City Council - Regular Meeting

Clarksville City Council. First item as usual on our agenda is the planning commission report and first item there is ordinance 39 202526. Mr. Tendle, please sir.

Good afternoon, Mayor and City Council. I'm here with the planning commission report. There's uh many zoning cases and annexation and some other stuff on the agenda. Before I get started, uh I will not be able to be here next Thursday night. So, if you have any additional questions between now and then, uh please reach out to me by we'll say Wednesday night. Um Thursday morning, I can't be guaranteed to to get in touch with you. All right. First case today, Z48 2025 application of Kevin Hu. It is 5.63 acres currently zoned M1 light industrial going to C5 highway and commercial arterial district. Two parcels front east college street at the craft street intersection. This is in council ward number six. It's currently a strip commercial development. [clears throat] Uh this is in the downtown urban core planning area and the applicant statement is to bring the zoning in line with the proper use. Uh this was previously zoned in 1969 to M1. This is the future land use map here and the intersection there in the lighter orange is identified as corridor commercial which C5 would be agreeable. The lighter blue around it is commercial and industrial hybrid where a mix of M1 and C5 is also appropriate. And there's the current zoning in the area, mostly M1 and M2. Uh there's that one entrance off of Craft Street and College looking up College towards where it becomes Wilmer Rudolph. It's currently has a couple buildings and these sheds. So both these properties that you see are part of this request.

All right. Department comments. Uh, the street department did require a traffic assessment due to known issues in the area. Uh, they must repair or replace sidewalks as needed when they bring in a site plan and follow the city access ordinance. We'll have some more details on that in a second. Uh this there's no other department comments or concerns. The staff does recommend approval of this. The proposed C5 aligns with the corridor commercial future land use designation. It appears that this zone change request will bring the existing uses that are currently legal non-conforming into zoning compliance. The submitted traffic assessment details, current conditions, and worst case scenarios. The traffic volumes and PM peak delays are expected to increase, but the overall level of service F would remain unchanged and any future development of the site would include mitigation strategies outlined in the traffic assessment under the review of the Clarksville Street Department and TOT. Uh the planning commission also recommends for approval.

Thank you, Mr. Tendle. Councilman Smith, you're recognized. Thank you, Mayor. Uh Mr. Tendle, what do they plan to put there? C5, what could be put there? uh numerous businesses and offices, some offices, offices, businesses, retail, anything that's allowed in C5, but there's a bunch of current buildings that are already being used like a C5 out there. Okay. All right. Thank you. Thank you. U neglected to recognize Councilman Clunch for your first meeting. So, welcome. Anyone else wish to be recognized on this ordinance? All right, we're ready for item B. Ordinance 47 202526. Mr. Tendle, please sir.

Uh, this is planning commission case Z53 2025. The application of Tommy and Rei Bard. The agent is Larry Riconei. This is 10.77 acres. Currently zoned R1 single family residential district and requesting to go to R2 single family resa single family residential district. Property is known as 1911 Old Russellville Pike. It's a long narrow tract with a single family home on site and a pond at the rear of the property near the railroad track. This is in council ward number 11 and it's in the St. Bethlehem planning area. Uh there's several previous zoning histories in the area. Back in 2006, R4 was requested but it was withdrawn. In 2007, they requested a PUD. It was passed by the planning commission, denied by city council. And earlier this year, it was originally submitted as R six and they've amended the request back to R2A after some uh information brought by the residents in the area and by the urging of the planning commission staff. Here's the future land use map in the area. You'll see the darker yellow is a mixed residential neighborhood which encourages single family to lower density multif family. You have the corridor commercial up on Wilmer Rudolph and suburban neighborhood. So, it's right on the edge of suburban neighborhood and mixed residential neighborhood. And here's the zoning for the area which matches pretty closely. This is looking from Old Russellville. The home does rise in the back there. There's the current driveway to the property. That's looking up to Dunar Cave Road. The current driveway on the property. All right. Department comments and concerns. Uh the total units were below the threshold for a traffic assessment. Sidewalks will be required and access will be determined by city access ordinance at time of development.

A hydraology report has also been submitted on this based on current drainage conditions. This report has been provided and the comments received by the Clarksville Street Department. Uh no other comments or concerns and the school system listed their capacities at the Rosview school complex. uh applicant states 49 units in the um hydrarology report. Historic estimates would be 48 units. So, we're tracking there. Uh this is in the suburban neighborhood planning area. The staff does recommend approval. The proposed R2A single family residential request provides an appropriate transition between the R4 multif family district and the R1 single family residential district, which is consistent with the guiding principles of the adopted comprehensive plan. This zone request represents an incremental increase in single family residential density while maintaining compatibility with the surrounding developments. Documented drainage concerns exist within this area. Regardless of the outcome of the zone change, it is recommended that appropriate action be given to addressing and remediating the adverse drainage conditions identified in the submitted hydraology report. Any future development proposal, regardless of zone, will require careful review of the storm water management and drainage considerations. Similar issues have been successfully addressed through compliance with the current regulations and established review processes. The planning commission also recommends for approval.

Councilman Sha be recognized. Yes. Thank you, Mayor. Um, thank you, Mr. Tender, for that. Um, I have a few questions and I've looked at the property a couple of times, been out there. Um, and I was glad to see them drop it down considerably from the R um, six request to the R2A. on the R2A. I know that's 49 units they're looking at. Um, how many units would it be if they went into R2? Just out of curiosity, maybe 10 less.

No, not even. Um, so in R2A, you can have a 5,000 square foot minimum lot size, 40 foot width. At R 2, you can cluster to 6,000 square feet with a 50 foot lot width. So, you know, 10 20% greater width, you know, maybe one less on that side of the street. Depends how it lays out, but you might be looking at eight less units, maybe 10. And then for an R1, about how many units we're looking at,

it it'll come out the same as R2 because of the large open space in the area. So, you'll cluster that and you have to leave that as open space, but you can also cluster the R1 down to the 6,000 square foot lots. Uh, we put that yield somewhere in the mid30s, 35 we'll say. So, maybe about 14 13 less. All right. Okay. Um, mayor, I have another question. It may be for the street department reference the entrance and exit um out of this new neighborhood. So, if I could ask the street department. Sure. Mr. Street department. We need a sash or something. You go ahead. Councilman Street Sha, you have the floor. Oh, my hair's my hair is not that long. Doesn't pay to be a wise guy, does it? I'm sorry. Um,

it's the pink jacket that that threw me off. Okay. Hey, um, Mr. Smith. Yes, sir. Um, reference the entrance and exits to this proposed development. Yes, sir. And I know there's a stub road that's in the back already of this of the pending property, right? Yes, sir. Um, are they going to be required to have um, coming off of Old Russville Pike any type of turn lanes going in, going out? They have the opportunity with the access ordinance. I don't know that they're going to have a del or acceleration lane associated with it. We'll have to see how they lay out the property. Okay. And then I know sidewalks are required, but there are no sidewalks anywhere over there. So, it's going to be the sidewalks to nowhere, right? Well, it would be an interior network of sidewalks as well, depending again on the site layout. So, it would be a good start. Yes, sir. So are we looking at doing sidewalks on Russell Pike?

