City Council
Regular MeetingChattanooga, TN · September 16, 2025
Agenda
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2025
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
3:30 PM
I. Call to Order by Chairwoman Hill.
II. Pledge of Allegiance/Invocation (Councilwoman Berz).
III. Special Presentations.
PUBLIC HEARING - Budget Ordinance
re: Community Development/Dismantling DEI Departments Act
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:
❖ Affordable Housing Committee Meeting
re: Housing PILOT for 702 Manufacturers Road
RECESS
Order of Business for City Council
VII. Ordinances – Final Reading:
PLANNING
a. 2025-0102 Seth Francis c/o Crunk Engineering (C-C CommercialCorridorZoneto
INST Institutional Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II,
Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone part of a property located at 6401
Mountain View Road, from C-C Commercial Corridor Zone to INST Institutional
Zone, subject to certain conditions. (District 6) (Recommendedforapprovalby
Planning Commission and Staff) (Deferred from 08-12-2025)
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b. 2025-0122 Southside Gardens, LLC (RN-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone and
TRN-3 Traditional Residential Neighborhood Zone to the Chestnut Street
Form-Based Code Context, the C-CX-9 Commercial Mixed Use Zone). An
ordinance to amend Chattanooga CityCode,PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,
soastorezonepropertieslocatedinthe2600blocksofLongandWilliamsStreetand
the 100 block of West 27th Street, from RN-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone and
TRN-3 Traditional Residential Neighborhood Zone to the Chestnut Street
Form-Based Code Context, the C-CX-9 Commercial Mixed Use Zone, subject to
certain conditions. (District 7) (Recommended for approval by Planning
Commission)
c. 2025-0115 Darin and Douglas Wright (RN-2 Residential Neighborhood Zone to
C-NT Neighborhood Transition Commercial Zone). An ordinance to amend
Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone
propertylocatedat2518BaileyAvenue,fromRN-2ResidentialNeighborhoodZone
to C-NTNeighborhoodTransitionCommercialZone. (District9) (Recommended
for approval by Planning Commission and Staff)
d. 2025-0120 Harrison Lewis (RN-2 Residential Neighborhood Zone to TRN-2
Traditional Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga
CityCode,PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat
2306 East 14th Street, from RN-2 Residential Neighborhood Zone to TRN-2
Traditional Residential Neighborhood Zone. (District 9) (Recommended for
approval by Planning Commission and Staff)
e. 2025-0121 Harrison Lewis (RN-2 Residential Neighborhood Zone to TRN-2
Traditional Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga
CityCode,PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat
2312 East 14th Street, from RN-2 Residential Neighborhood Zone to TRN-2
Traditional Residential Neighborhood Zone. (District 9) (Recommended for
approval by Planning Commission and Staff)
f. AnordinancetoamendChattanoogaCityCode,PartII,Chapter38,theChattanooga
Zoning Ordinance as adopted by Ordinance No. 14137 on July 23,2024,toamend
the Form-Based Code parking lot landscape requirements, addanewusedefinition
for crematoriums, and add parking requirements for crematoriums, amend
non-conformities for non-residential uses, and amend townhouse massing.
(Alternate Version)
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VIII. Ordinances - First Reading:
MAYOR’S OFFICE
a. An ordinance amending Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 2, by repealing
Article XII, and amending Article XVI in lieu thereof, and further amending
Chattanooga City Code, PartII,Chapter16,Section16-64,andChapter31,Section
31-361 to comply with Public Chapter PC494 and Public Chapter PC458.
b. AnordinancetoamendtheOperationsBudgetOrdinanceNo.14239,knownas“the
Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Operations Budget,” to amend Section 5 to provide for
reallocation of appropriations to the Department of Equity and Community
Engagement in compliance with the dismantling DEI Act enacted in May 2025 as
TennesseeStatelaw,whichhasresultedinadministrativeactionswiththedissolution
of that department; to include the restructuring of government functions and
consolidation of certain departments; to reallocate appropriations between certain
departments; andtoamendSection7(E)duetoadministrativechangesduringFiscal
Year 2025-2026 to reallocate available appropriations for certain new or changed
positions.
IX. Resolutions:
COUNCIL OFFICE
a. A resolution waiving ResidentialModificationPermitFeesand/orgivingpreference
to Green Grant funding for Peak Attenuation Control, TSS, and Stormwater
Infiltration Requirements for those properties which were directlydamagedandare
being significantly redeveloped or rebuilt in the City of Chattanooga due to the
Tuesday, August 12, 2025,flooddamagewithintheCityofChattanoogawhichwill
beginontheadoptionofthisresolutionandexpirewithinthenextnine(9)months,on
orbeforeMay12,2026. (AddedwithpermissionofChairwomanHill) (Deferred
from 09-09-2025)
A resolution waiving ResidentialModificationPermitFeesand/orgivingpreference
to Green Grant funding for Peak Attenuation Control, TSS, and Stormwater
Infiltration Requirements for those properties which were directlydamagedandare
being significantly redeveloped or rebuilt in the City of Chattanooga due to the
Tuesday, August 12, 2025,flooddamagewithintheCityofChattanoogawhichwill
beginontheadoptionofthisresolutionandexpirewithinthenextnine(9)months,on
or before May 12, 2026. (Alternate Version)
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MAYOR’S OFFICE
b. A resolution confirming Mayor Kelly’s restructuring of selected government
functions, including thecreationandconsolidationofcertaindepartmentstocomply
withPublicChapterPC494andPublicChapterPC458,morespecificallyoutlinedin
Exhibit 1 attached herein.
