today is tuesday, AUGUST the
18th, and I want to open by
acknowledging that this meeting
is being held on the unceded
stolen land of the cherokee,
shawnee and yuchi people. And
to remind you all that no one
is illegal on stolen land built
by stolen labor. And with that,
I would like to open up the
announcement period. Colleagues,
if you have any announcements,
please get into the queue.
Council member styles, you're
recognized.
Thank you. Next
thursday, we'll be having our
district 32nd AUGUST community
meeting. 6:00 the southeast
community center will be doing
community safety updates, as
well as a presentation from the youth design team of
the civic design center, as
well as a presentation from
wego on the upcoming transit
center. We'll also hear from
darrell hawks, executive
director of friends of mill
ridge. And he's going to be
sharing about the grant for the
new event center that we're
going to have in the park, and
we will be doing a discussion
on a rezone for property at
3501 murfreesboro road, which
is going to be bringing some
single family and condos on
that site. Thank you so much.
Councilmember. You're
recognized.
Thank you, mayor
pro tem, I just want to say
that the district energy
advisory board meeting is going
to be this thursday for the
first time. It'll be broadcast
live at 10 A.M. On the metro
nashville network. And so I
just want everybody that wants
to see what's going on with
that in the budget. You're more
than welcome to watch.
Thank
you so very much. Council
member vo, you're recognized.
Thank you so much. Pro tem,
there are quite a few road
closures and some changes in
district 17 that I want to make
sure my constituents know about,
starting.
With councilmember vo.
We are in the announcement
period and there is a lot of
conversation happening, which
makes it hard to hear the
person is speaking. If you
don't mind, could you please
remove yourself from the floor
if you're having side
conversations? Go ahead.
Councilmember.
Thank you so
much. Pro tem. I just want to
let my district 17 constituents
know that starting tomorrow,
wednesday, AUGUST 19th, the
mildred shoot from fourth
avenue south to second avenue
south is going to have a one
way conversion. So I just want
everyone to be mindful of that.
It starts tomorrow. So if you
want to avoid. I would
recommend that you find detours,
but it should be completed at
the end of this week. And then
on sunday, AUGUST 23rd, there
will be a road closure on
fourth avenue south from oak
street all the way up to hart
street. And so I really would
like for my constituents and
everyone and anyone to avoid
that area from 9 A.M. To 6 P.M.
If at all possible, because
there will be a road closure on
that day. And we have two great
community events this weekend.
On saturday, AUGUST 22nd,
there's the rising together at
napier place in sudhakar
apartments from 12 to 3 P.M.
And then the east edgehill will
be having their summer social
from 5 to 7 P.M. At the
reservoir park, so everyone is
invited to either of those
community events. And I do also
want to just acknowledge the
winners of the smitty fan
challenge. W o smith has an
annual band competition where
bands in the community from
their companies can come and
participate in a battle of the
bands and just want to
congratulate the winners. And
it also supports W.O. Smith
school in district 17. Thank
you so much.
Thank you, council
member vo. Next we have council
member sepulveda. You are
recognized.
Thank you, MADAM
Pro tem, I just wanted to make
an announcement that we will be
having mariposa park's grand
opening on AUGUST 22nd, which
is saturday at 10 A.M. It is
located on tusculum road. We
will have mariachi viva, mexico.
We will also have danza azteca,
so just wanted to invite the
whole community to come out. We
will also have food trucks so
it should be a fun time. Toda
la comunidad para q venga a
estreno de el parque mariposa.
Vamos a un mariachi
mariachi. Viva me
xico tambie
n
vamos a tener danza azteca.
Vamos a tener comida. Entonces
vamos a la comunidad. Venga de
agosto. Veintidos es el sabado
a las diez de la manana.
Gracias. Council member
sepulveda council member
bradford. You recognized.
Thank
you. Pro tem just a
announcement for residents who
MAY be interested in some free
music on the 30th of AUGUST,
which is on sunday from 3 to 6
P.M. Join us at the two rivers
mansion for the two rivers
orchestra's music at the
mansion again, that is sunday,
the 20th of AUGUST, from 3 to 6
P.M.
Thank you. Are there any
other council members that
would like to be recognized?
Council member evans is in
committee meeting right now,
but she did bring beautiful
yellow flowers for the women to
signify today, AUGUST 18th.
Back in 1920, the 19th
amendment was ratified today,
which we know was a part of the
women's suffrage, allowing
women to have the right to vote.
So council member evans did
want to acknowledge that and
acknowledge the historic nature
of our with the first
time of having gender parity
with 50% of the council being
female, led by a female vice
mayor. And I also wanted to add
to that, just a reminder that
not all women were allowed the
right to vote when that
happened in 1920, native
american, asian american,
latinx, and african american
suffragists had to fight for
the right to vote well after
the 19th amendment was ratified.
So we were still fighting for
that right to vote for council
members who just came in. We
still have the announcement
period open. If anyone would
like to make any announcements.
all right. Seeing none, the
announcement period is closed.
Oh, I do have an announcement
at our next meeting, the first
meeting in SEPTEMBER. During
the announcement period, we
will be honoring our resolution.
Honoring honoring vonda
mcdaniel. So we want to invite
everyone out at that meeting
the first tuesday in SEPTEMBER
at 6 P.M. We will gather to
honor MISS Mcdaniel.
Councilmember gamble, you're
recognized.
Thank you, MADAM
Pro tem, you reminded me when
you said that just recognizing
former council member jamie
isabel, who passed away last
week. He served on the metro
council from 2003 to 2007,
representing district two. I
know district two councilmember
tombs is in probably still in
rules, but just wanted to
acknowledge and recognize his
service, his his service to the
city of nashville will not be
forgotten and is very much
appreciated. His celebration of
life is this friday. I think of
MISS Rosie shacklett hayes sent
out the information regarding
the services and if anyone
would like to attend, but just
wanted to recognize his service
to the city of nashville and
pray and offer condolences to
his family, his wife karen, and
his children. Thank you.
Thank
you so very much. Council
member gamble. Definitely a big
loss to the community. So thank
you for that. Colleagues. Does
anyone else have any
announcements that they would
like to bring forward at this
time? Council member sawyer,
you recognize.
Thank you, MADAM
Pro tem, I almost forgot. I
just wanted to wish my son a
happy birthday. His birthday
was yesterday. Is 34 years old.
So happy birthday emmett.
How
sweet. Happy birthday,
councilmember tombs. You're
recognized.
Thank you, MADAM
Pro tem. I just want to give a
reminder that on next monday,
which is. What is it, AUGUST
24th, there's a district two
community meeting, 6:30 P.M. In
the community room at the
william d bodenheimer building,
which is where the north
precinct is housed. Again, that
is 630. There is a zoom option.
Just reach out to me to get the
zoom link. Once again, that is
monday, AUGUST the 24th at 6:30
P.M.
Thank you councilmember. I
also want to acknowledge
upcoming. On SEPTEMBER.
The.
7th, there will be the
ethiopian community association
in nashville will be having a
big celebration on that day. So
just wanted to acknowledge them
as well and also congratulate
all of our students and
educators on starting off their
school year and wishing
everyone a school
year. With that, I'm going to
close the announcement period.
86 and the 67th meeting of the
current term of the
metropolitan council of
nashville and davidson county.
Roughly one year from today on
AUGUST 17th, 2027. We will have
the final meeting of this
council term. That means there
are 23 regular meetings
remaining this term. As
nashville's elected policy
makers, I know you will use
this remaining time and these
meetings wisely. Will all
members of the council, as well
as the public, please rise for
the invocation and remain
standing for the pledge of
allegiance? The invocation is
being offered this evening by
district 22 council member
sherry weiner. Council member,
you are recognized.
Thank you,
vice mayor. Let us pause and
remember the responsibility
that is entrusted to us. We're
here to serve the people of
nashville, to listen carefully,
to deliberate thoughtfully, and
to make decisions that
strengthen our communities and
protect the public good. As we
enter the final year of this
term, we do so during a time of
uncertainty, division and
increasing noise around us.
Grant us the wisdom to rise
above distractions, personal
differences and political
pressures, and remain focused
on the work that we were
elected to do. Help us lead
with humility, fairness and
integrity. Remind us that
disagreement doesn't require
disrespect, that strong
leadership is not driven by
personality, and that our
personal feelings should never
outweigh our responsibility to
the people that we represent.
We also pause to remember those
whose lives have forever
altered or lost through no
action or fault of their own.
We hold especially close the
children who do not understand
the world around them. The
decisions of adults or the
circumstances that have changed
their lives forever. MAY they
be surrounded by protection,
compassion, comfort and hope.
MAY we consider each issue on
its merits. Treat one another
with dignity, and remember that
our words and actions reach far
beyond this chamber. They
affect families, neighborhoods,
businesses, and residents who
depend on us to govern
responsibly, keep our motives
honorable, our judgments sound,
our hearts compassionate, and
our attention centered on the
needs of nashville. Amen.
I
pledge allegiance to the flag
of the united states of america
and to the republic for which
it stands one nation under GOD,
indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all. Thank you,
council member. Wiener. Welcome.
Council and community members,
I want to take this opportunity
to thank all of this year's
committee chairs, especially
several outgoing chairs, for
their extra service and
leadership this past year. For
those chairs who led their
final meetings yesterday and
today, they will all continue
to serve on their committees
and are an important part of
this body retaining its
institutional memory for policy
work. Speaking of our policy
work, I want to let the council
and the legal community know
that online today, for the
first time, is a publicly
posted position with metro hr.
The job opening for special
counsel and legislative
services division director is
live. As I have worked in
partnership with the executive
committee, council office staff
and our consultant partner to
help evolve the council office
operational model to meet the
council's changing needs and
the expectations and demands of
a rapidly growing city. We are
taking a somewhat new approach
to this position, and we
encourage experienced attorneys
interested in municipal policy
and leading a legal services
team to apply. I also want to
thank interim special counsel
wilson for continuing to serve
the council so well during this
transitional period. The
special counsel job application
will close with metro hr on
SEPTEMBER the 7th. All right.
On a sad note, I know the
council joins me in extending
our condolences on the passing
of the honorable jamie isbell,
the former council member for
district two. I have sent a
letter on behalf of the council
to his family to express the
council's gratitude for his
service to nashville. I
understand that council member
toombs is preparing a
resolution to honor him, and as
that resolution will no doubt
share. He was an entrepreneur
from a young age, a graduate of
tsu. He chaired two council
committees and was a founder of
the black caucus of the council.
The council office has shared
the arrangements for the
visitation and provided a flag
of the metropolitan MR. Isbell's family. We
encourage all former council
members to please stay in touch
with the council office so that
we can continue to share in
metro celebrations and also in
sad times like these. All right,
without objection, we will
suspend the calling of the roll
and ask the clerk to please
record the names of the members
present throughout the meeting.
Is there a motion for approval
of the minutes of the meeting
of AUGUST 4th? Okay. Is there a
second? All right. There is a
motion, properly seconded,
without objection. And seeing
no one seeking to be recognized
for a change to the minutes.
All right. The minutes of the
meeting of AUGUST 4th are
approved, MR. Clerk. Are there
any messages from the mayor?
There are no messages from the
mayor.
All right. Thank you,
MR. Clerk. All right. Next off
the top of our agenda, section
e for elections. Members will
see their election tablets are
open for item e one. Regarding
the auditorium commission, this
is the consideration of three
nominees to fill two vacancies
on the commission with terms
expiring on JUNE 30th of 2029.
That election is to be held
today, right now, and this
election for the two vacancies
among three persons requires 21
votes for each person to be
able to be elected to this
position. And so with that, MR.
Clark, can you open the vote on
members tablets, please? Okay.
MISS Weiner appears to need
some assistance with her tablet.
If any other council members
need technical assistance. If
you would raise your hands.
All
right, with all votes in, MR.
Clark, please show the vote.
All right. Council has elected
ron deal jr with 29 votes and
rick rodriguez with 23 votes.
We also appreciate a man cash
for for putting themselves
forward. Congratulations to MR.
Deal and MR. Rodriguez. We
appreciate your willingness to
serve. Thank you.
Congratulations. All right. Now
moving into section f of our
agenda appointees and nominees,
this portion of the agenda
shares all persons who are
scheduled to appear before the
rules, confirmations andpublic
elections committee for an
interview this evening. Re
referrals back to the committee
will be by rule as part of the
council's two meeting process
for elections and confirmations.