We do have a sidewalk project for old old Russell Pike further down near St. Betham Elementary School. So we are starting on that roadway. Okay. Okay. So that makes sense. And then um the last question is the drainage. I know a lot of concerns from the from the residents over there has been the drainage off of Russville Pike. Can you talk to that way? That

family's done a great job working with the developer and the engineer on this submitting pictures of of past flooding issues with the property. So just absent the assessment and them looking at the topography and and some of those challenges. They've actually had pictures of of the problems on the site [clears throat] and the engineers have taken that into account. So the the hydraology report isn't based just on the science. It's based on what's actually occurring and has occurred in the past. So uh they've done a really robust job with what they've submitted so far. There's been a lot of solid correspondence between their design engineer and our office and that's a tough guy to please. So

it's it's definitely above board. So, do you foresee any flooding problems once this if this thing is developed? Do you foresee any? Because if it's developed and there flooding problems, then you're still going to be standing up here. So, do you see any flooding problems with what I've seen? And again, the preliminary, we don't have the final design and stuff like that at our point. Jeff may have seen some of that, but they've got to detain any water on site. So, they'll have to isolate a portion of the property to keep the water issues they have. There's a pond on the back side of the property. I would imagine that's going to grow to keep some of that water. They can't just continue to shed uh to an adjacent property. We don't allow it. Ted Deers doesn't allow it. So, the plans uh will be correct. Yes.

All right. Okay. Cool. Thank you. Um thank you, Mayor. That's all the questions I have. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Smith. Councilman Lovado, you're recognized. Thank you, Mayor. Um is it possible for us to get a copy of the hydraology study and report? Yeah, you got it in your email today. So if you have any questions on it, reach out to me or Joe Green at the street department. Thank you, Miss Ganfield. That's all. That's how good they are. [laughter] Councilman Hullman, you're recognized.

Thank you, Mayor. So, uh, dur during the presentation, I think I'm going to paraphrase here. You said something to the extent of that like this reszone complements the area. Um, like there's no R2A anywhere in the map. Like how does this complement the area? So, think of it, if I use the word ombre, you have a heavy density R4 at the corner. You have a lighter density R1 to the east. And this kind of falls right in between both of those. So, it transitions down. It steps down like stair steps higher, lower, lowest.

Yeah. Right. Right now, like that's that might be the case, but you know, then then the developers buy a bunch of bunch of the R1 properties. We've seen this before. And they just sit there and they just chisel away at neighborhoods. That's that's what's probably going to happen. I mean, we've seen it time and time again, and so it's just I don't agree with this reason, but that's all I've got. That's an opinion. Thank you, Councilman Streetman. You're recognized. Thank you, mayor. And my question is probably more for the street department. Mr. Street department, Councilman Street, I didn't have time to get to Sash, mayor. Sorry.

Um, Mr. Smith. One of the things the property owner spoke at the RPC meeting and one of the things that she addressed during that is for one um they they this is their old family farm. They've had it for a long time and before the apartments and the houses, the stuff on each side was developed. They didn't have the kind of water on their property that they do now. So they're they're the ones currently taking the water from all the development that's occurred around them. But one issue that they spoke of that creates an issue in the front is that um often the trees get trimmed by the apartment complex and then she I think she said either her husband or her brother has seen it. The they end up throwing all the limbs that they've trimmed off into the ditch and that's what's causing a lot of the issue right there on the front part of it. How is it that whether it's them or anybody else, how is it that that can be stopped? Because he's the one that's going out there and having to clean it up and of course our street department does a great job with bianual uh debris cleanups as well as additional times when there's been storms.

Sure. It might be a codes enforcement issue when they're discarding those limbs and I think Justin and I could work together if they're discarding those into any kind of, you know, drainage path. Uh we can take care of that. Okay. Perfect. Justin's got some guides. All right, that'll work. Thank you. You bet. Before you leave, Old Russellville was underwater last this time last year. It was in that area.

It was. And it this isn't a unique site to that. I mean, we've seen some historic rainfall totals. Uh and again, whether the adjacent properties shed to this or have complimented that, it's tough to kind of take that in a snapshot of late because of just these historic unprecedented numbers that we've had. This makes me a little nervous. Yes, sir. About that. All right. Thank you. Yes, sir. Councilman Smith, you're recognized. Thank you, Mayor. Uh Mr. Tendle, uh did I hear you say for clarity that uh 5,000 square feet I know this one is 10,000 something, correct? The the entire property is 10 acres.

Okay. So, but I hear you say 5,000 square feet. They can use u R2A to build these units. 5,000 square feet. 5,000 square foot's the minimum lot size in our minimum. How many can they build on 5,000? One house per 5,000 square feet. Okay. Thank you. Any more questions about this ordinance? Thank you. We're now ready for ordinance 54 202526. Mr. Tendle.

Okay. This [clears throat] is uh now we're getting into 2026. Z1 2026. This is the application of Mark and Katherine Barton and Thomas and Rebecca Spence. This is 39 acres amongst three parcels currently zoned R4 Multiple Family Residential District and requesting CBD Central Business District. It's three parcels located at the intersection of Willox Street and Marian Street. This is in council ward number six. It's in the downtown core and the applicant statement is to reszone to accommodate for a pool. And there's the downtown core of the future land use map and there's the zoning in the area. The majority's properties are CBD or R4. I'm going to go back. Um, typically I tell these stories at the end, but I'll tell it here. You have two homes facing the west and you have a separate parcel that's separated by a private alley. That's not a public street. So they do touch each other. The home with the white roof to the south came to us to build uh or I guess they started at the code department. They want to build a pool on that lot behind them which they have purchased. And the code department turned them away because you cannot have a pool as a primary structure in an R4 district. You have to have a home or something else on the property. You can't just have a pool. So when we pulled the records on this, this parcel originally own was owned by the other parcel to the north and has um for lack of a better word, I say improperly been subdivided between the two property owners through deed. Uh in order to plat this properly as part of one solid property, um R4 does not allow single family houses anymore, but it did when these were built back in prior to 2010. CBD is the only zone around there that would be able to accommodate the lot size and the provision for a home and a pool. So, they said they can wait. They're happy to go through the resoning process. Well, I wouldn't say they're happy, but

