Yeah, an extra pencil.

Because I I just kept my current version.

Good afternoon and welcome to the City of Chattanooga council meeting for Tuesday, March 17th.

I'd like to welcome you and invite Councilman Davis to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance and the invocation.

And to the Republic for which the stands one nation under God with liberty and justice for all.

We thank you for the opportunity and privilege to serve the people of this great city.

Pray that you would uh give us your wisdom to guide us as we set about the work that you have set before us this evening.

Amen.

Can I get a motion on the minutes, Council?

Thank you.

Um, so uh we may have some folks that are here that want to speak to the council later today.

I want to welcome you and thank you for joining us.

Um your thoughts are important to us, so I want to give you an overview of how our council conducts business each um Tuesday, today's Tuesday.

It is um, so that we can um make sure that that you understand um when you will have an opportunity to speak.

Um this afternoon we're going to go through our agenda for today.

We're also gonna go through our agenda for two weeks from now, um, and we will be looking at future considerations.

This is a council that is very diligent about looking at the details, and we study all of the all the items on our agendas well in advance.

Um so you will get to witness that happening today.

Um we will have um a department or committee report today from Parks Public Works and Wastewater.

It's gonna be really interesting.

Um so get excited and I'm serious about that.

Um but then um after we go through that work, we will take um about a 45-minute recess typically.

Um, because sometimes we have something called an attorney client meeting where we have um privileged items that we need to talk about um on behalf or be informed about on behalf of the people of Chattanooga, so we will have that, and then we we take a recess as part of that.

So we will return and we will vote on all the items on the agenda, and then we have uh public comment at the after the end of that.

Um we will stay as long as um we have folks who would like to speak.

So um thanks again for being here.

I'd like to turn the floor over to Madam Vice Chair.

Um she has an announcement before we get going.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Um I know everyone can see the gorgeous roses, pink roses here that were thank me from my neighborhood is associations from the great district eight.

So I am so grateful for my great district eight family and uh I really appreciate it, and you know the color is pink, you already know that.

And I am so thankful.

So chocolate kisses to that great district eight.

Appreciate it.

Yes.

Thank you so much.

I am so grateful for the love.

All right, thank you very much.

Okay, council.

Let's take a look at this week's agenda, please.

We have some ordinances under final reading for planning.

Um items A through H.

My intent is to take those as a package, unless we have reason um not to do so.

If you have an item that you need pulled, please go ahead and hit your lights so we can plan accordingly.

Did you approve the minutes?

Uh I think we approved the minutes.

We did.

We did.

Okay.

Um that's why we write it down so we don't have to remember.

Okay, looks like we're looks like we're good on planning.

Okay, so moving into our items on first reading.

Please hit your light if you have um any item to discuss on first reading.

Councilman Burrs.

Thank you, madam chair.

Under planning uh item C that uh that particular item we have uh deferred a couple of times because we've been working with the applicant in order to come up with an alternate plan for her to accomplish what she'd like to accomplish.

And we have done that, and I'm going to be denying this particular um this particular amendment to the ordinance because what we have offered her is a is a solution to what she'd like to do.

A solution for what she'd like to do.

And that's okay, that's okay.

We don't need to see each other.

Uh so just wanted to uh explain that as the reason why I'm deferring it.

She's been given the the option for a special exception, and she's got some instructions of what she needs to do to follow through to make that happen now.

Okay, thank you very much.

All right, council.

Um, don't have any other lights related to ordinance under first reading.

Please hit your light if you've got any um questions, comments about our resolutions.

I do intend to take items B and C as a package.

What?

I do.

Um you're on order and some partial readings like wastewater.

Uh-huh.

Go ahead.

I do have a question.

Um, and this is more of an educational.

When we're closing and our banning a public sewer easement, does that mean that like it's in the it's in the 1200 block of Northmore Road?

Is that because we're doing something to widen the what is that?

What does it mean in Lambus terms?

It's okay.

I don't know.

It's 14 feet southeast.

Are we doing something to make it wider?

Yeah, so this is me.

I'm Andy Green, Chief Operating Officer, and I I do not have the answer to your question, but I will follow up during the break and get it for you.

Okay, and for me, it's just more educational.

I didn't even realize I was this.

You wanted to know if we were widening the road.

Well, and I I would add actually that within that item, if you click that item, um you can see the RPA sewer easement abandonment application form in which the applicant makes um the request and states the reason why um they would like that.

Um page nine of that 10-page document, you've got some information in the drawing about it.

Okay, when I click on the link, I'll do that.

But as far as educational purposes, is that use is that for widening the road?

I will find out, and I'll get back to you as soon as the breaks over.

All right, thank you.

Thank you.

That's it.

Okay.

Just seeing if we can get that answer for you right now.

Okay.

Um, do we have any other questions under uh under that item uh under first reading?

We have one other in district eight.

Otherwise, let's take a look at uh resolutions.

Hit your light if you've got any questions about resolutions.

Okay, looks like we are good, council.

Please take a look at your purchase request for today.

We have three purchase requests.

We do not have any renewals, we do not have uh any RFP requests or emergency purchases, but there is one sole source purchase.

Councilman Elliott.

Thank you, madam chair.

This is for the sole source.

Excuse me.

Soul source purchase.

I'm trying to get a little bit better understanding exactly what this software is used for when it was day-to-day application.

I see it's on a technology services.

This is the great key.

Magnetic RK Mobile.

Yes, this is a a request to renew the current contract.

Um this software helps us get into um iPhones specifically.

Um most of the security that that surrounds an Android device.

Uh, there's there's other avenues that you can use iPhone specifically requires this particular software, which is also why it's soft, is why it's um that makes sense.

I was in number one sure.

The cell phone is no different than anything else that's private.

Um there has to have there has to be a search warrant, and that search warrant has to contain the specific information you're looking for contained in that cell phone in order to use it.

Okay, thank you, Chief.

I'm sorry, shit.

Thank you very much.

That's all, Madam Chair.

Okay.

Okay, don't have any other lights uh regarding purchases.

So, council, let's go ahead and take a look at our two-week agenda, please.

Um, you'll note we will have a special presentation next week from Carta related to an ordinance um around booting and immobilization of vehicles.

Um, also I believe that Carta is trying to get with everybody in advance to answer some.

Oh, uh this is uh MOU between the city and the county.

I'm trying to get a better understanding exactly what are we paying for on this one and what technologies actually used.

So this is a resolution authorizing payment to Hamilton County geospatial technology.

Yes, Councilman, this one refers to the address addressing process for the city.

How many county owns that process and they have a mapping system that goes along with it?

We have agreed to pay a portion of that so that we can maintain continuity between them and us to so if we want to put a commemorative name on a street or something like that, we would have to contact them to make that process go through.

Okay, so we go pay we'll fund that system.

Okay, but it's something we already use.

Yes, sir.

Nothing we're taking away from.

No, sir.

Okay, perfect.

Thank you.

Okay, Councilman Clark.

Uh, thank you, madam chair.

I have a couple questions under resolutions, economic development under B.

Okay.

And then I have another question, Jay.

Um, under Parks Nicolas, I'm just not really sure where you are on the agenda.

Is that okay?

Um, so we're we're bouncing all over the place today.

So, item B resolution economic development.

This is authorizing the mayor as it is designated jointly with Hamilton Counter into the contract and sale for the Boy Scout property.

I guess my question be is would is that this and I know this is in councilwoman Burr's district, but part of the total acquisition expense.

Does that include the closing costs?

Is that are are we interchanging interchanging terminology here?

So I think that it does.

Uh Richard, do you not?

Yeah, it would include it's fully like that.

It says not to exceed 5,000 for a total, not to exceed the amount.

