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A
C
D
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E
E
C
I
think
there
there
may
still
be
some
confusion
on
how
to
handle
the
ad
a
ramp
that
would
be
in
the
easement
and
a
couple
of
things
like
that.
So,
okay,
thanks
bye,
Thank
You
mr.
chair
I'll,
likely
move
for
deferral
this
evening
on
this
item,
just
to
make
sure
that
we
have
enough
time
to
clarify
those
points.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
All.
F
F
B
H
B
H
H
What
I
would
suggest
me
to
clear
for
the
record
is
we
could
add
a
condition
that
further
designated
open
space
areas
would
be
no
clearing
of
trees
or
masquerading.
Maybe
they'd
be
something
to
add
for
the
record
as
part
of
the
condition
for
that
request.
So
that's
something
we
could
add
to
be
clear
that
that
dedicated
open
space
is
not
I'm,
sure
that
again
to
look
out
Conservancy,
that's
not
in
their
interest.
Well,.
B
H
A
A
J
I
J
Come
and
present
we
have
six
divisions
and
there's
a
lot
of
great
things
that
are
going
and
I
want
to.
Thank
all
of
you
all
who
have
supported
the
opportunities
that
we
present
to
youth
and
family,
in
particular
our
chairwoman,
Councilwoman
Khun,
rot
and
supporting
our
efforts
and
meeting
and
keeping
up
with
what
we're
doing
to
communicate
to
the
council
and
others
that's
concerned
about
our
department.
So
thank
you
all
for
all
that
you
do
and
how
you
provide
the
budget
resources
for
us
to
continue
to
impact
the
city
all
of
our
services.
J
So
we
got
a
great
team.
This
team
has
all
types
of
talent
that
they
bring
to
the
table,
to
help
us
create,
do
great
programming
and
even
think
of
what
we
need
to
be
doing
in
terms
of
future,
and
you
know
most
of
you
and
we're
going
to
have
them
one
by
one.
Each
one
of
them
have
35
minutes
to
present
their
highlights.
J
K
Thanks
thanks
for
having
us
and
I,
am
so
grateful
to
get
to
go.
First,
it's
one
of
the
best
parts
of
having
early
learning
and
getting
to
talk
about
babies
and
families
as
you
oftentimes
get
to
go
first,
since
it's
the
first
stage
in
lifetime
development.
So
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
some
data
points
showing
some
of
the
work
that's
happening
in
early
learning
right
now
and
to
give
you
an
overview
of
the
work
that
we'll
be
doing
moving
forward.
K
So,
as
many
of
you
know,
we
had
a
strategic
planning
session
that
happened
in
the
fall
and
early
winter.
It
was
a
widespread
community-based
effort,
engaging
everyone
from
service
providers
to
families,
to
our
council
chair
our
division
chair,
and
we
got
a
lot
of
great
information
and
had
a
lot
of
great
conversations,
and
out
of
that
came
three
main
points
that
the
community
felt
were
important
for
early
learning
systems
building
in
Chattanooga,
and
the
first
is
that
we
develop
a
system
that
really
works
for
families
and
children.
K
So
the
office
of
early
learning
is
not
intended
to
work
for
government,
but
we
are
a
system
that
is
built
so
that
families
and
children
are
receiving
high
quality
services
and
able
to
live
their
best
lives
in
our
city.
Secondly,
the
the
group
really
felt
like
in
order
for
that
to
be
possible.
We
have
to
have
an
infrastructure
that
supports
that
system,
so
a
system
is
great,
but
if
you
don't
have
teachers
who
can
teach
in
classrooms-
and
you
don't
have
child
care
programs
that
are
available
in
high
quality,
it
doesn't
actually
work.
K
So
we
need
to
build
an
infrastructure
to
deliver
that
system.
And
thirdly,
they
thought
that
we
really
need
to
make
sure
that
we
are
communicating
the
importance
of
our
early
learning
work
widely
developing
champions,
like
all
of
you
here
on
council
and
making
sure
that
everyone
is
aware
that
the
period
between
birth
and
age,
five
when
they
go
to
kindergarten
is
one
of
the
most
intense
periods
of
development,
one
of
the
most
precious
resources
that
we
have
to
build
a
strong
city
and
a
strong
community
and
a
strong.
K
So
those
were
the
three
high
level
goals
that
we
came
up
with
and
there
will
be
more
coming
out
about
that
later.
What
I
wanted
to
show
you
next?
Are
some
data
points
around
head
start
early
head
start
and
the
early
Head
Start
childcare
partnership?
So
we
hold
two
grants:
Head
Start
and
Early
Head
Start,
and
then
most
recently
we
were
awarded
the
Early
Head
Start
childcare
partnership,
which
works
to
increase
infant
and
toddler
childcare
slots
in
community-based
childcare
programming.
K
Across
those
two
grants
we
serve
nine
hundred
and
ninety
eight
children,
and
it's
about
a
fifteen
million
dollar
investment
and
it's
it's
almost
exclusively
federal
dollars.
So
that's
a
lot
of
children
being
served
and
a
lot
of
money
coming
into
our
community.
What
I
want
you
to
focus
on
is
the
language
component,
and
so
this
is
the
2014-2015
school
year.
K
So
if
you
look
at
language,
we
see
kids
are
coming
into
our
program
with
about
53%
proficiency
and
that's
based
on
age,
so,
depending
on
the
age
that
they
come
in
they're
at
about
53
percent
proficiency
for
language.
They
were
exiting
our
program
at
about
69
percent
proficiency
in
the
2015
at
the
end
of
the
2015
year.
So
it's
about
a
16
percent
growth,
which
is
great.
We
want
to
see
kids
having
growth
and
development.
K
It
means
that
they
are
that
the
program
is
working,
that
teachers
are
making
progress
with
kids
they're,
developing
they're,
getting
the
resources
they
need
to
catch
up
to
their
other
peers.
But
what
I
really
want
to
show
with
this?
It's
what
happened
last
year,
so
the
2016
2017
school
year.
If
you
look
at
language,
it's
a
little
squished
I,
don't
know
why
you
see
that
kids
are
coming
in
again
at
about
53%,
so
we
see
at
the
community
level.
K
Kids
are
still
coming
in
about
50%
behind,
where
you
might
expect
them
to
be
for
their
age.
But
what
we
have
seen
in
our
program
is
that
our
teachers
are
actually
getting
better
at
their
craft,
so
instead
of
the
sixty
nine
percent
proficiency
at
the
end
of
the
year,
they're,
not
at
seventy-eight
percent
proficiency,
so
we've
gone
from
a
16
percent
increase
in
proficiency
to
25
percent.
What
does
that
mean?
It
means
that
kids
are
more
prepared
for
can
the
Garten.
K
It
means
that
we
are
making
good
use
of
our
data
and
our
resources
and
our
training
in
Head
Start,
and
we
are
using
a
continuous
quality
improvement
model
to
make
sure
that
our
Head
Start
is
as
successful
as
we
can
be
for
the
children
that
we
stirs
we
serve
so
we
have
always
been
high
quality.
We
continue
to
become
even
more
high
quality
and
that's
what
we
want
to
see
across
the
city
for
all
of
our
child
care
programs.
K
K
We
know
they
do
wonderful
work
there
in
the
second
year
of
their
external
evaluation
by
UT
Schwartz,
which
is
a
their
external
evaluator,
and
you
should
have
a
flier
with
you
that
shows
all
of
the
data
points,
but
some
things
that
I
wanted
to
highlight
for
you
are
that
we're
seeing
families
becoming
more
stable,
so
an
almost
40%
increase
in
the
stability
of
the
families
in
baby
University.
