Jul 27, 2026 Board of Mayor and Aldermen

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN MEETING FOR MONDAY,

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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AND I THINK HE BROUGHT THE FUTURE MAYOR WITH HIM THIS TIME.

AND IF ALDERMAN MARSHALL CAN LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, PLEASE.

PLEASE RISE. OKAY. LET'S PRAY. FATHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND MERCY TOWARDS US. GOD, FOR THE LEADERS THAT YOU'VE PLACED ABOVE US.

YOU TELL US IN YOUR WORD THAT NO ONE GETS A POSITION OF AUTHORITY UNLESS YOU APPOINT THEM.

AND SO, GOD, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE POLICE REPRESENTATIVES HERE, THE FIRE REPRESENTATIVES HERE, AND OUR TOWN REPRESENTATIVES HERE. AND GOD, WE JUST ASK FOR WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT.

I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HOLDING A LITTLE FUTURE RESIDENT OF COLLIERVILLE IN GOD, JUST FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING NOW THAT WILL EVEN SERVE HIM INTO HIS TEENAGE AND ADULT LIFE. AND SO GOD GIVE OUR LEADERS WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS ON THE BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS HERE.

BLESS THIS TIME. PRAY THAT IT WOULD BE PLEASING TO YOU.

IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WELCOME BACK. WE'LL SEE YOU SOON, OKAY.

THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR ATTORNEY WITH US THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE MR. WAYNE SCHOFIELD, THE SECOND WITH BURCH PORTER JOHNSON.

WELCOME. THANK YOU. AND, MISS DIAMOND, IF YOU'LL CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

MR. HALL HERE, MR. JORDAN HERE, MISS MARSHALL HERE, MR. STAMPS. HERE. MR. ROBBINS HERE. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA (Additions/Deletions)]

SO YOU HAVE A CORRECTED RESOLUTION FOR THAT. NO OTHER CHANGES.

OKAY. IS THERE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA WITH THE CORRECTED AMENDMENT FOR ITEM EIGHT D? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH CORRECTED AMENDMENT OF EIGHT D.

THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. MISS DIMOND, IF YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, MR. JORDAN. YES, MISS MARSHALL? YES. MR.. STAMPS.

YES. MR.. ROBBINS. YES. MR.. HALL. YES. MAYOR FRASER.

YES. THE AGENDA IS APPROVED. WE WILL MOVE TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

IS THERE ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? IF NONE. IS THERE A MOTION, PLEASE? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE JULY 13TH REGULAR MEETING.

WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND BY ALDERMAN MARSHALL? MISS DIMOND, IF YOU'LL CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, MISS MARSHALL.

YES. MR. STAMPS. YES. MR. ROBBINS. YES. MR.. HALL.

YES. MR.. JORDAN. YES. MAYOR. FRASER. YES. AND THEN WE HAVE MINUTES FROM THE JULY 16TH, 2026 SPECIAL CALLED MEETING ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS TO THOSE MINUTES? SEEING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION, PLEASE? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, MISS DIAMOND, IF YOU'LL CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

MR. STAMPS? YES. MR.. ROBBINS. YES. MR.. HALL.

YES. MR.. JORDAN. YES. MISS. MARSHALL. YES. MAYOR FRASER.

YES. THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. I DO HAVE A MAYORAL PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING.

[6. SPECIAL PRESENTATION]

LISA. LISA. LISA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION.

THERE'S A LOT OF WHEREASES, SO BEAR WITH ME. THE TOWN OF COLLIERVILLE AFFECTIONATELY REMEMBERS JERRY.

TREY WAYNE ERWIN THE THIRD, A BELOVED COLLIERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND DEDICATED WIDE RECEIVER FOR THE COLLIERVILLE DRAGONS FOOTBALL TEAM, WHOSE TREMENDOUS COURAGE, FAITH, AND RESILIENCE TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND RESONATED ACROSS THE NATION.

WHEREAS DIAGNOSED WITH PANCREATIC CANCER ON MARCH 6TH, 2012, TREY FACED HIS BATTLE WITH AN INSPIRING AND UNWAVERING PEACE, FAMOUSLY DECLARING, I'LL BE OKAY. I'LL EITHER BE HEALTHY HERE OR HEALTHY IN HEAVEN.

A POWERFUL TESTIMONY OF FAITH THAT UNIFIED THOUSANDS UNDER THE HASHTAG PRAY FOR TREY MOVEMENT.

AND WHEREAS TREY LOST HIS BATTLE WITH CANCER ON JULY 5TH, 2012, JUST WEEKS SHY OF HIS 16TH BIRTHDAY,

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AND WHEREAS ON JULY 31ST, 2012, FORMER MAYOR STAN JOYNER OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMED JULY 31ST AS TREY ERWIN DAY IN THE TOWN OF COLLIERVILLE, A DESIGNATION THAT PROUDLY STANDS TO THIS DATE.

AND WHEREAS JULY 31ST, 2026 MARKS WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TREY'S MILESTONE 30TH BIRTHDAY, PROVIDING OUR CITIZENS A BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR HIS MEMORY BY CELEBRATING HIS LIFE AND ENDURING IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.

WHEREAS, IN REMEMBRANCE OF TREY, THE ERWIN FAMILY AND THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO HONOR TREY'S LEGACY THROUGH DONATIONS TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF COLLIERVILLE BURCH LIBRARY, DIRECTLY INVESTING IN A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR THE YOUTH OF OUR TOWN.

SO NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAUREEN FRASER, THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF COLLIERVILLE, DECLARE THAT JULY 31ST, 2026 IS TREY IRWIN DAY. AND I ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS OF COLLIERVILLE TO PAUSE AND REFLECT ON TREY'S EXTRAORDINARY SPIRIT TO SUPPORT OUR LIBRARY IN HIS HONOR AND TO CARRY FORWARD THE SAME KINDNESS, COURAGE, AND COMMUNITY PRIDE THAT TREY EXEMPLIFIED.

AND I'M GOING TO PRESENT THIS TO TREY'S MOM, MISS LISA IRWIN.

THANK YOU. AND LISA AND LISA, AND I'LL TELL YOU I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

I'M SPEECHLESS, BUT TO HAVE LISA COME TO US AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WANT TO DO SOMETHING IN TREY'S MEMORY AND WHERE CAN WE HELP IN THE TOWN OF CARNIVAL? I MEAN, IT'S SHE'S ONE OF 55,000 RESIDENTS THAT HAS MADE AN IMPACT ON THIS TOWN AND CONTINUES.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK HER FAMILY AND HER FRIENDS FOR BEING HERE. SHE'S ONE STRONG WOMAN, AND I AM PROUD TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO HER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? ON BEHALF OF THE IRWIN FAMILY, WE THANK THE COLLIERVILLE COMMUNITY SO MUCH FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT US.

WE ARE STILL BATTLING CANCER IN OUR FAMILY, AND BUT YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT US.

AND SO WE WILL ALSO, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR YOU.

AND IF LISA WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE FRIENDS, WELL, JUST THANK YOU, MAYOR FRASER, FOR SUGGESTING THAT MISS IRWIN CONTACT THE FRIENDS.

AND OF COURSE, GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT. AND IN HONOR OF TREY, IT'S SUCH A SPECIAL THING.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE LOVE CHILDREN. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING? NO OTHER PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING.

MAYOR. AND THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZEN COMMENTS.

[7. CITIZENS COMMENTS]

SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER A COUPLE OF THE RULES.

IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

OUR MEETINGS ARE LIVE STREAMED AND TELEVISED.

SO IF YOU COME TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE ADJUST IT SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.

YOU ARE LIMITED FOR THREE MINUTES AND YOU'LL SEE A LIGHT GREEN MEANS TO START TALKING.

YELLOW MEANS YOU NEED TO START WRAPPING UP. AND RED IS WHEN YOUR TIME IS COMPLETE.

SO THE FIRST SPEAKER CARD THAT I HAVE IS FROM MR. MIKE WANG. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SAYING THAT CORRECTLY, BUT YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M NOT.

OKAY. HELLO THERE. HELLO. CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE? MIKE HUANG, 1779 AMBER GROVE COVE. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, FOR TAKING MY TIME TO TAKE YOUR TIME TO HEAR ME OUT.

I WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WERE HAVE A COUPLE ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HAVING IS THE EROSION PROBLEM WITH OUR YARD.

SO THE, WHEN, WHEN THE BUILDER THEY BUILT OUR OUR HOUSES, THE RETAINING WALL THAT THEY BUILT, THEY WERE BUILT OUT OF WOOD AND RAILROAD TIES.

SO NOW IT HAS DETERIORATED AND LIKE MAJORITY OF THE, THE NEIGHBORS IN OUR, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS EROSION ISSUES ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. AND SO WE WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE THE CITY TO COME DOWN AND ASSESS AND, AND LISTEN TO OUR NEIGHBORS TO, TO FEEL US TO SEE THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS OF TODAY. THANK YOU. AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS WOLF RIVER RANCH, CORRECT?

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AND I THINK MR. CLARK MIGHT WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

I THINK THERE'S SOME OTHER RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

YEAH. THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD IS MR. PERRYMAN AND I ARE GOING TO BE ARE ARE REACHING OUT TO THE POINT OF CONTACT AND TRYING TO SET UP A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO MEET WITH ALL THE RESIDENTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE.

IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT A PORTION OF THAT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND A PORTION OF IT IS A PUBLIC STORM DRAIN.

WE HAVE BEEN MET WITH A THIRD PARTY ENGINEER THAT HAS CONFIRMED THE THAT THE PUBLIC PORTION IS OPERATING AS IT WAS INTENDED TO DO, BUT WE'RE STILL WILLING TO MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORS TO FIND OUT. IS THERE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WITHIN THE PUBLIC REALM TO ADDRESS ANY POTENTIAL SITUATIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, MR. WANG, YOU SHOULD BE HEARING FROM THE ENGINEERING DIVISION HERE SOON.

GREAT. OKAY. YEAH. AND THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING IS THAT THE WEEDS AND THE, ALL THE OVERGROWN TREES AND STUFF THAT'S IN THE BACK OF OUR FENCE. THE PUBLIC PROPERTY IS LIKE, REALLY OVERGROWN.

NO ONE'S TAKING CARE OF IT. AND SO THERE'S LIKE CRITTERS AND SNAKES AND ALL THESE OTHER CREATURES ARE LIKE GOING INTO OUR BACKYARD BECAUSE NOTHING IS MAINTAINED IN THE BACK.

AND I HAVE LIKE. PICTURES AND YOU KNOW THAT I WENT BACK THERE, TOOK UP THE THE BACKYARD WHERE.

SOME OF THE PARTS LIKE CLOSEST TO THE STREET.

SOME OF THOSE ARE. SOMETIMES THEY'RE MAINTAINED.

BUT LIKE THE PARTS WHERE WE ARE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DOWN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE, NOTHING HAS BEEN LOOKED AT OR, YOU KNOW, THE CITY DONE ANYTHING IN THOSE PARTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE WE WILL TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT. I SEE SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS SHAKING THEIR HEADS, SO WE WILL GET TO WORK LOOKING INTO THAT AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THE NEXT CARD IS MR. JIM NABORS, MR. NABORS.

GOOD EVENING. YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. JIM NABORS, 1006 KATIE COVE, COLLIERVILLE.

THANK YOU. I PROBABLY AM LATE TO THE PARTY WITH THIS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THIS ONE MORE TIME.

AND FOR THE RECORD, I WOULD LIKE TO PETITION YOU GUYS TO RECONSIDER MAYBE MAKING CARVER ARLINGTON BACK INTO FOUR LANE AND PUTTING IT BACK AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. I THINK AS PEOPLE START TO RETURN FROM SUMMER VACATIONS AND PEOPLE START TO START SCHOOL BACK, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY CONGESTED ON CARVER ARLINGTON ROAD.

AND I KNOW NOT AS MANY PEOPLE MAYBE HAVE CALLED THE OFFICE AND COMPLAINED ABOUT IT, BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA EXPRESSING CONCERNS OVER IT.

AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU RECONSIDER AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT OPENING IT BACK UP.

WE BUILT A HOUSE HERE IN 94, SO WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.

AND WE'VE LIVED IN CARVER ON THAT ROAD FOR A LONG TIME, AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FOUR LANES AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN 40.

SO WE'VE HAD A PRETTY DRASTIC CHANGE IN THINGS HERE IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, AND IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. NEIGHBORS. I APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK. I DID RECEIVE ANOTHER COMMENT CARD.

IT TYPICALLY THESE CARDS NEED TO BE IN BY 6:00.

SO I'LL MAKE A LITTLE LEEWAY FOR MR. BRYAN JIMENEZ.

AND, MR. JIMENEZ IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU FOR. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE CARDS BEFOREHAND.

MY NAME IS BRYAN JIMENEZ. I LIVE AT THREE, SIX, FIVE COSTCO COVE, COLLIERVILLE, TENNESSEE.

I WANTED TO DISCUSS THE FLOCK CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN COLLIERVILLE.

I WANTED TO HAVE YOU GUYS CONSIDER REMOVING THEM.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PUSHBACK NATIONWIDE ABOUT PEOPLE DISCOVERING WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING, USING AI TO TRACK PEOPLE, NOT JUST LICENSE PLATES, BUT TRACKING WHAT THE VEHICLE LOOKS LIKE, DIFFERENT BUMPER STICKERS AND PUTTING THEM PUT PUTTING THAT INFORMATION ON A COMPANY AND THAT DATA BEING ABLE TO BE ACCESSED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES AND OTHER PRIVATE COMPANIES.

I THINK WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR OF KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE.

BUT HAVING A MASSIVE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM THAT TRACKS EVERYDAY CITIZENS THAT ARE LAW ABIDING.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO. SORRY, LET ME LOOK AT WHAT ELSE I HAVE HERE.

THE DATA CAN BE LEAKED. OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO HAVE OUR OWN PRIVATE SECURITY OR THE POLICE THAT WE HAVE NOW,

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IT JUST KIND OF REMINDS ME OF COVID AND PEOPLE BEING LOCKED DOWN AND PEOPLE THAT DON'T AGREE WITH THAT BEING ABLE TO BE FREE TO GO WHEREVER THEY WANT WITHOUT BEING PERSECUTED OR FINED BY THE GOVERNMENT. SO I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO CONSIDER REMOVING THE FLOCK CAMERAS.

I KNOW THOMAS MASSIE HAS SUPPORTED A BILL RECENTLY ABOUT CITIES BEING ABLE TO LOSE FEDERAL FUNDING DEPENDING ON IF THEY HAVE CONTRACTS WITH BLOCK. AND I KNOW TENNESSEE, WE SOME COMPANIES OR NOT, SOME COMPANIES, SOME THE PARTY TENNESSEE PARTY OF LIBERTARIANS IS WORKING ON SOME LEGISLATION WITH TENNESSEE ABOUT BANNING FLOCK CAMERAS STATEWIDE.

SO THAT'S MY $0.02 ABOUT IT. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT.

I KNOW CHIEF LIGHT HEARD YOUR CONVERSATION. SO YEAH, HE'S BACK THERE SHAKING HIS HEAD ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, I CAN'T TELL, BUT HE HEARD THE THE INPUT. YEAH, YEAH, WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION.

I DID TRY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIM. I JUST THINK IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE A PRIVATE COMPANY.

I GET IT'S A VERY USEFUL TOOL. I JUST THINK IT COULD BE WE COULD USE THAT MONEY FOR SOMETHING ELSE, FOR MORE POLICE OFFICERS OR SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN HAVING A PRIVATE COMPANY TRACK EVERYBODY AND WHERE THEY GO.

AND I THINK IT COULD GO INTO THE FOURTH AMENDMENT.

BUT YEAH, WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION. I JUST STILL WOULD DISAGREE AT THE END OF IT.

ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT. OKAY.

I WILL CLOSE THE CITIZEN COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING, AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[8. CONSENT AGENDA]

IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE ANY OF THOSE ITEMS PULLED FOR A PRESENTATION MAYOR, I WOULD REQUEST THAT ITEM G BE PULLED FOR PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

ITEM G WHICH IS ORDINANCE 2026-03 ON FIRST READING.

WE WILL PULL THAT TO THE BUSINESS. HANG ON. LET ME GET THERE.

WE PUT THAT THE BUSINESS ITEMS. IT'S THE VERY LAST BUSINESS ITEM ITEM E.

ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE MOVING OF ITEM EIGHT G TO A BUSINESS ITEM.

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

THIS TIME. IF YOU'LL CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, MR. ROBBINS. YES. MR.. HALL. YES. MR.. JORDAN. YES.

MISS MARSHALL. YES. MR.. STAMPS. YES. MAYOR. FRASER.

YES. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED, AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE TO THANK THE KEEP TENNESSEE BEAUTIFUL FOR A $10,000 GRANT FOR OUR KEEP LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANT. SO I'M SURE THAT WILL COME INTO GOOD USE.

AND WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. SO WE'LL MOVE TO THE BUSINESS ITEMS.

[9.A Right-of-Way (ROW) and Easements Acquisition for State Route (SR) 175 (Shelby Drive) Widening Project - Jasper Park to Shelby Point ]

AND TIM GWALTNEY HAS OUR PRESENTATION. MR.. THANK YOU MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING BOARD. THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AND EASEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $85,207 FROM THE WOODLAWN PLANNED DEVELOPMENT HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION RELATED TO THE WIDENING OF STATE ROUTE 175, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SHELBY DRIVE FROM JASPER PARK TO SHELBY POST.

IT'S NOT MY SLIDE. WE'LL CATCH UP HERE IN A SECOND.

THE TOWN ENTERED INTO A LOCAL PROGRAMS CONTRACT WITH THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO WIDEN THE EXISTING TWO LANE RURAL CROSS SECTION SEGMENT OF SHELBY DRIVE FROM JASPER PARK TO SHELBY POST TO A FOUR LANE MEDIAN DIVIDED ROADWAY, INCLUDING CURB, GUTTER, SIDEWALK, BIKE LANES AND BEALE STREET LIGHTING.

