[3:45] Today is Tuesday, JULY the 21st,

[3:46] and I would like to call this

[3:48] meeting to order. I want to

[3:49] open by acknowledging that this

[3:51] meeting is being held on the

[3:53] unceded stolen land of the

[3:55] Cherokee, Shawnee, and Yuchi

[3:57] people. And to remind everyone

[3:58] that no one is illegal on

[4:00] stolen land, built by stolen

[4:02] labor. And with that, I

[4:06] m going

[4:09] you are recognized.

[4:11] Thank you, want to

[4:13] say that tomorrow night at the

[4:14] national soccer club is pride

[4:16] night. And it's also military

[4:17] appreciation night. So if you

[4:18] want to go, you're more than. I

[4:20] would love to see you all there.

[4:21] I'm actually going to be

[4:23] honored on the field. As for

[4:25] military appreciation asa

[4:26] combat veteran, and then for

[4:27] pride night, I'll also be

[4:28] honored as the first trans

[4:30] elected to tennessee. So if

[4:31] anybody wants to come, I'd love

[4:33] to see you there.

[4:35] Congratulations. Council member,

[4:37] council member styles. You're

[4:38] recognized.

[4:39] Thank you very much.

[4:42] This thursday is the district

[4:44] 32nd JULY meeting. Community

[4:45] meeting. It will be at

[4:47] southeast community center at

[4:51] 6:00. We will be. Are we going

[4:53] to talk about the new transit

[4:54] center in antioch? And then

[4:56] we'll have community safety

[4:58] updates and regular community

[4:59] updates. And then two days

[5:02] later, it is the fifth annual

[5:03] southeast community day. So I

[5:04] hope people will make plans to

[5:06] attend. We have a community

[5:08] parade with our antioch high

[5:11] school bands. We have a parade

[5:13] giving away free backpacks, and

[5:14] then in the evening, from 6 to

[5:16] 10, we have a free music

[5:18] festival featuring nashville's

[5:20] own butter and grit, who are

[5:23] now on america's got talent. So

[5:25] hope to see you all there.

[5:28] Thank you councilmember. You're

[5:28] recognized.

[5:29] Thank you, MADAM

[5:31] Pro tem. So district eight, we

[5:33] will be having our monthly

[5:37] meeting on JULY 27th, the last

[5:39] monday of the month at 6 P.M.

[5:40] At hamilton united methodist

[5:43] church. Our guests will be

[5:46] metro waste services.

[5:46] Thank you

[5:48] so very much. Council member,

[5:49] council member. Kimbrough.

[5:50] You're recognized.

[5:51] Thank you.

[5:52] District one will have a

[5:55] community meeting on tuesday,

[5:57] JULY 28th at the iv center on

[6:01] ashland city pike. Mda will be

[6:02] present. Also, I'd like to

[6:04] alert or bring to everyone's

[6:06] attention that there's a

[6:07] tennessee state university

[6:09] graduate who also completed one

[6:11] year of law school who is

[6:14] missing. If you google lakeisha

[6:18] gunn, lakesha gunn gunn, you'll

[6:20] see her picture. There's a tbi,

[6:23] silver alert for her, silver

[6:24] alert for her, she's five foot

[6:28] two, 120 pounds. My

[6:30] understanding from the family

[6:31] is it hasn't really received

[6:33] the proper attention, so I want

[6:35] to make sure that everyone

[6:39] knows that this lady is missing

[6:40] and share that information with

[6:42] your friends. Thank you.

[6:42] Thank

[6:45] you, council member kimbrough,

[6:47] council member sarwar, you

[6:48] recognized.

[6:49] Thank you, pro tem.

[6:51] And I do hope that we'll find

[6:54] miss gunn safe and sound. And I

[6:55] will share as well. And I

[6:57] encourage everybody to do so as

[6:59] well. I want to thank everyone

[7:01] that came out saturday for the

[7:02] john lewis fifth annual john

[7:03] lewis way MARCH. I was very,

[7:06] very hot. But nashvillians thank you colleagues. That

[7:08] came the vice mayor, the mayor,

[7:11] our speaker, reverend dyson and

[7:13] reverend brown, a whole lot of

[7:14] them. We have about 15

[7:15] ministers that serve as a grand

[7:17] marshal. It was a it was a

[7:19] beautiful day to step out and

[7:20] step in the footsteps of our%

[7:21] ancestors. There's been a lot

[7:23] of marches in nashville that

[7:24] are called to ensure that

[7:25] change happen. And that's what

[7:26] we were emulating and doing

[7:28] what they did in those days.

[7:29] But I also want to remind

[7:31] everyone that while it was good

[7:33] for us to do that, we also have

[7:35] to follow it up with action. So

[7:36] early voting is going on right

[7:38] now, so we already MARCH. Now

[7:39] we need to MARCH to the polls.

[7:41] We need to go vote. And so

[7:43] please go out and let your

[7:44] voices be heard. The second

[7:45] thing that I wanted to do,

[7:47] MADAM Pro tem, is it's my. I

[7:49] wanted to welcome a colleague

[7:50] who. She will stand up. She's a

[7:52] council member from colorado

[7:53] springs. Council member

[7:54] kimberly gold is visiting us,

[7:56] and I wanted to welcome her to

[8:01] nashville.

[8:02] Thank you, council

[8:04] member, and welcome. We hope

[8:07] that you enjoy our proceedings.

[8:08] Enjoy is a strong word. That's

[8:11] probably relative, but we

[8:13] welcome you here to nashville.

[8:14] Hopethat you get some good

[8:15] food, especially hot chicken,

[8:17] while you're here.

[8:18] councilmember. Well, she

[8:20] recognized.

[8:22] Thank you pro tem.

[8:23] I have mentioned this before,

[8:25] but the heimerdinger foundation

[8:27] is a foundation started by the

[8:29] family of mike heimerdinger,

[8:30] who used to be the offensive

[8:31] coordinator for the tennessee

[8:33] titans, who died of cancer in

[8:35] 2010. The foundation provides

[8:37] foods for people in active

[8:38] cancer treatment in davidson

[8:40] and williamson county, both for

[8:42] the patient and for another

[8:43] family member or a caregiver

[8:45] free of charge for 12 weeks.

[8:47] And for the first time in quite

[8:49] a few years, they have openings.

[8:51] We have openings. When my arm

[8:53] is actually functioning, I cook

[8:55] and I actually help people heal.

[8:56] They don't have problems from

[8:57] my cooking, so it's a really

[8:59] great thing for me to. But if

[9:01] you would like some information

[9:02] on how. If you are an active

[9:03] cancer treatment or know

[9:04] someone who is who could use

[9:06] that support, the heimerdinger

[9:07] foundation is there to step

[9:09] right in. You can contact them

[9:10] through heimerdinger foundation

[9:14] online, or you can email me,

[9:14] jenny.Welch@nashville.Gov, and

[9:16] I will give you all the contact

[9:17] information. It's a wonderful

[9:18] program, so if you need the

[9:20] support, do not hesitate to do

[9:21] it. It's 12 weeks free of

[9:23] charge, with an option for

[9:24] another 12 weeks for a nominal

[9:27] fee. So if you need it, take

[9:29] advantage of it. Thank you.

[9:30] Thank you, council member welch.

[9:32] Next we have council member

[9:34] gamble. You are recognized.

[9:36] Thank you, MADAM Pro tem, I'd

[9:37] like announce that there

[9:38] will be adistrict three

[9:40] quarterly meeting on JULY 28th

[9:43] at 6 P.M. At the madison

[9:45] library. We will have a public

[9:47] safety update and discuss three

[9:49] proposed projects in the in the

[9:51] district, so I invite everyone

[9:53] to come out on JULY 28th, 6

[9:55] P.M. At the madison library.

[9:57] Thanks.

[9:58] Thank you, council

[9:59] member gamble. Council member.

[10:02] Nash, you're recognized.

[10:02] Thank

[10:04] you, MADAM Pro tem. I just want

[10:05] to give a friendly reminder to

[10:08] my colleagues that the. You're

[10:09] invited to the andrew jackson

[10:11] police youth camp open house

[10:13] tomorrow on old hickory lake.

[10:16] It's a great opportunity to

[10:17] meet a bunch of special units

[10:19] of the police departmentand

[10:21] greet about 50 children from

[10:23] underprivileged homes that are

[10:25] had a week at camp on the lake,

[10:28] and got to do some activities

[10:29] and see some things they

[10:30] wouldn't necessarily get to see

[10:33] backat home. And lunch is

[10:37] served at 12 to. So I'd love to

[10:39] have you.

[10:40] Thank you. Council

[10:41] member nash. Are there any

[10:42] other council members that

[10:44] would like to be recognized for

[10:58] announcements? I know we have

[10:59] at least one council member

[11:00] that wants to be recognized, so

[11:02] we're going to hold the

[11:03] announcement period open for a

[11:10] few more moments. Council

[11:21] member vo, you are recognized.

[11:22] Thank you so much. Pro tem, I

[11:24] just want to remind everyone

[11:25] that we know it is so hot

[11:27] outside and that the metro

[11:28] action commission has their

[11:29] summer cooling program that

[11:30] provides air conditioning units

[11:31] at no cost to qualifying

[11:32] davidson county residents. So

[11:33] this program is going on now

[11:35] through AUGUST 31st. So if you

[11:36] please, if you do qualify, you

[11:38] have to be a davidson county

[11:39] resident age 60 years or older

[11:41] that meets income guidelines.

[11:42] But just call me back. I just

[11:44] want to make sure that all of

[11:45] our residents that are eligible

[11:47] for the cooling program can get

[11:48] an air conditioner, especially

[11:50] in this hot heat. And tomorrow,

[11:52] I mean, sorry, on thursday,

[11:55] JULY 23rd from 1130 to 2 P.M.

[11:56] I'm very excited about this

[11:58] summer. Chefs showcase farmer's

[12:00] market that will be happening

[12:02] at tennessee justice center.

[12:04] And it's really exciting

[12:05] because they'll be featuring

[12:06] some young chefs through the

[12:08] joy kitchen project. So if you

[12:10] don't have lunch plans, please

[12:11] make sure and stop by the

[12:13] tennessee justice center and

[12:15] support and really be part of

[12:18] this amazing summer chef

[12:21] showcase. Thank you so much.

[12:24] Thank you. Council member vo.

[12:26] Do we have any other council

[12:27] members that would like to be

[12:33] recognized? Going once, going

[12:35] twice, going three times. Sold.

[12:36] We're going to go ahead and

[12:37] close the announcement period.

[12:40] Have a great rest of the

[12:56] evening.

[33:52] The 13th regular meeting of

[33:55] 2026 and the 65th regular

[33:56] meeting of the current term of

[33:58] the metropolitan council of

[34:00] nashville and davidson county.

[34:02] Will all members of the council,

[34:03] as well as the public, please

[34:05] rise for the invocation and

[34:06] remain standing for the pledge

[34:08] of allegiance. The invocation

[34:11] is being offered this evening

[34:13] by pastor tommy clark of the

[34:15] west nashville cumberland

[34:16] presbyterian church. He is the

[34:18] guest of district 20 council

[34:20] member rollin horton. Pastor

[34:21] clark, you're recognized.

[34:22] Thank

[34:26] you. Pray with me if you would.

[34:29] Holy and gracious GOD, we give

[34:31] thanks for this space, this

[34:33] group of people, all that are

[34:35] here and gathered. And we also

[34:37] give thanks for your presence.

[34:40] Lord, we gather here as

[34:44] colleagues, friends, neighbors,

[34:46] and here we are. We're

[34:49] connected by a shared city, a

[34:52] holy space, and also a common

[34:54] hope. And we have a

[34:57] responsibility to one another.

[34:59] Though we all come from

[35:01] different spaces. I believe

[35:03] you've created us very unique

[35:04] and different. We come from

[35:06] different neighborhoods and

[35:08] very different experiences and

[35:10] perspectives, but we are united

[35:13] by our desire to build a

[35:15] community where every person

[35:19] can live and flourish. GOD, we

[35:21] ask that you bless the members

[35:23] of this council that are all

[35:26] gathered here. GOD, we ask that

[35:29] you grant our leaders wisdom,

[35:31] wisdom that listens before they

[35:34] they speak. We also pray that

[35:37] you grant them courage that

[35:39] chooses what is right over what

[35:43] is often easy. And also we ask

[35:45] that you grant them humility

[35:47] that remembers public services.

[35:49] Sacred. Lord, in a time when

[35:52] disagreement can become what

[35:53] seems to be division, we ask

[35:56] that you teach us a better way.

[35:58] Remind us that that unity does

[36:01] not really require uniformity.

[36:03] Lord, we don't have to think

[36:05] alike to work together. So we

[36:07] ask that you help us meet one

[36:09] another with patience instead

[36:12] of anger, and also meet one

[36:14] another with curiosity instead

[36:17] of suspicion. And also, of

[36:19] course, respect. MAY the

[36:21] decisions that are made here

[36:23] consider not only those voices

[36:25] who are always and easily heard,

[36:28] but also those that are often

[36:30] overlooked. You know them, lord.

[36:32] We pray for them. The

[36:34] struggling family, the neighbor

[36:36] without secure housing, the

[36:39] senior that lives alone, the

[36:42] worker that seeks dignity, and

[36:45] every person longing to to be

[36:48] part of something bigger. So

[36:52] GOD, we ask that our words be

[36:55] thoughtful and give us sincere

[36:57] listening, and let our actions

[37:02] be guided by a common goodness.

[37:04] Unite us through a shared

[37:06] commitment to serve faithfully

[37:08] and perhaps leave this city

[37:11] better than we found it. With

[37:12] gratitude for our community and

[37:14] hope for all its people. We

[37:18] offer this prayer. Amen.

[37:19] I

[37:21] pledge allegiance to the flag

[37:24] of the united states of america

[37:25] and to the republic for which

[37:29] it stands one nation under GOD,

[37:32] indivisible, with liberty and

[37:37] justice for all. Thank you very

[37:42] much. Thank you. Welcome,

[37:44] council and community members.

[37:47] Early voting is underway at 15

[37:48] locations across the county.

[37:49] Registered voters MAY vote at

[37:52] any of those locations, and 11

[37:54] days of early voting remain. Or

[37:57] I guess there's 30, 40, 20

[38:00] minutesleft this evening.

[38:01] Polls are open on tuesdays and

[38:04] thursdays till 7 P.M. So please

[38:07] text some friends and go to

[38:09] dinner and democracy together.

[38:10] Please encourage your friends

[38:12] and family to vote early.

[38:15] Election day is thursday,

[38:16] august the 6th. For more

[38:18] information. As always,

[38:21] nashvillians can go to

[38:23] nashville.Gov/vote. Members

[38:24] have received two memos from me

[38:27] this week regarding board and

[38:28] commission vacancies to be

[38:29] filled by council nomination

[38:32] and election. One on the health

[38:34] and educational facilities

[38:38] board and four on the new metro

[38:40] animal care and control

[38:42] commission. One of those

[38:44] openings is for a council

[38:46] member, and all the remaining

[38:48] vacancies are for community

[38:49] members. So please review those

[38:52] members memos carefully and be

[38:54] thinking about a good folks to

[38:56] serve. I will take those

[38:59] nominations at the AUGUST 4th

[39:03] council meeting. All right.

[39:04] Without objection, we will

[39:05] suspend the calling of the roll

[39:07] and ask the clerk to please

[39:09] record the names of the members

[39:11] present throughout the meeting.

[39:13] I want to recognize council

[39:15] member deontay harrell, who is

[39:17] celebrating his birthday with

[39:19] us this evening. So happy

[39:24] birthday, COUNCILMAN. Is there

[39:25] a motion for approval of the

[39:28] minutes of the meeting of JULY

[39:33] 7th? Okay. There is a motion without

[39:35] objection. And seeing no one

[39:37] seeking to be recognized for a

[39:40] change to the minutes. All

[39:41] right. The minutes of the

[39:43] meeting of JULY 7th are

[39:46] approved, MR. Clerk. Are there

[39:49] any messages from the mayor?

[39:50] Yes. There is a message from

[39:50] the mayor.

[39:52] All right, go ahead,

[39:53] dear vice

[39:54] mayor henderson and members of

[39:55] council, pursuant to

[39:57] regulations of the tennessee

[39:58] comptroller's office. Please

[39:59] find the state of tennessee

[40:01] reporting forms for the 2026

[40:03] interfund tax anticipation

[40:04] notes. In the cumulative amount

[40:08] of $208 million. The tax

[40:08] anticipation notes were

[40:10] authorized through resolution

[40:15] are as 2026-1962 on MAY 19th,

[40:17] 2026. Interfund tax

[40:19] anticipation notes provide

[40:20] temporary short term financing

[40:21] to meet cash flow needs early

[40:23] in the fiscal year, until

[40:25] property tax and other major

[40:26] revenues are collected. The

[40:28] notes are borrowed from other

[40:30] metro funds with available cash

[40:31] balances, and are repaid with

[40:33] interest from current fiscal

[40:34] year revenues once those

[40:36] revenues are received. As

[40:37] always, we appreciate the

[40:39] metropolitan council support on

[40:40] these important financing

[40:42] initiatives. Sincerely, mayor

[40:43] freddie o'connell.

[40:44] All righty.

[40:45] Thank you, mayor o'connell, and

[40:51] thank you, MR. Clerk. Next,

[40:53] we'll start into our agenda.

[40:56] Section e appointees and

[40:57] nominees. This portion of the

[40:58] agenda shares all persons who

[40:59] are scheduled to appear before

[41:00] the rules, confirmations and

[41:01] public elections committee for

[41:05] an interview this evening. Re

[41:06] referrals back to the committee

[41:08] will be by rule as part of the

[41:09] council's two meeting process

[41:10] for elections and confirmations.

[41:12] No votes will be taken by the

[41:13] body in this section of the

[41:14] agenda. Chair. Cash a brief

[41:16] report, please. No vote totals

[41:17] necessary. Simply the name of

[41:18] the board, commission,

[41:19] committee or entity and the

[41:20] name of the appointees who were

[41:22] interviewed. And if a person in

[41:23] the appointment and

[41:25] confirmation process was unable

[41:26] to attend your committee this

[41:28] evening, at what meeting they

[41:29] will next appear, please, sir.

[41:30] Go ahead. Chair.

[41:32] Yes, ma'am.

[41:32] Airport authority. Appointment

[41:34] of wallace dietz. Arts

[41:36] commission appointment of henry

[41:38] walker. Charter revision

[41:39] commission. Reappointment of

[41:41] eileen behan. Charter revision.

[41:42] Commission. Reappointment of

[41:45] dewey brandstatter. Contract

[41:47] and compliance board.

[41:49] Reappointment of marcus t booth.

[41:50] We deferred that for one

[41:51] meeting.

[41:53] Okay. So will you all

[41:56] will interview then, MR. Booth

[41:58] at the first meeting in AUGUST,

[42:00] correct? Yes. Okay. Go ahead.

[42:01] Sir. Hospital authority

[42:04] reappointment of doctor raymond

[42:06] martin, hospital authority,

[42:08] reappointment of courtney j.

[42:10] Pitts and social services

[42:12] commission. Appointment of will

[42:13] s will acuff.

[42:14] All right.

[42:14] Thank

[42:16] you. I'd like to move those

[42:17] nominees.

[42:17] Okay. Well, at this

[42:19] juncture, you're just reporting

[42:20] onpeople who were interviewed,

[42:22] so we don't have to take a vote.

[42:24] Now we're into section f of our

[42:26] agenda confirmations. Chair

[42:27] cash recognized again for your

[42:28] committee report on the

[42:29] appointees in the second step

[42:30] of your committee's two meeting

[42:32] process, this time with vote

[42:33] totals and a consolidated

[42:34] motion for the confirmation of

[42:35] those persons, or first for a

[42:37] deferral motion if there are

[42:38] any. Go ahead sir. Yep.

[42:38] the

[42:40] community corrections advisory

[42:41] board appointment of jamal

[42:45] boykin. We approved 7 to 0 zero

[42:48] contract and compliance board

[42:49] reappointment of michael

[42:51] iadevaia for a term for term

[42:53] expiring AUGUST 28th, 2029.

[42:55] Approved seven to 0 to 0

[42:57] contract compliance board

[43:03] reappointment of matthew p neal seven to 0 to 0.

[43:04] Director of law appointment of

[43:06] tyler yarbrough approved seven

[43:10] to 0 to 0. Electric power board

[43:11] appointment of robert d boone.

[43:14] The second approved seven to 0

[43:16] to 0 employee benefit board

[43:18] reappointment of g. Thomas

[43:23] curtis approved seven to 0 to 0.

[43:24] Farmers market board

[43:26] appointment of jackson zeitlin.

[43:28] I think all the rest are there,

[43:30] all 7 to 0. Okay. Historical

[43:31] commission reappointment f

[43:33] clay bailey by the same vote.

[43:35] Historical commission of jay

[43:39] brothers with seven votes.

[43:40] Historical commission

[43:42] reappointment of caitlin jones

[43:45] approved 7 to 0 zero historical

[43:46] commission. Reappointment of

[43:48] doctor marissa richmond with

[43:49] seven votes approved with seven

[43:51] votes. Historical commission.

[43:53] Reappointment of lindo t win

[43:57] seven to 0 to 0 and the transit

[43:58] authority appointment of

[44:01] whitney weeks approved seven to

[44:03] 0 to 0.

[44:05] All right.

[44:06] Move those

[44:07] nominees.

[44:09] Okay. There is a

[44:12] motion to confirm all of these

[44:15] appointees, and it is properly

[44:17] seconded. Does anyone wish to

[44:18] remove an item from this

[44:20] consolidated motion for

[44:21] purposes of an individual

[44:25] abstention or no vote? All

[44:28] right. Seeing none. All in

[44:30] favor of the remaining

[44:32] confirmations, please say I.

[44:36] All right. Council has

[44:37] confirmed all of these

[44:39] appointees. If you chose to

[44:40] return to the council chamber

[44:43] this evening, do please stand

[44:45] as I call your name, and then

[44:46] we'll have a collective

[44:49] applause at the end. So council

[44:53] has confirmed to the community

[44:57] corrections and advisory board

[45:01] the appointment of jamal boykin.

[45:03] Council has confirmed the

[45:04] reappointments to the contract

[45:08] and compliance board of michael

[45:11] iadevaia and matthew p neal.

[45:14] Council has confirmed the

[45:16] appointment to serve as the

[45:18] director of law. The

[45:19] metropolitan director of law,

[45:22] tyler yarbrough council has

[45:23] confirmed to the electric

[45:26] board the appointment of robert

[45:29] d boone. Council has confirmed

[45:31] to the employee benefit board

[45:33] the reappointment of g. Thomas

[45:37] curtis to the farmers market

[45:40] board. Council has approved

[45:43] jackson zeitlin. And then now I

[45:44] see quite a few folks from our

[45:46] historical commission with us

[45:48] to the historical commission.

[45:50] Council has reconfirmed the

[45:52] appointments of doctor clay

[45:55] bailey. The new appointment of

[45:58] MR. J. Brothers, the

[46:00] reappointment of caitlin jones,

[46:02] the reappointment of doctor

[46:04] marissa richmond and council

[46:06] has also confirmed the

[46:08] reappointment to the historical

[46:11] commission of doctor linda t

[46:13] nguyen and then lastly to the

[46:14] transit authority. Council has

[46:16] confirmed the appointment of

[46:19] whitney weeks. We congratulate

[46:20] everyone, whether here in

[46:22] person or watching from home or

[46:24] on replay. We appreciate your

[46:26] willingness to serve our city

[46:27] and a special thank you and

[46:29] congratulations to the new

[46:30] metropolitan director of law,

[46:33] MISS Tyler yarbrough. Thank you

[46:49] all.

[47:00] Thank you. Yes, yes.

[47:14] Appreciate it. Okay.

[47:14] Usually

[47:18] I'd say.

[47:34] Yes.

[47:52] All right.

[47:54] Colleagues, again, thank you to

[47:55] everyone for your willingness

[47:59] to serve. Next section g and

[48:04] our agenda nominations. We will

[48:07] be taking now nominations for

[48:09] the municipal auditorium

[48:11] commission. This is to fill two

[48:13] vacancies with terms expiring

[48:18] on JUNE 30th, 2029, with an now to be conducted at

[48:21] the AUGUST 18th meeting,

[48:23] members received a memo from me

[48:25] about this first on JUNE 15th,

[48:26] and nominations were open at

[48:28] the JULY 7th meeting, with no

[48:31] nominations being made. So at

[48:32] this juncture, the nominations

[48:33] are open and if you would

[48:35] please enter the queue. Council

[48:36] member huffman, you're

[48:37] recognized, sir.

[48:38] Thank you,

[48:39] vice mayor. I'd like to

[48:41] nominate ron deal.

[48:42] Okay. MR.

[48:49] Ron. Deal. Okay. Council

[48:51] members, again, we have two

[48:54] vacancies. Are there any

[48:55] further nominations for the

[48:57] municipal auditorium commission?

[49:01] We have one nomination for two

[49:08] vacancies.

[49:09] Okay.

[49:10] MISS, are you

[49:12] seeking to be recognized? Go

[49:14] ahead. Ma'am, you are

[49:18] recognized.

[49:19] Thank you, vice

[49:21] mayor. I have a person. I have

[49:23] the first name. I don't have

[49:24] the last name. Oh, iman.

[49:26] Kushner.

[49:26] Iman?

[49:31] Yes, I'm a

[49:31] nkhoshnaw.

[49:35] Okay. Council member

[49:38] suara has nominated inman,

[49:40] kushner and MR. Huffman has

[49:43] nominated ron deal. Council

[49:45] member sepulveda. You're

[49:46] recognized.

[49:47] Thank you, vice

[49:49] mayor. I rick

[49:50] rodriguez.

[49:52] Okay. Council member

[49:54] sepulveda has nominated rick

[49:58] rodriguez. Are there any

[50:00] additional nominations at this

[50:03] time? Seeing none, nominations

[50:06] are closed. The clerk will be

[50:08] in touch with the nominators

[50:11] and your nominees to get their

[50:13] information. And again, we will

[50:19] hold those elections on with interviews to be

[50:23] prior to that. Okay. All righty.

[50:25] Next is our public comment

[50:29] period. Members of the public

[50:30] are tennessee residents wishing

[50:32] to speak at public comment, and

[50:33] council meetings MAY sign up at

[50:35] the table outside the council

[50:37] chamber from 5 to 6 P.M. On the

[50:38] day of the council meeting.

[50:40] Public comment is limited to 20

[50:41] minutes total at council

[50:42] meetings, and each speaker is

[50:44] allowed up to two minutes to

[50:45] speak. Person speaking on

[50:46] agenda items must be

[50:48] prioritized to comply with

[50:50] state law. We have eight folks

[50:52] that have signed up for public

[50:54] comment this evening, the first

[50:56] two among them. If you would go

[50:58] ahead and come forward, are

[51:01] emily otnes and manning hall.

[51:03] Emily otnes is speaking on

[51:06] agenda ite 1391 data center

[51:09] regulations in support. Emily,

[51:10] go ahead and come forward,

[51:15] please. You're recognized.

[51:17] Hello, everyone. My name is

[51:18] emily. I'm an artist, real

[51:20] estate professional and human

[51:21] being here in the city of

[51:23] nashville. I'm proud to be yet

[51:24] another physical reminder of

[51:26] the resistance against data

[51:27] centers structures that pose

[51:29] serious risks to our

[51:30] communities, our wildlife, and

[51:32] the nashvillians who invest so

[51:34] wholeheartedly into the health

[51:36] of this city. I'm asking you to

[51:38] consider, beyond the 520,000

[51:40] signatures from people who pay

[51:41] taxes, create opportunities,

[51:43] and live their daily lives here,

[51:44] that passing this legislation

[51:46] is just the beginning of

[51:48] necessary restrictions. As an

[51:49] artist, I see the impact of ai

[51:52] on creative work every day. Dc

[51:53] blocks claimed theirs would not

[51:55] be an ai facility, but their

[51:57] own website markets them as ai

[51:59] ready infrastructure. In south

[52:01] carolina, they bought land, got

[52:02] approved, then came back six

[52:03] months later asking for more

[52:06] because of ai demand. As a real

[52:07] estate professional, I help

[52:08] nashville homeowners navigate

[52:09] an already complex and

[52:11] difficult market. I know that

[52:13] this community opposition of

[52:15] this scale translates directly

[52:16] into buyer and seller

[52:17] hesitation. Hesitation that

[52:19] erodes confidence and threatens

[52:21] the wealth of many hard working

[52:22] nashvillians who spend a

[52:24] lifetime building this. Lastly,

[52:25] we know the nashville crayfish

[52:27] is a federally protected

[52:29] endangered species whose entire

[52:30] population lives only here in

[52:32] mill creek tributaries that run

[52:33] through the zoo. The zoo is one

[52:35] of many habitats that could be

[52:36] threatened by data centers,

[52:38] light pollution, noise and

[52:39] environmental disruption, and

[52:41] no city's resources. Land,

[52:43] water or wildlife should be

[52:45] ever put at risk for a company

[52:47] like dc blox, whose own website

[52:48] lists their priorities as

[52:50] employees first, customers

[52:52] second and investors third.

[52:53] Nashville is nowhere on that

[52:55] list. Bill 2026 1391 is just

[52:57] the beginning. Protect

[52:58] nashville and thank you for

[52:59] your time.

[53:02] Thank you. Next is

[53:05] man in hall. Also speaking on

[53:07] ordinance 1391 regarding data

[53:10] center regulations in support.

[53:12] Following MISTER Hall will be

[53:14] charles remke and whitney

[53:15] adkinson. If you want to go

[53:16] ahead and come forward, go

[53:18] ahead, MR. Hall.

[53:20] Thank you.

[53:22] Good evening, council members.

[53:24] I'm thrilled to witness these

[53:25] data center protections and

[53:28] regulations passed tonight. Do

[53:32] not defer. Still, there is way,

[53:33] way more work that needs to be

[53:34] done to protect us from the

[53:36] harms of data center

[53:38] development. Council members

[53:40] porterfield, horton, johnston,

[53:41] suara, nash and many others

[53:43] have indicated that important

[53:44] protections and amendments will

[53:47] not be added tonight to keep

[53:48] this legislation from being

[53:50] referred rereferred to the

[53:52] planning commission. Y'all are

[53:53] saying that this legislation is

[53:56] not enough, that this is just

[53:57] the start, and your

[53:59] constituents agree they want

[54:01] more more environmental

[54:02] protections, more protections

[54:04] for our air, more protections

[54:07] for our neighborhoods. We're

[54:10] asking you that after this

[54:11] legislation passes tonight,

[54:13] that you wake up and you get to

[54:14] work and you continue to find

[54:17] ways to protect nashvillians

[54:19] from the harms that these data

[54:21] centers bring, the harms that

[54:23] ai brings to our communities.

[54:25] And I thank you guys for the

[54:27] work that you are doing, and we

[54:29] will make sure that work

[54:31] continues. Thank you.

[54:32] Thank you.

[54:35] Next is MR. Remke speaking on

[54:41] ordinance 1423 regarding this

[54:42] development and the aspect of

[54:45] murals related to it in in

[54:46] opposition. Go ahead, sir.

[54:48] Thank you, vice mayor, council,

[54:49] and appreciate the work you do.

[54:51] I'm chris remke, resident

[54:53] district 20, a design, build

[54:54] and development professional

[54:55] and acting with save our

[54:56] nashville neighborhoods,

[54:58] partners, artists and nations

[55:00] residents. I've read this bill,

[55:04] the filed amendment, and the

[55:06] 2023 plan that was discussed at

[55:08] the meeting last night. Last

[55:10] night, your committee planning

[55:11] committee passed this bill

[55:12] believing that the amendment

[55:14] had teeth that would partners,

[55:16] the developer would fund the

[55:17] preservation of ten murals. It

[55:20] does not. We talked about they

[55:23] talked about intentions. Are we

[55:25] to believe that would. Partners.

