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A
Okay,
it's
like,
like
I,
said
nothing
ready.
Okay,
good
afternoon,
everyone
Welcome
to
our
Tuesday
December
13th
agenda
session.
I
will
take
a
motion
on
a
minute.
I
have
a
motion
for
the
minutes
with
a
second.
They
will
stand
without
objection.
Council.
If
you
will
take
a
look
at
items
on
tonight's
agenda
for
our
business
meeting,
we'll
start
with
Finance
I'll
watch
the
board
for
lights
for
questions
or
comments
on
any
of
these
items.
A
Three
items
fill
that
needed
to
come
in
and
we
have
one
item
coming
in
on
Phil.
Let
me
let
me
stop
that.
Let
me
go
back
here:
real,
quick
yeah.
We
have
these
the
items
for
the
codes,
yes
we're
coming
in
on
first
reading,
okay
and
we
have
no
final
reading,
that's
where
I
was
taking
a
little
bit
of
a
misstep
there.
We
have
no
ordinances
on
Final
reading
this
this
evening.
A
B
On
the
finance
B,
are
we
able
to
afford
a
rental
spaces
or
the
use
to
change
the
fee
for
the
recreational
with
people
who
for
therapeutic
recreation?
Those
are
people
that
have
disabilities.
A
C
I'm
happy
to
have
a
longer
discussion
about
this
after
the
meeting,
but
I
did
want
to
say
that
you
know
we
would
oppose
the
adjustment
of
the
fees
in
part
because
we
were
thoughtful
therapy
creation
piece.
C
The
reason
that
we
lowered
is
because
we
wanted
to
be
able
to
add
more
Flex
around
ratios
for
the
need
for
even
three
instructors
in
a
room,
and
some
of
this
program
can
be
expensive
and
so
in
order
to
enable
the
city
to
implement
more
Rich
programming
that
we've
seen
at
demand,
for
we
did
give
ourselves
more
flexibility
to
have
a
broader
range
of
fees,
and
you
know
by
adding
two
additional
instructors.
C
I
think
we
are
really
going
to
be
able
to
add
programming,
but
this
is
a
part
of
that
process.
So
we
we
have
added
those
that
widened
that
fear-ish,
that
we
can
really
broaden
the
range
of
programming,
and
that
was
done
in
consultation
with
parks
and
Outdoors
and
the
team
to
make
sure
that
they
had
the
resources
that
they
need
to
do.
The
work.
B
D
D
A
That
is
that's
my
question.
Thank
you
very
much
appreciate
that
all
right,
any
other
questions
or
comments
on
the
update
to
the
code.
Moving
into
have
our
first
reading
on
the
international
fire
code.
Mr
Anderson.
Can
you
tell
us
real
quick?
There
was
some
concern
from
interested
parties
and
I
believe
that
change
was
made
and
put
into
the.
E
Ordinance
correct
yes,
sir,
there
were,
there
were
some
debate
about
three
different
sections
of
the
international
fire
code
and
our
adoption
of
the
2018
version
that
was
worked
out
with
all
parties,
including
an
outside
interest
group,
as
well
as
the
fire
marshal.
The
Land
Development
Office
and
our
city
engineer.
Bill
Payne
and
the
the
draft
that
you
have
before
tonight
is
the
recommendation
of
everyone
involved
in
it
inside.
A
E
Sir,
it's
a
rare,
unanimous
feeling:
yeah,
yes,
can
you
bottle
it?
If
I
could
I'd
have
a
lot
more
money,
yeah.
A
F
You,
sir,
hey
chief
I've,
got
a
question.
Obviously
we've
got,
you
know
two
moratoriums
presented
here.
One
is
mortorium
for
six
months.
The
other
one
is
for
extended
period
of
a
month
and
I
guess.
My
question
is
the
the
six
month
moratorium
was
in
order
to
get
some
things
in
place
in
order
to
be
able
to
show
enforcement
and
I
guess.
C
So
you
know
I
think
that
the
residents
of
Chattanooga,
particularly
folks
affected
by
the
moratorium,
would
expect
that
the
after
six
month
extension
particularly
designed
to
understand
how
enforcement
affected
the
legislation
and
whether
or
not
it
gave
you
know,
council
members
confidence
to
to
proceed
that
that
this
Council
adopt
some
form
of
legislation
after
a
moratorium.
C
I
think
that
that
makes
sense
this
Administration
I
think
the
intention
is,
is
to
get
a
track
record
to
demonstrate
that
we
can
do
the
enforcement
correctly
and
then
to
work
with
Council
to
advance
a
piece
of
legislation
forward.
I
think
that
councilwoman
Hill
made
a
good
point
last
week,
which
is
that
we
do
have
some
learning
to
do
in
this
process
and
so
I
think
it's
not
unforeseeable
for
the
administration
to
it's,
not
unforeseeable.
C
For
for
us
to
imagine
that
changes
may
come
out
of
the
learning
process
in
the
next
six
months.
So
I
don't
necessarily
know
if
it
would
be
the
exact
same
legislation
it.
But
after
the
conclusion,
if
this
Council
does
choose
to
move
forward
with
the
six-month
extension
of
the
moratorium
that
we
would
be
moving
forward
with
some
legislation,.
F
C
I
think
it's
a
fair
concern:
councilman
I,
don't
share
it.
I
think
that
the
six-month
time
frame
was
discussed
in
part,
because
we
did
feel
confident
that
there
would
be
a
sufficient
track
record
of
of
enforcement
at
that
point
and
if,
at
that
point
the
enforcement
happens
and
then
council
members
still
don't
feel
like
they
can
support
the
legislation.
C
If
that's
the
case,
then
I
think
that
you
know
that
is
a
discussion
for
Council
to
have,
but
it
would
be
from
from
the
administration's
perspective,
the
the
amount
of
time
that
we
would
need
to
understand
how
the
enforcement
to
demonstrate
to
the
council
that
that
we
can
effectively
enforce
this
legislation.
So
I
think
that
that
was
the
intention
behind
the
the
extension
around
the
moratorium.
Okay,.
F
So
one
one
additional
item-
Mr
chair
and
it's
related
to,
but
not
necessarily
the
moratorium
is
the
attorney
has
gotten
me.
F
The
amendments
to
the
original
ordinance
that
I
was
going
to
be
presenting
and
what
I'd
like
to
do
is
maybe
present
that
next
week,
before
we
go
on
break
and
then
ask
that
it
be
able
to
be
put
into
legislative
committee,
perhaps
maybe
the
first
meeting
back
for
the
council
to
consider
this
particular
piece
of
legislation
which
would
be
apart
from
I,
think
what
the
administration
will
be
presenting
simply
because
my
concern
is
I
I
think
we're
still
going
to
have
some
concerns
in
six
months
with
with
that
with
it
going
city-wide
I
know
when
we
enacted
this
originally
I,
think
we
we
all
got
around
the
table
and
came
up
with
a
with
a
agreement,
a
solution
that
that
everybody
seemed
to
be
comfortable
with
and
and
happy
with,
I'm,
not
hearing
the
community
clamoring
for
this
to
go
city-wide.
F
The
amendments
that
I'm
making
to
this
ordinance
would
keep
the
overlay
and
and
make
a
few
changes.
So
I
will
be
presenting
next
week
the
amendment
to
the
ordinances,
and
hopefully
we
can
get
it
in
legislative
committee
and
at
least
address
it.
A
B
And
Chip
raised
a
couple
of
points
that
I
did
not
hire,
judge
Walter
Williams
to
do
with
me
short-term
vacation
rentals
in
a
different
capacity
but
yeah,
so
he
don't
manage
the
short-term
vacation
run.
