1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:16,640 We will call to order the regular meeting agenda for March 5th, 2026 at 6.31 p.m. with all five commissioners here. We do have a quorum, and I would like to invite Father Mark Simpson from Mother Teresa Catholic Church up to lead us in a prayer. 2 00:00:22,690 --> 00:00:24,030 Let us pray. 3 00:00:27,020 --> 00:00:39,730 Jesus, you say, that you are the truth, the way and the life. We ask for your blessings upon us tonight in this Board of Commissioners. 4 00:00:40,310 --> 00:00:53,070 To enlighten our minds and our hearts to truth, that coming to know truth, it may help us to enact good decisions that help for a way to a better life, 5 00:00:53,070 --> 00:00:55,810 For all those that you have called us to serve, 6 00:00:57,310 --> 00:00:59,310 that they may grow and flourish. 7 00:01:00,410 --> 00:01:03,150 We ask this through Christ our Lord, Amen. 8 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:07,880 Please join us in the pledge of allegiance. 9 00:01:30,860 --> 00:01:33,320 The next item on the agenda is approval of the agenda. 10 00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:34,000 Is there a motion? 11 00:01:34,460 --> 00:01:35,360 Motion to approve. 12 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:36,300 Second. 13 00:01:36,620 --> 00:01:37,680 We have a motion in a second. 14 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:39,260 Are there any amendments to the agenda? 15 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:46,200 I'd like to make a motion to move item D under new business 16 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:52,540 two after the consent agenda. Second, the motion in a second, any discussion on the motion to amend. 17 00:01:53,500 --> 00:01:58,320 All in favour of the amendment signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed motion passes unanimously. 18 00:01:59,340 --> 00:02:02,240 That takes us back to the main motion, which is the agenda as amended. 19 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:09,260 Motion to approve. We already got that. Yes. Well, then I'll just echo it. Sorry. 20 00:02:10,700 --> 00:02:14,980 Any other discussion on the agenda as amended? All in favour signify by saying aye. 21 00:02:14,980 --> 00:02:23,120 All opposed motion passes unanimously. That takes us to item three approval of the minutes for the strategic planning session minutes of February 2nd 22 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,640 2026 is their motion motion to approve. Second. 23 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:32,200 Give motion a second and a discussion. All in favour of approval signify by saying aye. 24 00:02:32,700 --> 00:02:34,460 Aye. All opposed motion passes unanimously. 25 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:41,200 That takes us to item four approval of minutes for the regular meeting minutes of February 5th 2026 is their motion. 26 00:02:41,820 --> 00:02:42,640 Motion to approve. 27 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:47,920 Second motion by Commissioner Corpander second by Commissioner Struford any discussion on the minutes 28 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:54,560 All in favor of the minute sigma 5 by saying aye. Aye. All opposed motion passes unanimously 29 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,760 That takes us to our presentation from officer Droshguin 30 00:02:58,440 --> 00:02:59,980 About eBike safety 31 00:03:05,670 --> 00:03:13,910 mayor commissioners neighbors. Thank you for affording some time for me to to go over this topic. It's important in our town 32 00:03:14,630 --> 00:03:17,450 We're gonna have a PowerPoint presentation as well 33 00:03:18,250 --> 00:03:24,610 E-bike safety is kind of a hot topic here in town now, you know, we've had some issues with traffic, 34 00:03:24,770 --> 00:03:30,810 we've had some issues with crashes, and we want to make sure that our community knows that our 35 00:03:30,810 --> 00:03:37,130 police department is handling this situation, we're actively working to be able to remedy 36 00:03:37,130 --> 00:03:43,630 the major issues right now, and then we're going to work our way into the smaller issues with 37 00:03:43,630 --> 00:03:50,730 compliance with the law, specifically relating to the safety for our children and our general public. 38 00:03:51,310 --> 00:03:58,070 We're going to work on getting that up. I do have brochures as well for anybody that wants any of these. 39 00:03:58,070 --> 00:04:02,710 These brochures talk specifically about e-bikes. 40 00:04:03,010 --> 00:04:06,430 The e-bikes that are legal. The ones that are safe. 41 00:04:06,790 --> 00:04:11,250 And then it has some helpful tips as well and I'll put those in the back when I'm done. 42 00:04:12,530 --> 00:04:17,290 So, you could go to the first slide, Monte, you can skip over. 43 00:04:18,110 --> 00:04:21,310 So these are some of the topics that I'm going to go over tonight. 44 00:04:21,930 --> 00:04:27,730 I want to address the difference between an e-bike and a dirt bike, and we've had this 45 00:04:27,730 --> 00:04:28,470 issue in town. 46 00:04:28,470 --> 00:04:30,950 It's been a major issue for the safety of our public. 47 00:04:31,590 --> 00:04:32,530 So, we're going to go over that. 48 00:04:32,590 --> 00:04:37,590 We're going to go over some of the state and local regulations that we are enforcing the most 49 00:04:37,590 --> 00:04:41,110 common violations that we're seeing on the street as patrol officers. 50 00:04:42,530 --> 00:04:46,910 Some of the ideas that we've had, we've been working on this project, the eBike Safety 51 00:04:46,910 --> 00:04:52,910 Project for our town for months now, and we've had to do a lot of research and law, because 52 00:04:52,910 --> 00:04:55,550 it's kind of hard to understand for everybody. 53 00:04:56,190 --> 00:04:59,910 So we wanted to make this easy for everyone to understand, and we're going to be implementing 54 00:04:59,910 --> 00:05:06,990 enforcement strategies and practices for our kids, our adults, the community in general. 55 00:05:07,930 --> 00:05:12,350 And then talk a little bit about how to balance safety, accessibility for our kids to 56 00:05:12,350 --> 00:05:17,310 be able to ride these e-bikes, and just kind of the general happiness of the town, especially 57 00:05:17,310 --> 00:05:20,250 the pedestrians, we're 58 00:05:27,900 --> 00:05:28,980 getting it worked out. 59 00:05:29,840 --> 00:05:33,420 The first thing, and I know what the next slide's going to be, there it is, all right, so 60 00:05:33,420 --> 00:05:39,400 The main thing is is that the biggest users of e-bikes in our town are juveniles. 61 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:40,660 I mean, hands down. 62 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:44,400 It's mostly kids riding their bikes, and we love for them to ride their bikes. 63 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:46,460 It helps our town in a lot of ways, I think. 64 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:47,460 It helps with traffic. 65 00:05:47,980 --> 00:05:52,960 If you consider that all these parents are not having to take their kids to the soccer practice 66 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:57,480 and baseball games in the school, we already have a little bit of a traffic issue through 67 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:58,260 here. 68 00:05:58,740 --> 00:06:02,040 I think e-bikes are a good solution for that. 69 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:12,540 It also allows these kids to have freedom to go out and see their friends in distant neighborhoods, and I think it's kind of a sense of identity for them as well, just talking to them. 70 00:06:12,740 --> 00:06:13,360 All right. 71 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:19,140 So the first thing I'm going to go over is how to differentiate between e-bikes and e-dirt bikes. 72 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:30,020 The e-bike first, it looks a lot like a normal bike. The only difference is it's going to have an electric motor on it. It will be pedal assisted or throttle assisted. 73 00:06:30,620 --> 00:06:37,260 These are, according to state law, there are three classes of e-bites that are legal in the state of Tennessee. 74 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,800 The main thing that you need to know and these will be in the handout as well if you'd like to have one. 75 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:45,960 But the main thing that you need to know is that they have to have functional pedals. 76 00:06:46,780 --> 00:06:53,240 The motor can't be above 750 watts, and it can't go above 28 miles per hour. 77 00:06:53,300 --> 00:06:56,180 That is the fastest e-bike you can have. 78 00:06:56,180 --> 00:07:00,880 And there are limitations to the class three, which goes 28 miles per hour. 79 00:07:01,500 --> 00:07:04,880 Anyone under 14 years of age can't ride one according to state law. 80 00:07:06,140 --> 00:07:11,020 It can't be anywhere that normal bicycles would be because it's so fast. 81 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:16,220 All right, so those are limited to, honestly, more of the road. 82 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:18,020 All right, because they're fast. 83 00:07:18,420 --> 00:07:21,560 28 miles an hour, that's the speed of most of Nolan'sville. 84 00:07:21,580 --> 00:07:22,760 Pretty close to it. 85 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:27,780 So we don't necessarily want those buzz and buy our pedestrians on the sidewalks. 