[2:22] Are going to go ahead and start
[2:23] announcements. I am not your
[2:27] pro tem. I am your sub, which
[2:28] means today we will practice
[2:33] our Duolingo. All right. I
[2:34] first want to acknowledge that
[2:37] we are sitting on Chickasaw,
[2:43] Yuchi and Shawnee land. Uh.
[2:44] Sorry, I
[2:44] m moving things
[2:48] around. Um, a reminder that,
[2:49] um, no one
[2:50] s illegal on stolen
[2:54] land built with stolen labor.
[2:56] All right, we do have two
[2:59] honorary presentations tonight.
[3:01] One by council member Evans and
[3:04] one by council member Wiener.
[3:05] Um, first is council member
[3:07] Evans, Council member Evans.
[3:13] Are you ready? In the meantime,
[3:15] while we have those two
[3:16] presentations that will be
[3:17] getting ready, if there are
[3:20] council members with, um,
[3:22] announcements, if you could go
[3:23] ahead and get in the queue,
[3:41] that would be great.
[3:55] You guys can come on up,
[3:57] Benton. Y
[4:00] all can come up.
[4:00] We
[4:07] re sorry to the hot.
[4:08] All right. Whenever you
[4:08] re
[4:14] ready. Council member.
[4:22] Okay okay. Um. All right. Good
[4:25] afternoon. Um, this is a
[4:31] presentation on Rs 2026-2113. A
[4:32] resolution commemorating the
[4:34] installation of the 400th one
[4:36] box in Nashville and Davidson
[4:38] County and recognizing the
[4:39] history and growth of the one
[4:43] box naloxone program. Whereas
[4:45] opioid overdoses have taken a
[4:47] devastating toll on families
[4:48] and communities across the
[4:49] country, including here in
[4:51] Nashville and Davidson County.
[4:53] And Whereas naloxone can
[4:56] reverse an opioid overdose if
[4:58] administered in time. And
[4:59] whereas placing naloxone in
[5:01] publicly accessible locations
[5:03] gives bystanders employees,
[5:04] school staff, and community
[5:06] members the ability to respond
[5:08] quickly during an emergency and
[5:11] and Whereas one box units are
[5:13] overdose emergency response
[5:14] kits that provide naloxone and
[5:16] clear instructions for use,
[5:17] helping people take immediate
[5:19] action while emergency response
[5:24] responders are on the way and.
[5:26] Right.
[5:27] Whereas Nashville
[5:28] s one box
[5:29] work began through the
[5:30] leadership of community
[5:31] partners who understood that
[5:33] overdose response tools are
[5:34] needed in the places where
[5:36] people live, work, gather, and
[5:38] visit. And whereas in JANUARY
[5:40] 2023, Gibson gives, through its
[5:41] training and empowering
[5:43] musicians to prevent overdose,
[5:45] tempo program announced an
[5:47] effort to place one box kits in
[5:48] live music venues throughout
[5:50] Nashville in partnership with
[5:51] the Metropolitan Nashville
[5:52] Police Department and Overdose
[5:57] Prevention Partners and.
[5:59] Whereas Sergeant Mike coats and
[6:01] Impd played an important role
[6:03] in building relationships,
[6:05] educating partners, and helping
[6:07] install one box units in
[6:08] locations where they could save
[6:10] lives. And whereas, following
[6:11] Sergeant Hoyt
[6:12] s promotion to
[6:14] Lieutenant Sergeant Anthony
[6:16] Cook helped carry the program
[6:18] forward by continuing the
[6:18] nypd
[6:20] s outreach, coordination,
[6:25] installation, support, and.
[6:27] Whereas Barbara Brown, a
[6:28] retired critical care nurse,
[6:29] served as nypd
[6:31] s Specialized
[6:33] Investigations Division,
[6:35] Overdose Prevention, Prevention
[6:36] Specialist, has supported
[6:38] overdose response work by
[6:39] helping connect overdose
[6:40] survivors with treatment,
[6:42] recovery, and community
[6:44] resources. And Whereas, Benton
[6:45] McDonough, director of the
[6:45] Mayor
[6:47] s Office of Nightlife,
[6:49] along with his team including
[6:51] Hershel French, Kelly Caplan,
[6:52] and Anita Price, helped move
[6:53] the program into more
[6:55] hospitality and entertainment
[6:57] venues by connecting the effort
[6:58] with business owners,
[7:00] operators, and venue leaders
[7:04] and.
[7:06] Whereas over time, one box
[7:07] units were installed in bars,
[7:09] restaurants, music venues,
[7:11] sports venues and other high
[7:13] traffic community spaces, and
[7:15] Whereas, Metro Partners have
[7:17] reported that one box units
[7:18] have been used in overdose
[7:20] emergencies and credited with
[7:22] helping save 18 lives in
[7:27] Davidson County and.
[7:29] And Whereas the program later
[7:30] expanded to Metro Nashville
[7:32] Public Schools, beginning with
[7:33] an installation and McGavock
[7:35] High School, and continuing
[7:37] with plans to place one box
[7:38] units in school community
[7:40] spaces across the district with
[7:42] support of Metro Nashville
[7:44] Public Health Department. And
[7:45] Whereas, the University of
[7:46] Tennessee Institute for Public
[7:47] Service recognized the
[7:49] collaboration between
[7:51] nonprofits, community partners,
[7:52] and the metropolitan government
[7:55] with this 2025 project of the
[8:00] year Award and. Whereas the
[8:01] success of the one box program
[8:03] reflects what Nashville does
[8:05] well, bringing together public
[8:07] safety, public health, schools,
[8:09] non-for-profit businesses,
[8:10] venues and community leaders to
[8:12] meet an urgent need. And
[8:15] whereas, in the installation of
[8:18] the installation of the 401 box
[8:20] on MAY 1st, 2026 at Spring Hill
[8:23] streets make a major milestone
[8:25] marks. Oh my GOD, so far it
[8:29] marks a major marks a major
[8:30] milestone in Nashville
[8:31] s work
[8:32] to place life saving overdose
[8:35] reversal medication closer to
[8:37] the people who MAY need it. And.
[8:47] Whereas this.
[8:49] Milestone represents more than
[8:51] the number of boxes installed,
[8:53] it represents lives that MAY be
[8:55] saved, emergencies that MAY be
[8:57] met with action, and a city
[8:59] choosing preparation over
[9:01] indifference. And whereas the
[9:02] Metropolitan Council wishes to
[9:04] recognize the many partners who
[9:06] helped make this work possible,
[9:07] including nypd
[9:08] s Lieutenant
[9:10] Mike coats, Sergeant Anthony
[9:12] Cookie, overdose prevention
[9:14] specialist and retired critical
[9:16] care nurse Barbara Brown.
[9:18] Trevor Henderson, with the ut
[9:20] Smart Initiative, the Mayor
[9:20] s
[9:22] Office of Nightlife, the
[9:23] Metropolitan Public Health
[9:25] Department, Metropolitan
[9:26] Nashville Public Schools,
[9:29] tempo, the Drug, the Drug
[9:31] Intervention Institute,
[9:32] hospitality and entertainment
[9:33] partners, and community
[9:35] advocates. Continued
[9:37] collaboration is critical to
[9:39] maintain existing one box
[9:41] units, expand overdose
[9:42] prevention, education, and
[9:44] ensure that naloxone remains
[9:46] accessible in public and high
[9:48] traffic spaces throughout
[9:50] Nashville and Davidson County.
[9:52] Now, therefore, be it resolved
[9:52] by the Council of the
[9:54] Metropolitan Government of
[9:55] Nashville and Davidson County,
[9:57] section one that the
[9:58] Metropolitan County Council
[10:00] hereby goes on record as
[10:01] commemorating the installation
[10:04] of the 401 box and commending
[10:06] the public, private, nonprofit
[10:08] school, public safety, public
[10:10] health and community partners
[10:12] who have worked to achieve this
[10:13] milestone in Nashville
[10:13] s
[10:15] overdose prevention and
[10:17] emergency response work. And
[10:19] section two, this resolution
[10:20] shall take effect from and
[10:22] after its adoption. The welfare
[10:23] of the Metropolitan Government
[10:24] of Nashville and Davidson
[10:31] County, requiring it.
[10:33] Thank you. Thank you everybody.
[10:35] I want to bring up Lieutenant
[10:38] Mike Hotz from mpd and then
[10:40] Director of Nightlife Benton
[10:42] McDonough. So that way they can
[10:47] say a few things.
[10:48] Thank you very much, Council
[10:50] member. I appreciate it. I very
[10:53] much appreciate the support of
[10:55] the council as well as my chain
[10:57] of command, who have given
[10:58] their steadfast support on both
[11:01] sides to bringing creative
[11:03] solutions to this epidemic that
[11:06] is plaguing Nashville. More
[11:08] than many other similar cities
[11:10] across the country. And they
[11:12] brought us from being one of
[11:14] the cities with the second
[11:15] highest rate of overdose in the
[11:17] United States of America, to
[11:19] being one of the cities with
[11:20] the highest percentage
[11:21] reduction in overdose
[11:29] fatalities.
[11:31] Thank you very much. I just
[11:33] wanted to thank Councilmember
[11:36] Evans and everyone on Metro
[11:38] Council, as well as the the
[11:38] mayor
[11:39] s office. We
[11:40] ve had a lot
[11:44] of support in this program, and
[11:45] I think we we wouldn
[11:45] t be as
[11:47] successful if we had not had
[11:48] every single one of every
[11:49] single one of you and every
[11:51] single one of the members of
[11:53] our, of our team that are here.
[11:55] And we often laugh about it
[11:58] because Councilmember Evans put
[12:00] us all to together and had had
[12:02] me meet, meet with, uh,
[12:04] Lieutenant Hotz and with Trevor
[12:05] one day. And we and we talked
[12:08] about the fact that, um, every
[12:10] one of us played an integral
[12:12] part in making this program
[12:13] what it was. And so I really do
[12:15] appreciate the support that
[12:15] we
[12:16] ve had from from everyone in
[12:18] this room. So it means a lot.
[12:24] Thank you very much.
[12:25] Thank you. And I think one
[12:26] thing that they negated to say
[12:27] is that they
[12:27] re actually up to
[12:30] 501 box installations now, and
[12:30] that
[12:32] s in big response to
[12:33] Sergeant Anthony Cooksey, who
[12:35] could not be here, as well as
[12:36] Metro Nashville Public Health
[12:39] Department for supporting with
[12:40] all the naloxone supplies that
[12:41] the team needs. So thank you
[12:46] all very much.
[12:50] All right. Congratulations on
[12:55] your 501 box. All right. While
[12:57] they take a picture. Uh, just a
[12:59] reminder that council members
[13:01] who have announcements to go
[13:03] ahead and get in the queue at
[13:05] the next presentation will be
[13:09] by Councilmember Weiner. Um,
[13:14] and you all we.
[13:16] Are.
[13:18] At 611. So let
[13:19] s go ahead and
[13:20] move to the next presentation.
[13:21] Councilmember Weiner.
[13:23] Thank you so much. I would like
[13:26] to call up whoever wants to
[13:29] stay here and help us. Thank
[13:32] and recognize Officer Benjamin
[13:34] Cantrell, who is the West
[13:36] Precinct quality of Life
[13:39] officer. He is amazing. We were
[13:42] so fortunate to have him with
[13:43] us during public health and
[13:47] safety. And, um, very
[13:48] interesting conversation
[13:50] ensued. So without delaying any
[13:51] further, I
[13:51] m going to go ahead
[13:54] and start if I can bring you.
[13:59] And he is joined by his mom,
[13:59] where
[13:59] s.
[14:04] Mom?
[14:10] And his wife, Sheba. And
[14:12] Commander Proctor from the West
[14:16] Precinct. And a host of others.
[14:16] I don
[14:18] t see him. Officer.
[14:21] Sergeant Ghosn okay.
[14:23] She is. She. She
[14:24] s she
[14:24] s going
[14:24] to walk.
[14:25] I know, don
[14:25] t.
[14:27] You love it, right?
[14:27] We
[14:28] re talking about the purple
[14:28] curls on mom
[14:29] s hair. We love
[14:32] it. Whereas Officer Benjamin
[14:33] Cantrell has served the metro
[14:35] Nashville Police Department for
[14:38] 25 years. Officer Cantrell
[14:40] currently serves as a quality
[14:41] of life officer at the West
[14:46] Precinct and.
[14:49] Whereas in 2023, Officer
[14:50] Cantrell was named as officer
[14:52] of the year by the Bellevue
[14:58] Exchange Club and.
[14:59] Whereas his work reflects the
[15:00] principles of community
[15:01] policing, demonstrating that
[15:02] effective law enforcement
[15:03] includes communication,
[15:04] patience and understanding of
[15:09] the community and.
[15:11] Whereas Officer Cantrell.
[15:13] Has dedicated his career to the
[15:13] Nashville community.
[15:14] Through his consistent.
[15:15] Service, including.
[15:17] Problem solving. Relationship
[15:18] building, and connecting.
[15:19] Individuals with available
[15:24] resources and.
[15:25] Whereas his work reflects the
[15:28] principle, I think whereas
[15:29] Officer Cantrell has
[15:31] contributed to the safety and
[15:32] well-being of residents
[15:33] experiencing vulnerable
[15:34] circumstances, including
[15:35] individuals facing
[15:37] homelessness, families in
[15:38] crisis, matters of child safety
[15:40] and other seeking assistance
[15:45] and.
[15:46] Whereas Officer Cantrell.
[15:47] Has acted.
[15:48] With urgency.
[15:50] To ensure the protection of the
[15:52] community, establishing himself
[15:54] a reliable. And safe point of
[15:55] contact for residents,
[15:57] businesses and partner
[16:00] organizations.
[16:02] It would be silly if anybody
[16:04] else read this now. Therefore,
[16:06] I, Sherry Wiener and everybody
[16:06] else who
[16:07] s standing up here
[16:09] with me, along with the
[16:11] undersigned council members, do
[16:13] hereby recognize Officer
[16:14] Benjamin Cantrell for his
[16:15] exemplary service to the West
[16:17] Precinct. The Metro Nashville
[16:19] Police Department, and the
[16:20] people of Nashville and
[16:21] Davidson County, helping to
[16:23] strengthen public trust and
[16:25] safety with consistent,
[16:36] community focused service.
[16:36] Okay, so we
[16:37] re going to take
[16:39] some pictures and I.
[16:51] Want to. Do you want to say.
[16:53] Come on. Come on up.
[16:55] All right I appreciate being
[16:56] able to give a few words. So
[16:56] I
[16:57] m Commander Jason Proctor of
[16:58] the West Precinct, and I can
[16:59] t
[17:00] tell you enough. I graduated
[17:02] the academy with Officer
[17:04] Cantrell and coming to west,
[17:04] working with him. I can
[17:05] t tell
[17:06] you enough how much compassion
[17:08] he has, how much undertaking he
[17:09] has to work with, some of the
[17:10] most vulnerable citizens we
[17:12] have. He does it day in, day
[17:13] out, without complaint, and he
[17:14] truly cares about the people
[17:15] he
[17:16] s serving, regardless of
[17:17] where they
[17:17] re at in their life,
[17:19] and works tirelessly to try to
[17:21] get them services. So thank you
[17:23] for your service. Thank you for
[17:24] all the members of the West
[17:26] Precinct for what you do. Thank.
[17:30] Okay, now we
[17:30] re.
[17:33] Going to take the okay.
[17:36] All right. Now we move on to
[17:38] announcements. Uh, Council
[17:40] members, if you would like to
[17:42] get in the queue, go ahead and
[17:47] do that. Um, so first one up,
[17:51] Bradford.
[17:51] Uh.
[17:53] Residents of district 13.
[17:54] It is getting close to that
[17:55] time of the month for our
[17:57] monthly office hours. Again,
[17:58] those are the third Saturday of
[18:00] every month. So this month they
[18:02] will be on the 15th from 9 to
[18:03] 11 at the Dunkin there on
[18:05] Broadway Parkway. Feel free to
[18:07] come by anytime. If you have
[18:08] any questions or any comments
[18:10] you want to bring to my
[18:11] attention, or if you just want
[18:12] to comment, hang it, hang out
[18:14] and have a cup of coffee again.
[18:14] That
[18:16] s AUGUST 15th from 9 to 11
[18:18] at Dunkin Donuts.
[18:21] Gracias, consul Bradford,
[18:25] Consul Cup and.
[18:28] Thank you. Chair. Uh, pro tem,
[18:30] MADAME Pro tem substitute. Um,
[18:32] I got kind of ups and downs
[18:33] today. Of course, we know that
[18:34] our thoughts and prayers are
[18:35] with the family of those
[18:36] affected by the horrific crash
[18:39] on Broadway this weekend. Um.
[18:41] Thank you. Um, so, you know,
[18:43] obviously a horrific incident
[18:44] and our thoughts and prayers go
[18:45] out to them and thinking about
[18:46] ways we can we can address that
[18:48] situation. So I wanted to I
[18:50] wanted to elevate that. Um, I
[18:52] also wanted to share that, my
[18:54] GOD, kids got to experience
[18:55] Judge Kimbrough Hayes, court
[18:57] officer for a day program. Um,
[18:58] I just wanted to elevate how
[18:59] incredible her work is bringing
[19:01] young, young men and women into
[19:03] her courtroom as court
[19:04] officers. They got to, you
[19:06] know, open the courtroom and do
[19:07] a tour and be part of the
[19:08] process. So just a really cool
[19:11] experience. And also got to see
[19:12] eviction right to counsel in
[19:13] action. And also the social
[19:14] workers that the council has
[19:16] put in our budget. So kind of
[19:18] cool to see that. Uh, see that
[19:20] all working. And then you
[19:22] should have all gotten a piece
[19:24] of paper on your desk. Um,
[19:27] about the contributor. Um, the
[19:29] new program or the already
[19:31] existing, but the program
[19:33] called Unseen Nashville, offers
[19:33] personal stories from
[19:36] contributor vendors. Um, we
[19:36] often only hear about
[19:38] homelessness when we get have
[19:40] issues or challenges. This tour
[19:41] really gives us an opportunity
[19:42] to reflect on homelessness from
[19:44] a different perspective, and to
[19:46] see these folks in action. The
[19:47] great work that they do.
[19:49] Information to purchase an
[19:50] individual ticket is on the
[19:52] flyer. Um, we can put a group
[19:54] together and feel free to reach
[19:56] out to me for more information.
[19:56] And also there
[19:57] s contact info
[19:59] on that flyer. Um, if any
[20:00] members of the public want to
[20:01] take part in that, um, reach
[20:02] out to me. And that
[20:03] s all I
[20:04] got. Thanks so much.
[20:10] What else are on Eastlake?
[20:12] Thank you very much.
[20:12] Everybody
[20:13] s going back to
[20:15] school and district 11. We
[20:15] re
[20:17] giving away a lot of different
[20:18] opportunities for for children
[20:19] to have stuff when they get
[20:22] back on Friday at DuPont
[20:22] elementary, they
[20:23] re combining
[20:25] the Community Day with the Meet
[20:26] the Teacher Day. This will be
[20:28] from 3 to 5 in the afternoon.
[20:30] Gives the students a chance to
[20:31] kind of get to see the school
[20:33] as well as meet their teachers.
[20:35] And then on Saturday, it
[20:35] s the
[20:37] third annual district 11,
[20:39] sponsored by myself. Back to
[20:40] school giveaway. My
[20:42] beautification commissioner,
[20:44] Katrina Leach, has worked
[20:46] tirelessly and gotten more
[20:48] school supplies, food for
[20:50] families, hygiene products,
[20:53] even some nice bomba socks that
[20:54] will be given away that will
[20:57] happen at Temple Baptist from
[20:59] 10 A.M. To noon this Saturday.
[20:59] That
[21:01] s on Fellowship Lane. We
[21:02] hope everybody that would like
[21:03] any school supplies or need
[21:05] something to come out that day.
[21:06] Thank you for the time.
[21:07] I don
[21:08] t know what Bombas socks
[21:11] are, but that sounds fun.
[21:11] They
[21:12] re really nice, says
[21:14] Council member Bradford. All
[21:17] right, Benedict.
[21:17] Thank you.
[21:18] Pro tem.
[21:19] Um.
[21:21] So bomba socks.
[21:22] Actually, I believe they give
[21:24] back a pair of socks for every
[21:25] ten purchase. Something to that
[21:27] effect. But, um. Yeah, on the
[21:29] socks is very good mission. So
[21:31] props to Bombas socks.
[21:33] Nashville is supporting you.
[21:35] Um, colleagues on your desk.
[21:38] And for the public, uh, State
[21:40] Representative Carson Bill Beck
[21:42] was a dear friend of mine. We
[21:44] have passed the legislation
[21:46] locally and at the state since
[21:47] it is a state road. But the
[21:49] bridge, the Gallatin Pike
[21:51] Bridge, crossing over Briley
[21:54] Parkway will be dedicated to
[21:55] Representative Beck on
[21:57] Saturday, SEPTEMBER the 19th at
[22:01] 10:30 A.M. At the Almquist
[22:02] Station in Madison. That
[22:03] s 303
[22:05] Madison Street again. Saturday,
[22:07] SEPTEMBER 19th at 10:30 A.M. I
[22:09] want to make sure the public
[22:11] saves the date for that. Did
[22:12] send that out via my
[22:13] newsletter, but always glad to
[22:15] spread the word through our,
[22:16] um, comment period. And of
[22:17] course, colleagues. Everyone
[22:17] s
[22:18] invited. It
[22:18] s on your desk.
[22:18] You
[22:19] ve received a via email to
[22:20] thank you.
[22:22] Gracias. Consul Benedict,
[22:25] consul cap puedes decir
[22:28] tomatoes en espanol.
[22:28] Uh, no.
[22:30] S\.
[22:32] Yeah.
[22:33] Thank you. This weekend.
[22:34] Is tomato fest.
[22:35] He
[22:35] s Nashville
[22:35] s.
[22:37] Own homegrown holiday. I
[22:37] ve
[22:39] brought some homegrown tomatoes
[22:40] here. As soon as this
[22:41] announcement is over. They
[22:41] re
[22:42] fair game for anybody. Come
[22:44] grab one. But I hope to see
[22:45] everybody at Tomato Fest. It
[22:45] s
[22:47] Friday night all day Saturday
[22:50] parade at 9 A.M. Saturday. Um,
[22:51] it
[22:52] s a great time. It
[22:52] s East
[22:54] Nashville. We love it. See you
[22:55] there.
[22:56] I heard another city was
[22:59] copying us. All right. Gracias.
[23:03] Consul. Cap. Consalvo.
[23:06] Thank you so much. Sitting pro
[23:07] tem. Um, we have a lot going on
[23:10] in district 17. And just want
[23:12] to remind everyone tomorrow
[23:15] there is a town hall regarding
[23:16] the new music venue that will
[23:18] be opening up in district 17 in
[23:20] just a few months. That will be
[23:22] held at Snap Community Center
[23:24] from 630 to 830. I
[23:25] m doing a
[23:26] resident listening session from
[23:29] 630 to 730, and then a business
[23:31] listening session from 730 to
[23:34] 830 on Thursday, AUGUST the
[23:35] 6th, the Edgehill Villa
[23:37] Neighborhood Association is
[23:38] having a neighborhood meeting
[23:40] at 6 P.M. At the at the
[23:41] Edgehill United Methodist
[23:43] Church. Um, and then on
[23:45] Saturday, we have a lot going
[23:47] on. Uh, who will be celebrating
[23:49] their ten year anniversary in
[23:50] Chestnut Hill. And you can come
[23:52] celebrate with them between 11
[23:54] A.M. And 2 P.M.. And then on
[23:56] the same day, um, Creative
[23:58] Girls Rock will be hosting the
[23:59] Back to School Bash at Napier
[24:02] Elementary School from 12 to 2
[24:03] P.M. Everyone is invited. There
[24:05] will be free backpacks, free
[24:07] haircuts, and free food. Um,
[24:09] and one thing I did want to let
[24:11] the community know is the 78th
[24:13] Japan America Student
[24:14] Conference is coming to
[24:16] Nashville. This is the oldest
[24:17] student led exchange program of
[24:20] its kind between Japan and the
[24:21] U.S., and they
[24:21] re coming to
[24:23] Nashville for only the second
[24:25] time. Um, and the National site
[24:26] forum, if anybody wants to
[24:28] participate in that, um, that
[24:30] will be happening on AUGUST
[24:32] 14th from 10 to 3. So if you
[24:34] want to learn more about it or
[24:35] if you have questions, you can
[24:37] email me at Terri at
[24:39] nashville.Gov. Thank you.
[24:43] Gracias. Consalvo Taylor.
[24:45] Gracias. And that
[24:46] s all I know.
[24:50] Um, quickly. Um, have some
[24:52] meetings next Tuesday. Um, in
[24:54] regards to the old Piggly
[24:55] Wiggly on West End, there
[24:56] s
[24:58] will be a proposal for height
[24:59] and setbacks. The meeting is
[25:01] going to be at Vibes Barn
[25:04] Lounge, 114 28th Avenue North,
[25:06] right near Centennial Park on
[25:08] next Tuesday, AUGUST 11th.
[25:08] There
[25:10] s a second, um, zoning
[25:12] appeal from the Board of Zoning
[25:14] Appeals meeting as well for the
[25:14] former Bud
[25:17] s Hardware. Uh, and
[25:19] a neighboring property. It
[25:20] s a
[25:23] proposal to do the same thing.
[25:24] A provide special exemption for
[25:26] height and setbacks. Uh, that
[25:29] date is Tuesday, AUGUST 11th as
[25:32] well. At 6 P.M.. So in that
[25:32] location is going to be at
[25:34] Crossroads Campus headquarters,
[25:38] located at 1757 16th Avenue
[25:42] North.
[25:44] Council Member Benedict.
[25:47] Um, Council Member Taylor was
[25:48] talking about former this and
[25:50] former that. So I just want to
[25:51] make sure I know those
[25:52] landmarks. Former Piggly
[25:54] Wiggly. And what was the other
[25:54] former.
[25:55] Old Piggly Wiggly?
[25:57] The old Piggly Wiggly and.
[25:58] And and Bud
[25:59] s hardware.
[25:59] Bud
[26:00] s hardware. Okay. I just
[26:01] want to make sure people know
[26:02] that when you turn left at the
[26:04] tractor and then take a right
[26:06] at the painted rock, you
[26:06] re
[26:06] going to end up with those
[26:07] places. But for the.
[26:10] Rock is green.
[26:10] It
[26:12] s not only laws we pass
[26:13] here, we also give you a comedy
[26:16] show. Folks. All right. Gracias,
[26:17] al. Taylor Gonzales, Hal
[26:20] Huffman.
[26:20] Thank you, MADAM.
[26:22] Pro tem.
[26:22] Uh, been a.
[26:24] Lot of discussion. Colleagues
[26:27] around drone technology. I want
[26:28] to extend an invite on behalf
[26:29] of the Metro Nashville Police
[26:32] Department for this Friday for
[26:34] a demonstration of the drone as
[26:36] first responder pilot program.
[26:36] It
[26:38] s going to take place at 8
[26:40] P.M. And pd headquarters, 600
[26:42] Murfreesboro Pike. And that
[26:42] s
[26:43] going to be from three until
[26:46] 430. Also, district 14 office
[26:49] hours are this Saturday at
[26:50] Flower Dreams Bakery in
[26:50] Hermitage.
[26:51] Thank you.
[26:51] It
[26:54] s a great bakery, folks.
[26:54] It
[26:55] s really good. Kind of
[26:58] jealous of it. Gracias.
[27:00] Huffman. Any other council
[27:03] members with the announcements?
[27:05] All right. Uh, reminder that
[27:07] Election day is AUGUST the 6th.
[27:09] The Vonda McDaniel
[27:10] s Labor Day
[27:13] parade celebration is Saturday,
[27:16] SEPTEMBER 5th. Uh, that will be
[27:20] at 9:30 A.M., and we will be
[27:22] having the Mariposa Park
[27:24] opening celebration that got
[27:26] rescheduled due to weather. But
[27:29] we are finally going to open,
[27:30] uh, the park with the
[27:31] celebration. It
[27:31] s already open,
[27:33] but the celebration will be
[27:36] AUGUST 22nd at 10 A.M.. Took
[27:38] seven years. Come on by. It
[27:38] s a
[27:41] beautiful park. Um, that
[27:42] concludes announcements. We
[27:45] will be backl park. Um, that
[28:01] concludes announcements.
[40:38] Please come to order. Today is
[40:41] Tuesday, AUGUST the 4th, 2026.
[40:42] This is the 14th regular
[40:45] meeting of 2026 and the 66th
[40:50] meeting o
[40:51] standing for the pledge of
[40:54] allegiance. The reverend doctor
[40:56] lashanda walker, senior pastor
[40:58] of. Or rather, the invocation
[40:59] is being offered this evening
[41:01] by the reverend doctor lashanda
[41:03] walker. She is the senior
[41:05] pastor of howard congregational
[41:07] church and is the guest of
[41:09] district 21 council member
[41:11] brandon taylor. Welcome, pastor
[41:13] walker. You are recognized.
[41:16] Thank you. Good evening. Let us
[41:20] pray. Dear GOD. GOD of all, we
[41:22] have gathered together in this
[41:24] great assembly to lift prayers
[41:27] to you. We begin by asking for
[41:29] prayers for our city. We pray
[41:32] for peace. We pray for safety.
[41:33] We pray for the well-being of
[41:36] our communities. And we pray
[41:38] for the wisdom of our leaders.
[41:40] As our city officials prepare
[41:41] to conduct business this
[41:43] evening, we ask that you give
[41:44] them guidance and grant them
[41:46] the strength to navigate the
[41:47] unique challenges of their
[41:50] various roles as they enact
[41:52] policies and legislation.
[41:55] Please GOD, give them grace and
[41:56] graciousness in fulfilling
[41:57] their assignments as leaders
[41:59] for the constituents they
[42:01] represent. Allow them to
[42:04] operate in the decision making
[42:05] authority to be a voice for
[42:08] those who are often voiceless.
[42:10] Creating a more equitable, safe
[42:12] and just environment in our
[42:14] cities and local communities.
[42:16] Now, dear GOD, please give them
[42:18] the discernment and insight to
[42:21] lead their communities well.
[42:23] And finally, we pray that each
[42:25] city official will have the
[42:27] foresight and fortitude to do
[42:29] what is required of them as our
[42:31] local leaders. We recall the
[42:33] words of the prophet micah six
[42:35] and eight, and pray that they
[42:38] will all act justly, love mercy,
[42:41] and walk humbly with you, GOD.
[42:42] Cover us all on this evening,
[42:45] dear GOD, and cover this great
[42:47] city and surrounding areas.
[42:49] It's in your holy name we pray.
[42:52] Amen.
[42:53] I pledge allegiance to
[42:56] the flag, the united states of
[42:58] america, and to the republic
[43:00] for which it stands. One nation
[43:05] under GOD, indivisible, with
[43:10] liberty and justice.
[43:11] You MAY be
[43:12] seated. Thank you very much,
[43:18] reverend walker. Welcome,
[43:20] council and community members
[43:22] this thursday, this later this
[43:24] week, AUGUST 6th is an election
[43:28] day and 50,747 nashvillians
[43:31] have already voted during early
[43:33] voting. That's almost 11% of
[43:35] the electorate. But davidson
[43:38] county has 472,000 eligible
[43:40] voters. So we hope that they
[43:41] will all make a plan to use
[43:44] their voice on thursday. Polls
[43:46] open at 7 A.M. And close at 7
[43:48] P.M. And you must vote at your
[43:50] assigned precinct on election
[43:52] days. You can find all the
[43:53] information that you will need
[43:55] from the election commission's
[43:58] website at nashville.Gov/vote.
[44:00] A special thank you to everyone
[44:02] who has been and will be
[44:04] working and volunteering to
[44:06] support our democracy. As
[44:07] elected officials, I know we
[44:10] all do our best to make sure
[44:10] nashvillians have the
[44:12] information that they need to
[44:14] exercise their vote. Please
[44:15] help your friends, family and
[44:17] neighbors to do the same and
[44:19] take your children and
[44:20] grandchildren along with you.
[44:23] So our youth see that you value
[44:26] voting. The 250th anniversary
[44:28] of america I voted. Stickers
[44:29] are extra cool this year, so
[44:31] you can share those voter
[44:34] selfies. It is back to school
[44:35] month. So a special thank you
[44:37] also to all of nashville's
[44:39] teachers, administrators, staff,
[44:40] and parents who make our
[44:42] schools great and best wishes
[44:44] to all the students as they
[44:46] embark on another year of their
[44:47] educational journeys. We know,
[44:50] as elected officials and policy
[44:51] makers, that it's important to
[44:54] be life long learners and never
[44:56] stop reading and listening to
[44:58] the perspectives of experts and
[45:00] of others. It has been the
[45:02] council's pleasure to host a
[45:03] wide variety of student groups
[45:05] this summer, to learn about
[45:07] local government in dark times
[45:10] and bright times. In all the
[45:12] times civic education, critical
[45:14] thinking skills, understanding
[45:17] of the scientific method are
[45:19] all essential. So thank you
[45:21] teachers. Public education is
[45:24] the bedrock of democracy. All
[45:25] right. Without objection, we
[45:27] will suspend the calling of the
[45:28] roll and ask the clerk to
[45:30] pleas record the names of the
[45:31] members present throughout the
[45:34] meeting. Is there a motion for
[45:35] approval of the minutes of the
[45:39] meeting of JULY 21st, 2026?
[45:40] Okay. There is a motion
[45:42] properly seconded. So without
[45:45] objection, and seeing no one
[45:46] seeking to be recognized for a
[45:49] change to the minutes. All
[45:50] right. The minutes of the
[45:53] meeting of JULY 21st are
[45:56] approved, MR. Clerk. Are there
[45:58] any messages from the mayor
[45:59] there?
[46:00] No messages from the
[46:00] mayor.
[46:01] All right. Thank you,
[46:04] MR. Clerk. All right. Now we
[46:06] will move right into our agenda
[46:10] for section e appointees and
[46:12] nominees. This portion of the
[46:13] agenda shares all persons who
[46:15] are scheduled to appear before
[46:16] te rules, confirmations and
[46:17] public elections committee for
[46:20] an interview this evening. Re
[46:21] referrals back to the committee
[46:24] will be by rule as part of the
[46:25] council's two meeting process
[46:27] for elections and confirmations.
[46:28] No votes will be taken by the
[46:30] body in this section of the
[46:31] agenda. Chair, cash or brief
[46:33] report, please, sir. No vote
[46:35] totals necessary. Simply the
[46:36] name of those interviewed and
[46:39] for which seats? For which
[46:40] seats. And if a person in the
[46:41] appointment confirmation
[46:43] process was unable to attend
[46:45] your committee this evening, at
[46:46] what meeting they will next
[46:48] appear, please, sir. Go ahead.
[46:51] Yes, ma'am. For the auditorium
[46:54] commission. We interviewed, ron
[46:59] deal junior. Eamon kushner and
[47:02] rick rodriguez for the bicycle
[47:04] and pedestrian advisory
[47:08] committee. Kim page for the
[47:10] contract and compliance board.
[47:13] Marcus t booth for the housing
[47:16] trust fund commission. Lizzie
[47:19] goddard, for nashville
[47:23] entertainment commission. Peter
[47:25] kurland okay, then we have two
[47:26] deferrals for the nashville
[47:28] entertainment commission. We
[47:30] deferred michael montgomery for
[47:33] one meeting and we deferred,
[47:36] erica nichols for one meeting.
[47:38] Okay. And then back to those we
[47:39] did interview parks and
[47:42] recreation. Gina emanuel,
[47:43] transportation and licensing
[47:46] commission. David andrews, and
[47:47] those are the ones we
[47:48] interviewed this evening.
[47:49] Okay.
[47:52] Thank you. All right. So, MR.
[47:54] Montgomery, MISS Nichols for
[47:57] the entertainment commission,
[47:58] were deferred by your committee
[48:00] for their interview. One
[48:02] meeting. But otherwise, all
[48:03] interviews complete. All right.
[48:07] So next chair cash. For the
[48:09] second part of your committee
[48:10] report, appointees in the
[48:11] second step of this two meeting
[48:13] process with vote totals and a
[48:14] consolidated motion for the
[48:17] confirmation of those persons,
[48:19] or, first for deferral motion
[48:21] if there are any. Go ahead, sir.
[48:22] MADAM Chair, we interviewed for
[48:24] the airport authority the
[48:26] appointment of wallace dietz,
[48:29] for a term expiring APRIL 5th,
[48:30] 2031 seven. We approved seven
[48:33] to 0 to 0 arts commission
[48:34] appointment of henry walker for
[48:36] a term expiring JANUARY 1st,
[48:38] 2028. We approved seven to 0 to
[48:40] 0. Charter revision commission
[48:41] reappointment of eileen behan
[48:43] for a term expiring SEPTEMBER
[48:45] 4th, 2030. Approved seven to 0
[48:47] to 0. Charter revision
[48:49] commission reappointment of
[48:50] dewey brandstetter for term
[48:52] expiring SEPTEMBER 4th, 2030.
[48:57] Approved seven to 0 to 0.
[48:59] Hospital authority appointment
[49:00] of doctor raymond buzz martin
[49:02] for a term expiring JUNE 28th,
[49:06] 2031. Approved 700 hospital
[49:07] authority reappointment of
[49:08] doctor courtney j. Pitts for
[49:10] term expiring SEPTEMBER 6th,
[49:13] 2031. Approved again 700 social
[49:15] services commission appointment
[49:17] of s will occur for term
[49:20] expiring APRIL 3rd, 2031. We
[49:23] approved seven to 0 to 0 and I
[49:24] move approval.
[49:25] All right. There
[49:28] is a motion to confirm all
[49:32] seven of these appointees. In a
[49:34] consolidated, motion. Is there
[49:37] a second? Okay. Does anyone
[49:38] wish to remove an item from
[49:41] this consolidated motion for
[49:42] purposes of an individual
[49:45] abstention or no vote? Okay.
[49:48] Seeing none. All in favor of
[49:50] these confirmations, please say
[49:53] I, I. All right, these
[49:55] appointees have been confirmed.
[49:57] And so to our confirmed
[49:59] appointees, if you chose to
[50:00] return to the council chamber
[50:02] this evening, which is not
[50:03] required. But you are very
[50:04] welcome. And I see several of
[50:06] you here. Do please stand as I
[50:08] call your names, and then we'll
[50:09] have a collective applause to
[50:12] thank you at the end. All right.
[50:15] Council has confirmed the
[50:17] appointment of MR. Wallace
[50:20] dietz to the airport authority.
[50:21] Council has confirmed he
[50:22] appointment of henry walker to
[50:25] the arts commission. Council
[50:27] has confirmed the
[50:28] reappointments to the charter
[50:31] revision commission of eileen b
[50:36] han and dewey brandstatter.
[50:39] Council has confirmed to the
[50:41] hospital authority the
[50:43] reappointments of doctor, buzz,
[50:46] martin, raymond, buzz martin
[50:49] and, of doctor courtney j.
[50:52] Pitts. And then lastly to the
[50:54] social services commission.
[50:56] Council has approved the
[50:58] appointment of s will acuff.
[51:00] All right. Thank you so much to
[51:01] you all, whether watching at
[51:03] home or here with us in the
[51:04] chamber, we appreciate you and
[51:06] your willingness to serve.
[51:23] Congratulations and thank you.
[51:40] All right, council members,
[51:44] next section of our agenda is g
[51:51] nominations. First is g one.
[51:53] Health and education facilities
[51:55] board. This is nominations to
[51:57] fill one vacancy on the board
[51:59] with a term expiring on
[52:02] SEPTEMBER 30th, 2032 and an
[52:04] election to be conducted at the
[52:07] SEPTEMBER 1st, 2026 meeting.
[52:08] Council members will have
[52:11] received a memo from me on JULY
[52:16] 20th, announcing, this vacancy
[52:18] was also announced from the
[52:22] dais. And so I will now open
[52:23] nominations. Please get in the
[52:25] queue if you have a nomination
[52:26] council member gamble, you're
[52:27] recognized.
[52:28] Thank you, vice
[52:30] mayor. I would like to nominate
[52:33] doctor weeda and this bill o u
[52:36] I'd a doctor weeda davis.
[52:36] All
[52:38] right. Council member gamble
[52:41] has nominated doctor weeda
[52:47] davis. Next is council member
[52:48] allen. Go ahead ma'am.
[52:48] Thank
[52:50] you, MADAM PRESIDENT. I have
[52:53] two nominations. Matt wiltshire
[52:55] and keith randall.
[52:57] All right.
[52:59] Council member allen has
[53:02] nominated matt wiltshire and
[53:04] apologize keith randall. Keith
[53:12] randall. Okay. Council member
[53:14] koopman, you're recognized.
[53:15] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[53:16] Howard jones.
[53:19] Okay, council
[53:21] member koopman has nominated
[53:27] howard jones. All right.
[53:29] Members, just for clarification,
[53:30] please note that there was also
[53:33] a memo of yesterday for another
[53:36] single vacancy with the same
[53:38] term expiration for this same
[53:40] board. So, you know, please
[53:41] keep that in mind as you
[53:43] consider your nominees, the
[53:44] upcoming election and then the
[53:46] subsequent nominations, right.
[53:48] Consider those somewhat
[53:49] collectively, even though they
[53:52] will move on a different cycle.
[53:57] Okay. All right. Next is agenda
[54:02] item g two. Regarding the metro
[54:04] animal care and control
[54:06] commission, nominations will be
[54:08] taken to fill four vacancies on
[54:09] the commission with varying
[54:11] terms, with an election to be
[54:13] conducted at the SEPTEMBER 1st,
[54:15] 2026 council meeting. There
[54:17] will be and I will do these
[54:20] council members in order by
[54:21] type, basically. So there will
[54:25] be two at large members, to
[54:27] serve terms of three years. And
[54:28] so we'll take nominations for
[54:30] that. Next for a representative,
[54:33] a single representative from a
[54:35] local nonprofit organization
[54:36] dedicated to animal welfare, we
[54:38] will take nominations for that.
[54:41] And then lastly, for a non
[54:42] voting member of the
[54:43] metropolitan council. So we
[54:44] will take those up in that
[54:46] order. So first for nominations
[54:49] for at large members to the
[54:51] metro animal care and control
[54:55] commission, first in the queue
[54:58] is council member evans. You're
[54:58] recognized ma'am.
[54:59] Thank you,
[55:00] vice mayor. I have two
[55:02] nominations. The first is
[55:05] peyton. Payton. Last name is
[55:08] robbins, peyton robbins. The
[55:12] second nomination is mary nell.
[55:13] Brian. Okay. Thank you.
[55:14] All
[55:16] right. Council member evans has
[55:20] nominated peyton robbins and
[55:22] mary nell. Brian. Next in the
[55:24] queue is council member olivia
[55:26] hill. Councilmember you're
[55:26] recognized, MADAM Chair.
[55:27] Thank
[55:28] you, MADAM Vice mayor. I want
[55:33] to nominate jordan parent
[55:35] oparenteau.
[55:36] Okay. Council
[55:39] member hill has nominated
[55:43] jordan parental. Next is
[55:45] council member horton, I
[55:47] believe is your person for at
[55:49] large.
[55:49] Yes.
[55:50] Okay. Go ahead sir,
[55:51] you're recognized.
[55:52] I'd like to
[55:53] nominate heather. Derek, please.
[55:55] Okay. Council member horton has
[56:02] nominated heather. Derek. Okay.
[56:03] Council member johnston, you're
[56:04] recognized. Ma'am.
[56:05] I'd like to
[56:07] nominate penny adams.
[56:07] Okay.
[56:10] Council member johnston has
[56:16] nominated penny adams. Council
[56:17] member suara, are you
[56:18] nominating an at large member?
[56:18] Yes.
[56:19] Please go.
[56:21] Ahead to
[56:25] nominate doctor yacine.
[56:26] Yasinekokoy.
[56:28] Okay. MISS Suara
[56:30] has nominated doctor waseem
[56:36] kukoyi. Okay. Next in the queue
[56:41] is council member vo. You are
[56:42] recognized.
[56:42] Thank you, vice
[56:44] mayor. I'd like to nominate
[56:47] jing jing jing and then last
[56:49] name geng.
[56:50] Okay. Jane. Jiang.
[56:55] Yes. Jing jing jing.
[56:56] Jing. Jen.
[57:01] Got it. All right, council
[57:02] member cortez, you're
[57:03] recognized sir.
[57:04] Thank you, vice
[57:05] mayor. I'd like to nominate
[57:06] michelle spaziano.
[57:07] Okay.
[57:09] Councilmember cortez has
[57:13] nominated michelle spaziano.
[57:16] Okay. Councilmember bradford,
[57:17] you're recognized, sir.
[57:17] Thank
[57:19] you, vice mayor. I'd like to
[57:22] nominate jessica schultz.
[57:23] Shultz.
[57:24] Okay. Councilmember
[57:26] bradford has nominated jessica
[57:31] schultz. Councilmember hancock,
[57:33] you recognized ma'am, I'd.
[57:33] Like
[57:36] to nominate doctor kelly boyd.
[57:37] Okay. MISS Hancock has
[57:40] nominated doctor kelly boyd.
[57:42] And donna mobley.
[57:44] And donna
[57:44] mobley.
[57:46] Yes, mabley.
[57:53] Okay.
[57:55] Council member styles, do you
[57:57] seek to nominate an at large
[58:00] potential candidate or nominee?
[58:01] Okay. Go ahead ma'am.
[58:01] Yes.
[58:04] Annette filippone.
[58:04] Council
[58:06] member styles has nominated
[58:12] annette filippone. Council
[58:14] member. Ellis, you're ma'am.
[58:15] I, the
[58:17] council member took my nominee.
[58:19] And I will offer up MISS
[58:20] Annette filippone again. MR.
[58:22] Clark, I've emailed you her
[58:23] correct name as well.
[58:24] Okay. Got
[58:26] it. So both MISS Ellis and MISS
[58:29] Styles have nominated MISS
[58:31] Filippone. Councilmember taylor,
[58:34] you are recognized, sir.
[58:34] Thank
[58:36] you, vice mayor. I would like
[58:39] to nominate for the nonprofit.
[58:41] Can I do that? Okay. At this
[58:41] juncture.
[58:42] Is there anyone else
[58:45] seeking a nomination for the at
[58:47] large? Do you mind, MR. Taylor,
[58:49] sir, if we can just keep it
[58:51] first with that, MISS Weiner.
[58:53] Go ahead. Ma'am.
[58:53] Carolyn
[58:55] bennett brown.
[58:56] Okay. MISS
[59:01] Weiner has nominated carol.
[59:05] Carolyn. Carolyn bennett,
[59:09] benick brown, brown.
[59:11] All right.
[59:14] Okay. Council member styles.
[59:17] Okay, so now we are moving to
[59:20] the representative from a non
[59:21] local nonprofit organization
[59:24] dedicated to animal welfare.
[59:26] First there was MR. Taylor,
[59:28] MISS Styles. So I'm going to go
[59:30] back to him first before I come
[59:31] to you. Go ahead sir. Thanks
[59:32] for your patience.
[59:33] I would like
[59:36] to nominate lisa stetter.
[59:37] Stetar.
[59:43] Okay. Lisa stetter okay.
[59:46] All right. Council member
[59:48] styles for representative of a
[59:50] local nonprofit.
[59:51] Yes.
[59:51] Brandon
[59:53] deiss. Dyce of pet community
[59:56] center. Okay.
[59:56] Council member
[59:58] styles has nominated brandon
[1:00:04] dice. Okay. And council member
[1:00:08] wiener, for a an animal welfare
[1:00:10] organization representative. Go
[1:00:10] ahead.
[1:00:12] Thank you. Becky carter,
[1:00:14] friends of mac. Okay.
[1:00:15] Becky
[1:00:17] carter, council member wiener
[1:00:21] has nominated becky carter.
[1:00:24] Okay. Are there any other
[1:00:26] nominees, or any other members
[1:00:28] seeking to make a nomination
[1:00:31] for representative from a local
[1:00:32] nonprofit organization
[1:00:34] dedicated to animal welfare?
[1:00:37] Okay. Seeing none. The next
[1:00:38] nominations that we will take
[1:00:41] are for a non voting member of
[1:00:44] the metropolitan council.
[1:00:45] You'll please get in the queue
[1:00:49] for that. Okay. Council member
[1:00:52] styles, you're recognized.
[1:00:55] Thank you. Council member evans,
[1:00:55] please.
[1:00:56] Okay. Council member
[1:00:58] styles has nominated council
[1:01:01] member evans. Right. Council
[1:01:03] member wiener. You're
[1:01:04] recognized.
[1:01:05] Council member.
[1:01:05] Bradford.
[1:01:07] Okay. Council member
[1:01:09] wiener has nominated council
[1:01:13] member bradford. All right. Are
[1:01:15] any other members
[1:01:17] seeking. Okay, MISS Evans,
[1:01:19] you're recognized, ma'am.
[1:01:19] Thank
[1:01:21] you, vice mayor. I need to
[1:01:22] withdraw my nomination. I
[1:01:23] appreciate the nomination, but
[1:01:24] I need to withdraw.
[1:01:24] Thank you.
[1:01:26] Thank you, MISS Evans. So that
[1:01:29] means at this juncture, our
[1:01:31] nominee for the council member
[1:01:32] by MISS Wiener is MR. Bradford.
[1:01:34] MISS Having withdrawn
[1:01:36] her name from consideration.
[1:01:39] All right. Is there anyone else
[1:01:40] seeking to be recognized to
[1:01:43] make a nomination? Okay, it
[1:01:46] appears that we have one, two,
[1:01:50] three, four, five, six, seven,
[1:01:56] eight, 910 1112, 13. Nominees.
[1:02:03] For the two at large member
[1:02:03] vacanies, we have three
[1:02:04] organizational nominees for
[1:02:07] that one spot or vacancy and
[1:02:09] one nominee from among the
[1:02:11] council members. Right.
[1:02:13] Seeing no one else seeking to
[1:02:15] be recognized, I will close
[1:02:22] these nominations.
[1:02:24] Okay.
[1:02:25] And,
[1:02:26] the clerk will be in touch and,
[1:02:28] or please be in touch with the
[1:02:29] clerk with particular spellings
[1:02:31] and contact information and so
[1:02:36] forth. All right. Next section
[1:02:38] of our agenda, the public
[1:02:40] comment period. Members of the
[1:02:41] public who are tennessee
[1:02:42] residents wishing to speak
[1:02:45] during public comment MAY sign
[1:02:47] up at the table outside the
[1:02:49] council chamber from 5 to 6
[1:02:51] P.M. On the day of a council
[1:02:52] meeting. Public comment is
[1:02:54] limited to 20 minutes total at
[1:02:56] council meetings, and each
[1:02:58] speaker is allowed up to two
[1:02:59] minutes to speak. Person
[1:03:01] speaking on agenda items must
[1:03:03] be prioritized to comply with
[1:03:05] state law. All right, we have
[1:03:06] six people signed up for public
[1:03:08] comment this evening, and the
[1:03:11] first two among them are a man
[1:03:14] in hall and steve rider. A man
[1:03:16] in hall is speaking on agenda
[1:03:23] item number 80. Ordinance 1497
[1:03:24] in support. Go ahead sir,
[1:03:26] you're recognized.
[1:03:26] Hey guys,
[1:03:28] last meeting y'all unanimously
[1:03:30] passed us 2026 2064 that said,
[1:03:32] each pedestrian and cyclist
[1:03:34] death is preventable. You voted
[1:03:36] to reaffirm the vision zero
[1:03:37] action plan. I've got the
[1:03:39] action plan pulled up so I can
[1:03:40] read what it says about no
[1:03:42] right turn on. Red says. The
[1:03:43] U.S. Department of
[1:03:44] transportation encourages the
[1:03:45] widespread implementation of%
[1:03:46] proven safety countermeasures
[1:03:48] to accelerate safety goals, to
[1:03:50] maximize return on investment,
[1:03:51] implementing countermeasures
[1:03:52] with proven, proven success
[1:03:54] enables metro to begin reaping
[1:03:56] safety benefits early and
[1:03:57] effectively, thereby gaining
[1:03:58] additional public support and
[1:04:00] momentum. No right turn on red
[1:04:02] is one of those countermeasures
[1:04:04] listed. No right turn on red
[1:04:05] signs permitting vehicles to
[1:04:07] turn right when the
[1:04:08] corresponding traffic light is
[1:04:10] red can have significantly
[1:04:11] adverse impacts on pedestrians
[1:04:13] and cyclists attempting to
[1:04:14] cross the practice, which was
[1:04:16] introduced in the 1970s as a
[1:04:18] way to save fuel, has shown to
[1:04:19] directly conflict with
[1:04:21] pedestrian and bicycle safety.
[1:04:22] Prohibiting right turn on reds
[1:04:24] is a low cost treatment with
[1:04:25] significant benefits, and can
[1:04:27] be implemented in a number of
[1:04:29] different ways. Post mounted
[1:04:31] sign, overhead sign or a
[1:04:32] variable blackout sign. That's
[1:04:36] what the plan says, and you all
[1:04:40] passed saying so. Not
[1:04:41] implementing right turn on red
[1:04:43] is endorsing the horrible idea
[1:04:44] that saving fuel is more
[1:04:46] important than saving lives. If
[1:04:48] you voted to reaffirm the
[1:04:49] visions, your action plan vote
[1:04:51] to pass. No right turn on red.
[1:04:52] If y'all don't pass no right
[1:04:54] turn on red. Are y'all just
[1:04:55] here to talk, not take action
[1:04:57] and not reduce fatalities and
[1:05:00] severe injuries? Also this
[1:05:02] saturday, timothy wedlock was
[1:05:03] killed while crossing fourth
[1:05:05] avenue on broadway. His death
[1:05:08] was preventable. I'm asking you
[1:05:09] to support a change.Org
[1:05:11] petition demanding that the
[1:05:12] mayor and end all work with t
[1:05:14] dot in the state to permanently
[1:05:15] close broadway to vehicular
[1:05:17] traffic. Vehicular traffic.
[1:05:18] Together, we can accomplish
[1:05:21] vision zero.
[1:05:23] Thank you. Next is
[1:05:26] steve rider. MR. Rider will be
[1:05:29] followed by ezra howard. MR.
[1:05:30] Rider is speaking on agenda
[1:05:35] number 41, resolution 2078 in
[1:05:38] opposition. Go ahead sir.
[1:05:38] Yes.
[1:05:40] Good, good. Good evening. I'm
[1:05:44] addressing the, the
[1:05:46] reauthorization of the mdha tax
[1:05:48] accountant tax increment
[1:05:50] financing. The problem that I
[1:05:51] see, we had a standing
[1:05:53] committee years ago, and we
[1:05:55] tried to set some parameters
[1:05:58] and eligibility standards, for
[1:05:59] the program because it was
[1:06:02] troubled. And what you have
[1:06:06] before you today is a program
[1:06:09] that really has no limitations.
[1:06:11] And so I want to put forward a,
[1:06:14] a little problem that I think
[1:06:16] could happen. You could have a
[1:06:18] developer come in to m d, h a
[1:06:20] and say, we want to partner
[1:06:21] with you, we want you, we've
[1:06:24] got this great, exciting
[1:06:25] revitalization plan, but we
[1:06:28] need two blocks. We want you to
[1:06:29] exercise your authority and
[1:06:32] eminent domain. And we would
[1:06:33] like to get tax increment
[1:06:35] financing for our project.
[1:06:36] Let's be clear, when we're
[1:06:38] using tif financing for a
[1:06:40] certain period of time, those
[1:06:41] property taxes are used for the
[1:06:42] development and the rest of us
[1:06:45] have to pay for that. Here's
[1:06:48] the problem is that when you go
[1:06:49] out there and say, well, I'm
[1:06:51] not sure that this really fits
[1:06:53] for us, that we like for our
[1:06:55] tif program. And they'll say,
[1:06:56] well, you cannot deny us
[1:06:58] because this is eligibility.
[1:07:00] We're eligible for this
[1:07:01] financing. And so if you do not
[1:07:04] provide it for us, we will
[1:07:06] consider your decision to be
[1:07:08] arbitrary and capricious. And
[1:07:10] we would probably look at going
[1:07:12] to court. Now mdh is going like,
[1:07:13] well, we really don't want to
[1:07:15] go to court. So we'll grant you
[1:07:17] the tif financing. In other
[1:07:19] words, you really need to go
[1:07:21] out there and put some
[1:07:22] parameters. What the study
[1:07:23] committee recommended that this
[1:07:24] is what we're looking for.
[1:07:26] These are projects that we're
[1:07:27] going to support rather than
[1:07:29] just making everything eligible.
[1:07:30] Because when you do that, you
[1:07:32] are opening up the door to
[1:07:34] major, problems. There
[1:07:35] were major problems before. If
[1:07:36] I had more time, I could tell
[1:07:38] you about that. Thank you very
[1:07:39] much.
[1:07:41] Thank you, MR. Ryder.
[1:07:45] Next is ezra howard. MR. Howard
[1:07:47] will be followed by tajuana
[1:07:49] chick. Ezra howard is speaking
[1:07:51] on agenda item 128. This is
[1:07:54] ordinance 1489 in support. Go
[1:07:54] ahead.
[1:07:56] Yes. So I support the
[1:07:58] eminent domain measures. I
[1:08:00] think eminent domain is a valid
[1:08:02] use in a lot of cases, if not
[1:08:04] most when it comes to, you know,
[1:08:07] proper use of property. The
[1:08:08] thing that always gets me
[1:08:09] though is that especially in
[1:08:12] this case is discussed to be
[1:08:14] used for an office park and
[1:08:16] this use of eminent domain in
[1:08:17] talking to finance lawyers and
[1:08:19] real estate lawyers. Am
[1:08:21] not a lawyer myself, is quite
[1:08:24] unusual. And to just use it for
[1:08:27] an office park is, is it's a
[1:08:29] waste and a shame of an
[1:08:31] opportunity. I floated it out
[1:08:33] there just out there in the
[1:08:35] social medias, that, you know,
[1:08:38] we passed we did the
[1:08:39] budget, we passed on additional
[1:08:40] funds for the barnes fund. I
[1:08:42] don't mind if you have an
[1:08:43] office park, but put housing on
[1:08:45] top. We and I don't care if it
[1:08:48] was mmps or, you know, metro
[1:08:51] council. But we also passed on
[1:08:52] early learning center. So you
[1:08:54] can include that as well. Now
[1:08:56] I'm putting that out there. It
[1:08:58] was discussed that there's the
[1:08:59] ratner yards behind it and the
[1:09:01] quality of life would not be so
[1:09:04] great from, MISS Siegel, which
[1:09:06] I hear that, but if, if sound
[1:09:08] is an issue, then why put an
[1:09:10] office park there? I mean, I
[1:09:11] work in an office and if I
[1:09:13] heard banging all day while
[1:09:14] doing and I do data analytics,
[1:09:17] that'd be an issue. So whatever
[1:09:20] it is used for, go big and go
[1:09:22] bold because this is, this is a
[1:09:24] unique situation, not just not
[1:09:25] just for eminent domain, but
[1:09:28] just period. And lastly, I'll
[1:09:29] talk on just, you know, the
[1:09:30] accident that happened, man was
[1:09:32] talking about the petition. And
[1:09:34] since I've come from data
[1:09:37] analytics, I ran those numbers.