Reinforcement,
okay,.
A
I
don't
know
the
answer
to
that
right
off
the
bat
I
mean
I
would
assume
that
we
could
and
I
I
also
would
say
that
we've
had
applicants
already
drop
their
names
in
it's
a
very
qualified
individuals
in
this
town.
A
Who
wish
to
do
this
particular
position
that
I
don't
think
finding
an
aho
is
going
to
be
a
difficult
task
for
us.
Yeah.
B
I,
don't
either
I
think
he's
qualified
too
so,
but
my
concern
is
that
the
enforcement-
it's
going
to
always
be
a
problem
with
us
with
counsel,
because
it's
so
many
things
that
we
keep
talking
about
enforcement
enforcement
enforcement
enforcement
enforcement
and
it
just
it
never
gets
done.
It
just
keeps
being
shoved
over
put
a
Band-Aid
over
it.
So
the
next
complaint
come
in,
so
I
would
like
to
see
the
data
that
showed
you
know
what
was
the
enforcement
done?
B
Why
we
had
the
why
the
moratorium
was
here
now
and
then
prior
to
the
memorial
being
placed
on
like
what's
the
data
of
the
enforcement,
so
we
can
compare
the
numbers.
What
was
the
wireless,
because
that
was
a
point
of
the
memorial,
but
to
have
nothing?
No
enforcement,
while
we've
had
it
here
and
now
we're
saying
we
need
six
more
additional
months.
B
B
Know
what's
going
to
change
is
the
question
as
far
as
you
all
saying
that
you
are
gonna
have
some
kind
of
enforcement
measures
like
how
do
we
know
for
certain
that
you're
going
to
have
some
in
place
to
do
it?
You're
saying
six
months,
we've
already
had
eight
months
of
a
memorial
where
enforcement
was
supposed
to
be
done
well,.
E
I
mean
we
still
have
the
same
plan
that
I've
laid
out
in
strategic
planning
and
in
this
meeting
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
which
is
how
the
administrative
hearing
officer
in
place
by
March,
you
have
a
budget
amendment
coming
to
you
in
a
few
weeks
that
will
shift
money
from
the
hotel,
motel
Revenue
to
hire
new
inspectors
to
do
the
enforcement
and
enforce
the
regulations
on
the
illegally
operating
non-permitted
stvrs.
That's
what
all
of
you
have
said
is
the
biggest
problem,
including
in
your
District
councilwoman,
with
unregistered
ones
that
aren't
following
the
law.
E
So
that's
where
we're
going
to
focus
our
enforcement
for
those
three
months
between
well,
if,
if
we
are
given
six
months
three
months
after
the
aho
is
instituted
and
set
up
and
the
end
of
the
extension.
B
A
You
good
councilwoman,
so
my
question
for
us
this
evening
to
ponder
is
we
have
two
versions
on
the
agenda,
one
that
is
for
30
days
and
one
that
is
for
six
months.
So
the
question
I
want
to
pose
to
council
and
and
hopefully
gain
clarification
is
what
does
the
30
day?
Give
us
don't
say
30
days
and
what
does
the
six
month
give
us
at
the
end
of
what
will
we
obtain?
A
A
That's
the
question
I
posed
counsel
and
if
there's
anybody
who
wants
to
chime
in
on
what
the
30-day
in
this
or
the
six
month
yields
us,
then
I'm
happy
to
turn
the
floor
over
councilwoman
Hill.
You
have
the
floor.
Man.
D
The
the
difference
that
I
see
in
the
30
versus
the
the
30
day
versus
the
sixth
month
is
in
fact
the
ability
to
make
some
changes
to
how
we
are
going
to
be
managing
enforcement.
The
administrative
hearing
officer
is
a
distinctly
different
tool
than
we
have
had
in
the
past.
D
In
the
past,
we've
had
the
ability
to
have
a
fifty
dollar
fine,
which
you
all
have
all
had
in
codes
situations,
I'm
sure
in
your
District,
similar
to
those
I've
had
in
District
2,
which,
unfortunately,
don't
very
often
make
Bad
actors
behave
themselves,
especially
when
it's
a
50
fine
and
you
come
back
in
a
month
of
something
that
we've
discussed
within
the
committee.
The
ad
hoc
committee
is
that
it
would
be
very
easy
to
just
consider
a
fifty
dollar
a
month,
fine,
the
cost
of
doing
business
or
even
a
fifty
dollar
a
day.
Fine.
D
So
the
administrative
hearing
officer
gives
us
an
opportunity
to
move
toward
a
500
fine
and,
as
a
member
of
the
committee,
I'm
I'm
hopeful
that
that
is
something
that
is
a
is
a
heavy
enough.
Stick
to
have
enough
penalty
to
change.
Behavior
of
people
who
are
flaunting
our
current
regulations.
D
So,
given
that
point,
do
you
understand
what
Mr
Anderson
is
saying
about
needing
about
three
months
to
get
that
going,
but
also
to
hire
the
staff
to
be
the
funnel
toward
that
administrative
hearing
officer,
something
that
has
occurred
to
me
as
I've
talked
with
constituents
and
investors
and
the
realtors
in
town?
Is
that
when
we
left
this
moratorium,
I
think
it's
very
likely
that
we
will
have
within
the
first
week
at
least
100
applications.
D
D
I
so
I
see
that
the
six
months
gives
us
a
fairness
to
the
folks
that
have
given
us
their
time
in
the
community
and
in
the
investor
Community
to
share
with
us
the
things
that
are
most
concerned
to
them.
Concern
about
enforcement
is
something
that
people
on
every
side
of
this
issue
share.
There
is
a
a
shared.
D
Belief
that
fixing
the
enforcement
is
going
to
make
a
big
impact
on
how
we
decide
to
move
forward
with
any
other
regulation
with
this.
So
that's
the
difference
that
I
see
in
the
six
months
versus
one
month,
just
the
ability
to
actually
do
the
job
well,
also
to
give
us
some
time
to
get
some
adjustments,
as
councilman
Henderson
has
mentioned
to
our
fee
structure,
so
that
we
can
actually
pay
for
this
enforcement.
That's
all
thank
you.
D
B
Just
it's
just
coming
across
as
more
punitive
than
it
is
anything
else
like
I
get
it
in
your
District
councilwoman
Hill
they
surely
they
can
afford
to
pay
500.
at
my
district
they
may
can't
afford
to
pay
500
in
this
in
short-term
vacation.
Rentals
are
used
to
supplement
people
income,
and
you
know
some
people
are
using
it
just
for
that
now,
I,
don't
it's
true.
B
It's
not
my
intention
to
being
a
tennis
match
to
go
back
and
forth
back
and
forth
without
comments,
but
I
just
you
know:
I
don't
want
to
create
legislation,
that's
going
to
just
be
solely
punitive
now
I
get
the
enforcement
part
of
it,
but
I
think
500
will
actually
be
a
little
too
steep
for
some
people.
But
I
do
hear
your
concerns.
I
do
you
know,
but
maybe
we
could
look
at
a
lower
number.
The
fee
is
it's
not
gonna.
B
We've
seen
in
a
lot
of
instances
where
people
can
get
called
to
the
court,
people
just
pay
it.
They
don't
care
nothing
about
that.
A
lot
of
times,
that's
still
not
correct
in
their
behavior.
So
but
again,
I
do
hear
you
those
these
are
just
my
thoughts
and
as
I
stated
I,
don't
you
know,
there's
no
need
to
attendance.
The
conversation
back
and
forth.
Thank.
