8.N Ordinance 2025-10 - Third and Final Reading - (Collierville Schools Operation Center) An Ordinance Amending the Official Zoning Map of the Town of Collierville by Rezoning 21.22 Acres of a 27.9-Acre Tract from GC: General Commercial to RI: Restricted Industrial, Located West Side of US Highway 72, North of Sycamore Road, East of Byhalia Road, and South of Harris Street, Case #252192

[8.N Ordinance 2025-10 - Third and Final Reading - (Collierville Schools Operation Center) An Ordinance Amending the Official Zoning Map of the Town of Collierville by Rezoning 21.22 Acres of a 27.9-Acre Tract from GC: General Commercial to RI: Restricted Industrial, Located West Side of US Highway 72, North of Sycamore Road, East of Byhalia Road, and South of Harris Street, Case #252192]

WILL MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT N, WHICH IS THE THIRD AND FINAL READING FOR THE COLLIERVILLE SCHOOLS OPERATIONS CENTER. AND. YOU SEE, LET ME GET MY AGENDA. WHO'S OUR PRESENTATION WILL BE DONE BY OUR TOWN PLANNER, JAMIE GROSS. MR. GROSS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM IS TO CONSIDER, ON THIRD AND FINAL READING, AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE A PORTION OF A PROPERTY ON HIGHWAY 72 FOR THE COLLIERVILLE OPERATIONS CENTER.

YOU APPROVED IT ON SECOND READING AT YOUR LAST MEETING, AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING. THE APPLICANT, AS WE STATED LAST TIME, IS TOWNSHIP DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GRACE AND VAUGHN REPRESENTS THEM, AND HE REPRESENTS COLLIERVILLE SCHOOLS, AND THEY ARE PURCHASING THE PROPERTY FROM BNM INVESTMENTS. AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS

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REZONING. JUST REAL BRIEFLY. YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN THE EXISTING ZONING OF THE PROPERTY. IT HAS GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING. THE SCHOOLS WOULD NOT LIKE TO ZONE THE WHOLE PROPERTY RESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL, BUT JUST A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY OR A LARGE PORTION, 21.2 ACRES ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WOULD BE ZONED RI FOR THE OPERATIONS CENTER, RESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL, AND THEY WOULD LEAVE GENERAL COMMERCIAL ALONG HIGHWAY 72 TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER HAPPENS ALONG HIGHWAY 72 IS CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER USES AND DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS ALONG HIGHWAY 72. THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR APPROVAL. THIS PARTICULAR LAND USE CASE, THIS PARTICULAR REZONING IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE PLAN, THE LONG RANGE PLAN, THE LONG RANGE PLAN. THE COLLIERVILLE 2040 PLAN DESIGNATED THIS PROPERTY FOR COMMERCIAL USES. IT'S A REALLY LARGE TRACT, SO THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, BECAUSE THERE IS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ACREAGE WHERE THEY'RE STILL ABLE TO KEEP MEANINGFUL COMMERCIAL ALONG THE HIGHWAY 72 COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR. AND ALSO THIS AREA IS IN FLUX. THERE'S THOMPSON MACHINERY JUST TO THE TO THE SOUTH THAT'S ZONED INDUSTRIAL. SO IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WITH THAT THOSE DECISIONS AND THOSE THOSE LAND USE PATTERNS. SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS, IF YOU APPROVE THIS ON THIRD AND FINAL READING, THERE WOULD BE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT THAT WOULD BE APPLIED FOR BY THE SCHOOL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE TRUCK TERMINAL, THE BUS TERMINAL AT THIS SITE, AND THAT WOULD GO THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND MAYOR AND BOARD, AND WE WOULD SEE A LOT MORE DETAILS AT THAT TIME. THERE WOULD ALSO BE A SITE PLAN AND THEY COULD SUBMIT IT CONCURRENTLY WITH THAT OR SEPARATELY. BUT WE'LL SEE A LOT MORE INFORMATION AT THE SITE PLAN STAGE WHERE ALL THE ANY DUMPSTERS MIGHT BE, AND EXACTLY HOW THE ROADS MIGHT BE IMPROVED IN THAT AREA. THEY WOULD ALSO SUBMIT A SUBDIVISION PLAT TO DIVIDE UP THE PROPERTY. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS TOLD US THAT THEY MAY USE THE FRONT PROPERTIES ALONG HIGHWAY 72 THAT ARE ZONED COMMERCIAL, OR THEY COULD BE SOLD OFF FOR OTHER TYPES OF RETAIL DEVELOPMENT. BUT AT THE OPERATIONS CENTER SITE, THEY'VE INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD EVENTUALLY HAVE BUS STORAGE AND IT WOULD BE FLEET MAINTENANCE FOR FOR BUSSES, BUT ALSO WAREHOUSING, BOTH TRADITIONAL WAREHOUSING AND COLD STORAGE FOR TO BENEFIT THE CAFETERIAS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. THIS CONCLUDES THE STAFF PRESENTATION. I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. GROSS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? YEAH, JUST A QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION. SO THE YOU SAID THE JUST TO THE SOUTH THE RR THAT'S THE THOMPSON MACHINERY CORRECT. INDUSTRIAL OKAY. CORRECT.

THAT'S IT. WHERE IN THAT AREA IS THAT LOCATED FROM LOOKING AT THIS MAP DOWN HERE FOR THE THE PROPOSED REZONING. NO, NO. THE PART THAT THOMPSON MACHINERY, I'M GOING TO SWITCH TO A COUPLE OTHER MAPS THAT ZOOM A LITTLE BIT FARTHER OUT. THIS THIS PARTICULAR MAP SHOWS THE COLLIERVILLE 2040 PLAN. AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO DRAW WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE, WHERE IT'S GOING RIGHT HERE. SO THOMPSON IS OCCURRING IN THIS JUST THIS GENERAL AREA. THERE'S SOME OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE ALREADY ZONED INDUSTRIAL JUST TO THE NORTH, NORTH OF THAT TRACT AS WELL SOME, SOME OF THE CARTWRIGHT TRACKS. SO IS ALL THE GRAY AREA. IS THAT ALL ZONED THE SAME? NOT CURRENTLY. THAT'S THE WHAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE ON THIS MAP ARE THE PLACE TYPES, THE THE INSTITUTIONAL OR EXCUSE ME, THE. THE TECHNOLOGY AND EMPLOYMENT CENTER PLACE TYPE WHICH EVENTUALLY COULD SUPPORT REZONING TO INDUSTRIAL. SO SOME OF THIS IS OUR RESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL, SOME OF IT'S HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, GENERAL INDUSTRIAL, BUT SOME OF IT IS STILL ZONED INDUSTRIALLY, I MEAN RESIDENTIALLY. SO SOME OF IT IS ZONED LIKE FAR FOREST, AGRICULTURAL, RESIDENTIAL. AND THERE ARE SOME PROPERTIES ALONG HIGHWAY 72 ZONED R2 AS WELL. BUT THOSE ARE EXPECTED TO BE REZONED TO TO A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OR AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT OVER TIME. CAN I MAKE A STATEMENT ON THAT? ALDERMAN JORDAN, I KNOW THE FRONT PART HERE. THE REMAINING 6.6 ACRES WOULD REMAIN C C G. COULD THAT BE A POSSIBILITY OF LATER ON THAT PROPERTY IS SOLD OFF AND THE PROSPECTIVE BUYER COMING ACTS TO REZONE THEIRS TO OUR WELL OUR RESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL RR THERE THE POSSIBILITY RIGHT

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IT IS IT IS A POSSIBILITY. AND IF THEY DID THAT THEY WOULD COME THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND BOARD. THE STAFF WOULD ANALYZE THAT REQUEST, AND THE MAYOR AND BOARD COULD COMPARE IT TO WHAT THE 2040 PLAN SAYS. AND IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIAL USES ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO OCCUR RIGHT ALONG THAT CORRIDOR THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SEE COMMERCIAL USES. SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO NOT APPROVE INDUSTRIAL REZONING THOSE TO INDUSTRIAL. IT WOULD BE INCONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE PLAN. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO. IS THE APPLICANT HERE AND WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION? LOOKS LIKE OUR CHAIRMAN OF OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION, MIKE COX.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND BOARD I AM COX I LIVE AT 437 COLLEGE STREET AND I'M CHAIRMAN OF THE COLLIERVILLE SCHOOL BOARD, AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING OUR BOARD WANDA CHISHOLM, WANDA GIBBS, TOM BAILEY AND PAUL CHILDERS. AND WE UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO APPROVE THIS PLAN, AND WE ARE IN FAVOR OF IT. AND WE IF IT'S APPROVED, WE INTEND TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY THOUGHT OF SELLING IT LATER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE INTEND TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY. WE INTEND TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY AS WE HAVE PLANNED. ONCE WE COME BACK AND WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, DECIDE WHAT THE BUILDING'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND ALL THAT, WE'RE GOING TO SEEK THE INPUT FROM THE NEIGHBORS AROUND THE PROPERTY.

