Good afternoon and welcome to the meeting of the Chattanooga City Council for Tuesday, April 7th, 2026.

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

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

Thank you.

We'd like to welcome everyone who is joining us.

If you are here for the first time, I want to take a minute and explain to you the way that our meetings run.

And then we will take a recess.

We will have an attorney client privilege meeting, which we will do today, Council.

Um that uh recess will be approximately probably 30 minutes, and then we will that's probably what I'll decide today.

And then we will come back and do our vote.

At the end of that, we are happy to hear from members of the public who are here that would like to address us on issues related to our scope of work.

And uh, you would have three minutes, and we will stay for as long as we have folks that want to talk.

And our attorney will handle those rules when the time comes.

So that being said, thanks for joining us here today.

And council, let's get down to it.

Um we do have an item under final reading.

Um if you've got anything you'd like to say about that, please do hit your line.

Uh madam chair.

Oh, there we go.

Sorry.

Um over the weekend I submitted a minute an amendment uh to the um voting in immobilization of vehicles.

And I think the random versions were sent to you all, but I'm gonna actually give you pass on the physical copies.

Um we're moving.

Uh part of the um this is gonna be when this was first introduced to us.

We had questions about what consumer protection meant for those who had uh who are chronic violators of our uh parking policies.

Uh part of the um this is gonna be when this was first introduced to us, we had questions about what consumer protection meant for those who had uh who are chronic violators of our uh parking policies um and what that relief would look like also while not discouraging people into uh parking downtown, but also uh the opportunity to collect um and most cities they're already implementing these re the structured repayment plans um as an incentive to you if you do come downtown and you park and you have a bunch of tickets and you're immobilized, you have the opportunity uh to pay the 75 dollar booting fee with a 25% initial down payment and then to enter into a structure payment plan.

Uh this is not um uncommon to other cities our size.

Uh at that when this was initially introduced, uh the language was left open for the uh Carter board to decide what those rules would be like.

I thought it would be best for since we were considering this uh ordinance to allow the city council to codify that into legislation, and so that's what that is.

Um it allows us to create a structured repayment plan uh to allow uh citizens who have high fines that if they are in mobile, if they are booted, they they can still get their car back.

We can still secure some funding, um including the fee, and then a 25% payment down.

Um that's all the uh amendment in um involves.

Thank you, councilman.

Uh Mr.

Attorney.

Um yeah, and this particular ordinance I believe passed on first reading last week uh without the amendment in it now has a new section 24518 regarding conditional release and a payment plan here.

Uh we have been in contact with the attorneys for the uh CARTA folks, and they do not have any objection to this new addition, but it is a significant change uh adding a new section to your code, and I believe that it will require you to have this go back to first reading if this amendment is accepted.

So uh there'll need to be a motion to amend, and if that occurs, it would go back to first reading because you have to have two readings on two separate days percent of the charter.

Thank you very much.

Councilman Henderson.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Uh Councilman, so the or Mr.

Attorney, the whole section 24-518 is what's been added because mine I do not have a red line.

And I have a red line I'll give you, and I think the coal has one at least.

Is it not in that packet that I just what I was handed first did not have a red line?

There's one, there's one in our council packet.

Oh, sorry, I have a whole digital council package.

I had requested that sorry, there I have the red.

In the digital folder, there was one.

I just want to make sure that we're under my folder.

Well, I've got I've got the city attorney, so I've got all the top secret information.

It's all on there.

Yeah, so okay.

That's all.

That's all for now.

Okay, councilman Elliott.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Uh Councilman Clark, I just want to thank you for proposing this.

This is something that I do support.

It allows us to put guardrails to make sure that uh some of our residents who are experiencing a little bit harder financial hardships that we can give them some buffers.

So thank you for this.

I look forward to supporting it and moving forward.

Thank you.

And Miss Reese, I did not misspeak.

Good.

All right, no problem.

The minutes can reflect a thumbs up.

Uh so the board is clear right now.

So um Councilman Clark, I did have one item in item D, the payment plan requirement.

Um, upon release of the vehicle, the remaining balance shall be placed on a structured claim payment plan administered by the parking authority, subject to the following.

And there are four four things that are subject to the following.

Um, and so my question is really about the sustainability of this for the parking authority, knowing that that parking authority is in fact, um, the Chattanooga parking authority, CARTA.

Um, and last week I had asked Charles.

I don't Charles isn't here, is he?

No.

Um last week I had asked Charles about does there need to be a fee to keep them revenue neutral to manage this.

And um I know that within the overall plan, they are not precluded from setting a fee to manage this.

But um, do we have a representative from Carta that could speak to this?

Okay, um, if you wouldn't mind coming up to the podium, um have have you read the this amendment, sir?

Yes.

Okay, if you'll go ahead and state your name for our record.

Yes, excuse me, it's Britt Matthews with Carta parking authority.

Okay, so we have discussed that, and we were still we were gonna take that through our board in that fee.

We did talk about that.

We have seriously considered that.

Well, and and uh you know, I I understand you all are going to be as frugal as you can.

You run tight margins, and I appreciate that.

Uh, but with this language, we would be committing CARTA as the parking authority to create a system to fairly manage uh these these payment plans beyond the initial uh uh what was the what was the good what was the word you were describing um the the amnesty time I guess when you were working through you know all the delinquent fines in the six months leading up to this.

So that's something that you as an organization are comfortable with handling?

Yes, we were comfortable with doing the payment plans.

Okay, all right.

Thank you very much.

Then I as I read through this language, I feel like it's it's neither um it's it's neither overly punitive nor um overly um wide open.

Um I I think it I think it hits the the just right for a Goldilocks like me.

So thank you very much.

That's a big deal.

Yeah.

Uh councilman burst.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Uh I started to grab you rent before you sat down, but um when I met with when I met with Charles, we talked about um, and I think he made a note that you all would look at revisiting this after a certain time frame because I imagine once this gets into play, kind of along the same lines of what you're saying, Chairwoman Hill is it looks good on paper, but the enforcement of it it almost sounds like another job or another position.

So sorry, I'm just that's okay.

I'm wondering, I'm wondering what the time frame the reasonable time frame would be to bring this back for you know for review to bring it back to the council to say this is this is working, this is not working.

Like Charles talked about when he did his presentation.

We talked about coming back in six months with uh you know, with an analysis of what we had done.

I think that would probably be a fair time for us to make changes for us to come back and bring changes in if that's okay with the council.

Okay, yeah.

I mean, I'm I'm definitely in favor of the amendment as well.

Always when we when we create things like this, I think about it looks good on paper, but in the real world, is it manageable?

So, you know, I'll be interested to hear in six months how that's happening in real time.

Okay, so thank you.

Thanks.

Appreciate it.

Thank you, madam clerk.

Will you please make a note in the minutes that um we need to uh put a note on a calendar to reach out to Carta in five months about setting up a special presentation six months from now?

Thank you.

Okay, do we have anybody else that um has any questions or comments about this item?

Seeing none, we will keep on keeping on here.

Okay, we have some items.

Uh we have one item under first reading.

It is a right-of-way umand.

Do you have any questions or comments on that?

That is in district district five.

I'm good on that.

Okay, super.

Um, we have some items under resolutions uh for city council, some board appointments, economic development, family justice center.

We have three appointments from the mayor, Office of Community Health.

Uh we do have a handful of items from public works council, councilman Clark or Councilman Elliott, excuse me.

Um Ellis, this may be a question for you, and I'm meant to ask you this the other day.

These appointments to the airport board, are they um in any way going to be impacted by this new proposed law?

Or would these appointments be grandfathered?

