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Twenty twenty six.

This is a special call meeting of the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County, primarily to consider the Capital Improvements Budget on its third and final reading.

Well, all members of the council as well as the public, please rise for the invocation and remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Telling the stories, singing the old songs.

We like the places they take us.

Mostly we do.

The disenfranchised dead want to know.

But how do we fashion the future?

Who can say how, except in the minds of those who will call it now?

The children.

The children.

And how does our garden grow with waving hands?

Oh, rarely in a row.

And flowering faces and brambles that we can no longer allow.

Who were many people coming together, cannot become one people falling apart?

Who dreamed for every child an even chance cannot let luck alone turn doorknobs or not?

Whose law was never so much of the hand as the head cannot let chaos make its way to the heart.

Who have seen learning struggle from teacher to child cannot let ignorance spread itself like a rot.

We know what we have done and what we have said and how we have grown degree by slow degree, believing ourselves toward all we have tried to become just and compassionate, equal, able and free.

All this in the hands of children, eyes already set on a land we never can visit.

It isn't there yet.

But looking through their eyes, we can see what our long gift to them may come to be if we can truly remember they will not forget.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and the Republic, which is fans, one nation, under God, indivisible, liberty.

All right.

Welcome, council and community members on a very stormy evening.

Happy Pride Month to everyone again.

With a capital improvements budget required to pass the council no later than June 15th, and our next regular council meeting scheduled for Tuesday, June 16th, and focused on consideration of the operational budget.

We'll move right into our agenda.

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 June 2nd, 2026?

Alright.

There is a motion properly seconded.

So without objection, and seeing no one seeking to be recognized for a change to the minutes.

All right, the minutes of the meeting of June 2nd are approved.

Mr.

Clerk, are there any messages from the mayor?

There are no messages from the mayor.

Thank you, Mr.

Clerk.

All right.

Um first on our section or agenda rather is section E, the public comment period.

Members of the public who are Tennessee residents wishing to speak uh in public comment may sign up at a 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.

We have four uh persons who have signed up uh for public uh comments this evening.

Turn on the public podium mic.

Um first is Zach Uyet.

Um, and Zach will be followed by Lauren Curry.

Uh Zach is speaking on agenda item F1, uh, a late filed ordinance uh in support.

Go ahead, sir, you're recognized.

Thank you.

Most of the backlash in response to the zoo data center has for obvious reasons been focused on ecology.

But what if we pretend for a second that the developers aren't lying to our faces, and that they really can make it safe?

I expect that most of us would remain staunchly opposed.

I think the more fundamental problem we have with AI is that we're all too familiar with the type of people who are pushing it on us.

These are the same type of people who gambled away our economy in 2008, the same type drowning us in medical debt, the same type of people who started an opioid crisis on purpose.

In short, the type of people who will happily ruin millions of ordinary lives to make money.

If we had any reason to believe that those in power cared about what happens to us, then maybe we'd be able to embrace AI as a tool with the potential for some good.

But as it stands, we have no choice but to see it as a weapon.

And right now, a handful of billionaires are holding that weapon to the heads of everybody in this country who works to make a living.

What are we supposed to do once they've destroyed the market for our labor?

The only thing we have left to sell.

They don't care about us, fine.

But if they can get away with not even needing us, then they will watch as we starve in the streets.

This council should realize the anger isn't just about the fact that our zoo is obviously the wrong place for a data center.

It's about a war being waged by the obscenely rich on all the rest of us.

And frankly, until you stop it, you're on their side.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next is Lauren Curry.

Lauren will be followed by Heather Schwartz.

Lauren Curry is also speaking on agenda item F1, a late-filed ordinance in support.

Go ahead.

Members of council, thank you for your service to Nashville and for the opportunity to speak tonight.

My name is Lauren Curry.

I serve on the board of the Nashville Zoo.

I'm an attorney at Sherard Row and a former Metro Nashville police officer.

Tonight I'm asking for one thing.

Please support the Johnston Bradford Temporary Data Center Moratorium.

This is not a vote to permanently ban data centers.

It's not a final vote on this ordinance.

It's simply a vote to allow the legislative process to begin on an issue that deserves careful review.

As a lawyer, I believe in process, as a former police officer, I understand the importance of acting before a problem becomes irreversible.

This council will have the opportunity to fully consider, should have the opportunity to fully consider this issue before any project becomes vested.

The need for a temporary moratorium is straightforward.

Metro zoning code does not currently define data centers as a distinct land use.

