Board of Alderman - Regular Meeting

Okay. Good evening everyone. I call this meeting of the Horn Lake mayor and board of alderman to order this April 21st, 2026 at 6 p.m. at Horn Lake City Hall. We have a quorum present tonight, so we can proceed with our agenda. We have an invocation by Alderman Bleo and the pledge of allegiance by Alderman McKenna. Bow your head please. Dear heavenly father, thank you for the city of Horn Lake and thank you for all the people that live here and work here and uh bless us. keep blessing us as you have been doing and that everything we do glorify you and uh thank you for the beautiful weather we're having and you can spare us a little rain in Jesus name we pray. Amen.

Amen. Amen. the pledge.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Now we'll have a roll call by Miss Carter.

Alderman McKenna here. Alderman Bledo here. Alderwoman Armstrong here. Alderman Smith here. Alderwoman Johnson here. Alderman Langston here. Alderman Bostic. All right, we have six alderman present, one absent. All right, let's move on. Uh, I'll entertain a motion to accept the municipal docket. Mayor, Al McKenna. Make the motion to approve uh the municipal docket. We have a motion by Al McKenna. Do we have a second? Second.

Second. Second by Al Bo. Do we have any discussion? Roll call, please. Miss Carter. Alderman Bostic. Alderman Langston. Hi. Alderwoman Johnson. I. Alderman Smith. I. Alderwoman Armstrong. I. Alderman Bledo. Hi. Alderman McKenna. I. All right. Motion passes six and one absence. All right. I entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda. Mayor.

Awoman Armstrong. I make a motion to approve the consent agenda items A through L. I mean A through M, excuse me. All right. Items A through M. It's been motion. Uh, do we have a second? Second. Second by Alderman McKenna. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Miss Carter. Alderman McKenna. I. Alderman Bledo. Hi. Alderwoman Armstrong. I alderman Smith I Alderwoman Johnson I Alderman Langston I Alderman Bostic. Motion passes six and one F. Mayor

Alama Johnson.

I'd like to motion that we accept the claims docket. General fund $211,414. Library fund $2,4.15. Economic development fund $5,47452. utility fund $451,781.98 for a total docket of 6,000 I mean $670,000 $674 65.

All right, we have a motion by Alderman Johnson. Do we have a second? I second. Second by Alderman Smith. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Miss Carter. Alderman Bostic. Alderman Langston. I. Alderwoman Johnson. I. Alderman Smith. I. Alderwoman Armstrong. I. Alderman Bledo. I. Alderman McKenna. I.

Motion passes six zero nays. One absent. All right. Now we have presentations and special and our special guest. Our first presentation will be for the retirement plaque for Captain uh Strazer after 23 years of service and the police department uh Chief Pul. Thank you board again. All right. So, after 23 years, Captain Strazer will be retiring from the Horn Lake Police Department effective April 30th. And uh recently, Captain Strazer delivered one of his infamous uh speeches to the our command staff last week. And he said something that stuck with me. So, he said that to survive law enforcement, it takes grit and integrity. And while he is 100% correct, I do agree with that. He left out two things that uh Captain Schouser has definitely brought I know my entire career that I've worked with him for 21 years. Um and that's humor and kindness. And there's not been a time that I can remember that Captain Strower hasn't either laughed at himself or with us at himself or some funny story that we all can tell about Captain Strower, which we'll save for the next couple weeks when when we get to roast him amongst the police department. But um there's always been some humor involved and uh along with that has been the kindness and capture you've always shown us that uh a little bit of compassion can go a long way and I personally want to thank you for that and publicly want to thank you for what you have brought to the department over the 21 years that I've worked with you but definitely your 23 years with one lake police department. You've definitely left your footprint

and um we appreciate it greatly. So with the integrity, the grit, the humor, and the kindness, it's uh going to be impossible to replace. So thank you very much. And we want to present him with the plaque. Come up. And it says, "Thank you for 23 years of unwavering service to the citizens of Horn Lake and the men and women of the Horn Lake Police Department. Throughout your years of service, you have demonstrated integrity, professionalism, and courage. Qualities that have made a lasting impact on the department and the citizens of Horn Lake. In your leadership role, you have proven that compassion, grace, and humor can be the most valuable tools of a police officer. And there is nothing more powerful than human kindness. As you close this chapter, I hope you take pride in the difference you've made. Your retirement is well earned, and I wish you all the best as you move into this next phase of life. May it be filled with relaxation, good health, and time spent with those who matter most to you. Thank you for your service and the sacrifices you made. You leave behind a legacy that will not be forgotten. Thank you, Captain. biggest one yet on the wall. Thanks. Appcate floor open to you.

Oh, no. No. I appreciate it. I think they would enjoy it. A good laugh.

