Today is Tuesday, JULY the 21st,
and I would like to call this
meeting to order. I want to
open by acknowledging that this
meeting is being held on the
unceded stolen land of the
Cherokee, Shawnee, and Yuchi
people. And to remind everyone
that no one is illegal on
stolen land, built by stolen
labor. And with that, I
m going
you are recognized.
Thank you, want to
say that tomorrow night at the
national soccer club is pride
night. And it's also military
appreciation night. So if you
want to go, you're more than. I
would love to see you all there.
I'm actually going to be
honored on the field. As for
military appreciation asa
combat veteran, and then for
pride night, I'll also be
honored as the first trans
elected to tennessee. So if
anybody wants to come, I'd love
to see you there.
Congratulations. Council member,
council member styles. You're
recognized.
Thank you very much.
This thursday is the district
32nd JULY meeting. Community
meeting. It will be at
southeast community center at
6:00. We will be. Are we going
to talk about the new transit
center in antioch? And then
we'll have community safety
updates and regular community
updates. And then two days
later, it is the fifth annual
southeast community day. So I
hope people will make plans to
attend. We have a community
parade with our antioch high
school bands. We have a parade
giving away free backpacks, and
then in the evening, from 6 to
10, we have a free music
festival featuring nashville's
own butter and grit, who are
now on america's got talent. So
hope to see you all there.
Thank you councilmember. You're
recognized.
Thank you, MADAM
Pro tem. So district eight, we
will be having our monthly
meeting on JULY 27th, the last
monday of the month at 6 P.M.
At hamilton united methodist
church. Our guests will be
metro waste services.
Thank you
so very much. Council member,
council member. Kimbrough.
You're recognized.
Thank you.
District one will have a
community meeting on tuesday,
JULY 28th at the iv center on
ashland city pike. Mda will be
present. Also, I'd like to
alert or bring to everyone's
attention that there's a
tennessee state university
graduate who also completed one
year of law school who is
missing. If you google lakeisha
gunn, lakesha gunn gunn, you'll
see her picture. There's a tbi,
silver alert for her, silver
alert for her, she's five foot
two, 120 pounds. My
understanding from the family
is it hasn't really received
the proper attention, so I want
to make sure that everyone
knows that this lady is missing
and share that information with
your friends. Thank you.
Thank
you, council member kimbrough,
council member sarwar, you
recognized.
Thank you, pro tem.
And I do hope that we'll find
miss gunn safe and sound. And I
will share as well. And I
encourage everybody to do so as
well. I want to thank everyone
that came out saturday for the
john lewis fifth annual john
lewis way MARCH. I was very,
very hot. But nashvillians thank you colleagues. That
came the vice mayor, the mayor,
our speaker, reverend dyson and
reverend brown, a whole lot of
them. We have about 15
ministers that serve as a grand
marshal. It was a it was a
beautiful day to step out and
step in the footsteps of our%
ancestors. There's been a lot
of marches in nashville that
are called to ensure that
change happen. And that's what
we were emulating and doing
what they did in those days.
But I also want to remind
everyone that while it was good
for us to do that, we also have
to follow it up with action. So
early voting is going on right
now, so we already MARCH. Now
we need to MARCH to the polls.
We need to go vote. And so
please go out and let your
voices be heard. The second
thing that I wanted to do,
MADAM Pro tem, is it's my. I
wanted to welcome a colleague
who. She will stand up. She's a
council member from colorado
springs. Council member
kimberly gold is visiting us,
and I wanted to welcome her to
nashville.
Thank you, council
member, and welcome. We hope
that you enjoy our proceedings.
Enjoy is a strong word. That's
probably relative, but we
welcome you here to nashville.
Hopethat you get some good
food, especially hot chicken,
while you're here.
councilmember. Well, she
recognized.
Thank you pro tem.
I have mentioned this before,
but the heimerdinger foundation
is a foundation started by the
family of mike heimerdinger,
who used to be the offensive
coordinator for the tennessee
titans, who died of cancer in
2010. The foundation provides
foods for people in active
cancer treatment in davidson
and williamson county, both for
the patient and for another
family member or a caregiver
free of charge for 12 weeks.
And for the first time in quite
a few years, they have openings.
We have openings. When my arm
is actually functioning, I cook
and I actually help people heal.
They don't have problems from
my cooking, so it's a really
great thing for me to. But if
you would like some information
on how. If you are an active
cancer treatment or know
someone who is who could use
that support, the heimerdinger
foundation is there to step
right in. You can contact them
through heimerdinger foundation
online, or you can email me,
jenny.Welch@nashville.Gov, and
I will give you all the contact
information. It's a wonderful
program, so if you need the
support, do not hesitate to do
it. It's 12 weeks free of
charge, with an option for
another 12 weeks for a nominal
fee. So if you need it, take
advantage of it. Thank you.
Thank you, council member welch.
Next we have council member
gamble. You are recognized.
Thank you, MADAM Pro tem, I'd
like announce that there
will be adistrict three
quarterly meeting on JULY 28th
at 6 P.M. At the madison
library. We will have a public
safety update and discuss three
proposed projects in the in the
district, so I invite everyone
to come out on JULY 28th, 6
P.M. At the madison library.
Thanks.
Thank you, council
member gamble. Council member.
Nash, you're recognized.
Thank
you, MADAM Pro tem. I just want
to give a friendly reminder to
my colleagues that the. You're
invited to the andrew jackson
police youth camp open house
tomorrow on old hickory lake.
It's a great opportunity to
meet a bunch of special units
of the police departmentand
greet about 50 children from
underprivileged homes that are
had a week at camp on the lake,
and got to do some activities
and see some things they
wouldn't necessarily get to see
backat home. And lunch is
served at 12 to. So I'd love to
have you.
Thank you. Council
member nash. Are there any
other council members that
would like to be recognized for
announcements? I know we have
at least one council member
that wants to be recognized, so
we're going to hold the
announcement period open for a
few more moments. Council
member vo, you are recognized.
Thank you so much. Pro tem, I
just want to remind everyone
that we know it is so hot
outside and that the metro
action commission has their
summer cooling program that
provides air conditioning units
at no cost to qualifying
davidson county residents. So
this program is going on now
through AUGUST 31st. So if you
please, if you do qualify, you
have to be a davidson county
resident age 60 years or older
that meets income guidelines.
But just call me back. I just
want to make sure that all of
our residents that are eligible
for the cooling program can get
an air conditioner, especially
in this hot heat. And tomorrow,
I mean, sorry, on thursday,
JULY 23rd from 1130 to 2 P.M.
I'm very excited about this
summer. Chefs showcase farmer's
market that will be happening
at tennessee justice center.
And it's really exciting
because they'll be featuring
some young chefs through the
joy kitchen project. So if you
don't have lunch plans, please
make sure and stop by the
tennessee justice center and
support and really be part of
this amazing summer chef
showcase. Thank you so much.
Thank you. Council member vo.
Do we have any other council
members that would like to be
recognized? Going once, going
twice, going three times. Sold.
We're going to go ahead and
close the announcement period.
Have a great rest of the
evening.
The 13th regular meeting of
2026 and the 65th regular
meeting of the current term of
the metropolitan council of
nashville and davidson county.
Will all members of the council,
as well as the public, please
rise for the invocation and
remain standing for the pledge
of allegiance. The invocation
is being offered this evening
by pastor tommy clark of the
west nashville cumberland
presbyterian church. He is the
guest of district 20 council
member rollin horton. Pastor
clark, you're recognized.
Thank
you. Pray with me if you would.
Holy and gracious GOD, we give
thanks for this space, this
group of people, all that are
here and gathered. And we also
give thanks for your presence.
Lord, we gather here as
colleagues, friends, neighbors,
and here we are. We're
connected by a shared city, a
holy space, and also a common
hope. And we have a
responsibility to one another.
Though we all come from
different spaces. I believe
you've created us very unique
and different. We come from
different neighborhoods and
very different experiences and
perspectives, but we are united
by our desire to build a
community where every person
can live and flourish. GOD, we
ask that you bless the members
of this council that are all
gathered here. GOD, we ask that
you grant our leaders wisdom,
wisdom that listens before they
they speak. We also pray that
you grant them courage that
chooses what is right over what
is often easy. And also we ask
that you grant them humility
that remembers public services.
Sacred. Lord, in a time when
disagreement can become what
seems to be division, we ask
that you teach us a better way.
Remind us that that unity does
not really require uniformity.
Lord, we don't have to think
alike to work together. So we
ask that you help us meet one
another with patience instead
of anger, and also meet one
another with curiosity instead
of suspicion. And also, of
course, respect. MAY the
decisions that are made here
consider not only those voices
who are always and easily heard,
but also those that are often
overlooked. You know them, lord.
We pray for them. The
struggling family, the neighbor
without secure housing, the
senior that lives alone, the
worker that seeks dignity, and
every person longing to to be
part of something bigger. So
GOD, we ask that our words be
thoughtful and give us sincere
listening, and let our actions
be guided by a common goodness.
Unite us through a shared
commitment to serve faithfully
and perhaps leave this city
better than we found it. With
gratitude for our community and
hope for all its people. We
offer this prayer. Amen.
I
pledge allegiance to the flag
of the united states of america
and to the republic for which
it stands one nation under GOD,
indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all. Thank you very
much. Thank you. Welcome,
council and community members.
Early voting is underway at 15
locations across the county.
Registered voters MAY vote at
any of those locations, and 11
days of early voting remain. Or
I guess there's 30, 40, 20
minutesleft this evening.
Polls are open on tuesdays and
thursdays till 7 P.M. So please
text some friends and go to
dinner and democracy together.
Please encourage your friends
and family to vote early.
Election day is thursday,
august the 6th. For more
information. As always,
nashvillians can go to
nashville.Gov/vote. Members
have received two memos from me
this week regarding board and
commission vacancies to be
filled by council nomination
and election. One on the health
and educational facilities
board and four on the new metro
animal care and control
commission. One of those
openings is for a council
member, and all the remaining
vacancies are for community
members. So please review those
members memos carefully and be
thinking about a good folks to
serve. I will take those
nominations at the AUGUST 4th
council meeting. All right.
Without objection, we will
suspend the calling of the roll
and ask the clerk to please
record the names of the members
present throughout the meeting.
I want to recognize council
member deontay harrell, who is
celebrating his birthday with
us this evening. So happy
birthday, COUNCILMAN. Is there
a motion for approval of the
minutes of the meeting of JULY
7th? Okay. There is a motion without
objection. And seeing no one
seeking to be recognized for a
change to the minutes. All
right. The minutes of the
meeting of JULY 7th are
approved, MR. Clerk. Are there
any messages from the mayor?
Yes. There is a message from
the mayor.
All right, go ahead,
dear vice
mayor henderson and members of
council, pursuant to
regulations of the tennessee
comptroller's office. Please
find the state of tennessee
reporting forms for the 2026
interfund tax anticipation
notes. In the cumulative amount
of $208 million. The tax
anticipation notes were
authorized through resolution
are as 2026-1962 on MAY 19th,
2026. Interfund tax
anticipation notes provide
temporary short term financing
to meet cash flow needs early
in the fiscal year, until
property tax and other major
revenues are collected. The
notes are borrowed from other
metro funds with available cash
balances, and are repaid with
interest from current fiscal
year revenues once those
revenues are received. As
always, we appreciate the
metropolitan council support on
these important financing
initiatives. Sincerely, mayor
freddie o'connell.
All righty.
Thank you, mayor o'connell, and
thank you, MR. Clerk. Next,
we'll start into our agenda.
Section e appointees and
nominees. This portion of the
agenda shares all persons who
are scheduled to appear before
the rules, confirmations and
public elections committee for
an interview this evening. Re
referrals back to the committee
will be by rule as part of the
council's two meeting process
for elections and confirmations.
No votes will be taken by the
body in this section of the
agenda. Chair. Cash a brief
report, please. No vote totals
necessary. Simply the name of
the board, commission,
committee or entity and the
name of the appointees who were
interviewed. And if a person in
the appointment and
confirmation process was unable
to attend your committee this
evening, at what meeting they
will next appear, please, sir.
Go ahead. Chair.
Yes, ma'am.
Airport authority. Appointment
of wallace dietz. Arts
commission appointment of henry
walker. Charter revision
commission. Reappointment of
eileen behan. Charter revision.
Commission. Reappointment of
dewey brandstatter. Contract
and compliance board.
Reappointment of marcus t booth.
We deferred that for one
meeting.
Okay. So will you all
will interview then, MR. Booth
at the first meeting in AUGUST,
correct? Yes. Okay. Go ahead.
Sir. Hospital authority
reappointment of doctor raymond
martin, hospital authority,
reappointment of courtney j.
Pitts and social services
commission. Appointment of will
s will acuff.
All right.
Thank
you. I'd like to move those
nominees.
Okay. Well, at this
juncture, you're just reporting
onpeople who were interviewed,
so we don't have to take a vote.
Now we're into section f of our
agenda confirmations. Chair
cash recognized again for your
committee report on the
appointees in the second step
of your committee's two meeting
process, this time with vote
totals and a consolidated
motion for the confirmation of
those persons, or first for a
deferral motion if there are
any. Go ahead sir. Yep.
the
community corrections advisory
board appointment of jamal
boykin. We approved 7 to 0 zero
contract and compliance board
reappointment of michael
iadevaia for a term for term
expiring AUGUST 28th, 2029.
Approved seven to 0 to 0
contract compliance board
reappointment of matthew p neal seven to 0 to 0.
Director of law appointment of
tyler yarbrough approved seven
to 0 to 0. Electric power board
appointment of robert d boone.
The second approved seven to 0
to 0 employee benefit board
reappointment of g. Thomas
curtis approved seven to 0 to 0.
Farmers market board
appointment of jackson zeitlin.
I think all the rest are there,
all 7 to 0. Okay. Historical
commission reappointment f
clay bailey by the same vote.
Historical commission of jay
brothers with seven votes.
Historical commission
reappointment of caitlin jones
approved 7 to 0 zero historical
commission. Reappointment of
doctor marissa richmond with
seven votes approved with seven
votes. Historical commission.
Reappointment of lindo t win
seven to 0 to 0 and the transit
authority appointment of
whitney weeks approved seven to
0 to 0.
All right.
Move those
nominees.
Okay. There is a
motion to confirm all of these
appointees, and it is properly
seconded. Does anyone wish to
remove an item from this
consolidated motion for
purposes of an individual
abstention or no vote? All
right. Seeing none. All in
favor of the remaining
confirmations, please say I.
All right. Council has
confirmed all of these
appointees. If you chose to
return to the council chamber
this evening, do please stand
as I call your name, and then
we'll have a collective
applause at the end. So council
has confirmed to the community
corrections and advisory board
the appointment of jamal boykin.
Council has confirmed the
reappointments to the contract
and compliance board of michael
iadevaia and matthew p neal.
Council has confirmed the
appointment to serve as the
director of law. The
metropolitan director of law,
tyler yarbrough council has
confirmed to the electric
board the appointment of robert
d boone. Council has confirmed
to the employee benefit board
the reappointment of g. Thomas
curtis to the farmers market
board. Council has approved
jackson zeitlin. And then now I
see quite a few folks from our
historical commission with us
to the historical commission.
Council has reconfirmed the
appointments of doctor clay
bailey. The new appointment of
MR. J. Brothers, the
reappointment of caitlin jones,
the reappointment of doctor
marissa richmond and council
has also confirmed the
reappointment to the historical
commission of doctor linda t
nguyen and then lastly to the
transit authority. Council has
confirmed the appointment of
whitney weeks. We congratulate
everyone, whether here in
person or watching from home or
on replay. We appreciate your
willingness to serve our city
and a special thank you and
congratulations to the new
metropolitan director of law,
MISS Tyler yarbrough. Thank you
all.
Thank you. Yes, yes.
Appreciate it. Okay.
Usually
I'd say.
Yes.
All right.
Colleagues, again, thank you to
everyone for your willingness
to serve. Next section g and
our agenda nominations. We will
be taking now nominations for
the municipal auditorium
commission. This is to fill two
vacancies with terms expiring
on JUNE 30th, 2029, with an now to be conducted at
the AUGUST 18th meeting,
members received a memo from me
about this first on JUNE 15th,
and nominations were open at
the JULY 7th meeting, with no
nominations being made. So at
this juncture, the nominations
are open and if you would
please enter the queue. Council
member huffman, you're
recognized, sir.
Thank you,
vice mayor. I'd like to
nominate ron deal.
Okay. MR.
Ron. Deal. Okay. Council
members, again, we have two
vacancies. Are there any
further nominations for the
municipal auditorium commission?
We have one nomination for two
vacancies.
Okay.
MISS, are you
seeking to be recognized? Go
ahead. Ma'am, you are
recognized.
Thank you, vice
mayor. I have a person. I have
the first name. I don't have
the last name. Oh, iman.
Kushner.
Iman?
Yes, I'm a
nkhoshnaw.
Okay. Council member
suara has nominated inman,
kushner and MR. Huffman has
nominated ron deal. Council
member sepulveda. You're
recognized.
Thank you, vice
mayor. I rick
rodriguez.
Okay. Council member
sepulveda has nominated rick
rodriguez. Are there any
additional nominations at this
time? Seeing none, nominations
are closed. The clerk will be
in touch with the nominators
and your nominees to get their
information. And again, we will
hold those elections on with interviews to be
prior to that. Okay. All righty.
Next is our public comment
period. Members of the public
are tennessee residents wishing
to speak at public comment, and
council meetings MAY sign up at
the table outside the council
chamber from 5 to 6 P.M. On the
day of the council meeting.
Public comment is limited to 20
minutes total at council
meetings, and each speaker is
allowed up to two minutes to
speak. Person speaking on
agenda items must be
prioritized to comply with
state law. We have eight folks
that have signed up for public
comment this evening, the first
two among them. If you would go
ahead and come forward, are
emily otnes and manning hall.
Emily otnes is speaking on
agenda ite 1391 data center
regulations in support. Emily,
go ahead and come forward,
please. You're recognized.
Hello, everyone. My name is
emily. I'm an artist, real
estate professional and human
being here in the city of
nashville. I'm proud to be yet
another physical reminder of
the resistance against data
centers structures that pose
serious risks to our
communities, our wildlife, and
the nashvillians who invest so
wholeheartedly into the health
of this city. I'm asking you to
consider, beyond the 520,000
signatures from people who pay
taxes, create opportunities,
and live their daily lives here,
that passing this legislation
is just the beginning of
necessary restrictions. As an
artist, I see the impact of ai
on creative work every day. Dc
blocks claimed theirs would not
be an ai facility, but their
own website markets them as ai
ready infrastructure. In south
carolina, they bought land, got
approved, then came back six
months later asking for more
because of ai demand. As a real
estate professional, I help
nashville homeowners navigate
an already complex and
difficult market. I know that
this community opposition of
this scale translates directly
into buyer and seller
hesitation. Hesitation that
erodes confidence and threatens
the wealth of many hard working
nashvillians who spend a
lifetime building this. Lastly,
we know the nashville crayfish
is a federally protected
endangered species whose entire
population lives only here in
mill creek tributaries that run
through the zoo. The zoo is one
of many habitats that could be
threatened by data centers,
light pollution, noise and
environmental disruption, and
no city's resources. Land,
water or wildlife should be
ever put at risk for a company
like dc blox, whose own website
lists their priorities as
employees first, customers
second and investors third.
