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Chattanooga City Council Agenda Session - 8/22/23
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And
most
of
this
is
actually
new
language,
so
you're
going
to
see
a
lot
of
clean
red,
but
in
policy
one-
and
you
may
be
familiar
with
this-
this
other
policies
provided
for
this
allows
credited
departments
and
departments
that
have
receive
federal
grants
to
have
additional
policies
that
are
outside
of
the
EIG,
so
departments.
Accredited
departments
here
are
police
fire
and
Public
Works,
but
also
like,
for
example,
Early
Learning.
The
Head
Start
program
is
Grant
funded.
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Well,
for
example,
Public
Works
may
have
safety
policies
or
engineering
policies
that
don't
belong
in
the
EIG.
They
would
be
specific
to
that
department
and
to
like
an
apwa
Association
of
public
American,
associate
American,
Public,
Works,
Association,
specific
requirements
and
again,
like
the
Head
Start
program,
they
have
actually
pretty
strict
programmatic
responsibilities
in
order
to
be
to
be
compliant
with
the
Grant
and
those
things
don't
belong
in
the
egg,
because
they're
specific
to
that
program.
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Policy
2.4,
so
this
is
also
new.
Essentially,
this
prohibits
the
use
of
the
city
branding
or
logo
in
any
unauthorized
communication,
and
it
does
not
allow
or
prohibits
employees
from
sharing
information
on
behalf
of
or
basically
to
be
reported
endorsement
of
the
city
without
Express
authorization
of
the
city,
because
those
of
us
that
work
here
have
access
to
logos
and
things
like
that,
and
we
could
go
post
on
social
media.
This
prohibits
us
employees
going
rogue.
It
doesn't
mean
that
we
can't
forward
something
that
was
officially
posted
by
the
city.
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Authorization,
okay,
two
2.14:
this
used
to
be
called
inclement
weather
and
we've
now
called
change
it
to
administrative
closings.
The
high
level
overview,
essentially
is:
are
you
sure,
when
the
Administration
has
not
officially
Clos
the
city?
Employees
are
expected
to
work
and
if
they
need
to
go
home
early,
if
they
have,
you
know
personal
issues
and
they
can't
come
to
work
when
the
city
is
officially
open,
they
need
to
be
taking
their
own
PTO.
For
that
when
the
city
is
officially
closed,
of
course,
there
is
a
provision
already
in
there.
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It
also
says
that
there
are
employees
who
are
deemed
essential
or
required
in
emergency
situations,
and
those
folks
are
expected
to
come
in
and
there's
a
provision
for
overtime
pay
for
everything
like
that
too.
But
it
does
say
that
if
you
are
unable
to
work,
but
the
city
is
not
closed,
you
do
need
to
take
your
own
PTO.
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Madame,
chair
I
had
my
light
for
2.0.
If
I
may
revisit
that
one
Daniel,
not
the
city
necessarily
but
in
the
county,
I,
have
seen
seen
dozens
and
dozens
of
emails
over
my
lifetime,
where
the
logo
from
a
specific
governmental
organization
is
attached
to
an
opinion
for
or
against
an
issue,
and
is
this
is,
is
this
kind
of
the
Mind
Set?
If
you
will
to
not
have
that
happen
with
city
employees?
Is
that
where
this
is
going
and
I'm
not
pointing
at
the
city,
I've
seen
it
elsewhere,.
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In
policy
six,
we
already
had
an
existing
outside
employment
policy.
This
just
cleans
it
up
a
little
bit.
It
removes
the
requirement
that
a
form
be
actually
done
every
single
year.
When
nothing
is
changed.
They
are
still
required
to
get
a
written
approval
from
their
manager,
notifying
them
that
they
do
have
outside
employment,
but
it
just
says
that
the
form
needs
to
only
be
reviewed
instead
of
a
brand
new
form.
Every.
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Questions
and
in
resignations
this
one
looks
a
little
bit
messy,
so
I
put
the
clean
version
down
below,
but
essentially
a
resignation.
We
are
asking
for
a
resignation
in
writing.
We
are,
it
says,
shall
submit
in
two
weeks
notice
and
we
are
asking
that
they
put
the
final
work
date
and
their
reason
for
leaving
and
if
they
fail
to
provide
a
resignation
in
writing.