Yet today's data centers are unlike traditional commercial facilities.

They involve significant power, demand, backup generators, cooling systems, lighting noise, and round-the-clock operations.

Those impacts deserve your careful consideration, particularly when a proposed data center seeks to locate immediately adjacent to one of Nashville's most important educational and conservation resources at the Nashville Zoo, as well as a metro school.

If members have concerns, there will be opportunities to consider and amend that legislation.

More than 350,000 people have signed a petition for this issue to be taken up.

The public is paying attention.

We're asking this council to please carefully consider this issue.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next is uh Heather Schwartz, uh, also speaking on agenda item F1, uh, the late filed ordinance in support.

Um, Heather will be followed by Manon Hall.

Go ahead, you're recognized.

Hi, everyone.

Thank you for having me.

I'm Dr.

Heather Schwartz.

I'm the head veterinarian for the Nashville Zoo.

And I'm here tonight to ask you to support to support suspension of the rules so that Johnston and Bradford Temporary Data Center Moratorium can be placed on first reading.

Um, as the health director and the animal and the veterinarian for the zoo, um, it's really simple.

Nothing good comes from placing a disruptive data center next to animals living in carefully managed habitats.

This center will be placed right against um our breeding and propagation centers for very fragile species like clouded leopards and future Okapi and large birds like our hyacinth macaws.

Our animals depend on consistency, stability, and an environment designed around their health and welfare.

Constant mechanical noise, the vibration, bright lights, generators, all of that running 24-7 is definitely going to be disruptive to their well-being.

And that is our number one focus at the zoo is the welfare and well-being of our animals.

I actually was just doing welfare assessments on our animals today to ensure that all are living happy and healthy lives.

And I'm also the Clouded Leopard SSP veterinary advisor, meaning that's one of my main focuses as that species we hold more than anybody else in the United States.

That is how close it will be.

So Metro has invested millions of dollars into this institution, including recent infrastructure investments that allow the zoo to grow and serve more families.

So the zoo is Nashville's preeminent family friendly destination.

I'm proud to be a part of it for over 16 years.

It's about education and conservation for the entire community to learn about all that we do and about animals around the globe.

So tonight we're asked not asking council to make a final decision on every detail of this moratorium.

Um, but please allow this bill to get onto first reading tonight.

Let the process move forward, give council and the public the chance to protect the animals, the zoo, and the public investment Nashville has already made.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh next and last is Manon Hall speaking on data centers generally in opposition.

Go ahead, sir.

Hi, I'm going to go through some facts about them.

Big tech corporations, investors in the government are working in partnership to manufacture an AI boom, resulting in the rapid expansion of data centers, the facilities that are needed to power artificial intelligence.

As of March 2025, the U.S.

had over 5,400 data centers, while the rest of the world combined had 1,469.

The propaganda of AI is a massive cover-up of the violence that AI is actually weaponized for.

Racialized violence, genocide, surveilling and purging workers, automation of health care denials, and keeping people criminalized and locked up.

Data centers' massive energy consumption can just disrupt electricity flow to homes and crews increasing the risk of electrical fires, blackouts, and brownouts.

Power outages threaten the safety of residents who cannot have access to air conditioning during heat waves, utilize medical devices, or risk carbon monoxide poisoning due to the improper use of generators.

Everyday people regularly pay data center energy costs for the wealthiest companies in the world.

From Georgia to Ohio, the industry has fought against concrete obligations to ensure its costs aren't passed along to ratepayers.

Meanwhile, energy costs have gone up for regular consumers directly attributed to data centers and associated energy infrastructure.

An analysis of electricity prices across the country found that monthly electricity costs have gone up as much as 267% over the last five years in locations near substantial data center activity.

In Georgia, which in 2025 surpassed Northern Virginia to become the fastest growing data center market to an Amazon hyperscale data center, a typical resident customer is paying 43 dollars a month more per month or 560 more per year on their electricity bill than they were two years ago.

An investigation found that business inside and business insider found that more than 230 data center locations were in communities highly overburdened by environmental pollutants and read regions already burdened by public health challenges stemming from an environmental racism and gentrification.

All right, thank you.

That concludes our public comment period.

Next is agenda item F1.

Um, this is ordinance BL 2026 unnumbered, sponsors Johnston and Bradford.

This is an ordinance declaring a temporary moratorium upon the acceptance, processing, approval, and issuance of zoning, building or grading permits for data center developments on property within Nashville and Davidson County.

Umston, you are recognized.

Committee reports are moved to suspend suspend the rules first.

