[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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TO ORDER THE BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN MEETING TO ORDER FOR JULY 16TH, 2026. AND WE HAVE ADAM HAMRICK, OUR ASSISTANT TOWN ADMINISTRATOR, WITH US TODAY. IF YOU WILL CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. ADAM. MR. PAUL HERE, MR. GORDON HERE, MISS. MARSHALL HERE. MR. SAM. HERE, MR. ROBINSON HERE. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AT THIS SPECIAL CALLED MEETING.
[3. CITIZENS COMMENTS]
THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA ARE CITIZEN COMMENTS. I HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL COMMENT CARDS, AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE INSTRUCTIONS IF YOU IF I MAY, AND YOU ARE GOING TO ASK BE ASKED TO NAME, PUT YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. MAKE SURE YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN ALL HEAR. YOU WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES AND YOU'LL SEE A GREEN LIGHT, WHICH MEANS START IT. ONCE IT GETS TO YELLOW, YOU NEED TO WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS, PLEASE. AND JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, COMMUNITY INPUT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US. BUT YOU ALSO, WE CANNOT ENGAGE IN A DIALOG OR WE CANNOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THIS IS A TIME FOR US TO LISTEN TO YOU. AND ALL REMARKS MUST BE ADDRESSED TO THE ENTIRE BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, NOT TO AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER, TOWN STAFF OR TO THE AUDIENCE. SO THE FIRST CARD AND THESE ARE NOT IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER, MISS JULIANNE BOOTH. MISS BOOTH. WELCOME. YOU DID STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES. I DON'T NEED THREE MINUTES. STOP ME IF I GO OVER TWO. MY NAME IS JULIANNE BOOTH, AND I NEED MY ADDRESS. YES, PLEASE. NINE. SEVEN THREE AUTUMN OAKS CIRCLE, COLLIERVILLE. I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS FOR EVER SINCE IT STARTED, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR VOTING IN FAVOR. I HAVE LEARNED WHAT THE LAW SAYS, AND I HAVE LEARNED WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION SAID. AND I'VE BEEN TO OTHER CHICK FIL A'S WHERE THE LOTS ARE BIG AND THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A TRAFFIC PROBLEM. AND IN MY WAY OF THINKING, THE PEOPLE'S SAFETY IN THE TOWN OF COLLIERVILLE TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER ANYTHING PROTECTING THE CITIZENS. AND I FEEL LIKE THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS HAVE A CHICK FIL A THERE, AND I THINK I'D RATHER HAVE THAT THAN A HOOTERS OR A SERVICE STATION. THANK YOU, MISS BOOTH. WE APPRECIATE THAT. THE NEXT CARD IS MISS PAM CATHERINE. MY NAME IS PAM CAMFORD. I LIVE AT 1606 POPPY HILLS DRIVE. I JUST WANT TO SAY, AS A CITIZEN, I DO NOT THINK THAT WE SHOULD USE THE TOWN'S TAX DOLLARS TO BE SPENT ON THE ALDERMAN'S DEFENSE OF THEIR NO VOTES ON THIS DECISION TO MOVE CHICK FIL A, AND ALSO CHICK FIL A HAS DONE EVERYTHING THAT THEY WERE ASKED TO DO, AND THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MOVE.THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THE NEXT CARD IS MARK UNDERWOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON, MARK UNDERWOOD.
