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Chattanooga City Council Strategic Planning Meeting - 8/15/23
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C
You
so
much
and
letting
me
sit
at
the
big
table
with
the
comfy
chairs.
I,
don't
know
I'm
going
to
introduce
our
Consultants
today
and
a
bunch
of
other
folks
Jamie
room.
Just
sat
down
he's
I'll
talk
a
little
about
my
more
about
Jamie
in
a
moment.
I
also
want
to
unveil
to
you
a
gift
to
the
council
building
here
of
this
Banner.
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C
C
We
have
a
consultant
team
which
is
an
excellent
group
of
professionals.
We
went
through
a
big
RFP
process
a
number
of
months
ago
and
we
selected
this
team
who
you
I'll,
introduce
in
just
a
moment
we're
still
at
the
front
end
of
this
process.
We
are
going
to
every
neighborhood
meeting
this
month,
I'm
trying
to
make
every
one
of
them
and
we'll
continue
to
go
to
them.
But
the
point
of
it
was
that,
like
I
like
to
say
Prime
them
for
planning,
we.
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Communities
across
the
South
and
in
the
country
where
we
can
look
at
examples
so
there's
a
lot
of.
We
have
a
rich
resource
to
draw
upon
and
I
think.
This
is
really
a
great
time
for
us
to
be
doing
this
Pro
this
planning
process
again
I
kind
of
described
today,
a
comprehensive
plan
as
being
almost
a
management
doc
document
for
local
governments.
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I
was
in
Georgia
for
two
decades
and
Georgia
has
a
law
that
requires
a
comprehensive
plan
for
every
local
government
every
10
years,
a
full
update
and
a
partial
update
every
five
years
and
it's
been
mandated
since
1989
and
so
I
got
to
go
through.
You
know
Decades
of
this,
with
every
jurisdiction
in
metro,
Atlanta
and
some
do
it
better
than
others.
Some
use
their
documents
more
than
others,
but
this
is
absolutely
intended
to
be
a
plan
for
the
entire
city
to
look
at
Transportation
issues.
Land
use
issues,
housing
issues,
you
know.
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D
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
Jamie.
Green
I
run
a
Consulting
practice
based
out
of
Columbus
Ohio
called
planning.
Next,
we
work
throughout
the
country.
We're
working
right
now
in
a
couple
places
that
maybe,
in
terms
of
population
size,
are
comparable
we're
doing
the
plan
for
Grand
Rapids
Michigan,
which
has
a
big
component
of
quality
of
life
to
their
work,
and
you
need
that
when
you're
on
open
Michigan
to
do
that,
we're
also
working
in
Mobile
Alabama.
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We've
been
doing
that
for
about
five
years
where
inclusiveness
and
diversity
and
implementation
were
really
important
and
I
would
tell
you
that
in
our
work,
though,
you've
hired
us
top
of
the
process.
We
are
keenly
interested
in
what
happens
when
the
plan
is
done.
Selfishly
our
reputation
is
based
on
things
getting
done,
and
that
has
to
happen
when
we're
gone.
So
as
Dan
alluded
to,
we
have
a
pretty
robust
team.
I
have
Michael
Curtis
with
me
today:
who's
the
project
manager.
For
this
we
also
have
with
us
Zach
from
mend
who's.
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You
know
we've
got,
we've
got
a
bunch
of
Supporting
Cast
members,
but
Zach
is
like
right
with
us
and
leading
some
of
these
areas
that
we're
doing
Kim
Lee
horn
on
the
transportation
immigrant
Partners
on
economics.
So
it's
a
you
know
by
definition,
a
comprehensive
work,
so
I
want
to
respect
the
time
that
you've
given
us.
We
hope
this
isn't
the
last
time
that
we're
here
with
you
so
I,
just
in
terms
of
I,
don't
know
what
else
I
need
to
do:
I
Advance
the
slides,
but
they
didn't.
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So
we,
this
just
gives
you
about
ourselves
like
we're
less
than
20
in
terms
of
our
practice,
but
really
like
to
go
to
do
things
that
we
like
to
do,
and
we
really
appreciated
what
Dan
and
his
team
how
they
wanted
to
approach
the
plan
here
in
Chattanooga.