THE PROJECT LIMITS ARE SHOWN THERE ON THE VICINITY MAP, WITH JASPER PARK BEING THE WESTERN LIMIT ON THE LEFT AND SHELBY POST THE EASTERN LIMIT ON THE RIGHT. THIS IS THE LAST REMAINING TWO LANE SECTION OF SHELBY DRIVE FROM HOUSTON LEVEE TO HIGHWAY 72.

THE TOWN IS MANAGING ALL PHASES OF THE PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION.

THE TOWN IS BEING REIMBURSED 100% OF THE PROJECT EXPENDITURES, 80% BEING THROUGH THE MEMPHIS MPO.

THE FEDERAL FUNDING THROUGH THE MEMPHIS MPO AND THE STATE IS PUTTING UP 20%.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND DESIGN PHASES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION PHASE.

IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, PORTIONS OF 15 PROPERTIES ALONG THE PROJECT LIMITS NEED TO BE ACQUIRED.

APPRAISALS OF THE AREAS TO BE ACQUIRED HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED TO T-DOT FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRIOR TO MAKING OFFERS TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

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TO DATE, ONE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED THAT BEING WITH THE WOODLAWN HOA AND THAT'S WHAT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN RED THERE ON THE SLIDE, AND IT STRADDLES WOODLAWN LANE.

NEGOTIATIONS ARE CONTINUING WITH THE REMAINING PROPERTY'S PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE REMAINING PROPERTIES.

AGAIN, THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY WOODLAWN HOA AND IS REFERRED TO AS TRACT 11 IN THE PROJECT DOCUMENTS.

THE AREA TO BE ACQUIRED IS MADE UP OF 4093FT² OF RIGHT OF WAY, HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.

506FT² OF PERMANENT DRAINAGE EASEMENTS HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE.

619FT² OF PERMANENT SLOPE EASEMENT, WHICH IS HIGHLIGHTED IN ORANGE AND 1160FT² OF TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION.

TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT SHOWN IN GREEN.

IN ADDITION TO THE PROPERTY, THE APPRAISAL ALSO INCLUDES AN ALLOWANCE FOR LOSS OF TREES AND LANDSCAPING THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAD HAD ALSO INSTALLED THE TOWN'S APPRAISER APPRAISED THE PROPERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENTS AT $85,207.

AFTER THE AFTER APPRAISAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY T DOT, THE TOWN'S NEGOTIATOR MADE THE OFFER TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON JUNE 10TH, AND THAT OFFER WAS ACCEPTED ON JULY 2ND. HERE'S A COUPLE OF PHOTOS ON THE EXCUSE ME, EXISTING CONDITIONS. THE ONE ON THE LEFT BEING WESTBOUND SHELBY DRIVE AT WOODLAWN, AND THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS AT WOODLAWN LOOKING BACK TO THE EAST.

THE BOTTOM PHOTO IS JUST SHOWING A TYPICAL CROSS SECTION OF THE WHAT THE FINISHED PRODUCT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

MOVING FORWARD, ASSUMING THE BMA APPROVAL OF THIS PURCHASE.

A CLOSING DATE WILL BE SET. A WARRANTY DEED AND A GRANT OF EASEMENTS DOCUMENT WILL BE PREPARED AND RECORDED AFTER CLOSING.

NEGOTIATIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND AS AGREEMENTS ARE REACHED, WE'LL BRING THOSE BACK TO THE BMA FOR APPROVAL.

AND THE GOAL IS TO RECEIVE RIGHT OF WAY CERTIFICATION CERTIFICATION FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT BY MARCH OF 27, AND THEN MOVE INTO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE LATER THAT YEAR, EITHER LATE SUMMER TO EARLY FALL OF 27.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS PURCHASE, AND AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, IT IS 100% REIMBURSABLE.

THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, MR. WALTON. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION, PLEASE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND. 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 FRASER.

YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS A WAIVER FROM THE DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR ROCK MULCH AT 901 BULL.

[9.B Waiver from the Design Guidelines for Rock Mulch at 901 Bowl, Case #260765]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND BOARD. THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM IS TO REQUEST APPROVAL OF A WAIVER FROM THE DESIGN GUIDELINES RELATED TO THE USE OF ROCK MULCH FOR A MULTI-TENANT COMMERCIAL BUILDING LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 72, JUST SOUTH OF HARRIS STREET.

THE APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNER IS MR. JOSE FLORES, REPRESENTED TONIGHT BY HIS SON, JOSE FLORES JR.

SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ZONED GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND IS SURROUNDED BY GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING TO THE EAST SHOPPING CENTER COMMERCIAL TO THE WEST AND SOUTH AND R-3 ZONING TO THE NORTH. SO ON JULY 9TH, THE PLANNING STAFF AND THE DRC.

THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION DID NOT RECOMMEND THE WAIVER FOR ROCK MULCH.

THE REASON IS THAT LARGE EXPANSE OF ROCK MULCH RESEMBLING RIPRAP NEAR THE FRONT ENTRANCES OF THE BUILDING DOES NOT MEET THE INTENT OF THE DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR GROUND COVER MATERIAL. SO, THE APPLICANT ARGUES USING ROCK MULCH IS MORE EFFECTIVE AND EASIER TO MAINTAIN FOR PREVENTING MOISTURE AND FOR CONTROLLING MOSQUITOES, WHICH HAS BEEN A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN, ACCORDING TO MR. FLORES. SO AS A BIT OF BACKGROUND, THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING IS WITHIN THE CONQUEST FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, APPROVED IN 1998. SO DURING A RECENT SITE INSPECTION, STAFF OBSERVED LARGE ROCKS AND A LETTER WAS SENT TO THE APPLICANT TO

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BUT THE USE OF ROCK MULCH REQUIRES A WAIVER FROM THIS BOARD.

SO THE DESIGN GUIDELINES ESSENTIALLY SAY PERVIOUS AREA SHALL BE COVERED WITH PLANTINGS SOD NATURAL MULCH AND NOT EXPOSED GRAVEL OR ROCKS. SO PERVIOUS PAVEMENT AND CONCRETE MAY BE CONSIDERED, BUT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.

SO ALTERNATIVES TO ROCK MULCH MAY INCLUDE. A COMBINATION OF USING CONCRETE PAVERS ON A SLOPE WHICH IS SHOWN IN THE FIRST PICTURE. INSTALLING FRENCH DRAINS, RAISING PLANT BEDS AND USING SMALLER STONES IN LIMITED AREAS TO PREVENT MOISTURE.

AND THE MOSQUITO ISSUE THAT THE APPLICANT IS SAYING.

SO IN THE PAST, THE OTHER SITES HAVE REQUESTED WAIVERS FOR ROCK MULCH AND.

THESE INCLUDE HAMPTON IN SOUTHERN SECURITY AND GLAD.

EXPRESS. SO HAMPTON IN WAS REQUIRED TO USE NON-FLAMMABLE MULCH NEAR THE EFFORTS OF THE.

THE WALL PANELS TO REDUCE FIRE RISK. SO FOR SOUTHERN AND SOUTHERN SECURITY AND GLIDE EXPRESS.

THE DRC DENIED THE WAIVERS DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF ROCKS AS SHOWN ON YOUR SCREEN.

SO THEY EVENTUALLY WITHDREW THEIR REQUEST AND THEY DID NOT GO TO THE BMA FOR A FINAL DECISION.

SO IN LATE 2024, THE DRC RECOMMENDED AND THE BMA APPROVED THE WAIVER FOR ROCK MULCH FOR THE WATER TOWER DISTRICT IN SCHILLING FARMS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTO, THEY USE SMALLER BLUE RIVER STONES WITH METAL EDGING AND LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN 75FT² TO MEET THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AND TO ADDRESS THE WATER RUNOFF FROM THE BUILDING EAVES.

SO AS MENTIONED STAFF CAN RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS PROPOSED.

SO SAMPLE MOTION IS ON YOUR SCREEN. IF THE WAIVER GETS DENIED, THE ROCK MUST BE REPLACED WITH NATURAL MULCH OR SOD, OR THE PROPERTY OWNER WILL BE CITED TO COURT.

SO THIS ENDS STAFF PRESENTATION AND AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? DO YOU KNOW MARIA THE IT'S SOMETHING ABOUT NO MORE THAN 75FT².

HOW MUCH HOW MANY SQUARE FEET OF THE ROCK MULCH DID THEY INSTALL AT THIS TIME? SO FROM THIS PHOTO, THE STAFF DIDN'T ACTUALLY MEASURE.

BUT FROM THE PHOTO THAT YOU CAN SEE, IT'S QUITE EXTENSIVE.

LIKE ALL OF THE PLANTERS, ALMOST ALL OF THE PLANTERS HAS BEEN COVERED BY THESE LARGE ROCKS.

AND THAT'S THROUGH THE ACROSS THE ENTIRE BUILDING.

CORRECT? YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE APPLICANT IS HERE.

WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION? THANK YOU SIR. IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.

SURE. MY NAME IS JOSE FLORES JUNIOR. OUR ADDRESS IS 440 HIGHWAY 72, COLLIERVILLE.

SO WE'RE RIGHT BEHIND THE NINJA GYM AND ALL THAT.

I'M ALSO REPRESENTING 901 THERAPY AND 901 GYMNASTICS AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE THREE BUSINESSES WITHIN THAT BUILDING.

