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Chattanooga City Council Agenda Session - 7/25/23
A
25Th
agenda
session
to
order
can
I
get
approval
on
the
minutes.
Okay,
many
stand
without
objection.
Council.
If
you
will
take
a
look
at
your
agenda
for
today,
ordinance
on
ordinances
on
the
final
reading,
we
have
one
plan
and
item.
If
you
have
any
comments
or
questions,
please
raise
your
hand
until
we
get
this
board
fixed,
please!
So,
just
let
me
know
okay
here
it
is
okay,
we're
ready,
Council
on
the
hill;
oh,
no,
nothing
all
right!
Okay,
all
right!
Look
at
ordinances
on
the
first
reading
hit
your
like.
B
D
C
E
A
A
F
D
D
While
we
work
to
bring
our
existing
Park
into
compliance
with
what
the
new
park
will
look
like,
and
we
will
have
a
public
safety
committee
meeting
next
week
in
which
myself
and
police
department
will
give
kind
of
a
progress
report
on
the
where
we
are.
Why
we're
here,
where
we're
going
and
all
that
good
stuff
so
and
then
the
park
members
will
also
be
here
for
that
as
well
and
that'll
be
next
week.
F
F
A
matrix
percent
of
this
is
these:
are
the
responsibilities
and
capabilities
of
the
park
board
currently
here
in
column,
two
is
what
the
state
will
allow
pros
and
cons
of
those,
so
that
we
can
all
see
at
a
glance
where
the
state
is
mandating
that
we
had
so
that
we
can
decide
as
a
city
council
how
best
we
can
ensure
that
everyone
in
the
city
of
Chattanooga
is
feel
safe
and
confident
in
our
Police
Department
I.
Don't
want
us
to
end
up
with
something
that
doesn't
have
any
teeth.
G
Thank
you
chair
and
District
9.
We
too,
you
know.
Well,
it
was
a
part.
Several
of
us
was
a
part
of
trying
to
put
the
park
board
together
and
what
the
state
has
decided
to
do
is.
Ultimately,
what
we
tried
to
do
at
the
beginning
was
hiring
the
executive
director
over
the
park
board
at
the
beginning,
and
we
decided
not
to
go
that
direction
because
of
funding
and
so
Knoxville
and
several
other
municipalities.
G
We
just
got
to
be
honest
about
what
it
is,
but
I
do
have
confidence
in
our
Police
Department
to
where
our
chief
of
police
that
she
will
be
able
to
say
you
know
hey.
This
was
wrong.
This
is
this.
This
is
this.
This
is
this,
and
that's
just
the
way
that
it's
going
to
be
unless
we
become
bold
enough
as
a
council
to
say
you
know
what
we
gonna
push
the
issue
with
the
state
and
if
they
overturn
what
we
do,
then
so
be
it.
G
But
if
we
don't
ever
push
back
on
what
they're
saying
that
we
have
to
do
it
serve
us,
no
purpose
we're
just
creating
stuff
and
they
still
guiding
everything
without
us.
Even
saying
listen.
This
is
how
we
wanted
to
work
for
our
city,
no
we're
not
willing
to
say
that
so
we're
like
step
children
where
they're
slapping
us
on
the
hand
I
already
saying:
okay.
Well,
here's
the
threat
of
it
right.
A
A
A
F
E
Believe
Valerie
in
my
office
was
at
least
preparing
those
changes
here.
It
was
just
unfortunately,
right
now
just
have
two
303
22
that
she's
trying
to
make
an
amendment
to
here.
I
will
be
glad
to
give
you
information.
She
was
here
last
week
and
did
not
tell
me
exactly
what
changes
she
was
going
to
make,
but
I
will
include
those
and
give
you
an
update
here
if
you
need
it
this
afternoon,
okay,.
F
F
I
There's
actually
no
residency
requirement
for
the
Metropolitan
Airport
Authority
in
four
years.
As
long
as
it's
existed,
there
have
been
members
from
North,
Georgia,
Bradley,
County
and
other
surrounding
areas,
there's
actually
from
the
previous
administration,
one
resident
of
Cleveland
and
one
resident
of
Dalton
currently
serving
on
the
board.
