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From YouTube: Chattanooga City Council Agenda Session - 9/19/23
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Chattanooga City Council Agenda Session - 9/19/23
A
On
the
minutes,
all
right
minutes
say
without
objection.
Councel,
if
you
will
take
a
look
at
your
agenda
for
this
evening,
ordinances
on
the
final
reading,
any
comments
or
questions
all
right
and
item
for
Item
B
Madam
Vice
chair.
We
are
good,
we're
good,
okay,
all
right,
okay,
ordinances
under
first
reading,
any
comments
or
questions.
Please
hit
your.
B
That
is
that's
on
me,
but
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
again
to
Mandy
and
Daniel
I.
Don't
know
if
you're
in
the
room
for
working
with
me
Julia,
if
you're
here
no
one's
here,
take
credit.
B
You
hey
good
work.
Thank
you
for
listening
to
the
concerns
in
the
EIG
and
especially
section
1.4
I
think
we've
we've.
We
have
it
about
a
as
best
as
it's
ever
going
to
be
and
knowing
what
the
right
hand
and
the
left
hand
is
doing
when
it
comes
to
those
policies
that
change
I
think
it's
super
important
that
that
mechanism
be
in
place
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you
for
listening
to
me
and
putting
that
language
in
there
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
a
big.
A
All
right,
thank
you
all
right
resolutions
on
the
mayor's
office
technology,
Services,
all
right,
Council,
any
questions
about
next
week's.
D
Okay,
Madam
chair,
so
I'm
I'm
with
councilman
leer.
You
went
a
little
fast
on
me
so
on
the
human
resource,
D
Personnel
policy.
Okay,
so
I've
got
some
questions
there.
D
E
D
Or
8.2
the
department
has
I
think
it
was
I.
Don't
have
it
directly
in
front
of
me
because
I
left
my
computer,
but
I
think
it
was
a
second
parag
down
where
it
would
allow
the
department
heads
to
make
a
decision
where
someone
can
keep
their
position
or
not
am
I
reading
that
correctly
explain
that
to
me
a
little.
E
The
only
change
we
made
there
is
we're
asking
for
a
resignation
with
two
weeks
notice,
a
resignation
in
writing
that
they
will
give
their
final
date
of
work
and
that
that
they
hopefully
would
give
us
their
reason
for
leaving.
But
essentially,
if
they
don't
give
a
two-e
notice,
they
could
be
considered
as
not
resigning
in
good
standing.
D
Okay,
so
somewhere
in
there
I
read,
maybe
it
was
I
wish
I
had
brought
my
computer
in
so
I
could
pull
it
up
that
the
department
has
had
authority
to
decide
whether
or
not
a
individual
was
needed.
Their
position
was.
E
Needed
it
used
to
say
that
they
had
the
option
of
not
accepting
the
two
weeks
and
just
letting
them
go
right
then,
and
that's
been.
D
E
I'm
afraid
that
in
the
state
of
Tennessee
I
might
have
to
get
back
to
you
on
that.
Okay
I've
been
here
10
months,
I
do
apologize.
I
came
from
a
different
state.
Okay,.
D
Okay,
so
that,
because
if,
if
my
definition
of
my
understanding
of
it,
it
does
not
it
kind
of
counteract
what
was
in
the
the
the
paragraph.
I
was
speaking
of
about
the
department
heads
having.
A
Yes,
if
there
are
no
other
comments
or
questions
at
the
moment,.
B
I
do
have
another
comment,
M
and
or
a
for
this
evening.
Information
from
time
to
time
comes
across
our
desk.
That
could
have
an
impact
on
a
decision
this
body
has
made
and
we
are
within
the
rights
to
ask
for
a
reconsideration
of
something
right
and
I
would
like
to
advise
and
in
all
fairness
to
everyone
involved
and
I've
done
this
in
an
email
as
well
moved
this
evening
to
reconsider
a
zoning.
It's
not
a
zoning
case.
My
apologies.
It's
a
planning
case.
It's
not
a
rezoning
case.
2023
-17,
1619,
gry
Road.
B
A
All
right,
thank
you
so
much.
We
look
forward
to
hearing
on
special
presentations
this
evening.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Okay,
thank
you
all
right,
any
additional
comments
or
questions.
We
had
one
purchase
this
evening.
If
you
would
will
take
a
look
at
Future
considerations,
any
comments
or
questions
all
right,
councilman
Hester,
followed
by
councilman
Henderson.
A
H
It
sure
and
I
I'll
have
I'll
plead
full
ignorance
on
limitation
on
the
information
Carmen
Davis
has
identified
this
grant
as
a
way
to
honor
our
historic
communities
in
our
community.
It's
a
National,
Park
Service,
Grant
Elevate
cultural
histories,
Across
the
Nation
I,
can
get
you
more
of
the
information.
I
didn't
bring
my
folder
with
me
for
that
Grant
request
next
week
when
we
come,
but
a
neat
chance
for
us
to
do
some
elevation
of
some
pretty
important
stories
on
the
American
landscape
right
here
in
Chattanooga
and
Carmen
to
her
credit
identified.
A
It
thank
you
so
much
councilman
Henderson.
C
Thank
you
m
chair.
This
may
be
a
little
bit,
not
quite
a
question
about
the
actual
item,
but
in
future
considerations,
10B,
four
and
five
I
guess
under
straping
being
may
be
able
to
answer
this
question.
My
understanding
at
one
time
our
striping
machine
was
down
for
maintenance
and
repairs
and
I
was
just
wondering
if
it
was
up
and
running
again.
They
are
so
we're
in
the
strapping
business
again.
Okay,
great
I've
got
some
streets
that
need
stri.
A
All
right,
okay,
is
that
councilman
Henderson
I'm
good
all
right.
Thank
you.
So
much
all
right,
any
other
comments
and
questions
for
future
considerations.
Today
we
have
two
departmental
reports.
We
have
Economic
Development
departmental
report
as
well
as
equity
and
Community
engagement,
update,
bless,
you
councilwoman
kide
is
absent
or
she
may
be
a
little
late,
so
we
will
continue
on
with
her
reports
and
we
also
have
a
committee
report
parks
and
Public
Works,
following
that
we
do
have
an
attorney
client
meeting.
I
Report,
hello,
thank
you:
hey
Richard,
bringing
up
the
PowerPoint.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
talk
about
the
Department
of
Economic
Development
I'm
Richard
Bean,
the
administrator
for
the
Department,
the
Department
of
Economic
Development
is
made
up
of
housing
and
Community
investment,
which
includes
affordable
housing
and
what
used
to
be
known
as
Community
Development.
It
also
includes
Workforce,
Development
entrepreneurship,
real
property
in
brownfields
and,
of
course,
Economic
Development
and
partnership
with
the
chattano
area,
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
Hamilton
County
government.
I
We
also
provide
physical
support
for
the
office
of
of
Housing
and
homeless
Services.
The
Department
of
Economic
Development
was
created
to
assist
entrepreneurs
and
businesses
with
their
business
needs.
Our
goal
is
to
promote
economic
growth
and
development
throughout
the
city
of
Chattanooga.
We
up
to
equip
the
city's
Workforce
and
future
economic
Trends
and
we're
here
to
be
a
resource
for
all
types
of
businesses
and
entrepreneurial
projects
of
various
sizes
and
scope.
I
You've
heard
a
lot
from
Nicole
the
chief
housing
officer
about
the
housing
action
plan
and
I
know
you're
going
to
be
talking
about
it
more
in
depth
in
couple
of
weeks
and
strategic
planning.
So
today
we're
going
to
focus
on
three
areas
in
Economic,
Development,
Workforce,
devel
development,
entrepreneurship
and
Community
investment.
So
first
up
is
going
to
be
Quinton
Lawrence,
our
director
of
Workforce
Development,
followed
by
Sarah
Matson,
the
director
of
Entrepreneurship
and
then
manager
of
community
investment
and
housing,
Sandra
Gober.
J
Okay,
ready
all
right
thanks
good
afternoon
Council.
Thank
you
so
much
for
this
opportunity
to
present
before
you
again
back
in
March
I
presented
and
gave
the
mission
and
vision
back
then,
and,
as
you
can
see
again,
it
has
not
changed.
J
We
exist
the
office
of
Workforce
Development
to
cultivate
strategic
Partnerships
and
facilitate
collaborative
solutions
that
actually
lead
to
robust
Workforce,
Development,
Pathways
skills,
training
and
household
income
growth
for
all
chattanoogans,
and
with
that,
we
envision
a
diverse,
thriving
and
resilient
Workforce
earning
a
living
wage
and
contributing
to
the
prosperity
of
our
great
city.
As
you
can
see,
the
graphic
hasn't
changed
much
because
it
really
is
about
the
people,
no
matter
who
they
are
where
they
come
from.
That's
what
our
office
is
about
and
giving
them
access
to.
J
Opportunity
and
so
just
to
talk
about
some
of
our
activities
starting
off
for
the
fiscal
year.
We
have
started
back
up
the
IMPACT
Program,
initially
that
was
under
Community
Development.
It
has
shifted
to
our
department,
and
so
we
have
actually
held
two
classes,
one
at
the
end
of
the
last
fiscal
year
and
one
starting
off
the
new
fiscal
year,
and
it
is
essentially
a
6
to9
week,
IT
training
program,
the
individuals
that
go
through
that
program
get
a
paid
stiping.
J
They
also
get
a
Google
it
certification,
as
well
as
12
credit
hours
from
Chattanooga,
State
and
also
employment
assistance
as
well.
The
July
cohort
that
recently
graduated
in
August
all
10
participants
graduated
from
that
and
are
currently
working
with
un
to
see
if
there
opportunities
there
for
them
as
well
as
seeing
what
other
it
opportunities
are
available
and
currently
we're
considering
new
dates
and
locations
for
additional
cohorts,
but
the
one
that
we
held
in
July
was
actually
held
in
councilwoman
Dole's
District
at
the
East
Lake
Center.