AND WE ARE. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE WILL DO AND WHAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF DOING, JUST GO OUT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU CAN SEE THE QUALITY THAT WE WANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE INTEND TO HAVE WE HAVE THE WE HAVE THE NUMBER ONE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THIS STATE, AND WE INTEND TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. AND WE WANT THIS, THIS PROJECT AS WELL TO REFLECT WHO WE ARE. SO I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. MR. ALDERMAN JORDAN. YES, SIR. MR. COX. YES. DID YOU JUST RECENTLY OR DID THE BOARD JUST RECENTLY MEET WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? WE DID. WHAT WERE THE RESULTS OF THAT? DO YOU MIND SHARING? WE MET AT OUR BOARD MEETING BOARD CHAMBERS, AND WE HAD HAD EVERYONE SITTING TOGETHER AND AND LISTENED TO ALL THE INPUT THEY HAD ON THOUGHTS AND AND IDEAS THEY HAD FOR WHY THEY WERE AGAINST THE PROPERTY. AND WE TOOK ALL THAT INFORMATION AND OUR BOARD, WE WE ARE WE REMAIN IN FAVOR. EVERYONE GOT INPUT FROM FROM ALL THE RESIDENTS AND WE OUR BOARD REMAINS IN FAVOR OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. OKAY. OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION, ALDERMAN MARSHALL. MY QUESTION WAS THE POTENTIALLY DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE I AGREE, THE THE PROPERTY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IS BEAUTIFUL AND THE MAINTENANCE OF ALL THE SCHOOL FACILITIES ARE UP TO CARNIVAL STANDARDS. WHEN YOU DRIVE UP 72, BECAUSE I'VE DRIVEN THE PROPERTY AND AND LOOKED AT THAT, THERE'S NO ACCESS POINTS TO NEIGHBORHOODS. MY CONCERN WAS DRIVING UP 72. WOULD WE BE LOOKING OVER THERE? I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S A CAR LOT THERE TO THE LEFT, BUT WOULD WE LOOK AT SCHOOL BUSSES OR IS THE INTENT TO SCREEN THAT? YES, THERE IS INTENT TO SCREEN THAT. SO YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT A FLEET OF BUSSES THROUGH THERE. NOW THE PROPERTY ON THE FRONT, WE DON'T HAVE A USE FOR THAT NOW AND MAY NOT WE MIGHT, WE DON'T WE DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE MIGHT HOLD FOR THAT. BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY PLANS TO USE THAT. BUT YES, WE'LL WE PLAN TO SCREEN THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. COX. WE APPRECIATE THAT. WE WILL START WITH THE COMMENT CARDS THAT I'VE RECEIVED. AS THE ATTORNEY SAID, WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING AT SECOND READING, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OFFER THIS TIME FOR THE CITIZENS FOR SOME INPUT. I HAVE SEVERAL CARDS. IT'S THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. THERE ARE SOME THAT HAVE DONATED TIME AND THESE WERE GIVEN TO ME, AND THEY'RE NOT IN ANY ORDER. I'VE JUST ORGANIZED THOSE THAT HAVE DONATED TIME. SO THE FIRST CITIZEN THAT HAS REQUESTED TO SPEAK IS JULIA BENTLEY, MISS BENTLEY. I DON'T SEE ANYONE. DON'T. DIDN'T YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES? I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL CARDS. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU CAN SET THE TONE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. MY NAME IS JULIA BENTLEY. I LIVE AT 129

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WEST STREET, AND I'M HERE IN OPPOSITION AGAIN OF THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY ON HIGHWAY 72. TWO YEARS AGO, I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, AND SINCE THEN MY LIFE HAS BEEN UPSIDE DOWN. SO OF COURSE MY LIFE AND MY LIFE QUALITY HAS REALLY CHANGED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. AND WITH US BRINGING IN THE BUSSES TO FURTHER DISRUPT MY LIFE WITH NOISE AND AIR POLLUTION, I THAT REALLY JUST KIND OF MADE ME. IT JUST RUBBED ME THE WRONG WAY BECAUSE I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD BE OUTSIDE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD OR EVEN NEAR A NEIGHBORHOOD. I WOULD THINK THAT BECAUSE OF WHERE THE LOCATION IS NOW, THAT WE WOULD HAVE LEARNED A LOT OF LESSONS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING PUTTING JUST OUTSIDE OF ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD, JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACK. AND I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS JUST THE WRONG DECISION. I'M NOT AGAINST THE BUS OPERATIONS MOVING AT ALL. I LOVE COLLIERVILLE, HAVE BEEN HERE OVER 50 YEARS, AND I THINK THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A GREAT PLACE. I GRADUATED FROM CARVER HIGH SCHOOL, MY CHILDREN DID. MY HUSBAND AND WE LOVE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT I JUST THINK THAT THE BOARD NEED TO RECONSIDER AND LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS AND SAY THAT MAYBE WE CAN LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE. I HEARD MR. COX SAY THAT THE SCHOOL HAD WAS FAVORABLE IN THE TOWN, IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, AND THAT'S GREAT. WELL, IF THEY'RE SO FAVORABLE, I WOULD WISH THAT THEY WOULD TAKE SOME OF THE MONIES THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS GETTING IN AND TAKE THAT MONEY AND LOOK FOR ANOTHER PLACE INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT OUTSIDE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S ALREADY REQUESTED THAT THEY DON'T WANT IT. SO I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO RECONSIDER. I KNOW THIS IS THE THIRD AND FINAL READING, BUT I WISH YOU WOULD MAYBE PUSH IT OFF AND STUDY IT SOME MORE AND JUST GET SOME MORE INPUT FROM THE CITIZENS. BECAUSE WE'RE HERE, BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY, JUST LIKE THE PEOPLE OVER IN THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD DOES. SO WE ASK YOU, PLEASE RECONSIDER YOUR DECISION ON REZONING THIS PROPERTY. I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S THE RIGHT AREA AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BENTLEY. THE NEXT CARD IS MR. WOODROW BROWN, MR. BROWN. GOOD EVENING, SIR WOODROW BROWN.

MY BROTHER'S DEAD. RIGHT NOW IS 429 OR SHANNON DRIVE ON THE HOME AT 16 SUNFLOWER LANE. AND I'M OUT HERE TONIGHT VOICING OUR CINNAMON. WE LOVE CARVER HIGH SCHOOL. SCHOOL SYSTEM. GOT NO PROBLEM WITH IT, I THINK. FANTASTIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. BUT OUR PROBLEM IS MOVING IN IN THAT AREA. BASICALLY A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THAT'S WHAT WE ASKED. WE HERE TONIGHT ASKING THE BOARD TO TAKE UNDER CONSIDERATION IF WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND STUDY AND TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE WHOLE OPERATION. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO ASK FOR TONIGHT. I THANK THE SCHOOL BOARD, HAVE DID A WONDERFUL JOB IN THE SYSTEM, AND THAT'S THE REASON A LOT OF THE PARENTS IS AND THE CITIZENS IS MOVING HERE TO COLLIER FOR THAT. BUT WE IN DISAGREEMENT WITH THAT LOCATION, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT MAY HAVE BEEN A FINANCIAL SITUATION, BUT WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD IN ANOTHER LOCATION ON HOUSTON LEVEE FOR FUTURE SCHOOL. MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. THAT PLOT OF LAND AND SEE WHETHER WE CAN MOVE IT TO THAT. SO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT ASKING EVERY BOARD MEMBER TO RECONSIDER THIS. TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT. IF WE HAD TO PUT IT OFF AGAIN, WHATEVER WE HAD TO DO, LET'S DO IT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. BROWN. THE NEXT CARD IS MR. RICKY WALKER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND BOARD.

AS YOU CAN SEE. I'M SORRY, MR. WALKER. YOUR NAME? WE KNOW YOUR NAME. YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE. 511 HARRISON STATE DRIVE. OKAY. AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS TOTALLY AGAINST THIS. WE ARE PLEADING, PLEADING, PLEADING, PLEADING AS YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP WHERE IT SAYS GC GENERAL COMMERCIAL FACING HIGHWAY 72. THEY WANT TO MAKE THAT LOOK PRETTY TO EVERYBODY THAT'S DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY 72. BUT ANYBODY THAT LIVES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK OUT THEIR BACK DOOR. THEY'RE GOING TO SEE A CARAVAN OF YELLOW BUSSES. THAT'S THAT'S NOT CONSIDERING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YES. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT'S GOING TO HAVE A SCREEN ON IT. SO YOU CAN'T SEE IT FROM HIGHWAY 72. BUT IF YOU GET ON THE BACKSIDE, WE'RE GOING TO SEE ALL THE BUSSES, THE WAREHOUSE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. YOU TALK ABOUT COLLIERVILLE STRONG.

