[7)6. ORDINANCE 129-2021-22 (Second Reading) Amending the Zoning Ordinance and Map of the City of Clarksville, application of George Kennedy III - Richard Garrett, Agent- for Zone Change on property located at the intersection of Kennedy Ln & Heatherwood Trace from AG Agricultural District to R-2 Single Family Residential District]

>> THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED.

WE WILL NOW TAKE UP THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA SINCE IT HAS TO DO WITH ZONING, MR. TYNDALL IS HERE IN CASE THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM.

ORDINANCE 129-2021-2222, AMENDIG THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP OF THE CITY OF THE CLARKSVILLE, APPLICATION OF ORDINANCE 129-2021-22 SECOND READING, AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP OF THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE, APPLICATION OF GEORGE KENNEDY III, RICHARD GARRETT, AGENT, FOR ZONE CHANGE ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF KENNEDY LANE AND HEATHERWOOD TRACE FROM AG AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO R-2 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> COUNCILPERSON: THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION LAST MONTH. I WILL NOT GO TOO MUCH IN DEPTH.

BUT IT IS A VERY CROWDED AREA. WE HAVE AS A CITY ALLOWED SEVERAL BUSINESSES TO BE BUILT ON THE CORNER WHICH HAVE IMPACTED THE ABILITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO ENTER AND EXIT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. FURTHERMORE, ONCE AGAIN, WE EXPANDED BUSINESSES BEHIND AND DID NOT EXERCISE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE ANOTHER ENTRANCE OR EXIT FOR THE NEIGHBORS IN THIS COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, AGAIN, JUST AS EARLIER, WE DID NOT VOTE IN FAVOR.

WE SHOULD WAIT UNTIL THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT THERE IS ANOTHER ENTRANCE OR EXIT FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THAT THERE IS THE PARKWAY THAT WILL DO THAT.

THAT IS MANY YEARS AWAY. I THINK THIS SHOULD WAIT UNTIL THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS BUILT. WE SHOULD NOT PILE MORE CARS INTO AN AREA THAT WE ALREADY KNOW IS A PROBLEM.

MANY OF YOU SAW THE LETTER FROM MR. ZANG.

I JUST WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT A RESIDENT DID REACH OUT AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO SPEAK BUT HIS CONCERN IS THAT THE CITY CONTINUES TO PLACE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

IN THAT, HOUSING CONTINUES TO BE APPROVED WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING THE NIGHTMARE THAT IS THE ROAD SYSTEM IN CLARKSVILLE.

SO HE BASICALLY IS SAYING WHAT WE ARE ALL SAYING.

LET'S DO INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE WE ADD MORE HOMES INTO AREAS THAT WE KNOW ARE ALREADY A PROBLEM.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU.

ANY COMMENT OR QUESTION REGARDING ORDINANCE 129? OKAY, SEEING NONE; HEARING NONE, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL MEMBERS CAST YOUR VOTE. EV. ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR?

MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE. >> 9 YES, 3 NO, ZERO ABSTAIN.

[8) FINANCE COMMITTEE]

>> MAYOR: ORDINANCE 129 IS ADOPTED, SECOND READING.

WE ARE NOW READY FOR THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT, CHAIRPERSON

STREETMAN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> COUNCILPERSON: THANK YOU,

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MAYOR. RESOLUTION 65-2021-22, POSTPONED 6/2/22, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE APPROVING AN ECONOMIC IMPACT PLAN FOR THE VULCAN PLANT DEVELOPMENT AREA AND ADOPTING DESIGNATED DEVELOPMENT AREA POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THE FINANCE COMMITTEE VOTED FOR APPROVAL, I SO MOVE.

>> MAYOR: MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION 65. I BELIEVE THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT. COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS, YOU HAVE THE AMENDMENT, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> COUNCILPERSON: YES, IN YOUR -- ON YOUR TABLE THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT AND I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND TO ADD THE LANGUAGE IN SECTION 3.12, AND SECTION 6 DEFINITIONS, IN THE RED

LETTERING OF EXHIBIT B. >> MAYOR: YOU HAVE HEARD THE MOTION, DO I HEAR A SECOND. PROPERLY SECONDED.

DO YOU WISH TO EXPLAIN THE AMENDMENT?

>> COUNCILPERSON: YES, I DO. MYSELF AND COUNTY COMMISSIONER EVERET WORK WITH THE EBC BOARD. AND WE ARE AMENDING TO INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS TIF. 10% OF ANY RENTALS WILL BE RENTED AT JUST AN OVERARCHING GLOSS, AT THE 80% OF THE HOUSING PER HUD STANDARD. THAT MEANS THAT THEIR INCOME CANNOT BE MORE THAN 30% OF THAT NUMBER.

THAT'S 10% OF THE UNITS. IF YOU RECALL, WE PASSED ONE OF THESE A FEW MONTHS AGO AND IT WAS 5%.

SO THIS ONE IS 10%. THERE'S ALSO BEEN IN THE DEFINITIONS, SECTION NO. 6, WE ADDED A DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE DEFINITION OF RENT LIMITS AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL HOUSING SHALL BE DEEMED ANYTHING LONGER THAN CONTINUOUS 90-DAY RENTAL PERIODS.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE MAINTAINED A PERCENTAGE OF THAT FOR TRULY AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WE USE TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO REDESIGN AND REDEVELOP THE VULCAN AREA.

DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT COULD ANSWER IF YOU HAVE

THEM. >> MAYOR: OKAY, THANK YOU.

COUNCILPERSON SMITH, YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION REGARDING

THE AMENDMENT. >> COUNCILPERSON: THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MAKING SURE THERE IS A 10% OF AFFORDABLE HOMES BUILT IN THE VULCAN AREA. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NEXT

DOOR TO ME. >> MAYOR: COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS, IS THAT DIRECTED AT SPONSOR, YES, YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> COUNCILPERSON: SO TIF IS TO USE TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO REDEVELOP THIS AREA.

AND BECAUSE WE ARE USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO REDEVELOP, SO OVERALL THE TIF. I'M AMENDING THE TIF TO SAY THIS, IF THERE IS RENTAL HOMES BUILT, THEN 10% OF THOSE RENTALS HAVE TO BE SET AT AFFORDABLE RATE.

>> COUNCILPERSON: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RENTAL PROPERTIES, NOT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING?

>> COUNCILPERSON: YES. >> COUNCILPERSON: I'M TALKING ABOUT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, AFFORDABLE HOMES, IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING YOU WANT TO SEE BUILT?

>> COUNCILPERSON: NO, THESE ARE PROPERTIES BUILT AS RENTAL

PROPERTIES IN THE TIF. >> COUNCILPERSON: I'M SORRY.

I'M FOR AFFORDABLE HOMES BUT NOT RENTAL APARTMENTS.

SO I MIGHT HAVE TO VOTE AGAINST THIS AND I'M SORRY, I MAY BE THE ONLY ONE, AISLE SP I'M SPEAKING. I WANT SOME AFFORDLE HOMES, MAYBE CONDOS. NOT REGULAR RENTALS, NO.

BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT DOES TO A COMMUNITY.

I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE CONDOS.

CONDOS WOULD BE BETTER THAN JUST RENTALS.

BECAUSE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. IN THE LIVING STYLE. OKAY?

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: COUNCILPERSON

STREETMAN. >> COUNCILPERSON: TO MAYBE CLARIFY THIS A LITTLE BIT. THIS IS IN REGARDS TO IF THERE IS ANY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS DONE IN THIS AREA FOR THE PURPOSE OF RENTAL, WHETHER IT IS CONDOS, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, IF THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL DEVELDEVELOPMENT THAT WILL BE UD FOR RENTALS, THAT AMENDMENT ITSELF IS REQUIRING 10% OF THAT BE MADE AFFORDABLE. THIS IS NOT SAYING THAT ANYTHING WILL BE RESIDENTIAL, WON'T BE. THAT IS LIKELY TO BE A COMPONENT OF IT AND THE FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER AS WELL AS THE COMMISSIONER THAT WORKED ON THIS, THEY WERE LOOKING TO ENSURE THAT SOMETHING WITHIN ANY OF THE REESE D RESID RESIDENTIAA

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LOWER RATE FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED.

>> MAYOR: PUSH YOUR BUTTON, WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU.

COUNCILPERSON ALLEN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> COUNCILPERSON: I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO KNOW IS IMPORTANT WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS, IN THIS INFORMATION, IS THAT RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A WAITING LIST THAT HAS SECTION 8 VOUCHERS THAT PEOPLE CANNOT USE. SO WE HAVE WHOLE FAMILIES THAT CANNOT GET A PLACE. OKAY? NOW, IF SOMEONE DECIDES TO BUILT APARTMENTS, THAT DOESN'T SAY THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BUILT AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR PEOPLE TO BUY THAT ARE AT THE LOWER END OF WHAT WE ARE SELLING HERE IN CLARKSVILLE RIGHT NOW. IT IS SAYING THAT IF WE BUILD SOME APARTMENTS HERE IN CLARKSVILLE, IN THE VULCAN PLAN, THAT 10% OF THOSE WILL BE DESIGNATED FOR LOW INCOME.

I THINK THIS IS A GREAT AMENDMENT.

I THINK IT IS LOOKING OUT FOR OUR LOWER INCOME POPULATION THAT CURRENTLY HAS SECTION 8 VOUCHERS THEY CANNOT USE.

A WHOLE WAITING LIST OF OVER 250 FAMILIES THAT HAVE VOUCHERS IN HAND AND CANNOT USE THEM. I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA. THANK YOU.