WHEN WE TOOK OVER THE BUILDING, THE SOD WAS NOT DRAINING PROPERLY AND IT WAS PULLING A LOT OF WATER AFTER RAIN SINCE THE FRONT'S NOT ACTUALLY COVERED AND THAT WAS CREATING MOSQUITO INFESTATIONS. WE PRETTY MUCH HAVE A SAMPLE OF EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT COMES TO THAT BUILDING FOR ONE REASON OR THE OTHER. WE HAVE SAINT JUDE PATIENTS, LITTLE KIDS, OLDER, OLDER FOLK PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY.

MY FAMILY HAS DONE A LOT OF INVESTMENT INTO THIS BUILDING, AND WE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING QUICK SO THAT WE WEREN'T RAISING A HEALTH CONCERN.

WE DO HAVE OTHER RENOVATIONS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH WITH THIS BUILDING AS WELL.

WE'VE BEEN QUOTED FOR A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE ROOF SINCE IT'S LEAKING RIGHT NOW. WE ALSO NEED TO REPAVE THE PAVEMENT SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T TRIP AND FALL. SO WE ARE REQUESTING A WAIVER FOR THE MULCH.

AND IF NOT, WE'D LIKE TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME TO GET SOME LEGAL REPRESENTATION, MAYBE GIVE OUR ARGUMENT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

WHAT WAS THE LAST COMMENT? I'M SORRY. OH, TO WE ALSO, IF WE CAN'T GET THE WAIVER TODAY, WE'D LIKE TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF ALLOWANCE FOR TIME TO FIND SOME LEGAL REPRESENTATION SO THAT MAYBE THEY CAN MAKE OUR CASE KNOWN A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN I CAN.

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SO ARE ARE YOU SAYING I KNOW STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT YOU MODIFY THE DESIGN? ARE YOU SAYING ARE YOU ALL WILLING TO DO THAT OR ARE YOU NOT WILLING TO DO THAT? WE WOULD PREFER NOT TO, BUT WE ARE WILLING TO IF THE CITY TELLS US THAT WE HAVE TO.

SO YOU'RE WILLING TO MAKE A CHANGE TO THE ROCK MULCH TO ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STAFF? IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE SOME TIME SINCE WE'RE TRYING TO DO ALL THESE OTHER RENOVATIONS RIGHT NOW AS WELL.

SO THE PRIORITY YOUR PRIORITY IS THE ROOF AT THIS POINT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WHAT ARE THE MODIFICATIONS, MR..

ALDERMAN? JORDAN? WHAT OTHER WHAT OTHER MODIFICATIONS WOULD YOU DO IF THIS IS NOT APPROVED? CHANGE THE DESIGN. YOU THINK WHATEVER DESIGN, YOU CHANGE IT ELIMINATE THE ACCUMULATION OF WATER IN THAT AREA.

IT DID. SO WHEN WE PUT THE ROCK MULCH DOWN, WE STOPPED SEEING PRETTY MUCH ANY BREEDING OF MOSQUITOES.

I HAVEN'T BEEN, BUT ONCE THIS YEAR I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THEY WOULD WANT TO DO WITH IT, BUT WE WOULD DEFINITELY GO THROUGH THE GUIDELINES.

THIS IS OUR FIRST BUILDING THAT WE'VE OWNED IN COLLIERVILLE, SO WE WEREN'T QUITE AWARE OF THE PROCESS HERE.

SO YOUR FAMILY OWNS THE WHOLE BUILDING BUT THERE'S TWO OTHER BUSINESSES THERE.

YES, MA'AM. WE OWN THE BUSINESSES AS WELL, SO I'M THE MANAGER AND OWNER OF 901 THERAPY.

WE DO OT AND SPEECH THERAPY FOR NEURODIVERGENT CHILDREN.

AND THEN MY MOTHER RUNS GYMNASTICS AND THEN MY MOM AND MY FATHER, THEY RUN THE 901 BOWL AND I HELP OUT WITH THE MANAGEMENT THERE.

WOW. A LOT OF A LOT OF DIVERSIFICATION. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, I SUPPOSE I HAVE ONE.

IF IF WE IF WE DO VOTE TO DENY THE WAIVER, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE TIME TO, YOU KNOW, SEE TO THE ROOF BEFORE THEY COME BACK TO THIS ROCK MULCH? OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO HAVE DONE, YOU KNOW, IN 30 DAYS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME? I MEAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH THE APPLICANT ON THAT.

I WILL SAY THAT I BELIEVE THIS WAIVER WAS ORIGINALLY APPLIED FOR IN 2026.

I MEAN, APRIL OF THIS YEAR. SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH THE APPLICANT ON A TIME FRAME THAT THAT WORKS FOR THEM.

THANK YOU. I GOT ONE OF THEM. HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO A LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR ON ANY DISADVANTAGES OF DOING ROCK MULCH OR ADVANTAGES? DISADVANTAGES. I HAVE NOT. THIS IS JUST I DID YOU YOU GUYS HAVE AS FAR AS YOU THINK THIS WOULD KEEP THE MOISTURE OUT.

IS THAT RIGHT? IF YOU DO A ROCK MARK. BUT I'M ASKING, DID YOU CONSULT WITH THE CONTRACTOR FIRST, OR ARE YOU JUST AN IDEA? YOU GOT THAT? YOU THINK THIS WOULD FIX IT FOR WHAT WE HAVE THERE NOW? YEAH. SO I BELIEVE THAT MY PARENTS HAVE DONE IN SOME OF THEIR OTHER BUSINESSES AND OTHER TOWNS.

AND IT WORKED. AND THIS HAS BEEN WORKING. IT'S BEEN HAVING ITS INTENDED EFFECT KEEPING THE MOSQUITOES AWAY.

OKAY. SO YOU PREFER TO HAVE THE ROCK MULCH, RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALDERMAN ROBBINS, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD FROM THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION PERSPECTIVE? YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE DILEMMA YOU'RE IN.

I REALLY DO, AND I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF NOT KNOWING FULLY HOW TO HANDLE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, AND TOWN OF COLLIERVILLE IS NOT THE THE LOWER STANDARDS.

AND IT'S FOR A REASON. RIGHT? WE WANT TO MAKE SURE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DRC AND MY REPRESENTATION, WE HOLD PEOPLE TO A HIGH ENOUGH STANDARD SO THAT WE ALL DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD.

WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT. BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE BUILDING.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BIG BUILDING, A BIG UNDERTAKING.

MY PERSONAL LIFE. I'VE INSPECTED THAT ROOF THE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS AND THINGS.

I'M PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THAT BUILDING. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TOUGH SITUATION.

YOU KNOW, I HATE THAT THAT YOU'RE IN THIS SPOT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE GOOD CARE OF THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU. WOULD THAT BE THAT ONE? YES, SIR.

SO WHAT DID THE DESIGN REVIEW CONCLUDE ON THIS? THEY DID NOT RECOMMEND THEY DID NOT RECOMMEND THE WAIVER.

AND SO HE CAME TO THE BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.

OKAY. SO THE MOTION IS WRITTEN TO GRANT A WAIVER.

SO IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION IS THIS ALWAYS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

AND THEN WE CAN VOTE. SO WOULD ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE APPLICANT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. BOARD. IS THERE A MOTION, PLEASE? WELL, FOR THE POINT OF GETTING IT ON, I MAKE A MOTION.

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IS THERE A SECOND ALDERMAN? VICE MAYOR? STAMPS HAS A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH. THIS IS THIS IS A TOUGH SITUATION.

AND I FEEL FOR THE APPLICANT. I MEAN, I REALLY DO, BUT OUR GUIDELINES ARE THERE FOR A REASON.

THIS IS A HUGE ASK FOR A WAIVER. I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.

AND IT'S A TOUGH SITUATION AND I'M VERY SYMPATHETIC ON IT ALL. BUT I JUST IF WE IF WE GRANTED A WAIVER, IT WOULD OPEN UP A DOOR TO SO MANY OTHER THINGS.

THE BUSINESSES THAT WE'VE, THAT WE'VE HAD TO, TO DENY THINGS LIKE THIS BEFORE.

SO. SO ANYWAY, JUST JUST FOR DISCUSSION. THAT'S WHERE MY THOUGHTS ARE.

THANK YOU. OKAY. SO, SO THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU GO WITH ANOTHER DESIGN, IT STILL CAN TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM HE'S HAVING.

RIGHT? IF YOU GO WITH ANOTHER. YEAH, HE WOULD NEED TO COME BACK WITH A DIFFERENT MATERIAL THAT COMPLIES WITH THE ORDINANCE.

OKAY. WHETHER IT'S A FRENCH DRAINS OR SMALLER STONES OR THOSE BLUE STONES LOOKED GOOD TO ME.

BUT I DON'T KNOW COST WISE HOW MUCH HOW MUCH THOSE ARE.

SO HE WANTS THESE LARGE WHITE STONES, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, MISS SIMON? IF YOU'LL CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. MR. JORDAN? NO.

MISS MARSHALL. NO. MR. STAMPS. NO. MR. ROBBINS.

NO. MR. HALL. NO. MAYOR FRASER. NO. THAT'S BEEN DENIED.

THANK YOU. WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. MY PRIOR LIFE, I WAS.