[55:26] $1 billion landlord is a

[55:29] philanthropic organization. The

[55:32] 2026 application documents

[55:34] traditionally the home for such

[55:35] comments and where you

[55:38] memorialize these requirements

[55:42] are silent on these issues. The

[55:44] word mural is not in any of the

[55:46] planning commission documents

[55:50] for 2026. There's nothing on

[55:53] who requires funds. There's

[55:56] just an intention. It does not

[55:58] hold the permits. If nothing

[56:00] happens. That's not documented.

[56:06] What the. Sorry. What the

[56:07] committee heard was a three

[56:08] year old intention spoken for

[56:11] by by council member. Wood

[56:12] partners was not at the meeting.

[56:14] No written comment or

[56:16] participation in the fund

[56:18] without teeth in the text.

[56:19] There's one obvious option, the

[56:20] one not discussed last night

[56:22] disassemble the murals, stack

[56:24] them in a pile, and leave them

[56:25] for the neighborhood or art

[56:27] guild to pick up. That's not

[56:28] preservation. That's solving

[56:29] the developer's problem onto

[56:30] the backs of the neighborhoods

[56:33] and the artists, MR. Horton

[56:34] pledges the developer's

[56:37] attention, intention, prudent

[56:38] practices would cause the

[56:39] developer to have to

[56:43] memorialize these before a vote.

[56:47] Yes. Bl20261423. The ten murals

[56:49] will be an indiscretion and a

[56:50] neglect of stewardship.

[56:50] Thank

[56:51] you sir.

[56:52] Landmarks.

[56:53] Thank you.

[56:56] Next is whitney atkinson

[56:59] speaking on ordinance 1391

[57:00] regarding data center

[57:02] regulations in support of

[57:03] following. MISS Atkinson will

[57:06] be chris pipkin and carly moffa.

[57:07] If you would go ahead and come

[57:08] forward. Go ahead, MISS

[57:08] Atkinson.

[57:10] Hi. My name is

[57:11] whitney atkinson. I live in

[57:13] district 34. I'm a national zoo

[57:14] member. Previously was a

[57:15] nashville zoo docent, currently

[57:17] work for the nashville humane

[57:18] association, helping animals

[57:20] with medical and or behavioral

[57:22] needs. I would like for you to

[57:23] think about the effects of

[57:25] noise from a data center will

[57:26] have on the zoo's animals.

[57:27] Research demonstrates that

[57:29] chronic noise exposure disrupts

[57:31] animal behavior, increases

[57:33] stress, interferes with feeding,

[57:34] reproduction, maternal care and

[57:36] social interactions, and one

[57:37] year long study conducted at an

[57:39] urban zoo increased

[57:40] construction noise alter the

[57:42] behavior of every species

[57:44] observed. Giraffes responded

[57:45] with increased movement,

[57:47] vigilance, grooming, and social

[57:49] behavior, indicating stress,

[57:50] agitation, and threats. When

[57:52] exposed to noise, they

[57:53] consistently move to quieter

[57:55] areas of their enclosure. They

[57:56] spent twice as much time

[57:57] together than normally

[57:59] perceiving noise as a threat.

[58:00] After the noise stopped, they

[58:01] continued. Stress related

[58:03] behaviors such as pawing and

[58:04] stomping, indicating that the

[58:07] harmful effects extended beyond

[58:08] exposure. Another study found

[58:09] that noise alter the behavior

[58:11] of a female bear and her cub

[58:13] during a six month postpartum

[58:15] period. Louder days the mom

[58:16] spent less time foraging and

[58:17] feeding and more time staying

[58:19] with her cub, indicating that

[58:21] elevated noise disrupted normal

[58:23] maternal behavior. It was a

[58:25] problem because reduced feeding

[58:26] negatively affects a mother's%

[58:28] health and her cubs development.

[58:30] A four year study of the

[58:31] effects of noise on bears in a

[58:33] zoo found that chronic exposure

[58:35] caused long term stress. Higher

[58:36] noise levels were associated

[58:37] with increased movement,

[58:39] attempts to escape their

[58:40] enclosure, more frequent

[58:42] scratching and agitated

[58:43] vocalizations. Female bears

[58:45] were especially sensitive to

[58:47] noise during lactation,

[58:48] suggesting that chronic noise

[58:50] harms maternal health.

[58:51] Additional studies have

[58:53] documented negative impacts

[58:54] across many species at the

[58:55] national zoo, including

[58:57] leopards, gibbons, alligators,

[58:59] alpacas, owls, turtles, birds,

[59:01] tigers, goats, monkeys, fish,

[59:02] snakes and frogs. Together,

[59:04] this growing body of scientific

[59:05] evidence demonstrates that

[59:07] noise from a data center will

[59:09] negatively affect animal

[59:11] behavior. Thank you.

[59:12] Thank you,

[59:15] MISS Atkinson. Next is chris

[59:18] pipkin speaking on a school

[59:21] board matter in opposition. Go

[59:21] ahead sir.

[59:22] Thank you for having

[59:24] me. Unlike most of these people,

[59:26] I don't have a well put

[59:28] together speech. I'm actually

[59:31] here asking for some help. You

[59:33] guys should have a document on

[59:36] your desk that MR. Aaron evans

[59:38] helped me to get in front of

[59:39] you. I want to give some

[59:40] context to that and really

[59:42] raise some awareness to some

[59:43] situations that maybe other

[59:45] people are going through. My

[59:47] daughter was expelled from

[59:48] antioch high school for

[59:50] allegedly writing a threatening

[59:52] note about a gun threat. She

[59:54] turned that note into the

[59:56] office because she was scared.

[59:58] Sh ended up expelled.

[1:00:02] I went out and got a forensic

[1:00:04] handwriting analysis done. On

[1:00:06] that note, based on her

[1:00:07] handwriting, you guys have that

[1:00:08] report in front of you that

[1:00:11] shows that she didn't write

[1:00:13] this note yet. Metro nashville

[1:00:16] the school board is still

[1:00:18] continuing with that expulsion.

[1:00:19] They're still upholding it.

[1:00:20] I've been through a lot of

[1:00:22] appeals processes, andi'm

[1:00:24] really getting kind of crickets,

[1:00:26] and I just want that to be made

[1:00:27] aware. Maybe somebody else is

[1:00:28] going through that problem, and

[1:00:30] it MAY be something that needs

[1:00:33] to get some attention in

[1:00:34] nashville. I'll continue being

[1:00:36] at those board meetings,

[1:00:37] asking for help and trying to

[1:00:42] get some, I guess, revision of

[1:00:44] that, of that expulsion. I

[1:00:46] don't know what you guys can do,

[1:00:47] but I'm here just asking for

[1:00:49] any help and attention. And

[1:00:50] that's, that's really all I

[1:00:51] have. Thank you guys.

[1:00:52] All right.

[1:00:57] Thank you. Okay. Next is carly

[1:01:00] moffa speaking regarding

[1:01:04] ordinance 1391 data center

[1:01:06] regulations in support after

[1:01:08] carly moffa will be richard

[1:01:10] massey and lastly, shani

[1:01:12] glapion. Go ahead, carly you're

[1:01:13] recognized.

[1:01:15] Thank you. I'm

[1:01:19] carly, I am a musician in

[1:01:21] nashville and I live, as I've

[1:01:27] mentioned before, less than a

[1:01:27] mile from the zoo. My neighbors

[1:01:27] and I live in modest brick

[1:01:29] homes, not industrial buildings.

[1:01:32] My parents are farmers, my

[1:01:33] grandparents are farmers. And I

[1:01:37] hope one day, sorry, I hope one

[1:01:40] day to also own a farm. And as

[1:01:42] a farmer, I learned how sacred

[1:01:45] water is. You know, I learned

[1:01:47] that we're all connected, that

[1:01:49] what we do on our farm actually

[1:01:52] affects what the person, the

[1:01:56] farmer next to us is able to do.

[1:01:58] And almost most importantly,

[1:02:00] what I learned from my parents

[1:02:03] farming is that once the water

[1:02:06] system is damaged, it's nearly

[1:02:11] impossible to fix. My pop up is

[1:02:13] was from italy. And he used to

[1:02:15] say that knowledge is the one

[1:02:16] thing that no one can take from

[1:02:18] you. They can beat you up, they

[1:02:20] can steal from you, but they

[1:02:21] can't take away what you know.

[1:02:23] And so as someone who would

[1:02:24] live less than a mile from the

[1:02:26] zoo, I started researching, I

[1:02:27] was hungry, I'm hungry for

[1:02:28] knowledge, I'm curious all the

[1:02:30] time. And what I found is that

[1:02:31] even in closed loop systems, as

[1:02:34] your legislation specifies.

[1:02:35] That water systems have

[1:02:36] actually been poisoned in

[1:02:37] cheyenne, wyoming, I'm sure

[1:02:39] you're all aware of that was

[1:02:40] actually a process of like a

[1:02:42] flush, you know, testing these

[1:02:43] pipes and the pressure. They

[1:02:45] were doing like a flush during

[1:02:47] the construction phase and it

[1:02:49] damaged. It was a closed loop

[1:02:50] system and it damaged the water.

[1:02:53] And so I no, I'm running out of

[1:02:55] time. But do you know what

[1:02:56] specific chemicals dc blox uses

[1:02:57] to inhibit the rust? All

[1:02:59] there's so many questions. So

[1:03:01] I'm really grateful for the

[1:03:02] protection that you are all

[1:03:04] trying to give us. And I would

[1:03:05] just ask thatyou continue to

[1:03:07] do that, that you continue to

[1:03:09] question things that just that

[1:03:10] we already have leared through

[1:03:11] other residents living near

[1:03:12] these data centers. Because

[1:03:14] I've compiled a whole list of

[1:03:15] common threads that they

[1:03:17] experience. So thanks.

[1:03:18] Thank

[1:03:20] you, MISS Martha. Next is

[1:03:23] richard massey, speaking also

[1:03:27] on ordinance 1391 regarding

[1:03:29] data center regulation in

[1:03:30] support. Go ahead sir.

[1:03:31] Good

[1:03:33] evening council. I've come all

[1:03:34] the way from the other side of

[1:03:36] the state in memphis to alert

[1:03:37] you of the consequences of

[1:03:39] having ai data centers pop up

[1:03:40] in your backyards at the in the

[1:03:42] depths of the night since JUNE

[1:03:44] of 2024, x ai, which is now

[1:03:45] space x ai has built out

[1:03:46] massive data center campuses in

[1:03:48] the blackest part of the

[1:03:49] blackest city in the united

[1:03:50] states, operating off of

[1:03:52] ethane gas turbines that emit

[1:03:54] formaldehyde and nitrous oxide

[1:03:55] 24 over seven, while

[1:03:57] simultaneously draw 800,000

[1:03:58] gallons of water each and every

[1:04:00] day from the memphis sands

[1:04:01] aquifer. Much like the proposed

[1:04:02] data centers here in nashville,

[1:04:04] next to the national zoo and on

[1:04:06] fisk university's campus,

[1:04:07] communities were given little

[1:04:08] to no notice whatsoever before

[1:04:09] executives announced that this

[1:04:11] was already a done deal. But

[1:04:12] folks understand that this

[1:04:14] business model comes with a

[1:04:15] real human cost. There's a

[1:04:17] reason why cities all over the

[1:04:18] country oppose data center

[1:04:19] development, from denver to

[1:04:21] seattle to charlotte. That's

[1:04:22] because we need ample time to

[1:04:24] both study and regulate this

[1:04:25] massive technological expansion

[1:04:27] that is exploiting entire

[1:04:28] communities, causing real

[1:04:29] health problems, jacking up

[1:04:31] utility bills and lining the

[1:04:34] pockets of tech executives. Ai

[1:04:36] is human output sold back to us

[1:04:37] at a markup without any

[1:04:39] compensation or credit. This

[1:04:40] technology should work for us,

[1:04:41] not against us. And from what

[1:04:42] we're seeing from north

[1:04:44] nashville to south memphis, ai

[1:04:45] is harming working class

[1:04:46] communities that have already

[1:04:48] suffered from generations of

[1:04:50] legacy pollution. Pass this

[1:04:51] bill that establishes

[1:04:53] guardrails, and data centers go

[1:04:54] further by mandating

[1:04:55] environmental impact studies

[1:04:57] and distance from medium sized

[1:04:59] data centers. Mandate quarterly

[1:05:00] reporting for power, demand,

[1:05:01] and protect folks in nashville.

[1:05:03] Prior to the groundbreaking of

[1:05:04] both of these proposed data

[1:05:05] centers. Thank you.

[1:05:09] Thank you.

[1:05:11] Next and last for public

[1:05:12] comment is shawnee glapion,

[1:05:15] also speaking on ordinance 1391

[1:05:16] regarding data center

[1:05:18] regulation in support. Go ahead.

[1:05:19] You didn't say, but not least,

[1:05:20] that's important.

[1:05:21] Oh, yes. Last

[1:05:23] but not least, certainly.

[1:05:26] Shawnee glapion here I am here

[1:05:28] because I of course, like you,

[1:05:31] we know data centers, right? I

[1:05:33] feel like this is going to pass

[1:05:34] the day. I don't think you're

[1:05:36] going to let me or the

[1:05:37] community down. The community

[1:05:38] has not asked for this to be

[1:05:40] deferred, did not ask for. We

[1:05:42] have asked for stronger

[1:05:44] restrictions, but we understand

[1:05:45] that that might have to come

[1:05:47] later. So we are asking you to

[1:05:48] stay locked in with us,

[1:05:50] continue the fight, continue

[1:05:52] having these conversations with

[1:05:53] community. Let's get this thing

[1:05:55] right. But today, let's go

[1:05:57] ahead and pass what we got.

[1:05:58] That's what everybody has asked

[1:06:01] for. Community has not asked

[1:06:02] for deferral. If you are trying

[1:06:04] to put a deferral on the table,

[1:06:06] I'm thinking that you have been

[1:06:09] maybe coaxed by lobbyists or

[1:06:11] corporation or something,

[1:06:12] because the community has not

[1:06:14] asked for this. They've asked

[1:06:16] for a lot. But deferral is not

[1:06:19] it. So look forward to hearing

[1:06:21] your your conversations. Y'all

[1:06:22] have a good night.

[1:06:23] Thank you,

[1:06:25] MISS Glapion. All right, that

[1:06:27] concludes our public comment

[1:06:33] portion of the agenda. Next is

[1:06:35] section I, our consolidated

[1:06:37] consent agenda, all resolutions

[1:06:38] and second and third reading

[1:06:40] ordinances on this agenda are

[1:06:41] included on the consent agenda,

[1:06:43] if recommended for approval

[1:06:45] unanimously by all committees

[1:06:47] to which the item was referred,

[1:06:48] items on the consent agenda

[1:06:50] will be voted on at a single

[1:06:51] time. The item number, along

[1:06:53] with the resolution ordinance

[1:06:54] number of the items on the

[1:06:56] consent agenda will be read by

[1:06:58] me. Members of the council MAY

[1:06:59] remove any item from the

[1:07:01] consent agenda by request

[1:07:03] before the consent agenda vote

[1:07:10] is taken. All right. The first

[1:07:12] item proposed for the

[1:07:15] consolidated consent agenda is

[1:07:22] agenda item two. Resolution

[1:07:28] 2026-2077. Agenda item nine.

[1:07:35] Resolution 2026-2114. Agenda

[1:07:42] item ten. Resolution 2026-2115.

[1:07:48] Agenda item 11. Resolution

[1:07:51] 2026-2116. Agenda item 12.

[1:07:56] Resolution 2026-2117. Agenda

[1:08:05] item 13. Resolution 2026-2118.

[1:08:10] Agenda item 14. Resolution

[1:08:14] 2026-2119. Agenda item 15.

[1:08:20] Resolution 2026-2120. Agenda

[1:08:27] item 16. Resolution 2026-2121.

[1:08:33] Agenda item 17. Resolution

[1:08:36] 2026-2122. Agenda item 18.

[1:08:41] resolution 2026. Dash 2123.

[1:08:47] Agenda item 19. Resolution

[1:08:49] 2026-2124. Agenda item 20.

[1:08:55] Resolution 2026-2125. Agenda

[1:09:00] item 21. Resolution 2026. Dash

[1:09:04] 2126. Agenda item 22.

[1:09:09] Resolution 2026-2127. Agenda

[1:09:15] item 23. Resolution 2026-2128.

[1:09:21] Agenda item 24. Resolution

[1:09:24] 2026-2129. Agenda item 25.

[1:09:29] Resolution 2026-2130. Agenda

[1:09:37] item 26. Resolution 2026-2131.

[1:09:43] Agenda item 28. Resolution

[1:09:47] 2026-2133. Agenda item 31.

[1:09:51] Resolution 2026. Dash 2136.

[1:09:57] Agenda item 32. Resolution

[1:10:00] 2026-2137. Agenda item 33.

[1:10:06] Resolution 2026-2131 or rather

[1:10:10] 2138. Agenda item 34.

[1:10:16] Resolution 2026-2139. Agenda

[1:10:22] item 35. Resolution 2026-2140.

[1:10:27] Agenda item 36. Resolution

[1:10:30] 2026-2141. Agenda item 37.

[1:10:35] Resolution 2026-2142. Agenda

[1:10:42] item 38. Resolution 2026-2143.

[1:10:47] Agenda item 39. Resolution

[1:10:51] 2026-2144. Agenda item 40.

[1:10:56] Resolution 2026-2145. Agenda

[1:11:02] item 41. Resolution 2026. Dash

[1:11:06] 2146. Agenda item 42.

[1:11:12] Resolution 2026-2147. Agenda

[1:11:24] item 43. Resolution 2026-2148.

[1:11:26] Next proposed for the consent

[1:11:29] agenda under bills on second

[1:11:32] reading. First among those is

[1:11:36] agenda item 59 resolution or

[1:11:43] ordinance bl 2026-1449. Agenda

[1:11:51] item 63 ordinance bl 2026-1453.

[1:11:57] Agenda item 64. Ordinance bl

[1:12:00] 2026-1454. Agenda item 65

[1:12:06] ordinance bl 2026-1455. Agenda

[1:12:14] item 66. Ordinance bl 2026-1456.

[1:12:19] Agenda item 67 ordinance bl

[1:12:22] 2026-1457. Agenda item 68.

[1:12:28] Ordinance bl 2026-1458. Agenda

[1:12:35] item 69. Ordinance bl 2026-1459.

[1:12:41] Agenda item 70. Ordinance bl

[1:12:44] 2026-1460. Agenda item 71

[1:12:49] ordinance bl 2026-1461. Agenda

[1:12:57] item 72 ordinance bl 2026-1462.

[1:13:04] agenda item 73 ordinance bl

[1:13:06] 2026-1463. Agenda item 74

[1:13:12] ordinance bl 2026-1464. Agenda

[1:13:19] item 75 ordinance bl 2026-1465.

[1:13:25] Agenda item 76 ordinance bl

[1:13:27] 2026-1466. Agenda item 78

[1:13:34] ordinance bl 2026-1490. And now

[1:13:36] for items on third reading

[1:13:38] proposed consent agenda.

[1:13:41] First among those agenda item

[1:13:47] 79 ordinance bl 2026-1314.

[1:13:53] Agenda item 80 ordinance bl

[1:13:56] 2026-1360. Agenda item 82

[1:14:04] ordinance bl 2026-1362. Agenda

[1:14:13] item 83 ordinance bl 2026-1387.

[1:14:19] Agenda item 86 ordinance bl

[1:14:22] 2026-1396. Agenda item 87

[1:14:28] ordinance bl 2026-1397. Agenda

[1:14:35] item 88 ordinance bl 2026-1398.

[1:14:40] Agenda item 89. Ordinance bl

[1:14:43] 2026-1399. Agenda item 90.

[1:14:48] Ordinance bl 2026-1405. Agenda

[1:14:55] item 91 ordinance bl 2026-1408.

[1:15:01] Agenda item 92 ordinance bl

[1:15:03] 2026-1409. Agenda item 93

[1:15:08] ordinance bl 2026-1410. Agenda

[1:15:15] item 94 ordinance bl 2026-1413.

[1:15:21] Agenda item 97 ordinance bl

[1:15:25] 2026-1417. Agenda item 98.

[1:15:30] Ordinance bl 2026-1418. Agenda

[1:15:36] item 99. Ordinance bl 2026-1419.

[1:15:42] Agenda item 100. Ordinance bl

[1:15:47] 2026-1421. Agenda item 103

[1:15:52] ordinance bl 2026-1427. Agenda

[1:15:58] item 104. Ordinance bl

[1:16:01] 2026-1428. Agenda item 105.

[1:16:05] Ordinance bl 2026-1429. Agenda

[1:16:12] item 106. Ordinance bl

[1:16:16] 2026-1435. Agenda item 108.

[1:16:20] Ordinance bl 2026-1439. Agenda

[1:16:26] item 109. Ordinance bl

[1:16:29] 2026-1440. Agenda item 110.

[1:16:34] Ordinance bl 2026-1448. Agenda

[1:16:40] item 111. Ordinance bl

[1:16:42] 2026-1443. And lastly proposed

[1:16:44] for the consent agenda. Agenda

[1:16:53] item 112 ordinance bl 2026-1444.

[1:16:55] All right. Do any items need to

[1:16:57] be removed from the consent

[1:16:59] agenda? If so, members, please

[1:17:03] join the queue to request that

[1:17:04] council member porterfield.

[1:17:07] MADAM Pro tem, you are

[1:17:10] recognized. Oh, I'm sorry, MISS,

[1:17:12] for a point of order.

[1:17:13] Thank you,

[1:17:16] vice mayor. I think item 110

[1:17:18] was written already to record

[1:17:24] as item b, 1448 instead of 1441.

[1:17:27] Agenda item 110 is in fact

[1:17:29] ordinance 1441.

[1:17:30] I believe it

[1:17:31] was read as 1448.

[1:17:32] I appreciate

[1:17:33] the clarification. My apologies.

[1:17:36] Thank you. Okay, MADAM Pro tem,

[1:17:37] you're recognized.

[1:17:38] Thank you,

[1:17:39] vice like to

[1:17:43] pull agenda item 41rs2026-2146.

[1:17:46] Okay. MISS Porterfield has

[1:17:50] requested agenda item 41,

[1:17:55] resolution 2146 be removed from

[1:17:58] consent. It has been removed.

[1:18:00] Council member cap, you're

[1:18:01] recognized, sir.

[1:18:01] Thank you.

[1:18:02] Vice mayor, request to pull

[1:18:05] number 34 for the purposes of

[1:18:06] an abstention.

[1:18:07] Okay. Council

[1:18:09] member cap has requested that

[1:18:13] agenda item 34. This is

[1:18:16] resolution 2139. Be removed

[1:18:19] from consent. It has been

[1:18:22] removed. Next council member

[1:18:25] terry, vote. You are recognized.

[1:18:27] Thank you. Vice mayor, can you

[1:18:28] please remove agenda item 43

[1:18:31] hours 2026-2148, please.

[1:18:31] Okay.

[1:18:32] MISS Foe has requested the

[1:18:35] removal of agenda item 43. This

[1:18:41] is resolution 2148. It has been

[1:18:43] removed from consent. Are any

[1:18:44] other members seeking to remove

[1:18:49] an item from the consent agenda?

[1:18:52] All right. Seeing none, MR.

[1:18:55] Clerk. Are all. Oh, I'm sorry,

[1:18:58] MISS Kimbrough. You're

[1:18:59] recognized. Ma'am.

[1:18:59] Go ahead

[1:19:02] with 61 on consent.

[1:19:02] Let me

[1:19:08] check. No, ma'am. It is not on

[1:19:10] consent. Thank you. Okay. MR.

[1:19:13] Clerk, are all committee

[1:19:15] reports in for the items

[1:19:17] remaining on the consent agenda?

[1:19:18] Yes. All committee reports are

[1:19:18] in.

[1:19:22] Okay. Thank you, MR. Clerk.

[1:19:23] Members, is there a motion for

[1:19:26] approval of the consent agenda?

[1:19:28] Okay. Properly moved and

[1:19:29] seconded. All in favor, say aye.

[1:19:31] All right. Council has passed

[1:19:37] all items on the consent agenda.

[1:19:39] Okay. Next, we will go back

[1:19:42] through an agenda order for

[1:19:45] items that were not on consent,

[1:19:46] starting with our resolutions

[1:19:50] in section j of our agenda.

[1:19:53] First among those is agenda

[1:19:59] item one, resolution 2026-2064.

[1:20:00] Sponsors coupon drawful. Alan

[1:20:03] stiles, ewing evans and ellis.

[1:20:04] This is a resolution urging the

[1:20:05] nashville department of

[1:20:10] transportation multimodal.

[1:20:12] Infrastructure and the mayor's

[1:20:14] office to renew and accelerate

[1:20:16] its commitment to vision zero

[1:20:19] initiatives to eliminate

[1:20:21] pedestrian fatalities in

[1:20:22] response to a sharp increase in

[1:20:24] pedestrian and cyclist deaths

[1:20:25] in nashville and davidson

[1:20:28] county in 2026. Sponsor coupon.

[1:20:29] You're recognized sir.

[1:20:29] Thank

[1:20:30] you, MADAM PRESIDENT. Committee

[1:20:31] reports please for.

[1:20:32] The report

[1:20:33] of the transportation and

[1:20:33] infrastructure committee chair

[1:20:35] evan siegel.

[1:20:35] The transportation

[1:20:37] and infrastructure committee

[1:20:39] recommended a deferral to

[1:20:40] september 15th with nine in

[1:20:42] favor, zero against and zero voting.

[1:20:44] Okay. All right.

[1:20:45] Back to you, MR. Koopman.

[1:20:46] Thank

[1:20:47] you, MADAM PRESIDENT. Like to

[1:20:48] move a deferral to SEPTEMBER

[1:20:50] 15th with a brief comment.

[1:20:50] All

[1:20:51] right. Is there a second? Okay.

[1:20:52] Go ahead sir.

[1:20:53] So obviously,

[1:20:55] this is a very important issue.

[1:20:56] As since the inception of this

[1:20:57] bill, I've continued to have to

[1:20:59] update it as more and more

[1:21:00] folks have been killed on our

[1:21:02] streets. We need to be

[1:21:03] committed to vision zero. We

[1:21:04] need to work harder to get

[1:21:06] there. We've got the money to

[1:21:08] do it. We've got the resources

[1:21:09] to do it. And that's why I

[1:21:10] brought this resolution. That

[1:21:12] being said, and that is

[1:21:13] currently in a rfp process for

[1:21:14] vision zero program director

[1:21:16] and a new director of the

[1:21:17] department. And they had asked

[1:21:18] that I continue to give a

[1:21:20] little bit more time so that

[1:21:21] the new staff members don't

[1:21:22] walk into a certain deadline or

[1:21:24] expectation, but rather work

[1:21:25] with them to implement that

[1:21:26] process. So I've agreed to that.

[1:21:27] Hopefully, my colleagues will

[1:21:29] as well. With another deferral

[1:21:31] to the SEPTEMBER 15th meeting,

[1:21:32] which should give enough time

[1:21:34] to kind of get closer to that

[1:21:35] destination. But of course, in

[1:21:36] the meantime, have implored

[1:21:37] mndot to continue to work

[1:21:39] towards these efforts because

[1:21:40] the work can't stop in the

[1:21:42] meantime.

[1:21:44] All right. There is a

[1:21:46] motion to defer to the meeting

[1:21:50] of SEPTEMBER 15th. It is

[1:21:53] properly seconded. MISS

[1:21:56] Sepulveda, you are recognized.

[1:21:58] Thank you, vice mayor. Can I

[1:22:00] inquire when that person will

[1:22:02] be hired? I'm sorry if I think

[1:22:05] I missed that.

[1:22:06] MR. Cooper, are

[1:22:07] you aware? Go ahead, sir.

[1:22:07] Thank

[1:22:09] you. Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[1:22:12] I don't know exactly when that

[1:22:13] person will be hired. I know

[1:22:15] that they're actively engaged

[1:22:16] in that process. And when I

[1:22:18] asked how much time they

[1:22:20] actually said end of SEPTEMBER,

[1:22:22] and I don't want to go all the

[1:22:23] way that far. So I settled on

[1:22:25] SEPTEMBER 15th. So I don't know

[1:22:27] if there's an exact date, but I

[1:22:28] know that they're actively in

[1:22:28] that process.

[1:22:29] And just to

[1:22:31] clarify, rather than a person,

[1:22:32] I believe you said it's an rfp

[1:22:34] for a program manager. So that

[1:22:35] would be a firm.

[1:22:36] Program

[1:22:37] manager for the firm and then

[1:22:38] director for the department

[1:22:38] itself.

[1:22:40] So two different things,

[1:22:40] MISS.

[1:22:41] Thank you, vice mayor.

[1:22:42] I'm actually going to vote

[1:22:44] against the deferral. I think

[1:22:47] we have. We have constituents

[1:22:48] who are dying every day. We

[1:22:51] have constituents who are

[1:22:54] struggling. Currently. I don't

[1:22:55] think we have time to waste. We

[1:22:58] have people who are currently

[1:23:00] at in dot who are responsible

[1:23:03] for this program. I think that

[1:23:05] we we shouldn't be wasting more

[1:23:09] time. I think that our children

[1:23:10] deserve better. Our

[1:23:12] constituents deserve better. We

[1:23:15] deserve better. We have signs

[1:23:19] that are up that aren't

[1:23:20] translated in areas of town

[1:23:22] that need to be translated,

[1:23:26] that say, somebody in this

[1:23:29] intersection was hit by a car

[1:23:32] crossing the road. Right. And

[1:23:34] people in my neighborhood can't

[1:23:37] always read that. That's that's

[1:23:38] unacceptable. We, we need to be

[1:23:40] more conscious of what we're

[1:23:44] doing here. It's they have had

[1:23:47] more than enough time to

[1:23:49] address this issue. And so I, I,

[1:23:51] I, respectfully, I, I don't

[1:23:54] wish to wait any longer. And so

[1:23:57] I, I, I'm going to have to

[1:23:59] disagree with that. And I think

[1:24:01] that council member koopman was

[1:24:03] right to file this. And I think

[1:24:05] that we should put more

[1:24:07] pressure on mndot to address

[1:24:10] this issue. We have to do

[1:24:11] better, and we should have been

[1:24:13] doing better a long time ago.

[1:24:14] So I I'm I'm against the

[1:24:15] deferral.

[1:24:17] All right, MISS Welsh,

[1:24:19] you're next in the queue on the

[1:24:21] deferral motion, please, ma'am.

[1:24:22] Thank you, vice mayor. I have

[1:24:23] to concur with everything that

[1:24:26] my colleague said. And also

[1:24:27] just mention that this

[1:24:29] resolution is simply urging

[1:24:29] mndot to do something they

[1:24:31] should have been doing all

[1:24:32] along. And in the budget

[1:24:34] process we just went through,

[1:24:38] we passed a 0.5 percent, 0.0 5%

[1:24:40] tax decrease, that all the

[1:24:42] money came from vision zero.

[1:24:43] This is we're running around in

[1:24:45] circles and not doing the

[1:24:46] things we said that we

[1:24:48] were going to do. We fund these

[1:24:49] things with money from vision

[1:24:51] there. That's so important. And

[1:24:52] then we put forward a

[1:24:53] resolution that urges mndot to

[1:24:55] do the right thing for vision

[1:24:56] zero, to do everything they

[1:24:58] possibly can now to stop

[1:25:00] pedestrian deaths. I just think

[1:25:01] this is silly, and I think we

[1:25:04] can't wait two months to urge

[1:25:05] them to do the right thing. So

[1:25:06] I'll be voting against deferral.

[1:25:07] Thank you.

[1:25:08] All right,

[1:25:09] councilmember evans, you're

[1:25:10] recognized.

[1:25:11] Thank you, vice

[1:25:12] mayor. I, I have been

[1:25:14] influenced by my previous

[1:25:16] speaker colleagues here.