Now
these
are
our
most
at-risk
families,
their
families
and
shelters
their
families
facing
deportation,
their
teen
moms.
K
So
we're
not
gonna
expect
that
a
hundred
percent
in
two
years
would
become
self-sufficient,
but
forty
percent
in
two
years
is
pretty
miraculous,
so
they're
doing
great
work.
We're
also
seeing
a
hundred
percent
of
our
moms
and
our
highschool
moms
are
on
track
for
graduation.
That's
amazing!
So
baby
University
is
keeping
these
mamas
in
high
school.
It's
engaging
them
with
their
families,
it's
engaging
them
with
their
schoolwork
and
it's
giving
them
a
pathway
to
a
better
life
for
them
and
their
children.
K
We've
also
seen
that
there
are
there's
no
infant
mortality
in
the
baby:
u
population,
so
the
target
populations.
The
target
zip
codes
for
baby-
u
in
Hamilton
County,
have
about
a
10
percent
input
mortality
rate,
one
out
of
every
10
babies
born
and
their
zip
codes
dies
before
the
age
of
twelve
months.
We
are
having
none
of
that
in
baby.
University
we're
totally
reversing
that
trend
in
this
program,
so
yeah.
So
this
is
this
is
important
work.
This
is
not
it's
not
babysitting.
It's
not!
K
You
know
something
sweet
that
we
do
to
take
care
of
our
little
ones.
It's
really
important
work,
that's
saving
the
lives
of
our
youngest
and
most
vulnerable
children.
So
those
are
some
of
the
data
points
and-
and
it's
it's
exciting
to
be
a
part
of
the
work
of
early
learning
in
Chattanooga.
There's
a
huge
community
effort
around
children's
year
to
five
through
Chattanooga,
2.0
and
I,
get
to
be
a
great
part
of
that
and
partner
with
them
and
alongside
them.
K
L
L
One
of
the
main
things
we
wanted
to
do
when
we
started
the
education
division
was
to
focus
on
how
we
can
approve
the
literacy
rate
of
our
students.
Currently,
the
third
grade,
literacy
rate
is
48
percent,
so
only
48
percent
of
all
of
the
students
in
Hamilton
County
are
reading
on
grade
level
and
focusing
on
the
students
that
come
to
our
centers,
we're
probably
around
80
to
90
percent,
are
below
grade
level
that
come
to
our
centers.
So
focusing
on
literacy
is
a
major
program.
We
do
it
through
a
partnership
with
Hamilton
County.
L
They
have
reading
eggs
and
reading
Plus,
which
is
a
reading
program.
But
then
we
also
have
provided
Alexia
for
about
5
years,
and
that
is
ingrained
and
strong
in
our
centers,
and
we
have
currently
using
700
licenses
and
really
focusing
on
the
kids
that
are
out
to
fifth
grade.
But
we
also
go
above
fifth
grade
and
and
just
trying
to
push
that
needle.
We
do
a
lot
of
work
throughout
the
school
year,
but
are
primarily
trying
to
stop
this.
L
The
Summer
Slide
and
focusing
on
summertime
Spring
Break
fall
break
winter
break
times
when
the
students
usually
will
regress
we're
keeping
them
engaged,
reading
books,
reading
different
reading
programs
and
just
staying
on
track.
We
also
have
really
pushed
doing
bringing
more
steam
programs
and
steam
is
science,
technology,
engineering,
arts
and
math
and
we're
bringing
more
of
those
programs
implementing
them
into
our
centers.
So
that
way,
the
kids
are
becoming
more
well-rounded,
getting
exposed
to
different
types
of
career
paths
and
could
different
types
of
careers
that
they
might
be
interested
in
and
those
in
those
fields.
L
L
We
want
to
reverse
that
trend,
and
so
every
one
of
our
students
that
come
to
our
summer
camps
goes
through
freshman
orientation
at
UTC,
so
they'll
go
through
and
they'll
spend
a
whole
day
and
they'll
go
through
the
exact
same
steps
that
our
freshmen
would
they're
coming
on
campus,
so
so
all
of
our
camp,
our
campers
this
year
will
go
to
that.
Freshman
orientation
they'll
get
to
experience
it
and
they
get
a
vision.
L
What
it's
gonna
be
like
for
them
when
they
get
to
go
and
they're,
actually
a
participant
in
college,
so
it's
reprogramming
and
and
making
sure
that
everybody
sees
themselves
as
a
college
student.
Another
program
that
we
do,
we
really
focus
a
lot
on
the
seniors
at
the
high
schools.
So
we
work
on
fast
for
programs
to
make
sure
that
we
bring
in
the
experts
so
that
application
process
and
the
scholarship
process,
those
things
are
not
missed,
and
people
don't
go
to
college,
definitely
fact
because
they
didn't
know
how
to
fill
out
a
program.
L
And
then
another
program
that
we
do
that
really
focuses
heavily
on
education.
The
Foster
Grandparents
Angela
Hayes
is
the
director
she's?
Not
it
wasn't
able
to
be
here,
she's
doing
a
training
today.
So
why
Foster
Grandparents?
Are
there
anybody
that's
over
55
that
meets
the
qualifications
and
they
go
into
usually
early
childhood
situations?
Sometimes
you
know
first
and
second
graders,
and
they
do
one-on-one
intervention
for
mentoring
and
tutoring
of
those
students.
L
B
You
know
we
have
all
these
kids
usually
every
year
our
summer
camp
is
full
and
and
it's
a
lot
of
recreation
activities,
I
get
that
in
going
through
the
library
the
other
day
and
seeing
all
the
space
the
possibilities
that
they
have
up
there.
What's
the
thought
of
having
a
summer
camp
there
and
teaching
more
technical
training,
maybe
some
like
we
used
to
do
it.
Kirkman
teaches
some
of
those
skills
and
sort
of
starting
to
whet
their
appetite
a
little
bit.
You
made
a
statement
so
that
everybody
sees
that
themselves
as
a
college
student.
B
Obviously
I
get
that
and
that's
important.
We
know
for
a
fact.
All
of
them
not
gonna,
be
college
students,
so
they've
got
to
imagine
themselves
with
the
possibility
that
they're
equipped
with
and
it
may
be
a
job.
It
may
be
a
good-paying
job.
Is
there
a
way
to
reach
out
and
create
a
program
that
we
could
have
a
summer
camp
at
the
library
and
start
teaching
some
trades
or
some
skills,
or
some.
B
L
So
we
are
currently
talking
with
shredder
Allen
in
ECD
and
talking
about
how
they're,
bringing
in
businesses
and
what
specific
businesses
that
will
come
to
Chattanooga
and
then
bringing
that
down
to
our
sinners
and
saying
okay,
how
can
we
start
that
training
and
that
thought
earlier?
So
those
are
discussions
that
we
are
currently
having
you.
You
know
tell
me
that
steam
training
and
all
that
those
are
all
things
coming
in.
As
far
as
us
doing
a
program
at
the
library.
L
You
know
we
wouldn't
have
the
staff
to
go
the
library
to
do
the
training,
but
hopefully
we
can
kind
of
influence
them
to
to
provide
more
of
a
summer
camp
that
provides
that.
But
if
we
talk
about
what
can
we
do
in
our
centers
we're
definitely
looking
at
transitioning
and
moving
to
where
we're
doing
more
technology
types
of
trainings
like
exactly
we're
talking
about?
So
we
are
moving
that
way.
Just.
