38:57,807 --> 01:38:59,740
How am I

2574
01:38:59,740 --> 01:39:01,243
supposed to come behind that?

2575
01:39:01,243 --> 01:39:03,779
Jeez, louise, can I can you

2576
01:39:03,779 --> 01:39:07,379
come back to me? No, seriously,

2577
01:39:07,383 --> 01:39:08,351
I, I agree with a lot of the

2578
01:39:08,351 --> 01:39:09,351
sentiment of my colleague,

2579
01:39:09,351 --> 01:39:10,519
council member sepulveda. I

2580
01:39:10,519 --> 01:39:11,620
don't know that we've ever

2581
01:39:11,620 --> 01:39:13,456
actually been on the opposite

2582
01:39:13,456 --> 01:39:15,357
side of an issue. So this is a

2583
01:39:15,357 --> 01:39:16,358
little painful for me right now.

2584
01:39:16,358 --> 01:39:18,758
I'm having an emotional

2585
01:39:18,827 --> 01:39:20,363
reaction, but I'm standing in

2586
01:39:20,363 --> 01:39:22,565
opposition to the amendment and

2587
01:39:22,565 --> 01:39:23,999
in support of cutting the

2588
01:39:23,999 --> 01:39:25,667
grocery tax. Tennessee is one

2589
01:39:25,667 --> 01:39:27,536
of I believe we're one of 11

2590
01:39:27,536 --> 01:39:29,672
states that is actually still

2591
01:39:29,672 --> 01:39:31,140
taxing people for groceries.

2592
01:39:31,140 --> 01:39:32,700
And I agree with everything

2593
01:39:32,700 --> 01:39:33,676
councilmember sepulveda said.

2594
01:39:33,676 --> 01:39:35,770
It is on the state. The state

2595
01:39:35,770 --> 01:39:37,246
should cut the grocery tax,

2596
01:39:37,246 --> 01:39:39,150
just like the state should be

2597
01:39:39,150 --> 01:39:40,816
funding more for our public

2598
01:39:40,816 --> 01:39:42,618
schools. And just like for our

2599
01:39:42,618 --> 01:39:44,320
public schools, we as a city

2600
01:39:44,320 --> 01:39:45,521
are having to pick up the slack

2601
01:39:45,521 --> 01:39:47,323
when the state does not do

2602
01:39:47,323 --> 01:39:48,390
their job. She's absolutely

2603
01:39:48,390 --> 01:39:49,525
right. They are doing the

2604
01:39:49,525 --> 01:39:50,526
bidding of businesses and

2605
01:39:50,526 --> 01:39:52,394
corporations. They are giving

2606
01:39:52,394 --> 01:39:53,429
tax breaks that we, the%

2607
01:39:53,429 --> 01:39:54,964
citizens and the residents

2608
01:39:54,964 --> 01:39:56,198
should be getting. They're not

2609
01:39:56,198 --> 01:39:57,466
doing their job. So we're

2610
01:39:57,466 --> 01:39:59,568
having to pick up the slack and

2611
01:39:59,568 --> 01:40:01,360
it totally sucks. But we cannot

2612
01:40:01,360 --> 01:40:02,805
absolve our responsibility to

2613
01:40:02,805 --> 01:40:03,939
take care of our constituency

2614
01:40:03,939 --> 01:40:05,808
just because the state isn't

2615
01:40:05,808 --> 01:40:08,177
doing what they need to do. So

2616
01:40:08,177 --> 01:40:11,800
for that reason, I am standing

2617
01:40:11,800 --> 01:40:13,616
against the amendment and I am

2618
01:40:13,616 --> 01:40:15,651
standing for. I want to stand

2619
01:40:15,651 --> 01:40:16,819
in support of the current

2620
01:40:16,819 --> 01:40:20,220
budget. I remember I shared a

2621
01:40:20,220 --> 01:40:21,757
little bit yesterday about a

2622
01:40:21,757 --> 01:40:23,525
friend that that I know that is

2623
01:40:23,525 --> 01:40:25,127
a business professional and by

2624
01:40:25,127 --> 01:40:27,162
no fault of their own based on

2625
01:40:27,162 --> 01:40:29,665
some federal cuts. This is a

2626
01:40:29,665 --> 01:40:30,899
person with a professional

2627
01:40:30,899 --> 01:40:32,167
degree in the medical field,

2628
01:40:32,167 --> 01:40:33,669
and they're currently

2629
01:40:33,669 --> 01:40:34,803
unemployed, and I watch them

2630
01:40:34,803 --> 01:40:36,571
week after week try to figure

2631
01:40:36,571 --> 01:40:37,639
out how they're going to feed

2632
01:40:37,639 --> 01:40:38,841
their family. And there are

2633
01:40:38,841 --> 01:40:40,643
literal times when they're like,

2634
01:40:40,643 --> 01:40:42,578
I have $5 and I'm trying to

2635
01:40:42,578 --> 01:40:43,812
figure out how I'm going to eat

2636
01:40:43,812 --> 01:40:45,747
this week and how I'm going to

2637
01:40:45,747 --> 01:40:47,683
feed my kids. So for us, $5 is

2638
01:40:47,683 --> 01:40:48,884
nothing. $6 is nothing. But for

2639
01:40:48,884 --> 01:40:50,553
many people that are struggling

2640
01:40:50,553 --> 01:40:51,987
to make the ends meet, I

2641
01:40:51,987 --> 01:40:53,655
vividly remember when I was 22

2642
01:40:53,655 --> 01:40:54,823
and I had just graduated from

2643
01:40:54,823 --> 01:40:56,592
tissue, and I was working in a

2644
01:40:56,592 --> 01:40:57,826
call center, and my colleague

2645
01:40:57,826 --> 01:40:59,695
and I, for lunch, we would go

2646
01:40:59,695 --> 01:41:01,300
to MRS. Winters all the time

2647
01:41:01,300 --> 01:41:02,198
and get this dollar 99 chicken

2648
01:41:02,198 --> 01:41:03,665
meal, because that was

2649
01:41:03,665 --> 01:41:06,101
literally all we could afford.

2650
01:41:06,101 --> 01:41:07,703
So that $2 literally stretched

2651
01:41:07,703 --> 01:41:09,710
for us. $6 would have been

2652
01:41:09,710 --> 01:41:10,773
three times that we could have

2653
01:41:10,773 --> 01:41:12,374
ate that week. And now it's

2654
01:41:12,374 --> 01:41:13,942
hard to find $1.99 meal, but

2655
01:41:13,942 --> 01:41:16,445
you can still get a wendy's

2656
01:41:16,445 --> 01:41:18,614
four for four. So it MAY not be

2657
01:41:18,614 --> 01:41:20,480
a lot of money for a lot of

2658
01:41:20,480 --> 01:41:21,884
people, but for the people that

2659
01:41:21,884 --> 01:41:23,719
need it, this does make a

2660
01:41:23,719 --> 01:41:25,454
difference. We never get the

2661
01:41:25,454 --> 01:41:26,955
opportunity to put direct

2662
01:41:26,955 --> 01:41:27,990
dollars back into the hands of

2663
01:41:27,990 --> 01:41:29,692
our constituents, and this is

2664
01:41:29,692 --> 01:41:32,692
one of the only opportunities

2665
01:41:32,694 --> 01:41:34,960
that we have to deliver a real

2666
01:41:34,960 --> 01:41:35,564
impact, real dollars that we're

2667
01:41:35,564 --> 01:41:37,399
giving back to the constituents.

2668
01:41:37,399 --> 01:41:39,234
So I respect my colleague's

2669
01:41:39,234 --> 01:41:40,669
position. I adore my colleague,

2670
01:41:40,669 --> 01:41:42,710
council member sepulveda. I

2671
01:41:42,710 --> 01:41:43,806
respect their position, but I

2672
01:41:43,806 --> 01:41:45,274
have to be against the

2673
01:41:45,274 --> 01:41:46,742
amendment this time.

2674
01:41:46,742 --> 01:41:48,742
All right.

2675
01:41:49,611 --> 01:41:51,513
Next in the queue on the motion

2676
01:41:51,513 --> 01:41:52,514
to amend is council member

2677
01:41:52,514 --> 01:41:53,282
benedict. You're recognized.

2678
01:41:53,282 --> 01:41:55,170
Previous question.

2679
01:41:55,170 --> 01:41:56,818
All right.

2680
01:41:56,818 --> 01:41:59,210
MISS Benedict has called the

2681
01:41:59,210 --> 01:42:01,523
previous question. Is there a

2682
01:42:01,523 --> 01:42:02,524
second? Second. Okay. This is a

2683
01:42:02,524 --> 01:42:04,524
non-debatable motion that

2684
01:42:04,793 --> 01:42:07,793
requires two thirds of those

2685
01:42:07,963 --> 01:42:10,980
voting that call. The previous

2686
01:42:10,980 --> 01:42:12,267
question ends debate on the

2687
01:42:12,267 --> 01:42:15,867
motion to amend. Okay. And so

2688
01:42:15,904 --> 01:42:20,104
we will move then to the vote

2689
01:42:20,209 --> 01:42:22,100
on the motion to amend with the

2690
01:42:22,100 --> 01:42:24,546
timely filed amendment of MISS

2691
01:42:24,546 --> 01:42:27,349
Evan siegel. We will try this

2692
01:42:27,349 --> 01:42:30,180
first by voice. As I remind

2693
01:42:30,180 --> 01:42:32,821
folks every time it is number,

2694
01:42:32,821 --> 01:42:34,990
not volume, please. So if you

2695
01:42:34,990 --> 01:42:37,192
are in favor of the previous

2696
01:42:37,192 --> 01:42:39,895
question, you'll say I to end

2697
01:42:39,895 --> 01:42:41,463
the debate. If you want the

2698
01:42:41,463 --> 01:42:44,366
debate to continue, you will

2699
01:42:44,366 --> 01:42:45,367
say no. All in favor of the

2700
01:42:45,367 --> 01:42:47,767
previous question, please say

2701
01:42:50,105 --> 01:42:53,705
aye. Any voting no. All right.

2702
01:42:53,709 --> 01:42:54,910
The ayes have it. And so the

2703
01:42:54,910 --> 01:42:57,310
previous question is called.

2704
01:42:58,347 --> 01:43:02,684
And so we will move to the vote

2705
01:43:02,684 --> 01:43:06,884
on the motion to amend. We can

2706
01:43:09,157 --> 01:43:12,270
take this also by voice. All in

2707
01:43:12,270 --> 01:43:15,627
favor of the motion to amend

2708
01:43:17,650 --> 01:43:20,665
please say aye. All against the

2709
01:43:21,403 --> 01:43:25,300
motion to amend. Please say no.

2710
01:43:25,340 --> 01:43:28,610
Any abstaining the nose have it.

2711
01:43:28,610 --> 01:43:31,610
The amendment fails. All right.

2712
01:43:34,750 --> 01:43:38,720
Now we are back on debate of

2713
01:43:38,720 --> 01:43:41,720
the motion to approve as

2714
01:43:42,657 --> 01:43:44,250
substituted next in the queue

2715
01:43:44,250 --> 01:43:45,193
for that discussion is council

2716
01:43:45,193 --> 01:43:47,193
member styles. You're

2717
01:43:47,662 --> 01:43:47,996
recognized ma'am.

2718
01:43:47,996 --> 01:43:49,931
Thank you

2719
01:43:49,931 --> 01:43:51,700
very much, vice mayor. I just

2720
01:43:51,700 --> 01:43:53,435
want to take this moment. And I

2721
01:43:53,435 --> 01:43:56,435
said this during the budget

2722
01:43:56,738 --> 01:43:58,607
work sessions to share what a

2723
01:43:58,607 --> 01:44:01,343
great job council member tombs

2724
01:44:01,343 --> 01:44:03,879
did on this budget, but also

2725
01:44:03,879 --> 01:44:05,647
the budget process itself,

2726
01:44:05,647 --> 01:44:07,115
holding the department hearings,

2727
01:44:07,115 --> 01:44:08,550
allowing for the budget work

2728
01:44:08,550 --> 01:44:09,985
sessions, allowing council

2729
01:44:09,985 --> 01:44:11,453
members to bring whatever their

2730
01:44:11,453 --> 01:44:14,220
cares or concerns were and

2731
01:44:14,220 --> 01:44:15,390
allowing them to share them and

2732
01:44:15,390 --> 01:44:18,259
let colleagues listen to them

2733
01:44:18,259 --> 01:44:21,196
and give feedback in a very

2734
01:44:21,196 --> 01:44:22,597
fair, a very fair manner. I

2735
01:44:22,597 --> 01:44:24,597
appreciate councilmember tombs

2736
01:44:24,800 --> 01:44:27,569
and her integrity. It was very

2737
01:44:27,569 --> 01:44:28,737
nice to have it. And

2738
01:44:28,737 --> 01:44:29,938
congratulations, chair tombs,

2739
01:44:29,938 --> 01:44:31,640
you've done an amazing job. You

2740
01:44:31,640 --> 01:44:33,640
should be proud.

2741
01:44:34,876 --> 01:44:36,778
All right. We on discussion on the

2742
01:44:36,778 --> 01:44:38,580
motion to approve substituted.

2743
01:44:38,580 --> 01:44:39,810
Next in the queue is council

2744
01:44:39,810 --> 01:44:39,915
member johnston. You're

2745
01:44:39,915 --> 01:44:40,282
recognized ma'am.

2746
01:44:40,282 --> 01:44:42,282
Thank you,

2747
01:44:43,184 --> 01:44:44,953
vice mayor. Every year this, I

2748
01:44:44,953 --> 01:44:46,521
think is my seventh budget to

2749
01:44:46,521 --> 01:44:48,523
work on. And I get frustrated

2750
01:44:48,523 --> 01:44:51,523
every year because our process

2751
01:44:52,527 --> 01:44:53,595
is incredibly. It's just a

2752
01:44:53,595 --> 01:44:55,530
frustrating process and

2753
01:44:55,530 --> 01:44:57,332
especially in a from a coming

2754
01:44:57,332 --> 01:44:59,401
from that is part time,

2755
01:44:59,401 --> 01:45:02,904
that doesn't have access to a

2756
01:45:02,904 --> 01:45:04,706
ton of information. And I think

2757
01:45:04,706 --> 01:45:06,241
we've had a, I've been watching,

2758
01:45:06,241 --> 01:45:07,342
I haven't been able to be here

2759
01:45:07,342 --> 01:45:08,310
because I've been recovering

2760
01:45:08,310 --> 01:45:11,246
from surgery, but I've been

2761
01:45:11,246 --> 01:45:12,347
watching and I we've had a lot

2762
01:45:12,347 --> 01:45:13,815
of conversation around

2763
01:45:13,815 --> 01:45:16,215
affordability. The largest bill

2764
01:45:16,952 --> 01:45:17,919
that davidson county sends

2765
01:45:17,919 --> 01:45:19,588
nashvillians is their property

2766
01:45:19,588 --> 01:45:21,656
tax bill. And we've been

2767
01:45:21,656 --> 01:45:23,491
talking about the grocery tax.

2768
01:45:23,491 --> 01:45:24,926
And I feel like we're we're

2769
01:45:24,926 --> 01:45:26,270
majoring in the minor talking

2770
01:45:26,270 --> 01:45:27,996
about, well, we need to have a

2771
01:45:27,996 --> 01:45:29,898
little bit of relief here and a

2772
01:45:29,898 --> 01:45:31,333
little bit of relief here when

2773
01:45:31,333 --> 01:45:33,733
meaningful relief could come

2774
01:45:34,603 --> 01:45:37,603
from really putting together an

2775
01:45:37,906 --> 01:45:39,608
efficient budget that has as

2776
01:45:39,608 --> 01:45:41,760
little waste as possible. And

2777
01:45:41,760 --> 01:45:43,245
where is that work? I really

2778
01:45:43,245 --> 01:45:45,800
appreciate council member evan

2779
01:45:45,800 --> 01:45:46,815
segal's thought processes

2780
01:45:46,815 --> 01:45:48,316
around what is the best way to

2781
01:45:48,316 --> 01:45:49,718
provide affordability. Is this

2782
01:45:49,718 --> 01:45:50,986
the right thing and really

2783
01:45:50,986 --> 01:45:53,986
digging into it? Because that's

2784
01:45:54,356 --> 01:45:56,558
the work that needs to be done.

2785
01:45:56,558 --> 01:45:58,860
When you take away a small

2786
01:45:58,860 --> 01:46:00,595
source of revenue, that revenue

2787
01:46:00,595 --> 01:46:02,197
has to be found somewhere, and

2788
01:46:02,197 --> 01:46:03,498
next year going to have

2789
01:46:03,498 --> 01:46:05,233
to find it. And the year after

2790
01:46:05,233 --> 01:46:07,202
that, we're going to have to

2791
01:46:07,202 --> 01:46:08,336
find it. And what that does is

2792
01:46:08,336 --> 01:46:11,390
apply pressure to then increase

2793
01:46:11,390 --> 01:46:13,141
the property tax again to make

2794
01:46:13,141 --> 01:46:15,610
up for it instead of pulling

2795
01:46:15,610 --> 01:46:17,780
robbing peter to pay. Paul. We

2796
01:46:17,780 --> 01:46:18,146
have businesses that are

2797
01:46:18,146 --> 01:46:20,146
shuttering. When businesses

2798
01:46:20,315 --> 01:46:23,151
close, people lose their jobs.

2799
01:46:23,151 --> 01:46:25,387
That's not adding anything to

2800
01:46:25,387 --> 01:46:27,387
affordability. When mortgages

2801
01:46:28,356 --> 01:46:30,580
go up, so do rents. Housing is

2802
01:46:30,580 --> 01:46:31,893
the most expensive thing that

2803
01:46:31,893 --> 01:46:34,729
people pay for every single

2804
01:46:34,729 --> 01:46:36,898
month. That is where I think

2805
01:46:36,898 --> 01:46:39,434
the work should be put into is

2806
01:46:39,434 --> 01:46:40,835
figuring out how can we, as a

2807
01:46:40,835 --> 01:46:42,670
government become more

2808
01:46:42,670 --> 01:46:45,140
efficient. I haven't in my

2809
01:46:45,140 --> 01:46:48,443
seven years seen us cut one

2810
01:46:48,443 --> 01:46:50,878
thing we continually add and

2811
01:46:50,878 --> 01:46:52,413
add and add and are we really

2812
01:46:52,413 --> 01:46:54,649
looking at the programing that

2813
01:46:54,649 --> 01:46:57,850
we're investing in to see where

2814
01:46:57,850 --> 01:46:58,720
is that roi? Are we really

2815
01:46:58,720 --> 01:47:00,655
getting from this programing?

2816
01:47:00,655 --> 01:47:02,900
What eshould? Are there

2817
01:47:02,900 --> 01:47:04,325
contracts that we're paying

2818
01:47:04,325 --> 01:47:05,760
every single month, year after

2819
01:47:05,760 --> 01:47:07,295
year, that we're not even

2820
01:47:07,295 --> 01:47:08,997
utilizing that? What product

2821
01:47:08,997 --> 01:47:10,298
are we negotiating the pricing

2822
01:47:10,298 --> 01:47:12,233
of our contracts the way that

2823
01:47:12,233 --> 01:47:13,302
we should do we even know what

2824
01:47:13,302 --> 01:47:14,803
we're paying for? Because a lot

2825
01:47:14,803 --> 01:47:16,504
of this gets gone through

2826
01:47:16,504 --> 01:47:17,639
professional services. So many

2827
01:47:17,639 --> 01:47:19,407
contracts people don't even

2828
01:47:19,407 --> 01:47:21,142
know in this room, don't even

2829
01:47:21,142 --> 01:47:22,978
know that we're paying for.

2830
01:47:22,978 --> 01:47:25,513
That's where the work needs to

2831
01:47:25,513 --> 01:47:26,948
go, where we can meaningfully

2832
01:47:26,948 --> 01:47:29,840
reduce the largest bill that we

2833
01:47:29,840 --> 01:47:30,184
send to our constituents every

2834
01:47:30,184 --> 01:47:31,986
single year, which is their

2835
01:47:31,986 --> 01:47:33,388
property tax bill. So this

2836
01:47:33,388 --> 01:47:35,788
budget is extremely frustrating

2837
01:47:37,325 --> 01:47:38,760
to me, but it's frustrating year. So I can't

2838
01:47:38,760 --> 01:47:41,362
in good conscience vote yes for

2839
01:47:41,362 --> 01:47:42,831
it.

2840
01:47:42,831 --> 01:47:44,899
All right. Next in the

2841
01:47:44,899 --> 01:47:47,350
queue is council member nash.

2842
01:47:47,350 --> 01:47:47,435
Recognize, sir.

2843
01:47:47,435 --> 01:47:49,435
Thank you,

2844
01:47:51,406 --> 01:47:54,406
MADAM PRESIDENT. Very short. I

2845
01:47:56,244 --> 01:47:59,680
know that this small cut in

2846
01:47:59,680 --> 01:48:00,748
grocery tax means a different

2847
01:48:00,748 --> 01:48:02,984
will have different impact on

2848
01:48:02,984 --> 01:48:05,384
different families. And it's

2849
01:48:06,554 --> 01:48:09,157
not real large, but it's the

2850
01:48:09,157 --> 01:48:12,757
first time in my 74 years that

2851
01:48:12,994 --> 01:48:14,495
i remember any tax being cut.

2852
01:48:14,495 --> 01:48:17,131
And I think that's important to

2853
01:48:17,131 --> 01:48:19,334
show the state how it's done.

2854
01:48:19,334 --> 01:48:22,370
And and maybe we can do better

2855
01:48:22,370 --> 01:48:23,772
again next year.

2856
01:48:23,772 --> 01:48:25,573
All right.

2857
01:48:25,573 --> 01:48:29,173
Next in the queue is council

2858
01:48:30,712 --> 01:48:32,800
member benedict. All right.

2859
01:48:32,800 --> 01:48:33,848
Council member benedict has

2860
01:48:33,848 --> 01:48:36,848
called the previous question. I

2861
01:48:40,722 --> 01:48:42,890
have heard a second. We have a

2862
01:48:42,890 --> 01:48:44,692
rule relative tothe amount of

2863
01:48:44,692 --> 01:48:46,494
time of debate on the operating

2864
01:48:46,494 --> 01:48:48,663
budget. We have achieved that

2865
01:48:48,663 --> 01:48:51,165
number. Okay. All right. So

2866
01:48:51,165 --> 01:48:53,702
that is a proper motion at this

2867
01:48:53,702 --> 01:48:55,370
juncture. Again, non-debatable

2868
01:48:55,370 --> 01:48:58,339
requires two thirds of those

2869
01:48:58,339 --> 01:48:59,874
voting. If you vote yes or I in

2870
01:48:59,874 --> 01:49:02,274
favor the previous question,

2871
01:49:02,343 --> 01:49:05,513
you want to end debate and move

2872
01:49:05,513 --> 01:49:09,150
to the vote on the budget. If

2873
01:49:09,150 --> 01:49:10,985
you vote, no discussion will

2874
01:49:10,985 --> 01:49:13,854
continue. All in favor? The

2875
01:49:13,854 --> 01:49:15,323
previous question, please say I.

2876
01:49:15,323 --> 01:49:16,724
Those against the previous

2877
01:49:16,724 --> 01:49:18,126
question, please say no.

2878
01:49:18,126 --> 01:49:20,126
No.

2879
01:49:22,163 --> 01:49:26,363
The ayes have it. All right. We

2880
01:49:30,371 --> 01:49:33,700
will now move to the vote on.

2881
01:49:33,700 --> 01:49:35,407
Approval of the operating

2882
01:49:38,679 --> 01:49:41,549
budget as substituted. This. By

2883
01:49:41,549 --> 01:49:44,549
our rules recall requires a

2884
01:49:44,785 --> 01:49:47,822
roll call vote. And so, MR.

2885
01:49:47,822 --> 01:49:51,422
Clark, if you would please load

2886
01:50:04,500 --> 01:50:06,500
the vote.

2887
01:50:19,720 --> 01:50:22,120
With all votes in.

2888
01:50:22,991 --> 01:50:25,494
MR. Clark, please show the vote.

2889
01:50:25,494 --> 01:50:27,261
All right. The budget has

2890
01:50:27,261 --> 01:50:29,498
passed its third and final

2891
01:50:29,498 --> 01:50:31,898
reading, as substituted, with

2892
01:50:31,967 --> 01:50:34,967
35 votes in favor, two against

2893
01:50:37,304 --> 01:50:40,304
and zero abstentions. All right,

2894
01:50:40,975 --> 01:50:44,545
next we move on to agenda item

2895
01:50:44,545 --> 01:50:46,130
70. This is ordinance bl

2896
01:50:46,130 --> 01:50:47,716
2026-1378. Sponsor tombs. This

2897
01:50:47,716 --> 01:50:49,283
is an ordinance establishing

2898
01:50:49,283 --> 01:50:50,718
the tax levy in the general

2899
01:50:50,718 --> 01:50:53,118
services district for the

2900
01:50:55,357 --> 01:50:56,491
fiscal year 2026 2027, and

2901
01:50:56,491 --> 01:50:57,658
declaring the amount required

2902
01:50:57,658 --> 01:50:59,361
for the annual operating budget

2903
01:50:59,361 --> 01:51:02,361
of the urban services district

2904
01:51:02,497 --> 01:51:05,497
pursuant to section 6.07 of the

2905
01:51:06,134 --> 01:51:08,134
metropolitan charter budget

2906
01:51:10,137 --> 01:51:11,973
chair tombs, you are recognized.

2907
01:51:11,973 --> 01:51:14,973
Thank you MADAM. MADAM Vice

2908
01:51:15,877 --> 01:51:16,945
mayor, committee. Report.

2909
01:51:16,945 --> 01:51:18,450
Budget and finance voted to

2910
01:51:18,450 --> 01:51:19,514
recommend approval. Nine in

2911
01:51:19,514 --> 01:51:20,181
favor, zero against zero. Not

2912
01:51:20,181 --> 01:51:22,181
voting.

2913
01:51:22,416 --> 01:51:24,152
All right. With that

2914
01:51:24,152 --> 01:51:25,153
report in, it's back to you.

2915
01:51:25,153 --> 01:51:25,586
Move for approval.

2916
01:51:25,586 --> 01:51:27,586
All right.

2917
01:51:29,257 --> 01:51:32,590
There's a motion to approve

2918
01:51:32,590 --> 01:51:35,659
1378 the tax levy. And we are

2919
01:51:36,197 --> 01:51:38,232
on to discussion. First in the

2920
01:51:38,232 --> 01:51:39,133
queue for discussion. MR.

2921
01:51:39,133 --> 01:51:42,536
Eastlake, do you seek to be

2922
01:51:42,536 --> 01:51:44,672
recognized on the tax levy

2923
01:51:44,672 --> 01:51:46,474
gallery? Audience folks,

2924
01:51:46,474 --> 01:51:48,309
quietly please depart the

2925
01:51:48,309 --> 01:51:50,709
chamber very quietly. No

2926
01:51:50,779 --> 01:51:51,846
speaking. Please. Thank you. Go

2927
01:51:51,846 --> 01:51:52,947
ahead, sir.

2928
01:51:52,947 --> 01:51:54,148
Thank you. I will

2929
01:51:54,148 --> 01:51:56,584
not be able to support this

2930
01:51:56,584 --> 01:51:58,753
agenda item as it continues to

2931
01:51:58,753 --> 01:52:00,488
use the same week study done by

2932
01:52:00,488 --> 01:52:04,880
ralph tillis last year as the

2933
01:52:04,859 --> 01:52:06,227
guide for the u. Sdausdgsd tax.

2934
01:52:06,227 --> 01:52:08,797
The way this worked, there was

2935
01:52:08,797 --> 01:52:12,397
no real data used. It was

2936
01:52:12,433 --> 01:52:13,868
assumptions and just really

2937
01:52:13,868 --> 01:52:15,403
assumptions that everybody was

2938
01:52:15,403 --> 01:52:17,738
getting everything equally when

2939
01:52:17,738 --> 01:52:20,708
it came to the u, s, d, g, s, d,

2940
01:52:20,708 --> 01:52:23,177
what it allowed was the usd to

2941
01:52:23,177 --> 01:52:25,746
grow and the gsd to pay for it.

2942
01:52:25,746 --> 01:52:27,282
The people in the all gsd

2943
01:52:27,282 --> 01:52:29,317
districts are paying more. They

2944
01:52:29,317 --> 01:52:30,151
got a double bump on the tax

2945
01:52:30,151 --> 01:52:31,786
increase last year, not just

2946
01:52:31,786 --> 01:52:33,588
the property tax increase, but

2947
01:52:33,588 --> 01:52:36,958
the actual shift from u, s, d

2948
01:52:36,958 --> 01:52:39,761
to gst happened s well. So we

2949
01:52:39,761 --> 01:52:41,328
in the outside areas are not

2950
01:52:41,328 --> 01:52:43,310
getting the same amenities. We

2951
01:52:43,310 --> 01:52:45,650
don't get the same services,

2952
01:52:45,650 --> 01:52:46,601
nor do we use the same services.

