Sort of just filling in for your pro tem council member Porterfield.

Um just a reminder we are sitting on Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Shawnee land, a reminder that no one is illegal on stolen land built by stolen labor.

All right, we do have two presentations tonight.

Um and the first one will be presented by council member Ewing, uh proclamation recognizing the life of Eleanor Willis, uh notable civic leader and lifelong Nashville.

Councilmember Ewing, are you ready?

Yes, yes, I am.

All right, I think we okay, thank you.

Okay.

Okay, ready?

Are we all ready?

Whereas notable civic leader and lifelong Nashvillean Eleanor Lawson Willis passed away on February thirteenth, twenty twenty-six, leaving a legacy of community service and leadership, and whereas Miss Willis was born on September 15th, 1936 to the late Helen and Harry Alfred Lawson Jr.

And was preceded in death by her brother Harry House Lawson and whereas Eleanor Willis, a distinguished graduate of Vanderbilt University, lived a life defined by service, compassion, and a steadfast commitment to strengthening her community and whereas she dedicated her career to expanding opportunities and care for others, founding the Heads Up Child Development Center to serve low-income families and children with development and disabilities, as well as co-founding the Rochelle Center to support adults with disabilities, reflecting a lifelong devotion to dignity across all stages of life and whereas her leadership in civic and environmental stewardship, most notably through the Friends of Warner Parks, the Nashville Tree Foundation, and Cumberland Region tomorrow, help to preserve Nashville's nature with thoughtful growth to guide future generations and whereas Miss Willis served as director of Friends of Winnipeg from 1994 to 2013, shaping the organization to the strong part nineties today.

In our time as director, Miss Willis helped to develop the full moon picking party fundraiser, a continuous annually to this day.

Whereas Eleanor Willis Hendur legacy is one of transformative impact, reflected in the it's shaped that lives is uplifted, and communities she helped to sustain.

Thank you.

Whereas she is survived by her three sons, Alfred Russell and his wife Debbie, William Reese and his wife Casey, and Brent Lawson and his wife Kathy Willis, ten grandchildren, Clayborn Klein, Merritt Woods, Sidney Reed, Elizabeth Drake, Kendall Reese, John Lawson, William Graham, William Morgan, Caroline Carden, and Gage Lawson Willis, and two great grandchildren, Bradley Stewart and Vivian Anderson Matthews.

Now therefore, I Sandy Ewing, District 34 Councilmember of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, along with the Vice Mayor and Undersigned Council members to hereby recognize Eleanor Willess Willis.

Excuse me, Eleanor Willis, in remembrance of her lasting contributions to Nashville.

She led by example as a model of service leadership and care for community, signed on this twenty-first day of April, 2026.

Would anyone from uh Miss Willis' family like to say a couple of words?

Or okay.

Well, next we have a presentation by Councilmember Gadd, a resolution recognizing April 19th to through April 25th, 2026 as National Library Week and recognizing April 21st, 2026 as National Library Workers' Day.

Councilmember Gadd, are you ready?

Wonderful.

Right here.

Oh, you ready?

Oh, thank well, thank you so much.

Uh Madam Speaker Pro Tim.

Um Sepulveda.

Um today um we have an opportunity to um share out loud our incredible gratitude to the Nashville Public Library workers and to our libraries across the the county.

Um we did our gratitude as well on the council floor with the passing of this resolution.

So um I'm really grateful to my colleagues who are standing up here.

Um, but I would did want to take just a moment before we read through the words that we've approved, uh, and just you know, state that the Nashville Public Library does something that this council talks about constantly.

It creates community every day across Davidson County, and that's free for all that that enter.

The programs are extraordinary, reading readiness for our youngest children, digital access for neighbors left behind, health literacy, literacy, spaces where every person can walk in and belong.

But here's what I want us to name clearly.

Public libraries are not just a community service, they are a cornerstone of democracy, free access to information to the freedom to read and think for yourself, and that is not a small thing right now.

That is everything, and none of this happens without the people we're honoring today.

The staff of the Nashville Public Library show up as guides, educators, and connectors.

And I have to do a special plug out to uh my home branch at Ripsland Park.

But this resolution is our way of saying we see you, and we are grateful for you.

With that, um, I'll open up the the resolution and um ask my colleagues to read a little bit as well.

So resolution number RS 2025.

Um I don't know what the whole number is.

Anyways, a resolution recognizing April 19th to April 25th as Nash Nash National Library Week and recognizing today, April 21st, um, as National Library Workers Day.

Whereas I'm uh ask, I guess you want to do one time.

Okay.

Whereas Nashville Public Library, or NPL serves as a cornerstone of knowledge and opportunity, providing essential resources, services, and programs that empower individuals and whereas National Library Week observed annually in April, is it time to celebrate the power and promise of libraries here in Nashville and across the nation to recognize the contributions of library staff and to promote library use and support and whereas the theme for National Library Week this year is find your joy, and whereas the 21 branches of the Nashville Public Library spark creativity, fuel imagination, and inspire lifelong learning, offering a space where individuals of all ages can find joy through exploration and discovery, and whereas in 2025, NPL served nearly three million visitors in 28 different languages.

However, the impact and reach of Nashville Public Library workers extend beyond the library branches to provide access to collections, professional development, enriching programs, and vital resources through meaningful community partnerships with over 140 child care centers, all metro Nashville public schools, over 30 youth development organizations, dozens of senior citizens centers, and hundreds of community centers and events across Nashville and Davison County, and whereas through programs such as uh Nashville After Zone Alliance, the Library of Things, Be Well, Begin Bright, and the Digital Inclusion Initiative, the Library reaches all ages to provide a variety of learning opportunities and whereas the success of the National Library would not be possible without its staff and volunteers who help people.

And reach of Nashville Public Library workers extend beyond the library branches to provide access to collections, professional development, enriching programs and vital resources through meaningful community partnerships with over 140 child care centers, all metro Nashville Public Schools, over 30 youth development organizations, dozens of senior citizens centers, and hundreds of community centers and events across Nashville and Davison County and whereas through programs such as uh Nashville After Zone Alliance, the Library of Things, Be Well, Begin Bright, and the Digital Inclusion Initiative, the Library reaches all ages to provide a variety of learning opportunities and whereas the success of the National Library would not be possible without its staff and volunteers who help people of all ages and backgrounds access and interpret the information they need to live, learn, and work in the 21st century and whereas over the last year, especially with the closure of the main library, library workers have worked tirelessly to maintain programs and bring the library to the public by holding events at alternate sites and working at various other library branches to ensure continued services and whereas recognizing the invaluable contributions of library workers is essential to appreciating the role they play in strengthening communities, advancing education and ensuring free and open access to information.

And whereas libraries, library workers, and library advocates across the nation are joining together to celebrate National Library Workers' Day, an initiative of the American Library Association, Allied Professional Association on Sunday, April 19th, 2026, to highlight the dedication and contributions of library professionals.

Now, therefore, be it resolved by the council of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.

Section one.

The Metropolitan Council hereby goes on record to recognize Sunday, April 19th, 2026, as National Library Workers' Day in Nashville and David County, and express its appreciation for the dedication of the Nashville Public Library staff and volunteers who work tirelessly to serve the community and promote literacy, lifelong learning, and community connection.

Wonderful.

Thank you so much.

And um, oh, so that the Metropolitan Council further goes on record as recognizing the 19th through 25th as National Library Week in Nashville and Davidson County, and this resolution shall take effect uh from and after its endop adoption, the welfare of metropolitan government requiring it.

Thank you so much.

And Director Lou.

We have a couple of copies of this.

We wanted to turn over just in case there's something you'd like to share as well.

Thank you.

So thank you to Councilmember Gadd, um, to all of the co-sponsors of this resolution, and to Councilmember Vaux as the chair of the Council's Arts Parks Libraries and Entertainment Committee, and to everyone on this council for being such faithful friends of Nashville Public Library.

It means a lot to me that you would take the time to recognize the outstanding work of the Nashville Public Library staff.

I'm so grateful for their contributions every day.

I know this year we talked a lot about the work that the staff across the system put into keeping customer services going during the temporary closure of the main library.

But to be honest, this is just one example of our staff's passion for public service.

We which we see across Nashville every day.

The entire NPL team cares deeply about the library and about this community.

And I'm proud to not only lead this staff but to work alongside of them every day.

Please know that we value your support, your friendship, and of course, we love that you all are library customers too.

So NPL would not be the great institution that it is without all of our staff, supporters, and customers, including you.

So thank you very much.

All right.

Again, once again, uh happy National Library Week and Happy National Uh Library Worker Day.

I hope you all will uh take this opportunity to visit uh your local uh public library.

Uh we know that uh public libraries are one of the places that are currently being attacked by not only the federal government, but by our own state of Tennessee.

So uh take a moment, thank uh your local library uh worker.

Uh go visit a public library.

There is a hunger to learn and to read, and I have witnessed it myself at uh a bus stop when there was a constituent of mine that asked if I had more books in Spanish.

So um people want um more books and people are looking for outlets.

So uh go ahead and take advantage of that.

Um books are free.

All right, council members, are you ready to practice your duo linguo?

Since I am up here, that is what we're going to do.

So if you have announcements, go ahead and get in the queue.

Um, and we will go ahead and get started.

Concejal Bradford, queda reconocido.

Gulden Aub and Fry Line.

Uh residents of District 13.

I have a community meeting this Saturday, the 25th from 11:30 to 1 at the Southeast Community Center in Antioch to begin discussions of how we want the Calchville Pike area to develop over the next several decades.

Planning department has been uh really helpful in coming up with some potential strategies.

So just inviting constituents to come out.

It's an interactive forum, provide your feedback.

Hopefully, we'll have uh one or two more of these meetings over the next several months so that we can get this right and uh set the course of development in this area for the next two to three decades.

Thank you.

Gracias, Concejal Bradford, Concejal Nash, queda reconocido.

Gracias, madam chairman.

Uh I would like my colleagues to mark their calendars and and also the the public.

Uh on May 7th, the FOP will be holding its annual police memorial service to honor those officers uh from Nashville and from Metropolitan Nashville after the consolidation who have lost their lives, given their lives for this community.

It will be taking place at uh the first Baptist Church at 108 7th Avenue South Nashville, Tennessee.

Uh downtown Nashville at 11 o'clock on May 7th.

Thank you.

Gracias, Concejal Nash.

Concejal vo reconocida.

Thank you so much, um, acting pro tem.

Um there is a lot going on in District 17 as always.

I just wanted to invite everyone this Thursday, April 23rd at 4 p.m.

We are having a community meeting at the Tennessee Justice Center regarding um Lafayette Street.

Uh recently I had two community members die crossing the street there, and we are gonna um honor them as well as discussing with T Dot and Not um what we are um what efforts have been made and will continue continue to be made.

So everyone is invited to that.

Please come out.

That's um Thursday at 4 p.m.

Um and then just so y'all know this weekend is the rock and roll marathon, so there's a lot of road closures in District 17.

I will be sharing those out this weekend.

Um, and then I want to make sure um that my constituents in the 12 South area.

We are gonna have a meeting on Monday, May 11th regarding um a stormwater project.

Uh constituents have been asking for years.

We've been able to finally do the survey, so that will be on Monday, May 11th at 6 30 p.m.

at the Severe Park Community Center.

Um, please, everyone is welcome to that as well.

Um, and I of course I know we just announced it, but I want to, of course, honor um all the library workers.

Uh today is their day, and a special shout out to my two branches, um, the Pruitt Library and Edge Hill Library.

They are so amazing and do such they're so instrumental to our community.

Um I do want to do a personal point of privilege.

Um my nephew Augie is turning one on April 26th.

So I want to wish Augie a happy birthday, and uh Aunt T T will come see you this summer.

Thanks.

Gracias, Concejalvo, and I say uh Lafayette, but whatever.

Uh all right, uh Concejal Gamble, queda reconocida.

Gracias.

Yes, I want to announce that there will be a community health and resource fair this Saturday, April 25th at the Parkwood Community Center from 11 a.m.

to 2 p.m.

Everyone is invited to attend.

It's a free event.

Uh there will be wonderful organizations providing resources.

There will be a prescription, uh take back, drug take back box so people can come and drop off unused expired uh medications and get rid of them in a safe way.

We invite people to come out to that again.

It is this Saturday, April twenty-fifth, between so if you're not running in the marathon, come to the this community health resource fair from eleven AM to two PM at Parkwood Community Center.

All right.

So wish them luck.

I'm sure they will do well.

Order.

We have a quorum, and today is Tuesday, April twenty first, twenty twenty-six.

This is the seventh meeting of twenty twenty-six, and the fifty-ninth regular meeting of the current term of the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County.

Those sojourners who were not lost but left behind, overlooked, forgotten.

Help us remember that youth homelessness is not a political talking point, but moreover, it is a child without a bedtime story, a teenager studying by the light of a bus stop, perhaps without a bench to sit on.

And even a young soul left wandering our city, no, no, their city, wondering where help can be found, and who can be trusted to assist.

So tonight and each night going forward, please show not just the selected body, but the entirety of our city it represents how to see every human in our midst as their neighbor.

Not only the neighbors that we enjoy, not those we see daily or from whom we borrow a cup of sugar or flour, not only those we agree with, but all people, because we know that y'all truly means all.

Creator grant this council the courage of conviction to look beyond the all-too easy convenience of the status quo and to see the urgency of a lonely night, whether it's warm or freezing.

Grant this body the integration of justice and mercy to recognize that while justice demands we dismantle the systemic barriers that create and perpetuate poverty.

Mercy requires us to provide the soft bed and the safe harbor right now.

May we never provide the policy without the heart, nor of a charity without the change.

Grant this assembly the wisdom of stewardship to recognize that investing in our young people not only with a journey pass to ride the bus, but investing in a bed now is cheaper and infinitely more human than managing a health, housing, hygiene, or hunger crisis later.

Grant these leaders, Lord, the heart of a parent to view every young person sleeping in a doorway or a sliver of the woods, not as a nuisance or a problem to be solved, but as our own kindred flesh and blood, deserving of safety, dignity, and a fair start to life.

May the decisions made tonight and into the future be more than ink on paper.

May they be the blueprints for a city where housing is a right, not a luxury, and no young person has to trade their future in an attempt to survive only the night.

Let us work this evening not just for the city we have, but for the city that future generations deserve.

May it be so.

Amen.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

One nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice.

May be seated.

Thank you very much, Mr.

Stovill.

Welcome, Council and Community Members.

Transit Month in Nashville continues, and it was my pleasure to take the trusty 3B bus downtown to committee meetings yesterday, and to ride it back home and chat along the way with Councilmember Allen.

Thanks to our city's successful dedicated funding referendum.

The number three and many other bus lines are running more frequently and have become an even better option for more Nashvilleans.

I invite all Nashvilleans to try transit and replace at least one car trip this month.

This is National Library Week, and today is National Library Workers' Day.

And we were so pleased to have the Nashville Public Library Foundation with us on our second floor mezzanine prior to our first April meeting for a thank-a-thon, uh, where members of the public, council members, and I could write thank you notes to express our appreciation.

Thank you to Ms.

Vaux for helping coordinate that.

A great city has a great library, and we certainly do.