Nashville is nowhere on that
list. Bill 2026 1391 is just
the beginning. Protect
nashville and thank you for
your time.
Thank you. Next is
man in hall. Also speaking on
ordinance 1391 regarding data
center regulations in support.
Following MISTER Hall will be
charles remke and whitney
adkinson. If you want to go
ahead and come forward, go
ahead, MR. Hall.
Thank you.
Good evening, council members.
I'm thrilled to witness these
data center protections and
regulations passed tonight. Do
not defer. Still, there is way,
way more work that needs to be
done to protect us from the
harms of data center
development. Council members
porterfield, horton, johnston,
suara, nash and many others
have indicated that important
protections and amendments will
not be added tonight to keep
this legislation from being
referred rereferred to the
planning commission. Y'all are
saying that this legislation is
not enough, that this is just
the start, and your
constituents agree they want
more more environmental
protections, more protections
for our air, more protections
for our neighborhoods. We're
asking you that after this
legislation passes tonight,
that you wake up and you get to
work and you continue to find
ways to protect nashvillians
from the harms that these data
centers bring, the harms that
ai brings to our communities.
And I thank you guys for the
work that you are doing, and we
will make sure that work
continues. Thank you.
Thank you.
Next is MR. Remke speaking on
ordinance 1423 regarding this
development and the aspect of
murals related to it in in
opposition. Go ahead, sir.
Thank you, vice mayor, council,
and appreciate the work you do.
I'm chris remke, resident
district 20, a design, build
and development professional
and acting with save our
nashville neighborhoods,
partners, artists and nations
residents. I've read this bill,
the filed amendment, and the
2023 plan that was discussed at
the meeting last night. Last
night, your committee planning
committee passed this bill
believing that the amendment
had teeth that would partners,
the developer would fund the
preservation of ten murals. It
does not. We talked about they
talked about intentions. Are we
to believe that would. Partners.
$1 billion landlord is a
philanthropic organization. The
2026 application documents
traditionally the home for such
comments and where you
memorialize these requirements
are silent on these issues. The
word mural is not in any of the
planning commission documents
for 2026. There's nothing on
who requires funds. There's
just an intention. It does not
hold the permits. If nothing
happens. That's not documented.
What the. Sorry. What the
committee heard was a three
year old intention spoken for
by by council member. Wood
partners was not at the meeting.
No written comment or
participation in the fund
without teeth in the text.
There's one obvious option, the
one not discussed last night
disassemble the murals, stack
them in a pile, and leave them
for the neighborhood or art
guild to pick up. That's not
preservation. That's solving
the developer's problem onto
the backs of the neighborhoods
and the artists, MR. Horton
pledges the developer's
attention, intention, prudent
practices would cause the
developer to have to
memorialize these before a vote.
Yes. Bl20261423. The ten murals
will be an indiscretion and a
neglect of stewardship.
Thank
you sir.
Landmarks.
Thank you.
Next is whitney atkinson
speaking on ordinance 1391
regarding data center
regulations in support of
following. MISS Atkinson will
be chris pipkin and carly moffa.
If you would go ahead and come
forward. Go ahead, MISS
Atkinson.
Hi. My name is
whitney atkinson. I live in
district 34. I'm a national zoo
member. Previously was a
nashville zoo docent, currently
work for the nashville humane
association, helping animals
with medical and or behavioral
needs. I would like for you to
think about the effects of
noise from a data center will
have on the zoo's animals.
Research demonstrates that
chronic noise exposure disrupts
animal behavior, increases
stress, interferes with feeding,
reproduction, maternal care and
social interactions, and one
year long study conducted at an
urban zoo increased
construction noise alter the
behavior of every species
observed. Giraffes responded
with increased movement,
vigilance, grooming, and social
behavior, indicating stress,
agitation, and threats. When
exposed to noise, they
consistently move to quieter
areas of their enclosure. They
spent twice as much time
together than normally
perceiving noise as a threat.
After the noise stopped, they
continued. Stress related
behaviors such as pawing and
stomping, indicating that the
harmful effects extended beyond
exposure. Another study found
that noise alter the behavior
of a female bear and her cub
during a six month postpartum
period. Louder days the mom
spent less time foraging and
feeding and more time staying
with her cub, indicating that
elevated noise disrupted normal
maternal behavior. It was a
problem because reduced feeding
negatively affects a mother's%
health and her cubs development.
A four year study of the
effects of noise on bears in a
zoo found that chronic exposure
caused long term stress. Higher
noise levels were associated
with increased movement,
attempts to escape their
enclosure, more frequent
scratching and agitated
vocalizations. Female bears
were especially sensitive to
noise during lactation,
suggesting that chronic noise
harms maternal health.
Additional studies have
documented negative impacts
across many species at the
national zoo, including
leopards, gibbons, alligators,
alpacas, owls, turtles, birds,
tigers, goats, monkeys, fish,
snakes and frogs. Together,
this growing body of scientific
evidence demonstrates that
noise from a data center will
negatively affect animal
behavior. Thank you.
Thank you,
MISS Atkinson. Next is chris
pipkin speaking on a school
board matter in opposition. Go
ahead sir.
Thank you for having
me. Unlike most of these people,
I don't have a well put
together speech. I'm actually
here asking for some help. You
guys should have a document on
your desk that MR. Aaron evans
helped me to get in front of
you. I want to give some
context to that and really
raise some awareness to some
situations that maybe other
people are going through. My
daughter was expelled from
antioch high school for
allegedly writing a threatening
note about a gun threat. She
turned that note into the
office because she was scared.
Sh ended up expelled.
I went out and got a forensic
handwriting analysis done. On
that note, based on her
handwriting, you guys have that
report in front of you that
shows that she didn't write
this note yet. Metro nashville
the school board is still
continuing with that expulsion.
They're still upholding it.
I've been through a lot of
appeals processes, andi'm
really getting kind of crickets,
and I just want that to be made
aware. Maybe somebody else is
going through that problem, and
it MAY be something that needs
to get some attention in
nashville. I'll continue being
at those board meetings,
asking for help and trying to
get some, I guess, revision of
that, of that expulsion. I
don't know what you guys can do,
but I'm here just asking for
any help and attention. And
that's, that's really all I
have. Thank you guys.
All right.
Thank you. Okay. Next is carly
moffa speaking regarding
ordinance 1391 data center
regulations in support after
carly moffa will be richard
massey and lastly, shani
glapion. Go ahead, carly you're
recognized.
Thank you. I'm
carly, I am a musician in
nashville and I live, as I've
mentioned before, less than a
mile from the zoo. My neighbors
and I live in modest brick
homes, not industrial buildings.
My parents are farmers, my
grandparents are farmers. And I
hope one day, sorry, I hope one
day to also own a farm. And as
a farmer, I learned how sacred
water is. You know, I learned
that we're all connected, that
what we do on our farm actually
affects what the person, the
farmer next to us is able to do.
And almost most importantly,
what I learned from my parents
farming is that once the water
system is damaged, it's nearly
impossible to fix. My pop up is
was from italy. And he used to
say that knowledge is the one
thing that no one can take from
you. They can beat you up, they
can steal from you, but they
can't take away what you know.
And so as someone who would
live less than a mile from the
zoo, I started researching, I
was hungry, I'm hungry for
knowledge, I'm curious all the
time. And what I found is that
even in closed loop systems, as
your legislation specifies.
That water systems have
actually been poisoned in
cheyenne, wyoming, I'm sure
you're all aware of that was
actually a process of like a
flush, you know, testing these
pipes and the pressure. They
were doing like a flush during
the construction phase and it
damaged. It was a closed loop
system and it damaged the water.
And so I no, I'm running out of
time. But do you know what
specific chemicals dc blox uses
to inhibit the rust? All
there's so many questions. So
I'm really grateful for the
protection that you are all
trying to give us. And I would
just ask thatyou continue to
do that, that you continue to
question things that just that
we already have leared through
other residents living near
these data centers. Because
I've compiled a whole list of
common threads that they
experience. So thanks.
Thank
you, MISS Martha. Next is
richard massey, speaking also
on ordinance 1391 regarding
data center regulation in
support. Go ahead sir.
Good
evening council. I've come all
the way from the other side of
the state in memphis to alert
you of the consequences of
having ai data centers pop up
in your backyards at the in the
depths of the night since JUNE
of 2024, x ai, which is now
space x ai has built out
massive data center campuses in
the blackest part of the
blackest city in the united
states, operating off of
ethane gas turbines that emit
formaldehyde and nitrous oxide
24 over seven, while
simultaneously draw 800,000
gallons of water each and every
day from the memphis sands
aquifer. Much like the proposed
data centers here in nashville,
next to the national zoo and on
fisk university's campus,
communities were given little
to no notice whatsoever before
executives announced that this
was already a done deal. But
folks understand that this
business model comes with a
real human cost. There's a
reason why cities all over the
country oppose data center
development, from denver to
seattle to charlotte. That's
because we need ample time to
both study and regulate this
massive technological expansion
that is exploiting entire
communities, causing real
health problems, jacking up
utility bills and lining the
pockets of tech executives. Ai
is human output sold back to us
at a markup without any
compensation or credit. This
technology should work for us,
not against us. And from what
we're seeing from north
nashville to south memphis, ai
is harming working class
communities that have already
suffered from generations of
legacy pollution. Pass this
bill that establishes
guardrails, and data centers go
further by mandating
environmental impact studies
and distance from medium sized
data centers. Mandate quarterly
reporting for power, demand,
and protect folks in nashville.
Prior to the groundbreaking of
both of these proposed data
centers. Thank you.
Thank you.
Next and last for public
comment is shawnee glapion,
also speaking on ordinance 1391
regarding data center
regulation in support. Go ahead.
You didn't say, but not least,
that's important.
Oh, yes. Last
but not least, certainly.
Shawnee glapion here I am here
because I of course, like you,
we know data centers, right? I
feel like this is going to pass
the day. I don't think you're
going to let me or the
community down. The community
has not asked for this to be
deferred, did not ask for. We
have asked for stronger
restrictions, but we understand
that that might have to come
later. So we are asking you to
stay locked in with us,
continue the fight, continue
having these conversations with
community. Let's get this thing
right. But today, let's go
ahead and pass what we got.
That's what everybody has asked
for. Community has not asked
for deferral. If you are trying
to put a deferral on the table,
I'm thinking that you have been
maybe coaxed by lobbyists or
corporation or something,
because the community has not
asked for this. They've asked
for a lot. But deferral is not
it. So look forward to hearing
your your conversations. Y'all
have a good night.
Thank you,
MISS Glapion. All right, that
concludes our public comment
portion of the agenda. Next is
section I, our consolidated
consent agenda, all resolutions
and second and third reading
ordinances on this agenda are
included on the consent agenda,
if recommended for approval
unanimously by all committees
to which the item was referred,
items on the consent agenda
will be voted on at a single
time. The item number, along
with the resolution ordinance
number of the items on the
consent agenda will be read by
me. Members of the council MAY
remove any item from the
consent agenda by request
before the consent agenda vote
is taken. All right. The first
item proposed for the
consolidated consent agenda is
agenda item two. Resolution
2026-2077. Agenda item nine.
Resolution 2026-2114. Agenda
item ten. Resolution 2026-2115.
Agenda item 11. Resolution
2026-2116. Agenda item 12.
Resolution 2026-2117. Agenda
item 13. Resolution 2026-2118.
Agenda item 14. Resolution
2026-2119. Agenda item 15.
Resolution 2026-2120. Agenda
item 16. Resolution 2026-2121.
Agenda item 17. Resolution
2026-2122. Agenda item 18.
resolution 2026. Dash 2123.
Agenda item 19. Resolution
2026-2124. Agenda item 20.
Resolution 2026-2125. Agenda
item 21. Resolution 2026. Dash
2126. Agenda item 22.
Resolution 2026-2127. Agenda
item 23. Resolution 2026-2128.
Agenda item 24. Resolution
2026-2129. Agenda item 25.
Resolution 2026-2130. Agenda
item 26. Resolution 2026-2131.
Agenda item 28. Resolution
2026-2133. Agenda item 31.
Resolution 2026. Dash 2136.
Agenda item 32. Resolution
2026-2137. Agenda item 33.
Resolution 2026-2131 or rather
2138. Agenda item 34.
Resolution 2026-2139. Agenda
item 35. Resolution 2026-2140.
Agenda item 36. Resolution
2026-2141. Agenda item 37.
Resolution 2026-2142. Agenda
item 38. Resolution 2026-2143.
Agenda item 39. Resolution
2026-2144. Agenda item 40.
Resolution 2026-2145. Agenda
item 41. Resolution 2026. Dash
2146. Agenda item 42.
Resolution 2026-2147. Agenda
item 43. Resolution 2026-2148.
Next proposed for the consent
agenda under bills on second
reading. First among those is
agenda item 59 resolution or
ordinance bl 2026-1449. Agenda
item 63 ordinance bl 2026-1453.
Agenda item 64. Ordinance bl
2026-1454. Agenda item 65
ordinance bl 2026-1455. Agenda
item 66. Ordinance bl 2026-1456.
Agenda item 67 ordinance bl
2026-1457. Agenda item 68.
Ordinance bl 2026-1458. Agenda
item 69. Ordinance bl 2026-1459.
Agenda item 70. Ordinance bl
2026-1460. Agenda item 71
ordinance bl 2026-1461. Agenda
item 72 ordinance bl 2026-1462.
agenda item 73 ordinance bl
2026-1463. Agenda item 74
ordinance bl 2026-1464. Agenda
item 75 ordinance bl 2026-1465.
Agenda item 76 ordinance bl
2026-1466. Agenda item 78
ordinance bl 2026-1490. And now
for items on third reading
proposed consent agenda.
First among those agenda item
79 ordinance bl 2026-1314.
Agenda item 80 ordinance bl
2026-1360. Agenda item 82
ordinance bl 2026-1362. Agenda
item 83 ordinance bl 2026-1387.
Agenda item 86 ordinance bl
2026-1396. Agenda item 87
ordinance bl 2026-1397. Agenda
item 88 ordinance bl 2026-1398.
Agenda item 89. Ordinance bl
2026-1399. Agenda item 90.
Ordinance bl 2026-1405. Agenda
item 91 ordinance bl 2026-1408.
Agenda item 92 ordinance bl
2026-1409. Agenda item 93
ordinance bl 2026-1410. Agenda
item 94 ordinance bl 2026-1413.
Agenda item 97 ordinance bl
2026-1417. Agenda item 98.
Ordinance bl 2026-1418. Agenda
item 99. Ordinance bl 2026-1419.
Agenda item 100. Ordinance bl
2026-1421. Agenda item 103
ordinance bl 2026-1427. Agenda
item 104. Ordinance bl
2026-1428. Agenda item 105.
Ordinance bl 2026-1429. Agenda
item 106. Ordinance bl
2026-1435. Agenda item 108.
Ordinance bl 2026-1439. Agenda
item 109. Ordinance bl
2026-1440. Agenda item 110.
Ordinance bl 2026-1448. Agenda
item 111. Ordinance bl
2026-1443. And lastly proposed
for the consent agenda. Agenda
item 112 ordinance bl 2026-1444.
All right. Do any items need to
be removed from the consent
agenda? If so, members, please
join the queue to request that
council member porterfield.
MADAM Pro tem, you are
recognized. Oh, I'm sorry, MISS,
for a point of order.
Thank you,
vice mayor. I think item 110
was written already to record
as item b, 1448 instead of 1441.
Agenda item 110 is in fact
ordinance 1441.
I believe it
was read as 1448.
I appreciate
the clarification. My apologies.
Thank you. Okay, MADAM Pro tem,
you're recognized.
Thank you,
vice like to
pull agenda item 41rs2026-2146.
Okay. MISS Porterfield has
requested agenda item 41,
resolution 2146 be removed from
consent. It has been removed.
Council member cap, you're
recognized, sir.
Thank you.
Vice mayor, request to pull
number 34 for the purposes of
an abstention.
Okay. Council
member cap has requested that
agenda item 34. This is
resolution 2139. Be removed
from consent. It has been
removed. Next council member
terry, vote. You are recognized.
Thank you. Vice mayor, can you
please remove agenda item 43
hours 2026-2148, please.
Okay.
MISS Foe has requested the
removal of agenda item 43. This
is resolution 2148. It has been
removed from consent. Are any
other members seeking to remove
an item from the consent agenda?
All right. Seeing none, MR.
Clerk. Are all. Oh, I'm sorry,
MISS Kimbrough. You're
recognized. Ma'am.
Go ahead
with 61 on consent.
Let me
check. No, ma'am. It is not on
consent. Thank you. Okay. MR.
Clerk, are all committee
reports in for the items
remaining on the consent agenda?
Yes. All committee reports are
in.
Okay. Thank you, MR. Clerk.
Members, is there a motion for
approval of the consent agenda?
Okay. Properly moved and
seconded. All in favor, say aye.
All right. Council has passed
all items on the consent agenda.
Okay. Next, we will go back
through an agenda order for
items that were not on consent,
starting with our resolutions
in section j of our agenda.
First among those is agenda
item one, resolution 2026-2064.
Sponsors coupon drawful. Alan
stiles, ewing evans and ellis.
This is a resolution urging the
nashville department of
transportation multimodal.
Infrastructure and the mayor's
office to renew and accelerate
its commitment to vision zero
initiatives to eliminate
pedestrian fatalities in
response to a sharp increase in
pedestrian and cyclist deaths
in nashville and davidson
county in 2026. Sponsor coupon.
You're recognized sir.
Thank
you, MADAM PRESIDENT. Committee
reports please for.
The report
of the transportation and
infrastructure committee chair
evan siegel.
The transportation
and infrastructure committee
recommended a deferral to
september 15th with nine in
favor, zero against and zero voting.
Okay. All right.
Back to you, MR. Koopman.
Thank
you, MADAM PRESIDENT. Like to
move a deferral to SEPTEMBER
15th with a brief comment.
All
right. Is there a second? Okay.
Go ahead sir.
So obviously,
this is a very important issue.
As since the inception of this
bill, I've continued to have to
update it as more and more
folks have been killed on our
streets. We need to be
committed to vision zero. We
need to work harder to get
there. We've got the money to
do it. We've got the resources
to do it. And that's why I
brought this resolution. That
being said, and that is
currently in a rfp process for
vision zero program director
and a new director of the
department. And they had asked
that I continue to give a
little bit more time so that
the new staff members don't
walk into a certain deadline or
expectation, but rather work
with them to implement that
process. So I've agreed to that.
Hopefully, my colleagues will
as well. With another deferral
to the SEPTEMBER 15th meeting,
which should give enough time
to kind of get closer to that
destination. But of course, in
the meantime, have implored
mndot to continue to work
towards these efforts because
the work can't stop in the
meantime.