Uh it's unclear at this time.

Uh we just have to proceed with business as usual until we know different.

Okay, sorry, I don't meant to call you.

We were we've been playing phone tag all week.

All right, so this was a question for you, so that's all I'm gonna change.

Okay, thank you.

Councilman Clark.

Uh this is this might be a question for councilwoman Dotley regarding the appointment of Chrissy Rashid.

Um maybe this is an education for me, but when we're making a point well, first of all, Chris Rashi lives in my district.

Um are the rules for board appointments, especially for the board of zoning.

Uh do we make appointments of people who don't live in our districts to other areas such as that?

Is that I know certain rule certain boards require this is not the requirement for this board?

Oh I'm sure Chris can ask that a question.

Good afternoon.

Uh Chris Anderson, mayor's office.

Uh Councilman, you raise a very good point of our 50 boards and commissions.

There are a handful that require residency in specific districts to serve in the role.

The Board of Zoning Appeals is not one of those boards.

But some do.

But it is appointed by the council, but say councilman Henderson from District 1 can appoint anyone he wants to represent district one or represent him on the Board of Zoning Appeals.

They have always lived in District 1, but they don't have to.

But so we do have boards that require that, but this is not one of them.

Is that what you're saying?

Yes.

For example, the parks and outdoors advisory committee requires you to live in a certain district.

I believe head start governing board also.

There's a couple more, but this is not one of them.

Gotcha.

I got excited because I thought maybe she had moved.

I was like, oh, Chris here.

So Chrissy RyC lives on Highway 58, which is three or four districts over from District 7.

So I took that's a bit curious, and especially on the board of zoning, when zoning matters happening within our districts.

Um I see on the previous resolution at district six that Jen Jane Gregory actually lives in district six.

So uh I just wanted clarity on that uh to note that Chrissy Ryce is a uh is a resident of district five.

Um, but I guess per the rules that she can be appointed from highway 58 to represent the district, the people of district seven.

Yes, sir.

That's completely permissible.

Oh my thank you so much.

Okay, I do intend council to take our parks, public works and wastewater items as a package.

Let's take a look at uh the requested purchases for this evening, please.

We have uh six or seven purchases requested.

We do not have any uh RFP format recommendations, uh, renewals, emergency purchases, or sole source purchases.

Hitcher light, if you've got any questions about purchases, council.

Okay, seeing none, let's take a look at next week's agenda, please.

Next week we will have a special presentation from Arts Build regarding the Arts Week presentation and proclamation.

Um we also have um a community development committee meeting on the agenda.

Is that still happening, Councilman Clark?

For next week.

Uh I originally you had set a cadence, I believe, and so I think it may be a relic of that for March and April and April.

So we're gonna cancel that.

Sure.

So I think that the 14th will be should be a short agenda for us that day anyway.

Okay, yes, it's uh important to note for the public that we will be gathering at two o'clock.

Um, and we do intend to move forward if possible without a recess because uh there is the opening night of the new lookout stadium.

So council uh will be there.

We will have election of officers next week.

Um and then I'm gonna let's take a look at items under first reading.

We will have several planning items under first reading next week.

We are having a planning and zoning committee meeting, council, so I'd like to hold any questions for those items until that meeting under resolutions.

We have um we have a couple several or three with lots and lots of dates.

Item E.

I'm not sure if a new version has gone out.

I have the uh uh there was going to be a correction to a date on item E that council can expect also next week.

We will be uh considering a resolution adopting the red revenue policies that the budget working group has been working on.

Thank you, councilwoman Dotley, for for your uh leadership of that work group councilman Henderson.

Thank you, madam chair.

Um and I might maybe this is directed more toward councilwoman Dotley.

You know, we had we had sort of batted around on our unbalanced target range.

You know, the 20 to 30, and we talked about 24, and then we've talked about meeting them in the middle of 22.

You know, I think I'd mentioned after that meeting, and I think given a little more consideration, I I think I would feel more comfortable with a 22 to 30 range, uh, but I noticed in the resolution it's still at 20.

Would there be a problem or do we need to sort of take a hopes of the council whether we want to leave it at 20 or if everybody's good with 22 and changing it to that still gives a you know pretty good range of the sense the floor just a little bit higher?

Well, thank you so much for the courtesy of asking uh councilman Henderson.

I appreciate it.

I'm open to the 22 to 30 percent.

I think it's pretty fine as the range for the 22 to 30.

Yeah, because we yeah, that's fine.

Um, so do we uh we can edit as version of the version?

Yeah, yeah, but next week.

If the council can I get some lodge, y'all okay with 22 to the 30 percent?

Okay, so that's all back up.

I mean, councilman harvey.

So okay, so we good so 22 to 30 percent.

Okay, all right.

So okay, we will have uh a version two on the agenda next week.

Thank you.

Okay, we've got um several several appointments next week from the mayor's office and a wastewater item.

Council, you may be interested to know that SSES stands for sanitary sewer evaluation survey and item O.

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

All right, looks like we are great.

Councilman Clark.

Um, I do have a question.

Sorry, I've got so much paperwork up here.

Uh, this is regarding the land purchase by on um an item A.

And item A, I don't even I can't find it in my agenda.

It's the uh reads, it's the 1009 Reed's Lake Road of the quarry yes purchase.

Um previously, I had to previously that property had been listed for 285,000 dollars.

Um, and it's currently we're even though that's a grant from the state that's allowing us to purchase that.

I'd be curious to know if a an appraisal was submitted to the mayor's office and why we are offering 900,000 on a property that was previously listed uh in February 2006 for 285,000.

And councilman Henderson, I don't know if you have some context of that, but I'd be curious.

I know you don't work in our land appraisal office, but yeah, just FYI.

Would you like for me to say I can take it or you can take it either way?

Uh well we uh I was just speaking with councilman Henderson about the property a little earlier.

Um, there is a Zillow listing.

So this is a this was a large golf course at one time, it's been subdivided into several parcels.

Um there are a handful of parcels north of the property in question that are you know sort of single family home size.

The four of those parcels together, I think, have been listed separately uh for residential single family home use, and so that is what you're seeing when you see on there.

There is a there is there is a dis because those were subdivided off of the property that we are currently looking at, um, there may be some confusion there.

The property we looked at, we do use uh uh an appraiser.

Um it's a it's a significant and long process.

They look at uh comps and and they look at the land itself and and and things of that nature, and so that's that's where that our purchase price of the commercial property separate from the residential property to the north uh was based on that appraisal.

I'm referring to the commercial property that's four acres with the golf course on it, which is a commercial, which is all commercial.

It was previously listed, or I guess could you confirm that that we have an appraisal yes for the four acres with the golf course on it that was not previously listed for 285,000?

We do have an appraisal on that.

There it was also listed uh on loopnut other places for very close to what the appraisal came back at.

So I'm not I've not seen the listing.

Um I'm not sure that that's been shared.

Have we have we has that been shared with us?

It has not, that's why I'm asking.

Happy to look at that listing uh and see what that looks like.

Could you send that appraisal to councilman Henderson and I?

Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

Thank you.

That's all okay.

Councilman Elliott.

Thank you, madam chair.

I have a question in regards to how what steps are we taking?

This is probably not for you, Ellis.

What steps are we taking um to ensure that we're gonna be able to properly maintain these parks?

I remember our previous department head who departed us, she presented some uh grave concerns around deferred maintenance and being able to keep up with this.

Um it's great that we're able to provide a new park with funds that don't come out of our general fund.

But what are we doing to actually make sure we can keep up with this park?

And yeah, so I'm gonna start with that question.