2953
01:52:46,601 --> 01:52:48,402
We don't have stop street

2954
01:52:48,402 --> 01:52:49,470
lights, we don't have sidewalks

2955
01:52:49,470 --> 01:52:50,572
and we don't have trash

2956
01:52:50,572 --> 01:52:52,972
collection. I understand the

2957
01:52:53,108 --> 01:52:54,909
trash collection was subtracted

2958
01:52:54,909 --> 01:52:56,744
from the u, s, d, g and it's

2959
01:52:56,744 --> 01:52:58,790
basically what the u, s, d pays

2960
01:52:58,790 --> 01:52:59,280
at this point, but it is not

2961
01:52:59,280 --> 01:53:01,680
separate and equal throughout

2962
01:53:02,490 --> 01:53:03,884
this whole area. And the g, s d

2963
01:53:03,884 --> 01:53:06,755
people are carrying the weight

2964
01:53:06,755 --> 01:53:08,556
of the growth of the usd. I ask

2965
01:53:08,556 --> 01:53:11,920
that in the future. We study

2966
01:53:11,920 --> 01:53:13,360
this to make sure that the data

2967
01:53:13,360 --> 01:53:15,730
is real and that it's an actual

2968
01:53:15,730 --> 01:53:16,997
good plan for the g, s, d

2969
01:53:16,997 --> 01:53:18,800
people. I get it if you're one

2970
01:53:18,800 --> 01:53:20,769
of the council members that has

2971
01:53:20,769 --> 01:53:22,200
usd or is all usd, you're not

2972
01:53:22,200 --> 01:53:23,370
going to do this. There's no

2973
01:53:23,370 --> 01:53:24,838
reason for you to support

2974
01:53:24,838 --> 01:53:26,608
having your people pay more to

2975
01:53:26,608 --> 01:53:28,420
get nothing. But that's what

2976
01:53:28,420 --> 01:53:29,843
happened to us in the g, s d

2977
01:53:29,843 --> 01:53:31,579
last year. We didn't get

2978
01:53:31,579 --> 01:53:34,114
anything else, but we had more

2979
01:53:34,114 --> 01:53:35,316
tax burden shifted to us and we

2980
01:53:35,316 --> 01:53:36,617
should look at this before we

2981
01:53:36,617 --> 01:53:38,152
go forward. It certainly

2982
01:53:38,152 --> 01:53:40,588
doesn't make sense if you read

2983
01:53:40,588 --> 01:53:43,891
the ref telus report. Thank you.

2984
01:53:43,891 --> 01:53:46,291
All right. Discussion continues

2985
01:53:47,940 --> 01:53:49,494
on agenda item 70, ordinance

2986
01:53:50,331 --> 01:53:51,699
1378, the tax levy. Next in the

2987
01:53:51,699 --> 01:53:52,499
queue is council member koopman.

2988
01:53:52,499 --> 01:53:52,800
You're recognized sir.

2989
01:53:52,800 --> 01:53:54,601
Thank

2990
01:53:54,601 --> 01:53:56,404
you, MADAM PRESIDENT. And I

2991
01:53:56,404 --> 01:53:57,671
want to say first that I deeply

2992
01:53:57,671 --> 01:53:59,740
appreciate COUNCILMAN Tombs and

2993
01:53:59,740 --> 01:54:01,342
the fantastic job that she has

2994
01:54:01,342 --> 01:54:02,777
done to make sure we are all

2995
01:54:02,777 --> 01:54:04,279
welcome and had our opinions

2996
01:54:04,279 --> 01:54:05,480
heard and our voices heard in

2997
01:54:05,480 --> 01:54:06,547
this process. And as

2998
01:54:06,547 --> 01:54:08,820
COUNCILWOMAN Johnston said, the

2999
01:54:08,820 --> 01:54:10,384
budget process to me continues

3000
01:54:10,384 --> 01:54:12,720
to feel backwards andout of

3001
01:54:12,720 --> 01:54:14,621
order because we we do the best

3002
01:54:14,621 --> 01:54:15,757
we can. Ithink we've done a

3003
01:54:15,757 --> 01:54:16,858
really great job this year,

3004
01:54:16,858 --> 01:54:18,693
shifting things around a little

3005
01:54:18,693 --> 01:54:19,827
bit to get the best impact, but

3006
01:54:19,827 --> 01:54:21,629
we don't have the time or

3007
01:54:21,629 --> 01:54:22,796
resources to really dive deep

3008
01:54:22,796 --> 01:54:25,666
into the, you know, the meat

3009
01:54:25,666 --> 01:54:27,768
and potatoes of the budget. I

3010
01:54:27,768 --> 01:54:29,303
get calls, texts, emails every

3011
01:54:29,303 --> 01:54:30,371
day as recently as this morning,

3012
01:54:30,371 --> 01:54:33,174
learning that burger up after

3013
01:54:33,174 --> 01:54:34,441
16 years is shutting its doors,

3014
01:54:34,441 --> 01:54:35,710
watching nashville staples,

3015
01:54:35,710 --> 01:54:37,478
watching the soul of our city

3016
01:54:37,478 --> 01:54:39,478
close, close, close

3017
01:54:39,514 --> 01:54:40,715
close. Due to taxes due to due

3018
01:54:40,715 --> 01:54:42,883
to property taxes, I get phone

3019
01:54:42,883 --> 01:54:44,518
calls from families that are

3020
01:54:44,518 --> 01:54:45,586
getting kicked out of their

3021
01:54:45,586 --> 01:54:47,200
homes because they just got

3022
01:54:47,200 --> 01:54:48,522
their new tax bill. I support

3023
01:54:48,522 --> 01:54:50,124
the grocery tax reduction or

3024
01:54:50,124 --> 01:54:51,759
support we did there, and I

3025
01:54:51,759 --> 01:54:52,960
looked at could we do more

3026
01:54:52,960 --> 01:54:55,162
before w went to the budget

3027
01:54:55,162 --> 01:54:56,163
process, I looked at an 18 cent

3028
01:54:56,163 --> 01:54:58,563
property tax reduction. It

3029
01:54:58,665 --> 01:55:00,401
would have cost 130 million in

3030
01:55:00,401 --> 01:55:03,401
revenue. That light turning off

3031
01:55:03,470 --> 01:55:05,573
was part of the cuts. It would

3032
01:55:05,573 --> 01:55:07,609
have cost 130 million in

3033
01:55:07,609 --> 01:55:08,776
revenue, which I didn't want to

3034
01:55:08,776 --> 01:55:10,611
find on the backs of our

3035
01:55:10,611 --> 01:55:12,413
workers, which are already

3036
01:55:12,413 --> 01:55:13,580
substantially underpaid or

3037
01:55:13,580 --> 01:55:14,382
cutting, you know, essential

3038
01:55:14,382 --> 01:55:16,830
programs. I would have wanted

3039
01:55:16,830 --> 01:55:17,352
to look through contracts and

3040
01:55:17,352 --> 01:55:19,954
ways to be more efficient, ways

3041
01:55:19,954 --> 01:55:21,421
to deploy resources better, and

3042
01:55:21,421 --> 01:55:24,258
that tax reduction would have

3043
01:55:24,258 --> 01:55:26,527
saved $450 a year for a

3044
01:55:26,527 --> 01:55:28,927
residential home valued at $1

3045
01:55:29,297 --> 01:55:30,731
million. So six times this

3046
01:55:30,731 --> 01:55:32,934
grocery tax reduction. So it

3047
01:55:32,934 --> 01:55:34,402
would there's a way to really

3048
01:55:34,402 --> 01:55:36,402
substantially reduce this

3049
01:55:36,537 --> 01:55:38,539
burden. But the issue is that

3050
01:55:38,539 --> 01:55:40,440
by the time I get to that, by

3051
01:55:40,440 --> 01:55:41,442
the time the budget is out, as

3052
01:55:41,442 --> 01:55:42,710
a district council person,

3053
01:55:42,710 --> 01:55:44,445
there is no no space for that.

3054
01:55:44,445 --> 01:55:45,512
There's no time for that.

3055
01:55:45,512 --> 01:55:46,681
There's no resources to dive

3056
01:55:46,681 --> 01:55:48,782
that deep. Even a budget chair

3057
01:55:48,782 --> 01:55:50,918
who would want to do that is

3058
01:55:50,918 --> 01:55:51,985
not able to with the time and

3059
01:55:51,985 --> 01:55:53,521
resources we have. And I know

3060
01:55:53,521 --> 01:55:54,722
we've we've looked at salary,

3061
01:55:54,722 --> 01:55:55,856
we've looked at salary savings,

3062
01:55:55,856 --> 01:55:57,591
we've looked at contracts. But

3063
01:55:57,591 --> 01:55:59,993
still, I can't just continue to

3064
01:55:59,993 --> 01:56:01,161
stand here and support a tax

3065
01:56:01,161 --> 01:56:02,930
levy that I know is breaking

3066
01:56:02,930 --> 01:56:04,999
the backs of our city, breaking

3067
01:56:04,999 --> 01:56:06,467
the backs of our residents. And

3068
01:56:06,467 --> 01:56:07,702
that runs the risk. Again, we

3069
01:56:07,702 --> 01:56:09,603
talk about revenue reduction.

3070
01:56:09,603 --> 01:56:12,603
We talk about grocery tax,

3071
01:56:12,906 --> 01:56:14,141
sales tax revenue dropping.

3072
01:56:14,141 --> 01:56:15,275
Well, at the rate we're going

3073
01:56:15,275 --> 01:56:16,511
with these businesses closing,

3074
01:56:16,511 --> 01:56:17,945
with residents getting pushed

3075
01:56:17,945 --> 01:56:18,679
out, we're going to see a

3076
01:56:18,679 --> 01:56:20,140
substantial reduction. So

3077
01:56:20,140 --> 01:56:22,249
sometimes there's a there's a

3078
01:56:22,249 --> 01:56:23,750
short term pain, long term gain

3079
01:56:23,750 --> 01:56:25,286
process. So I'm going to vote

3080
01:56:25,286 --> 01:56:26,320
against the the tax levy. I

3081
01:56:26,320 --> 01:56:27,355
understand there's a lot of

3082
01:56:27,355 --> 01:56:28,422
parameters. I understand that

3083
01:56:28,422 --> 01:56:30,591
there's, you know, we do the

3084
01:56:30,591 --> 01:56:32,426
best we can with what we've got.

3085
01:56:32,426 --> 01:56:33,560
But I need to I need to stand

3086
01:56:33,560 --> 01:56:34,561
up for my constituents and

3087
01:56:34,561 --> 01:56:36,396
recognize the challenges that

3088
01:56:36,396 --> 01:56:37,431
that we are facing and

3089
01:56:37,431 --> 01:56:38,599
hopefully going into next year

3090
01:56:38,599 --> 01:56:40,334
and starting to go into another

3091
01:56:40,334 --> 01:56:41,635
reappraisal cycle, we can look

3092
01:56:41,635 --> 01:56:43,337
at how we can ease this burden,

3093
01:56:43,337 --> 01:56:45,673
but still, you know, deliver

3094
01:56:45,673 --> 01:56:47,675
the services we need to deliver.

3095
01:56:47,675 --> 01:56:48,676
All right. Next in the queue is

3096
01:56:48,676 --> 01:56:49,944
council member aaron evans.

3097
01:56:49,944 --> 01:56:50,770
You're recognized, ma'am.

3098
01:56:50,770 --> 01:56:51,946
Thank

3099
01:56:51,946 --> 01:56:54,140
you, vice mayor. So I think

3100
01:56:54,140 --> 01:56:55,716
there's a lot of sentiments

3101
01:56:55,716 --> 01:56:57,919
that some of my peers have

3102
01:56:57,919 --> 01:57:00,121
shared tonight that I would

3103
01:57:00,121 --> 01:57:01,489
like to echo on a very succinct

3104
01:57:01,489 --> 01:57:03,291
way, but I think the the

3105
01:57:03,291 --> 01:57:05,426
underlying cause is we, we

3106
01:57:05,426 --> 01:57:07,227
really do the best with the

3107
01:57:07,227 --> 01:57:09,764
bandwidth that we have a

3108
01:57:09,764 --> 01:57:12,266
council. And the budget chairs

3109
01:57:12,266 --> 01:57:14,802
process was really strong. But

3110
01:57:14,802 --> 01:57:15,970
the reality is we're, we're

3111
01:57:15,970 --> 01:57:18,380
essentially between a rock and

3112
01:57:18,380 --> 01:57:19,840
a hard place when it comes to

3113
01:57:19,840 --> 01:57:21,609
setting the rates and how we

3114
01:57:21,609 --> 01:57:23,878
navigate a rate that is higher

3115
01:57:23,878 --> 01:57:25,979
than optimal. In particular,

3116
01:57:25,979 --> 01:57:27,381
you know, my colleague from old

3117
01:57:27,381 --> 01:57:28,916
hickory, you know, reiterated

3118
01:57:28,916 --> 01:57:30,517
his feelings around the

3119
01:57:30,517 --> 01:57:32,860
original study that got us to

3120
01:57:32,860 --> 01:57:33,955
the the differential between

3121
01:57:33,955 --> 01:57:35,790
the u, s, d and the gst. And I

3122
01:57:35,790 --> 01:57:37,910
want to just reiterate that we

3123
01:57:37,910 --> 01:57:39,910
are three about $0.03

3124
01:57:39,226 --> 01:57:41,462
difference between usd and gst.

3125
01:57:41,462 --> 01:57:42,897
There is a difference in the

3126
01:57:42,897 --> 01:57:44,465
services that you get in the

3127
01:57:44,465 --> 01:57:46,567
gst. Some of it is warranted.

3128
01:57:46,567 --> 01:57:47,534
Some of it do not feel is

3129
01:57:47,534 --> 01:57:49,360
warranted. Essentially, by the

3130
01:57:49,360 --> 01:57:51,172
time we get to the next

3131
01:57:51,172 --> 01:57:53,341
reappraisal period, we will not

3132
01:57:53,341 --> 01:57:55,276
have a gst anymore, for better

3133
01:57:55,276 --> 01:57:57,611
or for worse. And so there

3134
01:57:57,611 --> 01:57:59,480
needs to be a plan. And I

3135
01:57:59,480 --> 01:58:01,248
appreciate my council member,

3136
01:58:01,248 --> 01:58:02,750
colleague from bellevue, who

3137
01:58:02,750 --> 01:58:04,819
was renewing kind of that call

3138
01:58:04,819 --> 01:58:06,190
for what's the plan for the gst

3139
01:58:06,190 --> 01:58:07,220
areas, because when we start

3140
01:58:07,220 --> 01:58:08,622
making these rate adjustments

3141
01:58:08,622 --> 01:58:10,992
in the future and somebody in

3142
01:58:10,992 --> 01:58:12,590
the next council can mark this

3143
01:58:12,590 --> 01:58:13,294
conversation, you know, we're

3144
01:58:13,294 --> 01:58:14,327
going to have a conversation

3145
01:58:14,327 --> 01:58:15,630
about trash collection, street

3146
01:58:15,630 --> 01:58:17,465
lights, sidewalks, all those

3147
01:58:17,465 --> 01:58:18,532
things. And there's going to be

3148
01:58:18,532 --> 01:58:20,330
an expectation that we're

3149
01:58:20,330 --> 01:58:22,136
brought up to the same standard.

3150
01:58:22,136 --> 01:58:24,710
So I'm just flagging it again

3151
01:58:24,710 --> 01:58:26,807
with my vote in opposition for

3152
01:58:26,807 --> 01:58:27,874
the rate. Thank you.

3153
01:58:27,874 --> 01:58:29,874
All right.

3154
01:58:30,444 --> 01:58:33,314
Next in the queue regarding he

3155
01:58:33,314 --> 01:58:35,820
tax levy ordinance is council

3156
01:58:35,820 --> 01:58:36,550
member spain. Go ahead sir.

3157
01:58:36,550 --> 01:58:38,285
Vice chair, you're recognized.

3158
01:58:38,285 --> 01:58:40,488
Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT. I,

3159
01:58:40,488 --> 01:58:41,589
I share the concerns that that

3160
01:58:41,589 --> 01:58:43,724
my colleagues have expressed

3161
01:58:43,724 --> 01:58:45,192
about the the impacts of the

3162
01:58:45,192 --> 01:58:46,960
changes we made in last year's

3163
01:58:46,960 --> 01:58:48,829
budget cycle, shifting expenses

3164
01:58:48,829 --> 01:58:50,230
between from the usd to the gst.

3165
01:58:50,230 --> 01:58:51,966
I appreciate the council's

3166
01:58:51,966 --> 01:58:53,533
overwhelming support of a

3167
01:58:53,533 --> 01:58:54,969
resolution to continue that

3168
01:58:54,969 --> 01:58:55,803
study and continue that

3169
01:58:55,803 --> 01:58:56,804
conversation. I appreciate the

3170
01:58:56,804 --> 01:58:58,439
mayor, including funding for

3171
01:58:58,439 --> 01:58:59,573
that study in his budget and

3172
01:58:59,573 --> 01:59:01,409
chair tombs for maintaining in

3173
01:59:01,409 --> 01:59:02,943
her substitute. I look forward

3174
01:59:02,943 --> 01:59:04,245
to that, that conversation

3175
01:59:04,245 --> 01:59:06,413
continuing as we go into the

3176
01:59:06,413 --> 01:59:07,747
next budget cycle. I also want

3177
01:59:07,747 --> 01:59:09,850
to add my thanks to chair tombs

3178
01:59:09,850 --> 01:59:12,250
for the incredibly inclusive

3179
01:59:13,287 --> 01:59:14,387
and transparent process that going back to even

3180
01:59:14,387 --> 01:59:16,524
before we got here in this

3181
01:59:16,524 --> 01:59:18,125
chamber, the public budget one

3182
01:59:18,125 --> 01:59:19,359
on one sessions that were held

3183
01:59:19,359 --> 01:59:20,527
around the county back in MAY

3184
01:59:20,527 --> 01:59:21,896
through the departmental budget

3185
01:59:21,896 --> 01:59:23,397
hearings and the working group

3186
01:59:23,397 --> 01:59:24,497
sessions that allowed

3187
01:59:24,497 --> 01:59:25,633
everyone's voices to be heard

3188
01:59:25,633 --> 01:59:27,701
and to advocate for things that

3189
01:59:27,701 --> 01:59:29,870
were important to them. And, as

3190
01:59:29,870 --> 01:59:32,372
you saw by the vote, created a

3191
01:59:32,372 --> 01:59:33,407
very inclusive substitute that

3192
01:59:33,407 --> 01:59:35,420
that truly reflected the

3193
01:59:35,420 --> 01:59:36,430
priorities of this body. So I

3194
01:59:36,430 --> 01:59:37,244
appreciate that and look

3195
01:59:37,244 --> 01:59:38,112
forward to, to voting in favor

3196
01:59:38,112 --> 01:59:38,412
of this.

3197
01:59:38,412 --> 01:59:39,213
Thank you.

3198
01:59:39,213 --> 01:59:41,213
Thank you,

3199
01:59:41,415 --> 01:59:43,116
vice chair. Next is council

3200
01:59:43,116 --> 01:59:44,218
member suara. You're recognized,

3201
01:59:44,218 --> 01:59:45,318
ma'am.

3202
01:59:45,318 --> 01:59:47,718
Thank you, vice chair,

3203
01:59:47,855 --> 01:59:49,990
and I applaud the budget chair,

3204
01:59:49,990 --> 01:59:50,924
too, for a job well done. And

3205
01:59:50,924 --> 01:59:53,924
since we're still speaking on

3206
01:59:54,610 --> 01:59:55,428
the operating budget for me, I

3207
01:59:55,428 --> 01:59:57,931
always get a reaction when I

3208
01:59:57,931 --> 01:59:59,800
felt like there is a

3209
01:59:59,800 --> 02:00:01,202
misinformation or inaccurate

3210
02:00:01,202 --> 02:00:04,400
information that I feel like we

3211
02:00:04,400 --> 02:00:05,506
need to address or speak to. I

3212
02:00:05,506 --> 02:00:06,740
think it is very important to

3213
02:00:06,740 --> 02:00:08,108
know that, yes, I agree with

3214
02:00:08,108 --> 02:00:09,710
all the sentiments. We could do

3215
02:00:09,710 --> 02:00:10,944
better. There's always room for

3216
02:00:10,944 --> 02:00:12,713
for us to do better, and we

3217
02:00:12,713 --> 02:00:14,114
should keep looking at making

3218
02:00:14,114 --> 02:00:15,716
the budget process a whole lot

3219
02:00:15,716 --> 02:00:16,817
better. I have my concerns and

3220
02:00:16,817 --> 02:00:18,853
I have things that I want to

3221
02:00:18,853 --> 02:00:20,654
share, but to say that we never

3222
02:00:20,654 --> 02:00:21,889
look at cuts is not appropriate,

3223
02:00:21,889 --> 02:00:23,557
because I think that starting

3224
02:00:23,557 --> 02:00:24,992
with the mayor's budget, the

3225
02:00:24,992 --> 02:00:27,392
departments were actually asked

3226
02:00:28,629 --> 02:00:29,729
to put a 1.5% cuts in their

3227
02:00:29,729 --> 02:00:31,598
budget this year. And last year

3228
02:00:31,598 --> 02:00:32,766
we did the same thing. There

3229
02:00:32,766 --> 02:00:34,601
were cuts in the budget. We

3230
02:00:34,601 --> 02:00:36,103
look at it. I also remember

3231
02:00:36,103 --> 02:00:37,938
that there was a special work

3232
02:00:37,938 --> 02:00:39,339
group that was set up by the

3233
02:00:39,339 --> 02:00:40,741
budget chair last year. One was

3234
02:00:40,741 --> 02:00:42,900
looking into salary savings and

3235
02:00:42,900 --> 02:00:43,944
to look at how we can actually

3236
02:00:43,944 --> 02:00:45,812
look at that through the budget

3237
02:00:45,812 --> 02:00:47,981
process. Another we're talking

3238
02:00:47,981 --> 02:00:49,382
about, we just don't look at

3239
02:00:49,382 --> 02:00:51,151
spending. I remember we spent

3240
02:00:51,151 --> 02:00:52,619
the committee that worked on

3241
02:00:52,619 --> 02:00:54,421
procurement, spent weeks, maybe

3242
02:00:54,421 --> 02:00:56,190
months looking at that process.

3243
02:00:56,190 --> 02:00:57,791
So as we talk about what is not

3244
02:00:57,791 --> 02:01:00,294
working, what we need to

3245
02:01:00,294 --> 02:01:01,962
improve, I think it's we acknowledge the work

3246
02:01:01,962 --> 02:01:04,300
that we're doing and not make

3247
02:01:04,300 --> 02:01:04,932
it look as if this body is not

3248
02:01:04,932 --> 02:01:06,000
doing anything. Finally, I

3249
02:01:06,000 --> 02:01:08,168
think it's important for

3250
02:01:08,168 --> 02:01:10,568
everybody to also understand

3251
02:01:10,637 --> 02:01:12,539
that the way it works, it's in

3252
02:01:12,539 --> 02:01:14,942
your budget. Think about it.

3253
02:01:14,942 --> 02:01:16,843
It's a 3.8 billion budget. The

3254
02:01:16,843 --> 02:01:18,946
chair is only able to move less

3255
02:01:18,946 --> 02:01:20,414
than 9 million. And so if

3256
02:01:20,414 --> 02:01:22,150
people really want to make an

3257
02:01:22,150 --> 02:01:23,517
impact on the budget and they

3258
02:01:23,517 --> 02:01:24,985
want the conversation to start,

3259
02:01:24,985 --> 02:01:27,221
they start with the mayor

3260
02:01:27,221 --> 02:01:28,389
before it's published on MAY,

3261
02:01:28,389 --> 02:01:30,570
everybody comes to the council

3262
02:01:30,570 --> 02:01:33,570
and everybody wants the council

3263
02:01:33,627 --> 02:01:35,129
to perform magic. And in all my

3264
02:01:35,129 --> 02:01:36,830
years of being on the budget

3265
02:01:36,830 --> 02:01:37,965
for seven years, I think the

3266
02:01:37,965 --> 02:01:39,933
most we've ever done was the

3267
02:01:39,933 --> 02:01:42,200
year that we have the surplus

3268
02:01:42,200 --> 02:01:44,872
that we're able to do maybe 20

3269
02:01:44,872 --> 02:01:46,640
million. It's always been very

3270
02:01:46,640 --> 02:01:48,509
minimal, less than 1%, very,

3271
02:01:48,509 --> 02:01:50,477
very small amount. And so

3272
02:01:50,477 --> 02:01:51,679
people put a lot of weight on

3273
02:01:51,679 --> 02:01:53,147
the council, and the council

3274
02:01:53,147 --> 02:01:54,515
budget does a good job of

3275
02:01:54,515 --> 02:01:56,349
moving around and trying to

3276
02:01:56,349 --> 02:01:57,952
move it. But it is a mayoral

3277
02:01:57,952 --> 02:01:59,686
system. It is a mayoral budget.

3278
02:01:59,686 --> 02:02:02,686
And so everyone should start

3279
02:02:02,823 --> 02:02:04,580
talking to the mayor ahead of

3280
02:02:04,580 --> 02:02:05,225
time so that whatever change

3281
02:02:05,225 --> 02:02:07,940
needs to happen, need to happen.

3282
02:02:07,940 --> 02:02:09,596
At that point, I just wanted to

3283
02:02:09,596 --> 02:02:10,463
put all of those in. The budget

3284
02:02:10,463 --> 02:02:11,765
process. I read the budget

3285
02:02:11,765 --> 02:02:13,867
process, I look into the

3286
02:02:13,867 --> 02:02:16,103
process and it can get better,

3287
02:02:16,103 --> 02:02:17,805
but I also don't want us to

3288
02:02:17,805 --> 02:02:19,205
discount the work that's gone

3289
02:02:19,205 --> 02:02:20,707
into it. Council member tom did

3290
02:02:20,707 --> 02:02:21,775
a wonderful job getting all the

3291
02:02:21,775 --> 02:02:23,677
department heads and the

3292
02:02:23,677 --> 02:02:25,212
previous budget chair, so this

3293
02:02:25,212 --> 02:02:26,947
body is trying to do the best

3294
02:02:26,947 --> 02:02:28,681
it can with what he got and

3295
02:02:28,681 --> 02:02:29,916
with the time that he has. But

3296
02:02:29,916 --> 02:02:31,652
we also have to understand the

3297
02:02:31,652 --> 02:02:34,652
process and how things work.

3298
02:02:35,889 --> 02:02:36,990
And we cannot just make claims

3299
02:02:36,990 --> 02:02:39,990
just to make claims. I

3300
02:02:40,193 --> 02:02:41,261
understand we want to get our

3301
02:02:41,261 --> 02:02:42,462
constituents that we want to,

3302
02:02:42,462 --> 02:02:44,364
you know, it's political and

3303
02:02:44,364 --> 02:02:46,366
it's all of that. I get all of

3304
02:02:46,366 --> 02:02:47,534
that. But we have to be factual

3305
02:02:47,534 --> 02:02:48,301
in it as well. Thank you.

3306
02:02:48,301 --> 02:02:50,237
Thank

3307
02:02:50,237 --> 02:02:51,204
you. Next in the queue again on

3308
02:02:51,204 --> 02:02:53,604
the ordinance establishing the

3309
02:02:53,840 --> 02:02:55,141
tax levy is council member

3310
02:02:55,141 --> 02:02:56,343
porterfield. You're recognized.

3311
02:02:56,343 --> 02:02:57,310
MADAM Pro tem.