will they're willing to go through the reszoning process and then as soon as this passes, they'll replat those lots properly and be able to pull their pool permit on the lot behind it. Uh, so there's the two homes and then behind them there's Wilco Street and then there's the alleyway, private alley owned by the community. And there's the parcel. It does have a pavilion on it currently. Uh, and then they're going to put a pool behind it, but it'll be it'll be owned by the home across the alleyway. So yeah, they'll have to wear robes back and forth, I guess. Not a lot of privacy in that pool. Uh, no other department comments or concerns on this one. Uh, it's existing three lots. It will be two lots when it's done. We rarely see it reduce in lots. Staff does recommend approval. It's consistent with the goals and objectives of the comp plan. The CBD central business district request is an extension of the established CBD and aligns with the future land use designation of urban core. The zone change request appears to bring the existing residential structure on site into compliance with current zoning regulations. The planning commission also recommends approval.

Councilman Smith, you recognize. Thank you, Mayor. Uh Mr. Tender, is this for um the um the residents that are in those homes? This like for a business type for the residents there in these homes or is this for personal use? This is a this will be a private pool owned by that person's lot. Yes. Will it be fenced in? Will it be required to be fenced in for safety of others living around that area? Of course it will. Yep. Okay. Pools require a fence. Okay. Just want to make sure because you know a lot of people don't know that. I see a lot of pools out here that's not fenced in.

Okay. Thank you. Any more questions about this ordinance? All right, we're [clears throat] now ready for ordinance item D, ordinance 57 202526. Mr. Tendle.

All right, this is Z3 2026. This is an application of John Mark Hollowman for 3.31 acres currently zoned R1 single family and requesting to go to R5 multifamily residential district. Property is also known as 2610 Ashlin City Road. This is in council board number seven and in the Sango planning area. The applicant statement is that this is an extension of the R5 development and here it is along Ashland City Road. It is in a suburban neighborhood designation out there. And there's a previous development approval. You can see the subdivision being cut in below there. And then there's some R5 that's already existing that will access the internal road. That's not going to access Ashlin City Road directly. Neither should this parcel. Um we did approve some town homes on that, but they've not started construction. So this is going to add to that uh town home development. It's an existing parcel with one home. On the left would be the entryway to the current uh subdivision over there. And then this is it on the right. Uh gas and water said an off-site gravity main extension and water main improvements will be required uh per fire flow calculations. CDE said request a electrical plan prior to construction and the school system listed their capacities of East Montgomery, Richview View, and Clarksville High School. Uh historic estimates would put this at 40 units. Uh staff does recommend approval. The request is consistent with the goals and objectives of the comprehensive plan. This parcel is a designated suburban neighborhood of the future land use map which supports limited attached housing and increased density along major transportation routes. Ashlin City Road

serves as the major transportation route of this area. The adopted Clarksville Montgomery County comprehensive plans goals encourages a variety of housing types within the community and the planning commission also recommended for approval. Thank you, Councilman Hollowman. You're recognized. Thank you, Mayor. So, this isn't my award. Um, Mr. Tendel, um, you see my point earlier about chiseling away at neighborhoods. See, this is this is R1 and then we put a R5 there on the bypass and now you're going to start seeing R5 go all the way down the bypass and they're going to say, "Oh, look, see, we've already got R5 already approved it." Like do you not see how that how that happens like continuously?

This is one parcel that was for sale and someone bought it. The previous example is an established neighborhood. So I don't see individual single individual parcels. These are larger tracks of land. So I could see it with larger tracks of land, but not in a neighborhood. It it's bull. It's going to bulldoze one house to put a bunch of highdensity residential properties. Yeah, it's the it's the same same concept. But thank you. Any other comment or question regarding this ordinance? We're ready for item E, ordinance 59, Mr. Tendle.

Uh, this is application Z4 2026, application of Terrence Bernie. This is47 acres, currently zoned M2, General Industrial, requesting to go to R2A, single family residential district. This is known as 2075 North Ford Street. It's currently a single family home in dilapidated condition. Uh this is in ward number four. This is in the new Providence planning area. And the applicant statement is to provide a single family infill development. Uh this does have some previous zoning history. Back in 2023, it was M2 requesting to go to R4. It passed the planning commission and failed at city council. They attempted again in 2024, M2 to R4, and it failed again uh by the same margin. So, they're requesting this time to go to R2A for the property. Uh, here's the future land use map. Uh, I will say this doesn't exactly align. We do have a comment in the staff report regarding regarding this. Uh, it's showing it as, uh, manufacturing and industrial due to the quarry nearby and then commercial industrial hybrid in the blue. Um, probably an area when we did this that we just took the existing zoning more as gospel. We didn't drill in on this little side road. um probably could have given it a little more attention on what the the future is there. And I'll go over that a little more in a second. And here's the existing zoning of the quarry and the black area there. That's the M2. Most of that's owned by the quarry. R4 around this property on North Ford and uh R3 and then back to R2 further back in the neighborhood. There's the existing house on property. There's a similar R4 nearby that was built with four or five units in a couple years ago. Some of the properties nearby

uh department's comments. Uh gas and water said check for fire flow and CDE said contact us for an electrical plan. No other department comments or concerns and the school system listed their capacities at Burns Darden and Kenwood Middle and High School. Historic estimates would be three homes. Staff does recommend approval. The request is consistent with the overall goals and objectives, but appears to be in conflict with the future land use opinion map. The future land use opinion map identifies this as commercial industrial hybrid. However, the most recent investments in the area are residential of nature that appears to be successful and wellreceived in the immediate area. The proposed R2A single family classification would remove the M2 general industrial zoning from the parcel and be much more compatible with the North Ford Street residences. The adopted Clarksville Montgomery County comprehensive planning housing goals encourage a variety of housing types within the community. Planning Commission also recommends approval.

Councilman Chandler, you're recognized. Thank you, mayor. I need you to clear up a point for me. Under recommendation reasoning, this request is consistent with the overall goals of the adopted Clark McGomery County Con comprehensive plan, but appears to be in conflict with the adopted future land use opinion map. So, on one side, you're saying it's okay, and then on the other side, you're saying, "Well, it's not really fitting our plan there."