784 DEAN CREEK DRIVE, COLLIERVILLE. I'M TRYING TO THINK HOW TO HOW TO SAY THIS.
FIRST OF ALL, I REALIZE TODAY I'VE BEEN FACILITATING HELPING DEVELOPERS MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS SUCH AS THIS FOR OVER 40 YEARS NOW. LIVED IN COLLIERVILLE NOW FOR 35 YEARS, SO I'VE BEEN ON THE GOOD SIDE. OR THE UPSIDE OF VOTES IN THE DOWNSIDE OF VOTES HERE IN COLLIERVILLE FACILITATING SOME OF THESE THESE PROJECTS. COLLIERVILLE IS VERY TRANSPARENT IN WHAT THEY DO. IN. CITIZENS HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO ONLINE AND SEE ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEEN APPLIED FOR OR IN THE PROCESS. IT IS A CUMBERSOME, DIFFICULT PROCESS TO GET THROUGH, TO NAVIGATE THROUGH WHAT WE LEAN ON. PEOPLE AS MYSELF AND THE DEVELOPERS LEAN ON, OR THE STAFF, THE PLANNING STAFF, THE ENGINEERING STAFF THAT ARE PAID WELL AND DO A FANTASTIC JOB DISSECTING THESE PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE SUBDIVISION REGS ARE MET AND ORDINANCES ARE MET. PROJECT LIKE CHICK FIL A. ON THIS PROJECT, I'VE LAID OUT MANY HOTELS ON THIS SITE FOR CERTAIN DEVELOPERS, OTHER FAST FOOD USERS, OTHER OFFICE USERS ON THIS SITE. IT'S GOING TO BE BUILT OUT. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. TRAFFIC IS GOING TO COME. WHAT WHAT I HOPE YOU GUYS WILL DO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ALDERMAN, IS LISTEN TO YOUR STAFF. PAY ATTENTION TO THEM AND WHAT THE CITIZENS OF COLLIERVILLE NEED AND WANT. I BELIEVE THE APPEAL.
I HOPE TODAY THE APPEAL. YOU VOTE TO LIFT THE APPEAL. AND I HOPE YOU VOTE TO APPROVE THE
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SITE PLAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. UNDERWOOD. THE NEXT COMMENT CARD IS RACHEL WALL. MISS WALL.THANK YOU, MAYOR ALDERMAN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK FOR THE NEARLY 500 COLLIERVILLE RESIDENTS WHO ARE CONCERNED ENOUGH ABOUT THE SAFETY AND LONG TERM WELL-BEING OF THEIR COMMUNITY THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO SIGN A PETITION TO ALERT THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS, 500 INDIVIDUALS WHO LIKELY HAVE NO CLUE THAT THIS HASTILY CALLED MEETING IS EVEN UNDERWAY. FIVE GOOD AND DECENT PUBLIC SERVANTS HAVE FACED AN ORGANIZED SMEAR CAMPAIGN WAGED BY WHO APPEAR TO BE FRIENDS, CAMPAIGN SUPPORTERS AND DONORS OF ONE INDIVIDUAL. IT'S A REMARKABLY SAD DAY FOR THE TOWN THAT I LOVE, AND HAS BEEN HOME TO MY FAMILY FOR WELL OVER 130 YEARS, BUT I KNOW BETTER THAN ANYONE THE REALITIES OF POLITICS BECAUSE I NAVIGATE THE SEEDY UNDERBELLY OF IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. BUT BE FULLY ON MESSAGE, FRIENDS. TODAY IT IS OFFICIAL. OUR TOWN IS FOR SALE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, AND THERE IS NO LONGER ANYONE STANDING AT THE GATE TO PROTECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT IS NOT. THAT'S NOT ALLOWED. THANK YOU. THE NEXT CARD IS MR. LARRY BOYD.