[1:25:17] Normally, I would have just

[1:25:19] supported the deferral at the

[1:25:20] request of the sponsor. But the

[1:25:22] reality is, is that departments

[1:25:26] will defer things into oblivion

[1:25:28] if we allow that to happen. And

[1:25:29] to everyone's point, you know,

[1:25:31] this is a conversation that we

[1:25:33] have repeatedly and we see

[1:25:35] accidents and not a lot happens

[1:25:36] or not a lot changes. And so if

[1:25:37] we're not going to urge

[1:25:39] something to happen in the last

[1:25:41] year of this term, then what's

[1:25:42] we MAY as well end the term

[1:25:44] right now, for that matter. So

[1:25:45] I'm going to vote against the

[1:25:47] deferral as well.

[1:25:48] All right.

[1:25:50] Next in the queue, MR. Bradford,

[1:25:51] on the deferral.

[1:25:52] Thank you,

[1:25:55] MADAM Chair. The question I

[1:25:56] have to ask the question I've

[1:25:58] asked before when dealing with

[1:26:01] mndot, give me a number. How

[1:26:03] many more people have to die or

[1:26:04] be hurt before they do

[1:26:07] something? I can't in good

[1:26:09] conscience support a deferral

[1:26:12] on this. Because if some. If

[1:26:14] someone is to get hurt or

[1:26:17] killed between now and

[1:26:19] SEPTEMBER 15th, this body is

[1:26:21] complicit. We cannot complain

[1:26:23] about in not not doing their

[1:26:24] job. If we kick this can down

[1:26:26] the road, we will be just as

[1:26:28] guilty as mndot for any future

[1:26:31] harm caused on our roadways. So

[1:26:32] I'm asking my colleagues, I

[1:26:34] understand the sponsors

[1:26:36] rationale, but to the point

[1:26:38] that was already made, some of

[1:26:39] these departments, if we give

[1:26:41] them an inch, they're going to

[1:26:43] take a mile. So we need to be

[1:26:45] firm and remind them they have

[1:26:48] a job to do to protect our

[1:26:50] constituents, to protect our

[1:26:51] residents, and we're going to

[1:26:53] hold them to that.

[1:26:54] All right.

[1:26:56] MR. Koopman, would you like to

[1:26:57] hear from MISS Allen first, who

[1:26:59] has yet to speak? Councilmember

[1:27:01] allen, you're recognized.

[1:27:01] Thank

[1:27:03] you, MADAM Chair. I rise in

[1:27:05] support of the deferral as a as

[1:27:07] a co-sponsor of this bill, I

[1:27:08] think it's important to send

[1:27:10] the message not just to the

[1:27:11] departments, but to the leaders

[1:27:12] of those departments and to the

[1:27:14] new program director. I guess

[1:27:16] it would help me make a

[1:27:17] decision. I think my colleagues

[1:27:18] make good points about there's

[1:27:20] no time to waste here, but is

[1:27:23] there is there a mechanism for

[1:27:25] rescinding this after those

[1:27:27] those leaders are in place?

[1:27:29] Because I think if it's already

[1:27:30] been sent to the departments

[1:27:32] and it's kind of there in the

[1:27:33] background, it doesn't have the

[1:27:34] same force as sending it. When

[1:27:36] those two new leaders arrive.

[1:27:38] So can someone answer the

[1:27:39] question of is there can we

[1:27:41] guarantee a mechanism that that

[1:27:43] it gets sent twice? If we do

[1:27:45] defer it now according to the

[1:27:46] regular schedule? And then

[1:27:48] again, once these new leaders

[1:27:50] are picked.

[1:27:51] I can put it back

[1:27:53] to the sponsor in regard to

[1:27:54] that commitment. Right. I guess

[1:27:56] he could send the legislation

[1:27:57] upon the arrival of the new

[1:27:59] director and otherwise. Or

[1:28:00] would you like me to address it

[1:28:01] to the sponsor or to special

[1:28:02] counsel? Wilson, relative to

[1:28:05] the council office sending

[1:28:05] legislation.

[1:28:06] A set timing that

[1:28:08] that precludes it? I saw

[1:28:09] someone stand up at planning as

[1:28:11] well, but whoever can answer

[1:28:12] that question. So I know what

[1:28:13] I'm working with.

[1:28:14] Okay. Special

[1:28:16] counsel, go ahead.

[1:28:19] Councilmember. There is no set

[1:28:20] timeline or instruction in this

[1:28:22] resolution about who to send it

[1:28:24] to and when. Any explicit

[1:28:25] instruction would require an

[1:28:27] amendment.

[1:28:29] Or special counsel.

[1:28:30] MR. Koopman could just direct

[1:28:32] the council office to please

[1:28:33] send it to said persons.

[1:28:33] Correct.

[1:28:35] That's also an option,

[1:28:35] vice mayor.

[1:28:36] Okay, thank you,

[1:28:38] MR. Koopman. You're recognized.

[1:28:39] Sorry, sir. Go ahead.

[1:28:40] Thank you,

[1:28:41] MADAM PRESIDENT. I'd like to

[1:28:42] direct the council office to

[1:28:44] send it to those people. But no,

[1:28:46] I actually would like to

[1:28:47] withdraw my motion to defer. I

[1:28:49] think that I appreciate deeply

[1:28:50] my colleague's sentiments. I

[1:28:51] think that there's, you know,

[1:28:53] something to be said about,

[1:28:54] again, letting people come in

[1:28:55] and set them up for success.

[1:28:57] But I agree, I've had too many

[1:28:58] families I've talked to who

[1:29:00] have been hit and killed, have

[1:29:01] had loved ones hit and killed

[1:29:03] again. We've got the money,

[1:29:04] we've got the resources. We

[1:29:06] continue to go down this road.

[1:29:08] This the kind of the date in

[1:29:10] this is an ask for and not to

[1:29:12] come to the transportation and

[1:29:13] infrastructure committee with

[1:29:15] interim solutions before

[1:29:18] DECEMBER 30th, 2026, which give ample time, I think,

[1:29:21] for a new director to come in

[1:29:22] and vision zero to come in and

[1:29:25] do this. But I you know, I,

[1:29:26] again, appreciate the

[1:29:27] department's concerns, was

[1:29:29] willing to kind of entertain

[1:29:30] that. But hearing my colleague

[1:29:31] speak and with the importance

[1:29:32] of this, I would withdraw that.

[1:29:34] And with that move for approval.

[1:29:36] Is there a second for the

[1:29:37] motion to approve? Okay. The

[1:29:38] motion to defer has been

[1:29:39] withdrawn. The sponsor has made

[1:29:41] a motion to approve, and it is

[1:29:43] properly seconded. Discussion

[1:29:44] continues on the motion to

[1:29:45] approve. MR. Benton, do you

[1:29:47] seek to be recognized on the

[1:29:48] motion to approve? Go ahead,

[1:29:49] sir.

[1:29:51] I just had a point of

[1:29:52] clarification that I. I guess

[1:29:55] I'm not sure where the e for

[1:29:57] enforcement comes from, because

[1:29:59] we had 200,000 traffic stops in

[1:30:02] 2018, and last year we had

[1:30:04] 48,000. That's a significant

[1:30:06] decrease. That enforcement came

[1:30:10] from mpd. Maybe the mayor's

[1:30:12] office could help me understand

[1:30:14] vision zero better to I don't

[1:30:16] think mndot has an enforcement

[1:30:20] arm for vision zero. So I'm

[1:30:21] assuming that it's mpd. That

[1:30:24] would be the one. And I don't

[1:30:26] see us keeping the e for

[1:30:28] enforcement up. And I think

[1:30:30] that's there's five pillars and

[1:30:32] we're handling the education,

[1:30:34] encouragement, engineering and

[1:30:36] evaluation. But who does the

[1:30:38] enforcement?

[1:30:39] Do you want to

[1:30:41] address that to special counsel?

[1:30:43] I mean, it's mpd traffic

[1:30:43] division.

[1:30:46] But yeah, whoever I

[1:30:47] mean, I didn't design vision

[1:30:50] zero, but I know that's part of

[1:30:52] it. That's one of the e's

[1:30:53] enforcement.

[1:30:54] Okay. So your

[1:30:55] question having been answered,

[1:30:56] do you do you want me to

[1:30:57] specifically address it to

[1:30:59] somebody or just want to speak

[1:31:00] this into the space for the

[1:31:01] record.

[1:31:02] Either maybe I'm wrong,

[1:31:03] maybe there's another way to

[1:31:04] get enforcement, but I don't

[1:31:06] think we're enforcing.

[1:31:06] Okay. So

[1:31:07] your question specifically is

[1:31:09] at this juncture, who does

[1:31:10] speeding enforcement for the

[1:31:11] metropolitan government? Okay.

[1:31:15] For vision zero.

[1:31:17] Okay. Special

[1:31:18] counsel wilson, do you want to

[1:31:21] take that, sir?

[1:31:21] Council member

[1:31:24] I to my knowledge, there is no

[1:31:28] one specifically targeted for

[1:31:29] enforcement under vision zero.

[1:31:31] However, the the police

[1:31:32] department does do traffic

[1:31:35] enforcement, and the department

[1:31:36] of transportation does have

[1:31:37] limited authority not for

[1:31:39] traffic violations, but for

[1:31:41] parking and such. They would

[1:31:42] also have some authority to act.

[1:31:44] And I know it's almost a

[1:31:45] ridiculous question, but I. I

[1:31:47] see us reducing from 200,000

[1:31:51] stops to 48,000 over our

[1:31:54] failure to reduce our deaths

[1:31:57] and serious injuries, so I how

[1:31:59] do we get that up?

[1:31:59] All right.

[1:32:01] Well, so noted, sir, we're on a

[1:32:03] motion to approve. Thank you.

[1:32:04] Okay. Next in the queue is

[1:32:06] council member eastlick on the

[1:32:07] motion to approve. MR. Eastlick,

[1:32:10] are you still here, sir? Okay.

[1:32:11] Next in the queue is council

[1:32:13] member cash on the motion to

[1:32:14] approve. Go ahead sir. I'm

[1:32:15] sorry. Go ahead sir.

[1:32:16] That's

[1:32:17] fine. Thank you. Chair. I mean,

[1:32:19] I remember in this term that

[1:32:22] there have been like that mpd

[1:32:24] and mndot have have gone out

[1:32:26] together to to do stuff and

[1:32:29] they've teamed up to, to, to do

[1:32:31] some enforcement and related to

[1:32:32] vision zero. I mean, I think

[1:32:35] vision zero is a, is a, you

[1:32:37] know, it's a goal. I don't know

[1:32:39] that it just belongs. It's in

[1:32:41] dot's largely, but it belongs

[1:32:42] to all of us and everybody. I

[1:32:43] think multiple departments

[1:32:46] pitch in to, to try and do

[1:32:48] things better. So I just wanted

[1:32:49] to put that out into the space.

[1:32:50] Thank you.

[1:32:51] Thank you, MR. Cash.

[1:32:53] Council member porterfield,

[1:32:54] MADAM Pro tem, you're

[1:32:55] recognized.

[1:32:56] Thank you so very

[1:32:57] much, vice mayor. I just wanted

[1:33:00] to quickly speak into the room.

[1:33:01] I think it's really important

[1:33:04] when we what we say here goes

[1:33:05] on the record. And that becomes

[1:33:07] like the public record. And for

[1:33:08] the viewing audience and for

[1:33:09] people that are watching who

[1:33:11] MAY not understand like the

[1:33:12] bigger context, I think it's

[1:33:14] really important that we set

[1:33:16] the narrative straight. We've

[1:33:17] talked about this plenty of

[1:33:18] times before, prior to any of

[1:33:20] us being on council, except for

[1:33:21] maybe council member allen and

[1:33:23] I think probably councilmember

[1:33:25] weiner. There was a report that

[1:33:26] was done, which was the driving

[1:33:29] while black report that showed

[1:33:31] disparities in black drivers

[1:33:32] being pulled over here in

[1:33:33] nashville and davidson county.

[1:33:35] And as a result of that, mpd

[1:33:37] changed the way that they did

[1:33:38] traffic stops and

[1:33:38] traffic

[1:33:40] enforcement, and they are now

[1:33:42] doing precision policing, which

[1:33:44] has. Evidence has shown that to

[1:33:46] be more accurate. So while the

[1:33:48] number of traffic stops have

[1:33:50] gone down, that's a very data

[1:33:52] driven approach. And it is

[1:33:54] approach that that has reduced

[1:33:55] some of the racial disparities

[1:33:56] that we've seen in this city.

[1:33:59] So cannot directly equate the

[1:34:02] number of traffic stops to the

[1:34:03] efficacy of what we're seeing

[1:34:04] with vision zero. These are two

[1:34:06] totally separate things. And I

[1:34:07] just wanted to make sure that

[1:34:10] that was spoken into the record.

[1:34:12] Thank you. Next in the queue is

[1:34:13] council member johnston. Go

[1:34:13] ahead ma'am.

[1:34:15] Previous question.

[1:34:18] Okay. Councilmember johnson has

[1:34:19] called the previous question.

[1:34:20] It's properly seconded

[1:34:21] this non-debatable and requires

[1:34:23] two thirds of those voting. If

[1:34:24] you vote in favor of the

[1:34:25] previous question. Previous

[1:34:26] question, you want to end

[1:34:28] debate and move to the vote.

[1:34:29] And if you want to continue

[1:34:31] debate, you would vote no. All

[1:34:32] in favor? The previous question,

[1:34:35] please say aye. Any voting no.

[1:34:37] The ayes have it. We will move

[1:34:43] to the vote. Okay. All in favor

[1:34:48] of resolution 2064, please say

[1:34:52] I any voting? No. Any

[1:34:54] abstaining? All right. You have

[1:34:58] adopted this resolution. Next

[1:35:01] is agenda item three ordinance

[1:35:06] or rather resolution 2026-2078.

[1:35:07] Sponsors beaucoup and tombs.

[1:35:09] Horton, allen, suarez and ellis.

[1:35:10] This is a resolution approving

[1:35:10] -

[1:35:13] the activities and improvements

[1:35:15] eligible for tax increment

[1:35:19] financing in the arts center

[1:35:22] redevelopment plan. So I know

[1:35:24] last we took up this series of

[1:35:25] bills, it was in fact MISS

[1:35:28] Tombs as a co-sponsor. But are

[1:35:32] you prepared to do a collective

[1:35:33] motion amongst the two of you

[1:35:35] all to kind of clear all this

[1:35:36] out at the same time? MISS

[1:35:38] Tombs, do you recall that last

[1:35:39] time, how we addressed that?

[1:35:41] Would you be okay then, MISS?

[1:35:43] Oh, okay. MISS Tombs, I'm going

[1:35:45] to recognize you for the

[1:35:47] committee reports. Given what

[1:35:51] we know the reports to be, then

[1:35:55] by rule. So if we could then,

[1:35:57] MR. Wilson, do I have to read

[1:35:59] them all into the record? Okay,

[1:36:01] I do have to read them all into

[1:36:03] the record, MISS Tombs. And so

[1:36:06] some are sponsored primarily by

[1:36:09] MISS, MISS Tombs, MR. Bradford

[1:36:10] and so forth, but they are all

[1:36:12] related and traveling in a

[1:36:13] similar manner. So again,

[1:36:17] agenda item three, resolution

[1:36:20] 2026-2078 is a resolution

[1:36:21] regarding the arts center

[1:36:22] redevelopment plan agenda item

[1:36:26] for resolution 2026-2079 is a

[1:36:27] resolution approving the

[1:36:28] activities and improvements

[1:36:30] eligible for tax increment

[1:36:32] financing in the bordeaux

[1:36:34] redevelopment plan. Okay. And

[1:36:37] then next is agenda item five,

[1:36:41] resolution 2026-2080, which is

[1:36:42] resolution approving the

[1:36:43] activities and improvements

[1:36:45] eligible for tax increment

[1:36:46] financing in the central state

[1:36:48] redevelopment plan. Next is

[1:36:50] agenda item six. This is

[1:36:54] resolution 2026-2081 primary

[1:36:55] sponsor coupon. The primary

[1:36:56] sponsor on the previous one was

[1:36:58] bradford. This is resolution

[1:36:59] approving the activities and

[1:37:01] improvements eligible for tax

[1:37:02] increment financing in the

[1:37:03] phillips jackson redevelopment

[1:37:05] plan. You all can see a theme

[1:37:06] here. These are all related to

[1:37:07] the redevelopment plans. Next

[1:37:08] is agenda item seven,

[1:37:12] resolution 2026-2082 primary

[1:37:13] sponsor coupon. This is

[1:37:14] resolution approving activities

[1:37:15] and improvements eligible for

[1:37:17] tax increment financing in the

[1:37:19] rutledge hill redevelopment

[1:37:23] plan. And then lastly, agenda

[1:37:27] item eight, resolution

[1:37:30] 2026-2083. Primary sponsor

[1:37:32] tombs is resolution approving

[1:37:34] the activities and improvements

[1:37:35] eligible for tax increment

[1:37:38] financing in the skyline

[1:37:41] redevelopment plan. So MISS

[1:37:42] Tombs, if there is no objection

[1:37:45] from the other primary sponsors, all of

[1:37:48] these together at one time. And

[1:37:50] so, MISS Tombs, if you would

[1:37:52] please provide your report,

[1:37:53] MADAM Chair.

[1:37:54] Thank you, MADAM

[1:37:56] Vice mayor, for items three

[1:37:59] through nine budget and finance.

[1:38:00] Three through eight. I'm sorry.

[1:38:01] Budget and finance voted to

[1:38:02] recommend a one meeting

[1:38:04] deferral. Nine in favor, zero

[1:38:05] against zero not voting.

[1:38:07] Okay.

[1:38:10] And given that being the report

[1:38:12] for agenda items three, four,

[1:38:15] five, six, seven and eight,

[1:38:20] those are all deferred by rule

[1:38:22] 8.11 meeting. Okay, so those

[1:38:23] will all be taken up at the

[1:38:27] next meeting. Thank you, fellow

[1:38:28] sponsors, for just letting us

[1:38:30] be efficient about that one.

[1:38:37] Thank you. Okay, next. Is

[1:38:42] agenda item 27. Resolution

[1:38:43] 2026-2132. Sponsors tombs,

[1:38:45] evans, siegel and hill. This is

[1:38:46] a resolution accepting the

[1:38:47] terms of a cooperative

[1:38:49] purchasing master agreement

[1:38:51] with corporation of

[1:38:52] america, llc for street

[1:38:54] sweeping, sewer jetting and

[1:38:57] hydro excavation for the

[1:38:58] nashville department of

[1:39:01] transportation and multimodal

[1:39:03] infrastructure. MISS Tombs, you

[1:39:06] are recognized.

[1:39:06] Thank you,

[1:39:08] MADAM Vice mayor. Committee

[1:39:09] reports. Budget and finance

[1:39:11] voted to recommend a two

[1:39:12] meeting deferral. Nine in favor,

[1:39:14] zero against zero not voting.

[1:39:15] Okay. And for the report of the

[1:39:17] transportation and

[1:39:18] infrastructure committee, MISS

[1:39:19] Evans siegel.

[1:39:19] The

[1:39:21] transportation and

[1:39:23] infrastructure committee voted

[1:39:24] to recommend a two meeting

[1:39:25] deferral, nine in favor, zero

[1:39:26] against zero not voting.

[1:39:27] Okay.

[1:39:28] Thank you, MADAM Chair. With

[1:39:31] that, it's back to you for a

[1:39:32] motion on this resolution. MISS

[1:39:33] Tombs.

[1:39:34] Move for two. Meeting

[1:39:35] deferral.

[1:39:36] Okay. It's properly

[1:39:38] moved and seconded. Is there

[1:39:41] any discussion on this two

[1:39:44] meeting deferral motion? Seeing

[1:39:45] none. All in favor, please say

[1:39:49] I any voting? No. Any

[1:39:50] abstaining? All right. This has

[1:39:55] been deferred to meetings to

[1:40:00] the second meeting in AUGUST.

[1:40:03] Okay. Next is agenda item 29,

[1:40:07] resolution 2026-2134. Sponsors

[1:40:09] tombs and evans siegel. This is

[1:40:10] a resolution approving a

[1:40:11] contract between the

[1:40:11] metropolitan government of

[1:40:12] nashville and davidson county,

[1:40:15] and nixon power services, llc

[1:40:17] to provide factory authorized

[1:40:18] products, parts and services

[1:40:20] for the department of water and

[1:40:22] sewerage services. MISS Tombs,

[1:40:24] you are recognized.

[1:40:24] Thank you,

[1:40:25] MADAM Vice mayor. Committee

[1:40:26] reports budget and finance

[1:40:28] voted to recommend approval.

[1:40:29] Eight in favor, zero against

[1:40:30] one not voting.

[1:40:31] Thank you,

[1:40:33] MADAM Chair. Chair. Evans.

[1:40:34] Siegel. You're recognized.

[1:40:35] Ma'am.

[1:40:37] The transportation and

[1:40:37] infrastructure committee voted

[1:40:39] to approve. Eight

[1:40:41] zero against and one abstention.

[1:40:43] Okay. All right. Back to you,

[1:40:45] MISS Tombs, for a motion.

[1:40:45] Move

[1:40:46] for approval.

[1:40:48] Is there a second?

[1:40:51] Okay. Council member allen, you

[1:40:54] are recognized.

[1:40:54] Thank you,

[1:40:56] MADAM Vice mayor. I just need

[1:40:57] to be recorded as abstaining.

[1:41:00] Okay. All right. So noted. MR.

[1:41:02] Clark, if you would note the

[1:41:07] same. Any further discussion on

[1:41:10] this resolution? Seeing none.

[1:41:12] All in favor, please say aye.

[1:41:15] Any voting? No. Okay. And, MISS

[1:41:16] Allen, you will be recorded as

[1:41:18] an abstention. Okay. This

[1:41:20] resolution has been adopted.

[1:41:21] All right. Next is agenda item

[1:41:26] 30. Resolution 2026-2135.

[1:41:28] Sponsors, tombs and suara. This

[1:41:30] is a resolution approving an

[1:41:30] intergovernmental project

[1:41:31] agreement between the

[1:41:32] metropolitan government of

[1:41:33] nashville and davidson county,

[1:41:34] and the convention center

[1:41:35] authority of the metro

[1:41:36] government of nashville and

[1:41:38] davidson county, relating to

[1:41:40] the financing ad refinancing

[1:41:44] of the music city center. MISS

[1:41:46] Tombs, you are recognized.

[1:41:47] Thank you, MADAM Vice mayor.

[1:41:49] Committee reports. Budget and

[1:41:50] finance voted to recommend a

[1:41:51] one meeting deferral nine in

[1:41:53] favor, zero against zero not

[1:41:53] voting.

[1:41:54] Okay. And further

[1:41:56] report of the ad hoc east bank

[1:41:58] committee chair evan siegel.

[1:42:00] You're recognized.

[1:42:00] Thank you,

[1:42:02] MADAM PRESIDENT. The ad hoc

[1:42:04] east bank committee recommended

[1:42:06] a one meeting deferral, five in

[1:42:07] favor, zero against and zero

[1:42:08] not voting.

[1:42:10] Okay. And with that

[1:42:14] MISS Tombs, that is a mandatory

[1:42:17] deferral by rule 8.1, it'll be

[1:42:21] deferred one meeting. Okay,

[1:42:27] next. Agenda item 34.

[1:42:31] Resolution 2026-2139. Sponsors

[1:42:32] cash horton and evan siegel.

[1:42:34] This is a resolution

[1:42:35] authorizing the metropolitan

[1:42:36] government of nashville and

[1:42:37] davidson county to abandon

[1:42:39] public fire hydrant assembly

[1:42:41] and to accept the relocation of

[1:42:42] public fire hydrant assembly

[1:42:45] for property located at 2415

[1:42:47] vanderbilt place, also known as

[1:42:49] vanderbilt university central

[1:42:52] neighborhood. Rc3 council

[1:42:54] member cash recognized, sir.

[1:42:55] Thanks. Do any committee

[1:42:55] reports.

[1:42:56] You do, sir?

[1:42:57] Yes. Yes.

[1:42:57] Committee reports please.

[1:42:59] Okay.

[1:43:00] For the report of the planning

[1:43:01] and zoning committee, chair

[1:43:01] horton.

[1:43:03] Thank you. Vice mayor.

[1:43:04] Planning and zoning voted in

[1:43:05] favor. Eight in favor, zero

[1:43:06] against zero not voting.

[1:43:07] Okay.

[1:43:08] And for the report of the

[1:43:09] transportation infrastructure

[1:43:10] committee chair evan siegel.

[1:43:11] The transportation and

[1:43:12] infrastructure committee voted

[1:43:14] nine in favor, zero against and

[1:43:15] zero not voting to approve.

[1:43:18] Okay. All right. It's back to

[1:43:19] you, MR. Cash, for a motion on

[1:43:20] your bill.

[1:43:21] Move approval so we

[1:43:23] can move a fire hydrant.

[1:43:24] Okay.

[1:43:26] Properly moved and seconded. Is

[1:43:28] there any discussion on this

[1:43:32] resolution? Did anyone need to

[1:43:34] abstain? Okay, we can do it at

[1:43:36] the time. That's fine. All in

[1:43:37] favor, please say aye. Any

[1:43:40] voting? No. Any abstaining? MR.

[1:43:42] Capp will be recorded as an

[1:43:44] abstention. All right. You have

[1:43:50] adopted this resolution. Next.

[1:43:54] Is a rather agenda item 41,

[1:43:58] resolution 2026-2146. Sponsors.

[1:43:59] Porterfield, sepulveda, suara.

[1:44:00] Tombs. Taylor. Welch. Spain.

[1:44:02] Parker. Nash. Stiles. Huffman.

[1:44:05] Allen. Rutherford. Evans.

[1:44:06] Weiner. Evan. Siegel. Benedict.

[1:44:08] Ellis, cortez. Bradford. Gamble

[1:44:09] and coupon. This is a

[1:44:11] resolution honoring the life of

[1:44:13] vonda mcdaniel and her legacy

[1:44:14] of service to the labor

[1:44:15] movement in nashville and

[1:44:17] davidson county. Miss

[1:44:18] porterfield, MADAM Pro tem, you

[1:44:20] are recognized.

[1:44:21] Thank you, vice

[1:44:22] mayor. Committee reports,

[1:44:22] please.

[1:44:24] For the report of rules.

[1:44:27] Confirmations. MR. Cash.

[1:44:28] We

[1:44:29] approved unanimously. I think

[1:44:31] it was five to 0 to 0.

[1:44:31] Okay.

[1:44:32] Yes.

[1:44:33] All right. Back to you for

[1:44:35] motion, MISS Pro tem.

[1:44:35] Thank you.

[1:44:37] Vice mayor. I'd like to move

[1:44:38] for approval to comment.

[1:44:38] Yeah.

[1:44:40] Is there a second? Go ahead,

[1:44:41] ma'am.

[1:44:43] Thank you. Colleagues.

[1:44:46] Tonight, as we consider our is

[1:44:48] 2026-2146. We honor more than a

[1:44:50] labor leader. We honor a woman

[1:44:52] who is the heart and soul of

[1:44:53] nashville's labor movement. To

[1:44:55] so many of us, vonda mcdaniel

[1:44:56] was the queen mother of labor

[1:44:58] here in nashville, across

[1:45:00] tennessee, and across our

[1:45:02] nation. Vonda had a rare gift.

[1:45:03] She saw the best in people

[1:45:04] before they saw it in

[1:45:06] themselves. She didn't just

[1:45:08] organize workers, she built

[1:45:09] leaders. She encouraged us to

[1:45:11] step forward, to find our

[1:45:12] voices and to believe that

[1:45:14] ordinary people could

[1:45:16] accomplish extraordinary things

[1:45:18] together. Even if you didn't

[1:45:21] know her name or her face, you

[1:45:22] benefited for her work. From

[1:45:24] her work, vonda dedicated her

[1:45:27] life to this movement, to

[1:45:29] fighting for fair wages and

[1:45:31] fair working conditions for

[1:45:32] people across the state of

[1:45:34] tennessee and across the nation.

[1:45:35] Her fight for working people

[1:45:39] reached far beyond our city,

[1:45:40] improving the lives here in

[1:45:42] nashville and across this

[1:45:45] nation. Vonda helped build

[1:45:47] organizations and entities and

[1:45:49] infrastructure like stand up

[1:45:50] nashville, the nashville

[1:45:52] justice league, and the music

[1:45:54] city construction careers

[1:45:56] bundle was also one of the

[1:45:57] founding members of tennessee

[1:46:01] for all. We appreciate all of

[1:46:04] the work. That vonda did, the

[1:46:07] dedication of her life, and I

[1:46:09] hope that we continue to honor

[1:46:11] her with more than a resolution,

[1:46:12] with more than words, but with

[1:46:15] our actions and with our lives

[1:46:17] that we go forward and look for

[1:46:19] ways to continue to fight, for

[1:46:21] workers, to fight for working

[1:46:22] people, and to fight for the

[1:46:25] labor movement. Let's honor her

[1:46:27] by lifting up new leaders, by

[1:46:29] standing with working families,

[1:46:30] and by continuing the work that

[1:46:32] she dedicated her life to. We

[1:46:34] will be after the passing of

[1:46:35] this resolution tonight. We

[1:46:37] will be honoring her here

[1:46:39] during the announcement period

[1:46:41] on SEPTEMBER the 1st. So we

[1:46:43] would like to invite all of our

[1:46:44] council member colleagues, as

[1:46:48] well as labor leaders, union

[1:46:49] members, and anyone who wants

[1:46:51] to come out and honor vonda and

[1:46:53] celebrate her life and legacy.

[1:46:55] And I would also like to invite

[1:46:56] all of our colleagues to email

[1:46:58] the clerk and sign on. If

[1:46:59] you've not already signed on to

[1:47:01] this. And with that, I would

[1:47:04] ask our colleagues to support.

[1:47:06] Thank you, MADAM Pro tem. Well

[1:47:08] said. Next in the queue,

[1:47:10] council member sepulveda,

[1:47:24] you're recognized ma'am. You

[1:47:26] got this.

[1:47:27] This one's a little

[1:47:40] hard. Vonda wasn't only my boss.

[1:47:43] She was a friend for for many

[1:47:50] years. For over ten years. And.

[1:47:51] Many of you all know that one

[1:47:53] of the things that I work on

[1:47:57] the most when it comes to my

[1:48:06] work at council is figuring out to how to fight for workers

[1:48:09] in this city. And vonda was a

[1:48:12] big part of that. She has been

[1:48:19] there every step of the way and.

[1:48:24] I just. I don't know how it's

[1:48:26] going to be without her. I

[1:48:27] never picture her not being

[1:48:31] here. And she really was the

[1:48:36] best of us. And. I hope that

[1:48:39] you all will join us on labor

[1:48:44] day will be SEPTEMBER 5th, and

[1:48:45] hopefully it'll be the biggest

[1:48:51] one yet. But the labor movement

[1:48:54] has been better because of all

[1:48:57] the work that she has done, not

[1:49:00] just here in tennessee, but

[1:49:01] nationally. I mean, there's a

[1:49:03] reason that the PRESIDENT Of

[1:49:06] the afl-cio came to her

[1:49:10] celebration of life, and she

[1:49:14] touched so many people, and she

[1:49:22] has helped so many people. And.

[1:49:26] I hope that in the remainder of

[1:49:33] my time. On council and in my

[1:49:38] work, that I could do a

[1:49:42] fraction of the service that

[1:49:47] she did for everyone. So.

[1:49:52] Please join us this labor day.

[1:49:53] Fonda widow wanted you all

[1:49:56] there.

[1:49:57] Thank you, MISS

[1:49:58] Sepulveda. Council member lee,

[1:50:02] you're recognized, ma'am.

[1:50:02] Thank

[1:50:05] you, MADAM Chair. Most things

[1:50:08] have already been said, so I

[1:50:10] did want to stand in support of

[1:50:12] this. I want to say I have

[1:50:15] worked with sister mcdaniel for

[1:50:18] quite some some years now.