[1:09:39] And in talking about just on
[1:09:42] broadway, it's 451 accidents
[1:09:45] since 2019 with 97 injuries and
[1:09:49] one fatality. It's 52 when it's
[1:09:52] just pedestrians and 40 I think
[1:09:56] was 40 no, 4452 injuries and
[1:09:59] one fatality. So that's 50% of
[1:10:03] injuries for 6% of crashes. So
[1:10:04] close it down.
[1:10:07] Thank you. Next
[1:10:11] is tajuana. Chick chick will be
[1:10:13] followed by benjamin vaught.
[1:10:15] Twana chick is speaking
[1:10:19] regarding adding conditions to
[1:10:20] legislation that is on third
[1:10:22] reading. MISS Chick, you're
[1:10:23] recognized. Go ahead.
[1:10:24] Hi,
[1:10:25] everybody. You're going to be
[1:10:26] told tonight that amendments
[1:10:28] are forthcoming for third
[1:10:30] reading. The problem with this
[1:10:32] method of operation is we, the
[1:10:33] community, got almost 20 people
[1:10:36] here. The public. We don't get
[1:10:37] to have a say. So once it gets
[1:10:39] to third reading, we don't get
[1:10:41] to review and comment on all
[1:10:43] available data. We've
[1:10:44] experienced having council
[1:10:46] members promise additions to
[1:10:48] bills here on this very council
[1:10:50] floor during public hearing,
[1:10:51] and it appears that there's not
[1:10:53] a customary method for the
[1:10:55] council to go back and review
[1:10:57] and ensure that everything
[1:10:59] promised verbally here on the
[1:11:01] floor actually makes it into
[1:11:03] later legislation. So please
[1:11:05] don't just go for promised
[1:11:06] amendments that are supposed to
[1:11:08] come later. Let the public
[1:11:10] truly have a say on legislation
[1:11:12] that affects them by reserving
[1:11:14] the public hearing for a time
[1:11:15] when all pertinent amendments
[1:11:17] have been filed. By the time
[1:11:19] the legislation gets to you,
[1:11:21] there have been months or years
[1:11:22] for amendments, for discussions,
[1:11:25] for finality. We should know by
[1:11:26] now what the final version of a
[1:11:29] bill is. Secondly, we as a city
[1:11:31] are suffering today from the
[1:11:32] lack of planning 50 years ago.
[1:11:34] We're also reaping some
[1:11:35] benefits from good planning,
[1:11:38] but we aren't living in happy
[1:11:40] accidents. It was always good
[1:11:42] planning or a lack of planning.
[1:11:44] That leaves us standing here
[1:11:46] where we are today. With the
[1:11:48] blessings and the problems. So
[1:11:51] today, tonight, we need to make
[1:11:54] good plans for the year 2076.
[1:11:56] And if I'm here, then you
[1:11:58] better look out. Please help us
[1:12:00] make good plans by requiring
[1:12:02] that all plans that come before
[1:12:05] you are good, thoughtful,
[1:12:07] inclusive and take into account
[1:12:09] the larger picture and the
[1:12:10] future of our city and that we
[1:12:14] meet the needs of everyone, the
[1:12:15] greatest percentage of citizens
[1:12:16] possible. Thank you.
[1:12:17] Thank you,
[1:12:20] MR. Chair. Next is benjamin
[1:12:21] vaught. Benjamin will be
[1:12:24] followed by arianne go.
[1:12:25] Benjamin vaught is speaking
[1:12:27] regarding vision zero in
[1:12:29] support. Go ahead. You're
[1:12:29] recognized.
[1:12:30] Thank you.
[1:12:30] Hi, my
[1:12:33] name is ben vaught. I live in
[1:12:35] germantown, I work downtown. I
[1:12:37] don't work on broadway or just
[1:12:38] south of broadway, which means
[1:12:39] I have to cross broadway twice
[1:12:41] a day, every day that I work
[1:12:42] because I commute to work
[1:12:45] exclusively on a bicycle.
[1:12:48] Parking is $150 a month. Cars
[1:12:49] are very expensive, and I want
[1:12:51] mine to last a long time. So I
[1:12:53] don't drive it as if I don't
[1:12:56] have to. Driving to work would
[1:12:57] mean a significant lifestyle
[1:12:58] change for me because it would
[1:13:00] require a lot more money and I
[1:13:02] don't want to do that. A lot of
[1:13:04] my coworkers also commute.
[1:13:05] Either they walk to work or
[1:13:06] they ride scooters, or they
[1:13:08] ride bikes, or they take the
[1:13:10] bus and a lot of them don't
[1:13:11] have a voice in this process
[1:13:13] because a lot of them are at
[1:13:15] work right now. I work at a bar
[1:13:16] and they don't have time to
[1:13:18] come here at 6:00 on a monday
[1:13:20] because they're at work. A lot
[1:13:21] of them are also cannot vote in
[1:13:24] the U.S. So they have really
[1:13:25] have no voice in this process,
[1:13:27] but which is why vision zero is
[1:13:29] so important. Vision zero gives
[1:13:31] them a voice in this process
[1:13:34] and this body less than a month
[1:13:36] ago, as martin said, voted to
[1:13:37] reaffirm the city's commitment
[1:13:39] to vision zero. I'm not going
[1:13:40] to read the passage again. You
[1:13:41] know what it says. Hopefully
[1:13:43] you voted for it. Hopefully you
[1:13:46] read it. It's it's frustrating
[1:13:49] that a death on a street that I
[1:13:53] crossed twice a day, every day
[1:13:54] has it's already been labeled
[1:13:55] as an unpreventable accident.
[1:13:57] It's not. And the resolution
[1:13:58] says that it's not. We don't
[1:13:59] even know the details yet. We
[1:14:01] don't know how fast that car
[1:14:06] was going. And. Yeah, it's just
[1:14:09] it's frustrating. And I also
[1:14:11] want to point out that land use
[1:14:12] is also a component of this.
[1:14:14] You're going to be asked
[1:14:15] tonight by people in this room
[1:14:17] to make a project near transit
[1:14:18] that's bikeable to downtown to
[1:14:20] make it smaller and worse,
[1:14:21] fewer homes, fewer jobs, less
[1:14:23] places to shop. Doing that
[1:14:24] doesn't eliminate that demand.
[1:14:26] It just pushes it further out,
[1:14:27] which means more driving, which
[1:14:28] means more cars, which means
[1:14:31] more deaths. So thank you.
[1:14:35] Thank you. Next and last for
[1:14:38] public comment is aaron coda
[1:14:42] speaking on agenda item 104.
[1:14:45] This is ordinance 1389 in
[1:14:47] opposition. Go ahead sir.
[1:14:48] Yes.
[1:14:50] With respect to all of the
[1:14:53] council members, speaking to
[1:14:56] this about this one because,
[1:14:57] I'm the landlord of this
[1:15:01] property and resuming was in my,
[1:15:04] my choice was the choice for my
[1:15:06] council member, but I'm
[1:15:08] opposing this one and I already
[1:15:10] sent an email yesterday to all
[1:15:12] of the council members showing
[1:15:14] that a lot of landlords around
[1:15:17] me, disagree with this rezoning.
[1:15:20] I just minutes ago, I spoke
[1:15:24] with council member, and she
[1:15:25] said she's gonna defer it to
[1:15:27] our next meeting, which is
[1:15:29] going to be sometime in
[1:15:31] SEPTEMBER to hear some people
[1:15:34] from the engineering, at the
[1:15:37] very end, I'm just asking
[1:15:38] council members to consider,
[1:15:41] you know, my disapproval for
[1:15:45] this rezoning. Thank you.
[1:15:45] Thank
[1:15:48] you, sir. All right. That
[1:15:49] concludes our public comment
[1:16:01] period. All right. Now we are
[1:16:04] moving into section I of our
[1:16:07] agenda bills on public hearing.
[1:16:08] Spanish interpretation services
[1:16:10] are provided for all metro
[1:16:11] council public hearings.
[1:16:13] Council office team member
[1:16:14] karina valdez is here as the
[1:16:16] interpreter. MISS Valdez, will
[1:16:17] you please share how you can
[1:16:19] help.
[1:16:21] Interpretation en espanol
[1:16:22] disponible en la audiencia
[1:16:23] publica. Gracias, gracias.
[1:16:23] We
[1:16:27] appreciate you. All right. For
[1:16:29] those wishing to speak this
[1:16:30] evening as part of public
[1:16:32] hearings, please do state your
[1:16:34] name, but it is not required
[1:16:36] for you to provide your exact
[1:16:37] address. If you do not wish to
[1:16:40] do so, you MAY want instead to
[1:16:41] tell us in what neighborhood or
[1:16:43] area you live, who your council
[1:16:45] member is, connection
[1:16:47] to the agenda item. Public
[1:16:49] hearing is not time limited.
[1:16:51] All persons who wish to speak
[1:16:53] on an agenda item, whether for
[1:16:55] or against on public hearing,
[1:16:58] will be heard. We ask that when
[1:16:59] the agenda item for which you
[1:17:02] wish to speak is called, after
[1:17:03] the instructions are provided
[1:17:05] that you do, please line up
[1:17:07] calmly, no more than ten at a
[1:17:09] time. Standing with five folks
[1:17:12] in front of the door and five
[1:17:14] behind and no one blocking the
[1:17:16] door. Again, all persons will
[1:17:18] be heard, and we want to
[1:17:20] minimize your standing time.
[1:17:22] Okay, so if you need an
[1:17:23] accommodation, please speak
[1:17:25] with the council office staff
[1:17:27] member in the gallery. I see
[1:17:30] her waving now to you and our
[1:17:33] staff will be glad to assist
[1:17:35] you. Okay, so that's just some
[1:17:37] general awareness information
[1:17:41] there. Okay, now, the first
[1:17:45] item on public hearing, is
[1:17:51] agenda item one, ordinance
[1:17:52] bl2026-1397 sponsor welsh. This
[1:17:54] is an ordinance to amend title
[1:17:55] 17, the metro code of laws
[1:17:56] zoning ordinance. Metro
[1:17:57] government by changing from rs7
[1:18:00] point five to r8a zoning. The
[1:18:01] property, located at 470 radnor
[1:18:04] street, approximately 217ft
[1:18:06] north east of mead avenue. This
[1:18:10] is 0.2 acres. Council member
[1:18:11] welsh, you are recognized.
[1:18:12] Thank you, vice mayor. I would
[1:18:14] like to defer to meetings. Lack
[1:18:14] of notice.
[1:18:17] All right. Deferring%
[1:18:19] to meetings such that this
[1:18:21] would be back on public hearing
[1:18:22] at the first meeting in
[1:18:23] SEPTEMBER. Is that your intent,
[1:18:26] OCTOBER. Okay. So you would
[1:18:27] like to defer to public
[1:18:30] hearings. Correct? Yes. Okay.
[1:18:33] So this, MISS Welsh has made a
[1:18:37] motion to defer, this matter on
[1:18:38] second reading for its public
[1:18:41] hearing at the first meeting in
[1:18:45] OCTOBER, which will be OCTOBER
[1:18:51] 6th, I believe. Okay. Is there
[1:18:54] a second for that motion? Okay.
[1:18:56] Is there any discussion on that
[1:18:57] motion? Seeing none. All in
[1:18:59] favor, please say aye. Okay.
[1:19:00] The public hearing on this
[1:19:03] matter has been deferred to
[1:19:05] OCTOBER 6th. All right. Next up
[1:19:08] is agenda item two, ordinance
[1:19:13] bl 2026-1400. Sponsors lee and
[1:19:14] hill. This is an ordinance to
[1:19:16] amend title 17, the metro code
[1:19:17] of laws, the zoning ordinance
[1:19:19] of the metro government by
[1:19:22] changing from a r to a to sp.
[1:19:25] Zoning for property located at
[1:19:27] 5683 cambridge road,
[1:19:29] approximately 479ft south of
[1:19:32] spring path lane. This is 6.64
[1:19:35] acres to permit 68 multifamily
[1:19:38] residential units. Council
[1:19:39] member lee, you are recognized,
[1:19:40] ma'am.
[1:19:42] MADAM Chair, if I can, I
[1:19:43] would like to take two and
[1:19:45] three together because I'd like
[1:19:48] to defer them to meetings until
[1:19:50] the public hearing in SEPTEMBER.
[1:19:52] I appreciate that. Let me just
[1:19:53] read into the record then that
[1:19:55] agenda item three is the
[1:19:57] companion bill to item two. It
[1:20:00] is ordinance 1408 with all the
[1:20:02] same addresses and so forth,
[1:20:03] but it requires certain
[1:20:05] materials to be restricted in
[1:20:07] the construction of buildings.
[1:20:10] MISS Lee, you made a motion on
[1:20:12] both those bills to defer to
[1:20:13] which public hearing, ma'am?
[1:20:14] In
[1:20:14] SEPTEMBER.
[1:20:15] Okay. To the
[1:20:17] SEPTEMBER public hearing. That
[1:20:18] is the first meeting in
[1:20:20] SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER 1st. Is
[1:20:23] there a second for that motion?
[1:20:24] Okay. Is there any discussion
[1:20:27] on that motion? Seeing none.
[1:20:28] All in favor, please say aye.
[1:20:30] Any voting no or abstaining.
[1:20:32] All right. Both these items,
[1:20:33] they are companions to each
[1:20:35] other, are moved to the public
[1:20:36] hearing of SEPTEMBER 1st.
[1:20:37] Thank
[1:20:37] you.
[1:20:39] Thank you. Next is agenda
[1:20:44] item for ordinance bl2026-1402.
[1:20:46] Sponsor welsh. This is an
[1:20:47] ordinance to amend title 17 of
[1:20:49] the metro code of laws, the
[1:20:50] zoning ordinance of metro
[1:20:52] government by changing from rs7
[1:20:55] point five to r eight, a zoning
[1:20:58] for property located at 412
[1:21:01] veritas street, located
[1:21:03] approximately 380ft west of
[1:21:06] nolensville pike. This is 0.26
[1:21:08] acres. MISS Welsh, you're
[1:21:08] recognized.
[1:21:09] Thank you, vice
[1:21:10] mayor. I'd like to open the
[1:21:11] public hearing.
[1:21:12] All right. I
[1:21:13] declare the public hearing open
[1:21:16] for council member welsh's
[1:21:19] ordinance 1402. Would all
[1:21:20] members of the public here in
[1:21:22] support of this bill please
[1:21:25] raise your hand? Okay. Would
[1:21:26] all members of the public here
[1:21:28] in opposition to this bill
[1:21:32] please raise your hand? Okay,
[1:21:35] okay. Seeing no one here on
[1:21:37] either side, I will declare the
[1:21:39] public hearing closed and it's
[1:21:40] back to you for a motion on
[1:21:41] your bill.
[1:21:42] Move to approve.
[1:21:42] All
[1:21:45] right. Is there a second? Okay.
[1:21:48] Is there any discussion? Seeing
[1:21:49] none. All in favor, please say
[1:21:51] aye. Any voting no or
[1:21:52] abstaining? Okay. This has
[1:21:55] passed its second of three
[1:22:02] readings. Next are agenda items
[1:22:04] five and six. They are
[1:22:07] companions to each other.
[1:22:09] Sponsors lee and hill. Agenda
[1:22:14] item five is ordinance bl
[1:22:16] 2026-1406. This is an ordinance
[1:22:17] to amend title 17, the metro
[1:22:18] code of laws zoning ordinance.
[1:22:20] The metro government by
[1:22:23] changing from a r to a to sp.
[1:22:24] Zoning for properties located
[1:22:29] at five, 601 and 5621 cambridge
[1:22:31] road, cambridge road unnumbered
[1:22:34] and 3314 old franklin road.
[1:22:38] This is 42.2 acres to permit 79
[1:22:40] multifamily residential units
[1:22:42] and 100 single family
[1:22:44] residential lots. And again,
[1:22:46] agenda item six. That's
[1:22:48] ordinance 1407. It is a
[1:22:50] companion to 1406, which
[1:22:51] requires a certain materials to
[1:22:52] be restricted in the
[1:22:53] construction of buildings at
[1:22:55] all those previous addresses.
[1:22:59] In 1406. All right. MISS Lee,
[1:23:00] you're recognized, ma'am.
[1:23:00] MADAM
[1:23:01] Chair, I'd like to open the
[1:23:03] public hearing.
[1:23:04] Okay. I declare
[1:23:06] the public hearing open for
[1:23:10] council member lee's bills.
[1:23:14] 1406 and 1407. Would all
[1:23:16] members of the public here in
[1:23:17] support of these bills please
[1:23:21] raise your hand? Okay. Would
[1:23:22] all members of the public here
[1:23:24] in opposition to these bills
[1:23:28] please raise your hands? Okay.
[1:23:30] Will those persons wishing to
[1:23:35] speak in support, please come
[1:23:38] forward to the podium, again to
[1:23:40] line up. So supporting speakers
[1:23:43] will go first person speaking
[1:23:45] in opposition will go after
[1:23:47] support. So at this time
[1:23:49] supporting speakers. And please
[1:23:51] no more than five in front of
[1:23:59] the door and five behind. All
[1:24:01] right. Go ahead sir. You're
[1:24:02] recognized.
[1:24:02] Good evening, john
[1:24:04] claxton thompson engineering.
[1:24:06] I'm the project manager on this
[1:24:07] site. I'd like to ask for your
[1:24:09] support tonight to bring
[1:24:10] housing to nashville. I'd like
[1:24:13] to point out the site plan.
[1:24:16] Preserves about 23% of natural
[1:24:17] stream buffers and perimeter
[1:24:21] tree lines. We've worked, had
[1:24:22] multiple meetings with
[1:24:23] neighbors and be happy to
[1:24:25] answer any questions you might
[1:24:26] have. Thank you.
[1:24:27] All right. So
[1:24:29] this is a public hearing. So we
[1:24:31] don't do questions at this time.
[1:24:32] But go ahead and come on
[1:24:33] forward. Ma'am. You're next.
[1:24:34] You're recognized.
[1:24:35] Thank you.
[1:24:36] My name is diane patton, and
[1:24:38] I've been a realtor with
[1:24:39] crye-leike realtors for 28
[1:24:41] years. And I have the honor of
[1:24:42] representing the johnstons,
[1:24:43] george and shirley, who have
[1:24:45] lived at this property for the
[1:24:47] last 40 plus years.
[1:24:47] Ma'am,
[1:24:49] might you pull that mic a
[1:24:50] little bit closer to your mouth
[1:24:52] and or speak up? Thank you
[1:24:52] ma'am.
[1:24:54] Thank you. My clients
[1:24:56] are pretty much, let's see,
[1:24:57] where was I at here?
[1:24:58] apologize.
[1:24:59] I want to make sure we hear you.
[1:25:01] Sure. George and shirley, who
[1:25:02] have lived at this property for
[1:25:04] the last 40 plus years. As you
[1:25:06] can only imagine how very much
[1:25:07] this area has changed and grown.
[1:25:10] My clients are pretty much
[1:25:12] surrounded by cambridge farms
[1:25:13] development, which is behind
[1:25:15] them, and they can look out one
[1:25:17] end ofthe property and see a 4
[1:25:20] to 5 story apartment buildings,
[1:25:24] along with retail convenience
[1:25:25] stores and gas stations, and a
[1:25:26] myriad of fast food eateries.
[1:25:28] Directly on the opposite corner
[1:25:29] from them is the community
[1:25:32] health office building. Down
[1:25:33] the street, a very short
[1:25:35] distance are townhomes and
[1:25:37] rental properties. My client's
[1:25:38] custom built a frank lloyd
[1:25:40] wright inspired home and
[1:25:43] enjoyed this home for 30 and
[1:25:45] acres very much until all this
[1:25:47] growth and development started
[1:25:49] overtaking the once very quiet
[1:25:52] rural area. Now that my clients
[1:25:54] can't, due to age and health
[1:25:57] related issues started,
[1:25:59] couldn't maintain the property
[1:26:00] and we are trying to expedite
[1:26:03] their exit strategy. We never
[1:26:04] listed the property. We reached
[1:26:06] out to a handful of top
[1:26:07] builders who do what they say
[1:26:09] they're going to do. There are
[1:26:11] other builders in the area that
[1:26:13] we bypassed because know
[1:26:15] their track records. So we feel
[1:26:18] like, in my homes will work
[1:26:20] with the community and will
[1:26:22] keep their word as they've
[1:26:23] already had several community
[1:26:25] meetings, most of those either
[1:26:27] virtual or in person and are
[1:26:29] still reaching out to property
[1:26:31] owners that are close to try to
[1:26:32] make as many possible
[1:26:33] concessions and trying to be a
[1:26:35] good neighbor. Thank you for
[1:26:37] your time and consideration.
[1:26:39] And by the way, I live about a
[1:26:40] mile away, so I'm concerned
[1:26:41] what ges here as well. Thank
[1:26:42] you.
[1:26:43] Thank you. Go ahead. Come
[1:26:48] on. Forward recognized. Now if
[1:26:49] you would pull that back up.
[1:26:49] Okay.
[1:26:51] Good evening. My name is
[1:26:53] dave cumming. I work for mi
[1:26:54] homes. This is a statement
[1:26:56] being read on behalf of one of
[1:26:57] our sellers, bryce jennings.
[1:26:59] Since he could not be here
[1:27:01] tonight, there was a time in a
[1:27:02] room just like this. I could
[1:27:04] ask you to raise your hand. If
[1:27:05] you know and respect the name
[1:27:07] of neil jennings. Every hand in
[1:27:09] the room would be raised for my
[1:27:11] dad. My father bought this land
[1:27:12] along with dozens of other
[1:27:15] plots over 50 years ago. I was
[1:27:16] raised on this land as a
[1:27:18] toddler. I would run barefoot
[1:27:20] on what now is some of your
[1:27:21] yards. When we moved here,
[1:27:23] there was almost nothing, just
[1:27:25] a couple of large farms like
[1:27:26] clay turners, which now has
[1:27:27] been built into a small,
[1:27:30] bustling metropolis with all
[1:27:32] manner of commercial buildings,
[1:27:34] restaurants, apartments and
[1:27:36] impressive infrastructure. My
[1:27:37] dad bought this land not just
[1:27:39] to carve out a life for his
[1:27:41] family of six children. He
[1:27:42] bought it because he saw a
[1:27:44] vision. He saw a legacy.
[1:27:46] Looking at this land back then,
[1:27:48] it was a difficult thing to see.
[1:27:50] The land was rocky. No sewer,
[1:27:53] no city water. Just a well that
[1:27:55] he dug. When I see that this
[1:27:58] whole area has become, I am in
[1:28:00] awe of what my father could see
[1:28:02] for the future. He knew the
[1:28:03] potential of this land, how it
[1:28:05] could provide for new
[1:28:07] businesses, for housing, for
[1:28:09] young homeowners, and most
[1:28:11] importantly, to provide for his
[1:28:12] family. He has been gone for 26
[1:28:15] years now, but he is still
[1:28:17] providing for his family. I
[1:28:18] understand the reluctance of my
[1:28:19] friends and neighbors in the
[1:28:21] community. There is always some
[1:28:22] uncertainty about how a project
[1:28:24] like this will affect the
[1:28:25] neighborhood. However, I have
[1:28:27] seen how the developer has made
[1:28:29] many changes to alleviate these
[1:28:31] concerns. The last thingi want
[1:28:32] to do is cause an inconvenience
[1:28:35] to the community. All I can ask
[1:28:37] is that when we make these
[1:28:38] decisions, you consider my
[1:28:39] family's interest as owners for
[1:28:41] more than years. We do not
[1:28:43] take the sale of this property
[1:28:46] lightly. We are not flippers or
[1:28:47] speculators. We are original
[1:28:49] members of this community. We
[1:28:51] are my father's legacy. Bryce
[1:28:52] jennings.
[1:28:54] Thank you.
[1:28:54] Go ahead,
[1:28:58] sir. Come on up. You're
[1:29:00] recognized.
[1:29:01] Good evening. My
[1:29:02] name is tyler deaton and I'm
[1:29:04] with mi homes. Thank you for
[1:29:05] your time here today. We've
[1:29:06] worked closely with council
[1:29:08] member lee, the community and
[1:29:10] planning for the past year to
[1:29:11] develop a plan that we're proud
[1:29:13] to present. We've had five
[1:29:14] community meetings through the
[1:29:16] council member lee's office in
[1:29:18] person and via webex. We held
[1:29:20] two separate in-person sessions
[1:29:21] with the community following
[1:29:23] the planning commission
[1:29:25] approval, which was unanimously,
[1:29:27] unanimously approved. There was
[1:29:28] plenty of refinement along the
[1:29:30] way with this plan, and this s
[1:29:33] p incorporates changes based on
[1:29:35] public and individual concerns
[1:29:37] raised during our total seven
[1:29:39] minutes meetings with the
[1:29:41] community. Nashville continues
[1:29:43] to face a significant housing
[1:29:45] shortage, creating a need for
[1:29:47] more attainable housing options.
[1:29:49] This plan is the best use for
[1:29:50] these properties. Meeting
[1:29:53] policy, the nashville next plan,
[1:29:54] and the applicable transects
[1:29:55] from the community character
[1:29:58] manual. We've committed to
[1:29:59] numerous onsite and offsite
[1:30:01] traffic improvements and will
[1:30:03] continue to work with staff for
[1:30:04] these. Thank you for your
[1:30:06] consideration this evening. I
[1:30:07] respectfully ask for your
[1:30:09] approval. Thank you.
[1:30:10] Thank you.
[1:30:12] All right. Also in support. Go
[1:30:13] ahead.
[1:30:14] Hey,
[1:30:15] you know, I can't
[1:30:16] really afford to purchase any
[1:30:18] of the proposed homes here, but
[1:30:19] I have lots of friends that
[1:30:21] would love to be able to buy a
[1:30:23] home like this or live in one
[1:30:25] of the condo, you know,
[1:30:26] multifamily that options.
[1:30:29] They're also, it's not really
[1:30:30] transit accessible right now,
[1:30:33] but as a part of we go forward,
[1:30:34] you know, the future of wego
[1:30:36] has a plan. Bus stops going
[1:30:42] about 400m, away from this,
[1:30:43] development right there where
[1:30:45] like the mall is and everything.
[1:30:48] And so I think people can
[1:30:49] choose how they move here as
[1:30:51] well. Thank you.
[1:30:52] All right.
[1:30:53] Thank you. Is anyone else
[1:30:56] seeking to be recognized in
[1:30:59] support? Okay. Seeing none, we
[1:31:02] will now move to opposition. If
[1:31:04] you seek to speak or be
[1:31:07] recognized, if you would please,
[1:31:12] come forward, and to the podium,
[1:31:14] and others MAY line up in the
[1:31:16] vicinity of the door. Okay. Go
[1:31:17] ahead, MISS Chick.
[1:31:18] Hi there.
[1:31:20] The johnstons were great
[1:31:22] neighbors. They're great people.
[1:31:25] And, I holmes is doing a lot of
[1:31:26] things right. They did have
[1:31:27] meetings. They met us on the
[1:31:29] property. They listened when we
[1:31:30] in the community suggested
[1:31:32] adding the jennings property so
[1:31:34] that it could be a better plan,
[1:31:37] a more cohesive plan. The big
[1:31:38] problem here is that this
[1:31:39] development, along with another
[1:31:41] one that got deferred earlier,
[1:31:43] is going to cause a fifth
[1:31:45] roadway intersection on
[1:31:47] cambridge road between old
[1:31:49] franklin and blair field.
[1:31:50] Residents have asked for help
[1:31:53] with these challenging
[1:31:54] intersections. The improvement
[1:31:56] that this one is going to
[1:31:59] contribute towards is several
[1:32:02] miles away at preston at pettus,
[1:32:04] where there's another
[1:32:06] development going in. It's only
[1:32:08] 0.6 miles between old franklin
[1:32:10] and blair field, and it's going
[1:32:12] to be five intersections that
[1:32:13] appears to go outside, even
[1:32:16] though it's a standards
[1:32:18] essential. Some maps, one of
[1:32:20] them is 500 and some odd feet.
[1:32:22] One of them is just over 600ft.
[1:32:23] The other ones also going to be
[1:32:26] just over 600, one, 700. So one
[1:32:27] of them definitely makes it.
[1:32:29] But this is being called the I
[1:32:31] 24 bypass. We're about to have
[1:32:33] the tennessee not a choice
[1:32:34] lanes. That's going to drive
[1:32:36] more traffic onto it for the
[1:32:40] entirety of that build out the residents in the
[1:32:41] area are going to be the ones
[1:32:43] who suffer from, again, a lack
[1:32:46] of planning. We desperately
[1:32:49] need a big, cohesive meeting
[1:32:52] with indot and other agencies
[1:32:54] who are part of this. We've
[1:32:56] asked for it. We've been asking
[1:32:58] for several months, sent emails
[1:32:59] to everybody, haven't even
[1:33:03] gotten a response anymore. The
[1:33:04] final thing that the community
[1:33:06] has a big issue with is how
[1:33:08] much of this sets right on
[1:33:10] cambridge road. That sets a
[1:33:11] precedent for development to
[1:33:14] follow. So we appreciate your
[1:33:15] time. We would appreciate your
[1:33:16] help setting up meetings. Thank
[1:33:18] you.
[1:33:20] Go ahead and come on
[1:33:22] forward.
[1:33:23] Hi, I'm lori shaffer
[1:33:25] and I live in the cambridge
[1:33:26] area, and I don't have a ton to
[1:33:28] say about this other than I
[1:33:30] just keep hearing people
[1:33:33] comment about 5 to 7 meetings
[1:33:35] with the community for these
[1:33:39] very intricate plans, that
[1:33:41] affect a lot of homes. And I
[1:33:44] feel like that's not a lot of
[1:33:45] meetings. And especially if
[1:33:47] they're not in person, I know
[1:33:48] I've got family in dallas,
[1:33:51] texas, and they met 15 to 20
[1:33:53] times alone just to figure out
[1:33:55] a plan for fencing next to a
[1:33:57] neighborhood where they lived.
[1:33:59] So I just wanted to say that,
[1:34:03] that I feel like, until people
[1:34:04] are satisfied with what's going
[1:34:06] on in their neighborhood and
[1:34:08] the problems are solved, it's
[1:34:10] you just got to keep meeting.
[1:34:11] So that's all.
[1:34:12] All right. Is
[1:34:15] anyone else seeking to be
[1:34:17] recognized on this bill in
[1:34:20] opposition? Seeing none, I will
[1:34:22] declare the public hearing
[1:34:24] closed. And it's back to you,
[1:34:26] MISS Lee, for a motion. And you
[1:34:29] can do that with both of these
[1:34:30] bills as they are companions.
[1:34:32] Go ahead, ma'am.
[1:34:32] MADAM Chair,
[1:34:35] I'd like to move to take this
[1:34:37] forward, and I would like to
[1:34:39] have a short, comment
[1:34:40] afterwards.
[1:34:41] Okay. There is a
[1:34:46] motion to approve. 1406 and
[1:34:48] 1407 on their second of three
[1:34:49] readings. Is there a second for
[1:34:51] that motion. Okay. Properly
[1:34:53] seconded. Go ahead, MISS Lee.
[1:34:53] I
[1:34:55] just want to say that we have
[1:34:57] had, as you heard, we have had
[1:34:59] lots of meetings on this. We
[1:35:01] have even had some meetings
[1:35:04] with some of the constituents
[1:35:05] that live right in the area
[1:35:07] trying to see what they could
[1:35:09] do, what the developers could
[1:35:11] do for them to help with the
[1:35:13] building, to help with the
[1:35:14] noise, to help with the traffic,
[1:35:16] to help with a lot of things.
[1:35:19] So these developers are trying
[1:35:22] their best to try to satisfy
[1:35:24] the community with what they
[1:35:26] can. Our area, I know you've
[1:35:27] heard this, and if not, I'll
[1:35:30] sa it again. Our area is like
[1:35:31] booming out there. It is so
[1:35:33] crazy. Everybody is running out
[1:35:35] there wanting to build. And
[1:35:37] people own land, so things are
[1:35:39] going to go up. We just want to
[1:35:40] make sure that when things go
[1:35:42] up that we have some say so on
[1:35:44] what kind of things do go up
[1:35:47] and that the quality pieces.
[1:35:48] And I do feel that these are
[1:35:50] quality pieces that are that
[1:35:52] are going up. So I would just
[1:35:55] like to say that I hope you all
[1:35:59] will vote and support this.
[1:35:59] all
[1:36:01] right. Thank you, MISS Lee.
[1:36:05] There is a motion to approve on
[1:36:08] second reading. Properly
[1:36:09] seconded. Is there any further
[1:36:13] discussion? Okay. Council
[1:36:14] member cortez, you're
[1:36:15] recognized, sir.
[1:36:16] Thank you.
[1:36:18] Vice mayor. COUNCILWOMAN Lee
[1:36:20] and I, we represent very. Our
[1:36:22] areas are very close. And I
[1:36:23] know the difficulty of getting
[1:36:26] 100% coverage with a lot of
[1:36:28] these discussions. I've been
[1:36:29] out in he community a lot
[1:36:31] recently and I've had a lot of
[1:36:33] people comment on these
[1:36:34] projects that they just want a
[1:36:36] little more time to have, more
[1:36:37] of a conversation around some
[1:36:39] of the safety issues. I
[1:36:41] respectfully request one
[1:36:43] meeting deferral, if that's
[1:36:44] possible to make a motion at
[1:36:46] this time to have those
[1:36:46] discussions.
[1:36:47] That is a proper
[1:36:49] motion at this time, but it
[1:36:50] must be seconded. Is there a
[1:36:53] second for that motion. Okay.
[1:36:54] All right. So at this juncture
[1:36:57] we are on discussion of
[1:37:00] deferral motion. A deferral of
[1:37:03] second reading. Is there any
[1:37:06] discussion on the deferral
[1:37:09] motion. MISS Lee sponsor. Go
[1:37:11] ahead ma'am.
[1:37:12] We have had
[1:37:13] conversations about this. I'm
[1:37:16] not sure what deferring, will
[1:37:18] do what this will bring about
[1:37:22] any type of change unless the,
[1:37:23] my colleague has something
[1:37:24] specific in mind that he thinks
[1:37:26] is going to happen. I don't
[1:37:27] know what could happen. I would
[1:37:29] like to speak against the
[1:37:29] deferral.
[1:37:32] All right. Continuing
[1:37:34] with discussion on the deferral
[1:37:37] motion. Next in the queue is
[1:37:38] council member allen.
[1:37:39] Thank you,
[1:37:41] MADAM Chair. These are always
[1:37:42] hard. And and what I hear from
[1:37:44] the community is simply
[1:37:45] concerns over traffic. And
[1:37:47] these are two, two, two lane
[1:37:49] roads crossing each other. If
[1:37:50] the council would just be
[1:37:52] willing to have one additional
[1:37:54] gathering to try to talk
[1:37:55] through possible mitigations on
[1:37:57] traffic, I think that's what I
[1:37:58] heard the neighbors asking for
[1:37:59] in a deferral would give more
[1:38:01] time to do that. So that's why
[1:38:03] second deferral.
[1:38:05] All right,
[1:38:06] councilmember benedict, you're
[1:38:06] recognized.
[1:38:07] Thank you, vice
[1:38:09] mayor.
[1:38:10] Question for the
[1:38:11] planning table, if you MAY
[1:38:12] direct it that way. Is this
[1:38:14] amendable on third reading,
[1:38:16] planning, if you could respond,
[1:38:17] please.
[1:38:18] Yes. This is a zoning
[1:38:20] bill. So those are amendable on
[1:38:21] third reading.
[1:38:21] Thank you. Thank
[1:38:23] you, MADAM Vice mayor. I guess
[1:38:24] I would ask I'd speak against
[1:38:27] the deferral if an another
[1:38:28] community meeting is needed. I
[1:38:30] think that there's ample time
[1:38:32] between over the next 13 days
[1:38:34] after today or the next two
[1:38:36] weeks for the council member,
[1:38:37] should she choose or, you know,
[1:38:39] to hold that meeting. And then
[1:38:42] if, something else comes to
[1:38:44] light, it's amenable on third
[1:38:45] reading, that would be in, you
[1:38:47] know, one meeting from now. And
[1:38:48] it also could be deferred at
[1:38:50] that time. So I think that
[1:38:51] there's ample time for the
[1:38:52] council member to hold a
[1:38:55] meeting. And in the meantie, I
[1:38:56] don't think there's a need for
[1:38:57] deferral. So I'm speaking
[1:38:58] against that. Thank you.
[1:38:59] All
[1:39:00] right. Is there any additional
[1:39:02] discussion on the deferral
[1:39:04] motion? All right. We will try
[1:39:06] this by voice. As I remind you.
[1:39:07] I'll do it just once. This
[1:39:11] meeting, it is by number, not
[1:39:14] volume. So all in favor of the
[1:39:17] deferral motion, please say aye.
[1:39:19] Those voting against the
[1:39:20] deferral please say no.
[1:39:21] No.
[1:39:23] Okay. The nos have it. This
[1:39:25] matter is not deferred. We will
[1:39:29] continue on with our, motion to
[1:39:30] approve discussion. So we've
[1:39:34] reverted to the previous motion.
[1:39:36] Is there any further discussion
[1:39:38] on the motion to approve on
[1:39:40] second of three readings as
[1:39:42] MISS Benedict shared on third
[1:39:43] reading it goes to committee.
[1:39:45] At that time it is amendable on
[1:39:47] third. And it could be deferred
[1:39:49] an infinite number of times
[1:39:51] because it is title 17
[1:39:52] legislation. Is there any
[1:39:55] further discussion? All right.
[1:39:58] Seeing none. All in favor of
[1:39:59] approval on second reading,
[1:40:00] please say aye. Aye. Any voting?
[1:40:06] No. Okay. I see 2 or 3 no's.
[1:40:10] But again the ayes have it. Any
[1:40:14] abstaining. Okay. All right. On
[1:40:19] we go. Next. Our agenda items
[1:40:21] seven and eight. Again they are
[1:40:23] companions to each other.
[1:40:27] Agenda item seven is
[1:40:29] bl2026-1411. Sponsor lee. This
[1:40:31] is an ordinance to amend title
[1:40:32] 17, the metro code of laws
[1:40:33] zoning ordinance. The metro
[1:40:35] government by changing from a r
[1:40:37] to a to sp. Zoning for property
[1:40:41] located at 13181 old hickory
[1:40:42] boulevard at the corner of old
[1:40:44] hickory boulevard and twin oaks
[1:40:46] lane. This is 4.97 acres. To
[1:40:48] permit a mixed use development.
[1:40:50] And again, agenda item eight,
[1:40:53] which is ordinance 1412. A
[1:40:56] companion to 1411, requires
[1:40:57] that certain materials be
[1:40:58] restricted in the construction
[1:41:02] of buildings in bill 1411.
[1:41:03] Council member lee, you're
[1:41:04] recognized.
[1:41:05] MADAM Chair. This
[1:41:09] is item seven with eight is a
[1:41:10] companion. If I MAY, I'd like
[1:41:12] to open the public hearing,
[1:41:12] please.
[1:41:13] Yes. I declare the
[1:41:15] public hearing open for council
[1:41:18] member lee's companion bills
[1:41:20] 1411 and 1412. Would all
[1:41:22] members of the public here in
[1:41:23] support of these bills please
[1:41:26] raise your hands? Okay. Would
[1:41:28] all members of the public here
[1:41:30] in opposition to these bills
[1:41:31] please raise your hands? All
[1:41:34] right. We have folks on either
[1:41:37] side. Okay. Persons, speaking
[1:41:40] in support do go first. And so
[1:41:42] would those persons wishing to
[1:41:44] be recognized and speak in
[1:41:46] support. Please come forward to
[1:41:50] the podium and line up. Again,
[1:41:51] no more than five in front of
[1:41:53] the door and five behind. So
[1:41:54] you don't have to stand for too
[1:41:57] long. Persons in opposition
[1:42:02] will speak after those speaking support. All right. Go ahead
[1:42:03] sir. You're recognized.
[1:42:04] MADAM
[1:42:05] PRESIDENT, members of the
[1:42:07] council. My name is sean henry,
[1:42:09] 511th avenue north. I represent
[1:42:10] the property owner and
[1:42:12] developer of this of this
[1:42:13] property. It's referred to as
[1:42:16] the kersey property sp. This
[1:42:19] this particular sp development
[1:42:20] was approved by the planning
[1:42:22] commission after twice
[1:42:24] deferring it to make design
[1:42:26] changes and incorporate design
[1:42:27] elements that that that were
[1:42:29] raised before the planning
[1:42:30] commission, the community
[1:42:33] center policy in this area
[1:42:34] supports this sp and the
[1:42:35] planning commission found it as
[1:42:38] much. This will add 46 new
[1:42:39] homes to our inventory, which
[1:42:42] we desperately need. 30% of
[1:42:43] this site is going to be open
[1:42:45] space. There's been numerous
[1:42:47] meetings with neighbors and
[1:42:48] concerns listened to and
[1:42:50] incorporated, largely reflected
[1:42:52] in the specific plan drawing
[1:42:54] that is part of the bill, as
[1:42:55] well as 17 conditions that are
[1:42:58] baked into this legislation.
[1:42:59] Additionally, this item was
[1:43:01] deferred from this body at the
[1:43:02] last public hearing so that we
[1:43:04] could have a community meeting
[1:43:07] on JUNE 22nd. That was JUNE
[1:43:09] 23rd that was held. And the
[1:43:10] result of that is there's three
[1:43:11] additional conditions that our
[1:43:14] client agrees to propose, to
[1:43:16] propose and and amend into this
[1:43:17] bill on third reading here in
[1:43:20] two weeks. I understand you
[1:43:21] should have some letters of
[1:43:23] support on your desk for this
[1:43:25] project. We're asking for your
[1:43:27] support of it. We ask you to
[1:43:29] please vote in favor of it. My
[1:43:31] understanding from most of what
[1:43:32] you're about to hear, in terms
[1:43:33] of folks who are concerned
[1:43:35] about this, largely what we
[1:43:37] have heard largely focuses on
[1:43:40] indot standards for roadway
[1:43:41] specifications and the
[1:43:43] particular, orientation of
[1:43:45] homes in the corner of this
[1:43:47] intersection, which we're happy
[1:43:48] to work with them going into
[1:43:50] the final sp when it's
[1:43:51] submitted to the planning
[1:43:53] commission. In terms of indot,
[1:43:55] our developer client is pretty
[1:43:56] much stuck in that respect,
[1:43:58] happen to happen. Happy to
[1:44:00] soften up that that
[1:44:01] infrastructure, if in doubt,
[1:44:03] would permit that on final. Sp
[1:44:05] so thank you very much.
[1:44:05] Thank
[1:44:06] you.
[1:44:08] Okay. Supporting speakers
[1:44:09] continue. Go ahead, come
[1:44:12] forward.
[1:44:13] Good evening. And
[1:44:14] members of the council. My name
[1:44:16] is amy pearl and I am a
[1:44:18] homeowner in the district. I am
[1:44:19] here tonight to support the
[1:44:22] kersey property. Sp as a
[1:44:23] resident, I think it's
[1:44:24] important that decisions about
[1:44:26] the future of our community
[1:44:28] reflects the many voices that
[1:44:30] make up this district. I
[1:44:31] understand that those living
[1:44:33] closest to the development MAY
[1:44:35] have concerns, and those
[1:44:37] concerns deserve to be heard,
[1:44:38] but they are not the only
[1:44:40] voices in our community. There
[1:44:42] are many of us who support
[1:44:44] thoughtful growth and want to
[1:44:46] see continued investment in the
[1:44:49] area. We want quality housing,
[1:44:51] attractive commercial space for
[1:44:53] local businesses, better
[1:44:55] sidewalks and connectivity
[1:44:57] places where our families can
[1:44:59] walk to restaurants, shops and
[1:45:02] other neighborhood amenities. I
[1:45:03] believe this proposal moves us
[1:45:06] in that direction. The
[1:45:07] community has been heard and
[1:45:09] the plan has changed
[1:45:11] significantly because of those
[1:45:13] inputs and people's voices. But
[1:45:16] community engagement also means
[1:45:17] recognizing that there are
[1:45:18] different perspectives about
[1:45:19] what the future of our district
[1:45:22] should look like. I believe
[1:45:24] this is responsible growth that
[1:45:26] will strengthen our community,
[1:45:27] and I respectfully ask the
[1:45:29] council to support it. Thank
[1:45:31] you.
[1:45:33] Next. Go ahead. Come on.
[1:45:38] Forward. You're recognized.
[1:45:40] Good evening. My name is kim
[1:45:42] smith and I am here tonight in
[1:45:44] support of the kersey project
[1:45:46] property project. I lived in
[1:45:48] this community for a long time,
[1:45:49] and one of the things that
[1:45:51] matters to me when talking
[1:45:52] about development is whether we%
[1:45:54] can trust the people behind it.
[1:45:57] In this case, I believe we can.
[1:45:58] This developer has a long
[1:46:00] history in our community, and
[1:46:02] more importantly, he has shown
[1:46:04] that his word means something.
[1:46:06] On a previous project, he
[1:46:07] committed to helping pay for a
[1:46:09] traffic signal that the
[1:46:11] community needed, which we did,
[1:46:13] when other contractors involved
[1:46:14] backed out, he didn't. He still
[1:46:16] paid for it. That says a lot
[1:46:18] about this builder. He stood
[1:46:20] behind his commitment. We all
[1:46:22] know that development is going
[1:46:24] to happen. What matters is that
[1:46:26] it's done thoughtfully by
[1:46:27] people who listen to the
[1:46:28] community and follow through on
[1:46:31] what they say. I myself have
[1:46:33] been to pretty much all of the
[1:46:35] meetings for over a year now,
[1:46:36] and at this point, we just have
[1:46:37] to make a decision. We cannot
[1:46:39] continue to delay. Delay. This
[1:46:40] gentleman has given us
[1:46:42] everything we've asked for, and
[1:46:44] now at this point, we just
[1:46:45] picking and picking. This
[1:46:47] gentleman is a local builder.
[1:46:48] We need to support our local
[1:46:50] builders and he is for the
[1:46:52] community. So I say and I ask,
[1:46:53] please, let's move forward and
[1:46:55] I ask for your vote. I'm in
[1:46:56] full support. Thank you.
[1:46:57] Thank
[1:46:58] you. Go ahead and come on
[1:47:00] forward. Please be conscious of
[1:47:01] not blocking the door. Thank
[1:47:04] you.
[1:47:05] Good evening. My name is
[1:47:07] latonya martin, and I've raised
[1:47:08] my family in this neighborhood,
[1:47:10] and I am in support of the
[1:47:12] kersey property. Sp the
[1:47:14] community means a great deal to
[1:47:15] me, and I've watched it grow
[1:47:17] and change over the years. And
[1:47:18] I appreciate this proposal
[1:47:19] because it's just not about
[1:47:21] growth, but it's very
[1:47:22] thoughtful growth. And the
[1:47:24] community continue to grow and
[1:47:27] be vibrant. And I want to see a
[1:47:28] quality development that brings
[1:47:29] attractive homes, local
[1:47:30] businesses and places where
[1:47:31] families can live, shop and
[1:47:33] gather. And I want to see an
[1:47:34] investment that strengthens our
[1:47:35] community and creates
[1:47:36] opportunity and enhances our
[1:47:39] quality f life. So as a local
[1:47:41] real estate broker who's
[1:47:42] continued to call this
[1:47:43] community home, I believe that
[1:47:44] the thoughtful plan development
[1:47:45] has the potential to enhance
[1:47:48] our community. And I'm in long
[1:47:51] term support, of course, of, of
[1:47:54] this, upcoming subdivision and
[1:47:56] believe it represents kind of
[1:47:57] responsible growth that
[1:47:58] benefits both current residents
[1:47:59] and future generations. So I
[1:48:01] ask for your support.
[1:48:02] Thank you.
[1:48:03] Go ahead and come on forward,
[1:48:09] please.
[1:48:10] Good evening, member of
[1:48:13] the council. My name is kambiz
[1:48:15] heydari. I'm both a resident
[1:48:17] and a business owner in the
[1:48:20] community, and I'm here tonight
[1:48:22] to support the casey property
[1:48:27] sp as both a resident with a
[1:48:29] growing family and someone who
[1:48:32] does business here, I care not
[1:48:34] only about what gets built in
[1:48:36] our community, but also about
[1:48:39] who is building it. The
[1:48:42] developer behind this proposal
[1:48:46] is local and has been building
[1:48:48] in and around this community
[1:48:52] for more than 40 years. He
[1:48:55] invested here, built
[1:48:57] relationship here and
[1:49:00] established a reputation for
[1:49:02] doing quality work and
[1:49:05] following through on his
[1:49:08] commitments. That matters to me.
[1:49:11] This isn't an out of town
[1:49:15] developer coming into our
[1:49:18] district with no connection to
[1:49:20] what happens after construction
[1:49:24] is complete. This is someone
[1:49:27] with a long standing stake in
[1:49:32] the community and its track
[1:49:34] record. We can actually
[1:49:38] evaluate the plan itself,
[1:49:41] reflect that same commitment to
[1:49:44] quality with significant open
[1:49:49] space, improved walkability,
[1:49:51] neighborhood serving commercial
[1:49:56] space, and a design intended to
[1:49:58] enhance this area for a long
[1:50:01] term. I believe we should
[1:50:04] encourage responsible,
[1:50:08] responsible investment from
[1:50:10] people who know this community,
[1:50:13] care about the finished. I'm
[1:50:14] sorry.
[1:50:18] So. Sir. Thank you. Go
[1:50:22] ahead and come forward, sir.
[1:50:23] You're next and you're
[1:50:26] recognized. Go ahead.
[1:50:26] Good
[1:50:28] evening. My name is richard
[1:50:30] herring and I'm a homeowner in
[1:50:32] the cambridge OCTOBER wood
[1:50:34] subdivision, and I lived in
[1:50:36] this community for over 25
[1:50:39] years. And I'm here tonight in
[1:50:42] support of the kersey property.
[1:50:44] Now, for over 25 years, I've
[1:50:46] watched this area grow and
[1:50:49] change considerably. But with
[1:50:51] that growth comes an important
[1:50:53] question about the kind of
[1:50:56] development we want to support
[1:51:00] in our community. In my opinion,
[1:51:02] this is one of the best plans
[1:51:05] I've seen proposed for this
[1:51:08] area. And after hearing some of
[1:51:09] the problems on the cambridge
[1:51:12] area with n dot and t dot
[1:51:13] problems, this problem, this
[1:51:15] property answers all of that by
[1:51:17] widening old hickory boulevard,
[1:51:19] but it brings together quality
[1:51:22] and residential development,
[1:51:25] meaningful open space, improved
[1:51:27] walkability, commercial space
[1:51:29] that can bring local businesses
[1:51:32] and amenities close to the
[1:51:35] people who live here. I also
[1:51:37] appreciate that isn't simply
[1:51:40] about adding more housing, but
[1:51:42] there is more thought being put
[1:51:45] into this development, how the
[1:51:46] development looks, how it
[1:51:48] interacts with the surrounding
[1:51:50] community and what it can
[1:51:52] contribute to the area over the
[1:51:54] long, long term. And what we
[1:51:56] look for is increased property
[1:51:57] values. This development will
[1:51:59] do that. And after living here
[1:52:02] for more than two decades, I
[1:52:04] care deeply about the direction
[1:52:07] our community is headed. I
[1:52:09] believe thoughtful, high
[1:52:11] quality developments like this
[1:52:13] can be an asset to our
[1:52:15] community and district,
[1:52:17] something that even the council
[1:52:19] would be proud of. I support
[1:52:22] the kersey property. I
[1:52:24] respectfully ask the council to
[1:52:26] support it as well.
[1:52:27] thank you,
[1:52:28] thank you.
[1:52:29] Go ahead and come
[1:52:33] forward. You're recognized.
[1:52:36] Good evening. My name is abby
[1:52:37] spielman, and I'm here
[1:52:38] representing the developer for
[1:52:40] the kersey property. First, I
[1:52:42] want to thank council, lady lee,
[1:52:44] the planning committee and the
[1:52:45] neighbors who have spent
[1:52:46] considerable time meeting with
[1:52:48] us throughout this entire
[1:52:49] process. From the beginning,
[1:52:50] we've tried to listen and
[1:52:52] respond in good faith. The plan
[1:52:53] before you tonight reflects
[1:52:55] that work. We significantly
[1:52:57] reduced the density, increased
[1:52:58] open space, improve the
[1:53:00] streetscape and walkability,
[1:53:01] address access and buffering
[1:53:03] concerns, and committed to
[1:53:04] developing the commercial
[1:53:05] component alongside the
[1:53:08] residential portion. We've also
[1:53:09] continued meeting with all
[1:53:11] neighbors up until this week
[1:53:12] and agreed to additional
[1:53:14] specific protections along the
[1:53:16] property line. For what it's
[1:53:17] worth, I've heard it's been
[1:53:19] said already tonight that this
[1:53:21] developer here, he's local, and
[1:53:23] I only say this again because
[1:53:24] we know that this relationship
[1:53:26] doesn't end here tonight, but
[1:53:28] continues all along through the
[1:53:30] completion of this project. We
[1:53:31] believe that what's before you
[1:53:33] tonight is a strong is strong.
[1:53:34] We've worked hard to get it
[1:53:37] right. We're proud of. The plan approved
[1:53:38] through planning, and we
[1:53:40] respectfully ask for your
[1:53:41] support tonight. Thank
[1:53:41] all
[1:53:44] right. Thank you. Is anyone
[1:53:46] else seeking to be recognized
[1:53:52] to speak in support? Okay.
[1:53:54] seeing none with those persons
[1:53:57] wishing to speak in opposition,
[1:53:59] please come forward at this
[1:54:04] time. And line up behind the
[1:54:05] podium. You don't have to wait
[1:54:07] there at the edge of the wall.
[1:54:08] You can go ahead and come on
[1:54:10] forward a little bit and spread
[1:54:11] yourselves out and make sure
[1:54:14] not to block the door. Go ahead,
[1:54:15] MISS Chick. You're recognized.
[1:54:18] Thank you. Cambridge road. I
[1:54:20] like fred, the developer. It
[1:54:21] has nothing to do with his
[1:54:23] build quality. And I agree with
[1:54:26] amy pearl. Actually, I agree everybody that spoke in
[1:54:28] favor of this. Even the
[1:54:31] employees. We also want good,
[1:54:33] thoughtful development
[1:54:34] regarding the traffic light. We
[1:54:35] just got to dismiss that
[1:54:37] because he had to pay for that
[1:54:39] as part of the evergreen hills
[1:54:41] moving forwards anyway. But the
[1:54:43] bottom line is we have safety
[1:54:44] concerns and you have the power.
[1:54:47] Only you. This proposal
[1:54:49] includes deeply flawed roadway
[1:54:52] changes that will place 23
[1:54:54] specific families in greater
[1:54:56] harm. We have reached out to
[1:54:57] mndot. I said it before. We've
[1:54:59] reached out to our council
[1:55:00] member about these concerns. We
[1:55:03] need a corridor plan. We are
[1:55:05] not being heard. The developer
[1:55:07] is, of course, meeting safety
[1:55:08] required standards. So does
[1:55:10] everyone else. I sent you a
[1:55:11] picture. I hope you looked at
[1:55:13] it showing that tonight's
[1:55:16] development is one of 13 in a
[1:55:18] half mile stretch, 13 mostly
[1:55:19] commercial businesses on a
[1:55:21] stretch of roadway carrying
[1:55:22] traffic between williamson
[1:55:24] county and wilson county. It's
[1:55:26] goingto cause hundreds of
[1:55:28] additional turns on to and from
[1:55:29] old hickory boulevard. At the
[1:55:31] point where this traffic is
[1:55:33] moving the fastest. Residents
[1:55:35] who live on twin oaks lane will
[1:55:38] have to cross four traffic
[1:55:40] lanes to make a left turn and
[1:55:41] then a fifth lane. If you count
[1:55:43] the turn in lane, a turning
[1:55:44] lane is going to take the
[1:55:46] slower traffic that might have
[1:55:48] slowed the other two lanes down
[1:55:50] off of burkett road, so the
[1:55:51] only thing left is going to be
[1:55:53] the fast traffic. Busses are
[1:55:55] going to have to stop on old
[1:55:57] hickory boulevard or on burkett,
[1:55:59] because they can't pull into a
[1:56:00] dead end road. You're not going
[1:56:03] to find that kind of a planned
[1:56:05] disaster anywhere else on four
[1:56:06] lane roads in davidson county
[1:56:08] except the really, really
[1:56:10] decades old ones. Old ones
[1:56:12] where we didn't plan for the
[1:56:14] future. So I go back to we need
[1:56:16] to plan better for the future.
[1:56:18] Residents have many. Thank you.
[1:56:21] Thank you, MISS Jake. Go ahead
[1:56:23] sir, you're recognized.
[1:56:24] Hello,
[1:56:26] I'm steve daly. My family lives
[1:56:28] on twin oaks lane. I'm here to
[1:56:29] express my opposition to the
[1:56:30] bill for the rezoning of the
[1:56:32] property. Our concerns are
[1:56:33] several. One of the biggest is
[1:56:35] traffic is covered. Ingress and
[1:56:37] egress out of the neighborhood
[1:56:39] is challenging. And the
[1:56:41] proposed changes that were made
[1:56:42] by the traffic plan are really
[1:56:44] nothing more. At best, a
[1:56:46] band-aid. In some ways it will
[1:56:47] actually compound some of the
[1:56:48] problems. And that's what
[1:56:51] tawanna cited. We also realize,
[1:56:52] though, that one developer
[1:56:53] can't fix this situation,and
[1:56:55] we're not asking for that. In
[1:56:56] this light, the twin oaks
[1:56:57] neighborhood wants an
[1:56:59] opportunity to work alongside
[1:57:00] the developer to petition t dot
[1:57:02] in dot and other stakeholders
[1:57:04] for a comprehensive plan. Not
[1:57:05] only that not only addresses
[1:57:07] current concerns, but looks to
[1:57:08] the future as our corner of the
[1:57:10] county continues to grow. Such
[1:57:12] a plan can set up the success
[1:57:14] of future developments, while
[1:57:15] also ensuring that the current
[1:57:16] developer's contribution is
[1:57:18] money well spent as part of a
[1:57:19] coordinated strategy, and not
[1:57:21] an ad hoc solution that will
[1:57:23] have to be reworked
[1:57:24] respectfully. Ask that the
[1:57:26] council reject this bill or at
[1:57:27] a minimum, vote to defer.
[1:57:29] Please give our community the
[1:57:30] opportunity to come to a
[1:57:31] solution that promotes
[1:57:32] responsible development that we
[1:57:34] can all support. Thank you.
[1:57:35] Thank you. Go ahead. Ma'am,
[1:57:39] your recognized.
[1:57:39] Hello, I'm
[1:57:42] teresa hartley. I live on twin
[1:57:45] oaks. First I want to say you
[1:57:46] all heard how much development
[1:57:48] is in cambridge. They've
[1:57:50] already postponed some of these,
[1:57:51] but I'll just read what I wrote
[1:57:53] and it was just off the cuff.
[1:57:56] What I was concerned about.
[1:57:57] First, I'm very disappointed
[1:57:59] that planning commission,
[1:58:00] we've had numerous meetings
[1:58:02] with them about our concerns
[1:58:04] about keeping cambridge rural.
