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Chattanooga City Council Meeting on 1-21-20
A
My
neighbor
isn't
from
my
neighborhood
and
let's
see
I
lost
my
and
just
kind
of
reader.
Eight
Chattanooga
has
plenty
of
air
being
bees
and
I
don't
want
one
in
my
in
my
block
or
in
my
neighborhood,
so
I
know.
There
are
also
some
on
the
map
that
was
shown
earlier
off
of
31st
Street,
and
my
experience
at
those
is
that
kind
of
I
miss
the
the
lack
of
people
consistently
in
those
properties
miss
the
lack
of
those
neighbors.
Personally,
so
that's
my
personal
experience
with
three
of
the
Airbnb
s
in
my
neighborhood.
B
D
C
E
Tenants
moved
out
of
the
property,
probably
over
this
summer,
their
lease
ended,
and
so
they
ended
up
not
to
renew
it.
And
at
that
point
we
decided
to
look
into
short-term
rental
and
we
realized
that
the
area
fell
into
or
36
Street.
So
at
that
time
we
started
moving
forward
with
doing
the
renovations
on
the
property.
E
C
I
have
a
concern
when
applicants
come
before
me
and
they
haven't
done
their
due
diligence
with
particularly
the
property
inspection,
because
there's
not
a
guarantee
from
my
perspective
that
due
diligence
is
going
to
be
done
to
make
sure
that
this
property
is
up
the
standard
to
be
rented
or
even
to
be
lived
in.
So
without
belaboring.
The
point
I'm
going
to
have
to
deny
the
request
so
counsel
I
move
to
deny.
C
F
C
You
very
much
mr.
vice
chair.
This
is
a
great
project
since
we've
last
discussed,
this
I've
done
some
more
research
on
how
important
this
project
can
be
for
this,
the
downtown
area
and
how
it
relates
to
how
it's
going
to
be
a
benefit
to
our
community,
because
that's
what
it's
all
about.
It's
going
to:
link
up
towards
the
walnut
Commons
area,
the
edge
Johnson
area,
as
well
as
the
renovations
that
soon
to
be
done
on
a
Walnut,
Street
bridge.
So
with
that
being
said,
I
move
to
approve.
B
G
The
remaining
purchases
are
from
the
Department
of
Public
Works
from
the
waste
resource
division,
a
new
blanket
contract
for
liquid
sodium
hypochlorite
being
awarded
to
Olin
chlor-alkali
products
and
vinyls
for
a
total
estimated
annual
amount
of
four
million
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
the
next.
A
new
blanket
contract
for
sewer
line,
cleaning
services
being
awarded
to
sweeping
Corporation
of
America
for
a
total
estimated
annual
amount
of
$600,000.
B
C
Been
moved
and
properly
seconded
for
approval,
any
questions
all
in
favor
by
the
Santa
by
opposes
nay
motion
carries
on
approval
of
the
purchases.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
sir.
Now
we'll
move
on
to
other
businesses
is
there
any
other
business?
The
council
would
like
to
share
this
evening
with
go
with
councilman
bird.
Thank.
H
You
so
much
chair,
I
wanted
to
share
an
update.
There
has
been
a
hot
topic
in
district
8.
There
has
been
a
lot
of
social
media
chatter
on
the
closing
of
the
powerhouse
facility.
This
is
not
true.
The
city
has
been
working
with
the
Chattanooga
Zoo
on
a
four
part
expansion
plan
for
their
new
Africa
exhibit
phase,
one
will
include
giraffes
and
each
phase
will
bring
an
exciting
new
animal
for
the
Africa.
Exhibit
part
of
this
phase
for
under
the
new
Africa
exhibit
means
relocating,
not
shutting
down
the
power
house
and
UTC
softball
hitting
facility.
H
The
zoo
has
explained
to
city
staff
that
the
phase
would
not
be
will
not
begin
until
at
least
2025
meaning
there
is
no
immediate
danger
of
closing
either
facility,
but
city
staff
continues
to
look
for
opportunities
and
the
surrounding
areas
to
best
provide
this
needed
service
for
Chattanooga
pnes
I'll
continue
to
share
updates
about
the
exciting
new
exhibit
for
our
community
and
the
exciting
future
for
the
powerhouse.