No votes will be taken by the
body in this section of the
agenda. Chair. Cash a brief
report, please, sir. No vote
totals necessary. Simply the
name of the board, commission,
committee or entity and the
name of the appointees who were
interviewed. And if a person in
the appointment confirmation
process was unable to attend
your committee this evening, at
what meeting they will next
appear, please, sir, go ahead.
Okay. For the health and
educational facilities board,
doctor weeda davis, matt
wilshire, keith randall and
howard jones were interviewed.
We had some great discussion
about our four legged
nashvillians as we interviewed
a bunch of people for metro
animal care and control.
Compassion not just for. But
they came up more than usual.
Peyton robbins, mary nell.
Brian was withdrawn. Jordan
parenteau, heather derek was
withdrawn. Penny adams. Doctor
yasin kukoyi was withdrawn.
Jeanne gang and then michelle
spaziano. Jessica schultz,
doctor. Kelly boyd, dana mobley
and then annette filippone was
withdrawn and carolyn bennett
was withdrawn. And then for the
metro animal care and control
commission nominee that is from
a representing a local
nonprofit. Lisa stetter was
withdrawn. And we interviewed
brandon dice and becky carter.
We interviewed council member
bradford for the metro animal
care and control commission,
council rep, then for the
midtown central business
improvement district board. We
interviewed. I'm not seeing the
name lisa. Thank you. And then
for the national nashville
entertainment commission, we
interviewed michael montgomery
and erica nichols and for the
solid waste region board. We
interviewed council member
berkley allen and council
member russ bradford.
All right.
Thank you, chair. Hold tight.
You are still recognized for
your committee report on the
appointees and the second step
of your committees. Two meeting
process, this time with vote
totals and a consolidated
motion for the confirmation of
those persons for first, a
deferral, a deferral motion, if
there are any. Go ahead sir.
Okay. For the bicycle and
pedestrian advisory commission,
we voted to approve seven to 0
to 0 for the contract and
compliance board. We we
interviewed and approved marcus
t booth seven to 0 to 0 for the
housing trust fund commission.
Lizzie goddard approved seven
to 0 to 0. Nashville
entertainment commission peter
kurland seven to 0 to 0. Parks
and recreation appointment of
gina emanuel approved seven to
0 to 0. Transportation and
licensing commission
appointment of david andrews
approved seven to 0 to 0 and I
move approval of the nominees.
All right. There's a motion to
confirm the six appointees and
a consolidated motion properly
seconded. Does anyone wish to
remove an item from this motion
for purposes of an individual
abstention or no vote? All
right. Seeing none. All in
favor of these confirmations,
please say aye. All right.
Council has confirmed these six
appointees to these folks.
Contract. Congratulations. If
you chose to return to the
council chamber this evening,
do please stand, as I call your
name to be recognized. Council
has confirmed the appointment
of kim page, the bicycle and
pedestrian advocacy advisory
commission. We've changed that
name a few times. Thank you.
Council has confirmed the
reappointment of marcus t booth
to the contract and compliance
board. If y'all would please
remain standing. If council has
confirmed to the housing trust
fund commission the
reappointment of lizzie goddard
council has confirmed to the
nashville entertainment
commission the reappointment of
peter kurland to the parks and
recreation board, the
appointment of gina emmanuel.
And then lastly, council has
confirmed the appointment of
david andrews to the
transportation and licensing
commission. So we thank you all,
whether watching at home or in
person. Thank you, MISS Page,
for being here with us and and
congratulations to you all. We
appreciate your willingness to
serve our city. Thank you. All
right. Next section of our
agenda regarding nominations.
First is agenda item h one
regarding the health, education
and facilities boards, I will
now take nominations to fill
one vacancy on this board.
Council will have received a
memo from me on AUGUST 3rd
regarding those nominations to
be taken today. This is to a
term that is expiring on
SEPTEMBER 30th of 2032.
Nominations are open.
Recognized. You're recognized.
Council member. Thank you,
MADAM Chair. I would like to
nominate two people. Will
rosenthal and brian drobnick.
Okay. Council member allen has
nominated will rosenthal and
brian drobnick. Okay. Council
member parker, you're
recognized, sir.
Thank you,
vice mayor. I'd like to
nominate chase markham.
Okay.
Council member parker has
nominated chase markham. Right.
Are there any additional
nominations? All right. I will
declare those nominations
closed. Next agenda item h two.
Regarding our PRESIDENT Pro tem
of the council members have
received a memo from me about
this annual nomination and
election process on AUGUST the
10th. This is for the final
service annual service, with
that term expiring on AUGUST
31st of 2027. We will hold this
election at the next council
meeting. Nominations are open.
First in the queue is council
member bradford. You're
recognized sir.
Thank you,
MADAM PRESIDENT. It's my
distinct honor to nominate my
friend and colleague, council
member olivia hill.
All right.
Council member bradford has
nominated council member olivia
hill. Right. Council member
taylor, you're recognized sir.
Thank you. I nominate council
member jeff pepsi.
All right.
Council member taylor has
nominated council member jeff
prep to. Are there any
additional nominations? All
right. Those nominations are
closed as well. Thank you. All
right. Next on our agenda is
section I public comment.
Members of the public who are
tennessee residents wishing to public comment MAY
sign up at the table outside
the council chamber from 5 to 6
P.M. On the evening of the
council meeting. Public comment
is limited to 20 minutes total
at council meetings, and each
speaker is allowed up to two
minutes to speak. Persons
speaking on agenda items must
be prioritized to comply with
state law. All right. The first
persons in the queue to speak
are michael lacy, charles ellis
and trina, who will. Michael
lacy is speaking on agenda item
number 64. This is ordinance
1498 in support of. Go ahead,
MR. Lacy. You're recognized.
Before I worked in government,
I worked in live streaming
video production for fortune
100 clients. Hsbc, jp morgan,
citibank. That's where I
learned about video encryption.
With that experience, I say, I
do not believe we have
sufficient protections around
surveillance tech until we
require all surveillance
footage to have end to end
encryption with vendor lock out.
There's no reason a vendor
providing ai powered corporate
mass surveillance needs access
to the footage of our residents,
our private spaces, and our
city's children. I publish a
transparency dashboard with
100% of my drone flights, not
just the 25 flights m, p d
posts, so m, m, p, d or
industry lobbyists claim that
encrypting footage of our
children so that corporations
cannot view it would somehow
eliminate transparency. That's
inaccurate, and I'm happy to
explain why. Not having access
to footage might make
corporations less money, but I
know none of you on council on
m, p, d or those lobbying
council believe that people
should make money from footage
of our neighbors, our private
spaces, and our children. End
to end video encryption with
vendor lockout does exactly one
thing. It stops corporations
from viewing footage of our
neighbors. It is the only thing
that would have stopped floc
from showing a live stream
video of a jewish community
centers children's gymnasium in
a live sales demo, something
that was reported on in hbo's
last week tonight recently.
Unless companies like fuse's,
axon, and skydio are profiting
off of footage of our private
spaces, there's no reason they
need access to it. This isn't
-
about whether we trust police,
it's about hether we trust
corporations who have access to
this footage. I don't do you.
All right. Next is actually
charles ellis. MR. Ellis is
speaking on agenda item number
77. This is ordinance 1416 in
support. Go ahead.
Hi, my name
is chip ellis and I live on
twin hills drive, and I
strongly support 1416 for the
contextual overlay for the
neighborhood. Many of our
neighbors are very concerned
with everything that's going on
in our neighborhood. We've got
a we've all invested in the
neighborhood. We all call it
home. A lot of us, you know,
were original owners or bought
from the original owners of the
neighborhood. And we bought
there because we appreciate the
vibe and esthetic of the
neighborhood over the last 11
years or so. I've watched some
of that erode away. I don't
want to see the long term
residents of the neighborhood
take a back seat to developers
ambitions. We've. I know that
affordable housing is a concern.
The. The enclave at the end of
twin hills drive was supposed
to help with that. It didn't
sell quick enough. A lot of it
got sold to investors and now
they're overpriced rental
properties. Very transient. The
the traffic in our neighborhood
has gone up quite a bit, and
because of all the traffic on
gallatin road, we have touse
the goodwill parking lot just
to get on our street to the
point where the goodwill
parking lot gets gridlocked.
The light only lets three cars
through at a time.
MR. Ellis,
would you kindly pull that
microphone just a little bit
closer to you, please, sir? No
worries. We just want to be
sure to hear you.
We have
another development going on in
our neighborhood that's been on
and off for five years. Lots of
trucks, lots of debris in the
road.We're the ones that pay
our taxes, improve our homes,
try and keep the neighborhood
up. And we don't want to take a
back seat to investors wanting
to build tall and skinnies,
tear down the the lots or the
houses on the lots, put
multiple homes on them. We like
our neighborhood the way it is.
And with all the affordable
housing going in at the
rivergate not to mention
all the half empty apartment
complexes just south of
rivergate, I think this
contextual overlay is a good
idea, and I strongly support it,
as do most of my neighbors.
Thank you.
Thank you. Next is
trina. After MISS You will be
nancy wilson and tyler deaton.
Trina is speaking regarding
agenda item 64. This is
ordinance 1498 in opposition.
Go ahead please.
Hi, my name is
trina. I live in district six,
metro code 130808. Exempts
surveillance technology on a
temporary basis for a criminal
investigation supported by
reasonable suspicion, a
lawfully issued search warrant,
or exigent circumstances as
defined by case law. That is,
the legal basis in mpd in the
mayor's office site for the
drone is first responder
program, but the dispatch data
shows drones sent to vehicle
accidents involving only
property damage, a civil matter
to vehicles blocking the right
of way tocalls about a
suspicious person. None of that
is a criminal investigation, a
warrant or an emergency. I
support the legislation
narrowing this exemption, and I
support closing it all the way
because mpd has shown it cannot
be trusted to interpret its own
limits. My own records requests
are part of why we know this.
Mpd filed two extensions before
ultimately confirming no
written agreement exists
between the department and its
drone vendor. No agreement, no
written terms on how long
footage is kept, who can access
it, or how it's secured. We've
simply been told to trust it.
On AUGUST 7th, I and other
residents were turned away at
the door of mpd headquarters, a
publicly funded building, from
a demonstration of this very
program that a council member
had announced is open to the
public. A lobbyist was let in
when I called for help because
I believed our own sunshine
laws were being violated in
real time. No help came. No
drone, no officer, nothing. If
this program is marketed as a
first responder, I'd ask mpd
own officers whether they're
comfortable with a camera in
the sky being called by the
same name as the training that
they receive. I also followed
one of these drone cases of an
armed burglary to its
completion in court, where all
charges were dropped and
dismissed because no witness
could be produced, the drone
can't be called to court.
Thank
you. Next is nancy wilson
speaking on agenda item 78.
This is ordinance 1420 in
support. Go ahead.
Good evening,
vice mayor henderson, council
members. My name is doctor
nancy wilson and I live in the
cumberland and north hills
neighborhood. I am here tonight
to lend and request support for
council bill. Bl 2026 1420 as a
gentrification and housing
researcher as well as an urban
planner, my work focuses on
equitable ways communities can
grow and thrive without losing
the people, the history, and
the character of our unique
neighborhoods. I'd like to
state unequivocally that this
overlay is not about stopping
growth. It is about managing
growth responsibly. Our homes
are almost 60 to 70 years old,
and collectively they represent
more than lot lines, setbacks
and patterns. They represent
the lives of multiple
generations of residents who
call our neighborhoods home.
Collectively, our neighbors
have attended many meetings and
some of them could not be here
to this evening. But the are
supporting this bill. This bill
gives our community the
planning tools to help us
preserve our homes and
accomplish that balance between
growth as as well as
preservation. Thank you so much
for your time, your service,
and your role in supporting
this bill by voting yes to
create this contextual overlay
for precious community.
Thank
you. All right. Next is tyler
deaton. Following tyler will be
ronnie greer and kelly chang.
Tyler deaton is speaking
regarding agenda item 73,
ordinance 1406 in support. Go
ahead.
Good afternoon. My name
is tyler deaton and I'm with mi
homes. My comments today are in
reference to bl 2026-1406 and
its companion bill 1407, both
of which passed two weeks ago
at second reading. During the
public hearing, there was a
request that we meet with the
community again. Prior to the
third reading. Council member
lee facilitated that meeting.