D
Maybe
it's
pickleball,
but
I
just
want
to
clarify
one
thing:
councilwoman
coonrod
I
think
you
might
have
misunderstood
what
I
was
saying
with
the
500
for
the
administrative
hearing
officer
that
is
related
to
that
500
dollar
fee
that
we're
up
to
for
the
fines
and
fees
is
related
to
people
who
are
breaking
the
law
so
running
an
illegal,
short-term
vacation
rental,
and
so
as
it
relates
to
the
affordability
of
that
I
think
that's
a
different
conversation
than
the
fees
for
licenses,
which
is
still
something
that
is
very
much
on
the
table
to
be
discussed.
H
You
right,
thank
you
so
much
and
there's
nothing
wrong
with
a
little
spirited
debate
so
with
that
I
think
chairman
Ledford
is
back
so
he
can
have
this
seat.
A
So
I
guess
the
question
for
this
evening
will
be
30
days
60
days
90
days
six
months,
so
Council
will
have
options
and
of
course,
amendments
can
be
made
from
the
floor
at
six
o'clock.
Any
other
questions
on
this
item.
All
right.
Moving
into
planning
items,
I
believe
I
saw
an
email,
councilman
Henderson
regarding
item
f,
foreign.
I
J
I
A
K
Chris
Anderson
passed
along
that
there
was
an
interest
in
speaking
to
Mr
Turk.
The
applicant
I
did
email,
Mr
Turk
and
asked
him
to
contact
you
regarding
the
case
and
any
information
that
additional
information
that
might
need
to
be
provided,
but
I
did
not
hear
back
from
him
and
I.
Don't
know
if
it
sounds
like
he
did
not
contact
you.
He
hath
not
so.
G
A
G
F
A
A
A
A
Okay-
and
we
will
have
an
education
session
on
this
here
in
just
a
few
moments-
an
opportunity
for
Council
to
ask
questions.
Okay,
if
you'll
take
a
look
at
purchases,
we
have
one
this
evening.
A
D
I
just
related
to
the
purchasing
the
RFP
related
to
a
small
Dollar
Loan
program
for
city
employees.
A
A
H
Yes,
I
have
a
question
about
on
the
resolutions
item
F.
It
doesn't
have
the
amount
listed
there.
So
is
there
an
amount
that
on
the
parks
and
Outdoors.
C
We
will
have
an
amount
shortly.
Scott
I
believe
that
the
amount
is
is
imminently
being
placed
on
the
agenda.
Okay,.
A
A
And
Scott,
maybe
if
chairman
Hester,
allows
us
to
maybe
address
that
just
a
little
bit.
I
think
that
is
something
we
would
all
like
to
know
a
little
bit
more
about
if
you
could
be
prepared
for
that,
if
the
councilman
so
desires.
A
A
Future
considerations,
it's
a
little
short
given
the
time
of
year.
I
would
expect.
The
only
question
I
had
was
answered,
and
that
is
the
RPA
under
planning
item
is
coming
out
of
the
reserve
funds.
Karen
you've
confirmed
that
for
me,
okay,
any
other
questions
on
future
considerations
say
that
one
naturally
should
be
a
little
light.
A
C
C
This
is
something
the
administration
does
support
and
although
the
Budgetel
situation
did
not
start
in
the
city
of
Chattanooga,
our
office
of
homelessness
and
Supportive
Housing
staff
have
been
diligently
working
from
the
very
beginning
to
ensure
as
many
displaced
residents
as
possible
are
able
to
be
sheltered
and
then
eventually
able
to
transition
into
permanent
housing
and
and
I
do
want
to
say
that
we've
been
supporting
a
broad
Coalition
of
organizations
led
by
the
Chattanooga
Regional
Homeless
Coalition,
our
strategic
partner
on
homelessness
relief
efforts
and
they've
been
doing
a
fantastic
job.
C
I
really
want
to
commend
Mike
and
his
entire
team
for
their
incredible
work
during
this
entire
process,
especially
given
they
had
very
short
notice
to
respond,
and
it
was
a
very
difficult
situation
in
terms
of
the
scale
and
and
during
this
process
we've
been
responding
to
a
rapidly
evolving
situation.
C
I,
don't
think
that
the
word
crisis
is
too
strong
of
a
word
to
talk
about
the
scale
that
we're
dealing
with
here,
particularly,
it
is
a
crisis
for
those
families,
and
given
that
this
is
a
fluid
situation,
we're
learning
more
each
passing
day,
similar
to
any
other
form
of
emergency
response
to
the
city,
would
undertake
I
I
want
to
underscore
a
few
key
things
for
this
Council
before
I
bring
Mike
up
here
to
provide
a
real,
comprehensive
update
on
the
data
and
the
situation.
C
So
that
way,
you
all
have
the
information
you
need
to
make
an
informed
decision.
The
first
one
is
and
I've
heard
a
lot
of
confusion
about.
This
is
about
just
kind
of
refreshing,
a
definition
of
homelessness.
For
you
all,
by
definition,
once
these
residents
were
displaced
by
no
fault
of
their
own,
they
were
placed
into
a
situation
where
many
of
whom
lost
their
income
due
to
losing
jobs
that
they
were
in
walking
distance
of
when
they
were
in
Eastridge.
C
And
if
funding
runs
out
and
these
folks
lose
their
home,
which
many
of
them
are
rather
lose
shelter,
which
many
of
them
are
at
risk
of
that
places
them
within
the
federally
recognized
definition
of
homelessness,
which
is
being
imminently
a
risk
of
losing
housing
within
the
next
14
days,
and
we're
very
grateful
that
the
Chattanooga
Regional
Homeless
Coalition,
as
well
as
a
broad
range
of
organizations,
are
stepping
in
to
make
sure
that
doesn't
happen.
C
And-
and
if
this
suppose
this
proposal
for
a
resolution
passes
for
an
interlocal
agreement,
we
are
going
to
be
able
to
really
work
to
provide
not
only
that
short-term
Gap.
But
our
team,
City
staff
will
continue
to
do
the
work
to
get
these
folks.
Transitioned
into
Department
of
Housing
and
I.
Know
that
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
process
that
has
gotten
that
we've
undertaken
since
the
beginning
of
this.
But
but
a
lot
of
organizations
were
involved
in
this
response.
C
The
Chattanooga
Homeless
Coalition
is
a
coalition,
a
broad
Coalition
of
organizations
and
the
process
of
placing
these
families
into
temporary
hotel
rooms
was
not
undertaken
by
them
alone.
In
fact,
many
of
the
referrals,
if
not
most,
of
the
referrals
came
from
other
organizations,
including
United
Way
Hamilton
County
schools
that
were
doing
independent
verification
to
make
sure
these
were
the
displaced
residents
at
Budgetel
and
and
that
work
happened
very
quickly
and
we're
very
proud
of
that.
C
But
it
is
important
to
understand
that
there
are
a
lot
of
well-known
established
institutions
that
have
been
involved
in
this
response.
It's
a
very
complicated
response
effort
and
and
as
our
staff
and
and
that
team
learns
more.
C
We
anticipate
those
the
costs
of
responding
to
these
folks
and
making
sure
they
transition
into
permanent
housing
actually
comes
down
again,
not
everybody
lost
employment,
although
many
did,
and
so
as
we
learn
more,
we
anticipate
the
the
the
need
will
go
down,
but
the
the
bottom
line
here
is
that
you
know
around
110
households,
200
plus
people
and
and
maybe
perhaps
most
importantly,
106
children
are
at
risk
of
literal
homelessness
through
no
fault
of
their
own,
and
the
important
part
to
understand
is
this
is
avoidable,
as
Budgetel
may
or
may
not
reopen
sometime
in
January.
