Feb 15, 2022 Special Session

[1) CALL TO ORDER Mayor Joe Pitts]

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OF THE CLARKSVILLE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.

COUNCILPERSON STREETMAN WILL SERVE AS CHAPLAIN.

COUNCILPERSON MARQUIS WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

>> STACEY STREETMAN: IF WE CAN START WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

WE HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES THAT NEED A LITTLE EXTRA PRAYER. SO TAKE A MOMENT AND GIVE THEM YOUR PRAYERS. OKAY, PLEASE JOIN ME AS I SAY THE OUR FATHER OUR LORD'S PRAYER.

OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME, THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN EVAN HEAVEN. GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US. AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL. THY IS THE KINGDOM AND HOUR OF THE GLORY. AMEN.

>> IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.

AMEN. >> I PLEDGE OF 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.

>> MEMBERS, PLEASE REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE.

MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE ROLL. CLERK CLERK ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RICHMOND, HOLLEMAN, ALLEN AND

REYNOLDS WHO ARE EXCUSED. >> THANK YOU.

[5) SPECIAL PRESENTATION]

JOIN ME PLEASE. >>MAYOR PITTS: PLEASE DON'T CRY BECAUSE I AM AN UGLY CRIER AND ADDRESS YOUR COLLEAGUES.

BITTERSWEET MOMENT BECAUSE SHE LEFT THE COUNCIL HAVING SERVED NOBLEABLY FOR THE LAST 13 MONTHS IN A CHANGE.

BUT IT IS SWEET, BECAUSE YOU ARE PURSUING THE CALL AND FOLLOWING YOUR PARTNER WHO IS SERVING OUR NATION AS PART OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY. AND SO WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR YOU AND YOUR SACRIFICE AND YOUR PARTNER'S SACRIFICE AND THAT WILL BE SERVING OUR NATION AND THAT IS WORTHY OF A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] SO IT IS MY HONOR TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU, COUNCILPERSON EVANS. IT IS A RECOGNITION OF HONOR IN HONOR OF YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY AS REPRESENTING WARD 11 ON THE THE CLARKSVILLE CITY COUNCIL.

I WILL NOT READ THE ENTIRE THING BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY YOUR SERVICE.

YOUR PASSION CLEARLY SHOWS THROUGH.

AND IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR FOR ALL OF US TO SERVE WITH YOU.

SO THANK YOU. AND I PRESENT THIS TO YOU ON BEHALF OF YOUR COLLEAGUES ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE 1 160,000 PEOPLE THAT CALL THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY HOME.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I.

>>MAYOR PITTS: I INVITE TO YOU SAY SOME REMARKS.

>> NOW I AM GETTING SHAKY. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THE PROCLAMATION. THIS WONDERFUL PIECE OF PAPER I AM GOING TO HANG ON MY WALL. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF WARD 11 FOR PUTTING THEIR TRUST IN ME TO BE THEIR COUNCILPERSON. I AM VERY SAD TO LEAVE CLARKSVILLE, BUT I AM VERY HUMBLED AND MORE LEARNED FROM THIS EXPERIENCE SERVING OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY.

AND I AM EXCITED TO GO ON THIS NEXT ADVENTURE WITH MY FAMILY AND FINALLY BE WITH MY HUSBAND. WE HAVE BEEN APARTS FOR TEN MONTHS AND IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY HARD, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE TRIALS AND EVERYTHING THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS. SO I THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART

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SO I AM DRAGGING THIS ON. I AM TRYING TO DISTRACT MYSELF.

THANK YOU. MY BROTHER IS HERE.

I ASKED HIM TO COME WITH ME. AND HE SAID NO.

HE IS TRYING TO BE A STRONG INDEPENDENT PERSON.

YOU CAN'T SEE HIM RIGHT NOW. BUT THANK YOU.

>>MAYOR PITTS: I WANT TO PRESENT WITH YOU THE MAYOR'S COIN. LET IT ALWAYS BE A REMINDER NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO, NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE.

CLARKSVILLE WILL BE HOME. LET'S GET A PHOTOGRAPH, IF YOU MAY. IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO JOIN

US DOWN HERE. >> I SAW YOU SHAKE YOUR HEAD NO. YOU ARE LIKE, MAN, NOT THIS.