86 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:30,100 Now let's go into our problem child here. 87 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:36,960 This is the E-dirt bike and we've had a lot of trouble out of this and probably I guess 88 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:44,940 since the middle of last year especially the E-dirt bike is exponentially more dangerous than 89 00:07:44,940 --> 00:07:45,820 the E-bike. 90 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:48,500 It goes a lot faster. 91 00:07:48,500 --> 00:07:50,000 It has no functional pedals. 92 00:07:50,740 --> 00:07:54,280 It's greater than 750 watts, upwards of 5,000 watts. 93 00:07:55,920 --> 00:08:00,840 The speeds, if modded, modified, can go up to 80 miles an hour. 94 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:07,660 So the average off the line, e-dirt bike is going 40 miles an hour. 95 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:11,920 Okay, so you could see the problem with that on our pedestrian trails. 96 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:17,980 They can be modified to be street legal and certain circumstances, but even whenever that's 97 00:08:17,980 --> 00:08:23,540 case, the rider has to have a driver's license, a motorcycle endorsement, it must have a registration 98 00:08:24,140 --> 00:08:28,500 and insurance. It's just like a motor vehicle. It's the same thing according to Tennessee State 99 00:08:28,500 --> 00:08:36,780 Code. All right. It's not allowed on any greenway sidewalk streets, anywhere in town, unless you have 100 00:08:36,780 --> 00:08:43,520 private property, you can ride the heck out of it. Take it wherever you want on that property. But 101 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:52,200 it can't be anywhere else. It is considered a motor vehicle. This is kind of in between an e-bike 102 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:58,040 and an e-dirt bike. Sometimes these are legal, under 750 watts, under 28 miles per hour, 103 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:03,720 sometimes they're not. The only way you know is through inspection and we are doing that on the street. 104 00:09:06,340 --> 00:09:12,080 So I've got this question a lot. Why do we enforce bicycle law? It seems like it's below the police. 105 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,200 why aren't we worrying about bigger things? 106 00:09:14,820 --> 00:09:17,580 From a personal perspective, I've been on four accidents 107 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:19,280 with bicycles. 108 00:09:20,460 --> 00:09:22,040 One of those was a fatality. 109 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:24,860 The other three involved juvenile, 110 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:27,440 one of which I thought was a fatality 111 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:28,980 when I arrived on the scene. 112 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:32,600 It gets your attention when you arrive as a police officer 113 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:36,500 on the scene to a juvenile kid laying face down 114 00:09:36,500 --> 00:09:38,680 in the middle of the highway, not moving. 115 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:41,040 It sticks with you. 116 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,840 and that's the reason I'm passionate about it so is the department. 117 00:09:45,100 --> 00:09:48,880 So children, that's the first thing and I've got some stories to tell you on that. 118 00:09:49,340 --> 00:09:53,720 The safety of our motors is a big deal. We've had motors. I've had different drivers tell 119 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:57,940 me that they've tried to dodge kids as they shoot out into the road and that put the 120 00:09:57,940 --> 00:10:03,260 mitt risk of running off the road. The big one I think more than anything in our community is 121 00:10:03,260 --> 00:10:09,540 the safety of our pedestrians. There's been many stories of pedestrians being hit by these bikes 122 00:10:09,540 --> 00:10:14,020 and kind of terrorized by the kids riding them. 123 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,480 The enjoyment of the town's trails. I've heard this many times. 124 00:10:18,140 --> 00:10:23,300 I do a lot of foot patrol and patrol with the UTV on the trails. 125 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:28,500 I can't tell you how many dozens of people have stopped and thank me for being out there. 126 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:29,720 Keep in this at bay. 127 00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:35,340 The conservation of our green spaces is one of the things that I'm seeing more and more of 128 00:10:35,340 --> 00:10:41,860 is the destruction of the green spaces due to the dirt bikes tearing up the grass, the hills, 129 00:10:42,100 --> 00:10:49,780 the berms. This is also happening on HOA property, preventing property damage. We're also 130 00:10:49,780 --> 00:10:55,280 seeing this on private property. And then, of course, preventing traffic flow issues. 131 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:03,060 So here are some problem areas that are probably most common around here. The subdivision 132 00:11:03,060 --> 00:11:07,800 common areas are being damaged. The sidewalks, the pedestrians are having a heart 133 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:14,340 tunnel sidewalk, especially the ones that have kids. Greenways, any of the places 134 00:11:14,340 --> 00:11:19,500 where the kids like to be, right? Public, Sonic, in front of the Rick Center, all 135 00:11:19,500 --> 00:11:24,520 of that area, it's very congested already. And when you have a bike running 50 miles 136 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:29,440 an hour through a parking lot, we've got a problem. And about half of that time, when I 137 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:31,540 or I'm saying they're doing wheelies. 138 00:11:32,100 --> 00:11:33,680 Go and probably 25, 30. 139 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:35,260 All right. 140 00:11:35,940 --> 00:11:38,680 The high traffic times are going to be, this is current. 141 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:41,300 This is right now, this changes with the season. 142 00:11:41,500 --> 00:11:44,180 But right now, it's three to seven PM on weekdays 143 00:11:44,180 --> 00:11:46,640 when they get out of school, which, by the way, 144 00:11:46,780 --> 00:11:48,400 is the same as rush hour traffic. 145 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:52,820 And then on weekends, they wake up a little late 146 00:11:52,820 --> 00:11:53,840 on Saturdays. 147 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,040 They come out about 10 o'clock and go all the way 148 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:57,000 to have to dark. 149 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:04,100 All right, so some high traffic areas that we're looking at, especially when it's concerning the road, 150 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:10,420 new some crosswalk. And there's a curve there that's almost a blind curve for drivers, 151 00:12:10,620 --> 00:12:14,040 whenever pedestrians are crossing, and these kids are crossing very quickly, 152 00:12:15,300 --> 00:12:16,980 especially the e-dirt bikes. 153 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,300 Sunset pedestrian path, we've seen a lot there. 154 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:22,980 Sunset no one's built crosswalk, again public's area, 155 00:12:22,980 --> 00:12:27,500 and rocky fork crosswalk, which is extremely dangerous crosswalk. 156 00:12:27,780 --> 00:12:32,600 If you've been down rocky fork very much and seen those people trying to cross the road, it's a challenge. 157 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:38,400 Because a lot of the traffic that we have coming through town is not people that live in town. 158 00:12:38,980 --> 00:12:42,500 So maybe they're not used to the crosswalks that we have or know where they are. 159 00:12:46,660 --> 00:12:49,920 All right, so some of the things that we are doing as a department, 160 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:52,000 I'm going to go over those. 161 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,460 These are the typical infractions that we see. 162 00:12:55,820 --> 00:12:57,140 Helmet law is a big deal. 163 00:12:57,420 --> 00:12:59,140 If you look at the stats on that, 164 00:12:59,260 --> 00:13:02,440 there is a 30% reduction in head trauma 165 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:05,240 if there is a crash, if they have a helmet on. 166 00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:08,960 Again, illegal dirt bikes. 167 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:10,460 They're also in TCA. 168 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:13,680 They're considered OHVs are off highway vehicles. 169 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:19,340 All right, they account for over 90% of our encounters on patrol. 