[0:00] 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.

[0:22] Let us pray.

[0:27] 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.

[0:40] 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,

[0:53] For all those that you have called us to serve,

[0:57] that they may grow and flourish.

[1:00] We ask this through Christ our Lord, Amen.

[1:06] Please join us in the pledge of allegiance.

[1:30] The next item on the agenda is approval of the agenda.

[1:33] Is there a motion?

[1:34] Motion to approve.

[1:36] Second.

[1:36] We have a motion in a second.

[1:37] Are there any amendments to the agenda?

[1:41] I'd like to make a motion to move item D under new business

[1:46] two after the consent agenda. Second, the motion in a second, any discussion on the motion to amend.

[1:53] All in favour of the amendment signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed motion passes unanimously.

[1:59] That takes us back to the main motion, which is the agenda as amended.

[2:04] Motion to approve. We already got that. Yes. Well, then I'll just echo it. Sorry.

[2:10] Any other discussion on the agenda as amended? All in favour signify by saying aye.

[2:14] All opposed motion passes unanimously. That takes us to item three approval of the minutes for the strategic planning session minutes of February 2nd

[2:23] 2026 is their motion motion to approve. Second.

[2:27] Give motion a second and a discussion. All in favour of approval signify by saying aye.

[2:32] Aye. All opposed motion passes unanimously.

[2:35] That takes us to item four approval of minutes for the regular meeting minutes of February 5th 2026 is their motion.

[2:41] Motion to approve.

[2:42] Second motion by Commissioner Corpander second by Commissioner Struford any discussion on the minutes

[2:49] All in favor of the minute sigma 5 by saying aye. Aye. All opposed motion passes unanimously

[2:54] That takes us to our presentation from officer Droshguin

[2:58] About eBike safety

[3:05] mayor commissioners neighbors. Thank you for affording some time for me to to go over this topic. It's important in our town

[3:14] We're gonna have a PowerPoint presentation as well

[3:18] E-bike safety is kind of a hot topic here in town now, you know, we've had some issues with traffic,

[3:24] we've had some issues with crashes, and we want to make sure that our community knows that our

[3:30] police department is handling this situation, we're actively working to be able to remedy

[3:37] the major issues right now, and then we're going to work our way into the smaller issues with

[3:43] compliance with the law, specifically relating to the safety for our children and our general public.

[3:51] We're going to work on getting that up. I do have brochures as well for anybody that wants any of these.

[3:58] These brochures talk specifically about e-bikes.

[4:03] The e-bikes that are legal. The ones that are safe.

[4:06] And then it has some helpful tips as well and I'll put those in the back when I'm done.

[4:12] So, you could go to the first slide, Monte, you can skip over.

[4:18] So these are some of the topics that I'm going to go over tonight.

[4:21] I want to address the difference between an e-bike and a dirt bike, and we've had this

[4:27] issue in town.

[4:28] It's been a major issue for the safety of our public.

[4:31] So, we're going to go over that.

[4:32] We're going to go over some of the state and local regulations that we are enforcing the most

[4:37] common violations that we're seeing on the street as patrol officers.

[4:42] Some of the ideas that we've had, we've been working on this project, the eBike Safety

[4:46] Project for our town for months now, and we've had to do a lot of research and law, because

[4:52] it's kind of hard to understand for everybody.

[4:56] So we wanted to make this easy for everyone to understand, and we're going to be implementing

[4:59] enforcement strategies and practices for our kids, our adults, the community in general.

[5:07] And then talk a little bit about how to balance safety, accessibility for our kids to

[5:12] be able to ride these e-bikes, and just kind of the general happiness of the town, especially

[5:17] the pedestrians, we're

[5:27] getting it worked out.

[5:29] The first thing, and I know what the next slide's going to be, there it is, all right, so

[5:33] The main thing is is that the biggest users of e-bikes in our town are juveniles.

[5:39] I mean, hands down.

[5:41] It's mostly kids riding their bikes, and we love for them to ride their bikes.

[5:44] It helps our town in a lot of ways, I think.

[5:46] It helps with traffic.

[5:47] If you consider that all these parents are not having to take their kids to the soccer practice

[5:52] and baseball games in the school, we already have a little bit of a traffic issue through

[5:57] here.

[5:58] I think e-bikes are a good solution for that.

[6:02] 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.

[6:12] All right.

[6:13] So the first thing I'm going to go over is how to differentiate between e-bikes and e-dirt bikes.

[6:21] 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.

[6:30] These are, according to state law, there are three classes of e-bites that are legal in the state of Tennessee.

[6:37] The main thing that you need to know and these will be in the handout as well if you'd like to have one.

[6:41] But the main thing that you need to know is that they have to have functional pedals.

[6:46] The motor can't be above 750 watts, and it can't go above 28 miles per hour.

[6:53] That is the fastest e-bike you can have.

[6:56] And there are limitations to the class three, which goes 28 miles per hour.

[7:01] Anyone under 14 years of age can't ride one according to state law.

[7:06] It can't be anywhere that normal bicycles would be because it's so fast.

[7:11] All right, so those are limited to, honestly, more of the road.

[7:16] All right, because they're fast.

[7:18] 28 miles an hour, that's the speed of most of Nolan'sville.

[7:21] Pretty close to it.

[7:22] So we don't necessarily want those buzz and buy our pedestrians on the sidewalks.

[7:28] Now let's go into our problem child here.

