And we have a quorum, so I'll get us started here, call the meeting to order.

Um council, could I get a motion on the minutes for our last meeting?

So second.

All right.

Minutes will stand as published.

Um first up today, we have Karen Rennick and Charles Frazier, I believe, to talk with us about Plan Chattanooga.

Mr.

Chair.

And I gave um everyone a green binder because I'll be referencing maps and so, and then um copies of the handout, and then I believe Nicole uploaded um the handouts and the presentation should be in appropriate folder.

So if I missed something, please let me know.

Okay, hold on just a minute.

I'm not sure if we okay, strategic planning.

And then one of them is under mine, and then one has uh CART's okay, thank you.

Thank you.

We split those up.

And so I have 10 minutes.

So if I um hit my um clock or my phone and looking at the time, and then um Charles will take 10 more minutes.

So um from um planning staff, we've got Brian Schultz, Director of Development Services, and Pam Glazer, both long serving um planners, um, and then with Charles and Scott Wilson, and then Kevin Tilbury from Kimley Horn has provided support both for Plan Chattanooga and more of the specific transit work, and he's here.

And I also want to thank um our consulting work led by Planning Next, they were a great firm to work with.

So briefly, I'll go over kind of Plan Chattanooga process and next steps, and Carter's speak more specifically to the transit vision.

Plan Chattanooga is a comprehensive plan for the city.

There's one citywide growth strategy, and then more eight detailed um more specific plans covering all areas of the city.

And so the last draft was posted in May of 2025.

Most of you have seen that.

We do reference that in our staff recommendations when we don't have more current policy.

Um, this is just to kind of help reorient you.

There is a citywide framework.

That's the first chapter of the plan, and then area plans become a little bit more specific and talk about placemaking for each area.

So when I um talk to folks, I encourage them to look at the citywide framework, read that chapter, and then more specifically narrow down to the area plan of interest.

Sure.

Yes, sir.

So uh flip back to that.

I noticed there's a lookout valley, but I thought we also would have a Mountain Creek corridor plan.

Was that not?

The Mountain Creek portion is contained, I believe, in the Hickson plan.

Okay.

So um in its um, so we've changed the names a little bit.

Um Councilman Clark noted that um for us that Midtown was not quite the right term, so we changed that to Midtown Brainerd.

So Hickson kind of covers that whole area.

We used to say Hickson Red Bank, but we're not doing policy for Red Bank, so we can always add Mountain Creek if we're gonna be able to do that.

Yeah, yes.

Okay, that was we have talked about Mike Shrewd.

We did.

Mountain Creek Corridor Planet.

That's correct.

Policies carried over.

Um so why do we need a comprehensive plan?

Uh the city is growing, it is um slated to grow more.

I put a link to a 2024 strategic planning presentation, which really goes into a lot more detail about that if you're interested.

Um the citywide framework has shared goals.

Excuse me.

Um the plan notes that um our populations changed over um the last decades.

It's younger, more diverse, made up of smaller households and smaller families, and then we have um built places and infrastructure, but in those areas we have um commercial industrial properties that could potentially be redeveloped or underutilized.

So kind of the why um plan touches on a couple things.

Those are just two examples of why we need a plan to address um future growth.

The plan recommends, and I can maybe put these switches the wrong way.

Um the plan's recommending policies, programs, and projects, but they're directly tied to one Chattanooga and informed by prior work.

So one Chattanooga lays out that strategic plan, and then the plan Chattanooga is really addressing the physical infrastructure, the physical built environment.

And so it addresses the where and how to ensure affordable housing choices for all Chattanoogans.

That's a one Chattanooga principle.