So thank you, uh, Councilman Elliott for that question.

Darren from mayor's office.

Um we need to purchase property first, and then through a robust community input process, including council, the community, and the administration, we will find the best use for the property together and formulate a plan to move forward.

I I get that part, but we're gonna figure out how to get the park.

We're gonna get the park.

Well, I don't see anybody as not voting to get the parks, especially the state grant.

How we make sure that this park along with the many other parks are gonna be maintained.

Uh I understand that this department also had a significant amount of vacancies at some point pulled from other divisions and everything else.

Are we gonna be utilizing those vacancies to bring on additional staff?

Or how do we make sure I don't want to set us up for failure, right?

I don't want to see us getting new facilities and infrastructure that we can't keep.

Now on the front end, we are it's gonna be pristine.

It's gonna be the newest park in the city.

You know, I think we'll have almost six seven hundred thousand dollars to do what whatever we need to.

So we need the green space.

But I'm talking about long term, not only that park, we have another park in my district that's coming online and end of 2027 Providence Park.

How we're gonna make sure these facilities are gonna be properly cared for.

Also considering we are in very tight budget constraints.

So I think I understand your question is not really this particular space in general, but this is more of a budget.

This and all of them.

This is more of a budget question when we get into our budget education sessions about how we're going to maintain uh our parks in the future.

Yep.

Okay, we will unveil uh strategies.

We'll take a deep dive into the budget at that time with this particular project at 1009 Reeds Lake Road.

We do not know what we do not know at this time.

And again, to repeat, uh, we will engage in a robust process and we'll figure out what we need uh the the best use for this uh money that has been granted to us by the state.

And uh moving forward with council's advice, we will find a the right way.

I'm gonna I'm gonna say this.

A kudos to your team for being able to be creative with how we find funding to make this happen.

So I do appreciate that.

Um and I two, I look forward to highlighting that in our budget conversation so we can circle back to that of what does maintenance look like, what does utilization look like for vacancies to accommodate this, this and other important divisions that we need to make sure uh we have filled in order to do our job to make sure deliver us up.

That's it.

That's all the chair.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Councilman Henderson.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Uh, just to follow up on Councilman Elliott's uh comments, it may be a good idea to revisit our POPS plan because it does sort of lay out all of those um, you know, what what the what the vision is, what we anticipate you know, cost being uh because I think that was voted on before a lot of the new members came on, and it would probably probably be a good idea maybe to get a uh presentation on that POPS plan and and just to go over a lot of those.

But but this particular park or this uh the planning for this is in that when I say it's in that POPS plan it generally uh that sort of hits the target for what's in the POPS plan.

So really it's just sort of beginning to carry out the vision.

Obviously, the land's available.

Uh you know, once land's gone, it's hard to get back.

So it the land is available.

Uh we can use it as a park.

And I I would say for the near term, it would uh cost very little maintenance.

You know, we're we're talking about the uh Samoan basically, you know, that would take place.

Uh it it is it is not well what you might call in pristine condition for a park at this at this point in time, but that is something that'll have to be developed and looked at.

But to your point, uh, I mean, you make a great point.

I mean, obviously this will be a budgetary item, but I think it would be a good idea to have a presentation on the POPS plan and just kind of go through that plan again for for those that are.

Darren, what's the status of hiring for a new parks and outdoors director?

I'm glad you asked.

We're in interviews this week, madam chair.

Okay, because I think the timing of that would be appropriate to line that.

And I appreciate you mentioning that.

We are uh in about 10 hours of interviews this week.

Uh so we are moving moving that ahead quite quite quickly and uh but thoroughly.

Uh to your point, Councilman Henderson.

I appreciate that the POPS document uh as you we adopted, I think it was 2023 if I'm correct, is 158 pages.

So a presentation on that.

Uh we are definitely willing to put together, but probably we'll need to zero down or drill down into some specific areas.

Otherwise, we could be here for five or six hours.

And I was basically meaning a general yeah, 30,000 foot view over overview.

Well, and it could also be uh a good use of the council's time to do a strategic planning session on that, absolutely, or even possibly um a lunch and learn under uh you know, with where we look at some of these parks and even move around a little bit.

Well, I just think it would be an important document that I'm not even sure how many might even be familiar that we that we have it.

We haven't referred to it, referred to it in the past year that I can think of.

Okay, thank you very much.

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

All right, looks like we are good.

Thank you very much, council.

Um let's head on into our committees.

Um I will hand the chair over to Chairwoman Burrs for planning and zoning.

Thank you, Chairwoman Hill.

I'd like to call to order our planning and zoning committee and ask for a motion to approve the minutes from our last meeting.

So can she approve the minutes from the other part of our meeting?

Because I forgot to do that.

You want to hear we got a motion on the minutes from our moved.

Sorry, I couldn't use that.

Okay.

Um thank thank you, council.

The minutes have been properly approved and second uh motion to approve and second and so they shall pass move forward.

Um so we have you have your summary that you received in your packet.

There are three highlighted items, items B, E, and F which have been tagged by the RPA to review for sure today.

Um my first question is to confirm that let's see, that's districts three and seven.

Do you want presentations on those?

So sorry, uh 0018 and 0020 for district seven.

Oh, sorry, my bad.

Yes, thank you, madam chair.

Yes, I do want a presentation on um 0018 and then for 0020.

Um I wanted to move that to Mayda 12 uh to the next well to review that in the next plan and zone in committee.

I think it's the appeal.

Okay.

So move that one to them because I talked to the developer today and so we're gonna meet with the community in can you have all that resolved by the time we come back.

So perfect.

I don't need a presentation for that one, but I did one-one for 0018.

Okay, perfect.

So no and then um councilman Davis, you have one item 0032.

Would you like a presentation on that today?

All right, so that hits the the hot ones.

Uh is there any other item that anybody would like a presentation on?

Yes, Councilwoman Dotley.

Uh 0027.

I would like a uh a presentation on that one as well.

Okay, okay.

Thank you so much.

You're welcome.

I see no other lights.

Oh I like the presentation.

Which one?

Um nine.

Zero zero one nine.

Is Matt's all here?

No.

Okay.

So as a reminder, council, these are items that will come before our gent agenda for first reading next week.

And Karen, uh, I see no other lights.

So Karen, if you want to come forward.

So we're looking at items B, C, E, and G.

Okay.

Um, I will be brief on this one.

I did note um this is in the Hickson area off East Boy Scout Road.

Um, I did note it had opposition, but I think it was pretty much addressed at planning commission, so I'll just go through briefly.

This was a um request to abandon a plan unit development, and it was um property that was rezoned in 1988.

And it was property that was rezoned in 1988.

This is when it was in the unincorporated county.

It received a special permit for a PUD in 1991 and then was annexed into the city of Chattanooga in 2014.

So it is zoned R2.

It's a little bit of a pocket in that area.

Zoned R2 with a planned unit development on top.

And the Jackson Square Homeowners Associated Association doesn't want to is not able to maintain that property, so they would like to abandon the PUD, and then a portion of that site will be redeveloped.

So at Planning Commission, there's a neighbor that I believe is a little bit to the northeast or east that was concerned about stormwater, and so planning commission did talk to that person and just talked about the permitting process and how stormwater would be addressed in the permitting process.

But seemed to be more about stormwater than the band minute put itself.

Okay.

Councilman Davis.

And I think it was that same neighbor that was concerned about some trees that I heard from, but actually they clarified that the trees in question were on their property and not this property, so they couldn't be cut anyway.

So we we cleared that up as well.

The planning commission is helpful oftentimes with kind of giving a little bit of input on the permitting process and talking through that.