>> COUNCILPERSON: COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> COUNCILPERSON: MAYOR, CAN I ASK FOR RESERVES.

>> MAYOR: PHONE A FRIEND? >> COUNCILPERSON: BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO DEEP. I WANTED TO A DRESS COUNCILPERSON SMITH'S CONCERNS. MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I MAY NOT BE EXPLAINING THIS EXACTLY CORRECTLY, IN THIS TIF MONEY, WE CAN DO RENTALS. I BROUGHT UP EXACTLY WHAT SHE WAS ADDRESSING AND MR. NEWBURN HAS AGREED TO BE A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD AS WE REVITALIZE AND BUILD ON THE VULCAN AREA.

HE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH BUILDERS ABOUT ALSO INCLUDING AFFORDABLE PERMANENT HOMES.

BUT THE FUNDING FROM THE TIF. HUD MONEY FOR PERMANENT HOMES AND TIF FOR THE APARTMENTS. SO I THINK MIXING THE MONEY, THIS IS WHERE, PLEASE, IF I'M NOT SAYING IT CORRECTLY, PLEASE COME RUN. SO IT IS A MIX OF THE MONEY AND I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS BUT I DID ASK EXACTLY THOSE QUESTIONS AND HE AGREED TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CONVERSATIONS AND TO REACH OUT AND HOPEFULLY, AS THEY BUILD THE HOMES, THAT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THOSE WILL ALSO BE

AFFORDABLE. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU.

COUNCILPERSON REDD YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> COUNCILPERSON: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I'M AGAINST PRICE CONTROLS. THE FREE MARKET SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE THE PLACE. EVEN IF IT IS JUST 10% OF THIS AREA, SO IF THIS PASSES, IT WILL BE A DEAL BREAKER FOR ME FOR THE

OVERALL ORDINANCE. >> MAYOR: COUNCILPERSON SMITH,

YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> COUNCILPERSON: THANK YOU, MAYOR. WARD 9 AND WARD 8, THANK YOU FOR TRYING TO EXPLAIN THIS TO ME. I UNDERSTAND ABOUT TIF.

I HAVE BEEN HEARING IT FOR EIGHT YEARS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT. I UNDERSTAND ABOUT SECTION 8.

MY PROBLEM IS, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BUILD NO SECTION 8 HOMES IN THAT AREA. SECTION 8 DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOMES.

THOSE WOULD BE STILL RENTALS PAID BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON A MONTHLY BASIS. SO SECTION 8 DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

SO WHAT I'M SAYING, THIS 10%, AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO SEE JUST RENTALS PROPERTIES. THEY HAVE TO BE CONDOS.

UPGRADED. I KNOW THE PERSON WHO OWNED THIS LAND WHO SAID THAT HE WOULD BUILD SOME GREAT HOMES OR CONDOS. SO WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST REGULAR RENTALS THAT DISRUPTS A COMMUNITY.

I'M TOTALLY AGAINST THAT. AS I SAID, I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT AT THE POINT WHERE WE NEED TO BE EVEN CONSIDERING THIS RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, YEAH, YOU HAVE GOT THIS IN HAND RIGHT HERE. WHO IS TO SAY IT IS WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD. SECTION 8 DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO PUT NO SECTION 8 OVER THERE. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR: COUNCILPERSON MARQUIS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> COUNCILPERSON: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I ACTUALLY JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE WORDING FOR SECTION 6.

IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS GOING TO BE REVIEWED ANNUALLY BASED ON INCOME RENTS PUBLISHED FOR THE COUNTY.

I GUESS, WITH THE WAY THE MARKET IS, EVERY COUPLE OF -- EVERY MONTH PRETTY MUCH, RENTS AND MORTGAGES ARE INCREASING.

SO AT THE END OF THE YEAR, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IF THE

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OVERALL INCOME LEVELS HAVE CHANGED BUT THEY CONTINUE TO BE HIGHER, LIKE LAST YEAR THE MEDIAN MORTGAGE WAS 265,000.

I JUST SAW ONE, I THINK, YESTERDAY, DAY BEFORE, THAT IT IS OVER 300,000 RIGHT NOW AND IT IS INCREASING SO.

EVEN THOUGH WE WANT TO HAVE THESE LOWER INCOME UNITS, I FEEL LIKE THE LINE IS GOING TO KEEP INCREASING BECAUSE THE WAY THE MARKET IS. SO I GUESS, WHAT IS REALLY LOW INCOME AT THAT POINT? IF THE LINE KEEPS MOVING, IT IS LIKE WE ARE STILL BEHIND HERE. I'M SORRY.

I LIKE THE IDEA BUT I'M JUST -- YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT THINGS ARE GOING, IT IS STILL ALWAYS GOING TO BE INCREASING, UNFORTUNATELY. I GUESS, IS THERE SOMETHING TO

PREVENT THAT OR ANYTHING? >> IS THAT A QUESTION DIRECTED

AT THE SPONSOR OF THE AMENDMENT. >> IF SHE CAN ANSWER, I GUESS.

>> MAYOR: COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS, CALL ON YOU TO TRY TO

ANSWER. >> COUNCILPERSON: SO THIS IS 80% OF THE MEDIAN INCOME. COUNCILPERSON SMITH IS CORRECT, THIS IS NOT A SECTION 8 HOMES. THESE ARE NOT SECTION 8.

BUT, WE ARE USING THE HUD CHART FOR INCOME.

SO HUD SETS THE MEDIAN INCOME AT WHAT'S A POVERTY LEVEL, AT 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 AND 100 PERCENT MEDIAN INCOME.

WHAT WE WILL BE DOING WHEN WE SAY RE-EVALUATE, THEY PUBLIC MEDIAN INCOME CHARTS ANNUALLY. AND SO THAT THEY REVIEW THE ANNUAL INCOMES, NOT THE HOUSING COST, IN THE COMMUNITY.

BASED ON THE MEDIAN INCOME, THE RENT FOR PEOPLE THAT MAKE 80% OF MEDIAN -- THESE PEOPLE QUALIFY IF THEY MAKE 80% OF THE MEDIAN INCOME. IT IS PART OF HUD.

AND IT IS A NATIONWIDE THAT THEY DO FOR ALL COMMUNITIES, SO WE ARE BASING IT ON THAT. DID I EXPLAIN THAT.

>> MAYOR: COUNCILPERSON MARQUIS. >> COUNCILPERSON: YEAH, THAT WAS A LITTLE MORE CLEAR. THANKS.

>> MAYOR: OKAY, THANK YOU, COUNCILPERSON BUTLER, YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> COUNCILPERSON: THANK YOU, MAYOR. SNIP SNAP MY FINGERS BECAUSE SOMEBODY UP HERE SAID ABOUT THE FREE MARKET AND THAT'S AWESOME.

I AGREE. I DON'T LIKE CONTROLLING AND CAPPING PRICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT EITHER.

HOWEVER, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS ENTIRE PLAN.

IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS INSTITUTING CONTROLS OVER HOW THIS PROPERTY, HOW THIS AREA IS BEING DEVELOPED, ET CETERA.

SO THAT BEING SAID, WHEREAS I DON'T LIKE THE THING OVERALL.

IF WE ARE GOING TO MAKE EXCEPTIONS TO BUSINESSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND WE ARE GOING TO SET A STANDARD FOR THE AREA, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE PEOPLE THAT CANNOT AFFORD TO MAYBE PURCHASE A HOUSE AT THIS TIME, WHICH IS NOT SURPRISING BECAUSE OUR HOUSING MARKET IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE, AND IF WE ARE ALREADY OVERREACHING, WE MIGHT AS WELL LOOK OUT FOR THE LITTLE GUY. THAT'S WHAT I THINK.

THANKS. >> MAYOR: COUNCILPERSON ALLEN,

YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> COUNCILPERSON: SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, THE REASON WHY I BROUGHT UP SECTION 8 VOUCHERS, THERE IS PUBLIC HOUSING AND THERE IS SECTION 8.

SECTION 8 IS NOT A HOUSING. SECTION 8, NOBODY BUILDS SECTION 8 HOUSING. SECTION 8, WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY PRINT WHAT IS CALLED A FAIR MARKET VALUE RENT EVERY YEAR.

KIND OF WHAT MISS COUNCIL FROM WARD 5.

AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THEY SAY THIS IS WHAT RENT SHOULD COST.

SO THOSE VOUCHERS WILL PAY THAT RENT, WHETHER IT IS HIGHER OR LOWER. IT DOESN'T -- ANYBODY CAN PUT THEIR HOUSE OUT TO SECTION 8. AND IF THEY WANTED TO USE THESE 10% OF THE HOUSING, THEY WOULD PAY WHATEVER -- THE SECTION 8 WOULD PAY WHATEVER THE FAIR MARKET RENT WAS FOR THOSE HOUSING. THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT UP.

BECAUSE WHEN SOMEBODY IS TALKING ABOUT DOING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A GUARANTEED PAYMENT.

THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I BROUGHT UP SECTION 8.

THEY ARE NOT BUILDING SECTION 8 HOMES, HUD DOESN'T BUILD SECTION

8 HOMES ANYMORE. >> MAYOR: COUNCILPERSON REDD,

YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> COUNCILPERSON: THANK YOU, MAYOR. SEEING HOW MOST PEOPLE HAVE SPOKE MORE THAN TWICE ON THIS ISSUE, I WILL CALL FOR THE

QUESTION. >> MAYOR: QUESTION HAS BEEN

CALLED, DO I HEAR A SECOND? >> SECOND,.