170 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,000 And we usually see those on sidewalks, roadways, 171 00:13:23,180 --> 00:13:25,780 they're riding down the lanes of the roadways faster 172 00:13:25,780 --> 00:13:27,940 than the cars and sometimes passing the cars. 173 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:33,320 Traffic laws, especially when you start talking about e-bikes, 174 00:13:33,420 --> 00:13:35,420 this is something that would apply to that. 175 00:13:35,780 --> 00:13:39,800 Stopping it lights, using signs, signaling, light law. 176 00:13:40,220 --> 00:13:43,140 And these are things that can be taught to the people 177 00:13:43,140 --> 00:13:43,700 ride them. 178 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,540 And I think this is where education comes in for the community. 179 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:48,660 And we're going to be doing that. 180 00:13:48,660 --> 00:13:54,520 reckless riding, again, riding wheelies, zigzag, and down the road. And I'll just tell you, 181 00:13:54,620 --> 00:14:02,980 you know, last Thursday, we've been battling this issue with just a handful of juveniles. 182 00:14:03,060 --> 00:14:08,540 It hasn't been the vast majority. Most of them are doing really good. They're polite. They're respectful. 183 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:14,820 They're safe, but there's a handful in our community that ride these dirt bikes. 184 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:21,400 And I've had, last Thursday was the last time it happened, but I've had them evade me while 185 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:26,200 I have my lights and sirens on and actually run from me and they've done that with several 186 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:26,580 officers. 187 00:14:27,660 --> 00:14:29,940 The last Thursday was the most dangerous one. 188 00:14:29,940 --> 00:14:31,320 I turned on my lights and sirens. 189 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:36,540 They were riding in the dark down new some lane and they would not stop. 190 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:39,600 They went into the oncoming lane with traffic through the intersection. 191 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:45,000 I had to cancel, or they possibly could have killed themselves. 192 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:52,540 The same evening, I had another one run from me, and shoot across Rocky 4 at 40 to 50 miles 193 00:14:52,540 --> 00:14:57,540 an hour and ramp off the side of the road across the field behind publics, and disappear 194 00:14:57,540 --> 00:14:58,220 into the woods. 195 00:15:00,180 --> 00:15:06,060 So these are issues that we're running into. This is how we're fixing them. 196 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:11,120 All right, we have roving patrols. That's a lot of what we do. 197 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:18,300 We ride around and if we do see that in between our calls and in between working traffic, we see 198 00:15:18,300 --> 00:15:24,220 the kids on dirt bikes, we handle it. You TV patrol, we just implemented this because 199 00:15:24,220 --> 00:15:28,720 says of this group that decided that they were going to run. 200 00:15:29,420 --> 00:15:37,220 So now we'll use the Polaris out on the trails in case they try to evade so that we can find them. 201 00:15:37,500 --> 00:15:40,860 Remember that running from the police is a felony. 202 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,380 Doesn't matter how old you are. 203 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:51,140 We have a bike unit that will be utilized on the trails and sidewalks to make sure that kids are being safe. 204 00:15:51,900 --> 00:15:57,800 We have foot patrol on the trails, the biggest thing that we rely on is calls from our community. 205 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:02,540 We rely on people that are saying, hey, we've got a problem here. 206 00:16:03,140 --> 00:16:04,720 Can you show up? Absolutely. 207 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:14,500 Some of the enforcement options that we've been using primarily, we've been doing written or verbal warnings. 208 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:20,740 And the way we've done this is we have stopped the juvenile, we give them a verbal warning. 209 00:16:20,740 --> 00:16:29,120 We call their parents and require their parents to come pick their motor cycle up and put it in their truck or car and take it home. 210 00:16:29,620 --> 00:16:37,040 Because by law they cannot ride it. We cannot allow them to continue to travel in that vehicle with that license registration or insurance. 211 00:16:40,370 --> 00:16:49,290 Eventually we will be going into citations for repeat offenders. If they just continue to do it and decide that they don't care what we say will be issuing citations as well. 212 00:16:52,180 --> 00:16:55,060 So, these are the two phases of our plan. 213 00:16:55,440 --> 00:17:00,500 We are in the first phase right now to stop, warn, call the parents, and return the 214 00:17:00,500 --> 00:17:01,240 by-home. 215 00:17:01,900 --> 00:17:06,660 Eventually, we will be adding citations to that, and that will be very soon. 216 00:17:09,950 --> 00:17:11,910 This is another thing that we're doing as a department. 217 00:17:12,010 --> 00:17:15,430 We don't want to be just the mean oak cop that's right and tick. 218 00:17:15,530 --> 00:17:16,070 It's all the time. 219 00:17:16,110 --> 00:17:18,730 We love our kids, and that's why we do what we do. 220 00:17:19,090 --> 00:17:23,430 I have kids in this town, and I want them to be safe, and I want them to be 221 00:17:23,430 --> 00:17:30,770 be responsible and more so I want them to be respectful to the people around them. 222 00:17:31,410 --> 00:17:36,650 So some of the things that we're doing, we're planning public events like an eBike Safety 223 00:17:36,650 --> 00:17:42,730 Day that will have a headliner act, maybe a trick rider, it will have demonstrations 224 00:17:42,730 --> 00:17:47,350 on how to take care of your bike, we already secured somebody to do that that's an expert, 225 00:17:47,350 --> 00:17:54,350 expert helmet fitting for young kids, and even training for small kids on how to rob 226 00:17:54,350 --> 00:18:00,250 a bike safely. So we'll be doing some public events like that. We already have brochures 227 00:18:00,250 --> 00:18:06,090 that we've made up with all the information that the public needs to make an educated informed 228 00:18:06,090 --> 00:18:13,570 and safe decision on how to get a bike for their kids. Social media campaigns, we want to get 229 00:18:13,570 --> 00:18:18,630 word out and give tips to the community of what they can do for their children to keep 230 00:18:18,630 --> 00:18:25,110 them safe. And of course in-person contact, just like tonight, and just like we do on the 231 00:18:25,110 --> 00:18:32,790 street every day. One of the programs that we're hoping to start this year is called the 232 00:18:32,790 --> 00:18:37,810 Rotter and Senate Program Responsible Rotter and Senate Program. This will be an officer 233 00:18:37,810 --> 00:18:45,390 nominated event. So if an officer is driving down the road and they see one of our kids doing 234 00:18:45,390 --> 00:18:50,910 everything right, they're trying their best to be safe, they have proper gear on, they will be 235 00:18:50,910 --> 00:18:58,230 able to nominate that young person for responsible writer. We'll have maybe some things that we can 236 00:18:58,230 --> 00:19:03,970 give kids from our vehicle to help with their safety on their on their bikes, light little lights and 237 00:19:03,970 --> 00:19:12,480 selectors and things like that. And then I'm hoping that we'll be able to maybe publicly recognize 238 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:16,800 them as well. Maybe right here. I think that would be special for a lot of youngsters. 239 00:19:19,460 --> 00:19:24,300 So I want to read something to you. You know, I spend a lot of time out there in the public doing this 240 00:19:24,300 --> 00:19:28,160 and it's been a lot of time on the trail. You'd be amazed all the stories out here. 241 00:19:30,020 --> 00:19:37,020 Some of them really great. Some of them about the problems that we're facing. And I want to read a 242 00:19:37,020 --> 00:19:43,120 an email, one of the many emails that I've received from pedestrians, and this one really 243 00:19:43,120 --> 00:19:44,400 hit home for me. 244 00:19:47,740 --> 00:19:51,940 It says, my son has down syndrome and is strong, capable and athletic. 245 00:19:52,460 --> 00:19:57,200 Through his life, he has spent countless hours outside playing. He has absolutely love playing 246 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:02,280 with other kids in the neighborhood. And we specifically have kept our backyards open so the kids 247 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:09,540 can run back and forth and enjoy the open area. My son had a special three-wheel-foot propelled 248 00:20:09,540 --> 00:20:17,580 scooter that he could take independently as far as we could see him. He got to experience a freedom 249 00:20:17,580 --> 00:20:24,600 of being a bike or a scooter and just explore. He was fit and happy and got to make lots of 250 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:30,920 choices while he was outside. These are things I believe that many of us take for granted the ability 251 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:36,720 to send our children outside to play and to be safe while riding bikes taking the trail somewhere 252 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:40,620 and having fun with friends. It's something that is very special. 253 00:20:41,940 --> 00:20:47,180 The social aspect of this is priceless. The ability to be fit and strong as priceless, 254 00:20:47,420 --> 00:20:52,440 the ability to just experience the sun. And some fresh air is also priceless. 