C
We
do
need
a
stop
Gap
to
allow
our
team
and
and
the
Homeless
Coalition
and
United
Way
and
and
all
the
agencies
involved
in
the
response
to
to
figure
out
either
how
to
transition
folks
into
permanent
housing
or
or
to
get
them
to
the
next
step,
and
this
Gap
that
councilman
Henderson
proposed
is
is
a
necessary
part
of
that.
So
thank
you
all
for
for
your
leadership
and
I
I
believe
that
this
council's
you
know
on
the
cusp
of
demonstrating
some
real
leadership
and
we're
very
grateful
for
that.
C
So
without
any
further
Ado
I
want
to
bring
Mike
up
here.
To
kind
of
give
you
a
very
robust
update
on
where
we
stand.
Thank
you.
J
Hello,
everyone
I,
don't
have
the
clock
going
right
now,
so.
J
So
you'll
see
when
we're
putting
together
the
presentation
we're
looking
at.
We
wanted
to
be
very
clear
that
we
are
the
Homeless.
Coalition
is
a
non-profit,
but
we
represent
many
others.
We
represent
the
entire
Continuum
care
which
covers
11
counties.
J
J
Our
role
in
that
we
spent
the
night
we
built
up
a
a
landing
page
on
our
website
for
funding
that
we
were
going
to
crowdsource
funding.
We
created
a
separate
landing
page
for
that,
just
so
that
all
funds
that
were
brought
in
were
earmarked
and
they
weren't
accidentally
given
to
our
general
donation,
because
we
are
a
non-profit.
J
Some
staff
were
on
ground
with
the
Hamilton
County
School
Board
that
morning
they
were
there
at
six.
They
were
arrived.
They
arrived
before
any
of
the
police
officers
did
that
morning
and
they
waited
until
the
moment
the
eviction
started
occurring
before
they
launched
that
announcement
and
that
driving
camp
that
funding
campaign.
The
reason
being
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
was
happening
and
that
it
was
real
so
the
day
of
it,
I
want
to
highlight
some
of
the
Community
Partners.
J
Here
the
Coalition
staff
were
present,
Hamilton
County
school
I
had
their
McKinney
ventil
liaison
their
homeless
liaison
present,
as
well
as
their
social
workers.
They
were
actually
they
were
assessing
people's
needs
and
to
kind
of
micro,
Vans
or
micro
buses
on
site.
They
were
doing
it
in
those
buses
because
they
were
heated
when
they
realized
that
those
families
did
not
have
any
other
resources.
They
would
bring
it
to
the
coalition's
attention.
J
Who
would
authorize
placement
into
an
additional
Hotel
Community
Partners
were
there
to
transport
those
who
had
no
other
resources,
and
the
next
crucial
partner
in
this
was
the
city
of
Chattanooga's
office
of
homelessness
and
Supportive
Housing.
Who
was
doing
the
same
thing?
They
were
there
assessing
people
just
to
see.
Where
are
you
going
most
people
from
the
Budgetel
had
other
resources
and
they
weren't.
It
was
cold
that
day
it
was
early.
They
didn't
want
to
talk.
They
didn't
want
to
do
an
assessment,
they
self-resolved
so
great.
J
J
We
would
authorize
that
placement
and
the
placement
would
occur
so
the
Hamilton
County,
School,
Board
and
then
the
city
of
Chattanooga
were
the
ones
that
were
verified,
verifying
that
in
during
the
day
later,
the
next
day
you
and
I
we
stepped
in
and
was
through
their
two
on
one
line,
was
using
the
budget
Hill
registry
to
help
verify
names
for
people
that
were
calling
2-1-1,
because
as
every
non-profit
since
then,
we'll
tell
you
our
phones
do
not
stop
ringing.
J
We
were
using
that
Budgetel
registry
to
try
and
slim
it
down,
even
though,
even
during
the
day
in
Sam
and
his
team
will
speak
to
it
later.
We
were
it's
seven
o'clock
in
the
morning.
We
realizing
realized
that
this
registry
was
no
good.
There
were
so
many
more
people
in
that
in
that
building,
as
we
often
see
other
crucial
Partners
in
this
were
Metropolitan
Ministries,
who
were
also
doing
placements.
J
That
day
off-site
volunteer
Behavioral
Health
Care,
who
sent
staff
in
from
Ray
County,
McMinn,
County,
Grundy,
County
and
Hamilton
County
to
be
boots
on
the
ground
they
sent.
Their
veteran
teams
out.
Veterans
were
housed
that
day
between
a
partnership
between
volunteer
Behavioral
Healthcare
and
connecting
vets.
The
resources
La
Paz
was
activated
when
we
encountered
that
there
were
some
that
and
residing
the
Budgetel
that
lacked
English
proficiency
and
So.
La
Paz
has
been
working
with
them
and
has
had
positive
placements
help
right
here.
J
If
anyone
knows
Anne-Marie,
she
was
there
to
do
what
she
could
and
so
many
others.
The
chat
Foundation
opened
up
the
cold
weather
shelter
for
the
first
time
of
the
year
that
night,
because
it
was
dangerously
cold
weather,
Union
Gospel
Mission
was
there
handing
out
food,
Silverdale,
Baptist,
Academy
and
Silverdale
Baptist
Church
were
there
I
gave
them
a
call,
they
wanted
to
know
what
they
could
do
to
help
they
brought
bus
passes
out
there
willing
to
transport.
They
were
willing
to
do
everything
they
could.
So
this
is
a
coalition.
J
We
have
additional
Partners
Chattanooga
room
in
the
end.
Who's
got
openings,
they
said,
hey,
we'll,
take
some
families
H3
minutes.
If
there
is
one,
is
that
it
had.
Kitchenettes
people
were
able
to
save
money,
but
not
only
was
it
a
cheap
hotel,
but
they
were
able
to
cook
their
own
food.
Now
they've
been
relocated
to
hotels
that
they
don't
have
that
ability.
So
the
food
bank
and
the
the
community
fridges
have
been
crucial.
The
community
fridge
takes
fresh
produce
out
and
McKenzie
on.
J
Our
team
can
tell
you
she
was
there
one
of
the
times
that
one
of
the
little
girls
knew
that
there
was
Apples
coming,
so
she
sat
outside
the
hotel
for
a
couple
hours
waiting
on
her
apples,
and
lastly,
in
this
is
the
Homeless
Coalition.
We
just
work
as
a
coordinating
body,
so
well
I
wanted
to
talk
about
how
many
people
were
impacted.
On
the
day
we
secured
75
hotel
rooms
that
day
very
thankful
to
the
city's
office
of
homelessness
and
Supportive
Housing,
one
of
their
staff
members
operated
so
efficiently.
J
J
Later,
as
is
often
the
case
when
these
closures
happen,
we
don't
catch
everybody
at
first,
even
though
our
visits,
our
our
presence,
was
very
visible.
We
had
so
many
partners
these
buses
tables
set
up.
We
were
giving
out
food
coffee,
you
miss,
maybe
some
weren't
there
that
night,
maybe
somewhere
we
didn't
even
throughout
the
day
we
saw
people
that
were
turning
in
who
had
no
clue
that
this
was
going
on.
We
even
saw
when
the
school
bus
left
the
children
off
that
day.
J
We
even
were
there
at
4
30
in
the
afternoon
where
a
young
lady
walked
up
with
her
backpack
on
staring
at
the
group
of
police
officers
out
front.
You
could
tell
she's
trying
to
figure
out
what
is
this
and
we
did
Donald
she
didn't
know,
and
so
one
of
the
social
workers
would
talk
to
her
and
even
her
parent
wasn't
there
right
now.
