Good afternoon.

Welcome to our Chattanooga City Council meeting for Tuesday, March 10th, 2026.

So Council, some of some of you, but not all of you know that I've been part of a nine-month cohort with the local faith co-op.

It's called Maine and Market Partners.

And with that, we're exploring the intersection of faith and work.

And in a recent retreat, had the challenge to rewrite the Lord's Prayer in honor of our work.

And so this is a liturgy for Council Tuesdays.

Our Father who art in heaven, join our city leaders in today's work.

May Chattanooga be a new Jerusalem flowing with your justice, mercy, and righteousness through Christ our Lord.

Give us today the resources and wisdom we need to represent the people of District One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, and Nine.

And steward the 1910 souls who call our city home.

Forgive us our pride and self-reliance.

Inspire us to readily humble ourselves and forgiveness of others.

Protect us from the temptations of impatience, arrogance, and callousness.

Keep our ears alert to the sound of suffering, our minds attuned to the impacts of chaos, and our hearts open to new perspectives.

Rescue us from ourselves and our assumptions.

For you set our world in motion and are king of all civilization forever and ever.

Amen.

Can I get a motion on the minutes, please?

So move.

Thank you.

Motion uh the minutes will stand without objection.

Um, okay, so we're gonna jump into discussing our agenda for today.

We don't have any committee or department reports at the top of our meeting, so we won't be coming back for for those uh after this.

Um we have some items that are ordinances under final reading.

If you have any questions or concerns, please hit your light.

I will note that after today's agenda session, we will have uh an attorney client meeting.

Um okay, ordinances under first reading.

We have several planning items up for consideration tonight.

The first three are um related to the code overall.

And the first item that is a planning case is item D.

Uh, Councilman Elliott and Councilman Burst, you have your lights lit.

Is it um for items A, B, or C?

No.

Okay, all right.

Then I'm gonna go ahead and address item D before we move on to the next one.

So item D is in District 2.

Um, and we have received a formal request from the applicant to withdraw this case.

So I would welcome a motion to withdraw um case 2025 0168.

Thank you.

Okay, councilman Elliott.

Thank you, madam chair.

Um, councilman Clark is unable to join us today, so he has asked for a couple things pertaining to item E.

Um, we are going to hear from uh the Karen and the developer for this item as their most recent plans they're drawing up, and he is also going to be seeking for a deferment until March 24th for this.

Okay, thank you very much.

Thank you, madam chair.

Councilman Burrs.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

I was gonna address the the same thing if you hadn't because he reached out to it sounds like to both of us.

Um but I will since uh I've already already got the floor.

Um, item F did meet with the neighborhood association, and I will be um making a motion to approve with with some conditions, and the developer or the engineer is here today as well, and he's gonna speak just for a minute about it during our regular meeting with regards to those conditions.

And uh does uh and Karen will as well.

Does staff or our attorney have a copy of those conditions?

Not yet.

But I will make sure that they have them during the break.

Awesome.

Thank you very much.

I think Karen Karen added them to the slides, and she does have them.

So super unless we make any changes, we do have them ready.

Okay, thank you very much.

Thank you.

Okay, council.

Any other planning items to discuss?

All right, seeing none, let's take a look at resolutions, please.

All right, looks like we are good on resolutions, council.

Let's go ahead and uh move over to purchases, except I see councilman Elliott here uh has an item.

Also, I did want to point out, council, there is a very um small but important difference between economic development items B and C.

Um they are almost identical, except one of them is renewing an agreement with Carta, and the other is renewing an agreement with the Cassette Skate Shop.

Those are the differences on that.

Um, Councilman Elliott.

Thank you, Mom Chair.

Uh I want to provide some context.

Um if we decide to pass IDO um A under resolutions in a few weeks, um, probably six to eight weeks, we can expect a presentation from Public Works approximately.

If some changes will let us know, but at least our folks know that there'll be some follow-up coming behind this resolution if it is passed.

Okay, thank you very much.

Thank you.

Okay, council, let's take a look at our purchases for this evening.

We have several purchases today, um, along with a handful of RFPs and one um sole source purchase.

Do we have any questions about any of those items?

All right, seeing none, let's go ahead then and look at our two-week agenda, please.

For first reading, we have um several different mandatory or a couple different mandatory referrals, a zoning item looking at resolutions.

Um I'd like to um welcome up uh Darren Ledford to talk about item D for next week.

This is a resolution authorizing parts and outdoors to enter into an MOU with launch pad.

Good afternoon, Madam Chair, Madam Vice Chair, members of council.

Hello.

I'd like to make an introduction to somebody who needs no introduction, the city of Chattanooga, and that is uh the incredible person that I've known for a long time doing fantastic work in this city in the realm of wellness from recovery and addiction.

In regards to this, this is a pretty important project that they are undertaking, and we're grateful for it.

So if you'll allow me to introduce to you, as you already know, Scotty Bowman from the Launchpad, founder and CEO, but also Shelley Armstrong, executive director, and Kelly Cruz, uh the clinical director, and they will be happy to explain to you more about what this project is hoping to accomplish.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Um, I'm Scotty Bowman, uh founder of the launch pad.

Um we're here to talk about the possibility of putting a box for free Narcan in Miller Plaza.

Uh we think this project's really important because there's really no place for anyone to receive free Narcan, and it does save lives.

Uh, the stigma that's goes around about them having to either go to the health department or go and pay for this item.

Uh it really keeps people from having that on hand when someone does have an overdose on opioids.

Um, and we've pro we've projected about 10 boxes a day to be given out across the city.

Uh Kelly has been very involved with the health department and the county to try and try and get this project underway.

I think the county is going to sponsor the project, but we need the city to allow us to put the box in Miller Plaza.

We've chosen Miller Plaza because we feel like it's a central location.

Um, and maybe down the road there'll be other areas that we can put the boxes in.

Um, but I'm gonna introduce Kelly Cruz, our um clinical director, to talk more about it.

She has a few slides to show you.

Yes, just a few slides.

Hello, council members.

My name is Kelly, and uh I am the clinical director at the launch pad.

I'm assuming that y'all know what the launch pad is, but currently today we're we are housing 52 women in their first year of sobriety.

So we're making a big impact on our community.

Um this idea actually came um out of the um regional, it's the original addiction uh and dependency committee.

Uh it's a meet, it's a meeting of like stakeholders.

We meet once a month, but it was a little focus group that we were doing, and it's an initiative where we would uh repurpose uh old newspaper boxes.

So the Times Free Press has agreed to give us an old newspaper box, and we would um fix it up like this one and um keep it full with Narcan.

So the concept is simple but impactful, and um the Narcan is you know is a life-saving medication.

If you were to buy this over-the-counter medication at Walgreens, it would cost you about $24.

So here's the thing is that the people who need it can't afford it.

And this would make it uh 24-hour access.

Um we have applied for a grant um from Hamilton County.

Uh we won't have an answer for on that grant probably until May.

So with that grant, we would be able to keep 10 boxes a day in that box for 365 days a year.

And the launch pad has agreed to host the grant, which means we'll be checking the box at least three times a week to make sure that it's stocked, um, to make sure the medication you know is still safe because uh it doesn't like a whole lot of heat, which is kind of one of the reasons that we pick the spot that we picked, um, so it can kind of be shaded.

Um so I guess uh I I did bring some statistics about overdoses in uh 2023.

So 174 overdoses.

Um, this initiative may save lives by making the medication available when it's needed and exactly where it's needed.

So I thank you all for your consideration.

And uh sometimes saving a life comes whether or not the right tool is available at the time that it's needed.

Thank you for letting me share.

Thank you.

Did you guys have any questions or anything?

Like I do have a couple folks on the board.

Councilman Harvey.

Yeah, thank you for being here.

Um I'm a nurse and and unfortunately have responded to someone uh in an opioid uh overdose situation, and I wish I'd had Narcan handily available time.

So um, so I I absolutely think this is a great thing.

Just a couple questions.

Uh it looks like this is the nasal spray, is that right?

Okay, all right.

So it's relatively easy to use for a common person.

Yes, and if you see on the side of the of that box, it has kind of how to use it.

So the idea is to to put a sticker like that on the actual box.

Okay, so that I mean, I mean it's it's pretty simple to to figure out and use and and it's not harmful.

So okay.

And then it is it uh or are you able to put instead of naloxone uh can you put Narcan on the on the box, or is it I know that's the generic name, but um I I don't know the answer to that for sure.

There's a lot a lot of people who are are are working on this with me.

I I had letters of support from um at least four different organizations when we turned in the grant.

So um I I'm afraid I couldn't answer that with 100% certainty, but I I believe that Narcan you know is the brand that we're buying.