[1:58:06] We are rural. We don't even
[1:58:09] have trash pickup. Most of the
[1:58:10] approximately 20 families on
[1:58:12] our street have been there 30
[1:58:16] plus years. I feel like our
[1:58:18] area should be zoned to two
[1:58:19] real rural maintenance. And we
[1:58:21] hope that they will consider
[1:58:24] that soon. Second,
[1:58:25] transitioning. How are you
[1:58:29] transitioning from 5 to 10 acre
[1:58:31] lots with some of our million
[1:58:33] dollar houses to a single five
[1:58:38] acres and putting 463 story
[1:58:39] townhomes with commercial
[1:58:41] buildings, how is that
[1:58:47] transitioning? Third, I want to.
[1:58:49] Talk about the access to our
[1:58:50] road. Twin oaks at one time was
[1:58:52] a private road and it is a dead
[1:58:55] end road. There are already two
[1:58:57] drive. They're trying to put a
[1:58:59] one of their exits on our road,
[1:59:02] which there are already two
[1:59:03] driveways on that existing
[1:59:05] property on old hickory. We
[1:59:07] don't want them on our road
[1:59:11] entering or exiting. Why should
[1:59:13] we have to deal with their
[1:59:14] traffic? Commercial traffic and
[1:59:16] our own traffic when it's not
[1:59:23] on there now. Like I said, twin
[1:59:25] oaks is a dead end with five
[1:59:27] and ten acre lots with single
[1:59:29] family homes. Also, I didn't
[1:59:31] mention the animals that live
[1:59:33] in this area. They're slowly
[1:59:35] losing their homes. My vote is
[1:59:37] no and I hope yours is too.
[1:59:38] Thank you.
[1:59:40] Thank you. Go ahead.
[1:59:42] Sir. You're recognized.
[1:59:42] Good
[1:59:44] evening. Don chaffer, 4005 twin
[1:59:46] oaks lane, which is next door
[1:59:49] to this proposed development. I
[1:59:51] want to address the question of
[1:59:52] communication. During this
[1:59:54] process. It was discussed in
[1:59:55] our council members online
[1:59:57] meeting FEBRUARY 7th to 2025,
[1:59:59] before the plans were delivered
[2:00:00] to zoning. Six months later in
[2:00:01] AUGUST. The next official
[2:00:03] meeting that I'm aware of, and
[2:00:04] we've been trying to understand
[2:00:06] where these meetings were, was
[2:00:09] APRIL 7th, 2026, which is a 14
[2:00:11] month gap. And both of those
[2:00:13] were online and the second one
[2:00:14] was better attended, but it
[2:00:15] didn't fully community
[2:00:16] opinion because many of our
[2:00:18] community members are older and
[2:00:19] not so friendly with the
[2:00:21] technology required for virtual
[2:00:23] attendance. That we have
[2:00:25] monthly in-person cambridge
[2:00:28] community meetings and this,
[2:00:29] this and other cambridge
[2:00:30] developments get discussed
[2:00:31] often there, but that's not
[2:00:35] been a site for any official
[2:00:36] meetings. Obviously, there have
[2:00:41] been some intermittent like,
[2:00:42] individual conversations
[2:00:43] throughout. And we're grateful
[2:00:47] for those. In MAY of 2026, the
[2:00:48] planning commission heard the,
[2:00:49] the proposal and approved it
[2:00:52] with conditions. Two of those
[2:00:53] committee members did say they
[2:00:54] could see why the community,
[2:00:56] our community members that were
[2:00:57] in attendance were frustrated
[2:00:59] with it because they cited the
[2:01:00] same thing about transition
[2:01:02] seemed questionable. Since then,
[2:01:04] we came up with the list of
[2:01:06] conditions, emailed them to the
[2:01:07] council person and the
[2:01:10] developer. We didn't get an
[2:01:12] email in response. We did have
[2:01:14] a meeting the 23rd at the,
[2:01:15] cambridge community center, and
[2:01:17] there were 23 people in
[2:01:19] attendance. So that's a big
[2:01:23] difference from the, the lesser
[2:01:25] attended stuff. I'm just saying
[2:01:26] that there's been a, it has
[2:01:28] felt at times like it's been a
[2:01:29] difficult process to get our
[2:01:31] voice heard on the concerns
[2:01:32] that we have. Once again, we
[2:01:34] feel like the developers
[2:01:35] willing to discuss, but that
[2:01:37] there are fundamental
[2:01:38] underlying infrastructural
[2:01:41] issues that make this not only
[2:01:42] problematic, but potentially
[2:01:43] dangerous. Thank you.
[2:01:46] Thank you.
[2:01:49] Go ahead. You're next.
[2:01:49] I'm lori
[2:01:51] chaffer and I live adjacent to
[2:01:52] this development. Many of us
[2:01:53] are here tonight because this
[2:01:56] specific plan creates traffic,
[2:01:57] flooding and compatibility
[2:01:59] issues for those of us who live
[2:02:00] near it that have not yet been
[2:02:02] addressed adequately, the
[2:02:03] developers are proposing a
[2:02:05] pretty packed development, a
[2:02:06] stone's throw from my one and a
[2:02:09] half story home on three acres.
[2:02:10] And as you hopefully saw in the
[2:02:12] visual presentation I sent you
[2:02:14] all on friday, hopefully it
[2:02:16] will tower over our home and it
[2:02:18] will stick out in this largely
[2:02:19] rural area with single family
[2:02:21] homes on 3 to 10 acre lots, as
[2:02:23] I understand it, according to
[2:02:24] land use policy in the
[2:02:26] cambridge small area study,
[2:02:27] density is supposed to decrease
[2:02:29] as you head south on old
[2:02:30] hickory boulevard, away from
[2:02:32] the highway. But this plan is
[2:02:33] more dense than what comes
[2:02:35] before it, and it feels out of
[2:02:37] place. Truly, many of us on
[2:02:39] twin oaks, are open to
[2:02:41] development as long as it's in
[2:02:42] coordination with neighbors
[2:02:43] most affected by it. That
[2:02:45] really hasn't happened here.
[2:02:48] The plan was submitted AUGUST
[2:02:50] 2025. But the neighborhood only
[2:02:51] found out about it from a
[2:02:52] zoning vote notice I received
[2:02:54] in MARCH. In fact, getting
[2:02:55] information about this
[2:02:56] development next to my home and
[2:02:58] on our dead end street was so
[2:03:00] difficult. I ended up just
[2:03:01] driving down to the developer's
[2:03:03] office one day to get a face to
[2:03:04] face. We scheduled meetings to
[2:03:06] try to work together towards
[2:03:08] what we thought were reasonable
[2:03:09] compromises. And they're very
[2:03:11] nice people. But I'm telling
[2:03:12] you honestly, there's been
[2:03:14] little openness to substantial
[2:03:15] changes in the plan almost
[2:03:17] no follow through on the
[2:03:18] changes they said they'd look
[2:03:20] into. Be fair to them, some
[2:03:21] of this is because their hands
[2:03:24] are tied by the competing city
[2:03:26] departments involved. If
[2:03:27] planning needs one solution and
[2:03:29] indot needs another and the
[2:03:30] neighbors another, which one
[2:03:31] wins? And how can we compromise
[2:03:32] if nobody knows all the
[2:03:34] competing interests? Instead,
[2:03:36] these departments require the
[2:03:37] developer make changes to the
[2:03:39] plan that most. That those of
[2:03:41] us most affected by the changes
[2:03:42] are not privy to, are happy
[2:03:44] with. So we ask you to please
[2:03:45] slow this development down and
[2:03:47] help us get meetings with the
[2:03:48] involved departments to work
[2:03:49] out compromises, because you
[2:03:52] an't build it.
[2:03:54] Thank you. Go
[2:03:57] ahead. Come on. Forward.
[2:03:57] Thank
[2:03:59] you, council members. My name
[2:04:01] is dennis boyd. I'm a business
[2:04:03] owner and I'm a resident in the
[2:04:04] twin oaks lane community,
[2:04:07] whom this project will most
[2:04:09] affect. Twin oaks lane is made
[2:04:12] up of around 19 to 20 single
[2:04:13] family homes connected by dead
[2:04:15] end deteriorating street with
[2:04:18] one outlet and heavily traveled
[2:04:19] old hickory boulevard.
[2:04:21] Residents must cross busy ohv
[2:04:23] traffic to enter or leave our
[2:04:25] subdivision, and school busses
[2:04:26] cannot even enter our
[2:04:27] neighborhood because of
[2:04:29] ordinances and things like that,
[2:04:31] requiring children to cross ohv
[2:04:33] to get to their parents waiting
[2:04:35] for them. Now we are being
[2:04:38] asked to accept a 45 plus three
[2:04:40] story townhomes development, as
[2:04:42] well as multiple commercial
[2:04:44] buildings on this site on less
[2:04:46] than five acres, potentially
[2:04:48] less than 20 yards from my
[2:04:51] neighbors existing homes and so
[2:04:52] on. And we will all receive the
[2:04:55] effects of this. I think you
[2:04:58] can, determine from here this
[2:05:00] dramatic density and
[2:05:01] fundamental change in land use.
[2:05:03] Our own planning commissioners
[2:05:04] recognize this vice chair
[2:05:06] jessica farr called the density
[2:05:08] a mismatch with the surrounding
[2:05:09] single family neighborhood. And
[2:05:11] commissioner lee dundon
[2:05:12] recognized the disconnect as
[2:05:15] well. Residents have repeatedly
[2:05:16] requested meaningful discussion
[2:05:17] with our representatives
[2:05:19] without much success. So we
[2:05:20] started our own neighborhood
[2:05:21] meetings and invited our
[2:05:22] representatives and the
[2:05:24] developers, of which I'm
[2:05:25] thankful and pleased that the
[2:05:27] developers did attend. Vice
[2:05:28] chair farr also expressed
[2:05:30] concern about the lack of great
[2:05:34] public engagement here. I also,
[2:05:37] I also have not seen any of
[2:05:38] representatives meeting
[2:05:39] that I've attended, and I've
[2:05:40] attended about half of them due
[2:05:42] to being a businessman that
[2:05:46] travels. Those who are in favor
[2:05:48] of this project do not live in
[2:05:50] the twin oaks lane community,
[2:05:51] of whom this project will
[2:05:53] mostly affect responsible
[2:05:54] growth, requires appropriate
[2:05:56] density transitions, green
[2:05:58] space buffering, and adequate
[2:05:59] infrastructure. Thank you for
[2:06:01] your time, I appreciate it. I
[2:06:02] hope you vote no on this.
[2:06:03] Thank
[2:06:04] you. Go ahead and come on
[2:06:06] forward. Let's not have too
[2:06:07] much lag time between our
[2:06:08] speakers. Asyou hear somebody
[2:06:09] coming to their conclusion,
[2:06:11] come on up behind them. Not too
[2:06:12] close, but let's keep it moving.
[2:06:14] Thank you ma'am. Go ahead.
[2:06:14] I'm
[2:06:16] donna england and I've lived on
[2:06:17] twin oaks lane for 27 years.
[2:06:18] I've raised my children there
[2:06:20] and I'm raising or assisting.
[2:06:22] It's a community, my
[2:06:24] grandchildren. So one of my big
[2:06:26] issues is the traffic. Four
[2:06:28] lanes of traffic, new drivers
[2:06:30] coming into my home, coming to
[2:06:32] visit. That's terrifying. We
[2:06:34] need to do something about that.
[2:06:36] There's no there's no traffic
[2:06:38] light there. So that's my main
[2:06:40] issue. The second main issue is
[2:06:41] flooding. We were flooded out
[2:06:43] of our home in the 2010 flood
[2:06:45] and have since been flooded out
[2:06:47] one other time with rising
[2:06:49] water. With the water situation
[2:06:52] at the top of the hill, water
[2:06:54] travels down. So is it going to
[2:06:56] get worse? There's
[2:06:58] opportunities to make some
[2:06:59] changes, but will those changes
[2:07:03] be lasting? So flooding is
[2:07:06] definitely there. A buffer. The
[2:07:08] how the home next door to this
[2:07:11] project, three story buildings
[2:07:12] she lives on. She and her
[2:07:14] family live in a one and a half
[2:07:16] story home. And this buffer is
[2:07:18] going to be like 20ft. And so
[2:07:19] she looks out her windows and
[2:07:22] sees a three story building.
[2:07:24] That's not what we moved into.
[2:07:26] That's not what we want in that
[2:07:28] part of the community building.
[2:07:30] Yes, but make it cohesive to
[2:07:32] what's already there and not
[2:07:35] bring in so many people that
[2:07:37] traffic is going to be even
[2:07:39] worse. And I know that's a dot
[2:07:43] thing, but, and my last thing
[2:07:45] is sidewalks that will be
[2:07:47] provided and walking to
[2:07:49] different businesses and walk
[2:07:51] to dollar general store and the
[2:07:52] pizza store down there, that's
[2:07:54] what we've got. I don't know
[2:07:56] that there's going to be more
[2:07:57] restaurants coming in, but
[2:07:58] right now, that's all we do
[2:08:01] have. So walking in that area
[2:08:02] is not ideal, especially down
[2:08:03] old hickory boulevard. That's
[2:08:04] going to be four lanes of
[2:08:06] traffic. Thank you.
[2:08:06] Thank you.
[2:08:10] Go ahead sir. You're recognized.
[2:08:11] My name is darren whitehead. I
[2:08:14] live on the same street on twin
[2:08:17] oaks. All the traffic concerns
[2:08:19] have been addressed. My main
[2:08:21] concern is the flooding, and
[2:08:22] we've had some of these
[2:08:24] meetings. And I asked
[2:08:26] specifically if the area does
[2:08:28] flood, which is flooded in the
[2:08:30] past, who's responsible for it?
[2:08:32] Certainly not the contractors
[2:08:33] who are building because their
[2:08:35] their job is done. They're gone.
[2:08:37] So we've asked for meetings
[2:08:40] with n dot t dot to no avail.
[2:08:44] I'm not against progress, but
[2:08:46] the the growth that nashville
[2:08:48] has experienced, not just our
[2:08:51] area is the planning is way
[2:08:52] behind. And so we're going to
[2:08:55] build in areas it needs to fit
[2:08:57] the needs of the community. And
[2:08:58] it certainly needs to address
[2:09:00] the ones who actually live and
[2:09:03] stay in that area. All of us
[2:09:05] got up and spoke live on twin
[2:09:06] oaks lane, and it's going to
[2:09:09] directly affect how we live,
[2:09:10] not only how we live, but how
[2:09:12] we get out onto old hickory
[2:09:14] boulevard. The traffic right
[2:09:16] now is bad and it's already
[2:09:18] creating congestion both ways.
[2:09:20] Want to try to go on the 24 to
[2:09:22] get on to 24 and one. Try to go
[2:09:24] left down towards nolensville
[2:09:27] road. So I don't think a
[2:09:28] traffic study has been done.
[2:09:29] The amount of traffic it's
[2:09:32] going to create, along with the
[2:09:33] 46 units that are being asked
[2:09:35] to be built there, how much
[2:09:36] more traffic that's going to
[2:09:38] create on old hickory boulevard?
[2:09:42] So I vote no on this.
[2:09:42] Thank you.
[2:09:44] Go ahead ma'am. You're
[2:09:45] recognized.
[2:09:47] Hi, I'm shauna
[2:09:49] deacon and I'm in a neighboring
[2:09:52] community that is, we're all
[2:09:54] experiencing explosive growth
[2:09:57] and the infrastructure demands
[2:10:00] that are just not being met.
[2:10:03] I've been trying to work with
[2:10:06] metro water and and
[2:10:09] coordinate planning and for,
[2:10:12] for several months now. And
[2:10:17] they all speak in isolation,
[2:10:20] pulled into the twin oaks road
[2:10:23] to grab one of the community
[2:10:26] members, and she drove out and
[2:10:30] we were just at a stop for
[2:10:33] probably 2.5 minutes, waiting
[2:10:34] for traffic so we could turn
[2:10:37] right into traffic. You guys
[2:10:39] have to hit pause until we can
[2:10:42] figure out the plan.
[2:10:43] Thank you.
[2:10:45] Is there anyone else seeking to
[2:10:49] be recognized in opposition?
[2:10:50] Okay. Seeing none, I will
[2:10:52] declare the public hearing
[2:10:54] closed. And it's back to you,
[2:10:57] MISS Lee, for a motion on these
[2:10:58] bills.
[2:11:00] MADAM Chair, I would
[2:11:01] like to make a motion to
[2:11:03] approve these, but I would like
[2:11:05] to have a comment afterwards.
[2:11:07] okay. There is a motion to
[2:11:11] approve 1411 and 1412 in a
[2:11:13] consolidated motion. Again
[2:11:15] approval on second of three
[2:11:17] readings. I've heard a second
[2:11:19] of that motion. And so
[2:11:21] that it's back to you, MISS Lee.
[2:11:22] I would like to ask that you
[2:11:24] all approve this. There have
[2:11:27] been, asyou have heard,
[2:11:28] numerous meetings, numerous
[2:11:29] meetings, and we're still
[2:11:32] trying to set up one. Now, as
[2:11:34] you heard the request with
[2:11:36] indot and water that is in the
[2:11:38] motion of trying to be set up
[2:11:41] now as well, these developers
[2:11:43] have really worked with trying
[2:11:45] to work with the community,
[2:11:49] even as far as, offering to
[2:11:50] walk them through a
[2:11:52] neighborhood that would be like
[2:11:53] the one that they're building,
[2:11:55] take them to a couple of the
[2:11:57] restaurants that, we were
[2:11:59] looking at. I have one
[2:12:00] particular one in mind that I
[2:12:03] wanted there. But so when you
[2:12:04] hear commercial, we're not
[2:12:05] talking about big heavy things.
[2:12:08] We're talking about like office
[2:12:09] buildings. Sit down. I think of
[2:12:12] a pizza place of one of the
[2:12:14] owners that was in that were in
[2:12:17] the community. And then I don't
[2:12:18] know if you all have ever been
[2:12:20] to what's the name of that? My
[2:12:21] chives or whatever. Those are
[2:12:23] the type of things that we're
[2:12:25] looking to do that so that you
[2:12:26] can have a walkable area,
[2:12:28] walkable, walkable space. I
[2:12:31] agree totally. Our area, the
[2:12:32] roads are terrible, the
[2:12:34] infrastructure is not there.
[2:12:36] But what are you going to do?
[2:12:37] Say we'll never build anything
[2:12:39] else until that's fixed? Or do
[2:12:41] you work with people that are
[2:12:43] coming to build things, or do
[2:12:45] you work with people that are
[2:12:46] coming to build things, to
[2:12:48] suggest different things that
[2:12:51] they can do in order to build,
[2:12:53] to help your area out? And
[2:12:54] that's what we have tried to do.
[2:12:56] And all of my meetings. I ask,
[2:12:58] instead of saying what you
[2:13:00] don't want, give me suggestions
[2:13:02] on what they can do to help.
[2:13:04] And they have done the things.
[2:13:06] Some of the suggestions, a lot
[2:13:08] of the suggestions MAY be out
[2:13:09] of their hands that cannot
[2:13:12] do. But other things, let's do
[2:13:15] that. Let's get something in
[2:13:17] place that looks like what we
[2:13:19] want and some things that we
[2:13:21] need. And then let's work
[2:13:23] together to try to get some of
[2:13:24] these other divisions to make
[2:13:26] some of the changes that need
[2:13:28] making. You can't just say,
[2:13:30] don't ever do, don't put
[2:13:32] anything there until everything
[2:13:33] is fine. Because how do you get
[2:13:35] money? We don't have any
[2:13:36] doggone money. How do you get
[2:13:38] money to do some different
[2:13:40] changes? Well, this MAY be I'm
[2:13:41] sorry, but I'm going to say it.
[2:13:43] Get the developers to do it
[2:13:44] while they're doing something
[2:13:46] else. If you want to do this
[2:13:47] and help us by putting these
[2:13:48] things in places, those are
[2:13:50] some of the things that we have
[2:13:52] had to do and that we are
[2:13:54] trying to continue to do. I
[2:13:56] will say, I think I heard it
[2:13:57] from somebody else, some
[2:13:58] speakers. I trust these
[2:14:00] developers. I don't think that
[2:14:02] they're going to walk away and
[2:14:03] say, okay, this is done now.
[2:14:05] Let me slap my hands of it
[2:14:07] because I'm out of here. I
[2:14:09] think you also heard that an
[2:14:11] amendment was coming
[2:14:13] forthcoming. And those that are
[2:14:15] on my, database where I send
[2:14:16] out information, it should have
[2:14:17] already been sent to them
[2:14:19] because I asked it to the
[2:14:21] amendment to be sent. Does that
[2:14:23] amendment do everything? No,
[2:14:24] but it does help. And some of
[2:14:26] the things on that amendment
[2:14:28] are from what the community
[2:14:29] said. So we're going to still
[2:14:31] be working on this. And I'm
[2:14:32] hoping and those people that
[2:14:34] didn't come to the meetings I
[2:14:36] have when I have my meetings,
[2:14:37] it's about time for me to go.
[2:14:39] Your time has expired.
[2:14:39] I do
[2:14:41] appreciate please, I would like
[2:14:42] for you all.
[2:14:43] Another member
[2:14:44] would like to. Thank you. See
[2:14:46] their MISS. MISS Ellis is
[2:14:48] next in the queue. If there's
[2:14:49] anything that you want to
[2:14:50] conclude with MISS Lee. MISS
[2:14:51] Ellis is seated.
[2:14:52] Thank you very
[2:14:54] much. We will continue to work
[2:14:55] with these developers and ask
[2:14:57] them to do things for the
[2:14:59] community. I don't think that
[2:15:01] if this is is handled or if
[2:15:02] this is done, that they're
[2:15:04] going to stop being in the
[2:15:05] community because they care
[2:15:07] about the community. I have not
[2:15:08] said from any other developers
[2:15:11] that I have that I trust them
[2:15:13] the most. Now, if they prove me
[2:15:14] wrong, then you slap my face
[2:15:16] later. But right now I trust
[2:15:18] them and I think that they will
[2:15:19] continue. And I think we need
[2:15:23] to also ask them different
[2:15:25] things and have a plan in place
[2:15:27] and and carry that forward. And
[2:15:31] hopefully if, in dot and water
[2:15:33] is listening as well, know that
[2:15:35] you all are being asked to have
[2:15:36] a meeting. I have already
[2:15:38] reached out to our council
[2:15:40] office to say when we want that
[2:15:41] meeting, where we want it, and
[2:15:43] to try to set that up. So that
[2:15:45] will be there too. So this
[2:15:46] isn't something that we are
[2:15:47] stopping on. This is something
[2:15:49] that we are going to continue
[2:15:50] to, to work, and I hope the
[2:15:53] community then will help me as
[2:15:55] well with specifics, things
[2:15:57] that these developers can do,
[2:15:59] not things that are out of the
[2:16:00] hands of the developers, but
[2:16:01] something that they can do. And
[2:16:03] we will help and get some some
[2:16:05] things done for our community.
[2:16:06] Thank you, MADAM Chair.
[2:16:06] Thank
[2:16:08] you. MISS Ellis, did you seek
[2:16:10] to be recognized as a minute
[2:16:12] and 45 seconds of time
[2:16:13] remaining, or was it just for
[2:16:15] purposes of seating time? Okay.
[2:16:16] All right. So we'll clear that
[2:16:18] clock. And next in the queue is
[2:16:19] council member cortez. You're
[2:16:20] recognized, sir.
[2:16:20] Thank you,
[2:16:22] vice mayor. This sounds like a
[2:16:23] very promising project, and I
[2:16:25] don't want to get in the way of
[2:16:27] it. I just want to make sure
[2:16:28] that meeting with mndot happens.
[2:16:30] I'd like to make a motion for a
[2:16:31] deferral, just to make sure
[2:16:33] there's time to make that
[2:16:33] happen.
[2:16:34] Is there a second to
[2:16:38] the deferral motion? I do not
[2:16:41] hear a second. And so that
[2:16:44] motion is not moving forward.
[2:16:47] We remain on a motion to
[2:16:49] approve. On the second of three
[2:16:51] readings. Next in the queue is
[2:16:54] council member hill.
[2:16:54] Thank you,
[2:16:56] vice mayor. I just want to give
[2:16:58] MISS Lee a little extra time if
[2:16:59] she needs to speak.
[2:17:00] i think a
[2:17:01] colleague has already ceded
[2:17:04] time. And. Okay, MISS Lee, has
[2:17:05] your concluded. Is that right,
[2:17:09] MISS Lee? Okay. MISS Lee is
[2:17:10] thanking you for your
[2:17:14] collegiality. Okay. All right.
[2:17:18] Seeing no one else, seeking
[2:17:19] discussion at this time, we
[2:17:22] will move to the vote. It's a
[2:17:24] consolidated motion of 1411 and
[2:17:26] its companion 1412 on their
[2:17:27] second of three readings. All
[2:17:30] in favor, please say aye. Any
[2:17:33] voting? No. Any abstaining?
[2:17:35] Okay. We have two abstentions.
[2:17:37] MR. Clerk. Can you see those
[2:17:39] abstentions there? All right.
[2:17:42] Okay. This will go on to third
[2:17:45] reading. It will be referred to
[2:17:48] committee. All right. Next our
[2:17:51] agenda or is rather agenda item
[2:17:57] nine. This is ordinance
[2:17:59] bl2026-1416. Sponsor web. This
[2:18:01] is an ordinance to amend title
[2:18:02] 17 the metro code of laws
[2:18:04] zoning ordinance of the metro
[2:18:05] government by applying a
[2:18:07] contextual overlay district to
[2:18:08] various properties along
[2:18:09] shepherd hills drive and twin
[2:18:11] hills drive, southeast of
[2:18:14] gallatin pike. This is zoned r
[2:18:20] 20. It is 137.6 acres. Council
[2:18:23] member webb, you are,
[2:18:26] recognized. Go ahead ma'am.
[2:18:27] Would you like to take the next
[2:18:30] one to their companion bills?
[2:18:30] I
[2:18:32] do not believe they can be
[2:18:34] taken together. Special counsel.
[2:18:36] I know they are similar, but
[2:18:40] MAY they be taken together. Oh,
[2:18:42] I'm sorry sir. Go ahead sir.
[2:18:42] No,
[2:18:43] vice mayor, they.
[2:18:44] They MAY not
[2:18:45] be taken together, ma'am.
[2:18:46] Okay.
[2:18:47] Thank you. I'd like to open the
[2:18:48] public hearing.
[2:18:50] Okay. I declare
[2:18:52] the public hearing open for
[2:18:56] council member webb's ordinance.
[2:18:58] 1416. Would all members of the
[2:19:00] public here in support of this
[2:19:03] bill please raise your hand?
[2:19:06] Okay. Would all membersof the
[2:19:08] public here in opposition to
[2:19:09] this bill please raise your
[2:19:14] hand? Okay. I'm seeing one here
[2:19:18] in opposition, supporting
[2:19:21] speakers. If you do seek to be
[2:19:25] recognized, do go first. So if
[2:19:27] there are folks who would like
[2:19:28] to speak in support, you are
[2:19:30] welcome to come forward at this
[2:19:32] time. Go ahead and come on up
[2:19:41] to the podium. All righty. Go
[2:19:45] ahead ma'am. I apologize. Hang
[2:19:47] on just a second, ma'am. Go
[2:19:48] ahead.
[2:19:48] Yes.
[2:19:49] My name is.
[2:19:50] Pamela
[2:19:51] honavar and I live in the
[2:19:54] shepherd hill subdivision. My
[2:19:55] mother, who's 87, is here with
[2:19:57] me too. She lives across the
[2:19:58] street, so I'm kind of
[2:20:00] representing both properties.
[2:20:03] We're in favor of this passing
[2:20:04] because I want to thank our
[2:20:06] council member, MISS Webb, for
[2:20:09] having many meetings with us we had to
[2:20:11] say, and trying her best to
[2:20:14] help us out withthis. I've
[2:20:15] lived in this neighborhood
[2:20:18] since I was six years old, and
[2:20:20] I've seen a lot of changes.
[2:20:21] That was before rivergate mall.
[2:20:23] I've watched it come and go now,
[2:20:27] and so I know that we need
[2:20:29] change and we need things, but
[2:20:31] we're changing way too fast for
[2:20:34] infrastructure for, the type of
[2:20:36] housing that we have for the
[2:20:38] different things that are going
[2:20:41] on. So I support this overlay
[2:20:42] to prevent some of the things
[2:20:44] that have gone on already in
[2:20:46] our neighborhoods that are
[2:20:49] totally out of, in the building
[2:20:51] plans of what we have. It's an
[2:20:53] older neighborhood, mostly
[2:20:56] ranch houses. And so we, we
[2:20:58] like it that way. We have a lot
[2:21:00] of newer people that have moved
[2:21:03] in. But, you know, we want this
[2:21:05] overlay to pass. So we're in
[2:21:10] favor of that. Thank you.
[2:21:11] Thank
[2:21:18] you. Go ahead. Sir, you're
[2:21:19] recognized.
[2:21:20] This is randy olive
[2:21:23] in shepherd hills subdivision
[2:21:24] development. We have the
[2:21:26] overlay that has been proposed
[2:21:30] by MISS Webb. And there's a lot
[2:21:32] of things that lie behind this
[2:21:33] that are just that are not
[2:21:35] being seen. I don't feel like
[2:21:38] you got as was spoken just now,
[2:21:41] that almost all the homes are
[2:21:43] ranch homes. Most all the homes
[2:21:45] are on at least an acre lot.
[2:21:47] Now we've got people that are
[2:21:49] coming in that are trying to
[2:21:51] develop one single lot of an
[2:21:53] acre and divide it into two and
[2:21:54] put two tall skinnies on there,
[2:21:57] which is taking away from the
[2:21:58] attraction of the of the
[2:22:01] neighborhood itself. I live I
[2:22:03] moved there about 20 years ago
[2:22:05] with my wife. The thing that
[2:22:06] attracted us to that area was
[2:22:08] the fact that there was a lot
[2:22:11] large lots. The housing and the
[2:22:12] development was mainly
[2:22:16] maintained. And these tall
[2:22:18] skinnies that are coming in is
[2:22:20] creating one a lot more traffic
[2:22:23] to the fact that it is taking
[2:22:26] away from the integrity of the
[2:22:29] of the subdivision itself. And
[2:22:31] I am in favor of the overlay
[2:22:33] and hope that yu will see it,
[2:22:36] that it is not a step in the
[2:22:38] right direction for this to
[2:22:44] take place. Thank you.
[2:22:44] Thank
[2:22:46] you. Go ahead sir.
[2:22:47] My name is
[2:22:49] milton pirtle and I reside in
[2:22:52] this particular neighborhood.
[2:22:54] I'm asking the council to help
[2:22:58] us to preserve, preserve our
[2:22:59] current neighborhood, which has
[2:23:00] been in existence for about
[2:23:03] maybe at least 50 years. If you
[2:23:06] give you a little context of it,
[2:23:09] we're in in the midst of
[2:23:10] development. We live maybe
[2:23:12] about a block or two from the
[2:23:14] rivergate mall, where that
[2:23:15] they're developing over 400
[2:23:19] units and retail spaces. So we
[2:23:20] are only asking maybe about 2
[2:23:22] or 3 streets to the north of
[2:23:24] gallatin road that will allow
[2:23:27] us to preserve our neighborhood,
[2:23:29] raise our families, and simply
[2:23:32] just live in a more peaceful
[2:23:33] environment. Thank you.
[2:23:33] Thank
[2:23:36] you sir. Go ahead. You're
[2:23:39] recognized.
[2:23:40] Hi, my name is chip
[2:23:42] ellis. I live on twin hills
[2:23:43] drive. I've watched, the
[2:23:44] character of this neighborhood
[2:23:47] erode a little for the last 11
[2:23:48] years. We've got some
[2:23:50] developments going in on every
[2:23:52] available square inch of land.
[2:23:53] It's a special neighborhood.
[2:23:55] All of my neighbors bought
[2:23:57] their invested there because of
[2:23:58] the haracter of the
[2:24:00] neighborhood, and it's kind of
[2:24:01] slowly going away. So I'm in
[2:24:03] full support of this, this
[2:24:04] overlay. I think the
[2:24:05] neighborhood needs it.
[2:24:06] Thank
[2:24:09] you sir. Is anyone else seeking
[2:24:12] to speak in support? Okay.
[2:24:14] Seeing none. There was a person
[2:24:16] in opposition, I believe. Do
[2:24:18] they wish to speak? Okay. Go
[2:24:20] ahead. You're recognized.
[2:24:20] Yeah.
[2:24:22] We're in a housing crisis, and
[2:24:24] this effectively, makes it a
[2:24:26] lot harder to build housing.
[2:24:29] This this starts one parcel off
[2:24:32] of gallatin pike, right? Where
[2:24:33] ja high frequency transit
[2:24:36] corridor is. And this is not
[2:24:38] what we need to be doing in the
[2:24:39] midst of a housing crisis. This
[2:24:40] was disapproved by the planning
[2:24:43] commission. I just want to
[2:24:45] remind you all that. Thank you.
[2:24:47] All right. Is there anyone else
[2:24:49] seeking to be recognized to
[2:24:51] speak in opposition? Seeing
[2:24:53] none, I will declare the public
[2:24:56] hearing closed at this time,
[2:24:58] MISS Webb, immediately
[2:24:59] subsequent to this public
[2:25:01] hearing. Because this is a
[2:25:05] disapproved bill or disapproval
[2:25:07] recommendation. We do have a
[2:25:09] presentation by the planning
[2:25:11] department. Okay. So let's,
[2:25:13] let's do that first, please.
[2:25:15] And then you are of course,
[2:25:16] very welcome to speak at that
[2:25:18] time and make a motion as you
[2:25:20] see fit. Go ahead, MR. Lehman.
[2:25:23] Okay. Thank you. This is bill
[2:25:26] 2026 1416. These are the
[2:25:29] properties proposed for the
[2:25:30] overlay. The contextual overlay
[2:25:33] would be applied on top of the
[2:25:34] base zoning that's in place
[2:25:36] today on the property shown in
[2:25:40] yellow. Once again, the current
[2:25:42] zoning is r 20. The base zoning.
[2:25:44] If this were to be applied, it
[2:25:45] would be an overlay, a
[2:25:47] contextual overlay on top of
[2:25:49] that existing zoning on these
[2:25:52] properties. Contextual overlays
[2:25:54] provide additional design
[2:25:56] standards in residential areas.
[2:25:57] They're intended to maintain
[2:25:58] and protect neighborhood form
[2:26:02] and character, and they must be
[2:26:04] applied for a complete block%
[2:26:05] phase. So some of these
[2:26:07] properties are included because
[2:26:09] to, to apply to this entire
[2:26:11] neighborhood, you have to go
[2:26:13] the full length of a block.
[2:26:15] What a contextual overlay does
[2:26:19] is it regulates, setbacks to be
[2:26:21] consistent with the average
[2:26:24] setbacks on either side of a
[2:26:26] property. And it same thing
[2:26:27] with building height. If you
[2:26:29] look at the, the surrounding
[2:26:31] building heights, when a new
[2:26:34] house comes in, so that you're
[2:26:35] looking at the average of
[2:26:37] what's around it to determine
[2:26:39] what would be allowed on a
[2:26:40] particular property if it were
[2:26:42] to be torn down and redeveloped.
[2:26:44] And you look at the lot
[2:26:45] coverage as well based on the
[2:26:48] surrounding lot. So it sort of
[2:26:49] keeps the new development in
[2:26:52] character with the existing
[2:26:54] development. There are a couple
[2:26:56] different policies on this in
[2:26:58] this area, but it's mainly
[2:27:01] neighborhood maintenance policy.
[2:27:02] The planningcommission did
[2:27:03] recommend disapproval finding
[2:27:06] that the standards were
[2:27:07] unnecessary in the neighborhood
[2:27:11] maintenance policy area. Where
[2:27:13] large scale change is already
[2:27:15] discouraged through that policy.
[2:27:18] They also found that the
[2:27:19] setbacks and height standards
[2:27:22] in the overlay MAY not be
[2:27:23] necessary based on other
[2:27:24] standards already in the code
[2:27:25] controlling height and setbacks.
[2:27:27] So with that, the planning
[2:27:28] commission recommended
[2:27:30] disapproval.
[2:27:32] All right. Thank
[2:27:33] you, planning department, for
[2:27:36] that presentation. Now to you,
[2:27:38] MISS Webb.
[2:27:41] a brief comment.
[2:27:42] Now
[2:27:43] I'd like to move approval.
[2:27:45] Approval with a brief comment.
[2:27:47] Is there a second? Okay. Go
[2:27:48] ahead ma'am.
[2:27:49] I rise today
[2:27:51] disappointed not simply because
[2:27:52] this overlay was voted down by
[2:27:54] the planning commission, but
[2:27:56] because it raises an important
[2:27:57] question about the planning
[2:28:00] process itself. Metro planning
[2:28:01] staff spent months reviewing
[2:28:03] this proposal. They analyzed
[2:28:04] the data, considered the
[2:28:06] existing character of the
[2:28:08] neighborhood, evaluated the
[2:28:10] goals of our adopted plans,
[2:28:11] listen to the public input at
[2:28:13] over four meetings over a year,
[2:28:16] and ultimately recommended
[2:28:17] approval. That recommendation
[2:28:19] was not made lightly. It was
[2:28:21] based on professional planning
[2:28:23] principles and the facts before
[2:28:25] them. Yet despite that thorough
[2:28:27] review, the planning commission
[2:28:29] voted against this
[2:28:30] recommendation. When
[2:28:32] professional staff reaches one
[2:28:34] conclusion and the commission
[2:28:36] reaches another, the public
[2:28:38] deserves to understand why.
[2:28:40] What planning principle changed?
[2:28:41] What evidence outweighed the
[2:28:44] staff's analysis? What
[2:28:45] objective standard was applied
[2:28:48] that justified rejecting a
[2:28:49] recommendation developed
[2:28:51] through months of careful,
[2:28:52] careful work through the
[2:28:54] planning department. Contextual
[2:28:56] overlays are intended to
[2:28:57] preserve the character and
[2:28:59] identify of established
[2:29:00] neighborhoods, while providing
[2:29:02] clear expectations for future
[2:29:03] development. They are tools
[2:29:06] that give residents confidence
[2:29:08] that growth can occur while
[2:29:09] respecting the community they
[2:29:12] have invested in for decades.
[2:29:13] The residents who supported
[2:29:15] this overlay were not asking to
[2:29:17] stop progress. They were asking
[2:29:19] for thoughtful, predictable
[2:29:20] growth that reflects the
[2:29:21] character of their neighborhood.
[2:29:24] They participated in meetings,
[2:29:25] worked with the planning staff,
[2:29:27] and trusted the public process.
[2:29:30] They deserve to know that their
[2:29:31] voices and their professional
[2:29:33] analysis supporting their
[2:29:34] concerns will receive
[2:29:36] meaningful consideration. As
[2:29:38] elected officials, we should
[2:29:40] value the expertise of our own
[2:29:42] planning department. We MAY not
[2:29:44] always agree with every
[2:29:45] recommendation, but when we
[2:29:46] depart from professional
[2:29:48] guidance, we should be able to
[2:29:50] clearly explain why this is
[2:29:52] about morethan one overlay. It
[2:29:54] is about public confidence in
[2:29:57] our planning process. If
[2:29:58] recommendations supported by
[2:30:00] our staff can be dismissed in a
[2:30:02] blink of an eye without a
[2:30:04] compelling planning rationale,
[2:30:06] residents MAY begin to question
[2:30:07] whether participation in the
[2:30:10] process truly matters. I remain
[2:30:11] committed to protecting the
[2:30:13] unique character of our
[2:30:15] neighborhoods while allowing
[2:30:17] responsible growth. I hope we
[2:30:18] continue to have conversations
[2:30:20] that are grounded in sound
[2:30:22] planning, transparency and
[2:30:24] fairness. Our residents deserve
[2:30:27] a process that is consistent,
[2:30:28] understandable, and worthy of
[2:30:31] their trust. And I also would
[2:30:32] like my my fellow council
[2:30:34] people to know that I probably
[2:30:37] have more density going on than
[2:30:39] most of the areas. I have a
[2:30:41] road that I probably got 500
[2:30:43] units coming in on, but this is
[2:30:45] an area that I think needs to
[2:30:47] be saved and they want it to be
[2:30:49] saved. And I just think the
[2:30:55] planning staff.
[2:30:56] MISS Hancock,
[2:30:58] do you wish to cede some time
[2:31:00] tomiss webb so that she MAY
[2:31:02] finish? Okay. MISS Hancock is
[2:31:03] saying yes, so go ahead and
[2:31:04] proceed. MISS Webb.
[2:31:05] I believe
[2:31:07] the planning staff got it right.
[2:31:08] And I believe the planning
[2:31:10] commission was swayed by
[2:31:13] certain persons agenda, and I'm.
[2:31:16] I hate that because we are
[2:31:21] elected to serve the residents. Is a district that I
[2:31:22] was elected to serve and
[2:31:23] represent the people that live
[2:31:25] in tat ditrict. And that's
[2:31:26] what I'm trying to do. And I
[2:31:28] just want to personally thank
[2:31:29] the planning department for
[2:31:31] over a year of working with me.
[2:31:32] And I'm sorry y'all's voices
[2:31:34] were not heard, just like their
[2:31:36] voices were not heard. Thank
[2:31:36] you.
[2:31:38] All right, MISS Hancock,
[2:31:41] there is a residual 220 time if
[2:31:43] you would like to speak at this
[2:31:44] juncture.
[2:31:47] Thank you. I was
[2:31:49] elected to serve district nine,
[2:31:50] which is only madison. I've
[2:31:53] gotten a ton of emails about
[2:31:55] this, asking me to support it,
[2:31:56] which of course I do, because
[2:31:58] this was planned by district
[2:32:00] ten residents and it was
[2:32:02] sponsored by the district ten
[2:32:05] council member. So if we're not
[2:32:06] here to serve the people we
[2:32:09] were elected to serve, I don't
[2:32:11] know what we're here to do. And
[2:32:13] I rise in support of council
[2:32:15] member webb, her constituents
[2:32:18] in district ten and us letting
[2:32:19] the district council members
[2:32:21] handle what is only affecting
[2:32:23] people in district ten on just
[2:32:26] a very few streets. Thank you.
[2:32:28] All right. Discussion continues
[2:32:30] on the motion to approve on
[2:32:31] second reading. Next in the
[2:32:32] queue is council member
[2:32:33] eastlake. You're recognized sir.
[2:32:35] Thank you very much. It seems
[2:32:36] at times the residents that
[2:32:39] don't want their neighborhoods
[2:32:41] multifamily are vilified. We
[2:32:43] are against change. We're
[2:32:46] against helping the, quote,
[2:32:49] crisis, which I will dispute,
[2:32:51] but they should not have their
[2:32:53] voices overridden by council
[2:32:54] member that does not represent
[2:32:56] that district who seems to be
[2:32:58] working on their own agenda. I
[2:33:03] would hope as the as the we
[2:33:05] work together here, that in
[2:33:06] that case, there would be some
[2:33:08] way to reach out to the council
[2:33:10] member. I know sunshine laws,
[2:33:12] but we have ways of talking to
[2:33:13] one another without breaking
[2:33:15] those laws. If there was that
[2:33:17] much contention to the idea of
[2:33:19] the contextual overlay, there
[2:33:21] should have been some reach out,
[2:33:24] some discussion, or some way to
[2:33:26] help come to some type of
[2:33:28] agreement, or at least work out
[2:33:30] the differences or try to. But
[2:33:32] inthis case, it was almost an
[2:33:34] ambush, if you ask me. And I
[2:33:36] don't feel like that's the way
[2:33:37] we should treat each other and
[2:33:39] I would hope and I do myself,
[2:33:40] if I came to something like
[2:33:42] that, I would certainly try to
[2:33:43] reach out to somebody and try
[2:33:45] to make sure that they
[2:33:46] understood where I was coming
[2:33:48] from, instead of just hit them
[2:33:50] from without even any warning
[2:33:52] or notice a sucker punch on
[2:33:54] something like this.
[2:33:55] all right,
[2:33:56] next in the queue is council
[2:33:58] member sepulveda. You're
[2:33:58] recognized.
[2:33:59] Thank you, vice
[2:34:01] mayor. I do want to remind our
[2:34:02] colleagues that we do have a
[2:34:04] platform in which we could talk
[2:34:05] to each other. It's a public
[2:34:07] facing platform. So you all do
[2:34:09] have the opportunity to utilize
[2:34:11] that. If you all.
[2:34:12] Want it is
[2:34:14] called council connect.
[2:34:14] Council
[2:34:16] connect. You all can use that.
[2:34:18] And I do want to remind
[2:34:19] everyone that council member
[2:34:23] horton did, was elected by our
[2:34:26] body to represent us on the
[2:34:29] planning commission. So he,
[2:34:31] he does represent us. We, he
[2:34:33] got the majority of the vote.
[2:34:35] So I do want to name that as
[2:34:38] well as the council member who
[2:34:40] has the densest district on
[2:34:45] this body. I do want to speak
[2:34:49] on this matter at the moment.
[2:34:51] My district is the second
[2:34:54] smallest geographical council
[2:34:55] district, and that's only
[2:34:57] second to council member cash,
[2:34:58] because he does have a couple
[2:35:01] of universities. At a certain
[2:35:03] point in time, those
[2:35:04] universities empty out and a
[2:35:06] lot of those students go back
[2:35:08] home. My district does not. My
[2:35:11] district stays. My district has
[2:35:12] multi-generational households.
[2:35:15] It is not a scary thing to have
[2:35:17] a dense district. It is
[2:35:19] something that happens over
[2:35:22] time. And I do want to say that
[2:35:25] for other districts to not have
[2:35:27] the growth in just
[2:35:29] their districts, a couple of us
[2:35:31] have to have growth happen in
[2:35:34] our districts. So for us to
[2:35:36] carry the weight of growth, we
[2:35:38] all have to share it, right?
[2:35:40] And so we don't want to
[2:35:44] continue to set a bad precedent.
[2:35:46] It's just a matter of fact. We
[2:35:49] can't have growth happening in
[2:35:52] one district and not others. It
[2:35:53] can't continue to happen that
[2:35:56] way. We have to carry the
[2:35:58] weight amongst ourselves, right?
[2:36:00] We're not saying that we're
[2:36:03] going to go and build big
[2:36:06] towers of housing in one
[2:36:07] district or the other. We're
[2:36:09] saying that growth has to
[2:36:11] happen in a very dedicated
[2:36:14] manner, but we cannot do this
[2:36:16] in in every single district
[2:36:18] where we have contextual
[2:36:19] overlays. And we're saying
[2:36:21] ranch houses are the only ways
[2:36:23] that we're that we're going to
[2:36:27] have this district look like it.
[2:36:29] It does not make sense. You
[2:36:32] have younger people, you have
[2:36:34] younger people, new people who
[2:36:37] are moving into the city, who
[2:36:39] cannot afford to purchase a
[2:36:40] house. There are only two of us
[2:36:42] on this council who are renters.
[2:36:45] We are not representing this
[2:36:46] city as a whole. This is onl
[2:36:48] on second reading, but I did
[2:36:51] not want us to continue down
[2:36:54] this path. Without naming a
[2:36:56] couple of things. There are
[2:36:58] people who cannot afford to
[2:37:00] live here.
[2:37:01] Right next in the
[2:37:02] queue.
[2:37:03] Is councilmember allen.
[2:37:04] You're recognized.
[2:37:04] Thank you,
[2:37:06] MADAM PRESIDENT. I rise in
[2:37:07] support of this. I think that
[2:37:09] it was a neighborhood driven.
[2:37:12] Gosh, that was fast.
[2:37:12] Three
[2:37:14] minutes gone in a flash. We've
[2:37:15] accelerated time.
[2:37:16] This was a
[2:37:17] neighborhood driven process,
[2:37:19] which is the way many of these
[2:37:21] things work best, I believe.
[2:37:23] And and as we've heard from the
[2:37:26] staff, this neighborhood is t
[2:37:28] three neighborhood maintenance.
[2:37:30] They did take one property out
[2:37:31] that was neighborhood evolving.
[2:37:33] So it's appropriate for this to
[2:37:35] do conservation here. And if I
[2:37:37] might ask the staff to. Well,
[2:37:39] council member, the, the
[2:37:40] sponsors already mentioned that
[2:37:42] this was approved by the
[2:37:45] planning staff, based on
[2:37:46] nashville. Next principles and
[2:37:48] good planning principles and
[2:37:49] nashville next calls for a
[2:37:52] variety of housing types. And
[2:37:54] so we have as a city, we went
[2:37:56] through a long several year
[2:37:57] engagement to come up with
[2:37:59] nashville next to say, how do
[2:38:00] we drive our growth? And it's
[2:38:02] not the same in area in every
[2:38:03] area of town. And it's not
[2:38:05] doesn't need to be high density
[2:38:07] in every single part of town.
[2:38:08] And there is a reason that we
[2:38:10] made that choice, that we have
[2:38:11] some neighborhood maintenance
[2:38:12] where people can raise a family
[2:38:14] and have a yard where you tell
[2:38:16] kids to go out and play in the
[2:38:17] yard while I'm fixing supper.
[2:38:19] So it is important. I believe
[2:38:20] in neighborhood maintenance
[2:38:23] policy areas to preserve the
[2:38:24] kind of housing that you can
[2:38:25] raise a family in and in other
[2:38:27] parts of areas, directly on
[2:38:28] transit corridors, it's
[2:38:29] appropriate to have high
[2:38:31] density and apartments of
[2:38:33] various sizes. We need all of
[2:38:34] that. These neighbors have
[2:38:36] worked together with their
[2:38:38] council member and the planning
[2:38:40] department to, to officially%
[2:38:42] make a process where they can
[2:38:43] preserve what they think is
[2:38:45] important. And I appreciate the
[2:38:47] process that they went to, and
[2:38:48] I appreciate what the council
[2:38:49] members done. And I support
[2:38:51] this contextual design overlay.
[2:38:53] Thank you, MISS Allen. Okay.
[2:38:54] Next is council member welsh.
[2:38:55] You're recognized.
[2:38:56] Thank you,
[2:38:59] vice mayor. I rise in
[2:39:00] opposition actually to the
[2:39:02] contextual overlay. I was in
[2:39:03] the position, the exact
[2:39:04] opposite position where the
[2:39:07] planning staff approved an up
[2:39:09] zone, substitute up zone in my
[2:39:10] district that the planning
[2:39:11] commission ultimately
[2:39:13] disapproved. Now, their process
[2:39:14] in the, in the commission was a
[2:39:15] little different when they
[2:39:16] didn't really actually look at
[2:39:18] the merits of what we were
[2:39:19] doing. They disapproved it on
[2:39:20] something else. But I went it
[2:39:22] was the opposite way for me. So
[2:39:24] the planning commission does in
[2:39:26] fact, many times disagree with
[2:39:28] what the planning staff is
[2:39:29] recommending, and that is their
[2:39:31] job as the commission to
[2:39:33] overlook and see how everything
[2:39:35] works in conjunction with the
[2:39:37] rest of our city. I have to
[2:39:39] disagree with my colleague who
[2:39:40] said that these things only
[2:39:41] affect one district because
[2:39:44] they do not. We know that
[2:39:45] zoning in one district has a
[2:39:46] very big effect on zoning. In
[2:39:48] other districts, other
[2:39:50] districts are forced to absorb
[2:39:52] more growth because the growth
[2:39:53] is here and we need to address
[2:39:57] it. In this particular instance
[2:39:59] where this property is on a
[2:40:02] high volume transit corridor
[2:40:03] where we are going to be
[2:40:05] putting in things with choose
[2:40:06] how you move. It's just not a
[2:40:09] good fit. We cannot afford to
[2:40:12] have less density on those
[2:40:14] corridors. We are never
[2:40:16] to solve our housing crisis
[2:40:18] here and be able to provide the
[2:40:20] housing that we need to. The
[2:40:21] last numbers we heard were
[2:40:24] anywhere between 50 and 90,000
[2:40:25] houses in the next ten years to
[2:40:27] address the growth in this city.
[2:40:30] If we allow down zonings and
[2:40:31] overlays that effectively cut
[2:40:34] off large swaths of our county
[2:40:36] to building to address the
[2:40:38] growth that we need, that
[2:40:40] doesn't mean that every
[2:40:42] district and every parcel needs
[2:40:43] to be built to the same level
[2:40:47] of density, but we can't excise
[2:40:51] large swaths of our, county to
[2:40:53] new housing because ultimately
[2:40:56] we will all pay for that in
[2:40:58] increased traffic and other
[2:40:59] problems that come down the
[2:41:01] pike, increased homelessness,
[2:41:03] all of it. So we need to be
[2:41:03] looking more holistically at
[2:41:05] all this. And I just think,
[2:41:06] don't think that we are in a
[2:41:08] position where down zoning,
[2:41:10] down zoning and putting on
[2:41:11] overlays that effectively cut
[2:41:15] off sensible growth, are put in
[2:41:17] place. So I will be voting
[2:41:19] against this overlay.
[2:41:19] Thank you,
[2:41:21] MISS Hancock, your next in the
[2:41:22] queue. You do have some
[2:41:23] remaining time, but you have
[2:41:24] already spoken. MISS Campbell
[2:41:27] has yet to speak. I will go
[2:41:30] ahead and do that. Yes. You're
[2:41:31] recognized.
[2:41:31] Thank you. One
[2:41:33] thing I'd like to point out to
[2:41:34] the folks that aren't super
[2:41:36] familiar with madison is that
[2:41:37] while this is adjacent to a
[2:41:40] corridor on a corridor on which
[2:41:41] we are currently building a lot
[2:41:43] of dense housing all throughout
[2:41:46] rivergate mall, it's also on
[2:41:48] the other end, stopped by
[2:41:49] cumberland river. There's very
[2:41:51] few trees left in this area,
[2:41:52] but these two streets
[2:41:55] the middle of the the most of
[2:41:57] these trees, and we're one of
[2:41:59] three hot zones in the entire
[2:42:00] county where we don't have
[2:42:02] enough tree coverage, where we
[2:42:03] have a higher rate
[2:42:05] everything else and or
[2:42:06] everywhere else, and where
[2:42:08] nashville is asking to build,
[2:42:10] you know, to plant more trees
[2:42:12] elsewhere. So if we're going to
[2:42:14] start extra densifying this
[2:42:16] area, removing the trees, we're
[2:42:17] going to be exacerbating the
[2:42:19] health crisis we already have
[2:42:21] in madison, which my community
[2:42:22] is a plurality community, and
[2:42:24] we don't need any more trouble
[2:42:26] with with with our health,
[2:42:28] health crisis that we have. We
[2:42:30] need to lower asthma rates. We
[2:42:31] need to plant more trees. We
[2:42:33] need to have good air to
[2:42:35] breathe. We're already building
[2:42:36] all along the mall
[2:42:38] area, which is an area that's
[2:42:39] already parking lot. So I don't
[2:42:40] mind building there. But why do
[2:42:42] we need to bother the current
[2:42:43] neighborhood with the
[2:42:45] established trees? I think they
[2:42:46] should stay. Thank you.
[2:42:46] Thank
[2:42:48] you, MISS Hancock. Next in the
[2:42:49] queue is councilmember gamble.
[2:42:50] You're recognized.
[2:42:51] Thank you,
[2:42:53] vice mayor. I just want to have
[2:42:54] a clarification from the
[2:42:55] planning table. We've heard a
[2:42:57] lot about this affecting
[2:42:58] density. So if the planning
[2:43:00] table can confirm that the
[2:43:02] contextual overlay does not
[2:43:04] impact density, that's the
[2:43:04] zoning.
[2:43:06] MISS MR. Layman for the
[2:43:07] planning department. Go ahead.
[2:43:09] Yes that's correct. It does not
[2:43:10] change the density. The base
[2:43:12] zoning iswhat controls the
[2:43:14] density. The contextual overlay
[2:43:17] just affects the design of how
[2:43:18] the house goes on that lot,
[2:43:19] what the setbacks are, what the
[2:43:22] height would be and the lot
[2:43:24] coverage. So it does not affect
[2:43:26] the overall density.
[2:43:26] Thank you
[2:43:29] for that clarification. And
[2:43:32] also in regards to the style of
[2:43:35] the housing, would this
[2:43:38] contextual overlay restrict the
[2:43:40] kind of, I guess, diversity of
[2:43:43] housing types to only one
[2:43:45] housing type? And if so, how
[2:43:47] does that impact housing cost
[2:43:49] when we look at affordable
[2:43:49] housing.
[2:43:50] MR. Layman, you
[2:43:51] recognize.
[2:43:52] Yes. It does not get
[2:43:54] into the architectural design
[2:43:57] of a home. It just like I said,
[2:43:58] it controls setbacks, height
[2:44:00] and lot coverage.
[2:44:00] Thank you.
[2:44:01] Thank you for that
[2:44:02] clarification. I think that's
[2:44:03] important for everybody to
[2:44:05] understand. This is not
[2:44:07] rezoning. This is not this does
[2:44:11] not impact, density that
[2:44:13] happens during the zoning
[2:44:15] process. So if at any point
[2:44:17] there was a zoning proposal, I
[2:44:18] think a lot of these arguments
[2:44:20] that have been made today would
[2:44:21] be relevant. I don't think
[2:44:23] there's so much relevant today.
[2:44:25] And also, I just want to say,
[2:44:26] although I'm not a renter now,
[2:44:28] I've been a renter in my life
[2:44:30] and I know that many of us have
[2:44:32] probably been renters before,
[2:44:33] even though we're not renters
[2:44:35] now. So I just want to put that
[2:44:37] out there to say just because
[2:44:38] we're not renters today,
[2:44:39] doesn't mean that we haven't
[2:44:41] been a renter and empathize and
[2:44:44] understand the need for having
[2:44:45] multifamily for people to rent.
[2:44:46] Thank you.
[2:44:47] Thank you, MISS
[2:44:49] Campbell. Next in the queue,
[2:44:49] councilmember ellis, you're
[2:44:50] recognized, ma'am.
[2:44:51] Thank you,
[2:44:52] MADAM PRESIDENT. Before we I
[2:44:54] didn't know that we were going
[2:44:55] to go back down the route of
[2:44:57] saying a $400,000 home is
[2:44:58] affordable.
[2:44:59] What's the status
[2:45:01] of the infrastructure plan that
[2:45:03] we asked for when we had the
[2:45:03] housing and infrastructure
[2:45:06] study done?
[2:45:07] MISS Ellis, that
[2:45:09] was shared at planning and
[2:45:11] zoning committee on monday, but
[2:45:13] I'm sorry, I'll allow.
[2:45:13] Is there
[2:45:14] an update? Could you share.
[2:45:16] With me lehman? Can you share
[2:45:18] some timing information on that,
[2:45:19] please, sir?
[2:45:19] Yeah. I believe
[2:45:22] that was a different,
[2:45:23] discussion at the planning and
[2:45:24] zoning committee. I would have
[2:45:26] to, I would have to check on
[2:45:28] the status and we can get back
[2:45:29] to you on that. I don't know
[2:45:31] the exact status of exactly
[2:45:32] what you're referring to. So
[2:45:33] yeah, the, the infrastructure
[2:45:35] study, I don't I don't know
[2:45:36] exactly where that stands. I
[2:45:38] can get back to you on that,
[2:45:40] though.
[2:45:41] Okay. I apologize. I
[2:45:42] thought that that had been
[2:45:44] mentioned in committee. So I
[2:45:47] regret my error.
[2:45:48] So we don't
[2:45:49] know when the infrastructure
[2:45:51] study is going to be completed.
