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House Appropriations Subcommittee- March 21, 2022- House Hearing Room 1
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As
all
the
documents
are
on
the
dashboard,
we
do
have
a
full
docket.
Today,
we've
invited
our
guests
to
come
today
and
I've
asked
each
of
them
to
communicate
about
an
update
for
their
applicable
department
for
about
15
minutes
and
then
at
the
end
of
our
discussion,
15
minutes
each
maximum.
You
can
do
it
in
five
and
everybody
up
here
will
love
you,
since
we've
been
in
budget
hearings
all
day,
but
with
the
opportunity
to
ask
some
questions
at
the
end,
and
so
first
up
today
we
have,
I
think,
brooksy.
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I
saw
her
in
the
egg.
Oh
commissioner,
roth,
you
were
here,
you
and
your
staff
are
welcome
to
come
up,
introduce
yourself.
It's
a
hearing
we're
going
to
go
out
of
session
to
hear
from
them
today
without
objection,
obviously,
but
we're
going
to
hear
from
them
today,
commissioner
ralph,
thank
you
for
coming
and
your
staff,
as
I
see
them
nodding
and
smiling
so
happy
monday.
Yes,.
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Sir,
thank
you,
mr
chairman,
as
as
represented
I'm
bobby
roth,
and
I
work
with
a
great
team
at
ecd.
Also
in
the
audience
with
me
is
our
rural
rural
development
and
community
development.
Commissioner
brooks
e
carlton,
our
general
counsel,
sharon
cobb,
and
I
think
that's
it
actually.
Braden
stewart
from
our
general
legislative
affairs
and
I'll
be
a
very
brief.
D
Mr
chairman,
with
your
permission,
I
am
attempting
to
catch
a
five
o'clock
flight
to
the
west
coast
for
a
major
recruiting
project,
and
so
I
will
be
very
succinct
at
the
same
time
I
know
there's
there
will
be
q
a
and
our
team
will
be
here
to
answer
those
questions.
So
with
your
permission,
I
will
begin
sir.
So,
first
of
all,
what
I'd
like
to
just
say
is
as
far
as
30
000
feet.
Our
job
at
ecd
was
to
recruit
the
company
in
companies
and
then
our
job.
D
The
board
of
regents
save
all
we
are
so
far
ahead
of
where
ford
is
when
it
comes
to
just
having
a
plan.
So
I
can
just
speak
at
30
000
feet
to
say
all
so
good
and
we're
in
many
cases
waiting
on
ford
as
far
as
what
we're
doing
at
ecd
we're
responsible
for
the
capital
grant.
So
that's
the
500
million
dollar
capital
grant.
That
is,
the
incentive
bucket
of
gold
to
help
ford
offset
a
close
to
6
billion
capital
expenditure
in
creating
the
58
5900
jobs
at
the
mega
site.
D
I
can
also
tell
you
that
the
facility
lease
has
been
signed
so
ford.
Motor
company
now
has
the
right
to
access
3
500
acres,
so
they
have
basically
a
master
lease
that
gives
them
the
right
to
stand
up
whatever
they
would
like
to.
So
it's
going
to
be
the
oem
it's
going
to
be
the
battery
plant
with
the
joint
venture
and
then,
if
they
decide
to
bring
other
affiliates
and
or
other
suppliers
to
that
campus.
They
have
that
right
and
so
that
lease
has
been
fully
executed.
D
Thanks
to
general
counsel,
sharon,
cobb
and
her
team,
and,
as
I
said,
ford
now,
has
the
right
to
begin
construction
and
they
had
that
right,
effective
on
march
15th.
As
far
as
the
pilot
that
has
also
been
fully
executed
and
ford
is
now
bound
by
the
terms
of
that
pilot
program,
and
just
by
way
of
a
little
bit
of
history,
there,
ford
motor
company
will
be
responsible
for
ultimately
making
about
269
million
dollars
of
payments
over
the
next
30
years
from
when
they
be
when
they
actually
that
technically
it
starts.
D
Those
documents
have
been
negotiated.
We
expect
to
go
before
the
state
building
commission
for
approval
of
the
may
meeting
and
what
I
can
tell
you
about.
So
it's
two
separate
grants
because
basically
it's
the
oem
and
the
oem
is
going
to
be
responsible
for
3
260
jobs
and
they
will
take
down
285
million
dollars
of
the
500
million,
so
that'll
go
to
ford
and
then
the
balance
of
that
the
2500
of
2500
jobs,
215
million
dollars,
will
go
to
the
joint
venture
between
ford
and
sk
innovations.
D
That's
their
battery
jv
partner
and
also
with
that
capital
grant
comes
this
accountability
agreement.
It
has
all
the
legal
protections
that
the
state
should
and
would
want,
and
so
we
are
covered
from
that
perspective
and,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
that's
my
very
brief
report:
we're
continuing
to
recruit
not
only
on
the
mega
site,
but
obviously
interested
parties
that
are
going
to
be
suppliers
off
the
mega
site.
So
that's
been
a
real
positive.
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A
Thank
you,
commissioner,
for
coming.
First
of
all,
I
know
you
are
extremely
busy
and
we
wish
you
the
best
of
luck
and
your
travels
out
out
west
and
hopefully,
you'll
find
some
great
success,
like
you
have
here
on
this
project
as
well,
but
I
know
you've
got
some
place
to
go
and
we
don't
want
to
prevent
you
from
being
there,
but
I
look
forward.
I'm
sure
miss
carlton
be
happy
to
to
answer
any
questions.
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She
has
a
separate
bucket
of
gold
to
help
with
the
communities.
I
think
it's
five
million
dollars
she'll
give
you
a
full
report
on
when
you
guys
go
to
the
q,
a
okay
and
just
two
other
thoughts.
We
are
now
back
recruiting
internationally.
So
last
week
we
were
in
belgium
the
week
before
in
germany
and
in
four
weeks
ago
over
in
italy,
and
so
the
great
news
is
all
of
that:
pent
up
demand
for
all
those
companies
internationally
that
fdi
speak
it's
turning
back
on
so
hopefully
good
things
to
announce.
A
Down
the
road
here
excellent,
thank
you
for
coming
today,
really
appreciate
it
very
good.
Thank
you.
Next
up
on
our
list.