With
two
weeks
they
may
be
considered
ineligible
for
rehire.
It's
considered
not
leaving
in
good.
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Okay
and
in
policy
10,
this
actually
is
not
new
language.
It
was
in
the
CH
in
the
ordinance,
but
it
never
made
it
to
the
egg
before
and
so
it
it
just
adds
Charter
official
to
the
employment
classification,
and
those
are
the
folks
that
you
guys
have
to
approve
so
a
person
appointed
by
the
mayor
with
a
majority
vote
of
the
membership
of
council.
So
City
attorney
help
me
with
this
one:
for
example,
fire
chief
police,
chief,
Finance
off
officer,
treasur
auditor,
City
attorney.
Those
are
Charter
officials,
we're
just
capturing
it.
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A
resolution
authorizing
the
city
of
Chattanooga
to
apply
for
and
if
awarded,
accept
a
Tennessee
tourism
enhancement,
ground,
six
grant
for
the
purchase
and
installation
of
lighting
for
10
tennis
courts
at
Champions.
Club
Tennis
complex
in
the
amount
of
$100,000
with
a
City
match
in
the
amount
of
$100,000.
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I
Please
an
ordin
ordinance
closing
and
abandoning
an
unopened
rideway
located
in
the
400
block
of
West
35th
Street
as
detailed
on
the
attached
Maps.
You
please
an
ordinance
relocating
a
20
foot,
wide
Riverwalk
pedestrian
easement
located
in
the
1200
block
of
Jud
Road,
as
detailed
on
the
attached
Maps
subject
to
certain
conditions.
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A
resolution
authorizing
the
waiver
of
Park
rental
fees
for
Chattanooga
presents
in
support
of
three
sister
Bluegrass
Festival,
held
on
the
Chattanooga
green
and
Ross's
Landing
for
the
dates
of
October,
5,
6
and
7
2023,
which
includes
$4,000
in
deposits
and
$4,500
in
rental
fees.
For
the
total
amount
of
$88,500
I.
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Good
okay,
I
call
to
order
the
affordable
housing
committee
can
I
get
a
motion
on
our
minutes.
For
today's
committee
meeting,
we
are
going
to
be
receiving
an
update
from
the
Community
Foundation
about
the
eviction
prevention
initiative
and
their
plans
for
the
future.
So
if
you
all
could
join
us
at
the
podium,
that
would
be
fantastic.
J
Hello,
can
you
hear
me?
Okay,
thank
you
for
having
us
I,
think
I
know
all
of
you,
but
my
name
is
Megan
Jones
I'm,
the
CEO
of
the
Community
Foundation
and
I'm
joined
here
by
my
colleague
and
friend,
Deb
house,
who
is
the
executive
director
of
Aid
of
East
Tennessee.
We
are
just
want
to
thank
all
of
you
first
for
your
ongoing
support
of
the
eviction
prevention
initiative
and
particularly
want
to
thank
councilwoman
Hill
for
letting
us
talk
to.
J
The
committee
today
also
want
to
thank
the
administration
for
acknowledging
the
efficacy
of
the
program
in
preventing
evictions
and
addressing
a
root
cause
of
homelessness
with
the
one
Chattanooga
award.
Thank
you
for
that
we're
here
today,
as
C
woman
Hill
said
for
a
quick
update,
but
also
with
a
request
that
the
second
year
of
a
ARP
contract
be
granted
to
Legal
Aid
of
East
Tennessee
instead
of
the
Community
Foundation
I'll
walk
you
through
the
structure
there
that
we
propose
in
a
moment,
but
first
the
reasoning
for
that
is
that
we
have.
J
As
you
know,
the
Community
Foundation
put
this
program
together
with
Partners
at
the
height
of
the
pandemic,
in
partnership
with
Emily
odonnell
and
the
CN
and
other
partners
to
respond
to
an
emergent
need
that
we
saw
for
people
who
faced
eviction
during
a
very
uncertain
time
in
terms
of
Public
Health
and
we've
been
able
to
Pilot
and
incubate.
That
program
for
the
past
3
years
and
I
feel
have
demonstrated
the
efficacy
of
the
program
and
we'll
show
you
some
numbers
in
a
moment
about
that.
J
But
we
think
that
it's
time
for
it
to
find
a
permanent
home
for
this
program.