I often say that your Nashville Public Library card is truly a magic passport.

We encourage all Nashvilleans to get your free library card, go online or to your local branch and see all the amazing free resources to which your card entitles you.

As the library itself says, it's not just books.

Councilmember Gadd welcomed library employees back to the council chamber as our guest just shortly ago to present a resolution honoring library workers.

So thank you very much to everyone who supports and works to make Nashville's library system so amazing.

Our library is also home to our uh Metro Historic Archives, where our friends at Nashville Sites and Metro Historic research and find images used in the new historic courthouse and city hall digital audio tour.

Members of the community visiting City Hall can now find signage for tour stops.

Looks like this to everybody who's here and watching online in in color though.

Um can find those tour stops on the ground floor and out on the second floor mezzanine with QR codes to jump into the details of the art and architecture of our beautiful 1937 historic building and learn more about our three branches of local government.

You can also find the tour spots out front on Diane Nash Plaza or simply go to Nashville sites, SITES.org at any time and take the audio tour from home or wherever you may be.

Thank you to everyone who came out on Sunday afternoon for the community celebration to launch the new tour.

It was a beautiful day with Trustee Gilmore's fourth annual Diane Nash Walk and Davidson County historian Dr.

Lee Williams sharing about council members Z.

Alexander Luby and the mayor proclaiming April 19th as Z Alexander Luby Day.

So many Nashville histories have and do continue to converge on the public square.

All right.

Without objection, we will suspend the calling of the roll and ask the clerk to please record the names of the members present throughout the meeting.

Is there a motion for approval of the minutes of the meeting of April 7th, 2026?

All right.

There is a motion properly seconded.

And so without objection.

And seeing no one seeking to be recognized for a change to the minutes.

The minutes of the meeting of April 7th are approved.

Mr.

Clerk, are there any messages from the mayor?

There are no messages from the mayor.

Thank you, Mr.

Clerk.

All right.

We will roll right into our agenda.

First is section E.

Appointees and nominees.

This portion of the agenda shares all persons, the many, many persons who were scheduled to appear before the rules, confirmations and public elections committee for an interview this evening.

Referrals back to the committee will be by rule as part of the council's two meeting process for elections and confirmations.

No votes will be taken by the body in the sec this section of the agenda.

As brief a report as possible, please, sir.

No vote totals necessary, simply the name of those interviews, and for which board, commission, committee, or entity they were interviewed, kind of in the aggregate.

And then if a person in the appointment and confirmation process was unable to attend your committee this evening, at what meeting they will next appear, please, sir.

Go ahead.

All right.

Sir, at what meeting will Ms.

Mayhall appear?

Sorry, one meeting.

Okay, okay.

At the meeting of March, or rather, May 7th.

Yep.

For Parks and Recreation Board, we interviewed Michelle Dr.

Michelle Steele.

The uh Mirza Esteban has been withdrawn for Property Sanders and Appeals Board, the Short Term Rental Appeals Board, uh David Kleinfelter for Sustainability Advisory, uh Cesar Castro and Laura Donahue.

We deferred the interview, one meeting for Caroline Everett for Sustainability Advisory.

And then in the Midtown Central Business Improvement District, we interviewed a bunch of uh nominee board for board of directors.

Those are Michael Babb, Walt Burton, Lisa Haller, Andre Laquir, Julia Baker, Bob Franklin, Ally Hall Eagles, Emily Schneller, Donovan Sheffield.

We deferred Andrew Cook one meeting.

Um then we uh also interviewed Charlie Couture, Chris Gala, uh uh Malik Gay and Keith Siebernailer.

I hope I got that one right.

All right.

Okay, that concludes our section E, appointees and nominees.

Next is uh section F for confirmations.

So Chair Cash, you will be recognized again for your committee report on the appointees in the second step of your committee's two meeting process, this time with vote totals and a consolidated motion for the confirmation of those persons, or first for a deferral motion if there are any.

Go ahead, sir.

Okay, uh so the bicycle and pedestrian advisory commission reappointment of Catherine McDonald.

Uh these are all seven to zero to zero.

Okay.

Um for Board of Equalization appointment appointment of Whitney Ellis, Board of Equalization appointment of Michelle Trueba, Board of Equalization appointment of Scott Tyrone as an alternate.

Farmers Market Board reappointment of Scott Moskowitz.

Uh Housing Trust Fund Commission appointment of Lizzie Goddard, Sports Authority reappointment of Daniel Russ Pulley.

Um the sustainability advisory committee uh appointment of Jeffrey Eazel Ace, sustainability advisory committee reappointment of San Councilmember Sandy Ewing, the sustainability advisory committee reappointment of Matthew K.

Taylor, uh Sustainability Advisory Committee reappointment of Linda Breggan, sustainability advisory committee reappointment of Jennifer Wang, sustainability advisory committee reappointment of Erica Weeks.

Um Traffic and Parking Commission, appointment of Lauren Gaines, zoning appeals board appointment of Michael Garrigan, zoning appeals board appointment of Anna Yoder.

And uh that's it.

All seven to zero to zero.

All right.

Um hearing no uh deferrals, um, could you please make uh a consolidated motion, please?

I'd like to move all nominees.

Oh okay, um uh for confirmation.

I hear it is seconded.

Does anyone wish to remove an item from this consolidated motion for purposes of an individual abstention or a no vote?

Okay, seeing none, all in favor of the remaining confirmations, please say aye.

Aye.

All right.

Um so uh everyone is now confirmed, and to our confirmed appointees, if you chose to return to the council chamber this evening, which is not required.

Do please stand as I call your name uh for collective applause at the end.

All right, council has confirmed the uh reappointment of Catherine McDonald to the bicycle and pedestrian advisory commission to the board of equalization, council has confirmed the appointments of Whitney Ellis, Michelle Tweba, and Scott Tyrone.

To the Fair Commissioners Board, Council has confirmed the appointment of Brittany Tabor.

And to the Farmers Market Board, Council has confirmed the reappointment of Scott Moskowitz.

To the Housing Trust Fund Commission, Council has confirmed the appointment of Lizzie Goddard.

To the Sports Authority, Council has confirmed uh the reappointment of the Honorable Daniel Russ Pulley, former council member, and to the Sustainability Advisory Committee, Council has re or rather confirmed the reappointment of Jeffrey Eazel Ace, Councilmember Sandy Ewing, Matthew K.

Taylor, Linda Breggan, Jennifer Wang, uh, and Erica Weeks, and then to the Traffic and Parking Commission, Council has confirmed the appointment of Lauren Gaines, uh, to the zoning appeals board, council has confirmed the appointment of Michael Garrigan and Anna Yoder.

All right.

Thank you all so much.

Um, congratulations to you.

Whether you are here in the chamber or watching from home, we appreciate your willingness to serve our city.

Thank you.

All right, as we transition into our nomination section of the agenda, I want to bring members and the community's attention to two uh vacancies on the Transportation Licensing Uh Commission.

Uh Council members will have received a memo from me yesterday, and it is on your desks this evening.

The Transportation Licensing Commission, also known as the TLC, has the exclusive jurisdiction of the licensing and regulation of all vehicles for hire, including but not limited to taxi cabs, wreckers, sedans, limousines, horse-drawn carriages, and persons or businesses engaged in the practice of booting vehicles.

All right, per this memo, I will take nominations from council members for the TLC, the two vacancies at the meeting of May 7th at the May 7th council meeting.

All right.

It is now time uh to take nominations uh for board and commission vacancies that were announced and explained at the last meeting.

And in agenda order, those are uh agenda item G.

Uh one uh East Bank Development Authority.

These will be nominations to fill one vacancy on the authority with a term expiring June 30th of 2030, uh, with the election to be held or conducted on May 19th.

Uh, with the election to be held or conducted on May 19th at that council meeting.

All right, um, the nominations for East Bank Development Authority are open.

Um, if members wish to make a nomination, they can enter the queue.

Ms.

Webb, uh, council member, you're recognized.

Thank you.

I re uh I nominate Bob Braswell.

Okay.

Um, Councilmember Webb has nominated Bob Braswell.

Um, Councilmember Toombs, you are recognized.

Thank you, Madam Vice Mayor.

I nominate uh Nathaniel Carter.

Okay.

Uh Councilmember Toombs has nominated Nathaniel Carter.

Do any other members uh seek to be recognized to make a nomination to the East Bank Development Authority?

Seeing none, those nominations are now closed.

Next, uh agenda item G2, nominations to the property standards and appeals board.

Nominations to fill one vacancy on the board with a term expiring April 7th of 2030, with an election to be conducted at the May 19th, 2026 council meeting.

Um, those nominations are now open.

I see members in the queue.

Councilmember Koopin, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam President.

Uh, I'd like to nominate Grafton Brittle, please.

All right, Councilmember Koopin has nominated Grafton Brittle.

Is that correct?

Brittle with a B.

Okay.

All right.

Uh Councilmember Evans, you are recognized.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

I'd like to nominate Roger Farmer.

Okay.

Councilmember Evans has nominated Roger Farmer.

Do any other members seek to be recognized for a nomination to the property standards and appeals board?

Seeing none, I declare those nominations closed.

Next is agenda item G3 for the Short Term Rentals Appeals Board.

Nominations to fill one vacancy on the board with a term expiring August 31st of 2027, with an election to be conducted again at the May 19th council meeting.

Thank you, Madam President.

Uh I'd like to nominate Kevin Griffith, please.

Okay, Councilmember Coopin has nominated Kevin Griffith for uh consideration on the short-term rentals appeal board rental appeals board.

Um uh councilmember toomes, you're recognized.

Thank you, madam vice mayor.

I uh nominate Diamond Bell.

Okay, uh Councilmember Toomes has nominated Diamond Bell.

Okay, um uh seeing no other members uh seeking uh to make a nomination.

All right, those nominations are closed.

All right, council members, uh the clerk uh may be in touch with you um to get contact information uh for your nominees.

So please be on the lookout.

Um again, uh those folks uh will have their interview at our May 7th meeting.

Um the election will be conducted at the meeting of May 19th.

All right.

Next is agenda section H public comment.

Members of the public who are Tennessee residents wishing to speak at public comment may sign up at the table outside the council chamber from 5 to 6 p.m.

on the day of a council meeting.

Public comment is limited to 20 minutes total at council meetings, and each speaker is allowed up to two minutes to speak.

Persons speaking on agenda items must be prioritized to comply with state law.

All right.

Um I will uh go ahead and announce a few of the folks uh after the first person so that you can go ahead and uh make your way and come forward.

Uh the first person uh for public comment is Cynthia Clinton speaking on agenda item 56.

Um this is ordinance BL 2026 1273.

Uh East Bend zoning speaking in support after Cynthia Clinton will be James Hubler and then Jennifer Turner.

Go ahead, uh Ms.

Clinton, you are recognized.

Okay, my name is Cindy Clinton, and I stand before you today, not just as a nonprofit leader, but as an educator who spent 23 years in the classroom here in Tennessee.

The idea for the Music City Children's Museum didn't come from a boardroom.

It came from me visiting children's museums with my grandchildren.

And in every children's museum, I would say, why not Nashville?

So in 2014, I retired and I decided to ask, quit asking that question and answer it by trying to build a children's museum in Nashville, a world class one.

For more than a decade, we've moved forward step by step.

The challenge we faced in the last few years has been finding the right home and the right partner.

Today, after years of evaluating a location, we are closer than ever with the East Bend because East Bend is more than a location.

It is a vision for a family-focused district where children can learn and families can connect.

The legislation before you, as written by planning, creates conditions that make a project like ours possible.

It allows for the kind of thoughtful community-centered development that can bring a children's museum to life.

We can move from vision to reality.

Tonight it's more than just zoning.

We can be a city that invests in families.

We can be a city that creates spaces for children and a city that thinks about the next generation.

I've spent years of my life working toward this moment, and I truly believe East Bend gives Nashville the opportunity to finally make this dream a reality.

I respectfully ask for your support.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next will be uh James Hubler also speaking on East Bend Zoning, followed by Jennifer Turner and then David Byerley.

Uh Mr.

Hubler, you're recognized.

Thank you.

Good evening.

I'm Jim Hubler, and I live at 607 Fatherland Street in the first zoned historic district in Davidson County.

I've lived in the area since 1986 and have seen amazing improvements in the neighborhood in that time period.

Tonight, your votes on the East Bank development will be a defining moment in the history of our city.

We all want to get it right.

Density works in an urban environment, but only when done properly.

The amendments to plan seemed well-meaning and well thought out.

But please make this a neighborhood, not a new downtown.

Be careful with what you impose on the future.

Do we really need 12 40-story buildings, 150-story building, and multiple 20-story buildings?

Years ago in 1958, we were given an opportunity to reimagine the East Bank.

At that time, interstate highways were new, and everybody wanted one, so we got an East Bank Interstate Highway.

We also removed a slum area and built the Ellington Parkway.

But we also wiped out a large Victorian residential neighborhood and some of the uh businesses in that area.

So please remember what you're doing is going to have an impact on the future, and let's do it right.

Thank you for your service.

Thank you.

All right.

Uh next is Jennifer Turner.

Also, pretty much everybody is gonna be speaking on agenda item 56, um, a 1273 East Bend zoning.

Uh, following Jennifer will be David Byerley and then Brian Hubbard.

Go ahead, Ms.

Turner, you're recognized.

Good evening, Council members.

It's so nice to see you all again.

My name is Jennifer Turner.

I'm the president and CEO of Tennessee Performing Arts Center.

I reside on South 13th Street, zip code 37206 in Davidson County.

I appreciate the opportunity to speak in support of the East Bend zoning and broader East Bank vision.

Like many of you, we see this as a transformational opportunity for our community.

We have the ability to replace underused industrial land with a vibrant, inclusive neighborhood that belongs to all Nashville's.

We strongly support the goals embedded in the plan: walkability, great design, multimodal access, and a public realm that prioritizes people over pavement.

I support this personally as a resident of East Nashville and in my role representing TPAC in our own development.

But before that is realized, we do not want to limit access to the arts and TPAC.

Flexibility today allows us to succeed while the district matures.

The East Bend Bank East Bend development team have been partners and supporters of TPAC as we planned our own relocation to the East Bank.

This type of collaboration is crucial to the success of arts organizations like ours.

The arts are not an accessory to this development.

T PAC brings students, families, seniors, tourists, and working artists into the heart of our city.

That only works if audiences can get there safely and reliably, especially during the transition period.

I encourage the council to approve the East Bend zoning while preserving flexibility.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next will be David Barley speaking again on East Bend Zoning in support, followed by Brian Hubbard and Samuel Lingo.

Uh go ahead, Mr.

Byerley, you're recognized.

Thank you so much, each and every one of you.

And thank you for still being a council that allows a session to start with prayer.

I personally wouldn't be here without it.

So many investors, primarily from Nashville and Middle Tennessee, have come together to create something truly special, a place, you know, built and designed from scratch for families, uh, a place for people to live and visit, where children will learn and be entertained.

Will families uh will have a place that is genuinely designed for them.

And this is our singular message.

We have one story, it's easy to remember, and I would just encourage us to really begin to work together as so many have.

I've seen in the last two weeks.

