* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] A UH, [1. CALL TO ORDER] LIVE WEBCAST OF THE MEETING MAY BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. A NOTICE AGENDA AND INFORMATION ON THE CITY OF NASHVILLE CITY'S WEBSITE INFORM A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT THEY MAY SUBMIT A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR A PUBLIC COMMENT ON A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM. UM, AND SINCE THIS IS A, UM, SPECIAL MEETING, IT CAN ONLY BE TO A ONLY TO A SPECIFIC ITEMS. UM, SO WE NEED TO DO IN PERSON WITH, UH, WHEN THE SALMON COLORED SLIPS. UH, EMAIL NO LATER THAN FOUR HOURS. AND THEN, UH, IF WE NEED SPANISH TRANSLATION, PLEASE SEE A CITY CLERK. UH, IF YOU NEED A HEADSET, ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PUBLISHED ON THE CITY WEBSITE IF RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE. WITH THAT, CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANI. COUNCIL MEMBER ANI, YOU ALWAYS CATCH ME. I'M HERE, MA'AM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ. PRESENT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA PRESENT, VICE MAYOR BUSH HERE. MAYOR MARSON. PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WITH THAT, IF WE COULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. UH, MAYOR MOLINA, WOULD YOU PLEASE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS? ONE NATION, ANOTHER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. ALRIGHT, UM, NEXT WE [4. PUBLIC COMMENT] GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENTS. PUBLIC COMMENTS. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE SPECIFIC TO AGENDA ITEMS ONLY. UM, AND THEY HAVE TO PERTAIN TO THAT ITEM. AND WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS MORE NOW AND OKAY. THAT WOULD BE FIVE THREE. UM, AND ON A ONE HOUR CLOSED SESSION. SO I'M GONNA LIMIT EVERYONE TO ONE MINUTE. YES. 'CAUSE OTHERWISE WE WOULDN'T HAVE TIME, ANY TIME FOR CLOSED SESSION. SO WITH THAT, WE'VE HEARD CHANGE THE STATE BEFORE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO, UH, WE'LL START OFF WITH DOYLE MORRISON. IT'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ALEX GURU. AND THEN, UH, MIKA POLANCO. HELLO, COUNSEL. FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THAT I'M IN OPPOSITION OF A ONE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. UM, I KNOW TIME IS A CONSTRAINT, BUT MAYBE IN THE FUTURE YOU COULD SAY HOW MANY PEOPLE AND WHY THAT TIME LIMIT INSTEAD OF JUST YOU'RE LIMITING IT. THAT WAY WE HAVE AN UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT BASIS DECISION OKAY. CAME FROM. THANK YOU. UM, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT 5.1 AND THE PROPERTY AT, UH, SWEETWATER IN ORANGE. AND I'M, UH, REQUESTING THAT YOU GUYS LOOK INTO AND RESEARCH TO, UH, CHANGE THAT BACK FROM THE SPOT ZONING OF MIXED USE DOWN TO RESIDENTIAL. LIKE IT WAS FOR YEARS OF THOSE HOUSES WERE TORN DOWN AND IT'S BEEN EMPTY FOR OVER 40 YEARS. THAT IS DISGUSTING. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT WE DO HAVE ALEX GURU, FOLLOWED BY MIKA BLANCO, FOLLOWED BY LOUISA MCCARTHY. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M ALSO HERE TO TALK ABOUT AGENDA ITEM 5.1, WHERE THIS, THE SITE OF THIS PROJECT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN RESIDENTIAL. THERE IS NO NEED TO CHANGE IT TO MIXED USE FROM RESIDENTIAL OTHER THAN A TURN IT FOR THE PROJECT. AND THIS PROJECT WAS DEEMED A PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY NUISANCE BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION NEEDING CQA TO DECREASE, OR BASED ON DECREASED TRAFFIC, AS WELL AS VARIANCES FOR INCREASED TRAFFIC. IT'S TRYING TO MAKE THIS PROJECT WORK, BUT IT DOESN'T, IT NEEDS TO SAVE NATIONAL CITY TIME FROM YEARS AS WELL AS MONEY. SO PLEASE, PLEASE RETURN IT BACK TO THE HISTORICAL USE OF RESIDENTIAL ZONING. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, MIKA BLANCO, FOLLOWED BY LUISA MCCARTHY, FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL AGIRI. GOOD AFTERNOON. I JUST WANNA BASICALLY, UH, PIGGYBACK ON WHAT, UH, ALEX JUST SAID. WE, AS I SAID LAST NIGHT, I SENT YOU AN EMAIL, THE ONLY PERSON THAT I RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM BINTA. WE ARE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE RETURN THESE, UH, PROPERTIES, FIVE PROPERTIES TO RESIDENTIAL. UM, HOW DID WE GET HERE SIX MONTHS AFTER THIS STARTED? THAT WAS BY THE DECISION OF THE MAYOR AND JOSIE TO GO ALONG WITH THE BRI ON THIS OVERLOADED PROJECT. CORRUPTION SUCH AS UNDUE INFLUENCE, TAKING FAVORS FROM DEVELOPERS CAN UNDERMINE THE PUBLIC TRUST, ERO, DEMOCRAT, THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, AND HINDER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF ALL, NOT JUST THE DEVELOPERS, NOT [00:05:01] JUST THE CITY. THIS IS, THIS HAS TO BE A BENEFIT FOR ALL PEOPLE INVOLVED AND THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PROJECT AND ANY FUTURE PROJECT. AND I WOULD URGE YOU TO PLEASE MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LOUISA MCCARTHY, FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL AGUIRE, FOLLOWED BY MARISSA CUEVAS. GOOD AFTERNOON. TYRANNY, KNOWS NO RESTRAINT OF APPETITE. A A QUOTE FROM ONE OF MY DEAR TEACHERS, JIM ROHN. I BECAME AN ACTIVIST OVERNIGHT, NOT BECAUSE I WANTED TO, BUT BECAUSE BY NECESSITY I STARTED TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY AFFECTED WITH THIS PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE PROJECT. THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GROW. I'VE REALIZED I HAVE AN INNATE, AN INNATE GIFT TO CONNECT WITH THE PEOPLE. WHY? BECAUSE I'M REAL. I'M JUST BARELY STRETCHING OUT MY REACH TO ENGAGE WITH THE PEOPLE. THIS IS A COMPLETE INJUSTICE. YOU, MAYOR AND MARCUS ARE WILLING TO BE PART OF THIS EX THIS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE PEOPLE YOU VOWED TO SERVE. VERY DISAPPOINTING. THE GROUND LEASE IS STILL ACTIVE FROM WHAT I KNOW. YOU HAVEN'T RESPONDED TO THE LETTER TO OUR REQUEST TO CHANGE IT BACK TO RESIDENTIAL AS IT SHOULD BE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. OKAY, WE CAN TALK LATER. MICHAEL AGIRI, FOLLOWED BY MARISSA CUEVAS, FOLLOWED BY DUKEY VALDERRAMA. WE'VE ASKED YOU TODAY TO PUT A LOCK ON ANY DESTRUCTION OF ANY DOCUMENTS WHICH ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RETAINED FOR TWO YEARS. WE LEARNED FROM TESTIMONY TODAY OR WITHIN THE SCOPE OF OUR PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST. NUMBER TWO, MAYOR. IN ALL DUE RESPECT, THE CITY, AS WE LEARNED TODAY FROM YOUR IT PERSON DOES NOT PRESERVE TEXT MESSAGES. NO PHONES HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY, UH, THE, UH, IT PERSON WHO TESTIFIED TODAY FOR TEXT MESSAGES. SO