I CALLED MYSELF THE COUPON QUEEN AT AT FUN QUEST.

SO THAT'S A LONG TIME AGO. SO, LIKE ALDERMAN ROBERTS ROBBINS, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT BUILDING, AND WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR REINVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

[9.C Street Selection List for Fiscal Year 2027 Repaving Program]

AND CLAY TICER, OUR ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, HAS OUR PRESENTATION.

MR. TICER. THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM IS TO GET APPROVAL FOR THE STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THE FY 27 RESURFACING PROGRAM.

SIMILAR TO YEARS PAST. PRESIDENT. COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS, WANTS, NEEDS AGE OF THE AGE DETERIORATION, YOU KNOW, CONDITION AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MEETING WITH TOWN WORKERS IN OUR STREETS AND DRAINAGE, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THEY WORKING? WHERE ARE THEY SEEING PROBLEMS? SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE COMPILED THIS LIST. AND THEN SAME WITH SEVERAL, THE, THE, THE OTHER YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT IN TWO DIFFERENT PHASES. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FALL PROJECT.

THE LAURELS WAS ON OUR ALTERNATIVE LAST YEAR.

WE DID NOT MAKE IT THAT FAR. SO THEY'RE ON THE TOP OF THE LIST THIS YEAR.

WOLF RIVER RANCH PHASE FOUR. THAT'S ANOTHER AREA THAT'S JUST DETERIORATING.

A LOT OF DEPRESSED AREAS OVER SOME OF OUR UTILITIES, BROKEN UP SPOTS A LOT OF ALLIGATOR CRACKING SOUTH RIDGE SUBDIVISION.

SAME WITH, WITH THE OTHERS DETERIORATED SPOTS.

THERE'S ACTUALLY SECTIONS OF WOLF SOUTH RIDGE THAT, THAT HAVE GRAVEL IN THE, IN THE INTERSECTIONS FROM THE DETERIORATION LONGWOOD DRIVE THAT WAS ACTUALLY PAVED ROUGHLY TEN YEARS AGO. AND IT WASN'T A YEAR AFTER IT WAS PAVED THAT WE STARTED PATCHING ON IT.

SO IT'S PROBABLY GOT OVER 100 PATCHES ON IT NOW.

SO WE WANT TO GO IN AND GET IT BACK TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

AND THEN ON THE SPRING PROJECT. MAPLE BEND SUBDIVISION OFF OF A REALLY BAD DETERIORATED A LOT OF GRAVEL.

BAILEY STATION SUBDIVISION. SAME THING. A LOT OF DEPRESSED AREAS.

A LOT OF GRAVEL COMING THROUGH WHERE IT'S DETERIORATED. SHEA GARDENS BASICALLY JUST A LOT OF UTILITY TRENCH FAILURES WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF SUNKEN AREAS, A LOT OF BROKEN UP AREAS. AND SAME WITH HARVEST OAKS, CHESTNUT HILL AND THE FLEMING ROAD AREA.

JUST IN REALLY BAD SHAPE. AND IT NEEDS TO BE, NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED.

SHELBY DRIVE THE PLAN WITH THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THEIR ENGINEERING DID PROGRESS SHOWED UP TO SHELBY DRIVE SHELBY DRIVES GETTING FIXED FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO WE JUST WANTED TO KNOCK OUT THAT LITTLE SECTION BETWEEN THOSE TWO SO THEY CAN KIND OF WEATHER AT THE SAME AGE AND NEED TO BE UPGRADED AT THE SAME TIME IN THE FUTURE. AND THEN POWELL ROAD FROM PETERSON LAKE TO VALHALLA, SAME SITUATION.

JUST NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED. STARTING TO STARTING TO GET PRETTY DETERIORATED.

AND OUR ALTERNATIVE STREETS ARE IT'S GREEN HILL SUBDIVISION LAST YEAR WITH OUR ADA ADA RAMPS.

WE REPLACED OR UPGRADED THE ONES WHERE GREEN HILLS CONNECTS INTO POWELL.

SO NOW WE JUST WANT TO GO BACK AND UPGRADE IT AND PATCH IT.

I HAVE A PROPOSED MOTION TO ACCEPT THE STREETS AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

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SO THE, THE COMPANY THAT WE WENT INTO BUSINESS WITH WAS RE S ROADWAY ASSET SERVICES.

SO THEY CAME IN AND DID OUR ASSESSMENT, THE ROAD ASSESSMENT WHERE YOU SAW THE VANS, THEY DID THAT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.

THEY TOOK ALL THAT DATA AND THEY'RE STARTING TO COMPILE IT INTO THEIR PROGRAM.

WE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING WITH THEM THURSDAY, AND THEY ARE TELLING US THAT WE SHOULD BE LIVE BY THANKSGIVING.

SO ANY FUTURE LIST THAT WE BRING FORWARD WILL BE WITH, WITH THAT DATA THAT THEY HAVE COLLECTED.

OKAY. SO THIS ONE, THE STREETS YOU HAVE NOW COMPILED BEFORE YOU START USING THE MACHINE, RIGHT? THAT'S BEFORE YOU USE THE MACHINE. YES, SIR. IT'S THE LAST ONE BEFORE THE MACHINES. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO, ALDERMAN ROBBINS, I ACTUALLY JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO THANK YOU GUYS.

YOU KNOW, THE OTHER DAY I KNOW A CITIZEN MENTIONED A POTHOLE, AND I NEVER IMAGINED THAT YOU GUYS WOULD FIX THAT IN 40 MINUTES.

AND AND THAT IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT'S OUR STREETS AND DRAINAGE. YOU GUYS MADE US LOOK PRETTY AWESOME OUT THERE. AND YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB. I MEAN, THE HOMEOWNER WAS SHOCKED. SO THANK YOU. YEAH THEY DO A GOOD JOB.

SO I'LL MENTION IT TO HIM, PLEASE. YEAH. PASS THAT ALONG. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

YES. SO WHEN YOU SCHEDULE THESE FOR PAVING, DO YOU HAVE A NOTIFICATION.

DO YOU PUT OUT DOES THAT JUST COME FROM THE TOWN OR TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE START THE PROCESS.

YEAH. WHEN THE PROCESS STARTS WILL THERE BE NOTIFICATION LIKE WHAT NOTIFICATION IS TYPICALLY GET WITH JENNIFER AND WE'LL PUT THE MAPS OUT OR THE LIST OUT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND KIND OF THE TIME FRAME OF WHEN THEY CAN BE LOOKING AT THINGS.

AND WE TRY TO UPDATE IT AS WE'RE GOING ALONG, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEEN FINISHED, WHAT'S COMING UP, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A THREE STEP PROCESS FOR EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU KNOW, THEY COME IN AND PATCH AND THEN THEY MIGHT DISAPPEAR FOR A MONTH AND THEN COME BACK AND DO THE MILLING AND THEN DISAPPEAR AGAIN AND COME BACK. SO WE TRY TO KEEP THEM AS UP TO DATE AS WE CAN.

BUT NOT EVERYBODY'S ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO I DO GET A LOT OF PHONE CALLS ABOUT WHERE WE ARE, WHAT'S GOING ON, WHY IS THIS STUFF? WHY WERE THEY HERE YESTERDAY? AND THEY'RE GONE. SO WE TRY TO LET THEM KNOW AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND AS OFTEN AS WE CAN.

AND THE TOTAL BUDGET THAT WE ADOPTED THIS YEAR FOR PAVING WAS $4,039,500, WHICH IS MORE THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST.

SO I'M SURE WE WILL GET OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE TOWN WILL PUBLICIZE THE LIST OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE LIST OF STREETS.

AND THEN HOW SOON WILL THIS PROCESS START? WELL, ONCE WE GET ONCE WE GET APPROVED FOR THE LIST, THEN IT WILL GO OUT FOR BUDGET. AND THEN WE WILL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU.

OKAY. WITH WHO WINS THE BUDGET, WINS THE BID, AND THEN WE'LL START FROM THERE AND THEN WE'LL GET TO WORK.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION, PLEASE? MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSED LIST OF STREETS SELECTED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027.

STREET PAVING REPAVING PROJECT. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, MISS DYMOND, IF YOU'LL CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. MISS MARSHALL? YES. MR. STAMPS? YES. MR. ROBBINS. YES. MR. HALL. YES. MR.. JORDAN. YES.

MAYOR. FRASER. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS A SOLE SOURCE AGREEMENT FOR RECYCLABLE MATERIAL PROCESSING SERVICES.

[9.D Sole Source Agreement for Recyclable Material Processing Services]

MR. RUSSELL. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND GOOD EVENING.

AS YOU MENTIONED, THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM IS TO APPROVE A SOLE SOURCE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROCESSING OUR SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING MATERIAL COLLECTED BY OUR SANITATION DIVISION. JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY ON THIS SERVICE, SINCE 2019, WE HAVE TAKEN OUR MATERIAL TO HENDERSON, TENNESSEE, WITH AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH WEST TENNESSEE RECYCLING CENTER.

I PULLED SOME ROUGH NUMBERS THE OTHER DAY, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT SINCE WE WE PREVIOUSLY WERE WITH FC ARE WHAT USED TO BE RE COMMUNITY.