COME ON. [LAUGHTER]

>>MAYOR PITTS: LET'S ALSO REMEMBER THAT THE 101ST -- A GOOD PORTION OF THE 101ST HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED AS THEY OFTEN A ARE. AND MAKE SURE WE KEEP NOT ONLY THE SOLDIERS IN OUR PRAYERS BUT THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.

AND LET'S MAKE SURE WE SURROUNDS THOSE FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO ARE LEFT BEHIND WAITING FOR THEIR LOVED ONE TO RETURN SAFELY TO THE SHORES OF THE NATION AND TO THE DOORSTEP

[1. ORDINANCE 78-2021-22 (First Reading) Amending the official code of the City of Clarksville reapportioning the City of Clarksville for the purpose of electing persons for the office of city council member [annexed territory along State Route 12 and East Old Ashland City Road]]

PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT. COUNCILPERSON STREETMAN, YOU

ARE RECOGNIZED. >> STACEY STREETMAN: WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ THE

ORDINANCE. >>CLERK: ORDINANCE 98-2021-22, FIRST READING AMENDING THE OFFICIAL CODE OF THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE, REAPPORTIONING THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING PERSONS FOR THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE ANNEXED TERRITORY ALONG STATE ROUTE 12

AND EAST OLD ASHLAND CITY ROAD. >>MAYOR PITTS: COUNCILPERSON STREETMAN STREET STREET THANK YOU.

ALL MOTIONS ON ADVICE OF LEGAL COUNCIL SHOULD BE FOR APPROVAL.

ORDINANCE 78-2021-22 FIRST READING.

I MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND.

>>MAYOR PITTS: MOTION MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED IN FAVOR OF ORDINANCE 78. ANY COMMENT OR QUESTION REGARDING ORDINANCE 78? SEEING NONE, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL MEMBERS, CAST YOUR VOTE.

EVERY MEMBER VOTED. ANYBODY WISH TO CHANGE?

>>CLERK: EIGHT YES, ZERO NO. ZERO ABSTAINED.

[7) CONSENT AGENDA City Clerk]

>>MAYOR PITTS: MADAM CLERK, READ THE CONSENT AGENDA.

>>CLERK: ALL ARE ROUTINE AND NONCONTROVERSIAL BY THE COUNCIL AND MAY BE APPROVED BY ONE MOTION IS; HOWEVER, A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL MAY REQUEST THAT AN ITEM BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION UNDER THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE REPORT.

ORDINANCE 69, 2021, 22 SECOND READING AUTHORIZING THE DONATION OF SWAN LAKE TENNIS COURT LIGHTING TO THE CLARKSVILLE ACADEMY. NUMBER TWO, ORDINANCE 70-2021, SECOND READING AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE DONATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY FROM JEFFREY D. B URKHART AND WILLIAM BELEW AND MICHELLE BELEW TO THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE RIGHT-OF-WAY. NUMBER 3, RESOLUTION 43-2021-22 A RESOLUTION APPROVING A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE FOR SALE OF WINE AT 7 SO PEACHERS MILL.

>>MAYOR PITTS: MOTION MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANYONE WISH TO BE RECOGNIZED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. SEEING NONE, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL MEMBERS, CAST YOUR VOTE.

EVERY MEMBER VOTED. ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THE VOTE. TAKE THE.

>>CLERK: EIGHT YES, ZERO NO. >>MAYOR PITTS: AGENDA IS

[1. RESOLUTION 42-2021-22 Authorizing the issuance of not to exceed $56,500,000 in aggregate principal amount of general obligation refunding and improvement bonds of the City Of Clarksville, Tennessee; Making provision for the issuance, sale and payment of said bonds; establishing the terms thereof and the disposition of proceeds therefrom; and providing for the levy of taxes for the payment of debt service on the bonds. FINANCE COMMITTEE: Approval]

>>> FINANCE COMMITTEE ITEMS. >> STACEY STREETMAN:

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AND I SO MOVED. >>MAYOR PITTS: MOTION MADE AND SECTION PROPERLY SECONDED IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION 42.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION? SEEING NONE. ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL MEMBERS, CAST YOUR VOTE. EVERY MEMBER VOTED ANYBODY WISH TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? MADAM CLERK.