[1:50:20] She's been a mentor, she's been

[1:50:23] a teacher, she's been a

[1:50:24] waymaker. And more than that, I

[1:50:29] consider her a friend. So I, i

[1:50:31] could not sit there and not

[1:50:33] stand up to give some praises

[1:50:35] to her, the things that she

[1:50:36] represents, and not just her

[1:50:38] and her represent

[1:50:39] representation, but of how she

[1:50:42] has touched other people and

[1:50:44] gotten them to see the light in

[1:50:45] a lot of different things and

[1:50:49] to move on. So GOD is blessing

[1:50:51] her now, and I'm just standing

[1:50:53] in support. Thank you.

[1:50:53] Thank

[1:50:55] you, MISS Lee. Next is council

[1:50:57] member suara. You're recognized

[1:51:02] ma'am.

[1:51:05] Thank you, vice mayor.

[1:51:07] I'm just going to read what I

[1:51:09] wrote when I found out that

[1:51:12] vonda passed away. I couldn't

[1:51:14] find enough words. But this is

[1:51:17] just what came to me. It says

[1:51:20] real heroes don't fly. They

[1:51:24] stand beside you. They show up,

[1:51:26] they walk with you, and they

[1:51:29] walk for you. Vonda mcdonough

[1:51:31] was that kind of hero to so

[1:51:33] many. She spent her life

[1:51:35] lifting others, making their

[1:51:37] lives better in ways big and

[1:51:40] small. What makes the news so

[1:51:41] painful is that vonda wasn't a

[1:51:43] hero from a comic book. She was

[1:51:46] here with us, living, serving,

[1:51:48] fighting for workers, for her

[1:51:50] church family, for her family,

[1:51:53] and for our community. She was

[1:51:55] real. She was present. She was

[1:51:58] tireless. History will write

[1:52:00] about vonda. Our words will

[1:52:03] carry her name. But all of that

[1:52:04] will pale in comparison to the

[1:52:06] memories and stories held by

[1:52:09] the people who truly knew her.

[1:52:12] She was a soldier, a fighter,

[1:52:14] selfless, caring, and

[1:52:17] profoundly human. This loss

[1:52:19] hurts, but I find comfort in

[1:52:21] having known vonda, and I thank

[1:52:23] vonda for everything that she

[1:52:26] gave, not just to me, but to so

[1:52:29] many. She's irreplaceable. When

[1:52:34] we went to vonda viewing. It

[1:52:38] was very hard to picture her

[1:52:42] just lying there. And it's a.

[1:52:46] It's a reminder to every single

[1:52:50] one of us that that is a given.

[1:52:53] We all one day. But

[1:52:56] the true legacy of a life well

[1:52:58] lived. Is it the memories of

[1:53:01] the people that you helped, the

[1:53:03] lives that you touched. She

[1:53:05] built organization. She built

[1:53:07] people. She built community.

[1:53:10] She built nashville. And we all

[1:53:12] MISS Her. And I hope that our

[1:53:14] life is a reminder to all of us

[1:53:18] to be kind to each other and to

[1:53:19] be good, because someday we

[1:53:22] will be called to. And so,

[1:53:23] vonda, thank you for all that

[1:53:25] you did. Thank you for all that

[1:53:28] you are. Rest in power.

[1:53:28] Thank

[1:53:30] you, MISS Suara. Next in the

[1:53:31] queue, councilmember koopman,

[1:53:32] you're recognized sir.

[1:53:32] Thank

[1:53:34] you, MADAM PRESIDENT. And I

[1:53:35] concur with everything that's

[1:53:38] been said so far. JUNE 29th,

[1:53:39] 9:02 A.M. I got a text from

[1:53:41] vonda inviting me to a town

[1:53:43] hall later that week about the

[1:53:45] future of democracy in our in

[1:53:47] our city and our state. And

[1:53:48] just, you know, quiet little

[1:53:49] invite. And the next morning I

[1:53:51] texted her saying, yes, I'll be

[1:53:52] there, not knowing that by that

[1:53:54] point she was already gone.

[1:53:55] Even so, even to her last

[1:53:57] moments, she was working,

[1:54:00] advocating, sharing, leading,

[1:54:01] and at her viewing and at MISS

[1:54:02] Rosetta perry's viewing, both

[1:54:04] at the the first baptist church,

[1:54:06] I found myself looking over to

[1:54:07] the side pews. Most people in

[1:54:08] this room will know exactly

[1:54:10] what I'm talking about, where

[1:54:11] she was always seated, just

[1:54:12] quietly looking and leading in

[1:54:14] her presence was just was so

[1:54:16] powerful and, you know, heard

[1:54:17] at her celebration of life.

[1:54:19] Just people talking about how,

[1:54:21] you know, she she kind of just

[1:54:22] caused you to move forward. She

[1:54:23] caused you to lead, she caused

[1:54:25] you to be elevated. It wasn't

[1:54:26] it wasn't a strong hand. It

[1:54:28] wasn't a force. It was just,

[1:54:30] she just kind of made it made

[1:54:31] it happen. And so I know that

[1:54:33] she lives on in so many in this

[1:54:35] room. I got to know her for a

[1:54:37] lot less time than many here.

[1:54:38] But she's deeply impacted my

[1:54:40] life and my, my leadership and

[1:54:41] how I want to advocate for the

[1:54:43] labor movement and advocate for

[1:54:44] the workers of our of our city

[1:54:46] that we come across. And so I

[1:54:47] MISS Her terribly. I still

[1:54:49] can't believe that she's gone.

[1:54:50] I keep waiting to turn around

[1:54:52] and see her, see her standing

[1:54:53] there. And so, vonda, you'll

[1:54:54] you'll be in my heart. You'll

[1:54:56] be. I'm carrying you with me

[1:54:57] and rest in power. Thank you

[1:54:58] for all you've done.

[1:54:59] Thank you,

[1:55:00] MR. Koopman. Next council

[1:55:02] member. Hill. You're recognized.

[1:55:02] Thank you.

[1:55:03] Vice mayor. There's

[1:55:04] really nothing that I can say

[1:55:06] that hasn't already been said.

[1:55:08] So I just want to say I want to

[1:55:10] move to use 12.3. All right,

[1:55:12] everybody that be added votes.

[1:55:13] Yes.

[1:55:17] Okay. There is a motion to

[1:55:22] amend the approval motion with

[1:55:26] 12.3 properly seconded. Okay.

[1:55:28] We'll continue. MISS Styles,

[1:55:30] you are next in the queue,

[1:55:32] ma'am.

[1:55:36] thank you very much. I

[1:55:39] met vonda over ten years ago

[1:55:42] working with her on the mlk day

[1:55:44] committee. When she came to

[1:55:46] bring the labor breakfast back

[1:55:48] and to discuss how important

[1:55:51] that was in the movement and

[1:55:53] her commitment every single

[1:55:56] year to spread the word about

[1:56:00] labor. I was in awe of her then

[1:56:02] and had tremendous respect for

[1:56:05] her. And as I became a council

[1:56:06] member, had the opportunity to

[1:56:09] work with her even more. I

[1:56:11] think we've talked about the

[1:56:12] work that she's done, but we

[1:56:14] haven't spoken about how she

[1:56:16] was able to get that work done,

[1:56:18] and it was the quiet strength

[1:56:21] that she had that made you move

[1:56:23] without even knowing you were

[1:56:28] moving. She was kind. Listen to

[1:56:30] everyone that's speaking in

[1:56:32] this room. We don't always

[1:56:34] agree, but every once in a

[1:56:36] while we have a moment like

[1:56:39] this. And though it's sad, we

[1:56:42] have a moment to come together,

[1:56:44] united to say that there are

[1:56:45] some people that are great no

[1:56:49] matter what your difference is.

[1:56:53] And vonda was that person. And

[1:56:55] I still can't believe that we

[1:56:57] are standing here talking about

[1:56:59] her and what was instead of

[1:57:02] what is. But I'm so grateful

[1:57:04] that her life was honored the

[1:57:06] way that it was last week. I

[1:57:07] don't know about any of you,

[1:57:12] but who else gets to have a

[1:57:13] service at the music city

[1:57:15] center? Come one, come all.

[1:57:18] We've got this covered. And I

[1:57:20] might say they were short ribs.

[1:57:21] These were not chicken nuggets

[1:57:24] or tenders that MR. Stark paid

[1:57:27] for. Again, a testament to how

[1:57:29] amazing she was and how long

[1:57:30] she served on that commission.

[1:57:32] But, I mean, I think we can all

[1:57:34] go on and on and on. But I just

[1:57:37] wanted to say heaven has a has

[1:57:39] a working angel right now. And

[1:57:40] I'm grateful that we had the

[1:57:41] opportunity, all of us, to have

[1:57:44] known her and worked with her.

[1:57:45] Thank you, MR. House. Next

[1:57:47] council member gadd, you're

[1:57:48] recognized, ma'am.

[1:57:49] I'd like to

[1:57:52] just join in the course, but I

[1:57:54] want to also lift up an

[1:57:58] additional organization and

[1:58:01] group of folks that vonda

[1:58:03] invested in over ten years ago.

[1:58:06] There were a group of women

[1:58:08] that wanted to come together

[1:58:11] and create a, a program to

[1:58:12] recruit and train women to run

[1:58:16] for office. The woman who was

[1:58:17] at the table from the beginning

[1:58:21] and was a constant movement and

[1:58:23] herself. But to bring folks

[1:58:24] together and to invest in that

[1:58:28] was vonda mcdaniel. With that

[1:58:31] emerge, tennessee got off the

[1:58:32] ground and trained many of us

[1:58:34] who are in this room tonight.

[1:58:36] And I just wanted to take a

[1:58:37] moment to recognize one more

[1:58:40] thing that she has done. I

[1:58:41] don't have the words, like many

[1:58:43] of you all do, that can be

[1:58:45] spoke so eloquently. But with

[1:58:47] that, I would like to take at

[1:58:49] least five seconds of my time

[1:58:52] for just a moment. And that is

[1:59:01] a moment of remembrance. Thank

[1:59:03] you so much.

[1:59:04] Thank you, MISS

[1:59:06] Gad. Council member kimbrough,

[1:59:07] you're recognized, ma'am.

[1:59:08] Thank

[1:59:09] you, vice mayor. I'd like to

[1:59:12] say that vonda mcdaniel and her

[1:59:14] father lived in my district. He

[1:59:16] still resides in my district.

[1:59:19] She was a fine person in all

[1:59:20] regards, a good person. She

[1:59:24] came from good stock. I

[1:59:25] appreciated her. She was a

[1:59:27] straight shooter and I

[1:59:29] appreciate that. She told me

[1:59:30] when I came in some of the

[1:59:35] things she expected, and

[1:59:36] ironically, I was actually

[1:59:38] working on one of her

[1:59:40] suggestions at the time she

[1:59:42] passed. And it's going to

[1:59:44] happen. But I just wanted to

[1:59:45] acknowledge her and say she was

[1:59:47] a fine person, came from a fine

[1:59:49] family, and she will be missed.

[1:59:51] Thank you.

[1:59:52] Thank you, thank you

[1:59:54] to all members for speaking so

[1:59:57] kindly and so well. All right.

[1:59:59] Seeing no one else in the queue,

[2:00:01] we will move to the vote. There

[2:00:03] is a motion to approve with

[2:00:04] rule 12.3 applied, such that

[2:00:06] all those voting in the

[2:00:08] affirmative will be added as

[2:00:10] co-sponsors. All in favor,

[2:00:12] please say aye. Any voting no

[2:00:14] or abstaining. All right. You

[2:00:16] have adopted this resolution

[2:00:18] honoring the life of vonda

[2:00:21] mcdaniel. Thank you. Next is

[2:00:25] agenda item 43, resolution

[2:00:27] 2026-2148. Sponsors vo tombs,

[2:00:29] gad, welch, lee, taylor. Nash.

[2:00:31] Stiles. Allen. Kapp, evans.

[2:00:33] Wiener. Evan siegel, suara,

[2:00:34] benedict, ellis, truffle, and

[2:00:36] koopman. This is a resolution

[2:00:39] recognizing JULY 18th to AUGUST

[2:00:41] 17th as south asian heritage

[2:00:42] month in nashville, and

[2:00:44] davidson county council member

[2:00:46] vo, you are recognized.

[2:00:46] Thank

[2:00:47] you. Vice mayor. Committee

[2:00:48] reports. Please.

[2:00:49] Council member

[2:00:51] cash for the report of rules.

[2:00:54] Confirmations. Please. Sir, we.

[2:00:56] We supported five in favor,

[2:00:57] zero against. You're not voting.

[2:00:59] All right. Back to you, miss

[2:00:59] foe.

[2:01:00] Thank you, vice mayor. I'd

[2:01:02] like to move to approve with a

[2:01:03] brief comment.

[2:01:04] All right. Go

[2:01:04] ahead, ma'am.

[2:01:05] Thank you so much.

[2:01:07] I'm so honored to recognize

[2:01:08] south asian heritage month and

[2:01:09] celebrate the rich history,

[2:01:11] culture, and contributions of

[2:01:12] south asian americans in

[2:01:14] nashville and davidson county.

[2:01:16] As you said before, it is just

[2:01:18] kicking off. It will be

[2:01:20] observed JULY 18th through

[2:01:21] AUGUST 17th, and it recognizes

[2:01:23] the heritage of people with

[2:01:25] roots in afghanistn,

[2:01:27] bangladesh, bhutan, india, the

[2:01:29] maldives, nepal, pakistan and

[2:01:32] sri lanka. It's a really a

[2:01:33] special time to celebrate the

[2:01:35] diversity, resilience and

[2:01:37] achievements of these amazing

[2:01:38] communities, and I'm really

[2:01:40] proud to say that it was our

[2:01:41] council that first formally

[2:01:43] recognized south asian heritage

[2:01:45] month in 2024, and this

[2:01:47] resolution is really important

[2:01:48] and deserves to be uplifted

[2:01:50] every year because it sends a

[2:01:52] message that every community

[2:01:53] belongs, that every story is

[2:01:54] valued, and that the

[2:01:56] contributions of south asian

[2:01:58] residents are are an essential

[2:02:01] part of nashville's success. We

[2:02:03] have seen them become

[2:02:04] entrepreneurs, creating jobs,

[2:02:06] physicians and health care

[2:02:08] professionals caring for our

[2:02:09] families, engineers and

[2:02:11] technology leaders, driving

[2:02:12] innovation, educators shaping

[2:02:15] our future generations, small

[2:02:16] business owners strengthening

[2:02:18] our neighborhoods, artists

[2:02:19] enriching our cultures and

[2:02:21] public servants giving back to

[2:02:24] our city and from beloved

[2:02:25] neighborhood businesses like

[2:02:27] patel brothers and taj indian

[2:02:29] restaurants to nationally

[2:02:30] recognized destinations like

[2:02:32] chowhan el and masala house and

[2:02:34] taylor nashville, south asian

[2:02:35] owned businesses create jobs,

[2:02:37] attract visitors, and enrich

[2:02:39] our culinary landscape, which

[2:02:41] is really wonderful. And if you

[2:02:42] want to celebrate and not just

[2:02:44] observe south asian heritage

[2:02:46] month, you can join 615 chutney

[2:02:47] this thursday where they're

[2:02:50] going to have a special event

[2:02:52] highlighting south asian local

[2:02:54] artists like strange curry, and

[2:02:56] everyone is invited. So I just

[2:02:57] want to remind us that as

[2:02:59] nashville continues to grow, I

[2:03:00] want us to continue to be a

[2:03:02] welcoming and diverse community.

[2:03:04] And today we proudly affirm

[2:03:06] that our south asian neighbors

[2:03:08] are an integral part of our

[2:03:10] city and our story. So MAY this

[2:03:11] resolution inspire and have

[2:03:12] greater understanding so that

[2:03:13] we can have stronger

[2:03:16] partnerships and continue to

[2:03:17] celebrate the amazing cultures

[2:03:19] that make nashville and

[2:03:21] davidson county a wonderful

[2:03:22] place to live. Thank you.

[2:03:22] Thank

[2:03:24] you, MISS Foe. There's a motion

[2:03:25] to approve and is properly

[2:03:27] seconded. We're on to

[2:03:28] discussion. MISS Suara, you're

[2:03:29] recognized.

[2:03:30] Thank you, vice

[2:03:31] mayor. I'm going to be very,

[2:03:33] very short. I just want to rise

[2:03:34] in support of this resolution.

[2:03:36] A lot of folks in the south

[2:03:38] asian community are also part

[2:03:41] of the muslim community. Rashid

[2:03:43] is bangladeshi. So s sabina

[2:03:44] and the whole family that have

[2:03:46] been here. They've been

[2:03:47] instrumental in the first

[2:03:48] immigrant mosque in nashville

[2:03:50] and a lot of kids being raised

[2:03:52] in that in that in that mosque,

[2:03:54] including my kids too. And so

[2:03:57] in addition to being our

[2:03:58] community members and doctors

[2:04:01] and everything else, been able to be bridge

[2:04:02] builders. They've also been

[2:04:04] good neighbors. And so I want

[2:04:07] to rise in support and say,

[2:04:10] happy south asian mosque month.

[2:04:12] Thank you, MISS Flora. All

[2:04:14] right. Seeing no further

[2:04:16] discussion. All in favor,

[2:04:18] please say aye. Any voting no

[2:04:21] or abstaining. Okay. Council

[2:04:24] has adopted this resolution.

[2:04:27] Next is section k of our agenda.

[2:04:30] A late resolution as of yet a

[2:04:32] numbered sponsor tombs. This is

[2:04:35] a resolution appropriating a $5

[2:04:37] million grant from the U.S.

[2:04:40] Department of housing and urban

[2:04:42] development to the metropolitan

[2:04:43] government acting by and

[2:04:45] through the housing division of

[2:04:46] the metro nashville planning

[2:04:48] department for. Pathways to

[2:04:51] removing obstacles to housing.

[2:04:54] MISS Tombs, I'm going to

[2:04:55] recognize you for potential

[2:04:56] suspension of the rules. Go

[2:04:57] ahead. Ma'am.

[2:04:58] Thank you. MADAM

[2:05:00] Vice mayor requestd to suspend

[2:05:01] the rules.

[2:05:04] Okay, chair. Cash,

[2:05:05] do you have a report on the

[2:05:08] nature of this suspension? Go

[2:05:08] ahead. Sir.

[2:05:10] We did. We

[2:05:13] discussed it and approved the

[2:05:15] late filed nature six in favor.

[2:05:17] Zero against zero not voting.

[2:05:19] All right. Having heard the

[2:05:21] report of chair cash, is there

[2:05:22] any objection to the suspension

[2:05:25] of the rules? Seeing none, the

[2:05:27] rules are suspended. So it's

[2:05:29] over to you, MISS Tombs, for a

[2:05:32] motion to get the bill before

[2:05:34] us. And I see as well we have

[2:05:36] some committee referrals. Okay.

[2:05:38] And did they go, in fact, to

[2:05:39] those committees even though it

[2:05:42] was late filed. Okay. So are

[2:05:43] you requesting committee

[2:05:45] reports? Go ahead.

[2:05:45] Budget and

[2:05:46] finance voted to recommend

[2:05:48] approval. Nine in favor, zero

[2:05:49] against zero. Not voting.

[2:05:50] Okay

[2:05:51] for the report of the planning

[2:05:54] and zoning committee. I do not

[2:05:57] see chair horton. Vice chair

[2:05:59] harrell is moving over to the

[2:06:03] desk. This is a late filed

[2:06:09] resolution k sponsor tombs. To

[2:06:15] get our report. Here comes MR.

[2:06:20] Horton. There's a little delay

[2:06:23] out there on the mezzanine. So.

[2:06:24] Go ahead, sir.

[2:06:25] Thank you. Vice

[2:06:26] mayor. Planning and zoning

[2:06:27] voted to approve. Eight in

[2:06:28] favor, zero against. You're not

[2:06:28] voting.

[2:06:31] Okay. And chair cash.

[2:06:33] You had the report on the late

[2:06:36] file nature, I presume. Similar

[2:06:37] six. No. Okay. Go ahead, MR.

[2:06:39] Holmes. Yes. All set.

[2:06:39] Move for

[2:06:40] approval.

[2:06:41] All right. Properly

[2:06:43] moved and seconded. Any

[2:06:47] discussion? Any discussion on

[2:06:49] this resolution? Seeing none.

[2:06:52] All in favor, please say aye.

[2:06:55] Any voting no or abstaining.

[2:06:57] All right. Council has adopted

[2:07:01] this resolution. Next is

[2:07:03] section l bills on introduction

[2:07:05] and first reading. By rule, all

[2:07:06] items on first reading shall be

[2:07:08] voted on at the same time,

[2:07:09] unless requested otherwise, by

[2:07:11] a primary sponsor or two other

[2:07:13] members. Do any items need to

[2:07:15] be removed from the collective

[2:07:21] vote? All right. Seeing none,

[2:07:22] is there a motion for approval

[2:07:24] of all items on first

[2:07:27] consideration? Okay. Properly

[2:07:29] seconded. Without objection,

[2:07:31] you have approved all items on

[2:07:38] first reading. All right, now

[2:07:41] we're on to section m bills on

[2:07:45] second reading that were not on

[2:07:46] consent. And first among those

[2:07:53] is agenda item 50, ordinance

[2:07:55] bl2026-1254. Sponsors cortez,

[2:07:57] harrell, bradford, gad,

[2:07:58] sepulveda, ellis, suarez and

[2:08:00] benton. This is an ordinance to

[2:08:02] amend title six of the metro

[2:08:03] code of laws regarding the

[2:08:05] disclosure of personalized

[2:08:07] algorithmic and dynamic pricing.

[2:08:09] Council member cortez, you're

[2:08:09] recognized, sir.

[2:08:10] Thank you,

[2:08:11] vice mayor withdrawal with a

[2:08:12] brief comment.

[2:08:13] Go ahead sir.

[2:08:14] Yes, yes.

[2:08:15] So this is just a

[2:08:17] procedural move. We were going

[2:08:20] back and forth with the states

[2:08:22] attorney general's office. They

[2:08:23] most recently responded about a

[2:08:25] week and a half ago. So I'm now

[2:08:27] working with metro legal on the

[2:08:28] enforcement arm of this. And we

[2:08:30] just need more time. And if I

[2:08:32] was to defer again, it would be

[2:08:33] a indefinite deferral. So I

[2:08:34] will withdraw and then

[2:08:35] reintroduce at a later date.

[2:08:37] All right. Appreciate the

[2:08:38] explanation. This bill has been

[2:08:39] withdrawn. One, two. Five four.

[2:08:42] Sponsor cortez is withdrawn.

[2:08:46] All right. Next is agenda item

[2:08:52] 51, ordinance bl2026-1403.

[2:08:56] Sponsor parker. This has a

[2:08:58] companion bill in agenda item

[2:09:02] 52, ordinance bl2026-1404, but

[2:09:04] we will have to take them

[2:09:05] separately. MISTER Parker,

[2:09:06] since there is an amendment on

[2:09:10] the first bill, 1403 is an

[2:09:11] ordinance to amend title 17,

[2:09:12] the metro code of laws zoning

[2:09:14] ordinance, the metro government

[2:09:15] of nashville and davidson

[2:09:16] county by amending a specific

[2:09:18] plan for various properties

[2:09:20] generally located west of

[2:09:21] gallatin avenue, east of emmett

[2:09:23] avenue, south of mcclurkin

[2:09:24] avenue and north of douglas

[2:09:26] avenue. Zoned s p and changing

[2:09:28] thezoning on properties from r,

[2:09:33] s, five c, s and or22sp. This

[2:09:36] is 19.09 acres to permit a

[2:09:37] mixed use development, all of

[2:09:39] which is described here in and

[2:09:42] after we take 1403 up

[2:09:43] separately for purposes

[2:09:45] potentially of amending, you

[2:09:47] can then consolidate it with

[2:09:48] 1404, which would require

[2:09:49] certain materials to be

[2:09:50] restricted in the construction

[2:09:52] of buildings at all the

[2:09:55] addresses mentioned in 1403. Go

[2:09:56] ahead, MR. Parker. You

[2:09:57] recognized.

[2:09:57] Thank you, vice

[2:09:58] mayor. We actually won't be

[2:10:00] moving the amendment today.

[2:10:01] Okay. So can I move?

[2:10:02] You MAY go

[2:10:04] ahead and make a consolidated

[2:10:04] motion then, please.

[2:10:05] Bill 2026

[2:10:09] 1403 and bill 26, 2026 1404.

[2:10:12] Okay. There is a motion to

[2:10:16] approve. 1403 and 1404.

[2:10:18] Apologies, I, I tend to defer

[2:10:20] one meeting both of them.

[2:10:21] Okay.

[2:10:24] And go ahead. It is a motion to

[2:10:24] defer.

[2:10:25] Thank you. Yes. Motion

[2:10:26] to defer with a brief

[2:10:29] explanation. I have not had

[2:10:32] time to connect with the the

[2:10:33] developer of this project

[2:10:34] regarding some of the

[2:10:36] outstanding concerns or the

[2:10:37] amendment that you'll see in

[2:10:38] the packet today. And so at

[2:10:40] their request, we're going to

[2:10:41] defer second reading one more

[2:10:42] meeting, and that will give me

[2:10:44] time to to have time to connect

[2:10:46] with them. So, all right, just

[2:10:47] renew a motion deferral of 1403

[2:10:48] and 1404.

[2:10:49] All right. To the

[2:10:51] first one meeting to the first

[2:10:53] meeting in AUGUST. It is

[2:10:55] properly seconded. Is there any

[2:10:57] discussion? Seeing none. All in

[2:10:58] favor please say aye. Aye. Any

[2:11:01] voting no or abstaining. Okay.

[2:11:03] Both these bills will be

[2:11:05] deferred to the first meeting

[2:11:08] in AUGUST. All right. Next is

[2:11:13] agenda item 53. Ordinance bl

[2:11:15] 2026-1430. This is an or

[2:11:16] sponsors. Bradford. Ellis.

[2:11:17] Johnston. Evans. Siegel. Welsh.

[2:11:19] Bowe, evans, hoffman. Cooper

[2:11:21] and wiener. This is an

[2:11:24] ordinance amending section

[2:11:25] 2.08.030 of the metro code of

[2:11:27] laws relative to the

[2:11:28] publication of the annual

[2:11:30] operating budget and the

[2:11:32] capital improvements budget.

[2:11:34] Council member bradford, you're

[2:11:35] recognized sir.

[2:11:35] Thank you,

[2:11:37] MADAM PRESIDENT. Committee

[2:11:38] report.

[2:11:39] For the report of the

[2:11:41] budget and finance committee

[2:11:42] chair, tombs. Go ahead.

[2:11:43] Budget

[2:11:44] and finance voted to recommend

[2:11:45] a one meeting deferral nine in

[2:11:47] favor, zero against zero not

[2:11:47] voting okay.

[2:11:49] as such, it's rule

[2:11:52] 8.1, a mandatory deferral with

[2:11:53] no debate or discussion that

[2:11:55] will be deferred to the next

[2:11:58] meeting. Next is agenda item 54.

[2:12:02] Ordinance bl 2026-1431.

[2:12:03] Sponsors vo, horton, cap.

[2:12:05] Benedict. Bradford. Ellis. Gadd.

[2:12:06] Porterfield. Cash.

[2:12:09] Parker. Weiner. Rutherford,

[2:12:10] harrell, spain. Huffman, nash,

[2:12:12] sepulveda and prep tee. This is

[2:12:14] an amend chapter

[2:12:16] 2.147 of the metro code of laws

[2:12:17] regarding the nashville

[2:12:19] entertainment commission.

[2:12:21] Council member vo, you are

[2:12:22] recognized.

[2:12:23] Thank you so much.

[2:12:24] Should you. Should I do my

[2:12:26] committee reports?

[2:12:26] Yes.

[2:12:27] Request

[2:12:28] it from yourself. Go ahead

[2:12:28] ma'am.

[2:12:29] MADAM Chair. Thank you,

[2:12:32] vice mayor. The amendment for

[2:12:35] bl 2026 1431 was zero in favor,

[2:12:37] seven against two not voting.

[2:12:38] And then the substitute was two

[2:12:41] in favor, six against one not

[2:12:43] voting. And the bill

[2:12:44] itself was six in favor, three

[2:12:46] against zero not voting.

[2:12:48] Okay,

[2:12:51] six in favor, three against

[2:12:52] zero not voting.

[2:12:53] That's correct.

[2:12:56] Okay. With that report in, it's

[2:12:58] back to you for a motion to get

[2:12:59] the bill before us.

[2:13:00] Thank you

[2:13:02] so much. I'd like to move to

[2:13:03] approve with a brief comment.

[2:13:04] Go ahead.

[2:13:05] Thank you so much,

[2:13:07] vice mayor. And I want to thank

[2:13:09] every single person in our

[2:13:11] entire council and the%

[2:13:12] community, the entertainment

[2:13:14] commission and everyone who

[2:13:15] weighed in. I know that this is

[2:13:17] a bill we've been working on,

[2:13:19] and I know that the community

[2:13:20] wants to see us move forward,

[2:13:23] and I'm very excited that out

[2:13:25] of committee, we were able to

[2:13:27] take that first step, and my

[2:13:29] hope is that we are going to

[2:13:32] see the first executive

[2:13:33] director of the national

[2:13:34] entertainment commission

[2:13:36] announced soon, and this is the

[2:13:38] first step that we need to do

[2:13:40] as the metro council to move

[2:13:42] that forward. So I really just

[2:13:45] invite my colleagues to please

[2:13:47] join me in supporting this bill

[2:13:49] so that we can, you know, honor

[2:13:51] the people of nashville and the

[2:13:52] work of the entertainment

[2:13:53] commission over the years so

[2:13:55] that we can move forward. Thank

[2:13:56] you so much.

[2:13:58] All right. There

[2:13:59] is a motion to approve. It's

[2:14:01] properly seconded. And we're on

[2:14:02] to discussion. First in the

[2:14:04] queue is council member styles.

[2:14:06] You're recognized.

[2:14:07] I would like

[2:14:09] to move for a one meeting

[2:14:10] deferral with a brief comment

[2:14:12] if I MAY.

[2:14:14] Is there a second.

[2:14:17] Okay, okay. There is a motion

[2:14:19] to defer is properly seconded.

[2:14:20] Go ahead.

[2:14:21] Thank you very much.

[2:14:23] Vice mayor. What council member

[2:14:26] vo said is correct. This has

[2:14:28] definitely been a long time

[2:14:29] coming. We created the

[2:14:31] commission last term hoping

[2:14:32] that this would move forward.

[2:14:34] In the last three years, it's

[2:14:36] it's just been very laborious

[2:14:38] and it should be a real fun

[2:14:40] commission and also a great

[2:14:42] office. The executive director

[2:14:43] will be of the office, not of

[2:14:47] the commission, but today we

[2:14:50] had an emergency entertainment

[2:14:52] commission meeting to discuss

[2:14:54] both of these pieces of

[2:14:57] legislation, and it was clear

[2:14:59] by the end of the meeting that

[2:15:03] there wasn't support for either

[2:15:07] bill because they want one bill

[2:15:08] numerous times today. They

[2:15:10] express distrust in this

[2:15:11] administration and their

[2:15:12] ability to move anything with

[2:15:18] them forward. As I spoke with

[2:15:19] derek smith and metro legal,

[2:15:21] who is their representative,

[2:15:24] after the meeting was over, he

[2:15:25] did say that it looked like

[2:15:27] there was a way forward.