255 00:20:53,440 --> 00:21:00,140 My son does not have that anymore unless I'm with him. He's a teenager and very much would 256 00:21:00,140 --> 00:21:04,180 like to be outside just doing things on his own with his friends, but he cannot. 257 00:21:04,820 --> 00:21:10,620 For him none of this is possible. He is at risk of being hit by e-dirt bikes and e-bikes. 258 00:21:13,100 --> 00:21:18,040 I heard another story just the other day of a lady that has a 90-year-old mother. 259 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:22,960 And one of the reasons they moved to town was the greenways. They love walking down the greenways. 260 00:21:23,820 --> 00:21:27,400 Her mother has not been out of the house to walk those greenways in six months. 261 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:32,980 Because it's getting too close to the e-bikes. 262 00:21:32,980 --> 00:21:35,520 All right, they're coming too close to her. 263 00:21:35,700 --> 00:21:37,140 That was her one form of exercise. 264 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:41,820 All right, these are little quotes that I've heard 265 00:21:41,820 --> 00:21:44,560 on the trails as I'm talking to the public. 266 00:21:47,100 --> 00:21:49,500 And you know it's a shame, it really is. 267 00:21:49,740 --> 00:21:51,760 And I know that the town cares about this 268 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:53,960 because they've come to us about it. 269 00:21:54,220 --> 00:21:56,080 The department cares about it. 270 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,660 And I know the vast majority of Nolan's 271 00:21:58,660 --> 00:22:01,040 Bill cares about it because I hear it every day. 272 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:05,160 You know, a safe community doesn't happen by chance. 273 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:10,880 It happens when citizens speak up and their police stand up. 274 00:22:11,380 --> 00:22:16,180 You've spoken and we're standing with you, expect changes. 275 00:22:17,300 --> 00:22:18,700 They're coming very soon. 276 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:20,260 Thank you for your time. 277 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:21,820 Thank you. 278 00:22:27,850 --> 00:22:29,690 Great job, I'm sharing that information. 279 00:22:30,810 --> 00:22:34,890 We've had a lot of discussions about community education related to e-bikes, and I think 280 00:22:34,890 --> 00:22:38,450 each time we hear from the police department, which is clearly passionate about protecting 281 00:22:38,450 --> 00:22:40,770 our community, we get more information. 282 00:22:41,690 --> 00:22:47,270 I actually received an email today about e-bikes again, and I know each of us has received 283 00:22:47,270 --> 00:22:49,270 a significant amount of information. 284 00:22:50,130 --> 00:22:56,690 Does anyone have any questions about the presentation at very powerful presentation, and it is 285 00:22:56,690 --> 00:23:00,910 also lovely to see that your daughter is in the back, and I know very proud to get to see her 286 00:23:00,910 --> 00:23:04,050 speak and do such a great job. I hope you enjoyed that, Sammy. 287 00:23:06,930 --> 00:23:08,790 It's a big issue in our community 288 00:23:08,790 --> 00:23:16,310 and we've had multiple stories of people being hit on greenways and I'm very grateful for the 289 00:23:16,310 --> 00:23:22,590 work the police department is doing. We want to make sure that cars are being safe on the road and 290 00:23:22,590 --> 00:23:28,650 that they are looking out for bikes, but we also want to make sure that e-bikes and illegal 291 00:23:28,650 --> 00:23:32,750 are being driven correctly and responsibly and not hitting pedestrians. 292 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:36,160 Any other? 293 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:37,680 All right. 294 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:44,420 That takes us to citizen comments, which Mr. Robert Hatcher. 295 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:50,820 Robert Hatcher, Austin Court. 296 00:23:54,860 --> 00:23:56,160 Appreciate your service. 297 00:23:57,420 --> 00:24:02,720 Recently, I wrote an article after this discussion at the work group about the aesthetics of the new police station. 298 00:24:03,300 --> 00:24:17,300 And I thought that conversation was kind of weird that I'd be focusing on the cost of what it's going to be and the functionality that we build a big enough police station that it's going to last least 30 years. 299 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:24,760 One of my readers commented on that post. Why don't you go down to the town hall and talk to me? 300 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,640 I'm like, you have no idea who you're talking to. 301 00:24:28,580 --> 00:24:30,400 So I'm here to mention that. 302 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:38,020 I know a couple of you read my post and it got a lot of traction and hopefully focus the 303 00:24:38,020 --> 00:24:40,880 conversation on the new police station a little bit. 304 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:45,780 What I think it should be, especially since we've lost the ability to charge impact fees. 305 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:54,320 Money is fungible so that stream of revenue that the town no longer has the authority to 306 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:58,120 select puts a lot of pressure on our budget and capital projects. 307 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:04,820 So, and I know it's budget season, and you guys need to watch every penny. 308 00:25:07,180 --> 00:25:14,520 Watching that work group work session, I had a strange feeling, because I was actually proud 309 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:15,340 of this board. 310 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:21,760 And they were discussion on what to name the park, and I've been quiet about it, because 311 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:25,060 I thought if I had publicly stated in my opinion 312 00:25:25,060 --> 00:25:27,180 in what we should name the park that there 313 00:25:27,180 --> 00:25:31,340 will be a lot of people, that would be against my suggestion. 314 00:25:32,420 --> 00:25:35,040 But I brought it up during the election, 315 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:37,620 and what I thought should be the name. 316 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:42,340 I hope tonight will officially become the name. 317 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:45,840 And with that, I want to say how proud I am 318 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:48,640 of each and every one of you, which really happens. 319 00:25:50,660 --> 00:25:52,960 But congratulations, I'm doing the right thing. 320 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:54,820 Thank you very much. 321 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:56,100 Thank you, Mr. Hatcher. 322 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:59,320 Anyone else that would like to sign up for citizen comments? 323 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,680 All right, that takes us to announcements and reports from Town Manager. 324 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:12,180 So a few things to bring to your attention. First of all, 325 00:26:12,940 --> 00:26:16,580 I'll put some information on your desk in front of you. 326 00:26:16,580 --> 00:26:23,100 I had a conversation today with Mark Mementoff of Bassbury and Sims and the conversation was 327 00:26:23,100 --> 00:26:31,100 wrapped around the IDD conversations that we've had in the past that's bored. Mark in particular 328 00:26:31,100 --> 00:26:39,000 has vast experience in working with TIFs and even these other IDDs and as well as other type 329 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:45,700 special districts. But the reason why I reached out to him is he is specifically, our 330 00:26:45,700 --> 00:26:52,860 his firm is exclusively works for municipalities and local governments. They do not do work for 331 00:26:52,860 --> 00:26:59,180 developers. So the information that you might receive from them would be specifically toward 332 00:26:59,180 --> 00:27:06,340 what your interests are and not others. Part of my conversation was that he just actually sent 333 00:27:06,340 --> 00:27:12,920 his entire presentation packet which I've already afforded on to you all. I pulled out the 334 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:17,500 one side that was pros and cons which really mimics some of the things that we've already heard. 335 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:24,180 But he actually offered that he's willing to come in person and just have another discussion with you 336 00:27:24,180 --> 00:27:29,460 all about that. Actually last week he was headed off to college stale for the very same thing. 337 00:27:29,460 --> 00:27:35,960 And, most recently, he's been working with Gallatin on their IDD. 338 00:27:36,340 --> 00:27:42,220 He closed the one with Bristol, which I think was the very first one in the state, and 339 00:27:42,220 --> 00:27:47,640 has done some work there with Knoxville, so he had quite an expensive amount of experience, 340 00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:52,960 and he's been in the special districts for years. 