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IF YOU WALK IN THE FRONT OF KROGER ON BARRHEAD ROAD. COLLIERVILLE STRONG. WELL, I'M LOOKING AT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL TO REPRESENT US CITIZEN AS COLLIERVILLE STRONG SUPPORTS YOUR CITIZEN OVER THE SCHOOL BOARD. THIS IS A MAJOR, MAJOR ISSUE THAT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY IF YOU BUILD THIS BUS OPERATION IN COLLIERVILLE IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, IT'S GOING TO BE HERE FOR 50 YEARS OR LONGER. THIS IS A HAZARD TO THE COMMUNITY. LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS. WE'RE PLEADING, WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO DO? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. WALKER. THE NEXT CARD IS MR. WILLIAM BOONE. AND IT SAYS HERE THAT MR. BOONE IS DONATING HIS THREE MINUTES TO VIRGINIA STRICKLAND. AND THEN I HAVE A CARD FROM MR. RICK. RICKY BENTLEY AND MR. BENTLEY IS ALSO DONATING HIS TIME TO MISS VIRGINIA STRICKLAND. SO, MISS STRICKLAND, YOU HAVE NINE MINUTES. GOOD EVENING. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS VIRGINIA FAYE STRICKLAND. I LIVE AT 71 WEST STREET. I'VE BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY ALL OF MY LIFE. I KNOW I DON'T LOOK LIKE IT, BUT I'M 68 YEARS OLD, SOON TO BE 69.

I'VE BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE. LIKE I TOLD Y'ALL LAST TIME, I AM OPPOSED TO THIS SCHOOL BUS HUB RELOCATION AND HIGHWAY 72 AND HARRIS. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO INCREASE THE TRAFFIC. IT'S ALREADY BAD THERE. HAVE YOU TRIED TO GET BY THERE? IT'S ALREADY BAD. IT'S GOING TO PRESENT SAFETY HAZARDS AND ISSUES, NOISE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, WHICH WILL CAUSE WHAT SHE WOULD JUST SAY HEALTH ISSUES. AND THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE COSTS FOR US.

THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SPILLS ON THE GROUND AND WATER CONTAMINATION. I TOLD YOU THAT LAST TIME. AND IT'S ALSO GOING TO DECREASE OUR PROPERTY VALUE. IN ADDITION. NOW, DIDN'T Y'ALL SAY Y'ALL GOING TO MOVE IT BACK FURTHER TO THE PARK? IT WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE NIKKI MCCRAY PARK. NOW, Y'ALL SAID THIS LAST TIME THAT YOU GOING TO PUT TREES UP ABOVE THE NOISE AND POLLUTION, BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. SEE, I BEG TO DIFFER WITH YOU. THAT WILL NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. NOW LOOK, I'M NOT THE SMARTEST BOOK ON THE SHELF, BUT TELL ME THIS. HOW CAN TREES CONTAIN AND CONTROL EMISSIONS AND SOUND? YOU KNOW WHAT MANY OF THE HOMES IN PLANTATION ESTATE, THEY ARE SEPARATED. YOU'VE BEEN OVER THERE. THEY ARE SEPARATED BY TREES FROM THE PRESENT BURST BUS TERMINAL. BUT THE NEIGHBORS THERE ARE STILL COMPLAINING OF THE NUISANCE. YOU KNOW WHY I KNOW IT? BECAUSE SOMEBODY SAID IT FROM YOUR BOOK OVER HERE LAST WEEK. THEY ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NUISANCE. SO YOU'RE ACTING LIKE IF BRINGING IT TO ALCORN VILLAGE WILL MIRACULOUSLY REMOVE THE BUS HUB LIABILITIES? PLANTATION ESTATE IS EXPERIENCING THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND YOUR SOLUTION IS TO BRING IT TO OURS. YOU KNOW THAT. BRING IT TO ALCORN VILLAGE WILL AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY IN THE VERY SAME WAY. IF YOU CARE ABOUT ALCORN VILLAGE AND WHAT AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY, YOU WILL SHOW THE SAME CONCERN AND COMPASSION YOU'VE SHOWN FOR CITIZENS BY VOTING NO. AS YOU HAVE DONE SO MANY OTHER TIMES ON OTHER COMMUNITY CONCERNS. WE ARE BEING SURROUNDED BY INDUSTRIALIZATION. ALCORN VILLAGE IS BEING TREATED WITH BLATANT DISRESPECT. I'M SURE NO OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD IN COLLIERVILLE IS BEING TREATED IN THIS MANNER. WELL, WHAT IS THE MOTIVE BEHIND THIS? IS IT ALL IN THE NAME OF PROGRESS? IS IT FINANCIAL GAIN? IS IT PRIVILEGE? YOU KNOW, DO IT JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN. IS IT POLITICALLY INCENTIVIZED? IS IT THE STATUS QUO OR IS IT DISCRIMINATION? THE CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS BEING CHANGED AND THIS CASE IS BEING CHANGED BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND INVESTORS, ALL IN THE NAME OF PROGRESS. BUT PROGRESS FOR WHO? CERTAINLY NOT ALCORN VILLAGE. I TOLD Y'ALL LAST TIME, THIS IS GENTRIFICATION. I SHUDDER TO THINK WHAT THIS

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COMMUNITY THAT I LIVE IN AND HAVE LIVED IN MOST OF MY LIFE WILL LOOK LIKE IN 20 YEARS. BUT I SAY THIS. IT WILL LOOK LIKE WHATEVER THE POWERS THAT BE, SATAN WILL LOOK LIKE. AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN AS TIME GOES ON, OUR HOMES WILL BE DEVALUED. WE'LL HAVE EXCESSIVE TRAFFIC AND HEALTH ISSUES. SEE, MY RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED AT THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO SWORE TO TREAT RESIDENTS RESPECTFULLY AND EQUALLY. YOU ARE MOVING IT FROM ONE RESIDENTIAL AREA TO ANOTHER. I CERTAINLY HOPE THIS IS NOT RACIALLY MOTIVATED, BUT IT'S A LITTLE SUSPECT. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE YOU'RE REMOVING IT FROM A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD TO A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IT'S A LITTLE SUSPECT IN MY OPINION THE OTHER NIGHT. AND I'M GOING TO BE WRAPPED THIS UP IN A MINUTE WHEN I WAS AT THE BOARD MEETING. AND I APPRECIATE THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR MEETING WITH US. I TOLD YOU I GRADUATED. WELL, I DIDN'T, BUT I WENT TO COLLEGE AND I DID MANAGE TO GRADUATE. THIS WAS OVER 50 YEARS AGO WHILE I WAS AT COLLIERVILLE SCHOOL. IT WAS IRONIC, SAD, DISTURBING, AND ALARMING THAT DURING THAT TIME WE HAD TO FIGHT FOR BLACK GIRLS TO BE ON THE CHEERLEADING SQUAD, AND NOW HERE I STAND, 50 YEARS LATER, STILL FIGHTING THE SAME BATTLE TO BE TREATED AS EQUAL, NOT TO BE SEEN BY THE COLOR OF MY SKIN, NOT BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD I LIVE IN, NOT BY THE FINANCIAL STATUS THAT I HAVE OR MY PEDIGREE OR NONE OF. BUT TO BE TREATED LIKE OTHER CITIZENS ARE TREATED. WE ARE BEING TREATED AS IF OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN OURS. WE ARE THE MARGINALIZED, THE MINORITY WHO REPRESENTS US, WHO STANDS IN THE GAP FOR US. OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ANYBODY ELSE. BUT IN THIS SITUATION, THEY'RE WORKING AGAINST US. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S CALLED? TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION. I'D LIKE TO TAKE A TOLL LIKE I DID BEFORE. ALL OF YOU WHO WANT IN YOUR BACKYARD SAY I. I'M SURE NOBODY SAY ANYTHING. I'M SURE YOU WOULD VOTE AGAINST IT IF IT WAS COMING TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED TO YOU AND YOURS. WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO YOUR PLAN OR YOUR PROGRESS, ONLY THE LOCATION. WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE RECONSIDER AND FIND SOME OTHER PLACE THAT'S MORE SUITABLE. NOW, I KNOW IT MAY BE CHEAPER TO GET IT THERE, BUT IT'S CHEAPER.

ALWAYS BETTER. YOU HAVE THE MONEY TO DO WHATEVER Y'ALL WANT TO DO, AND YOU CAN TAKE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. BUT BUYING IT AT A REDUCED PRICE, I GUESS. BUT YOU BRING IT AND IT'S ALL AT THE EXPENSE OF ALCORN VILLAGE. NOW. WE ASKED QUESTIONS LAST TIME, HOW AND WHY WAS OUR LOCATION CHOSEN? WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT OTHER LOCATIONS WERE CONSIDERED AND WHO ARE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY. WE ARE. WE ARE ALL OF. WE WANT ALL THE AFFECTED NEIGHBORS THAT YOU GAVE NOTIFICATION NOTIFICATION TO OF THE REZONING. AND WE WANT ALL THAT IN WRITING.

AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED TO GET THAT INFORMATION AND I APPRECIATE IT. BUT I WANT TO SAY FINALLY. TREAT US HOW YOU WANT TO BE TREATED. THAT IS THE CHRISTIAN WAY, RIGHT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. STRICKLAND. THE NEXT CARD IS EMILY SMITH AND EMILY IS DONATING HER TIME TO HAROLD SMITH. SO, MR. SMITH, ARE YOU HERE? THERE YOU ARE, MR. SMITH.

WELCOME DOWN. AND YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES, PLEASE. AND IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO MOVE THE MICROPHONE UP. I'M HAROLD SMITH.

MY ADDRESS IS 4480 FLEMING ROAD, COLLIERVILLE. MY ADDRESS IS 570 HARRIS STREET, COLLIERVILLE. I HAVE TWO PROPERTIES. I WAS BORN HERE. I WAS BORN ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE WALMART AT WHAT WAS THE SHELBY EAST CLINIC? LIFELONG COLLIERVILLE RESIDENT, DOUBLE TAXPAYER. AS I MENTIONED, I LIVE OVER NEAR 4480 FLEMING AS WELL. THERE WAS A PLAN, A PROPOSED GAS STATION OVER THERE.

THE RESIDENTS, I THINK, WERE UPSET ABOUT IT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ON HOLD OR IF IT'S OFF THE

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TABLE. WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT WHEN WE WERE HERE ON OCTOBER 27TH, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE DEVELOPERS, AND HE MENTIONED HE WAS ASKED, WHAT ARE THE TWO MAIN WHAT ARE THE MAIN COMPLAINTS? NOT TWO. THE MAIN COMPLAINTS FROM THE RESIDENTS WHERE THE BUS DEPOT IS CURRENTLY. AND HE SAID NOISE, WHICH IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD. AND VAPORS, THOSE VAPORS CONTAIN CARCINOGENS, WHICH IS ANOTHER ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH HAZARD. NOISE POLLUTION IS NOT JUST AN ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD, BUT IT IS A HEALTH, A HEALTH HAZARD. I WORK AT NIGHT, THE LADY FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD, MISS WANDA GIBBS, VERY NICE LADY, SHE SAID, HEY, YOU'LL GET USED TO IT. I GOT ARTHRITIS, I GET USED TO THAT. HOW AM I GOING TO GET USED TO IT IF I WORK AT NIGHT AND I GET OFF AT, LET'S SAY, AROUND ONE HOME AROUND 130, GET TO SLEEP ABOUT TWO, 230, THEN I HEAR THE BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP OF THE BUSSES AND THE HORNS AND THE VEHICLE TRAFFIC THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I LIVE ON THE CORNER OF HARRISON WEST. WHEN AND I UNDERSTAND FROM THE SCHOOL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, THE BUSSES ARE NOT GOING TO DRIVE THROUGH THERE. BUT IF I WERE, IF I LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN ANYWHERE AND I'M A BUS DRIVER, AM I GOING TO TAKE THE TIME TO GO UP BYHALIA TO POPLAR TO COME OVER 72 TO GET TO MY JOB, OR AM I GOING TO CUT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD? YOU'RE GOING TO CUT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OUR TRAFFIC IS GOING TO INCREASE. THE STUDY DIDN'T DIDN'T LOOK AT THAT AS MISS VIRGINIA STRICKLAND SPOKE. I'M A I'M ALSO A GRADUATE. WELL, I'M A ONE THROUGH 12 COLLIERVILLE SCHOOL SYSTEM. PLAYED BASKETBALL. WENT TO THE STATE THIRD IN THE STATE IN HIGH JUMP. NEVER EVEN PRACTICED JUST BECAUSE THE PRINCIPAL ASKED NEEDED SOMEBODY TO TO TO GO OUT THERE. I WENT OUT THERE AND ENDED UP AT THE STATE AND ENDED UP FINISHING THIRD. SO I'M I'M FOR COLLIERVILLE. IF YOU CUT ME, IT'S GOING TO BLEED MAROON. I'M ALL THE WAY COLLIERVILLE. BUT I, I, I'M ASKING YOU ALL, HOW CAN YOU MOVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER LOCATION? AND WE ALL CAME TO THIS MEETING. I'M GOING TO TALK TO THE CONSTITUENTS HERE. WE CAME TO THIS MEETING. YOU ALL TALKED, AND YOU YOU POURED YOUR HEART OUT BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO BE REPRESENTED. YOU WEREN'T. YOU WERE REPRESENTED BY ONE PERSON. THE REST OF THEM, THEY SAID, WE HEARD YOU, BUT WE DON'T CARE. MR. SMITH, THIS IS YOUR TIME TO ADDRESS US. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY, I WANT TO I WANT TO SPEAK LOUD ENOUGH WHERE THEY CAN HEAR ME. I THINK THEY CAN HEAR YOU.

YOU, YOU. THEN YOU WERE INVITED TO A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, AND I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU, JUST LIKE IT WAS AT HARRIS PARK PRIOR TO IT BEING NIKKI MCCRAY PARK. AND IT MAY STILL BE THAT WAY. YOU GOT YOU GOT THE RUNAROUND WHEN YOU WENT TO THAT THAT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT. THEY WANTED TO SEE WHAT YOU WERE THINKING. NONE OF YOUR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN VOICED HERE. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, MR. COX, YOU DIDN'T STATE THAT THAT ALL THE NOT EVEN ALL JUST SUMMARIZE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITIZENS SAID AT THAT MEETING.

THAT WAS A RUNAROUND YOU GOT PLAYED IS WHAT HAPPENED THERE. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GETTING TONIGHT. YOU THINK THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO REPRESENT YOU, BUT THE DEAL IS ALREADY DONE. THE THE GENTLEMEN THAT ARE DOING THE DEAL, MR. GRAYSON AND KEVIN VAUGHN, I DON'T KNOW THEM, BUT I BET YOU THERE'S A CONNECTION. I WILL BET YOU THAT THERE IS A CONNECTION. AND I DON'T KNOW, MR. COX. HIS DAD CALLED MY MOM WHEN I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AND GOT ME IN AND ASKED MY MOM IF I HAD A SUMMER JOB BEFORE COLLEGE, AND SHE SAID, I DON'T THINK SO. HE SAID, TELL THEM TO REPORT TO THE SHELBY COUNTY BUILDING AT 830 MONDAY MORNING. I HAD A JOB, BUT I DON'T KNOW, MR. COX. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER CONNECTIONS HE HAS. IS HE CONNECTED TO THE BANK? IS HE JUST CONNECTED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD? SEE? SEE, CITIZENS, YOU DON'T KNOW ALL THE FACTS ON THIS DEAL. THIS DEAL WAS ALREADY BAKED BEFORE YOU KNEW ABOUT LUNCH OR DINNER. THIS CAKE WAS ALREADY BAKED. WHAT? OUR LIVES, OUR CONCERNS ARE NOT GOING TO BE VOICED HERE. THEY WON'T EVEN BE REPEATED WHEN THE ALDERMEN REPEAT OUR OUR

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CONCERNS. THEY WON'T INCLUDE THE ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD OF NOISE POLLUTION. THEY WON'T INCLUDE THE ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD OF THOSE VAPORS AND THE CARCINOGENS IN THOSE VAPORS.

THOSE TREES ARE NOT GOING TO STOP IT. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO STOP THE NOISE. IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP THE VAPORS. AND AS MR. WALKER STATED AND AND HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY STATED, THE CONCERN IS MAKING IT LOOK PRETTY WHEN YOU DRIVE UP AND DOWN HIGHWAY 72. BUT ON THE BACK SIDE OF THAT, OH, WE'RE GOING TO PUT UP SOME TREES. MR. SMITH, IF YOU CAN WRAP UP, I THINK THE SIX MINUTES HAVE BEEN UP. SO IF YOU CAN FINALIZE YOUR THOUGHTS, PLEASE. I'M DONE. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THAT ENDS OR CLOSES THE CITIZEN COMMENTS FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM.