Thank
you
thank.
C
B
C
I
You,
mr.
chair,
we
did
have
a
public
origin,
Transportation
Committee
meeting
today,
where
we
had
a
an
update
from
coordinates
redesign
of
their
system,
as
well
as
some
information
about
our
our
city,
own
golf
courses
and
the
regular
agenda
items,
and
we
will
have
another
one
in
two
weeks
after
agenda
session.
Thank.
C
J
J
At
the
end
of
each
council
meeting
the
chair
can
recognize
members
of
the
public
that
wish
to
address
the
council.
Here's
your
rules,
each
speaker
wishing
to
address
the
council
can
be
recognized
at
the
microphone
up
front.
For
that
purpose,
no
person
shall
have
more
than
three
minutes
to
speak.
The
speaker
can
address
the
council
only
upon
matters
within
their
legislative
and
quasi
judicial
authority
and
can't
address
the
council
on
matters
which
are
under
the
authority
of
other
governmental
bodies
or
agencies.
J
K
G
K
North
Woods,
please
stand
up
Thank
You,
chairman
ovals,
be
vice
chairman,
Henderson
and
members
of
the
council.
North
Woods,
subdivision
residents
are
here
tonight
asking
why
a
30
year
old
father
had
to
die
to
get
our
attention.
A
two-year-old
will
never
see
her
daddy.
This
was
a
senseless
murder
at
a
group
home
on
Sunday
January,
the
12th
at
50
705,
Garrett
Drive,
our
neighborhood
Association
voted
unanimously
last
night
to
oppose
the
reopening
of
this
group
home.
Frankly,
it's
been
a
nuisance
from
almost
day
one.
It's
operated
by
support
solutions,
headquartered
in
Memphis.
K
We
are
told
they
operate
other
group
homes
in
Chattanooga,
since
the
opening
in
November
2017
police
have
responded
to
the
facility
forty-three
times.
I
asked
an
officer
how
much
time
they
spend
going
into
North
Woods.
They
said
they
average
two
times
a
month.
So
you
see
this
house
has
gotten
quite
a
bit
of
police
attention
this
afternoon
when
I
was
coming
back
from
lunch,
I
noticed
a
big
moving
band
sitting
in
front
of
the
house
and
there
were
workers
moving
out
furniture
caught
my
eye.
K
Yes,
we
call
the
news
media
because
it
his
news
a
few
minutes
ago
before
the
meeting
miss
Phyllis
Miller
Phyllis.
Would
you
please
stand
up?
She
lives
in
the
V
there
across
from
the
house.
She
brought
us
a
good
news
letter
it's
from
Richard
key
who
handles
the
key
estate.
The
bottom
line
is
the
lease
is
run
out.
The
house
is
going
to
be
put
on
the
market
and
sold
and
it
will
return
to
its
proper
zoning
of
r1
members
of
the
council.
K
I
supplied
you
with
a
letter
gives
you
a
lot
of
background
in
the
case
I've
known
the
key
family
for
a
long
time,
they're
good
citizens.
There
was
some
mistakes
here
made
and
we're
just
glad
that
Northwoods
has
a
good
resolution,
but
I
do
challenge
members
of
the
City
Council.
This
group
supports
solutions,
in
my
opinion,
is
a
bad
citizen.
K
You
know
allowing
a
murder
to
happen
when
this
guy
requested
additional
help.
Last
December
is
unacceptable.
In
my
eyes,
I
would
request
mr.
Smith
since
you're
our
councilman,
that
you
write
these
people
a
letter,
maybe
get
them
to
come
over
here
and
answer
questions.
I
know:
Mr
Noblet
has
made
a
statement
that
you
have
very
little
jurisdiction,
but
they're
still
operating
in
our
community.
Talk
with
the
policemen
ask
how
many
times
they've
been
to
these
group
homes.