Okay,.
A
G
Right,
thank
you.
Oh
it
just
came
across
my
mind.
We
can
go
back
again
because
I
know
Brooke.
You
know
made
her
plea
about
what
they
would
like
to
see
with
the
park
thing,
but
it's
really.
It's
all
to
the
council.
I
like
it
and
the
chip
is
over
our
Public
Safety
department,
like
we
should
talk
about
it
in
the
committee
about
what
our
strategic
planning
like
what
would
we
like
our
Park
Board
to
be
crafted
to
be
so?
It's
not
just
our
Administration
saying
here's
a
document
we
want
you
to
follow.
G
We
we
don't
got
got
into
too
much
scrutiny
over
that
kind
of
stuff,
we're
the
legislative
body,
and
if
we
want
to
look
at
what
the
state
is
saying
hey,
this
is
what
we
can
go
by
then
we
should
at
least
participate
it
and
say:
okay,
let's
see
what
our
shared
ideas
are.
Let's
see
what
we
have,
let's
see
what
the
state
recommended
and
then
we
go
from
there
or
unless
Brooke
and
the
administration
is
willing
to
work
alongside
with
Council.
G
A
J
K
C
Thank
you
chair
a
quick
question
for
anybody
who
can
answer
this.
Maybe
it's
public
War
Bill.
Do
you
know
if
what
the
new
average
is
for
individual
Homes
at
some
point,
probably
about
four
or
five
years
ago,
we
were
at
about
fifteen
thousand
to
17
18
000
to
demo
like
say
a
small
structure.
Do
you
know
if
that
number
I
mean?
Obviously
things
have
have
risen
like
everywhere,
but
do
you
know
if
we
have
a
new
number
I.
L
Do
not
know
off
the
top
of
my
head.
What
that
number
is
but
be
happy
to
give
us
Community
Development
as
well,
and
take
a
look
at
that
number
this.
This
is
I,
didn't
look
at
it
for
this
particular
contract
because
or
for
this
resolution,
because
this
is
not
a
a
new
contract.
So
this
was
not
a
rebid,
so
right,
I
would
just
have
to
look
back
at
that
I'm
just
curious
in
tracking.
J
K
K
K
K
Pump
Station
safety
improvements
to
JS,
Heron,
Construction,
Company,
Inc
of
Etowah
Tennessee,
the
plant
station
improvements
and
upgrades
at
Brainerd,
Golf,
Course,
McMurray,
Hills,
Brainerd,
Manor,
Hixson,
2
and
Central
Avenue
in
the
amount
of
15
million
five
hundred
thirty
eight
thousand
dollars
with
a
contingency
in
the
amount
of
one
million
five
hundred
fifty
three
thousand
eight
hundred
dollars
for
a
total
amount
of
17
million.
Ninety
one
thousand
eight
hundred
dollars.
J
M
Any
opposed,
thank
you
very
much.
We
have
three
issues
today:
an
update
on
the
status
of
the
short-term
vacation
rental
tax
rates
and
vis-a-vis
Tennessee
law,
and
that
will
be
Vicky,
followed
by
the
status
of
enforcement
of
unlicensed
stbrs
I.
Guess,
that's
Chris
and
the
administrative
hearing
officer,
updated,
I,
think
and
that'll
be
Mike,
correct,
John,
guys.
I
N
M
N
M
N
N
M
E
Yes,
ma'am,
there
has
actually
been
I
guess
a
ruling
by
the
court
of
appeals
saying
that
that
assessment
was
appropriate,
at
least
for
those
that
were
in
a
I,
guess,
a
Condominium
Association
type
development
for
short-term
rentals
and
we're
waiting
on
the,
whether
that
is
appeal
to
the
Supreme
Court
at
this
point
in
time
for
additional
ruling.
But
at
this
point
in
time
there
is
a
ruling,
at
least
under
a
Condominium
Association.
