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Chattanooga City Council Sept. 7 Meeting Agenda

Friday, September 03, 2010

Here is the agenda for Tuesday's Chattanooga City Council meeting:

I. Call to Order.

II. Pledge of Allegiance/Invocation (Councilwoman Berz.)

III. Minute Approval.

IV. Special Presentations.

V. Ordinances – Final Reading:

a) MR-2010-075 Yerbey Concrete Construction, Inc. (Abandonment). An ordinance closing and abandoning an unopened alley along the 1900 block of Central Avenue. (District No. 8.)

VI. Ordinances – First Reading:

VII. Resolutions:

a) A resolution authorizing the Administrator of the Department of Parks and Recreation to accept a grant in the amount of $29,160.00 from the State of Tennessee Department of Education to support enhanced student achievement through the establishment and operation of a Lottery for Education: After School Program (Building Blocks Program). (Corrected.)

b) A resolution authorizing the Administrator of the Department of Public Works to enter into an agreement with Arcadis U.S., Inc. for professional engineering services for Planning, Design, and Construction of Area 2 Closure Cap for City Landfill, Project W-10-003, for an amount not to exceed $644,500.00.

c) A resolution authorizing the Administrator of the Department of Public Works to pay DASAC Corporation for a Sanitary Sewer Easement relative to Contract W-08-010, Airport Road Pump Station and Force Main for Tract 5, property located at 801 Airport Road, in an amount not to exceed $5,859.00. (District No. 6.)

d) A resolution authorizing the Administrator of the Department of Public Works to pay DASAC Corporation for a Sanitary Sewer Easement relative to Contract W-08-010, Airport Road Pump Station and Force Main for Tract 6, property located at 000 Airport Road, in an amount not to exceed $714.00. (District No. 6.)

e) A resolution authorizing the Mayor to apply for and, if approved, accept a Tennessee Agriculture Enhancement Program grant from the Tennessee Division of Forestry in the amount up to and including $8,000.00.

f) A resolution authorizing the Administrator of the Department of Public Works to accept funds from UNUM Group for the purchase of pedestrian lights relative to Project No. E-10-012, UNUM Campus Streetscapes (Walnut Street, 5th Street, Cherry Street, and Lookout Street) for a total amount of $76,620.00, and applied to the Streetscape Pedestrian Light Fixtures account.

g) A resolution authorizing River Street Architecture on behalf of Dan Rose to use temporarily the right-of-way located at the 100 block of E. 14th Street and the 100 block of Johnson Street, for the purpose of providing parking, as shown on the drawing attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference, subject to certain conditions. (Revised Conditions.)

h) A resolution expressing the City Council’s support for the expansion of the National Park boundaries in the vicinity of Missionary Ridge, as shown on the attached map.

VIII. Overtime Report.

IX. Departmental Reports:

a) Department of Human Services.

b) Department of Parks and Recreation.

c) Department of Public Works.

d) Department of Neighborhood Services.

e) Department of Education, Arts & Culture.

f) Fire Department.

g) Police Department.

h) Department of Personnel.

i) Department of Finance and Administration

j) City Attorney.

X. Other Business.

XI. Committee Reports.

XII. Agenda Session for Tuesday, September 14, 2010

XIII. Recognition of Persons Wishing to Address the Council on Non-Agenda Matters.

XIV. Adjournment.

AGENDA FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

1. Call to Order.

2. Pledge of Allegiance/Invocation (Council Chair Rico.)

3. Minute Approval.

4. Special Presentations.

5. Ordinances - Final Reading:

6. Ordinances – First Reading:

a) An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, Division 10, MXU – Mixed Use Zone, Section 38-133, Area Requirements, Subsection (3) regarding the minimum lot size in the MXU Mixed Use Zone.

b) 2010-069 Page Family Properties, Inc. (R-2 Residential Zone to M-2 Manufacturing Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone tracts of land located at 1500 and 1506 East 51st Street, more particularly described herein, from R-2 Residential Zone to M-2 Manufacturing Zone, subject to certain conditions. (Planning version, District No. 7.)

2010-069 Page Family Properties, Inc. (R-2 Residential Zone to M-2 Manufacturing Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone tracts of land located at 1500 and 1506 East 51st Street, more particularly described herein, from R-2 Residential Zone to M-2 Manufacturing Zone. (Applicant version.)

c) 2010-099 Jerry Hagan (Amend Conditions). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to amend the conditions imposed in Ordinance No. 11313-3B (Case No. 2002-113) on tracts of land located at 7373 and 7385 Applegate Lane, more particularly described herein and as shown on the map attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference. (Recommended for denial by Planning, District No. 4.)

d) 2010-111 Joseph L. Parks (R-1 Residential Zone to MXU Mixed Use Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone a part of a tract of land located at 3904 Cummings Road, more particularly described herein, from R-1 Residential Zone to MXU Mixed Use Zone, subject to certain conditions. (Planning version, District No. 1.)


2010-111 Joseph L. Parks (R-1 Residential Zone to MXU Mixed Use Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone a part of a tract of land located at 3904 Cummings Road, more particularly described herein, from R-1 Residential Zone to MXU Mixed Use Zone. (Applicant version.)

7. Resolutions:

a) 2010-112 Joseph L. Parks for Obar Investments (Special Exceptions Permit). A resolution approving a Preliminary and Final Planned Unit Development Special Exceptions Permit for a Planned Unit Development, known as Black Creek Phase 5B formerly Woodlands Phase 5, on tracts of land located at 819 River Gorge Drive and 3904 Cummings Road, more particularly described herein and as shown on the map and drawings attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference, subject to certain conditions.

b) MR-2010-129 City of Chattanooga c/o Dan Thornton. A resolution authorizing the surplus of property for sale to Eastside Utility from Hamilton County and the City of Chattanooga located at 7000 Discovery Drive, more particularly described herein, and authorizing the Director of General Services to execute any and all documents necessary relating thereto.

8. Overtime Report.

9. Departmental Reports:

a) Department of Human Services.

b) Department of Parks and Recreation.

c) Department of Public Works.

d) Department of Neighborhood Services.

e) Department of Education, Arts & Culture.

f) Fire Department.

g) Police Department.

h) Department of Personnel.

i) Department of Finance and Administration

j) City Attorney.

10. Other Business.

11. Committee Reports.

12. Agenda Session for Tuesday, September 21, 2010.

13. Recognition of Persons Wishing to Address the Council on Non-Agenda Matters.

14. Adjournment.


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