Here is the upcoming City Council agenda for Tuesday:
I. Call to Order by Chairman Henderson.
II. Pledge of Allegiance/Invocation (Councilwoman Coonrod).
III. Special Presentations.
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 RECESS
Order of Business for City Council VII.
Ordinances – Final Reading:
PLANNING
a. 2025-0033 Collier Construction (C-C Commercial Corridor Zone to RN-1-6 Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone part of a property at 6044 Highway 153, from C-C Commercial Corridor Zone to RN-1-6 Residential Neighborhood Zone. (District 1) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Staff)
b. 2025-0022 Riverton, LLC (RN-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone and C-MU1 Commercial Mixed Use Zone to RN-1-6 Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone parts of a property located at 1100 Lupton Drive, from RN-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone and C-MU1 Commercial Mixed Use Zone to RN-1-6 Residential Neighborhood Zone. (District 2) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Staff)
c. 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, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone property located at 425 West 35th Street, from M-1 Manufacturing Zone to TRN-3 Traditional Neighborhood Zone. (District 7) (Recommended for approval by Planning and Commission and Staff)
d. An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, as adopted by Ordinance No. 14137 on July 23, 2024, to amend Article IX, Section 38-41, use matrix to add multi-unit developments to the multi-unit dwelling use, and to amend Article IX, Section 38-45, use definitions to amend multi-unit dwelling definition, to add multi-unit developments.
VIII. Ordinances - First Reading: FINANCE
a. An ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 14118, also known as “the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Operations Budget,” be amended for the City of Chattanooga to appropriate the amount $67,546.48 for Tax Years 2019 and 2023, and for delinquent taxes for Tax Years 2021 and 2022, in the amount of $203,461.02, following receipt and payment to the City from the Humane Educational Society of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Inc. for property taxes and interest on Tax Map No. 128E-A-005, back to the Humane Educational Society, for a total appropriation after payment of all delinquent taxes and interest is received not to exceed $271,200.00.
PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND WASTEWATER
Transportation
b. MR-2025-0001 Clifton McCormick and Tracy Culver (Abandonment). An ordinance closing and abandoning the unopened right-of-way in the 700 block of Woodland Avenue, as detailed on the attached maps. (District 2) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Public Works)
c. MR-2025-0012 26 Partners, LLC c/o Eric Cummings (Abandonment). An ordinance closing and abandoning the unopened right-of-way in the 2600 block of Williams Street, as detailed on the attached maps, subject to certain conditions. (District 7) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Public Works)
d. MR-2025-0019 Samuel W. Clemons, Sr. (Abandonment). An ordinance closing and abandoning the unopened right-of-way in part of the unopened 5500 block of Florida Avenue, as detailed on the attached maps, subject to certain conditions. (District 7) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Public Works)
PLANNING
e. 2025-0017 John Jerman (RN-1-5 Residential Neighborhood Zone and I-H Heavy Industrial Zone to TRN-3 Traditional Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone property located at 1907 Stuart Street, from RN-1-5 Residential Neighborhood Zone and I-H Heavy Industrial Zone to TRN-3 Traditional Neighborhood Zone. (District 8) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Staff) (Deferred from 03-11-2025)
f. 2025-0020 Alfred Fredrick (RN-1-5 Residential Neighborhood Zone to RN-1-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone property located at 2800 Curtis Street, from RN-1-5 Residential Neighborhood Zone to RN-1-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone. (District 8) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Staff) (Deferred from 03-11-2025)
g. 2025-0026 Jerri Price (C-C Commercial Corridor Zone to C-TMU Transitional MixedUseCommercialZone). AnordinancetoamendChattanoogaCityCode,Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone property located at 2401 East Main Street, from C-C Commercial Corridor Zone to C-TMU Transitional Mixed Use Commercial Zone. (District 8) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Staff) (Deferred from 03-11-2025)
IX. Resolutions:
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
a. A resolution authorizing the Mayor or his designee to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with Chattanooga 2.0, Chattanooga Housing Authority, Chattanooga Regional Homeless Coalition, Hamilton County, and Hamilton County schools to establish a framework for collaboration and resource allocation to support the “End School-Age Homelessness Initiative” for families experiencing homelessness, to be funded from the FY26 budget, in the amount of $75,000.00. (Added with permission of Chairman Henderson)
EQUITY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
b. A resolution authorizing the Administrator for the Department of Equity and Community Engagement to apply for, and if awarded, accept an AARP Community Challenge Grant for outreach to increase digital connections and enhance digital literacy skills of older adult residents in Chattanooga, for an amount not to exceed $25,000.00.