Most everyone on this floor genuinely just lock arms and try uh to get to get started, right?

Let's it's time to work now.

We we have a license to work.

I I genuinely hope after night.

You know, imagine East Bank.

We have read it from cover to cover many times.

And I would just say to you, thanks to your hard work.

I really hope we don't have to imagine any more after this evening.

Thank you.

All right.

Uh next is uh Brian Hubbard.

Uh Mr.

Hubbard will be followed by Samuel Lingo and Matthew Payne.

Those folks can go ahead and come forward.

Uh, Mr.

Hubbard is also speaking on East Bend zoning in support.

Go ahead, sir.

Good evening, Council members.

My name's Brian Hubbard.

I'm an architect and design principal at Kensler, located at 161 Rosa Parks Boulevard.

I've had the privilege of working as part of the East Bend team, helping shape the vision you see before you today.

I want to speak specifically about the process.

This plan didn't happen in isolation.

Uh, it is a result of thousands of hours of collaboration with Metro Planning Department alongside engineers, landscape architects, visionaries, transportation experts, community stakeholders, and other state and local officials.

From the beginning, the goal was to align with the city's long-term vision and imagine East Bank plan to create a district that works not just on paper, but in practice.

We approach this through thought or with thought, through the framework of the downtown code, which prioritizes form, public space, and the experience of street level.

Every element you see from the pedestrian connections to the greenway to the open space networks, has been shaped through the ongoing dialogue with the planning department to ensure it delivers abroad on the broader goals of connectivity, accessibility, and livability.

What's important to understand is that this is not a one-off design.

Uh, it's coordinated and intentional framework that ensures the district evolves in a way that is cohesive, human-scaled, and responsive to Nashville's needs.

Metro Planning, with their knowledgeable and talented staff have been in deeply engaged at every step, helping define, refine the vision, challenge assumptions, and ensure outcomes that reflect the values outlined in the Imagine East Bank plan.

The legislation before you is a product of that work.

It provides the structure and clarity needed to deliver a well-designed and thoughtfully executable urban neighborhood.

On behalf of our team, I want to thank the planning for their partnership, and we look forward to more work and coordinated coordination with the city to come.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next uh will be Samuel Lingo, also speaking on agenda item 56, East Bend zoning in support.

Uh, following uh Samuel Lingo will be Matthew Payne and then Macy Fluarty.

Go ahead.

Uh, you're recognized.

Good evening.

Thank you for the opportunity.

My name is Sam Lingo.

I live at 1212 McGrace Lane here in Nashville.

I'm a Nashville native and raising two boys with my wife.

Uh I grew up in watching the scrapyard from the Cumberland River.

Uh, watched it again from the trolley barns when we moved the entrepreneur center there, and now I'm part of the team working to transform it.

The time has come to change that riverfront, and tonight I need your help.

In October of 2022, when Imagine East Bank plan was released, we were already pursuing that site.

Even at this early stage, we've made three choices that we go that go beyond what was required of us.

First, with Metro Planning, we've pursued the downtown code, a form-based code that sets the framework without locking every detail so the community can keep shaping the project as it evolves.

Our project also catalyzed planning's new River Gateway site language and the community plan, written for one riverfront site within our assemblage.

Second, we wrote greenways and open space into the zoning itself across the entire district.

The Gulch tried to get open space through incentives, but incentives only work if developers take them.

And many didn't.

We didn't want that.

It's required, not optional.

Third, Metro pioneered a process on their 30 acres to design the public realm with intention.

We've put that principle into practice, sharing our draft streets, rights of way, and public spaces with the community before we were required to do so, so that people could respond while we could adapt.

And we have.

Thank you for your support.

Thank you.

Next uh will be Matthew Payne.

Uh speaking on agenda item 56, East Bend zoning, followed by Macy Flewarty, and then Manon Hall.

Uh go ahead, uh Mr.

Payne, you're recognized.

Yeah, good evening, Council members.

Uh, my name is Matthew Pain.

I live um at 4414 Leland Lane.

Um, but I'm also the owner of um longevity fitness in East Nashville.

And I work every day with the people who live, work and raise their families in East Nashville neighborhoods.

I also operate a small business that depends on steady, sustainable foot traffic to survive.

So when I look at a project like East Bend, I'm not looking at it in theory.

I'm looking at it through the lens of what actually works for a city and for a small business like my own.

Small businesses in East Nashville have felt the pressure of growth for years.

We've seen increased density pushed into established neighborhoods that create strain on residents on traffic and on the very character that makes East Nashville special.

East Bend offers a different approach.

It concentrates density where it makes sense in a purpose-built urban district design to handle it.

It creates a place where people can live, work, and spend time without putting additional pressure on surrounding neighborhoods that weren't designed for that level of intensity.

And from a small business perspective, that matters.

It directs growth to a location that can support it while helping relieve some of the ongoing pressures we've all felt in East Nashville.

It creates new opportunities for small businesses, not just within East Bend, but across the broader area by expanding the customer base and strengthening the local economy.

As a small business owner, I strongly encourage you to pass this legislation.

It represents a thoughtful strategic approach to growth that benefits both our neighborhoods and businesses that serve them.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next uh will be Macy uh Flew Harty, um, followed by Manon Hall and Joseph Lee.

Ums Flew Harty is speaking on agenda item 56, East Bain zoning.

Go ahead, ma'am.

Thank you.

My name is Macy Flew Hardy.

I live in District 12 on Yuchi, Shawnee, and Cherokee land.

My city council person is Aaron Evans.

When I first moved to Tennessee, I rented a room in East Nashville.

Since then, I have moved around the city depending on work, but have always thought I would move back to East one day soon.

I have friends that live out there, businesses I enjoy spending my money at, and a vibe and community that is truly its own.

I've learned much in that area, both in skills and life lessons.

I've spent a lot of my volunteer time in East Nashville, and when friends come to visit, we always go to East.

A large chunk of this part of our city is up for rezoning.

East Nashville has a lot of potential, and residents have made it clear what they want and need.

Housing, cultural enrichment, and green spaces.

Votes that jeopardize these necessities in our growing city will show us how committed this body is to their constituents versus developers and potential tourists.

We should all want people to be able to build lives and continue to enrich our East Nashville.

We hear all the time how we want to solve the affordable housing crisis in our city, that we want to ensure our unhouse neighbors can be as safe as possible.

This is the chance to make sure we can make those steps towards progress and safety to make sure East Nashville stays East Nashville and doesn't risk becoming another Broadway.

Or tonight could push the idea of homes, green spaces, and local community further onto a back burner.

I hope this council votes on this bill and its upcoming amendments with great intention because that is how it will be seen by us.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next is Manon Hall, followed by Joseph Lee, and then lastly, Tatterie Marion.

Go ahead, Mr.

Hall.

You're recognized.

Hi, my name is Manon Hall.

I live at 912 Strauss Ave 37206.

This is one of the most desirable properties in the entire country, and we're giving all these new entitlements with no tangible knowledge to the future cost to Nashvilleans.

How much are Nashvilleans going to be on the hook for these developers' future?

I take great offense when folks uh speak about Nashville's future in regards to transit.

Our transit system now is incredible.

The frequency improvements have made my life and the 30,000 Nashville's lives better.

The East Bank will be will have a transit center and will become an incredible hub for transit use.

And to, you know, push off, you know, we need more parking is is offensive to me personally because 30,000 Nazvillians use it a day.

Um and that brings me to why I am in strong support of late filed amendment three.

Curb cuts are one of the many reasons, one of the actually the maybe one of the most major reasons that our pikes are so deadly for pedestrians and cyclists.

By eliminating by keeping the limit to those three locations.

This will ensure that that street stays safe.

I'm gonna read off um the names of the 27 people that were cyclists and pedestrians that were killed last year on Nashville Streets.

James Burns, Mac Tyrone Cosby, Jerry Crutcher, Dot Dobbins, James D.

Galloway Jr., Cariona Harding, Larissa Houston, Robert L.

Jones, Nicholas Landhart, Lorenzo Mendoza, Rustin Needer, Patricia Owens, Kira Phillips, Robert Powell, Melina Sanderson, Jose Salamenka, Julie Savoy, Blaze Schaefer, and La Toon, and eight more unnamed pedestrians.

Please make this road a street where no one dies.

Thank you.

Uh next is Joseph Lee, also speaking on agenda item 56, East Bank or East Bend zoning.

And then uh again, lastly, Tattery Marion.

Go ahead, Mr.

Lee.

Hi, my name is Joe Lee, and my eye address is 1800 Bland Food Drive, Franklin, Tennessee.

I've come to you to speak regardless of the East Bend rezonium bills.

I've read all 28 amendments and four Lay File amendments.

And let me tell you, none of these addresses address the issues that we face as Williamson County residents, okay.

Davison County has existed to serve us, Williamson Knights, ever since our brave DEI General, John Bellhood made the first commute from Nashville to from Franklin to Nashville in the winter of 1864.

I thought we had a good understanding that uh you guys provide all the jobs and opportunities and we extract them and pay our property tax back home so they can make make our school white.

I'm concerned about the infrastructure of the East Ben.

There are way too many parks and active spaces, okay?

Uh what we Williamson Knights need is a hundred lane-wide superhighway and all the free parking as wide as your eyes can see, so I can park my G-Wagon at the gates of the stadium where you are also paying for.

What we're gonna do, walk.

This is a once in a generation opportunity, so please don't waste it on your own residents and continue to serve us, Williamson County nights.

All I'm asking for you is to just do what you did when you remove your nine aft bike lanes.

It's a win-win situation.

You just have to listen to all the rich property owners, and you can pr you can legally ignore all the 48% of the renters in your own county.

Think about that.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next uh is Tatterie Marion.

Um, Ms.

Marion is speaking on um regarding the small business administration loans.

Uh go ahead, ma'am.

You're recognized.

Good evening, Vice Mayor and Council members.

My name is Tatori Marion.

I serve as a public affairs specialist with the United States Small Business Administration.

My role is to connect communities like yours with critical resources, especially during times of disaster and economic hardship.

Right now I'm here to make sure your residents, business owners, and nonprofit organizations are aware of our low-interest disaster loans available through the SBA.

These are federal loans designed to help people recover and rebuild after a declared disaster.

And when I say recover, I mean everything from repairing homes and replacing personal property to helping small businesses recover operating expenses and get back on their feet.

For homeowners and renters, SBA loans can help repair and replace damaged property.

Things like roofs, HVAC systems, furniture, and even vehicles.

For small businesses and nonprofits, we offer what is called economic injury disaster loans.

These working capital loans help cover everyday expenses like payroll, rent, and utilities when revenue has been impacted.

What's important to understand is that these loans are long-term, low interest, and designed to be affordable in many cases.

They offer more flexibility than traditional lending options, especially for those who may not qualify.

The key are deadlines.

The deadline is June 22nd.

I'm asking for your support in helping us spread the word, whether it's sharing information through the city channels, allowing us a few minutes at future agendas, or connecting us with local organization and stakeholders.

Your voice helps us reach more people.

At the end of the day, our goal is simple to make sure no one in your community is left behind.

Thank you.

Thank you, Miss Marion.

All right.

Next is agenda item I.

Uh I one, a rule of procedure.

Um this is a proposed amendment uh to rule of procedure 46.

Um per procedure.

Um Mr.

Prepti, I I can recognize you, sir, but we do defer one meeting by rule.

Um, I would invite members, you have an explanation on your desk.

Um, and uh you can uh look at that.

It's regarding um a council uh meetings and when they might be held or not be held um per uh Mr.

Prepti's uh proposal.

So by rule, um, this is deferred one meeting um to uh the meeting of May 7th.

All right.

Next uh agenda section J resolutions on public hearing.

Spanish interpretation services are provided for all Metro Council public hearings.

Council office team member Karina Valdez is here as the interpreter.

Uh Ms.

Valdez, will you please share how you can help?

Los it was in the Spanish Ponibles and Lauviense Publica.

Yes, that is we appreciate you.

Uh, for those wishing to speak this evening as part of public hearings, please do state your name.

Um, but it is not required for you to provide your exact address if you do not wish to do so.

You may want to tell us in what neighborhood or area you live, your connection to the agenda item or project, or who your council member is.

All right.

Um the first resolution on public hearing is agenda item one, resolution 2026-1898 sponsors Coupen and Bradford.

This is a resolution exempting Monell's dining and catering locating located at 1235 6th Avenue North from the minimum distance requirements for obtaining a beer permit.

Councilmember Coopin, you are recognized, sir.

Thank you, Madam President.

Open the public hearing, please.

If we can, let's go ahead and just get your committee report of your first.

Okay.

Um, go ahead, uh Chair Hill for the report of the government operations.

I think you madam vice mayor.

We recommended approval.

Five in favor, zero against zero not voting.

All right, thank you, ma'am.

Back to you.

Thank you, Madam President.

Open the open the public hearing.

Okay, I declare the public hearing open.

Would all members of the public hear in support of this resolution?

Please raise your hand.

Thank you.

Would all members of the public hear in opposition to this resolution?

Please raise your hand.

Seeing no one here in opposition to the persons here in support wish to speak.

You would like to, sir.

Go ahead.

Please come forward.

Good to see you all.

Michael King, owner of Motonells.

I just wanted to um since the closure of the manor, we had to move our catering license that we do off property and also Oktoberfest from we needed a uh address.

So that was the whole purpose.

I am not a beer.

The only time I do beer and I don't even drink it is Oktoberfest.

That's enough for me.

We're not turning it into beer or selling beer.

We just needed the address so that we can continue doing our events off of catering with alcohol.

So I appreciate your time.

All right, thank you.

Anyone else seeking to be recognized?

Seeing none, I will declare the public hearing closed, and it's back to you, uh Mr.

Koopin for a motion.

Thank you, Madam President.

Move approval with a brief comment, please.

Right.

Properly seconded.

Go ahead, sir.

Thank you.

Appreciate the uh the support on this.

Um the Germantown Neighborhood Association is very supportive.

They sent a letter in, they um expressed their deep appreciation for uh Mr.

King and Monell's.

Um I did want to acknowledge there were three uh three neighbors that could not be here tonight that had some concerns and opposition that they had raised, um, spoke to them earlier, wanted to tell them I would uh note their concerns for the record.

Um but again overwhelmingly the neighborhood association's been incredibly supportive of this.

We've got a letter of support.

It was talked about multiple neighborhood association meetings.

Um, and so and again, as you heard Mr.

King say he's not looking to open any sort of beer establishment, but rather keep his catering license open.

Um so as my colleagues to support this and appreciate it very much.

All right, there is a motion to approve properly seconded.

Is there any discussion on this resolution?

All right, seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Any voting, no or abstaining.

All right, uh council has adopted this resolution.

Next is agenda item two, resolution 2026-1899, sponsor tombs.

This is a resolution exempting 201 Lucy Lane from the minimum distance requirements for obtaining a short-term rental property, not owner occupied permit, pursuant to the Metro Code of Laws Section 6.28.030 B2D.

All right.

Uh Councilmember Tombs, you are recognized.

Thank you, Madam Vice Mayor.

Request open a public hearing.

Thank you, ma'am.

I'm gonna do that committee report first.