In
my
opinion,
there's
a
lot
of
information
that
we
need
to
know
about.
K
Let's
prevent
please
another
murder
from
happening
like
what
happened
at
the
North
Woods
subdivision.
Thank
you
so
much
for
allowing
me
to
address
you.
If
you
have
any
questions
from
our
neighborhood,
we
have
neighbors
mr.
gene,
our
chairman
of
our
association,
is
here.
We
would
be
glad
to
ask
those
questions.
You
answer
ask
those
questions
and
answer
them.
Sir.
Thank.
C
L
Been
a
lot
of
discussion
over
this,
since
this
incident
occurred
on
the
12th
and
I
have
had
significant
conversations
with
the
city
attorney
and
what
exactly
our
authority
is
with
a
company
that
is
actually
licensed
by
the
state
and
not
by
the
city.
So
there's
there's
very
little
audit
capability
legally,
we
can
do
that
said
looking
into
other
businesses
that
they
have
and
looking
into
whether
or
not
they
are
operating
in
a
legal
fashion
is
something
we
definitely
can
do,
even
if
that
is
if
they
are
regulated
by
the
state.
L
K
L
L
As
well
so
I
will
just
say
that,
just
because
there
are
calls
to
a
home,
it
doesn't
necessarily
immediately
trip
the
sensor
that,
oh,
my
gosh,
you
know
they're
they're,
either
criminal
activities
or
things
like
that
going
on.
It's
not
necessarily
that.
So
we
are
happy
to
see
this
outcome
and
we
are
gonna
look
into
this
organization,
the
other
business
they
do
in
the
canoe.
K
M
M
We've
come
to
you
this
evening
with
support
from
many
labor
unions
and
community
groups,
including
the
Chattanooga
area,
Labor
Council
in
Chattanooga,
in
action
for
love,
equity
and
benevolence,
also
known
as
Caleb.
Yesterday
we
marched
with
many
groups
in
honor
of
dr.
Martin
Luther
King
jr..
We
thought
that
it
was
little
fitting
to
continue
his
message
of
social
and
economic
justice
by
attending
the
March
and
getting
further
public
support
to
make
fight
for
15.
M
The
new
minimum
standard
for
wages
paid
at
the
city
of
according
to
data
cited
in
the
four-to-three
newsletter
posted
by
the
city
over
1
in
5,
Chattanooga
pne's
live
in
poverty
in
hamilton
county.
The
living
wage
per
hour
needed
to
support
a
household
with
one
adult
and
one
child
is
$21.99.
I'm
saddened
to
report
that
we
have
fallen
way
behind
the
cost
of
living
has
increased
substantially,
but
our
wages
have
not
increased
at
the
same
rate.
In
an
effort
to
attract
businesses
to
our
state.
M
During
pondering
the
budget
season,
it's
important
to
remind
that.
Dr.
King
said
that
a
budget
is
not
only
a
financial
document,
but
also
a
moral
document
and
strong,
and
we
have
to
strive
for
this
fight
for
15
per
hour
and
that
will
solve
this
more
well.
He'll
go
far
in
solving
our
moral
dilemma
as
our
city
grows
and
we
continue
to
hand
out
taxpayer
money
to
large
companies.
We
must
never
forget
employees
that
keep
the
city
running.
M
We
must
pass
a
moral
budget
and
make
the
fight
for
15
the
top
priority
for
ending
poverty
for
city
of
Chattanooga
workers
as
one
of
the
largest
employers
in
our
area.
We,
this
will
encourage
other
employers
to
increase
wages
and
lift
thousands
of
people
out
of
poverty,
and
we
must
we
must
do
this
sooner
rather
than
later.
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor
Burke
for
his
leadership,
in
bringing
awareness
to
economic
mobility
and
I
hope
we
can
work
to
make
Chattanooga
a
great
place
to
live
and
work
and
again
I.
M
N
N
L
N
N
O
Murray
Mont
Oak
Grove,
dr.