MAYOR’S OFFICE
c. A resolution confirming Mayor Kelly’s appointment of Trevor Atchley as a Hearing Officer for the Beer Board, for a two (2) year term beginning on January 31, 2025, and ending on January 29, 2027. (Added with permission of Chairman Henderson)
PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND WASTEWATER
Public Works
d. A resolution authorizing the Administrator for the Department of Public Works, on behalf of The Sports Authority of the County of Hamilton and the City of Chattanooga, to enter into a Preliminary Engineering Agreement, and other subsequent agreements, with Norfolk Southern Railway Company related to the modification or conversion of two existing private crossings to public crossings, including the closure of one at-grade crossing, in conjunction with the development of W. 26th Street extension for the South Broad District Ballpark, with preliminary engineering costs estimated in the amount of $67,583.00, for a total budgetary estimated amount not to exceed $500,000.00 for the conversion, to be paid from Sports Authority funds. (District 7)
e. A resolution authorizing the appointment of Samuel Manning as a special police officer (unarmed) for the City of Chattanooga, Department of Public Works, to perform duties expressly limited to the performance of duties in his position as Code Enforcement Inspector 1.
f. A resolution authorizing the appointment of Timothy Gooden as a special police officer (unarmed) for the City of Chattanooga, Department of Public Works, to perform duties expressly limited to the performance of duties in his position as Code Enforcement Inspector 1.
Transportation
g. A resolution authorizing the execution of Amendment No. 3 with Kimley Horn & Associates to provide right-of-way acquisition services for Contract No. T-17-008 Transit Signal Prioritization Project along Brainerd Road and Lee Highway, for an amount not to exceed $437,000.00. (Districts 4, 5 & 6)
X. Purchases.
XI. Committee Reports.
XII. Recognition of Persons Wishing to Address the Council.
XIII. Adjournment.
TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2025 CITY COUNCIL PROPOSED AGENDA 3:30 PM
1. Call to Order by Chairman Henderson.
2. Pledge of Allegiance/Invocation (Chairman Henderson).
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:
FINANCE
a. An ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 14118, also known as “the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Operations Budget,” be amended for the City of Chattanooga to appropriate the amount $67,546.48 for Tax Years 2019 and 2023, and for delinquent taxes for Tax Years 2021 and 2022, in the amount of $203,461.02, following receipt and payment to the City from the Humane Educational Society of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Inc. for property taxes and interest on Tax Map No. 128E-A-005, back to the Humane Educational Society, for a total appropriation after payment of all delinquent taxes and interest is received not to exceed $271,200.00.
PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND WASTEWATER
Transportation
b. MR-2025-0001 Clifton McCormick and Tracy Culver (Abandonment). An ordinance closing and abandoning the unopened right-of-way in the 700 block of Woodland Avenue, as detailed on the attached maps. (District 2) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Public Works)
c. MR-2025-0012 26 Partners, LLC c/o Eric Cummings (Abandonment). An ordinance closing and abandoning the unopened right-of-way in the 2600 block of Williams Street, as detailed on the attached maps, subject to certain conditions. (District 7) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Public Works)
d. MR-2025-0019 Samuel W. Clemons, Sr. (Abandonment). An ordinance closing and abandoning the unopened right-of-way in part of the unopened 5500 block of Florida Avenue, as detailed on the attached maps, subject to certain conditions. (District 7) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Public Works)
PLANNING
e. 2025-0017 John Jerman (RN-1-5 Residential Neighborhood Zone and I-H Heavy Industrial Zone to TRN-3 Traditional Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone property located at 1907 Stuart Street, from RN-1-5 Residential Neighborhood Zone and I-H Heavy Industrial Zone to TRN-3 Traditional Neighborhood Zone. (District 8) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Staff) (Deferred from 03-11-2025)
f. 2025-0020 Alfred Fredrick (RN-1-5 Residential Neighborhood Zone to RN-1-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone property located at 2800 Curtis Street, from RN-1-5 Residential Neighborhood Zone to RN-1-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone. (District 8) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Staff) (Deferred from 03-11-2025)
