2026-10-20 - City Council Committees

02:17Good morning, colleagues. Today is

02:19Tuesday, October 20th. It is 9:02 a.m.

02:23and I hereby call the Memphis Light,

02:25Gas, and Water Committee of the Memphis

02:27City Council to order.

02:30Miss Robinson, can you call the role,

02:33please?

02:33>> Yes, ma'am.

02:35Councilman Dr. Warren, Chair Walker,

02:38>> present.

02:39So today we have one item. It is a

02:42discussion on the MLGW consent agenda.

02:46All council districts requested by MLGW.

02:50President McGawan, you are recognized.

02:52>> Thank you, Madam Chair. Doug McGowan,

02:54Memphis Light Gas and Water 220 South

02:56Main Street. Today we bring forward $4.9

02:58million worth of approvals. These cover

03:00multi-year contracts for work we need to

03:03do at Memphis Light Gas and Water to

03:05maintain reliable and resilient

03:08utilities.

03:10The first item is partial funding of

03:12pollution control groundwater quality

03:13control program. This is partial because

03:15this is MLGW's share. Uh we charge 55

03:18cents per meter in our system. We

03:20provide this to the Shelby County Health

03:22Department for their groundwater control

03:23board as do the other water systems in

03:25Shelby County, Bartlett, Carville,

03:27Germantown, Millington. uh this uh

03:30provides them the resources that they

03:32need to do uh study of the groundwater

03:34to prevent contamination. They do

03:36sampling and monitoring of existing

03:38wells uh particularly private wells

03:41since we do that uh most of the water

03:43systems do that on their own and report

03:44to the county. So uh this is our part

03:47here and there's been a lot of dialogue

03:48about making sure that the pollution

03:51control groundwater quality control

03:53program is fully funded.

03:56Next is a project that will replace

03:58water manes in the vicinity of South 2nd

04:01Street and Union Avenue, approximately

04:03one block to the east and one block to

04:05the south. If you think about this, uh

04:07to the north and west of the Peabody

04:09Hotel, we will be replacing a 12-in

04:11water man and an 8 in water man. You

04:14will recall over the last few years that

04:16area has been torn up several times

04:18because of water mane breaks. It's a

04:20very old water man. We have flooded the

04:22basement of uh the Peabody several times

04:25and so uh we committed that we would

04:28just replace this entire section because

04:30patching is clearly not working. Uh we

04:33patched successfully several times the

04:35areas that were broken and then

04:36downstream we'd get another break. So

04:38our team has assessed and said it's time

04:40uh to replace this line in total because

04:42there is so much infrastructure there

04:44and so many businesses that are around

04:46there. So, this will be a project that

04:48will start this winter and take probably

04:50about a year or so.

04:53The next is meter data data interval

04:55analysis. This is a five-year contract

04:57with LBMC.

04:59Now, because we have advanced meters, we

05:01take samples of our meters every 30

05:03minutes. And what that you can see on

05:05the graph here, this tells us how our

05:07customers are using energy, when they're

05:09using their energy, and it helps us

05:11predict where our peaks will be and what

05:13kind of infrastructure we need. So we

05:15talk about using batteries for peak

05:17shaving. Well, this will help us

05:19determine when do we dispatch those

05:21batteries to make sure we hit that peak.

05:24So this software analysis allows us to

05:26make sure we hit that uh the peaks right

05:28and allows us to forecast into the

05:30future uh changes in the way that our

05:32customers are using energy. So

05:34critically important for our folks to

05:36manage the electric load in our system.

05:39The next is uh purchase of standard

05:42concrete posttops. for purchasing 320 of

05:44these. Uh these are the concrete

05:47posttops that you'll see where there are

05:49street lights in and around the city. Uh

05:51these are hollow concrete with the wires

05:53that go up through the inside and

05:55they're installed places where we need a

05:57new posttop or places typically where uh

05:59drivers have knocked them down. So this

06:02is just a recurring purchase of those

06:04posttops.

06:06Unrelated to that, these are the

06:07Luminere flood lights in the 1000 watt

06:10equivalent. These are the very high

06:11power lights. 661 of these that we use

06:15uh for our street light inventory for

06:17expansions. There are several areas

06:19where we're adding new street lights and

06:21this goes back to replace ones that

06:22again have been damaged or knocked down

06:25um and are no longer serviceable across

06:27the territory.

06:30The next request is for $1.7 million

06:33over 24 months. We have about an 11

06:35million budget for purchasing wire. This

06:37is $1.7 million of that. Uh this is

06:41purchasing uh this is the high voltage

06:43wire that we use for distribution of

06:45electric power across our system. It's

06:48405,000 ft just or 405,000 linear feet.

06:52That is 76 miles of wire that comes on

06:55these large spools that we will use um

06:58to both extend services and also replace

07:01services when it is time to replace the

07:03wires in our distribution system either

07:06because of failure or because of age.

07:09Subject to your question that concludes

07:11my presentation for the consent agenda

07:13items.

07:29So this is the pollution control water

07:31quality control program. This is with

07:33the Shelby County Health Department.

07:35This is allows them to do the

07:36monitoring. Let me talk since you asked

07:38the question about Caesar. We have two

07:41programs, two contracts that we um have.

07:44One is with Caesar and that is we're in

07:46the second uh second phase of that

07:49study. We provide all of the data that

07:51we have on our wells. They look at all

07:53of our wells. They help us determine

07:56where we can position wells uh so we

07:58don't introduce hazards into at the at

08:02the macro level. We also have the USGS

08:05contract and they're doing more micro

08:07level with the specific placement of

08:09wells in and around our well fields so

08:11that we don't hazard any contaminants in

08:14there. So two contracts Caesar has a

08:16broad ranging one that helps us overall

08:18manage and USGS is looking specifically

08:20at placement of wells in our well field.

08:22And then the pollution control

08:24groundwater quality control program is

08:26making sure that they can track uh the

08:29flow of contaminants across the county

08:30if there are any and to make sure that

08:32individual wells are not having any

08:34contaminants in them. So it's a

08:35monitoring and a testing program here

08:37that we all contribute to.

08:52Yes,

08:55>> that is the [clears throat] Shelby

08:56County Health Department. Caesar has

08:58access to all of our information. They

09:01have, you know, free access because we

09:03have a contract with them and and so we

09:05provide all of our data. We do not have

09:07access to the private well data. The

09:09Shelby County Health Department has that

09:10information. And so I think that's where

09:13they're looking for that data. And I

09:15don't know that it's uh there's any real

09:17limitation here. I think we just need to

09:18do a better job of coordinating across

09:20the county on that kind of thing. So,

09:22but we're not we're not in the middle of

09:23that engagement.

09:25>> And could you look at your next slide?

09:27>> My next slide?

09:28>> Yes.

09:28>> Yes, sir.

09:30>> All right. That's like only a twob block

09:33section. Is that what we're looking at

09:34here?

09:35>> It is.

09:35>> Okay. What makes us think it's not going

09:37to break if it's really old there? A

09:40block above and a block below? Why are

09:42we not doing

09:43>> that whole area based? So I guess that

09:47was my question.

09:48>> This is an area that has been broken and

09:50repaired multiple times. So we have

09:51multip we've introduced more

09:53vulnerabilities. So is there assessment

09:55for why we're doing that section.

09:57>> Come on up. Come on up here. Yeah.

10:02Introduce yourself and let them know

10:03what we're talking about here. So uh

10:06Aaron Smith, acting manager, water

10:07engineering and operations from MLGW. We

10:11have replaced not recently but in the

10:14past some just to the south on South

10:16Second Street. And so that section right

10:19around the Peabody is really the most

10:22we've experienced a lot of breaks there

10:24as uh President McGawan said earlier and

10:26so that's the section that we're

10:27targeting with this. Um in the future we

10:30may target there will be more sections

10:32in and around downtown that we will

10:34probably have to target but this is just

10:36our first location. I just was wondering

10:38because normally all these things tend

10:41to go bad at once because they're put in

10:43ground time maybe. How old are these

10:45pipes that you're replacing in general?

10:48The oldest to the newest?

10:50>> Uh those two pipes

10:54I think were like in the 40s um based on

10:57my memory. Um I don't have the exact

11:00date on me right now, but I want to say

11:01it was in the 40s.

11:03>> 1940s. And out of the pipes that are in

11:06downtown, how many were in the 1940s?

11:09>> Oh, a lot.

11:10>> Okay. So, as we're thinking about this

11:13and we're looking at, you know, uh how

11:16we potentially may be able to get some

11:18more money into our system to be able to

11:20do this, that would be something that is

11:23necessary, should be done. And is it in

11:25your plans to do? Do we have do we have

11:28plans for this?

11:30>> I'm I'm thinking tree cut trimming here,

11:32Doug. Yeah. No, absolutely right. This

11:34is a this is one of those questions.

11:36We'll be talking about this with our

11:37budget. We have to balance uh the amount

11:41of cash that we have, the amount of

11:43borrowing that we do, and the amount of

11:44work we have to do across system with

11:46the rates. And as you know, we're coming

11:48with a request for the rate increase if

11:49our board approves that. And so there's

11:51going to be questions about how much do

11:53we have to invest now versus delaying in

11:56the future. That's always the question.

11:58So, uh over time we have delayed

12:00investments. uh that has not been our

12:03practice here. We have taken a strategic

12:05approach to getting those most critical

12:06things that are most important. So

12:09critically when I got here we had uh

12:11some water mane breaks and we didn't

12:13have enough production to overcome that.

12:15So we invested heavily in new production

12:18making sure we had enough wells to

12:19produce enough water to to get past any

12:22breaks. Then we had some vulnerabilities

12:24in our uh filtering system. So we had to

12:27make sure we get those filters back up

12:29to speed. And then along the way we also

12:31have been doing lead service line

12:33replacements because that became a need

12:35here too as well as replacing um the

12:38infrastructure under the ground. Now the

12:40other thing I asked the team for was

12:42give me an analysis of what we could do

12:44to to predict the failure of the water

12:46lines and there is not real good science

12:48out there for how you predict the

12:50failure of that like there is for an

12:52electric transformer or a circuit

12:54breaker. we have pretty good idea about

12:56how they're performing. A water main

12:59either works or it doesn't. So, this is

13:02all about prioritization. So, I if I had

13:05um all of unlimited funds, we would

13:08definitely be uh replacing water manes

13:11before they break before she before they

13:15broke

13:16um on a regular and recurring basis. But

13:19we are balancing uh what everybody wants

13:21us to do to make sure that we stay

13:23affordable and that we minimize the

13:26amount of impact. Uh so we think this is

13:29the precise kind of thing we need to do.

13:31We we have a really good sense of where

13:33these things are vulnerable, where

13:34they're breaking. And so uh in the order

13:37of priorities once we get some of these

13:39other major like production components,

13:42we may be able to get into that probably

13:44in a few years. You know, we're we're

13:46looking at what do we do with these data

13:49centers and how do we get funds from

13:51them?

13:51>> Sure.

13:52>> Okay. And part of what I'm looking at is

13:54how much funds does MLG&W need for able

13:58to extract more funds from these things

14:00as we move forward in the future. This

14:02is a particular spot that having that

14:05information will be helpful as we figure

14:07out how we want to ask and what we want

14:09to do to move forward. We we certainly

14:11have an idea of of the things we'd like

14:13to do that we think are prudent, but

14:16again, we're going to have prudence

14:17because I know this is a community of

14:19many needs, Dr. Warren, and and we want

14:21to make sure that we're balancing what

14:23we need to, you know, we just want to

14:25make sure we're on target with that. So,

14:27so we'll definitely have uh some ideas

14:29about that and where we could use a

14:31little additional help.

14:32>> Yeah. Because you're thinking, you know,

14:33you look back at the tree thing, you

14:35know, and the power line thing, they

14:37were balancing that too as best they

14:39could on no money.

14:40>> My idea of balancing is making sure that

14:42we meet the basics. We have to fund all

14:45of the preventative maintenance. We have

14:46to fund all of the uh all of the

14:49recurring maintenance. So, we have to

14:50renew and replace infrastructure. And

14:52that's exactly what you're talking about

14:53here is renewing and replacing

14:55infrastructure when and before it fails.

14:58So,

14:58>> thank you, Madam Chair. Yeah, thank you,

15:01Miss McGome.

15:03>> You're welcome.

15:05And I had a couple of questions. So, on

15:07page four, the partial funding, so we're

15:12paying part of it. Are these

15:14municipalities at the bottom paying the

15:16other portion?

15:17>> Yes, ma'am. They are everybody. I think

15:18it's like 55 cents per meter that we all

15:21pay. So, the number of meters that they

15:22have, that's how much money flows into

15:24the program.

15:25>> Okay. And then one more, please.

15:32This is an annual contribution.

15:35>> Okay, thank you for that. And then on

15:37page um

15:40so these are post tops. These are not

15:43the actual post.

15:45>> Uh these the we call them post tops,

15:48concrete post tops. That means that the

15:50light fixture sits on top of the post.

15:52You know, there are some that have the

15:53gooseeneck arm that sticks out and the

15:55like the this slide. That luminere will

15:59sit on one of those arms that sticks out

16:01on these concrete post tops. They're the

16:04decorative posts that go into the ground

16:06and then the light fixture sits on top

16:08typically with a globe on it. That's why

16:09we call it a posttop. So, this is the

16:12concrete standard. This is the light

16:14pole and then there's a posttop light

16:16that sits on top. That's why it's called

16:18the posttop.

16:19>> Okay. Um, and sometimes, unfortunately,

16:23someone can

16:26hit a pole and knock it down. So, are

16:29they do you all currently charge people

16:32for that?

16:33>> Yes, ma'am. Our uh claims department

16:35does a good job of trying to recover

16:37resources when we can um if it is known

16:40and if the vehicle is still there and if

16:43many times we see a pole knocked down

16:46and there's no no evidence, there's

16:47nobody there on the scene. So, but when

16:49we know somebody has caused damage to

16:51the system, our team will work to

16:53recover a claim from that damage. So, I

16:56think it's how many millions of dollars,

16:58>> Jennifer, have we recovered, do you

17:00think?

17:01>> I think it's a couple million in our

17:02budget. A million and a half.

17:08>> So, Mr. Cle says it's about about a

17:10million dollars a year in recovery that

17:12we actually are able to to recover for

17:15damage to our systems. Um, so probably

17:18not close to the overall cost, but

17:20that's just the nature of

17:22>> Okay.

17:23>> And how much do you assess um the driver

17:26for a pole?

17:27>> We're just trying to recover the cost

17:29for the the full requirements of

17:31replacing that pole.

17:32>> And that's how much?

17:34>> It depends on the pole that we have. If

17:36it's a highmass light on the interstate,

17:37that pole's more expensive. These

17:39lights, uh, you can see here are a

17:41little less expensive than we also have.

17:43If it's a wooden pole, um, all in, if we

17:46have to change out the pole, it's about

17:48$5,000 to do the pole and all the

17:50attachments with the labor and

17:52everything else. So, it can vary. A

17:54street light pole could be several

17:55thousand uh just to replace the pole and

17:58the lighting uh structure that goes with

18:00it. It's more expensive. If they hit the

18:02pole and it dra has underground

18:04infrastructure and pulls up all the

18:06wires, uh, that's more pricey because

18:08it's affecting multiple poles. So, it

18:10does vary pretty widely. Okay, thank you

18:13for that. Let the record show that

18:15Councilwoman White has joined us.

18:23>> Yeah, 8,000. Okay, I was correct. It's

18:25about 8,000 to totally replace a wooden

18:28pole with all of the attachments to it.

18:31>> Okay, thank you. Councilwoman White, did

18:35you have anything before I wrap up?

18:37>> You're welcome. Well, being that there

18:40are no other questions or comments, we

18:42are adjourned. Thank you.

18:44>> Thank you, ma'am.

23:43Councilwoman White

23:45and Chair Warren also present.

23:48Colleagues, um we are not going to have

23:51an update on Mud Island River Parks

23:53Partnership after talking with uh

23:56Councilwoman Cooper Southern. She would

23:58like for us to delay that till the next

24:00meeting. So, we'll do that. And uh the

24:04first item I'd like to call is item

24:06number three, a quick update on the

24:08repair of the Raymond Skinner pool. Uh

24:11do we have anyone here for that

24:13presentation? This is I think going to

24:15be good news for people who want to swim

24:17there. Uh it is a supply chain issue. I

24:21think that has been our downfall. Uh

24:23>> yes, good morning. Uh Justice Balden,

24:25Memphis Parks director, 2599 Avery.

24:28Also, I'll allow my colleagues to

24:30introduce themselves.

24:32Gerald Spencer, deputy director, general

24:35service, 125 North Main.

24:38>> Melvin Jamerson, Director, General

24:39Service, 125 North Main.

24:42>> Yes. So, we'll save the best news for

24:44last. I guess first off, I'll just turn

24:46it over to uh general services just to

24:48talk about uh some of the updates they

24:50performed uh both on the roof as well as

24:52the boiler.

24:53>> Excellent. Gentlemen,

24:55being heroes already at Over Park, let's

24:57see how we can do today.

24:59>> [laughter]

25:00>> So, good morning. Yeah, we um the

25:02Skinner Center uh was shut down in May

25:05for roof repairs. Uh the roof repairs

25:07were completed in July. Um the boiler

25:10was repaired last week. Yesterday, we

25:12went in and changed the set point so

25:14it'll be warm and properly. So, the pool

25:16is um area is opened and ready ready to

25:19be used.