M
M
N
The
other
one
was
to
take
a
look
at
the
parcels
that
had
been
identified
and
we
had
a
staff
member
go
through
and
look
at
the
County
assessment
and
to
the
best
of
our
knowledge,
we've
came
up
with
about
a
253
000
difference
that
would
be
assuming
that
all
of
those
could
be
taxed
at
a
commercial
rate
and
I
know
that
11
of
those
were
already
tax,
Tif
Parcels.
So
we
don't
get
all
of
that
and
a
few
of
them
were
listed
as
multi-use
and
we're
not
sure
whether
those
are
residential
or
commercial.
N
O
N
M
Well,
I
think
what
you
said
is
important
and
if
we
could
get
together
a
one-page
bullet
statement
of
what
you
just
said,
the
law
is
in
limbo.
Right
now,
it's
on
appeal
right
now:
we've
identified
200,
Parcels
I,
don't
know
it's
336
whatever
it
is
right
now
the
increase
would
amount
to
approximately
does,
and
so
the
externalities
are
affecting
it
are
whether
or
not
it
was
had
other
obligations
like
Tiff
or
whatever
taxes
yeah,
so
that
we
know
where
we
stay
until
that
we
can
move
immediately
forward.
Okay,.
I
C
E
C
M
E
F
Not
only
is
it
an
advantage
in
a
Hospitality
environment,
but
also
we
are
creating
a
disadvantage
and
a
separate
conversation
in
that
affordable
housing
in
an
apartment
style
is
build
at
a
corporate
tax
rate
and
actually
the
cost
for
that
commercial
tax
adds
a
hundred
dollars
a
month
to
every
door.
Yes,
100
a
month
to
a
lease.
It's
a
lot.
Thank
you.
M
I
Chris,
yes,
ma'am
great,
to
see
you
today
afternoon,
Council
I'm,
going
to
hand
most
of
this
off
to
Mike,
but
I
wanted
to
give
you
an
overview
of
where
we've
been
for
the
last
five
weeks
since
he
was
appointed.
This
is
a
new
process,
so
Mike
and
I
have
been
working
together,
along
with
other
City
staff,
to
kind
of
build
this
together.
It's
not
something
an
aho
should
walk
into
and
be
told
here.
I
The
procedures
we're
creating
this,
so
he
is
an
equal
partner
in
this
I
feel
really
fortunate
that
we've
had
him
during
this
process
he's
really
been
invaluable.
You
made
a
wise
choice
in
choosing
him,
so
just
a
few
high
level
overview
items
he
will
have
his
proceedings
in
courtroom
too,
which
is
where
Chattanooga
city
court
is
held
the
day
and
time
each
week
is
still
being
worked
out
depending
on
where
there
is
room,
so
we
don't
cause
the
judge,
any
inconvenience
and
the
city
court
clerk's
office
will
be
handling
all
of
the
paperwork.
I
I
We
will
be
starting
a
new
enforcement
process
soon.
We
are
not
yet
ready
to
start
that
and
Mike's
going
to
go
into
kind
of
what
leads
into
that
and
the
things
that
he
has
been
working
on
as
well,
since
the
moratorium
was
lifted.
If
I
ask
all
of
you,
how
many
applications
are
we
going
to
have
on
the
first
day,
you
probably
would
have
guessed
a
hundred
or
more.
Like
me,
we
had
zero
for
the
first
week,
which
to
me
indicates
probably
a
little
bit
of
Market
saturation.
I
I
M
C
C
O
O
C
Now
Mike
I
want
to
make
clear
because
I
know
the
Press
is
in
the
room.
We're
not
talking
about
overgrown
grass
and
items
of
that
nature
is
not
my
my
point.
My
point
is
the
illegal
dumping,
the
trash
and
litter
that
we
see,
for
example,
one
morning,
thankfully,
the
city
responded
Ryan.
If
you're
in
the
room
thanks
very
much
medical
waste
was
dumped
on
the
side
of
the
road,
was
very
dangerous,
containing
needles
and
and
just
I'll
stop
there
and
luckily
I'm,
thankfully,
the
city,
whoever
had
to
do
that.