X. Purchases.
XI. Committee Reports.
XII. Recognition of Persons Wishing to Address the Council.
XIII. Adjournment.
Proposed Council Agenda for Tuesday, September 23, 2025
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2025
CITY COUNCIL PROPOSED AGENDA
3:30 PM
1. Call to Order by Chairwoman Hill.
2. Pledge of Allegiance/Invocation (Councilwoman Dotley).
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:
MAYOR’S OFFICE
a. An ordinance amending Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 2, by repealing
Article XII, and amending Article XVI in lieu thereof, and further amending
Chattanooga City Code, PartII,Chapter16,Section16-64,andChapter31,Section
31-361 to comply with Public Chapter PC494 and Public Chapter PC458.
b. AnordinancetoamendtheOperationsBudgetOrdinanceNo.14239,knownas“the
Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Operations Budget,” to amend Section 5 to provide for
reallocation of appropriations to the Department of Equity and Community
Engagement in compliance with the dismantling DEI Act enacted in May 2025 as
TennesseeStatelaw,whichhasresultedinadministrativeactionswiththedissolution
of that department; to include the restructuring of government functions and
consolidation of certain departments; to reallocate appropriations between certain
departments; andtoamendSection7(E)duetoadministrativechangesduringFiscal
Year 2025-2026 to reallocate available appropriations for certain new or changed
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positions.
8. Ordinances - First Reading:
PLANNING
a. 2025-0123 Joseph Ingram c/o Ingram, Gore and Associates (RN-1-6 Residential
Neighborhood Zone to RN-1-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to
amendChattanoogaCityCode,PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezone
properties located at 7417 and 7423 Min Tom Drive, from RN-1-6 Residential
Neighborhood Zone to RN-1-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone, subject to certain
conditions. (District 4) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission
and denial by Staff) (Deferred from 09-09-2025)
2025-0123 Joseph Ingram c/o Ingram, Gore and Associates (RN-1-6 Residential
Neighborhood Zone to RN-1-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to
amendChattanoogaCityCode,PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezone
properties located at 7417 and 7423 Min Tom Drive, from RN-1-6 Residential
Neighborhood Zone to RN-1-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone. (Applicant
Version)
9. Resolutions:
EARLY LEARNING
a. A resolution authorizing the Administrator of Early Learning to enter into a
Construction Agreement with James D. Fisher d/b/a James Fisher Construction, in
substantially the form attached, for the completion of construction work on the
building facility of 21st Century Child Development Center located at 2507 Bailey
Avenue,forthetermendingonMay31,2026,withanoptiontoextendthetermupon
mutual written agreement, for the total sum of $75,000.00. (District 9)
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
b. A resolution authorizing the transfer of $500,000.00 from the Department of
Economic Development to the Health, Educational, and Housing Facility Board
(HEB)oftheCityofChattanooga,asapprovedintheFY26BudgetOrdinance,tobe
used for an Eviction Prevention Program to help individuals and familiesatriskof
homelessness maintain existing housing.
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
c. A resolution authorizing the Chief Information Officer (CIO) to extend the Data
Driven LLC blanket agreement (Blanket PA100257) for an additional twenty-four
(24) month period with Data Driven being the sole provider of the Watson
Field-Based Reporting Software Licensing support and professional services
currentlyusedbytheChattanoogaPoliceDepartment,withanannualspendlimitnot
to exceed $75,000.00 and $150,000.00 for the two-year extended term.
PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND WASTEWATER
Parks & Outdoors
d. AresolutiontoamendResolutionNo.32207tostatethatRiverCityCompanywillbe
the company that provides service for the “Evolving Our Riverfront Parks”
frameworktocompleteconstructiondocumentsbetweenRiverCityCompany,Cityof
Chattanooga, and Hamilton County,Tennessee,forthecostoftheSecondInterlocal
Agreement, in the amount of $2.2 million.
Public Works
e. A resolution authorizing the Administrator for the Department of Public Works to
approveChangeOrderNo.2toContractNo.E-13-002-201,WalnutStreetPedestrian
Bridge Repairs, with Southern Road and Bridge, LLC, of Tarpon Springs, FL, for
unforeseen structural steel repairs,lightfixtureshades,andnewCCTVcameras,for
an increase in the amount of $5,085,828.55, with a contingency in the amount of
$500,000.00, for a revised total amount of $40,874,964.63. (Districts 2 & 7)
f. A resolution authorizing the Administrator for the Department of Public Works to
authorize Change Order No. 3 for construction administration services provided by
Volkert & Associates, Inc. for Contract No. E-13-002-103, Walnut Street Bridge
RepairAndRehabilitation,TDOTPIN#128099.00,foranincreaseof$435,343.32for
additional structural steel inspection, development of additional repair details, and
construction administration services, for a total project cost of $1,331,485.25.
(Districts 2 & 7)
Wastewater
g. A resolution authorizing the AdministratorfortheWastewaterDepartmenttoaward
Contract No. W-17-16-201, Water Use and Reuse Implementation Project to Clark
Construction Group, LLC for water use and reuse implementation services for
$8,516,900.00, with acontingencyintheamountof$851,690.00,foratotalamount
not to exceed $9,368,590.00. (District 1)
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POLICE
h. A resolutionauthorizingtheMayortoapplyfor,andifawarded,acceptaTennessee
Highway Safety Office (THSO) Grant on behalf of the Chattanooga Police
Department for enforcement of Tennessee Driving Under the Influence laws to be
used for community traffic safety enforcement and education which will include
overtime,supplies,training/travel,andequipment,foracontractperiodbeginningon
October 1, 2025, and ending on September 30, 2026, in the amount of $275,000.00.
10. Purchases.
11. Committee Reports.
12. Recognition of Persons Wishing to Address the Council.
13. Adjournment.
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