EP: 27 "Horn Tavern Road and Two ERs?”

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Traffic time.

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Well, it's definitely construction busy.

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You can still wait 5 to 20 minutes in the morning and the afternoon to make a left and right somewhere, you know, to turn on 100 from Old Cox to the rec center.

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The sidewalk project has continued from Cumberland to Walmart and to the rec center.

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they started installing the drains and driveways especially in front of the elementary school this

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week so there's lots of dust and stuff on debris all over the road so be careful there it's getting

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kind of messy and but they've actually covered the mini drain and culvert as the widening project

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right before crumblin 100 is there so that's great there's also been some closures that cause some

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pretty serious backups here and there so always check it out it's definitely luck of the draw

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every time you go up there red light update we still got the three plus the two at i-40

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but old cox publics and walmart and we still have the ones hanging at city center entrance and

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cumberland 100 intersection when that eventually happens the red lights were hung but it doesn't

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look like so we're not sure how that's going to all work when it's all done because that goes from

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there but yep so that was there and yep so we're still at the same number of red lights city center

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well they're still digging over there and the road uh which appears to some utility work and

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the mountain to fill dirt in the back is getting smaller and smaller uh and you can see them moving

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a bunch of the stuff around there to get ready for the drainage so a t dot lane closure update

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basically uh you know we got 840 getting resurfaced uh mile marker you know all these are all far away

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from us so i don't know city fairview posted this but my marker 21 through 27 37 through 41 and 21

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through 27 uh i mean cool story that they're gonna do on that but uh if they don't take the super

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jumps out of there like it's a bmx uh park i don't think it's gonna do much good uh but yeah there's

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definitely some spots they fixed up so on state road 96 on 330 so this weekend and for one in the

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next week. There's going to be lane closures both directions as they upgrade some sewer and

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concrete things, and that's at marker 10. There's aerial installation, so there's going to be

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multiple closures for that on 3.30 to 3.31, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and so that means they're

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moving some wires up there or installing fiber. State Road 20, 100 sidewalk repair,

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which is 3 30 to 4 2 9 a.m to 3 p.m and they'll be there and that is the one we're doing relocating

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a gas main on highway 100 which is at mile marker 3 which is right before there that's over i guess

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technically towards the middle uh elementary school um so there'll be lane closures there

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so lane closures and flagging all over the place um and that's kind of it there and uh yeah we're

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growing. Well, you know, city news wise, we're definitely lots and lots of talk about the opening

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and we'll get into that. The state of emergency has been extended yet again. I can gleam a little

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from with what Mr. Dodoro said in the city, that if the city does something before FEMA and the

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state emergency funding is like allocated and estimated and the bids accepted and all those

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contracts are done and they don't use the right vendor, the city would be on the hook for the

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whole thing instead of getting 75% back from FEMA and 12.5% back from the Tennessee state.

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So there was also a bid released this week, this show period, for getting all the city

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properties mowed and trimmed around town.

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And I think this list is pretty interesting because it also shows you the number of properties

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that are part of this.

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So there's 19 on this list from the historical village, which you may know.

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to the Veterans Park, and then the welcome signs. But then there's ones that are on like Deer Ridge

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property, the Spring House on Horn Tavern Road, the Highway 100 sidewalks, the city-owned property

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on the Fairview Boulevard there, the health department, Crocut Road, and Beshears Road,

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and School Heights Island, right?

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So basically each one of these,

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they will bid for how much it's going to cost

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to cut and trim them and then send that bid in.

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And I guess they could win the whole thing

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or they're going to win there.

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So we'll see that.

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So thanks to the One Church Home Youth Group

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for making and donating some goodie bags

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for the fire department and making some notes,

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thanking them with some words of encouragement and support

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as they do all they do to protect us every single day.

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Definitely heroes behind there.

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so we still have uh i've still this will be the last time i'll read about it but we still have

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the heroes of fairview sign project road sign project and this is done by bert hester from

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fairview then and now um and uh don buffalini and one of our commissioners uh and this is the way to

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preserve our history and give some of those things back and uh go into that a little bit there so

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it's good we got the form in the show notes um commissioner kind of food for thoughts this is

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kind of a thing here. I'm still trying to find this, but basically, you know, one of the things

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in District 3, Scott Hefner was in Mount Juliet, said that he's trying to work on passing a

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resolution to pause building until they can get some things figured out when it comes to

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infrastructure to not make the problems worse. So kind of interesting. I was trying to find it in

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their show notes and the way they record their stuff and they note their agendas. It's kind of

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a hot mess. We definitely do a better job. There's room for our improvement, the way we do our records

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of votes to help make things more transparent. I would always have lots of suggestions for that.

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But Julie, it's a little harder to go through. Houses. Well, there is now 240 homes for sale

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instead of 236 from last week. The same highs, there's a $3.9 million house with 70 acres and a

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$230,000 townhome with no acres. And that's kind of their sold report for March 2nd through 6th,

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basically two weeks before. So there was 11 homes sold in that week. And the most expensive was

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3.224616, a very odd number for the house to sell, not a round number. And the cheapest piece

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of property in Fairview was $25,500. That was a deal, even if it was just a little bit of land.

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So our average price for those 11 homes sold this month was $818,666, which still keeps our total

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at $687,000 is our average for the past 544 homes sold. So affordable housing, not really when we

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taken all the averages. Town meeting updates. Well, there was no board of zoning appeals.

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There was no planning commission, but there was a board of commissioner meeting. And this one was

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a doozy. Number one, it was four hours. Number two, it got into some stuff and led to some things

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afterwards after recording the show that are pretty, pretty crazy. And I think it's going to

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be a while for the impact to kind of figure and sort itself out but this is on march 19th uh

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citizen comments basically had almost a good full room which was great uh there was five horn tavern

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and cc road triple c road uh residents uh talking about the subdivision that was on the slate to

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get approved um and we'll talk about that specifically in a little bit and basically

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they talked about all the storm water and traffic problems because it's already a very narrow road

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it's not meant for a lot of that and the number of houses that would be added to that

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would really hurt both roads there's a one lane bridge there they're talking about you know if

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you have two trucks coming one kind of has to pull over to the side and you know having a

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subdivision there is not going to work so then out of that they got into the agenda ascension

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healthcare we've talked about the double er's but they got their first presentation done in front of

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the city. And if you've been driving around, you probably are seeing lots of TriStar stuff,

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lots of Ascension stuff. If you've been on Facebook, you're getting bombarded with messages

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and posts talking about fill out this survey, fill out that survey, because they are in a battle to

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the death of who's going to get a certificate of need. Only one will survive. There's no way that

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we're going to get two. We are not that big. But I put all the pictures of their presentation there.

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and basically ascension st thomas today has 15 acute care hospitals three specialty

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one free standing uh ed so this would be their second one and that's at high point health and

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so this is going to keep kind of going on there and you know they do a lot of stuff here in middle

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tennessee um they've got a lot of first they were one of the first to do first open heart surgery in

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tennessee heart transplant all kinds of stuff like that but this is a partnership also with dma

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So it's going to be a medical campus.