We
think
it's
demonstrated
that
it
deserves
to
live
on
pass
this
initial
pilot
and
we
think
that
the
best
home
for
that
is
legal
aid
of
East
Tennessee
they've
been
a
partner
from
the
beginning
and
they
provide
one
of
the
most
essential
components
of
the
program,
which
is
legal
representation
for
people
facing
eviction.
J
So
we'll
walk
you
through
that
in
a
moment,
but
first
I
wanted
to
share
with
you
some
updated
information
about
the
program
and
I
know
we
have
about
10
minutes,
so
I'm
going
to
go
really
quickly.
You've
got
a
presentation
in
front
of
you
and
I.
Don't
know
if
it's
also
here
here,
perhaps
not
okay,
so
I'm
going
to
walk
you
through
a
couple
of
stats.
When
we
came
to
see
you
in
may,
we
said
that
we
would
be
sending
postcards
to
people
who
are
on
the
eviction
docket.
J
So
we
get
that
list
from
legal
services.
Do
a
mail
Marge,
send
them
a
postcard
with
the
information
about
Epi
we've
since
sent
a
thousand
postcards
and
we've
seen
a
real
increase
in
the
number
of
calls
that
we've
received
and
the
number
of
people
seeking
Services
leade
has
hired
a
full-time
intake
person
to
help
with
that
volume
and
make
sure
that
people
are
getting
connected
with
the
services
that
they
need
and
a
significant
number
to
point
out
to
you.
J
So
last
year,
in
the
first
grant
year
of
ARP
Epi
helped
112
households
avoid
eviction
this
year.
Just
three
quarters
into
the
grant.
That
number
is
160
households.
Our
goal
was
to
increase
by
50%,
that's
43%
in
just
the
first
three
quars,
so
we're
well
on
our
way
to
achieving
that
and
that
160
household
is
405
people.
206
of
them
are
children.
We
think
that
increases
due
to
mailing
the
postcards.
J
Also
the
addition
of
a
full-time
intake
person
and
we're
seeing
legal
aid
attorneys
taking
on
increased
case
loads
and
just
doing
a
fantastic
job.
You'll
see
a
quote
before
you
I'll
share
that
and
then
move
move
on
to
the
contract
discussion.
This
quote
came
from
a
Hamilton,
Court
official
who
said
that
the
sense,
the
sense
of
stress
was
publicly
different
than
normally
had
been.
He
was
referring
to
what
happens
when.
J
As
you
know,
it's
a
hardship
for
landlords
as
well
as
tenants,
and
we
want
to
when
we
can
secure
funds
for
them
through
the
eviction
prevention
initiative,
Flex
fund
or
thda.
We
do
that
that
helps
keep
the
landlord
whole
and
keeps
the
tenant
in
place,
so
we've
seen
an
increase
in
the
funds
that
we've
been
able
to
access
this
year
over
last
year.
Okay,
if
you
have
your
packet
page
number
seven
provides
an
illustration
of
the
current
Grant
structure.
This
is
the
whole
program.
J
It
is
a
little
it's
a
little
complex,
so
I'm
just
going
to
walk
you
through
it,
but
essentially
the
ARP
Grant
comes
to
the
Community
Foundation,
that's
the
red
box
and
the
subg
grantees.
For
us,
our
subcontracts
are
with
legal
aid
who
provides
legal
representation,
coordination
with
the
flex
fund
and
also
education
Habitat
for
Humanity
who's
housed.
The
social
workers
from
the
beginning
also
coordinates
with
our
flex
f
and
then
Emily
o'donell
law,
who
provides
legal,
Consulting
and
program
management
and
long-term
analysis
and
strategy
for
the
program
dotted
line.
J
These
are
funded
through
the
Community
Foundation.
We
have
a
partnership
with
the
homeless
technical
Regional,
Homeless
Coalition,
who
administers
our
epi
Flex
fund
and
also
smart
strategies,
which
is
a
research
group.
That's
doing
our
court
watch
data.
That's
the
realtime
Court
watch
where
there
are
those
information
that
we
were
able
to
rine
on
the
efficacy
of
council
comes
from
that
from
that
firm.
So,
if
you
turn
the
page
to
page
number,
eight,
this
would
be
the
new
proposed
structure,
so
the
grant
would
go
directly
to
Legal
Aid
of
East
Tennessee.