>> SEVEN YES, ONE KNOW, ZERO ABSTAINING.

[2. ORDINANCE 80-2021-22 (First Reading) Amending the operating and capital budgets for Fiscal Year 2022 for governmental funds (ORDINANCE 130-2021-22) to create and add additional funding for capital projects for a total of $27,512,500 FINANCE COMMITTEE: Approval]

>>MAYOR PITTS: RESOLUTION 42 IS ADOPTED.

STACEY STREETMAN MYSTERY .

>> STACEY STREETMAN: RESOLUTION 80-2021-22 FIRST READING AMENDING THE OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 FOR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS ORDINANCE 130-2021-22 TO CREATE A ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR CAPITAL PROMENTS FOR A TOTAL OF $27,512,500. FINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVED AND

I SO MOVED. >>MAYOR PITTS: ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY OF THAT ORDINANCE.

>> STACEY STREETMAN: NOT AT THIS TIME.

>>MAYOR PITTS: COUNCILMAN MARQUIS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR AN AMENDMENT. MARY.MARY I TH

>> I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE PASSED OUT.

>> MY MIC IS NOT WORKING. >>MAYOR PITTS: HER MIC, BUTTONS ARE NOT WORKING.

. >>MAYOR PITTS: IT JUST SHOWED UP WHEN YOU PUSHED IT. PUSH IT AGAIN -- YEAH, IT DID.

I WILL COME TO YOU IN JUST A SECOND.

EVERYBODY GOT A COPY? COUNCILPERSON MARQUIS.

>> AMBAR MARQUIS: ON MY AMENDMENT REMOVING THE SMITH BUILDING FROM THE ORDINANCE AND BASICALLY -- IT IS 135,000 THAT IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE INCREASED.

AND AT THIS POINT THE CITY HAS SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS BUILDING. IT NEEDS TO HAVE WORK DONE.

THAT IS OBVIOUS. MY ISSUE IS THAT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD HAVE A LONG-TERM PLAN PUT IN PLACE FOR THIS BUILDING, BECAUSE AT THE CURRENT POINT, WE ARE PRETTY MUCH PUTTING A LOT OF BAND-AIDS ON TO FIX WHATEVER IT IS AND THERE IS NOTHING LONG-TERM AT THE MOMENT INVOLVED IN THIS.

SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A LEAKY FAUCET FOR THE CITY.

YOU HAVE THE DROPS OF WATER COMING DOWN.

IF YOU COLLECT IT, IT IS GALLONS AND GALLONS ADD UP TO A LOT OF MONEY. SO RIGHT NOW I WANT TO SEE MORE OF A LONG-TERM SOLUTION WHERE WE ARE GOING TO GO IN, FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH IT IS GOING TO COST, GO IN AND FIX IT AND THE CITY DECIDE SOMETHING ELSE INSTEAD OF CONSTANTLY ADDING MONEY TO THE COST HERE. AND I JUST THINK IT IS BETTER FOR THE TAXPAYERS IN THE LONG TERM THAT WAY.

>>MAYOR PITTS: SO WE WILL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND ON -- AND I WOULD ASSUME THE SPONSOR WOULD OFFER THE MOTION.

>> AMBAR MARQUIS: YES. >>MAYOR PITTS: PROPERLY SECONDED. COUNCILPERSON STREETMAN.

>> STACEY STREETMAN: MAYOR, I ASK THAT WE VOTE AGAINST THE AMENDMENT. THE SMITH MANSION IS NOT ONLY A PIECE OF CLARKSVILLE BUT AN ASSET THAT THE CITY OWNS AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THESE ASSETS THAT WE OWN. BY NOT TAKING CARE AND DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO IT WILL FALL IN DISARRAY AND IT WON'T BE A GREAT ASSET FOR US. I WILL ASK THAT WE LEAVE THIS $135,000 FOR THE SMITH T TRAYLEARN MAN JOHN AND TAKE

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THANK YOU. >>MAYOR PITTS: COUNCILPERSON

BUTLER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> COUNCILMEMBER BUTLER.