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We'll get into that a little bit there.

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But this is a 10 treatment room, two triage room, and one trauma room.

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Going to have all those things that we've talked about before.

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But on the DMA side of things on this campus, there'll be a primary care and express care,

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behavioral health services, and medical and surgical specialists.

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So they even mentioned like orthopedics and stuff like that.

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Even I've heard the word oncologist talking about there, but it's kind of gleaming.

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But Dr. Sherwood was there.

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He was talking about how DMA was going to do that.

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mary anderson brought up again that the 55 and up communities were waiting on things like this

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commissioner buffalini talked about the events that are coming up so march 26th at 6 to 7 30

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at thompson's kitchen there's an event from them and vice mayor mcdonald asked about the campus

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and they agreed that yes this is going to be some of the properties within this facility

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will be owned by ascension and dma and they also talked about the non-profit versus profit

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differences between the companies and going from there. The American Legion had a great update on

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the Veterans Park Project. And basically, Mr. Dodoro, 98% of that money goes to the local

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community from the American Legion, which is great. They're a great organization. Innovative

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Lawns, the owner, Mr. Eric, was there talking about that. And basically, they want to install

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a paper sidewalk that's 275 feet long, four feet wide from the parking area, encircling the flag,

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and install a knee wall with removal capstone so eventually they could accommodate memorials

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and monuments in there.

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And $33,625 is the amount, and they're willing to donate $9,000 to the city, which will allow

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75% to come from the city.

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They plan to hold a fundraiser, selling fireworks, and this is an older quote, but the members

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have been there for over 30 years and wanting American Legion to help.

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so mayor anderson said we could use maybe even tree bank money for that mr darty said uh doctor

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he said that that was possible uh mayor anderson there's enough money there to do it and this would

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be a good use of than using just pure tax money uh we talked about this a bunch of times vice mayor

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mcdonald commissioner hall fishing rodeo and all the things are great and thanks for going there

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and there's a lot of donations possibilities uh with this capstone and the veterans park

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which could be really cool too city manager report uh basically ice storm update uh there's

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five hundred thousand dollars for the removal and the total cost of 1.2 million dollars 75

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reimbursed by fema and this is on there three hundred thousand dollar if fema um does their

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part is what we're going to be on the hook for and another twelve and a half percent could come

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from there. So we might have $350,000 to take part of this. Um, and this is, you know, talking

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about the most economical thing to do and being responsible with our money. And he'll talk to the,

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you know, Patrick about the tree bank, who is the city attorney and see if we can pull from tree

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bank or reserve funds and what could be done, uh, on the landscaping, but this is definitely a

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different category. Commissioner Roberts brought up, uh, that, uh, yeah. Oh, there we go.

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Commissioner Roberts brought up the debris removal and how it can make the team in just one pass,

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and they can make another trip, talking about how we were picking up stuff around there.

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And they said that at direction from the city manager, they could go to hot spots.

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The contract, the cleanup, the park will start, if this is approved, on the 21st,

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and they estimating seven to eight weeks We think it be less than that but any other questions on the ice storm Commissioner Buffalini asked if there a grid of the city of showing the maps and routes

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so people can kind of know if they're on the list and coming.

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And they said, yes, there is some stuff that they could post.

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Commissioner Buffalini asked about using the tree fund, and then we're going to go back

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and go back and forth with that, talk about the tree fund and how it's funded.

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And the tree fund is funded when businesses come in and cut down trees and don't replace

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it and they make a deposit to help offset that.

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I mean, it's supposed to be used for landscaping and planting other trees.

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So we talked about the, you know, Commissioner Buffalini had a good one.

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He says, so we're using the tree fund that is used when trees are cut down to cut down

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more trees.

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And he's like, yeah, that's just the way we could think about it.

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Commissioner Roberts asked about how the debris removal and chipper service was all going to

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be kind of paired in there and that we're still running the chipper service in April

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and all those things are normal, but it's less than four inches in diameter. We're getting all

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that big stuff now in this debris removal. Commissioner Hall talked about the tree bank

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fund and how we might be able to borrow from it and use that for the emergencies and get

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reimbursed and wait for that FEMA money and TEMA money. Commissioner McDonald, he explains how the

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bid process and why we can't put this out to the bid, which is understandable. We went to the winner

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of the state bid. So that's the company that won the state bid is the one that's getting our money

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here from the city. And was also recommended by Williamson County. This cleanup has to be monitored

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and logged to be acceptable to the government for reimbursement. And they do this all the time in

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big storm cleanup. So they kind of chase storms. We could maybe get it cheaper than, you know,

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half a million dollars. But if we choose someone like that, that we need someone that is familiar

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with the reimbursement process, which is kind of the special sauce of this, so that we're not

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spending $500,000 or a million dollars out of the city money. We might be spending $150,000 in a

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best case scenario with this quote and $300,000 in a worst case scenario. Commissioner Roberts

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mentioned that we have a lot of questions and people are waiting and trying to get in there

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and trying to figure out what we can do. And we talked about that if we could partially open it

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and do all that and kind of went back and forth because Westwood is having its 25th anniversary.

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and we were trying to move some meetings around.

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So lots of stuff going on.

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Then city manager finally got off that

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and got on the historical village grant,

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which is in the process and is good to go

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and is ready to be sent off April 1st.

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And thanks for everybody for the LPRF grant

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that worked on it and we'll be good to go.

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City manager then got into the fire truck

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that has been moved up from August to May.

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Cumberland Securities is the one

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that won't affect this budget

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because of how they're getting the money

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and using the money.

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I have one question, you know, will we pay cash?

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We had two years of strong sales tax and consistent growth, and we plan to keep those revenues

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and use a capital avenue to do that.

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Commissioner Buffalini then asked, are you planning to have a watered down event for

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the new truck?

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And, you know, he didn't know what that was, but basically this is when they get a new

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truck, they wash it like ceremonial and get the community out there because it's a big

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deal.

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And the city manager said he'll check with Jeff Hughes and see what they're going to

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do.

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vice mayor mcdonald says you touched on it that we're stockpiling money to get ready for this

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fire truck but then the revenue changed so the cash is there how much cash will set aside and

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how how is it spent on other things and basically he was putting fifty thousand dollars a month in

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capital uh to save for this but then the operating revenue didn't um was at a shortfall so he used

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that and it grew double digits then by single digits now it's just at two percent when we talk

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about sales tax growth. And so basically, uh, as the city has grown, we've hired a lot more

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employees, a lot more police officers, everything like that. Our operating budget is much more

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expensive than it was just last year and the year before, and then call it even five years ago.