341 00:27:53,940 --> 00:28:01,160 So anyway, I just wanted to provide that information if you all are interested in hearing from him. 342 00:28:01,540 --> 00:28:10,320 I can get him set up to attend one of our work sessions just to come in and have some more Q&A with all about that topic. 343 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:12,840 I absolutely am, but good. 344 00:28:15,770 --> 00:28:15,850 Okay. 345 00:28:16,050 --> 00:28:18,330 I too would support that. 346 00:28:18,450 --> 00:28:18,990 All right. 347 00:28:19,490 --> 00:28:20,830 I will go to work on that. 348 00:28:20,830 --> 00:28:28,930 The second thing is on the park at Sunset Road, which we're obviously going to be talking about in a little bit. 349 00:28:30,010 --> 00:28:33,790 There are some things that are coming that we need to move forward. 350 00:28:34,170 --> 00:28:37,710 One is acquiring the easement for the sewer. 351 00:28:38,010 --> 00:28:45,650 As part of acquiring that easement, Mayor Gallic has had conversations with the easements on the objects side of the creek. 352 00:28:45,650 --> 00:28:49,410 So it's on the east side of Mill Creek 353 00:28:49,410 --> 00:28:53,590 that has to come over into the Bartlett property there. 354 00:28:54,750 --> 00:28:56,590 Her Galaxied conversations with them, 355 00:28:56,810 --> 00:28:58,950 they're willing to donate that east, that's to us. 356 00:28:59,030 --> 00:29:01,350 But one of the things that they ask us 357 00:29:01,350 --> 00:29:04,690 is would we consider something inside the park 358 00:29:04,690 --> 00:29:09,170 to be named after their family, just so one of the thoughts 359 00:29:09,170 --> 00:29:10,890 was maybe one of the pedestrian bridges 360 00:29:10,890 --> 00:29:13,610 or something like that being named after them. 361 00:29:14,350 --> 00:29:18,430 One, just kind of throw that out there because ultimately that would take a resolution from you all. 362 00:29:18,630 --> 00:29:26,690 But we need to go ahead and get that conveyance to us and I want to make sure that everyone's agreeable to doing something similar to that. 363 00:29:27,270 --> 00:29:34,770 It doesn't have to be the bridge but that we can go ahead and get that donated well. 364 00:29:37,090 --> 00:29:45,290 As part of all of that, we will be bringing back to you resolutions, basically giving us authorization 365 00:29:46,290 --> 00:29:52,370 to officially go to be it, but tonight I'm actually asking for consensus on that issue, 366 00:29:52,590 --> 00:29:58,370 because just timing is always an issue, and construction of the sewer issue, our construction 367 00:29:58,370 --> 00:29:59,970 of the sewer is... 368 00:30:00,620 --> 00:30:25,840 Can only be done from June until October, because of the, the crayfish in the creek. And so we, we wanted to make sure that we get our advertisements out, get the thing bid in a timely fashion, so that we don't miss in that time frame. And if y'all are, if, if I have consensus, I'll bring back a resolution at, at the next voting meeting. 369 00:30:27,060 --> 00:30:31,320 So I responded to your email with no opposition, and I was comfortable with moving forward. 370 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:32,800 All right, very good. 371 00:30:33,180 --> 00:30:36,840 So that's who we will go ahead and start moving forward with that. 372 00:30:37,740 --> 00:30:42,800 And then the last thing that Brother Hatcher said, 373 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,760 budget time is here, and we are a mid-budget time. 374 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:52,840 We have scheduled budget meetings individually with you all the week of March 16th. 375 00:30:52,840 --> 00:31:03,060 I've had some question about how you can we have more time to after we've met to understand what the budget is and then be able to get back to you all. 376 00:31:03,300 --> 00:31:04,840 In advance of you. 377 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:10,100 Bring you out and doing a public presentation on for the first time. 378 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,600 And so what I was going to pitch to you all in. 379 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:18,260 In our strategic planning session, the way we had laid that out is that at our next work session. 380 00:31:18,260 --> 00:31:26,260 to be the March work session, we would be doing that public presentation, but I propose to you all is that 381 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:33,080 instead of us doing it at the March work session, we could do that first public presentation as a draft 382 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:39,280 at the beginning of the voting meeting in April, so we slide it essentially two weeks 383 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:45,520 have that presentation as a draft and then we use the April work session 384 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:53,980 as the first vote, so instead of it being a presentation at the upcoming work session and 385 00:31:53,980 --> 00:32:00,800 a first vote at the voting meeting in April, voting meeting would get shifted to work 386 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:01,620 session in April. 387 00:32:01,780 --> 00:32:04,520 So it shifts two weeks, doesn't affect the rest of the schedule. 388 00:32:05,300 --> 00:32:09,940 So we would still, if everything went well, we would still be done by the first weekend 389 00:32:09,940 --> 00:32:16,300 June always our goal, just because there's so much work, once the budget's adopted, then 390 00:32:16,300 --> 00:32:23,640 there's all the work of getting it put in and ready to go July 1 versus June 30 when 391 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:25,560 we would close out. 392 00:32:25,980 --> 00:32:29,560 That's all that I have, those three items. 393 00:32:30,780 --> 00:32:32,460 Any questions, or if you'd back for Victor, 394 00:32:35,820 --> 00:32:37,600 right, that takes us to our report from town attorney. 395 00:32:38,180 --> 00:32:43,840 On the impact fee appeal, the record was synced up to the court on the 12th. 396 00:32:44,100 --> 00:32:47,080 It is still not been actually filed with the court. 397 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:52,520 Once it's technically filed as when our deadline to file our brief starts, so we're getting 398 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:52,900 closer. 399 00:32:53,220 --> 00:32:57,520 That should be in the next week or two, hopefully I don't have any updates on the Lamar 400 00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:04,660 matter and the ultimate appeal, that is also still just waiting on a ruling from the 401 00:33:04,660 --> 00:33:05,380 Supreme Court. 402 00:33:07,070 --> 00:33:13,270 any questions for Charles. That takes us to our consent agenda. Is there a motion to approve? 403 00:33:13,650 --> 00:33:21,450 Motion to approve. Second. All in favor of the consent agenda signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed? Motion passes unanimously. 404 00:33:22,330 --> 00:33:34,810 That takes us to item D under new business resolution 26-026 a resolution to name the new park property located at 1686 sunset road as Chris Mon Brown Park. 405 00:33:34,810 --> 00:33:38,290 so moved. Motion by Commissioner Gill is there a second? 406 00:33:38,290 --> 00:33:43,970 Second? If a motion and a second. Any discussion? First of all, thank you all for your patience. 407 00:33:45,530 --> 00:33:49,490 For I thought when we moved it up, we would get there a little bit faster, but it took a little 408 00:33:49,490 --> 00:33:56,730 bit longer. This resolution is so special. I think to the community as a whole and before we vote, 409 00:33:57,330 --> 00:34:01,950 we discussed this at our last workshop, so I do believe that there was consensus among the board, 410 00:34:01,950 --> 00:34:09,070 than, but there's so few opportunities in our community to recognize families that have done 411 00:34:09,070 --> 00:34:16,670 so much for the community, not just for one year or two years, but over decades. And we have 412 00:34:16,670 --> 00:34:24,410 so few opportunities like this. This particular area of land is directly adjacent to the original 413 00:34:24,410 --> 00:34:30,670 Sunset Park. And I think it's really important in the history of our community that we, we recognize 414 00:34:30,670 --> 00:34:37,890 things like that. The resolution that we have before us talks about the number of submissions 415 00:34:37,890 --> 00:34:46,630 we had from the community. We had over 473 votes that were submitted. We had 194 different 416 00:34:46,630 --> 00:34:53,750 names submitted. The best majority recognized the history of this particular area. We had names 417 00:34:53,750 --> 00:34:58,790 submitted by Ms. Kimmy Brown, who is here in the audience tonight recognizing the Brown family 418 00:34:58,790 --> 00:35:04,690 that ran Sunset Park for over a decade. There's also a significant number of submissions for 419 00:35:04,690 --> 00:35:09,990 the Chris Montgomery, which was the original family that created Sunset Park. And what I think is 420 00:35:09,990 --> 00:35:17,690 really special is that we have both families here tonight. So as we move forward with voting on this 421 00:35:17,690 --> 00:35:22,570 resolution, I don't know that anybody up here can really do it justice, but I am just really 422 00:35:22,570 --> 00:35:27,830 grateful that the board has supported what the community wanted because the community did 423 00:35:27,830 --> 00:35:33,150 overwhelmingly support this name, and that we get the opportunity to recognize you all tonight. 