So
we
we
pursued
this,
but
this
gives
you
some
idea
of
where
we've
worked
and
how
we've
done
this.
The
work
I
won't
go
into
that
in
great
detail.
We
have
a
large
web
presence
if
you're
interested
Zach.
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Open
space
and
natural
resources,
as
well
as
landscape
architecture,
great
thanks-
and
so
you
know,
there's
this
is
a
presentation,
but
I
would
encourage
you.
If
you
have
questions
as
we
go
along,
please
don't
don't
hesitate
to
to
say
this,
so
we're
really
clear
that
that
this
process
you
know
Dan
talked
about
like
the
the
amount
of
data
and
technology
that
we're
we
have
access
to
in
these
days.
We
believe
that
the
best
plans
are
those
that
understand.
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You
know
the
trends
and
the
conditions,
but
Trends
don't
have
to
be
your
destiny,
and
so
we
want
to
understand
the
intuition
that
people
who
live
here
work
here
have
about
their
community
and
it's
our
job
to
sort
of
weave.
You
know
in
a
thoughtful
way
intuition
and
the
research
here,
and
so
we
want
one
growth
strategy
for
for
the
city,
but
we
also
are
doing
this
in
a
really
special
way,
we're
actually
zooming
in
on
the
eight
different
geographies
in
the
community.
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So
you
know
I,
don't
I
don't
want
to
be
prepared
to
be
talking
down
to
anybody,
but
we
just
sort
of
think
in
terms
of
level
setting.
We
should
understand
that
this
is
a
long-term
Citywide
policy
diagram.
It's
the
broadest
policy
document
you
could
have,
but
by
definition
it
is
the
one
opportunity
you
have
to
integrate.
Land
use,
housing
conservation
infrastructure
in
one
one
one
way,
and
that
I
think
is
really
special
implementation.
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We
will
have
projects,
policies
and
programs
in
here
that
you
can
Implement
over
time,
and
we
will
we
will.
You
know,
to
the
extent
that
we
can
be
detailed
with
you.
We
will
actually
identify
like
what
it
is
who
it
is
when
it
should
be
done,
but
even
though
it's
a
long-range
plan,
we
think
that
there
should
be
like
what
do
we
do
tomorrow,
like
what
did
we
learn
in
this
process?
That's
still
new
and
fresh.
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What
we've
found
in
a
number
of
communities
we
work
is
that
the
plan
is
more
than
just
this
utility
that
exists.
Department,
Department
elected
officials,
appointed
officials.
It
is
also
a
marketing
tool.
What
we
understand
from
working
with
a
lot
of
developers
is
they
want
predictability.
So
if
you
articulate
what
your
vision
is
and
how
you
want
to
grow
and
change,
you
might
have
a
better
chance
of
having
people
who
want
to
collaborate
with
you.
Instead
of
you
know,
maybe
fuss
with
you
about
this.
This
work,
so
the
area
plans.
D
You
know
we're
for
these
eight
areas
and
I
assume
you've
seen
some
of
this
before,
but
you
see
the
city
and
the
county
areas
that
are
that
are
developed.
We
we've
sort
of
dividing
this
up
with
Zach
and
his
team,
but
integrating
all
of
it
at
the
same
time.
Being
really
clear
about
this
is
serving
as
a
general
policy
guide.
There'll
be
other
things
you
need
to
do
to
implement
it
like
updating
zoning
or
your
Capital.
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Improvements
will
be
there
and
being
clear
with
people
about
what
you
know
what
the
plan
doesn't
doesn't.
Do
we
think
managing
expectations
in
these
is
really
challenging,
because
at
one
hand
we
want
people
to
think
and
dream
big,
but
there
are
realities
like
fiscal
constraints,
so
that
is
the
other
part
of
our
planning.
Work
is
understanding
you
know
physically.
Are
we
making
decisions
that
will
make
you
healthier
in
the
future
or
not
this?
D
This
is
an
example
of
one
of
the
areas
that
we're
looking
at
area
three
and
some
of
the
work
that
we've.