L
B
B
B
L
This
is
I
think
the
lot
people
just
are
not
very
don't
know
how
they
rolled
it
out.
One
reading
eggs
is
only
for
fifth
grade
and
under
and
they've
only
rolled
that
out
to
a
few
slits
a
few
elementary
schools.
It
doesn't
go
to
everybody
and
I
know.
Whenever
I've
reached
out
to
the
reading
aids
to
get
training
for
our
staff,
they
just
won't.
They
said
no
we're
just
only
gonna
work
with
in
Hamilton
County,
where
I'm
gonna
allow
any
type
of
training
we're
gonna
fight
any
training.
B
B
L
Communication
or
access
yes
and
then
reading
Plus
is
just
for
again
it's
just
for
the
middle
school
students,
and
so
while
we're
keeping
Lexia
for
is
for
filling
all
the
gaps
of
the
students
that
are
don't
meet
all
those
needs.
We've
got
students
that
are
most
of
our
middle
school
students
that
don't
have
reading
AIDS.
L
L
We
leave
it
up
to
the
facility
managers,
usually
to
ask
for
it,
because
we
bring
in
and
say
this
is
coming
out
this.
The
center
of
the
facility
managers
will
say
we
have
room
for
this,
so
we
don't
have
room
for
this.
We
can
have
this
capacity
and
that's
usually
how
it
goes.
We
try
to
break
our
the
yfd
into
zones,
so
we
have
four
different
zones.
So
we,
when
we
do
something
we
try
make
sure
we
can
at
least
provide
four
sites.
L
So
that
way,
each
one
of
our
zones
gets
that
you
know
gets
but
gets
that
service.
One
thing
we
were
really
trying
to
do
is
just
like
either
do
it
to
18
locations
or
none,
and
that
just
wasn't
good
enough
services
out
to
our
public,
so
breaking
it
down
to
four
zones
doing
the
four
locations.
It
seems
that
that
way
has
gotten
it.
How
more?
But
just
not.
We
just
can't
do
everything
at
every
site.
It
just
costs.
We
just
can't
do
it
so
we're
trying
to
least
get
something
done.
I
posted
our
sites.
M
L
L
L
We
have
several
adults
that
are
using
the
Lexy
program.
It's
only
up
to
fifth
grade,
so
you
know
it
works,
but
we
have
several
adults
that
are,
you,
know,
illiterate
and
they
don't
have
to
have
either
a
kindergarten
first
grade
reading
level
and
they
access
this
program
and
they've
been
very
positive
about
how
much
has
helped
them.
L
L
So
no
matter
what
type
of
what
type
of
area
you
talk
about,
whether
it
be
Alexia
or
anything
else,
the
higher
their
capernum
support,
the
better
off
the
students
are
going
to
do
so.
I,
don't
want
to
say,
like
oh
well,
since
they
have
a
better
parental
support
there.
The
Alexia
is
improving
more
because
that's
not
I
can't
really
say
that
that's
the
reason
I
think
Alexia
has
improved
everywhere
or
and
that
the
students
that
are
on
Alexia
to
use
it
with
fidelity.
L
We
do
see
drastic
grant
gains
and
we
see
them
staying
consistent,
not
having
those
back
slides,
especially
over
the
summer
time,
so
they're
consistently
reading.
And
it's
and
it's
not
necessarily
whether
it's
not
it's
Alexia
or
it's
a
book
or
it's
another
reading
program.
It's
getting
the
kids
consistently
reading
on
a
daily
basis
and
they
have
something
that
they
come
to.
They
some
that
they
access,
and
so
that's
what
we're
seeing
the
gains
on
and
we're
using
LexA
as
a
model.
L
We're
looking
at
both
so
we're
looking
at
those
that
we
come
in,
that
we
have
using
Alexia
with
fidelity
that
the
data
showing
that
they
have
proved
and
then
we
look
at
their
gains
in
you
know
if
we
can
get
when
we
have
access
to
their
gains,
they're
showing
the
similar
gains
and
the
PowerSchool
and
also
with
their
their
test
results.
So
we
kind
of
go
and
try
to
compare
and
say,
is
what
we're
seeing
here,
the
same
thing,
and
usually
it
does.
A
F
F
We've
had
a
lot
of
talk,
no
matter
whether
you're
talking
about
kids
in
trouble
or
kids
that
are
not
at
par
with
other
kids
and
and
we
keep
saying
well
the
city's
out
of
the
school
business.
However,
these
are
our
kids
and
we're
using
the
center's
to
buffer
what
the
kids
aren't
getting
in
school,
for
whatever
reason
so
and
and
being
with
2.0
and
working
with
all
of
that
I
guess:
I'm,
hearing
I'm
picking
up
on
what
Councilwoman
was
saying
is
the
issue
funding
lack
of
funding
so
that
all
centers
aren't
equal.
L
Yeah,
usually
when
we're
talking
bout,
stem
programming,
they're,
usually
very
expensive
types
of
programs,
so
we're
talking
about
funding.
You
know.
If
we're
trying
to
stretch
every
dollar,
we
have
we're
trying
to
look
at
the
different
costs,
and
so,
if
you're
going
to
bring
in
an
expert
at
a
certain
program,
it's
just
no
way.
We
can
do
it
at
sixteen
eighteen
sites.
So
we
try
to
just
look
at
okay.
What
how
can
we
get
in
for
strategic
locations
so
that
way
all
community?
You
know
we
can
bus
kids
there
or
the
communities
can
transport
there.
L
L
F
L
F
L
E
L
L
L
F
F
O
L
J
I'm
in
dialogue
with
some
churches,
how
capacity
is
limited
in
many
of
our
centers
for
some
of
the
things
that
being
addressed?
And
that's?
Why
we're
trying
to
do
the
expansions
and
the
new
centers
that
is
going
on
the
table
is
bigger
and
more
space,
but
these
churches
to
space
and
some
of
these
churches
that
I've
been
meeting
with
some
of
the
pastor's.
They
have
more
capacity
and
churches
are
not
being
used,
except
for
Sundays
and
Wednesdays
for
the
most
part,
we're
trying
to
get
them
to
collaborate
and
partner
with
us.
J
E
A
O
I'm
not
sure,
but
just
to
get
some
clarity
for
me,
sir,
and
thanks
for
everything
that
you
do.
Jason
I
really
appreciate
the
work
you're
doing.
Is
there
any
extra
efforts
focused
on
the
centers
near
high
zone
schools,
saying
where
we
have
extra
teachers
there
or
extra
hands-on
in
these
different
facilities,
where
it
has
been
reported
that
you
know
in
these
schools
our
kids
are
failing
or
you
know,
not,
meeting
the
status
quo.
So
is
there
anything
around
our
sinners
in
those
areas
extra
focused
toward
that
to
help
with
the
community.
J
We
have
worked
diligently
with
the
leadership
of
the
County
Schools
to
make
ourselves
known
that
we
want
to
be
good,
neighbors
and
good
partners
and
Jason
has
done
an
excellent
job
softening
the
blow
and,
if
you
all,
can
do
anything
to
help
them
understand
we're
here
to
partner
with
them
and
we
don't
need
credit
anything.
Those
facilities
are
available.
Our
staff.
We
have
gear
them
up
to
be
available
to
go
in
the
schools
and
for
to
partner
with
the
teachers
to
get
those
most
at-risk
students
and
our
sinners
to
give
them
the
additional
support.
J
But,
let's
be
very
clear,
we
have
not
been
received
very
well
and
our
new
superintendent
I've
met
with
him
on
a
couple
occasions
and
he's
very
open
and
I
think
we're
moving
in
that
direction.