Well, I mean, well, the the city would be responsible for half of the total acquisition expense.

But in the other part, it mentions that the closing costs.

I just wanted clarity.

So that the closing cost is five thousand, the city would pay 2500.

So I'm not sure what the closing costs are, but if that were the case, yes, we would split a 50-50 with the county.

Well, it says closing expenses not to exceed 5,000.

Was that something that was pre-negotiated or uh let me uh Richard, do you know the details of this regarding closing costs?

Sorry about that.

I just closing costs are included in that, so it's not to exceed $5,000.

We don't expect it to go over that, but yes, we would go in half with the county, they would pay for half, we'd pay for half whatever it is.

And I guess Richard, what I'm getting at is that I didn't I wasn't sure if there was any other total acquisition expenses other than the closing costs.

No.

Okay, so it is the closing costs.

Okay.

And what was the motivation for is there are there any intended plans for this 19 acre?

Are we just collecting this property for future intended plans?

We're we're essentially uh purchasing the property so that we can control its destiny.

Future intended plans.

That's right.

There are no plans in the works.

It was just us and the county coming together to get it while it was available so that we could control its destiny.

So, but there haven't been any discussions for potential occupants that motivated the purchase of this as a joint.

There have not been.

Okay.

And I just wanted to be clear on that because it's a it's a half a million dollar property purchase, you know, close to the okay.

Thank you.

Um Kevin.

Madam Chair, my other question is uh under parks public works and wastewater for parks and outdoors.

Uh the Brainerd levy all is in my district.

Uh Monica, are you prepared to answer questions on this?

We're actually gonna have a presentation on that in the parks and public works can be.

I'll yield then.

Um I'm curious to know, just so you can be prepared.

Um the total project costs of our contribution of 594,000 dollars.

I'm curious to know how much of the Brainerd levy, like what is the what is actually the infrastructure enhancements, like the details of that?

Um connectivity to that park recommendation that I've asked to connect the levy to the South Chickamauga Creek.

And this was when April was here, of course.

She's not here anymore, but I just wanted to make sure the continuity of those ideas related to these enhancements are included in that since we're spending quite a bit of money of that on the Brainerd Levy in my district.

But I'll yield to the presentation.

Thank you.

Okay.

Okay, council.

Do we have anything else on our two-week agenda?

All right, let's take a look at our uh future considerations document, please.

Councilman Clark.

Yeah, I'm back.

I was gone a week, and I'm back.

Uh uh, Madam Chair, I've got a question up under economic development regarding a resolution uh with the associated general contractors of East Tennessee.

Okay, can we have someone join us to speak to this item, please?

And Richard, as you're coming to the podium, I just my question is is that and maybe this is clarity and educational, but we're investing 175,000 into the blueprint program that was previously administered administered by China State.

Is that correct?

Or we did it, the city did it before.

Yeah.

Did we have this program at all house at China State?

Was I confused on that?

No, it wasn't.

So are we moving this program under the associated general contractors because essentially we're privatizing it, we're moving it from city.

So what's the purpose?

So they'll be able to provide the services at the construction career center, and um, we feel that they would do a better job of providing those services to the public.

Gotcha.

I know there were concerns about the effectiveness of the at least when we were in our last budget cycle, madam chair, regarding specific things like the $12,000 stipend, and were we tracking to see how it was utilized.

Um we raised several concerns about the graduation rates about regarding how many people actually entered into the Prime Minister Expensive Program.

Um, how many of those people actually got general the the GE licenses?

So some of those will those concerns be addressed with the is it are we moving to this private citation because they'll do it better as far as like getting those outcomes and is this I guess worth the investment to even continue the program if we've struggled getting some of those outcomes.

Well, we think that they would do a better job, and we would hope that those outcomes would all be successful like that.

But what I can do is get all that information for you and and have them um answer your questions.

I mean, there were several questions regarding this in the last budget discussion, I guess in June.

So I'm just I know we have a lot of other economic development priorities, and I'm not sure if this program is yielding the type of results that would be cost effective for us to invest 175,000 dollars in.

I know you and I have a short list of other economic development projects that we could put dollars into.

Um I'm just my concern is that the builders blueprint print program is not yielding the results that we've expected for the amount of people that are enrolled in the program.

And I just be curious to see how the associated general contractors can turn that around for us.

So let us get the information and reach back out to you, okay.

Thank you.

Kevin, do you want to add something?

If I may, yes.

Councilman Clark, you you're right that we did have a robust conversation around this particular topic.

If you recall, we had a initially proposed a higher level of funding, and then subsequent to that conversation, we reduced it to 175.

And this is us executing on what you guys appropriated in that budget.

And it's the last time that we intend to do it.

We don't intend to continue funding, but we will certainly follow up with ACG to make sure that we have a thorough understanding of the outcomes for this next cohort that they will run.

It's gonna be the last time that we're going to fund it.

It's going to continue through ACG funding it and raising money to make it happen.

Gotcha.

Thank you, Kevin.

Welcome.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Okay, Council, do we have any other questions about future considerations?

Okay, seeing none, I would like to hand the chair seat over to uh councilman Davis to lead us in our parks and public works wastewater committee meeting.

Thank you, Chairwoman Hill, and I'll call to order this meeting of our parks public works and wastewater committee.

Um could I get a motion on the minutes from our last meeting?

So move.

All right, thank you.

And the minutes will stand as published from that meeting.

Uh so today all of our agenda items relate to our department of parks and outdoors.

So at this time I'll invite uh Brian Smith, our interim administrator for parks and outdoors to the podium to get us started.

All right, thank you.

Thank you, Councilman Davis.

Thank you, Council.

Again, Brian Smith Interim Administrator for Parks and Outdoors.

We do have two presentations that we will present to you today, one concerning the future of our National Park City movement, and the other one will be concerning the College Park enhancements as well as the Brainerd Levy enhancements.

I also have a couple of guests that I will be welcoming up as well to talk about each one of those particular presentations.

But first, I'd like to get into our 50-year vision overall, but the next steps when it comes to the National Park City movement.

As I'm talking about this, I'm gonna also welcome out Chris Wilson, who is with our Friends of Outdoor Chattanooga group to talk about his portion of the National Park City movement.

But first, before we get into our next steps and year two of the National Park City movement, I just want to say thank you.

Thanks to each and every one of you uh sitting up here today for the commitment to uh the enhancement of the city of Chattanooga.

More or less the reason why we received this wonderful recognition is because of the work that we have done as a city, as a community, and also with our partnerships with our four and as well as our nonprofits.

Uh also just allowing folks to come up and express their opinions.

Uh I have enjoyed uh in many cases where people have stood at this particular podium and have mentioned should we do this or should we not do this because we are a Chattanooga National Park City, and I think that's an important thing to hear because that gets us overall thinking of our future as we move uh further down the road here for the city of Chattanooga.

I'm also inspired by the work that you all do.

I've put a collection of pictures there from Councilman Dotley there from the uh groundbreaking of the Alton Park Connector to tree planting to of course being outside also represents our sports as well as groundbreaking at John A.

Patton and also at Lupton Mills, and the list goes on.

But each uh step along the way, y'all have been there and we greatly appreciate that.

Again, that's one of the reasons why we are a National Park City.

Also, this is inspired connection, getting us thinking more and more about working with our partners as well as the county and the National Park Service itself.

I've got a couple pictures of a couple of presentations with Mayor Kelly and also a pop uh pop-up park that uh took place over at the river park with Sorba Hamilton County as well as the City of Chattanooga.

And we've also been able to uh save some property here across the city of Chattanooga or preserve some property, which has been instrumental because I think a quote that was in the paper not too long ago was the best thing that we could do with some of this property is do nothing.