Right, yeah, okay.

I think it's probably important to address that though, because most of the the people that know about the life-saving drug know it as Narcan.

Right.

So I think we should at least maybe try to put that in parentheses and address that because they're not gonna know what naloxone is.

I've heard that word plenty of times, but when Shelly said it to me, I was like, oh yeah, that's the actual name of the drug and not the company, but most people know the company.

Right, exactly.

That that was gonna be my recommendation is important.

I think so too.

So we did have we do have a local artist um who has agreed to like design and paint the box for us so that um so it would look nice, but I think definitely having Narcan, you know, somewhere on the box is very important.

Yeah, absolutely.

If at all possible, yes.

Yeah, okay, great.

Thank you.

Councilwoman Dotley.

Thank you so much, madam chair.

Uh, this is being down at Miller Park, it's gonna be fantastic.

That is District 7 and all great things happen in District 7.

So I am uh grateful for that.

My question is how will um the box be service of you know who they call for Mainson is and how often is this happening?

So um the the you know the box itself, um you know, we're gonna have it like we're gonna have it painted and looking really nice, and so that the the launch pad, you know, the women, the 52 women that we serve, they love love love to give back to this community.

So together we're gonna all come check the box three times a week um and make sure that it's in properly working order and that it's it's got the medic medication in it.

Okay, yeah, I want to add also that if we see that three times a week is not enough, like if it's the Narcans disappearing every day, we we'll come more often.

We have seven staff men members now as well as 52 residents, and uh they are required to do some community service.

So this would be one of the things that qualifies as community service for them.

Okay, so we fully expect uh at the beginning for the medication to disappear quickly.

Um, so and and that's okay.

That's really what we want.

We we want this medication out to the people who are gonna use it.

So we fully expect the the first month or so for the medication to be gone almost overnight.

But once they realize that it's gonna be there, right?

Then that's really when it will make the most impact.

Okay.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Councilwoman Burst, yeah.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Ladies, thank you so much for your efforts, and I think access is the key, is making sure that people have access.

So with that in mind, uh, because we're talking to in our communities all of the time.

How can we help you all get the word out?

You're just gonna have this one location right now that uh is in you know one part of town.

So how will information about this become available?

Well, that's a great question.

I I mean I wish Mark Height were here because he is the king of press releases, yeah.

Um, but hopefully we have somebody on our board that can help us to get in touch with the right person and do a press release on it and let that know be known that it's there.

And also the the demographic that this is for word travels quickly.

So in that community, they are gonna know they're gonna know that the medication's there.

Probably announce it in our community circle as well with the meetings that we attend, put a flyer up on in all of the locations of our meetings to let people know exactly where it is.

And we anticipate that the need will grow.

Yeah, word of mouth is your best advertising.

Yeah.

If you when you do do a flyer or a press release, if you would please share it with our council clerk so that we have it available to send out through the different channels that we use to get information out to the community.

We'd love to help.

Well, I would love to help.

I can't imagine there's anybody up here that wouldn't, so I don't want to speak for everybody else, but that would be great.

I I mean I my staff at the Big Chill, we hire a lot of the residents of CADES, and I've had staff members have personally narcanned four people in in a year's span and save their lives, so it's really important.

We keep it at all my restaurants, we keep it at all of our houses, and we keep it in all of our cars.

So thank you, Scotty, for all you do, and and and you all as well, uh, for creating those pathways of hope for people.

We have a great team, and we're really interested in saving lives, and you know, the opioid crisis is it goes way deep.

Thank you.

Vice Chairwoman Nall.

Thank you.

Hi, Scotty.

Hi, how are you all?

Good.

So just a couple of questions.

Uh do you have concerns as far as the youth being able to um have access to it?

And the next question would be how would you keep those from going in there taking in and actually reselling it?

Have you thought about that?

Yeah, we have not thought about that.

We've talked about that and we and we've discussed that.

Um but there's I mean, there's just not a lot that that you can do because the people who really need this medication can't afford it even if it's resold.

So we feel like the risk of not having it is greater than the risk of having it and it being in the wrong hands.

And honestly, I don't know that there is a wrong hand for Narcan to be in and whatever avenue that it goes in.

So if somebody is trying to resell it, one thing is hopefully we're gonna get the word out that they don't have to, that it's always gonna be there and it's you know, and it's free.

Um, it's just you you can't control human nature.

Um, and you know, and it's hard to stand up here and say these people that need the drug can't afford it because we think about the fact that we spend a lot of time affording our drugs, you know, but the person who's saving the life typically is a family member or a friend, and they're possibly not an addict.

But yeah, it's it's easy to say the addict uh can't could afford it if they didn't do the drugs, but the addict's the one that's knocked out and and not able to narcand themselves anyway.

So the person that's hands it's in is somebody they can actually save their life.

Okay, so the the other question was concerned of the youth having access to spectators.

That is not something that that we have addressed specifically, but but the medication is is not dangerous, so even if you use the medication and it's not being if you run down the road and you see somebody pass out on the side of the road and you use the medication on them and it's not happened to be an opioid overdose, it does no harm to them.

Okay, because some people you might have a fallout that they just could be having a seizure.

Yeah, and you know, people do get them confused.

Yes, it's easy to confuse, and but there is no harm that comes to them, at least you're trying to give them some kind of medical attention.

At least you're trying to give them some kind of medical attention.

Okay.

Thanks.

Thank you.

And you get one in our neighborhood, Marvine.

Yes, indeed.

It's got to be.

Yes, indeed.

Um that's uh she she has a spot in the Great District A.

Yes, indeed.

So we share a Scotty, okay.

Um that looks like that's all of our questions.

Thank you all for what you're doing.

Appreciate it.

Thank you so much for having us.

Okay, council.

Um, other resolutions.

Uh if you've got any questions, hit your light.

You've already talked about purchases.

Oh, this is that's for next week anyway.

Okay, let's take a look at our future considerations, please.

Um I would like to um go ahead and get a little bit more information in front of the council on item B.

And as we are also uh item B also discusses uh is an item on Volkswagen Drive, which brings up Enterprise South.

And I'd like to after we talk about item B, I'd like to um bring up representative from Novonics to talk with us about um the potential that they won't be going to Enterprise South.

Um so let's get started, please, with uh someone to share with us um from economic development about the contract for sale and purchase with the Cherokee Area Council, the Boy Scout tract Council High Richard Beeland Economic Development administrator.

So this is a piece of property that's adjacent to Enterprise South Parking or Interpret South Nature Park and the Interstate.

Um it's about a 19 to 20 acre spot.

Uh we talked with the county, it came up for sale, and we're jointly purchasing it with them.

Okay, council, do you have any questions about this property?

Looks like I've got pretty hot board.

Councilwoman Dotley, did you have a question about this one?

I did not.

Okay.

Uh well then we're gonna come back around in a sec.

Okay, let's see.

Next we've got Councilman Burr, did you have a question?

I did, yeah.

You did okay, go ahead.

Yeah, just a question slash comments.

So, Richard, as I understand it from the discussion with the administration, there's no plans to do anything with this property at this point.

It's just an opportunity that the city and county saw as a joint venture to to make sure that we have we protect the land and have a say so in its destiny versus uh a private entity.

Is that my understanding?

Right, to the determinant.

Okay, all right, thank you very much.

Okay, councilman Harvey.

That was also my question.

Just as did we have any sort of plans um for what what this will be used for.

Um is there anything currently on the site, or is it just is it a wooded area?

Yes, it is just a wooded area.

It was known by the Boy Scouts.

Okay, all right.

Okay, that's all right, thank you very much.

Um Kevin, I'd like to ask you to come up and get our Nivonics conversation started, please.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair, Kevin Roy, Chief of Staff, good evening, council.

Um, so this is regarding the newspaper article about Nivonics expressing an interest in the property adjacent to their big blue facility um at the riverbend.

And so I just wanted to a couple of you guys had raised some questions um, particularly around potential implication to the pilot that you approved last year at Enterprise South.

And so, well, I just wanted to say that this is a good sign for the economy.

We we know that when our local businesses win, we all win.

And so um notionally it's exciting that Novonics is is looking for additional expansion opportunities, but I also wanted to underscore that this does not change or um impact the agreed upon pilot agreement that you guys passed.

Um as Robert Long, the CFO for Novonics will share here in a moment.

Um, this is simply them exploring a potential opportunity from the administration's perspective.

We are going to ensure that as their due diligence period progresses and should it evolve into some alternate proposal, um one that does not happen automatically, any change to that agreement would be subject to the same process that created it in the first place, which means going back through the IDB through the council through the commission.