Martin,
Luther
King
jr.,
stated
that
what
does
it
profit
a
man
to
be
able
to
eat
at
an
integrated
lunch
counter
if
he
does
not
have
enough
money
for
a
hamburger?
Last
week
there
was
particular
discussion
during
their
purchasing
portion.
That
I
took
some
notes
on
that
I
wanted
to
bring
to
the
light
of
the
community
and
around
27
minutes.
If
you
go
and
look
at
the
City
Council
video,
we
have
Councilwoman
burs,
who
states
that.
O
Why
does
it
seem
that
business
in
the
city
of
Chattanooga
is
operating
as
a
closed
shop?
In
my
particular
surprise,
I
didn't
even
understand
that
the
City
Council
had
adopted
a
purchasing
manual
that
it
doesn't
seem
to
have
quite
fully
developed
twenty-nine
minutes
and
she
says
it's
bad
practice.
It
reeks
of
small-town
thinking
and
we
should
have
a
committee
review,
20,
9
minutes
and
31
seconds.
Something
doesn't
feel
right,
we're
talking
about
millions
of
dollars
and
nobody
else
gets
a
chance.
O
We
are
a
different
city
now
and
then
councilman
Mitchell
at
32
minute
states.
We've
done
a
terrible
job
of
implementing
and
putting
this
into
our
contracts.
I
stand
here
on
behalf
of
the
community
and
solidarity
with
our
union
brothers
and
sisters
and
with
the
general
public.
When
we
talk
about
equity,
it
must
be
legitimate
when
you
talk
about
leveling
the
playing
field.
What
you're
talking
about
is
the
fact
that
in
1911,
the
city
of
Chattanooga
had
an
ordinance
which
forced
segregation
and
Jim
Crow
in
this
city,
Jim
Crow
was
legal.
O
The
remnants
of
Jim
Crow
are
an
uneven
playing
field
that
do
not
have
leverage
for
people
who
are
entrepreneurs
who
have
great
ideas
and
innovation
tactics
to
be
able
to
be
able
to
compete
and
have
their
opportunity
at
doing
business
with
the
city
of
Chattanooga.
Also,
a
Jim
Crow
ISM
is
also
having
people
who
work
to
make
a
city
what
it
is
and
cannot
get
fair
wages.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
dr.
O
Martin
Luther
King
died
going
to
address
the
sanitation
workers
in
Memphis
because
they
were
on
strike
in
the
60s
for
not
being
paid
fair
wages.
If
we're
going
to
talk
about
equity,
it
must
be
legitimate,
and
that
means
it
must
come
with
the
implementation
from
the
city
government
as
well
as
in
agreeance.
Not
only
from
the
legislative
body,
but
also
the
executive
and
collaboration
on
making
sure
the
implementation,
as
far
as
the
process
is
concerned,
is
open
when
it
can
be
available
to
the
public
explained
and
legitimate.
Thank
you.
Thank.
P
First
off
the
city
of
Chattanooga
has
expended
considerable
resources
and
undergone
a
severe
amount
of
criticism
for
putting
in
place
infrastructure
that
was
supposed
to
support
choices
in
transportation,
specifically
I'm
talking
about
bike
lanes.
Frequently,
we
hear
complaints
about
how
these
bike
lanes
are
not
being
used.
Yet
the
city
would
seek
to
ban
the
vehicles
that
could
use
these
bike
lanes
and
actually
make
better
use
of
them
more
efficient
use
of
them.
P
Finally,
once
again
the
downtown
businesses
can
use
all
the
help
they
can
get
in
getting
customers
and
when
customers
are
forced
to
park
large
distances
from
the
businesses
and
pay
for
that
parking,
then
they
are
at
a
disadvantage
relative
to
these
suburban
locations
that
have
huge
expanses
of
parking
available
to
them.
In
my
opinion,
I
think
the
city
owes
it
to
our
downtown
residents
and
businesses
to
provide
choices
in
transportation.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank
you.