You
know
the
analysis
about
centers
and
corridors
and
one
of
the
really
I
think
important
parts
of
the
work
that
is
probably
more
significantly
in
the
last
10
years,
but
going
a
little
bit
further
is
actually
articulating
the
vision
for
a
quality
of
place,
not
just
doing
it
by
use
not
just
doing
it
by
a
you
know,
two-dimensional
map
that
paints
a
you
know,
paints
a
green
but
actually
having
people
understand.
D
If
these
policy
policies
are
implemented,
what
places
might
look
like
three-dimensionally,
and
that
may
seem
like
really
obvious
to
some
of
you
sitting
here
today,
but
that's
not
how
it
you
know
is
always
always
done
so.
Our
understanding
of
Chattanooga
is
a
quality
place
is
really
important.
This
plan
will
be
really
special
in
in
how
it
does
how
it
does
that
we
also,
you
know,
know
that
that
you
know
you've
done
some
good
work
and
here's
some
examples
of
it.
D
But
there
are,
there
are
ways
that
you
can
organize
place
that
make
more
sense
physically
makes
more
sense
in
terms
of
emotional
attachment,
and
we
really,
you
know,
want
to
help
with
that.
The
process,
as
I
mentioned
it's
it's
comprehensive.
You
know
like
these
are
the
core
topics,
but
we
also
believe
in
what
this
discovery
might
yield
and
there
may
be,
you
know,
value
and
addressing
some
things
that
that
don't
come
up.
D
You
have
done
a
lot
of
work
here,
a
lot
of
good
work,
and
so
what
we're
trying
to
do
with
staff
is
gather
all
that
up
and
make
sense
of
it
and
have
that
as
a
foundation
going
forward,
but
not
ignoring
that,
but
also
not
just
accepting
that.
That's
that's.
That
is
what
it
is,
but
so
those
are
just
a
few
examples
which
I
assume
that
you're
familiar
with.
A
D
D
D
You
know
we
started
a
couple
months
ago
with
sort
of
just
getting
organized
and
preparing,
but
we're
you
know
the
dark,
blue
and
the
light
blue
are
on
a
parallel
path.
The
engagement
and
the
research
and
Analysis.
The
large
circles
are
indications
of
where
we
will
do
some
very
focused
engagement.
You
know
with
the
community
first
sort
of
you
know
in
a
generative
way
about
what's
important
what
people
are
experiencing.
D
We
don't
believe
in
starting
these
processes
off
by
showing
people
what
we
think
the
solutions
are
and
and
trying
to
get
them
to
love
them.
We
start
with
a
blank
piece
of
paper
and
like
this
is
what
we
understand
is
going
on.
We,
then
will
make
our
way
in
from
that
into
a
round
where
we're
actually
thinking
about
choices
and
the
consequences
of
choices
that
that
you
have
to
make
in
a
community,
because
we
don't
think
it's
fair
just
to
make
choices.
We
have
to
understand
consequences
both
the
intended
and
anticipated.
D
But
this
is
basically
our
map
and,
if
you're
interested
in
any
of
this
material,
you
know
we
can
certainly
provide
it.
Oh
I
mentioned
you
know
the
the
engagement
part,
because
that's
really
important
to
us
both
in
terms
of
like
building
trust,
I,
don't
know
about
your
community,
but
there's
a
lot
of
communities
that
have
experienced
planning
efforts
where
maybe
they
weren't
treated
as
well
as
they
would
have
liked
to
have
been
treated.
D
And
so
you
know,
we've
got
to
do
this
in
a
way
that
people
can
build
some
trust
in
in
what
we're
doing
and
do
that
in
multiple
ways.
Like
we,
you
know
we,
we
would
love
for
people
to
come
to
like
a
large
Gathering
meet
people
that
didn't
know
each
other,
but
that
had
in
common
their
care
for
the
future
of
this
place.
But
it
is
hard,
it's
always
been
hard,
but
post.
Well.
The
pandemic
is
still
going
on
I
guess,
but
it's
been
really
hard
since
then
to
get
people.
D
You
know
to
do
that
so,
but
we
will
offer
the
chance
because
in
our
experience
one
of
the
one
of
the
residual
benefits
of
doing
a
plan,
the
way
that
we
like
to
do
it
is
it
not
only
produces
the
plan,
but
it
helps
build.