[2:15:28] Legally. There's some language

[2:15:32] that seemed ambiguous, and so

[2:15:33] proposing a one meeting

[2:15:34] deferral. I'm I'm not into

[2:15:35] deferrals. I think most of you

[2:15:38] know that. But if the greater

[2:15:39] good can be had here where

[2:15:42] there's one bill that we can

[2:15:44] all agree on. I did volunteer

[2:15:47] in the meeting today to work

[2:15:48] with the mayor's office. The

[2:15:53] mayor's office refused, and I

[2:15:55] think it would benefit our

[2:15:57] constituents. This is not about

[2:16:00] us. Our personal relationships,

[2:16:01] petty squabbles. This is about

[2:16:04] a group of people that have

[2:16:06] spent a lot of time in the last

[2:16:07] three years trying to get this

[2:16:09] off the ground. And I'd like to

[2:16:11] read a comment from one of the

[2:16:12] commissioners post the meeting

[2:16:14] today. And this is from our

[2:16:16] academy award nominee. So we're

[2:16:17] talking about these are real

[2:16:19] experts, not we're not

[2:16:21] quarterback coaching. Here at

[2:16:23] the nsc meeting today, we were

[2:16:24] shown and discussed all the

[2:16:25] various versions of proposed

[2:16:26] legislation, but I don't think

[2:16:27] anyone on the commission was

[2:16:30] excited about any of them.

[2:16:31] Ultimately, the lack of trust

[2:16:32] in the mayor's office to follow

[2:16:33] through on their stated plan

[2:16:35] led us to decide not to support

[2:16:37] the offered bills. The only

[2:16:39] hope of optimism was a hope

[2:16:41] that, given a little more time,

[2:16:43] a new version that could be

[2:16:44] drafted could be more close,

[2:16:47] could more closely meet

[2:16:50] everyone's goals. And I get it.

[2:16:52] We're we're tired of having

[2:16:53] this conversation. I think some

[2:16:56] people signed on just so in the

[2:16:57] hopes that shenanigans could

[2:16:58] stop and move things forward.

[2:17:00] But at the end of the day, we

[2:17:01] create commissions and we

[2:17:02] appoint people to commissions

[2:17:05] to serve constituency groups

[2:17:07] and help move our city forward.

[2:17:08] And right now, we have a lot of

[2:17:09] projects that are coming to

[2:17:11] nashville that need a dedicated

[2:17:13] office and a one stop shop that

[2:17:15] needs an executive director,

[2:17:16] and it needs the support of

[2:17:18] this commission, MR. Rosenberg

[2:17:20] said during the meeting. Before

[2:17:21] that, they have no expertise in

[2:17:23] hiring, so I think we should

[2:17:25] take that and move forward

[2:17:25] accordingly.

[2:17:27] All right. So what

[2:17:29] is before us is a motion to

[2:17:34] defer. 14311 meeting. It was

[2:17:36] properly seconded, and we are

[2:17:37] on to discussion on the one

[2:17:39] meeting deferral motion. MR.

[2:17:41] Koopman, do you seek to be

[2:17:42] recognized on the deferral? Go

[2:17:42] ahead sir.

[2:17:43] Thank you, MADAM

[2:17:45] PRESIDENT. I am really torn on

[2:17:46] the deferral versus not. But,

[2:17:48] you know, I think that the the

[2:17:49] goal that was stated is

[2:17:52] important. And to consider as whether or

[2:17:54] not to defer for more time, the

[2:17:55] commission very clearly today

[2:17:56] said that they would like to

[2:17:58] stop the mayor's office

[2:17:59] and the council members and

[2:18:00] everybody fighting, and just

[2:18:02] please come together on one

[2:18:05] bill and hear us. And I share

[2:18:06] their frustration. At the end

[2:18:08] of the day, it's important to

[2:18:09] me to have a commission here

[2:18:11] that's that's taking up these

[2:18:12] matters. And so, you know,

[2:18:14] again, I'm I'm torn on whether

[2:18:16] we should defer or not. But I

[2:18:17] do think that the commission

[2:18:18] was frustrated with the

[2:18:19] multiple bills I did here.

[2:18:21] Council member styles share a

[2:18:23] desire to compromise whether or

[2:18:25] not the substitute itself was

[2:18:27] sufficient. I did hear that

[2:18:29] desire expressed. I was hoping

[2:18:30] that that would lead to a

[2:18:31] moment with the mayor's office

[2:18:33] coming together and getting to

[2:18:35] one bill so we could

[2:18:36] unanimously pass something to

[2:18:37] move forward. But it sounded

[2:18:39] like the mayor's office felt

[2:18:40] that their bill was

[2:18:41] structurally sound and didn't

[2:18:43] want to put any changes into it.

[2:18:44] So I know that's not a clear

[2:18:46] direction. I just want to hear

[2:18:47] how the discussion goes. But I

[2:18:49] do think that there's a a

[2:18:50] desire to get to something. And

[2:18:52] I think that if we move forward,

[2:18:54] I'll just end by saying if we

[2:18:55] move forward today, we're

[2:18:57] picking one versus the other.

[2:18:59] And that means that we're not

[2:18:59] honoring the commission's

[2:19:01] wishes of coming together

[2:19:03] unanimously. But obviously, if

[2:19:04] we defer, we might have a

[2:19:05] chance of getting to that. But

[2:19:07] we also, you know, burn more

[2:19:09] time where we don't have this

[2:19:10] commission stood up. So I want

[2:19:11] to see how the discussion goes

[2:19:13] and go from there.

[2:19:14] All right.

[2:19:14] Discussion continues on the

[2:19:16] motion to defer one meeting.

[2:19:17] Next in the queue is council

[2:19:19] member easily recognized, sir.

[2:19:20] Thank you very much. I'm in

[2:19:21] support of the deferral. I was

[2:19:23] at the meeting this afternoon.

[2:19:25] There as no more clarity in

[2:19:27] the beginning of the meeting or

[2:19:28] the end of the meeting. The

[2:19:29] commissioners weren't happy.

[2:19:31] There were no real clear

[2:19:32] answers. We're still split on

[2:19:34] the best way to do this. The

[2:19:36] commissioners do have concerns

[2:19:37] about the mayor being in charge

[2:19:39] of the executive director of

[2:19:41] this commission, and I think

[2:19:42] that's something tht we really

[2:19:43] need to look at. We're looking

[2:19:45] at starting a snowball right

[2:19:48] now. It's $300,000, but before

[2:19:50] we know it, this will be a full

[2:19:52] department with a giant annual

[2:19:53] budget, and we won't be able to

[2:19:56] stop it. But we will know as of

[2:19:57] tonight that we started it on

[2:19:59] the wrong path. And if we

[2:20:00] expect it to end up on the

[2:20:02] right path after putting it on

[2:20:03] the wrong path in the beginning,

[2:20:05] we're just lying to ourselves.

[2:20:06] There are some council members

[2:20:07] that do want to move this

[2:20:09] forward, and I feel like, like

[2:20:11] my colleague said, it's out of

[2:20:13] frustration instead of out of

[2:20:14] completion. And we don't have

[2:20:16] to do this tonight. We can take

[2:20:18] a little more time, try to get

[2:20:21] the two, the mayor's

[2:20:22] administration and the sponsor

[2:20:24] of the bill to come together on

[2:20:25] a better plan, rather than just

[2:20:26] throwing our hands up and

[2:20:28] saying, let's just vote on

[2:20:30] something and get it done. So I

[2:20:31] would ask the rest of the

[2:20:33] council to think about this.

[2:20:35] Give two more weeks, just two

[2:20:37] more weeks to try to find a

[2:20:38] better solution. If we don't,

[2:20:39] it's okay. We're still in the

[2:20:41] same spot, but at least we

[2:20:42] tried.

[2:20:43] All right. Thank you.

[2:20:44] Next in the queue is council

[2:20:46] member cap on the motion to

[2:20:47] defer. Go ahead sir.

[2:20:48] Thank you,

[2:20:50] vice mayor. Those of us in the

[2:20:52] apple committee have been

[2:20:54] through this on various

[2:20:55] versions of bills related to

[2:20:56] the entertainment commission

[2:20:57] for this entire term. And I

[2:20:59] know on the floor we've been

[2:21:01] through it as well. There's

[2:21:02] something I'd like to deduce

[2:21:04] from that experience, which is

[2:21:05] that all the bills we've passed

[2:21:07] so far have not resulted in a

[2:21:08] functioning entertainment

[2:21:11] commission for this city. It's

[2:21:14] been stated that folks want one

[2:21:16] bill. Well, that means that

[2:21:18] it's down to us to decide how

[2:21:20] to proceed on this bill. I

[2:21:22] think it's highly unlikely that

[2:21:24] a deferral of this bill will

[2:21:26] result in a compromise between

[2:21:27] the idea that the mayor's

[2:21:29] office has hiring authority

[2:21:30] over the executive director's

[2:21:31] position, or that the

[2:21:33] commission does. I think it's

[2:21:35] unlikely that all of the

[2:21:37] previous deferrals that didn't

[2:21:38] result in some synthesis

[2:21:40] between those views will result

[2:21:42] in one over the next two weeks.

[2:21:44] It is up to us to make this

[2:21:46] decision. I come at this from a

[2:21:47] perspective of these

[2:21:48] commissioners have worked

[2:21:51] really hard and have had an

[2:21:52] incredibly frustrating

[2:21:54] experience over the past few

[2:21:56] years. It is up to us to give

[2:21:57] them a framework to move

[2:21:59] forward. If we share an

[2:22:00] interest in standing up a

[2:22:02] commission that can function,

[2:22:03] that will be accountable, we

[2:22:04] will all be watching. We will

[2:22:06] know whether it succeeds or

[2:22:07] fails. Everybody is going to be

[2:22:09] paying attention to this. We've

[2:22:11] got to give it a structure to

[2:22:12] work. Every previous structure

[2:22:14] that we've tried to do has not

[2:22:16] resulted in a functioning

[2:22:19] commission. We tonight can move

[2:22:21] forward on a bill that allows

[2:22:23] that to happen, that will then

[2:22:24] stand up this commission

[2:22:25] without any further delay. I

[2:22:27] urge us to do that tonight. We

[2:22:29] can make the decision. This is

[2:22:32] how we get to one bill. We can

[2:22:33] debate and discuss and decide

[2:22:35] this isn't just something to

[2:22:37] move it forward. This is the

[2:22:39] bill that can that we have

[2:22:40] debated in committee and

[2:22:42] discussed as a way of doing a

[2:22:44] workable framework. If an

[2:22:45] executive director is in an

[2:22:48] office by herself or himself,

[2:22:50] he or she will not be able to

[2:22:51] coordinate across metro

[2:22:52] departments in the way that we

[2:22:54] are all hoping to happen, that,

[2:22:55] for better or worse, can only

[2:22:57] happen through the imprimatur

[2:22:58] of the mayor's office. We all

[2:23:00] are asking for that to happen,

[2:23:02] so let's make it happen. Thank

[2:23:03] you colleagues.

[2:23:04] Thank you, MR.

[2:23:08] Cap. MISS Foe, do you want me

[2:23:10] to keep. Okay. Next in the

[2:23:14] queue. MR. Nash. Recognized,

[2:23:18] sir.

[2:23:20] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[2:23:22] As one of the older members of

[2:23:24] this council. I would like to

[2:23:27] see something passed while I'm

[2:23:32] still able to be here. The. The.

[2:23:35] This has been discussed and

[2:23:37] discussed and discussed, and I

[2:23:39] really think it is time we pass

[2:23:40] it. I remember when the

[2:23:42] commissioners were here during

[2:23:44] budget talks and they were

[2:23:48] asking for the 325,000 some

[2:23:49] dollars, and I went back to

[2:23:52] them and I said, well, where

[2:23:53] are you going to be working out

[2:23:55] of the trunk of your car? And

[2:23:56] they really didn't have an

[2:23:59] answer for that. The mayor has

[2:24:01] now given them an answer. They

[2:24:03] can work out of the mayor's

[2:24:05] office as they grow this

[2:24:07] commission, as they develop

[2:24:09] this business. We don't need to

[2:24:11] defer this any further. Thank

[2:24:12] you.

[2:24:14] All right. MISS, you have

[2:24:16] yet to speak on the deferral

[2:24:17] motion, specifically in your

[2:24:18] next in the queue. So go ahead,

[2:24:19] please, ma'am.

[2:24:20] Thank you, vice

[2:24:22] mayor. I do want to point out

[2:24:23] in committee we did discuss a

[2:24:25] deferral and failed four in

[2:24:27] favor, five against and zero

[2:24:31] not voting. And I really

[2:24:32] appreciate the sentiments of

[2:24:35] and comments and discussion.

[2:24:39] But I rise in against the

[2:24:40] deferral because of the reasons

[2:24:43] I stated before. And I think

[2:24:45] that we are all ready for

[2:24:46] action. I think this allows us

[2:24:48] to see action and that we will

[2:24:51] keep the pressure on so that we

[2:24:53] can have all the different,

[2:24:55] amazing opportunities that this

[2:24:57] office will present itself, and

[2:24:58] we need someone to lead that.

[2:25:00] And so I encourage my

[2:25:01] colleagues to vote, to vote

[2:25:04] against deferral and to vote

[2:25:07] for the bill. Thank you.

[2:25:09] Council member evans. You're

[2:25:09] recognized.

[2:25:10] Thank you, vice

[2:25:12] mayor. I appreciate being

[2:25:13] recognized on the deferral. I

[2:25:14] am in support of the deferral

[2:25:16] tonight. I could not be at the

[2:25:17] meeting this afternoon because

[2:25:19] I had a conflict. But I think

[2:25:20] that the biggest struggle that

[2:25:23] I have related to the

[2:25:25] commission, the members

[2:25:26] experience and kind of the

[2:25:27] feedback that they have

[2:25:30] provided so far is, you know,

[2:25:32] getting it right for them means

[2:25:34] a variety of different things.

[2:25:35] You know, we've talked about

[2:25:37] this idea of incubation and

[2:25:38] what that really looks like. I

[2:25:40] don't feel like I have a firm

[2:25:42] understanding of define

[2:25:43] incubation and what level of

[2:25:46] support are we going to have

[2:25:47] with the commission and the

[2:25:49] executive director being in the

[2:25:50] mayor's office? What does that

[2:25:52] looklike? And when we talk

[2:25:53] about, you know, we were

[2:25:55] talking earlier about mndot and

[2:25:56] vision zero and things like

[2:25:58] that. And if you don't have

[2:26:00] institutional support, that is

[2:26:03] legitimate. Meaning in this

[2:26:05] case, the administration that's

[2:26:06] really willing to put their

[2:26:08] money where their mouth is.

[2:26:09] Remember, we were the ones that

[2:26:13] had to resurrect this entire

[2:26:14] process as part of the

[2:26:16] substitute budget. It was not

[2:26:18] part of the administration's

[2:26:20] budget. And so I can understand

[2:26:22] their frustration and their

[2:26:24] uncertainty as a commission,

[2:26:27] thinking that we do not

[2:26:28] collectively have their back

[2:26:31] based on how that whole process

[2:26:33] transpired. And so when I'm

[2:26:34] thinking about the level of

[2:26:36] commitment that I would like to

[2:26:39] see, I think an ability for

[2:26:41] both stakeholders in this case

[2:26:42] between the administration and

[2:26:45] the prime sponsor to work

[2:26:47] through kind of these issues in

[2:26:49] conjunction, you know, with

[2:26:51] with derek and metro legal, I

[2:26:53] think that would be a valid or

[2:26:55] warranted exercise. And I and

[2:26:56] for the folks that are like,

[2:26:57] well, I've heard this during

[2:26:59] this term, think about those of

[2:27:00] us who are second termers who

[2:27:02] have been through this,you

[2:27:03] know, with council member

[2:27:05] swope's feedback kind of

[2:27:07] resonating as part of in my

[2:27:09] head right now related to his

[2:27:11] concerns about our ability to

[2:27:12] actually execute on this

[2:27:14] process. And so I'm going to

[2:27:16] support the deferral tonight.

[2:27:17] If the deferral fails, I will

[2:27:20] be voting against bill. So

[2:27:22] thank you so much.

[2:27:22] Thank you,

[2:27:26] MISS Evans. Debate continues on

[2:27:27] the deferral motion. Next in

[2:27:28] the queue, councilmemberparker.

[2:27:30] Go ahead sir.

[2:27:31] Previous question,

[2:27:32] MADAM Vice mayor.

[2:27:34] Okay. Okay.

[2:27:35] MR. Parker has called the

[2:27:36] previous question. It's been

[2:27:38] properly seconded. This is a

[2:27:39] non-debatable motion that

[2:27:41] requires two thirds of those

[2:27:44] voting. If you vote in favor of

[2:27:45] the previous question, you want

[2:27:47] to end debate and move to the

[2:27:50] vote. If you vote no, you would

[2:27:52] like a discussion on this

[2:27:55] deferral motion to continue. As

[2:27:57] I always ask on these somewhat

[2:27:59] contentious matters, please, by

[2:28:02] number, not by volume. Okay.

[2:28:03] All in favor of the previous

[2:28:04] question, please say aye.

[2:28:05] Aye.

[2:28:06] All of those against the

[2:28:07] previous question, please say

[2:28:12] no. The ayes have it in an

[2:28:15] abundance of caution. MR. Clark,

[2:28:17] if you would please load the

[2:28:20] vote for the one meeting

[2:28:39] deferral motion.

[2:28:48] We will be

[2:29:00] back for three years. Right?

[2:29:03] MISS Hancock, do you seek to

[2:29:03] vote?

[2:29:04] Is this more than a year

[2:29:05] of the.

[2:29:06] Last term?

[2:29:06] Okay. All

[2:29:08] votes in. MR. Clerk, please

[2:29:10] show the vote. Okay. The

[2:29:12] deferral motion has failed.

[2:29:15] With ten votes in favor and 25

[2:29:16] against and one abstention.

[2:29:19] That means we are now back on

[2:29:22] the motion to approve. All

[2:29:27] right. MISS Stiles, do you seek

[2:29:29] to be recognized on the motion

[2:29:32] to approve? Okay. Go ahead,

[2:29:35] ma'am.

[2:29:36] I think it goes without

[2:29:38] saying that I'm going to be a

[2:29:40] no. I just wanted to say, for

[2:29:42] the record, we are spitting in

[2:29:43] the faces of every single

[2:29:45] creative that has told us they

[2:29:47] don't want this to happen. We

[2:29:49] haven't received a single email

[2:29:50] from anyone in the creative

[2:29:52] community in this city to tell

[2:29:53] us that they want this to go in

[2:29:55] the mayor's office. So if we're

[2:29:56] sitting here and we're voting

[2:29:57] for something that we know

[2:29:59] these people do not want, and I

[2:30:01] don't trust this administration

[2:30:02] to get this off the ground in a

[2:30:04] year. I hope that my saying

[2:30:06] that spurs them to do something

[2:30:06] that's actually great, but I

[2:30:08] don't believe it's going to

[2:30:13] happen. But please, please

[2:30:14] consider this is not about us

[2:30:18] in here. This is about the

[2:30:20] constituency group of creatives.

[2:30:21] And there was a lot of

[2:30:22] frustration. And not one of you

[2:30:24] that is on this bill showed up

[2:30:25] at today's meeting or the

[2:30:28] meeting two weeks ago. If it

[2:30:29] mattered that much to you to

[2:30:30] move it forward, certainly the

[2:30:32] lead sponsor could have shown

[2:30:34] up, but that didn't happen

[2:30:38] either. So I hope, you know,

[2:30:40] the idea of putting pressure on

[2:30:41] the group of people that have

[2:30:43] spent all of their efforts and

[2:30:44] energy to stop them from doing

[2:30:45] anything doesn't really make

[2:30:49] sense. So I hope please

[2:30:52] reconsider voting yes for this.

[2:30:55] Please vote no. Maybe we could

[2:30:57] come up with something that

[2:30:57] could make sense.

[2:30:58] All right.

[2:30:59] Discussion continues on the

[2:31:04] motion to approve. 1431. Next

[2:31:05] in the queue is council member

[2:31:06] copen. Go ahead sir.

[2:31:07] Thank you,

[2:31:08] MADAM PRESIDENT. Would the

[2:31:09] would this be an appropriate

[2:31:12] time to offer my amendment, or

[2:31:13] are we still on MISS Style

[2:31:15] substitute?

[2:31:16] We're we're on the

[2:31:19] bill. And so we were never on

[2:31:21] MISS Styles substitute. She had

[2:31:23] a motion to defer. That has

[2:31:24] failed. And so a motion to

[2:31:25] amend is a proper motion, and.

[2:31:27] I would like to move to amend

[2:31:28] with a brief comment.

[2:31:29] Is there

[2:31:31] a second on the motion to amend?

[2:31:33] MISS Allen has seconded. Go

[2:31:34] ahead, MR. Cooper.

[2:31:34] Thank you,

[2:31:35] MADAM PRESIDENT. I appreciate

[2:31:36] this discussion. I think at the

[2:31:38] end all know

[2:31:39] that music, tv, film are

[2:31:41] incredibly important to our

[2:31:43] city, and I appreciate

[2:31:44] everybody's efforts, even

[2:31:46] though there's disagreement on

[2:31:47] how to get there, on the

[2:31:50] commitment to do it, as MISS

[2:31:51] Evans stated originally, this

[2:31:53] was unfunded in the original

[2:31:54] budget, and I appreciate our

[2:31:55] support here in the body for

[2:31:56] getting that funding and

[2:31:58] getting this moving and making

[2:32:00] this a topic that the mayor has

[2:32:02] now pledged full support to.

[2:32:03] And I have no doubt that if

[2:32:05] thispasses and it ends up in

[2:32:07] his office, that he will, you

[2:32:09] know, with full force, hire

[2:32:10] this person and, you know,

[2:32:13] begin that process. So this my

[2:32:15] amendment isn't really speaking

[2:32:16] to this process, but rather

[2:32:18] codifying how we got to this

[2:32:21] higher in the in the current

[2:32:23] iteration, it set up such that

[2:32:24] the commission gets to narrow

[2:32:26] down the candidate shaping the

[2:32:27] direction of the office, and

[2:32:29] then the mayor hires their

[2:32:32] their selection. And so both

[2:32:34] the mayor's initial bill and

[2:32:35] MISS Dale's initial bill took

[2:32:38] that process away. And so this

[2:32:39] amendment would bring it back.

[2:32:41] I think that one of the one of

[2:32:43] the top things I've heard from

[2:32:44] the commissioners is to not let

[2:32:46] this be a politicized office,

[2:32:47] whether it's one administration

[2:32:48] or two administrations or ten

[2:32:50] down the road. This is a highly

[2:32:51] political industry. It'san

[2:32:53] industry that that runs the

[2:32:54] risk of becoming a political

[2:32:56] football. We've seen it happen

[2:32:59] here. And so this amendment

[2:33:00] would restore the commission's

[2:33:03] ability to shape the direction

[2:33:06] of the of the hires. The mayor

[2:33:07] retains the right to hire. He

[2:33:09] retains the right to reject any

[2:33:10] of the candidates. And so I

[2:33:12] know that there were some

[2:33:12] concerns from legality

[2:33:15] perspective over kind of where

[2:33:17] where that charter authority is.

[2:33:18] But I still

[2:33:20] believe that this

[2:33:21] amendment would be okay because,

[2:33:23] again, the mayor, at the end of

[2:33:24] the day, can reject the

[2:33:27] candidates and be received new

[2:33:28] ones. It does also put a shot

[2:33:30] clock that gives him 60 days to

[2:33:32] respond once commit. Once the

[2:33:34] members are put forward. So I

[2:33:36] think it's a good amendment. I

[2:33:37] think it would help help the

[2:33:39] bill, help the commissioners

[2:33:40] feel like they have a sense of

[2:33:42] purpose if this amendment

[2:33:44] doesn't go on and the bill

[2:33:45] mayor's bill goes forward,

[2:33:47] where this is in the mayor's

[2:33:48] office for an unspecified

[2:33:49] amount of incubation time, with

[2:33:51] no opportunity for the

[2:33:53] commissioners to weigh in the

[2:33:54] commission. I mean, I don't at

[2:33:55] that point, I don't even know

[2:33:57] what the what the goal of the

[2:33:58] commission then becomes. So my

[2:34:00] hope is that we can listen to

[2:34:01] the people, listen to the

[2:34:03] public as we say we do, and at

[2:34:04] least give the commission some

[2:34:06] voice in this matter.

[2:34:07] All right.

[2:34:10] So we are on the motion to

[2:34:12] amend with MISTER Coupons

[2:34:14] amendment. It was properly

[2:34:16] seconded. You've heard a

[2:34:17] description of the amendment

[2:34:19] from the sponsor. And so we are

[2:34:21] going to continue discussion. I

[2:34:22] believe I saw MISS Benedict

[2:34:23] shaking her head that she does

[2:34:25] not seek to be recognized on

[2:34:26] the motion to amend. MISS Welch

[2:34:29] on the motion to amend MISS

[2:34:30] Suara on the motion toamend.

[2:34:33] Is there anyone in the queue

[2:34:34] specifically seeking to be

[2:34:35] recognized on the motion to

[2:34:39] amend? Okay, let me go. In

[2:34:42] order again. Hands for motion

[2:34:47] to amend. Bradford horton. Oh

[2:34:50] yeah. Okay. I believe first in

[2:34:51] the queue on the motion to

[2:34:53] amend is MISS Vo. MISS Vo,

[2:34:54] you're recognized.

[2:34:55] Thank you so

[2:34:57] much, vice mayor. I do want to

[2:34:58] just remind everyone that we

[2:35:00] did discuss the amendment in

[2:35:01] committee, and it failed. Zero

[2:35:03] in favor, seven against two not

[2:35:05] voting. And we had concerns

[2:35:08] about legal issues. And I'd

[2:35:09] like to defer to the mayor's

[2:35:13] office for additional input.

[2:35:17] Okay. You're seeking a position

[2:35:19] from the administration on.

[2:35:19] On

[2:35:20] the amendment.

[2:35:22] Yes. Thank you,

[2:35:23] MR. Rosenberg. You're

[2:35:24] recognized, sir.

[2:35:24] Thank you,

[2:35:26] MADAM PRESIDENT. Dave rosenberg

[2:35:28] with the mayor's office, metro

[2:35:31] legal expressed that this

[2:35:32] amendment would not be

[2:35:33] compliant with the charter

[2:35:34] because it limits who the mayor

[2:35:36] can hire into his office. You

[2:35:38] can imagine ordinances saying

[2:35:39] that for any position in the

[2:35:41] mayor's office, that the

[2:35:42] council gets to pick two

[2:35:44] finalists or that sort of thing.

[2:35:45] So you can see the natural

[2:35:47] outcome of it all. That said,

[2:35:49] the mayor has committed to

[2:35:51] hiring a commission

[2:35:52] recommendation if this

[2:35:54] legislation passes this file.

[2:35:56] So thank you for your support.

[2:35:57] Thank you, council member.

[2:35:57] all

[2:35:59] right, MISS, back to you.

[2:36:00] Yes.

[2:36:03] And so I'm rising in opposition

[2:36:07] to the amendment and just hope

[2:36:09] that my colleagues will also

[2:36:09] join.

[2:36:13] All right. Next in the

[2:36:17] queue on the motion to amend

[2:36:20] specifically is next, MR.

[2:36:24] Horton. Go ahead, sir.

[2:36:24] Council

[2:36:25] member asked all the questions.

[2:36:27] I was going to thank you.

[2:36:27] Okay.

[2:36:29] Is there anyone else in the

[2:36:31] queue seeking to be recognized

[2:36:36] on the motion to amend? Okay.

[2:36:38] Seeing none, let's go to the

[2:36:42] vote on the motion to amend. We

[2:36:45] will try it first by voice. If

[2:36:47] I cannot tell, we will go to

[2:36:50] the boards. So again number not

[2:36:53] volume. All in favor of the

[2:36:58] motion to amend please say I.

[2:36:59] Against the motion to amend.

[2:37:03] Please say no. Okay. The nos

[2:37:06] have it. The motion to amend

[2:37:09] has failed. And so we continue

[2:37:13] on discussion on the motion to

[2:37:15] approve. Next in the queue for

[2:37:17] that discussion is MISS

[2:37:18] Benedict. You are recognized.

[2:37:20] Thank you, MADAM Vice mayor. I

[2:37:20] call the question.

[2:37:22] Okay,

[2:37:24] council member benedict has

[2:37:25] called the question. Was there

[2:37:28] a second? Okay. This is a

[2:37:29] non-debatable motion that

[2:37:30] requires two thirds of those

[2:37:34] voting. If you want to end

[2:37:36] debate, you would vote in favor

[2:37:39] of the previous question by

[2:37:41] saying I or yes, if you want

[2:37:42] debate to continue on the

[2:37:45] motion to approve this

[2:37:48] ordinance on its second reading,

[2:37:51] you would vote no. Okay. Would.

[2:37:53] All in favor the previous

[2:37:56] question, please say I. Any

[2:38:00] voting no. The ayes have it and

[2:38:03] we will move to the vote. MR.

[2:38:05] Clerk, if you would please load

[2:38:09] the vote for 1431. The motion

[2:38:25] to approve.

[2:38:41] All votes. And, MR.

[2:38:43] Clerk, please show the vote.

[2:38:44] All right. The motion to

[2:38:46] approve on second reading has

[2:38:49] passed with 27 votes in favor,

[2:38:51] seven against and three

[2:38:52] abstentions. All right. This

[2:38:55] bill will continue on to its

[2:38:57] third and final reading at the

[2:39:00] next meeting. Next is agenda

[2:39:05] item 55, ordinance bill

[2:39:07] 2026-1432. Sponsor styles welsh,

[2:39:09] evans, coogan, cortez hill,

[2:39:11] drawful, suarez and webb. This

[2:39:12] is an ordinance amending

[2:39:16] chapter 2.147 of the metro code

[2:39:18] of laws, relative to the

[2:39:20] nashville entertainment

[2:39:22] commission. Sponsor styles you

[2:39:25] are recognized.

[2:39:26] Thank you very

[2:39:27] much. Committee reports please.

[2:39:28] Okay. For the report of the

[2:39:30] arts, parks, libraries and

[2:39:32] entertainment committee chair.

[2:39:34] Thank you, vice mayor. The

[2:39:36] committee voted to indefinitely%

[2:39:41] defer bl 2026-14327 in favor,

[2:39:43] one against and one non voting.

[2:39:47] And according to 8.2 because it

[2:39:49] was the indefinite deferral was

[2:39:51] voted by two thirds of the

[2:39:54] members voting. This is

[2:39:54] indefinitely deferred without

[2:39:57] debate or discussion.

[2:40:00] Understood. That said, I do

[2:40:03] have to go back to the sponsor

[2:40:04] because also an option to her

[2:40:06] is to withdraw. And so the

[2:40:08] sponsor has been recognized for

[2:40:09] purposes of requesting their

[2:40:11] committee reports. You have

[2:40:12] provided it. I appreciate you

[2:40:14] clarifying the indefinite defer

[2:40:18] with 2.3. And so, MISS Styles,

[2:40:21] I'm going to go back to you.

[2:40:23] Your only option at this

[2:40:26] juncture is a withdrawal. And

[2:40:28] if you were to speak towards a

[2:40:30] withdrawal, it needs to be very

[2:40:32] brief on the reasoning or the

[2:40:34] nature of the withdrawal. Okay,

[2:40:38] if that is your choice, but if

[2:40:40] it is anything other thanthat,

[2:40:41] there is no discussion. Okay.

[2:40:43] So that.

[2:40:45] Indefinite deferral.

[2:41:01] Okay.

[2:41:05] Go ahead ma'am, you're

[2:41:16] recognized. All right, all

[2:41:16] right.

[2:41:20] Okay.

[2:41:21] Next is agenda

[2:41:29] item 56, ordinance bl 2026-1434.

[2:41:31] Sponsors lee and koopman. This

[2:41:32] is an ordinance to amend

[2:41:35] section 13.2, 0.020 of the

[2:41:38] metro code of laws relative to

[2:41:39] required notice and permission

[2:41:41] for excavations in the right of

[2:41:44] way. Council member lee or

[2:41:45] recognized ma'am.

[2:41:46] Yes. MADAM

[2:41:48] Chair, committee reports please.

[2:41:50] Okay. For the report of the

[2:41:50] transportation and

[2:41:51] infrastructure committee chair,

[2:41:54] evan siegel. Thank you, MADAM

[2:41:55] PRESIDENT. The transportation

[2:41:57] and infrastructure committee

[2:41:58] recommended a one meeting%

[2:41:59] deferral, ten in favor, zero

[2:42:01] against and zero not okay with

[2:42:04] rule 8.1, MISS Lee. That is a

[2:42:06] mandatory deferral by rule one

[2:42:10] meeting. Okay. Next is agenda

[2:42:16] item 57. Ordinance bl 2026-1437.