In other words, giving it back to the wild here.

And we've also uh signed some covenants on this property thanks to Mayor Kelly, and I've got a couple here along Missionary Ridge, and we appreciate uh you, Councilman Elliott, uh, one of our most recent ones next to Billy Gold Hill.

And the National Park City movement has inspired several other cities to now start working towards their recognition of this worldwide recognition.

There is currently five right now, but there are also five other cities that are in the running as well for National Park City recognition.

But that's year one.

Year one was receiving this recognition, also marketing it, marketing Chattanooga, which we have think we've done a pretty good job because we have been noted all across the world, some big time magazines that you do see there on the screen.

But that year one was really thanking y'all, thanking our nonprofits, thanking our for-profits, and really thanking the work that we've done as a city from the dirtiest city in America to even the last 20 years, the green movement and the amount of work we've done to make Chattanooga what it is today.

Year number two, all along was to take this, which was a city-led uh directive and turn it into more of a community-led directive, and that is what our goals are as we enter into year number two, city-driven to city supported.

And right now I'd like to welcome up Chris Wilson again with Friends of Outdoor Chattanooga to talk about their portion as we now start moving towards more of a grassroots movement.

Chris Thank you.

Um my name is Chris Wilson with Friends of Outdoor Chattanooga.

We're a nonprofit.

It's been around for almost 20 years supporting great out deo ideas in Chattanooga's outdoors.

Um we've been involved with National Park City since the beginning because it is in our opinion a great idea involving Chattanooga's outdoors.

Um we uh want to continue to support it, like Brian said, as it moves from a city-driven to a city supported initiative.

Um, is part of that.

We are committed to continue to serve as the fiscal sponsor, putting together a committee or leadership council under Friends of Outdoor Chattanooga to ensure there's proper governance, proper support, um, building a strategic plan of what National Park City looks like moving forward and supporting the seed drive events that we have planned through the end of April.

Thank you, Chris.

And he did mention briefly there about a seed drive that we have going on, and what I'm gonna do now is welcome in David Little John who has been helping spearhead this.

David Little John is out of town today, but magically we should be able to hear him overhead.

Quality of life is what makes Chattanooga special.

It's what we want for each other and our our families and friends.

Um what is the single lever we could pull that would impact quality of life and also help guide our our growth and economic prosperity, which also needs to happen.

We'd like to say that nature is our most valuable asset that we have that can positively impact our quality of life and the future growth of our city and our region.

Going to the next slide.

Uh so what most cities do is they they value their growth, and in doing so, they erode their their value and erode quality of life.

And now is the moment with National Park City and as all of us together, we get to say, look, if we treat nature as our most valuable shared asset, we get quality of life and we get economic prosperity.

We know the physical and mental health benefits, peace, calm, safety, green spaces or statistically safer spaces.

You get beauty, you get wonder, you get awe.

The tourism, the events, the festivals, attracting new businesses and people and jobs, positive national news and attention, and becoming world leaders as a National Park City.

So this is a moment where we can decide to truly focus on this very unique asset that's only going to become more rare.

And you're also gonna hear in our as we talk that it's it's important that this is a shared asset.

This is something that we all get.

And so the mission of National Park City is to lead the world in improving the quality of life for all of us by treating nature as our most valuable shared asset.

So that means we respect what we have, we expand opportunities to connect with nature in new and more ways, and we're gonna grow it into the places where we live, work, and gather.

And we'll do this now and for generations to come.

And this is our simple blueprint that can guide us.

And it's very important that this is a nonpartisan, non-politicized message.

This is something we can all agree on.

Because when you sit down with literally anyone, about 80% of us agree on what kind of life we want to live.

And we believe this can be the guide.

If you go to our commitments, um, there's everyday access, nature is part of everyday life, outdoor play, a culture of fun, creativity and beauty, because nature is fun, parks are fun and beautiful, uh, balanced growth.

This means that everything in our our national park city needs to grow uh with a connection to itself as a healthy ecosystem, respect and appreciation for land life and history, and connection between our communities and local networks, using our gig, our gig network, our fiber, to actually connect us more as neighbors, not just pump us up to the sky and Netflix and the cloud, but to actually create technology that connects us uh more.

But the most important thing we want to talk about is uh is a spirit from the venture days and Eleanor Cooper gave me this line as a guiding principle is turning talk into action.

And the way we're gonna do that is through what we call National Park City seeds.

So seeds are are you know what they're very unique, it's not just a clever way of calling an idea seeds, seeds are place-based, they're they're actionable, repeatable projects that require collaboration from many groups.

And the best part about a seed is once it's planted and we learn from it, you can plant that seed in other places.

And so once we have seeds, whether they're backyard community, gardens, bike corridors, housing experiments, uh neighborhood networks or apps, we can basically learn from that seed and then allow other communities to to plant that.

And if you look at the qualities of a seed, we're gonna teach civic entrepreneurship at a fifth grade level.

And my hope is that even uh every fifth grader uh is able to start planting seeds because they understand nature and how nature works.

We're gonna have a great idea that has a gardener who's responsible for it, a soil of where does this uh this seed go?

What is the community like?

A seed needs water, which is funding and resources.

Uh it needs sunlight, which is your community energy, has root it needs roots, which would be an established organization coming along to support it, mentorship through a guide or expert, and then an expected harvest.

What can we expect?

So, what you're gonna see is at National Park City, we're gonna talk about everything as seeds on this next slide.

And that means that we have a place to meet in the middle between our nonprofits, our community, supported by our city and our county, and and talked about and promoted by our National Park City, where we can have ideas that now we can organize around and have everyone a seat at the table to have true collaboration.

And we think about seeds as pilot projects.

If it works in this neighborhood, well, then maybe it'll work in the next five that we try it.

And then we can spread that to the next 20.

And a couple good examples briefly of this.

One that two of you I know are familiar with is this Hawthorne School Path that was recently done.

This was a true collaboration effort between Highland Park Neighborhood Association, Greater Chattanooga Wheeler Association, Unfoundation, C and the Urbanist Society Two Bikes, you know the rest.

And they came together and solved this safe passage, this safe trail to a school.

And now we as are gonna have to be able to document how they did this and what resources it took, how many volunteer hours, the way to close the street safely with um a parade closure, and other communities now can plant this seed and do this same thing.

And we want to be the organization that allows for this collaboration and then exports the knowledge to the others.

You'll see this next example.

You know, uh a community garden is a great idea, but land is expensive and we can't dig on public property.

But through the parks department, we figured out how to collaborate with nonprofits and allow for on a park at East Lake for a nonprofit to have a community garden through raised beds.

Once this successful pilot works, we can now say what are the next three parks that we try this in.

And when that works, we can go into the future where we might have a community garden in every park because we've tried it and we know what works.

And that leads us to what our next step is is the National Park City Seed Drive.

We're calling to get a hundred seeds, uh, which can be you know simple and small to something the size of the aquarium, to be honest.

Uh, we want to dream big.

A hundred of the best seeds from around our region, which is the city, the county, and a 50 mile radius around our city.

That's our footprint.

Uh, we want seeds from all parts of that.

And then we're gonna gather uh teams around those seeds, understand the resources that are needed, come up with a plan so that we don't just have ideas, we have action plans and and passionate people ready to execute them.

We're trying to get 100 seeds, and we want to plant 10 seeds this year.

Um, and we'll be pitching these on stage.

So we have uh three major events within follow followed by a pitch night.

Uh, we had our kickoff, we're doing our library workshop on the uh fifth, sorry, the um the 25th of March, we have our expo on the 11th, and then we're pitching on the 24th and the 25th to the public.