C
D
It
is
and
I
wasn't
gonna
say
anything
today,
but
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
say
that
we
are
both
appreciative
and
thankful
on
behalf
of
our
Chairman
and
our
Vice
Chairman
and
the
whole
body
of
the
Gunther
group.
We
are
appreciative
and
thankful
to
the
city
of
Chattanooga.
I
was
the
multicultural
affairs
and
everybody
that
had
a
role
in
helping
us
have
definitive
annual
in
Medicaid
March.
D
We
have
one
the
oldest
and
longest
and
most
Contini
was
in
the
country
and
I
think
by
the
display
that
we
had
yesterday,
the
Comerica
was
in
agreement,
and
so
we
should
be
proud
of
that
fact
that
we've
been
doing
this
for
this
many
years
and
we
know
I
heard
a
lot
about
dr.
King
here.
We
know
that
he
was
a
victim
of
gun
violence
and
we
know
that
in
this
country,
36,000
people
will
die
each
year
to
gun
violence,
that's
100
every
day
and
one
reasonable.
D
Could
we
have
317
million
guns
on
the
streets
of
America?
That's
enough
for
every
man,
woman,
child
moves
bird
and
fish
in
the
country,
and
so
we
must
be
doing
something:
teaching
about
responsible
gun
safety
and
ownership
and
changing
the
hearts
and
attitudes
and
minds
of
people,
and
this
week
was
at
one
our
events
when
we
talked
about
God
universal
nature.
D
This
is
also
the
50th
anniversary
of
the
unity
group
and
when
we
do
be
critically
it
being
loved
because
we
are
social
justice
organization
and
we
must
be
committed
to
justice
and
we
must
be
committed
to
writing
the
ship
as
we
see
it,
and
this
is
just
a
wonderful
opportunity.
We
have
to
advance
our
country
forward,
that's
sort
of
what
dr.
King
talked
about
and
Langston
Hughes
described
it
when
he
said
hold
fast
to
dreams,
because,
if
dreams
die,
life
is
a
broken-winged
bird
that
can't
fly
hold
fast
to
dreams
because
of
dreams.
D
Go
life
is
like
a
field
frozen
the
end
of
snow,
so
we
must
teach
our
young
people
to
hold
fast
to
dreams
and
change
their
hearts
and
their
tools
and
their
minds,
and
we
also
stand
by
the
workers
because
they
deserve
dignity.
Respect
in
a
little
weeks.
That's
unless
dr.
King
died
for
two
sanitation
workers
that
got
crushed
to
death,
trying
to
get
out
of
court
ring
and
so
again
say
that's
right.
We
say
thank
you
and
let's
look
forward
to
defeat
the
first
year.
Thank.
Q
Hello,
my
name
is
Zoe
Grimes
I
live
at
7:47,
Commons,
Boulevard
I'm
in
district
4
and
I'm.
Also
here
to
talk
about
the
Dhokla
scooters
and
bicycles.
I
am
one
of
those
Gen
Z
Millennials
that
the
left
gentleman
up
here
was
speaking
about
and
I
was
at
home.
When
I
first
saw
a
news,
article
saying
that
there
was
in
fact
a
band
on
those
for
six
months
and
it
shocked
me
I
was
like
what
Chattanooga
has
got
the
electric
buses:
we've
got,
the
forefront
of
innovation
and
we've
banned
scooters
and
bicycles.
Q
I
went
to
school
in
New,
York
City,
so
I'm
very
familiar
with
the
electric
bikes
going
every
which
way
and
when
I
saw
that
it
was
up
for
consideration
again.
I
knew
I
had
to
come
down.
I
was
reading
a
lot
about
statistics
about
the
Dhokla
scooters
and
there
are,
of
course,
dangers
of
injuries.
A
lot
of
them
are
head.
Q
Injuries,
I
think
something
like
80%
of
injuries
involved
in
people
on
scooters
are
from
Falls
and
a
great
deal
for
people
who
are
not
on
the
scooters
from
collisions,
but
I
don't
think
we
should
ban
them.