Um but it's incumbent upon all of us to ensure that every dollar of incentive is backed by the investment and by the jobs that we have agreed upon, and that this council approved.

So, with that, I just wanted to invite Robert Long, CFO for Nivonics up to share a little bit more from their perspective in terms of the thinking behind this announcement.

Kevin, remind us how long is the due diligence period?

I think it's 150 days.

150 days.

Yep.

For the pilot?

The the due diligence for the announcement of them exploring the adjacent property.

There's a 150-day period that they are going to be looking at.

Yeah, okay.

So that um yeah, my I was asking a different question, thinking you were referring to the pilot as it exists.

Um the pilot's a 15-year pilot.

Right, but remind us what the timeline is on them getting started or us having clawbacks.

So I think it was 2028 is when it was supposed to get started.

I think so.

I'd have to follow up, but I believe so.

Yeah, there's a period that we're um still in the assessment, and we haven't bought the Enterprise South property yet, so the pilot's not yet affected.

Start date is January the first, 2028, if you elect go through it.

Thank you very much.

We had a pilot in District 2 at the Invista plant that um that became the court supplant that sat fallow, and we were at the very end, we did not at that point have a cancellation date.

So we want to know that we're intending to move forward.

So welcome, Robert.

That's right.

Thank you, madam chair.

Uh Robert Long, I'm the chief financial officer of Navonics.

Uh been in Chattanooga my whole life, so uh great to uh see some of you again and to meet for the first time.

Um maybe some background would be helpful.

Um as many of you know, or certain of you may know, we are a public company on the Australian stock exchange.

The Australian stock exchange requires certain disclosure rules that are different and on the one hand materially different than the US stock exchange rules like the Securities and Exchange Commission.

One big difference is it's under the Australian stock exchange is is um a continuous disclosure regime, which means and there's a provision that if you enter into a binding or potentially binding transaction, which we we settled on the potential purchase price if we move forward with the land, uh that considers um is considered a binding transaction, so we had a disclosure obligation.

So under just securities exchange commission rules, we wouldn't necessarily have had to disclose.

We could have the same conversations, but not necessarily publicly.

So we did of course have to remain and want to remain compliant with the Australian stock exchange rules, so therefore the announcement.

Um this is an exploratory assessment right now for the 150-day right of access and exclusivity period we have.

We are not um assuming anything other than we want to make the best business decision for the business, the shareholders when this became potentially available, we wanted to explore the um the property.

Um just having the plant positioned right next door, there would be maybe obvious efficiencies and uh opportunities to explore and understand.

And so that's what we're doing right now.

This is really day one of a hundred and fifty-day exploratory period to understand the property, what's possible during that period as we progress.

We'll of course keep the CD and the county uh up to speed, but right now we're in early stages and we're not assuming anything other than we really want to understand the property and its potential.

Okay.

Um when the newspaper knows before the city council knows, you know that's a problem.

Yeah, yep.

And um they um they knew through other channels.

Okay, councilman Elliott.

Thanks, madam chair.

This new piece of property you have or that you're looking at, where is that located and does it tip into the footprint of the bend?

It is within the bend, it is um directly adjacent to it's the 17 and a half acres directly to the east of our riverside, uh, the big blue building.

It's between our building and riverfront parkway.

Is it within the TIFF boundary of the bend?

I believe it is, and that's as far as the TIFF and the interaction that's uh I'd have to have someone more inch cans on.

So this may not be a question for you, but how does this impact?

I wasn't here when we did the bin project, but how does this impact our agreement with the bend?

And I don't know, and colleagues that work here, uh Councilman Valley, I don't know.

I think this might be you.

Is there any different dishes there?

Is that from yeah?

I don't know if we agreed for there to be a master plan for the bend.

There is there is well, no, there's no master plan, there's a um they have their own zone.

They're on telling.

Okay, and I'm I'm assuming this may match the zoning or not.

I'm I'm just curious, and I don't know if y'all have the answers for this now.

But at some point, how does this impact the bin project and everything else that goes on?

Because you know, the bin being successful also ensures that the west side is successful, but also I don't know what was promised through that TIFF, and is this incongruent with what was promised?

I don't know that, but I would like to know how does this match up.

Sure, it's a great question.

I uh one that is something that we would have to answer, uh, because obviously this was not part of the original Bend TIFF.

Um, but again, we don't know what we don't what we don't know.

Um so depending on how this evolves, we would have to figure that out, and we would have to basic basically we know that we can have both a pilot and a TIF, right?

And we know that they're the TIFF has been approved.

Um and so we would have to figure out how to address that discrepancy, but it's to be determined.

I want to make sure I'm potentially following.

Is there potential that we may look to try to move this pilot from enterprise south to this project here?

The administration is not assuming that at this point, we have an existing pilot agreement in place, and that is what we're operating from.

Okay, so the big blue has a pilot.

Oh, it currently has a pilot.

And then there's a system.

Okay.

We do not allow a stack of a pilot and a TIF.

And a TIF.

Um, I think your question is more about the intent of the use of the of the Bend and how it would be developed, and is this in keeping with what has been committed by the Bend developer?

I'll say this.

I've tried to reach out to them a couple times um over the last couple weeks, the folks at the bit for who are running the bin, because I know a couple of my colleagues have mentioned wanting to get updates on that project, and particularly for our economic development conversation since we're having this, and so the administration can have that conversation with them, or we can just somebody should probably reach out to us because I've reached out to them twice so far, and I haven't heard back.

But council has asked, at least a couple of my colleagues have asked about this project, and I think it's time for us to get an update.

No, it's not a good idea.

So if y'all can help us that with the bill, that would be helpful.

Phil, you said something that sparked a question.

Yes.

Are we basically about to be in limbo until 2028 as to what we can do with the extra piece of Enterprise South or whenever whenever that uh item was actually uh reviewed initially, they gave two alternate start dates.

One was January the 1st of 2028, and the other one was January 1st, 2029.

Okay, so they had two different option dates that they could elect.

We've not seen any election at this point in time yet.

And that there's gotta be a closure on the property as well.

And can I ask this then?

If you all do decide to move forward with the bin property, will you be relinquishing anything on Enterprise South, or is that something you're looking to still consider through those two start dates?

If we move forward with the bin project, we would relinquish the Enterprise South project.

Okay, and that's that's 187 acres out there.

Okay, and yours 17.

17.

17, okay.

That's the assessment.

And that's one of the diligence items is to assess the the fit and function of the plant on the current on the uh potential side.

Okay, and and I'll just echo some of what chairwoman um Hill said.

I would love for us to be proactive in some of these instances, especially if you know it's gonna get disclosed on the front end, just so we're not caught off guard.

And um, we're just not firing questions from the hip.

I just asked if y'all can just lean in a little bit a little bit more in the future.

But I'm I'm glad y'all are moving forward.

Um, and y'all are wanting to stay in Chattanooga.

We want you to stay in Chattanooga.

Um, but we just have to make sure that everything is aligned with what was promised to the public, and that we're still doing right by everything that's been established with taxpayer dollars and everything else.

So thank you.

That's all, madam chair.

Good questions, councilman.

questions from the hook as we have to lean in a little bit a little bit more in the future but I'm I'm glad y'all are moving for it um and y'all are wanting to stay in China Lugo we want you to stay in China um but we just have to make sure that everything is aligned with what was promised to the public and that we're still doing right by everything that's been established with taxpayer dollars and everything else so thank you that's all madam chair good questions councilman if I do say so myself all right council uh we've got councilwoman dotley yeah thank you so much madam chair so just for clarity I just want to be clear so the current mama this is just investigator phase no action at the moment whatever we have in a pilot stand at the moment and if you decide to move on a project we need to figure out how this pilot to situation works that as long as is anything else I miss we got all right that's it thank you madam chair got it okay council moving on to the rest of future considerations if you've got a question councilwoman don't you had hit yeah oh yes yeah sorry oh yeah uh okay go ahead council okay thanks so much madam chair so my question was about item nine on the office of the city attorney I've gotten a few questions about these and maybe I'm missing and I was out a couple of two uh both the ordinance regarding new orders relative to booting and mobilization of vehicles will there be a presentation on that or uh what yes yes great question so um kevin has the exact dates um okay thank you councilwoman dotly yes so uh charles frazer acata plans to be here on the 24th to give a presentation prior to consideration first read on the 31st yeah so your current future considerations document may say the 24th on it but we're gonna move it back a week okay so the council have a full week to consider okay that works thank you so much mad chair thank you so council to reiterate on the 24th Charles Frazier from Carta will come and discuss the the booting um the booting project that they're discussing also is worth noting that this this is an ordinance that would allow would put in Phil explain it please yes there is a new state sorry y'all this migraine is this might is a problem too yeah there is a new state law that is being followed here in connection with our ordinance this also allows us to regulate people that would actually have a license to be able to do this on both private lots and on uh other locations on here so that's the purpose and Mr.