>> MAYOR: PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY OBJECTION TO THE QUESTION, WHICH IS TO CEASE DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? WE ARE ON THE BOARD, TAKES TWO-THIRDS TO CEASE DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT LET THE CLERK GET IT ON THE BOARD.

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WE ARE VOTING TO CEASE DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT.

EVERY MEMBER CAST YOUR VOTE. THIS IS TO CEASE DISCUSSION.

EVERY MEMBER VOTED. ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE.

>> 6 YES, 6 NO, ZERO ABSTAIN. >> QUESTION FAILS, WE ARE BACK ON THE AMENDMENT DISCUSSION. COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS, YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> COUNCILPERSON: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE UP HERE THAT A TIF IS UTILIZING THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS OR BY -- THERE WILL BE A REIMBURSEMENT OF TAXES ANNUALLY BASED ON INCOME IN THIS AREA.

SO WE ARE ALREADY USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS BY REIMBURSEMENT RATES.

AND THEREFORE, IF WE ARE GOING TO USE THE COMMUNITY'S TAXES, THEN WE SHOULD, AS WE SAID EARLIER, ALLOW THEM TO GAIN SOMETHING FROM IT. ALL -- EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY PAYS TAXES. WHETHER YOU PUT GAS IN YOUR CAR.

WHETHER YOU BUY A GALLON OF MILK.

WE ALL PAY THE SAME LEVEL TAX. OUR STATE HAS A VERY REGRESSIVE TAX BECAUSE THE LOWER INCOME PAY A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF THEIR INCOME THAN PEOPLE WITH MORE MONEY.

THIS IS ALLOWING, IF WE UTILIZE TAXPAYERS, WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY HAS A BENEFIT FROM THE PROJECT.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NONE. ARE YOU READY TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT? OKAY, WE ARE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT. ALL MEMBERS CAST YOUR VOTE. EVT ED. ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR?

MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE. >> 9 YES, THREE NO, ZERO

ABSTAIN. >> THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.

WE ARE NOW ON THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED.

COUNCILPERSON SMITH, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> COUNCILPERSON: I THINK I ACCIDENTALLY HIT MY BUTTON.

>> MAYOR: ANYONE ELSE WISH TO BE RECOGNIZED ON THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED? SEEING NONE.

ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. EVERY MEMBER VOTED, ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? THIS IS ON THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED. EVERY MEMBER VOTED.

ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE?

MAC CLERK TAKE THE VOTE. >> 10 YES, 2 NO, ZERO ABSTAIN.

>> RESOLUTION 65 IS ADOPTED. CHAIRPERSON STREETMAN, YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ORDINANCE 01-2022-23 FIRST READING, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DONATION OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 1103 CROSSLAND AVENUE AND 341 HICKORY HEIGHTS TO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCE COMMITTEE: APPROVAL AND I SO MOVE.

>> MAYOR: MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED IN FAVOR OF THE ORDINANCE 1. ANY COMMENT OR QUESTION? SEEING NONE; HEARING NONE, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL MEMBERS CAST YOUR VOTE. EV.

ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR? MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE.

>> 12 YES, ZERO NO, ZERO ABSTAIN.

>> MAYOR: ORDINANCE 1 IS ADOPTED, CHAIRPERSON STREETMAN.

[9) GAS & WATER COMMITTEE]

>> COUNCILPERSON: THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MAYOR.

>> MAYOR: READY FOR GAS AND WATER COMMITTEE, CHAIRPERSON

REDD. >> EACH CALL AVERAGING 3 MINUTES 35 SECONDS IN LENGTH. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT COMPLETED 5,312 WORK ORDERS AND RESPONDED TO 323 AFTER-HOUR CALLS.

THE BILLING DIVISION READ 107,666 METERS WITH AN ACCURACY OF 99.9%. THE ENGINEERING DIVISION APPROVED 12 UTILITY PLANS, CURRENTLY HAS 35 ONGOING PROJECTS. THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT.

>> MAYOR: THANK YOU. COUNCILPERSON BUTLER, YOU HAD A

QUESTION OR COMMENT? >> COUNCILPERSON: IT IS NOT.

BUT IT IS A POINT OF ORDER ACTUALLY.

I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO YELL ABOUT IT, SO I WAITED UNTIL A BETTER TIME. THE HOME RULE ORDINANCE THAT WE PULLED FROM CONSENT, SHOULDN'T THAT HAVE BEEN READ UNDER THE FINANCE COMMITTEE? SHUNNED WE HAVE DEALT WITH THAT

DURING FINANCE. >> MAYOR: I ASSIGNED IT TO THE

HEEL OF THE JEAPPED. >> COUNCILPERSON: THANK YOU.

[10) NEIGHBORHOOD & COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE]

>> MAYOR: OKAY, WE ARE NOW READY FOR NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE, CHAIRPERSON STREETMAN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> COUNCILPERSON: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

IN RESPONSE TO THE MAYOR'S REQUEST TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS DURING THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY, FIRSTHERE WILL BE TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR HOMELESS

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PERSONS AND FAMILIES. LOCATED IN THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH GYMNASIUM. UNITED WAY STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO AID AS MANY AS MAY BE REQUIRED.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT THE UNITED WAY OR NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNCIL MEETING WILL MEET MONDAY JULY 11, 4:30 P.M. AT THE CLARKSVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES OFFICE.

THAT CONCLUDES MY RECORD. >> MAYOR: ANY QUESTIONS OR

[11) PARKS & RECREATION COMMITTEE]

COMMENT? SEEING NONE, HEARING NONE.

READY FOR PARKS AND RECREATIONAL COMMITTEE.

CHAIRPERSON HOLLEMAN. >> COUNCILPERSON: IT HAS BEEN A BUSY MONTH WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.

WE HAD AN ESTIMATED 3 TO -- I HAVE HEARD REPORTS OF 3,000, 5,000 PEOPLE THAT WERE AT THE FIREWORKS SHOW.

FEW DAYS AGO. IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT AND WE HAD EXCELLENT POLICE SUPPORT FROM BOTH COUNTY AND THE CITY.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ON THAT.

UPCOMING EVENTS, WE HAVE GOT SOME REALLY FUN EVENTS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAUGHT MY IOWAS THE -- ON JULY 23RD, DOWNTOWN MARKET, TOMATO MADNESS. I LIKE TOMATOES, IF YOU LIKE TOMATOES, COME ON OUT. WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER BIG ANNOUNCEMENT. WE HAVE NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT COMING UP FOR SHARE WOOD FOREST PARK.

THE PLAN, RIBBON CUTTING IS PLANNED FOR JULY 14TH AT 4 P.M.

WE ARE ALSO STILL IN DESPERATE NEED OF EMPLOYEES.

SO IF YOU NEED A JOB, JUST FEEL FREE TO GET ON OUR WEBSITE AND PLEASE APPLY. THAT WILL CONCLUDE MY PARKS AND

REC. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU.

ANY COMMENT OR QUESTION REGARDING PARKS AND RECREATION

[12) PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE]

COMMITTEE REPORT? SEEING NONE, READY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. CHAIRPERSON HOLLEMAN.

>> COUNCILPERSON: MOVING ON TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

LET ME GET MY STUFF HERE. SO THIS MONTH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO 14,853 CALLS.

THAT IS UP AND SO I DID A LITTLE BIT OF LOOKING INTO THE NUMBERS, PULLED UP THE PREVIOUS MONTHS. AND THAT NUMBER IS PRETTY SKEWED BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE DETAILS IN THE NUMBERS, AMBULANCE CALLS WAS ABOUT 1300. WE HAD ABOUT 1300 AMBULANCE CALLS. AND FOR TYPICAL MONTH, WE USUALLY HAVE ABOUT 150 PLUS OR MINUS 20.

IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE HIGH NUMBER ON THAT. AND I WOULD PROBABLY SAY THAT IS DUE TO ALL THE STORMS WE HAD WITH THE POWER OUTAGES.

MOVING ON TO CLARKSVILLE FIRE AND RESCUE, TO TOTAL CALLS, 145.

69% OF THOSE CALLS WERE RESCUE AND MEDICAL CALLS.

WE HAD NINE STRUCTURE FIRES IN JUNE WITH AN ESTIMATED $806,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE. WITH A 5.5 MILLION PRE-INCIDENT VALUE. MOVING ON TO BUILDINGS AND CO CODES, THE ACTIVITY REPORT FOR JUNE, CONSTRUCTION DIVISION WAS 3,156 TOTAL ININTERSECTIONS. CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, 334 NEW CASES. ABATEMENT DIVISION, 94 WORK ORDERS. OVER IN THE ADMIN DIVISION, PERMITS ISSUED WAS 84. THAT DROPPED DOWN FROM LAST MONTH. MULTIFAMILY PERMITS, 36.

IF YOU GO BACK ONE YEAR AGO, THAT'S DOUBLE WHAT IT WAS ONE YEAR AGO TODAY OF THE MONTH. COMMERCIAL PERMITS ISSUED, 34.

AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE MY REPORT.

>> MAYOR: ANY COMMENT OR QUESTION REGARDING THIS

[13) TRANSPORTATION-STREETS-GARAGE COMMITTEE]

COMMITTEE REPORT? SEEING NONE.

WE ARE NOW READY FOR TRANSPORTATION, STREETS, AND GARAGE. CHAIRPERSON SMITH, YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> COUNCILPERSON: THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE TSG REPORTS FOR JUNE ARE AS FOLLOWS. TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, CTS TRANSPORTED [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.

SENIOR CITIZENS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 6537.