But
for
the
last
several
years
we
have
not
got
the
type
of
support
and
the
welcoming
to
take
advantage
of
the
city
resources
to
help
the
children
in
the
schools,
and
we
can't
dodged
that
bullet.
So,
whatever
political
influence
you
have
to
help
those
understand.
J
We
are
here
to
serve
these
children
and
a
lot
of
it
seemed
to
be
who
gets
credit?
Oh
whatever
the
case
is
that
I
don't
understand,
but
all
of
our
staff
stays
ready
and
open
sit
down
even
with
the
citywide
strategy.
That's
going
on
with
2.0
we've
just
been
we're
invited
to
the
table,
and
it's
just
now
seeming
to
be
recognizing
that
we
bring
a
lot
to
the
equation
and
we
need
to
really
work
closer
together
and
I.
Think
the
political
climate
you
all
can
help
us
with
that.
We're
very
open
to
it.
I.
L
Do
do
you
want
to
give
one
I
do
want
to
give
one
example
of
we're
working
with.
We
do
a
lot
of
better
work.
Working
with
the
principles
then
working
with
central
office
a
lot
of
times
and
like
East
Lake
is
a
great
example
of
when
a
student
gets
suspended.
They
get
suspended
and
they
get
the
absences.
Not
only
are
they
getting
out
of
school
but
they're
not
getting
that
education
and
learning
in
that.
L
A
P
A
P
L
P
So
arts,
here
at
the
moment,
supposed
to
be
renovating
art,
ranging
your
current
computers
to
a
more
efficient,
correct,
correct
I,
know
that
we
have
a
fleet
program
and
dealing
with
cars.
Why
can't
we
start
looking
at
some
of
them,
something
like
for
the
computer
program.
In
other
words,
you
might
have
been
cover
every
Center
or
every
new
computer,
but
a.
N
P
Q
Thank
You
councilman,
we
do
have
a
technology
fund
and
similar
to
the
fleet
fund.
That
is
the
intent
of
that
fund
to
to
be
reserved
of
money.
That
does
allow
us
to
do
that
type
of
replacement
for
computers.
It's
it's
not
fully
funded,
so
it
does
not
do
the
the
work
that
we
would
like
it
to
do,
but
it
is
that
we
do
have
a
fund
set
up
like
that.
Just.
P
A
question
since
you
mentioned
that
for
funding
workforce
development
to
me
is
similar
to
this.
In
a
sense
and
I
know
we
have
six
million
dollars
sitting
around
cause
the
Ostrom
money,
maybe
start
looking
at
that
and
start
looking
at
giving
us
a
technology
to
kill
to
the
sinners
and
to
have
opportunity
there,
because
I
was
was
saying
for
us
trade
schools.
It
is
it's
needed.
We
don't
have
anything
basically
for
trade
pretty
soon
nobody
to
build
to
lay
bricks
all
to
do
electrician,
because
it's
fading
out.
P
So
we
need
to
start
looking
into
the
opportunity.
The
word
wealth,
either
unions
are
work
with
school.
To
see.
How
can
we
do
as
partners
like
coach
say,
he's
now
getting
a
positive
situation
with
the
school
system,
which
is
great?
We
need
that
cuz.
We
are
all
these
kids
are
our
kids,
it's
not
just
having
the
County
kids,
all
our
kids
and
whatever
we
can
do
to
work
together.
P
Q
B
J
B
N
J
A
N
H
B
J
Even
the
lowest
child
is
struggling,
still
have
a
opportunity
to
elevate,
but
all
the
wraparound
services
that
we
provide.
So
you
can
orchestrate
something
like
that.
I
would
be
glad
to
bring
our
team
to
the
table
and
discuss
how
we
play
a
good
supporting
role
to
the
overall
strategy
to
move
Chattanooga
forward.
Yes,
sir.
M
We
need
fun,
we
need
a
lot
of
funding
because
the
infrastructure
they're
not
empowering
they're,
not
inviting
I,
mean
we
say
we
want
to
help
kids
get
to
the
next
level.
We
want
this
to
be
the
best
educational
opportunity.
We
want
to
do
what
we
can
to
make
sure
we'll
play,
but
when
you
pull
up
at
that
recreation
site
people,
it's
ugly,
it's
atrocious.
What
are
we
doing
to
make
sure
that
we're
outside
of
putting
institutionalized
paint
in
the
inside
to
look
like
a
jail
or
Hospital?
M
M
J
First
I
would
say:
let's
recognize
the
good
work,
that's
going
in.
First,
let's
celebrate
recognize
the
things
that
we're
doing
well
then
identify
those
things
we
need
to
do
better
and
if
that's
one
of
those
things
we
need
to
do
better.
That
comes
on
the
list
of
those
things
moving
forward
and
those
things
that
we're
not
doing
at
all.
We
look
at
capacity
because
one
of
the
things
I
keep
bringing
up
is
with
this
citywide
strategy
for
Chattanooga
the
sinners
I
just
don't
focus
on
our
sinners.
J
If
we
don't
have
the
capacity
to
do
it,
then
we
need
to
recruit
partners.
That's
willing
to
help
us
move
these
things
forward,
whether
its
corporate,
whether
its
churches
or
whoever,
because
we
can't
do
it
all.
We
can
do
a
lot
of
things.
But
we
can't
do
everything
always
something
people
would
have
to
complain
about
matter
of
capacity
in
terms
of
how,
for
our
resources
can
go.
M
J
I
J
M
G
K
That's
a
great
question
so
part
of
what
I
have
I've
been
working
really
faithfully
with
Chattanooga
2.0
and
engaging
in
that
work
really
a
whole
lot,
and
so
that's
really
a
coalition
led
initiative.
So
early
matters
has
rebranded
itself
as
a
standalone
portion
of
Chattanooga,
2.0
and
the
city
of
Chattanooga
is
office.
Of
early
learning
is
a
really
integral
part
of
that
work,
so
we're
always
really
available
and
engaged
in
that,
and
then
the
other
piece
is
that
part
of
this
is
about
timing.
K
So
when
so
we're
putting
forward
the
budget
for
FY
2019
now,
and
so
it's
it's
I,
don't
want
to
over
promise
things
that
we
won't
be
able
to
deliver,
so
it's
definitely
being
a
being
in
the
community.
Speaking
at
events,
volunteering
at
events
being
a
part
of
work,
that's
ongoing
and
then
kind
of
trying
to
align
with
the
other
pieces
of
work
in
the
early
learning
that
are
happening
across
the
community.
K
So
something
I
think
about
a
lot
is:
what's
the
right
role
for
city
government
in
early
learning
and
I,
think
a
lot
of
that
is
not
necessarily
being
the
the
most
prominent
part
at
the
table.
But
how
are
we
under
lying
this
work
so
that
we're
creating
a
strong
infrastructure
for
the
work
that
has
to
happen
across
all
of
our
public
and
private
partnerships?
Does
that
answer
your
question.
M
The
committee
was
formulated:
were
there
anybody
with
different
perspectives
on
this
boy?
You
know
to
discuss
or
the
committee
that
was
developed
to
discuss
the
different
developmental
stages
or
you
know,
was
the
committee
put
together
with
a
diverse
group
of
foam
and
the
deciding
factors
we're
talking
about
people
of
color,
the
early
stages
of.
K
Yeah,
so
equity
is
one
of
the
cornerstones
of
the
work
that
I
do
so.
Equity,
diversity
and
inclusion
are
the
three
things
that
I
am
really
consistently
talking
about
with
the
office
of
early
learning,
so
those
three
components
are
considered
in
any
work,
including
the
committee.