J
They
would
provide
the
the
role
Community.
Foundation
is
filling
now
so
reporting
to
the
city,
program,
management
and
strategy.
Of
course,
continuing
this.
Oh
there
we
go
the
services
that
they
are
here.
We
go
that
we
have
been
providing
in
terms
of
program,
management
and
strategy,
still
providing
legal
representation,
coordination
with
the
flex
fund
education
and
taking
over
the
role
that
we've
played
with
mailing
the
postcards.
J
The
subcontractors
stay
the
same
so
Habitat
for
Humanity
continuing
to
provide
social
work
and
case
management,
coordination
with
the
flex
funds
and
education,
Emily,
odonna
law,
continuing
to
provide
program,
management
and
strategy
coordination,
Flex
fund
and
education.
So,
from
a
client
perspective,
we
wouldn't
see
a
change
in
the
program
or
how
it
functions,
I'm
actually
going
to
bring
you
to.
So
this
helps
understand
what
the
whole
program
would
look
like.
So
there
you
have
legal
aid
Pro
providing
receiving
the
contract,
the
gray
boxes.
That's
the
flow
through
money
of
ARP
yellow
box.
J
Since
then,
there's
been
some
thda
allocations
to
it
as
well,
but
going
forward
Community
Foundation
would
continue
to
provide
communication
support,
Carrie,
Hayes
and
woods,
and
carbon
from
our
team
have
been
providing
that
support.
We
continue
to
offer
that
as
legal
aid
needed
it,
we
continue
provide
fundraising
support,
particularly
for
the
flex
fund,
because
we
understand
how
important
that
is,
and
for
for
other
components
and
also
the
cost
benefit
analysis.
So
that's
a
separate
contract
that
we
have
directly
with
a
group
called
Stout
analytics.
J
K
Pleas
for
that
thank
you
Megan
Good
afternoon,
and
thank
you
for
having
us
I'm
Deborah
house,
I'm,
the
executive
director
at
legal
aid
of
East
Tennessee,
and
we
are
so
excited
to
be
offered
this
opportunity
to
take
over
the
the
program
itself,
as
Megan
said
been
looking
for
a
permanent
home
for
the
program.
We
have
been
involved
with
the
Epi
since
this
Inception
in
2020
during
the
height
of
the
pandemic.
K
At
that
point,
we
had
one
lawyer
on
staff
who
was
working
with
the
project
we
have
grown
to
the
point
of
having
two
lawyers
and
dedicated
intake
pargal,
as
Megan
mentioned
as
well,
so
we're
just
really
excited
and
thrilled
of
the
possibility
of
taking
on
the
project
and
I
did
want
to
mention
briefly
our
experience
in
terms
of
administering
significant
projects
such
as
this
and
managing.
We
have
been
in
business
for
58
years
this
year,
legal,
a
of
East
Tennessee,
we've
continued
to
grow
and
Thrive
over
that
period
of
time.
K
We
continually
take
on
new
projects
because
of
the
success
of
our
prior
work
and
our
prior
endeavors
and
we're
at
a
point
where
we
are
very
strong
and
continue
to
be
as
strong
as
we
ever
have
been
and
look
forward
to
this
opportunity
and
before
I
take
up
to
much
our
time.
I
would
like
to
ask
if
there
are
any
questions.
Megar
I
can.
L
L
L
J
J
Yes,
so
may
it
may
be
eviction.
Diversion
initiative
is
something
that
is
court-based
so
where
this
is
Court
adjacent,
run
by
entities
outside
of
the
Court.
The
eviction
diversion
program
is
within
the
court,
with
the
idea
of
doing
a
diversion
and
mediation
before
someone
might
file
an
addiction
and
I
think
that's
just
getting
off
the
ground.
We've
we're
a
referral
source
for
them.
If
they're
unable
to
resolve
a
case
through
diversion
approaches,
then
they
could
refer
to
EPI
and
and
coordinate
with
them
in
in
Partnership
and
Communications
on.
What's
going
on
with.
L
So
there
two
programs
in
court
out
of
court,
this
sort
of
thing
I,
hope
very
much-
would
be
working
together.