424 00:35:34,090 --> 00:35:39,370 So any other, any other feedback or comments or anything that we want to share? 425 00:35:39,930 --> 00:35:42,570 I'm just going to ask you the resolution in full place. 426 00:35:43,690 --> 00:35:45,750 Okay, I will read the whole thing in full. 427 00:35:46,570 --> 00:35:53,070 This is a resolution to name the new park property located at 1686 on set road as Chris Mon Brown Park. 428 00:35:53,070 --> 00:36:06,010 Whereas the town of Nolensville approved the purchase of approximately 20 acres of property located at 1686 sunset road in July 2023 for the purpose of developing a new community park. 429 00:36:06,450 --> 00:36:18,910 And whereas this property represents a significant investment in the town's future, providing opportunities to enhance recreation, preserve open space, and create a welcoming gathering place for residents and visitors for generations to come. 430 00:36:18,910 --> 00:36:28,750 And whereas, to commemorate this milestone and courage community engagement, the town invited residents to participate in a public naming process for Nolan's most newest park. 431 00:36:29,170 --> 00:36:41,270 And whereas, the town received 194 names submissions, including some entries with multiple name suggestions resulting in 163 unique park names, named after consolidation of duplicate entries. 432 00:36:41,270 --> 00:36:46,770 And whereas citizens' participants were asked to select their top three-name choices per submission. 433 00:36:47,370 --> 00:36:58,330 And whereas during the public voting phase 473 votes were submitted, and after review and removal of duplicate submissions, a total of 454 valid votes were certified. 434 00:36:58,930 --> 00:37:07,070 And whereas the trails, arts, parks, and streetscapes advisory committee as part of the naming process provided input for consideration by the Board of Commissioners. 435 00:37:07,070 --> 00:37:14,390 And whereas, Chris Monde Brown Park received the highest number of community votes, totalling 117 votes. 436 00:37:15,010 --> 00:37:22,490 And whereas, the name Chris Monde Brown Park honors the legacy of Ben Chris Monde and Mary Pope Chris Monde, who founded 437 00:37:22,490 --> 00:37:31,150 Sunset Park between 1909 and 1929, creating a social and sports haven for the African American community during decades of segregation. 438 00:37:31,150 --> 00:37:37,190 And whereas, Sunset Park was recognized as the first ball diamond in middle Tennessee established 439 00:37:37,190 --> 00:37:42,430 for African Americans at a time when segregation prohibited access to other community parks, 440 00:37:42,910 --> 00:37:47,510 and served as a vital recreational center offering ball games, a three-hole golf course 441 00:37:47,510 --> 00:37:51,570 picnics, family reunions, and community gatherings for many generations. 442 00:37:52,350 --> 00:37:59,090 And whereas, in 1965, Thomas A. Brown Senior and his wife Jesse Boyd Brown purchased Sunset Park 443 00:37:59,090 --> 00:38:04,730 and continued its operation for approximately 10 years, further preserving its legacy and history 444 00:38:04,730 --> 00:38:07,710 as a place of recreation, fellowship, and opportunity. 445 00:38:08,430 --> 00:38:13,530 And whereas the naming of the park as Chris Mon Brown Park ensures the lasting contributions 446 00:38:13,530 --> 00:38:18,050 of both families to the known small community and to middle Tennessee are formally recognized 447 00:38:18,050 --> 00:38:18,790 and honored. 448 00:38:19,530 --> 00:38:22,600 Now therefore, be it resolved by the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Nolan's 449 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:28,760 Tennessee as follows. Section 1, the new part property located at 1686 Sunset Road shall 450 00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:34,440 hereby be officially named Chris Mon Brown Park. In Section 2, Town staff is authorized to take 451 00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:39,540 all necessary actions to implement this designation, including installation of signage, updates 452 00:38:39,540 --> 00:38:45,640 to official records, and related communications. That is the resolution that we will vote on in a 453 00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:50,820 few minutes, and I'd love to hear any other thoughts from commissioners. I'll say something, 454 00:38:50,820 --> 00:39:00,820 So I, all I can say is, like, as we read through this resolution, I'm just feeling like pure joy to be part of this. 455 00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:13,760 I'm getting to participate in the establishing of this park and seeing the process through the grant and seeing it come to fruition. 456 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:17,560 And this is the thing that we need to complete it. 457 00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:22,240 I mean, this is so exciting to be able to be part 458 00:39:22,240 --> 00:39:25,360 of memorializing the history. 459 00:39:26,260 --> 00:39:29,520 And as this says, the contributions that both families 460 00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:33,520 gave to this plot of land, this park. 461 00:39:34,740 --> 00:39:38,520 And so I could go on and on, but really all I want to say 462 00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:41,120 is I'm overjoyed to be part of it. 463 00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:48,260 Thank you all for being here for everything that your families have done and thank you 464 00:39:48,260 --> 00:39:58,330 to the Board for continuing on this course to establish a part for our community that recognizes 465 00:39:58,330 --> 00:40:05,390 the historical contributions of the community and just creates a great gathering space for all of our residents. 466 00:40:06,410 --> 00:40:07,990 Thank you. 467 00:40:07,990 --> 00:40:16,810 So, I'll just say that what I appreciate most is the residents supporting the growth that 468 00:40:16,810 --> 00:40:22,830 we have happening in Nolan'sville and the future that is going to become hopefully in 469 00:40:22,830 --> 00:40:28,010 the next two years very soon with opening one of our first parks facilities and to see that 470 00:40:28,010 --> 00:40:34,970 they are equally as excited and honoring the history that we have in Nolan'sville clearly 471 00:40:34,970 --> 00:40:40,230 in the votes and the support that we have here in the room this evening. I really do appreciate 472 00:40:40,230 --> 00:40:45,810 that the residents are coming along on this journey with us and the support of the history 473 00:40:45,810 --> 00:40:50,110 of what maintenance will so great and we'll continue to keep us great in the future. 474 00:40:53,550 --> 00:40:54,750 All in favor. 475 00:40:55,250 --> 00:40:56,010 Yeah, I say one thing. 476 00:40:56,710 --> 00:40:57,770 Your head not, I thought. 477 00:40:57,890 --> 00:41:01,550 Well, no, I guess I was trying to say a permission of street foot and wanted to take the microphone. 478 00:41:01,850 --> 00:41:04,910 I would respect him doing so, but I think he was heading out and back at all of us. 479 00:41:04,910 --> 00:41:08,190 on the last, I'll make this wish quick and next 480 00:41:08,190 --> 00:41:10,850 for dishes to the Chris mod and the Brown families. 481 00:41:11,090 --> 00:41:13,990 Thank you for all of your contributions to making 482 00:41:13,990 --> 00:41:16,890 no one's failed a town that we all love living in 483 00:41:16,890 --> 00:41:18,950 and enjoy raising our families in. 484 00:41:19,230 --> 00:41:21,170 We stand upon the shoulders of giants 485 00:41:21,170 --> 00:41:22,850 and we're recognized in tonight. 486 00:41:23,110 --> 00:41:23,910 Thank you. 487 00:41:26,430 --> 00:41:29,070 I will make one contest to turn the phones to again. 488 00:41:29,070 --> 00:41:33,130 Thank you to the families and the heritage of this, 489 00:41:33,130 --> 00:41:37,850 this land, thank you to the community who got involved in the suggestions and voting, I think 490 00:41:37,850 --> 00:41:44,430 it was a great outpouring of what we are as a community. I think for me personally there's 491 00:41:44,430 --> 00:41:50,430 a lot of history in this land in this park that I will teach my children about and what that 492 00:41:50,430 --> 00:41:57,570 really meant and I think that's going to be amazing for the community at large. Once my kids and 493 00:41:57,570 --> 00:42:04,930 kids kids get to play and sort of experiencing that part. Thank you for everyone here and virtually 494 00:42:04,930 --> 00:42:07,910 and in the community for your engagement. Cross. 495 00:42:10,410 --> 00:42:13,810 All in favor of resolution 26-026, 496 00:42:14,030 --> 00:42:18,990 signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed. Motion passes unanimously. 497 00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:28,900 We also have two certificates of 498 00:42:28,900 --> 00:42:33,020 recognition, one for the Brown family and one for the Christmas family and recognition of the 499 00:42:33,020 --> 00:42:38,720 official naming of Chris Mon Brown Park at 1686 on set road, following a public submission period 500 00:42:38,720 --> 00:42:39,640 and community vote. 501 00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:42,520 The citizens of Nolan's will selected this name as the top choice. 502 00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:46,420 This designation honors the enduring legacy and contributions of the Chris Mon and Brown 503 00:42:46,420 --> 00:42:49,600 families to the history and community of Nolan'sville and Middleton's see. 504 00:42:50,060 --> 00:42:54,140 So we would like to invite both the Chris Mon Brown and Brown families up and would like 505 00:42:54,140 --> 00:42:58,300 to present these certificates to you and help us celebrate the resolution passing. 