Our eighth community meeting,
which was held on thursday. As
a result of that meeting, we've
made two additional commitments
to future improvements. First,
we will make a partial
financial contribution
city towards improvements at
the intersection of cane ridge
road and barfield drive. Second,
we have committed to an
additional proactive measure
for adjacent homeowner to
further mitigate their concerns
regarding potential impacts on
their property. Both
commitments are directly
responsive to concerns brought
up at that community meeting
and reflect our continued
effort to work alongside the
community throughout this
process. We respectfully ask
for your approval at third
reading tonight. Thank you.
Thank you. Next is ronnie greer.
speaking regarding chime that
choose how you move referendum
and transportation plan in
opposition. Go ahead sir.
Thank
you, MR. Vice mayor. Members of
the council. My name is ronnie
greer. I'm an alumni of this
body, having served eight years.
Yes, sir. The honorable ronnie
greer. Welcome, sir. Yes.
And I
came to speak about the mayor's
choose how you move project.
I've just been. I've just been
made aware that that project is
going to move up edgehill
avenue from 21st avenue to
eighth avenue. Actually going
to go around to chestnut. The
plan is to turn that four lane
road into a two lane road with
bike bike protected bike lanes
on either side. Tonight I asked
an offer or encourage each of
you to go out to edgehill
avenue between 430 and 530 and
try to come up from 21st and
just go to eighth avenue as it
is right now, where we got four
lanes of traffic going in two
in each direction. And think
about changing that to one lane,
going in each direction you've
change. Made a ten minute trip
from eighth avenue to
vanderbilt, a 20 minute trip.
Just because you narrowed the
road. You would think that as
we grow, we would like to cause
our citizens to be able to move
more freely. This plan, this
design for the community, will
cause us to bottleneck that no
one right now, no one wants to
go downtown because of the
bottleneck. Now you're creating
that same bottleneck in the
south nashville side. Edgehill
is a is a thruway. It's a
connector between west end at
21st and murfreesboro road. The
only other connector is
wedgewood avenue. There are no
other ways to get from 21st
across town, and I thought the
project is already. So I know
90% in this design phase
already completed, but it
doesn't have to be that way. I
strongly encourage you to ride
up edgehill. Check it out.
Thank you. Thank you, MR. Greer.
All right, next is kelly chang.
Kelly will be followed by john
bull and michael marra. MISS
Chang is speaking regarding
agenda item 64. This is
ordinance 1498 in support. Go
ahead.
Hi. I am in support of
this legislation, although I
have to admit I do not have
much faith that it will be
effective because time after
time after time, we have seen
mmpd, along with the help of
metro legal and the mayor's
office, assist them in routing
around, breaking legally
implementing surveillance
technology in our city. We saw
this with sis, which, yes, came
under john cooper and continued
for a little while under mayor
o'connell. They then brought a
new contract back to continue
surveilling us with fuzes and
aggregating all of our data
into a single pane of glass. We
saw this within MAY, the start
of the skydio drone trial
program, which most council
members did not know about when
it happened. Again, as trina
said, nothing in writing. I
don't need to read you all the
exemptions or why people don't
believe that this fits into
that exemption. As trina said,
there are plenty of things you
can pull the information
yurself. I'll email you a csv.
Of all the reasons why these
drones have been used to spy on
our neighbors, these are not
all emergencies. Are there some
emergencies in there? Sure, but
there are things like suicidal.
So I guess if someone in our
city is going through a mental
health crisis and is thinking
about committing suicide, they
now get a drone to show up to
them. That is not what we need.
That is not safety. And while
this was happening, I was
alerted last week by someone
from another state who was
doing their own research on
what their police department is
using and how they're abusing
flock, and found out that mpd
has been using side door access
completely unapproved by you
all, and has run more than 1000
flock searches through their
national database looking for
information on nashvillians.
That is not something that has
been approved by this council.
And as I said, time and time
again, violating
these things. They talk about
building public trust, but
there is no basis for public
trust when they're constantly
spying on us and not even
coming to you all for the
proper approval. If you all
want to approve it, that is
your purview. But you don't
even get the chance to do that.
And it's a pattern, and we're
sick of it.
Thank you. Next is
john bull speaking on agenda as well, ordinance 1498
in support. Go ahead sir.
Thank
you sir. I'm a registered voter,
south nashville. I, I support
the the ordinance in particular
the proposed substitute. I'm
impressed with the work the
sponsors have done in working
with this. I know too much
about bureaucracies. I, I have
I appreciate the effort that
the. Kale and. And. Take care
of our privacies. But this is
the. These are hard times, to
be sure. Yes, I support the
proposed substitute. It's.
We're watching this. Thank you.
Thank you sir. Okay. Next is
michael marra. Michael is a
speaking regarding ordinance
1497. No. Right on read in
opposition. Go ahead sir.
Yes.
And I won't be able to attend
the SEPTEMBER reading. So thank
you for taking the time today.
My name is michael. I'm a
resident hoa leader and I work
on broadway in downtown
nashville 5 to 7 nights a week.
Safety and well-being of
nashvillians and visitors is my
life. I firmly believe this
well-intentioned initiative
will have the opposite effect,
and it will make life and
travel worse. And for both
drivers and pedestrians, it
will put more lives in danger.
I also want to mention that the
recent tragedy on broadway
involved an individual going
straight through a red light
and not turning, so we should
be wary before we use that for
this initiative. Right on reds
are essentially stop signs. You
must come to a full stop and
then turn right. No one would
accuse stop signs of being
deadly traffic initiatives.
What they do is help traffic
flow, and if you stop that, you
will have more congestion,
irritated drivers, and busier
and more dangerous streets.
There is a 2020 nih study on
the relation between congestion
and traffic accidents, which
came to the same conclusion
that, and I quote, managing
traffic to avoid higher levels
of congestion would have the
greatest impact on reducing
accident occurrence. I lived
through the the attempt at the
bus lane on broadway, which
turned a five minute drive into
a 35 minute traffic nightmare.
It increased traffic by 800%.
It made life worse for wildlife.
Try it. So in closing, I think
we all have the shared goal to
make our roads and roads safe
for residents and visitors,
drivers and pedestrians. If we
want to reduce accident
occurrence, I believe we must
avoid and rethink bills like
the no right on red initiative,
which will not achieve our
shared goal. Thank you.
Thank
you. All right. Next is
benjamin davis speaking on
agenda item 64, ordinance 1498
speaking in support. Go ahead.
Good evening. Councilors or
council members. As many of you
know, the drone program ws
started without any
authorization from this council
or any other because they said
that they were given free and
no contract drones by bypassing
all of our local elected
officials, mpd has shown a
blatant disregard for the
citizens of this city, and it's
just one in a long list of
their unwillingness to respect
the rule of law and the rights
of those that live here. By
voting against this bill, you
will be giving mpd and the
corporations that supply the
technology unfettered access to
patrol our skies and to spy on
our citizens. The people of
nashville are sick of being
recorded without their consent,
and of having their privacy
revoked. Please do not give
them yet another tool to invade
our lives. I would encourage
all of you to educate yourself
about this technology and
surveillance technology in
general. If you don't
understand what end to end
encryption is, or you think
that you understand it better
than those that are providing
this technology, then you are
incorrect. If you think that
mpd understands it better than
those that are supplied, that
are creating and supplying this
technology, you are incorrect.
Please educate yourselves
before you vote on this bill.
Thank you.
Thank you. All right.
We have just shy of four
minutes of recess time. So we
have two folks on our waiting
list. First is a man in hall
speaking regarding agenda item
64, ordinance 1498 in support.
Go ahead, MR. Hall.
Hey, I've
already spoken on this
legislation. Well, I guess
before it existed, I brought to
you all the issue of these
drones bypassing council and
not going through the proper
channels, you know, the proper
channels. And so I'm in support
of this legislation in support
of the substitute. Also would
love to touch on just how you
move strong support of that. I
was at a community meeting with
the honorable rodney glenn
greer at just last week, and it
talked about there's a great
presentation on why we should
narrow, why we should reduce
thelanes, why we should have a
road diet on edgehill. The it
doesn't it doesn't meet the
needs of four lanes of traffic.
It also. The goal is to make it
safer, make it more accessible
for people that are going to
choose to walk, choose to bike.
There is a between eighth and
12th where they're concerned.
There is a school, actually
multiple schools. There is
parks, and then it's right
across from thousands of units
of housing. So making that a
safer street for those
individuals to cross, to
interact with, to bike to and%
frm narrowing. I mean,
reducing the lanes also will
encourage all the drivers that
ultimately right now, the
traffic is in between 430 and 6.
Are people trying to avoid
getting on the freeway or, you
know, around the gulch area.
And so it's like, let's get the
people that are not his
neighbors. Let's the people in
edgehill, let's make it safer
for them to get around and
discourage people driving
through their neighborhood.
Also, you know, the bustling
downtown last year, the bus
pilot, you know, someone who
often frequents going down
nolensville, going down
murfreesboro pike. It was an
incredible improvement. It
reduced times 30 plus minutes.%
and I would love to see the
data around 800%. Changes, but
yeah. Thanks.
all right. Next
is casey abramson. Regarding
being proactive with ice storms.
Go ahead. Casey, you're
recognized.
Thank you very much.
I just moved here about two
weeks ago, and during that time,
I've spoken to a lot of people
in the city, and they told me
about the very catastrophic ice
storm last year, and I think
the city would do very, very
well in being more proactive in
preventing things like this.
It's much more affordable to
the taxpayers in terms
making sure that the trees stay
healthy, lessening their
chances of collapsing and
destroying power lines, also
maintaining the soil. This
would also help create jobs
year round for residents in the
city. And I understand I am not
aware of the city's budget or
the city's way of doing things,
but as a private citizen of
this city, I really look
forward to working closely with
all of you to, you know, making
this not just a better city,
but also a better state. Thank
you everybody.
Alrighty. Thank
you, and welcome to nashville.
All right. That concludes
public comment. Next is section
j of our agenda, our
consolidated consent agenda,
all resolutions and second and
third reading ordinances on
this agenda are included on the
consent agenda, if recommended
for approval unanimously by all
committees to which the item
was referred, items on the%
consnt agenda will be voted on
at a single time. The item
number, along with the
resolution and ordinance number
of the items on the consent
agenda will be read by me, and
then members of the council MAY
remove any item from the
consent agenda by request
before the consent agenda vote
is taken. All righty. The first
item, our first resolution
proposed for consent is agenda
item three, resolution
2026-2183. Agenda item four.
Resolution 2026-2184. Agenda
item five. Resolution 2026-2185.
Agenda item six. Resolution
2026-2186. Agenda item seven.
Resolution 2026. Dash 2187.
Agenda item eight. Resolution
2026-2188. Agenda item ten.
Resolution 2026-2190. Agenda
item 11. Resolution 2026-2191.
Agenda item 12. Resolution
2026-2192. Agenda item 13.
Resolution 2026-2193. Agenda
item 14. Resolution 2026-2194.
Agenda item 15. Resolution
2026-2195. Agenda item 16.
Resolution 2026-2196. Agenda
item 17. Resolution 2026-2197.
Agenda item 18. Resolution
2026-2198. Agenda item 19.
Resolution 2026-2199. Agenda
item 20. Resolution 2026-2200.
Agenda item 21. Resolution
2026-2201. Agenda item 22.
Resolution 2026-2202. Agenda
item 23. Resolution 2026-2203.
Agenda item 24. Resolution
2026-2204. Agenda item 25.
Resolution 2026-2205. Agenda
item 26. Resolution 2026-2206.
Agenda item 27. Resolution
2026-2207. Agenda item 29.
Resolution 2026-2209. Agenda
item 30. Resolution 2026-2210.
Agenda item 31. Resolution
2026-2211. Agenda item 32.
Resolution 2026-2212. Agenda
item 33. Resolution 2026. Dash
2213. Agenda item 34.
resolution 2026-2214. Agenda
item 35. Resolution 2026. Dash
2215. Agenda item 36.
Resolution 2026-2216. Agenda
item 37. Resolution 2026-2217.
Agenda item 38. Resolution
2026-2218. Agenda item 39.
Resolution 2026-2219. Agenda
item 40. Resolution 2026. Dash
2220. Next for bills on second
reading proposed for the
consolidated consent agenda.
First among those is agenda
item 65, ordinance bl2026-1499.
Agenda item 66 ordinance
bl2026-1500. Agenda item 67
ordinance bl2026-1501. Agenda
item 68. Ordinance bl2026-1502.