WE WENT THROUGH THIS BEFORE AND I AM GLAD THAT THE TRAIN STATION FUNDING GOT TAKEN OVER BY A GRANT OR THROUGH ONE OF THE COMMITTEES. I LIKE THAT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT.

AND I AM GOING TO AGREE WITH THE SPONSOR OF THIS.

I THINK WE -- I THINK -- I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO THROW MONEY AT SOMETHING -- AND, YOU KNOW, A HISTORIC BUILDING LIKE SMITH TRAY LEARN. NOT REALLY AN ENDING FOR THIS AND WILL NEED MATE JOHNS AND UPKEEP AND FOR THE CITY IT IS BAD STEWARDSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONS -- I DON'T KNOW, THE MUSEUM OR -- I AM NOT SURE WHO WOULD -- WHO WOULD TAKE IT OVER, BUT I AGREE WE NEED A LONGER TERM SOLUTION AND THE ORGANIZATIONS, PARTICULARLY HISTORICAL ONES THAT WOULD BE BETTER AT THIS KIND OF UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE.

THANK YOU. >>MAYOR PITTS: THANK YOU, COLONELPERSON SMITH, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED SMITH SMITH THANK YOU, MAYOR, I AGREE WITH THE SPONSOR OF THIS AMENDMENT AND I KNOW THAT NEEDS A LOT OF WORK AND BEEN NEEDING IT.

BUT I KNOW WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON FRONT DES MOINES.

THE TOWER -- WHATEVER YOU CALL IT.

THE SMOKESTACK. WE FOR DOWN A WHOLE LOT OF -- DILAPIDATED PARTS OF FROSTED MOINE.

AND WE LEFT 40,000 SQUARE FEET TO BE USED.

AND WE CLEANED UP THE INSIDE OF THAT BUILDING THAT WAS FILLED WITH -- WITH POISONOUS AND CONTAMINATED ITEMS OR LIQUIDS OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

BUT I DO THINK WE NEED MONEY FOR FROSTY -- HOW MUCH WAS

LISTED -- WAS IT 1.3? >>MAYOR PITTS: APPROXIMATELY

$1.3 MILLION, YES. >> AND MAYOR, CAN YOU TELL US -- WILL THERE BE ANY MORE MORNING FOR FROSTY MORNING?

>>MAYOR PITTS: WE ARE DOING THIS IN STAGES AND STEPS BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT.

THIS WILL BE PART OF THE NEXT STEP, BUT THIS IS NOT PART OF HER AMENDMENT. HER AMENDMENT IS TO STRIKE FUNDING FOR THE SMITH TREYHEARN.

>> BUT WHAT SHE IS DOING TAKING IT FROM SMITH AND ADDING IT FOR FROSTY MORNING AND CC -- SAYS FROSTY MORNING CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. SHE IS ADDING IT TO THE MONEY

THAT IS ALREADY THERE. >>MAYOR PITTS: I DON'T -- I DON'T THINK SO. ALL THE OTHER LINE ITEMS IN THE -- IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, THE ORIGINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT ARE IMTACT. COUNCILPERSON MARQUIS, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR YOU BUT STRIKE THE FUNDING FOR THE

MANSION. >> IF WE JUST STRIKE IT FOR THE MANSION AND WILL TAKE IT AWAY FROM IT.

>> FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECT? >> COUNCILPERSON SMITH: I WANT TO MAKE RIGHT ONE POINT SOMETHING -- AND WHERE DOES THE

EXTRA MONEY COME FROM? >>MAYOR PITTS: TAKING FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR REALLY ALL OF THESE -- NO? LAURIE IS SHAKING HER HEAD. WILL YOU COME CORRECT ME SO WE

GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION? >> SO ALL OF THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU ON THE AMENDMENT, INCLUDING THE SMITH TREY LEARN ARE FUNDING GOING TO THIS PROJECT.

NEW PROJECT AND THAT WILL BE FROM DEBT TO BE ISSUED PART OF THE $56 MILLION THAT YOU APPROVED AS WELL AS THE PARKING FUND WILL REPAY THE PORTION FOR THE PARKING GARAGE.