Either
she
went
to
an
after-school
program.
She
was
coming
back.
J
Those
things
hit
in
a
different
way,
so
this
is
just
looking
at
where
we
could
place
them.
The
majority
of
the
places
were
happened
at
Super
8,
the
chat
in
Econo
Lodge,
and
while
some
of
these
hotels
through
on
this
list
are
a
lot
better
than
what
the
Budgetel
was,
it's
what
we
could
access
I,
don't
think
throughout
any
of
this.
The
Coalition
or
any
of
our
partner
agencies
ever
disputed.
The
fact
that
the
Budgetel
was
not
a
place
of
children
should
have
been
raised.
J
So
some
of
the
work
going
on
right
now
we're
connecting
people
with
the
housing
Navigators.
This
is
really
done
primarily
through
the
OSH
and
through
the
veteran
programs.
J
I
also
want
to
back
up
and
come
in
the
Housing
Authority
who's,
actively
working
to
flip
as
many
of
their
units
as
possible
and
press
process
housing
applications
that
they
really
kick.
It
into
warp
speed
to
try
and
answer
this
response,
so
we've
got
80
households
that
are
currently
staying
in
hotels
that
are
working
with
housing,
Navigators
and
I've.
We
have
more
than
that
more
households
in
hotels.
However,
it's
a
lot.
J
This
takes
time
to
do
just
share
paperwork
alone,
catching
people
when
they're
there,
but
the
housing
Navigators
are
also
working
with
some
of
those
that
were
to
play
display
displays
that
are
not
in
the
hotels
as
well.
J
One
of
the
great
things
and
I'm
sure
Sam
can
speak
to
it,
too,
is
that
the
Hamilton
County
School
schools
have
an
mou
with
the
city
and
with
the
Coalition,
so
that
we
can
assist
them
in
finding
and
securing
housing.
The
coalition's
part
of
this
is
that
what
we
do
is
in
this
effort
is
that
we're
the
ones
that
can
improve
the
hotel
rooms,
because
we
have
you
know
we
were
able
to
secure
the
funding
and
act
a
lot
quicker
than
either
the
county
or
the
city
government
could
have
in
that
crisis.
J
So
these
we
have
had
placements
so
far:
15
persons,
four
households,
eight
adults,
seven
children.
The
number
may
be
a
little
actually
a
little
higher,
because
some
people
do
self
resolve
and
just
leave,
but
these
are
the
ones
that
were
now
placed
in
permanent
housing
with
very
little
assistance.
They
we
just
they
just
needed,
help
to
get
in
the
door.
These
people
were
working,
some
lost
their
employment,
but
give
them
a
chance
they
would
they
could
make
it.
J
What
why
why
did
we
settle
on
the
three-month
number?
The
three-month
or
90
days
is
how
the
federal
government,
the
United
States
interagency
Council
on
homelessness
judges,
a
system
of
care,
Continuum
care,
is
that
from
the
moment
of
identification
of
someone
in
need,
you
should
be
able
to
house
them
within
90
days
to
show
that
your
system
is
functioning
and
the
homeless
response
system
as
a
whole
is
functioning
better
than
I've
ever
seen
in
20
years.
J
It's
an
inflow
problem
is
why
we
keep
having
issues
you
know
if
we
could
stop
the
inflow
we
could
have
done
by
the
end
of
the
year,
but
it's
an
end.
So
that's
important
to
keep
in
mind.
That's
why
we
settled
on
three
months
and
within
three
months.
We
expect
that
we
could
house
around
70
of
these
individuals
and
Families.
J
So
the
work
that's
been
going
on
113
homeless
preference
about
your
their
pre-screens.
That's
with
the
Chattanooga
Housing.
Authority
paperwork
takes
time.
Housing
Authority.
They
love
paperwork.
J
People
filling
me
out,
not
so
much,
but
they
have
a
lot
of
regulations
that
they
have
to
meet.
70
background
checks
have
been
approved
and
that's
cleared
through
the
Housing
Authority
I
think
I.
Think
that
that's
important
and
the
discrepancy
between
how
many
pre-screens
and
then
the
background
checks
that
have
been
approved
it's
just
time.
Some
of
those
are
still
processing,
homeless
preference,
voucher
application
started,
so
they
were
approved
now
they're,
starting
that
full
voucher
for
our
application.
For
what
used
to
be
Section
8.
J
It's
now
the
housing
Choice
voucher,
13,
full
applications
submitted
and
the
public
are
20
public
housing
applications
completed
with
some
of
the
placements
that
we've
had
have
been
into
public
housing.
That's
huge
Betsy
and
our
team
are
on
the
just
rocking
and
rolling.
We
need
time.
We
need
to
give
them
time.
We
need
to
get
families
time,
so
it
costs
it's
costing
us
around
65
000,
every
two
months
or
every
two
weeks
for
these
hotel
rooms.
It
fluctuates
a
little
bit.
J
J
One
thing
that
we
do
know
is
that
there
will
be
a
natural
attrition,
the
longer
we're
able
to
do
this,
because
we
know
where
the
people
are
we're
actively
working
with
them
to
find
housing
is
that
the
number
of
rooms
we're
utilizing
are
going
to
come
down,
so
funds
are
going
to
be
able
to
keep
going
until
we
can
hopefully
see
a
positive
placement
for
everyone.
J
So
one
of
the
things
that
is
here
is
that
the
flexible
housing
fund
is
a
hun,
a
fund
that
the
Coalition
hosts,
through
partnership
with
the
city
of
Chattanooga
and
we're
partnered
with
EPB
right
now
to
secure
funds
for
that,
but
that's
another
fun
kind
of
like
this
hotel
Fund
in
which
we're
talking,
which
we
charge
no
overhead,
no
Administration
fees,
we
we're
Grant
funded
federally
and
locally
that
that's
what
covers
our
staff?
That's!
Why
we're
able
to
manage
these
programs
that
that's?
J
Why
the
coalitions
in
a
unique
place
to
do
this,
because
one
of
our
member
agencies,
if
they
hosted
a
fund-
and
this
has
happened
in
the
past
in
our
community-
that
hosted
a
flex
fund,
they
were
primarily
utilizing
it
for
their
own
benefits
and
serving
theirs.
Instead
of
looking
at
the
entire
system
of
care.
J
The
Coalition
is
that
that
mortar,
in
all
of
this,
so
the
flex
fund,
which
we're
going
to
utilize
to
do
a
lot
of
these
placements,
it
will
be
rental
applications,
fees,
utility
readers,
identification
fees,
security,
deposits,
utility
fees.
It's
a
very
detailed
guidelines
on
what
that's
eligible
for
it's
not
eligible
to
be
used
for
hotel
rooms.
This
is
housing,
oh,
so
the
neck
going
into
the
frequently
asked
questions.
I
know
that
there
had
been
some
recent
fan.
Mail
dispensed.
J
So
is
the
Homeless
Coalition
making
money
off
of
this
tragedy?
Absolutely
not
it's
costing
us
money,
it's
costing
us
sleep,
our
staff
were
there
and
are
traumatized
by
some
of
the
things.
I
have
staff
members
that
worked
daily
with
a
mother
two
14
year
old
twins
that
died
from
a
heart
attack
should
probably
bad
life
choices,
I'm
sure,
but
stress
doesn't
help
either.
J
So
no
we're
not
making
money
we
pledge
and
we've
been
very
open
to
the
community
in
our
private
fundraising
is
that
all
funds
are
passed
through.
We
are
really
good
at
federal
reporting.