We may just wind up flipping that back the next time we do this, but if we're gonna go ahead and do the committee report, um go ahead, Ms.

Hill.

Yeah, uh we recommend approval.

Uh five in favor, zero against zero not voting.

Okay, thank you for that committee report.

And with that, now Miss Tombs, I will declare the public hearing open.

Um, would all members of the public hear in support of this uh Ms.

Tombs' resolution?

Uh please raise your hand.

All right.

Would all members of the public hear in opposition to this resolution?

Please raise your hand.

Okay.

Seeing no one here in opposition, um, I will or uh in support, I will declare the public hearing closed, and it's back to you uh for a motion on your bill.

Move for approval with a brief comment.

All right, is there a second?

Go ahead, ma'am.

Thank you, madam vice mayor.

I just want to say this is a row of townhomes that are across from Haynes Middle School, they're on the opposite side of the street.

Every single uh town home except one is uh outside of the the 100 feet.

So I don't normally do uh non-owner occupied short-term rentals, so I just want to give that explanation.

It's just one town home.

All the rest are are qualify, so I was fine with this one.

All right, uh, appreciate the explanation.

There is a uh motion uh to approve this resolution.

It's properly seconded.

Is there any discussion on this resolution?

Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no?

Any abstentions?

Um Miss Suara, you will be recorded as an abstention, Mr.

Clerk.

Um, all right.

Uh council has adopted this resolution.

All right, uh next is agenda section K.

Um, our consolidated consent agenda.

All resolutions and second and third reading ordinances on this agenda are included on the consent agenda.

If recommended for approval unanimously by all committees to which the item was referred.

Items on the consent agenda will be voted on at a single time.

The item number along with the resolution and ordinance number of the items on the consent agenda will be read by me.

And then members of the council may remove any item from the consent agenda by request before the consent agenda vote is taken.

All right.

The first item uh proposed for the consolidated consent agenda is agenda item three, uh resolution 2026-190.

Agenda item four, resolution 2026-1901.

Agenda item five, resolution 2026-1902.

Agenda item six, resolution 2026-1903.

Agenda item seven, resolution 2026-1904.

Agenda item eight, resolution 2026-1905.

Agenda item nine resolution twenty twenty six-1906.

Agenda item ten resolution twenty twenty six dash one nine zero seven.

Agenda item eleven resolution twenty twenty six-one nine zero eight.

Agenda item twelve resolution twenty twenty-six-one nine zero nine.

Agenda item thirteen resolution twenty twenty six-one nine one zero.

Agenda item fourteen resolution twenty twenty-six-one nine one one.

Agenda item fifteen, resolution twenty twenty-six-one nine one two.

Agenda item sixteen, resolution twenty twenty-six-one nine one three.

Agenda item seventeen, resolution twenty twenty-six-one nine one four.

Agenda item eighteen, resolution twenty twenty-six-one nine one five.

Agenda item nineteen, resolution twenty twenty-six-one nine one six.

Agenda item twenty resolution twenty twenty-six-one nine one seven.

Agenda item twenty-one, resolution twenty twenty-six-one nine one eight.

Agenda item twenty-two, resolution twenty twenty-six-one nine one nine.

Agenda item twenty-three, resolution twenty twenty-six-one nine two zero.

Agenda item twenty-four, resolution twenty twenty-six-one nine two one.

Agenda item twenty-five, resolution twenty twenty-six-one nine two two.

Agenda item twenty-six, resolution twenty twenty-six-one nine two three.

Agenda item twenty-seven, resolution twenty twenty-six-one nine two four.

That concludes our resolutions.

And next on a second reading, the first uh item proposed for the consent agenda is agenda item forty three, ordinance BL 2026-1327.

Agenda item 44, Ordinance BL 2026-1328.

Agenda item 45, ordinance BL 2026-1329.

Agenda item 46, Ordinance BL 2026-1330.

Agenda Item 47, Ordinance BL 2026-1331.

Agenda Item 48, Ordinance BL 2026-1332.

Agenda Item 49, Ordinance BL 2026-1333.

Agenda item 51 ordinance BL 2026-1335.

Agenda Item 66, ordinance BL 2026-1310.

Agenda Item 67, ordinance BL 2026-1311.

Agenda Item 68, ordinance BL 2026-1312.

Agenda Item 69, ordinance BL 2026-1313.

Agenda item 71, ordinance BL 2026-1316.

Agenda item 72, ordinance BL 2026-1319.

Agenda item 73, ordinance BL 2026-1320.

Agenda item 74, ordinance BL 2026-1321.

Agenda Item 75, ordinance BL 2026-1322.

Agenda item 76, ordinance BL 2026-1323.

Agenda item 77, ordinance BL 2026-1324.

And then lastly, proposed for the consolidated consent agenda is agenda item 78, ordinance BL 2026-1325.

Do any items need to be removed from the consent agenda?

If so, if members will please join the queue to request that.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

I'd like to remove 2026 1311 number 67.

Okay.

Is that correct, Mr.

Benton?

67.

Ordinance BL 2026-1311 be removed uh from consent.

It has been uh removed.

Um council member Hancock, you're recognized.

I'd like to request the removal of RS 2026-1907.

Okay.

Um what agenda is that?

Number 10.

Okay.

Um uh council member Hancock has requested uh removal of agenda item 10, which is uh resolution 2026 uh 1907.

Uh that will be uh removed from consent.

Do any other members uh seek to be recognized uh to remove an item uh from the consent agenda?

All right.

Um seeing none, uh Mr.

Clerk, are all committee reports in for the items uh on the consent agenda?

Yes, all committee reports are in.

Thank you, Mr.

Clerk.

Members, is there a motion for approval of the consent agenda?

Okay, um uh there's a motion properly seconded.

All in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Council has passed all items on the consent agenda.

All right.

Um now we will uh go back in agenda order uh for those items uh that were not on consent.

Uh first being uh agenda section L for our resolutions.

The first item among those that was not on consent uh is agenda item 10, resolution 2026-1907, sponsors tombs, Huffman, Coopin, Welsh, Alan Gadd, Ewing Lee, Porterfield, Vaux, Herrell, Gamble, Ellis, Prep, T Swara, Taylor, and Styles.

This is a resolution appropriating a total of 375,000 from a certain account of the community safety fund for a grant to Gideon's Army Grassroots Army for Children to implement a trauma informed youth-led workforce and leadership program for youth to reduce and mitigate violence as part of the community safety initiative.

Sponsor Tombs, uh, Madam Chair, you are recognized.

Thank you, madam vice mayor, committee report.

Budget and finance voted to recommend approval.

Nine in favor, zero against zero not voting.

All right, and for the report of the public health and safety committee, Vice Chair Prepiti, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam Vice Mayor.

In committee, we had a pretty robust discussion on this particular agenda item.

Some items that I want to share with the full body on our discussion is that this grant is a fully reimbursable grant that has specific deliverables that get into the army is required to meet.

Likewise, if those deliverables are not met, there is a clawback provision in this particular grant that would allow Metro to be able to cancel the grant and be able to be reimbursed for that fund disbursement.

Um with that being said, after consideration of ours 2026, uh 1907, the committee voted nine in favor, zero against zero not voting to approve.

All right.

Um with both those committee reports in, it's back to you, Miss Tombs, uh for a motion.

Move for approval.

All right.

Um there is a motion to approve, properly seconded, and we're on to discussion.

Uh, first in the queue.

Uh, Councilmember Swara, do you seek to be recognized for discussion on this item?

Go ahead, ma'am.

Uh, thank you, Vice Mill.

I uh thank you, Councilmember Pripti, for referencing the discussion in uh uh Elton Sifton or uh urge everyone to please go back and watch it.

Uh, but one of the things that I wanted to uplift also is that when you look at the model of work that Gideon Ami does, this violent interruption program, the old program premises is based on using people that have actual experiences in this area, people that I've been short, people that are in gang.

That's how the program works, so that they can relate to the kids so they can offer them something different.

And so when we look at things like that, yes, we have stories in the news about one or two individuals that did something.

I do not want us to penalize this organization that is doing great work uh because of those two incidences or because they're using gang members.

That's how it works.

That's what the kids relate to.

So I encourage everyone to watch the discussion in ed committee um where they actually stated a lot of things that would be done.

Else department talks about the oversight and the deliverables and everything that goes with it, and there was a robust conversation on the work that they're doing in the community.

So I know we see things in the news, but I do not want that uh uh to affect how this organization is viewed because they've been doing this work for a long time and they've been very successful, and with that as follow the approval.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next for discussion is Councilmember Gamble.

You're recognized.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

I would also like to rise in support of this grant opportunity.

Uh, we have been discussing this for several years now, even when I was on the public safety committee.

I've also attended some of the events and programs that Gideon's Army has held for the uh students that participate.

I mean, these are students that have experienced a lot of trauma, um, not to their own making, but just because of the environment that they're in and the programs that uh Gideon's Army provides, provides a safe place for these students to um understand better some of the trauma that they're going to and to learn about ways to um to prevent or or to uh deal with though that trauma in a constructive manner.

So I really do support this grant.

I hope that uh many of you will take uh Rashida up on her offer when she sends out the invitation to come and really look at and view some of the programs that she does with these students, and uh this funding will help continue that work and expand their work.

So I encourage all of you to support it.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next uh for discussion is Councilmember Tooms.

Go ahead, Ms.

Tombs.

Um, thank you, Madam Vice Mayor.

Obviously, I stand in support of the legislation.

This is something that I have championed and have been working on for years.

Um, I don't want to repeat what others have said, but I will add that uh Gideon's Army as an organization has jumped through all of the administrative hoops.

Their finances have been audited, they've submitted a boatload of documentation, they've met all the standards that the Metro Health Department has for their grantees.

Uh Dr.

Ann, who is oversees all of the uh community violence and violence intervention and interruption programs at the health department oversees because we know that gun violence is a public health crisis.

So the health department oversees all of these programs and tracks the data and all the metrics and keeps up with all the groups.

And Dr.

Ann is uh very much uh an expert uh in this area and would not be a part of it if it was not legitimate, if it wasn't a good program.

I wouldn't put my name on it if it wasn't a good program.

Uh so I encourage all my colleagues to support it.

Thank you.

Next is uh Councilmember Coopin.

You're recognized, sir.

Thank you, Madam President.

I'll be brief.

Um, also rising in support and just appreciate um the the young man's comments earlier about um the program and the impact and the work it has.

I've seen firsthand how important um the Gideon's Army work is.

Um, and so just really supportive of this and urge my colleagues to do the same.

Thank you, Mr.

Koopin.

Uh next, Councilmember Bradford, you're recognized.

Oh, no, sir.

Okay.

Um, is anyone else seeking to be recognized uh for discussion on this resolution?

All right.

Um uh seeing none, uh we will move to the vote.

Um all in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Any voting no?

No.

Okay.

Hearing a no, with this being a resolution that only has one vote.

Um, we will have to go on the boards.

Uh Mr.

Clerk, uh, please open the vote.

With all votes in, uh, Mr.

Clerk, uh, please show the vote.

All right.

Uh this resolution uh has been adopted uh with 33 votes in favor, one vote no, and two abstentions.

Right.

Next on our agenda.

Uh among our resolutions is agenda item 28, resolution 2026-1925.

Sponsors Koopin, Rutherford, Huffman, Johnston Styles, Nash, Gad Gamble, Wiener Spain, Bradford Lee Webb, Taylor, Swara, and Ellis.

This is a resolution recognizing the contributions of linemen uh and line workers and recognizing April 18th, 2026 as National Linemen Appreciation Day in Nashville and Davidson County.

Councilmember Koopin, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam President.

Committee reports, please.

Uh for the report of the rules, confirmations and public elections, uh Chair Cash.

Um, this is uh regarding Mr.

Koopin's uh line workers uh resolution.

Yep, we voted uh to approve four in favor, zero against zero not voting.

All right.

Um back to you, Mr.

Koop.

Thank you.

Uh move approval with a brief comment.

All right, is there second?

Second.

We we got it.

Yep.

Um go ahead, Mr.

Koopin.

And I know there's a late a late file that will we wanna add on here.

Um, but um appreciate appreciate one support here um behind every light switch hospital and functioning city are the line workers putting themselves at risk to keep the power on.

Um it's one of the most dangerous jobs in the country, and especially highlighted with our recent uh experience with with ice storm fern.

Um they work in day extreme heights and temperatures near lethal voltage, long hours.

Um, I think back to when I got to visit with some of the line workers during the storm, and they showed me a photograph of a kind of wooded area and a hill that they had to climb up and haul heavy gear and and put power back on, and then they shared with me that on their way back down their their access or exit was blocked because some trees had fallen behind them and they had to get that cleared out.

So these are the really the people doing phenomenal work to keep our city going.

Um I think it is every year is fitting to recognize them, but especially with what's been going on recently.

Um I can't thank them enough for all the uh all the time away from their family.

Many of them lost power like we did, um, but they were still out there.

Um shifts, again, cold weather, hard work, and so uh really appreciate that.

Um and so would like to also amend my motion to include 12.3 um for this bill.

Thank you.

Okay, um, so there is a motion to approve with rule 12.3 applied, such that all members voting in the affirmative will be listed uh as co-sponsors.

Um okay, we are on to discussion.

Um, Ms.

Swara, I saw that you wanted uh to be recognized.

Um uh go ahead, ma'am.

Uh thank you, Vice Mayor.

Uh like to suspend the rules to present the late file amendment.

Okay.

Um uh there is um a motion uh to suspend the rules um what for what I see to be a housekeeping amendment.

Um is there any objection to suspension of the rules um so that uh Ms.

Suara's uh late filed uh housekeeping amendment uh can be taken up seeing uh well Mr.

I apologize, Mr.

Cash Chair, did this come to your committee on its late filed nature?

Yes, it did, and we voted to support the plate file nature six in favor, zero against zero now voting.

All right.

Um so again, with that report, I will ask if there's any objection.

Seeing none, the rules are suspended, and we um uh if you uh uh make a motion, we can take this up now.

All right, uh move for approval.

All right, go ahead, ma'am.

There's a motion to amend.

It's a motion to amend, it's a very short housekeeping rules, but the old idea is that our love for you to say line walkers instead of line.

This is the an age we have women walking as well, and so if we're going to recognize the troop, we want to make sure we recognize all of them and that rather than using line men, which is the original ward, uh, we want to make sure we recognize all the people that are doing the job.

And so these amendment just change line men to line walkers.

All right.

Um, you've heard an explanation of the amendment um uh from sponsor Swara.

Is there any uh discussion on this motion to amend?

Seeing none, all in favor of the amendment, please say aye.

Aye.

Any voting no?

Any abstaining?

All right.

Um do you want to renew your motion, Mr.

Koopin?

Yes, please move as amended.

All right.

Do I hear a second?

Thank you.

Is there any discussion on uh this resolution as amended?

Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

All right, you have adopted uh this resolution as amended, uh honoring uh our uh line workers uh with rule 12.3 applied.

Okay.

Next our uh section M bills on introduction in first reading by rule.

All items on first reading shall be voted on at the same time unless requested otherwise by a primary sponsor or by two other members.

Do any items need to be removed from the collective vote?

Uh council member Styles, you're recognized.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Um 1360.