So
it
was
a
diverse
group
of
stakeholders.
Could
it
have
been
more
diverse,
I
think
it
could
always
be
more
diverse
and
that's
something
that
I
want
to
look
at
moving
forward,
and
so
this
is
kind
of
future
visioning.
K
It's
really
thinking
about
how
we
bring
diversity
and
leadership
to
early
learning,
not
just
Chattanooga.
It's
a
national
problem
that
we
do
not
raise
up,
leaders
who
are
diverse,
and
so
that's
that's
something
that
I
hope
we
can
work
on
in
the
next
couple
years
together
and
I've
actually
talked
with
Wade
about
that
some
is.
How
do
we
start
to
engage
in
that
work
of
bringing
about
diversity
and
our
leadership
teams
around
early
learning,
so
I
think
that's
a
that's,
certainly
not
offensive
I.
M
They've
been
around
now
for
a
couple
of
years
and
when
they
first
come
out,
they
see
that
our
students
are
simply
not
work
ready
for
the
workforce.
They're,
not
ready
for
college
they're,
not
even
ready
for
life
in
every
publication,
they've
put
out
yeah.
So
now
it's
three
years
or
so
later.
Does
the
data
still
reflect
where
we
were
at
yeah?
M
K
So
the
thing
about
this
kind
of
a
population
level
change
is
that
it
really
does
take
a
generation
to
show
the
difference
and
that's
what
we
see
in
early
childhood
is
that
when
you
invest
in
an
infant
or
toddler
or
preschooler,
the
gains
really
show
up
about
twenty-five
to
forty
years
later.
So
you
might
see
some
swells
and
dips
in
their
education
along
the
way.
K
But
where
you
see
the
long
term
outcome
is
really
in
their
educational
attainment,
long
term
that
they
put
off
their
first
birth
until
after
high
school
or
later
that
they
are
less
likely
to
be
incarcerated,
that
they're
more
likely
to
to
have
a
job
long
term
that
their
that
their
wages
are
higher
than
their
their
peers.
So
the
work
that
we're
trying
to
do
it's
really
frustrating
when
we
see
these
families
that
are
in
crisis-
and
we
want
it
to
change
yesterday
and
it
needs
to
change
yesterday.
K
But
these
are
really
really
complex,
systemic
problems
that
we're
trying
to
change,
and
so
some
of
the
work
will
show
up
in
10-15
years.
So
there
have
been
changes
that
we've
I
mean
there
are
programmatic
shifts.
So
so
we're
seeing
some
of
the
immediate
outcomes
that
we're
seeing
so
the
early
matter
is
group
and
I
can't
really
speak
to
the
other
groups,
just
because
I'm
not
as
intimately
involved
in
the
k-12
or
the
post-secondary
work
as
I
am
in
the
early
childhood.
So
what
we're
seeing
is
Hospital
visitations.
K
So
this
is
a
zero
cost
program
that
was
come
up
with
between
at
early
matters,
baby
University
developed
a
training
for
hospital
volunteers
to
go
in
and
work
with
new
Mamas
who
have
just
had
their
baby
and
to
get
them
signed
up
for
Dolly
Parton
books
from
birth
and
to
get
them
signed
up
for
ready
for
K,
which
is
a
evidence-based
texting
program.
So
we're
starting
to
see
that
there's
an
uptick
in
parents
who
are
having
that
volunteer
coming
in
and
that
those
families
are
signing
up
for
the
books
in
the
texting.
K
So
right
now,
there's
no
outcome
data
around
that,
because
we
just
don't
have
enough
time
that
we've
seen
that
in
place.
But
we
do
what
we
do,
how
this
output
data
that
we're
starting
to
see
families
are
accepting
this
they're
starting
to
say:
oh
okay.
Yes,
I
want
to
have
that
person
come
in
and
sign
up
for
these
services.
So
that's
what
we
would
expect
in
an
evaluation
plan
at
this
point.
K
I
can
also
say,
which
item
to
get.
You
points,
oh,
that
in
early
matters,
one
of
the
things
that
they
that
the
funding
committee
has
funded
as
an
external
evaluation,
so
that
we
know
that
the
money
that
we're
spending
and
the
work
that
we're
doing
is
making
a
difference,
and
it
just
doesn't
sound
good
to
your
point.
It's
not
just
numbers
on
a
piece
of
paper
that
may
or
may
not
have
a
relationship
to
the
real
work
happen.
K
A
You
counsel
we've
been
going
an
hour
now
and
we
have
two
other
committee
meetings
and
this
is
a
departmental
report,
not
a
discussion
on
public
education
or
any
of
that
type
of
stuff.
Even
though
it's
been
very
informative
to
me
personally,
not
thank
you
for,
but
we
need
to
move
on
and
let's
try
to
be
aware
of
our
time.
N
J
I
A
A
S
S
S
We've
got
one,
that's
more
focused
on
short-term
stability,
and
we
have
one
that's
a
more
long-term
case
management
and
empowerment
strategy
that
helps
families
to
gain
stability,
that
is
more
long-term
and
more
permanent,
and
that
second
track
is
for
families
who
really
want
more,
who
want
to
achieve
and
who
really
want
to
make
a
difference
in
their
own
lives
and
in
the
community
that
they
live
in.
So
overall,
our
goal
is
to
create
meaningful
change
and
transformation
in
the
lives
of
the
families
that
we
serve.
S
S
We
do
that,
as
you
can
see,
with
a
broad
network
of
community
partners
and
support,
and
we
do
this
also
to
encourage
engagement
with
the
community.
We
want
the
families
that
we
serve
to
feel
connected
to
their
community
to
feel
invested
in
their
community
and
eventually
to
reinvest
that
success
and
that
mindset
in
their
community
our
family
support
model
is
unique
in
that
it
is
three-cornered.
It's
like
a
triangle.
S
We
have
the
family
at
the
apex
of
that
triangle
and
at
the
bottom
we
have
the
Family
Support
Specialists,
which
is
also
known
as
the
case
manager,
and
then
we
have
our
family
coach,
which
is
a
community
volunteer
or
a
mentor
that
we've
recruited
and
these
people
work
alongside
the
family
support
specialists
to
help
those
families
achieve
their
goals.
We
recently
had
our
first
class
family
coaches
graduate
from
training
with
last
last
week.
S
So
far
this
year,
this
is
just
for
a
year
to
date
for
2018
we've
had
63
families
and
our
programs
that
have
chief
self-sufficiency.
We've
had
a
hundred
and
three
individuals
working
with
our
programs
that
have
achieved
employment,
and
we've
made
almost
2,000
referrals
and
connections
to
our
community
partners,
which
is
really
important,
because
we
can't
do
the
work
that
we
do
without
the
broad
network
of
support
that
we
have
within
the
community
in
Chattanooga
in
Hamilton,
County.
S
H
T
Good
afternoon,
everyone
thank
you
again
so
much
for
allowing
us
to
come
and
share
I'm
dr.
David
Vance,
the
coordinator
of
Career
Development
and
I'm
gonna,
be
discussing
three
things
that
we're
overseeing
in
career
development.
The
first
one
is
when
I
started
in
2016.
The
whole
focus
was
really
making
sure
that
people
were
properly
employed,
so
I
had
talked
to
companies
and
they
were
really
discussing.
They
want
a
good
talent
talking
to
individuals.
They
really
wanted
to
work.
T
They
had
some
barriers,
so
I
created
the
community
workforce
ecosystem
to
really
help
bridge
that
gap
to
really
take
people
and
really
take
him
through
training
to
make
sure
that
they
have
life
skills
as
well
as
employable
skills.