All right. There is a
motion to defer to the meeting
of SEPTEMBER 15th. It is
properly seconded. MISS
Sepulveda, you are recognized.
Thank you, vice mayor. Can I
inquire when that person will
be hired? I'm sorry if I think
I missed that.
MR. Cooper, are
you aware? Go ahead, sir.
Thank
you. Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I don't know exactly when that
person will be hired. I know
that they're actively engaged
in that process. And when I
asked how much time they
actually said end of SEPTEMBER,
and I don't want to go all the
way that far. So I settled on
SEPTEMBER 15th. So I don't know
if there's an exact date, but I
know that they're actively in
that process.
And just to
clarify, rather than a person,
I believe you said it's an rfp
for a program manager. So that
would be a firm.
Program
manager for the firm and then
director for the department
itself.
So two different things,
MISS.
Thank you, vice mayor.
I'm actually going to vote
against the deferral. I think
we have. We have constituents
who are dying every day. We
have constituents who are
struggling. Currently. I don't
think we have time to waste. We
have people who are currently
at in dot who are responsible
for this program. I think that
we we shouldn't be wasting more
time. I think that our children
deserve better. Our
constituents deserve better. We
deserve better. We have signs
that are up that aren't
translated in areas of town
that need to be translated,
that say, somebody in this
intersection was hit by a car
crossing the road. Right. And
people in my neighborhood can't
always read that. That's that's
unacceptable. We, we need to be
more conscious of what we're
doing here. It's they have had
more than enough time to
address this issue. And so I, I,
I, respectfully, I, I don't
wish to wait any longer. And so
I, I, I'm going to have to
disagree with that. And I think
that council member koopman was
right to file this. And I think
that we should put more
pressure on mndot to address
this issue. We have to do
better, and we should have been
doing better a long time ago.
So I I'm I'm against the
deferral.
All right, MISS Welsh,
you're next in the queue on the
deferral motion, please, ma'am.
Thank you, vice mayor. I have
to concur with everything that
my colleague said. And also
just mention that this
resolution is simply urging
mndot to do something they
should have been doing all
along. And in the budget
process we just went through,
we passed a 0.5 percent, 0.0 5%
tax decrease, that all the
money came from vision zero.
This is we're running around in
circles and not doing the
things we said that we
were going to do. We fund these
things with money from vision
there. That's so important. And
then we put forward a
resolution that urges mndot to
do the right thing for vision
zero, to do everything they
possibly can now to stop
pedestrian deaths. I just think
this is silly, and I think we
can't wait two months to urge
them to do the right thing. So
I'll be voting against deferral.
Thank you.
All right,
councilmember evans, you're
recognized.
Thank you, vice
mayor. I, I have been
influenced by my previous
speaker colleagues here.
Normally, I would have just
supported the deferral at the
request of the sponsor. But the
reality is, is that departments
will defer things into oblivion
if we allow that to happen. And
to everyone's point, you know,
this is a conversation that we
have repeatedly and we see
accidents and not a lot happens
or not a lot changes. And so if
we're not going to urge
something to happen in the last
year of this term, then what's
we MAY as well end the term
right now, for that matter. So
I'm going to vote against the
deferral as well.
All right.
Next in the queue, MR. Bradford,
on the deferral.
Thank you,
MADAM Chair. The question I
have to ask the question I've
asked before when dealing with
mndot, give me a number. How
many more people have to die or
be hurt before they do
something? I can't in good
conscience support a deferral
on this. Because if some. If
someone is to get hurt or
killed between now and
SEPTEMBER 15th, this body is
complicit. We cannot complain
about in not not doing their
job. If we kick this can down
the road, we will be just as
guilty as mndot for any future
harm caused on our roadways. So
I'm asking my colleagues, I
understand the sponsors
rationale, but to the point
that was already made, some of
these departments, if we give
them an inch, they're going to
take a mile. So we need to be
firm and remind them they have
a job to do to protect our
constituents, to protect our
residents, and we're going to
hold them to that.
All right.
MR. Koopman, would you like to
hear from MISS Allen first, who
has yet to speak? Councilmember
allen, you're recognized.
Thank
you, MADAM Chair. I rise in
support of the deferral as a as
a co-sponsor of this bill, I
think it's important to send
the message not just to the
departments, but to the leaders
of those departments and to the
new program director. I guess
it would help me make a
decision. I think my colleagues
make good points about there's
no time to waste here, but is
there is there a mechanism for
rescinding this after those
those leaders are in place?
Because I think if it's already
been sent to the departments
and it's kind of there in the
background, it doesn't have the
same force as sending it. When
those two new leaders arrive.
So can someone answer the
question of is there can we
guarantee a mechanism that that
it gets sent twice? If we do
defer it now according to the
regular schedule? And then
again, once these new leaders
are picked.
I can put it back
to the sponsor in regard to
that commitment. Right. I guess
he could send the legislation
upon the arrival of the new
director and otherwise. Or
would you like me to address it
to the sponsor or to special
counsel? Wilson, relative to
the council office sending
legislation.
A set timing that
that precludes it? I saw
someone stand up at planning as
well, but whoever can answer
that question. So I know what
I'm working with.
Okay. Special
counsel, go ahead.
Councilmember. There is no set
timeline or instruction in this
resolution about who to send it
to and when. Any explicit
instruction would require an
amendment.
Or special counsel.
MR. Koopman could just direct
the council office to please
send it to said persons.
Correct.
That's also an option,
vice mayor.
Okay, thank you,
MR. Koopman. You're recognized.
Sorry, sir. Go ahead.
Thank you,
MADAM PRESIDENT. I'd like to
direct the council office to
send it to those people. But no,
I actually would like to
withdraw my motion to defer. I
think that I appreciate deeply
my colleague's sentiments. I
think that there's, you know,
something to be said about,
again, letting people come in
and set them up for success.
But I agree, I've had too many
families I've talked to who
have been hit and killed, have
had loved ones hit and killed
again. We've got the money,
we've got the resources. We
continue to go down this road.
This the kind of the date in
this is an ask for and not to
come to the transportation and
infrastructure committee with
interim solutions before
DECEMBER 30th, 2026, which give ample time, I think,
for a new director to come in
and vision zero to come in and
do this. But I you know, I,
again, appreciate the
department's concerns, was
willing to kind of entertain
that. But hearing my colleague
speak and with the importance
of this, I would withdraw that.
And with that move for approval.
Is there a second for the
motion to approve? Okay. The
motion to defer has been
withdrawn. The sponsor has made
a motion to approve, and it is
properly seconded. Discussion
continues on the motion to
approve. MR. Benton, do you
seek to be recognized on the
motion to approve? Go ahead,
sir.
I just had a point of
clarification that I. I guess
I'm not sure where the e for
enforcement comes from, because
we had 200,000 traffic stops in
2018, and last year we had
48,000. That's a significant
decrease. That enforcement came
from mpd. Maybe the mayor's
office could help me understand
vision zero better to I don't
think mndot has an enforcement
arm for vision zero. So I'm
assuming that it's mpd. That
would be the one. And I don't
see us keeping the e for
enforcement up. And I think
that's there's five pillars and
we're handling the education,
encouragement, engineering and
evaluation. But who does the
enforcement?
Do you want to
address that to special counsel?
I mean, it's mpd traffic
division.
But yeah, whoever I
mean, I didn't design vision
zero, but I know that's part of
it. That's one of the e's
enforcement.
Okay. So your
question having been answered,
do you do you want me to
specifically address it to
somebody or just want to speak
this into the space for the
record.
Either maybe I'm wrong,
maybe there's another way to
get enforcement, but I don't
think we're enforcing.
Okay. So
your question specifically is
at this juncture, who does
speeding enforcement for the
metropolitan government? Okay.
For vision zero.
Okay. Special
counsel wilson, do you want to
take that, sir?
Council member
I to my knowledge, there is no
one specifically targeted for
enforcement under vision zero.
However, the the police
department does do traffic
enforcement, and the department
of transportation does have
limited authority not for
traffic violations, but for
parking and such. They would
also have some authority to act.
And I know it's almost a
ridiculous question, but I. I
see us reducing from 200,000
stops to 48,000 over our
failure to reduce our deaths
and serious injuries, so I how
do we get that up?
All right.
Well, so noted, sir, we're on a
motion to approve. Thank you.
Okay. Next in the queue is
council member eastlick on the
motion to approve. MR. Eastlick,
are you still here, sir? Okay.
Next in the queue is council
member cash on the motion to
approve. Go ahead sir. I'm
sorry. Go ahead sir.
That's
fine. Thank you. Chair. I mean,
I remember in this term that
there have been like that mpd
and mndot have have gone out
together to to do stuff and
they've teamed up to, to, to do
some enforcement and related to
vision zero. I mean, I think
vision zero is a, is a, you
know, it's a goal. I don't know
that it just belongs. It's in
dot's largely, but it belongs
to all of us and everybody. I
think multiple departments
pitch in to, to try and do
things better. So I just wanted
to put that out into the space.
Thank you.
Thank you, MR. Cash.
Council member porterfield,
MADAM Pro tem, you're
recognized.
Thank you so very
much, vice mayor. I just wanted
to quickly speak into the room.
I think it's really important
when we what we say here goes
on the record. And that becomes
like the public record. And for
the viewing audience and for
people that are watching who
MAY not understand like the
bigger context, I think it's
really important that we set
the narrative straight. We've
talked about this plenty of
times before, prior to any of
us being on council, except for
maybe council member allen and
I think probably councilmember
weiner. There was a report that
was done, which was the driving
while black report that showed
disparities in black drivers
being pulled over here in
nashville and davidson county.
And as a result of that, mpd
changed the way that they did
traffic stops and
traffic
enforcement, and they are now
doing precision policing, which
has. Evidence has shown that to
be more accurate. So while the
number of traffic stops have
gone down, that's a very data
driven approach. And it is
approach that that has reduced
some of the racial disparities
that we've seen in this city.
So cannot directly equate the
number of traffic stops to the
efficacy of what we're seeing
with vision zero. These are two
totally separate things. And I
just wanted to make sure that
that was spoken into the record.
Thank you. Next in the queue is
council member johnston. Go
ahead ma'am.
Previous question.
Okay. Councilmember johnson has
called the previous question.
It's properly seconded
this non-debatable and requires
two thirds of those voting. If
you vote in favor of the
previous question. Previous
question, you want to end
debate and move to the vote.
And if you want to continue
debate, you would vote no. All
in favor? The previous question,
please say aye. Any voting no.
The ayes have it. We will move
to the vote. Okay. All in favor
of resolution 2064, please say
I any voting? No. Any
abstaining? All right. You have
adopted this resolution. Next
is agenda item three ordinance
or rather resolution 2026-2078.
Sponsors beaucoup and tombs.
Horton, allen, suarez and ellis.
This is a resolution approving
-
the activities and improvements
eligible for tax increment
financing in the arts center
redevelopment plan. So I know
last we took up this series of
bills, it was in fact MISS
Tombs as a co-sponsor. But are
you prepared to do a collective
motion amongst the two of you
all to kind of clear all this
out at the same time? MISS
Tombs, do you recall that last
time, how we addressed that?
Would you be okay then, MISS?
Oh, okay. MISS Tombs, I'm going
to recognize you for the
committee reports. Given what
we know the reports to be, then
by rule. So if we could then,
MR. Wilson, do I have to read
them all into the record? Okay,
I do have to read them all into
the record, MISS Tombs. And so
some are sponsored primarily by
MISS, MISS Tombs, MR. Bradford
and so forth, but they are all
related and traveling in a
similar manner. So again,
agenda item three, resolution
2026-2078 is a resolution
regarding the arts center
redevelopment plan agenda item
for resolution 2026-2079 is a
resolution approving the
activities and improvements
eligible for tax increment
financing in the bordeaux
redevelopment plan. Okay. And
then next is agenda item five,
resolution 2026-2080, which is
resolution approving the
activities and improvements
eligible for tax increment
financing in the central state
redevelopment plan. Next is
agenda item six. This is
resolution 2026-2081 primary
sponsor coupon. The primary
sponsor on the previous one was
bradford. This is resolution
approving the activities and
improvements eligible for tax
increment financing in the
phillips jackson redevelopment
plan. You all can see a theme
here. These are all related to
the redevelopment plans. Next
is agenda item seven,
resolution 2026-2082 primary
sponsor coupon. This is
resolution approving activities
and improvements eligible for
tax increment financing in the
rutledge hill redevelopment
plan. And then lastly, agenda
item eight, resolution
2026-2083. Primary sponsor
tombs is resolution approving
the activities and improvements
eligible for tax increment
financing in the skyline
redevelopment plan. So MISS
Tombs, if there is no objection
from the other primary sponsors, all of
these together at one time. And
so, MISS Tombs, if you would
please provide your report,
MADAM Chair.
Thank you, MADAM
Vice mayor, for items three
through nine budget and finance.
Three through eight. I'm sorry.
Budget and finance voted to
recommend a one meeting
deferral. Nine in favor, zero
against zero not voting.
Okay.
And given that being the report
for agenda items three, four,
five, six, seven and eight,
those are all deferred by rule
8.11 meeting. Okay, so those
will all be taken up at the
next meeting. Thank you, fellow
sponsors, for just letting us
be efficient about that one.
Thank you. Okay, next. Is
agenda item 27. Resolution
2026-2132. Sponsors tombs,
evans, siegel and hill. This is
a resolution accepting the
terms of a cooperative
purchasing master agreement
with corporation of
america, llc for street
sweeping, sewer jetting and
hydro excavation for the
nashville department of
transportation and multimodal
infrastructure. MISS Tombs, you
are recognized.
Thank you,
MADAM Vice mayor. Committee
reports. Budget and finance
voted to recommend a two
meeting deferral. Nine in favor,
zero against zero not voting.
Okay. And for the report of the
transportation and
infrastructure committee, MISS
Evans siegel.
The
transportation and
infrastructure committee voted
to recommend a two meeting
deferral, nine in favor, zero
against zero not voting.
Okay.
Thank you, MADAM Chair. With
that, it's back to you for a
motion on this resolution. MISS
Tombs.
Move for two. Meeting
deferral.
Okay. It's properly
moved and seconded. Is there
any discussion on this two
meeting deferral motion? Seeing
none. All in favor, please say
I any voting? No. Any
abstaining? All right. This has
been deferred to meetings to
the second meeting in AUGUST.
Okay. Next is agenda item 29,
resolution 2026-2134. Sponsors
tombs and evans siegel. This is
a resolution approving a
contract between the
metropolitan government of
nashville and davidson county,
and nixon power services, llc
to provide factory authorized
products, parts and services
for the department of water and
sewerage services. MISS Tombs,
you are recognized.
Thank you,
MADAM Vice mayor. Committee
reports budget and finance
voted to recommend approval.
Eight in favor, zero against
one not voting.
Thank you,
MADAM Chair. Chair. Evans.
Siegel. You're recognized.
Ma'am.
The transportation and
infrastructure committee voted
to approve. Eight
zero against and one abstention.
Okay. All right. Back to you,
MISS Tombs, for a motion.
Move
for approval.
Is there a second?
Okay. Council member allen, you
are recognized.
Thank you,
MADAM Vice mayor. I just need
to be recorded as abstaining.
Okay. All right. So noted. MR.
Clark, if you would note the
same. Any further discussion on
this resolution? Seeing none.
All in favor, please say aye.
Any voting? No. Okay. And, MISS
Allen, you will be recorded as
an abstention. Okay. This
resolution has been adopted.
All right. Next is agenda item
30. Resolution 2026-2135.
Sponsors, tombs and suara. This
is a resolution approving an
intergovernmental project
agreement between the
metropolitan government of
nashville and davidson county,
and the convention center
authority of the metro
government of nashville and
davidson county, relating to
the financing ad refinancing
of the music city center. MISS
Tombs, you are recognized.
Thank you, MADAM Vice mayor.
Committee reports. Budget and
finance voted to recommend a
one meeting deferral nine in
favor, zero against zero not
voting.
Okay. And further
report of the ad hoc east bank
committee chair evan siegel.
You're recognized.
Thank you,
MADAM PRESIDENT. The ad hoc
east bank committee recommended
a one meeting deferral, five in
favor, zero against and zero
not voting.
Okay. And with that
MISS Tombs, that is a mandatory
deferral by rule 8.1, it'll be
deferred one meeting. Okay,
next. Agenda item 34.
Resolution 2026-2139. Sponsors
cash horton and evan siegel.
This is a resolution
authorizing the metropolitan
government of nashville and
davidson county to abandon
public fire hydrant assembly
and to accept the relocation of
public fire hydrant assembly
for property located at 2415
vanderbilt place, also known as
vanderbilt university central
neighborhood. Rc3 council
member cash recognized, sir.
Thanks. Do any committee
reports.
You do, sir?
Yes. Yes.
Committee reports please.
Okay.
For the report of the planning
and zoning committee, chair
horton.
Thank you. Vice mayor.
Planning and zoning voted in
favor. Eight in favor, zero
against zero not voting.
Okay.
And for the report of the
transportation infrastructure
committee chair evan siegel.
The transportation and
infrastructure committee voted
nine in favor, zero against and
zero not voting to approve.
Okay. All right. It's back to
you, MR. Cash, for a motion on
your bill.
Move approval so we
can move a fire hydrant.
Okay.
Properly moved and seconded. Is
there any discussion on this
resolution? Did anyone need to
abstain? Okay, we can do it at
the time. That's fine. All in
favor, please say aye. Any
voting? No. Any abstaining? MR.
Capp will be recorded as an
abstention. All right. You have
adopted this resolution. Next.
Is a rather agenda item 41,
resolution 2026-2146. Sponsors.
Porterfield, sepulveda, suara.
Tombs. Taylor. Welch. Spain.
Parker. Nash. Stiles. Huffman.
Allen. Rutherford. Evans.
Weiner. Evan. Siegel. Benedict.
Ellis, cortez. Bradford. Gamble
and coupon. This is a
resolution honoring the life of
vonda mcdaniel and her legacy
of service to the labor
movement in nashville and
davidson county. Miss
porterfield, MADAM Pro tem, you
are recognized.
Thank you, vice
mayor. Committee reports,
please.
For the report of rules.
Confirmations. MR. Cash.
We
approved unanimously. I think
it was five to 0 to 0.
Okay.
Yes.
All right. Back to you for
motion, MISS Pro tem.
Thank you.
Vice mayor. I'd like to move
for approval to comment.
Yeah.
Is there a second? Go ahead,
ma'am.
Thank you. Colleagues.
Tonight, as we consider our is
2026-2146. We honor more than a
labor leader. We honor a woman
who is the heart and soul of
nashville's labor movement. To
so many of us, vonda mcdaniel
was the queen mother of labor
here in nashville, across
tennessee, and across our
nation. Vonda had a rare gift.
She saw the best in people
before they saw it in
themselves. She didn't just
organize workers, she built
leaders. She encouraged us to
step forward, to find our
voices and to believe that
ordinary people could
accomplish extraordinary things
together. Even if you didn't
know her name or her face, you
benefited for her work. From
her work, vonda dedicated her
life to this movement, to
fighting for fair wages and
fair working conditions for
people across the state of
tennessee and across the nation.