I agree. And as I mentioned, this is an area that we maybe didn't give enough attention to when that map was created. Uh the as you can see, the quarry does own quite a few parcels around there on this map. Most of those parcels in black are owned by the quarry. Uh even some of those R4 parcels are owned by the quarry uh parent company. And with this little piece hanging out here, it just uh it just got absorbed into that area. I will say when we talk about the overall goals and objectives, you know, we have our big um five goals that we look at for everything, which is balanced and planned growth, an improved quality of life, equity and public engagement, a thriving local economy, and fiscally responsible decisionmaking. Uh similar, we have on page 160 of the comprehensive plan, we've got six guidelines. So just I'll read these all because I don't want you all to think we just throw darts at the wall which this sounds like you might think we are here. This is sort of a stepped stared order of how we kind of go through uh as staff and as planning commission each zoning change. We say is it consistent with the comprehensive plan or the area plan. Is it consistent with any neighborhood plan in the area? This doesn't have one. Is the resoning correcting a mistake? We don't think this was a mistake in having it M2 in the first place. It was from years ago. Will the resoning significantly alter the character of the neighborhood or area? Probably. In this case, probably for the good. Um, with the M2 sitting there, it has the opportunity to be incompatible with the R Ford uh properties next to it. Will the resoning improve the overall public welfare, health, safety, and prosperity of the area? And then number six, which is has there been a major change in socioeconomic or physical nature in the area that was not anticipated in the present plans but has substantially altered the character of that area. So while the map itself is a guide and

there's a statement in there too where it says the map is not a crystal ball, things do happen. Um this is a this is this road right here is the first road we've seen that we've had some conflict between what's going on the ground and the map. So, uh, we do believe the R4 is more appropriate based on the topography. You know, this is a 2D map, but if you go out there, the, uh, the quarry is set much lower than these properties, [snorts] and the R4 is probably the most appropriate for this area, but R2A does fit the character of this area as well.

Well, really, the only thing I got to say about this is I, and this wasn't just 2023 the first time this came up. when I was on the council [clears throat] before it it came up then uh some not necessarily this piece but some pieces and we denied it back then. That's been what six, seven years ago. Uh I have received phone calls from the uh residents that live in that area. I'm looking at the quarry and the quarry butts up right almost to the back of this. Uh, and then you got the commercial industrial hybrid. Uh, I don't know. I'm I'm having a hard time trying to to see putting a house in that close to that heavy of an industry. Thank you, Mayor. That's all.

Councilman Brown, you're recognized. Thank you, Mayor. So, you know, my concern is not changing this and having an M2 sitting right there next to these houses and somebody bringing in in some industrial complex, you know, an M2 business that' be right next to these R4 residences. Uh, so I think it's probably safer for the community for them to be, you know, houses there instead of some commercial business, manufacturing or whatever the can be in there. So, I think it's going to be better for the community. That's all.

Councilman Smith, you recognize. Thank you, Mayor. Uh, Mr. Tendle, uh, you showed us a house that's already there, correct? Yes. And that's dilapidated. Yes. and he wants to uh refurbish it uh restore it or that one will be torn down and three put back in its place. Okay. So, three three. All right. I just want to make sure I'm hearing what I heard. Okay. All right. Thank you, Councilman Streetman. You're recognized. Thank you, Mayor. Mr. Tendle, could you tell us some of the business opportunities that could go into an M2?

All of them. Uh towin lot. That was one we were thinking. It's a small lot, so you're not going to get a big industry, but you know, a towin lot, a record service, concrete plant, um any kind of industrial building, metal building, fabrication, welding, and on and on. Thank you. Truck service, disruptive to a neighborhood pretty much. Thank you. All right. Any more comment or question? Now ready for item F, ordinance 60, 2025 26. Mr. tend.

Uh this is application Z5206. Uh this is an application by Calvin Lian of Lian Homebuilders. This is 38 acres. Currently zoned R2D two family residential district requesting to go to R1 single family residential district. This is 1640 Evans Road. Uh it's a cleared residential parcel. This is in ward number two. This is in the Lefayet Peters Mill planning area and the applicant statement is to build a one single family home one. Previously, earlier in 2025, it requested to go from RM1 to R2D. It did pass both the city council and planning commission. And this is one of those rare instances where because it passed with an affirmative, they can come back within a year for a different request. And they're really just bringing it back to where it was. [clears throat] Um, let's see. This is in the mixed residential neighborhood plan in the dark yellow there. And then I think the zoning will show you there is just about every residential zone nearby uh to this area. Uh there's the parcel. When the applicant reszoned to R2-D, the street department made him aware that there is a blue line stream at the rear of the property and the applicant said they thought they could work with it and they unfortunately can't. So they're only they can't fit a duplex. They can only come back and do one single family house. Now fast forward hopefully when the code update comes uh an R2D lot would allow a single family or a duplex. So this case they wouldn't have to come back and reszone. current rules an R2D lot is only a duplex and if he can't do a duplex he needs to reszone to back to R1. Uh no department comments or concerns except referencing that blue line stream

on the northern property line and the school system uh capacities listed there. Uh this would be one lot. Staff does recommend approval. The current R2D appears to be the correct zone. However, the Blue Line stream along the northern boundary proves difficult to accommodate a duplex. The proposed R1 single family residential district will afford the ability to construct a single family home on site and the adopted comprehensive plans housing goals encourage a variety of housing types within the community. The planning commission also recommends for approval. All right. Thank you, Councilman Clunch. You're recognized.

Uh thank you, Mr. Mayor. So, to simplify it, we're going from more houses to less houses. We're going in the direction that we typically don't go. Correct. It was a single mobile home lot. He requested to go to a duplex lot. Now we're going back to a single home lot. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. You're welcome. Any other comment or question regarding this ordinance. Now ready for item G, ordinance 62, 202526. Mr. Tendle,

this is planning commission case Z7, 2026, application of Chris Blackwell. This is 2.92 acres currently zoned R1 single family residential district requesting R5 residential district known as 3341 and 3351 Pemroke Road. It's two single family lots with a single family home on each lot and several mature trees on the property. This is in council ward number one. It's in the North Clarksville planning area and the applicant statement is to develop a smallcale condominium development with detached housing units. This was first zoned in 1985 and then they requested in 2024 to go to R4. It passed the planning commission staff and planning commission but failed at city council. It's in the mixed residential planning area uh in the darker yellow there. And here's the zoning in the area which pretty much agrees with that. [clears throat] There's one of the homes on the property. Then Pemroke Road, the property is on the right. This is looking back toward Tiny Town Road. Property is on the left and that's the uh same home on that. That's the same home. This is across the street and the other property across the street. Uh department comments uh no gravity sewer is available and off-site sewer main extension will be required and CDE said contact CDE light band for an electrical plant. Uh Clarksville school system Clarkson Montgomery County school system listed their capacities of their schools there and historic estimates would put this at 35 units. Uh staff does recommend approval. The request is consistent with the overall goals and objectives of the adopted

comprehensive plan. The north north Clarksville planning area and general land use goals recommend that a continued mixture of housing types that are compatible with the surrounding neighborhoods and in close proximity to existing jobs and commercial nodes. The RPC staff will also seek inclusion of amenities with the new development as indicated in the general recommendations of the North Clarksville planning area. And I'll also add and in the R5 zone, the future land use opinion map indicates this property should be part of a mixed residential neighborhood and it is the intent of the future land use to accommodate a diversity and housing needs in the area to include workforce and affordable housing along major roads and near commercial areas. The planning commission also recommends approval.