[7:30] This is the E-dirt bike and we've had a lot of trouble out of this and probably I guess

[7:36] since the middle of last year especially the E-dirt bike is exponentially more dangerous than

[7:44] the E-bike.

[7:47] It goes a lot faster.

[7:48] It has no functional pedals.

[7:50] It's greater than 750 watts, upwards of 5,000 watts.

[7:55] The speeds, if modded, modified, can go up to 80 miles an hour.

[8:02] So the average off the line, e-dirt bike is going 40 miles an hour.

[8:08] Okay, so you could see the problem with that on our pedestrian trails.

[8:12] They can be modified to be street legal and certain circumstances, but even whenever that's

[8:17] case, the rider has to have a driver's license, a motorcycle endorsement, it must have a registration

[8:24] and insurance. It's just like a motor vehicle. It's the same thing according to Tennessee State

[8:28] Code. All right. It's not allowed on any greenway sidewalk streets, anywhere in town, unless you have

[8:36] private property, you can ride the heck out of it. Take it wherever you want on that property. But

[8:43] it can't be anywhere else. It is considered a motor vehicle. This is kind of in between an e-bike

[8:52] and an e-dirt bike. Sometimes these are legal, under 750 watts, under 28 miles per hour,

[8:58] sometimes they're not. The only way you know is through inspection and we are doing that on the street.

[9:06] So I've got this question a lot. Why do we enforce bicycle law? It seems like it's below the police.

[9:12] why aren't we worrying about bigger things?

[9:14] From a personal perspective, I've been on four accidents

[9:18] with bicycles.

[9:20] One of those was a fatality.

[9:22] The other three involved juvenile,

[9:25] one of which I thought was a fatality

[9:27] when I arrived on the scene.

[9:30] It gets your attention when you arrive as a police officer

[9:32] on the scene to a juvenile kid laying face down

[9:36] in the middle of the highway, not moving.

[9:39] It sticks with you.

[9:41] and that's the reason I'm passionate about it so is the department.

[9:45] So children, that's the first thing and I've got some stories to tell you on that.

[9:49] The safety of our motors is a big deal. We've had motors. I've had different drivers tell

[9:53] me that they've tried to dodge kids as they shoot out into the road and that put the

[9:57] mitt risk of running off the road. The big one I think more than anything in our community is

[10:03] the safety of our pedestrians. There's been many stories of pedestrians being hit by these bikes

[10:09] and kind of terrorized by the kids riding them.

[10:14] The enjoyment of the town's trails. I've heard this many times.

[10:18] I do a lot of foot patrol and patrol with the UTV on the trails.

[10:23] I can't tell you how many dozens of people have stopped and thank me for being out there.

[10:28] Keep in this at bay.

[10:31] The conservation of our green spaces is one of the things that I'm seeing more and more of

[10:35] is the destruction of the green spaces due to the dirt bikes tearing up the grass, the hills,

[10:42] the berms. This is also happening on HOA property, preventing property damage. We're also

[10:49] seeing this on private property. And then, of course, preventing traffic flow issues.

[10:57] So here are some problem areas that are probably most common around here. The subdivision

[11:03] common areas are being damaged. The sidewalks, the pedestrians are having a heart

[11:07] tunnel sidewalk, especially the ones that have kids. Greenways, any of the places

[11:14] where the kids like to be, right? Public, Sonic, in front of the Rick Center, all

[11:19] of that area, it's very congested already. And when you have a bike running 50 miles

[11:24] an hour through a parking lot, we've got a problem. And about half of that time, when I

[11:29] or I'm saying they're doing wheelies.

[11:32] Go and probably 25, 30.

[11:34] All right.

[11:35] The high traffic times are going to be, this is current.

[11:38] This is right now, this changes with the season.

[11:41] But right now, it's three to seven PM on weekdays

[11:44] when they get out of school, which, by the way,

[11:46] is the same as rush hour traffic.

[11:49] And then on weekends, they wake up a little late

[11:52] on Saturdays.

[11:54] They come out about 10 o'clock and go all the way

[11:56] to have to dark.

[11:57] All right, so some high traffic areas that we're looking at, especially when it's concerning the road,

[12:04] new some crosswalk. And there's a curve there that's almost a blind curve for drivers,

[12:10] whenever pedestrians are crossing, and these kids are crossing very quickly,

[12:15] especially the e-dirt bikes.

[12:17] Sunset pedestrian path, we've seen a lot there.

[12:19] Sunset no one's built crosswalk, again public's area,

[12:22] and rocky fork crosswalk, which is extremely dangerous crosswalk.

[12:27] If you've been down rocky fork very much and seen those people trying to cross the road, it's a challenge.

[12:33] Because a lot of the traffic that we have coming through town is not people that live in town.

[12:38] So maybe they're not used to the crosswalks that we have or know where they are.

[12:46] All right, so some of the things that we are doing as a department,

[12:49] I'm going to go over those.

[12:52] These are the typical infractions that we see.

[12:55] Helmet law is a big deal.

[12:57] If you look at the stats on that,

[12:59] there is a 30% reduction in head trauma

[13:02] if there is a crash, if they have a helmet on.

[13:06] Again, illegal dirt bikes.

[13:09] They're also in TCA.

[13:10] They're considered OHVs are off highway vehicles.

[13:14] All right, they account for over 90% of our encounters on patrol.

[13:19] And we usually see those on sidewalks, roadways,

[13:23] they're riding down the lanes of the roadways faster

[13:25] than the cars and sometimes passing the cars.