Have to move a substitute because of the planning numbers.

Well, no, we're just removing them from first reading consent vote.

Uh agenda item 34, Miss Styles.

Uh committee reports that I think.

No, no, we're just removing them from the first consent vote.

Is it your wish to remove agenda item 34?

Okay.

Um, Miss Benedict, you're recognized.

Thank you, madam vice mayor, number 35.

Okay.

1961.

Agenda item 35 um by Ms.

Benedict and agenda items uh and agenda item 34 um will be uh removed.

Uh 34 is uh uh ordinance uh 1360, um, and then um agenda item 35 is uh 1361.

Okay.

Uh is there a motion for approval of all the items remaining on first consideration?

Okay, properly seconded without objection.

You have approved all items uh remaining on first reading.

Now we'll go back to the items that were pulled from first in order.

Uh now uh Ms.

Styles, agenda item 34, ordinance BL 2026-1360, uh is an ordinance amending chapter third or rather 17.28 of the Metro Code of Laws to amend regulations on underground utilities.

Uh Ms.

Styles, you're recognized.

Okay, thank you.

Um so there's the the current bill is missing the planning number, so there is a substitute that I would like to move and then if you would please make a motion first to approve to get the bill before us.

I'd like to move for approval.

Okay.

Now you can make your motion to substitute.

Yes, I'd like to move the uh substitute, please.

Okay, um, and I think I heard you uh saying that that was a housekeeping like enumeration issue there.

Okay.

Anything else you wish to say?

Nope, that's it.

Alrighty.

Um is there any discussion on uh the motion to substitute?

Seeing none, all in favor of the substitute, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

All right, if you would please renew your motion to approve on first reading is substituted.

Yes, I would like to move this bill as substituted, please.

Okay, and it's properly seconded.

Is there any discussion on that?

Um approval on first as substituted.

Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

Okay, this has passed uh its first of three readings.

I'm about to have my voice back.

Okay, uh, yes.

Still a little raspy though.

Okay, it's pretty good if I have to raise my voice.

Okay, I I'll take your word for it.

Uh 35, agenda item 35, uh ordinance BL 2026-1361 sponsors Benedict Captain Coopin.

This is an ordinance to amend chapter 17.37 of the Metro Code of Laws to establish an East Bank Design Review Committee within the downtown code, uh, also known as the DTC.

Um and Miss Benedict, you are recognized.

Thank you, Madam Vice Mayor.

Move approval.

Is there a second?

Okay, it's before us.

Go ahead.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Move the substitute.

All right.

Would you like to describe the substitute?

Absolutely.

So the substitute as the proposal number from planning because that was not on the original bill.

All right.

So this is housekeeping adding a proposal number.

Um is there any further discussion on the motion to substitute?

Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

All right, the substitute is on.

I'd like to move as substituted, please.

All right.

Is there a second?

All right.

Is there any discussion?

Seeing none, um, there's a motion to approve as substituted on the first of three readings.

All in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Any voting no?

Any abstaining?

All right.

This has passed first reading.

As substituted.

All right.

Next, um, we are moving into uh section N of our agenda.

Bills on second reading that were not on the consent agenda.

First among them is agenda item 42, ordinance BL 2026-1254.

Sponsors Cortez, Harel, Bradford, GAD, Sepulveda, LSVO, and Suara.

This is an ordinance to amend title six of the Metro Code of Laws regarding the disclosure of personalized algorithmic and dynamic pricing.

Uh sponsor Cortez, you are recognized, sir.

Yes, committee reports, please.

All right, for the report of the government operations and regulations committee, Chair Hill.

Think of my vice mayor.

We recommended a deferral to the second meeting of July, which is July 21st.

Okay.

Um there is a motion, or rather, a recommendation of deferral to, I apologize if you would restate that.

The first meeting the second meeting of July.

Second meeting in July.

Which is July 24th.

And that was five in favor, zero against zero, not voting.

Okay, thank you so much.

Back to you, Mr.

Cortez.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Um, yes, I would like to move to defer to the second meeting in July.

With a brief comment.

Yes, go ahead, sir.

Of course.

Yes.

Um, so uh per Metro Legals uh recommendation.

I reached out to A.

G.

Segrometti's office at the state, and um we believe that may be uh a path for enforcement.

So they are reviewing that request now, and we believe by the second meeting in July, we will have an answer if that is something that they can enforce for us or not.

So we'll have more information then.

All right.

Um there is a motion to defer to the second meeting in uh July.

Um you've heard an explanation of the deferral uh by the sponsor.

Is there any discussion on the motion to defer?

Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

All right.

Um this uh will be taken up again at uh the second meeting in July on its second of three readings.

All right.

Um also on uh second reading is agenda item 50.

Uh this is ordinance BL 2026-1334, sponsors Bradford Horton, and Evan Siegel.

This is an ordinance authorizing the Metro government to abandon existing reservoir drain line and to accept new public sanitor sanitary sewer main sanitary sewer manholes and easements for property located at 1431 Voltee Boulevard, also known as Jetway Logistics.

Uh Councilmember Bradford, you're recognized, sir.

Thank you.

Committee reports.

Uh for the report of the planning or uh the planning and zoning committee, Chair Horton.

Sorry, we had the up and down there.

Go ahead, sir.

Oh, go ahead.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Uh, planning and zoning recommended approval.

Uh eight in favor, zero against, and with one abstention.

Okay, and one abstention.

And for the report of the transportation infrastructure committee, Chair uh Evan Siegel.

So rare that these are off consent.

Um the Transportation Infrastructure Committee recommended approval.

Five in favor, zero against, and one abstention.

All right, and I'm guessing the reason it was not on consent is going to be for purposes of abstention, but um we've heard the committee reports, and so it's back to you, Mr.

Bradford for a motion to get it before us.

Move approval.

Properly moved and seconded.

Is there any discussion um on this ordinance on its second of three readings?

Okay, council member Allen, you're recognized.

Thank you, madam chair.

I am that abstention.

I just need to be recorded as a staining.

Duly noted.

Um any further discussion?

All right.

All in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Any voting no?

Any additional abstentions?

Okay, there's one abstention by Miss Allen.

Uh, Mr.

Clerk, uh, if you would please record it.

Um, this ordinance has passed its second of three readings uh with one abstention.

All right.

Next, uh section O of the agenda.

Bills on third reading.

First is agenda item 53, ordinance BL 2026-1255.

Sponsors Huffman, Horton, and Coopin.

This is an ordinance amending chapter 13.08 of the Metro Code of Laws related to sandwich board signs in the public right of way.

Uh sponsor, co-sponsor Horton, you are recognized.

Um, go ahead, sir.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

I'd like to move for a one-meeting deferral, please.

Um, let's see.

Do we have any committee reports at this juncture, sir?

I do not believe so.

Okay, do we have the report of the traffic and parking commission prior?

Okay.

Um, Mr.

Parker, do you have the report of the traffic and parking commission?

Um I don't have it handy, but I can't.

Okay, research it ahead of the next meeting.

Put it to special counsel.

Okay, go ahead, special counsel, if you would please uh share that.

Oh, I'm sorry, sir.

Go ahead.

I'm sorry.

Uh the traffic and parking commission disapproved uh BL 2026 1255 by vote of three to two.

All right.

Um okay, so with that uh report in now it is back to you, uh Mr.

Horton co-sponsor for um the deferral motion.

Thank you.

I'd like to move for a one meeting deferral, please.

Okay, is there a second?

Okay, it's properly uh moved and seconded a one meeting deferral.

Um is there uh any uh discussion um this bill?

Or the deferral motion, rather.

Okay, seeing none, all in favor of uh the deferral of one meeting on third reading, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

Okay.

Um this uh ordinance will be taken up again um on its third and final reading at the meeting of May 7th.

All right.

And now the moment you've all been waiting for.

Agenda item 56, ordinance BL 2026-1273.

Sponsors Cupin and Styles.

This is an ordinance to amend title 17 of uh the Metro Code of Laws, the zoning ordinance of the Metro government, uh, to make various changes to the downtown code, all of which is described here in this is uh in reference to uh the east end area.

Okay.

Um let's see.

Mr.

Coupen, I'm gonna recognize you first, sir, um uh for your committee reports.

Thank you, madam president.

Committee reports, please.

All right.

Uh for the report of the planning and zoning committee.

Um uh Mr.

Horton.

Um, I know for purposes of committee discussion, you had organized by topic, but if you would for purposes here, um please move through in uh numeric order.

Um uh Mr.

Bradford and Ms.

Ellis, if you might um please, folks.

Um we've got a committee report right behind you.

Um if yep, thank you so much.

Go ahead, Mr.

Horton.

I have them grouped by vote.

Is that okay?

Rather than numerical order.

Some were approved, the many were withdrawn.

I grouped them together for purposes of the case.

Oh.

Or I can go through numerically.

Uh if you would do that, sir, I would be grateful.

Yep.

Yep.

Um for amendment one by council member coupen.

Um it was not moved uh for approval, and so we did not issue a committee recommendation.

For amendment two by Coupen, we voted in favor, uh, ten in favor, zero against zero not voting.

For amendment three by Coupen, we voted ten in favor, zero against zero not voting.

For amendment four, also by coupen, we voted nine in favor, one against zero not voting.

Amendment five by coupen, ten in favor, zero against zero not voting.

For amendment six by coupen, nine in favor, zero against zero not voting.

For amendment seven, it was not moved for approval, so it was not considered a given a recommendation by the committee.

For amendment eight, it was not moved for approval, so we did not issue a recommendation for amendment nine.

It was also not moved for approval, so not uh given a recommendation for amendment ten by councilmember coupen.

We recommended approval ten in favor, zero against zero not voting.

For amendment eleven by myself, we recommended approval ten in favor, zero against zero not voting.

For amendment twelve by councilmember Benedict, we recommended approval ten in favor, zero against zero not voting.

For amendment thirteen by councilmember Benedict, the sponsor indicated intent to withdraw, so we did not issue a committee recommendation for amendment 14 also by councilmember Benedict.

It was not moved for approval, so we did not issue a committee recommendation.

For amendment 15 by Councilmember Parker, we recommended approval.

10 in favor, zero against zero not voting.

For amendment sixteen by councilmember vo we recommended approval.

10 in favor, zero against zero not voting.

For amendment seventeen, uh by councilmember vo the sponsor indicated intent to withdraw, so it was not given a committee recommendation.

For amendment eighteen by council member Evans, we also did not consider it and it was not given a committee recommendation for amendment 19 by Councilmember Evans.

The sponsor indicated intent to withdraw, so it was not considered issued a committee recommendation.

Amendment 20 by Councilmember CAV, we recommended approval 10 in favor, zero against zero not voting.

For amendment 21, the sponsor indicated intent to withdraw, so it was not considered issued a committee recommendation.

Not voting for amendment 17 uh by council member vo the sponsor indicated intent to withdraw so it was not given a committee recommendation for amendment 18 by council member Evans we also did not consider it and it was not given a committee recommendation for amendment 19 by councilmember Evans the sponsor indicated intent to withdraw so it was not considered issued a committee recommendation amendment 20 by council member cap we recommended approval 10 in favor zero against zero not voting for amendment 21 the sponsor indicated intent to withdraw so it was not considered issued a committee recommendation for amendment 22 we recommended it by council member calf we recommended approval 10 in favor zero against zero not voting for amendment twenty three by council member cap we recommended approval ten in favor zero against zero not voting amendment twenty-four by council member cap we recommended approval ten in favor zero against zero not voting for amendment twenty-five by council member cap we recommended approval ten in favor zero against zero not voting for amendment twenty-six uh by council member cap uh the sponsor indicated intent to withdraw, so it's not issued a committee recommendation for amendment twenty-seven by council member cap.

We recommended approval ten in favor, zero against zero not voting for amendment twenty-eight by council member cap uh the sponsor indicated hen to withdraw, so it's not considered to give it a committee recommendation for late filed amendment one by council member cap.

We recommended approval ten in favor, zero against zero not voting for late filed amendment two by council member park or cap, excuse me.

We recommended approval ten in favor, zero against zero not voting for late filed amendment three by council member Benedict.

We recommended approval ten in favor, zero against zero not voting.

And there was an additional late filed amendment, which was not considered by the committee as we did not receive it in time.

And then finally, we recommended approval of the bill overall as amended by the amendments with a favorable recommendation ten in favor, zero against zero not voting.

All right, thank you for that very extensive uh and clear committee report.

Um now it is uh back to you, uh Mr.

Coupen, uh for a motion to get the bill before us.

Uh without objection, colleagues, just so we can move efficiently.

Um council member coupen, the primary sponsor has quite a few uh amendments.

As you know, amendments are offered and in your discussion time.

I would like for us to be able to proceed through all of Mr.

Coup's amendments.

That may mean um that he would have more than three minutes um so that we can proceed through all of those.

Um, you know, we can defer and give time to other folks, and that can take some extra time.

Um so if there's no objection, um we'll just uh proceed in that manner.

We might then subsequently, Mr.

Capp, proceed in a similar manner when you are recognized to offer your amendments because those are fairly extensive as well.

You might also likewise need more than three minutes, okay?

Everyone clear, no objection.

Okay, Mr.

Coupen, uh go ahead, sir.

Thank you, Madam President.

Move approval with a comment, please.

All right.

Um, there's a motion to approve, and it's properly seconded.

Go ahead, sir.

Thank you.

Well, uh, we this is the moment we've all been waiting for, as you said.

And uh I left I left yesterday's planning and zoning committee with a big smile.

I think it was really really just exciting to me as a Nashville and as someone who loves the city um to see you know months and months and years and generations of work coming together to see council members with differing viewpoints and differing amendments, kind of landing on similar pages and working together to make this a project that's not just for one district but for the whole city.

Um is really cool to see, and I hope we we continue that this evening.

Um we've heard about um congestion, the need for housing, um family orientation, green space, multimodal, and so much more.

And I think these are covered in these amendments as as we've talked about many times before.

It's a form-based zoning, it's not an SP, and so it will live and breathe and be changed over the years.

This is a multi-decades uh process and and site.

Um, but just a huge thank you to everyone who worked on it, especially um Lisa and Lucy and Brett and Matt and Eric and everyone on the planning department who worked nights and weekends and mornings and hours I didn't know existed on this project.

So thank huge thanks to them and just everyone who worked on this.

This is a generational once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I think we're really delivering uh for our community.

Um, so skipping amendment one, I would like to then move amendment two, please.

Is there a second?

Okay, go ahead, sir.

There's a motion to amend with amendment two, um, which uh precludes beer and cigarette market uses.

Anything additional you wish to say?

Um just that this was part of the feedback that we received from a lot of emails, and um, this would prohibit that use.

Okay, is there any discussion on this amendment?

Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting, no or abstaining.

Okay.

Um uh this amendment uh can be added to the bill.

Mr.

Koopin, as we move through these, I'm just gonna go back to you basically for a nod to renew your motion as amended.

I will state it.

You can just nod.

I will acknowledge that so we can just kind of proceed through.

Uh so Mr.

Coupen, uh, do you wish to uh renew your motion to approve uh as amended with amendment two?

Okay, all right.

We on we go.

Thank you.

Uh move approval of amendment three, please.

Sir second.