g. 2025-0026 Jerri Price (C-C Commercial Corridor Zone to C-TMU Transitional MixedUseCommercialZone). AnordinancetoamendChattanoogaCityCode,Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone property located at 2401 East Main Street, from C-C Commercial Corridor Zone to C-TMU Transitional Mixed Use Commercial Zone. (District 8) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Staff) (Deferred from 03-11-2025)
8. Ordinances - First Reading:
PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND WASTEWATER Public Works
a. MR-2025-0025 Bryan Bledsoe (Abandonment). An ordinance closing and abandoning the unopened right-of-way in the corner of the 2200 block of E. 21st Street/2100 block of S. Lyerly, as detailed on the attached maps, subject to certain conditions. (District 9) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Public Works)
Wastewater
b. MR-2025-0007 LFG Homes LLC (Abandonment). An ordinance closing and abandoning a sanitary sewer and easement in the 1500 block of Mercer Street, beginning at MH #S118E041 thence 1,439 feet to MH #S118E115, for a total of 1,439 linear feet, Tax Map No. 118E-E-006, as detailed on the attached maps, subject to certain conditions. (District 2) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Wastewater)
c. MR-2024-0194 Almarie Brenna c/o Kimley-Horn (Abandonment). An ordinance closing and abandoning a sanitary sewer and easement in the 7500 block of Standifer Gap Road, beginning 20 feet from MH #S139O032 to 86.5 feet from MH #S139O034, for a total of 320 linear feet, Tax Map No. 139O-B-005, as detailed on the attached maps, subject to certain conditions. (District 4) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Wastewater)
9. Resolutions: COUNCIL OFFICE
a. A resolution confirming the appointment of Kanika Jones to the Health, Educational, and Housing Facility Board for District 9, for a term beginning on March 19, 2025, and ending on July 6, 2027. (District 9)
b. A resolution to express appreciation for the service of outgoing City Council members and to award them their city-issued devices in recognition of their service, establishing this as an ongoing policy for all current and future outgoing members.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
c. A resolution authorizing the Mayor or his designee to enter into a First Agreement to Exercise the Option to Renew with the Chattanooga Housing Authority, in substantially the form attached, for an additional term of one (1) year, through March 31, 2026, for the use of the Sheila Jennings Wellness Center to operate programs for youth, young adults, and families on the property located at 1201 Poplar Street and further identified as a portion of Tax Map No. 145F-A-002.
MAYOR’S OFFICE
d. A resolution confirming Mayor Kelly’s reappointment of Rudolph Foster to the Board of Zoning Appeals, for a three (3) year term beginning on June 9, 2024, and ending on June 8, 2027.
PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND WASTEWATER
Parks & Outdoors
e. A resolution authorizing the Interim Administrator for the Department of Parks & Outdoors to accept funds from the Bethlehem Center for empowering minority communities through swimming initiative, in the amount of $56,640.00.
f. A resolution authorizing the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Chattanooga and Tennessee River Gorge Trust (TRGT) to perform services in the development of a new public access river access point site located off Terminal Road, in the amount of $75,000.00, plus additional funds if requested by TRGT and approved by the City, for an amount not to exceed a cumulative total of $100,000.00.
Wastewater
g. A resolution authorizing the Administrator for the Wastewater Department to approve Change Order No. 3 with Reeves Young, LLC, of Dalton, GA, for Contract Nos. W-17-023-201 and W-18-008-201, MBWWTP Improvements – Schedules A and B, for incorporating CRF No. 16 for concrete chipping in the SRMV, for an increase of $29,382.58, for a revised contract amount of $10,939,587.21, with a contingency in the amount of $413,450.00, for a total amount of $11,353,037.21. (District 1)
PLANNING
h. Joe Gegaetano (Special Exceptions Permit Liquor Store). A resolution approving a new Special Exceptions Permit for a new liquor store located at 50 Frazier Avenue. (District 2)
10. Purchases.
11. Committee Reports.
12. Other Business. (Item Listed Below):
a. Certificate of Compliance – The Cheese Tax LLC d/b/a Pedestrian Wine and Cheese, 50 Frazier Avenue, #250, Chattanooga, TN. (District 2)
13. Recognition of Persons Wishing to Address the Council.
14. Adjournment.