[2:42:18] Sponsors. Webb, koopman, evans,

[2:42:19] bradford, allen, ellis and

[2:42:22] benton. This is an ordinance

[2:42:23] requiring that all boards,

[2:42:24] commissions, committees and

[2:42:26] authorities of the metropolitan

[2:42:27] government with financial

[2:42:29] authority or a fiduciary duty

[2:42:31] record and make publicly

[2:42:32] available the proceedings of

[2:42:36] heir meetings. MISS Webb is

[2:42:38] not present. Does another

[2:42:40] sponsor, MR. Koopman, you are

[2:42:42] next in the queue on

[2:42:46] sponsorship here. Are are you

[2:42:51] prepared to proceed?

[2:42:53] I can

[2:42:54] thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[2:42:54] I

[2:42:55] just request your.

[2:42:56] Committee

[2:42:56] reports.

[2:42:56] Please.

[2:42:57] For the report

[2:42:59] of the budget and finance

[2:43:01] committee. Chair, tombs.

[2:43:01] Thank

[2:43:02] you, MADAM Vice mayor, budget

[2:43:04] and finance voted to recommend

[2:43:05] a one meeting deferral nine in

[2:43:07] favor, zero against zero. Not

[2:43:07] voting.

[2:43:08] Okay for the report of

[2:43:09] the government operations and

[2:43:10] regulations committee. Chair

[2:43:11] hill.

[2:43:12] Thank you, MADAM Vice

[2:43:13] mayor. We recommend the same

[2:43:15] one meeting deferral seven in

[2:43:16] favor, zero against zero not

[2:43:16] voting.

[2:43:19] All right. Per rule 8.1.

[2:43:22] That is a mandatory deferral by

[2:43:24] rule. This bill on second

[2:43:26] reading will be taken up at the

[2:43:36] next meeting. Okay. All right.

[2:43:38] Next is ageda item 58,

[2:43:42] ordinance bill 2026-1442.

[2:43:43] Sponsors tombs, evans, siegel

[2:43:45] and allen. This ordinance

[2:43:46] approving amendment two to a

[2:43:47] contract between the metro

[2:43:48] government of nashville and

[2:43:50] davidson county and waste

[2:43:51] management, inc. Of tennessee

[2:43:53] for the provision of solid

[2:43:54] waste collection and collection

[2:43:58] of carts. MISS. Tombs, you are

[2:43:59] recognized.

[2:44:00] Thank you, MADAM

[2:44:01] Vice mayor. Comittee reports

[2:44:02] budget and finance voted to

[2:44:04] recommend approval as amended.

[2:44:05] Nine in favor, zero against

[2:44:06] zero not voting.

[2:44:07] All right. And

[2:44:08] for the report of the

[2:44:09] transportation and

[2:44:10] infrastructure committee chair

[2:44:11] evan siegel, the.

[2:44:12] Transportation and

[2:44:14] infrastructure committee voted

[2:44:15] to approve the amendment and in

[2:44:16] favor zero against zero not

[2:44:18] voting and to approve, as

[2:44:19] amended, ten in favor, zero

[2:44:21] against and zero not voting.

[2:44:23] Okay. All right, MISS Tombs,

[2:44:25] it's back to you for a motion.

[2:44:26] Move for approval.

[2:44:27] Okay.

[2:44:29] Properly moved and seconded, we

[2:44:31] are on to discussion. First in

[2:44:33] the queue is council member

[2:44:35] parker. You're recognized, ir.

[2:44:36] Thank you, vice mayor. I would

[2:44:38] like to move the amendment.

[2:44:38] All

[2:44:39] right. It's properly seconded.

[2:44:41] Go ahead. Sir, we're on a

[2:44:42] motion to amend.

[2:44:42] Thank you. So

[2:44:44] we had a lot of great

[2:44:45] discussion in committee about

[2:44:46] this amendment. So I'll try to

[2:44:48] summarize that in the amount of

[2:44:49] time that I have here.

[2:44:51] Essentially this this amendment,

[2:44:52] the main driver of it coming to

[2:44:55] us is the shift from the five

[2:44:56] day pickup schedule to the four

[2:44:59] day pickup schedule. And it was

[2:45:00] a request, my understanding, it

[2:45:02] was a request of the the

[2:45:04] contractor waste management to

[2:45:06] also extend the contract by an

[2:45:08] additional five years and a

[2:45:11] additional $60 million in scope.

[2:45:14] You know, that's a pretty

[2:45:17] that's a pretty extensive

[2:45:19] extension there. And if you

[2:45:21] think about when we first

[2:45:24] signed this contract, we had

[2:45:26] just moved the solid waste

[2:45:27] function out of public works.

[2:45:29] It was temporarily housed at

[2:45:31] metro water services, who did a

[2:45:32] phenomenal job handling it

[2:45:34] through some really difficult

[2:45:35] times. We had the failure of

[2:45:38] one of our major haulers, and

[2:45:39] they managed to to kind of keep

[2:45:41] the wheels rolling there. So

[2:45:42] huge thanks to metro water for

[2:45:44] that, that incredible work. But

[2:45:45] but, you know, we're not in

[2:45:47] that situation anymore. We're

[2:45:48] not in a situation where we

[2:45:50] have contractors failing left

[2:45:52] and right. We're in a situation

[2:45:53] where we've established a

[2:45:55] professional, dedicated

[2:45:57] department of solid waste. And

[2:46:00] I think like with the sort of

[2:46:01] parallel contract another

[2:46:03] major hauler waste pro, I think

[2:46:05] that this contract should go

[2:46:07] out to bid rather than be

[2:46:09] extended by amendment five

[2:46:12] years and $60 million. I think

[2:46:13] that's the most appropriate

[2:46:15] thing to let our new solid

[2:46:17] waste department, the director,

[2:46:19] the professional staff that we

[2:46:21] have, work with metro

[2:46:22] procurement to make sure that

[2:46:24] we get the best contract for

[2:46:26] taxpayers that we can and not

[2:46:27] extend this by five years. So

[2:46:28] essentially, what we're doing

[2:46:30] here, we're enacting the other

[2:46:31] necessary parts of the contract

[2:46:32] amendment. But what we'd be

[2:46:33] doing is removing the sections

[2:46:35] that extend it by five years

[2:46:37] and add $60 million to the

[2:46:39] contract total. So I would ask

[2:46:40] colleagues to please support

[2:46:42] this amendment, and we'll get

[2:46:43] this out to bid, and we'll get

[2:46:45] a new contract next year.

[2:46:45] All

[2:46:46] right. Thank you for the

[2:46:48] explanation. All right. We are

[2:46:50] on a motion to amend with MR.

[2:46:51] Parker's amendment, and we're

[2:46:52] on to discussion. Council

[2:46:53] member porterfield, you're

[2:46:54] recognized.

[2:46:54] Thanks.

[2:46:56] Vice mayor.

[2:46:57] I got in the queue in case the

[2:46:58] council member needed extra

[2:47:00] time. Seeing as though he dos

[2:47:01] not need any. I will just say

[2:47:03] that I am rising in support and

[2:47:06] thankful that he brought this

[2:47:07] council member gadd,

[2:47:08] you're recognized.

[2:47:09] Thank you so

[2:47:12] much, MADAM Speaker. I also

[2:47:13] rise in support of this

[2:47:14] amendment. And specifically, I

[2:47:17] want to recognize and thank the.

[2:47:20] The new director over at our

[2:47:22] our our new department of waste

[2:47:23] services, the amount of work

[2:47:25] that she has done in order to

[2:47:28] try to get waste management to

[2:47:30] the table, who has been robbing

[2:47:33] the city for generations of

[2:47:35] resources, and they're

[2:47:37] incredibly poor performance.

[2:47:39] And they're they don't even.

[2:47:40] There's so many things that

[2:47:42] have been uncovered during her

[2:47:44] push back on this company. So

[2:47:46] while I applaud where they've

[2:47:49] been able to get this contract

[2:47:51] from an incredibly unwilling

[2:47:54] and angry provider who wants to

[2:47:56] who tries to monopolize this,

[2:47:59] this, this area of services, I

[2:48:02] do rise in complete support of

[2:48:04] council member parker and this

[2:48:05] amendment, and hopefully that

[2:48:09] will also demonstrate that we

[2:48:12] expect more. So while I'm very

[2:48:13] thankful for the department and

[2:48:15] the leadership for the

[2:48:16] incredible work they have done

[2:48:18] to get us into a place that we

[2:48:20] are, I definitely rise in

[2:48:21] support of this amendment. So

[2:48:22] thank you.

[2:48:23] All right. Thank you.

[2:48:25] Is there any further discussion

[2:48:26] specifically on the motion to

[2:48:29] amend MISS Ellis? You're

[2:48:30] recognized.

[2:48:30] Thank you, MADAM

[2:48:31] PRESIDENT. I couldn't press my

[2:48:34] button fast enough to echo

[2:48:36] councilmember gadd's comments.

[2:48:38] And I just wanted to say to the

[2:48:40] public, if you're listening,

[2:48:41] waste management picks up your

[2:48:43] trash email your council member,

[2:48:46] let them know that you want to

[2:48:50] switch to a metro route.

[2:48:51] All

[2:48:54] right, so we are on the motion

[2:48:55] to amend any further discussion

[2:48:58] on the amendment right. Seeing

[2:49:00] none, we'll try by voice. All

[2:49:02] infavor of the motion to amend,

[2:49:05] please say aye. Any voting no.

[2:49:09] Any abstaining. Okay. So we

[2:49:11] have put the amendment on the

[2:49:13] bill. MISS Tombs sponsor, I'm

[2:49:15] looking to you. Do you wish to

[2:49:17] renew your motion to approve,

[2:49:21] as amended? Thank you. I didn't

[2:49:23] have her mic on, but she did

[2:49:24] say move approval, as amended.

[2:49:25] It was properly seconded. Is

[2:49:28] there any further discussion on

[2:49:30] the motion to approve, as

[2:49:33] amended, for this bill, on its

[2:49:36] second of three readings?

[2:49:37] Seeing none. All in favor,

[2:49:39] please say aye. Any voting? No.

[2:49:41] Any abstaining? Okay. This is

[2:49:43] passed its second reading as

[2:49:46] amended. Next is agenda item 60,

[2:49:51] ordinance bl 2026-1450.

[2:49:52] Sponsors cortez and ellis. This

[2:49:54] is an ordinance directing the

[2:49:56] metropolitan nashville police

[2:49:57] department and the mayor's

[2:49:58] office through the office of

[2:50:00] youth safety and requesting the

[2:50:01] coordination of metropolitan

[2:50:03] nashville public schools to

[2:50:04] jointly develop an education

[2:50:06] and information sharing

[2:50:07] initiative aimed at identifying

[2:50:09] and countering the growing

[2:50:10] threat of online extremist

[2:50:12] content that targets and

[2:50:14] exploits young people in

[2:50:16] nashville and davidson county.

[2:50:18] Sponsor. Cortez, you are

[2:50:19] recognized, sir.

[2:50:20] Thank you.

[2:50:21] Vice mayor. Committee reports.

[2:50:23] Okay. For the report of the

[2:50:24] budget and finance committee

[2:50:26] chair, tombs.

[2:50:27] Budget and

[2:50:28] finance voted to recommend a

[2:50:30] three meeting deferral, nine in

[2:50:31] favor, zero against zero not

[2:50:31] voting.

[2:50:32] Okay.

[2:50:33] And for the

[2:50:34] reportof the public health and

[2:50:39] safety committee chair hoffman.

[2:50:40] Thank you, vice mayor, public

[2:50:42] health and safety recommended

[2:50:43] to defer this. Three meetings,

[2:50:44] eight in favor, zero against

[2:50:45] zero not voting.

[2:50:46] Okay. All

[2:50:48] right. So it's back to you, MR.

[2:50:49] Cortez, for a motion, sir. Go

[2:50:49] ahead.

[2:50:50] Thank you, vice mayor.

[2:50:52] I'd like to make a motion for

[2:50:53] three meeting deferral with a

[2:50:54] brief comment.

[2:50:56] Okay. Properly

[2:50:58] moved and seconded. Yes, sir.

[2:50:59] Brief comment. Go ahead.

[2:50:59] Thank

[2:51:01] you. It was brought to my

[2:51:02] attention that the fantastic

[2:51:03] reverend david tucker and his

[2:51:05] team at hrc have done some work

[2:51:07] on this. So we're going to have

[2:51:08] a meeting of the minds to make

[2:51:10] this bill even stronger. And I

[2:51:11] look forward to working with

[2:51:12] him and his team.

[2:51:13] Thank you so

[2:51:15] much. Okay. There is a motion

[2:51:17] to defer three meetings

[2:51:18] properly seconded. You've heard

[2:51:21] an explanation of the sponsor

[2:51:23] for his support of that motion.

[2:51:24] Is there any further discussion

[2:51:26] on the three meeting deferral

[2:51:29] motion? Seeing none. All in

[2:51:31] favor, please say aye. Any

[2:51:33] voting no or abstaining. Okay.

[2:51:34] The second reading of this bill

[2:51:37] will be deferred. Three

[2:51:41] meetings. Thank you. Next is

[2:51:46] agenda item 61, ordinance bl

[2:51:47] 2026-1451. Sponsor tombs.

[2:51:50] Horton, kimbrough, bradford and

[2:51:51] allen. This is an ordinance

[2:51:53] approving amendment six to the

[2:51:55] arts center redevelopment plan.

[2:51:57] Amendment number one to the

[2:51:58] bordeaux redevelopment plan.

[2:52:00] Amendment number one to the

[2:52:01] central state redevelopment

[2:52:02] plan. Amendment number six to

[2:52:04] the phillips jackson

[2:52:05] redevelopment plan. Amendment

[2:52:06] number nine to the rutledge

[2:52:07] hill redevelopment plan.

[2:52:09] Amendment number one to the

[2:52:12] skyline redevelopment plan.

[2:52:14] Okay, MISS Tombs, you are

[2:52:15] recognized.

[2:52:16] Thank you, MADAM

[2:52:18] Vice mayor, committee reports

[2:52:19] budget and finance voted to

[2:52:21] recommend approval as amended.

[2:52:22] Eight in favor, zero against

[2:52:23] zero not voting.

[2:52:24] Okay. And for

[2:52:25] the report of the planning and

[2:52:26] zoning committee chair horton.

[2:52:28] Thank you, vice mayor pnc,

[2:52:29] consider the bill and the

[2:52:31] amendment. We voted in favor of

[2:52:32] the amendment eight in favor,

[2:52:33] zero against zero not voting in

[2:52:35] favor of the bill, as amended.

[2:52:36] Eight in favor, zero against

[2:52:37] zero, not voting.

[2:52:37] Okay.

[2:52:38] With

[2:52:39] those committee reports in.

[2:52:40] It's back to you, MISS Tombs,

[2:52:42] for a motion to get this before

[2:52:42] us.

[2:52:43] Move for approval.

[2:52:44] All

[2:52:46] right. Is there a second? Okay.

[2:52:47] There's a motion to approve.

[2:52:49] It's properly seconded. And

[2:52:50] we're on to discussion. First

[2:52:52] in the queue is council member

[2:52:54] allen. Go ahead, ma'am.

[2:52:54] Thank

[2:52:56] you, MADAM Chair. I'd like to

[2:52:57] move my amendment with a brief

[2:52:57] explanation.

[2:52:59] Okay. Is there a

[2:53:00] second on the motion to amend?

[2:53:01] Okay. Go ahead ma'am.

[2:53:02] Thank you.

[2:53:03] So this this bill basically

[2:53:05] adds some things that came out

[2:53:06] of a study that that then

[2:53:07] council member mendez did that

[2:53:10] that required a review on a on

[2:53:11] a periodic basis. And also that

[2:53:14] set the amount of the loans

[2:53:16] that could be paid back by the

[2:53:18] tax that is collected on the

[2:53:20] increment at 75%. And it gave

[2:53:23] me a the ability to change that

[2:53:25] 75% if they needed to based on

[2:53:27] written criteria that they

[2:53:29] developed. And so that's what's

[2:53:30] in this amendment for all, all,

[2:53:32] all of these different

[2:53:34] development districts. What my

[2:53:35] amendment would do is just

[2:53:36] simply to add notification if m,

[2:53:38] d, h a chooses to do that, that

[2:53:40] the council would get written

[2:53:41] notification that that has

[2:53:44] happened. Because otherwise we,

[2:53:46] we have no way to know that

[2:53:48] projects that are worthy

[2:53:49] projects and infrastructure

[2:53:52] that needs to happen is, is

[2:53:54] using up every bit of the new

[2:53:55] property taxes. And none of

[2:53:56] that is available for schools.

[2:53:57] And that was the whole reason

[2:53:59] that whole process was done in

[2:54:01] the first place. So not, not

[2:54:02] decreasing their ability to

[2:54:03] make that change at all, but

[2:54:05] just asking that we get written

[2:54:06] notification when that change

[2:54:07] happens. So I would ask for

[2:54:08] support.

[2:54:10] All right. There is a

[2:54:11] motion to amend properly

[2:54:13] seconded. You have heard a

[2:54:15] description of the amendment by

[2:54:17] its sponsor, MISS Allen. Is

[2:54:18] there any discussion on the

[2:54:22] motion to amend seeing none.

[2:54:24] All in favor. Oh MISS Kimbro,

[2:54:26] go ahead ma'am.

[2:54:27] Thank you, vice

[2:54:28] mayor. I just want to say on

[2:54:33] this I'm going to abstain. I

[2:54:34] ask that they remove my name

[2:54:35] because I never put my name on

[2:54:37] there. But one of the reasons I

[2:54:39] am going to abstain is because

[2:54:42] my community gets concerned.

[2:54:43] And they want to know more

[2:54:46] about tiff and the mdha project

[2:54:46] -

[2:54:48] and mdha has agreed to come to

[2:54:50] our next meeting, which will be

[2:54:52] tuesday. And this might just be

[2:54:53] great, but I just wanted he

[2:54:56] community to hear from mdha

[2:55:00] before I, you know, showed my

[2:55:02] support for the bill. So I'm

[2:55:03] going to abstain for those

[2:55:03] reasons.

[2:55:05] Okay. On both the

[2:55:06] motion to amend and the motion

[2:55:08] to approve as amended.

[2:55:09] yes.

[2:55:11] Okay. Thank you. All right. Is

[2:55:13] there any further discussion on

[2:55:15] the motion to amend? Seeing

[2:55:16] none. All in favor of the

[2:55:19] amendment, please say aye. Any

[2:55:21] voting? No. Any abstaining?

[2:55:23] MISS Kimbrough will be recorded

[2:55:26] as a no on the motion to amend

[2:55:29] rather apologize an abstention.

[2:55:32] Okay. So the amendment has

[2:55:34] passed. And MISS Toombs, if you

[2:55:36] would please let me know. Do

[2:55:37] you seek to renew your motion

[2:55:40] to approve, as amended.

[2:55:41] A move

[2:55:42] for approval, as amended.

[2:55:42] All

[2:55:45] right. Okay. There is a motion

[2:55:47] to approve on second reading,

[2:55:48] as amended. It's properly

[2:55:50] seconded. Is there any further

[2:55:52] discussion on this bill on

[2:55:55] second reading? Seeing none.

[2:55:56] All in favor, please say aye.

[2:56:01] Any voting? No. Any abstaining?

[2:56:02] MISS Kimbro, you will be

[2:56:04] recorded as an abstention on

[2:56:06] this second reading. Okay. This

[2:56:08] bill has passed its second

[2:56:10] reading, as amended. Next is

[2:56:13] agenda item 62, ordinance

[2:56:15] bl2026-1452. Sponsors evans,

[2:56:17] hoffman, spain, ellis, gad and

[2:56:18] suara. This is an ordinance

[2:56:19] establishing the opioid

[2:56:21] settlement steering committee

[2:56:22] role in guiding the strategic

[2:56:24] use of the metropolitan

[2:56:25] government's opioid settlement

[2:56:26] funds through a clear,

[2:56:28] transparent and data driven

[2:56:30] process. Sponsor. Evans. You're

[2:56:31] recognized.

[2:56:32] Thank you, vice

[2:56:33] mayor. I would like to move for

[2:56:35] one meeting deferral with a

[2:56:35] very brief comment.

[2:56:36] Okay. Did

[2:56:38] you want to get your committee

[2:56:40] reports prior to doing so?

[2:56:40] Sure.

[2:56:41] We can do that.

[2:56:42] MR. Hoffman,

[2:56:44] what is the report of your

[2:56:45] public health and safety

[2:56:45] committee?

[2:56:46] Vice mayor, public

[2:56:47] health and safety recommended

[2:56:49] to defer this one meeting eight

[2:56:50] in favor, zero against zero not

[2:56:52] voting.

[2:56:54] Okay. Okay. So that is

[2:57:00] rule 8.1. MISS Evans. That that

[2:57:02] is our kind of order of

[2:57:03] business there, right? Like if

[2:57:05] I acknowledge you, you request

[2:57:07] committee reports. It's 8.1.

[2:57:08] There's no debate and

[2:57:10] discussion. Okay. I know you

[2:57:11] have some context to provide

[2:57:13] thebody and you kindly put

[2:57:14] something in, but we've got a

[2:57:16] council connect post.

[2:57:16] Understood.

[2:57:17] Yeah.

[2:57:17] No worries.

[2:57:18] Sorry about that.

[2:57:19] Okay.

[2:57:20] 8.1 is

[2:57:21] applied here such that there's

[2:57:23] no debate or discussion that is

[2:57:26] deferred by rule one meeting.

[2:57:35] Okay. Next is. Okay agenda item

[2:57:40] 77, ordinance bl2026-1489.

[2:57:41] Sponsors horton, porterfield,

[2:57:43] cooper and parker, spain. Gad,

[2:57:45] benedict, ewing, cortez, weiner,

[2:57:46] rutherford, greg nash and

[2:57:49] harrell. This is an ordinance

[2:57:50] authorizing the metro

[2:57:52] government to acquire the fee

[2:57:54] interest in a parcel of

[2:58:00] property. Parcel id number

[2:58:02] 13300013500. Through

[2:58:04] negotiation or condemnation for

[2:58:06] office warehouse training and

[2:58:09] other uses. Council member

[2:58:11] horton, you are recognized, sir.

[2:58:13] Thank you, vice mayor. Move for

[2:58:14] approval, please.

[2:58:14] Okay. There

[2:58:16] is a motion to approve on

[2:58:18] second reading. Properly

[2:58:26] seconded. And we are on to this.

[2:58:27] Let's see. Do we need committee

[2:58:29] reports at this juncture? Oh

[2:58:33] I'm sorry. So MR. Horton.

[2:58:34] Committee reports planning and

[2:58:35] zoning voted in favor. Eight in

[2:58:38] favor, zero against zero not

[2:58:38] voting.

[2:58:40] Okay.

[2:58:41] And for the

[2:58:42] report of the budget and

[2:58:44] finance committee chair james.

[2:58:45] Budget and finance voted to

[2:58:46] recommend approval. Six in

[2:58:48] favor, one against one not

[2:58:48] voting.

[2:58:49] Okay. Now, with those

[2:58:51] committee reports in place, sir.

[2:58:52] Move for approval, please.

[2:58:52] Okay.

[2:58:55] All right. There is a motion to

[2:58:56] approve on second or third

[2:58:59] reading. There is a very deep

[2:59:02] queue here. MISS Benedict, you

[2:59:04] are at the top of it. You're

[2:59:04] recognized.

[2:59:05] Thank you, MADAM

[2:59:07] Vice mayor. I move to call the

[2:59:08] question.

[2:59:11] Okay. The question

[2:59:15] has been called. This is a non

[2:59:16] debate. It's has been seconded.

[2:59:17] This is a non-debatable motion.

[2:59:20] It requires two thirds of those

[2:59:24] voting. If you wish to end

[2:59:27] debate on this bill, you would

[2:59:30] vote I. If you wish to continue

[2:59:33] with the debate, you would vote

[2:59:35] no. We will try it first by

[2:59:37] voice. If I cannot determine

[2:59:39] the two thirds, we will move to

[2:59:41] the machine. All in favor of

[2:59:43] the previous question, please

[2:59:48] say I. I those voting no please

[2:59:48] say no.

[2:59:51] No.

[2:59:52] i believe the ayes

[3:00:01] have it. So. This has passed

[3:00:04] its second. Oh, I'm so sorry.

[3:00:06] Okay, I apologize. That was

[3:00:08] kind of surprising to me

[3:00:10] because this is a major matter

[3:00:14] and we're not going to have

[3:00:19] debate. Okay. Okay. There is a

[3:00:23] second for putting the vote of

[3:00:28] the. Calling the question to a

[3:00:30] roll call. Is that correct?

[3:00:36] Okay. All right. Sorry, folks.

[3:00:40] So we called the vote. We were

[3:00:41] moving subsequent. There has

[3:00:43] been a request. It has for roll

[3:00:45] call. It requires how many

[3:00:48] seconds? It requires three

[3:00:49] seconds.

[3:00:52] Okay, okay.

[3:00:56] So. MR.

[3:01:01] MR. Clark, can you load the

[3:01:02] vote for the previous question,

[3:01:18] please, sir?

[3:01:43] Okay.

[3:01:44] With all

[3:01:45] votes in, MR. Clark, please

[3:01:50] show the vote. Okay. The motion

[3:01:52] to call the previous question

[3:01:54] requires two thirds of those

[3:01:56] voting in the affirmative. Thus,

[3:01:58] the motion has failed with 20

[3:02:03] votes. Yes. And 15 votes? No.

[3:02:05] Which means we will continue

[3:02:09] with discussion on the motion

[3:02:13] to approve on second reading.

[3:02:15] MISS Benedict, you have already

[3:02:17] been recognized, MR. Clark. I

[3:02:19] think that needs to be cleared

[3:02:20] from the queue. Next in the

[3:02:22] queue is MISS Evan siegel.

[3:02:24] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT. I

[3:02:27] would ask if the sponsor who

[3:02:29] moved to approve would consider

[3:02:31] amending her motion to move to

[3:02:33] approve with a re referral back

[3:02:34] to committee. I have some open

[3:02:36] questions to finance. I got

[3:02:37] pretty short answers to those

[3:02:38] questions, and I think it would

[3:02:40] be helpful to talk about them

[3:02:41] in committee.

[3:02:42] Okay, so MR.

[3:02:43] Horton is the primary sponsor

[3:02:43] and.

[3:02:44] MR. Horton, I apologize.

[3:02:46] I'm so used to budget matters.

[3:02:48] That's fine.

[3:02:49] So there is a

[3:02:50] request by MISS Evan siegel

[3:02:53] about your willingness to amend

[3:02:56] your motion to approve with a

[3:02:59] re referral to committee.

[3:02:59] Budget.

[3:03:01] Finance to budget and

[3:03:02] finance.

[3:03:02] No objection to that.

[3:03:05] I would happy to amend. Can I

[3:03:06] do that now? You MAY. I'd like

[3:03:09] to move to move to amend my

[3:03:10] motion to approve to a motion

[3:03:12] to approve the re referral to

[3:03:13] budget and finance.

[3:03:14] Okay. There

[3:03:15] is a motion to approve on

[3:03:18] second reading with a re

[3:03:20] referral to the budget and

[3:03:22] finance committee. Is it

[3:03:25] seconded. Okay. And so

[3:03:27] discussion continues on that.

[3:03:29] Is there anything that you

[3:03:30] wanted to say with the rest of

[3:03:33] your time? Seven siegel nope.

[3:03:35] Okay. So there is a motion to

[3:03:38] approve with a re referral to

[3:03:41] budget and finance. It was discussion

[3:03:42] continues. Council member

[3:03:43] johnston, you're recognized.

[3:03:44] Thank you.

[3:03:45] I appreciate the re

[3:03:47] referral back.

[3:03:48] You know this is

[3:03:50] a significant piece of

[3:03:51] legislation. It's probably one

[3:03:54] of the more bold moves that

[3:03:56] I've seen in my seven years for

[3:03:59] sure. And so to have no

[3:04:04] discussion I thought was. Not

[3:04:06] responsible. And I get there's

[3:04:07] risks of this, that and the

[3:04:09] other. But we are the

[3:04:09] legislative body and I think it

[3:04:11] is worth this, orth the

[3:04:12] discussion. And so I'm happy to

[3:04:14] do that in committee. And so I

[3:04:16] will I will hold my comments

[3:04:18] and concerns. I would like to

[3:04:20] hear from our new legal

[3:04:21] director, because this started

[3:04:23] under a previous legal director

[3:04:25] and is the new legal director

[3:04:26] that should be that will be

[3:04:31] carrying out whatever possible.

[3:04:32] Condemnation efforts. And so I

[3:04:34] would love to hear her, her

[3:04:36] thought process on this. And

[3:04:37] that can be done privately, I

[3:04:39] don't mind, but I'm going to be

[3:04:40] abstaining because I don't feel

[3:04:41] comfortable because I don't

[3:04:43] know, I don't feel comfortable

[3:04:46] voting yes or no. And so I hate

[3:04:48] abstaining, but that's the only

[3:04:49] thing I feel comfortable doing.

[3:04:51] And this is in my district, the

[3:04:53] parcel that we're talking about,

[3:04:55] it would have, you know, a

[3:04:57] massive effect. And so my

[3:04:59] concern is taxpayers liability,

[3:05:01] quite frankly. And until I can

[3:05:02] get to a comfort level to

[3:05:04] support that, I appreciate

[3:05:05] let's talk about, you know,

[3:05:06] negotiation. I don't have a

[3:05:08] problem with negotiation. Bold

[3:05:10] move, eminent domain. So I just

[3:05:11] want to have a comfort level

[3:05:12] there that we're not putting

[3:05:14] our taxpayers in, in a

[3:05:15] situation of liability. So I

[3:05:16] will be abstaining. Thank you.

[3:05:18] All right. Next in the queue,

[3:05:19] councilmember allen, you're

[3:05:19] recognized.

[3:05:20] Thank you, MADAM

[3:05:21] PRESIDENT. I need to be

[3:05:22] recorded as abstaining.

[3:05:25] Okay.

[3:05:27] MISS Styles, you are recognized

[3:05:30] on motion to approve on second

[3:05:31] reading. Go ahead.

[3:05:31] thank you

[3:05:33] very much, vice mayor. I think

[3:05:36] this is irresponsible

[3:05:38] legislation. I I'm definitely

[3:05:40] voting no. I think this is a

[3:05:41] guaranteed lawsuit. We have all

[3:05:43] kinds of issues. I don't know

[3:05:45] what you're saying to me, but.

[3:05:53] Okay. Okay. You done? Okay. So

[3:05:54] as I said, I think it's

[3:05:55] irresponsible. We are

[3:05:59] constantly talking about how we money, and I just

[3:06:00] don't think, where are we going

[3:06:02] to get this money from? Even if

[3:06:04] it goes back to committee? I

[3:06:05] don't think that we get a good

[3:06:07] answer for this. This feels

[3:06:08] like a knee jerk, feel good

[3:06:09] reaction because everyone else

[3:06:11] had a plan except the mayor's

[3:06:12] office. And so now we just

[3:06:13] throw out eminent domain. We

[3:06:15] don't have a plan for what the

[3:06:17] land would be for. It's just

[3:06:18] nonsense. So everyone should

[3:06:19] vote no.

[3:06:21] All right.

[3:06:21] Council

[3:06:23] member spain, you're next in

[3:06:24] the queue. Go ahead sir.

[3:06:24] Thank

[3:06:25] you, MADAM PRESIDENT. My

[3:06:26] previous question.

[3:06:27] Okay.

[3:06:28] All

[3:06:29] right. MR. Spain has called the

[3:06:30] previous question. It's

[3:06:32] properly seconded. This is a

[3:06:33] non-debatable motion that

[3:06:35] requires two thirds of those

[3:06:39] voting.