Prazier will tell you about it yeah he'll give us full details and so then um we will look at it on the agenda the following week okay thank you councilwoman burst thank you madam chair um on item 10 uh brian is brian still here i i would like to get more information on uh the i understand the grant but i'm just curious as to what the infrastructure plans are for the greenway the brainard levy looks like darren will be covering that for parts or darren even better good afternoon um and after our meeting this morning at 9 30 uh councilwoman we're uh kind of reshifting the presentation to better clarify what the request is so we will have a video actually uh that will help explain if you'll allow us uh indulge us a little bit more time on that that'd be great thank you so would we expect that video next week i would like that deadline thank you madam chair all right because you are on the agenda for the 24th yes ma'am okay yeah next week would be great and i believe is that this 17th 17th next week it's the 17th yeah spring break no i was gonna say fourth of july but what i meant with st patrick's day yes it is we can all wear green got it we already got the green out by one number off by one holiday yes all right council do we have any other questions about future considerations all right looks like our board is quiet looks like all the questions are answered um we will return at five o'clock we will take a brief recess and please council note that we do have an attorney five

35 section 35 building and charges for history records.

Do you have any questions or comments?

All in favor?

Motion passes.

Slow it down on Graysville Road.

Item C and Orin is closing and abandoning a portion of the unopened right-of-way in the 100 block of lawn street is detailed on the attached maps subject to certain conditions.

Item D in ordinance to amend Chattening City Code Part 2, Chap 31, Section 31314 private property responsibility to include subsection F single family residential pond program.

Thank you.

Council, we have a motion on the floor to approve with the proper second.

Do you have any questions or comments?

All in favor?

Opposed.

Motion passes.

All right.

Now we are headed into first reading.

We're going to planning items.

Planning item A, please, Madam Clerk.

In orders to amend Channeling City Code, part two, chapter 38 zoning ordinance as adopted by ordinance number 14137 on July 23, 2024, Article 9 uses table 38 41.1 use matrix and section 3842 principal use standards to revised terminology from adult use to adult oriented establishment.

Second.

Thank you.

Council, we have a motion on the floor to approve with the proper second.

Do you have any questions or comments?

All in favor?

Opposed.

Motion passes.

Item B, please.

In orders to amend Chattanooga City Code, part two, chapter 38 zoning ordinance as adopted by ordinance number 14137 on July 23, 2024.

Article 9 uses Table 38 41.1 use matrix at drive-through facilities as an accessory use in the INST institutional zone.

Thank you, Council.

We have a motion on the floor to approve with the proper second.

Do you have any questions or comments?

All in favor?

Aye.

Opposed.

Motion passes.

Item C.

In order to amend Chattening City Code Part 2, Chap 38 zoning orders ordinance as adopted by ordinance number 14137 on July 23, 2024.

Article 14, administrators section 3872 notice.

Thank you, Council.

We have a motion on the floor to approve with a proper second.

Do I have any questions or comments?

All in favor?

Aye opposed.

Motion passes.

The way that that just ended with notice.

That just makes me juggle.

Notice.

All right, item D, please.

An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code Part 2, Chap 30A zoning ordinance.

So it's a rezoned property located at 1300 and 1335 Mercer Street from RN16 residential neighborhood zone to RN13 residential neighborhood zone.

Second.

Thank you.

Council, we have a motion on the floor to withdraw with a proper second.

Do you have any questions or comments?

All in favor?

Aye.

Opposed?

Motion to withdraw approved.

Item E, please.

In ordinance to amend Chattening City Code, part two, chapter 38 zoning ordinance.

So it's the rezoned property located at 3886 Agawala Drive from RN16 residential neighborhood zone to RN3 residential neighborhood zone, subject to certain conditions.

Thank you.

This is planning case 2025 0190.

Is the applicant present?

Thank you.

Do we have any opposition present?

Thank you.

Uh Kieran, I believe we would like to have a presentation, please.

And then what we will do after Karen does a presentation is we will um have seven minutes for the applicant to share um to share their case, and then we'll have nine minutes for opposition to speak.

That nine minutes for opposition will be shared amongst all um who are opposed to the case, and then we'll have a final two minutes for the applicant to um clarify anything.

Go ahead, Kieran.

Okay, this is a case I gave um a very robust presentation on last week.

So uh we might streamline it a little bit, and if there's questions, I can answer that at the end.

Um so this is um case number one um 2025 190.

This um is um been deferred a couple times.

Um, and just to help you, Orin again.

This is Agwa Drive 2886 Agwailla has the pin in it.

This is the intersection of North Moore Shallford and Wilcox.

It's the request to rezone from R and 16 to the R and three residential neighborhood zone.

The original request was for 79 units, and as we discussed last week that unit count was reduced during the planning process.

The applicant did have proposed conditions.

I'm just gonna skip over them now because additional conditions were added through the process.

So the property is a mix of land uses, including multi-unit and single unit residential, commercial and institutional uses.

Um the um the land use, excuse me, the zoning is very reflective of the land use pattern.

So staff did note that the request is compatible with adjacent land uses at that node, and that is an extension of that R and three zoning.

And this is just a um just a little bit of zooming out.

I think that you'll hear from some of the neighbors that are shown here.

Particularly the Indian Hills neighborhood that's the site.

We had an original site plan and think the applicant's gonna speak to some of the differences there.

Um staff noted that the North Brainerd area plan recommends single family residential development is the dominant form, with some exceptions made for townhomes, patio homes or two family dwellings that the density is compatible, but the plan also has goals to maintain residential integrity while supporting appropriate residential and commercial development and strengthening single family residential development while allowing a diversity of residential uses.

Um we also discussed that the draft plan Chattanooga had a similar recommendation with some moderate density residential development, such as small lothomes or attached townhomes may exist on major streets or near a transit route or school.

Um so the site is located at a neighborhood node next to commercial, multi-unit residential and institutional land uses.

It is served by transit.

Um although the request for multi-unit residential is different from the recommendation, specific recommendation.

The plan, it does comply with other plan goals to provide a diversity of residential housing while supporting appropriate residential and commercial development.

The site plan depicts a residential form more closely resembling townhomes than the massing of larger footprint apartment style buildings.

So staff recommended approval with the two two additional conditions showed in um black there.

So the applicant had the uh proposed the conditions in red, and then to support kind of the um more townhouse massing.

That condition number two is added, and then um the condition for the number of units.

There was opposition president planning commission interest in keeping the existing RN16 zone, um desire to um have additional meetings with the neighborhood concerns about traffic and um rental use.

Um planning commission did find that the with conditions, the development form, um the projects is um appropriate uh similar development form and adjacent land uses to the area, and planning commission had similar conditions except that unit count dropped to 67 units as as the process went along.

That was one of the changes.

So it's entirely the conditions are intended to address some of the um concerns with um traffic and access and just the amount of development on the site, including that maximum building height of 35 feet.

I'm happy to answer any questions now, or I can um there are slides that the applicant would like to present.

I think we can move to the applicant slides and like to welcome the applicant to the podium.

You will have seven minutes to present your case.

Great.

Good evening, council.

My name is Alan Jones of Stone Creek Consulting.

Um so this project um I've been working with uh with with Councilman Um Clark for for quite a while on this project.

Unfortunately, he's uh still recovering from an illness today.

Um so I do know at the end of this presentation um I would be um encouraging or asking for a two-week deferral so that way we can have a chance to come back here and let him hear any other concerns and any other information that that comes out from from today's meeting.

Um but as far as far as the process goes, I think let me see if I so let me go back to the original.

So this was the original site plan that we presented uh with a rezoning case, and we had a proposal total of 79 units.

Um, and after kind of working with him, uh we we wanted to find a way to reduce the density to not make it as as intrusive uh for the 79 units.

Um, and so what we did with the revised site plan is looking at reducing it from 79 to 67 units.

Um what this does is introduces a mix of housing types.

This allows the the project to have both uh some single story, kind of call them cottage court style houses that can be uh you know, maybe geared a little bit more toward um you know some older residents that might be looking for a single story, uh whether it's for purchase or for sale.

Um, and then the rest of the units, um, you know, they back up against the existing uh R3, which is the apartment complex behind it, uh, or the kind of the vacant uh commercial uh that's along Wilcox Boulevard and Challiford Road.