We're asking the community to vote on those ideas.

Most excitedly, though, there is a website you all can go to at npc seeds.org.

This allows anyone to create a seed so that we can all see the best ideas we have in our entire region, and we can see how much support and planning is happening around those, and uh we can really push for this momentum.

And then really the goal is to help those who have great ideas gather as much support and institutional knowledge to help make that idea a reality.

And I want to just say we're committed to working with you all because we would love for there to be a place people can go uh when they have an idea that is before just calling you all, they can come to NPC seeds in National Park City and start working on their idea.

And we can help them shape it and watch out for the roadblocks so that when it comes to you, you know it's been vetted and it has some real rigor behind it, and you can actually get this thing to help us move it forward, and perhaps we get permission to plant this seed, and then others get to plant this seed.

So that's what we wanted to share with you all.

I'm really excited to meet with you all.

Uh, working together is gonna be the number one thing that allows this to be successful for all the neighborhoods and all your districts.

And we think that a community that's passionate coming together with the uh nonprofits and our our council, our city, and all of those people working together is really the Chattanooga way uh and how we've always gotten things done, and we're committed to making that a reality.

Alright, thank you a lot, uh David there.

So a lot that we just went over, but the overall goal is that to make National Park City uh be successful, it is to transition from being city-led, more or less myself and a great team to community-led and really some great ideas.

And if at the end of the day we just have a website full of a hundred ideas that people can go on and see, I think that is a win-win.

But we're starting sort of small, although we are racing very quickly here, and we hope that this can you know turn into something that's very magical for years to come.

That's why at the very beginning we put down a 50-year vision.

But thank you.

Those are the next steps for the National Park City.

Okay.

So, council, before we move on to our next topic, are there any questions about the National Park City Seeds Initiative?

Don't see any lights.

So thank you for that information.

We will um switch gears now.

Thank you, David.

We will hear about uh TDEC and Arise Grant opportunity for Coolidge Park and Brainerd Levy improvements.

All right.

Me again.

So now we're gonna talk a little bit more about the Coolidge Park Blue Way as well as the Brainer Levee Greenway access and a very important uh uh upcoming uh say projects here that's certainly going to impact thousands.

Now, when it comes to the Coolidge Park Blue Way access, I'm gonna invite Monica Kinsey, who's been the very much the lead on this initiative and let her talk a bit more about what we are expecting and hopefully uh coming to Coolidge Park.

Good afternoon, Council Monica Kenzie from the Department of Economic Development.

I also have uh Mia Rourke here from uh Tennessee Riverline to help go through some of these plans.

It is our pleasure to uh present to you today to stay in the vein of National Park City with quality of life and economic prosperity.

Um we are excited to present to you these plans for Coolidge Park expansion on the North Shore.

Uh this is for a uh larger design.

Can we?

You got to figure it out.

Oh, sorry.

Sorry about that.

Didn't realize I had control of this.

Okay.

Um the dock access goals are supporting the beautification, but also uh improvements that are long overdue.

Um, our our plan is to, it's basically the impetus of this uh Blue Way economic impact project is the temporary closure of the South Shore of the Riverfront for renovations beginning November 9th of this year.

We're in the process of moving a 50 plus special events over to Coolidge Park and other parks within the city as to not lose that economic impact from the uh South Shore closure.

That closure is estimated to be about 18 months.

Right now we have Walmart Street Bridge planned to open September of 2026 and the South Shore Riverfront Closure November of 2026.

It is our intention to ensure that we can retain these events and this economic uh stability within our city.

And let's see.

It is ADA accessible, it'll give us more accessibility.

It is um multi-use floating dock, 75-foot paddle, uh cohesive mooring for motorized and non-motorized vessels.

We're hoping in a partnership potentially with the Audubon Society for a slip for say have better access to their island.

12-foot-wide access ramp with green Gabian shoreline stabilization, and again, ADA accessible.

We have a short video to show you, and then I'm gonna let Mia come up and talk about design because she's the actual designer of this dock.

Looks like the video may not be working, but we do have the uh diagram.

Next one.

Talk about that.

All right, we can scale out.

It looks like it's can you scale out any rich?

Rick, I'm sorry.

It's just how it's in the presentation.

That's okay.

Uh hello.

Um, so the suggested improvements to Coolidge Park are really uh aimed at improving two areas.

One accessible uh access to the river for all users, and two shoreline stabilization and ecological restoration.

Uh so I apologize you can't fully see the west side of the site, but we're initially suggesting improving the access ramp that's currently under the bridge.

Uh, we're removing the wooden boards that are acting as the kayak slide as well as the Gabian wall system that's currently there and replacing them with a new kayak slide and a green Gabian wall system that would add shoreline stabilization.

Uh at the bottom of that ramp, it's currently around 12 feet wide.

We're suggesting uh widening that to 24 feet so that in moments when you're having events and you have lots of users accessing that site at once, you can have twice as many people launch.

Uh as we move west or sorry, east into the site.

Um, we're suggesting an improvement to the existing ADA compliant ramp.

Uh, currently it has a switchback that is very difficult for people in a wheelchair to access the ramp with.

They cannot use it, they cannot have their kike behind them as they traverse that.

So instead, we're suggesting moving the gangway ramp up.

So still keeping the existing top portion of the ADA ramp, just uh moving the dock system up there.

Uh the dock system itself is 675 feet long and offers four different user types.

Uh, it has two ADA kayak launches, a hundred foot low profile section for rowers, uh 200 foot section of fishing pier, and then six boat slip docks.

On the back side of the dock, it also has a series of floating treatment wetlands, which will add visual interest as well as habitat and uh those also help improve water quality too.

On the far east side of the site, uh we have integrated into what was the East Rhino access stair ramp.

Um, here we're suggesting improving those stairs by removing the current slide and adding that to the east side of the stairs and then adding in a new launch pad.

Also, council, you'll have uh I get I handed out a presentation, which is the stakeholder engagement that what Tennessee River Line did for this um improvement.

And then also you'll have a breakdown of the total funding sources that are requested for this.

Is that the last and then next we're at the Brainerd Levy.

Um, the biggest you know is the economic impact.

Um, this is will help us retain around 20 million dollars on events that we have and help us to boldly expand our recreational footprint on both sides of the river.

Okay, now we'll talk a little bit about the Brainerd Levy improvements that are also wrapped up in this uh acceptance of the grant that we hope to receive, and that is also putting down a chip and seal along 3.2 miles and 10 foot wide uh trail that is also along the levee, uh extending from basically the beginning of it at Shalifa Road all the way to Walmart, if you will, uh area, and hopefully a little bit more beyond that once the construction is done near Camp Jordan.

This is also going to be a valuable connection from the Ramsey Center that will allow the community to uh walk up to the uh levee from the Ramsey Center area, and we'll also put chip and seal along that particular pathway, as well as that being a 10-foot uh wide trail.

Tactical warning strips and accessible wayfinding signage will accompany this.

We need to make sure people know exactly where they're going.

And because there is an elevation change from where the Ramsey Center is into the top of the levee, we'll make sure proper signage uh there does address that elevation change.

Uh again, approving the flat levee crest.

This is certainly going to be something very much uh beneficial for walking, cycling, jogging, and also wheelchair accessible use, and then access to thousands in the Brainer community and beyond.

And on top of that, there'll be extra parking that's available there at the Ramsey Center.

Um, Councilwoman Burts asked for a video last week, and I promise you I did make one.

I'm not sure why the videos are not working.

However, each one of y'all do have access to the presentation that shows both the rendering of the of the Coolidge Park Dock as well as uh the video here.

If you can envision there is a pathway that's right beside the Ramsey Center that was allowing us access to the levee.