J
Also
too,
we
are
partnering
with
the
American
job
center,
so
the
mobile
American
job
center
I'm,
not
sure
if
any
of
you
are
familiar
with
that.
But
basically
it
is
a
large
vehicle
that
houses,
computers
and
other
resources
to
help
people
to
get
plugged
in
with
employment
to
actually
go
through
employment
training,
and
so
in
partnering
with
them.
We
are
going
to
provide
access
to
the
community
centers
throughout
the
fiscal
year,
starting
with
six
centers.
J
We
actually
just
kicked
that
off
on
September
the
18th,
and
so,
as
you
can
see,
the
the
community
centers
that
we're
working
with
currently
are
Carver
East,
Dale,
East,
Lake,
Hixon,
Shepard,
South,
Chattanooga
and
Washington
Hills,
and
then
we're
also
working
with
some
of
our
partners
on
various
career
and
hiring
events.
J
So
I'm
sure
most
of
you
have
heard
of
some
of
the
manufacturing
plant
closures
that
have
taken
place,
and
so
the
American
job
center
typically
offers
support
for
helping
those
those
displaced
workers
to
find
new
opportunities,
and
so
we've
partnered
with
them
to
try
to
help
provide
some
resources
that
can
help
them
in
between
I've
helped
them
to
get
connected
with
some
of
the
resources
at
our
office
of
empowerment
provides
to
maybe
fill
in
some
of
those
gaps
that
they
may
be
experiencing
as
they
transition,
but
also
too,
we
partnered
with
the
office
of
Community
Health
and
Troy
Rogers
and
his
group
again
for
their
new
life
Fair,
which
they
held
one
evening
in
July,
where
we
serviced
over
100
individuals,
and
so
that
was
pretty
instrumental
at
the
Westside
Community
Center.
J
Also
too,
there
is
another
Fair
coming
up
in
partnership
with
the
state
of
Tennessee,
as
well
as
various
other
providers
where
we
will
be
serving
all
residents
of
Chattanooga
and
Hamilton
County.
J
There
is
an
emphasis
on
supporting
those
from
the
Justice
involved
Community,
but
it
is
open
to
everyone
and
it
will
be
held
at
the
Hamilton
County
courthouse
and
that'll
be
on
September
the
28th,
and
we
are
currently
planning
other
industry
sector
focused
career
and
hiring
events
kind
of
like
the
one
that
we
held
back
in
March
at
the
South
Chattanooga
Community
Center,
so
we're
looking
again
at
some
of
those
Industries
in
the
trades,
but
also
to
in
manufacturing
as
well
as
in
healthcare.
J
Also
too,
we
are
about
to
launch
an
apprenticeship,
Readiness
program.
Council
couple
of
weeks
back
approved
the
issuing
of
an
RFP
in
this,
and
this
is
actually
part
of
two
larger
initiatives,
one
being
the
infrastructure
Talent
pipeline
challenge,
which
was
announced
last
year
by
the
White
House
to
try
to
get
more
diverse
Talent
into
the
Building
Trades,
but
also
too.
J
J
Economic
inclusion
initiative-
and
it
really
is
focused
on
trying
to
create
more
Equitable
Pathways
to
prosperity
for
communities
of
color,
and
so
with
this
apprenticeship
Readiness
program,
it
focus
is
on
trying
to
get
more
individuals
into
registered
Building
Trades
apprenticeships,
but
taking
that
initial
step
by
getting
them
into
a
pre
apprenticeship
program
that
prepares
them
so
that
they
can
actually
stay
in
those
programs
and
complete
them
successfully.
And
so
again
it
is
in
Partnership
with
the
building
traits.
J
It
is
focused
on
bipac,
Community,
women,
Justice
involved
and
individuals
at
or
below
200%
of
the
federal
poverty
level,
and
the
RFP
is
scheduled
to
close
on
the
11th
and
we
hope
to
have
selected
a
service
provider
sometime
in
November,
hopefully
by
earlier
mid.
November.
Second
opportunity
is
with
the
good
jobs,
great
cities
academy.
This
is
a
partnership
with
the
Department
of
Labor
and
the
national
league
of
cities
again
focus
on
trying
to
get
individuals
into
more
of
our
infrastructure
jobs.
It
is
steeped
in
two
core
principles.
J
First,
it
lead
these
opportunities
leading
to
good
quality
jobs
that
are
paying
a
living
wage,
but
also
it's
centered
in
equity,
again,
making
sure
that
underserved,
traditionally
underrepresented
communities
are
able
to
get
Equitable
access,
and
so
the
design
of
the
project
is
first
to
engage
a
specific
infrastructure,
clean
energy
or
Advanced
manufacturing
sector
and,
of
course,
clean
energy
is
underlying
because
that's
where
we
decided
to
focus
in
at
given
the
fact
that
there
is
so
much
activity
around
the
EV
sector
es,
especially
with
EV
battery
production.
J
J
It
just
seemed
like
a
natural
fit,
but
also
too,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
implementing
evidence-based
Workforce
strategies
that
lead
to
good
jobs,
and
so
we
have
two
additional
partners
that
already
have
established
apprenticeship
programs
that
can
be
used
as
a
model
to
help
with
that.
Also
to
another
focus
is
on
building
care
infrastructure
that
supports
good
job.
J
So
when
we
talk
about
care
infrastructure,
we're
talking
about
whether
it's
Child
Care
Mental,
Health
Care,
things
of
that
nature
that
are
really
going
to
be
key
to
the
resiliency
of
people
in
the
workforce
and
then
finally,
the
final
piece
in
that
initiative-
design,
that's
embedded
in
this
Academy,
is
to
prioritize
and
serve
a
Target
population
or
populations
and
communities,
and
so
for
this
project.
J
It
is
focused
on
communities
of
color
women
and
the
Justice
involved
community
and
again
be
of
our
partners,
as
you
can
see:
noic
Tennessee,
Valley,
Authority
and
EPB,
with
those
being
our
core
employment
Partners.
We
are
focusing
in
on
residents
that
are
in
the
Westside
Community
to
help
with
those
efforts,
especially
with
the
development
that's
coming
there,
but
it
will
still
be
impactful
and
available
to
others
within
the
the
city.
J
But
our
other
partners
in
that
effort
are
the
Urban
League
Chattanooga
State
utc's
CPE
program,
which
is
that
which
is
their
professional
education
program
and
the
southeast
Tennessee
development
district
and
then,
lastly,
with
opportunities.
What
we're
looking
to
do
is
to
create
more
opportunities
for
collaboration
internally
and
externally.
So
right
now
we
are
in
the
process
of
trying
to
create
a
Workforce,
Development
Council
internally
across
departments.
J
J
We
want
to
make
sure
that
not
only
are
we
giving
people
resources
to
help
them
in
those
times
where,
where
they
may
be
struggling,
but
we
also
want
to
equip
Empower
and
Empower
them
for
the
long
call
also,
and
then
we
also
want
this
group
to
help
create
strategies
and
solutions
to
meet
the
unique
employment
needs
of
constituents,
and
also
too,
we
are
looking
to
put
together
a
Workforce
Development
Alliance,
an
external
group
of
of
Industry
Partners
educational
institutions
and
Community
Based
organizations.
J
This
is
something
that
the
workforce
Development
Department
done
before.
Of
course,
due
to
the
pandemic,
some
of
those
efforts
were
halted,
but
we're
picking
those
things
back
up
and
having
some
great
conversations
to
see
how
we
can
provide
some
solutions
within
the
communities
that
most
need.
J
Our
assistance
and
that
ties
back
into
the
last
point,
which
I
mentioned
back
in
March
about
our
approach
to
develop,
t
Talent
Development
hubs
in
our
community
centers
again,
the
the
focus
is
making
sure
that
those
communities
that
are
most
in
need
have
access
where
they
are
to
these
resources,
and
so
we
want
to
provide
not
only
Workforce
Development
resources,
but
the
key
is
consistent.
J
Workforce
Development
resources
in
underserved
communities,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
leveraging
our
community
centers
as
public
spaces
to
bring
employers,
Community
organizations
and
community
members
together
to
engage
in
employment,
training
and
employment
opportunities.
Thank
you
very.
L
Sorry
two
things
yes,
ma'am,
first
of
all,
I
know
you're,
really
working
really
closely
with
the
mayor's
Council
for
women.
Yes,
on
pay,
equity
and
the
other
one
is
age.
Discrimination.
L
Looking
at
this
picture,
that's
the
subliminal
message
that
maybe
we're
not
working
with
people
who
might
look
like
me
and
I
think
that's
a
bad
message,
because
that's
not
what
we're
trying
to
do
so
you're
doing
great
work.
But
it's
these
subliminal
things
that
get
the
message
that
make
people
embarrassed
to
apply
for
work.
We've
discussed
all.
D
J
It
will
definitely
be
a
rotating
picture.
Thank
you,
I
think,
that's
the
one
that
we
provided
before,
but,
as
you
know,
certainly
we
will
be
working
together
and
I
did
actually
read
through
the
working
paper.
I
believe
that
you
all
produced
back
in
2016,
very
fascinating
about
the
wage
disparities
and
I
believe
right
now.
Women
are
making
about
8
84
C
on
the
dollar.
That
men
are
making
yes
and
so
certainly
want
to
keep
those
conversations
going,
but
I
will
make
sure
to
rotate
the
pictures.
L
Up
the
age
thing
has
really
come
forward
and
it's
not
old
people,
it's
people
who
have
had
to
take
a
time
out
to
take
care
of
parents.
That's
right,
and
very
often,
as
you
know,
we
say,
somebody's
overqualified,
I,
don't
know
what
in
the
world.
That
means.