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THE STREET DEPARTMENT REPORT FOR JUNE IS AS FOLLOWS.

WORK ORDERS COMPLETED WAS 254. PAVING HAS BEEN COMPLETED AT MONROE ESTATES, VISTA LANE, PREMBROOK SUBDIVISION.

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FOLLY BEACH DRIVE. VERANDA CIRCLE, ASTON PLACE SUBDIVISION, SUMMER HEAVEN. AND THEN IT SAYS NEW SIDEWALK PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN STARTED ARE S JORDAN ROAD AND INSENEY GARAGE. AND FOR THE GARAGE, 377, TOTAL NUMBER OF WORK HOURS WAS 774.5. ALSO, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN GAS. IT WAS $4.16 IN MAY.

HOWEVER, IN JUNE, IT WENT UP TO $4.39.

AND THAT WAS FOR UNLEADED. THE DIESEL FUEL WAS INCREASED AS WELL FROM $4.45 TO $4.61. THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR: ANY COMMENT OR QUESTION REGARDING THIS COMMITTEE REPORT? SEEING NONE. WE ARE READY FOR THE MOMENT WE

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HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR, AND THAT IS ITEM 1 UNDER NEW BUSINESS.

MR. BITNER, IF YOU DON'T MIND COME TO THE WELL AND WALK US THROUGH THE PROCEDURE. PLEASE, SIR, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> THANK YOU. OKAY.

>> WE HAVE TWO CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE TO AWARD TONIGHT.

AS YOU RECALL FROM LAST WEEK, WE HAVE ONE RETAIL LIQUOR STORE FOR EVERY SIX THOUSAND RESIDENTS. AND ON JULY 1ST, OF EVERY EVEN NUMBERED YEAR, ADDITIONAL TWO RETAIL LIQUOR STORES ARE ALLOWED UNTIL WE ACHIEVE THE RATIO OF ONE STORE PER SIX THOUSAND RESIDENTS. OUR CITY CLERK ADVERTISED FOR THREE DAYS THAT WE HAD TWO OPEN CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE TO BE AWARDED. WE RECEIVED 18 APPLICATIONS.

15 APPLICATIONS WERE APPROVED FOR THE LOTTERY TONIGHT.

UNDER SECTION 2 PARAGRAPH 4, 8. THE CITY CLERK SHALL PREPARE SEPARATE STRIPS OF PAPER WITH THE NAMES OF EACH APPLICANT FOLD THE TWICE AND PLACED IN A CONTAINER FROM WHICH THE DRAWING SHALL BE HELD. THE MAYOR OR MAYOR DESIGNEE SHALL DRAW FROM THE CONTAINER THE NUMBER OF NAMES AS THOSE APPLICANTS AVAILABLE. WHICH IS TWO.

THE APPLICANTS SELECTED BY THE PUBLIC LOTTERY SHALL BE CONSIDERED BY CITY COUNCIL WHICH REQUIRE MAJORITY VOTE FOR APPROVAL. SO WE HAVE 15 APPLICANTS.

WE WILL DRAW TWO. THOSE WILL BE REQUIRED MAJORITY VOTE FOR APPROVAL AND THEN THE REMAINING 13 WILL TAKE UP AND WE ARE ASKING THAT THOSE NOT RECEIVE A SECOND VOTE -- OR, YEAH, RECEIVE A SECOND, SO THAT THOSE WILL FAIL.

IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON THAT. >> MAYOR: OKAY, ANY COMMENT OR QUESTION ABOUT THE PROCEDURE WE ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK UPON.

OKAY, COUNCILPERSON BUTLER. >> COUNCILPERSON: YES, PLEASE.

>> MR. BITNER, YOU MIGHT AS WELL HANG OUT.

>> COUNCILPERSON: THANK YOU, MAYOR, MR. BITNER, IF I GIVE SECONDS TO THEM, IT IS GOING TO BE A HOT MESS ANYWAY, RIGHT? IF I SECOND THEM ANYWAY BECAUSE I DISAGREE WITH THE WHOLE THING, IT IS GOING TO RUCKUS AND NOT ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING, RIGHT?

>> THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE AND VOTE THEM DOWN.

>> OKAY. WHAT IF THEY WERE TO GET VOTED

NOT DOWN? >> THE CODE ONLY ALLOWS YOU TO

CHOOSE TWO. >> OKAY, SO THAT LEADS TO MY NEXT QUESTION. IS THIS -- IS THE AMOUNT OF LIQUOR STORES THAT CLARKSVILLE HAVE BY POPULATION JUST AN ARBITRARY THING THAT THE CITY HAS DECIDED OR DOES IT HINGE ON

STATE STATUTE? >> THE STATE STATUTE GIVES THE CITY THE AUTHORITY UNDER SECTION 57.3208 TO LIMIT THE LOCATION OF RETAIL LIQUOR STORES AND NUMBER OF LICENSES ISSUED.

SO IT IS THE CITY THAT SETS IT ACCORDING TO THE WHAT THE STATE

IS TELLING THEM TO DO. >> FROM MY RESEARCH, THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD. I WANTED TO CONFIRM IT.

I DON'T WANT TO RUN MY MOUTH AND BE WRONG ABOUT STUFF.

SHOULD I MAKE MY COMMENTS NOW OR SHOULD I WAIT? BECAUSE I HAVE -- IT IS KIND OF SHORT REALLY.

>> MAYOR: ARE YOUR COMMENTS REGARDING THE PROCEDURE WE ARE

ABOUT TO EMBARK UPON? >> COUNCILPERSON: YES.

>> MAYOR: OKAY, MAKE THEM NOW. >> COUNCILPERSON: I DIDN'T MESS

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WITH THIS, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS ARE WAITING, I UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU WENT THROUGH A LOT. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PEOPLE THAT GET THESE TWO TONIGHT NEED TO GET THOSE TWO BEFORE I FUSS WITH IT. ON THE SAME TOKEN, I APOLOGIZE PERSONALLY THAT WE ARE STIFLING BUSINESS OWNERS FOR THE OTHER NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T GET THIS, THAT ARE STILL ON THIS LIST. I DIDN'T COUNT THEM, SORRY.

AND I APOLOGIZE THAT WE HAVE AN ARBITRARY RULE THAT WE CAN FIX THAT I WAS IGNORANT OF UNTIL LAST WEEK.

AND THAT YOU GUYS ARE BEING SUBBSUBJECTED TO THAT.

THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: COUNCILPERSON REDD.

>> COUNCILPERSON: I DISAGREE WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE, TOO. THE FREE MARKETPLACE SHOULD DICTATE HOW MANY LIQUOR STORES ARE HERE.

IF THERE IS TOO MANY, SOME WILL NOT SUCCEED AND FALL OFF.

I DON'T KNOW. I'M DISAPPOINTED WE VOTE FOR PRICE CONTROLS AND WE VOTE FOR NOW STORE CONTROLS.

>> MAYOR: ANY OTHER COMMENT OR QUESTION REGARDING THE PROCEDURE? OKAY.

WE ARE NOW READY TO DRAW THE DOOR PRIZES.

WE CAPITULATE AND DRAW THE DOOR PRIZES.

OKAY, THIS IS ONE. OKAY.

FIRST NAME THAT WAS DRAWN WAS, PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I BUTCHER THIS, BUT DAXABEN PATEL. AND THE SECOND NAME IS KINFE KAHASAY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU HEARD OF THE COUNCIL, YOU HEARD THE INSTRUCTIONS BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. COUNCILPERSON ALLEN, YOU GO WISH TO BE RECOGNIZED ON WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY?

>> COUNCILPERSON: NO. >> MAYOR: IF YOU DON'T MIND, PUSH YOUR BUTTON AGAIN. SO WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THEM UP ONE AT A TIME. THE FIRST NAME IS ITEM I.

RESOLUTION 12. RESOLUTION 12 IN YOUR PACKET.

ITEM I ON THE LIST. RESOLUTION 12.

I WILL NEED A MOTION AND SECOND. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY QUESTION OR COMMENT REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION? OKAY.

SEEING NONE -- COUNCILPERSON SMITH?

>> COUNCILPERSON: JUST FOR CLARITY.

THE TWO NAMES THAT YOU DRAW, WE ARE GOING TO VOTE AS TO -- ON BOTH OF THEM OR THESE OTHER TWO THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO RECEIVE THE CERTIFICATION FOR LICENSE FOR LIQUOR?

>> MAYOR: OUR CODE SAYS WE DRAW TWO NAMES.

VIDEO INDIVIDUAL SINGLE FA INDIE THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE.

>> COUNCILPERSON: SO THESE ARE THE TWO.

>> MAYOR: THESE ARE THE TWO. ANY OTHER COMMENT OR QUESTION REGARDING RESOLUTION 12? SEEING NONE, HEARING NONE.

ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. EVERY MEMBER VOTED.

ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THE VOTE?

MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE. >> 12 YES, ZERO NO, ZERO ABS

ABSTAIN. >> MAYOR: ADOPTED.

NOW READY FOR THE SECOND RESOLUTION THAT WE WILL CONSIDER AND THAT IS ITEM C, RESOLUTION 7.

KINFE KAHASY. >> MOTION.

>> MOTION PROPERLY SECONDED IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION 7.

ANY COMMENT OR QUESTION REGARDING RESOLUTION 7? SEEING NONE, HEARING NONE. ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL MEMBERS CAST YOUR VOTE .

EVERY MEMBERS VOTED. ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR?

MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE. >> 12 YES, ZERO NO, ZERO

ABSTAIN. >> RESOLUTION 7 IS ADOPTED.