Right now, it's not in very good shape.

It's got some uh some potholes and obviously some uh uh areas and ruts and things like that that need to be approved.

We will flatten that out, we'll provide chip and seal along that.

And then as you get a little bit closer to uh the actual levee itself, you can see a bit of a curve there, and we will continue to level that area out, and then as we climb up towards the levee, we'll continue with the chip and seal to make much easier access to the levee.

So again, this particular project does start right there next to the Ramsey Center in the parking lot, more or less in between the Timis Courts and the Ramsey Center itself, and then we'll guide yourself through uh some pretty woods there and then make their way up towards the levee.

And again, this will be wheelchair accessible and also continuing to improve the levee itself.

Now, overall, the funding and the timeline, what we are asking for the city council to approve is the acceptance of the T Deck grants along with some matching funds from the city of Chattanooga that will match our rise grant that Tennessee River Line is also currently applying for.

If awarded, the timeline for the Brainerd levy is roughly around 12 months, and as Monica mentioned for the Blue Way access, roughly around 18 months.

Uh both of these will be massive improvements to all the residents and visitors of the city of Chattanooga.

In the meantime, we do have a couple of community input sessions that we are doing next week to present these plans to the public again and get a little bit of their feedback.

One will be on March the 25th at the Grimes Outdoor Chattanooga Center.

That will be at 5 p.m.

And then on March the 26th at 6 p.m.

at the Ramsey Community Center to talk a little bit more about the project and answer any questions that folks may have.

So in a nutshell, those are the two projects that uh are before you here today and next week.

Okay.

And I see that we do have several council members with questions here.

I think first up we have Councilwoman Dotley.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Chair.

Uh I just want to say I'm excited about this project, excited to support it.

Um as the only council member that has Allen in her district.

I'm glad that you all are working with the Audubon decided to uh help with that boat slip.

And as someone who has visited the Allen had a grand time myself.

Uh they they are desperately needing needing that dock access, that public dock access, so more people can learn about the Allen and the conservation efforts that are there.

So I am listening.

I was listening to your presentation, but then I heard McClellan Allen and Autobahn Society, and it made me so excited that we care about all of Chattanooga.

That's a place that people kind of overlook.

You just ride over the bridge, you don't pay it much attention.

Um, but it's has so much historical value, and this is something that they they they really do need.

So I'm excited about it, and and of course, by all the other things too.

But that has made me just I'm just absolutely this will be a much much shorter distance for them now.

They're currently, I think they have access to a boat over by the I wouldn't uh marina, but this will be much closer, and yeah, we look forward to uh the progress of McClellan Island.

Yes, and we need a public docking system.

Uh we we write on a river, and I don't believe we have one.

People just kind of move a shake around the river how they can, so they have a public uh public docking system um there for for public use, is just phenomenal.

Uh so just thank you for the work you are doing.

We really appreciate it.

Thank you.

Yes, thank you.

Thank you, uh, Mr.

Chair.

Okay.

Next up we have Chairwoman Hill.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um, both of these projects are interesting, and I I see how they have the potential to add value.

I have to say, I feel like I have minimal context on this.

Like this, all of a sudden, this came out, and and suddenly we're talking about how we're closing the south side of the river.

Um, we're talking about losing events and needing to move events.

Uh this is in my district.

This is the first time I've heard about it.

Um, we moving head of the hooch across the river.

Is that is that what's happening?

Like that all of this feel like is this a parks presentation?

Is this economic development?

Has there been a conscious decision by the administration to make parks economic development?

Like, I I know that I come here every week, and yet I turn to my neighbors and I'm like, Do y'all did like what is this?

I don't know what this is.

River towns never never heard of it.

Maybe we approved something a year and a half ago for a study.

Um, can you answer some of those questions so that I can stop feeling a little discombobulated and start really digging into the actual questions?

Also wise, there's public uh meeting next week.

Is it one week out?

Do we do this on everything?

Uh I can't go anyway.

Go for it.

Um, this is actually a project that started as an impetus because of the South Shore um renovations.

And and yes, we are looking and working with Head of the Hooch to move them to Coolidge Park, but that's for not for this year, that would be for 2027.

And so what we're trying to do is prepare um for all of these events so that we have a place to host them in 2027.

Why this while the South Shore is under construction.

So the South Shore, please say again, when is the South Shore scheduled to be closed?

And this is for the rebuilding of the park, right?

Correct.

That is November of 2026 this year.

November 2026.

After the hooch this year.

Okay.

So the Walnut Street Bridge will reopen and then we will close this other side of the river.

We are playing musical river fronts.

And so this has been part of overall planning.

This is a grant opportunity that if we receive this grant, this is how you propose that we move forward with the funding stack as provided.

Yes, ma'am.

So within the funding stack, TDEC, TDEC match.

Uh we've we've got two different TDEC matches and ask.

Can you walk us through those those four line items, please?

Two and one.

They just separated by they're separated by project for clarity.

Um it's so the TDEC grant is the same, it's one grant, but it's for two projects.

The ARC grant is just for the uh ask is just for the dock.

And we color coded which was ARC and which is city.

Okay.

Does that help?

Um the dock, will it be a considered a permanent dock or a temporary dock in terms of quality and installation?

Uh permanent, but it is floating, yes.

Permanent floating dock, okay.

And it's modular to be added to you for additional events that may come down.

Um will the public be able to use it outside of events?

Yes.

Okay.

Okay, and what's going on with parks and economic development?

Feel me, is this an intentional organizational shift?

Just help me understand that the view from the administration and if this is just what is happening.

Yeah, before Kevin does walk up here, I will say this has been a project that we have worked on together for a very long time.

Right to the point that where we are now before we did have the shift that uh Kevin will talk about.

So that's a little bit about why we're doing this together.

When you say we are together, you mean the two of you used to be able to do that.

Parks outdoors and and now we work with the climate development.

Wait, what you spoke up?

I'm sorry.

Parks and outdoors has been working on this when Monica was with us uh up until just a couple of weeks ago, so that's why we're presenting this together now, and why there might be a little bit of that confusion.

So, but we have been working on this together as parks and outdoors department for the last several months, and then recently Monica moved on to economic development, which might lead to some of the confusion.

And Kevin can speak to that.

Okay.

Sure.

Let me can I just first rewind real quick and say that there have been a lot of conversations around trying to solve for some of these challenges associated with the revitalization of the South Shore.

And so this is a little bit of a happy kind of like intersection of this project and these funding opportunities becoming available with that project in in view.

Um we think that there is an inherent public benefit to doing it, but that's kind of just icing on the top.

So that's how all of that kind of intermingles.

But with regard to the arts and creative economy functionality, which has historically resided inside of parks.

We have not formally moved them over in the budget.

That's going to be part of the budget proposal that we're preparing to bring forward to you guys for consideration for FY27.

Right now, we have physically relocated them and to get them working, them being Monica and her team to get them working a little bit more hand in glove with economic development.

But as Brian indicated, there has always been will continue to be a lot of overlap between parks and economic development along this intersection of arts and the creative economy.

Okay.

All of that makes sense.

Just when we start going 60 miles an hour with the presentation, we don't have context.

I I have to catch have to catch up.

Um, with regard to the South Shore, um, my guess is you probably had a lot of conversations with Councilwoman Dotley from District 7 because this is on the South Shore and it's gonna impact her district in that way.

Um I represent the the North Shore and 100% those two go hand in hand.

So I'm even on the River City um board, and I had not connected the dots that the South Shore was going to close on uh in November and that we would need to relocate those.

So this is a a plea for better communication on all of this, please, because I think I know from my perspective, um, you know, thinking about my regular meetings with the North Shore Merchants Collective.