[2:45:52] I don't have that information
[2:45:53] tonight, but I can check and
[2:45:55] get back to the council on that.
[2:45:57] Okay. Please do. Thanks.
[2:45:57] Thank
[2:46:02] you, MISS Ellis. All right. Is
[2:46:04] there any further discussion on
[2:46:08] this motion to approve on its
[2:46:12] second of three readings? Okay.
[2:46:15] We are going to do this. Oh,
[2:46:17] MISS Webb, go ahead, ma'am.
[2:46:17] I
[2:46:19] just would like to point out
[2:46:20] that a lot of these. This
[2:46:22] neighborhood is still on septic
[2:46:23] and can't be built high density
[2:46:25] at this point. And I would like
[2:46:27] a roll call, please. Please.
[2:46:29] Okay. MISS Webb has request a
[2:46:31] roll call. It requires two
[2:46:34] seconds. Three seconds. Okay.
[2:46:38] All righty. Okay. So, MR. Clerk,
[2:46:41] if you would please open the
[2:46:45] vote for the motion to approve
[2:46:49] 1416 on its second reading.
[2:46:50] Colleagues, at this juncture,
[2:46:52] this requires a simple majority.
[2:46:55] On second, you heard about the
[2:46:57] disapproval of planning
[2:46:58] commission. That is on the
[2:47:00] final reading that elevates the
[2:47:02] vote threshold disapprove bill
[2:47:04] to 27 on the third and final
[2:47:06] reading. But on the second
[2:47:07] reading, this is a simple
[2:47:23] majority.
[2:47:43] All votes. And, MR.
[2:47:46] Clerk, please show the vote.
[2:47:49] Okay. This motion has passed
[2:47:52] with 21 votes in favor, seven
[2:47:55] against and two abstentions.
[2:47:57] This will move on to its third
[2:47:59] reading, at which point it will
[2:48:00] be referred into our planning
[2:48:04] and zoning committee. All right.
[2:48:08] Next is agenda item ten. I know
[2:48:09] MISS Webb, it was similar, but
[2:48:10] you've got another item about
[2:48:12] to come up here. I know you did
[2:48:14] ask to take them together, but
[2:48:17] we cannot do that. So this is
[2:48:22] agenda item ten. Ordinance bl
[2:48:23] 2026-1420. Sponsor webb. This
[2:48:25] is an ordinance to amend title
[2:48:26] 17 of the metro code of laws
[2:48:27] zoning ordinance. Metro
[2:48:28] government by applying a
[2:48:30] contextual overlay district to
[2:48:31] various properties along
[2:48:33] cumberland hills drive and
[2:48:34] northside drive, south of
[2:48:37] gallatin pike. Zoned rs40, this
[2:48:42] is 68.2 acres. You are
[2:48:43] recognized, MISS Webb.
[2:48:43] I'd like
[2:48:45] to open the public hearing.
[2:48:46] I
[2:48:47] declare the public hearing open
[2:48:51] for MISS Webb's bill 1420, with
[2:48:53] all members of the public here
[2:48:54] in support of this bill, please
[2:48:58] raise your hand. Okay. Would
[2:49:00] all members of the public here
[2:49:01] in opposition to this bill
[2:49:06] please raise your hand? Okay.
[2:49:09] With one person here in
[2:49:10] opposition, do the persons here
[2:49:13] in support seek to be
[2:49:15] recognized or speak? You are
[2:49:16] very welcome to speak in
[2:49:18] support if you would like.
[2:49:21] Those speaking in support do go
[2:49:23] first. And so if you would
[2:49:25] please come forward, you can go
[2:49:26] ahead and come right on up to
[2:49:29] the podium. Persons in
[2:49:30] opposition, if they seek to be
[2:49:32] recognized, will speak after
[2:49:34] those speaking in support. Go
[2:49:35] ahead sir. You're recognized.
[2:49:37] Thank you very much. My name is
[2:49:39] ted montminy. My wife lori and
[2:49:40] I live at 401 cumberland hills
[2:49:42] drive. And first of all, I'd
[2:49:43] like to thank you, jennifer,
[2:49:44] very, very much for bringing
[2:49:46] this to council. And it's in
[2:49:47] the best behalf of our
[2:49:49] neighborhood. I do want to note
[2:49:50] that my wife and I, we did send
[2:49:52] an email last night to the
[2:49:53] metro council requesting its
[2:49:54] approval. And there were
[2:49:55] several of our neighbors that
[2:49:57] were not able to make the
[2:49:58] meeting tonight, but they also
[2:50:00] sent emails as well. So that
[2:50:01] will all be on record of their
[2:50:05] request for such approval.
[2:50:07] Three our existing neighborhood
[2:50:11] is, is, is the form character.
[2:50:12] And the main reason when we
[2:50:14] moved to nashville nine years
[2:50:14] ago, we had grandchildren
[2:50:16] coming along that we love the
[2:50:18] neighborhood, we love to have
[2:50:19] the acre lots because like you
[2:50:21] said, playing baseball,
[2:50:22] throwing football, all the
[2:50:23] things we do with the grandkids
[2:50:25] in the backyard is, is, is one
[2:50:27] of the main reasons we moved to
[2:50:29] this neighborhood. I will say
[2:50:31] that there's, I did hear some
[2:50:32] comments when I watched the
[2:50:36] youtube video that I found very
[2:50:37] disheartening. I did see that
[2:50:39] commissioner horton commented
[2:50:40] that it would deny more
[2:50:42] expensive housing. And I'm
[2:50:43] thinking to myself, isn't that
[2:50:45] one of the reasons we are
[2:50:46] trying to make more affordable
[2:50:49] housing for nashville people? I
[2:50:50] also did on the youtube video
[2:50:52] saw, commissioner smith
[2:50:54] commented regarding why should,
[2:50:55] why should people have such
[2:50:58] large lots. I don't understand
[2:51:01] that at again, the
[2:51:02] existing neighborhood is
[2:51:03] fabulous. We love it. I've
[2:51:04] always wanted to have a, a
[2:51:06] large lot where I had
[2:51:08] justification for riding more
[2:51:11] and, and it reminds me of the,
[2:51:13] of the house and neighborhood
[2:51:15] where I grew up with, in my
[2:51:16] younger years. And I think
[2:51:18] there's plenty of housing going
[2:51:22] on. I did look at some of the,
[2:51:23] on the websites. I did see that
[2:51:25] there are 12 seconds, like
[2:51:27] there's probably like 6600
[2:51:28] homes on the market right now,
[2:51:30] over 12,000 apartments that are
[2:51:32] available. The rivergate malls
[2:51:34] can bring a lot of items as
[2:51:35] well. But again, I request your
[2:51:37] approval. We'd love to keep the
[2:51:38] neighborhood as it is. And
[2:51:40] thank you very much for your
[2:51:40] time.
[2:51:41] Appreciate it. Thank you.
[2:51:43] All right, go ahead, ma'am.
[2:51:45] You're recognized.
[2:51:46] Hello,
[2:51:47] council members and members.
[2:51:48] Of
[2:51:50] the public. My name is doctor
[2:51:54] nancy wilson. I live at 414
[2:51:57] northside drive, and I am
[2:51:58] supporting this contextual
[2:52:04] overlay. I am a gentrification
[2:52:06] and housing researcher, and I
[2:52:09] would like to make one thing,
[2:52:11] of importance. Nashville does
[2:52:13] not have a housing crisis.
[2:52:16] Nashville has an affordability
[2:52:19] housing crisis. We have lots of
[2:52:21] housing being developed all
[2:52:24] over the county. We have a lot
[2:52:26] of vacant housing because
[2:52:29] people cannot afford to
[2:52:31] purchase these homes. If you
[2:52:32] drive anywhere in nashville,
[2:52:33] you will see lots of
[2:52:36] development going up. And they
[2:52:39] are a lot of units that are not
[2:52:41] occupied. So I'd like to
[2:52:43] clarify that the overlay is
[2:52:45] absolutely necessary in order
[2:52:49] to to protect the historical
[2:52:51] character of the homes I. My
[2:52:54] house is almost 60 years old
[2:52:56] and I'm dealing with a lot of,
[2:53:00] you know, issues in
[2:53:02] bring it to today's standards.
[2:53:04] We also have economic
[2:53:05] affordability. And also one
[2:53:07] thing that I have not heard at
[2:53:10] all tonight is about. No one is
[2:53:12] speaking about preventing
[2:53:15] gentrification. It is the
[2:53:17] intent. And I know a lot of our
[2:53:19] neighbors do support this, this,
[2:53:22] this overlay to protect not
[2:53:24] only us, but something that no
[2:53:26] one has spoken about at all.
[2:53:28] The wildlife. We have lots of
[2:53:31] days in the community now that
[2:53:32] because there's a new
[2:53:33] development behind us that has
[2:53:36] 55 units, they've lost the
[2:53:38] place of where they would roam.
[2:53:40] And yes, they attack my plants
[2:53:42] and I throw stones at them
[2:53:44] occasionally because I want my
[2:53:46] flowers to attract birds and
[2:53:48] butterflies and hummingbirds,
[2:53:50] etcetera. But we need this
[2:53:52] overlay to protect the housing
[2:53:55] so we don't have, what I see
[2:53:57] happening. Thank you.
[2:53:58] Your time
[2:54:02] is concluded. MISS Ellis, we
[2:54:04] don't clap for public hearing
[2:54:07] speakers. Is there anyone else
[2:54:08] seeking to be recognized to
[2:54:10] speak in support? All right.
[2:54:12] Seeing none, we'll move on to
[2:54:13] opposition. You're recognized.
[2:54:16] I hope sam ellis can clap for
[2:54:19] me as well. I take issue with
[2:54:21] the last comment that we don't
[2:54:22] just have a housing crisis, but
[2:54:24] an affordability crisis. You
[2:54:25] know, we've studied it. We need
[2:54:26] 90,000 new homes in the next
[2:54:28] ten years. And unfortunately,
[2:54:30] we're not making that rate that
[2:54:33] we need to. And yes, you know,
[2:54:34] we also are saying that we need
[2:54:35] 20,000 affordable housing units.
[2:54:37] i think that's an undercount. I
[2:54:39] think we need a lot more than
[2:54:40] that, especially the way we
[2:54:44] define affordable housing. You
[2:54:47] know, I. MISS Webb, like
[2:54:49] councilmember webb, I, you're
[2:54:50] not going to up zone this,
[2:54:52] these streets, right. And so,
[2:54:54] you know, these, your, your,
[2:54:56] your, the people that lve
[2:54:57] there should take confidence in
[2:54:59] that. Like you're not going to
[2:55:01] do that. And so I think, you
[2:55:03] know, the precedent that we're
[2:55:05] setting here and it's not a
[2:55:08] good one. You know, we need,
[2:55:10] the people to be able to
[2:55:11] continue to live there, but if
[2:55:13] they want to build a new home
[2:55:15] there, if they, if they're, if
[2:55:16] they continue to have their
[2:55:17] kids and their grandkids and
[2:55:19] they want to build a larger
[2:55:20] house so they can maintain, you
[2:55:21] know, generational living, they
[2:55:25] should be able to do that.
[2:55:26] That's the kind of things that
[2:55:28] this is going to keep from,
[2:55:30] from happening is people, being
[2:55:31] able to remodel their homes and
[2:55:33] allow themselves to stay in
[2:55:36] their homes for generations. I,
[2:55:38] I see you shaking your head
[2:55:41] there. I think I, that
[2:55:42] you talk so much about the
[2:55:44] housing crisis council member,
[2:55:47] just sometimes it feels like,
[2:55:48] there are certain issues where
[2:55:51] it's like, you won't work with,
[2:55:52] work with people on andit's
[2:55:54] like working against solving it.
[2:55:56] And I get like, this feels like
[2:55:58] it's a little drop in the
[2:56:00] bucket, but it's, it's a big
[2:56:01] issue and every little bit
[2:56:03] counts. Thank you.
[2:56:07] All right.
[2:56:08] Seeing no one else seeking to
[2:56:10] be recognized to speak in
[2:56:13] opposition, I will declare the
[2:56:16] public hearing closed. MISS
[2:56:18] Webb, at this time it is
[2:56:19] similar to what had transpired
[2:56:21] previously. It being a
[2:56:22] disapproved bill immediately
[2:56:23] subsequent to the public
[2:56:25] hearing, we will have the
[2:56:26] presentation of the planning
[2:56:27] department, after which you
[2:56:29] will be recognized. Okay. All
[2:56:33] right. It is the planning table,
[2:56:35] MR. Lehman. Go ahead sir.
[2:56:35] Yes.
[2:56:38] This is bill 2026 1420. It's a
[2:56:40] request to apply a contextual
[2:56:41] overlay district to the
[2:56:43] property shown in yellow south
[2:56:46] of gallatin pike. These
[2:56:49] properties are currently zoned
[2:56:51] rs40, mostly rs 40 with one
[2:56:56] property rr20. The request is
[2:56:59] to apply the overlay and it
[2:57:01] falls primarily within the
[2:57:02] suburban neighborhood
[2:57:05] maintenance policy. And similar
[2:57:06] to the other case, the
[2:57:08] contextual overlay provides
[2:57:10] design standards in residential
[2:57:12] areas, is intended to maintain
[2:57:13] and protect the neighborhood
[2:57:18] form and character. It is to be
[2:57:20] applied for the entire block
[2:57:22] and it controls setbacks,
[2:57:23] building height and lot
[2:57:26] coverage. The planning
[2:57:27] commission recommended
[2:57:29] disapproval finding the
[2:57:30] standards to be unnecessary in
[2:57:32] the neighborhood maintenance
[2:57:34] policy area, where large scale
[2:57:35] change is discouraged already.
[2:57:38] And they also found that the
[2:57:39] setback and height standards of
[2:57:41] the overlay MAY not be
[2:57:42] necessary based on other
[2:57:44] standards already in the zoning
[2:57:45] code controlling height and
[2:57:46] setbacks. So with that, the
[2:57:48] planning commission recommended
[2:57:49] disapproval.
[2:57:50] all right. Thank
[2:57:52] you, MR. Lehman, for the report
[2:57:54] of the planning department. And
[2:57:56] now, MISS Webb, MADAM Sponsor,
[2:57:58] you are recognized for a motion
[2:57:59] on your bill.
[2:58:00] Do you are they
[2:58:02] going to speak first or. I'm
[2:58:03] going to speak first. People in
[2:58:04] the queue.
[2:58:05] No, you speak first.
[2:58:07] Approval with a brief comment.
[2:58:07] Okay.
[2:58:09] And is there a second?
[2:58:11] Okay. Go ahead.
[2:58:12] Okay. There's
[2:58:14] two things that I want to let
[2:58:16] people know. Okay. One thing
[2:58:17] I'll talk about density, but
[2:58:18] you just heard from the
[2:58:20] planning department that this
[2:58:22] does not affect density. So
[2:58:23] it's not going to make more
[2:58:24] houses because it doesn't
[2:58:26] affect density. Second of all,
[2:58:27] I don't really like to talk
[2:58:31] about my personal job, but just
[2:58:33] five miles down the street, I
[2:58:36] built a $350,000 homes. And you
[2:58:38] know, the cheaper the home, the
[2:58:39] cheaper the profit. But I
[2:58:40] wanted to give something back
[2:58:43] to my community, and I'm trying
[2:58:45] to work with indot. If I get
[2:58:47] that worked out, I can build
[2:58:48] another 15 right there in my
[2:58:51] area. But when y'all make it
[2:58:53] hard for some of y'all excuse
[2:58:55] me, when some people come in
[2:58:56] here and they push their own
[2:58:57] agenda without even knowing the
[2:58:59] districts or even not knowing
[2:59:00] what the council person is
[2:59:02] doing in their district. Y'all
[2:59:05] make it hard for us to do
[2:59:07] things that we want to do. It
[2:59:09] just I don't get it, people. I
[2:59:12] just, you know, I don't get it.
[2:59:14] I move for approval. Roll call,
[2:59:16] vote please.
[2:59:17] okay. How many
[2:59:18] folks support the roll call? If
[2:59:20] you raise your hand, it takes
[2:59:23] three. Okay. All right. That is
[2:59:25] sufficient. There is two folks
[2:59:28] in the queue for purposes of
[2:59:29] discussion. So we're on a
[2:59:31] motion to approve at this time.
[2:59:32] Once we do move to the vote,
[2:59:35] the roll call request is
[2:59:36] sufficiently seconded. Next in
[2:59:37] the queue is council member%
[2:59:41] styles. You recognized ma'am.
[2:59:47] Thank you very much. I struggle.
[2:59:48] Really throughout this entire
[2:59:49] term, but I think tonight has
[2:59:54] been a fantastic example of
[2:59:56] constituents coming out saying
[2:59:58] what they don't want,
[2:59:59] constituents coming out saying
[3:00:02] what they do want, and we just
[3:00:05] turn deaf ears and run very
[3:00:07] much. As council member webb
[3:00:08] just said, our own personal
[3:00:10] agendas, housing, housing
[3:00:11] everywhere, including in your
[3:00:15] closet and and so you can't
[3:00:16] have a big piece of land,
[3:00:18] you're not allowed to have a
[3:00:20] larger home. And frankly, some
[3:00:21] people on this council live in
[3:00:23] larger homes and in really nice
[3:00:24] neighborhoods. And frankly, if
[3:00:25] you do the things
[3:00:26] you're proposing for other
[3:00:28] people to do, your neighbors
[3:00:29] would be highly upset with you.
[3:00:31] Every neighborhood in this
[3:00:34] county is different. And why
[3:00:36] can we not respect what those
[3:00:38] constituents want and not shove
[3:00:39] stuff down their throats? Every
[3:00:42] two weeks? We have an election
[3:00:44] coming up in a year. I guess
[3:00:45] some people don't want to be
[3:00:47] here, or some people are
[3:00:48] assuming they're going to stay
[3:00:49] here, but constituents are mad
[3:00:50] t shirts, buttons. Those are
[3:00:56] never a good sign. And
[3:00:57] sometimes we make bills better.
[3:00:59] We manage to fix them. We come
[3:01:00] up with some amendments that
[3:01:05] work. But right now, council
[3:01:07] member webb has worked with our
[3:01:08] community and asked for
[3:01:09] something. And why in the world
[3:01:11] would one of us decide that
[3:01:14] they were going to usurp her,
[3:01:16] use their position to mess with
[3:01:19] her? Bill doesn't make any
[3:01:23] sense. So instead of promoting
[3:01:25] personal pet projects and
[3:01:27] agendas, why don't we verify if
[3:01:28] people are doing their jobs to
[3:01:29] support them? And if they're
[3:01:31] not, we also need to call them
[3:01:32] out for that too, because
[3:01:34] that's our job. We were elected
[3:01:35] by our constituents to do our
[3:01:36] jobs and hold people
[3:01:37] accountable, and that also
[3:01:39] includes each other. Thank you.
[3:01:40] All right. Next in the queue
[3:01:43] for discussion on the motion to
[3:01:43] approve on second reading is
[3:01:46] council member hancock. You're
[3:01:47] recognized.
[3:01:49] Thank you. I rise
[3:01:53] in support of this district led bill for a
[3:01:55] district contextual overlay on
[3:01:58] a very tiny part of this very
[3:02:01] large district, and I hope the
[3:02:02] other district council members,
[3:02:04] as well as at large, will
[3:02:05] support her. Thank you.
[3:02:05] Thank
[3:02:07] you, MISS Hancock. Next in the
[3:02:08] queue, councilmember benedict,
[3:02:09] you're recognized.
[3:02:09] Thank you,
[3:02:11] MADAM Vice mayor. I just would
[3:02:13] encourage my colleagues to talk
[3:02:14] to talk about other
[3:02:17] colleagues and zoning in other
[3:02:18] people's districts. Just pot
[3:02:20] meet kettle. That's how this
[3:02:23] term has been. Thanks.
[3:02:23] All
[3:02:28] right. Okay. In general, let's
[3:02:31] just from a level of acrimony
[3:02:33] and standpoint, okay, I try to
[3:02:34] give a little bit of discretion
[3:02:35] when you're generally
[3:02:36] addressing the body more
[3:02:38] broadly on broad issues, but
[3:02:39] technically need to be
[3:02:41] addressing the chair okay. So
[3:02:43] if you turn and speak to your
[3:02:44] colleagues, but let's, let's
[3:02:46] not kind of impugn each other
[3:02:49] or point or call each other out.
[3:02:51] Okay. You know, the public, we
[3:02:53] have somewhat of a different
[3:02:54] standard. I know people have
[3:02:55] certain feelings about that.
[3:02:56] They call out individual
[3:02:58] members and otherwise, but
[3:02:59] generally we are trying to
[3:03:01] listen to the public, listen to
[3:03:02] each other and have a
[3:03:04] constructive discussion. Okay.
[3:03:07] And so at this time, we're on a
[3:03:08] motion to approve on second
[3:03:12] reading. It is with a requested%
[3:03:14] a roll call vote. So, MR. Clark,
[3:03:15] if you would please load the
[3:03:18] vote, this being a disapproved
[3:03:19] bill does not really come into
[3:03:21] effect at this juncture as on
[3:03:22] the previous bill, it
[3:03:25] simple majority. On third
[3:03:26] reading, a disapproved bill
[3:03:29] requires 27 votes, but at this
[3:03:31] juncture it is just a simple
[3:03:47] majority.
[3:04:04] All votes. And MR.
[3:04:08] Clark, please show the vote.
[3:04:09] Okay, this motion has passed
[3:04:10] and this bill has passed its
[3:04:12] second of three readings with
[3:04:14] 20 votes in favor, eight
[3:04:17] against and three abstentions.
[3:04:19] Okay. This will move on to
[3:04:20] planning and zoning committee
[3:04:22] and its third reading at the
[3:04:24] next meeting. Next is agenda
[3:04:30] item 11, ordinance bl 2026-1422
[3:04:32] sponsor benedict. This is an
[3:04:33] ordinance to amend title 17,
[3:04:35] the metro code of laws, the
[3:04:36] zoning ordinance of metro
[3:04:38] government by changingfrom rs.
[3:04:40] 7.5 to r eight. A zoning for
[3:04:44] property located at 863 argyle
[3:04:46] avenue, located at the corner
[3:04:48] of argyle avenue and emmett
[3:04:51] avenue. This is 0.58 acres.
[3:04:52] Councilmember benedict, you
[3:04:53] recognized.
[3:04:54] Thank you, MADAM
[3:04:55] Vice mayor. I'd like to move
[3:04:57] for a deferral to the first
[3:04:57] meeting in SEPTEMBER.
[3:04:58] Okay.
[3:05:01] There, J.R. Second, there's a
[3:05:02] motion to defer to the first
[3:05:04] meeting in SEPTEMBER for
[3:05:05] purposes of the public hearing
[3:05:08] at that time. Properly
[3:05:10] is there any discussion? Seeing
[3:05:11] none. All in favor, please say
[3:05:13] aye. Any voting no or
[3:05:15] abstaining? Okay. This public
[3:05:17] hearing will be taken up on the
[3:05:20] meeting of SEPTEMBER 1st. Next
[3:05:22] is agenda item 12. This is
[3:05:25] ordinance bl 2026-1425. Sponsor
[3:05:27] al. This is an ordinance to
[3:05:28] amend title 17, the metro code
[3:05:29] of laws zoning ordinance. The
[3:05:30] metro government by changing
[3:05:33] from a r to a to sp. Zoning for
[3:05:35] property located at 3233
[3:05:36] hamilton church road,
[3:05:39] approximately 315ft west of
[3:05:41] pastor avenue. This is 4.5
[3:05:43] acres and located within the
[3:05:45] hamilton hills. Urban design
[3:05:47] overlay to permit 24 multi
[3:05:49] family residential units.
[3:05:50] Council member. Harrell. MR.
[3:05:51] Vice chair, you are recognized,
[3:05:53] sir. Go ahead.
[3:05:54] MADAM Vice mayor,
[3:05:55] I would like to defer this to
[3:05:57] the next, two meetings, the
[3:05:59] next public hearing due to lack
[3:06:00] of notice.
[3:06:01] Okay. There is a
[3:06:03] motion to defer this to public
[3:06:05] hearings forward such that it
[3:06:07] would be on public hearing of
[3:06:09] the meeting in OCTOBER 6th.
[3:06:09] No,
[3:06:10] no, no, no, just one, one
[3:06:11] public hearing.
[3:06:11] One public
[3:06:13] hearing. I'm sorry. Okay, so
[3:06:14] two meetings.
[3:06:15] One public.
[3:06:17] Hearing, one public hearing,
[3:06:18] second reading to the meeting
[3:06:21] of SEPTEMBER 1st. Okay. It's
[3:06:23] properly seconded. Is there any
[3:06:24] discussion on this motion to
[3:06:26] defer to the first meeting in
[3:06:27] SEPTEMBER? And that public
[3:06:29] hearing, seeing none. All in
[3:06:31] favor, please say aye. Any
[3:06:32] voting no or abstaining. Okay.
[3:06:35] This will be taken up on
[3:06:37] SEPTEMBER 1st. Next also
[3:06:38] council member harrell. Oh, sir.
[3:06:40] Good night. I didn't draw them
[3:06:41] in together. You had a
[3:06:46] companion bill. Okay. You also
[3:06:48] want to defer this one because
[3:06:49] they are companions to each
[3:06:50] other. I apologize, I had not
[3:06:53] marked my agenda to that effect.
[3:06:55] Go ahead, make your motion, sir.
[3:06:57] I move to defer this one
[3:06:58] meeting to the next. I'm sorry.
[3:07:01] Two meetings, one public
[3:07:03] hearing, for the meeting of
[3:07:04] SEPTEMBER 1st. Once again, due
[3:07:05] to lack of notice.
[3:07:06] Okay.
[3:07:09] Properly seconded. Any
[3:07:11] discussion? Nope. Okay. All in
[3:07:12] favor, please say aye. Any
[3:07:15] voting? No or abstaining? Okay.
[3:07:18] All right. Sorry. Took up two
[3:07:20] extra minutes. Didn't put those
[3:07:23] together. Okay. All right. Next
[3:07:28] is agenda item 14. Ordinance bl
[3:07:30] 2026-1433. Sponsor styles. This
[3:07:32] is an ordinance amending
[3:07:36] chapters 2.240, 6.28 and 7.08
[3:07:38] and title 17 of the metro code
[3:07:41] of laws to replace daycare uses
[3:07:44] with child care and adult
[3:07:46] services. Uses and amend
[3:07:49] related conditions and
[3:07:52] standards. MISS Styles, you are
[3:07:53] recognized, ma'am.
[3:07:54] Thank you
[3:07:56] very much. I'd like to move to
[3:07:57] the furthest until the first
[3:07:58] meeting in SEPTEMBER.
[3:07:59] Okay. Is
[3:08:01] there a second? Okay. There is
[3:08:05] a motion to defer the public
[3:08:06] hearing and second reading of
[3:08:07] this bill to the first meeting
[3:08:10] in SEPTEMBER, which is on
[3:08:11] SEPTEMBER 1st, properly
[3:08:13] seconded. Any discussion?
[3:08:14] Seeing none. All in favor,
[3:08:16] please say aye. Any voting no
[3:08:20] or abstaining. Okay. All right.
[3:08:22] Next is agenda item 15,
[3:08:26] ordinance bl 2026-1445. Sponsor
[3:08:28] cash. This is an ordinance to
[3:08:29] amend title 17 of the metro
[3:08:31] code of laws zoning ordinance.
[3:08:33] The metro government, by
[3:08:35] canceling a planned unit
[3:08:36] development overlay district
[3:08:40] for property located at 2609
[3:08:43] west end avenue, located
[3:08:47] approximately 197ft southwest
[3:08:51] of natchez trace. Zoned muga,
[3:08:55] this is 1.56 acres. Council
[3:08:57] member cash. You're recognized.
[3:08:57] Sir.
[3:08:59] Open the public hearing.
[3:09:04] Okay. There is, I will declare
[3:09:07] the public hearing open for
[3:09:11] council member cashs ordinance
[3:09:16] 1445. This is canceling, a pud
[3:09:19] just this 1.56 acres. Would all
[3:09:21] members of the public here in
[3:09:22] support of this bill please
[3:09:26] raise your hand? Okay. Would
[3:09:28] all members of the public here
[3:09:29] in opposition to this bill
[3:09:33] please raise your hand? Okay.
[3:09:35] Seeing no one here in
[3:09:36] opposition to the persons here
[3:09:38] in support seek to be
[3:09:42] recognized or speak. Anyone in
[3:09:44] support seeking to be
[3:09:45] recognized, they are shaking
[3:09:47] their head. No. MR. Cash and so
[3:09:48] with that, I will declare the
[3:09:49] public hearing closed. And back
[3:09:51] to you for a motion on this
[3:09:51] bill, sir.
[3:09:52] Thanks. I've got
[3:09:55] three that are I want I need to
[3:09:56] track together. So what I want,
[3:09:58] what I want to do here is I
[3:10:00] want to pass on second reading
[3:10:03] and defer third reading till
[3:10:04] SEPTEMBER 1st.
[3:10:06] Okay. There is a
[3:10:11] motion to approve on second,
[3:10:16] with a third reading deferred
[3:10:19] to the meeting of SEPTEMBER 1st.
[3:10:24] Correct. I heard a second. Okay.
[3:10:27] Is there any discussion on that
[3:10:30] motion? Seeing none. All in
[3:10:31] favor, please say aye. Any
[3:10:36] voting no or abstaining? Okay.
[3:10:38] MR. Cap, it will be an
[3:10:41] extension on 1445. Okay. All
[3:10:44] right. So that has passed its
[3:10:46] second reading and third
[3:10:48] reading will be on SEPTEMBER
[3:10:51] 1st. All right. Next also for
[3:10:56] MR. Cash. This is 1446 agenda
[3:11:00] item 16. It does have a
[3:11:04] companion, 1447 and for
[3:11:04] purposes of public hearing,
[3:11:07] they MAY be taken together.
[3:11:09] Read them into the record
[3:11:14] agenda item 16 is ordinance bl
[3:11:15] 2026-1446. Sponsor cash. This
[3:11:17] is an ordinance to amend title
[3:11:18] 17 of the metro code of laws,
[3:11:20] the zoning ordinance of the
[3:11:21] metro government by changing
[3:11:27] from. Orioriamulasp and muga to
[3:11:29] sp zoning for various
[3:11:30] properties located from the
[3:11:32] corner of 30th avenue south and
[3:11:34] west end avenue to natchez.
[3:11:37] Trace south to 31st avenue
[3:11:41] south and along 31st avenue
[3:11:43] south vanderbilt place and 30th
[3:11:45] avenue south to west end avenue.
[3:11:49] This is 43.16 acres and
[3:11:50] partially located within a
[3:11:54] planned unit development district to permit a
[3:11:57] mixed use development. Again,
[3:11:59] the companion bill is agenda
[3:12:02] item 17. Also sponsor cash. It
[3:12:05] is an agenda, or rather bill
[3:12:09] number 1447. And it requires
[3:12:10] that certain materials be
[3:12:12] restricted in the construction
[3:12:14] of buildings at all of the
[3:12:16] addresses and locations
[3:12:19] mentioned in 1446. All right.
[3:12:21] That has now been read into the
[3:12:23] record. Council member cash,
[3:12:24] you're recognized sir.
[3:12:25] Thank
[3:12:26] you. Open the public hearing,
[3:12:26] please.
[3:12:28] Okay. I declare the
[3:12:30] public hearing open for council
[3:12:34] member cash's bills. 1446 and
[3:12:36] 1447. Would all members of the
[3:12:38] public here in support of these
[3:12:40] bills please raise your hands?
[3:12:43] Okay. Would all members here in
[3:12:44] opposition to these bills
[3:12:46] please raise your hands? All
[3:12:49] right. Okay. So, person
[3:12:52] speaking in support, do go
[3:12:54] first. And as such we would ask
[3:12:57] that you come forward. This MAY
[3:13:00] be one of our larger hearings.
[3:13:01] What I would ask, please, just
[3:13:03] as a courtesy really to
[3:13:04] yourselves so that you do not
[3:13:06] have to be standing for too
[3:13:07] long. We have a staff member
[3:13:09] there. We don't really want to
[3:13:11] have more than about ten people
[3:13:11] standing, don't want to have
[3:13:14] our door blocked. But we will
[3:13:16] get rolling, for the speakers
[3:13:18] in support and go ahead, sir.
[3:13:19] You're recognized.
[3:13:19] All right.
[3:13:21] Good evening, council members.
[3:13:22] my name is evan cathey. I'm
[3:13:25] here with vanderbilt university.
[3:13:27] And I'm here to talk to you
[3:13:28] tonight a little bit about
[3:13:29] vanderbilt's proposal for an
[3:13:30] innovation neighborhood. Before
[3:13:33] I do that, I want to say, tom
[3:13:34] cash, COUNCILMAN Tom cash has
[3:13:35] shown some tremendous
[3:13:37] leadership in a long, two years
[3:13:39] long public engagement process
[3:13:41] on this plan. So I wanted to
[3:13:43] acknowledge his leadership.
[3:13:46] Vanderbilt intends to turn 40
[3:13:48] acres of what is mostly surface
[3:13:50] parking lots west of our campus
[3:13:52] into a hub for innovation here
[3:13:54] in nashville, tennessee. So
[3:13:56] what that looks like is we want
[3:13:57] to create a place where
[3:13:59] innovation can thrive, where
[3:14:00] entrepreneurs and startups can
[3:14:03] be in close proximity to our
[3:14:04] faculty and our researchers.
[3:14:05] That proximity is key. We want
[3:14:08] that free flow of ideas. So
[3:14:09] it's not just the ideas that
[3:14:11] can make this, this proposal
[3:14:14] special, its place in its
[3:14:15] placemaking. So with housing,
[3:14:18] with and with what I
[3:14:19] would describe as high quality,
[3:14:21] world class open space,
[3:14:23] including a linear park that
[3:14:25] runs through the entirety of
[3:14:27] the project. You know, what
[3:14:28] we're proposing is something
[3:14:29] really special and unique to
[3:14:31] the city. And it's what we
[3:14:33] heard from our neighbors over
[3:14:35] two years of discussion. So
[3:14:36] you'll see you've got an
[3:14:38] amendment right now. It's tom
[3:14:40] cash's amendment number one.
[3:14:42] It's a long list of concessions.
[3:14:43] Those are concessions that we
[3:14:46] have made, directly responding
[3:14:48] to the wishes and the ideas and
[3:14:50] what we've heard from the
[3:14:51] neighborhood over the past
[3:14:52] eight months. So that's an
[3:14:53] amendment that we support. We
[3:14:55] want it on the bill. We think
[3:14:56] it makes the bill better. We
[3:14:58] opened up this esp process,
[3:14:59] even though this area is
[3:15:01] already entitled for a lot of
[3:15:03] height, a lot of density. Doing
[3:15:05] it this way has made it better.
[3:15:06] And we support that amendment.
[3:15:08] This passed unanimously at
[3:15:12] planning, in APRIL of 2020,
[3:15:13] 2026. And I think it's because
[3:15:14] we're moving the heights away
[3:15:16] from 31st to west end where
[3:15:19] they belong. Can't wait for you
[3:15:20] to hear more about it. Happy to
[3:15:22] talk to you anytime. Thank you
[3:15:22] very much.
[3:15:24] Thank you sir. Next.
[3:15:26] You are recognized.
[3:15:27] Thank you.
[3:15:29] My name is chris rowe. I've
[3:15:30] lived in nashville for 34 years
[3:15:32] and formerly in the hillsboro
[3:15:33] west end neighborhood.
[3:15:33] Go ahead
[3:15:35] sir.
[3:15:36] I currently work at
[3:15:37] vanderbilt, leading the team
[3:15:38] that attracts research and
[3:15:40] development collaborations to
[3:15:42] the university and medical
[3:15:44] center, integrates companies
[3:15:46] into our innovation ecosystem,
[3:15:47] and works closely with the team
[3:15:49] that supports faculty launching
[3:15:51] new businesses based on their
[3:15:52] research. I speak in support of
[3:15:54] the innovation neighborhood.
[3:15:55] Innovation districts have
[3:15:58] emerged as primary economic
[3:15:59] drivers for communities across
[3:16:02] the globe. By nature, they are
[3:16:05] inclusive, creative and vibrant
[3:16:07] spaces. The most successful
[3:16:09] ones are urban, adjacent to a
[3:16:12] research campus and have a
[3:16:14] startup focus. This
[3:16:16] neighborhood will create a
[3:16:17] vital r&d space to attract
[3:16:20] those startups, tech ventures,
[3:16:22] investors, and corporate
[3:16:23] partners to nashville while
[3:16:25] keeping the city's tech talent
[3:16:28] local. An example is nisha
[3:16:30] medical technologies recent
[3:16:33] creation of their r&d center of
[3:16:35] excellence on our campus. In
[3:16:37] acquiring one of our faculty
[3:16:38] startups, they found the
[3:16:39] innovation happening here,
[3:16:41] something they needed to be
[3:16:44] closer to. Their expansion has
[3:16:47] added 40 high quality jobs to
[3:16:49] the city and keeps the startup
[3:16:51] that they're acquiring growing
[3:16:53] in nashville rather than
[3:16:56] leaving for the coast. This is
[3:16:58] one of many data points that we
[3:17:00] have demonstrating this
[3:17:02] project's potential. Our goal
[3:17:03] is to bring together the
[3:17:05] universities from across the
[3:17:07] region, local businesses,
[3:17:09] diverse entrepreneurs and
[3:17:10] residents to share in the
[3:17:11] neighborhood's vibrancy and
[3:17:14] long term prosperity. A
[3:17:15] development like this just
[3:17:17] doesn't exist anywhere in the
[3:17:19] region currently. And to
[3:17:21] compete for these high value
[3:17:23] jobs and keep our tech talent
[3:17:25] local, we must simply have a
[3:17:27] space for everyone to convene
[3:17:29] and collaborate. The best place
[3:17:31] to accomplish all of this is
[3:17:32] adjacent to our research
[3:17:34] university campus. Thank you.
[3:17:36] Thank you. Go ahead sir. Come
[3:17:39] on. Forward. You're recognized.
[3:17:40] Hi, my name is van robins. I'm
[3:17:43] a 2612 belcourt. Belcourt.
[3:17:44] Natchez trace, right next to
[3:17:46] this project. I'm here to
[3:17:48] support the project or this
[3:17:49] amendment. It's going to be
[3:17:52] built one way or the other. The
[3:17:53] current entitlements are absurd.
[3:17:55] it would have all the density
[3:17:56] right up against our
[3:17:58] neighborhood. This amendment
[3:17:59] would push all the density to
[3:18:01] west end where it belongs and
[3:18:02] could make the neighborhood
[3:18:03] great. But the things getting
[3:18:05] built one way or the other, and
[3:18:06] the density needs to be on west
[3:18:08] end. So please support the
[3:18:08] measure.
[3:18:10] Thank you. Go ahead
[3:18:13] sir, you're recognized.
[3:18:13] Hi, my
[3:18:15] name is mark deutchman. I live
[3:18:18] in 2400 sunset place. I've been
[3:18:19] excited about the process. I
[3:18:20] feel like vanderbilt university
[3:18:22] has done a good job meeting
[3:18:23] with the neighborhood. We
[3:18:24] hosted a series of small
[3:18:26] listening sessions very early
[3:18:27] in the process with
[3:18:28] neighborhood leaders, and gave
[3:18:30] them some feedback about how to
[3:18:31] conduct the meetings with the
[3:18:33] neighborhood and how they
[3:18:34] should best address what we
[3:18:36] think are the concerns. I think
[3:18:38] that they did a great job
[3:18:39] getting in front of the
[3:18:40] neighborhood and hosting a
[3:18:41] series of meetings and
[3:18:43] listening to what the neighbors
[3:18:45] concerns were, and recognize
[3:18:47] that and made a lot of changes
[3:18:48] to make it happen.
[3:18:49] Simultaneously, I've been
[3:18:50] working on fort negley and
[3:18:52] thinking about connectivity,
[3:18:54] thinking about conversations,
[3:18:55] connectivity, and I happen to
[3:18:56] be working with vanderbilt
[3:18:58] university and looking at ways
[3:19:00] that we can connect vanderbilt
[3:19:02] by bike lanes and greenways to
[3:19:03] other places that are important
[3:19:05] for them to get their people to
[3:19:07] the campus without a car. And
[3:19:08] they've leaned into the
[3:19:09] connection. That's going to be
[3:19:10] the chestnut connector to
[3:19:11] edgehill, working with mndot
[3:19:13] and thinking about the bike
[3:19:14] lanes that we can have, they're
[3:19:15] thinking through some of the
[3:19:17] places where we can improve our
[3:19:19] multimodal system, and I think
[3:19:20] that's something that we need
[3:19:22] to be thinking about as a whole
[3:19:24] city. But vanderbilt's leaning
[3:19:25] into it. And so again, I just
[3:19:28] appreciate the process and I'm
[3:19:29] excited about an innovation
[3:19:30] district.
[3:19:31] Thank you. Thank you.
[3:19:36] Go ahead. You're recognized.
[3:19:37] Good evening.
[3:19:38] Vice mayor, metro
[3:19:39] council and metro staff. My
[3:19:42] name is lisa and I am here
[3:19:44] tonight in support of
[3:19:45] vanderbilt university's
[3:19:46] proposed innovation
[3:19:50] neighborhood. Bill 2026 1446,
[3:19:52] and the two proposed amendments,
[3:19:53] one by council member cash and
[3:19:56] one by council member allen. We
[3:19:57] live two blocks from
[3:19:59] vanderbilt's main campus in
[3:20:02] district 17. We are full time
[3:20:03] residents and reside within the
[3:20:05] radius of the proposed project.
[3:20:07] We did receive plannings notice
[3:20:09] of the public hearing in APRIL
[3:20:11] and APRIL, as well as the
[3:20:13] notice for tonight's public
[3:20:15] hearing. During the last
[3:20:16] several years, we have seen
[3:20:17] tremendous amount of
[3:20:19] development in the midtown west
[3:20:21] end and vanderbilt area, driven
[3:20:23] both by the university and
[3:20:25] other developers. And we can
[3:20:27] say every project that
[3:20:29] vanderbilt has built has been
[3:20:32] for the better. Two recent
[3:20:34] examples include the broad view
[3:20:35] graduate student apartment high
[3:20:38] rise in midtown district 19.
[3:20:40] the mixed use building is
[3:20:41] anchored by the turnip truck,
[3:20:43] bringing the first of its kind
[3:20:44] grocery store to the
[3:20:47] neighborhood and eighth and
[3:20:48] roast, which is local, both of
[3:20:51] which are locally owned.
[3:20:52] Another is the new roberts
[3:20:55] academy and dyslexia center,
[3:20:56] built by vanderbilt, which is
[3:20:59] scheduled to open for 2026
[3:21:01] classes and located in the
[3:21:03] heart of music row in district
[3:21:06] 17. Council member tom cash has
[3:21:07] hosted several highly
[3:21:09] informative community meetings
[3:21:11] and worked tirelessly with
[3:21:12] neighbors and vanderbilt's
[3:21:13] government and community
[3:21:15] relations team every step of
[3:21:18] the way. This immersive
[3:21:19] engagement has been
[3:21:20] instrumental in developing a
[3:21:23] long term plan that in itself
[3:21:25] is innovative and collaborative,
[3:21:27] and aligns with nashville's
[3:21:29] rapid growth density in the
[3:21:32] urban core and much needed
[3:21:33] infrastructure and mobility
[3:21:35] improvements. As vanderbilt
[3:21:36] neighbor and residential
[3:21:39] property owner, I support this
[3:21:41] project and ask you to do so as
[3:21:42] well. Thank you so much.
[3:21:42] Thank
[3:21:45] you. Go ahead. Sir, you're
[3:21:47] recognized.
[3:21:48] Good evening.
[3:21:48] My
[3:21:50] name is mark blase. I'm a 24
[3:21:52] year resident of davidson
[3:21:54] county, and I'm the current
[3:21:55] PRESIDENT And ceo of the
[3:21:56] greater nashville technology
[3:21:58] council. I'm here tonight to
[3:22:00] express my strong support for
[3:22:02] the innovation neighborhood at
[3:22:04] vanderbilt. Our city has
[3:22:06] achieved great technological
[3:22:07] advancements, but we've still
[3:22:11] got a long ways to go. A
[3:22:14] neighborhood of innovation. A
[3:22:16] hub will definitely be a
[3:22:18] catalyst for our city's ability
[3:22:20] to grow our technological
[3:22:22] prowess, but it also will give
[3:22:23] opportunities for people to
[3:22:25] learn the skills needed for the
[3:22:29] jobs of tomorrow. Innovation
[3:22:30] neighborhood won't only benefit
[3:22:33] our current tech community,
[3:22:34] it'll benefit others who are
[3:22:37] looking for careers in tech.
[3:22:39] And let's be clear innovation
[3:22:43] is creativity at its finest. It
[3:22:45] will benefit many of
[3:22:46] creatives in our in our
[3:22:49] community. It's crucial we
[3:22:50] support investments like this
[3:22:53] to best position nashville so
[3:22:55] we don't risk falling behind
[3:22:57] our peer cities who are making
[3:22:58] these investments in their
[3:23:01] future. I hope you will vote to
[3:23:03] move to move these plans
[3:23:05] forward, and I truly believe
[3:23:07] this will be a positive
[3:23:10] transition transformative for
[3:23:11] nashville. Thank you.
[3:23:12] Thank you.
[3:23:15] Go ahead sir, you're recognized.
[3:23:17] Good evening all. Thank you for
[3:23:19] the time and the forum. My name
[3:23:21] is sid. I am a homeowner on
[3:23:23] woodlawn drive in the same
[3:23:25] neighborhood as the proposed
[3:23:26] development. I'm here to voice
[3:23:28] support for vanderbilt's
[3:23:29] innovation neighborhood. As a
[3:23:31] homeowner in the area. I
[3:23:32] followed the plans closely as
[3:23:34] they've been updated according
[3:23:36] to neighborhood feedback. I
[3:23:37] believe vanderbilt's proposal
[3:23:40] is beneficial to both the
[3:23:42] neighborhood and city,
[3:23:43] specifically because of the
[3:23:44] updated traffic measures,
[3:23:46] improved walkability, and added
[3:23:49] green space. This represents a
[3:23:51] market improvement to the
[3:23:53] existing area, which presently
[3:23:55] consists of mainly surface
[3:23:57] parking lots. The innovation
[3:23:59] neighborhood would help
[3:24:00] nashville to grow in a positive
[3:24:02] direction, attracting jobs,
[3:24:04] investment and industry.
[3:24:05] Vanderbilt is perhaps our
[3:24:07] city's most esteemed
[3:24:08] institution, and what is good
[3:24:10] for vanderbilt is good for the
[3:24:13] city. As a homeowner in the
[3:24:14] neighborhood, I urge council
[3:24:16] members to vote in favor of the
[3:24:18] project. Thank you very much.
[3:24:20] Thank you. Go ahead, ma'am.
[3:24:22] You're recognized.
[3:24:23] Good evening.
[3:24:24] I'm lisa wyatt. I'm a homeowner
[3:24:27] and board member of hwen
[3:24:28] hillsborough west end
[3:24:30] association. Also the tree
[3:24:33] captain for nashville, I
[3:24:35] generational nashville and a
[3:24:36] native nashville. Ian, both
[3:24:38] sets of grandparents grew up
[3:24:40] here. My parents grew up here.
[3:24:42] We grew up in this neighborhood.
[3:24:43] And I'm just a proud supporter
[3:24:45] of all the contribution that
[3:24:46] vanderbilt has made in the
[3:24:48] community and for their
[3:24:50] renowned medical center and
[3:24:51] university. And I believe we
[3:24:54] all should recognize what what
[3:24:55] vanderbilt innovation should,
[3:24:57] will do for our community. And
[3:24:59] I support that. I support, as
[3:25:01] you all have heard here today,
[3:25:03] growth is inevitable, and I
[3:25:04] trust vanderbilt innovation,
[3:25:06] given their continued support
[3:25:07] through this outreach through
[3:25:10] the program. And I support
[3:25:12] council member tom cash on all
[3:25:14] the hard work and negotiations
[3:25:15] for all the concessions that
[3:25:17] have been done for the year and
[3:25:19] a half, last two years. So I'm
[3:25:21] just a strong supporter of this
[3:25:23] continued negotiations s well,
[3:25:25] though, to support balancing
[3:25:26] this growth with the
[3:25:27] protections of the neighborhood.
[3:25:30] And I believe that vanderbilt
[3:25:31] innovation will work with the
[3:25:33] neighborhood for continued
[3:25:34] compatibility based on how
[3:25:36] they've handled things thus far.
[3:25:38] So I'm just a proud supporter
[3:25:41] of of vanderbilt and our home
[3:25:43] in nashville. So I just I am in
[3:25:45] favor of the amendments. Metro
[3:25:47] council of council member tom
[3:25:47] cash.
[3:25:49] Thank you. Thank you. All
[3:25:51] right. Go ahead. You're
[3:25:54] recognized.
[3:25:55] MADAM PRESIDENT and
[3:25:56] council members, my name is
[3:25:58] miriam mims. I live on blair
[3:26:01] boulevard, four blocks from
[3:26:03] vanderbilt. I ask that you pass
[3:26:05] this bill tonight on second
[3:26:07] reading with all amendments
[3:26:09] you'll hear from others tonight.
[3:26:11] And I'm only one voice. But I
[3:26:13] speak for others at their
[3:26:15] request because I care deeply
[3:26:17] and have been laser focused on
[3:26:18] the innovation district for
[3:26:21] oer two years. 20 years ago, I
[3:26:22] joined the hillsborough west
[3:26:24] end board and I still serve to
[3:26:26] this day. The neighborhood
[3:26:29] elected me co-chair, and for 15
[3:26:30] years I've served as
[3:26:30] commissioner of beautification
[3:26:32] and environment. My children
[3:26:34] played in dragon park, and
[3:26:35] today my grandchildren attend
[3:26:37] our public schools. I want you
[3:26:39] to know that nashville matters
[3:26:42] to me. My historic neighborhood
[3:26:43] matters to me, and my family
[3:26:46] matters to me. Back in JUNE of
[3:26:47] 2024, when vanderbilt contacted
[3:26:49] us about the innovation
[3:26:51] district concept, we were
[3:26:53] curious, even skeptical. We
[3:26:55] held kitchen table meetings
[3:26:57] with 150 participants, and
[3:26:58] following that, council member
[3:26:59] cash and others held meetings
[3:27:01] that were attended with
[3:27:03] hundreds more where we asked
[3:27:04] countless questions. With mndot,
[3:27:07] we go planning architects and
[3:27:09] vanderbilt sharing information.
[3:27:11] This year, I worked with a
[3:27:14] small group to hammer out 23
[3:27:15] asks of vanderbilt. Out of
[3:27:18] these came today's amendments,
[3:27:19] addressing reduced building
[3:27:21] heights all the way to bird
[3:27:22] safe glass. They weren't
[3:27:24] created in a vacuum. They were
[3:27:26] created collaboratively in good
[3:27:28] faith and long hours. And
[3:27:29] tonight it's time to move
[3:27:32] forward. Finally, I'm not the
[3:27:34] only former when chair
[3:27:36] supporting passage tonight. In
[3:27:40] fact, six, I repeat, six former
[3:27:41] neighborhood chairs have
[3:27:44] contacted council. I ask you to
[3:27:46] listen to the authentic words
[3:27:48] of those who could not be here
[3:27:52] tonight and vote. I thank you.
[3:27:54] Thank you. Go ahead. Come on.
[3:27:56] Forward. You're recognized.
[3:27:58] Tough to follow. Good evening
[3:27:59] everyone. I'm lindsay cox, I'm
[3:28:01] a resident of davidson county
[3:28:03] and also the chief executive
[3:28:05] officer of launch tennessee, a
[3:28:07] 501 c three nonprofit that
[3:28:09] supports innovation and
[3:28:10] entrepreneurship across the
[3:28:12] state through connections,
[3:28:14] commercialization, support and
[3:28:16] capital, namely venture capital.
[3:28:18] It is my belief that vanderbilt
[3:28:20] that the vanderbilt innovation
[3:28:21] neighborhood will create an
[3:28:24] area where research,
[3:28:25] collaboration and
[3:28:27] entrepreneurship will intersect,
[3:28:29] accelerating nashville and
[3:28:30] middle tennessee's
[3:28:32] economy. This innovation
[3:28:34] neighborhood will not just
[3:28:36] attract companies capital and
[3:28:37] talent, one of which was
[3:28:39] mentioned earlier to nashville,
[3:28:41] but also serve the benefit of
[3:28:43] current nashvillians. In
[3:28:45] particular, our founder and
[3:28:47] researcher communities. This
[3:28:49] innovation neighborhood is not
[3:28:50] something we currently have,
[3:28:52] but it is something that we
[3:28:54] will need to be competitive in
[3:28:57] the innovation economy. I'm
[3:28:58] proud to support growing and
[3:29:00] scaling companies across
[3:29:01] tennessee, and I'm proud to
[3:29:03] support this project that will
[3:29:05] benefit them. Future founders
[3:29:07] and startups in the nashville
[3:29:08] community. Thank you.
[3:29:10] Thank you.
[3:29:14] Go ahead sir. You're recognized.
[3:29:15] All right.
[3:29:16] My.
[3:29:16] Name is bob
[3:29:19] regan. I reside at 2410 blair
[3:29:20] boulevard in hillsborough, west
[3:29:22] end neighborhood. Speaking
[3:29:24] in support of the sp zoning for
[3:29:25] the vanderbilt innovation
[3:29:27] neighborhood. But first, I'd
[3:29:28] like to take this opportunity
[3:29:30] to extend a thank you to the
[3:29:32] city of nashville. I arrived
[3:29:34] here 41 years ago with my young
[3:29:35] family, three months rent in my
[3:29:37] pocket, and a dream of making
[3:29:39] it as a songwriter. I'd heard
[3:29:40] the city had a welcoming
[3:29:42] creative ecosystem where with
[3:29:43] hard work, talent and luck, one
[3:29:45] might catch an updraft. For our
[3:29:47] first year. Thanks to the food
[3:29:48] bank, we had plenty of
[3:29:49] government cheese powdered
[3:29:52] milk. Our children received
[3:29:53] excellent medical care at the
[3:29:54] community health centers. I was
[3:29:56] one of the lucky ones. I began
[3:29:57] to have some success and no
[3:29:59] longer needed these services.
[3:30:00] The first time my son had a
[3:30:02] glass of whole milk from kroger,
[3:30:03] he said, dad, this milk tastes
[3:30:07] funny. In the ensuing decades,
[3:30:08] I purchased several properties
[3:30:09] here and paid well into the six
[3:30:11] figures in property tax, as
[3:30:12] well as an untold amount of
[3:30:15] sales tax. Upon retiring, I
[3:30:16] founded a nonprofit pairing
[3:30:18] writers with veterans to help
[3:30:19] them tell their stories. In
[3:30:22] song 2500 counting. I would
[3:30:23] like to think that where I'm
[3:30:24] concerned, nashville's roi is
[3:30:27] in the plus column, minus a few
[3:30:28] points from my playing guitar
[3:30:29] for bonner's wild game
[3:30:32] supper fundraisers. I don't say
[3:30:34] this to brag, but rather to
[3:30:36] point out that our city will be
[3:30:37] well served by expanding its
[3:30:38] welcoming, creative character.
[3:30:39] This development will attract
[3:30:42] not tourists, but visionaries,
[3:30:42] entrepreneurs, and builders
[3:30:44] from around the world. The
[3:30:45] demographic rocket fuel that
[3:30:47] makes nashville the envy of
[3:30:49] other cities. We could jam the
[3:30:50] gears and slow or even stop
[3:30:52] this bill, but the development
[3:30:53] is coming one way or the other.
[3:30:55] This sb will make it coherent
[3:30:57] and cohesive. Let's move on to
[3:30:58] the third reading. Or as the
[3:31:00] old timers say in tennessee nut
[3:31:03] cutting time. Thank you for
[3:31:05] allowing me and others like me
[3:31:07] the opportunity to realize our our open arm, forward
[3:31:10] looking city. With my remaining
[3:31:12] five seconds, I'd like to
[3:31:13] request one of those tomatoes
[3:31:16] right there in that desk.
[3:31:19] Council member cap, the host
[3:31:21] council member of tomato fest
[3:31:24] will have to make that
[3:31:28] determination. Yeah.
[3:31:29] Thank you.
[3:31:31] We are so nashville. If. Right.
[3:31:34] Okay. Go ahead, sir, you're
[3:31:35] recognized.
[3:31:36] Talk about a tough
[3:31:38] act to follow. Hey. Good
[3:31:39] evening, members of the council.
[3:31:40] My name is dakota simpson. I'm
[3:31:42] the chief program officer at
[3:31:43] the nashville entrepreneur
[3:31:45] center. We rise strongly in
[3:31:46] support of what's presented
[3:31:49] today with the vanderbilt
[3:31:51] innovation district. The
[3:31:52] entrepreneur center exists to
[3:31:53] make nashville the best place
[3:31:55] in america to start and grow a
[3:31:56] business. Last year, we served
[3:31:58] more than 500 founders.
[3:31:59] Collectively. This year, we're
[3:32:01] on track for 750. Next year,
[3:32:03] we're projecting 1000 founders.
[3:32:04] Those entrepreneurs create
[3:32:06] hundreds of jobs and raise tens
[3:32:08] of millions of dollars in
[3:32:09] capital right here in nashville.
[3:32:11] And I think that makes
[3:32:12] nashville very, very special.
[3:32:14] Here's what a decade of work
[3:32:16] has taught us. Proximity
[3:32:17] absolutely matters for these
[3:32:18] entrepreneurs. Research from
[3:32:20] the kauffman institute, a
[3:32:22] leading institute
[3:32:23] entrepreneurial research,
[3:32:25] should suggest that innovation
[3:32:26] happens through intentional
[3:32:29] collisions. The unplanned
[3:32:30] conversations that turn ideas
[3:32:32] into companies. That only
[3:32:34] happens when entrepreneurs,
[3:32:35] researchers, and innovators
[3:32:37] share the same address. We see
[3:32:39] this every day through the
[3:32:40] leading global health care
[3:32:41] accelerator that's ran right
[3:32:43] here in nashville, tennessee.
[3:32:44] Project health care. Just in
[3:32:46] ourlast class alone, we had
[3:32:48] founders from botswana,
[3:32:50] australia, south korea, europe,
[3:32:52] the west coast, the northeast.
[3:32:54] They come here due to our
[3:32:55] proximity to health care
[3:32:57] systems, clinicians, innovators
[3:32:59] and projects such as this will
[3:33:01] only accelerate that growth.
[3:33:02] And just to make sure it's
[3:33:04] tangible, just in the past year
[3:33:05] alone, we've had three of these
[3:33:07] health care founders relocate
[3:33:09] to nashville because of that
[3:33:11] proximity. And we're firm
[3:33:12] believers. This is going to
[3:33:14] further, increase that. So
[3:33:15] nashville has the talent and
[3:33:17] the momentum. Cities like
[3:33:18] atlanta and saint louis have
[3:33:20] invested deeply into, but they
[3:33:22] lack the connected innovation
[3:33:24] districts. And what we need is
[3:33:26] infrastructure to match our
[3:33:27] ambition. And it is our belief
[3:33:29] that this is going to be able
[3:33:30] to do so. This project will
[3:33:32] take a surface parking lot and
[3:33:33] turn that into this
[3:33:35] foundational infrastructure.