WE ARE NOW, AS INSTRUCTED, GOING TO GO DOWN THE LIST.

COUNCILPERSON ALLEN DID YOU RECOGNIZE? WE ARE GOING DOWN TO MOTION AND PERHAPS IT WILL FAIL DUE TO LACK OF A SECOND AND DISPOSE OF THE REMAINING 13 RESOLUTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCILPERSON BUTLER, DID YOU WISH TO BE RECOGNIZED? YOU ARE RECOGNIZED BEFORE WE GO

DOWN THE LIST. >> COUNCILPERSON: GUYS, I'M SORRY. I DO NOT FEEL -- I FEEL THAT IT

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IS MORALLY REPREHENSIBLE FOR ME TO LET THESE FAIL FOR LACK OF SECOND. IT IS DISINGENUOUS.

I CAN'T DO IT WITH A CLEAR CONSCIOUS.

AND I NEED YOU TO TELL ME WHAT HAPPENS IF I SECOND THEM AND WE VOTE AND SAY ONE PASSES, WHAT DOES THAT DO? LIKE, WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US? BECAUSE IT IS -- THIS IS A

QUESTION I GUESS FOR COUNSEL. >> MR. BITNER, YOU CAN TAKE A

STAB AT THAT. >> COUNCILPERSON: I'M SORRY, GUYS, I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE I AM BEING DRAMATIC.

THESE ARE PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOODS. >> MAYOR: LET'S GET TO THIS ONE FIRST. MR. BITNER.

>> SO WE HAVE TWO CERTIFICATES THAT CAN BE ISSUED BY ORDINANCE.

SO IF YOU TRY AND DO ANOTHER ONE, YOU WILL OBVIOUSLY BE AGAINST THE CODE AND PROBABLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS YOU WILL GET A SUIT FILED IN THE CHANCERY COURT CHALLENGING IT AS BEING OUTSIDE THE LAW. AND I'M GUESSING THAT OBVIOUSLY, THE SUIT WOULD -- IF THE SUIT WOULD FAIL.

THE CITY WOULD, IN MY ESTIMATION, THE CITY WOULD PREVAIL AND THE CERTIFICATE WOULD NOT BE ISSUED, NOT BE

SIGNED BY THE MAYOR. >> COUNCILPERSON: I REALLY HATE THIS LAW. I'M GOING TO SAY THAT.

OKAY. THANKS.

>> MAYOR: COUNCILPERSON ALLEN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> COUNCILPERSON: OKAY. SO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS, THE

CITY WOULD SUE THE COUNCIL? >> NO, NO.

THE INDIVIDUAL -- THE INDIVIDUAL THAT YOU ARE GOING TO AWARD THE CERTIFICATE TO, THE THIRD ONE, DOES NOT GET THE CERTIFICATE.

SO THAT WOULD BE CONTRARY TO THE CITY CODE.

SO THE MAYOR WOULD NOT SIGN THE CERTIFICATE AND THEN, MY GUESS IS, YOU WOULD GET A CHALLENGE IN CHANCERY COURT ON A WRIT.

THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO DEFEND THAT.

YOU ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO ISSUE, ACCORDING TO THE CODE THAT WE HAVE, TWO CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE.

>> COUNCILPERSON: OKAY, OKAY. SO WHILE I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT MY FELLOW COUNCILPERSON IS SAYING.

I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THEY WANT LIQUOR LICENSES. I ALSO BELIEVE IN FREE ENTERPRISE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

WHAT WOULD BE OUR RECOURSE TO -- CHANGE THE CODE, RIGHT?

>> YOU COULD AMEND THE CODE. >> WE WOULD AMEND THE CODE? OKAY. IF WE HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN, WHICH I HOPE WE DON'T, NEXT TIME MAYBE PUTTING EVERY NAME IN THE BOX PUBLICLY WOULD BE THE BEST THING TO DO INSTEAD OF PUTTING NAMES IN THE BOX BEFOREHAND. I MEAN, WE COULD QUESTION -- WE HAVE CHANCERY COURT SAYING I DON'T THINK MY NAME WAS IN THE

BOX. >> THE CITY CODE REQUIRES, PRIORITY THE REGULAR SESSION, THE CITY CLERK TO PREPARE THE STRIPS AND PUT THEM IN THE BOX. SO SHE COMPLIED WITH THE CODE.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.

YOU WOULD NEED TO AMEND THAT SECTION, TOO.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR: COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> COUNCILPERSON: SO MY QUESTION IS, COULD WE POSTPONE THIS AND THEN AMEND THE CODE AND THEN COME BACK AND READDRESS THESE OR WOULD IT BE BETTER TO CLEAR THEM, AMEND THE CODE, COME BACK.

>> SO YOU JUST PASSED THE RESOLUTION.

>> ALLOW THE TWO HAW THAT WE PA. THEN POSTPONE THE REST OF THE VOTE. POSTPONE THE NO VOTES UNTIL WE AMEND THE CODE. WE WOULD HAVE TO POSTPONE IT FOR TWO MEETINGS. DEPENDING ON THE CHANGING OF THE CODE. WE WOULD HAVE TO VOTE NEXT MONTH AND THE FOLLOWING MONTH TO CHANGE IT.

THEN REVIEW, DEPENDING ON HOW WE REWRITE THE CODE, COME BACK ON THE THIRD MONTH AND REVIEW THESE.

OR IS IT BETTER TO TELL EVERYONE, WE'RE GOING TO FIX THE CODE, COME BACK IN THREE MONTHS? WE ARE NOT TELLING ANYONE NO.

IF NO ONE PUTS IN A CHANGE TO THE CODE NEXT MONTH, NOW THEY ARE GONE. I DON'T KNOW, I'M ASKING.

>> SO YOU COULD POSTPONE THE RESOLUTIONS ON THE 13 THAT WERE NOT PICKED AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO BE GRANTED, JUST A COUPLE

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DAYS TO RESEARCH INTO THIS AND SEE.

BECAUSE I KNOW THE STATE IS DIRECTING THE CITY ON HOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO REGULATE THIS AREA. SO I WOULD NEED TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF STORES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE AND THEN CHECK INTO THE TENNESSEE CODE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALLOWED TO DO THAT SINCE THE STATE IS REGULATING LIQUOR SALES MORE THAN THE CITY.

>> ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT? >> YOU COULD POSTPONE THOSE 13.

>> MAYOR: MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE WE DISPOSE OF THIS MATTER TONIGHT BECAUSE, IF WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE CODE, THEN EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE FOLLOWING THE NEW RULE.

JUST LIKE WE DID WITH THE R-2 A ZONING CASE WE HEARD EARLIER, BECAUSE IT IS PRESCRIPTIVE. WE ADVERTISE FOR THREE DAYS.

IF THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE, THAT WILL OPEN IT UP.

SO IT WOULD BE BETTER IF WE STARTED WITH A CLEAN SLATE.

BUT THAT'S JUST A SUGGESTION. COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS, YOU

STILL HAVE THE FLOOR. >> COUNCILPERSON: SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS, AND SORRY, I DID READ IT BUT I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THIS SAID, DID THEY HAVE TO PAY A FEE TO PUT IN THEIR NAME?

>> THEY DID HAVE TO PAY A FEE. LET ME GET TO THAT SECTION.

THEY DID PAY A FEE. NO FEE FEE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> THEN -- WE HAVE SOME OPTIONS.

WE COULD POSTPONE IT AND HAVE A CONVERSATION OR WE COULD SAY NO AND TELL EVERYONE HERE, COME BACK.

>> MAYOR: COUNCILPERSON REDD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> YOU SAID WE COULD BE CHALLENGED IN CHANCERY COURT,

WHO WOULD BE THE PLAINTIFF? >> THE PLAINTIFF WOULD BE THE THIRD APPROVAL. YOU ARE ONLY ALLOWED TWO APPROVALS. THE THIRD INDIVIDUAL THAT WOULD BE APPROVED, HE IS NOT GOING TO GET THAT CERTIFICATE.

SO IF HE C CHOSE TO CHALLENGE IT AND SAY THE COUNCIL APPROVED IT, THEN HE WOULD TRY AND GET THAT CERTIFICATE AWARDED TO HIM.

>> THE 3RD THAT WAS NOT APPROVED?

>> CORRECT. WHAT THE QUESTION WAS, SHE WANTED TO ADD A THIRD INDIVIDUAL.

>> OKAY. LET'S FORGET ABOUT THAT.

IF WE DON'T -- IF WE JUST HAVE THESE TWO, THIS WAY, AND WE VOTE FOR APPROVAL. THE OTHER 13, SO WHO WOULD TAKE THAT TO COURT? WHO WOULD BE THE PLAINTIFF?

>> WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS, YOU ARE GOING TO APPROVE THE TWO.

>> UH-HUH. AND WE ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER ASK WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF IT RECEIVED A SECOND.

AND PERHAPS AN APPROVAL. I'M SAYING IF YOU APPROVED ALL OF THEM, WHO WOULD BE THE PLAINTIFF? THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY THAT WOULDN'T GET ONE.

>> MAYOR: I THINK MR. BITNER, YOU SAID, I THINK THE ATTORNEY SAID THAT TWO ARE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE. IF WE VOTE IN A THIRD, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SIGN THAT CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE BECAUSE ONLY TWO ARE AUTHORIZED. SO THAT WOULD GO AGAINST CODE.

>> THEN THE INDIVIDUAL -- >> ONE OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS MENTIONED, I THINK WE SHOULD POSTPONE THIS UNTIL OCTOBER AND WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT TWO READINGS TO CHANGE THE CODE AND JUST DO AWAY WITH ANY NUMBER, ARBITRARY.