Deb
knows
how
important
all
of
this
is,
and
working
together
and
I'd
hate
for
them
to
be
siloed.
I
know
for
reasons
they
need
to
be
sure,
but
I
think
we
can
overcome
that
and
have
people
working
together
for
the
benefit
of
citizens.
Does
that
make
sense.
J
K
H
J
We'll
continue
to
provide
communication
support
just
telling
the
story
of
the
program
I
think
it's
been
really
important
locally,
nationally.
Also
fundraising
so
far,
we've
contributed
over
or
secured
over
500,000,
in
addition
to
the
ARP
money
from
donors
and
other
funding
sources
and
our
direct
investments
from
funds
that
we
have
and
then
we
would
also
continue
with
that
cost
benefit
analysis.
So
we
really
can
understand
the
cost
Savings
of
this
program
and
addition
to
the
Savings
in
terms
of
educational
disruptions
and
family
hardships.
E
E
J
E
J
And
we've
been
really,
as
you
know,
from
being
in
those
meetings,
we
had
a
lot
of
participation
from
landlords
and
they
continue
to
reach
out
to
us
when
they
have
an
issue.
Emily's
working
with
one
right
now,
who
reached
out
earlier
last
week
and
said,
got
this
problem.
Can
you
help
me
think
it
through?
There
also
have
agreed
several
to
hand
out
the
postcards
when
they
are
filing
their
they're,
serving
their
detainer
warrants.
So
that's
a
good
partnership
as
well.
H
H
B
A
proposal
you
all
should
have
it
in
your
folders
today
regarding
a
social
and
economic
equity
study
proposal,
so
we
have
Dr
Marcus
Malden.
Today
we
wanted
to
get
more
information
about
the
study.
What
what
it
would
entail,
the
timeline
we
do
have
the
the
revised
the
revised
proposal
that
you
sent
us,
but
just
to
get
more
information
and
answer
any
questions.
Council
may
have.
M
Okay,
all
right,
first
of
all,
thank
you
for
having
me
today.
This
is
definitely
a
great
break
in
the
mon
that
has
been
my
Tuesday,
so
so
I
appreciate
this
opportunity,
and
and
and
yes,
I
spoke
with
councilwoman
krod
I,
guess
that
was
back
in
April
or
so
and
she
she
came
to
me
with
an
idea
for
doing
what
we'll
call
a
social
Equity
study,
but
that
also
includes
economic
equity
as
well
without
being
too
academic
about
it.
M
It's
very
much
a
a
datadriven
approach
to
this,
and
not
solely
relying
simply
on
anecdotes
or
or
surveys,
and
things
like
that
which
can
kind
of
lend
itself
to
biases
and
things,
and
so
what
we
want
to
do
is
use
a
variety
of
data.
So,
for
example,
we
know
that
the
city
of
Chattanooga
has
the
police
data
that
that's
available
using
data
from
the
USDA
and
the
500
cities
project
to
look
at
Health
Care
access
to
look
at
Health
equities
to
look
at
issues
like
food
deserts,
and
things
like
that.
M
Also
looking
at
Equity
as
it
relates
to
criminal
justice.
Education
is
is
one
of
the
things
that
I
mentioned
and,
and
so
what
this
would
entail
and
and
I'm
fortunate.
You
know
to
have
graduate
students
who
can
kind
of
assist
with
with
these
things,
so
what
it
would
entail
is
us
actually
taking
a
deep
dive
into
this
into
this
research
on
social
and
economic
equity
and
producing
a
couple
of
outcomes.
M
But
that
was
based
on
a
summer
schedule
now
that
we're
back
into
the
semester,
it
could
be
anywhere
between
4
and
6
months
is
what
we're
estimating,
depending
on
on
the
needs
of
the
of
the
council,
and
so
one
thing
I
I
do
want
to
propose
as
well.
In
addition
to
the
larger
report
is
a
progress
report,
so
you
can
see
where
we
are
and
and
kind
of
maintain
those
accountability
lines
that
that
go
along
with
that.
M
Excuse
me
and
then
there'll
be
a
period
where
we
actually
crafting
this
crafting
the
report
and
also
providing
you
with
with
our
updates,
as
well
as
the
presentation
of
the
final
report.
The
the
last
piece
of
this
that
that
you
have
in
front
of
you
was
the
project
budget
that
has
changed,
because
the
the
contract
would
definitely
be
with
UT
PC.
