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Chattanooga City Council Meeting - 02-21-23

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We've done when the kids went to a tournament, we've done the drinks. We've done that and you don't ever want to.

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Thank you note for anything and that's why you stay Anonymous, but tonight I can't be anonymous, because it's not about me it's about a team of young men who are outstanding, who wrote, who won a state championship and I expected to see balloons in the sky I expected to see parades down the street I mean here are public schools with something really wonderful happening um so tonight I thought you know we need to do that and we have a group of young men here who are outstanding, guys I'm, really proud of what you did.

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You should be very proud, be sure and text your parents, if they're not watching, because we're screening we're streaming.

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um We spend a lot of time talking about the wrong things. Kids do and we don't spend a lot of time, honoring the good things that kids do and you're doing some really good things: you're, bright, you're, strong, you're, fun to be with and you've got all kinds of great future, and for that I'm very proud. I'm. A product of the public school education I very much believe in quality, public education and you're. A testament to that now.

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I know Josh your your captain couldn't be here because the state tournament in basketball, so we will have, we will have a certificate for him as well. I'd like to ask Jonah Chapman to come up.

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So we at the city council have a certificate for each one of you with your name on it, signed by me and the chair, because the city council wants to honor you and let me tell you who's going to take these- can I trust. You.

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All right: here's what it says the certificate is proudly presented to Jonah Chapman of the the 22 2022 2023 football team for Tyner Academy for winning the Tennessee State Championship tssaa division, one class 2A.

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Congratulations.

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We took that back row with balloons and have a parade for you and guess what he said. Absolutely absolutely all right. So Stand Up Guys follow me through and let everybody.

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The mayor's office has some proclamations for you as well.

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Foreign, thank you, council members. um That will be tough to follow, but I'll do my best um on behalf of Mayor Kelly and um the administration. um We are also incredibly proud of you all, and so we've got a certificate here. Recognizing the team um I will not I will not be redundant and read it, but um congratulations we're incredibly proud of all of you and then we also have a um certificate.

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Recognizing Josh Jackson, who is council member, said, has has been recently named: Mr, Football and um incredibly proud of him, and each of you and the coaching staff and the school staff. Thank you all for being here and once again we're incredibly proud foreign.

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Adults that worked to make this event happen, your coaches, your principal all of that, but guess what this is about you they may have coached, they may have taught they may have driven a bus. They may have nurtured you, but guess who did it? You be very proud. Thank you very much for being here guys, you're welcome to stay for the meeting. If you like, some of you asked how government works, yeah.

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If anybody's stuck without a ride, we'll give you a ride home. So that's not a big deal. You all decide what you want to do and Mr chair. Thank you very much for allowing me the time to honor my.

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Folks Dr burst. Thank you very much for bringing this young gentlemen and thank you all for coming and spending a few moments with us to. Let us see you I Echo. What Dr Byrd has uh Birds has said um what an amazing accomplishment did I hear 25 years.

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We are very, very, very, very proud of you and I. Do not know your schedule, though, if you're, if you're departing I, will be glad to give you a few moments to uh to get back on the bus if you're staying uh you're more than welcome just let me know and we'll continue on with our meeting. If you want to stay for a little bit. uh Someone give me a signal from your group and I'll kind of take a pause and um you can come up and get the trophy and then you can.

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You can leave so I'll just kind of watch. uh Who will be my signal if you need to leave yeah? So what's your call you're going to go ahead, yeah all right, we'll we'll take it we'll take a three-minute recess.

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Congratulations. Man thank.

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You, sir, thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

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Good luck, good job.

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You're welcome great job foreign.

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Order: business for city council ordinances on Final reading, Madam clerk legal item, a please.

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And ordinance of many chatting city code, part 2, chapter 21, section, 21-32, jurisdiction of office of administrative hearing officer restrictions on Authority relating to short-term vacation, rental, litter and overgrowth issues.

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Motion to approve.

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I have a second to that motion, questions or comments on Final reading. All those in favor, say: aye, aye, opposed item carries planning items Council without objection. We have planning items B through I on Final reading this evening, I'd like to take those as a package. If there is no objection, saying none Madam Clark will you please read items B through I and we will take those as a package.