We can work together better than working siloed.

So thank you very much.

There is certainly a comprehensive communication strategy that is being worked on with respect to the closure.

You're right, we got a little bit ahead of ourselves with this particular presentation, I think, with that dimension, so we'll we'll do better on that front.

But we've we certainly will approach the closure of the riverfront in the same way that we did the Walnut Street Bridge to make sure that we're just blasting kind of the the dates and the work around plans and everything related to it when the time comes.

Thank you.

That's all, Mr.

Chair.

Okay.

Up next, we have councilwoman burrs.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

I just have one quick question about the levy.

Um, will the enhancements include new signage?

Yes, ma'am, it will.

Good.

And wayfinding signage.

I've gotten so many comments about the signage on Brainerd Road uh for the entrances to the levy, and I know they're getting those entrances are getting some attention from public works for some other reasons too, but my hope is that it's definitely more inviting at the end of all of this.

I I do want to clarify that the wayfinding signs part of this will be strictly for the pathway and up to the levy.

But we're also doing an overall parks uh rebranding and signage package.

It's not part of this, but we are doing that.

Is that gonna happen before this, or will it happen kind of along the same lines of this?

If people are to ask, when can they expect new signage?

So we will do signage based on priority, and I do believe South Chickamauga Creek Greenway is a priority.

Okay.

Uh y'all did approve the bid uh a couple of weeks ago, so we're already working with the company to design those signs along with uh Steve Hamaker.

Uh that's part of the city of Chattaduga, and hopefully we'll be installing some of these signs here pretty soon.

I do know that the Chickamauga Greenway is one of them, and then also addressing parks that just don't have signs at all.

Okay, all right.

Thank you.

No problem.

Thank you.

All right.

Councilman Clerk.

Thank you, uh, Chairman Davis.

A couple quick questions.

What I'm excited about this um the Brandon Levy, but I do want to echo some of the sentiments of Chairwoman Hill.

I too was did not know.

Um, and I like to know about these amazing things is we got a lot of questions about these types of improvements in our district.

Um, and we want to be a part of the public input.

Uh one is because we're responsible for approving the the money for it.

Um so I want to echo that.

Um that sentiment so it's not lost upon you that that's not the way to communicate with legislators about these exciting things you're doing.

Like brag about it, tell the world about it because you know, I don't have an island, but I do have the most greenway than any other district, including the Brainerd Levy.

Can understand?

Yeah, gotta get you an island, right?

I might make one.

We got one over there I can probably make um off of the levy so I can compete with district seven and get some money.

So anyway, I want to echo her sentiment because I don't want that to be lost upon you all.

That is not appropriate to not include that.

I will say I understand, and and I do apologize.

And as long as I'm in this rule at this role at this time, I will approach that.

Thank you for acknowledging that.

Sometimes it's just easy to say I'm sorry.

How can we work better together?

Thank you.

Okay.

Moving on.

Um, there is a discrepancy in the resolution regarding the matching amount from the city versus what you have outlined on the actual breakdown.

It's about a hundred thousand dollar difference in 494,000 versus 594,000.

So that's the first thing I want I like clarity on.

And secondly, what line item, and this is just for educational purposes, with the match that we're required to do with TDAC.

And I guess there's two matches, right?

But yeah.

In regards to Brainerd, oh, there is no match for Brainerd.

So there is, it's a city.

So the Brainerd is 200,000.

There's a hundred thousand dollars from TDAC, and then there's an in uh an internal city match of a hundred thousand.

Okay, and so that's the difference in the 594 and the 494 that you're seeing.

Gotcha.

So, should the resolution read 494 instead of the 594?

If TDEC is putting in that 100,000.

There's a discrepancy in the resolution.

That yes, I believe so.

I think the actual match is 494 847 is the actual match because we already have a match internally.

Okay, gotcha.

So we can correct that if that's right.

Thank you.

And I just want to be clear because we're voting on it tonight.

I'm like, uh, where's are we?

I'm sorry, or what?

Next question.

Okay.

Um, so that's good to know.

But also, secondly, as far as the access, because we in previous conversations I had with your predecessor regarding the connectivity of the Ramsey Center.

Uh there were talks about, you know, we're a national park city, right?

You guys love that uh destination, but not all of us have parks, including in that area.

Um, I don't know if you all are aware of that in my district in that particular area from Northmore Road, going all the way up to Shall Hero.

We don't have one park.

We've got a great golf course that not all of us use unless chip, you don't play golf.

Probably not for opportunity and funding opportunities to actually create a park that's connected to this greenway.

So to be honest, it would be hard to answer that particular question, not knowing exactly what land is available, but that would be one of the first steps was identifying uh potential land that might be available for a future park.

Uh, we're also going to try to work with our parks and outdoors plan uh as much as possible that has identified several areas uh all across the city, so we'll continue to try to honor that as much as possible.

But conversations with you as well, sir.

Thank you.

Monica, you're familiar with that conversation.

Uh about the Woodmore Park.

Yes, I remember that a little bit.

I don't know the I don't know what the plan was.

Okay.

Well, there was no plan.

We were supposed to have conversations about creating a park with what you're now proposing as a connectivity of the greenway to the levy.

Yes, the ground access point yes the conversation we're having with April first that there would be an access point through the park that we don't have in just in that portion of the district to connect to the pathway up to the levy.

So in other words I like to have that conversation and find funding opportunities for that.

Happy to anyway I think this is amazing and thank you for your work on the Brainerd levy and even I I don't know what um the chip and seals are but I'm really excited about that.

There's a lot of amazing nature scientific lessons over there that I know the high schools enjoy and so I hope that people will use that as a as a nature reserve to learn more about what what we're doing over there to preserve that area.

My last question is twelve months construction upon approval of this next week when when does construction start and when does it end so the approval uh process will take place first uh the awarding of the grant we're looking at likely late summer or possibly into fall and so once we find out that we uh we're awarded this grant or all of it uh then we will begin to look at uh working on either how much we can do internally which will also uh dictate the timeline or any sort of external bidding process that we'll have to do so I think when you incorporate all that that will take about twelve months but I know we want to try to do as much internally as possible so to answer your question as soon as we receive the funds and the go-ahead we would get right on it so that could potentially come in from the state you're saying in August it my understanding is late summer or into fall when we would know of the awards for the TDA for the TDAC grant oh so we could probably see completion on this in 2027 of tentatively maybe next summer early fall 2027 I don't want to sure hold it anything so tentatively okay awesome just want to take information back to my people that's all no problem all right thank you uh Mr.

Chair that's all I have okay counsel are there any other questions or comments or heartfelt concerns about any of our agenda items from today did you say heartfelt I did well I'm allergic to councilwoman uh Mark Noel's flowers I'm excited well they're so beautiful just like you are yes they are very part felt I happen to appreciate the little pop-up park we have here councilman take that I love the well on that note we will conclude this parks and public works committee meeting we do have a I believe an attorney client meeting what time will we recess until we'll be in recess until 515

Okay, we are back, everybody.

Madam Clerk, let's take ordinances under final reading.

Items A through H as a package.

Sit tight, everybody.

Nicole's got a lot to read.

Item A, and an ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, part two, chapter 38 zoning ordinance as adopted by ordinance number 14137 on July 23, 2024.

Article 4 uses table 3841.1 use matrix and section 3842.

Principal use standards to revised terminology from adult use to adult oriented establishment.

Item B an ordinance to a mention Chattanooga City Code Part 2, Chap 38 zoning ordinance as adopted by ordinance number 14137 on July 23, 2024, Article 4 uses Table 38, 41.1 use matrix to add drive-through facilities as an accessory use in the INST institutional zone.

