The Chattanooga City Council met on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at approximately 2:23 PM. The meeting was called to order by the Chair, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance, an invocation, and a moment of silence commemorating the liberation of Auschwitz. The council addressed several agenda items, including rezoning requests, resolutions, purchases, and received presentations from the Parks and Outdoors Department, Head Start, and the 311 system. Public comments included concerns about immigration enforcement and legal matters. Several votes were taken, and committee meetings were scheduled.
Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to the Tuesday, January twenty-seventh meeting of the Chattanooga City Council. We are hereby called to order. Um, I would like to invite Councilman Harvey to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance and the invocation. And to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, Madam Chair. Uh today I want to do something a little bit different. Um today commemorates uh the liberation of Auschwitz. And uh because of that, I'd like for us to take a moment of silence that we would never forget the atrocities that happened uh during World War Two. And uh that we would never let that happen again. So let's uh take a moment to reflect and remember those uh millions of folks who lost their lives. That would be councilman. Thank you. Uh without objection, the minutes will stand. Council, let's take a look at our agenda items for today. I'll point out to you that we are going to have a couple of committee meetings after we go over our agenda. We have um a planning item under final reading. However, I have been advised uh by councilwoman burst that we do actually have one other condition that needs to be added to this item. And so um the attorney's office has provided us counsel with an alternate version that councilman burrs has requested be read today, which will of course put that back to a first reading. Um so when the time comes, I would ask that um we get a motion to approve the alternate version. Um also ordinances under first reading. Um is not able to be here today, and she has asked that we defer item A until the third, so one more week. Um item B is in my district, and as I am chair and cannot make a motion, I would ask that we get a motion to table this. Uh, this was the item that um has uh had some interesting situation because of the uh equivalency mapping, and we are hopeful that this can get taken care of in BOSA instead of um as part of a change to the zoning. Um and then item C from uh council or vice chairwoman Noel, uh to my understanding that one is good to go. Okay. Okay, no. Oh, item C and Curtis Street. Oh, you have take it away, Councilman Dotley. Thank you so less, Madam Chair. So for this one, um, it is a request uh to add a condition to this one. And the condition is uh she wants to read the recommended for approval of the planning commission version. Uh and that for all units, parking must be the condition is the parking. Our uh parking must be in the rear alleyway, which is called Brown Alley, um, for both if if this passes for both um the new construction and also for existing parking. So our parking must be in the rear alley slash brown alley is what it was called on the map. So uh if the developer is here and okay with that, then yes, we'll be okay with that condition. Otherwise, no okay. Um, and that would be the actual parking in the alley or parking access from the alley. Parking in the app that part they have to drive to the back and park. He'll they are supposed to have parking access through the yeah through the alley. Yes, got it. Okay. Okay, so we will take that one from the top. Okay, thank you so much. Thank you, madam chair. Nine seven nine two on that one. Okay. Great. Okay, council moving on uh councilman councilman Clark. Uh Madam Chair, it's uh the I'm moving with you into resolutions.