[3:33:37] That's acceleration fuel. This
[3:33:38] is not simply a real estate
[3:33:39] project. It's a strategic
[3:33:40] investment in nashville's
[3:33:43] future. We thank you for your
[3:33:43] support.
[3:33:44] Thank you. Go ahead.
[3:33:50] Ma'am. You're recognized.
[3:33:50] Good
[3:33:52] evening. My name is megan.
[3:33:52] And
[3:33:53] I'm the PRESIDENT Of the
[3:33:56] bristol west end condominium
[3:33:58] association at 3000 vanderbilt
[3:34:00] place. After lengthy
[3:34:01] negotiations with vanderbilt
[3:34:04] university, bweca and
[3:34:05] vanderbilt have reached a
[3:34:06] memorandum of understanding
[3:34:08] addressing a number of issues
[3:34:10] arising from the specific plan
[3:34:11] in consideration of
[3:34:13] vanderbilt's commitments. Under
[3:34:18] that agreement. Bweca supports specific plan
[3:34:20] and its amendments. Individual
[3:34:22] unit owners MAY hold their own
[3:34:24] opinions, but the bwec supports
[3:34:27] the specific plan based on the
[3:34:29] mou. We appreciate vanderbilt's
[3:34:31] engagement very much and
[3:34:32] council member kash's attention
[3:34:34] to our community's concerns
[3:34:36] throughout this process. Thank
[3:34:36] you.
[3:34:39] Thank you. Go ahead.
[3:34:41] You're recognized.
[3:34:42] Good evening.
[3:34:44] I'm kim hawkins, a resident of
[3:34:46] 2205 natchez trace. And I'm
[3:34:48] speaking tonight as a 32 year
[3:34:49] resident of hillsborough west
[3:34:51] end neighborhood, as well as a
[3:34:53] landscape architect and urban
[3:34:54] planner with 40 years working
[3:34:57] in nashville. I've participated
[3:34:58] in the small neighborhood
[3:35:00] stakeholder meetings and the
[3:35:01] community meetings for this
[3:35:03] project for over two years, and
[3:35:05] have studied the specific plan
[3:35:07] closely. While no plan is
[3:35:08] perfect, I support this s p
[3:35:11] because the thoughtful design
[3:35:12] offers a far better for
[3:35:14] our community than what could
[3:35:16] be built today. By right. A few
[3:35:18] key points stand out for both
[3:35:20] the neighbor and the planning
[3:35:23] standpoint. One open space. I'm
[3:35:25] really pleased to see the open
[3:35:26] space and the meander embedded
[3:35:28] as a core requirement,
[3:35:29] guaranteeing at least three
[3:35:31] acres of publicly accessible
[3:35:33] open space that creates
[3:35:34] walkable, bikeable connections
[3:35:36] and gathering space for the
[3:35:38] broader community. Height and
[3:35:40] scale. The s p cuts the allowed
[3:35:43] by right limit height limit on
[3:35:44] blakemore avenue. Our
[3:35:46] neighborhoods edge by more than
[3:35:48] half, capping it at ten stories
[3:35:50] and also providing design
[3:35:52] standards which regulate
[3:35:54] permitted uses, facade
[3:35:55] requirements, block length,
[3:35:56] building height and massing for
[3:35:58] the entire district. Traffic
[3:36:01] and parking neighbor concerns
[3:36:03] regarding event day traffic are
[3:36:05] valid and require ongoing
[3:36:06] attention. However, vanderbilt
[3:36:11] has a proven track record here
[3:36:12] between 2019 and 2020 for their
[3:36:13] transportation demand
[3:36:14] management program. Reduce
[3:36:16] single occupancy vehicle
[3:36:17] commuting by roughly 30
[3:36:19] percentage points, and doubled
[3:36:23] walking commuters from 6 to 13%.
[3:36:24] Vanderbilt's tdm program is
[3:36:26] really a model for others. By
[3:36:29] pairing institutional policy
[3:36:30] with city investments like
[3:36:31] choose how you move, this
[3:36:33] innovation district can scale
[3:36:35] active transit and greenway
[3:36:36] connections to benefit the
[3:36:38] entire midtown and hillsborough
[3:36:40] west end area. I urge council
[3:36:42] to support this s p as it gives
[3:36:45] our neighborhood much stronger
[3:36:46] protections and public
[3:36:47] amenities than the current by
[3:36:47] right development.
[3:36:50] Thank you.
[3:36:53] Go ahead. You're recognized.
[3:36:54] Council members, thank you so
[3:36:56] much for your time tonight. My
[3:36:58] name is megan sigler, and I'm a
[3:36:59] professional traffic engineer
[3:37:02] with kci technologies. We
[3:37:05] conducted the multi modal,
[3:37:08] transportation analysis, in
[3:37:12] accordance with indot standards.
[3:37:13] And as a part of that study, we
[3:37:15] evaluated not only the
[3:37:17] vehicular network, but the
[3:37:18] pedestrian bicycle and transit
[3:37:20] network as well to make sure
[3:37:22] that vanderbilt was covering
[3:37:24] every possible path that they
[3:37:27] could. Indot has reviewed and
[3:37:28] agreed with the recommendations
[3:37:31] that were included in our study,
[3:37:32] as well as setting forth some
[3:37:34] additional standards on top of
[3:37:37] that, based off the, this
[3:37:38] development is in agreement
[3:37:40] with all of those conditions,
[3:37:42] which includes roadway and
[3:37:44] intersection improvements, as
[3:37:46] well as continued traffic
[3:37:47] monitoring as each parcel is
[3:37:50] developed. And traffic calming
[3:37:52] gives throughout the entie
[3:37:54] lifetime of the project. Thank
[3:37:55] you so much for your support.
[3:37:57] Thank you. Go ahead. Come on
[3:38:00] forward. You're recognized.
[3:38:01] Hi,
[3:38:03] my name is wendy monday and I
[3:38:04] live with my family on ashland
[3:38:06] avenue, just across from
[3:38:07] vanderbilt. My husband and I
[3:38:08] have hosted small group
[3:38:09] meetings in our home to discuss
[3:38:11] this plan with our neighbors.
[3:38:13] As a resident of this
[3:38:14] neighborhood and a mother of a
[3:38:16] four year old son, I'm very
[3:38:17] much in favor of innovation,
[3:38:19] vanderbilt, and how it can
[3:38:21] enhance the livability of this
[3:38:22] neighborhood that we will live
[3:38:23] in for years and years to come.
[3:38:25] Better connections to parks and
[3:38:27] open space is selfishly very
[3:38:29] important to me. We already
[3:38:31] enjoy dragon park every single
[3:38:32] day and look forward to a plan
[3:38:34] that strengthens strengthens
[3:38:35] connections from dragon park to
[3:38:37] centennial park to the broader
[3:38:39] neighborhood. I'm excited about
[3:38:41] safer, more walkable streets.
[3:38:43] Additional crosswalks across
[3:38:44] 31st avenue, west end and
[3:38:45] natchez trace, and
[3:38:48] approximately 1.7 miles of new
[3:38:50] and improved sidewalks. And
[3:38:52] last but not least, this s p
[3:38:53] lays important groundwork for
[3:38:55] the city's transit improvements
[3:38:57] along west end via the choose
[3:38:58] how you move initiative, you
[3:39:00] will be hard pressed to find
[3:39:01] someone more excited about
[3:39:03] riding a bus than a four year
[3:39:05] old, so this is particularly
[3:39:07] exciting to our family. I urge
[3:39:08] you to move forward with this s
[3:39:10] p and look forward to enjoying
[3:39:12] the benefits ofthis plan.
[3:39:14] Thank you. Go ahead sir. Come
[3:39:19] on forward. You're recognized.
[3:39:20] Good evening. My name is jt
[3:39:22] spangler. I'm a resident of
[3:39:24] hillsborough west end. With
[3:39:25] that lovely lady here. We had
[3:39:27] to get a babysitter to be here
[3:39:29] tonight. And this is not our
[3:39:30] best date night ever, I will
[3:39:32] say. But it's important to us.
[3:39:33] And I think everyone who's come
[3:39:35] before me has said most of what
[3:39:37] I would have said. So what I'll
[3:39:38] do instead is show you
[3:39:39] something that I've been
[3:39:40] thinking for the last couple
[3:39:42] hours, because I see a lot of
[3:39:43] my neighbors wearing these very
[3:39:44] colorful green t shirts that
[3:39:46] say cap the vulture. And I've
[3:39:47] decided that cap the vulture
[3:39:49] must mean cap restrict the
[3:39:50] vulture, vanderbilt gulch,
[3:39:52] maybe. And that's confusing to
[3:39:54] me because I remember the gulch
[3:39:56] and it was basically just train
[3:39:59] yards and adult stores and the
[3:40:00] station, and it looked like the
[3:40:01] setting for a whitesnake video.
[3:40:04] So I'm not sure why we wouldn't
[3:40:05] want to turn parking lots into
[3:40:07] a connected and intentional
[3:40:09] neighborhood. That was
[3:40:11] confusing to me, to be honest,
[3:40:12] but I know my neighbors mean
[3:40:14] well. I talked to them a lot,
[3:40:16] talked with vanderbilt a lot,
[3:40:19] talked with COUNCILMAN Cash.
[3:40:21] And as my wife said, we'd be
[3:40:23] very excited to have, a
[3:40:24] connected, intentional
[3:40:26] development with a lot of
[3:40:27] pedestrian space, a lot of
[3:40:28] traffic control, working with
[3:40:32] mndot and with wego, to do
[3:40:34] something intentional versus
[3:40:36] what the entitlements by right
[3:40:37] allow, which frankly is not
[3:40:40] great. And for that reason, I
[3:40:42] encourage you to support these
[3:40:45] amendments and, pass them.
[3:40:45] All
[3:40:47] right. Thank you. Is anyone
[3:40:48] else seeking to be recognized
[3:40:51] to speak in support? Okay.
[3:40:52] Seeing none, we're going to
[3:40:54] move on to those who wish to
[3:40:57] speak in opposition. If you
[3:40:59] wish to speak, if you would
[3:41:02] please line up at this time.
[3:41:04] Again for those first speakers,
[3:41:06] come on forward into that
[3:41:08] initial space up to the podium
[3:41:16] and is others, line up. Let's
[3:41:18] keep it around. Ten folks. That
[3:41:21] means nobody's really waiting
[3:41:23] for long or standing up.
[3:41:25] Everyone who wishes to be heard
[3:41:28] will be heard. All right, who's
[3:41:33] first? Come on up, sir.
[3:41:34] I'm joe
[3:41:35] johnston.
[3:41:36] MR. Johnston, can you
[3:41:38] pull the mic a little closer to
[3:41:40] your mouth? Thank you, sir.
[3:41:42] Members of council, I'm joe
[3:41:44] johnston. I'm here presenting a
[3:41:47] cautionary tale. I'm one of the
[3:41:50] last living survivors of the
[3:41:52] vanderbilt urban renewal
[3:41:55] debacle in the 1970s, where
[3:41:57] vanderbilt to the housing
[3:41:58] authority and the federal
[3:42:00] government condemned 120 acres
[3:42:02] of residential property for
[3:42:05] their expansion. And I was
[3:42:07] involved in litigation with
[3:42:09] vanderbilt for almost 14 years.
[3:42:11] So I know a little bit about
[3:42:18] what I speak. I'm the last
[3:42:20] surviving ex property owner of
[3:42:21] the vanderbilt urban renewal
[3:42:25] project from 1968 to 1984,
[3:42:27] during which time my ancestral
[3:42:29] home at 3013 vanderbilt place
[3:42:31] was condemned as a part of an
[3:42:32] unconstitutional land
[3:42:34] acquisition, for the purpose of
[3:42:37] which was to purpose of which
[3:42:39] was to qualify for federal
[3:42:40] matching funds to pay for
[3:42:41] capital improvements required
[3:42:43] to support the university's
[3:42:45] future expansion. In spite of
[3:42:48] the projections of vanderbilt's
[3:42:53] second hundred year plan. The
[3:42:55] acquired land was not
[3:42:57] redeveloped for student housing
[3:43:00] but was paved over to create 18
[3:43:03] acres of ground level parking,
[3:43:07] which is there today. Trust is
[3:43:09] something you need to be aware
[3:43:12] of. There's a lot of smoke and
[3:43:15] mirrors here, and you need to
[3:43:16] be very careful with the fine
[3:43:19] print. Parking is something is
[3:43:22] something that nobody is
[3:43:23] advocating. This program is
[3:43:25] talked about. Parking is a
[3:43:27] major, major problem for our
[3:43:29] neighborhood now, as well as in
[3:43:31] the future. What about the
[3:43:35] future? Comment was made that
[3:43:36] all this development is going
[3:43:38] to be.
[3:43:41] Thank you sir. Your time
[3:43:45] has expired.
[3:43:46] Meredith live in
[3:43:48] hillsborough, west end, and
[3:43:50] with MR. Johnson's permission,
[3:43:52] I will continue his remarks.
[3:43:54] Sure, existing surface parking
[3:43:57] lots MAY remain or be minimally
[3:43:58] improved, provided that the
[3:44:00] degree of nonconformity with
[3:44:03] standards of this sp is not
[3:44:05] increased. Temporary surface
[3:44:07] parking MAY be permitted on
[3:44:08] parcels awaiting development.
[3:44:10] For example, following
[3:44:12] demolition due to site specific
[3:44:13] topography, portions of a
[3:44:15] garage MAY be considered below
[3:44:17] grade based on the average
[3:44:19] adjacent ground elevation.
[3:44:21] Additionally, parking
[3:44:22] structures MAY connect below
[3:44:26] grade across streets. Believe
[3:44:27] that's the conclusion of his
[3:44:30] remarks, if I MAY add my own. I
[3:44:31] heard about a two year process.
[3:44:34] I can say I participated in
[3:44:36] several meetings, most of which
[3:44:38] were about this glorious linear
[3:44:40] park we were going to have, and
[3:44:43] I didn't hear about skyscrapers
[3:44:44] bigger than those downtown
[3:44:46] until pretty late in the
[3:44:48] process. I so appreciate what
[3:44:50] COUNCILMAN Cash is doing to
[3:44:52] moderate negative
[3:44:53] effects of this on our
[3:44:55] neighborhood, but we do need
[3:44:56] more time to fine tune. In fact,
[3:44:58] I heard one of the supporters
[3:45:01] this evening, reference a point
[3:45:03] that is not consistent with
[3:45:07] what council member cash has
[3:45:08] proposed. So you can see
[3:45:10] there's still some confusion, I
[3:45:11] think some fine tuning. I don't
[3:45:13] know that anyone here is
[3:45:15] opposed to the innovation
[3:45:16] program, the innovation
[3:45:17] neighborhood. I think we all
[3:45:19] understand surface parking lots
[3:45:20] aren't the highest and best use
[3:45:23] of land, but I think we could
[3:45:24] use some more time to fine tune
[3:45:26] and really make it worthy of
[3:45:29] our community. Thank you.
[3:45:29] Thank
[3:45:32] you. Go ahead. You're
[3:45:33] recognized.
[3:45:34] Vice mayor.
[3:45:34] And
[3:45:35] council members.
[3:45:36] My name is
[3:45:36] ginger hauser.
[3:45:37] I live at 2510.
[3:45:39] Natchez trace. And I'm.
[3:45:40] Here to
[3:45:40] ask.
[3:45:41] That you adopt.
[3:45:41] Both
[3:45:43] COUNCILMAN Cash and allen's
[3:45:46] amendments tonight, but also
[3:45:48] require a reduction in this
[3:45:51] project scale and height as you
[3:45:53] move forward. As a former
[3:45:54] district 18 council member, I
[3:45:56] helped negotiate belmont's
[3:45:58] growth plan and also
[3:45:59] simultaneously did an overlay
[3:46:01] on the surrounding neighborhood.
[3:46:03] The reason we did it is we
[3:46:04] wanted the university
[3:46:06] to grow and innovate and
[3:46:07] preserve and protect the
[3:46:09] community around it. Today, I
[3:46:11] serve on the neighborhood board
[3:46:13] and have been part of the
[3:46:14] negotiating team, helping
[3:46:15] council member cash with this
[3:46:17] issue. As you heard, most of
[3:46:19] the land in this
[3:46:21] acquired through eminent domain
[3:46:23] during urban renewal, and
[3:46:25] promises were made to this
[3:46:27] council that it would only be
[3:46:29] used for academic and hospital
[3:46:32] uses before eminent domain.
[3:46:33] These were neighbors and they
[3:46:37] were displaced to build parking
[3:46:38] lots.
[3:46:39] Today.
[3:46:40] This proposal
[3:46:41] allows this former neighborhood
[3:46:43] to be developed by private
[3:46:45] developers, not vanderbilt, who
[3:46:47] will lease vanderbilt's land
[3:46:52] and build up to six point
[3:46:52] 1,000,000ft
[3:46:55] s. That is almost
[3:47:00] six green hills right next to
[3:47:03] neighborhoods. And a project
[3:47:05] that they've estimated will
[3:47:09] take 30 years of construction.
[3:47:12] The proposed heights are up to
[3:47:15] 475ft, 35 stories. That's the
[3:47:17] equivalent of the bridgestone
[3:47:19] building downtown and
[3:47:22] towers right next to
[3:47:24] neighborhoods. This would
[3:47:26] create a second downtown. It
[3:47:28] would dwarf vanderbilt's
[3:47:31] academic campus, and it will
[3:47:34] change the iconic area of love
[3:47:36] circle. Please reduce the
[3:47:38] heights as you go to third
[3:47:39] reading and adopt the
[3:47:40] amendments tonight. Thank you.
[3:47:43] Thank you. Go ahead sir. You're
[3:47:44] recognized.
[3:47:45] Good evening. My
[3:47:47] name is preston quirk. I'm an
[3:47:48] architect practicing in
[3:47:50] nashville for the last 40 years.
[3:47:52] My wife and I live in a fine
[3:47:53] home on blair boulevard we
[3:47:55] bought 39 years ago. I want to
[3:47:56] express my thoughts in a quick
[3:47:58] little story tonight. King
[3:48:00] vanderbilt has an extensive
[3:48:01] kingdom with many fine
[3:48:03] buildings and expansive grounds.
[3:48:04] After a very successful
[3:48:06] football season, he summoned
[3:48:07] the royal accountant and asked
[3:48:08] him to acquire more
[3:48:09] beyond the boundary of his
[3:48:11] current kingdom. They met his
[3:48:13] demands and acquired many acres
[3:48:15] from the surrounding peasants.
[3:48:17] With his vast fortunes, he
[3:48:18] directed the royal planners to
[3:48:19] meet with the honorable
[3:48:20] nashville planners like MR.
[3:48:22] Lehman about building a large
[3:48:23] amount of profitable, rentable,
[3:48:25] tall real estate. Well, the
[3:48:27] king's request far exceed the
[3:48:29] height standards for typical
[3:48:30] properties adjacent to the
[3:48:31] humble homes outside the castle.
[3:48:33] The king has proceeded to push
[3:48:35] for approval of expanding his
[3:48:37] empire. The peasants have met
[3:48:38] with the royal planners and
[3:48:39] requested less height be
[3:48:40] allowed for these new
[3:48:42] properties. Their requests are
[3:48:43] backed up by past experiences
[3:48:44] with the national planners
[3:48:46] about transitional zoning
[3:48:48] practices, whereby properties
[3:48:49] adjacent to homes are smaller
[3:48:51] in scale and taller buildings
[3:48:53] are not placed directly across
[3:48:56] the lane from humble homes. In
[3:48:57] essence, the neighbors outside
[3:48:58] vanderbilt are adamant about
[3:49:00] the scale of the new
[3:49:01] development being smaller,
[3:49:03] lower and more in keeping with
[3:49:04] the neighborhood scale and
[3:49:06] would like to continue
[3:49:06] discussions with vanderbilt
[3:49:08] until some agreement can be
[3:49:09] reached on what is appropriate.
[3:49:11] What is now nice student
[3:49:12] recreational fields that help
[3:49:13] the transition from the
[3:49:15] university to neighborhoods.
[3:49:16] It's proposed to be replaced by
[3:49:18] tall buildings and a minimal
[3:49:20] winding green path. It feels to
[3:49:21] me like the king is trampling
[3:49:23] the little people. Let's bring
[3:49:24] down the scale of this
[3:49:25] development next to our
[3:49:26] neighborhood. Thank you.
[3:49:27] Thank
[3:49:30] you. Go ahead. Sir. You're
[3:49:32] recognized.
[3:49:33] Thank you. My name
[3:49:36] is phil ryan. I live at 2521.
[3:49:39] Fairfax avenue. I want to thank
[3:49:39] you all.
[3:49:40] For your.
[3:49:41] Service and
[3:49:43] your patience. You do this
[3:49:44] frequently. You need a lot of
[3:49:47] patience, right? I've had
[3:49:49] careers in local government,
[3:49:51] banking and commercial real
[3:49:53] estate. I'm a co-chair of the
[3:49:55] hillsborough west end neighbor
[3:49:58] board this year. 50 years as a
[3:49:59] resident this year of
[3:50:03] hillsborough village.
[3:50:04] COUNCILMAN Cash, the neighbors
[3:50:06] in view, have been negotiating
[3:50:09] for some months to create a
[3:50:11] more perfect innovation
[3:50:12] neighborhood. And we've made
[3:50:14] some progress. Thank you,
[3:50:18] COUNCILMAN Cash. But a further
[3:50:20] reduction in scale and height
[3:50:22] will make a much better
[3:50:23] neighborhood to bungalows.
[3:50:25] That's what we're talking about.
[3:50:28] As as ginger mentioned, the
[3:50:31] height and, 6,000,000ft
[3:50:31] s right
[3:50:33] next to a bungalow neighborhood.
[3:50:35] And we didn't really learn
[3:50:37] about the 6,000,000ft
[3:50:38] s until
[3:50:39] the spring of this year. There
[3:50:41] was always talk, you know,
[3:50:44] about the open space, the green
[3:50:45] space, the connection sidewalks
[3:50:47] and stuff. But it took a while
[3:50:51] to get that out of the process
[3:50:53] that this was going to be 6
[3:50:55] million. Six point 1,000,000ft
[3:50:55] s
[3:50:58] of new space and buildings that
[3:50:59] have come down in height in
[3:51:03] recent months, but it's still
[3:51:05] 475ft. So we, we think, me and
[3:51:07] many of my friends think a
[3:51:10] further reduction in scale and
[3:51:11] height will make a better
[3:51:13] neighborhood, a better neighbor
[3:51:15] to our neighborhood of
[3:51:19] bungalows. So, we believe
[3:51:22] vanderbilt can get a brilliant
[3:51:23] innovation neighborhood, a
[3:51:24] brilliant neighborhood, and we
[3:51:27] can preserve our historic
[3:51:28] neighborhood if we have more
[3:51:31] time to discuss and negotiate
[3:51:33] height and square footage.
[3:51:34] Thank you.
[3:51:35] thank you.
[3:51:36] Go ahead.
[3:51:39] You're recognized.
[3:51:40] Hi, I'm.
[3:51:42] Gina napoli. I live on hillside
[3:51:44] drive. I can actually see
[3:51:46] vandy's jumbotron from my
[3:51:49] driveway. My husband and I
[3:51:51] moved to the hillsboro
[3:51:54] neighborhood in 2017 because of
[3:51:57] its character, its walkability,
[3:52:01] and in no small part for the
[3:52:03] vibrancy of vanderbilt
[3:52:05] university. When the
[3:52:06] neighborhood started getting
[3:52:08] proposed building heights, I
[3:52:10] made a simple graph comparing
[3:52:13] the heights of those buildings
[3:52:16] to the highest elevation of
[3:52:18] love circle. And for those not
[3:52:20] familiar with love circle, it's
[3:52:23] a public space, a special place,
[3:52:25] a hill with a great view of
[3:52:26] downtown. And it is mentioned
[3:52:29] in many guide books, by the way.
[3:52:31] What I found is that the
[3:52:32] buildings vanderbilt proposed
[3:52:34] for subdistrict a, which is the
[3:52:36] area closest to our
[3:52:40] neighborhood facing it, is 12
[3:52:42] story buildings. And at the
[3:52:45] time I had 144ft. I think they
[3:52:50] allowed more, but I'm not sure.
[3:52:53] That the 12 stories will be
[3:52:56] taller than love. Circle the
[3:52:58] elevations between the two,
[3:53:00] with other proposed buildings
[3:53:02] of 400 plus feet that will be
[3:53:06] over 200ft taller than love
[3:53:08] circle. And basically my point
[3:53:11] here is that the iconic view
[3:53:14] from that hill of downtown
[3:53:15] nashville will be blocked, as
[3:53:18] will their own. I think very
[3:53:21] special tower will be have a
[3:53:22] blocked view. It will be
[3:53:27] dwarfed. Also subdistrict a
[3:53:29] needs to have special care to
[3:53:30] interface with the neighborhood
[3:53:32] because vanderbilt's lowest
[3:53:35] proposed buildings will dwarf
[3:53:39] the homes there. I don't want
[3:53:41] to stop vanderbilt's progress.
[3:53:43] I actually find the idea behind
[3:53:46] the innovation neighborhood
[3:53:47] rather exciting and a good
[3:53:50] thing for nashville. For
[3:53:52] everybody. Oops.
[3:53:53] Thank you.
[3:53:56] Okay.
[3:53:57] It's okay. You did a good
[3:53:59] job. Go ahead. Sir. You're
[3:54:00] recognized.
[3:54:01] Yes. Members of
[3:54:03] council. My name is jim dillon.
[3:54:06] I'm a 44 year resident of
[3:54:09] hillsboro west end. And, I was
[3:54:11] a little surprised today to
[3:54:14] listen to my fellow hillsboro
[3:54:16] west end friends. Because they
[3:54:18] don't did not seem to have been
[3:54:20] informed that nobody was going
[3:54:22] to oppose essentially what they
[3:54:24] said, but they're just going to
[3:54:26] ask for more time and more time
[3:54:28] to negotiate and more time to
[3:54:31] think about this. We received
[3:54:32] on friday. Well, I didn't
[3:54:33] receive this till this morning.
[3:54:36] 22 major amendments to this
[3:54:38] project. It wasn't filed till
[3:54:40] friday. So essentially
[3:54:41] business day later, this is
[3:54:44] before the council. So I just
[3:54:46] suggest that there's no crisis
[3:54:48] here. There's no exigency here.
[3:54:50] The hillsboro west end
[3:54:51] neighborhood, through its
[3:54:53] official people are asking for
[3:54:55] more time to think about this
[3:54:57] and more time to discuss this.
[3:54:59] This is the first request for
[3:55:01] deferral being asked by the
[3:55:03] hillsboro west end neighborhood,
[3:55:04] and we suggest it should be
[3:55:07] given careful consideration.
[3:55:08] Vanderbilt is asking for
[3:55:10] numerous variances. It has a
[3:55:12] heavy burden to sustain it.
[3:55:14] It's had ample time and
[3:55:16] enormous resources to come
[3:55:17] forth with its, you know, with
[3:55:21] its, proposal. And hillsboro
[3:55:22] west end neighborhood is just
[3:55:24] asking for a little time, a
[3:55:26] little accommodation, as you
[3:55:28] would expect. This has been a
[3:55:30] for I know you all are going to
[3:55:32] probably be here all night, but
[3:55:33] on a crowded docket as crowded
[3:55:35] as this one is, and knowing
[3:55:37] that this project is going to
[3:55:39] be 30 years in the making and
[3:55:42] it's huge six point
[3:55:43] 1,000,000ft
[3:55:44] s with what seems
[3:55:47] like 100 100 stories of new
[3:55:48] office buildings. This should
[3:55:51] not be rushed forward as it
[3:55:53] appears to being rushed forward.
[3:55:55] So, you know, we've heard today
[3:55:57] on other projects. This
[3:55:58] shouldn't be shoved down
[3:56:03] people's throats. And, we just
[3:56:05] need more time. The hillsboro
[3:56:06] west end neighborhood is
[3:56:09] entitled to the courtesy of, of
[3:56:11] of a deferral on this.
[3:56:11] Thank
[3:56:15] you. Go ahead, sir. You're
[3:56:18] recognized.
[3:56:19] Thank you.
[3:56:19] I'm
[3:56:22] philip lozano. I live at 3205
[3:56:23] marlborough avenue, nashville,
[3:56:25] tennessee, 37212. It's
[3:56:27] immediately outside of the s p
[3:56:31] area. A couple of things. I've
[3:56:33] been to some of the community
[3:56:34] meetings, and I know one of the
[3:56:36] things that's been put up by
[3:56:37] vanderbilt is they keep talking
[3:56:39] about what they can do by.
[3:56:40] Right. Those those words by.
[3:56:42] Right. And we've heard several
[3:56:43] supporters come up here and
[3:56:44] talk about, well, vanderbilt
[3:56:46] can do this by. Right. They're
[3:56:47] going to do it anyways because
[3:56:48] they're vanderbilt. Well,
[3:56:51] that's not true. Okay. Zoning,
[3:56:53] whether it's existing or future
[3:56:56] zoning, is not a right of
[3:56:57] anyone. No one has a right to a
[3:56:58] specific zoning that they want,
[3:57:01] whether it's current or future.
[3:57:04] So there is a zoning there now,
[3:57:06] but they can get zoned down to
[3:57:07] there's an administrative
[3:57:08] process that right. It happens
[3:57:10] here, but that can happen too.
[3:57:13] So I just think that the
[3:57:15] representation by vanderbilt
[3:57:16] telling people that, well, this
[3:57:18] is going to happen and you know,
[3:57:19] we're going to build it in this
[3:57:22] existing zoning. If they did
[3:57:24] that, there's, you know,
[3:57:25] there's blowback to that too.
[3:57:28] So, I think they should be more
[3:57:30] honest about that. The other
[3:57:32] thing is, this community
[3:57:38] character plan for, green hills.
[3:57:39] I'm trying to figure out what
[3:57:40] the relevance of this thing is.
[3:57:42] I know it's supposed to be for
[3:57:43] planning and like the, the
[3:57:45] community and everything, but
[3:57:46] it says in there, the community
[3:57:47] character poicies are the
[3:57:48] standard by which development
[3:57:49] and decisions are
[3:57:51] reviewed, and future zoning
[3:57:53] change requests are measured.
[3:57:55] It says that right in there, if
[3:57:56] you look at the community
[3:57:59] character plan that is
[3:58:00] phenomenally out of whack with
[3:58:03] this development. Okay. So, a
[3:58:05] lot of people have said that
[3:58:06] they're like against the s p
[3:58:08] and the v, I'm p, I haven't
[3:58:09] heard anyone say that they're
[3:58:11] against the v. I'm p outright
[3:58:13] total. Okay. That is there's
[3:58:14] the difference between the v
[3:58:17] I'm p and this zoning proposal.
[3:58:18] Okay. The density needs to go
[3:58:20] towards west end, not outside
[3:58:20] our front doors.
[3:58:21] thank you.
[3:58:24] Thank you.
[3:58:25] Go ahead. You're
[3:58:27] recognized.
[3:58:28] Hi, I'm dan
[3:58:29] sharfstein. I'm a hillsborough%
[3:58:32] west end neighbor. I support a
[3:58:34] sensible compromise that allows
[3:58:36] vanderbilt to build a dense
[3:58:38] development without its height
[3:58:39] overwhelming our neighborhood
[3:58:42] and the campus. Two quick
[3:58:45] points. First, vanderbilt is
[3:58:46] setting the yardsticks in the
[3:58:48] wrong place when it describes
[3:58:50] its proposal as a great
[3:58:51] compromise, because by right,
[3:58:53] it could build on its land a
[3:58:54] giant cluster of the tallest
[3:58:57] buildings in tennessee. The
[3:58:59] university could, but never
[3:59:01] would erect all those buildings
[3:59:03] because it would make the vault
[3:59:05] an ugly, dysfunctional
[3:59:06] neighborhood. A little slice of
[3:59:08] houston or phoenix, right next
[3:59:10] to campus. The university would
[3:59:12] incur great expense, but
[3:59:13] wouldn't be able to fill the
[3:59:15] space and get top rents.
[3:59:17] Instead of six green hills
[3:59:19] malls, it would risk winding up
[3:59:20] with the equivalent of six
[3:59:23] failed rivergate malls. So we
[3:59:24] should think of vanderbilt's
[3:59:26] current proposal as a viable
[3:59:28] plan for itself, and really
[3:59:29] more of a starting point for a
[3:59:31] conversation than the end point.
[3:59:33] Second, it would be a
[3:59:36] tragically wasted opportunity
[3:59:38] if the residential component of
[3:59:40] the volt winds up being a
[3:59:42] neighborhood of apartments that
[3:59:44] vanderbilt alums buy for game
[3:59:46] days and are vacant, or for
[3:59:48] short term rentals the rest of
[3:59:50] the year, vanderbilt has this
[3:59:52] opportunity to redevelop the
[3:59:54] volt because decades ago, the
[3:59:56] city exercised on its behalf
[3:59:58] the eminent domain power, which
[4:00:01] exists to take land for public
[4:00:04] use. This neighborhood should
[4:00:07] contribute to making the city a
[4:00:09] better place to live and work.
[4:00:11] We need to have a conversation
[4:00:13] about how the volt will
[4:00:15] contribute to the human values
[4:00:18] and policy goals that are of
[4:00:20] central importance to you, the
[4:00:22] council, and your constituents.
[4:00:23] Thanks for your time. We're
[4:00:25] counting on you.
[4:00:26] Thank you. Go
[4:00:28] ahead. You're recognized.
[4:00:28] Good
[4:00:29] evening. Thank you for the
[4:00:31] opportunity to address this
[4:00:32] issue. My name is james redwine.
[4:00:35] I live on woodlawn drive near
[4:00:36] the corner of natchez trace.
[4:00:39] I'm a proud 1981 graduate of
[4:00:40] vanderbilt law school. My wife,
[4:00:42] evelyn, is also a graduate of
[4:00:44] 1981 of the college of arts and
[4:00:45] sciences at vanderbilt. So we
[4:00:47] are vanderbilt family. Both my
[4:00:50] wife and I are former board
[4:00:53] members. I'm very proud of the
[4:00:53] progress that vanderbilt's made
[4:00:55] in recent years and want its
[4:00:57] investment to continue robustly.
[4:01:00] I, but I, I do not oppose the
[4:01:02] innovation district per se. In
[4:01:04] fact, I support the idea, but I
[4:01:07] oppose 1446 in its current form.
[4:01:08] Even with proposed amendments
[4:01:11] one and two, unless and until
[4:01:12] vanderbilt negotiates in good
[4:01:14] faith on the proposed density
[4:01:15] and on the currently
[4:01:16] enforceable measures to
[4:01:17] mitigate the inevitable impacts
[4:01:19] of this development. The
[4:01:20] meetings that have happened to
[4:01:22] date have been pretty pro forma
[4:01:24] and perfunctory, designed to
[4:01:25] force this project through, and
[4:01:27] MR. Phil ryan addressed some of
[4:01:29] the transparency issues that
[4:01:32] the neighborhood has noticed.
[4:01:34] This is a huge development.
[4:01:37] Five some odd towers, 6.1ft
[4:01:37] s
[4:01:39] and and six point 1,000,000ft
[4:01:39] s
[4:01:41] in total. It's equivalent to
[4:01:43] another downtown. I don't
[4:01:45] recall seeing any real notice
[4:01:47] of this project to the
[4:01:48] neighbors or to the city as a
[4:01:50] whole, nor the extensive
[4:01:52] discussion required for a
[4:01:56] project of this magnitude. The
[4:01:58] principal issues include the
[4:02:00] traffic density. And I can
[4:02:02] hardly imagine what the traffic
[4:02:04] is going to look like once all
[4:02:06] of this additional density goes
[4:02:08] through. I'm also concerned
[4:02:10] about the cumulative impacts of
[4:02:12] this density. Proposed. There
[4:02:15] is a 25 story tower proposed
[4:02:16] for the site of the former
[4:02:19] piggly wiggly and a 15 story
[4:02:21] tower, excuse me, a 25 story
[4:02:24] tower for the former tears, and
[4:02:25] one for the 15 stories for the
[4:02:28] piggly wiggly. This is just too
[4:02:30] important, to rush through. And
[4:02:32] it should be deferred until
[4:02:34] such time as these matters can
[4:02:35] be fully considered.
[4:02:36] Thank you.
[4:02:37] Go ahead. Ma'am. You're
[4:02:39] recognized.
[4:02:40] Good evening. My
[4:02:43] name is cindy. David and I live
[4:02:46] at 4004 nebraska avenue. This
[4:02:48] is my first time attending this%
[4:02:51] kind of meeting, and I am
[4:02:52] grateful to have the
[4:02:54] opportunity to speak. I have
[4:02:55] lived in the sylvan park area
[4:02:58] for the last 23 years, and I
[4:03:01] have seen tremendous changes. I
[4:03:03] also am a home owner in that
[4:03:06] area. To the neighborhood and I
[4:03:09] love where I live. Some have
[4:03:11] been positive changes and some
[4:03:14] have not. The street I live on
[4:03:15] has far exceeded the capacity
[4:03:17] and height limits. With all the
[4:03:19] tall and skinnies that have
[4:03:20] been built up, along with the
[4:03:22] monster houses and second
[4:03:24] houses that sit on incredibly
[4:03:27] tiny lots, this is going to
[4:03:30] create way more traffic in an
[4:03:33] already dense traffic area.
[4:03:35] Massive construction. Excuse me.
[4:03:39] Construction projects. With no
[4:03:42] end in sight. Don't get me
[4:03:45] wrong, I am all for innovation
[4:03:47] and technology. I'm also a
[4:03:49] business owner and I have been
[4:03:51] in the community with my
[4:03:54] businesses for the last 24
[4:03:56] years, but not at the loss of
[4:03:58] my precious neighborhood and
[4:04:00] the esthetics. What was already
[4:04:03] stated before around things
[4:04:05] like love circle and the beauty
[4:04:08] of nashville, able to
[4:04:11] actually see the beauty of
[4:04:13] downtown from a vantage point
[4:04:16] of, of love, something like
[4:04:18] love circle. I also agree with
[4:04:21] what ginger said in the
[4:04:22] reduction about height and
[4:04:25] scale of the buildings, and I
[4:04:28] would ask for more time to
[4:04:30] consider and thank you for
[4:04:32] listening. And also, if I could
[4:04:34] get an extra tomato, I would be
[4:04:41] grateful for that as well.
[4:04:41] We
[4:04:44] MAY have started a bad trend
[4:04:48] here. Okay. Come on forward,
[4:04:49] sir. If you'd step to the side
[4:04:51] for your tomato kindly and open
[4:04:55] the podium. Thank you. Good
[4:04:55] evening. Go ahead. Sir.
[4:04:56] My name.
[4:04:58] Is dan eager. I've lived at
[4:05:01] 2715 westwood ave, westwood
[4:05:02] avenue in hillsborough, west
[4:05:04] end neighborhood for over 40
[4:05:06] years. For much of my career, i
[4:05:08] managed an often controversial
[4:05:10] state regulatory program that
[4:05:12] affected individual landowners,
[4:05:13] highway construction and
[4:05:15] private development projects
[4:05:17] that would alter tennessee's
[4:05:19] waters. Through the experience
[4:05:21] of leading the promulgation of
[4:05:23] regulations governing the
[4:05:24] program and signing off on
[4:05:26] hundreds of individual permit
[4:05:27] decisions. I've developed a
[4:05:29] deep appreciation for the
[4:05:32] sometimes messy and frustrating
[4:05:34] public participation process.
[4:05:37] In the end, that process
[4:05:39] typically results in a better
[4:05:40] product, one that better serves
[4:05:42] the public interest. I request
[4:05:45] that council vote to defer this
[4:05:47] measure, to allow additional
[4:05:50] discussions and improve the
[4:05:51] project even further.
[4:05:51] Thank you,
[4:05:53] thank you. Go ahead. Come on.
[4:05:55] Forward.
[4:05:57] Good evening. Brian
[4:06:00] delahanty, 2724 ashland avenue.
[4:06:01] I'm a vanderbilt alumnus. My
[4:06:04] wife is a professor there. We
[4:06:06] raised kids here. We live near,
[4:06:08] dragon park. We are both
[4:06:11] scientists. We run a biotech.
[4:06:12] We want an innovation district
[4:06:14] for sure. We want labs,
[4:06:16] startups, jobs. But we are
[4:06:17] concerned about something
[4:06:18] narrower, which is height and
[4:06:21] what's in writing. So as drawn,
[4:06:23] this allows up to a 35 story
[4:06:25] building in the area that would
[4:06:27] be equivalent to those parking
[4:06:29] lots. Imagine this. A wall that
[4:06:30] would block, an obelisk that
[4:06:32] could block the sun for
[4:06:34] neighbors in the neighborhood.
[4:06:34] Whatever gets built there will
[4:06:36] be permanent, so the numbers
[4:06:37] have to be right. The first
[4:06:39] time you've heard the story
[4:06:40] tonight of how vanderbilt took
[4:06:42] home 50 years ago with promises,
[4:06:43] and they turned into parking
[4:06:45] lots. We're not relitigating
[4:06:46] that. We're saying this time
[4:06:47] the neighborhood gets
[4:06:49] protections in writing. First,
[4:06:51] I sent six written questions
[4:06:53] with commitments. Which
[4:06:54] commitments are enforceable,
[4:06:55] what prevents dilution and
[4:06:58] what's funded and when. No
[4:06:59] answers. They said that they
[4:07:00] would be adaptable to market
[4:07:02] conditions. Flexibility for
[4:07:03] them can mean uncertainty for
[4:07:07] us. So what this looks like we
[4:07:08] need to cap the heights. We
[4:07:10] need to bring down the heights
[4:07:11] of the buildings withreal
[4:07:13] promises. We need to bind the
[4:07:15] good intentions, the greenway
[4:07:16] connections, protected bike
[4:07:18] lanes, safe crossings funded,
[4:07:20] scheduled and in the text do
[4:07:21] that in the neighborhood won't
[4:07:23] be in a position where the
[4:07:24] front porch of the innovation
[4:07:26] district. But once this passes
[4:07:29] as drawn, the conversation
[4:07:31] changes. Today, everyone's at
[4:07:33] the table. After approval,
[4:07:35] participation becomes voluntary.
[4:07:37] Don't advance this tonight. Cap
[4:07:39] the heights. Write protections
[4:07:41] for vanderbilt are for for the
[4:07:42] neighbors. And vanderbilt gets
[4:07:44] the whole city on its side with
[4:07:46] neighbors, with them and not
[4:07:48] over them.
[4:07:49] Thank you. Go ahead.
[4:07:51] You're recognized.
[4:07:51] Hello. My
[4:07:53] name is joyce quirk. I live at
[4:07:54] the corner of blair boulevard
[4:07:57] and natchez trace. Natchez
[4:07:58] trace is a two lane road that
[4:08:01] many people use as a connector
[4:08:03] between I-40 and vanderbilt and
[4:08:06] the west end area. Imagine how
[4:08:08] many more cars are going to be
[4:08:11] driving on that two lane road.
[4:08:13] 21st avenue is already very
[4:08:15] congested, so that's why they
[4:08:17] drive down natchez trace. When
[4:08:19] people meet me, they say and
[4:08:21] find out where I live, they say,
[4:08:22] oh, I drive past your house all
[4:08:24] the time. Now, all these people
[4:08:26] that might, there might be some
[4:08:27] people that actually live in
[4:08:29] this neighborhood that's great
[4:08:31] or in this new place, but many
[4:08:33] of them are going to drive and
[4:08:35] they will not all fit on two
[4:08:37] lane natchez trace. I encourage
[4:08:39] you to scale this back and very
[4:08:41] much consider natchez trace as
[4:08:44] a very tiny two lane road
[4:08:46] connecting to it. Thank you.
[4:08:48] Thank you. Go ahead. You're
[4:08:51] recognized.
[4:08:52] I'm dawn kirk.
[4:08:52] I
[4:08:57] moved to houston in 1977, and
[4:09:00] I'm here as a voice for birds.
[4:09:02] Birds are integral to our lives
[4:09:04] from woody woodpecker, big bird,
[4:09:07] tweety bird, angry birds, the
[4:09:09] orioles, cardinals, blue jays,
[4:09:12] the eagles. We use birds to
[4:09:14] promote all kinds of things.
[4:09:17] They're woven into music city,
[4:09:20] from roy acuff's great speckled
[4:09:22] bird and dolly's a little
[4:09:27] sparrow to miranda lambert's jason aldean's
[4:09:28] mockingbird. They're part of
[4:09:31] our soundtrack. They also love
[4:09:35] nashville. We are in a flyway,
[4:09:37] a primary route for millions of
[4:09:39] migrating birds. Spring and
[4:09:41] fall during the night of APRIL
[4:09:44] 7th this year, over 2 million
[4:09:46] birds were tracked, migrating
[4:09:50] over our city through months of
[4:09:52] migration. Some of these birds
[4:09:55] land in trees. At sunrise, they
[4:09:58] go out for breakfast. They see
[4:10:01] a tree reflected in a glass
[4:10:03] window and think it's a real
[4:10:05] tree. They say that reflection
[4:10:09] and think insect berry seed,
[4:10:12] boom. This results in a window
[4:10:16] strike and death or trauma and
[4:10:18] eventual death. When two
[4:10:19] collisions kill more than 1
[4:10:22] billion birds yearly in our
[4:10:25] country, we in nashville lose
[4:10:27] songbirds, cardinals, robins,
[4:10:31] mockingbirds, wrens. Yet
[4:10:32] collisions happen to be the
[4:10:34] largest preventable cause of
[4:10:38] bird deaths. Preventable? Yes,
[4:10:40] thanks to non-reflective bird
[4:10:44] safe glass birds give us so
[4:10:47] much. Let's do something simple
[4:10:50] to protect them. Vanderbilt, I
[4:10:53] urge you to be truly innovative
[4:10:55] and commit to bird safe glass
[4:10:57] and council support. Amendment
[4:10:58] two.
[4:11:02] Thank you. Go ahead. Sir.
[4:11:04] You're recognized.
[4:11:04] Thank you,
[4:11:07] MADAM Vice mayor jason holloman,
[4:11:08] 4210 park avenue and former
[4:11:10] district 24 council member.
[4:11:11] I've worked for the last
[4:11:13] several months with this
[4:11:14] hillsboro west end group to try
[4:11:17] to negotiate with vanderbilt.
[4:11:18] During my time on the council,
[4:11:22] we negotiated and adopted an
[4:11:24] institutional overlay for the
[4:11:25] aquinas college just down the
[4:11:27] street and for the free will
[4:11:28] baptist college just down the
[4:11:31] street. This proposal here is
[4:11:33] certainly a better
[4:11:34] configuration fo vanderbilt,
[4:11:37] and it can be a better
[4:11:37] configuration for the
[4:11:39] neighborhood as well. But I do
[4:11:41] want to highlight that as
[4:11:43] presently presented, this is an
[4:11:45] additional half million square
[4:11:47] feet of development than what
[4:11:50] is allowed by right. And this
[4:11:51] neighborhood, as I think you
[4:11:53] have heard, has not worked in
[4:11:55] opposition, but has worked
[4:11:56] collaboratively. It's just that
[4:11:58] this is an incomplete
[4:12:00] collaboration at this point.
[4:12:02] And so what I would ask is that
[4:12:04] there be the opportunity to
[4:12:05] have you have heard from
[4:12:07] several of these speakers
[4:12:09] tonight to bring down these
[4:12:10] heights, particularly as they
[4:12:12] are adjacent to blakemore and
[4:12:14] the existing single family
[4:12:16] neighborhood, so that there is
[4:12:18] better transition and heights
[4:12:19] between that single family,
[4:12:22] long term historic neighborhood
[4:12:24] and the heights that we expect
[4:12:25] on west end, and then that
[4:12:27] there be overall reduction in
[4:12:29] height, because we don't want
[4:12:31] this to be a competitor to
[4:12:32] downtown. We want this to
[4:12:34] remain a vibrant university,
[4:12:38] midtown area that supports,
[4:12:40] downtown, but does not compete
[4:12:42] with downtown. So I hope that
[4:12:44] you will hear those concerns.
[4:12:46] Work with COUNCILMAN Cash here
[4:12:48] in the next few weeks and give
[4:12:50] us the time to complete that
[4:12:52] negotiation so that we can make
[4:12:53] this a project that is not just
[4:12:55] good for vanderbilt, but is
[4:12:56] also good for the historic
[4:12:57] hillsborough west end
[4:13:00] neighborhood. Thank you.
[4:13:00] All
[4:13:04] right. Okay. Are you seeking to
[4:13:06] be recognized in opposition?
[4:13:09] Yeah, I've got a green shirt on.
[4:13:10] It's not it's not tall enough.
[4:13:12] I want to block john rich's
[4:13:15] view. Why isn't it more taller?
[4:13:18] Also, vanderbilt's got drones.
[4:13:19] They got surveillance drones.
[4:13:21] And this is going to be another
[4:13:22] neighborhood that they're going
[4:13:23] to be surveilling with their
[4:13:26] drones. And I feel like that's
[4:13:28] nashville too. And we should,
[4:13:30] the ordinance that's also on
[4:13:31] first reading today on drones,
[4:13:32] that vanderbilt's rogram
[4:13:33] should have to go through that
[4:13:35] as well. And I wanted to
[4:13:36] support this, but it's not tall
[4:13:38] enough. And I'm afraid of the
[4:13:39] we're going to have more drone
[4:13:40] surveillance over neighborhood
[4:13:41] and all of that. Thanks.
[4:13:42] All
[4:13:43] right. Is anyone else seeking
[4:13:46] to be recognized to speak in
[4:13:47] opposition? Okay. Go ahead.
[4:13:49] Ma'am.
[4:13:51] I am a former student of
[4:13:53] council member cash. Growing up,
[4:13:55] I would take the bus down west
[4:13:58] end, get off, walk through
[4:13:59] vanderbilt's campus, sometimes
[4:14:02] up natchez, trace sometimes up
[4:14:04] blake more, depending on how I
[4:14:07] felt. And, I'm intimately
[4:14:08] familiar with this area. I
[4:14:11] don't own a home, but I'm a
[4:14:12] longtime resident of the
[4:14:14] neighborhood, and I urge
[4:14:16] deferral tonight so that the
[4:14:18] neighborhood can have more time
[4:14:19] to work with council member
[4:14:21] cash to understand the
[4:14:23] amendments that were filed on
[4:14:24] friday, and to move forward in
[4:14:26] a way that's best for
[4:14:27] vanderbilt and the neighbors.
[4:14:29] Thank you.
[4:14:30] Thank you. Anyone
[4:14:31] else seeking to be recognized
[4:14:34] in opposition? Okay. Seeing
[4:14:35] none, I will declare the public
[4:14:38] hearing closed. And it's over
[4:14:42] to you, MR. Cash, for a motion,
[4:14:44] to get this bill singular
[4:14:47] before us. While in the end,
[4:14:49] once potentially amended, you
[4:14:51] can make a consolidated motion
[4:14:53] at this juncture for purposes
[4:14:54] of potential amendment, you'll
[4:14:57] just please need to move 1446
[4:14:59] separately and first.
[4:14:59] right.
[4:15:03] Thank you. I would like to move
[4:15:06] on second reading and defer
[4:15:08] third reading till SEPTEMBER
[4:15:08] 1st.
[4:15:11] Okay. So there is a motion
[4:15:16] to approve on second reading
[4:15:20] with the third reading deferred
[4:15:26] to SEPTEMBER 1st. And properly
[4:15:28] seconded. Okay, we are on to
[4:15:29] discussion. MR. Cash, you have
[4:15:30] the floor, sir.
[4:15:31] Thanks. I would
[4:15:32] like to move my amendment.
[4:15:33] All
[4:15:34] right. There's a motion to
[4:15:36] amend with amendment one. It's
[4:15:38] properly seconded. Anything you
[4:15:39] want to share about the
[4:15:40] amendment, sir?
[4:15:42] I do. Thank you.
[4:15:43] And this amendment has a lot of
[4:15:45] things in it. It has that it
[4:15:47] has additional concessions. It
[4:15:48] doesn't have 22 things in it,
[4:15:50] but it starts at eight and goes
[4:15:53] to 22. And the first five are
[4:15:56] about reduced. The first five,
[4:15:58] conditions reduce heights in
[4:16:00] feet, not in stories, but in
[4:16:02] feet, which is something that
[4:16:04] the neighborhood folks have
[4:16:08] with me have worked on. And
[4:16:09] there are some really good
[4:16:13] things in here about, some
[4:16:15] funds for traffic calming over
[4:16:18] a 15 year period as, as you
[4:16:20] know, as the development grows
[4:16:24] and, and has impact on the
[4:16:24] neighborhood and the
[4:16:27] surrounding communities. There
[4:16:30] are a number of things about
[4:16:33] construction, that are very,
[4:16:35] are specific to protect the
[4:16:37] neighborhood against
[4:16:41] construction vehicles routes.
[4:16:43] They're also things about like
[4:16:46] posting, information online and
[4:16:47] sharing.
[4:16:48] MR. Cash, would you
[4:16:49] move your mic a little closer
[4:16:50] to your mouth, please?
[4:16:51] Sharing.
[4:16:52] There are a lot of good stuff
[4:16:55] there on construction and
[4:16:58] communication. There's also the
[4:16:59] last thing there is a little
[4:17:01] different. It is a, I'm asking
[4:17:03] for a, an advisory committee to
[4:17:06] go with this. And I do want to
[4:17:07] take a minute to explain why.
[4:17:09] And I believe that it is very
[4:17:10] important. It was something I
[4:17:12] started talking with vanderbilt
[4:17:15] early on. Look, this is a 43
[4:17:20] acre, 30 year regulatory s p
[4:17:22] regulatory, meaning it has a
[4:17:25] lots of uses and heights and,
[4:17:28] you know, other elements to it,
[4:17:29] you know, requirements about
[4:17:33] green space and, infrastructure.
[4:17:39] But, we need a long term way to
[4:17:41] continue to have engagement
[4:17:43] after we get the s p where we
[4:17:46] want it. And it is, it becomes
[4:17:48] law. We need continuous
[4:17:50] engagement. So I've asked, and
[4:17:52] there's a, an example of this
[4:17:55] at belmont, which is a great,
[4:17:57] one of the best neighborhood
[4:17:58] committees that I work with.
[4:18:00] It's very diverse. It is an
[4:18:03] advisory committee. You know,
[4:18:05] vanderbilt is, is, contributes
[4:18:08] a lot to this community and it
[4:18:11] is a great private university,
[4:18:15] sometimes very private. And we,
[4:18:16] they engage, they wanted to
[4:18:19] engage on this s p and so I am
[4:18:22] asking for this so that as this
[4:18:23] regulatory s p becomes more of
[4:18:25] a site, visit s p site based s
[4:18:28] p that we are able to have
[4:18:29] community members, a variety of
[4:18:32] community members engage with
[4:18:33] them and, you know, make sure
[4:18:35] that they are following the
[4:18:37] elements of the s p that they
[4:18:40] can do face to face dialog with
[4:18:41] vanderbilt and share concerns
[4:18:44] and things they like. Move, I
[4:18:46] move my amendment.
[4:18:47] All right.
[4:18:50] There is a motion to amend with
[4:18:52] amendment one. It was properly
[4:18:54] seconded. You have heard a
[4:18:56] description of the bill's
[4:18:58] sponsor and the amendment maker.
[4:18:59] So we're on to discussion on
[4:19:01] the motion to amend. Do you
[4:19:02] seek to be recognized on the
[4:19:03] amendment, MISS Evan siegel.
[4:19:03] I
[4:19:05] was just in the queue because I
[4:19:06] thought councilmember cash was
[4:19:08] going to run out of time. So if
[4:19:10] he was not quite finished.
[4:19:10] MR.
[4:19:12] Cash, is there more that you
[4:19:14] would like to share on? Okay.
[4:19:14] Go ahead, sir.
[4:19:15] Thank you. Just
[4:19:18] a lot of these things came from
[4:19:19] not just not certainly not just
[4:19:20] me, but through a lot of
[4:19:22] community meetings, a lot of
[4:19:25] dialog. We did take a lot of
[4:19:27] time with this. And this is one
[4:19:29] of the results. We also got
[4:19:30] some great things in the
[4:19:32] planning conditions and
[4:19:33] departmental conditions that I
[4:19:37] can talk about later, but I do,
[4:19:39] these things are very important
[4:19:42] to this, to this bill. And I,
[4:19:44] it is a, like I said, it's a
[4:19:45] regulatory space. So there are
[4:19:47] a lot of uncertainties to it
[4:19:50] that along with the, you know,
[4:19:52] density, means that we do have
[4:19:54] to take time to make sure that
[4:19:55] we're dotting our I's and
[4:19:56] crossing our t's. I've been
[4:19:59] doing that for months. I,
[4:20:00] someone said, I like we're
[4:20:02] rushing this. I asked for
[4:20:03] deferrals at planning four
[4:20:04] times and received it three
[4:20:07] times. I did not file right
[4:20:08] away like we are. We have not
[4:20:10] been rushing this. I am not
[4:20:13] ready to say we are there. I'm
[4:20:15] willing to defer for a meeting
[4:20:17] so we have more time. And I
[4:20:19] appreciate all the comments.
[4:20:22] But on the amendment I. I think
[4:20:24] there's a lot of good stuff in
[4:20:26] here. I, I hope I can get my
[4:20:28] colleagues support and it will
[4:20:30] make the bill better. And then
[4:20:32] we will continue to work on the
[4:20:34] concerns that we heard tonight.
[4:20:36] Okay. Thank you, MR. Cash. MISS
[4:20:38] Allen, I assume you're in the
[4:20:40] queue for your amendment later.
[4:20:42] Okay. So any discussion on the
[4:20:44] motion to amend? Seeing none.
[4:20:46] All in favor of the amendment,
[4:20:48] please say I. Any voting? No or
[4:20:50] abstaining. All right. That was
[4:20:54] the abstention from MR. Kaplan,
[4:20:55] the motion to amend. Okay. So
[4:20:57] that was amendment by the
[4:20:59] primary sponsor. So I'm going
[4:21:01] to assume that we are renewing
[4:21:04] this motion to approve, as
[4:21:05] amended, so far with amendment
[4:21:09] one. And now we could
[4:21:10] discussion continues. And next
[4:21:15] in the queue is MISS Allen.
[4:21:15] MADAM Vice mayor.
[4:21:17] I want.
[4:21:17] To.
[4:21:17] Start by.
[4:21:18] Just thanking.
[4:21:20] Council member cash for all the
[4:21:22] work he's put into this and all
[4:21:23] the neighbors that have worked
[4:21:25] on this for two years, and that
[4:21:26] came out to speak. This is
[4:21:27] definitely been an iterative
[4:21:29] process. And vanderbilt has,
[4:21:30] had a lot to listen to. And I
[4:21:32] think they have been good
[4:21:34] listeners. And I am I am very
[4:21:35] pleased with the amendment and
[4:21:38] the, the changes that have been
[4:21:39] asked for and incorporated into
[4:21:41] that and also for the deferral
[4:21:42] that's been requested. I think
[4:21:43] there's more discussion to be
[4:21:45] had, and I think we will use
[4:21:47] that time well, including on my
[4:21:48] amendment two, which I'm not
[4:21:50] going to move. It does deal
[4:21:51] with bird safe glass, but I
[4:21:53] need to work on the language a
[4:21:55] little bit to make sure that I
[4:21:56] don't have any unintended
[4:21:57] consequences. So I do intend to
[4:21:59] bring it back on third. And so
[4:22:01] I will be using this interim
[4:22:02] time to just refine my language
[4:22:04] on that one as well. So with
[4:22:06] that, I would simply just ask
[4:22:08] for my colleagues full support
[4:22:10] on the motions that the sponsor
[4:22:11] has made and thank him again
[4:22:12] for all his efforts.