M
Our
grants
office
puts
all
this
together,
so
the
accounting
rules
and
no
offense
to
to
accountants,
but
they
are
complex
beings
that
understand
things
in
a
very
different
way
than
I
do,
and
there
are
a
lot
of
different
types
of
rules
that
that
go
along
with
that.
But
that
amount
or
the
proposed
amount
for
the
project
has
changed
to
a
little
bit
above
over9
$199,000
I
believe,
but
I
can
provide
you
with
with
the
final
once
I
get
that
from
from
from
our
budget
office.
L
Burs,
thank
you
I'm.
Sorry,
I
wasn't
here
last
week,
so
I
this.
You
may
have
already
answered
this,
since
this
isn't
research
of
first
impression,
because
we,
the
city,
has
a
lot
of
research
on
this.
How
how
will
this
differ
from
what
the
city's
already
done
within
the
past
couple
cou
years
actually.
M
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you
Dr
Malden,
for
coming
in
today.
So
I
have
a
couple
questions,
because
when
I
first
started
running
for
office
and
I
have
a
business
where
I,
sometimes
in
seven
or
eight
of
the
districts
in
one
day
and
I,
see
a
lot
yes
driving
our
streets
and
one
of
the
things
that
really
struck
me
for
running.
For
this,
this
position
was
being
able
to
focus
on
rebuilding
neighborhoods
and
when
you
look
at
neighborhoods
and
I,
think
we
all
know
where
they're
at
I
don't
think.
E
We
need
a
survey
to
tell
us
where
these
neighborhoods
are
I,
think
we
have
nine
people
up
here.
Who
could
probably
tell
you,
where
they're
at
it's?
What
and
how
to
attract
the
the
the
driver
that
rebuilds
a
neighborhood
and
we're
missing
that
component
years
ago
they
were
were
driven
out
and
and
and
I
respect
wanting
to
know
why?
But
I
want
to
know
how
we
improve
it.
E
I
want
to
know
what
kind
of
plan
comes
forward
where
we're
trying
and
working
with
developers
and
and
homebuilders
to
go
back
into
these
neighborhoods
and
breathe
life.
You
know
when
I
hear,
why
don't
take
this
as
criticism
when
I
hear
why
I
hear
more
of
let's
finger
point
and
figure
out,
you
know
I
think
we
know
why.
Quite
frankly,
I
want
to
know
how
we,
how
we
improve
yeah,
are.
E
M
Well-
and
that
would
depend
on
the
time
frame
that
we
establish
and
and
again
I
have
to
go
back
to
our
our
grants,
office
and
and
look
at
some
things,
but
definitely
that's
something
that
I
would
want
to
do.
But
if
we're
talking
about
something
that
is
more
shortterm,
then
that
kind
of
limits
limits
that
a
little
bit
okay,
cuz.
M
F
A
F
Of
okay,
and
that
concerns
me
a
little
bit
in
the
fact
that
we've
already
got
sort
of
a
I,
don't
know
program
and
o
o
overview
of
of
try
to
create
one
Chattanooga
and
and
I'm
just
curious
how
this
proposal,
the
study
would
interact
with
the
one
Chad
NOA,
but
the
sponsor
of
this
is
not
here
so
I'm
not
sure.
Maybe
anybody
can
answer
that,
but
but
that
is
a
concern
that
I
have
all.
Thank
you.
Chief.
H
Yeah,
okay,
Madam
Vice
chair,
thank
you,
madam
chair,
so
councilman
Henderson,
I
I
wondered
about
redundancy
as
as
you
do,
council
members
when
we
had
a
a
strategic
planning
session
and
discuss
this.
We
had
a
really
good
conversation
about
about
the.
Why
of
of
this,
why
councilwoman
krod
sees
it
as
being
different,
as
than
the
the
work
that's
been
done
by
the
department
of
equity
and
I.
H
Think
something
that
that
stood
out
to
me
was
the
idea
that
we
would
have
some
policy
recommendations
and,
given
that
we
are
a
policymaking
body
that
that
would
be
something
that
would
complement
work
that
has
been
done
elsewhere.
I
brought
up
the
state
of
black
Chattanooga
report
from
the
from
the
Urban
League.