25:21>> Well, when is the exact opening date?

25:24>> So, it actually opened this morning. So,

25:26Raymond Skinner Pool is is back open.

25:28Yeah, there we go.

25:29>> Okay, that's I think that's a win-win.

25:31You have any questions from fellow

25:33council member?

25:35>> Okay, if not, thank you gentlemen for

25:38that great news. Thank you.

25:39>> Hopefully uh we can put that out and

25:41people know they can start going back.

25:43>> Oh yeah, it'll be out on our socials and

25:45also uh we have a a message that's going

25:47to all the members who are uh of the

25:49Raymond Skinner Center.

25:51>> Excellent. We have a resolution to

25:53allocate appropriate and this is item

25:55number four. Thank you guys. Item number

25:56four is a resolution to allocate,

25:58appropriate, and transfer the sum of

25:59$43,2245

26:03from Memphis Parts Capital Reserve CIP

26:06project PK25104

26:09fiscal year 2027 contract construction

26:12and transfer to Westwood Pool

26:14Improvements CIP project number PK 04020

26:19contract construction as part of fiscal

26:21year 2027 capital improvement budget.

26:24This is district six super district 8.

26:26Could I please have a motion

26:29move by white and seconded by the chair.

26:32All right. Um you have the form is p.

26:35>> Okay. So westwood pool um as many of you

26:39are aware this pool closed pre-

26:41pandemic. Um had been closed for roughly

26:44about 6 years or so. Had an aluminum

26:46main drain system and whatnot. parks

26:48went in, performed a complete renovation

26:50of this pool and we actually opened

26:52during the month of August. Now, why it

26:55was unique, we were essentially uh

26:57complete with the summer months, but we

26:59were able to open and coincide with the

27:01the opening of uh Westwood High School,

27:04who also had uh middle school students

27:06transition over from Chickasaw. So

27:08ultimately we provided uh programming

27:11Tuesday through Friday from 3 to 6:00

27:13p.m. um during the month of August up

27:15until Labor Day as well as Saturday from

27:171 to6 and and guess what we doubled the

27:19membership at uh Charles Powell. So u we

27:23started with roughly about 350 members.

27:25We had 700 members by the end of the

27:27month. So u it offered us a unique

27:29opportunity to work with the community.

27:31Now, when it comes to this particular

27:33allocation, appropriation and transfer,

27:35essentially there was some unforeseen

27:36circumstances, mainly the backflow pre

27:39as well as uh some deck uh drain line

27:41repairs and whatnot. And so, those have

27:44been completed and we're just closing

27:45out the project.

27:48>> Do we have any other questions?

27:51If not, all those in favor, please say

27:53I.

27:55>> Okay. And the chair's eye. I believe the

27:57eyes have it. That goes down with a

27:59favorable approval for same night

28:01minutes without objection. Okay. And

28:05item uh our last item is uh updates on

28:09park discussion with Memphis Roller

28:11Derby on relocation from Pipton Building

28:14District 4 Super District 9. This was

28:16requested by me at the since we delayed

28:20the vote last time. Where are we now

28:23director and should we proceed with our

28:26vote tonight? Yes. So, we've uh made

28:28tremendous pro progress uh during the

28:31past few days. Uh first I'll say it's

28:33been a great opportunity to work

28:34alongside the roller derby community. U

28:36certainly uh we understand when a in in

28:39sports sometimes when an official makes

28:41a call 50% of the people may not agree

28:44with the call but ultimately our goal is

28:46to make sure we continue to deliver

28:48quality services. And so, uh, what you

28:50have here is, uh, locations that we've,

28:54uh, determined that Roller Derby will be

28:56able to both practice as well as host

28:58bouts. So, uh, first off, if you're

29:01looking at the screen here, you'll see

29:02Davis Community Center. So, the tier one

29:05rental rate for Davis Community Center

29:06is typically $150 an hour. So, what

29:09we've done, uh, historically, roller

29:11derby practice is about 210 hours per

29:15year. Uh the annual rate without a

29:18subsidy would be $31,500.

29:22Um a few weeks ago, Chair Warren, you

29:25asked us to essentially keep the price

29:26the same for roller derby. So what we're

29:28showing you is what a subsidized rate

29:30would look like at $42.86 or about

29:34$9,000 a year. That is a 71% subsidy

29:38that the Memphis Parks would be

29:40providing to roller derby. Um now I I'll

29:43also bring you down to the Pipkin

29:44building. So, what we're looking at is

29:45the weekday uh nonprofit rental rate.

29:48Um, so normally the cost would be for

29:52210 hours at $281.25

29:56would be approximately 59,000 a year. U

30:01roller derby was receiving a rate at

30:03approximately right around 42.86 and so

30:06thus there was an 84% subsidy there.

30:09Now, um, couple of things that that are

30:12important to note for Davis Community

30:14Center. This is a location that not only

30:15we've uh secured for practices for

30:17roller derby but also for skate schools.

30:19So what that means is uh for the first

30:21time in at least under my tenure uh we

30:24will offer not only uh practices to

30:26roller derby in a Memphis community

30:28center um in in the university district

30:30mess bun but also skate school for 18

30:34and up. So our goal through this process

30:36is to really activate the community

30:38center in a way in which we are bringing

30:40more skaters into the community. We are

30:42introducing more skaters to what roller

30:44derby does and ultimately we hope more

30:48members of the community skate. Memphis

30:50is a skating community. We we've done it

30:52at Crystal Palace, Raleigh skating rink

30:54and historically we're skating on wood

30:56floors, gymnasium floors simp simply and

30:58so we will do that at Davis Community

31:01Center. Um now I want to uh also move to

31:04the next page just to talk a little bit

31:06about bouts.

31:10Okay. So, um, I've listed just a couple

31:13of locations. Orange Mound could be a

31:15third location where bouts could be

31:16hosted on a Saturday. Keep in mind the

31:18Memphis Parks is, uh, typically has

31:20hours on Saturday of 9:00 a.m. and until

31:231:00 p.m. Typically, historically, uh,

31:26roller derby has bouts that will start

31:29in the afternoon around 4:00 and then if

31:31they have a second bout, it will be

31:32about six o'clock. And so we have an

31:34example where uh if they were to use

31:36Davis or Gaston Community Center, which

31:38we've provided a a permit for, the

31:41annual rate without a subsidy would be

31:43$6,000. And so we don't Yeah. Without we

31:46don't need to provide a subsidy. The

31:48cost is actually uh much lower uh than

31:50what they were paying at the Pipkin

31:52building. And so what you see here, four

31:54four bouts that that's four different

31:56dates where you would have a bout. Um

31:58the roughly the cost would be right

32:00around $6,000. We've incur we've

32:03included the cost of what security would

32:05would include. And so that's essentially

32:07about one for for every 50 or so. U and

32:10keep in mind the the crowd may change

32:12from from bout to bout, but roughly

32:15we're estimating about $7,560.

32:18So essentially what we've shown you is

32:20an opportunity to actually uh place some

32:22funds back into uh roller derby to be

32:25able to you use for other things. Um,

32:27but certainly we're also looking to the

32:29fact that now on a Saturday, whether

32:32it's the afternoon or the evening, you

32:33could visit a Memphis Parks community

32:35center and you could see roller derby

32:37for the first time. And so we're excited

32:39about that opportunity.

32:40>> Are you plans on thinking of alternating

32:43Davis and Gaston to get into different

32:45communities and explore? They would they

32:48prefer just to have one?

32:49>> Yeah. So ultimately that'll be under the

32:50purview of roller derby to determine. Um

32:53we've asked that essentially we host

32:54some scrimmages and really lay out what

32:56it feels like. So there'll be an

32:58opportunity for them to invite uh you

33:00know members of the community. Certainly

33:01we'll be able to you know assist with

33:03that outreach, but it gives us an

33:04opportunity to really see what it looks

33:06like to have a bout in a community

33:07center. So we're looking forward to

33:09that. Um also um and and essentially

33:12what we've done is said hey uh during

33:14the peak months when Memphis sports and

33:16event sports and event center is at its

33:19highest Davis Gaston or even Orange

33:21Mound Community Center would be

33:22available for your use. So we're talking

33:24March, April, May and June if necessary.

33:27Uh and now when we look at the Memphis

33:29Sports and Event Center, the annual rate

33:32without a subsidy for four bouts would

33:34be right around $20,000.

33:37Certainly u there's an opportunity for

33:39security. It all depends upon whether

33:41roller derby is hosting without any

33:43events on site. If there's an event on

33:44site on courts uh uh 12 through 16, the

33:49security is essentially already there

33:51and that would be a cost that roller

33:53derby doesn't necessarily have to occur.

33:54So ultimately that will just depend on

33:56some coordination that would happen with

33:58with Memphis Sports and Event Center. Uh

34:00yesterday uh we did have a great

34:02conversation with Sports and Event

34:03Center. They also got over the license

34:05agreement which uh you know now roller

34:08derby has in their hands. I also in

34:10included uh what the subsidize rate will

34:13look like. So what you see now is the

34:15Memphis Sports and Event Center is

34:17providing a 50%

34:19subsidy to Memphis Roller Derby. So um

34:24currently if if you'll look at the cost

34:26there, they're offering a cost of

34:27roughly $10,000 and then certainly we've

34:30got the option for security um as well.

34:33And then I'll flip down to the bottom

34:35Pipkin building. So, um, essentially

34:37you've got a base rate that's about

34:39$2,125.

34:41When you add that up, it's over four

34:43bouts. You're looking at about 8,500.

34:45And then we have the security and

34:46additional fees that are there. Uh, that

34:48cost was roughly about $12,900. Um, I

34:51did not include the optional buyout cost

34:54because that more so refers to permits

34:55related to either food or or beverage,

34:58alcohol. Um, but what you see here once

35:01again is an opportunity to actually

35:04place funds back in the hands of Memphis

35:06Roller Derby. So certainly we understand

35:08that change is not always comfortable,

35:11but what we wanted to do was make sure

35:12that we were equitable at what we were

35:14providing. So um, this is essentially

35:16what we have here uh, as it relates to

35:19both practices and ballots.

35:20>> Thank you. Let the record show that

35:22Councilwoman Logan and Councilwoman

35:24Walker and Councilman Ford are also

35:26present.

35:28Do we have questions? Council members

35:32clarifying questions.

35:34>> So there's no additional expense to

35:36parks to for these arrangements. It's

35:38it's evening out in other words.

35:40>> Well, there is a cost for us when it

35:42comes to staffing. Yes. So, when we're

35:45staffing the location, uh if it's Davis

35:47or or Gas and Community Center from 8 to

35:509:00 p.m. on a weekday, uh there is a

35:52cost associated with that in terms of

35:53part-time staff, but we're at least

35:56capturing that hour through the $150

35:58cost. So, that's essentially the

36:01community center is already open during

36:02normal business hours. Now, when it

36:04comes to the actual bouts on the

36:06weekend, that is our rate if you were to

36:09reserve a facility for a for-profit

36:11rental. Essentially what we're saying is

36:13if you're going to charge admission,

36:15right, uh you you will have patrons

36:17coming in paying to enter the facility.

36:20That is what that rate is for. So yes,

36:21there is a cost associated with it, but

36:23we believe that this is a cost that we

36:25would provide to any community

36:26organization we were working alongside.

36:28>> Okay. Thank you.

36:32>> So um I think we'll be voting on this

36:35tonight. It was already sent down with

36:36the favorable recommendation last time.

36:39Unless there are any changes, uh, we'll

36:41continue that this time. And I believe

36:44that's it. Unless anyone has any other

36:46issues today. If not, thank you very

36:49much. We're ajourned. And great news on

36:51the pools.

36:52>> Thank you.

36:53>> Thank you.

1:01:40Walker, I'm sorry.

1:01:41>> Present.

1:01:42>> Councilwoman Logan.

1:01:45>> Councilman Warren.

1:02:12Thank you for coming today. We have two

1:02:15items. Item number one is a resolution

1:02:18to accept and appropriate grant funds in

1:02:20the amount of $430,500.

1:02:28Let me say that again. in the amount of

1:02:30$430,500

1:02:33from the state of Tennessee Library and

1:02:36Archives 2027 Metro Grant. All council

1:02:40districts sponsored by the

1:02:42administration.

1:03:02It's been moved and it's been second.

1:03:04Um, and with us today we have library

1:03:08director Harris. Thank you for coming

1:03:11and you have the floor.

1:03:18>> Thank you all for having me this

1:03:19morning. Um this is a grant from the

1:03:21state which is uh supports one of the

1:03:23most critical functions that we have at

1:03:25the library system and that is our

1:03:27collection. Uh the Memphis Public

1:03:29Libraries has a collection of almost 2

1:03:31million items to check out we use a

1:03:34shared system. So uh no matter which

1:03:36library that you frequent uh if there is

1:03:38an item that you desire if it is at

1:03:41another branch we are able to ship that

1:03:43over to you to the next day. So it's

1:03:46very important for us to keep our

1:03:47collection robust and this is also

1:03:50important because the costs of books are

1:03:53really skyrocketing uh especially

1:03:56electronic books. We have about a

1:03:57100,000 items that are available for

1:04:00checkout. Uh but the way that the

1:04:02publishing companies uh price them is

1:04:06you're going to pay more than double for

1:04:07an electronic book that you only have

1:04:09for a very limited amount of time as

1:04:12opposed to a physical book that you keep

1:04:13forever. Um, so this grant allows us to

1:04:16help stay ahead of the curve uh for

1:04:18other systems that are anywhere near our

1:04:20size, anywhere in our location. Um, so

1:04:24we really would like for the council to

1:04:27approve this and accept this uh grant

1:04:30from the state.

1:04:35>> Okay. Is there anyone in the queue?

1:04:43All those in favor?

1:04:45>> I

1:04:46>> oppose.

1:04:48The eyes have it.

1:04:52Item number two is a resolution

1:04:54approving and ratifying an

1:04:56intergovernmental agreement between the

1:04:58city of Memphis

1:05:00by and through Memphis Public Libraries

1:05:04and Shelby County government for the

1:05:06operation of the East Shelby Branch

1:05:08Library.

1:05:10unincorporated Shelby County sponsored

1:05:12by the administration.

1:05:18>> Director Harris, you have the floor.

1:05:20>> Yes, ma'am. This is a contract with

1:05:23Shelby County government to operate the

1:05:25East Shelby Drive branch uh which is

1:05:27located uh at Shelby Drive and

1:05:29Germantown uh road. It is the only

1:05:33library that is technically owned by

1:05:35Shelby County government. uh they do

1:05:37contract with us to completely staff it

1:05:40to uh handle all operational functions

1:05:43of that library. It is something that we

1:05:44see is very important for us to serve

1:05:47this mixed uh demographic, mixed zip

1:05:50code uh to where you have a lot of

1:05:53unincorporated residents along with city

1:05:56of Memphis residents as well. Um we feel

1:05:59that it's very important to us and we

1:06:01love providing that service for all

1:06:03citizens in that area.

1:06:07Okay, thank you for that.

1:06:12And let the record show that

1:06:13Councilwoman White has joined us.

1:06:21All in favor?

1:06:23>> Oppose.

1:06:26The eyes have it.

1:06:31This being the only item

1:06:35this excuse me

1:06:38there are no other items for this

1:06:40committee. So we are adjourned.

1:06:48>> Sure.

1:06:50We need to make this announcement that

1:06:51there is a book sale at the library uh

1:06:55on the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 25th. And

1:06:59we pass this out to people. You already

1:07:02did that. I didn't do

1:07:03>> No, I forgot. And thank you so much.

1:07:05>> So, we need to make sure everybody knows

1:07:06about this and pass it on to your

1:07:08friends and everybody so we can make

1:07:10them some money. Okay.

1:07:12>> All right. Thank you. and that's October

1:07:1522nd, 23rd, 24th, and 25th of this week.

1:07:21So, make sure you

1:07:23get a hold of these great deals on our

1:07:25books. Thank you. We are journ.

1:07:28>> Thank you all.

1:15:13Councilwoman White,

1:15:15>> Councilwoman Logan,

1:15:18>> and Chairwoman Green

1:15:20>> present. All right.

1:15:23Our first item is a update from M Street

1:15:28Fiber, all council districts requested

1:15:30by Councilwoman Walker. I see we have

1:15:33people here to present if you want to

1:15:34give us your name and begin.

1:15:41Perfect. Good morning. How do we control

1:15:44this?