C
I
appreciate
them
very
much,
and
the
same
thing
has
happened
at
intersections
in
the
city
where
I've
worked
with
constituents.
Those
are
the
kinds
of
things
that
I
think
is
what
we're
referring
to.
Not
not
someone's
overgrown
grass,
so
I
want
to
make
sure
we're
real
clear
on
I
guess
the
parameters
that
we're
we're
defining.
O
C
M
O
And
that
again
goes
all
the
way
to
the
the
sort
of
the
lowest
common
denominator
of
this
process
is,
as
I
said,
in
June
the
inspection
assets
right
that
the
city
enables
are
going
to
make
a
huge
difference
in
how
we,
how
we
see
this
play
out.
Thank
you,
but
I
I
will
hopefully
by
Labor
Day.
We
will
have
a
process
that
enables
the
hearing
of
citations
that
are
issued.
O
O
O
So
it's
good
to
know
that
we've
got
a
good
City
core
clerk's
office
already
in
place
then
met
last
week
with
Land
Development
with
Dallas
and
one
of
the
Bright
Young
inspectors
over
there
Levi,
and
also
attended
my
aho
training
about
a
week
after
you
appointed
me.
I
did
that
through
mtas
and
it
was,
it
was
pretty
easy
process,
so
I'm
I'm
certified
to
date.
There
will
be
another
training
in
October
which
I'm
required
to
attend.
O
We
have
discussed
Phil,
Chris
and
I
and
Dallas.
Now
the
the
all
the
forms
from
the
citation
all
the
way
through
to
a
final
order
and
findings
of
fact
and
conclusions
of
law,
we've
begun:
Document
Preparation
we're
in
the
early
stages
of
that
those
documents.
That's
really
the
key
here.
Those
documents
have
to
be
created,
we've
got
to
it.
We've
got
to
create
the
citation
form,
that's
going
to
work
with
the
process,
and
we've
got
to
train
the
inspectors
on
it.
D
O
To
do,
we've
talked
about
training.
We've
talked
about
courtroom
clerk,
the
appeal
process,
I've
talked
to
the
Clerk
and
Master,
because
what
this
office
needs
to
do
when
there
is
an
appeal
is
be
able
to
hand
a
file
to
Chancery
that
meets
chancery's
expectations.
I,
don't
want
to
disappoint
anyone
from
start
to
finish.
We
need
to
be
competent
at
what
we
do.
We
need
to
consider
court
reporters
scheduling,
file,
Administration
court
cost
policy
and
that
that
really
covers
it.
All.
We've
we've
got
the
team
together,
everyone
has
been
responsive.
O
I
think
it's
important
and
I
I
think
as
I
see
this
Administration
operate
outcomes
are
important,
so
measuring
what
we,
what
we
gain
in
terms
of
remediation,
how
much
goes
to
fines
and
then
we
talked
last
time
about
referrals
for
assistance,
which
I
think
is
important
too,
because
I
don't
want
to
leave
that
third
rail
off
of
this,
because
sometimes
it's
not
going
to
be
money,
it's
going
to
be
finding
someone
that
needs
something
done,
the
help
they
need.
So
we're
going
to
be
cognizant
of
that.
O
It's
the
densification
of
this
city,
it's
more
people
living
in
the
same
space,
the
same
acres
and
all
the
things
that
come
with
it
yeah,
and
as
long
as
you
enable
the
citation
to
move
down
that
Avenue
of
office
of
administrative
hearing
officer,
then
you
know.
Maybe
we
move
some
things
out
of
City
Court
some
things
linger
in
city
court
and
keep
coming
back,
because
it's
just
easier
to
write
the
check
yeah
so
that
that
Dynamic,
at
least
will
will
change.
I
No
Mike
and
I
have
gone
over
this
about
three
times
since
we
were
requested
to
be
here
and
I
feel
like
he
covered
all
the
areas
that
we've
been
working
on
every
day
for
the
last
five
weeks.
Okay,
it's
a
process.
It's
going
to
take
a
little
bit
longer,
but
we
are
moving
it
Forward
literally
every
day,
guys.