Today
we
have
tdot
tennessee
department
of
transportation
interim
commissioner
gabatto.
You
welcome
to
come
up
with
your
staff
and
give
us
an
update
on
infrastructure
improvements,
as
relates
to
your
department,
and
once
again
we
are
out
of
session.
So,
if
you
please
introduce
you
yourself
and
your
counterparts
there,
the
three
amigos
you
guys
can
go
ahead.
E
And
introduce
yourselves
as
well.
Thank
you
thank
you
chairman
for
having
us
here
today.
I
am
joe
galbatto
interim
commissioner,
and
chief
financial
officer
of
tdot
to
my
right
is
paul.
Deggs,
our
deputy
commissioner
and
chief
engineer,
and
to
his
right
is
our
blue,
oval
city
program
manager,
steve
sellers.
E
So
I'm
going
to
give
you
all
a
quick
in
in
much
less
than
15
minutes
a
quick
overview
of
what
we
are
responsible
for,
what
we've
done
and
where
you
know
where
we
are
at
today
and
again.
I've
got
paul
and
stephen
case
some
of
the
questions
get
more
into
the
engineering
or,
if
you
want
to
talk
about
some
of
the
project,
work
itself,
so
good,
it's
on
the
screen,
so
you
can
see,
there's
really
two
things
that
tdap
is
responsible
for
the
red
section
and
the
blue
section.
E
The
red
section
is
our
phase
one
so
that
that
entails
a
new
I-40
interchange
at
mile
marker,
39,
expanding
state
road,
190,
194
north,
going
to
the
blue
over
connect,
connector
road
and
then
constructing
the
connector
road
to
state
road.
222.,
that's
phase
one
and
that's
originally
been
scheduled
to
open
traffic
by
january
of
2025.
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E
So
as
of
today,
we
have
two
basic
entities:
doing
a
lot
of
work.
Our
main
consultant
hdr
and
tdot
hdr
right
now
has
performing
surveys,
processing
data,
accumulating
data,
doing
the
line
and
grade
plans,
as
well
as
the
geotechnical
drilling
on
the
tdot
side,
we've
been
very,
very
busy
doing
the
interchange,
access
request
form
for
fhwa
to
do
the
new
interchange
at
39,
performing
the
environmental
work,
ecology,
archaeology,
air
quality,
as
well
as
working
to
resolve
the
mitigation
credit
shortfalls,
which
we
think
we've
done.
E
E
So
with
good
news.
There's
always
some,
maybe
not
bad
news,
but
but
questionable
news.
So
we've
encountered
some
issues.
We've
asked
to
what
commissioner
ralph
said.
We
are
far
ahead
of
ford.
We've
asked
them
for
a
lot
of
information,
made
preliminary
plans
and
things
that
have
turned
out
that
we
have
to
make
some
changes
so
they've.
Given
us
a
new
site
plan,
we
were
working
off
an
old
site
plan.
E
That's
going
to
cause
us
to
change
the
road
alignment
where
it's
placed
need
to
look
at
the
right
of
way
a
little
bit
differently
now,
as
well
as
necessitate
the
the
section
of
the
connector
road
going
through
the
mega
site.
Instead
of
being
a
four
lane
divided,
it
will
be
a
five
lane
with
a
turn
lane,
so
that's
causes
some
issues.
E
Also
they've
changed
their
their
traffic
pattern.
We've
been
asking
for
this
for
a
while,
because
early
on
paul
and
his
engineers
have
seen
this
doesn't
look
like
it's
the
right
configuration
and
now
we've
we've
been
confirmed
that
so
that's
going
to
cause
us
to
reconfigure
the
interchange
at
exit
39,
make
different
improvements
to
exit
42
to
the
east
and
then
other
improvements
on
state
road
222
to
the
north
of
the
connector.
E
Lastly,
ford
has
asked
for
full
lighting
on
state
route
194,
as
well
as
on
the
connector
roads.
That's
really
not
that's
responsibility.
We
will
put
them
in,
but
it's
the
local's
responsibility
to
maintain
their
after,
so
we're
working
with
them.
So
all
that
being
said,
as
far
as
our
delivery
dates
that
I
mentioned
earlier,
they're
likely
to
slip
we'll
have
more
information
as
we
get
further
down
the
road
with
our
studies.
But
at
this
point
we
have
concern
on
that
at
that
front
and
then
we'll
wait
for
your
questions
at
the
end.
A
Thank
you,
gentlemen.
I
appreciate
it
as
members
have
questions,
I
hope
you're
writing
them
down,
as
I
am
because
it's
a
lot
to
go
over
really
fast.
Any
other
further
comment:
okay,
no
chairman!
Thank
you.
Next
up,
we
have
the
department
of
general
services,
commissioner
branskin,
thank
you
for
coming
we'll
say,
as
she
comes
up
to
introduce
herself
fantastic
communicating
with
your
department,
always
willing
to
come
here
very
thankful
for
you
and
your
staff
communicating
with
us
about
this.
A
F
All
right,
thank
you
all
good
afternoon,
chairman
williams
and
members
of
the
committee.
I
am
christy
branskin,
commissioner
of
the
department,
general
services,
take
this
opportunity
to
introduce
a
couple
of
my
teammates.
I
have
our
new
director
of
communications.
Michelle
brinson
in
the
office
put
your
hand
up
michelle
great
and
then,
of
course,
jd
cressman.
Some
of
you
know,
I
believe
he
is
assistant.
General
counsel
and
also
our
legislative
liaison
does
a
great
job
for
us.
F
Our
department
is
responsible
for
the
water
and
wastewater
infrastructure
4-4
to
be
able
to
build
blue
oval
city.
So
I'm
going
to
give
you
a
brief
update
on
where
we
are
with
those
capital
projects
and
then
also
provide
you
a
little
bit
of
information
about
the
electric
and
gas
as
well
as
you've
heard
things
are
going
well,
we've
done
very
well
on
the
state
side,
we
work
together,
very
well,
our
departments.
F
F
Let's
talk
about
the
first
one,
the
first
sbc
approved
capital
project
includes
the
36
and
a
half
miles
of
pipeline
that
will
go
from
the
northwest
corner
of
the
mega
site,
where
our
wastewater
treatment
plant
is
all
the
way
to
the
mississippi
river.