1:15:47Perfect. Thank you. Good morning, U

1:15:50Council. Thanks for allowing us to come

1:15:52in. Uh Gus Shimos, I am M Street Fers,

1:15:56uh new CEO. I joined the company back in

1:15:59June. Um, we'll give you a quick update

1:16:02as to where we stand. We'll go through a

1:16:03quick slide deck and again allow for

1:16:06some uh from open questions here. So,

1:16:08real quickly just on my background, I've

1:16:09been in the telecom industry for over 30

1:16:11years, been building fiber networks

1:16:12across across the country and uh most

1:16:16recently was uh building networks in

1:16:18upstate New York as our chief operating

1:16:21officer. And you know, we've been at M

1:16:24Street. We've been we've been focused on

1:16:27some new leadership. And I'd like to

1:16:29introduce um Adrien Kesler, who's our

1:16:33our latest and our newest GM and

1:16:35president here of Memphis, who joined us

1:16:37about a month or so ago now to help lead

1:16:40uh M Street Fiber Memphis and uh and

1:16:42take on all the initiatives we have we

1:16:44have in front of you. And just just as a

1:16:46as background for Adrian, you know, I

1:16:49can I can share that his past experience

1:16:53over the 25 years and

1:16:56specifically with the city of Lafayette

1:16:58working with the city and running a

1:17:00network um and and and really taking

1:17:02advantage of a public private

1:17:04opportunity. Uh he brings us a level of

1:17:08experience to kind of really help take

1:17:09this project to the next level here. Um,

1:17:12the changes that have been made at M

1:17:14Street. I'm sure many of you have heard

1:17:15of some changes across the board

1:17:18honestly has been a function of bringing

1:17:20a a higher sense of urgency and

1:17:22accountability to our organization,

1:17:25pushing for results, continuing on the

1:17:28path that was set forward, but uh really

1:17:30trying to drive uh the the successes

1:17:33that uh we set up a few years ago when

1:17:35the contract was put in place. So, um,

1:17:38if we if we want to move on,

1:17:40>> can you tell me I need the name of the

1:17:41of your other friend here?

1:17:43>> Oh, yes, sure.

1:17:44>> Adrien Kesler.

1:17:46>> Thank you.

1:17:49>> So, as just a quick quick background,

1:17:53the the partnership that M Street Fiber

1:17:55has today with the city is a fairly

1:17:58unique partnership. It's it's a P3

1:18:00partnership. It's a it's a function of

1:18:03um our sponsor Meridium and in their

1:18:06commitment and long-term partnerships

1:18:08and investments with uh with city and

1:18:09municipalities. Uh at the same time,

1:18:12we're not building a what I'll call a

1:18:14traditional fiber optic network. We're

1:18:17building an open access network that

1:18:18will enable competition, bring multiple

1:18:22internet providers to the city of

1:18:24Memphis. Um, and more importantly doing

1:18:27all of that um without having to dig up

1:18:29streets more than once, which is a

1:18:31difficult uh process. And it's a uh

1:18:35let's just say it's not uh very friendly

1:18:37to our neighbors and our communities as

1:18:39we dig up these streets. too. The

1:18:41opportunity that we bring here is to

1:18:43make an investment that um is is forward

1:18:47thinking, is committed for the long run.

1:18:50Um and we're kind of excited to be

1:18:52partnering with uh with the city of

1:18:54Memphis in kind of really enabling a

1:18:56true partnership across across the table

1:18:58here. And with regards to community and

1:19:01community access, we'll get into some

1:19:03more details, but we uh we're excited to

1:19:06support kind of the launch of the

1:19:08connecting 901 uh agenda process with

1:19:11the smart Memphis City Network um which

1:19:15we just launched a couple of weeks ago

1:19:16out in Orange Mountain and really really

1:19:19bringing connectivity uh and fiber uh

1:19:22fiber networks to all all parts of the

1:19:24city uh both on the resident side and

1:19:26and on the businesses themselves.

1:19:28I I don't want to interrupt you, but we

1:19:31do have your presentation. If we can

1:19:33move through it um so that we can open

1:19:35it up for questions because I'm sure

1:19:36this is something the council members

1:19:38have and I know Councilwoman Logan

1:19:39requested this, so she probably has some

1:19:40things she wants to

1:19:42>> share. Understood. So, real real

1:19:44quickly, we with the changes we made,

1:19:46we're building faster, building at a

1:19:48pace that we haven't built before. We

1:19:50built over 20 over 28,000 passings this

1:19:53quarter scheduled to get to 175,000

1:19:57passings by by year end 2027. Um we we

1:20:00we are really pushing to get to the

1:20:03commitments we have contractually as

1:20:05well as reach all the neighborhoods that

1:20:06are looking for connectivity itself.

1:20:09This gives you kind of a rough timeline

1:20:12as to what's been completed to date and

1:20:14and how we're going to progress here

1:20:16over the next five quarters. Um we're

1:20:18really focused through the next uh five

1:20:21quarters on pushing our construction and

1:20:24enabling our networks itself.

1:20:30The the investment been made two almost

1:20:33250 million. Our goal or expectation is

1:20:37we're going to we're going to commit

1:20:38another almost half billion dollars uh

1:20:40to kind of build out uh and support the

1:20:42entire project going forward. So this is

1:20:45a significant investment by our sponsor

1:20:47sponsors at Meridium uh to kind of

1:20:49support the M Street fiber network

1:20:50buildout itself.

1:20:52If we go to the next page, we'll see to

1:20:54the left the top left shows where we

1:20:57built in green. Um to the top right

1:21:00gives you an idea of construction in

1:21:03process and and more importantly down at

1:21:06the bottom um we we call these fiber

1:21:09huts. Uh we have all of those blue I

1:21:12call them look look like blue houses.

1:21:14All those huts are fibered and connected

1:21:17today. Those are our launching um

1:21:20opportunities for building out within

1:21:22the community uh extending to certain

1:21:24needs within the city in a more uh

1:21:27short-term need when those commitments

1:21:29come up. But you see how we have

1:21:32completed our a very significant

1:21:33investment in our backbone to support

1:21:36the ultimate growth of connecting uh all

1:21:38of our uh residences and businesses

1:21:40within the city of Memphis itself

1:21:46with with the connecting 901 project. We

1:21:49launched Orange Mound a few weeks back.

1:21:51We're excited that our next uh our next

1:21:53launch will be in the early part of

1:21:54December um with uh you know in the

1:21:58Hollywood Community Center and we'll

1:22:00continue to work with the city to really

1:22:02push forward and enable smart city

1:22:03across all of all of me men all of

1:22:06Memphis itself

1:22:08and and and with that uh we'll we'll

1:22:10definitely open up for questions. Just

1:22:12gives you a couple of images from our

1:22:13last event.

1:22:16>> Um can we go back to the maps please? I

1:22:19think that'll probably be most helpful

1:22:21for us as we start talking through our

1:22:23districts.

1:22:23>> Yes.

1:22:24>> Um, Councilwoman Logan, the floor is

1:22:26yours.

1:22:29>> Thank you, Chair. Um, can you all just

1:22:31kind of go over page Well, I don't know.

1:22:35Page this right here. Yeah. What exactly

1:22:37what are we looking at in all three

1:22:39images?

1:22:40>> Yes, exactly. Okay. So, in the top left,

1:22:42the the the dark green shaded areas are

1:22:45areas where we have fully constructed

1:22:47and completed our fiber buildout.

1:22:49>> Okay?

1:22:50>> In the top right, the orange that you're

1:22:52seeing is active construction in the

1:22:55city today. Um, that's part of our

1:22:57current build plan and we'll have that

1:23:00those are the targeted areas that we're

1:23:01building through 20 through Q3 of 2027.

1:23:05The bottom area gives you an outline as

1:23:08to all of those huts, as we call them,

1:23:11are connected via fiber today, creating

1:23:14the backbone that will enable us to

1:23:16expand in each one of the communities

1:23:17that we're supporting.

1:23:19>> So, when will

1:23:21the areas that are that don't have um

1:23:24current build passings, when will those

1:23:27what's the target to have those done?

1:23:29>> So, those targets are in 2028 uh and and

1:23:32beyond. So I think there's a 24month

1:23:35forecast from 2028 going forward. Um

1:23:38right now we have immediate outlook into

1:23:40the next five quarters as to where

1:23:42they're coming and every quarter we'll

1:23:44update and advance um our buildout uh

1:23:46timelines to support the network growth.

1:23:50>> Okay. Can you send that um timeline or

1:23:53include send that re you can send it

1:23:56alone or you can add it to this and

1:23:57resend it. And I also have a question. I

1:23:59want to can you elaborate on the quality

1:24:03of what has been installed and um talk

1:24:07to me about the

1:24:10um quality control measures that are in

1:24:12place as you are installing rolling this

1:24:16out um and where that fares in terms of

1:24:21excellence and the best quality um that

1:24:24type of thing.

1:24:25>> Yes. Um by all means what what our

1:24:28construction team congruix CNS as you

1:24:30may have heard the name in the market

1:24:32itself are actively constructing the

1:24:35network on our behalf. Uh we have um a

1:24:39partner in Nokia who's helping provide

1:24:41oversight and project management support

1:24:44um as well as QC quality control uh

1:24:47reviewing what CNS is building uh where

1:24:50and when and we are implementing what I

1:24:54would call more string more stringent um

1:24:57testing um back in Q2 at the end of Q2

1:25:02we made a decision to slow down some of

1:25:05our construction Um and to circle back

1:25:07and further test uh the network that was

1:25:10being built, we we had we had a pace

1:25:12issue in how we were building and we

1:25:14were concerned on the quality. We've

1:25:16been reertifying uh the entire network

1:25:18that was built u going back uh going

1:25:21back two years. Now that reertification

1:25:23process um will complete by the end of

1:25:25this year, giving us a a 100% confidence

1:25:28level in what we've built um is not only

1:25:32available to support the speeds and the

1:25:35network quality that that we expect from

1:25:37what we what we've spent and built um

1:25:39but also support the future growth out

1:25:41there.

1:25:41>> If you could share that um your

1:25:44assessment and your findings with us,

1:25:46that would be great. And if there are

1:25:48any areas that are not um at the the

1:25:53level that you feel they are, what are

1:25:56you doing and what has been done or

1:25:58going to be done to um bring those

1:26:00levels up to where they should be or

1:26:02exceed where they you know the standard?

1:26:05Um and what are you putting in place to

1:26:07ensure that the rest of the installation

1:26:12exceeds that standard? We we've we've

1:26:15increased our testing parameters to

1:26:17levels that are beyond a normal

1:26:18acceptance level, which now puts puts

1:26:21what we built at a higher quality than

1:26:23what we were doing in the past. In the

1:26:25current deployment that we have in

1:26:26turning up customers, we have our teams

1:26:30reertifying every installation to

1:26:32confirm quality before we activate the

1:26:34service itself. So, we're doing a a

1:26:36double check at every install period,

1:26:38but at the same time, we've raised our

1:26:40standards on testing uh with incremental

1:26:43testing um pieces of equipment um and

1:26:46the team that we have in place that's

1:26:48that's providing incremental oversight

1:26:50as well.

1:26:50>> Okay. How long has Noia been in place?

1:26:52>> Noia has been with us for the beginning

1:26:55of the project as our as our project

1:26:56management or PMO team.

1:27:00>> All right. Thank you.

1:27:01>> No problem. Thank you.

1:27:04Um yeah, I wanted this map pulled up and

1:27:07I have a couple of other members in the

1:27:09queue, but um district 4 definitely

1:27:11getting more. That's what I see. Um and

1:27:14I do see that a lot is planned in five.

1:27:18And what I found initially exciting

1:27:20about this project and this investment

1:27:22and this partnership was that we were

1:27:24going to bring connectivity to our

1:27:27underserved communities. And I am

1:27:30looking at a couple of maps here where

1:27:32we have nothing going on in six,

1:27:34district six. Nothing going on in

1:27:37district three and my part of district

1:27:41two, which is in Hickory Hill. Um,

1:27:43again, that connects with some of

1:27:45Councilwoman Walker's. I I know the need

1:27:47is great there. We And

1:27:51maybe that's happening in 2028. I don't

1:27:53know because this is um you know only

1:27:57this year and next year but it is

1:28:00concerning to me that we're going into

1:28:04let's say the popular corridor in

1:28:06district 5 where I know there is good

1:28:09connectivity before we are going into

1:28:12the communities in need. So, I'm just

1:28:15going to say that um you don't have to

1:28:17have an answer for it right now, but I

1:28:20would like to have a plan moving forward

1:28:23that talks about the areas that are most

1:28:26in need because um we are trying to

1:28:29build a city that is connected. You

1:28:32know, when we shut the world down during

1:28:34COVID, what we learned was people were

1:28:37having to bring their kids to McDonald's

1:28:39for Wi-Fi to do school work and

1:28:41homework. And it doesn't look like I've

1:28:44been on council now for three years that

1:28:46we're solving that problem yet even

1:28:48though we've made this great investment

1:28:50and we're going to continue to be

1:28:52building out in places that are already

1:28:54connected. That's problematic to me

1:28:56because we're not meeting the need where

1:28:58the need is most. Um, so I hope that

1:29:00when you come back to us or through

1:29:03email that you talk specifically about

1:29:06the areas that have the least

1:29:08connectivity and how we are planning to

1:29:11put connectivity in place there. Um,

1:29:15next in the queue I have Councilman

1:29:17Warren.

1:29:19>> Thank you, Madam Chair. Uh, you took

1:29:21part of that out of my mouth. Um, when

1:29:24we first did this project, I thought it

1:29:26was a four-year project. Is that a four?

1:29:29Is that correct?

1:29:30>> No, that's

1:29:31>> what was the what was the initial time

1:29:33frame for this project?

1:29:35>> The the initial time frame had a had a

1:29:38five I believe a five to six year

1:29:40construction window and

1:29:41>> a five to six year and we're now in

1:29:43construction year four.

1:29:46>> We kicked off the project in 2023 with

1:29:50design mapping preparation on that

1:29:52front. I believe we actually only

1:29:54started constructing in 2024 but

1:29:57>> Okay. So, so we're looking at a 5-year

1:29:59window from 2024.

1:30:02And it was the purpose of this was to

1:30:05get, and I remember the presentation,

1:30:08we're not we don't need to go in places

1:30:10that already have it. We're going to go

1:30:11in places that don't have it.

1:30:13>> And it looks like where we are places

1:30:16that mostly do have it. So, why is that?

1:30:20[clears throat]

1:30:23I it's I can't specifically answer the

1:30:26question,

1:30:28>> but let me allow me allow me to to take

1:30:30that back. Um what what I can share is

1:30:34out of the construction that we've

1:30:35completed, we have completed 50% of what

1:30:39we've completed has been in in

1:30:40low-income areas where from our

1:30:42calculation, we don't believe there was

1:30:45good if any connectivity. But uh if if

1:30:48your data is different, then allow me to

1:30:50take some of that.

1:30:51>> Go look at that again. Okay. You know, I

1:30:54can see parts of this map that that may

1:30:56be true, but we've got 85% I think of

1:30:59our city that's in need of this, you

1:31:01know, that is not connected. And you

1:31:03know, so it's only 50% you're you're

1:31:06going into the easiest parts first. So

1:31:09it would be nice maybe in 6 months if

1:31:12you came back and told us how the rest

1:31:13of this is going to play out and where

1:31:15you're mapping it. so we can make sure

1:31:18it occurs

1:31:19>> and do do the places that need it least

1:31:23last and most first.

1:31:26>> All right. Thank you, Madam Chair.

1:31:28>> Yeah, I think I think we all feel that

1:31:30way. Um, and I know there is a

1:31:33geographical issue of how the internet

1:31:36comes in. I think it's just that we're

1:31:38talking about the fact that it's coming

1:31:40in, but it's not going down into the

1:31:44places where we really need to see it.

1:31:46And it, you know, um, you gave us your

1:31:49brief bio. I don't know if you're a

1:31:50native, uh, Memphian, but I know you

1:31:53have a local Memphian here. Hopefully,

1:31:55you have some Memphians in your seats of

1:31:57power. Yes. um and some diversity at the

1:31:59places and tables where these decisions

1:32:01are being made so that people are

1:32:04expressing we don't just need to go to

1:32:06places where we can make money on the

1:32:07fiber but places that are needing it

1:32:09desperately. Next in the queue is

1:32:12Councilwoman Walker.

1:32:15>> Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you

1:32:17all for coming today. So, I want to go

1:32:20back to um Councilman Warren's question.

1:32:23If I understood it correctly, he wanted

1:32:26to know why you were in the areas that

1:32:30have the coverage already. And did you

1:32:33say you weren't versus the areas that

1:32:35are most needy?

1:32:38Did I understand you correctly to say

1:32:40something to the effect of that you

1:32:41didn't know?

1:32:42>> No, no, no. Again,

1:32:46my my response was the what the initial

1:32:48schedule was put in place, some of the

1:32:50parameters that were kicked off back in

1:32:5423 and 24. Again, I wasn't around for

1:32:57some of those details. So, that's what I

1:32:59don't have readily available uh for for

1:33:01for me. Um what what what I can share

1:33:03that

1:33:05similar to the the feedback as we have

1:33:08to build from a central point and and

1:33:09build out and at times that may not

1:33:11target the ability to to hit an area

1:33:15that either whether it sits on the

1:33:18fringe or or or creates a just a

1:33:22difficult situation for us to kind of go

1:33:23connect back into. And we can't create

1:33:26little islands. They all have to be

1:33:28connected. And so it has to kind of

1:33:30spread out from kind of a of a central

1:33:32point is kind of what you're seeing

1:33:34right now and then edges out to the the

1:33:36outer parts of the city.

1:33:40>> Okay. So you don't have the figures. So

1:33:43you're saying that you don't know them

1:33:44in real time or they're at the office?

1:33:46>> I don't have I don't have it at real

1:33:47time with me right now.

1:33:48>> Okay. All right. Um

1:33:53earlier in your comments you said going

1:33:56to the next level. What does next level

1:33:58mean to you

1:34:00>> with regards to our build schedule? The

1:34:03first half of this year we I think we

1:34:05had built less than 10,000 homes. Uh in

1:34:08Q3 we built almost three times that

1:34:12amount. So the next level for me is

1:34:15progressing our agenda of building out

1:34:17the network that we've committed to as

1:34:19part of this partnership.