SOMEBODY SAID THIS IS JUST A NUMBER THAT'S PULLED OUT OF THE SKY OF HOW MANY WE HAVE. I THINK THE ANSWER AS I UNDERSTOOD IS YES. SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF

POSTPONING UNTIL OCTOBER. >> MAYOR: COUNCILPERSON

STREETMAN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> COUNCILPERSON: I ACTUALLY WANTED TO SPEAK UP ON BEHALF OF THE CITY CLERK.

I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT SHE DID THIS IN A FULLY HONEST MANNER AND WHEN SHE WAS PUTTING ALL THE NAMES IN THERE.

I JUST HATE ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE QUESTIONED ON THAT.

I HAVE THE FULL FAITH IN OUR CITY CLERK, THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR: COUNCILPERSON ALLEN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> COUNCILPERSON: I'M NOT SAYING I DON'T.

BUT PUBLICLY PEOPLE COULD. THEY DON'T KNOW OUR CITY CLERK.

SO PUBLICLY, SEEING THE NAMES GO INTO THE HAT, THEY WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE SAYING.

NOTHING AGAINST MISS LISA. WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK WAS, DO -- SO THE ONE IN SIX THOUSAND, WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS BY DOING TWO EVERY YEAR, WE ARE TRYING TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE

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WE GET ONE IN SIX THOUSAND PERMITS.

>> THAT'S WHAT THE CODE READS, CORRECT.

>> WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO KNOW WITH -- THROUGH POSTPONEMENT AND EVERYTHING, WE WOULD NEED THOSE NUMBERS.

WE NEED, HOW MANY MORE PERMITS DO WE NEED THAT WILL HIT ONE IN SIX THOUSAND PEOPLE IN CLARKSVILLE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW CENSUS NUMBERS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, RIGHT?

>> CORRECT. >> WE WOULD ALSO NEED TO KNOW -- SO WE HAVE SOME RESEARCH TO DO. SO I THINK SINCE THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING. IF THEY HAD TO PAY ANYTHING, I WOULDN'T WANT TO POSTPONE IT. SINCE THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING AND THEY CAN REAPPLY, I SAY WE VOTE THESE DOWN TONIGHT AND THEN START WITH A CLEAN SLATE AND THEN GET ON CHANGING

THAT CODE. >> MAYOR: COUNCILPERSON BUTLER,

YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> COUNCILPERSON: THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO WHAT -- OKAY, SO WE HAD TO APPROVE THEM THROUGH RESOLUTION ALREADY.

WHAT HAPPENS TO THE 13, AND WE JUST THROW THAT AWAY, THE EFFORT

THAT ALREADY -- >> MAYOR: WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A

MINUTE. >> COUNCILPERSON: WE HAVE TO

RENOTICE AND ANYTHING. >> MAYOR: THE APPLICANTS HAVE APPLIED THROUGH THE CURRENT RULES, RESPOND TO AN ADVERTISEMENT, GO THROUGH BACKGROUND CHECK.

THAT'S ONE SET OF RULES. IF WE DECIDE TO CHANGE THE RULE, THEN I THINK IT WOULD BE FAIRER FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE TO COMPLY, INCLUDING THE 13 THAT ARE REMAINING.

>> COUNCILPERSON: OKAY. SO JUST LIKE WITH THE 2A, THE R-2 A THAT WE DID, IN FACT, PUT BACK TO THE RPC.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH WHAT THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH. IF WE ARE GOING TO GET RID OF IT ENTIRELY, THEN IT WILL BE A NONISSUE.

SO I WOULD MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS UNTIL OCTOBER'S REGULAR

SESSION. >> MAYOR: THAT'S A MOTION.

PROPERLY SECOND TO POSTPONE THE ENTIRE VOTE EVEN FOR -- OH, NO, FOR THE 13. WE HAVE ALREADY APPROVED THE TWO. SO YOU HAVE HEARD THE MOTION TO POSTPONE THE REMAINING 13 UNTIL THE OCTOBER REGULAR SESSION OF 2022. IS THAT THE MOTION?

>> COUNCILPERSON: YES. >> MAYOR: IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY SECONDED. NO ONE ON THE LIST.

COUNCILPERSON SHAKEENAB, YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO THE MOTION TO

POSTPONE? >> NO.

>> SEEING NONE; HEARING NONE, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? ON THE MOTION TO POSTPONE TO THE OCTOBER REGULAR SESSION. ALL MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. EVERYONE MEMBER VOTED.

ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE?

MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE. >> 6 YES, 6 NO, ZERO ABSTAIN.

>> MOTION FAILS. WE ARE BACK ON THE PROCEDURE,

COUNCILPERSON SHAKEENAB. >> COUNCILPERSON: YES, I THINK WE SHOULD GO FORWARD BECAUSE THESE TWO THAT HAVE WON, THEY PLAYED BY ALL RULES. IF WE WANTED TO CHANGE THE RULES, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT A WEEK AGO INSTEAD OF GETTING TO THIS POINT. FOR THE FUTURE, IF WE DO THIS IN THE FUTURE, WE SHOULD MAKE THE CHANGES NEEDED.

BUT FOR TONIGHT, THESE TWO, THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY WERE REQUIRED TO DO ACCORDING TO US, ACCORDING TO OUR RULES.

WE SHOULDN'T CHANGE THE RULES. >> MAYOR: OKAY, THANK YOU, COUNCILPERSON SMITH, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> COUNCILPERSON: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I WOULD SAY THAT WE VOTED THIS IN AND THE WAY IT IS, THIS PROCESS, WHAT WE ARE DOING THOUSAND WAS VOTED THIS BY THE COUNCIL SOME YEARS AGO. AND I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE JEFF BURHART BROUGHT THIS FORWARD.

AND MY CONCERN IS, IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THIS, HOW MANY LIQUOR STORES ARE YA'LL LOOKING TO BRING FORTH IN THE CITY? HOW MANY LIQUOR STORES DO WE NEED? WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO? I MEAN, YOU WANT ALL 13 OF THESE TO OPEN A LIQUOR STORE AT ONE TIME? WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO MAKE THE CITY OUT OF? THAT'S JUST MY QUESTION. MY CONCERN.

WHY DO WE WANT TO VOTE IN ALL 13.

I'M SERIOUS. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE -- I SHOULDN'T EVEN SAY IT. YA'LL NEED TO THINK ABOUT THIS.

YOU WANT TO VOTE IN 13 NEW LIQUOR STORES IN THIS CITY.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? MORE DUIS.

WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.

I MEAN, WHY DOUGH WANT TO DO DOO THIS? MORE DEATHS? I MEAN, WE WANT TO VOTE IN 13 MORE LIQUOR STORES, REALLY? ARE WE THINKING ARE ARE WE JUST TALKING? LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS.

BECAUSE WHEN WE PUT THIS IN PLACE, THIS LAW IN PLACE, WE ALL SIT HERE AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT. WE DISCUSSED THIS.

SO, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE JUST WANT TO DO SOMETHING TO BE SEEN SOMETIMES. BUT PUTTING IN 13 LIQUOR STORES AT ONE TIME IS NOT A GOOD IDEA FOR THIS CITY.

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

YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> COUNCILPERSON: SO TO SPEAK TO THAT, IT WAS MY HUSBAND, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, DAVID ALLEN THAT BROUGHT THIS AMENDMENT FORWARD. THE REASON HE DID THAT IS BECAUSE THERE IS A STATE RESTRICTION THAT SAYS ONE IN SIX THOUSAND. CLARKSVILLE WAS NOWHERE NEAR THAT. THERE WAS ONLY 12 PERMITS IN THE ENTIRE CITY. SO WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING, IS THEY DECIDED TO DO TWO EVERY YEAR OR HOWEVER OFTEN WE DO T THEM 2, TO GET UP TO THAT NUMBER.

BUT NOW I'M LOOKING AT, WHY ARE WE PUSHING BACK PEOPLE FROM FREE ENTERPRISE WHEN THOSE PERMITS ARE COMING ANYWAY? THEY ARE COMING. SO WHY DO WE HAVE TO SPREAD IT OUT WHEN WE COULD JUST TAKE THAT RULE AWAY ALTOGETHER BECAUSE THE STATE HAS TOLD US, ONE IN SIX THOUSAND.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR: COUNCILPERSON REDD. >> COUNCILPERSON: THANK, MAYOR.

THE QUESTION WAS BROUGHT UP, HOW MANY SHOULD WE HAVE.

I CAN REMEMBER BEING ASKED, HOW MANY SUPER WALMARTS ARE WE GOING TO HAVE IN CLARKSVILLE? PEOPLE TELL ME, WE HAVE TOO MANY. I HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO THEM, THEY ARE PUT THERE NOT BY THE COUNCIL, PUT THERE BY THE FREE MARKETPLACE. THAT'S WHAT DETERMINES HOW MANY SHOULD BE THERE. AGAIN.

, IF THERE'S TOO MANY, SOMEOF TS AND THEY WON'T BE ABLE IS TO SUSTAIN THEMSELF. IN A FREE COUNTRY, YOU SHOULD LIVE ON A FREE MARKET. I WILLABLE TAKEABSTAIN ON THIS .

>> MAYOR: COUNCILPERSON LITTLE. >> COUNCILPERSON: I'M THINKING OF THIS IN A KIND OF WAY TO A SOCIAL VIEW TO WHERE I AM OKAY WITH MORE LIQUOR STORES. I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM ALL CONDENSED IN ONE AREA. IF WE BRING SOMETHING FORWARD, MAYBE IF WE PUT IT IN TO WHERE ONLY SO MANY WITHIN AN AREA, STUFF LIKE THAT. I HATE TO SEE IT ALL CONDENSED IN A LOW INCOME AREA OR AREA WHERE IT CAN NEGATIVITY AFFECT THE SURROUNDING AREAS. THAT'S ALL.