LARRY BOYD. I LIVE AT 234 NATCHEZ HERE IN COLLIERVILLE. OBVIOUSLY, I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE Y'ALL LETTING US HAVE AN OPINION ON THIS TODAY. I THINK THAT I'M A LONG TIME SUPPORTER OF CHICK FIL A, AND I THINK IT'S LONG OVERDUE TO APPROVE THE LOCATION, THE DESIGN, DESIGN AND REVIEW COMMISSION, PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER FOR ALL APPROVED CHICK FIL A AND YOU TURNED IT DOWN. THE JUDGE OVERRULED YOU AND TOLD YOU AND TOLD YOU TO APPROVE IT. AND YOU TURNED THAT DECISION DOWN AND APPEALED TO HIS DECISION. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, I THINK 90% OF CARVER WANTS THIS CHICK FIL A, AND I'M ONE OF THEM WHO DOES WANT IT. AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE KEEP SPENDING TAX DOLLARS FIGHTING SOMETHING THAT THAT MOST OF THE TOWN WANTS IN THE FIRST PLACE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BOYD. THAT CLOSES THE CITIZEN COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING. WE WILL MOVE TO OUR AGENDA. THE TOWN ATTORNEY, MR. NATHAN BIGGS, HAS REQUESTED THAT WE SWITCH ITEMS A AND B, SO WE WILL START WITH
[4.B Preliminary Site Plan for Cartwright Place Business Center Planned Development, Phase 6, Lot 2B (Chick-fil-A), Case #233183]
ITEM FOUR B, WHICH IS THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN FOR CARTWRIGHT PLACE BUSINESS CENTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT. WHERE CAN I, MR. MAKE A PRELIMINARY STATEMENT AS YOU REMEMBER, AND I KNOW YOU KNOW WELL, THE JUDGE'S ORDER REQUIRED US TO APPROVE THE SITE PLAN WITHOUT DELIBERATION. SO THE WAY THAT WE'VE SET THIS UP TODAY IS THERE WILL BE NO PRESENTATION, THERE WILL BE NO RECORD, THERE WILL BE NO DELIBERATION. I'M INSTRUCTING YOU, PURSUANT TO THE COURT'S ORDER, TO MAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND AND HAVE A VOTE, AND THAT WILL BE THE ENTIRE MATTER. THERE WILL THERE SHOULD BE NO DISCUSSION, NO DELIBERATION. THANK YOU. OKAY.I WILL CALL FOR A MOTION. PLEASE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN FOR CARTWRIGHT PLACE BUSINESS CENTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT PHASE SIX, LOT TWO B SECOND. SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY ALDERMAN HALL A SECOND WITH ALDERMAN ROBBINS. MR. HAMRICK, IF YOU'LL CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. MR. DEWITT. I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING FOR. I'M NOT DELIBERATE. WE CAN'T. I'M SORRY. WE CAN'T HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR DELIBERATION. YOU JUST HAVE TO VOTE YES OR NO. IS THAT CORRECT? MR. AFTER THE VOTE. AFTER THE MATTER. IS CONSIDERED FOR THE MAYOR. BUT PRIOR TO THE VOTE, THERE'S NO, NO DELIBERATION. I DON'T KNOW. MISS MARSHALL. YES.
MR. YES. MR. YES. YES, YES. THAT MOTION PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED. THE
[4.A Discussion and Consideration of the Town's Appeal of the final order issued by Chancellor JoeDae L. Jenkins issued in the Clara S. Cartwright Exempt Residuary Trust v. Town of Collierville and Board of Mayor and Aldermen Case]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF THE TOWN'S APPEAL OF THE FINAL ORDER ISSUED BY CHANCELLOR JODY JENKINS, ISSUED IN THE CLARA AS CARTWRIGHT EXEMPT RESIDUARY TRUST VERSUS THE TOWN OF COLLIERVILLE AND THE BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN. MR. BIGGS.SO, AS YOU WILL RECALL, AFTER THE COURT'S DECISION WAS ENTERED, THE BOARD VOTED TO FILE AN APPEAL AND A NOTICE OF APPEAL WAS FILED WITH THE COURT OF APPEALS IN JACKSON. AND SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, MR. CARTWRIGHT AND HIS LAWYERS FILED A PETITION IN THE TRIAL
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COURT AND THE CHANCERY COURT SEEKING TO HOLD THE BOARD OF MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND THE TOWN IN CONTEMPT. BOTH CIVIL CONTEMPT AND CRIMINAL CONTEMPT. AND SO MY. I HAVE BEEN IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE LAWYERS FOR MR. CARTWRIGHT AND THE CARTWRIGHT TRUST, AND MY SUGGESTION TO YOU IS THAT ANY MOTION THAT BE. THAT IS MADE TO DISMISS THE APPEAL, BE CONTINGENT UPON THE DISMISSAL OF THE CONTEMPT PETITIONS IN CHANCERY COURT, AND COMPLETE RESOLUTION OF THE MATTER, INCLUDING A WAIVER OF ANY APPLICATION FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES. SO JUST TO SUM IT UP, ANY MOTION THAT IS GOING TO BE MADE, I SUGGESTED, BE EXPRESSLY CONTINGENT ON DISMISSAL OF THE PENDING CONTEMPT, PETITIONS AND WAIVER OF ANY FEES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BIGGS. IS THERE A MOTION? I CAN MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONTINGENT ON THE. MY WORDS AGAIN, THE CONTEMPT, DISMISSAL OF THE CONTEMPT CHARGES AND WAIVER OF ANY ATTORNEY'S FEES OR OTHER FEES.I'LL SECOND THAT TO BE SPECIFIC. ALDERMAN ROBBINS, YOU ARE MAKING A MOTION TO DISMISS THE APPEAL. YES, TO DISMISS THE APPEAL. MOTION TO DISMISS THE APPEAL. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DISMISS THE APPEAL CONTINGENT ON THE DISMISSAL OF.