1:34:21>> Okay. So to

1:34:24make this recent progress, was it

1:34:27because the terrain in these areas where

1:34:31they already have access? Is it are

1:34:35these areas easier to install and that's

1:34:38why you shifted and chose these areas?

1:34:43So to to to be clear, we've had a build

1:34:45plan and schedule in place going on two

1:34:48years now and we've been following that

1:34:50progression. And so what we've been able

1:34:54to do is just build faster uh according

1:34:57to our build plan. So we we we didn't

1:34:59retarget new areas, you know, we we face

1:35:03normally we face issues with regards to

1:35:05ability to get on poles, whether they

1:35:07are MLGW poles or AT&T poles or if we're

1:35:11building underground. The the the

1:35:13geography issue is just a normal what

1:35:17I'll call construction process that we

1:35:19go through.

1:35:21>> Okay. And I'm almost finished, Madam

1:35:22Chair. So plan coverage at least 85%.

1:35:26Where are you with that

1:35:29>> right now? We're about halfway through

1:35:31that. We're at the Can you confirm for

1:35:33me, Adrian?

1:35:34>> Yeah. So, [clears throat] we're about 40

1:35:3645% of that. And just to reiterate, we

1:35:40we did not shift anything. We just went

1:35:43much faster. Uh and you know, I just

1:35:46want to confirm our data against the

1:35:49data you're seeing. And I would welcome

1:35:50feedback into areas that uh you think

1:35:53that are not on the list that have the

1:35:55greatest need. I'd love to partner with

1:35:57you to make sure um that we're hitting

1:36:00those. We think we are. Um so Fraser,

1:36:03Hollywood, Orange Mound, we're doing all

1:36:05the these events. Uh those are already

1:36:08built and we're continuing to build out

1:36:10at a faster rate. We haven't changed the

1:36:12actual map that we shared with you two

1:36:14years ago.

1:36:16>> Okay. Let me say this and and I'll I'll

1:36:19close here. When we talk about Memphis,

1:36:23when we brag on Memphis, when we share

1:36:26about great things that are taking place

1:36:28here, this project is one of the

1:36:30projects that some of us do refer to and

1:36:34I believe it is a good project. I know

1:36:36what it's supposed to mean from its

1:36:38inception. And I think I can safely

1:36:42speak on behalf of my colleagues. We

1:36:44just wanted to do what the intended

1:36:46purpose was and and hopefully in the

1:36:49intended

1:36:51in the estimated amount of time that was

1:36:54given at the beginning. And so I hope

1:36:58that this is going to move forward and

1:37:00these other areas will be addressed in

1:37:04in a timely fashion.

1:37:06Thank you and I yield the floor.

1:37:09>> Thank you. Yeah, I I think um as you

1:37:12said, you haven't been here this whole

1:37:14time. We have.

1:37:15>> Um and some of the council members like

1:37:17Councilwoman Logan were here at the

1:37:19inception of this project. A lot of us,

1:37:21this was one of our first votes when we

1:37:24came on, but we were proud of that vote

1:37:29because of what it was going to do for

1:37:31Memphians in need. And because we're all

1:37:34Memphians, because we all serve here, we

1:37:37can look at that map and tell you that's

1:37:38not the Memphians most in need, um

1:37:42especially of this. And so, um it is

1:37:45disconcerning

1:37:47to get this update

1:37:49>> that we are we don't know when we're

1:37:53going to get to those places and we

1:37:54don't have a a a math and a a plan for a

1:37:58timeline for that. Um, again, the the

1:38:03problematic areas, I agree with you,

1:38:06there are some things in Orange Mound

1:38:07and Frasier that we absolutely needed to

1:38:09do, and it looks like you're covering

1:38:11district 4. She always gets more, uh,

1:38:14chairwoman, very well, but

1:38:18there is a swath of Memphis that is

1:38:21blank and no timeline for when they're

1:38:25going to be there. and to hear the

1:38:27leadership sit in front of us today

1:38:30>> and not recognize those neighborhoods in

1:38:33White Haven, in Hickory Hill, in

1:38:35Westwood

1:38:37and not have a timeline for it is

1:38:40incredibly frustrating because this is a

1:38:43multi-million dollar project that we

1:38:45have put so much behind.

1:38:48Um, I think the last I No, Councilwoman

1:38:51White, you're in the queue.

1:38:54Nope. Y'all touched on everything that I

1:38:57wanted to say. Thank you. Um,

1:38:59Councilwoman swearing, chairwoman

1:39:01swearing in Washington,

1:39:03>> we've had some concern with some of our

1:39:05constituents about the wires hanging low

1:39:09and them interfering with um, MLGW

1:39:12wires. So, we just need to make sure

1:39:14that there's a plan in place to go

1:39:15behind whoever the contractors are to

1:39:18make sure that the wires are, you know,

1:39:20are placed

1:39:21>> correctly. Understood. And we're

1:39:23definitely working handinhand with MLGW

1:39:26to address any of the any of those

1:39:27concerns. Um, we appreciate we've gotten

1:39:30some feedback from some of our

1:39:32constituents who have raised concerns

1:39:34and I'm I'm confident that we jump on

1:39:38those as quickly as as as possible. So,

1:39:40we will continue to make sure um we're

1:39:43not putting um our whether it's trucks

1:39:46or vehicles or or actually our people in

1:39:48danger with what we're doing.

1:39:49>> Okay. Thank you.

1:39:51Councilwoman Logan, you want to close us

1:39:53out?

1:39:54>> Yes. Thank you, Chair. I just wanted to

1:39:56um remind us that when they when we

1:40:00initially start began the project, I

1:40:03think it was President McGawan, he was

1:40:05here the CIO at that time, um

1:40:08communicated to us that the and tell me

1:40:11if I'm wrong, the fiber comes into

1:40:14Memphis in this area in the Bartlett

1:40:16area and they were going to start

1:40:18district one and go all the way around

1:40:21and come back and they would hit the the

1:40:25areas in each district that needed, you

1:40:28know, needed the most it would cover.

1:40:30So, are you all still following that and

1:40:32you just got behind? Is that what you're

1:40:34saying? Or you have a you're routing it

1:40:37a different way now? We're still

1:40:39following the initial plan and what we

1:40:41what we are able to do now as I

1:40:43mentioned where our the bottom the

1:40:45bottom map over there is that we can now

1:40:47hit certain areas in a short time frame

1:40:51to support public areas, public spaces

1:40:54that we can try to connect multiple um

1:40:58um constituents at the same time as as

1:41:01part of these community centers. The

1:41:03completion of that ring that we uh we

1:41:06completed last month enables us to start

1:41:09to actually expand outside and do what I

1:41:13would call kind of high u high need

1:41:15areas that can actually impact a

1:41:17significant part of the constituents

1:41:19themselves. And so we're in position to

1:41:21do that now. and and the first part of

1:41:23that was actually the the Orange Mound

1:41:25um launch that we did and excited about

1:41:28doing it in Hollywood and other areas

1:41:30that could sit in and around those blue

1:41:32huts.

1:41:33>> And so you all have um shor up the

1:41:38quality control. Correct.

1:41:39>> So that because that's important to me.

1:41:42I don't want you to go fast putting bad

1:41:44w you know you know bad connections out.

1:41:46So, it's good that you all took the time

1:41:49to correct the things that were not in

1:41:51place to make sure that we have the best

1:41:54product and um I'm hearing you say that

1:41:57you've done that now. You put those huts

1:41:59there. So, you should be able to go

1:42:00faster. So, you send us that information

1:42:03prior to you coming for us to review

1:42:04that and see where you are.

1:42:06>> Perfect. We'll do. Thank you.

1:42:07>> Thank you.

1:42:10>> All right. Thank you so much. We're

1:42:12going to move on to item number two on

1:42:13the agenda, which is a resolution

1:42:16approving the first amendment to the

1:42:17economic impact plan for legacy [snorts]

1:42:20at Countrywood District 1, Super

1:42:22District 9, sponsored by Councilwoman

1:42:25Logan. Councilwoman,

1:42:27>> second.

1:42:28>> Thank you. Moved by Chairwoman Swaren

1:42:30Washington, seconded by Councilwoman

1:42:32Councilman Warren. I always say that

1:42:34because there's a W in your name. Uh,

1:42:36who do we have here to speak on this

1:42:38item?

1:42:39Anybody

1:42:41from the administration?

1:42:47Do you want to hold this item? Okay, we

1:42:49will hold this for two weeks. All right,

1:42:51we'll hold this for two weeks. And I

1:42:53also want to say, Councilwoman Logan,

1:42:54I'm going to invite uh M Fiber back in

1:42:57two months to get an update on where we

1:43:01>> Yeah.

1:43:04>> Well, I have nobody. This is not an

1:43:07exception of money. It's approving the

1:43:09amendment for the economic plan and I

1:43:11don't have anyone here to speak on it.

1:43:14>> No, no, we'll hold item number two for

1:43:16two weeks. Item number one, I'm going to

1:43:18have M fiber come back in two months.

1:43:20Does that make sense? Okay, we'll hold

1:43:22this for two weeks. Thank you. And with

1:43:24that, our committee is adjourned.

1:43:34>> [clears throat]

1:45:24>> Security Committee meeting to order.

1:45:26It's now 10:45.

1:45:28Uh, could we please have a roll call?

1:45:31>> Councilman Ford, Councilwoman Walker,

1:45:34>> present.

1:45:35>> Councilwoman White,

1:45:37>> Councilwoman Logan,

1:45:39Chairwoman Surging Washington,

1:45:41>> present.

1:45:41>> And Chair Dr. Warren

1:45:43>> also present. Cogs, we have three items

1:45:46on the agenda today. Item number one is

1:45:49a discussion of MPD efforts to protect

1:45:52public events. This is general all

1:45:54counselor districts requested by me.

1:45:57Who's going to be our lead? Chief

1:45:59cooler.

1:46:00>> Uh that will be Colonel Mathenina. We

1:46:03will talk about the public events.

1:46:05>> Excellent. Mina,

1:46:08>> good morning sir. How are you?

1:46:10>> I'm doing great. How you doing? Can you

1:46:11hear me? doing well. We Yeah. Get it

1:46:13close to you.

1:46:14>> Okay.

1:46:19[clears throat]

1:46:23>> There. We're getting a handed out a

1:46:26little item here for the event. And you

1:46:29have the floor, sir.

1:46:36>> Turn the mic back on.

1:46:40As long as he's green, you're on

1:46:43now. You're on.

1:46:45>> All right. Good morning.

1:46:47>> All right. I'm Colonel Main. I'm with

1:46:49the Memphis Police Department. So, I'm

1:46:51here today to talk about special events

1:46:53and how we protect special events in

1:46:55general. So, the Memphis Police

1:46:57Department Special Events Office, we

1:46:59protect the public by coordinating

1:47:01safety efforts for special events

1:47:03throughout the city. So our mission is

1:47:05to help ensure events are safe, orderly,

1:47:08and wellcoordinated while maintaining

1:47:10the flow of vehicle and pedestrian

1:47:11traffic. So when we're looking at

1:47:13special events, we're looking at the

1:47:15business, trying to get the business

1:47:16back to running smoothly, make sure that

1:47:19the neighborhoods are accessible when

1:47:20we're having the special events,

1:47:22especially when it comes to medical

1:47:24needs. Cuz while you're enjoying

1:47:25yourself and enjoying the events, we

1:47:27want you to be safe. You have to think

1:47:29about medical. If someone has a medical

1:47:31issue, can they get in and can they get

1:47:33out? So we look at ingress and egress.

1:47:36So our key responsibilities,

1:47:38we look at our events and we evaluate

1:47:41the security assessment. We review each

1:47:43application that is presented to the

1:47:45permit office. Uh we do the schedule. We

1:47:48look at the attendance and we also speak

1:47:50to the organizers to see if they need

1:47:52police involvement. Even if they do not

1:47:55need police involvement, we contact each

1:47:57and every single station so that they

1:47:59can know that this event even though it

1:48:01does not have MPD involvement, it may be

1:48:04occurring in the park is going to occur

1:48:06in the neighborhood. So we need to do a

1:48:08directed patrol and or a routine patrol

1:48:10to make sure that of course our citizens

1:48:13are safe. uh just this year alone we

1:48:18have looked at more than 609 events that

1:48:22we have this year uh every week that

1:48:24equals out to about 15 events and about

1:48:2765 events a month. So just to break

1:48:31those down this year we've had 155

1:48:34street closures. We've had 40 parades.

1:48:36We had three parades that require street

1:48:38closures, 57 runs, and 353 public

1:48:43assemblies and one spontaneous event.

1:48:45So, when we're looking at these 69

1:48:47events, actually 6:34 this morning, we

1:48:51not only look at the safety, but we look

1:48:53at what can we do to improve our

1:48:56community. Let's make the event

1:48:58organizer happy. Let's make the

1:49:00neighborhood happy. You know, Memphis is

1:49:03Memphis is great. Different things like

1:49:05St. J Classic to Memphis in May. When we

1:49:08things go good, we meet. When things go

1:49:10not so good, we meet. If you have 35

1:49:13eyes looking at something, you have 35

1:49:15eyes that saw something different. So,

1:49:18how can we improve? How can we maintain

1:49:20this great city of Memphis?

1:49:27>> Thank you. Any other questions or any

1:49:30other presentations on that? Uh,

1:49:33specifically, I think y'all were going

1:49:35to comment on some of the things you've

1:49:37been doing for hotspots. What do you do

1:49:39when you have the hotspots? Is that

1:49:41coming next?

1:49:46>> Yes. So, our hotspots, depending on what

1:49:48you mean by hotspots, uh, we do look at

1:49:50hotspots for real time crime center. We

1:49:53are information technology. Uh, the real

1:49:55time crime center with director Brown.

1:49:58We receive those hotspots daily and we

1:50:01receive them weekly. Of course, we have

1:50:02our weekly Thursday meetings where we

1:50:05talk about crime in our hotspot areas

1:50:07and every single station including every

1:50:10specialized unit. We are aware of those

1:50:12hotspots. So, the things that we do is

1:50:15of course is going to be computer

1:50:18generated data driven. It puts those in

1:50:20in those areas. We put our stations in

1:50:22that area along with our specialized

1:50:24units and it's helping to decrease the

1:50:27crime in those hotspot areas.

1:50:29>> Yeah, I was just going to give you some

1:50:30congratulations. I'd gotten some emails

1:50:33about problems in Overton Square and you

1:50:37know a couple phone calls to you guys

1:50:39and now I'm getting emails about how

1:50:41those problems are much better. So just

1:50:43that direction uh and response to the

1:50:47citizens I think is very well

1:50:48appreciated. Let the record show we've

1:50:51been joined by Easter Thomas Green and

1:50:54Smiley and do we have any questions uh

1:50:57concerning efforts to protect public

1:51:00events?

1:51:02You're right here, Councilwoman.

1:51:04>> And I'm sorry I walked in late. Y'all

1:51:07getting paid for this.

1:51:11>> Special events.

1:51:12>> Getting paid for special events.

1:51:15>> Yes, ma'am. Some of them we do, some of

1:51:16them we do not.

1:51:18>> What What was that, Chief Davis? Most of

1:51:20them we don't.

1:51:23>> And um so something big like the St.

1:51:26June marathon about how much should we

1:51:27bring in for that for all the overtime

1:51:29and and manpower that we use for it?

1:51:33>> We do create an invoice for that. I do

1:51:35not have the number but we do create a

1:51:37invoice for not only St. Jude Marathon

1:51:40but other events like Memphis and May

1:51:43and also River Beats.

1:51:44>> Yeah, I would love to to get that update

1:51:47because it was my understanding the last

1:51:50time for the St. Jude Marathon we got

1:51:52about $1,200.

1:51:55>> [clears throat]

1:51:56>> So, I know that we're putting more um

1:51:58manpower in. And look, I love St. Jude,

1:52:02but

1:52:04it's a it's a donation from the citizens

1:52:06of Memphis every time that we pay the

1:52:08overtime for all of these officers to

1:52:11work these streets during that marathon.

1:52:14I believe they raised $17 million that

1:52:17last weekend

1:52:19for that one day. So, I I'm just asking

1:52:22for for us to have a real cost estimate.

1:52:24Other cities do this. Other I bring this

1:52:27up every year when it gets to be budget

1:52:29time. Other cities say you cannot host

1:52:32your event unless you can pay for the

1:52:34manpower. And you have to pay it

1:52:37upfront, not at the end. So, I encourage

1:52:41us as a body to consider that and to

1:52:44make sure that whether it is your family

1:52:47fund run 5K or something as big as St.

1:52:50Jude that we have a policy where people

1:52:54pay for the manpower because otherwise

1:52:56it is the taxpayers that pay for that

1:52:59manpower.

1:53:00But yeah, if you could get us an

1:53:02estimate of what what was paid. I'm just

1:53:06going to I'm just going to pull out St.

1:53:07Jukes is the biggest one we have and uh

1:53:10what was paid by them and what it cost

1:53:12us in overtime.

1:53:14>> Thank you.

1:53:16>> Thank you, Councilwoman. Uh let the

1:53:18record show that we've been joined by

1:53:20Councilwoman Walker and Chair Canali who

1:53:22is getting ready to take over this

1:53:24committee.