[3:06:40] Pardon.

[3:06:42] Okay. MR.

[3:06:43] Eslick has requested a roll

[3:06:45] call vote for the previous

[3:06:47] question. Are there three

[3:06:48] seconds?

[3:06:51] Second.

[3:06:53] Okay, that is

[3:06:55] three. So, MR. Clerk, if you

[3:06:57] would please load the vote.

[3:06:59] This is the previous question,

[3:07:01] a yes vote for the previous

[3:07:04] question ends debate. A no vote

[3:07:05] means you want to continue

[3:07:10] debate on this matter. This is

[3:07:27] on the previous question. All

[3:07:28] votes. And MR. Clerk, please

[3:07:31] show the vote. Okay. The motion

[3:07:32] has passed in the previous

[3:07:33] question has been called with

[3:07:36] 32 votes in favor, three

[3:07:37] against and one abstention,

[3:07:39] which means that we will then

[3:07:41] move to the vote knowing that

[3:07:43] we have some noes and

[3:07:45] abstentions, even though this

[3:07:49] is on second, MR. Clerk, if you

[3:07:54] would please load the vote for

[3:07:57] 1489 on its second of three

[3:08:13] readings, please, sir.

[3:08:54] MR.

[3:08:55] Benton, are you seeking to vote,

[3:08:58] sir? All votes are in. MR.

[3:08:59] Clerk, if you would please show

[3:09:02] the vote. All right. This

[3:09:04] motion to approve on second

[3:09:06] reading has passed with 27

[3:09:10] votes in favor, three against

[3:09:13] and five abstentions. This will

[3:09:16] be by the motion re referred to

[3:09:17] budget and finance committee on

[3:09:21] its third reading at next

[3:09:26] meeting. Okay. That concludes

[3:09:29] our items on second reading.

[3:09:31] We're on to third reading

[3:09:35] section. End of our agenda.

[3:09:39] Next is agenda item 81,

[3:09:44] ordinance bl2026-1361. Sponsors

[3:09:45] benedict cap coupon and evan

[3:09:47] siegel. This is an ordinance to

[3:09:49] amend chapter 17.37 of the

[3:09:51] metro code of laws to establish

[3:09:53] an east bank design review

[3:09:54] committee within the downtown

[3:09:58] code. Okay, MISS Benedict, you

[3:09:59] are recognized.

[3:09:59] Thank you, vice

[3:10:01] mayor. Can I have my committee

[3:10:02] report, please?

[3:10:02] let's see. This

[3:10:05] is on third. So, planning and

[3:10:07] zoning chair horton, you're

[3:10:08] recognized.

[3:10:09] Thank you. Vice

[3:10:11] mayor pnc considered the bill

[3:10:13] and an amendment to. We voted

[3:10:15] in favor of amendment two. Five

[3:10:16] in favor, three against zero

[3:10:18] not voting. Amendment one was

[3:10:20] not considered. We considered

[3:10:21] the bill, as amended by

[3:10:22] amendment two eight in favor,

[3:10:24] zero against zero not voting.

[3:10:24] Okay.

[3:10:26] Back to you for a motion

[3:10:27] to get this before us, MISS

[3:10:28] Benedict.

[3:10:29] Move approval.

[3:10:29] Is

[3:10:32] there a second? Okay. You have

[3:10:35] the floor still okay? MR. Cuban

[3:10:37] is next in the queue. Go ahead,

[3:10:37] sir.

[3:10:38] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[3:10:40] And thank you to my colleague

[3:10:41] for bringing this and working

[3:10:43] hard to make sure the voices of

[3:10:44] east nashville are represented

[3:10:46] on the east bank drc. I did

[3:10:47] have an amendment, and I would

[3:10:49] like to move amendment two with

[3:10:50] a brief comment.

[3:10:51] Is there a

[3:10:52] second for the motion to amend

[3:10:55] with amendment two? Okay. Go

[3:10:56] ahead, sir.

[3:10:58] Thank you. And so

[3:11:01] one of the seats that would be

[3:11:03] on this drc replacing the urban

[3:11:05] residents association seat,

[3:11:06] would be from the imagine east

[3:11:09] bank area. And in the

[3:11:14] legislation, it had a kind of on it until 1000

[3:11:15] residential units receive

[3:11:16] certificates of occupancy. The

[3:11:18] concern that I heard was about

[3:11:19] quorum, making sure that people

[3:11:22] can come to that meeting and in

[3:11:25] a. And spoke to the the sponsor

[3:11:26] at the committee meeting

[3:11:27] yesterday, and she had asked if

[3:11:29] I had anybody in mind for that

[3:11:30] seat or if I knew, you know,

[3:11:32] people over there. At the

[3:11:34] time I said, well, you know, no,

[3:11:36] just I just know that there are,

[3:11:37] you know, 600 some odd people

[3:11:39] over in that area. And an odd

[3:11:40] twist of fate. Later that

[3:11:41] evening, a constituent from the

[3:11:43] oxbow reached out to me about a

[3:11:45] greenway along the river. And I

[3:11:46] said, hey, can we can I pick

[3:11:47] your brain on something? And

[3:11:48] asked about this legislation

[3:11:50] and, you know, said, you know,

[3:11:52] do you think that the people in

[3:11:53] your building would care about

[3:11:55] this? Would they want to sit on

[3:11:56] something like this? Is it too

[3:11:58] far away? Again, trying to

[3:11:59] represent my constituents? And

[3:12:00] he was very excited. He said

[3:12:02] that he would actually love to

[3:12:03] serve on potentially on this on

[3:12:04] this seat. So there are

[3:12:05] constituents there. There are

[3:12:07] about 600, 6 or 700. There's a

[3:12:09] lot more coming. So I don't see

[3:12:11] the reason to wait for the 1000

[3:12:12] person mark. I think we've got

[3:12:13] multiple people that are ready,

[3:12:15] ready to serve. I think that we

[3:12:16] have projects coming down the

[3:12:18] pipeline. It's a great idea to

[3:12:19] have this committee, but I

[3:12:21] would hate to wait any longer

[3:12:22] to have a voice of someone that

[3:12:24] lives in that area. On this

[3:12:25] commission committee. Again, I

[3:12:26] understand the quorum issues. I

[3:12:27] don't think that'll be an issue,

[3:12:29] given the conversation I had

[3:12:30] with this individual today. So

[3:12:32] I urge my colleagues to support

[3:12:32] the amendment.

[3:12:33] All right.

[3:12:35] There's a motion to with

[3:12:38] amendment two. You've heard an

[3:12:39] explanation of the amendment by

[3:12:41] the sponsor. And so we are on

[3:12:42] to discussion on the motion to

[3:12:44] amend. Is anyone seeking to be

[3:12:47] recognized on the amendment?

[3:12:48] Seeing none. All in favor of

[3:12:50] amendment two, please say aye.

[3:12:54] Any voting no. Any abstaining?

[3:12:57] Okay. MISS Benedict, is it your

[3:12:59] desire to renew your motion to

[3:13:00] approve.

[3:13:00] As amended?

[3:13:01] Thank you.

[3:13:04] Ma'am, is there a second? Okay,

[3:13:06] so this is on its third and

[3:13:08] final reading. There is a

[3:13:10] motion to approve, as amended,

[3:13:12] with amendment two. Is there

[3:13:15] anyone else seeking discussion?

[3:13:17] Okay. Seeing none. All in favor,

[3:13:20] please say aye. Any voting? No.

[3:13:21] Any abstaining? All right. This

[3:13:23] has passed its third and final

[3:13:28] reading, as amended. Okay. The

[3:13:29] bill you've all been waiting

[3:13:38] for, agenda item 84, ordinance

[3:13:40] bl2026-1391. Sponsors. Horton,

[3:13:41] porterfield, gad huffman, welsh.

[3:13:43] Teams. Prep. Tee. Benedict,

[3:13:45] spain. Parker. Weiner. Bradford.

[3:13:46] Copen. Ewing. Johnston.

[3:13:48] Sepulveda. Evans, cortez. Hill,

[3:13:50] allen. Taylor, cap. Gamble.

[3:13:52] Gregg, suara, harrell, benton,

[3:13:54] nash and rutherford. This is an

[3:13:56] ordinance amending title 17 of

[3:13:58] the metro code of laws to add

[3:14:00] various new data center uses

[3:14:02] and related definitions and

[3:14:06] conditions to the zoning code.

[3:14:09] MR. Horton, I know this bill

[3:14:11] has a companion, but at this

[3:14:14] juncture, let's just work with

[3:14:16] 1391 okay. And so you are

[3:14:17] recognized, sir.

[3:14:17] Thank you.

[3:14:19] Vice mayor. Committee reports.

[3:14:21] Before I give them, I put a

[3:14:22] cheat sheet on everyone's desk,

[3:14:24] so you don't have to try to

[3:14:25] memorize what I'm about to say.

[3:14:27] But amendment one, we

[3:14:28] recommended approval. Eight in

[3:14:30] favor, zero against zero not

[3:14:32] voting. Amendment two was not

[3:14:34] considered. Amendment three was

[3:14:36] not considered. Amendment four.

[3:14:37] We recommended approval. Eight

[3:14:39] in favor, zero against zero not

[3:14:41] voting. Amendment five we voted

[3:14:42] for recommended approval. Eight

[3:14:43] in favor, zero against. You're

[3:14:46] not voting. Amendment six. We

[3:14:47] recommended approval. Eight in

[3:14:48] favor, zero against. You're not

[3:14:50] voting. Amendment seven we

[3:14:51] recommended against approval.

[3:14:53] Zero in favor, eight against

[3:14:55] zero not voting on amendment

[3:14:56] eight. We recommended against

[3:14:58] approval. Zero in favor, eight

[3:15:00] against zero. Not voting.

[3:15:01] Amendment nine recommended

[3:15:03] against approval. Zero in favor.

[3:15:05] Eight against zero. Not voting

[3:15:06] for amendment ten. We

[3:15:07] recommended approval. Eight in

[3:15:09] favor. Zero against zero. Not

[3:15:11] voting for amendment 11. We

[3:15:12] voted recommended approval.

[3:15:13] Eight in favor. Zero against

[3:15:16] zero. Not voting or amendment

[3:15:17] 12. We recommended approval.

[3:15:18] Eight in favor, zero against.

[3:15:20] You're not voting for amendment

[3:15:22] 13. We recommended approval.

[3:15:23] Eight in favor, zero against

[3:15:25] zero not voting. Amendment 14

[3:15:27] we recommended against approval.

[3:15:29] Zero in support, eight against

[3:15:31] zero. Not voting for amendment

[3:15:34] 15. We recommended approval.

[3:15:35] Eight in favor, zero against

[3:15:37] zero not voting. And then the

[3:15:39] bill as amended with the

[3:15:39] recommended amendments. We

[3:15:41] voted in favor eight in favor,

[3:15:43] zero against zero not voting.

[3:15:45] And with that, I would like to

[3:15:48] move for approval so that I may

[3:15:51] then move amendment one, please.

[3:15:51] Okay.

[3:15:53] All right. So there's a

[3:15:54] motion to approve. It's

[3:15:55] properly seconded. The primary

[3:15:57] sponsor still has the floor.

[3:15:59] And in that time he has moved

[3:16:02] an amendment one. So there is a

[3:16:03] motion to amend with amendment

[3:16:06] one. It is properly seconded.

[3:16:08] Anything you want to say on the

[3:16:08] amendment, sir.

[3:16:09] This is a

[3:16:10] housekeeping amendment and

[3:16:11] corrects section numbers.

[3:16:11] Okay.

[3:16:13] Is there any discussion on

[3:16:15] amendment one? Is anyone in the

[3:16:17] queue seeking to be recognized

[3:16:20] on amendment one? Folks, I

[3:16:22] presume some of you who are in

[3:16:25] the queue are there for

[3:16:26] purposes of discussion. Once

[3:16:28] the bill is amended relative to

[3:16:31] its approval. So as someone

[3:16:33] makes a motion to amend because

[3:16:35] the queue is a little bit deep

[3:16:36] here, I will just ask for a

[3:16:38] show of hands if anyone wants

[3:16:39] to speak specifically on that

[3:16:42] amendment. Okay. So seeing no

[3:16:43] one seeking to be recognized on

[3:16:45] amendment one, is that correct?

[3:16:48] Seeing no one. Okay. All in

[3:16:50] favor of amendment one, please

[3:16:54] say aye. Any voting? No. Any

[3:16:56] abstaining? Okay. MR. Horton,

[3:16:57] do you want to renew your

[3:16:59] motion to approve, as amended.

[3:17:00] To move for approval, as

[3:17:01] amended, with amendment one,

[3:17:02] please.

[3:17:03] Okay. Are there any

[3:17:04] other amendments that you would

[3:17:06] like to offer at this time, sir?

[3:17:07] No, ma'am.

[3:17:08] Okay.

[3:17:09] All right.

[3:17:11] Okay. So we continue on

[3:17:14] discussion. First in the

[3:17:15] miss benedict, do you seek to

[3:17:18] be recognized? Okay. She's

[3:17:21] saying no. MISS Tombs, do you

[3:17:24] seek to be recognized? Go ahead,

[3:17:24] ma'am.

[3:17:25] Thank you, MADAM Vice

[3:17:26] mayor, I'd like to move

[3:17:27] amendment number 15.

[3:17:28] Okay.

[3:17:31] There is a motion to amend with

[3:17:33] amendment 15. Anything that you

[3:17:34] want to share about.

[3:17:35] This at

[3:17:36] some quarterly reporting from

[3:17:38] the zoning administrator to the

[3:17:38] council.

[3:17:39] Okay.

[3:17:41] Is there any

[3:17:43] discussion on the motion to

[3:17:47] amend with amendment 15? Okay.

[3:17:48] Raise your hand if you want to

[3:17:50] speak on amendment 15, seeing

[3:17:52] none. All in favor of amendment

[3:17:54] 15, please say I. Any voting no

[3:17:57] or abstaining. Okay. MR. Horton,

[3:17:59] I'm just going to keep going

[3:18:00] back to you don't have to stand.

[3:18:02] But if you'll just nod that you

[3:18:03] seek to like, continue to renew

[3:18:05] your motion to approve, as

[3:18:06] amended, we'll just roll

[3:18:08] through. Okay. All right. So we

[3:18:10] are continuing on the bill on

[3:18:12] the motion to approve at

[3:18:13] present, as amended, with

[3:18:16] amendment one and amendment 15,

[3:18:19] we continue. MISS Benedict, do

[3:18:21] you intend to offer any

[3:18:22] amendments? You just want to

[3:18:24] speak at the end. Okay. You MAY

[3:18:26] you can. That's proper at this

[3:18:28] time. Go ahead.

[3:18:29] I want to speak.

[3:18:31] At the end once everything is

[3:18:33] amended. Okay. Next in the

[3:18:35] queue is MISS Porterfield.

[3:18:38] You're recognized.

[3:18:39] Thank you,

[3:18:41] vice mayor. I would like to

[3:18:44] move amendment number six.

[3:18:44] okay.

[3:18:46] There is motion to amend with

[3:18:48] amendment six. It's properly

[3:18:49] seconded. Anything you want to

[3:18:50] share about amendment six,

[3:18:50] ma'am?

[3:18:52] Yes. Vice mayor,

[3:18:54] amendment six would require a

[3:18:57] public notice for data centers

[3:19:00] for both small and medium sized

[3:19:01] data centers. This public

[3:19:05] notice will be mailed out to

[3:19:08] properties within 1000ft of the

[3:19:10] subject property, no more than

[3:19:12] 21 days following the

[3:19:13] application of any permit

[3:19:15] related to the proposed data

[3:19:17] center development. Also, in

[3:19:19] the event that there is a

[3:19:21] renter, the notice will be

[3:19:25] mailed out to both the property

[3:19:28] owner as well as the mailing

[3:19:31] address of the property. Also,

[3:19:33] I just wanted to share that I

[3:19:36] would not be moving amendments

[3:19:37] seven and eight. I know that we

[3:19:39] all have a overwhelming desire

[3:19:41] to make this legislation as

[3:19:43] strong as possible, and we also

[3:19:45] want to make sure that we're

[3:19:47] being cognizant of not doing

[3:19:49] anything that would potentially

[3:19:51] delay passage of the

[3:19:52] legislation. So I just wanted

[3:19:54] to stand for anyone who was not

[3:19:55] in committee yesterday. I know

[3:19:56] a lot of constituents asked us

[3:20:00] for additional amendments to

[3:20:01] strengthen this legislation. So

[3:20:02] for anyone that wasn't there

[3:20:03] yesterday, just making sure

[3:20:04] that people understand that

[3:20:05] there are some additional

[3:20:07] things being worked on. But if

[3:20:09] it had to be re referred back

[3:20:12] to planning in an effort to

[3:20:13] continue with this legislation,

[3:20:14] I won't be moving those

[3:20:16] additional amendments.

[3:20:17] Okay.

[3:20:19] all right. So you've heard a

[3:20:21] description of amendment six by

[3:20:24] MISS Porterfield. It was

[3:20:27] properly seconded. Is anyone

[3:20:28] seeking to be recognized

[3:20:29] specifically on the motion to

[3:20:32] amend with amendment six?

[3:20:33] Anyone in the queue? Raise your

[3:20:35] hand if you're wanting to speak

[3:20:38] on amendment six. Okay. All in

[3:20:39] favor of amendment six, please

[3:20:42] say aye. Any voting no or

[3:20:45] abstaining. Okay. MR. Horton,

[3:20:46] sponsor, is it your intent to

[3:20:49] renew your motion to approve as

[3:20:53] amended? Okay, on we go. Next

[3:20:55] in the queue is council member

[3:20:56] cortez. You're recognized, sir.

[3:20:58] Thank you, vice mayor. I just

[3:20:59] want to speak to that. I'm

[3:21:01] going to withdraw amendment two

[3:21:02] and three for the sake of

[3:21:03] getting this bill passed, and I

[3:21:05] will bring this back at a later

[3:21:05] date.

[3:21:07] Okay. Amendments two and

[3:21:09] three will be withdrawn and not

[3:21:12] offered. Okay. Thank you, sir.

[3:21:13] Thank you, vice mayor.

[3:21:14] Next in

[3:21:16] the queue is council member

[3:21:17] johnston. Go ahead, ma'am.

[3:21:18] You're recognized.

[3:21:18] Thank you.

[3:21:20] I'd like to move amendment five,

[3:21:20] please.

[3:21:21] Okay.

[3:21:22] There is a motion

[3:21:24] to amend with amendment five.

[3:21:25] It's properly seconded.

[3:21:26] Anything you want to share

[3:21:27] about the amendment?

[3:21:29] Yes. So it

[3:21:30] requires an emergency response

[3:21:32] and our resiliency plan to be

[3:21:33] submitted to the fire marshal.

[3:21:35] The office of emergency

[3:21:36] management, zoning

[3:21:38] administrator, nes prior to

[3:21:38] approval. We did have some

[3:21:40] concern yesterday about the

[3:21:41] timing of that, but codes has

[3:21:43] assured me that we can do that

[3:21:46] before an occupancy. And so the

[3:21:48] language was fine. And so again,

[3:21:49] I renew my.

[3:21:50] Motion for.

[3:21:50] Motion

[3:21:51] for approval.

[3:21:52] Thank you. Okay.

[3:21:53] With amendment five. Okay.

[3:21:55] There's a motion to amend with

[3:21:56] amendment five. You've heard an

[3:21:58] explanation of the amendment by

[3:22:00] its sponsor. Is there anyone

[3:22:02] seeking a discussion on

[3:22:04] amendment five specifically? If

[3:22:05] so, if you would please raise

[3:22:08] your hand. Okay. Seeing none.

[3:22:11] All in favor of amendment five,

[3:22:13] please say aye. Any voting no

[3:22:15] or abstaining? MR. Horton, is

[3:22:17] it your intent to renew your

[3:22:18] motion to approve, as amended,

[3:22:21] up to this point? Okay. So

[3:22:24] there is a motion to approve,

[3:22:27] as amended presently with

[3:22:30] amendments one, four, five, six

[3:22:32] and 15.

[3:22:33] Okay.

[3:22:36] No. One five, six.

[3:22:38] Oh, yeah. I got ahead of myself.

[3:22:40] I marked four because of some

[3:22:42] other issues. All right. A lot

[3:22:44] of things on here. Got a plan

[3:22:47] here list and checking circling

[3:22:50] okay. Motion to amend with

[3:22:53] amendments one, five six and 15.

[3:22:55] Okay. On we go. Discussion

[3:22:56] continues. Council member

[3:22:58] hoffman, speaking of amendment

[3:22:59] four. Go ahead sir.

[3:23:00] Very timely.

[3:23:02] Thank you, vice mayor. I'd like

[3:23:04] to move amendment four. However,

[3:23:06] I need to make a motion to

[3:23:08] amend that on the floor for

[3:23:12] housekeeping reasons.

[3:23:14] Okay. I

[3:23:15] know that we spoke and kind of

[3:23:17] talked through, you know, the

[3:23:18] motion to amend the amendment

[3:23:20] and so forth. Subsequently, I

[3:23:21] did speak with special counsel

[3:23:23] about that in the proper order.

[3:23:25] So, if I MAY, I'm just going to

[3:23:27] go to special counsel so he can

[3:23:30] share with us how to get

[3:23:31] potentially this late filed

[3:23:33] amendment that makes a minor

[3:23:35] text change per your proposal,

[3:23:36] a special counsel, can you

[3:23:39] speak to MR. Hoffman's late

[3:23:41] filed amendment relative to his

[3:23:44] amendment four and how that

[3:23:47] should proceed? Please, sir.

[3:23:49] Vice mayor, a.

[3:23:50] Late filed

[3:23:50] amendment approved by the

[3:23:53] council member was drafted and

[3:23:55] sent to the inboxes of all

[3:23:56] council members in the clerk's

[3:23:59] office. A viable way forward

[3:24:00] would simply be to move to

[3:24:02] suspend the rules, to consider

[3:24:03] the late filed amendment.

[3:24:04] Okay,

[3:24:06] I are you so moved?

[3:24:07] So moved.

[3:24:10] Okay. Is there any objection to

[3:24:12] the motion to suspend the rules

[3:24:14] so MR. Hoffman can make a minor

[3:24:16] edit to his amendment four with

[3:24:18] the amendment that you all have

[3:24:22] previously been sent, seeing no

[3:24:24] one seeking to object to the

[3:24:25] suspension of the rule, the

[3:24:27] rules are suspended. And so you

[3:24:28] MAY offer specifically your

[3:24:30] late filed amendment, sir.

[3:24:31] Thank you, vice mayor. And as I

[3:24:34] said, this is a minor change.

[3:24:35] Essentially, the only change

[3:24:38] here is it removes the word

[3:24:38] telecommunication and replaces

[3:24:40] that with fiber and broadband.

[3:24:44] Okay. I appreciate the

[3:24:47] explanation there. Anything

[3:24:48] else you would like to say

[3:24:50] about that amendment

[3:24:50] specifically?

[3:24:51] No, ma'am.

[3:24:51] That's

[3:24:54] okay. On the motion to amend

[3:24:55] with MR. Hoffman's amendment.

[3:24:57] Go ahead, MISS Porterfield.

[3:24:58] Thank you. Rise and complete

[3:24:59] support. Just want to confirm

[3:25:01] that that does not require a

[3:25:02] referral. Back to planning. If

[3:25:03] we could confirm that from

[3:25:04] planning.

[3:25:05] Planning staff, if

[3:25:07] you can, please confirm that

[3:25:08] for us.

[3:25:09] Sure. The late file

[3:25:10] would not.

[3:25:11] Require a referral.

[3:25:14] Okay, thank you for that

[3:25:16] confirmation. MADAM Pro tem, is

[3:25:20] there any further discussion on

[3:25:22] the hoffman late filed

[3:25:25] amendment? Seeing none. All in

[3:25:27] favor, please say aye. Any

[3:25:30] voting no or abstaining? Okay.

[3:25:32] This amendment is also on the

[3:25:38] bill. Okay. Sponsor, is it your

[3:25:39] intent to renew your motion to

[3:25:41] approve, as amended at present

[3:25:42] with all these amendments? Okay,

[3:25:45] on we go. Next in the queue is

[3:25:46] councilmember gamble. You're

[3:25:46] recognized.

[3:25:47] Thank you, vice

[3:25:48] mayor. I would like.

[3:25:49] To move.

[3:25:51] Amendment ten.

[3:25:53] Okay.

[3:25:55] Councilmember gamble has moved

[3:25:57] amendment ten. It's properly

[3:25:58] seconded. Anything you want to

[3:25:59] share about the amendment, MISS

[3:25:59] Gamble?

[3:26:01] Yes. Thank you. The

[3:26:03] amendment defines the terms pue,

[3:26:05] which is power usage

[3:26:07] effectiveness and wue, which is

[3:26:10] water usage usage effectiveness.

[3:26:11] These terms are used for

[3:26:13] describing metrics for

[3:26:15] measuring performance of energy

[3:26:17] and water usage with data

[3:26:19] centers. The amendment also

[3:26:21] requires data center operators

[3:26:23] to monitor and report the p, e

[3:26:26] and w, u, e metrics annually to

[3:26:27] the zoning administrator, who

[3:26:29] will make those reports

[3:26:30] available to the public. And

[3:26:32] the intent of the amendment is

[3:26:33] to ensure best practices and

[3:26:35] good resource stewardship and

[3:26:37] energy and water efficiency

[3:26:39] reporting and transparency.

[3:26:40] Thank you.

[3:26:42] All right. There is

[3:26:44] a motion to amend with

[3:26:46] amendment ten by MISS Gamble.

[3:26:49] You have heard an explanation

[3:26:53] by the sponsor. Is there any

[3:26:54] discussion on the motion to

[3:26:57] amend with amendment ten? If

[3:26:58] anyone is seeking discussion on

[3:26:59] that amendment specifically,

[3:27:02] please raise your hand. Seeing

[3:27:03] none. All in favor of amendment

[3:27:06] ten, please say aye. Any voting

[3:27:08] no or abstaining sponsor.

[3:27:09] Horton, do you renew your

[3:27:11] motion to approve as amended?

[3:27:13] Okay, on we go. Right. We're

[3:27:16] adding amendment ten. Next in

[3:27:18] the queue for discussion is

[3:27:20] council member. Gad, MISS Gad,

[3:27:29] you're recognized. Okay, next

[3:27:30] after that, because MISS

[3:27:31] Benedict wants to speak on

[3:27:33] amended as the end is. MR. Cap,

[3:27:34] you are recognized, sir.

[3:27:35] Thank

[3:27:36] you, vice mayor. I have three

[3:27:37] amendments to move. I'll start

[3:27:39] by moving amendment number 11.

[3:27:41] Okay, sir. Properly seconded.

[3:27:42] Go ahead.

[3:27:43] Thank you. This

[3:27:45] amendment requires the zoning

[3:27:47] administrator to publicize the

[3:27:49] compliance reports required

[3:27:51] elsewhere in the legislation.

[3:27:53] all right. There's a motion to

[3:27:55] amend with amendment 11.

[3:27:56] Properly seconded. And you've

[3:27:59] heard the explanation of

[3:28:03] sponsor cap. Is there any

[3:28:04] discussion specifically on

[3:28:07] amendment 11? If you seek to be

[3:28:08] recognized on that amendment,

[3:28:10] please raise your hand. Seeing

[3:28:12] none. All in favor, please say

[3:28:14] aye. Any voting no or

[3:28:18] abstaining? Okay. MR. Horton,

[3:28:19] he is nodding his head. On we

[3:28:23] go. Motion to approve, as

[3:28:24] amended. Go ahead, MR. Cap. You

[3:28:25] still have the floor.

[3:28:25] Move.

[3:28:28] Amendment number 12, right.

[3:28:30] Anything you want to say about

[3:28:30] amendment 12, sir?

[3:28:31] Briefly,

[3:28:32] vice mayor. Thank you. This

[3:28:33] tightens up some pretty

[3:28:35] important definitions in

[3:28:37] legislation. The first of all,

[3:28:39] it defines emergency use to to

[3:28:41] really require a true emergency

[3:28:42] when backup power generation

[3:28:45] might be required. And it also

[3:28:47] specifies truly renewable and

[3:28:49] sustainable sources of energy,

[3:28:51] rather than using more

[3:28:53] capacious terms. That could be

[3:28:54] a little too flexible. So with

[3:28:56] that, I ask your support.

[3:28:56] All

[3:28:58] right. There's a motion to

[3:29:00] amend with amendment 11. You've

[3:29:01] heard a description of that

[3:29:02] amendment by its sponsor, MR.

[3:29:04] Cap. Is anyone seeking to be

[3:29:06] recognized specifically on

[3:29:08] amendment 11? Raise your hand

[3:29:10] if so, seeing none. All in

[3:29:11] favor of amendment 11, please

[3:29:12] say aye.

[3:29:13] Point of order. Yes.

[3:29:14] 12.

[3:29:16] I am so sorry, sir, I

[3:29:19] apologize. Okay. To clarify,

[3:29:22] there is a motion to amend with

[3:29:25] amendment 12 as described by

[3:29:27] council member cap. Is there

[3:29:30] any discussion on amendment 12?

[3:29:32] Appreciate the point of order

[3:29:33] if you seek to be recognized.

[3:29:34] Amendment 12, please raise your

[3:29:37] hand. Seeing none. All in favor

[3:29:40] of amendment 12, please say aye.

[3:29:42] Aye. Any voting no or

[3:29:45] abstaining? Okay. MR. Horton,

[3:29:46] do you seek to renew your

[3:29:47] motion to approve, as amended,

[3:29:49] at this juncture? Okay, MR. Cap,

[3:29:49] it's back to you.

[3:29:50] Move!

[3:29:51] Amendment 13, please.

[3:29:53] Okay. Go

[3:29:53] ahead, sir.

[3:29:54] Thank you, vice

[3:29:56] mayor. This requires owners and

[3:29:58] operators to require sound

[3:29:59] monitoring systems at the

[3:30:00] property line.

[3:30:02] All right, so

[3:30:04] there is a motion to amend with

[3:30:07] amendment 13. You have heard a

[3:30:09] description of the amendment by

[3:30:11] its sponsor, MISTER Cap. Is

[3:30:13] anyone seeking to be recognized

[3:30:15] specifically on the motion to

[3:30:17] amend with amendment 13? If so,

[3:30:19] please raise your hand. Seeing

[3:30:21] none. All in favor. Amendment

[3:30:23] 13, please say aye. Any voting

[3:30:26] no or abstaining. Okay.

[3:30:29] Amendment 13 is on the bill.

[3:30:31] MR. Horton, do you seek to

[3:30:34] approve, as amended? Okay. All

[3:30:36] right. MISS Benedict, you have

[3:30:38] remained at the top. Thank you

[3:30:40] for all this time. You are

[3:30:41] recognized. Go ahead.

[3:30:42] Thank you,

[3:30:43] MADAM Vice mayor. Previous

[3:30:45] question.

[3:30:51] Okay. There is a

[3:30:53] motion to call the previous

[3:30:57] question. It is properly

[3:31:00] seconded and it requires two

[3:31:02] thirds of those voting. We will

[3:31:02] try.

[3:31:04] Point of parliamentary

[3:31:04] inquiry.

[3:31:05] Yes, ma'am. Go ahead.

[3:31:07] Could you please. What the

[3:31:08] motion is, what that previous

[3:31:10] motion is with the amendment

[3:31:10] numbers, please.