And then along the frontage along um Agwelda Drive, it's providing um no street cuts for individual driveways.

Um this is a way to clean up the street uh as you're as you're going back into the Indian Hills subdivision.

Um and this and this option would provide uh car you know two-car garage parking for all the units, um, but then surface parking for for the two cottage courts.

Um, a lot of rezoning cases I work with.

My client has a property under contract um and it's pending the zoning change.

Uh that's that's not the case with this project.

Uh my client owns this property, he's owned it for quite a few years now, and so he is looking to develop this property.

Um so uh councilman Clark had asked me to, you know, basically says, well, if this doesn't move forward, what are you gonna do?

Um you're just gonna build five homes on it.

What you know, what are you gonna do with this property?

So we went through and developed a plan of what could be done just because you know my client is going to develop the property.

So we went through and kind of utilizing the the what's called the cottage court, um the cottage court uh guidelines that are in in the zoning ordinance that's allowable in the R and one six would basically be a kind of a kind of a duplex style uh development uh for this for this project.

Um this one would have a total of 36 total units.

Um we'd kind of do a combination of individual single family lots that would be subdivided along Aguella, uh put in a street with a cul-de-sac and then having the those cottage court duplexes um kind of coming off of that cul-de-sac.

Um, you know, with with the uh with this style, uh it's a it's a lot more service parking.

Um this would definitely be a rental project as opposed to a for sale unit style project.

Um the the request for the higher density so that we can create a higher quality product, something that can be for sale or for rent, you know, there could be a combination of um, but also with the with the pre with the with the proposed uh plan that we're trying to achieve.

With this direction, uh my client's also uh willing to work with, I think there's a I can't remember the official title of it, but there's like a there's a focus for first responders.

Um so he wants to be able to incentivize first responders to move into this community, whether it's firefighters, uh firemen, that kind of thing, uh, or policemen.

Um way to kind of entice uh some of those service people that work for the city and the county uh to be able to have a place that they can afford.

Um but after that with that, I'll just leave it to any questions that the city council may have, and I'll let the opposition speak.

Okay, council, do we have any questions?

Councilman Elliott.

Uh I have one question.

This alternative plan would require a rezoning.

No, sir.

This uh let me back up.

Yeah, this plan is would be completely uh we could develop this within the R and one six subdivision.

This would be a just we'd do a simple preliminary plot subdivision to planning commission and RPA, and then the you know, as long as it meets the subdivision requirements, it would get approved, and then we would just go through the just the traditional uh land disturbance permit process.

Right.

And the council member wouldn't have any, you know, any kind of really feedback in in that process.

Okay.

That's all known true.

Councilwoman Dotley, yes.

Oh, SL for this.

Hello, how are you doing?

I got reading.

Um so for this particular plan, how many units is this again?

How many this one's 36?

36 units with no rezoning needed.

Correct.

Um, so I get I just asked that because that was uh but my question was what were the issues with the opposition?

What were the uh what was the main thing that came up?

Main thing is traffic um and and and keeping the single family detached style of homes.

That's if you look at the overall area map, and I think uh Karen had shown it's yeah, here we go.

Um, this the way the site is situated, it's kind of the you know, it can be seen as the entrance to the Indian Hills subdivision because they have two entrance points.

Um I can't remember the street name, but it's a little bit further to the left, uh, past the R2 zone.

Um, you know, it's it's the entrance, it's not in their neighborhood, but it's the entrance of their neighborhood.

Um so you know, kind of introducing uh a different housing type than your than your your single family ranch style house.

And then plus the traffic that it would generate.

Okay, thank you so much.

I appreciate it.

Thank you.

Welcome, Madam Chair.

Can you go back, Alan, please?

Okay.

Uh can we go to the drawing?

So yeah, let's go to the this drawing.

Okay, so um so cottage courts are really a pretty cool build style with the with the parking separate and the potential to um you know create community within the the courts themselves.

Um but it looks like what you are suggesting is a single family house with an attached ADU as a way to affect, like you said, you're creating duplexes.

Correct.

So the way that these are designed would not be in keeping with our requirements because if I'm remembering correctly about ADUs, the door to the ADU cannot be on the front of the property.

Um thinking that this design probably isn't entirely representative of the the elevation's probably not 100% correct, but as far as the ADU using the ADU tool for that kind of duplex style, yes, it would be you know the primary house would probably be 12 to 1400 square feet, uh, and then that secondary unit would would be you know 800 square feet or less.

But as far as the ADU using the ADU tool for that kind of duplex style, yes, it would be you know the primary house would probably be 12 to 1400 square feet, uh, and then that secondary unit would be you know 800 square feet or less.

Um you know, and the ADUs do allow for whether it's attached or detached.

Yes.

Um and I hate to use ADU as a a negative term because I think it's a very positive term, especially when you look at some you know, providing infill housing for Chattanooga.

Um but this is really a way to and then in the front door could be you know on the side or the rear uh for that secondary unit, or it could even be in the rear.

Um yeah, I mean ADUs and cottage courts to me are both terrific development tools.

Um I I wouldn't want this to be seen as a well, you better do what we want, or where do you think?

No, and it's not that.

I think with what this plan does is it it the rezoning plan provides us a good opportunity, I think, to isolate how many street cuts we have along the street, um, only two points of access into the development, um, and also you know, a good way to be able to provide um, you know, I think better parking requirements.

Um, you know, the the with the zoning change, we'd have to do two cars per per unit with this option, we wouldn't have to have as much parking requirements because ADU does not require uh parking.

So um you said that, and this is within your rights um as property owners, but you said that if you were gonna build this model, you would be more rental versus ownership.

Um why is that?

So with the ownership route, we you know going back to this version.

Um this would allow, you know, with with the higher with the higher density, he can create a higher quality product that would be better suited for sale.

Um and also, you know, in my understanding of the community, this is a this is a nice community.

Um so we want to be able to provide something that's that's of nice quality.

Um, you know, and the you know, with but higher infrastructure costs and things like that, we would have to keep on the 36 units.

It's you know it's very similar as far as you know the infrastructure requirements.

Um but when you can share the infrastructure across more units, you can kind of keep you know, you can put more quality into the homes and have a better product.

Okay, thank you very much.

You're welcome.

Councilman Henderson.

Alan on this uh site plan here.

Um I do know that I was at that meeting.

Uh many of the concerns were the fact that it wasn't in character with the rest of the neighborhood.

Why did you not put the single family dwelling the detached along um you pronounce it?

Aguella.

Agro agri what a walla.

Aguella.

I guess if you say it fast enough, you can get by with mispronouncing it.

Um why would you have not put the single family along that line and then put the quads kind of where the single family is so that it I guess would give that appearance of having the single family?

And that's a fair question.

And you know, and and that's you know, with the zoning, this is not the final site plan.

You know, this is probably close.

Um, but when you come to, you know, with the house that's right there with the RM16 label it's behind those four single family houses, our or the thought was let's have a better transition from that single family house that's there instead of having a wall of of townhomes behind them and then having you know then having those uh and then putting some more of that density along Aguella.

Um but with that density along Aguella, you're still not having individual, you know, individual driveways.

So but you know, but could we look at putting four town, you know, putting two town home blocks backing up to the single family resident to the north and and single families along Agwell, absolutely.

Well, I was just thinking of the you know the perception of having the same um characteristics as the rest of the neighborhood.

Because I know that was a uh uh concern right now.

And and to be fair, you know, the characteristic of this neighborhood is gonna be a challenge for any developer to achieve in Chattanooga.

Well, I get I mean, yeah, half acre lots on a ranch.

I get it, but but certainly single family detached would be more in keeping than a quad.

Um the next thing, what what is in the conditions that would spell out the focus on first responders?

Like what what is what's the hook for the stable long-term uh residents with a focus on the focus on that one is with this style, he is looking at doing you know, having these also for sale.

Um, this would be an HPR style development, so they can be sold fee simple with their traditional mortgage.

Um now you can't put anything in zoning that you know states you have to have some you know, you you can't income cap and things like that from a zoning perspective.

That's I think it's illegal.

I'll I'll I'll defer to our city attorney on that one.

Um but my understanding is you can't put those kind of conditions in that restrict income barriers or you know, types of people that are gonna be living there.

Um, but in talking with my client, he he is committed to if he can get the higher density, he's committed to working with the first responder community and and providing some of those discounts.

Well, understand from our perspective if we don't see it in writing 100% that it doesn't exist.

So yeah, just something to think about.

Understood.

That's it, madam chair.

Okay, thank you very much.

Um I believe we have some opposition.

If you would like to come to the podium to share your concerns, we welcome you now.