1:53:25>> Oh, and you're in the queue.

1:53:28>> Thank you. Um Councilwoman Green, you

1:53:31make a good point. Made some good

1:53:33points. So, um, um, Chief Davis, I know

1:53:36you did come to us before with a

1:53:38presentation on

1:53:41that particular part in terms of who

1:53:44does and does not pay. And to that, I

1:53:47just want to mention that in 23 or 24,

1:53:52the Hickory Hill Christmas Parade had to

1:53:55be cancelled because there was not

1:53:57enough coverage because it was the same

1:53:59weekend as the same St. Jude event. and

1:54:03we just cannot have things like that

1:54:06happening. Thank you and I yield the

1:54:08floor.

1:54:10>> Thank you, Councilwoman. Anybody else in

1:54:12the queue?

1:54:14All right, moving on. Item two is a

1:54:17resolution to accept additional grant

1:54:19funds in the amount of $15,52810

1:54:24from the US Department of Justice

1:54:25through the United States Marshall

1:54:27Service Western District of Tennessee.

1:54:29All council districts sponsored by the

1:54:31administration for the purpose of

1:54:32overtime funding for personnel salaries.

1:54:35There is a request for same night

1:54:37minutes. Can I get a motion to second?

1:54:40>> Moved by chair JSW, seconded by Warren

1:54:46ACA, you speaking on this?

1:54:49>> I can speak on this.

1:54:50>> Okay.

1:54:51>> Uh this money we received an initial 1.9

1:54:54million from them at the very beginning

1:54:56of the Memphis Safe Task Force. uh

1:54:59towards the very end of or just several

1:55:02months ago, they offered there was some

1:55:04little bit extra in the extra in their

1:55:07money that wasn't used, so they offered

1:55:09that to us, so we accepted it.

1:55:13>> Okay. Yeah. Always. Any questions about

1:55:16this item? All those in favor of sending

1:55:19it downstairs with a positive

1:55:21recommendation with same night minutes

1:55:23signify by saying I. I.

1:55:25>> I'm also an I. Any opposed? That item

1:55:28passes. Item three, a resolution to

1:55:30amend the FY27 CIP program and transfer

1:55:35$319,000

1:55:37in appropriated GEO bonds funds within

1:55:40the downtown command project IT010008

1:55:44from other costs to architecture and

1:55:46engineering district 67 super 8

1:55:50sponsored by the administration. Can I

1:55:51get a motion? Moved by JSW, seconded by

1:55:54Warren.

1:55:57>> You speaking on this one?

1:55:58>> Yes, sir. Major Merrick, 170 North Main.

1:56:00Uh, this was initially a IT project. It

1:56:03was transferred to police services and

1:56:06we're just uh transferring uh money

1:56:08within the project from construction to

1:56:11A&E so we can pay the A&E's uh invoices.

1:56:14>> Okay.

1:56:16Any questions on this item?

1:56:19All right. any uh

1:56:23is time of the essence on this item?

1:56:27>> Uh yes sir. So we can uh initiate the

1:56:29phase two of the downtown crime center

1:56:31project.

1:56:32>> Okay. Without objection, can we move

1:56:35this downstairs same night minutes?

1:56:38All right. All those in favor of sending

1:56:40this downstairs with a positive

1:56:42recommendation with same night minutes

1:56:44signify by saying I.

1:56:45>> I.

1:56:45>> I'm also an I. Any opposed? That item

1:56:48passes. Colleagues, anything else for

1:56:50public safety?

1:56:53Thank you to MPD as always.

2:17:1917 a.m. and I hereby call our budget

2:17:21committee to order. Please call the

2:17:28>> Yes, ma'am. Councilman Ford,

2:17:31Councilwoman Easter Thomas, Chairwoman

2:17:33Swear and Washington

2:17:34>> present.

2:17:35>> Councilman Canali, Councilman Warren,

2:17:40Cochair White

2:17:42>> present. Thank you so much. First, we

2:17:45have our Q4 general fund financial

2:17:47update. All council districts requested

2:17:49by the budget committee. We're going to

2:17:50move that to our next um council

2:17:52meeting, which will be November 10th. At

2:17:55that time though, I wanted to

2:17:58There we go. Chief Davis, thank you. Um,

2:18:02I wanted to ask you, and I started to

2:18:04actually over there, and I didn't get

2:18:05the answer. How long will it take for us

2:18:08to be able to have the Q1 numbers?

2:18:11[clears throat]

2:18:14>> Okay.

2:18:18>> Okay.

2:18:27That's perfect. So, we'll we'll leave it

2:18:28at November 10th in hopes that we'll be

2:18:30able to also uh review the quarter 4 for

2:18:342026 and then the quarter 1 for 2027.

2:18:37Number two is solid waste update all

2:18:40council districts requested by the

2:18:42administration. Chief Winton, I see you.

2:18:45Do we have anyone else? So, you'll be

2:18:46presenting.

2:18:47>> All right, you may proceed. Please say

2:18:49your name and address for the record.

2:18:50Yes, Chris Winton, COO, City of Memphis.

2:18:54Uh, thank you for the time for the

2:18:57update. Um, when I first took the role

2:18:59about 90 days ago, uh, trash pickup was

2:19:02one of the top concerns. So, wanted to

2:19:04give you an update on progress to date.

2:19:07Um, just for a quick level set, we

2:19:09service 180,000 uh, constituents

2:19:12citywide. uh that's picking up over

2:19:15380,000 tons annually with approximately

2:19:18600 active headcount and over 400 pieces

2:19:22of rolling stock. Um if you think about

2:19:25it, these are our people who are every

2:19:28day, you know, constituents rolling down

2:19:30their two carts to the street and often

2:19:32two additional trash bags, for example,

2:19:35after they cut their grass. So, you

2:19:38know, as we move forward,

2:19:40each of the whole solid waste operating

2:19:42model is broken down into five areas.

2:19:45That's areas A, B, C, D, and E with

2:19:48about 35,000

2:19:50constituents per area. Uh, in short, you

2:19:54essentially have uh each area broken

2:19:56down to a zone and then each zone into a

2:19:59day of the week and that's how services

2:20:01are provided. Uh for the purposes of

2:20:04today, I want to focus in on because on

2:20:06August or August 1st, we took a snapshot

2:20:09of the metrics because we heard the

2:20:12feedback and then looked at the internal

2:20:14dashboards as well as call volumes in

2:20:16the 311 and what we started to see was

2:20:19miss bulk trash was the top call driver.

2:20:23U so and we understand that that was

2:20:25also escalations to you. So when we

2:20:27looked at our internal dashboard, as you

2:20:30can see on that date, we had about

2:20:322,2500 of those incidents and these are

2:20:36the people that were calling repeat

2:20:37calling 311 saying when is someone going

2:20:40to pick up our bulk trash. As you can

2:20:43see right there, area D was our biggest

2:20:46opportunity. So if we go to the next

2:20:48slide, we start to zoom in on area D and

2:20:51those areas are White Haven, Westwood,

2:20:54Parkway Village. So based on the

2:20:56feedback I was hearing from you, the

2:20:57data actually showed it. So when we

2:20:59started to doubleclick and zero in, we

2:21:02realized this area has a large

2:21:04percentage of rental properties with

2:21:06high volume of turnover. So we start to

2:21:09realize you had setouts occurring. And

2:21:12so all right, we got to now zoom in on

2:21:14this. So, what we also realized too that

2:21:18the bottleneck in in getting these

2:21:20picked up on time was also our

2:21:24maintenance equipment because we were

2:21:26running these bulk trucks more

2:21:28frequently, but we were only operating a

2:21:31first shift maintenance operation. So,

2:21:33we've now added the second shift mainten

2:21:36maintenance operation to keep the bulk

2:21:38trucks repaired and ready for operation

2:21:42each day.

2:21:43In parallel with that, we also started

2:21:46saying, well, wait a minute. Let's use

2:21:48our equipment from other areas. And I

2:21:50want to give a shout out to interim

2:21:52director Darius Jones as well as the ask

2:21:54me leadership team for their flexibility

2:21:57because we actually started using trucks

2:22:00and team members from other areas to

2:22:02sweep on Saturdays through White Haven,

2:22:05Westwood, and Parkway Village. And the

2:22:07numbers you see here on the board are

2:22:09the results as of 10:14 last week. This

2:22:12is a dashboard I watch daily and I can

2:22:14tell you the numbers are even better

2:22:16today. So we're we're seeing tremendous

2:22:18progress and we will keep that momentum

2:22:21going. Uh next slide. So when we think

2:22:24about what we're facing and this is one

2:22:27where we're now starting to do our

2:22:28homework and want to come back later

2:22:30with a recommendation to you the

2:22:33setouts. So if you look at this example,

2:22:36you know, this is someone you know where

2:22:38their things were set out. uh the code

2:22:41inspectors which the solid waste team

2:22:43allocated 20 resource 20 resources uh to

2:22:47create the enforcement team just on the

2:22:50solid waste ordinance. So they

2:22:52identified this issue late end of August

2:22:55actually cited the property owner which

2:22:58was out of town. Uh that individual was

2:23:01required to go to uh court. We actually

2:23:04cleaned up this property as you see on

2:23:06the next slide and that individual has

2:23:08been fined. Uh we do want to come back

2:23:11and the co the conversations now is are

2:23:14I are our fines high enough to

2:23:17disincentivize behavior. I know we've

2:23:19talked about that before. That'll be one

2:23:21of the things we come back with at

2:23:23another date. Um on the next slide

2:23:25you'll see also too as a part of that

2:23:27Boech storm. I mean we had about 300

2:23:30trees that fell in rightways. Uh those

2:23:33tree that tree debris has now been

2:23:35cleaned up. So, as you see on the next

2:23:37slide, we've we're pretty much got that

2:23:39past us. Um, so now the focus is to keep

2:23:42the trend uh as you see on the final

2:23:45slide going because the Saturday sweep

2:23:47started in around August 10th. We had

2:23:50that bump in in calls around that bow

2:23:53echo storm with tree debris, but you can

2:23:56see the trend is now down. We're

2:23:58actually also seeing now call volume

2:24:00down to 311. And so in the last two

2:24:04weeks, we've noticed that now our

2:24:06average speed to answer is about every

2:24:0826 seconds. When we compared that to

2:24:11August when this was high, it was about

2:24:146 minutes. So tremendous work also in

2:24:17the 311 area. So wanted to give a brief

2:24:19update and open it up for questions.

2:24:23>> Let the record reflect [clears throat]

2:24:24that um Councilwoman Walker and Council

2:24:27Miss Smiley have joined us. In the

2:24:29queue, we have Dr. Warren

2:24:32>> on the fine issue. I I I know that at

2:24:36least I'm under the impression we're

2:24:37limited by state constitution, but I

2:24:40understand that we can charge a fee for

2:24:43removal and our cost for removal. So,

2:24:46are we doing that?

2:24:48>> Yes.

2:24:48>> Okay. And how much did it cost to remove

2:24:50from that house? Any idea?

2:24:52>> Just right at $1,300.

2:24:53>> Okay. So, that that's probably enough to

2:24:56make people think about it. They need to

2:24:58realize we may be only able to charge

2:25:00him. Did we get that when we got to

2:25:02court?

2:25:02>> Well, that actually that's in the

2:25:04process now.

2:25:04>> Okay. So,

2:25:05>> that court date was this week.

2:25:07>> So, and that I'd say that's a small

2:25:09amount, the $1,300. So, if you really

2:25:11put stuff out there, we could be talking

2:25:13three, four, $5,000.

2:25:15>> Correct.

2:25:15>> Okay. Thank you very much, Madam Chair.

2:25:21>> Councilman Canali, you're recognized.

2:25:23>> Thank you, Madam Chair. Uh

2:25:24[clears throat] Chief, who's responsible

2:25:26when something like this happens? When

2:25:29tree companies know that they can't set

2:25:31whole trees in the curb and expect the

2:25:33city to pick it up? It is their

2:25:34responsibility. We find the homeowner.

2:25:36Can we find the tree company?

2:25:38>> Yeah. Well, this one was actually more

2:25:41of a unique situation. This was the

2:25:43storm. So, these trees were in right

2:25:45away. So,

2:25:46>> okay. Yeah, but for trees that are not.

2:25:48So, you I mean, everybody sees in their

2:25:49neighborhood. Somebody has a tree cut

2:25:51down and they stack it all on the curb.

2:25:53Mhm.

2:25:53>> Um, and it's not our responsibility as a

2:25:55city to pick that up. That is the tree

2:25:56company's responsible. They were paid to

2:25:58do that job, which is to complete the

2:26:00job and haul it off. So,

2:26:02>> is there a way that we can,

2:26:06if we find somebody, do we find the

2:26:07homeowner? Just like one of my biggest

2:26:09gripes since I've been on this council

2:26:11is lawn companies blowing leaves and

2:26:13yard clippings into our storm drains.

2:26:16>> And I've always been in favor of of

2:26:19finding them if you can catch them in

2:26:21the act. similar to this that would be

2:26:24the tree companies that will cut up an

2:26:25entire tree and leave it and expect our

2:26:28solid waste crews to pick it up.

2:26:30>> So what what can we do?

2:26:32>> Yeah. So actually that does follow our

2:26:34code enforcement process. So we can tag

2:26:37uh and when we removal similar process

2:26:39we can charge for that

2:26:40>> but it goes to the homeowner. Correct.

2:26:41>> And then that would be up to them to

2:26:43fight that out with the tree company

2:26:45that they hired. Correct.

2:26:46>> Okay. All right. Thank you sir.

2:26:49>> Thank you so much. Seeing no other

2:26:50council members in the queue. Um do want

2:26:52to acknowledge our mayor who has joined

2:26:54us. Thank you so much for joining us. Uh

2:26:56mayor, is there something that you

2:26:57wanted to add to this presentation at

2:26:59this time?

2:27:00>> No, I'm here for the next item. So

2:27:01number three.

2:27:02>> All right. Thank you. All right. Moving

2:27:04on to item number three. It is a

2:27:06resolution to amend the fiscal year 2027

2:27:08general fund, solid waste management

2:27:10fund, sewer treatment and collections

2:27:12fund, and storm water fund operating

2:27:14budgets all council districts requested

2:27:16by the administration. Can I get a

2:27:18motion and a second? Motion from

2:27:19chairwoman swearing Washington. A second

2:27:21from Councilman War. Chief Winton, Mary

2:27:24Young, [clears throat] you're

2:27:24recognized.

2:27:25>> All right. Thank you uh for the

2:27:27opportunity to present this item. As you

2:27:29all know, during budget season, there

2:27:31was a lot of talk around uh ask me and

2:27:34uh I think it went to impass and when we

2:27:37closed out budget, one of the things

2:27:38that we said was through the first

2:27:40quarter, we would work and determine

2:27:41what type of increase we could afford.

2:27:44Uh we've had a substantial conversation

2:27:47since that time. uh and even the

2:27:49presentation that came prior to this was

2:27:51a part of that dialogue uh because as we

2:27:54talk about increases, we want to make

2:27:57sure that we're also increasing the

2:27:59impact in the community. And so uh

2:28:01during that dialogue we did come to an

2:28:03agreement uh that we could uh support a

2:28:075% increase uh across solid waste with

2:28:11the exception of one uh particular uh

2:28:14position which is the solid waste

2:28:16special equipment operator. Uh that one

2:28:18we did at 2% and it was because that one

2:28:21was already close to its market uh range

2:28:24based on the compens compensation

2:28:26studies. Uh, and we also increased the

2:28:30hourly wages from $20 an hour to $22 an

2:28:34hour, which is really a preview of where

2:28:37we want to go as an administration over

2:28:39time. Begin moving uh from $20 up to 22.

2:28:43Uh the financial impact uh to the

2:28:46general fund is to the tune of roughly

2:28:48786,000.

2:28:50Um the solid waste fund, the impact is

2:28:53about 1.4. And as you all know, the

2:28:56solid waste fund is pretty healthy, so

2:28:58we felt like we could afford that. The

2:29:00sewer fund was 66,000 and then the storm

2:29:03water fund was 94,000. Another important

2:29:07point as you all take this into

2:29:08consideration is that during our

2:29:10dialogue, while it doesn't impede on any

2:29:12of their rights as an organization and

2:29:14they can still go to impass, we did talk

2:29:17about making sure [clears throat] that

2:29:18as we're doing this in the first quarter

2:29:21uh of the year that we are taking this

2:29:24into consideration when we go through

2:29:26budget season uh at the end of the year,

2:29:28which they did acknowledge that this

2:29:30certainly would be included as a part of

2:29:33that conversation when we get to the end

2:29:35of the year discussions for next year's

2:29:37budget. So with that said, uh our

2:29:40finance team feels comfortable with

2:29:42this. I would humbly ask for your

2:29:44approval. Uh as as noted, we also made

2:29:47it a got a commitment from them that

2:29:49they are going to coordinate with our

2:29:50teams and work hard and as you can see

2:29:52the results are already showing. So I

2:29:54would ask for your approval and I'll

2:29:56stop there and take any questions that

2:29:57you have.

2:30:02>> Any members in the queue?