And then lastly, on second
reading, agenda item 69,
ordinance bl2026-1503. Now for
bills on third reading proposed
for the consnt agenda. First
among those agenda item 70
ordinance bl2026-1402. Agenda
item 73 ordinance bl2026-1406.
Agenda item 74 ordinance
bl2026-1407. Agenda item 79
ordinance bl2026-1430. Agenda
item 80. Ordinance bl2026-1434.
Agenda item 81 ordinance
bl2026-1464. Agenda item 82
ordinance bl2026-1465. Agenda
item 83 ordinance bl2026-1468.
Agenda item 84. Ordinance
bl2026-1469. Agenda item 85.
Ordinance bl2026-1470. Agenda
item 86 ordinance bl2026-1471.
Agenda item 87 ordinance
bl2026-1472. Agenda item 88
ordinance bl2026-1473. Agenda
item 89 ordinance bl2026-1474.
Agenda item 90 ordinance
bl2026-1475. Agenda item 91
ordinance bl2026-1476. Agenda
item 92 ordinance bl2026-1477.
Agenda item 93 ordinance
bl2026-1478. Agenda item 96.
Ordinance bl2026-1482. Agenda
item 97. Ordinance bl2026-1483.
agenda item 98 ordinance
bl2026-1484. Agenda item 99
ordinance bl2026-1485. Agenda
item 100. Ordinance bl2026-1486.
Agenda item 101. Ordinance
bl2026-1487. Agenda item 102
ordinance bl2026-1488. Agenda
item 103. Ordinance bl2026-1492.
Agenda item 104 ordinance
bl2026-1492. Agenda item 105
ordinance bl2026-1494. Agenda
item 106. Ordinance bl2026-1495.
And then lastly, agenda item
107, ordinance bl2026-1496. Do
any items need to be removed
from the consent agenda? If so,
if members would please join
the queue to request that. All
right, council member coupon.
You are recognized, sir.
Thank
you. MADAM PRESIDENT. Can we
please remove item 16 for the
purpose of an abstention?
Okay.
Agenda item 16, resolution 2196
will be removed from consent.
All right. Next, council member
styles, you're recognized.
Ma'am.
Yes. If we could please
take agenda item 73 and 74.
Can
you say the agenda item.
Two,
2026, 1406 and 1407?
Okay. 73
and 74 okay. Okay. Agenda items
73 and 74. These are ordinances.
1406 and 1407 have been removed
from consent. Next council
member bo, you're recognized.
Ma'am.
Thank you so much. Vice
mayor, can we please remove
agenda item 40 hours 2026-2220
and agenda item 88. Bl
2026-1473.
Okay. Hang on.
Agenda item 40, this is
resolution 2220 will be removed
from consent and then after
agenda item 40. What was next?
Please vote yes.
Agenda item 88.
Okay.
Bl 2026-14.
That's great.
If y'all would give me the
agenda number first, and then I
will go there, and then I will
actually share the ordinance
number. That helps me because
when you do two at a time and
then you read the ordinance
number, it makes it a little
bit hard to get there. So thank
you all. Okay. Agenda item 88,
ordinance 1473 has been removed
from consent. Thank you. Thank
you, council member suara, you
are recognized.
Thank you, vice
mayor. Agenda item number 39.
Agenda item 39. Okay. That is
resolution 2219. Yes. Will be
removed from consent. All right.
Is anyone else seeking to be
recognized? Remove an item from
consent. MISS Porterfield,
you're recognized.
Thank you,
MADAM Vice mayor, I just want
to confirm that agenda item
number nine, 2081 is not on
consent.
Okay?
And not that is
not on consent.
Okay? Yes.
Agenda item nine is not on
consent. That's correct.
Council member styles, you're
recognized again. Ma'am.
Please
forgive me. I left off agenda
item 75.
No worries. Agenda
item 75. Which those are
already off consent because
there's a proposed amendment.
So agenda item 75 and 76 are
not on consent. That's okay.
All right. MR. Clark, are all
committee reports in for the
items remaining on the consent
agenda?
Yes. All committee
reports are in.
Okay. Thank you,
MR. Clark. Members, is there a
motion for approval of the
consent agenda? Okay. Properly
moved and seconded. All in
favor, say aye. All right.
Council has passed all items on
the consent agenda. We will now
go back in agenda order for
those items that were not on
consent. All right. And first
among those is agenda item one
resolution 2026-2132. Sponsors
tombs, evans, siegel, hill,
benton and vo. This is a
resolution accepting the terms
of a cooperative purchasing
master agreement with sweeping
corporation of america, llc for
street sweeping, sewer jetting
and hydro excavation for the
nashville department of
transportation and multimodal
infrastructure. MISS Tombs,
your recognized.
Thank you,
MADAM Vice mayor. Committee
reports. Budget and finance
voted to recommend approval as
amended. 11 in favor, zero
against zero not voting.
Thank
you, MADAM Chair, and for the
report of the transportation
and infrastructure committee
chair evan siegel. You're
recognized the.
Transportation
and infrastructure committee
recommended approval of the
amendment ten in favor, zero
against zero not voting and to
approve, as amended, ten in
favor, zero against zero not
voting.
All righty. With that,
it is back to you for a motion
to get the bill before us. MISS
Tombs. I'm sorry, MISS Tombs.
Move for approval.
All right.
Is there a second? Okay, we're
on to discussion. And first in
the queue is councilmember
allen. You're recognized. Thank
you, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'd like
to move the amendment, please.
All right. Is there a second?
Go ahead. Anything you want to
share about a brief explanation?
This just adds an audit policy
that that worked with jd lane
to get formalized and
appreciate the work that he did
to make that be part of this
bill. All right. MISS Hancock,
do you seek to be recognized on
the amendment specifically?
Okay. Is there any further
discussion on the motion to
amend? All right. Seeing none.
All in favor of the amendment,
please say aye. Aye. Any voting
no or abstaining?Okay. With
that, MR. Holmes, it's your
intent to renew.
Move for
approval, as amended.
All right.
Thank you. Properly seconded.
Discussion continues. And then
first in the queue is council
member hancock. You're.
Thank
you for recognizing me. I was
wondering if this agreement
would replace the street
sweepers that we have purchased,
including the four named. In
debris and do something. And we
had such a great public input
in naming the street sweepers
that I was just going to be
disappointed if they were now
out of work.
I think those are
bike lanes, specific sweepers,
MISS Hancock. So I.
Really tiny
mini sweepers.
Yes, they are
skinny.
Thank you for the
education.
Yes. Okay. Anyone
else? A sponsor on the bill
wanting to be recognized to
explain anything further with
MISS Hancock's question. Seeing
none, is there any further
discussion on this motion to
approve this resolution as
amended? Seeing none. All in
favor, please say aye. Any
voting no or abstaining? All
right. You have adopted this
resolution, as amended, and
dismembering and demon brewin
or however we say it is a very
safe sweeping our bike lanes.
Demon run. Okay. All right,
moving on. Agenda item two.
Resolution 2026-2135. Sponsor
tombs. Swara allen and coupon.
This is a resolution approving
an intergovernmental project
agreement
metropolitan government of
nashville and davidson county
and the convention center
authority of the metro
government of nashville and
davidson county relating to the
financing and refinancing of
the music city center. Council
member tombs, you are
recognized.
Thank you, MADAM
Vice mayor, committee report,
budget and finance is already
in.
okay. Yes, that was
submitted last time with ten
zero and one. And so the
current report would be from
the ad hoc east bank committee
chair evan siegel.
The ad hoc
east bank committee. Always a
mouthful to say recommended
approval for in favor three
against and zero not voting.
All right. With that it's back
to you for a motion on your
bill. MISS Tombs.
Move for
approval.
All right. It's
properly moved and seconded.
And we are on to discussion.
First in the queue is council
member parker. You're
recognized, sir.
Thank you,
vice mayor. I, I assumed this
was going to be deferred to
track with the ordinance, but I
guess it's not. You know, my
overall concern about this
arrangement is how much money
is bing directed toward a $1
billion new convention center.
It's widely recognized that the
2010 convention center
arrangement kind of overegged
the omelet, capturing tons of
excess revenue in that
structure, not allowing it to
be utilized to improve
nashville outside of the
convention center. And I'm
curious why we are doubling
down on that model. You know,
if you add up the revenue
sources enumerated in this in
this agreement with a very
conservative growth projections,
we're looking at about $6
billion in revenue. I would say
that if these revenues are
growing at 1 to 2%, as
projected by finance, that
would be like the most
disastrous economy you could
possibly imagine for nashville
across the life of this deal.
That also assumes that there is
no growth in hotel occupancy
because we're building a
convention center. So
realistically, those $6 billion
that that finance is projecting
out is more likely to be 8 or
$9 billion. This is to build a
$1 billion new convention
center. I'm afraid that we are
doubling down on the mistakes
of the past here. And I really
just can't support this. And I
would encourage my colleagues
to vote no as well.
All right.
Next in the queue is council
member evan siegel. You're
recognized I.
Court thank you,
MADAM PRESIDENT. I, I rise I, I
think what we have seen since
the convention center deal was
passed is a significant amount
of excess funds sitting over at
the convention center. And as a
city, we've had to go to the
convention center during budget
crises with hat in hand, and
beg for them to make us whole
with our own money. So I think
my colleague raises a valid
points. I would say that this
deal in many ways makes that
worse, because instead of us
being able to go back, hat in
hand for those funds to make
our budget hole, those funds
are actually going into a state
administered grant program
which will provide tax relief
only to businesses within the
tdc. And I think if you sat
down most nashvillians today
and you said, would you like to
help prop up just just broadway
businesses after the tax raise?
We had to do so that we can
build a bigger convention
center and do that all at once.
I think most of them would be
appalled, because what we hear
over and over and over again
from our constituents is that
there is a lot of money
downtown, and people out in the
county don't feel the benefit
of that money. That money stays
downtown. And now it's not only
going to stay downtown, but the
downtown participants will not
be paying the same taxes as
everybody else. And that's
welfare. It's corporate welfare
that we as a city are agreeing
to with this deal and with this
refinancing scheme. And and I
can't in good conscience vote
for that. I'm sure this will
pass tonight. And I'm sure many
people in here will decide they
can support that. But I cannot
sit here and support our
tourist dollars, our residents
dollars, people's hardworking
dollars going to prop up very
profitable businesses when we
can't even prop up residents in
need, because the state law
doesn't allow us to do that.
All right, next in the queue is
council member styles. You're
recognized, ma'am.
Thank you
very much. I can't say that I
am in love with this deal.
However, I do think that
there's this perception that
the businesses downtown that
make up the majority of our
budget were somehow giving
cutting them a break, when
really the break is money that
we are supposed to be
distributing across the entire
county. I think part of our
problem is that we don't turn
around and distribute it
equitably across the entire
county when we have it. So yes,
this is uncomfortable. Sounds
like it might not be the
greatest deal. We were
certainly in a position like
this last term when we were
having a conversation about the
stadium, but that other deal
was horrible and the new one is
better. I'm going to vote yes
for this being
but I know that our bars
downtown and our businesses
downtown, they are helping us
make money that goes to our
programing. So we're not
cutting people a break because
of those businesses go away. We
will suffer as a whole city,
and I'm not sure why we don't
see that, because if they close,
what businesses then produce
that money for us to provide
any programing for anyone.
Thank you.
Thank you, MISS
Styles. Next in the queue is
council member tombs. MADAM
Chair, you recognized.
Thank
you, MADAM Vice mayor. I stand
in of this legislation.
I understand that there are
concerns regarding the amount
of money that circulates
downtown. I will say that we
have always gotten money from
the rtdzztd. Oh my gosh, tdz. I
we we've always gotten the base
amount that has always come
back into the general
there is a net benefit
financial benefit to metro with
the changes that have been made
to the stat law, we still have
the same revenue sources. It's
still essentially the same set
up because that's what the
state law is. We can't change
state law. We were able,
through the changes in this
recent session, we've been we
can remove the backstop that we
have that puts metro on the
hook for the bonds, for the
convention center, for the omni
hotel. We can remove that
backstop that increases our
capacity to do the affordable
housing bonds that we've been
wanting to do. So it is a net
benefit for metro. I get it,
folks. I want to see money
circulating downtown, but I
actually have to agree with
COUNCILWOMAN Styles that the
money, the money that we make
downtown benefits the city as a
whole and helps us to fund the
things that we fund. A
significant portion of, of what
we fund comes from downtown. So
this is a, a win win for metro,
and I encourage my colleagues
to support it.