H
That's
one
of
our
most
in-depth
reports
that
that
shows
I
think
quite
a
bit
that
would
be
in
line
with
with
this,
but
councilwoman
krod
made
a
a
very
strong
case
for
the
fact
that
that
this
could
give
us
some
different
information
and
could
help
us
think
more
proactively
about
the
policies
and
potential
legislation
that
we
bring
in
the
coming
months.
After
this
we
get
this
report.
L
L
A
L
And
I'm
not
trying
to
put
you
on
the
spot.
What
was
the
name
of
the
study
we
did
several
years
ago?
It
was.
It's
got
a
name
study.
The
disparity
disparity
study,
disparity
study,
yeah.
There
was
a
disparity
study.
There
was
the
Urban
League
state
of
black
Chattanooga
I
mean
there.
There
have
been
a
number
of
studies.
That's
that's
why
I
asked
the
question
you
I
asked
you
and
I
assumed
that
one
Chad
was
based
on
those
results
for
change.
L
Question
does
there
seem
to
be
some
redundancy,
or
should
you
all
be
involved
in
this?
The
issue
is:
there's
a
lack
of
equity.
We
all
know
that
sure
all
right,
and
should
we
not
be
spending
our
time
and
energy
on
remediating
that
based
on
what
we
already
know,
or
are
you
continuing
to
have
studies
like
this,
which
I'm
not
against
I'm,
trying
to
figure
out
how
it
all.
A
Yes,
that's
a
great
question,
so
the
disparity
study
continues
to
be
a
guiding
policy
document
of
this
Administration.
It
was
carried
over
from
the
previous
administration,
so
we
we
still
refer
to
it.
We
still
use
it.
We
obviously
have
a
tremendous
amount
of
respect
for
for
the
report
that
the
Urban
League
did
with
the
state
of
black
Chattanooga.
L
A
That
the
Urban
League
is
a
is
a
trusted.
Community
partner,
I,
think
that,
because
this
was
was
something
that
was
initiated
by
a
council
person
and
this
council
person
felt
seemed
to
feel
strongly
about
this
particular
study.
This
is
really
something
that
the
Administration
has
been
hands
off
of
just
because
we
feel
like
if
the
council
wanted
to
pursue
this.
That's
that's
up
to
the
council.
That's
up
to
the
council's
discretion.
A
L
B
How
do
we
make
policies
for
everyone
that
are?
That
is
Equitable,
because
you
know
we
can
point
out
I,
think
councilman
Le.
For
said
it
really
great
earlier.
You
know
we
all,
as
council
members
know,
what's
in
our
districts,
who's
in
our
districts,
what's
what's
going
on
in
our
districts
and
we
all
have
pockets
of
poverty
in
our
districts.
We
all
have
pockets
of
those
who
are
doing
extremely
well
in
our
district,
so
all
of
us
have
that.
H
And
so,
if
we
choose
to
adopt
an
equity
framework
for
how
we're
going
to
consider
the
the
legislation
I'm
working
on
to
consider
how
we
let
rollerbladers
use
bike
lanes,
for
example,
you
know
something
as
as
seemingly
simple
as
that,
but
also
things
that
are
immensely
complex.
I,
think
that
could
be
a
really
great
tool
and
I'm
glad.
You
pointed
that
out.
Thank
thank
you.
Oh
well.
Thank.
B
You
well
thank
you,
madam
Vice
chair.
So
are
there
any
other?
Okay?
Are
there
any
other
comments
or
questions
for
Dr
mden?
All
right,
I,
don't
see,
see
any
likes
or
anything.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
coming
and
Council.
Just
so.
You
know
the
September
19th
strategic
planning,
meeting,
Council
woman
K
will
be
here
and
we
will
address,
go
ahead
and
try
to
finalize
what
our
final
decision
is
for
this
and
we
asked
Dr.
B
Malding
Who
has
sat
down
talking
to
Dylan
over
there
if
you
could
be
available,
September
the
19th
at
2
p.m.
for
our
strategic
planning
meeting
that,
of
course
be
Tuesday.
Okay,
thank
you.
So
much
without
any
more
comments
or
questions
and
I
don't
see
any
other
business.
Do
we
have
a
meeting
to
attorney
amen
all
right?
We
are
Jour
until
6.