Item C in ordinance to admit Chattanooga City Code, part two, chapter 38 zoning ordinance as adopted by ordinance number 14137 on July 23rd, 2024, Article 14, Administrators, Section 3872 Notice.

Item D, an ordinance to admit city code, part two, chapter 38 zoning orders so as to rezone properly located at 2149 with Chapo Row from R and two residential neighborhood zones to T R N three traditional residential neighborhood zone.

So to certain conditions.

Motion passes.

To approve with a proper second.

Thank you.

All in favor?

Aye.

Opposed.

Motion passes.

Item B, please.

An ordinance closing and abandoning a public sewer easement located in the 1200 block of North Moore Road.

Tax map number 147 KC045, beginning 14 feet southeast on MH number S 147 and 205, then Southeast approximately 98 feet.

To a point approximately 359 feet from MH number 147 and 005 as detailed on the attached maps.

Sorry.

Thank you.

Got a motion on the floor to approve with the proper second.

All in favor, or do I have any questions or comments?

All in favor?

All right.

Opposed?

Motion passes.

Item C.

In order to submit Chattanooga City Code Part 2, chapter 38 zoning ordinance as to read zone property located at 5813 Lee Highway from C C commercial corridor zone to CR Regional Commercial Zone.

Thank you.

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

Do we have any questions or comments?

All in favor?

Aye.

Opposed?

Motion passes.

Uh Madam Vice Chair has a comment.

Yes.

I stepped out for a minute and I understand we voted on 8A to approve.

Is that correct?

Okay, that needs to be to deny.

So would you like to make a motion?

I would like to make a motion to deny.

Well, let's make a motion to reconsider.

Reconsider.

Make a motion to reconsider.

Council, can I get a second on a motion to reconsider item A?

Okay.

Do we need to get that read into the record again?

Okay, Madam Clerk, will you please read item A?

An ordinance closing and abandoning a portion of the unopened right of way in the 1800 block of East 21st Street as detailed on the attached mass sub certain conditions.

Thank you.

Council, we have a motion on the floor to reconsider item A with a proper second.

All in favor of reconsidering?

Aye.

Opposed.

Motion passes.

Madam Vice Chair.

Make a motion to deny.

Thank you.

Council, we have a motion on the floor to deny item A MR 2025 0171 with a proper second.

Do we have any questions or comments?

Mr.

Attorney, is there anything else we need to do as part of this reconsideration?

Not at this time.

If she wants to state her reasons for denial, it might be good to have on the record.

Okay.

Okay.

So yes, my reason for denial is that in order for that to be abandoned and closed.

We need access to that from the north and the south end of it.

So that's the reason for denial.

Okay.

Okay.

Thank you.

All right.

Let me just make a note of that.

Sorry about that.

I mean, she read through that quickly before I could get back in.

Um all in favor of denial.

All right.

Opposed.

Motion to deny passes.

Thank you.

Okay.

Moving to resolutions.

Um item A, please.

Resolution confirming the appointment of Catherine Peary to the Head Start Governing Board for District 1 with a term beginning on March 18, 2026, and ending on March 17, 2028.

Councilman Henderson.

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.

Aye.

Opposed.

Motion passes.

Is uh Catherine Perry here with us today?

Well, Catherine, if you are watching this online, thank you very much for your service to our community.

We appreciate you.

Items B and C, please let's take those as a package, Madam Clerk.

Item B.

A resolution authorizing administrative for the Department of Economic Development to enter into an office lease with partnership for families, children, and adults in and substantially the form attached for the use of 160 square feet of office space at the Dr.

Caribbean Burr's Family Justice Center at 5705 uptain row identified as tax map number one five seven MA 012 with an effective date of July 1, 2026 for the term of four years at the annual rent of one dollar.

Item C or resolution authorizing administrative for the Department of Economic Development to enter into a second agreement to exercise option to renew with the Chattanooga Housing Authority substantially the form attached for an additional term of one month through April 30, 2026 for the continued use of the Sheila Jennings Wellness Center on the property located at 1201 Poplar Street and further identified it as a portion of tax map number 145 FA 002.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Council, we have a motion on the floor to approve items B and C as a package.

Do we have any questions or comments?

All in favor to approve?

Aye.

Opposed?

Motion passes.

Item D, please.

A resolution authorizing parks and outdoors to enter into a memorandum of understanding with launch pad instance to form and task for installation of stock maintenance and a publicly accessible nalaxone narcane newspaper box within Miller Park as part of a harm reduction and overdose preventing pilot program.

The lock zone access pilot project.

Thank you.

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

Do I have any questions or comments?

All in favor?

Aye.

Opposed?

Motion passes.

Item E, please.

Resolution authorizing the administrative forward department of public works to enter into an agreement with Republic Services to pay for contaminated soil disposal fees associated with the Alton Park Connector project for an amount not to exceed 250,000.

Move approved.

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 F, please.

A resolution approved in a new special acceptions permit for a new liquor store located at 2220 Hamilton Place Boulevard Unit 134.

Move approved.

Second.

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.

Abstain.

It sounds like we've got uh one no, one abstain and seven yeses.

Motion passes.

Thank you.

Let me make a note of that real quick.

All right.

Moving to purchases.

So three purchases recommended for approval this evening.

The first one is for fleet.

This is year four renewal.

Pandora's European Sports has requested a 1.4% increase due to manufacturer increase in shipping costs.

The annual limit will be 250,000.

Number two is for public works.

This is year three renewal.

Pavement Technologies is requesting a 2.5% increase due to the increased cost of materials.

The annual limit amount will be $543,000.

Number three is for wastewater.

Wastewater is requesting an increase of $250,000 to PA 100263 to cover additional repairs until August 5th, 2026.

The annual limit amount will be $395,000.

Thank you.

Council, can I get a motion?

Second.

Thank you.

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

All in favor?

Aye.

Opposed.

Motion passes.

I have one sole source purchase to um report.

This is for technology services.

Magnetic gray key mobile forensic tool software license for police department.

This software is used, uses brute force lockout for iPhone 15s.

It can stop the 72-hour timer on many iPhone 15s and 12s, preserving critical evidence that would have been lost.

Without this software, investigators will have to travel to Tennessee Bureau of Investigation in Nashville to attempt to stop the 72-hour timer.

So the evidence isn't lost.

It's a one-time purchase in the amount of $37,370.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Okay, Council.

We're going to do some committee reports.

Where did I start last week?

Anybody remember?

Here.

Here.

All right.

Councilman Henderson.

Councilman Davis.

Yes, we did have a meeting for the day of the Parks Public Works and Waste Water Committee.

During which we learned about the National Park Exceeds initiative and also the grant opportunities for the Brainerd Levy Project and Coolidge Park Dock Project.

Thank you very much.

Councilman Harvey.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

On next week's agenda, we have scheduled a meeting for education and innovation committee for a 311 education session.

We're uh decided to uh reschedule that and turn it into more of a uh work group session so we're we can really uh uh get under the hood and look at 311.

Um so we need a little more time uh in a work group session to consider that.

So uh because of that, we're gonna take that off the agenda for next week.

Okay, thank you very much.

Look forward to uh knowing the date of the work group when it is scheduled.

Councilman Clark.

Uh Madam Chair, no report, but can I give a quick uh mention of some time I spent with Sharita and Trump?

Oh, that's right.

Sorry.

She does that okay.

Thank you.

Um today uh the Department of Economic Development under the advisement of our senior advisors of the mayor, uh presented um the retail study, um, which was amazing.