[13:29] Traffic laws, especially when you start talking about e-bikes,

[13:33] this is something that would apply to that.

[13:35] Stopping it lights, using signs, signaling, light law.

[13:40] And these are things that can be taught to the people

[13:43] ride them.

[13:43] And I think this is where education comes in for the community.

[13:46] And we're going to be doing that.

[13:48] reckless riding, again, riding wheelies, zigzag, and down the road. And I'll just tell you,

[13:54] you know, last Thursday, we've been battling this issue with just a handful of juveniles.

[14:03] It hasn't been the vast majority. Most of them are doing really good. They're polite. They're respectful.

[14:09] They're safe, but there's a handful in our community that ride these dirt bikes.

[14:16] And I've had, last Thursday was the last time it happened, but I've had them evade me while

[14:21] I have my lights and sirens on and actually run from me and they've done that with several

[14:26] officers.

[14:27] The last Thursday was the most dangerous one.

[14:29] I turned on my lights and sirens.

[14:31] They were riding in the dark down new some lane and they would not stop.

[14:36] They went into the oncoming lane with traffic through the intersection.

[14:39] I had to cancel, or they possibly could have killed themselves.

[14:46] The same evening, I had another one run from me, and shoot across Rocky 4 at 40 to 50 miles

[14:52] an hour and ramp off the side of the road across the field behind publics, and disappear

[14:57] into the woods.

[15:00] So these are issues that we're running into. This is how we're fixing them.

[15:06] All right, we have roving patrols. That's a lot of what we do.

[15:12] We ride around and if we do see that in between our calls and in between working traffic, we see

[15:18] the kids on dirt bikes, we handle it. You TV patrol, we just implemented this because

[15:24] says of this group that decided that they were going to run.

[15:29] So now we'll use the Polaris out on the trails in case they try to evade so that we can find them.

[15:37] Remember that running from the police is a felony.

[15:41] Doesn't matter how old you are.

[15:45] We have a bike unit that will be utilized on the trails and sidewalks to make sure that kids are being safe.

[15:51] We have foot patrol on the trails, the biggest thing that we rely on is calls from our community.

[15:58] We rely on people that are saying, hey, we've got a problem here.

[16:03] Can you show up? Absolutely.

[16:07] Some of the enforcement options that we've been using primarily, we've been doing written or verbal warnings.

[16:15] And the way we've done this is we have stopped the juvenile, we give them a verbal warning.

[16:20] 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.

[16:29] Because by law they cannot ride it. We cannot allow them to continue to travel in that vehicle with that license registration or insurance.

[16:40] 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.

[16:52] So, these are the two phases of our plan.

[16:55] We are in the first phase right now to stop, warn, call the parents, and return the

[17:00] by-home.

[17:01] Eventually, we will be adding citations to that, and that will be very soon.

[17:09] This is another thing that we're doing as a department.

[17:12] We don't want to be just the mean oak cop that's right and tick.

[17:15] It's all the time.

[17:16] We love our kids, and that's why we do what we do.

[17:19] I have kids in this town, and I want them to be safe, and I want them to be

[17:23] be responsible and more so I want them to be respectful to the people around them.

[17:31] So some of the things that we're doing, we're planning public events like an eBike Safety

[17:36] Day that will have a headliner act, maybe a trick rider, it will have demonstrations

[17:42] on how to take care of your bike, we already secured somebody to do that that's an expert,

[17:47] expert helmet fitting for young kids, and even training for small kids on how to rob

[17:54] a bike safely. So we'll be doing some public events like that. We already have brochures

[18:00] that we've made up with all the information that the public needs to make an educated informed

[18:06] and safe decision on how to get a bike for their kids. Social media campaigns, we want to get

[18:13] word out and give tips to the community of what they can do for their children to keep

[18:18] them safe. And of course in-person contact, just like tonight, and just like we do on the

[18:25] street every day. One of the programs that we're hoping to start this year is called the

[18:32] Rotter and Senate Program Responsible Rotter and Senate Program. This will be an officer

[18:37] nominated event. So if an officer is driving down the road and they see one of our kids doing

[18:45] everything right, they're trying their best to be safe, they have proper gear on, they will be

[18:50] able to nominate that young person for responsible writer. We'll have maybe some things that we can

[18:58] give kids from our vehicle to help with their safety on their on their bikes, light little lights and

[19:03] selectors and things like that. And then I'm hoping that we'll be able to maybe publicly recognize

[19:12] them as well. Maybe right here. I think that would be special for a lot of youngsters.

[19:19] So I want to read something to you. You know, I spend a lot of time out there in the public doing this

[19:24] and it's been a lot of time on the trail. You'd be amazed all the stories out here.

[19:30] Some of them really great. Some of them about the problems that we're facing. And I want to read a

[19:37] an email, one of the many emails that I've received from pedestrians, and this one really

[19:43] hit home for me.

[19:47] It says, my son has down syndrome and is strong, capable and athletic.

[19:52] Through his life, he has spent countless hours outside playing. He has absolutely love playing

[19:57] with other kids in the neighborhood. And we specifically have kept our backyards open so the kids

[20:02] can run back and forth and enjoy the open area. My son had a special three-wheel-foot propelled

[20:09] scooter that he could take independently as far as we could see him. He got to experience a freedom

[20:17] of being a bike or a scooter and just explore. He was fit and happy and got to make lots of

[20:24] choices while he was outside. These are things I believe that many of us take for granted the ability

[20:30] to send our children outside to play and to be safe while riding bikes taking the trail somewhere

[20:36] and having fun with friends. It's something that is very special.