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Item, B goodness to remain Chattanooga. City call part two chapter 38 zoning ordinance, so it's a lift condition numbers one three and six of ordinance, number 11827 and all other remaining conditions to remain valid and carry carry over for the properties located at 59.93, 59, 79 and 5965 Highway 153. Subject: certain conditions, item C and ordinance to amend Chattanooga city code; part 2, chapter 38, zoning ordinance. So it's the reason: property located at 2341, Jenkins Road from R1 residential Zone to RTC residential townhouses.

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There are lot lines on social conditions, item D and ernestorm in Chattanooga city code, part two chapter 38 zoning ordinance. So it's a reason on several properties and the 2600 blocks of Calvert and Williams street and the 200 block of West 27th Street from R3 residential Zone, with conditions to UBC Urban General commercial Zone. With the conditions item e in order to amend Chattanooga city code, part 2, chapter 38, zoning ordinance so as to rezone and unaddressed property in the 1800 block of Watauga Street.

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We are our two residential Zone to ugc Urban General commercials on subject certain conditions; item F, an ordinance to amend Chattanooga city code for 2 chapter 30, 38 zoning ordinance. So that's the reason I'm properly located at 2003 South V street from our two residential Zone to ugc, Urban, General, commercial, Zone, subject, certain conditions, item G and orders to invention in a city called part two chapter 38 zoning ordinance.

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So it's a reasonable located at 2209 Bailey Avenue from our two residentials on the UTC Urban General commercials on subject to certain conditions: item H an ordinance to him in chatting city code, part 2, chapter 38, zoning warning solar series on property located at 1605, Dodds Avenue from R2 residentials on the ugc urban General commercial, Zone, subject to certain conditions: item I and Earnest amending time in a city called part.

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Two chapter 38 zoning morning, article 7 non-conforming uses to add a new subsection to section 38541 to establish legal non-conforming protection to existing two-family dwellings in the R1 residential Zone. That was lost due to due to a loss of power for more than 100 days.

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I have a motion to approve I have a second to that motion, questions or comments on items B through I on Final reading, all those in favor say: aye aye opposed items carry on Final reading Madam clerk Ordnance is on first reading planning item a please enormous.

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Swim in Chattanooga city code, part 2, chapter 38, zoning ordinance. So it's a reasonable property located at 6026, East Brainerd Road from R1 residential Zone to RT, one residential townhouse on subsister and conditions is.

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The applicant present is there any opposition present Dr verse. Thank.

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You they're not here, because the applicant has requested formally in writing, that it be withdrawn, so I move, let it be withdrawn.

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A promotion to withdraw I have a second to that motion, questions or comments before we vote all those in favor say: aye aye opposed item is withdrawn. Then clerk Item B on first reading.

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An ordinance to a maintenance.

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The alternate version- yes, thank you in.

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The ordinance to amend Chattanooga city code, part 2, chapter 38, zoning ordinance so as a reasonable properties located at 1913 and 1915 South Kelly Street from R2 residential Zone and C5 neighborhood commercial Zone to ugc Urban, General, commercial song, substance conditions.

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Is the applicant present I have an applicant? Is there any opposition present councilwoman Noah have an applicant, an alternate version read into the record. You have the floor, man, okay. We have a second to that motion, questions or comments before we vote all those in favor say: aye opposed item Carries, On First reading the alternate version. Thank you resolutions, Council Office, Madam clerk, read item a please into the record a.

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Resolution confirming mayor Kelly's Department of Philip, a noblin as Chattanooga City attorney pursuant to section 362 of the Chattanooga City's Charter.

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Councilman Henderson live approval, sir, that I have a motion to approve I, have several seconds questions or comments before we vote anyone all those in favor, all those in favor say aye aye opposed. Congratulations.

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Bible clerk Item B, please a.

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Resolution to repeal resolution number 30806 adopted on June, 29 2021 and adopted new rules of operation for the Chattanooga City Council.

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That's second to that motion questions or comments before we vote all those in favor, say: aye, aye opposed item carries legal item C Madam clerk, please your.

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Resolution authorized the mayor his Destiny to execute a waiver release and termination of revisionary interests and reconveyance right with the Chattanooga Hamilton County Hospital Authority Erlanger Health Erlanger emerge cop Co LLC in Hamilton County.

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I have a motion to approve I have a second to that motion, questions or comments before we vote all those in favor, say: aye I'm opposed item carries Madam clerk under mayor's office without objection from Council items. D through R will take as a package.