It
also
includes
a
pump
station.
That's
going
to
be
built
in
covington
on
property,
that's
owned
by
the
state
of
tennessee.
F
It's
basically
everything
related
to
getting
the
pipe
in
the
ground
and
transferring
that
wastewater
to
the
river
and
including
the
pump
station.
The
capacity
of
our
wastewater
treatment
plant
when
it
is
completed
will
be
5.1
million
gallons
per
day.
The
notice
to
proceed
was
submitted
by
the
state
to
garney
companies
on
february
28
2020.
So
just
not
too
long
ago.
F
F
This
is
a
diagram
of
the
actual
pipeline.
It
shows
it
running
from
that
northwest
corner
to
the
fourth
main
outfall,
that's
going
to
be
located
at
the
swiftest
part
of
the
tennessee
river.
Excuse
me,
the
mississippi
river
and
the
red
box
there
indicates
where
we
are
starting.
Garney
has
actually
mobilized
to
the
site
at
this
point,
and
this
area
is
open
and
ready
to
receive
pipe
and
we're
going
to
be
starting
with
the
pipe
that
we
had
actually
bought
as
a
state.
F
F
Okay,
the
second
state
building
commission
approved
project
includes
the
balance
of
the
infrastructure,
and
this
is
the
water
and
wastewater
treatment
plants.
The
wastewater
overflow
lagoon,
seven
water
wells
in
the
north
water
tower.
You
may
recall,
the
south
water
tower
had
already
been
completed.
Brassfield
and
gory
construction
company
was
awarded
the
contract
for
the
work.
F
The
original
design
and
designer
estimate
was
based
on
an
outflow
of
3.5
million
gallons
a
day
and,
as
you
heard
me
say
earlier,
we're
at
5.1
million
gallons
a
day,
and
what
has
happened
is
when
ford
really
began
to
study
their
needs
for
wastewater,
that
they
realized
that
they
needed
more
than
the
3.5
that
we
had
originally
designed
for.
So
we
have
adjusted
our
designs.
It
took
them
a
little
while
to
figure
that
out.
F
F
F
Brassfield
gory
has
promised
to
provide
us
a
gmp
very
soon,
along
with
the
project
schedule,
so
we'll
have
more
information
about
that.
Hopefully,
within
the
next
30
days,
the
total
project
budget
for
this
scope
of
work
is
124
124
million
230
000,
and
we
have
every
reason
to
believe
that
we're
well
within
our
project
budget.
F
So
I'll
talk
briefly
about
electric
and
gas.
First
tva
is
providing
the
power
to
the
entire
mega
site,
property
they're,
building
a
substation
on
approximately
45
acres
of
property,
and
this
area
is
located
just
to
the
east
of
the
tennessee
state
route.
222
and
I'll
show
that
to
you
here
in
just
a
moment,
there
are
two
local
electric
providers
there
southwest
electric
and
chickasaw
electric
and
they
really
divide
the
site.
Almost
in
half
each
of
them
provide
about
half
of
the
site,
they
will
be
providing
power
throughout
it
and
they
are
working
with
their
partner.
F
F
F
The
state
will
provide
approximately
two
acres
for
the
mainline
service
to
the
site,
and
ford
is
working
directly
with
tc
and
a
r
just
as
forward
as
working
directly
with
the
electric
company
and
tva
for
these
services.
So
in
both
of
these
cases,
the
state
is
providing
access,
but
no
additional
funding.
Of
course,
that
is
for
forward
to
take
care
of.
F
And
then
this
really
is
a
site
map
that
shows
all
the
infrastructure
features
that
I
just
mentioned.
You
can
see
in
blue,
that
is
blue
oval
city.
Everything
that
is
hatched
out
in
blue,
the
state-owned
property
is
in
red,
and
you
can
see
where
we
have
most
of
our
infrastructure
in
those
areas
on
the
east.
Side
of
222
is,
of
course,
available
for
a
future
tenant,
so
that
is
still
state-owned
property,
but
you
can
look
and
see
where
all
these
various
infrastructure
items
are
located
on
this
map
you'll
also
notice.
F
The
tcat,
which
many
people
ask
about
is
at
the
bottom
there,
on
the
southeast
corner
of
the
mega
site,
property
you'll
also
see
a
kind
of
a
purplish
pink
running
horizontally
across
the
southern
portion
of
the
mega
site.
That
is
a
mitigation
easement
that
is
agreed
to
between
state
and
the
state
and
ford,
and
it
is
under
the
jurisdiction
of
the
west
tennessee
river
basin.
F
And
finally,
just
wanted
to
review
the
mega
site.
Funding
summary.
This
slide
shows
that
you'll
see
we
had
land
and
environmental
category
a
budget
of
74
million,
336
thousand
three
hundred
dollars.
Of
course,
we've
spent
almost
all
of
that
money.
We've
done
most
of
our
environmental,
and
we
have
worked
on,
of
course,
acquiring
all
of
that
land.
This
number
has
been
it's
it's
an
older
part
of
our
budget.
F
The
state
has
expended
74
million
164
800,
the
forced
main
pipeline
and
pump
station,
which
again,
is
that
first
approved
project
I
mentioned
is
budgeted
at
one
hundred
million
three
hundred
fifty
seven
thousand
six
hundred
dollars
and
to
date
the
state
has
expended
three
million
six
hundred
thousand
one
hundred
dollars.
That's
basically
related
to
design
services.
F
F
So
there
was,
if
you
recall,
138
million
that
was
appropriated
during
october
2021
special
legislature
session.
There
had
already
been
close
to
190
million
dollars
appropriated
by
the
legislature
before
then,
towards
this
project,
so
that
gets
you
to
a
total
project
budget
of
327
million
968
thousand
one
hundred
dollars,
and
that
is
the
end.
Thank
you
very
much
I'll
be
available
for
future
questions.
All.
A
Right.
Thank
you,
commissioner.
Thank
you
very
much
lots
of
numbers
folks
last
testimony
today
be
from
ceo
of
mega
site
authority,
clay
bright,
who
used
to
wear
a
different
hat,
so
welcome
welcome
back
so
if
you
will
just
introduce
yourself
and
give
us
an
update
and
then
once
he's
complete,
we'll
ask
come
back
up
and
grab
a
seat
for
questions.