Her fight for working people
reached far beyond our city,
improving the lives here in
nashville and across this
nation. Vonda helped build
organizations and entities and
infrastructure like stand up
nashville, the nashville
justice league, and the music
city construction careers
bundle was also one of the
founding members of tennessee
for all. We appreciate all of
the work. That vonda did, the
dedication of her life, and I
hope that we continue to honor
her with more than a resolution,
with more than words, but with
our actions and with our lives
that we go forward and look for
ways to continue to fight, for
workers, to fight for working
people, and to fight for the
labor movement. Let's honor her
by lifting up new leaders, by
standing with working families,
and by continuing the work that
she dedicated her life to. We
will be after the passing of
this resolution tonight. We
will be honoring her here
during the announcement period
on SEPTEMBER the 1st. So we
would like to invite all of our
council member colleagues, as
well as labor leaders, union
members, and anyone who wants
to come out and honor vonda and
celebrate her life and legacy.
And I would also like to invite
all of our colleagues to email
the clerk and sign on. If
you've not already signed on to
this. And with that, I would
ask our colleagues to support.
Thank you, MADAM Pro tem. Well
said. Next in the queue,
council member sepulveda,
you're recognized ma'am. You
got this.
This one's a little
hard. Vonda wasn't only my boss.
She was a friend for for many
years. For over ten years. And.
Many of you all know that one
of the things that I work on
the most when it comes to my
work at council is figuring out to how to fight for workers
in this city. And vonda was a
big part of that. She has been
there every step of the way and.
I just. I don't know how it's
going to be without her. I
never picture her not being
here. And she really was the
best of us. And. I hope that
you all will join us on labor
day will be SEPTEMBER 5th, and
hopefully it'll be the biggest
one yet. But the labor movement
has been better because of all
the work that she has done, not
just here in tennessee, but
nationally. I mean, there's a
reason that the PRESIDENT Of
the afl-cio came to her
celebration of life, and she
touched so many people, and she
has helped so many people. And.
I hope that in the remainder of
my time. On council and in my
work, that I could do a
fraction of the service that
she did for everyone. So.
Please join us this labor day.
Fonda widow wanted you all
there.
Thank you, MISS
Sepulveda. Council member lee,
you're recognized, ma'am.
Thank
you, MADAM Chair. Most things
have already been said, so I
did want to stand in support of
this. I want to say I have
worked with sister mcdaniel for
quite some some years now.
She's been a mentor, she's been
a teacher, she's been a
waymaker. And more than that, I
consider her a friend. So I, i
could not sit there and not
stand up to give some praises
to her, the things that she
represents, and not just her
and her represent
representation, but of how she
has touched other people and
gotten them to see the light in
a lot of different things and
to move on. So GOD is blessing
her now, and I'm just standing
in support. Thank you.
Thank
you, MISS Lee. Next is council
member suara. You're recognized
ma'am.
Thank you, vice mayor.
I'm just going to read what I
wrote when I found out that
vonda passed away. I couldn't
find enough words. But this is
just what came to me. It says
real heroes don't fly. They
stand beside you. They show up,
they walk with you, and they
walk for you. Vonda mcdonough
was that kind of hero to so
many. She spent her life
lifting others, making their
lives better in ways big and
small. What makes the news so
painful is that vonda wasn't a
hero from a comic book. She was
here with us, living, serving,
fighting for workers, for her
church family, for her family,
and for our community. She was
real. She was present. She was
tireless. History will write
about vonda. Our words will
carry her name. But all of that
will pale in comparison to the
memories and stories held by
the people who truly knew her.
She was a soldier, a fighter,
selfless, caring, and
profoundly human. This loss
hurts, but I find comfort in
having known vonda, and I thank
vonda for everything that she
gave, not just to me, but to so
many. She's irreplaceable. When
we went to vonda viewing. It
was very hard to picture her
just lying there. And it's a.
It's a reminder to every single
one of us that that is a given.
We all one day. But
the true legacy of a life well
lived. Is it the memories of
the people that you helped, the
lives that you touched. She
built organization. She built
people. She built community.
She built nashville. And we all
MISS Her. And I hope that our
life is a reminder to all of us
to be kind to each other and to
be good, because someday we
will be called to. And so,
vonda, thank you for all that
you did. Thank you for all that
you are. Rest in power.
Thank
you, MISS Suara. Next in the
queue, councilmember koopman,
you're recognized sir.
Thank
you, MADAM PRESIDENT. And I
concur with everything that's
been said so far. JUNE 29th,
9:02 A.M. I got a text from
vonda inviting me to a town
hall later that week about the
future of democracy in our in
our city and our state. And
just, you know, quiet little
invite. And the next morning I
texted her saying, yes, I'll be
there, not knowing that by that
point she was already gone.
Even so, even to her last
moments, she was working,
advocating, sharing, leading,
and at her viewing and at MISS
Rosetta perry's viewing, both
at the the first baptist church,
I found myself looking over to
the side pews. Most people in
this room will know exactly
what I'm talking about, where
she was always seated, just
quietly looking and leading in
her presence was just was so
powerful and, you know, heard
at her celebration of life.
Just people talking about how,
you know, she she kind of just
caused you to move forward. She
caused you to lead, she caused
you to be elevated. It wasn't
it wasn't a strong hand. It
wasn't a force. It was just,
she just kind of made it made
it happen. And so I know that
she lives on in so many in this
room. I got to know her for a
lot less time than many here.
But she's deeply impacted my
life and my, my leadership and
how I want to advocate for the
labor movement and advocate for
the workers of our of our city
that we come across. And so I
MISS Her terribly. I still
can't believe that she's gone.
I keep waiting to turn around
and see her, see her standing
there. And so, vonda, you'll
you'll be in my heart. You'll
be. I'm carrying you with me
and rest in power. Thank you
for all you've done.
Thank you,
MR. Koopman. Next council
member. Hill. You're recognized.
Thank you.
Vice mayor. There's
really nothing that I can say
that hasn't already been said.
So I just want to say I want to
move to use 12.3. All right,
everybody that be added votes.
Yes.
Okay. There is a motion to
amend the approval motion with
12.3 properly seconded. Okay.
We'll continue. MISS Styles,
you are next in the queue,
ma'am.
thank you very much. I
met vonda over ten years ago
working with her on the mlk day
committee. When she came to
bring the labor breakfast back
and to discuss how important
that was in the movement and
her commitment every single
year to spread the word about
labor. I was in awe of her then
and had tremendous respect for
her. And as I became a council
member, had the opportunity to
work with her even more. I
think we've talked about the
work that she's done, but we
haven't spoken about how she
was able to get that work done,
and it was the quiet strength
that she had that made you move
without even knowing you were
moving. She was kind. Listen to
everyone that's speaking in
this room. We don't always
agree, but every once in a
while we have a moment like
this. And though it's sad, we
have a moment to come together,
united to say that there are
some people that are great no
matter what your difference is.
And vonda was that person. And
I still can't believe that we
are standing here talking about
her and what was instead of
what is. But I'm so grateful
that her life was honored the
way that it was last week. I
don't know about any of you,
but who else gets to have a
service at the music city
center? Come one, come all.
We've got this covered. And I
might say they were short ribs.
These were not chicken nuggets
or tenders that MR. Stark paid
for. Again, a testament to how
amazing she was and how long
she served on that commission.
But, I mean, I think we can all
go on and on and on. But I just
wanted to say heaven has a has
a working angel right now. And
I'm grateful that we had the
opportunity, all of us, to have
known her and worked with her.
Thank you, MR. House. Next
council member gadd, you're
recognized, ma'am.
I'd like to
just join in the course, but I
want to also lift up an
additional organization and
group of folks that vonda
invested in over ten years ago.
There were a group of women
that wanted to come together
and create a, a program to
recruit and train women to run
for office. The woman who was
at the table from the beginning
and was a constant movement and
herself. But to bring folks
together and to invest in that
was vonda mcdaniel. With that
emerge, tennessee got off the
ground and trained many of us
who are in this room tonight.
And I just wanted to take a
moment to recognize one more
thing that she has done. I
don't have the words, like many
of you all do, that can be
spoke so eloquently. But with
that, I would like to take at
least five seconds of my time
for just a moment. And that is
a moment of remembrance. Thank
you so much.
Thank you, MISS
Gad. Council member kimbrough,
you're recognized, ma'am.
Thank
you, vice mayor. I'd like to
say that vonda mcdaniel and her
father lived in my district. He
still resides in my district.
She was a fine person in all
regards, a good person. She
came from good stock. I
appreciated her. She was a
straight shooter and I
appreciate that. She told me
when I came in some of the
things she expected, and
ironically, I was actually
working on one of her
suggestions at the time she
passed. And it's going to
happen. But I just wanted to
acknowledge her and say she was
a fine person, came from a fine
family, and she will be missed.
Thank you.
Thank you, thank you
to all members for speaking so
kindly and so well. All right.
Seeing no one else in the queue,
we will move to the vote. There
is a motion to approve with
rule 12.3 applied, such that
all those voting in the
affirmative will be added as
co-sponsors. All in favor,
please say aye. Any voting no
or abstaining. All right. You
have adopted this resolution
honoring the life of vonda
mcdaniel. Thank you. Next is
agenda item 43, resolution
2026-2148. Sponsors vo tombs,
gad, welch, lee, taylor. Nash.
Stiles. Allen. Kapp, evans.
Wiener. Evan siegel, suara,
benedict, ellis, truffle, and
koopman. This is a resolution
recognizing JULY 18th to AUGUST
17th as south asian heritage
month in nashville, and
davidson county council member
vo, you are recognized.
Thank
you. Vice mayor. Committee
reports. Please.
Council member
cash for the report of rules.
Confirmations. Please. Sir, we.
We supported five in favor,
zero against. You're not voting.
All right. Back to you, miss
foe.
Thank you, vice mayor. I'd
like to move to approve with a
brief comment.
All right. Go
ahead, ma'am.
Thank you so much.
I'm so honored to recognize
south asian heritage month and
celebrate the rich history,
culture, and contributions of
south asian americans in
nashville and davidson county.
As you said before, it is just
kicking off. It will be
observed JULY 18th through
AUGUST 17th, and it recognizes
the heritage of people with
roots in afghanistn,
bangladesh, bhutan, india, the
maldives, nepal, pakistan and
sri lanka. It's a really a
special time to celebrate the
diversity, resilience and
achievements of these amazing
communities, and I'm really
proud to say that it was our
council that first formally
recognized south asian heritage
month in 2024, and this
resolution is really important
and deserves to be uplifted
every year because it sends a
message that every community
belongs, that every story is
valued, and that the
contributions of south asian
residents are are an essential
part of nashville's success. We
have seen them become
entrepreneurs, creating jobs,
physicians and health care
professionals caring for our
families, engineers and
technology leaders, driving
innovation, educators shaping
our future generations, small
business owners strengthening
our neighborhoods, artists
enriching our cultures and
public servants giving back to
our city and from beloved
neighborhood businesses like
patel brothers and taj indian
restaurants to nationally
recognized destinations like
chowhan el and masala house and
taylor nashville, south asian
owned businesses create jobs,
attract visitors, and enrich
our culinary landscape, which
is really wonderful. And if you
want to celebrate and not just
observe south asian heritage
month, you can join 615 chutney
this thursday where they're
going to have a special event
highlighting south asian local
artists like strange curry, and
everyone is invited. So I just
want to remind us that as
nashville continues to grow, I
want us to continue to be a
welcoming and diverse community.
And today we proudly affirm
that our south asian neighbors
are an integral part of our
city and our story. So MAY this
resolution inspire and have
greater understanding so that
we can have stronger
partnerships and continue to
celebrate the amazing cultures
that make nashville and
davidson county a wonderful
place to live. Thank you.
Thank
you, MISS Foe. There's a motion
to approve and is properly
seconded. We're on to
discussion. MISS Suara, you're
recognized.
Thank you, vice
mayor. I'm going to be very,
very short. I just want to rise
in support of this resolution.
A lot of folks in the south
asian community are also part
of the muslim community. Rashid
is bangladeshi. So s sabina
and the whole family that have
been here. They've been
instrumental in the first
immigrant mosque in nashville
and a lot of kids being raised
in that in that in that mosque,
including my kids too. And so
in addition to being our
community members and doctors
and everything else, been able to be bridge
builders. They've also been
good neighbors. And so I want
to rise in support and say,
happy south asian mosque month.
Thank you, MISS Flora. All
right. Seeing no further
discussion. All in favor,
please say aye. Any voting no
or abstaining. Okay. Council
has adopted this resolution.
Next is section k of our agenda.
A late resolution as of yet a
numbered sponsor tombs. This is
a resolution appropriating a $5
million grant from the U.S.
Department of housing and urban
development to the metropolitan
government acting by and
through the housing division of
the metro nashville planning
department for. Pathways to
removing obstacles to housing.
MISS Tombs, I'm going to
recognize you for potential
suspension of the rules. Go
ahead. Ma'am.
Thank you. MADAM
Vice mayor requestd to suspend
the rules.
Okay, chair. Cash,
do you have a report on the
nature of this suspension? Go
ahead. Sir.
We did. We
discussed it and approved the
late filed nature six in favor.
Zero against zero not voting.
All right. Having heard the
report of chair cash, is there
any objection to the suspension
of the rules? Seeing none, the
rules are suspended. So it's
over to you, MISS Tombs, for a
motion to get the bill before
us. And I see as well we have
some committee referrals. Okay.
And did they go, in fact, to
those committees even though it
was late filed. Okay. So are
you requesting committee
reports? Go ahead.
Budget and
finance voted to recommend
approval. Nine in favor, zero
against zero. Not voting.
Okay
for the report of the planning
and zoning committee. I do not
see chair horton. Vice chair
harrell is moving over to the
desk. This is a late filed
resolution k sponsor tombs. To
get our report. Here comes MR.
Horton. There's a little delay
out there on the mezzanine. So.
Go ahead, sir.
Thank you. Vice
mayor. Planning and zoning
voted to approve. Eight in
favor, zero against. You're not
voting.
Okay. And chair cash.
You had the report on the late
file nature, I presume. Similar
six. No. Okay. Go ahead, MR.
Holmes. Yes. All set.
Move for
approval.
All right. Properly
moved and seconded. Any
discussion? Any discussion on
this resolution? Seeing none.
All in favor, please say aye.
Any voting no or abstaining.
All right. Council has adopted
this resolution. Next is
section l bills on introduction
and first reading. By rule, all
items on first reading shall be
voted on at the same time,
unless requested otherwise, by
a primary sponsor or two other
members. Do any items need to
be removed from the collective
vote? All right. Seeing none,
is there a motion for approval
of all items on first
consideration? Okay. Properly
seconded. Without objection,
you have approved all items on
first reading. All right, now
we're on to section m bills on
second reading that were not on
consent. And first among those
is agenda item 50, ordinance
bl2026-1254. Sponsors cortez,
harrell, bradford, gad,
sepulveda, ellis, suarez and
benton. This is an ordinance to
amend title six of the metro
code of laws regarding the
disclosure of personalized
algorithmic and dynamic pricing.
Council member cortez, you're
recognized, sir.
Thank you,
vice mayor withdrawal with a
brief comment.
Go ahead sir.
Yes, yes.
So this is just a
procedural move. We were going
back and forth with the states
attorney general's office. They
most recently responded about a
week and a half ago. So I'm now
working with metro legal on the
enforcement arm of this. And we
just need more time. And if I
was to defer again, it would be
a indefinite deferral. So I
will withdraw and then
reintroduce at a later date.
All right. Appreciate the
explanation. This bill has been
withdrawn. One, two. Five four.
Sponsor cortez is withdrawn.
All right. Next is agenda item
51, ordinance bl2026-1403.
Sponsor parker. This has a
companion bill in agenda item
52, ordinance bl2026-1404, but
we will have to take them
separately. MISTER Parker,
since there is an amendment on
the first bill, 1403 is an
ordinance to amend title 17,
the metro code of laws zoning
ordinance, the metro government
of nashville and davidson
county by amending a specific
plan for various properties
generally located west of
gallatin avenue, east of emmett
avenue, south of mcclurkin
avenue and north of douglas
avenue. Zoned s p and changing
thezoning on properties from r,
s, five c, s and or22sp. This
is 19.09 acres to permit a
mixed use development, all of
which is described here in and
after we take 1403 up
separately for purposes
potentially of amending, you
can then consolidate it with
1404, which would require
certain materials to be
restricted in the construction
of buildings at all the
addresses mentioned in 1403. Go
ahead, MR. Parker. You
recognized.
Thank you, vice
mayor. We actually won't be
moving the amendment today.
Okay. So can I move?
You MAY go
ahead and make a consolidated
motion then, please.
Bill 2026
1403 and bill 26, 2026 1404.
Okay. There is a motion to
approve. 1403 and 1404.
Apologies, I, I tend to defer
one meeting both of them.
Okay.
And go ahead. It is a motion to
defer.
Thank you. Yes. Motion
to defer with a brief
explanation. I have not had
time to connect with the the
developer of this project
regarding some of the
outstanding concerns or the
amendment that you'll see in
the packet today. And so at
their request, we're going to
defer second reading one more
meeting, and that will give me
time to to have time to connect
with them. So, all right, just
renew a motion deferral of 1403
and 1404.
All right. To the
first one meeting to the first
meeting in AUGUST. It is
properly seconded. Is there any
discussion? Seeing none. All in
favor please say aye. Aye. Any
voting no or abstaining. Okay.
Both these bills will be
deferred to the first meeting
in AUGUST. All right. Next is
agenda item 53. Ordinance bl
2026-1430. This is an or
sponsors. Bradford. Ellis.
Johnston. Evans. Siegel. Welsh.
Bowe, evans, hoffman. Cooper
and wiener. This is an
ordinance amending section
2.08.030 of the metro code of
laws relative to the
publication of the annual
operating budget and the
capital improvements budget.
Council member bradford, you're
recognized sir.
Thank you,
MADAM PRESIDENT. Committee
report.
For the report of the
budget and finance committee
chair, tombs. Go ahead.
Budget
and finance voted to recommend
a one meeting deferral nine in
favor, zero against zero not
voting okay.
as such, it's rule
8.1, a mandatory deferral with
no debate or discussion that
will be deferred to the next
meeting. Next is agenda item 54.
Ordinance bl 2026-1431.
Sponsors vo, horton, cap.
Benedict. Bradford. Ellis. Gadd.
Porterfield. Cash.
Parker. Weiner. Rutherford,
harrell, spain. Huffman, nash,
sepulveda and prep tee. This is
an amend chapter
2.147 of the metro code of laws
regarding the nashville
entertainment commission.
Council member vo, you are
recognized.
Thank you so much.
Should you. Should I do my
committee reports?
Yes.
Request
it from yourself. Go ahead
ma'am.
MADAM Chair. Thank you,
vice mayor. The amendment for
bl 2026 1431 was zero in favor,
seven against two not voting.
And then the substitute was two
in favor, six against one not
voting. And the bill
itself was six in favor, three
against zero not voting.
Okay,
six in favor, three against
zero not voting.