[20:41] The social aspect of this is priceless. The ability to be fit and strong as priceless,

[20:47] the ability to just experience the sun. And some fresh air is also priceless.

[20:53] My son does not have that anymore unless I'm with him. He's a teenager and very much would

[21:00] like to be outside just doing things on his own with his friends, but he cannot.

[21:04] For him none of this is possible. He is at risk of being hit by e-dirt bikes and e-bikes.

[21:13] I heard another story just the other day of a lady that has a 90-year-old mother.

[21:18] And one of the reasons they moved to town was the greenways. They love walking down the greenways.

[21:23] Her mother has not been out of the house to walk those greenways in six months.

[21:29] Because it's getting too close to the e-bikes.

[21:32] All right, they're coming too close to her.

[21:35] That was her one form of exercise.

[21:38] All right, these are little quotes that I've heard

[21:41] on the trails as I'm talking to the public.

[21:47] And you know it's a shame, it really is.

[21:49] And I know that the town cares about this

[21:51] because they've come to us about it.

[21:54] The department cares about it.

[21:56] And I know the vast majority of Nolan's

[21:58] Bill cares about it because I hear it every day.

[22:01] You know, a safe community doesn't happen by chance.

[22:06] It happens when citizens speak up and their police stand up.

[22:11] You've spoken and we're standing with you, expect changes.

[22:17] They're coming very soon.

[22:19] Thank you for your time.

[22:20] Thank you.

[22:27] Great job, I'm sharing that information.

[22:30] We've had a lot of discussions about community education related to e-bikes, and I think

[22:34] each time we hear from the police department, which is clearly passionate about protecting

[22:38] our community, we get more information.

[22:41] I actually received an email today about e-bikes again, and I know each of us has received

[22:47] a significant amount of information.

[22:50] Does anyone have any questions about the presentation at very powerful presentation, and it is

[22:56] also lovely to see that your daughter is in the back, and I know very proud to get to see her

[23:00] speak and do such a great job. I hope you enjoyed that, Sammy.

[23:06] It's a big issue in our community

[23:08] and we've had multiple stories of people being hit on greenways and I'm very grateful for the

[23:16] work the police department is doing. We want to make sure that cars are being safe on the road and

[23:22] that they are looking out for bikes, but we also want to make sure that e-bikes and illegal

[23:28] are being driven correctly and responsibly and not hitting pedestrians.

[23:35] Any other?

[23:37] All right.

[23:37] That takes us to citizen comments, which Mr. Robert Hatcher.

[23:49] Robert Hatcher, Austin Court.

[23:54] Appreciate your service.

[23:57] Recently, I wrote an article after this discussion at the work group about the aesthetics of the new police station.

[24:03] 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.

[24:17] One of my readers commented on that post. Why don't you go down to the town hall and talk to me?

[24:24] I'm like, you have no idea who you're talking to.

[24:28] So I'm here to mention that.

[24:30] I know a couple of you read my post and it got a lot of traction and hopefully focus the

[24:38] conversation on the new police station a little bit.

[24:41] What I think it should be, especially since we've lost the ability to charge impact fees.

[24:47] Money is fungible so that stream of revenue that the town no longer has the authority to

[24:54] select puts a lot of pressure on our budget and capital projects.

[24:59] So, and I know it's budget season, and you guys need to watch every penny.

[25:07] Watching that work group work session, I had a strange feeling, because I was actually proud

[25:14] of this board.

[25:16] And they were discussion on what to name the park, and I've been quiet about it, because

[25:21] I thought if I had publicly stated in my opinion

[25:25] in what we should name the park that there

[25:27] will be a lot of people, that would be against my suggestion.

[25:32] But I brought it up during the election,

[25:35] and what I thought should be the name.

[25:39] I hope tonight will officially become the name.

[25:42] And with that, I want to say how proud I am

[25:45] of each and every one of you, which really happens.

[25:50] But congratulations, I'm doing the right thing.

[25:53] Thank you very much.

[25:55] Thank you, Mr. Hatcher.

[25:56] Anyone else that would like to sign up for citizen comments?

[26:00] All right, that takes us to announcements and reports from Town Manager.

[26:07] So a few things to bring to your attention. First of all,

[26:12] I'll put some information on your desk in front of you.

[26:16] I had a conversation today with Mark Mementoff of Bassbury and Sims and the conversation was

[26:23] wrapped around the IDD conversations that we've had in the past that's bored. Mark in particular

[26:31] has vast experience in working with TIFs and even these other IDDs and as well as other type

[26:39] special districts. But the reason why I reached out to him is he is specifically, our

[26:45] his firm is exclusively works for municipalities and local governments. They do not do work for

[26:52] developers. So the information that you might receive from them would be specifically toward

[26:59] what your interests are and not others. Part of my conversation was that he just actually sent

[27:06] his entire presentation packet which I've already afforded on to you all. I pulled out the

[27:12] one side that was pros and cons which really mimics some of the things that we've already heard.

[27:18] But he actually offered that he's willing to come in person and just have another discussion with you

[27:24] all about that. Actually last week he was headed off to college stale for the very same thing.

[27:29] And, most recently, he's been working with Gallatin on their IDD.

[27:36] He closed the one with Bristol, which I think was the very first one in the state, and

[27:42] has done some work there with Knoxville, so he had quite an expensive amount of experience,

[27:48] and he's been in the special districts for years.