Does
that
mean
that
you
might
have
to
pay
me
more
or
the
insurance
might
go
higher
or
I
might
be
more
intelligent,
that's
not
a
basis
and
we're
having
a
lot
of
really
good
people
who
are
left
out
men
and
women.
L
B
A
M
Entrepreneurship
so
in
my
role,
I've
been
in
this
position
for
a
few
months
now,
my
primary
focus
has
been
to
work
to
amplify
and
the
great
resources
that
we
already
have
in
our
community
for
entrepreneurs
and
all
the
organizations
and
the
great
work
that
they're
doing
so
today.
I'm
going
to
talk
about
some
of
the
efforts
I've
been
really
focusing
on
for
the
most
part
and
I'll
just
jump
right
into
it.
M
M
And
so
we
launched
that
actually
last
week
on
Tuesday,
we
had
our
first
Collective
meeting,
and
these
are
all
the
organizations
so
far
that
participate
in
our
meetings
and
have
come
together
to
form
this
Collective
and
the
idea
of
the
collective
is
to
have
more
regular
meetings
amongst
each
other
so
that
we
can
learn
what
all
the
organiz
ation
are
doing.
M
Our
last
meeting
was
at
proof,
incubator,
where
we
learned
about
all
the
work
they're
doing
with
their
restaurant
recovery
program
and
other
things
they're
doing
in
the
Chattanooga
area,
and
we
will
rotate
to
different
organizations
to
learn
about
what
projects
we
have
going
on,
so
that
we
all
can
help
promote
each
other's
events
and
programs
that
they
have
going
on
and
also
just
to
network
amongst
ourselves,
share
events,
news
and
collaborate,
but,
more
importantly,
to
be
able
to
work
on
CommunityWide
entrepreneurship
events.
M
Some
of
you
may
remember
startup
week
so
working
collectively
to
have
these
like
community
events
and
work,
make
them
bigger
and
better
when
we
all
work
together
and
also
produce
some
Project
Specific
working
groups.
Out
of
this
Collective,
for
example,
we
will
be
forming
a
food
and
beverage
working
group
and
that's
folks
who
are
in
the
collective
who
have
a
specific
focus
on
food
and
beverage
and
they
can
kind
of
get
together
and
work
on
some
specific
initiatives
in
that
area.
M
We
also
have
a
website,
that's
being
launched
in
the
probably
the
next
month,
and
this
was
actually
in
a
partnership
with
the
Enterprise
Center.
They
had
received
a
grant
to
create,
what's
called
an
ecosystem
mapping
website.
So
there's
already
some
other
great
websites
out
there.
The
chamber
has
a
starting
block
and
interpress
Center
has
resiliency
checklist,
but
this
will
serve
as
kind
of
a
matchmaking
service,
so
entrepreneurs
can
easily
have
access
to
resources
and
know
what's
available
in
the
Chattanooga
area.
M
Ecosystem
another
thing:
another
initiative
that
I'm
working
on
is
called
the
Tennessee
Smart
Start.
Some
of
you
may
have
heard
about
this.
This
is
an
initiative
done
by
the
Tennessee
State
of
Tennessee
economic
and
Community
Development
department,
and
they
provide
these
like
actual
physical
guides
to
help
a
business
owner
start
their
business
from
planning
business
plan
all
the
way
through
access
to
resources,
Financial
Planning
and
it
actually
has
a
list
of
all
the
resources
in
Chattanooga.
Chattanooga
historically,
has
not
been
designated
as
a
Tennessee
Smart
Start
Community.
M
You
have
to
go
through
a
little
bit
of
a
training
process
where
someone
from
the
state
comes
to
Chattanooga
and
provides
training
to
Community
Partners
so
that
we
can
be
designated
and
that
way
when
folks
are
researching,
how
to
start
a
business
in
Tennessee.
They'll
Chattanooga
will
show
up
on
that
list
of
smart
St
communities,
and
these
are
the
organizations
that
we're
going
to
be
invied
to
the
training
which
will
be
October
26
at
the
downtown
library,
all
the
entrepreneurship
organizations.
We
all
know
what
we
do.
M
We
know
what
resources
are
out
there,
but
then
we
try
to
think
beyond
that.
So
we're
inviting
librarians
the
clerk
Community
Center
employees,
Neighborhood
Services
I-
would
love
for
you
all
from
Council
to
join
us.
Faith
communities,
lenders
and
all
everyone
who
comes
to
this
training
will
learn
how
best
to
direct
entrepreneurs
to
the
right
resources.
M
Resources,
another
thing
we're
working
to
do
is
quarterly.
Entrepreneurship
fairs,
we're
still
in
the
planning
stage
for
the
first
one,
but
we're
looking
at
doing
that
on
November
14th
at
rotating
community
centers
I'm,
still
working
with
the
community
center
Department
to
determine
where
the
first
one
will
be.
But
this
will
be
just
like
any
other
fa.
M
We
have
like
with
housing
or
procurement,
but
this
will
be
all
the
entrepreneurship
organizations
lenders,
CPAs
attorneys
they
can
can
get
a
professional
head
shot
and
it
would
just
be
a
place
for
entrepreneurs
to
come
and
meet
all
these
resources
faced
to
face.
M
Having
worked
in
the
ecosystem
for
quite
a
while
I
know,
a
lot
of
folks
really
feel
intimidated,
sometimes
to
approach
Urban,
League
or
Small
Business
Development
Center,
so
they
can
come
to
the
fairs
and
meet
everyone
in
one
place
and
build
those
start
to
build
those
relationships
and
see
all
the
resources
that
are
available
to
them
and
the
entrepreneurship
fairs
are
sponsored
by
pathway
lending
and
the
and
the
business
resource.
M
Collective
and
Quinton
alluded
to
our
involvement
in
the
southern
City's
economic
inclusion
initiative.
So
this
is
something
I'm
involved
with.
As
well,
we
have
narrowed
our
project
Focus
to
working
on
developing
Pathways
for
minority
business
owners
to
get
their
General
Contracting
license.
There's
a
lot
of
folks
out
there
working
as
subcontractors
who
have
the
skill
to
be
a
general
contractor,
but
they
have
some
barriers
to
getting
that
license,
and
that
includes
funding
technical
assistance.
You
have
to
have
your
accounting
in
order
and
have
a
CPA
sign
off
on
a
form.
M
So
we
are
working
in
developing
some
technical
assistance
programs
for
these
potential
General
Contractors
and
providing
some
funding
to
help
them
get.
That
first
amount
that
they
need
the
letter
of
credit
that
they
need
to
be
able
to
get
their
GC.
M
License
and
lastly,
I
am
in
the
final
stages
of
developing
the
storefront
Improvement
front
fund.
You
may
all
remember
or
may
or
may
not
remember
the
neighborhood
reinvestment
fund
that
was
launched
several
years
ago
and
that
was
kind
of
reinvented
into
Co
M
mitigation.
Well,
we're
re
redefining
this
a
little
bit
and
going
to
really
put
a
focus
on
facade
Improvement
throughout
the
district
throughout
the
city,
so
that
folks
can
really
have
the
funds
they
need
to
beautify
their
spaces,
because
having
worked
with,
entrepreneurs
is
incredibly
expensive
to
operate
a
retail
location.
M
You
know,
rents
very
high.
The
profit
margins
are
very
low
and
often
times
the
beautification
of
their
space
is
the
last
thing
that
they're
going
to
spend
their
money
on
so
I
think
it's
for
the
M
of
the
people
of
Chattanooga
and
the
business
owners,
if
Chattanooga
can
help
support
them
by
providing
some
funds
to
help
support
their
storefront.
C
Thank
you
m.
Going
back
to
the
slide.
The
S
CI
about
the
general
contractor's
license
have
y'all
talked
to
Leslie,
go
at
AGC
about
maybe
setting
up
shop
at
the
trade
school.
M
Yes,
they're
they're,
one
of
the
partners.
We
are
we're
still
in
the
very
early
stages
of
building
this
out,
but
they
are
one
of
the
people
we
were
wanting
to
bring
in
to
help
with
a
technical
assistance
piece
and
also
helping
to
find
potential
the
subcontractors
to
participate
in
the
program.
C
C
M
B
You,
madam
chair,
can
we
go
forward?
One
slide,
please
thank
you.
Can
you
elaborate
on
the
storefront
Improvement
fund
as
far
as
what
it
will
cover
I've
been
in
this
situation
with
previous
buildings
and
businesses,
and
they
can
be
very
useful.
They
can
also
be
very
restricting
on
what
you
can
use
it
for.
Can
you.
M
Yeah,
so
I'm
primarily
want
to
focus
on
exterior
only
so
exterior
improvements.
It
will
be
a
onetoone
match.
So
if
the
business
owner
puts
$25,000
towards
it,
the
city
will
contribute
25,000.
So
some
of
the
Interior
Renovations
could
qualify
as
part
of
that
match,
but
the
fund,
the
grant
fund
should
just
be
for
exterior
use
only
and
really
just
anything
I
do
have.
It
spelled
out
more
in
the
doc.
The
working
document
that
I
have
but
I
mean
doors
windows.
B
M
A
F
M
Oh
to
find
employees
to
work,
yeah,
definitely
working
with
my
colleagues
who
work
in
Workforce
Development
to
help
with
that
effort
and
providing
technical
assistance,
training
to
the
business
owner
to
know
how
to
be
an
employer
and
to
get
that
manager,
type
training
that
they
need
and
just
really
tapping
into.
You
know,
as
it
all
comes
down
to
training,
in
my
opinion,
because
that's
that's
my
background
is
Tech
working
in
technical
assistance,
but
teaching
them
how
to
come
up
with
creative
ways
to
be
an
employer
and
incentivize
their
employees.
So
what
what.