They didn't tell me I needed to speak, but uh it's been an honor to to have worked with the Horn Lake Police Department for 23 years. I learned a lot. I will take this for the rest of my life and um I will truly miss the people I work with. Um that's made my job so much easier and uh I do greatly appreciate the city for the opportunity to work here. Hopefully uh I've made a difference somehow other in someone's life. So uh other than that, y'all have a great night. Appreciate it. Thank you. Once again, we're thankful for Captain Strauss for his years of service and we appreciate his commitment to Horn Lake and all the great things. Uh seem like his smile and character is even even greater about him. So we thank you so much uh Captain Strap Strazer. Um next we have a presentation of Horn Lake SS4A safety action plan and 2026 safe streets resolution by Oh. Oh, okay. I thought Andrew was getting up there. Okay.

No, you're fine. You're fine. It's a hard act to follow. Truly. And congratulations. Um, perfect. I think that's the right one. Can you go to the That's the correct one. Perfect. So, I'm going to be Sorry. My name is Natalie Flores. I am from Neil Schaefer and I'm going to be presenting on the safety action plan. Um, y'all were awarded an SS4A grant to Oh, I'm sorry. Is that better?

I'm fine. Apologies. Um, to do a safety action plan and Neil Schaefer was chosen, uh, to write it. And so, I'm going to be presenting about the safety action plan, uh, kind of our findings of the plan and, uh, what we're suggesting and recommending moving forward. Go ahead. So, a quick overview of a safety action plan. Um, for those that are unfamiliar, it is a plan that is funded through the safe streets um safe streets and roads for all uh program. It's a program that aims to really reduce the level of high injury or severe injury and fatal crashes on roadways. Um, it uses a safe system approach uh to go after four key areas which are safer people, safer speeds, safer roads, and postc crash care. Um the fifth uh safe system approach element that's not really included here is safer vehicles but that is mostly in that's mostly um with like a vehicle manufacturing. It wouldn't appear in a safety action plan. Go ahead. Uh so again these plans are funded uh through the SS4A. SS4A was a grant that was awarded um it was underneath the umbrella of IIGJ the infrastructure um investment and jobs act and it was a competitive grant program through the US department of transportation. Not going to go into too much detail because there's a lot of detail but uh there you can find out more on the website um at the transportation.gov website. Uh so focusing on Horn Lake specifically, uh the Horn Lake plan is a supplemental plan. So it works cohesively with the um Memphis Metropolitan Planning Organization safety plan. Uh but it does it in a way where it addresses Horn Lakes's unique needs and looks at Horn Lake specifically uh with bike and pedestrian safety. And now I'll go ahead and talk a little bit about the development. So, um there's a lot of data that we gather throughout the um development of a

safety action plan. Uh but there's two main types. There's the public information that we get from the public and then there's also the safety data that we use. We always want to make sure that what we recommend is going to be something that is wanted by the public that is supported by the public but is also supported by data. So, I'll go into the public involvement portion first. Uh there are three rounds of public involvement. The first one is really to try to identify what the issues are. The second round is okay. Well, we have heard about the issues. How would you like to address them? Because even though we may know the issues and we have a lot of options, some things are going to be better for one community or another, it's not a cookie cutter. We don't go from place to place saying the same thing. It is what is best for your community. This is y'all's plan. We're just writing it. Um, and then the third round focuses on a review of the draft plan and a final sort of moment for public comment. Um, our findings from round one, uh, were that distracted driving, red light running, and speeding were identified as the top three driver behavior concerns. Unsafe intersections, lack of roadway lighting, and lack of pedestrian infrastructure were identified as the top three safety infrastructure concerns. And we separate those mostly because even though, you know, there's still roadway safety, transportation concerns, um, the way that you would address those is very different between driver behavior and like an infrastructure problem. So going into round two. Um so we have some key uh takeaways from round two. And so we we got the problems. Now we're going to look for some of the solutions and what is the public really saying about what kind of solutions that they would like to see. Um so increased traffic law enforcement was the most supportive strategy to reduce speeding. High visibility cell phone enforcement program uh was um the most supportive strategy to reduce distracted driving. But this was very closely followed by communication and outreach. Improved lighting was the most suggested improvement for safety at intersections. Increased maintenance, improved

lighting, improved striping and drainage were all um cited as ways to address roadway design. Um and then making crosswalks more visible was the most supported strategy. It says here for bicycle and pedestrian safety, but truly this was the most supported strategy overall. over any recommendation making crosswalks more visible was the most supported um recommend uh most supported um improvement. So uh we then uh compiled uh and developed the plan and then uh brought that to the public. Um and in this third round of uh public involvement um we received uh 10 comments. Most of them were uh similar to comments we had received in the first two rounds of engagement. Um but then we also were given you know potential new concepts to explore and then also another project was added to the list through this involvement process. And going on to safety. So um safety analysis is a huge portion of the safety action plan because we want to make sure that all of our um results are really data driven. Um 5 years of crash data were analyzed and found that um more than 4,500 crashes happened in the city of Or Lake within the 5-year period. But we're really looking again at those serious injury and fatal crashes. Really trying to make sure that people that enter the roadways, wherever they need to go, they get there safely. That's our number one concern. Um uh in this analysis, they found that angle, uh left turn, um same roadway and pedestrian crashes accounted for 70% of all serious and fatal crashes. About 6% of fatal and serious injury had DUI involvement. And 91% of serious and fatal pedestrian crashes occurred under dark conditions. um dark conditions and also likely at intersections and again uh lighting at intersections was one of the things that was mentioned beforehand. These are the top crash locations. Uh we do all road users which is bicycle, pedestrian and people that drive a vehicle to kind of get a sense of where all of the uh everything's happening. But cyclists and