3312
02:02:57,310 --> 02:02:59,310
Thank you so

3313
02:02:59,646 --> 02:03:01,948
very much. Vice mayor, I

3314
02:03:01,948 --> 02:03:04,948
appreciate that I am standing

3315
02:03:05,180 --> 02:03:07,521
in support of this, of everyone

3316
02:03:07,521 --> 02:03:09,723
who just voted yes, should be

3317
02:03:09,723 --> 02:03:11,158
voting yes for this because in

3318
02:03:11,158 --> 02:03:12,292
essence, we just passed a

3319
02:03:12,292 --> 02:03:14,270
budget and this is the

3320
02:03:14,270 --> 02:03:15,461
mechanism to pass the budget,

3321
02:03:15,461 --> 02:03:17,364
excuse me, fund the budget that

3322
02:03:17,364 --> 02:03:19,366
we just passed. So if you don't

3323
02:03:19,366 --> 02:03:21,235
pass this, there's no way to

3324
02:03:21,235 --> 02:03:23,360
fund the budget that you

3325
02:03:23,360 --> 02:03:24,805
literally just voted for to

3326
02:03:24,805 --> 02:03:26,507
pass. So you are saying, yes, I

3327
02:03:26,507 --> 02:03:27,741
believe in this budget. This is

3328
02:03:27,741 --> 02:03:29,643
a great budget and I support it,

3329
02:03:29,643 --> 02:03:31,511
but I'm not going to support

3330
02:03:31,511 --> 02:03:32,579
funding it. I also want to back

3331
02:03:32,579 --> 02:03:34,480
up something that council

3332
02:03:34,480 --> 02:03:36,316
member sawyer just said,

3333
02:03:36,316 --> 02:03:38,850
because facts matter and it is

3334
02:03:38,850 --> 02:03:40,854
important to get facts on the

3335
02:03:40,854 --> 02:03:42,456
record. We did a 1.5% reduction

3336
02:03:42,456 --> 02:03:45,456
to departments this year. We

3337
02:03:45,725 --> 02:03:47,628
did a 1.41% reduction in fiscal

3338
02:03:47,628 --> 02:03:49,729
year 25. So for the three years

3339
02:03:49,729 --> 02:03:51,465
that this body has passed a

3340
02:03:51,465 --> 02:03:53,634
budget, two of those years we

3341
02:03:53,634 --> 02:03:55,469
did budget cuts. So it is

3342
02:03:55,469 --> 02:03:57,304
factually incorrect to say that

3343
02:03:57,304 --> 02:03:59,600
we are not cutting budgets and

3344
02:03:59,600 --> 02:04:00,206
that we are not looking at cuts.

3345
02:04:00,206 --> 02:04:01,942
And again, I think it's

3346
02:04:01,942 --> 02:04:03,110
important that we put that on

3347
02:04:03,110 --> 02:04:04,877
the record. So again, if you

3348
02:04:04,877 --> 02:04:07,130
just voted for the budget, you

3349
02:04:07,130 --> 02:04:08,982
really should vote for this

3350
02:04:08,982 --> 02:04:10,500
because this is how we fund the

3351
02:04:10,500 --> 02:04:11,150
budget. And then the last thing

3352
02:04:11,150 --> 02:04:12,385
that I want to say is I

3353
02:04:12,385 --> 02:04:13,787
completely understand, and I

3354
02:04:13,787 --> 02:04:16,187
understood last year the

3355
02:04:16,323 --> 02:04:18,392
tensionthat people felt about

3356
02:04:18,392 --> 02:04:21,361
having to pay more if they were

3357
02:04:21,361 --> 02:04:23,163
in the g, s, d, this is not

3358
02:04:23,163 --> 02:04:25,264
asking the gsd to not pay their

3359
02:04:25,264 --> 02:04:26,567
to pay more. This is asking the

3360
02:04:26,567 --> 02:04:28,267
city to pay their fair share.

3361
02:04:28,267 --> 02:04:29,669
That was the conversation last

3362
02:04:29,669 --> 02:04:31,438
year from the results of the

3363
02:04:31,438 --> 02:04:32,939
study is. We are simply asking

3364
02:04:32,939 --> 02:04:34,241
people to pay their their fair

3365
02:04:34,241 --> 02:04:35,375
share if their services have

3366
02:04:35,375 --> 02:04:36,443
been subsidized. Up to this

3367
02:04:36,443 --> 02:04:38,278
point, we're saying that we're

3368
02:04:38,278 --> 02:04:39,279
asking you to pay your fair

3369
02:04:39,279 --> 02:04:40,547
share. So I'm asking my

3370
02:04:40,547 --> 02:04:42,882
colleagues to please support

3371
02:04:42,882 --> 02:04:46,482
the tax levy for the budget

3372
02:04:46,520 --> 02:04:48,722
that they just voted to pass.

3373
02:04:48,722 --> 02:04:51,892
Thank you, MADAM Pro tem. Next

3374
02:04:51,892 --> 02:04:53,393
in the queue is budget chair

3375
02:04:53,393 --> 02:04:54,600
tombs. You're recognized, MADAM

3376
02:04:54,600 --> 02:04:55,528
Chair.

3377
02:04:55,528 --> 02:04:57,364
Thank you, MADAM Vice

3378
02:04:57,364 --> 02:05:00,364
mayor. Obviously, I stand in

3379
02:05:00,667 --> 02:05:03,470
support of the tax rate to fund

3380
02:05:03,470 --> 02:05:06,406
the budget that we just passed.

3381
02:05:06,406 --> 02:05:08,541
I do want to point out that the

3382
02:05:08,541 --> 02:05:11,744
budget that we just passed does

3383
02:05:11,744 --> 02:05:13,512
include 1.5% cuts across the

3384
02:05:13,512 --> 02:05:15,549
board. I want to lift up the

3385
02:05:15,549 --> 02:05:18,549
work of our finance department

3386
02:05:18,585 --> 02:05:20,753
and our budget office, both of

3387
02:05:20,753 --> 02:05:22,956
whom have been working with

3388
02:05:22,956 --> 02:05:25,580
department heads to help them

3389
02:05:25,580 --> 02:05:27,194
identify how to absorb those

3390
02:05:27,194 --> 02:05:28,361
cuts. Because it's in recent

3391
02:05:28,361 --> 02:05:31,131
years, it's not often that we

3392
02:05:31,131 --> 02:05:33,700
cut departments. That is true.

3393
02:05:33,700 --> 02:05:35,836
However, when you think about

3394
02:05:35,836 --> 02:05:37,971
reducing the tax rate, you're

3395
02:05:37,971 --> 02:05:39,873
reducing revenue. We're

3396
02:05:39,873 --> 02:05:40,640
reducing revenue, you're

3397
02:05:40,640 --> 02:05:42,309
reducing the amount of money

3398
02:05:42,309 --> 02:05:44,144
that we have to fund the

3399
02:05:44,144 --> 02:05:45,244
government. And at a certain

3400
02:05:45,244 --> 02:05:47,644
point, you're looking at

3401
02:05:47,681 --> 02:05:49,549
cutting departments. If

3402
02:05:49,549 --> 02:05:50,917
colleagues are comfortable with

3403
02:05:50,917 --> 02:05:53,253
cutting departments and not

3404
02:05:53,253 --> 02:05:55,653
knowing the consequences, then

3405
02:05:56,560 --> 02:05:59,656
you can propose a reduction to

3406
02:06:00,360 --> 02:06:01,928
the tax rate next fiscal year.

3407
02:06:01,928 --> 02:06:04,630
When we raise property taxes,

3408
02:06:04,630 --> 02:06:05,799
we didn't raise that to pay for

3409
02:06:05,799 --> 02:06:07,267
lavish trips. We raised the%

3410
02:06:07,267 --> 02:06:09,702
property tax rate so that we

3411
02:06:09,702 --> 02:06:10,870
could pay to fund government.

3412
02:06:10,870 --> 02:06:12,171
Because if you look at our

3413
02:06:12,171 --> 02:06:14,700
funding sources, we are very

3414
02:06:14,700 --> 02:06:15,475
limited in the sources

3415
02:06:15,475 --> 02:06:16,876
on the local government level.

3416
02:06:16,876 --> 02:06:17,978
That's why when there was a

3417
02:06:17,978 --> 02:06:20,213
conversation about capping the

3418
02:06:20,213 --> 02:06:21,615
property tax rate at the state

3419
02:06:21,615 --> 02:06:23,160
level, every local government

3420
02:06:23,160 --> 02:06:24,451
across the unified and

3421
02:06:24,451 --> 02:06:25,985
saying, please don't do that,

3422
02:06:25,985 --> 02:06:28,121
because it's going to cut off

3423
02:06:28,121 --> 02:06:29,256
local government at the knees.

3424
02:06:29,256 --> 02:06:31,458
Every other revenue source that

3425
02:06:31,458 --> 02:06:34,928
we have grows barely at 1 or 2%

3426
02:06:34,928 --> 02:06:36,997
a year. 57% of our revenue is

3427
02:06:36,997 --> 02:06:38,164
property taxes. We get a lot of

3428
02:06:38,164 --> 02:06:40,990
requests, a lot of requests

3429
02:06:40,990 --> 02:06:41,668
coming to us. A lot of us deal

3430
02:06:41,668 --> 02:06:43,570
with constituent services where

3431
02:06:43,570 --> 02:06:46,570
people are wanting things, and

3432
02:06:46,807 --> 02:06:50,407
those things cost money. And I

3433
02:06:50,410 --> 02:06:52,644
understand the hardship to

3434
02:06:52,644 --> 02:06:54,548
folks is it's a hardship to me.

3435
02:06:54,548 --> 02:06:55,781
My property tax bill went up as

3436
02:06:55,781 --> 02:06:58,284
well. You have to make

3437
02:06:58,284 --> 02:07:00,520
adjustments. I understand that,

3438
02:07:00,520 --> 02:07:01,621
but we have to be able to fund

3439
02:07:01,621 --> 02:07:03,990
government. We have to be able

3440
02:07:03,990 --> 02:07:05,592
to provide services. And those

3441
02:07:05,592 --> 02:07:06,926
services are not cheap. Just as

3442
02:07:06,926 --> 02:07:08,361
the cost of living increases

3443
02:07:08,361 --> 02:07:09,863
for residents every year, the

3444
02:07:09,863 --> 02:07:12,263
cost of governing increases.

3445
02:07:13,320 --> 02:07:15,201
Every year we have to for

3446
02:07:15,201 --> 02:07:17,201
our schools, 80,000 kids,

3447
02:07:17,204 --> 02:07:18,772
11,000 employees, the thousands

3448
02:07:18,772 --> 02:07:20,206
of employees that

3449
02:07:20,206 --> 02:07:22,420
metro and provide the services.

3450
02:07:22,420 --> 02:07:24,911
People talk about public safety

3451
02:07:24,911 --> 02:07:26,213
and affordable housing and and

3452
02:07:26,213 --> 02:07:27,413
all the different departments

3453
02:07:27,413 --> 02:07:28,914
that provide service. All of

3454
02:07:28,914 --> 02:07:31,417
that costs money. The bulk of

3455
02:07:31,417 --> 02:07:33,219
our budget is personnel, the

3456
02:07:33,219 --> 02:07:35,388
people providing the services.

3457
02:07:35,388 --> 02:07:36,856
So I am all for efficiency. And

3458
02:07:36,856 --> 02:07:37,891
again, lifting up our budget

3459
02:07:37,891 --> 02:07:39,426
office and our finance

3460
02:07:39,426 --> 02:07:40,860
department. So are they. And

3461
02:07:40,860 --> 02:07:43,263
they are always looking at how

3462
02:07:43,263 --> 02:07:44,931
we spend money, how to save

3463
02:07:44,931 --> 02:07:46,833
money and how to be responsible

3464
02:07:46,833 --> 02:07:48,634
with taxpayer dollars. So I

3465
02:07:48,634 --> 02:07:50,837
encourage any, all my

3466
02:07:50,837 --> 02:07:52,400
colleagues to meet with them

3467
02:07:52,400 --> 02:07:53,974
and start that conversation. If

3468
02:07:53,974 --> 02:07:55,174
you want to look at cuts, you

3469
02:07:55,174 --> 02:07:56,977
got to be prepared what the

3470
02:07:56,977 --> 02:07:57,710
consequence is for that. Thank

3471
02:07:57,710 --> 02:07:59,446
you.

3472
02:07:59,446 --> 02:08:01,314
Thank you, MR. Eastlake,

3473
02:08:01,314 --> 02:08:02,816
you have spoken before on this

3474
02:08:02,816 --> 02:08:04,417
matter. I cannot recall if you

3475
02:08:04,417 --> 02:08:06,419
used the entirety of your time,

3476
02:08:06,419 --> 02:08:07,386
but I would ask you please, to

3477
02:08:07,386 --> 02:08:07,620
be concise, sir.

3478
02:08:07,620 --> 02:08:09,620
Thank you, I

3479
02:08:09,622 --> 02:08:12,220
generally don't. Okay. First

3480
02:08:12,825 --> 02:08:14,594
off, facts do matter. And cuts

3481
02:08:14,594 --> 02:08:16,229
versus savings. Temporary

3482
02:08:16,229 --> 02:08:17,897
savings. I think it was 25 when

3483
02:08:17,897 --> 02:08:19,766
there was temporary savings.

3484
02:08:19,766 --> 02:08:22,202
And then when the new budget

3485
02:08:22,202 --> 02:08:24,300
came up with the tax increase,

3486
02:08:24,300 --> 02:08:25,438
those were given back to those

3487
02:08:25,438 --> 02:08:27,107
apart, those departments. I

3488
02:08:27,107 --> 02:08:28,307
checked that, I asked about it

3489
02:08:28,307 --> 02:08:31,144
and they were said. I was told

3490
02:08:31,144 --> 02:08:32,946
they were given back for budget

3491
02:08:32,946 --> 02:08:34,414
consistency. So that's the

3492
02:08:34,414 --> 02:08:35,848
difference between a cut, a

3493
02:08:35,848 --> 02:08:37,517
real cut that it doesn't come

3494
02:08:37,517 --> 02:08:39,119
back and a temporary savings,

3495
02:08:39,119 --> 02:08:41,353
which is what I found out the

3496
02:08:41,353 --> 02:08:42,622
last time. Secondly, we talk

3497
02:08:42,622 --> 02:08:44,857
about not being able to cut.

3498
02:08:44,857 --> 02:08:47,257
We're fighting over $6. We

3499
02:08:47,761 --> 02:08:49,696
could cut the amount we pay. If

3500
02:08:49,696 --> 02:08:50,797
you look at some of the things,

3501
02:08:50,797 --> 02:08:52,765
the goods and services that

3502
02:08:52,765 --> 02:08:54,100
metro pays for, it is well

3503
02:08:54,100 --> 02:08:56,200
beyond a premium versus what

3504
02:08:56,200 --> 02:08:57,170
the general public pays for. If

3505
02:08:57,170 --> 02:08:58,504
you've been in the apple

3506
02:08:58,504 --> 02:09:00,373
committee with me, you know I'm

3507
02:09:00,373 --> 02:09:02,373
upset about the $100,000

3508
02:09:02,909 --> 02:09:05,309
outdoor bathroom that was

3509
02:09:05,378 --> 02:09:07,378
prefabricated from another

3510
02:09:09,549 --> 02:09:11,284
state shipped here for $100,000. In this room

3511
02:09:11,284 --> 02:09:12,552
that could convince me, a

3512
02:09:12,552 --> 02:09:14,820
general contractor, a regular

3513
02:09:14,820 --> 02:09:16,523
person in our city could not

3514
02:09:16,523 --> 02:09:19,250
build that a whole lot cheaper.

3515
02:09:19,250 --> 02:09:21,261
So we're spending money at a

3516
02:09:21,261 --> 02:09:23,362
monopoly money rate. We could

3517
02:09:23,362 --> 02:09:24,897
cut these departments without

3518
02:09:24,897 --> 02:09:27,400
losing anything. Just pay what

3519
02:09:27,400 --> 02:09:29,535
the regular public pays for the

3520
02:09:29,535 --> 02:09:33,135
same exact good or service. And

3521
02:09:33,506 --> 02:09:35,275
secondly. Or last, we could

3522
02:09:35,275 --> 02:09:37,376
talk about this all day long

3523
02:09:37,376 --> 02:09:39,578
about the rate split. The rate

3524
02:09:39,578 --> 02:09:41,747
split based on roof tiles does

3525
02:09:41,747 --> 02:09:43,616
not justify their changes. They

3526
02:09:43,616 --> 02:09:46,520
talk of broad concepts. They do

3527
02:09:46,520 --> 02:09:48,452
not talk about individual

3528
02:09:48,955 --> 02:09:50,656
statistics or usage based data

3529
02:09:50,656 --> 02:09:51,824
or anything like that. It is

3530
02:09:51,824 --> 02:09:53,726
just a concept. And I believe

3531
02:09:53,726 --> 02:09:54,694
raf tillis is used by this

3532
02:09:54,694 --> 02:09:55,862
government because they tell

3533
02:09:55,862 --> 02:09:57,997
the government what they want

3534
02:09:57,997 --> 02:09:59,997
to hear.

3535
02:10:00,466 --> 02:10:03,302
All right. With no one

3536
02:10:03,302 --> 02:10:06,573
else in the queue, we will move

3537
02:10:06,573 --> 02:10:07,640
to the vote on the third

3538
02:10:07,640 --> 02:10:10,400
reading, third and final

3539
02:10:10,176 --> 02:10:12,110
reading of the tax levy to pro

3540
02:10:12,110 --> 02:10:15,110
tem's point, which funds the

3541
02:10:15,214 --> 02:10:17,683
budget that has already passed.

3542
02:10:17,683 --> 02:10:19,185
I will remind the body from a

3543
02:10:19,185 --> 02:10:20,619
technical perspective that

3544
02:10:20,619 --> 02:10:21,721
pursuant to the metropolitan

3545
02:10:21,721 --> 02:10:23,523
charter, if the tax levy

3546
02:10:23,523 --> 02:10:25,725
ordinance is not adopted on

3547
02:10:25,725 --> 02:10:27,460
third reading, it requires 21

3548
02:10:27,460 --> 02:10:29,662
votes. A new tax levy ordinance,

3549
02:10:29,662 --> 02:10:32,620
if sufficiently funds this 2027

3550
02:10:32,131 --> 02:10:33,933
budget must be filed and heard

3551
02:10:33,933 --> 02:10:36,333
at three separate readings

3552
02:10:36,936 --> 02:10:39,405
prior to JUNE 30th. So I would

3553
02:10:39,405 --> 02:10:42,975
ask that you keep that in mind

3554
02:10:42,975 --> 02:10:45,778
as we move to the vote. Our

3555
02:10:45,778 --> 02:10:47,460
rules do require that this is a

3556
02:10:47,460 --> 02:10:49,480
roll call vote. So, MR. Clerk,

3557
02:10:49,480 --> 02:10:52,648
if you would please load the

3558
02:11:05,164 --> 02:11:07,164
vote.

3559
02:11:09,301 --> 02:11:12,301
Thank you. So you don't

3560
02:11:26,384 --> 02:11:29,984
have to do that for me.

3561
02:11:31,290 --> 02:11:32,525
With

3562
02:11:32,525 --> 02:11:35,525
all votes. And MR. Clerk,

3563
02:11:36,162 --> 02:11:37,597
please show the vote. All right.

3564
02:11:37,597 --> 02:11:39,431
The tax levy ordinance has

3565
02:11:39,431 --> 02:11:42,268
passed its third and final

3566
02:11:42,268 --> 02:11:45,268
reading with 29 votes in favor,

3567
02:11:45,538 --> 02:11:48,538
seven votes against and zero

3568
02:11:48,808 --> 02:11:51,208
abstentions. All right, that

3569
02:11:51,310 --> 02:11:53,880
concludes our two budget items

3570
02:11:53,880 --> 02:11:56,349
that we pulled forward on our

3571
02:11:56,349 --> 02:11:58,517
agenda. And so at this juncture,

3572
02:11:58,517 --> 02:12:01,787
we're going to go back to the

3573
02:12:01,787 --> 02:12:05,987
top of our agenda and move on

3574
02:12:20,372 --> 02:12:21,107
through in agenda order.

3575
02:12:21,107 --> 02:12:23,107
All

3576
02:12:25,511 --> 02:12:27,911
right. Section eight, our

3577
02:12:28,347 --> 02:12:30,249
consolidated consent agenda,

3578
02:12:30,249 --> 02:12:31,651
all resolutions and second and

3579
02:12:31,651 --> 02:12:33,520
third reading ordinances on

3580
02:12:33,520 --> 02:12:34,820
this agenda are included on the

3581
02:12:34,820 --> 02:12:37,560
consent agenda, if recommended

3582
02:12:37,560 --> 02:12:38,457
for approval unanimously by all

3583
02:12:38,457 --> 02:12:40,326
committees to which the item

3584
02:12:40,326 --> 02:12:42,161
was referred, items on the

3585
02:12:42,161 --> 02:12:43,896
consent agenda will be voted on

3586
02:12:43,896 --> 02:12:45,297
at a single time. The item

3587
02:12:45,297 --> 02:12:46,532
number, along with the

3588
02:12:46,532 --> 02:12:47,900
resolution and ordinance number

3589
02:12:47,900 --> 02:12:49,969
of the items on the consent

3590
02:12:49,969 --> 02:12:51,370
agenda will be read by me, and

3591
02:12:51,370 --> 02:12:52,838
members of the council MAY

3592
02:12:52,838 --> 02:12:54,740
remove any item from the

3593
02:12:54,740 --> 02:12:57,176
consent from the consent agenda

3594
02:12:57,176 --> 02:13:00,176
by request before the consent

3595
02:13:00,846 --> 02:13:04,160
agenda vote is taken. All right.

3596
02:13:04,160 --> 02:13:06,416
The first resolution proposed

3597
02:13:07,253 --> 02:13:10,853
for consent is agenda item two,

3598
02:13:14,493 --> 02:13:16,493
resolution 2026-2004. Agenda

3599
02:13:19,899 --> 02:13:21,899
item three. Resolution

3600
02:13:22,368 --> 02:13:24,768
2026-2005. Agenda item four.

3601
02:13:28,174 --> 02:13:29,975
resolution 2026-2006.

3602
02:13:29,975 --> 02:13:32,375
Resolution or rather, agenda

3603
02:13:37,250 --> 02:13:39,250
number five resolution

3604
02:13:40,520 --> 02:13:42,452
2026-2008. Agenda item six.

3605
02:13:45,758 --> 02:13:47,758
Resolution 2026-2030. Agenda

3606
02:13:52,310 --> 02:13:54,310
item seven. Resolution

3607
02:13:54,767 --> 02:13:57,167
2026-2031. Agenda item eight.

3608
02:14:00,206 --> 02:14:02,206
Resolution 2026-2032. Agenda

3609
02:14:06,378 --> 02:14:08,778
item ten. Resolution 2026-2034.

3610
02:14:12,151 --> 02:14:14,151
Agenda item 11. Resolution

3611
02:14:14,954 --> 02:14:16,954
2026-2035. Agenda item 12.

3612
02:14:20,920 --> 02:14:22,920
Resolution 2026-2036. Agenda

3613
02:14:26,132 --> 02:14:28,132
item 13. Resolution 2026-2037.

3614
02:14:31,937 --> 02:14:33,937
Agenda item 14. Resolution

3615
02:14:34,407 --> 02:14:36,407
2026-2038. Agenda item 15.

3616
02:14:39,478 --> 02:14:41,478
Resolution 2026-2039. Agenda

3617
02:14:45,183 --> 02:14:47,183
item 16. Resolution 2026-2040.

3618
02:14:50,689 --> 02:14:52,689
Agenda item 17. Resolution

3619
02:14:53,793 --> 02:14:55,793
2026-2041. Agenda item 18.

3620
02:14:59,598 --> 02:15:01,598
Resolution 2026-2042. Agenda

3621
02:15:06,738 --> 02:15:08,738
item 19. Resolution 2026-2043.

3622
02:15:12,211 --> 02:15:14,211
Agenda item 20. Resolution

3623
02:15:15,130 --> 02:15:17,130
2026-2044. Agenda item 21.

3624
02:15:19,752 --> 02:15:21,752
Resolution 2026-2045. Agenda

3625
02:15:25,491 --> 02:15:27,491
item 22. Resolution 2026-2046.

3626
02:15:30,529 --> 02:15:32,529
Agenda item 23. Resolution

3627
02:15:33,465 --> 02:15:35,465
2026-2047. Agenda item 24.

3628
02:15:38,170 --> 02:15:40,170
Resolution 2026-2048. Agenda

3629
02:15:44,677 --> 02:15:46,677
item 25. Resolution 2026-2049.

3630
02:15:50,415 --> 02:15:52,415
Agenda item 26. Resolution

3631
02:15:53,618 --> 02:15:55,618
2026-2050. Agenda item 27.

3632
02:15:58,323 --> 02:16:00,323
Resolution 2026-2051. Agenda

3633
02:16:04,429 --> 02:16:06,429
item 28. Resolution 2026-2052.

3634
02:16:09,802 --> 02:16:11,802
Agenda item 29. Resolution

3635
02:16:12,638 --> 02:16:14,638
2026-2053. Agenda item 30.

3636
02:16:17,643 --> 02:16:19,643
Resolution 2026-2054. Agenda

3637
02:16:23,882 --> 02:16:25,882
item 31. Resolution 2026-2055.

3638
02:16:29,287 --> 02:16:31,287
Agenda item 32. Resolution

3639
02:16:32,491 --> 02:16:34,491
2026-2056. Agenda item 33.

3640
02:16:37,162 --> 02:16:39,162
Resolution 2026-2057. Agenda

3641
02:16:43,335 --> 02:16:45,335
item 34. Resolution 2026-2058.

3642
02:16:48,390 --> 02:16:50,390
Agenda item 35. Resolution

3643
02:16:50,509 --> 02:16:52,509
2026-2059. Agenda item 36.

3644
02:16:55,247 --> 02:16:57,247
Resolution 2026-2060. Agenda

3645
02:17:00,919 --> 02:17:02,919
item 37. Resolution 2026-2061.

3646
02:17:06,358 --> 02:17:08,358
Agenda item 38. Resolution

3647
02:17:09,160 --> 02:17:11,160
2026-2062. Agenda item 39.

3648
02:17:13,899 --> 02:17:15,899
Resolution 2026-2063. Agenda

3649
02:17:20,705 --> 02:17:22,705
item 41. Resolution 2026-2065.

3650
02:17:26,778 --> 02:17:28,778
Agenda item 42. Resolution

3651
02:17:29,748 --> 02:17:31,748
2026-2066. Agenda item 43.

3652
02:17:34,753 --> 02:17:36,753
Resolution 2026-2067. Agenda

3653
02:17:40,526 --> 02:17:42,526
item 44. Resolution 2026-2068.

3654
02:17:45,897 --> 02:17:47,897
Agenda item 45. Resolution

3655
02:17:49,501 --> 02:17:51,970
2026-2069. Checks for bills on

3656
02:17:51,970 --> 02:17:54,970
second reading proposed for the

3657
02:17:57,742 --> 02:18:00,142
consent agenda. First among

3658
02:18:01,413 --> 02:18:03,813
those is agenda item 64

3659
02:18:07,152 --> 02:18:08,620
resolution or rather ordinance

3660
02:18:08,620 --> 02:18:10,122
bl2026-1393 and second reading

3661
02:18:10,122 --> 02:18:12,924
short. So the second and last

3662
02:18:12,924 --> 02:18:15,924
among those is agenda item 65,

3663
02:18:20,832 --> 02:18:23,668
ordinance bl2026-139. For. For

3664
02:18:23,668 --> 02:18:26,204
items on third reading proposed

3665
02:18:26,204 --> 02:18:29,204
for the consent agenda. First

3666
02:18:29,508 --> 02:18:31,908
among those agenda item 66

3667
02:18:34,880 --> 02:18:37,280
ordinance bl2026-1328. Agenda

3668
02:18:42,420 --> 02:18:44,820
item 67 ordinance bl2026-1356.

3669
02:18:48,160 --> 02:18:50,160
Agenda item 68 ordinance

3670
02:18:51,763 --> 02:18:54,163
bl2026-1358. Agenda item 71

3671
02:18:58,270 --> 02:19:00,670
ordinance bl2026-1379. Agenda

3672
02:19:06,144 --> 02:19:08,544
item 73 ordinance bl2026-1382.

3673
02:19:09,470 --> 02:19:11,616
And that is the last bill

3674
02:19:11,616 --> 02:19:13,918
proposed for the consolidated

3675
02:19:13,918 --> 02:19:15,620
consent agenda. Do any items

3676
02:19:15,620 --> 02:19:17,756
need to be removed from the

3677
02:19:17,756 --> 02:19:19,123
consent agenda? If so, if

3678
02:19:19,123 --> 02:19:22,123
members would please join the

3679
02:19:24,195 --> 02:19:27,195
queue to request that. Council

3680
02:19:28,867 --> 02:19:29,534
member koopman. You are

3681
02:19:29,534 --> 02:19:30,302
recognized, sir.

3682
02:19:30,302 --> 02:19:32,302
Thank you.

3683
02:19:32,404 --> 02:19:33,838
Chair number 40, I believe was

3684
02:19:33,838 --> 02:19:35,373
off consent, but just wanted to

3685
02:19:35,373 --> 02:19:36,700
make sure.

3686
02:19:36,700 --> 02:19:38,700
That's correct.

3687
02:19:40,378 --> 02:19:43,378
Council member 40 is not on

3688
02:19:43,682 --> 02:19:46,117
consent. Next in the queue.

3689
02:19:46,117 --> 02:19:46,551
Council member ellis, you're

3690
02:19:46,551 --> 02:19:46,951
recognized ma'am.