DOES THAT HELP? SMITH -- YOUR FROSTY PROJECT, FROSTY MORN HAD 1.2 MILLION PUT INTO IT AND WE ARE ADDING ANOTHER 2.3. AN ADDITION TO WHAT IS ALREADY

THERE. >> SO WHAT YOU ARE BASICALLY DOING STRIKING OUT THE MONEY FOR SMITH TREY HEARN.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED THERE?

WHAT ARE THE ISSUES. >>MAYOR PITTS: LET ME TRY.

THE SMITH TREY HEARN IS A CITY-OWNED ASSET.

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THAT IS NOT A RELATIONSHIP WE CAN SUSTAIN LONG-TERM BECAUSE IT HAS RESULTED, FRANKLY, IN SOME BADLY NEEDED REPAIRS.

SO WE DO HAVE AN ARCHITECT THAT IS DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR THE STRUCTURAL PART OF THE BUILDING, AND OUR PLAN IS FOR IT TO BECOME IS CITY EVENT SPACE THAT WILL BE MANAGED DAY TO DAY BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT IS A ADJACENT TO THE HISTORIC RIVERVIEW CEMETERY.

IT ONLY MAKES SENSE IT BECOMES PART AND PARCEL TO THAT DEPARTMENT AND PART OF THE C CITY.

SO THERE IS A PLAN THAT IS COMING TOGETHER, BUT THIS WILL -- THIS MONEY WILL BE USED TO STRUCTURAL -- MAKE STRUCTURALLY SOUND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO HAPPEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WITH THE SMITH TREY HEARN

BUILDING. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR FOR THAT.

AND WE GAVE IT YEARS AGO TO FIX SOMETHING LIKE THE ROOF AND OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN THE BUILDING.

>>MAYOR PITTS: A 150-YEAR-OLD HOUSE AND IT IS ONE OF THOSE WHERE WHILE EVERY HOUSE NEEDS CONSTANT REPAIRS, I THINK THERE ARE SOME STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS WITH THIS.

AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT DOING SOME CREATIVE THINGS ON THE INSIDE THAT MAY NOT REQUIRE CITY FUNDING.

WE TALKED TO THE MUSEUM ABOUT POTENTIALLY DOING SOME FUND RAISE CAN AND CURATING. AND BEING A PART OF THAT SYSTEM AND FORMAL ARRANGEMENTS -- A PLAN IS COMING TOGETHER -- AND FIX THE ROOF BEFORE WE BUY NEW FURNITURE FOR THE HOUSE.

>> LOOKING AT THE AMOUNT MONEY, $135,000 IS NOT A LOT OF MONEY AND GLAD TO SEE THE INCREASE FOR FROSTY MORN.

THAT IS GOOD FOR US AND THIS CITY.

AND I DO THINK IF SMITH TREY HEARN HAS SOME PROBLEMS AND $135,000 IS NOT THAT MUCH MONEY TO ME WHEN IT COMES TO WORKING ON A COMMUNITY BUILDING THAT IS GOING TO BE USED TO HELP THE PUBLIC, HELP THOSE IN NEED. THAT IS LITTLE MONEY TO ME FOR THINGS LIKE THAT. BECAUSE I GOT TO FIX THINGS IN MY HOUSE. SO IT IS JUST PART OF THE UPKEEP. AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE BUILDING BECOME DILAPIDATED LIKE FROSTY MORN.

I JUST THINK WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR BUILDINGS, BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE COMPLAINING THAT THE CITY DON'T TAKE CARE OF THEIR BUILDINGS. SO WE NEED TO TAKE CARE WHAT IS THE CITY'S. BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THEM TO SAY, OH, LOOK, THIS BUILDING OVER HERE IS DILAPIDATED AND THE CITY IS NOT TAKING CARE OF IT AND WE GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS. THE SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, I THINK WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS.