The
whole
focus
was
really
developing
a
workforce
initiative
to
make
sure
that
they
are
properly
trained
to
be
employed,
as
well
as
increased
retention
as
well
as
also
making
sure
that
they
are
promoted.
My
whole
focus
was
not
just
to
get
them
another
job,
but
to
really
move
them
into
a
profession.
T
My
goal
in
2018
was
to
Train
250
people
and
also
allow
a
hundred
and
twenty-five
to
be
employed,
but
we've
exceeded
that.
So
over
400
have
been
trained
and
159
have
been
employed,
so
our
goal
each
week
is
to
take
people
through
training
and
through
that
making
sure
that
people
are
moving
into
really
gainful
employment.
We
also
seem
that
they
are
in
having
retention.
They
are
staying
on
the
job
more
they
hours
to
pay
is
between
10
to
12
dollars
an
hour
and
they
are
really
moving
forward.
T
Another
initiative
is
called
the
Kings
table.
This
is
the
initiative.
Is
a
10-week
and
I'm
working
with
at
Howard
high
school
working
with
young
seniors
young
men
really
teaching
them
workforce
skills
and
helping
them
and
getting
them
prepared
for
you
know
after
they
graduate.
So
that's
a
very
exciting
program.
Also,
these
are
some
success
stories.
This
is
miss
Janice
Williams.
She
entered
through
our
training
the
end
of
last
year
and
she
applied
those
principles
and
now
she
is
employed
at
yfd.
She
is
the
administrator
with
Jason
and
Ariel.
Fourth,
this
is
mr.
Braswell.
T
T
Also,
this
is
the
teen
empowerment.
This
is
Joe
hunter
and
Thomas
battle.
They
oversee
this
program
and
they
working
with
at-risk
kids
from
ages
13
to
17,
and
they
meet
at
these
yfd
sinners
on
these
nights
and
is
really
character.
Development
also
we're
doing
a
collaboration
with
Urban
League
Urban
League
have
some
kids
where
they
are
willing
to
pay
for
them
to
be
able
to
work
with
Joe
hunter
in
these
centers.
So
we
feel,
like
all
of
these
things,
are
very
productive
things
and
really
helping
people
to
move
forward.
R
R
What
we
measure
in
terms
of
performance
are
the
number
of
trained
leaders
of
those
who
enter
our
programs.
The
number
of
program
completers
and
the
number
of
community
served
over
what
we
talk
about
community,
sir
we're
talking
about
those
underserved
communities.
We
use
three
youth
development
and
initiatives
to
deliver
services,
the
Chattanooga
bastard
program
or
cap.
You
see
our
young
people
in
the
blue
shirts
at
a
number
of
local
functions.
R
They're,
my
brother's
keeper
Chattanooga
initiative
came
out
of
the
White
House
under
President
Obama
asked
to
improve
outcomes
for
young
for
boys
and
young
men
and
the
last
one.
It
is
the
youth
opportunity
initiatives,
and
that
is
new.
For
last
year
we
began
to
work
with
disconnected
youth
and
underserved
communities.
A
number
of
our
young
people
in
communities
can't
come
to
our
Center,
so
we
take
programs
to
them
whether
the
youth
opportunity
initiatives.
R
The
second
program,
the
Chinese
ambassador
program.
It
is
a
leadership
and
character-building
initiative.
We
started
in
2013
we're
now
serving
generation
five.
We
can't
believe
that
we've
made
it
that
far,
we've
worked
with
a
hundred
and
seventy
students
with
intense
training.
Up
to
this
point,
we
stay
with
them
for
about
a
year
and
we
have
a
98%
success
rate
of
young
people,
either
entering
college
or
going
into
the
workforce.
R
Last
summer,
we
served
about
a
hundred
disconnected
youth.
Those
were
twelve
youth
12
and,
under
our
goal,
was
to
reduce
summer
learning
losses.
A
lot
of
those
children
didn't
have
places
to
go
museums,
libraries,
they
couldn't
get
places,
get
to
places
where
they
could
continue
their
education
across
the
summer.
So
we
took
those
programs
to
them
the
my
brother's
keeper
conference
and
last
year
we
worked
with
about
seventy-five
students
and
we
were
focused
on
decision
making,
and
there
was
a
lot
going
on
on
the
street
our
boys
to
begin
making
better
decisions.
R
So
we
had
workshops
on
how
to
make
better
decision
this
year,
we're
going
to
focus
on
public
policy
a
lot
of
times.
Our
young
men
don't
have
a
voice,
and
they
don't
know
that
they
impact
public
policy
so
this
year,
we're
going
to
help
them
understand.
How
that
works,
and
then
the
last
is
for
this
summer
we're
going
to
really
focus
on
job
training
and
job
placement
in
those
communities
and
college
preparation.
That's
the
leadership.
U
U
Okay,
so
quickly,
I'm,
just
gonna
go
over.
As
you
know,
recreation
is
a
very
large
division
of
youth,
family
development.
We've
got
a
lot
of
facilities
and
we've
got
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
programming
units
within
this
division
and
I'm
just
quickly
going
to
highlight
some
of
the
things
that
we've
got
going
on
over
at
North,
River
Civic
Center
and
we
host
a
ton
of
community
meetings,
organizational
meetings.
U
We
provide
activities
on
a
daily
basis,
and
one
of
the
highlights
we
have
coming
up
is
a
sunset
concert
series
that
will
be
on
the
third
Friday
and
you
can
see
up
there
and
it's
free
to
the
public.
Heritage
House
is
probably
one
of
the
best-kept
secrets
in
Chattanooga
when
it
comes
to
rentals
family
events
and
as
you
can
see
at
the
end
of
last
year,
we
hosted
174,
private
and
public
events.
U
At
the
end
of
this
fiscal
year,
we
will
have
hosted
over
221
and
we
expect
to
have
over
315
for
the
upcoming
year,
so
we're
very
excited
about
working
with
public
works
and
facilities,
maintenance,
we're
making
some
improvements.
But
this
is
just
an
amazing
facility
that
we're
fortunate
to
have
within
our
department,
Eastgate
Senior
Center
I
mean
this
place
is
packed
non-stop,
and
these
are
just
a
few
of
the
activities
that
we
have
going
on
there
and,
like
I,
said,
I
will
move
through
this.
U
For
the
sake
of
time
our
Recreation
Food
Program,
the
CACFP
is
the
program
that
we
have
year-round,
that
we
work
in
partnership
with
the
YMCA
to
serve
meals
at
our
centers,
and
we
are
looking
at
doing
one
hot
meal
beginning
next
month.
So
we'll
have
one
meal
a
week
on
Wednesday
nights
that
will
be
a
hot
meal
that
will
be
provided
for
our
young
people
at
the
center's.
U
U
You
can
see
here.
The
numbers
are
pretty
significant
for
2016
2017
I,
just
like
to
note
that's
worth
thirty
tournaments
that
we
had
throughout
the
season
over
that
accounted
for
seventy
eight
days
of
play.
That
does
not
count
leagues
and
other
programs
that
we
have
at
champions
club,
so
Jason
mentioned
earlier
about
our
summer.
Camp
and
councilman
Henderson
also
alluded
to
that
as
well,
but
we've
in
addition
to
everything
we
do
field
trips,
utilizing
our
resources
within
our
city
departments.
These
are
a
few
things
that
we're
adding
this
summer.
U
Registration
will
start,
April,
1st
and
camp
will
start
on
June
the
4th
and
we'll
have
the
full
eight-week
session.