Community
people
come
together
for
a
common
purpose
to
solve
some
issues
and
realize
the
full
potential
of
the
community,
but
also
individual
potential,
and
so
we're
gonna.
D
We're
gonna
offer
opportunities
where
people
come
together,
but
we're
also
committed
to
going
to
where
they
are
especially
the
hard
to
reach
and
I.
I
will
tell
you
that
we
do
exit
questionnaires
after
all,
of
our
public
meetings
been
doing
that
for
25
years,
and
we
know
that
the
reason
that
people
come
to
a
process
like
we're
going
to
be
facilitating
here
is
because
somebody
they
know
recognize
or
trust,
ask
them
to
do
it,
not
because
they
read
a
legal
notice
not
because
they
saw
a
flyer
in
a
coffee
shop.
It's
because
somebody
asked.
D
D
That's
right
so
we're
going
to
invite
them
to
our
open
call
things,
but
we're
also
when
we
prove
what
you're,
what
you,
what
you're
suggesting
is
that
they
won't
participate
in
the
the
significant
numbers
we
want
we'll
go
to
where
they
are
I
know
this
will
sound
like
hardship
duty,
but
in
Mobile
we
identified
a
series
of
pubs
where
the
the
25
to
40
year
olds
went
and
we've.
You
know
volunteered
to
go
and
meet
them
where
they
were
in
those
locations.
D
If
you
tell
us
that
there
are
certain
employers
that
have
a
large
demographic
in
that
in
that
age
being,
we
will
work
with
the
employers
to
find
ways
to
do
that.
Now,
you
probably
quickly
figuring
out
that
what
I'm
suggesting
is
really
intensive
in
terms
of
effort
we
we
will
prepare
what
we
call
a
meeting
in
a
box
which
will
have
the
same
basic
questions
that
you
could
find
on
online.
D
You
could
find
in
the
in
the
in-person
meetings,
but
they
can
be
taken
out
to
any
neighborhood
group
or
employer
to
actually
ask
those
those
very
same
questions.
But
but
we're
counting
on
the
steering
committee,
which
we
had
our
first
meeting
with
just
an
hour
ago
to
help
us
identify
the
most
impactful
places
to
go.
Get
the
hard
to
reach
folks.
C
We're
going
to
go
after
every
opportunity,
I've
been
hitting
lots
of
media
from
nougat
today
to
I.
Did
a
radio
show
last
Saturday
morning,
93.5
I
think
so
we're
going
to
do
every
possible
way
of
Engagement
we're
going
to
you
know
have
obviously
we
have
a
website
with
a
great
video
nobody's,
seen
the
video
watch,
my
video
anyways
and
a
survey
we've
already
got.
C
500
I
think
folks
that
have
taken
the
survey
but
I
like
to
say
the
thing
I
really
like
about
working
here
is
that
we
don't
we're
not
under
a
time
crunch
we're
going
to
do
it
right
and
that's
gonna.
You
know
we're
so
we're
gonna
have
three
points
of
public
involvement,
stakeholder
involvement,
we're
going
to
take
our
time
and
then
I
trust,
Jamie
and
the
team
and
we're
going
to
do
a
really
good
job.
I
mean
we're,
involve
all
the
city
Administration
other
departments.
E
Yeah,
thank
you,
madam
chair,
so
piggyback
on
your
age
group.
Let's
go
with
ages,
55
and
up
yeah,
so
I
hope.
Judging
by
our
seven
hour,
Planning
Commission
meeting
yesterday,
you
are
utilizing
our
Planning
Commission.
They
will
be.
We
want,
because
you
missed
an
opportunity
yesterday
for
about
200
concerned
citizens
in
the
county,
in
the
city
of
seven
hours
of
debate
in
opposition
to
zoning
cases,
I
highly
recommend
you
utilize
Planning
Commission.
D
E
Lot
of
that
age,
group
and
demographic
were
probably
our
older
residents
that
aren't
tech
savvy.
So
that's
why
I
want
to
bring
up
the
age
55
and
up
right,
and
although
we
are
planning
for
the
future,
they
still
live
here
and
they
still
have
a
voice
and
you'll
hear
a
very
consistent
theme.
And
we
can
talk
about
a
lot
of
this
offline,
because
I
can
lend
probably
a
pretty
good
chunk
of
information
on
what
we're,
what
we're
hearing
right,
but
do
not
discount.