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Item D for resolution confirmed mayor Kelly's, appointment of Alexis Kennedy to the community advisory committee region, 10, Washington Hills for a term beginning on February 22nd 2023 and ending on February 21 2024 item meet and resolution confirming McKinley's appointment of Charleston Neal to the community advisory committee, Region 5, South Chattanooga for a tournament getting on February 22nd 2023, ending on February 21, 2024 item f for resolution, confirmed man, Kelly's appointment of Christy Morris to the community advisory committee region, team, Washington Hills for a turn beginning on February 22nd 2023 and ended on February 21st, 2024 item g, a resolution confirming America's Department of Christopher Cooper to the community advisory committee region, one Lookout valid for return, beginning on February, 22nd 2023 and then on.

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February 21st, 2024 item 8 resolution, converter's appointment at Donna, sunderfer to the community advisory committee region, six, bushtown Glenwood for terminal getting on February, 22nd 2023 and then on. February 21 2025 item I. A resolution confirmed Mentalist appointment of George Rick's to the community advisory committee region, six Bush down Glenwood for a term beginning on February, 22nd, 2023 and ending on February 21. 2025 item j. A resolution confirming Matt Kelly's Department of Janice Gooden to the community advisory committee region.

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Seven Dotson Ford term begin on February 22nd 2023 and ended on February 21 2025 item k at resolution confirming and cut his appointment of Julian Sandifer to the community advisory committee region, 9 standard for gap for a term beginning on February, 22nd, 2023 and ending on February 21, 2025..

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Okay item l, a resolution confirmed miracula's appointment at Kelvin Scott to the community advisory committee region; seven Dodson for a time again on February 22nd 2023 and ended on February 21, 2025. I, don't m a resolution confirming Kelly's Department of Marcia Rudolph to the community advisory committee region.

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6, bushtown Glenwood for the term beginning on February 22nd 2023 ended on February 21 2024 item in resolution, confirmed McKayla's Department of Micah Chapman to the community advisory committee region, 10, Washington Hills for a term beginning on February, 22nd 2023 and then on February 21, 2025 item all or resolution confirmed America's Department of Molly Anderson to the community advisory committee region, 9 standard for gap for a term beginning on February, 22nd 2023 and ending on February 21, 2025 Adam.

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He had resolution confirming Mary Kelly's appointment, a Shiloh McCullough to the community advisory committee region, one Lookout Valley for attorney, beginning on February 22nd 2023 at 89, February 21 2025 item QE resolution confirmed my kids appointment at Terrell James to the community advisory committee region, 10, Washington Hills for a term beginning on February, 22nd, 2023 and ending on February 21 2025 item R resolution confirming that Kevin's appointment to Tom Hurst to the community advisory committee region. One Lookout Valley for a term begin on February, 22nd, 2023 and then on February 21, 2025.

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Madam clerk, if we haven't told you today yet we certainly appreciate you, thank you. General entertainment motion motion to approve over second to that motion. Are there any questions or comments before we vote all those in favor, say: aye aye opposed congratulations, and is there anyone here tonight serving on the community advisory committee? If you would please stand we'd like to recognize you and thank you for your service.

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Thank you so much for your willingness to serve office of Community Health. Are you have you recovered? Yes, okay item s, please a.

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Resolution authorizing the office of Community Health OCH to apply to serve as a host site for two additional Centers for Disease Control CDC Public Health, associate program, phap public health, professional field assigned for two years; positions.

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Dr Burris move approval, I have motion to approve, see, I have a second to that motion, questions or comments before we vote all those in favor, say aye opposed item carries thank you parks and Outdoors Madam clerk without objection from Council I'd like to take items. T u and v together as a package.

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Item T at resolution authorizing a waiver apart: rental fees for River City company in support of Los trophos from the dates of March 15 2023 through April 17 2023 for the maximum amount of thirty two thousand five hundred dollars item Year resolution authorized in the department of parks and Outdoors to apply for and if awarded except a rebuilding America infrastructure with sustainability and Equity raise grant for an amount up to 17.5 million dollars with a local not to exceed 20 match of 3.5 million dollars.

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Item v, a resolution authorized the mirror for the department and authorizing the administrator for the Department of parks and Outdoors to accept and award of 150 000 from American Rescue plan funds to support team and communities. Specific programming.