Um, there will be nine minutes on the clock to be shared amongst all opposition.

Um when you are when you're here, please do uh give us your name and your um address for our records, please.

I wouldn't mind if it would go to the choice of this right there.

That's perfect.

Thank you.

Okay, can we get nine minutes on the clock, please?

Hi, my name is Shelley Stevens, and I am uh resident in the neighborhood.

We are not expecting the lot to stay empty.

That is an unrealistic expectation.

Our main primary concerns are the amount of traffic in the 90-degree bend.

That is a blind corner at the entrance into the neighborhood.

Also, um, the perspective, it doesn't really show it very well, but there is an actual cutout into that neighborhood just left of the 90-degree bend.

That is a primary concern for us.

It's already pretty much a head-to-head situation when you come around the curve.

Also, where Agawila hits Shallowford Wilcox, there's no left turn signal for us to exit our neighborhood.

We have a signal that we can't turn left onto Shallowford to exit.

Uh we could go right or we could go straight, but not left.

Um, and with the increase in the Chattanooga traffic, especially with the development on the interstate, the additional traffic that Boyd Buchanan has brought in with their recent expansion, it's almost impossible to turn left and get out.

We don't oppose a development in our neighborhood.

We love our neighborhood.

More neighbors would be great.

What we do want to is just spend a little extra time on the amount of traffic and the impact it would have on us, especially in a dangerous situation.

And I think one thing that people have overlooked is the site line that's bordered up to the commercial property.

There's actually a significant drainage ditch that exits into South Chickamauga Creek, and there is flooding prone to that area.

So that lot will have to be filled in.

We just are concerned as to what happens with the water runoff at that point because it's a low-lying area.

Traditionally, in the past, the property is flooded almost all the way up to the A in Aguila on your map.

So we are just concerned, and we have some concerns, and we would just like to slow the process down a bit to address those concerns.

Okay, thank you.

Good evening, Cynthia Stanley Cash.

Um 1703 Ganesita.

I hate to say we're here in opposition as far as we have been getting along.

We know Mr.

And uh you all pose a lot of good questions as far as those are our concerns as far as the style of the units and all that, and and Councilman Henderson, like that was a good point as far as uh positioning the structures that fit the houses in the community in the neighborhood.

We have like up to 69, I think, homes.

They're all home-owned home or homes, and up to 45 years of living in the in the community.

We love our community, and that's been like a sanctuary in that area.

So we heard a lot more here, and we want to give thanks to the regional planning commission as far as they have given us two deferrals as far as to have the opportunity to sit down with our councilman and the developers and discuss more of their plans, and uh, and that started in December, January, and February.

So we're hearing more here, and we have uh guiding a commitment to meet with the developer and the council person, especially since uh the deferral uh the meeting, the next meeting.

Councilman Elligant mentioned as far as delaying it to March 24th.

So hopefully the councilman would be available, and again, sometimes we're not uh in opposition, we're just in the dark, you know, as far as we've been protecting that area like a green space area with wildlife and all that, and uh it's just so many other developments going on or uh in the area, district five and nine, and we got pigs and hogs and boars running around and deers.

They're being misplaced, and um so this is a boy and win.

Thank you all.

Thank you.

Do we have any other opposition here that would like to speak?

Okay, looks like we've got everybody.

Um would our applicant like to come back and say anything else in the remaining two minutes.

No, I'm good, thank you.

Okay.

Um I would like to ask Alan Um, given that councilman Clark is not here.

We we have a a similar issue in district two related to um needing a left turn signal.

Um if you could just make a note um to consider.

I I know it wouldn't be your job as the representative, but in those conversations to for somebody to talk to public works to see about if there's a different way to time that light as part of our overall re-timing.

And I don't want to speak on his behalf, but I believe Councilman Clark's already initiated that discussion upon work.

Okay, because um, I mean that makes makes a lot of sense.

You need to be able to turn left and um to have a protected turn, even just for a few moments without a separate lane could be helpful.

Correct.

Thank you, Councilman Elliott.

Yes, Member Chair, I would like to make a motion to defer this until March 24th.

Thank you.

Okay, we've got a um motion on the floor to defer until March 24th with a proper second.

Councilman Harvey.

I I would just add uh Alan, if if you all would look at that uh blind spot turn.

I don't know if there's anything in again, Councilman Clark may be looking into this, but I think that's a concern as well.

Um we can try to address.

Correct.

You know, and that's something that's gonna come through the land interference permit process as well, whether it's through a rezoning or through the existing zoning.

Okay, but we'll definitely look at that.

Thank you.

And I will I will add, um, just for the record, sometimes it's nice to hear something from the dias that um when a development like this goes in, there is a requirement for all the water to be captured on the site, and so the concerns that the community has about the flooding are um very rational uh concerns and practicalities that would absolutely be required to be addressed by the developer when the when the land disturbance permit um is considered.

Okay, council.

Looks like we have cleared our our question queue.

So um second on the motion.

I sure did.

Um so all in favor of deferring for until the 24th.

Uh opposed?

Motion to defer passes.

Thank you all.

Appreciate your input.

Item F, please.

And Ornest to mention chatting with City Call Part 2, Chapter 38 zoning ordinance.

So it's the rezone property located at 2149 West Shepherd Road from RN2 residential neighborhood zone to TRN3 traditional residential neighborhood zone.

Thank you.

This is planning case 2025 0189.

Is the applicant present?

I think I recognize you from earlier.

Do we have any opposition present?

All right, councilman bursts, this is in your district.

Yes, uh, Karen was gonna make a short presentation because we have some new information regarding some conditions.

I think she was gonna talk about that briefly.

Okay, then we can the applicant had drafted some additional conditions, and um we just provided a few tweaks to those after our view.

So the require right now that's written as a rezoned to TRN3 traditional residential neighborhood zone, the three proposed conditions or maximum building height of 35 feet, a 100 foot maximum width per building mass, and then massed building, which is another term we use more commonly, and 10-foot landscape buffer along the southern property line.

Um so Karen, I just have uh a question.

This may be for you as well, Alan.

You explained that changing the massing from four units to a hundred feet, yes.

You'll explain that just a little bit further.

Right.

So at the neighborhood meeting that we had last week, um, you know, the residents were good with kind of the the scale of the townhouses.

Um, but one of the questions was can we have some some one-story uh unit options?

Um, and then I think you either you or another member in the audience had mentioned well, you could have like an 800 square foot unit on one floor and eight hundred square foot on the other floor, which would be really cool.

But if we limit ourselves to four units, now we can't do that option.

So you could do three units in like that.

But this one would give us an option to still have the same kind of building mass that they that you know that we presented at the meeting.

Um, but if you took one of those units and made it uh you know, one unit below one unit above.

Now you've got five, but that wouldn't meet that four requirement.

Um, but this just gives the developer some flexibility to help provide some of those more ground floor uh one bedroom options that they were asking for.

Good, good.

Okay.

Well, thank you for taking that back to the drawing board and coming up with some options.

I think they'll be pleased by that.

I think that the the idea of people being able to age in place in that community is very desirable, and I think they made that clear.

So I'm glad that you all are able to come up with something to offer them.

So thank you for that.

You're welcome.

Um that's all I have.

I'm ready to make a motion unless anybody else has any questions.

Go ahead and make the motion.

If they have a question later, we'll get it.

Okay, all right.

Um I'd like to make a motion uh to approve uh the zoning change with the conditions that Karen listed.

Karen Rennick listed, and you said you got those.

Yeah, I got them.

We need to amend it to add those conditions.

Yes.

Yes, so I'd like to make a motion to approve the zone, yeah.

To approve the zoning change.

Okay, council.

We have a motion on the floor to approve with a proper second.

Okay, now I'd like to make a motion to amend um to add the following conditions.

Uh maximum building height of 35 feet, a hundred foot maximum width per building mass, and then 10 foot landscape buffer along the southern property line.

Thank you.

Council, we have a motion on the floor to amend with a proper second.

Do I have any questions or comments?

All in favor of the amendment?

Aye.

Opposed.

Motion to uh we've gotten that passed.

Can I get a motion to approve is amended?

So move.

Thank you.

We have a motion on the floor to approve as amended with a proper second.

Do we have any questions or comments?

All in favor?

Aye.

This is to approve as amended, just for the recordy record.

Um, all in favor to approve is amended.

That has passed.

Um, I believe unanimously, but just in case opposed.

All right, motion passes.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Okay, item G, please.

In earnest to amend Chattanooga City Call, part two, chapter 38 zoning ordinance.

So as the rezone property located at 1010 East Third Street from CN neighborhood commercial zone to INST institutional zone.