[4:22:13] All right.
[4:22:15] Appreciate that. Okay. Is there
[4:22:20] any further discussion on the
[4:22:26] motion to approve? 1461, as
[4:22:31] amended with amendment one? MR.
[4:22:33] Cash, would you like to amend
[4:22:35] your motion, consolidate it
[4:22:41] with, 1447.
[4:22:42] Would like to I
[4:22:44] would like to move. No, my my
[4:22:46] amendment to my motion is the
[4:22:49] same. I want to, I want to, I'm
[4:22:51] sorry, I'm move as amended and
[4:22:53] defer third reading till
[4:22:53] SEPTEMBER.
[4:22:54] Right. But MAY I
[4:22:56] pull the companion bill 1447 in
[4:22:56] there.
[4:22:57] Oh yes.
[4:22:57] Please. Okay.
[4:22:59] And consolidate those. Okay.
[4:23:00] Everybody clear on what the
[4:23:02] motion is before us. All right.
[4:23:03] Isthere any further discussion
[4:23:05] on that? Seeing none. All in
[4:23:07] favor, please say aye. Any
[4:23:10] voting no or abstaining? MR.
[4:23:13] Cap is abstaining. All right.
[4:23:18] So both 1446 and 1447 has
[4:23:20] passed their second reading, as
[4:23:22] amended, with amendment one.
[4:23:25] and third reading will be on
[4:23:26] SEPTEMBER 1st. Thanks,
[4:23:27] everybody, for coming out. I
[4:23:29] would ask that you please
[4:23:30] depart as quietly as possible,
[4:23:32] because we still have more
[4:23:33] bills on public hearing. This
[4:23:36] does not conclude the meeting
[4:23:39] for the council members. Okay.
[4:23:44] Next agenda item 18, ordinance
[4:23:45] bl2026-1467. Sponsor tombs.
[4:23:47] This is an ordinance to amend
[4:23:48] title 17, the metro code of
[4:23:49] laws zoning ordinance. The
[4:23:50] metro government by changing
[4:23:52] from our six to sp zoning for.
[4:23:54] Portion of property located at
[4:23:56] baptist world center drive, a
[4:23:58] numbered approximately 200ft
[4:24:00] south of west trinity lane.
[4:24:03] This is 20.2 acres to permit a
[4:24:04] non residential development
[4:24:07] with medical uses. MISS Tombs,
[4:24:09] you're recognized.
[4:24:10] Thank you,
[4:24:10] MADAM Vice mayor.
[4:24:11] I believe
[4:24:12] this needs to be deferred to
[4:24:14] the next public hearing in
[4:24:15] SEPTEMBER because of lack of
[4:24:16] notice.
[4:24:17] All right. Is there a
[4:24:18] second for that motion? Okay.
[4:24:20] It's properly moved and
[4:24:23] seconded. For 1467 to be
[4:24:24] deferred to the public hearing
[4:24:28] of SEPTEMBER 1st. Is there any
[4:24:30] discussion? Seeing none. All in
[4:24:32] favor, please say I. Okay. Any
[4:24:33] no's or abstentions? All right.
[4:24:36] This has passed its second
[4:24:38] reading. Next is agenda item 19,
[4:24:41] ordinance bl 2026-1468. Sponsor
[4:24:43] bo. This is an ordinance to
[4:24:44] amend title 17 of the metro
[4:24:46] code of laws zoning ordinance.
[4:24:47] Metro government by changing
[4:24:50] from our six a to rm20ans
[4:24:51] zoning for properties located
[4:24:56] at 69 a, b and c donaldson
[4:24:58] street, approximately 200ft
[4:24:59] north of robertson street. This
[4:25:03] is 0.17 acres as you're
[4:25:04] recognized.
[4:25:04] Thank you, vice
[4:25:05] mayor. I'd like to open the
[4:25:06] public hearing.
[4:25:07] I declare the
[4:25:10] public hearing open for MRS.
[4:25:14] Vote. Council member votes,
[4:25:17] ordinance 1468. Would all
[4:25:18] members of the public here in
[4:25:20] support of this bill please
[4:25:23] raise your hand? Would all
[4:25:25] members of the public here in
[4:25:27] support of MISS Bo's bill 1468,
[4:25:30] please raise your hands. Okay.
[4:25:32] Would all members here in
[4:25:34] opposition to this bill please
[4:25:37] raise your hand? Okay, MISS.
[4:25:40] Seeing no one here on either
[4:25:41] side. I will declare the public
[4:25:42] hearing closed. It's back to
[4:25:43] you for a motion.
[4:25:44] Thank you.
[4:25:46] I'd like to move to approve.
[4:25:47] Okay. Is there properly
[4:25:49] seconded. Any discussion?
[4:25:50] Seeing none. All in favor,
[4:25:52] please say aye. Any voting? No
[4:25:54] or abstaining? Okay. This has
[4:25:55] passed its second of three
[4:25:58] readings. Next on our agenda
[4:26:01] items 21 and or rather 20 and
[4:26:03] 21. They are companions to each
[4:26:06] other. Sponsor coupon. Agenda
[4:26:11] item 20 is ordinance bl
[4:26:17] 2026-1469 ten. Item 21 is
[4:26:18] 14701469 is an ordinance to
[4:26:19] amend title 17, the metro code
[4:26:21] of laws zoning ordinance. Metro
[4:26:22] government by applying a
[4:26:23] historic landmark overlay
[4:26:26] district to property located at
[4:26:28] 113 eighth avenue south at the
[4:26:30] northwest corner of eighth
[4:26:31] avenue south and mcgavick
[4:26:34] street. This is zoned d, t, c,
[4:26:37] downtown code 0.72 acres and
[4:26:42] again 17 or rather 1470, which
[4:26:43] requires certain materials to
[4:26:43] -
[4:26:44] be restricted in the
[4:26:46] construction of buildings
[4:26:48] mentioned in 1469. MISTER
[4:26:49] Koopman, you're recognized.
[4:26:50] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[4:26:51] Open the public hearing, please.
[4:26:53] I declare the public hearing
[4:26:54] open for council member coupons.
[4:26:57] Bills 1469 and 1470, with all
[4:26:59] members of the public here in
[4:27:00] support of these bills, please
[4:27:02] raise your hand. Thank you.
[4:27:03] Would all members of the public
[4:27:05] here in opposition to these
[4:27:07] bills please raise your hand?
[4:27:08] Seeing no one here in
[4:27:10] opposition, does the person
[4:27:11] here in support seek to be
[4:27:13] recognized or speak? Okay, he
[4:27:15] is shaking his head no. And so
[4:27:16] with that, I will declare the
[4:27:17] public hearing closed and it's
[4:27:19] back to you for a motion on
[4:27:20] these bills.
[4:27:21] Thank you, MADAM
[4:27:21] PRESIDENT. Move approval.
[4:27:22] All
[4:27:24] right. Is there a second? Okay.
[4:27:25] There's a motion to approve
[4:27:28] 1469 and its companion 1470 on
[4:27:30] second of three readings,
[4:27:32] properly seconded. No
[4:27:34] discussion that I see. Any
[4:27:36] discussion? All right. All in
[4:27:37] favor, please say aye. Any
[4:27:41] voting? No or abstaining? Okay.
[4:27:42] These bills have passed their
[4:27:45] second reading. Next. Again,
[4:27:47] two agenda items that are
[4:27:48] companions to each other.
[4:27:51] Agenda items 22 and 23 sponsor
[4:27:53] tombs. Agenda item 22 is
[4:27:56] ordinance bl 2026-1478. This is
[4:27:57] an ordinance to amend title 17,
[4:27:59] the metro code of laws zoning
[4:28:00] ordinance. The metro government
[4:28:02] by changing from our ten to sp
[4:28:03] zoning for properties located
[4:28:04] at curtis street, unnumbered
[4:28:07] lincoln avenue, unnumbered and
[4:28:10] 2305 and 2307 lloyd avenue at
[4:28:12] the northwest corner between
[4:28:13] curtis street and lloyd avenue.
[4:28:16] This is 6.32 acres to permit 62
[4:28:18] multifamily residential units,
[4:28:21] and again, it's companion 1472,
[4:28:23] which requires certain
[4:28:24] materials to be restricted in
[4:28:25] the construction of buildings
[4:28:27] mentioned in 1471. MISS Tombs,
[4:28:29] you're recognized.
[4:28:29] Thank you,
[4:28:31] MADAM Vice mayor, request open
[4:28:31] the public hearing.
[4:28:32] Okay. I
[4:28:33] declare the public hearing open
[4:28:38] for MISS Tombs. Bills 1471 and
[4:28:39] 1472, with all members of the
[4:28:41] public here in support of these
[4:28:43] bills. Please raise your hand.
[4:28:44] Thank you. With all members of
[4:28:46] the public here in opposition
[4:28:47] to these bills, please raise
[4:28:50] yourhand. Okay. There is a
[4:28:52] person here in opposition,
[4:28:54] knowing that, do the persons
[4:28:56] here in support seek to be
[4:28:58] recognized? Okay. Person
[4:29:00] speaking in support do go first.
[4:29:01] So if you would please come
[4:29:05] forward to the podium, and then,
[4:29:07] person speaking in opposition
[4:29:08] will follow those in support. I
[4:29:10] see you there, ma'am. Well, not
[4:29:12] so much behind the column, but.
[4:29:13] Gotcha. Okay. Yes, ma'am. Go
[4:29:17] ahead sir. Go ahead.
[4:29:17] Members of
[4:29:19] the council. I'm jeff hines
[4:29:21] with catalyst design group.
[4:29:23] What I would like to do briefly
[4:29:25] is give you a little bit of
[4:29:27] history and perspective about
[4:29:31] this proposal. This is the
[4:29:34] fourth of three previous psps
[4:29:36] that were approved for this
[4:29:38] area. They began with a
[4:29:39] rezoning along clarksville
[4:29:41] highway and progressed to the
[4:29:44] east over probably the last ten
[4:29:46] years, with a total of
[4:29:48] approximately 50 acres being
[4:29:51] involved. This body heard a
[4:29:52] combination of the three first
[4:29:54] s ps in an amendment last
[4:29:57] summer and approved that which
[4:29:59] with council member tombs as
[4:30:01] assistant assistance, moved
[4:30:03] around some of the density.
[4:30:06] Basically, part of those
[4:30:08] original s ps are under
[4:30:10] construction now. Ellington is
[4:30:11] building workforcehousing.
[4:30:13] There's market rate housing.
[4:30:15] And my client who will speak in
[4:30:17] a moment, motor homes is
[4:30:20] building townhomes and cottage
[4:30:22] residences within those first
[4:30:24] three. This s p continues upon
[4:30:26] the infrastructure that was
[4:30:28] built out in those initial
[4:30:31] phases, which included new
[4:30:33] roadways, new traffic signal at
[4:30:34] clarksville highway,
[4:30:36] intersection, improvements at
[4:30:40] multiple locations. And this
[4:30:42] proposal ties back to that
[4:30:45] infrastructure traffic wise,
[4:30:46] infrastructure wise. So really
[4:30:48] it is an expansion of those
[4:30:51] prior investments. What you
[4:30:53] will probably hear from, from
[4:30:54] anybody that speaks against
[4:30:58] this, is generally the
[4:31:00] residents on lloyd avenue is
[4:31:03] who has reached out to us. And
[4:31:07] that is a dead end street that,
[4:31:09] has some larger lots and
[4:31:11] residences. However, we are not
[4:31:14] tying onto that street with any
[4:31:16] new driveways or vehicular
[4:31:18] improvements. We have seven
[4:31:20] residences that front onto that
[4:31:22] street and would connect
[4:31:23] sidewalks.
[4:31:26] Thank you. Any are
[4:31:28] you seeking to speak in support?
[4:31:29] Yes. Okay. Go ahead.
[4:31:29] good
[4:31:31] evening. My name is jesse
[4:31:33] mcinerney. I'm with motor homes.
[4:31:36] We have recently had, as of
[4:31:39] today, some feedback from
[4:31:41] COUNCILWOMAN Tombs. Just want
[4:31:42] to address just a couple of
[4:31:44] those things real quick to the
[4:31:46] group. I've heard a lot tonight
[4:31:48] about housing prices and
[4:31:49] affordability and things like
[4:31:50] that. One of the things we do
[4:31:52] at moda is we offer a three
[4:31:55] tiered, occupancy strategy,
[4:31:58] which is rent, rent to own and
[4:32:00] just straight purchases. We
[4:32:03] pride ourselves on working with
[4:32:05] folks that are either new and
[4:32:07] first time homeowners or
[4:32:08] working through a situation and
[4:32:11] have transitioned from
[4:32:12] ownership and now renting to
[4:32:15] get those folks back into
[4:32:16] ownership and understanding the
[4:32:18] virtues of ownership. So, there
[4:32:20] was a couple questions about
[4:32:22] percentages of ownership versus
[4:32:25] lease proper units. It's at the
[4:32:26] discretion of the people that
[4:32:28] show up. Typically, our
[4:32:31] communities are 60% leased, at
[4:32:33] the onset. And then it
[4:32:36] transitioned to 60% owned over
[4:32:37] the course of years.
[4:32:40] So it has been a system that
[4:32:42] has worked for us. There's also
[4:32:45] been some community outreach as
[4:32:48] far as, us keeping them
[4:32:49] apprized of what's going on at
[4:32:51] the project. We're happy to
[4:32:53] provide a monthly bulletin. I
[4:32:54] can work with COUNCILWOMAN
[4:32:57] Tombs to be sure that we reach,
[4:32:58] to reach out to everybody in
[4:32:59] the community that would like
[4:33:02] to have notices of what has
[4:33:04] been completed, and probably
[4:33:06] more notably, what is coming up,
[4:33:09] down the line. With that,
[4:33:10] that's all I have. And we'll
[4:33:11] continue to work with
[4:33:12] COUNCILWOMAN Tombs and the
[4:33:14] community between now and third
[4:33:15] reading to make sure we address
[4:33:16] anyone's concerns.
[4:33:17] All right.
[4:33:19] Is there anyone else seeking to
[4:33:22] be recognized in support? Okay.
[4:33:24] Seeing none. Those persons in
[4:33:25] opposition, if you would please
[4:33:27] come forward to speak, you're
[4:33:29] recognized.
[4:33:30] Thank you for the
[4:33:32] opportunity. Just wanted to be
[4:33:34] brief. My only opposition isn't
[4:33:37] the actual build. It's the
[4:33:40] amount or the volume. The
[4:33:43] neighborhood itself isn't,
[4:33:45] conducive to the traffic that
[4:33:47] will come with that. As the
[4:33:49] gentleman was speaking before,
[4:33:51] traffic measures or traffic
[4:33:53] improvement has happened on the
[4:33:55] outside of curtis street and
[4:33:57] lloyd avenue. On the inside,
[4:34:00] it's just a dead end street and
[4:34:02] a loop that people use as a
[4:34:04] shortcut. And then we have a
[4:34:05] towing company in the back of
[4:34:07] the neighborhood that also have
[4:34:10] high volume traffic. We have
[4:34:11] elderly and children in the
[4:34:12] neighborhood bus stops in the
[4:34:14] neighborhood where people
[4:34:17] really don't have safe,
[4:34:19] adequate movement. There are no
[4:34:21] sidewalks in the older parts of
[4:34:22] the neighborhood, which is
[4:34:26] where I live on. Curtis. And
[4:34:27] they mentioned that most of the,
[4:34:30] the driveways wouldn't be on
[4:34:32] lloyd. So that leaves curtis.
[4:34:34] Curtis is a high volume, high
[4:34:37] trafficked street. And
[4:34:38] developers come in and do not
[4:34:40] fix the road they leave. Our
[4:34:42] road is like riding an ocean
[4:34:45] wave and nobody comes back to
[4:34:47] fix it. So I just am the only
[4:34:48] opposition that I do have is
[4:34:52] that the volume will produce
[4:34:53] more traffic in the
[4:34:54] neighborhood, which is unsafe.
[4:34:55] My father lives there. He rides
[4:34:57] a scooter. He's like 80
[4:34:58] something. But it's just
[4:35:00] concerning because there are so
[4:35:03] many people traveling in and
[4:35:04] out. And then adding more
[4:35:08] volume of people is a, is a
[4:35:10] cautionary or, or just think
[4:35:13] about making it less in volume
[4:35:15] and not so much. That's my only
[4:35:17] concern. Thank you for the time.
[4:35:19] Thank you. Is there anyone else
[4:35:20] seeking to be recognized in
[4:35:22] opposition? Seeing none, I will
[4:35:23] declare the public hearing
[4:35:25] closed and it's back to you,
[4:35:27] MISS Tombs, for a motion on
[4:35:31] these bills. Go ahead ma'am.
[4:35:32] Thank you, MADAM Vice mayor.
[4:35:34] Move for approval with a
[4:35:34] comment.
[4:35:35] All right. There's a
[4:35:39] motion to approve 1471 and 1472
[4:35:40] in a consolidated motion. Is
[4:35:42] there a second? Okay. Go ahead
[4:35:43] ma'am.
[4:35:45] Thank you. So as the
[4:35:46] gentleman spoke, who spoke in
[4:35:48] favor, said there. This is a
[4:35:49] project that is part of
[4:35:52] multiple phases off of curtis
[4:35:54] street in clarksville highway.
[4:35:56] The current parcel that is
[4:35:58] being added as an expansion of
[4:36:01] the existing s p, by right,
[4:36:03] allows 27 duplexes, which is
[4:36:08] about 54 units. What is being,
[4:36:10] what is up for approval is 62
[4:36:11] units. So you're talking about
[4:36:12] eight additional units. I know
[4:36:14] that there are some stormwater
[4:36:16] concerns in that area. In
[4:36:17] exchange for these eight
[4:36:19] additional units, this project
[4:36:21] comes with some stormwater
[4:36:22] improvements. It does come with
[4:36:23] some sidewalk improvements as
[4:36:26] well. All of the phases put
[4:36:28] together come with a plethora
[4:36:30] of sidewalk improvements, new
[4:36:32] street connections, new traffic
[4:36:34] lights. So there will be
[4:36:35] improvements to curtis street.
[4:36:37] Curtis street is a little bit
[4:36:39] tricky because it's so steep.
[4:36:40] But to the extent that there
[4:36:42] can be improvements on curtis
[4:36:43] street that is already worked
[4:36:46] into these, s p requirements,
[4:36:47] and I will continue working
[4:36:50] with the neighborhood to try to
[4:36:51] put improvements on curtis
[4:36:53] street because of the steepness
[4:36:54] of the street. That kind of
[4:36:55] limits the traffic calming that
[4:36:58] can go on that road. But again,
[4:36:59] there's already there's a lot
[4:37:00] of infrastructure improvements
[4:37:02] that are coming as part of
[4:37:03] these projects, which is a
[4:37:05] benefit to the community with a
[4:37:08] slight uptick in density. So I
[4:37:10] renew my motion for approval.
[4:37:13] All right. There is a motion
[4:37:15] properly seconded for approval
[4:37:16] on second of three readings.
[4:37:19] Any discussion? Seeing none.
[4:37:20] All in aye.
[4:37:22] Any voting or abstaining. Okay.
[4:37:24] These have passed their second
[4:37:26] reading. Next agenda item 24.
[4:37:29] This ordinance bill 2026-1473,
[4:37:31] sponsored an ordinance to amend
[4:37:33] title 17 of the metro code of
[4:37:34] laws zoning ordinance, metro
[4:37:37] government by changing from rs5
[4:37:40] to m, u a and s zoning for
[4:37:43] property located at 1212 villa
[4:37:46] place, approximately 320ft
[4:37:47] south of edgehill avenue. This
[4:37:50] is 0.28 acres and within the
[4:37:52] edge hill
[4:37:54] conservation overlay district.
[4:37:56] MISS Vo, you are recognized.
[4:37:58] Thank you, vice mayor. I'd like
[4:37:59] to open the public hearing.
[4:37:59] All
[4:38:01] right. I declare the public
[4:38:02] hearing open for council member
[4:38:05] vo's bill 1473, with all
[4:38:06] members of the public here in
[4:38:08] support of this bill, please
[4:38:10] raise your hands. Would all
[4:38:11] members of the public here in
[4:38:13] opposition to this bill please
[4:38:16] raise your hands? Seeing no one
[4:38:20] here in opposition, do the
[4:38:23] persons here in support seek to
[4:38:26] be recognized? Just to clarify,
[4:38:28] is there anyone in opposition?
[4:38:31] I see no one in opposition. So
[4:38:32] seeing no one in opposition to
[4:38:34] the persons here in support who
[4:38:35] were so very patient this
[4:38:37] evening. Do you seek to be
[4:38:39] recognized or to speak? They
[4:38:40] are shaking their head. No.
[4:38:42] MISS Vo and so with that, I
[4:38:43] will close the public hearing.
[4:38:45] It's back to you for a motion
[4:38:45] on this bill.
[4:38:46] Thank you, vice
[4:38:48] mayor. I'd like to move to
[4:38:48] approve.
[4:38:50] Okay. Properly moved
[4:38:51] and seconded. Is there any
[4:38:54] discussion? Seeing none. All in
[4:38:55] favor, please say aye. Any
[4:38:57] voting? No or abstaining? All
[4:38:58] right. This is
[4:38:59] second of three readings. Next
[4:39:01] are agenda items 25 and 26.
[4:39:03] They are companions to each
[4:39:06] other. Sponsor an agenda item
[4:39:11] 25 is ordinance bl 2026-147 for,
[4:39:12] 1474. Yep. This is an ordinance
[4:39:14] to amend title 17, the metro
[4:39:15] code of laws zoning ordinance.
[4:39:16] Metro government by changing
[4:39:19] from I are to sp zoning for
[4:39:21] property located at 1205 second
[4:39:24] avenue north, approximately
[4:39:26] 129ft north of madison street.
[4:39:29] This is 0.46 acres. To permit a
[4:39:31] mixed use development and
[4:39:34] agenda. Item 26 is bill 1475,
[4:39:36] which is a companion to the
[4:39:38] other. And it requires certain
[4:39:39] materials to be restricted in
[4:39:40] the construction of buildings
[4:39:43] mentioned in 1474.
[4:39:44] Councilmember. You're
[4:39:44] recognized.
[4:39:45] Thank you, MADAM
[4:39:45] PRESIDENT. Open the public
[4:39:46] hearing.
[4:39:47] All right. I declare
[4:39:48] the public hearing open for
[4:39:50] council member coupons. Bills
[4:39:54] 17 or rather 1474 and 1475,
[4:39:55] with all members of the public
[4:39:57] here in support of these bills.
[4:39:59] Please raise your hand. All
[4:40:01] right. Would all members of the
[4:40:02] public here in opposition to
[4:40:03] these bills please raise your
[4:40:06] hand? Seeing no one here in
[4:40:07] opposition to the persons here
[4:40:08] in support seek to be
[4:40:10] recognized or speak. They are
[4:40:12] shaking their head. No. And so
[4:40:13] with that, I will declare the
[4:40:14] public hearing closed. It's
[4:40:16] back to you for a motion on
[4:40:16] your bill.
[4:40:17] Thank you, MADAM
[4:40:18] PRESIDENT. Move approval,
[4:40:18] please.
[4:40:20] Okay. There's a motion
[4:40:23] to approve 1474 and 1475 in a
[4:40:24] consolidated motion. Properly
[4:40:26] seconded. Any discussion?
[4:40:28] Seeing none. All in favor,
[4:40:29] please say aye. Any voting no
[4:40:31] or abstaining? Okay. These have
[4:40:33] passed their second of three
[4:40:35] readings. Next is agenda item
[4:40:40] 27. Ordinance bl 2026-1476
[4:40:41] sponsor tombs. This is an
[4:40:42] ordinance to amend title 17 of
[4:40:44] the metro code of laws zoning
[4:40:45] ordinance. The metro government,
[4:40:47] by changing from rs5 to rl2.
[4:40:49] Zoning for properties located
[4:40:51] at one, four, two and 144
[4:40:53] elmhurst avenue, approximately
[4:40:56] 200ft north of fern avenue.
[4:40:59] this is 0.4 acres. MISS Tombs,
[4:41:01] you're recognized.
[4:41:01] Thank you,
[4:41:02] MADAM Vice mayor, request open
[4:41:03] the public hearing.
[4:41:03] All right.
[4:41:05] I declare the public hearing
[4:41:06] open for councilmember tombs
[4:41:09] bill 1476, with all members of
[4:41:11] the public here in support of
[4:41:12] this bill, please raise your
[4:41:14] hand. Would all members of the
[4:41:16] public here in opposition to
[4:41:17] this bill please raise your
[4:41:20] hand? Okay. Seeing no one here
[4:41:22] on either side seeking to be
[4:41:23] recognized, I will declare the
[4:41:24] public hearing closed. It's
[4:41:26] back to you for a motion on
[4:41:27] your bill.
[4:41:28] Move for approval.
[4:41:30] Okay. Is there a second? All
[4:41:32] right. It's properly moved and
[4:41:33] seconded. Is there any
[4:41:34] discussion? Seeing none. All in
[4:41:36] favor, please say aye. Any
[4:41:38] voting no or abstaining? Okay.
[4:41:40] This has passed its second of
[4:41:43] three readings. Next is agenda
[4:41:48] item 28. Ordinance bl 2026-1477.
[4:41:49] Sponsor bo. This is an
[4:41:50] ordinance to authorize building
[4:41:51] material restrictions and
[4:41:55] requirements for bl 2024-403, a
[4:41:56] proposed historic landmark
[4:41:59] overlay district property
[4:42:03] located at 1109 first avenue
[4:42:05] south, approximately 150ft
[4:42:06] south of mildred shoot avenue
[4:42:07] and within the wedgewood
[4:42:09] houston chestnut hill urban
[4:42:11] design overlay district. It
[4:42:13] requires certain materials to
[4:42:14] be restricted in the
[4:42:16] construction of buildings that
[4:42:18] were previously passed in
[4:42:21] ordinance. 403, all right, MISS
[4:42:25] Oh. You're recognized. Oops.
[4:42:28] Okay. Let's see. Do you want to
[4:42:35] sign on to that or. Okay, okay.
[4:42:38] miss evans, you're recognized.
[4:42:39] Request to open the public
[4:42:40] hearing.
[4:42:41] Okay. I declare the
[4:42:45] public hearing open, for
[4:42:52] council member bows. Bill 1477.
[4:42:53] Would all members of the public
[4:42:56] here in support of 1477 please
[4:42:58] raise your hand? Thank you.
[4:43:00] With all members of the public
[4:43:02] here in opposition to 1477,
[4:43:05] please raise your hand. Seeing
[4:43:06] no one here in opposition to
[4:43:07] the persons here in support
[4:43:10] seek to be recognized or
[4:43:13] shaking heads. No. And so with
[4:43:15] that, I will now go over to
[4:43:20] MISS Bow primary sponsor. And,
[4:43:22] I think I declare the public
[4:43:23] hearing closed. Yeah. Back to
[4:43:25] you for a motion. Go ahead MISS.
[4:43:26] Thank you, vice mayor. I'd like
[4:43:28] to move to approve.
[4:43:28] All right.
[4:43:29] Properly moved and seconded.
[4:43:31] Any discussion? Seeing none.
[4:43:33] All in favor, please say aye.
[4:43:35] Any voting no or abstaining?
[4:43:37] Okay. This has passed its
[4:43:40] second of three readings. Thank
[4:43:41] you for your patience and for
[4:43:43] being here. Okay. Next is
[4:43:45] agenda item 29. This is
[4:43:50] ordinance bl 2026-1478 sponsor
[4:43:51] welsh. This is an ordinance to
[4:43:53] amend title 17 of the metro
[4:43:54] code of laws zoning ordinance.
[4:43:55] The metro government, by
[4:43:58] changing from our. S 7.5 to r8a
[4:43:59] zoning for properties located
[4:44:03] at 408 and 410 patterson street,
[4:44:05] approximately 298ft west of
[4:44:07] nolensville pike. This is 0.38
[4:44:09] acres. MISS Welsh recognized.
[4:44:10] Thank you, vice mayor. I'd like
[4:44:12] to move open the public hearing.
[4:44:13] I declare the public hearing
[4:44:15] open for council member welch's
[4:44:18] bill 1478. Would all members of
[4:44:19] the public here in support of
[4:44:21] this bill, please raise your
[4:44:23] hand? Okay. Would all members
[4:44:24] of the public here in
[4:44:25] opposition to this bill please
[4:44:28] raise your hand? Seeing no one
[4:44:29] here on either side, MISS Welch,
[4:44:31] I will declare the public
[4:44:32] hearing closed. It's back to
[4:44:34] you for a motion on this bill.
[4:44:35] Move to approve.
[4:44:35] All right.
[4:44:37] There's a motion to approve.
[4:44:38] It's properly seconded. Is
[4:44:39] there any discussion? Seeing
[4:44:40] none. All in favor, please say
[4:44:42] aye. Any voting no or
[4:44:43] abstaining? Okay. This has
[4:44:45] passed its second of three
[4:44:47] readings. Next, our agenda
[4:44:50] items 30 and 31. They are
[4:44:52] companions to each other.
[4:44:54] Sponsor hancock. Agenda item 30
[4:44:58] is ordinance bl 2026-1479. This
[4:45:00] is an ordinance to amend title
[4:45:01] 17 of the metro code of laws
[4:45:03] zoning ordinance of the metro
[4:45:04] government by changing from rs7
[4:45:07] point five to sp zoning for the
[4:45:09] properties located at 515
[4:45:11] anderson lane and anderson lane.
[4:45:13] Unnumbered approximately 450ft
[4:45:15] east snow avenue and
[4:45:19] approximately 650 615ft west of
[4:45:21] pierce road. This is 3.93
[4:45:23] to permit 57 multifamily
[4:45:26] residential units, and again,
[4:45:29] the companion 1480, which
[4:45:30] requires certain materials to
[4:45:31] be restricted in the
[4:45:33] construction of buildings
[4:45:36] mentioned in 1479. MISS Hancock,
[4:45:38] you are recognized.
[4:45:38] Could we
[4:45:40] open the public hearing, please?
[4:45:41] Yes. I declare the public
[4:45:43] hearing open for MISS Hancock's
[4:45:46] bills. 1479 and 1480. Would all
[4:45:47] members of the public here in
[4:45:48] support of these bills please
[4:45:52] raise your hands? Thank you.
[4:45:53] would all members of the public
[4:45:55] here in opposition to these
[4:45:58] bills please raise your hands?
[4:46:00] Okay. I'm seeing three persons
[4:46:02] in opposition behind you. With
[4:46:04] the persons here in support
[4:46:07] seek to be recognized and speak.
[4:46:09] Hello. The honorable anthony
[4:46:14] davis. Come on up to the podium.
[4:46:17] Person speaking in support will
[4:46:18] go first and persons in
[4:46:19] opposition will speak
[4:46:21] afterwards. Okay. Go ahead sir.
[4:46:23] Thank you. Vice mayor anthony
[4:46:24] davis, a resident of district
[4:46:27] seven. I'll be brief. I know, I
[4:46:30] know, it's a late night for us.
[4:46:32] We've been working on this sb
[4:46:36] approximately a year now. And,
[4:46:38] originally planning staff had
[4:46:40] recommended going the sb route.
[4:46:41] We originally tried to do a
[4:46:43] base zoning, but they
[4:46:44] recommended sb. So for several
[4:46:46] months now we've been working
[4:46:47] with staff and councilmember
[4:46:49] hancock has been great to work
[4:46:51] with, and the community to
[4:46:52] refine this unique site. It's a
[4:46:54] four acre infill site. It's
[4:46:56] neighborhood evolving. And our
[4:46:58] project, it's an sp essentially
[4:47:01] asking for about rm 15 level
[4:47:04] zoning. There's several species
[4:47:07] in the nearby vicinity as well.
[4:47:08] It's a missing middle
[4:47:10] opportunity. Primarily
[4:47:11] townhomes is what this would be
[4:47:13] with some single family
[4:47:14] sprinkled in. It's definitely a
[4:47:15] product that's missing in the
[4:47:18] area. As far as working with
[4:47:19] the neighborhood, we've been in
[4:47:20] communication and supported by
[4:47:21] council member hancock
[4:47:23] throughout the process.
[4:47:24] Planning commission has of
[4:47:25] course approved and brought us
[4:47:27] to this point. The council
[4:47:28] member did a great process%
[4:47:30] going through her zoning.
[4:47:32] Notice her very large email
[4:47:34] list multiple times, actually,
[4:47:35] in addition to, of course, all
[4:47:37] the notices, we did a community
[4:47:38] meeting over the winter at
[4:47:41] yazoo brewing. And, we had some
[4:47:43] neighbors had some good that kind of
[4:47:44] stuff, made several changes to
[4:47:46] the sp at that point. And then
[4:47:47] even more recently, we've,
[4:47:49] we've made a few more, along
[4:47:51] the way. Having said that, I
[4:47:52] just ask that you please
[4:47:54] support this. Sp sp, the
[4:47:56] planning staff has
[4:47:58] recommended at this point,
[4:48:00] we'll continue to listen to any
[4:48:02] concerns, of course, but please
[4:48:03] move this forward tonight so we
[4:48:04] can get this needed housing in
[4:48:05] madison. Thank you so much.
[4:48:08] Thank you. Go ahead. You're
[4:48:09] recognized.
[4:48:10] Thank you, vice
[4:48:12] mayor. Members of the council.
[4:48:13] My name is michael garrigan.
[4:48:14] I'm a civil engineer with dale
[4:48:17] associates. 516 heather place.
[4:48:19] Just briefly to add to what
[4:48:22] anthony just discussed, there
[4:48:24] are a couple sps a couple
[4:48:26] hundred feet to the north that
[4:48:28] are about 20 units per acre.
[4:48:30] There's the large might drive
[4:48:32] in anderson sp, one block to
[4:48:33] the east. That's 20 units per
[4:48:35] acre. What we're proposing is
[4:48:38] 15. So it's slightly less. We
[4:48:40] have gone through several
[4:48:42] iterations. There was a stream
[4:48:45] on the site that, that we self
[4:48:46] reported the neighborhood next
[4:48:47] to us actually built right up
[4:48:49] to it, but we've got it
[4:48:50] buffered in a, in a open green,
[4:48:52] natural green space. We've
[4:48:54] grown the perimeter landscape
[4:48:56] buffers as recently as this
[4:48:57] afternoon when a neighbor asked
[4:48:59] us to increase that and to
[4:49:00] state that we would preserve
[4:49:01] the trees, that would be
[4:49:03] something that will have to be
[4:49:04] included in an amendment. But
[4:49:05] that's something that we agreed
[4:49:07] to today. We've reduced the
[4:49:08] density. We reduced the heights
[4:49:10] from 3 to 2 stories for the
[4:49:12] units along anderson lane so
[4:49:14] that it blends in better with
[4:49:15] the neighboring homes and even
[4:49:17] shifted those setbacks back a
[4:49:19] little bit. So we've made a lot
[4:49:20] of concessions along the way.
[4:49:22] One of the biggest ones I do
[4:49:23] think is we've agreed to do a
[4:49:25] traffic impact study or an mmta
[4:49:27] as in dot calls it. There's a
[4:49:29] lot of just under the threshold
[4:49:30] developments in this area,
[4:49:33] which this is as well.
[4:49:34] Typically 80 units triggers the
[4:49:37] requirement. This is 57, but
[4:49:38] we've agreed to do that study
[4:49:40] that will take into account
[4:49:41] this development as well as all
[4:49:43] the others in the surrounding
[4:49:45] area, to help find a solution
[4:49:47] to the traffic issue that
[4:49:49] they're having at amboy
[4:49:50] elementary, which is a couple
[4:49:52] hundred feet to the west to
[4:49:53] pick up drop off times. From
[4:49:54] what I understand, it's, it's
[4:49:57] pretty grueling. So excited
[4:49:59] about that and excited to bring
[4:50:00] this missing middle piece. And
[4:50:03] thank you for your support.
[4:50:03] All
[4:50:08] right. Thank you. Go ahead.
[4:50:08] I
[4:50:10] really like this. Thank you for
[4:50:11] getting it. Also, she has the
[4:50:13] best community meeting location,
[4:50:15] yazoo. Like you guys have the
[4:50:16] best neighborhood up there. You
[4:50:17] can get to yazoo easily. You
[4:50:20] know, 500m from the 76, a
[4:50:23] kilometer from the 55 or 56.
[4:50:25] and the madison community
[4:50:26] center is right there. It's a
[4:50:27] wonderful neighborhood, and
[4:50:28] this is right in the context.
[4:50:29] Thank you so much.
[4:50:30] All right.
[4:50:31] Is there anyone else seeking to
[4:50:32] be recognized in support?
[4:50:36] Seeing none of those persons in
[4:50:37] opposition who seek to be
[4:50:38] recognized or speak and go
[4:50:40] ahead and come on forward to
[4:50:44] the podium, please come on down.
[4:50:48] Thank you. You're recognized.
[4:50:50] What's going on? My name is
[4:50:52] harold. I live right next to to
[4:50:55] the, property that's about to
[4:50:57] be developed. I think they're
[4:50:58] the developers are getting
[4:50:59] really close to something. I
[4:51:03] can be, in. I'm sorry. I'm
[4:51:06] super tired. I think they're
[4:51:07] getting really close to
[4:51:09] something we approve here, but
[4:51:10] they're just not there yet. I'm
[4:51:12] really hoping we defer this
[4:51:15] until we really have a, some
[4:51:17] real, a couple more meetings
[4:51:19] with my neighbors. Preferably
[4:51:21] one that doesn't happen a
[4:51:22] couple days after an ice storm
[4:51:26] would be nice too. So, that's
[4:51:29] it for me. I'm head out.
[4:51:29] All
[4:51:31] right. Next. Go ahead and come
[4:51:33] on forward, please. You're
[4:51:33] recognized.
[4:51:34] Thank you, vice
[4:51:34] chair. Thank you.
[4:51:35] Metro council
[4:51:36] members. My name is josh wagner.
[4:51:38] I live on the cul de sac
[4:51:39] immediately adjacent to this
[4:51:41] proposed development. One of
[4:51:43] the concerns that my, myself
[4:51:44] and my neighbors have, of
[4:51:46] course, is the traffic. So I
[4:51:47] also vote with my neighbor.
[4:51:49] Well, would ask for a deferral
[4:51:52] of this proposal or this,
[4:51:53] because we would like to see
[4:51:55] and review some of that traffic
[4:51:58] study. The pierce road does
[4:51:59] become a one way street two
[4:52:02] times a day, making in and out
[4:52:03] traffic to our subdivision,
[4:52:06] very arduous and timely and
[4:52:08] time consuming. And then this
[4:52:10] is going to be a much more
[4:52:13] denser fabric of homes than
[4:52:15] what is currently there in the
[4:52:16] immediate adjacent neighborhood,
[4:52:18] where you have one home on one
[4:52:20] lot. We understand that
[4:52:21] nashville needs more density.
[4:52:23] We are not against density.
[4:52:25] We're asking for smart
[4:52:27] development and highest and
[4:52:30] best not maximum use. So
[4:52:31] thank you for your time.
[4:52:31] Thank
[4:52:34] you. Go ahead. You're
[4:52:42] recognized.
[4:52:43] Hello. Thank you
[4:52:45] for accepting our time here. My
[4:52:46] name is paul hebert and I live
[4:52:48] at 509 anderson lane, which is
[4:52:50] just next to this monstrosity
[4:52:52] that they're wanting to put in
[4:52:53] first. I have I had a whole
[4:52:55] prepared thing I was going to
[4:52:56] speak about, but I want to
[4:52:58] recognize COUNCILWOMAN Sykes.
[4:53:00] Your your comments tonight have
[4:53:02] been on par. Everything that
[4:53:03] the community is asking for,
[4:53:05] you guys vote against you.
[4:53:06] Don't listen to what we're
[4:53:08] saying. And that's completely
[4:53:10] wrong. We've had one meeting
[4:53:11] and hear all these other ones
[4:53:13] where they've had 4 or 5
[4:53:14] meetings. We had one. It was at
[4:53:15] yazoo brewing company where
[4:53:17] many of us who are in recovery
[4:53:19] asked for it not to be at. And
[4:53:21] it was the week of the ice
[4:53:22] storm. Like nobody could make
[4:53:24] that. I spent a week getting
[4:53:25] out of my house, but I wanted
[4:53:27] to read you a quote says, we
[4:53:29] are currently building a lot of
[4:53:30] dense housing in madison. There
[4:53:32] are very few trees left in this
[4:53:34] area. Madison is one of three
[4:53:37] hot zones in the entire county
[4:53:38] where we don't have enough tree
[4:53:40] coverage. We have a higher
[4:53:41] asthma rate in nashville
[4:53:43] seeking to add more trees
[4:53:45] elsewhere. So we're going to
[4:53:46] start extra densifying this
[4:53:47] area by removing the trees,
[4:53:49] we're going to be exacerbating
[4:53:50] the health crisis. We already
[4:53:52] have a madison in my community.
[4:53:54] We don't need any more trouble
[4:53:55] with our health crisis that we
[4:53:57] have. We need to lower asthma
[4:53:59] rates. We need to plant more
[4:54:00] trees. We need to have good air
[4:54:02] to breathe. We are building all
[4:54:03] along the river gate mall area,
[4:54:05] which I don't mind building
[4:54:06] there, but why do we need to
[4:54:07] bother the current
[4:54:08] neighborhoods with the
[4:54:09] established trees? I think they
[4:54:11] should stay. That's from
[4:54:14] COUNCILMAN Woman hancock.
[4:54:16] Earlier in support of us number
[4:54:18] nine and ten. Yet now she's
[4:54:19] wanting to take our trees in
[4:54:22] our community. Why the
[4:54:25] hypocrisy? I ask that somebody
[4:54:27] call a vote on the record by
[4:54:29] roll call so we can see who is
[4:54:30] opposed to this and who's in
[4:54:32] favor of it. If we have to,
[4:54:34] we'll take this to the chancery
[4:54:35] court, and we'll file an
[4:54:36] injunction to stop this until
[4:54:38] this traffic study can be done
[4:54:39] and seen before this is
[4:54:40] approved. Thank you for your
[4:54:42] time.
[4:54:43] Is anyone else seeking to
[4:54:47] be recognized in opposition?
[4:54:48] Seeing none, I will declare the
[4:54:49] public hearing closed. And it's
[4:54:53] back to you, MISS Hancock. I
[4:54:54] see you have an amendment
[4:54:56] should you wish to offer it. If
[4:54:58] you would just move the first
[4:55:00] bill separately, and then you
[4:55:02] can reconsolidate them at the
[4:55:05] end for passage, if that's what
[4:55:07] you choose to do at this time.
[4:55:08] Go ahead, ma'am.
[4:55:09] I'd like to
[4:55:10] move the bill with a brief
[4:55:11] comment.
[4:55:13] Just 1479.
[4:55:14] And then I
[4:55:16] can do the amendment separately.
[4:55:18] Correct?
[4:55:19] Correct. If you move
[4:55:21] 1479, you got to move it by
[4:55:22] itself so you can amend it, and
[4:55:24] then you can reconsolidate it
[4:55:25] for passage if you would like
[4:55:25] to.
[4:55:26] That's fantastic.
[4:55:27] Okay, so
[4:55:29] there's a motion to approve
[4:55:30] 1479. It's properly seconded.
[4:55:32] Go ahead ma'am.
[4:55:33] So first of all,
[4:55:35] I would like to thank all three
[4:55:37] community members that not only
[4:55:39] came out, but stayed through
[4:55:41] some very long public hearings.
[4:55:43] And I know that it's not easy.
[4:55:44] I've been doing it for seven
[4:55:47] years, so I feel the pain. And,
[4:55:48] thank you so much for your
[4:55:50] dedication to the community.
[4:55:52] And second of all, we do have
[4:55:55] two meetings every month, and
[4:55:57] one of them is a zoo brewing
[4:56:00] company where I actually drink
[4:56:02] the the water that's like the
[4:56:04] brew water and not even any
[4:56:06] beer in there for myself, but I
[4:56:08] also have the meetings at
[4:56:10] madtown coffee in the morning.
[4:56:11] I don't know why they're always
[4:56:13] beverage places if you don't
[4:56:15] want caffeine. There's also
[4:56:17] non-caffeinated tea and some
[4:56:18] juices and things, but I would
[4:56:19] love if you guys would come out.
[4:56:20] -
[4:56:21] we have another two meetings
[4:56:24] planned next week on AUGUST
[4:56:27] 10th, 8 to 9 madtown coffee and
[4:56:29] 6 to 7 at yazoo brewing company,
[4:56:30] where there's also grill, shack
[4:56:33] burger and fries and sodas. And
[4:56:34] they have some really cool
[4:56:36] cherry coke and some nice root
[4:56:37] beer in the jars, so they're
[4:56:39] kind of fun. My son likes to
[4:56:41] come out and and that's a great
[4:56:44] family atmosphere. I do want to
[4:56:47] talk about this particular
[4:56:49] effort to provide some missing
[4:56:51] middle housing. I am really
[4:56:53] sensitive to the trees. And I
[4:56:55] really do appreciate you using
[4:56:57] my very own words to remind me
[4:56:59] of the asthma in madison. I
[4:57:01] have asthma myself, and one of
[4:57:04] the things that we should do,
[4:57:06] prior to that meeting is all
[4:57:09] have michael and anthony, count
[4:57:10] the number of trees that are
[4:57:14] going to be, retained and the
[4:57:17] area where the storm water is,
[4:57:18] and also how many trees we're
[4:57:20] going to be planting versus how
[4:57:22] many trees are currently there.
[4:57:23] And I'll commit to getting
[4:57:24] nashville to come out and put
[4:57:27] in twice as many trees as we're
[4:57:29] losing in the areas around
[4:57:30] there. I know that we already
[4:57:32] have some planned at the ford
[4:57:33] dealership on the gallatin
[4:57:35] anderson road, but we can
[4:57:37] definitely focus on making sure
[4:57:38] that area has even more trees
[4:57:40] than currently existing. As far
[4:57:42] as the traffic study, we do
[4:57:43] have an amendment that I'm
[4:57:45] about to run that will require
[4:57:47] a traffic study. Now, I
[4:57:48] understand that the community
[4:57:49] would love to have the traffic
[4:57:51] study prior to this, but, the
[4:57:53] nature of the beast of zoning
[4:57:55] is that we can put a traffic
[4:57:57] study into the sp and then once
[4:57:58] the sp is approved, then the
[4:58:00] traffic study has to be done
[4:58:02] before anything can be built.
[4:58:03] So we will get that traffic
[4:58:05] study done and then make sure
[4:58:07] that we know exactly what needs
[4:58:09] to be done based on not only
[4:58:10] this particular development,
[4:58:12] which does not technically on
[4:58:13] its own, qualify for traffic
[4:58:15] study, because I think you have
[4:58:17] to build 80 to have that. But
[4:58:19] also the fact that we have
[4:58:20] other developments that are
[4:58:22] coming along. Can someone else
[4:58:23] get in the queue and yield your
[4:58:26] time to me? I'm almost done.
[4:58:27] MISS. MISS Allen, do you seek
[4:58:29] to yield your time? Go ahead,
[4:58:30] MISS Hancock.
[4:58:31] Thank you. So, in
[4:58:33] addition to the traffic study.
[4:58:34] I just probably lost my train
[4:58:36] of thought. And where am I?
[4:58:40] Right there. We are going to
[4:58:43] consider another couple of
[4:58:45] considerations in tree height
[4:58:48] and, and buffering between the
[4:58:51] new development and the streets
[4:58:53] and server that are behind it.
[4:58:54] And some suggestions from the
[4:58:56] community came up. So we'll add
[4:58:58] those into another amendment on
[4:58:59] third. But for right now, I
[4:59:00] would like to move the
[4:59:02] amendment that I have today for
[4:59:03] the traffic study.
[4:59:04] There is a
[4:59:06] motion to amend. Is there a
[4:59:09] second? Okay. I believe you've
[4:59:11] already described the amendment.
[4:59:12] Is that correct?
[4:59:12] That's correct.
[4:59:13] Traffic study.
[4:59:15] Got it. Okay. Is
[4:59:16] there any discussion on the
[4:59:19] motion to amend? Okay. Seeing
[4:59:21] none. All in favor of the
[4:59:22] amendment, please say aye. Any
[4:59:25] voting no or abstaining. Okay.
[4:59:26] So at this juncture, if you
[4:59:29] would like to renew your motion
[4:59:34] to approve 1479 as amended, and
[4:59:36] 1480, is that your desire there?
[4:59:39] I would like to amend my motion.
[4:59:40] You don't have to say it. You
[4:59:42] can just say, yeah. Yes. Okay.
[4:59:44] Is there a second? All right.
[4:59:45] Okay. Is there any further
[4:59:48] discussion on this bill as
[4:59:49] amended?
[4:59:50] One additional thing I
[4:59:52] did want to say about the
[4:59:54] particular area in the traffic
[4:59:55] challenge is there are two
[4:59:56] already approved speeds that
[5:00:00] were approved, years ago on
[5:00:02] shannon, which is on the corner
[5:00:03] of shannon and pierce, and
[5:00:05] that's going to enlarge that
[5:00:06] street. So we're working with
[5:00:10] mmpd and the traffic people at
[5:00:12] elementary to try to get that
[5:00:14] blockage of pierce to cease and
[5:00:16] have it kind of wrap a little
[5:00:19] bit to, do a little bit better
[5:00:20] job of managing the traffic in
[5:00:21] that neighborhood.
[5:00:22] All right.
[5:00:24] Is there any further discussion
[5:00:27] on this motion to approve, as
[5:00:30] amended on second reading?
[5:00:30] And
[5:00:31] we also want a roll call vote
[5:00:33] due to the request from the
[5:00:34] audience. Thank you.
[5:00:37] Okay.
[5:00:38] There were three people who
[5:00:45] said okay, right. Okay. All
[5:00:47] right, MR. Clerk, would you
[5:00:49] please open the machine? There
[5:00:54] is a roll call vote requested.
[5:00:58] There is a motion to approve
[5:01:00] 1479, as amended, and 1480 in a
[5:01:02] consolidated motion on second
[5:01:19] of three readings.
[5:01:43] MR. Bradford,
[5:01:47] are you seeking to vote? All
[5:01:48] votes are in. MR. Clerk, please
[5:01:50] show the vote. All right. This
[5:01:52] motion has passed with 32 votes
[5:01:55] in favor, zero against and one
[5:01:59] abstetion. All right. Next is
[5:02:05] agenda item 32. Ordinance
[5:02:06] bl2026-1481. Sponsor kimbro.
[5:02:08] This is an ordinance to amend
[5:02:09] title 17, the metro code of
[5:02:11] laws, the zoning ordinance. The
[5:02:12] metro government by changing
[5:02:14] from rs. Ten to our ten. Zoning
[5:02:16] for property located at 1814
[5:02:18] county hospital road, located
[5:02:20] approximately 215ft northeast
[5:02:25] of dope avenue. This is 0.5 or
[5:02:26] 0.54 acres. MISS Kimbro, you're
[5:02:27] recognized.
[5:02:28] Thank you, vice
[5:02:29] mayor. I'd like to defer this
[5:02:30] to the SEPTEMBER 1st meeting
[5:02:32] due to lack of notice.
[5:02:32] All
[5:02:34] right. Properly moved and
[5:02:35] seconded. Is there any
[5:02:36] discussion on the deferral
[5:02:38] motion, moving this public
[5:02:39] hearing to the SEPTEMBER 1st
[5:02:42] meeting? Seeing none. All in
[5:02:43] favor, please say aye. Any
[5:02:48] voting no or abstaining? Okay.
[5:02:50] Next agenda items 33 and 34.
[5:02:52] They are companions to each
[5:02:58] other. 33 is ordinance bl
[5:03:00] 2026-1482 sponsor taylor. This
[5:03:01] is an ordinance to amend title
[5:03:02] 17, the metro code of laws
[5:03:04] zoning ordinance. The metro
[5:03:05] government by applying a
[5:03:06] historic landmark overlay
[5:03:09] district to property located at
[5:03:12] 3411 albion street at the
[5:03:14] corner of 35th avenue north and
[5:03:18] albion street, zoned r s ten,
[5:03:21] this is 0.69 acres. And again,
[5:03:24] agenda item 34, which is its
[5:03:26] companion ordinance 1483, which
[5:03:27] requires certain materials to
[5:03:28] be restricted in the
[5:03:30] construction of buildings.
[5:03:33] Mentioned in 1482. MR. Taylor,
[5:03:34] you're recognized, sir.
[5:03:35] Thank
[5:03:36] you, vice mayor. I'd like to
[5:03:37] open the public hearing, please.
[5:03:39] All right. I declare the public
[5:03:40] hearing open for council member
[5:03:44] taylor's bills. 1482 and 1483.
[5:03:46] Would all members of the public
[5:03:47] here in support of these bills
[5:03:50] please raise your hand? All
[5:03:52] right. Would all members of the
[5:03:54] public here in opposition to
[5:03:56] these bills please raise your
[5:04:00] hand? Seeing no one here in
[5:04:01] opposition to the persons here
[5:04:03] in support seek to be
[5:04:11] recognized or speak. Yes, sir.
[5:04:19] Y'all go ahead. Welcome. Go
[5:04:21] ahead. You're recognized sir.
[5:04:24] Oh, I'm sorry sir. Go ahead.
[5:04:24] My
[5:04:27] name is matt scott. I'm a
[5:04:29] member of this great church
[5:04:31] called mount olive missionary
[5:04:33] baptist church. This church
[5:04:36] moved from downtown nashville
[5:04:40] to the location at 34 albion
[5:04:41] street, right across from
[5:04:44] tennessee state university. In
[5:04:47] 1955, I was a student there at
[5:04:50] tennessee state, and I joined
[5:04:52] this church as a washer member
[5:04:56] and a young officer there at
[5:04:58] the church. After returning
[5:05:01] from graduation, I came back,
[5:05:03] to the university and also came
[5:05:06] back to my knowledge, and I was
[5:05:09] made a official deacon for that
[5:05:13] church in 1955. So I've been a
[5:05:15] member of that church a long
[5:05:18] time. So we want to we want to
[5:05:20] get approval here. We met with
[5:05:22] the commission and everything
[5:05:24] have been approved to put a
[5:05:26] landmark marker at the church.
[5:05:28] And so that's why we are here
[5:05:32] today to finish this particular
[5:05:34] project for this great church.
[5:05:35] and we want everybody to stand
[5:05:38] who are representing my
[5:05:40] knowledge today.
[5:05:41] Thank you all
[5:05:42] for coming out. I know it's
[5:05:45] been a long night. Okay. Is
[5:05:46] anyone else seeking to be
[5:05:50] recognized in support? Go ahead
[5:05:51] sir.
[5:05:53] How y'all doing? How y'all
[5:05:55] doing? It is just an honor to
[5:05:57] be standing here before y'all.
[5:06:00] I'm a retired disabled veteran
[5:06:04] of the united states army, and
[5:06:06] I was raised in church as a
[5:06:08] child. So when I came home, GOD
[5:06:10] blessed me with a beautiful
[5:06:13] wife. And as a man of GOD, you
[5:06:15] have to lead by example. So I
[5:06:18] got a new church home. I'm a
[5:06:21] deacon, and I just let me know
[5:06:23] GOD is able to do all things.
[5:06:27] So if y'all would just honor us
[5:06:30] with getting us this approved
[5:06:31] so we can move on and continue
[5:06:33] to do the lord's work, I'd
[5:06:35] appreciate it. Thank you.
[5:06:36] All
[5:06:38] right. Thank you so much. The
[5:06:41] other gentleman seek to speak.
[5:06:44] Go ahead sir. You're recognized.
[5:06:46] Thank you. My name is christian
[5:06:50] patton, and this is deeply
[5:06:52] personal for me. So my great
[5:06:53] grandfather, reverendjohn
[5:06:55] thomas patton, he served as
[5:06:57] pastor at mount olive church.
[5:06:59] And before that, he was
[5:07:00] actually the PRESIDENT Of
[5:07:02] nashville naacp. So there's a
[5:07:04] lot of history there. His life
[5:07:08] was dedicated to faith, service,
[5:07:09] leadership, and the betterment
[5:07:11] of the community. Because of
[5:07:13] him, this church has been woven
[5:07:15] into my family's story for
[5:07:17] generations. But this isn't
[5:07:19] just about my family's story.
[5:07:22] This is nashville's history,
[5:07:25] right. Mount olive is a
[5:07:26] historic church that stands in
[5:07:27] the heart of historic jefferson
[5:07:31] street neighborhood, which has
[5:07:33] a rich and beautiful history.
[5:07:34] For well over a century, this
[5:07:36] church has been a place where
[5:07:37] families have gathered to
[5:07:39] worship, celebrate, grieve,
[5:07:42] grow, and support one another.
[5:07:44] Many of those families still
[5:07:47] attend this church, and new
[5:07:48] generations continue to walk
[5:07:51] through our doors. That's what
[5:07:52] makes mount olive so special,
[5:07:54] and it's just not preserving
[5:07:56] its history. But it's
[5:07:57] continuing, continuing to make
[5:08:00] history. This church has also
[5:08:02] been home to remarkable leaders
[5:08:03] whose impact reached far beyond
[5:08:06] its walls, like reverend henry
[5:08:07] boyd, which some of you might
[5:08:10] know that last name. He was the
[5:08:11] founder of the national baptst
[5:08:13] publishing board and citizens
[5:08:15] savings bank and trust company,
[5:08:16] helping create opportunities to
[5:08:17] strengthen nashville's black
[5:08:19] community for generations,
[5:08:21] leaders like reverend boyd and
[5:08:22] my great grandfather remind us
[5:08:24] that mount olive has never
[5:08:26] simply just been a church. It
[5:08:28] has been a place where faith
[5:08:29] inspired leadership, where
[5:08:31] service transformed lives and
[5:08:33] where hope becomes became
[5:08:35] action. And this church
[5:08:38] continues to be that place. So
[5:08:40] this means a lot. Again, I want
[5:08:42] to thank each and every one of
[5:08:44] you for giving us the time to
[5:08:45] come up here and represent our
[5:08:45] church.
[5:08:46] Thank you.
[5:08:47] Thank you
[5:08:48] all very much for coming out.
[5:08:50] We appreciate you and know you
[5:08:51] had to be very patient this
[5:08:53] evening. Thank you for sharing
[5:08:54] that with us. Seeing no one
[5:08:55] else seeking to be recognized
[5:08:57] in support, I will declare the
[5:08:59] public hearing closed. And it's
[5:09:00] back to you, COUNCILMAN Taylor,
[5:09:01] for a motion.
[5:09:02] Thank you. I
[5:09:03] would like to move for approval
[5:09:06] of both item 33 and 34 with a
[5:09:07] brief comment.
[5:09:08] All right. Go
[5:09:08] ahead, sir.
[5:09:09] All right. Brother
[5:09:11] christian stole all of my
[5:09:13] thunder, so I'm not going to
[5:09:14] say much.
