Remarks by Burkley Allen
11 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Whereas she continued her desire to educate after her passing by donating her body to science through Restore Life USA, a Tennessee based nonprofit organization specializing in medical research and.”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Whereas the relationship between the people of Kurdistan and the United States has been marked by cooperation, mutual respect, and shared sacrifice, including collaboration during significant periods of challenge and...”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Transportation and infrastructure voted seven in favor, zero against, and one not voting. Okay.”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair, and I'll come back on Amendment 2. I watched a portion of that and read some of the staff report, and my understanding is that it was discussed, but they were reminded that they could not vote on that piece of it, and it was a concern that was expressed. So I appreciate the fact that the sponsor has been willing to bring this part back, because I don't think the intention was ever to deprioritize adult daycare. That just happened, and I will speak to some of the other things on that. So I would encourage my colleagues to support this amendment so we can get it more in…”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“All right. Go ahead. So Amendment 2 picks up another, I think it was just an inadvertent reference back to daycare in the short-term rental section that specifically calls that out as childcare and makes a distinction between adult services daycare and childcare because I'm not sure anybody's that concerned about having an adult services facility in the proximity of a short-term rental, but we do care a lot about having distance requirement for for child care services and then just to also follow up on why it does make sense to make these distinctions I serve on the Nashville early education…”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. We had a speaker at the beginning of the meeting that asked if their statement was, could we add a sentence that says anything that would be acquired that is subject to Section 13808, which is the surveillance section, would have to comply with that section. And so I would like to ask legal to respond. If something is subject to 1308, it would have to comply with that. section, is there any circumstance where it's a small enough addition to the contract that it would slide under or by passing this resolution, if there is an addition made later that is subject to that,…”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Amendment to the contract. Is that what you're saying? So I mean the question there is language in the amendment that refers to improvements or refinements or enhancements or whatever and I Appreciate concerns about surveillance and if we can assure people that the language is tight enough that that is that we have covered that without needing to add the language that was suggested I would I would appreciate knowing that Then we can make that statement.”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay, you all will be recorded as abstentions.”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam President. I rise in support of this amendment. I appreciate what the sponsor has done to get this issue back on the forefront and to get us moving on doing important things to reduce traffic fatalities and specifically to pedestrians and cyclists. My understanding of Amendment 1 is that it does follow the MUTCD criteria. There's six, A, B, C, D, E, F. And that was where the original list of 59 intersections was derived from. What MUTCD says is a no turn on red sign should be considered when an engineering study finds that one or more of the following conditions exist. And…”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I appreciate the efforts here. I think it is important to get these surveys right and we're all working towards the same goal. So I'm confident we'll get there. Could probably our council clarify in the analysis, there was a statement that the bill as originally written before these substitutions was inconsistent with both the civil service regulations and the charter with regard to the responsibilities of the HR department. Do either of these substitutes or both of these substitutes solve that problem? Special counsel?”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026