pedestrians are in a uniquely v vulnerable position. they don't have the protection of, you know, being having metal around them in a vehicle or the ability to like quickly move out of the way if they're in a motorcycle or other motorized vehicle. Um, they uh truly, you know, their ability to react and the way that they can react and also the protection that they have is lower and traditionally and historically these crashes end up being much more severe and much more fatal um whenever they occur. So we want to make sure that we look at those as well. After all of the um data was taken into consideration, the locations, the priorities from the public um projects started to be started to become developed and then they were put into a scoring matrix. So this scoring matrix takes into account the crash severity um if it has a multimodal aspect the crash frequency um the community itself like is it um going to be um we do some uh like distressed community which looks at um the uh it's based off of the US DOT if it's a distressed community or not. They have a map and we'll see like it does it match up with where these are located. Um does this project address infrastructure concerns? is this project from an existing plan which means that it is something that's been thought about before and has been thought thoroughly you know even before the safety action plan it would get points for that. Um and then also was it mentioned in a public concern and so all of these um end up going to a scoring matrix and then it helps us be able to then compare projects uh more on apples to apples comparison and trying to have a score that relates to all of them. Um, so this brings us to safety action plan recommendations and I do not have them all here. There's 65 in the plan. Um, so I have the top 10 between the infra for between the corridor segment and the intersection. So these are the top seven um of corridor segments and they are the

top seven based off of local priority. So things that are high and medium high priority are going to be here. Um I I'm not going to go through them uh too much, but um we can go ahead and go to the next slide because there's a lot on the screen. I don't I don't expect y'all to remember everything on there. There's no quiz afterward, I promise. Um and then these are the uh intersection safety projects. So again, the top uh between the two, they're the top 10 between local priority. Uh whenever we look at um recommendations though, it's not just the projects. The projects are a big part of it, but we also look at program and policy. We want to make sure it's a holistic approach. You can't just fix a road and then not address, you know, other safety things that might be causing the crash besides the infrastructure and expect things to get better. Um, so, uh, we came up with, uh, some program and policy recommendations. Um, first is increased enforcement measures as this was something that was mentioned in the public engagement. So, high vis visibility cell phone enforcement is something that Nitsa um, has and they have like a guide book for it. So, that was something we recommended. Improved emergency response. Right now, there's no emergency response time policy. No way to gather that data. So, we don't really know if um if your EMS is going to be um getting to a scene in a good amount of time to be able to accurate to um to help save a life um or help reduce the um how bad that injury gets whenever somebody's left after a crash and how quickly they can get to the hospital. gathering that data um and having a guideline for that data about like what your metrics are can just help you see where you're at and have a baseline of like where are we at and where do we need to go. So that was one of our recommendations. Protecting parkgoers was a big one. Um park access safety improvements. A lot of the pedestrian um crashes happened around parks and so this was something that was really big that came up. We want to make sure that people can access their parks safely. Um, and then also driver education campaigns, um, mostly with

communications and outreach. The last one I have on the bottom is less of a program and policy and more of a way to make sure that the safety action plan continues to work for y'all moving forward. We understand that what we're looking at is a slice of time where you're not able to see into the future. Um, but we want to make sure that if y'all do have more things that happen in the future that you have the tools to address them. So, we have a countermeasure toolbox that we have in there and it basically says what is the problem that you're having. Are you having pedestrian crashes? Are you having people run off the road or rear end crashes? You can go to that problem and you can have a set of tools that you can use to see if anything sounds like a good solution for that area and we do prioritize lowcost safety improvements because we understand that budgets are tight, resources are limited. We want to do the best bang for the buck where we can. Uh so next steps um we are presenting here the safety action plan for adoption. Um this is a very um significant time right now for SS4A. There is a NOFO open for a um for additional grant funding. Um so you so at once this plan is adopted. Um then uh the projects can go through a selection process and you can actually go back to that same grant to request implementation funds. And so this is uh right now just going to be adoption to say like yes we approve the safety action plan this is our plan and then later on staff will um I believe at the next meeting come to you with a budget uh for trying to go after implementation funding. Uh it is 8020 so 80% federal uh 20% local uh would be the match for that for whatever ends up being chosen. Um, but then y'all could actually just take the plan, see which projects would work best for your community, and go and apply for funding um with the um open grant window uh the notice of funding opportunity window that's open right now. And that is all I have for y'all today. I know that's a lot of information, so

I'm very happy to answer any questions. Um if anybody has anything for me, can you give us your name again? I'm Natalie I'm Natalie Flores. Miss Flores. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. I was actually on the committee as a commissioner uh previous uh to become mayor. So, thank you all for putting this together. I remember when we started it. Um

one thing we do have already started. We should be this month actually getting LED lights all the way across the city. Am I right? So, this month that that's a big project starting. So, that's something to be celebratory about to celebrate that we will have LED lights across the city. So, all of them will be changed out. Uh, but we do look forward to working with you on this plan, but we want you to make sure you get with Miss Carter and we can work out all the details on how we can proceed uh with this plan. Board have any questions for

Automan Johnson. Mr. Andrew, what are your recommendations?