F
M
M
Holding
oh,
like
oh
yeah,
like
the
entrepreneurship
Fair,
yes,
sir
yeah
I'm
going
to
do
a
whole
marketing
plan
for
that
and
that's
the
beauty
of
the
resource.
Collective
Now.
We
have
almost
30
organizations.
So
now
we
can
all
massively
spread
the
information
in
a
much
more
impactful
way,
instead
of
like
one
organization
to
sharing
their
event,
they
only
have
so
much
reach.
Some
entrepreneurs
follow
launch
tanoa,
but
other
ones
may
not
follow
some
other
organizations.
A
N
Good
afternoon,
Sandra
Gober
I'm,
going
to
kind
of
give
you
an
overview
of
the
Housing
and
Community
investment.
N
What
we
do
and
so
and
also
talk
about
the
progress
that
we've
made
in
the
most
current
fiscal
year,
as
Richard
said,
we
were
formerly
the
Community
Development
Division
and
now
we're
the
Housing
and
Community
investment
and
we
are
charged
with
managing
the
Federal
entitlement
dollars
that
the
city
of
Chattanooga
receives,
along
with
other
state
and
special
funding,
primarily
to
address
economic,
affordable
housing
and
economic
development.
Community
Development
in
primarily
to
benefit
low
and
moderate
income
residents.
N
Utilizing
the
funding
that
the
city
of
Chattanooga
receives
were
charged
with
ensuring
that
we
align
the
funding
to
address
community
and
housing
needs
and
part
of
our
process
is
to
we.
We
develop
a
5year
road
map
and
and
we
align
the
funding
during
throughout
that
period
to
coincide
with
the
identified
needs
in
the
community.
So
based
on
the
Community
needs
analysis.
We
prioritize
the
utilization
of
the
funds
accordingly
and,
of
course,
affordable
housing
always
comes
out
as
the
number
one
top
priority.
N
Every
year
we
are
required
to
report
back
to
the
community
the
progress
that
we've
made
in
the
utilization
of
the
funding.
We
part
of
that
as
a
result
of
that,
we
create
a
what
we
call
a
Consolidated
annual
performance
evaluation
review
report
and
we
prepare
that
make
that
information
available
to
the
public.
N
We
also
hold
a
public
meeting,
and
last
week
we
held
a
public
meeting
at
the
Chattanooga
housing
authorities
Center,
and
we
made
this
information
available
to
the
public
and
what
we
artic
is
what
we
have
available
as
we're
going
into
the
fiscal
year
to
address
those
priorities
and
goals
that
have
been
established
and
some
and
just
kind
of
give
an
overview
of
the
outcomes
going
into
2022.
N
We
had
approximately
$17
million
and
that
funding
is
made
up
of
funds
that
the
city
would
have
received
in
the
most
recent
fiscal
year,
but
also
funding
that
we
are
are
have
committed
to
projects
that
are
somewhat
underway
or
projects
that
we
do
have
available
to
commit.
The
17
million.
That
is
probably
the
most
we've
had
in
a
a
very
long
time,
because
it's
made
up
up
of
some
special
funding,
which
is
the
co
funding.
Funding
for
addressing
homelessness,
as
well
as
special
funding
to
assist
with
rent
utility
assistance.
N
Payments
so
th.
This
is
just
a
little
chart
to
show
how
the
funding
sort
of
aligned
with
expenditures
and,
as
you
can
see,
the
M
60%
almost
of
the
funding
was
utilized
or
expended
to
address,
affordable
housing
and
the
affordable
housing.
That's
ranging
from
rental
housing,
providing
funding
for
Home,
Improvements
and
also
for
homeowner,
well,
rental
improvements
and
homeowner
improvements,
the
public
infrastructure.
We
provide
cdbg
funding
to
approximately
200,000
a
year
for
sidewalk
improvements
in
low
mod
income
since
tracks.
We
also
under
the
blight
clearance
and
demolition.
N
We
allocate
a
little
bit
of
cdbg
funding
for
the
demolition
of
substandard
structures
in
lwi
income,
sensus
tracks,
public
service,
that's
primarily
partnering
with
organizations
to
provide
public
services
for
individuals,
families
struggling
with
homelessness
issues,
the
economic
development
that
category
is
really
to
retire.
A
number
of
years
ago,
the
city
of
Chattanooga
utilized
cdbg
funding
to
establish
a
revolving
Loan
Fund
and
that
316
is
retiring.
The.
N
Debt,
so
some
of
the
highlights
regarding
outcomes
for
the
222
23
fiscal
year,
utilizing
the
cdbg
and
some
State
funding.
We
were
able
to
assist
1,200
families
or
how
people,
through
the
homeless,
in
Supportive,
Housing
division
in
utilizing,
the
cdbg
and
the
home
funds.
We
are
tasked
with
ensuring
that
at
least
with
cdbg,
at
least
70%
of
the
funds
are
utilized
to
benefit
low-income
families
and
historically,
we
have
always
utilized
100%
of
the
funds
to
to
benefit
low-income
families.
N
With
the
the
funding
that
we
had
available,
we
were
you
can
see
able
to
assist
with
184
units
of
affordable
housing,
again
that's
rental
and
homeowner
housing
preservation
and
that
ranges
from
the
minor
repair,
roofs
even
to
substantial
rehabs,
and
we
work
with
habitat,
Chattanooga
neighborhood
Enterprise,
and
we
also
have
a
program
internally
that
through
which
we
carry
out
these.
N
Activities-
these
are
just
some
more
highlights
in
addition
to
the
cdbg
Home
Federal
entitlement
dollars.
We
also
assist
with
managing
the
city's
affordable
housing
fund
and
through
that
fund
we
provided
a
award
to
CN
for
the
renov
for
the
development
of
a
rental
project
on
ML
King
habitat.
They
are
really
utilizing
the
affordable
housing
fund,
as
well
as
some
of
our
other,
our
home
funds
for
the
construction
of
about
15
homes
out
in
the
alt
Park
Villages
at
Alton
Park.
N
One
of
the
other
highlights
is
utilizing
the
pilot
program
and
through
that
program,
142
units
of
rental
housing
was
completed.
That
project
was
completed
in
June.
It
was
formerly
battery
Heights
apartments
and
I'm
just
going
to
kind
of
Hit
the
highlights
so
and
not
hit
every
single
one
of
these.
We
also
utilize
the
cdbg
in
partnership
with
the
public
works
for
the
Sewer
Lateral
assistance
program.
We
use
cdbg
to
assist
the
families
who
do
not
have
the
wherewithal
to
pay
for
that
connection.
N
Themselves
and
I
talked
about
the
demolitions
we
utilize
partner
with:
u
code
enforcement
and
they
utilize
cdbg
to
demolish
substandard
and
blighted.
N
Units
in
working
carrying
out
the
activities-
these
are
some
of
the
organizations
and
partners
that
we
work
with
to
utilize
the
funds
to
achieve
those
outcomes
that
I
just
talked
about
out,
and
course
this
is
again
for
the
2223
fiscal
year
and
the
anticipation
is
course.
We
heard
a
lot
about
the
affordable
housing
action
plan
and
the
intention
is
to
you
align
what
we
do
with
the
affordable
housing
action
plan
and
making
the
utilization
of
the
the
funding
even
more
effective,
I.
N
Think
in
in
carrying
out
the
activities
broader
and
highly,
probably
much
more
highly
leveraged,
using
the
30
million
that's
available
under
the
affordable
housing
plan
and
a.
O
N
It
really
varies
on
the
when
we're
talking
about
the
pilot
program
that
is
solely
working
with
for
profit
developers,
we're
talking
about
the
Chattanooga,
affordable
housing
fund,
that's
private
developers.
N
We
have
not,
in
the
last
two
years
three
years
had
a
project
with
a
private
developer
that
the
most
recent
is
with
challing
a
neighborhood
Enterprise
for
development
on
ML
King,
with
the
smaller
projects
or
programs.
We
have
a
landlord
rental
repair
program,
a
rapid
rental
repair
program
under
the
rapid
rental
repair
program.
We
make
$4,900
available
to
developers
well
property
owners
and
we
renovated
44
units,
so
it
it
really
varies
from
Pro
I
would
say
from
year
to
year.
A
N
N
P
Right
all
right,
good
good
afternoon,
members
of
council.
Thank
you
so
much
for
allowing
us
to
come
before
you
and
bring
updates
on
what
the
department
of
equity
and
Community
engagement
has
been
taking
part.
P
P
First
and
foremost,
we
aim
to
be
a
catalyst
in
our
city
and
Community
driving
positive
change
by
promoting
Equity
diversity,
inclusion
belonging
and
Justice
through
education,
Outreach
and
advocacy.
We
strive
to
empower
every
member
of
our
community
to
contribute
their
unique
perspectives
and
talents.
Ensuring
that
no
voice
is
left
unheard.
P
I'm
going
to
share
with
you
our
our
current
or
structure,
the
department
has
slightly
been
restructured
from
last
year
as
a
part
of
equity
and
Community
engagement.
We
have
the
office
of
new
Americans
and
I
would
like
my
team
members
to
stand,
and
you
will
hear
from
our
leadership
team
in
their
respective
areas
for
the
office
of
new
Americans.
We
have
Miss
Kelly
Val,
who
is
the
director
and
director
of
community
engagement
is
shadrina
Booker.
Our
neighborhood
services
manager
is
pent,
Lance
and
Vanessa.
P
Jackson
is
our
program
specialist
and
each
will
come
before
you
and
share
you
updates
on
their
areas.
Also
with
us,
I'll
ask
them
to
stand
as
well
as
the
remaining
team
of
Neighborhood
Services.
There
are
neighborhood
relations
Specialists
and
program
Specialists.
We
have
miss
Karen
clay,
Adriana,
Moore,
Sarah,
barisi
and
Steven
lamb,
each
of
them
work
diligently
in
the
council
districts
in
providing
support
and
engagement
with
existing
neighborhood
associations
and
the
development
of
new
and
upcoming
associations.