That's correct.
Okay. With that report in, it's
back to you for a motion to get
the bill before us.
Thank you
so much. I'd like to move to
approve with a brief comment.
Go ahead.
Thank you so much,
vice mayor. And I want to thank
every single person in our
entire council and the%
community, the entertainment
commission and everyone who
weighed in. I know that this is
a bill we've been working on,
and I know that the community
wants to see us move forward,
and I'm very excited that out
of committee, we were able to
take that first step, and my
hope is that we are going to
see the first executive
director of the national
entertainment commission
announced soon, and this is the
first step that we need to do
as the metro council to move
that forward. So I really just
invite my colleagues to please
join me in supporting this bill
so that we can, you know, honor
the people of nashville and the
work of the entertainment
commission over the years so
that we can move forward. Thank
you so much.
All right. There
is a motion to approve. It's
properly seconded. And we're on
to discussion. First in the
queue is council member styles.
You're recognized.
I would like
to move for a one meeting
deferral with a brief comment
if I MAY.
Is there a second.
Okay, okay. There is a motion
to defer is properly seconded.
Go ahead.
Thank you very much.
Vice mayor. What council member
vo said is correct. This has
definitely been a long time
coming. We created the
commission last term hoping
that this would move forward.
In the last three years, it's
it's just been very laborious
and it should be a real fun
commission and also a great
office. The executive director
will be of the office, not of
the commission, but today we
had an emergency entertainment
commission meeting to discuss
both of these pieces of
legislation, and it was clear
by the end of the meeting that
there wasn't support for either
bill because they want one bill
numerous times today. They
express distrust in this
administration and their
ability to move anything with
them forward. As I spoke with
derek smith and metro legal,
who is their representative,
after the meeting was over, he
did say that it looked like
there was a way forward.
Legally. There's some language
that seemed ambiguous, and so
proposing a one meeting
deferral. I'm I'm not into
deferrals. I think most of you
know that. But if the greater
good can be had here where
there's one bill that we can
all agree on. I did volunteer
in the meeting today to work
with the mayor's office. The
mayor's office refused, and I
think it would benefit our
constituents. This is not about
us. Our personal relationships,
petty squabbles. This is about
a group of people that have
spent a lot of time in the last
three years trying to get this
off the ground. And I'd like to
read a comment from one of the
commissioners post the meeting
today. And this is from our
academy award nominee. So we're
talking about these are real
experts, not we're not
quarterback coaching. Here at
the nsc meeting today, we were
shown and discussed all the
various versions of proposed
legislation, but I don't think
anyone on the commission was
excited about any of them.
Ultimately, the lack of trust
in the mayor's office to follow
through on their stated plan
led us to decide not to support
the offered bills. The only
hope of optimism was a hope
that, given a little more time,
a new version that could be
drafted could be more close,
could more closely meet
everyone's goals. And I get it.
We're we're tired of having
this conversation. I think some
people signed on just so in the
hopes that shenanigans could
stop and move things forward.
But at the end of the day, we
create commissions and we
appoint people to commissions
to serve constituency groups
and help move our city forward.
And right now, we have a lot of
projects that are coming to
nashville that need a dedicated
office and a one stop shop that
needs an executive director,
and it needs the support of
this commission, MR. Rosenberg
said during the meeting. Before
that, they have no expertise in
hiring, so I think we should
take that and move forward
accordingly.
All right. So what
is before us is a motion to
defer. 14311 meeting. It was
properly seconded, and we are
on to discussion on the one
meeting deferral motion. MR.
Koopman, do you seek to be
recognized on the deferral? Go
ahead sir.
Thank you, MADAM
PRESIDENT. I am really torn on
the deferral versus not. But,
you know, I think that the the
goal that was stated is
important. And to consider as whether or
not to defer for more time, the
commission very clearly today
said that they would like to
stop the mayor's office
and the council members and
everybody fighting, and just
please come together on one
bill and hear us. And I share
their frustration. At the end
of the day, it's important to
me to have a commission here
that's that's taking up these
matters. And so, you know,
again, I'm I'm torn on whether
we should defer or not. But I
do think that the commission
was frustrated with the
multiple bills I did here.
Council member styles share a
desire to compromise whether or
not the substitute itself was
sufficient. I did hear that
desire expressed. I was hoping
that that would lead to a
moment with the mayor's office
coming together and getting to
one bill so we could
unanimously pass something to
move forward. But it sounded
like the mayor's office felt
that their bill was
structurally sound and didn't
want to put any changes into it.
So I know that's not a clear
direction. I just want to hear
how the discussion goes. But I
do think that there's a a
desire to get to something. And
I think that if we move forward,
I'll just end by saying if we
move forward today, we're
picking one versus the other.
And that means that we're not
honoring the commission's
wishes of coming together
unanimously. But obviously, if
we defer, we might have a
chance of getting to that. But
we also, you know, burn more
time where we don't have this
commission stood up. So I want
to see how the discussion goes
and go from there.
All right.
Discussion continues on the
motion to defer one meeting.
Next in the queue is council
member easily recognized, sir.
Thank you very much. I'm in
support of the deferral. I was
at the meeting this afternoon.
There as no more clarity in
the beginning of the meeting or
the end of the meeting. The
commissioners weren't happy.
There were no real clear
answers. We're still split on
the best way to do this. The
commissioners do have concerns
about the mayor being in charge
of the executive director of
this commission, and I think
that's something tht we really
need to look at. We're looking
at starting a snowball right
now. It's $300,000, but before
we know it, this will be a full
department with a giant annual
budget, and we won't be able to
stop it. But we will know as of
tonight that we started it on
the wrong path. And if we
expect it to end up on the
right path after putting it on
the wrong path in the beginning,
we're just lying to ourselves.
There are some council members
that do want to move this
forward, and I feel like, like
my colleague said, it's out of
frustration instead of out of
completion. And we don't have
to do this tonight. We can take
a little more time, try to get
the two, the mayor's
administration and the sponsor
of the bill to come together on
a better plan, rather than just
throwing our hands up and
saying, let's just vote on
something and get it done. So I
would ask the rest of the
council to think about this.
Give two more weeks, just two
more weeks to try to find a
better solution. If we don't,
it's okay. We're still in the
same spot, but at least we
tried.
All right. Thank you.
Next in the queue is council
member cap on the motion to
defer. Go ahead sir.
Thank you,
vice mayor. Those of us in the
apple committee have been
through this on various
versions of bills related to
the entertainment commission
for this entire term. And I
know on the floor we've been
through it as well. There's
something I'd like to deduce
from that experience, which is
that all the bills we've passed
so far have not resulted in a
functioning entertainment
commission for this city. It's
been stated that folks want one
bill. Well, that means that
it's down to us to decide how
to proceed on this bill. I
think it's highly unlikely that
a deferral of this bill will
result in a compromise between
the idea that the mayor's
office has hiring authority
over the executive director's
position, or that the
commission does. I think it's
unlikely that all of the
previous deferrals that didn't
result in some synthesis
between those views will result
in one over the next two weeks.
It is up to us to make this
decision. I come at this from a
perspective of these
commissioners have worked
really hard and have had an
incredibly frustrating
experience over the past few
years. It is up to us to give
them a framework to move
forward. If we share an
interest in standing up a
commission that can function,
that will be accountable, we
will all be watching. We will
know whether it succeeds or
fails. Everybody is going to be
paying attention to this. We've
got to give it a structure to
work. Every previous structure
that we've tried to do has not
resulted in a functioning
commission. We tonight can move
forward on a bill that allows
that to happen, that will then
stand up this commission
without any further delay. I
urge us to do that tonight. We
can make the decision. This is
how we get to one bill. We can
debate and discuss and decide
this isn't just something to
move it forward. This is the
bill that can that we have
debated in committee and
discussed as a way of doing a
workable framework. If an
executive director is in an
office by herself or himself,
he or she will not be able to
coordinate across metro
departments in the way that we
are all hoping to happen, that,
for better or worse, can only
happen through the imprimatur
of the mayor's office. We all
are asking for that to happen,
so let's make it happen. Thank
you colleagues.
Thank you, MR.
Cap. MISS Foe, do you want me
to keep. Okay. Next in the
queue. MR. Nash. Recognized,
sir.
Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.
As one of the older members of
this council. I would like to
see something passed while I'm
still able to be here. The. The.
This has been discussed and
discussed and discussed, and I
really think it is time we pass
it. I remember when the
commissioners were here during
budget talks and they were
asking for the 325,000 some
dollars, and I went back to
them and I said, well, where
are you going to be working out
of the trunk of your car? And
they really didn't have an
answer for that. The mayor has
now given them an answer. They
can work out of the mayor's
office as they grow this
commission, as they develop
this business. We don't need to
defer this any further. Thank
you.
All right. MISS, you have
yet to speak on the deferral
motion, specifically in your
next in the queue. So go ahead,
please, ma'am.
Thank you, vice
mayor. I do want to point out
in committee we did discuss a
deferral and failed four in
favor, five against and zero
not voting. And I really
appreciate the sentiments of
and comments and discussion.
But I rise in against the
deferral because of the reasons
I stated before. And I think
that we are all ready for
action. I think this allows us
to see action and that we will
keep the pressure on so that we
can have all the different,
amazing opportunities that this
office will present itself, and
we need someone to lead that.
And so I encourage my
colleagues to vote, to vote
against deferral and to vote
for the bill. Thank you.
Council member evans. You're
recognized.
Thank you, vice
mayor. I appreciate being
recognized on the deferral. I
am in support of the deferral
tonight. I could not be at the
meeting this afternoon because
I had a conflict. But I think
that the biggest struggle that
I have related to the
commission, the members
experience and kind of the
feedback that they have
provided so far is, you know,
getting it right for them means
a variety of different things.
You know, we've talked about
this idea of incubation and
what that really looks like. I
don't feel like I have a firm
understanding of define
incubation and what level of
support are we going to have
with the commission and the
executive director being in the
mayor's office? What does that
looklike? And when we talk
about, you know, we were
talking earlier about mndot and
vision zero and things like
that. And if you don't have
institutional support, that is
legitimate. Meaning in this
case, the administration that's
really willing to put their
money where their mouth is.
Remember, we were the ones that
had to resurrect this entire
process as part of the
substitute budget. It was not
part of the administration's
budget. And so I can understand
their frustration and their
uncertainty as a commission,
thinking that we do not
collectively have their back
based on how that whole process
transpired. And so when I'm
thinking about the level of
commitment that I would like to
see, I think an ability for
both stakeholders in this case
between the administration and
the prime sponsor to work
through kind of these issues in
conjunction, you know, with
with derek and metro legal, I
think that would be a valid or
warranted exercise. And I and
for the folks that are like,
well, I've heard this during
this term, think about those of
us who are second termers who
have been through this,you
know, with council member
swope's feedback kind of
resonating as part of in my
head right now related to his
concerns about our ability to
actually execute on this
process. And so I'm going to
support the deferral tonight.
If the deferral fails, I will
be voting against bill. So
thank you so much.
Thank you,
MISS Evans. Debate continues on
the deferral motion. Next in
the queue, councilmemberparker.
Go ahead sir.
Previous question,
MADAM Vice mayor.
Okay. Okay.
MR. Parker has called the
previous question. It's been
properly seconded. This is a
non-debatable motion that
requires two thirds of those
voting. If you vote in favor of
the previous question, you want
to end debate and move to the
vote. If you vote no, you would
like a discussion on this
deferral motion to continue. As
I always ask on these somewhat
contentious matters, please, by
number, not by volume. Okay.
All in favor of the previous
question, please say aye.
Aye.
All of those against the
previous question, please say
no. The ayes have it in an
abundance of caution. MR. Clark,
if you would please load the
vote for the one meeting
deferral motion.
We will be
back for three years. Right?
MISS Hancock, do you seek to
vote?
Is this more than a year
of the.
Last term?
Okay. All
votes in. MR. Clerk, please
show the vote. Okay. The
deferral motion has failed.
With ten votes in favor and 25
against and one abstention.
That means we are now back on
the motion to approve. All
right. MISS Stiles, do you seek
to be recognized on the motion
to approve? Okay. Go ahead,
ma'am.
I think it goes without
saying that I'm going to be a
no. I just wanted to say, for
the record, we are spitting in
the faces of every single
creative that has told us they
don't want this to happen. We
haven't received a single email
from anyone in the creative
community in this city to tell
us that they want this to go in
the mayor's office. So if we're
sitting here and we're voting
for something that we know
these people do not want, and I
don't trust this administration
to get this off the ground in a
year. I hope that my saying
that spurs them to do something
that's actually great, but I
don't believe it's going to
happen. But please, please
consider this is not about us
in here. This is about the
constituency group of creatives.
And there was a lot of
frustration. And not one of you
that is on this bill showed up
at today's meeting or the
meeting two weeks ago. If it
mattered that much to you to
move it forward, certainly the
lead sponsor could have shown
up, but that didn't happen
either. So I hope, you know,
the idea of putting pressure on
the group of people that have
spent all of their efforts and
energy to stop them from doing
anything doesn't really make
sense. So I hope please
reconsider voting yes for this.
Please vote no. Maybe we could
come up with something that
could make sense.
All right.
Discussion continues on the
motion to approve. 1431. Next
in the queue is council member
copen. Go ahead sir.
Thank you,
MADAM PRESIDENT. Would the
would this be an appropriate
time to offer my amendment, or
are we still on MISS Style
substitute?
We're we're on the
bill. And so we were never on
MISS Styles substitute. She had
a motion to defer. That has
failed. And so a motion to
amend is a proper motion, and.
I would like to move to amend
with a brief comment.
Is there
a second on the motion to amend?
MISS Allen has seconded. Go
ahead, MR. Cooper.
Thank you,
MADAM PRESIDENT. I appreciate
this discussion. I think at the
end all know
that music, tv, film are
incredibly important to our
city, and I appreciate
everybody's efforts, even
though there's disagreement on
how to get there, on the
commitment to do it, as MISS
Evans stated originally, this
was unfunded in the original
budget, and I appreciate our
support here in the body for
getting that funding and
getting this moving and making
this a topic that the mayor has
now pledged full support to.
And I have no doubt that if
thispasses and it ends up in
his office, that he will, you
know, with full force, hire
this person and, you know,
begin that process. So this my
amendment isn't really speaking
to this process, but rather
codifying how we got to this
higher in the in the current
iteration, it set up such that
the commission gets to narrow
down the candidate shaping the
direction of the office, and
then the mayor hires their
their selection. And so both
the mayor's initial bill and
MISS Dale's initial bill took
that process away. And so this
amendment would bring it back.
I think that one of the one of
the top things I've heard from
the commissioners is to not let
this be a politicized office,
whether it's one administration
or two administrations or ten
down the road. This is a highly
political industry. It'san
industry that that runs the
risk of becoming a political
football. We've seen it happen
here. And so this amendment
would restore the commission's
ability to shape the direction
of the of the hires. The mayor
retains the right to hire. He
retains the right to reject any
of the candidates. And so I
know that there were some
concerns from legality
perspective over kind of where
where that charter authority is.
But I still
believe that this
amendment would be okay because,
again, the mayor, at the end of
the day, can reject the
candidates and be received new
ones. It does also put a shot
clock that gives him 60 days to
respond once commit. Once the
members are put forward. So I
think it's a good amendment. I
think it would help help the
bill, help the commissioners
feel like they have a sense of
purpose if this amendment
doesn't go on and the bill
mayor's bill goes forward,
where this is in the mayor's
office for an unspecified
amount of incubation time, with
no opportunity for the
commissioners to weigh in the
commission. I mean, I don't at
that point, I don't even know
what the what the goal of the
commission then becomes. So my
hope is that we can listen to
the people, listen to the
public as we say we do, and at
least give the commission some
voice in this matter.
All right.
So we are on the motion to
amend with MISTER Coupons
amendment. It was properly
seconded. You've heard a
description of the amendment
from the sponsor. And so we are
going to continue discussion. I
believe I saw MISS Benedict
shaking her head that she does
not seek to be recognized on
the motion to amend. MISS Welch
on the motion to amend MISS
Suara on the motion toamend.
Is there anyone in the queue
specifically seeking to be
recognized on the motion to
amend? Okay, let me go. In
order again. Hands for motion
to amend. Bradford horton. Oh
yeah. Okay. I believe first in
the queue on the motion to
amend is MISS Vo. MISS Vo,
you're recognized.
Thank you so
much, vice mayor. I do want to
just remind everyone that we
did discuss the amendment in
committee, and it failed. Zero
in favor, seven against two not
voting. And we had concerns
about legal issues. And I'd
like to defer to the mayor's
office for additional input.
Okay. You're seeking a position
from the administration on.
On
the amendment.
Yes. Thank you,
MR. Rosenberg. You're
recognized, sir.
Thank you,
MADAM PRESIDENT. Dave rosenberg
with the mayor's office, metro
legal expressed that this
amendment would not be
compliant with the charter
because it limits who the mayor
can hire into his office. You
can imagine ordinances saying
that for any position in the
mayor's office, that the
council gets to pick two
finalists or that sort of thing.
So you can see the natural
outcome of it all. That said,
the mayor has committed to
hiring a commission
recommendation if this
legislation passes this file.
So thank you for your support.
Thank you, council member.
all
right, MISS, back to you.
Yes.
And so I'm rising in opposition
to the amendment and just hope
that my colleagues will also
join.
All right. Next in the
queue on the motion to amend
specifically is next, MR.
Horton. Go ahead, sir.
Council
member asked all the questions.
I was going to thank you.
Okay.
Is there anyone else in the
queue seeking to be recognized
on the motion to amend? Okay.
Seeing none, let's go to the
vote on the motion to amend. We
will try it first by voice. If
I cannot tell, we will go to
the boards. So again number not
volume. All in favor of the
motion to amend please say I.
Against the motion to amend.
Please say no. Okay. The nos
have it. The motion to amend
has failed. And so we continue
on discussion on the motion to
approve. Next in the queue for
that discussion is MISS
Benedict. You are recognized.
Thank you, MADAM Vice mayor. I
call the question.
Okay,
council member benedict has
called the question. Was there
a second? Okay. This is a
non-debatable motion that
requires two thirds of those
voting. If you want to end
debate, you would vote in favor
of the previous question by
saying I or yes, if you want
debate to continue on the
motion to approve this
ordinance on its second reading,
you would vote no. Okay. Would.
All in favor the previous
question, please say I. Any
voting no. The ayes have it and
we will move to the vote. MR.
Clerk, if you would please load
the vote for 1431. The motion
to approve.
All votes. And, MR.
Clerk, please show the vote.
All right. The motion to
approve on second reading has
passed with 27 votes in favor,
seven against and three
abstentions. All right. This
bill will continue on to its
third and final reading at the
next meeting. Next is agenda
item 55, ordinance bill
2026-1432. Sponsor styles welsh,
evans, coogan, cortez hill,
drawful, suarez and webb. This
is an ordinance amending
chapter 2.147 of the metro code
of laws, relative to the
nashville entertainment
commission. Sponsor styles you
are recognized.
Thank you very
much. Committee reports please.