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So he's been here for a city manager has been here for almost three years. And, um, and so he's

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been saving the money to get ready because we knew this was coming because these trucks are like,

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good for every 15 years. And so we're going from there and it is there. And so now we're trying to

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figure out then Kevin McNaughton, Vice Mayor McDonald talked about, um, we're just wanting

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clarity on how the operating costs and how much, how that money has gone. And he said that we can

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have a special meeting to kind of talk into it. Um, because we don't have a choice really on the

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fire truck front because we paid, you know, we ordered it three years ago. Um, and so commissioner

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roberts asked you know what the budget items what the plan was and said there's still a lot of work

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to do this ice storm kind of delayed a lot of things uh just they can he's trying to make sure

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that fiscal year 26 is good before we start talking about 27 he's flexible to talk about

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at any time any questions anywhere from the fire truck to anything else then you talk about the

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welcome sign update and that they are almost done with the logo part of the construction

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in the next week or so and there was no questions on that the police training facility bid came back

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in. And basically they itemized it so that they could figure out which components they could

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afford and which components they couldn't, so they could still do that. And that's on that April

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2nd meeting coming up, that next board of commissioners. Commissioner Buffalini, he says,

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what was the total of the bids? The total for everything was 1.7 million and our budget was 1.2.

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And $1 million is, public safety is expensive when we were talking about the fire truck,

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because basically the fire truck, if we didn't have the fire truck, we could pay for the police

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training. If we didn't have the police training, we could pay for the fire truck. City manager said

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this on the list, but they hired an associate planner. His name's Nick and he starts first day

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is April 6th. He's originally from Virginia and has a lot of great experience as a young man.

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We'll be able to help them with GIS, which is the mapping software. That's cool.

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and the city manager said this is the one where kind of everything kind of fell apart and this

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is where the meeting went long city manager said this isn't on the list but we hired an associate

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or nope sorry at one hour and 20 minutes into this this was supposed to just be his five minute

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update the last thing is and now for me i'm going to have to cliff note some of this because this

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is almost an 30 plus minutes of conversation i did put the full transcript in here so if you want

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to read this, you know, no cliff notes version, but basically an anonymous email was sent in

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and said that there's a violation that the city manager violated policy 621.3 that state's

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employees are prohibited from directly supervising, occupying position in the line of supervision or

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being directly supervised by any other employees who is a relative or with whom has been involved

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in a personal or business relationship. And so his interpretation of that was that that meant that,

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you know, was it a direct report because the person that was hired was a son-in-law

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and works in the planning department and reports to the city planner. So that was the interpretation.

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He reached out to MTAS, which is a legal thing for state employees and do all that kind of stuff.

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and basically, you know, asked like, what's going on with that? And if it's there, he also talked to

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Patrick, the city attorney of like, what should I do? What's the possibility? And so one of the

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things they decided that he decided was to basically publicly disclose this. This was done

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over two years ago, once he had got hired. And, you know, basically this is an anti-nepotism policy.

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policy. And, uh, you know, mayor Anderson was like, you know, it would take a little bit is

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who, who, what's the intent of this city attorney talked about this, that this could be, there's all

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types of penalties that could be possible. It could be a, um, suspension for a couple of days,

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a suspension of pay for X days, an official report written up, um, you know, other damages

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or things and, you know, performance improvement programs, all those kinds of things, uh, or could

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be resignation and forced to seek resignation or forced resignation um but it's all up to the boc

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how that happens and so they kind of walked through every single thing there uh probably 20

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minutes of just that um and mayor anderson got up there and understood that you know i can see this

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where this could be missing and interpreted from there um but it was ultimately that uh it was

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it's it's up to the board of what they're going to do with this information and so they you know

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ask one thing you know I don't think it's anything that we have to decide tonight but you know I just

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wanted to make sure that I was clear and transparent which I mean we don't get this from regular

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politicians so I really really appreciate him doing that because that's pretty brave to go up

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publicly like that Mayor Anderson from the MTAS findings is there anyone that you know going from

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there. Basically, the city attorney brought up that since we've grown so much, this is where,

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you know, human resources department would be part of this as we've got to the number of employees

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where this could probably be there, but it would still be a similar issue. And that's because that

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HR person would still report to the city manager. And so then it wouldn't really change too much in

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that. Mayor Anderson didn't ask if they actually gave an opinion one way or another of how to

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remedy this? And they said, no, that's why he called me. That's why he called them, trying to

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find out what he needs to do, what they should do. Commissioner Roberts said, thank you so much for

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making this statement. And what's the relationship? It's the son-in-law. They kind of went back into

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that. We already talked about that. City attorney went back and forth, back and forth with that.

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Vice Mayor McDonald says, thank you for self-reporting this. And it takes a lot to raise

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your hand and say, hey, I did something wrong. But this is also, you know, two years ago. So it's

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been sitting there as a quote of violation from there and all the great things he's done for this

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city. And, you know, I may not agree with our city's growth and everything like that, but I

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cannot, you know, concede that he didn't do a lot for this city and kept things moving and organized

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and going. Yeah, you know, we can get, you know, riled up about Bowie Park and the bids and all

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that but in the real sense of the thing he's led the city and expanded the city and done some great

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things for us um so he he said you know he he understands the conflict and his integrity and

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you know he does all this and city manager basically kind of went through some more of the

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stuff there vice mayor mcdonald grin you know said thanks for you know talking about all this

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city attorney said he follow up and let it's up to a small town uh and you know what he's saying

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is correct with Vice Mayor McDonald and, you know, asking that and thanking that.

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And, you know, and then, you know, Mayor Anderson basically was getting into that, you know,

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whoever sent that thing was kind of a coward, obviously, for not, you know, being on the

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record and kind of dived into that a little bit.

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And then, you know, what are we going to do?

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And so, you know, thanks for doing, you know, bringing it up and we'll get into it.

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so then they just moved on uh you know big detour but you know kind of worked out and then we

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finally made it to like you know the agenda for you know the minutes from last meeting that was

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approved 5-0 um and then 62-25 was deferred a deferment was recommended by the board of

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commissioners this was this adam subdivision the city planner said that they didn't get some stuff

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done in time. So they were there. Uh, then the 20, 20, 26, Oh two under old business. This was,

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um, the, let's see, where is this? Oh, this is the amending the zoning map and development code.

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And this was all going back and forth from there. And it got kind of, they went back and forth on

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a amendment that commissioner hall wanted, which is where 20% of the homes are built on grade to

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help 55 plus and then they went back and forth of like how you can't control like what someone

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builds and everything in between there um so i was definitely part of it going back and forth there

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lots of stuff you know i'm trying to keep this this this could be an hour plus update of this

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meeting to try to talk about everything that happened in four hours um but then one thing

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that got confusing is they were thought that there was a question at hand and so then it failed uh

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two, three, uh, when they voted on it and, uh, Mr. Hall Buffalini and Mayor Anderson thought that

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it was the motion to reconsider this question. And so then the city attorney said, Hey, if you do

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this, then this is, you know, X days that we have to wait. And they said, you know, then they made a

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motion to reconsider that past five zero. And then the actual motion to pass, uh, you know, was, uh,

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five zero after that. So basically, uh, keep the development code process working because otherwise

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that cancels the April 2nd, which is that final reading, which is an important one for everyone to

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go to. And then ordinance 202601, pass 5-0. This is the Horn Tavern Road, which is why those people

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were there, 62.53 acres. And this is going from RS-40 to RS-15. And we had the staff recommendations

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and it doesn't say how many homes it is,

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but with RS 15, obviously they could probably stuff

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about 80 to 100 plus houses in there.