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Also, you've read our parks and Outdoors items for this evening.

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To that motion several seconds questions or comments before we vote all those in favor, say: aye aye, opposed items carry under planning item W. Please.

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Would you like for me to read the alternate.

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Version I would like for you to read the alternate version. Thank you.

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The resolution authorizing administrator of planning RPA to enter into an agreement with Reagan Smith to prepare area plans for unincorporating Hamilton County areas for five hundred sixteen thousand dollars with a contingency amount of fifty one thousand six hundred dollars for a total amount. Now Trixie 567 600 dollars.

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I have a second to that motion, questions or comments before we vote all those in favor, say aye opposed alternate version carries thank you, madam clerk, without objection under Public Works, x y z and a a if you would take that as a package. Please.

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Item makes a resolution authorizing administrative for the Department of Public Works, who will contract, number e229, ASAP release area site prep to write Brothers Construction Company Inc in the amount of six million six hundred.

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Ninety six thousand two hundred thirty five dollars item Y at resolution authorizing the administrator for the Department of Public Works to approve change order number two: finding what tricon e, including Cleveland Tennessee for contract number one: seven: zero, zero; five: two zero one East Lake, yfd Center renovations to increase the contract by 450 318.59 due to a parking lot; subgrade remaining remediation edition of 37 Street, partial sidewalk reconstruction edition of sidewalk railing and other construction changes for revised contract amount of four million 5004 to 3 891.24 item Z and resolution authorizing the administrator for the Department of Public Works to award contract number w220, 004201 cipp Rehabilitation Rehabilitation blanket to Sak Construction LLC of O'fallon Missouri and to inline a solution LLC of Orleans in Indiana for a four-year term for the annual amount of four million dollars item.

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A a resolution authorizing appointment, James, a Layman and special police officer unarmed for the Department of Public Works. To do so, we should do that subscribed here in in his position as electrical inspector subject to certain conditions.

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I have a motion to approve I have a second to that motion, questions or comments before we go all those in favor say: aye opposed items carry. That concludes our ordinances and resolutions. For this evening we do have purchases five purchases this evening, Mr Satterfield, are you presenting I am wonderful.

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um Yes, we have five purses recommended for approval this evening. The first is from the Wastewater Department. This is a new blanket contract for Bueno pump parts. This will be a four-year agreement not to exceed 150 000 per year. Five bids were requested and one was received. The invitation was re-advertised and resulted in no additional bids. The award will go to Carl Eric Johnson Inc second, also from Wastewater Department. This is a one-time purchase of Brentwood poly Kim chains.

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The award will go to Guthrie, Sales and Service as the sole authorized representative in Tennessee, where a total cost of 141 600 dollars next from the facilities division of Public Works.

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This is a new blanket contract for custodial services at the Family Justice Center. This will be a full year agreement not to exceed 55 000 per year. 12 bids were requested and six were received. The award will go to ABM Industry Group LLC next from Economic Development. This is a blanket contract for an affordable housing team coordinator. This will be a four-year agreement not to exceed 89 840, total 12 bits were requested and one was received. The invitation was re-advertised and no and resulted in no additional bids.

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The award will go to May, 8th Consulting and last from technology Services, a new blanket agreement for the purchase of a fire department records management system for use by the China, the fire department. This will be a five-year agreement, totaling 572.

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856.70 the award will go to locality, media Inc, doing business as first due as a sole source agreement. This item was to be purchased using a Cooperative agreement, but a cost savings was um garnered by going directly to the supplier. That was it I.

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Have a motion to approve purchases this evening? I have a second to that motion for those of you new to our meetings and those following allow online. For the first time, purchases are sent a week in advance the council to ask questions and again today, at 3 30 during our agenda session, to get those questions answered and or asked any additional information that is needed, have a motion on the floor to approve and it has been seconded questions or comments before we vote on purchases, all those in favor say aye opposed. Thank you Council.

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We have no rfps to report no emergency purchases. We did have 10 contract renewals that are listed in your packet for this evening. Next, we'll move into committee reports, councilman Henderson, we'll start with you, councilwoman Hill, no report, councilman Smith, no report, Mr, chair, councilman, Hester. Again we meet today and we'll meet again in two weeks. Thank you, sir councilman coonrod councilwoman Noel no report, Dr Burrs.