We
welcome
any
report
that
any
donor
wants
we're
really
good
at
it.
We
don't
fail
our
audits,
we
do
single
audits,
we
don't
fail
our
monitorings
for
our
state
or
federal
funds,
or
even
local
funds.
We
keep
really
good
records
and
we
welcome
any
donor
who
wants
to
earmark
their
money.
Give
us
a
shot.
J
One
of
the
most
beautiful
donations
we
receive
every
month
is
from
a
veteran
on
fixed
income,
and
he
sends
us
25
a
month
for
veterans
medication.
It
doesn't
matter
who,
but
that
cost
us
two,
because
now
we
got
to
track
that
25
donation
to
get
it
to
a
veteran
who
needs
medication.
But
we
do
so
gladly
that's
what
we
do:
we're
a
steward
of
people's
trust
and
sometimes
funds
here,
I'm
going
to
hand
it
off
to
Sam.
L
Thank
you
Mike,
so
I
just
wanted
to
run
through
a
few
of
some
of
the
questions
that
we've
been
getting
Mike
and
his
team
have
done
a
tremendous
job.
As
he's
said,
administering
the
funds
pulling
together
different
Community
providers
and
OSH
really
has
kind
of
been
serving.
L
Is
that
boots
on
the
ground
interfacing
with
a
lot
of
the
people
that
have
been
placed
in
hotel
rooms,
and
so
we
can
speak
more
directly
to
some
of
the
trends
that
we've
seen
specifically
and
a
lot
of
the
information
that
Mike
does
have
has
been
reported
to
him
from
OSH
and
so
again,
just
to
reiterate
what
Mike
was
saying.
The
Coalition
has
a
tremendous
track
record
of
administering
a
lot
of
different
funds
from
us.
L
L
The
there's
been
a
lot
of
questions
about
the
the
number
of
residents
being
served
as
already
kind
of
been
talked
about
a
little
bit
really
a
lot
of
the
the
response
day
of
was
Crisis
management
and
I
want
to
make
sure
to
thank
Casey
Tinker,
who,
orchestrated
that
effort
on
my
team
and
is
greater
than
five
years
of
service
for
the
city,
he's
handled
a
lot
of
large
displacements
in
situations
like
this,
and
we
kind
of
have
a
tried
and
true
method
of
of
stepping
up
and
responding,
and
we
were
able
to
very
quickly
place
a
lot
of
people
in
hotels.
L
However,
in
this
instance,
even
our
capacities
were
a
little
overwhelmed.
I
think.
The
difference
that
we
find
ourselves
in
now
versus
a
few
years
ago
is
is
really
the
housing
market
really
is
saturated
and
the
need
for
more
affordable.
Housing
has
been
felt
by
many
in
our
community
and
it's
really
affecting
us
now
and
our
ability
to
get
these
people
moved
over
into
a
new
circumstance.
A
lot
of
the
Extended
Stays
that
existed
at
a
comparable
price
point
don't
exist
anymore.
You
know
the
chat
City
Suites,
the
chat
in
was
mostly
cool.
L
We
have
a
few
people
there,
but
a
lot
of
these
other
locations
just
didn't
have
the
capacity
we
had
this
large
storm
surge
of
people
needing
assistance,
and
so
we
really
did
all
that
we
could
to
to
place
people
in
housing
day
of
as
I'll
talk
about
in
a
little
bit.
L
The
vast
majority
of
Hotel
placements
took
place
during
the
the
response
that
day,
but
it
was
really
kind
of
an
all
hands
on
deck,
scrambling
situation
and
then
kind
of
afterwards
putting
the
pieces
together,
working
with
that
Coalition
and
then
moving
forward.
L
Okay,
so
the
the
verification
process
of
the
people
staying
in
the
Budgetel,
like
I,
said
55
of
the
place,
the
hotel
rooms
that
we
you
know
had
in
the
during
the
total
course
of
time
happened
day
of,
and
then
there
were
49
placements
afterwards
that
were
on
the
official
registry.
We
had
a
guest
list
from
the
the
Budgetel
and
were
able
to
verify
that
those
head
of
households
are
another
adult,
had
rented
that
room
and
then
18
were
verified
by
social
workers
of
other
organizations
using
documentation.
L
This
documentation
could
have
been
a
receipt
that
the
the
household
had
been
paying
or
someone
else
had
been
paying
that
we
encountered
that
you
know
some
Churches
had
put
people
up
temporarily
in
the
Budgetel,
and
a
lot
of
people,
too,
were
cohabitating
with
other
guests,
and
they
could
provide
that
documentation
to
us
as
of
as
of
right
and
now
and
today
and
I
and
I
commend
all
my
OSH
staff
for
really
scrambling
to
get
me
a
lot
of
this
information.
L
You
know
now.
We've
really
stepped
up
our
involvement
in
this.
This
response,
the
last
couple
of
days
to
try
to
you,
know
piece
together
this
Coalition
we
have
110
hotel
rooms
being
utilized
by
a
total
of
269
people.
We
hope
to
dwindle
that
number
down
every
day
moving
forward
and
we'll
we're
confident
that
we'll
continue
to
do
so.
But
it's
it's
a
process.
It's
not
an
instantaneous
thing,
as
Mike
talked
about
for
us
to
move
people
into
housing.
L
It
takes
time
to
develop
that
paperwork
and
a
lot
of
those
people
are
kind
of
mid
through
that
process.
If
you
think
back
to
that
slide,
showing
the
pre-applications
the
full
applications,
those
other
things
as
we
move
forward
with
finding
these
people
permanent
housing,
here's
a
breakdown
again
of
the
the
numbers
of
those,
the
different
verification
buckets.
If
you
will,
the
the
total
number
of
households
and
again
this
is
people
that
had
been
provided
hotel
rooms
totally.
L
A
hundred
how
of
those
rooms
were
people
that
were
on
the
official
registry,
the
the
households
that
were
cohabitating,
that
OSH
staff
verified
it
independently.
It
was
12.
and
then
of
those.
There
was
four
additional
households
that
were
on
site
day
of
that
didn't
have
weren't
on
the
official
registry,
but
obviously
they
were
there
with
all
their
belongings,
and
we
could
verify
that
people
had
been
staying
there
and
then
afterwards,
as
we
kind
of
you
know,
looked
at
the
response,
then
the
kind
of
the
days
moving
forward.
L
L
The
people's
residence
and
the
Budgetel
and
those
six
households,
okay,
so
another
question:
we've
got
a
lot
about,
is
you
know
the
the
large
number
of
calls
that
was
at
the
budget
held
the
concerns
that
you
know
were
the
criminal
activity?
That
is?
Is
it
there
and
the
concern
that
you
know
what
are
we?
Are
we
supporting
people
that
are
engaged
in
criminal
activity
and
I?
L
Think,
first
and
foremost,
you
know
we
view
people
that
have
a
criminal
history
as
having
paid
their
debt
to
society
and
need
it
just
as
anyone
else
in
our
community
just
because
someone
committed
a
fence
previously
doesn't
mean
that
they're
not
entitled
to
the
security
that
permanent
housing
you
know
gives
people
in
our
community
and
we
feel
that
all
the
the
folks
who
we're
engaging
with
have
expressed
a
desire
to
to
to
work
and
get
back
on
their
feet
and
be
self-sustaining.
L
L
So
in
additionally,
in
this
we
are
prioritizing
families
and
people
who
are
medically
vulnerable.
You
know
the
Coalition.
Has
those
processes
already
in
place
through
the
coordinated
entry
system
and
have
that
broad
Coalition
of
providers
that
really
will
work
with
families
and
try
to
get
those
folks
in
need
assistance.