>> MAYOR: COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> COUNCILPERSON: I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCILPERSON TO MY RIGHT, SO WE ARE STILL SET WITH NO MORE THAN ONE PER SIX THOUSAND. SO WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO HAVE A LOTTERY. I MEAN, WHAT IF WE GOT TO THAT

LIMIT? >> MAYOR: THAT WITH QUESTION DIRECTED TO THE COUNCILPERSON WARD 8.

>> YES. >> JUST TO FINISH MY QUESTION, SO WHEN WE GET TO THE NUMBER OF LIQUOR STORES PER 6,000, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO A LOTTERY, RIGHT?

>> NO. THEN THE PERMITS WOULDN'T BE THERE NO LONGER. UNLESS OUR POPULATION GROWS, WE CAN'T ALLOW ANY MORE PERMITS AFTER WE ARE AT ONE IN SIX

THOUSAND. >> BUT THEN ONE STORE CLOSES, SO I GET ONE PERMIT. AND I WOULD HAVE TO PICK TREEN BETWEENTEN PEOPLE. OR A LOTTERY.

OKAY. >> MAYOR: COUNCILPERSON

STREETMAN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> COUNCILPERSON: CAN I CALL FOR

THE QUESTION? >> MAYOR: THERE'S NO QUESTION, BUT ANY OBJECTION TO GETTING ON WITH THE RAT KILLING HERE, WHICH IS TO ADDRESS THE REMAINING RESOLUTIONS? SEEING NONE. OKAY, WE ARE NOW READY FOR ITEM A, RESOLUTION 5. I WOULD NEED A MOTION.

>> MOTION. >> DO I HEAR A SECOND? FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND. ITEM B, RESOLUTION 6, DO I HEAR A MOTION? DO I HEAR A SECOND? FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND. ITEM D, WHICH IS RESOLUTION 8, DO I HEAR A MOTION? ANY SECOND? FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND. ITEM E, RESOLUTION 9, DO I HEAR A MOTION? FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND.

ITEM F, RESOLUTION 10, DO I HEAR A MOTION? DO I HEAR A SECOND? FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND.

G, RESOLUTION 11, DO I HEAR A MOTION? DO I HEAR A SECOND? FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND.

ITEM H, RESOLUTION 19, FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND.

ITEM J, RESOLUTION 13, DO I HEAR A MOTION? ANY SECOND? FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND.

ITEM K, RESOLUTION 14, DO I HEAR A MOTION? DO I HEAR A SECOND? FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND.

ITEM L, RESOLUTION 15, ZONING ORDINANCE I HEAR A SECOND IN FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND. ITEM N, RESOL M, RESOLUTION 16,R

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A MOTION? FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND.

ITEM N, ITEM 17, DO I HEAR A MOTION? FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND. WE ARE NOW READY FOR ITEM 2 UNDER NEW BISES, WHICH IS RESOLUTION 02-2022-23, A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE OFFICIAL HONORARY DESIGNATION OF TINY TOWN ROAD FROM 41A, FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD, TO PEACHERS MILL ROAD AS VETERANS' PARKWAY. COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS, YOU ARE THE SPONSOR, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> THE OFFICIAL HONORARY DESIGNATION AT VETERANS PARKWAY.

>> MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION 2. ANY COMMENT OR QUESTION? SEEING NONE, HEARING NONE. READY TO VOTE? ALL MEMBERS CAST YOUR VOTE.

EVERY MEMBERS VOTED. ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR? MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE.

>> 12 YES, ZERO NO, ZERO ABSTAIN.

>> RESOLUTION 2 IS ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW READY FOR RESOLUTION 3, RESOLUTION 03-2022-23, A RESOLUTION REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR THE TENNESSEE AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORICAL GROUP TO PLACE A HISTORICAL MARKER RECOGNIZING THE LOCATION OF CLARKSVILLE'S PRE CIVIL WAR SLAVE MARKET ON THE CORNER OF SECOND STREET AND FRANKLIN STREET. COUNCILPERSON SMITH, YOU ARE THE

SPONSOR, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> YOU HAVE ALREADY READ THE MATION, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND IT IS WHAT IT SAYS.

>> MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

ANY QUESTION REGARDING RESOLUTION 3? HEARING NONE, SEEING NONE. READY TO VOTE? COUNCILPERSON ALLEN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED ON THE RESOLUTION.

>> COUNCILPERSON: I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE SPONSOR A QUESTION BECAUSE I WANTED TO KIND OF CLARIFY SOMETHING THAT IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ONE. LAST WEEK, WHEN WE WERE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT THE REASON WHY IT HAD TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL WAS BECAUSE THE DESIGNATIONS

COMMITTEE DID NOT MEET QUORUM. >> WE NEED A QUORUM TO VOTE ON

IT. >> THAT'S WHY IT CAME TO THE COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY IT FOR THE PERSON WHO CAME IN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, THE ONLY REASON WHY IT HAD TO BECOME THE COUNCIL, THE DESIGNATION COMMITTEE DID NOT HAVE A QUORUM. IT IS NOT A NEW RULE.

THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER COMMENT OR QUESTION REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION. SEEING NONE; HEARING NONE, ARE ? ALL MEMBERS CAST YOUR VOTE. EV. ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR?

MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE. >> 12 YES, ZERO NO, ZERO

ABSTAIN. >> RESOLUTION 3 IS ADOPTED.

WE ARE NOW READY FOR ITEMS 4 AND 5.

AS YOU WILL SEE, IN ORDER TO TAKE UP RESOLUTION 20, WE WOULD NEED A THREE FAW FOURTHS MAJORIF MEMBERS PRESENT TO AUTHORIZE A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF A PROPOSED GERMANIUM AND GALLIUM RECOVERY, ZINC SMELTING OPERATION THAT HAS BEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME. I WOULD NEED A MOTION TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION 20. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION 20.

COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE MOTION TO CONSIDER. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> COUNCILPERSON: MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, I HAVE QUESTIONS AND I DID READ THE RESOLUTIONS BUT I STILL -- I MEAN, IT IS VERY FAST WHY -- WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO IT SO QUICKLY WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO

DO THE RESEARCH ON IT? >> MAYOR: WELL, QUICK IS AN INDIVIDUAL DETERMINATION. I MEAN, WE ARE FOLLOWING THE LEAD AT THE REQUEST OF THE STATE AND THE INDUSTRY TO PASS A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT. THAT'S THE REASON IT IS HERE.

IT WAS INADVERTENTLY LEFT OFF OF OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION AGENDA.

THAT'S WHY IT IS HERE IN THIS POSTURE.

>> COUNCILPERSON: OKAY. >> MAYOR: ANY OTHER COMMENT OR QUESTION REGARDING THE MOTION TO CONSIDER? COUNCILPERSON SMITH, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED ON MOTION TO

CONSIDER. >> COUNCILPERSON: COULD YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS? BECAUSE I HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO

READ IT IN ITS ENTIRETY. >> MAYOR: WELL, THIS IS THE MOTION TO CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION.

I WILL BE GLAD TO ANSWER IT IF WE ARE ABLE TO CONSIDER THE

RESOLUTION. >> COUNCILPERSON: OH, OKAY.

>> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENT OR QUESTION REGARDING THE MOTION TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION 20? % ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? THIS IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION 20, REQUIRES THREE FOURTHS MAJORITY.

ALL MEMBERS CAST YOUR VOTE. EVERY MEMBER VOTED.

ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE?

MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE. >> 11 YES, ZERO NO, ZEROABLESTA2

YES, ZERO NO, ZERO ABSTAIN. >> ADOPTED.

NOW FOR A MOTION AND SECOND ON RESOLUTION 20.

MOTION MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

COUNCILPERSON SMITH, GERMANIUM AND GALLIUM ATTACHED TO NEAR

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STAR, A ZINC SMELTING OPERATION IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR GOOD 40 PLUS YEARS. ALMOST 50.

THESE ARE A BY-PRODUCT, A RARE COMMODITY, AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO -- LOCAL GOVERNMENT, STATE GOVERNMENT AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT THEIR ABILITY TO CREATE THIS PROCESSING FACILITY AND CREATE JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> COUNCILPERSON: WHERE IS IT LOCATED?

>> MAYOR: LOCATED OUT THERE ACROSS ON ZINC PLANT ROAD.

>> COUNCILPERSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> MAYOR: COUNCILPERSON RENNREYNREYNOLDS, YOU ARE RECOG.

>> COUNCILPERSON: FOR THE AUDIENCE, WE WERE MADE AWARE OF THIS WHEN WE GOT THE INFORMATION LAST NIGHT.

I DID READ WHAT WAS GIVEN TO ME. I DID NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND WHERE TO GO FOR THE REST OF MY QUESTIONS.

SO WILL WE BE BRINGING IN ANY OF THE MATERIALS? ARE THEY ALL GOING TO BE FROM OUR PLANT? WE ARE THOUGHT GOING TO TRANSPORT INTO OUR COMMUNITY?

IS THAT CORRECT? >> MAYOR: THE WAY THE NEAR STAR PLANT OPERATES, THEY MINE IT OVER IN GORDANSVILLE, TENNESSEE.