Okay.

Um this uh adds some uh recitals, pretty simple.

Anything else you want to say, sir?

Uh just that this uh addresses a couple of things.

It talks about a connect um east bank action plan, smother connect downtown action plan to address the congestion concerns.

Um talks about the voluntary attainable housing program being expanded over here, um, green space, riverfront access, all important things that we've heard from our constituents.

All right.

Um you've heard an explanation of the amendment.

Uh is there any discussion to amend with amendment three?

Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting, no or abstaining.

Uh, Mr.

Coupen, uh uh we're gonna renew uh that motion to approve um as amended with amendments two and three.

Is that correct?

He's nodding his head yes.

Continue, sir.

Thank you.

I'd like to move amendment four.

Okay.

Um is there a second?

Okay, um, this is regarding uh stepbacks.

Is that correct, sir?

Anything else you want to say about that?

Uh yes, so wanted to toss this over to the planning table.

Um, we've had some great discussions since planning committee yesterday.

Um, some concerns were raised about um unintended consequences of what the step backs are and how it's already baked in in other ways in the legislation.

So we'd love planning to uh to explain that if you could.

All right.

Um uh Ms.

Milligan for the planning department, you're recognized regarding Mr.

Coupin's amendment four uh related to stepbacks.

Go ahead.

Sure.

So as the planning department staff was writing the um text that uh creates this subdistrict, we did consider adding requirements for building stepbacks, which at a certain level, which what the what that means is that it pushes the building back away from either the street or open space or however you may define it.

Um we did think about that and consider it, but we actually decided to go with different ways to think about lie and air.

And that's the reason that you would want to step back is to create the ability for lie and air to get to the street level.

So what we did instead was we um created a uh scheme that includes uh maximum floor uh plates, um maximum um tower length, uh tower separation, and so all of those things in concert together create that opportunity for lie and air.

Um that just sometimes is not achieved as well as um or is is achieved better than stepbacks would create it.

Thank you.

Just one quick follow-up question.

Um, if the if this came to the downtown DRC or potentially the East Bank DRC, which I'm very excited about and look forward to talking about uh next meeting, would that um would that group have the ability to impose stepbacks or things to adjust the the light and air flow?

Yes, certainly.

And and we um having a standard that doesn't require a step back doesn't mean that there couldn't be a step back if an architect is creating a building and they find that having a step back on a part of a building creates a better design, more interesting architecture, they could certainly have one, but this just wouldn't require it as a minimum standard.

Okay, thank you.

So I'm gonna I'm gonna um because of that and again conversations I've had, I think it's important that we have buildings that breathe and have porosity and have air to them, and we don't have big blocky walls.

But I think from what I understand, this is already kind of incorporated.

So I'm gonna withdraw the motion on amendment four.

All right.

Um okay, um we continue uh with discussion.

You still have the floor, Mr.

Coupen.

Um, what is presently before us is a motion to approve um with as amended with amendments two and three so far.

Go ahead, sir.

Thank you.

Move amendment five.

Is there second?

Exactly.

Okay, go ahead, sir.

Um, thank you.

Not not much to discuss here, just um any sort of digital exterior lighting, large displays, things like that um can be concerning for neighborhoods.

Um, and so this was something that uh wanted to make sure was not a permitted use.

Um and so if if it were to ever be requested as a permitted use, um it would have to come before council for approval.

Um all righty.

Uh you have heard an explanation of uh amendment five.

Um the motion to amend uh was properly seconded.

Is there any discussion on the motion to amend with Mr.

Coupen's amendment five?

Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

Okay.

Uh Mr.

Coupen, uh do you wish to renew your motion to approve as amended with amendments two, three, and five?

He is nodding his head yes.

Okay, you still have the floor first, sir.

Go ahead.

Thank you.

Move amendment six.

All right, properly moved and seconded.

Um amendment six regarding reporting related to the MCSP in the public realm.

Go ahead, sir.

Thank you.

So this is something that requests um planning to bring a report on the um uh MCSP and public realm, which are big uh considerations by July 31st for an initial draft and at the end of the year.

Um I know that's been a big consideration.

Timeline's a big consideration.

I I want to keep this on, um, but I also want to be clear that I've spoken to planning extensively.

They have committed to working very hard on this in the coming months, and and it may warrant extensions over time.

We don't want to rush this.

We want to make sure there's public engagement and adequate um adequate time to get it right.

So I want to put this on um currently, but also want to make sure on the record that this is something that if it needs more time to breathe or to work that that we're supportive of that again, it's more important to get it right than to get it fast.

So um would urge my colleagues to support that.

All right, there's a motion to amend uh with amendment six by um sponsor coupon.

You've heard an explanation of that amendment.

The motion was properly seconded.

Is there any discussion on the motion to amend with amendment six?

Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

All right, Mr.

Coupen, where we are is a motion to approve as amended with amendments two, three, five, and six.

Um are you renewing that motion?

He is nodding and has said yes.

Okay.

Um you still have the floor, sir.

Go ahead.

Thank you.

Move amendment 10.

All right.

Is there a second?

Um pardon?

Oh, good.

I'm getting a look from special counsel.

Um I are we uh special counsel, do you need to be recognized?

Yeah, go ahead, sir.

Uh councilmember, this motion uh deals with uh renaming the entire uh document.

Thank you for that.

So I'm gonna start so actually we'll hold on to that one for now.

Um Madam President, do you want me to then if I if I'm moving away from mine, this one would have to come at the end based on the nature of of how it's structured.

Okay.

Um do you want me to continue moving other amendments or should I defer that then to the council members that sponsored them?

Um you have um the floor, sir.

And so I don't know what uh conversations you've had with other um members.

Um I would suggest um that we are on discussion now at this juncture um for a motion to approve as amended with amendments two, three, five, and six.

Um other members uh may enter the queue at this juncture.

Um, and uh we can proceed in that regard unless you very specifically want to make one of them yourself as the primary sponsor.

Okay.

Um so with that, uh next in the queue is council member Capp.

Uh councilmember Cap, you are recognized.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

I have uh a series to move.

Um uh may we use that same procedure.

Indeed, we may go ahead, sir.

Thank you.

I uh I move amendment 20.

Okay, there's a motion to amend with amendment 20.

Uh go ahead, sir.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

This is an important one.

Uh we it's urgently important that when we build the East Bank, we build it as a neighborhood.

And the the bill uh as of a couple weeks ago allowed almost unlimited hotel uses.

This is a limitation on hotel uses.

Um hotels can certainly be part of thriving neighborhoods, but I'm not aware of any neighborhoods that are mostly hotels, and so this is um an important amendment to make sure we're building a neighborhood for Nashvilleans in this area.

I understand um it was uh deemed friendly last night, and so with that I uh urge your support and thank you.

All right, there's a motion to amend uh with council member caps amendment 20.

Um you've heard an explanation, it was properly seconded.

Is there any discussion on amendment 20?

Okay, I see some folks in the queue.

If there is discussion on amendment 20 in particular and specifically, would you raise your hand, please?

Okay.

Um Ms.

Hancock, you are recognized regarding the motion to amend with amendment 20.

Thank you.

I just rise in support of this amendment.

I think that allowing up to 12 different uses is plenty in this area, and I think it's very generous.

Thank you.

Okay.

Um, Mr.

Koopin, go ahead, sir.

Thank you, Madam President.

Appreciate my colleague bringing this very supportive of this amendment.

Took some work to get there, and really appreciate everyone that worked on it and uh very supportive.

All right.

Is there anyone else seeking to be recognized specifically on amendment 20?

Okay.

Seeing none, uh, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

Okay.

Um amendment uh 20 uh has passed.

Mr.

Cupin, um, is it your intent to renew your motion to approve as amended with amendments two, three, five, six, and twenty.

He is shaking his head yes.

On we go.

Mr.

Cap, go ahead.

Oh, sorry, sir.

Go ahead.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Move amendment 22.

Okay, properly moved and seconded.

Go ahead.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

This has been subject to a lot of discussion in committee.

We've had several committee meetings about this.

This relates to surface parking.

Um, in the original proposal, surface parking would have been allowed by right in the whole subdistrict.

Um we have got to build the east bank in a way that is uh not car centric.

We um will be making uh send once in a century mistake if we induce a century's uh worth of car traffic into this area to come through East Nashville.

We all know that we can do better to build it for walking active transportation and transit.

This is an important step in that direction.

Um it allows surface parking as a temporary permitted use uh for five years of those permits uh lasting for one year and renewable for that time, and it limits 20% of the site um limits that use to uh overall 20% of the site to help us get to the place where uh we've built out our infrastructure.

Um, and so I um ask your support and and thank you uh for that.

All right.

Um there is a motion to amend uh with Mr.

Cap's amendment 22.

You've heard an explanation, it was properly seconded.

Is there anyone uh seeking to be recognized specifically on amendment 22?

Um uh council member Druffel.

Uh you are recognized, sir.

Uh yeah, thanks, Chair.

Do we have uh an idea of how many total parking spots the entire development will encompass?

Um is do you want to address that to Mr.

Capp?

Uh yes, please.

Okay, go ahead, sir.

Sure.

I think the traffic engineers estimate about a hundred or a hundred and twenty parking spots per acre of surface parking.

And so this is a 47-acre site, roughly 20% of it gets you to about a thousand cars.

All right, Mr.

Druffel, does that answer your question?

Thanks very much.

Yes.

Okay.

Um Mr.

Coupen on amendment 22.

Thank you, Madam President.

I just want to say I'm very supportive of this and appreciate it being brought.

Okay.

Uh, anyone else seeking to be recognized specifically on amendment 22?

Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no, any abstaining?

All right.

Uh Mr.

Coupen, is it your intent to renew your motion to approve as amended with amendments two, three, five, six, twenty, and twenty-two.

Shaking his head, yes, um, on we go.

Next, uh, Mr.

Cap, you still have the floor, sir.

Go ahead.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

I move amendment number 23.

Second.

Properly moved and seconded.

Um, an explanation, please.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

This requires um a multimodal transportation analysis to be done by NDOT by the end of the next fiscal year.

So, you know, June 2027, end of June.

Um, for the entire site.

This is something that we um this sort of a new policy departure for us in Metro, but it's related to our goals of building this um, you know, four people, um, a neighborhood that's active and walkable.

And so this directs NDOT to do those studies with that in mind, and it also requires those to be renewed every five years so that we can keep our data up to date and keep our analysis rigorous uh as we are, you know, sort of building out this site over years and decades.

Uh so I'm excited uh for the potential here and ask your support.

All right.

Um, you have heard an explanation of amendment uh 23 by Mr.

Capp.

Um his uh motion to amend was properly seconded.

Is there anyone uh seeking to be recognized for discussion on the motion to amend?

Um Mr.

Koopin, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam President.

Friendly amendment.

Okay, thank you for sharing that.

Anyone else that can be recognized on amendment 23?

Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no, any abstaining.

All right, um, that uh amendment 23 has passed.

Uh Mr.

Coupen, um uh do you wish to renew your motion to uh approve as amended with amendments two, three, five, six, twenty, twenty-two, and twenty-three.

He does.

Um uh on we go.

Mr.

Cap, you still have the floor.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Move amendment 24.

Properly moved and seconded.

Would anything you want to explain about amendment 24?

Yes, Vice Mayor, thank you.

Um, there is a uh sort of a building on this site that's entitled to a bonus height.

Um, if it achieves an exceptional design, the definition of that um was not particularly exceptional in my view.

And so I think if we're doing this, we should be requiring genuinely uplifting um civically meaningful architecture um to be reviewed by whatever design review committee is in place.

I hope it's the east side design review committee as uh brought forth by my colleague to the north.

Um, but this just makes that definition uh more stringent and robust, and so I um ask your support and thank you.

All right.

Um there is a motion to amend uh with amendment 24 by Mr.

Capp.

You've heard an explanation of that amendment.

Um we're on to discussion of the motion to amend.

Um is anyone seeking to be recognized for purposes of discussion on this amendment, aside from the primary sponsor who I believe is going to express it is a friendly amendment.

Go ahead, sir.

I could I could use a I could use a hand signal for friendly amendment as well, but yes, friendly amendment.

You can just I don't I don't know what we can do there.

Um uh you can like fist pump, like that's that's the visual cue that is uh a friendly amendment, maybe.

Okay, um there is a motion uh to amend with amendment uh 24.

Um anyone else seeking to be recognized um on that amendment.

Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

All right, um, Mr.

Koopin.

Uh, do you wish to renew your motion to amend uh or rather to approve as amended up to this point?

We've added 24.

Okay.

Going on then.

Mr.

Cap, you still have uh the floor, sir.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Move amendment 25.

All right, is there second?

Properly moved and seconded.

Um go ahead, sir.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

As you all know, the downtown code has different use areas.

The East Use area has a stadium arena use in the use table.

Um this amendment removes that from the use table for this subdistrict, and I uh ask your support.

All right.

Um there's a motion to amend with Mr.

Cap's amendment 25.

It is properly seconded, and you've heard an explanation of that amendment.

We are on to discussion on that motion to amend.

Does anyone seek to be recognized on amendment 25?

If you do, given that there are others in the queue for um uh please raise your hand.

Okay.

Um Ms.

Hancock, you are recognized.

Hi, thank you for recognizing me.

So this is the only amendment that the committee passed that that I am not in favor of, and I know that I'm in the minority, but I just want to speak my piece about it.

I believe that if we did ever have a stadium or arena, it would still be below the 24 to 40 um story max, so it wouldn't impact the height.

Uh right now we have the Titan Stadium, which they have 17 regular season games a year, which half of those are at home, so that's eight or nine regularly season games, um, a total of a dozen games a year.

That's one day, you know, 12 days out of the entire year.

I think that if we had another stadium and a former council member Van Reese just announced professional women's basketball coming to Nashville, wouldn't that be really cool to have that on the East Bank?

Or baseball, and other people have talked about that.

I'm not a big fan of either of those sports, but I'm a big sports proponent, and I just didn't like that restriction.

Thank you.

All right.

Um, we're continuing discussion on the motion to amend with amendment 25.

Mr.

Coupen, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam President.

I should I echo both of the sentiments that are shared.

I think that if we look at a family-friendly neighborhood, um, a stadium if done correctly um with women's sports or baseball or things like that could become an and is in many other cities an anchor for a phenomenal family-friendly neighborhood.

Um that being said, um, any conversation around that, there's nothing on the table, and any conversation around that would need robust community engagement and and conversations and things like that.

Um so I am very supportive.

I signed on to this um this use restriction.

So I'm supportive of this um amendment removing that use um at this time.

All right.

Um uh discussion continues on amendment 25.

Is anyone else seeking to be recognized on the motion to amend with amendment 25?

If so, would you please raise your hand?

Okay, seeing none, um, all in favor of amendment 25, please say aye.

Aye.

Any voting no?

No.

Okay, uh, any abstaining.

All right, the ayes have it.

Um, amendment 25 um will be added uh to the bill.

Um uh Mr.

Coupen, um, is it your intent to renew your approval motion at this juncture 25 being added?

He is shaking his head yes.

Mr.

Cap, you still have the floor.

Go ahead, sir.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Move amendment 27.

Okay.