SAY THAT AGAIN FOR US, MR. BIGGS. PETITIONS AND WAIVER OF ANY ATTORNEY FEE CLAIMS. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. MR. HAMRICK, WILL YOU CALL DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? CAN WE HAVE DISCUSSION? YES, YES. ALDERMAN MARSHALL, I'D JUST LIKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE CONSTITUENTS WHO TOOK THE TIME TO REACH OUT, TO ASK WHY I VOTED THE WAY THAT I DID, AND I WANT TO READ AND LET YOU KNOW THIS SHOULD ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BUT I WAS ASKED TO PUT ON WHAT WHAT WERE THE WHAT WERE MY CONCERNS AND WHY DID I SUPPORT FROM THE BEGINNING, WHAT TOOK THE POSITION THAT I HAD AND MY SAFETY CONCERNS FOR THE INTERSECTION OF BRAY STATION AND POPLAR AVENUE. TO DATE, THREE FATALITIES AND THIS IS. THIS WAS SENT AND DOCUMENTED, AND I. THIS IS ALL THAT I HAD ASKED. THREE FATALITIES AT THE PROPOSED INTERSECTION ARE A SIGNIFICANT INDICATOR THAT EXISTING CONDITIONS MAY ALREADY PRESENT AN ELEVATED RISK. WHILE I AM NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER NOR A SAFETY EXPERT, I DO BELIEVE THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS SHOULD GO BEYOND A STANDARD TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY. AS TOWN LEADERS, OUR GOAL SHOULD BE TO ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT INCREASE AN ALREADY SIGNIFICANT SAFETY RISK. GIVEN THAT THREE FATALITIES HAVE OCCURRED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, I AM REQUESTING A COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ANALYSIS THAT WOULD INCLUDE A ROAD SAFETY AUDIT, CRASH HISTORY ANALYSIS, A RAILROAD CROSSING, HAZARD ANALYSIS, AND A SIMULATION MODELING OF PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC. THE TOWN ENGINEER STATED ON THE RECORD THAT MOTORISTS EXITING FROM CARTWRIGHT ROAD WILL BE ALLOWED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ACROSS THE FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC TOWARDS THE INTERSECTION WITH THE RAILROAD CROSSING. AND WHEN I ASKED IF THIS WOULD PRESENT A SAFETY RISK, SHE SAID YES, ALDERMAN MARSHALL DURING PEAK HOURS THIS COULD BE CONCERNING. DUE TO THESE CONCERNS, I'M RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT A COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ANALYSIS BE CONDUCTED, AND I THINK THAT IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US. AS MANY HAVE STATED, PUBLIC SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE IN OUR TOWN, NUMBER ONE. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY SAD TO WHERE WE'VE COME TODAY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS LEADERS AND THERE'S MANY CIVIC LEADERS IN HERE AND PEOPLE I GO TO CHURCH WITH AND PEOPLE I'M IN CLUBS WITH THAT COULD HAVE ASKED ME MY POSITION AND WHY. AND WHEN WE SIGN UP FOR THIS, WE SIGN UP TO SERVE. AND IT'S NOT JUST US, IT'S OUR FAMILIES AS WELL. SO I JUST WANTED IT ON THE RECORD AS TO WHY I, I SUPPORTED, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T A FACTOR. AND THE CHANCERY COURT AND I FELT LIKE AN APPEAL. MAYBE IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED. SO THANK YOU, ALDERMAN MARSHALL.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, MR. HAMRICK, IF YOU'LL CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, MR. MARSHALL. YES. MR. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES, THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED. ARE THERE IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE US THIS AFTERNOON? NO FURTHER BUSINESS, MAYOR. WE'RE ADJOURNED.
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