As.
P
Well,
you
may
have
noticed
in
that
structure.
I
did
not
name
our
supplier
diversity,
director,
previously
Karen
Collins,
served
in
that
capacity
and
she's
no
longer
with
us,
and
so
we
will
be
seeking
to
fill
that
role,
but
in
our
supplier
diversity.
We
have
worked
in
trying
to
address
several
of
the
recommendations
that
was
provided
to
us
from
our
disparity
study
and
some
of
the
areas
that
we
have
found.
P
Successes
in,
of
course,
is
the
creation
of
our
department,
as
well
as
having
a
chief
Equity
officer
and
a
director
of
Supplier
Diversity,
which
was
listed
in
those
recommendations,
the
creation
of
an
mwob
program
and
some
contract
forecasting
and
coordinated
vendor
Outreach
through
some
of
our
events,
like
our
minority
business
work,
workshops
and
round
taes
and
reciprocal.
P
Certification
and
now
I'll
have
Miss
Vanessa
Jackson
come
up
and
share
with
you,
some
of
the
programs
and
Outreach
that
we
have
participated
in
this.
Q
Year,
good
afternoon,
Council
I'm
Vanessa
Jackson.
Thank
you
all
for
giving
me
an
opportunity
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
programs
and
Outreach
of
our
department.
I
want
to
talk
about
some
of
the
goals
that
have
been
accomplished
under
the
work
of
community
programs
and
Outreach
for
this
year
and
first
of
all,
we
have
worked
with
our
supply
diversity,
director
and
initiatives
to
increase
the
number
of
registered
minority
owned
business
since
to
146
new
businesses
created
we've
also
increased
the
number
of
City
certified
me
me
mwob.
Q
That
stands
for,
of
course,
our
minority
and
women
own
business
Enterprise
255
for
the
year,
and
we
know
that
those
are
our
city
internal
certifications.
That
is.
These
are
businesses
that
have
not
only
registered
with
the
city.
Q
They
have
certified
as
minority
businesses
with
the
city
and
it's
part
of
our
third
party
certification,
that's
free
to
them
and
used
as
a
way
to
help
them
to
become
vetted
as
a
official
minority
business
and
helps
them
as
they
go
out
into
the
community
and
seek
other
opportunities
to
do
businesses
with
other
entities
within
the
city
that
require
certification.
Q
So
this
is
a
great
tool
for
our
businesses,
because
many
of
these
of
of
the
certifications
that
are
third
party
and
that
are
offered
require
very
stringent
criteria
that
businesses
have
to
meet.
They
have
to
pay
in
order
to
receive
the
certification
they
have
to
be
at
a
level
to
where
they
have
their
business,
that
is
to
be
registered
and
also
to
be
able
to
demonstrate
financially
their
their
capacity.
Q
So
our
certification
is
a
good
starting
point
for
V
businesses
to
be
able
to
establish
themselves
in
that
way,
and
we
work
with
them
to
make
sure
that
they
have
all
of
the
supportive
documents
needed
so
that
they
can
become
certified
and
then
be
able
to
use
that
certification
to
then
expand
and
do
businesses
with
other
entities,
maybe
like
EPB
or
Volkswagen
or
t
dot.
So
we
are
proud
that
our
certification
program
is
growing.
Q
In
addition
to
that,
we
have
nine
minority
business
roundtables
this
year,
our
minority
business
roundtables
have
become
a
very
popular
mainstate
within
our
department.
We
hold
them
from
February
through
October
of
each
year.
They
are
held
monthly
on
the
fourth
Monday
of
each
month
and
minority
businesses,
entrepreneurs,
new
businesses,
the
full
gamut
they
can
come
in
and
register
to
be
a
part
of
these
round.
Tabls.
Q
They
get
a
chance
to
have
opportunities
to
network
with
businesses
within
the
city,
to
meet
City
officials,
to
work
with
us
and,
more
importantly,
to
be
introduced
to
resources
and
information
that
exist
for
the
city
to
help
support
small
minority
and
growing
businesses.
We
use
I,
guess
the
the
the
the
the
topic
or
the
title
as
startup
stay
up
scale
up
in
order
to
identify
our
program,
and
that
is
just
what
it
does.
Q
Q
They
could
be
at
the
stay
up
level
where
they've
accomplished
those
things,
but
they
need
to
know
more
about
how
to
get
get
funding,
how
to
do
thiss
how
to
build
a
banking
relationships,
and
then
there
businesses
that
are
Beyond
even
that
level
that
they
want
to
scale
up.
They
want
to
look
into
different
markets.
They
want
to
look
into
different
products.
They
want
to
know
about
different
opportunities
that
can
grow
their
businesses
and
So.
Q
Within
that
MBR
we
try
to
Encompass
resources,
speakers
topics
and
events
that
cover
that
that
full
gamut,
and
that
is
help
monthly
we've
had
nine
of
them
this
this
year
and
so
far
we've
had
a
total
of
4
135
total
attendees,
and
we
we
are
very
impressed
with
that.
We've
also
had
our
spring
and
summer
cohorts
of
iece
internship.
Many
of
you
have
benefited
from
The
Internship,
your
Sal
in
terms
of
having
an
intern
assign
you
are
working
with
the
intern.
Q
In
some
capacity,
the
program
was
started
back
in
in
201
uh3
and
before
the
pandemic,
we'
seen
upwards
of
nearly
600
students.
College
students
come
through
the
program,
naturally
with
the
onset
of
coid
I.
We
had
to
suspend
the
program
for
a
period
of
time,
but
since
2020
we
have
had
about
64
students
to
come
through
the
program
and
22
of
which
they
came
through
this
physical
year,
so
I
I.
Q
We
are
very
excited
about
the
program
and
the
two
Pro
cohorts
that
we
had
for
spring
and
summer
did
some
very
fruitful
work
for
the
city,
in
addition
to
the
work
that
they
do
and
the
assignments
to
various
departments
within
city
government.
Q
We
also
provide
them
with
professional
development
experiences,
because
our
goal
is,
you
know,
really
not
to
just
give
them
busy
work,
but
to
give
them
an
opportunity
to
see
the
best
of
what
Chattanooga
has
to
offer
employment
wise
as
well
as
culturally,
and
to
give
them
an
opportunity
to
see
what
it's
like
to
work
for
city
government
and
perhaps
help
them
in
their
Journey
to
choose
where
their
first
step
or
where
their
career
will
will
pan
out
and
be
played
out.
Q
We
also
given
continued
programmatic
support
to
our
mayor's
Council
on
liability
and
aging
and
the
mayor's
Council
on
disability,
and
those
are
two
councils
that
I
personally
serve
as
the
the
ason
for
our
seniors
and
our
older
adults
in
our
city.
Q
They
want
to
be
heard
and
they
want
to
feel
as
if
are
part
of
the
Chad
niga
plan,
and
we
work
with
them
in
such
a
way
so
to
make
sure
that
they
know
full
well
that
they
are
and
that
they
can
use
their
voices
in
a
in
Collective
ways
to
be
able
to
speak
for
the
needs
and
the
issues
of
their
respective
community.
Q
And
the
same
is
the
case
with
our
disabled
Community,
for
they
do
have
monthly
meetings,
I
Serv
as
the
staff
liaison
for
those
monthly
Council
meetings,
and
we
have
several
additional
meetings
as
needed
throughout
the
month
to
deal
with
a
V
variety
of
their
concerns
and
interest
around
city
services
around
City
programs
and
just
the
needs
that
they
see
within
their
communities.
Q
We
were
pleased
on
this
year
that
the
mayor
gave
us
the
designation
dur
during
the
month
of
August
as
older
Americans
month,
and
this
was
our
first
I
guess,
designated
older
American
month
in
the
city
of
Chattanooga,
and
so
during
the
month
of
August.
The
mayor's
Council
on
Li
billing
and
aging
had
four
big
events
to
include
a
conference
for
seniors.
Q
Q
Al
They
also
reached
out
to
different
Community
part
partners
and
garnered
the
support
of
of
a
Medicare
MYRY
to
hold
a
senior
Cruise,
and
then,
lastly,
they
had
an
event
that
featured
like
aging
well
and
and
still
grooving,
to
be
able
to
highlight
the
importance
of
seniors
being
able
to
recreate
use.
Our
recreation
centers
use
our
places
of
enjoyment
to
in
our
cities
and
just
to
highlight
the
fact
that
they
are
still
thriving
and
an
active
part
of
our
community
and
our
city.
Q
So,
as
far
as
goals
going
forward
in
my
role
as
program,
specialist
I
work
to
support
the
overall
programming
of
all
divisions
of
our
department.
So,
as
you
hear
about
some
of
the
things
that
the
of
the
the
directors
and
the
other
members
of
our
department
have
planned,
my
job
is
to
in
many
ways
provide
the
program,
programmatic
thrust
and
support
to
those
efforts
as
needed.
Q
You
all
may
be
familiar
with
them,
but
they
have
become
very
prevalent
in
our
Workforce
and
they
were
started
back
in
the
60s
as
a
at
Xerox
to
be
quite
Frank
as
a
way
to
engage
and
give
a
release
and
an
outlet
for
African-American
employees
that
were
dealing
a
with
a
lot
of
things
in
the
workforce
in
terms
of
civil
rights
and
and
concerns
at
that
time
and
over
you
know,
the
the
the
next
50
years,
they've
grown
in
popularity
and
most
organizations,
be
it
government,
be
it
public
or
private.
Q
Non
profit
have
instituted
some
type
of
employee
Resource
Group,
to
give
employees
that
support
and
identity
and
Foster
diversity
and
inclusion
amongst
employees,
and
we
know
that
people
who
feel
as
though
they're
connected
and
they
they're
valued
they
can
produce
more
and
connect
more
and
be
successful
in
their
respective
workplaces.