E
Have
a
lot
of
januses
who
are
following
us
and
tracking
us?
Thankfully,
yes,
yes,
ma'am!
It
was
tough
meeting.
It's
tough
meeting
but
I.
Think
if
you
really
dive
into
Planning
Commission,
you're,
gonna,
you're
gonna
be
able
to
not
just
watch
it
but
come
and
see.
Yeah
you'll
find
a
lot
of
folks
there
because
there's
nothing
that
draws
people
out
to
be
concerned.
If
you,
until
you
try
to
rezone
property
next
door
to
that
yeah
I
promise,
you
amen,
amen
all
right.
B
D
I
appreciate
it
yeah,
yeah,
yeah
and
I
appreciate
that
and
we
want
to
we
want,
we
want
them.
We
want
to
learn
from
Planning
Commission
and
what
that
experience
is,
and
we
want
the
planning
Commissioners
also
to
be
helpful
in
this
process
as
well.
We
do
you
know
when
I,
when
I
mentioned,
we
do
exit
questionnaires.
We
also
ask
for
demographic
information.
We
usually
get
70
plus
of
the
participants
who
will
actually
give
us
information
on
themselves,
and
then
we
compare
that
to
what
the
census
says
exists
in
your
community.
D
So
we'll
know
whether
we've
got
the
55
and
older
group
proportionate
or
the
25
to
40,
and
if
we
don't,
then
that's
will
trigger
us
to
go.
Do
that
other
work,
but
I
appreciate
your
comment
on
the
Planning
Commission.
We'll
definitely
do
that.
So
I
just
wanted
to
mention
that,
in
terms
of
the
Outreach
strategy,
I've
already
said,
the
word
of
mouth
is
really.
We
think
that's
just
fundamental,
and
so
we
we
will,
you
will
be
getting.
D
You
know
talking
points
about
Plant,
Chattanooga
kind
of
the
key
theme
so
that
when
you
find
yourself
with
people
that
you
know-
and
you
want
them
to
know
that
this
really
you
know
unique
opportunity
like
this
doesn't
happen.
You
know
like
Dan
mentioned
in
Georgia
or
even
South,
Carolina
they're,
pretty
Progressive
about
requiring
plan.
You
don't
have
that
here
right.
So
this
is
a
really
special
opportunity
to
address
any
and
all
in
an
integrated
way
and
we're
going
to
committed
to
do
that.
D
C
D
E
B
B
B
E
B
B
B
B
D
B
D
C
B
A
D
We
would
love
to
see
that
we
as
I
mentioned
the
steering
committee
earlier.
The
issue
of
equity
and
diversity
came
up,
and
this
is
a
fundamental
place
to
have
policies
and
if
that's
a
value
which
I
believe
it
is
in
Chattanooga,
then
this
plan
has
to
weave
that
in
it's
not
a
separate
thing,
it's
integrated
in
all
that
we're
doing
so.
Thank
you
for
calling
that
out,
you
can
actually
I
can
actually
say
we
that's.
It's
already
been
reviewed.
E
B
E
B
E
They
look
at
me.
They
look
at
councilwoman,
Hill
and
councilwoman
Nolan.
They
go
I,
don't
know
about
this.
What
are
you
talking
about?
And
these
are
people
who
follow
the
news?
They
follow
the
paper.
We
have
got
to
be
intentional
in
education,
because
it
is
very
difficult
for
us
at
times
when
we're
up,
and
we
know
what,
for
example,
a
zoning
law
is.
We
know
what
buy
rights
mean
in
development
and
then
there's
25
neighbors,
who
don't
care.
E
They're,
not
they
don't
know,
we've
had
a
plan
or
the
area.
What's
the
area
11
plan,
you
decided
that
one
in
particular
and
that
one
we
worked
on
for
a
long
time
and
we
did
a
great
job.
We
had
a
lot
of
participants
Karen
in
that
yeah
during
covet
I
mean
that's,
the
area
I
represent
yeah
and
we
had
a
lot
of
Engagement
still
we're
missing
we're
missing
education
on
what
we're
on
the
conversations.
I
would
just
really
stress
that.
Thank.