G
G
So,
as
you
know,
mega
site's
4
100
acres
is
commissioner
branscomb
says
ford's
got
about
3,
200
acres
of
that
most
of
that
is
in
haywood
county
a
little
bit
down
in
fayette
county.
It's
right
there
at
my
mark
of
42
with
state
road
222,
basically
splitting
the
site
and
already
talked
about
the
tcat
itself,
so
the
deliver.
I
will
say
this
on
the
mega
site
authority
board
what
we
have
everybody.
G
We
have
our
full
board,
that's
been
appointed
and
that's
consists
of
the
governor
commissioner,
roth
commissioner
branscombe
commissioner
ealy
charlie
tuggle
is
our
chairman
of
the
board
evelyn
robertson,
mayor
hoffman,
michael
banks,
jim
duke
carolyn
hardy
and
chris
richards.
That
is
the
team
for
the
magazine
authority
board
and
then
also
as
far
as
the
team
members
that
are
really
assisting
me
on
the
team.
G
G
You've
already
seen
the
deliberates
in
the
interchange
by
tdot,
and
commissioner
branscombe's
already
talked
about
the
infrastructure
for
the
water
in
the
wastewater
you
saw
the
location
for
the
t-cat
itself
is
about
right.
Around
100,
000
square
feet,
they're
exposed
to
montgomery
martin
is
their
contractor
on
that
and
I
believe
they're
trying
to
break
ground
on
that
project
sometime
this
summer.
So
it's
ready
for
operation
sometime
end
of
23
first
to
24
is
the
schedule
on
the
tcat
itself,
and
also
I
will
tell
you
this
as
it
relates
to
everybody
on
the
technical
side.
G
Tbr
is
working
on.
The
curriculum
right
now
has
run
all
that,
through
with
ford
they're,
still
trying
to
get
some
input
from
sk
on
where
they
stand,
but
they
want
to
have
that
curriculum
approved
in
june,
so
they
can
start
distributing
that
curriculum
in
all
the
different
tcats
in
west
tennessee
and
the
different
high
schools
and
whatnot
to
start
that
process.
So
we've
got
people
that
are
ready
and
25
when
they
start
making
the
the
ford
lightning.
G
G
So
on
the
left
leg,
that's
headed
west!
That's
where
csx
is
coming
in
they're
gonna
have
two
two
legs
for
that:
one
is
bringing
raw
materials
in
the
next
one
will
be
taking
lightnings
out
and
that'll
be
a
storage
area.
The
other
white
buildings
that
are
along
the
north
side,
that
is
the
assembly
plant
itself
starting
on
state
road
222,
is
where
the
stamping
plant
goes
and
it
moves
through
the
assembly
to
where
the
storage
yard
is,
where
they'll
load
them
up.
G
On
the
csx
railcars
down
below
there
there's
a
strip
of
different
buildings,
you
can
barely
see
one's
red.
A
couple
of
them
are
blue,
that
is
where
the
supplier
park
is
being
located
and
then
right
below
that
you'll
see
a
large
white
building.
That
building
just
to
put
in
perspective
is
200
feet
long,
it's
3.6
million
square
feet.
G
So
the
order
of
magnitude
about
what's
going
on
out
here
is
large,
if
you,
if
you
stretch
from
one
end
to
the
site
to
the
other,
east
and
west,
it's
about
six
miles
long
and
about
the
same
way
north
and
south.
So
it's
a
big
site,
that's
phase
run
one
and
that's
all
north
of
the
connector
road
that
tdot's
putting
in
everything
south
will
be
phase
two,
which
is
another
battery
plant
and
another
assembly
plant,
and
we
don't
have
any
schedule
for
when
they
want
to
start
that.
G
It
is
ford's
goal
to
be
zero
carbon,
so
they're
still
working
through
that
we
don't
completely
understand
what
they'll
be
doing
there
and
as
far
as
14,
just
to
let
you
know
on
the
design
side,
they're
using
ssoe,
who
we're
also
using
and
they've,
also
got
a
company
called
gafari.
So
that's
their
design
team
in
walbridge.
I
think
it's
already
been
mentioned
is
the
contractor.
So
that's
the
team,
the
main
team
for
ford.
G
Yes,
so
the
schedule,
as
you
know,
all
you
approve
the
special
in
the
special
session
last
fall.
So
a
lot
has
really
happened
and
I'll
echo
what
mr
branstam
said.
Well
what
everybody
else
has
said.
We
have
been
very
proactive
in
on
the
offense
through
this
whole
process,
so
the
lease
has
been
executed.
That
was
friday
a
couple
of
days
ago,
they
may
have
started
site
work.
I
passed
the
site
last
week.
G
They
had
a
lot
of
their
equipment
out
there,
phillips
and
jordan
out
of
knoxville
as
their
site
contractor
and
so
they're
supposed
to
start.
Maybe
today
on
moving
earth
work
struck.
Some
of
the
structure
will
start
this
summer
and
it's
my
understanding.
They'll
start
moving
equipment
in
sometime
in
24,
manufacturing
equipment
and
their
desire.
Their
goal,
and
we
won't
be
holding
them
back,
is
to
be
ready
to
make
the
ford
lightning
coming
off
the
assembly
plant
in
january
of
25..
G
I
already
talked
about
the
t
cap
schedule.
Two
other
things
that
we're
responsible
for
is
the
mega
site
authority
and
we'll
be
going
through.
The
cpo's
office
within
the
next
year
is
going
through
the
process
of
getting
a
third
party
party
operator
on
board
to
operate
both
the
water
and
the
wastewater
treatment
plant,
and
we
also
have
a
tree
pre-treatment
process.
We
have
to
go
through
to
give
forward
that
information.
So
that's
really
what
is
on
our
agenda
to
accomplish
in
the
next
couple
of
months.
G
And
the
last
part
of
what
I'll
say
is
just
to
give
you
an
order
of
magnitude.
I
think
christy
talked
about
the
coordinating
task
force
meeting
that
we
have
every
two
weeks.
That's
the
coordinating
task
force
right
there.
So,
on
the
technical,
technical
side,
you
got
general
services,
tdot
environmental
has
really
been
ahead
and
really
led
forward
very
well.
We
have
not
had
any
hold
ups
to
the
permitting
process
for
the
authority.