Thank you, MISS
Tombs. Next in the queue,
councilmember johnson, you're
recognized ma'am. Previous
question. All right.
Councilmember johnson has
called the previous question.
This is a non-debatable motion.
It requires two thirds of those
voting in the affirmative to
end debate. We'll try it first
by voice. Again, remember, it's
number, not volume. If I can
ascertain, it will go to the
machine. If you are in favor.
The previous question you want
to end debate. Favor of
the previous question, please
say aye. All against calling
the question. Please say no.
Okay. MR. Clerk, would you
please put that on the board,
please, sir? I think there was
a little volume action
happening over here, but in an
abundance of caution.
MR. Clerk,
please show the vote. Okay. The
motion to call the question has
failed. It does require two
thirds of those voting, with 24
voting in favor, 13 against.
All right. So debate continues.
Next in the queue is council
member suara. You're recognized
ma'am.
Thank you, vice mayor. I
rise in support of this bill. A
lot of conversation went in in
budget yesterday. And also I
hear the concerns from my
colleagues and the skepticism
about what this does and the
money. But for those that were
in finance yesterday, a couple
of things were discussed, and
that was the fact that the
housing, social housing bond
that we've been trying to do
all this time, we will be able
to do it because of the
backstop. I shared before with
many of you that the deal was
like that when it started. It
was not good to start with. I
agree with my colleagues and we
could have gone and make a
better deal. We could have gone
and asked for money to put
elsewhere. We did not. But the
deal that was in front of us is
a deal that is in front of us
now. I also want people to
understand that when you're
talking about sales tax, 7% of
our sales tax belong to the
state. Ours is only 2.75. And
so if we're not, the state is
allowing us to keep that in
there, hotel taxes part of it.
But the tax is a big part of it.
and when we did the
conversation with budget the
other day, the finance also
shows that because of this, we
are getting net money into our
general general fund as well.
So it is a net benefit. We
don't trust the state. We don't
know how the money will be used.
Yes, but I believe that
yesterday we got a commitment
from the finance director that
when we save money and from not
supporting this bond anymore,
that we will be able to put
that money in housing. We were
also told, and we also asked
that we have the opportunity to
now distribute that 300 that
we're not spending on the east
bank to make sure that it goes
all around the city, throughout
the county. So we have the
opportunity to do that. We've
never been able to do that
before. When we were in a
financial crisis our first time,
it took a lot for the director
to be able to get 20 million
out of that thing, because it
was the state. Money was the
way that it was drawn. I've
always hoped that we would get
money out of there. So for me,
the fact that we're able to get
300 million out, I think is a
win. I wish it's structured
differently. Yes, I agree,
maybe it should have been
structured for housing or
something else. I agree, but
the fact that we can take that
out, I want us to look at it as
when we take it out and we're
not using our money to fund
these infrastructure, that
money is now available for us
to put wherever we deem it fit
to, to, to put it in. And that
backstop for anybody that is
interested in funding and
things like that, when you are
backstopping somebody else
bonds and debt, it means that
if they don't pay it, we have
to pay it. That is something
that we should never sign up
for. It's like guaranteeing
your your kids car and then if
they don't pay, you have to be
on the hook for it. We don't
want to do that. And so this is
an opportunity for us to get
out of that and not be the one
signing up or responsible for
the bond if it's not paid. So
with all of that, yes, I'm
skeptical, but we got the
promise that we can move it
somewhere else. And the fact
that we'll be able to do all of
this with that is the reason
why I'm supporting it. Thank
you.
Thank you, MISS Suara.
Next is council member
porterfield. MADAM Pro tem,
you're recognized.
Thank you,
vice mayor. I don't know if I'm
rising in support or opposition.
I've really struggled with this.
And thank you to finance and
director reed for spending so
much time with me going going
through this. I think we spent
almost two hours going through
this with a fine tooth comb,
because I wanted to make sure
that I considered ll things.
There are things about this. I
like things about it that I
don't like, just want to be
really transparent. But I think
for something that is this big,
like it's important that we get
some of this information on the
record so that our constituents
can kind of know, like what
we're dealing with here. I
don't love the idea. I guess
it's a both a benefit and the
opposite of a benefit, whatever
that word would be. The idea of
like 300 million going to east
bank. In essence, that frees up
more money to do things like
across the city. And we're
saying that we want to be able
to use those bonds to be able
to get affordable housing,
which is something that many of
us want across the board is
something that we've been
advocating for. But it does
feel like trickle down
economics. It feels like, let's
put money over here. Let's free
up this money for east bank so
that we can have money for
other things. We know that's
not going to be a dollar for
dollar. So we know that that's
not going to be 300 million
that we're seeing going to
these affordable housing bonds
or going into neighborhoods. I
do like that it's freeing up
the backstop. I do like that it
will free up money for the
affordable housing bonds. I do
have a concern that if we vote
this down, the money just sits
there and we're not getting the
benefit out of it. I did ask
questions about these taxes.
Like, if we vote this down,
like, can we use this tax money
for something else? But these
taxes, like the room occupancy
tax and the rental car fee and%
the hotel tax, these are taxes
that are imposed by the state,
meaning the state says where
these tax dollars go. So we
don't have the ability to come
in and say, hey, we're going to
use that for affordable housing,
or we're going to use it for
schools. Like we can't redirect
those revenue streams elsewhere.
So, you know, if we do vote it
down, we're still we're not
getting any benefit out of it.
If we pass it, we at least get
the benefit of the the 300
million. And I don't want to
say at least 300 million is a
lot of money. That's like
nothing to sneeze at. It's also
some other benefits that we are
looking at, like saving the
general fund, the 91 million
over the 16 years until 2043
and preserving the capital
spending plan. So I don't love
it, but I do think that it
gives us more benefit to pass
it than if we don't pass it.
I'm also concerned that if we
vote it down, we still don't
get we still can't allocate
these funds the way that we
want to allocate the funds.
We're always talking about
wanting to get money out of the
convention center. This has
been the only way that that
we're going to be able to get
meaningful dollars out of the
out of the convention center.
And lastly, I'm not convinced
that the convention center
needs expanding at this point.
So I also have council member
parker's concern there.
Thank
you, MISS Porterfield. Next in
the queue is council member
bradford. You're recognized sir.
Thank you, vice mayor. When I
ran in 2019, one of the things
I ran on was the evils of the
tdc and the amount of money
that just stays downtown and
doesn't come out into our
neighborhoods. Tonight, I'm
voting in favor of this because
of the data thati've seen, the
information I've seen, like
we've heard tonight, the tdc
was not really a positive thing
for the city. There's a lot of
money that we couldn't use. If
we vote this down, there's
still money we can't use.
Vote this up, then we free up
tax bond issuance. I don't like
it when we have any deal that
has a metro backstop.As was
mentioned before, if something
goes south, we, the taxpayers
are responsible for paying that
bill. This takes that
responsibility off the
taxpayers. That's a good thing.
It frees up the ability for
metro to issue bonds for
capital projects elsewhere in
the city, instead of the east
bank. That's good for our
communities outside of downtown.
Is this the best deal we could
have gotten? No. Is it perfect?
No, but it is slightly better
than what we had before, which
was nothing. We are getting
some benefit out of this for
that. I'm willing to support
this, considering my my
previous opinions on this area.
Thank you, MR. Bradford. Next
in the queue, councilmember
johnston yeah, there's no more
left in that. No one else left
in the queue. Alrighty. With
that, and knowing that we have
some no votes already declared
from the floor, we will need to
vote by machine as this is a
resolution. So council or
rather, MR. Clerk, would you
please load the vote, sir?
All
votes in. MR. Clerk, please
show the vote. All right.
Council has adopted this
resolution with 31 votes in
favor, six votes against and
zero abstentions. All right.
next on the agenda is agenda
item nine, resolution 2026-2189.
Sponsors cortez and ellis. This
is a resolution requesting that
we go public transit, expand
the journey pass program, or
provide a similar low or fare
free program to residents in
the music city construction
careers program. Council member
cortez, you're recognized, sir.
Thank you. Vice mayor.
Committee reports, please.
For
the report of the
transportation and
infrastructure committee chair
evan siegel, your recognized.
Transportation and
infrastructure committee
recommended a one meeting
deferral ten in favor, zero
against zero.
Not voting. Okay
with that, MISTER Cortez, that
is a mandatory deferral by rule
8.1. So that is deferred one
meeting. This will be taken up
again at the first meeting in
SEPTEMBER. Next is agenda item
16, resolution 2026-2196.
Sponsors vo tombs, welsh GOD
ellis allen and suara. This is
a resolution appropriating a
total of $71,900 from the
nashville public library to
water walkers for the provision
of free and high quality after
school and summer programing
through the libraries.
Nashville after zone alliance and out of school
time coordinating system
council member vo. You're
recognized, MADAM Chair.
Thank
you. Vice mayor. Committee
reports. I can give mine.
Yes,
ma'am.
You can. All right. The
committee voted five in favor.
Zero against zero not voting.
All right. And for the report
of the budget and finance
committee, chair, tombs.
Budget
and finance voted to recommend
approval. 11 in favor, zero
against zero not voting.
All
right. Okay. With that, MISS
Votes back to you for a motion.
Motion to approve.
Okay.
There's a motion properly
seconded. Is there any further
discussion on this resolution?
Seeing none. All in favor,
please say aye. Any voting? No.
Any abstaining? Okay. MR.
Coupon, MR. Clerk, if you would
please record him as abstention.
Please, sir. All right. This
resolution has been adopted.
Okay. Next among our
resolutions is agenda item 28.
Resolution 2026-2208. Sponsors,
tombs and evan siegel. This is
resolution accepting the terms
of a cooperative purchasing
master agreement with altec
industries, inc. For public
utility equipment with related supplies for
the nashville, dot MISS Tombs.
You're recognized.
Thank you.
Withdraw.
Okay. This resolution
will be withdrawn. Or has been
withdrawn. All right. Next is
agenda item 39. Resolution
2026-2219. Sponsor. Suara.
Gamble. Evans. Huffman. Stiles.
Bradford. Ellis. Porterfield.
Vo. Welsh. Johnston. Nash.
Rutherford. Benedict. Ewing.
Lee. Kap. Gad. Greg. Hancock
and allen. This resolution,
commending and honoring brenda
nguyen upon her retirement from
the office of the davidson
county clerk council member
suara, you are
thank you. Vice mayor.
Committee reports.
Yes. For the
report of the rules.
Confirmations. Committee chair.
Cash recognized. Sir.
We voted
to approve seven in favor, zero
against. They were not voting.
All right, back to you, MISS
Suara.
Thank you. I'd like to
renew my motion. And I want to
add 12.3 to it. And then a
brief explanation of brief
comments.
Okay. So there is a
motion to approve with three
applied such that all members
voting in the affirmative will
be listed as co-sponsors. Is
there a second for that motion?
All right. Go ahead, ma'am.
Thank you. Vice mayor. This is
a very important one for me. I
know, I mean, you can tell by
the co-sponsors that we have
already. MISS Brenda has
touched a lot of people in this
city with the work that she did
as the county clerk. She was
the first african american
woman to be a constitutional
officer, and she's brought a
lot of changes to that office
from using numbers to the kiosk.
I mean, when you go into that
office, it's it's working a
whole lot better. But what I
love MISS Brenda about is that
all the community organizations
that she's a part of and how
much she actually love this
city and how many things she's
done, there's hardly anything
important going on that she
doesn't have a hand in, and
she's usually one of those
people that is in the
background. You don't see her
in the front a lot, but she
does a whole lot for the
community. And so it is my
pleasure to bring this
resolution to thank her for 14
years of service in that office.
I mean, she's done more. She
continues to do more. And I
know she will continue even
after retirement. But I think
it's worthwhile for us to just
rise and thank somebody who was
a servant leader and who opened
the doors for so many and
continues to serve in so many
ways, not just in a public
office, but throughout the city.
And with that, I renew my
motion.
Thank you, MISS Suara.
I appreciate you bringing this.
Next in the queue is council
member porterfield. MADAM Pro
tem, you're recognized.