Thank you, Councilman Zacharias. You're recognized. Thank you, mayor. Uh when the when the lot next door to this uh came to city council last year and we looked at it, they were talking about building bunch of tiny homes there. My concern was the future BIES that's going to be down at the other end of this road and that every single person in North Clarksville that wants to go to BISE is going to be taken Pembroke. Um I just asked the council to consider that. Thank you. Councilman Marquee, you're recognized. Thank you, Mayor. Um I just have a more of a generic question. And so let's say um any reasonzoning past city council, the next step with you guys would be for them to submit a site plan. Is that correct? That is correct.

Okay. So even if a developer has let's say uh something worked out already, it it doesn't really they have the ability to change it up until they get to you guys. Correct. I guess I like change what? Um so sorry. if they have an engineer make out their um their plan of what they want to do with their lots of how they want to set their homes in it. Um but it has not passed city council zoning. Uh they pretty much can go back and sit down with their engineers and correct certain things in there before they submit to you. Pretty much

it. It sounds like you might have seen something. I've not seen a concept yet, but it's a concept plan. So they might not have put all the engineering in yet, drainage and utilities. So, uh it's that's it's likely to change a little bit, but what the applicant told us is this would be um several smaller detached units in a a cluster around, you know, parking and amenities. That's what it appears, but I just feel like there a little bit more can be done. Yeah. And so that's why I'm asking if if things can still be changed. Absolutely. Yeah. There's nothing's locked in until they apply for Okay. Thank you. site plan.

Yeah. Any more comment or question regarding this ordinance? Seeing none, we're ready for item H, ordinance 56. Mr. Tendle, please, sir.

We're we're in the Have you seen this one before part of the program? Um, and the previous one, too. Uh, this is Z8 2026. This is the application of Bryce Powers. This is 2.11 acres, currently zoned 01 office district, requesting R2A single family residential district. This is 1018 Swift Drive. It's a semi-wooded tract with moderate topography and existing existing concrete areas on site. This is in council ward number seven uh and in the South Clark planning area. The applicant statement is to provide a single family infill development. Uh this was zoned back in 1997 to 01 and then in 2024 they requested to go from 01 to R2A. staff and planning commission for it. It failed at city council and they've waited over a year. In the meantime, they have submitted a office and garage site plan for that for a contractor's office which has been approved through the planning commission off Swift Drive. Uh here's the future land use map. Uh since this parcel it it could access Ashlin City Road, but it does not and they've not been able to work that out with the property owner there. It does access Swift Drive to the north. And here's the zoning in the area. R4 to the west and then an R2 neighborhood uh right across the street. Uh here's the property does have some terrain and unlike last time you might have heard about this property where the developer was thinking of seven to nine frontage lots. The developer here, Mr. P indicated he thinks he'll put a small culde-sac in to get the drainage and the cars off Swift Drive and into their own side street instead of coming with all the part driveways directly off Swift Drive. I've not seen a plan to confirm this, but Mr. Powers has done this kind

of work before. The property's on the right side there. And here's the top of the property looking back down to Swift Drive. And there's the uh apartments to the west. [clears throat] Uh sidewalk will be required per the city ordinance and uh CDE said contact for an electrical plan. School system provided their school system capacities for Norman Smith and Montgomery Central Middle and High School. Uh historic estimates would be nine units on this property. Uh staff does recommend approval. The request is consistent with the overall goals and objectives of the comprehensive plan. The R2A single family residential proposal removes an area of 01 office district that is out of character with the residential development pattern of the area and proposes a single family residential district that is compatible with the ex established residences. The planning commission also recommends approval. Councilman Hollowman, you're recognized.

Thank you, Mayor. So, with this reason, I have had some phone calls with some some concerns about it. And so, I've got um I've got really just kind of kind of two opinions on it. And so, this this is my ward. And um first off, to the to the residents that that are against this, R2A is better than what we fought for or fought against in in the past. Uh, I know, um, the last go around they said something about a daycare going up in that area and obviously that's not not going to work. Um, so there are worse things that could happen, but my other opinion on it is why couldn't you just have gone R2? It's surrounded by R2, but instead it's R2A. This entire agenda, like the majority of it, it's all about greed. That's it. Like they don't they don't care about about our residents. They don't care about our neighborhoods. They care about making that money. That's how that's how the world works. Clarksville. Um I'll be talking about this more next week. Thank you.

Councilman Streetman, you're recognized.

Thank you, Mayor. Um, what I was going to say was in reference to it is that with it currently zoned as office one, the applicant um could have actually bought this and chosen to put his office space there, which would have been considerably more traffic than what you would be looking at with the nine potential units that nine potential homes that would be located here. Um, I think he has done some talking to the different neighbors. He was trying to be a good neighbor in the area with coming back with this R2A zoning as well as trying to look at different ways. Of course, I know we can't require it at the zoning uh side of things, but once it gets to the site plan, subdivision, all of that portion, you know, he was looking at ways to keep it from just being nine driveways coming in. I think he's trying to be very much a good neighbor in the area. And I feel like this is the best option of what you can get from what we've had come before us as well as what it's currently zoned as. It makes much more sense to have a residential area in there versus having an an 01 zoning in there similar to what we talked about before with the zoning that's currently in place in a different neighborhood.

Councilman Claus, you recognized. Uh thank you, Mr. Mayor. I'm going to be Mr. Obvious again. We're going from office space to multiple multiple family dwellings. So, we're going down single family homes. I'm sorry. Y correction. We're going multiple single family homes, right? From office space, industrial park office space to sir multiple single single family dwellings. Yes, sir. Thank you.