This is zoning case number 2026 0016.

Is the applicant present?

Thank you.

Do we have any opposition present?

Vice Chairwoman Noel, this is in your district.

Thank you, madam chair.

Um so I did speak with them, and that was one of the um issues that we had last week.

So, and then something else is was really um going to benefit the Great District A, is that they are going to allow other individuals other than their um patients to actually have use of the pharmacy, which is a great thing for us.

That is great.

So I make a motion to approve.

Thank you.

Council, we have a motion on the floor to approve with the proper second.

Do we have any questions or comments?

All in favor?

Aye opposed, motion passes.

Item H, please.

An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, part two, chapter 38 zoning ordinance.

So as the resonant property in the 700 block North Greenwood Avenue from RN15 residential neighborhood zone to RN13 residential neighborhood zone.

Thank you.

This is zoning case 2026 0022.

Is the applicant present?

Thank you.

Do we have any opposition present?

All right, count uh Vice Chairwoman Noel, this is in your district.

Okay, uh Ms.

Rennett, can you come and give me a little short, give us a little short um presentation, please?

Yes.

Um this case has a lot of math, but I'm gonna just um kind of skip to the end.

Yes.

Um so this is um you can kind of see maybe on this picture the best.

There's one lot, and then there's a portion of two lots.

And so in order to subdivide this property, in order to have two lots, so it's basically felt like um to in order to subdivide the property in order to have two single family homes, the applicant needs the R and one three zoning.

And so um we just noted looked at the frontages, we looked at the lot size, and we felt that this was um compatible and would allow the construction of two single family homes.

And just a reminder um AUs are not a um or not a permitted use right now in the RN13, so it would be two single family homes.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you, Mrs.

Randy.

Yes, um Kiefer.

Uh yeah, you want to come up and say anything.

Oh, certainly, yeah.

If you'd like, we can have our pre you can have we can put seven minutes on the clock, please.

Uh yeah, stated.

Uh the plan is to rezone it and uh split it into two equal lots, 40 by 95 for two single family homes.

Uh, that's uh that should go with the neighborhood.

Uh you know, the the current existing homes.

So uh no ADUs, no uh nothing else.

Okay.

Oh, praise the Lord, thank you.

Because that is going to be such a major uh change for that street.

That is that street down on that lower end is doesn't have a good look.

So it's definitely going to be um a major improvement.

So I can use some chocolate kisses for that.

That's doing well.

Okay, so I thank you.

Yeah.

You want to make yes, so I make a motion to approve happily.

Okay, uh, do we have any questions or comments?

I have one question.

I just want to confirm with RPA and with the applicant that you actually own the lots that we're taking from for this on either side.

Yes, ma'am.

Okay, we never want to assume we're gotten paid for second.

Thank you very much.

Okay, council.

We have a motion on the floor to approve with the proper second.

Questions and comments have been answered.

All in favor?

Aye.

Opposed?

Motion passes.

Thank you.

Yes.

Um, item I, please.

In order to amend Chattanooga City Code Part 2, chapter 38 zoning ordinance.

So as to live condition number one from ordinance number 13576, the previous case number 2019 0133 on property located at 1305 Anderson Avenue, tax map number 146, JD012 only, subject to the following condition shall remain.

Thank you.

This is planning case 2025 0151.

Is the applicant present?

Do we have any opposition present?

Right, councilman Elliott.

This is in your district.

I do not see an applicant or opposition.

All right, council.

We have a motion on the floor to approve with a proper second.

All in favor?

Opposed?

Motion passes.

All right, number uh item J, please.

In order to amend Chattanooga City Code Part 2, chapter 38 zone and ordinance.

So it's the resource property located at 2212 Bailey Avenue from RN2 residential neighborhood zone, the TRN3 traditional residential neighborhood zone.

Thank you.

This is planning case 2026 0008.

Is the applicant present?

Is there any opposition present?

Councilman Elliott, this is in your district.

I see no applicant or opposition.

Thank you.

We have a motion on the floor to approve with the proper second.

Do we have any questions or comments?

All in favor?

Aye.

Opposed?

Motion passes.

Resolutions.

Item A, please.

A resolution authorizing the creation of a strategic plan to address solidar problems across all city communities to deploy any available funds with a specific emphasis on utilizing stormwater dollars and to explore putting out contracts or hiring dedicated staff whose purpose is to clean up local communities.

Thank you.

Council, can I get a motion?

Motion approved.

Second.

We have a motion on the floor to approve with a proper second.

Do we have any questions or comments?

All in favor?

Opposed?

Motion passes.

Let's take items uh B and C as a package, please.

Item B.

A resolution authorizing administrator for the Department of Economic Development to enter into a first agreement to exercise option to renew with Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority and substantially the form attached for the use of the property at 3937 St.

Animal Avenue, further identified as tax map number 155 OE011 for use as a pop-up skate park for an additional term of six months through October 31, 2026 at the rent of one dollar.

Item C a resolution authorizing administrative for the Department of Economic Development to enter into a first agreement to exercise option to renew with Cassette LLC DBA cassette skate shop and substantially form attached to sub-lease the premises at 3937 St.

Almo Avenue further identified as tax map number 155 OE011 for the operation of a temporary pop-up skate park for an additional term of six months through October 31, 2026 at the rent of one dollar.

Thank you.

We have a motion on the floor to approve with a proper second.

Do you have any questions or comments?

All in favor?

Opposed?

Motion passes.

Item D, please.

Resolution authorizing a spend limit increase for existing axon blanket contract PA 100209 year five increase by 300,000 to accommodate in-car camera system equipment purchase and installation for the Chattanooga Police Department's new vehicle fleet representing an increase of 1,400 3,999 and 79 cents to 1,700 nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars and sixteen cents.

Annual spend limit for a consistency of the Exxon camera product through the CPD fleet.

Sorry.

Did anybody notice that the cents have changed on that?

And yet it was a round number.

It's neither here nor there.

Probably it's 13 cents, but we're increasing it by 300,000.

Uh-huh.

Okay, we have a motion on the floor to approve with the proper second, and we have a potential of very few cents difference.

That we may have the opportunity to do another resolution for next week.

All in favor?

Aye.

Opposed.

Motion passes.

Okay, let's take items E and F as a package, please.

Item E.

Resolution confirmed Matt Kelly's reappointment of Nicholas.

Um to the head start governing board for a term beginning on April 3, 2026, and April 2, 2028.

Item L for resolution confirmed Matt Hellis appointment on Lonnie McGee to the beer board for a term beginning on March 11, 2026 and ending on March 10, 2029.

Thank you.

We have a motion on the floor to approve with the proper second.

Do you have any questions or comments?

All in favor?

All opposed.

Motion passes.

Are either of these fucks here?

Well, maybe you're with us on the internet.

Thank you so much for your service to our community.

Item G, please.

Resolution amending resolution number 32544 by authorizing the office of the city attorney to add and engage Valerie L.

Malwege to the law firm of Grant Kamalinka and Harrison PC for legal services for the period of February 23, 2026 through June 30, 2026.

Yes.

Councilman Elliott.

Does Valor still work for us?

She just retired.

She retired on the 20th of uh February.

And we might need her on a few things that are still floating.

I feel like yes, I didn't know.

We're hiring her back.

If you can hear us, Faller.

I didn't know you were tired.

Thank you.

She's a uh a huge uh asset for the city and a wealth of knowledge.

So I know it's gonna be difficult to fill in your office, but team.

I just didn't know she retired.

Yes, and so I skimmed over this part.

I just saw Valerie, oh, it's gonna be fine.

Um she snuck out.

Okay, that's all.

Thank you.

Okay, all in favor?

Uh opposed.

Motion passes.

Purchases.

We have a new face for purchases.

Weston's gonna be reading them from here on out.

Oh well.

Yes, okay.

Okay, you got it.

So bear with me.

Get your auctioneer voice going.

Good evening, Weston Porter CFO of the city.

Uh, we have nine purchases recommended for approval this evening.

Uh the first one is for Treasury.

It's a year for renewal.

Uh Loomis Armored is requesting a two percent increase due to the increase in labor and insurance cost.

The annual limit will remain the same at $50,000.

Number two is traffic operations public works.

Again, year four renewal.

Avery Dennison is requesting a five percent increase due to the increase in the cost of raw material and transportation.

The estimated annual spend will remain the same at 354,000.

Number three is for wastewater.

This is a one-time purchase to cover past due invoices for sewer video and sonar inspection services for wastewater.

This purchase from Amtec Surveying will be in the amount of 126,477 and 21 cents.

Number four is technology services.