2:30:06No. Well, I just have a couple of

2:30:08questions. The um the last time we were

2:30:11here, one of the things that I wanted to

2:30:13see was in terms of the proposed

2:30:16increases, how they measured out amongst

2:30:19the different range levels in terms of

2:30:23how is it going to fair? Are we going to

2:30:25is it getting people up to a certain

2:30:27level? Is are some exceeding some level

2:30:29in terms of market? kind of that

2:30:32comparison that we normally get

2:30:34>> during the actual impass,

2:30:36>> right? Uh I would have to ask I don't

2:30:38know if Fonda is Fonda in here.

2:30:40>> Oh, sorry. Chris is here. Fonda's out.

2:30:42Uh but Chris, I don't know if you can

2:30:44speak to that. I don't have it with me,

2:30:46but I know that they have looked at some

2:30:48of those things.

2:30:49>> Okay.

2:30:50>> Um good morning, Chris Allen, deputy

2:30:52chief HR compliance. None of the

2:30:54positions at the moment are close to or

2:30:56exceeding the the market study at the

2:30:59moment. the the one that is is the 2%

2:31:02one, which is the one that was reduced.

2:31:03>> Thank you. And I'm glad that you

2:31:05actually came up because you

2:31:06participated in the um the working

2:31:09sessions that we had as it pertains to

2:31:11trying to get these various um positions

2:31:14kind of level set. So after reviewing

2:31:17these, it's your opinion that this is in

2:31:21part with kind of the recommendations

2:31:22[clears throat]

2:31:22that we came up with out of the work

2:31:26kind of the working committee for the

2:31:27study as it pertains to compensation.

2:31:30>> Yes, ma'am. These are these would be

2:31:32considered the targeted increases that

2:31:33we would of course like to do throughout

2:31:35the year um as it relates to negotiating

2:31:38with the associations.

2:31:39>> Thank you. Then Chief Davis, my next

2:31:41question is for you.

2:31:49Art Davis, City of Memphis, CFO 125

2:31:52North Wings.

2:31:53>> Thank you. So, I know that you just let

2:31:55us know that the books just closed. I

2:31:58think the quarter ended two weeks ago

2:31:59and I think you closed out your books

2:32:01yesterday in terms of quarter 1. Um, and

2:32:04we don't have that report yet. We'll get

2:32:05that on November 10th to be able to see

2:32:07where we are from a fiscal standpoint.

2:32:10from the sewer fund. It's going to be

2:32:12$66,000. My concern is is that one, from

2:32:16my understanding, still has a negative

2:32:17cash on hand balance. That's the fund

2:32:20that we had to loan the money to. Is

2:32:22that right?

2:32:23>> Yes. But again, the negative cash on

2:32:26hand is offset by the receivables. For

2:32:28instance, we uh just received $12

2:32:30million today. So, that will post

2:32:33tomorrow. So, it does cover the uh cash

2:32:35on hand balance through the receivables.

2:32:38my I understand that part. The I guess

2:32:40my bigger concern is that with the sewer

2:32:43fund specifically and it's not much.

2:32:45It's $66,000,

2:32:46but just coming from that fund in

2:32:48general, that's the fund that had a

2:32:50continuous period of being out of

2:32:54balance, I would say, with the negative

2:32:55to the point that we had to cut a check

2:32:58or move money to be able to compensate

2:33:00for that fund to be able to cover the

2:33:03expenses. And so my question is, how

2:33:06have you all evaluated that to deem that

2:33:08the 66,000 is able to come out of that

2:33:11fund [clears throat]

2:33:11because I don't think there've been any

2:33:13more um is there some new revenue that's

2:33:16coming in or how is that going to

2:33:18balance now because it seemed as if it

2:33:19was going in a negative trend. So, uh,

2:33:22one of the things that we've done with

2:33:23that is is actually talked with Director

2:33:26Morgan, um, and Chief Whitten about how

2:33:28can we find that as a reduction of

2:33:30expenses rather than looking to the fund

2:33:32balance of this particular fund, and

2:33:34they are confident that they can find

2:33:36that $66,000.

2:33:38The other thing, and we only have one

2:33:40month, so I want to be cautious with

2:33:41this, is the uh increase for the rate uh

2:33:46came in at about $3.5 million, which is

2:33:48a little bit more than what our um

2:33:51budgeted increase amount was. So, I I

2:33:54don't want to extrapolate that over 10

2:33:56months because I only have one month um

2:33:59of history there, but there is uh an

2:34:02increase which should help cover this as

2:34:04well.

2:34:07Thank you. Do we have any other members

2:34:08in the queue?

2:34:10>> Councilman Smiley, you're recognized.

2:34:12>> So, thank you, U, Madam Chair. Thank

2:34:14you, Mayor. Thank you, um to all the

2:34:16administration. I think when we proposed

2:34:18this um myself and I think it was

2:34:20co-sponsored by Councilwoman Thomas and

2:34:22Councilwoman Green during the budget

2:34:25session

2:34:26I think the same funding sources

2:34:28identified by the administration the

2:34:30same funding sources that our staff

2:34:32identified um what we were told then

2:34:34that essentially it was not feasible for

2:34:37us to do this and you know you know my

2:34:40position then was you know if the

2:34:42administration

2:34:44um would take the time um they can

2:34:46always find the money and you know the

2:34:49reason I'm going to support this now is

2:34:51the same reason I support it then. I

2:34:53think um it's about priorities.

2:34:57I I know we're we're looking at you know

2:34:59this presentation that our budget

2:35:00analyst prepared is it it says something

2:35:03about it's question um the liquidity of

2:35:06of some of certain funds talked about a

2:35:08negative cash on hand. I just think the

2:35:11administration um has the the the staff

2:35:15necessary to figure out how to make this

2:35:17work. I'm not sure if it works on paper,

2:35:19but I believe they can make it happen.

2:35:21Um you know, I'm going to support it and

2:35:22I hope that each and every person here

2:35:24supports it as well. Um the folks who

2:35:27are working hard for us, they deserve a

2:35:28pay increase and I hope we all support

2:35:31this particular um budget amendment. So

2:35:34that's it.

2:35:38>> Thank you. Seeing no other members in

2:35:40the queue. Um I will say that I of

2:35:44course want to see the Q1 numbers. Um

2:35:47but if according to HR, this is in par

2:35:51with what we discussed in our work in

2:35:52session. If all is well in terms of our

2:35:56quarter one, I as well will support it.

2:35:58Um of course with the upcoming changes

2:36:01as it pertains to

2:36:04pickup because that is absolutely the

2:36:06number one thing in my inbox. um is

2:36:09trash pickup and those are the times

2:36:11that I actually get messages to my

2:36:12phone. So, I'm hoping that this will

2:36:15also incentivize, you know, um

2:36:18incentivize those who work in these

2:36:20departments as well. But I would like to

2:36:23see the Q1 numbers. Uh but seeing no

2:36:25other members in the queue, all those in

2:36:27favor say I. I.

2:36:28>> Any opposed? Nay. Let the record reflect

2:36:31also that um Councilwoman Green has

2:36:34joined us as well.

4:14:46Smile.

4:14:57>> Let's roll. We have

4:15:00we have three items on the agenda today.

4:15:02Uh item number one, a resolution to

4:15:04allocate and appropriate 3,259,282

4:15:08in data center revenues collected during

4:15:10FY26 to nine projects and programs in

4:15:13accordance with community benefits

4:15:14ordinance. Just a nice cell phone ring.

4:15:16Sounds like the doctor. Number uh 5953,

4:15:19District 6, Super District 8, sponsored

4:15:21by the administration. Moved by for

4:15:24seconded by Councilman Walker. Before I

4:15:26let the mayor speak, Councilman Ford,

4:15:28you're in the queue.

4:15:31>> Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Uh this

4:15:33is an item in which I kind of was

4:15:37holding for a while. I think we've come

4:15:40to agreements on everything that's

4:15:41needed.

4:15:45Yeah, I think we've come to an agreement

4:15:48on everything that's needed. Uh I think

4:15:52we going to be passing out this

4:15:53resolution plus

4:15:56did they get this also? Everybody

4:16:00and I think everything will be fine.

4:16:03Only other thing that we're going to do

4:16:05and then I talk with the mayor. We going

4:16:07to get with the other side of the street

4:16:10and see some of the other things that

4:16:12they supposed to have for us also that

4:16:14will work in conjunction with

4:16:15everything. Now I'm going to turn it

4:16:17over to the mayor. We all good.

4:16:20>> Hold on. You where you at?

4:16:34No,

4:16:35>> you can go ahead.

4:16:37>> Can I talk?

4:16:39>> Yeah, you can talk.

4:16:42>> Yeah, go ahead. Go right ahead.

4:16:44>> Thank you for coming today. We are

4:16:46finally here. Thank you so much,

4:16:49Councilman Ford and everyone who worked

4:16:53on this. Um, thank you to my colleague

4:16:56Cooper Sutton who was um over the

4:17:00convening of the advisory board that led

4:17:05the process in coming up with some data

4:17:07to help you all make your decision and

4:17:10I'm just glad that we are here finally.

4:17:13Thank you. I yield the floor.

4:17:15>> The floor is yours, sir.

4:17:16>> All right. I want to say thank you to uh

4:17:18Councilman Ford, Councilwoman Walker, uh

4:17:21Councilwoman Cooper Sutton. Uh we've

4:17:23certainly had a lot of dialogues about

4:17:24this and I I feel like we're in a good

4:17:26place. As you [clears throat] all know,

4:17:28we presented this uh a few weeks ago and

4:17:31gave a full presentation. So, I'm not

4:17:33going to do that today. I'm just going

4:17:35to show you uh what is different from

4:17:37what we originally proposed. As you all

4:17:40know, uh I look at this as probably the

4:17:42first form of participatory budgeting

4:17:45we've actually done uh in the city of

4:17:47Memphis where we actually had residents

4:17:49that were able to uh vote or respond to

4:17:53a survey and highlight their greatest

4:17:56desires for using the dollars. Uh and I

4:17:59think the money reflects that. uh home

4:18:01repair uh even in the adjusted budget is

4:18:04still the highest uh amount that gets

4:18:07funded. Uh at $2 million increased from

4:18:101.4. Uh we thought that it was very

4:18:12important to ensure given the the state

4:18:15of the housing stock and the needs in

4:18:17the community to put more dollars in

4:18:19that area. Um and so we increased that

4:18:21to two million. Uh we reduced uh some of

4:18:25the beautifification and blight

4:18:27remediation. So you can see those

4:18:29numbers reflected here in the table. We

4:18:31reduced the number for city beautiful

4:18:33down to 25,000. Uh it still will allow

4:18:36for uh materials and supplies for the

4:18:39area for cleanup for voluntary cleanups

4:18:42but we reduced that number down. We kept

4:18:44the environmental education number at

4:18:46100,000 which is really important. The

4:18:49most glaring thing here is you see the

4:18:51reduction in air quality monitoring. Uh

4:18:53that is as Councilman Ford said, there

4:18:56has been dollars that have been

4:18:57allocated from Shelby County Health to

4:18:59the Shelby County Health Department uh

4:19:01to install an EPA monitor in the area.

4:19:05Uh and I literally just hung up the

4:19:07phone right before I came down here with

4:19:09uh Miss Kesa Alexander who runs the air

4:19:11quality department at the health

4:19:13department and she said that they

4:19:14actually installed that monitor uh in

4:19:17the Riverview area back in June of this

4:19:19year. So, uh there is constant air

4:19:22quality monitoring that's being done. We

4:19:25increased the amount for AC

4:19:26distributions because obviously there

4:19:28are needs for that. Uh and the grant

4:19:30pool is still uh at a healthy amount

4:19:33with 359,000.

4:19:35So qualified nonprofit entities will be

4:19:38able to apply with at least $50,000

4:19:41going towards uh health care needs for

4:19:44the community. So with that, I would ask

4:19:46for your uh support. Uh the team put in

4:19:49a lot of work, the council's put in a

4:19:51lot of work. This is for FY26.

4:19:54Uh FY27

4:19:56uh I think the total amount of the funds

4:19:59will be about $6.6 million and as you

4:20:01all know it will be for 38109 and 38116.

4:20:06And so we will bring forth uh more

4:20:08recommendations for that coming soon.

4:20:12>> Any questions by this body?

4:20:16Let the record reflect. Madam Chairwoman

4:20:18is here. Uh, all right. Y'all kind of

4:20:21quiet. So,

4:20:23ready to take a vote. All those in

4:20:25favor?

4:20:26>> Any

4:20:33I think Councilwoman Walker wants to

4:20:35sing to us today. Um, it's an opinion of

4:20:39the chair that uh, Councilwoman Walker I

4:20:42carries.

4:20:44All right. This item is approved.

4:20:49Thank you members.

4:20:51Thank you Motion Picture Academy and

4:20:53Screen Actors Guild.

4:20:57>> Yeah, I just cut up today. I just

4:21:01>> But seriously, thank you all for the

4:21:03work that you were doing.

4:21:04>> Thank you, Mayor Young

4:21:05>> doing today on this item. Item number

4:21:07two, [clears throat] resolution to

4:21:09accept and allocate and appropriate

4:21:10$500,000 in grant funds received from

4:21:12the Tennessee Department of Environment

4:21:13and Conservation Design and Construction

4:21:15of Memphis Zoo Pervious Pavement Project

4:21:18District 5 Superition 9 sponsored by

4:21:20administration request. I get a motion

4:21:22to second move by J.

4:21:24There's someone from administration

4:21:25speak it.

4:21:36>> Good afternoon.

4:21:38Greg Dodson, director of engineering,

4:21:40125 North Main.

4:21:43>> Gerald Spencer, deputy director for

4:21:44general services, 125 North M.

4:21:47>> All right.

4:21:48>> Yeah. So,

4:21:50>> you can probably just read one line. All

4:21:52is accept and allocate.

4:21:54>> Very brief. Uh yes, accept, allocate,

4:21:57and appropriate

4:21:58>> and appropriate

4:21:58>> uh $500,000 of TD deck funds. Uh

4:22:02basically, again, the grant will be for

4:22:04the design and construction of pvious

4:22:07pavement to replace minimum of 44,000

4:22:10square yards of asphalt pavement at the

4:22:12Memphis Zoo.

4:22:14>> All right. Any questions from this body?

4:22:15Appears to all heart. All those in favor

4:22:17signify by saying I.

4:22:18>> Any oppose? It's the Py. Thank you. Item

4:22:21number three, division of engineing

4:22:23update on traffic congestion at Homes

4:22:25Road and Tain Road. We got some

4:22:27questions. Hopefully you got some

4:22:28answers. How can you enforce this? How

4:22:30they listen to us? Those are going to be

4:22:32two questions right there.

4:22:33>> Absolutely.

4:22:35>> All right. Uh I thought it would be

4:22:37good.

4:22:40>> Hey, Randall Tatum, city traffic

4:22:41engineer.

4:22:45Uh, so I thought it would be good to

4:22:46maybe kind of uh go through a narrative

4:22:50and maybe a timeline of kind of what our

4:22:52actions have been up to this point. Say

4:22:55it again.

4:22:59>> Can use Yes, sir. Uh so um going back to

4:23:04September 28th,

4:23:06um engineer met with Councilwoman Cooper

4:23:09Sudden uh and staff to discuss the

4:23:13concerns with the truck traffic at the

4:23:16intersection of homes in two lane. Uh

4:23:19that same day she requested that no

4:23:21truck signs be installed at that

4:23:24intersection and upstream and downstream

4:23:27on both h uh homes and two-lane as well.

4:23:31Um Thursday, so that same week, um

4:23:36engineering signs and markings crews uh

4:23:39installed no truck signs on homes and

4:23:42two lane.

4:23:44This was this was October 1st.

4:23:48Uh and then just as a note as a result

4:23:51of that there there was no noticeable

4:23:54decrease uh in truck traffic after those

4:23:56signs were

4:23:57>> so they disregard the signs.

4:23:58>> They disregarded the signs.

4:23:59>> And who is they?

4:24:00>> This is the truck traffic and the truck

4:24:04vendors and partners of Space XAI.

4:24:08>> Did a good job. Go ahead.

4:24:11Uh Friday, October 9th, uh that morning,

4:24:16uh Chief Wind connected us with uh Space

4:24:20XAI personnel um that oversees the truck

4:24:24traffic uh in and out of those

4:24:26facilities uh you know in the area. Uh

4:24:31that afternoon

4:24:33I took it upon myself to observe the

4:24:34traffic and noted the significant truck

4:24:36traffic that caused a number of

4:24:39disruptions to vehicular traffic

4:24:43particularly as it relates to the school

4:24:45pickup entrance at John P. Freeman on

4:24:48two lane.

4:24:48>> Quick question. Isn't the traffic

4:24:50similar in the morning time as well?

4:24:53>> It is similar. The only thing you need

4:24:55to keep in mind is that

4:24:58in the mornings the the drop off is on

4:25:02Homes Road.

4:25:03>> Okay.

4:25:03>> The pickup is on Two Lane in the

4:25:05afternoon.

4:25:09So, um, Monday, December, uh, I'm sorry,

4:25:13o October 12th, uh, engineer met with

4:25:17SPE SpaceX AAI personnel to share

4:25:19concerns of the truck trafficing

4:25:22on no truck routes, uh, no truck routes

4:25:26signs, you know, on on two lane and

4:25:28homes. Um that same day, Space XAI

4:25:32shared the routing guidance and we have

4:25:34some slides if or it's in y'all's uh you

4:25:37know packet where you can see what they

4:25:39shared with us. And these are basically

4:25:41guidelines

4:25:42uh notices to all of the truck partners

4:25:45and vendors uh to alerting them that

4:25:49those yeah no truck routes were uh to to

4:25:53not be utilized. Uh and then we also

4:25:56identified some

4:25:58truck routes that they actually some

4:26:00alternate routes that they could

4:26:02actually utilize which would pretty much

4:26:04eliminate the truck traffic entering

4:26:07into the home's two-lane road

4:26:09intersection.