And this comes with a um planning commission recommendation to approve the put abandonment.

We don't have this is kind of a there's no process to amend a put like this with the new zoning.

So it says a put abandonment, but it's pretty much developed except for that um kind of that small portion.

All right, I see.

Oh, let's see.

Yeah, so we haven't had something like this where a PUD was built.

Right.

And now they want to, but so when they were approved for the PUD, they built to the density.

Right.

That they were approved for.

And so now help us understand a little bit better.

It's first time I've seen one of these in five years.

We've had a couple recently.

Um it's that have already been built like this.

We had one um off um, it's just south of the Coles Target site on East Um in Hicks, excuse me, in East Brainerd.

I cannot remember the joiner road.

And they had built out and they had one lot that I think they were having problems maintaining, and maybe they were having some um unhoused activity, and so they decided to sell the property, they just weren't able to keep up with it.

And so the properties in there become non-conforming, legal non-conforming, but that one was all built out except for that one property, also.

And this one, I think there's some crumbling, like recreational infrastructure on the site that they're not able to maintain.

There's a whole um application narrative from the homeowners association kind of talking how they came to this process.

But I think there might have been one more, it is uncommon, but I think it's when people have a property that they as a homeowners association have to take care of, and either they no longer choose to or able to take care of it.

This is the process they go through.

But those will become legal non-conforming because um development.

So, how many how many new lots then are created by this?

They will be it is the let me see if we've got a site plan.

There we go.

So you already see some attached housing, and so the um I guess the kind of where that new cul de sac is, those will be the new units.

And so one of the reasons why we have the zoning history in here is because it was zoned and got the special permit in the county and brought into the city that this would have been a decision made um in the unincorporated county to kind of say that yeah, we do have a little bit of a pocket in this put with the attached housing.

And so this is a low-lying flood-prone area, so the stormwater management pond will address those concerns.

It um that was a discussion at planning commission that it would be addressed through permitting.

So this is a um conceptual site plan.

Once they go through kind of all the process of permitting, it might look different when it actually gets constructed or what gets constructed might look different.

And I mean, they're so the neighborhood association as the no Jay Floyd with the engineers as well.

Right, and he's on behalf of the Jackson Square Homeowners Association, and they have um like I said, they could present it a long letter, but they um noted I believe that they have um some additional open space somewhere else in the area.

Um, but it says they could not afford what it would cost to repair and maintain the 2.13 acres of common property and would like to sell the property for the development.

Interesting.

Okay, thank you.

I appreciate that additional discussion.

Councilman Davis.

Yeah, and I was just gonna clarify the Chairwoman Hill's point the situation as I understand it is the builder had built out like the shell of a clubhouse there as well as a tennis court that have just become dilapidated over time because they were never completed by the builder.

Yeah, and so it's just an eyesore and um and just vacant land, but there is land, and I can't remember exactly where it is in here.

There is a vacant lot that the uh HOA plans to uh build uh a playground on to kind of provide that same communal space that was originally envisioned for these lots.

So thank you for that.

Yeah, it says um just to um Councilman Davis's point, it says the HOA plans to use the proceeds of the sale to create a community park with a contingency set-aside budget and limited for some other common use area use upgrades.

So Karen, with that, what can I hit you mic?

With the hardship being that these amenities that were supposed to be created were not finished.

Um now, like I had an issue like this in district two where there was a pool that was supposed to be finished, and we held the final certificates of occupancy.

Um I believe it was the the last the 20% of the certificates of occupancy could not be given until the amenities were complete.

Um so given that this was such a long time ago, is this something that we've refined so as to prevent something like this from happening again?

We have in somewhere, and I was trying to find in my notes um whether or not open space was required.

So sometimes open space is required in the code itself.

So thinking back to when it was developed under the county code could be open space was required, but didn't detail what those elements were, and it might not have been enforced.

But the new PUD, which we have only had one application for the new PUD process, is um is much more detailed, and our the city enforcement team obviously is much more involved through the permitting enforcement.

Um, so I don't foresee that we would have a problem like that happen.

Okay, thank you, madam chair.

Thank you.

All right.

Uh seeing no other lights, um, Karen.

Oh, uh sorry, you even said that.

Our city attorney has some comments.

Thank you.

I apologize.

Yeah, but just wanted to make sure on that that last issue on here, who is going to be maintaining the detention pond if this uh abandonment occurs.

And that is right in the middle of a bunch of residential areas, as I want to make sure someone has got responsibility for maintaining that detention pond.

I will confirm.

Okay.

If they can't maintain the tennis court, they're sure not going to maintain it.

So that could just be a note on our agenda for next week if we need to just get that on the record.

Okay, yes, I will I'll put a something on a slide.

Okay.

Thank you, Karen.

Anything else for this particular item?

Okay, thank you.

Let's move on to item C 0019.

Okay.

This is a property.

Um, this is a case at 1107 Northmore Road.

It probably does look familiar to you all.

This is um adjacent to Tucker Missionary Baptist Church of the Brainerd Um high school complexes um to the right.

Um, this is a request to lift and amend conditions.

So this is not a rezoning.

The property is already zoned, R and three.

It is to lift and amend the conditions from uh the original zoning.

So I will get to kind of the lift of I will list the conditions briefly that were placed on it in 2022.

They include maximum building height, landscape buffering, setback for the building, maximum number of units and a landscape buffer.

Um, and then in 2025, excuse me, um 2025, the number of maximum number of residential units, that condition was lifted.

So there's still conditions at play, and kind of those conditions are because the the previous site plan was showing a larger structure with a kind of a bigger massing.

So the setback, the buffering, all those were intended to address um the based on kind of the massing and location of this building.

Um primarily single unit residential to the west, um, the church and um a school campus is to the east.

Um I'm gonna go to show the new site plan and then um kind of back into the request.

So this is the revised site plan.

So the this site plan had originally six conditions, one was lifted.

This is the new site plan, and the new site plan is calling for um a change to one and two-story units, and they're breaking up that building massing into smaller units.

And so um the to response to that, the applicant is asking to lift conditions and um and I'll kind of skip where how how they're being um the request and then skip to kind of how they were addressed.

And so staff does recommend that um note that the proposed project scale and intensity has changed, and that the enhanced landscape berm and 50 foot building setback are no longer necessary.

The request to amend the maximum height from three stories to two and a half stories reflects the actual design being proposed and is reasonable.

The request to commit um to mend the condition from a landscape buffer is reasonable based on the changing of that scale and intensity again.

They have the smaller footprint buildings, and the request to mend condition with no reason with respect to no vehicle access to Bella Vista Drive is reasonable and no vehicle connection is indicated.

So previously there had been concern about that larger mass building accessing Bella Vista, which is shown to the top of the site plan.

And then so staff recommended a lifting three of the conditions, amending three conditions and lifting two of the conditions.

There was an opposition present at Planning Commission.

Uh Planning Commission had a similar finding that the scale and intensity has changed and many of those prior conditions are no longer needed.

So to focus on the conditions that would remain in place are the three shown on the slide.

Maximum building height of two and a half stories, 25 foot landscape buffer around the perimeter where it abuts that RN1 residential neighborhood zone and no vehicular access to Bell Vista Drive.

And so partly it is intending just to mend and lift, but there are still conditions in place.

And so, and that is to help support this site plan, other um, which is the new proposed development.

Councilman Clark, do you have questions?

I do um Chairwoman Burns in regards to some additional conditions we had discussed uh with Matt Bedsaw regarding some well, mostly submitting the site plan into listing the site plan as a condition because there were some concerns about the landscape buffering and what the neighbors had requested because part of the lifting of this condition that mound, which we had to remove to be able to do these cottages, which I think is so much better than that three-store building.