So
we
have
a
classically
trained
dancer.
Who
is
a
graduate
of
our
ballet
Tennessee
program?
Who
is
going
to
be
coming
back
and
working
with
our
young
people?
Learning
the
ropes
is
a
double
dutch
double
dutch
jump,
roping
group
that
comes
in
we
did
this
over
the
winter
break
camp
and
it
was
a
big
hit
with
the
kids.
We're
gonna
be
participating
in
navy
week.
We're
doing
educational
seminars
for
all
the
sites
through
the
health
department.
U
This
is
also
the
same
formula
that
was
used
for
the
champions.
Club
I
thought
these
were
closer
together,
but
it's
okay,
Warner,
Park
and
summit.
These
are
the
total
economic
impacts
for
the
weekend
tournaments
that
we
host
pretty
much
we've
a
tournament
I
guess
two
weekends
ago,
and
we
started
basically
the
end
of
February
1st
of
March
and
will
go
through
Thanksgiving.
U
So
when
the
park
is
not
being
utilized
on
the
weekends,
but
the
numbers
that
we
have
sometimes
whether
it's
rain
or
we
just
have
a
break
built
in
for
national
tournaments.
We
utilize
our
RBI
programs.
We
work
with
Collegedale
Association
and
our
parks
are
booked
at
both
locations.
Seven
days
a
week,
pretty
much
our
contributions
to
the
office
of
family
empowerment.
We
are
working
with
chief
rowdy
and
the
police
department
to
develop
strategic
programming
around
surge
leaks
and
where
they
see
a
surge
in
crime.
U
And
the
second
thing
is
we'll
be
doing
conflict
resolution
training
by
certified
agencies
for
all
youth
participants
at
our
live
dissenters
twice
a
year
and
we're
also
working
with
the
Family
Justice
Center
on
providing
domestic
violence.
Training
for
our
young
people
as
well-
and
these
are
just
a
couple
of
upcoming
staffs
staff.
Trainings
that
we're
having
the
police
department
is
going
to
do
a
training
for
us
tomorrow
on
the
gang
activity
here
and
making
our
staff
more
aware
of.
U
What's
going
on
in
the
areas
that
they
serve,
we're
gonna
be
doing
an
active
shooter
training
with
the
Homeland
Security
and
the
SWAT
team.
And
then
we
have
CPR
certifications
coming
up
at
the
end
of
the
month
and
he
told
me
to
go
on
so
been
working
in
conjunction
like
I've
mentioned
a
few
minutes
ago,
and
this
is
just
a
brief
update,
but
I
just
want
to
say
thanks
to
Justin
Holland,
mayor
Burke
and
Maura
for
other
support
with
general
facilities
with
Kerry
Bohannon
they've
been
amazing.
U
Working
with
IT,
dinah,
Jeffery
and
Brent
help
get
our
sinners.
We
hear
what
you're
saying
councilman
Coonrod,
where
they
need
to
be.
They
didn't
get
like
this
overnight,
so
we're
it's
not
easily
able
to
turn
around
overnight,
but
we
I
think
I'll
have
a
consolidated
partnership
and
effort
to
make
this
happen.
U
With
the
Ronald
McDonald
House
orange
grove
in
awhile,
we
were
able
to
add
the
miracle
field
at
Warner
Park,
which
is
just
an
amazing
enhancement
to
that
facility
and
makes
it
really
inclusive.
So
we're
very
excited
to
have
that
they're,
the
new
Avondale
YV
Center
Construction,
has
begun
and
we're
on
track.
For
the
own
time,
completion
Eastlake,
wife,
D
Center
project,
has
began
its
initial
phase.
Rfq
went
out
for
bid,
we
had
a
community
small
community
meeting
on
the
5th
and
then
we'll
have
our
first
community
input.
U
Meeting
on
the
15th
councilman
Ogilvy's
been
very
helpful
assistant.
As
for
that,
so
we're
very
excited
to
have
that
process
moving
as
well,
and
then
we
have
200,000
and
this
year's
capital
budget
for
design
to
determine
the
next
phase
for
the
master
plans
at
Washington
Hills,
and
we
are
currently
working
on
these
enhancements.
Working
with
YT
to
determine
are
in
our
committee
to
determine
the
next
locations
for
security
cameras
and
this
major
upgrades
that
we've
been
doing
during
this
administration.
U
Here
is
a
breakdown
of
the
roofs
and
Dennis.
If
anything's
wrong
on
this
I'll
wait
for
you
to
throw
something
at
me,
but
here's
the
roofs
in
the
lobby,
Center
advertised
dates
for
bid.
You
can
see
those
the
HVAC
location,
the
advertised
date
for
those
bids.
The
zoo
expansion
is
I,
will
say
this
moving
forward
slowly,
but
we're
all
working
in
conjunction
together,
meaning
the
UTC,
the
fitness
center
in
the
city
of
course,
and
working
with
all
the
partners
involved
to
make
sure
that
everybody's
needs
are
met.
U
B
B
U
So
Dennis
and
Kerri
and
I
met
last
week
we
have
a
monthly
capital
meeting
and
then
we
also
have
an
addition
to
that.
A
monthly
facilities,
maintenance
meeting
and
so
all
those
projects
that
have
been
funded
up
to
this
point
have
either
been
completed
or
are
on
that
list
of
advertised
dates
to
be
completed.
Okay,.
B
U
We're
in
the
process
of
doing
this
now
we
started
back
in
October
and
what
we've
done
is
compiled
a
group
from
Kari
with
general
maintenance.
We've
got
Dennis
Malone
Eric
Booker
from
the
engineering
we've
had
code
enforcement,
we've
had
the
fire
marshal's
office,
and
then
we
have
from
a
programming
aspect.
We
have
our
staff
involved
as
well
as
myself,
and
we
do
two
to
three
sites
a
month
and
what
we
do
is
we
just
block
off
almost
an
entire
day,
half
a
day
to
an
entire
day
and
we
go
through
and
everybody
takes
their
own.
U
You
know
area
of
expertise
and
they
know
everything
from
ceiling
tiles
to
structural
cracks
in
the
wall
and
then
Kerry
Bohannon
is
working
on
a
spreadsheet
where
we
will
compile
all
that
information
because
we
know
so
much
has
changed
from
projects
being
completed
to
new
damage.
That
may
have
surfaced
so
we're
trying
to
get
a
more
current
inventory
of
what
we
need
to
do
so
that
we
can
better
drive
our
capital
projects.
B
Q
B
U
If
that
makes
sense
those
dollars,
we
had
looked
at
Eastlake
being
on
the
list
for
security
cameras,
but
there
was
we
knew
the
renovation
was
going
to
be
in
the
next
year
and
a
half
to
two
years.
So
we
made
sure
to
not
put
a
large
amount
of
money
in
for
security
cameras
there
and
redirect
that
somewhere
else.
M
U
Ultimately,
what
we
do
is
we
gather
information
based
on
safety
needs
community
usage.
We
derive
that
from
our
monthly
reports
and
see
what
centers
are
being
used.
We
looked
at
age
of
our
buildings,
so
we
have
a
inventory
of
how
old
the
buildings
are.
A
lot
of
them
are
old
school
buildings,
and
then
we
report
that
to
coach,
Jennings
and
Maura
and
the
mayor,
and
then
we
get
our
direction.
You
know
from
them.
J
A
P
D
Thank
You
mr.
chair
just
wanted
to
provide
a
little
context
for
both
counsel
as
well
as
audience.
As
you
aware,
I
mean
the
disciplinary
process.