Thank you. Any other question regarding this ordinance? Now, ready for item I, ordinance 63, 202526. Mr. Tendle. [clears throat] Uh this is planning commission case Z9 2026 application of Richard Collins. This is 3.47 acres. Currently zone C2 general commercial and requesting C5 highway and arterial commercial. The property fronts Dova Road east of Paula Drive and Orurelia Lin Drive. It's a level tract of land. Currently has equipment and trailers on the site for sale. This is in council ward number two. [clears throat] It's a commercial property or sorry applicant statement. A commercial property located on an arterial highway and plans to be used for truck and trailer sales. We believe that this is use and location fits the definition of C5 and we ask for your support. Uh there's the overall view. There's the future land use map. This is a corridor commercial there in dark orange. And C2 and C5 both comply with a corridor commercial zone. You can see that the area is made up of C2 and C5. Uh here's the current property. They have brought some equipment on there, so we got to get it reszoned. Um so they can do that. That's not an approved use in C2. That's Paula Drive. And there's Do Road looking from the corner. Looking back, the property is there on the left. I cannot say whether or not T dot will allow them to have that driveway. They may make them go off the side road, [clears throat] and we're waiting to hear from them from T Dot. But they will have to come back in for a site plan. They are going to have an office building on there for the sales center.

This is the Aurelia Lin side of the property. And then looking back, probably one of the last flattest pieces of property in town, uh, a traffic assessment was required due to the proposed zoning change acreage and a gradient and water quality permit will be needed and include detention and they'll need to apply for that during further development of the site. Staff does recommend approval. The request is consistent with the goals and objectives of the comprehensive plan. The parcels identified as corridor commercial and C5 is consistent with that future land use designation. A traffic study was submitted and accepted by the Clarksville Street Department and the planning commission also recommends approval.

Thank you, Councilman Chandler. You're recognized. Thank you, Mayor. Y'all don't have a heart attack on me. I'm going to speak in favor of this one. Stop the presses. Uh it's already being used for what's being proposed. uh it hasn't caused any problems. Uh the the gentleman that that owns this company uh is uh is doing a good job out there. They're not getting in the way of anything. Uh and I think it'd be better for us if they didn't get a driveway access on to to Do Road. Uh it's just it fits and all they're trying to do is just come in compliance of what it should be and I'll be voting yes if I could twice. Thank you, mayor.

All right, Councilman Clunch, you're recognized. Uh, thank you, mayor. Sir, you took you took my words. I was really excited. This is in my ward. I was excited to address this issue uh with the constituents. A there was a it is being used at that already. So, the the land owner is really doing the right thing and being honest about what the use of land is. And correct me if I'm wrong, uh C5, you cannot build apartments. That is correct. C2, you can build apartments. Yes. And it is a commercial area. Yes. Okay. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Councilman Chandler, I have a question. Yes, sir.

Are these the same owners that own Straight Line Fence and Okay. All right. Any other comment or question? We're now ready for ordinance 6, resolution 43, 2022. Mr. Tindle,

uh, this is an annexation. We haven't had one in about 18 months or so. Uh so A1 2026. Um here's the maps. So I'll go back to the text in a I just couldn't fit it all on one slide here. Uh this is um 99.29 acres. It's currently in the growth boundary. It's north of Highway 76 east of Hornbuckle and west of Little Hope Road. Um it's a request. They are also requesting the remainder of the property to be zoned to C2 to match the commercial acreage of the existing parcels. Uh this request is at the request of the property owners for the purchase by St. Thomas Ascension Healthcare. Uh the plan of service did not identify any areas of need with the exception of CTS. Uh due to a hospital being there, a bus route would have to be extended to meet that once the hospital opened. I'll say that need is there whether it's in the city or not because it's in the urbanized area. Uh the plan of service uh that is attached there analyze the impacts of city services due to the following quarter million square feet of hospital another quarter million of medical office buildings a retail plaza high turnover restaurants and a new EMS station to be built on site. So, um there's the parcel shaded there in dark. City limits currently ends uh on the [clears throat] south side just past Neptune Drive. On the north side, it ends at Living Hope Baptist Church and uh the current er um by Vanderbilt is in the city limits there. So, this would round out that north side of the city limits. Uh Holly Point subdivision to the north is also in the city limits. Um, this property would have connections to 76 Little Hope Road and they're also looking to try to get a driveway to Hornbuckle as well to just get as many entrances into a hospital site as possible. Um, after this annexation and

resoning is complete, I anticipate um, and we've already received some concept plans from them. We're working through it with them and all the utilities and um, it's a big project um, as you can understand both for the community and for the amount of work that needs to be done on this site. Uh, I'll be happy to answer any questions uh, regarding this questions for Mr. Tindle. I have one. Uh, Little Hope Road in the in the city or not in the city? Uh, is not in the city. All right. We are not in That's a good question, Mayor. The the C2 on the corner there is in the city limits, but it does access the county road there. [snorts] Uh, but we left that in the county. Okay.

They will they will have to do some improvements on it, but they'll coordinate that with the county out there. Right. And then Hornbuckle is a city road. Is a city road, right? But it will require some upgrades as well if they put everything there. They're hoping to and the signal timing. There is a traffic study that did come along with this.

There's a traffic study and there's there's a lot of improvements that are needed in the area for the buildout of this entire site. Um, we anticipate in talking with the clients that the medical office buildings be first. The hospital will follow immediately thereafter and then as it grows additional uh medical office buildings. I'm sure this hospital will not be built in just one phase. It'll probably be a multi-phase build over many years.

It's an exciting project for this city and this region. All right. Any other comment or questions? All right. We're ready for resolution 44. Mr. Tendle. So, for the members who haven't handled an annexation before, the first thing you're going to be doing is the first resolution is to annex the property and the second is to request um approve the plan of service. And you can read what all the different departments the planning commission solicits input from all the different city departments uh to see if they can service this. And as I mentioned, they all can with their current um manpower and facilities. The fire department's fairly nearby. uh in talking to the police department um you know only so many people go to a hospital and to the ER they do currently go to to NOVAN now Vanderbilt uh they anticipate that that load will be spread more evenly between both hospitals and they can handle that in the existing district um so then on the second resolution you'll be approving the plan of service I'll be back in six months to give you a six-month plan of service update typically the last thing that will happen is that electrical service will be extended to the site when it's ready. So, we will typically come in about six months and say all the items have been resolved with the exception of in this case, it may take a while to get CTS um out there and they're honestly not going to serve the site till the hospital's on site. But, uh we'll just keep giving you updates every year thereafter on the the plan of service.

Questions about this resolution? All right. Anything else, Mr. Tindle? I think that should do it. Okay. Thank you.