Okay. For the report of the
arts, parks, libraries and
entertainment committee chair.
Thank you, vice mayor. The
committee voted to indefinitely%
defer bl 2026-14327 in favor,
one against and one non voting.
And according to 8.2 because it
was the indefinite deferral was
voted by two thirds of the
members voting. This is
indefinitely deferred without
debate or discussion.
Understood. That said, I do
have to go back to the sponsor
because also an option to her
is to withdraw. And so the
sponsor has been recognized for
purposes of requesting their
committee reports. You have
provided it. I appreciate you
clarifying the indefinite defer
with 2.3. And so, MISS Styles,
I'm going to go back to you.
Your only option at this
juncture is a withdrawal. And
if you were to speak towards a
withdrawal, it needs to be very
brief on the reasoning or the
nature of the withdrawal. Okay,
if that is your choice, but if
it is anything other thanthat,
there is no discussion. Okay.
So that.
Indefinite deferral.
Okay.
Go ahead ma'am, you're
recognized. All right, all
right.
Okay.
Next is agenda
item 56, ordinance bl 2026-1434.
Sponsors lee and koopman. This
is an ordinance to amend
section 13.2, 0.020 of the
metro code of laws relative to
required notice and permission
for excavations in the right of
way. Council member lee or
recognized ma'am.
Yes. MADAM
Chair, committee reports please.
Okay. For the report of the
transportation and
infrastructure committee chair,
evan siegel. Thank you, MADAM
PRESIDENT. The transportation
and infrastructure committee
recommended a one meeting%
deferral, ten in favor, zero
against and zero not okay with
rule 8.1, MISS Lee. That is a
mandatory deferral by rule one
meeting. Okay. Next is agenda
item 57. Ordinance bl 2026-1437.
Sponsors. Webb, koopman, evans,
bradford, allen, ellis and
benton. This is an ordinance
requiring that all boards,
commissions, committees and
authorities of the metropolitan
government with financial
authority or a fiduciary duty
record and make publicly
available the proceedings of
heir meetings. MISS Webb is
not present. Does another
sponsor, MR. Koopman, you are
next in the queue on
sponsorship here. Are are you
prepared to proceed?
I can
thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I
just request your.
Committee
reports.
Please.
For the report
of the budget and finance
committee. Chair, tombs.
Thank
you, MADAM Vice mayor, budget
and finance voted to recommend
a one meeting deferral nine in
favor, zero against zero. Not
voting.
Okay for the report of
the government operations and
regulations committee. Chair
hill.
Thank you, MADAM Vice
mayor. We recommend the same
one meeting deferral seven in
favor, zero against zero not
voting.
All right. Per rule 8.1.
That is a mandatory deferral by
rule. This bill on second
reading will be taken up at the
next meeting. Okay. All right.
Next is ageda item 58,
ordinance bill 2026-1442.
Sponsors tombs, evans, siegel
and allen. This ordinance
approving amendment two to a
contract between the metro
government of nashville and
davidson county and waste
management, inc. Of tennessee
for the provision of solid
waste collection and collection
of carts. MISS. Tombs, you are
recognized.
Thank you, MADAM
Vice mayor. Comittee reports
budget and finance voted to
recommend approval as amended.
Nine in favor, zero against
zero not voting.
All right. And
for the report of the
transportation and
infrastructure committee chair
evan siegel, the.
Transportation and
infrastructure committee voted
to approve the amendment and in
favor zero against zero not
voting and to approve, as
amended, ten in favor, zero
against and zero not voting.
Okay. All right, MISS Tombs,
it's back to you for a motion.
Move for approval.
Okay.
Properly moved and seconded, we
are on to discussion. First in
the queue is council member
parker. You're recognized, ir.
Thank you, vice mayor. I would
like to move the amendment.
All
right. It's properly seconded.
Go ahead. Sir, we're on a
motion to amend.
Thank you. So
we had a lot of great
discussion in committee about
this amendment. So I'll try to
summarize that in the amount of
time that I have here.
Essentially this this amendment,
the main driver of it coming to
us is the shift from the five
day pickup schedule to the four
day pickup schedule. And it was
a request, my understanding, it
was a request of the the
contractor waste management to
also extend the contract by an
additional five years and a
additional $60 million in scope.
You know, that's a pretty
that's a pretty extensive
extension there. And if you
think about when we first
signed this contract, we had
just moved the solid waste
function out of public works.
It was temporarily housed at
metro water services, who did a
phenomenal job handling it
through some really difficult
times. We had the failure of
one of our major haulers, and
they managed to to kind of keep
the wheels rolling there. So
huge thanks to metro water for
that, that incredible work. But
but, you know, we're not in
that situation anymore. We're
not in a situation where we
have contractors failing left
and right. We're in a situation
where we've established a
professional, dedicated
department of solid waste. And
I think like with the sort of
parallel contract another
major hauler waste pro, I think
that this contract should go
out to bid rather than be
extended by amendment five
years and $60 million. I think
that's the most appropriate
thing to let our new solid
waste department, the director,
the professional staff that we
have, work with metro
procurement to make sure that
we get the best contract for
taxpayers that we can and not
extend this by five years. So
essentially, what we're doing
here, we're enacting the other
necessary parts of the contract
amendment. But what we'd be
doing is removing the sections
that extend it by five years
and add $60 million to the
contract total. So I would ask
colleagues to please support
this amendment, and we'll get
this out to bid, and we'll get
a new contract next year.
All
right. Thank you for the
explanation. All right. We are
on a motion to amend with MR.
Parker's amendment, and we're
on to discussion. Council
member porterfield, you're
recognized.
Thanks.
Vice mayor.
I got in the queue in case the
council member needed extra
time. Seeing as though he dos
not need any. I will just say
that I am rising in support and
thankful that he brought this
council member gadd,
you're recognized.
Thank you so
much, MADAM Speaker. I also
rise in support of this
amendment. And specifically, I
want to recognize and thank the.
The new director over at our
our our new department of waste
services, the amount of work
that she has done in order to
try to get waste management to
the table, who has been robbing
the city for generations of
resources, and they're
incredibly poor performance.
And they're they don't even.
There's so many things that
have been uncovered during her
push back on this company. So
while I applaud where they've
been able to get this contract
from an incredibly unwilling
and angry provider who wants to
who tries to monopolize this,
this, this area of services, I
do rise in complete support of
council member parker and this
amendment, and hopefully that
will also demonstrate that we
expect more. So while I'm very
thankful for the department and
the leadership for the
incredible work they have done
to get us into a place that we
are, I definitely rise in
support of this amendment. So
thank you.
All right. Thank you.
Is there any further discussion
specifically on the motion to
amend MISS Ellis? You're
recognized.
Thank you, MADAM
PRESIDENT. I couldn't press my
button fast enough to echo
councilmember gadd's comments.
And I just wanted to say to the
public, if you're listening,
waste management picks up your
trash email your council member,
let them know that you want to
switch to a metro route.
All
right, so we are on the motion
to amend any further discussion
on the amendment right. Seeing
none, we'll try by voice. All
infavor of the motion to amend,
please say aye. Any voting no.
Any abstaining. Okay. So we
have put the amendment on the
bill. MISS Tombs sponsor, I'm
looking to you. Do you wish to
renew your motion to approve,
as amended? Thank you. I didn't
have her mic on, but she did
say move approval, as amended.
It was properly seconded. Is
there any further discussion on
the motion to approve, as
amended, for this bill, on its
second of three readings?
Seeing none. All in favor,
please say aye. Any voting? No.
Any abstaining? Okay. This is
passed its second reading as
amended. Next is agenda item 60,
ordinance bl 2026-1450.
Sponsors cortez and ellis. This
is an ordinance directing the
metropolitan nashville police
department and the mayor's
office through the office of
youth safety and requesting the
coordination of metropolitan
nashville public schools to
jointly develop an education
and information sharing
initiative aimed at identifying
and countering the growing
threat of online extremist
content that targets and
exploits young people in
nashville and davidson county.
Sponsor. Cortez, you are
recognized, sir.
Thank you.
Vice mayor. Committee reports.
Okay. For the report of the
budget and finance committee
chair, tombs.
Budget and
finance voted to recommend a
three meeting deferral, nine in
favor, zero against zero not
voting.
Okay.
And for the
reportof the public health and
safety committee chair hoffman.
Thank you, vice mayor, public
health and safety recommended
to defer this. Three meetings,
eight in favor, zero against
zero not voting.
Okay. All
right. So it's back to you, MR.
Cortez, for a motion, sir. Go
ahead.
Thank you, vice mayor.
I'd like to make a motion for
three meeting deferral with a
brief comment.
Okay. Properly
moved and seconded. Yes, sir.
Brief comment. Go ahead.
Thank
you. It was brought to my
attention that the fantastic
reverend david tucker and his
team at hrc have done some work
on this. So we're going to have
a meeting of the minds to make
this bill even stronger. And I
look forward to working with
him and his team.
Thank you so
much. Okay. There is a motion
to defer three meetings
properly seconded. You've heard
an explanation of the sponsor
for his support of that motion.
Is there any further discussion
on the three meeting deferral
motion? Seeing none. All in
favor, please say aye. Any
voting no or abstaining. Okay.
The second reading of this bill
will be deferred. Three
meetings. Thank you. Next is
agenda item 61, ordinance bl
2026-1451. Sponsor tombs.
Horton, kimbrough, bradford and
allen. This is an ordinance
approving amendment six to the
arts center redevelopment plan.
Amendment number one to the
bordeaux redevelopment plan.
Amendment number one to the
central state redevelopment
plan. Amendment number six to
the phillips jackson
redevelopment plan. Amendment
number nine to the rutledge
hill redevelopment plan.
Amendment number one to the
skyline redevelopment plan.
Okay, MISS Tombs, you are
recognized.
Thank you, MADAM
Vice mayor, committee reports
budget and finance voted to
recommend approval as amended.
Eight in favor, zero against
zero not voting.
Okay. And for
the report of the planning and
zoning committee chair horton.
Thank you, vice mayor pnc,
consider the bill and the
amendment. We voted in favor of
the amendment eight in favor,
zero against zero not voting in
favor of the bill, as amended.
Eight in favor, zero against
zero, not voting.
Okay.
With
those committee reports in.
It's back to you, MISS Tombs,
for a motion to get this before
us.
Move for approval.
All
right. Is there a second? Okay.
There's a motion to approve.
It's properly seconded. And
we're on to discussion. First
in the queue is council member
allen. Go ahead, ma'am.
Thank
you, MADAM Chair. I'd like to
move my amendment with a brief
explanation.
Okay. Is there a
second on the motion to amend?
Okay. Go ahead ma'am.
Thank you.
So this this bill basically
adds some things that came out
of a study that that then
council member mendez did that
that required a review on a on
a periodic basis. And also that
set the amount of the loans
that could be paid back by the
tax that is collected on the
increment at 75%. And it gave
me a the ability to change that
75% if they needed to based on
written criteria that they
developed. And so that's what's
in this amendment for all, all,
all of these different
development districts. What my
amendment would do is just
simply to add notification if m,
d, h a chooses to do that, that
the council would get written
notification that that has
happened. Because otherwise we,
we have no way to know that
projects that are worthy
projects and infrastructure
that needs to happen is, is
using up every bit of the new
property taxes. And none of
that is available for schools.
And that was the whole reason
that whole process was done in
the first place. So not, not
decreasing their ability to
make that change at all, but
just asking that we get written
notification when that change
happens. So I would ask for
support.
All right. There is a
motion to amend properly
seconded. You have heard a
description of the amendment by
its sponsor, MISS Allen. Is
there any discussion on the
motion to amend seeing none.
All in favor. Oh MISS Kimbro,
go ahead ma'am.
Thank you, vice
mayor. I just want to say on
this I'm going to abstain. I
ask that they remove my name
because I never put my name on
there. But one of the reasons I
am going to abstain is because
my community gets concerned.
And they want to know more
about tiff and the mdha project
-
and mdha has agreed to come to
our next meeting, which will be
tuesday. And this might just be
great, but I just wanted he
community to hear from mdha
before I, you know, showed my
support for the bill. So I'm
going to abstain for those
reasons.
Okay. On both the
motion to amend and the motion
to approve as amended.
yes.
Okay. Thank you. All right. Is
there any further discussion on
the motion to amend? Seeing
none. All in favor of the
amendment, please say aye. Any
voting? No. Any abstaining?
MISS Kimbrough will be recorded
as a no on the motion to amend
rather apologize an abstention.
Okay. So the amendment has
passed. And MISS Toombs, if you
would please let me know. Do
you seek to renew your motion
to approve, as amended.
A move
for approval, as amended.
All
right. Okay. There is a motion
to approve on second reading,
as amended. It's properly
seconded. Is there any further
discussion on this bill on
second reading? Seeing none.
All in favor, please say aye.
Any voting? No. Any abstaining?
MISS Kimbro, you will be
recorded as an abstention on
this second reading. Okay. This
bill has passed its second
reading, as amended. Next is
agenda item 62, ordinance
bl2026-1452. Sponsors evans,
hoffman, spain, ellis, gad and
suara. This is an ordinance
establishing the opioid
settlement steering committee
role in guiding the strategic
use of the metropolitan
government's opioid settlement
funds through a clear,
transparent and data driven
process. Sponsor. Evans. You're
recognized.
Thank you, vice
mayor. I would like to move for
one meeting deferral with a
very brief comment.
Okay. Did
you want to get your committee
reports prior to doing so?
Sure.
We can do that.
MR. Hoffman,
what is the report of your
public health and safety
committee?
Vice mayor, public
health and safety recommended
to defer this one meeting eight
in favor, zero against zero not
voting.
Okay. Okay. So that is
rule 8.1. MISS Evans. That that
is our kind of order of
business there, right? Like if
I acknowledge you, you request
committee reports. It's 8.1.
There's no debate and
discussion. Okay. I know you
have some context to provide
thebody and you kindly put
something in, but we've got a
council connect post.
Understood.
Yeah.
No worries.
Sorry about that.
Okay.
8.1 is
applied here such that there's
no debate or discussion that is
deferred by rule one meeting.
Okay. Next is. Okay agenda item
77, ordinance bl2026-1489.
Sponsors horton, porterfield,
cooper and parker, spain. Gad,
benedict, ewing, cortez, weiner,
rutherford, greg nash and
harrell. This is an ordinance
authorizing the metro
government to acquire the fee
interest in a parcel of
property. Parcel id number
13300013500. Through
negotiation or condemnation for
office warehouse training and
other uses. Council member
horton, you are recognized, sir.
Thank you, vice mayor. Move for
approval, please.
Okay. There
is a motion to approve on
second reading. Properly
seconded. And we are on to this.
Let's see. Do we need committee
reports at this juncture? Oh
I'm sorry. So MR. Horton.
Committee reports planning and
zoning voted in favor. Eight in
favor, zero against zero not
voting.
Okay.
And for the
report of the budget and
finance committee chair james.
Budget and finance voted to
recommend approval. Six in
favor, one against one not
voting.
Okay. Now, with those
committee reports in place, sir.
Move for approval, please.
Okay.
All right. There is a motion to
approve on second or third
reading. There is a very deep
queue here. MISS Benedict, you
are at the top of it. You're
recognized.
Thank you, MADAM
Vice mayor. I move to call the
question.
Okay. The question
has been called. This is a non
debate. It's has been seconded.
This is a non-debatable motion.
It requires two thirds of those
voting. If you wish to end
debate on this bill, you would
vote I. If you wish to continue
with the debate, you would vote
no. We will try it first by
voice. If I cannot determine
the two thirds, we will move to
the machine. All in favor of
the previous question, please
say I. I those voting no please
say no.
No.
i believe the ayes
have it. So. This has passed
its second. Oh, I'm so sorry.
Okay, I apologize. That was
kind of surprising to me
because this is a major matter
and we're not going to have
debate. Okay. Okay. There is a
second for putting the vote of
the. Calling the question to a
roll call. Is that correct?
Okay. All right. Sorry, folks.
So we called the vote. We were
moving subsequent. There has
been a request. It has for roll
call. It requires how many
seconds? It requires three
seconds.
Okay, okay.
So. MR.
MR. Clark, can you load the
vote for the previous question,
please, sir?
Okay.
With all
votes in, MR. Clark, please
show the vote. Okay. The motion
to call the previous question
requires two thirds of those
voting in the affirmative. Thus,
the motion has failed with 20
votes. Yes. And 15 votes? No.
Which means we will continue
with discussion on the motion
to approve on second reading.
MISS Benedict, you have already
been recognized, MR. Clark. I
think that needs to be cleared
from the queue. Next in the
queue is MISS Evan siegel.
Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT. I
would ask if the sponsor who
moved to approve would consider
amending her motion to move to
approve with a re referral back
to committee. I have some open
questions to finance. I got
pretty short answers to those
questions, and I think it would
be helpful to talk about them
in committee.
Okay, so MR.
Horton is the primary sponsor
and.
MR. Horton, I apologize.
I'm so used to budget matters.
That's fine.
So there is a
request by MISS Evan siegel
about your willingness to amend
your motion to approve with a
re referral to committee.
Budget.
Finance to budget and
finance.
No objection to that.
I would happy to amend. Can I
do that now? You MAY. I'd like
to move to move to amend my
motion to approve to a motion
to approve the re referral to
budget and finance.
Okay. There
is a motion to approve on
second reading with a re
referral to the budget and
finance committee. Is it
seconded. Okay. And so
discussion continues on that.
Is there anything that you
wanted to say with the rest of
your time? Seven siegel nope.
Okay. So there is a motion to
approve with a re referral to
budget and finance. It was discussion
continues. Council member
johnston, you're recognized.
Thank you.
I appreciate the re
referral back.
You know this is
a significant piece of
legislation. It's probably one
of the more bold moves that
I've seen in my seven years for
sure. And so to have no
discussion I thought was. Not
responsible. And I get there's
risks of this, that and the
other. But we are the
legislative body and I think it
is worth this, orth the
discussion. And so I'm happy to
do that in committee. And so I
will I will hold my comments
and concerns. I would like to
hear from our new legal
director, because this started
under a previous legal director
and is the new legal director
that should be that will be
carrying out whatever possible.
Condemnation efforts. And so I
would love to hear her, her
thought process on this. And
that can be done privately, I
don't mind, but I'm going to be
abstaining because I don't feel
comfortable because I don't
know, I don't feel comfortable
voting yes or no. And so I hate
abstaining, but that's the only
thing I feel comfortable doing.
And this is in my district, the
parcel that we're talking about,
it would have, you know, a
massive effect. And so my
concern is taxpayers liability,
quite frankly. And until I can
get to a comfort level to
support that, I appreciate
let's talk about, you know,
negotiation. I don't have a
problem with negotiation. Bold
move, eminent domain. So I just
want to have a comfort level
there that we're not putting
our taxpayers in, in a
situation of liability. So I
will be abstaining. Thank you.
All right. Next in the queue,
councilmember allen, you're
recognized.
Thank you, MADAM
PRESIDENT. I need to be
recorded as abstaining.
Okay.