BUT SINCE WE'VE BEEN WITH WEST TENNESSEE, WE'VE WE'VE SAVED NEARLY $1.5 MILLION IN PROCESSING FEES IN SEVEN YEARS.

SO I THINK THAT THE. WE TAKE RECYCLING VERY SERIOUS AND I THINK THAT WAS REALLY GOOD FOR US.

UNFORTUNATELY, WEST TENNESSEE HAS BEEN STRUGGLING.

THEY'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH OPERATIONS THEIR EQUIPMENT, THEY WENT IN AND HAD A BUNCH OF ROBOTS PUT IN BACK LAST YEAR.

AND THEY'VE CONTINUED TO HAVE ISSUES. THEY, THEY DEPEND ON PRISON TRUSTEES, LABOR, AND THEY'RE NOT HAVING ANY LUCK.

AND SO WE'VE, OUR, OUR HANDS ARE BEING FORCED BECAUSE RECYCLING IS IMPORTANT TO OUR RESIDENTS.

[00:45:04]

WE WE HAVE NO CHOICE. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S $150 MORE PER TON TO PROCESS AT F, C R VERSUS WEST TENNESSEE.

AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GO INTO A LONG TERM AGREEMENT WITH US. AND PERSONALLY, WE DIDN'T REALLY EITHER AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE WE'RE HOPING THAT WEST TENNESSEE WILL WILL FIX THEIR OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES.

THAT BEING SAID, THEY WANTED TO GO BY MONTH BY MONTH AGREEMENT, AND OUR PROCUREMENT DIVISION WAS ONLY COMFORTABLE GOING WITH A THREE MONTH CAP AGREEMENT.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS MOTION, WHICH I DON'T HAVE AND I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT WASN'T REALLY NECESSARY.

BUT THE MOTION IS TO TO APPROVE A THREE MONTH AGREEMENT, 90 DAY AGREEMENT WITH THEM.

AND IT'S IT'S PROVIDED ON YOUR BOARD REPORT FOR YOUR VIEW.

BUT I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ISSUE WE'RE HAVING.

AND I AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE CONTINUE RECYCLING WHATEVER COST IT MAY BE.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE. I IF IF, IF, IF WEST TENNESSEE DOES NOT FIX THEIR CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, WE COULD LOOK AT A 300% INCREASE IN PROCESSING FEES.

AND I THINK, I THINK THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT FOR US BECAUSE WE WERE NOT PREPARED FOR THAT.

WE JUST FIGURED OUT IN MAY THAT THEY WERE WERE NO LONGER WILLING TO TAKE OUR MATERIALS.

SO ANYWAY, ANY ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM.

THANK YOU, MR. RUSSELL. ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL DO.

ROBBINS. HEY, JOSH. THE. IF THE MONTH TO MONTH.

THE THREE MONTH AGREEMENT. IF AT THE END OF THREE MONTHS, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN PROCESSING YOUR RECYCLING ANYMORE.

WHAT WOULD WE DO? WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT ALL THAT? WELL, I THINK. WE'RE. WELL, WE'RE IT'S OKAY. I, I BELIEVE THAT.

LET ME SAY THIS. FXR PROVIDES SERVICES TO EVERY OTHER MUNICIPALITY IN THIS AREA.

OKAY. OKAY. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TELL US THAT THEY I THINK IT'S THEY'RE WANTING TO LOOK AT OUR MATERIAL AND SEE HOW CLEAN IT IS.

THEY MIGHT ADJUST WHAT OUR VOLUMES ARE. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY NO.

OKAY. MY TRUE HOPE IS THAT WEST TENNESSEE FIGURES IT OUT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A REALLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THEM.

AND O. T DECK HAS HELPED THEM A LOT WITH THEIR OPERATIONS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK THE WORST PROBLEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS A BUDGET.

AMENDMENT IS COMING. YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAY THAT WE CAN'T ABSORB $300,000 EXTRAS IN PROCESSING FEES, WE WEREN'T PREPARED FOR THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE WORST CASE SCENARIO. AND MAYOR AND BOARD.

MEMBERS. I ALSO THINK THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, IN OUR CONVERSATION THIS YEAR WHEN WE RAISED THE, THE SOLID WASTE FEE, WE HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT RECYCLING AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HAVING TO DO SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE TO ADDRESS THE INCREASE IN RECYCLING COST.

AND, AND THAT WAS BEFORE WE KNEW ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION.

SO I DO THINK THAT IN THE COMING MONTHS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME MORE SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RECYCLING AND WHAT THE IMPACT TO OUR BUDGET AND OUR OPERATIONS LOOKS LIKE. BUT BUT I THINK THIS IS NECESSARY THIS EVENING TO GET US THROUGH FOR THE TIME BEING.

HOPEFULLY IN THREE MONTHS WE CAN WE REASSESS AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.

HOPEFULLY OUR PRIOR SITUATION WORKS ITSELF OUT AND IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME TOUGH CONVERSATIONS.

AND IN THIS AGREEMENT, I'LL ADD THAT AT 60 DAYS, IF CR WANTS TO MEET WITH US AND AND SAY, HERE'S WHERE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T WORK.

I DON'T FORESEE ANY ISSUES. WE USED TO TAKE OUR MATERIAL THERE.

WE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THEM. THE REASON WE LEFT THEM WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS A COST SAVING VENDOR OUT THERE THAT CAME UP SO WELL WHEN SOME MOLLY'S POINT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY KNEW THERE WAS A POTENTIAL ISSUE THAT WE WERE FACING AND, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO IT'S INTO, YOU KNOW, MISS MISSY MARSHALL AS WELL.

SO YEAH. YEAH. WELL, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS SITUATION IS ISOLATED JUST TO WEST TENNESSEE.

I MEAN, THERE'S A STATEWIDE SOLID WASTE TASK FORCE THAT'S LOOKING AT A STATEWIDE PLAN.

AND THERE ARE LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS TAKING PLACE ON SUPPORT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT I KNOW WEST TENNESSEE'S RECYCLING CENTERS HAVE A LOT OF TURNOVER WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP AND THEN THE SUPPORT. AND SO MY QUESTION IS THE, THE VENDOR, THE PROVIDER THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW WHEN YOU USED BEFORE, WHAT WAS THE CONTAMINATION RATE LIKE? IS IT WHAT DID THEY HIT US FOR WHEN WE WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE TO BE HONEST.

I WAS ACTUALLY IN SANITATION WHEN, YOU KNOW, 2019, BILL KING WAS STILL HERE THERE TOWARDS THE END.

THEY REALLY GOT STRICT. PART OF THE REASON WHY FINANCIALLY, OBVIOUSLY WE FOUND ANOTHER OPTION,

[00:50:06]

THEY WERE PRETTY STRICT WITH CONTAMINATION. AND THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE, JUST TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

I MEAN, I THINK OUR RESIDENTS SHOULD BE EDUCATED MORE ABOUT WHAT IS AND IS NOT RECYCLABLE IN WEST TENNESSEE.

OBVIOUSLY, I MEAN, GLASS, WE COULDN'T TAKE GLASS ANYMORE BECAUSE OF WEST TENNESSEE.

I MEAN, I THINK THEY'RE MORE STRICT THAN THAN WHAT COMMUNITY WAS.

IT WAS JUST A MORE AFFORDABLE OPTION. AND THERE ARE SOME OPTIONS FOR THAT WHERE IF WE JUST PROVIDED A PLACE FOR THE GLASS TO BE TAKEN, THERE'S A COMPANY THAT WILL COME AND TAKE IT.

BUT I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE TO TAKE PLACE.

I MEAN, IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE'RE TAKING TOO MANY THINGS AND MAYBE LOOKING AT THE ITEMS THAT WE TAKE AND WHAT THEIR VALUE IS ON THE MARKET.

SO BUT IT'S UNFORTUNATE. YEAH. THE BIGGEST THING IS JUST WHATEVER IT COSTS RIGHT NOW, WE NEED TO AVOID PUTTING IT IN THE GROUND.

SO. RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION, PLEASE? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. THIS TIME, IF YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

MR. STAMPS? YES. MR. ROBBINS. YES. MR.. HALL.

NO. MR.. JORDAN. YES. MISS. MARSHALL. YES. MAYOR FRASER.

YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE LAST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS ORDINANCE 2020 603.

[8.G Ordinance 2026-03 – First Reading – An Ordinance to Amend Title VII: Traffic Code, Chapter 71 Traffic Regulations, § 71.15 Bicycle Riders and the Like; Chapter 72 Stopping, Yielding, and Parking, § 72.37 Where Prohibited and § 72.38 Restricted Parking in Residential Zones; Chapter 73: Motorcycles, ATV, and Motor Driven Cycles, §§ 73.01 Scope and Purpose Through 73.04 Exceptions; Title IX: General Regulations, Chapter 90 Public Parks and Facilities, § 90.04 Skateboards and the Like and § 90.05 Damaging Town Property; Chapter 92: Streets and Sidewalks, § 92.39 Driveways and Curb Cuts; Chapter 95: Health and Sanitation, § 95.11 Presence of Vehicles on Lawn a Public Nuisance; Title XI: Business Regulations; and, Chapter 110: Temporary Sales, Door-To-Door Solicitations, and the Like, § 110.22 Mobile Food Vending; Related to Various Topics]

THANK YOU. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I STOOD BEFORE YOU IN APRIL AND MAY WITH SOME SERIES OF CLEAN UP CHANGES TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

AND SO THIS IS A SIMILAR EFFORT, BUT WE'RE AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE SOME CLEANUP CHANGES TO THE TOWN CODE.