3691
02:19:46,951 --> 02:19:48,553
Thank you,

3692
02:19:48,553 --> 02:19:50,822
MADAM Chair. Two things I

3693
02:19:50,822 --> 02:19:53,222
wanted to confirm. 2031 that's

3694
02:19:55,126 --> 02:19:56,194
on consent.

3695
02:19:56,194 --> 02:19:58,594
Okay. Is this an

3696
02:19:59,970 --> 02:20:00,898
ordinance or resolution? Okay.

3697
02:20:00,898 --> 02:20:02,000
Resolution number seven, or

3698
02:20:02,000 --> 02:20:03,340
rather agenda number seven is

3699
02:20:03,340 --> 02:20:05,340
on consent.

3700
02:20:05,971 --> 02:20:08,371
Okay. And then for

3701
02:20:09,140 --> 02:20:11,540
resolution 2026-2065, I wanted

3702
02:20:11,676 --> 02:20:12,100
to pull that off. Consent.

3703
02:20:12,100 --> 02:20:14,100
Okay.

3704
02:20:14,245 --> 02:20:17,845
Do you have an agenda number,

3705
02:20:24,689 --> 02:20:27,890
ma'am? Okay. Agenda number 41.

3706
02:20:30,280 --> 02:20:32,428
This is resolution 2026-2065,

3707
02:20:33,297 --> 02:20:36,897
and it will be removed from

3708
02:20:37,301 --> 02:20:40,138
consent. Okay. Next in the

3709
02:20:40,138 --> 02:20:41,272
queue is council member gamble.

3710
02:20:41,272 --> 02:20:41,606
You're recognized.

3711
02:20:41,606 --> 02:20:42,741
Thank you,

3712
02:20:42,741 --> 02:20:46,244
vice mayor. I'd like to remove

3713
02:20:46,244 --> 02:20:47,110
number 45 hours 2026 2069.

3714
02:20:47,110 --> 02:20:49,110
Okay.

3715
02:20:50,548 --> 02:20:52,548
Agenda item 45. Resolution 2069

3716
02:20:53,785 --> 02:20:56,688
will be removed from. Consent

3717
02:20:56,688 --> 02:20:58,856
has been removed. Next in the

3718
02:20:58,856 --> 02:21:01,256
queue, council member suara,

3719
02:21:01,426 --> 02:21:01,759
you're recognized, ma'am.

3720
02:21:01,759 --> 02:21:03,759
Thank

3721
02:21:04,262 --> 02:21:06,765
you, vice mayor. Item number 73.

3722
02:21:06,765 --> 02:21:07,165
Bill 2026 132, please.

3723
02:21:07,165 --> 02:21:09,165
All

3724
02:21:09,334 --> 02:21:11,135
right. Council member suara has

3725
02:21:11,135 --> 02:21:14,135
requested the removal of agenda

3726
02:21:16,541 --> 02:21:18,941
item 73, ordinance 1382, and it

3727
02:21:20,445 --> 02:21:22,680
has been removed from consent.

3728
02:21:22,680 --> 02:21:24,415
All right. Any other members

3729
02:21:24,415 --> 02:21:27,415
seekingto remove an item from

3730
02:21:28,353 --> 02:21:30,555
consent? All right. Seeing none,

3731
02:21:30,555 --> 02:21:32,657
MR. Clark, are all committee

3732
02:21:32,657 --> 02:21:34,859
reports in for the items

3733
02:21:34,859 --> 02:21:36,260
remaining on the consent agenda?

3734
02:21:36,260 --> 02:21:36,661
Yes. All committee reports are

3735
02:21:36,661 --> 02:21:38,661
in.

3736
02:21:39,564 --> 02:21:41,366
Okay. Thank you, MR. Clark.

3737
02:21:41,366 --> 02:21:44,569
Members, is there a motion for

3738
02:21:44,569 --> 02:21:46,771
approval of the consent agenda?

3739
02:21:46,771 --> 02:21:49,941
Okay. All in favor, please say

3740
02:21:49,941 --> 02:21:52,341
aye. Council haspassed all

3741
02:21:54,645 --> 02:21:57,148
items on the consent agenda.

3742
02:21:57,148 --> 02:21:59,751
All right. Next, we will move

3743
02:21:59,751 --> 02:22:02,487
back through our agenda again

3744
02:22:02,487 --> 02:22:05,423
in agenda order. First, for

3745
02:22:05,423 --> 02:22:08,423
resolutions that were not on

3746
02:22:09,427 --> 02:22:12,427
consent. And first among those

3747
02:22:14,980 --> 02:22:17,698
is agenda item one. This is

3748
02:22:22,730 --> 02:22:24,473
ordinance. Or rather resolution

3749
02:22:25,309 --> 02:22:27,178
2026-1961. This is a resolution

3750
02:22:27,178 --> 02:22:29,347
reducing the local sales tax on

3751
02:22:29,347 --> 02:22:31,490
the sale of groceries. Sponsors

3752
02:22:31,490 --> 02:22:32,784
tombs coop and bradford hoffman,

3753
02:22:32,784 --> 02:22:35,530
allen porterfield, ellis and

3754
02:22:35,530 --> 02:22:38,530
spain council member tombs. You

3755
02:22:38,189 --> 02:22:38,590
are recognized.

3756
02:22:38,590 --> 02:22:40,391
Thank you,

3757
02:22:40,391 --> 02:22:41,926
MADAM Vice mayor, committee

3758
02:22:41,926 --> 02:22:43,628
report, budget and finance

3759
02:22:43,628 --> 02:22:45,430
voted to recommend approval.

3760
02:22:45,430 --> 02:22:47,198
Nine in favor, two against zero

3761
02:22:47,198 --> 02:22:49,198
not voting.

3762
02:22:50,401 --> 02:22:52,401
All righty. In

3763
02:22:52,937 --> 02:22:54,439
favor. Two against and zero not

3764
02:22:54,439 --> 02:22:55,173
voting. Okay with that

3765
02:22:55,173 --> 02:22:55,873
committee report.

3766
02:22:55,873 --> 02:22:56,240
Move for

3767
02:22:56,240 --> 02:22:57,800
approval.

3768
02:22:57,800 --> 02:22:59,800
Okay, there's a

3769
02:22:59,444 --> 02:23:02,444
motion to approve and properly

3770
02:23:03,810 --> 02:23:05,182
seconded. We are on to

3771
02:23:05,182 --> 02:23:06,717
discussion on this residue,

3772
02:23:06,717 --> 02:23:09,921
reducing the local sales tax on

3773
02:23:09,921 --> 02:23:12,560
the sale of groceries. Is

3774
02:23:12,560 --> 02:23:14,456
anyone seeking discussion at

3775
02:23:15,393 --> 02:23:18,129
this time okay. Seeing none. Do

3776
02:23:18,129 --> 02:23:20,640
we have a quorum in the room? I

3777
02:23:20,640 --> 02:23:24,264
think we do. Okay. Just want to

3778
02:23:27,171 --> 02:23:28,373
doublecheck on that. Okay.

3779
02:23:28,373 --> 02:23:30,141
Let's see. I guess we will try

3780
02:23:30,141 --> 02:23:31,843
this first by voice. Even

3781
02:23:31,843 --> 02:23:33,211
though we did have some no's in

3782
02:23:33,211 --> 02:23:36,211
committee. We'll try it first

3783
02:23:36,247 --> 02:23:38,382
that way. All in favor of this

3784
02:23:38,382 --> 02:23:40,782
resolution approval, please say

3785
02:23:43,540 --> 02:23:44,355
aye. Any voting no. Okay with

3786
02:23:44,355 --> 02:23:45,490
that? Because it is a

3787
02:23:45,490 --> 02:23:47,391
resolution by rule. We will

3788
02:23:47,391 --> 02:23:49,961
have to do a roll call vote.

3789
02:23:49,961 --> 02:23:53,561
MR. Clark, if you would please

3790
02:24:06,210 --> 02:24:08,210
load the vote.

3791
02:24:41,378 --> 02:24:43,378
MISS Hancock, do

3792
02:24:51,489 --> 02:24:52,924
you seek to vote on this? With

3793
02:24:52,924 --> 02:24:55,693
all votes? And, MR. Clerk,

3794
02:24:55,693 --> 02:24:59,293
please show the vote. All right.

3795
02:24:59,363 --> 02:25:02,199
This resolution has passed with

3796
02:25:02,199 --> 02:25:04,599
28 votes in favor, three

3797
02:25:05,804 --> 02:25:08,804
against and one abstention. All

3798
02:25:11,575 --> 02:25:15,175
right. Next is agenda item nine.

3799
02:25:16,280 --> 02:25:18,416
This is resolution 2026-2033.

3800
02:25:18,416 --> 02:25:19,884
Sponsor coupon. This is a

3801
02:25:19,884 --> 02:25:22,284
resolution approving the fiscal

3802
02:25:22,720 --> 02:25:24,488
year 2027 central business

3803
02:25:24,488 --> 02:25:26,240
improvement district budget and

3804
02:25:26,240 --> 02:25:28,240
accepting previous central

3805
02:25:28,492 --> 02:25:30,492
business district improvement

3806
02:25:32,429 --> 02:25:34,829
budgets. Council member coupon.

3807
02:25:34,999 --> 02:25:35,132
You are recognized, sir.

3808
02:25:35,132 --> 02:25:37,132
Thank

3809
02:25:37,134 --> 02:25:37,802
you, MADAM PRESIDENT. Committee

3810
02:25:37,802 --> 02:25:38,436
reports please.

3811
02:25:38,436 --> 02:25:39,536
For the report

3812
02:25:39,536 --> 02:25:41,138
of the budget and finance

3813
02:25:41,138 --> 02:25:41,271
committee. Chair, tombs.

3814
02:25:41,271 --> 02:25:42,607
Budget

3815
02:25:42,607 --> 02:25:44,208
and finance voted to recommend

3816
02:25:44,208 --> 02:25:45,810
approval. Eight in favor, two

3817
02:25:45,810 --> 02:25:46,210
against one not voting.

3818
02:25:46,210 --> 02:25:47,812
All

3819
02:25:47,812 --> 02:25:49,113
right, back to you, MR. Koopman,

3820
02:25:49,113 --> 02:25:50,782
for a motion to get this bill.

3821
02:25:50,782 --> 02:25:51,849
Before approval. Move approval

3822
02:25:51,849 --> 02:25:52,983
with brief comment, please.

3823
02:25:52,983 --> 02:25:54,510
Okay, sir. Second. Go ahead,

3824
02:25:54,510 --> 02:25:55,152
sir.

3825
02:25:55,152 --> 02:25:56,921
Thank you. And I know

3826
02:25:56,921 --> 02:25:58,822
we've we've seen this before,

3827
02:25:58,822 --> 02:26:00,858
but did want to highlight some

3828
02:26:00,858 --> 02:26:02,226
some things that, that have

3829
02:26:02,226 --> 02:26:03,394
occurred over the last year

3830
02:26:03,394 --> 02:26:05,596
with the central business

3831
02:26:05,596 --> 02:26:07,397
improvement district. First,

3832
02:26:07,397 --> 02:26:08,833
among those that the seabed and

3833
02:26:08,833 --> 02:26:10,567
seabed board. I've encouraged

3834
02:26:10,567 --> 02:26:12,370
to and been happy to see them

3835
02:26:12,370 --> 02:26:13,504
lead the effort. I've reminded

3836
02:26:13,504 --> 02:26:14,538
colleagues that our

3837
02:26:14,538 --> 02:26:15,539
relationship is not with

3838
02:26:15,539 --> 02:26:16,540
nashville downtown partnership.

3839
02:26:16,540 --> 02:26:17,508
It is with the district

3840
02:26:17,508 --> 02:26:18,943
management corporation, made up

3841
02:26:18,943 --> 02:26:20,344
of board members that are

3842
02:26:20,344 --> 02:26:21,412
downtown residents and

3843
02:26:21,412 --> 02:26:23,281
stakeholders and business

3844
02:26:23,281 --> 02:26:25,182
owners. And so I want to make

3845
02:26:25,182 --> 02:26:26,317
sure that those folks are here

3846
02:26:26,317 --> 02:26:27,418
and engaged and knowing what's

3847
02:26:27,418 --> 02:26:29,287
going on, and they've done a

3848
02:26:29,287 --> 02:26:30,455
great job of that. You the

3849
02:26:30,455 --> 02:26:32,323
letter you got today was signed

3850
02:26:32,323 --> 02:26:33,391
by all of them. And so that's

3851
02:26:33,391 --> 02:26:34,758
been that's been a huge

3852
02:26:34,758 --> 02:26:35,626
improvement. Again, thanks to

3853
02:26:35,626 --> 02:26:37,261
COUNCILMAN Parker for elevating

3854
02:26:37,261 --> 02:26:38,529
the fact that we do need to

3855
02:26:38,529 --> 02:26:39,697
even have this budget process.

3856
02:26:39,697 --> 02:26:40,965
We've got activities and

3857
02:26:40,965 --> 02:26:42,965
interaction report from

3858
02:26:43,401 --> 02:26:44,402
COUNCILMAN Properties amendment.

3859
02:26:44,402 --> 02:26:46,703
And then we've also seen

3860
02:26:46,703 --> 02:26:47,805
progress on what the bid is

3861
02:26:47,805 --> 02:26:49,873
allocating funding for. Right.

3862
02:26:49,873 --> 02:26:51,275
You've seen that that n, d, p

3863
02:26:51,275 --> 02:26:53,443
and the sea bed have committed

3864
02:26:53,443 --> 02:26:54,612
to funding reach mental health

3865
02:26:54,612 --> 02:26:57,470
workers downtown. They are in

3866
02:26:57,470 --> 02:26:58,448
the process of a commitment for

3867
02:26:58,448 --> 02:27:00,384
funding red frogs, which is

3868
02:27:00,384 --> 02:27:02,185
huge. So we're seeing a lot of

3869
02:27:02,185 --> 02:27:03,888
movement, a lot of progress on

3870
02:27:03,888 --> 02:27:05,256
that. The conversations ongoing.

3871
02:27:05,256 --> 02:27:07,224
I've said this a hundred times,

3872
02:27:07,224 --> 02:27:09,127
I think in the last couple of

3873
02:27:09,127 --> 02:27:10,127
weeks that I am the ex officio

3874
02:27:10,127 --> 02:27:11,295
member. I represent this

3875
02:27:11,295 --> 02:27:13,630
council on the ndp board, on

3876
02:27:13,630 --> 02:27:14,331
the seabed board, on the g bid

3877
02:27:14,331 --> 02:27:16,133
boards. If there are concerns,

3878
02:27:16,133 --> 02:27:17,934
questions, issues, come to me,

3879
02:27:17,934 --> 02:27:19,703
share them with me and

3880
02:27:19,703 --> 02:27:21,171
specifically around the the thp

3881
02:27:21,171 --> 02:27:23,571
private security issue. I've

3882
02:27:23,707 --> 02:27:25,542
said this a number of times,

3883
02:27:25,542 --> 02:27:26,510
but day night, 4:00 in the

3884
02:27:26,510 --> 02:27:28,910
morning, it doesn't matter.

3885
02:27:29,413 --> 02:27:30,581
Call me, text me, you know I'm

3886
02:27:30,581 --> 02:27:31,715
available if there is an issue,

3887
02:27:31,715 --> 02:27:33,384
if there is someone being

3888
02:27:33,384 --> 02:27:34,886
harassed or treated poorly,

3889
02:27:34,886 --> 02:27:36,754
call. Call me. Let me know. I

3890
02:27:36,754 --> 02:27:37,989
want to know about it. I'll

3891
02:27:37,989 --> 02:27:39,790
come down. I'll come address it.

3892
02:27:39,790 --> 02:27:40,924
But again, we've got a new

3893
02:27:40,924 --> 02:27:42,793
provider in that space and, you

3894
02:27:42,793 --> 02:27:43,961
know, keeping a close eye on

3895
02:27:43,961 --> 02:27:45,896
what that looks like. But we've

3896
02:27:45,896 --> 02:27:47,831
seen a lot of changes, a lot of

3897
02:27:47,831 --> 02:27:49,660
progress. At the end of the day,

3898
02:27:49,660 --> 02:27:49,900
this is about 22,000 residents,

3899
02:27:49,900 --> 02:27:51,501
countless stakeholders downtown.

3900
02:27:51,501 --> 02:27:52,836
This is the budget they want

3901
02:27:52,836 --> 02:27:53,871
this the budget that they put

3902
02:27:53,871 --> 02:27:55,500
forward. And I hope my

3903
02:27:55,500 --> 02:27:55,773
colleagues will support it.

3904
02:27:55,773 --> 02:27:57,541
So

3905
02:27:57,541 --> 02:27:59,710
we are on to discussion on the

3906
02:27:59,710 --> 02:28:01,145
motion to approve this

3907
02:28:01,145 --> 02:28:02,112
resolution. First in the queue

3908
02:28:02,112 --> 02:28:02,946
is council member parker.

3909
02:28:02,946 --> 02:28:03,347
You're recognized sir.

3910
02:28:03,347 --> 02:28:04,414
Thank

3911
02:28:04,414 --> 02:28:06,150
you, vice mayor. First, I have

3912
02:28:06,150 --> 02:28:07,318
a technical question which I'd

3913
02:28:07,318 --> 02:28:09,787
like to direct to our special

3914
02:28:09,787 --> 02:28:13,387
counsel, if I MAY. Yes. So,

3915
02:28:13,758 --> 02:28:15,525
special counsel, the text

3916
02:28:15,525 --> 02:28:16,994
2.177.070 reads that the annual

3917
02:28:16,994 --> 02:28:18,395
budget shall be reviewed and

3918
02:28:18,395 --> 02:28:20,197
approved by the metropolitan

3919
02:28:20,197 --> 02:28:21,399
council or, if not approved,

3920
02:28:21,399 --> 02:28:24,999
shall be returned to the board

3921
02:28:25,236 --> 02:28:26,704
of directors for revision and

3922
02:28:26,704 --> 02:28:27,437
resubmission until the

3923
02:28:27,437 --> 02:28:29,437
metropolitan council shall

3924
02:28:30,140 --> 02:28:31,408
approve the annual budget. This

3925
02:28:31,408 --> 02:28:33,510
is precisely the same document

3926
02:28:33,510 --> 02:28:34,779
they submitted before. We did

3927
02:28:34,779 --> 02:28:36,414
reject that document and sent

3928
02:28:36,414 --> 02:28:37,381
it back to the board of

3929
02:28:37,381 --> 02:28:38,582
directors. They have not

3930
02:28:38,582 --> 02:28:40,384
revised it. They have sent back

3931
02:28:40,384 --> 02:28:41,452
the exact same document. So is

3932
02:28:41,452 --> 02:28:42,553
this properly before us?

3933
02:28:42,553 --> 02:28:43,620
According to the metro code.

3934
02:28:43,620 --> 02:28:45,620
Special council, you're

3935
02:28:45,823 --> 02:28:46,257
recognized.

3936
02:28:46,257 --> 02:28:48,257
Council member

3937
02:28:48,725 --> 02:28:49,526
based on my review of the

3938
02:28:49,526 --> 02:28:50,461
legislation considered last

3939
02:28:50,461 --> 02:28:52,597
week in the legislation

3940
02:28:52,597 --> 02:28:55,597
considered this week, there is

3941
02:28:56,567 --> 02:28:59,470
a change between accounts of $1

3942
02:28:59,470 --> 02:29:00,938
and in. And based on that,

3943
02:29:00,938 --> 02:29:01,972
however minor, that is a

3944
02:29:01,972 --> 02:29:03,400
revision.

3945
02:29:03,400 --> 02:29:04,341
That's very cute and

3946
02:29:04,341 --> 02:29:05,276
I think it shows how seriously

3947
02:29:05,276 --> 02:29:06,677
the district manager

3948
02:29:06,677 --> 02:29:08,677
corporation takes this

3949
02:29:09,146 --> 02:29:11,140
responsibility. So I think, you

3950
02:29:11,140 --> 02:29:12,449
know, members of this body,

3951
02:29:12,449 --> 02:29:14,385
we've heard substantive

3952
02:29:14,385 --> 02:29:15,686
concerns about this entity for

3953
02:29:15,686 --> 02:29:17,221
the last 18 months from the

3954
02:29:17,221 --> 02:29:18,622
public, from members of this

3955
02:29:18,622 --> 02:29:20,224
body. We have rejected the

3956
02:29:20,224 --> 02:29:21,392
budget they sent us. We sent it

3957
02:29:21,392 --> 02:29:22,459
back to them. They did this

3958
02:29:22,459 --> 02:29:24,327
cute little movement of a

3959
02:29:24,327 --> 02:29:25,529
dollar, which I did not find.

3960
02:29:25,529 --> 02:29:26,497
So thank you, special counsel,

3961
02:29:26,497 --> 02:29:28,232
for digging through that and

3962
02:29:28,232 --> 02:29:29,367
finding that movement of a

3963
02:29:29,367 --> 02:29:31,268
dollar. We are tasked with

3964
02:29:31,268 --> 02:29:32,636
oversight of this body. No one

3965
02:29:32,636 --> 02:29:34,838
is coming to fix this for us.

3966
02:29:34,838 --> 02:29:36,874
We are the oversight entity of

3967
02:29:36,874 --> 02:29:37,875
this body. We need to be the

3968
02:29:37,875 --> 02:29:39,777
adults in the room. Vote this

3969
02:29:39,777 --> 02:29:40,844
down and have them send us a

3970
02:29:40,844 --> 02:29:41,450
budget we can approve.

3971
02:29:41,450 --> 02:29:42,746
All

3972
02:29:42,746 --> 02:29:43,580
right. Next in the queue is

3973
02:29:43,580 --> 02:29:45,580
council member porterfield.

3974
02:29:45,583 --> 02:29:45,949
You're recognized.

3975
02:29:45,949 --> 02:29:47,949
Thank you,

3976
02:29:48,118 --> 02:29:50,754
vice mayor, I appreciate that.

3977
02:29:50,754 --> 02:29:53,754
I second and echo everything.

3978
02:29:53,791 --> 02:29:56,191
My colleague, council member

3979
02:29:58,128 --> 02:30:00,331
parker just stated, when we act.

3980
02:30:00,331 --> 02:30:01,398
When I asked if this was a

3981
02:30:01,398 --> 02:30:02,466
change in the budget, my

3982
02:30:02,466 --> 02:30:04,635
interpretation of the email

3983
02:30:04,635 --> 02:30:06,102
that we got, we got an email

3984
02:30:06,102 --> 02:30:07,471
that basically that basically

3985
02:30:07,471 --> 02:30:10,700
said, I'm kind of paraphrasing

3986
02:30:10,700 --> 02:30:11,842
here, that there were a lot of

3987
02:30:11,842 --> 02:30:13,477
council members out. So we're

3988
02:30:13,477 --> 02:30:15,790
going to bring back the same

3989
02:30:15,790 --> 02:30:16,947
budget because we'll have more

3990
02:30:16,947 --> 02:30:18,615
people, not that we are looking

3991
02:30:18,615 --> 02:30:20,116
to make the changes or

3992
02:30:20,116 --> 02:30:21,551
addressing the concerns that

3993
02:30:21,551 --> 02:30:23,720
several council members lifted

3994
02:30:23,720 --> 02:30:25,560
up. Council member evan siegel

3995
02:30:25,560 --> 02:30:26,590
brought up some really great

3996
02:30:26,590 --> 02:30:27,892
concerns around safety. I hope

3997
02:30:27,892 --> 02:30:29,625
she gets in the queue to talk

3998
02:30:29,625 --> 02:30:30,828
about them again. She brought

3999
02:30:30,828 --> 02:30:31,962
up some really great concerns.

4000
02:30:31,962 --> 02:30:34,631
We brought up multiple concerns

4001
02:30:34,631 --> 02:30:35,766
about thp and the chp is still

4002
02:30:35,766 --> 02:30:37,501
in the budget even though we

4003
02:30:37,501 --> 02:30:38,569
shared those concerns. And they,

4004
02:30:38,569 --> 02:30:39,569
in essence, brought back the

4005
02:30:39,569 --> 02:30:40,971
same budget because they

4006
02:30:40,971 --> 02:30:42,773
believe that they don't have to

4007
02:30:42,773 --> 02:30:43,940
make any changes because they

4008
02:30:43,940 --> 02:30:45,842
just feel like they have the

4009
02:30:45,842 --> 02:30:47,577
vote. And I think that that is

4010
02:30:47,577 --> 02:30:49,280
very prideful. That is hubris.

4011
02:30:49,280 --> 02:30:51,470
And I think that if you want to

4012
02:30:51,470 --> 02:30:52,516
show that you are a good

4013
02:30:52,516 --> 02:30:54,618
partner and that you truly are

4014
02:30:54,618 --> 02:30:56,420
trying to work with this body

4015
02:30:56,420 --> 02:30:57,554
and you want us to approve this

4016
02:30:57,554 --> 02:30:58,589
budget, then you would have

4017
02:30:58,589 --> 02:31:00,230
considered bringing in a

4018
02:31:00,230 --> 02:31:01,525
revised budget is four

4019
02:31:01,525 --> 02:31:02,993
positions. It is literally four

4020
02:31:02,993 --> 02:31:04,610
positions. So they had the

4021
02:31:04,610 --> 02:31:05,996
opportunity to remove t, h p

4022
02:31:05,996 --> 02:31:08,699
and they did not. Yesterday, a

4023
02:31:08,699 --> 02:31:10,670
comment was made by, I guess

4024
02:31:10,670 --> 02:31:12,670
this is one of their vendors,

4025
02:31:12,670 --> 02:31:15,305
but a comment was made by a

4026
02:31:15,305 --> 02:31:18,305
gentleman who accused the city

4027
02:31:18,408 --> 02:31:19,976
of busing unhoused neighbors

4028
02:31:19,976 --> 02:31:21,712
from downtown. When there are

4029
02:31:21,712 --> 02:31:23,614
big events like the cma and I

4030
02:31:23,614 --> 02:31:24,948
went on the record and I asked

4031
02:31:24,948 --> 02:31:27,500
the administration if that was

4032
02:31:27,500 --> 02:31:27,851
true. And of course, the

4033
02:31:27,851 --> 02:31:29,753
administration confirmed that

4034
02:31:29,753 --> 02:31:31,755
that wasn't true. But I did a

4035
02:31:31,755 --> 02:31:33,591
little digging. And in 2016,

4036
02:31:33,591 --> 02:31:35,659
news channel five actually

4037
02:31:35,659 --> 02:31:37,962
wrote a story about a group

4038
02:31:37,962 --> 02:31:39,796
pays to bus many homeless out

4039
02:31:39,796 --> 02:31:41,498
of town. I'll just read the

4040
02:31:41,498 --> 02:31:42,866
first line, the nashville

4041
02:31:42,866 --> 02:31:44,701
downtown partnership, that is

4042
02:31:44,701 --> 02:31:46,503
the group that was busing

4043
02:31:46,503 --> 02:31:48,705
unhoused neighbors. And granted,

4044
02:31:48,705 --> 02:31:51,575
this was this story was back

4045
02:31:51,575 --> 02:31:53,744
from 2016. So hopefully they

4046
02:31:53,744 --> 02:31:58,544
don't have that practice but I just thought

4047
02:31:58,682 --> 02:31:59,783
that it was very disturbing that one of

4048
02:31:59,783 --> 02:32:02,510
their vendors made against our

4049
02:32:02,510 --> 02:32:03,520
city is what they were, the

4050
02:32:03,520 --> 02:32:05,456
ones that were actually doing.

4051
02:32:05,456 --> 02:32:06,623
and here we are again with the

4052
02:32:06,623 --> 02:32:08,625
budget that hasn't been revised

4053
02:32:08,625 --> 02:32:10,193
that we're asking to to approve

4054
02:32:10,193 --> 02:32:11,528
this budget, we have the

4055
02:32:11,528 --> 02:32:13,563
opportunity to vote this down.

4056
02:32:13,563 --> 02:32:15,732
They d a lot of good stuff. We

4057
02:32:15,732 --> 02:32:17,501
want them to do the good stuff.

4058
02:32:17,501 --> 02:32:18,902
We want them to keep downtown

4059
02:32:18,902 --> 02:32:20,300
clean. That's an amazing use of

4060
02:32:20,300 --> 02:32:21,505
tax dollars when you are

4061
02:32:21,505 --> 02:32:22,805
keeping downtown clean. But

4062
02:32:22,805 --> 02:32:25,750
what we're saying is we don't

4063
02:32:25,750 --> 02:32:26,743
want t, h, p and we want a more

4064
02:32:26,743 --> 02:32:28,211
robust look at public safety.