I
think
we
should
instead
pursue
creative
regulations,
something
like
you
know,
making
sure
that
they
can't
go
above
certain
speeds,
making
sure
people
understand
the
importance
of
helmets.
A
lot
of
these
injuries
that
are
sustained
that
are
very
impactful
are
because
people
aren't
wearing
helmets.
Q
You
know
you
go
in
10
to
20
miles
on
a
on
a
vehicle
and
you
don't
have
a
helmet
on
we've
already
concluded.
That's
a
pretty
bad
idea
aside.
The
point
I
really
appreciate
living
in
Chattanooga.
All
the
effort
Chattanooga
is
making
to
make
it
a
more
friendly
place
to
not
have
a
car
I
Drive,
a
motorcycle,
so
I'm,
one
of
the
people
who
don't
have
a
car
cars
are
expensive
for
young
people
like
me
to
own
they're,
expensive,
to
keep
and
they're
expensive
to
park.
Q
So
I
chose
to
drove
a
motorcycle
instead
and
I
really
appreciate
that
Chattanooga
puts
a
lot
of
effort
into
making
bus
systems.
I
came
here
on
the
bus
today,
in
fact,
because
it
was
freezing
cold
outside
I'm,
not
gonna
drive
this
motorcycle.
What
I
think
Chattanooga
should
be
doing
is
not
looking
for
ways
to
exclude
Carles
solutions,
but
should
instead
be
looking
for
ways
to
embrace
Carles
solutions,
especially
with
new
technology
like
this.
Thank
you
all
very
much
for
listening
to
me.
Ramble
about
this
I
appreciate
it
very
much.
R
Good
evening,
everyone,
my
name,
is
Brenda
Ben
I
am
with
the
habakkuk
Community
Park
project.
I
came
to
you
all
back
in
October
to
let
you
all
know
what
we
were
about
to
do
at
1820
city
code,
Avenue,
new
on
the
corner
of
orchard
knob
and
City
Co
in
the
Avondale
community,
in
the
Church
of
your
community,
the
community,
that's
being
revitalized
and
reformed.
I
came
to
you
all
and
asked
you,
because
we
wanted
to
also
have
property
at
eighteen,
eighteen,
City
Co,
so
we
can
make
the
rebecca
community
park
even
bigger
and
better.
R
That
was
back
in
october.
We
did
what
we
were
supposed
to
do.
We
went
to
the
planning
and
development
we
talked
to
miss
williams.
We've
submitted
all
the
necessary
forms,
but
here
it
is
in
January
and
we
still
don't
know
the
status
of
our
request,
which
is
stalling
our
project,
because
we
need
to
know
if
we're
going
to
have
that
property
or
not.
So
we
all
know
if
we
need
to
replan
or
regroup
or
go
on
with
our
original
plan.
We've
also
contacted
the
mayor's
office
and
sent
them
a
proposal.
R
We've
also
contacted
Commissioner,
Mackey
I'm
told
that
he
owns
the
property
adjacent
to
1818
City
Co.
We
still
have
not
had
a
response,
so
I
just
came
to
you
all
again.
I
came
to
you
all
before
for
your
support
and
for
your
help
in
a
way
you
could
so
I'm
coming
to
you
again
for
that
support
and
help
in
helping
us
get
at
least
a
response
to
our
requests.
So
we
can
go
on
with
this
great
project
that
we're
about
to
do
in
that
neighborhood.
Thank
you
all
again
for
listening.
H
Bird,
thank
you
ma'am.
Excuse
me
Muriel.
Okay,
thank
you.
So
much.
This
project
means
a
lot
to
me
as
well,
and
I
know
the
work
you've
put
into
it.
If
you
would
I
know
the
h/h
right
Parkway,
the
part
that
naming
the
street
after
mr.
Wright
has
been
put
into
motion,
so
we
should
be
hearing
from
that
really
soon
and
if
you
will
hang
out
after
the
meeting
me
and
Miss,
Donna
will
talk
to
you
and
let
you
know
where
we
are
with
the
property
transferring
where
that
is
at
this
time
see
well.
Okay!