AND IN THIS CASE, I HEARD YOU SAY IN A WORK SESSION EARLIER TODAY, YOU HAD SOME INTEREST IN THE ORDINANCE.

I CAN TALK ABOUT MORE THAN E-BIKES. OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO JUST HEAR ABOUT E-BIKES TODAY? ON MY REQUEST, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE JUST DISCUSSING E-BIKES.

OKAY, I'LL KEEP MY PRESENTATION LIMITED TO THAT, ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS FOOD TRUCKS AND A LOT OF FUN THINGS WE'LL TALK ABOUT AT THE END HERE. PUBLIC HEARING. BUT THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE ORIGINATED IN THE E-BIKE PORTION.

OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT HEARD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE USE OF E-BIKES ON TRAILS AND PARKS.

E-BIKES GO ANYWHERE FROM LIKE 20 TO MAYBE 28MPH DEPENDING ON THEIR CLASS.

THEY'RE THREE CLASSES. AND THE PROXIMITY OF THOSE FAST MOVING VEHICLES TO PEDESTRIANS OR, OR BIKERS WAS A CONCERN.

AND THIS IS A CONCERN THAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE.

THERE WAS A STATE LAW THAT WAS ADOPTED EARLIER THIS YEAR AND EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST THAT MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE CLASS THREE E-BIKES, THE 28 MILES AN HOUR OR, OR, OR MORE ARE NOT ALLOWED.

OR, OR, OR PROHIBITED OR CAN BE PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.

AND THAT, THAT DRIVERS NEED TO BE 16 YEARS OLD OR OLDER.

SO THAT'S ALREADY ADDRESSED BY THE STATE LAW. THAT STATE LAW ALSO ALLOWS FOR, FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO ADDRESS CLASS ONE AND TWO E-BIKES, WHICH ARE 20MPH OR MORE. AND SO THERE'S A TABLE ON YOUR SCREEN THAT TRIES TO SUMMARIZE WHAT'S IN THE ORDINANCE THAT'S PENDING.

BEFORE YOU, I'LL TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT WHERE E-BIKES WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED, AND THEN I'LL SHARE WHERE THEY WHERE THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED.

SO WE IN THE ORDINANCE, IT, WE'RE INTRODUCING A TERM CALLED MICROMOBILITY DEVICES.

AND THAT'S AN UMBRELLA TERM THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF THINGS.

IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE ALL THREE CLASSES OF E-BIKES, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES THINGS LIKE SKATEBOARDS AND HOVERBOARDS.

SO YOU HAVE THIS UMBRELLA TERM. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ON.

OUR GREEN BELT SYSTEM WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ON PUBLIC SIDEWALKS.

THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ON LAWNS AND AT CERTAIN PUBLIC FACILITIES LIKE PARKS OR TOWN HALL.

SO THOSE, THOSE ARE THE PLACES WHERE YOU COULD NOT RIDE, RIDE THESE MICRO, MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES WHERE YOU COULD RIDE THEM AS ON A PUBLIC STREET. AND THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, IT WOULD BE A PUBLIC STREET WITH A POSTED SPEED OF 40MPH OR LESS.

AND THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE COULD DRIVE LIKE, LIKE A BICYCLE.

YOU COULD RIDE ON THE PUBLIC STREET, MAYBE PULL OFF TO THE RIGHT A LITTLE BIT AT TO BE OUT OF THE OUT OF TRAFFIC.

BUT YOU COULD RIDE IN A TRAVEL LANE AND ALSO ON BIKE LANES.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO, TWO SCENARIOS. AGAIN, CLASS THREE, THE STATE LAW ALREADY PROHIBITS OR SAYS THAT THOSE RIDERS HAVE TO BE 16 YEARS OLD OR OLDER, BUT WITH A CLASS ONE AND TWO, THE ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW DOESN'T HAVE ANY OTHER RESTRICTIONS.

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SOME CITIES HAVE HAVE LOOKED AT OTHER WAYS OF FURTHER LIMITING WHAT CAN HAPPEN WITH THE CLASS ONE AND TWO, BUT THAT THAT IS THE ORDINANCE THAT HAS BEEN DRAFTED.

I DID LOOK AT GERMANTOWN'S, BY THE WAY, THEIR WEBSITE IS ALSO SIMILAR TO WHAT I'VE DESCRIBED IN THE ORDINANCE THAT IS PENDING SOME OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE STATE.

IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE, THEY DO ALLOW CLASS ONE AND TWO ON GREENBELTS.

SOME RESTRICT THEM COMPLETELY FROM SIDEWALKS.

THERE ARE A VARIETY OF OPTIONS THAT THE BOARD COULD CHOOSE.

AND I'M PLEASED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND I KNOW THERE ARE FOLKS HERE IN THE ROOM THAT PARTICIPATED ON THAT ORDINANCE AS WELL.

POLICE, PARKS, LEGAL. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS? DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENTS MORE THAN THAN QUESTIONS, JAMIE. YOU KNOW, THE REQUEST TO PULL OFF OF CONSENT WAS REALLY IN RESPONSE TO A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC ITEMS. ONE, THE SPEED LIMIT OF 40MPH OR LESS. THE LACK OF AVAILABILITY TO RIDE IN OTHER AREAS SAFELY.

YOU KNOW, I THINK MY GOAL IN IN HAVING THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT IS TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE SO THAT IT DOES MOVE FORWARD, BUT POTENTIALLY WITH SOME PERSONAL FEELINGS ATTACHED TO IT IF IT BECOMES, YOU KNOW, AGREEABLE BECAUSE THIS IS AN ISSUE.

IT'S A MAJOR ISSUE AND IT'S GETTING WORSE QUICKLY.

AND CERTAINLY WE WANT TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBLE PATH OF CREATING SOME, YOU KNOW, OVERSIGHT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE SAFE AS THEY CAN BE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I WAS STRUGGLING WITH NOT BEING ABLE TO DO SOMETHING SAFELY SOMEWHERE.

AND SO YOU KNOW, AND, AND NOT HAVING TO WEAR HELMETS ON THESE AS WELL.

SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE REALLY MY COMMENTS TO OFFER.

I UNDERSTAND WHERE IT'S DRAFTED AND HOW, BUT HOPING THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DISCUSS SOME POTENTIAL ADJUSTMENTS.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I HAVE ONE, ALDERMAN JORDAN.

THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS WHO RIDE SCOOTERS. THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS WHO RIDE E-BIKES.

CLASS ONE THEY CAN'T RIDE ON THE SIDEWALK. THEY CAN'T RIDE THE GREENBELT.

THEY CAN'T RIDE A LAWN OF TOWN PARK AND SIMILAR FACILITY.

SO THE ONLY PLACE THEY CAN RIDE IS OUT THERE ON THE STREET, RIGHT? THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS DRAFTED. CORRECT. 40 MILES AN HOUR OR LESS.

MOST OF THE KIDS THAT RIDE THE CLASS ONE AND TWO, WHAT AGE GROUP ARE THEY? OH, I, I WOULD HAVE TO ASK PROBABLY EVERYBODY HERE.

WHAT WHAT DO YOU SEE? I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANY STATS ON IT.

I SEE KIDS RIDING AROUND THE BIKE RIDING THESE BIKES WHEN I'M ON MY LUNCH BREAK, OR I SEE THEM COMING THROUGH THE TOWN HALL PARKING LOT.

THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY'RE 16. I GUESS THEY WOULD BE DRIVING A CAR.

A LOT OF FAMILIES HAVE CARS HERE IN COLLIERVILLE.

FOR THEIR 16 YEAR OLD, PLUS KIDS. BUT THEY DO SEEM TO BE MIDDLE SCHOOL AGE OR YOUNGER.

AND I WOULD ASK, IS THAT WHAT Y'ALL ARE SEEING? IS THAT YOUR EXPERIENCE? IF YOU RIDE YOUR BIKE, JUST A REGULAR PEDAL BIKE, CAN YOU GO FASTER THAN 20MPH? ASK THAT QUESTION AGAIN. A REGULAR PEDAL BIKE.

I RESEARCHED THAT. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN. IT'S IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.

IF YOU'RE LIKE A PERFORMANCE ATHLETE. YOU MIGHT BREAK TEN.

SO JUST TO CONTRAST IT, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE REALLY BOOKING IT, YOU CAN BREAK TEN.

BUT I WOULD IF YOU'RE LEISURELY ON THE GREENBELT, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT DOING THAT.

AND SO IF YOU JUXTAPOSE A 20 OR 28 MILE AN HOUR VEHICLE NEXT TO A FIVE MILE, FIVE FIVE, FIVE MILE AN HOUR PERSON POWERED BIKE. THAT THAT'S REALLY THE CONCERN WITH THE GREENBELT.

WHAT'S CONCERNED FOR PEOPLE RIDING A BIKE ON THE SIDEWALK? WHAT'S THE MAJOR CONCERN WITH OUR GREEN BELTS? WE'RE WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE SOME GREAT GREEN BELTS 810FT WIDE.