Thank you. We're ready for the consent agenda, Madame Clerk. All items in this portion of the agenda are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the council and may be repro approved by one motion. However, a member of the council may request that an item be removed for separate consideration under the appropriate committee report. Ordinance 52 202526, second reading, an ordinance amending the official code of the city of Clarksville, title 4, building utility and housing codes. Chapter 2, Building Code. Section 4-203, Building Permit Fes. Paragraph 2B and Chapter 7, Energy Code. Section 4-701, International Energy Conservation Code adopted to provide needed updates. Resolution 45 202526, a resolution approving a certificate of compliance for sale of wine in a food store at West Fork Market located at 1475 Tiny Town Road. Resolution 46202526, a resolution approving appointments to the act authority and audit board and the adoption of commit of minutes from February 5th.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Any comment regarding the consent agenda? Now ready for the finance committee report. Chairman Streetman, you're recognized. Thank you, Mayor. Ordinance 45 202526 first reading. This item was postponed at the January 8th, 2026 regular session. An ordinance authorizing the mayor or his designate to conduct negotiations and enter into an agreement for the purchase of real property for the purpose of expanding homeless support services in partnership with Clarksville Area Urban Ministries and the Well, a mission of Trenton Crossing Church of Christ. Both the finance and the neighborhood and community services committees voted in favor of approval. Next week I will be making a motion to postpone this indefinitely.

Hang on just a minute. We have a question. Councilman Smith for this ordinance. Yes, you're recognized. Thank you. Um this ordinance uh what where are we planning to purchase the property for expanding uh homeless services? Where are we planning? Do you have something? I know this a negotiation to uh enter into an agreement for the purchase of the real property for the purpose of expanding homeless support services. Have have we decided where or what you going to purchase where this No, this was Go ahead. Chairman statement, you're recognized. Like I said, this is going to be actually postponing it. So, just like we postponed it, okay, next month, I mean, next week, um right after I read it, the very next thing I'll do is make a motion to postpone it indefinitely.

Okay. I see on here it says that the item was postponed at the January regular session. True. So, we're going to do another postponement on this. Yes, ma'am. Oh, okay. Okay. Thank you. This time it'll be indefinitely versus a two-month postponement. Oh, okay. All right. Thank you. Chairman Streetman. Ordinance 5520 2526, first reading. An ordinance accepting the donation of certain real property from Aspire Clarksville to the city of Clarksville for the purpose of greenway development approaching Ringold Road. The finance committee recommended approval. Questions? Chairman's treatment?

Resolution 47 202526, a resolution authorizing the regional planning commission to exercise platting per Tennessee code annotated 13-3-42. The finance committee voted in favor of approval. And mayor, um, without objection, could we bring Mr. Tindle up here just to briefly go over this one? We sure can. Mr. Tindle, you just thought you were finished. I knew I wasn't done. I got one more slide on this one.

So, from time time to time, the state will pass laws that make locals do things. Um, we've had it with Yep, that's it. There we go. We've had it with other departments. You know, they'll do it to the code department, to the fire department, to the police department. Uh but back in 2022, public chapter 994 was passed which said planning commissions, if you want to continue platting through your staff, you need to do it in this proper way. Um, back in 2020, the planning commission actually did delegate responsibilities of final platting and minor platting to the staff during COVID in order to keep business moving and in order to keep business um crowds at the planning commission low and not make people needlessly come out for a hearing that was just a stamp of approval. Uh so while N um public chapter 994 does continue to allow the RPC to delegate that it does reduce the limits of what the planning commission currently operates at which right now we allow up to unlimited lots on a final and from 2 to 10 lots for a minor subdivision. The state law puts a cap of 25 final lots and two to five lots for a minor plat. Uh the funny thing about this resolute or this um public chapter from the state is not only does it say that the planning commission has to pass a resolution, which it did, and it should be in your packet under um attachment A, it says we also have to go back to every city and county that we serve uh and ask your permission to do this as well via resolution. So that's why we're here today. Um we will comply with the the laws as soon as this is passed. And this is also on the county agenda this month as well.

Councilman Chandler on this resolution. Thank you, Mayor. Uh, so let me get this clear. If we approve this, then anything that's 25 lots or less will never come before us. Uh, plats don't come before city council anyway. This is all still at the planning commission level. It just requires your additional blessing to the planning commission. Okay, thanks. And a final plat is a subdivision that's completed and ready to sell lots. So, there's not usually any issues with those at the planning commission. Um, the roads are in, the electricity's in, the water's in. Appreciate it. Councilman Shikina, you're recognized.

Yes. Yes. [clears throat] Thank you, Mayor. And Mr. Tendle, just for clarity, and you kind of alluded to it just now, answering the previous council member's question, that this really governs how the RPC is doing its business. Correct. Yes. The public chapter section 13 of uh state code is all about regional planning commissions and planning. Uh and the subsection 4 is all about platting. So it says you can continue to delegated to staff but it puts these caps in but it says in order to use those caps you have to have the city and the county approval. Without that everything will have to go to the planning commission. There will be no staff level review except for a one lot.

Thank you. Thank you mayor. Councilman Marquee, you're recognized. Yes. And then another clarifying point, you guys are already operating under this measure. Is this correct? Uh we're the So the PL there was a the previous version of this law allowed planning commissions to delegate it. This then set curbs on it. Now, at the time, not every community allowed their staff to do it. Smaller communities maybe or communities that hadn't uh taken advantage of that. Um so we're operating here. This does curb us down again to the 25 lots and the 2 to five on a minor instead of 2 to 10 lots. So, anything in that six to 10 lot range that has not been on the planning commission agenda will be on the planning commission agendas going forward.

Okay. Otherwise, this would just I guess make it a little bit more efficient on that side. It operates very efficiently um with our engineers, with the banks, with the closing. Um, the biggest thing I think is for the folks who are subdividing three to five or six lots maybe out in the county, uh, they may have to wait three or three to seven or eight weeks longer if they miss a deadline to get on a planning commission agenda when this is something we can typically turn around in a week or two. Okay. So, this would just shorten that time for

it allows us to kind of continue operating the way we are, which is is very efficient and quick. um some subdivisions again that 6 to 10 range and anything over 25 will just have to wait a little longer to get on an agenda. Okay. And again be approved by the planning commission. Okay. Thank you Mr. Tendle. Let me ask the obvious. Obviously when the planning commission hears something there's a public hearing component. Yes. To it. There can be can be. But when the staff does it, there's no public comment, public hearing component.

