There is a Metro Council Meeting tonight at 6:30 pm. An agenda has been provided and you can watch the meeting live via channel 3 or stream live on your electronic devices. Also, please do not respond to this email... You can reach me at [email protected].

Happy New Year!

I hope you had great Holiday Season. Wow, 2021 was a wild ride... It was very similar to 2020, except we were social distanced a little more in public. But there were tornadoes, Covid is still hanging around, and we saw a lot of people on Zoom. I hope that you are already working on your new year's resolutions and that some of those goals will be met soon.

COVID-19 Update:

Click the picture below to see the most up-to-date information regarding COVID-19 in Nashville.

The CDC recommends all people 18 and older receive a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. For those who received the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, boosters can be administered as early as six months after the second dose was administered. For those who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, a booster dose can be administered as early as two months after the initial dose was administered. Boosters of the Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccine are available at the drive-thru sites and pop-up community vaccination events. Moderna will not be available. There is an ample supply of all three types of vaccine across our community. Visit vaccines.gov to find locations where each is being offered.

Click the image below for up-to-date hours of operation for booster and testing sites.

Metro Waste Collection:

Curbside recycling is still suspended. You may have noticed waste/trash collection times varying. Metro Water is having a tough time managing the pick-ups with Covid and the breach of contract from Red River, our third party waste collection company. This has been an issue for several years. I spoke with Dir. Potter and Mr. Honeysucker last night regarding the delay and waste collection. We currently have several employees out due to Covid, if one person in the truck tests positive for Covid the other two individuals have to quarantine as well. We also have mechanical failure with our waste collection trucks, which sets us back from meeting the daily deadlines in each community. We have secured three trucks through a third party rental company, and a resolution is nearing completion to allocate Metro Water and Waste Services to buy four additional Trucks and open new positions to hire more employees.

What I've Been Up To:

• During the Holiday Season, I relaxed with my family. These last two years have been challenging, to say the least, and this time with my loved ones was exactly what I needed.
• I am working with the Mayor's office to finalize a pilot for North Nashville to have Illegal Dumping and Bulk Item removal on a weekly basis. Currently, we only collect these items four times a year, once each quarter. As you know, this is not enough.
• I am finalizing the boundaries for a Contextual Overlay in Cumberland Gardens. We will have a meeting later this month to discuss.
• There is a $70M request for community and small business development in North Nashville and Bordeaux. CMs Toombs, Hurt, and I are working to see this legislation through.
• The 37208 Fund Committee a sub committee of the 37208 Committee awarded North Nashville residents and business owners with a total of $28,000. This came out of an initiative of the 37208 Committee that was created in response to the Brookings Institution report on 37208's incarceration rate.

What's Happening Tonight

RS2021-1251 - This resolution would repeal Resolution No. RS2018-1171, which authorized the continuation of the Metropolitan Government’s vehicle inspection and maintenance program, also called the emissions testing program. The resolution under consideration would allow for the elimination of the vehicle emissions testing program in Nashville and Davidson County. The Metropolitan Department of Public Health would be directed to take any and all actions required to end this program.

BL2021-1010 - This ordinance, as substituted, would prohibit the operation of an entertainment transportation vehicles within 600 feet of a community education facility, defined as an elementary, middle, and high school, between the hours of 8am and 6pm Monday through Friday. The ordinance would also make it an offense for a person driving or operating an unenclosed entertainment transportation vehicle to knowingly allow a passenger to consume an alcoholic beverage or beer during the operation of the unenclosed entertainment transportation vehicle.

Dates to Remember

(All are Tentative Dates)

• 23rd Ave N Traffic Calming Meeting
  • Thursday, January 20
  • 6PM
  • Location: TBD
• Clay St./15th and 16th Aves N Traffic Calming Meeting
  • Thursday, January 20
  • 7:30 pm
  • Location: TBD
• College Hill Rezone Request Meeting
  • Sunday, January 23
  • 5:00 pm
  • Location: TBD
• Cumberland Gardens Community Meeting
  • Organizing a Community Group
  • Contextual Overlay
    • Tuesday, January 25
    • 6:00 pm
    • Location: St. Luke CME Church (Tentative) 

Lets Connect:

I invite all District 21 residents to reach out to me directly with any information or concerns in our community. Email is the best form of communication, but invite you to call me as well. My contact information is below.

Contact information: Email - [email protected] / Phone: 615.946.9700

Best regards,

Brandon