City Council
Regular MeetingChattanooga, TN · February 4, 2025
Agenda
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2025
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
3:30 PM
I. Call to Order by Chairman Henderson.
II. Pledge of Allegiance/Invocation (Councilman Ledford).
III. Special Presentations.
Public Hearing on FY25 Operating & Capital Budget Amendments
IV. Minute Approval.
V. Discussion of Agenda.
● Next Week’s Proposed Agenda Items
● Purchasing Questions
● Future Considerations (3 Week Look Ahead)
VI. Committee or Department Reports:
● Parks and Public Works Committee
● Planning and Zoning Committee
RECESS
Order of Business for City Council
VII. Ordinances – Final Reading:
PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS & WASTEWATER
Public Works
a. MR-2024-0156 Chattanooga Engineering Group (Abandonment). An ordinance
closingand abandoningtheunopenedright-of-wayinthe300blockofAnnStreet,as
detailed on the attached maps, subject to certain conditions. (District 2)
(Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Public Works)
(Alternate Version)
PLANNING
b. An ordinance to approve corrections to the OfficialZoning Map.
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VIII. Ordinances - First Reading:
PLANNING
a. 2024-0207 Homebase at 35th Street LLC (M-1 Manufacturing Zone to TRN-3
Traditional Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code,
Part II, Chapter 38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat425West
35th Street,fromM-1ManufacturingZonetoTRN-3TraditionalNeighborhoodZone.
(District 7) (Recommended for approval by Planning and Commission and
Staff) (Deferred from 01-14-2025)
2024-0207 Homebase at 35th Street LLC (I-H Heavy Industrial Zone to TRN-3
Traditional Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code,
Part II, Chapter 38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat425West
35th Street, from I-H Heavy Industrial Zone to TRN-3 Traditional Neighborhood
Zone. (Alternate Version)
2024-0207 Homebase at 35th Street LLC (M-1 Manufacturing Zone to RN-3
Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code,
Part II, Chapter 38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat425West
35th Street,fromM-1ManufacturingZonetoRN-3ResidentialNeighborhoodZone.
(Applicant Version) (Recommended for denial by Planning Commission and
Staff)
IX. Resolutions:
POLICE
a. A resolution authorizing the Mayor to extend a one-time buy-back offer to sworn
Chattanoogapolicewhohadapersonaltimebankthatexceededtheamountallowed
per policy to rollover as of January 1, 2025, wherein theseswornofficerswerenot
abletoutilizethetimeoffinthe2024calendaryearduetocurrentstaffshortagesand
minimumstaffingrequirementsneededtokeepourcitysafe,whichhourswillbepaid
at 70% of the employees’ daily salary and will not have their PTO cap amount
reduced by the number of days sold, for a total estimated cost not to exceed
$65,000.00.
X. Purchases.
XI. Committee Reports.
XII. Other Business. (Item Listed Below):
a. Certificate of Compliance,TheBargainBarn,Inc.d/b/aUnitedGroceryOutlet
#10, 4758 Highway 58, Chattanooga, TN. (District 5)
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XIII. Recognition of Persons Wishing to Address the Council.
XIV. Adjournment.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2025
CITY COUNCIL PROPOSED AGENDA
3:30 PM
1. Call to Order by Chairman Henderson.
2. Pledge of Allegiance/Invocation (Councilman Hester).
3. Special Presentations.
4. Minute Approval.
5. Discussion of Agenda.
● Next Week’s Proposed Agenda Items
● Purchasing Questions
● Future Considerations (3 Week Look Ahead)
6. Committee or Department Reports:
● None
RECESS
Order of Business for City Council
7. Ordinances - Final Reading:
PLANNING
a. 2024-0207 Homebase at 35th Street LLC (M-1 Manufacturing Zone to TRN-3
Traditional Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code,
Part II, Chapter 38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat425West
35th Street,fromM-1ManufacturingZonetoTRN-3TraditionalNeighborhoodZone.
(District 7) (Recommended for approval by Planning and Commission and
Staff) (Deferred from 01-14-2025)
2024-0207 Homebase at 35th Street LLC (I-H Heavy Industrial Zone to TRN-3
Traditional Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code,
Part II, Chapter 38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat425West
35th Street, from I-H Heavy Industrial Zone to TRN-3 Traditional Neighborhood
Zone. (Alternate Version)
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2024-0207 Homebase at 35th Street LLC (M-1 Manufacturing Zone to RN-3
Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code,
Part II, Chapter 38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat425West
35th Street,fromM-1ManufacturingZonetoRN-3ResidentialNeighborhoodZone.