That's a a really long list. But uh me personally, I I see a really heavy need for sidewalks. Um I I believe there should be sidewalks um on every road. I know that's millions of dollars, but that's something that u we really need to really take into consideration that roads aren't just for cars, it's for bicyclist, it's for pedestrians. And uh on top of that, crosswalks always important. Um again, the full package of crosswalks, pedestrian signals, and sidewalks. Um it's really basic stuff. It's just expensive and I do recommend that all over the city. So, we do have specific intersections that listed in the plan. So, you know, one thing I've been pushing for is specifically, for example, like a sidewalk bridge on north of the the bridge going over Cal Creek. There's one area where

people have to cross the road and then cross the creek and then there's a midsection that goes to nowhere and kind of dumps people off the areas. So, there's stuff like that that I see all over the city that just that kind of sets people up for getting hit by cars. And this all will be contained with what we have in our hands now. Yes. I I Yes. Thank you. Any other questions? Yes, mayor. Woman Upstrong. As far as um the window for the implementation grant,

how long is that open? So the implementation uh the window right now for the notice of funding opportunity closes in May if I remember correctly. Um but there are um certain um things to hit before that. So the first is that uh the federal government needs a copy of the plan so that they can review it and ensure that this meets their qualifications for a safety action plan because before you can go for implementation funds, you need to show it planned out. Um and so uh that deadline is coming much more soon and that's in April. Um and then um and then after that it would be um after you know it's approved. Uh then uh it would be up to the staff to decide kind of what projects that they want to go after, get those cost estimates and then bring it back to. So this wouldn't be to um I just want to make sure that it's not to set a budget now. We're not saying that the adopting the plan means you're going to fund everything tomorrow. Um, but uh that this would at least put y'all in a good spot so that the staff could then make those recommendations on what kind of projects they want to go after.

Thank you. All right. Any more questions? Sorry, real quick. You said April, right? So that basically have a week. So, uh, this So, all they need to do is to send the approved plan in with the um like the adoption resolution and then after and that's really just for them to review. So since they already have the plan and then hopefully after they have the adoption resolution, it would be very that part is just truly just sending a copy of that into the federal government. It doesn't have to be approved within a week. It just has to be sent in. Yeah. Thank you.

So since we have to April, um do we need to go ahead and do an adoption now, Miss Car, or would you like to discuss the financial side? Make a motion we go ahead and make the adoption of this. All right. Do we have a second? Second. Uh motion by alderman lang, second by alderman woman Johnson. Any discussion? Mayor, I do have a question. Um, so

I guess some of the these projects of course are not going to be all done at the same time and all that. Yes. But, uh, I guess as they come up, are we reviewing what needs to be done? Because I'm thinking like, you know, some streets may need to be widened before adding a sidewalk or something like that. So, well, we're just adopting the uh the plan now. That don't mean we're going to do everything uh next month. Yes. But like I said, some stuff we already have going uh that we're aware of. But however, this just saying we're going to work to work on these things and make them a priority. All right. All right. So, we have a motion and a second on the floor. Any any more discussion? All right. Roll call, please. Miss Carter. Alderman McKenna. I. Alderman Bledsoe.

Hi. Alderwoman Armstrong. I. Alderman Smith. I. Alderwoman Johnson. I. Alderman Langston. Hi. Alderman Bastic. All right. Motion passes. Six nos and one absent. We have adopted the SA SS4A safety action plan. Go ahead, attorney. Yes. Before you leave, um Yes, ma'am. The 2026 safe streets resolution, does that need to be adopted along with the safe uh safety plan, safety action plan as well? So, the resolution was basically the adoption process. So, it's it should just be a um like an ordinance or resolution that's on the paper that needs to be signed. Okay. Mhm.

Correct. Thank you so much. Thank you. All right. We now will go into our planning uh on the agenda. Uh we have case number 2026 050. Uh lot four lot uh final plant for Golden Eagle subdivision at 4560 in N Road West. who have injured.

Thank you. All right. So, for this case, um the applicant is proposing to subdivide one lot containing a house on 14 acres into four lots by creating three smaller lots along Nail Road. Uh the zoning is AR. Um around it is AR and PUD zoning. um all residential. And then so on page three, we have the the full drawing. And so um I know that's hard to see. So on the next page is the closer up view of that. And then um on the next page is an even closer up view of the new lots being proposed. So um the applicant is proposing that lot two, lot three, and lot four And so on the next page, we have our actual review of the um the ordinances specifying um what are proper lot designs um for new subdivisions. So um just going through real quick of the regulations. Um the um proposed plaque does show the five foot easement on the rear of the lots 2, three, and four. Um it should technically be 10 feet. However, we we understand the reason the uh applicant drew it this particular way and so we are fine with that. Um for the next section, um while there are drainage areas that run through the property, um they are intermittent streams and so they're not official solid blue line streams and so there are no actual protections as far as um like setback or development regulations. So these can be altered to the desire of the developer. Um, going