4065
02:32:28,211 --> 02:32:29,713
Public safety is not just

4066
02:32:29,713 --> 02:32:31,214
policing. So we are I'm

4067
02:32:31,214 --> 02:32:32,582
standing again in opposition to

4068
02:32:32,582 --> 02:32:34,417
this budget, and I'm going to

4069
02:32:34,417 --> 02:32:35,885
keep opposing it every time it

4070
02:32:35,885 --> 02:32:37,540
comes back. If it fails today,

4071
02:32:37,540 --> 02:32:38,822
I'm going to keep opposing it

4072
02:32:38,822 --> 02:32:39,923
every time it comes back until

4073
02:32:39,923 --> 02:32:40,924
they get it right.

4074
02:32:40,924 --> 02:32:42,692
All right.

4075
02:32:42,692 --> 02:32:43,760
Next in the queue is council

4076
02:32:43,760 --> 02:32:44,828
member johnston. You're

4077
02:32:44,828 --> 02:32:46,828
recognized ma'am. Previous

4078
02:32:49,933 --> 02:32:51,801
question. All right. Roll call

4079
02:32:51,801 --> 02:32:54,201
for previus question. Okay.

4080
02:32:54,538 --> 02:32:56,673
All righty. So there is a

4081
02:32:56,673 --> 02:32:58,441
second for the previous

4082
02:32:58,441 --> 02:33:00,310
question. This is non-debatable.

4083
02:33:00,310 --> 02:33:02,412
It requires two thirds of those

4084
02:33:02,412 --> 02:33:04,347
voting. There is a request for

4085
02:33:04,347 --> 02:33:06,450
roll call. It is seconded

4086
02:33:06,450 --> 02:33:08,185
multiple times as appropriate.

4087
02:33:08,185 --> 02:33:09,686
And so rather than starting by

4088
02:33:09,686 --> 02:33:11,955
voice we will go straight to

4089
02:33:11,955 --> 02:33:14,570
roll call machine. MR. Clark,

4090
02:33:14,570 --> 02:33:17,657
please load the vote to call

4091
02:33:31,140 --> 02:33:33,140
the previous question.

4092
02:33:44,921 --> 02:33:46,560
With all

4093
02:33:46,560 --> 02:33:49,560
votes in. MR. Clark, please

4094
02:33:50,260 --> 02:33:53,530
show the vote. The motion to

4095
02:33:53,530 --> 02:33:56,133
call the question fails with 18

4096
02:33:56,133 --> 02:33:59,133
votes in favor and 17 against

4097
02:33:59,336 --> 02:34:01,571
and zero abstentions. So debate,

4098
02:34:01,571 --> 02:34:03,971
will and discussion will

4099
02:34:04,708 --> 02:34:08,440
continue in the order of the

4100
02:34:08,440 --> 02:34:09,450
queue. Next is council member

4101
02:34:09,450 --> 02:34:10,480
benedict. You're recognized.

4102
02:34:10,480 --> 02:34:11,581
Thank you, MADAM Vice mayor. So,

4103
02:34:11,581 --> 02:34:12,649
colleagues, I'm mostly

4104
02:34:12,649 --> 02:34:14,484
concerned about the financial

4105
02:34:14,484 --> 02:34:16,987
burden that the sea bed has put

4106
02:34:16,987 --> 02:34:18,354
on all nashvillians. The

4107
02:34:18,354 --> 02:34:20,354
district management corporation

4108
02:34:20,991 --> 02:34:22,250
has selected nashville downtown

4109
02:34:22,250 --> 02:34:24,194
partnership and they contract

4110
02:34:24,194 --> 02:34:27,630
with block by block. So block

4111
02:34:27,630 --> 02:34:28,131
by block, as we know, had some

4112
02:34:28,131 --> 02:34:29,666
responsibility in the library,

4113
02:34:29,666 --> 02:34:31,735
garage, fire. The fire

4114
02:34:31,735 --> 02:34:32,803
department and f d identified

4115
02:34:32,803 --> 02:34:35,380
their storage room as the

4116
02:34:35,380 --> 02:34:36,840
fire's point of origin. We

4117
02:34:36,840 --> 02:34:40,760
don't know how much. Block by

4118
02:34:40,760 --> 02:34:42,112
block vis-a-vis and d p vis a

4119
02:34:42,112 --> 02:34:44,470
vis the sea bed. We don't know

4120
02:34:44,470 --> 02:34:45,381
how much they're liable for.

4121
02:34:45,381 --> 02:34:47,381
That's currently being

4122
02:34:47,884 --> 02:34:49,853
litigated. However, last year,

4123
02:34:49,853 --> 02:34:51,488
prior to any litigation, we

4124
02:34:51,488 --> 02:34:53,690
were told by metro legal that

4125
02:34:53,690 --> 02:34:55,125
the sea bed did not have enough

4126
02:34:55,125 --> 02:34:57,525
insurance coverage for the

4127
02:34:57,627 --> 02:34:59,195
damage. That means that all of

4128
02:34:59,195 --> 02:35:01,595
our constituents across the

4129
02:35:01,597 --> 02:35:03,366
entire county from bordeaux,

4130
02:35:03,366 --> 02:35:05,366
bellevue, old hickory,

4131
02:35:05,569 --> 02:35:07,569
hermitage, inglewood, madison,

4132
02:35:07,871 --> 02:35:10,540
all of us would pay for it. The

4133
02:35:10,540 --> 02:35:12,809
sea bed doesn't provide a

4134
02:35:12,809 --> 02:35:15,209
backstop. We're the backstop,

4135
02:35:15,678 --> 02:35:17,413
and we didn't sign up for that.

4136
02:35:17,413 --> 02:35:18,881
This budget should include

4137
02:35:18,881 --> 02:35:21,840
parameters requiring the sea

4138
02:35:21,840 --> 02:35:23,185
bed back all expenses incurred

4139
02:35:23,185 --> 02:35:25,121
by their vendors. The sea bed

4140
02:35:25,121 --> 02:35:27,190
board has brought us a budget

4141
02:35:27,190 --> 02:35:28,958
that still puts the financial

4142
02:35:28,958 --> 02:35:31,128
burden on residents of

4143
02:35:31,128 --> 02:35:32,229
davidson county, and there's

4144
02:35:32,229 --> 02:35:35,229
nothing in this budget that

4145
02:35:35,364 --> 02:35:36,566
fixes that. As a couple of my

4146
02:35:36,566 --> 02:35:37,634
colleagues havesaid, it's

4147
02:35:37,634 --> 02:35:40,470
pretty audacious of them to

4148
02:35:40,470 --> 02:35:43,470
bring back the exact same

4149
02:35:43,707 --> 02:35:45,541
budget, less $1 change. It's

4150
02:35:45,541 --> 02:35:46,843
tone deaf to those of us who,

4151
02:35:46,843 --> 02:35:48,611
you know, want to work towards

4152
02:35:48,611 --> 02:35:50,280
an improved sea bed budget. I

4153
02:35:50,280 --> 02:35:53,849
actually had a couple of good

4154
02:35:53,849 --> 02:35:55,285
conversations with the with

4155
02:35:55,285 --> 02:35:56,986
downtown partnership this week.

4156
02:35:56,986 --> 02:35:58,154
I'm interested in collaborating

4157
02:35:58,154 --> 02:35:59,589
to find a solution that works

4158
02:35:59,589 --> 02:36:01,724
for all nashvillians, and it's

4159
02:36:01,724 --> 02:36:03,827
a strong arm move to just bring

4160
02:36:03,827 --> 02:36:06,496
the same budget back and it

4161
02:36:06,496 --> 02:36:08,231
erodes trust with this body. So

4162
02:36:08,231 --> 02:36:09,665
I think that with collaboration,

4163
02:36:09,665 --> 02:36:11,467
we could make this better. And

4164
02:36:11,467 --> 02:36:13,203
before passage, I'd like the

4165
02:36:13,203 --> 02:36:15,171
dmc to come to us and explain

4166
02:36:15,171 --> 02:36:18,274
what they plan to do to remove

4167
02:36:18,274 --> 02:36:19,676
this financial burden on

4168
02:36:19,676 --> 02:36:21,311
nashvillians. And so I'm going

4169
02:36:21,311 --> 02:36:22,712
to move a one meeting deferral,

4170
02:36:22,712 --> 02:36:24,681
so there'll be enough time to

4171
02:36:24,681 --> 02:36:26,682
get the sea bed in front of us,

4172
02:36:26,682 --> 02:36:27,984
or dmc in front of us to review

4173
02:36:27,984 --> 02:36:29,786
this request and provide

4174
02:36:29,786 --> 02:36:32,655
updates to their budget. That

4175
02:36:32,655 --> 02:36:34,857
takes these this burden off of

4176
02:36:34,857 --> 02:36:35,258
davidson county voters and

4177
02:36:35,258 --> 02:36:36,660
taxpayers.

4178
02:36:36,660 --> 02:36:38,762
There is a motion to

4179
02:36:38,762 --> 02:36:39,195
defer one meeting. Is there a

4180
02:36:39,195 --> 02:36:39,895
second?

4181
02:36:39,895 --> 02:36:41,297
Second.

4182
02:36:41,297 --> 02:36:43,499
Okay, so we are

4183
02:36:43,499 --> 02:36:47,699
now on the debate of the motion

4184
02:36:47,871 --> 02:36:50,600
to defer one there's

4185
02:36:50,600 --> 02:36:51,174
quite a few folks in the queue.

4186
02:36:51,174 --> 02:36:53,420
I'm just going to go through

4187
02:36:53,420 --> 02:36:54,343
and see if they seek to be

4188
02:36:54,343 --> 02:36:56,743
recognized specifically on the

4189
02:36:56,980 --> 02:36:59,349
motion to defer. MR. Fulvida on

4190
02:36:59,349 --> 02:37:00,450
the motion to defer. Go ahead,

4191
02:37:00,450 --> 02:37:01,851
ma'am.

4192
02:37:01,851 --> 02:37:03,652
Thank you, vice mayor.

4193
02:37:03,652 --> 02:37:07,852
I'm I'm going to vote in favor

4194
02:37:09,559 --> 02:37:12,559
of the deferral motion. What

4195
02:37:14,197 --> 02:37:17,367
more can be said? There are so

4196
02:37:17,367 --> 02:37:19,767
many questions that need

4197
02:37:22,500 --> 02:37:24,405
answers. There are still.

4198
02:37:25,740 --> 02:37:27,430
Concerns about thp you know,

4199
02:37:27,430 --> 02:37:29,645
that was one of the biggest

4200
02:37:29,645 --> 02:37:31,681
problems that many of us had in

4201
02:37:31,681 --> 02:37:32,949
regards to the last budget

4202
02:37:32,949 --> 02:37:35,151
proposal that was put in front

4203
02:37:35,151 --> 02:37:37,486
of us. And it's, quite frankly,

4204
02:37:37,486 --> 02:37:39,288
very arrogant for it to be

4205
02:37:39,288 --> 02:37:40,690
proposed in this way, minus a

4206
02:37:40,690 --> 02:37:43,590
dollar or plus a dollar,

4207
02:37:43,590 --> 02:37:46,659
whatever it ended up being. And

4208
02:37:47,897 --> 02:37:51,533
so I, I would encourage us to

4209
02:37:51,533 --> 02:37:53,933
exercise our responsibility of

4210
02:37:54,300 --> 02:37:56,300
holding these entities

4211
02:37:56,305 --> 02:37:58,705
responsible, because unless we

4212
02:37:58,708 --> 02:38:00,543
do, it's going to continue to

4213
02:38:00,543 --> 02:38:03,543
happen. And quite frankly, it

4214
02:38:05,615 --> 02:38:07,684
is. I, I take it like a slap in

4215
02:38:07,684 --> 02:38:10,987
the face. And I, I don't

4216
02:38:10,987 --> 02:38:13,289
appreciate that at all. And so

4217
02:38:13,289 --> 02:38:14,957
I'm going to be voting in favor

4218
02:38:14,957 --> 02:38:16,726
of this deferral motion. What I

4219
02:38:16,726 --> 02:38:18,528
do want to see, I want to see

4220
02:38:18,528 --> 02:38:19,662
the board come before us. I

4221
02:38:19,662 --> 02:38:22,531
want to see them answer

4222
02:38:22,531 --> 02:38:25,531
questions. And if this doesn't

4223
02:38:26,369 --> 02:38:28,304
pass, my my next recommendation

4224
02:38:28,304 --> 02:38:30,730
is that we hold accountable all

4225
02:38:30,730 --> 02:38:32,473
of the recommendations that

4226
02:38:33,109 --> 02:38:34,477
they bring before us, before

4227
02:38:34,477 --> 02:38:37,313
the rules committee and before

4228
02:38:37,313 --> 02:38:39,748
this body for approval for

4229
02:38:39,748 --> 02:38:41,317
their board, because I had

4230
02:38:41,317 --> 02:38:43,180
questions today and rules

4231
02:38:43,180 --> 02:38:46,180
committee for their nominee in

4232
02:38:46,256 --> 02:38:48,570
regards to the budget that was

4233
02:38:48,570 --> 02:38:50,259
put forward today, and if they

4234
02:38:50,259 --> 02:38:52,829
agreed with the process that

4235
02:38:52,829 --> 02:38:55,331
was happening today, and since

4236
02:38:55,331 --> 02:38:57,660
I didn't feel like it was an

4237
02:38:57,660 --> 02:38:59,269
adequate response, I did not

4238
02:38:59,269 --> 02:39:02,104
vote in favor of that nominee.

4239
02:39:02,104 --> 02:39:03,906
And so we have to take the

4240
02:39:03,906 --> 02:39:05,307
paths of accountability

4241
02:39:05,307 --> 02:39:06,842
seriously. And so I'm going to

4242
02:39:06,842 --> 02:39:08,645
take this path seriously, and

4243
02:39:08,645 --> 02:39:11,113
I'm going to vote in favor of

4244
02:39:11,113 --> 02:39:12,214
the deferral.

4245
02:39:12,214 --> 02:39:13,950
Thank you. Next

4246
02:39:13,950 --> 02:39:15,451
on the deferral motion, MISS

4247
02:39:15,451 --> 02:39:15,784
Tombs. Go ahead, ma'am.

4248
02:39:15,784 --> 02:39:17,784
Thank

4249
02:39:18,288 --> 02:39:20,423
you, MADAM Vice mayor. So I

4250
02:39:20,423 --> 02:39:22,692
have some concerns about the

4251
02:39:22,692 --> 02:39:24,393
the deferral. So there's

4252
02:39:24,393 --> 02:39:26,629
language in the substitute that

4253
02:39:26,629 --> 02:39:28,798
we just passed that grants the

4254
02:39:28,798 --> 02:39:30,499
finance director the authority

4255
02:39:30,499 --> 02:39:32,899
to withhold the assessment

4256
02:39:33,369 --> 02:39:36,939
funds. If the council does not

4257
02:39:36,939 --> 02:39:39,208
approve the budget. My concern

4258
02:39:39,208 --> 02:39:41,811
is whether or not on JULY 1st,

4259
02:39:41,811 --> 02:39:43,946
if there's no. Because we don't

4260
02:39:43,946 --> 02:39:46,346
meet again until if

4261
02:39:46,449 --> 02:39:49,285
there is no passage of the

4262
02:39:49,285 --> 02:39:50,719
budget today, if they will have

4263
02:39:50,719 --> 02:39:52,121
funding to pay their employees

4264
02:39:52,121 --> 02:39:54,323
and continue to provide

4265
02:39:54,323 --> 02:39:56,258
services downtown. My concern

4266
02:39:56,258 --> 02:39:57,560
with a further with a deferral,

4267
02:39:57,560 --> 02:39:58,994
you're talking about a two week

4268
02:39:58,994 --> 02:40:01,994
time period, but what I'm

4269
02:40:03,699 --> 02:40:05,167
hearing is a concern about how

4270
02:40:05,167 --> 02:40:07,236
security is handled downtown.

4271
02:40:07,236 --> 02:40:08,370
So downtown is not your typical

4272
02:40:08,370 --> 02:40:10,139
neighborhood. There's 17

4273
02:40:10,139 --> 02:40:11,641
million people that go through

4274
02:40:11,641 --> 02:40:13,909
downtown on a yearly basis. So

4275
02:40:13,909 --> 02:40:16,312
you do need additional security.

4276
02:40:16,312 --> 02:40:18,414
And we've heard from mmpd that

4277
02:40:18,414 --> 02:40:20,249
they don't have the capacity to

4278
02:40:20,249 --> 02:40:21,684
provide that additional

4279
02:40:21,684 --> 02:40:23,519
security. But I think that from

4280
02:40:23,519 --> 02:40:25,254
here, from some council members,

4281
02:40:25,254 --> 02:40:28,254
there's a for there to

4282
02:40:28,557 --> 02:40:29,959
be mpd rather than thp, and I

4283
02:40:29,959 --> 02:40:31,861
don't know if that can be

4284
02:40:31,861 --> 02:40:35,497
resolved in a in a two week

4285
02:40:35,497 --> 02:40:37,199
period. So for that, I, I don't

4286
02:40:37,199 --> 02:40:39,100
know if I'm going to abstain or

4287
02:40:39,100 --> 02:40:40,770
vote no on the deferral, but I

4288
02:40:40,770 --> 02:40:42,672
do have a concern regarding the

4289
02:40:42,672 --> 02:40:44,574
financial resources come JULY

4290
02:40:44,574 --> 02:40:45,641
1st for the sea bed. Is there

4291
02:40:45,641 --> 02:40:47,577
someone that can answer that?

4292
02:40:47,577 --> 02:40:48,745
Would you like me to address

4293
02:40:48,745 --> 02:40:50,847
that question to the department

4294
02:40:50,847 --> 02:40:51,880
of finance or special counsel?

4295
02:40:51,880 --> 02:40:53,849
Finance?

4296
02:40:53,849 --> 02:40:55,849
Okay. Special counsel

4297
02:40:57,320 --> 02:40:59,888
can answer as well, but MISS

4298
02:40:59,888 --> 02:41:01,124
Wiggins. Okay, let me see.

4299
02:41:01,124 --> 02:41:02,491
You're at the planning table,

4300
02:41:02,491 --> 02:41:04,160
MISS Wiggins, and not in your

4301
02:41:04,160 --> 02:41:05,695
usual spot. Go ahead ma'am.

4302
02:41:05,695 --> 02:41:07,763
Mary jo wiggins, finance. Thank

4303
02:41:07,763 --> 02:41:09,532
you, vice mayor. It is my

4304
02:41:09,532 --> 02:41:11,466
understanding that the services

4305
02:41:11,466 --> 02:41:12,602
downtown would cease on JULY

4306
02:41:12,602 --> 02:41:14,903
1st without the passage of a

4307
02:41:14,903 --> 02:41:15,270
budget by that date.

4308
02:41:15,270 --> 02:41:16,906
Would you

4309
02:41:16,906 --> 02:41:19,375
like me to have additional

4310
02:41:19,375 --> 02:41:22,375
follow up from special counsel?

4311
02:41:22,812 --> 02:41:25,470
Special counsel? Can you engage

4312
02:41:25,470 --> 02:41:26,480
further in response to chair

4313
02:41:26,480 --> 02:41:27,490
tim's question?

4314
02:41:27,490 --> 02:41:29,490
Yes. Vice mayor,

4315
02:41:29,218 --> 02:41:30,486
I can I have the language in

4316
02:41:30,486 --> 02:41:34,860
the substitute in front of me.

4317
02:41:34,357 --> 02:41:35,456
It says that when metro code

4318
02:41:35,456 --> 02:41:37,226
requires a district management

4319
02:41:37,226 --> 02:41:38,360
corporation to submit an annual

4320
02:41:38,360 --> 02:41:40,162
budget to metro council for

4321
02:41:40,162 --> 02:41:41,663
review and approval, no portion

4322
02:41:41,663 --> 02:41:43,766
of the appropriation for a

4323
02:41:43,766 --> 02:41:44,867
special assessment revenues

4324
02:41:44,867 --> 02:41:47,867
shall be made available until

4325
02:41:48,404 --> 02:41:50,720
the budget has been approved.

4326
02:41:50,720 --> 02:41:51,641
All right. Is that sufficient

4327
02:41:51,641 --> 02:41:52,808
to address your question, MISS

4328
02:41:52,808 --> 02:41:54,808
Tombs?

4329
02:41:54,977 --> 02:41:56,378
Yes, yes. So that

4330
02:41:56,378 --> 02:41:57,846
language was put in there so

4331
02:41:57,846 --> 02:41:59,782
that to give the council the

4332
02:41:59,782 --> 02:42:00,683
the leverage to be able to

4333
02:42:00,683 --> 02:42:02,510
approve or disapprove the

4334
02:42:02,510 --> 02:42:03,953
budget. But I think that's

4335
02:42:03,953 --> 02:42:06,155
important information for, for

4336
02:42:06,155 --> 02:42:07,557
colleagues to have the budget

4337
02:42:07,557 --> 02:42:08,691
that we just passed does not

4338
02:42:08,691 --> 02:42:11,910
include any additional funds

4339
02:42:11,193 --> 02:42:12,562
for pd to provide additional

4340
02:42:12,562 --> 02:42:14,163
security downtown. So I just

4341
02:42:14,163 --> 02:42:15,431
want those that information to

4342
02:42:15,431 --> 02:42:17,600
be out there as colleagues are

4343
02:42:17,600 --> 02:42:18,000
making their decision.

4344
02:42:18,000 --> 02:42:20,000
All

4345
02:42:20,470 --> 02:42:21,770
right. Next in the queue on the

4346
02:42:21,770 --> 02:42:23,672
motion to defer is council

4347
02:42:23,672 --> 02:42:24,507
member allen not seeking to be

4348
02:42:24,507 --> 02:42:26,907
recognized on the deferral,

4349
02:42:27,676 --> 02:42:29,478
MISS Evans? Siegel? No. Okay.

4350
02:42:29,478 --> 02:42:30,813
On the deferral motion. Mr.

4351
02:42:30,813 --> 02:42:32,415
koopman, you're recognized.

4352
02:42:32,415 --> 02:42:33,716
Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT. I

4353
02:42:33,716 --> 02:42:35,884
appreciate all the conversation

4354
02:42:35,884 --> 02:42:37,686
here. A couple of questions.

4355
02:42:37,686 --> 02:42:39,188
First, if I could, to special

4356
02:42:39,188 --> 02:42:41,588
counsel, special counsel, the

4357
02:42:42,358 --> 02:42:43,426
library, garage and ndp.

4358
02:42:43,426 --> 02:42:44,460
Contractually, what is that

4359
02:42:44,460 --> 02:42:45,695
relationship in which parties

4360
02:42:45,695 --> 02:42:46,328
are involved in it?

4361
02:42:46,328 --> 02:42:48,328
Special

4362
02:42:49,932 --> 02:42:50,699
counsel, you're recognized.

4363
02:42:50,699 --> 02:42:51,800
The

4364
02:42:51,800 --> 02:42:52,467
parties in the contract you're

4365
02:42:52,467 --> 02:42:53,869
referencing are the

4366
02:42:53,869 --> 02:42:55,869
metropolitan government and

4367
02:42:56,380 --> 02:42:57,873
nashville downtown partnership.

4368
02:42:57,873 --> 02:42:58,974
And from a liability

4369
02:42:58,974 --> 02:43:00,974
perspective, my understanding

4370
02:43:01,143 --> 02:43:02,611
was that the department of

4371
02:43:02,611 --> 02:43:03,979
transportation also was not

4372
02:43:03,979 --> 02:43:05,814
carrying full insurance on that

4373
02:43:05,814 --> 02:43:08,214
garage. Is that correct.

4374
02:43:08,317 --> 02:43:09,318
Special counsel?

4375
02:43:09,318 --> 02:43:10,519
I'll have to

4376
02:43:10,519 --> 02:43:11,453
defer to legal for an exact

4377
02:43:11,453 --> 02:43:12,387
answer on that.

4378
02:43:12,387 --> 02:43:13,722
Could legal

4379
02:43:13,722 --> 02:43:15,722
answer that.

4380
02:43:17,793 --> 02:43:18,828
MISS Amos for. The

4381
02:43:18,828 --> 02:43:19,828
metro legal department. Go

4382
02:43:19,828 --> 02:43:20,262
ahead. Ma'am.

4383
02:43:20,262 --> 02:43:20,929
COUNCILMAN

4384
02:43:20,929 --> 02:43:21,960
Koopman, can you.

4385
02:43:21,960 --> 02:43:21,931
Repeat.

4386
02:43:21,931 --> 02:43:22,197
Your

4387
02:43:22,197 --> 02:43:23,398
question?

4388
02:43:23,398 --> 02:43:24,166
Yes. So so my

4389
02:43:24,166 --> 02:43:25,867
understanding from a prior

4390
02:43:25,867 --> 02:43:26,835
meeting was that the director

4391
02:43:26,835 --> 02:43:28,504
of the department of

4392
02:43:28,504 --> 02:43:29,204
transportation shared that the

4393
02:43:29,204 --> 02:43:31,730
department of transportation

4394
02:43:31,730 --> 02:43:32,607
was not carrying adequate

4395
02:43:32,607 --> 02:43:34,276
insurance on the library garage,

4396
02:43:34,276 --> 02:43:37,790
and that was one of the fiscal

4397
02:43:37,790 --> 02:43:40,150
concerns, was wanted to confirm

4398
02:43:40,150 --> 02:43:41,249
that.

4399
02:43:41,249 --> 02:43:43,218
I don't think that I'm in

4400
02:43:43,218 --> 02:43:46,521
a position to weigh in on that

4401
02:43:46,521 --> 02:43:49,892
now. I think we are involved in

4402
02:43:49,892 --> 02:43:51,359
some litigation, and I would

4403
02:43:51,359 --> 02:43:53,328
also share. MR. Koopman, you're

4404
02:43:53,328 --> 02:43:53,696
on a deferral motion, sir.

4405
02:43:53,696 --> 02:43:55,598
So

4406
02:43:55,598 --> 02:43:58,330
my point to that is that those

4407
02:43:58,330 --> 02:44:00,350
are questions that were raised,

4408
02:44:00,350 --> 02:44:02,704
and by the individual asking

4409
02:44:02,704 --> 02:44:04,607
for the deferral. And my the

4410
02:44:04,607 --> 02:44:05,907
the relationship between

4411
02:44:05,907 --> 02:44:07,409
nashville downtown partnership

4412
02:44:07,409 --> 02:44:08,844
regarding the library garage, I

4413
02:44:08,844 --> 02:44:10,344
understand hear all those

4414
02:44:10,344 --> 02:44:11,346
concerns, but that is that the

4415
02:44:11,346 --> 02:44:12,447
metro issue. I would encourage

4416
02:44:12,447 --> 02:44:13,648
transportation infrastructure

4417
02:44:13,648 --> 02:44:15,283
chair, who has concerns to call

4418
02:44:15,283 --> 02:44:17,152
a special meeting to address

4419
02:44:17,152 --> 02:44:18,854
those. But we shouldn't be

4420
02:44:18,854 --> 02:44:20,422
penalizing the district

4421
02:44:20,422 --> 02:44:22,157
management corporation or the

4422
02:44:22,157 --> 02:44:24,557
downtown residents because of

4423
02:44:24,993 --> 02:44:27,963
that issue. And as we've heard

4424
02:44:27,963 --> 02:44:29,331
JULY 1st, if this is not passed,

4425
02:44:29,331 --> 02:44:30,966
the sea bed would just cease to

4426
02:44:30,966 --> 02:44:32,100
exist, and JULY 4th would be

4427
02:44:32,100 --> 02:44:34,469
really tricky. And you want to

4428
02:44:34,469 --> 02:44:36,438
talk about a burden on metro

4429
02:44:36,438 --> 02:44:37,773
taxpayers. We're not going to

4430
02:44:37,773 --> 02:44:39,508
let the city go to ruin, right?