Uh, but because of that, there were questions in our public meeting regarding what that looked like.

Um I wanted to uh be sure that that was included in there.

Um so residents along Vanoy and Belle Vista knew that we were including a landscape buffer that still met their specifications as far as as far as noise cancellation, light pollution, and to my knowledge it does.

The second condition, although I think it's listed in the building permitting process, was in regards to 4903 Bell Vista Drive, which is Mr.

Keefe's house right there.

Um it's kind of the larger lot that abuts this property.

There were some concerns from the public.

Oh, actually, it's on there where it says waterline easement.

Uh, there were some questions from Donna Shepherd that we're still waiting to get some information about regarding the stormwater and drainage plan that's also going to be submitted as a condition.

And I know most of that stuff is handled during the building permitting process, but I wanted to sure to ensure our neighbors that we are intentional about making sure that they're held accountable to their concerns and making sure there's no impact to their uh properties.

I can reach out to Ms.

Shepard and ask for the stormwater and drainage plan, and then make sure if the condition is not doesn't have enough of the details.

I can confirm that with uh Mr.

Bedsall, and then I will follow up with you.

Yeah, so those are the only two conditions and additions.

This was a contentious project, as many of you remember, and so we are finally at an impasse to where everybody agrees.

Um everyone is happy we're having an additional meeting just to specifically discuss the stormwater drainage plan and the landscape buffering uh with about eight of those neighbors at Tucker, but we have not received them yet.

So I just want to say that on the record.

But other than that, we are we are extremely happy with this revision.

Um, and I noticed that Tucker Baptist is adding additional parking expansion on the other side.

Um so this is gonna be a wonderful project for uh our community.

So thank you, Karen, and to invest Chattanooga for all your work and uh re-spearheading the design on this.

Everybody's happy about.

And I failed to mention there are 53 homes are proposed on the site.

Thank you.

Yeah, I think yeah, thank you.

I see no other lights for this particular project, so uh let's move on to uh we don't need to do item E, but item F please.

Uh zero excuse me.

Yes to item E, not no to item S.

So 0018.

My apologies.

Okay 0018.

It's a rezoning uh 4300 Dodds Avenue.

We've had lots of activity on Dodds Avenue recently.

And the request is to rezone from RN2 to see our regional commercial zone to keep a current car sales business.

So I'm gonna skip to the end and then back up.

The applicant was um requested to follow up with LDO regarding some um permitting issues at the first hearing at Planning Commission.

Um to our knowledge, the applicant did not do that, nor did the applicant come back to planning commission.

So planning commission recommended to deny.

So just keeping that in mind as we're going through it.

Um the applicant um is um it's the property is currently zoned residential.

Um this is the site.

Um we don't have any rezoning history for the site.

Um so using Google Earth and historical aerial images, it appears the repair facility would open in 2013.

The use of the property as a commercial vehicle repair facility would not have been legally permitted in the R2 zone in 2013.

So you can tell it does have a commercial look, but um we don't have any zoning history on the site, and it appears that um it has been zoned residential for the length of its time there.

Uh the applicant requested the CR regional commercial zone, which is really intended to be um thinking more of our sites like a Northgate Mall or Hamilton Place Mall.

Um, but it is a site that allows vehicular repairs um with a special permit.

So the site surrounded by um some commercial there's commercial uses and institutional the property immediately abutting it is single family detached.

Um staff had concerns about the requested regional commercial zone, but this is a small urban lot, it's 60 feet wide.

To bring it up into compliance, um, there would be with the CR zone, the requested CR zone, there would need to be a 20-foot wide buffer.

So we're and then there would need to be a street yard.

So staff just had concern concerns about whether this was even a viable use on a small urban residential lot.

Um we did note that the CNT neighborhood transition zone more aligns with the plan, neighborhood commercial uses, and only has a landscape buffer of 10 feet.

So it was just for information to the applicant, it's it might be challenging.

Um and so again, saying, you know, there is some possibilities maybe with that CNT neighborhood transition zone.

Um there was discussion at Planning Commission about this, and planning commission um asked the applicant to um go to set up a pre-submittal meeting or talk to LDO just to understand the complexities about developing the site and recommended that the property owner go with the applicant.

The applicant is um I guess renting the site.

And so um we didn't hear that happened, and then um the applicant did not come back to the March Planning Commission meeting, and so it does come with a recommendation to deny.

Um Planning Commission did ask us to maybe look and see if there's some possibilities for um car repairs on smaller urban sites, but this does come with a recommendation to deny.

Thank you, Karen.

Councilwoman Dotley.

Thank you so much, madam chair.

Thank you, Karen, for the presentation.

I did speak to the uh renter or the person that was in the application, and they have actually just wanted it to put up some security cameras and something else.

Don't know how true that is.

Right.

Um, but for this one, uh, just like the the 0020.

Can we move that one also to May the 5th?

And then that way, um, if you can reach back out to them, I will and let them know they need to do the pre-submittal meeting before we'll consider moving forward with this.

I will ask them to go ahead and schedule that.

And also uh with their life, because again, I'm a former East Lake resident, and I used to come out of that space all the time on the turn on Dodds Avenue.

Um they park cars on the right-of-way.

Yes.

So I know that's not uh legal, or it's not it shouldn't be like that, though.

Just addressing those things and make sure they understand it, like no, we're not doing that.

We had noticed that and put one of that was kind of one of the challenges for a use of the site.

It did appear looking back at all the aerial photos.

You could see the parking in the right-of-way, parking in the right-of-way now.

They have a fence up.

I don't know if they're parking in the right of way, but that you could tell that that had been a pattern at the site.

But I will mention, and that was partly to try to figure out what type of use is possible on the site since it has had some sort of commercial structure according to the tax assessor.

Right.

And they uh he said that a lot of people have been breaking in and still in parts and all the all the various things that happened in those places.

Uh, but that right-of-way piece where you turn it out, you can't see like you just it kills the visibility coming out of the intersection.

So uh yeah, just reach back if you could just reach back out to them and let them know he needs to do that pre-submittal meeting before we'll consider bringing his back.

And I will mention specifically the kind of the parking and use of the right-of-way, and also think it's staff just the landscaping and buffering to be accommodated between like car repairs and a single family home.

Just how that might work.

Okay, thank you, Gary.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um, okay, so then uh item number 2026-0027, which is also in District 7.

So this is at 3404 7th Avenue, and the site is two blocks west of Dodds Avenue in East Lake Academy.

Um, it is zoned R and two residential, and they would like to go to the R and three residential neighborhood zone, which uh uh for a quadplex.

So that zone that difference bumps them up.

Um let's see if I have a zoning comparison.

You can see the um RN3 allows them to have multi-unit buildings, so that's where they were where they were headed.

Um we don't have any zoning or much zoning history on the site.

Um, and the development form in the area is a mix of single unit detached residential south and west of the site, and industrial and commercial uses east and north.

The Rossville Boulevard plan recommends a medium business mix, but does have limited residential as part of that mix.

Um staff noted that so the part of the process is oriented people to new zones, and so staff um found that the requested kind of that requested quadplex use is compatible with adjacent land uses and meets the goals of the Ross Hill Boulevard plan.

We'll introduce a new housing topography, which is supported by the plan, but the requested RN3 zone is more that suburban kind of apartment kind of standard apartment complex zone.

So uh staff recommended instead the TRN one traditional neighborhood residential zone.

It allows the use, but allows that more urban form and introduces um uh what we feel is a more compatible um zone.