MISS Styles, you are recognized
on motion to approve on second
reading. Go ahead.
thank you
very much, vice mayor. I think
this is irresponsible
legislation. I I'm definitely
voting no. I think this is a
guaranteed lawsuit. We have all
kinds of issues. I don't know
what you're saying to me, but.
Okay. Okay. You done? Okay. So
as I said, I think it's
irresponsible. We are
constantly talking about how we money, and I just
don't think, where are we going
to get this money from? Even if
it goes back to committee? I
don't think that we get a good
answer for this. This feels
like a knee jerk, feel good
reaction because everyone else
had a plan except the mayor's
office. And so now we just
throw out eminent domain. We
don't have a plan for what the
land would be for. It's just
nonsense. So everyone should
vote no.
All right.
Council
member spain, you're next in
the queue. Go ahead sir.
Thank
you, MADAM PRESIDENT. My
previous question.
Okay.
All
right. MR. Spain has called the
previous question. It's
properly seconded. This is a
non-debatable motion that
requires two thirds of those
voting.
Pardon.
Okay. MR.
Eslick has requested a roll
call vote for the previous
question. Are there three
seconds?
Second.
Okay, that is
three. So, MR. Clerk, if you
would please load the vote.
This is the previous question,
a yes vote for the previous
question ends debate. A no vote
means you want to continue
debate on this matter. This is
on the previous question. All
votes. And MR. Clerk, please
show the vote. Okay. The motion
has passed in the previous
question has been called with
32 votes in favor, three
against and one abstention,
which means that we will then
move to the vote knowing that
we have some noes and
abstentions, even though this
is on second, MR. Clerk, if you
would please load the vote for
1489 on its second of three
readings, please, sir.
MR.
Benton, are you seeking to vote,
sir? All votes are in. MR.
Clerk, if you would please show
the vote. All right. This
motion to approve on second
reading has passed with 27
votes in favor, three against
and five abstentions. This will
be by the motion re referred to
budget and finance committee on
its third reading at next
meeting. Okay. That concludes
our items on second reading.
We're on to third reading
section. End of our agenda.
Next is agenda item 81,
ordinance bl2026-1361. Sponsors
benedict cap coupon and evan
siegel. This is an ordinance to
amend chapter 17.37 of the
metro code of laws to establish
an east bank design review
committee within the downtown
code. Okay, MISS Benedict, you
are recognized.
Thank you, vice
mayor. Can I have my committee
report, please?
let's see. This
is on third. So, planning and
zoning chair horton, you're
recognized.
Thank you. Vice
mayor pnc considered the bill
and an amendment to. We voted
in favor of amendment two. Five
in favor, three against zero
not voting. Amendment one was
not considered. We considered
the bill, as amended by
amendment two eight in favor,
zero against zero not voting.
Okay.
Back to you for a motion
to get this before us, MISS
Benedict.
Move approval.
Is
there a second? Okay. You have
the floor still okay? MR. Cuban
is next in the queue. Go ahead,
sir.
Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.
And thank you to my colleague
for bringing this and working
hard to make sure the voices of
east nashville are represented
on the east bank drc. I did
have an amendment, and I would
like to move amendment two with
a brief comment.
Is there a
second for the motion to amend
with amendment two? Okay. Go
ahead, sir.
Thank you. And so
one of the seats that would be
on this drc replacing the urban
residents association seat,
would be from the imagine east
bank area. And in the
legislation, it had a kind of on it until 1000
residential units receive
certificates of occupancy. The
concern that I heard was about
quorum, making sure that people
can come to that meeting and in
a. And spoke to the the sponsor
at the committee meeting
yesterday, and she had asked if
I had anybody in mind for that
seat or if I knew, you know,
people over there. At the
time I said, well, you know, no,
just I just know that there are,
you know, 600 some odd people
over in that area. And an odd
twist of fate. Later that
evening, a constituent from the
oxbow reached out to me about a
greenway along the river. And I
said, hey, can we can I pick
your brain on something? And
asked about this legislation
and, you know, said, you know,
do you think that the people in
your building would care about
this? Would they want to sit on
something like this? Is it too
far away? Again, trying to
represent my constituents? And
he was very excited. He said
that he would actually love to
serve on potentially on this on
this seat. So there are
constituents there. There are
about 600, 6 or 700. There's a
lot more coming. So I don't see
the reason to wait for the 1000
person mark. I think we've got
multiple people that are ready,
ready to serve. I think that we
have projects coming down the
pipeline. It's a great idea to
have this committee, but I
would hate to wait any longer
to have a voice of someone that
lives in that area. On this
commission committee. Again, I
understand the quorum issues. I
don't think that'll be an issue,
given the conversation I had
with this individual today. So
I urge my colleagues to support
the amendment.
All right.
There's a motion to with
amendment two. You've heard an
explanation of the amendment by
the sponsor. And so we are on
to discussion on the motion to
amend. Is anyone seeking to be
recognized on the amendment?
Seeing none. All in favor of
amendment two, please say aye.
Any voting no. Any abstaining?
Okay. MISS Benedict, is it your
desire to renew your motion to
approve.
As amended?
Thank you.
Ma'am, is there a second? Okay,
so this is on its third and
final reading. There is a
motion to approve, as amended,
with amendment two. Is there
anyone else seeking discussion?
Okay. Seeing none. All in favor,
please say aye. Any voting? No.
Any abstaining? All right. This
has passed its third and final
reading, as amended. Okay. The
bill you've all been waiting
for, agenda item 84, ordinance
bl2026-1391. Sponsors. Horton,
porterfield, gad huffman, welsh.
Teams. Prep. Tee. Benedict,
spain. Parker. Weiner. Bradford.
Copen. Ewing. Johnston.
Sepulveda. Evans, cortez. Hill,
allen. Taylor, cap. Gamble.
Gregg, suara, harrell, benton,
nash and rutherford. This is an
ordinance amending title 17 of
the metro code of laws to add
various new data center uses
and related definitions and
conditions to the zoning code.
MR. Horton, I know this bill
has a companion, but at this
juncture, let's just work with
1391 okay. And so you are
recognized, sir.
Thank you.
Vice mayor. Committee reports.
Before I give them, I put a
cheat sheet on everyone's desk,
so you don't have to try to
memorize what I'm about to say.
But amendment one, we
recommended approval. Eight in
favor, zero against zero not
voting. Amendment two was not
considered. Amendment three was
not considered. Amendment four.
We recommended approval. Eight
in favor, zero against zero not
voting. Amendment five we voted
for recommended approval. Eight
in favor, zero against. You're
not voting. Amendment six. We
recommended approval. Eight in
favor, zero against. You're not
voting. Amendment seven we
recommended against approval.
Zero in favor, eight against
zero not voting on amendment
eight. We recommended against
approval. Zero in favor, eight
against zero. Not voting.
Amendment nine recommended
against approval. Zero in favor.
Eight against zero. Not voting
for amendment ten. We
recommended approval. Eight in
favor. Zero against zero. Not
voting for amendment 11. We
voted recommended approval.
Eight in favor. Zero against
zero. Not voting or amendment
12. We recommended approval.
Eight in favor, zero against.
You're not voting for amendment
13. We recommended approval.
Eight in favor, zero against
zero not voting. Amendment 14
we recommended against approval.
Zero in support, eight against
zero. Not voting for amendment
15. We recommended approval.
Eight in favor, zero against
zero not voting. And then the
bill as amended with the
recommended amendments. We
voted in favor eight in favor,
zero against zero not voting.
And with that, I would like to
move for approval so that I may
then move amendment one, please.
Okay.
All right. So there's a
motion to approve. It's
properly seconded. The primary
sponsor still has the floor.
And in that time he has moved
an amendment one. So there is a
motion to amend with amendment
one. It is properly seconded.
Anything you want to say on the
amendment, sir.
This is a
housekeeping amendment and
corrects section numbers.
Okay.
Is there any discussion on
amendment one? Is anyone in the
queue seeking to be recognized
on amendment one? Folks, I
presume some of you who are in
the queue are there for
purposes of discussion. Once
the bill is amended relative to
its approval. So as someone
makes a motion to amend because
the queue is a little bit deep
here, I will just ask for a
show of hands if anyone wants
to speak specifically on that
amendment. Okay. So seeing no
one seeking to be recognized on
amendment one, is that correct?
Seeing no one. Okay. All in
favor of amendment one, please
say aye. Any voting? No. Any
abstaining? Okay. MR. Horton,
do you want to renew your
motion to approve, as amended.
To move for approval, as
amended, with amendment one,
please.
Okay. Are there any
other amendments that you would
like to offer at this time, sir?
No, ma'am.
Okay.
All right.
Okay. So we continue on
discussion. First in the
miss benedict, do you seek to
be recognized? Okay. She's
saying no. MISS Tombs, do you
seek to be recognized? Go ahead,
ma'am.
Thank you, MADAM Vice
mayor, I'd like to move
amendment number 15.
Okay.
There is a motion to amend with
amendment 15. Anything that you
want to share about.
This at
some quarterly reporting from
the zoning administrator to the
council.
Okay.
Is there any
discussion on the motion to
amend with amendment 15? Okay.
Raise your hand if you want to
speak on amendment 15, seeing
none. All in favor of amendment
15, please say I. Any voting no
or abstaining. Okay. MR. Horton,
I'm just going to keep going
back to you don't have to stand.
But if you'll just nod that you
seek to like, continue to renew
your motion to approve, as
amended, we'll just roll
through. Okay. All right. So we
are continuing on the bill on
the motion to approve at
present, as amended, with
amendment one and amendment 15,
we continue. MISS Benedict, do
you intend to offer any
amendments? You just want to
speak at the end. Okay. You MAY
you can. That's proper at this
time. Go ahead.
I want to speak.
At the end once everything is
amended. Okay. Next in the
queue is MISS Porterfield.
You're recognized.
Thank you,
vice mayor. I would like to
move amendment number six.
okay.
There is motion to amend with
amendment six. It's properly
seconded. Anything you want to
share about amendment six,
ma'am?
Yes. Vice mayor,
amendment six would require a
public notice for data centers
for both small and medium sized
data centers. This public
notice will be mailed out to
properties within 1000ft of the
subject property, no more than
21 days following the
application of any permit
related to the proposed data
center development. Also, in
the event that there is a
renter, the notice will be
mailed out to both the property
owner as well as the mailing
address of the property. Also,
I just wanted to share that I
would not be moving amendments
seven and eight. I know that we
all have a overwhelming desire
to make this legislation as
strong as possible, and we also
want to make sure that we're
being cognizant of not doing
anything that would potentially
delay passage of the
legislation. So I just wanted
to stand for anyone who was not
in committee yesterday. I know
a lot of constituents asked us
for additional amendments to
strengthen this legislation. So
for anyone that wasn't there
yesterday, just making sure
that people understand that
there are some additional
things being worked on. But if
it had to be re referred back
to planning in an effort to
continue with this legislation,
I won't be moving those
additional amendments.
Okay.
all right. So you've heard a
description of amendment six by
MISS Porterfield. It was
properly seconded. Is anyone
seeking to be recognized
specifically on the motion to
amend with amendment six?
Anyone in the queue? Raise your
hand if you're wanting to speak
on amendment six. Okay. All in
favor of amendment six, please
say aye. Any voting no or
abstaining. Okay. MR. Horton,
sponsor, is it your intent to
renew your motion to approve as
amended? Okay, on we go. Next
in the queue is council member
cortez. You're recognized, sir.
Thank you, vice mayor. I just
want to speak to that. I'm
going to withdraw amendment two
and three for the sake of
getting this bill passed, and I
will bring this back at a later
date.
Okay. Amendments two and
three will be withdrawn and not
offered. Okay. Thank you, sir.
Thank you, vice mayor.
Next in
the queue is council member
johnston. Go ahead, ma'am.
You're recognized.
Thank you.
I'd like to move amendment five,
please.
Okay.
There is a motion
to amend with amendment five.
It's properly seconded.
Anything you want to share
about the amendment?
Yes. So it
requires an emergency response
and our resiliency plan to be
submitted to the fire marshal.
The office of emergency
management, zoning
administrator, nes prior to
approval. We did have some
concern yesterday about the
timing of that, but codes has
assured me that we can do that
before an occupancy. And so the
language was fine. And so again,
I renew my.
Motion for.
Motion
for approval.
Thank you. Okay.
With amendment five. Okay.
There's a motion to amend with
amendment five. You've heard an
explanation of the amendment by
its sponsor. Is there anyone
seeking a discussion on
amendment five specifically? If
so, if you would please raise
your hand. Okay. Seeing none.
All in favor of amendment five,
please say aye. Any voting no
or abstaining? MR. Horton, is
it your intent to renew your
motion to approve, as amended,
up to this point? Okay. So
there is a motion to approve,
as amended presently with
amendments one, four, five, six
and 15.
Okay.
No. One five, six.
Oh, yeah. I got ahead of myself.
I marked four because of some
other issues. All right. A lot
of things on here. Got a plan
here list and checking circling
okay. Motion to amend with
amendments one, five six and 15.
Okay. On we go. Discussion
continues. Council member
hoffman, speaking of amendment
four. Go ahead sir.
Very timely.
Thank you, vice mayor. I'd like
to move amendment four. However,
I need to make a motion to
amend that on the floor for
housekeeping reasons.
Okay. I
know that we spoke and kind of
talked through, you know, the
motion to amend the amendment
and so forth. Subsequently, I
did speak with special counsel
about that in the proper order.
So, if I MAY, I'm just going to
go to special counsel so he can
share with us how to get
potentially this late filed
amendment that makes a minor
text change per your proposal,
a special counsel, can you
speak to MR. Hoffman's late
filed amendment relative to his
amendment four and how that
should proceed? Please, sir.
Vice mayor, a.
Late filed
amendment approved by the
council member was drafted and
sent to the inboxes of all
council members in the clerk's
office. A viable way forward
would simply be to move to
suspend the rules, to consider
the late filed amendment.
Okay,
I are you so moved?
So moved.
Okay. Is there any objection to
the motion to suspend the rules
so MR. Hoffman can make a minor
edit to his amendment four with
the amendment that you all have
previously been sent, seeing no
one seeking to object to the
suspension of the rule, the
rules are suspended. And so you
MAY offer specifically your
late filed amendment, sir.
Thank you, vice mayor. And as I
said, this is a minor change.
Essentially, the only change
here is it removes the word
telecommunication and replaces
that with fiber and broadband.
Okay. I appreciate the
explanation there. Anything
else you would like to say
about that amendment
specifically?
No, ma'am.
That's
okay. On the motion to amend
with MR. Hoffman's amendment.
Go ahead, MISS Porterfield.
Thank you. Rise and complete
support. Just want to confirm
that that does not require a
referral. Back to planning. If
we could confirm that from
planning.
Planning staff, if
you can, please confirm that
for us.
Sure. The late file
would not.
Require a referral.
Okay, thank you for that
confirmation. MADAM Pro tem, is
there any further discussion on
the hoffman late filed
amendment? Seeing none. All in
favor, please say aye. Any
voting no or abstaining? Okay.
This amendment is also on the
bill. Okay. Sponsor, is it your
intent to renew your motion to
approve, as amended at present
with all these amendments? Okay,
on we go. Next in the queue is
councilmember gamble. You're
recognized.
Thank you, vice
mayor. I would like.
To move.
Amendment ten.
Okay.
Councilmember gamble has moved
amendment ten. It's properly
seconded. Anything you want to
share about the amendment, MISS
Gamble?
Yes. Thank you. The
amendment defines the terms pue,
which is power usage
effectiveness and wue, which is
water usage usage effectiveness.
These terms are used for
describing metrics for
measuring performance of energy
and water usage with data
centers. The amendment also
requires data center operators
to monitor and report the p, e
and w, u, e metrics annually to
the zoning administrator, who
will make those reports
available to the public. And
the intent of the amendment is
to ensure best practices and
good resource stewardship and
energy and water efficiency
reporting and transparency.
Thank you.
All right. There is
a motion to amend with
amendment ten by MISS Gamble.
You have heard an explanation
by the sponsor. Is there any
discussion on the motion to
amend with amendment ten? If
anyone is seeking discussion on
that amendment specifically,
please raise your hand. Seeing
none. All in favor of amendment
ten, please say aye. Any voting
no or abstaining sponsor.
Horton, do you renew your
motion to approve as amended?
Okay, on we go. Right. We're
adding amendment ten. Next in
the queue for discussion is
council member. Gad, MISS Gad,
you're recognized. Okay, next
after that, because MISS
Benedict wants to speak on
amended as the end is. MR. Cap,
you are recognized, sir.
Thank
you, vice mayor. I have three
amendments to move. I'll start
by moving amendment number 11.
Okay, sir. Properly seconded.
Go ahead.
Thank you. This
amendment requires the zoning
administrator to publicize the
compliance reports required
elsewhere in the legislation.
all right. There's a motion to
amend with amendment 11.
Properly seconded. And you've
heard the explanation of
sponsor cap. Is there any
discussion specifically on
amendment 11? If you seek to be
recognized on that amendment,
please raise your hand. Seeing
none. All in favor, please say
aye. Any voting no or
abstaining? Okay. MR. Horton,
he is nodding his head. On we
go. Motion to approve, as
amended. Go ahead, MR. Cap. You
still have the floor.
Move.
Amendment number 12, right.
Anything you want to say about
amendment 12, sir?
Briefly,
vice mayor. Thank you. This
tightens up some pretty
important definitions in
legislation. The first of all,
it defines emergency use to to
really require a true emergency
when backup power generation
might be required. And it also
specifies truly renewable and
sustainable sources of energy,
rather than using more
capacious terms. That could be
a little too flexible. So with
that, I ask your support.
All
right. There's a motion to
amend with amendment 11. You've
heard a description of that
amendment by its sponsor, MR.
Cap. Is anyone seeking to be
recognized specifically on
amendment 11? Raise your hand
if so, seeing none. All in
favor of amendment 11, please
say aye.
Point of order. Yes.
12.
I am so sorry, sir, I
apologize. Okay. To clarify,
there is a motion to amend with
amendment 12 as described by
council member cap. Is there
any discussion on amendment 12?
Appreciate the point of order
if you seek to be recognized.
Amendment 12, please raise your
hand. Seeing none. All in favor
of amendment 12, please say aye.
Aye. Any voting no or
abstaining? Okay. MR. Horton,
do you seek to renew your
motion to approve, as amended,
at this juncture? Okay, MR. Cap,
it's back to you.
Move!
Amendment 13, please.
Okay. Go
ahead, sir.
Thank you, vice
mayor. This requires owners and
operators to require sound
monitoring systems at the
property line.
All right, so
there is a motion to amend with
amendment 13. You have heard a
description of the amendment by
its sponsor, MISTER Cap. Is
anyone seeking to be recognized
specifically on the motion to
amend with amendment 13? If so,
please raise your hand. Seeing
none. All in favor. Amendment
13, please say aye. Any voting
no or abstaining. Okay.
Amendment 13 is on the bill.
MR. Horton, do you seek to
approve, as amended? Okay. All
right. MISS Benedict, you have
remained at the top. Thank you
for all this time. You are
recognized. Go ahead.
Thank you,
MADAM Vice mayor. Previous
question.