[27:53] So anyway, I just wanted to provide that information if you all are interested in hearing from him.

[28:01] 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.

[28:10] I absolutely am, but good.

[28:15] Okay.

[28:16] I too would support that.

[28:18] All right.

[28:19] I will go to work on that.

[28:20] The second thing is on the park at Sunset Road, which we're obviously going to be talking about in a little bit.

[28:30] There are some things that are coming that we need to move forward.

[28:34] One is acquiring the easement for the sewer.

[28:38] As part of acquiring that easement, Mayor Gallic has had conversations with the easements on the objects side of the creek.

[28:45] So it's on the east side of Mill Creek

[28:49] that has to come over into the Bartlett property there.

[28:54] Her Galaxied conversations with them,

[28:56] they're willing to donate that east, that's to us.

[28:59] But one of the things that they ask us

[29:01] is would we consider something inside the park

[29:04] to be named after their family, just so one of the thoughts

[29:09] was maybe one of the pedestrian bridges

[29:10] or something like that being named after them.

[29:14] One, just kind of throw that out there because ultimately that would take a resolution from you all.

[29:18] 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.

[29:27] It doesn't have to be the bridge but that we can go ahead and get that donated well.

[29:37] As part of all of that, we will be bringing back to you resolutions, basically giving us authorization

[29:46] to officially go to be it, but tonight I'm actually asking for consensus on that issue,

[29:52] because just timing is always an issue, and construction of the sewer issue, our construction

[29:58] of the sewer is...

[30:00] 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.

[30:27] So I responded to your email with no opposition, and I was comfortable with moving forward.

[30:31] All right, very good.

[30:33] So that's who we will go ahead and start moving forward with that.

[30:37] And then the last thing that Brother Hatcher said,

[30:43] budget time is here, and we are a mid-budget time.

[30:47] We have scheduled budget meetings individually with you all the week of March 16th.

[30:52] 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.

[31:03] In advance of you.

[31:06] Bring you out and doing a public presentation on for the first time.

[31:10] And so what I was going to pitch to you all in.

[31:13] In our strategic planning session, the way we had laid that out is that at our next work session.

[31:18] to be the March work session, we would be doing that public presentation, but I propose to you all is that

[31:26] instead of us doing it at the March work session, we could do that first public presentation as a draft

[31:33] at the beginning of the voting meeting in April, so we slide it essentially two weeks

[31:39] have that presentation as a draft and then we use the April work session

[31:46] as the first vote, so instead of it being a presentation at the upcoming work session and

[31:53] a first vote at the voting meeting in April, voting meeting would get shifted to work

[32:00] session in April.

[32:01] So it shifts two weeks, doesn't affect the rest of the schedule.

[32:05] So we would still, if everything went well, we would still be done by the first weekend

[32:09] June always our goal, just because there's so much work, once the budget's adopted, then

[32:16] there's all the work of getting it put in and ready to go July 1 versus June 30 when

[32:23] we would close out.

[32:25] That's all that I have, those three items.

[32:30] Any questions, or if you'd back for Victor,

[32:35] right, that takes us to our report from town attorney.

[32:38] On the impact fee appeal, the record was synced up to the court on the 12th.

[32:44] It is still not been actually filed with the court.

[32:47] Once it's technically filed as when our deadline to file our brief starts, so we're getting

[32:52] closer.

[32:53] That should be in the next week or two, hopefully I don't have any updates on the Lamar

[32:57] matter and the ultimate appeal, that is also still just waiting on a ruling from the

[33:04] Supreme Court.

[33:07] any questions for Charles. That takes us to our consent agenda. Is there a motion to approve?

[33:13] Motion to approve. Second. All in favor of the consent agenda signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed? Motion passes unanimously.

[33:22] 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.

[33:34] so moved. Motion by Commissioner Gill is there a second?

[33:38] Second? If a motion and a second. Any discussion? First of all, thank you all for your patience.

[33:45] For I thought when we moved it up, we would get there a little bit faster, but it took a little

[33:49] bit longer. This resolution is so special. I think to the community as a whole and before we vote,

[33:57] we discussed this at our last workshop, so I do believe that there was consensus among the board,

[34:01] than, but there's so few opportunities in our community to recognize families that have done

[34:09] so much for the community, not just for one year or two years, but over decades. And we have

[34:16] so few opportunities like this. This particular area of land is directly adjacent to the original

[34:24] Sunset Park. And I think it's really important in the history of our community that we, we recognize

[34:30] things like that. The resolution that we have before us talks about the number of submissions

[34:37] we had from the community. We had over 473 votes that were submitted. We had 194 different

[34:46] names submitted. The best majority recognized the history of this particular area. We had names

[34:53] submitted by Ms. Kimmy Brown, who is here in the audience tonight recognizing the Brown family

[34:58] that ran Sunset Park for over a decade. There's also a significant number of submissions for

[35:04] the Chris Montgomery, which was the original family that created Sunset Park. And what I think is

[35:09] really special is that we have both families here tonight. So as we move forward with voting on this

[35:17] resolution, I don't know that anybody up here can really do it justice, but I am just really

[35:22] grateful that the board has supported what the community wanted because the community did

[35:27] overwhelmingly support this name, and that we get the opportunity to recognize you all tonight.

[35:34] So any other, any other feedback or comments or anything that we want to share?

[35:39] I'm just going to ask you the resolution in full place.