I would move to suspend the rules first, then I'll go to the report of Chair Cash.

Okay, I'd like to move to suspend the rules, please.

Right.

Uh uh Chair Cash for the report of the rules uh confirmations committee, please, sir.

We we considered the late filed uh nature of the ordinance and voted five in favor, zero against zero not voting.

All right, members.

Having heard the report of Chair Cash, is there any objection to the suspension of the rules to get this matter before us?

Seeing none, the rules are suspended.

Um, and so it's back to you, uh sponsor Johnson for a motion to get the bill before us.

Thank you.

I'd like to move approval with a brief explanation, please.

Go ahead, ma'am.

Thank you.

So I appreciate my colleagues um not objecting um to the suspension of the rules.

This moratorium is complementary to the bill that is currently in place, sponsored by Councilmember Horton.

It I think that everybody can agree that time is of the essence for both of these things.

Um the moratorium is very straightforward, it is temporary, um, is very narrow in scope.

What is not necessarily is the policy, which is so important that we get it right.

Um text amendments are already very complicated to do and take a lot of time and effort on our planning staff.

I know that we're planning to suspend the rules at the planning commission to change the two meeting deferral normally by rule to a one-meeting deferral, which is further compressing this already um sort of short timeline.

Um I really want to make sure that we get this policy right, not just get it done.

We may not need this moratorium.

We may not.

Um, and that's fine.

I would rather have it and not need it than the other way around.

But in case we do come across some issues where planning staff needs more time, the commission votes a certain way, or maybe we find ourselves in disagreement about certain um aspects of of the policy because we all want to get it right.

Um, and we understand that timing is of the essence and we don't want to be rushed, the moratorium would be in place to pause any development um until we can get it right.

Again, it is short, it is 90 days, or until the bill passes, whichever comes first, and I appreciate your support.

All right.

Um uh we are on to discussion uh on this bill.

First in the queue is council member Benedict.

You're recognized.

Thank you, madam vice mayor.

Um I rise in support of this ordinance.

Um I do appreciate um all that we've heard from the public.

Uh we've seen a lot in our inboxes, um, online, of course, and I've um, as the public is disgusted by this as I am as well.

Um, and we have to do something about this, and I'm committed.

I've actually co-sponsored um Bill 1391, uh, because uh this is important for us to get right.

Um I I was curious why this was late filed, but that's a non-issue at this point.

I think at this point I just want to move forward with it.

Um I think we had an opportunity to get this in before.

Um, nevertheless, we do have um we must do something, and that's what we're hearing from the public is that something must be done.

So I believe we'll continue to work with metro departments to see what we can do relative to any permits that have been or could be issued.

I want the public to understand that, and I also want the public to know that you know, um, for my colleagues I've spoken with here on the floor, and it looks like a lot of them are in the queue and will speak um that uh uh we are with the public on this.

We want to make sure that any data centers that come into this city are highly regulated.

Uh with that, I stand in support.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next in the queue is uh council member tombs.

Madam Chair, you're recognized.

Thank you, uh Madam Vice Mayor.

Uh I just have a few questions that I think uh director Wilson may be able to help me with.

Um can you because I know most of the interest from the public is surrounding the proposed data center next to the zoo.

Uh, and I know there's a lot of activity around that that parcel of property.

Uh Director Wilson, can you speak to the the vesting of rights in the property and where we are in that that process?

Special counsel Wilson, you're recognized.

Uh council member, I will I can speak generally about the process and how uh vesting works in this case or in uh any case.

Typically, if uh uh building permit has been applied for uh the the applicant vests in the process in this in this case, essentially that they will have the ability to continue uh to have a decision made about whether that permit is granted or denied by Metro.

Uh if um and then if that permit if that permit is granted, then they are vested in that uh regardless of a moratorium.

Okay.

And in regard to the moratorium, if this goes on, if the moratorium legislation goes on first reading tonight, we don't have a moratorium in place, correct?

Special counsel.

Yes, council member, that's correct.

Uh there would be no moratorium in place until uh the bill was passed on third reading.

And then my final question, because I do want to point out that there are currently data centers in Nashville.

We have over a dozen of them.

So if this moratorium were to pass once it gets through the legislative process, or even the other legislation that we have that's pending that puts parameters around data centers, um, is there would there be any impact to existing data centers?

Special counsel no council member uh any existing data centers would not be affected by uh by pending legislation if they've already been if they've already constructed data centers.

Okay, thank you, uh Director Wilson, and and thank you, Vice Mayor.