Thank
you, vice mayor. I actually got
teary eyed listening to council
member sawyer and getting ready
to stand up and speak. The
honorable brenda wynn has just
been a force in her heart for
this city and her service for
this city. Like councilmember
sawyer said, she has had her
hands in so many things with
regards to this city and has
supported so many initiatives,
so much of that behind the
scenes. You MAY never see her
face or her name on it, but her
footprint is on it and she has
her fingerprints on it, and she
has touched just so many
initiatives in this city. She
truly is a statesman or
stateswoman and knows how to
work across the aisle and work
with all people to just further
the agenda of, of, of nashville
and for the people of nashville.
She is so dedicated to this
position. She loves the service
that she has done during her
time in her tenure as the
county clerk. She has made so
many improvements to this
office. Whenever you go to the
office. I was just there
recently. I had to get some
tags and every time I'm down
there, just the efficiency, the
way that people are moving
through the office quickly, how
happy the employees are. And
you could just see all of the
improvements that she's made.
So we just want to congratulate
her on her retirement and just
thank her for her service to
the city.
Thank you, MADAM Pro
tem next council member
benedict, you're recognized
ma'am.
Thank you, vice mayor.
So I can't say anything better
than what my colleagues have
already said, but I do want to
tell a quick story about our
our about brenda. I'm just
going to call her brenda here
on the floor, the honorable
brenda wynn. Long before I
wanted to run for office, I
asked a woman to marry me and
she said yes. And then we went
a few months later down to the
county clerk's office to get
the paperwork. And while we got
the paperwork, I was my normal,%
you know, rowdy self. And and
there's brenda and she comes
out and I, she said, you know,
oh, so what are your plans? And,
you know, just really engaged
with me and, and I said, will
you marry us? And she said,
absolutely. And she said, when?
And I said, oh, gosh, we got to
pick a date. And we, my wife
and I don't know if it's
NOVEMBER 20th 1 or 26. We've
got to write it down somewhere.
We never know every year, but
it's on the paperwork that she
gave us and that she signed,
and she went over to the. She,
she said, where do you want to
do it and when? And we said,
how about the pedestrian bridge?
And she said, absolutely, I'll
be there. Now. I was just a
member of the public. I was not
an elected official. I walked
in her office and she said, I'm
on it. Let's do it. And she
went and she did it, and we've
got photos. And it was just a,
you know, we eloped, but brenda
was there and that's who she is.
And I'll, I'll forever be
grateful for that memory. And,
and of course, all of the work
that she's done for the city
and, you know, in her official
capacity and in her other
official capacities with the
organizations with which she
works. So thank you, brenda,
kathleen murphy and I were
texting, and so I wanted to
invoke the murphy rule because
I know she equally respects the
honorable brenda wynne, but I
know that council member suara
already used our existing title
for that. But in honor of the
honorable kathleen murphy, I
would like to invoke the murphy
rule, but I don't know if
anybody seconded the 13.2.
So
that was already a part of MISS
Suarez initial motion, and it
was properly seconded. So.
Well,
I've said my what I've said.
and so if the honorable
kathleen murphy is watching.
Did kathleen threaten you by
text and tell you if you didn't
say it.
Right, maybe that would
be in in character.
Thank you.
Appreciate her authoring that
rule during her time of service.
So it is applied to this
resolution. And thank you for
sharing that story, MISS
Benedict. Okay, councilmember.
-
you're recognized. Ma'am.
Thank
you so much, MADAM PRESIDENT,
and I'm so glad I can continue
on with councilmember
benedict's love story, because
today I had the greatest
privilege of marrying a couple
in my district. And we were
talking about, you know, them
going to the county clerk's
office. And they were so
excited to submit their
marriage license. And I do want
to thank the honorable brenda
wynne for making sure that all
the love that, you know,
happens here in nashville is
recorded. And it's been such a
privilege. And I will say, you
know, when I was running for
office and she was always so
kind and everywhere you see her
in the city, wherever you are,
whether official or not, she's
always, I think, willing to
help, always wanting to be a
partner, always wanting to make
sure that all of us, you know,
can make sure that our city
continues to be led by great
people. And she has been such a
great example to so many of us.
So I just want to congratulate
her on her retirement, and i
love that. It's very fitting.
Oh, that.
You have a musical
track.
Yeah. Some that today on
that we get to honor her in the
chambers that we were able to
also, you know, I was able to
also marry a couple in the
district. So thank you so much.
Thank you. MISS. All right.
That concludes our discussion.
All in favor of this resolution,
please say aye. Any voting no
or abstaining? Of course not.%
all right. Council has adopted
this resolution. And again,
congratulations to the
honorable brenda wynne. Next is
agenda item 40, resolution
2026-2220. Sponsors vo styles
coupe and nash ad suara web.
Truffle. Huffman. Tombs.
Allison allen. This is a
resolution recognizing the 40th
anniversary of the master
gardeners of davidson county
council member vo. You are
recognized, MADAM Chair.
Thank
you, MADAM PRESIDENT. Can I
have committee reports, please?
Yes. For the report of the
rules, confirmations and public
elections committee chair. Cash.
Go ahead.
We voted to approve.
Four in favor, zero against
zero not voting.
All right,
back to you, MISS.
Thank you.
Motion to approve with a brief
comment.
Go ahead, ma'am.
Thank
you so much, colleagues. It's
my pleasure to be able to
celebrate this really special
milestone, the 40th anniversary
of the master gardeners of
davidson county. For four
decades, this wonderful
organization has shared
knowledge, encouraged a love of
gardening, supported our
community, and helped make
middle tennessee a more
beautiful place. This
anniversary is really a
wonderful opportunity to
recognize the dedication and
passion of all the volunteers,
past and present, who have made
the master gardeners such a
valued part of our community.
This past year, I had the
privilege of being part of the
most recent class, where you're
trained with 40 hours of
horticultural classes, and then
you have 40 hours of volunteer
community service. And I really
encourage anyone in the
community who's interested in
applying to do that for the
next master gardener class. And
there's even, you know, more to
look forward to this year. The
master gardeners will have a
beautiful butterfly exhibit at
the nashville fair that's going
to run from SEPTEMBER 11th
through the 20th. And it's a
wonderful chance for families
and visitors to learn more
about butterflies, gardening,
and the importance of creating
habitats that support beautiful
pollinators. So under the
leadership of amy dunlap and
karen brown, I really just want
to congratulate the master
gardeners of davidson county on
40 remarkable years of service,
and that MAY the next 40 be
just as inspiring, educational
and fun. So happy 40th
anniversary to the master
gardeners of davidson county.
thank you.
Thank you, MISS Foe.
Council member. On to
discussion. Council member
hoffman. You're recognized sir.
Just follow that up really
quick. If you don't have
pollinators on your property,
why not? Thank you.
Thank you,
MR. Hoffman, for that important
reminder. I'm sure the master
gardeners appreciate it as much
as we appreciate them. All
right. Any further discussion?
Seeing none. All in favor,
please say aye. Any voting no
or abstaining? All right.
Council has adopted this
resolution. Next is agenda item
l one, a late filed resolution
without a number so far sponsor
horton. This is resolution
authorizing the director of
public property or his designee
to exercise option agreements
for the purchase of a flood
prone property located at 716
height street for metro water
services. Council member horton.
You are recognized, sir.
Thank
you, vice mayor. I'd like to
move to suspend the rules,
please.
Okay, chair. Cash, did
you take up the MR. Horton's
resolution regarding height
street, sir?
Yes, we did, and
we approved the late filed
nature four in favor, zero
against zero. Not voting.
All
right. Having heard the report
of chair cash, are there any
objections to the suspension of
the rules? Seeing none, the
rules are suspended. Go ahead,
MR. Horton.
move for approval,
please.
Is there a second? Okay.
Is there any discussion? Seeing
none. All in favor, please say
aye. Any voting? No or
abstaining? All right. Council
has adopted this resolution.
All right. Okay. Section m of
our agenda is bills on
introduction and first reading.
By rule, all items on first
reading shall be voted on at
the same time, unless requested
otherwise, by a primary sponsor
or by two other members. Do any
items need to be removed from
the collective first reading
vote? Seeing none. Is there a
motion for approval of all
items on first consideration?
Okay. Properly seconded.
Without objection, you have
approved all items on first
reading. All right. Next is
agenda section n. We have two
late bills numbered first in
one an ordinance sponsor coupon
that approves an access
easement agreement between the
metropolitan government of
nashville and davidson county
through the department of water
and sewerage services and mplx
terminals, llc for a permanent
easement. Councilmember.You're
recognized sir.
Thank you,
MADAM PRESIDENT. Move to
suspend the rules, please.
All
right, council member cash, you
are recognized, sr, on the
late filed nature.
We went we
voted to approve the late filed
nature four in favor zero
against zero not voting.
Okay.
Members having heard the report
of chair cash, is there any
objection to the suspension of
the rules? Seeing none, the
rules are suspended, MR. Corbyn.
Go ahead.
Thank you. Move.
Approval, please.
Is there a
second? Okay. There's a motion
-
to approve. It's properly
seconded. Is there any
discussion? Seeing none. All in
favor, please say aye. Any
voting? No or abstaining? All
right. This ordinance has now
passed its first reading. Next
is agenda item n two. Sponsor
tombs. This is an ordinance
authorizing the rounding of ad
valorem property tax amounts
and central business
improvement district. Special
assessment amounts to the
nearest dollar. Council member
tombs, you are recognized.
Thank you, MADAM Vice mayor.
Request to suspend the rules.
All right, council member, cash
for your report, please. Sir,
on the late filed nature.
We
did hear it. We approved the
late filed nature four in favor,
zero against zero not voting
right.
Council members, having
heard the report of chair cash
on the late file nature, is
there any objection to the
suspension of the rules? Seeing
none, the rules are suspended.
Go ahead. MISS Tombs.
Move for
approval.
Is there a second?
Okay. It's properly moved and
seconded. Is there any
discussion on this bill now? On
its first reading? Seeing none.
all in favor please say aye.
Any voting no or abstaining.
All right. This ordinance has
passed first of three
readings. Next, we move on to
bills. On second reading, a
section of our agenda. First
item is agenda item 62,
ordinance bill 2026-1437.
Sponsors web coupon. Evans,
bradford, allen, ellis, benton
and hancock. This is an
ordinance requiring that all
boards, commissions, committees
and authorities of metropolitan
government with financial
authority or a fiduciary duty
record and make publicly
available the proceedings of
their meetings. Council member
webb, you are recognized, ma'am.
Government. We got withdrawn.
What you need to say that you
are withdrawing it.
I'm
withdrawing it.
Okay. Thank you
ma'am. Okay. This bill has been
withdrawn by the primary
sponsor. Next is agenda item 63,
ordinance bl 2026-1493.
Sponsors, tombs and coupon.
This is an ordinance amending
certain sections of the metro
code of laws relating to the
apportionment, distribution and
allocation of revenues from
tourist accommodation taxes to
comply with the provisions of
chapter number 1079 of the 2026
public acts of tennessee, and
to extend the levy and
collection of the additional
hotel occupancy privilege tax
in accordance with applicable
state law. Okay, MISS Tombs,
MADAM Chair, you are recognized.
Thank you, MADAM Vice mayor.
Committee report.
Okay. We
already have in the report of
the budget and finance
committee from last meeting 110
and oh, and now for the report
of the ad hoc east bank
committee chair, evan siegel.
You are recognized.
The ad hoc
east bank committee recommended
approval for in favor three
against and zero not voting.
All right. Thank you, MADAM
Chair. Okay, it's back to you,
MISS Tombs, for a motion.
Move
for approval.
Is there a second?
Okay. It's properly moved and
seconded, and we're on to
discussion. First in the queue
is council member parker.
You're recognized, sir.
Thank
you, vice mayor. I just wanted
to call attention to the fact
that, you know, we talk a lot
about the tourism development
zone of the revenue sources
that contribute to this
convention funding. The tdc is
not even half of that. And the
state portion of the tdc is,
you know, like a seven to to
two ratio basically. So, you
know, a lot of assertions are
made about, you know, how much
control the state should have
based on their share of the tdc.
But really the funding sources
that we are reauthorizing with
this proposed legislation make
up the lion's share of the
funding. These are county wide
taxes that are levied within
davidson county. There is no
state portion of these, and
these do make up the bulk of
the financing that would go
toward the convention center.
And again, you know, the way
that the state has it set up,
the benefits of these funds are,
in many cases, not in every
case, but in many cses are
restricted to a certain
geographic area, which is the
tdc. So we're collecting taxes.