Um there's a motion to amend with amendment 27 by Mr.

Cap properly seconded.

We're um uh if you want to give it uh explanation of that, then we'll be on to discussion.

Yes, thank you, Vice Mayor.

This will apply to a couple of future amendments as well.

But when it comes to structured parking, um, in order to keep the street fronts active and that parking sort of invisible from the public around their requirements for active liners.

Uh, there's one place in the uh current form of the legislation where those liners are not required, specified in this amendment, sort of at the uh intersection of KVB and Davidson.

This amendment requires active liners uh at that location as well.

And I ask your support.

All right.

Um there is a motion to amend with amendment 27 uh properly seconded.

Uh is there any discussion specifically on amendment uh 27?

Um uh raise your hand if so.

Uh council member Nash, your recognized sir.

Thank you, madam chairman.

Uh I would just like an explanation of what a liner looks like is would you like Mr.

Capp to address it?

Whoever okay, go ahead, sir.

Sure.

Thank you for the question.

It's just um, you know, like a retail frontage, you know, instead of looking at of structured parking garage, you're looking at something, you know, retail or some kind of active street front use.

There's parking behind it, but if you're looking at it from the street, it just looks like an active street front.

So it's you know, it's pro-walkable, it's good for active neighborhoods, and it's um you know, good to activate the street front is what is what a liner is.

Mr.

Nash, is that address everything?

Okay, great.

Thank you.

All right.

Um, Mr.

Koopin, go ahead, sir.

Thank you, Madam President.

Um, a good example of the aligner is um in the gulch, for example, there are parking garages that then have activated uses along the sidewalk that wrap them around, and also very supportive of this amendment.

All right.

Um, uh there is a motion to amend uh with amendment 27.

It's properly seconded.

Is anyone else seeking to be recognized on the motion to amend with amendment 27?

Seeing none, um, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

All right, so amendment 27 has passed.

Uh Mr.

Coupen, is it your intent to renew your motion to approve as amended, now adding amendment 27?

He is shaking his head yes.

On we go.

Mr.

Cap, um, you are recognized.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

I ask my colleagues to allow a suspension of the rules in order uh for us to consider late filed amendment number one.

Okay, late filed amendment one, which was taken up in uh committee.

Is there any objection to the suspension of the rules to take up Mr.

Capp's late filed amendment one?

Okay, seeing none, um the rules are suspended.

Uh go ahead, Mr.

Capp.

I really appreciate that, colleagues.

Thank you.

This is an important amendment, and uh it's I can explain the late filed nature.

I had originally filed uh for the last meeting and uh requirement that buildings that were not housing had to have their parking underground.

That is uh something that we've sort of committed to in the East Bank generally, and I I wanted to apply that standard here as well.

But through discussions with planning and the water department, uh some of this site is in the 100-year floodplain, and so it's uh inadvisable for obvious reasons to not go underground with your parking in the 100-year floodplain.

This new uh version of the amendment makes a requirement for underground parking unless a majority of a building is in the 100-year floodplain, and uh that sort of you know makes it uh responsible as well.

So I ask your approval.

Thank you.

Okay, there is a uh motion to amend uh with late filed amendment number one um by Mr.

Capp.

Uh you've heard that explained.

Um uh is there a second?

Okay, properly moved and seconded.

We are on to discussion about late filed amendment one.

Um is anyone seeking to be recognized on that motion to amend?

If you would please raise your hands.

Anybody other than primary sponsored Koopin?

Go ahead, sir.

Friendly amendment.

All right, good to know.

Any further discussion?

Okay, seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

Okay.

Um, so uh late filed amendment one has passed.

Um, Mr.

Koopin, is it your intent to renew your motion to approve?

Uh as amended now with late filed amendment one having been added, he is shaking his head yes, and so on we go, Mr.

Cap.

Um, you are recognized again, sir.

Thank you, Vice Mayor and friends.

This is my last one for the evening.

I ask a suspension of the rules for the consideration of late filed amendment number two.

All right.

Um, this uh amendment was taken up in planning and zoning committee um where it uh received a recommendation.

You heard that from uh sponsor Horton.

Uh knowing that is there any objection uh for suspension of the rules.

Seeing none, the rules are suspended.

Go ahead.

You may offer this amendment.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

This is a slightly modified version of an amendment uh that was before us last time and was recommended in game.

If you would, sir, please move the amendment.

Yes, Vice Mayor, thank you.

I move approval of late file two.

It's properly seconded.

Go ahead, sir.

Go ahead.

Thank you.

This was something that we considered uh for the last meeting, and it was recommended uh by the committee.

But through discussion with planning, um I have uh brought forward uh an amended version, and that's the reason for the late file nature of this.

The version that I had brought required the liner depths to be 30 feet uh all the way up.

There was a requirement that they be a minimum of 15 feet in the version.

That just helps um then be you know better for local businesses, folks who are starting up or might need storage on the site to be able to operate uh in that space.

But through discussion with planning about some of the technical components of this, my primary uh interest and concern had been at the ground level, wanting those active street frontages on the sidewalks, but higher than that, there might be a need for flexibility to get utilities, stairwells, and so forth, like the sort of the innards of the building to work more functionally.

And so this late filed amendment requires at the ground level a liner to be a minimum of 25 feet deep, but only 15 feet above that.

And with that, I ask your approval and thank you, Colleen.

All right.

Um there is a motion to amend uh with late filed amendment number two by councilman cap, and you have heard uh the explanation, it was properly seconded.

Is there any discussion on this amendment?

Um if so, please do raise your hand.

Okay, Mr.

Koopin.

Thank you.

Friendly amendment.

Okay.

Um any further discussion.

Okay, seeing none.

All in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

All right.

Um uh amendment late filed amendment two has uh passed.

Um uh Mr.

Koopin, is it your intent to renew your motion to approve as amended now with late filed amendment number two having been added?

Shaking his head, yes.

Okay, on we go.

Now we're gonna go back over to the main queue.

So at this juncture where we are, colleagues, is there is a motion to approve as amended so far with amendments two, three, five, six, twenty, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-seven, and late filed amendments one and two.

Next in the queue is Councilmember Parker.

You're recognized, sir.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

I would like to move amendment 15.

Okay.

Is there a second?

Okay, um, there's a motion to amend with amendment 15.

Go ahead, sir.

Thank you.

So um throughout the course of discussion around this project, we've heard a lot of discussion about how we really need this street network uh for this site to be as safe and accessible as possible.

Um we've never scratch built in Nashville a um development this dense, um, this large that has zero street network to begin with, even on the metro portion of the east bank, there is something of a street grid uh to begin with.

So we know that the major and collector street plan um process is going to be extremely important to get right.

And what this amendment does is gives us a couple of other touch points, that being recommendations from the bicycle and pedestrian advisory committee and the Vision Zero Advisory Commission or committee.

Forgive me if I uh can't remember which is which.

Um, it also includes a few um sort of parameters just for um uh like for example, it does include a shot clock, so neither of those entities could just like fail to make a recommendation and then that hold it up from being approved by planning.

Um there's language in there that um it could also be successor orgs to BPAC and VZAC it should that structurally be modified.

Um and if there's not a successor org identified, it falls back on the charter mandated traffic and parking commission.

So there's kind of always going to be an entity that can look at this in addition to the planning commission and make a recommendation.

So um I believe it's supported by the the lead sponsor as well, um, based on committee discussions, and I would ask for colleagues' support.

All right.

Um there is a motion uh to amend with amendment 15 uh by council member Parker.

Uh it is properly seconded, and you have heard a description of that amendment.

We are on to discussion on amendment 15.

If you seek to be recognized for purposes of that discussion, please raise your hand.

Okay, councilmember Hancock, you're recognized.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

I can think of no one on this body more qualified to recommend a bicycle advisory than Councilman Parker, and I support this amendment.

Thank you, Ms.

Hancock and Councilmember Coopin.

You're recognized.

Thank you, Madam President.

A huge thank you to my colleague for bringing this.

Um we heard uh Dot Dobin's name invoked earlier as well as many others who have um perished on our roadways, and it's uh it's something that weighs heavily on my heart.

I've talked to too many families who have lost loved ones, and so it's incredibly important to me that this neighborhood um reaches vision vision zero that we don't have pedestrian deaths on this on this uh site that we're building.

Um so hugely supportive of this, very much appreciative of multimodal um input.

Um I had I had set up a meeting at one point with um some of the members of BPAC and VZAC with a development team um to kind of communicate the importance of this um as they develop their site and uh appreciate that this will be codified as a longer term process.

So hugely supportive and appreciative of my colleague for bringing this.

All right.

Um, is there any further discussion on the motion to amend with amendment 15?

Okay.

If so, raise your hand.

Seeing none.

All in favor of amendment 15, please say aye.

Aye.

Any voting no, any abstaining?

All right, amendment 15 has passed.

Um, Mr.

Coupen, is it uh your intent to renew your motion uh to approve as amended now, having added amendment 15?

He is shaking his head yes.

On we go.

Um, we're on discussion now on the motion to approve as amended.

Uh next in the queue is Councilmember Benedict.

You're recognized.

I'm here for my are we uh you may offer your amendments that's a proper motion in the midst of discussion.

The way that I heard you say that just a second ago, I was like, wait, no, we're on that.

But okay, I'd like to move amendment 12.

All right.

Um uh there is a motion to amend with amendment 12 by Councilmember Benedict.

Is there a second?

Okay, it's properly seconded.

Go ahead, ma'am.

Thank you, Madam Vice Mayor.

So colleagues, this adds a recital.

Um it's non-binding, but as a recital that encourages a developer in the future to provide an urban fire station.

Um we've talked about this many times that we have big buildings being built all over the city, especially in the downtown and now in this um east bend area.

And so we need fire coverage for those and in other big cities, we see fire halls on the bottom of buildings.

So this is to encourage that type of development in the future.

And I ask for your support.

All right.

Um there's a motion to amend with amendment uh 12.

Um, you've heard a description uh by the sponsor.

It was properly seconded, and we're on to discussion of that motion to amend.

If anyone seeks to be recognized for purposes of that discussion, please raise your hand.

Councilmember Koopin, go ahead, sir.

Thank you, Madam President.

Thank you to my colleague for bringing this.

Um I think first responders are incredibly important on this site and love the idea of having a fire station over there.

So appreciate that and very supportive.

All right.

Is there any further discussion on the motion to amend with amendment 12?

Seeing none.

All in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

All right.

Amendment 12 has passed.

Uh councilmember Koopin, is it your intent to renew your motion to approve as amended, now having added amendment 12?

Shaking his head, yes.

Um uh discussion continues.

I'm not seeing our clock, but I presume you have um additional time.

Ms.

Benedict, you're recognized.

Thank you, madam vice mayor.

I'd like to suspend the rules to present the Yolanda Parham and Canon Oldham Street Safety Amendment, uh, late filed number three.

All right.

Um uh Ms.

Benedict um has requested a suspension of uh the rules uh to take up late filed amendment number three, um, which uh did receive a recommendation in planning and zoning uh committee uh 10 and 0.

Is there any objection uh to the suspension of the rules to take up this amendment?

Okay, it just requires uh three or two, um, and so there is more than that.

Um so the rules are not suspended, and we cannot take this up at this time.

Okay, um, all righty.

Um next in the queue uh for discussion uh is council member uh Horton uh planning and zoning chair.

You're recognized, sir.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

I'd like to move for approval amendment 11, please.

Okay, there's a motion to amend with amendment 11 properly seconded.

Go ahead, sir.

Uh thank you, Vice Mayor.

Uh this amendment seeks to um govern a street design and infrastructure for the east bend.

Um it reaffirms that the street design should adhere to our multimodal hierarchy to prioritize walking biking and public transit over single passenger vehicles as well as Vision Zero principles that the only acceptable number of traffic deaths is zero.

Uh it also requires a written report to the council on amendments to the major and collector street plan for the east bend uh street network, as well as requires great separation between the pedestrian promenade and vehicular roadways.

All right, um there is a motion to amend uh with amendment 11 by sponsor uh Horton.

You have is properly seconded, and if you've heard an explanation of that amendment, um so we are on uh to discussion on the motion to amend.

Uh if anyone seeks to be recognized uh for purposes of the uh that discussion, please raise your hand.

Okay, Mr.

Koop, go ahead, sir.

Friendly amendment.

All right.

Um anyone else seeking to be recognized on the motion to amend.

Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

All right.

Amendment 11 has passed.

Um, Mr.

Coupen, is it your intent to renew your motion to approve as amended?

Um now having added amendment 11.

Okay, he is shaking his head yes.

Uh on we go.

So we are at present, colleagues, on discussion of the motion to approve as amended presently with amendments two, three, five, six, eleven, twelve, fifteen, twenty, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-seven, and late filed amendments one and two.

Discussion continues.

Next in the queue is Mr.

Koopin.

Go ahead, sir.

Thank you, madam president.

I would like to move to suspend the rules to take up late filed four, please.

Okay.

Um there is a uh motion um uh to suspend the rules to take up late filed amendment four.

At this time, there not being a um committee recommendation from planning and zoning.

I am gonna acknowledge uh um chair of rules confirmations and public elections, uh Mr.

Cash on the late filed nature of late filed amendment four.

We heard late filed amendment four and voted uh in favor uh six to zero to zero of the of a late filed nature.

Okay.

Um having heard um uh the report of rules chair cash, is there any objection uh to the suspension of the rules?

All right, I see no objections, and with that, um the rules are suspended, um, and thus you may now offer um amendment four.

Move approval.

All right.

Um there is a motion to approve.

Is there second?

Um there's a motion to um uh uh amend um rather uh with amendment late filed amendment four by sponsor vo.

Mr.

Uh Coupen, do you want to share about that or Ms.

Vowe?

Um I recognize you um for an explanation on that amendment.

Go ahead.

Thank you so much, Vice Mayor.

Um this late file is um an am an amendment from the proposed amendment 16 that was passed in committee yesterday.

10 in favor, zero against zero not voting.

Um and after discussion with planning, we just wanted to make sure that the correct metro departments were gonna um be covering the environmental study.

So the changes that you see in the late file is reflective uh from planning to Metro Water Services and the Metro Health Department.

Um everything else in the amendment remained the same.

Okay.

All right, thank you for that explanation.

Um there is a motion uh to amend with late filed amendment four, um uh sponsored by Ms.

Vowe.

Uh it was uh uh properly seconded.

Um you've heard an explanation.

Is there any uh discussion on the motion to amend with late filed four?

Um uh go ahead, Mr.

Coupen.

Friendly amendment.

All right.

Is there anyone else seeking to be recognized on late file four?

If so, please do raise your hands.

Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

All right, so a late filed amendment four um has passed.

Uh Mr.

Coupen, is it your intent to renew your motion to approve as amended with late file amendment four now having been added?

He is nodding his head yes, and so um we continue with discussion on the motion to approve as amended.

Next in the queue is you again, Mr.

Coupen.

Um go ahead, sir.

Thank you, madam president and special counsel.

If I'm I believe I've got it correct that I can now move amendment 10, as this is the last amendment that is um hopefully will be moved.

So I'd like to move amendment 10, please.

All right.

Um is special counsel, do you want to uh obviously members can move amendments can through this process.