down to the next point, um, no new streets proposed in the subdivision. So, um, those regulations are not applicable. Uh, no new street names being proposed. It passes those requirements. Um, on page seven, we have that um, again, as I stated, planning staff understands that it appears possible for the land to be modified in such a way to allow for the three new homes to be placed on the three proposed lots. And so, um, there's nothing in this proposal that directly conflicts with the, uh, the ordinances. Um, and then on page eight, um, um, for the next section for streets, the proposed plat does not conflict with, um, the section 3457. And then um proposed plan does not conflict with anything on uh angle of intersections on the corner radii on uh street jogs. Uh I will make a note that no street jogs have been proposed on this plat. Um it should be noted that driveways cannot count as streets. Um and then that while there may be concern about the placement of the driveways onto the larger road, this regulation cannot be used um as a means for denial for the plat. And then um in the next section uh there's no culde-sac proposed so that one's not applicable. So going through all those regulations there's um nothing in conflict with the with the ordinances on plat design. So next we have the planning commission meeting minutes and then um in conclusion um we planning staff recommends app approval of the plat. Um after the planning commission meeting planning

staff met with the applicant to discuss more of the details on this proposal and planning staff reviewed the discussion from the meeting and reviewed the ordinances once again to ensure all the ordinances were properly considered. Um, as of this writing and as of reading this report, there does not appear to be any reason uh for the plat to be denied. Um, the alterations on site are allowed to be done at the um the building process. So, um, that concludes the presentation.

All right. Thank you, Mr. Andrew. Do the board have any questions for Andrew? All right. Is the applicant here? What a surprise. Good afternoon. Chance Walker, Smith Walker Engineering, 11:02 Braymont Drive. I don't have anything else to add or I'll take any questions if there are any. Do the board have any questions for chairs?

Yeah, I have a question. So, this We we were here before with this land, right? And I mean what's going to I mean because we we had the um the drainage issue I guess was the number one issue, correct? Um so is is it because you you're coming with less lots or something? I mean what what's going to be the difference?

So I'll So there is an existing drainage issue. Yes. uh what was proposed prior to this would have technically fixed the drainage issue via engineered infrastructure now so to speak with with what was proposed previously to what is proposed now yes we technically are um reducing the amount of post-developed runoff that's going into that area um not saying that both scenarios would have fixed the the existing situation these three proposed lots don't necessarily aren't involved with with that um covert that's crossing the private drive where everything is getting choked. So we we can't really fix that at this stage but um technically we are reducing the amount of postdeveloped runoff than what was proposed previously. Yes.

Thank you. Right. Any more questions for Mr. Chains? You may have a seat. Thank you. Thank you. This is also requires a public hearing. I declare the public hearing now open. Remember, you have three minutes to speak. Come on up, Miss Cotton. Me public hearing for this case. Good evening, board. Good evening.

We've seen this numerous times. I know you have. We keep seeing it different ways, but I wanted to bring up that the planning commission did not approve this. We failed it on a vote of two to four. Our biggest concern was the drainage. Her biggest concern, too, is the traffic on that road. The road the it goes like this and it comes up. It's down in a little valley. There's going to be flooding because it's going to run down. You're going to have traffic. You're going to have increased drives that are going to Nail Road. There's already enough blind traffic on the other end of Nail Road near Fleetwood and things like that. This is going to be an issue right there. Jordan Brook Drive is already a bad spot to pull out on right there where it dips down. And we're just asking to add to it if we don't pay attention to it. And that was those were the two big concerns with the planning commission. So, we keep seeing this. We keep being told we don't have to have this in in our plans. We don't have to see it. But it is a great concern because there are a lot of elderly people that live back over that way. And there's also school buses that go through there. And heaven forbid we did not do our job as a board or as a city to pay attention to that particular area when it comes to traffic. She just talked about the safe roads and things and this is an issue and we don't want to add flooding on top of traffic issues because that will also just hinder it and make us possibly have more car accidents or something right there. So, I just wanted to bring that up that it did go two to four on the planning commission and share those thoughts with you. Thank you.

Thank you, Miss Carter. Would there be anyone else with a public hearing? All right, we got someone on the way.

I'm going to stay back a little bit. I'll just be glad. We can we can hear you good.

Nick Mitchell. I live in 4586 Nail Road, which is a property just northwest of where this development is. I do see that it has greatly reduced in size and changes in the water. That makes total sense. Um, I have to echo what she said about the traffic issue. Um, there are times now where when I leave that private drive to turn left on Hail Road that I actually have to turn out into the oncoming lane to make sure nobody's coming over the hill. That's pretty much how I pull out of that every time. And so now you're talking about adding three more turn in and turnouts all right there in this short amount of space. It's going to get dangerous. So that's it. I'm done.

Thank you so much. Yep. All right. Would it be anyone else? Would there be anyone else? Got access three times. Would there be anyone else? I I don't think plaque can be a public hearing.

Public hearing now closed. All right. Um do we have a motion once? Do we have a motion, Mayor? Um, I have a motion. Well, how do I put this? To not approve. No, it's right here. Just make the motion as it is. Okay. No, you got it. I withdraw.