This is a new agreement for records management software upgrade to include license, maintenance, and support for police with an implementation fee of three hundred ninety-five thousand one hundred twenty-three dollars and forty-four cents, and no charge for year one for maintenance and support.

This will be a five-year agreement with Central Square in the amount of five hundred four thousand five hundred and eighty dollars and eighty cents with a three percent increase annually annually utilizing source well contract.

Fleet management division public works.

This is new agreement for vehicle preventative maintenance services.

This will be a four-year agreement not to exceed one hundred thirty thousand dollars annually.

The awards will go to East Ridge Fast Loop and Highland Tire and Auto as the best bids.

Number six is again fleet management division of public works.

This is a new agreement for automotive parts.

This will be four-year agreement not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars annually.

The award will go to Mid-America Auto Parts as the best bid.

Number seven is with the fleet management division of public works.

This is a one-time purchase of a Ford F550 truck to be used by Wastewater.

This purchase from Nichols Fleet Equipment will be in the amount of $389,000.

$389,000 thirteen dollars and 35 cents utilizing the HGAC cooperative agreement.

Number eight is for technology services.

Technology's services is requesting an increase of $305,493.71 cents to agreement PA 100827 to cover the renewal increase and additional license for Oracle Cloud ERP.

The new annual estimated spend will be $1,268,402 and 38 cents.

And finally, number nine.

Again, technology services, they're requesting an increase of $9,690 to agreement PA 100828 for Oracle Automated Testing Services to cover the final invoice.

The new estimated spend will be 122,190.

Okay, thank you very much.

Council, you have heard the purchase request for this evening.

What is your pleasure?

Thank you.

We have a motion on the floor to approve with a proper second.

Any questions or comments?

All in favor?

Opposed.

Motion passes.

Great.

We have four RFPs this evening.

We're requesting approval for these.

They are all for human resources.

This is not a request for approval to award, uh, just to issue the RFPs.

Number one, human resources is seeking life and disability insurance and fmla management for the city of Chattanooga Employees Benefit Package.

Number two, human resources is seeking vision insurance for the City of Chattanooga Employees Benefit Package.

Number three, human resources is seeking pharmacy benefit management for the city of Chattanooga Employees Benefit Package.

And number four, human resources is seeking health plan administration services for the city of Chattanooga Employee Benefits Package.

Second, thank you.

Council, we have a motion on the floor to approve these RFP format recommendations with a proper second.

Do I have any questions or comments?

All in favor?

Opposed.

Motion passes.

And we do have one sole source purchase to report this evening for the fire department.

This is a one-time purchase of a super extra rescue jack vehicle stabilization system to be used by the fire department at a cost of 49,176.80 cents.

Thank you very much.

Okay, council.

Um someone checked my math on item D, and uh we do need to reconsider that item.

I wasn't crazy.

I was actually incredibly, I was incredibly clever.

Um so madam clerk, we are going to um we're gonna need to go back to that one, please.

Council, can I get a motion to reconsider item D resolution item D?

That is uh nine D.

So thank you.

Okay, so folks, here's what we're gonna do.

We're gonna reconsider this.

We've got a motion on the floor to reconsider with a proper second.

All in favor of reconsidering.

Uh opposed.

Motion passes.

We're gonna reconsider this.

Um, so what would be really helpful would be if we can get an amendment on the floor.

Um Madam Vice Chair has the number for the amendment.

So um, first, can I get a motion on the floor to approve?

So moved.

Thank you.

Uh, we have a motion on the floor to approve with a proper second.

Can I get a motion to amend to this?

Okay, we have motion to amend for 1,703,999 and 79 second.

Thank you very much.

We have uh we have a hold on, let me think real quick.

We have a um motion on the floor to amend with a proper second.

Do we have any questions or comments about that?

All in favor of uh in favor of the amendment.

We're getting there.

Okay, great.

Um, can I get a motion to approve this amendment?

So moves.

Okay, we have a motion on the floor to approve as amended with a proper second.

Do we have any questions or comments?

All in favor to approve is amended.

Opposed.

All right, there we go.

We got those cents.

Now, what I can't tell you is how many cents difference that is.

I can't do that off the top of my head.

I'm not going to let forgive both those things different.

63.

Don't let anybody tell you this council is not paying attention to the to the pennies.

We love our brown thing.

Okay.

Indeed.

Okay.

Committee reports.

Councilman Elliott.

No report, madam chair.

Councilman Dotley.

I'm so sorry.

I was distracted by Madam Vice Chair.

Um yes.

Um we will have a budget working group to discuss Dr.

ACUF's research on Tuesday, March 31st.

That is starting at 9 a.m.

Council.

So be ready, and I'll be sending you out some additional documentation.

We'll be discussing that as well as uh finalizing those for policy those four budget policies uh to hopefully move those to our agenda.

Okay, that's it.

Thank you, madam chair.

Thank you.

Councilman Burst.

No report.

Councilman Henderson.

Councilman Davis.

Uh yes, we will have a parks and public works committee meeting next Tuesday.

Okay.

Thank you.

Councilman Harvey.

No report.

Councilman Clark is not here.

Vice Chairwoman Noel.

No report, but the Browns say it was because the pennies are brown.

Okay.

They are if only we still made that.

Yeah, no.

Oh, I still got a job for them.

Oh, don't we all?

Um, other business, Mr.

Attorney.

Yes, would like to announce that uh we were in a uh trial uh last week in front of uh Judge Peck in Division II of Circuit Court.

Uh we were scheduled for two days uh after the first day of trial.

We at least uh had an agreement with the attorney on the other side to reduce his demands in that case, and I would like to announce the settlement in the case involving Trotter versus the City of Chattanooga for the sum of 250,000 dollars based upon the injuries this lady had.

Thank you very much.

Okay, we have reached the point in our meeting where we are happy to recognize folks who are here that would like to address the council.

If you are here and would like to speak this evening, please line up behind the podium and listen while our attorney reads the rules.

Yes, ma'am.

At the end of each council business meeting, the chair will recognize members of the public who wish to address the council, and here's your rules.

Each speaker wishing to address the council can only be recognized at the microphone provided up front for that purpose, can't have more than three minutes to speak, and you can address the council only upon matters within the legislative and judicial place on judicial authority of the council and not upon matters which are not under their authority or regulated by other governmental bodies or agencies.

You can't engage in any vulgar or obscene language, nor use the floor to personally attack or personally denigrate others and address your comments to the council as a whole and not towards individual council members.

And lastly, do not engage in disorderly conduct or disrupting a public meeting, which is prohibited by Tennessee law, and someone commits that offense if a person substantially obstructs or interferes with the meeting by physical action or verbal utterance with the intent to prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting or gathering.

Having stated those rules, please go ahead, Mr.

Bell.

Well, thank you, Mr.

Attorney uh Counsel.

Mighty Bell, the homeless journalist, the gray-haired fox, the man with the trillion dollar boy, 727 East 11th Street.

I still refer to it as the community kitchen.

Um exposure like thereof.

I'm not sure how I want to start my little three minutes because as an entertainer.

Um I've never had to talk about men pursuing me.

Never had to talk about that.

It's a strange conversation.

And I think that I'm going to get into a new hobby.

Clock cleaning.

I've got to clean some clocks around here.

There's a lot of people in my city.

This county and state.

It seems to be way back there in 1778.

I've got a book here that's called the United States Constitution for Everyone.

It seems to be outdated.

It's sad to say that as a broadcaster, and I've been in this profession every since I was 13.

I've never needed anybody to advertise Monty Bell.

I don't need it now.

I retired when I was 28 to get away from people who had a problem being who they were.

I never had that challenge in radio television or the newspaper printing.

But I got it down with legal matters.

I'm gonna just play this.

Well, I guess the only thing is we've not been served with any of these documents uh at all in this case.

To our knowledge here, uh there was a motion for restraint and order and preliminary injunction lifting the city that was apparently filed yesterday in court, but that's the only notice of the guy.

It's never been served.

Well, I think I think all you gotta do is uh obviously the rules of film procedure.

Uh I can assist Mr.

Bell.

He has every right to represent himself, and I appreciate that, but I can assist you in service of process most five things or obviously.

Yes, sir.

That's up to you.

Never been served in the life of Lonnie Bell, but you're there.

You weren't served.

I'm in the clock business.

We'll clean your clock.

I've had enough of you, sir.

Is there anyone else here who would like to address the council tonight?

Council, I don't see anyone else in line who would like to address the council.

Thank you.

We have a motion on the floor to adjourn with the proper second.

Do we have any further questions or comments?

All in favor of adjourning?

Aye.

Opposed?

We are adjourned.

Thank you.