So
this
year
our
department
is
pleased
that
we're
going
to
announ
to
launch
our
first
ERG
group,
which
is
going
to
be
the
lgbtqia
group.
Q
So
we're
looking
forward
to
working
on
that
and
have
begin
our
efforts
in
terms
of
reaching
out
to
people
who
want
to
be
champions
for
this
group
and
leaning
into
organizations
and
employers
within
the
city.
Who've
already
started
these
groups
and
I
guess
the
back
to
the
internship
program.
We
are
really
proud
of
this
group.
Q
Our
mayor
is
expressed
his
pleasure
and
and
our
internship
program,
and
so
we
really
want
to
strengthen
and
retool
this
program
so
that
we
can
really
grow
it
so
that
we
can
receive
more
funding
to
support
it.
As
you
know,
our
interns
are
paid,
we
pay
them
for
their
service.
Those
interance
that
serve
during
the
file
and
the
spring
are
paid
at
for
15
$15
an
hour
and
our,
and
they
work
for
15
hours
a
week
and
our
sum
interns
work
for
40
hours
a
week.
Q
So
we
want
to
see
more
students
come
through
this
program,
so
we're
going
to
focus
on
intake
process,
whereas
we
will
work
more
with
our
the
vendor
that
has
been
selected
to
provide
the
intake
and
do
all
the
processing
of
the
interns
in
terms
of
their
application
process,
to
make
that
a
little
bit
more
streamlined
and
user
friendly
for
the
interns
as
well
as
for
us
as
City
staff.
We
want
to
work
more
with
with
colleges
and
universities
within
our
vicinity.
Q
You
know
UTC
Covenant,
chattanoga,
State
Southern
to
take
advantage
of
opportunities
to
Market
and
recruit
our
program
to
these
schools
and
to
the
resped
programs,
and
we
also
just
want
to
expand
the
program.
Eventually,
we
would
like
to
expand
our
internship
so
that
we
include
not
only
student
groups
but
senior
groups
seniors
that
would
like
to
come
and
work
for
city
government
that
they
still
have
I
guess
great
skills
that
could
be
deployed
and
used
within
our
our
government,
as
well
as
our
disabled
population.
Q
Before
Co,
we
had
started
a
a
program
or
a
relationship
with
orange
Gro,
where
we
had
some
interns
to
come
over
and
work
with
us,
and
we
like
to
be
able
to
do
that
again,
but
in
a
more
Amplified
way,
and
so
we're
looking
forward
to
expanding
our
program
to
that
end,
and
then,
lastly,
and
and
I've
I've
already
mentioned
this,
but
we
do
want
to
work
to
amplify
the
visibility
and
Outreach
of
our
marage
Council
on
livability
and
our
Mar's
Council
on
disability
and
the
groups
that
they
represent.
Q
They
want
to
be
better
connected
to
government.
They
want
us
to
know
that
they
have
a
voice
and
that
their
voice
matters
and
we're
wanting
to
do
everything
that
we
can
in
order
to
do
just
that
and
have
it
demonstrated
through
our
programs
and
Outreach.
And
what
we're
doing
to
serve
these
individuals,
our
constituents
within
the
community?
That
is
my
presentation
and
do
you
all
have
any
questions
for
me.
A
A
Q
Thank
you
so
much
and
I
want
to
thank
those
of
you
who
have
taken
the
time
out
to
come
and
meet
with
the
interns
because
they
they
really
enjoy.
When
I
read
the
comments,
a
lot
of
the
comments
are
that
they
enjoy
most
and
got
so
much
value
out
of
the
time
that
they
spent
with
City
counil
and
just
getting
to
know
what
you
do
and
the
fact
that
you
took
time
out
of
your
busy
busy
schedules
to
share
with
them.
Q
R
You
hello
good
afternoon.
My
name
is
shadrina
Booker
I'm,
our
director
of
community
engagement
and
so
I
will
give
you
all
a
quick,
quick,
I'm
sure
you
all
are
ready
to
get
up
and
and
move
so
I
will
not
take
too
much
of
your
time.
I
just
wanted
to
talk
about
some
of
the
accomplishments
and
key
goals
in
in
my
specific
area,
all
of
which
are
geared
towards
making
our
community
a
better
and
more
Equitable
place
for
all
of
its
residents.
R
So
first
we've
made
significant
strides
by
developing
a
comprehensive
Community
engagement
and
Equity
strategy.
We
plan
to
use
this
as
a
framework
and
a
Guiding
Light
for
our
Collective
effort,
effs
to
ensure
that
every
voice
is
heard
and
every
individual
is
included
in
the
decision-making
processes
that
shape
our
city.
We
believe
that
true
process,
progress,
I'm
sorry,
can
only
be
achieved
when
we
work
together,
and
this
is
a
strategy
and
this
strategy
is
a
testament
to
our
commitments
to
Unity
and
Equity.
R
In
addition
to
this,
I've
continued
to
build
trusted
strategic
Partnerships,
both
within
our
city,
with
some
of
our
our
council
members
and
specific,
with
the
mayor's
Council
for
women.
Hopefully
Dr
bur
agrees
that
I've
tried
to
to
hopefully
build
that
partnership,
these
Partnerships
of
the
foundation
to
Building,
Bridges
of
understanding
and
and
collaboration
and
and
we'll
continue
to
do
so.
R
Some
of
the
key
goals
my
colleagues
have
have
talked
about
SEI
twice
already,
so
you
all
can
see
that
this
is
a
a
main
stay
and
and
a
and
a
key
goal
in
a
lot
of
our
areas.
So
like
they
mentioned,
we
are
a
part
of
the
deepening
the
bench
cohort
through
the
southern
City's
economic
inclusion
work
with
the
national
league
of
cities.
R
Chattanooga
is
one
of
16
cities
in
this
cohort,
and
the
project
is
centered
around
diminishing
barriers
for
minority
contractors
and
in
turn,
increasing
our
efforts
around
inclusive
procurement
practices.
We
are
also
partnering
with
the
office
of
Performance
Management
and
open
data
to
begin
capturing
engagement,
metrics
and
to
hopefully
create
a
shared,
comprehensive
calendar.
R
We've
seen
this
as
an
issue
internally,
and
we
believe
that
it
can
be
a
great
solution
externally
to
have
a
a
real,
comprehensive
calendar
on
what
is
going
on
within
the
city,
but
also
what
is
going
on
in
our
community.
We
find
that
a
lot
of
times,
groups
or
individuals
want
to
host
events,
and
they
are
seeking
very
similar
audiences
and
and
those
events
May
happen
on
the
same
day
and
they're
competing
against
each
other,
and
we
think
an
an
easy,
not
easy.
R
I'm
sure
it'll
be
a
large
task
to
take
on,
but
a
solution
to
that
can
be
to
have
one
central
location
to
to
house
all
of
this
information
so
trying
to
bring
in
a
different
departments
to
see
how
we
can
make
that
work
and
we'll
work
with
other
nonprofit
organizations
and
other
groups
and
individuals
that
have
that
desired
outcome
as
well.
Our
department
also
is
proud
to
lead
the
mayor's
youth
Council
this
year,
so
the
mayor's
youth
Council
this
year
is
comprised
of
42
exceptional
students
from
various
backgrounds.
R
We
have
students
from
11,
public,
high
schools,
six
private
schools
and
even
a
homeschooled
student.
This
year,
these
young
lead
leaders
definitely
represent
the
future
of
our
city
and
through
their
engagement
and
initiatives,
we
aim
to
empower
them
to
become
active
participants
in
shaping
what
is
to
come
for
our
future.
So
we
are
yeah
continuing
to
try
to
create
a
city
where
every
voice
is
heard,
every
opportunity
is
accessible
and
every
individual
thrives.
Any
questions
I
told
you
I
would
make
that
quick.
S
Thank
you
for
having
us,
I'm,
Kelly,
Val,
car
I'm.
Now
the
director
of
the
office
of
new
Americans.
It
is
a
new
office
here
with
the
city,
so
we've
just
opened
this
office
and
excited
to
get
work
to
work,
to
support
and
uplift.
S
Our
immigrant
communities
within
the
city
of
Chattanooga,
one
of
the
first
things
I
have
requested,
is
a
a
Google
translate
button
on
the
top
of
our
chattanooga.gov
website
to
make
our
website
accessible
in
90
languages
similar
to
that
of
many
other
City
governments,
just
to
make
sure
that
the
language
is
not
a
barrier
when
accessing
our
City
website.
We
also
have
began
establishing
relationships
with
key
stakeholders
in
Chattanooga
already
doing
the
important
work
of
immigrant
Services.
S
So
we've
worked
already
with
local
nonprofits
Community
organizations
and
educational
institutions
toward
addressing
the
unique
needs
of
our
immigrant
communities,
we're
also
going
to
be
participating
in
and
attending
the
Naturalization
ceremonies
at
our
courts.
We
have
one
two
coming
up
this
week,
so
we
get
to
watch
a
hundred
new
people
become
Americans
and
if
you've
never
seen
one
of
those
ceremonies,
they
are
just
thrilling.
They
are
so
so
wonderful
and
and
makes
you
so
grateful
for
everything
we
have.
S
Some
of
our
key
goals
are
to
determine
and
problem
solve
around
major
gaps
in
immigrant
services
in
Chattanooga,
as
I've
been
meeting
with
all
of
these
organizations.
Each
one
has
unique
issues
that
they've
identified
and
so
trying
to
problem
solve
around
those.
We
will
also
be
working
to
enhance
language
inclusivity.
S
I
have
a
bunch
of
meetings
scheduled
for
problem
solving
around
that
to
become
more
language,
inclusive
in
our
city
services,
and
also
facilitating
information
flow
between
these
different
organizations,
all
of
which
are
doing
great
work,
but
resources
could
definitely
be
shared
and
made
more
available
and
the
information
be
made
available
to
our
immigrant
population
in
a
more
systemic
manner.