And so um the that comes with a recommendation for the TRN one.

There was no opposition president planning commission.

The applicant, we spent some time talking um during the planning commission meeting with the applicant, explaining the use is good, we're recommending the new zone, and then we followed up the next day just to share the zone to make sure um he understood if he had any questions.

So um we think that he we have all given him all the resources that he's good with the TRN1 zone.

Um, and so planning commission had the same recommendation to approve the TRN1 transitional neighborhood zone.

I'll go with the planning commission uh recommendations in one and uh but if the advocate wants to reach out and feel like they'll gotta work there.

Uh we'll follow up one more time.

We um I asked Braun if we had heard from him, and he um to our knowledge he didn't follow up after our couple communications, but um we just wanted to make sure that um we went through it and feel like that's the best zone, and he and tried to give him all the information he needed.

Okay, it'll work.

All right, that's it.

Uh thank you, Karen.

Thank you, Matthew.

Okay.

So I see no other lights, and that covers the cases that you all said that you wanted review on.

Does anybody else have any questions for Karen while we've got her here?

Not a captive audience.

Okay, a couple of notes for you all.

Um, and Karen, just stay for just one second.

Um Plan Chattanooga, it's time for us to to review that again and look at possibly adopting that.

And Karen is gonna provide a presentation on April 21st.

Is that correct?

At our strategic planning on April 21st.

Is that still that is correct?

And I'll have um I have several follow-ups to um council members that had asked for some revised text or some other, and so I'll hope to get that out by the end of the week.

Okay, sounds good.

So just look for that in two weeks.

We will have a presentation during our strategic planning meeting.

As a reminder, the next planning commission meeting is April 13th, which is next Monday.

You all received in your email from Brian Schultz uh on March 27th, the cases that will be heard during that time.

If there's anything, as you as you all in your spare time have to review those those cases, if there's anything that I can be helpful with, please let me know.

And I think that covers everything.

Madam Chair, what is your economic development?

Okay, so I am gonna pass um the seat on to economic development.

All right, uh council city as a whole.

Uh welcome to Economic Development.

Uh if you recall these last couple weeks, I have announced from this dais that we were scheduled to have a presentation from Urban Story Ventures regarding an update as uh to the BIN development.

This meeting was scheduled with myself at a meeting at Urban Story Ventures uh office with their team on March 16th, which we both look at schedules and highlighted that today would be the best day to do such presentation.

Well, they were not prepared for today's meeting and are not able to attend today, unfortunately.

It is my recommendation to this council that we get through next week's leadership elections and allow our next chair to appoint whoever may serve in this committee or whatever committee that may look like, and then from there we set a date for them to attend and they move their schedules accordingly for council.

Um this is a project that the council has invested significant amount of time and resources along with administration over the years and everybody in the city, and I I feel confident uh speaking on behalf of my colleagues are invested in the success of the bend and want it to be successful, not only for that development, but we have other uh partners whose projects are at stake for this.

So uh we don't know what's what's what's what the what the outcome would be, but that is my suggestion going forward.

So uh unless I have colleagues that have questions, this will be um our economic committee, economic development committee today.

So councilwoman chairwoman.

Um I'll yield my time to Councilwoman Donnelly.

I think she hit her light as well, and I'll let her speak in.

Councilwoman Dotley.

Okay, thank you, uh, Mr.

Chair, I appreciate it.

Thank you, uh, Madam Chair as well.

It's very disappointing that you went to the office, set a date, and well, time doesn't change, and they didn't come to the meeting.

Um, and it's very offensive as well, simply because uh for a variety of reasons.

Uh starting when I first got on council, I could contact them anytime, take a tour, do all the things, and now when we need a follow-up and we need additional information, they don't show up.

In addition to that, the West Side Pro the West Side is moving along amazingly.

Uh they're doing an amazing job there, and so a lot of the infrastructure funding they need for their phase three part of the project.

Is that correct?

Phase three, I got it.

Phase three part of the project is dependent upon what the being does.

Um, so to not show up when they were showing up week in and week out when they wanted the TIFF is very disappointing.

So uh uh Chairman uh Elliot, I I'm I hate that that happened to you.

I appreciate your diligence in doing that, and I do agree uh once you know the leadership change is over that we do have that meeting immediately.

Um and it would be great uh if someone for Urban Story Ventures can send us an update in the meantime because it is this is disappointing.

Um, and I have a lot of other choice words that I won't say, but I appreciate you yielding your time, Madam Chair, and um I thank you, uh Mr.

Chair.

Thank you, Councilwoman Chair Woman.

Thank you.

I'd like to echo councilwoman Dotley's feelings.

I'm I'm pretty appalled.

I when I learned that um our presenter Jimmy White was uh not going to be here.

I um I think my jaw dropped.

I was just astounded that someone that has an economic development incentive package valued at more than a hundred million dollars cannot get their schedule right to be at a meeting to talk with um to talk with the municipal body um this and some other economic packages that we have considered in the last few years.

Um give me genuine concern about the attitude of applicants um who make it through this process and the way that they value or disregard the people of Chattanooga and the investment that they are making in our shared prosperity.

That's all thank you, Madam Chair.

Councilman Clark.

Um, I had a really good meeting today uh with Betsy McCrack from the Channel Housing Authority who is here today.

So thank you for being here, you and your team.

Uh and the one West Side project is coming along quite well.

I'm excited about that.

Um is it possible, Mr.

Chair, that we can get a status um update from um Sharita Allen regarding uh the compliance of this project with our municipal body like yes?

Let me do this for the because I I doubt she has it readily available.

And it's okay, but if she could send it to us, I I will also say I'll um not to speak on behalf of Sharita.

I know she has had her own difficulty with this particular or the administration as a whole has had their own difficulty with coordinating with this particular partner.

So uh let us follow up on that so we can make sure we can actually get you that information.

Uh Mr.

Chair, I would also like to make a point uh, and maybe the city attorney can confirm this, but this body does have subpoena power um requesting that you appear before this board.

Um, and that might be a remedy, perhaps, um, in utilizing um, I think Mr.

Wright has several properties in our um in our city and has done some great things.

Um, and I my hope because it is tied to our one Westside plan that I want this to be successful.

Oh, it needs to be successful.

I think in hindsight, I hope we will never um attach a uh TIF or pilot to a private developer again because this could happen.

Um, to where if they default or if any personal business items go awry in this case, we don't know because he is not here, but um I would like to extend some grace and understanding just before we make any type of judgments as to why he's not here other than the context that you have provided.

Uh absolutely I will say this.

This council does have subpoena power to summon anybody to this uh body as we see fit, and in a second, I'll let um uh our attorney speak more to that.

But I I I will say you are correct.

I will also say not only this project, but we have several other projects who have received some type of incentives in the city um that you know we also gotta be mindful of in review.

I want to say this as a whole as we continue.

Chattanooga's at a place where you know we want people to be good partners with us, right?

But not at the sake of um neglecting the responsibility we have as tax uh uh representing taxpayers and our constituents, right?

As long as you want to be good partners with us, I I think I can speak uh firmly on behalf of the city.

The city wants to be good partners with you, but that is a two-way street.

Um so Mr.

City attorney, Mr.

Attorney, can you speak to any authorities we have to summon the people?

Uh you clearly have the power to summon uh someone by subpoena based upon the uh quasi judicial authority that you have for this body, and that that is in the charter here under that code.

I guess the aspect of um uh Mr.

Uh uh where he is located today here is the the issue you had uh talked with them.

There have been communications back and forth with him uh by Mr.

Mamintov, I think, on behalf of the city, trying to at least arrange for a time for that to occur.