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So that was deferred or passed from there.

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And they said that this is more than 30 units

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and they were talking about which development code it will be and then there still one more to go from there And so they waiting to get that all done And then there was a public hearing And this was talking about the

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one of the pieces of property 5.38 acres on Northwest Highway. And this is another 14 homes

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this past three, two with Buffalini and Roberts both saying nay. Basically they talk about this

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is this is orange shire expansion uh which they've been on here on the planning commission as they

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were annexed and the board of commissioners when they annexed and now the rezoning when they were

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uh done to annexing and all that so they've been there a couple times and that's rep allison there

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new business 1126 past five zero is the board of commissioners talking about the um site development

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plan for fairview self-storage so basically an updated plan of how the layout's going to be

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resolution 1226 past five zero um this is uh as we look to the kind of like talking about the

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balancing of the budget this was how we could use a capital outlay um and cumberland securities was

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there talking about this so this was mentioned before in the city manager update early above this

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and how all this kind of ties into there and it's 3.85 for 12 year notes uh and you'll use that

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money, you know, open it up May 1st. So they'll have the money and time to get the, uh, get the

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truck and everything like that. So next thing was resolution 1326, this past five zero. Uh,

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basically this was a resolution to go in unity with other cities in Williamson County that

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disagree with the state and the County. And there's a bill HB 24129, um, that commissioner

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Buffalini said that it should be dead on the Hill because it failed in committee. Um, but

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basically Spring Hill and a couple other cities have stood up to this and basically saying,

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in simple terms, is that Fairview can't annex things in the county because they don't know

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what the development and growth boundaries are, that Williamson County and those commissioners

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should be in charge of how things are annexed to the city and rezoned and everything like that.

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And so this was a symbolic vote, hopefully, that's not needed, but it's kind of interesting.

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This is kind of when big government goes wild a little bit and Williamson County is starting to become big government is apparently what it seems like there.

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Resolution 1426 passed 5-0.

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This was an agreement that was basically saying that we support ERs coming to Fairview, either one of them.

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So TriStar and Ascension are both called out in here.

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um there's it's still interesting that we think the dma campus you know that'll probably could

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still happen i think ascension may have shotgun um but we'll have to see more there uh resolution

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1526 uh five zero this was deferred till april 2nd and basically you know we're wanting to find

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out what's happening from there and uh you know talking about the trails and um yeah i like a

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commissioner or vice mayor mcdonald saying you know if we try to partially open the park because

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this is related to the park uh in the bid to start that construction or start the um cutting down of

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all this stuff that if we do that uh that you know people are going to people and if we just try to

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open up the area that's there one of the park team came out there and said you know all the stuff is

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is it's all there uh and so we couldn't just open up the nature center and the playground because

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there's lots of things there they're going to start there as part of this cleanup process

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the city manager also had to make a phone call during there and had him you know one of the guys

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john on the phone talking about the general fund balance is you know three million dollars and

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you know we could use such of that and then there's all kinds of ways that we're waiting

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for fema money and that can take 18 to 36 percent or 36 months and then we're talking about how we

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can use the bond and how we can get a loan for that and you know yeah it's going to use interest

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but it'll help the capital outlay. And this is for the buoy part. So basically we're talking

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about spending, you know, $3 million in this one meeting, a million dollars on the fire truck,

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million dollars on the cleanup of buoy and a million dollars for the police training facility.

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And I guess technically a million dollars, well, that was already approved for the cleanup of just

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the city of where they're driving around. So they wanted more details. Vice man McDonald was probably

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the most critical going back and forth and Commissioner Roberts and Buffalini and going

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back and forth of what we can do with the city manager, city attorney of like, what's the best

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way to borrow this money and use this money, how to get the park open, what's the liabilities. Can

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we just put signs up here that say, don't go this way? Um, you know, and so it went back and forth,

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back and forth, back and forth, but this is deferred, uh, to the April 2nd meeting because

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they're hoping to get better quotes and everything like that. And then the round table, basically,

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as we wrap this long, long four-hour meeting up, Commissioner Hall said thanks for everybody for

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everything they do and trying to get the park back open. Commissioner Roberts mentioned the

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Fairview's High Little Mermaid is next week. And the next reading is the development code and final

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reading is April 2nd. So make sure we're ready with clear motions and amendments because they

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talked about Mr. Hall's amendment of the grading for 15 plus minutes or so of going back and forth.

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So we need the clear and concise amendments so that when we come up to talk about this,

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We can talk about those specific amendments, say yay or nay to those, and then get this

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thing passed and get going.

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And then Commissioner Buffalini talked about thanking HCA and Ascension Health to come

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there, talked about the naming street initiative that him and Bert have done on April 2nd.

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He's doing that.

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And a future workshop to possibly talk about the dates of the Christmas tree lighting and

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Christmas parade because they conflict with Franklin.

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So some teams and bands here in Fairview have to split their teams to participate in each

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one.

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maybe we can make it more like the parade to city square and then use that as the lighting event and

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make it kind of our signature event vice mayor mcdonald said thanks to everyone who came especially

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on the horn tavern side and he said you know he appreciates them coming and he'll try to respond

398
00:34:03,856 --> 00:34:09,016
to them all and try to set up a meeting to help understand their concerns and dive into that more

399
00:34:09,016 --> 00:34:15,636
which is great so it's good to see but sometimes this stuff is it's hard because you know the city

400
00:34:15,636 --> 00:34:20,416
has to pass some of this stuff as long as it meets the requirements so unless they do something and

401
00:34:20,416 --> 00:34:25,956
they don't meet the requirements then that's when it goes in there mayor anderson got on here um

402
00:34:25,956 --> 00:34:32,796
and uh asked about told mr buffalini that he may need to check with 9-1-1 because they control how

403
00:34:32,796 --> 00:34:39,236
streets are named uh and how that is in there uh we also wanted to voting you know brought up why

404
00:34:39,236 --> 00:34:43,436
she voted nay on the zoning ordinance because she thought it was a question for a motion

405
00:34:43,436 --> 00:34:48,816
and not the motion itself. She talked about how the Easter egg hunt has moved back to City Hall.

406
00:34:49,236 --> 00:34:54,396
And this was because the FRA is having its anniversary that same time at the ball field.

407
00:34:54,396 --> 00:34:58,796
And then it was back and forth. And we were just trying to work with them since Bowie Parks closed.

408
00:34:59,416 --> 00:35:03,456
And that's why that signs down at the bottom of City Hall. So make sure you go there.

409
00:35:04,356 --> 00:35:09,496
So next town meeting updates, you know, kind of saying. So our next big one is April 2nd,

410
00:35:09,496 --> 00:35:15,856
board of commissioners. April 14th is planning commission. The April 2nd board of agenda is

411
00:35:15,856 --> 00:35:22,396
basically we got debris removal has been moved to that meeting for old business, that 1526.

