Good evening, everyone.

I want to call this meeting to order.

Today is Tuesday, August the 18th.

And I want to open by acknowledging that this meeting is being held on the unceded stolen land of the Cherokee Shiny and Yuchi people.

And to remind you all that no one is illegal on stolen land built by stolen labor.

And with that, I would like to open up the announcement period.

Colleagues, if you have any announcements, please get into the queue.

Councilmember Styles, you're recognized.

Thank you.

Next Thursday, we'll be having our District 32 August community meeting, six o'clock, the Southeast Community Center.

We'll be doing community safety updates as well as a presentation from the Nashville Youth Design Team of the Civic Design Center, as well as a presentation from Weego on the upcoming transit center.

We'll also hear from Daryl Hawks, the executive director of Friends of Millridge, and he's going to be sharing about the grant for the new event center that we're going to have in the park.

And we will be doing a discussion on a rezone for property at 3501 Murphy's Borough Road, which is going to be bringing some single family and condos on that site.

Thank you so much.

Councilmember Hill, you're recognized.

The budget, you're more than welcome to watch.

Um, but it should be completed um at the end of this week.

And then on Sunday, August 23rd, there will be a road closure on Fourth Avenue, um, south from Oak Street, um, all the way up to Heart Street.

And so I really would like for um my constituents and anyone and anyone to avoid that area from 9 a.m.

to 6 p.m., if at all possible, um, because there will be a road closure on that day.

On Saturday, August 22nd.

There's the Rising Together at Napier Place in Sudicum Apartments from 12 to 3 p.m.

And then the East Edge Hill will be having their summer social from 5 to 7 p.m.

at um the reservoir park.

So everyone is invited to either of those community events.

And I do also want to just acknowledge the winners of the SMITI uh ban challenge.

W.O.

Smith has an annual uh band competition where uh bands in the community um from their companies can come and uh participate in a battle of the bands and just want to congratulate the winners um and it all supports W.O.

Smith School in District 17.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, Councilmember Vogue.

Next we have Councilmember Sapulvida, you are recognized.

Thank you, Madam Pro Tem.

I just wanted to make an announcement that we will be having Mariposa Parks uh Grand Opening on August 22nd, uh, which is Saturday at 10 a.m.

Uh it is located on Tusclam Road.

We will have Mariachi Viva Mexico.

We will also have um Danza Azteca.

So just wanted to invite the whole community to come out.

We will also have food trucks, so it should be a fun time.

Uh no masquería invitara toda la communidad para que venga uh Lestreno de El Parque Mariposa, vamos a tener Maria Chi, que es Mariachi Viva Mexico.

Then vamos a tener Danza Azteca y vamos a tener comida.

And then este August 22, que es el Sabado a las 10 de la mañana.

Gracias, Councilmember Sapulvada.

Councilmember Braffer, you recognize.

Thank you, Pro Tim.

Just an announcement for residents who may be interested in some free music on the 30th of August, which is on Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m.

Join us at the Two Rivers Mansion for the Two Rivers Orchestra's music at the mansion.

Again, that is Sunday, the 20th of August from 3 to 6 p.m.

Thank you.

Are there any other council members that would like to be recognized?

Councilmember uh Evans um is in committee meeting right now, uh, but she did bring beautiful yellow flowers for uh the women to signify uh today, August 18th, uh back in 1920, the 19th amendment was ratified today, which um we know was a part of the women's suffrage, allowing women to have the right to vote.

Uh so um councilmember Evans did want to acknowledge that and acknowledge the historic nature of our council with the first time of having gender parity with um uh 50% of the council being female, led by a female vice mayor.

And I also wanted to add to that just a reminder that not all women were allowed the right to vote um when that happened in 1920.

Uh Native American, Asian American, Latin X, and African American suffrages had to fight for the right to vote.

Well, after the 19th Amendment was ratified.

So uh we were still fighting for their right to vote.

For council members who just came in, we still have the announcement period open if anyone would like to make any announcements.

All right, CN9, the announcement period is closed.

Oh, I do have an announcement at our next meeting.

Uh the first meeting in September during the announcement period, we will be um honoring our resolution on during uh honoring uh Vonda McDaniel.