4:26:11Um so we figured it'd take a little bit

4:26:14of a little bit to kind of get that

4:26:15disseminated. Uh so following week which

4:26:19is October 19th yesterday

4:26:22um I observed the traffic between 7:30

4:26:26and 8 uh a.m. and noticed significant

4:26:29decrease uh in the traffic and this

4:26:32amounts to about one truck for every two

4:26:36minutes. This was yesterday.

4:26:39I went in the morning time.

4:26:42We did not go back in the evening.

4:26:44namely because I realized that the

4:26:46students were still out of school

4:26:49yesterday.

4:26:53>> Yeah. Well, in addition to yesterday, I

4:26:56went out there this morning

4:26:58uh and there there so we did have the

4:27:02parents dropping off the students as

4:27:04well as faculty uh and and noticed that

4:27:08there was again significant decrease uh

4:27:12in the truck traffic. still some

4:27:14stragglers. Uh but the what I'm what I'm

4:27:17observing is that there's just a

4:27:21significant decline particularly from

4:27:23the notices given out October 12th to

4:27:26this week where we're we're now seeing

4:27:29you know the effects of those of those

4:27:31notices.

4:27:37>> Oh no, I'm good. I'm good. I'm good.

4:27:40>> Dr. War I can see. Are we giving out

4:27:43tickets now to truckers who are not

4:27:45where they're supposed to be?

4:27:48Because I I think that would be the next

4:27:49step. So, when do we start that?

4:27:52>> Yes, sir. So, we've been in constant

4:27:53communication with MPD uh for

4:27:55enforcement in the area. Uh so, they are

4:27:57aware. We're going to continue to uh

4:27:59coordinate with them to ensure that they

4:28:01are citing any uh trucks that are

4:28:03violating our truck restrictions in the

4:28:04area.

4:28:04>> How many tickets have we given so far?

4:28:06>> U we don't have that information.

4:28:09>> Can you bring that back to us so we

4:28:10know?

4:28:11>> Yes, sir. We'll check with the video on

4:28:12that.

4:28:14>> What's What's the maximum amount of the

4:28:16fine

4:28:16>> when they violate?

4:28:19>> We don't know.

4:28:20>> I've seen signs that say $1,000.

4:28:25>> I don't know if we actually have

4:28:26anything that actually shows it may be

4:28:28in in Mississippi or

4:28:30>> Okay. So, I guess bring back that

4:28:32information when you come back.

4:28:35>> So, in uh two weeks we see you back kind

4:28:37of just talk about, you know, where we

4:28:39are today and Are we still seeing signs

4:28:42of decrease or if it's upticking more

4:28:45and also talk about an involvement of

4:28:48MPD and are we issuing citations in the

4:28:50amount?

4:28:51>> Absolutely.

4:28:52>> Okay. Any questions from anyone on this

4:28:54body? Council woman.

4:28:55>> Yes.

4:29:02>> If you will, can you check with the

4:29:04White Haven links? I know that there are

4:29:07users who at certain times of the day

4:29:11they are having challenges getting on

4:29:13and off the parking lot.

4:29:15>> Yes. You're talking about the golf

4:29:16course, right?

4:29:16>> The golf course.

4:29:17>> Yes. Yes, ma'am. I actually did have a

4:29:18conversation with them. I also spoke

4:29:20with the staff at um at John P. Freeman

4:29:23uh as well. And they they they did say

4:29:26that there was some disruption. Um and

4:29:30it has to do not to get in too much of

4:29:32the weeds here, but there is a an

4:29:34adjacent parking lot that a lot of the

4:29:38XI workers use

4:29:39>> street before you get to the railroad.

4:29:41>> That's right. That's right. And so

4:29:43there's been some disruption there. Um

4:29:45but he he noted uh the staff there noted

4:29:49that it it wasn't it wasn't terrible to

4:29:52where they could not get out but it it's

4:29:54it's part of the particularly in the

4:29:55peak hour. You know there's just some

4:29:57issues particularly turning left.

4:30:00>> Okay. Thank you. This is complete for

4:30:02me.

4:30:03>> Anybody else in the queue on this

4:30:04particular issue? I know many of us have

4:30:06been out there.

4:30:07>> Well, thank you for actually showing up

4:30:09and taking a look at it yourself. We

4:30:10appreciate that type of diligent work.

4:30:12Um with that um this item is ended and

4:30:16this committee is adjourned.

4:43:31Uh,

4:43:31>> call the role, please.

4:43:32>> Yes, sir.

4:43:34>> Just relax.

4:43:35>> Councilwoman Green, Councilman Smiley,

4:43:38Councilwoman Walker,

4:43:41>> Councilman Dr. Warren,

4:43:43>> Councilwoman White,

4:43:45>> Councilman Canali,

4:43:47>> Councilwoman Logan, just

4:43:49>> and Chair Spinosa.

4:43:50>> All right. Here. So, item number one uh

4:43:52is going to be held until November 24th.

4:43:57That's in Councilwoman Logan's district.

4:44:00And

4:44:02just for the record, we'll do that

4:44:03without objection. But I think the

4:44:06expectation is we have a neighborhood

4:44:07meeting between now and then. So 11:24

4:44:16y'all get together.

4:44:20>> All right.

4:44:22Thank you. That's it for item number

4:44:23one. Item number two, PD 2026-013

4:44:29also in Councilwoman Logan's district 1,

4:44:31Super District 9, sponsored by the

4:44:33administration. There is a request for

4:44:34same night minutes. Could I get a motion

4:44:36in a second?

4:44:37>> All right. Measure was made by

4:44:39Councilman Canali, seconded by

4:44:40Councilman Warren.

4:44:43Name and address for the record, please.

4:44:46>> Jeffrey Penzes, zoning administrator,

4:44:47division of planning development. And

4:44:49with me is TR Sabuzi, who will present

4:44:51this case.

4:45:08Good afternoon. I'm Truce with Planning

4:45:09and Development. This is an amendment to

4:45:12a PD that was approved in 2000 and the

4:45:15applicant is requesting to modify some

4:45:18of the conditions to allow a variety of

4:45:21uses for commercial office residential

4:45:24and civic. It's located on Austin P

4:45:27Highway,

4:45:29west side of Austin P Highway, north of

4:45:31New Coventon Pike and south of Egypt

4:45:34Central Road.

4:45:36It's in the Raleigh area. This is a

4:45:39vicinity map. We sent out 38 notices.

4:45:44It is currently zone residential single

4:45:46family 10, but as I said, a PD was

4:45:49approved in 2000 and they here to amend

4:45:52some of their conditions.

4:45:54Here are a few side photos.

4:45:58So, this is their outline plan. It's a

4:46:00variety of different um uses. It

4:46:03contains multif family civic uses, a

4:46:05hotel, and a mixture of different uses.

4:46:10This proposal was consistent with the

4:46:12Memphis 3.0 comprehensive plan.

4:46:16Um, per staff, this was approved into

4:46:19different areas. Area B was developed

4:46:23and the prop the subject property has

4:46:26remained vacant and we do not find

4:46:30anything against it.

4:46:33So recommended approval and the land use

4:46:35control board also recommended approval.

4:46:37Thank you.

4:46:39>> So everyone can see approved by LUCB and

4:46:42approved by um DPD. So are there any

4:46:46council members that have any questions

4:46:47on this item? All right. Seeing none,

4:46:50without objection, this will go

4:46:51downstairs with the positive

4:46:52recommendation for same night minutes.

4:46:55All right, that does it. Thank you. That

4:46:57does it for item number two. Item number

4:46:59three,

4:47:01SNC street name change 2026-

4:47:050003 District 1 Super District 9,

4:47:07sponsored by the administration.

4:47:10Uh, I need a motion in a second.

4:47:12>> All right. Motion was made by Councilman

4:47:14Canali. Seconded by, I believe,

4:47:15Councilwoman Green.

4:47:18Moved all the way to the end down there.

4:47:21Uh, motion was made and properly

4:47:22seconded.

4:47:24Floor is yours.

4:47:30So we were here last meeting and we have

4:47:34a few different name options here that

4:47:37got approved by MLGW.

4:47:39>> So this these are the street name

4:47:42>> the street name change for IKEA way.

4:47:44>> Exactly.

4:47:44>> Okay. And so these are four options for

4:47:46street names.

4:47:49This is in Councilwoman Logan's

4:47:50district.

4:47:52Uh

4:47:54if if you're I would like to give you

4:47:56the microphone on this. I feel like this

4:47:57is your district. I mean, if we want to

4:47:59vote on a street name, I guess we could

4:48:01do that, but what do you think?

4:48:03>> Can we vote on a street name first and

4:48:04then come right back?

4:48:05>> Sure.

4:48:06>> Yeah.

4:48:07>> This is this the street name?

4:48:09>> Yeah.

4:48:09>> Yeah. This this is on the screen. So,

4:48:12these are the the four options that MLGW

4:48:14have said are okay.

4:48:16>> Uh

4:48:16>> oh, these are the options.

4:48:17>> Yes.

4:48:18>> Yeah. Cordova something.

4:48:20>> Okay. You if you Okay. If you pick

4:48:22between either of those two,

4:48:24>> I'm in favor of Cordova Market Drive.

4:48:26>> Okay, so we made a motion. [laughter]

4:48:28>> Oh, she said I.

4:48:31>> Okay, there's an I. All right, so for

4:48:33the record, Cordova Market Drive without

4:48:36objection, we're going to go with

4:48:37Cordova Market Drive. Any objection from

4:48:39council members?

4:48:40>> All right, seeing none, we just named a

4:48:42street. That does it for item number

4:48:44three.

4:48:45>> Thank you.

4:48:45>> Uh Cordova Market Drive.

4:48:47Congratulations.

4:48:49All right. Item number four,

4:48:51MJR2026-022,

4:48:54District 2, Super District 9, sponsored

4:48:56by the administration. There is a

4:48:58request for same night minutes. Could I

4:49:00have a motion in a second, please? All

4:49:02right. Move. Moved by Councilwoman Ford,

4:49:04seconded by Councilwoman Warren.

4:49:08>> I mean Green. Sorry. Councilwoman Warren

4:49:12already slip. Uh, go ahead, please.

4:49:17Alexis Long Street with the Division of

4:49:19Planning and Development. I'm presenting

4:49:21on case MJR 202622,

4:49:24which is a correspondence case to plan

4:49:26development 2021 024. This property is

4:49:30located at 147 North Germantown Parkway

4:49:33with a request to major modification to

4:49:35the approved plan development from 2021

4:49:38to reflect a change of ownership for a

4:49:40car wash. Um, as you all can see here,

4:49:43property is located in the Cordova area.

4:49:45About 148 notices were mailed out

4:49:47September 18th. Um there were no letters

4:49:50of opposition or support received during

4:49:53that time. Um the current zoning use is

4:49:56RU3 but it is governed by the plan

4:49:59development 2021 024 parcel D which

4:50:03permits commercial mixeduse 2 zoning

4:50:05uses

4:50:07and it does have a commercial zoning

4:50:09land use designation as well. And here

4:50:11are a few of the existing site photos.

4:50:15in the existing recorded plan. So, the

4:50:17applicant is not proposing to change

4:50:19anything to the existing site. They're

4:50:20simply just proposing the street name

4:50:22change, which was added by a fellow

4:50:25member back during its council approval

4:50:28to

4:50:30to require the business name change um

4:50:32of the operating business underneath

4:50:35this plan development. And so, as I

4:50:38mentioned earlier, here are a few of

4:50:40those conclusions regarding the approval

4:50:43or the request. itself in the original

4:50:44approval and the applicant is present.

4:50:47Staff did recommend approval and as well

4:50:49as the lane use control board.

4:50:51>> All right, thank you so much. So staff

4:50:53recommends approval. So did LUCB

4:50:56and again time and effort and energy

4:50:58goes into all of this before we get here

4:51:00today. So thank you all for that. Um any

4:51:02comments over there before we this is

4:51:04kind of non-eventful.

4:51:05>> Yeah, very nonful which I appreciate.

4:51:08>> Club Car Wash has bought the Glide Car

4:51:10Washes and this is their last in order

4:51:14to purchase. So, they're wanting to grow

4:51:16in the Memphis market. Their their way

4:51:19to grow in the Memphis market.

4:51:20>> So, thank you for growing in the Memphis

4:51:22market. Um, any comments, questions from

4:51:25council members? All right. Seeing none,

4:51:28um, all those in favor of this, please

4:51:29respond by saying I.

4:51:31>> I.

4:51:31>> All right. Anyone opposed? All right.

4:51:33Opinion of the chairs, the eyes have it.

4:51:35So, item four will go downstairs with

4:51:36the positive recommendation for same

4:51:38night minutes. Thank you. All right. The

4:51:41last item on the agenda, item number

4:51:43five, sup26-013.

4:51:46This is in district 2, super district 9,

4:51:48sponsored by the administration

4:51:52penises and with me is manad nita who

4:51:55will present this item.

4:51:57>> Welcome.

4:51:57>> Good afternoon, Masan Oadia with DPD. Uh

4:52:00this is a request for a car wash in a

4:52:02CMU zoning district. Um in February uh

4:52:06on February 2021 uh Memphis City Council

4:52:10downzone this area from CMU3 to CMU1 and

4:52:14the surrounding land use ma uh land uses

4:52:17are a mixture of commercial, multif

4:52:19family and single family. Here are few

4:52:22pictures of the site. Uh this is a

4:52:24corner lot and this is the site plan

4:52:27that the applicant uh proposed

4:52:33and here are some elevation uh proposed

4:52:35by the applicant.

4:52:38Uh Memphis 3.0 believes that this is a

4:52:40consistent use. Um however our uh

4:52:44broader um analysis uh we believe that

4:52:47this is um an inconsistent use and um

4:52:51there are um several residential areas

4:52:54in in the neighborhood and also uh there

4:52:57are four existing car washes from uh

4:53:00North Parkway to um White Station um

4:53:04which is along Summer Avenue. It is in a

4:53:07fivemile segment and uh one newly

4:53:11approved car wash along summer avenue by

4:53:14city council uh in the previous uh

4:53:17meeting. Um hence we believe that um

4:53:20this um shall not be a consistent use um

4:53:25for the neighborhood. Uh we are

4:53:28recommending rejection. Versus control

4:53:30board also rejected uh this case.

4:53:33However, if approved, here are the list

4:53:36of conditions. That concludes my

4:53:38presentation. Happy to answer any

4:53:39questions.

4:53:40>> Thank you. Uh, Councilwoman Green,

4:53:43>> is this in my district?

4:53:45>> No, I was just looking at it. So, that's

4:53:47uh down the street from my house. That's

4:53:48going to be district five. Is the

4:53:50applicant here?

4:53:52>> Okay. I just wanted to make sure.

4:53:54>> Yeah.

4:53:54>> Okay.

4:53:55>> All right. So, um,

4:53:58>> I'm going to follow your lead, chair.

4:54:00We're going to hold this item without

4:54:02objection.

4:54:04All right. So, item number five has been

4:54:06held. Any other items before this

4:54:08committee? Seeing none. Thank you. We're

4:54:11done.

5:13:08Good afternoon. The October 20th, 2026

5:13:11executive session of the Memphis City

5:13:13Council is hereby call to order. Chief

5:13:15Johnson, if you'll please call the role.

5:13:18Councilwoman Green,

5:13:22Councilman Ford, Senior, Councilwoman

5:13:25Walker,

5:13:26>> Councilman Warren,

5:13:27>> Councilwoman Logan, Council Miss

5:13:30Spinosa, Chair Swingen, Washington

5:13:33>> present. Thank you, Chief Johnson. We

5:13:35have one item on the agenda today. Item

5:13:38number one is an ordinance to establish

5:13:41a framework for the creation and state

5:13:44approval of a nonprofit community

5:13:46benefit agency to authorize coordination

5:13:50between the city of Memphis and the

5:13:52state of Tennessee for the lawful

5:13:54receipt, administration, and

5:13:57distribution of data center community

5:14:00benefit funding to provide for community

5:14:03representation,

5:14:04financial accountability, and public

5:14:07oversight and to provide for related

5:14:12purposes all council districts. And this

5:14:14is sponsored by Councilman Warren. Can I

5:14:17get a motion and a second?

5:14:19>> Second.

5:14:20>> All right. It's been moved by Councilman

5:14:21Ford, Senior, second by Councilwoman

5:14:24Walker. Councilman Warren, you're

5:14:26recognized at this time. If you could

5:14:28offer us some clarity on this, please.