Okay. There is a
motion to call the previous
question. It is properly
seconded and it requires two
thirds of those voting. We will
try.
Point of parliamentary
inquiry.
Yes, ma'am. Go ahead.
Could you please. What the
motion is, what that previous
motion is with the amendment
numbers, please.
Right. So
first we will dispose of the
previous question. But
subsequent to that, when we do,
if the previous question
prevails and we move to the
vote, then I will restate all
the amendments that are on the
bill at that time. Okay. So. At
this juncture, MISS Benedict
has called the question which
would end debate. And so if you
want to end debate, you will
say, I if you want to continue
with discussion on this bill,
you will say no. All in favor
of the previous question,
please say I, I any voting no,
please say no. Okay. That's
pretty clear. That is two
thirds of those voting. The
question has been called. That
means that we will now go back
to the motion to approve. And
of course, no sooner had we
done that, I lost my place.
Found it. Okay, so we're going
to move to the vote and the
motion to approve, as amended
with amendments one, the
hoffman late filed bill
amendments five, six. Ten. 12.
13 and 15. Y'all okay? Did did
we put 11 on there, y'all? Yes,
MISTER. Special counsel. Okay.
Sorry, y'all. And I did take
the late fall off the top one
late fall. Five, six, 1011 1213
and 15. Yeah. All right. Motion
to approve as amended with the
amendments just stated. The
question has been called. So
there is no debate. So we will
move to the vote. Will try it
first by voice. All in favor
please say aye. Aye. Any voting
no any abstaining. All right.
This bill has passed its third
and final reading, as amended.
All right, MR. Horton, we also
have agenda item 85, ordinance
bl2026-1392, which requires
certain materials to be
restricted in the construction
of buildings that were in 1391.
You're recognized, sir, on that
bill.
Move for approval, please.
Okay. Do you have your
committee report on that
portion?
Recommended approval
eight in favor, zero against.
Okay.
Move for approval.
Yep.
There's a motion to approve.
Properly seconded. Is there any
discussion on this required?
Companion bill? Seeing none.
All in favor, please say aye.
Any voting no or abstaining.
Okay. That 21392 has passed its
third and final reading. Okay.
Next we move on to agenda item
95 and 96. They are companions
to each other. Agenda item 95
is ordinance bl 2026-1414
sponsor evans. This is an
ordinance to amend title 17,
the metro code of laws zoning
ordinance of the metro
government by changing from our.
S 15 to sp zoning for property
located at 6114 north new hope
road, approximately 352ft north
of central pike. This is 3.0
acres to permit 44 multi family
residential units as well.
Agenda item 96 also sponsor
evans. It is ordinance bl
2026-1415. It is a companion to
1411414 and requires certain
materials to be restricted in
the construction of buildings.
MISS Evans, you're recognized.
Thank you. Vice mayor.
Committee reports, please.
For
the report of the planning
zoning committee. Chair horton.
Thank you. Vice mayor pnc
considered both items and
recommended a one meeting
deferral for each.
Okay. And so
by rule 8.1, both 95 and 96, as
they are companions to each
other, are deferred by rule one
meeting per rule 8.1. Okay.
Next is agenda item 101 and 102.
This is ordinance bl 2026-1423
and agenda item 102. It's
companion ordinance bl 2026 142
for both sponsors. Horton 1423
is an ordinance to amend title
17, the metro code of laws
zoning ordinance, the metro
government of nashville and
davidson county by amending a
specific plan on property
located at 5901 california
avenue at the southeast corner
of 60th avenue north and
california avenue. This is
zoned sp. It's 8.12 acres to
permit a mixed use development,
and again 1424, which is the
companion to 1423 and requires
that certain materials be
restricted in the construction
of buildings. Councilmember
horton, you're recognized.
Thank you. Vice mayor.
Committee reports planning and
zoning considered. Bl 2020
61423 and its amendment. We
recommended approval of the
amendment eight in favor zero
against zero not voting
recommended in favor of the
bill, as amended in favor. Zero
against. You're not voting. We
consider the companion bill
1424 recommended approval eight
in favor, zero against zero not
voting.
Okay. If you would, sir,
you consolidate the motion
afterwards, but if you would
move approval of 1423, as I do
see you have an amendment.
Approval of.
1423 okay. Is
there a second? Okay. Back to
you, sir.
Move approval of the
amendment.
Okay. Is there a
second for the motion to amend?
Okay. Any discussion
amendment?
Move approval of the
bill as amended? No.
Okay. Is
anyone seeking to be recognized
on the motion to amend MISS
Allen on the motion to amend?
You're recognized.
MADAM Vice
PRESIDENT, we just had a lot of
emails with with statements of
concern about the mural. So I
would ask if the the sponsor
and perhaps the planning
commission can offer assurance
that this amendment does indeed
preserve that mural so that it
will be publicly available. And
what what mechanisms are there
to ensure that that actually
happens?
I'm going to put it
back to the sponsor first to
respond. Okay. Go ahead, MR.
Horton.
Thank you, vice mayor.
This is not a new project. This
is an amendment to an existing
sp approved by my predecessor
back in 2023. It's being
amended to remove a condition
that required the reuse of
portions of the existing
building. Unfortunately, one of
the portions of the building
that wasn't going to be reused
was the mural on the side,
which is the only remarkable
part of the building. This
amendment. We're modifying the
provision now to codify the new
plan of the sp, which does
include the intent to preserve
the existing mural. This
amendment codifies that intent
requires the mural to be
preserved, reused, re donated
to the artist if they would
like it, or otherwise displayed
in a public place. It makes
this a condition of the sp.
All
right. Is that sufficient to
answer your question, MISS
Allen?
If there's anything else
that can be said just in terms
of what what mechanisms that actually happens, I
think there's still some
concern that just because it's
an amendment doesn't mean it's
it's force of law. And, and my
understanding is that this is
as good as what was recommended
by the planning ommission that
once we vote on this, it it is
it is a a firm piece of the sp
that has to happen.
Okay.
MR.
Can be done to just confirm
that.
This is something we
discussed in committee
yesterday, and I'll defer to
the planning department again
if they're able to speak on
this like they did.
Yesterday.
MISS Milligan, for the planning
department. Go ahead, ma'am.
Sure.
At the time that a final
site plan is submitted, which
is the second part of a
specific plan approval. Final
site plans are submitted at the
time that they're submitted.
Then planning staff and all of
the other metro departments
review those final site plans
against the plans that were
approved by the planning
commission. The plans that are
approved here, in addition to
any conditions that are added
to the bill, and so we review
those to ensure compliance with
all the conditions that are
added, and that is done in
advance of any final site plans
being approved.
MISS Allen,
does that address your concerns?
Okay. Is there any additional
discussion on specifically on
the motion to amend MISS Ellis?
Okay. Go ahead. You're
recognized.
So I just wanted to
understand from the planning
committee. So is it written in
this current amendment that the
murals will be protected?
MISS
Milligan, for the planning
department, do you want to
further expound on that?
The
wording the amendment says the
existing mural on the west
facade of the existing
structure fronting 60th avenue
north, shall be preserved and
reused or repurposed within the
new development, returned or
donated to the artists, or
otherwise relocated to another
publicly viewable area.
All
right, I heard a shout. Okay,
any further discussion on the
motion to amend specifically
MISS Gadd? Go ahead.
Thank you
so much. And also just
clarification from the planning
department table. Was this
language included in the
previously council approved s p
for the protection of the mural,
or is this new.
MISS Milligan,
you're recognized for planning.
The previous version of the sp
did not include this language.
I went back and reviewed the
plan today, and there is one
notation in regards to a mural
on the parking garage, but it
did not indicate that it would
be a relocation of the existing
mural. It it didn't indicate
precisely what mural it would
be.
Okay, MISS.
Thank you so
much. And I, I think like
others receiving, you know,
comments and concerns, just
wanted to be able to say thank
you to those constituents and
members of the community who
care so much about art, whether
that's on private property, it
becomes public and something
that we all love. And thank you
to the sponsor for ensuring,
even though this wasn't
protected in this way in the
previous s p that was
previously previously approved,
I'm really grateful to him
working on to make sure this is
a part of this s p moving
forward. So thank you so much
and I'll be supporting it.
All
right. So we are on the motion
to amend. MR. Bradford, do you
seek to be recognized? Go ahead
sir.
Thank you, MADAM Vice
mayor. I don't know if this
question is more directed
towards director wilson or
planning. And this question MAY
open a can of worms. My you
know, the the
constituents and one question
or concern I have and we've
seen it happen here in
nashville. When we try to
require developers to protect
something, they come through in
the middle of the night and
destroy it. So I my concern is
what repercussions or actions
can be taken if we pass this
amendment tonight with these
protections and the developer
decides what they don't want to
spend the money to relocate,
and they tear it down the
middle of the night, do we do
we have any recourse on that?
What happens in that situation?
So your question is a
hypothetical related to the
passage of this amendment. With
it in place, is there any
recourse for the city relative
to these specifications?
If the
developer turns around and does
not follow the sb and.
A
special counsel? Wilson, do you
want to opine on that?
Councilmember broadly? A the sb
has the effect of law. So any
any violation of that sp or a
lack of fulfillment of these
conditions would be a violation
of the metropolitan code of
laws.
Thank you.Special
counsel, MR. Bradford.
So what
actions would metro then take?
would. They would require the
builder to put the wall back up.
Are we charging a $50 fine.
Like what exactly would happen
if they violated the law?
Special counsel wilson the
violation of specifications of
an s p, sir, could.
I at this
point, I would say that it
would depend on the
circumstances. It would depend
on the facts of the case and.
And it would depend on how the
metropolitan government wished
to proceed.
Thank you. Okay. We
are on the motion to amend.
MISS Suara. Do you seek to be
recognized? Go ahead.
Vice
mayor. Appreciate it. I think
councilmember bradford was
going where I was, but mine is
not so much that they are mess
it up or do something. But I
just wanted to know as somebody
who doesn't do a lot of zoning.
So having this protection now,
will the planning department be
able to stop them from
continuing if they do not
adhere to this protection in
the in the in the zoning? Now.
MISS Milligan was speaking
earlier to the sp zoning and
the kind of the secondary
process there. Would you like
her to elaborate on that, MISS
Milligan?
So specific plan
zoning is a multi step process.
The first step is a preliminary
sp which is what is before you
all tonight, which establishes
the entitlements and the rules
regarding the development of
the property. The second step
of the process is a final site
plan. That is the detailed
construction documents that
come in that establish the, I'm
sorry, the detailed
construction documents that
include everything from
building materials to building
elevations to water and sewer
plans. When those final site
plans are submitted, the
planning department, along with
all of the other metro
reviewing agencies, review
those construction plans for
compliance with all of the
standards of the metro codes as
adopted, including any
standards or conditions that
are adopted as part of the sp
ordinance. And so planning
would review those, and a final
site plan would not be reviewed
until compliance is confirmed.
Thank you, thank you.
Okay,
MISS Suara, MISS Styles, do you
still seek to be recognized on
the amendment? Please go ahead.
So if art has to be re
repurposed, does that allow for
does the artist have any say in
that and how it's repurposed?
Is it just the language says it repurposed in whatever
way.
Do you want me to address
that to the planning table or
to MR. Horton? Okay, MISS
Milligan, you're recognized.
I'm happy to. I can read that
language again. It simply says
preserved and reused or
repurposed within the new
development, returned or
donated to the artist or
otherwise relocated to another
publicly viewable
okay.
Thank you, MISS Milligan. Go
ahead, MISS Styles.
Okay, so
there's there's nothing that
says the artist has any
conversation about that. That's
what I wanted clarity on. Thank
you.
Okay. Seeing no further
discussion on the motion to
amend. All in favor of the
amendment, please say I any
voting? No. Any abstaining?
Okay. The amendment is on the
bill. And MR. Horton, if you
would please renew your motion
to consolidate it. 1423 as
amended, and its companion.
1424 for approval.
Move
approval of 1423, as amended,
and its companion bill, please.
Okay. It's properly seconded.
Is there any discussion on that
motion? Seeing none. All in
favor, please say aye. Any
voting no or abstaining. Okay.
So we're going to have to go on
the boards then because this is
on its third or final reading.
Just to clarify. So those are
no votes. Not even if they were
extensions would we have to
okay, are y'all abstaining or
you want to vote no. Okay,
we'll have to go on the boards.
So, MR. Clark, if you would
please load the vote on a
motion to approve 1423, as
amended, and 1424 on their%
third and final reading, please,
sir. Yes, ma'am. Go ahead.
So
is there a way to tie the art
to the building permits where?
Where we are on the vote now,
so we we can't go back. Okay.
Yep. Thank you.
Give me one
minute.
MISTER. Are you seeking
to vote? With all votes in? MR.
Clerk, please show the vote.
This bill has passed its third
and final reading, as amended,
with 31 votes in favor, three
nos. And one abstention. All
right. We have just two items
remaining on our agenda. Next
is agenda item 107, ordinance
bill 2026-1436. Sponsors. Tombs. Allen, ellis, ewing and
suara harrell and gad. This is
an ordinance approving a lease
agreement by and between the
metro government of nashville
and davidson county, acting by
and through the metropolitan
nashville board of public
education and pencil foundation
council member tombs, you are
recognized.
Thank you, MADAM
Vice mayor. Move for approval.
Okay. It's properly moved and
seconded. All the committee
reports are in. Anything you
would like to say on the bill
at this time?
Not at this time.
Okay, so we're on to discussion
on the motion to approve on
third and final reading. First
in the queue is MISS Johnston.
Go ahead ma'am.
Thank you. I
just briefly wanted to bring to
everyone's attention we had
really good discussion about
this on council connect, so I
won't go through that. But
there were a couple of things
that I would have wanted to see
with regard to the accounting
and transparency around the
credits that are going to be
applied to the rental rate for
pencil. And I just wanted to
give a thank you, a big thank
you to ceo books for responding
to that in a in a really
awesome fashion, actually. And
so we are currently in the
process of putting together an
mou for pencil to do just that
for us to the legislative body.
And it's an mou just between
the two of us, us meaning this
body. And so I just wanted to
thank her, thank her for doing
that. In the interest of
transparency and accountability
and trust in between a partner
that we truly value. So thank
you, MISS Boogs.
All right.
Discussion continues. I do not
see anyone else in the queue at
this time. Would you like me to
go back to you sponsor tombs?
Just real briefly as christian
bugs.
We've all mispronounced
people's last names. I did it
one time to MISS Johnston and
she called me out for that,
remember? That's right. So we
all. We all get our mouths a
little, you know, it's.
Our
first name is quiet.
So yes, I
think I think MISS Johnston
knows that it is is bugs.
Indeed. So all good.
Renew my
motion for approval.
Okay. All
right. So there is a motion to
approve. Propely seconded. We
see no further discussion at
this time. All in favor of 1436
on its third and final reading
please say aye. Any voting no
any abstaining. All right. This
has passed its third and final
reading. Lastly on the agenda.
Agenda item 113. This is
ordinance bl 2026-1448.
Sponsors. Johnston, bradford.
Koopman. Wiener. Evans. Hoffman.
Stiles. Spain. Cortez. Ellis,
nash, hill, truffle, rutherford,
benton and ewing. This is an
ordinance declaring a temporary
moratorium upon the acceptance,
processing, approval, and
issuance of zoning, building or
grading permits for data center
developments on property within
nashville and davidson county.
Sponsor johnson, you are
recognized.
Committee reports,
please.
For the report of the
planning and zoning committee
chair horton.
Thank you. Vice
mayor pnc considered the bill
and the amendment. We
recommended approval of the
amendment eight in favor, zero
against. They're not voting.
Bill, as amended. Eight in
favor, zero against zero not
voting.
Okay. And for the
report of the government
operations and regulations
committee chair hill.
Thank you,
vice mayor. We voted to approve
the amendment seven in favor,
zero against zero not voting
and and as amended, seven in
favor, zero against zero not
voting.
All right. With those
committee reports. And it's
back to you, MISS Johnston. Oh,
I'm sorry ma'am. Go ahead.
Sorry. Move the amendment,
please.
Let's. If you would
please just move approval to
get it before us.
First move
approval.
Okay, now go ahead.
You can move your amendment.
Move me. Move my amendment,
please.
Okay. Properly motioned
and seconded. Anything you
would like to share about the
amendment at this time?
Yes. So
the amendment deletes the
language that ends this
moratorium upon the passage of
1391, which has already
happened, and it extends that
date from what was originally
put into the bill, which was
NOVEMBER 1st to DECEMBER 1st.
The that is twofold.
Number one, there was executive
order 59, which directs several
departments, including other as
well as agencies, to report
within two months, which would
be AUGUST the 15th of a
delivery date. The impacts of
such departments or agencies of
data center as a use. And so we
expect to have some legislation
in response to those reports.
And so we want to be able to
have time to digest those
reports, come up with the
legislation passed the
legislation before anything
could move forward. Also, as we
saw tonight, there were several
amendments that were not moved.
There are several amendments
that were not even brought
forth because we all had a have
a collective thought process
that that getting something on
the books tonight is imperative.
And so let's not the, the
perfect be the enemy of good.
And so we wanted to do that.
And so I appreciate everyone's
cooperation with that and
everybody's support in that.
And so this also gives us time
to do the good work of refining
this policy, as I think some of
us have some concerns around
some environmental things. Et
cetera. Et cetera. And so I
renew my motion to approve the
amendment, please.
Okay. Is
there any further discussion on
the amendment? MISS Porterfield,
do you seek to be recognized on
the amendments? Okay. Go ahead,
ma'am.
Thank you, vice mayor. I
rise in support of the
amendment. I think it's no
surprise to everyone that I was
against the bill initially. My
concerns have now been
addressed. My concern was that
this bill was only until 1391
passed, and that upon the
passage of 1391, there would
not be a need for a moratorium.
But now that the date is
extended to DECEMBER 1st, I am
happy to support it. So I'm
standing in support and I
wanted to explain that.
All
right. Thank you so much.
Cuncil member styles. You seek
to be recognized specifically
on the motion to amend. Okay.
With that, then we will move to
the vote on the amendment. All
in favor of the amendment,
please say aye. Any voting no.
Any abstaining? Okay. So the
amendment is on. Do you want to
renew your motion to approve,
as amended? Go ahead, ma'am.
Renew my motion to approve as
amended, please.
Thank you.
Properly seconded. Is there any
discussion on the motion to
approve on third and final
reading, as amended. Okay. MISS
Styles, you're recognized.
Thank you. I just wanted to say
thank you again to the sponsor
for doing this. I think
moratorium is the smartest
thing to do so that nothing can
happen. We have some time to
really think things through and
not rush into making some
decisions. So I'm just
appreciative. Thank you,
councilmember johnston.
All
right. Any additional
discussion on this bill, as
amended, on its third and final
reading? Seeing none. All in
favor, please say aye. Any
voting? No. Any abstaining?
Okay. This has passed its third
and final reading, as amended.
That concludes this evening's
agenda. Our next council
meeting will be on tuesday,
AUGUST the 4th. Is there a
motion to adjourn? We are
adjourned.
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