[35:43] Okay, I will read the whole thing in full.

[35:46] This is a resolution to name the new park property located at 1686 on set road as Chris Mon Brown Park.

[35:53] 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.

[36:06] 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.

[36:18] 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.

[36:29] 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.

[36:41] And whereas citizens' participants were asked to select their top three-name choices per submission.

[36:47] 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.

[36:58] 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.

[37:07] And whereas, Chris Monde Brown Park received the highest number of community votes, totalling 117 votes.

[37:15] And whereas, the name Chris Monde Brown Park honors the legacy of Ben Chris Monde and Mary Pope Chris Monde, who founded

[37:22] Sunset Park between 1909 and 1929, creating a social and sports haven for the African American community during decades of segregation.

[37:31] And whereas, Sunset Park was recognized as the first ball diamond in middle Tennessee established

[37:37] for African Americans at a time when segregation prohibited access to other community parks,

[37:42] and served as a vital recreational center offering ball games, a three-hole golf course

[37:47] picnics, family reunions, and community gatherings for many generations.

[37:52] And whereas, in 1965, Thomas A. Brown Senior and his wife Jesse Boyd Brown purchased Sunset Park

[37:59] and continued its operation for approximately 10 years, further preserving its legacy and history

[38:04] as a place of recreation, fellowship, and opportunity.

[38:08] And whereas the naming of the park as Chris Mon Brown Park ensures the lasting contributions

[38:13] of both families to the known small community and to middle Tennessee are formally recognized

[38:18] and honored.

[38:19] Now therefore, be it resolved by the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Nolan's

[38:22] Tennessee as follows. Section 1, the new part property located at 1686 Sunset Road shall

[38:28] hereby be officially named Chris Mon Brown Park. In Section 2, Town staff is authorized to take

[38:34] all necessary actions to implement this designation, including installation of signage, updates

[38:39] to official records, and related communications. That is the resolution that we will vote on in a

[38:45] few minutes, and I'd love to hear any other thoughts from commissioners. I'll say something,

[38:50] 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.

[39:01] I'm getting to participate in the establishing of this park and seeing the process through the grant and seeing it come to fruition.

[39:13] And this is the thing that we need to complete it.

[39:17] I mean, this is so exciting to be able to be part

[39:22] of memorializing the history.

[39:26] And as this says, the contributions that both families

[39:29] gave to this plot of land, this park.

[39:34] And so I could go on and on, but really all I want to say

[39:38] is I'm overjoyed to be part of it.

[39:41] Thank you all for being here for everything that your families have done and thank you

[39:48] to the Board for continuing on this course to establish a part for our community that recognizes

[39:58] the historical contributions of the community and just creates a great gathering space for all of our residents.

[40:06] Thank you.

[40:07] So, I'll just say that what I appreciate most is the residents supporting the growth that

[40:16] we have happening in Nolan'sville and the future that is going to become hopefully in

[40:22] the next two years very soon with opening one of our first parks facilities and to see that

[40:28] they are equally as excited and honoring the history that we have in Nolan'sville clearly

[40:34] in the votes and the support that we have here in the room this evening. I really do appreciate

[40:40] that the residents are coming along on this journey with us and the support of the history

[40:45] of what maintenance will so great and we'll continue to keep us great in the future.

[40:53] All in favor.

[40:55] Yeah, I say one thing.

[40:56] Your head not, I thought.

[40:57] Well, no, I guess I was trying to say a permission of street foot and wanted to take the microphone.

[41:01] I would respect him doing so, but I think he was heading out and back at all of us.

[41:04] on the last, I'll make this wish quick and next

[41:08] for dishes to the Chris mod and the Brown families.

[41:11] Thank you for all of your contributions to making

[41:13] no one's failed a town that we all love living in

[41:16] and enjoy raising our families in.

[41:19] We stand upon the shoulders of giants

[41:21] and we're recognized in tonight.

[41:23] Thank you.

[41:26] I will make one contest to turn the phones to again.

[41:29] Thank you to the families and the heritage of this,

[41:33] this land, thank you to the community who got involved in the suggestions and voting, I think

[41:37] it was a great outpouring of what we are as a community. I think for me personally there's

[41:44] a lot of history in this land in this park that I will teach my children about and what that

[41:50] really meant and I think that's going to be amazing for the community at large. Once my kids and

[41:57] kids kids get to play and sort of experiencing that part. Thank you for everyone here and virtually

[42:04] and in the community for your engagement. Cross.

[42:10] All in favor of resolution 26-026,

[42:14] signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed. Motion passes unanimously.

[42:26] We also have two certificates of

[42:28] recognition, one for the Brown family and one for the Christmas family and recognition of the

[42:33] official naming of Chris Mon Brown Park at 1686 on set road, following a public submission period

[42:38] and community vote.

[42:39] The citizens of Nolan's will selected this name as the top choice.

[42:42] This designation honors the enduring legacy and contributions of the Chris Mon and Brown

[42:46] families to the history and community of Nolan'sville and Middleton's see.

[42:50] So we would like to invite both the Chris Mon Brown and Brown families up and would like

[42:54] to present these certificates to you and help us celebrate the resolution passing.

[42:58] Victor. Victor reminded also good picture.

[43:46] Now

[43:53] I'm going to ask if we could get really close down.

[43:56] All

[44:15] right, everybody ready?

[44:23] We'll count the three, so big smiles. Ready? One, two, three, big smile.