5:14:35confusion in the press about what this

5:14:38is as opposed to the 25%

5:14:41of tax revenue that we're giving to uh

5:14:44that Councilwoman Walker and Councilman

5:14:47Ford are arranging to go into the

5:14:49districts near Colossus and our XAI

5:14:53plant. This is designed to allow the

5:14:57city to accept funding from potential

5:15:01growth in future data centers that will

5:15:04be above and beyond property taxes. And

5:15:08this funding needs to go to us in a way

5:15:11that's not taxes. We don't have the

5:15:14authority to tax for this. We're going

5:15:17to need to ask the state for authority

5:15:19to develop this community

5:15:22uh community data center benefit agency,

5:15:26the community benefit agency and we'll

5:15:28have to ask them to set up laws and

5:15:30allow us to do this. But without this

5:15:33document, we don't have anything to take

5:15:35to them to ask them to do for us. So

5:15:38what we're trying to do is to set up

5:15:40this process by which we can allow or

5:15:44figure out a way that we can get extra

5:15:47funds from these data centers as they

5:15:49grow. Currently all we can really get is

5:15:51property taxes. In other parts of the

5:15:54country uh they've arranged to where

5:15:57data centers pay a certain amount for

5:15:59megawatt hour that they use. Uh and if

5:16:03we look at what mega megawatt growth

5:16:05could be, that's where this is. This

5:16:08doesn't this doesn't address the things

5:16:10that I think Councilwoman Logan's uh and

5:16:15bill is going to address later on. This

5:16:18is just on how we get money later on.

5:16:20This is what we're trying to do.

5:16:22Establish a lawful mechanism through

5:16:25which the state of Tennessee allows us

5:16:27to collect this money. Okay. to put

5:16:30financial controls on it to develop an

5:16:33agency which is a little bit like the

5:16:35airport authority that's responsible for

5:16:37the airport. This agency would be

5:16:39responsible for funds that were given or

5:16:42obtained or you know by contract

5:16:46acquired for the agency from data

5:16:49centers. Uh and it also proposes how

5:16:53this money would be spent and who would

5:16:55run it. Um the purposes of this would be

5:16:59neighborhood revitalization,

5:17:01workforce development, apprenticeships,

5:17:03employment preparation, small business

5:17:05development, access to economic

5:17:08opportunities, youth development,

5:17:09educational programming, housing

5:17:12stability, neighbor neighborhood

5:17:14stabilization, environmental monitoring,

5:17:17environmental education, public health

5:17:19education, public safety, capacity,

5:17:23building, uh nonprofits and other lawful

5:17:27things. So using it for after school

5:17:29programs, park programs, think of it

5:17:32basically what city functions are. How

5:17:35can we take this extra money and use it?

5:17:38And what would happen is there would be

5:17:40a board that would distribute this

5:17:41money. We as the city council I think

5:17:44would ask where we would want it to go.

5:17:46So and just like the airport author, the

5:17:48airport askked the airport authority, we

5:17:51need money to build this hanger. And

5:17:52they'll go, okay, yes, build the hanger.

5:17:55we have the money for it. Uh we're going

5:17:56to want to build some low-income houses.

5:17:58We're going to tell them how many and

5:17:59where they are. We'll ask the community

5:18:02uh agency and they'll be able to do that

5:18:05for us. So, this provides for legal

5:18:08structure. It also at the very end,

5:18:10you'll notice there's a letter where we

5:18:13ask our legislature if they would grant

5:18:17us permission to do this and help us

5:18:19develop the laws that make this legal.

5:18:22uh and that's going to require our

5:18:24mayor. I think uh at some point as we

5:18:27move this forward uh there may even be a

5:18:30county uh version of this at some point

5:18:32as we go forward, but at this point this

5:18:35is only from the city because that's all

5:18:36that we can do. So this is enabling

5:18:39legislation. The fact we pass it and the

5:18:42fact that it goes through three readings

5:18:45and you know becomes law means that it

5:18:48becomes law if the state says it becomes

5:18:50law. So, we have to take this to the

5:18:52state and ask them to develop the

5:18:55regulations and the laws that allow us

5:18:57to do this. But I think we would be

5:18:59remiss to do this. There have been other

5:19:01communities across the country that have

5:19:04gotten rid of their property taxes. You

5:19:07know, uh I've seen numbers that people

5:19:09have generated based on a certain

5:19:11wattage uh uh fund fee per wattage use

5:19:16that suggests we could get 120 million

5:19:18to $980 million a year uh within 10

5:19:22years on this with the idea that if we

5:19:24do that, you all know what we could do

5:19:27with the city if we had that money. So,

5:19:30one, you lower property taxes, you get

5:19:32people moving back in, you build

5:19:33low-income housing. So, I think what we

5:19:36potentially could do with is great. I

5:19:38think the only thing that's limiting us

5:19:41is our ability to go ahead and get this

5:19:44bill passed and then work well with our

5:19:46state legislature to make sure we can

5:19:48get their approval and assistance to do

5:19:50this. So, I would strongly urge and ask

5:19:54my colleagues to vote for this and I

5:19:56would love to have everyone on this as a

5:19:58co-sponsor if they would so choose.

5:20:02and and I'd like you to go down tonight

5:20:04if possible for first reading so that

5:20:06way we can have it done in uh not in not

5:20:11in two more or three more meetings.

5:20:13>> Okay.

5:20:14>> Thank you, Madam Chair.

5:20:15>> Thank you, Councilman.

5:20:16>> And I'm open to questions if anyone has

5:20:18them.

5:20:18>> All right, Councilwoman Logan, you're

5:20:20recognized.

5:20:27Explain to me the purpose behind I mean

5:20:30I know the purpose but why do we have to

5:20:31do that? It seems as though we did we're

5:20:33already collecting funds on the one we

5:20:37have now and we didn't have to get

5:20:39permission from the state. Seems like we

5:20:41can negotiate instead of regulated.

5:20:43>> The the difference is that's from

5:20:44property taxes.

5:20:45>> Okay.

5:20:46>> Okay. And because it's from property

5:20:48taxes that's within our domain.

5:20:50>> This is not property tax. This would be

5:20:53uh a fee that is negotiated and entered

5:20:57into a contractual relationship with the

5:20:59data center that says, "Okay, we see the

5:21:02need in your community. We agree, you

5:21:04know, for you assisting us getting our

5:21:06permits uh in a rapid fashion that we're

5:21:10going to pay you x amount per kilowatt

5:21:12hour for 10 10 years." and they sign a

5:21:15contract and that contract can't come to

5:21:17us according to our lawyer Allen as a

5:21:21because it would be considered a tax.

5:21:23Evidently, we've done something similar

5:21:24to this with AT&T in the past and there

5:21:27are all sorts of lawsuits and Councilman

5:21:29Ford may remember this. I don't. It was

5:21:31before my time, but yeah, I know you got

5:21:34a memory like a trap. But, uh, but so on

5:21:38that, that's why it's got to do with

5:21:40what Allan said to me and the way we had

5:21:42to set it up. And this is how it's set

5:21:44up in other uh municipalities. And I

5:21:47think the other thing that it does

5:21:49that's good is it gives us an extra

5:21:52layer of public accountability and

5:21:55visibility of where these funds are

5:21:57going. So we'll have a board that's

5:21:58going to be spending that have to do an

5:22:00annual report. They'll report to us and

5:22:03we'll be monitoring what they're doing.

5:22:04Also,

5:22:06>> I hope that answered your question,

5:22:07Councilwoman.

5:22:08>> It did. Thank you. I appreciate that.

5:22:09>> And I'd love to have you as a

5:22:10co-sponsor.

5:22:11>> Absolutely.

5:22:12>> Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman

5:22:14Logan. Councilwoman Walker, you're

5:22:15recognized at this time.

5:22:19>> Councilman Warren, so XAI has currently

5:22:24done things in the community for the

5:22:26community. So, what process are they

5:22:30process processes

5:22:33um laws possibly that they are operating

5:22:35under to be able to do that already?

5:22:39I think what they're doing

5:22:41>> without this

5:22:42>> what they're doing is they are just

5:22:44making donations. Okay, they are doing

5:22:47that. What this would do is this would

5:22:49set up a legal framework where we would

5:22:52have a contractual relationship based on

5:22:55kilowatt usage that the new data center

5:22:58would be giving this amount of money per

5:23:01kilowatt use or whatever and to this

5:23:04entity. So, it's a contract. We're going

5:23:07to be using this much. y'all get this

5:23:09much extra above and beyond property

5:23:12taxes. And you'd say, "Well, why would

5:23:14they want to do that?" Well, if we're

5:23:16able to sort of expedite them getting

5:23:19their permits, making sure they do all

5:23:20the things they're supposed to do in the

5:23:22permit process, and we're able to help

5:23:24speed them up, the minute they've got

5:23:26that contract signed, they're they're

5:23:28their stock goes up by 10 or 15 or 20%.

5:23:32Which will more than pay for this amount

5:23:34of money over 10 years. uh you know

5:23:37they'll still be making a lot more money

5:23:39than they'll be giving us. And it's also

5:23:41a way to make the community better. So

5:23:43if you think about it, you're wanting to

5:23:45build your data center and you want the

5:23:47surrounding companies that come around

5:23:48the data center to succeed. You want

5:23:51them to have a really good place to go

5:23:52to. And we know that Memphis is a great

5:23:55place. I mean, you know, Memphis is fun.

5:23:57You know, Memphis is really it's a great

5:24:00place. Memphis is a fund, but we also we

5:24:03got a lot of needs that we could use

5:24:05this money for if we did it wisely, and

5:24:07this is a way to help us do it wisely.

5:24:10>> Okay. Thank you. I yield the floor.

5:24:13I have a clarifying question. All right,

5:24:15Councilwoman.

5:24:16>> Okay. So, you said that that's a

5:24:18donation, but whatever it was, we

5:24:20negotiated it. It's an

5:24:22>> but but the reason why I say that is

5:24:23because

5:24:24>> it seems as though if we go the route of

5:24:26the ordinance, it's going to be like

5:24:28regulated or somebody else has some say

5:24:31over it or can get some of it. But if we

5:24:33in a business transaction negotiate what

5:24:35we want, there's nothing to be

5:24:38regulated.

5:24:39>> The negotiation that you're talking

5:24:41about is one that I think we've done

5:24:44before and it' be nice if Allan's

5:24:46listening somewhere in the back. he

5:24:47could come out and back me up on this,

5:24:49but the the issue is that that would

5:24:51still be considered a tax. It's us

5:24:54getting money directly to us in a format

5:24:57that is not allowed under the state

5:24:59constitution.

5:25:00>> That what we just did. I mean, not I'm

5:25:02not

5:25:03>> No, we use we use tax money that was

5:25:05already owed to us. We're talking about

5:25:07getting extra funding.

5:25:09>> Okay.

5:25:09>> Okay. In another way other than property

5:25:12tax that we can we are actually able to

5:25:15do. And since we can't do that, this is

5:25:18a way that we can get those funds. But

5:25:20that's why we have to go to the state.

5:25:23But if the state says no, then I think

5:25:25it'll be a problem. I have been I have

5:25:27spoken to very prominent businessmen

5:25:30that told me if we could get this thing

5:25:32passed by January, they will do

5:25:34everything in their power to take it to

5:25:36Nashville and make sure it becomes law.

5:25:38They'll go to lobby for us. We've got

5:25:40people in in in the business community

5:25:43that want to see this happen and will go

5:25:45and fight for us in Nashville and have a

5:25:48pretty good track record so far. So, I

5:25:50would I would I think that's that's what

5:25:52we've got. So, we have people that think

5:25:55this is a good idea. They think it's a

5:25:57way we can get money and it's just a

5:25:59boom for what we could do for Memphis

5:26:01and they'll go fight for us in

5:26:03Nashville. And um you know, that's about

5:26:05all we can do. There's no guarantee.

5:26:07Worst case scenario, we pass it. It

5:26:09doesn't go anywhere. And we tried. But

5:26:11if we don't try, I think we're we're

5:26:14we're hurting ourselves.

5:26:19>> All right. Councilman Spinosa, you're

5:26:22recognized.

5:26:23>> Um,

5:26:25Councilman Warren, I'm I'm looking and

5:26:28I'm not saying that I want to I don't

5:26:30know if we hold this.

5:26:32>> Allan thought we should send it down

5:26:34tonight for same night minutes.

5:26:36Thank you.

5:26:38Appreciate knowing Allan's

5:26:39recommendation. I want to talk to Allan

5:26:42because I think that there's a way for

5:26:44you to possibly plug this on to the item

5:26:48that I presented

5:26:51so we can move faster with it. Um

5:26:53because that was a piece

5:26:54>> I'm all I'm all for it

5:26:55>> because that was a piece of what I this

5:26:57was a piece of what I presented humbly

5:27:00presented uh as we're all trying to

5:27:02figure this out together. This is just

5:27:04the first time I've heard of we talked

5:27:05about this obviously. So maybe

5:27:09maybe we could do that in here. Oh and

5:27:11look

5:27:12>> look here.

5:27:12>> I heard my name.

5:27:14>> Yeah,

5:27:15>> I keep hearing a lot of that lady.

5:27:17>> I'm thinking this go downstairs here.

5:27:19Here here I think it's a great idea.

5:27:21>> Recommendation. Send it downstairs and

5:27:23then maybe we could talk through the

5:27:24possibility of

5:27:27>> adding this to what I had brought up as

5:27:30we try to blend all these things.

5:27:31>> Okay. So, so I um

5:27:34>> Thank you, Madam Chair.

5:27:35>> This is Alan Wade, your lawyer.

5:27:38>> Um, so when Jeff presented it to me, I

5:27:41said just go ahead generally go ahead

5:27:44and present an ordinance. We have three

5:27:46readings to adjust it. Uh, this is being

5:27:49presented today and in all fairness to

5:27:51the rest of the members, they may want

5:27:53to have a look at it. If your option is

5:27:56a viable option, it can be exercised at

5:27:59the next meeting and we can we can

5:28:02substitute for yours and just roll it in

5:28:05and then he can drop his and then we can

5:28:06go over.

5:28:09>> I have a feeling that there's going to

5:28:11be a lot of movement on things today and

5:28:13so we could keep mine alive in the hopes

5:28:15of

5:28:15>> Oh, yours will be held. You should hold

5:28:17yours.

5:28:17>> Yeah, I would like to hold mine. Okay.

5:28:19So, I'm going to go ahead and ask the

5:28:20chair to hold.

5:28:21>> Just wait and do it down there.

5:28:22>> Wow. When we can do it now. Just do it

5:28:24down there, bro. Just have that. Listen,

5:28:26let's let's follow the protocol, okay?

5:28:29Just just trust me on this one.

5:28:31>> Just follow the protocol, right?

5:28:34>> I guess I'm I'm a little confused. So,

5:28:36could I ask attorney a question?

5:28:39>> Yours is going to have a first reading

5:28:41tonight. And to the extent that it's

5:28:43ready for the body next meeting, you we

5:28:46can substitute yours in his ordinance

5:28:48and then finally adopt it. Okay.

5:28:50>> I got it.

5:28:51>> You got your same thing. And I didn't

5:28:53have a problem. Let me just say this. I

5:28:54didn't have a problem going three

5:28:56readings with his because his ain't

5:28:58going nowhere until the general assembly

5:29:00authorizes us to go for. Okay. So

5:29:02there's no rush on his. Okay.

5:29:04>> Okay.

5:29:06All those in favor say I.

5:29:08>> Any oppose? Nay.

5:29:10>> It is the opinion of the chair that the

5:29:12eyes have it. This item will go down

5:29:13with a favorable recommendation.

5:29:17That brings us to our add-on items.

5:29:20Items number 34, 35, 36, and 37

5:29:36first reading. Okay. So, that previous

5:29:39item will go down [clears throat] for

5:29:40first reading with under consent. Okay.

5:29:44All right. Item number 34 is a

5:29:46resolution to allocate, appropriate, and

5:29:48transfer the sum of $43,224

5:29:53and45

5:29:54from Memphis Parks Capital Reserve CIP

5:29:57project PK25104,

5:30:01fiscal year 2027, contract construction

5:30:05and transfer to Westwood Pool

5:30:08Improvements, CIP project number PK

5:30:120420.

5:30:1320 contract construction as part of the

5:30:17fiscal year 2027 capital improvement

5:30:21budget district 6 super district 8

5:30:24sponsored by the administration. There's

5:30:26a request for same night minutes.

5:30:30Item number 35 is a resolution to accept

5:30:33additional grant funds in the amount of

5:30:36105,52810

5:30:41from US Department of Justice through

5:30:43the United States Marshall Service

5:30:46Western District of Tennessee. All

5:30:48council districts sponsored by the

5:30:50administration for the purpose of

5:30:53overtime funding for personnel salaries.

5:30:56There's a request for same night

5:30:58minutes. This was passed with a

5:31:01favorable recommendation. Item number 36

5:31:04is a resolution to amend the FY2027

5:31:09capital improvement program CIP and

5:31:12transfer $319,000

5:31:15in appropriated general obligation go

5:31:19funds with the downtown command project

5:31:22IT010008

5:31:24from other cost to architecture and

5:31:27engineering. There's a request for same

5:31:30night minutes. This item was also passed

5:31:33with a favorable recommendation. Item

5:31:35number 37, a resolution to accept,

5:31:38allocate, and appropriate $500,000

5:31:42in grant funds received from the

5:31:45Tennessee Department of Environment and

5:31:47Conservation Tdeoo.

5:31:54Pervious pavement project district 5

5:31:58super district 9 sponsored by the

5:32:00administration. There's a request for

5:32:03same night minutes. The same night

5:32:05minute items are 6 7 34 35 36 and 37.

5:32:13Does any member of the committee have

5:32:14anything else that needs to be

5:32:16addressed?

5:32:18If not we will stand adjourned. Thank

5:32:20you.