412
00:35:23,216 --> 00:35:27,716
2602 is the development code. It's going to be that kind of final reading. So this is where it

413
00:35:27,716 --> 00:35:33,136
gets basically becomes law in our city. New business, we've got talking about the street

414
00:35:33,136 --> 00:35:41,916
naming stuff uh from mr buffalini uh in 2026 04 is um where is this guy northwest highway 2.78

415
00:35:41,916 --> 00:35:49,496
acres uh and 31.9 acres and 29.7 so it's like a john warden so this i think should be the orange

416
00:35:49,496 --> 00:35:55,036
shire thing getting all glued together now uh since it's all been annexed to the city and all that

417
00:35:55,036 --> 00:36:01,716
we'll have to see what that one is in detail there and then 2026 05 is four acres on fernvale road

418
00:36:01,716 --> 00:36:10,876
and this is going from rs10 to r20 uh one to two family residential to single family so it's getting

419
00:36:10,876 --> 00:36:18,036
uh it's getting less dense uh which is good so kind of really for looking forward to see that

420
00:36:18,036 --> 00:36:24,996
because that's does it happen uh that often 20606 is two acres on horn tavern road so this is just

421
00:36:24,996 --> 00:36:31,376
another thing there and this is going from rs40 to rs50 so basically condo kind of townhome things

422
00:36:31,376 --> 00:36:41,236
uh in 2026 07 this is two acres on horn tavern road to another two acres on 7703 7711 so basically

423
00:36:41,236 --> 00:36:46,736
you got like 60 acres from the previous meeting plus these two two acre things that are going to

424
00:36:46,736 --> 00:36:54,976
go both go uh to rs15 or r15 where they're going to stuff more even more houses so uh there's

425
00:36:54,976 --> 00:36:59,356
basically three developments right now on horn tavern road and triple c road that are going to

426
00:36:59,356 --> 00:37:04,436
affect them in a big way. And it's happening. Board of Commissioners Town Hall is at the end

427
00:37:04,436 --> 00:37:08,956
of the month, April 30th. April 6th is the Landscape Board, which we'll hear more about

428
00:37:08,956 --> 00:37:15,216
that Veterans Park stuff. April 8th is Around Town Coffee. No location yet. And yeah, here we go.

429
00:37:16,036 --> 00:37:22,156
The state of Tennessee. Well, Homeland Security shutdown and TSA continues to make travel times

430
00:37:22,156 --> 00:37:28,996
very wildly. You know, I got to travel through there and even at 350 in the morning with a

431
00:37:28,996 --> 00:37:37,056
450 flight leaving. It was packed and TSA pre was only down to two scanners. Clear was closed

432
00:37:37,056 --> 00:37:42,396
and the other line was wrapped around there. The governor's race is definitely on. Senator

433
00:37:42,396 --> 00:37:48,116
Marsha Blackburn cruised the Senate reelection in 2024, spending over $10 million. But unlike

434
00:37:48,116 --> 00:37:52,376
previous years, the money didn't stop flowing after those votes were counted. After the election,

435
00:37:52,516 --> 00:37:57,016
Blackburn's campaign account remained one of the largest spenders in the U.S. Senate,

436
00:37:57,016 --> 00:38:02,956
doing nearly $3.2 million from December 24th through August 2025

437
00:38:02,956 --> 00:38:09,516
when she announced her gubernatorial campaign, the Election Commission shows.

438
00:38:10,716 --> 00:38:16,876
Tennessee House Republicans are seeking to lower the governor's private school voucher by $5,000

439
00:38:16,876 --> 00:38:18,656
in an effort to cut expenses.

440
00:38:19,296 --> 00:38:24,216
Representative Ryan Williams confirmed today he filed an amendment that would reduce the proposed increase

441
00:38:24,216 --> 00:38:29,976
to a total of 15,000 next year instead of 20, rather than the 40,000 that was requested.

442
00:38:30,336 --> 00:38:31,956
So, you know, it's backing it down a little bit.

443
00:38:32,736 --> 00:38:36,216
President Donald Trump and members of his administration went to Memphis today

444
00:38:36,216 --> 00:38:40,396
and praised the efforts by the federal agents and National Guard members to patrol the city

445
00:38:40,396 --> 00:38:43,036
and some of the stuff since September.

446
00:38:43,596 --> 00:38:46,436
NES is getting in more trouble from there.

447
00:38:46,936 --> 00:38:51,056
But, you know, one of the things there that for him being in Memphis

448
00:38:51,056 --> 00:38:53,596
is he also went to Graceland and signed a guitar.

449
00:38:54,216 --> 00:39:12,216
Healthcare pharmacy chain CVS has spent over $1.3 million on political TV advertisements across Tennessee to push back the bill aimed at targeting its ownership of a PBM, pharmacy benefit management, the Federal Communication Commission public inspection file show.

450
00:39:12,216 --> 00:39:21,136
So Tennessee lawmakers want to ban a pharmacy from also owning the PBM, which makes sense because that PBM is who sets the price.

451
00:39:21,256 --> 00:39:24,316
They're setting their own price, and then that sets the price to the customer.

452
00:39:25,176 --> 00:39:26,616
So the bills.

453
00:39:26,616 --> 00:39:32,616
Well, this is definitely one of the busiest days in months with over 18 things going on.

454
00:39:33,376 --> 00:39:38,916
And the agenda just today, this one is noted from the health care subcommittee.

455
00:39:38,916 --> 00:40:01,636
So HB 2558 by Lamberth, and this is related to SB 2246 by Johnson Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities, amends TCA Act 4, Title 4, Title 33, Title 56, Title 63, Title 68, 61, 70, 985 of the public acts of 2024.

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00:40:01,636 --> 00:40:24,836
as introduced, increases from 15 to 30 days, the time before the originally scheduled health care commission meeting at which applicant's certificate of need application is to be heard by the commission by which which a health care institution wishing to oppose such an application must file a written notice within the commission.

457
00:40:24,836 --> 00:40:34,056
and which the applicants published letter of intent and in a newspaper of general circulation in the proposed service area,

458
00:40:34,796 --> 00:40:37,276
project must be contained without notice.

459
00:40:37,276 --> 00:40:43,356
So pretty interesting there that that happened to be going on when we're battling the double ERs.

460
00:40:43,876 --> 00:40:49,956
Basically, almost every committee met the Senate government, criminal justice committee,

461
00:40:49,956 --> 00:40:55,076
Commerce Committee, Senate Transportation, Senate Judiciary, Finance, Ways and Means,

462
00:40:55,216 --> 00:40:59,096
Public Service, Insurance Committee, the Health Committee, which is where that was from,

463
00:40:59,596 --> 00:41:04,976
looking at their agenda, Judiciary Committee, City and State Local Committee, State and Local

464
00:41:04,976 --> 00:41:11,336
Government, Education, Criminal Justice, and the K-12 Subcommittee. Well, how's the hill? Well,

465
00:41:11,396 --> 00:41:16,016
you know, it's definitely passable. We're back to normal, and it's been hot, then chilly,

466
00:41:16,016 --> 00:41:20,996
but I think we're kinda in spring and then summer at the same time.