506 00:42:58,300 --> 00:43:01,880 Victor. Victor reminded also good picture. 507 00:43:46,660 --> 00:43:47,300 Now 508 00:43:53,540 --> 00:43:56,200 I'm going to ask if we could get really close down. 509 00:43:56,780 --> 00:43:57,000 All 510 00:44:15,750 --> 00:44:21,710 right, everybody ready? 511 00:44:23,070 --> 00:44:28,270 We'll count the three, so big smiles. Ready? One, two, three, big smile. 512 00:44:35,740 --> 00:44:39,380 You got it. I think I'm good. Everybody got along? 513 00:44:41,690 --> 00:44:42,230 Got it. 514 00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:24,600 All 515 00:45:42,130 --> 00:45:50,310 right. Thank you, everyone, for letting us celebrate that. It's very special. It nights like tonight are the fun part of the stop. 516 00:45:51,330 --> 00:45:54,710 That takes us up to item 10 unfinished business. 517 00:45:56,230 --> 00:46:00,470 Second reading of ordinance 26-02 and ordinance to amend the Bent Creek Pud subdivision 518 00:46:00,470 --> 00:46:02,510 Primrose school sidewalk is their motion. 519 00:46:02,790 --> 00:46:04,670 Motion to approve the second. 520 00:46:05,150 --> 00:46:07,350 Any discussion on 26-02? 521 00:46:08,190 --> 00:46:13,190 Mayor one thing I may add is just for the good of the order and for the record. 522 00:46:13,910 --> 00:46:17,990 This was pulled off of consent because there was a chain in the one of the way 523 00:46:17,990 --> 00:46:22,970 as clauses. We just want to make sure that that was noted and happy to walk through that. 524 00:46:23,290 --> 00:46:29,130 There's a question. Any questions for Brad for the change and the reason why I was pulled off of 525 00:46:29,130 --> 00:46:35,490 concern? No questions for Brad. I do. I think for everyone having been a part of the planning commission 526 00:46:35,490 --> 00:46:40,850 and having heard their recent discussions just maybe for public clarification exactly where the 527 00:46:40,850 --> 00:46:48,150 intended sidewalk is supposed to go for this. This ordinance and the bid that's going out there. 528 00:46:48,150 --> 00:46:51,770 So staff, if you want to comment on that. 529 00:46:52,190 --> 00:46:56,570 So it was, I think for our understanding question, 530 00:46:56,770 --> 00:46:59,230 is that essentially it's moving from one side of the street 531 00:46:59,230 --> 00:47:01,210 to the other, and that was due to there's 532 00:47:01,210 --> 00:47:02,190 some available funding. 533 00:47:02,830 --> 00:47:05,990 It was the most cost-effective and felt that that was 534 00:47:05,990 --> 00:47:09,370 the best way to achieve the goal. 535 00:47:10,550 --> 00:47:12,550 So the sidewalk projects to reiterate, 536 00:47:13,090 --> 00:47:16,250 the sidewalk project is moving from the old clover 537 00:47:16,250 --> 00:47:27,650 to the King Street side and will run in front of the Morton Britain House and then in front of Ebeneezer and have worked with Ebeneezer Church for part of that. 538 00:47:28,090 --> 00:47:29,490 Is that what you were trying to clarify? 539 00:47:29,490 --> 00:47:33,470 Yes, thank you Mayor, that was what I was looking for clarification on just for public information. 540 00:47:33,530 --> 00:47:36,410 And then the sidewalk ends at King Street. 541 00:47:39,060 --> 00:47:44,340 All in favor of ordinance 26-02 signify by saying aye. 542 00:47:45,180 --> 00:47:50,600 Opposed. Motion passes unanimously. Resolution 26-04B. A resolution accepting bid amount 543 00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:55,120 in authorizing the award of contract and local construction LLC for the construction of curve 544 00:47:55,120 --> 00:48:00,420 and curb with gutter, storm drain repair, and sidewalk construction. Item C. Sam Donald 545 00:48:00,420 --> 00:48:05,900 Court. Motion to approve. Second. Any discussion on resolution 26-04B. 546 00:48:06,620 --> 00:48:15,160 I want to say just briefly that I am excited about this project because it is going to do 547 00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:22,380 a number of things. A number of good for the area. I also want to thank the parties that are 548 00:48:22,380 --> 00:48:30,080 that are willingly donating right of way to the project. I think that it's just all around 549 00:48:30,080 --> 00:48:35,680 the great project and I appreciate the board for moving forward with it. Any other discussion 550 00:48:35,680 --> 00:48:42,720 for 26-04B? All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed. Motion passes unanimously. 551 00:48:42,720 --> 00:48:51,900 That takes us to new business, first reading of ordinance 26-04 and ordinance to amend Title 3, Chapter 2, Section 3-202 to establish reasonable court cost. 552 00:48:52,500 --> 00:48:52,940 Is there a motion? 553 00:48:53,880 --> 00:48:54,940 Motion to approve. 554 00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:55,680 Second. 555 00:48:56,100 --> 00:48:57,780 The motion in the second. Any discussion? 556 00:49:01,290 --> 00:49:04,510 All in favor of 26-04, signify by saying aye. 557 00:49:05,250 --> 00:49:07,070 All opposed, motion passes unanimously. 558 00:49:07,850 --> 00:49:12,970 That takes us to resolution 26-02, a resolution to approve the capital improvement priority list. 559 00:49:13,030 --> 00:49:13,850 Is there a motion? 560 00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:20,780 We have a motion in a second. Any discussion? 561 00:49:22,740 --> 00:49:28,960 I have an amendment to this. I make a motion to amend to include sidewalk improvements. 562 00:49:29,900 --> 00:49:34,200 Dash to utilize the funds contributed by Beezer to create sidewalks and portions of St. 563 00:49:34,220 --> 00:49:36,200 Brook and Graystone estates. 564 00:49:36,520 --> 00:49:39,260 And to include town hall parking lot extensions. 565 00:49:39,260 --> 00:49:41,560 in slash connection with the LIMS and county library, 566 00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:43,860 Nolan's book, branch, dash, and partnership 567 00:49:43,860 --> 00:49:46,040 with Williamson County to support the expansion 568 00:49:46,040 --> 00:49:47,280 of the library facility. 569 00:49:47,500 --> 00:49:48,220 Is there a second? 570 00:49:49,520 --> 00:49:52,760 Any discussion on this motion, which is consistent 571 00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:54,800 with what we discussed in work session 572 00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:57,700 and per reference, I did send that wording over to Christina 573 00:49:57,700 --> 00:50:00,240 and Victor to make sure it was consistent. 574 00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:03,300 The dashes are because the resolution has dashes. 575 00:50:04,600 --> 00:50:06,000 I love that she read them like a text message. 576 00:50:06,780 --> 00:50:07,760 Well, the dash was in there. 577 00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:13,520 need to be in there. Any discussion on the motion to amend? All in favor of the motion to amend 578 00:50:13,520 --> 00:50:18,640 signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed? Motion passes unanimously. That takes us back to the 579 00:50:18,640 --> 00:50:27,180 main motion for resolution 26-O26 as amended. Any other discussion? All in favor of resolution 26-O26? 580 00:50:30,250 --> 00:50:39,030 Yeah. I said O26, but that was the naming of the park. Any other discussion of resolution 26-O22? 581 00:50:40,290 --> 00:50:42,430 All in favor signify by saying aye. 582 00:50:42,430 --> 00:50:42,990 Aye. 583 00:50:43,170 --> 00:50:43,850 All opposed. 584 00:50:44,230 --> 00:50:45,210 Motion passes unanimously. 585 00:50:46,090 --> 00:50:48,750 That takes us to resolution 26-024. 586 00:50:48,770 --> 00:50:51,210 A resolution expressing opposition to Williamson County 587 00:50:51,210 --> 00:50:54,230 Resolution 2-26-20. 588 00:50:54,490 --> 00:50:56,810 And Senate Bill 2-11. 589 00:50:57,050 --> 00:50:58,990 House Bill 24-19. 590 00:51:00,910 --> 00:51:02,030 Motion to approve. 591 00:51:02,230 --> 00:51:02,930 We have a motion. 592 00:51:04,210 --> 00:51:04,490 Second. 593 00:51:04,850 --> 00:51:05,930 We have a motion in a second. 594 00:51:06,030 --> 00:51:08,390 Any discussion on resolution 26-024? 595 00:51:08,390 --> 00:51:09,290 So too far. 596 00:51:09,750 --> 00:51:14,270 May I impose upon Victor for a question during our discussion period here? 597 00:51:15,050 --> 00:51:20,270 What are you hearing about this on our sister city's, several of them have already adopted 598 00:51:20,270 --> 00:51:21,910 a similar type of resolution. 599 00:51:23,190 --> 00:51:25,990 I just want to know what you're hearing as far as the status of this legislation. 600 00:51:26,670 --> 00:51:32,350 I've not heard what kind of level of support it has in the legislature. 601 00:51:32,350 --> 00:51:40,490 But I did go and have a conversation with the Bill's sponsor as to what was driving that. 602 00:51:40,890 --> 00:51:46,530 The bill was actually, at the State Legislature, that bill was actually put on just as 603 00:51:46,530 --> 00:51:49,650 a favor because another county asked him to do it. 604 00:51:50,450 --> 00:51:58,230 And so he had not taken into account the fact that his municipalities might not like it. 605 00:51:58,250 --> 00:52:01,550 He was just doing it as a favor because the county asked him. 606 00:52:01,550 --> 00:52:10,590 We had quite the conversation about the ins and outs and how many protections already are there 607 00:52:10,590 --> 00:52:20,010 that protect the county and how his bill was taking away the same property, right, that the rest 608 00:52:20,010 --> 00:52:22,130 of the legislation had guaranteed. 