And I'm not sure if that's been dispersed to council members yet, but it directly impacts District 9, 5, and 6 as research on corridors about what the donuts are, what are the opportunities, the threats of what can be built in our districts as far as grocery stores and the analysis and the work of that team.

Uh not almost said Weston, but Winston Brooks and Sharita.

We spent like two hours on the on a in a meeting today, just going over that analysis and the work that that study revealed about what can be built in our districts, madam chair, as far as grocery stores.

So I just want to highlight that we are one step closer to the research and development of a strategic plan on how to implement those in areas where there is there's a food desert or food equity and access issues.

So kudos to uh Sharita Allen and her team for that the work on that retail uh analysis.

Thank you.

That's exciting.

Yes, it is councilman Elliott, yes, thank you, Madam Chair.

On April 7th, we will have an economic development committee meeting, and we will hear from Urban History of Interest for an update on the bent.

Thank you.

Councilwoman Dotley, no report.

Councilman Burr.

No report.

Vice Chairwoman Noel.

Yes, ma'am, thank you.

Not really report, but want to say thank you to Mrs.

Kim Strong and the neighborhood services team for the event that they put on yesterday.

It was absolutely fabulous.

Very well attended, very informative.

The group as a whole did an amazing job.

Those that were there and the food was excellent.

The information, and you know, if you have not ever attended one of her events, you have missed out because it is definitely top tier.

So thank you, Mrs.

Strong, for your leadership.

We greatly appreciate it.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Councilman Clark.

Madam Chair, may I add a kudos to that?

Um, I I we could go all day about the contributions of Kim Strong, and as I as we sell as some of us who are new, you know, we're celebrating our one-year anniversary as council members.

Um, and I mean sorry, some you your work has been tremendous in helping us navigate our work as council people.

You and Mandy Gray and Jay Woods, and I get on Jay's nerves, but let me tell you something.

That's my that's my guy.

You do, but I just can't stress enough.

Like when it comes to constituent services, because we get a lot of requests, it has nothing to do with the legislative process.

And if it wasn't for Kim helping our citizens navigate those requests, I don't know what we would do.

And so your presentation of what neighborhood services does, what you do in constitutional services.

Um it was packed house, uh, Chairwoman Hill.

And the food was great, and you're just amazing.

So thank you again for helping us with all our constituent requests.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Or did I use Jay, your guy?

I think Jay's gonna plead the fifth.

This fifth week this week.

That is awful.

There's enough of me to go around for okay.

Thank you, everyone.

Um for other business, our attorney has some announcements.

Uh, yes.

Uh, there has been a certificate of background investigation and zoning on the establishment known as Southern Tennessee Fine One and Spirits DBA Total Wine and more at 2220 Hamilton Place Boulevard Unit 134, and the applicant complies with all of our requirements here under the uh code here, and this location complies with all the restrictions under local law, and they should be issued a certificate of background investigation here by this body.

Uh lastly, there is a certificate of compliance for 711 Inc.

DBA Speedway 42185 1886 at 4868.

Make sure I read it correctly here.

I don't want to do that again.

Let's make sure, yeah, it is on Bonnie Oaks, but let's make sure we got the correct address here.

4862 Bonnie Oaks Drive, which your uh your document here on the agenda says uh 48686.

Uh we had to redo this once before because the folks with uh the Tennessee Alcohol Beverage Commission had the wrong address the last time we did this one, and I wanted to make sure we've got it correctly on the record tonight, and that address location is 4862 Bonnie Oaks Rive, and it meets all the requirements for uh this location and uh all of the applicants were appropriate.

So I would recommend those two.

Thank you very much.

Um and we have a donation to announce.

Do we have a member from the fire department that would like to announce this?

Good evening, council.

Hello, yeah.

We are uh the historic uh St.

Elmo uh community association has donated or wanting to donate $500 to the Chattanooga Fire Department, and our goal is to use some of that money to buy new workout equipment for uh the station.

Oh okay, thank you very much.

Yeah, okay, appreciate it.

Thank you.

Okay, council.

We and and uh everyone here, 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 you would like to address the council, please go ahead and line up behind the podium and listen while our attorney reads the rules.

Yes, ma'am.

Okay, got folks coming.

All right, 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 up front that's provided for that purpose.

You can't have more than three minutes to speak, and you can address the council only upon matters within their legislative and quasi judicial authority and not on matters which are not under their authority or regulated by other governmental bodies or agencies.

Uh, do not engage in any vulgar or obscene language nor use the floor to personally attack or personally denigrate others, and you should 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, sir, please go ahead and state your name in your district if you can.

My name is Michael Smith.

Thank you, sir.

I live at 1308 Hicks and Pike.

All right.

I'm here to address the upcoming plans on Hicks and Pike traffic intervention.

I'll pub the city, the mayor, and the public works department and the council here for trying to get something done about the safety in that area.

However, the current plans are missing a major issue, and that is the northbound lane on Nixon Pike.

It basically a drag strip.

And right now, it is a two-lane road from Georchester all the way.

And your option C is bringing it one lane the other way.

I'm saying we need to do one lane northbound as well.

I've surveyed the neighborhood.

100% of the people who've answered the door the past two weekends agreed that this is a major issue.

I've asked about other solutions to address the speeding.

I found out that the state has passed extreme conditions.

I'm being able to put speed cameras up.

And so really the police have very limited tools to do anything.

And so please, as we see cars go by 60-70 miles an hour every 10 minutes.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Snapson.

Thank you.

Good evening.

Good evening.

My name is Shirley Moon.

And I'm not quite sure everything you quoted uh attorney.

So I'm saying if I say anything or do anything that under your commandment, forgive me.

Yes because I didn't.

I just want to hear.

I promised y'all last time I was going to write your letter, which I haven't gotten around to it.

But I have something that I want you to hear that been going on in my neighborhood for quite some time.

Which I have been trying to get uh talk to some of the officials.

Uh let me find what I want you to hear.

Uh oh mercy.

Okay.

Okay.

We have a councilman who also struggles with his electronic devices.

Tim, I don't know.

Okay, this is something I have been trying to uh get in touch with the different members of the city and county, and it's one person that I got in touch with, but it'd been quite some time.

And uh when I reached out to him, he reached back out to me.

Okay.

Oh, I forgot I put this on.

I hope you're doing well.

Love your message by the way.

And if you want to give me a call back, my office is 6435111.

Um just give me a shout back and I'll look forward to talking to you.

Take care.

Tuesday, 1005 a.m.

Ms.

Moon, this is David Roddy with the Chinese police department.

I was just returning your phone call.

Um love your message, by the way.

And if you want to give me a call back, my office is 6435111.

Um just give me a shout back and I'll look forward to talking to you.

Take care.

So you see who it's from.

So it's been quite some time that I this problem been going on.

And every time I tried to call him back, uh whoever the answer phone.

I don't know if my telephone number pop up and say, do not send her through.

It'd been quite difficult to have a conversation with any of you all, the county or whatever.

Um, but he was nice enough to return my call, but when I tried to return the call back to him, I have been unable to get in touch with him.

And like I said, I will be writing that letter to you all because this has been going on for quite some time.

I thank you.

I appreciate so if I did anything wrong, attorney, forgive me.

No, ma'am, that's what did you want to say?

No, it's it's not my district.

Okay, okay, councilman Elliott.

Ma'am, can you stay behind you're in my district, and I'm not sure exactly what your problem is, but let's see if we can figure it out before you leave, okay?

Chief, could you hang back too?

Thank you, ma'am.

Terrific.

Okay.

Is there anyone else who's here and would like to speak to the council?

Council, I don't see anybody else who is here that would like to speak to the council.

Second.

Thank you.

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

All in favor of adjourning.

Opposed.

Motion to adjourn passes.