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um Equity and Community Development we'll meet next week with a departmental report and a report from United Way. Thank.

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You ma'am that will end our committee reports for this evening. We are now ready to recognize persons wishing to address Council this evening. If you would like to address Council this evening, please come to the podium and create a line here, and while we do that, I'll have the City attorney read our engagement rules for public speaking.

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Of this body tonight by resolution adopted new rules on public comments, so they're a little bit less I thought I'd. Let you know at the end of each council meeting the chair will recognize members of the public who wish to address the council. Here. Are your rules each speaker wishing to address the council shall only be recognized with the microphone up front, provided for that purpose can't have more than three minutes to speak.

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You can only address the council upon matters within their legislative and quasi-judicial Authority the council and not address the Council on other matters that are not under their Authority or regulated by other governmental bodies or agencies. You still cannot use any vulgar obscene language nor use the floor to personally attack or personally denigrate others. The speakers should address the council as a whole and not make comments directed towards individual council members and still shall not engage in disorderly conduct or disrupting a public meeting which is prohibited by Tennessee law.

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A person commits that offense if the person substantially obstructs or interferes with the meeting by physical action or verbal utterance, with the intent to prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting or gathering. The council has deleted at this point in time. The requirement that you can only talk one time a day, so you can talk tonight and go right ahead. Sir.

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Good evening Council John John, 1808, Duncan Avenue I, thought I'd show up tonight because I figured you guys would come looking for me wondering what happened. It's been a while uh 2 352 miles of road is what the Chattanooga Department of Transportation is responsible for.

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We resurfaced about 60 miles a year. So if you do the math that's about 40 years, it takes to resurface all of our roads. I, don't know if you've noticed, there's quite a few roads that need resurfacing, and that's because the average lifespan of a road, especially your heavily trafficked ones, is around 20 years. The best way that we can fund these roads right now seems to be to grow our city and the way we most often choose to grow.

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Our city is by a new suburb like Mount Aetna or at the mountain, whatever it might be called The Challenge here is. This is almost like a Ponzi scheme. We get quick money, but now we have to fund those roads in 20 years and we'll need two more Aetna mountains to fund the ones that funded us and kept us solvent. Now this ever expanding suburban sprawl is an increasing tax both on us as a community and our future Community as a whole.

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I came here tonight to actually propose a solution, a small one, a test that we could do to strengthen our community and reduce the amount of roads that we have to be responsible for all, while making Transportation more efficient, McCauley Avenue right now in Highland Park, where I live, is four lanes unnecessarily for about eight blocks. It connects some of the city's best resources, the second biggest National Cemetery in the country, uh Warner Park Sports facility, the zoo, Orchard reservation. It connects them to a pedestrian community and UTC. It doesn't connect to the interstate.

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It no longer goes through the tunnel. It is a street that should be thriving with businesses and should be safe for multimodal transportation. I recommend that we do a 90-day complete Street trial. Let's make a two-way protected bike lane from Orchard knob all the way through to UTC, we'll have to get rid of some parking but I'm, but I'm sitting here thinking there really is no risk, because, after 90 days, if it's not safer, if it's not more efficient, if it doesn't give the city less roads to maintain, we can always go back.

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However, what could go right? It could be safer, it could be more efficient, it could make students more active and healthy. It can increase accessibility both for opportunities in the neighborhood to downtown and from downtown to more affordable housing in the neighborhood I'm, sending an email to all of you. So look looking forward to hearing back and partnering with whoever is willing. I've already met with this Department of Transportation I'm talking to city planners plan on introducing this to the RPA, and what I want to do is make our city safe for everyone.

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When New York City introduced 24 new bike, 24 miles of bike, Lanes New York City traffic accidents went down not for car pedestrians. Overall car drivers were safer and Roads pushed through more people per hour. As a result of adding bike lens, we've done this in other cities, and we've done this here with Main Street by necking it down to two lanes. Thank you very much together.

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Good evening, hello.

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Good evening, city council I am disappointed that I have to be here this afternoon to share these words with you all. Could.

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You tell us your name, please, for the record. Oh yeah.

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My name is Lydia Navarro and I am here um I'm here today asking for each of you to do your part and do I have to.

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Do my address I'm sorry, we were asking for your name and your District, so.