You stay in a hotel in
goodlettsville and davidson
county. You're paying taxes
that will go to support the
broadway bailout and the tdc,
but not for a struggling
business in goodlettsville. I
just don't think it's fair. I
think this is a terrible
arrangement. I'll be voting
against this.
Right. Next in
the queue is council. No. Is
there any further discussion on
this item that is on its second
of three readings? Seeing none.
All in favor, please say aye.
Any voting? No. Okay. And any
abstaining? Okay. Colleagues.
This is on its second of three
readings, hearing no votes and
understanding that there will
be on the third and final
reading, we will go on the
boards and record that vote.
But the ayes have it at this
juncture. And so this moves on
to its third reading at our
next meeting. Okay, next is
agenda item 64. This is
ordinance bl 2026-1498. Sponsor.
Sepulveda. Horton. Benedict.
Suarez. Welch. Gadzhiyevo.
Porterfield. Harrell. Evans,
siegel and parker. This is an
ordinance amending section
13.08.080 of the metro code of
laws, relative to the use of
unmanned aircraft systems and
surveillance technology.
Council member sepulveda, you
are recognized, ma'am.
Thank
you. Vice mayor. Committee
reports.
Okay. For the report
of the public health and safety
committee. Chair huffman.
You're recognized, sir.
Thank
you, vice mayor. Public health
and safety recommended this
approved as substituted, as
amended with the late file.
Eight again or eight in favor,
zero against zero not voting.
Okay. All right. Right. Okay.
That is it. Single committee
report. And so then it's back
to you, MISS Sepulveda, for a
motion to get this bill before
us.
So moved.
Okay. There's a
motion to approve. Properly
seconded. You have the floor,
MISS Boveda.
Thank you, vice
mayor. I do have a substitute
and a late filed amendment to
the substitute.
Why don't you
move that substitute? First is
what I would suggest.
Move the
substitute.
Okay. There is a
motion to substitute. It's
properly seconded. Is there
anything you want to share
about the substitute?
Yes. So
colleagues substitute does a
couple of things. Right. We
heard and I'm repeating a
couple of things that were said
in committee, but not everyone
was there. So there was a bit
of concern from different
departments in regards to what
their current drones do. So for
example, metro water has drones
that take a look at pipes. Some
departments use drones in their
communications to take video
and then post that video. So we
wanted to make sure that we
were not going to conflict with
that. And so this substitute
specifically addresses the
drones as first responder pilot
program. It also requires that
there be a public hearing
whenever there is a pilot
program. Even before I was on
council, the body, before many
of us were seated, had a
specific requirement that there
be a public hearing when a new
surveillance technology was
brought forward, regardless if
a contract was approved or not,
to give the general public an
opportunity to speak and give
their thoughts. And so I wanted
to make sure that we codified
that. And there are specific
regulations into what a drone
as a first responder can be
used, as. There are four. So
one is an active shooter
incident, a hostage situation,
an active search for a missing
person. And that was added due
in large part to some
conversations on this floor.
And then the last one is for an
a state of emergency declared
by the mayor of nashville for a
period of up to ten days. And
this is mainly for natural
disasters. So if there's a
flood or something, etc. So we
also added two new items in
which we eliminated. We made
sure to take out. We made sure
to take out autonomous drones.
So some people had some
questions in regards to this.
So this would eliminate the use
of drones that are not manned
by a physical person. So drone
manned by ai. So metro would
not be able to use this type of
drone. And so this would not
affect private drones, just
metro drones manned by ai. And
then we also removed facial
recognition from all metro
departments. And currently no
metro departments use facial
recognition. So that is what
the substitute does. And with
that I would like to move well,
I would like to move to suspend
the rules. No.
No, we have to
vote on your substitute.
With
that, I would like to ask for
your support. We worked on this
quite a bit, going back and
forth with community members,
different departments and okay,
I would ask for your support.
All right. There is a motion to
substitute with the sponsors
substitute. It was properly
seconded. And you have heard
the description of that
substitute by the sponsor. Is
there any discussion on the
motion to substitute with MISS
Sepulveda's substitute. Okay.
Seeing none. All in favor,
please sayi any voting? No.
Okay. One no vote on the motion
to substitute any abstentions.
One abstention there from MISS
Stiles. Okay, so the substitute
is on the bill. MISS Sepulveda,
do you seek to renew your
motion to approve as
substituted?
Yes. I renew my
motion.
To approve a substitute.
Is there a second? Okay. That's
where we are in the debate. You
do still have the floor, ma'am,
because there's nobody else in
the queue seeking to be
recognized at this time. So i
heard you say that you have a
late filed amendment.
Yes. I
would like to move to suspend
the rules.
Okay. MR. Cash, MR.
Chair, I understand that you
took up this substitute. We did.
Go ahead, sir.
We approved the
late filed nature four in favor,
zero against. You're not voting.
Okay. Having heard the report
of chair cash and members
having received this amendment,
I think about 2:00 today
regarding a typographical error,
is there any objection to
suspension of the rules? Seeing
none, the rules are suspended.
So you MAY offer this amendment
if you wish to do so. MISS.
Move for approval with a brief
comment.
Okay. Is there a
second? All right. Go ahead,
ma'am.
This just fixes a typo
in that last section five l two.
So just fixing some typo so I
would just ask for your
approval.
All right. Is there
any discussion on the motion to
amend seeing none. All in favor
of the amendment please say aye.
Any voting no any abstaining.
All right. MISS Is it your
intent to renew your motion.
Renew my motion.
To approve as
substituted and as amended.
That's properly seconded. And
discussion continues at this
time. Next in the queue is
council member suara. You
recognized ma'am.
Thank you,
vice mayor. I want to thank my
colleague for bringing this
legislation. I think that we
all have to understand the
purpose of it and what it
serves. I will say that the
weekend of the drone testing, I
had no idea it was community
members that are tracking
things like this that called
and said, you know, this was
happening. And I think as a
government, we are responsible
for making sure that, you know,
we are transparent, we're open,
and people know what's going on.
We have a rule in the book that
says that any surveillance
technology has to be approved
by council, and it has to go
through public hearing. That
did not happen in this case.
And so the purpose of this,
which I'm glad that she brought,
make sure that that loophole, I
don't even know if it's
loophole, but there is no way
to circumvent the rules that we
have in the books. And so I'm
grateful for that. I'm also
happy that, you know, she's
worked tirelessly with make sure that
they no unintended consequences
or the departments doesn't have
a private people. But as our
police that are building trust
with our community that are
saying that we're here, that we
want to make sure we're not
being surveilled, we want to
make sure that any time there's
a technology that has a
surveillance component to it
that is actually discussed by
us, that we make sure that the
parameters around it are people
said they look at what is
collected, and there's so many
discrepancy there, but that
never we never had the
opportunity to even now what
that is. And so I'm grateful
for that for this legislation,
because it makes sure that
we're doing our work and that
the police is coming to us.
Anytime the surveillance is
being used and the community
has the opportunity tosay
something about it. Thank you.
Thank you, MISS Suara. Next in
the queue is council member
hoffman. MR. Chair, you're
recognized. Sir.
I'm just here
to call. Previous question, but
nobody follows.
Yeah, not
going to do that because
there's nobody else in the
queue. Any further discussion?
All right. Seeing none, there
is a motion to approve on
second reading as substituted
and amended. It's properly
seconded. All in favor, please
say aye. Any voting? No. Okay.
MISS Hancock, any abstaining?
Pardon. MR. MISTER isaac is
also a no. And MISS Stiles is
an abstention. Okay. Again,
colleagues, the ayes have it.
This is a bill on its second of
three readings. It will be on
its third and final reading at
the next meeting. The first
meeting in SEPTEMBER. All right,
now we are on to bills on third
reading, first among those are
companion bills. But, MR.
Parker, if you would please
move the first among these
bills, your 71 and 72, because
71 will need that amendment. So
let me, if I can read it into
the record. Agenda item 71,
ordinance bl2026-1403. Sponsor
parker. This is an ordinance to
amend title 17, the metro code
of laws zoning ordinance. Metro
government by amending a
specific plan for various
properties located west of
gallatin avenue, east of emmett
avenue, south of mcclurkin
avenue and north of douglas
avenue. These are zoned s, p
and changing the zoning on
properties from r, s, five c, s
and or22sp. This is 19.09 acres
to permit a mixed use
development, all of which is
described here in. Go ahead sir,
you're recognized.
Thank you.
Vice mayor. Committee reports,
please.
All right. For the
report of the planning and
zoning committee. Chair horton.
You're recognized, sir.
Thank
you. Vice mayor pnc considered
the bill and an amendment we
consider voted for approval of
the amendment eight in favor,
zero against. You're not voting.
And as for the bill, as amended,
eight in favor, zero against
zero not voting.
Okay. All
righty. It's back to you for a
motion, MR. Parker. First for
1403. And then once it's
amended, we presume then you
can combine it with 1404 for
its companion to advance it
together. So go ahead, sir.
Wonderful. I'll move 1403 for
the purposes of moving my
amendment.
Okay. Properly.
Second. Go ahead sir.
I will
move the amendment.
Okay.
Anything you want to share
about the amendment?
Just very
briefly, this amendment does
three things. It it requires
mndot to evaluate the signal
timing. What we're doing here
is we're likely signalizing a
new realigned intersection very
close to the intersection of
douglas and gallatin. We want
to make sure that we're not
recreating the speedway double
untimed signal scenario. So we
want to make sure that those
are synchronized and smart and
that mndot is involved with
that process and that
everything is good there. It
also. Puts it formalizes
something that has been asked a
lot about improving the kind of
landscaping and open space
around the mansion, which is
being relocated. There's
already been a little bit of
progress there. If you look on
the development tracker, you'll
see that the the they reported
the parcel that the house is
going to sit on. And, you know,
they don't have a tenant yet.
They don't have exactly final
plans for build out yet. But we
do hope that this condition
being formalized is going to
yield kind of a more inviting
atmosphere around the mansion
there. And then the last thing
it does, you know, in the plan,
there is a depiction of how
many townhomes and how many
freestanding homes, but it's
it's not enumerated. It's only
sort of drawn and sketched out.
So we thought it was important
to set a floor that at least
40% of the units in the
residential portion behind the
mansion, at least 40% of those
units are going to be attached
to townhome product or similar
plex, whatever, but some kind
of attached product and that no
more than 60% of the units in
that area would be detached,
single family house style units.
So those are the three things
this amendment does. I would
ask colleagues to support it
and happy to answer any
questions.
All right. There is
a motion to amend. It was
properly seconded. And you have
heard a description of the
amendment by the sponsor. Is
there any discussion on the
motion to amend seeing none.
All in favor of the amendment,
please say aye. Any voting no
or abstaining. All right. MR.
Parker, at this time with the
amendment on the bill, if you
would like to renew your motion
to approve 1403, as amended,
along with approval of 1404,
which is the companion bill to
1403, that requires certain
materials to be restricted in
the construction of the
buildings. You MAY do so, sir.
Thank you, vice mayor. So moved.
All right. Properly moved and
seconded. Is there any
discussion? Seeing none. All in
favor, please say aye. Any
voting no or abstaining. All
right. You have passed these
ordinances as amended, on their
third and final reading. Next,
our agenda items 73 and 74.
They are companions to each
other. Agenda item 73 sponsors.
Lee is our sponsor. Lee is an
ordinance bl2026-1406 to amend
title 17 of the metro code of
laws zoning ordinance, metro
government of nashville and
davidson county. By changing
from a r to a to sp zoning for
properties located at 56015621
cambridge road, cambridge road,
unnumbered, 1314 old franklin
road. This is 42.2 acres to
permit 79 multifamily
residential units and 100
single family residential lots,
and again, 74 agenda item
ordinance 1407, which is the
companion to 1406, which
requires certain materials to
be restricted in the
construction of buildings at
all of the addresses. In 1406.
Councilmember lee, you're
recognized. Ma'am.
If I am
permitted.
I would like.
To
move both of these together.
Yes, ma'am. You MAY.
I would
like to move both of these
together with a brief comment.
Okay. There is a motion to
approve 1406 and 1407. It's
properly seconded. Go ahead
please, ma'am.
Yes. I hope you
all paid attention. One of the
builders was in the public.
Oh,
I'm sorry, we needed your
committee reports, ma'am.
I'm
sorry.
Committeereports,
please.
Thank you, chair horton.