467
00:41:20,996 --> 00:41:28,236
This week the weather guessers are predicting highs from 59 to 85 and lows from 35 to 63

468
00:41:28,236 --> 00:41:31,696
with rain forecasted on Friday in the evening.

469
00:41:31,696 --> 00:41:32,696
New business?

470
00:41:32,696 --> 00:41:43,754
Well nothing new really spotted You know Jingo Java has still moved over to Uncle Lenny and Vigilance Martial Arts is at Publix Ace Hardware is getting a lot closer Looks like they almost getting ready to pave there

471
00:41:44,234 --> 00:41:47,934
Thompson Kitchen also announced that they own the building instead of leasing it.

472
00:41:48,034 --> 00:41:50,214
And that's a great for them and the community.

473
00:41:50,854 --> 00:41:55,094
They are our fancy sit-down restaurant and they do a great job over there.

474
00:41:55,434 --> 00:42:01,854
And it's always nice to see that parking lot filled up on the front and the back on the weekends there and around the weekend.

475
00:42:01,854 --> 00:42:07,374
There's still a couple of properties for sale. There's still just two for sale on Dragstrip

476
00:42:07,374 --> 00:42:13,874
Road and Loblawley Pine Boulevard. And then there's a lease for 7610 on Dragstrip Boulevard

477
00:42:13,874 --> 00:42:20,874
and on Fairview Boulevard. Two of them on there. And that one of the ones is where behind Dunkin'

478
00:42:20,874 --> 00:42:26,334
Donuts and Dos Margaritas is that no one's been able to lease yet there too. 1890 Golf Club is

479
00:42:26,334 --> 00:42:31,414
rocking and rolling. Still advertising there. Unity Chiropractic. We spotted that in the job

480
00:42:31,414 --> 00:42:35,974
openings a couple shows ago has their sign up on the on there by Papa John's and Cornerstone

481
00:42:35,974 --> 00:42:40,674
Financial in the farmer's market make sure you go to the farmer's market every Saturday morning

482
00:42:40,674 --> 00:42:45,354
8 a.m to 12 p.m at Messick Chiropractic and Fairview Fresh Deli Donuts located across the

483
00:42:45,354 --> 00:42:50,134
road from Publix there are so many good places to get breads treats local beef pork fruits and

484
00:42:50,134 --> 00:42:56,374
vegetables along with hot sauce fishing lures and other gifts our local brick and mortar highlight

485
00:42:56,374 --> 00:43:03,414
this time is Wilson Lumber since 1949. So they have been bumping for 75 years, has been partnered

486
00:43:03,414 --> 00:43:09,474
with residential commercial builders who value reliability, focus guidance, long-term relationship

487
00:43:09,474 --> 00:43:14,374
is more than just building materials at Wilson Lumber. We help protect schedules in an industry

488
00:43:14,374 --> 00:43:19,154
where delays, miscommunication, and shifting markets can derail momentum. Our role is to

489
00:43:19,154 --> 00:43:23,894
simply provide you what you need, when you need it, and communicate clearly every step of the way.

490
00:43:23,894 --> 00:43:35,914
They have done a lot for the community with some of their donations over the years, and you can see that on some Eagle Scout projects around town and other service-related projects over the years from other clubs.

491
00:43:36,514 --> 00:43:39,134
Job openings, well, there's still 44 openings.

492
00:43:39,394 --> 00:43:51,874
Basically, every service place here in town, every store, every restaurant has pretty much an opening, I guess other than like Thompson Kitchen, Dos Margaritas, La Plaza, and Canos.

493
00:43:51,874 --> 00:43:57,914
so yeah pretty much everywhere from pizza hut to taco bell pilot uh cornerstone financial

494
00:43:57,914 --> 00:44:03,714
jingo market dixon medical associates bill at boys and girls club there's still a city park

495
00:44:03,714 --> 00:44:10,034
maintenance crew position and a police officer the city uh assistant city planner was filled

496
00:44:10,034 --> 00:44:16,914
and uh but yeah so there's all kinds of stuff there history nugget uh 1761 peace was finally

497
00:44:16,914 --> 00:44:22,354
established between the English and the Cherokee here. The Longhunters explored the eastern Tennessee

498
00:44:22,354 --> 00:44:27,414
and the Cumberland River Gap, contracted by the Henderson Company of North Carolina.

499
00:44:28,034 --> 00:44:33,714
They were called the Longhunters because of their hunting expeditions that lasted up to two years.

500
00:44:34,534 --> 00:44:42,014
In 1763, the Proclamation of 1763 forbade all settlements to the west of the Appalachians.

501
00:44:42,014 --> 00:44:47,134
and so obviously something has to happen for us to keep going so we'll see what's going to happen

502
00:44:47,134 --> 00:44:56,814
there uh and then we scroll past a little bit here and uh i got a fun segment for this uh next show

503
00:44:56,814 --> 00:45:02,194
but we'll do that upcoming events well uh skate night looked like it went was a hit uh at the

504
00:45:02,194 --> 00:45:07,974
rec center based on the post that they had and some people that had tagged it uh things are busy

505
00:45:07,974 --> 00:45:09,874
at the middle school and high school.

506
00:45:10,034 --> 00:45:12,474
There's so many sports that are in full swing right now.

507
00:45:12,614 --> 00:45:14,674
So many teams are having games.

508
00:45:15,214 --> 00:45:17,834
It's almost nightly at home or away

509
00:45:17,834 --> 00:45:19,474
for many of the teams right now.

510
00:45:19,954 --> 00:45:22,174
If you look at the schedule on our website,

511
00:45:22,334 --> 00:45:24,274
you can kind of see everything overlaid

512
00:45:24,274 --> 00:45:27,354
from at least the high school

513
00:45:27,354 --> 00:45:28,594
and some of the middle school stuff

514
00:45:28,594 --> 00:45:29,834
gets posted through there too.

515
00:45:30,854 --> 00:45:32,174
Bowie Park is still closed.

516
00:45:32,594 --> 00:45:34,654
Easter Egg Hunt is back at City Hall

517
00:45:34,654 --> 00:45:36,974
at 10 a.m. on the 28th.

518
00:45:36,974 --> 00:45:42,394
Uh, there's a sign up there and, uh, you know, Commissioner Buffalini also reminded me about

519
00:45:42,394 --> 00:45:46,454
shooting me a message, uh, cause we had flip-flop so many times there.

520
00:45:46,754 --> 00:45:51,714
There's still supposed to be arts and crafts fair May 2nd and May, uh, in Bowie park, which

521
00:45:51,714 --> 00:45:56,514
I think would have to get canceled May 16th, uh, movie night at Bowie park.

522
00:45:56,634 --> 00:45:58,994
We'll have to see, uh, that might be able to be happen.