So
it
is
our
goal
to
help
our
immigrants
kind
of
live
their
highest
Civic
potential
and
really
Empower
them.
T
You
thanks
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
you
all
Council.
It
is
great
to
be
working
for
the
city.
My
name
is:
pin
Lance
and
I.
Am
the
manager
of
Neighborhood
Services
Neighborhood
Services?
Is
a
division?
That's
been
around
for
a
long
time.
It
used
to
be
in
Community
Development,
but
right
now
with
we
are
with
our
friends
in
equity
and
Community
engagement.
But
our
mission
is
still
the
same.
Our
mission
is
to
empower
Chattanooga's
neighborhoods.
T
We
see
a
city
that
is
composed
of
healthy
and
thriving
neighborhoods
that
are
practicing
local
democracy
and
that
are
really
places
that
can
be
the
core
of
Civic
life
in
our
town.
I
wanted
to
highlight
a
couple
accomplishments
and
some
key
goals
that
have
been
accomplished
by
our
team
back
in
the
most
recent
fiscal
year,
the
team
which
they
are
right
over
there.
They
have
stayed
the
entire
time
that
is
fantastic.
They
actually
achieved
the
most
recent
fiscal
Year's
goal
twice.
T
So
our
initial
goal
of
establishing
an
increase
of
25%
of
neighborhood
associations.
They
blew
past
that
so
they're,
a
fantastic
team
that
are
working
to
increase
the
number
of
neighborhood
associations
back
to
Heights
that
we
hadn't
seen
in
quite
a
while.
So
our
most
recent
accomplishment
is
reestablishing
the
level
of
neighborhood
associations
back
to
preco
numbers.
T
So
back
in
the
past
several
several
years
ago,
neighborhood
associations
used
to
be
at
a
level
of
about
135
150,
with
a
lot
of
aging
and
a
lot
of
change
in
the
city
plus
with
coid.
It
brought
that
number
down
to
52
and
in
the
past
months
and
year
since
I've
been
on,
the
team
has
been
working
to
bring
that
number
up
and
we
currently
have
85
registered
neighborhood
associations
with
us.
T
Our
current
goal
is
to
get
neighborhood
associations
by
June
30
to
100,
but
the
way
that
we
are
working
and
the
way
that
we
are
getting
the
response
from
the
community.
It's
a
great
response.
We
think
that
we
will
hit
that
goal
by
December
1st
and
get
to
130
by
June
30th,
so
we're
setting
our
sites
High
we're
getting
great
responses
from
the
people,
we're
very
happy
with
it.
T
T
We
want
to
raise
the
number
of
neighborhood
associations,
but
we
want
to
be
specific
and
intelligent
and
strategic
about
where
we
do
it
again.
There's
85
registered
neighborhood
associations
all
across
the
city,
but
they're
not
distributed
equally
districts,
1,
2,
3
and
four.
Don't
have
many
neighborhood
associations
registered
with
us
at
all
and
I
think
that's
a
function
of
two
things.
I
think
it's
function
of
geography,
often
times
in
more
Suburban
districts.
T
The
geography
impedes
sort
of
natural
getting
together,
it's
it's
not
as
easy
to
get
together
and
your
city
isn't
divided
into
blocks
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
But
then
two
we
just
haven't
focused
on
it.
So
we're
really
focusing
on
increasing
neighborhood
associations
in
those
districts
and
and
that's
not
saying
that
we're
not
paying
attention
to
5
through
nine.
We
very
much
are
we're
working
to
support
them,
which
would
be
the
next
goal.
So
we
are
working
to
reestablish
the
grant
making
and
the
leadership
development
programs.
T
We
are
going
to
be
having
our
neighborhood
grant
program,
it's
going
to
open
October
16th,
this
upcoming
October
and
we're
going
to
be
taking
grants
from
registered
neighborhood
associations
here
at
the
city.
So
if
you
have
HOAs
or
neighborhood
groups
out
there
that
aren't
registered
yet
bring
them
to
my
office
neighborhoods
at
chattanooga.gov,
let's
get
them
registered,
so
they
can
compete
and
collaborate
for
a
grant.
We're
going
to
be
doing
all
kinds
of
Grants
sign.
Toppers
engagement,
accelerators,
beautification
history-
we
want.
T
We
just
want
people
participating
in
that
and
we
are
also
working
on
leadership,
development
programs.
We
have
done
this
in
the
past
and
it
was
very
successful.
It's
been
done
for
many
years
across
many
administrations
and
we
just
want
to
revamp
that
and
get
that
going
in
Spring
of
2024,
with
an
emphasis
on
finding
new
leaders
out
there
in
the
community.
T
Our
community
leaders
that
we
have
of
the
neighborhood
associations
often
times
sit
on
their
their
Church
boards
and
nonprofit
boards
boards
with
the
city
and
often
times
they
can
get
tapped
out
and
that
can
actually
lead
to
a
decrease
in
the
number
of
neighborhood
associations,
not
something
that
we
want.
So
we
want
to
activate
and
energize
new
individuals,
new
chattanoogans,
to
take
ownership
of
their
communities
and
then
finally,
we
want
to
connect
more
neighborhood
associations
with
each
other.
T
One
of
our
interns
from
the
internship
program
through
ECE
interviewed
30
neighborhood
associations
about
what
we
as
an
office
could
be
doing
better
for
them,
and
they
said
that
specifically,
they
want
time
and
space
to
collaborate
with
each
other
on
problem,
solving
and
issue
development,
and
so
we
are
working
at
creating
those
spaces
and
those
structures
and
those
groups.
So
with
that
I'll
yield
the
questions.
If
there
are
any
all.
B
Madam
chair
no
questions.
We
are
running
out
of
time
this
afternoon,
but
I
did
want
to
say
paren.
Thank
you
for
the
work
you're
doing
in
District
4.
You
have
attended
meetings
with
me
with
community
members.
You
have
engaged,
you
have
followed
up,
we're
upping
the
number
of
registered
organizations
and
I
see
some
really
good
work
happening
in
District
4.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
P
No,
no
no
I
was
just
going
to
thank
you
all
for
allowing
us
to
do
that.
We
have
some
additional
priorities
that
we
will
be
engaged
in
and,
if
there's
any
questions
that
you
have
and
any
of
our
divisions,
please
feel
free
to
pass
those
on
to
me
and
we'll
get
those
responses
to
you.
F
F
Moved
minute
being
efficient,
okay,
all
right,
Madam
clerk.
Can
we.
F
Shut
down,
okay,
we're
gonna
we're
going
to
go
to
First
reading
on
station
e,
f
and
g.
F
K
K
B
B
H
That
all
right
in
front
of
you
is
an
item
to,
as
they
say,
write
the
plan
then
work
the
plan,
and
when
you
adopted
the
parks
Outdoors
plan,
we
got
to
work
working
the
plan.
So
this
is
step
four.
Let
me
just
run
through
these
briefly.
First,
she
said
focus
on
our
existing
parks
and
programs.
You
can
read
as
well
as
I
can
up
there,
but
we're
moving
ground
moving
dirt
and
moving
progress
on
upfitting,
upgrading
and
fixing
our
existing
parks
and
our
existing
Urban
infrastructure
as
well
key
item.
H
I'll
call
out
that
we'll
spend
time
on
next
week
in
the
week's
coming
is
the
introduction
of
a
new
vision
for
monteu
Park
that
will
be
unveiled
to
the
public
next
week.
Pretty
exciting
opportunity.
There
next
was
to
go
ahead
and
work
on
city-
owned
properties
and
create
an
Urban
Ecology
system
that
is
underway
thanks
to
the
great
help
of
our
Public
Works
colleagues
Additionally,
you
probably
read
in
the
newspaper
Anna
matthys
and
Pete
Stewart,
our
Forester
brought
$6
million
in
new
funding
from
the
federal
government
for
urban
forestry
in
our
community
this
week.
H
That's
the
single
largest
infusion
of
money,
onetime
money
for
forestry
in
the
history
of
the
city,
and
our
credit
goes
to
those
two
individuals
as
well.
Next
is
be
declar,
the
first
national
park
city
in
North,
America,
well,
surprise,
surprise,
National,
Geographic
and
the
national
park
city
folks
agree
with
that
vision
and
have
accelerated
us
with
Rotterdam,
Glasgow
and
gallway
to
accelerate
progress
and
assigned
us
Adelaide
as
our
peer
and
that's
on
track.
As
well,
and
the
reason
I'm
here
to
talk
to
you
today,
you
said:
create
a
parks
and
Outdoors
advisory
commission.
H
First
question:
why
have
it
well,
we
got
to
have
it
if
we
want
to
be
accredited
and
this
department
and
this
city
deserve
an
accredited
parks
department.
That
is
a
requirement.
Why
is
it
needed?
Well
peer
cities?
Do
this
it's
a
way
to
do
a
lot
of
good
things.
I'll
talk
about
in
a
second,
but
these
are
cities
that
also
deploy
advisory
committees
to
strengthen
you
as
the
elected
officials
and
give
you
a
resource,
as
you
have
to
make
policy
decisions
and
decide
where
to
spend
your
limited
time,
energy
and
resources
as
well.
H
So
we
going
to
bring
some
bent
strength
to
you.
All.
The
commission
goal
has
a
couple
goals
in
front
of
it.
One
is
we
want
to
increase
resident
engagement
and
empowerment.
Good
governance
starts
with
good
engagement.
It's
another
tool
for
us
to
get
more
residents
engaged
in
the
park
system
that
they
love
so
so
dearly
improve
competitiveness,
a
lot
of
Grants
and
applications
we
apply
for
ask:
do
we
have
an
advisory
committee
advising
you
as
city
council?