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Council members are looking I'm, sorry, my name is Lydia Navarro and my district is nine. Nine thanks. My apologies, no you're fine. um My name is Lana Navarro and I'm here today asking for each of you to do your part in keeping mayor Kelly's Administration accountable for their actions in equity and political interference. That has led to the release of assign Navarro.

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As the director for the office of new Americans on September 7 2022 mayor Kelly announced his appointment of acai as the inaugural director for the city's office of new Americans, and he said, and I quote, she brings an expansive network of local and Nationwide diverse Partnerships, spanning several sectors to her work with the city, along with an unmatched heart for her community that aligns with the values of Mayor Kelly's One Chattanooga plan. All of the letters that community members have written have determined that that was the truth.

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The establishment of the office of new Americans in the appointment of Sie gave this community hope that she, because she has the reputation of getting work, done with integrity and keeps the community at the Forefront. But the fact that assign Navarro was unable to release any work for the six months that she was employed and was met with comments like there's. No appetite for your work and I cannot catch any heat for this right now.

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Well, to me, the whole office is giving, as we say in Spanish luchiploma, which in English means a lie, a scam or just a show, with no substance.

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If this Administration is not committed to uplifting the community, then it just needs to be honest, so that we can put people in office who will because appointed people serve at the pleasure of the mayor, and the mayor serves at the pleasure of the people. If mayor Kelly's, Administration was truly committed to ensuring the office of new Americans had the best leadership in place for the community as cyanobara would be given an opportunity to finally do her job without interference. The one Chattanooga plan mentions prioritizing Justice over charity, but what does that?

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Look like In, This, Moment, In, This, Moment Justice looks like giving SI her job back over charity, which is allowing two organizations to hold a closed-door meeting on February 3rd.

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With mayor Kelly and one of their board members, who just so also happens to be the chief of staff to dictate who and who should not be in office again I stand before you today asking for each of you to keep this Administration accountable and ensure the person in this office is not protecting the interest of organizations, but is working for the people, and you can start by ensuring the person who gets to direct this office to be confirmed. Thank you.

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Before I start my time, I wanted to ask you: I have two letters from community members that are working and could not come their letters won't take long, but I don't want it. I don't want to read the letters and take away from my three minutes. You have three minutes man. Okay, all right! My name is.

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I like to send the letters.

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They both work in District 9 and live in District Six.

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Okay, my name is Nita Velasco I live in on District, Six and I work on District 9.. My work has a lot to do with the community with the Latino community, and it's not my first time here, but this is so close to me and I'm very nervous.

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So I just want to tell you that um the week of August, the 2nd a letter was read to the city council by a volunteer who was at the airport working with the refugees that were coming through a lot of people applauded because we talked about Chattanooga being a Good Samaritan, and we didn't want um to treat these people less humanly and I was the person that wrote that letter I was still at the airport when I wrote it I went I couldn't be here to to read it and I am so disappointed, also by the firing of essay.

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Navarro and I want to say that, because we wrote letters to lots of the members of city council this week and I was so disappointed that I didn't get a letter back from my Council people. But I did get a letter from the very person that fired her and to me that was violent, um I feel like um representation matters, there's been a lot of firing in that office and I have here over 30 projects. She was working on that we're not allowed to get off the ground.

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The community knows her. The community supports her. She was meeting with pastors. She was meeting with community members and we have seen her work in the past outside of that office. So we trust her and we don't understand how come they didn't give her the time to put to work the thing she was working on and she got fired. When we wrote the letters there was a rumor that she was getting fired.

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So we rapidly wrote letters and we wanted you to investigate to see if there was anything that can be done so that this could be stopped by the time. I got my letter. She had already been fired by the chief of staff and the chief of staff is the one that writes me.

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The letter and I quote I do want to acknowledge your concern and let you know that mayor Kelly places the highest priority on ensuring our office of new Americans that the new office of new Americans says the leadership it needs to best serve our immigrant and refugees communities, while building strong coalitions with a wide range of residence partners and Advocates, etc, etc. Well, I want you to know that today, one of the immigrants from Nicaragua that was here that day he's sitting right there.

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He doesn't speak English, but he felt it was important for him to be here today and let you know that what she did that day for him and many others matters. Thank you. Thank you. Man.

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I translate absolutely okay.