And it's my understanding that uh he will be appearing in the next meeting of the industrial development board as well, since there was a TIFF issued by that uh entity here in connection with the project.

And uh the only problem that we've had with the IDB here during uh April is there was a problem getting a quorum up in that regard.

So he's uh scheduled to be at the next industrial development board meeting in May, to my understanding, and he had agreed to that as well.

And if there's a need for a subpoena before then or after that, then we can definitely deal with that.

Can you uh inform us as the subject for that meeting?

Uh just uh because he has an attorney involved in connection with the case, there were questions that the IDB had as to his proceeding on the project here uh that uh was presented here that is the tax increment finance in your arrangement.

Okay, so pretty much the same thing we're looking at.

Yeah, that that body is trying to protect that that issue as well.

Okay, well, counsel uh councilman Dolly.

That a question for an attorney isn't um are they required to give an annual report?

Yes, annual report as well.

And this was back in twenty twenty-three.

Well, okay.

Mr.

Jane, did you say the IDB board cannot get a quorum?

I think quote board did not have a quorum for the April meeting on the ninth, and they were trying to make sure they could get that quorum for their next available meeting.

No, sir.

Okay.

No, that's that's the issue here.

Okay, all right, so I just want to make sure.

Okay.

Thank you.

Yes, sir.

That's all.

Council, any more questions?

Well, all hearts and lines are clear, and there's no unreadiness.

This will adjourn our Economic Development Committee.

I appreciate you all for taking the time and leading in on this conversation.

Madam Chair, how when would you like for us to return?

Five ten.

We are recessing till five two.

Nicole that alternate version eleven of the booting means.

Okay, we are ready.

Council to resume our business.

So we have a version 11.

Yes, version 11.

Okay.

Uh Madam Clerk, will you please read item 7A version 11?

This is the version with the amendment.

Council.

In ordinance amending Chattanooga City Code, part two, chapter 24, section 24, 337, and create a new ordinance relative to booting and immobilization of vehicles.

Council, can I get a motion?

Second.

So this is actually not amended.

This is just version 11.

Oh, sorry.

Second.

Thank you.

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

Do you have any questions or comments?

All in favor?

Opposed.

Version 11 passes.

And since that is a um, I guess a version that has got an amendment in it from the last reading of version 10.

We will have to have a second reading on this item next week because the charter requires two readings on two separate days.

Yes, thank you very much.

Ordinance is under first reading.

Item 8A, please, Madam Clerk.

And on its closing and abandoning unopened right away in the 4,000 block of Cromwell roll as a detailed on the attachment maps.

Motion to approve.

Council, 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.

Moving to resolutions, Madam Clerk.

I'd like to take items eight or nine A and B as a package, please.

Item A.

Resolution confirming the appointment of Jennifer Gregory to the Board of Zoning Appeals for District 6 with a term beginning on April 8, 2026 and ending on April 7, 2029.

Item B, a resolution confirming the appointment of Christopher Sheet to the Board of Zoning Appeals for District 7 with the term beginning on April 8, 2026 and ending on April 7, 2029.

Thank you.

All in favor?

Aye.

Opposed?

Motion?

We have one abstention.

Motion passes.

And uh I think I see Jane Gregory out there.

Yay, thank you.

And is uh Christy here as well.

Okay, well, thank you very much for your service to our community, both of you.

Thank you.

Um economic development item C, please.

A resolution authorizing the administrator for the Department of Economic Development to enter into an agreement and substantially the form attached with the associated general contractors east and the C to implement the builders blueprint program, a construction trade and business training program in the amount of 175,000 dollars.

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

Do you have any questions or comments?

All in favor?

Aye.

Opposed.

Motion passes.

Item D, please.

A resolution authorizing the Family Justice Center to apply for and if awarded, accept a continuation grant from the Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice for services provided to victims living within the city of Chattanooga, Hamilton County for an amount not to exceed $124,000.

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.

Let's take items E, F, and G under the mayor's office as a package, please, Madam Clerk.

Item E.

Resolution confirming Mayor Kelly's reappointment of Santosh Sandkar to the Metropolitan Airport Authority for term beginning on November 30, 2025, and ending on November 29, 2028.

Item L for resolution confirming Mayor Kelly's reappointment of Chris Sogden to the Metropolitan Airport Authority for a term beginning on November 30, 2025, and ended on November 29, 2028.

Item G, a resolution confirming Mayor Kelly's reappointment of Harriet Stokes to the Metropolitan Airport Authority for a term beginning on February 16, 2026, and then um February 15, 2029.

Move approved.

Second.

Thank you.

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

Do you have any questions or comments?

All in favor?

Aye opposed.

Motion passes.

Um do we have any of our Metropolitan Airport Authority Board members in the audience tonight?

Well, if you're watching online, we thank you very much for your service to our community.

Item H.

Resolution authorizing the Office of Community Health to enter into a subrecipient agreement with the community haven't incorporated to expand this community patrol workforce development, community outreach, and community safety initiatives targeting justice involved youth in Chattanooga to reduce crime and increase public safety for an amount not to exceed $650,000.

Move to approve.

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?

Opposed.

Motion passes.

Moving into parks, public works, and wastewater.

Madam Clerk, I'd like to take items I through M as a package, please Councilman Henderson.

Did you have a comment?

Okay.

I was gonna make a motion.

Item I.

The resolution authorized the administrative for the Department of Public Works to award contract number R2404201.

John A.

Patton Ballfield Improvements to J.

Brennan and Construction of Dalton, Georgia, in the amount of 812,140 and 71 cents with a contingency in the amount of $13,400 and 29 cents for an amount of $825,541.

Item J, a resolution authorizing the administrative for the Department of Public Workshop World Contract Number S25017201.

Summit landfield fence replacement to King Development Group of Knoxville, Tennessee, in the amount of 269,100 with a contingency in the amount of 26,900 for a total amount not to exceed 296,000.

Item K, a resolution adopting the Chattanooga Historic Guidelines for Use in all existing historic districts and landmarks, including St.

Elmo Historic District, Fergor Place, Historic District, Fort Wood Historic District, Battery Place, Historic District, and Local Historic Landmark, Frank Lloyd Wright, Shaven House, more particularly described and ordinance numbers.

9333, Fort Wood, 9542, Battery Place, 9560, Fergor Place, 9714, St.

Elmo and 2511 Shaven House.

Item L, a resolution authorizing the administrative for the Department of Public Works to award contract number M2307201, Development Resource Center, Interior Improvements to BJB Construction Company Inc.

of Brentwood, Tennessee, in the amount of 175,230 with a contingency in the amount of 35,000 for a total amount not to exceed 210,230.

Item M, a resolution authorizing an increase to PA 10043 with detailed experts for custodial cleaning of the downtown campus buildings by 264,392 for a revised total amount not to exceed $679,392 to reconcile oracle purchase order amounts, extend the purchase agreement by 60 days while a new contract is bid and awarded and provide funding through the extended extension period.

Extend the purchase agreement by 60 days while a new contract is bid and awarded and provide funding through the extended extinction period.

Thank you.

Councilman Henderson.

Move to approve.

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

Do I have any questions or comments?

All in favor?

Opposed.

Motion passes.

Let's move on to purchases, please.

Good evening, Council.

We have seven purchases recommended for approval this evening.

Item number one is for public works.

It's a new agreement for equipment maintenance and repair services.

This will be a four-year agreement with an annual amount limit of $586,000.

The awards will go to Stours Machinery, Power Equipment, Kaboto of Chattanooga, and Chattanooga Tractor and Equipment as the best bids.