THIS IS OUR BUILDING AND IT IS GOING TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. >>MAYOR PITTS: THANK YOU,

COUNCIL PERSON MARQUIS. >> AMBAR MARQUIS: I HAVE A QUESTION DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH THESE REPAIRS WILL COST TO BE

ABLE TO MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR? >>MAYOR PITTS: WE DON'T HAVE A TOTAL COST YET. PART OF WHAT THIS $135,000.

NOT ALL FOR CONSTRUCTION. PART PLANNING AS WELL, TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY. BUT THIS -- THIS WILL FIX SOME OF THE STRUCTURAL QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE.

THERE IS SOME GUTTERING. THERE IS SOME WINDOW REPLACEMENT TO KEEP IT FROM LEAKING INSIDE.

THERE IS -- WE HAD A -- AN INFESTATION OF GROUNDHOGS.

THAT HAVE GOTTEN UNDER THIS THING.

THAT HAS WREAKED HAVOC. SO IT IS NOT ONE SINGLE ISSUE THAT WILL FIX. IT IS A VARIETY OF THINGS.

>> THEN IF I CAN ASK MISS MATA A QUESTION.

>>MAYOR PITTS: SURE, MISS MATA, WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR

YOU. >> AMBAR MARQUIS: I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE THE NUMBERS CORRECT.

I BELIEVE WHEN WE LAST SPOKE FROM THE LAST BUDGET, THE SMITH BUILDING WAS GIVEN $200,000 AND USED LESS THAN FIVE, IS THAT CORRECT? HOW DO THOSE NUMBERS GO.

>> LET ME CHECK. >> THE SMITH TRAY HEARN HAD

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THEY HAVE SPENT A LITTLE MORE. I KNOW THAT.

>> AMBAR MARQUIS: DO WE KNOW OF THE REMAINING MONEY CURRENTLY BUDGET $, IF IT IS ALREADY ALLOCATESED TO OTHER

PROJECTS? >> ONLY ALLOCATED TO SMITH TREY

HEARN. >> AMBAR MARQUIS: CAN THEY USE THE MONEY ALLOCATED FOR REP REPAIRS?

>> YES, BUT IN THE ENOUGH. JOHN HILBORN IS THE PROJECT MANAGER WHO REQUESTED THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

HE SAID HE NEED $AN ADDITIONAL $135,000 TO CONTINUE WITH THE REPAIRS. SO IT WASN'T GOING TO BE ENOUGH

TO COVER THEM. >> AMBAR MARQUIS: OKAY.

>>MAYOR PITTS: THANK YOU. >> AMBAR MARQUIS: I GUESS -- SO, BASED ON WHAT YOU MENTIONED, MAYOR, THIS $135,000 WILL GIVE US A DEFINITIVE LONG-TERM PLAN FOR THIS

BUILDING? >>MAYOR PITTS: THAT WILL BE PART OF THE BUDGET CONVERSATION WE WILL HAVE COMING UP.

ANY MONIES THAT WILL BE NEEDED FOR ADDITIONAL REPAIRS PRIMARILY FOR BUILDING AND GROUNDS INSIDE, OUTSIDE WILL BE PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS COMING UP FOR NEXT YEAR.

>> AMBAR MARQUIS: OKAY. DO WE KNOW HOW -- YOU SAID FOR THE BUDGETS AROUND JUNE TIME, WE WILL KNOW HOW MUCH THE -- HOW MUCH EVERYTHING IS GOING TO COST?

>>MAYOR PITTS: YES. >> AMBAR MARQUIS: OKAY, I THINK THAT IS ALL I HAVE AT THE MOMENT.

>>MAYOR PITTS: OKAY. COUNCIL PERSON BRIAN ZACHARIAS,

YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE IN THIS ROOM WILL HAVE AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION. STRUCTURAL AND FIXING LEAKS AND THAT SORT OF THING. IS THERE A CHANCE THAT NOT APPROVING THIS WILL TURN $50,000 IN REPAIRS OR $135,000 OF REPAIRS INTO, YOU KNOW, $250,000 OF REPAIRS DUE TO

WORSENING -- WORSENING DAMAGE? >>MAYOR PITTS: IT IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE, BUT THE WAY THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL AND INFLATION IS GOING, EVERY DAY, WEEK THAT GOES BY, THE COSTS GET GREATER. SO THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS YES, IT WILL GET MORE EXPENSIVE IF WE DELAY.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. >>MAYOR PITTS: COUNCILPERSON

REDD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> WALLACE REDD: IT WOULD BE NICE AND MAYBE A PHILANTHROPIST WHO HAD AN INTEREST IN HISTORICAL BUILDINGS THAT MIGHT WANT TO BUY IT FROM US, BECAUSE WE -- LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE HAVE NOT BEEN VERY GOOD STEWARDS OF THIS BUILDING TH THERE.