G
I
don't
believe
for
tdot
and
also
for
ford
itself,
so
they
were
supposed
to
pick
up
their
permits
last
week,
so
they
could
start
construction
as
far
as
ford
is
concerned,
but
they
have
been
a
huge
help
and
a
huge
lift
right.
There,
you've
already
heard
from
ecd
as
far
as
commerce
insurance
is
concerned.
G
Tbr
department
of
education,
higher
education
and
dhs
is
all
working
together
with
all
the
different
groups
that
are
in
west
tennessee,
trying
to
coordinate
that
effort
and
of
all
that
we're
doing
as
far
as
that
next
success
for
this
project,
that's
something
that's
that's
a
big
lift,
but
as
far
as
changing
west
tennessee
that's
going
to
have
more
impact
than
anything
else.
We
do
as
far
as
raising
raising
the
education
in
that
part
of
the
state.
So
at
that
point,
thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
mr
bright.
If
the
commissioners
would
come
back
up
and
if
we
need
and
I'm
assuming
the
members
have
questions,
I
don't
haven't,
started
a
list.
But
if
you
come
back
up,
I
have
a
few
questions
and
then,
as
we
needed,
we
can
bring
some
folks
up,
but
while
you're
coming
back
up,
I
I
thought
I
would
take
a
moment
to
recognize
a
longtime
employee.
I
was
talking
to
our
chief
engineer,
tdot
and
our
interim
director
about
one
of
their
staff
members
who
passed
away
this
morning,
angie
martin.
A
A
So,
as
the
members
have
questions,
if
you
let
tanner
know,
I'm
going
to
jump
in
real,
quick
and
ask
a
few
questions,
but
just
wanted
to
bring
honor
where
honors
do
as
it
relates
to
miss
martin.
So
thank
you
very
much.
Just
a
quick
question.
You
ended
up
mr
bright
regarding
ec
or
environment
conservation
and
permitting
on
a
project
like
this.
Are
there
any
federal
permits
like
clean
air
water?
A
Maybe
that's
you,
commissioner
branscum
as
it
relates
to
I
know
in
the
construction
process
anytime,
you
got
a
paint
plant
with
pre-treat
or
battery
plants.
It
seems
to
me
like
that.
There's
some
additional
permitting
is.
Is
that
my
assumption
is
it's
a
state
permit,
but
are
there
federal
permits
that
we
have
to
do
as
it
relates
to
that
process,
and
what's
the
progress
on
those
so.
F
I
can
speak
to
a
couple
of
those
first
of
all.
Yes,
we
do
have
the
permit.
We
needed
from
the
u.s
carmel
army
corps
of
engineers
for
the
outfall
at
the
mississippi
river
that
is
located
at
the
swiftest
part
of
the
river.
They
were
very
specific
about
where
they
wanted
the
outfall.
We
met
with
them
several
times
that
permit's
been
in
place
for
quite
some
time
in
all
of
our
tdec
permits.
We
have
as
well
for
the
pipeline
install.
F
I
think
clay
mentioned
previously.
The
wastewater
treatment
plant,
the
process
we
need
to
go
through
to
procure
an
operator
for
the
wastewater
treatment
plant.
We're
procuring
that
now
in
anticipation
of
having
that
tran
that
plant
open
at
least
a
year
likely
more
from
that
from
this
period
of
time,
because
you
do
have
to
have
epa
permits
to
be
able
to
operate
that,
and
you
really
have
to
be
working
with
epa
and
getting
your
systems
down
and
getting
them
approved
and
getting
them
inspected
and
make
sure
they're
functioning
correctly
before
that
permit
will
be
issued.
G
And
chairman
williams,
you
also
mentioned
on
the
pre-treatment.
That's
also
part
of
a
second
thing,
that's
going
on
also
so
that's
going
to
take
us
about
a
year
that
will
be
working
in
conjunction
with
environmental
and
conservation
through
that
whole
process
to
be
able
to
tell
ford
specifically,
the
battery
plant
paint
shop,
what
pre-treatment
they
have
to
do
before
we
receive
it
in
the
water
treatment
plant.
A
A
Right,
one
of
the
questions
that
I
get
too
is
about
3,
600,
acres,
side,
4,
100,
acres,
there's
a
lot
of
ways
in
and
out
as
it
relates
to
security.
It's
probably
an
impossibility
to
do
that.
I
I
guess
up
until
the
ground
lease
my
especi,
my
expectation,
it
was
maybe
the
state's
responsibility
talk
to
me
about
how
credentialing
works,
access
to
the
site,
who's
responsible
for
access
at
many
different
points,
whether
you're,
a
surveyor
shooting
a
topographical
survey
or
whether
you're
somebody
that's
putting
in
sewer
line.
G
So,
chairman
williams,
when
they
signed
that
lease
it's
a
30-year
lease,
they
took
ownership
of
that
property,
so
their
contractor
is
walbridge
and
they've
already
had
some
meetings
with
the
tdot
people
in
region
4,
as
far
as
where
the
gates
will
be
for
the
different
county
roads.
Some
of
those
are
being
vacated
so
they're,
going
through
their
whole
wall
bridge
and
forward,
are
going
through
their
whole
logistics
plan
right
now
about
how
they're
going
to
access
that
point
and
coordinating
those
points
with
tdot
in
the
region.
G
A
H
H
H
H
H
G
So
all
I
can
tell
you
all
I
know
to
tell
you
is
walbridge:
is
the
general
contractor
the
cm
for
the
whole
project
and
all
they
awarded
so
far?
My
understanding
is
to
phillips
and
jordan
for
the
site
work
so
as
far
as
any
other
subs
that
they've
got
on
board
yet
or
working
with.
I
have
not
I'm
not
privy
to
that.
I
don't
think
they're
at
that
point.
Yet.
H
G
F
F
Certainly,
okay.
So
to
date
our
go
dbe
office,
which
is
the
governor's
office
on
diverse
business
enterprises.
We've
had
four
outreach
meetings
on
behalf
of
garney
construction.
Two
meetings
were
held
in
stanton.
There
were
about
70
in
attendance.
There
one
was
held
in
memphis
and
then
one
was
held
in
brownsville.
In
total,
there
were
125
people
in
attendance,
either
virtually
or
in
person.