[44:35] You got it. I think I'm good. Everybody got along?

[44:41] Got it.

[45:24] All

[45:42] right. Thank you, everyone, for letting us celebrate that. It's very special. It nights like tonight are the fun part of the stop.

[45:51] That takes us up to item 10 unfinished business.

[45:56] Second reading of ordinance 26-02 and ordinance to amend the Bent Creek Pud subdivision

[46:00] Primrose school sidewalk is their motion.

[46:02] Motion to approve the second.

[46:05] Any discussion on 26-02?

[46:08] Mayor one thing I may add is just for the good of the order and for the record.

[46:13] This was pulled off of consent because there was a chain in the one of the way

[46:17] as clauses. We just want to make sure that that was noted and happy to walk through that.

[46:23] There's a question. Any questions for Brad for the change and the reason why I was pulled off of

[46:29] concern? No questions for Brad. I do. I think for everyone having been a part of the planning commission

[46:35] and having heard their recent discussions just maybe for public clarification exactly where the

[46:40] intended sidewalk is supposed to go for this. This ordinance and the bid that's going out there.

[46:48] So staff, if you want to comment on that.

[46:52] So it was, I think for our understanding question,

[46:56] is that essentially it's moving from one side of the street

[46:59] to the other, and that was due to there's

[47:01] some available funding.

[47:02] It was the most cost-effective and felt that that was

[47:05] the best way to achieve the goal.

[47:10] So the sidewalk projects to reiterate,

[47:13] the sidewalk project is moving from the old clover

[47:16] 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.

[47:28] Is that what you were trying to clarify?

[47:29] Yes, thank you Mayor, that was what I was looking for clarification on just for public information.

[47:33] And then the sidewalk ends at King Street.

[47:39] All in favor of ordinance 26-02 signify by saying aye.

[47:45] Opposed. Motion passes unanimously. Resolution 26-04B. A resolution accepting bid amount

[47:50] in authorizing the award of contract and local construction LLC for the construction of curve

[47:55] and curb with gutter, storm drain repair, and sidewalk construction. Item C. Sam Donald

[48:00] Court. Motion to approve. Second. Any discussion on resolution 26-04B.

[48:06] I want to say just briefly that I am excited about this project because it is going to do

[48:15] a number of things. A number of good for the area. I also want to thank the parties that are

[48:22] that are willingly donating right of way to the project. I think that it's just all around

[48:30] the great project and I appreciate the board for moving forward with it. Any other discussion

[48:35] for 26-04B? All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed. Motion passes unanimously.

[48:42] 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.

[48:52] Is there a motion?

[48:53] Motion to approve.

[48:55] Second.

[48:56] The motion in the second. Any discussion?

[49:01] All in favor of 26-04, signify by saying aye.

[49:05] All opposed, motion passes unanimously.

[49:07] That takes us to resolution 26-02, a resolution to approve the capital improvement priority list.

[49:13] Is there a motion?

[49:17] We have a motion in a second. Any discussion?

[49:22] I have an amendment to this. I make a motion to amend to include sidewalk improvements.

[49:29] Dash to utilize the funds contributed by Beezer to create sidewalks and portions of St.

[49:34] Brook and Graystone estates.

[49:36] And to include town hall parking lot extensions.

[49:39] in slash connection with the LIMS and county library,

[49:41] Nolan's book, branch, dash, and partnership

[49:43] with Williamson County to support the expansion

[49:46] of the library facility.

[49:47] Is there a second?

[49:49] Any discussion on this motion, which is consistent

[49:52] with what we discussed in work session

[49:54] and per reference, I did send that wording over to Christina

[49:57] and Victor to make sure it was consistent.

[50:00] The dashes are because the resolution has dashes.

[50:04] I love that she read them like a text message.

[50:06] Well, the dash was in there.

[50:07] need to be in there. Any discussion on the motion to amend? All in favor of the motion to amend

[50:13] signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed? Motion passes unanimously. That takes us back to the

[50:18] main motion for resolution 26-O26 as amended. Any other discussion? All in favor of resolution 26-O26?

[50:30] Yeah. I said O26, but that was the naming of the park. Any other discussion of resolution 26-O22?

[50:40] All in favor signify by saying aye.

[50:42] Aye.

[50:43] All opposed.

[50:44] Motion passes unanimously.

[50:46] That takes us to resolution 26-024.

[50:48] A resolution expressing opposition to Williamson County

[50:51] Resolution 2-26-20.

[50:54] And Senate Bill 2-11.

[50:57] House Bill 24-19.

[51:00] Motion to approve.

[51:02] We have a motion.

[51:04] Second.

[51:04] We have a motion in a second.

[51:06] Any discussion on resolution 26-024?

[51:08] So too far.

[51:09] May I impose upon Victor for a question during our discussion period here?

[51:15] What are you hearing about this on our sister city's, several of them have already adopted

[51:20] a similar type of resolution.

[51:23] I just want to know what you're hearing as far as the status of this legislation.

[51:26] I've not heard what kind of level of support it has in the legislature.

[51:32] But I did go and have a conversation with the Bill's sponsor as to what was driving that.

[51:40] The bill was actually, at the State Legislature, that bill was actually put on just as

[51:46] a favor because another county asked him to do it.

[51:50] And so he had not taken into account the fact that his municipalities might not like it.

[51:58] He was just doing it as a favor because the county asked him.

[52:01] We had quite the conversation about the ins and outs and how many protections already are there

[52:10] that protect the county and how his bill was taking away the same property, right, that the rest

[52:20] of the legislation had guaranteed.