H
H
Does
this
fee
make
sense
before
we
come
to
you
for
review
and
approval
as
well
and
gives
you
a
group
of
leaders
in
the
community
that
you
can
count
on
for
their
expertise,
their
time
and
their
commitment
to
help
us
make
the
best
decisions
for
Chattanooga
going
forward,
and
we
want
to
be
very
intentional
here
and
Link
precise
District
level
knowledge
with
Broad
City
goals?
H
That's
why
you
see
in
the
proposal
council
member
districts
get
a
representation,
and
then
we
have
six
at
large,
so
we're
balancing
both
of
those
the
expertise
at
each
district
and
then
Broad
City
goals
as
well,
and
then.
Finally,
this
group
has
some
immediate
tasks,
we're
going
to
get
on
them
on
because
we're
getting
to
work
here.
One
is
implementation
of
the
pop.
How
do
we
turn
that
from
words
into
actions
we're
interested
in
verbs
right
now?
The
wck
plan
is
next
up.
H
How
do
we
develop
a
recreation
plan
that
serves
our
community
in
a
21st
century
way?
That's
about
to
go
out.
Recreation
patterns
from
1950?
Don't
work
anymore.
We
need
a
new
plan
to
take
us
forward
and
as
they
sayate
to
where
the
puck
is
going
to
be,
this
Advisory
Board
is
going
to
help
us
do
that
and
then
the
equity
accelerator
project
that
we
are
very
excited
and
very
privileged
to
be
a
part
of
on
with
TPL.
H
How
do
we
take
Equity
again
and
turn
it
into
a
verb,
not
only
in
terms
of
Investments
but
programming
and
activation
as
well?
We're
going
to
ask
the
advisory
committee
to
lean
into
these
and
bring
recommendations
to
you
forward
that
turn
these
into
action.
The
proposed
composition
is
pretty
straightforward
and
pretty
standard.
Quite
frankly,
for
most
local
governments,
you
have
District
Representatives
that'll,
be
made
up
by
members.
You
appoint
there'll,
be
six
members
by
the
mayor
for
Citywide.
He
won't
be
tied
to
a
specific
District.
Three-Year
terms
will
stagger
them
to
start.
H
So
we
get
a
good
rotation.
They
are
advisory
and
capacity
only
so
they
provide
you
with
advice
that
we'll
bring
forward
monthly
meetings
12
per
year
and,
as
I
learned
from
a
very
good
person,
keep
those
to
1.15
hours,
and
that
way
you
keep
people
involved.
So
we're
going
to
be
very
keen
on
making
sure
those
are
disciplined
and
focused.
H
So
we
get
the
best
of
those
folks
time
that
are
contributing
it
to
us
and
then
it'll
be
staffed
by
us
and
administration,
and
my
colleague,
Mr
noblet
will
provide
the
legal
support
as
well
as
needed,
which
probably
isn't
a
lot
and
major
major
major
note.
These
are
all
public
meetings
as
well
and
we'll
make
sure
they're
probably
moved
around
the
community.
H
As
my
thinking
as
we
get
this
thing
started,
so
we
can
go
and
see,
see
the
parks
see
the
center
see
the
communities
we
serve
as
well
gives
us
a
lot
of
flexibility
there.
The
next
steps
next
week
we're
going
to
ask
you
to
take
this
up
to
create
the
parks
and
Outdoors
advisory
commission
we're
going
to
ask
if
you're,
okay
with
it
I'd
like
to
get
it
out
today.
I
don't
need
a
vote,
but
just
a
general
nod
to
get
the
application
process
out
and
online.
H
So
we
can
begin
receiving
interest
I,
anticipate,
probably
because
I
love,
Parks,
but
I
anticipate
a
lot
of
interest
in
this.
So
we
want
to
be
able
to
get
that
and
get
it
out
to
you
as
well.
So
you
get
those
applications
and
have
plenty
of
time
to
review
the
candidates
that
apply
from
your
districts
as
well,
and
we
want
to
stand
you
up
and
support
you.
H
We
can
to
get
really
good
candidates
and
make
sure
they're
in
front
of
you
for
your
consideration,
aiming
for
the
end
of
October
to
make
those
appointments,
because
we're
aiming
towards
the
first
organizing
meeting
for
this
commission
to
occur
in
November,
and
then
we
get
to
work
continuing
the
work
of
building
the
city
in
a
park.
That's
what
I
had
for
you.
Mr
committee,
chair.
F
C
Ch,
thank
you
Mr
chair.
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
that
I
I
Scott
I
got
several
questions
one
and
the
first
one
may
be
from
the
chief
thank.
C
G
We
could
easily
make
that
change.
It
doesn't
necessarily
need
to
be
under
part
under
the
mayor's
office
right
chis.
C
G
C
All
just
curious,
Scott,
I,
I
guess
you
know
the
pop
was
was
big,
a
lot
of
words
and
takes
me
a
long
time
to
read
a
lot
of
words.
I
did
go
through
it.
I
guess!
That's
one
thing
that
I
really
didn't
pick
up,
that
we
were
to
appoint
a
commission
and
you
used
the
word
several
times
during
your
presentation
committee.
Why
is
this
a
commission
and
not
a
committee.
H
Yeah
and
I'm
I'm
agnostic
on
terminology
in
our
general
work
as
advisory
commissions
I'm
used
to
using
the
word
commission
rather
than
committee,
because
it's
an
appointed
body
advisory
I
can't
speak
to
Chattanooga's
pattern.
It's
it's
really
separate
for
me.
I
thought
committees
were
reserved
for
sub
bodies
of
city
council,
but
again,
like
Chief
agnostic
on
the
exact
terminology.
Commission
is
just
generally
used
in
the
Parks
industry
and
it's
a
term.
We
use
a
lot.
C
I,
I,
guess
and
the
reason
I
bring
this
up.
Several
years
years
ago,
public
art
was
within
the
city,
Department
MH.
We
created
an
Arts
commission
and
moved
it
out
from
underneath
the
city,
two
things
and
I
guess.
Is
there
I
mean?
Is
there
any
Vision
or
thought
of
moving
our
Parks
out
from
under
no
City
Department.
H
C
To
me,
a
commission
is
a
little
more
significant
than
a
committee
and
and
I
just
you
know,
with
with
us,
having
to
created
an
Arts
commission
and
moving
that
out
from
underneath.
The
purview
really
of
of
this
Council
gave
me
a
a
little
bit
of
pause
so
other
than
one
member
has
to
be
21
or
younger
there.
Any
other
requirements,
or
what
are
we
looking
for
in
this
board?.
H
Yeah
and
this,
let
me
editorialize
if
I
can
we're
looking
for
voices
that
love
and
use
their
Parks
today
tomorrow
and
forever
we're
looking
for
our
guests
to
to
be
on
here.
That's
that's!
The
push
I
would
make
out
to
y'all
is.
Is
the
folks
who
use
the
parks
use
the
system
on
a
daily
basis,
so
we
hear
from
them.
H
Who
to
who
to-
and
we
did
call
out
a
youth
member
intentionally-
that's
also
a
growing
requirement
in
our
industry
to
make
sure
I
read.
Council
member
Hill
said
it
very
well
make
sure
the
folks
who
are
going
to
enjoy
the
parks
are
at
the
table
as
well,
which
is
our
key.
So.
C
The
requirement
of
once
a
month
I
mean
that's
pretty
intense
when
you're
talking
about
a
committee,
this
size
getting
together
every
month
and
I
and
I
noticed
it
talks
about
having
a
quorum
for
the
transaction
of
any
business.
What
what
business
do
you
anticipate
this
body
doing.
H
H
H
No
control
but
advice
and
advisory
capacity
would
be
that
andol.
H
Yeah
the
control
we
exert
as
administrators
is
what's
a
rental
fee
for
a
for
a
field.
What's
our
fee
and
and
use
policy.
What's
our
partnership
policy,
when
we
let
Partners
come
in
use
facilities,
just
the
standard
stuff
we
bring
to
youall,
okay,.
C
C
All
right,
let
me
see
and
well
I
so
I
guess,
because
you're
making
recommendations
and
I'm
assuming
that
they'll
also
vote
U
on
these
recommendations.
That's
where
the
staff
memb
is
going
to
be
needed
to
bring
that
back
to
council
for
a
recommendation.
Yes,
sir
okay,
so
it
it
kind
of
feels
like
the
nine
of
us,
are
going
to
sit
back
and
just
wait
for
the
commission
to
bring
us
some
recommendations
rather
than
us
cuz.
You
know
and
the
reason
I
bring
that
up.
I
would
say
each
one
of
us.
C
H
I,
probably
don't
read
it
I've,
never
thought
of
it
in
that
way,
but
that
may
be
the
cities
I've
worked
in
when
I
was
in
Boise.
The
advisory
committee
was
a
resource
city
council,
leaned
on
and
said
we
got
some
tough
stuff
here.
Will
you
guys
help
us
work
on
it
and
Council
took
its
own
direction
as
well,
but
it
was
a
very
collaborative
relationship
it
gave.
H
One
more
check
gave
one
more
input
for
visitors
and
guests
in
the
park
system:
U
Mr
Henderson,
so
it
was
really
a
strength
multiplier
in
that
case,
and
it
was
particularly
a
strength
multiplier
for
the
Department
to
connect
with
the
community
and
connect
with
the
residents
with
another
layer
without
overwhelming
our
city
council,
that's
dealing
with
the
airport
and
the
airport
and
the
police
and
a
ton
of
stuff.
It
gave
him
another
piece
of
bench
strength
so
it
it's
definitely
a
collaborative
governance
model.
C
F
Councilman
this
this
concludes
the
session
for
you
guys,
but
we're
going
to
have
a
session
with
the
attorneys
right.
Thank
you.