Yes. And as I was mentioning to the council member over here, a final plat typically there's not a lot the public can say unless you're going to go out and tell us that the road wasn't build prop built properly. We still go through the same review process with all the departments whether it goes to the planning commission or not. It just requires an extra step. Um if we do have to bring more to the planning commission, there's other things we can look at with consent agendas and um just motions. Uh similar into city council, you don't have a public hearing on every ordinance and every resolution, zoning cases, the budget for instance, uh the annexation, but other stuff people just get to come and speak during the normal open public session. So we may have to adopt a process like that. Um, and then in the state of Tennessee, the developers always offered an opportunity to speak if they're agreved. So, if they don't agree with a staff decision,

I'm a little slow, but explain it to me again. What currently what the limits on what you do as a staff are what now?

Uh, a minor plat. So, if the road and the water and the sewer are already there on the property, so these are typically going to be frontage lots or an infill lot, maybe like um a four lot R six subdivision. um on a quarter acre or half an acre that would just go through staff right now. Gets approved. They get the conditions done. When they're done, we sign it. It's out. It never even uh hits the planning commission desk. We do let them know each month. We give them a list of the ones we do at our informal meeting. Um but those would have to go back to those would have to go to the planning commission. Now, if this doesn't pass either the city or the county, it has to pass both. Forgive my ignorance, but anything that we discussed tonight on any of the reasonzoning, does that qualify for staff only approval for the plant?

I don't think any of those those were all bigger projects, so none of those tonight would qualify for that. Okay. Yeah. Okay.

Well, let's take the one for instance on Old Russellville Pike. The preliminary will always go to the planning commission because it requires a public infrastructure, the new road, the new water lines. But when they build that all and then they're ready to start selling the lots and building, we don't bring the final plat back to the planning commission. We just say departments, are you good? Once the planning commission tells the departments that everyone's good, then you receive your signatures from all the departments. We're the last signature. We'll check it all again. Check that the signatures are proper. We sign it. They can go record it at the register of deeds. It never hits the planning commission's agenda. the one on Old Russellville Pike because it's greater than 25 lots would have to in the future go to the planning commission. But again, it would be likely accepted in a consent agenda because once the road's built, um the public can't say much about that. You know, the decision was made and it was built off an approved preliminary plan. So, the preliminary is the time to have your voice heard, make the changes, work with the developer [clears throat] or the planning commission. Once it's final, the roads and the utilities are in.

Okay. Councilman Streetman, you're recognized. Thank you, Mayor. Uh, not to try and correct you, I think we did have one tonight that would that we'll be voting on next week that would fall in this category. Um, it would be the one that's going from the R2D to the R1 that's building a one home. Am I correct? That's already one lot. It's the Ford Street one. Those three lots. Okay. That would be one that didn't Sorry. Yeah, you're [snorts] correct. I didn't think about that one either. Sorry. Thank you. So that case would not require planning commission a planning commission as a body vote. It would be a staff level. Correct. Because the roads already there, the water and sewer are already in front of the property. So they're just tying a lateral, not they're not extending a main

and we don't consider sidewalk as infrastructure that's built as each home is built. So it's part of the the requirements there. Um, that was one that would go through staff, but still gets the same exact review whether it goes to the planning commission or not. Okay. Thank you for your patience. Chairman Streetman. Well, to quote Ghost of Christmas Pass, that concludes my report. All right. We're now ready for Neighborhood and Community Services Committee. Chairman Shikina, you're recognized. Thank you, Mayor. I have a full report next Thursday. All right. Thank you. Parks and Recreation Committee. Chairman Zacharias, you're recognized.

Thank you, Mayor. I'll have a full report next week, but I do want to remind the community that we have a uh Black History Month celebration going on at Cleman Rec Center on Saturday from 4 to 6. 4 to 6. All right. Thank you. Public safety committee. Chairman Lovado, you're recognized. Uh I'll have a full report next week. Thank you. We're ready for transportation, streets, and garage committee. Chairman Smith, you're recognized. I have a report on February the 5th. March It' be March the 5th. March the 5th. March the 5th. We're not going backwards. Please. No. Time is too precious.

There you go. All right. We're now ready for public comments. If you're a member of the public and wish to address the council, we have room for three people, five minutes each. Anyone wish to address the council. Seeing none, we're ready for mayor and council member comments. Any member wish to make a comment? Councilman's treatment, you're recognized.

Thank you, mayor. I just want to commend uh the department that's working on putting out the u post regarding Black History Month. And I have to do it because I especially loved the one that was just recently put out about Miss Faith Smallley and Condra Smallley. Of course, anybody that knows me knows I think the world of Condra Smallley. And if she were still here with us, she would have been so proud not only to see uh one about her mother, but to be included in that with her. So, thank you, Mr. Settle, for all your work that you're doing on that, but especially thank you for recognizing two wonderful women that have done a lot for our community. Thank you, Councilman Chandler. You're recognized.

Thank you, Mayor. Real quick, we used to call her Condrawoman, didn't it, JC? Uh, Miss Will Cox, I need to ask you a question before we leave. That's it. Thank you. All right. Do you want her at the microphone or you want her privately? Oh, no. No. Okay. Right. Fear just went through her. Okay. Councilman Claus, you're recognized. Uh,

thank you, Mayor. I just want to uh let everybody that I've spoken to over these past week uh this past week uh what an awesome awesome opportunity to sit up here and the the vibe of the building across the street, the desire to help, the desire to what do you need? Let me know and we'll figure it out. Point one. Point two is I have an immense amount of respect for these chambers and the building across the street and I would challenge us all. It's okay to disagree, but the way that that is articulated, uh, we could probably all do a little better respectfully. That's all I have. Mayor,

thank you, Councilman Smith. You're recognized.

Mayor, um, thank you. I just want to say that, um, I appreciate every organization that is celebrating black history. I believe that black history is every day. Um, I think that black history should be taught in our schools. Um, I think a little of it is now. It used to it it was not when I was in school. Black history was never taught. So, I am always happy to hear about any organization that is uh bringing forth some type of activity or doing something for black history. Thank you. And then I want to say something that I said last I think it was last meeting I was there and and Mr. Taylor was not there was not here. Were you here last? But I just want to thank you uh CDE and your staff for bringing the lights back on as quick as possible during the winter storm. Thank you so much. We appreciate that. I remember the first time we had a rough time, but you are uh driving. You are really driving. You're going forth. You're doing some great things and I want to thank you and we appreciate you. And then I also want to remind uh uh Mr. David Smith that he did a good job as well. Thank you. and your staff and anybody that uh worked to make sure that our citizens were well taken care of and safe. I just want to say thank you. Great job.

Thank you, ma'am. Thank you. Any more comment or question? I want to say happy birthday to a young lady who made the first lady and me grandparents 17 years ago. Happy birthday, Reagan Sunshine. Hope you have a great day. We're ajourned. See you next week. All right.