AND WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND YET. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WE NEED ONE OKAY. SO WE CAN START THE DISCUSSION. WE NEED TO GET A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE A MOTION, MADAM CHAIRMAN? YES SIR. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 2025 DASH TEN. SECOND. IS THERE A SECOND? THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND. OKAY. SO NOW WE CAN OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION, MR. COX OR MR. VAUGHN, CAN I ASK A FEW QUESTIONS, PLEASE? MY QUESTION IS, WE ARE ONE OF THE CITIZENS SAID THIS IS A DONE DEAL. THIS IS NOT A DONE DEAL BY ANY MEANS. IS THAT CORRECT? NO, MA'AM. WE ARE IN A WE HAD ASKED FOR A 30 DAY EXTENSION IN THE CONTRACT. OKAY. IT'S NOT IF YOU HEARD THERE'S A 30 DAY EXTENSION ON THE CONTRACT. YES. WE AS A BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN ARE BEING ASKED TO TO VOTE ON THIS RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COLLIERVILLE SCHOOLS AND YOURSELF ON THE OPERATION CENTER, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY, SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THE BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN WERE INVOLVED IN, IN SELECTING THE SITE OR MOVING IT, OR CONCERNS AT ONE SITE, CONCERNS AT ANOTHER SITE. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT IS PRESENTED TO US. CORRECT? CORRECT. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? I GUESS I HAVE, YES.

ALDERMAN ROBBINS, MR. VAUGHN, DID YOU GUYS DO ANY RESEARCH ON OR ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE DECIBEL RATINGS OF BUSSES AS IT RELATES TO DISTANCE AND CONCLUSIONS OR BUILDINGS IN BETWEEN? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU COULD SPEAK TO? I MEAN, I'VE DONE MY OWN RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND TO SOME EXTENT, BUT OVER 700 FOOT DISTANCE, THE DISBURSEMENT OF NOISE. I AM NOT A AUDIO EXPERT, BUT YES SIR, THE FURTHER AWAY YOU GET AND THE MORE BUFFER YOU PUT BETWEEN IT, THE LOWER THE NOISE GETS. AND IN THE SITE PLAN YOU SHOW BUILDINGS. DO YOU HAVE A ESTIMATED HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING THAT WOULD BE INSTALLED FOR WAREHOUSING OR WANT WAREHOUSING FOR SERVICING BUSSES? APPROXIMATELY? YES SIR. THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL PLAN, SO I DO NOT HAVE AN ENGINEERING SET FOR YOU, BUT I WOULD SAY APPROXIMATELY 20FT. THANK YOU.

I HAVE A QUESTION ON ALDERMAN. THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF ALLEGATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS. AND AND IN THE CURRENT LOCATION IN AND I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON THIS, BUT I KNOW LIKE WHEN THERE ARE COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS, TYPICALLY THERE IS A ENTITY THAT THAT IS REPORTED TO AND THEN IT IS INVESTIGATED AND IS THERE HAS THERE BEEN THAT IN THE CURRENT LOCATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OR PEOPLE AS, AS THERE BEEN ANY TYPE OF. STUDY DONE? YEAH. OR THOSE ISSUES OR COMPLAINTS ARE PROOF OF.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ISSUES TO PEOPLE THAT LIVE NEAR THE BUSSES RIGHT NOW. GOOD EVENING MAYOR BOARD. MY NAME IS THOMAS DOHERTY. I'M CHIEF OF OPERATIONS WITH THE SCHOOLS.

AND THE 11 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN EMPLOYED WITH COLLIERVILLE SCHOOLS, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY INSPECTIONS BY THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION OR SHELBY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, SO NO, MA'AM. WELL, I HAVE ONE ALONG THAT SAME LINE. ALDERMAN JORDAN, ANY PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, COME TO YOU AND SAY, LOOK, WE WANT THESE BUSSES OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY'RE TOO NOISY, TOO LOUD AND JUST ALL KIND OF COMPLAINTS. ANY PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAN COME TO YOU AND SAY, YOU KNOW, VOICE THEIR COMPLAINTS ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE

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NOW. YES, SIR. PERIODICALLY WE DO HAVE CITIZENS THAT THAT LIVE ON THE STREET THAT IS BEHIND THE BUS LOT THAT DO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE NOISE. THAT'S THAT'S PRIMARILY THE FACTOR AND THE WARNINGS AND, AND OUR SELECTION, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WE JUST FIGURED THAT THE CURRENT HOMES ARE 100FT FROM THE, FROM THE BUS LOT WITH REALLY A DITCH THAT SEPARATES THEM AND CHAIN LINK FENCING, I THINK. AND, AND WHAT WE WERE HOPING TO DO WAS INCREASE THAT DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY ENOUGH THAT IT WOULD BE NOT AS MUCH OF A FACTOR AS IT CURRENTLY IS. AND AS WE DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DIFFERENCE OF 100FT AND 700FT, A LOT MORE OF A A TREE BUFFER.

SO ONE MORE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS IS, IS THE FUME ISSUE. IF YOU LOOK AT CARVILLE'S PREVAILING WINDS, THEY COME FROM THE NORTHWEST AND THE WINTER TIME AND THE SOUTHWEST IN THE SUMMERTIME BOTH OF THOSE CASES WOULD PRODUCE WOULD MOVE ANY ODORS OR FUMES AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD INSTEAD OF TOWARDS THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IF YOU'RE 100FT OR 6 OR 700FT AWAY FROM FROM THIS PROJECT, YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT WHETHER YOU THE PEOPLE IN THE WHERE IT IS NOW, THEY COMPLAIN. THEY SAY IT'S TOO WELL, WELL, THE COMPLAINTS ARE THEN YOU MOVE TO ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY'RE COMPLAINING NOW AND SAY, LOOK, YOU BRING THE SAME THINGS OVER HERE. DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE THEN? I'M SORRY, I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND ONE AREA THAT'S COMPLAINING. YES, SIR.

TO MOVE IT TO ANOTHER AREA THAT'S COMPLAINING. MY QUESTION IS, DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? WHY, YES, I THINK BE DOING THAT. I THINK THAT I'M SORRY. I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN BETWEEN THE TWO LOCATIONS AND THEIR PROXIMITY TO THE RESIDENTS AND THE FACT THAT THERE'S THERE'S MORE SUBSTANTIAL BUFFER IN BETWEEN THE PROPOSED LOCATION THAN THERE IS AT THE CURRENT LOCATION. OKAY. SO THE DISTANCE JUSTIFY COMPLAINTS. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. DOES THE DISTANCE FROM THE AREA, DOES IT JUSTIFY COMPLAINTS? SIR, I JUST DON'T THINK I FOLLOW WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. I APOLOGIZE 100FT FROM THE BUS LOT. PEOPLE COMPLAINING? YES, SIR. SOMETIMES PERIODICALLY. NOT AN ONGOING. IT'S NOT AN ONGOING COMPLAINT, BUT PERIODICALLY WE HAVE NEIGHBORS, LIKE I SAID, THAT ARE RIGHT ALONG THAT PROPERTY PROPERTY LINE THAT THAT DO COMPLAIN PERIODICALLY. ALL I'M ASKING WAS, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HEAR ANY COMPLAINTS OR HAVE YOU HEARD COMPLAINTS FROM WHERE IT IS NOW? THAT'S ALL.

YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. BUT BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ALLEGATIONS AND AND THINGS STATED. BUT THE, THE MOTIVATION FOR MOVING IS NOT BECAUSE OF COMPLAINTS. WHERE YOU'RE CURRENTLY AT IS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE BUSSING OPERATIONS, IT'S OUR OPERATIONS CENTER TO SERVICE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. AND IT'S WHILE IT IS ADJACENT. THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOMES ADJACENT TO THE AREA WHERE IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED AS GENERAL COMMERCIAL. ANYWAY, WHERE YOU'RE WHERE YOU ARE PROPOSING TO MOVE THE PROPERTY. CORRECT? I THINK OUR EXISTING OUR EXISTING PROPERTY IS IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONING, I DO BELIEVE, AND YES, THE PROPOSED PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY GENERAL COMMERCIAL, BUT WITH THE REQUEST THAT WE'RE HAVING TODAY TO REZONE A PORTION OF IT TO RESTRICTED AND SOME THINGS THAT COULD GO THERE RIGHT NOW COULD HAVE DELIVERY TRUCKS THAT WOULD BE OPERATING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED. JAMIE, CORRECT ME, THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION AS WELL. JAMIE, WITH THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING, WHAT COULD GO THERE IF THIS IS DENIED AND IT STAYS AS GENERAL COMMERCIAL, GIVE US SOME IDEAS OF SOME DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT COULD GO THERE WITHOUT HAVING TO COME TO US ON A REZONE. GENERAL COMMERCIAL WOULD ALLOW A LOT OF POPLAR AVENUE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF POPLAR AVENUE, FROM ABOUT WHERE AUTOZONE IS ALL THE WAY TO MAYBE RIGHT AT BYHALIA AND POPLAR THAT'S ZONED GENERAL COMMERCIAL. SO YOU COULD SEE A LOT. YOU COULD SEE SHOPPING CENTERS, RESTAURANTS, OFFICE BUILDINGS. YOU MIGHT SEE SOME AUTO ORIENTED BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT REQUIRE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, LIKE OIL CHANGE OR, OR AUTO REPAIR, BUT THOSE ARE THE TYPICAL USES YOU WOULD SEE IN GENERAL COMMERCIAL. COMPARE THAT WITH RESTRICTED AREAS. THEN YOU STATED WHAT CAN GO INTO GENERAL COMMERCIAL REPAIR? WHAT CAN GO IN RESTRICTED AREA ON THE ONE THAT'S PROPOSED FOR CHANGE? THE ORDINANCE TO WHAT CAN GO IN THAT AREA? YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE WAREHOUSING AND STORAGE. SO LIKE A MINI WAREHOUSE, STORAGE COULD BE THERE. YOU COULD HAVE SOME LIGHT MANUFACTURING AS LONG AS EVERYTHING HAPPENS INDOORS. NO, NO OUTDOOR STORAGE OR OUTDOOR FABRICATION. GOOD EXAMPLE OF RESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL IS PROGRESS ROAD BETWEEN SHELBY DRIVE AND 385. SO LIKE CCL LABEL KIM STATION, FEDEX, TECH CONNECT ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF

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RESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL TYPES. I THINK I THINK I READ IT SOMEWHERE I DON'T KNOW WHETHER ON THIS ONE OF THESE THAT SAYS YOU COULD PLACE A TRUCK TERMINAL THERE. IS THAT TRUE ALSO IN RESTRICTED. AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ASKING BECAUSE A BUS TERMINAL AND A TRUCK TERMINAL ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING. AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ASKING FOR FOR ALL I WAS DOING WAS TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, SHOW THE DIFFERENCE WITH RESTRICTED AREA AND COMMERCIAL AREA WHAT CAN GO IN. YOU KNOW, BOTH OF THOSE AREAS. SURE. OKAY. MAYOR, IF I YES, ALDERMAN HALL, MR. GROSS, IN THE CURRENT ZONING, DOESN'T BUS TERMINAL FALL WITHIN THE CURRENT ZONING? THERE IS MORE OF A MORE OF A TRANSIT RELATED BUS BUS STOP. THAT WOULD BE LIKE IF WE HAD MASS TRANSIT AND THERE WAS A BUS STATION, BUT TO ACTUALLY HAVE A A FLEET STORAGE, IT'S IT'S IT'S MORE OF AN INDUSTRIAL TYPE ACTIVITY AND NOT NOT A GENERAL COMMERCIAL TYPE ACTIVITY. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO YOU WOULDN'T WANT THAT USE ON POPLAR AVENUE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. AND AS I WAS DESCRIBING BEFORE, IN PLACE OF LIKE TONY'S TROPHY ROOM IS YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO A TRUCK TRUCK TERMINAL THERE SO THAT THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO HAVE BUS BUS STATIONS IN MORE, MORE INDUSTRIAL AREAS AND AND SEPARATED OFF OFF THE ROADWAY.

BUT I, I GUESS I MEAN THAT IS A BUT IT'S STILL A CURRENT ZONING ALLOWS FOR BUS TERMINALS THOUGH.

I MEAN IS THAT LIKE A BUS? BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A BUS STOP. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LIKE WHERE A BUS TERMINATES ITS SERVICE. IT'S. AND SO, I MEAN, I COULD ARGUE THAT THAT THE SCHOOL BUSSES ARE TERMINATING THEIR SERVICE AT THAT LOCATION. WE DID DISCUSS EXTENSIVELY WITH, WITH THE APPLICANT HOW TO CLASSIFY THIS USE. AND WE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT SOURCES, BUT WE ENDED UP COMING DOWN THAT IT WAS MORE LIKE A BUS TERMINAL AND LESS LIKE A.

SO IT WAS MORE THE BUSSES AND NOT SO MUCH THE WAREHOUSE. I WAS KIND OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU GOT TO, HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE. AND THE WAREHOUSES ARE ACTUALLY ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN THE GENERAL RESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL AREA. SO IF IF THERE WERE NO BUSSES IN JUST JUST STORAGE BUILDINGS, THOSE ARE THOSE WOULD BE ALLOWED WITH, WITH MINIMAL OVERSIGHT BECAUSE THEY'RE PRETTY THEY'RE NOT VERY IMPACTFUL ON ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES. OTHER QUESTIONS. MR. DOUGHERTY, MAY I ASK AN OPERATIONS QUESTION? ONE OF THE CITIZENS THAT HAD A CONCERN OF THE BUSSES GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO MAYBE GET THE SHORTEST ROUTE? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT SCHOOL BOARD OR THE SCHOOLS HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER AS FAR AS THE ROUTING AND TELLING THE BUS DRIVERS WHERE THEY CAN AND CANNOT GO? YES, MA'AM. WE WE CONTROL ALL THE ROUTING. UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WE WOULDN'T ROUTE A BUS THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, UNLESS IT HAD STOPS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK THE MAIN CONCERN PRESENTED WAS THAT THAT BUS DRIVERS OR MAYBE, YOU KNOW, OUR OWN STAFF WOULD USE THAT AS SORT OF A SHORTCUT. WE'VE WE'VE LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND MYSELF INCLUDED, I CAN'T, I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, IMAGINE A SCENARIO WHERE I WOULD CHOOSE TO CUT THROUGH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S A 20 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT.

THERE'S SPEED BREAKERS THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT TAKES SOME TIME, YOU KNOW, TO GO THROUGH THERE. I THINK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION I COME FROM, I WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY EITHER TAKE POPLAR TO HIGHWAY 72 OR 3, 85 TO HIGHWAY 72 AND COME UP. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT'S THE CASE FOR EVERYONE. I'M JUST SAYING IT'S NOT REALLY AS CONVENIENT OF A SHORTCUT AS SOME ARE MAKING IT SOUND. MAY I SPEAK ON THAT FOR A SECOND? I'M SORRY. CAN I SPEAK ON THAT FOR A SECOND? ALDERMAN JORDAN, I KNOW A STREET KEY HAS BEEN PICKED UP ON THE STREET EVERY MORNING. ABOUT 30 BUSSES COMING DOWN THE STREET. THE SHORTCUT TO GET TO TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND GET TO SYCAMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT A ANY KIDS BEEN PICKED UP AT ALL DOWN THROUGH THERE. BUT YOU SAID Y'ALL ASKED THEM TO TAKE OTHER ROUTES OTHER THAN GOING THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S GOING DIRECTLY DOWN THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD. IS THIS A SITUATION RELATED TO THIS OR SOMETHING SEPARATE? NO, I WAS JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, HE'S SAYING THE WAY THAT THEY ASKED THE BUS DRIVER NOT TO GO THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW, IS THAT REALLY TRUE? BECAUSE I'M SEEING EVIDENCE THAT THAT'S NOT TRUE.

WELL, IT'S INEVITABLE THAT WE GO THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE TO COME UP BURROWS TO PETERSON LAKE AND TO AND TO AND TO, YOU KNOW, DISPERSE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO. YES, SIR, WE WE GO THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS. WE DO, BUT WE WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD TRY TO TO MAKE THE MOST EFFICIENT ROUTE, YOU KNOW, TO AND FROM THE SCHOOL POSSIBLE. AT THE NEW SITE, BUSSES WOULD GO ON TO HIGHWAY 72 AND GO, YOU KNOW, NORTH OR SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 72 TO THE, TO THEIR DESTINATIONS. AND IF THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WERE

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STOPS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE ARE STOPS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY WILL THEY WILL RUN THOSE AS THEY AS THEY HAVE BEEN. JUST TO SPEAK BRIEFLY, I DON'T THINK I ASKED ANSWERED MISS MARSHALL'S QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR REASONING. IT IS NOT JUST THE NOISE COMPLAINTS OR ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT ODORS. AS WE'VE STATED, ACCESS IN AND OUT OF THE CURRENT SITE IS VERY PROBLEMATIC. CARS HAVE TO STOP SHORT APPROXIMATELY 100FT ON BURROUGHS, SHORT OF PETERSON LAKE TO ALLOW BUSSES TO MAKE THEIR TURN ONTO THAT ONTO THAT STREET. THE CURRENT BUS BUILDING IS ON A SEWER LIFT STATION. THAT POSES US A VARIETY OF PROBLEMS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT LIMITS OUR CAPACITY FOR ANY TYPE OF EXPANSION AND THEN ALSO, I'M SORRY I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. JUST THE THE SITE ITSELF IS JUST NOT, LIKE I SAID, EFFICIENT TO GET IN AND OUT OF AND THE OPERATIONS CENTER. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE BUSSES. IT ALSO PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SCHOOLS TO MORE EFFICIENTLY SERVE, WHETHER IT'S THE FOOD AND THE CAFETERIAS, THE REFRIGERATION. I MEAN, IT'S IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE BUS SERVICE. IT'S A IT'S ABOUT OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT ALL THE SCHOOLS. IT'S SERVICING EVERY SCHOOL IN COLLIERVILLE, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. THE INTENT IS YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF NEEDS, AND THIS KIND OF TAKES CARE OF ALL OF THEM, YOU KNOW, AT ONE SITE AND AND HOPEFULLY ALLOWS US TO OPERATE MORE EFFICIENTLY, MORE EFFICIENTLY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M SORRY. DID SOMEONE SAY SOMETHING? NO. OKAY. COLLIERVILLE AND GERMANY.