F
Go
db
has
also
provided
a
ford
motor
company,
as
well
as
the
other
contractors
out
there,
all
of
a
list
of
all
of
our
diversity,
business
enterprises
who
are
out
there
and
also
the
organizations
in
west
tennessee
who
help
promote
those
diverse
business
enterprises
just
keeping
in
mind
diverse
business
enterprises
are
small
businesses
owned
by
tennesseans,
of
course,
and
diverse
business
enterprises.
Minority
women
owned
veteran
owned
as
well,
but
they
are
aware
of
all
of
the
opportunities
out
there.
Walbridge
construction
in
ford
had
advertised
for
a
meeting
in
january
in
memphis.
F
The
outreach
consisted
of
two
sessions
with
the
maximum
capacity
of
each
session
of
250,
and
they
both
maxed
out
and
go
dbe,
also
worked
with
walbridge
for
two
more
outreach
meetings.
Just
I
think
it
was
a
week
before
last
and
may
have
been
last
week
and
both
of
those
went
extremely
well
and
those
were
in
jackson,
tennessee,
so
they've
been
very
active,
brassville
gory
we've
met
with
them
and
they
certainly
intend
to
host
openings
and
meetings
for
dbe
businesses
as
well
garney
construction,
which
is
the
first
contractor
out.
F
There
has
just
reported
that
they've
actually
received
28
bids
and
proposals
from
diverse
businesses,
and
then
seven
awards
have
already
been
made
to
diverse
businesses,
so
that
was
good
of
those
seven
two
are
african
american
businesses.
12
diverse
businesses
have
also
been
wait
listed
and
all
that
means
is
garney
does
intend
to
use
them
on
an
admitted
basis,
but
they
just
don't
know
exactly
when
they're
going
to
call
on
them.
So
those
efforts
have
gone
very
well
and
those
are
all
tennessee
businesses.
H
Thank
you,
I
think
that's
one
of
the
things
that
I
think
this
committee
and
this
legislative
body
is
going
to
be
interested
in
as
we
move
forward,
because
you
know
our
goal
with
these
incentives
are
to
provide
jobs
for
tennesseans
so,
and
I
understand
that
ford
will
be
controlling
you
know
who
has
access
to
the
work
side?
They
have
the
ultimate
decision
making,
but
again
it's
it's
a
vital
interest.
I
think
to
all
of
us
to
make
sure
that
tennessee
taxpayer
dollars
are
going
to
help
tennesseans.
A
Thank
you,
cheerlead
hazelwood
follow
up
on
a
couple
of
the
projects
we
didn't
really
talk
about.
Csx,
even
though
you
you
mentioned
about
a
dual
rail
system,
looks
like
a
spur
off
the
main
line
to
the
plant.
The
question
there
is,
I
we
didn't
see
a
line
item
for
that
is
that
budgetary
cost
solely
borne
by
csx
to
extend
for
the
for
the
work.
G
A
G
I
So
I
think
to
answer
your
question
so
about
half
of
the
work
we
do
in
the
of
the
work
that
goes
to
contract
is
designed
by
the
consultant
industry,
typically
for
a
large
project
like
this
on
a
very
accelerated
time
frame.
The
design
of
that
would
be
consulted
out
to
the
consultant
industry.
Hdr
is
a
national
firm
that
has
a
lot
of
its
roots
here
in
tennessee,
so
they
have
tennessee
staff
working
on
the
project.
I
As
far
as
the
construction
phase
of
the
project,
we
anticipate
using
probably
two
different
procurement
methods:
the
the
really
tight
time
frame
on
the
getting
the
new
interchange
and
the
road
into
the
mega
site.
We
see
using
our
construction
manager
general
contractor
procurement
methodology.
That
is
a
tool
the
general
assembly
put
in
law
several
years
ago
for
us,
but
we
also
believe
that
our
traditional
design
bid,
build
procurement
that
we've
been
using
for
50
years
will
be
used
on
components
of
the
project
as
well.
A
Okay,
well,
you
you
mentioned
earlier
that
you
had
to
make
revives
from
a
divided
two-lane
road
through
the
through
the
mega
site
to
a
five-lane
road
with
the
turning
lane.
Whenever
we
make
these
changes,
obviously,
we've
added
20
paving
that
we
didn't
have
before
paving
is
pretty
expensive
based
upon
the
200
million
dollars
we
set
aside.
Are
you
concerned
at
all
about
having
to
come
back
after
design
and
bidding
using
either
method
that
200
million
dollars
is
going
to
suffice,
as
it
relates
to
these
improvements.
I
Again,
paul
diggs
certainly
cost
is
a
significant
factor
in
how
we
look
at
things.
There
have
been
changes
in
how
ford
is
approaching
getting
their
raw
materials
in
employees
in
and
such
that
we've
been
able
to
do
some
reconfiguring
of
the
interchange
at
exit
39
that
reduces
the
the
scale
of
the
interchange,
also
where
we're
going
through
the
the
regional
mega
site,
going
from
a
divided
highway
to
a
five
five-lane
cross-section
is
a
narrower
cross-section,
and
so
we
we
believe
we
are
still
within
the
the
targeted
funds
for
the
project
right
now.
A
I
So
I
believe
what
you're
referring
to
is
where
the
blue
and
the
red
come
together.
Yes,
there's
an
interchange
there,
that
is
a
just
an
interchange,
the
one
of
the
things
that
the
department
was
doing
in
working
with
the
developers
we're
trying
to
have
a
more
or
less
free
flow
situation
to
where
trucks
entering
and
exiting
the
plant
via
the
connector
road
and
highway
194
would
not
have
to
go
through
traffic
signals
and
things
of
that
nature.
A
A
A
Yeah
yeah,
one
of
the
things
you
also
mentioned,
I
think,
is
really
important
as
it
relates
to
higher
ed
k12.
I
had
an
opportunity,
as
a
younger
man,
to
take
a
trip
to
germany
to
see
how
automobiles
are
manufactured
there.
They
have
a
at
the
porsche
facility
there
and
they
have
an
unbelievable
integrated
program
for
apprenticeships
with
k-12.
A
I
know
we're
talking
about
tcat,
but
it
was
just.
It
was
a
huge
sense
of
pride
in
stuttgart.