[3:31:11] Right. So

[3:31:12] first we will dispose of the

[3:31:14] previous question. But

[3:31:15] subsequent to that, when we do,

[3:31:17] if the previous question

[3:31:19] prevails and we move to the

[3:31:20] vote, then I will restate all

[3:31:23] the amendments that are on the

[3:31:28] bill at that time. Okay. So. At

[3:31:30] this juncture, MISS Benedict

[3:31:34] has called the question which

[3:31:39] would end debate. And so if you

[3:31:40] want to end debate, you will

[3:31:43] say, I if you want to continue

[3:31:46] with discussion on this bill,

[3:31:49] you will say no. All in favor

[3:31:50] of the previous question,

[3:31:53] please say I, I any voting no,

[3:31:56] please say no. Okay. That's

[3:31:58] pretty clear. That is two

[3:32:00] thirds of those voting. The

[3:32:02] question has been called. That

[3:32:05] means that we will now go back

[3:32:09] to the motion to approve. And

[3:32:11] of course, no sooner had we

[3:32:12] done that, I lost my place.

[3:32:15] Found it. Okay, so we're going

[3:32:19] to move to the vote and the

[3:32:22] motion to approve, as amended

[3:32:26] with amendments one, the

[3:32:28] hoffman late filed bill

[3:32:33] amendments five, six. Ten. 12.

[3:32:42] 13 and 15. Y'all okay? Did did

[3:32:44] we put 11 on there, y'all? Yes,

[3:32:46] MISTER. Special counsel. Okay.

[3:32:51] Sorry, y'all. And I did take

[3:32:53] the late fall off the top one

[3:32:57] late fall. Five, six, 1011 1213

[3:33:00] and 15. Yeah. All right. Motion

[3:33:02] to approve as amended with the

[3:33:05] amendments just stated. The

[3:33:06] question has been called. So

[3:33:11] there is no debate. So we will

[3:33:13] move to the vote. Will try it

[3:33:14] first by voice. All in favor

[3:33:17] please say aye. Aye. Any voting

[3:33:21] no any abstaining. All right.

[3:33:22] This bill has passed its third

[3:33:29] and final reading, as amended.

[3:33:32] All right, MR. Horton, we also

[3:33:38] have agenda item 85, ordinance

[3:33:40] bl2026-1392, which requires

[3:33:41] certain materials to be

[3:33:42] restricted in the construction

[3:33:49] of buildings that were in 1391.

[3:33:50] You're recognized, sir, on that

[3:33:51] bill.

[3:33:52] Move for approval, please.

[3:33:53] Okay. Do you have your

[3:33:55] committee report on that

[3:33:56] portion?

[3:33:57] Recommended approval

[3:33:58] eight in favor, zero against.

[3:33:58] Okay.

[3:34:00] Move for approval.

[3:34:00] Yep.

[3:34:01] There's a motion to approve.

[3:34:02] Properly seconded. Is there any

[3:34:04] discussion on this required?

[3:34:06] Companion bill? Seeing none.

[3:34:08] All in favor, please say aye.

[3:34:10] Any voting no or abstaining.

[3:34:13] Okay. That 21392 has passed its

[3:34:16] third and final reading. Okay.

[3:34:22] Next we move on to agenda item

[3:34:26] 95 and 96. They are companions

[3:34:30] to each other. Agenda item 95

[3:34:34] is ordinance bl 2026-1414

[3:34:36] sponsor evans. This is an

[3:34:37] ordinance to amend title 17,

[3:34:38] the metro code of laws zoning

[3:34:39] ordinance of the metro

[3:34:41] government by changing from our.

[3:34:42] S 15 to sp zoning for property

[3:34:45] located at 6114 north new hope

[3:34:47] road, approximately 352ft north

[3:34:50] of central pike. This is 3.0

[3:34:52] acres to permit 44 multi family

[3:34:54] residential units as well.

[3:34:58] Agenda item 96 also sponsor

[3:35:03] evans. It is ordinance bl

[3:35:07] 2026-1415. It is a companion to

[3:35:08] 1411414 and requires certain

[3:35:09] materials to be restricted in

[3:35:11] the construction of buildings.

[3:35:13] MISS Evans, you're recognized.

[3:35:14] Thank you. Vice mayor.

[3:35:15] Committee reports, please.

[3:35:15] For

[3:35:16] the report of the planning

[3:35:18] zoning committee. Chair horton.

[3:35:19] Thank you. Vice mayor pnc

[3:35:20] considered both items and

[3:35:21] recommended a one meeting

[3:35:23] deferral for each.

[3:35:24] Okay. And so

[3:35:29] by rule 8.1, both 95 and 96, as

[3:35:31] they are companions to each

[3:35:33] other, are deferred by rule one

[3:35:37] meeting per rule 8.1. Okay.

[3:35:44] Next is agenda item 101 and 102.

[3:35:49] This is ordinance bl 2026-1423

[3:35:53] and agenda item 102. It's

[3:35:56] companion ordinance bl 2026 142

[3:35:59] for both sponsors. Horton 1423

[3:36:00] is an ordinance to amend title

[3:36:02] 17, the metro code of laws

[3:36:03] zoning ordinance, the metro

[3:36:04] government of nashville and

[3:36:05] davidson county by amending a

[3:36:06] specific plan on property

[3:36:08] located at 5901 california

[3:36:09] avenue at the southeast corner

[3:36:11] of 60th avenue north and

[3:36:12] california avenue. This is

[3:36:15] zoned sp. It's 8.12 acres to

[3:36:16] permit a mixed use development,

[3:36:18] and again 1424, which is the

[3:36:20] companion to 1423 and requires

[3:36:21] that certain materials be

[3:36:22] restricted in the construction

[3:36:23] of buildings. Councilmember

[3:36:24] horton, you're recognized.

[3:36:25] Thank you. Vice mayor.

[3:36:26] Committee reports planning and

[3:36:31] zoning considered. Bl 2020

[3:36:33] 61423 and its amendment. We

[3:36:34] recommended approval of the

[3:36:36] amendment eight in favor zero

[3:36:37] against zero not voting

[3:36:38] recommended in favor of the

[3:36:40] bill, as amended in favor. Zero

[3:36:41] against. You're not voting. We

[3:36:42] consider the companion bill

[3:36:43] 1424 recommended approval eight

[3:36:45] in favor, zero against zero not

[3:36:45] voting.

[3:36:47] Okay. If you would, sir,

[3:36:48] you consolidate the motion

[3:36:50] afterwards, but if you would

[3:36:52] move approval of 1423, as I do

[3:36:53] see you have an amendment.

[3:36:54] Approval of.

[3:36:55] 1423 okay. Is

[3:36:57] there a second? Okay. Back to

[3:36:57] you, sir.

[3:36:59] Move approval of the

[3:36:59] amendment.

[3:37:00] Okay. Is there a

[3:37:02] second for the motion to amend?

[3:37:04] Okay. Any discussion

[3:37:04] amendment?

[3:37:05] Move approval of the

[3:37:08] bill as amended? No.

[3:37:09] Okay. Is

[3:37:10] anyone seeking to be recognized

[3:37:14] on the motion to amend MISS

[3:37:17] Allen on the motion to amend?

[3:37:18] You're recognized.

[3:37:18] MADAM Vice

[3:37:20] PRESIDENT, we just had a lot of

[3:37:23] emails with with statements of

[3:37:25] concern about the mural. So I

[3:37:27] would ask if the the sponsor

[3:37:28] and perhaps the planning

[3:37:30] commission can offer assurance

[3:37:32] that this amendment does indeed

[3:37:35] preserve that mural so that it

[3:37:36] will be publicly available. And

[3:37:38] what what mechanisms are there

[3:37:40] to ensure that that actually

[3:37:40] happens?

[3:37:41] I'm going to put it

[3:37:43] back to the sponsor first to

[3:37:45] respond. Okay. Go ahead, MR.

[3:37:45] Horton.

[3:37:47] Thank you, vice mayor.

[3:37:48] This is not a new project. This

[3:37:50] is an amendment to an existing

[3:37:51] sp approved by my predecessor

[3:37:53] back in 2023. It's being

[3:37:55] amended to remove a condition

[3:37:57] that required the reuse of

[3:37:58] portions of the existing

[3:38:00] building. Unfortunately, one of

[3:38:02] the portions of the building

[3:38:03] that wasn't going to be reused

[3:38:05] was the mural on the side,

[3:38:06] which is the only remarkable

[3:38:07] part of the building. This

[3:38:09] amendment. We're modifying the

[3:38:11] provision now to codify the new

[3:38:13] plan of the sp, which does

[3:38:14] include the intent to preserve

[3:38:17] the existing mural. This

[3:38:19] amendment codifies that intent

[3:38:20] requires the mural to be

[3:38:23] preserved, reused, re donated

[3:38:24] to the artist if they would

[3:38:26] like it, or otherwise displayed

[3:38:27] in a public place. It makes

[3:38:30] this a condition of the sp.

[3:38:30] All

[3:38:32] right. Is that sufficient to

[3:38:33] answer your question, MISS

[3:38:35] Allen?

[3:38:37] If there's anything else

[3:38:38] that can be said just in terms

[3:38:41] of what what mechanisms that actually happens, I

[3:38:43] think there's still some

[3:38:44] concern that just because it's

[3:38:46] an amendment doesn't mean it's

[3:38:48] it's force of law. And, and my

[3:38:49] understanding is that this is

[3:38:52] as good as what was recommended

[3:38:53] by the planning ommission that

[3:38:55] once we vote on this, it it is

[3:38:59] it is a a firm piece of the sp

[3:39:00] that has to happen.

[3:39:01] Okay.

[3:39:01] MR.

[3:39:03] Can be done to just confirm

[3:39:03] that.

[3:39:04] This is something we

[3:39:05] discussed in committee

[3:39:06] yesterday, and I'll defer to

[3:39:08] the planning department again

[3:39:09] if they're able to speak on

[3:39:10] this like they did.

[3:39:11] Yesterday.

[3:39:12] MISS Milligan, for the planning

[3:39:14] department. Go ahead, ma'am.

[3:39:14] Sure.

[3:39:16] At the time that a final

[3:39:17] site plan is submitted, which

[3:39:19] is the second part of a

[3:39:21] specific plan approval. Final

[3:39:22] site plans are submitted at the

[3:39:23] time that they're submitted.

[3:39:25] Then planning staff and all of

[3:39:26] the other metro departments

[3:39:28] review those final site plans

[3:39:29] against the plans that were

[3:39:30] approved by the planning

[3:39:31] commission. The plans that are

[3:39:32] approved here, in addition to

[3:39:35] any conditions that are added

[3:39:37] to the bill, and so we review

[3:39:38] those to ensure compliance with

[3:39:40] all the conditions that are

[3:39:42] added, and that is done in

[3:39:43] advance of any final site plans

[3:39:45] being approved.

[3:39:46] MISS Allen,

[3:39:47] does that address your concerns?

[3:39:51] Okay. Is there any additional

[3:39:53] discussion on specifically on

[3:39:55] the motion to amend MISS Ellis?

[3:39:56] Okay. Go ahead. You're

[3:39:57] recognized.

[3:39:58] So I just wanted to

[3:39:59] understand from the planning

[3:40:01] committee. So is it written in

[3:40:05] this current amendment that the

[3:40:09] murals will be protected?

[3:40:09] MISS

[3:40:10] Milligan, for the planning

[3:40:11] department, do you want to

[3:40:15] further expound on that?

[3:40:16] The

[3:40:19] wording the amendment says the

[3:40:20] existing mural on the west

[3:40:22] facade of the existing

[3:40:24] structure fronting 60th avenue

[3:40:26] north, shall be preserved and

[3:40:27] reused or repurposed within the

[3:40:30] new development, returned or

[3:40:32] donated to the artists, or

[3:40:34] otherwise relocated to another

[3:40:37] publicly viewable area.

[3:40:37] All

[3:40:41] right, I heard a shout. Okay,

[3:40:45] any further discussion on the

[3:40:47] motion to amend specifically

[3:40:49] MISS Gadd? Go ahead.

[3:40:49] Thank you

[3:40:51] so much. And also just

[3:40:54] clarification from the planning

[3:40:56] department table. Was this

[3:40:59] language included in the

[3:41:01] previously council approved s p

[3:41:03] for the protection of the mural,

[3:41:05] or is this new.

[3:41:05] MISS Milligan,

[3:41:08] you're recognized for planning.

[3:41:10] The previous version of the sp

[3:41:11] did not include this language.

[3:41:13] I went back and reviewed the

[3:41:15] plan today, and there is one

[3:41:17] notation in regards to a mural

[3:41:19] on the parking garage, but it

[3:41:20] did not indicate that it would

[3:41:22] be a relocation of the existing

[3:41:26] mural. It it didn't indicate

[3:41:27] precisely what mural it would

[3:41:28] be.

[3:41:29] Okay, MISS.

[3:41:30] Thank you so

[3:41:32] much. And I, I think like

[3:41:35] others receiving, you know,

[3:41:36] comments and concerns, just

[3:41:38] wanted to be able to say thank

[3:41:41] you to those constituents and

[3:41:42] members of the community who

[3:41:44] care so much about art, whether

[3:41:46] that's on private property, it

[3:41:47] becomes public and something

[3:41:48] that we all love. And thank you

[3:41:50] to the sponsor for ensuring,

[3:41:51] even though this wasn't

[3:41:53] protected in this way in the

[3:41:54] previous s p that was

[3:41:56] previously previously approved,

[3:41:59] I'm really grateful to him

[3:42:01] working on to make sure this is

[3:42:04] a part of this s p moving

[3:42:06] forward. So thank you so much

[3:42:07] and I'll be supporting it.

[3:42:08] All

[3:42:11] right. So we are on the motion

[3:42:13] to amend. MR. Bradford, do you

[3:42:14] seek to be recognized? Go ahead

[3:42:15] sir.

[3:42:16] Thank you, MADAM Vice

[3:42:18] mayor. I don't know if this

[3:42:19] question is more directed

[3:42:21] towards director wilson or

[3:42:24] planning. And this question MAY

[3:42:26] open a can of worms. My you

[3:42:28] know, the the

[3:42:29] constituents and one question

[3:42:31] or concern I have and we've

[3:42:32] seen it happen here in

[3:42:34] nashville. When we try to

[3:42:37] require developers to protect

[3:42:39] something, they come through in

[3:42:40] the middle of the night and

[3:42:43] destroy it. So I my concern is

[3:42:45] what repercussions or actions

[3:42:48] can be taken if we pass this

[3:42:49] amendment tonight with these

[3:42:51] protections and the developer

[3:42:53] decides what they don't want to

[3:42:54] spend the money to relocate,

[3:42:55] and they tear it down the

[3:42:57] middle of the night, do we do

[3:42:59] we have any recourse on that?

[3:43:01] What happens in that situation?

[3:43:03] So your question is a

[3:43:05] hypothetical related to the

[3:43:06] passage of this amendment. With

[3:43:09] it in place, is there any

[3:43:13] recourse for the city relative

[3:43:15] to these specifications?

[3:43:15] If the

[3:43:17] developer turns around and does

[3:43:18] not follow the sb and.

[3:43:19] A

[3:43:20] special counsel? Wilson, do you

[3:43:26] want to opine on that?

[3:43:30] Councilmember broadly? A the sb

[3:43:32] has the effect of law. So any

[3:43:34] any violation of that sp or a

[3:43:36] lack of fulfillment of these

[3:43:37] conditions would be a violation

[3:43:38] of the metropolitan code of

[3:43:40] laws.

[3:43:41] Thank you.Special

[3:43:44] counsel, MR. Bradford.

[3:43:44] So what

[3:43:46] actions would metro then take?

[3:43:47] would. They would require the

[3:43:49] builder to put the wall back up.

[3:43:51] Are we charging a $50 fine.

[3:43:55] Like what exactly would happen

[3:43:58] if they violated the law?

[3:44:00] Special counsel wilson the

[3:44:02] violation of specifications of

[3:44:07] an s p, sir, could.

[3:44:08] I at this

[3:44:09] point, I would say that it

[3:44:11] would depend on the

[3:44:11] circumstances. It would depend

[3:44:13] on the facts of the case and.

[3:44:17] And it would depend on how the

[3:44:17] metropolitan government wished

[3:44:19] to proceed.

[3:44:22] Thank you. Okay. We

[3:44:24] are on the motion to amend.

[3:44:26] MISS Suara. Do you seek to be

[3:44:27] recognized? Go ahead.

[3:44:28] Vice

[3:44:30] mayor. Appreciate it. I think

[3:44:31] councilmember bradford was

[3:44:33] going where I was, but mine is

[3:44:37] not so much that they are mess

[3:44:38] it up or do something. But I

[3:44:40] just wanted to know as somebody

[3:44:42] who doesn't do a lot of zoning.

[3:44:44] So having this protection now,

[3:44:45] will the planning department be

[3:44:48] able to stop them from

[3:44:50] continuing if they do not

[3:44:52] adhere to this protection in

[3:44:56] the in the in the zoning? Now.

[3:44:58] MISS Milligan was speaking

[3:44:59] earlier to the sp zoning and

[3:45:01] the kind of the secondary

[3:45:02] process there. Would you like

[3:45:06] her to elaborate on that, MISS

[3:45:10] Milligan?

[3:45:12] So specific plan

[3:45:13] zoning is a multi step process.

[3:45:15] The first step is a preliminary

[3:45:17] sp which is what is before you

[3:45:18] all tonight, which establishes

[3:45:20] the entitlements and the rules

[3:45:21] regarding the development of

[3:45:22] the property. The second step

[3:45:24] of the process is a final site

[3:45:26] plan. That is the detailed

[3:45:27] construction documents that

[3:45:29] come in that establish the, I'm

[3:45:30] sorry, the detailed

[3:45:31] construction documents that

[3:45:33] include everything from

[3:45:35] building materials to building

[3:45:37] elevations to water and sewer

[3:45:38] plans. When those final site

[3:45:39] plans are submitted, the

[3:45:40] planning department, along with

[3:45:41] all of the other metro

[3:45:43] reviewing agencies, review

[3:45:45] those construction plans for

[3:45:46] compliance with all of the

[3:45:49] standards of the metro codes as

[3:45:51] adopted, including any

[3:45:52] standards or conditions that

[3:45:55] are adopted as part of the sp

[3:45:56] ordinance. And so planning

[3:45:57] would review those, and a final

[3:45:59] site plan would not be reviewed

[3:46:02] until compliance is confirmed.

[3:46:04] Thank you, thank you.

[3:46:04] Okay,

[3:46:06] MISS Suara, MISS Styles, do you

[3:46:08] still seek to be recognized on

[3:46:11] the amendment? Please go ahead.

[3:46:14] So if art has to be re

[3:46:17] repurposed, does that allow for

[3:46:19] does the artist have any say in

[3:46:21] that and how it's repurposed?

[3:46:24] Is it just the language says it repurposed in whatever

[3:46:25] way.

[3:46:27] Do you want me to address

[3:46:28] that to the planning table or

[3:46:30] to MR. Horton? Okay, MISS

[3:46:33] Milligan, you're recognized.

[3:46:35] I'm happy to. I can read that

[3:46:37] language again. It simply says

[3:46:39] preserved and reused or

[3:46:40] repurposed within the new

[3:46:41] development, returned or

[3:46:43] donated to the artist or

[3:46:45] otherwise relocated to another

[3:46:46] publicly viewable

[3:46:47] okay.

[3:46:49] Thank you, MISS Milligan. Go

[3:46:50] ahead, MISS Styles.

[3:46:51] Okay, so

[3:46:52] there's there's nothing that

[3:46:54] says the artist has any

[3:46:54] conversation about that. That's

[3:46:56] what I wanted clarity on. Thank

[3:46:58] you.

[3:47:01] Okay. Seeing no further

[3:47:03] discussion on the motion to

[3:47:04] amend. All in favor of the

[3:47:07] amendment, please say I any

[3:47:09] voting? No. Any abstaining?

[3:47:11] Okay. The amendment is on the

[3:47:12] bill. And MR. Horton, if you

[3:47:14] would please renew your motion

[3:47:17] to consolidate it. 1423 as

[3:47:19] amended, and its companion.

[3:47:20] 1424 for approval.

[3:47:21] Move

[3:47:22] approval of 1423, as amended,

[3:47:24] and its companion bill, please.

[3:47:25] Okay. It's properly seconded.

[3:47:28] Is there any discussion on that

[3:47:31] motion? Seeing none. All in

[3:47:32] favor, please say aye. Any

[3:47:36] voting no or abstaining. Okay.

[3:47:38] So we're going to have to go on

[3:47:39] the boards then because this is

[3:47:41] on its third or final reading.

[3:47:43] Just to clarify. So those are

[3:47:45] no votes. Not even if they were

[3:47:48] extensions would we have to

[3:47:49] okay, are y'all abstaining or

[3:47:52] you want to vote no. Okay,

[3:47:54] we'll have to go on the boards.

[3:47:57] So, MR. Clark, if you would

[3:48:00] please load the vote on a

[3:48:04] motion to approve 1423, as

[3:48:07] amended, and 1424 on their%

[3:48:08] third and final reading, please,

[3:48:17] sir. Yes, ma'am. Go ahead.

[3:48:18] So

[3:48:20] is there a way to tie the art

[3:48:22] to the building permits where?

[3:48:24] Where we are on the vote now,

[3:48:28] so we we can't go back. Okay.

[3:48:44] Yep. Thank you.

[3:49:25] Give me one

[3:49:37] minute.

[3:49:40] MISTER. Are you seeking

[3:49:47] to vote? With all votes in? MR.

[3:49:50] Clerk, please show the vote.

[3:49:52] This bill has passed its third

[3:49:54] and final reading, as amended,

[3:49:58] with 31 votes in favor, three

[3:50:01] nos. And one abstention. All

[3:50:04] right. We have just two items

[3:50:09] remaining on our agenda. Next

[3:50:12] is agenda item 107, ordinance

[3:50:17] bill 2026-1436. Sponsors. Tombs. Allen, ellis, ewing and

[3:50:19] suara harrell and gad. This is

[3:50:20] an ordinance approving a lease

[3:50:21] agreement by and between the

[3:50:22] metro government of nashville

[3:50:24] and davidson county, acting by

[3:50:26] and through the metropolitan

[3:50:27] nashville board of public

[3:50:30] education and pencil foundation

[3:50:32] council member tombs, you are

[3:50:35] recognized.

[3:50:36] Thank you, MADAM

[3:50:38] Vice mayor. Move for approval.

[3:50:41] Okay. It's properly moved and

[3:50:43] seconded. All the committee

[3:50:46] reports are in. Anything you

[3:50:48] would like to say on the bill

[3:50:50] at this time?

[3:50:51] Not at this time.

[3:50:54] Okay, so we're on to discussion

[3:50:55] on the motion to approve on

[3:50:57] third and final reading. First

[3:50:59] in the queue is MISS Johnston.

[3:51:00] Go ahead ma'am.

[3:51:00] Thank you. I

[3:51:02] just briefly wanted to bring to

[3:51:03] everyone's attention we had

[3:51:04] really good discussion about

[3:51:07] this on council connect, so I

[3:51:08] won't go through that. But

[3:51:09] there were a couple of things

[3:51:11] that I would have wanted to see

[3:51:13] with regard to the accounting

[3:51:16] and transparency around the

[3:51:17] credits that are going to be

[3:51:20] applied to the rental rate for

[3:51:23] pencil. And I just wanted to

[3:51:25] give a thank you, a big thank

[3:51:28] you to ceo books for responding

[3:51:30] to that in a in a really

[3:51:31] awesome fashion, actually. And

[3:51:32] so we are currently in the

[3:51:34] process of putting together an

[3:51:35] mou for pencil to do just that

[3:51:38] for us to the legislative body.

[3:51:40] And it's an mou just between

[3:51:43] the two of us, us meaning this

[3:51:44] body. And so I just wanted to

[3:51:46] thank her, thank her for doing

[3:51:47] that. In the interest of

[3:51:48] transparency and accountability

[3:51:50] and trust in between a partner

[3:51:51] that we truly value. So thank

[3:51:54] you, MISS Boogs.

[3:51:57] All right.

[3:51:59] Discussion continues. I do not

[3:52:00] see anyone else in the queue at

[3:52:02] this time. Would you like me to

[3:52:05] go back to you sponsor tombs?

[3:52:07] Just real briefly as christian

[3:52:11] bugs.

[3:52:12] We've all mispronounced

[3:52:13] people's last names. I did it

[3:52:15] one time to MISS Johnston and

[3:52:16] she called me out for that,

[3:52:18] remember? That's right. So we

[3:52:22] all. We all get our mouths a

[3:52:23] little, you know, it's.

[3:52:24] Our

[3:52:25] first name is quiet.

[3:52:26] So yes, I

[3:52:27] think I think MISS Johnston

[3:52:29] knows that it is is bugs.

[3:52:31] Indeed. So all good.

[3:52:31] Renew my

[3:52:33] motion for approval.

[3:52:34] Okay. All

[3:52:36] right. So there is a motion to

[3:52:38] approve. Propely seconded. We

[3:52:41] see no further discussion at

[3:52:46] this time. All in favor of 1436

[3:52:48] on its third and final reading

[3:52:51] please say aye. Any voting no

[3:52:54] any abstaining. All right. This

[3:52:57] has passed its third and final

[3:53:01] reading. Lastly on the agenda.

[3:53:04] Agenda item 113. This is

[3:53:10] ordinance bl 2026-1448.

[3:53:11] Sponsors. Johnston, bradford.

[3:53:13] Koopman. Wiener. Evans. Hoffman.

[3:53:15] Stiles. Spain. Cortez. Ellis,

[3:53:16] nash, hill, truffle, rutherford,

[3:53:18] benton and ewing. This is an

[3:53:20] ordinance declaring a temporary

[3:53:22] moratorium upon the acceptance,

[3:53:23] processing, approval, and

[3:53:25] issuance of zoning, building or

[3:53:27] grading permits for data center

[3:53:28] developments on property within

[3:53:30] nashville and davidson county.

[3:53:32] Sponsor johnson, you are

[3:53:32] recognized.

[3:53:33] Committee reports,

[3:53:33] please.

[3:53:35] For the report of the

[3:53:36] planning and zoning committee

[3:53:37] chair horton.

[3:53:38] Thank you. Vice

[3:53:40] mayor pnc considered the bill

[3:53:41] and the amendment. We

[3:53:41] recommended approval of the

[3:53:43] amendment eight in favor, zero

[3:53:45] against. They're not voting.

[3:53:46] Bill, as amended. Eight in

[3:53:47] favor, zero against zero not

[3:53:48] voting.

[3:53:49] Okay. And for the

[3:53:50] report of the government

[3:53:51] operations and regulations

[3:53:51] committee chair hill.

[3:53:52] Thank you,

[3:53:54] vice mayor. We voted to approve

[3:53:55] the amendment seven in favor,

[3:53:56] zero against zero not voting

[3:53:59] and and as amended, seven in

[3:54:00] favor, zero against zero not

[3:54:00] voting.

[3:54:02] All right. With those

[3:54:03] committee reports. And it's

[3:54:07] back to you, MISS Johnston. Oh,

[3:54:08] I'm sorry ma'am. Go ahead.

[3:54:10] Sorry. Move the amendment,

[3:54:11] please.

[3:54:12] Let's. If you would

[3:54:13] please just move approval to

[3:54:14] get it before us.

[3:54:15] First move

[3:54:15] approval.

[3:54:16] Okay, now go ahead.

[3:54:18] You can move your amendment.

[3:54:19] Move me. Move my amendment,

[3:54:19] please.

[3:54:24] Okay. Properly motioned

[3:54:25] and seconded. Anything you

[3:54:27] would like to share about the

[3:54:28] amendment at this time?

[3:54:29] Yes. So

[3:54:30] the amendment deletes the

[3:54:31] language that ends this

[3:54:32] moratorium upon the passage of

[3:54:34] 1391, which has already

[3:54:36] happened, and it extends that

[3:54:37] date from what was originally

[3:54:38] put into the bill, which was

[3:54:40] NOVEMBER 1st to DECEMBER 1st.

[3:54:41] The that is twofold.

[3:54:42] Number one, there was executive

[3:54:44] order 59, which directs several

[3:54:46] departments, including other as

[3:54:49] well as agencies, to report

[3:54:50] within two months, which would

[3:54:51] be AUGUST the 15th of a

[3:54:53] delivery date. The impacts of

[3:54:55] such departments or agencies of

[3:54:58] data center as a use. And so we

[3:54:59] expect to have some legislation

[3:55:01] in response to those reports.

[3:55:03] And so we want to be able to

[3:55:05] have time to digest those

[3:55:06] reports, come up with the

[3:55:07] legislation passed the

[3:55:08] legislation before anything

[3:55:11] could move forward. Also, as we

[3:55:12] saw tonight, there were several

[3:55:14] amendments that were not moved.

[3:55:15] There are several amendments

[3:55:17] that were not even brought

[3:55:19] forth because we all had a have

[3:55:21] a collective thought process

[3:55:22] that that getting something on

[3:55:25] the books tonight is imperative.

[3:55:27] And so let's not the, the

[3:55:29] perfect be the enemy of good.

[3:55:30] And so we wanted to do that.

[3:55:33] And so I appreciate everyone's

[3:55:34] cooperation with that and

[3:55:35] everybody's support in that.

[3:55:38] And so this also gives us time

[3:55:40] to do the good work of refining

[3:55:42] this policy, as I think some of

[3:55:43] us have some concerns around

[3:55:45] some environmental things. Et

[3:55:48] cetera. Et cetera. And so I

[3:55:49] renew my motion to approve the

[3:55:51] amendment, please.

[3:55:52] Okay. Is

[3:55:54] there any further discussion on

[3:55:56] the amendment? MISS Porterfield,

[3:55:58] do you seek to be recognized on

[3:55:59] the amendments? Okay. Go ahead,

[3:56:00] ma'am.

[3:56:01] Thank you, vice mayor. I

[3:56:03] rise in support of the

[3:56:06] amendment. I think it's no

[3:56:07] surprise to everyone that I was

[3:56:10] against the bill initially. My

[3:56:11] concerns have now been

[3:56:13] addressed. My concern was that

[3:56:16] this bill was only until 1391

[3:56:18] passed, and that upon the

[3:56:20] passage of 1391, there would

[3:56:21] not be a need for a moratorium.

[3:56:23] But now that the date is

[3:56:26] extended to DECEMBER 1st, I am

[3:56:27] happy to support it. So I'm

[3:56:29] standing in support and I

[3:56:30] wanted to explain that.

[3:56:30] All

[3:56:31] right. Thank you so much.

[3:56:33] Cuncil member styles. You seek

[3:56:34] to be recognized specifically

[3:56:39] on the motion to amend. Okay.

[3:56:42] With that, then we will move to

[3:56:43] the vote on the amendment. All

[3:56:44] in favor of the amendment,

[3:56:47] please say aye. Any voting no.

[3:56:50] Any abstaining? Okay. So the

[3:56:52] amendment is on. Do you want to

[3:56:54] renew your motion to approve,

[3:56:58] as amended? Go ahead, ma'am.

[3:57:00] Renew my motion to approve as

[3:57:00] amended, please.

[3:57:00] Thank you.

[3:57:02] Properly seconded. Is there any

[3:57:04] discussion on the motion to

[3:57:05] approve on third and final

[3:57:09] reading, as amended. Okay. MISS

[3:57:11] Styles, you're recognized.

[3:57:13] Thank you. I just wanted to say

[3:57:14] thank you again to the sponsor

[3:57:16] for doing this. I think

[3:57:17] moratorium is the smartest

[3:57:19] thing to do so that nothing can

[3:57:21] happen. We have some time to

[3:57:23] really think things through and

[3:57:24] not rush into making some

[3:57:26] decisions. So I'm just

[3:57:27] appreciative. Thank you,

[3:57:28] councilmember johnston.

[3:57:28] All

[3:57:31] right. Any additional

[3:57:32] discussion on this bill, as

[3:57:34] amended, on its third and final

[3:57:35] reading? Seeing none. All in

[3:57:37] favor, please say aye. Any

[3:57:40] voting? No. Any abstaining?

[3:57:42] Okay. This has passed its third

[3:57:45] and final reading, as amended.

[3:57:46] That concludes this evening's

[3:57:47] agenda. Our next council

[3:57:49] meeting will be on tuesday,

[3:57:50] AUGUST the 4th. Is there a

[3:57:53] motion to adjourn? We are

[3:58:04] adjourned.

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