Item number two is with public works.

It's a new agreement for bagged ice.

This will be a four-year agreement with an annual amount limit of $50,000.

The award will go to Tennessee Valley Ice as the best bid.

Item number three is with public works.

It's a new agreement for grounds maintenance for city rights of way.

This will be a four-year agreement with an annual amount limit of 156,000.

The award will go to the awards will go to City Green Services and Excellent Lawn Care as the best bids.

Item number four is with wastewater.

It is a new agreement for Biosolids Handling Services.

This will be a four-year agreement with an annual amount limit of $6,382,480.

The award will go to Elite Enterprises as the best bid.

Item number five is with public works.

This is a one-time purchase for a Ford F 550 bucket truck to be used by Public Works.

This purchase from National Auto Fleet Group will be in the amount of 215,100 utilizing source well contract.

Item number six for public works.

Request to rescind the award approval granted on March 10th, 2026 to Nichols Fleet for a F550 C C T V truck and award the purchase to Qs Inc.

in the amount of $389,000 thirteen dollars and thirty-five cents utilizing the HGAC cooperative.

And finally, number seven with wastewater is a new agreement for parasitic acid.

This will be a four-year agreement with an annual amount limit of eight hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars.

The award will go to Bar Environmental as the best fit.

Thank you very much.

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.

Okay, we're gonna go around the horn for committee reports.

Councilman Elliott.

Um you have an economic development committee today.

Hit your light.

We're good.

We're good.

We got the economic development committee today.

Uh we were supposed to have a presentation from Arbor Story Ventures regarding an update from the bin, but unfortunately, they were not present today.

Um hopefully we can get that re no.

We will get that rescheduled soon after our leadership elections.

And that is all, I'm sure.

Thank you.

Councilwoman Dotley.

No report.

Councilwoman Burrs.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

We had a planning and zoning committee meeting today with review of some cases that'll come before our agenda next week.

Um two things that I uh two cases that I failed to mention during the meeting, and I need your help with the procedure.

Uh Councilwoman Dotley asked that two of her cases be moved from next week's agenda to May 5th.

So I want to get that on the record, and that'll be item 2026 0018, and then 2026 0020.

She would like those moved uh or deferred to May 5th for first reading.

Mr.

Attorney, are you good to go ahead and move those?

Okay, uh 2026 0018.

I had that was district seven.

Yeah, so they're both district seven district seven.

And at the request of councilwoman Dotley, I failed to mention that during the planning and zoning, but that case and then zero zero two zero.

Got it.

All right, just defer to to May 5th.

We will and as a reminder, we'll have our um planning commission meeting, the planning and zoning um commission meeting on April 13th.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Councilman Henderson, no report, councilman Davis, Councilman Harvey.

So councilman Clark.

No report.

Vice Chairwoman Noel.

No report.

And I have no report either, which brings us to the point in our meeting where we are happy to address persons who are here who wish to, or we are happy to hear from people who 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.

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 for that purpose.

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

Do not engage in vulgar or obscene language nor useful for the personally attack or personally denigrate others and address the council as a whole and not make comments directed 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 a 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, sir.

And if you wouldn't state your name in your district.

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Uh Montreal Bessley, uh 3731 Doris Street Districts, the lovely and great district seven.

I'm just I just stepped up just to invite you all out to a big cleanup day that we're having over in Alton Park on the 18th from 9 to 1 p.m.

Uh and our center stage will be uh Cocoa Cafe.

So uh we'd love for you all to come out and participate, help us pick up a little paper and a little trash here and there, and um push you know, people to Alton Park to get rid of all that unwanted stuff so they they have in them homes in them in garages.

So yes, a big spring clean, so I would love to invite you all out.

That's it.

Thank you.

All right.

Thank you.

April 18th.

From 9 a.m.

to 1 p.m.

And we're kicking off at Cocoa Lounge.

We'll be cleaning up Alton Park Boulevard, 38th Street, and Central Avenue.

That's fantastic.

Thank you very much.

Good evening.

I'm backing.

I'm sure.

Uh past this.

It's it's not enough for everyone.

God might need more than three minutes.

Well, you've not been having this uh problem in my neighborhood.

Um pictures that I'm showing you presently.

Thank you.

Yeah, I'm passing around.

Well, in the first picture, all of y'all will not get this.

Is what my front yard looked like.

That's the first part.

These flowers was one got mowed down several years ago.

And I pray that they don't get moved down.

Anyway, the attachment A is with my concern.

Is it from my backyard?

Let's put something you don't have.

This branch over here, this tree right here, it was cut down.

This one, you will see on the back page where branches off this tree have been cut down.

This was just last week they came on my yard.

Um, and this over here is uh blueberry tree.

It's a volunteer bush.

Uh where I guess bears came in and dropped it down and just a very bush.

And you can see this the back with my back door and it couldn't look like got popcorn in it.

If them people come in my yard cut cut down tree, they need to be bringing a lawnmower and move my yard for me.

This is what my backyard looked like.

And you can see halfway have to come through my yard to get to my house.

Just taking the advantage of my house, but I don't know what reason or whatever.

This is the gate.

I gave back there.

They took a lots of effort to get through that gate because it you it was locked, but I was unable to lock it because I was waiting on mainly roofed and come to my house to finish.

They left many tracks in my yard when they put up my roof, my roof, which they need to come and take it down, put a new one up there.

I took me I have a disadvantage of that also.

And they have left my fence, my gate, and a mess.

You cannot close it up properly like it should be.

So they had to.

You see, it's barricade.

It got I have a pallet on it.

I have rope wrapped around it, but I didn't lock it because I knew they was coming in and I left it open for the man to come in.

But they came in on my yard, and and it and it just don't make sense.

So therefore, I know it's someone out there just overly loved me, and I don't need that type of love.

You know, I don't know what it is, and you can see where the branches are where they cut down.

This is a this is continuing.

So I don't know what it is and why it is, but I'm I'm bringing it to y'all ever so anything happened to me, you all definitely would be responsible for it because I'm finna tell everybody what's going on because this don't make sense.

That I'm an 82-year-old woman, live by myself, a will.

And they come and what the purpose.

It must be a good thing, my Lord Jesus Christ have for me to do.

It might be for me to get exposed whatever's going on in Chattanooga.

Thank you, Sherry.

I don't know exactly what you your time and thought.

Thank you.

Let's see.

We have a we have a couple folks, uh, ma'am, that would like to talk with you.

Councilman Harvey.

Sorry, that's uh something else I'll okay, Councilman Elliott.

Ma'am, if you have the people cut your gate, that's a uh legal matter.

CPD for filing a report for the best for that one.

Oh I thought I definitely followed a point report by them coming in on my yard.

Each time something happened, I do call it my health.

Yes.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good evening, council.

Hello.

I'm Janice Gooden, and I'm from the Great District, eight.

Um I think we missed an opportunity last month.

I didn't hear anybody recognize women's history month or even National Social Work Month, which was my profession.

So I want to acknowledge the women who are present and the staff and the councilwomen, and I appreciate the work that you do.

Um also there are some women that uh I'd like to give tribute to who have passed in the last year or so.

Dr.

Tommy Brown, Mrs.

Forrestine Lockhart Haynes was a classmate.

Mrs.

Dorothy Pride lived to be 103.

She was a pastor's wife and a mother.

And most recently, Jeanette Dodds was a cousin, but also an aunt of Kevin, brother Kevin.

So I just wanted to bring attention to that.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

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

Council, I'm not seeing anyone who would like to address.

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

All in favor of adjourning.

Opposed.

Motion passes.

We are adjourned.