[52:23] And once he realized that, I think, that maybe turned a leaf with him.

[52:28] he wasn't sure he said he hadn't been pushing it he wasn't sure that it would be

[52:33] passed but anytime something's out there there's a likelihood that it could be

[52:38] I don't know if that answers your question fully but that's how much I know that's

[52:42] some very good color commentary John Matt good done a better job so thank you sir I

[52:47] could draw pictures thank you Victor thank you mate just one common I think in

[52:54] 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.

[53:18] 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.

[53:29] Next week is definitely a very large week for the legislative session and how it can affect local municipalities.

[53:36] There are a lot of bills that will potentially take the ability for municipalities to make their own decisions going forward.

[53:45] So, I agree with you completely, it is time to make sure that you are paying attention

[53:49] at a state level.

[53:52] So, to share a little bit more about this resolution, there is a bill in the legislature

[53:56] that would give counties the authority to veto any annexation within a municipality and municipalities

[54:04] currently, for more or less, only have the ability to annex for when a property owner asks

[54:11] for it.

[54:12] So to give the county commission veto authority, you are absolutely stepping on the private property rights of individuals.

[54:20] I also think it's important for the community to understand and for Williamson County to understand that we've denied annexations.

[54:28] It barely recently, we denied a very large annexation that was not contiguous to our borders.

[54:33] We also denied an annexation that was contiguous to our borders, because it was not consistent with our land use planning.

[54:41] So there are examples specifically in no one's will, but also across the state where municipalities have denied annexations.

[54:47] 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.

[54:59] 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.

[55:09] Trying to make sure that if there was additional issues that needed to be worked out.

[55:14] 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.

[55:23] But the facts related to our annexations and related to the collaborative spirit that we have already entered into with Williamson County.

[55:31] So I think that this is an important resolution to pass.

[55:35] I also think that one item that we haven't talked about is sales tax collection.

[55:40] And this is not something that Williamson County talked about when they passed their resolution, but is a really important component.

[55:47] If Wimson County or any county has veto authority over annexations, they also have the ability to

[55:54] rezone a property outside of town limit and could allow for commercial development outside

[56:00] of our town limits. And then the sales tax would go directly to Wimson County. So that's not

[56:06] something that I've heard discussed when these resolutions have come up. I think the way that

[56:12] the members of the county commission that supported their resolutions with wanting to change the annexation law.

[56:19] Glossed over that or didn't understand that they had that authority.

[56:24] But if you are going to the state legislature to make changes to the laws that govern our state,

[56:30] let's have a good discussion about that and make sure that everyone that's involved really understands what's at stake and

[56:37] and what the changes could lead to.

[56:41] So I do hope the board will continue to support this resolution tonight.

[56:47] Any other discussion about resolution 26-04?

[56:52] I'm struggling with my number tonight.

[56:55] 26-02-04.

[57:00] All in favor of resolution 26-02-04, signify by saying aye.

[57:05] Aye. All opposed? Motion passes unanimously.

[57:07] that takes us to reports and comments from commissioners.

[57:12] Just one thing, Mayor, I want to promote my Buttercup committee

[57:18] and the work they're doing.

[57:21] I think she is here, our chairman's here.

[57:25] Just to get it out there, I know it's getting out in social media

[57:29] in May 2nd, Saturday.

[57:32] Right now, we're looking at about 60 vendor boosts

[57:34] about 20 food trucks give or take right as a one day no more than that okay that's

[57:40] great that's great um looking at four entertainment stages the miss butter cup

[57:47] pageant is going to be a very large to do and I'm excited about that and we'll see

[57:52] more on Facebook social media through the town things like that so just get everyone

[57:58] start to get excited about it. If we won't rain this year,

[58:04] don't speak in

[58:05] a good distance. So this will be our second year that the town has helped

[58:13] organize the Buttercup Festival, but if there's a long-standing history and no one's

[58:17] but with the Buttercup Festival and Lamont has been a part of that for a long time

[58:21] and is still serving on the Buttercup Committee. So we're glad that you're here

[58:25] tonight as well. Very excited about the work that the committee is doing and I know

[58:30] it will be a great event.

[58:32] So what's the official day?

[58:33] Josh May.

[58:35] May 2nd?

[58:35] That's out of the question.

[58:37] Mark your calendars for that.

[58:39] Any other reports and comments from commissioners?

[58:41] I'm like a, yes.

[58:44] And the pageant is April 18th.

[58:50] I just want to make a quick comment

[58:51] and I'll have more to say at the next meeting,

[58:56] regarding the start-spangled celebration.

[58:59] but one of the things this year that we are looking at doing is in the kids area having a

[59:06] kids entertainment group come in and have that be the prelude to the main event so it would

[59:16] it would start around the 535-45 mark and then go to 630 or so tear down and then shift to the main

[59:26] page. There's some reasons for that, but I'm personally pretty excited about it. I think

[59:34] it's just one small change that can kind of improve the event that's already amazing.

[59:43] So I'll have more to say at the next meeting, but I just want you all to be aware of that.

[59:48] Thank you. Any other reports and comment?

[59:50] with that, is there a motion to adjourn?

[59:56] All in favor of adjournment, signify by saying aye.

[59:59] Aye. All opposed?

[1:00:00] Motion passes unanimously. We are adjourned. And that was a long meeting. Oh.

[1:00:13] You are welcome.

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