This is the last amendment that received a recommendation from planning and zoning committee.

Perfect, thank you.

All right.

Um it's it's the last one left on the very long list.

Um okay.

So um uh Mr.

Uh Coupen, uh you have made the motion to amend with amendment 10, and I believe I heard it seconded.

Um is there anything you would like to explain about amendment 10, sir?

Yes, thank you, Madam President.

Um, and this uh really appreciate my colleague bringing the idea of of um changing the or changing the name or adjusting the name of the planning document.

Um to be clear, this is the planning document itself.

This is not the project.

The project team can do what they want, obviously with their project, but this is for our um downtown code um to have it named something, and we've got East Bank and East Point and East Bend, and there's members of the public I've watched get very confused um with all of these different terms, and I want to make sure that this has its own identity and has its own um clear clear distinction.

Um and I know I I went down this road and I believe my colleague went down this road as well, um, thinking about what what could we name it?

Um and I thought about Wasioto Park, which is re renamed from Cumberland Park, Wasyoto being the Shawnee name, meeting meaning valley of the deer uh regarding the Cumberland River.

And so um given that that was done and given that many folks have now embraced that name, and this is the bend of the Cumberland River, um, I felt it fitting to uh rename the project um or rename the DTC at least uh Wasioto bend.

Um so something that I think is is really great.

It's a great way to acknowledge um the land that it's sitting on um and acknowledge um again this very distinct effort.

Uh so many people have taken so so much time to make this happen, and I think it deserves its own identity.

So I ask my colleagues to support.

All right.

Um so we are on to discussion of the motion to amend with amendment 10 um offered by uh Mr.

Coupen, primary sponsor.

You've heard an explanation of the amendment.

Is there any discussion um on this amendment?

Um's changing a little bit.

Let's keep with our pattern here.

If any discussion on the motion to amend, please raise your hand.

Okay, seeing none, um all in favor, uh please say aye.

Aye.

Any voting no?

Any pardon?

Okay.

Um uh any abstaining.

Okay, the ayes have it.

Um uh so amendment 10 has passed.

Um at this juncture, Mr.

Koopin, um, do you wish to renew uh your motion to approve as amended at this juncture with amendments two, three, five, six, ten, eleven, twelve, fifteen, twenty, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-seven, and late filed amendments one, two, and four.

Um, if you would please state that motion.

Do you mean to restate all those amendments?

I would like to like to move the bill with all of the amendments that you just read off.

Great.

Is there a second?

Okay.

Um, all right.

So we are now on to the primary um discussion, all the amendments having been offered, moved or otherwise.

Um uh we are on to discussion uh to approve on um uh third and final reading as amended.

Um, first in the queue for that discussion is Councilmember Benedict.

Thank you, Madam Vice Mayor.

So um I prepared some words because this is so important to me and to the people of East Nashville and of District 7.

And I want to start by saying thank you to everybody who called and emailed and showed up to make their voices heard.

Uh at the end of the day, I'm here for the neighbors who trust me to make the right decisions for our day-to-day lives.

Uh, you spoke up, and this bill is better because of it.

Um, I also want to thank my colleagues and the departmental staff, especially council members Koopin and Cap.

I don't think we'd ever have the opportunity to redevelop this area and on the site, and it takes a massive amount of work to do it.

So, because of the scale of this, though, I believe this deserved as much work as we've all put into it.

Many of the concerns I heard boiled down to one issue, and that is that what we are being promised is not in the bill in front of us.

We all heard that 30% of the private land would be open to the public, but the bill doesn't outline how that will happen, who will pay for it, and when it will be paid for.

The development will require upgrades to infrastructure, including streets, sewer, and stormwater, but those costs aren't outlined, including if our taxpayers will cover them or if developers will.

We often hear that our tax dollars go downtown and Nashville's don't get the services that they need in their neighborhoods.

And I can't tell you tonight if you'll pay for it or not.

I'm also frustrated that we have the opportunity to celebrate our rich civil rights history, um, but we chose other priorities, and we do that frequently.

A children's museum is great, but I'm left again with a question when will somebody consider a civil rights museum?

Even with those concerns, though, I now support the amended bill.

It's not perfect, but it is much better than it originally was.

Most importantly, and I want to make sure that the people with a capital P are the ones who actually benefit from this development.

We're on our way, and I believe with a future East Bank Design Review Committee, and I appreciate the sponsors' support of that.

I believe that with the future design review committee, the supportive planning staff, and commitments from developers, I think we can get there where this is really going to benefit the people.

So, colleagues, I hope that you'll join me in voting yes on the amended bill.

Thank you.

All right.

Um, next in the queue for discussion is Councilmember Cap.

You're recognized.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Um, this is a big deal for the city and the region.

Uh it's also a really big deal for the east side of town.

Uh my colleagues and I uh on the east side have worked a lot and heard a lot from our communities about this, and we worked hard to move this bill in a direction of being a neighborhood for Nashville and something that we can be proud of in terms of its infrastructure, transportation network, amount of housing, walkability, and I am really grateful uh for that input.

This there's lots of moments when I feel really proud to represent District Six, and this is really very close to the top of that list.

I just want to thank the community members and folks who had questions, concerns, who reached out and discussed this over the last several weeks.

It was an extremely heartening civic exercise for me.

And I also want to thank my colleagues either side for doing the same thing.

I'd also like to thank the sponsor of the bill for being receptive to the east side voice in this matter and deeming our amendments friendly.

That's really significant.

Uh with the bill as amended, I'm also supportive and ask my colleagues to do the same.

Thank you, Mr.

Capp.

Uh, next is Councilmember Swara, you're recognized.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

A little thank yous tonight.

Uh, from the time that the the we started getting uh emails, uh it was obvious that people wanted to change to the area, but they wanted to happen in a way that benefits the people.

And what I kept reading was we want it to be neboli, we want parking and all of those things.

And before any one of us could think the east side, uh uh council members jump on and they did a phenomenal job.

So I wanted to thank them so much uh for the work that they've done.

I too do believe that the bill has amended, come close to what the people want, and this is how we should be.

Uh uh when we all walk together when we took all this consideration.

Yes, it's 28 amendment, but it was worth every single one of it.

So I wanted to thank all of them.

The last thing that I wanted to mention is that there was a concern that was still lingering as of yesterday about who pays for this.

Uh, and from the conversation from the committee, we couldn't, we cannot by law um mandates the developer to pay for anything.

They've agreed to it, but it's not in the contract that we're signing.

So, my little contribution to this was I asked them to send us something in writing to commit to something, even though we cannot make them do it, and they're willing to do it.

Can they put that uh somewhere that we can see?

And I want to speak it into record.

So you receive an email today from Mrs.

Sam Reed that talks about this project and the amendments.

And there's a statement in there that says that this is not uh uh an aspiration, it's a commitment, 100% to be paid by the developer.

And so I hope that settles that question uh uh that is still lingering.

And with that being answered and that commitment and all the amendments, I to move uh for the support and ask everyone uh to vote and thank everyone that goes to see you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next in the queue is council member Parker, your recognizer.

Thank you, Vice Mayor, and I'm gonna be careful not to repeat um what my colleagues have already said about this.

I did want to speak just a little bit about the process.

You know, I know this was um a pretty heavy lift for this body um for the committees, um, really appreciative of the planning and zoning committee, um, Chair Horton, uh, really appreciative of the patience from the budget committee folks at our last meeting.

Um, you know, it's it's not an easy situation when an area has historically been in you know two districts separated by a very natural and obvious boundary um from downtown, and that area is moved into the downtown district, and so there's these three folks that sort of have an interest.

There's obviously it you defer to the district council member, but there's a historical tie with the communities in East Nashville there.

And then there's this weird ripple of um open meetings requirements in Tennessee.

Um, so we really had to lean on that committee process um to get to where we got here.

And I'm just um quite proud of the body, quite proud of the committee process um for the work product here.

And I just want to be sure to thank uh the lead sponsor, Councilmember Coopin, and um planning and zoning chair um Roland Horton.

So thank you.

Thank you, sir.

Uh next in the queue is uh Councilmember Styles, your recognized ma'am.

Thank you very much, Vice Mayor.

Um, I will be brief.

I am really excited to be a sponsor on this bill.

I think this bill showed how we can all work together to work for constituents, also make great decisions for the city.

And this process, I was sharing with someone earlier that this was so markedly different from last term's large planning process for another large project that I won't name, and that was a veritable nightmare.

This is going so much smoother, and I'm grateful.

Um I I feel like perhaps we learned some lessons from last term.

Um, but thank you for everyone that came up with a wonderful amendment.

Every single council member, and I am looking forward to seeing what this manifests into over the years to come.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ms.

Stiles.

Uh, next is uh Councilmember Evans, your recognizing.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

I'm really excited that I um brought forward three amendments that went nowhere, but I think advanced.

At least some conversations that I think are important, in particular the one about who's paying for what, um, because I think that was a topic that was uh kind of swirling around the edges and hadn't been very explicit.

And so I appreciate the the conversation around that.

And I think it's really important for anybody in this room that's contemplating running for another term, um, that you mark this time in your memory, um, because there will be future opportunities where there will probably be questions around who's paying for what, um, and you'll have an opportunity to kind of weigh in on those uh discussions in the future, because ultimately, you know, we did learn some things from last term related to the project that will not be named.

Um, and one of it is the material um outcomes that probably we didn't get deep enough about really what um these large projects look like from an execution perspective and how that what the impact looks like in all of our districts.

Um so thanks again for allowing uh one of the the suburban areas to participate.

Thank you, Miss Evans.

Um right, last in the queue for discussion back to the primary sponsor to bring it home.

Go ahead, sir.

Thank you, Madam President.

And I will try to not echo all the wonderful things that were said, but a deep appreciation to everyone.

I forgot earlier to thank um Brian and Sammy and again Matt for working tirelessly nights, weekends.

We were getting emails all sorts of hours.

So thank you to everyone who put in all this extra work to make this happen.

Um, and thank you to the development team putting up a phenomenal amount of money to make this project go.

And we've been able to shape it as a council and as a body.

Um, but I think it it needs to be said that they they're putting up a big sacrifice to take this from scrapyard to neighborhood.

Um, and then and then I just want to end with thanking the people um who wrote who called who emailed.

Um, this project is better because of you.

It's better because you contributed because you lifted up your voice.

Um, this is how we should do bills.

This is how we should legislate, in my opinion.

I think this shows that we can do that.

We can land planes um in in this way collaboratively with with full buy in.

Um, so really appreciative just to everyone um who who did it.

I think we we are building a neighborhood for Nashvilleans, and so with that I move approval as amended.

All right.

Um we are on that motion already.

Um uh we have one more person in the queue for discussion.

Um uh councilmember Ellis, you're recognized.

Uh thank you, Madam President.

I just wanted to take the time while uh we have the spotlight, and so many of my colleagues worked uh hours to get this right that we also do the same with the affordability challenges that are facing African Americans that was recently uh reported on from Metro Social Services.

Thank you, Ms.

Ellis.

Is there any further uh discussion on the motion to approve as amended for ordinance BL 2026-1273 sponsor Coupen and Styles on its third and final reading?

Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Any voting no?

Any abstaining?

All right.

This has passed its third and final reading as amended.

All right, hang in there.

There is one more item, um, two more items.

Um, the first is uh somewhat of a companion um to agenda item 56.

It is agenda item 57, ordinance BL 2026-1284, sponsor coupon.

This is an ordinance to amend title 17, the Metro Code of Laws, the zoning ordinance with Metro Government by changing from IG to DTC zoning for various properties located east of Korean Veterans Boulevard and south of Sylvan Street.

This is 40.96 acres.

Um council member coupon, you are recognized, sir.

Thank you, Madam President.

Committee reports, please.

Right for the report of the planning and zoning uh committee, Chair Horton.

Thank you, Vice Mayor P and Z recommended to approve.

Ten in favor, zero against zero not voting.

Okay, it's back to you, Mr.

Koopin, for a motion to get the bill before us.

Move approval.

All right, there's a motion to approve.

Is it seconded?

Okay.

Um uh is there any discussion on uh this motion to approve?

Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

All right.

This too has passed uh its third and final reading.

Um then we have one more item, colleagues.

It is agenda item 67.

It is ordinance BL 2026-1311, sponsored Kimbrough.

This is an ordinance to amend Title 17, the Metro Code of Laws, the zoning ordinance of the Metro government by amending a portion of a planned unit development overlay district to permit 120 multifamily residential units on property located at 201 Gifford Place, located at the corner of Gifford Place and Whites Creek Pike.

This is 3.11 acres zoned CS and within a planned unit development overlay district.

Uh Councilmember Kimbrough, you're recognized.

Thank you, Vice Mayor Committee report.

Yes, ma'am.

Um, for the report of the planning and zoning committee, uh Chair Horton for Ms.

Kimbrough's 1311, please, sir.

Thank you, Vice Mayor P and Z recommended approval.

Nine in favor, zero against zero not voting.

Okay.

Um right, it's back to you for uh a motion to get it before us.

Move for approval.

All right, is there a second?

There is a motion to approve, properly seconded on third and final reading.

Um, Ms.

Kimbrough, anything you wish to add.

Thank you for the support.

Okay.

And I ask that you support it tonight.

This is 120 um residential units um located in the Jolaton area.

Living options.

All righty.

There is a motion to approve properly seconded of this ordinance on its third and final reading.

You've heard an explanation by the sponsor, and we are on to discussion.

First in the queue is Councilmember Styles.

You're recognized.

Thank you very much, Vice Mayor.

We have received a lot of emails from constituents that live close to this property.

They are not in support of this project.

And as usual, I find it very difficult to support projects when people email, show up to planning, show up to the chamber, have concerns.

And so I'm I'm going to be in abstention on this vote, but I would encourage my colleagues to please consider doing the same.

Everyone who buys property moves into a neighborhood, it's okay wherever they chose to live, and the reasons why they chose it.

Thank you.

All right.

Councilmember Benedict, you're recognized.

Previous question.

All right.

Um Ms.

Benedict has recalled uh the previous question.

It requires a second.

Okay.

Uh it uh is non-debatable, as y'all know.

It requires two-thirds of those voting.

Um if you want to end discussion and move to the vote, you would vote yes.

If you want to continue discussion, you will vote no.

Um, all in favor of the previous question, please say aye.

Aye.

Uh any voting no.

Okay, the ayes have it.

The question has been called, and we move on uh to the vote.

Um, I think anticipating um Mr.

Uh uh Benton having pulled it off and you saying you're going to um is there anyone, Mr.

Benton?

Is anyone requesting a roll call?

Okay, we have two requests for roll call.

Um so uh Mr.

Clerk, if you would please uh load the vote uh for 1311, please, sir, which is on its third and final reading.

Understanding we may have a few abstentions and no's with all votes in, Mr.

Clerk, please show the vote.

This ordinance has passed its third and final reading with 29 votes in favor, four voting no, and three abstentions.

All right, that is our last item on the agenda.

Um, our next council meeting will be on Thursday, May 7th, with Monday committees shifting to Wednesday.

Uh, this is due to the primary election on May 5th.

Early voting is underway for that election.

Please vote early.

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Is there a motion to adjourn?

We're adjourned.

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