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Name is Darwin Barrera.

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Number one.

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Came to Second what has been said.

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Also, a small business owner here in Chattanooga.

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Have had some problems in with members of our church.

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Has always has helped.

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Yeah two years ago,.

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Member of our church police.

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For her to come back and be with us in the community.

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Good evening um my name is Curtis: Lancaster I am from District Five I have met my I'm new to District Five I've met my councilman one time, I addressed a problem, I was having and he has again he promised to get back with me as a veteran and as a homeowner I had a pro I got a problem that I want to be addressed.

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I've already involved the city with it, and the city put me on the wait list, but uh when it rains I'm getting a runoff that is damaging my property and I would like that my councilman to give me a call, if he's going to be a man of his of their word, so I can get. We can get something kind of resolution to the problem that I'm having because it is causing me death uh property damage.

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Yes, sir, he thank you he's urgent.

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Hello, Council hi, my name is David Johnson I live in District 9., hello, councilwoman I want to share with Council major safety, economic and social problem. I use, Brandon Road as a walker and Driver daily, typically use the signal at Elmwood, but that's being closed for a few months. So what I have to do instead is get on Seminole and try to take a left across several Lanes of traffic coming through the tunnel as traffic is coming up to enter the tunnel. uh That's it's terribly unsafe.

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um It's just not a pleasant place to be as a walker, a driver, a biker anybody. It's not pleasant. This section of brain road is just statistically unsafe. I pertin personally witnessed an SUV upside down against the building where it had been going so fast and flipped on the road.

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This constant threat affects the economic life of numerous businesses, and these are some of the businesses that are immediately impacted art, Warehouse, Studio 34, which is used by the pop-up project, Gannon Arts, Center, hatch, Outfitters, Anthology, Elia, Blake, toes yoga, foxy, canine, Vision, stained glass, elsewhere, construction, Ripple, theater people ready higher Quest, Vena nails and victory fuels. They did not ask me to do this. I just thought you should know what businesses are there and deal with that issue every day.

M

This is a state route and TDOT must approve permanent changes to it. Several of you have other state routes that face this same issue. We understand that working with TDOT is difficult, but we have an example locally where our city Administration, has been able to affect the change of a street that TDOT manages by collaborating closely with them and showing intentionality and thinking not just how are we? How quickly can we can we move cars, but how can we make this a safe place for everyone?

M

I thought you should know that the TDOT mission is to provide a safe and reliable system that supports economic growth and quality of life that doesn't sound like Brainerd Road to me, and it doesn't sound like some some other roads that are in several of your districts.

M

We know that City Administration, when it wants to, can intentionally affect the design of our streets working collaboratively with TDOT, and so um just this last week we noticed that there were little strips across the road. That's likely from a traffic study being conducted. I think it would be appropriate to share the results of that traffic study with the general public.

M

So we can all understand how our vehicles moving through this area. Are they moving faster than the listed speed limit? I? Would guess yes, but this information is it's real data that we can use um through that effort, we'll understand what options are available to TDOT I would also ask that the city Administration work intentionally with TDOT in a mutual way to meet their mission that they have listed. That also supports thriving neighborhoods. I know there are several people across the city that care about the same thing. Thank you.

N

Good evening Council my name Mr Boston, the owner of 20 2807 North chamber, Avenue on a lot of property in East, Chattanooga I'm, no stranger to the council. I got a problem. uh My grandfather, 88 years old we've been living in East Chattanooga. He won the first black men on North Chamberlain when Matt Canyon, Baptist Church got there. He got a letter in the mail the other day. Talking about the city code, uh they're gonna be they're. Gonna cite him for having an old car in his yard.

N

The people at the County uh at the city coach that came to him correct. He has some wives the cons in his yard. My grandfather worked in France like raised six kids and raised me. I'm the grandson I'm gonna go get in the family now I. Take care of my grandfather. Grandma did we're very known to each Channel. We know stranger we're doing a lot of proper out there and he's chat, but the code enforcer should have came a different way.

N

He my grandfather had that car 50 years when it first comes when he worked in The Foundry. He was happy for that car. Now. It's going to be taken away from the city cause y'all got a code that a rundown can't be in the yard, guess what my property rate my property right? Next, though, I got 12 cars in the yard. They all run and the city going out to the city uh at the bird's office and City uh at the courthouse. They can see who car run or not.