OKAY. I'M SORRY, MR. WALKER. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T YELL FROM THE AUDIENCE AND YOU'VE HAD YOUR THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF ANYONE? STAFF, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SCHOOL OPERATIONS CENTER. THE APPLICANT? NO. YES. FOR QUESTION. CAN I COMMENT ON SOMETHING, THOUGH, MR. ALDERMAN JORDAN? OF COURSE. OKAY. I KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD VERY, VERY, VERY WELL. MR. JORDAN, CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE? EXCUSE ME? I THINK PEOPLE ARE HAVING STRUGGLING TO HEAR YOU. I THINK I KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD VERY WELL FROM LOOKING AT THIS AUDIENCE. I'VE BEEN IN THIS TOWN LOOK LIKE MORE OF THE LONGER THAN ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM. AND I KNOW WHY THE HOUSES WERE BUILT. I DIDN'T KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD NAME. ALL I KNEW WAS THE SUBURB. I KNEW WHY THERE WAS BUILT OVER THERE WAY BACK IN THE LATE 50S. THEY WERE BUILT OVER THERE. AND NOW I'M LOOKING AT THIS. AND ON THE THE WEST SIDE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, COWAN DRIVE. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, YOU GOT AN ASPHALT COMPANY OVER THERE. YOU'VE GOT A PAINT COMPANY OVER THERE. AND I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S ON THE WEST SIDE. AND THEN ON THE NORTH SIDE THERE'S A BODY SHOP. AND I DO REMEMBER YEARS AGO WHERE THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN HAD A SHOP, A BODY SHOP WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND HE WAS TOLD BY THE CITY, YOU NEED TO CLOSE THAT SHOP BECAUSE YOU ARE EMITTING SAFETY ISSUES FOR THE NEIGHBORS OVER HERE. THEN THERE'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S A BODY SHOP. NOW, YOU GOT ON THE WEST SIDE, YOU GOT INDUSTRY OVER THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE, YOU GOT A BODY SHOP.

AND I PROPOSED IS TO PUT SOMETHING ELSE ON ON THE, THE EAST SIDE. SO IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THIS IS BEING SURROUNDED BY INDUSTRY. AGAIN, AS I SAY, I'VE SEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM START TO WHERE IT IS NOW. AND RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS BEING SURROUNDED BY INDUSTRY ON THE WEST SIDE. I SEE IT ON THE NORTH SIDE. I SEE IT AND I SEE THE PROPOSED SIDE AGAIN. I KNOW PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE, BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE.

I'M FRIENDS WITH ALL OF YOU GUYS. I HOPE I AM. I'M JUST SAYING WHAT I REALLY, REALLY FEEL AND TO ME THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S THE RIGHT PLACE FOR IT. I'VE HEARD ABOUT SAY OKAY FOR VISIBILITY. YOU WON'T SEE THE BUSSES, THAT'S FINE. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE SAFETY AND THE HEALTH ISSUES THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS? SO IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE VISIBILITY ISSUES ON THIS. WELL, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY HAS EXPRESSED THAT THERE IS ANY VALID I MEAN, WE'RE NOT EXPERTS IN HEALTH RISKS. AND I KNOW MISS BENTLEY, APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR COMMENTS WITH THE CARCINOGENS. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF DO WE HAVE ANY RECORD OR ANY INFORMATION AS TO THAT THERE ARE HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED? DID WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH HEALTH RISKS AT THE CURRENT LOCATION? I DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW. AND MR. JORDAN, THE WHOLE AREA IS ZONED. THERE'S A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL ZONING. I DON'T THINK IT WAS SPOT ZONING OR JUST PICKING AND CHOOSING. I MEAN, THIS IS ALL PART OF THE 2040 PLAN. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE AND MR. GROSS, MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION. IF YOU ZOOM OUT AND YOU GO BACK TO THAT OTHER, OTHER MAP, AND YOU LOOK AT

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WHERE CARTERSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS NOW. IF YOU SEE IT OVER TO THE RIGHT, THAT AREA AROUND THERE, YOU'VE GOT RESIDENTIAL ON QUINN ROAD AND MAIN AND STARLITE, THAT AREA.

THEN YOU HAVE SHOPPING CENTER, COLLIERVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THAT BROWN AROUND IT. WHAT DOES THAT ZONE, JAMIE? RESIDENTIAL AROUND COLLIERVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL. YES. IT'S. YES. SO I MEAN THERE'S BUSSES THAT SERVICE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. DOES THAT MAKE THAT AREA UNSAFE? I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN I CAN SAY THAT IT MAKES IT UNSAFE. WE'VE HAD THE BUS LOT BEHIND CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS. I KNOW THAT BUS LOT WAS THERE WHEN MY KIDS WENT TO COLLIERVILLE ELEMENTARY, AND IT IT WAS DANGEROUS GETTING BUSSES IN AND OUT. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN SAY PROPERTY VALUES HAVE GONE DOWN OR THEY WILL GO DOWN, OR THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET SICK. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN SAY THAT WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ANY STATISTICS OR PROOF OR EVIDENCE IN THAT. OKAY. WELL, I DON'T SEE I'M LOOKING AT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING HERE. CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL, THAT'S A RESIDENTIAL AREA. OKAY. THAT'S A SCHOOL, IS THERE? BUT THE PROPOSED AREA FOR THIS, THAT'S NOT A SCHOOL. THAT'S A INDUSTRIAL SITE WE'RE PUTTING, NOT A SCHOOL, THAT'S INDUSTRIAL SITE THAT WE WANT TO PUT OVER THERE. THAT'S THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THAT I SEE. AND THEY'RE NOT PUTTING A SCHOOL IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. I CAN SEE IF YOU ARE PLACING SCHOOL THERE, THAT'S FINE. BUT YOU ARE. YOU WANT TO PUT SOMETHING THERE THAT'S RELATED TO THE SCHOOL. I SEE THAT. SO WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO? I'M ASKING THE BOARD, WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE SCHOOL BY THE INDUSTRIAL STUFF GOING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? WELL, I WAS JUST SAYING THAT THIS AREA IS PART OF THE 2040 PLAN, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS ZONING IS OVER HERE. GENERAL COMMERCIAL, RESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL. I MEAN, NIKKI MCCRAY PARK IN THAT ONE SPOT, I MEAN, THAT'S A GREEN SPACE, BUT THAT ZONING IS I BELIEVE IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE RESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL MAYBE ON THAT OTHER CHART. SO IT'S THE YOU I MEAN THERE'S. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN. I'M NOT SURE HOW I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY. BUT NIKKI MCCRAY PARK IS THERE AND THAT'S ZONE IS GENERAL INDUSTRIAL. BUT THAT'S A PARK. MAYOR. MA'AM. YES. ALDERMAN STAMPS. SO THIS THIS IS THIS IS TOUGH. I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY TOUGH BEING SYMPATHETIC AND EMPATHETIC TO THE CITIZENS OF BRINGING THINGS TO OUR IN FRONT OF US. AND A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HAD MENTIONED THE FACTS, THE FACTS, THE FACTS AND AND MAYOR, TO TALK TO YOUR POINT ABOUT WHAT IS THE FACT OF ACTUAL. POLLUTION, NOISE POLLUTION. THERE COULD BE WHAT IS ZONED FOR, COULD BE LIGHT POLLUTION, IT COULD BE A 24 HOUR OPERATION. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY DON'T OPERATE ON THE HOLIDAYS. PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE JUST A MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OPERATION. NOT ON THE WEEKENDS, NOT ON THE HOLIDAYS, NOT DURING CHRISTMAS, NOT DURING THANKSGIVING. ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WOULD GENERALLY KEEP PEACE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 72 IS, IS, IS IS BUILDING OUT AND DEVELOPING OUT IN SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS AND WAYS THAT WHETHER THIS IS HERE OR NOT, HOW DO YOU QUANTIFY THE THE POLLUTION FROM THE BUSSES AS OPPOSED TO JUST NORMAL TRAFFIC THAT WOULD BE ON THE STREET, 18 WHEELERS THAT WOULD COME DOWN, WHATEVER THAT TRAFFIC WOULD BE? I'M TRYING TO I'M TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE FACTS AS THEY'RE PRESENTED, AND MAYBE NOT AS MUCH MAKING A DECISION ON THE WHAT IFS OF WHAT I CAN'T QUANTIFY. AND I'M I'M EXTREMELY EMPATHETIC AND SYMPATHETIC. I STRUGGLE WITH SOME OF THE ALLEGATIONS IN THE ACCUSATIONS OF RELATIONSHIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT TAKES THAT DOWN A DIFFERENT LEVEL, TAKES IT DOWN A DIFFERENT ROAD, WHICH I DON'T THINK THE DECISION SHOULD BE AFFECTED BY THAT. BUT I THINK IT'S JUST AS AS A PERSON THAT'S ON THIS BOARD THAT'S LOOKING AT WATCHING HOW THIS STREET WILL BE DEVELOPED OUT AND WHAT USES ARE, ARE CONTAINED OR WHAT WILL BE IN THIS CORRIDOR, SO TO SPEAK. AND WITH WHAT I'M HEARING, THE SCHOOL BOARD IS, IS TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE AS FAR AS BUFFERS AND AS FAR AS BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR. AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY DO WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. THESE ARE ALL THE FACTS THAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH IN MY DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD. AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IN ALL THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US THAT I COULD WRAP MY MIND AROUND OR WRAP MY DECISION AROUND ONE FACT THAT THERE IS A FACT THERE THAT IT COULD ACTUALLY CAUSE, LIKE YOU SAID, PROPERTY VALUES OR HEALTH CONCERNS OR REASONS. BUT I AM SYMPATHETIC TO ALL THOSE THINGS.