609 00:52:23,410 --> 00:52:27,770 And once he realized that, I think, that maybe turned a leaf with him. 610 00:52:28,350 --> 00:52:33,010 he wasn't sure he said he hadn't been pushing it he wasn't sure that it would be 611 00:52:33,010 --> 00:52:37,650 passed but anytime something's out there there's a likelihood that it could be 612 00:52:38,310 --> 00:52:42,470 I don't know if that answers your question fully but that's how much I know that's 613 00:52:42,470 --> 00:52:47,030 some very good color commentary John Matt good done a better job so thank you sir I 614 00:52:47,030 --> 00:52:54,230 could draw pictures thank you Victor thank you mate just one common I think in 615 00:52:54,230 --> 00:53:18,270 general, you know, this feels a little bit like the tip of the iceberg, what's in the current state legislature in terms of what is potentially impacting municipalities, so I would encourage everyone to pay close attention, both publicly and on those board to things that are coming out of state legislature that could vastly impact the operations of municipalities, both large and small. 616 00:53:18,270 --> 00:53:28,930 And so all in favor of this resolution and just encouraging everyone in the public to keep an eye on what's coming out of the state legislature this year. 617 00:53:29,550 --> 00:53:36,330 Next week is definitely a very large week for the legislative session and how it can affect local municipalities. 618 00:53:36,850 --> 00:53:44,330 There are a lot of bills that will potentially take the ability for municipalities to make their own decisions going forward. 619 00:53:45,210 --> 00:53:49,850 So, I agree with you completely, it is time to make sure that you are paying attention 620 00:53:49,850 --> 00:53:50,730 at a state level. 621 00:53:52,550 --> 00:53:56,830 So, to share a little bit more about this resolution, there is a bill in the legislature 622 00:53:56,830 --> 00:54:04,390 that would give counties the authority to veto any annexation within a municipality and municipalities 623 00:54:04,390 --> 00:54:11,430 currently, for more or less, only have the ability to annex for when a property owner asks 624 00:54:11,430 --> 00:54:12,050 for it. 625 00:54:12,050 --> 00:54:19,390 So to give the county commission veto authority, you are absolutely stepping on the private property rights of individuals. 626 00:54:20,550 --> 00:54:27,410 I also think it's important for the community to understand and for Williamson County to understand that we've denied annexations. 627 00:54:28,130 --> 00:54:33,370 It barely recently, we denied a very large annexation that was not contiguous to our borders. 628 00:54:33,370 --> 00:54:40,650 We also denied an annexation that was contiguous to our borders, because it was not consistent with our land use planning. 629 00:54:41,290 --> 00:54:47,450 So there are examples specifically in no one's will, but also across the state where municipalities have denied annexations. 630 00:54:47,990 --> 00:54:59,190 It's also, I think, important to note, and I think the resolution recognizes this that we have entered into an interlocal agreement with Williams and county that makes our annexation process more stringent than state law. 631 00:54:59,190 --> 00:55:09,010 So we are already working collaboratively with Williamson County and it's very disappointing with the resolution that was passed that they did not come and speak with any municipality. 632 00:55:09,670 --> 00:55:13,630 Trying to make sure that if there was additional issues that needed to be worked out. 633 00:55:14,190 --> 00:55:23,150 I think it's also important to note that our legislative delegation asked us to put on the record the feelings that we have and feelings is not the right word. 634 00:55:23,150 --> 00:55:31,050 But the facts related to our annexations and related to the collaborative spirit that we have already entered into with Williamson County. 635 00:55:31,410 --> 00:55:35,230 So I think that this is an important resolution to pass. 636 00:55:35,830 --> 00:55:40,070 I also think that one item that we haven't talked about is sales tax collection. 637 00:55:40,710 --> 00:55:47,590 And this is not something that Williamson County talked about when they passed their resolution, but is a really important component. 638 00:55:47,590 --> 00:55:54,410 If Wimson County or any county has veto authority over annexations, they also have the ability to 639 00:55:54,410 --> 00:56:00,150 rezone a property outside of town limit and could allow for commercial development outside 640 00:56:00,150 --> 00:56:06,910 of our town limits. And then the sales tax would go directly to Wimson County. So that's not 641 00:56:06,910 --> 00:56:12,150 something that I've heard discussed when these resolutions have come up. I think the way that 642 00:56:12,770 --> 00:56:19,450 the members of the county commission that supported their resolutions with wanting to change the annexation law. 643 00:56:19,970 --> 00:56:23,210 Glossed over that or didn't understand that they had that authority. 644 00:56:24,210 --> 00:56:30,070 But if you are going to the state legislature to make changes to the laws that govern our state, 645 00:56:30,870 --> 00:56:37,150 let's have a good discussion about that and make sure that everyone that's involved really understands what's at stake and 646 00:56:37,150 --> 00:56:40,690 and what the changes could lead to. 647 00:56:41,250 --> 00:56:44,650 So I do hope the board will continue to support this resolution tonight. 648 00:56:47,020 --> 00:56:50,800 Any other discussion about resolution 26-04? 649 00:56:52,460 --> 00:56:54,580 I'm struggling with my number tonight. 650 00:56:55,180 --> 00:56:57,920 26-02-04. 651 00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:04,380 All in favor of resolution 26-02-04, signify by saying aye. 652 00:57:05,160 --> 00:57:07,580 Aye. All opposed? Motion passes unanimously. 653 00:57:07,580 --> 00:57:12,640 that takes us to reports and comments from commissioners. 654 00:57:12,640 --> 00:57:18,480 Just one thing, Mayor, I want to promote my Buttercup committee 655 00:57:18,480 --> 00:57:20,440 and the work they're doing. 656 00:57:21,500 --> 00:57:25,160 I think she is here, our chairman's here. 657 00:57:25,820 --> 00:57:29,420 Just to get it out there, I know it's getting out in social media 658 00:57:29,420 --> 00:57:31,380 in May 2nd, Saturday. 659 00:57:32,640 --> 00:57:34,900 Right now, we're looking at about 60 vendor boosts 660 00:57:34,900 --> 00:57:40,920 about 20 food trucks give or take right as a one day no more than that okay that's 661 00:57:40,920 --> 00:57:47,080 great that's great um looking at four entertainment stages the miss butter cup 662 00:57:47,080 --> 00:57:52,820 pageant is going to be a very large to do and I'm excited about that and we'll see 663 00:57:52,820 --> 00:57:58,100 more on Facebook social media through the town things like that so just get everyone 664 00:57:58,100 --> 00:58:02,540 start to get excited about it. If we won't rain this year, 665 00:58:04,920 --> 00:58:05,500 don't speak in 666 00:58:05,500 --> 00:58:13,220 a good distance. So this will be our second year that the town has helped 667 00:58:13,220 --> 00:58:17,660 organize the Buttercup Festival, but if there's a long-standing history and no one's 668 00:58:17,660 --> 00:58:21,300 but with the Buttercup Festival and Lamont has been a part of that for a long time 669 00:58:21,300 --> 00:58:25,140 and is still serving on the Buttercup Committee. So we're glad that you're here 670 00:58:25,140 --> 00:58:30,280 tonight as well. Very excited about the work that the committee is doing and I know 671 00:58:30,280 --> 00:58:31,760 it will be a great event. 672 00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:33,720 So what's the official day? 673 00:58:33,920 --> 00:58:34,740 Josh May. 674 00:58:35,040 --> 00:58:35,960 May 2nd? 675 00:58:35,960 --> 00:58:36,520 That's out of the question. 676 00:58:37,000 --> 00:58:38,740 Mark your calendars for that. 677 00:58:39,100 --> 00:58:41,440 Any other reports and comments from commissioners? 678 00:58:41,600 --> 00:58:44,040 I'm like a, yes. 679 00:58:44,940 --> 00:58:48,500 And the pageant is April 18th. 680 00:58:50,290 --> 00:58:51,690 I just want to make a quick comment 681 00:58:51,690 --> 00:58:56,110 and I'll have more to say at the next meeting, 682 00:58:56,290 --> 00:58:58,930 regarding the start-spangled celebration. 683 00:58:59,730 --> 00:59:06,070 but one of the things this year that we are looking at doing is in the kids area having a 684 00:59:06,070 --> 00:59:16,850 kids entertainment group come in and have that be the prelude to the main event so it would 685 00:59:16,850 --> 00:59:26,570 it would start around the 535-45 mark and then go to 630 or so tear down and then shift to the main 686 00:59:26,570 --> 00:59:34,090 page. There's some reasons for that, but I'm personally pretty excited about it. I think 687 00:59:34,090 --> 00:59:42,450 it's just one small change that can kind of improve the event that's already amazing. 688 00:59:43,330 --> 00:59:48,230 So I'll have more to say at the next meeting, but I just want you all to be aware of that. 689 00:59:48,890 --> 00:59:50,750 Thank you. Any other reports and comment? 690 00:59:50,750 --> 00:59:54,750 with that, is there a motion to adjourn? 691 00:59:56,490 --> 00:59:58,830 All in favor of adjournment, signify by saying aye. 692 00:59:59,010 --> 00:59:59,970 Aye. All opposed? 693 01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:07,250 Motion passes unanimously. We are adjourned. And that was a long meeting. Oh. 694 01:00:13,150 --> 01:00:14,110 You are welcome.