[5:09:15] Did a good job.
[5:09:15] He
[5:09:16] did an.
[5:09:17] Amazing.
[5:09:19] Amazing job.
[5:09:21] Just really quickly just the
[5:09:22] historic nature of this area.
[5:09:24] It's called college hill. One
[5:09:27] of the first neighborhoods that
[5:09:28] black could live in and
[5:09:29] buy their own homes in
[5:09:33] nashville built by, strong
[5:09:34] family that still builds homes
[5:09:36] now called mckissick and
[5:09:38] mckissick. Not sure if you ever
[5:09:39] heard of them, but if you
[5:09:41] haven't, I'm not going to tell
[5:09:42] you about them because I'm
[5:09:43] actually look it up because I
[5:09:45] got to go fast because we're
[5:09:47] here very late. But this is a
[5:09:48] great opportunity for us. This
[5:09:49] has been many conversations
[5:09:50] about this neighborhood in this
[5:09:54] area, to preserve history. They
[5:09:56] just shared vibrant history. We
[5:09:58] have history in the room
[5:09:59] tonight. I'm a deacon of a
[5:10:01] church since 1955 in the same
[5:10:02] area. And so we want to put a
[5:10:04] landmark overlay. We'll also be
[5:10:07] having, we'll have a historical
[5:10:08] marker added here at the
[5:10:11] location about college hill.
[5:10:12] there's a number of things that
[5:10:13] we're doing to preserve this
[5:10:16] and this is hopefully just a
[5:10:18] start of preservation in this
[5:10:20] area and a very strong history
[5:10:22] for black nashville black
[5:10:25] history right here in our city
[5:10:27] to be extremely proud of. So
[5:10:29] thank you all for staying late
[5:10:30] and coming out. Stephanie,
[5:10:32] thank you so much for the work
[5:10:36] that you've done on this. And,
[5:10:39] I would like to invoke rule
[5:10:42] 12.3, of the body. And just to
[5:10:44] let you guys know that everyone
[5:10:47] that, votes in the affirmative
[5:10:49] will be added to the bill as a
[5:10:52] signer. So I renew my motion.
[5:10:52] Thank you.
[5:10:55] All right. All
[5:11:00] righty. There is a motion to
[5:11:06] approve, 1482 and 1483, on
[5:11:09] their second of three readings,
[5:11:12] with 12.3 applied such that all
[5:11:15] those voting in the affirmative
[5:11:17] will be signed on as
[5:11:19] co-sponsors for this bill. Is
[5:11:21] there any objection to that
[5:11:23] amended motion? All right, I
[5:11:25] heard a second for it. Okay. Is
[5:11:28] there any additional discussion?
[5:11:30] All right. Seeing none.
[5:11:32] Favor, please say I any voting?
[5:11:34] No or abstaining. All right.
[5:11:36] This bill has passed its second
[5:11:37] reading. Thank you all again
[5:11:41] very much for coming out. Okay.
[5:11:45] Next is agenda items 35 and 36.
[5:11:46] Again, they are companions to
[5:11:52] each other. The first is agenda
[5:11:57] item 35 is ordinance bl
[5:11:59] 2026-1484 sponsor styles. This
[5:12:01] is an ordinance to amend title
[5:12:02] 17, the metro code of laws
[5:12:04] zoning ordinance. The metro
[5:12:05] government by changing from a r
[5:12:07] to a to sp. Zoning for property
[5:12:10] located at 12802 old hickory
[5:12:12] boulevard, approximately 148ft
[5:12:14] southwest of logistics way.
[5:12:16] this is 3.6 acres to permit a
[5:12:19] mixed use development. And as
[5:12:21] well it's companion agenda item
[5:12:24] 36. That's bill 1485. It
[5:12:25] requires certain materials to
[5:12:27] be restricted in the
[5:12:27] construction of buildings
[5:12:30] mentioned in 1484. MISS Styles,
[5:12:32] you're recognized.
[5:12:33] Yes. I would
[5:12:34] like to.
[5:12:35] Open the public
[5:12:36] hearing. All right.
[5:12:36] Okay.
[5:12:37] They've been so patient.
[5:12:38] I
[5:12:39] declare the public hearing open
[5:12:44] for MISS Styles's bill 1484 and
[5:12:45] 1485. Would all members of the
[5:12:47] public here in support of these
[5:12:49] bills please raise your hands?
[5:12:52] Thank you. Would all members of
[5:12:54] the public here in opposition
[5:12:55] to these bills please raise
[5:12:58] your hands? Okay. Seeing no one
[5:13:00] here in opposition to te
[5:13:01] persons here in support seek to
[5:13:03] be recognized or speak. They
[5:13:04] are shaking their head. No,
[5:13:06] MISS Styles. And so with that,
[5:13:07] I will declare the public
[5:13:09] hearing closed. It's back to
[5:13:11] you for a motion on these bills.
[5:13:12] Yes. I'd like to move for
[5:13:13] approval, please.
[5:13:14] Okay. There's
[5:13:17] a motion to approve 1484 and
[5:13:18] 1485 in a consolidated motion
[5:13:20] on reading. Is there a
[5:13:23] second? Is there any discussion?
[5:13:24] Seeing none. All in favor,
[5:13:26] please say aye. Any voting no
[5:13:28] or abstaining? Okay. These have
[5:13:30] passed their second reading.
[5:13:32] All right. Hang in there. We're
[5:13:34] almost there. To the public
[5:13:35] hearing agenda item 37,
[5:13:39] ordinance bl 2026-1486. Sponsor
[5:13:40] welsh. An ordinance to amend
[5:13:41] title 17, the metro code of
[5:13:42] laws zoning ordinance. The
[5:13:44] metro government by changing
[5:13:46] from our as 52r6a zoning for
[5:13:49] property located at 303 joiner
[5:13:51] avenue, approximately 65ft
[5:13:52] southwest of burbank avenue.
[5:13:55] This is 0.17 acres. Council
[5:13:56] member welsh. You are
[5:13:56] recognized.
[5:13:57] Thank you, vice
[5:13:58] mayor. I'd like to open the
[5:13:59] public hearing.
[5:14:00] All right. I
[5:14:01] declare the public hearing open
[5:14:02] for council member welch's bill
[5:14:05] 1486. Would all members of the
[5:14:06] public here in support of this
[5:14:08] bill
[5:14:09] would all members of the public
[5:14:12] here in opposition to this bill?
[5:14:15] 1486 anyone seeing none on
[5:14:16] either side, I will declare the
[5:14:18] public hearing closed. It's
[5:14:19] back to you for a motion on
[5:14:20] this bill.
[5:14:21] Move to approve.
[5:14:22] Is
[5:14:23] there a second? Okay. It is
[5:14:24] properly moved and seconded. Is
[5:14:27] there any discussion? Seeing
[5:14:28] none. All in favor, please say
[5:14:30] aye. Any voting no or
[5:14:31] abstaining? Okay. This is
[5:14:33] passed its second of three
[5:14:36] readings. Agenda item 38.
[5:14:40] Ordinance bl 2026-1487.
[5:14:42] Sponsors eslick and evans. This
[5:14:43] is an ordinance to amend title
[5:14:45] 17, the metro code of laws
[5:14:46] zoning ordinance of metro
[5:14:48] government by changing from
[5:14:50] rs15 to a r two. A zoning for
[5:14:52] property located at 981 old
[5:14:54] lebanon dirt road,
[5:14:57] approximately 1777ft northwest
[5:15:00] of new hope road. This is 5.01
[5:15:02] acres. Council member eslick.
[5:15:04] You're recognized, sir.
[5:15:04] Request
[5:15:04] to.
[5:15:05] open public hearing.
[5:15:06] All
[5:15:07] right. I declare the public
[5:15:09] hearing open for council member
[5:15:13] e6 and evans. Bill 1487. Would
[5:15:15] all members of the public here
[5:15:17] in support of this bill please
[5:15:19] raise your hand? Would all
[5:15:21] members of the public here in
[5:15:22] opposition to this bill please
[5:15:24] raise your hand? Seeing no one
[5:15:26] here on either side, I will
[5:15:27] declare the public hearing
[5:15:28] closed. Back to you, MR.
[5:15:29] Eastwood, for a motion.
[5:15:30] Thank
[5:15:31] you. I'd like to move for
[5:15:32] approval with a short comment
[5:15:34] from aaron evans. Okay.
[5:15:34] COUNCILMAN,
[5:15:35] is there a second
[5:15:37] on the motion to approve? All
[5:15:40] right, MISS Evans, you are
[5:15:40] recognized.
[5:15:41] Thank you. Council
[5:15:43] member eslick, I appreciate the
[5:15:44] support of this legislation.
[5:15:47] This is a bird sanctuary
[5:15:48] property, and they are
[5:15:49] preparing for the future
[5:15:51] because, of course, like exotic
[5:15:52] birds, like parrots and macaws
[5:15:54] and cockatiels and all of them,
[5:15:56] they all live to be very long,
[5:15:58] you know, age, like tortoises.
[5:16:00] And so anyway, this is part of
[5:16:01] that preparation. So I
[5:16:02] appreciate council member
[5:16:04] eslick for helping move this
[5:16:05] project forward, since it was
[5:16:07] in my district last term and
[5:16:09] then transitioned to district
[5:16:10] 11.
[5:16:11] Did any of these birds get
[5:16:13] loose in your district and you
[5:16:14] had to. Search down at.
[5:16:15] Any
[5:16:16] pictures of me holding the
[5:16:17] birds and stuff? And council
[5:16:19] member eslick has not been yet,
[5:16:21] but I'm. I can't wait to have a
[5:16:22] bird picture with council
[5:16:25] member eslick for my, you know,
[5:16:26] memories.
[5:16:27] Okay, I'm thinking we
[5:16:29] MAY want to get a group picture
[5:16:31] there. Alrighty. So we have a
[5:16:32] motion to approve. It's
[5:16:33] properly seconded. You've heard
[5:16:34] a little bit more about this
[5:16:35] legislation. Is there any
[5:16:37] further discussion? Seeing none.
[5:16:39] All in favor, please say aye.
[5:16:40] Any voting no or abstaining.
[5:16:43] Okay. That has passed its
[5:16:45] second reading. And now this is
[5:16:48] our last bill on, well, our
[5:16:50] last bill on public hearing, on
[5:16:51] second reading. And then we're
[5:16:53] going to have one more bill on
[5:16:54] public hearing that is on third
[5:16:57] reading. So agenda item 39 is
[5:17:00] ordinance bl2026-1488. Sponsor
[5:17:01] horton. This is an ordinance
[5:17:04] amending chapter 17.08 of the
[5:17:05] metro code of laws to modify
[5:17:07] the zoning district land use
[5:17:08] table to reflect recent
[5:17:11] amendments to the zoning code.
[5:17:12] Council member horton. MISTER
[5:17:14] Chair, you are recognized, sir.
[5:17:15] Thank you. Vice mayor. I'd like
[5:17:16] to open the public hearing,
[5:17:17] please.
[5:17:18] Okay. I declare the
[5:17:19] public hearing open for council
[5:17:23] member horton's bill 1488.
[5:17:24] Would all members of the public
[5:17:25] here in support of this bill
[5:17:27] please raise your hands? Would
[5:17:28] all members of the public here
[5:17:30] in opposition to this bill
[5:17:31] please raise your hand? Seeing
[5:17:33] no one on either side, MR.
[5:17:34] Horton, I will declare the
[5:17:35] public hearing closed. It's
[5:17:37] back to you for a motion to get
[5:17:38] the bill before us.
[5:17:39] I move for
[5:17:40] approval, please.
[5:17:41] okay. Go
[5:17:42] ahead. Sir.
[5:17:43] I'd like to move
[5:17:44] the amendment, please.
[5:17:44] Okay. Is
[5:17:46] there a second on that motion
[5:17:47] to amend? Okay. Go ahead. Sir,
[5:17:49] anything you want to share
[5:17:49] about the amendment?
[5:17:50] It
[5:17:51] corrects additional errors we
[5:17:52] identified in the land use
[5:17:52] table.
[5:17:54] Okay. Any discussion on
[5:17:55] the motion to amend? Seeing
[5:17:56] none. All in favor of the
[5:17:59] amendment, please say aye. Any
[5:18:01] voting no or abstaining. All
[5:18:02] right. If you would renew your
[5:18:02] motion.
[5:18:04] To move for approval,
[5:18:04] as amended, please.
[5:18:05] Great. Is
[5:18:07] there a second? All right. Any
[5:18:09] discussion on that? Seeing none.
[5:18:12] All in favor, please say aye.
[5:18:13] Any voting no or abstaining?
[5:18:14] Okay. This is passed its second
[5:18:17] of three readings as amended.
[5:18:19] Now we are in agenda section j.
[5:18:22] This is a bill singular on
[5:18:24] public hearing and on third
[5:18:29] reading. This is agenda item 40.
[5:18:35] It is ordinance bl 2026-1451
[5:18:35] -
[5:18:36] sponsors tombs, horton,
[5:18:38] bradford, cooper and allen.
[5:18:39] This is an ordinance approving
[5:18:41] amendment number six to the
[5:18:43] arts center redevelopment plan.
[5:18:44] Amendment number one to the
[5:18:46] bordeaux redevelopment plan.
[5:18:47] Amendment number one to the
[5:18:49] central state redevelopment
[5:18:51] plan. Amendment number six to
[5:18:52] the phillipsjackson
[5:18:53] redevelopment plan. Amendment
[5:18:55] number nine to the rutledge
[5:18:57] hill redevelopmentplan and
[5:18:59] amendment number one to the
[5:19:01] skyline redevelopment plan.
[5:19:04] MISS Tombs, you're recognized.
[5:19:05] Thank you, MADAM Vice mayor,
[5:19:06] request open the public hearing.
[5:19:08] All right. I declare the public
[5:19:10] hearing open for council member
[5:19:13] tombs. Bill 1451. Would all
[5:19:15] persons here in support of the
[5:19:17] bill please raise your hand?
[5:19:19] Okay. Would all members here in
[5:19:20] opposition please raise your
[5:19:22] hand? All right. Seeing no one
[5:19:24] here in support of the person
[5:19:25] in opposition is very welcome
[5:19:27] to go ahead and speak. Go ahead,
[5:19:28] MR. Ryder.
[5:19:30] MADAM Chair, I think
[5:19:31] it's a little unfortunate that
[5:19:34] we have six amendment items in
[5:19:36] one consolidated bill. That's
[5:19:38] pretty hard to address in two
[5:19:40] minutes, really. I mean, I just
[5:19:42] don't get that. Also, this has
[5:19:44] been referred to the budget and
[5:19:48] finance and planning committee,
[5:19:50] what this body really needs is
[5:19:52] a housing committee, because
[5:19:54] anything that I address to you,
[5:19:56] I don't think many people here
[5:19:58] understand the redevelopment
[5:19:59] districts and how they really
[5:20:01] operate. I go to mdh meetings
[5:20:04] on a regular basis, but this we
[5:20:06] need to have a housing
[5:20:07] committee so that I can address
[5:20:11] my concerns to a body that
[5:20:12] understands what I am even
[5:20:15] talking about. So I know this
[5:20:17] is going to pass, but my
[5:20:20] request is to this body. We
[5:20:21] need to have a housing
[5:20:23] committee. I there were so many
[5:20:25] people here tonight that talked
[5:20:26] about a housing crisis, an
[5:20:30] affordable housing crisis. It's
[5:20:32] inexcusable for the metro
[5:20:34] council to not have a housing
[5:20:37] committee. We need one
[5:20:39] desperately because the budget
[5:20:40] and finance committee, with all
[5:20:41] due them and the%
[5:20:45] planning and zoning, you do not
[5:20:47] understand how mdha operates
[5:20:49] and federal policies and
[5:20:50] regulations. Thank you very
[5:20:52] much.
[5:20:54] Thank you. Is anyone else
[5:20:56] seeking to be recognized in
[5:20:59] opposition? Seeing none, I will
[5:21:01] declare the public hearing
[5:21:03] closed and it's back to you,
[5:21:04] MISS Tombs, for a motion on
[5:21:05] your bill.
[5:21:06] Move for approval.
[5:21:08] Okay. It's properly moved and
[5:21:10] seconded. Now we're on to
[5:21:11] discussion. Council member
[5:21:13] allen, you are recognized.
[5:21:15] Thank you, MADAM Chair. I'd
[5:21:16] like to take responsibility.
[5:21:18] For that. Six amendments and
[5:21:21] move amendment one, please.
[5:21:23] Okay. Our guests proposed
[5:21:24] amendment. We already have
[5:21:25] amendment number one on the
[5:21:27] bill earlier. Yes. And so this
[5:21:30] is the allen proposed amendment.
[5:21:32] It's properly seconded. Is
[5:21:33] there anything that you want to
[5:21:34] share about explanation
[5:21:35] amendment.
[5:21:36] Yes. So this
[5:21:38] actually is fixing a problem
[5:21:39] that I created and I'll
[5:21:42] apologize for mdhas board
[5:21:44] has already approved this. I
[5:21:47] still want to add, a
[5:21:48] notification requirement that
[5:21:51] mdha has the ability to change
[5:21:56] the 75%, payment on the tiff.
[5:22:00] My previous, legislation that
[5:22:03] was passed earlier, if their
[5:22:05] board has a written policy
[5:22:06] stating why they would make
[5:22:08] that change. And I made an
[5:22:09] amendment at the last, the last
[5:22:11] time this came in front of us
[5:22:12] requiring written notification
[5:22:14] if they made that change
[5:22:15] doesn't give us the ability to
[5:22:17] approve their change. It just
[5:22:18] ensures that we realize that
[5:22:21] that happens, as it turns out,
[5:22:23] because they have already
[5:22:27] approved this, those amendments,
[5:22:29] it creates a problem if we make
[5:22:30] any changes to that. And so my
[5:22:32] amendment reverses the language
[5:22:34] that requires that written
[5:22:35] notification. I can handle that
[5:22:37] in section two of the code. And
[5:22:39] I intend to work with m, d, h
[5:22:41] and go back and do it that way,
[5:22:42] because I do think the council
[5:22:44] needs to be aware if they
[5:22:45] change that 75% payment.
[5:22:45] Okay.
[5:22:47] So with that, I move my
[5:22:48] amendment, which will
[5:22:49] essentially put it back to
[5:22:51] exactly what the md, a board
[5:22:53] approved. And that then that
[5:22:55] keeps us from having to send it
[5:22:55] back to them.
[5:22:57] All right. You
[5:23:01] have heard explanation of the
[5:23:03] amendment. There is a motion to
[5:23:04] amend and it's properly
[5:23:05] seconded. Is there any
[5:23:07] discussion specifically on this
[5:23:09] amendment? Okay. Seeing none.
[5:23:11] All in favor of the amendment,
[5:23:13] please say aye. Any voting no
[5:23:16] or abstaining. Okay. MISS Tombs,
[5:23:17] do you seek to renew your
[5:23:22] motion to approve, as amended?
[5:23:23] Move for approval, as amended?
[5:23:27] Okay. All right. Is there any
[5:23:30] discussion on the motion to
[5:23:33] approve this on its third and
[5:23:36] final reading, as amended?
[5:23:38] Seeing none. All in favor,
[5:23:41] please say aye. Any voting no.
[5:23:44] Any abstaining? Okay. This has
[5:23:45] passed its third and final
[5:23:48] reading, as amended. And that
[5:23:51] concludes, all of our public
[5:23:56] hearings. And next, we have our
[5:23:59] consolidated consent agenda at
[5:24:07] 1125 in the evening. Okay. As
[5:24:09] always, I know MR. T is always
[5:24:11] very conscientious staff and
[5:24:13] members and everybody. So if
[5:24:15] anyone needs we're not going to
[5:24:17] adjourn or take a recess or. No,
[5:24:18] I didn't mean that word should
[5:24:20] come out of my mouth. We are
[5:24:22] not going to take a recess. But
[5:24:24] if there is anybody who needs
[5:24:29] to, take a personal break, feel
[5:24:33] free. And please let us know if
[5:24:36] that's needed by any member of
[5:24:39] staff or supporting staff. Okay.
[5:24:43] Section k, is, our consolidated
[5:24:44] consent agenda, all resolutions
[5:24:45] and second and third reading
[5:24:46] ordinances on this agenda are
[5:24:48] included on the consent agenda,
[5:24:49] if recommended for approval
[5:24:50] unanimously by all committees
[5:24:52] to which the item was referred,
[5:24:53] items on the consent agenda
[5:24:55] will be voted on at a single
[5:24:56] time. The item number, along
[5:24:57] with the resolution and
[5:24:59] ordinance number of the items
[5:25:00] on the consent agenda will be
[5:25:02] read by me. Members of the
[5:25:04] council will or MAY rather
[5:25:05] remove any item from the
[5:25:07] consent agenda by request
[5:25:09] before the consent agenda vote
[5:25:11] is taken. All right. Here are
[5:25:13] the items proposed for the
[5:25:15] consolidated consent agenda.
[5:25:17] First among them are the
[5:25:21] resolutions, agenda item 41.
[5:25:25] Resolution 2026-2078. Agenda
[5:25:31] item 42. Resolution 2026-2079.
[5:25:36] Agenda item 43. Resolution
[5:25:39] 2026-2080. Agenda item 44.
[5:25:44] Resolution 2026-2081. Agenda
[5:25:49] item 45. Resolution 2026-2082.
[5:25:54] Agenda item 46. Resolution
[5:25:58] 2026-2083. Agenda item 49.
[5:26:03] Resolution 2026-2151. Agenda
[5:26:08] item 50. Resolution 2026-2152.
[5:26:12] Agenda item 51. Resolution
[5:26:14] 2026-2153. Agenda item 52.
[5:26:19] Resolution 2026-2154. Agenda
[5:26:26] item 55. Resolution 2026-2157.
[5:26:31] Agenda item 56. Resolution
[5:26:34] 2026-2158. Agenda item 57.
[5:26:38] Resolution 2026-2159. Agenda
[5:26:44] item 59. Resolution 2026-2161.
[5:26:48] Agenda item 60. Resolution
[5:26:52] 2026-2162. Agenda item 61.
[5:26:57] Resolution 2026-2163. Agenda
[5:27:02] item 63. Resolution 2026-2165.
[5:27:07] Agenda item 64. Resolution
[5:27:10] 2026-2166. Agenda item 65.
[5:27:14] Resolution 2026-2167. Agenda
[5:27:19] item 66. Resolution 2026-2168.
[5:27:23] Agenda item 67. Resolution
[5:27:26] 2026-2169. Agenda item 68.
[5:27:30] Resolution. Agenda item 68.
[5:27:35] Resolution 2026-2170. Agenda
[5:27:40] item 69. Resolution 2026-2171.
[5:27:44] Agenda item 70. Resolution
[5:27:46] 2026-2172. Agenda item 71.
[5:27:50] Resolution 2026-2173. Agenda
[5:27:55] item 72. Resolution 2026-2174.
[5:28:00] Agenda item 73. Resolution
[5:28:04] 2026-2175. Agenda item 74.
[5:28:08] Resolution 2026-2176. Agenda
[5:28:12] item 75. Resolution 2026-2177.
[5:28:17] Agenda item 76. Resolution
[5:28:20] 2026-2178. Agenda item 77.
[5:28:24] Resolution 2026-2179. Agenda
[5:28:28] item 78. Resolution 2026-2180.
[5:28:33] Agenda item 79. Resolution
[5:28:38] 2026-2181. Moving now to second
[5:28:40] reading items proposed for
[5:28:42] consolidated consent agenda.
[5:28:46] First among those is agenda
[5:28:53] item 102 ordinance bl 2026-1491.
[5:29:00] Agenda item 105 ordinance bl
[5:29:04] 2026-1494. Agenda item 106.
[5:29:08] Ordinance bl 2026-1495. Agenda
[5:29:14] item 107. Ordinance bl
[5:29:17] 2026-1496. Next, for items on
[5:29:19] the third reading proposed for
[5:29:22] the consent agenda. First among
[5:29:27] those is agenda item 112,
[5:29:32] ordinance bl 2026-1442. Agenda
[5:29:39] item 113 ordinance bl 2026-1449.
[5:29:46] Agenda item 115. Ordinance bl
[5:29:49] 2026-1454. Agenda item 116.
[5:29:54] Ordinance bl 2026-1455. Agenda
[5:29:58] item 117. Ordinance bl
[5:30:01] 2026-1456. Agenda item 118.
[5:30:06] Ordinance bl 2026-1457. Agenda
[5:30:12] item 119. Ordinance bl
[5:30:16] 2026-1458. Agenda item 120.
[5:30:20] Ordinance bl 2026-1459. Agenda
[5:30:25] item 121. Ordinance bl
[5:30:28] 2026-1460. Agenda item 122
[5:30:32] ordinance bl 2026-1461. Agenda
[5:30:39] item 123 ordinance bl 2026-1462.
[5:30:44] Agenda item 124 ordinance bl
[5:30:47] 2026-1463. Agenda item 125
[5:30:53] ordinance bl 2026-1464. Agenda
[5:30:59] item 126 ordinance bl 2026-1468
[5:31:05] rather 1465 agenda item 127
[5:31:10] ordinance bl 2026-1466. And
[5:31:14] then lastly, agenda item 129.
[5:31:20] Ordinance bl 2026-1490. Okay.
[5:31:24] Do any items need to be removed
[5:31:26] from the consent agenda? If so,
[5:31:27] if members would please join
[5:31:31] the queue to request that,
[5:31:36] council member, kimbro, you are
[5:31:37] recognized.
[5:31:38] Thank you, vice
[5:31:40] mayor. I'd like to remove item
[5:31:44] number 61 as 2026 2163.
[5:31:45] Okay.
[5:31:52] Agenda item 61. Resolution 2026
[5:31:56] 2163 will be removed from
[5:31:57] consent.
[5:32:02] Items 125 and 126 bl
[5:32:07] 2026, 1464 and bl 2026 1465
[5:32:07] okay.
[5:32:10] Hang on, MISS Kimbro.
[5:32:13] Agenda item you said 125 and
[5:32:17] yes. Okay. Agenda item 125
[5:32:22] which is ordinance bl 2026 1464
[5:32:26] will be removed from consent as
[5:32:28] well as I think I heard you say
[5:32:30] agenda item 126. Is that
[5:32:34] correct or bl 2026-1465 that
[5:32:35] will also be removed from
[5:32:37] consent? Yes. Okay. Council
[5:32:39] member koopman, you're
[5:32:40] recognized.
[5:32:40] Thank you. MADAM
[5:32:43] PRESIDENT. Please remove item
[5:32:45] 5620 262152 for the purposes of
[5:32:47] an abstention, please.
[5:32:48] Okay.
[5:32:54] agenda item 50rs20262152 will
[5:32:56] be removed from consent for
[5:32:59] purposes of an abstention. Next
[5:33:01] council member vo, you're
[5:33:02] recognized.
[5:33:02] Thank you. Vice
[5:33:04] mayor, can we please remove
[5:33:08] agenda item 79rs2026-2181,
[5:33:09] please?
[5:33:14] Okay. Agenda item
[5:33:16] 79rs2026-2181 will be removed
[5:33:20] from consent. And last in the
[5:33:22] queue. Councilmember styles,
[5:33:24] you're recognized.
[5:33:24] Thank you
[5:33:25] very much.
[5:33:26] Agenda item number
[5:33:29] 78, which is the humane
[5:33:30] association.
[5:33:31] Agenda item 78.
[5:33:36] Resolution 2026-2180 will be
[5:33:39] removed from consent. Okay. Are
[5:33:42] any other members seeking to be
[5:33:44] recognized? Remove an item from
[5:33:48] consent. Okay. Seeing none, MR.
[5:33:50] Clerk, are all committee
[5:33:53] reports in for the items on the
[5:33:54] remaining on the consent or on
[5:33:56] the consent agenda?
[5:33:56] Yes. All
[5:33:57] committee reports are in.
[5:33:58] Okay.
[5:34:01] Thank you, MR. Clerk. All right,
[5:34:03] members, is there a motion for
[5:34:05] approval of the consent agenda?
[5:34:09] Okay. All in favor, say I. Okay.
[5:34:11] Council has passed all items on
[5:34:13] the consent agenda. Now we will
[5:34:16] go back in agenda order to
[5:34:22] items that were not on consent.
[5:34:25] Okay. First, among those in our
[5:34:28] resolutions section l of the
[5:34:34] the agenda is agenda item 47.
[5:34:38] Resolution 2026-2135. Sponsors.
[5:34:40] Tombs, suarez, allen and
[5:34:41] koopman. This is a resolution
[5:34:43] approving an intergovernmental
[5:34:45] project agreement between the
[5:34:45] metropolitan government of
[5:34:46] nashville and davidson county
[5:34:48] and the convention center
[5:34:49] authority of the metropolitan
[5:34:50] government of nashville and
[5:34:51] davidson county, relating to
[5:34:53] the financing and refinancing
[5:34:56] of the music city center.
[5:34:58] Council member tombs, you're
[5:34:59] recognized.
[5:34:59] Thank you, MADAM
[5:35:01] Vice mayor. Committee reports.
[5:35:03] Budget and finance voted to
[5:35:04] recommend approval. Ten in
[5:35:05] favor, zero against one not
[5:35:06] voting.
[5:35:08] Okay. And for the
[5:35:09] report of the ad hoc committee
[5:35:10] chair, evan siegel.
[5:35:11] I thank you,
[5:35:12] MADAM PRESIDENT. The special
[5:35:13] council will have to correct me
[5:35:15] if my memory is wrong, as that
[5:35:17] agenda did not make it back to
[5:35:19] me. But I believe that we voted
[5:35:20] to defer six in favor, zero
[5:35:22] against and zero not voting.
[5:35:24] Yeah, it was a one meeting
[5:35:25] deferral and then I'm sorry,
[5:35:26] six in favor.
[5:35:28] Zero against zero.
[5:35:30] Zero not voting. Okay. And with
[5:35:33] that one meeting deferral, it
[5:35:37] is a rule 8.1 applied. As such
[5:35:39] this will be deferred one
[5:35:41] meeting and it will be taken up
[5:35:44] again at the meeting of AUGUST
[5:35:49] 18th. Okay. Next is agenda item
[5:35:54] 48. This is resolution
[5:35:56] 2026-2150. This is a resolution
[5:35:57] adopting a salary increase for
[5:35:59] the sheriff of the metropolitan
[5:36:01] government. Sponsors hoffman,
[5:36:03] wiener and ellis. Council
[5:36:04] member hoffman. You're
[5:36:04] recognized.
[5:36:05] Thank you.
[5:36:05] Vice
[5:36:07] mayor committee reports the
[5:36:08] public health and safety
[5:36:09] committee recommended approval.
[5:36:11] 11 in favor, zero against zero
[5:36:12] not voting.
[5:36:13] Okay. And for the
[5:36:14] report of the budget and
[5:36:16] finance committee, chair, tombs.
[5:36:17] Budget and finance voted to
[5:36:18] recommend approval. Ten in
[5:36:20] favor, zero against two not
[5:36:21] voting.
[5:36:23] Okay or two okay.
[5:36:26] Abstaining. Not voting. Okay.
[5:36:28] Back to you, MR. Hoffman, for a
[5:36:28] motion.
[5:36:30] Thank you, vice mayor.
[5:36:31] Move for approval with a brief
[5:36:32] comment.
[5:36:34] Okay. Go ahead sir.
[5:36:35] Thank you colleagues, I'll try
[5:36:37] to keep this as short as
[5:36:38] possible with giving you as
[5:36:40] much details as possible. The
[5:36:42] intention of this resolution is
[5:36:44] to address a compensation
[5:36:47] structure that really no longer
[5:36:49] reflects the sheriff's role.
[5:36:51] Today, the sheriff has a
[5:36:53] department has roughly 1400
[5:36:55] employees. He manages a budget
[5:36:58] of roughly $150 million.
[5:37:01] However, he and the department
[5:37:04] have gone above and beyond in a
[5:37:07] few areas and want to talk
[5:37:10] about, first, the statutory
[5:37:12] requirement that got us here.
[5:37:17] So first off, tca8-24-102. That
[5:37:19] is the state requirement that
[5:37:21] the state code that sets the
[5:37:23] compensation for the sheriff,
[5:37:25] across the state, it states
[5:37:26] essentially that the sheriff
[5:37:28] must be paid at least 10%
[5:37:30] higher than salary paid to the
[5:37:32] general officers of the county.
[5:37:34] But it highlights that the
[5:37:35] county legislative body, I.E.
[5:37:38] The metro council, has the
[5:37:42] option to award the the office
[5:37:44] with, to pay them for ex
[5:37:47] officio services. And by that,
[5:37:50] we have a sheriff that manages
[5:37:52] the workhouse. We have a
[5:37:54] sheriff that also now oversees
[5:37:56] the security of this courthouse
[5:37:58] and other metro buildings, and
[5:38:01] also manages a prison
[5:38:03] population that has increased
[5:38:06] since the the dissolve of the
[5:38:08] the private prison here in
[5:38:11] davidson county. So what we're
[5:38:13] trying to do here is really to
[5:38:15] right a wrong that has existed
[5:38:18] for about 15 years over the
[5:38:20] past 15 years, the compensation
[5:38:23] for the sheriff himself has
[5:38:25] increased at roughly half the
[5:38:27] rate of comparable metro
[5:38:29] departments. He currently sits
[5:38:33] at about 20th in. Overall pay,
[5:38:35] however, still manages the
[5:38:37] third largest department. So
[5:38:39] with that I would ask for your
[5:38:41] approval. Thank you.
[5:38:42] All right.
[5:38:45] There is a motion to approve.
[5:38:46] Properly seconded. And we are
[5:38:50] on to discussion. Is there any
[5:38:55] discussion on this resolution.
[5:39:00] All right. Seeing none. All in
[5:39:03] favor please say I any voting.
[5:39:07] No any abstaining. Okay. You
[5:39:12] have passed this resolution.
[5:39:14] Next is agenda item 50.
[5:39:17] Resolution 2026-2152. Sponsors.
[5:39:19] Tombs. Huffman. Welch. Warren.
[5:39:20] Ellis. This is a resolution%
[5:39:22] approving the third amendment
[5:39:23] to the grant subcontract
[5:39:24] between the metropolitan
[5:39:25] government of nashville and
[5:39:26] davidson county, acting by and
[5:39:28] through the juvenile justice
[5:39:30] center, also known as metro
[5:39:33] juvenile court and youth
[5:39:36] villages. MISS Tombs, MADAM
[5:39:38] Chair, you are recognized.
[5:39:39] Thank you, MADAM Vice mayor,
[5:39:41] committee reports. Budget and
[5:39:42] finance voted to recommend
[5:39:43] approval. 11 in favor, zero
[5:39:46] against zero not voting.
[5:39:46] All
[5:39:48] right. Thank you so much. And
[5:39:49] for the report of the public
[5:39:50] health and safety committee
[5:39:51] chair huffman, you're
[5:39:54] recognized.
[5:39:55] Thank you, vice
[5:39:56] mayor. Public health and safety
[5:39:57] recommended approval. Ten in
[5:39:59] favor, zero against zero not
[5:40:00] voting.
[5:40:01] Okay, it's back to you,
[5:40:03] MISS Tombs, for a motion on
[5:40:03] your bill.
[5:40:04] Move for approval.
[5:40:06] All right. Properly moved and
[5:40:08] seconded. Is there any
[5:40:13] discussion on this resolution?
[5:40:14] Seeing none. All in favor,
[5:40:17] please say I any voting? No.
[5:40:19] Any abstaining. Are you in? No.
[5:40:25] MR. Cuban abstention. We can
[5:40:29] just record that. Right. Okay.
[5:40:30] Mercifully, we don't have to go
[5:40:31] on the boards. That's only for
[5:40:33] a no on a resolution. MR. Cuban
[5:40:34] will be an abstention. Okay.
[5:40:39] This has passed. All right.
[5:40:42] Next is agenda item 53.
[5:40:46] Resolution 2026-2155. Sponsors
[5:40:47] tombs, huffman, bradford, welch
[5:40:49] and hill. This is resolution
[5:40:52] appropriating a total of
[5:40:53] $211,866 from the metro
[5:40:54] government, acting by and
[5:40:56] through the metro board of
[5:40:57] health to united neighborhood
[5:40:58] health services, inc. Doing
[5:41:00] business as neighborhood health
[5:41:02] inc. And approving a grant
[5:41:04] contract by and between the
[5:41:05] metropolitan government, acting
[5:41:06] by and through the metropolitan
[5:41:08] board of health and united
[5:41:09] neighborhood health services,
[5:41:11] inc. Dba neighborhood health,
[5:41:13] inc. For the provision of
[5:41:14] outpatient services for
[5:41:16] participants in the ryan white
[5:41:19] part, a program. MISS Tombs,
[5:41:20] you're recognized.
[5:41:21] thank you,
[5:41:22] MADAM Vice mayor. Committee
[5:41:23] reports. Budget and finance
[5:41:25] voted to recommend approval. 11
[5:41:27] in favor, zero against one
[5:41:27] abstention.
[5:41:29] Okay. And for the
[5:41:30] report of the public health and
[5:41:31] safety committee chair huffman.
[5:41:32] Thank you, vice mayor. Public
[5:41:34] health and safety recommended
[5:41:35] approval ten in favor, zero
[5:41:37] against one not voting.
[5:41:37] Okay.
[5:41:40] All right. So it is back to you,
[5:41:42] MISS Tombs, for a motion on
[5:41:43] this resolution.
[5:41:44] Move for
[5:41:44] approval.
[5:41:46] All right. Is there
[5:41:48] any discussion on this
[5:41:52] resolution? Seeing none. All in
[5:41:54] favor, please say aye. Any
[5:41:59] voting no. Any abstaining? Okay.
[5:42:00] MISS War, you'll be recorded as
[5:42:04] an abstention. All right. Next
[5:42:06] is agenda. This, this
[5:42:08] resolution has passed. Next is
[5:42:13] agenda item 54. Resolution
[5:42:14] 2026-2156. Sponsors tombs,
[5:42:16] huffman, bradford, welch and
[5:42:17] hill. This resolution,
[5:42:20] appropriating a total of
[5:42:21] $452,444 from the metropolitan
[5:42:22] government, acting by and
[5:42:23] through the metropolitan board
[5:42:24] of health to street works,
[5:42:26] doing business as today's hope
[5:42:27] and approving a grant contract
[5:42:28] by and between the metropolitan
[5:42:29] government, acting by and
[5:42:30] through the metropolitan board
[5:42:31] of health and street works,
[5:42:34] doing business as. Hope for the
[5:42:36] provision of emergency
[5:42:37] financial assistance, medical
[5:42:39] case management, nutrition
[5:42:40] services, psycho social
[5:42:42] services, early intervention
[5:42:45] services, outreach services and
[5:42:46] transportation services. For
[5:42:47] participants in the ryan white
[5:42:49] part a program. Councilmember
[5:42:51] tombs, you're recognized.
[5:42:51] Thank
[5:42:53] you, MADAM Vice mayor.
[5:42:54] Committee reports. Budget and
[5:42:56] finance voted to recommend
[5:42:58] approval. 11 in favor, zero
[5:42:59] against zero not voting.
[5:42:59] Okay.
[5:43:01] And for the report of public
[5:43:02] health and safety chair huffman.
[5:43:03] Thank you, vice mayor. Public
[5:43:05] health and safety recommended
[5:43:06] approval ten in favor, zero
[5:43:07] against one not voting.
[5:43:08] Okay.
[5:43:11] Got it. Back to you for a
[5:43:12] motion on this bill. MR. Tombs.
[5:43:14] Move for approval.
[5:43:14] Properly
[5:43:16] moved and seconded. Is there
[5:43:19] any discussion? Seeing none.
[5:43:23] All. Okay. Understood, sir.
[5:43:25] We'll get there. Any discussion?
[5:43:27] All right. Seeing none. All in
[5:43:29] favor, please say aye. Any
[5:43:31] voting? No or abstaining? MR.
[5:43:33] Nash, is an abstention. Any
[5:43:37] others? Okay. You have adopted
[5:43:41] this resolution. Next is agenda
[5:43:47] item 58. Resolution 2026-2160.
[5:43:48] Sponsor. Tombs. Huffman,
[5:43:50] bradford. Welsh, hill, ewing
[5:43:51] and ellis. This is a resolution
[5:43:55] appropriating a total of
[5:43:56] $563,908 from the metro
[5:43:57] government, acting by and
[5:43:58] through the metro board of
[5:44:00] health to meharry medical
[5:44:01] college and approving a grant
[5:44:02] contract between the metro
[5:44:03] government, acting by and
[5:44:05] through the metro board of
[5:44:06] health and meharry medical
[5:44:07] college for the provision of
[5:44:08] food assistance, medical case
[5:44:10] management, mental health
[5:44:11] services, outpatient services
[5:44:13] and psychosocial services. For
[5:44:14] participants in the ryan white
[5:44:16] part, a program. Councilmember
[5:44:19] tombs, you're recognized again.
[5:44:20] Thank you, MADAM Vice mayor.
[5:44:22] Committee reports budget and
[5:44:23] finance voted to recommend
[5:44:24] approval. Ten in favor, zero
[5:44:26] against one not voting.
[5:44:27] All
[5:44:28] right, I'm sensing a pattern,
[5:44:30] chair huffman. Go ahead, sir.
[5:44:31] Thank you, vice mayor. Public
[5:44:32] health and safety recommended
[5:44:33] approval. Ten in favor, zero
[5:44:34] against one not voting.
[5:44:35] Okay.
[5:44:37] Thank you sir. Back to you for
[5:44:38] a motion. MISS Tombs.
[5:44:39] Move for
[5:44:40] approval.
[5:44:42] Okay. Is there any
[5:44:45] discussion on this resolution?
[5:44:46] Seeing none. All in favor,
[5:44:49] please say aye. Any voting? No.
[5:44:51] Any abstaining? Okay. MISS
[5:44:53] Suara will be recorded as an
[5:44:57] abstention. Okay. Council has
[5:45:03] adopted this resolution. Okay.
[5:45:05] Next is agenda item 61.
[5:45:09] Resolution 2026 2163. Sponsor
[5:45:11] tombs. Huffman, welch. Allen or
[5:45:13] rather hill allen. Ewings
[5:45:14] warren ellis is a resolution
[5:45:16] appropriating a total of
[5:45:18] 750,000 from the metro
[5:45:19] government, acting by and
[5:45:20] through the metro board of
[5:45:22] health to dismiss to
[5:45:24] operate the dismiss house and
[5:45:26] harm reduction initiative to
[5:45:28] focus on expanding linkage to
[5:45:31] and harm reduction services for
[5:45:32] men returning from
[5:45:33] incarceration who face an
[5:45:35] elevated risk of opioid use
[5:45:38] disorder and overdose.
[5:45:39] Councilmember tombs, MADAM
[5:45:41] Chair. Recognized.
[5:45:42] Thank you,
[5:45:43] madam vice mayor. Committee
[5:45:44] reports. Budget and
[5:45:46] voted to recommend approval. 11
[5:45:48] in favor, zero against zero not
[5:45:48] voting.
[5:45:50] All right. And, chair
[5:45:52] huffman, sir, you are
[5:45:53] recognized.
[5:45:53] Thank you, vice
[5:45:54] mayor. Public health and safety
[5:45:55] recommended approval. Ten in
[5:45:57] favor, zero against zero not
[5:45:58] voting.
[5:45:59] Okay.Thank you. Back
[5:46:00] to you, MISS Tombs, for a
[5:46:01] motion.
[5:46:02] Move for approval.
[5:46:04] There's a motion. It's properly
[5:46:05] seconded for approval. Is there
[5:46:06] any discussion on this
[5:46:08] resolution? Okay. Seeing none.
[5:46:11] All in favor, please say aye.
[5:46:14] Any voting? No. Any abstaining?
[5:46:15] Okay. MISS Kimbrough, you'll be
[5:46:21] recorded as an abstention. Okay.
[5:46:24] Next is agenda item 62. This is
[5:46:28] resolution 2026-2164. Sponsors,
[5:46:30] tombs, huffman, ewing and suara.
[5:46:32] This is a resolution approving
[5:46:33] amendment three to an air
[5:46:35] pollution control program.
[5:46:37] Support grant from the united
[5:46:39] states environmental protection
[5:46:40] agency to the metro government
[5:46:41] acting by and through the metro
[5:46:44] board of health for the ongoing
[5:46:45] collection of data on ambient
[5:46:47] air conditions for fine
[5:46:49] particulate matter in nashville,
[5:46:50] tennessee. Councilmember tombs,
[5:46:52] you're recognized, MADAM Chair.
[5:46:54] Thank you, MADAM Vice mayor.
[5:46:55] Committee reports budget and
[5:46:57] finance voted to recommend
[5:46:58] approval as substituted. 11 in
[5:47:00] favor, zero against zero not
[5:47:01] voting.
[5:47:02] Okay.
[5:47:04] And chair huffman,
[5:47:05] I'm just not even pushing the
[5:47:06] buttons anymore. Just leave
[5:47:07] y'all both on. Go ahead. Sir.
[5:47:09] That's a dangerous game. Thank
[5:47:10] you, vice mayor.
[5:47:11] Yeah. Be
[5:47:11] careful.
[5:47:12] Yeah. Public health
[5:47:13] and safety recommended approval
[5:47:14] as substituted. 11 in favor,
[5:47:15] zero against zero. Not voting.
[5:47:17] Okay. Thank you sir. Back to
[5:47:19] you, chair tombs for a motion.
[5:47:20] Move for approval.
[5:47:20] Okay.
[5:47:21] There's a motion to approve.
[5:47:23] Properly seconded. And we are
[5:47:25] on to discussion. In the queue
[5:47:27] is MISS Allen. Go ahead ma'am.
[5:47:28] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT. I
[5:47:29] would like to move the
[5:47:30] substitute with a brief comment.
[5:47:31] Okay. Go ahead ma'am.
[5:47:32] Thank you.
[5:47:34] This just corrects the title to
[5:47:35] expand it beyond just
[5:47:36] particulate matter. This this
[5:47:37] bill actually authorizes the
[5:47:39] the collection of information
[5:47:40] on a number of pollutants, not
[5:47:41] just corrects that.
[5:47:41] Great.
[5:47:44] Thank you for that housekeeping
[5:47:47] explanation. Is there any
[5:47:48] further discussion on the
[5:47:49] substitute itself or the motion
[5:47:52] to substitute. Seeing none. All
[5:47:54] in favor the substitute please
[5:47:57] say I. Okay. And I assume, MISS
[5:47:58] Tombs, you want to renew your
[5:48:01] motion to approve a substituted.
[5:48:03] Oh, I guess what. It's MISS
[5:48:05] Allen's bill now. Yes. Thank
[5:48:08] you, special counsel. MISS
[5:48:09] Allen, would you like to renew
[5:48:11] your motion or the motion to
[5:48:12] approve as substitute.
[5:48:13] Move the
[5:48:13] bill as substituted.
[5:48:14] Okay. Is
[5:48:16] there a second? Okay. Is there
[5:48:19] any discussion on that? Seeing
[5:48:21] none. All in favor, please say
[5:48:26] aye. Any voting no or
[5:48:27] abstaining. Okay. This has
[5:48:31] passed. As substituted. Adopted
[5:48:36] a substitute next. Okay. Agenda
[5:48:42] item 78. Resolution 2026-2180.
[5:48:44] Sponsor style. Suara. Greg.
[5:48:45] Nash. Evans. Siegel. Allen.
[5:48:47] Wiener. Gad. Webb. Lee. Druffel.
[5:48:48] Benton. Bradford. Gamble and
[5:48:50] ellis is a resolution honoring
[5:48:51] the nashville humane
[5:48:52] association on the occasion of
[5:48:54] its 80th anniversary. The
[5:48:56] styles you recognized.
[5:48:56] Thank
[5:48:57] you very much. I slowly pulled
[5:48:58] this off just to apply the
[5:49:01] murphy rule to rule 12.3 to it.
[5:49:05] Okay. So there is I believe you
[5:49:07] need to get a committee report.
[5:49:09] Yes. Committee chair cash.
[5:49:09] We
[5:49:11] approve 500.
[5:49:12] Okay. And so if
[5:49:14] you would just make a motion,
[5:49:15] please for approval with 12.3
[5:49:17] applied MISS Styles.
[5:49:17] I'd like
[5:49:19] to move for approval with the
[5:49:20] murphy rule slash 12.3 applied,
[5:49:22] please. Thank you so much.
[5:49:23] It's
[5:49:26] properly seconded. 12.3 means
[5:49:28] that all those voting in the
[5:49:30] affirmative will be listed as
[5:49:32] co-sponsors. Is there any
[5:49:35] discussion on this resolution?
[5:49:36] Seeing none. All in favor,
[5:49:38] please say aye. Any voting? No.
[5:49:40] Any abstaining. Okay. You have
[5:49:43] adopted this resolution. Last
[5:49:44] among the resolutions is agenda
[5:49:48] item 79. Resolution 2026-2181
[5:49:50] sponsors vogue. Coupon. Harrell.
[5:49:51] Hill. Porterfield. Nash. Ewing.
[5:49:53] Suarez. Huffman. Evans. Siegel.
[5:49:55] Gad, styles, benton. Hancock,
[5:49:57] lee, webb and ellis. This is a
[5:49:59] resolution recognizing the 78th
[5:50:01] japan america student
[5:50:03] conference hosted in nashville,
[5:50:06] tennessee in AUGUST of 2026.
[5:50:08] MISS Bo, you are recognized.
[5:50:10] Thank you so much, vice mayor.
[5:50:11] Colleagues, it is my honor to
[5:50:12] present this resolution.
[5:50:13] A
[5:50:14] committee report from MISTER
[5:50:15] Cash. No big deal. So excited.
[5:50:17] I mean, I know we got a. Yeah.
[5:50:20] Committee reports, please.
[5:50:21] 500.
[5:50:23] Okay, great. Go ahead, MISS Val.
[5:50:25] Thank you. I move to approve
[5:50:26] with a brief comment.
[5:50:27] Go ahead
[5:50:27] ma'am.
[5:50:28] Thank you. Colleagues,
[5:50:29] it's my honor to present this
[5:50:31] resolution recognizing the 78th
[5:50:32] japan america student
[5:50:35] conference, on its return to
[5:50:37] nashville next week. This
[5:50:38] conference is more than a
[5:50:41] student exchange. Since 1934,
[5:50:42] it has brought together young
[5:50:43] leaders from japan and the
[5:50:45] united states to build
[5:50:46] understanding, strengthen
[5:50:48] friendships, and foster the
[5:50:49] kind of relationships that last
[5:50:52] a lifetime. Nearly a century
[5:50:53] later, this mission is as
[5:50:55] important as ever, and this
[5:50:56] year, it's returned to
[5:50:57] nashville is especially
[5:51:00] meaningful because 2026 truly
[5:51:02] is the year of japan. In
[5:51:04] nashville, just a few weeks ago,
[5:51:05] our city had the privilege of
[5:51:08] hosting japan's men's national
[5:51:09] soccer team during the fifa
[5:51:11] world cup next week. We are
[5:51:13] excited to welcome outstanding
[5:51:14] japanese and american college
[5:51:15] students who will spend time
[5:51:17] learning from our community and
[5:51:19] sharing their own perspectives.
[5:51:21] then in OCTOBER, nashville will
[5:51:23] host japanese businesses and
[5:51:24] government leaders for the
[5:51:27] southeast U.S. Japan conference,
[5:51:29] furthering strength, further
[5:51:30] strengthening the economic
[5:51:31] partnership between tennessee
[5:51:35] and japan. These, these aren't
[5:51:37] isolated events. Together, they
[5:51:38] tell the story of a
[5:51:40] relationship that continues to
[5:51:42] grow through sports, education,
[5:51:44] business, and people to people
[5:51:46] connections at a time when the
[5:51:47] world can often feel divided,
[5:51:49] international exchange matters.
[5:51:51] It reminds us that diplomacy
[5:51:53] doesn't happen only between
[5:51:55] governments. It happens between
[5:51:57] students, neighbors,
[5:51:58] entrepreneurs, artists,
[5:52:00] athletes, and communities. It
[5:52:02] happens when we listen to one
[5:52:04] another, learn from one another,
[5:52:05] and discover the values we
[5:52:07] share. I'm proud that nashville
[5:52:08] is once again serving as a
[5:52:10] place where these connections
[5:52:12] can flourish, especially
[5:52:13] between young people. I hope
[5:52:15] our visitors leave with a
[5:52:16] deeper appreciation of our city,
[5:52:19] and I hope that our youth learn
[5:52:20] about this unique opportunity
[5:52:23] and that we see future. Jasc
[5:52:24] participants from nashville. I
[5:52:26] ask for your support of this
[5:52:28] resolution and I join all of
[5:52:29] nashville in extending a warm
[5:52:31] welcome to the delegates of the
[5:52:33] 78th and 78th japan america
[5:52:35] student conference. Thank you.
[5:52:37] Thank you, MISS Bo. There's a
[5:52:39] motion to approve. Properly
[5:52:40] seconded. Is there any
[5:52:42] discussion? Seeing none. All in
[5:52:44] favor, please say aye. Any
[5:52:48] voting? No or abstaining. Okay.
[5:52:49] You have adopted this
[5:52:51] resolution and we look forward
[5:52:54] to a meeting of that group and
[5:52:55] parts of that group here at the
[5:52:58] courthouse as well. Okay. Next
[5:53:01] is agenda section m. This is a
[5:53:05] late resolution, number as m
[5:53:08] one sponsors welsh and johnston.
[5:53:09] This is a approving
[5:53:11] a participation agreement
[5:53:13] between the metro government of
[5:53:14] nashville and davidson county,
[5:53:16] acting by and through the metro
[5:53:17] department of water and
[5:53:21] sewerage services and a 563
[5:53:24] veritas llc to provide public
[5:53:26] water service improvements for
[5:53:28] 563 veritas proposed
[5:53:30] development, as well as other
[5:53:36] existing properties in the area.
[5:53:39] Okay. MISS Welsh, you're
[5:53:40] recognized.
[5:53:41] Thank you, vice
[5:53:42] mayor. I'd like to request a
[5:53:43] suspension of the rules.
[5:53:44] All
[5:53:46] right. MR. Cash, was there a
[5:53:47] report of your committee on the
[5:53:49] late filed nature?
[5:53:50] We, approved
[5:53:54] of the late filed nature 500.
[5:53:56] Okay. As having heard the
[5:53:58] report of chair cash, is there
[5:54:00] any objection to a suspension
[5:54:01] of the rules to get this before
[5:54:03] us and be considered seeing
[5:54:05] none? The rules are suspended.
[5:54:06] Go ahead, ma'am.
[5:54:06] Thank you.
[5:54:07] Vice mayor. Committee reports.
[5:54:09] Okay. For the report of the
[5:54:10] planning and zoning committee.
[5:54:12] Chair horton. You're recognized.
[5:54:13] Thank you. Vice mayor pnc
[5:54:14] recommended approval. Seven in
[5:54:15] pfavor, zero against zero not
[5:54:16] voting.
[5:54:17] Okay. And for the
[5:54:18] report of the transportation
[5:54:19] infrastructure committee chair
[5:54:20] evan siegel, you're recognized.
[5:54:22] The transportation and
[5:54:22] infrastructure committee
[5:54:23] recommended approval. Six in
[5:54:25] favor, zero against. You're not
[5:54:26] voting.
[5:54:27] Okay. All right. It is.
[5:54:30] Back to you then for a motion.
[5:54:31] MISS Welch.
[5:54:32] Move to approve.
[5:54:34] Okay. There is a motion to
[5:54:35] approve. It's properly seconded.
[5:54:38] Is there any discussion on this
[5:54:40] resolution? Seeing none. All in
[5:54:41] favor, please say aye. Any
[5:54:43] voting no or abstaining? Okay.
[5:54:45] You have adopted this
[5:54:48] resolution. Next our a section
[5:54:50] in bills on introduction and
[5:54:55] first reading. Okay. By rule,
[5:54:56] all items on first reading
[5:54:58] shall be voted on at the same
[5:54:59] time unless requested otherwise
[5:55:00] by the primary sponsor or by
[5:55:02] two other members. Do any items
[5:55:03] need to be removed from the
[5:55:08] collective vote? Okay. MISS Vo,
[5:55:09] go ahead ma'am.
[5:55:10] Thank you, vice
[5:55:11] mayor. I'd like to remove
[5:55:13] agenda item 93.
[5:55:14] Okay.
[5:55:15] I'd like
[5:55:17] to request a suspension of the
[5:55:19] rules.
[5:55:20] Okay. Well, we'll we'll
[5:55:22] get there. Let's pass the first.
[5:55:27] Okay. Okay, so we're pulling 93
[5:55:31] off of first reading. Is there
[5:55:33] any other items that need to be
[5:55:35] pulled from first seeing none?
[5:55:36] Is there a motion for approval
[5:55:38] of all the items remaining on
[5:55:40] first consideration? Properly
[5:55:42] seconded. And so without
[5:55:44] objection, you have approved
[5:55:47] all items on first reading.
[5:55:49] With the exception of agenda
[5:55:56] item 93. This is ordinance bl
[5:55:57] 2026-1510. Sponsor vo. This is
[5:55:59] an ordinance to amend title 17
[5:56:01] of the metro code of laws
[5:56:02] zoning ordinance of metro
[5:56:03] government of nashville and
[5:56:04] davidson county. By changing
[5:56:06] from our m 20 to sp zoning on
[5:56:08] properties located at one, two,
[5:56:13] three, two and 1234, and 1250.
[5:56:14] Third avenue south
[5:56:16] approximately 422ft north of
[5:56:18] hart street. This is 0.65 acres.
[5:56:20] To permit a mixed use
[5:56:22] development. Go ahead, MISS Vo.
[5:56:23] Thank you, vice mayor. I'd like
[5:56:25] to request a suspension of the
[5:56:26] rules.
[5:56:28] Okay. Chair cash. Did
[5:56:30] you? Okay. It was not
[5:56:31] considered by your committee.
[5:56:33] Is there any objection to the
[5:56:34] suspension of the rules to
[5:56:36] address this matter at this
[5:56:38] time? Seeing none, the rules
[5:56:39] are suspended. Go ahead. MISS.
[5:56:43] Thank you. I move to approve.
[5:56:47] Yeah. Yeah. In order to, pass
[5:56:48] this bill on first reading
[5:56:51] because it doesn't have a
[5:56:53] recommendation yet, but it will
[5:56:55] by the time it goes to public
[5:56:56] hearing.
[5:56:57] Okay. So it's going to
[5:56:59] the planning commission in
[5:57:00] AUGUST and coming back here.
[5:57:03] Yes. Okay. You've heard an
[5:57:06] explanation from MISS Bo, the
[5:57:09] sponsor. Is there any further
[5:57:11] discussion on the motion to
[5:57:13] approve? That's just a straight
[5:57:14] approval motion at this
[5:57:16] juncture on first. Is that
[5:57:18] correct? Okay. Is there any
[5:57:21] discussion? Seeing none. All in
[5:57:23] favor, please say aye. Any
[5:57:24] voting no or abstaining. Okay.
[5:57:26] This has passed its first
[5:57:29] reading. Okay. Next we move
[5:57:32] into bills on second reading.
[5:57:37] We're getting closer. Section
[5:57:41] oh of the agenda. Bills on
[5:57:45] second reading. Agenda item 96
[5:57:47] and 97. They are companions to
[5:57:50] each other. Sponsor parker.