I am in support of uh passage of the moratorium legislation, but I thought that it was important to get some of that information out because there's some misinformation floating out there in terms of the presence of data centers in Nashville and how uh this particular legislation impacts uh data centers coming into Nashville or existing in Nashville.

So I just wanted to get some uh clarifying information out there, but I am in support.

Thank you.

Appreciate that.

Thank you.

Next in the queue is Councilmember Porterfield, Madam Pro Tim, you're recognized.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Um and I appreciate everyone's passion around this.

I agree with uh councilmember Benedict and that uh we must do something, and I'm thankful to say that we are doing something.

We are in the process of doing something.

Um I believe that we all are mostly agree that the data centers as we are discussing um is something that's gonna be harmful to the community.

Now, to council member um Toomb's point, there are different types of data centers, different sizes of data centers, anything with a server can be considered a data center.

So just for the record, not all data centers are harmful, but in most cases, when we are having these conversations about that data centers, we're talking about these mega data centers that are causing these environmental concerns.

Um, and I believe that the majority of this body believes that those types of data centers are harmful.

Uh, what we don't agree on is the approach and how we can best address this issue.

Um now there are two, if if this passes, there will be two pieces of legislation tracking at the same time, a temporary moratorium that will be in place until the permanent legislation is passed.

As it is tracking now, both of those pieces of legislation would pass on the same evening.

There's no reason to think that one of those pieces of legislation will be delayed.

Um, it is similar to if you are about to have dinner and you have a snack an hour before dinner, that makes sense because you still have an hour to wait before dinner.

But if the snack and the dinner are ready at the same time, there's absolutely no reason to have a snack at the same time as dinner.

I also have concerns about the definition of a data center being too broad in this legislation.

Um, I feel that that can have negative impacts on existing data.

Well, that can have negative impacts because it is not uh a good definition or more refined definition of a data center.

And then most importantly, I'm concerned with the legal challenges.

So moratoriums have been subjected to legal challenges.

There have been two recently, one in Hill County, Texas, um, where they recently rescinded their moratorium after a 100 million dollar lawsuit was filed by the developer.

There was another one that was recently challenged in Cave City, Kentucky.

So my concern is that if we pass this temporary moratorium, we are leaving ourselves open and subjected to legal challenges when we can just pass the legislation that we already have on first reading.

I think there's been a misconception.

I'm glad Councilmember Toombs got this on the record.

Um constituents have been led to believe that this moratorium will go into effect immediately, and it doesn't.

It still takes three readings, just like Council Member Horton's legislation, which we have already passed on first reading, which has more than 25 sponsors, there's no reason to think that that legislation is not going to pass.

It can still be amended if there are changes that need to be made on it.

So I don't support the moratorium for the reasons listed.

I'm afraid that it's gonna subject us to legal challenges.

Again, we all have the same uh concern here.

We just have a difference in our approach.

All right, thank you.

Next is Councilmember Horton.

Um Mr.

Chair, you recognize.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Um, I rise in support of many of the sentiments expressed by Councilmember Porterfield earlier.

Um, and would like to expand on or emphasize one additional part and the the more permanent legislation that we have proposed, we define data center as well as distinguish between different types of data centers with prohibiting the large hyperscale ones imposing strict rules and environmental protections on others while also recognizing smaller and more accessory uses, like you might see in a library computer lab or a IT closet at a neighborhood business.

I think unfortunately this moratorium makes no such distinguishment and lumps in the massive hyperscale data centers with the high school computer lab and bans all of them.

Um I think if this legislation progresses progresses, I think that's something that we can workshop and make sure that we're not throwing the baby out with the bathwater on this.

Um, and so if it progresses, hope that the sponsor would be willing to refine uh the definition of this to make sure that it's uh as narrow and targeted as possible or as needed.

All right, thank you.

Next in the queue is Councilmember Coopin, your recognizer.

Thank you, Chair, and thank you to uh my colleagues sponsoring and all the folks that are um you know speaking about this.

Um, we've heard resoundingly from Nashville and's that this is a major concern and problem that we need to address, and I appreciate my colleagues' uh dinner analogy.

I'm getting hungry now.

Thanks.

Thanks for that.

Um, but I kind of expanding on that analogy.

I think it's it's a fair thing to look at, but as we know, if you sometimes you have to have a snack before dinner, because you don't know if dinner's gonna take a little longer than you think to cook.

So I think that um having it be having the two bills tracked together is not necessarily a bad thing.

