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Memphis City Council approves special‑use permit, museum streetscape supplemental agreement and same‑night grants
Summary
On July 7 the council approved a special‑use permit for 2465 Millbrook Ave (SUP20), amended and passed a supplemental agreement for the Memphis Brooks Museum streetscape (CR‑5447), and accepted same‑night grant and community grant program items including $591,000 in state funds and establishment of an FY27 council community grant program.
The Memphis City Council on July 7 approved a bundle of development and funding items, including a special‑use permit for a property at 2465 Millbrook Avenue (case SUP20), an amended supplemental agreement for the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art streetscape (contract CR‑5447), and several same‑night grant and community grant program items.
Special use permit SUP20: The Division of Planning and Development presented SUP20 for 2465 Millbrook Avenue; the committee recommended approval and Councilman Spinoza moved the item. With no council questions or public commenters in the queue, the council voted by roll call to approve the permit.
Memphis Brooks Museum supplemental agreement (CR‑5447): Councilman Ford Canale described a proposed amendment to the standard improvement contract (CR‑5447) for the museum front‑street improvements to clarify that work should be completed "as shown on approved engineering plans or as amended by the developer and the city engineer." Several council members sought clarification about pedestrian‑plaza design, bollards and whether planned stoplights and garage access remain; staff confirmed the change is intended as a limited clarification related to the plaza language. The council voted to adopt the amended supplemental agreement.
Same‑night grant and community grant items: The council accepted a $591,000 state grant from the Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs covering all council districts; the council also voted to establish the Memphis City Council community grant program for FY27 and approved an amendment to that program. Committee reports recommended approval for these items and roll‑call votes recorded support from the members present.
Votes at a glance - SUP20 (Special use permit, 2465 Millbrook Ave): Moved by Councilman Spinoza; second not recorded in debate; outcome: approved (unanimous roll call of members present). - CR‑5447 (Memphis Brooks Museum supplemental agreement #2, contract 5447): Amendment clarified engineering/plaza language; moved and seconded on the floor; outcome: approved. - Item 11 (accept $591,000 state grant, Office of Criminal Justice Programs): outcome: approved. - Item 12 (establish Council community grant program FY27): outcome: approved. - Item 13 (amend community grant program FY27): outcome: approved. - Consent/second readings (Ordinances nos. 5974, 5975, 5977, 5978): listed on consent agenda as second readings and adopted as consent.
Council recorded roll‑call votes for each item via the comptroller/clerk; the roll calls recorded affirmative votes from the members present as read on the chamber screen. No dissents or abstentions were recorded in the public transcript for these items.
The museum contract amendment prompted the most substantive discussion among council members, who asked staff to confirm that the pedestrian civic plaza, bollards and planned stoplight or garage access elements remain in concept plans. Staff described the change as limited to plan‑language clarity rather than removing plaza elements.
Next steps: Items approved at this meeting are recorded as passed; contract implementation and any developer‑side amendments proceed through engineering and project management as described in the approved contract language.