4431
02:44:39,508 --> 02:44:40,943
We're not going to let the

4432
02:44:40,943 --> 02:44:41,710
streets go messy and trash

4433
02:44:41,710 --> 02:44:43,545
everywhere. So that burden is

4434
02:44:43,545 --> 02:44:45,146
going to come from the whole

4435
02:44:45,146 --> 02:44:46,648
city. That's where $20 million

4436
02:44:46,648 --> 02:44:48,149
worth of downtown investment

4437
02:44:48,149 --> 02:44:48,751
goes to. I continue to get

4438
02:44:48,751 --> 02:44:50,252
frustrated by these

4439
02:44:50,252 --> 02:44:51,487
conversations because people

4440
02:44:51,487 --> 02:44:53,355
downtown, when cost of living

4441
02:44:53,355 --> 02:44:55,290
is so high, when it is hard to

4442
02:44:55,290 --> 02:44:56,558
make ends meet, when it is hard

4443
02:44:56,558 --> 02:44:58,326
to put food on their table,

4444
02:44:58,326 --> 02:44:59,595
they put extra money in the

4445
02:44:59,595 --> 02:45:01,363
pocket so that we can generate

4446
02:45:01,363 --> 02:45:02,664
revenue so that we can fund the

4447
02:45:02,664 --> 02:45:04,466
budget we just passed. And so

4448
02:45:04,466 --> 02:45:05,734
to to shut this down for a

4449
02:45:05,734 --> 02:45:08,690
deferral because, you know,

4450
02:45:08,690 --> 02:45:09,805
again, COUNCILMAN Porterfield,

4451
02:45:09,805 --> 02:45:11,273
i think said it best that she's

4452
02:45:11,273 --> 02:45:13,642
going to oppose it again and

4453
02:45:13,642 --> 02:45:15,643
again and again until they do

4454
02:45:15,643 --> 02:45:16,845
what we want them to do. And I

4455
02:45:16,845 --> 02:45:18,647
continue to hear one issue and

4456
02:45:18,647 --> 02:45:19,681
one issue alone, and that is

4457
02:45:19,681 --> 02:45:21,716
thp and private security. I'm

4458
02:45:21,716 --> 02:45:23,351
looking at the budget now. If I

4459
02:45:23,351 --> 02:45:24,286
moved $700,000 out of economic

4460
02:45:24,286 --> 02:45:25,654
development into cleaning, if

4461
02:45:25,654 --> 02:45:26,922
we move that, that wouldn't

4462
02:45:26,922 --> 02:45:28,900
change anybody's vote here

4463
02:45:28,900 --> 02:45:29,240
tonight, right? We can move

4464
02:45:29,240 --> 02:45:30,125
hundreds of thousands of

4465
02:45:30,125 --> 02:45:31,961
dollars. That won't change the

4466
02:45:31,961 --> 02:45:33,228
vote. So I urge everyone to

4467
02:45:33,228 --> 02:45:34,229
vote no on the deferral. Let's

4468
02:45:34,229 --> 02:45:35,931
pass this budget. Let's keep

4469
02:45:35,931 --> 02:45:36,332
the work going. There's great

4470
02:45:36,332 --> 02:45:37,132
things happening.

4471
02:45:37,132 --> 02:45:39,132
Your time is

4472
02:45:39,367 --> 02:45:41,767
concluded. Next, moving through

4473
02:45:41,837 --> 02:45:43,705
the queue. Folks have declined

4474
02:45:43,705 --> 02:45:44,706
to speak at this time because

4475
02:45:44,706 --> 02:45:46,475
we're on the deferral motion.

4476
02:45:46,475 --> 02:45:47,475
MR. Benton, do you seek to be

4477
02:45:47,475 --> 02:45:48,811
recognized specifically on the

4478
02:45:48,811 --> 02:45:50,545
deferral, sir? No, MISS

4479
02:45:50,545 --> 02:45:52,380
Porterfield on the deferral

4480
02:45:52,380 --> 02:45:54,215
motion. Go ahead, ma'am. You're

4481
02:45:54,215 --> 02:45:55,216
recognized.

4482
02:45:55,216 --> 02:45:56,651
Thank you, vice

4483
02:45:56,651 --> 02:46:00,251
mayor. I stand in support of

4484
02:46:00,289 --> 02:46:03,525
the deferral. I did just hear

4485
02:46:03,525 --> 02:46:05,728
the. I did just hear that. If

4486
02:46:05,728 --> 02:46:08,229
we don't pass this tonight,

4487
02:46:08,229 --> 02:46:10,320
then they don't get funded. And

4488
02:46:10,320 --> 02:46:12,501
I go back to something that I

4489
02:46:12,501 --> 02:46:14,236
have always heard, which was

4490
02:46:14,236 --> 02:46:15,771
lack of planning on your part

4491
02:46:15,771 --> 02:46:18,171
does not constitute an

4492
02:46:18,339 --> 02:46:20,175
emergency on my part. And we

4493
02:46:20,175 --> 02:46:22,210
were very clear about our

4494
02:46:22,210 --> 02:46:23,378
concerns. They chose to play in

4495
02:46:23,378 --> 02:46:24,779
our face and bring back a

4496
02:46:24,779 --> 02:46:27,150
budget with a $1 difference.

4497
02:46:27,150 --> 02:46:29,484
That was a choice on their part.

4498
02:46:29,484 --> 02:46:31,986
If they wanted to work with us,

4499
02:46:31,986 --> 02:46:34,122
they could have chosen to make

4500
02:46:34,122 --> 02:46:35,957
better decisions or different

4501
02:46:35,957 --> 02:46:37,392
decisions and come back and

4502
02:46:37,392 --> 02:46:39,161
address the concerns. The email

4503
02:46:39,161 --> 02:46:40,929
that we got didn't even address

4504
02:46:40,929 --> 02:46:42,397
the concerns adequately about

4505
02:46:42,397 --> 02:46:43,732
the concerns that were raised,

4506
02:46:43,732 --> 02:46:45,601
and it was more than one issue.

4507
02:46:45,601 --> 02:46:47,402
I just want to highlight that

4508
02:46:47,402 --> 02:46:49,605
because an issue that myself

4509
02:46:49,605 --> 02:46:51,372
and others brought up was issue

4510
02:46:51,372 --> 02:46:53,174
that councilmember evans

4511
02:46:53,174 --> 02:46:55,760
brought up was that the loss of

4512
02:46:55,760 --> 02:46:56,444
lives was not a pedestrian loss

4513
02:46:56,444 --> 02:46:57,912
of lives was not considered

4514
02:46:57,912 --> 02:47:00,912
public safety. That's more than

4515
02:47:01,183 --> 02:47:02,350
one issue. Also, mmpd is not

4516
02:47:02,350 --> 02:47:04,850
pulling out of downtown.

4517
02:47:04,850 --> 02:47:06,488
There's no way that we're not

4518
02:47:06,488 --> 02:47:08,690
going to have coverage downtown

4519
02:47:08,690 --> 02:47:10,892
for the 4th of JULY. So, I mean,

4520
02:47:10,892 --> 02:47:12,293
we just that's not going to

4521
02:47:12,293 --> 02:47:13,729
happen. So I would urge my

4522
02:47:13,729 --> 02:47:16,129
colleagues to support the

4523
02:47:17,320 --> 02:47:20,169
deferral and let ndp come back

4524
02:47:20,169 --> 02:47:20,535
with a revisd budget.

4525
02:47:20,535 --> 02:47:22,170
All

4526
02:47:22,170 --> 02:47:23,304
right. Next on the motion to

4527
02:47:23,304 --> 02:47:24,105
defer. Councilmember parker,

4528
02:47:24,105 --> 02:47:24,840
you're recognized.

4529
02:47:24,840 --> 02:47:26,410
Thank you,

4530
02:47:26,410 --> 02:47:27,876
vice mayor. I'll be brief. You

4531
02:47:27,876 --> 02:47:28,910
know, this talk of of a

4532
02:47:28,910 --> 02:47:31,412
doomsday scenario in JULY 1st,

4533
02:47:31,412 --> 02:47:32,780
if this entity of this size

4534
02:47:32,780 --> 02:47:34,649
doesn't have two weeks worth of

4535
02:47:34,649 --> 02:47:36,785
operating reserves, then the

4536
02:47:36,785 --> 02:47:38,520
board has no place being the

4537
02:47:38,520 --> 02:47:39,688
board, the governing board, the

4538
02:47:39,688 --> 02:47:40,755
director has no place being the

4539
02:47:40,755 --> 02:47:41,823
director, that that would be

4540
02:47:41,823 --> 02:47:43,958
completely absurd. If they

4541
02:47:43,958 --> 02:47:45,693
don't have operational reserves,

4542
02:47:45,693 --> 02:47:46,928
then I think we need to take a

4543
02:47:46,928 --> 02:47:48,797
bigger look at what's going on

4544
02:47:48,797 --> 02:47:49,798
over there. So I think they'll

4545
02:47:49,798 --> 02:47:51,199
be fine on JULY 1st.

4546
02:47:51,199 --> 02:47:53,199
Right. We

4547
02:47:53,335 --> 02:47:55,735
continue discussion on the

4548
02:47:56,972 --> 02:47:58,106
motion to defer for one meeting.

4549
02:47:58,106 --> 02:48:00,800
MISS Benedict, do you seek to

4550
02:48:00,800 --> 02:48:00,908
be recognized? I think you made

4551
02:48:00,908 --> 02:48:01,776
the initial motion, ma'am.

4552
02:48:01,776 --> 02:48:03,144
Right. Okay.

4553
02:48:03,144 --> 02:48:03,478
I said about 38

4554
02:48:03,478 --> 02:48:04,245
seconds left.

4555
02:48:04,245 --> 02:48:05,460
But okay.

4556
02:48:05,460 --> 02:48:05,280
I'm

4557
02:48:05,280 --> 02:48:06,181
rising.

4558
02:48:06,181 --> 02:48:07,282
I appreciate you

4559
02:48:07,282 --> 02:48:08,183
watching how much time you have

4560
02:48:08,183 --> 02:48:09,150
left. Go.

4561
02:48:09,150 --> 02:48:11,150
Previous question.

4562
02:48:14,555 --> 02:48:17,555
Okay. Pardon? Okay. Yeah. Got

4563
02:48:18,926 --> 02:48:20,940
it. There are sufficient

4564
02:48:20,940 --> 02:48:22,130
seconds for the motion to call

4565
02:48:22,130 --> 02:48:23,664
the previous question. It is

4566
02:48:23,664 --> 02:48:26,640
non-debatable. It requires two

4567
02:48:26,200 --> 02:48:27,702
thirds of those voting. If you

4568
02:48:27,702 --> 02:48:29,704
are in favor of the previous

4569
02:48:29,704 --> 02:48:31,105
question, that means we will

4570
02:48:31,105 --> 02:48:33,107
conclude the debate on this

4571
02:48:33,107 --> 02:48:34,409
deferral motion. If you vote no

4572
02:48:34,409 --> 02:48:36,912
on the previous question, that

4573
02:48:36,912 --> 02:48:39,470
means you want to continue the

4574
02:48:39,470 --> 02:48:41,149
discussion on the one meeting

4575
02:48:41,149 --> 02:48:42,950
deferral motion. We will try

4576
02:48:42,950 --> 02:48:44,219
this first by voice. I will

4577
02:48:44,219 --> 02:48:47,155
remind you again it is number,

4578
02:48:47,155 --> 02:48:48,589
not volume. So all in favor of

4579
02:48:48,589 --> 02:48:50,989
the previous question, please

4580
02:48:53,280 --> 02:48:54,162
say I. I all all against the

4581
02:48:54,162 --> 02:48:56,562
previous question, please say

4582
02:48:58,500 --> 02:49:02,700
no. Okay, the ayes have it. And

4583
02:49:03,537 --> 02:49:06,675
so now we will move to the vote

4584
02:49:06,675 --> 02:49:08,643
on the deferral motion in an

4585
02:49:08,643 --> 02:49:11,780
abundance of caution. MR. Clark,

4586
02:49:11,780 --> 02:49:12,980
if you would please load the

4587
02:49:12,980 --> 02:49:16,580
vote. This is a one meeting

4588
02:49:29,664 --> 02:49:31,664
deferral motion.

4589
02:49:41,309 --> 02:49:42,643
With all votes.

4590
02:49:42,643 --> 02:49:46,243
And, MR. Clark, please show the

4591
02:49:47,480 --> 02:49:49,283
vote. The motion to defer has

4592
02:49:49,283 --> 02:49:51,853
one meeting has failed with

4593
02:49:51,853 --> 02:49:54,853
nine votes in favor, 22 against

4594
02:49:55,423 --> 02:49:58,225
and five abstentions. So we are

4595
02:49:58,225 --> 02:50:00,795
at this juncture, back on the

4596
02:50:00,795 --> 02:50:03,795
preceding motion, which was a

4597
02:50:04,799 --> 02:50:06,968
motion to approve. And so the

4598
02:50:06,968 --> 02:50:09,368
discussion now continues. Top

4599
02:50:09,470 --> 02:50:10,839
of the queue for that

4600
02:50:10,839 --> 02:50:12,474
discussion is council member

4601
02:50:12,474 --> 02:50:13,374
alan, you're recognized, ma'am.

4602
02:50:13,374 --> 02:50:14,900
Thank you, MADAM Chair.

4603
02:50:14,900 --> 02:50:15,609
I want

4604
02:50:15,609 --> 02:50:16,377
to again acknowledge the

4605
02:50:16,377 --> 02:50:17,913
important discussion that we've

4606
02:50:17,913 --> 02:50:19,460
had. I appreciate the issues

4607
02:50:19,460 --> 02:50:20,916
that have been raised by some

4608
02:50:20,916 --> 02:50:22,500
of the council members here and

4609
02:50:22,500 --> 02:50:23,218
the improvements that I think

4610
02:50:23,218 --> 02:50:24,920
we have to acknowledge that

4611
02:50:24,920 --> 02:50:26,287
have been made to the process,

4612
02:50:26,287 --> 02:50:27,556
including this actual budget

4613
02:50:27,556 --> 02:50:29,424
approval, as opposed to simply

4614
02:50:29,424 --> 02:50:30,691
a line item, and the fact that

4615
02:50:30,691 --> 02:50:32,527
we get the annual report now so

4616
02:50:32,527 --> 02:50:33,562
that we can actually see what

4617
02:50:33,562 --> 02:50:34,662
the encounters between law

4618
02:50:34,662 --> 02:50:37,620
enforcement or security are,

4619
02:50:37,198 --> 02:50:39,340
and people downtown of all

4620
02:50:39,340 --> 02:50:40,735
types. My understanding is that

4621
02:50:40,735 --> 02:50:41,703
many of the encounters are with

4622
02:50:41,703 --> 02:50:44,305
our visitors who are not

4623
02:50:44,305 --> 02:50:45,440
behaving well. I understand the

4624
02:50:45,440 --> 02:50:46,908
concerns about ensuring that

4625
02:50:46,908 --> 02:50:47,876
our people experiencing

4626
02:50:47,876 --> 02:50:49,110
homelessness are treated with

4627
02:50:49,110 --> 02:50:50,445
dignity and respect. I think

4628
02:50:50,445 --> 02:50:51,546
that is of the utmost

4629
02:50:51,546 --> 02:50:53,147
importance. I appreciate the

4630
02:50:53,147 --> 02:50:54,815
outreach team who says that

4631
02:50:54,815 --> 02:50:56,617
they give their all to do that,

4632
02:50:56,617 --> 02:50:57,752
and I hope that wth the

4633
02:50:57,752 --> 02:50:59,954
scrutiny that's on this, that

4634
02:50:59,954 --> 02:51:00,955
continues to be the tradition

4635
02:51:00,955 --> 02:51:02,524
that they that they move

4636
02:51:02,524 --> 02:51:04,859
forward with. I would just say,

4637
02:51:04,859 --> 02:51:06,393
in a zoning process, when we go

4638
02:51:06,393 --> 02:51:08,129
through and say, we want these

4639
02:51:08,129 --> 02:51:09,530
changes to be made and the and

4640
02:51:09,530 --> 02:51:11,365
the builder or the developer

4641
02:51:11,365 --> 02:51:12,767
makes those changes, then we

4642
02:51:12,767 --> 02:51:14,302
acknowledge that we have made a

4643
02:51:14,302 --> 02:51:15,503
difference, and we often pass

4644
02:51:15,503 --> 02:51:16,805
it because we've had a good,

4645
02:51:16,805 --> 02:51:19,205
robust discussion back and

4646
02:51:19,307 --> 02:51:21,409
forth. I think that it is not

4647
02:51:21,409 --> 02:51:23,510
in that same spirit to say, we

4648
02:51:23,510 --> 02:51:24,779
see these five issues and one

4649
02:51:24,779 --> 02:51:26,580
of them is still remaining, and

4650
02:51:26,580 --> 02:51:28,550
so we're still going to dig our

4651
02:51:28,550 --> 02:51:29,651
heels in. I know that those are

4652
02:51:29,651 --> 02:51:30,785
important issues. I think that

4653
02:51:30,785 --> 02:51:32,586
the attention has been paid to

4654
02:51:32,586 --> 02:51:34,220
this hopefully has not fallen

4655
02:51:34,220 --> 02:51:35,857
on deaf ears. I don't think it

4656
02:51:35,857 --> 02:51:37,258
has. I would encourage the

4657
02:51:37,258 --> 02:51:38,726
seabed board directors to

4658
02:51:38,726 --> 02:51:40,628
continue to take our concerns

4659
02:51:40,628 --> 02:51:42,496
about the thp very seriously

4660
02:51:42,496 --> 02:51:44,465
and to work to solve that issue

4661
02:51:44,465 --> 02:51:45,466
as soon as we can, but I am

4662
02:51:45,466 --> 02:51:47,100
going to acknowledge the

4663
02:51:47,100 --> 02:51:48,803
concern, the the progress

4664
02:51:48,803 --> 02:51:50,204
hat's been made, and I would

4665
02:51:50,204 --> 02:51:52,390
ask my colleagues to support

4666
02:51:52,390 --> 02:51:53,208
this and to continue to push

4667
02:51:53,208 --> 02:51:54,409
for the things that we still

4668
02:51:54,409 --> 02:51:55,944
think and think are important.

4669
02:51:55,944 --> 02:51:57,780
Thank you.

4670
02:51:57,780 --> 02:51:58,947
Right. Discussion

4671
02:51:58,947 --> 02:52:00,482
continues on the motion to

4672
02:52:00,482 --> 02:52:01,749
approve council member benton,

4673
02:52:01,749 --> 02:52:03,918
you're next in the queue.

4674
02:52:03,918 --> 02:52:04,251
You're recognized, sir.

4675
02:52:04,251 --> 02:52:06,251
Thank

4676
02:52:07,989 --> 02:52:09,657
you, vice mayor. I understand of people in

4677
02:52:09,657 --> 02:52:11,425
here tonight or colleagues that

4678
02:52:11,425 --> 02:52:14,361
just don't like the downtown

4679
02:52:14,361 --> 02:52:16,464
partnership. I want to remind

4680
02:52:16,464 --> 02:52:18,365
my colleagues that sea beds are

4681
02:52:18,365 --> 02:52:19,734
not a standard municipal

4682
02:52:19,734 --> 02:52:21,569
department. These districts

4683
02:52:21,569 --> 02:52:23,304
exist under strict state

4684
02:52:23,304 --> 02:52:25,105
frameworks designed to protect

4685
02:52:25,105 --> 02:52:26,941
commerce and protect the

4686
02:52:26,941 --> 02:52:28,743
commercial property owners who

4687
02:52:28,743 --> 02:52:30,511
voluntarily tax themselves to

4688
02:52:30,511 --> 02:52:32,680
fund the street level safety,

4689
02:52:32,680 --> 02:52:34,515
cleaning and hospitality.

4690
02:52:34,515 --> 02:52:36,915
Obviously, this body speaks

4691
02:52:37,170 --> 02:52:38,819
like many speak like it prefers

4692
02:52:38,819 --> 02:52:40,621
to provide all the dollars to

4693
02:52:40,621 --> 02:52:42,489
keep the downtown nashville to

4694
02:52:42,489 --> 02:52:44,258
their standards, which is fine

4695
02:52:44,258 --> 02:52:45,993
if you have the funds to

4696
02:52:45,993 --> 02:52:48,129
protect our visitors or the

4697
02:52:48,129 --> 02:52:50,331
goose that lays the golden eggs

4698
02:52:50,331 --> 02:52:52,834
for the city and the state of

4699
02:52:52,834 --> 02:52:55,369
tennessee exist, this will cost

4700
02:52:55,369 --> 02:52:57,639
us quite a bit more one way or

4701
02:52:57,639 --> 02:52:59,707
the other. I'm just bringing up

4702
02:52:59,707 --> 02:53:02,210
what we actually face. Let's

4703
02:53:02,210 --> 02:53:03,611
pick our battles carefully.

4704
02:53:03,611 --> 02:53:06,110
Realistically, we could lose

4705
02:53:09,450 --> 02:53:12,450
all control over this entity.

4706
02:53:12,653 --> 02:53:14,455
All right. Next in the queue,

4707
02:53:14,455 --> 02:53:16,190
councilmember sapulpa, you're

4708
02:53:16,190 --> 02:53:17,191
recognized, ma'am.

4709
02:53:17,191 --> 02:53:18,492
Yes. And if

4710
02:53:18,492 --> 02:53:21,595
we lose control, I would think

4711
02:53:21,595 --> 02:53:24,132
that we would sue the state and

4712
02:53:24,132 --> 02:53:26,000
the downtown partnership, which

4713
02:53:26,000 --> 02:53:27,734
we have been winning these

4714
02:53:27,734 --> 02:53:30,134
cases lately. Thank you.

4715
02:53:30,171 --> 02:53:32,940
Director dietz, who has done a

4716
02:53:32,940 --> 02:53:36,760
great job in regards to that. I

4717
02:53:36,760 --> 02:53:39,460
would say I'm not going to vote

4718
02:53:39,460 --> 02:53:42,646
in favor of this. This doesn't

4719
02:53:44,652 --> 02:53:48,852
make any sense to me. It has

4720
02:53:49,323 --> 02:53:52,323
been, what now? Seven years,

4721
02:53:54,796 --> 02:53:57,796
seven years with this body.

4722
02:54:02,336 --> 02:54:05,172
Next meeting, I will be. 33.

4723
02:54:05,172 --> 02:54:07,750
And it will be my birthday next

4724
02:54:07,750 --> 02:54:09,544
meeting. And it has been seven

4725
02:54:09,544 --> 02:54:12,380
years. And in these past seven

4726
02:54:12,380 --> 02:54:13,915
years I have spoke to you all.

4727
02:54:13,915 --> 02:54:16,717
Not all of y'all, but a good

4728
02:54:16,717 --> 02:54:18,885
number of y'all. And three

4729
02:54:18,885 --> 02:54:21,488
years to some of y'all, about

4730
02:54:21,488 --> 02:54:23,290
the importance of the immigrant

4731
02:54:23,290 --> 02:54:24,592
community and the importance of

4732
02:54:24,592 --> 02:54:25,993
workers and making sure that

4733
02:54:25,993 --> 02:54:28,629
they are safe and taken care of.

4734
02:54:28,629 --> 02:54:32,829
And I feel like it falls on

4735
02:54:37,538 --> 02:54:41,738
deaf ears. Thp is a group that

4736
02:54:41,909 --> 02:54:44,811
partners with ice. We have many

4737
02:54:44,811 --> 02:54:46,811
service industry workers

4738
02:54:48,150 --> 02:54:50,251
downtown in our hotels and our

4739
02:54:50,251 --> 02:54:52,719
restaurants, in our bars. And

4740
02:54:52,719 --> 02:54:54,821
when ice had the raids here in

4741
02:54:54,821 --> 02:54:57,524
nashville, a lot of those bars

4742
02:54:57,524 --> 02:54:58,559
closed. A lot of those bars

4743
02:54:58,559 --> 02:55:00,959
closed because their workers

4744
02:55:01,610 --> 02:55:03,530
were not there. What message

4745
02:55:03,530 --> 02:55:05,699
does it when thp is on the

4746
02:55:05,699 --> 02:55:08,168
streets? I have ridden the bus

4747
02:55:08,168 --> 02:55:10,710
home from the council office

4748
02:55:10,710 --> 02:55:12,874
back to south nashville, and

4749
02:55:12,874 --> 02:55:16,474
the bus is packed, packed with

4750
02:55:17,177 --> 02:55:20,114
workers with logos from the the

4751
02:55:20,114 --> 02:55:22,250
the hotel they work for on

4752
02:55:22,250 --> 02:55:23,618
their shirts and their sweaters.

4753
02:55:23,618 --> 02:55:25,152
They're all going home. They're

4754
02:55:25,152 --> 02:55:28,152
all immigrants. They are filled

4755
02:55:29,900 --> 02:55:32,690
with people that look like me.

4756
02:55:34,494 --> 02:55:35,896
It is important. It is. It is for, for for people.

4757
02:55:35,896 --> 02:55:38,832
It is much more than that. It

4758
02:55:38,832 --> 02:55:41,635
is a message. It is a message.

4759
02:55:41,635 --> 02:55:43,871
So I would have voted in favor

4760
02:55:43,871 --> 02:55:45,605
of this budget if that would

4761
02:55:45,605 --> 02:55:48,141
have been taken out. I am not

4762
02:55:48,141 --> 02:55:50,645
an unreasonable person. I am

4763
02:55:50,645 --> 02:55:51,745
asking for there to be

4764
02:55:51,745 --> 02:55:53,745
collaboration, a partnership.

4765
02:55:54,281 --> 02:55:56,450
This is not a partnership. And

4766
02:55:56,450 --> 02:55:58,618
if the downtown partnership

4767
02:55:58,618 --> 02:56:00,287
cannot work with us, then they

4768
02:56:00,287 --> 02:56:03,887
shouldn't be in charge of the

4769
02:56:04,324 --> 02:56:05,793
downtown. It is our

4770
02:56:05,793 --> 02:56:07,928
responsibility as a city to

4771
02:56:07,928 --> 02:56:09,797
take care of our city, just

4772
02:56:09,797 --> 02:56:11,264
like we do in other parts of

4773
02:56:11,264 --> 02:56:13,267
town and the county. And we

4774
02:56:13,267 --> 02:56:16,267
could absolutely continue to do

4775
02:56:17,337 --> 02:56:17,704
that. We don't need this.

4776
02:56:17,704 --> 02:56:19,704
Thank

4777
02:56:20,640 --> 02:56:22,443
you. Next in the queue is

4778
02:56:22,443 --> 02:56:24,843
council member hancock. You

4779
02:56:25,946 --> 02:56:26,246
recognized ma'am.

4780
02:56:26,246 --> 02:56:28,246
Previous

4781
02:56:29,216 --> 02:56:31,216
question.

4782
02:56:32,787 --> 02:56:35,787
Okay. If you want to

4783
02:56:36,757 --> 02:56:38,858
end debate and move to the vote

4784
02:56:38,858 --> 02:56:42,458
on the motion to approve here,

4785
02:56:43,264 --> 02:56:44,698
you will vote I. If you want to

4786
02:56:44,698 --> 02:56:46,666
continue debate, you will

4787
02:56:46,666 --> 02:56:48,269
vote no. It requires two thirds

4788
02:56:48,269 --> 02:56:50,571
of those voting. We will first

4789
02:56:50,571 --> 02:56:52,500
try by voice. All in favor of

4790
02:56:52,500 --> 02:56:54,405
the previous question, please

4791
02:56:54,742 --> 02:56:56,176
say aye. All against the

4792
02:56:56,176 --> 02:56:58,576
previous question. Please say

4793
02:56:59,446 --> 02:57:01,949
no. The ayes have it very

4794
02:57:01,949 --> 02:57:05,549
clearly. And with that we will

4795
02:57:06,320 --> 02:57:08,189
move to the vote. This is a

4796
02:57:08,189 --> 02:57:09,723
resolution several members have

4797
02:57:09,723 --> 02:57:13,323
said from the floor that they

4798
02:57:13,860 --> 02:57:16,297
are a no. Any one no vote

4799
02:57:16,297 --> 02:57:18,132
requires a resolution to have a

4800
02:57:18,132 --> 02:57:22,168
roll call vote and be on the

4801
02:57:22,168 --> 02:57:24,304
boards. This requires 21 votes

4802
02:57:24,304 --> 02:57:27,304
for passage. MR. Clerk, please

4803
02:57:40,654 --> 02:57:42,654
load the vote.

4804
02:58:03,944 --> 02:58:05,713
With all votes

4805
02:58:05,713 --> 02:58:09,282
in. MR. Clerk, please show the

4806
02:58:09,282 --> 02:58:11,682
vote. This resolution has

4807
02:58:12,519 --> 02:58:15,389
passed with 23 votes in favor,

4808
02:58:15,389 --> 02:58:17,789
ten against and three

4809
02:58:18,692 --> 02:58:21,692
abstentions. All right. Next on

4810
02:58:30,470 --> 02:58:33,470
the agenda. Is agenda number 40.

4811
02:58:34,842 --> 02:58:36,842
Resolution 2026-2064. Sponsors

4812
02:58:37,770 --> 02:58:39,179
coop and truffle, alan stiles,

4813
02:58:39,179 --> 02:58:40,246
ewing and evans. This is a

4814
02:58:40,246 --> 02:58:41,414
resolution urging the nashville

4815
02:58:41,414 --> 02:58:43,414
department of transportation

4816
02:58:46,353 --> 02:58:47,855
and multimodal transportation

4817
02:58:47,855 --> 02:58:49,880
and the mayor's office to renew

4818
02:58:49,880 --> 02:58:51,570
and accelerate its commitment

4819
02:58:51,570 --> 02:58:53,226
to vision zero initiatives to

4820
02:58:53,226 --> 02:58:55,226
eliminate pedestrian fatalities

4821
02:58:55,595 --> 02:58:57,230
in response to a sharp increase

4822
02:58:57,230 --> 02:58:58,264
in pedestrian and cyclist

4823
02:58:58,264 --> 02:59:00,664
deaths in nashville and

4824
02:59:01,201 --> 02:59:02,202
davidson county in 2026.