WE HAVE THAT'S AN UNDONE NUMBER THREE. YOU STILL, THE THING YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IS, THE REASON WE'RE HERE IS YOU STILL HAVE THE ZONING IN PLACE, THE AMENDED, UH, GENERAL PLAN IN PLACE AND THE GROUND LEASE IN PLACE. SO THAT IS WHY IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT YOU TAKE ACTION TO RESTORE THE RESIDENTIAL AND THE LOW TO MODERATE DENSITY. THANK YOU. OKAY. QUESTION, DO YOU, UH, REPRESENT THE, UH, OWNER OF THE PROPERTY OR THE LEASE HOLDER? DO I, YEAH, IN A WAY I DO. YES, YOU DO IN A WAY. OKAY. I'LL, I'LL ASK HIM ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. UH, I ALSO HAVE, I HAVE, I MEAN, CAN I ASK A QUESTION TOO, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY WANT TO SEE IF THEY'VE MADE OFFERS ON THE PROPERTY. LIKE I, I WANNA EXPOSE EVERYTHING. I WANT TO EXPOSE THE CONNECTIONS WITH JOSE AND THE DISCUSSIONS THERE THAT YOU'VE BEEN HAVING. IF WE WANNA HAVE A DISCUSSION, FOLKS AND WE WANNA START CRASHING THESE MEETINGS AND DOING ALL THIS, I'M HERE. LET'S, LET'S HAVE IT, LET'S, LET'S DO IT BECAUSE HONESTLY, I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE. OKAY. CALLING. SO I WANT ALL THIS TO BE, I'M CALLING THE NEXT PERSON UP. I'M HERE FOR YOU IF YOU WANT WANT, IF YOU WANT ME, I'M HERE. ALRIGHT WITH YOU. FOLLOWED BY D BALD, FOLLOWED BY JACQUELINE RENOSO. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE AGAIN, BECAUSE IT IS A SHAME THAT IT IS AN AREA THAT WAS RESIDENTIAL WAS ZONED TO MIXED USE. AND WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH NATIONAL CITY, EVERYTHING IS ALREADY MIXED USE AS IT IS. THE COMMUNITY HAS TOLD YOU REPEATEDLY THAT THEY WANT IT BACK TO RESIDENTIALS. THEY WANT HOMES BACK HERE. SECOND, WE'RE HERE AS WELL BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LONG-TERM LEASE STILL ON THE PROPERTY. YOU KNOW, WE, YESTERDAY I TALKED ABOUT HONESTY AND TRANSPARENCY AND THAT REALLY BEGINS BY RELEASING DOCUMENTS. UM, WE KNOW THERE'S MORE DOCUMENTS. IT'S BEEN EVIDENT FROM EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN TRYING TO BE CONCEALED. WHICH DOCUMENTS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? SESSION. WHICH DOCUMENTS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT A CLOSED SESSION. YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS. YOU'RE NOT RUNNING THE MEETING. WHICH DOCUMENTS? MR. WHICH SAY IT, MR. MAYOR. MAYOR. WOULD I HAVE, COULD I HAVE MY MR. MAYOR 30 SECONDS AGAIN BECAUSE I WAS INTERRUPTED. I'LL TAKE YOU BACK TO RIGHT NOW. IT'S AT SEVEN. WE'LL TAKE YOU BACK TO 20. WHERE THAT, WHERE THAT INTERRUPTION, MAYOR? OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR, PLEASE. UM, SO AS I WAS SAYING BEFORE, I WAS IN RUDELY INTERRUPTED, I MIGHT ADD IS THAT AGAIN, PLEASE RETURN THE AREA BACK TO RESIDENTIAL. RESIDENTIAL, NOT MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL AND TWO, THEY STILL HAVE THE LONG-TERM LEASE. SO IT IS STILL THERE. AND TO RETURN OR TO RELEASE THE DOCUMENTS, AS I SAID EARLIER YESTERDAY, WE ALSO GAVE YOU THE REQUE REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION AND IT LESS LIST OUT MORE THAN TWO DOZEN REQUESTS THAT ARE STILL OUT THERE. AND THERE'S BEEN MORE INFORMATION RELEASED AS, UM, MR. AGIRI ADDRESSED TODAY DURING DEPOSITIONS. UM, AND THAT CAN GO INTO FURTHER DETAIL. THANK YOU. [00:10:01] RIGHT? ASK A QUESTION. OKAY. DUKE RA FOLLOWED BY JACQUELINE RENOSO, FOLLOWED BY LAURA WILKERSON. CYNTHIA, UH, THANK YOU. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT 5.2, WHICH IS THE, OUR LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY. WE HAVE A COURT HEARING COMING UP NEXT WEEK. UH, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE CITY IS FACING SOME SEVERE, UH, BUDGETARY, UH, SHORTCOMINGS COMING UP IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET CYCLE. I HAVE A, AS A BUSINESSMAN, I HAVE A VERY SIMPLE SOLUTION TO HELP YOU MOVE FORWARD TO HELP CLOSE THE, THE DEFICIT. ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS WE GOT SHORTCHANGED ON OUR SCORING. ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS WE SETTLE. WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP LITIGATING AGAINST OUR OWN CITY. I MEAN, MY T-SHIRT SAYS IT ALL, IT ALL STARTS HERE. IT'S GOING TO END HERE. 'CAUSE I'M NEVER GONNA LEAVE. ALL WE'RE SAYING IS IF WE SETTLE, WE CAN BRING IN REVENUE TO THE CITY, WHICH HELPS YOU WITH YOUR SHORTCOMINGS. WE WERE, WE WERE RANKED QUALIFIED ENOUGH TO DO IT. YOUR STAFF WENT, OR YOUR YOUR STAFF WENT AHEAD WITH THE, THE, THE, THE COMPANIES THAT CAME OUT OUT OF TOWN, WHICH IS FINE, BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY MORE THAN QUALIFIED AND ALL WE WANT TO DO IS GIVE MONEY BACK TO THE CITY AND TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. JACQUELINE RENOSO. LAURA. GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. I'M JACQUELINE RENOSO WITH KALI MOTA. WE ARE TRULY ONE OF ONLY TWO LOCAL QUALIFIED BUSINESS OWNERS HERE WITH AN INTEREST TO CREATE JOBS, GENERATE TAX REVENUE AT A TIME OF A BUDGET DEFICIT AND TRULY GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY WITH ROBUST COMMUNITY BENEFITS, WE HAVE LITERALLY DEDICATED OUR ENTIRE LIVES TO BENEFITING NATIONAL CITY, BOTH BCD AND CALTA. IT BAFFLES ME AND IT INFURIATES ME THAT WE ARE STILL HERE DISCUSSING VERY CLEAR ISSUES THAT TO ANY HIGH SCHOOLER WOULD BE APPARENT THAT THERE'S ISSUES OF FRAUD FAVORITISM, AND THAT THIS PROCESS WAS MISMANAGED. IT'S MY BELIEF THAT YOUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS NOT OPERATED IN GOOD FAITH TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE OPTIONS FOR A SWIFT RESOLUTION. YOU ALREADY GOT HIT WITH THE $10 MILLION JUDGMENT FOR ACTS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST A FEMALE OFFICER. AND HERE WE ARE, THE ONLY BIPOC AND 100% FEMALE OWNED CANNABIS BUSINESS SUING YOU FOR A RIGHT TO OWN AND OPERATE A LEGITIMATE BUSINESS IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. AND WE CAN'T EVEN GET THE PROFESSIONAL COURTESY OF WHERE WE STAND THIS PROCESS. THANK YOU, LAURA, TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, DOYLE MORRISON MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME. WE WILL BE MEDIATING THIS, UH, COMING WEDNESDAY. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN OFFER IN FRONT OF THE CITY THAT WE'VE HAD FOR OVER A YEAR, AND IT'S NO COST TO YOU. IT'S A ZERO COST OFFER IN FRONT OF THE CITY TO BRING YOU A TAX REVENUE GENERATING BUSINESS WITH GENUINE LOCAL OWNERS IN ACCORDANCE AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH YOUR VERY OWN ORDINANCE AND YOUR VERY OWN APPLICATION PROCESS. WE WILL GO TO THIS MEDIATION IN GOOD FAITH. WE JUST WANT A LICENSE. WE'LL, WE'LL DISMISS ALL OF OUR LITIGATION COSTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE WITH IT. WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL COME IN GOOD FAITH AS WELL TO THIS MEDIATION AND BE READY TO MOVE AT THIS DATE. NONE OF THE OTHER BUSINESSES, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE SESSIONS LOCATION HAVE PERFORMED. AND HERE WE ARE, TWO AND A HALF YEARS LATER. WE'RE READY TO PERFORM. WE REALLY ARE LOCAL. WE REALLY WANNA OPEN, WE JUST WANT THE CHANCE TO DO BUSINESS IN NATIONAL CITY AND WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE THE ONLY ONES LEFT STANDING HERE. PRETTY MUCH EVERY OTHER APPLICANT HAS DISSOLVED THEIR ENTITY AT THE SECRETARY OF STATE. SO IF YOU GO DOWN THE LIST, WE'RE RIGHT THERE. THANK, AND WE'D LIKE TO PERFORM. THANK YOU. GO MORRIS. THIS IS ON SIX ONE. THIS IS ON SIX ONE. THANK YOU. UM, I, UH, HAVE STARTED YOU, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, SINCE, UH, PROBABLY NOVEMBER BEING INVOLVED IN THIS DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. AND TODAY YOU'RE GONNA BE MEETING, UM, FOR NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE, THE CONTRACTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE LISTED. AND I MYSELF HAVE, HAVE BEEN ON A NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE, UM, FOR MY UNION LOCAL 5 6 9. AND I AM A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED WITH THE ACTIVITY FROM, FROM THIS DAAS, NOT THE ENTIRE DIOCESE IN REGARDS TO RESPECT AND, AND MUTUAL, UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATION SHOULD BE DONE. I SEE EYES BEING ROLLED, UH, HEADS BEING THROWN BACK, BUT THEN THE CONCENTRATION WHEN PEOPLE START TALKING ABOUT CANIS GETS REALLY IN TUNED. AND IT'S CONCERNING TO ME THAT WE'RE NOT GOING INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH AN OPEN MIND FOR THE PEOPLE OF NATIONAL CITY THAT WORK ALREADY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT FOR THIS CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WITH [5. CLOSED SESSION] THAT, WE, UH, HAVE CLOSED SESSION. HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY MOVE US INTO CLOSED SESSION. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON CLOSED [00:15:01] SESSION. THE FIRST IS A, UH, CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING EXISTING LITIGATION THAT'S, UH, M UH, POLANCO VERSUS THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY. THE SECOND ITEM IS BCD VERSUS CITY OF NATIONAL CITY. AND THE THIRD CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL IS CALI MOTA VERSUS CITY OF NATIONAL CITY. UH, AND WE ALSO HAVE A FINAL ITEM, WHICH IS CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS AND THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED ARE MEA, FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, POLICE OFFICER ASSOCIATION, AND THE UNREPRESENTED GROUPS. RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE ARE IN CLOSE SESSION AND WE'LL BE REPORTING OUT AT THE END OF THE SPECIAL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE, UH, COMING OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AND, UH, WE WILL BE REPORTING OUT AT THE END OF THE WORKSHOP. AND SO WITH THAT, THE UH, UH, SPECIAL CLOSE SESSION MEETING OF THE SPECIAL MEETING IS, UH, ADJOURNED. AND THEN WE WILL GO RIGHT ON INTO OUR, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOP. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.