(Applicant Version) (Recommended for denial by Planning Commission and
Staff)
8. Ordinances - First Reading:
FINANCE
a. An ordinancetoamendtheOperationsBudgetOrdinanceNo.14118,knownas"the
Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Operations Budget," to amend Sections 5 and 5(a) so as to
appropriate $29,907,500.00 fromGeneralFundreservesofwhich$11,907,500.00to
various capital projects, increase contingency appropriation of $18 million for one
time payment to the Fire and Police Pension Fund; to provide for reallocation of
appropriations totheDepartmentofInnovationDeliveryandPerformancefollowing
administrativedecisionswhichhaveresultedinthedissolutionofthatdepartment;to
reallocateappropriationsbetweencertaindepartments;andtoamendSection7(d)due
to administrative changes during Fiscal Year 2024-2025 to reallocate available
appropriations for certain new or changed positions.
b. An ordinance to amend the Capital Budget Ordinance No. 14119, known as “the
FiscalYear2024-2025CapitalBudget,”appropriating,authorizingorallocatingfunds
to the Capital Improvements Budget for the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 to increase the
capital budget by $11,907,500.00 from General Fund Reserves.
PLANNING
c. 2024-0193MikenDevelopmentc/oMichaelKenner(R-1ResidentialZonetoTRN-3
Traditional Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga
CityCode,PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat
3854 Bonny Oaks Drive, from R-1 Residential Zone to TRN-3 Traditional
Residential Neighborhood Zone. (District 5) (Recommended for approval by
Planning Commission and denial by Staff) (Deferred from 01-14-2025)
2024-0193 Miken Development c/o Michael Kenner (RN-1-6 Residential
Neighborhood Zone to TRN-3 Traditional Residential Neighborhood Zone). An
ordinance to amend Chattanooga CityCode,PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,
soastorezonepropertylocatedat3854BonnyOaksDrive,fromRN-1-6Residential
Neighborhood Zone to TRN-3 Traditional Residential Neighborhood Zone.
(Alternate Version)
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d. 2025-0005 Jeff Dawson (RN-1-6 Residential Neighborhood Zone to I-L Light
IndustrialZone). AnordinancetoamendChattanoogaCityCode,PartII,Chapter38,
ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat4306NorthAccessRoad,from
RN-1-6 Residential Neighborhood Zone to I-L Light Industrial Zone. (District 2)
(Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and denial by Staff)
2025-0005JeffDawson(RN-1-6ResidentialNeighborhoodZonetoC-CCommercial
CorridorZone). AnordinancetoamendChattanoogaCityCode,PartII,Chapter38,
ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat4306NorthAccessRoad,from
RN-1-6 Residential Neighborhood Zone to C-C Commercial Corridor Zone.
(Applicant Version)
e. 2025-0004 Joseph Ingram (RN-1-6 Residential Neighborhood Zone to RN-3
Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code,
PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat6515Hunt
Drive, from RN-1-6 Residential Neighborhood Zone to RN-3 Residential
NeighborhoodZone,subjecttocertainconditions. (District6) (Recommendedfor
approval by Planning Commission and Staff)
2025-0004 Joseph Ingram (RN-1-6 Residential Neighborhood Zone to RN-3
Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code,
PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat6515Hunt
Drive, from RN-1-6 Residential Neighborhood Zone to RN-3 Residential
Neighborhood Zone. (Applicant Version)
f. 2025-0006 Southside Gardens Land,LLC(RN-3ResidentialNeighborhoodZoneto
TRN-3 Traditional Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend
Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone
property located at 2619, 2621, and an unaddressed property in the 2600 block of
Long Street, from RN-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone to TRN-3 Traditional
Residential Neighborhood Zone. (District 7) (Recommended for approval by
Planning Commission and Staff)
g. 2025-0014 Lloyd Sargeant (RN-2 Residential Neighborhood Zone to C-TMU
TransitionalMixedUseZone). AnordinancetoamendChattanoogaCityCode,Part
II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone property located at 2403 Glass
Street, from RN-2 Residential Neighborhood Zone to C-TMU Transitional Mixed
UseZone,subjecttocertainconditions. (District9) (Recommendedforapproval
by Planning Commission and Staff)
2025-0014 Lloyd Sargeant (RN-2 Residential Neighborhood Zone to C-TMU
TransitionalMixedUseZone). AnordinancetoamendChattanoogaCityCode,Part
II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone property located at 2403 Glass
Street, from RN-2 Residential Neighborhood Zone to C-TMU Transitional Mixed
Use Zone. (Applicant Version)
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h. AnordinancetoamendChattanoogaCityCode,PartII,Chapter38,theChattanooga
Zoning Ordinance as adopted by Ordinance No. 14137 on July 23, 2024, to add
additional definitions, add office as a permitted use in the RN-3 Residential
Neighborhood Zone, amend various sections of regulations related to the Board of
ZoningAppeals,andtheLandUsePermittedTabletomakechangestotheretailsales
of alcohol.