4825
02:59:02,202 --> 02:59:02,569
Councilmember, you're

4826
02:59:02,569 --> 02:59:03,369
recognized, sir.

4827
02:59:03,369 --> 02:59:04,204
Thank you,

4828
02:59:04,204 --> 02:59:04,437
MADAM PRESIDENT. Committee

4829
02:59:04,437 --> 02:59:05,806
reports.

4830
02:59:05,806 --> 02:59:06,839
For the report of the

4831
02:59:06,839 --> 02:59:08,839
transportation and

4832
02:59:09,750 --> 02:59:11,750
infrastructure committee chair

4833
02:59:13,781 --> 02:59:14,782
evan siegel.

4834
02:59:14,782 --> 02:59:15,783
We had one that

4835
02:59:15,783 --> 02:59:15,861
was different. So just.

4836
02:59:15,861 --> 02:59:17,717
No

4837
02:59:17,717 --> 02:59:19,119
worries. This is on MISTER

4838
02:59:19,119 --> 02:59:20,587
Coupons 2064. Regarding vision

4839
02:59:20,587 --> 02:59:22,355
zero initiatives.

4840
02:59:22,355 --> 02:59:24,355
Okay. It was

4841
02:59:24,524 --> 02:59:25,725
a recommended two meeting

4842
02:59:25,725 --> 02:59:27,527
deferral. This was our one that

4843
02:59:27,527 --> 02:59:29,229
was different with ten in favor

4844
02:59:29,229 --> 02:59:30,364
of that recommendation. Zero

4845
02:59:30,364 --> 02:59:30,663
opposed zero. No voting.

4846
02:59:30,663 --> 02:59:32,663
Okay.

4847
02:59:32,900 --> 02:59:34,340
Got it. Back to you, MR. Cooper.

4848
02:59:34,340 --> 02:59:34,401
Move to many deferral with a

4849
02:59:34,401 --> 02:59:35,202
brief comment.

4850
02:59:35,202 --> 02:59:37,710
All right. Is

4851
02:59:37,710 --> 02:59:37,538
there a second? All right. Go

4852
02:59:37,538 --> 02:59:38,338
ahead, sir.

4853
02:59:38,338 --> 02:59:40,400
Thank you, MADAM

4854
02:59:40,400 --> 02:59:41,141
PRESIDENT. And as we have

4855
02:59:41,141 --> 02:59:43,276
talked about earlier, we have

4856
02:59:43,276 --> 02:59:44,444
folks dying on our streets. And

4857
02:59:44,444 --> 02:59:45,545
there since this resolution has

4858
02:59:45,545 --> 02:59:46,679
come about, there have been

4859
02:59:46,679 --> 02:59:48,381
even continued deaths. And I've

4860
02:59:48,381 --> 02:59:49,783
continued to have to update

4861
02:59:49,783 --> 02:59:51,180
this. And it's unacceptable

4862
02:59:51,180 --> 02:59:52,386
that people should be dying on

4863
02:59:52,386 --> 02:59:53,653
our streets, whether it is

4864
02:59:53,653 --> 02:59:54,787
downtown or in east nashville

4865
02:59:54,787 --> 02:59:57,290
or wherever throughout our city.

4866
02:59:57,290 --> 02:59:58,791
And so this is asking not to

4867
02:59:58,791 --> 03:00:00,894
recommit to vision zero and the

4868
03:00:00,894 --> 03:00:02,896
mayor's office to come to come

4869
03:00:02,896 --> 03:00:04,864
up with a new plan, a five year

4870
03:00:04,864 --> 03:00:05,932
plan which is expiring, and to

4871
03:00:05,932 --> 03:00:07,734
present to the transportation

4872
03:00:07,734 --> 03:00:08,802
and infrastructure committee. I

4873
03:00:08,802 --> 03:00:09,703
had some very good

4874
03:00:09,703 --> 03:00:11,237
conversations with. And they

4875
03:00:11,237 --> 03:00:14,207
are currently in an rfp for

4876
03:00:14,207 --> 03:00:15,408
vision zero program and are process of hiring their new

4877
03:00:15,408 --> 03:00:17,845
director. So I'm going to defer

4878
03:00:17,845 --> 03:00:19,513
this for two meetings. But but

4879
03:00:19,513 --> 03:00:20,580
we need to do work, not two

4880
03:00:20,580 --> 03:00:21,848
meetings, not two weeks, not

4881
03:00:21,848 --> 03:00:23,583
two days, but now. And we'll

4882
03:00:23,583 --> 03:00:24,717
continue to push on that work

4883
03:00:24,717 --> 03:00:26,552
there. It should be zero deaths

4884
03:00:26,552 --> 03:00:27,854
on our street. Nobody should be

4885
03:00:27,854 --> 03:00:28,721
getting hurt here. And it's

4886
03:00:28,721 --> 03:00:29,689
important that we commit to

4887
03:00:29,689 --> 03:00:31,689
that.

4888
03:00:31,891 --> 03:00:34,291
All right. There's a

4889
03:00:34,828 --> 03:00:36,396
motion to defer to meetings. It

4890
03:00:36,396 --> 03:00:38,631
was properly seconded. Is there

4891
03:00:38,631 --> 03:00:41,501
any further discussion or any

4892
03:00:41,501 --> 03:00:43,303
discussion? Seeing none. All in

4893
03:00:43,303 --> 03:00:46,240
favor, please say aye. Any

4894
03:00:46,240 --> 03:00:48,740
voting no. Any abstentions. All

4895
03:00:48,740 --> 03:00:51,740
right. This has resolution has

4896
03:00:51,945 --> 03:00:54,945
been deferred to meetings. Next

4897
03:00:58,485 --> 03:01:00,530
is agenda item 41. Resolution

4898
03:01:00,530 --> 03:01:01,722
2026-2065. Sponsors. Ellis,

4899
03:01:01,722 --> 03:01:03,523
gadd, benton allen. Cash.

4900
03:01:03,523 --> 03:01:05,291
Coupon prep, tea. Huffman, greg.

4901
03:01:05,291 --> 03:01:07,293
nash. Rutherford. Evans. Siegel.

4902
03:01:07,293 --> 03:01:09,950
Spain. Bradford. Wiener. Gamble.

4903
03:01:09,950 --> 03:01:11,431
Capp, benedict. Tombs. Evans

4904
03:01:11,431 --> 03:01:13,433
and suara. This is a resolution

4905
03:01:13,433 --> 03:01:14,701
honoring wallace w wally deeds

4906
03:01:14,701 --> 03:01:16,102
for his distinguished service

4907
03:01:16,102 --> 03:01:17,204
as director of law for the

4908
03:01:17,204 --> 03:01:18,672
metropolitan government of

4909
03:01:18,672 --> 03:01:19,772
nashville and davidson county

4910
03:01:19,772 --> 03:01:20,841
council member. Ellis. You're

4911
03:01:20,841 --> 03:01:21,508
recognized, ma'am.

4912
03:01:21,508 --> 03:01:23,508
Thank you,

4913
03:01:24,110 --> 03:01:26,110
MADAM PRESIDENT. Colleagues,

4914
03:01:26,279 --> 03:01:29,149
some people spend a career

4915
03:01:29,149 --> 03:01:31,718
chasing titles. Wally deeds has

4916
03:01:31,718 --> 03:01:33,753
spent his earning trust after

4917
03:01:33,753 --> 03:01:35,923
nearly 40 years at bass, berry

4918
03:01:35,923 --> 03:01:37,724
and sims. He didn't need this

4919
03:01:37,724 --> 03:01:39,659
job. He took it because he

4920
03:01:39,659 --> 03:01:42,428
loves this city. And you could

4921
03:01:42,428 --> 03:01:44,897
feel that in everything he has

4922
03:01:44,897 --> 03:01:46,700
done. When the state came after

4923
03:01:46,700 --> 03:01:49,670
the city's right to control, to

4924
03:01:49,670 --> 03:01:52,172
govern itself, to control our

4925
03:01:52,172 --> 03:01:54,700
sports authority, our own

4926
03:01:54,700 --> 03:01:56,407
airport authority, the very

4927
03:01:57,543 --> 03:02:00,781
size of this body, wally deeds

4928
03:02:00,781 --> 03:02:02,616
stood in the gap he defended,

4929
03:02:02,616 --> 03:02:05,160
currently defending our home

4930
03:02:05,850 --> 03:02:06,586
rule, he defended equal

4931
03:02:06,586 --> 03:02:07,988
protection for the people of

4932
03:02:07,988 --> 03:02:10,189
davidson county, and he did

4933
03:02:10,189 --> 03:02:12,692
that with a steadiness that

4934
03:02:12,692 --> 03:02:14,927
made him indispensable across

4935
03:02:14,927 --> 03:02:16,762
every department of this

4936
03:02:16,762 --> 03:02:18,531
government. And in drafting

4937
03:02:18,531 --> 03:02:21,340
this resolution, I came across

4938
03:02:21,340 --> 03:02:23,503
an old tennessean article about

4939
03:02:23,503 --> 03:02:25,672
his father, who covered the

4940
03:02:25,672 --> 03:02:27,106
birth of the metro charter as a

4941
03:02:27,106 --> 03:02:29,506
reporter for the tennessean

4942
03:02:29,609 --> 03:02:31,777
back in the early 60s. So for

4943
03:02:31,777 --> 03:02:34,681
me, when wally grew up around

4944
03:02:34,681 --> 03:02:37,150
this government, he grew up

4945
03:02:37,150 --> 03:02:39,219
around this government then and

4946
03:02:39,219 --> 03:02:42,522
now. He has given the last half

4947
03:02:42,522 --> 03:02:44,424
of his career to protecting it.

4948
03:02:44,424 --> 03:02:46,927
There's a kind of love in that,

4949
03:02:46,927 --> 03:02:48,728
the long, unglamorous climb.

4950
03:02:48,728 --> 03:02:50,163
And when he had a stroke last

4951
03:02:50,163 --> 03:02:52,666
march, he didn't step away. He

4952
03:02:52,666 --> 03:02:55,534
kept showing up for us. And he

4953
03:02:55,534 --> 03:02:57,304
will gracefully do so until he

4954
03:02:57,304 --> 03:02:59,505
decides to drive off to that

4955
03:02:59,505 --> 03:03:01,600
beautiful scenic area in

4956
03:03:01,600 --> 03:03:04,600
tennessee, where al capone used

4957
03:03:04,577 --> 03:03:06,245
to take his respite. Colleagues,%

4958
03:03:06,245 --> 03:03:08,481
this is what public service

4959
03:03:08,481 --> 03:03:10,283
looks like. Thank you wally,

4960
03:03:10,283 --> 03:03:12,520
thank you for joining us

4961
03:03:12,520 --> 03:03:14,154
tonight. Our city is better due

4962
03:03:14,154 --> 03:03:16,122
to your service. Thank you for

4963
03:03:16,122 --> 03:03:18,191
your wisdom, your decency, and

4964
03:03:18,191 --> 03:03:21,791
for guarding our city like it's

4965
03:03:23,929 --> 03:03:24,331
your own. Because it is.

4966
03:03:24,331 --> 03:03:25,765
Well

4967
03:03:25,765 --> 03:03:28,334
said. Thank you. There are

4968
03:03:28,334 --> 03:03:30,102
other members in the queue.

4969
03:03:30,102 --> 03:03:31,504
First among those is MADAM Pro

4970
03:03:31,504 --> 03:03:32,972
tem porterfield. You're

4971
03:03:32,972 --> 03:03:33,973
recognized.

4972
03:03:33,973 --> 03:03:35,474
Thank you, vice

4973
03:03:35,474 --> 03:03:37,910
mayor. I echo everything that

4974
03:03:37,910 --> 03:03:39,445
council lady ellis said so

4975
03:03:39,445 --> 03:03:42,314
eloquently. Council lady did an

4976
03:03:42,314 --> 03:03:44,850
amazing job. Just kudos to

4977
03:03:44,850 --> 03:03:47,687
everything that she just said.

4978
03:03:47,687 --> 03:03:48,821
And over the years, being a

4979
03:03:48,821 --> 03:03:50,624
council member, there have been

4980
03:03:50,624 --> 03:03:51,991
many times that I have had to

4981
03:03:51,991 --> 03:03:53,659
call director dietz, and he has

4982
03:03:53,659 --> 03:03:55,261
always just been so available

4983
03:03:55,261 --> 03:03:57,363
and accessible, and he really

4984
03:03:57,363 --> 03:03:59,965
has a heart for protecting our

4985
03:03:59,965 --> 03:04:01,738
city. I really appreciate his

4986
03:04:01,738 --> 03:04:03,602
willingness to stand up to the

4987
03:04:03,602 --> 03:04:04,937
state and to stand up for

4988
03:04:04,937 --> 03:04:06,139
nashville and to protect

4989
03:04:06,139 --> 03:04:08,539
nashvillians. And one thing

4990
03:04:08,974 --> 03:04:10,743
that I want to add is that it

4991
03:04:10,743 --> 03:04:11,878
is one thing to be an amazing

4992
03:04:11,878 --> 03:04:13,646
human being that does great

4993
03:04:13,646 --> 03:04:15,480
things for the city. And it's

4994
03:04:15,480 --> 03:04:16,850
another thing to also be a

4995
03:04:16,850 --> 03:04:18,351
great parent. And not only does

4996
03:04:18,351 --> 03:04:19,952
director dietz do amazing

4997
03:04:19,952 --> 03:04:21,421
things, but he has two children

4998
03:04:21,421 --> 03:04:22,722
that do amazing things. And if

4999
03:04:22,722 --> 03:04:24,524
you look at carrie and scott

5000
03:04:24,524 --> 03:04:26,458
and the things that they do and

5001
03:04:26,458 --> 03:04:27,493
the things that they do for the

5002
03:04:27,493 --> 03:04:28,594
community, I think that's a

5003
03:04:28,594 --> 03:04:29,762
testament of director dietz and

5004
03:04:29,762 --> 03:04:31,631
his morals and his principles,

5005
03:04:31,631 --> 03:04:33,433
that not only is he doing great

5006
03:04:33,433 --> 03:04:34,634
work, but he is making sure

5007
03:04:34,634 --> 03:04:35,701
that the people that come

5008
03:04:35,701 --> 03:04:37,636
behind him do that great work

5009
03:04:37,636 --> 03:04:38,637
as well. So I just want to

5010
03:04:38,637 --> 03:04:40,874
congratulate director dietz on

5011
03:04:40,874 --> 03:04:41,841
his retirement and thank him

5012
03:04:41,841 --> 03:04:42,809
for his service.

5013
03:04:42,809 --> 03:04:44,576
Thank you. Pro

5014
03:04:44,576 --> 03:04:46,713
tem. Next is council member

5015
03:04:46,713 --> 03:04:46,845
suara. You're recognized.

5016
03:04:46,845 --> 03:04:48,715
Thank

5017
03:04:48,715 --> 03:04:50,316
you, vice mayor. I want to

5018
03:04:50,316 --> 03:04:53,316
stand and give MR. Dietz's

5019
03:04:53,620 --> 03:04:55,722
flowers as well. And there was

5020
03:04:55,722 --> 03:04:58,591
a time that there is a meeting

5021
03:04:58,591 --> 03:05:00,760
not in chambers, outside,

5022
03:05:00,760 --> 03:05:03,229
somewhere, where what he did

5023
03:05:03,229 --> 03:05:05,798
was speaking about this chamber

5024
03:05:05,798 --> 03:05:08,334
and this council and the states

5025
03:05:08,334 --> 03:05:09,835
are planned for the reduction,

5026
03:05:09,835 --> 03:05:12,272
and you just have to be in the

5027
03:05:12,272 --> 03:05:14,107
room to see the passion and the

5028
03:05:14,107 --> 03:05:15,975
knowledge, the history. He was

5029
03:05:15,975 --> 03:05:17,710
there telling all of us about

5030
03:05:17,710 --> 03:05:20,580
the votes and when it happened.

5031
03:05:20,580 --> 03:05:22,140
And it was just so beautiful to

5032
03:05:22,140 --> 03:05:24,183
watch. And you realize that

5033
03:05:24,183 --> 03:05:25,317
this was not just a job for him.

5034
03:05:25,317 --> 03:05:26,685
This was something like

5035
03:05:26,685 --> 03:05:29,322
COUNCILMAN Bailey said he grew

5036
03:05:29,322 --> 03:05:30,923
up watching, learning, but he's

5037
03:05:30,923 --> 03:05:33,559
come to respect. And for me,

5038
03:05:33,559 --> 03:05:36,620
the diversity of this city. He

5039
03:05:36,620 --> 03:05:37,897
spoke eloquently about why it

5040
03:05:37,897 --> 03:05:39,298
was 40 members. He spoke

5041
03:05:39,298 --> 03:05:41,467
eloquently about the plight of

5042
03:05:41,467 --> 03:05:43,636
the minority community, spoke

5043
03:05:43,636 --> 03:05:45,471
eloquently about why he became

5044
03:05:45,471 --> 03:05:46,506
40. So we can have that

5045
03:05:46,506 --> 03:05:47,773
representation. And I was

5046
03:05:47,773 --> 03:05:49,775
sitting there just staring at

5047
03:05:49,775 --> 03:05:51,311
him like, this was not just and

5048
03:05:51,311 --> 03:05:54,380
this was not just a lawyer

5049
03:05:54,380 --> 03:05:55,948
speak. This was a human speak.

5050
03:05:55,948 --> 03:05:57,650
Knowing what nashville needs

5051
03:05:57,650 --> 03:06:00,119
feeling for those of us that

5052
03:06:00,119 --> 03:06:01,821
are crying about representation,

5053
03:06:01,821 --> 03:06:03,555
that did not want that to go

5054
03:06:03,555 --> 03:06:05,924
away. And I felt that I heard

5055
03:06:05,924 --> 03:06:08,600
that in that room that day. And

5056
03:06:08,600 --> 03:06:09,561
my respect for you from that

5057
03:06:09,561 --> 03:06:11,961
moment, I've always respected

5058
03:06:13,932 --> 03:06:16,369
you. But when somebody can

5059
03:06:16,369 --> 03:06:17,769
relate to what you're saying,

5060
03:06:17,769 --> 03:06:19,939
put theirselves in your shoes

5061
03:06:19,939 --> 03:06:21,106
to that level, that they can

5062
03:06:21,106 --> 03:06:22,508
actually articulate what you're

5063
03:06:22,508 --> 03:06:24,276
feeling way beyond what you

5064
03:06:24,276 --> 03:06:26,212
said. That was what I felt in

5065
03:06:26,212 --> 03:06:28,140
that room that day. And I felt

5066
03:06:28,140 --> 03:06:30,160
like this man is actually going

5067
03:06:30,160 --> 03:06:31,583
to do a very good job

5068
03:06:31,583 --> 03:06:33,719
representing us because he gets

5069
03:06:33,719 --> 03:06:35,822
what we're trying to say. Thank

5070
03:06:35,822 --> 03:06:36,856
you for defending the city so

5071
03:06:36,856 --> 03:06:38,857
beautifully. Thank you for

5072
03:06:38,857 --> 03:06:39,992
being a wonderful human being.

5073
03:06:39,992 --> 03:06:43,592
Thank you for being a brilliant

5074
03:06:44,430 --> 03:06:45,665
lawyer, I mean. So it takes the

5075
03:06:45,665 --> 03:06:48,340
knowledge, the spirit, but also

5076
03:06:48,340 --> 03:06:49,502
the passion and the love. And

5077
03:06:49,502 --> 03:06:51,637
please do know that you have

5078
03:06:51,637 --> 03:06:53,806
the utmost respect of many of

5079
03:06:53,806 --> 03:06:55,174
us and the love. And on a

5080
03:06:55,174 --> 03:06:56,175
personal note, it's been a

5081
03:06:56,175 --> 03:06:57,543
pleasure working with you as

5082
03:06:57,543 --> 03:06:59,111
well. Yeah, we don't always do

5083
03:06:59,111 --> 03:07:00,380
everything. We didn't sue them

5084
03:07:00,380 --> 03:07:02,247
for the cob and we will always

5085
03:07:02,247 --> 03:07:04,150
talk about that. But the things

5086
03:07:04,150 --> 03:07:05,284
that we did sue them for, and I

5087
03:07:05,284 --> 03:07:06,853
know that's a separate

5088
03:07:06,853 --> 03:07:08,654
conversation, but what I saw,

5089
03:07:08,654 --> 03:07:10,122
what I learned was that you do

5090
03:07:10,122 --> 03:07:11,556
have a passion for the people,

5091
03:07:11,556 --> 03:07:12,992
and you understand the plights

5092
03:07:12,992 --> 03:07:14,527
of the minority in this city,

5093
03:07:14,527 --> 03:07:15,761
and you took it upon yourself

5094
03:07:15,761 --> 03:07:16,829
to be something you want to

5095
03:07:16,829 --> 03:07:18,965
champion. And for that, I'm

5096
03:07:18,965 --> 03:07:19,980
very grateful. Thank you.

5097
03:07:19,980 --> 03:07:21,980
Thank

5098
03:07:21,934 --> 03:07:22,935
you, MISS Suara, councilmember,

5099
03:07:22,935 --> 03:07:23,436
you're recognized.

5100
03:07:23,436 --> 03:07:25,204
Thank you,

5101
03:07:25,204 --> 03:07:26,572
madam vice mayor. First and

5102
03:07:26,572 --> 03:07:28,340
foremost, I want to associate

5103
03:07:28,340 --> 03:07:30,509
myself with the comments of my

5104
03:07:30,509 --> 03:07:32,644
colleagues who have spoken

5105
03:07:32,644 --> 03:07:34,847
before me, especially council

5106
03:07:34,847 --> 03:07:36,716
member ellis, who very

5107
03:07:36,716 --> 03:07:37,983
eloquently and and I honestly

5108
03:07:37,983 --> 03:07:41,583
could not have said it better,

5109
03:07:41,621 --> 03:07:43,355
better myself over the past

5110
03:07:43,355 --> 03:07:45,524
three years or so, I've had the

5111
03:07:45,524 --> 03:07:46,726
distinct honor of being able to

5112
03:07:46,726 --> 03:07:48,427
represent director dietz here

5113
03:07:48,427 --> 03:07:50,695
on the council floor while he

5114
03:07:50,695 --> 03:07:53,766
represents all of us. And it's

5115
03:07:53,766 --> 03:07:55,601
it's it truly has been my

5116
03:07:55,601 --> 03:07:57,690
distinct honor and privilege,

5117
03:07:57,690 --> 03:07:59,272
especially being in a position

5118
03:07:59,272 --> 03:08:00,606
where director dietz and I have

5119
03:08:00,606 --> 03:08:02,441
had difficult conversations

5120
03:08:02,441 --> 03:08:03,975
about legal theories and. And

5121
03:08:03,975 --> 03:08:07,179
we've been at odds at times,

5122
03:08:07,179 --> 03:08:08,313
but I appreciate not only his

5123
03:08:08,313 --> 03:08:10,150
passion for the law, but his

5124
03:08:10,150 --> 03:08:12,415
passion for nashville, his

5125
03:08:12,551 --> 03:08:13,986
passion to be an objective but

5126
03:08:13,986 --> 03:08:16,986
zealous advocate for what the

5127
03:08:17,557 --> 03:08:19,158
city actually needs. And so

5128
03:08:19,158 --> 03:08:20,910
truly, director dietz, you

5129
03:08:20,910 --> 03:08:21,994
deserve all the flowers that

5130
03:08:21,994 --> 03:08:24,300
that you are receiving both

5131
03:08:24,300 --> 03:08:25,897
tonight and in perpetuity,

5132
03:08:25,897 --> 03:08:28,334
because you truly have left

5133
03:08:28,334 --> 03:08:29,802
behind a legacy that you, your

5134
03:08:29,802 --> 03:08:31,637
children and, and your parents

5135
03:08:31,637 --> 03:08:33,380
would would be proud of. So

5136
03:08:33,380 --> 03:08:34,273
well done. And thank you for

5137
03:08:34,273 --> 03:08:35,207
all that you've done. Thank you,

5138
03:08:35,207 --> 03:08:36,108
MADAM Vice mayor.

5139
03:08:36,108 --> 03:08:38,108
Thank you,

5140
03:08:38,811 --> 03:08:40,580
MR. T. Councilmember tombs,

5141
03:08:40,580 --> 03:08:40,713
you're recognized ma'am.

5142
03:08:40,713 --> 03:08:42,713
Thank

5143
03:08:43,883 --> 03:08:45,984
you, MADAM Vice mayor. I want

5144
03:08:45,984 --> 03:08:47,819
to stand in support of this

5145
03:08:47,819 --> 03:08:50,219
resolution. And from one

5146
03:08:50,655 --> 03:08:53,550
brilliant attorney to another.

5147
03:08:55,361 --> 03:08:57,761
Can I congratulate director

5148
03:09:00,366 --> 03:09:02,200
dietz on a job well done. Thank

5149
03:09:02,200 --> 03:09:05,200
you for standing up for

5150
03:09:05,805 --> 03:09:08,805
nashville. Thank you for being

5151
03:09:09,441 --> 03:09:11,841
available to discuss legal

5152
03:09:12,244 --> 03:09:14,480
issues and legal matters. I

5153
03:09:14,480 --> 03:09:16,315
appreciate your wisdom. I

5154
03:09:16,315 --> 03:09:17,717
appreciate your service, and

5155
03:09:17,717 --> 03:09:19,852
I'm so glad you're getting your

5156
03:09:19,852 --> 03:09:22,788
your flowers so that you can

5157
03:09:22,788 --> 03:09:24,924
hear them and smell them. And

5158
03:09:24,924 --> 03:09:25,924
just want to say that I truly

5159
03:09:25,924 --> 03:09:27,426
appreciate you. Thank you for

5160
03:09:27,426 --> 03:09:28,461
what you do.

5161
03:09:28,461 --> 03:09:30,362
Thank you, MISS

5162
03:09:30,362 --> 03:09:31,764
James. Next. Councilmember

5163
03:09:31,764 --> 03:09:33,310
evans, you're recognized ma'am.

5164
03:09:33,310 --> 03:09:34,266
Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT. I

5165
03:09:34,266 --> 03:09:36,168
think it says a lot that most

5166
03:09:36,168 --> 03:09:37,535
of the lawyers on this body

5167
03:09:37,535 --> 03:09:39,638
have either stood up or are

5168
03:09:39,638 --> 03:09:41,473
still in the queue to speak

5169
03:09:41,473 --> 03:09:43,975
tonight. There's a a phrase

5170
03:09:43,975 --> 03:09:45,440
that you're told early in your

5171
03:09:45,440 --> 03:09:47,213
career, oh, that person's a

5172
03:09:47,213 --> 03:09:48,747
lawyer's lawyer. And there's

5173
03:09:48,747 --> 03:09:51,216
nothing better as a lawyer to

5174
03:09:51,216 --> 03:09:52,952
be called a lawyer's lawyer,

5175
03:09:52,952 --> 03:09:55,521
because that's the lawyer, the

5176
03:09:55,521 --> 03:09:57,156
lawyer's trust. It's funny,

5177
03:09:57,156 --> 03:09:58,357
when I got on this body,

5178
03:09:58,357 --> 03:09:59,458
another lawyer who had said in

5179
03:09:59,458 --> 03:10:01,160
this row said, the hardest

5180
03:10:01,160 --> 03:10:02,261
thing about being on the

5181
03:10:02,261 --> 03:10:04,195
council is you can't be your

5182
03:10:04,195 --> 03:10:05,364
own lawyer. You have to be a

5183
03:10:05,364 --> 03:10:07,265
policy maker, and you have to

5184
03:10:07,265 --> 03:10:09,534
rely on the lawyers to be your

5185
03:10:09,534 --> 03:10:12,438
lawyer. And I'm really bad at

5186
03:10:12,438 --> 03:10:13,939
that. Like I am not improved. I

5187
03:10:13,939 --> 03:10:15,307
heard the advice and I

5188
03:10:15,307 --> 03:10:17,108
internalized it and I have not

5189
03:10:17,108 --> 03:10:19,311
executed. But I do know that

5190
03:10:19,311 --> 03:10:21,780
when there is a really hairy

5191
03:10:21,780 --> 03:10:24,683
thing that I'm very upset about,

5192
03:10:24,683 --> 03:10:26,152
if I talk to wally about it,

5193
03:10:26,152 --> 03:10:27,586
I'm talking to the lawyer's

5194
03:10:27,586 --> 03:10:29,688
lawyer, and I feel better about

5195
03:10:29,688 --> 03:10:31,122
it. And I know that it's

5196
03:10:31,122 --> 03:10:32,191
handled, and I know that the

5197
03:10:32,191 --> 03:10:34,159
advice that I'm getting is the

5198
03:10:34,159 --> 03:10:35,728
right advice. And so I want to

5199
03:10:35,728 --> 03:10:37,663
thank you for dealing with all

5200
03:10:37,663 --> 03:10:39,431
of us who are trying to be our

5201
03:10:39,431 --> 03:10:42,431
own lawyers and being our

5202
03:10:44,135 --> 03:10:45,304
lawyers lawyer, because it

5203
03:10:45,304 --> 03:10:46,472
makes the city better. All the

5204
03:10:46,472 --> 03:10:48,173
advice that you're giving and

5205
03:10:48,173 --> 03:10:49,174
everything that you have poured

5206
03:10:49,174 --> 03:10:50,275
into it.