523
00:45:59,154 --> 00:46:00,294
Both could happen, I guess.

524
00:46:00,494 --> 00:46:02,754
And it is tis the season for elections.

525
00:46:02,754 --> 00:46:06,734
So make sure that early voting is April 15th through 30th.

526
00:46:06,734 --> 00:46:08,134
And that is our county primary.

527
00:46:08,294 --> 00:46:13,794
And July 17th through August 1st is early voting for the state primary and the county general.

528
00:46:13,954 --> 00:46:23,594
And then finally, October 14th through 29th is the federal state and general municipal election date there with November 3rd being the real day there.

529
00:46:24,834 --> 00:46:25,074
But, yeah.

530
00:46:25,374 --> 00:46:25,974
All right.

531
00:46:26,014 --> 00:46:30,434
For the kids, there's still tons of activities and sports here in Fairview to keep your kids engaged.

532
00:46:30,434 --> 00:46:35,274
There are some cheer programs, recreation teams for baseball, basketball, softball, football, and many others.

533
00:46:35,394 --> 00:46:38,674
There's a thriving Girl Scouts and Scouting America program here in Fairview.

534
00:46:38,994 --> 00:46:43,034
If you have a homeschooler, make sure you're always checking out the Bowie Park schedule for clubs that meet there.

535
00:46:43,494 --> 00:46:50,354
If you have kids that are interested in dance, gymnastics, or cheer, please check out La La's Dance Studio and Elevate Gymnastics and Cheer.

536
00:46:50,974 --> 00:46:55,694
Vigilance Martial Arts is our local taekwondo and jiu-jitsu school that teaches way more than just moves.

537
00:46:55,694 --> 00:47:08,654
The Fairview Youth Jacket Wrestling Program has created a lot of state champions and some college scholarships recipients, and they offer a lot of cool summer programs, too, if you're interested in that.

538
00:47:10,054 --> 00:47:19,874
Yay Camp is coming up at the theater there, and this is the Young Actors Early Summer Theater Camp at Independence High School.

539
00:47:19,874 --> 00:47:21,534
This was posted on Williamson County.

540
00:47:21,714 --> 00:47:23,414
This is K through 8th graders.

541
00:47:24,274 --> 00:47:26,414
And this is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

542
00:47:26,514 --> 00:47:30,694
Sign up by June 15th to get all that at $250 per camper.

543
00:47:31,254 --> 00:47:33,014
These are kind of real fun to do.

544
00:47:33,354 --> 00:47:34,954
And we've got that in the show notes.

545
00:47:35,794 --> 00:47:44,534
And then another thing that's important is April 18th, Bone and Joint Institute is going to be at Fairview High at 11 a.m.

546
00:47:44,834 --> 00:47:47,514
And that will be where you can get your sports physical done.

547
00:47:47,514 --> 00:47:53,614
So you can sign up there at BJIT.org and you can find info there and we've gotten the show notes.

548
00:47:54,174 --> 00:47:54,894
School news.

549
00:47:55,014 --> 00:47:57,534
Well, we're just waiting for Good Friday.

550
00:47:57,834 --> 00:48:01,574
This coming up next week, May 21st is our last day of school.

551
00:48:01,674 --> 00:48:03,034
So we're only a couple of weeks left.

552
00:48:03,714 --> 00:48:04,534
Hawk and Tiger news.

553
00:48:04,634 --> 00:48:07,594
No new news since last week other than Westwood turning 25.

554
00:48:07,894 --> 00:48:12,474
And they're getting ready for do some ceremonies with that because they even talked about that at the Board of Commissioners.

555
00:48:13,374 --> 00:48:14,574
And so we'll go from there.

556
00:48:15,054 --> 00:48:15,614
Falcon news.

557
00:48:15,614 --> 00:48:16,914
The newsletter was on time.

558
00:48:16,914 --> 00:48:20,094
March 31st is when your yearbook orders are due.

559
00:48:21,194 --> 00:48:28,134
And the Daryl Waltrip group has partnered with the middle school to drive away hungry.

560
00:48:28,334 --> 00:48:33,234
March 16th to April 2nd, the Fairview Middle School has chosen GraceWorks.

561
00:48:33,334 --> 00:48:35,554
GraceWorks does all kinds of awesome stuff.

562
00:48:35,674 --> 00:48:38,234
And so you've got a list of all the things they need.

563
00:48:38,294 --> 00:48:39,354
It's kind of the normal stuff.

564
00:48:39,354 --> 00:48:47,714
But, you know, another thing is kind of like, you know, snacks and microwavable meats and stuff like that.

565
00:48:47,914 --> 00:48:51,254
Diapers of all sizes, household cleaners, box meals.

566
00:48:52,354 --> 00:48:54,414
McTeacher Night is April 1st.

567
00:48:54,714 --> 00:48:57,914
So we're excited that McTeacher Night had so much fun seeing students.

568
00:48:58,214 --> 00:49:02,354
This is 15% of the proceeds go back to FMS towards PBIS.

569
00:49:02,954 --> 00:49:04,774
And we'll have the apple pies.

570
00:49:04,874 --> 00:49:07,474
So come and join us April 4th from 430 to 730.

571
00:49:07,514 --> 00:49:08,214
We'll see you there.

572
00:49:08,214 --> 00:49:13,954
the FMS awards are coming soon so if your student is nominated you will be notified soon May 20th

573
00:49:13,954 --> 00:49:20,874
will be the class of 2030 promotion play auditions for Charlotte's Web start April 9th through 11th

574
00:49:20,874 --> 00:49:28,994
if you're interested there was a track meet at earlier this week for some of the middle school

575
00:49:28,994 --> 00:49:34,594
kids on Wednesday on the show on the show day today congratulations to the following that you

576
00:49:34,594 --> 00:49:41,274
know made their artwork uh that is wrapped up officially now at the frisk museum and thursday

577
00:49:41,274 --> 00:49:47,414
march 26 there's a varsity baseball game versus heritage a jv baseball away game at heritage

578
00:49:47,414 --> 00:49:54,314
softball home game versus heritage and soccer home game versus heritage so basically doing

579
00:49:54,314 --> 00:50:03,374
four sports at once at heritage and here at the same time february friday is the falcon uh pride

580
00:50:03,374 --> 00:50:06,594
schedule, which means the student council is doing their student council convention.

581
00:50:07,354 --> 00:50:13,534
And we're also so excited to announce that on the Falcon Family Night, our student mixer,

582
00:50:13,674 --> 00:50:16,394
both students and families are invited to join us for special events.

583
00:50:16,754 --> 00:50:19,694
There'll be a chance to hang out, enjoy games, activities, and music.

584
00:50:19,854 --> 00:50:20,894
And Kona Ice will be there.

585
00:50:20,894 --> 00:50:23,914
And that's March 30th, 530 to 630.

586
00:50:24,694 --> 00:50:27,434
And April 13th, 530 to 630.