First,
okay,
is
this.
A
great
question
is:
is
this
a
wise
use
of
taxpayer
resources?
L
I
I,
absolutely
believe
it
is,
and
you
know
we
see
this
a
lot
in
our
homeless
response,
the
quicker
you
can
respond
to
a
situation,
the
quicker
you
can
get
people
placed
in
permanent
housing,
the
quicker
that
they
are
able
to
find
employment,
get
reintegrated
back
to
society
and
not
require
assistance,
there's
really
a
corrosive
effect.
L
If
you
will
that
experiencing
homelessness
causes
on
people
in
the
longer
that
someone
languages
in
homelessness,
the
harder
and
more
resource
intensive,
it
is
for
us
to
serve
those
people,
and
so
we
absolutely
you
know
view
this
as
a
stop
Gap
to
just
temporarily
help
people
get
back
on
their
feet.
You
know
I,
think
of
a
gentleman
that
we
housed
recently
that
had
been
working
at
McDonald's
seven
days.
L
A
week
staying
at
the
Budgetel,
and
he
even
was
trying
to
Uber
back
and
forth
from
the
hotel
that
he
was
staying
in
Lookout
Valley
and,
unfortunately,
that
just
wasn't
sustainable
for
him.
He
wasn't
making
enough
money
to
justify
those
expenses.
He's
been
communicating
to
our
staff
he's
you
know,
adamantly
looking
for
housing
now
that
he's
been
placed
in
public
housing
and
that's
really
what
we're
trying
to
accomplish
with
all
these
families
right
is
that
stability
for
them
to
put
their
lives
back
together.
L
We
recognize
too,
that
this
they're
not
a
homogeneous
group
of
that
110
rooms.
We
have
110
different,
unique
stories
of
people
that
are
all
kind
of
struggling
to
deal
with
this
disruption,
but
we're
confident
that
the
vast
majority
of
those
people
can
be
sustainable
and
won't
require
long-term
assistance
all
right.
Why
is
this
money
needed?
Why
can't
the
Homeless
Coalition
repurpose
some
of
their
existing
money?
L
You
know
I,
think
that
the
the
the
reality
is
there's
a
lot
of
other
people
that
are
experiencing
literal
homelessness
in
our
community.
You
know
more
so
than
ever
before
and
the
funds
that
the
Coalition
receives
that
they
administer
across
this
region
are
often
encumbered
by
other
programs
and
going
to
the
assistance,
the
flexible
housing
fund
that
Mike
references
a
great
example.
If
we
divert
resources
from
that
to
respond
to
this
crisis,
it
directly
impacts
our
ability
to
get
households
off
the
streets
who
are
currently
experiencing
homelessness.
L
As
Mike
said,
we
are
operating
in
an
all-time
high
of
of
getting
those
households
off
the
streets
and
placed
into
housing
and
any
loss
of
momentum
from
that
wool
directly
hurt
us
in
the
long
term
of
dealing
with
our
overall
homeless
population.
Again
we
we
are
confident
that
this
number
will
continue
to
to
decrease
in
the
overall
number
of
hotel
rooms.
We
need
that
number
changed
as
of
today,
a
even
of
my
staff
going
and
working
with
people
and
being
able
to
exit
some
people
often
so
really.
L
This
is
just
a
stop
Gap
to
help
give
us
the
time
to
get
people
the
stability
all
right
and
then
another
question
we've
heard
is
you
know
this
is
a
great
response
for
this,
but
what
about
other
disasters
that
happen
about
fires
or
other
instances
and
the
good
news
is
we
already
have
a
lot
of
systems
in
place
to
deal
with
those
those
problems?
We
work
very
closely
with
the
Red
Cross
and
the
Salvation
Army.
When
there
are
instances
of
you
know,
a
house
burning
down.
L
We've
regularly
received
referrals
from
the
fire
department
itself
to
OSH
to
work
on
that
rehousing
process,
and
we,
you
know
I,
think
that
it
is
different
in
this
instance,
is
the
scale
of
the
problem
right.
You
think
back
to
the
times
when
you
know
patent
Towers
burnt
down
or
had
issues
where
they
had
to
close
or
lost
hotel
rooms
or
other
Extended
Stays,
you
know,
being
shut
down
is
necessitated
a
similar
level
of
response
in
action
from
local
government
to
provide.
B
L
Store
that
stop
gap
for
people
all
right
and
then
the
if
the
Budget
Sales
opening.
Why
can't
we
wait
and
the
reality
is,
you
know
that's
still
some
time
out
that
the
Budgetel
is
going
to
open.
L
We
have
a
kind
of
a
tentative
deadline
for
that,
but
I
personally,
don't
want
to
be
hold
be
holding
to
a
third
party
to
for
when
we're
talking
about
the
security
of
families
having
a
place
to
stay
over
the
holidays
and,
ultimately,
our
goal
for
these
families
as
well
is
you
know
any
family
in
Chattanooga,
who's,
housing,
insecure
or
homeless,
is
to
give
them
that
stability,
where
they're
not
having
to
contribute
such
a
large
amount
of
their
money
towards
you
know
their
housing
right
like
a
lot
of
people
that
stay
in
these
Extended
Stays
get
trapped
in
these
circumstances,
because
they're
unable
to
save
up
the
money
to
move
into
housing,
for
example,
you
know
it
costs,
on
average
for
OSH
to
move
a
household
into
housing.
G
A
I
I
I
I
pray
that
we
continue
to
look
out
for
the
the
least
Among
Us,
but
I
do
have
a
question
for
you.
Sam
I
mean
you
kind
of
alluded
to
it.
That
my
question
is
how
many
of
those
who
I
know
you
mentioned.
It
mentioned
those
Harmony,
six
children,
how
many
folks
were
elderly
and
how
many
people
were
medically
disabled
who
were
displaced.
L
Yeah,
that's
a
great
question.
I
know
that
there
were
a
few
households
that
were
even
on
hospice
care.
I,
don't
know
seven
households
that
were
on
receiving
Hospice
Services
at
the
Budgetel
I,
don't
have
an
exact
figure
of
the
the
households
that
other
than
that
that
were
you
know
medically
frail,
but
I
can
definitely
get
that
information.
I
Thanks
Echo
again,
thank
you
guys
for
being
proactive
on
this
unfortunate
occurrence.
Thank
you.
F
Thank
you,
Mr
chair,
you
know
I'm
a
little
perplexed
why
anyone
would
begrudge
taxpayer
dollars
going
to
help
and
the
aid
in
a
human
crisis
such
as
this
and
and
I
didn't
fill
the
bucket
I'm
just
helping
carry
the
water,
councilman,
Ellis
or
chief
I,
don't
know
who
I
I
know
I've
been
dealing
mostly
with
Ellis
on
this,
but
who
is
running
Point,
coordinating
with
the
motel
owners
as
far
as
the
rooms
that
we
need
and
will
need,
and
so.
C
F
Hotel
room
when
I
spoke
to
Sam
when
I
spoke
with
the
motel
owners,
I
think
their
biggest
question
was:
you
know
how
long
they
needed
to
home.
They
were
more
than
willing
to
hold
the
rooms,
but
obviously
they
they
need
to
make
sure
that
those
rooms
are
booked
as
well
and
they'll
be
coming
into
their
busy
season
in
in
March.
So
I
can
certainly
understand
their
concern.
J
Agree
and
that's
one
of
the
things
that
the
Coalition,
even
this
far
in
their
effort,
has
been
very
transparent.