THEY SHIP IT IN. THEY SMELT IT OR PROCESS IT AT THE CLARKSVILLE PLANT AND CREATE ZINC BLOCKS, BRICKS, AND THEN THOSE ARE SHIPPED OUT TO THEIR BUYERS.

>> COUNCILPERSON: AND IS THERE GOING TO BE FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL OR STATE? IS THIS -- WHO IS --

>> MAYOR: I CAN'T ANSWER THAT SPECIFICALLY.

I DO KNOW WITH EVERY INDUSTRY EXPANSION, SOMETIMES THE STATE PROVIDES INCENTIVES SUCH AS JOB TRAINING GRANTS.

IF THERE IS INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER, SEWER, GAS, THE STATE MY

PARTICIPATE IN THAT. >> COUNCILPERSON: MY CONCERN IS BECAUSE THEY DISCUSS COAL ASH, I WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE THOUGHT GOING TO TRANSPORT COAL ASH INTO OUR COMMUNITY.

>> MAYOR: AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE ARE NOT.

COUNCILPERSON ALLEN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> COUNCILPERSON: SO THIS ONE WAS REALLY QUICK BUT I DID COME UP WITH SOME COMMENTS. SHE ALREADY ASKED THE QUESTION, IS EVENTUALLY OUR CITY COUNCIL GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND MIMONEY

ANY MONEYON THIS? >> MAYOR: NO MONEY.

>> COUNCILPERSON: ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, RAW MATERIALS BEING MINED, 20 YEARS DOWN THE LINE, HERE COMES HEALTH ISSUES.

DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT?

>> MAYOR: I CAN TELL YOU, THIS IS A BY-PRODUCT OF THEIR CURRENT OPERATION. I WON'T SAY IT IS WASTE PRODUCT, THAT'S NOT FAIR BECAUSE IT IS VERY RARE COMMODITY.

THEY ARE WANTING TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THOSE TWO ELEMENTS AND PROCESS THEM ON SITE AND THEN TURN AROUND AND SELL THEM TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CREATE ANY MORE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OR HAZARDS WITH THIS GERMANIUM AND

GALLI LIUM RECOVERY PROCESS. >> HOW MANY JOBS INTO THE CITY?

>> I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME.

THAT IS YET TO BE DETERMINED BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE FACILITY AND GETTING PERMISSION TO DO IT.

>> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILPERSON MARQUIS, YOU

ARE RECOGNIZED. >> I'M A TOTAL DORK FOR THIS TYPE OF STUFF, ROCKS AND MINERALS.

I CONTACTED THE FACILITY AND I SPOKE TO THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MANAGER AS WELL AS THEIR TECHNICAL MANAGER TODAY.

WE HAD A PRETTY NICE CONVERSATION.

I DID ASK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT WAS ACTUALLY A NET POSITIVE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE IT IS MORE LIKE -- THEY ALREADY HAVE THIS BY-PRODUCT IN THEIR PONDS THAT THEY SIFT THROUGH PRETTY MUCH. SO THE PRODUCT SITS IN THEIR PONDS AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING, THEY ARE GOING BACK TO THEIR PODS AND REFINING IT EVEN BETTER SO THEY SAID LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTALLY WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, LET'S SAY WE SAY NO TO THEM, THEIR PLANT IS STILL GOING TO OPERATE.

THEIR PONDS WILL CONTINUE TO FILL UP.

WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, THIS HE WILL HAVE TO DOUBLE THEIR CAPACITY AND EXPAND THEIR OPERATION.

COMPARED TO IF WE SAY YES, THEY GO BACK TO THE PONDS AND DIMINISH WHAT THEY HAVE IN THE PONDS WILL PREVENT THEM FROM CREATING A BIGGER FOOTPRINT ON TO THE COMMUNITY.

THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COMPACT THEIR OPERATIONS FROM WITHIN.

THE GERMANIUM AND GALLI LIUM ARE IMPORTANT MINUTES MINERALS IN OR COUNTRY. THERE IS A SHORTAGE ON THINGS.

THESE MINERALS HELP WITH TECHNOLOGY.

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OUR PHONES, THE LITTLE MICROCHIPS AND THE SOLAR PANELS AND WIND TURBINES. IT GOES INTO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

AND SO APPARENTLY THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE IN CLARKSVILLE WILL SUPPLY ABOUT 80% OF WHAT THE COUNTRY USES CURRENTLY WHICH WOULD HELP A LOT OF SUPPLY ISSUES THAT OUR COUNTRY IS DOINT AND EVERYTHING I SPOKE TO THESE GENTLEMEN ABOUT SEEMED VERY POSITIVE OVERALL, NOT JUST FOR CLARKSVILLE.

AS FAR AS THE JOBS, QUALITY, THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR JOBS THAT ARE FROM SOMEBODY COMING FRESH OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, ALL THE WAY UP TO NEEDING A CHEMIST PRETTY MUCH.

AND THEN I THINK OVERALL, LONG-TERM, NOT JUST FOR CLARKSVILLE, THE COUNTRY. IT IS VERY USEFUL.

I DID ALSO ASK ABOUT THEIR MINING PROCEDURES, PEOPLE THINK THAT MINING, DRILLING INTO THE GROUND, GOING TO CAVERNS, IT IS NOT LIKE THAT. LITERALLY, THEY HAVE THESE PONDS OUT THERE MADE OF CLAY THAT THEY GET THE MATERIALS.

WE ARE NOT DOING ANY OF THAT SORT.

THE DANGER IS LOW WITH REGARDS TO THAT.

SO, YEAH, I DIDN'T SEE ANY RED FLAGS AFTER SPEAKING TO THEM ABOUT IT. I THINK IT IS A GOOD POSITIVE, AGAIN, FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND REST OF THE COUNTRY.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK, THIS IS MERELY A RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR THEIR PROPOSED PROCESSING FACILITY. COUNCILPERSON LITTLE, YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> COUNCILPERSON: I'M JUST PIGGY PACKING OFF WHAT THE PREVIOUS COUNCILPERSON SAID, THIS IS HUGE FOR NOT ONLY CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE, BUT ALSO FOR ENTIRE UNITED STATES. RIGHT NOW, U.S. HEAVILY RELIES ON CHINA FOR IMPORTS. IF WE CAN MOVE THIS BACK TO WHERE WE ARE PRODUCING OUR OWN NEEDS, SELF-SUSTAINING, IT IS GREAT TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR IT. THAT'S ALL.

>> MAYOR: COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS.

>> COUNCILPERSON: I WOULD LIKE TO SAY AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I HOPE THAT AS A CITY WE RESPECT THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF OUR RESIDENTS. WE ALL KNOW THAT THE COAL INDUSTRY DOES NOT HAVE A VERY GOOD HISTORY OF TAKING CARE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THEM. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT AS A CITY, THAT WE DO THIS, WE ALSO EXPECT THAT THEY FOLLOW SAFETY REGULATIONS AND TAKE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

>> MAYOR: ANYONE ELSE ON RESOLUTION 20? SEEING NONE; HEARING NONE, ARE U READY TO VOTE? ALL MEMBERS CAST YOUR VOTE. EV. ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR?

MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE. >> 11 YES, 1 NO, ZERO ABSTAIN.

[1. ORDINANCE 121-21-22 (Second Reading) An Ordinance submitting to the qualified voters of the City of Clarksville the question of whether the City shall adopt Home Rule]

>> RESOLUTION 20 IS ADOPTED. NOW BACK ON ITEM 1 FROM OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ORDINANCE 121-2022, ORDINANCES SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE A QUESTION OF WHETHER THE CITY SHALL ADOPT HOME RULE. COUNCILPERSON STREETMAN, YOU PULLED THAT AND YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> COUNCILPERSON: YES, MAYOR. I KNOW IT IS UP FOR SECOND READING. I THINK BEFORE I CAN DISCUSS ANYTHING, SOMEONE IS GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE --

>> MAYOR: MOTION AND SECOND. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND

PROPERLY SECONDED. >> COUNCILPERSON: THANK YOU, MAYOR. THERE HAS BEEN -- WE DID HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS LAST MONTH.

AS I SAID THEN, I HAD DONE SEVERAL HOURS OF RESEARCH INTO THIS. I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE HAD QUESTIONS UP HERE ON DIFFERENT THINGS.

I EVEN, WITH ALL THE HOURS I HAVE DONE, I STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS MYSELF. AND THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS PREVIOUSLY ABOUT BINDING FUTURE COUNCILS INTO DEALING WITH DIFFERENT THINGS, SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST IS SEEING AS HOW THAT THIS COUNCIL COULD BE THE EXACT SAME NEXT YEAR.

IT COULD ALSO BE GREATLY DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE HAVE MANY SEATS UP FOR RE-ELECTION. SINCE IT WAS TO BE ON THE BALLOT FOR 2024, THERE WOULD BE PLENTY OF TIME.

THE NEXT COUNCIL WILL BE THE ONES EDUCATING EVERYONE AND TALKING TO EVERYONE ABOUT IT. THEY SHOULD ALSO HAVE THE BUY-IN ON THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE SECOND READING UNTIL MARCH OF 2023.

>> MAYOR: MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED REGARDING TO POSTPONE ORDINANCE 121 UNTIL MARCH OF 2023:COUNCILPERSON 202.

COUNCILPERSON REDD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> I HAVE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL SEVERAL YEARS, WHENEVER I CAME ON, THERE WAS SOMETHING PASSED BY PREVIOUS COUNCIL THAT I HAD TO TAKE UP AND IF WE DIDN'T LIKE IT, A MEMBER CAN ALSO -- ALWAYS

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