ASPHALT SIDEWALKS ARE FIVE FEET. SOMETIMES MLG AND W PUTS A POLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.

SO YOU'VE GOT OBSTACLES. AND SO THE PROXIMITY OF A 2028 MILE AN HOUR VEHICLE TO A PEDESTRIAN OR THAT, THAT, THAT BIKER TRYING TO NAVIGATE OBSTACLES IS, IS THE CONCERN.

YEAH. THAT'S A HOT TOPIC, ISN'T IT? WELL, IT'S BEEN A HOT TOPIC AND I KNOW PEOPLE THAT USE THE GREENBELT ARE CONCERNED THEY'RE GETTING RUN OVER BY YOUTH WITH ON E-BIKES. AND THEN I'VE HEARD THERE'S SOME YOUTH THAT MODIFY THE CLASS TWO TO MAKE THEM GO EVEN FASTER.

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BUT WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR THOSE IF WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW E-BIKES, WHICH I MEAN, I GUESS WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO ALLOW E-BIKES, RIGHT? I'M LOOKING AT THE ATTORNEY. THANK YOU MAYOR.

THEORETICALLY, THEORETICALLY, IF THE TOWN WERE TO DETERMINE THAT IT WAS THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY, THAT THERE WAS NO NO PATH STREET, HIGHWAY TRAIL THAT ANY OF THESE E-BIKES COULD OPERATE ON, THEORETICALLY, THE TOWN COULD DETERMINE THAT IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY, WE'RE NOT ALLOWING THEM AT ALL.

AS A SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION. OKAY. SO WE COULD OUTLAW THAT, OR WE COULD TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR EVERYONE, FOR THOSE THAT NEED THAT HAVE THEM OR THEIR PARENTS ARE BUYING THEM FOR THEM.

AND WE TALKED IN A WORK SESSION BEFORE THAT. THERE'S A LOT OF MIDDLE SCHOOLERS THAT USE THESE AS A MODE OF TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL.

IS THERE A LAW? MAYBE IT'S CHIEF LANE. IS THERE A LAW NOW THAT HELMETS ARE REQUIRED ON ANY SORT OF BICYCLE? T. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. STATE LAW REQUIRES ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 16 TO WEAR A HELMET. SO UNDER THE AGE OF 16, STATE LAW REQUIRES TO WEAR A HELMET, WHETHER THEY'RE ON A PEDAL BIKE OR A SCOOTER OR AN E-BIKE.

ANY OF THAT? CORRECT. OKAY. OTHER COMMENTS. QUESTIONS.

AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DISCUSSION. BUT REALLY NOT ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY. SO AT THIS POINT TO MOVE THIS ALONG, SHOULD WE, WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE FURTHER AMENDMENTS.

AND AT A WORK SESSION OR THE NIGHT BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE CAN GATHER INPUT.

YES, MAYOR. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE BOARD TAKE ACTION ON THE FIRST READING THIS EVENING, AND THEN WE WILL SCHEDULE A WORK SESSION BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING ON AUGUST 10TH, WHICH IS ALSO THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO WE WILL GET ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM THE BOARD.

WE'LL DO SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH, PRESENT SOME OPTIONS TO YOU.

AUGUST 10TH. WE'LL GET INPUT AT THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT EVENING.

WE CAN CONTINUE TO MODIFY THE ORDINANCE UP UNTIL THE THIRD READING, WHICH IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 27TH AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. DOES THAT SOUND GOOD WITH EVERYONE? YEAH.

YOU KNOW, MY TRUE CONCERN IS TO AND I UNDERSTAND THE PATH I DO.

IT'S TO ACKNOWLEDGE I REALLY STRUGGLE TO ACCEPT 40 MILE PER HOUR STREETS AND PUT THAT INTO THE PUBLIC VIEW, KNOWING THAT I DON'T FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT. AND I, YOU KNOW, WOULD LOVE TO TO CONSIDER AT LEAST A PROPOSED MOTION TO TO ALTER THAT SPEED AS A PART OF THE APPROVAL.

IF WE IF I WERE TO MAKE A MOTION, THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD SAY.

I WOULD I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WAS CONTINGENT UPON ADJUSTING THE THE MILE PER HOUR REQUIREMENT.

AND IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, I GUESS I'M ASKING YOU IF WE CAN STILL BEING AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING AS OPPOSED TO TAKING IT AS WRITTEN TO THE NEXT STEP TO MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT NOW INSTEAD OF LATER, SO THAT IF, IF AND INEVITABLY THIS GOES AND IS PUBLISHED, THIS MEETING TONIGHT THAT WE HAVE NOT SAID IT'S OKAY TO RIDE ON POLYPORE.

YES, THAT IS ACCEPTABLE. OKAY, GREAT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, ALDERMAN MARSHALL, AND THIS WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING.

WILL THERE BE THERE'LL BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS AS WELL, BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO SECOND THE THE PUBLIC SAFETY INTEREST.

IT'S JUST TO YOUR POINT AND THE SPEED. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THESE YOUNG OPERATORS THAT DO NOT KNOW THE RULES OF THE ROAD.

AND JUST SO THAT THE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS AND THE PARENTS UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT.

IT'S IT'S IT'S ABOUT MAKING IT AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'LL BE A PUBLIC HEARING WHERE WE CAN TAKE COMMENT CARDS OR WHATEVER THE NEXT.

YES. MAYOR BOARD, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 10TH.

VICE MAYOR. AND JUST FOR THE SAKE OF CONVERSATION TOO, BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER, THAT THIS IS OUR TOWN IS GETTING AHEAD OF THIS BECAUSE THIS IS BECOMING A PROBLEM IN A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE VERY PROACTIVE ABOUT THIS.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION OF ALL OF THIS, TO LET THE GENERAL PUBLIC KNOW THAT THIS IS A CONCERN FOR ALL OF US.

SO THANK YOU. ONE QUESTION. I'M SORRY. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS WITHIN YOUR RESEARCH, BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT SOME OF THE STATISTICS WHERE YOU'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN TRAUMA. WE HAVE SOME OF THE ARTICLES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND REFERENCE THAT THE INCREASE IN TRAUMA CASES TO, TO THESE E-BIKES DEATHS THAT HAVE OCCURRED. I KNOW MOLLY, WE, THAT ONE IN SPRING HILL.

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YOU HAD BROUGHT SOME STATISTICS. MAYOR YOU BROUGHT SOME STATISTICS EARLIER.

ARE YOU ALLOWED TO SHARE THOSE NOW? DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE SHARING THEM NOW PUBLICLY OR IN THE MEETING WE HAD EARLIER TODAY, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. I WAS RAMBLING OFF STATISTICS.

YEAH. ABOUT THE STATISTIC STATISTICS. WELL ON ON OVERALL GROWTH OR TRAUMA, YOU KNOW.

YEAH, I WAS RAMBLING. OKAY. NEVER MIND. BUT YEAH, I THOUGHT IT WAS IT WAS ALDERMAN ROBIN.

SORRY. SORRY. IT WAS ME. I DO A LOT OF TALKING.

THE CONSUMER WAS A PRODUCT CONSUMER, QSPC WHATEVER.

ANYWAY, THEY WERE REFERENCING THE EVOLUTION FROM 2017 TO 2024 IN THE STUDY AND SHOWING THE NUMBER OF OF EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS AND DEATHS. AND IN 2017, 1819, IT WAS ABOUT 6800 TOTAL VISITS.

AND THEN IT JUMPED DRAMATICALLY. AND I THINK IN 2023, THERE WERE 39,000 VISITS TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

IN 2024, THERE WERE 59,000. THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 300 DEATHS.

I MEAN, IT'S IT'S PRETTY STAGGERING, YOU KNOW, AND THOSE TO YOUR POINT, THE THE TELEPHONE POLES IN THE MIDDLE OF A SIDEWALK, YOU KNOW, THESE DON'T MOVE AND PEOPLE ARE STILL HITTING THEM, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE CHILDREN WHO ARE OPERATING THEM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TOUGH THING.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT MAYBE PREPARED TO BE MOVING THAT FAST AND THINKING QUICKLY ON THEIR TOES.

SO IT'S TOUGH. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS FROM THIS SIDE? OKAY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? YEAH, I COULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE WITH THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE REFERENCE ON E-BIKES TO REQUIRE HELMETS FOR ALL PEOPLE, OPERATION ON 20 MILE PER HOUR ROADS OR LESS, AND CLASS ONE BEING ALLOWED ON SIDEWALKS.

SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAN I DO A QUESTION? YES. ALDERMAN JORDAN. NOW, THIS MOTION WON'T NEGATE US HAVING A WORK SESSION ON THIS.

NO, NO, THIS IS JUST TO GET IT TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

YES. MISS DIAMOND, IF YOU'LL CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

MR. ROBBINS? YES. MR. HALL. YES. MR.. JORDAN.

YES. MISS. MARSHALL. YES. MR.. STAMPS. YES. MAYOR.

FRASER. YES. THAT'S BEEN APPROVED. THANK YOU, MR. GROSS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND. IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE US THIS EVENING? NOTHING FURTHER. MAYOR. THANK YOU ALL. WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.