All right. You were saying your motion. Thank

All right. X twice, right? Turn it. Anybody want to make a motion? Last time. Anybody want to make a motion? All right. Motion pack fails on the floor. All right. Um, now we're going into our new business re resolution to clean uh private property. We know we want to keep our city beautiful. uh that's always the case, but uh we must do so uh in an orderly fashion. We're just thankful for the citizens who make sure that our our property values stay up that our city is beautiful. Uh we just thank you so much for what you do. Um this is the public hearing. We're going to limit it to 3 minutes. If you want to speak on any of these properties, you're you're welcome to come up, but you have three minutes uh when you speak. The public hearing is now open. All right. Does anyone wish to speak? Anyone wish to speak? Come on now. Different subject.

Can you give your name and address, please? My name is Jerry Wayne. I live at 2810 Browwood Drive. And um um right now I do a lot of water. What's the address again? 2810 Brierwood Drive. That address, this address is not on here. I know they always when I somebody It's on there. I mean, I've been living there since I was Yeah, but I'm talking about the list that we're voting on tonight. It's Oh, it's not on Oh, yeah. Yeah. I thought we I'm talking about a different I got a different subject. I didn't know we were on No, that's coming up. Citizens uh Oh, okay. We have Yeah, we haven't done citizen remarks yet. Okay. Okay. That's why I was making sure I make sure it didn't close. All right.

All right. Anyone else wish to speak in the public hearing? Anyone wish to speak in the public hearing? Anyone wish to speak in this public hearing? Public hearing is now closed. All right. Do we have a motion concerning uh these private properties? Mayor, I'd like to motion that we accept the resolution for cleaning private property for the addresses that are listed. We have a motion by Aldor John. Do we have a second? Mayor, I second. Second by Aldor Armstrong. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Miss Carter. Alderman McKenna.

I. Alderman Bledo. Hi. Alderwoman Armstrong. I. Alderman Smith. Hi. Alderwoman Johnson. I. Alderman Langston. Nay. Alderman Boston. All right. Motion passes five one day and one absent. All right. Now we're moving on to approve of janitorial contract with uh Janet King with the starting date of May the 1st, 2026. Uh do we have any questions for Miss Carter concerning the contract? All right. Do we have a motion concerning the contract with Jenny Kings?

Have a motion. Mayor, all the woman Armstrong. I make a motion to approve um janitori contract with Janney King with a start date of May 1st, 2026. All right. Do we have a second? Second. All been blessed. Uh, any discussion? Uh, roll call, please. Miss Carter. Alderman Boston. Alderman Langston. Hi. Alderwoman Johnson. I. Alderman Smith. Hi. Alderwoman Armstrong. I. Alderman Bledo. Hi. Alderman McKenna. Hi.

Motion passes. Six days, no nays, and one absent. All right. Right. Now we come down to our part which is citizen remarks. Uh we have a list of names over here. We will we ask Miss Rebecca Rebecca Langston to come up. Uh uh Josh M. Come on up. Miss Langston. Thank you for hearing me board. Um state your name and address. I'm sorry. It's

Rebecca Langston 7300 Horn Lake Road. Um, we have had lots of discussions before the election with everybody, all our people, mayors, of talking about having community gardens, beautifying Horn Lake, getting things together better. We have now established a 510 for the Horn Lake Civic Community Garden Club at the Horn Lake Library. Uh the land has been approved because it's controlled by Dotto County instead of us, but we did get permission. Um we've got donations starting. It's late in the season on those kind of things, but we've had a donation from Target. We've had a few things from Home Depot. They all want to keep talking to us. the Dodoto uh county coalition has is working currently on um getting a lot of the supplies for the for kids and things. But what we're trying to do basically is start with the children. We've got boxes planned for the children to grow edibles that they can just pick and eat and learn to enjoy gardening. We've got about a hundred people now that know nothing about gardening that want to come learn. We've we got everything rolling, but because of we'll say the current situation in Washington, we did not keep the funding to get um soil brought to us. So, we just found out recently that we have a Horn Lake composting center. And so, we are requesting that if the city can um meet with us at the composting center and help us deliver Horn Lake compost to the library for the gardens.

Okay. Well, we'll look into it if we can. I know it's not an immediate thing, but we wanted you to know details

that the garden plans, it's children. We've already got donated um raised beds specifically for wheelchairs and uh row planting for people that, you know, want to come in. We are trying to um gather a lot of the senior citizens that are across the street from the library that are homebound because simply because they can't drive, which is why I didn't know any of these street things were really going on. But one of the things they asked for was an air crosswalk over Goodman so they could get to the library safe because they keep feeling like they're going to get run over trying to cross the street to go to the library. Um but it is an all-inclusive thing. There is no membership to join. Nobody's It's just all coming from whatever anybody wants to give, but we're um we're also going to be giving food away. Uh if you need it, you come get it. So, the whole point is it's Horn Lake. It's not who's in charge. It's not what political party or any of that. It's people of Horn Lake. And so, we're hoping that you guys will

Thank you, Miss N. It's good to have Yolanda Rooks back here, too. was also one of the uh founders of the Horn Lake Civic Garden Club organization. I say it right. Just give her a hand for being here also. Thank you. Well, we miss what we uh Yeah. But what we'll do, we'll look into it and see what we can do. A lot of that is new to us what you asked about. So, we do need to do our homework and details and everything first, but uh we will get with you on it. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you. You're welcome. Jerry Ways. There you go. Now we got you right. Come on up. I never been to one of these before. Is it Say your name when you come up? Wayne. Jerry Wayne. Okay. What's your and your address?