SO THAT'S JUST WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. MISS DYMOND, IF YOU'LL CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. MISS

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MARSHALL. YES, MR. STAMPS? YES, MR. ROBBINS. YES, MR. HALL. YES, MR. JORDAN, NO. MAYOR FRAZIER.

YES, THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED. NOW, JUST SO YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS, THERE'S MANY MORE STEPS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AND THERE'S LOTS MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT. OKAY. THE

[9.A Ordinance 2025-13 - Second Reading and Public Hearing - An Ordinance to Amend the Town Ethics Code for Officials and Employees of the Town of Collierville (§§35.10(B)(9) & 35.11(B)(2)(a))]

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM. NINE A. THAT IS THE SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE TOWN ETHICS CODES FOR OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE TOWN. MR. HAMRICK, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS WE'RE REMINDED SEEMINGLY EVERY DAY BY THE ADS AND THE DECORATIONS AND EVEN NOW, THE WEATHER, THE SEASON OF GIVING IS UPON US AHEAD OF THAT SEASON, WHEN GIFTS ARE OFTEN EXCHANGED, THE TOWN IS PROPOSING TO UPDATE ITS CODE OF ETHICS AND ALSO THE TOWN PERSONNEL POLICY TO MOVE FROM A NOMINAL VALUE GIFT STANDARD TO A CLEAR NO GIFT POLICY FOR ALL.

THIS IS BROKEN DOWN INTO OUR TWO GROUPS, WHICH CONTAIN ELECTED OFFICIALS AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS, AND THEN TOWN EMPLOYEES IN THEIR OFFICIAL AND PROFESSIONAL CAPACITIES. THIS ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, IF APPROVED, WILL FORMALIZE THE CHANGES IN TOWN CODE, WHICH CAN THEN BE REFERENCED IN THE TOWN'S PERSONNEL POLICY. PERSONNEL POLICY POINTS TO THE TOWN CODE, AND TONIGHT BEFORE YOU IS THE AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN CODE. THIS PROPOSED CHANGE ALIGNS WITH GUIDANCE FROM THE TENNESSEE MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL ADVISORY SERVICE, MTAS, AND REFLECTS LOCAL GOVERNMENT BEST PRACTICES. AND THE GOAL IS SIMPLE TO PROVIDE A CLEAR, CONSISTENT STANDARD THAT ELIMINATES ANY GRAY AREAS REGARDING GIFT ACCEPTANCE. IN 2006, THE STATE OF TENNESSEE REQUIRED ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO FORMALLY ADOPT A CODE OF ETHICS. COLLIERVILLE DID THIS WITH RESOLUTION 2006 TEN, AND THEN IN 2007, WE CAME BACK AND REFINED THE RULES TO DEFINE WHAT A NOMINAL GIFT IS. AND THAT'S DEFINED CURRENTLY AS ITEMS VALUED UNDER $25, WITH AN AGGREGATE CAP OF $100 CONSIDERED FUNCTIONAL AT THE TIME, THIS SYSTEM HAS GROWN TO AND BEEN PROVEN TO BE DIFFICULT TO APPLY CONSISTENTLY. TRACKING AND DISCLOSING SMALL ITEMS ACROSS AN ORGANIZATION OF OUR SIZE IS ADMINISTRATIVELY BURDENSOME AND CAN LEAD TO CONFUSION OVER MINOR GIFTS. SHIFTING TO A NO GIFT STANDARD SIMPLIFIES COMPLIANCE AND ENSURES CONSISTENT EXPECTATIONS ACROSS OUR ORGANIZATION. IT REMOVES ANY UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE AND APPLIES EQUALLY TO EVERYONE, INCLUDING STAFF, WHO ARE ALREADY BOUND BY PROFESSIONAL CODES THAT PROHIBIT THEM FROM ACCEPTING GIFTS. THERE IS ONE NARROW EXCEPTION, AND THAT'S CONSUMABLE FOODS INTENDED TO BE SHARED COLLECTIVELY WITHIN THE WORKPLACE THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED, AND THIS PRESERVES THE TRADITION OF COMMUNITY APPRECIATION WHILE KEEPING GESTURES COMMUNAL, TRANSPARENT AND WITHOUT INDIVIDUAL BENEFIT. OVERALL, THE PROPOSED UPDATE REDUCES ADMINISTRATIVE WORK, IT SIMPLIFIES THE RULES, AND IT CREATES A CONSISTENT, EASY TO FOLLOW POLICY FOR BOTH TOWN OFFICIALS AND TOWN EMPLOYEES. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, AND A SIMPLE MOTION IS ON YOUR BOARD REPORT. THANK YOU, MR. HAMRICK. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? IS THERE A MOTION, PLEASE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2025, ONE DASH 13 ON SECOND READING. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. MR. HAMMOND, IF YOU'LL CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. DO WE DO PUBLIC HEARING? OH, NO, I DID NOT. I'M SO SORRY. A PUBLIC HEARING IS ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE NO GIFT POLICY FOR TOWN EMPLOYEES? SEEING NONE. THAT PUBLIC COMMENT HAS NOW BEEN CLOSED. AND NOW, MISS SIMON, IF YOU'LL CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, MR. HALL. YES, MR. JORDAN? YES, MISS MARSHALL? YES, MR. STAMPS? YES, MR. ROBBINS. YES, MAYOR FRAZIER. YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEXT ITEM ON

[10.A Cancellation of December 22, 2025 Board of Mayor and Aldermen Meeting]

THE AGENDA IS CANCELLATION OF THE DECEMBER 22ND, 2025, BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN MEETING.

OUR TOWN ADMINISTRATOR, MOLLY MAYNOR, HAS OUR PRESENTATION. YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR, MAYOR, BOARD OF ALDERMEN, WE TYPICALLY CANCEL THE SECOND BOARD MEETING SCHEDULED IN DECEMBER BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO THE HOLIDAYS. AND SO BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS A MOTION TO CANCEL THE DECEMBER 22ND BMA MEETING. SO WE JUST NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE A

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MOTION? UNLESS YOU'D ALL LIKE TO GET TOGETHER AND HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, LET'S DO A MOTION AND A SECOND. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS THERE A MOTION TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND. NOW ALDERMAN, JUST WANT TO BE SURE WE WILL CELEBRATE EVEN IF WE DON'T CELEBRATE THAT NIGHT. AS LONG AS THAT'S A YES. I'M GOOD TO GO. CELEBRATE. WHAT? CHRISTMAS? OH, I'M JUST BEING SILLY THIS TIME. AND IF YOU'LL CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, MR. JORDAN. YES, MISS MARSHALL? YES, MR. STAMPS? YES, MR. ROBBINS. YES, MR. HALL? YES, MAYOR.

FRAZIER. YES, THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED. ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE US THIS EVENING? NO, MAYOR, NOT THIS EVENING. A COUPLE OF POINTS OF PRIVILEGE, IF I MAY. LET'S ALL REMEMBER TO HONOR ALL OF OUR VETERANS TOMORROW FOR VETERANS DAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7 P.M. THE CARNIVAL DRAGONS TAKING ON ANTIOCH IN THE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SECOND ROUND. SO LET'S WEAR OUR MAROON AND SUPPORT OUR DRAGONS. AN

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Nov 10, 2025 Board of Mayor and Aldermen

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