If
you,
if
your
family
member
worked
at
the
porsche
facility,
my
question
is:
is
there
a
collaboration
between
k-12
through
an
apprenticeship
program
or
is?
Are?
Are
these
we'd
love
to
use
this
word
silos
of
each
individual
one
or
is
there
a
place
where
you
think
that
meets
together
in
the
plant.
G
I'm
not
sure
about
the
silo,
but
as
far
as
on
our
side,
working
with
ford
and
with
the
ford
fund
and
ford
talent
and
what
they're
trying
to
do
and
what
their
curriculum
needs
are
and
when
I
said
when
on
our
coordinating
task
force,
we
have
a
higher
education,
we
have
department,
education,
we
have
dhs
and
we
have
labor
and
workforce
development.
All
those
folks
are
all
working
together.
I
mean
department.
G
Education
is
trying
to
figure
out
from
8th
grade
to
12th
grade
what
kind
of
curriculum.
What
kind
of
stem
programs
can
we
get
into
these
schools
to
get
these
8th
graders
to
start
thinking
about
their
career
opportunity
that
that
can
be
at
ford
and
whether
they
move
into
tcat
and
train
there
and
then
on
site
there,
but
everybody's
working
conjunction
with
ford
to
try
and
take
a
bigger
picture
than
just
the
tcat.
G
C
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
Thank
you.
First
of
all,
just
a
quick
comment.
I
I
know
a
lot
of
people
involved
and
thank
all
of
you,
but
I
personally
want
to
thank
mr
breit
he's
done
an
excellent
job
in
the
community
so
far
down
there
in
terms
of
communicating
with
the
community
and
keeping
the
community
involved
and
knowing
what's
going
on,
I
live.
I
don't
live
in
that
area,
but
I'm
close
to
it.
C
I
go
to
church
in
that
area
and
I
don't
hear
anything
but
good
things
about
what
you've
done
and
I
I
just
want
to
commit
it
and
you've
done
an
excellent
job.
Appreciate
it
very
much
didn't
want
to
ask
it.
Of
course
we
get
all
kind
of
questions,
but
I
got
a
question
other
day
in
terms
of
producing
batteries.
G
I
don't
think
so.
I
mean
we're
still
working
through
our
zoning
operation
and
trying
to
understand
what
risks
could
be
out
there.
But,
as
I
talked
about
that
pre-treatment
program,
ford
has
got
to
handle
any
waste
that
they're
sending
to
the
water
treatment
plant
that's
owned
and
operated
by
general
services,
so
we're
taking
care
of
anything
that's
coming
downstream
and
once
it
leaves
the
treatment
plant
they're,
either
going
to
reuse
that
at
ford
or
they're
going
to
send
it
to
the
river.
G
And
at
that
point
it's
it's
clean,
so
I
don't
see
any
risk
in
what
the
the
wastewater
treatment
that
we're
that
we're
operating
out
there.
As
far
as
how
they're
handling
the
materials
I've
heard
that
they
may
have
some
sort
of
recycling
plant
on
this
project
for
the
battery
side
of
it
and
what
all
that
means
from
what
you're
asking
representative
shaw.
I
just
don't
know
yet,
but
it's
a
question
that
we're
talking
about
with
ford
and
the
design
team.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you.
If
any
other
members
have
questions,
I've
got
a
few
more
and
then
I'll.
Let
y'all
go
I'm
just
kidding
when
you
talked
about
the
negotiation
terms,
the
lease
who's,
the
entity
that
signs
the
lease
on
behalf.
Is
it
ford
motor
company?
Yes,
sir?
Okay,
as
it
relates
to
the
there's
a
little
bit
of
confusion,
I
had
about
the
wastewater
treatment
plant
when
we
originally
gave
the
proposal
similar
question
to
tdot.
A
F
Yes,
there
was
redesign,
we
started
out
at
three
point,
one
out
of
3.2,
I
think,
and
then
it
went
grew
to
4.6
and
then
we
get
it
at
5.1.
There
was
additional
cost
with
redesign,
but
I
have
absolutely
no
concerns
at
this
point
about
our
budget.
We've
made
sure
that
we
built
plenty
of
contingency
in
our
budget
numbers
just
to
make
sure
we
could
accommodate
any
potential
design
changes
and
any
contingency
for
construction
costs.
So
I
feel
confident
that
we're
going
to
be
fine
within
our
budget.
A
Thank
you
and
I
appreciate
the
fact
that
your
department
has
done
a
fantastic
job
of
making
sure
that
we
have
adequate
numbers
and
particularly
nearing
your
testimony
about
how
the
cost
of
construction
has
gone
up
43
in
two
years.
It's
very
hard
to
predict.
So
I
appreciate
that
one
last
question:
it's
it's
kind
of
the
an
interesting
question
for
me.
If,
if
the
the
state
has
invested
this,
I
wrote
it
down
the
commissioner,
a
500
million
dollar
bucket
of
gold.
A
I
think
it's
what
he
called
it:
that
500
million
dollar
bucket
of
gold.
There
has
been
some
discussion
about
who's
in
charge
of
the
construction
project
we've
heard
of
seven
different
entities-
I
I
guess
it
relates
to
either
design
or
construction
for
battery
plant
or
whoever,
as
it
relates
to
the
actual
facility
improvements
that
are
being
paid
for
by
our
new
tenant.
A
Are
you
concerned
at
all
in
a
right
to
work
state
that
we
currently
live
in
who's,
trying
to
art
enshrine
in
our
constitution
about
rights
to
work?
I've
heard
discussions
from
folks
up
in
that
area
that
you
submit
a
proposal
to
an
entity
which
is
represented
by
a
a
union
and
they
submit
the
proposal
back
to
you
and
ask
you
to
increa
increase
the
labor
rates
by
certain
dollar
amounts
so
that,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
the
the
the
union
is
proverb
preserved
and
it's
open
p.o
through
the
labor
union
there.
A
I
guess
some
of
the
concerns
that
that
others
may
have
is
that
this
half
billion
dollars
is
being
siphoned
through
a
union
in
a
labor
in
in
a
right
to
work
state
can
any
of
you
all
comment.
Has
that
been
your
experience
whatsoever
with
any
of
these
process
where
the
big
challenge
is?