2018 Browwood Drive. Okay. What you got for us today, Mr. Wayne? Well, several things. Goodman Road, mostly sidewalks. I I do a lot of walking cuz I I have two vehicles that broke down. I've been every time I get one of they get run into total and I end up walking again. I'm disabled. Um I've been disabled for six years now and I so I do a lot of walking. Helps me get my exercise. But here's one issue right here is a crosswalk right there. You you see where that is, don't you? Mhm.

Right. Two lane across from a parachute. I had to use the crosswalks and then going back from Briarwood like I live on Briwood and going north I mean not north eastbound down the sidewalks there's so many cracks and it's landslide like you can see it's I meant to get a level and take a picture of the level where you can see the sidewalks is sinking in and of course it's cracking everywhere and sometimes I Well, usually once a month I'll walk down the Walmart neighborhood grocery store to get my prescriptions and get my groceries. Um, and I a lot of times I walk home with a basket from Walmart, one or two. This week, the past week was two two heavy baskets and they as we were walking they were sinking down towards the ditch. My son was pulling one, I was pulling the other. And like I said in this at night, these cracks are really bad. Like you see this one right here. You know, I've almost fallen, tripped several times into the ditch.

Where where's that one located? This one I should have marked. Uh that one. I think it's on It's on All these are on the other side of the bridge that's past Briwood between Camelot and Briwood. Okay.

Yeah, that's where that one is. And then here's that crosswalk, but it's not really a crosswalk, but to get to the other side of Goodman, cross the bridge, I sometimes I'll walk down that side, and there's no crosswalk there. There's a red light on, you know, on firewood side. But here's another picture of the sidewalk cracking going down towards Camelot. And like I said, I got multiple pictures, but some of them may be close to the same where all this is busting up. I mean, it's it's awful. And I know the state is respons responsible as I've talked to Mr. Andrews several times and he told me to come up here and talk about these sidewalk problems and try to get government grants to help, you know, improve these sidewalks. And I even got one. See about some of the I walk my dogs through the subdivision and I've been doing it for years.

Mr. uh that's your time w but we I tell you what I would like for us to have key we have those pictures from Yes sir. Hand them over to uh Wayne or uh Wayne and Mr. Andrew we get together and look at those sidewalks see who's responsible. Uh we have been fighting to get some of uh Goodton Road fixed but there's always a fight with who's responsible. Oh yeah. Yeah. I know state highway. That's for Mr. Andrew. I know the cities know. Yeah, but they they like for the city to spend all this money on state stuff. There you go. All right. But thank you so much. Uh Andrew, when we do have some sidewalks coming up getting fixed, I know behind Kroger, right?

Yeah. There's a a sidewalk project on Horn Lake Road. Um we're getting a lot of money to pave from Kroger up to Brightman Union. That's our biggest sidewalk project. But everything on Goodman um we I guess recently found out that uh even though it's a state road, the the city um has to maintain the infrastructure there. Right. Okay. Thank you. All right, Mr. George Dixon.

Oh boy. Got a little while to get there. Oh, you going to make it

uh eventually even to you, Mr. Mayor and board. Um, I noticed our plaque out there, the Shriner's plaque is not updated. And what I'm going to ask is, is this board going to honor what the other board decided to do and keep the payments going in each year, or do we want to re re uh vote for it? And we need your money. We ain't going to lie about it. It's a $100 a year. Uh that's what we voted here to do and uh for another several years, but then we got a new board. So, do we want to redo it or what? Well, we haven't received a request. Uh

they don't send you one. They just asked that you send them $100. I a new boy don't know. Uh Mr. Dixon and we'll give him his card on on their request. I remember cuz we called each other. Yeah. Uh but we'll look into it. Oh, I know we made we told a lot of people that we weren't giving out fund until July. I know we're getting behind on it. Well, we we we was left we was left with a fund that had $2 million in it at one time. They only had 16,000 when we took over. Well, that's all right. That's we don't want but $100. Well, that's that's called book for a city, Mr. Dixon. Anyway, the kids need But anyway, but you know what I do, Mr. Dix? They need your money. You know what I do, Mr. Dixon? What's that? I donate it myself. How about that? All right. You want to give me 100? your check tomorrow.