I felt left out. Zoning
recommended approval of both
companion bills in favor. Zero
against. They're not voting.
Okay. Thank you for the report.
Typically, we get that before
we make the motion, but we're
just going to roll on ahead. Go
ahead ma'am.
Thank you. One of
the builders of this spoke in
the public comment, and I hope
that you heard the things that
he was his company was helped,
was volunteering to help with
the community. We have had
several meetings. I want I
don't want to say several
meetings. I want to say a lot
of meetings on this type of
property. And he is still open
to and discussing with some of
the residents that had some
problems with the buildings,
some of the things that they
could do for their property to
help help things go smoothly.
They have been very open to
doing things and have also been
open to seeing what they can do
to help improve the whole
community. And so I would like
to ask, please, for your
commitment and approval for
this, and I renew my motion.
Okay. There is a motion to
approve. 1406 and 1407 it was
properly seconded in a
consolidated motion. Is there
any discussion on these bills
companion bills seeing none.
All in favor, please say aye.
Any voting no. Any abstaining?
Does the person voting no
perhaps want to abstain instead
so we don't have to go on the
boards. All right with that,
MR. Clerk, because these are on
their third and final reading
and we have a no vote. We do
have to go on the boards. If
you would please load the vote,
MR. Clerk.
MR. Cooper, are you
seeking a vote, sir? All votes
are in. MR. Clerk, please show
the vote. Okay. These bills
have passed their third and
final reading with 33 votes in
favor, one vote against and one
abstention. All right. Next,
our agenda items 75 and 76.
They are companions to each
other. Again, sponsors lee and
hill. Agenda item 75 is
ordinance bl 2026-1411. This is
an ordinance to amend title 17
of the metro code of laws, the
zoning ordinance of the metro
government by changing from a r
to a to sp. Zoning for property
located at 13181 old hickory
boulevard at the corner of old
hickory boulevard and twin oaks
lane. This is 4.97 acres. To
permit a mixed use development.
Council member lee saying that
you have an amendment for 1411.
After you get your committee
report. We can get the report
on both, but I'll need you just
to move 1411 for purposes of
amendment, and then we can re
consolidate them. Okay. Go
ahead ma'am, you're recognized.
I would like to request
committee reports, please.
For
the report of the planning and
zoning committee. Chair horton.
You're recognized. Sir.
Are we
recommended approval? Eight in
favor, zero against zero not
voting.
Okay. All right. It's
back to you, MISS Lee, for a
motion on 1411. First, please.
Ma'am.
I would like to request
to move this for the purposes
of adding an amendment.
Okay.
Is there a second? All right.
The bill is before us, and now
you can move your amendment.
MISS Lee.
I would like to move
my amendment on this with, I
guess, a slight comment.
All
right. Is there a second to the
motion to amend? All right.
Properly seconded. Go ahead.
Ma'am.
i would like to ask for
your for your support and
approving this. The amendment
has to do with some items that
came out in our community
meeting. We have had a
community meeting with this. We
also had one actually last
night and we had tea and water.
They're also meeting with some
community members to talk about
how different things could be
done to help in the community
and help with this particular
project. T-dot has been very
open and committed to continued
help with us on this. And the
developers of this also
continue to remain open and
listen to constituents and work
with them to try to get things
done. They likewise have also
promised to do some things in
some yards or some private
property around to try to make
things a little better. So I
would like to ask for your
approval of this. And, MADAM
Chair, since this had an
amendment, we cannot take both
of these together now, correct?
Correct.
So we're asked for
where we if you will move and
approve my amendment going on
2026 1411, please.
Yes, ma'am.
So what is before us at present
is just a motion to approve of
1411 and there now is a motion
to amend properly seconded
already. And you've heard the
description of that amendment
from MISS Lee. So is there any
further discussion specifically
on the motion to amend, seeing
none. All in favor of the
amendment, please say aye. Any
voting no or abstaining? All
right. At this juncture, miss
lee, I would ask if you seek to
renew your motion to approve
1411, as amended, along with
its companion 1412, which
requires certain materials to
be restricted in the
construction of buildings. Of
all the addresses in 1411.
Yes,
I would like to do that, and I
won't repeatit again, since.
You can just say so. Moved. All
right. Is there a second on
that? Okay. Is there any
discussion on the motion to
approve 1411 as amended, along
with its companion? 1412 seeing
none. All in favor, please say
aye. Any voting no. Any the
abstaining MISS Styles, are you
an abstention? Any other
abstentions? One abstention.
This has passed its third and
final reading, as amended.
Thank you, MADAM Chair.
Thank
you, MISS Lee. Next is agenda
item 77. This is ordinance bl
2026-1416. Sponsor webb. This
is an ordinance to amend title
17 of the metro code of
zoning ordinance of the metro
government by applying a
contextual overlay district to
various properties along
shepherd hills drive and twin
hills drive, southeast of
gallatin pike. This is zoned r
20. Is 137.6 acres. MISS
Webb, you are recognized, ma'am.
Committee reports.
Yes. For the
report of the planning zoning
committee. Chair horton. You're
recognized, sir.
Thank you,
vice mayor. Planning and zoning
recommended approval. Five in
favor, two against one not
voting.
all right. Thank you,
chair horton. It's back to you,
MISS Webb, for a motion to get
this bill before us.
I would
like to move for approval just
with a small comment.
Okay. Is
there a second? Go ahead. Ma'am.
As council members, we are
elected to work with our
constituents on what's best for
our neighborhoods. This isn't
this shouldn't be controversial.
This is simple contextual
overlay. And as stated before,
contextual overlay does not
affect density. I'm asking my
colleagues to help me do what
is supported by my communityas
the best option for us to
protect a wonderful, charmed,
and affordable housing area in
my district. Thank you.
All
right. There is a motion to
approve. Its been properly
seconded. Is there any
discussion on this ordinance?
Okay. As this is a disapproved
bill by the planning commission,
it requires 27 votes and a roll
call by rule. So seeing no
additional debate or discussion,
MR. Clark, I would ask that you
please load the vote for
ordinance 1416. Please, sir.
Colleagues, this requires 27
votes for passage.
With all
votes. And, MR. Clerk, please
show the vote. All right. This
ordinance has passed its third
and final reading with 29 votes
in favor, three against and one
abstention. Next. Also, a
sponsor web is agenda item 78.
Ordinance bl 2026-1420. This is
an ordinance to amend title 17,
the metro code of laws zoning
ordinance. The metro government,
by applying a contextual
overlay district to various
properties along cumberland
hills drive and northside drive,
south of gallatin pike. Zoned
rs40, this is 68.2 acres. MISS
Webb, you are recognized.
I'd
like to move for approval with
the same speech. I don't think
I have to.
Repeat it. First, we
need to get the report. We need
to first get the report of the
planning and zoning committee.
Chair horton, for your report,
please. On 1420.
Thank you,
vice mayor. Planning and zoning
recommended approval. Five in
favor, two against one not
voting.
Okay with that report
in. You MAY now move approval.
Okay, move for approval. But I
won't say it again. Same speech.
Okay. And that properly
seconded. Is there any
discussion on this ordinance? This was disapproved by
the planning commission. So by
rule on its third and final
vote it requires 27 votes and a
roll call. So with that, MR.
Clark, if you would please load
the vote.
All right. With all
votes in. MR. Clerk, please
show the vote. All right. This
ordinance has passed its third
and final reading with 30 votes
in favor, three votes against
and zero abstentions. Okay,
next on our agenda is agenda
item 88. This is ordinance bl
2026-1473. Sponsor bo. This is
ordinance to amend title 17,
the metro code of laws zoning
ordinance. The metro government
by changing from our. As
52munans zoning for property
located at 1212 villa place,
approximately 320ft south of
edgehill avenue. This is 0.28
acres and within the edge hill
neighborhood conservation
overlay district council member
bo.You're recognized. Ma'am.
Oh, does someone else. Okay.
Thank you, MISS Gad, for your
willingness there. No worries.
It's all good. MISS Foe. I have
read this into the record. It
is now time to ask for your
committee reports.
Thank you.
Committee reports.
Please.
Chair horton for the report of
the planning and zoning
committee, sir.
Thank you, vice
mayor. Planning and zoning
recommended approval. Eight in
favor, zero against zero. Not
voting.
Okay with that
committee report in. It's back
to you, MISS. Vote for a motion
to get the bill before us.
Thank you. Move to approve with
a brief comment.
Okay. Is there
a second I heard it motion to
approve. Properly seconded. Go
ahead ma'am.
Thank you so much,
vice mayor. I just want to make
a comment on this specific
rezoning. Has it's been
consistent with the surrounding
land use pattern and
established policies. The
property is surrounded by
commercially zoned parcels,
making this a logical and
compatible transition rather
than an isolated change. I know
we've had conversations with my
constituents, and I let them
know that I would comment on
this, that I also support
moving forward with the
assurance that this decision is
made. You know, that's not
being viewed as a slippery
slope, but you know that each
rezoning is always evaluated on
its own merits and the
surrounding context and
consistency with its adopted
policies. So I just want to put
that into the record. Thank you
so much.
Appreciate that, MISS.
All right. Is there any further
discussion on the motion to
approve this ordinance on its
third and final reading? Seeing
none. All in favor, please say
aye. Any voting no or
abstaining. All right. This
bill has passed its third and
final reading. Next is agenda
item 94, and it has a companion
95 sponsor hancock. The first
among those is 1479. This is an
ordinance to amend title 17 of
the metro code of laws zoning
ordinance. The metro government,
by changing from rs7 point five
to sp zoning for the properties
located at 515 anderson lane
and anderson lane. Unnumbered
approximately 450ft east of
snow avenue and approximately
650ft west of pierce road. This
is 3.93 acres to permit 57
multifamily residential units.
MISS Hancock, I see that you
have a potential amendment on
1479. So if that is something
that you want to offer at this
time, and when you request your
committee reports, you would
need to move 1479 separately
for purposes of amendment. If
that is your intent, go ahead,
MISS Hancock, you're recognized.
Committee reports on 1479,
please.
Okay. And we can go
ahead and do 1480 at the same
time. Chair horton, go ahead.
Thank you, vice mayor. For 1479
pnc recommended approval of the
amendment eight in favor, zero
against. You're not voting as
the of the bill as amended.
Eight in favor, zero against.
You're not voting. And the
companion bill 1480 we
recommended approval eight in
favor, zero against zero not
voting.
Okay. It's back to you,
MISS Hancock, for a motion.
I'd
like to move the amendment with
a brief comment.
We need to
move 1479 first to get it
before us.
1479 first to get it
before us, please.
Okay. Is
there a second on 1479? Okay.
You still have the floor.
Can make the motion to amend.
I'd like to amend with another
amendment. We did an amendment,
the previous reading, but
another amendment today. Can
move that and have a brief
comment.
You absolutely
there's a motion to amend. Is
it seconded. Go ahead ma'am.
So
this amendment addresses some
of the comments that we heard
at public hearing last reading,
where it's kind of a drastic
change from the current
neighborhood. So we made a more
gradual change on the front,
facing lots with the heights.
And we also saved a 20 foot
buffer of the large established
trees on the back or north side,
and added an environmental
survey to see if we can
establish if there are any of
the state endangered streamside
salamanders that madison knows
and loves. And I'd like to move
for approval.
Okay, there is a
motion to amend. It is properly
seconded. And you've heard a
description of the amendment
from sponsor hancock. Is there
any discussion on the motion to
amend or salamanders? No. Okay.
All in favor of the amendment,
please say aye. Any voting no
or abstaining. Okay. At this
time, do you wish to renew your
motion to approve, as amended,
and add 1480? The companion at
this time.
I'd like to move
1479 as amended, as amended,
and 1480 at the same time for
approval, with another very
brief comment.
Okay. Is there a
second on that motion? Okay. Go
ahead. MISS Hancock.
Just
wanted to emphasize that we
were able to get all of the
suggestions in and still keep
the proposed number of 57 new
homes and for this particular
community, move for approval.
All right. There is a motion to
approve 1479, as amended, and
consolidated motion with its
companion 1480, which requires
certain materials to be
restricted in the construction
of buildings at the addresses
in 1479. It's properly seconded.
Is there any further discussion?
Seeing none. All in favor,
please say aye. Any voting no
or abstaining? Okay. These
bills have passed their third
and final reading. And that
concludes our agenda for this
evening. Is there a motion to
adjourn? We are adjourned.
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