AND JUST HOW WE CAME ACROSS IT, I AM NOT SURE, BUT MANY YEARS -- IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE EXTENSION OF THE CEMETERY THERE THAT WE ALSO OWN. BUT I WISH WE COULD REALLY LOOK AT SEEING IF WE GET SOMEBODY THAT -- THAT SORT OF DOES THAT TYPE THING. BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS, THIS REMINDED ME -- I THINK IT WAS TOM HANKS WAS IN A MOVIE CALLED "THE MONEY PIT" OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND HE BOUGHT A HOUSE -- AND CONSTANTLY HAVING THESE HUNDREDS, TWO HUNDREDS, AND I THINK I HEARD FROM MISS MATAS TOTAL OF $600,000? AND I JUST WONDER, WILL IT EVER BE FIXED.

I DON'T KNOW. BUT THEN ALL THE OTHER -- LIKE FORMER SPOKESMAN JUST SAID IF WE DON'T PUT THE MONEY IN, IT MAY MAKE MATTERS WORSE. WE ARE STUCK HERE.

>>MAYOR PITTS: STUCK, BUT WE ARE PROCEEDING CAUTIOUSLY WITH A PLAN AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN COMBINE THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN THIS AS WELL. COUNCIL PERSON LITTLE.

YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MY OWN CURIOSITY AND MAY NOT BE ANYBODY ELSE'S.

A CHANCE TO AT LEAST LAY EYE ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND REPAIRED. BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT BUDGETING PROCESS WHAT KINDS OF MONEY WILL BE ALLOCATED TOWARD

IT. >>MAYOR PITTS: ABSOLUTELY.

SIMPLE ANSWER IS PROVIDE YOU A DETAILED LIST NOT ONLY WHAT IS COMING UP BUT WHAT IS COVERED FOR THIS MONEY IF IT STAYS IN THE AMENDMENT AND THE CURRENT BUDGET AMOUNT.

>> OKAY, AWESOME. THANK YOU.

>>MAYOR PITTS: YOU ARE WEL WELCOME.

COUNCILPERSON SMITH. >> WHEN I FIRST TALKED OF THIS, I STILL GO ALONG WITH WHAT I SAID AND I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO READS THIS AMENDMENT BEFORE I STARTED SPEAKING.

BUT I SEE WHAT IT IS TALKING ABOUT EXACTLY NOW, AND I THINK WE DO NEED TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS.

LIKE I SAID A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY.

AND THE CITY NEEDS TO UPKEEP ITS BUILDINGS AND WE NEED TO DOE

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AND SO I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS.

THANK YOU. >>MAYOR PITTS: OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE WISH -- >> HOLD ON -- I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS FOR THE GOOD OF CITY.

YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE ME. I HAD COVID AND I AM FEELING

SICK. >>MAYOR PITTS: FOR RECORD SHE

IS NOT CONTAGIOUS. >> I AM HEALED.

>>MAYOR PITTS: OKAY. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON THE AMENDMENT. SEEING NONE? ARE YOU READY TO VOTE ON THE MARQUIS AMENDMENT.

ALL MEMBERS CAST YOUR VOTE. EVERY MEMBER VOTED.

ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR VOLT.

MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE. >>CLERK: THREE YES, SIX NO,

AND ZERO ABSTAINED. >>MAYOR PITTS: THE AMENDMENT FAILS. COUNCILPERSON HOLLEMAN.