[5:57:55] Agenda item 96 is ordinance bl
[5:57:57] 2026-1403. This is an ordinance
[5:57:59] to amend title 17, the metro
[5:58:00] code of laws zoning ordinance.
[5:58:01] The metro government by
[5:58:03] amending a specific plan for
[5:58:04] various properties generally
[5:58:06] located west of gallatin avenue,
[5:58:07] east of emmett avenue, south of
[5:58:09] mcclurkin avenue and north of
[5:58:11] douglas avenue. Zoned s p and
[5:58:12] changing the zoning on
[5:58:15] properties from r, s5c, s and
[5:58:18] or20 to s p. This is 19.09
[5:58:21] acres to permit a mixed use
[5:58:22] development and again, agenda
[5:58:27] item 97. I guess they will have
[5:58:29] to be taken separately
[5:58:30] potentially for purpose. You're
[5:58:31] not going to be amending it
[5:58:32] this time. So that's great
[5:58:34] because then we can also take
[5:58:36] up at the same time agenda item
[5:58:40] 97, which is ordinance bl
[5:58:41] 2026-1404, which is a companion
[5:58:43] to the other. It requires
[5:58:44] certain materials to be
[5:58:45] restricted in the construction
[5:58:49] of buildings. In 1403 council
[5:58:50] member parker, you're
[5:58:51] recognized sir.
[5:58:51] Thank you, vice
[5:58:52] mayor.
[5:58:52] The amendment.
[5:58:53] Requires
[5:58:55] a housekeeping edit. So I will
[5:58:56] move approval on second reading
[5:58:57] of both bills.
[5:59:01] Got it. Okay, so
[5:59:03] it is not your intent to amend
[5:59:06] at this time. Correct. Got it.
[5:59:07] Okay. There's a motion to
[5:59:12] approve. 1403 and 1404, in a
[5:59:14] consolidated motion on their
[5:59:15] second of three readings. Is
[5:59:17] there any discussion on that at
[5:59:19] this time? Okay. Seeing none.
[5:59:21] All in favor, please say aye.
[5:59:22] Any voting no or abstaining.
[5:59:25] okay. These have passed their
[5:59:28] second reading. Next is agenda
[5:59:33] item 98, ordinance bl 2026-1430.
[5:59:35] Sponsors. Bradford, ellis,
[5:59:36] johnston, evans, siegel. Welsh.
[5:59:39] Bowe, evans, hoffman and wiener.
[5:59:42] This ordinance amending section
[5:59:43] 2.08.030 of the metro code of
[5:59:45] laws relative to the
[5:59:46] publication of the annual
[5:59:47] operating budget and the
[5:59:50] capital improvements budget.
[5:59:51] Council member bradford, you're
[5:59:52] recognized, sir.
[5:59:52] Thank you,
[5:59:52] vice.
[5:59:53] Mayor, committee.
[5:59:54] Report.
[5:59:55] For the report of the budget
[5:59:57] and finance committee chair
[5:59:59] tombs. You're recognized ma'am.
[6:00:00] Thank you. Budget and finance
[6:00:02] voted to recommend approval, as
[6:00:04] amended. 11 in favor, zero
[6:00:06] against zero not voting.
[6:00:08] Okay.
[6:00:09] Was this referred anywhere else?
[6:00:11] No, it was not. Back to you,
[6:00:12] MR. Bradford, for a motion.
[6:00:14] Thank you, vice mayor. I'd like.
[6:00:15] To move the amendment.
[6:00:15] Okay.
[6:00:17] Let's make a motion just to get
[6:00:19] the bill before us. Please, sir.
[6:00:20] Move the bill.
[6:00:21] Okay. Go ahead.
[6:00:22] Now move the amendment.
[6:00:23] Okay.
[6:00:24] Properly seconded. Anything you
[6:00:25] want to share about the
[6:00:25] amendment, sir?
[6:00:26] Yes.
[6:00:26] So the
[6:00:28] amendment came about from some
[6:00:29] conversations during the budget
[6:00:31] and finance committee about,
[6:00:33] some of the restrictions that
[6:00:34] were placed in the original
[6:00:36] bill. So just off the top of my
[6:00:38] head, because I don't have in
[6:00:39] front of me, the amendment
[6:00:41] basically means that the budget
[6:00:44] and finance chair, can hold
[6:00:45] meetings whenever they want,
[6:00:48] but the requirement to get
[6:00:49] documentation three days before
[6:00:52] that departmental hearing will
[6:00:55] only go into effect if it's MAY
[6:00:58] 10th or after. Also has in
[6:01:02] there that under this law only
[6:01:04] for departmental hearings will
[6:01:07] have the requirement to get the
[6:01:08] paperwork in the three days
[6:01:10] time frame. So if there's more
[6:01:12] than four hearings in one day,
[6:01:15] then those extra ones aren't
[6:01:17] guaranteed. So with that move,
[6:01:18] the amendment.
[6:01:20] All right. There
[6:01:21] is a motion to amend. It was
[6:01:22] properly seconded. And you've
[6:01:25] heard an explanation of the
[6:01:26] amendment. Is there any
[6:01:27] discussion on the motion to
[6:01:30] amend seeing none. All in favor
[6:01:31] of the amendment please say aye.
[6:01:33] Any voting no or abstaining.
[6:01:34] Okay. Do you want to renew your
[6:01:36] motion to approve, as amended.
[6:01:37] Move as amended, with a brief
[6:01:38] comment?
[6:01:40] Okay. Go ahead. Sir.
[6:01:40] I
[6:01:42] appreciate my colleagues who
[6:01:43] serve on the budget finance
[6:01:44] committee for helping me. And
[6:01:46] as far as well as the
[6:01:48] administration finance office,
[6:01:49] those of us who have served two
[6:01:51] terms now have realized, you
[6:01:53] know, how difficult it is to do
[6:01:56] our job during budget season
[6:01:57] when we don't have all the
[6:01:58] information ahead of in front
[6:02:00] of us in a timely manner. And
[6:02:02] even this past budget season,
[6:02:04] we were getting departmental
[6:02:06] information the day of. And so
[6:02:08] I reached out and we had these
[6:02:09] conversations to try and get
[6:02:10] away, get out, get the
[6:02:12] information to us as soon as
[6:02:13] possible so that we could have
[6:02:15] at least three days before
[6:02:17] budget hearing to receive the
[6:02:18] information we're going to need
[6:02:20] to do our job and to make sure
[6:02:22] that we can that we have
[6:02:24] questions, we can get the
[6:02:25] information we need and get
[6:02:26] those questions answered so
[6:02:28] that we can do a better job of
[6:02:30] monitoring our budget and
[6:02:32] protecting the taxpayers. So
[6:02:33] move for approval.
[6:02:34] All right.
[6:02:36] There is a motion to approve,
[6:02:38] as amended. It was properly
[6:02:40] seconded. We're on to
[6:02:42] discussion. And MISS Gamble is
[6:02:44] in the queue. Go ahead
[6:02:44] councilmember. You're
[6:02:45] recognized.
[6:02:46] Thank you, vice
[6:02:48] mayor. I support the bill. I
[6:02:49] appreciate my colleague for
[6:02:50] bringing this forward. I just
[6:02:52] have a question clarifying what
[6:02:55] a copy is. Is that referring to
[6:02:58] a hard copy or electronic copy,
[6:03:01] or is it I didn't see it
[6:03:02] clearly in the bill. So just
[6:03:03] want to clarify.
[6:03:05] That. Do
[6:03:06] sponsor, do you want to address
[6:03:07] that question? Okay. Go ahead,
[6:03:09] MR. Bradford.
[6:03:10] So conversations
[6:03:11] with the administration,
[6:03:13] there's always a digital copy
[6:03:15] online, but this is to get us
[6:03:18] hard copies of not the budget
[6:03:20] book, but just the information
[6:03:23] for those departments. So what
[6:03:25] we can do, what we need to do,
[6:03:26] if there's anything out,
[6:03:28] the administration finances,
[6:03:30] they're welcome to add to it.
[6:03:32] All right. I don't see anyone
[6:03:34] seeking to be recognized
[6:03:37] specifically on this. No. MISS
[6:03:38] Gamble's question has been
[6:03:40] answered. Is there any further
[6:03:43] discussion on the motion to
[6:03:45] approve this on second reading,
[6:03:48] as amended? Seeing none. All in
[6:03:50] favor, please say aye. Any
[6:03:52] voting no or abstaining? Okay.
[6:03:53] This has passed its second
[6:03:56] reading, as amended. Next is
[6:04:02] agenda item 99, ordinance
[6:04:04] bl2026-1434. Sponsor lee. This
[6:04:05] is an ordinance to amend
[6:04:09] section 13.20.020 of the metro
[6:04:10] code of laws, relative to
[6:04:12] required notice and permission
[6:04:14] for excavations in the right of
[6:04:17] way. Council member lee
[6:04:17] recognize. Ma'am.
[6:04:18] Thank you,
[6:04:18] MADAM Chair.
[6:04:19] MAY I have
[6:04:20] committee a committee report,
[6:04:21] please?
[6:04:22] Yes. For the report of
[6:04:23] the transportation
[6:04:24] infrastructure committee chair,
[6:04:26] evan siegel, this is MISS Lee's
[6:04:28] bill 1434.
[6:04:29] The transportation
[6:04:30] infrastructure committee voted
[6:04:32] to approve the amendment six in
[6:04:34] favor, zero against and zero
[6:04:35] not voting to approve, as
[6:04:36] amended. Six in favor, zero
[6:04:37] against zero not voting.
[6:04:38] All
[6:04:40] right. With that, it's back to
[6:04:41] you, MISS Lee.
[6:04:42] Thank you, MADAM
[6:04:44] Chair. I would like tomove
[6:04:46] this for the purpose of adding
[6:04:48] an amendment.
[6:04:49] Okay. So there is
[6:04:51] a motion to approve to get the
[6:04:52] bill before us. Is there a
[6:04:54] second? Okay. And it's back to
[6:04:56] you. You seek to move your
[6:04:57] amendment at this time.
[6:04:57] I would
[6:04:58] like to move the amendment,
[6:04:59] please.
[6:05:00] Okay. Anything you want
[6:05:02] to say about the amendment?
[6:05:05] Just that the amendment came on
[6:05:07] board as a means of working
[6:05:11] with, nes and water to try to
[6:05:13] get some guidelines in there
[6:05:15] that would not put restraints
[6:05:17] on them and what they had to do.
[6:05:19] This whole thing came up as a
[6:05:23] matter of, entities working in
[6:05:24] the right of way and working on
[6:05:25] people's properties when they
[6:05:27] did not know who was there,why
[6:05:28] was why they were there, how
[6:05:30] long they were going to be
[6:05:31] there, that sort of thing. So I
[6:05:33] would just like to ask for your
[6:05:34] approval on this.
[6:05:35] All right.
[6:05:37] You've heard a description of
[6:05:39] the amendment from the sponsor.
[6:05:42] Is there any discussion on the
[6:05:44] motion to amend seeing none.
[6:05:46] All in favor of the amendment,
[6:05:47] please say aye. Any voting no
[6:05:50] or abstaining? MISS Lee, do you
[6:05:50] want.
[6:05:50] To.
[6:05:52] I would like to move
[6:05:53] the bill, as amended, please.
[6:05:55] Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Any
[6:05:58] discussion on that? Seeing none.
[6:06:00] All in favor, please say aye.
[6:06:02] Any voting no or abstaining.
[6:06:04] All right. This is passed its
[6:06:06] second of three readings, as
[6:06:06] amended.
[6:06:07] Thank you, MADAM Chair.
[6:06:10] Thank you, MISS Lee. Okay.
[6:06:15] Agenda item 100, ordinance
[6:06:17] bl2026-1437. Sponsors. Web
[6:06:19] coupon. Evans, bradford, allen,
[6:06:21] ellis, benton and hancock. This
[6:06:24] is an ordinance requiring that
[6:06:26] all boards, commissions,
[6:06:27] committees and authorities of
[6:06:29] the metro government with
[6:06:30] financial authority or
[6:06:33] fiduciary duty record and make
[6:06:35] publicly available the
[6:06:38] proceedings of their meetings.
[6:06:40] MR. Koopman, you are the second
[6:06:41] sponsor, so I will recognize
[6:06:42] you, sir. Go ahead.
[6:06:43] Thank you,
[6:06:44] MADAM PRESIDENT. Committee
[6:06:45] reports, please.
[6:06:46] For the report
[6:06:47] of the budget and finance
[6:06:48] committee. Chair, tombs.
[6:06:48] Budget
[6:06:50] and finance voted to recommend
[6:06:51] a one meeting deferral, 11 in
[6:06:53] favor, zero against zero not
[6:06:53] voting.
[6:06:55] Okay, we know where
[6:06:57] this is headed now, but we
[6:06:59] still need to get the report of
[6:06:59] the government operations
[6:07:02] committee. Chair hill. No
[6:07:03] worries.
[6:07:04] Thank you, MADAM.
[6:07:04] Vice
[6:07:06] mayor. We voted for one meeting
[6:07:07] deferral eight in favor, zero
[6:07:08] against zero not voting.
[6:07:11] Okay.
[6:07:12] Did you say one meeting
[6:07:14] deferral. Okay. Special counsel
[6:07:17] has shared with me that I guess
[6:07:20] due to the type of this bill,
[6:07:22] did you say 8.1 doesn't apply,
[6:07:23] sir?
[6:07:25] Would you.
[6:07:27] Okay. 8.1 has
[6:07:30] already been used twice on this
[6:07:33] bill. So rule 8.1 does not
[6:07:36] apply. So we have the committee
[6:07:37] reports. Both committees
[6:07:39] recommended a one meeting
[6:07:40] deferral. So now it is back to
[6:07:42] you MR. Koopman for a motion.
[6:07:43] Go ahead sir.
[6:07:44] Thank you, MADAM
[6:07:45] PRESIDENT. Move for a one
[6:07:46] meeting deferral, please.
[6:07:48] Okay.
[6:07:51] All right. There is a motion
[6:07:52] properly seconded for one
[6:07:54] meeting deferral. Is there any
[6:07:55] discussion on the deferral
[6:07:58] motion? Okay. All in favor,
[6:08:01] please say aye. Okay. Any
[6:08:02] voting no or abstaining? All
[6:08:03] right. This has been deferred.
[6:08:06] One meeting again by a vote,
[6:08:10] not by 8.1. Okay. Agenda item
[6:08:14] 101, ordinance 2026-1452.
[6:08:16] Sponsors. Evans, hoffman, spain.
[6:08:18] Ellis, gadbois and allen. This
[6:08:19] is an ordinance establishing
[6:08:20] the opioid settlement steering
[6:08:22] committee role in guiding the
[6:08:24] strategic use of the metro
[6:08:25] government's opioid settlement
[6:08:26] funds through a clear,
[6:08:28] transparent, and data driven
[6:08:30] process. Council member evans,
[6:08:31] you are recognized.
[6:08:32] Thank you.
[6:08:33] Vice mayor, committee reports,
[6:08:34] please.
[6:08:35] Okay. For the report of
[6:08:36] the public health and safety
[6:08:37] committee chair hoffman.
[6:08:37] Thank
[6:08:39] you, vice mayor, public health
[6:08:40] and safety recommended to defer
[6:08:41] this. Two meetings, 11 in favor,
[6:08:43] zero against zero not voting.
[6:08:47] Okay. Thank you. Chair, it's
[6:08:49] back to you, MISS Evans, for a
[6:08:50] motion on your bill.
[6:08:51] Thank you.
[6:08:52] I'd like to move for two.
[6:08:53] Meeting deferral, please.
[6:08:53] Okay.
[6:08:55] Is there a second? Okay.
[6:08:57] There's a motion to defer two
[6:08:58] meetings. Is there any
[6:08:59] discussion on the deferral
[6:09:01] motion? Seeing none. All in
[6:09:03] favor of a two meeting deferral,
[6:09:04] please say aye. Okay. Any
[6:09:05] voting no or abstaining. All
[6:09:07] right. This has been deferred
[6:09:10] to meetings such that its
[6:09:14] second reading, will be at the
[6:09:17] meeting of SEPTEMBER 1st. Yeah.
[6:09:20] Okay. Back on second reading on
[6:09:21] SEPTEMBER 1st. Next is agenda
[6:09:29] item 103, ordinance bl2026-1492.
[6:09:31] Sponsors gad hill, ewing,
[6:09:32] cooper and ellis. An ordinance
[6:09:34] to amend title 16 of the metro
[6:09:36] code of laws to require diaper
[6:09:38] changing facilities in certain
[6:09:40] public restrooms. Council
[6:09:41] member gad, you are recognized.
[6:09:43] Thank you so much. I would like
[6:09:44] to ask for committee.
[6:09:45] Reports
[6:09:46] for the report of the
[6:09:47] government operations and
[6:09:48] regulations committee. Chair
[6:09:50] hill, you're recognized, ma'am.
[6:09:51] Thank you, MADAM Vice mayor. We
[6:09:54] recommended approval as amended.
[6:09:55] Nine in favor, zero against
[6:09:57] zero not voting.
[6:09:58] Okay. All
[6:09:59] right, it is back to you, MISS
[6:10:01] Gad, for a motion to get the
[6:10:03] bill before us. Please, ma'am.
[6:10:05] I'd like to make a motion to
[6:10:06] get the bill properly before us.
[6:10:08] Okay. There is a motion to
[6:10:10] approve. It is properly
[6:10:12] seconded. Now it's back to you.
[6:10:14] I would also, we have one
[6:10:16] friendly amendment, and I
[6:10:18] believe council council member
[6:10:20] allen is in the queue and would
[6:10:21] love to have that considered.
[6:10:23] Okay. Anything else you want to
[6:10:25] say at this time or you want to
[6:10:25] speak?
[6:10:26] I'll reserve my remarks.
[6:10:28] Sure. Council member allen, you
[6:10:29] are recognized.
[6:10:30] Thank you,
[6:10:31] MADAM Chair. I think the
[6:10:32] amendments actually officially
[6:10:33] been moved, but I'll move it
[6:10:35] again. Move the amendment. Okay,
[6:10:36] okay. Okay. With a brief
[6:10:37] explanation.
[6:10:38] Go ahead. Please.
[6:10:39] so this simply takes the
[6:10:41] plumbing piece of this out. The
[6:10:42] bill itself is about changing
[6:10:43] tables, and the international
[6:10:45] building code covers that. And
[6:10:47] so it just cleans it up to take
[6:10:48] the plumbing part out.
[6:10:49] Okay.
[6:10:50] You have heard an explanation
[6:10:53] of this friendly amendment. And
[6:10:55] we're on a motion to amend. All
[6:10:58] in favor, please say aye. Any
[6:11:00] voting no or abstaining. Okay.
[6:11:01] And it's back to you, MISS Gadd.
[6:11:02] I presume you want to renew
[6:11:04] your motion to approve, as
[6:11:04] amended.
[6:11:05] I would like to renew
[6:11:07] that motion. And also just with
[6:11:10] one quick word and another
[6:11:14] request to enact a rule 12.3
[6:11:15] for those voting in affirmative
[6:11:18] to also be added. And I want to
[6:11:19] thank the, the council in our
[6:11:21] last body who made work to move
[6:11:24] this forward and, noticing we
[6:11:27] have a gap here, appreciate
[6:11:28] everyone's support to really
[6:11:30] focus on where dignity can
[6:11:31] actually begin, which is in
[6:11:33] some of the small things. One
[6:11:35] of those small things can be a
[6:11:37] very, very big thing when you
[6:11:39] have children with you and a
[6:11:41] diaper changing table, it tells
[6:11:43] everyone, every parent, every
[6:11:44] caregiver that you're welcome
[6:11:46] here and your family matters.
[6:11:47] And, and that is a part of
[6:11:49] dignity that we can provide. So
[6:11:51] with that, I renew my motion.
[6:11:53] All right. So there is a motion
[6:11:56] to approve this ordinance on
[6:11:59] its second reading, as amended,
[6:12:03] with application of 12.3,
[6:12:05] such that all those voting in
[6:12:06] the affirmative will be listed
[6:12:09] as co-sponsors. Is there a
[6:12:10] second for that? Any objection
[6:12:12] to the application 12.3? No.
[6:12:14] okay. All right. This properly
[6:12:15] seconded. Is there any further
[6:12:18] discussion on this bill seeing
[6:12:20] none. All in favor, please say
[6:12:22] aye. Any voting no or
[6:12:23] abstaining. All right. This has
[6:12:24] passed its second of three
[6:12:27] readings as amended. Next is
[6:12:31] agenda item 104, ordinance bl
[6:12:33] 2026-1493 sponsors, tombs and
[6:12:34] coupon. This is an ordinance
[6:12:36] amending certain sections of
[6:12:38] the metro code of laws relating
[6:12:39] to the apportionment,
[6:12:41] distribution and allocation of
[6:12:42] revenues from tourist
[6:12:44] accommodation taxes to comply
[6:12:46] with the provisions of chapter
[6:12:50] number 1079 of the 2026 public
[6:12:54] acts of tennessee, and also to
[6:12:56] extend the levy and collection
[6:12:58] of the additional hotel
[6:12:59] occupancy privilege tax in
[6:13:00] accordance with applicable
[6:13:04] state law. Councilmember tombs,
[6:13:07] MADAM Chair, you are recognized.
[6:13:08] Thank you, MADAM Vice mayor,
[6:13:09] committee reports budget and
[6:13:11] finance voted to recommend
[6:13:12] approval. 11 in favor, zero
[6:13:14] against zero not voting.
[6:13:14] Okay.
[6:13:16] And for the report of the ad
[6:13:19] hoc east bank committee chair
[6:13:20] evan siegel.
[6:13:21] The committee
[6:13:22] voted for one meeting deferral,
[6:13:24] six in favor, zero against zero
[6:13:25] not voting.
[6:13:28] Okay. And with that
[6:13:31] chair tombs that will invoke
[6:13:36] rule 8.1. Such that that
[6:13:38] deferral is automatic without
[6:13:40] discussion. Thus, the second
[6:13:45] reading of this bill will be on
[6:13:51] AUGUST 18th. Okay. Next we are
[6:13:54] moving into section p bills
[6:13:56] that are on third and final
[6:14:00] reading, agenda number 108,
[6:14:05] ordinance bl 2026-1389. Sponsor
[6:14:07] styles. This is an ordinance to
[6:14:08] amend title 17 of the metro
[6:14:10] code of laws zoning ordinance.
[6:14:11] The metro government, by
[6:14:13] changing from s, p to a r to a
[6:14:15] zoning for properties located
[6:14:17] at five, three, two and 583
[6:14:21] bell road, approximately 570ft
[6:14:23] south of murfreesboro pike and
[6:14:24] located in the murfreesboro
[6:14:25] pike urban design overlay
[6:14:27] district and corridor design
[6:14:32] overlay district. This is 5.25
[6:14:33] acres. Councilmember styles,
[6:14:35] you're recognized.
[6:14:36] Thank you
[6:14:37] very much. Committee reports
[6:14:38] please.
[6:14:39] For the report of the
[6:14:40] planning and zoning committee
[6:14:42] chair horton.
[6:14:42] Thank you. Vice
[6:14:43] mayor, planning and zoning
[6:14:45] voted in favor of a one meeting
[6:14:46] deferral, seven in favor, zero
[6:14:47] against zero not voting.
[6:14:47] Okay.
[6:14:50] And as such, rule 8.1 is
[6:14:55] applied and there is no
[6:14:56] discussion. It's rule 8.11
[6:14:57] meeting question.
[6:14:58] Point of
[6:14:59] order. Yes, please.
[6:15:01] Yes, ma'am.
[6:15:03] To save some time, is it
[6:15:04] possible they deferred one
[6:15:06] meeting? But is it possible for
[6:15:08] me to defer it until the first
[6:15:10] meeting in SEPTEMBER? Since
[6:15:11] it's still deferral.
[6:15:12] That would
[6:15:15] require a suspension of the
[6:15:16] rules.
[6:15:17] Then I guess I'm going
[6:15:19] to ask for suspension of the
[6:15:20] rules so I can defer it till
[6:15:21] that first meeting.
[6:15:22] Okay.
[6:15:22] In
[6:15:22] SEPTEMBER.
[6:15:23] is there any
[6:15:25] objection to a suspension of
[6:15:27] the rules such that the sponsor
[6:15:29] can supersede rule 8.1, which
[6:15:30] would be a mandatory one
[6:15:32] meeting deferral for purposes
[6:15:34] of a two meeting deferral to
[6:15:36] the meeting of SEPTEMBER 1st.
[6:15:37] Is there any objection to the
[6:15:40] suspension of the rules? Okay.
[6:15:41] Seeing none, the rules are
[6:15:43] suspended. If you would make
[6:15:44] that motion, please, ma'am.
[6:15:46] Thank you very much. I'd like
[6:15:47] to move forward to meeting
[6:15:49] deferral. So this would go to
[6:15:50] the first meeting in SEPTEMBER.
[6:15:52] Okay. So that would mean that
[6:15:53] the third reading, third and
[6:15:54] final reading would be at the
[6:15:56] meeting of SEPTEMBER 1st.
[6:15:57] Yes.
[6:15:58] Thank you very much.
[6:16:01] Okay. Any
[6:16:03] discussion? Seeing none. All in
[6:16:05] favor, please say aye. Any
[6:16:08] voting no or abstaining. Okay.
[6:16:10] That means that the third
[6:16:11] reading has been moved to the
[6:16:12] meeting of SEPTEMBER 1st. That
[6:16:16] is a two meeting deferral. MISS
[6:16:17] Styles, will you make sure the
[6:16:19] gentleman here understands when
[6:16:20] that is moved to. Okay. Thank
[6:16:23] you sir. All right. So next
[6:16:27] agenda items 109 and 110. They
[6:16:30] are companions to other.
[6:16:32] Sponsor evans 109 is ordinance
[6:16:36] bl 2026-1414. This is an
[6:16:37] ordinance to amend title 17,
[6:16:39] the metro code of laws zoning
[6:16:40] ordinance. The metro government,
[6:16:41] by changing from our. S 15 to
[6:16:44] sp zoning for property located
[6:16:48] at 6114 north new hope road,
[6:16:50] approximately 352ft north of
[6:16:53] central pike. This is 3.0 acres
[6:16:56] to permit 44 multi family
[6:16:58] residential units, all of which
[6:17:00] is described here in agenda
[6:17:06] item 110 is ordinance 1415. It
[6:17:07] proposes that certain materials
[6:17:08] be restricted in the
[6:17:10] construction of buildings in
[6:17:12] 1414. That said, MISS Evans,
[6:17:14] I'm going to need you to move
[6:17:16] 1414 by itself for purposes of
[6:17:18] amendment, and then you can re
[6:17:20] consolidate them in a in a
[6:17:21] subsequent motion. Go ahead
[6:17:22] ma'am.
[6:17:23] Thank you. Vice mayor.
[6:17:24] Committee reports, please, for.
[6:17:26] The report of the planning and
[6:17:27] zoning committee. Chair horton,
[6:17:28] you recognized.
[6:17:28] Thank you. Vice
[6:17:29] mayor. Planning and zoning
[6:17:31] considered the bill as well as
[6:17:32] amendment. We voted in favor of
[6:17:33] the amendment seven in favor,
[6:17:35] zero against zero not voting,
[6:17:36] and voted in favor of the bill,
[6:17:38] as amended. Seven in favor,
[6:17:39] zero against zero not voting.
[6:17:40] Okay.
[6:17:41] All righty. And I presume
[6:17:42] that all applies to 1415 as
[6:17:45] well. Okay. Go ahead, MISS
[6:17:45] Evans.
[6:17:46] Thank you. I'd like to
[6:17:49] move the amend bill.
[6:17:51] Move 1414.
[6:17:53] Yes. For approval. I think I
[6:17:56] heard a second over here. Okay.
[6:17:57] At this juncture a motion to
[6:18:00] amend is a proper motion, or.
[6:18:00] I
[6:18:01] move to amend.
[6:18:03] Okay. Properly.
[6:18:04] Second, anything you want to
[6:18:05] say about the amendment
[6:18:05] specifically?
[6:18:06] No thank you
[6:18:07] though.
[6:18:10] Okay. There is a motion
[6:18:12] to amend its properly. Seconded.
[6:18:14] Is there any discussion? Seeing
[6:18:15] none. All in favor of the
[6:18:17] amendment please say aye. Aye.
[6:18:19] any voting no or abstaining.
[6:18:21] All right. At this juncture,
[6:18:23] MISS Evans, you can renew your
[6:18:27] motion to approve, as amended,
[6:18:31] with 1415 added. So.
[6:18:32] Okay, cool.
[6:18:34] Let's do that. I'd like to.
[6:18:34] Yep.
[6:18:36] You can see when I say that
[6:18:37] whole complicated thing, you
[6:18:38] just say so moved.
[6:18:39] So moved.
[6:18:40] Okay, it's properly seconded.
[6:18:43] Is there any discussion on,
[6:18:46] that, MISS Evans, anything you
[6:18:47] want to share at this time?
[6:18:48] No,
[6:18:48] thanks.
[6:18:49] Okay. Seeing no one
[6:18:51] else in the queue for
[6:18:54] discussion. All in of
[6:18:57] 1414, as amended, and 1415 on
[6:18:59] third and final reading, please
[6:19:01] say aye. Any voting no or
[6:19:03] abstaining. All right. These
[6:19:04] have passed their third and
[6:19:07] final reading, as amended. Next
[6:19:11] is agenda item 111, ordinance
[6:19:16] bl 2026-1431. Sponsors of o.
[6:19:17] Horton, cap, benedict. Bradford.
[6:19:19] Ellis, gad, porterfield, cash,
[6:19:21] hancock, parker, weiner.
[6:19:22] Rutherford. Harrell, spain,
[6:19:25] huffman, nash, sepulveda and
[6:19:27] prep tee. This is an ordinance
[6:19:31] to amend chapter 2.147 of the
[6:19:34] metro code of laws regarding
[6:19:36] the nashville entertainment
[6:19:37] commission. Council member vo,
[6:19:40] you are recognized.
[6:19:40] Thank you,
[6:19:42] vice mayor. I'd like to. I'd
[6:19:44] like to move to approve.
[6:19:45] Okay.
[6:19:47] There's a motion to approve.
[6:19:49] Properly seconded. We are on to
[6:19:50] discussion. Anything you want
[6:19:53] to say further, chair?
[6:19:53] I'm
[6:19:55] happy to wait since I see. Or
[6:19:57] can I have a brief comment now?
[6:19:58] You can. Absolutely. You are
[6:19:59] the sponsor. You can say
[6:20:00] whatever you want before we
[6:20:02] move on to others. Go ahead.
[6:20:04] Okay. Thank you so much, vice
[6:20:05] mayor. Colleagues, I rise today
[6:20:08] to ask for your support of bl
[6:20:10] 2026-1431 on third and final
[6:20:11] reading. First, I want to
[6:20:13] express my sincere gratitude to
[6:20:15] everyone who's helped bring us
[6:20:17] to this point. Thank you to my
[6:20:18] council colleagues for your
[6:20:19] thoughtful questions, feedback,
[6:20:20] and collaboration through this
[6:20:22] process. Thank you to the
[6:20:22] mayor's office, the
[6:20:24] entertainment commission, and
[6:20:25] the many members of the of
[6:20:26] nashville's entertainment
[6:20:28] community who shared their
[6:20:30] expertise to help shape this
[6:20:32] legislation. And you know, for
[6:20:34] me, today's vote is not the
[6:20:35] finish line. It is the starting
[6:20:37] point. By passing this bill on
[6:20:38] third reading, we can
[6:20:39] immediately begin the important
[6:20:40] work of hiring the first
[6:20:42] executive director, someone who
[6:20:43] can build this office, bring
[6:20:45] stakeholders together and turn
[6:20:46] the vision we've discussed into
[6:20:48] meaningful action that
[6:20:50] leadership will be critical in
[6:20:51] ensuring this office is
[6:20:53] responsive, accountable, and
[6:20:55] successful. From day one, I
[6:20:56] believe this legislation
[6:20:57] positions nashville for long
[6:20:59] term while honoring the
[6:21:00] collaborative spirit that
[6:21:02] brought us here tonight. I
[6:21:03] respectfully ask for your
[6:21:06] support, for bl 2026-1431.
[6:21:07] Thank you.
[6:21:09] All righty. We're on
[6:21:10] to discussion. First in the
[6:21:12] queue, councilmember styles,
[6:21:15] you're recognized.
[6:21:15] Thank you
[6:21:20] very much, vice mayor. I am not
[6:21:23] standing up to try and sway
[6:21:24] anyone's votes. This has been a
[6:21:27] very long journey since 2022,
[6:21:28] when this was first proposed
[6:21:32] and getting it passed in 2023.
[6:21:33] With many of the commissioners
[6:21:34] that are on the commission
[6:21:37] right now that are just
[6:21:38] exhausted. And at this point,
[6:21:40] you haven't heard from them in
[6:21:41] support of this bill, because
[6:21:42] at this point, they all just
[6:21:45] feel like they just want
[6:21:46] something to happen, so they're
[6:21:47] willing to let anything happen,
[6:21:49] despite the fact they don't
[6:21:50] want this mayor's office to
[6:21:52] have anything to do with this
[6:21:53] office,and rightfully so, they
[6:21:54] can incubate anything. We still
[6:21:56] don't know what the office of
[6:21:58] youth safety does, so we've
[6:22:00] already lost one commission
[6:22:03] member during one of the former
[6:22:05] meetings. In the last month,
[6:22:07] the one lawyer that we had,
[6:22:08] because of all the back and
[6:22:09] forth and machinations that
[6:22:11] this administration has done,
[6:22:13] only to get to the point of
[6:22:14] saying, it's mine and I get to
[6:22:16] do what I want with it. And I
[6:22:18] think we should all be shamed.
[6:22:20] Everyone who signed on doesn't
[6:22:21] know exactly what the office
[6:22:23] does or the commission does,
[6:22:24] because a year from now, I
[6:22:26] think we'll still be sitting
[6:22:27] here hoping that this can be on
[6:22:31] its feet. Some people said they
[6:22:33] spoke to commissioners, but
[6:22:35] when asked in meetings, they
[6:22:37] hadn't spoken. They left
[6:22:40] messages for folks. It is
[6:22:41] unfortunate we are doing
[6:22:43] something against this entire
[6:22:45] creative community that has
[6:22:47] said having a mayor directly
[6:22:48] involved in hiring and firing
[6:22:50] has failed every single time.
[6:22:52] And somehow we think that this
[6:22:55] office can get it right. I'm
[6:22:58] embarrassed. It's unfortunate.
[6:22:59] I sure hope someone can prove
[6:23:01] me doubt this group
[6:23:04] can. But you know, I know this
[6:23:06] is going to pass. I just want
[6:23:07] to make sure I was on the
[6:23:09] record to say that this was a
[6:23:12] bad move for everyone that
[6:23:14] signed on to this bill, and
[6:23:16] creatives don't feel supported
[6:23:18] and this is not a positive
[6:23:20] action. Thank you.
[6:23:22] All right.
[6:23:23] Discussion continues. Council
[6:23:26] member suara, you're recognized.
[6:23:29] Thank you, vice mayor. I was
[6:23:31] one of the sponsors of the
[6:23:34] other bill that, councilmember
[6:23:36] styles has. But I think it's
[6:23:38] important for us to not lose
[6:23:41] track of why we're doing this.
[6:23:42] There is an old african proverb
[6:23:44] that says that when two
[6:23:45] elephants are fighting is the
[6:23:46] grass that suffers. I think at
[6:23:48] the end of the day, it's about
[6:23:49] the creatives. It's about doing
[6:23:51] what we need to do for them.
[6:23:53] And I don't care how we get
[6:23:54] here. I think it's about moving
[6:23:56] forward and getting it done. So
[6:23:58] my I wanted to stand up and say,
[6:24:00] I hope that we all support this
[6:24:02] bill and we vote for it so that
[6:24:03] the process continues. If it's
[6:24:04] about the creatives, then I
[6:24:06] think we should prioritize what
[6:24:07] helps them and delaying
[6:24:09] anything or voting against it
[6:24:11] doesn't help that. So with that,
[6:24:12] I'm asking everyone to please
[6:24:14] vote in support because I think
[6:24:16] that moves the process forward.
[6:24:17] Thank you.
[6:24:19] All righty. Okay.
[6:24:21] there is no one else in the
[6:24:25] queue. This is on third and
[6:24:28] final reading. We have a no
[6:24:30] vote on this. Okay. And others.
[6:24:33] Okay. And for that reason,
[6:24:34] because it is an ordinance on
[6:24:37] third and final reading. MR.
[6:24:40] Clark, we need to load the vote.
[6:24:43] There is a motion to approve on
[6:24:46] third and final reading. We're
[6:25:02] going to.
[6:25:19] Votes. And MR. Clark,
[6:25:23] please show the vote. All right.
[6:25:24] This ordinance has passed its
[6:25:26] third and final reading with 28
[6:25:28] votes in favor, four against
[6:25:36] and two abstentions. All right.
[6:25:41] Next is. What happened with
[6:25:46] that 112. Okay. That was on
[6:25:47] that did stay on consent. Okay.
[6:25:50] Next is agenda item 114,
[6:25:55] ordinance bl2026-1453. Sponsors.
[6:25:57] Payne. Tombs, horton evans
[6:25:59] silvo, allen welsh, hill, ewing
[6:26:06] and wiener. This 114. We good?
[6:26:08] Okay. This is an ordinance
[6:26:09] approving a greenway
[6:26:10] conservation easement between
[6:26:12] the metro government through
[6:26:14] the metro board of parks and
[6:26:18] recreation and a h v newsome
[6:26:21] bfr owner llc for greenway
[6:26:25] improvements at 7800. Mccrory
[6:26:27] lane, council member, spain.
[6:26:28] You're recognized sir.
[6:26:28] Thank
[6:26:29] you, MADAM PRESIDENT. Committee
[6:26:31] reports, please.
[6:26:32] Do we have a
[6:26:34] report from planning and zoning?
[6:26:36] I don't show all committee
[6:26:38] reports are in, sir.
[6:26:39] I move
[6:26:40] approval.
[6:26:44] Okay. There is a
[6:26:46] motion to approve. It's
[6:26:48] properly seconded. I perhaps
[6:26:50] this was for purposes of
[6:26:52] abstention, sir. I'm not sure.
[6:26:55] Is there any discussion on this
[6:26:58] bill, anything that you want to
[6:26:59] say, MR. Spain.
[6:26:59] No, ma'am.
[6:27:01] Okay.
[6:27:04] All in favor, please say aye.
[6:27:08] Any voting? No. Any abstaining?
[6:27:10] All right. It will remain a
[6:27:13] mystery. Okay. That has passed
[6:27:15] its third and final reading.
[6:27:20] Okay. Next is agenda item 125,
[6:27:24] ordinance bl2026-1464. Sponsors
[6:27:25] kimbro, horton, evans, siegel
[6:27:27] and ewing. This is an ordinance
[6:27:28] authorizing the metro
[6:27:29] government of nashville and
[6:27:30] davidson county to abandon
[6:27:32] existing public water mains and
[6:27:33] easements and accept new public
[6:27:35] water and sanitary sewer mains.
[6:27:37] Fire hydrant assembly, sanitary
[6:27:38] sewer manholes and easements
[6:27:41] for property located at 633
[6:27:43] west green lane, also known as
[6:27:45] hill point. Whites creek
[6:27:46] infrastructure council member
[6:27:48] kimbrough. You're recognized.
[6:27:49] Thank you, vice mayor. I would
[6:27:51] like to move for one meeting
[6:27:53] deferral. Okay for this and.
[6:27:55] 126 okay, I'm going to have to
[6:27:58] take them separate, but okay.
[6:28:00] Or actually same address. Can I
[6:28:03] take them together? Okay. All
[6:28:05] right. So there's a one meeting
[6:28:08] deferral motion for 1464. Did I
[6:28:10] hear a second? Any discussion
[6:28:12] on that deferral motion? Seeing
[6:28:13] none. All in favor, please say
[6:28:16] aye. Any voting no or
[6:28:19] abstaining. Okay. So 1464, MISS
[6:28:20] Kimbrough will be deferred to
[6:28:24] the meeting of AUGUST 18th. Now
[6:28:27] is agenda item 126. Ordinance
[6:28:31] bl 2026-1465. Also sponsor.
[6:28:32] Kimbrough. Horton. Evans.
[6:28:34] Siegel. Ewing. This is an
[6:28:35] ordinance authorizing the metro
[6:28:36] government to accept new public
[6:28:38] water and sanitary sewer mains,
[6:28:39] fire hydrant assembly, sanitary
[6:28:40] sewer, manholes and easements
[6:28:42] for property located also at 63
[6:28:44] west green lane, also known as
[6:28:45] hill point, whites creek
[6:28:46] residential. MISS Kimbrough,
[6:28:48] you are recognized.
[6:28:48] Thank you.
[6:28:49] I'd like to move for one
[6:28:50] meeting. Deferral.
[6:28:51] Okay. It's
[6:28:52] properly moved and seconded.
[6:28:53] Any discussion on this deferral
[6:28:55] motion? Seeing none. All in
[6:28:56] favor, please say aye. Any
[6:28:59] voting? No. Abstaining. Okay.
[6:29:01] This is deferred one meeting to
[6:29:04] the meeting of AUGUST 18th.
[6:29:08] Okay. Next is agenda item 128.
[6:29:12] Ordinance bl 2026-1489.
[6:29:14] Sponsors. Horton, porterfield,
[6:29:16] cooper, parker. Spain. Gad.
[6:29:17] Benedict. Cortez. Wiener,
[6:29:19] rutherford, greg, nash, harrell
[6:29:22] and evans. This is an ordinance
[6:29:23] authorizing the metro
[6:29:25] government to acquire the fee
[6:29:27] interest in a parcel of
[6:29:32] property. This parcel id number
[6:29:34] 13300013500. Through
[6:29:36] negotiation or condemnation for
[6:29:39] office warehouse training and
[6:29:42] other uses. Council member
[6:29:44] horton, you are recognized, sir.
[6:29:45] Thank you. Vice mayor. Move for
[6:29:46] approval.
[6:29:48] Let's see. Do we need
[6:29:49] to get committee report?
[6:29:49] I
[6:29:51] think we have them already,
[6:29:52] don't we?
[6:29:54] Pardon?
[6:29:55] Okay. For the
[6:29:56] report of did get referred.
[6:29:58] To.
[6:29:59] Committee reports.
[6:30:00] Yeah.
[6:30:03] Council member tombs. This is
[6:30:04] 1489 I believe it was re
[6:30:11] referred to your committee.
[6:30:14] Budget and finance voted in
[6:30:16] favor of the amendment nine in
[6:30:19] favor, zero against one not
[6:30:21] voting and then voted to
[6:30:23] recommend approval as amended,
[6:30:25] eight in favor, zero against
[6:30:26] two not voting.
[6:30:28] Okay.
[6:30:29] All right.
[6:30:32] Got it. Okay. Back to you, MR.
[6:30:33] Horton.
[6:30:33] Thank you. Move for
[6:30:34] approval.
[6:30:35] Okay. There is a
[6:30:38] motion to approve and it is
[6:30:40] properly seconded. And now we
[6:30:43] are on to discussion. First in
[6:30:45] the queue is council member
[6:30:48] evans seagull. You are
[6:30:48] recognized.
[6:30:49] Thank you, MADAM
[6:30:50] PRESIDENT. I would request to
[6:30:52] suspend the rules so that I can
[6:30:53] move my amendment.
[6:30:54] Okay. There
[6:30:56] is a request to suspend the
[6:30:59] rules for purposes of offering
[6:31:01] an amendment on third reading.
[6:31:03] Is there any objection to the
[6:31:05] suspension of the rules? Seeing
[6:31:07] none, the rules are suspended.
[6:31:08] Go ahead.
[6:31:09] Thank you. I would
[6:31:11] like to move the amendment with
[6:31:12] a brief explanation.
[6:31:13] Go ahead
[6:31:13] please.
[6:31:14] Thank you. Colleagues.
[6:31:17] As it turns out, the the state
[6:31:19] public records rule, which we
[6:31:21] are often told is broad and
[6:31:22] encompasses everything under
[6:31:25] the sun, turns out to
[6:31:27] include appraisals that are
[6:31:29] used in condemnation actions.
[6:31:33] So the appraisal that we would
[6:31:35] produce and the appraisals the
[6:31:37] other side would bring back,
[6:31:39] those are not subject to public
[6:31:41] records requests so that we can
[6:31:44] know what those are. As this
[6:31:47] process unfolds, this amendment
[6:31:49] just makes it where the
[6:31:50] director of public property or
[6:31:53] their designee has to provide
[6:31:55] any appraisals obtained or
[6:31:58] received to, this body, this is
[6:32:00] state law requires the minimum
[6:32:02] amount of any condemnation
[6:32:04] award to be the most recent
[6:32:05] appraisal, which for this
[6:32:07] parcel is $37 million. So in
[6:32:09] essence, we are authorizing
[6:32:11] condemnation. That will be for
[6:32:14] a minimum of $37 million. And I
[6:32:16] jthink that as a part of our job
[6:32:18] and our oversight role, we
[6:32:20] should probably know if it's
[6:32:21] going to be any higher than
[6:32:23] that and have time to review
[6:32:25] that and ask questions and, and
[6:32:27] give the public a public
[6:32:31] process around what is, one of
[6:32:35] government's broadest powers.
[6:32:37] All right. Thank you for that
[6:32:39] explanation of the amendment.
[6:32:41] Okay. So there is a motion to
[6:32:43] amend. Does anyone in the queue
[6:32:45] want to specifically speak on
[6:32:47] the amendment. If you are in
[6:32:49] the queue and you want to speak
[6:32:51] on the motion to amend, if you
[6:32:53] would please raise your hand.
[6:32:56] Okay. Seeing oh, on the
[6:32:59] amendment. Okay. Seeing no one
[6:33:01] in the queue or rather raising
[6:33:03] their hand to speak on the
[6:33:05] amendment, we will move to the
[6:33:07] vote. All in favor of the
[6:33:10] amendment, please say aye. Any
[6:33:13] voting? No any abstaining? Okay.
[6:33:16] I'm sorry, you're abstaining on
[6:33:19] the amendment. Okay. All right.
[6:33:20] So, MR. Horton, would you
[6:33:23] please renew your motion, sir?
[6:33:24] I'd like to move, as amended,
[6:33:24] please.
[6:33:26] Okay. All right. So now
[6:33:29] we are on to discussion on the
[6:33:30] motion to approve on third and
[6:33:33] final reading, as amended.
[6:33:36] first in the queue is council
[6:33:37] member benedict.
[6:33:38] Vice mayor.
[6:33:39] Previous question.
[6:33:43] Okay.
[6:33:44] MISS
[6:33:47] Benedict has called the
[6:33:49] previous question. It was
[6:33:51] properly seconded. That's
[6:33:53] non-debatable. It requires two
[6:33:56] thirds of those voting. I am
[6:33:58] just let's let's do this on the
[6:34:00] machine, MR. Clark, if you want
[6:34:05] to end a debate on this matter,
[6:34:06] you would vote yes to call the
[6:34:08] previous question and move to
[6:34:11] the vote. If you want debate to
[6:34:13] continue, you would vote no.
[6:34:14] Requires two thirds of those
[6:34:32] voting to end debate.
[6:34:53] With all
[6:34:54] votes. And MR. Clerk, please
[6:34:58] show the vote. The motion to
[6:35:00] call the question has failed
[6:35:02] with 21 votes in favor, 11
[6:35:05] against and one abstention. So
[6:35:06] discussion continues. Next in
[6:35:07] the queue is council member
[6:35:09] johnston. You're recognized.
[6:35:11] Thank you, vice mayor. I said a
[6:35:13] lot of this last night. I'm
[6:35:14] going to repeat it. So I just
[6:35:15] think it's really important
[6:35:17] because we've been getting a
[6:35:19] lot of emails to point out that
[6:35:21] this legislation does not
[6:35:22] approve the purchase of the
[6:35:25] parcel next to the zoo. It does
[6:35:28] not inherently stop the data
[6:35:30] center next to the zoo. What it
[6:35:31] does do is authorize
[6:35:33] negotiation, which I think is
[6:35:35] sort of ongoing. And it
[6:35:36] authorizes a legal proceeding
[6:35:40] of condemnation. Which is, as
[6:35:41] council member evan siegel said,
[6:35:43] is one of the most broadest, I
[6:35:45] say, extreme things that the
[6:35:48] government can do. She also
[6:35:51] pointed out, smartly, that the
[6:35:52] minimum amount that we would
[6:35:54] pay for this is the appraised
[6:35:57] value, which is $37,400,600.
[6:35:59] That's a minimum. There's been
[6:36:00] a lot of people that have been
[6:36:01] concerned about the, the blank
[6:36:03] check that we're giving the
[6:36:04] government or giving metro
[6:36:07] legal, to do this. But the
[6:36:08] minimum we know that's the
[6:36:10] floor. And so people should
[6:36:18] understand that, this is a
[6:36:20] really emotional issue for a
[6:36:21] lot of people. I know there's a
[6:36:23] lot of people that are watching
[6:36:24] this. And it's unfortunate that
[6:36:26] we're here in this situation.
[6:36:27] It's been really, really hard
[6:36:30] for a lot of people. And I
[6:36:31] think there's a lot of things
[6:36:32] that are really important to
[6:36:35] people. And this is, this is an
[6:36:37] important bill, but it is also,
[6:36:40] one of the most consequential
[6:36:41] things that we've ever voted on
[6:36:43] or that I've ever voted on in
[6:36:45] my seven years. But I do want
[6:36:47] to make it clear that assuming
[6:36:50] this bill passes, this is not a
[6:36:53] direction for condemnation.
[6:36:55] This is an authorization, and
[6:36:56] it is out of our hands at that
[6:36:59] point. And so it is. It
[6:37:01] are entrusting metro legal
[6:37:02] the consultation with the
[6:37:04] mayor's office to make a good
[6:37:06] decision for everyone involved,
[6:37:08] including the taxpayers that
[6:37:09] will be writing the ultimate
[6:37:11] check.
[6:37:13] All right. Thank you.
[6:37:14] Next in the queue,
[6:37:15] councilmember bradford, you're
[6:37:16] recognized sir.
[6:37:17] Thank you, vice
[6:37:20] mayor. So I want to talk about
[6:37:22] the benefit to the taxpayers
[6:37:25] that as part of our job, one
[6:37:26] thing I've noticed over the
[6:37:28] seven years is how much money
[6:37:31] that we pay in rent for office
[6:37:34] space, for public offices. At
[6:37:36] the end of this fiscal year, we
[6:37:40] paid a total of $7.7 million in
[6:37:44] rent. Next year, it's 8 million
[6:37:47] year. After that, 7.9 million,
[6:37:52] 2030 6.3 million. So between 26
[6:37:54] and 30 as a minimum of $37
[6:37:56] million, that the taxpayers
[6:37:59] will have spent on rent. That's
[6:38:01] money that we're throwing away
[6:38:02] because these are not our
[6:38:03] buildings. We are giving this
[6:38:07] money to private industry. So
[6:38:10] if this building cost $37
[6:38:12] million to buy in four years,
[6:38:14] it's paid for, and then that
[6:38:17] money we save in rent can go
[6:38:19] back to the taxpayers. We can
[6:38:20] use that for other things in
[6:38:22] the city and not giving it away
[6:38:25] to private businesses. Any
[6:38:26] extra room we can turn around
[6:38:28] and rent out to nonprofits or
[6:38:29] other entities and generate
[6:38:31] income. So for those in this
[6:38:32] body who are concerned about
[6:38:35] protecting the taxpayers, I say
[6:38:37] let's do what we can to provide
[6:38:40] a metro owned facility and stop
[6:38:42] paying and stop wasting our
[6:38:44] taxpayers money on rent, on
[6:38:46] buildings that we don't
[6:38:47] I ask my colleagues to support
[6:38:50] this. Thank you.
[6:38:51] Right next in
[6:38:53] the queue is council member
[6:38:55] styles. You're recognized.
[6:38:58] Thank you very much. I've been
[6:39:00] a no on the last two votes.
[6:39:02] I'll be a no again tonight. I
[6:39:05] think this bill just feels
[6:39:06] performative and kind of a
[6:39:08] johnny come lately solution
[6:39:09] because everyone else was doing
[6:39:10] work, coming up with solutions,
[6:39:12] and the mayor decided to throw
[6:39:14] spaghetti against the wall. I
[6:39:18] think that if we are being good
[6:39:20] stewards, time and money and
[6:39:22] efforts and the people that
[6:39:24] elected us to sit here in this
[6:39:26] body, when we hear numbers like
[6:39:28] 37 million, we should be
[6:39:29] extremely concerned. And if we
[6:39:31] have a money tree that no one
[6:39:33] told me about, please let me
[6:39:34] know where it is. I'd like to
[6:39:36] pluck some money off of it as
[6:39:38] well, but this would be an
[6:39:41] insane use of money. When we
[6:39:42] keep saying we don't have any,
[6:39:44] where are we getting this money
[6:39:46] from? Even if we were going to
[6:39:47] talk about it in the future,
[6:39:48] it's nonsensical. We should
[6:39:48] vote
[6:39:50] no.
[6:39:51] All right. Next in the%
[6:39:53] queue, councilmember. Well she
[6:39:54] recognized.
[6:39:55] Thank you, vice
[6:39:55] mayor.
[6:39:56] I rise in opposition to
[6:39:58] this bill.
[6:39:58] This.
[6:39:59] Is a gross
[6:40:01] misuse of the power of
[6:40:03] condemnation. Condemnation is
[6:40:06] generally for projects that we
[6:40:07] need a particular property for
[6:40:08] something very specific, that
[6:40:10] t cannot be done in any other
[6:40:13] way. This is a gross misuse
[6:40:14] because this is simply taking
[6:40:15] someone's private property
[6:40:16] because right now there's a
[6:40:17] very emotional issue
[6:40:19] surrounding it. The fear is
[6:40:21] when you start going down this
[6:40:22] slope is that we will just
[6:40:24] start creating other
[6:40:25] emergencies and very emotional
[6:40:26] issues where we are going to
[6:40:28] decide that we have, as a
[6:40:29] government have a right to
[6:40:30] simply take people's property
[6:40:31] away. It's just a gross misuse
[6:40:33] of condemnation as far as I'm
[6:40:35] concerned. This is giving, I've
[6:40:38] heard rumblings from my
[6:40:39] constituents who said, oh, some
[6:40:40] of my colleagues have said they
[6:40:42] don't really believe that they
[6:40:43] will actually go ahead and go
[6:40:44] through with this condemnation.
[6:40:46] This is a huge power and
[6:40:47] authorization that we are
[6:40:48] giving to metro legal and the
[6:40:49] mayor's office to do something
[6:40:51] that I think is just, again, a
[6:40:55] gross misuse, of condemnation.
[6:40:57] I think we need to think long
[6:41:00] and hard about, using this
[6:41:02] particular power for this
[6:41:03] situation. This is a very, very
[6:41:05] unfortunate situation that we
[6:41:07] are in. But the zoo is not our
[6:41:09] property. We own the property
[6:41:10] the zoo is on, but the zoo
[6:41:12] itself is a private entity. We
[6:41:14] would be saving money if we
[6:41:16] simply moved the zoo facility
[6:41:19] to another location. I just
[6:41:20] think this is a dangerous thing
[6:41:22] for us to be doing. It's a
[6:41:23] misuse of our power. And I
[6:41:25] don't think that we should
[6:41:26] start taking steps that using
[6:41:28] power in a way that it's not
[6:41:29] intended to be used, because
[6:41:30] ultimately that will come back
[6:41:32] to harm us in very, very
[6:41:33] serious ways. So I ask my
[6:41:34] colleagues not to support this.
[6:41:35] Thank you.
[6:41:36] All right. Next is
[6:41:38] council member eslick. Go ahead
[6:41:38] sir.
[6:41:40] Thank you. I love my
[6:41:42] colleagues. Thought about rent
[6:41:44] owning instead of renting. And
[6:41:46] that makes me wonder, why don't
[6:41:47] we use one of the buildings
[6:41:49] that we already have that are
[6:41:50] empty at the moment? I know we
[6:41:52] have a list of them. We could
[6:41:53] move whatever it is that we
[6:41:55] want to move in there. Now I
[6:41:57] get it. We're trying to save
[6:41:58] the zoo through the
[6:41:59] condemnation. And that makes me
[6:42:00] also believe if you're playing
[6:42:02] chess and we give you checkmate,
[6:42:04] it doesn't really matter if we
[6:42:06] move the rest of the pawns and
[6:42:08] rooks around. You've already
[6:42:09] won the game. You can quit at
[6:42:11] any time you want. And I think
[6:42:12] that's very dangerous for us.
[6:42:13] The condemnation doesn't mean
[6:42:15] that we can buy it without any
[6:42:17] residual consequences. We could
[6:42:18] end up back in court. Losing
[6:42:20] money in a 37 would just be the
[6:42:22] beginning of it.
[6:42:23] Right? Next.
[6:42:25] Council member horton, you're
[6:42:25] recognized.
[6:42:26] Thank you, vice
[6:42:27] mayor, I'd like to reiterate
[6:42:28] that the purpose of this
[6:42:30] legislation is to acquire this
[6:42:31] property for the use of office
[6:42:33] space, training and warehouse
[6:42:35] uses. Metro, as we all know,
[6:42:37] has a severe shortage of office
[6:42:38] space. That need is going to go
[6:42:40] even more acute with the
[6:42:41] looming closure of the
[6:42:42] southeast metro southeast
[6:42:46] office complex. We don't have a empty office space
[6:42:47] sitting around. This parcel
[6:42:49] already has office space
[6:42:50] located on it, so it's ideally
[6:42:53] situated for, to acquire for
[6:42:55] these purposes. I'd also say it
[6:42:57] allows us to acquire it through
[6:42:58] negotiation or condemnation.
[6:43:00] Condemnation is not a foregone
[6:43:01] conclusion. This also only
[6:43:03] grants metro the right but not
[6:43:06] the obligation to acquire this
[6:43:07] property. And if the purchase
[6:43:09] price is unpalatable, metro is
[6:43:11] free to walk away from it. And
[6:43:12] with councilmember siegel's
[6:43:13] friendly amendment, we will
[6:43:15] also be informed of it. And
[6:43:16] there'll be a three week period
[6:43:18] were allowed to where we can
[6:43:20] reevaluate whether that's and with
[6:43:21] that, I'd like to renew my
[6:43:22] motion for approval, please.
[6:43:26] All right. Seeing no one else
[6:43:28] in the queue and hearing from
[6:43:30] the floor that we will have
[6:43:33] several votes. No. And this is
[6:43:35] on its third and final reading.
[6:43:38] So any no vote would require a
[6:43:40] roll call vote. MR. Clark,
[6:43:58] would you please load the vote?
[6:44:15] With all votes in? MR. Clark,
[6:44:19] please show the vote. All right.
[6:44:21] This ordinance has passed on
[6:44:23] its third and final reading
[6:44:27] with 27 votes in favor, five
[6:44:30] against and zero abstentions.
[6:44:32] That concludes this evening's
[6:44:33] agenda. Our next council
[6:44:35] meeting will be on tuesday,
[6:44:36] AUGUST 18th. Is there a motion
[6:44:37] to adjourn?
[6:44:39] Motion to adjourn.
[6:44:49] We are adjourned.
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