Reach in your hip pocket and give me $100. I don't have it now. I don't have a check with Mr. Dixon. Thank you, Mr. Dixon. I'll bring it to you tomorrow. All right. Uh yeah, I can do $100. Amen. Kick,

I know where you live, Mr. Dixs. Good evening again. Um I had just two things. Um the first one is well Alderman Smith and I we've talked about this before when the new board took over and we were talking about the lights and stuff at 3720 uh Ramblewood Drive right there in a cove that's over here in Ward 4. There's no light. There never was a light. There's no pole. It is black as night. And we have an increase uh of families there that have very young kids. And there's been numerous snakes because it backs up to where the water drains and stuff. But it is it is black as coal out there at night. I mean, anybody could come up and and snag a kid. Animal jump out and bite you. I mean, it it's very very pitch dark back there. So, I just wanted to see if the board may take a look at that and see if there's some way we can do some type of lighting back there. And there's also a massive pothole right dead in the middle of that um right there where as you can turn right there in that cove. It is huge. And there's also another one that everyone has to swing out wide when you go from Ramblewood to Westbury right there. It's really really bad right there. Um and so I just wanted to point that out and see if we might be able to look at that. And then the other thing is is I just had a was just curious if this is something that's approved. Do you have to have something to get this done? But there's a porta potty and a handwashing station outside the Family Dollar right here across the street. It's a huge eyesore, but when you go in there and ask, they said that we were tired of people asking to use our facilities. So, they've put this outside the store, but it is uh just to be blunt, it's tacky.

So, I just wanted to bring that up to see if there's something we can do to get that addressed because that was brought to my attention and we went and checked it out and that's what they told us. So, just wanted to share. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing that information. Thank you, Miss Carter and Wayne, you have those addresses, so we can look into that and get with energy and code enforcement. I know Belinda, where you at? You you got that, Belinda? Thank you, Miss Carter. All right. Uh, that's all of our citizen responses. We'll now be going to I don't know why I have two agendas, but I'm going go with one of them. mayor and alderman correspondents. I want to thank I want to thank uh this Horn Lake High School. I want to thank Lake Corinant and uh this AJ Lynville, our departments, police, fire, public works, and all those who came out and volunteered uh on Friday uh for our cleanup day. We had I don't know if y'all seen on Facebook, but we had a lot of kids and we cleaned up a lot of the streets on Friday. So we really appreciate give the kids a hand for their participation. Thank you. Uh thank all those who have drive them around everything. So we had a wonderful time and the great thing is about the kids enjoy enjoyed cleaning that city. That's to see the smile.

We had 82 kids here uh working to help clean up. So we got a lot of work done. We ain't finished. So we got to plan another one. We're going to plan another one on Saturday for the grown folks. All right. Oh, Mr. Mr. Hawkins decided to go off into the creek and grab bikes and tires and everything. Um, workman comps going to get denied now. All right. All right. But thank you, uh, Andrew and to all those all the employees, city employees that took time out to go out with I don't have any more. We're going to start over here. Alman Langster,

I'm good. Nightmare. Thank you. Alman, Alwoman Johnson, Alman Smith, Alerwoman um Strong. Mayor, I just wanted to um address Ward Six um citizens and just let them know I have a community meeting um I'm being hosted by Twin Lakes Baptist Church for all of citizens of W 6 um from 11 to 1. So, please come out and um let's talk about how we can improve things for W 6 and let me hear your ideas. So again, that's at Twin Lakes Baptist Church, May 16th, 11 to1 for W 6 citizens. Thank you.

I'm sorry. I'm trying to write everything down. All right. I'm sure it's an email. Uh Bleo. No. All right. Alman McKenna. No, sir. All right. Uh uh department leaders uh Chief Pulling. Any any board member have anything for Chief Pulling? All right. Belinda. Hey, sir. Anybody have anything for Belinda? All right. Wayne. Anybody have anything for Wayne? Chief Lynville.

I just want to say thanks for our guest for everybody that could come out last night for that meeting we had and I hope it helped. I hope we continue with some more on planning disasters or whatever may get to see. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much, Chief Lynville. Drew. Uh thank you, mayor. Thank you, board. I just want to uh let everyone know that we're having the Horn Lake Real Kids Fishing Rodeo out at Latimer Lakes Park on Saturday, May the 2nd from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. So, uh it's a free event for kids ages 4 to 4 to 14. So, bring them out and have a good time. Thank you, sir.

Thank you, Drew. Do any board members have anything for Drew? All right. Phillip, I almost called you Vince. Phillip, evening, mayor, board. Um, not much tonight. Just want to thank uh Natalie for coming down, giving a solid presentation, and thank you all for voting yes on this plan. And uh we look forward to projects and specifics and moving forward with it. So, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Anybody have any questions for Philip? All right, Alexis. Thank. All right. Anything for Alexis? All right. Andrew.

No, sir. Anything from the board for Andrew? All right. Our attorney.

All right. There will be no executive session. Meet went a little longer than I planned, but we at the end. Uh, do I have a motion to adjurnn? Y'all be a quick I make the motion to adjurnn. We have a motion by alderwoman Johnson. Have a second. Second. Motion by the woman Johnson. Second by Alderman Langston. Any discussion? All right. Roll call, please. Miss Carter. Alderman McKenna. I. Alderman Bledo. Hi. Alderwoman Armstrong. I. Alderman Smith. Hi. Alderwoman Johnson. Hi. Alderman Langston. Alderman Bastic.