5207
03:10:50,275 --> 03:10:52,770
Thank you. MISS Evan

5208
03:10:52,770 --> 03:10:54,770
siegel, councilmember kapp,

5209
03:10:54,180 --> 03:10:54,647
you're recognized sir.

5210
03:10:54,647 --> 03:10:56,470
Thank

5211
03:10:56,470 --> 03:10:57,449
you, council member ellis, for

5212
03:10:57,449 --> 03:10:58,416
bringing this beautiful

5213
03:10:58,416 --> 03:10:59,584
resolution. And thank you,

5214
03:10:59,584 --> 03:11:00,986
director dietz, for all your

5215
03:11:00,986 --> 03:11:03,522
service to the people of this

5216
03:11:03,522 --> 03:11:05,900
city. It speaks more loudly

5217
03:11:05,900 --> 03:11:06,424
than any of us can in this room.

5218
03:11:06,424 --> 03:11:08,360
When someone with the

5219
03:11:08,360 --> 03:11:09,260
credentials and experience and

5220
03:11:09,260 --> 03:11:11,980
learning ability of someone

5221
03:11:11,980 --> 03:11:14,980
like director decides to serve

5222
03:11:14,333 --> 03:11:16,902
the people of the city, that is

5223
03:11:16,902 --> 03:11:18,704
not the choice that many people

5224
03:11:18,704 --> 03:11:21,607
in his position would make. And

5225
03:11:21,607 --> 03:11:23,275
that resounds loudly for me,

5226
03:11:23,275 --> 03:11:27,313
and I hope it does for all of

5227
03:11:27,313 --> 03:11:30,181
us to choose service. Courage

5228
03:11:30,181 --> 03:11:31,951
is, I fear, in somewhat short

5229
03:11:31,951 --> 03:11:33,419
supply these days in the united

5230
03:11:33,419 --> 03:11:35,819
states generally. But director

5231
03:11:36,288 --> 03:11:38,900
dietz has it, and his office

5232
03:11:38,900 --> 03:11:39,524
has it. There's more than. Than

5233
03:11:39,524 --> 03:11:41,660
only his own work. But he's

5234
03:11:41,660 --> 03:11:43,828
also led an amazing team of

5235
03:11:43,828 --> 03:11:46,228
litigators and client advisers

5236
03:11:46,365 --> 03:11:48,200
to coordinate across a gigantic

5237
03:11:48,200 --> 03:11:50,635
range of issues with a lot of

5238
03:11:50,635 --> 03:11:52,635
success. But critically,

5239
03:11:53,238 --> 03:11:54,639
courage, the cause of self.

5240
03:11:54,639 --> 03:11:56,750
Government is under attack in

5241
03:11:56,750 --> 03:11:57,475
nashville. It's under attack

5242
03:11:57,475 --> 03:11:59,875
across the united states.

5243
03:12:00,110 --> 03:12:02,581
Director dietz is writing and

5244
03:12:02,581 --> 03:12:04,782
has written a chapter of

5245
03:12:04,782 --> 03:12:05,783
success in the struggle for

5246
03:12:05,783 --> 03:12:08,870
self-government. That is the

5247
03:12:08,870 --> 03:12:10,255
struggle of our time. Thank you

5248
03:12:10,255 --> 03:12:12,391
for that. Thank you for serving

5249
03:12:12,391 --> 03:12:14,760
the people of nashville, and we

5250
03:12:14,760 --> 03:12:14,859
wish you all the best.

5251
03:12:14,859 --> 03:12:16,859
well

5252
03:12:17,362 --> 03:12:18,464
said. MR. Thank you, council

5253
03:12:18,464 --> 03:12:19,197
member hill. You're recognized

5254
03:12:19,197 --> 03:12:20,198
ma'am.

5255
03:12:20,198 --> 03:12:22,100
Thank you, MADAM Vice

5256
03:12:22,100 --> 03:12:23,868
mayor. I want to just speak to

5257
03:12:23,868 --> 03:12:25,337
you directly and be selfish and

5258
03:12:25,337 --> 03:12:27,171
say that there are an awful lot

5259
03:12:27,171 --> 03:12:29,700
of attorneys that all can talk

5260
03:12:29,700 --> 03:12:31,900
shop with you. I want to talk

5261
03:12:31,900 --> 03:12:33,112
to you directly and say what an

5262
03:12:33,112 --> 03:12:34,613
amazing human you are, and how

5263
03:12:34,613 --> 03:12:36,749
respectful you are to every

5264
03:12:36,749 --> 03:12:38,316
single person in this body, and

5265
03:12:38,316 --> 03:12:39,985
especially myself. Every single

5266
03:12:39,985 --> 03:12:42,154
time I've come to me, you spoke

5267
03:12:42,154 --> 03:12:43,956
to me as if I was just another

5268
03:12:43,956 --> 03:12:45,723
human. And that doesn't always

5269
03:12:45,723 --> 03:12:47,925
happen. And I know that that

5270
03:12:47,925 --> 03:12:50,528
goes to your heart and what you

5271
03:12:50,528 --> 03:12:52,196
are as a human, and you're also

5272
03:12:52,196 --> 03:12:53,465
a great attorney, but as a

5273
03:12:53,465 --> 03:12:54,832
human, you're a good person.

5274
03:12:54,832 --> 03:12:56,535
And it's an honor to know you

5275
03:12:56,535 --> 03:12:58,704
and you deserve every bit of

5276
03:12:58,704 --> 03:12:59,837
these good words.

5277
03:12:59,837 --> 03:13:01,837
All right,

5278
03:13:02,341 --> 03:13:03,675
well said colleagues, all okay?

5279
03:13:03,675 --> 03:13:05,677
No one else in the queue. We're

5280
03:13:05,677 --> 03:13:08,113
going to move to the vote. All

5281
03:13:08,113 --> 03:13:10,982
in favor, please say aye. Any

5282
03:13:10,982 --> 03:13:13,118
voting no. Any abstaining? All

5283
03:13:13,118 --> 03:13:14,286
right. We have passed this

5284
03:13:14,286 --> 03:13:16,686
resolution and we appreciate

5285
03:13:26,431 --> 03:13:29,368
jyou so much, director dietz. We

5286
03:13:29,368 --> 03:13:32,968
thank you for your service. All

5287
03:13:34,105 --> 03:13:37,105
right. Next is agenda item 45,

5288
03:13:37,942 --> 03:13:39,845
resolution 2026-2069. Sponsors.

5289
03:13:39,845 --> 03:13:41,213
Gamble, harrell prep, tee.

5290
03:13:41,213 --> 03:13:42,681
Porterfield. Vo. Suara. Ellis.

5291
03:13:42,681 --> 03:13:44,248
Stiles. Lee. Taylor, tombs,

5292
03:13:44,248 --> 03:13:46,284
welch, koopman, benedict, ewing,

5293
03:13:46,284 --> 03:13:49,870
and evans. This is a resolution

5294
03:13:49,870 --> 03:13:51,487
recognizing JUNE 19th, 2026 as

5295
03:13:52,240 --> 03:13:53,580
juneteenth in nashville and county council member

5296
03:13:53,580 --> 03:13:53,791
gamble. You're recognized,

5297
03:13:53,791 --> 03:13:55,293
ma'am.

5298
03:13:55,293 --> 03:13:57,162
Thank you, vice mayor. I

5299
03:13:57,162 --> 03:13:58,496
just really wanted to publicly

5300
03:13:58,496 --> 03:13:59,898
thank the nashville public

5301
03:13:59,898 --> 03:14:02,167
library. You all have on your

5302
03:14:02,167 --> 03:14:04,235
desk a pen, a juneteenth

5303
03:14:04,235 --> 03:14:06,380
freedom day pen, the nashville

5304
03:14:06,380 --> 03:14:07,175
public library. I want to thank

5305
03:14:07,175 --> 03:14:09,708
them for partnering with the

5306
03:14:09,708 --> 03:14:11,909
metro council black caucus in

5307
03:14:11,909 --> 03:14:13,909
recognizing and honoring

5308
03:14:14,347 --> 03:14:15,514
juneteenth this year for 2026

5309
03:14:15,514 --> 03:14:17,548
juneteenth activities. I want

5310
03:14:17,548 --> 03:14:18,684
to remind everyone that

5311
03:14:18,684 --> 03:14:20,684
juneteenth activities are

5312
03:14:21,486 --> 03:14:22,954
happening across the city

5313
03:14:22,954 --> 03:14:24,388
actually have started

5314
03:14:24,388 --> 03:14:26,388
happening. Juneteenth is

5315
03:14:26,958 --> 03:14:29,600
actually this friday, JUNE 19th,

5316
03:14:29,600 --> 03:14:31,163
but it is celebrated on the day,

5317
03:14:31,163 --> 03:14:32,730
the week, the entire month of

5318
03:14:32,730 --> 03:14:34,866
JUNE. Some of the activities

5319
03:14:34,866 --> 03:14:36,668
that I hope you all might be

5320
03:14:36,668 --> 03:14:38,803
able to attend and participate

5321
03:14:38,803 --> 03:14:40,238
in, they are activities of

5322
03:14:40,238 --> 03:14:42,730
culture, art, music, food and

5323
03:14:42,730 --> 03:14:43,141
business, including black owned.

5324
03:14:43,141 --> 03:14:45,541
Buchanan actually happened this

5325
03:14:46,311 --> 03:14:48,512
past weekend the music city

5326
03:14:48,512 --> 03:14:50,715
juneteenth, freedom day five k

5327
03:14:50,715 --> 03:14:52,830
the nashville african american

5328
03:14:52,830 --> 03:14:53,919
wind symphony juneteenth

5329
03:14:53,919 --> 03:14:55,720
concert. It was wonderful this

5330
03:14:55,720 --> 03:14:57,522
past sunday at the horn, and

5331
03:14:57,522 --> 03:15:00,240
they will also be performing

5332
03:15:00,240 --> 03:15:02,260
this friday at the juneteenth

5333
03:15:02,260 --> 03:15:04,280
615 at centennial park and

5334
03:15:04,280 --> 03:15:05,496
moore. So just wanted to

5335
03:15:05,496 --> 03:15:06,398
highlight the wonderful

5336
03:15:06,398 --> 03:15:07,965
activities and the celebrations

5337
03:15:07,965 --> 03:15:09,768
that are going on across the

5338
03:15:09,768 --> 03:15:12,203
city for juneteenth and ask for

5339
03:15:12,203 --> 03:15:13,804
approval. I don't need a

5340
03:15:13,804 --> 03:15:14,106
committee report, do I?

5341
03:15:14,106 --> 03:15:15,907
Yes,

5342
03:15:15,907 --> 03:15:18,430
ma'am, I apologize, that's on%

5343
03:15:18,430 --> 03:15:19,977
me. I should have reminded you,

5344
03:15:19,977 --> 03:15:21,979
chair cash, sir, for the report

5345
03:15:21,979 --> 03:15:23,280
of the rules, confirmations and

5346
03:15:23,280 --> 03:15:25,280
public elections committee.

5347
03:15:29,587 --> 03:15:30,589
Please, sir.

5348
03:15:30,589 --> 03:15:30,989
Favor zero against

5349
03:15:30,989 --> 03:15:32,570
zero not voting.

5350
03:15:32,570 --> 03:15:33,658
Okay. MR. Cash,

5351
03:15:33,658 --> 03:15:35,259
i apologize. I did not have

5352
03:15:35,259 --> 03:15:38,163
your button pushed, but I heard

5353
03:15:38,163 --> 03:15:39,230
your report. Thank you, sir,

5354
03:15:39,230 --> 03:15:40,650
and MISS Gamble.

5355
03:15:40,650 --> 03:15:40,332
Move for

5356
03:15:40,332 --> 03:15:42,332
approval.

5357
03:15:42,534 --> 03:15:44,934
Okay. All right. Any

5358
03:15:45,369 --> 03:15:46,537
discussion on this resolution?

5359
03:15:46,537 --> 03:15:48,940
Seeing none. All in favor,

5360
03:15:48,940 --> 03:15:51,309
please say aye. Any voting no

5361
03:15:51,309 --> 03:15:53,645
or abstaining? Okay. Council

5362
03:15:53,645 --> 03:15:56,450
has passed adopted this

5363
03:15:56,515 --> 03:15:57,983
resolution. Next is agenda

5364
03:15:57,983 --> 03:16:00,217
section that concludes our

5365
03:16:00,217 --> 03:16:02,353
resolutions agenda section j

5366
03:16:02,353 --> 03:16:03,855
bills on introduction and first

5367
03:16:03,855 --> 03:16:05,222
reading. By rule, all items on

5368
03:16:05,222 --> 03:16:07,792
first reading shall be voted on

5369
03:16:07,792 --> 03:16:09,194
at the same time, unless

5370
03:16:09,194 --> 03:16:11,594
requested otherwise, by a

5371
03:16:11,663 --> 03:16:13,464
primary sponsor or by two other

5372
03:16:13,464 --> 03:16:15,967
members. Do any items need to

5373
03:16:15,967 --> 03:16:18,967
be removed from the collected

5374
03:16:19,637 --> 03:16:20,705
collective vote? Okay, council

5375
03:16:20,705 --> 03:16:21,373
member johnston, you're

5376
03:16:21,373 --> 03:16:22,474
recognized. Ma'am.

5377
03:16:22,474 --> 03:16:22,874
Item 54,

5378
03:16:22,874 --> 03:16:24,874
please.

5379
03:16:30,448 --> 03:16:32,448
Okay. Item 54 is

5380
03:16:35,453 --> 03:16:37,853
ordinance 1438. It will be

5381
03:16:39,240 --> 03:16:42,240
removed from the first reading

5382
03:16:43,394 --> 03:16:45,394
consolidated motion. Okay.

5383
03:16:45,497 --> 03:16:48,497
Anyone else seeking to be

5384
03:16:50,301 --> 03:16:51,669
recognized? Okay. Is there a

5385
03:16:51,669 --> 03:16:53,170
motion for approval? Seeing

5386
03:16:53,170 --> 03:16:54,772
none, is there a motion for

5387
03:16:54,772 --> 03:16:57,772
approval of all items remaining

5388
03:16:58,760 --> 03:17:00,476
on first consideration? Okay.

5389
03:17:00,712 --> 03:17:03,112
Properly seconded. And thus,

5390
03:17:05,383 --> 03:17:07,552
without objection, you have items on first

5391
03:17:07,552 --> 03:17:09,721
reading. Okay, so we'll go back

5392
03:17:09,721 --> 03:17:12,857
to the one item that was

5393
03:17:12,857 --> 03:17:15,257
removed from the consolidated

5394
03:17:15,392 --> 03:17:18,992
vote and that is agenda item 54,

5395
03:17:19,731 --> 03:17:21,899
ordinance bl2026-1438. Sponsors

5396
03:17:21,899 --> 03:17:23,368
johnston, huffman, evans and

5397
03:17:23,368 --> 03:17:24,769
spain. This is an ordinance

5398
03:17:24,769 --> 03:17:26,571
declaring a temporary

5399
03:17:26,571 --> 03:17:28,500
moratorium upon the acceptance,

5400
03:17:28,500 --> 03:17:29,373
processing, approval and

5401
03:17:29,373 --> 03:17:31,276
issuance of zoning,

5402
03:17:31,276 --> 03:17:33,111
grading permits for data center

5403
03:17:33,111 --> 03:17:34,913
developments on property within

5404
03:17:34,913 --> 03:17:36,314
nashville and davidson county.

5405
03:17:36,314 --> 03:17:37,140
Councilmember johnson, you're

5406
03:17:37,140 --> 03:17:38,550
recognized.

5407
03:17:38,550 --> 03:17:40,618
Thank you. So this

5408
03:17:40,618 --> 03:17:42,387
bill was filed so that it would

5409
03:17:42,387 --> 03:17:44,622
be timely filed to meet that

5410
03:17:44,622 --> 03:17:46,758
deadline, just in case on the

5411
03:17:46,758 --> 03:17:48,860
last meeting, the rules, the

5412
03:17:48,860 --> 03:17:51,496
suspension of the rules did not

5413
03:17:51,496 --> 03:17:53,230
prevail. So this was my fail

5414
03:17:53,230 --> 03:17:54,732
safe. So the bill that we

5415
03:17:54,732 --> 03:17:56,501
passed on first reading during

5416
03:17:56,501 --> 03:17:58,569
the special meeting last week

5417
03:17:58,569 --> 03:18:00,104
will be on second reading, next

5418
03:18:00,104 --> 03:18:01,439
meeting and public hearing.

5419
03:18:01,439 --> 03:18:03,441
It's going to be at the public.

5420
03:18:03,441 --> 03:18:05,109
I mean, it's going to be at the

5421
03:18:05,109 --> 03:18:06,644
planning commission next

5422
03:18:06,644 --> 03:18:08,313
thursday for public hearing

5423
03:18:08,313 --> 03:18:09,481
there. So with that, I'm

5424
03:18:09,481 --> 03:18:10,482
withdrawing this particular one

5425
03:18:10,482 --> 03:18:11,249
because this was my back.

5426
03:18:11,249 --> 03:18:13,249
All

5427
03:18:16,721 --> 03:18:19,323
right. It has been withdrawn.

5428
03:18:19,323 --> 03:18:21,590
All right. That concludes bills

5429
03:18:21,590 --> 03:18:23,459
on introduction and first

5430
03:18:23,527 --> 03:18:26,764
reading. And now we will move

5431
03:18:26,764 --> 03:18:29,934
right into section k bills on

5432
03:18:29,934 --> 03:18:31,102
second reading. Of note.

5433
03:18:31,102 --> 03:18:34,102
Actually no because those are

5434
03:18:35,406 --> 03:18:37,541
all on consent as. Okay. So now

5435
03:18:37,541 --> 03:18:40,541
we're moving to third reading

5436
03:18:45,115 --> 03:18:48,152
of agenda section l. And we

5437
03:18:48,152 --> 03:18:49,420
have several items here that

5438
03:18:49,420 --> 03:18:52,560
were not on consent. First

5439
03:18:52,560 --> 03:18:55,560
among those is agenda item 72,

5440
03:18:56,260 --> 03:18:57,428
ordinance bl2026-1381 sponsor

5441
03:18:57,428 --> 03:18:59,831
coupon. This is an ordinance

5442
03:18:59,831 --> 03:19:01,332
approving the fiscal year 2027

5443
03:19:01,332 --> 03:19:02,599
gulch central business

5444
03:19:02,599 --> 03:19:04,535
improvement district council

5445
03:19:04,535 --> 03:19:05,303
member coupon. You are

5446
03:19:05,303 --> 03:19:05,635
recognized, sir.

5447
03:19:05,635 --> 03:19:06,603
Thank you,

5448
03:19:06,603 --> 03:19:07,104
madampresident. Committee

5449
03:19:07,104 --> 03:19:07,771
reports. No.

5450
03:19:07,771 --> 03:19:09,771
You already had

5451
03:19:10,708 --> 03:19:12,109
those. Okay. There's a motion

5452
03:19:12,109 --> 03:19:13,177
to approve and it's properly

5453
03:19:13,177 --> 03:19:14,546
seconded. Is there any

5454
03:19:14,546 --> 03:19:17,546
discussion on this ordinance on

5455
03:19:17,815 --> 03:19:18,949
its third and final reading?

5456
03:19:18,949 --> 03:19:20,718
Seeing none. All in favor,

5457
03:19:20,718 --> 03:19:24,318
please say aye. Any voting no

5458
03:19:27,257 --> 03:19:29,561
or abstaining. Okay. Okay. With

5459
03:19:29,561 --> 03:19:31,896
the no vote for this ordinance

5460
03:19:31,896 --> 03:19:34,650
onits third and final reading,

5461
03:19:34,650 --> 03:19:35,900
that will require a roll call

5462
03:19:35,900 --> 03:19:38,536
by rule. And so, MR. Clerk, if

5463
03:19:38,536 --> 03:19:42,136
you would please, sir, load the

5464
03:19:47,512 --> 03:19:49,912
vote. This requires 21 votes

5465
03:20:03,728 --> 03:20:05,728
for passage.

5466
03:20:19,710 --> 03:20:22,110
With all votes in.

5467
03:20:22,947 --> 03:20:24,749
MR. Clerk, please show the vote.

5468
03:20:24,749 --> 03:20:26,551
This ordinance has passed its

5469
03:20:26,551 --> 03:20:29,119
third and final reading with 32

5470
03:20:29,119 --> 03:20:32,356
votes in favor, one against and

5471
03:20:32,356 --> 03:20:35,356
one abstention. Next is agenda

5472
03:20:37,461 --> 03:20:38,896
item 73. Ordinance bl 2026-1382.

5473
03:20:38,896 --> 03:20:39,997
Sponsor. Suara. Horton, gad,

5474
03:20:39,997 --> 03:20:41,997
allen. Porterfield, alice.

5475
03:20:42,330 --> 03:20:43,501
Cooper, ewing evans, tombs, bo

5476
03:20:43,501 --> 03:20:44,702
taylor, stiles, welsh and

5477
03:20:44,702 --> 03:20:46,370
benedict. This is an ordinance

5478
03:20:46,370 --> 03:20:48,539
to amend title two of the metro

5479
03:20:48,539 --> 03:20:49,640
code of laws to create a new

5480
03:20:49,640 --> 03:20:51,750
chapter establishing an

5481
03:20:51,750 --> 03:20:52,542
eviction right to counsel

5482
03:20:52,542 --> 03:20:54,344
program to be administered by

5483
03:20:54,344 --> 03:20:56,480
the housing division of the

5484
03:20:56,480 --> 03:20:58,880
department of planning. Sponsor

5485
03:20:59,417 --> 03:21:01,219
suara. You are recognized.

5486
03:21:01,219 --> 03:21:02,619
Thank you, MADAM Vice mayor.

5487
03:21:02,619 --> 03:21:02,920
Committee report saying.

5488
03:21:02,920 --> 03:21:03,120
Yes

5489
03:21:03,120 --> 03:21:03,721
ma'am.

5490
03:21:03,721 --> 03:21:04,722
They are.

5491
03:21:04,722 --> 03:21:05,856
All right.

5492
03:21:05,856 --> 03:21:07,992
I'll move for approval with a

5493
03:21:07,992 --> 03:21:08,325
very short comment.

5494
03:21:08,325 --> 03:21:09,393
Go ahead

5495
03:21:09,393 --> 03:21:11,393
ma'am.

5496
03:21:11,595 --> 03:21:13,630
Thank you. Colleagues,

5497
03:21:13,630 --> 03:21:14,932
you know, we sit in this

5498
03:21:14,932 --> 03:21:16,300
chamber, we talk about a lot of

5499
03:21:16,300 --> 03:21:18,469
things, and I do respect that.

5500
03:21:18,469 --> 03:21:19,504
While we MAY disagree,

5501
03:21:19,504 --> 03:21:21,405
sometimes we're all trying to

5502
03:21:21,405 --> 03:21:23,874
do the best that we can. But

5503
03:21:23,874 --> 03:21:25,708
it's also very great when we

5504
03:21:25,708 --> 03:21:28,178
actually do something that we

5505
03:21:28,178 --> 03:21:29,346
all come together t make

5506
03:21:29,346 --> 03:21:31,515
happen. And this eviction right

5507
03:21:31,515 --> 03:21:33,217
to counsel is one of those. It

5508
03:21:33,217 --> 03:21:34,351
has been a true collaboration,

5509
03:21:34,351 --> 03:21:36,319
not just with the people in

5510
03:21:36,319 --> 03:21:38,719
this chambers, but with

5511
03:21:40,424 --> 03:21:42,260
the community. This program,

5512
03:21:42,260 --> 03:21:43,293
thanks to all of you that we

5513
03:21:43,293 --> 03:21:44,995
started about five years ago,

5514
03:21:44,995 --> 03:21:46,530
got it into a pilot, and now

5515
03:21:46,530 --> 03:21:47,965
it's going to be codified. The

5516
03:21:47,965 --> 03:21:49,400
good thing about codifying is

5517
03:21:49,400 --> 03:21:51,168
that at least you won't hear me

5518
03:21:51,168 --> 03:21:52,937
standing up and talking about

5519
03:21:52,937 --> 03:21:54,805
every budget season. So that's

5520
03:21:54,805 --> 03:21:56,273
a plus in that sense. But I

5521
03:21:56,273 --> 03:21:57,942
wanted to thank the mayor for

5522
03:21:57,942 --> 03:21:59,176
funding it. I would like to

5523
03:21:59,176 --> 03:22:01,245
thank the budget chair for

5524
03:22:01,245 --> 03:22:02,479
adding more to it. We're now at

5525
03:22:02,479 --> 03:22:04,879
4.5 million of the 9 million

5526
03:22:05,616 --> 03:22:07,851
that is needed. I want to thank

5527
03:22:07,851 --> 03:22:10,288
MR. Rosenberg and MR. Sexton

5528
03:22:10,288 --> 03:22:12,890
for their help with this. The

5529
03:22:12,890 --> 03:22:13,900
housing department, MISS

5530
03:22:13,900 --> 03:22:15,325
Herbert and his department.

5531
03:22:15,325 --> 03:22:16,427
Kelsey, I want to thank the rtc

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group that is actually working

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on this, that we're able to

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provide the results that allow

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us to support it. Legal aid,

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hispanic bar, rooftop,

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03:22:25,735 --> 03:22:27,538
nashville conflict resolution,

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the american muslim advisory

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council, and all of the

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organizations that actually

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03:22:33,410 --> 03:22:35,479
lobbied and talk about it and

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ask us to vote for it. Stand up.

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Nashville noah, the people's

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budget coalition, equity

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03:22:41,319 --> 03:22:42,319
alliance, open table, there are

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just so many organizations.

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This is our collaboration works.

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This is all of us working

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together for the betterment of

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our citizens. And I'm so

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grateful that we finally got it

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here. Nashville now joins only

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four states in about 18 cities

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in the country that have an

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eviction right to counsel

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program. And as we talk about

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affordability and helping, this tool in the tool box

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that we now, thanks to all of

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you, we're now able to carry to

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the finish line. And hopefully,

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we'll continue to help a lot of

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people in nashville. And with

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that, MADAM Vice mayor, I renew

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my motion for approval.

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Alrighty. Is there any further

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discussion on this ordinance on

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its third and final reading?

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Seeing none. All in favor,

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please say aye. Any voting no

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or abstaining. All right. This

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03:23:30,468 --> 03:23:32,690
ordinance has passed. That

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concludes this evening's agenda.

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I want to thank and

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congratulate budget chair

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toombs again on her budget by

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charter. The urban council,

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which is comprised of the three

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03:23:43,680 --> 03:23:45,683
at large members residing in

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the urban and urban services

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03:23:47,551 --> 03:23:48,818
district, must meet down front

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here, please, with the clerk

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after the meeting. Our next

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council meeting will be on

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tuesday, JULY 7th. The council

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03:23:56,159 --> 03:23:57,962
office will be closed this

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03:23:57,962 --> 03:23:59,960
friday in observance of

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03:23:59,960 --> 03:24:02,960
juneteenth. Is there a motion

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03:24:03,367 --> 03:24:05,435
to adjourn? Oh, I'm sorry, MISS

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03:24:05,435 --> 03:24:07,771
Lee. Go ahead. Ma'am, I'm sorry.

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I would like to ask the council

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to join me in wishing MISS

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Jennifer gamble a happy

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03:24:13,410 --> 03:24:14,443
birthday today.

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03:24:14,443 --> 03:24:16,443
Yes, ma'am. We

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03:24:16,647 --> 03:24:18,820
did that off the top during our

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03:24:18,820 --> 03:24:19,483
roll call, and we'll do it

5597
03:24:19,483 --> 03:24:21,652
again. Thank you for spending

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your birthday with us. All

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right, we are adjourned.

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Second.

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i know her hand like that. She

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looks.

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Like it.

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This has been a

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service of the metro nashville

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network. If you would like to

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