587
00:50:27,434 --> 00:50:34,474
and then they sent a huge list of events of when tcap stuff starts like in april 21st

588
00:50:34,474 --> 00:50:40,614
when each grade is going to have their special lunch and pretty much the end of the year like

589
00:50:40,614 --> 00:50:47,074
almost every single thing so uh it's it's good stuff um so they're going to be busy jacket news

590
00:50:47,074 --> 00:50:53,574
well we got the newsletter this week but it had a bad s'more leak so it did not work it's still

591
00:50:53,574 --> 00:50:59,594
ACT's time, so do that. Prom is April 18th, so make sure you're getting that. That's juniors and

592
00:50:59,594 --> 00:51:04,454
seniors only. Yearbooks need to be purchased before April 3rd. There'll be a mandatory

593
00:51:04,454 --> 00:51:11,454
parent and player meeting for the high school Lady Jackets soccer team on April 9th at 6 p.m.

594
00:51:11,454 --> 00:51:17,434
at the High School Performing Arts Center. And there's still the high school PTO is still seeking

595
00:51:17,434 --> 00:51:22,514
people to volunteer, and they need a president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary.

596
00:51:22,514 --> 00:51:30,574
and that is fvhsparents at gmail.com and march 25th was their last meeting so that's today

597
00:51:30,574 --> 00:51:36,254
and there's a link here in the qr code to sign up for all that and senior jackets and rings and all

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that are coming up well faith moment um i think uh this one i this week i heard the message from

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our very own one church home by ian gilchrist about he said it uh and it was his faith journey

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and how it started on Easter.

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And as we were just a week away, I thought that this was perfect.

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I have the full sermon linked in the show notes,

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but at this time I think I just wanted to bring the intro to the show

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because God came and made a way.

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And I think the way he explains from his point of view

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and how we try to make things kind of overcomplicated.

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But I think it was kind of a good message

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and definitely tune in to the rest of it.

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But here we go.

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I am really excited. I love this season. I love this time of year because it was a transformative

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time in my life that I said yes to Jesus 18 years ago this coming Easter Sunday.

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And so it holds a dear place in my heart, right? Like I love the preaching of the word. I love

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the power of the preaching of the word. I love the worship. I love the gathering. And there's the,

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this time of year is so full of opportunity to change. Like I was lost and then I got found.

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I was in bondage and I was set free. Like I was a slave and then I became a son. Like, like

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that's wild. And if I'm honest about it, the reason I have such a passion for this and why

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I love this season is because it makes me get a little bit reflective and honest.

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Like I'll never forget when I said yes to Jesus, I don't remember what the sermon was about. I just

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know Pastor Steve preached it. I was right in front of this pulpit and I respond to the gospel

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and things were simple, right? My life, like religion was simple. I love Jesus and Jesus loves me.

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Thank you, God, that I am, I didn't even mean for that to rhyme, free.

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It's just in you, you know? Like it was so, it was just a simple gospel. Like I don't know him,

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now I know him. And like I could, I'd walk out and I just wanted to testify, right? Like how many

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people remember you got saved and then like, you just want to tell somebody about it. Like,

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like it was a simple reaction to a simple, beautiful invitation that you responded to.

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And luckily I had great leaders and pastors that, that ushered me and shepherded me and pushed me

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and drove me to learn and grow and develop and all that. But like, I just sometimes want to go

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back to the simple gospel and say, oh yeah, that's it. I've gone years of being in the church and

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groups and leading and doing and performing Christianity and doing all this stuff and

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helping people along the way. I've been to college and Bible college and grad school. Like I've been

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to all these things and I've learned all, I've forgotten more about theology than I remember.

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but I maintain this one irrevocable truth about the gospel that God came and made a way where

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there was no way. He lived a life. He died a death and he rose three days later, conquering death,

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hell and the grave for all time. Like that's the gospel. That's the good news. And what happens,

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if we're honest, probably not to you, probably just to me, is along the way we're doing and

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doing and doing and serving and teaching and leading and growing and learning. And we kind

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of make it over complicated. Does anybody want to agree with that? We make it over complicated.

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It's so complicated.

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You gotta be here, you gotta look a certain way,

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you gotta dress a certain way,

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you gotta talk a certain way,

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you gotta post a certain way,

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you gotta act a certain way.

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And we develop this narrative in the church

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that we would never have held ourselves to

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back in the day.

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We expect people to come in and learn our language

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and understand our culture,

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and yet we so complicate things

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that we lose sight of the simplicity

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of what brought us home in the first place. And again, I'm not putting it on you. I'm saying,

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I have this tendency. I want to talk about these things that are really important.

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That's scatology. And then, you know, we want to talk about the end times and deciphering the end

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times. Like, you know, one thing that's for sure is like, I'm not sure what's going to happen

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because it hasn't happened yet. A hundred percent sure it's not happened because it's out there.

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But what I know to be true is what has happened, that God made a promise in a garden and he fulfilled it on a cross.

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Now, I'm not saying don't study the end of, do that, man.

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Like there books and all but like I get so caught up in out here that I lose sight of already what has been done what has been finished and so this time of year is always just a it a balancing back to center for me going I know there some great stuff out here I know there some things we got to

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grow in out here. I know there's some ways to sell, but like this great simple gospel,

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that's what really changes everything. That's what really transforms life.

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we can argue about the color of the well we don't have any carpet but

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we could argue about all the different things and how we do this and church and this and polity and

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all that stuff but like the one thing that is is just the most important is this Jesus that came

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out of a grave the prophecies you know well somebody's prophesying and this is a prophecy

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but this I love prophecy I love the gift of prophecy I love all the gifts of the spirit I

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won all the gifts of the Spirit. But there's one prophecy that is way more important than any other

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prophecy you'll ever hear. And it's the prophetic word of promise that a Savior would come.

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And because he said yes, because he fulfilled that prophetic word, everything else is on the table.

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But I get so caught up over here, sometimes I lose sight of just the beauty and the power

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of the resurrected Jesus And so over the next couple weeks we want to start unpacking the undeniable confident assurance we have in God redemptive plan for humanity

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Exploring what he said and then comparing that to what actually happened.

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building a foundation to prepare us to then come into this place on Resurrection Sunday

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and proclaim the good news of this resurrected King and see people's life get transformed forever.

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Amen? I think that's a worthy way to spend a few weeks. And I think it's so profound because,

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again, so many of these stories, we kind of remember from a flannel graph or maybe we've

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watched a show and we've seen it play out. We spend time, like, right? And like, we're going

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to go into studying one of the epistles after this, after Resurrection Sunday. So it's like,

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it's great. Church, how to do church, how to live, how to glorify Jesus, all that. But like,

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sometimes we just need the reminder of, oh yeah, look what God did. And look what God has done.

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And when we do that it draws our eyes up to behold him and to see him and then experience him in a way we haven before Welcome back I think the overcomplication of many things come into play in our churches these days And I think we get so caught up in all the things but there are so many great things in the simple gospel and in the world and in the word and how it transforms our lives

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And I think it's a good message and you should probably finish it.

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But, you know, we knew that this episode was going to go long once we saw that that one thing was over four hours long.

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