9. Resolutions:
COUNCIL OFFICE
a. A resolution confirming the appointment of Micah Chapman to the Head Start
Governing Board for District 4, with a term beginning on February 12, 2025, and
ending on February 11, 2027. (District 4)
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
b. A resolution of the City Council of theCityofChattanoogaapprovingpoliciesand
procedures for Payment-in-Lieu-of-Tax Transactions and consistent with such
policiesandproceduresdelegatingtotheIndustrialDevelopmentBoardoftheCityof
Chattanooga the authority to negotiate and accept PaymentsinLieuofAdValorem
Taxes with respect to certain projects to be located in the City of Chattanooga,
Tennessee, and finding that such payments are deemed to be in furtherance of the
public purposes of the Industrial Development Board oftheCityofChattanoogaas
definedinTennesseeCodeAnnotatedSection7-53-305. (Deferredfrom01-14-2025
and 01-28-2025)
FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER
c. A resolution authorizing the Family Justice Center to apply for, and if awarded,
accept the FY25 OVW Justice for Families Grant Program funding from the U.S.
Department of Justice, for an amount not to exceed $600,000.00; and will pass
through funds of an amount not to exceed $436,600.00 to the Family Visitation
Center of Chattanooga to support their supervised visitation services in the court
system,andfundingwillhelptoenhanceandstrengthenthesupportforsurvivorsof
domesticviolence,sexualassault,humantrafficking,andchildabusewithinthecourt
system.
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PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND WASTEWATER
Public Works
d. A resolution authorizing the 2024 Annual Inflation Adjustment of the Financial
Assurance for the City of Chattanooga Landfill, Permit Number SNL330000035
Phases 1 and 2 at SummitLandfillasrequiredbytheregulationsoftheDivisionof
SolidWasteManagement,foranincreaseof$38,745.99,forarevisedtotalamountof
$1,463,741.66. (District 4)
e. A resolution authorizing the Administrator for the Department of Public Works to
award Contract No. Y-24-008-201, Washington Hills Center gym floor, to Wilder
Contracting,LLC,ofHarrison,TN,intheamountof$111,246.23,withacontingency
in the amount of $11,100.00, for a total amount of $122,346.23. (District 5)
f. A resolution to amend Resolution No. 32380 to read, "A resolutionauthorizingthe
Administrator for the Department of Public Works to enter into a four (4) year
contract for the On-Call Blanket Contract No. E-24-020-401 for Resident Project
Representative(RPR)serviceswith(1)BargeDesignSolutions;(2)CTIEngineering,
Inc.; (3) Consor Engineers, LLC; (4) D. Martin & Partners, LLC; (5) Labella
Associates, PC; (6) LJA Engineering, LLC; (7) Ragan Smith Associates, Inc.; (8)
Rummel Kepper Kahl, LLP; (9) Southern Environmental Technologies, Inc.; (10)
ThompsonEngineering;and(11)Volkert,Inc.,intheservicescategoriesappliedfor,
for professional services estimated at $2,250,000.00 annually."
g. AresolutionauthorizingtheappointmentofNormanSmithasaSpecialPoliceOffice
(unarmed) for the City of Chattanooga, Department of Public Works, to perform
duties expressly limited to the performance of duties in his position as a Soil
Engineering Specialist.
h. A resolution authorizing the 2024 Annual Inflation Adjustment of the Financial
Assurance for the City of Chattanooga Landfill, Permit Number SNL330000273
originalatBirchwoodLandfillasrequiredbytheregulationsoftheDivisionofSolid
Waste Management, for a decrease of $25,119.09, for a revised total amount of
$1,485,205.97.
i. A resolution authorizing the 2024 Annual Inflation Adjustment of the Financial
Assurance for the City of Chattanooga Landfill, Permit Number SNL330000273
LateralExpansionArea3atBirchwoodLandfillasrequiredbytheregulationsofthe
Division of Solid Waste Management, for an increase of$345,021.64,forarevised
total amount of $9,424,538.52.
10. Purchases.
11. Committee Reports.
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12. Recognition of Persons Wishing to Address the Council.
13. Adjournment.
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