N

They should have to come in that yard, private property and say the car can't go up and go back. They can find out a different way. I'm, not fool. I work in I work in this kind of field, I've been 26 years. I know the rules for so we got some new people to move in the community houses in that Community, where it's 229 000 to 300 000.. When my grandfather moved out of the house for 30 000. I'm 45 years old I was born and raised in a neighborhood.

N

We get three or four people in our neighborhood. Then they want to come and they're going to take over each Chattanooga. Don't need no criticism like that crime is high in East China I'm, ready to put the money y'all spending out on the city code, get to the police department. They make the streets safe in Eastchester, give them Texas. They need the work of high crime neighborhood. What are they doing? That is wrong. I can take it farther I go viral. All the time. I want my going back again for my grandfather.

N

Please can we reconsider what are we doing get with the city code, people and rein just the thing for the black folks in each Channel? This is just the beginning: I have to take it. Father name for I will because I love my grandfather, I love, my community and I once was an urban challenge. Community, but now I'm a business owner, one of the biggest business here in Chattanooga, I love, y'all may God bless. Y'all may keep him extend to you and have a good night. Thank you good.

G

My name is Charlie weissong, uh the other night I was up late and uh I was uh I used to do uh statistical counseling for CPA firms in Atlanta to teach them how to do Audits and things that they do in their in their profession and I came across a statistic that showed that among those people who regularly attend church, only one percent could name all ten of The Commandments.

G

And I began to look and uh do some analysis to that and uh out of a nation of 340 million people. That would mean that about half a million people are familiar enough with the Ten Commandments to name all ten and so we're beginning a uh a campaign. A group of us to uh do two things number one get parents to learn the Ten Commandments well enough to teach it to their children and number two get a copy up in their home, and tonight I wanted to uh make a copy available to the council.

G

That y'all might lead the way, but this was a copy of the Ten Commandments done by the uh calligrapher calligrapher for the Atlanta High Museum of Art, a man named John, Stewart McKenzie, and if anybody would like a copy I'd be happy to share one with you after the meeting.

G

I also did a uh there's a a simple way to memorize the Ten Commandments uh and uh I've done the devotions down at Chick-fil-A and at the headquarters in Atlanta, and one of the owners came up with this way of memorizing The Ten Commandments, using your ten fingers and uh with five fingers. You can make a salute, and the fifth commandment is honor thy father and thy mother, but I'd like to make these available to you.

G

I tell you this most of our problems that we're facing today, the serious ones I'm glad that we can take care of this kind of thing, which you know and I know. There are deep problems and they're, not just administrative, their moral and by coming back and learning God's law and being obedient to God's law we will escape. Thank you. Thank you.

O

Hello: everyone, my name, is Erica Strickland I'm with District 9. um I had to leave work tonight and skip my lunch to come out because I thought it was very important to speak with you all tonight.

O

um Many people here are not for here for that same reason, but we all know that Sie she works for and serves anyone. She would do anything for anyone and I just wanted to come out here and speak on her behalf, because I really I really hope. You guys reconsider the decision to remove her from her position and I wanted to highlight some of the following things that she has done for our community, not only for the Latin Community but for the black community as well.

O

The way she Advocates and helps immigrants navigate our legal systems she's. The only person in Chattanooga I know who fearlessly walks into jails and detention centers to ensure our safety, ensure proper procedures are being followed and communicated and brings our mothers bring our mothers and fathers home the way she would wake up in the middle of the night.

O

If there were in migrants, migrants coming into the city and be the first one to figure out everything all by herself, if necessary, because other organizations here in this community aren't willing to show up and even put effort into helping, she even puts herself on the line to defend the needs of immigrant Community by educating others on our truths, if necessary. The way she helps us when other organic organizations paid to help us fail to be there for us or leave us hanging on empty promises of hell. She cares about the work.

O

Not the money and I feel that is very important. I can keep going on forever, but I would never end even with the tornado. She helped. My mother lost her house and Sie did an amazing job with helping with rebuilding homes, feeding families who need it, and just so much the community knows her and they trust her like she says and I just asked you guys to reconsider and I hope you guys give her justice and investigate and give her an opportunity to show you what I know she is capable of doing. Thank you.

O

C

Anyone else wishing to address counsel this evening, charger.