It may mean that on third reading there's some adjustments that need to be made or a bill that does pass or doesn't pass.

Um, but I think having I'm always a fan of having options versus not, and with something that um we just cannot afford to get wrong, um I'd rather have those tools in the toolbox um and move forward than than not, and I think that especially when you look at areas like the zoo and you look at these large-scale data centers where we don't know all the environmental impacts, we don't know um what this does, you know, one year, five years, ten years down the line, um, having something to say, let's take a beat, let's think about it, um, let's make sure we're getting this right.

I think there's no no downside to that to me, and I appreciate that there's potential legal concerns or things like that.

But again, these are first reading, of course, and so we'll have time in committees to deliberate further.

Um so I stand in support of this moratorium of Councilman Horton's bill.

I appreciate that the council has very quickly and robustly jumped into this uh complex issue and look forward to uh further discussion on the matter.

All right, thank you.

Next in the queue is Councilmember Cortez, your recognized sir.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Why does it feel that nearly every community in America is being asked to accept the data center?

It never requested and often doesn't want.

Nothing in modern American history has expanded this quickly with so little public enthusiasm and so little public input.

When communities ask questions about the impact on their neighborhoods, their electric grid, their water supply, their quality of life, we see data center developers scoff and tell them that this is the decision has already been made.

And their pitch is always the same: jobs, investment, economic growth.

But the reality is often much different.

Thousands of square feet of industrial development, massive energy consumption, constant generator noise, heat pollution, increased strain on public infrastructure, and legitimate concerns about water use and environmental impacts, all in exchange for a handful of permanent jobs and profits that the community won't see.

And somehow, when communities ask for better health care, better schools, lower child care costs and stronger infrastructure, we're told that progress takes time.

But when some of the wealthiest individuals on earth need more computing power or need something moved forward, the public and private sectors suddenly find a way to move forward at lightning speed.

Why can we mobilize extraordinary resources to serve companies with massive lobbying power, but struggle to do the same for working families?

I'm not opposed to technology.

I'm not opposed to innovation.

I'm certainly not opposed to economic development.

But the economic development should improve the lives of the people who already live in the community, not ask them to bear the cost while somebody else collects the profits.

This industry is changing daily, and we have reports from across the country that data centers create measurable harm to property values nearby to nearby homeowners.

Why should that cost be borne by our neighbors, especially when the profits flow elsewhere?

Working families should not be forced to subsidize billion dollar industries, the value of their homes and the character and livability of their community.

We're seeing the importance of this legislation hit our community in real time.

The proposal located next to the Nashville Zoo doesn't affect just a piece of land, it affects the environment around the zoo, the experience of families who visit the zoo, and the quality of life of residents who call that area home.

Our community should not be asked to sacrifice their character and livability so a tech company can expand its footprint.

This legislation is an insurance policy to Councilman Horton's fantastic and comprehensive zoning changes.

It will create protections for our neighbors if we need an extra round of discussions to really hone in the nuance of the protections that our neighbors deserve.

I ask my colleagues to support this pizza legislation on first reading and ask to your commitment to making even stronger over the next two readings.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay, we'll proceed.

Uh next, then with Councilmember Gadd, your recognized ma'am.

Thank you so much, Madam Speaker, and thank you to my colleagues who've already spoken and uh who have lifted this matter up for us to consider this evening.

Um, like uh like others that expressed um the incredible concerns that we have over these large-scale data centers are real, and what we all need is something more permanent with the framework, and um uh incredibly proud of my colleagues who have already begun begun that work and look forward to continuing that um and for our colleagues' support on that.

I think the concerning thing as we move forward with um this particular um uh late filed uh moratorium legislation.

Um, I will hope that we do address a few things that have already been expressed, which is the concerns of over how it is drafted as we move forward.

Um, right now it will like could likely apply to a new library of working to get built due to how it's defined when we think about data centers.

So what I hope will happen is that we have uh further restrictive conversations and then also make sure we're positioning ourselves in the best way to protect our communities and our resources, which is um looking at the landscape, whether it's this company or other uh companies and how they have navigated this conversation and other communities.

Um a lot of that has been through uh lawsuits that they've been uh they've actually used legal challenges to prevent um jurisdictions from having the rights that we want to continue to maintain and restrict.

So um, as we move forward with this uh this conversation, I know the sponsor will do this, make sure that we are um being very thoughtful.

Um, so through those uh through maybe uh adjusted language, um, so make sure we're actually focusing on doing the things we need to do and uh making sure we're also getting our framework in place uh through some additional regulations, um, so we can meet all the needs that all of our community members are expressing.