When,
like
our
crowdsource
funding,
we
said
we
would
get
everyone
a
seven
days
notice
and
that's
why
we
sounded
an
alarm
last
week
is
that
we
were
at
that
seven
day
window.
We
did
call
I
mean,
because
we
are
a
small
non-profit.
J
We
we
have
to
wait
till
we
see
funds,
so
I
did
speak
with
the
owners
following
the
the
conversation
that
we
had
had
over
the
weekend
and
just
spoke
with
them
on
Monday
and
reaffirmed
them
like.
We
could
we're
at
this
point
we're
extending.
We
can
guarantee
seven
days
depending
on
how
things
go
today
and
tomorrow
we
may
be
able
to
verify
with
them
how
much
longer
we're
going
to
extend
and
while
we're
working
on
other
avenues,
but
yes,
yeah.
F
D
There's
no
question
in
my
mind
that
it's
the
appropriate
thing
to
do
for
the
city
of
Chattanooga
to
make
funds
available
to
help
alleviate
the
suffering
that
is
a
man-made
disaster
and
I
haven't
spoken
publicly
about
this.
Until
now
and
I
I
have
a
mic
in
front
of
me.
So
September
10th
of
2015
I
was
on
the
board
at
Metropolitan
Ministries,
when
the
superior
Creek
Lodge,
which
is
the
exact
same
facility,
was
abruptly
shut
down
and
we
had
a
man-made
disaster
of
families
that
were
displaced.
D
C
Of
people
right
and
then
also
on
top
of
that
I
think
the
County
school
system
has
contributed
staff
time.
This
would
be
the
first
time
to
my
understanding
that
a
government
entity
would
be
contributing
to
the
financial
component
of
the
relief
efforts.
You
know
I
think
tomorrow,
depending
on
how
this
Council
votes,
there
will
be
a
robust
conversation
at
the
County
Commission
on
this,
and
there
are
County
Commissioners
on
that
body.
C
That
also
are
represented
on
the
East
Ridge
city
council,
but
I
Echo
your
concern
and
thought
on
this,
and
this
is
something
the
mayor
and
I
talked
about
recently,
which
is
that
this
is
a
perfect
demonstration
about
how
homelessness
and
housing
insecurity
is
a
regional
problem.
This
is
not
something
the
Chattanooga
the
city
of
Chattanooga
can
bear
by
itself,
nor
should
it-
and
we
in
intend
on
making
that
point
at
commission
tomorrow.
D
D
I,
don't
know
that
that's
the
full
cost
to
restabilize
the
family
I
think
it's
closer
to
about
six
thousand
dollars
to
restabilize
the
family,
once
they've
found
themselves
homeless
am
I
over
that
number.
That's.
L
That's
a
a
rough
estimate
for
the
kind
of
aggregate
of
ocean
when
we
place
a
household
into
housing.
You
know,
that's
that's
just
the
the
first
month's
rent
security
deposit
in
any
application
fees.
Okay,.
D
So
that's
a
big
difference
just
to
point
out
the
first
and
last
month's
rent
is
something
that's
very
different
when
you're
in
a
permanent
housing
versus
a
weekly
Stay
motel,
which
is
something
as
we
think
about
how
what
are
our
registry
of
housing
is
in
the
city.
I
mean
this.
Is
this
part
of
why
people
find
this
to
be
a
useful
housing
option
right?
Because
you
don't
have
a
first
and
last
month's
rent?
You
don't
have
utility
bills
and
the
the
credit
that
you
have
to
have
for
utility.
D
D
A
I'm
not
seeing
you
know
any
other
lights
from
Council
Sam
Michael.
Thank
you
for
coming.
I
did
have
one
last
question
and
that
is
I
loved
that
you
said
this
is
a
longer
term
plan
that
you're
working
on
them.
These
folks,
not
Landing
back
at
Budgetel,
which
gave
me
great
hope
that
gave
me
great
hope
and
and
I
appreciate
you
saying
that
this
emergency
effort
as
we're
calling
it
can
you
confirm
that
this
is
aimed
at
families
with
children
and
those
that
are
medically
disadvantaged.
L
A
I
We
have,
can
you
read
resolution
7
f
as
Scott
comes
up.
Thank
you.
N
A
resolution
authorizing
the
administrator
for
the
Department
of
Public,
Works
and
outdoor
or
parks
and
Outdoors
to
execute
a
donation
agreement
with
AstroTurf
Corporation.
It's
substantially
the
formattached
for
the
donation
of
all
labor
materials
equipment,
Services
taxes
and
all
other
items
necessary
to
convert
a
natural
grass
field
to
Synthetic
Turf
for
Jim
Frost
Stadium
at
the
University
of
Tennessee
Chattanooga
for
an
estimated
total
project
cost
in
the
amount
of
blank.
O
Mr
chair,
it's
my
pleasure
to
bring
this
partnership
to
you
and
it
came
up
quickly
and
I
appreciate
Mr
Hess,
Mr
Ledford,
getting
us
up
on
the
agenda.
We
had
a
great
partnership
come
together
because
we
learned
something
this
past
year
in
order
for
frost
to
continue
to
host
UTC
at
a
high
competitive
level
and
to
possibly
be
able
to
land
NCAA,
Division
II
and
the
NC
junior
college
division,
one
long-term
softball
tournaments.
We
need
to
convert
and
upgrade
that
field
to
Turf.
O
If
you
all
know
that
in
this
industry
and
a
UTC
grad
by
the
name
of
Thomas
Green
is
an
executive
with
astro
turf
and
worked
with
Greta
Hayes
on
our
staff
and
Dennis
Malone,
and
then
we're
very
much
assisted
by
Debbie,
Talley
and
folks
in
Phil's
office
to
arrange
a
donation
of
about
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
allow
us
to
convert
that
field
to
Turf,
which
will
allow
us
to
activate
that
far
more
frequently
during
events
when
allow
us
to
show
off
the
city
in
higher
regards
and
be
more
competitive
and
it'll
do
so.
G
I
Ken
Smith,
please
councilman
Smith.
Excuse
me
thank.
M
M
I
I
F
Thank
you
so
and
I
think
this
is
going
to
be
a
great
Improvement
for
the
city
and,
and
we
were
for
a
long
time
known
as
the
sports
Mecca
of
the
south
I
mean.
If
you
want
to
host
a
softball
tournament,
you
came
to
Chattanooga
we've
gotten
a
little
bit
behind
the
eight
ball
lately.
A
lot
of
the
fields
that
I
go
to
now
are
AstroTurf
they're,
turf
fields.
Tournament
goes
on
rain
or
shine.
O
Yes,
sir,
and
and
Mr
Henderson,
just
to
build
on
that,
we
heard
that
long
loud
and
clear
from
the
marketplace.
They
still
want
to
come
to
Chattanooga
we're
a
wonderful
destination.
We
have
all
the
bits
and
pieces,
it's
bringing
our
facilities
up
to
par
with
our
competitors,
and
everyone
has
raised
their
game,
as
you
know
so.
Well,.
I
You
Scott
I,
see
no
other
hands
G,
please
Madam
Clerk.
N
A
resolution
authorizing
the
administrator
for
the
Department
of
Public
Works
to
transfer
the
city's
share
of
the
Wilcox
Boulevard
Bridge
Project
expenses
to
the
Tennessee
Department
of
Transportation
in
the
amount
of
12
million
eight
hundred
and
twenty
two
thousand
five
hundred
and
eighty
three
dollars
plus
a
10
contingency
amount
of
one
million
282
258.30
for
a
total
amount
of
14
million.
One
hundred
and
four
thousand
eight
hundred
and
forty
one
dollars
and
thirty
and
thirty
cents.