Meeting Highlights from Andi Creek

Just update on Monday night's meeting for you and for the web site:

The item was not voted on or discussed, as you probably know, even though listed on the agenda and in the Tennessean article on Monday. The Sept 23 minutes of the Mayor/Aldermen meeting did say it would be voted on on the 28th.

In the meeting the City Mayor said that he had told Mayor Anderson that the vote would be on the 28th, and he apologized for it being on the agenda for the 14th.

However, since there were a couple of us who came to speak about it, he allowed us to speak during the part of the agenda originally allotted for it.

Randy Trigg and I both spoke. Randy spoke from the perspective of a 35 year resident with ongoing sewer issues, which was great. I spoke on behalf of residents' major concerns.

I told them I was there for 3 reasons: to thank them for considering the project, to ask them to take on the project, and to tell them the 5 major concerns I have heard from residents regardless of who does the project:

1) the project won't happen
2) easements will expire prior to completion of the project
3) cost, and what loan options will be available
4) type of method/disruption of property (grinder vs gravity)
5) communication with residents (or rather lack thereof).

I gave an example for each.

I suppose you can watch the meeting on cable. You may see another article in the paper---The Tennessean was there and asked me afterwards if I was a reporter (I said no), then asked for my name/spelling. I talked with about 6 other residents that were present after the meeting----all long time residents.

Per the Mayor during the meeting, there will be some discussion of the project at their work meeting next Monday, and the vote on the 28th.

Two things the mayor did clarify on Monday is that 1) the County would be paying the City for the entire project "I assume up front" (quotes are mayor's words), then County will work out payment with residents. 2) It is the County's responsibility, not the City's, to communicate with us on this issue.

Andi