Is
that
we
have
all
kinds
of
different
oem
manufacturers
with
completely
different
relationships
across
the
state?
A
Some
at
times
are
fantastic,
and
sometimes
we
scratch
our
head
thinking.
What's
going
on,
could
any
of
y'all
speak
to
that?
Have
you
seen
that
labor
rates
change
as
it
relates
to
construction?
When
I
talked
to
the
administration
early
on
about
this
process,
it
was,
it
was
always
said.
Yes,
the
union
is
going
to
be
a
huge
component
and
partner,
as
it
relates
to
the
manufacturing
of
the
facilities.
F
Well,
I
can
say,
from
my
perspective
in
department
of
general
services,
as
I
said,
clay
and
I
have
weekly
meetings
with
their
contractor,
their
construction
manager
walbridge.
I've
never
heard
any
of
that.
I've
never
heard
any
of
that
mentioned
in
any
of
those
meetings,
and
I
have
no
other
knowledge
of
that.
I've
not
heard
anything
else
like
that
regarding
labor
rates
or
anything,
we
have
certainly
not
experienced
that
in
our
construction
work
that
we're
doing
on
the
infrastructure.
F
I
B
Sure
I
think
one
of
the
there
we
go.
I
think
one
of
the
first
things
that
we
started
hearing
after
the
announcement
was
with
the
mayor
started,
calling
and
saying
we
heard
we
saw
the
press
release,
but
now
we
don't
know
what's
going
on
so
we
have
started
what
we're
calling
louisville
city
community
impact
meetings,
we're
going
to
do
two
a
month,
one
virtually
and
one
in
person.
We
have
our
first
in-person
one.
B
This
week,
we've
had
about
120
people
on
the
virtual
meetings,
they're
targeted
to
local
government
leaders,
but
we've
had
lots
of
people
sign
up
for
our
email
list
about
those
we've
had
tdot
on
their
team
talked
about
just
gave
an
overview
of
what's
going
on
on
the
site
with
those
road
improvements
that
you
heard
today,
and
then
we
had
their
long-range
transportation,
planner,
say:
okay,
lauderdale
county.
If
your
long-range
transportation
plan
has
changed
based
on
blue
oval
city,
here's
what
you
do
to
kind
of
redo
your
long-range
transportation
plan.
B
We
had
tdac
on
that
did
kind
of
the
same
thing.
If
you're
thinking
about
doing
a
regional
wastewater
treatment
plant,
here's
what
you
need
to
be
doing
right
now
we
have
a
meeting
coming
up
this
week.
Some
folks
from
tupelo
are
going
to
come
and
talk
about
how
toyota
impacted
tupelo.
So
we've
had
just
kind
of
we're
going
to
have
a
diverse
group
of
speakers
just
to
let
everybody
get
on
the
same
page
and
know
what's
going
on
around
the
site
and
how
it
may
impact
their
community.
B
And
then,
as
you
mentioned,
we
have
the
5
million
dollar
planning
grant
that
rfp
will
go
out
in
the
next
two
weeks,
we're
going
to
get
a
contractor
on
board
and
they're
going
to
help
the
communities
impacted
by
the
louisville
city.
With
things
like
water
and
sewer
planning
housing,
there
are
impacts
to
their
school
system,
population
projections,
land
use,
planning
that
kind
of
stuff,
so
that
will
be
available
to
the
communities
in
may.
C
Well,
you
called
my
name,
mr
chairman,
so
I
thought
I
should
respond,
and-
and
this
is
this
is
serious
now
I
can
tell
you
what
the
community
is
saying
about
that
question.
You
ask
that
that
was
a
contractor
who
didn't
get
a
contract
and
that
contractor
put
that
information
out
about
the
union,
and
you
know
so
I
think
that's
where
it
all
came
from
and
that's
what
the
community
will
tell
you
that
it
was.
We
just
had
one
contractor
who
wanted
to
get
involved,
didn't
get
involved
whatever
reason
and
put
out
bad
information.
A
Thank
you
for
your
divining
rod
representative.
I
think
it
was
important
for
us
to
get
on
the
record
to
what
the
discussion
is,
so
that
things
don't
go
off
the
rail
if
you
will.
Finally,
you,
mr
bright,
you
communicated
about
the
lease
terms
and
that
the
the
ground
lease
payments
would
be
going
back.
Who,
who
is
the
beneficiary
of
the
of
the
ground
lease
or
the
the
lease
payments
over.
A
Well,
in
march
11th
of
this
year,
we
entered
into
a
lease
on
3600
acres
from
ford
motor
company
that
lease
that
ground
lease
I'm
assuming
is
not
a
dollar.
It
is
a
set
fee
over
that
30-year
period.
My
question
is:
who
is
the
recipient
of
those
proceeds
from
the
ground
lease?
If
I
were
the
landlord
it'd,
be
me,
the
question
is:
is
the
landlord
the
mega
side
authority?
Is
it
the
local
community?
Is
it
the
state
of
tennessee.
G
So
representative
shaw,
those
yes,
sir,
those
decisions,
so
that
discussion
has
not
occurred
within
the
authority
to
date,
but
it's
something
that
will
come
in
the
future
and,
as
commissioner
ross
said,
it's
a
it's
a
couple
of
years
out
before
those
pilot
that
pilot
program,
pilot
in
lieu
of
taxes
starts
coming
out.
That.
C
A
Too
fast
representative,
I'm
sure
there'll
be
a
lot
of
people
with
their
hand
out
for
that
dollar.
That
just
means
the
mega
site
authority
has
a
little
bit
more
purview
than
than
maybe
some
had
had
thought.
I
would
argue
that
the
state's
1.5
billion
dollar
investment
might
return
a
little
bit
of
that
back
to
the
state,
but
I
appreciate
all
of
you
being
here
today.
A
I
know
you
were
extremely
busy
and
it
was
a
really
great
day
to
be
in
a
car
driving
around
somewhere,
I'm
told,
but
I
haven't
been
outside,
so
I
wouldn't
know
that.
But
thank
you
guys
for
coming.
Miss
carlton.
Please
send
your
best,
commissioner,
for
his
attendance
as
well.
You
guys
have
a
blessed
day
the
members
have
in
and
so
we're
back
in
session.
The
members
have
any
further
questions
comments.
Seeing
none
move
to
adjourn.