COUNCILPERSON STREETMAN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED STROOELT STREET

. >> STACEY STREETMAN: I ASK THAT EVERYBODY VOTE IN FAVOR AND A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO COMPLETE FOR OUR CITY. THESE ARE ALL THINGS WHEN YOU THINK OF THE REPAIRS NEEDED FOR CUMBERLAND GARAGE, WE ALL KNOW THAT IS NECESSARY. AS A PREVIOUS COUNCILMEMBER TALKED ABOUT, THE MONEY TOWARD THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICE FOR FROSTY MORN WHICH IS A GREAT THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ARE REQUIRED AS FAR AS THE TDOT MULTIMOWAL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AND 25,000. WE HAD A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE 2500 THAT WE HEARD ABOUT AT OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, I KNOW MANY PEOPLE SPOKE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE EXCITEMENT AROUND A NEW PARKING GARAGE AND I KNOW THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR OUR DOWNTOWN.

I ASK THAT EVERYBODY PLEASE VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS ORDINANCE FOR BENEFITS OF OUR CITY. THANK YOU.

>>MAYOR PITTS: THANK YOU, COLONELPERSON BUTLER, YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> TRISHA BUTLER: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HE MENTIONED LAST WEEK -- DON'T WORRY, LANCE, YOU CAN SIT DOWN.

NOT LAST WEEK, BUT THAT I WANTED TO SPLIT THIS.

TRUTH BE TOLD, I STILL WANT TO. THINGS ON HERE I WANT TO VOTE YES TO. AND THINGS HERE THAT I WANT TO VOTE NO TO. I WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. AND ALSO I UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS ALL IN ONE THING. LAST TIME I CALLED IT OMNIBUS.

I WAS BEING SNARKY. I APOLOGIZE, MISS MATA.

SOMEBODY ASKED ME THE PARKING GARAGE, THE REPAIRS.

NOT THE NEW ONE BUT -- WHAT IS IT CALLED? CUMBERLAND GARAGE. ARE WE TALKING OF HARD REPAIRS, TOTAL REPAIR, BECAUSE, LIKE, IS IT GOING TO BE GOOD TO GO FROM

HERE ON OUT? >>MAYOR PITTS: WE HAD IT STRUCTURALLY EVALUATED BY AN ENGINEER AND SIGNED OFF BY A SECOND OPINION. STRUCTURALLY IT IS SOUND.

IT DOES REQUIRE REPAIR BECAUSE ANY BUILDING THAT HAS CONCRETE THAT HAS WATER STANDING OR WATER RUN THROUGH IT, YOU WILL EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS. YES, IT IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND NOW. BUT IT NEEDS REPAIR MUCH LIKE SOME OF THESE OTHER BUILDINGS IT DOESN'T FALL INTO DISREPAIR AND LOOKING AT DEMOLITION AND REBUILDING.

BUTT BUTT OKAY, COOL D. >> TRISHA BUTLER: OKAY, COOL, BUT HAVEN'T BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE.

WE ASKED OF FROSTY MORNING. AND HAVE IT BEEN PUT OUT

PUBLICLY AND I MISSED IT? >>MAYOR PITTS: IT HAS NOT BEEN PUT OUT. A PERFORMANCE OF HIGHER AND BEST USE STUDY TO DETERMINE WHAT IS A PROPER USE OF THE BUILDING THAT WOULD BEN RATE THE MOST INTEREST FOR MAINLY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ADJACENT AND FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

>> TRISHA BUTLER: YOU DID TELL ME THAT LAST TIME.

THAT IS BASICALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

LIKE I SAID, I WOULD PROBABLY NOT PREFER TO VOTE ON ALL OF THESE, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. THANK YOU, GUYS.

>>MAYOR PITTS: THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? SEEING NONE. ARE YOU READY TO VOTE ON ORDINANCE 80? IT IS PROPERLY BEFORE US AND SECONDED. ALL MEMBERS, CAST THE VOTE.

EVERY MEMBER VOTED. ANY MEMBER WIB WISH TO CHANGE

THEIR VOTE. >>CLERK: SEVEN YES.

TWO NO. ZERO OBTAINED.

>>MAYOR PITTS: WE ARE UNDER NEW BUSINESS.

ANY ITEMS UNDER NEW BUSINESS. SEEING NONE.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS SPECIAL SESSION BEING ACCOMPLISHED.

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