Itself
is
a
very
important
process
to
our
organization.
It's
a
balance
of
making
sure
that
the
employees
have
a
transparent
and
fair
process,
as
well
as
making
sure
that
the
administrators
have
tools
that
are
are
predictable
and
how
they
lead.
The
organization
lead
their
particular
organizations.
As
per
the
Charter.
The
council
is
charged
with
handling
appeals
of
employees
and
disciplinary
matters.
D
V
Wade
said
most
of
what
I
was
going
to
say
is
that
we
had
a
really
good
group
that
worked
on
this
prior
to
my
being
part
of
HR.
So
I
really
think
Valerie
is
the
best
person.
I
can
do
a
high-level,
but
she
will
do
much
a
much
better
job.
Answering
the
questions
than
I
would
so
I'm
gonna
turn
this
over
to
Valerie.
W
Good
afternoon
I
think
Wade
had
a
nice
introduction
into
the
committee
that
was
formed
back
in
2016
to
attempt
to
improve
the
disciplinary
appeal
process.
I
like
he
said
it
was
working
fine,
but
we
wanted
to
reach
out
and
form
a
committee
to
try
and
see
from
the
various
union
groups
and
from
the
HR
department
if
we
could
make
it
better
and
I
believe
that
these
proposed
changes
that
you're
going
to
be
considering
tonight
would
make
a
difference.
W
So
I
want
to
tell
you
one
thing:
first
off
the
resolution
number
is
wrong
on
there,
but
it
is
right
on
your
agenda,
so
in
2010
the
the
City
Council
did
adopt
a
resolution
that
changed
the
process
from
the
city
council
members
hearing
these
appeals
to
the
administrative
law
judges.
So
we
did
mention
some
of
this.
Well.
Why
don't?
We
want
to
change
this
appeal
process?
W
Well,
we
wanted
to
improve
it
to
be
more
uniform
and
efficient
across
all
the
departments,
because
everybody
had
a
different
type
of
pre
disciplinary
hearing
letter
everybody
had
a
different
process
that
they
were
telling
their
employees.
This
is
how
you
appeal:
if
you
want
to
appeal,
so
we
thought
that
it
best
to
reach
out
to
the
departments
and
have
a
uniform,
consistent
process
across
all
departments,
and
also
we
wanted
to
lessen
time.
We
wonder
the
lessen
the
time
to
complete
the
appeal.
W
Some
of
these
were
beginning
to
get
pretty
long
and
drawn-out,
and
and
at
the
you
know,
the
employees
were
suffering
because
it
was
taking
so
long
to
get
a
decision.
We
weren't
able
to
lessen
it
a
great
deal,
but
we
did
lessen
at
some
and
I
am
happy
to
report
that
would
get
us
the
decisions
and
then
also
one
of
the
complaints
that
I
heard
was
that
the
administrative
law
judges
weren't,
maybe
getting
enough
information
from
the
beginning
and
I
think
of
time
or
two.
W
W
So
the
first
there's
three
different
forms
that
the
HR
department
created
and
I'm
going
to
go
through
these
three
and
tell
you
what
essentially,
we
have
done
to
make
this
process
more
uniform.
First,
the
HR
department,
in
concert
with
the
office
of
the
city
attorney,
created
a
notice
of
pre
disciplinary.
W
As
you
know,
each
employee
facing
potential
disciplinary
action
of
promote
of
demotion
or
suspension
or
termination
is
entitled
to
a
hearing,
and
every
employee
receives
a
hearing.
So
we
created,
along
with
HR,
a
forum
to
promote
this
uniformity
and
consistency
in
our
process.
So
what
does
the
notice
contain?
It
contains
a
nature
of
the
alleged
misconduct,
the
discipline
to
which
the
employee
would
be
subjected
notification
that
the
employee
is
entitled
to
present
evidence
at
the
hearing
and
to
bring
an
attorney
or
a
representative
of
his
or
her
choice
and
here's.
W
W
The
employee
has
a
right
to
appeal
the
department
heads
decision
within
15
days
of
the
date
of
the
letter
and
this
what
this
letter
looks
like
so
again,
you're
gonna
see
in
the
middle
of
the
page,
a
summary
and
then
there's
a
box
to
check
if
they
need
to
write
more
information.
This
is
what's
gonna.
Tell
the
administrative
law
judge
what
happened
this
employee?
You
know
insubordinate
received,
got
it
it.
This
is
how
they're
going
to
know
what's
coming
in
front
of
them
before
we
came
up
with
this
process.
W
I
believe
Nicole
was
sending,
because
this
was
the
only
what
we
were
doing
before
we
were
having
the
employee,
send
and
write
a
letter
handwritten
letter
I
want
to
appeal.
It
was
sent
to
you
Nicole
and
Nicole,
sent
it
to
Nashville.
This
is
what
we're
trying
to
change
to
make
sure
we
have
a
more
uniform
process
and
information
that
Nashville
can
use
to
help
our
hearing
process.
And,
finally,
the
third
form
that
this
committee,
created
along
with
the
help
of
the
HR
department,
was
what
we're
calling
the
notice
of
appeal
form.
W
W
Regarding
administrative
regulations
for
conducting
employee
as
a
package,
Nashville
will
get
a
copy
of
this
they'll
get
a
copy
of
the
hearing
decision
letter
that
contains
the
summary
of
the
disciplinary
action
and
they'll
get
the
resolution.
If
it's
passed
tonight,
that
has
the
rules
in
it
for
them
to
follow.
When
they're
conducting
these
hearings.
W
Processing
the
appeal
after
they
received
the
employees
request
to
appeal.
The
clerk
Nicole
will
receive
the
following
from
an
employee
notice
of
appeal
form.
Hearing
decision
letter
the
resolution.
If
it's
passed
and
they'll
be
sent
to
the
clerk
Administrative
Procedures
Division
of
the
Secretary
of
State's
office,
where
that
the
head
of
that
division
will
assign
the
appeal.
F
W
W
W
W
F
F
W
P
V
P
V
F
F
Files,
a
complaint
against
me
or
I
filed,
let's
say
somebody
files,
a
complaint
against
me
and
so
what
the
HR
people
would
say
was
we're
going
to
respect
this
complaint.
However,
while
we're
waiting
for
the
paperwork,
would
you
agree
to
go
to
mediation,
the
and-
and
there
was
a
mediation
by
a
certified
listed
licensed
whatever
you
call
it,
the
state
in
Tennessee?
It's
it's
listed,
mediator,
rule
31,
mediator
and
the
reason
they
did
it
not
was
for
any
kumbaya
reason,
but
what
they
did
is
they
got.
F
The
cases
went
away
really
there's
great
research
on
it
went
away
really
really
fast,
because
most
problems
don't
rise
to
the
level
of,
if
you
will
legal
sufficiency
or
whatever,
and
it
takes
so
long
for
somebody
to
go
through
one
of
these
processes
that
morale
lowers.
So
you
didn't
stop
the
clock
and
the
Union
sat
in
on
the
mediations,
so
I'm
wondering
why
we
would
put
that
second,
instead
of
first
just
curious.
If.
V
F
So
so
what
happens
is
if
people
are
sitting
in
the
room
and
talking
and
working
it
out,
because
we
used
to
listen
to
a
lot
of
those
things
and
a
lot
of
them
with
somebody
was
dissed
by
somebody
or
somebody
I
mean
and
they're
rare,
very
real
problems
and
their
their
morale
Buster's,
but
you
want
to
make
it
go
away
as
soon
as
possible.
That's
what
corporations
do.