I think many of us are aligned in that.

Um it's something that we don't want to see in our neighborhood.

We're um sympathetic.

I know I am with the National Zoo.

It's something we don't want to see resources taken from that or any one of our communities uh that we live in.

So look forward to that continued discussion, and uh, appreciate my colleagues have already spoken on this.

All right.

Um, seeing no one else in the queue seeking to be recognized, um, we will move to the vote on this matter that is on its first of three readings.

Okay, that only requires a simple majority, so we will do that by voice.

All in favor, please say.

There is a request for a roll call vote that requires three seconds.

Okay.

Um, all right.

So uh with that, uh, Mr.

Clerk, if you would please uh vote the vote.

So this is Ms.

Johnston and Mr.

Bradford's ordinance as of yet unnumbered on its first of three readings.

There was a request for a roll call, and it was properly seconded.

So you will vote by tablet.

With all votes in, Mr.

Clerk, please show the vote.

All right.

Um this motion has passed.

This bill has passed its first of three readings with 26 votes in favor, one against, and zero abstentions.

For colleagues and the public, uh, this bill will be assigned a bill number, um, for its referral to the planning commission and then it's uh subsequent time on our agenda, but that is still uh to be determined.

Okay, all right.

Now we're in section uh G.

Um we had a little bit of a duplication there.

We had a double F on our uh sections of agenda, but we're gonna call this uh section G, uh, our consolidated consent agenda.

All three are rather all 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 ordinance number of the items on the consent agenda will be read by me.

Uh, this is a very short list today.

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

All right.

Proposed for the consent agenda is agenda item uh two, ordinance BL 2026-138-3.

Agenda item three, ordinance BL 2026-1384.

Agenda item four, ordinance BL 2026-1385, and then lastly, agenda item five, ordinance BL 2026-1390.

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

Uh if so, members uh can please join the queue to request that.

All right, I am seeing none.

Um, Mr.

Clerk.

Are all committee reports in for items on the consent agenda?

Yeah, all committee reports are in.

All right.

Um, thank you, Mr.

Clerk.

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

Okay, properly moved and seconded.

All in favor say aye.

Council has passed all items on the consent uh agenda, and now um we'll go back to uh the sole item remaining on our agenda.

This is agenda item one uh ordinance BL 2026-1380, sponsor tombs.

This is an ordinance adopting the 2026 to 2027 uh through 2031 to 2032 capital improvements budget for the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County as the official capital improvements budget of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County for the fiscal year uh 2026-2027.

Uh council member tombs, uh you are recognized, ma'am.

Thank you, madam vice mayor committee report.

Budget and finance voted to recommend approval as amended seven in favor, zero against zero not voting.

All right, and for the report of the planning and zoning committee, Chair Horton, you're recognized.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Planning and zoning voted in favor of the amendment by council member Cap.

Seven in favor, zero against zero not voting, and voted in favor of the bill as amended.

Seven in favor, zero against zero not voting.

Alrighty.

Um, with those committee reports in, um, it is back to you, uh, madam chair, uh, for a motion to get this before us.

Move for approval.

Okay, it's properly moved and seconded.

Um, and we are on to discussion.

Uh Ms.

Benedict, you are first in the queue.

Go ahead, ma'am.

Thank you, Madam Vice Mayor.

Um, I'd like to sign on to Councilmember Cap's amendment, and therefore I'd like to move it.

All right.

Um uh you will be signed on.

Um there is a motion to amend uh with uh the amendment offered by council member uh cap and uh council member Benedict.

It is I believe a housekeeping uh type amendment.

And so uh with that, uh Ms.

Benedict, you are uh anything else you want to say about this amendment.

It is indeed a housekeeping amendment.

Thank you for that, madam vice mayor.

Um this is an item that's already in the CIB.

This is just uh defining the properties around it.

There was a mistake in there, and so this is correcting that mistake.

All right.

I renew my uh motion.

Okay.

Um is there any discussion on the motion to amend?

Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

Um Ms.

Tombs, would you please renew your motion to approve?

Move for approval is amended.

Thank you.

All right.

Um, colleagues, is there any discussion on the Capitol Improvements budget um on its third and final reading as amended?

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

Any voting no are abstaining.

Okay, this has passed its third and final reading.

This concludes this evening's agenda.

Our next council meeting uh will be on Tuesday, June 16th.

Is there a motion to adjourn?

We are adjourned.

One person.

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